Apr 27, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

ZACHARY HENDERSON, FIRE ENGINEER WITH FIRE.

ALL THOSE POSTS MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

WE HAVE, NEXT WE

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

HAVE ITEM TWO A.

RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.

MR. LOPEZ, NICOLE SWEAR, ENGINE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR TWO WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.

MARTIN SLIC, FIREFIGHTER WITH FIRE.

GARY ZEL, FIREFIGHTER WITH FIRE.

ALBERTO GASPAR, MECHANIC WITH POLICE.

ED.

TOM, JACK, ITS DIRECTOR SHANE WEZEL, PATROL OFFICER WITH POLICE.

JOSEPH MASON, PET PATROL OFFICER WITH POLICE.

STEWART, LEG PATROL OFFICER WITH POLICE.

CODY DODSON, PATROL OFFICER WITH POLICE.

AND CAREGIVERS ACROSS TEXAS, ENSURING CHILDREN RECEIVE THE EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT NEEDED TO NOT ONLY LEARN AND GROW, BUT TO SUCCEED.

SO NEXT WE HAVE A FEW PROCLAMATIONS, UM, THIS EVENING I THINK I'M GOING, IT'D BE EASIER IF I JUST GO DOWN THERE.

I'M GONNA STAY DOWN THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I WOULD ASK, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COUNSEL MAYBE, UM, FOR ITEM C, D, E AND F, UH, IF THEY CAN DRAW ME DOWN THERE, UM, AS WE TAKE PICTURES.

YOU WANT US GO THIS FOR CD, YOU WANT US TO GO NOW OR, BUT I'M GONNA GO WITH, ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A FEW PROCLAMATIONS.

THE FIRST ONE IS GONNA BE FOR,

[b. Present a proclamation designating Saturday, April 29, 2023, as Baby Day, hosted by Babies in Baytown.]

UH, BABY DAY IN BAYTOWN.

SO WHEREAS BABY DAY IS THE ONLY STATEWIDE CELEBRATION OF THE, OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE A DAY ESTABLISHED TO CELEBRATE THE EXCITEMENT AND OPPORTUNITY OF BABIES BEHIND THE BABY DAY.

VISION STANDS FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO EDUCATE, ADVOCATE AND COLLABORATE TO ADVANCE THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES EACH YEAR FOR EACH YEAR THE FIRST THREE YEARS, PARTNERS WITH LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE TO HOST A DAY OF, OF BONDING AND DELIGHT BETWEEN CAREGIVERS AND CHILDREN.

BABY DAY PROVIDES CRITICAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION RESOURCES TO FAMILIES

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SO WHEREAS, UH, BABY DAY IN BAYTOWN IS HOSTED BY BABIES IN BAYTOWN AND IN, UM, INITIATIVE OF FIRST OF THE FIRST THREE YEAR BABIES IN BAYTOWN IS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE MADE UP OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND FAMILIES OF BAYTOWN WHO ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, UH, THAT BETTER SUPPORT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF VERY YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AND A TRULY COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY EVENT.

BABY DAY PARTNERS BOTH LOCALLY AND VIRTUALLY, UH, WILL PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS MUSIC, ART, YOGA, READING, DANCE, CAREGIVER CLASSES AND RESOURCES, UH, INCLUDING MORE, ALL DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF AND EMOTIONAL, UH, SUPPORT SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE SKILLS OF YOUNG INFANTS.

SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRANDON CAP'S MAYOR OF CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 29TH, 2023 AS BABY DAY IN BAYTOWN AND INVITE ALL BAYTOWN CITIZENS TO JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, PARENTS, PROFESSIONAL OR PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, EMPLOYEES, AND VISITORS, UM, AND VISITORS SAFE.

I DUNNO WHY IT SAYS THAT, BUT ANYWAY, UH, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS OBVIOUSLY.

UM, I THINK WE HAVE SOME, IF YOU WANNA INTRODUCE SOME FOLKS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

UM, SO THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, SO WITH US TONIGHT ARE SEVERAL FAMILIES.

YOU PROBABLY HEAR SOME OF THE BABIES, UH, GOING ON.

UM, SO BRIE IS THE FAMILY, UH, PARENT CO-CHAIR.

SO SHE IS THE ONE THAT HELPS US LEAD ALL OF THE FAMILIES IN BAYTOWN THAT HAVE SMALL CHILDREN, ZERO TO THREE.

UM, AND THEN WITH HER IS DANIELLA, UM, WHO IS ANOTHER PARENT WITHIN THE GROUP.

SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE FIRST AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA SAY SOMETHING.

AGES ZERO TO THREE AND THEIR FAMILIES.

SO, SO THERE'S ANY FAMILIES THAT WANNA GET A PICTURE? YES.

THE FAMILIES HERE IN I MAKE UP BABIES IN BAYTOWN.

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

THE FAMILIES HERE IN I MAKE A BABIES FAMILY LEADERSHIP GROUP, AND WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT BABIES

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WE ARE COMMUNITY, FAMILY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CELEBRATING BAYTOWN AND ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE CHANGES THAT IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BABY DAY 2023.

THE LAST TIME WE HAD ONE WAS 2020 AND THE PANDEMIC BROUGHT US TO A HALT WITH THIS EVENT.

WE ARE NOW BACK AND HOSTING IT SATURDAY, APRIL 29TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM RIGHT ACROSS THE WALKWAY IN THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER AUDITORIUM AND THE LONE STAR ROOM.

BABY DAVE FOCUSES ON HELPING FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN GROW HEALTHY MINDS AND BUILD HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER KENNETH GRIFFITH WHO VISITED US, UM, WITH HIS FAMILY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON SATURDAY THE 29TH.

WORK IN OUR OFFICE FOR THE VITAL SERVICES THEY PERFORM IN THEIR EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY THEY REPRESENT.

THERE WAS A, ALL RIGHT.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU AND CERTAINLY WANNA INVITE YOU TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER 29TH.

UM, AND 2020 WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE YOUNG, VERY YOUNG FAMILY, YOUNG TODDLERS, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES TO DO.

UM, AND REALLY YOU'LL LEAVE WITH SOME YOUNG FAMILIES IF, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO AND MAYBE WORK WITH CHILDREN AND, AND DOING EDUCATIONAL THINGS, THIS EVENT WILL, WILL CERTAINLY HELP YOU.

CERTAINLY YOUNG PARENTS, FIRST TIME PARENTS, SO, UH, I GOT TO PLAY FOR A LITTLE BIT, SO IT WAS REALLY FUN.

ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE, IF WE CAN GET COUNSEL DOWN

[c. Present a proclamation designating April 30 - May 6, 2023, as Municipal Clerks Week. ]

HERE.

NOW, MS. GRAHAM, YOU CAN HELP US.

ALRIGHT, NEXT, WE WILL HAVE A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING APRIL 30TH THROUGH MAY 6TH AS MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK.

SO I THINK WE HAVE A FEW CLERKS IN HERE THIS EVENING.

SO I GUESS IF WE CAN GET COUNSEL AND THEN THE CLERKS, UM, HERE, AND I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION.

SO AS Y'ALL SET UP.

SO THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK, WHEREAS THE CITY WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK, A TIME HONORED AND VITAL PART OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK PROVIDES A PROFESSIONAL LINK BETWEEN THE CITIZENS, LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES AND AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER LEVELS.

PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS HAVE PLEDGED TO BE OVER, UM, OVER MINDFUL OF THEIR NEUTRALITY AND IMPARTIALITY RENDERING EQUAL SERVICE TO ALL THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK SERVES AS THE INFORMATION CENTER ON FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY.

WHEREAS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND THE ANNUAL MEETINGS, UH, OF THEIR STATE, UH, PROVINCE, COUNTY, AND, UH, INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

WHEREAS IT IS MOST APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, OF THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRANDON CAPRIO'S, MAYOR, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, WHO HAVE I PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 30TH THROUGH MAY 6TH AS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK'S WEEK IN BAYTOWN AND FUR FURTHER EXTEND APPRECIATION TO OUR PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK, UH, ANGELA JACKSON, AND TO ALL THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS THAT

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SO I WILL SAY, AS YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING GOES TO THE KIND OF THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WHEN IT COMES TO COUNCIL AND MEETING AGENDAS AND SO ON.

SO A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, UH, A LOT OF THINGS TO, TO GO AND KEEP TRACK OF.

UH, I KNOW EVERY TIME YOU COME DURING THE WEEK, THERE'S, UH, ALWAYS A FAMILY HERE THAT'S GETTING A BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR OTHER, UH, DOCUMENTS THAT THEY NEED.

AND SO I'VE ALWAYS HEARD REALLY GREAT COMMENTS ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING'S BEEN HANDLED OUT OF THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, TO OUR PUBLIC, AND CERTAINLY FOR THE THINGS TO GO AND, AND REALLY, UM, UH, ALLOW US TO GO AND, AND, AND GOVERN, UH, IN A, IN A LEGAL OPEN MEETING.

SO WE DO WANT TO THANK MS. JACKSON AND HER TEAM FOR ALL THAT.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION.

DON'T MOVE ANYMORE.

IS HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK, WHEREAS HURRICANES ARE THE MOST POWERFUL NATURAL WEATHER PHENOMENON ON EARTH, CERTAINLY HERE TO THE TEXAS COAST.

READY? 1, 2, 3, AND ONE.

JUST, WE HAVE LOTS OF, LOTS OF PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT.

SO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION

[d. Present a proclamation designating April 30th – May 6th, 2023, as Hurricane Preparedness Week.]

WHEREAS HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORMS HAVE OCCURRED WITH GREATER FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY CAUSING TREMENDOUS DESTRUCTIVE DESTRUCTION ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND ADVERSELY IMPACTING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THE HIGH WINDS, STORM SURGE AND INLAND FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS THREATEN THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES WILL HELP TO REDUCE DAMAGES, INJURIES, DEATH AND SUFFERING OF BAYTON.

THE BAYTOWN OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS OEM, IS DEDICATED TO MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS BY INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WILL HOST THE ANNUAL BAYTOWN HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP ON SATURDAY, MAY 27TH OF THIS YEAR AT THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM SO NOW, THEREFORE, IRAN CAPRIO'S MAYOR OF CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, HEREBY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 30TH THROUGH MAY 6TH, 2023 IS HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK IN BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO BEGIN THE HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES TODAY, TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP AND TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A DISASTER RESILIENT BAYTOWN.

SO WITH THAT, I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, INDIVIDUALS HERE FROM OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHEN STORMS, CERTAINLY HURRICANES IN THE GULF, ONCE THEY ENTER, ENTER THE GULF OR, OR EVEN BE EVEN BEFORE THAT TIME, THERE'S A WHOLE TIMELINE AND COUNTDOWN THAT STARTS WITH OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION FOLKS.

AND IT'S JUST LOOKING.

AND AS, AS WE DO AT HOME, WE GO AND WE TRACK AND WE SEE WHAT IS THE RISK, WHAT'S THE PROBABILITY OF THIS IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THESE ARE THE PROFESSIONALS AND EXPERTS OF OUR CITY.

THEY WORK, UH, WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS AT THE COUNTY AND AT THE STATE.

AND, AND THE MAIN THING IS TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE.

SO AT SOME POINT, WHEN IT DOES COME UP, COME TO, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS, UM, IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY, WE MAY HAVE TO ISSUE, UH, OR AT LEAST ASK OUR CITIZENS TO EVACUATE LOW LYING AREAS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

BUT CERTAINLY IT'S PREPARING TODAY, RIGHT NOW, BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY FIRST WEEK IN MAY IS WHEN WE CAN DO THIS.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD CERTAINLY URGE CITIZENS TO, TO GO AND, AND, UH, YOU CAN GO TO BAYTOWN.ORG.

I THINK THERE'S SOME LINKS THERE TO, TO TELL YOU IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HURRICANES.

UM, WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND IT, IT IS TOTALLY NEW TO THEM.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

AND SO, UM, THERE, THERE'S PLENTY OF RESOURCES THERE, BUT CERTAINLY THE HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP, UH, LATER, UH, IN MAY, UH, I WOULD CERTAINLY URGE OUR CITIZENS TO GO AND ATTEND THAT.

UM, SHOULD BE SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, UH, WITH SOME REALLY GOOD SPEAKERS.

SO, WITH THAT, UH, FOR Y'ALL, THIS IS Y'ALL'S PROCLAMATION.

SO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS

[f. Present a proclamation designating May 21-27, 2023, as National Public Works Week.]

NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

UM, NO, WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF.

I BELIEVE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF FOLKS FROM PUBLIC WORKS, SO I'LL BEGIN THE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS PUBLIC, UH, WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND SERVICES THAT ARE VITAL IMPORTANCE TO

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SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF BAYTOWN.

THESE INFRASTRUCTURES, FACILITIES AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORK PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE FEDERALLY MANDATED FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING, AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT, AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.

SO WHEREAS IT IS THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS, AND CHILDREN IN BAYTOWN TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND MAINTAIN ONGOING INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS AND PUBLIC WORK PROGRAMS, UH, IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

SO WHEREAS THIS, THE YEAR 2023 MARKS THE 63RD ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND CANADIAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.

SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRANDON CAPTIO AS THE MAYOR OF CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, IN RECOGNITION OF THIS EVENT DUE HERE, I PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 21ST TO THE 27TH OF THIS YEAR AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN BAYTOWN.

AND I URGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO JOIN WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND CEREMONIES DESIGNATED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, AND TO RECOGNIZE THESE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND WHAT I WANNA SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY, I THINK IN OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, SOME OF OUR FOLKS WERE ABLE TO HELP A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY.

BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, I KNOW, UM, I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I'M JUST AMAZED IF YOU GO OUT ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK, EIGHT 30 IN BAYTOWN, YOU SEE PUBLIC WORKS OR PARKS AND RECS FOLKS, YOU SEE ALL OUR, ALL OUR CITY VEHICLES, THEY'RE OUT DOING SOMETHING.

THEY'RE EITHER MOWING A PARK, THEY MAY BE, UH, ADDRESSING SOME KIND OF ISSUE ON THE STREET, BUT CERTAINLY PUBLIC WORKS, THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT WE HAVE.

YOU GO, YOU GET AT IT AND, AND VERY, VERY PROUD OF EVERYTHING YOU DO.

