Sep 14, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, EXTENSIONS.

IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ONE A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED, THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

NEXT IS ONE B.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL AND CCPD JOINT MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 24TH, 2023.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MOVE TO APPROVE 1D SECOND, AND A MOTION SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOT ALL.

THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM ONE B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE A'S GOING TO BE TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

UH, NEXT WE MOVE TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? OKAY, WE WILL

[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 46.4 acres at 7128 E. IH 10, from Open space/Recreation (OR) to General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]

SO WITH THAT, THE, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING OF THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.

EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS, HER, HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE HEARINGS.

THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU'RE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE, THE INFORMATION.

AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT 'EM TO ME.

SO IT IS NOW 6:36 PM AND I'LL CALL THIS ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 46.4 ACRES AT 71 28.

UH, I 10 FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

AND NOW I'D LIKE ASK, UH, I WOULD ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THE RECORD.

MARTIN SCRIBNER PLANNING AND ZONING, EXCUSE ME, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT AS DESCRIBED, UM, THERE'S BASICALLY TWO ITEMS THAT ARE LINKED TOGETHER THAT ARE, ARE, WE'RE BASICALLY, WE'RE STARTING AND BUILDING UP AS WE GO.

SO YOU'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE REZONE AS WELL AS AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REASON, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AS WELL AS THE ORDINANCE FOR THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

SO IT, IT'S GONNA SEEM LIKE WE'RE KIND OF INTERCHANGING HERE, BUT AGAIN, I WANTED TO STRESS THAT WE'RE KIND OF BUILDING UP TO THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

SO I'LL EXPLAIN THAT AS I GO.

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS ABOUT 46 AND A HALF ACRES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I 10.

UH, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT WEST OF SLANDER ROAD.

UH, THIS IS CURRENTLY ZONED OPEN SPACE RECREATION.

AS YOU KNOW, UH, OPEN SPACE RECREATION DISTRICT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT KIND OF FORCE IS WHEN SOMEBODY'S ANNEXED TO COME IN AND ASK FOR A REZONE TO SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL THEN GETS TO DECIDE ON.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST AND WEST ARE ALL OPEN SPACE RECREATION AS WELL.

THAT'S THE GREEN.

THERE IS SOME, UH, INDUSTRIAL A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE EAST AS WELL.

AND IF YOU SEE TO THE WEST, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF COMMERCIAL, UH, AS WELL AS THAT, THAT WEIRD KINDA WATERY LOOKING THING THAT IS A, A PLANNED

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UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT IS, UH, LIVABLE CENTERS UNDERNEATH THAT IS, UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT ONE'S, UH, CROSSINGS.

SO YOU ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S A, A SMALL BIT OF RED THAT'S KIND OF CRADLED BY THIS PROPERTY, UH, THAT IS ALSO GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND WAS APPROVED FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL, UM, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WHAT LOOKS LIKE PINK ON THIS SCREEN, UH, IS ALL IT CALLS FOR LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIAL ALL THROUGHOUT AS WELL AS THE INDUSTRIAL TO THE, UH, EAST AND SOME LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH.

SO I'M SHOWING YOU THE SITE PLAN TODAY FOR CONTEXT.

YOU'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE GENERAL LAYOUT OF WHAT THE, THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED.

IT IS NINE SMALLER WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS, UH, RANGING FROM ABOUT 23,000 SQUARE FEET TO THE LARGEST ONE BEING 70,000 SQUARE FEET.

AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT THE RE ZONE ITSELF IS TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THIS USE UNTIL THEY OBTAIN THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

SO THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL REZONE, WHICH IS THE FIRST DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE TONIGHT, WILL ALLOW FOR ANYTHING THAT IS ALLOWED IN THE GC ZONE.

REMEMBER, THAT IS RETAIL, THAT IS RESTAURANTS, THAT IS, UM, AND ACTUALLY A MYRIAD OF OTHER USES THAT KIND OF FIT IN A LARGER, UH, HIGHER INTENSITY, UM, USE ZONE.

UM, THIS WENT TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN AUGUST.

