Jun 22, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

YES, CONNIE? SO GOOD.

READY ONE.

AND, OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT DONATION.

I WILL, THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT, SO I WILL NEED A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE DONATION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WILL GO BACK TO, UH, ONE A.

ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THE ITEM CARRIES.

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

I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING THAT.

OUR, WE WILL RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE.

MR. LOPEZ, NOT MR. LOPEZ , THEY HAVE THE WRONG NAME.

WE'RE ON THE PAPER.

UH, COUNSEL THIS, WE WILL PRESENT JUNE SERVICE AWARDS.

YES, SIR.

MICHAEL BROWN, FIREFIGHTER WITH FIRE.

WHAT AM I DOING? MAYBE WE SHOULD ONE.

JUAN CARLOS PEREZ, CONCRETE SPECIALIST WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.

KYRIE WILLER, CONCRETE SPECIALIST WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.

RYAN GUZMAN, FIREFIGHTER WITH FIRE.

ANTHONY HENRY, FIREFIGHTER WITH FIRE.

AMANDA SPIEGEL, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH POLICE.

STEVEN BOGGS, FIREFIGHTER WITH FIRE.

GARRETT GUIDRY, FIREFIGHTER WITH FIRE.

JOHN BAREFOOT, WAREHOUSE SPECIALIST WITH FINANCE.

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JUSTIN SEBER, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR.

TWO WITH HEALTH.

CHAD BROWN, COMMUNITY SERVICE SUPERVISOR WITH HEALTH.

GLENN LLOYD, PATROL OFFICER WITH POLICE.

CHRISTOPHER TURNER, CREW, LEADER OF FINANCE, PORFIRIO RODRIGUEZ, PATROL OFFICER WITH POLICE.

LIONEL WILLIAMS, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER.

LIONEL WILLIAMS BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AS THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS OFFICER IN 1998.

PRIOR TO JOINING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, LENEL DEVELOPED HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS WITH WEST OAKS PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, PEPSICO AND YUM BRANDS.

HE ALSO SPENT NINE YEARS WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGING, AN AGENCY WITH 32,000 EMPLOYEES STATEWIDE.

WHILE THERE, HE HELD MULTIPLE SENIOR LEVEL MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN HUMAN RESOURCES, CULMINATING AND A PROMOTION TO THE STATEWIDE DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS.

CENTRAL TO HIS SUCCESS HERE WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WAS HIS ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYEES WITH GENERAL MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES AND SUCCESSION PLANNING PROGRAMS. IN 2001, LIONEL TOOK ON THE DUTIES OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER HERE WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, LEADING THE ORGANIZATION'S DRIVE TOWARDS BETTER SERVICE THROUGH EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT.

CURRENTLY, HE IS THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, WHERE HE LEADS STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE FUNCTIONS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DEPARTMENTS TO IMPROVE THE CULTURE, MORALE, AND EFFICIENCY WITHIN THOSE AREAS.

IN HIS 33 YEARS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, LIONEL HAS MANAGED A FULL SPECTRUM OF HUMAN RESOURCE FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING RECRUITMENT, HIRING, EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LABOR RELATIONS, COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS, RISK MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY.

HE IS A FRANKLIN COVEY CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR FOR GREAT LEADERS, GREAT TEAMS, AND GREAT RESULTS.

A GLOBAL CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR FOR ACHIEVE.

HE'S CERTIFIED IN THE FEMA INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM THROUGH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE.

HE HAS HIS PROFESSIONAL AND HUMAN RESOURCE CERTIFICATION THROUGH THE HUMAN RESOURCE CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE, AND IS A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL THROUGH THE SOCIETY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

IN ADDITION TO THESE CERTIFICATIONS, LIONEL ALSO HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNICATIONS FROM NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY.

IN HIS SPARE TIME, LIONEL ENJOYS COOKING FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, TAKING WEEKEND ROAD TRIPS TO LAKE CHARLES, WATCHING BASKETBALL AND SINGING KARAOKE, ESPECIALLY BEING DISCO'S GREATEST HITS.

THANK YOU, LIONEL, FOR SERVING OUR ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY SO TIRELESSLY FOR 25 YEARS.

KEVIN DAVIS, SERGEANT WITH POLICE.

KEVIN GRADUATED FROM NEDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN 1990.

HE THEN WENT ON TO SERVE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT SPECIALIST IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, RECEIVING AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN JUNE OF 1994.

AFTER HIS DISCHARGE, KEVIN CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION STUDYING AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE AND LONE STAR COLLEGE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY, GRADUATING IN FEBRUARY, 1995.

AFTER GRADUATION, HE WAS HIRED BY THE CLEVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE SERVED AS A RESERVE AND THEN A FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICER FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS.

IN JUNE OF 1998, HE BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WORKED AS A PATROL OFFICER FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU.

TWO YEARS AFTER THAT, HE RETURNED TO THE PATROL DIVISION AND WORKED AS A FIELD TRAINING INSTRUCTOR FOR FIVE YEARS.

IN 2007, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT UNIT, A POSITION HE WOULD MAINTAIN UNTIL 2012.

AFTER LEAVING THIS UNIT, HE ONCE AGAIN RETURNED TO THE PATROL DIVISION.

KEVIN CURRENTLY SUPERVISES THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, BRAS, RECONSTRUCTION, AND DWI UNITS, AND CONTINUES TO BE A FIELD TRAINING SUPERVISOR, MANAGING THE FIELD, TRAINING INSTRUCTOR, AND ASSIGNING OFFICERS IN TRAINING DURING THEIR NEW HIRE TRAINING PHASES.

KEVIN IS ALSO A CERTIFIED TCO INSTRUCTOR, WHERE HE TEACHES RADAR AND LIDAR CLASSES AT THE BAYTOWN POLICE ACADEMY AND INSTRUCTS CRASH REPORTING TO NEWLY HIRED OFFICERS.

KEVIN CURRENTLY HOLDS A MASTERPIECE OFFICER CERTIFICATION AND IS A CRASH RECONSTRUCTIONIST AND A PEER SUPPORT OFFICER FOR THE L-A-M-I-T POST-CRITICAL INCIDENT TEAM.

HE SERVED FIVE YEARS ON THE DEPARTMENT SWAT TEAM AS AN OPERATOR AND SNIPER, AND IS NOW SERVING ON THE BAYTOWN POLICE HONOR GUARD.

THROUGH THE YEARS, KEVIN HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS RECOGNITIONS AND COMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING TWO PATROL OFFICERS OF THE MONTH, AWARDS TO EMERGENCY SERVICE RIBBON, THE ARMED FORCES RIBBON, THE CHIEF'S UNIT, CITATION FIVE, HONORABLE CONDUCT MEDALS, THE COMMANDER'S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, THE EXCELLENCE SERVICE, MEDAL, AND

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TWO LIFE-SAVING AWARDS WITH 31 YEARS OF DEVOTED LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE.