YOU HANDLE YOURSELF VERY WELL IN IMPROVING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

SO, TO, TO MR. SEMINO AND EVERYONE ELSE, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

I KNOW THIS ONE WEEK THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THAT I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE STILL DOING, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR EQUIPMENT OUT AND SOMETIMES THE PUBLIC GETS TO COME AND LOOK AT IT.

WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.

OKAY, GREAT.

BECAUSE IT IS REALLY GREAT.

WE HAVE SOME REALLY NEAT EQUIPMENT THAT CAN DO SOME REALLY NEAT THINGS, UM, AS, AS WE EVOLVED AS A CITY.

UM, I THINK THE NEATEST THING IS THE, THE SMALL CONCRETE TRUCK THAT WE CAN MIX AND DO SOME VERY SMALL CONCRETE WORK.

AND SO THAT'S SOME STUFF WE CAN GET IN-HOUSE, AND THOSE ARE JUST THE LITTLE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, MAKE UP OUR PUBLIC'S WORK DEPARTMENT.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITIZENS.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

BIG SMILES.

1, 2, 3, AND YEAH, HANG ON.

ONE MORE.

OKAY, PERFECT.

THIS EVENING, WE HAVE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK, WHEREAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN BAYTOWN IS A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, PROCLAMATIONS

[e. Present proclamation designating May 21-27, 2023 as Emergency Medical Services Week. ]

THE MEMBERS OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TEAM ARE READY TO PROVIDE LIFESAVING CARE TO THOSE IN THE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

WHEREAS ACCESS TO QUALITY EMERGENCY CARE DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES THE SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY RATE OF THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ILLNESS OR INJURY.

THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM CONSISTS OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, EMERGENCY NURSES, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, PARAMEDICS, FIREFIGHTERS, EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND OTHERS.

WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TEAMS, WHETHER CAREER OR VOLUNTEER, ENGAGE IN THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION TO ENHANCE THEIR LIFESAVING SKILLS.

WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS BY DESIGNATING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK.

UH, NOW THEREFORE, OUR BRANDON CAP'S, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 21ST OF THE 27TH OF THIS YEAR AS NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK IN BAYTOWN.

AND WITH THE THEME, EMS STRONG ALWAYS IN SERVICE, I ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE THIS WEEK WITH APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS, CEREMONIES, AND ACTIVITIES.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I THINK LAST MEETING WE, WE RECOGNIZED 9 1 1, UH, AND THOSE THAT, THAT RECEIVED THE CALLS FROM OUR CITIZENS WHEN, WHEN A SITUATION, UM, HAS PRESENTED ITSELF, BUT FOR, FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, CERTAINLY OUR EMS FOLKS THAT GO AND, AND, AND, UH, TREAT OUR CITIZENS, UM, IT COULD BE AN ACCIDENT, IT COULD BE IN WHATEVER CASE, MAY BE IN THEIR HOME.

UM, I I I, THE LAST FEW YEARS, ALL I COULD SAY IS ALL I'VE HEARD IS, IS GREAT REVIEWS OF HOW PROFESSIONAL EVERYBODY IS.

ONE HAS BEEN

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WHEN THEY'VE BEEN ON SCENE, HOW COURTEOUS THEY'VE BEEN.

AND SO WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AND WANNA RECOGNIZE YOUR EFFORTS, UH, NOT JUST THIS WEEK, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, AND CONTINUE MUCH SUCCESS.

AND CERTAINLY, UH, YOU KNOW, SAFE.

IT'S, IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES ON, ON GUARD THROAT WHEN I SEE THE EMS VEHICLES TRYING TO GO UP AND DOWN, IT, IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT.

BUT Y'ALL, Y'ALL, Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT AS, AS, AS BEST AS YOU CAN.

BUT WITH THAT, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU.

PERFECT.

OKAY, READY? HERE WE GO.

1, 2, 3.

OKAY, I HAVE THIS ONE.

CAN YOU SIT DOWN, DRINK SOME WATER? WELL, CERTAINLY MAY IS PROCLAMATIONS MONTH, SO WE ARE WELL PREPARED FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT, UH,

[g. Recognition of the City of Baytown into Class 5 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS).]

NEXT WE HAVE ITEM G IS TO, UM, RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF BAYTOWN INTO A CLASS FIVE OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, ALSO KNOWN AS FEMA, NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM.

AND I THINK WE HAVE MR. MAIA, UH, AND OTHERS, UH, TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, ANGELA WHITE FROM, UH, HARRISON.

SORRY, IT IS, UH, HAS A PLAQUE FOR US.

UH, SHE'S GONNA GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.

UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS ANGELA HARRISON.

I AM, UM, A HAZARD MITIGATION SPECIALIST WITH FEMA.

I AM OUT OF REGION SIX.

I ACTUALLY WORK HERE IN HOUSTON.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR FEMA FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

UM, I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF STEPHANIE WEEKS, WHO IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, RATINGS PERSON THAT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

AND, UM, SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT.

AND THEN I'M ALSO REPRESENTING FEMA, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

UH, INITIALLY JOINED THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM IN 1974, AND THEY ENTERED THE CUS THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM PROGRAM IN 1991.

AND IN 1991, THEY CAME IN AS A CLASS SIX, BUT REMAINED THERE SINCE 2005.

I'M GONNA SAY PROBABLY LIKE TWO YEARS AGO, WE DID A COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE VISIT WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, IN WHICH WE BASICALLY REVIEWED THEIR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

AND WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY, THAT YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY DOING A GREAT JOB IN YOUR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, MAKING SURE THAT YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS UP TO DATE, PEOPLE ARE BUILDING UP TO CODE.

SO WHEN, UH, A MINOR FLOODING EVENT OR A MAJOR EVENT LIKE HURRICANE HARVEY, YOU GUYS ARE WELL PREPARED AND READY TO HELP RECOVER YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITY AND GET PEOPLE BACK INTO THEIR HOMES SAFELY AND SOUNDLY.

UM, WITH THAT YOU GUYS ADOPTED AND REG AND CHANGED YOUR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT, UM, FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE TO NOT ONLY MONITOR HOMES THAT'S IN A HIGH RISK FLOOD HERE AREA, BUT ALSO THOSE THAT'S IN THE LOW RISK FLOOD AREA.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR WHOLE COMMUNITY VERSUS JUST THAT SMALL SECTION.

SO THAT WAS A GOOD THING.

UH, WITH THAT, ADOPTING THOSE HIGHER STANDARDS.

UM, YOU GUYS ALSO MADE ADVANCEMENTS IN YOUR GIS PROGRAM AND DEVELOP A HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN THIS COM TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY ACHIEVE A CLASS FIVE RATING, UH, DURING THE 2 20 21 CYCLE VERIFICATION MEETING.

UM, YOU DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POINTS TO GO FROM A SIX TO A FOUR, BUT YOU GUYS ARE VERY WELL IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING UP TO A CLASS FOUR.

SO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE GONNA GET THERE.

IF YOU GUYS NEED ANY HELP, YOU KNOW, FEMA IS HERE TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WITH THEIR PLAQUE OF MOVING FROM A CLASS SIX TO A CLASS FIVE.

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YOU ARE WELCOME, .

OH, CAN I JUST ADD, OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

CAN I ADD ONE LITTLE THING? SURE.

DO I HEAR? WELL, I'M SORRY.

UM, I HAVE A VOICE THAT CARE, SO I'M NOT USED TO TALKING ON MICROPHONES.

UM, YOU CAN ASK MITCH, THAT YOU HAVE IN THE HURRICANE WORKSHOP AND HURRICANE WEEK PREPAREDNESS, IF YOU GUYS NEED ANYTHING FROM FEMA AS FAR AS LIKE PUBLICATIONS, IF WE NEED US TO COME OUT AND SPEAK.

WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THIS LITTLE, WE CALL IT FOR THE KIDS, IT IS A FLOOD MODEL TO HELP SHOW PEOPLE THE HOW FLOOD ONE INCH TO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, 500 FEET OF WATER COMES INTO YOUR HOME, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

THE KIDS LOVE IT, AND IT GIVES THE PARENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW A SMALL FLOOD TO A BIG FLOOD CAN ACTUALLY AFFECT THEIR HOME.

SO, UM, I CAN GIVE YOU OUR REGIONAL PERSON CONTACT, NAME AND NUMBER, REACH OUT TO THEM, AND IF YOU NEED US TO COME OUT TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS, WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

TO ITEM FOUR A CONSIDER ORDINANCE, REMOVING FROM THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, THOSE CHAPTERS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY, UH, RELOCATED TO THE ULDC, NAMELY CHAPTER ONE, UH, 18 ARTICLE, UH, 14 LANDSCAPING.

SO NEXT, UM, ITEMS THREE, A, B, A, B, AND C.

I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE JUST, WE HOLD OFF ON THAT.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FEW ITEMS OUT OF, UH, ORDER, UH, TO THE COUNCILMAN THAT REPRESENTS THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

UH, DID WANNA BE HERE FOR DISCUSSION.

UM, WE'LL MOVE ON

[a. Consider an ordinance removing from the Code of Ordinances those chapters that were previously relocated to the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC), namely: (1) Chapter 18: Article XIV. - Landscaping; (2) Chapter 126: Subdivisions; (3) Chapter 118. Signs; and (4) Chapter 112. Off-Street Parking; and amending the ULDC to add Section 5.29 “Electioneering with Placement of Signs During Voting Periods.”]

UH, CHAPTER 2, 1 20 OR TWO IS CHAPTER 1 26, SUBDIVISIONS THREE, CHAPTER ONE 18, UH, FOUR, CHAPTER ONE 12.

AND AMENDING THE ULDC TO ADD SECTIONS FIVE POINT 29 ELECTIONEERING WITH PLACEMENT OF SIGNS DURING VOTING PERIODS.

MR. SCRIBNER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SUMMARIZE THIS ITEM FOR COUNSEL.

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MARTIN SCRIBNER FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

UM, YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT, UH, LATE LAST YEAR YOU APPROVED AN ORDINANCE THAT MOVED EVERYTHING THAT WAS DEVELOPMENT RELATED INTO THE ULDC, WHERE, WHERE IT BELONGS, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF BE ABLE TO FIND THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

UM, DURING THAT TIME, WE MOVED, UH, WHAT WAS, IT'S GOT ABOUT A HUNDRED PAGES WORTH OF STUFF AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT, THAT GOT MISSED.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY A CLEANUP ITEM.

THIS IS JUST HOUSE, UH, HOUSEKEEPING.

IT BASICALLY TAKES THOSE SECTIONS THAT WERE MOVED AND REMOVES THEM WHERE THERE'S DUPLICATION FROM THE OLD SPOT IN THE ORDINANCE.

THE ELECTIONEERING WITH THE PLACEMENT OF SIGNS PIECE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ADOPTED A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT.

AND SO AT THE TIME IT MADE SENSE TO PUT IT IN THAT SPOT.

WE'RE JUST MOVING THAT INTO THE ULDC WITH THE REST OF THE SIGN, UM, STUFF.

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

ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL ON ITEM FOUR A? HAVE NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR A IS PRESENTED MOTION TO SECOND, MOTION SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM FOUR A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

OF APPROXIMATELY 53.67 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 58 14 NORTH, UH, STATE HIGHWAY 1 46, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 1 46 AND FM 1405.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ITEM CARRIES.

MOVE BACK TO ITEM THREE, A, B, AND C.

SO ITEM IS TO, IS FOR PROPOSED ANNEXATION

[3. PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 53.67 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 5814 N SH 146, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF N SH 146 AND FM 1405]

UM, IS THERE ANY UPDATES EITHER FROM STAFF OR THE COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? UH, MAYOR COUNSEL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS SU IT WAS ASKED TO BE SUSPENDED, TABLED, UH, MONTHS AGO.

THAT TIME WAS GIVEN UP TO 90 DAYS.

THAT 90 DAYS HAS BEEN, HAS, UM, HAS COME UP FOR RENEWAL OR ACTION.

UH, AT THIS TIME, STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, ALONG WITH UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING, UH, WITH THIS, WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.

SHOULD IT BE IN THE COUNTY OR SHOULD IT BE WITHIN THE CITY.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE MET WITH THE AREAS, UH, WITH THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE AROUND THE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

UH, AND SO IT HAS BEEN A COORDINATED EFFORT TO UNDERSTANDING WHO ALL WAS IMPACTED AND WE MAY NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO, TO HELP PUSH THAT FORWARD.

SHOULD COUNSEL SO CHOOSE.

YEAH, I'LL JUST COMMENT THAT, THAT, UM, THAT WAS WHY I SUSPENDED

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INITIALLY IS I DIDN'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ANNEXATION WITHOUT KNOWING HOW, HOW WE WERE GONNA LAND ON THE REZONE ITSELF.

AND SO, UM, LIKE CITY MANAGER SAID, WE ARE HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER.

UM, I'VE BEEN TO, UM, HOA MEETING FOR THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, THAT BACKS UP TO THAT PROPERTY.

UM, AND SO THAT'S STILL IN THE WORKS, BUT THE 90 DAYS HAS COME UP, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

WE SUSPEND THIS FOR UP TO 90 MORE DAYS.

UH, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

I SECOND IT.

THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND.

ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE MOTION? SO WITH THAT THEN, 90 DAY EXTENSION OF THESE ITEMS, THREE A, B, AND C.

UM, UP TO 90 DAYS.

UP TO 90 DAYS, LIKES THE UP TO 90 DAYS.

UM, BUT ANYWAY, SUSPENSION FOR THESE ITEMS UP TO 90 DAYS.

UH, THERE'S A MOTION, THERE IS A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE SUSPENSIONS OF ITEM FOR 90 DAYS, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

B ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE, TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KIMBERLY HOR AND, AND ASSOCIATES, ASSOCIATES FOR THE I 10 LIFT STATION AND FORCE MAIN PROJECT, MR. SEMINO.

THOSE OPPOSED ITEMS. CARRY, MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR

[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (KHA), for the IH-10 Lift Station and Force Main project.]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UH, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED TO REMOVING, UH, WORK FROM A COUPLE OF, UH, CONSULTING CONTRACTS WE HAVE FOR OUR CIP PROJECTS.

AND THESE ARE BOTH RELATED TO, UH, LAND ACQUISITION.

