Jun 08, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

FIRST I WILL, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR A AND B.

IN THE INTEREST OF, I GUESS YOU'D SAY, UNSTABLE ELECTRICITY, UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MOVE A FEW THINGS AROUND.

UH,

[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Professional Services Agreement for the development and implementation of a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system inclusive of the municipal wastewater treatment plants and lift stations to Ardurra Group, Inc.]

[b. Consider an ordinance awarding a Professional Services Agreement to ARKK Engineers, LLC for the Neighborhood Street Reconstruction of Lantern Park, Dolphin Harbor and Canvasback Cay Project.]

MOVE TO APPROVE.

OH, WAIT, WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND.

WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION.

MS. SIMINO, YOU CAN DESCRIBE THESE TWO ITEMS TO US.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, MICHAEL LEACH FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

UH, THE ITEM YOU HAVE FOR YOU IS FOR THE, UH, PROCUREMENT OF DESIGN SERVICES TO DESIGN A NEW, UH, SCADA SYSTEM FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATION.

UH, THIS, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATION THAT INCLUDES, UH, LIFT STATIONS AS WELL AS OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES.

UH, WHAT SCADA DOES IS ALLOW COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OUR LIFT STATIONS IN THE FIELD AND THE TREATMENT PLANTS.

UM, THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETELY FUNDED WITH ARPA FUNDING.

UH, SO THERE IS VERY MINIMAL EXPENSE WITH, FOR THE CITY.

UH, AND, UH, I'LL CONCLUDE THERE IN THE INTEREST OF BREVITY.

THANK YOU.

AND, AND ON THAT MOTION, THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS, SO MY APOLOGIES.

SO IF YOU CAN AMEND THE MOTION FOR JUST ITEM FOUR A TO BE CONSIDERED, UH, I AMEND MY MOTION TO, UH, STATE FOUR A FOUR A.

UM, MS. , DO YOU ACCEPT SECOND MOTION? OKAY.

SO WITH THAT, HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF REGARD TO ITEM FOUR A TO BE CONSIDERED, IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM FOUR A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

ALL THOSE, THOSE OPPOSED ITEM CARRIES WILL HAVE ITEM FOUR B.

YES, SIR.

UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, A DESIGN CONTRACT TO DESIGN THE, UH, LANTERN PARK SUBDIVISION, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF LANTERN PARK SUBDIVISION, AS WELL AS THE TWO REMAINING STREETS IN THE BAY OAKS HARBOR SUBDIVISION.

UH, THIS WILL BEGIN OUR PROCESS.

UH, THE DESIGN, UH, CONSULTANT THAT WAS SELECTED AS ARC ENGINEERS.

THEY'RE PERFORMING WELL FOR US ON OTHER SIMILAR REHABILITATION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UH, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.

I'LL ENTERTAIN MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR B.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION APPROVE BY FOUR B, SECOND MOTION.

SECOND, I BELIEVE, UH, SOME OF THIS IS IN DISTRICT, UH, THREE AND SOME SIX, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT, UM, CERTAINLY SOME SORELY NEEDED ROADWAYS.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS? UM, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I, I HAVE A YES, JUST YES COMMENT.

I JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, ALL Y'ALL'S WORK GETTING THIS DONE.

I KNOW THIS PROJECT GOES BACK THREE YEARS WITH PROCURING THE FUNDS AND MAKING SURE THE, THE MONEY WAS THERE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

PARTICULARLY LANTERN PARK IS WHERE I LIVE.

UH, A LOT OF THOSE ROADS ARE REALLY DATED AND COULD USE.

YES, SIR.

COULD USE A FACELIFT ON THOSE ROADS.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL DONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

OUR PLEASURE.

ALRIGHT, UH, SO WE HAVE ITEM FOUR B.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

ITEM FOUR B IS PRESENTED.

PLEASE SAY, AYE.

BE PULLED FROM CONSENT? UM, IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT AT ITEMS A, UH, SEVEN A THROUGH E.

AS OPPOSED, I'D ALSO, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO

[7. 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.]

ONE SECOND.

ARE YOU PULLING E OH, THERE IS GONNA BE ONES PULLED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT READY.

SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, E IS NOT READY FOR.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH D.

MOTION TO CONSENT ITEMS SEVEN A THROUGH D.

MOTION TO SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

MOVE ON NOW TO, UH, OUR, UM, A PROCLAMATION WE HAVE DESIGNATING JUNE 14TH, 2023 IS THE 248TH BIRTHDAY OF THE US ARMY.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE WERE CONSIDERED OTHER THAN EI WILL

[a. Present a proclamation designating June 14th, 2023 as the 248th Birthday of the U.S. Army.]

I BELIEVE THERE'S A PROCLAMATION AND WE DO HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS.

IF Y'ALL CAN MEET ME DOWN THERE.

UM, WE WILL DISCUSS THAT AND THEN, UM,

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WE CAN HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS PLEASE JOIN US IN A, IN A, UM, PHOTO AND ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER ALSO AS A VETERAN.

ALRIGHT, PEN.

SO, MR. MAYOR, LEMME INTRODUCE, I'M GONNA COME DOWN THERE.

YOU HAVE TO SPEAK RIGHT HERE.

TALKING TO HERE.

YOU HAVE TO SPEAK RIGHT HERE.

OH, WE'RE HAVING TO KIND OF DO THIS SATISFAC.

SO, THANK YOU CITY COUNCILMAN.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR AS A UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN AND AN ARMY WIDOW TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, TO CAPTAIN LOVELL WILLIS, WHO IS OUR NEW COMMANDER OF THE BAYTOWN BEAUMONT.

I'M GONNA CHANGE THAT NAME.

FROM BEAUMONT BAYTOWN TO BAYTOWN BEAUMONT RECRUITING STATION, WE HAVE OVER FIVE RECRUITERS IN OUR STATION THAT WORK TOGETHER WITH CAPTAIN WILLIS TO BRING THE BEST OF THE BEST INTO OUR UNITED STATES ARMY.

THE NEXT PERSON I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO IS MASTER SERGEANT PIERRE, WHO IS HERE FROM WASHINGTON DC TO VISIT WITH US, WHO IS WITH THIS PROGRAM SOLDIER FOR LIFE.