KEVIN ALSO FINDS TIME TO DO THE THINGS HE ENJOYS, SUCH AS PLAYING GOLF, GARDENING, AND HIS FAVORITE COOKING FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, BUT NOT DOING THE DISHES THAT FOLLOW.

THANK YOU SERGEANT DAVIS, FOR MANY YEARS OF EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITY.

[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning proposed amendments to the approved project plan and reinvestment zone financing plan for Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Baytown, Texas (the “zone”) resulting in the increase of geographic area and project costs of the zone pursuant to Chapter 311, Texas Tax Code. ]

WE WILL GO TO ITEM THREE, REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE.

UM, AND STAFF HAS ASKED THIS ITEM TO BE POSTPONED.

UH, SO I'LL NEED A A AND B.

WE CAN TAKE TOGETHER, I WILL NEED A MOTION TO POSTPONE THESE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A LENGTH UP TO, DO WE HAVE A LENGTH OF TIME? HOW MUCH EXTRA TIME WE NEED ON THIS? UH, UP TO 60 DAYS IS FINE.

MOTION TO SUSPEND UP TO 60 DAYS SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THE ITEM CARRIES.

[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Purchase Agreement with H-E-B, LP, a Texas limited partnership, formerly known as HEB Grocery Company, LP for Parcel 23, located at 6430 Garth Road, Baytown, Texas as part of the Garth Road Widening Phases A&B Project.]

WE'LL GO TO FOUR A.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH HEB LP, A TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS HEB GROCERY COMPANY, LP FOR PARCEL 23, LOCATED AT 64 30 GARTH ROAD, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AS PART OF THE GARTH ROAD WIDENING PHASES A AND B PROJECT, MR. LEACH.

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL, UH, AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS, UH, PROPERTY ACQUISITION, AND THIS NATURALLY, UH, TIES TO THE GARTH ROAD PROJECT THAT IS, UH, PRESENTLY UNDERWAY FOR UTILITY RELOCATION AND IN DESIGN FOR THE ROADWAY.

SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS HERE.

UM, THIS IS, UM, A PROPERTY ACQUISITION THAT HAS TWO COMPONENTS.

THE FIRST BEING A, THE PURCHASE OF A, UH, SLIVER OF PROPERTY IN FEE, AND THE SECOND BEING THE PROCUREMENT OF A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT.

UH, THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS THAT, UH, THE PROPERTY AND FEE WILL REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF BAY TOWNS, UH, IN PERPETUITY.

AND THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT WILL REVERT BACK TO HEB UPON CONCLUSION OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND OF COURSE, HEB IS LOCATED IN THE 6,400, UH, BLOCK OF GARTH ROAD.

UH, THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS, UH, THE, JUST CAN'T GET THE CURSOR.

THERE IT IS.

THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS THE AREA THAT IS, UH, WE RECOMMEND PURCHASING THIS EVENING.

AND THE AREA IN PINK SHOWS THE AREA FOR CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT.

THERE'S A SECOND SLIDE THAT SHOWS A SORT OF A CONTINUATION OF THIS.

SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THIS IS HUNT ROAD HERE.

UH, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THIS LONG STRIP WILL BE USED TO SORT OF WIDEN THE ROADWAY TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MEDIAN, UH, IN THAT AREA.

THE, THE CLIP UP HERE AT THE TOP NEAR THE HUNT ROAD INTERSECTION WILL LIKELY BE USED FOR, UH, TURN LANES TO MAKE THE TRAFFIC WORK BETTER.

THE MORE TURN LANES YOU CAN HAVE AT AN INTERSECTION, THE MORE EFFECTIVE, UH, THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS.

AND THERE'S THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT IN PINK.

UH, HERE'S THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS JUST A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH.

UH, YOU CAN SEE BASICALLY THE SEPARATION IS THE DRIVEWAY THERE.

UH, SO THE, THE PURCHASE, UH, SLIVER EXTENDS DOWN, UH, FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, UH, AND THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT IS ADJACENT TO IT RIGHT IN THAT AREA.

UH, SO HERE ARE A HANDFUL OF DETAILS ABOUT THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

UH, THE TOTAL PRICE IS $220,000 AND INCLUDES BOTH THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AS WELL AS THE FEE PURCHASE.

UH, COUPLE OF OTHER CONDITIONS.

THERE'S A FUELING STATION SIGN.

UH, HEB HAS AGREED TO REMOVE THAT AT THEIR COST FROM THE LOCATION.

UH, THE CITY WILL PAY A RECORDING AND CLOSING COSTS, AND HEB OF COURSE, AS ANY OWNER WOULD BE, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOAN, ANY LIEN COSTS.

BUT NONE HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED, UH, TO DATE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

THE CLOSING DATE IS YET TO BE DETERMINED, BUT UPON YOUR APPROVAL, WE'LL WORK WITH HEB TO GET AND OUR, UH, REPRESENTATIVE TO GET THAT, UH, GOING AND FINALIZED.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE REQUEST APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE, UH, PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THIS.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THEN ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR.

A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

IT IN FACT IS UNDERSIZED AND PERFORMS, PERFORMS THAT WAY, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THE ITEM CARRIES.

WE'LL GO TO FOUR

[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with Carollo Engineers, Inc., for the design of the Texas Avenue Lift Station Improvements Project.]

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH COROLLO ENGINEERS INC.

FOR THE DESIGN OF THE TEXAS AVENUE LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

UH, THIS PROJECT OR THIS, UH, AGENDA REQUEST IS TO REQUEST COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A DESIGN CONTRACT WITH COROLLO ENGINEERS TO DESIGN, UH, A NEW LIFT STATION IN THE TEXAS, UH, A NEW LIFT STATION TO REPLACE THE EXISTING TEXAS AVENUE LIFT STATION.

UM, SO THIS IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AND LIKE A LOT OF THE PROJECTS WE BRING TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? UH, THIS ONE IS, I'M SURE IT WAS SIZED APPROPRIATELY WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED, BUT NOW IT'S TOO SMALL, UH, DUE TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.

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UH, THE RESULT OF BEING UNDERSIZED DURING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALLS, AS YOU OCCASIONALLY WILL HAVE, EXCUSE ME.

UH, SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS.

UH, THE PUMPS ARE UNDERSIZED AND PUMPS ARE A KEY COMPONENT OF LIFT STATIONS, AND THEY'RE REACHING THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE.

UM HUH.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

SORRY, THAT'S THE WRONG EXHIBIT THERE.

YEP.

MY APOLOGIES.

UM, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UH, SO THIS PROJECT WAS INTENDED TO BE A REHABILITATION PROJECT, BUT, UH, WHEN OUR OPERATIONS TEAM AND THE ENGINEER MET AND WENT OUT TO THE LOCATION, UH, THEY NOTICED A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE PROJECT.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS THAT THE STRUCTURE, UH, FOR THE LIFT STATION, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE WET WELL, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE CYLINDER THAT YOU SEE IS NOT, WASN'T DESIGNED TO BE EXPANDABLE, MEANING YOU CAN'T ADD HEIGHT TO IT, TO INCREASE THE VOLUME, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.