UM, SO AGAIN INTO THE FIRST ONE, IT'S ABOUT, UM, THE I 10 LIFT STATION PROJECT, WHICH IS A VERY LARGE, UH, LIFT STATION AND FORCE MAIN.

SO THE FORCE MAIN GOES OVER, UH, TWO MILES AND IS THERE WILL BE, UM, SIGNIFICANT LAND ACQUISITION COSTS RELATED TO THAT.

UM, WE ORIGINALLY HAD THIS, UH, LET ME GO INTO THE PROJECT.

SO WE ORIGINALLY HAD THIS SO THAT THE CONSULTANT WOULD, UH, ACQUIRE THE REQUIRED, UM, EASEMENTS FOR US.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE WE DID AN INITIAL CONTRACT WITH THEM AND, UH, WE HAD ONE AMENDMENT RELATED TO, UH, PART OF THE, UH, DESIGN.

UM, AND THEN, UH, HOWEVER, IN THE FY 23 BUDGET PROCESS, UH, COUNSEL AUTHORIZED A POSITION IN PUBLIC WORKS FOR A RIGHT OF WAY COORDINATOR, AND WE HAVE SINCE HIRED THAT, UH, PERSON.

AND, UH, SHE HAS, UH, ACTUALLY JOINING US HERE TONIGHT, UM, KIM PATTERSON.

AND, UM, SO SHE HAS BEEN, UH, UH, VERY GOOD AND PROACTIVE IN TAKING SOME OF THESE CONTRACTS WHERE WE HAD OUTSOURCED SOME OF THE LAND ACQUISITION.

AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA REMOVE IT FROM THE CONSULTANT'S CONTRACT AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME OF THE WORK IN HOUSE.

AND THAT IS GONNA, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE THE NET EFFECT OF SAVING THE CITY SOME MONEY.

WE WILL, UM, HAVE A DECREASE IN THE CONSULTANTS COSTS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE SOME CONSULTANTS DIRECTLY TO DO THINGS LIKE APPRAISALS AND, UH, TITLE WORK.

HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A NET SAVINGS TO THE CITY.

UM, SO, LIKE I SAY, AMENDMENT TWO REMOVES, UH, OVER $450,000 FROM THE CONSULTANT'S CONTRACT.

UM, I ANTICIPATE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECT COSTS TO BE, UM, UNDER $300,000.

SO WE WILL RECEIVE, UH, I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SAVINGS JUST ON THIS CONTRACT.

SO, UM, STAFF, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS.

AND, UH, I'VE GOT, THE NEXT ONE I'LL TALK ABOUT WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS.

OKAY, SO THE, THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE IS, IS ITEM, UH, FOUR B IS THE ORDINANCE, UH, TO, I GUESS AMEND THE, THE, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT.

SO FOR THAT, UM, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MOTION TO APPROVE FOUR B FOUR B MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I HEARD VOICES, BUT, OKAY, BUT MOTION SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FOUR B IS PRESENTED.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

WOULD BE ACT, THE ACTUAL REMOVAL.

OPPOSED? NEXT WE HAVE FOUR C IS BASICALLY WHAT HE JUST EXPRESSED

[c. Consider an ordinance authorizing Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (KHA), for the Garth Road Widening Project from I-10 to Baker Road that would remove certain tasks relating to Rights of Way, Easement, and Temporary Construction License acquisition from the original scope of work.]

SO, UH, FOUR C IS WITH THE SAME CONSULTANT.

AND, UM, JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT.

WE HAVE A DESIGN CONTRACT WITH KIMBERLY HORNE AND PART OF THAT CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE, UM, LAND ACQUISITION SERVICES.

UH, WE ALSO DID ONE AMENDMENT ON THIS CONTRACT.

IF YOU REMEMBER, I CAME TO YOU, UM, LAST NOVEMBER AND, UH, ASKED FOR REALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM BASICALLY ONE SEGMENT OF THE PROJECT TO ANOTHER TO COVER SOME OVERAGES THAT WE WERE HAVING AND A LOT OF THOSE OVERAGES RELATED TO THE LAND ACQUISITION, UH, OF THE, UH, THE FIRST PHASE PHASES A AND B OF THE UTILITY PROJECT.

SO, UH, WE DID HAVE SOME OVERAGES IN THAT AND I ASKED TO REALLOCATE $366,000, UH,

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FOR THAT.

UH, NOW WE HAVE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THE SCOPE OF WORK RELATED TO, UH, THE ROADWAY PORTION OF PHASE A AND B AND WELL AND, UM, THE, THE REMAINING, UH, PORTION OF THIS CONTRACT.

SO THAT WILL NOT ONLY THE, THE DECREASE IN COST FROM, UH, THE AMENDMENT WILL PAY FOR THAT, UM, INCREASE IN COST THAT WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY.

I THINK IT WILL, UH, ALSO RE RESULT IN A NET DECREASE IN, IN OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO, UM, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO PAY FOR ONE OF THE INCREASES THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY.

SO WITH THAT, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR C, MOVE TO APPROVE FOUR C, SECOND MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.

MAYOR, AND, AND I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES AGREE, FRANK, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

UH, TYPICALLY IT TAKES A YEAR OR TWO WHEN WE HAVE A PERSONNEL ACQUISITION OR ADDITION TO STAFF TO TO SEE PRODUCTIVITY HERE.

IT IS IN THE SAME BUDGET YEAR AND YOU'RE BRINGING A SAVINGS BY BRINGING THAT INDIVIDUAL ON.

I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I DO.

UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON BUDGETS IN THE FUTURE.

AND, AND WE APPRECIATE THE TRUST IN STAFF IN, IN GIVING US THOSE, UH, ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSONNEL.

AND UH, LIKE I SAY, THIS POSITION IS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE BOTTOM LINE.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BRING THIS FORWARD.

GOOD JOB.

UM, ITEM FOUR D, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO MBN ENTERPRISES, LLC FOR THE ROBERT E. LEE HIGH SCHOOL DRAINAGE REROUTE PROJECT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM FOUR C AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

ITEM CARRIES.

NEXT WE HAVE,

[d. Consider an ordinance awarding a construction contract to MBN Enterprises, LLC, for the Robert E. Lee High School Drainage Re-route Project.]

MR. SIMINO? YES, SIR.

MAYOR.

UM, THIS, UM, ITEM IS TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, UH, FOR THE ROBERT E. LEE DRAINAGE REROUTE.

I'LL JUST GO OVER SOME BRIEF BACKGROUND FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, AROUND FOR THIS PROJECT.

UH, THERE WAS A SINKHOLE THAT DEVELOPED IN THE, UH, ROBERT LEE CAMPUS, UH, IN 2019.

UM, IT OCCURRED, UH, BASICALLY ON A STORM DRAINAGE LINE THAT WAS, UH, GOING UNDERNEATH THE, UH, BASEBALL FIELDS.

UH, HARRIS COUNTY, UH, HAD A PREVIOUS EASEMENT THERE OF THE OPEN CHANNEL.

GOOSE CREEK, UH, FILLED THAT IN WHEN THEY BUILT THE BASEBALL FIELDS.

AND, UH, SO HARRIS COUNTY MADE THE REPAIRS TO THE, UH, SINKHOLE.

UH, HOWEVER, THEY, UM, BASICALLY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH GOOSE CREEK AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO REROUTE THAT STORM DRAINAGE LINE SO IT WOULD NOT GO UNDERNEATH THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, COLLAPSE UNDER THE BASEBALL FIELDS.

SO, UH, THERE WAS A INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT CREATED WHERE IT WAS A THREE PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN, UH, GOOSE CREEK, HARRIS COUNTY AND CITY OF BAYTOWN.

AND, UM, SO GOOSE CREEK AND HARRIS COUNTY PUT UP FUNDS FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT.

UH, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AGREED TO MAINTAIN THE NEW SYSTEM.

UH, GOING FORWARD, UM, THIS IS KIND OF A SCHEMATIC YOU SEE IN, UM, KIND OF ORANGE THERE, THE, THE EXISTING LINES, UH, THE BLUE LINES SHOW HOW WE'RE GONNA REROUTE THIS AROUND, YOU KNOW, UH, GOOSE CREEK PROPERTY.

SO THEY HAVE, UH, DEDICATED EASEMENTS FOR THE NEW LINES.

AND, UM, I'D SAY THE CITY IS PREPARED TO, YOU KNOW, OVERSEE THAT CONSTRUCTION AND, UH, CONSTRUCT THIS NEW SYSTEM THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, AN IMPROVEMENT.

UH, AND, AND IT IS THE CITY'S BENEFIT BECAUSE THERE'S CITY PROPERTY OVER NAMELY ALONG TEXAS AVENUE THAT DRAINED TO THIS THROUGH THE LEE COLLEGE AREA.

SO, UM, IT IS A CITY BENEFIT TO HAVE THIS LINE NOT COLLAPSE AND, AND THEREBY CAUSE FLOODING TO THIS AREA.

SO, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, SEVEN BIDS, UH, IN MARCH.

AND, UM, WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THE BIDDING AND, AND COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT OF IT.

SO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD THIS, THE, THE BIDS, UH, EXPIRE IN 60 DAYS.

SO, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD.

UH, THERE IS A, UH, A SHORTFALL, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF GOOSE CREEK AND HARRIS COUNTY, UH, ABOUT $142,000.

UH, THAT IS A CURRENT SHORTFALL AND IT'S IN THE AGREEMENT THAT GOOSE CREEK WILL COVER THE OVERRUNS.

UH, HOWEVER, DUE TO THE TIMELINE, STAFF IS ASKING THAT WE AWARD THE CONTRACT AND ALLOW STAFF TO NEGOTIATE THE OVERAGES WITH GOOSE CREEK AND NOT ISSUE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED UNTIL WE HAVE THAT AGREEMENT WORKED OUT.

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UH, AGAIN, WE ARE, UM, DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO REBID THIS.

WE'RE AFRAID THAT WE'LL GET MUCH HIGHER PRICES.

SO, UH, IT'S IN OUR, OUR BENEFIT TO GET THIS AWARDED AND, UM, NEGOTIATE THAT OVERAGE WITH GOOSE CREEK.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. SUMO.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, IF NOT NOT OBTAINED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR FOUR D AS PRESENTED, MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND.

MOVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT.

MAYOR.

YES MA'AM.

UM, SO I JUST WANNA THANK FRANK, UH, YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

I KNOW THIS WAS A LONG TIME COMING YES.

FROM THE START OF THE SYNC CALL AND I KNOW MAYOR AND I HAVE ATTENDED SEVERAL CALLS AND OR SEVERAL MEETINGS AND ANSWERED SEVERAL CALLS FROM THE LEE, UH, BASEBALL TEAM AND, UH, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS PROCESSED.

IT DOES TAKE TIME.

UM, BUT THE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY WELL DONE.

AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OF YOU WORKING THROUGH THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MA'AM.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.

SO THERE WAS A MOTION.

SECOND FOR FIVE, I MEAN FOUR D ALL IN FAVOR.

FOUR D IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED CARRIES.

AND NEXT WE HAVE ITEM FIVE

[a. Consider a resolution canceling the City Council Regular Meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 11, 2023.]

WE DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

UM, MR. ISAAC? YES, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING IS, UH, A RESOLUTION CONSIDERING TO CANCEL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 11TH, 2013.

I'D LIKE TO URGE THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL TO VOTE AGAINST THIS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS TO ADDRESS IN THE CITY.

WE CAN MAKE A LOT, UH, A LOT OF USE OF OUR TIME TO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT EVENING, SUCH AS HEARING A REPORT AND UPDATE ON THE, UH, SAN JATO MARKETPLACE.

UH, THE PROJECT VECTOR, UH, SITUATION THAT WAS TEASED ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE ETHICS COMMISSION AND HOW TO REVAMP AND REVIEW THAT.

UH, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, UH, COMMISSION, THAT'S PART OF OUR, UH, PART OF OUR, UH, CODE OF ETHICS, PART OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE NOT USED.

UH, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE THAT WE HEAVILY INVESTED IN NOT TOO LONG AGO AND, AND GET SOME UPDATES ON THAT AND BRING FORWARD THE DEVELOPERS FOR THAT.

WE COULD ALSO HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE TUNE IN ONLINE AND PARTICIPATE THAT WAY.

SO I'D LIKE TO URGE THIS COUN COUNCIL TO SHOW UP ON MAY 11TH AND DO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE.

WE'VE GOT A LOT TO ADDRESS.

WE'VE GOT A LOT TO WORK FOR.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN.

WE JUST GOT A BIG WORK SESSION TWO WEEKS AGO THAT WE APPROVED TODAY THAT TALKED ABOUT ALIGNMENT.

AND I HOPE THAT WE AS A CITY COULD ALIGN WITH THE WANTS AND THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS TOWN.

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THIS IS, THIS ITEM IS TO CANCEL THE MAY 11TH MEETING.

UH, I WILL SAY IT IS NOT OF A LACK OF ISSUES, UH, TO ADDRESS.

IT'S CERTAINLY THE FACT THAT JUST, UH, I MYSELF, I'LL BE TRAVELING ON CITY BUSINESS AND SO WILL THE MAYOR PRO TEMP.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL HAVE TO GO AND MAYBE HAVE A LONGER MEETING IN MAY.

I'M NOT SURE.

BUT, UM, THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEST TO CANCEL THE MEETING ON MAY 11TH.

SO, BUT IT'S NOT FROM A LACK OF ISSUES.

'CAUSE THERE IS PLENTY, YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE, WE HAVE LOTS OF ISSUES GOING ON.

UH, AND I THINK IN THE LAST MEETING IT WAS EXPRESSED THAT WE HAVE WORK SESSIONS ALMOST PLANNED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN MAYTOWN, THERE'S NO DOUBT.

UH, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETIMES, UM, IT COULD JUST BE WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE 'CAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING THINGS FOR THE CITY, JUST NOT, JUST NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HAPPEN, UM, IN, IN COUNT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 11TH.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD URGE OUR, OBVIOUSLY OUR COUNCIL TO GO AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CANCELLATION OF THE MEETING.

BUT YES, MA'AM, I I ONLY HAD ONE COMMENT.

THE, THE ONLY THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS THE, THE MAKE DATE, WHICH I THINK IS MAY 25TH, IS PROPERTY LEE'S GRADUATION NIGHT.

AH, SO FOR YOU, I, I OBVIOUSLY I SEE THAT, UM, THAT'S OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING.

SO IT WASN'T A MAKEUP DAY.