SHE WORKS WITH SOLDIERS FROM THEIR ENTRY ALL THE WAY TO THEIR RETIREMENT AND MAKES SURE THAT THINGS GO SMOOTHLY AND THAT WE HAVE A GREAT ARMY AS WE HAVE.

THE NEXT PERSON THAT WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE IS THE UNITED STATES ARMY CIVILIAN AID TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, MYRNA TREVINO.

MYRNA IS NOT ONLY THE FIRST HISPANIC FEMALE TO BE APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY TO THIS POSITION.

SHE HAS TAKEN AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH GOAS CREEK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO IS REPRESENTED HERE BY DR. SHANNON RAMIREZ.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ARMY TO TRANSITION ONE OF OUR MARINE CORPS R ROTCS INTO ARMY ROTC.

SO IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE AS A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS, WHO ONLY HAD 31 MOSS OUT OF 130 WHEN I JOINED THE ARMY, TO AN ARMY THAT'S ALL INCLUSIVE AND HAS EVERY JOB OPEN FOR EVERY WOMAN TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THESE DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE.

AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR ARMY.

I I'LL READ THIS POPULATION AND THEN WE CAN, THEN I'LL READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE CAN JOIN FOR A, UM, FOR A PHOTO, PLEASE.

SO, WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ACKNOWLEDGES THE RICH HERITAGE AND PROFOUND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO OUR NATION'S HISTORY AND SECURITY, THE UNITED STATES ARMY THROUGHOUT HIS STORY EXISTENCE HAS EXHIBITED UNWAVERING DEDICATION, HONOR, AND BRAVERY IN DEFENDING OUR FREEDOMS AND UPHOLDING THE VALUES WE HOLD DEAR ON THE AUSPICES OCCASION.

WE HAVE EXTENDED OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED AND CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, PROTECTING OUR NATION AND PROMOTING PEACE ACROSS THE GLOBE.

THE BAYTOWN RECRUITING STATION, WHICH REPORTS TO THE BEAUMONT RECRUITING COMPANY, CONSISTENTLY SHOWS THEIR ONGOING DEDICATION AND SUPPORT OF THE GOOSE CREEK CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

THESE MEMBERS ARE SERGEANT KEANA BONNER, STAFF SERGEANTS FRANK RO RA, WILLIE DUNN, JEFFREY OLTA, UH, CHRISTIAN BONILLA, FIRST SERGEANT JUAN PABLO REYES, AND FIRST LIEUTENANT RYAN GRADY AND CAPTAIN LALL WILLIS.

AND WHEREAS AS WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND ITS ESTEEMED OFFICIALS, UH, MYSELF AND CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS ALVARADO GRAHAM GRIFFIN, BENORTH POWELL, AND LESTER LEY JOIN US CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND THEN EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT DEPRECIATION FOR THEIR SACRIFICES AND COMMITMENT.

SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRANDON CAPRIO'S, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 14TH, 2023 AS THE 248TH US ARMY BIRTHDAY AND BAYTOWN AND, AND AS THE DAY OF HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THEM FOR, FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE ARMY'S LEGACY AND THE OF THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE PROBABLY SERVED.

SO WITH THAT, WE DO THANK YOU.

WE DO APOLOGIZE FOR THE EXPRESS MEETING.

UM, WE'RE HOPING WE CAN MAINTAIN POWER, BUT WITH THAT, WE DO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

UH, OUR CITY MANAGER IS A, UM, A, UH, ARMY VETERAN.

AND SO IF I CAN GET HIM RETIRED ARMY COMBAT VETERAN, RETIRED ARMY COMBAT VETERAN.

AND I WOULD LIKE COUNSEL TO JOIN US, UH, FOR THIS, UH, SPECIAL OCCASION ABOUT RIGHT HERE, ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE IN THIS SLIDE.

IT'S TYPICALLY THE BEST LIGHT.

RETURN TO THE POSTED AGENDA A LITTLE BIT MORE IN ORDER.

SO I LIKE, YEAH, WE'LL JUST FIGURE OUT THE BLANK AS WE CAN.

AND THEN WHENEVER I SEE YOU IN A BAR, YOU HAVE, OKAY.

IT'S CALLED COIN CALL.

CAN WE GET ONE MORE? OUR COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE, UM, OUR MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

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I KNOW YOU GIRL.

GINA LOOKED AROUND.

GINA'S LIKE, I'M SORRY, LEE COLLEGE IS ALSO LOOKING AT STARTING.

COME ON.

GINA COLLEGE IS ALSO LOOKING AT STARTING ROTC THAT WILL MARRY TO U OF H.

[1. MINUTES]

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM ONE A, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, A REGULAR MEETING, MOTION TO APPROVE HELD ON MAY 25TH OF 23.

I HAVE A MOTION.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ABSTENTIONS.

IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES IS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? WE WILL MOVE

[3. CITY OF BAYTOWN NOVEMBER 7, 2023, MUNICIPAL ELECTION]

TO ITEMS THREE.

A, B, AND C.

UH, I DO HAVE, UM, I BELIEVE MR. ISAAC IS ON ZOOM.

MR. ISAAC, ARE YOU THERE? I AM TOLD YOU'RE THERE.

I'LL ASK THREE TIMES.

MR. ISAAC, ARE YOU THERE? ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE HIM, MS. JACKSON? IS HE, IS HE THERE LOOKING? HE'S STILL THERE.

KENNY, I'LL ASK ONE MORE TIME.

MR. ISAAC, ARE YOU THERE? YES, I'M ON ZOOM.

IF YOU CAN PLEASE BE VERY BRIEF.

WE, WE ARE LOSING POWER OFF AND ON IN THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

I CAN'T HEAR ANYBODY.

SO IF YOU COULD TAKE, UH, THREE A AND B AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE.

I'M STARTING TO HEAR SOME NOISE NOW.

CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY? UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.

IF, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.

UH, THIS IS REGARDING, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.

THIS IS REGARDING THE AGENDA ITEM, UH, ABOUT DISTRICTS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX.

UH, THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE, UH, NOVEMBER ELECTION.

I DO WANT TO STATE THAT, UH, I, I AM HERE.

I'M PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO FUNNY BUSINESS GOING ON.