SO IF WE WERE TO ADD HEIGHT TO IT TO INCREASE THAT CAPACITY, UH, IT WOULD CAUSE STRUCTURAL ISSUES.

SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A GOOD, WE CAN'T RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT COURSE OF ACTION.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, WHEN YOU'RE CONSTRUCTING OR REHABILITATING, UH, LIFT STATIONS, YOU MUST BE ABOVE THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN, AND THIS ONE IS NOT.

SO AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO RAISE IT, WHICH JUST ISN'T FEASIBLE BASED ON THE EXISTING STRUCTURE ITSELF.

UH, IT JUST DOESN'T ACCOMMODATE IT.

UM, ALSO THE CURRENT WET WELL DESIGN IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO LONG PUMP LIFE.

THERE ARE NEW STANDARDS IN PLACE THAT WILL, UM, THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW DESIGN, WHICH WILL ADDRESS THIS.

SO WE ANTICIPATE LONGER LIFE FOR THE NEW PUMPS ONCE THE NEW LIFT STATION IS INSTALLED.

UM, I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE FOR THIS IS THAT IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT AFTER AN ADDITIONAL, AN INITIAL DETAILED ASSESSMENT, WE BELIEVE IT'S A BETTER LONG-TERM VALUE TO, UH, CONSTRUCT A NEW LIFT STATION THAN IT IS TO ATTEMPT TO REHABILITATE OR RECONSTRUCT.

BY THE TIME YOU GET INTO, UH, WORKING THROUGH A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY TO EXPAND THIS ONE, YOU'D BE PRETTY MUCH AT THE SAME PRICE YOU WOULD BE TO CONSTRUCT A NEW LIFT STATION.

SO WE THINK THIS IS THE, THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S A BETTER VALUE FOR THE ORGANIZATION, UH, IN THE LONG RUN.

UM, HERE'S SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE PACKAGE.

IT WILL INCLUDE A DESIGN AS WELL AS BID PACKAGE.

NATURALLY, A NEW WET WELL PUMPS CONTROLS THAT'LL BE INTEGRATED WITH OUR SCADA SYSTEM AS WELL.

UH, THE SCHEDULE, UH, 18 MONTH DESIGN AND, EXCUSE ME, 18 MONTH DESIGN AND BID PROCESS.

AND THE CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATED TO TAKE 18 MONTHS AFTER THAT.

UH, COROLLA ENGINEERS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WAS SELECTED FOR THIS PROJECT, LARGELY BECAUSE THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE WITH LIFT STATIONS, UH, AND THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF.

UM, A COROLLA REP IS HERE THIS EVENING.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PARTICULAR THAT PERTAIN TO THE, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT I'M UNABLE TO ANSWER, UH, THE COST FOR THE DESIGN IS $922,572.

UH, WITH THAT, WE REQUEST COUNSEL APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH COROLLA, UH, FOR THE TEXAS AVENUE LIFT STATION.

UH, HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

I JUST WANTED, I KNOW THE MAP WAS WRONG.

WHERE, WHERE IS IT LOCATED? ALONG TEXAS AVENUE.

UH, IT'S BY THE PARK AND I'M SORRY, BY THE LIBRARY.

BY THE LIBRARY, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

BETWEEN THE GOOSE CREEK.

OH, BEHIND THE DAYCARE CENTER.

BEHIND THE DAYCARE CENTER AND THE BACKGROUND.

MY APOLOGIES.

I'M SORRY ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT EXHIBIT.

THAT'S, THAT'S MY FAULT.

IT'S EMBARRASSING.

NO, IT'S OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.

MOTION.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR B.

SECOND.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN GENERAL FUND, CIPF AND WASTE AND WATER AND SEWER, CIPF FOUR, YEAR 23.

UH, FORESEE,

[c. Consider an ordinance to amend the City of Baytown General Fund CIPF and Water & Sewer CIPF FY23 budget.]

BUDGET.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

AND THE POINT OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO, UH, REDUCE THE PROPOSED, UH, DEBT ISSUANCE THAT WE HAVE FOR NEXT YEAR, AND ALSO TO HELP WITH INFLATION.

SO WE HAD TO ADJUST THE PROJECTS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE FUNDING GOING FORWARD, UH, IN THE FUTURE YEARS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR.

UM, BEFORE YOU, IS A SUMMARY OF ALL THE PROJECTS IN TOTALITY AND THEIR FINANCIAL IMPACT.

SO FOR THE GENERAL FUND, CIP, THE DIFFERENCE IS ONLY 17,528.

AND FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WE HAD, WE REDUCED, UM, THE AMOUNT BY $8.5 MILLION.

AND WE ALSO PRESENTED THIS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE DETAILS ARE IN YOUR PACKET IF YOU NEED THE DETAILS OF THE ACTUAL PROJECTS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.

NOPE.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT.

I SECOND.

ALRIGHT.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT.

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[d. Consider an ordinance authorizing Public Necessity for forty-six (46) tracts of land for the Garth Road Widening Project, Phases A&B.]

GO TO FOUR D.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR 46 TRACKS OF LAND FOR THE GARTH ROAD WIDENING PROJECT PHASES A AND B.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA REQUEST IS, UH, TO GET, UH, REQUEST COUNSEL CONSIDERATION OF A PUBLIC NECESSITY DECLARATION THAT WILL HELP US FACILITATE THE ACQUISITION OF 46, UH, TOTAL PARCELS ALONG GARTH ROAD.

AND THIS IS JUST FOR PHASES A AND B.

SO I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE THERE'LL BE MORE IN THE FUTURE AS WE GO THROUGH THE SUBSEQUENT PHASES, UH, C THROUGH F.

BUT THIS IS JUST FOR, UH, A AND B.

AND AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, UH, ON THE SLIDE THERE ARE 12 FEE SIMPLE TRACKS.

AND LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT A MINUTE AGO, FEE SIMPLE MEANS WE'LL, UH, RETAIN OWNERSHIP AND PERPETUITY.

UH, THERE ARE 15 DRAINAGE EASEMENT TRACKS.

UH, THOSE ARE, UH, UH, EASEMENTS THAT WILL, WE WILL USE TO PUT DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IN TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

IN MANY CASES, WITH THESE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS, THERE'S ALREADY EXISTING DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE WIDENING THE PAVEMENT SECTION, UH, THEY GET PUSHED OUT A LITTLE FURTHER, UH, SORT OF AWAY FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, THEREBY NECESSITATING THE NEED FOR THE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS.

UH, AND THERE ARE ALSO 19, UH, CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WITH E, WITH HEB.

SO THAT, THAT BRINGS A TOTAL OF 46.

UH, HERE'S AN EXHIBIT, UH, NOT A VERY GOOD ONE THAT SHOWS THE LIMITS OF THIS.

IT ESSENTIALLY GOES FROM, UH, PHASES A AND B.