WELL, NOT MAKEUP.

I'M SORRY.

LET ME TAKE THAT BACK.

YEAH, SO IT WAS THE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE'D HAVE OUR EXTRA LONG MEETING, I .

SO, SO YEAH.

AND SO WE JUST, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO MANAGE OBVIOUSLY AGENDA ITEMS MM-HMM .

BUT, UM, THAT'S THE REASON WHY THAT, THAT WE WILL, IT'S PROBABLY BEST TO COUNSEL THE MEETING.

YES, MA'AM.

I DO WANNA ADD THAT WE AS COUNSEL, YES, WE CAN TUNE IN ONLINE, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE, UM, ON ANY ITEMS ONLINE.

AND THAT IS DUE TO TEXAS, UM, LAW IN TERMS OF OPEN RECORDS ACT.

SO, UM, I KNOW IN THE PAST I'VE JOINED ONLINE, BUT IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, I COULDN'T VOTE ON ANY OF THE ITEMS MM-HMM .

SO I THINK I'M JUST, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? I HAVE A COMMENT.

UM, AS MAYOR PRO TEM, I WOULD BE THE ONE TO FILL IN, BUT, UH, I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND THAT NIGHT AND IT'S NOT CITY BUSINESS.

UM, WE RECENTLY ADOPTED AND I'M BLESSED TO WORK SOMEWHERE THAT GIVES US A, GIVES ME A COUPLE WEEKS OF PATERNITY LEAVE AND I INTEND TO USE THAT TO, UH, WELCOME A NEW MEMBER TO OUR FAMILY.

SO THAT'S

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WHY I WILL NOT BE HERE.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESS TO DO FOR THE CITY, BUT I'M ALSO GONNA SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON MY FAMILY.

SO THANK YOU.

AND, AND MAYOR, I'M, I'LL MAKE COMMENT.

I, I'M ALSO NOT GONNA BE IN ATTENDANCE.

I'M GONNA BE OUTTA TOWN FOR PERSONAL ISSUES AND SOME, UH, LEGAL ISSUES ON THE PERSONAL SIDE.

SO IT GETS DOWN TO THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY NOT HAVING QUORUM TO BEGIN WITH MM-HMM .

SO IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE, AGAIN, WITH THE BUSINESS THAT WE, WE NEED TO DEAL WITH.

WE NEED TO BE HERE TO DO IT.

UM, IT'S JUST THE UNFORTUNATE, EVERY TIME, EVERY NOW AND THEN IN OVER A YEAR, THERE'S GONNA BE THAT UNFORTUNATE STORM THAT ENOUGH OF US CAN'T BE HERE OR DON'T WANT TO MISS THE IMPORTANT ISSUES.

SO I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR PUSHING FORWARD TO, TO CANCEL THE MEETING SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE HERE FOR THE IMPORTANT STUFF.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST HAPPENS.

UM, NO, AND, AND I WOULD SAY, I MEAN, MR. ISAAC DID MENTION THERE'S MANY IMPORTANT ITEMS AND WITH THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE FULL COUNSEL TO, TO HAVE INPUT.

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT THE CASE WE HAVE OTHER, OTHER, OTHER, UH, OBLIGATIONS COULD BE WORK OR COULD BE FAMILY.

AND SO WE HAVE TO RESPECT THOSE TWO.

RIGHT.

AND I THINK THAT LYNN MAYOR, IF I MAY ADD THAT, THE POINT THAT, UM, THE VICE MAYOR, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED THIS WOULDN'T HAVE WORKED BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A QUORUM.

BUT, UM, AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE.

NO, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

'CAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS, UM, AN EVENT, UH, THAT JUST UNFOLDED.

I WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE MAYOR PRO TIM WAS UNAVAILABLE, A COUNCIL MEMBER BECAME IIL O IT JUST, IT CAN HAPPEN, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

SO, UM, YES, BUT I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY PURSUE.

BUT WITH THAT, REGARDLESS, WE DO HAVE AN ITEM.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CANCELLATION OF THE MAY 11TH MEETING.

OBVIOUSLY YOU ALREADY HEARD KIND OF THE REASONS WHY MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM FIVE A AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

IN THAT AS WELL AS INCREASED TRUST WITH BPD IN PUBLIC.

OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, I CARRIES.

UH, NEXT WE

[a. Receive the Baytown Police Advisory Committee's Quarterly Report to the City Council on its work and progress.]

HAVE ITEM SIX A.

UH, LOOKS LIKE IT IS A, UH, RE RECEIVING THE BAYTOWN PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S QUARTERLY REPORT TO THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL ON ITS WORK IN PROGRESS.

AND THE CHAIRPERSON IS DR.

MARISSA MORENO.

THANK YOU FOR WAITING.

YES, GOOD EVENING.

I'M DR.

MARISSA MORENO.

I AM THE CHAIR OF THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE CHAIR OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND WITH ME IS MY CO-CHAIR MR. MICHAEL SPRINGER.

SO HE'S GONNA BE NAVIGATING THE POWERPOINT AS I SPEAK RAPIDLY.

GO AHEAD.

SO JUST A RECAP.

THE COMMITTEE FOCUS IS WE ARE AN ADV ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE ARE NOT, WE HAVE NO OVERSIGHT OR ANY OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, TO RECAP, OVER OUR PAST TWO FULL YEARS, UM, THAT WE'VE COMPLETED, WE HAD FOUR BUCKETS OF CONCERNS THAT WE DISCUSSED.

MENTAL ILLNESS, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WORKED ON IN WHAT WE, UH, ESSENTIALLY CREATED IN 2020.

AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2022.

OF THOSE FOUR BUCKETS, THERE'S THREE THAT WE REALLY, REALLY HONED IN ON.

AND THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE MENTAL ILLNESS.

UM, POLICE CHIEF STRINGER HAS BROUGHT IN A GREAT TEAM WHO GAVE US A RECAP YESTERDAY OR TUESDAY, SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU YESTERDAY, TUESDAY EVENING, UH, ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE IPAD, COLLABORATION WITH HARRIS COUNTY TO AID WITH MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A DETERMINATION BETWEEN, UM, SOMETHING THAT NEEDS SERIOUS POLICING OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MENTAL HEALTH.

AND THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST THING WITH THE MENTAL ILLNESS.

UM, THE STICKERS AND DECALS FOR CARS AND HOUSE TO IDENTIFY MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. THEY ARE OUT AND READY TO GIVE TO OUR PUBLIC.

AND SO THEY HAVE GIVEN OUT AS OF YET, 60 OF THOSE DECALS.

AND SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT THE PUBLIC ARE USING THOSE DECALS.

ESSENTIALLY, THOSE DECALS ARE USED IF YOU WANNA PUT 'EM ON YOUR CAR OR IF YOU WANNA PUT 'EM ON YOUR HOUSE TO, TO NOTE THAT SOMEONE IN YOUR HOUSE HAS A MENTAL ILLNESS.

AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP THAT REQUIRES THE POLICE TO COME, THEY'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UH, THAT THOSE PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOUSE.

UH, SECONDLY IS, AND THROUGH TRANSPARENCY, THEY HAVE A BIG SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND DOING SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY SO THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE, THE CITIZENS ARE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, AND THEY'RE ALSO HAVING, WE HAVE TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE POLICE CHIEF.

HE'S OPEN AND LISTENS AT OUR BAYTOWN, UH, POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

UH, HE'S ALWAYS CONSTANTLY LISTENING TO ANYBODY WHO COMES AND SPEAKS AND WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS TRANSPARENT IN HIS COMMUNICATION.

IT GIVES US A VERY NICE, LONG, LENGTHY REPORT WHEN WE ASK HIM, AND I ASK VERY GOOD QUESTIONS ON WHERE WE ARE ON CERTAIN THINGS.

UH, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND IT'S NOTED, IT'S ALL DOCUMENTED AND IT'S PROBABLY RECORDED, UH, POSITIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THEY HAVE GREAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT THEY HAVE WORKED ON WITH COPY WITH A COP.

UH, THEY HAVE MORE POLICE PATROLLING ON BIKE BIKES, AND THEY HAVE UNIDOS THAT, THAT, UH, I THINK CORPORAL, IS IT CORPORAL? LIEUTENANT OSA? LIEUTENANT HINOJOSA HAS, WHO WAS ON THE BPAC AT FIRST, UM, IS NOW LEADING THE CHARGE.

AND SO WE LOOK, WE LOOK REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM HIM AGAIN.

THAT IS A HINT.

UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND BOOTHS, THEY, THEY ARE VERY, UM, ACTIVE

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WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE TRANSPARENT.

UM, PUBLIC INVITATIONS AND COMMENT PERIODS AT MEETINGS AS WELL.

SO WITH ALL OF THOSE GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WE SAID, OKAY, WELL WHAT NEXT? AND SO WE HAD A WONDERFUL JAM SESSION WITH JAMIE AT THE LIBRARY WHO IS ARTICULATE AND IS I, I'M ASSUMING ALL OF Y'ALL HAVE MET WITH HER BEFORE, BUT SHE DOES A GREAT JOB BRINGING GREAT THINGS OUT OF, UM, COMMUNITY COMMITTEES.

AND SO IN THAT TIME, WE LOOKED AT ALL THE FOUR BUCKETS THAT WE HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN 2020 AND SAID, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO REALLY, REALLY LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD? AND SO THE BIGGEST ONE UNDER POSITIVE ENGAGEMENTS IS WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE MORE ACTIVITY, UM, BY, WITH BPD AND ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH LOCAL APARTMENT COMPLEXES FOR EVENTS FOR COFFEE WITH A COPS.

SO WHY CAN'T WE PUT THOSE COFFEE WITH A COPS IN THOSE EVENT, THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

UH, IN ADDITION, LOOKING AT INVITING BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS TO OUR BPAC MEETINGS TO LISTEN AND HEAR IN AND, AND ASK QUESTIONS AND BE ACTIVE IN THAT.

UH, AND ALSO INCREASE BPBD VISIBILITY AND PATROL OUTSIDE OF CARS, MEANING THAT YOU SEE A POLICE CAR PATROL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT HAS, HAS A POLICE OFFICER COME OUT OF THE POLICE CAR AND ACTUALLY ENGAGED WITH CITIZENS IF THEY SEE PEOPLE OUTSIDE JUST HANGING OUT AND JUST RELAXING AND JUST ENJOYING THE EVENING.

UM, THE SECOND PART, THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.

UM, I'VE REALLY, REALLY BEEN HARD ON, UM, POLICE CHIEF STRINGER ON THIS ONE WITH 100% BPD OFFICERS TRAINED IN INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY.

NOW, I AM NOT TELLING HIM WHAT HE HAS TO DO, BUT I'M STRONGLY ENCOURAGING WHAT ARE WE DOING IN INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY, AND HE GAVE ME A GREAT SYNOPSIS OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.

UM, PREVIOUSLY, UH, I WAS GIVEN A GREAT NICE LITTLE BOOKLET OF THIS, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS TRAINED, THE, THE TRAINING FROM 2009, WELL, WE ARE IN 2023, SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT HE HAD SHARED WITH ME IS THEY HAD RECENTLY GONE THROUGH A MORE UPDATED TRAINING, UH, ANTI-BIAS, UM, AND IMPLICIT BIAS, ALL THESE REALLY GOOD UPDATED INFORMATION ABOUT INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY.

AND HE SAID THAT I THINK ALL OF YOUR OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THAT.

SO WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF SEEING THAT PART OF IT.

UNDER TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY MOVING FORWARD, UH, WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE QUARTERLY BPAC MEETINGS AND TARGETED COMMUNITY LOCATIONS, STARTING WITH OUR NEXT ONE, MAY 23RD.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT AT, UM, THE PENTECOSTALS OF BAYTOWN.

WE'RE GONNA START THERE WITH OUR CHURCH BECAUSE ERIC, WHO USED TO BE THE CHAIR, HAS DEFINITELY SUGGESTED, HEY, COME ON OVER.

SO WE ARE GONNA GO OVER.

AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY SEEING IF WE CAN GET ON, AND I'M LOOKING TO BPD AND THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS, UH, EVENT OUT THERE.

WHEN WE HAD IT IN LEE COLLEGE A FEW YEARS, UH, LAST YEAR, LAST SUMMER, WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT.

UH, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT BEING IN MORE IN THE COMMUNITY COULD POSSIBLY BRING MORE, UH, CITIZENS TO COME TALK, UM, MONTHLY MEETINGS BETWEEN BPDS, G-C-C-I-S-D AND LEE COLLEGE.

THAT CAME FROM STUDENTS WHO CAME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS AND REALLY HAD A CONCERN ABOUT ACTIVE SHOOTERS, UH, SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WE HAD THAT REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION.

AND SO WE DID, WANTED TO PUT IT ON AS A PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL STAY ENGAGED, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR YOUTH.

UM, AND THEN ON THE OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIPS, LOOKING AT BPAC AND PBD, UM, COLLABORATE ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS, REALLY LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN COLLABORATE MORE AND HOW CAN WE REALLY PUSH FORWARD, UH, THE, THE PURPOSE OF BPAC.

SO FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.

WE ADDED ON OUR AGENDA SOMETHING CALLED COMMUNITY INPUT.

AND THAT ALLOWS FOR ME AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER OR AS A BPAC MEMBER TO SAY, OKAY, THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING AND TALKING UNDER CITIZENS' INPUT, BUT THESE ARE THEIR CONCERNS.

AND SO THAT IS THE TIME THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION DURING A BPAC MEETING SO THAT, THAT CHIEF STRINGER AND, UM, OTHERS CAN LISTEN AND SEE WHAT SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS ARE.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE CITIZENS INPUT WHERE WE HAVE HAD ACTIVE, UH, CITIZENS COME AND SPEAK, UH, AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE OR WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED OR, AND WE HAD KUDOS TOO.

WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE COME AND SAY, THANK YOU FOR THIS.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO STILL, AGAIN, STILL SEEKING VENUES FOR MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL.

SO WE WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CONTINUING TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS.

REALLY, REALLY TAKING IN, TAKING IN EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING SAID AND THEN COMING BACK AND GIVING US EXACTLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVING US UPDATES ON HOW IT'S BEING ADDRESSED.