UH, THERE WERE, THERE WAS NO, UH, TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC AND THERE WAS NO COMMENTS, THERE WERE NO COMMENTS, UH, RECEIVED.

UH, ON THE ONLINE, UH, BIT AS WELL.

STAFF AND PNZ HAVE BOTH RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REZONE TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

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

UH, BE, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REGARDING THIS, THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I, I'M GONNA MOVE TO, WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, FIRST WE HAVE MR. ISAAC.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

AND COUNSEL.

UH, THE FOLLOWING, UH, SUBJECT MATTER IS GOING TO DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT WE CHANGE THIS ZONE.

UM, AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES OFF THE SHO ROAD AND SEEN THE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE YEARS SINCE 1991, UH, WE CHOSE TO LIVE JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS TO HAVE THE SERENITY OF LIVING OUTSIDE OF ALL THE HOOP LAW.

WE'VE GOT, UH, BUS BARNS NOW THAT'S BEEN ERECTED SINCE THEN.

WE'VE GOT, UH, NEW PLANTS THAT'S BEEN ERECTED SINCE THEN.

WE'VE SEEN, UH, OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, CONTINUE TO CHANGE ZONING WHERE IT ADDS MORE TRAFFIC.

I COULDN'T TURN LEFT ON ONE EVENING TRYING TO COME HERE FOR A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

I JUST WANT TO, UH, ECHO THE SENTIMENTS COMING OUTTA MY SIDE OF TOWN.

IT'S MY SIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I RESIDE.

MY SPREAD, UH, THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TIRED OF IT.

WE'RE TIRED OF ALL OF THE TRAFFIC, WE'RE TIRED OF ALL THE NOISE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE AND PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT PLAN AS INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE SEAT OF LIMITS.

WE DON'T GET TO VOTE, WE DON'T GET TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS.

AS YOU'LL SEE LATER ON, ON THIS AGENDA, A COUPLE OF FOLKS ARE RUNNING UNOPPOSED, AND IN THIS CASE, WE NEED REPRESENTATION.

SO I'M TRYING TO TRANSLATE THAT INFORMATION ON BEHALF OF MY COMMUNITY AND SAY THAT WE DON'T WANT THIS OPEN SPACE RECREATION IS PERFECTLY FINE WHERE IT IS, UH, IF NOT ESPECIALLY COMING AND, AND I WON'T ENTER, UH, INTERSECT THE, THE SUBJECT MATTER HERE TOO.

I'LL COMMENT LATER ABOUT THE, THE IMPLICATIONS OF A WAREHOUSE.

BUT FOR NOW, MR. MAYOR, WE WOULD LIKE TO NOT TO SEE A ZONING CHANGE IN THIS CASE.

SHO LAND AT THE INTERSTATE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, YES, IT'S MARLON RATLIFF RATLIFF, CORRECT? YES.

UH, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL AND MAYOR, THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

MY NAME'S MARLON RATLIFF.

MY ADDRESS IS 56 14 SHO ROAD.

I HAVE TO ECHO HIS COMMENT RIGHT THERE JUST A BIT.

I LIVE OVER THERE.

I'VE LIVED THERE A LONG TIME.

UH, BUT I'M GOING TO KIND OF STICK WITH WHAT I WROTE HERE.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE REZONING AND THE APPROVAL OF SPECIAL PERMITS FOR THIS WAREHOUSE PROJECT ON THE, ON THE EAST OF OR WEST OF SLANDER.

UM, I SPENT A LITTLE TIME LOOKING AT THE PLANS AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND IT LOOKS, IT MAKES IT LOOK REALLY GOOD.

MAKES IT LOOK REALLY LUCRATIVE.

I UNDERSTAND.

BUT WE DO, WE REALLY NEED MORE OF THESE WAREHOUSES OUT ON THE INTERSTATE.

WE GOT WAREHOUSES TO THE EAST OF SHO LANDER NOW THAT AREN'T EVEN FINISHED.

WE HAVE THE GATEWAY 10, STILL NOT FINISHED ALREADY PUTTING A DEMAND ON ON OUR AREA, JUST LIKE HE SAID.

AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA, NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER ONE IN THE SAME AREA.