WE'VE HEARD THE MAYOR MENTION, UH, BEFORE THROUGH TRANSCRIPTS IN PRIVATE OR, UH, RATHER PRIVATE.

IT WAS A PUBLIC MEETING, BUT NOBODY WAS THERE, UH, WHERE HE WANTED TO, UH, CONSIDER THE IDEA OF MOVING THE ELECTION CYCLE TO MAY.

AND INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD APPROVE, UH, UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM AS PRESENTED TO HAVE THE ELECTION TAKE PLACE, UH, IN NOVEMBER.

THAT IS ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT, HOW ABOUT ON ITEM THREE B? IS THAT YOUR COMMENTS FOR A AND B? UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

UH, NO, I HAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT.

OKAY, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

ON B.

UH, B IS REGARDING THE ELECTION.

UH, ACTUALLY I THINK I MAY HAVE HAD THEM REVERSED.

B IS REGARDING THE ELECTION, UH, PLACEMENTS.

MR. MAYOR, WHEN I RAN IN AN ODD NUMBER YEAR, UH, ALONG WITH YOURSELF, THERE WERE VERY FEW PLACES TO VOTE DURING EARLY VOTE.

I ALSO RAN FOR A SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION EARLIER.

WITHIN THAT ODD NUMBER YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH, WE WERE ABLE TO VOTE AT MANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TWO WEEKS OUT.

ONE OF THESE AGENDA ITEMS GIVES OUR CITY MANAGER, JASON REYNOLDS, THE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE, UH, WHERE OUR POLLS ARE PLACED.

I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THERE ARE SOME VERY, UH, STRATEGIC PARTISAN ACTORS ON A HARRIS COUNTY LEVEL, UH, THAT WANT TO CONTROL WHERE AND HOW WE VOTE.

AND I THINK IT'S UP TO THE MAYOR AND THIS COUNCIL, UH, TO NEGOTIATE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE POLLING LOCATIONS.

IT COSTS MONEY TO TAKE, GO TO THE POLLS.

INFLATION IS THROUGH THE ROOF.

GASOLINE COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.

MS. MS. ISAAC, WE WE'RE LIMITED ON, ON POSSIBILITY OF LOSING OUR ELECTRICITY.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO RUSH TO.

SO IF YOU CAN JUST STICK TO THE, TO THE COMMENTS OF B OR A AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON.

UH, MR. MAYOR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, UH, THIS HAS ALL TO DO WITH, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.

THIS IS, OKAY, UH, SUBJECT MATTER RELEVANCE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER.

WELL, THE CLOCK IS THICK, AND SO GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR

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COMMENTS.

WELL, YOU, YOU ATE INTO THAT CLOCK, MR. MAYOR? I DID SOMETHING THAT I SAID IF YOU STAY ON TO, IF YOU STAY ON POINT, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU.

I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS TONIGHT, DAVID.

LET'S GO.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW I BROKE THE RULES? MR. MAYOR, PLEASE.

I, YOUR TIME IS, I, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO FOR THIS TONIGHT, SO, OKAY.

WELL THEN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.

YOU CAN JUST BE QUIET THEN, MR. MAYOR AND HAVE, HAVE ME GIVE MY SPEECH.

THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO.

THAT I'M OWED, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

PLEASE.

SO NO FUNNY BUSINESS TONIGHT.

NO CHANGE IN NO ELECTION CYCLES.

GET SOME POLLS OUT THERE SO PEOPLE CAN VOTE.

WE DON'T LIKE LOW TURNOUT ELECTIONS IN THIS CITY ANYMORE.

WE'VE STOPPED THAT.

WE'VE MOVED ALONG.

WE HAVE A NEW MANDATE.

MR. MAYOR.

I UNDERSTAND IT MIGHT BE TRIGGERING TO HEAR THAT, BUT THAT IS THE TRUTH.

APPROVE THIS TONIGHT.

I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS TONIGHT AS PRESENTED NOW I'M FINISHED.

ALRIGHT, I HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

SO, UH, WE HAVE ITEMS, UH, THREE A, B, AND C.

I'M NOT SURE WE CAN CONSIDER THEM TOGETHER IF WE WANT TO.

BUT, UH, JUST FOR CLARITY.

SO, UM, WITH THIS, UH, WE CAN NEGOTIATE.

I THINK THERE IS ONE ITEM FOR C THAT, UH, WE, WE DO, UM, HAVE A JOINT ELECTION WITH CHAMBERS COUNTY.

I THINK WE DO THAT HISTORICALLY AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, WITH HARRIS COUNTY, WE DO IT TOO.

UH, IN NOVEMBER IS USUALLY PARTISAN RACES.

AND SO WHEN IT'S PARTISAN RACES, THE LOCATIONS ARE DETERMINED BY THE PARTY, NOT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

SO THAT PROBABLY WOULD PLAY INTO SOME OF MY COMMENTS WHEN I SAID MOVE THIS TO MAY.

WE WOULD HAVE MORE ABILITY TO, UM, IN SOME CASES WORK WITH LEE COLLEGE AND, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS AND WHERE THOSE POLLING PLACES WOULD OCCUR.

WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE MORE ABILITY TO DETERMINE THAT.

SO THAT'S WHERE MY COMMENTS COME FROM.

'CAUSE I BELIEVE IN TRUE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE FULL ACCESS TO OUR CITIZENS.

SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE, A, B, AND C.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THREE A, B, AND A, B AND C IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE A TO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL BAYTOWN REPORT REGARDING THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE, UH, HOUSTON PORT REGION.

THOSE OPPOSED? WE'LL HAVE A NOVEMBER ELECTION AND WE'LL

[a. Receive the 2023 Annual Baytown Report regarding the Economic Alliance Houston Port Region.]

I BELIEVE WE HAVE MR. BURKE.

AND AS A QUICK POINT OF PRIVILEGE, I I DO, I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE MAYOR, UH, JOE ZIMMERMAN FROM SUGARLAND AND HIDING SOMEWHERE IN THERE EARLIER WAS FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER.

HE STEPPED OUT.

DARRELL MORRISON FROM CITY OF PASADENA.

SO WE DO WELCOME TO OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BIT SOGGY OUT.

MR. VERY GOOD.

UM, GOT A PRESENTATION UP HERE.

ANYWAY, MAYOR COUNSEL, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU AN ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT AS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF, UH, CITY OF BAYTOWN.