UM, AND THEN A SUGGESTION THAT WAS MADE WAS ADDING AN, A YOUTH EX OFFICIO ONTO OUR COMMITTEE BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD THE YOUTH COME IN OR, OR THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY IMPACT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT CAME AND SPOKE, UM, THEY HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK AND REALLY GOOD INFORMATION.

SO WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE CAN SUGGEST OR ASK, UH, FOR AN ADDITION ADDITIONAL PERSON ON THIS COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BE A YOUTH EX OFFICIO.

AND THAT IS IT.

I, ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GONNA ASK QUICK QUESTION.

UH, THE A COMMITTEE ITSELF, I'M NOT SURE DOES ANY, DO WE NEED TO DO

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COUNCIL ACTION TO ADD THAT? IS IT BY COUNCIL ACTION? 'CAUSE IF IT WAS CREATED BY COUNCIL WITH, WITH THE ROLE.

OKAY, SO THAT'S ONE FOR EX OFFICIO, SO YEAH.

YES, YES, MR. MAYOR.

ANYWAY, SO THAT, I GUESS WE CAN, I WOULD EXPECT A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.

WHAT IF THEY ESTABLISH A, A SUBCOMMITTEE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS, I'M NOT SURE.

I MEAN, WOULD Y'ALL WANT A SUBCOMMITTEE OF YOUTH THAT ONE WOULD REPORT TWO? THE THE REASON WHY SHE'S PROBABLY SAYING THAT MORE, MORE THAN LIKELY EVEN THE, WELL, THE NEXT OFFICIAL, THEY'RE NOT HAVE ANY VOTING RIGHTS ANYWAY.

SO YOU COULD KIND OF CREATE THAT.

YOU COULD ALWAYS INVITE AND HAVE SOMEBODY, WE HAVE OUR, OUR YOUTH LEADERSHIP, UM, FOLKS, RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER AVENUES.

UM, BUT I DO THINK IT, IT IS, UM, I GUESS PRUDENT TO GO AND INCLUDE THE YOUTH IN A SENSE ARE REALLY YOUNG ADULTS, UH, IN THEIR PERSPECTIVES.

I KNOW WHEN I TALKED TO THEM AND WE'VE BEEN AT DIFFERENT EVENTS, UM, THEY HAVE A LOT TO SAY.

OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MM-HMM .

YOU MAY NOT THINK OF IT.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY IN TUNE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

UM, WITH, IF IT'S THE SCHOOL BOARD, LEE COLLEGE OR BAYTOWN, THEY'RE REALLY IN TUNE MM-HMM .

UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT'D BE MY SUGGESTION.

YOU COULD DO THAT.

YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY TAKE IT BACK TO OUR COMMITTEE.

THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THEY COULD CREATE OR AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT THAT OUR YOUTH ARE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SMART.

THEY'RE ON TOP OF IT.

YES, THEY ARE.

THE THE ISSUE THAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS IS WHEN WE MAKE IT AN OFFICIAL POSITION AND THEN WE APPOINT SOMEBODY, THE KIDS ARE BUSY MM-HMM .

AND, AND THEY LOSE INTEREST IN COMING TO MEETINGS REAL FAST.

SO, YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, I, I THINK THE IDEA OF A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT, THAT, THAT WAY IT COULD BE JUST NOT NECESSARILY INDIVIDUALS COULD BE GROUP AND AND Y'ALL GET GREAT INPUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT MARY, THEY, THE KIDS TODAY ARE REALLY ACTIVE AND IN TUNE TO WHAT'S GOING ON.

THEY HAVE GREAT IDEAS.

YES, YES.

MR. SORRY, MR. MAYOR TO ADDRESS COUNCIL MEMBER LESTER'S, UH, ISSUE, UM, IF I MAY BACKTRACK A MINUTE, IF YOU, UH, OFFICIALLY ADD A POSITION, THEN WE WOULD HAVE SOME OF THOSE SAME ISSUES WITH APPOINTMENTS, BUT, UM, AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OR A SUBCOMMITTEE OR SOMETHING THAT THEY DO THROUGH THEIR BYLAWS WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME THROUGH, UH, COUNCIL AND AS A NON-VOTING POSITION WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE DONE AT THIS LEVEL ANYWAY.

A'S DISCUSSION, UH, BAYTOWN THIRD ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JUNE 17TH AT BICENTENNIAL PARK.

THANK YOU THERE, YOUR ANSWER.

ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL REGARDING THE PRESENTATION? SO THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE TIME.

I KNOW, UH, MR. SPRINGER, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT SO FAR.

BRANDEL, THANK YOU, YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ALRIGHT, THANK Y'ALL.

ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE ITEM SEVEN

[a. Baytown's 3rd Annual Juneteenth Celebration will be held on Saturday, June 17th, at Bicentennial Park.]

I BELIEVE OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, CLIFF HATCH AND OTHERS WILL COME AND ABSOLUTELY PRESS A FEW THINGS.

FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLES JOHNSON.

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL.

WE ARE HERE TO, UH, PRESENT THE THIRD ANNUAL, UH, JUNETEENTH LINEUP, UM, WITH HELP FROM LLOYD LIVELY IN CHANNEL 16.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF OUR JUNETEENTH COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AFTER THE VIDEO.

SO HERE YOU GO.

THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PROUDLY PRESENTS THE 2023 JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION FEATURING CURTIS POLLARD, BRANDY HOLMES, DJ BOOGIE, CHARLIE BOY, BIG POKEY, LIL KIKI, AND SLIM THUG.

ALL, ALL CAPPED OFF WITH A FANTASTIC FIREWORKS DISPLAY.

COME CELEBRATE THIS FREE HISTORIC TEXAS EVENT SATURDAY JUNE 17TH AT B PARK IN BAYTOWN.

IT'S A GOOD LINE.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

UH, MY NAME IS VINCENT NORMAN.

UM, SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH ME, I'M, UH, BAYTOWN, BORN AND RAISED.

UM, UH, I'M A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER AS WELL, UH, ON THE UPS STORE THERE ON GARTH ROAD.

UH, AND I'M VERY HAPPY AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO BRING MY, UH, RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE TO THE JUNETEENTH EVENT.

UH, I'VE BEEN ON THE JUNETEENTH COMMITTEE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, SINCE OUR INAUGURAL EVENT, AND I ALSO SIT ON THE, UM, CDAC COMMITTEE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UH, SO, UH, WE HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH MORE OF A LOCAL, UH, AND, UM, UH, TO HONOR SOME OF OUR, OUR LOCAL ARTISTS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

UM, CURTIS ARD, HE'S A LOCAL RESIDENT AS WELL AS BRANDY HOLMES.

SHE IS A, UH, BAYTOWN, UH, BAYTOWN LEAGUE GRADUATE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

SHE'S, SO, UM, WE, UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THESE TYPE OF EVENTS AND REALLY, IT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO ME, TO STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THESE TYPE OF EVENTS ARE FOR THE CITY.

UH, NOT ONLY JUNE

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JUNETEENTH, BUT AS WELL AS 4TH OF JULY.

AND, UH, THE GREET OFFENSE.

UM, IT TAKES, UH, ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO BRING THESE TYPE OF EVENTS TOGETHER.

SO, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE, THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ALSO, UH, ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, PARKS AND RECS, LEGAL, UM, FIRE, UM, EVERYBODY THAT COMES TOGETHER TO DO THESE TYPE OF EVENTS FOR THE CITY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK, UM, BEFORE COUNCILMAN, UH, JOHNSON SPEAKS.

SO WHAT I WAS TOLD, I'M PROBABLY GONNA SAY THIS WRONG, THAT THE, THAT TRI, IS IT THE TRILL IS BACK, IS THAT RIGHT? ? THAT, THAT WAS GOING BE, I WAS INSTALLED.

THE TRILL IS BACK IN BAYTOWN.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.

TRI IS BACK IN BAYTOWN.

WELL, MAYOR, I CAN SEE YOU HAVEN'T LOST YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I, THE THIRD YEAR OF DOING JUNETEENTH AND BAYTOWN IS SOMETHING TO REALLY CELEBRATE.

CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH AND BAYTOWN IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT AMONG EVERYONE IN THE CITY.

AND AS MR. VINCENT SAID BEFORE, THIS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IF IT WASN'T FOR COUNCIL, HAVING THE FOREKNOWLEDGE AND THE FORESIGHT BACK IN 2020 TO HOLD THIS EVENT RIGHT BEFORE IT BECAME A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.

IF THAT DOESN'T SPEAK VOLUMES FOR, FOR BAYTOWN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES.

THANK YOU TO ALL CITY STAFF WHO'S GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN, IN MAKING THIS A SUCCESS.

AND WE ALSO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS.

HOMEGROWN IS SOMEONE WHO STAYS HERE NOW THAT ARE GONNA DO THE ANTHEMS. MS. NAE, EBO BAYTOWN RESIDENT WILL BE DOING THE NATIONAL NEGRO ANTHEM, AND SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED RIGHT HERE IN BAYTOWN WENT TO HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY, HIGHLANDS JUNIOR AND STERLING MS. CHEST CURL.

AN EDUCATOR IS GOING TO DO THE, AN ANTHEM ALSO.

SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT THIS LINEUP HERE.

MR. VINCENT, THANK YOU.

THIS IS GONNA PROBABLY BE THE BIGGEST SHOWING FOR JUNETEENTH IN ITS THREE YEAR HISTORY.

THIS IS GONNA BE BIGGER THAN THE FIRST ONE, GUARANTEE IT.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

UM, THANK YOU STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO HELP THIS BE A SUCCESS.

OF ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THAT DATA IS KEPT IN A DATABASE FOR UP TO ONE YEAR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NOPE.

HOW ABOUT FROM COUNCIL? ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.

I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M VERY EXCITED.

I'M, UH, PROBABLY GONNA TAKE A LITTLE TRIP BACK TO ABOUT 19 98, 19 99, BRANDY HOLMES.

I GREW UP WITH HER.

SHE'S A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE.

I'M, I, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE LINEUP AND, UH, THE L TO THE I TO THE L TO THE K, TO THE E, TO THE K, TO THE E.

THAT'S ME.

I'M GONNA BE OUT THERE.

UH, I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THAT WAS GOING ON.

EXCUSE ME, IF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW THAT WAS SPELLING OUT LITTLE KIKI.

I GOT VERY EXCITED WHEN I SAW THE LINEUP, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, THAT WAS JUST ME BEING A LITTLE SILLY.

BUT, UM, I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING OUT THERE AND CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH WITH OUR CITIZENS AND I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT, THAT Y'ALL ARE PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, HERE FOR OUR CITIZENS.

SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH.

WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE YOU ON THE LINE, ADD ONE MORE THING.

THIS IS A, UH, KID AND FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT.

WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT.

ALL OF THESE ARTISTS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN ON STAGES.

UM, I THINK A FEW OF THEM DID THE RODEO HERE RECENTLY.

SO THIS IS A KID FRIENDLY EVENT AND WE JUST WANNA INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO COME AND ENJOY THIS.

NO, THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD COMMENTS.

AND SO EVERY YEAR I SEE I SEE MORE AND MORE, UH, DIVERSITY, UH, IN, IN THE CROWD AND IT CONTINUES TO GROW AND, AND BAYTOWN CONTINUES TO ATTRACT THOSE IN THE HOUSTON AREA TO COME TO BAYTOWN AND CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH.

SO WE CONTINUE TO WISH YOU BEST OF LUCK.

CERTAINLY WANNA SUPPORT THE, THE, UH, EVENT ITSELF.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE ITEMS, UH, WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, A THROUGH O.

AND SO I DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM, UH, AE.

MR. BECK.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BYRON BECK, 47, 27 BLACK STONE STREET, AND BEAUTIFUL EAST POINT SUBDIVISION.

I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE SOME GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE A LPR CAMERA SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY WERE IMPLEMENTED.

UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE, UH, SOME KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT THESE THINGS ACTUALLY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO.

UM, THESE STATIONARY FIXED POLE CAMERAS, UH, RECORD EVERY VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE AND VEHICLE DESCRIPTION THAT PASSES BY IT.

EVEN IF YOU'RE A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN AND YOU'RE NOT SUSPECTED

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UM, IT'S SEARCHABLE, SO YOU CAN GO BACK AND SEARCH FOR A CERTAIN LICENSE PLATE OR A YELLOW TOYOTA.

UM, THAT'S CONCERNING WHY, BECAUSE WITH THE SEARCHABLE DATABASE AND ENOUGH CAMERAS, I CAN FIND OUT THE MOST PERSONAL AND INTIMATE DETAILS OF YOUR LIFE.

EVEN JUST TRAVELING ON PUBLIC ROADS.

I CAN KNOW WHERE YOU WORSHIP WHEN YOU'RE HOME, WHEN YOU'RE NOT HOME, WHEN YOUR 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER'S HOME, BUT YOU'RE NOT.

I CAN FIND OUT WHAT DOCTOR YOU GO TO.

I CAN GO KNOW WHAT POLITICAL RALLIES YOU ATTEND, UH, WHO YOU GO SEE.

UH, IF YOU'RE, UH, HAVE A GIRLFRIEND ON THE SIDE AND YOUR WIFE'S OUT OF TOWN, I CAN KNOW WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD YOU GO TO WHEN SHE'S OUTTA TOWN.

UM, IT, IT'S, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULDN'T GIVE AWAY LIGHTLY.

AND I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT POSSIBLY BAD ACTORS COULD ACCESS THIS DATA AND USE IT FOR PERSONAL OR POLITICAL GAIN.

AND THAT ACTUALLY HAS HAPPENED.

UM, THERE'S PLENTY OF INSTANCES.

UH, ONE, ONE EXAMPLE IS A, A, A SHERIFF USED A VEHICLE MOUNTED A LPR TO SCAN THE LICENSE PLATES AT A FUNDRAISER FOR HIS OPPONENT TO SEE WHO WAS ACTUALLY ATTENDING THAT EVENT.

UM, SO WE KNOW THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN.

UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE DATA BREACHES.

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY MONTH I GET ANOTHER EMAIL FROM SOMEONE THAT SAYS THAT, UH, UH, SORRY, YOUR DATA WAS LOST.

UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THESE ARE USED AROUND THE WORLD.

IN CHINA, THEY USE THESE KIND OF CAMERAS TO LOCK DOWN PROTESTORS.

AND FOR COVID LOCKDOWNS IN LONDON, THEY USE THIS TO IMPLEMENT GREEN, UH, TECHNOLOGIES LIKE CONGESTION TAXES JUST FOR ENTERING THE CITY.