ESSENTIALLY GO FROM I 10 ALONG GARTH DOWN TO, UH, ARCHER.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS SLIDE AND A SERIES OF SUBSEQUENT SLIDES IS TO REALLY SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE, UH, JUST THE NUMBER OF, UH, EASEMENTS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING, BUT ALSO THE SCALE OF THE EASEMENTS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.

SO YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED IT, YOU'LL SEE UP HERE, UH, LET'S SEE UP, IF YOU CAN SEE THE CURSOR.

UH, IT SAYS ONE TCE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS, UH, 0.0310 ACRES.

UM, ANOTHER ONE I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS NUMBER ONE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND THIS IS ONE WHERE WE BUYING IN FEET.

UH, THIS IS 0.0035 ACRES, AND THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 150 FEET.

SO 150 SQUARE FEET, I SHOULD SAY.

SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A LOT.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE AS A RECURRING THEME AS WE GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES ARE THAT WE'RE REQUIRING A, A GOOD MANY PARCELS FOR THE VARIETY OF REASONS THERE.

TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION DRAINAGE AND ALSO FEE SIMPLE.

BUT THEY'RE GENERALLY PRETTY SMALL AND NOT TERRIBLY INVASIVE ON, ON THE PROPERTY IN OUR OPINION.

SO, UH, WE DON'T THINK WE'RE DAMAGING TOO GREATLY, UH, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.

SO I, I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU AS WE GO THROUGH.

SO, UH, I'LL NAME, JUST, JUST TO GIVE YOU POINTS OF REFERENCE, A HANDFUL OF, UM, HANDFUL OF LANDMARKS ALONG THERE.

UM, SO UP IN THE CORNER HERE, UH, THERE'S A PANDA EXPRESS, AND ACROSS THERE IS A SHELL STATION.

UH, AND THIS IS GOING, THIS IS THE NORTHERNMOST POINT, AND IT GOES SOUTH, AND THEN IT PICKS UP HERE AND GOES SOUTH AGAIN.

UH, SO THERE'S A MCDONALD'S IN THIS AREA, AND THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A BANK AT THIS AREA.

THIS IS SHARON LANE HERE.

FREE REFERENCE IF YOU'RE STILL FOLLOWING ALONG THERE.

UH, THE NEXT ONE, UH, LET'S SEE ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE PAGE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE ON THE EXHIBIT, THERE'S A, A WENDY'S FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR POINT OF REFERENCE.

I BELIEVE IT'S IN THIS AREA.

AND THEN IT'S TO THE SOUTH OF THAT IS A POPEYE'S, AND THERE'S A TACO BELL HERE.

UH, AND THIS TRACK IS ACTUALLY THE BEGINNING OF THE BIG, UH, TEXAS ROADHOUSE TRACK.

SO THAT'LL GIVE YOU, STILL FOLLOWING ALONG WITH WHERE WE'RE AT THERE.

GOOD.

UM, THE NEXT ONE, UH, THIS IS THE INTERSECTION WITH HUNT ROAD, RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A JERSEY MIKES IN THIS AREA, AND A SMOOTHIE KING HERE.

UH, PANERA BREAD AND SALAD RIGHT HERE.

AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT, OF COURSE IS HEB.

UH, LET'S SEE WHAT OTHER LANDMARKS HERE.

UH, NOT TOO MANY ALONG THIS TRACK THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW, BUT HERE'S THE, THE TRACTOR SUPPLIES HERE.

AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT IS THE KROGER.

LET'S SEE, AS WE GO A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, KROGER'S STILL HERE.

THAT'S STILL THE TRACK WAS BISECTED BY THE PLAN LINE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS, I APOLOGIZE, THIS IS TRICKY INFORMATION TO PRESENT.

IT DOESN'T REALLY PRESENT WELL, UH, GRAPHICALLY.

SO I, I WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW, HOW IT'S PRESENTED.

WE SWITCHED IT UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE SUBSEQUENT OR THE NEXT PRESENTATION.

BUT, UH, JUST, JUST TRYING TO CONVEY THE INFORMATION TO YOU HERE.

THE BEST WE CAN, UH, DOWN IN THIS AREA IS A CANDLEWOOD SUITES.

UH, DOWN HERE IS A NEIGHBOR'S EMERGENCY CENTER, SORT OF A, UH, UH, EMERGENCY CLINIC.

UH, ALONG THIS TRACT IS A HARBOR FREIGHT.

WHOOPS, THERE WE GO.

HARBOR FREIGHT.

AND THEN HERE WE ARE AT THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT ALONG ARCHER.

SO THAT'LL GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR A LOT OF THE, THE SIZE OF THE PARCELS THAT WE'RE, UH, REQUESTING, AS WELL AS THEIR GENERAL LOCATION ALONG GARTH IN, IN THAT PHASE AB, WHICH AGAIN, ARCHER TO I 10.

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UM, SO THE PUBLIC NECESSITY DECLARATION, THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

UH, YOU'LL PROBABLY REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION YOU HAD ABOUT, OH, TWO MONTHS AGO, OR TWO MONTHS AGO OR SO, WITH KIM PATTERSON, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OH, AND, AND KIM COULDN'T BE HERE.

UH, GOOD NEWS, SHE HAD HER BABY.

SO, UH, , SHE HAD THE BABY EARLY, SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ME HERE.

UM, BUT MOTHER AND BABY ARE DOING WELL.

SO THAT, THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BUT, UM, WHAT, WHAT PUBLIC NECESSITY ACTUALLY DOES, AS I SEE IT, IS PROVIDED REALLY TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR US.

IF WE'RE UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATE WITH THE LANDOWNER FOR, BE IT A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT, A DRAINAGE EASEMENT, OR THE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO IS PROVIDE THEM AN APPRAISAL, UH, WITH A LETTER THAT SAYS, WE INTEND TO PURSUE THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THIS PROPERTY.

UH, IF THAT OFFER'S NOT ACCEPTED, THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS WOULD KICK IN.

THIS ISN'T OUR, SO THIS IS JUST A TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT, SO TO SPEAK.

UH, OUR PLAN IS TO PRIMARILY JUST INTERACT WITH THE OWNERS AND SEE IF WE CAN'T COME TO A FAIR DEAL, UH, WITHOUT USING THIS PROCESS.

UH, THE EMINENT DOMAIN ASPECT OF IT, I SHOULD SAY.

THE REASON IS, I THINK IF WE GET A GOOD OFFER THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO THE APPRAISED VALUE, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO WORK WITH THE, UH, OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY TO TRY TO MAKE THAT DEAL HAPPEN.

THE REASON I, AS I SEE IT, IS THAT, UH, BY THE TIME YOU DEAL WITH THE COST OF GOING THROUGH EMINENT DOMAIN AS WELL AS THE TIME ASSOCIATED WITH IT, IT CAN TAKE SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS UP TO A YEAR, UH, TO GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS.

YOU MIGHT END UP AHEAD, IF YOU PAY JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN PERHAPS, UH, THE APPRAISED VALUE, SAY YOU, YOU COME TO A GOOD NEGOTIATION ON IT.