AND, UM, I, I WILL TRY AND KEEP IT BRIEF, UM, BUT WANNA WALK Y'ALL THROUGH THAT, UH, UM, JUST TO KINDA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, Y'ALL UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT'S GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE REGION, UH, WITH THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE IN ITS 12 CITIES.

SO AGAIN, OUR MISSION IS TO GROW THE ECONOMY.

WE TRY AND STAY ON POINT ON THAT, TRY AND STAY, UM, AS FOCUSED ON THAT AS POSSIBLE, UM, TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO BE COMPETITIVE, THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK COMES FROM, OR THAT THAT MISSION OF GROWING THE ECONOMY COMES FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK WE DO.

IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT PORTION OF THIS REGION COMPETITIVE, WE HAVE TO BE, UM, SOLID IN PUBLIC POLICY, TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND THEN WE ALSO, AS KIND OF A BYPRODUCT OF THAT, WE'RE ALLOWED TO, UM, REALLY PUSH SOME OF THAT GOOD INFORMATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS REGION OUT TO OUR, OUT TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO OUR MEMBERS.

AND SO WE DO THAT THROUGH, THROUGH OUR INSIGHTS AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP.

AGAIN, THE OVERALL FOOTPRINT IS, UM, UH, IS 12 CITIES, A LITTLE OVER 250 PRIVATE COMPANIES, PORT OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY, UH, THAT MAKE UP THE, UH, THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE HOUSTON PORT REGION.

AND I'LL GO THROUGH NOW AND KIND OF TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST YEAR.

THIS IS OUR, THIS IS OUR KIND OF HISTORICAL REPORT CARD.

UM, YOU CAN SEE SINCE, UH, DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO OH EIGHT, UM, KIND OF, UH, PRE-RECESSION THERE.

AND THEN POST, UM, SHELL REVOLUTION STARTING IN ABOUT 20 11 77.

PROJECT WINS A LITTLE OVER ALMOST OR ALMOST $18 BILLION IN ABOUT 3000 JOBS.

THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TOUCHED IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.

I'LL GIVE YOU QUICK EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THOSE.

SO IN LAST YEAR, IN 2022, UH, THESE WERE THE PROJECT WINS THAT WE WORKED ON.

UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, AS MOST YEARS DOMINATED BY THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY OR THE SUPPLY CHAIN THAT MOVES THOSE PRODUCTS IN AND OUTTA THE REGION.

UM, TOTALING, UH, THREE PROJECTS ABOUT A $1.6 BILLION CAP INVESTMENT AND A HUNDRED NEW JOBS, UH, WITH THOSE PROJECTS.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE MADE ONE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.

UM, THE COMPANY IS, IS PRONOUNCED COW AS WE WOULD HERE IN TEXAS, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF COW.

THIS ONE'S FROM JAPAN,

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UM, UH, TERTIARY MEAN PRODUCTION PLANT, UH, OVER IN, UH, PASADENA.

THIS IS PHASE ONE OF WHAT WILL BE A THREE PHASE, CLOSE TO A BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, UM, UH, BRAND NEW COMPANY TO THIS REGION.

SO IT'S NEW INVESTMENT TO THIS REGION.

UM, CREATE 60 DIRECT JOBS.

UM, SO GOOD PEOPLE THERE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH.

AND I WANTED TO THROW THIS IN BECAUSE THIS SLIDE, NOT EVERYTHING WE DO IS, IS DIRECT HANDS-ON PROJECT OR CAPITAL INVESTMENT WORK.

A LOT OF TIMES IT'S ASSISTS WITH OUR, WITH OUR COMPANIES IN THE REGION.

AND I THINK YOU HAVE THESE IN YOUR PACKET THERE, BUT THREE, THREE EXAMPLES OF MANY OF, OF HOW WE CAN HELP COMPANIES, UH, FACILITATE WORK AND GROWTH IN THE REGION.

UH, THE FERRARI PROJECT THERE ON THE LEFT, UH, WE GOT A CALL FROM A PLANT MANAGER.

UH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE BEING PUSHED TO HAVE AN OUTAGE THAT DID NOT COINCIDE WITH, WITH ANY TURNAROUND WHATSOEVER.

IT WAS GONNA COST 'EM ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF TO TAKE THE PLANT DOWN IN AN UNSCHEDULED OUTAGE.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO FACILITATE SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE RIGHT FOLKS AT CENTERPOINT.

THEY CAME BACK WITH AN ANSWER THAT COINCIDED WITH, WITH THEIR, UM, WITH THEIR OUTAGE AND, UH, AND SAVED THEM QUITE A BIT OF TIME.

THEM, AND THE PLANT NEXT TO THEM, EVX, UH, WAS INVOLVED AS WELL.

WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING, UH, WITH A GROUP THAT, UM, THAT EXXONMOBIL, UM, SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH US ABOUT.

UM, IT'S REALLY CALL IT OUR, OUR EXPORT GROUP, OUR EXPORTERS GROUP THERE.

WITH ALL THE INTERRUPTIONS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN, THERE'S BEEN SOME REAL DIFFICULTIES IN GETTING PRODUCT OUT, UM, EFFICIENTLY.

UM, AND SO WE'VE PUT TOGETHER SOME BEST PRACTICES AND SOME SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PORT NOW TO TRY AND HELP, UM, EXPEDITE PRODUCT MOVEMENT AS IT GOES, EXPORT, UH, THROUGH THOSE CONTAINER TERMINALS.

AND THEN FINALLY, AND THIS HAPPENS VERY REGULARLY, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS CALLED US AND SAID, HEY, FOR SAFETY REASONS, UH, ON INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD IN FRONT OF THE INEOS FACILITY, WE NEED A TURNING LANE AND WE NEED, WE NEED A, A TRAFFIC STUDY.

WE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, UH, AND PRECINCT TWO, WHO HAD HIS FOLKS JUMP ON AND, AND, AND CONDUCT A COUPLE OF STUDIES.

THE NET WAS THEY ADDED A NICE TURNING LANE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO DODGE TRUCKS AS THEY'RE GETTING IN AND OUTTA THEIR FACILITY.

AND, UH, SO A LOT OF GOOD, A LOT OF GOOD WORK THERE IN THE REGION.