UM, I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SYSTEM MAKES A MISTAKE, WHICH WILL HAPPEN.

THESE CAMERAS AREN'T PERFECT.

SOMETIMES THEY READ A ONE AS AN I OR AN L, AND IF AN INNOCENT DRIVER'S CONFRONTED BY AN AGGRESSIVE POLICE OFFICER WHO BELIEVES HE'S PULLING OVER A MURDER SUSPECT, UM, THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD SITUATION.

UH, I SEE MY TIME'S ALMOST UP, BUT I WOULD ASK FOR TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IF, IF NECESSARY, IF YOU COULD JUST MAKE YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS.

I'LL GIVE YOU MORE.

A FEW MORE SECONDS.

I, I'M ALSO CONCERNED HOW THIS IS IMPLEMENTED BY AN UNELECTED COMMITTEE AND GREAT FOLKS ON THERE.

I KNOW THESE FOLKS AND APPARENTLY THEY WEREN'T GIVEN COMPLETE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

I'M CONCERNED HOW THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THIS ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WITH NO TOWN HALL, NO PUBLIC DISCUSSION, NOT EVEN A PRESENTATION FROM THE VENDOR ON WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT DOES, OR A DISCUSSION ON THE CONCERNS ABOUT IT.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR CLOSING COMMENT, PLEASE.

UH, COULD I ASK FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME? UH, I'LL GIVE YOU 30 MORE SECONDS.

I MOTION TO GIVE HIM ONE MINUTE.

UH, I GUESS WE HAVE A SECOND.

I THINK WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION? I GUESS SO A SECOND.

A MOTION SECOND.

ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR ONE MINUTE? I'M PRACTICALLY DONE, SIR.

I'M PRACTICALLY DONE.

A MINUTE.

SHOULD BE MORE SUFFICIENT.

WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION AT, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO VOTE COURT.

SO THERE'S A MOTION, THERE'S A SECOND.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ONE MINUTE? AYE.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO IT.

WE ARE SETTING A PRECEDENCE THOUGH, AND WE ARE, THEY ONLY GET 30, YOU KNOW, THREE MINUTES.

I WOULD, I WOULD, UM, TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT.

UH, UM, I'M CONCERNED HOW THE COUNCIL DID VOTE THIS WITHOUT EVEN A PRESENTATION BY THE VENDOR OR A TOWN HALL.

UH, THE ENTIRE PROGRAM SHOULD NOT ONLY NOT BE EXPANDED TONIGHT, BUT IT NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR REEVALUATION IN A PUBLIC DEBATE WITH COUNCIL CLEARLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS ENTAILS AND WHERE THEY STAND SO THAT THEY, WHEN THEY DO VOTE, THE PUBLIC KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THEY THINK.

ALSO, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY ALWAYS LIKES TO INCLUDE STAKEHOLDERS.

I WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF A STAKEHOLDER WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUE OF PHOTO ENFORCEMENT IN THIS TOWN AND THE STATE.

UH, I HAVE WORKED ON THIS ISSUE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE LOCAL LEVEL, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PETITION PROCESS.

SO I WOULD OFFER MYSELF TO THE CITY AND THE COMMITTEE AS A RESOURCE IF NEEDED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS, SIR.

SO, UH, WE, REGARDLESS, WE DO HAVE THIS ITEM THAT WAS THE, THIS SYSTEM WE HAVE THAT'S ON CONSENT

[8. 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.]

AGENDA.

UM, IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? UH, MR. MAYOR, I WANNA PULL ITEM E FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

SO I'LL FIRST ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR EVERY ITEM ON CONSENT A THROUGH O OTHER THAN E CAN GET A MOTION FOR THAT MOVE TO APPROVE SAVE.

AND EXCEPT EI, SECOND.

MOTION TO SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONSENT, UM, EXCLUDE OR EX EXCLUDING ITEM E, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALRIGHT, MR. COUNCILMAN, GO AHEAD.

THOSE OPPOSED? NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM E.

[e. Consider an ordinance authorizing the sole source purchase of twenty-four (24) license plate recognition cameras (LPR) with installation and recurring yearly cost from Flock Group Inc., d/b/a Flock Safety.]

UM,

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SO I WAS CONTACTED BY SEVERAL CONCERNED CITIZENS, MAINLY MR. MR. BECK BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION ON JANUARY 11TH.

UM, THE, UH, CCPD COMMITTEE APPROVED, UH, 18 LPRS, UH, FOR USE IN THE CITY.

IT'S, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I GOT A CON UH, UH, STATEMENT FROM WHO'S NOW THE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE LP, THE CCPD, THAT, UM, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSION ABOUT THE LANGUAGE, UH, REGARDING THE PORTABILITY OF THE CAMERAS.

UM, ALSO, UM, THE, UM, THE, THE VOTE AFTER IT WAS APPROVED, IT WAS MOVED TO CONSENT AGENDA WHERE IT WAS NOT REALLY ACCURATELY DISCUSSED.

UM, THIS HAS LED US TO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, AND, UM, I'M GETTING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE.

THERE MAY BE CONFUSION, THERE NEEDS TO BE, UM, UH, CONVERSATION.

UH, THINGS NEED TO BE MADE CLEAR ABOUT EXACTLY THE USE OF THESE LPRS AND, UM, POSSIBLE, UH, FOURTH AMENDMENT ISSUES, UM, THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND CLARIFIED.

SO IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE, WE TABLE THE PHASE SECOND PHASE OF THIS AND PERHAPS KICK THIS BACK TO THE CCPD FOR A CLARIFICATION IN ANOTHER VOTE.

MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR.

UH, THE CHIEF IS, UH, PREPARED TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE TONIGHT.

HE DID, HE DOES HAVE HIS LIEUTENANT HERE, BUT OVERSEES THIS PROGRAM.

IF COUNSEL WISHES TO HEAR, UH, FROM STAFF, THEY ARE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE.

I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO HEAR THAT.

HOUSTON HAIDA INITIATIVE, UH, WHICH Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

UH, YES, AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, YOU DID HEAR FROM A MATTER OF FACT YOU ALL RECEIVED THE EMAIL, I BELIEVE, FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CCPD.

THE FOLLOW UP TO THE STATEMENT ABOUT CONFUSION WAS THAT HE MET WITH LIEUTENANT KROLL AND MYSELF, AND HE BELIEVES THAT IT WAS CLEARED UP AND HE'S PERFECTLY CONFIDENT WITH THE SYSTEM AND HOW IT OPERATES WITH THAT.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADVISE THAT, UH, FOURTH AMENDMENT IS, IS NOT AN ISSUE WITH THIS.

I'M GONNA HAVE LIEUTENANT CROWELL, WHO'S OUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR, STEP UP AND SPEAK TO THAT.

BUT, UH, THIS SIMPLY IS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL.

IT'S NOT AN ENFORCEMENT TOOL.

IT DOES NOT ESTABLISH PROBABLE CAUSE.

A POLICE OFFICER WHO RECEIVES A HIT OR AN ALERT FROM A CAMERA, WHEN THEY RECEIVE THAT ALERT, THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE NORMAL STEPS.

THEY WOULD, IF THEY WERE ACTING ON WHAT'S CALLED A BOLO, A BE ON LOOKOUT, THAT THEY HAD A, A TAG TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO RUN THAT THROUGH NCIC, EITHER THROUGH OUR DISPATCH OR THROUGH THEIR MDT AND GET A HIT CONFIRMATION FROM THE AGENCY OF ORIGIN.

UH, AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT, UH, RECORD ANY TYPE OF TRAFFIC DATA LIKE SPEEDING OR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

YOU CAN'T TELL, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THE, UH, UH, IT DOESN'T LOOK FOR EXPIRATION ON THE, UH, REGISTRATION AS FAR AS THE, THE STICKER ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR.

UM, AND IT IS AIMED ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY, UM, TO WHICH THE, THE COURTS HAVE RULED.

THERE IS, UH, NO EXPECTATION TO PRIVACY.

AND EVEN IN YOUR VEHICLE, THERE IS A DIMINISHED EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY.

UM, THIS WAS PRESENTED, UH, PROPERLY AND APPROPRIATELY.

I WENT BACK AND I WATCHED THE, UH, THE RECORDING.

UH, IT WAS I THINK MY FIRST OR SECOND, UH, CCPD, AND I ACTUALLY ASKED CHIEF HOLDEN TO HELP CLARIFY THE PORTABILITY OF IT.

UM, AND THEY ARE SMALL CAMERAS ATTACHED TO A FIXED STATIONARY OBJECT, BUT THEY CAN BE MOVED.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WAS A QUESTION AS WELL.

SO I HOPE THAT CLEARS THAT UP.

WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN THE REST OF IT OVER TO LIEUTENANT KROLL, WHO'S OUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR THAT, UH, RUNS THE, THE PROGRAM, UM, AND CONDUCTS, UH, ANY AGENCY AUDITS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TRAINING ON IT.

AND BY THE WAY, UH, FLOCK ONLY HOLDS THE, UM, THE DATA FOR 30 DAYS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

HOW YOU DOING? LIEUTENANT AARON KROLL, LIEUTENANT SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION COMMANDER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT MR. BECK MADE THAT ARE AREN'T QUITE ACCURATE.

AND WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THE TELEPHONE A COUPLE DAYS AGO WHERE WE DISCUSSED THIS PROGRAM.

UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS HAS TO DO WITH THE RETENTION OF DATA FLOCK SAFETY AND CONTRACT WITH BAYTOWN RETAINS IT FOR 30 DAYS.

UH, WE HAVE A POLICY WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE L-A-L-P-R SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US, UH, THE FLEXIBILITY TO RETAIN DATA FOR UP TO ONE YEAR.

IF THAT'S A VENDOR REQUIREMENT, THAT IS NOT THE REQUIREMENT IN THE CASE WITH THE FLOCK SYSTEM.

SECONDLY, THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN AVAILABLE AND USED BY THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR AT LEAST THE PAST 17 YEARS THAT I KNOW OF, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE

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SO SOME OF THE CONFUSION CAME ABOUT FROM THE WAY THESE DEVICES ARE DEFINED WITHIN OUR POLICY.

UM, THERE'S THREE TYPES OF A LPR DEVICES THAT ARE DEFINED IN OUR POLICY.

UH, MOBILE PORTABLE AND FIXED FIXED REFERS TO, UH, A LPR EQUIPMENT THAT IS MOUNTED ON A FIXED OBJECT SUCH AS A TELEPHONE POLE, A MOUNTED POLE IN THE GROUND, EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.

MOBILE A LPR SYSTEMS ARE REFERRING TO A LPR SYSTEMS THAT ARE MOUNTED TO A VEHICLE, WHETHER THEY'RE PERMANENTLY AFFIXED OR TEMPORARILY MOUNTED VIA MAGNETS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

WE DO NOT CURRENTLY UTILIZE THAT EQUIPMENT.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANY OF THAT EQUIPMENT.

AND THEN PORTABLE REFERS TO WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE TRAILER TYPE APRS.

UM, COUNSEL ACTUALLY AUTHORIZED THE PURCHASE OF THREE OF THOSE TRAILERS IN I BELIEVE, 2021.

THEY'VE BEEN UTILIZED IN CITY PARKS, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME CAMERAS, UH, SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT ARE ON THEM AS WELL TO PROVIDE SECURITY AND VISIBILITY IN, IN THOSE AREAS.

SO THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS, UM, THESE ARE NOT USED FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.

THEY DO NOT GENERATE REVENUE.

UH, YOU ARE NOT ISSUED CITATIONS OR ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL CHARGES BASED SOLELY, UH, UPON THE DATA COLLECTED BY THE FLOCK SYSTEM.

WHAT IT PROVIDES US IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUR VEHICLE, UM, THE EXTERIOR OF YOUR VEHICLE.

UM, IT DOES NOT IDENTIFY THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE.

IT DOES NOT, UH, PROVIDE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR WARRANT STATUS FOR ANYBODY POTENTIALLY INSIDE THE VEHICLE.

UM, IT SIMPLY PROVIDES A HIT IF IT IS ENTERED INTO THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER COMPUTER, WHICH IS A FEDERAL DATABASE USED BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

UH, OR IF THERE'S A LOCAL, UM, WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS A HOT LIST ALERT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD RANGE FROM AN AMBER ALERT VEHICLE, A SILVER ALERT VEHICLE, OR A CLEAR ALERT VEHICLE.

UM, IT COULD BE A VEHICLE THAT IS ENTERED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT'S RELATED TO A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, SUCH AS A HOMICIDE OR ANY TYPE OF INVESTIGATION THAT THAT'S PUT IN THERE.

BUT IT IS NOT, UH, PROVIDING US SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO ISSUE SOME TYPE OF CHARGE AGAINST SOMEBODY.

IT'S NOT USED FOR PARKING ENFORCEMENT, IT'S NOT USED FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND, UM, IT IS NOT IN OUR POLICY TO BE UTILIZED IN THAT WAY OR MANNER.

THE DATA IS CONTAINED, UM, BY FLOCK SAFETY, UH, THROUGH A, UH, A WEB INTERFACE.

UM, IT'S A CLOUD-BASED STORAGE SYSTEM THEY UTILIZE THAT MEETS FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR ENCRYPTION FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA.

UM, IT LINKS WITH THE NCIC COMPUTER SYSTEM, WHICH IS A, A FEDERALLY RUN, UH, SYSTEM, I BELIEVE BY FBIC, JUST SO IT MEETS THEIR DATA STANDARDS FOR SECURITY, TO GAIN ACCESS TO THIS DATABASE FOR THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE TO BE PROVIDED TRAINING BY THE VENDOR AND YOU HAVE TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE POLICY.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BE ADDED BY THE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH IS MYSELF OR ONE OF MY SUBORDINATES WITHIN MY UNIT.

WE MAINTAIN OVERSIGHT AND AUDITING OF THIS PROGRAM.

UM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INDIVIDUALLY AUDIT OUR USERS, WHICH INCLUDES SWORN AND CIVILIAN INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL IN CONDUCTING THESE INVESTIGATIONS, UH, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRACK PATTERNS OF USAGE.