SO, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A TOOL IN OUR TOOLKIT THAT WILL ENABLE US IF WE'RE ABLE TO, IF WE COME TO AN IMPASSE, SAY, UH, THE APPRAISED VALUE IS $10,000, BUT THE OWNER WANTS $200,000, WE PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET, GET THERE, RIGHT? SO WE, THIS, THAT WOULD BE A CASE WHERE WE MIGHT WANNA INITIATE THIS PROCESS.

SO, BUT AGAIN, IT'S TRANSPARENT.

AND, UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE KEY POINTS I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE WITH THE COUNCIL HERE IS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UH, THEIR OWN EVIDENCE OF THEIR VALUE TO A SPECIAL COMMISSION THAT'S APPOINTED BY, UH, THE COUNTY COURT.

UH, THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER APPEAL OPTIONS.

UH, ONE OTHER THING THAT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY, IF WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, THIS, AND WE PAY THE APPRAISED VALUE THROUGH THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS, THE PUBLIC NECESSITY DECLARATION, THE CITY RETAINS THE RIGHT TO USE THE PROPERTY DURING THE APPEAL, UH, PROVIDED WE HAVE PAID THAT MONEY.

SO THAT, THAT'S GOOD FOR US, THAT TRY TO, THAT SOMEWHAT MINIMIZES THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT CAN'T BE DRAGGED OUT IN, IN PERPETUITY, SO TO SPEAK.

UM, SO THAT'S REALLY THE CONCLUSION HERE.

WITH THAT, WE REQUEST, UH, YOUR APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE, UH, DE DECLARING THE, UH, PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE TRACKS ALONG GARTH ROAD.

UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

UH, AND I'VE WORKED, AND I'D LIKE TO EXTEND THANKS TO, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND HIS TEAM FOR THEIR, UH, HELP IN WORKING ON THESE THINGS.

IT'S A TRICKY ISSUE AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT TO YOU TONIGHT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE INFORMATION ON THIS.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? OKAY.

YEAH.

I THINK KIM'S PRESENTATION FROM A COUPLE MONTHS AGO HAS REALLY HELPED US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WHAT THIS STEP IS THAT WE'RE TAKING, DECLARING THE PUBLIC NECESSITY.

SO THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UH, FOUR DI, MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT.

WILL MOVE TO FOUR E CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR EIGHT TRACKS OF LAND FOR THE MARKET STREET REVITALIZATION PROJECT.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE

[e. Consider an ordinance authorizing Public Necessity for eight (8) tracts of land for the Market Street Revitalization Project.]

OKAY? UH, THIS, THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR STORY, BUT FOR A DIFFERENT CAPITAL PROJECT.

THIS IS FOR, UH, MARKET STREET, OF COURSE, THE MARKET STREET REVITALIZATION PROJECT.

THE LIMITS ARE FROM, UH, BAYWAY DRIVE TO WEST STERLING AVENUE.

UH, IN THIS CASE, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING FOR EIGHT FEET SIMPLE TRACKS.

SO NO, NO TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THIS, THIS PRESENTS A LITTLE BETTER.

UM, SO THIS MIGHT GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT AS TO THE EXACT LOCATIONS.

UM, UH, THIS IS THE PARCEL ONE.

IT'S, UH, AT THE INTERSECTION OF MINNESOTA AND MARKET.

UH, YOU CAN SEE IT'S 254 SQUARE FEET AND IT'S A CORNER CLIP.

IT'LL BE USED TO FACILITATE TURNING MOVEMENTS.

UH, THIS IS PARCEL THREE, AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY, UH, THEY, THEY SKIPPED PARCEL TWO.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE PARCELS ONE, TWO THROUGH NINE, BUT TOTAL'S EIGHT ANYWAY.

UM, SO THIS IS, UH, THE INTERSECTION OF MINNESOTA AND MARKET, I THINK ON SORT OF ON THE OTHER SIDE, IF YOU WILL, OF THE STREET.

UH, THIS IS AT HUGGINS

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AND MARKET.

IT'S ANOTHER SMALL CORNER CLIP.

UH, THIS IS THE CONVENIENCE STORE TRACT HERE AT THE, UH, SOUTH AREA AIRHART, UH, DRIVE INTERSECTION.

UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THIS PROPERTY OWNER.

WE HOPE TO BRING YOU AN AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE THAT, UH, STORE HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS.

SO THAT'LL BE, UH, SOMETHING WE'LL BE BRINGING TO YOU.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT WORKED OUT.

UH, PARCEL SIX IS JUST ACROSS THE STREET ON AIRHART, UH, PARCEL SEVEN.

THIS IS UP BY, UH, GOOSE CREEK, UH, THE SCHOOL SANTO ELEMENTARY, I SHOULD SAY, EXCUSE ME.

UH, PARCEL EIGHT IS ANOTHER, UH, CORNER CLIP.

AND THIS IS ON, UH, WEST MAIN AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH MARKET.

UH, PARCEL NINE IS LEE DRIVE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH MARKET, ANOTHER CORNER CLIP.

SO, UM, THIS IS THE SAME THING WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC NECESSITY.

AND THIS ISN'T, THIS IS A TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT.

IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE OUR, UH, PRIMARY WAY OF REACHING OUT TO THESE ENTITIES AND PROCURING THE, UH, PARCELS.

SO, UM, I THINK WITH THAT, UH, WE REQUEST COUNSEL APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? UM, NEED A MOTION FOR FOUR E MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

WE WILL GO TO FIVE B, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FINDINGS AND FACTS OF THE BAYTOWN HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF 2023.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

[b. Consider a resolution adopting the findings and facts of the Baytown Housing Needs Assessment of 2023.]

MR. SCRIBNER, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

UH, FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN SCRIBNER FROM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, AS YOU'LL REMEMBER, UH, THIS LAST MEETING WE DID, UH, PRESENT THE FINDINGS OF THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

UM, WITH THAT, UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WE'RE REALLY, UH, HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OR ADOPTION OF THE FINDINGS OF THAT REPORT.

I'LL REMIND YOU THAT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE POLICY IN ANY WAY.

IT MERELY PROVIDES A BASE FOR FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM, UH, FROM STAFF, BUT ALSO, UH, A BASE FOR, FOR THIS BOARD TO LOOK AT AND SAY, OKAY, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WANT TO EXAMINE POLICY FOR GOOD OR FOR BAD, THEN YOU HAVE A, A, A BASE OF FINDINGS TO, TO KIND OF, TO LOOK AT WHEN, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT WE DID INITIATE A MORATORIUM ON ANY NEW MULTIFAMILY ZONING REZONINGS THAT WILL BE, UH, EXPIRING ON THE 1ST OF JULY.

SO NEXT WEEK.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, OUR CONSULTANT IS ON ZOOM IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT OTHERWISE WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU, UH, ADOPT THE, UH, THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORT.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT? ANY COMMENTS? NO.