UM, THIS IS OUR CURRENT PROJECT PIPELINE.

AS IT STANDS TODAY, 23 PROJECTS ABOUT $6.1 BILLION IN NEW CAPITAL INVESTMENT POTENTIAL FROM ALL THOSE PROJECTS, AGAIN, DOMINATED BY OUR PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY.

PORT ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO BE STRONG.

I'LL, I'LL ZIP THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR.

UM, THEY RIGHT AT RIGHT UNDER 4 MILLION.

TUS COMING IN AND OUT.

UM, WE MAY SEE A DIP THIS YEAR IN TUS, ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, THE FIRST NON INCREASE YEAR BECAUSE OF THE, UH, KIND OF THE, THE SOFTENING OF THE MARKET.

THESE TWO, I LIKE TO MAKE SURE I POINT THIS OUT TO EVERYBODY.

61% OF WHAT WE IMPORT ARE THINGS THAT WE CONSUME.

SO THE BOXES COMING IN OR THINGS THAT WE'RE BUYING OFF OF AMAZON, UM, AS GUILTY AS ANYBODY.

UM, AND, AND THE THINGS THAT WE SHIP OUT, SIX OUT OF EVERY 10 BOXES THAT GOES OUT COMES FROM OUR PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY.

UM, AND SO THAT, THAT REALLY DRIVES THE ECONOMY.

AND THEN AGAIN, ON OUR IMPORTS, WE KNOW WHERE MOST OF THOSE PRODUCTS ARE MADE.

AND SO WE HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON KIND OF HOW THAT INTERNATIONAL, GLOBAL, UH, INTERACTION IS, IS TAKING PLACE.

UM, I, I, I'LL, I, THIS IS AN ANIMATION THAT I HAD ON THERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU.

UH, A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE MANUFACTURING IN THIS REGION REALLY DRIVES EVERYTHING WE DO.

IT CREATES THE JOBS THAT DRIVES THE RETAIL AND HOUSING DEMAND.

THAT CREATES THE DEMAND FOR THE IMPORTS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH SIX OUT OF EVERY 10 BOXES.

WHAT IT DOES IS GIVE US AS A, AS A PORT, THE ONLY PORT IN THE COUNTRY THAT CAN TAKE THOSE EMPTY BOXES AND THEN TURN THEM AROUND AND SHIP THEM OUT.

SO IT PUTS HOUSTON AT AN ADVANTAGE.

WE'RE FIXING TO START SEEING EVEN MORE OF THAT WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LABOR INTERRUPTION OUT IN LA LONG BEACH.

BUT WE TAKE THOSE CONTAINERS AND TURN AROUND, FILL 'EM UP WITH, UH, PRODUCTS THAT WE MAKE HERE, SEND THEM BACK OVERSEAS, AND THE WHOLE CYCLE STARTS OVER AGAIN.

SO IT'S JUST A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO IN THIS REGION.

OUR POLICY WORK.

WE HAVE TO BE GOOD IN POLICY AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL SO THAT OUR COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE.

WE HAD A GREAT TRIP IN, UH, IN MARCH, LATE MARCH, UH, TO DC YOU CAN SEE OUR FOUR, UM, OUR FOUR PRIORITIES THERE.

UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR OUR INDUSTRY, AND THEN SUPPORT FOR OUR COASTAL, UH, BARRIER FOR HURRICANE SURGE.

UH, BAYTOWN WAS VERY WELL REPRESENTED THIS YEAR.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, I THINK WE HAD FOUR FOLKS FROM BAYTOWN, UH, WITH US, UH, INCLUDING THE MAYOR AND AND COUNCILMAN, UH, JACOB, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE.

SO, UM, UH, AS WELL AS JASON AND, AND, UH, AND OTHERS, UM, THEY DID A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING YOUR CITY IN THIS REGION.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THERE WERE 45 MEMBERS FROM THE REGION THAT ATTENDED, AND ACROSS TWO DAYS, WE HAD OVER 40 MEETINGS.

SO REALLY WELL ATTENDED AND, AND I THINK VERY EFFECTIVE.

WE'RE OBVIOUSLY JUST COMING OUT OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF OUR STATE, OUR STATE SESSION.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE, UM,

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A RENEWAL OF THE, UM, WHAT USED TO BE CALLED CHAPTER THREE 13, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN RENAMED AND, AND RE RE REPACKAGED, UH, WITH, UH, I THINK IN A BETTER FORM.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT TOOL BACK IN THE BOX THIS YEAR.

UM, A LOT OF OUR PRIORITIES THIS YEAR RESOLVED OR REVOLVED AROUND, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET FUNDED FOR THE REGION THAT LEADS ME INTO INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF ARE THE PELL STUDY ON I 10, THE SAN RIVER BRIDGE, WHICH, UH, IS CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED.

AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE 2 25 PELL STUDY, WHICH IS GETTING CLOSE TO RECOMMENDATIONS.

IN FACT, NEXT MONTH WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SEE THOSE FIRST DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS COME OUT FOR, FOR HIGHWAY 2 25.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FUNDING THE ALL EIGHT OF THE INTER THE DIRECT CONNECTORS AT THE BELTWAY EIGHT AND 2 25 INTERSECTION AS THAT BRIDGE CONTINUES TO BE, UH, UH, FINISHED OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

SO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE MARKETING THESE, UH, THESE CAREERS THAT SUPPORT OUR INDUSTRY, WHETHER IT'S MAKING PRODUCT OR MOVING PRODUCT.

UH, PATTY BELL, UH, IS OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

SHE'S A LONGTIME, UH, CTE DIRECTOR IN GOOSE CREEK, ISD.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO SNAG HER AS SHE STEPPED OUT OF, UH, GOOSE CREEK, UH, CAREER.

AND, UH, SHE, SHE WORKS ON MARKETING THOSE, THOSE CAREERS.

UM, UH, LAST YEAR SHE TALKED OVER 7,000 STUDENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UH, JUST LETTING THEM UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET INTO THE JOBS THAT REALLY SUPPORT OUR INDUSTRY.

AND THEN FINALLY, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE GRANTS, UH, BAYTOWN HAS, HAS PROBABLY BEEN ONE OF OUR BEST CITIES TO WORK WITH.