WE HAVE ONLY HAD THIS PROGRAM, THIS FLOCK SAFETY PROGRAM LIVE, UM, OBTAINING DATA FROM THE, THE INSTALLED CAMERAS SINCE APPROXIMATELY DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS APPROVED INITIALLY THROUGH CCPD FUNDING IN JANUARY OF 22, IT TOOK SOME TIME FOR THE INSTALLATION AND WHATNOT OF THE EQUIPMENT.

SO I CAN'T PROVIDE YOU STATISTICS AT THIS POINT.

I'M IN THE PROCESS OF COMPILING THEM OF THE AMOUNT OF STOLEN VEHICLES THAT WERE RECOVERED, OR CASES THAT HAVE BEEN SOLVED OR AFFECTED THROUGH THE USE.

BUT I WILL BE PROVIDING THAT TO Y'ALL.

I DO AGREE THAT TRANSPARENCY AND EDUCATION IS GOOD, AND I'M ALSO ARRANGING, UH, TRAINING, UH, IN, IN AN EDUCATIVE, UH, UH, PRESENTATION THAT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL AND CCPD AND OTHER GROUPS AS NEEDED.

SO THAT THAT'S A, AN ISSUE THAT'S IN THE WORKS.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, I AM WILLING AND ABLE TO ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS I CAN CONCERNING THE PROGRAM.

OKAY? YES, YES, CHIEF.

SO COULD YOU ALSO DISCUSS HOW THIS, UH, DATA IS ACCESSED AND JUST WHO CAN ACCESS IT? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC EVEN THROUGH FOIA? NO.

UH, SO THIS DATA IS CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROTECTED INFORMATION.

IT'S ACCESSED

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THROUGH THE WEBSITE BY AUTHORIZED USERS.

IT IS AC ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES WITH A VALID LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSE.

UM, THERE IS A SITE OF FLOCK, UM, THAT IS, UH, PROVIDED TO PRIVATE ENTITIES SUCH AS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, UH, AND PRIVATE BUSINESSES.

WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS INSIDE THE CITY CURRENTLY THAT UTILIZE FLOCK THROUGH THEIR HOA PINEHURST IS AN EXAMPLE.

UM, THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA.

FLOCK ALSO DOES NOT SELL OR DISTRIBUTE THE DATA COLLECTED UNDER THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT WITH THEM.

HOWEVER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN AUTHORIZE SHARING THAT DATA WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO SHARE THAT DATA.

UM, IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MISUSE THERE? YES, AS WITH ANYTHING ELSE, WE HAVE EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT AND WE HAVE NOT HAD MISUSE THAT, THAT WE KNOW OF AT THIS POINT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE POLICY AND CLEAR OVERSIGHT OVER IT TO TRY AND ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES TO PREVENT THEM AND THEN ADDRESS THEM IF THEY DO OCCUR.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? MAYOR, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, I DO HAVE A COMMENT AND YOU KNOW, FIRST I WANNA SAY THAT I APPRECIATE MR. BECK COMING AND, AND SPEAKING AND, UM, DATA BREACHES ARE ALWAYS A CONCERN REGARDLESS OF, OF WHERE WE ARE, WHAT AGENCY IT IS.

BUT I, I'M SATISFIED, UM, WITH THE ANSWERS GIVEN BY BOTH CHIEF AND, UM, UH, LIEUTENANT K CROW.

SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CONCERNS.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY I, UM, I SPOKE WITH MR. BECK AS WELL AS A COUPLE OTHERS, AND, UM, I, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS, BUT ALSO YOU MENTIONED PINEHURST AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE THAT HAVE INSTALLED THIS SYSTEM.

AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE, THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS AN HOA CAME TOGETHER, AND, AND THEY, THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE'S VALUE IN THIS.

UM, PINEHURST SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE, THEY STILL HAVE AN, AN UNSOLVED MURDER IN THERE AND A LOT OF THEM BELIEVE IF THEY SAW WHAT VEHICLE CAME IN OR OUT, THEY, THEY MAY HAVE SOLVED THAT.

SO, UM, UH, I I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED WHEN THERE WAS THE EMAIL ABOUT MAYBE SOME THINGS WERE, WERE MISCOMMUNICATED, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT Y'ALL STRAIGHTENED THAT OUT AND, AND, UM, UM, BUT I, SO I APPRECIATE YOU GOING BACK WATCHING THE FOOTAGE, LIKE YOU SAID, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ANSWERED IN THE CORRECT WAY.

SO, UM, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF, OF THE SYSTEM.

COMMITTEE SAYING THAT HE'S NOW CHANGED HIS DIRECTION AND HE'S IN FAVOR.

ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WANNA CLARIFICATION, YOU HAD SAID WE USED, UM, SIMILAR OR THE SAME TECHNOLOGY FOR 17 YEARS, AND THEN YOU ALSO SAID THAT WE JUST WENT LIVE SINCE DECEMBER OF 2022.

THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T HAVE UPDATED STATISTICS.

SO I WAS HOPING YOU COULD CLARIFY THAT FOR ME.

DO WE, HAVE WE USED THE SAME EXACT LPR TECHNOLOGY FOR 17 YEARS OR IS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR 17 YEARS VERSUS DECEMBER OF 2022? WE'VE UTILIZED THE FLOCK TECHNOLOGY, UH, SINCE ROUGHLY DECEMBER OF 22.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE VENDORS, UM, THAT PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY.

UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF MAIN ONES, UH, MOTOROLA, VIGILANT L SAG, A FEW OTHERS.

UH, WE HAVE HAD ACCESS TO, UH, AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE HOUSTON HAIDA INITIATIVE.

I'M SAYING THAT TIMEFRAME, BUT I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN HERE 22 YEARS AND I CAN REMEMBER IT AS FAR BACK WHEN I WAS A ROOKIE, BUT I, I CAN'T PUT A FIRM OKAY.

DATE ON IT.

SO WE'VE HAD ACCESS TO IT OVER THOSE YEARS AND UTILIZED THEM IN INVESTIGATIONS.

UH, DECEMBER OF 22 IS THE FIRST TIME WE USED OUR OWN INTERNAL A LPR SYSTEM LIKE FLOCK.

YEAH, WHEN ALL OF THIS WAS BROUGHT TO ME, UM, REALLY WITHIN THE PAST 48 HOURS, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LPR TECHNOLOGY OR ANY OF THIS.

UM, I WILL SAY I, I, UM, AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF MR. SHEBA, BUT ALSO OF YOU, LIEUTENANT.

I I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU BROUGHT IN.

UM, I'M VERY SATISFIED TOO WITH EVERYTHING.

AND I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE, THE COMMITTEE, UH, MR. RICE, I RECEIVED TWO EMAILS FROM HIM WITHIN THE PAST TWO DAYS.

THE FIRST ONE WAS SAYING THAT HE WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH WHAT TOOK PLACE DURING A MEETING.

AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP WAS AFTER SPEAKING WITH YOU THE LAST TIME, IS THAT HE WAS SATISFIED.

AND HE VERY CLEARLY STATED THAT HE IS NOW IN FAVOR OF THE LPR CAMERAS AND TECHNOLOGY.

SO, UM, AFTER THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ANSWERED BY YOUR DEPARTMENT, UM, AND I'M NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE, AND, AND NOW WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE

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I MEAN, I ALSO FEEL SATISFIED.

IS THAT OKAY? THANK YOU.

UH, JUST FEW QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.

YES, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

THANK FOR THE POLICE DEPART, EVERYTHING.

UH, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE, THE COMMITTEES THAT WORK HARD TO TRY TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS WITH THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE.

UM, I JUST HAVE A, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.

UH, SO THE, UH, SINCE IT'S BEEN AN EFFECTIVE A YEAR, WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT ARE THE MEASURABLES, HOW, WHAT IS, WHAT HAS BEEN THE SUCCESS STORY BEHIND THESE SINCE THEY'VE BEEN? I CAN PROVIDE SOME ANECDOTAL EXAMPLES, UM, AND I CAN PROVIDE SOME STATISTICS ON READS.

UM, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF COMPILING AN ACTUAL REPORT TO BE PRESENTED TO Y'ALL THAT WILL DISCUSS SPECIFICS.

UH, BUT SOME ANECDOTAL EXAMPLES I CAN GIVE YOU IS WHEN WE FIRST OBTAINED ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, UH, WE RECEIVED A FLOCK HIT NOTIFICATION IN PINEHURST OF A MURDER SUSPECT VEHICLE FROM A HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT CASE THAT WAS SEEN ON A REGULAR BASIS ENTERING AN EXITING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, WE PROCEEDED TO SIMPLY DRIVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FOUND THE VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT.

UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, OBSERVE IT AND SPEAK WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO THEY THEN CONDUCTED AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AND WERE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY INVESTIGATE THAT HOMICIDE.

THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW THE TECHNOLOGY WORKS.

UM, WE RECEIVE ON A REGULAR BASIS, UM, HIT NOTIFICATIONS OF STOLEN VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, OUR OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO RELATIVELY QUICKLY ARRIVE IN EITHER THE AREA OR IN A NEARBY AREA RELATED TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE, THE VEHICLE.

UM, THE EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE YOU IS IF WE RECEIVE A HIT NOTIFICATION AT, SAY, 5:00 PM ON A, A FRIDAY AT GARTH ROAD NIGHT 10, AND THE VEHICLE'S TRAVELING SOUTH, I KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO REACH, SAY, CEDAR BY LYNCHBURG IN GARTH.

AND SO OUR OFFICERS KNOW WHICH AREAS TO TRY AND HEAD TO TO TRY AND FIND THE VEHICLE.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO LOCATE THE VEHICLES AND EITHER CONFIRM OR REFUTE THE FACT THAT IT IS IN FACT A, A WANTED VEHICLE.

SO THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, UH, RELATIVELY REGULARLY.

AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, FOR A 30 DAY PERIOD OF MARCH 29TH TO TODAY, AT ABOUT TWO 15, UM, OUR FLOCK CAMERAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF ABOUT 6.5 MILLION LICENSE PLATE READS.

THAT'S EACH OF THE, THE 36 CAMERAS COMBINED RECEIVED A TOTAL OF, OF THAT, YOU KNOW, 6.5 MILLION IN CHANGE LICENSE PLATE READS.

NOW, THOSE ARE DUPLICATE READS BECAUSE THE SAME VEHICLES ARE HITTING MULTIPLE CAMERAS OUT OF THOSE READS.

UM, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 840 WHAT WE CALL HOT LIST ALERTS, WHICH IS THE STOLEN VEHICLES OR MISSING PERSONS OR WATCH LIST OR HOT LIST TYPE VEHICLE ALERTS.

I'M IN THE PROCESS NOW OF CONDENSING THOSE NUMBERS TO BREAK THEM DOWN INTO MORE SPECIFICS OF WHAT CASES THEY'RE RELATED TO VEHICLES THAT WE MAY HAVE RECOVERED AND WHATNOT.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE SOMETHING ELSE TOO, THAT WAS, WAS, WAS RAISED WHEN WE RECEIVE A HOT LIST ALERT, THAT'S NOT PROBABLE CAUSE FOR AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION THAT'S SIMPLY A REASONABLE SUSPICION TOOL.

OUR OFFICERS HAVE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THAT THAT VEHICLE IS IN FACT THE VEHICLE THAT'S IN THE ALERT AND IT IS IN FACT A, A STOLEN OR WANTED VEHICLE IN SOME WAY.

SO THE MERE FACT THEY RECEIVE AN ALERT ISN'T GOING TO CAUSE AN OFFICER TO MISTAKENLY PULL OVER A, A ROBBERY VEHICLE BECAUSE MAYBE THERE'S A, A NUMBER TRANSPOSED OR A MISREAD ON THE, ON THE PLATE, WHICH DOES HAPPEN.

UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PLATES MAY NOT ALWAYS BE READ CORRECTLY, BUT WE DO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THAT BEFORE WE TAKE ANY TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

SO JUST, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, TIME, I DON'T WANNA KEEP ANYBODY HERE TOO MUCH LONGER, BUT I WANT TO GET SOME THINGS CLARIFIED.

UM, SO, SO WHAT YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING EMPIRICAL JUST ANECDOTAL DATA AT THIS POINT? FROM CASES I'VE, I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY INVOLVED WITH.

RIGHT.

AND, AND SO WE DON'T KNOW, LIKE OUT OF ALL THOSE, HOW MANY OF THOSE STOLEN VEHICLES, WHATEVER RECOVERED DO WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT.

I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS, BUT I'M IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THEM TOGETHER.

A BUSINESS OWNER OR CERTAINLY WHEN THINGS TOOK PLACE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN, IN PINEHURST, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING CITIZENS WANT TO DO, THEY, THEY TELL ALL THE NEIGHBORS, HEY, WHAT CAMERAS DO YOU HAVE? YOU KNOW, CAN WE GET THIS AND CAN WE PIECE THINGS TOGETHER? AND THERE'S NO DIFFERENT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT? UM, IT'S A TOOL.

AND THIS KIND OF ALLUDES TO SOME OF THE ISSUES PEOPLE ARE HAVING IS, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE MOVING FORWARD THAT WE, I'D LIKE TO SEE ANSWERED.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE PUBLIC.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I'M KIND OF, UH, HESITANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PHASE TWO OF THIS.

AND MAYBE WE CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND APPROACH THIS WITH, WITH, WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF FORUM WITH THE PUBLIC SO THEY, SO THEY'RE UNDER AWARE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

SO, UM, IF WE COULD GET SOME KIND OF EMPIRICAL DATA TO SHOW RAW SHOW, HEY, THIS WORKS AND THIS IS WHY THIS IT THERE AND IT IS EFFECTIVE, THEN I'LL BE MORE CONFIDENT MOVING FORWARD.

ABSOLUTELY.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MINE ARE, MINE ARE PRETTY CLEAR.

UH, FOR YEARS I'VE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S

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IT'S A TOOL.

IT, IT CAN BE VERY BENEFICIAL, I THINK, IN Y'ALL'S ACTIVITIES.

UM, I'VE ALWAYS, UH, WANTED, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE, UM, IN ANY TECHNOLOGY WE CAN USE, OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT, WITHOUT, WITH IT CERTAINLY BEING LAWFUL FOR ONE THING.

BUT ANY TECHNOLOGY WE CAN USE WHEN IT COMES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT TAKES AS MUCH OF OUR, UM, POLICE OFFICERS OUT OF HARM'S WAY, GIVES THEM TOOLS TO BE SMARTER, A SMARTER LAW ENFORCEMENT INDIVIDUAL.