WELL, I APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS GOOD INFO TO HAVE.

I THINK, AS WE'VE SAID IN THE PAST, WE, WE JUST WANTED DATA BEFORE WE'D MAKE THESE DECISIONS, SO THAT, THAT, THIS WILL DEFINITELY HELP US WITH THAT.

SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR FIVE B.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

WE'VE BROUGHT IN $2.3 MILLION IN INVESTMENT EARNINGS ALSO FOR THE PROPERTY TAX, OUR DEBT SERVICE PORTION IS $5.4 MILLION THAT WE'VE BROUGHT IN SO FAR.

WE'LL

[a. Receive the City of Baytown's Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending December 31, 2022.]

GO TO SIX A.

RECEIVE THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST OF 22.

GOOD EVENING.

AGAIN, I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE FIRST QUARTER, UH, FINANCIAL REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING, SORRY FOR A PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, UM, FINANCE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT AND EFFORT TO BRING YOU THE FINANCIAL DATA IN THE GLANCE.

UM, SO WE HAVE PROVIDED MORE VISUALS SO THAT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO DIVE INTO THE DETAILS, WE HAVE THAT ALSO AS PART OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT.

BUT THAT IS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

BUT FOR THOSE WHO JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE HIGHLIGHTS, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH TO PROVIDE YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN EASILY VIEW AND SEE EVERYTHING AT A GLANCE.

SO I'LL JUST GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OUR REVENUE.

SO FAR, WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT 65%, WHICH IS AT 83 MILLION, EIGHT POINT $83.9 MILLION.

OUR EXPENDITURES IS AROUND FOR GENERAL FUND IS AROUND 23.48% AT 35 MILLION.

AND THEN FOR HOTEL, MOTEL AND ALL OF THE OTHER FUNDS, OUR FUND BALANCES AND WORKING CAPITAL BALANCES ARE PRETTY WELL EXCEPT FOR AQUATICS, BUT AQUATICS IS THAT WAY BECAUSE THEIR REVENUE, OF COURSE IS SEASONAL.

AND SO THEIR SEASON IS JUST STARTING THIS SUMMER, CORRECT? RIGHT.

SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE SALES TAX, WE ARE ABOVE OUR SALES TAX FOR LAST YEAR BY ABOUT 13%.

OUR UNSPENT BOND PROCEEDS IS $73.4 MILLION.

AND OUR INVESTMENTS, UM, FOR THIS YEAR, FOR THIS QUARTER, THE BOOK VALUE IS $279.8 MILLION.

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AND OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION PROPERTY TAX IS $8.8 MILLION.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS REPORT? NO, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

I KNOW I SAID THIS IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, MEETING, BUT WANNA SAY IT HERE, I THINK THIS DASHBOARD HAS IMPROVED A LOT, UM, AS, AS Y'ALL HAVE BEEN REFINING IT.

AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THAT FINANCE HAS PUT INTO THIS.

AND IF Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ON THIS DASHBOARD, PLEASE GIVE THEM THAT, THAT FEEDBACK.

YES, PLEASE.

WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.

ALRIGHT, WE ARE JUST RECEIVING A REPORT THERE, SO WE'LL CONSIDER IT RECEIVED.

[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.]

UH, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED? WE DO HAVE, YEAH, WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON SEVEN A.

SO WE WILL PULL THAT ONE ITEM, BUT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR B THROUGH J.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN B THROUGH SEVEN J SECOND.

ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL RIGHT, WE WILL GO BACK TO SEVEN A.

ANY OPPOSED?

[a. Consider an ordinance awarding the Annual Roll-Off Container Services Contract to Texas Modern Waste, LLC.]

I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE THE LIST AND I'LL READ IT HERE.

SEVEN A IS CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AWARDING THE ANNUAL ROLL OFF CONTAINER SERVICES CONTRACT TO TEXAS MODERN WASTE LLC.

I'LL CALL UP MR. GARY PEARSON.

WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON SEVEN A.

FIRST, IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

HELLO, COUNSEL.

GARY PEARSON, 2350 WEST CREEK, HOUSTON, TEXAS.

MY FIRM IS FRONTIER WASTE SERVICES.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TRY TO BRING AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO SAVE YOUR TAXPAYERS $105,000 A YEAR.

IF YOU GIVE US A CHANCE, WE'D LOVE TO EXPLAIN THE NEXT SPEAKER ON MY TEAM, MY COLLEAGUE WILL TELL, TELL YOU HOW WE HAVE COME UP WITH THAT.

OKAY? THANK YOU.

THANK SIR.

SO NOW WE'LL CALL UP BILL KILLIAN, BELIEVE.

AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

STEAMED, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND STAFF.

UH, I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL TODAY, UH, SORRY TO BOMB YOUR EMAIL BOX WITH THAT, BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME THINGS.

I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE, UM, UH, THE ABILITY TO DO WHATEVER YOU, UH, WHAT NEED TO DO FOR BAYTOWN AND CERTAINLY, UM, YOU WANT TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR BAYTOWN.

AND IF SPENDING $105,000 MORE PER YEAR PER ANNUM IS BETTER, THEN BY ALL MEANS I WOULD SUGGEST DO THAT.

BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST, UM, SPEAK TO MY FIRM, OUR FIRM'S ABILITY.

I'M A 30 YEAR GARBAGE MAN.

I GOT A CDL IN MY POCKET.

I'M UNABASHEDLY UN UNASHAMED OF GARBAGE MAN.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR 30 YEARS, CDL IN MY POCKET.

I CAN DRIVE ANY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE AND I'M PROUD OF THAT FACT.

BUILT A SOLID COMPANY.

WE'RE NOW OVER 600 EMPLOYEES, 250 POWER UNITS, 47 CITIES IN TEXAS.

CALL US THEIR FRANCHISE, UH, SERVICE PROVIDER, INCLUDING SOME HERE IN HARRIS, MONTGOMERY, AND, UH, LIBERTY COUNTY, PASADENA AND PEARLAND BE THE CLOSEST DATE AND LIBERTY, NOT TOO FAR AWAY.

250,000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS SERVICED ON, UH, EACH WEEK, 30,000 COMMERCIAL AND ROLL OFF.

CERTAINLY WE'RE QUALIFIED.

SO IF YOU TAKE THOSE QUALIFICATIONS AND ADD IN THAT WE'RE THE LOWEST BID ON THIS, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S NOT THE BEST VALUE FOR YOUR CITY.

UM, WHILE WE WEREN'T OFFERED AN INTERVIEW TO TALK ABOUT OUR FIRM'S CAPABILITIES, UH, THE APPARENT AWARDEE WAS INVITED TO, WAS INVITED OR OFFERED TO ACTUALLY LOWER HIS FIRST INITIAL BID.

THEIR FIRST INITIAL BID PRICES, WHICH WAS HIGHER THAN THE BUDGETED RFP STATED.

SO THE RFP STATED, THIS IS GOOD FOR FIVE 80.

THEY CAME IN AT 5 86.

SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, AN INTERESTING THING THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE, BUT IT HAPPENED.

UM, I'M 105,000 LOWER THAN THEM AND I'M 65,000 LOWER THAN THE SECOND PLACE FOLKS.

SO WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS IN MY MIND, SINCE I'VE GOT A MINUTE LEFT, UH, I WOULD SAY PULL THIS FROM AGENDA AND DO SOME PROPER DUE DILIGENCE ON FRONTIER.

AND IF WE FAIL THAT DUE DILIGENCE, AWARD IT TO THE BEST VALUE THEN.

AND SINCE THAT IS STILL NOT THE PARENT WORDY, MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE BEST VALUE.

THE CONTRACT IS NOT.

SO THAT'S ONE OPTION CON, OPTION TWO, CONTRACT IS NOT AN ALL OR NONE RFP SPLIT THE AWARD BY THE SITES THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE RFP.

THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST VALUE.

SO MY, IF THAT'S THOSE TWO OPTIONS AREN'T THE BEST

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VALUE OR THE BEST IDEAS, MAYBE THE BEST IDEA IS TO THROW OUT ALL BIDS, WHICH THE CITY HAS THE RIGHT TO DO.

REBID IT.

THE CURRENT HAULER WILL EASILY EXTEND THIS CONTRACT FOR 30, 45 OR 60 DAYS.

I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN MANY TIMES WITH ROLL OFF BLADES AND THEN JUST BID IT, UH, REBID IT AGAIN.

UH, I THINK THAT WILL BE THE MOST FAIR AND PROBABLY WILL GET YOU THE BEST VALUE.

ALTHOUGH I FEEL RIGHT NOW THE BEST VALUE IS REPRESENTED IN THE FRONTIER WAIST BID.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND FINALLY, I'LL CALL UP DARIUS GARCIA.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING ME OUT.

UM, I OWN A BUSINESS CALLED SUPERIOR WASTE INDUSTRIES.

WE'RE BASED OUT OF DICKINSON, TEXAS FAMILY OWNED MINORITY BUSINESS.

UM, WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL WAS WEIGHING IN ON ALL THE ASPECTS OF THEIR WASTE NEEDS FOR THIS CONTRACT.

UM, FRONTIER AND I, WE, WE'VE SPOKEN ON THIS, UM, YOU HAVE SEVERAL EXEMPLARY COMPANIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS RFP, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DUE DILIGENCE WAS BEING DONE, YOU KNOW, VETTING ALL THESE DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY PROVIDING THIS SERVICE TO YOU GUYS.

UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M, I SAW SOME BUDGETS POPPING UP AND I'M LIKE, 60,000, A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE CITY TO BE SPENDING AND JUST TO HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHO THEIR VENDORS ARE AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE SPENDING.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT SUPERIOR WASTE WOULD BE ANOTHER GOOD SOLUTION TO Y'ALL'S, UM, TO Y'ALL'S WASTE CONTRACT.

BUT I JUST, I HOPE THAT Y'ALL REALLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL YOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS, UM, AND GIVE THE OTHER COMPANIES A CHANCE TO POSSIBLY SPEAK, UM, IN REGARDS TO THEIR RFP, TO THEIR BITS.

I WILL ASK STAFF IF, IF THEY CAN SUMMARIZE THIS ITEM.

I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK ON IT IF YOU'D LIKE.

UM, MR. LEACH HERE OR YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT, I CAN START AND IF, IF I NEED TO CORRECT ANYTHING, UH, PLEASE JUMP IN AT ANY POINT.

UM, THIS, UH, THE BACK AND FORTH WITH, UH, SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT WERE IN THE BID STARTED, UH, I GUESS ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS AGO AT THIS POINT.

UM, WE HAD, UM, UH, ONCE IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION ON THAT SOME OF THE, UH, VENDORS WERE NOT HAPPY WITH HOW THE BID PROCESS WENT, UH, WE DID HAVE TWO PEOPLE LOOK INTO THE PROCESS FLOW TO, TO ENSURE, UH, THAT THE PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OR AS IT'S LAID OUT, UM, BY, UH, BY THE CITY.

AND I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IT DID FOLLOW THE APPROPRIATE FLOW.

UM, THE, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING, THERE ARE BID SHEETS DONE BY THREE SEPARATE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE AN EVALUATING CRITERIA THAT THEY HAVE ZERO INFLUENCE BY ANYBODY ELSE EXCEPT THEIR OWN PERSONAL OPINIONS, WHICH SET OUT THE GRADING CRITERIA, THOUGH THEY DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, THEY LOOKED AT SOME OF THE REFERENCES THAT WERE PROVIDED BY EACH VENDOR THEY LOOKED AT, UM, OR THEY CALLED THE, THE REFERENCES.

THEY LOOKED AT SOME OF THE BROCHURES.

UH, THEY TALKED AROUND TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT, UH, THAT HAVE WORKED WITH THESE, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN OTHER CITIES OR OTHER, UH, OTHER AREAS.

UM, IT WAS THE EVALUATOR'S OPINION WHEN THEY DID THE SCORE SHEET THAT, UH, TEXAS MODERN WASTE WAS THE HIGHEST SCORE BASED ON ALL THREE DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAT WENT INTO THE GRADING CRITERIA.

IT IS CORRECT THAT, UM, TEXAS MODERN WASTE WAS NOT THE LOWEST BIDDER.

I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS FRONTIER THAT WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER IN THE PROCESS.

UM, AND MR. BILL, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS YOU OR, UH, ANOTHER COLLEAGUE WITH FRONTIER WASTE, BUT THERE WAS, UH, MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS AND, UH, ONE-ON-ONES WITH, UH, UH, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BRENT, GARY, AND FRONTIER WASTE, WALKING THROUGH THE PROCESS, ENSURING THAT THE PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED AS IT SHOULD BE.

UM, I DO NOT HAVE A STATEMENT ON IF ANY CONTACT WAS MADE WITH SUPERIOR WASTE OR NOT.

I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

UM, AS WAS MENTIONED WITH THE, UM, CHANGING OF THE, OF THE BIDS OR THE CHANGING OF THE, THE AMOUNT PURCHASING SENT AN EMAIL SAYING YOU HAVE BEEN, UM, PREA AWARDED BEFORE COUNSEL APPROVES IT.

RIGHT.

YOU'VE BEEN PRE AWARDED FOR, UH, ACCEPTANCE TO THE BID OR, UH, ACCEPTING YOUR BID.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THEY WERE ACCEPTED WITH THE HIGHER RATE.

UH, RESOLUTION, THEY EMAILED ON THEIR OWN AND SAID, HEY, WE HAVE A LOWER COST FOR YOU.

THERE WAS NO NEGOTIATION AFTER THAT EMAIL WENT OUT.

AS, AS I UNDERSTAND AS THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDERSTAND THIS 'CAUSE HE'S BEEN INVOLVED TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED AS WELL AFTER THEY WERE AWARDED OR PRE-AWARD THE CONTRACT, UH, PENDING COUNSEL,

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AT THIS POINT, THERE WAS NOT AN ACTIVE NEGOTIATION.