I KNOW JUST IN THE LAST, UH, 12 MONTHS, WE'VE APPROVED TWO DIFFERENT $5,000 GRANTS, UH, TO HELP SUPPORT THE, UH, THE, THE SCULPTURE TRAIL, UM, IN BAYTOWN AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, UH, THE EVENTS, THE, THE INFORMATION, THE, THE INDUSTRY INSIGHT THAT WE HAVE, WE TRY AND PUSH THAT BACK OUT TO EVERYBODY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR PODCAST, THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTER, THROUGH OUR EVENTS, OR THROUGH OUR BIG, UH, CONFERENCE THAT HAPPENS EVERY SEPTEMBER.

UM, UH, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER GREAT ONE LINED UP FOR THIS YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 21ST.

I HOPE YOU CAN ALL COME OUT.

WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.

SO WITH THAT, UH, IT'S BEEN A BUSY YEAR, BUT UH, IT CONTINUES TO, CONTINUES TO BE, UH, A STRONG, STRONG ECONOMY FOR US HERE.

SO.

THANK YOU MS. BURKE.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE ECONOMIC CLIENTS? SO, YEAH, SO YOUR LAST SLIDE, I WILL SAY OUR HYATT REGENCY IS OPEN NOW, SO WE CERTAINLY WILL WELCOME ANY TYPE OF FORUM YOU'D LOVE TO ASK.

NO, IN FACT, PATTY WAS TELLING, PATTY WAS TELLING US, UH, AT OUR STAFF MEETING MONDAY, UM, THE FIRST OF US THAT GET A CHANCE TO GET IN THERE.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAVING A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, I THINK MEETING, UH, AT THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK.

UH, AND SHE SAID, SO SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING IN THERE.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO POTENTIALLY USING THAT AND BRINGING SOME OF THOSE EVENTS ON THIS SIDE OF THE CHANNEL.

PUT JUNE 29TH ON YOUR CALENDAR.

UM, WE WILL HAVE, THERE WILL BE A, UM, A, I GUESS THEY GRAND OPENING AT, THERE YOU GO.

WE WANT TO BE THERE.

TAKE A LOOK.

DEFINITELY OPEN HOUSE.

MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX A, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A PROCEDURE FOR SELECTING TEMPORARY PRESIDING OFFICERS FOR, FOR MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO ATTEND CEREMONIAL EVENTS IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

WHAT YOU DO.

SURE.

ALRIGHT, WE

[a. Discuss and consider a procedure for selecting temporary presiding officer(s) for meetings of the City Council of the City of Baytown and to attend ceremonial events, in the absence of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem.]

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS.

I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE A FEW OF WHY THIS IS KIND OF, KIND OF CAME UP.

SURE.

MS. MAYOR, I'M HAPPY TO TEE THIS ONE UP.

WE HAD, UH, SOME DISCUSSIONS A FEW MEETINGS AGO ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, UH, IF, UH, THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR A MEETING.

AND WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF AN ASSISTANT MAYOR PRO TEM.

WE DID SOME RESEARCH ON THAT.

WE DON'T THINK THAT'S THE BEST TERMINOLOGY TO USE BECAUSE, UH, MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM ARE ACTUALLY OFFICES THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE CHARTER.

SO WE THINK THE BETTER COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO LOOK AT THIS IN TERMS OF A PRESIDING OFFICER FOR MEETINGS OR, UH, SOMEONE WHO COULD SUBSTITUTE FOR CEREMONIAL EVENTS.

AND, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE SOME LANGUAGE IN OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE UNDER ARTICLE FIVE.

AND, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, THE RULE IS THAT THE MAYOR, OR IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR PRO TEM SHALL PRESIDE AS CHAIRMAN OR PRESIDING OFFICER AT ALL MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL IN THE ABSENCE OF BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND WITH THE QUORUM BEING PRESENT, THE COUNCIL SHALL ELECT A TEMPORARY PRESIDING OFFICER.

SO WE DO HAVE A RULE.

IT'S, UH, A LITTLE VAGUE AND I THINK THE IDEA WAS TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME DISCUSSING, UH, HOW TO TIGHTEN IT UP OR, UH, IF THERE IS A BETTER METHOD FOR SELECTING A PRESIDING OFFICER, UH, WHEN THE TWO CHIEF OFFICERS ARE NOT HERE.

I WAS ABSENT AND FOR SOME REASON THE MAYOR PRO TEM WAS ABSENT, THAT THE, I GUESS YOU'D SAY THE PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD ELECT A PRESIDING OFFICER.

SO MY, MY COMMENTS WOULD BE, IT IS KIND OF TWOFOLD FOR MEETINGS.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM.

WHERE IF

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I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN IN OUR COUNCIL TO DO THAT.

UH, THIS ONE WAS MAINLY FOR CEREMONIAL EVENTS.

IN THE ABSENCE OF MY, WELL, RIGHT NOW, MYSELF OR THE MAYOR PRO TEM THAT, UM, WE ESTABLISHED SOME MEANS TO DETERMINE WHO COULD, UH, IT COULD BE A PROCLAMATION DELIVERY OR WHEREVER THE CASE MAY BE.

'CAUSE THAT THAT DID RECENTLY HAPPEN.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS IS AN, AN, AN AGENDA ITEM.

RIGHT, MR. ADO? YES.

UM, IT DID HAPPEN.

AND I, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT TO SIMPLIFY THINGS, MAYBE WE JUST USE THE MOST RECENT PRO TEM.

SO IF, YOU KNOW, SARAH HAD JUST COME OFF OF PRO TEM AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CHARLES, UM, EXCUSE ME, I'M SO SORRY.

KEN IS THE NEW PRO TEM AND HE'S NOT AVAILABLE.

YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE THEN SARAH WOULD DO IT.

WOULD, I WOULD SAY YES, THE LANGUAGE PROBABLY WOULD BE THE, THE THE MOST RECENT AVAILABLE PRO TE UH, PRO COUNCIL MEMBER THAT SERVED IN PRO TEM.

RIGHT.

UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I JUST KINDA WORK BACKWARDS.

SO YEAH.

WORKING BACKWARDS, I, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

IT'S JUST, IT CAN HAPPEN.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT RIGHT.

BUT IT DID.

SO Y'ALL FINE WITH THAT, BUT I'M FINE WITH WHATEVER.