I'M ALWAYS GONNA BE A PROPONENT OF THAT.

AND I'VE TOLD YOU THAT IF IT'S DRONES, IF IT'S WHATEVER ELSE USED IN THE PROPER MANNER, I WILL SUPPORT IT.

I TOLD CHIEF STRINGER, UH, IN OUR FIRST MEETING AFTER HE TOOK OFFICE, I WILL SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT HE, ANY IDEAS HE HAS TO GO AND MAKE A SAFER BAY TOWN.

AND I PLAN ON DOING THE SAME THING THIS EVENING.

SO WITH THAT, I THINK ALL THE COMMENTS ARE MADE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, STEVE, I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE REALLY PUSHING IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE IS ALSO CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE FOURTH AMENDMENT ESPECIALLY.

UM, BUT OUR OVERALL GOAL IS FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO BE THE SAFEST CITY IN HARRIS COUNTY.

AND THIS IS ONE TOOL THAT CAN ASSIST US WITH THAT.

IT'S NOT THE, THE, THE ULTIMATE ANSWER TO IT.

UM, IT WILL BE RUN WITH APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT, APPROPRIATE GOVERNANCE.

UM, THE, THE OFFICERS KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE AS FAR AS ETHICS AND DOING THE RIGHT THING.

THEY ALSO KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE.

I THINK I'VE PROVEN THAT, UH, RIGHT OUTTA THE GATE HERE.

UM, AND THIS ALSO FALLS IN LINE WITH ONE OF THE PILLARS IN THE PRESIDENT IN, IN THE FINAL REPORT ON THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON 21ST CENTURY POLICING.

AND THAT'S THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY, UH, TO IMPROVE NOT ONLY OFFICER SAFETY, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALIGNING WITH, WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS AS WELL.

WELL, THANK YOU.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, I THINK, I GUESS FOR THE, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM E OF THE CONSENT MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS WITH ALL THOSE? UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM AS PRESENTED, UH, FOR APPROVAL, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE ARE OPPOSED, NAY.

UH, WHICH IS OUR MANAGER REPORT.

SO, UH, ITEM DOES CARRY, THANK YOU, UH, TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR CLARITY.

THANK YOU MR. BECK.

OBVIOUSLY, ANYTIME THAT WE USE TECHNOLOGY LIKE THIS, THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS TO BE SENSITIVE ABOUT.

AND SO I, I THINK IT SEEMS LIKE A MAJORITY OF THOSE ISSUES WERE, UM, ADDRESSED.

SO THANK YOU CHIEF.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS OUR MANAGER'S REPORT.

SO, EXCUSE ME, IT'S A NEW ITEM.

IT'S A NEW ITEM.

I'M SORRY.

IT'S JUST ALL BY ITSELF.

THERE.

I DO HAVE A BIG SCRIPT TO READ THERE 'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THERE ALMOST NEED IN RED.

EVEN MR. MR. ISAAC DIDN'T SIGN UP.

I MEAN, YOU HAD A, THAT WAS AN OPEN ONE MINUTE OPEN MIC.

BUT ANYWAY, SO WE WERE, I WAS EXPECTING, I WAS EXPECTING A MONOLOGUE OR SOMETHING.

I WANT SOMEBODY ELSE TO BE THE FIRST EVER.

I WAS ABOUT TO SIT BACK.

COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER.

ANYWAY, HAVE THE, ALRIGHT, WHICH PAGE ANYWAY.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON.

UH, BUT, BUT LISA, THANK YOU.

BUT WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM,

[10. 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.]

THANKS, MAYOR.

COUNCIL, I'M, I'M THROWING OFF RIGHT NOW, SO I'M TRYING TO, UH, THOUGHT YOU HAD AN EXTRA MINUTE.

YEAH, I DID.

I WAS REALLY, I THOUGHT I HAD MORE TIME.

I WAS EXPECTING DAVID TO HAVE SOME TIME PASSED TO HIM AT LEAST THREE MINUTES.

ALRIGHT, UH, I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, UH, QUITE A FEW THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY AND, UH, SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY OUR EMPLOYEES.

UH, FIRST I WANT TO, UH, PARKS DEFINITELY WANTS ME TO PUT OUT DOLLAR TACO NIGHT AT THE NATURE CENTER, UH, CINCO DE MAYO.

UM, SO THAT'LL BE, I THINK IT'S, UH, 7:00 PM AT THE NATURE CENTER OR NATURE CENTER, CINCO DE MAYO.

UM, UH, ALSO WANNA PUT OUT ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE.

SO THE GOLF COURSE IS UNDERWAY.

I, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SEE ANYTHING, THERE'S NOTHING REALLY VERTICAL GOING ON AT THE GOLF COURSE, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE.

UM, IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE TRYING TO HOST A REGIONAL MEETING, UH, FOR, UM, THE CONSTITUENTS IN AROUND THE AREA AT SOME POINT THIS SUMMER, UH, TO GIVE, UH, TO HEAR THEM OUT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE GOLF COURSE.

SO THEY ARE TRYING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH,

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THE, THE DATE THAT WAS PASSED TO US IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA OPEN SOMETIME AFTER LABOR DAY.

I KNOW THAT'S VERY BROAD STILL, BUT THE, THE TIME IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA OPEN SOME TIME AFTER LABOR DAY.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO OPEN THE CLUBHOUSE, UH, HOPEFULLY IN THE AUGUST TIMEFRAME, UH, FOR A SOFT OPENING.

AND THEN THAT WILL JUST KIND OF GIVE THE STAFF TIME TO TRAIN UP UNTIL THEY DO THE BIG KICKOFF AT THAT POINT.

UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HYATT OPENING, UH, NEXT MONTH.

UH, THEY WILL ALSO HAVE A SOFT OPENING, UH, GOING ON OVER THERE.

I BELIEVE YOU CAN ALREADY RENT A ROOM AT THE HYATT.

SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO SPEND MONEY IN BAYTOWN, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, CHECK OUT THE ROOM AND, UH, GIVE US A REVIEWS.

UH, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ANITAS, UH, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, THEY HOSTED A, UH, MEETING THIS PAST WEEK AND, UH, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR SHOWING UP AND TALKING ABOUT A VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE, WHICH IS FAMILY VIOLENCE.

AND, UH, BUT IT'S ALSO, UH, AS PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO TRY TO EDUCATE AND INFORM AND JUST ALSO BE THERE AS A HOST TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT MAY JUST SOMETIMES BE OVERLOOKED.

AND, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS OF THE PD AND, UH, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, COMING OUT TO, UH, PARTAKE.

WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE TRASH OFF THAT IS TOMORROW.

UM, WE, UH, ACCEPT OLD FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, REMODELING, DEBRIS, JUNK, SCRAP METAL AND TIRES.

THERE WILL BE FOUR LOCATIONS.

LAKEWOOD PLAZA, BERGERON PARK, PIRATE BAY, AND ROSELAND PARK.

UH, TOMORROW NINE TO TWO, OR EXCUSE ME, SATURDAY, NINE TO TWO, UM, AHEAD OF MYSELF.

UH, BUT, UH, A BIG EVENT LOOKING FOR A BIG TURNOUT.

UH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYTHING HAPPENING WITH THE TRASH OFF.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT.

I KNOW THAT IS A BIG UNDERTAKING.

THANK YOU TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR OPENING UP PIRATE BAY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

UH, SO, UH, THANK YOU TO ALL INVOLVED.

ALRIGHT, UM, SPEAKING OF PARKS, I WANNA RECOGNIZE CHRISTINA, UH, BUTCHER.

I, UH, AND ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITIZEN THAT WROTE IN ON, UH, THE EXCELLENT JOB THAT CHRISTINA IS DOING.

UH, JUST QUICK NOTE, SHE SAID THAT, UM, UH, SHE'S DOING AN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS JOB, UM, WITH THE OUTREACH PROGRAM AND THIS IS THE BEST OUT OUTREACH WE'VE HAD.

THIS IS REALLY GOOD.

SHE'S AMAZING, AND IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON.

SO, UH, GREAT JOB CHRISTINA.

AND THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS FOR PUTTING OUT POSITIVE INFORMATION.

UH, THAT IS ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL.

UM, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE DETECTIVE CAMERON BIRCH.

UH, HE RECEIVED A MOBILE FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS.

UM, AND THAT IS A VERY BIG CERTIFICATE.

I EVEN ACTUALLY PRINTED IT OUT.

SO, UH, GREAT JOB, DETECTIVE BIRCH, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING THIS CERTIFICATE.

UM, YOU HEARD ABOUT SHANE, UH, EARLIER WITH THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION FOR CELEBRATING 10 YEARS.

UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE, UM, COMPLETED THE CERTIFIED PUBLIC SAFETY BOMB TECHNICIAN, UH, PROGRAM, UM, AND IS ONLY ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 2,800 IN THE, IN THE NATION.

OKAY? SO ONE OF 2,800 IN THE NATION, AND HE'S ADDED TO OUR POLICE FORCE.

AND SO THAT IS A VERY BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT.

UH, UH, BIG KUDOS TO SHANE AND, UH, COMPLETING THAT, UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THAT IS A VERY BIG UNDERTAKING.

UH, TO GO THROUGH.

AND AS PART OF THE FBI, UH, BOMB ACADEMY AS WELL, IF I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY.

UM, ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS THAT WAS UP HERE EARLIER GETTING, UH, THE PUBLIC OR THE RECOGNITION, UH, MR. THOMAS QUINN, HE RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER MANAGER CERTIFICATION.

THIS IS THE HIGHEST DESIGNATION OFFERED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY EMERGENCY MANAGERS.

UH, HE AND DAVID ARE ROCKING IT.

SO, UH, THOMAS, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON RECEIVING THAT AND ALSO HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATE HERE AS WELL.

AND, UM, THEN I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MARK, WHICH I HAVEN'T DONE, BUT I'VE LOST THAT PAPER SOMEHOW.

UH, YOU COMPLETED, UH, THE, IT, THE C-M-P-C-C-M-P AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE I PUT THAT PAPER UP.

OH, RIGHT HERE.

UH, SO THE CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK PROFESSIONAL, UH, HIGHLY REGARDED IT CERTIFICATION THAT ATTEST TO EXPERTISE IN THE CONFIGURING.

SO MARK, UH, WORTH AND THANK ARE GREAT JOB AND, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THE EMPLOYEES FOR WHAT YOU DO AND BRINGING MORE EXCELLENCE TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

OH, EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME.

UM, NO, YOU'RE DONE.

YEAH, NO, NO, NO.

QUICKLY, UM, UM, FOR ONE MORE MINUTE.

ONE MORE MINUTE.

WELL, YEAH, VERY FUNNY.

MAY NOT PASS.

RIGHT.

VERY READY.

THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE COMING UP, UH, AT THE MAY, UM, AT THE MAY SESSION, WE WILL TALK ABOUT BOARDS AND COMMISSION AND THE TOW TRUCK ORDINANCE AT THE WORK SESSION, AND THEN FOLLOWED UP, UH, IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS, UH, WITH THE BURG UH, BUDGET, EMS, BILLING AND FINANCE AND THE ANIMAL ORDINANCE, UH, LATER OR

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EARLY ON IN THE SUMMER.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.074 TO DISCUSS THE QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF CITY MANAGER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF CITY ATTORNEYS REGARDING PENDING OR COMP, UH, CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION INVOLVED IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 AND OR 5 5 1 0.087 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF CITY ATTORNEY AND OR TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 AND OR 5 5 1 0.072 TO SEEK THE ADVICE THE CITY ATTORNEYS AND OR TO DELIBERATE A REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION.

UM, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M JUST GRADUATION.

SO WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO AND CONVENE

[11. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

UM, WE WILL RETURN BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

THERE IS TWO ACTION ITEMS LATER ON THE AGENDA JUST FOR THOSE THAT WANNA STICK AROUND.

SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL GO INTO RECESS HEADLINES.

SO I'LL NOW 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 EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE HAVE, I THINK, TWO ITEMS TO ADDRESS.

UM, ITEM 12

[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Industrial District Agreement with JSW Steel (USA) Inc. through tax year 2028.]

A CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN IDA AGREEMENT OR AN INDUSTRIAL DISAGREEMENT WITH JSW STEEL USA INC THROUGH THE TAX YEAR 2028.

UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, I GUESS FROM STAFF INFORMATION MULE TO AN EXISTING AGREEMENT? HOWEVER, WE ARE, UH, MAKING A PROPOSED CHANGE IN THAT THE VALUE OF INVENTORY RATHER THAN BEING, RATHER THAN BEING INCLUDED IN THE BASE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE AGREEMENT, WILL BE ASSESSED ANNUALLY AND TAXED AT THE IDA RATE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

UH, THAT'S THE, THE CHANGE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE TO THIS IDA, THE, UH, COMPANY JSW STATE HAVE ASKED US TO CONSIDER THAT AND I WOULD SUGGEST TO IT IS A MORE APPROPRIATE METHODOLOGY TO USE IN THIS INSTANCE.

SO FORM 12 A, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 12 A MOTIONS TO APPROVE ITEM 12 A SECOND.

MOTION SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF 12 A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? ITEM CARRIES.

WE HAVE ITEM 12 B I'M ASSUMING SHOULD BE 13 A.

RESOLUTION DETERMINING THAT A DRAINAGE EASEMENT CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.0162 ACRES OF LAND AND A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.1007 ACRES OF LAND IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL 39 IS NEEDED TO, UH, TO BE ACQUIRED FROM TW BAYTOWN REAL ESTATE LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A DRAINAGE FACILITY AS PART OF THE GARTH ROAD WIDENING PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS AND AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS.

CONSIDER

[a. Consider a resolution determining that a drainage easement containing approximately 0.0162 acres of land and a temporary construction easement containing approximately 0.1007 acres of land, identified as Parcel 39, is needed to be acquired from TW Baytown Real Estate, LLC, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a drainage facility as part of the Garth Road Widening Project for the City of Baytown, Texas, and authorizing the institution of eminent domain proceedings.]

MR. SEMINO? NOPE.

NOPE.

MR. LONG? MR. WE, I CAN OKAY.

TAKE THIS FOR YOU.

WE ARE ASKING THAT, UH, WE BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED WITH IMMINENT DOMAIN, UH, PROCEEDINGS AND THAT CITY COUNCIL MAKE A FINDING, UH, THAT THERE'S PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.