THERE WAS NO CONTACT BY STAFF TO SAY THAT WE NEED A LOWER COST.

THAT WAS ALL BY TEXAS MODERN WASTE EMAILING AFTER THE, UH, THE BID WAS AWARDED, UH, PRE AWARDED TO THEM.

FROM THERE, THAT WAS PUT INTO THE DOCUMENTS AND PRESENTED TO AS COUNSEL AS IT IS TODAY.

SO WE BELIEVE, UH, LOOKING THROUGH THE PROCESS FLOW THAT IT WAS FOLLOWED AS IT SHOULD BE.

UM, NOW IT IS COUNSEL'S DISCRETION AT THIS POINT.

IT IS TRUE THAT IT IS $105,000 MORE.

THE BOTTOM LINE PIECE THAT, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE EVALUATORS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THAT CLOSE PROXIMITY THAT THEY WERE, THAT THEY WERE READILY AVAILABLE, UH, IN BAYTOWN, UH, THAT THEY HAVE VERY GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE REVIEWS, UH, FROM EACH OF THE REFERENCE CHECKS THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN THAT HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN BEFORE.

SO WE HAVE PERSONAL, UM, UH, WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF HOW WELL THEY HANDLED THEIR, UH, THEIR ROLL OFFS, UM, AND THEN JUST THE FUEL OR ANCILLARY THINGS.

BUT OVERALL, THE THREE DIFFERENT EVALUATORS WITHOUT, WITHOUT PRESSURE FROM ANYBODY ELSE, MADE THEIR DECISION AND THIS IS WHAT IT CAME TO.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, GO AHEAD.

UM, I THINK THE, THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, YOU SAID THAT THE ONE, THE CONTRACT THAT WA WAS AWARDED, UM, IS IN BAYTOWN.

WHERE IS FRONTIER LOCATED? I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

WAS IT DICKINSON? IS THAT WE'RE IN, UH, WE'RE IN 38 0 8 N ROAD IN PER AND .

UH, DO YOU MIND COMING TO THE MIC, SIR? THANK YOU.

IN 14 TEXAS LOCATIONS, THE TWO THERE ARE CLOSEST, UH, 38 0 8 NAP ROAD IN PEARLAND, AND THEN DAYTON ROAD, BASICALLY 1960, WHERE 2119 60 CROSS, WERE UP THERE.

WE DO CITY OF DAYTON, CITY OF LIBERTY, CITY OF PEARLAND, AND AS OF JUNE 1ST WE STARTED PASADENA.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION I HAD WAS, UM, WHO HAD THE CONTRACT PRIOR TO THIS BID GOING OUT? GOSH, WAS IT THE COMPANY THAT WAS, I, I DON'T KNOW.

THE REAL QUESTION IS THE COMPANY THAT WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT THIS TIME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, SO IN JUST A COMMENT, AND I DO APPRECIATE, UM, THE TWO COMPANIES COMING AND, AND STATING THEIR CASE.

AND, UM, SOMETIMES IT'S TRICKY WITH BIDS AND THINKING BACK TO OUR A AND E DAYS.

UM, ALTHOUGH WE DO, UM, LIKE TO LOOK AT COST, THERE IS A GRADE OF SERVICE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

AND, UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE DIFFERENT POINTS THAT YOU MENTIONED.

SO WE MAY NOT ALWAYS TAKE THE LOWEST BID.

YOU THINK THAT IT'S, UM, COMMON SENSE TO TAKE THE LOWEST ONE.

UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE OTHER FACTORS THAT WE HAVE TO REVIEW.

AND SO, UM, I, I'M GONNA TRUST THE PROCESS, UM, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT, UM, WE CAN GO BACK AND REVIEW, THIS IS AN ANNUAL, UM, CONTRACT, SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO REVIEW IT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR DUCKS IN A ROW AND WE'RE GONNA PUT IT OUT TO BID AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

UM, AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN A NEW, UM, SERVICE, UH, TO THE CITY.

JUST, UM, AS I IMAGINE WE CHANGED FROM ANOTHER ONE TO, UM, TEXAS MODERN WASTE.

AND SO I'M JUST THINKING OF AGAIN, OF OUR DAYS WITH, UM, AR UH, ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH WE DEALT WITH THAT ALL THE TIME IN LISTENING TO THE DIFFERENT BIDS AND THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RATING AND THE RATING SHEETS.

AND SO, UM, HEARING THE PROCESS, UM, UH, I'M GONNA TRUST THAT PROCESS FOR, FOR TODAY, BUT THEN ASK FOR A FURTHER REVIEW, UM, AND SEE WHAT WE COULD DO BETTER OR, UM, GIVE THESE COMPANIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REALLY WEIGH, UM, THE SERVICE THAT WE'RE NEEDING HERE, UH, FOR THE CITY.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE CURRENT BID.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, YEAH, I'LL ECHO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN ALVARADO SAID.

UM, I APPRECIATE STAFF TAKING THE TIME TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS, UM, AND JUST REVIEW IT, MAKE SURE IT WAS, WAS CARRIED OUT IN THE CORRECT WAY.

UM, AND LIKE SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, UM, COST IS A COMPONENT, BUT, BUT THIS WAS NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHERE WE WERE JUST GONNA TAKE THE, THE LOWEST BID.

UM, WE HAD, WE HAD THOSE OTHER COMPONENTS BUILT INTO THE EVALUATION PROCESS, SO I HAVE NO CONCERNS WITH IT.

UM, BUT, BUT AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, THIS IS UP TO US, IF, IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TONIGHT OR WE CAN SUSPEND IT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS FURTHER, UM,

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I SECOND.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

[8. 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.]

WILL MOVE ON TO EIGHT.

THE MANAGER'S REPORT SNUCK UP ON ME.

SORRY ABOUT THAT HERE.

SORRY, .

ALL RIGHT.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, EVERYBODY INVOLVED, UH, WITH JUNETEENTH.

UH, THAT WAS A FABULOUS CELEBRATION, UH, UH, A VERY, VERY LARGE CROWD.

AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT, UH, WAS INVOLVED.

THAT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT AND, UH, MY PHONE COULDN'T BACK OUT ENOUGH TO CAPTURE EVERYBODY THAT THAT WAS OUT THERE AND, UH, IT WAS HOT.

UM, AND, UM, UH, BUT IT WAS A GREAT TIME AND, UH, THANKS TO THE PARKS AND REC AND, UH, EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED FOR, FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

AND THANK Y'ALL FOR, FOR SHOWING UP AS WELL.

IT WAS A VERY GOOD TIME.

UH, THE NEXT THING I'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.

I HAVE THIS SHINY THING IN MY HAND, , UM, IT, I, IS IT OUR FIRST TAMMY? I BELIEVE IT'S OUR FIRST TAMMY? NO, IT'S ONE OF OUR TAMMY'S.