YEAH, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

EVERYBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO EVERYBODY'S REGARDLESS.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOOD.

MOVE ON TO, UH, APPOINTMENTS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY TO, UM, APPOINT, UH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO DISCUSSION OVER, WE'LL

[a. Consider electing the Baytown City Council Mayor Pro Tem.]

SO CURRENTLY IT IS, UH, COUNCILMAN POWELL.

AND IF EVERYTHING GOES IN ORDER, UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, MR. LESTER IS WILLING TO ACCEPT, UM, THEN IT WOULD GO TO DISTRICT SIX.

AND SO, UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, TO APPOINT, UH, COUNCILMAN MIKE LESTER AS, AS MAYOR PRO TEM BEGINNING JULY 1ST MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPOINT COUNCILMAN LESSER BEGINNING THE OFFERS TO MAYOR .

I SECOND THE MOTION.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? MOVE

[b. Consider a resolution authorizing the creation and appointment of an ad hoc committee of the City Council to review Boards and Commissions.]

ON TO ITEM EIGHT B.

WE DO HAVE A CITIZEN THAT DOES NOT TO SPEAK.

ARE THEY ONLINE? YES, SIR.

MR. ISAAC, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

MR. MAYOR, EIGHT B IS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

EIGHT B, THAT'S BOARD AND COMMISSIONS FOR EIGHT B.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ON.

OH, OKAY.

MAYOR.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS, UH, REGARDING AB BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

TONIGHT WE'RE GOING APPOINT, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL TO THIS COMMISSION.

AND I HOPE TONIGHT THAT WE CONSIDER, UH, COUNCIL FOLKS OR COUNCILMEN OR COUNCILWOMEN, UH, THAT UNDERSTAND THAT THE SIGNED COMMITTEE, WHAT CITIZENS CARE ABOUT, LIKE THE SIGNED COMMITTEE NOT BEING IN EXISTENCE.

WE HAVE SIGNS FROM PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS STILL ALL OVER TOWN, UH, FROM SCHOOL BOARD AND OTHER THINGS.

UH, WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC JOB TITLES FOR THOSE COMMITTEES.

THAT'S WHY PEOPLE REMAIN ABSENT, FOR INSTANCE, THAT YOU NEED A REAL ESTATE AGENT TO BE A PART OF THE SIGNED COMMITTEE FOR GOD KNOWS WHY.

UH, WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, UH, COMMITTEES THAT ARE IN THE CHARTER THAT DO NOT NO LONGER EXIST OR OPERATE SUCH AS THE CULTURAL ARTS, UH, AND ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR TOWNS VISION TO INCREASE TOURISM.

UH, AND FINALLY, LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, YOU KNOW, THE ETHICS COMMISSION.

WE NEED ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT.

WE'VE HAD ISSUES BEFORE WHERE THINGS COULD HAVE GONE UNDER ETHICAL REVIEW.

THEY ALSO FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY OF, UH, UH, OF NOT OPERATING AND HAVING VERY STRICT, UH, DESCRIPTIONS TO SERVE ON THAT.

AND FINALLY, UH, THERE ARE SOME, UH, DISCREPANCIES WITH THE, THE LANGUAGE AND SOME OF IT WITH, WITH AT LARGE AND DISTRICT SIX AT LARGE AND JUST DISTRICT SIX.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO TRY TO DELINEATE THAT GOING FORWARD IN THIS COMMITTEE.

WE NEED TO APPOINT COUNCIL FOLKS, UH, THAT CARE ABOUT THOSE ISSUES THAT I JUST NAMED.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS TO MY UNDERSTANDING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANKS SIR.

AND SO WITH THAT AND, AND I GUESS, UM, ROLE, I GUESS OUR COMPOSITION OF YES MA'AM, UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD TO THAT LIST TERM LIMITS FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

SO WITH WITH THIS, WHAT I WOULD DO IS, UM, I DID CON I DID, UH, HAVE, UM, I GUESS I ASKED THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THIS, UM, AD HOC, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S A TIMEFRAME, BUT I WOULD ASSUME MAYBE 60, NO MORE THAN 90 DAYS.

UM, ASKED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, RADO, GRAHAM AND BEN COURT TO SERVE, UH, IN A CAPACITY OF AD HOC COMMITTEE.

WHAT I'D LIKE THEM TO DO, WHAT I CHARGE THEM WITH IS TO GO AND, AND VISIT ALL, UM, ACTIVE AND INACTIVE, UH, BOARD'S, COMMISSION AD HOC AND REALLY, REALLY GOOD GUN UNDERSTANDING.

AND, AND IF NEEDED, PRESENT A RECOMMENDATION OF, UM, MISSION AND SCOPE FOR EACH PARTICULAR, UM, COMMITTEE, BOARD, WHATEVER.

UH, ALSO THE SIZE OF IT, THE MAKEUP, I GUESS YOU SAY THE COMPOSITION, WHAT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR SOME THAN OTHERS, UH, AND THEN REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL.

UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY, THAT WE MAY WANT TO, TO, UH, HAVE THEM ALSO CONSIDER? I, I WOULDN'T SAY THIS IS ALL INCLUSIVE OF WHAT I SAID, BUT THE IDEA IN OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WAS WE HAD WAS SIZE AND MISSION AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, HOW THEY SHOULD OPERATE.

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YES MA'AM.

SO ALTHOUGH THAT, THAT WOULD ALSO BE PART OF IT TO RECOMMEND, UM, SOME TYPE OF POLICY OR GUIDELINE FOR THAT.

IS THERE ANYTHING EL UH, ELSE I MISSED? NO, JUST AND AS IT RELATES TO, UM, SUNSET THE YES AND SO LIKE AD HOC COMMITTEES, LET'S JUST SAY SO, AND LET'S BE DETERMINED SOMETHING IT'S DEFAULT THAT IT'S, LET'S SAY IT'S 12 MONTHS AND, AND ONCE, ONCE THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE HAS BEEN COMPLETED WITH THEIR TASK, THEN UM, IT WON'T, IT WON'T REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION TO GO AND BASICALLY SUNSET ITSELF.

IT'S JUST, IT'S KINDA SUNSET ALREADY.

SO, UM, WE JUST KIND OF DETERMINED THAT.

ANY, ANYTHING ELSE YOU THINK I MAY HAVE MISSED? YES SIR.

MR. MAYOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ALSO CONSIDER THE APPLI APPLICABILITY OF, UH, VARIOUS RULES, ORDINANCES, STATUTES OR OTHER GOVERNING, UH, DOCUMENTS.

AND, AND I THINK WE HAVE HAD PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT KIND OF COMMITTEES, UM, WOULD ACTUALLY BE, I GUESS SUBJECT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

MM-HMM .

ALSO.

AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT IN THAT.

UM, MY ONLY ADVICE ON THAT WOULD BE THAT THERE IS TIMES WHERE WE MAY HAVE AN AN, AS AN EXAMPLE, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR CITY MANAGERS SEARCH.

SO THERE'S VERY SENSITIVE, UM, MATERIAL OR, AND OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.

AND I WOULD NOT SAY THAT THAT WOULD BE AN OPEN, OBVIOUSLY AN OPEN PUBLIC MEETING.

SO WITH THAT, WITH THAT SAID, UM, I ALSO ASK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ALVARADO TO CHAIR THIS AD HOC AND SHE DID ACCEPT.

SO WITH THAT, UM, THAT IS, I GUESS THE RESOLUTION IS TO AUTHORIZE THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS.

SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS AS PRESENTED.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPOINT THE THREE INDIVIDUALS YOU NAMED TO THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE.

ALRIGHT, THANKS SIR.

I SECOND HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, ALL THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, THE THREE COUNCIL WOMEN THAT I'VE, UM, THAT I'VE ASKED TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE, PLEASE SAY AYE.

NOTE, ITEM NINE AS OUR ASSISTANT COMMENTS IN THE FUTURE, THIS WILL BE AT, WELL, I'M JUST GONNA SAY NEAR THE BEGINNING OF, UM, OUR AGENDA.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED ON.

UM, AS A POINT OF

[9. CITIZEN COMMENTS Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, prohibits the City Council from discussing, deliberating, or considering, subjects for which public notice has not been given on the agenda. Issues that cannot be referred to the administration for action may be placed on the agenda of a future City Council Session.]

IT WASN'T TONIGHT.

UM, BUT MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S WHERE IT'LL BE PLACED.

BUT IT WAS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT NO ONE DID SIGN UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.

MR. ISAAC DID.

OH, DID HE? OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

MS. ISAAC? YES, MR. MAYOR, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

YES SIR.

TELL ME WHEN TO START NOW.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALREADY UP 10 SECONDS PASSED.

MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL DAVID EEN HERE, UH, YOU HEARD THE MAYOR IN, UH, ONE OF HIS RESPONSES WAS FULL ACCESS TO OUR CITIZENS.

JUST LAST WEEK THE MAYOR MET AND GAVE THE STATE OF THE CITY SPEECH EXCLUSIVELY IN FRONT OF THE ROTARY CLUB.

I CAME HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT, THAT THE MAYOR ACTUALLY TRULY WANTS THAT FULL ACCESS TO OUR CITIZENS, THAT HE GIVE OUR STATE OF THE CITY IN WHOLE TO OUR CITIZENS IN, IN FRONT OF THEIR FACES INSTEAD OF THE ABRIDGED VERSION FROM THE BAYTOWN SITE.

THE SMALL HAS WORK TO DO, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR YEARS.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FEEL THAT PAIN THAT THE POLLS ARE COMING UP IN NOVEMBER THREE, AND THE MAYOR IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENDORSE ANYBODY FOR ANY REASON THAT INCLUDES THEM ALL.

SO I SUGGEST OUR COUNCIL, UH, STARTS TO HOLD THE MAYOR AND THIS COUNCIL ITSELF RESPONSIBLE AS GOVERNING BODY GOING FORWARD.

AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, UH, TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMON FOLK AND NOT JUST THE ROTARY CLUB AND SPECIAL INTEREST.

SO, UH, YES, I, I CAN'T HELP WHAT ORGANIZATIONS CALL WHEN I, WHEN I GIVE THEM A CITY UPDATE.

UH, CERTAINLY THE CITY, THE, THE STATE OF THE CITY.

UH, WE WORK WITH OUR BAYTOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THAT IS CONSIDERED OUR, UH, STATE OF THE STATE OF THE CITY THAT I DO ADDRESS ALL THOSE THAT EITHER ATTEND OR WHATEVER I BELIEVE THIS YEAR WE ALSO WILL TRY TO ACCOMMODATE AS MUCH OF THE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY ROTARY CLUB IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT I THINK WILL WELCOME ANY NEW APPLICANTS TO GO AND THEY COULD ATTEND THAT TOO.

I, AS A ROTARIAN ARIAN, UH, DID GO AND DELIVER A CITY UPDATE, WHICH I HAVEN'T DONE IN MAYBE TWO YEARS.

SO IT WAS CERTAINLY DUE.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON,

[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.]

UH, TO THE MANAGED REPORT.

NO COMMENT TONIGHT, MR. MAYOR.

[11. COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT REPORT]

UH, WE HAVE A, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT REPORT.

MS. ALVARADO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND DID NOT DO SLIDES.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

UM, BUT , UM, I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, ALL OF THE STAFF.

WE ARE NEAR THE START OF, UH, CONSTRUCTION FOR MARKET STREET REVITALIZATION THAT IS DUE TO START, UM, THE END OF THE SUMMER, UM, OUT ON, UM, MARKET AND BAYWAY.

SO THAT'S WHERE IT'LL BEGIN AND THEN IT'LL WORK ITS WAY AROUND.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I'VE ALSO GOTTEN A LOT OF KUDOS REGARDING THE NEW BASKETBALL COURT COVER, UM, THAT SAW AT BERGERON PARK, WHICH

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LOOKS AMAZING.

UM, SUN SAFETY ALWAYS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

UM, AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND SO I BELIEVE, UM, ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, I'M TOLD THAT THIS ITEM, UH, IN THE INTEREST OF HAVING ELECTRICITY AND COMING BACK AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE OUR MEETING, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA FOREGO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IS THERE ANY, ANY ACTION WE NEED TO TAKE MR. CITY ATTORNEY TO FOREGO THAT? NO, SIR.

JUST TAKE NO ACTION ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.