THEY'RE NOT EVEN LEASED OUT.

PORT 10 NOT FULL.

AND ALL THE OTHER WAREHOUSES THAT ARE IN OUR AREA, IN THE BAYTOWN AREA, WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE.

UM, WE GOT WAREHOUSES AT THOMPSON ROAD.

WE GOT WAREHOUSES, LIKE I MENTIONED, ALL OVER, AROUND

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NOW, UM, I HAVE TO ASK IF, HAVE WE REALLY CONSIDERED HOW THIS IMPACTS THE RESIDENCE AND THE VICINITY OF THEM? UM, WHAT KIND OF VEHICLES ARE GOING GONNA GO IN AND OUTTA THIS SITE? WHAT KIND OF VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE ARE THEY GONNA GO? HOW ARE THEY GONNA GET THERE? WHAT ARE THEY CARRYING? UH, I ASKED SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS WITH THE GATEWAY 10 PROJECT AND, UH, DIDN'T REALLY GET ANY CLEAR ANSWERS.

UM, WHAT KIND OF PROTECTIONS ARE WE GONNA GET FROM THE CITY TO SAY THAT THESE TRUCKS AND THESE VEHICLES THAT ARE GONNA ACCESS THIS SITE ARE GONNA TAKE THE PROPER ROUTES THROUGH TOWN? BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE NOT ALREADY BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT OUT THERE.

UM, A LOT OF QUESTIONS, A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD BE ANSWERED BEFORE THIS PROJECT, BEFORE THIS PROPERTY'S REZONED AND BEFORE THIS PROJECT WAS TO BE APPROVED AT THAT SITE, UH, I SEE A COMMENT IN THE DOCUMENTATION, LIKE I SAID, MAKES IT LOOK REALLY GOOD.

SO IT'S GONNA CREATE JOBS.

HOW MANY JOBS ARE CREATED BY EMPTY WAREHOUSES THAT ARE ACCESSED BY TRUCKS? DOESN'T REALLY SAY SO, BUT LIKE, MAKES IT LOOKS REALLY, MAKES IT SOUND REALLY GOOD.

UM, I, I MENTIONED THE GATEWAY 10.

I PARTICIPATED IN THAT ZOOM MEETING AND WHERE THEY TOLD THE PUBLIC WHAT WAS GONNA BE THERE AND HOW IT WAS GONNA BE BUILT.

THEY TOLD US THAT IT WAS GONNA BE BUILT FROM THE BACK UP TO ALLOW FRONT DEVELOPMENT FOR RETAIL.

THERE'S A BIG OLD BUILDING SITTING ON THE FRONT RIGHT NOW.

THEY BASICALLY DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA DO ALREADY.

I DON'T KNOW WHOSE OVERSIGHT THAT IS, BUT THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WE HOPE WE WOULD GET.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET IT BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY BUILT A BIG BUILDING ON THE FRONT.

SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PROJECTS.

AND THAT LEADS TO NEGATIVE IMPACTS FOR THE RESIDENTS.

UH, LIKE I SAID, MY COMMENTS ARE FROM FOUR THREE A AND FOR FOUR A, IF I RUN OUTTA TIME, I'LL CARRY ON THE FOUR A.

THERE'S VERY LITTLE UNDEVELOPED LAND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR RIGHT NOW.

AND, UH, IF WE KEEP DEVELOPING WAREHOUSES, WHERE ARE WE GONNA LEAVE LAND TO DEVELOP ANYTHING ELSE? WE TOOK UP A BIG SECTION WITH GATEWAY 10.

WE WERE HOPING THOSE OF US THAT LIVE ON SHO LAND IN THAT AREA, WE'RE HOPING FOR SOME RETAIL, SOMETHING WE COULD USE.

WE GOT ONE GAS STATION THERE, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE WAREHOUSES THAT ARE ALREADY CAUSING US SOME NEGATIVE IMPACTS.

AND, UH, SO I'M JUST ASKING, LET'S CONSIDER HOW THIS IS GONNA LIMIT BAYTOWN.

IT'S GONNA, HOW IT'S GONNA LIMIT THE RESIDENTS AND OUR FUTURE AS A TOWN.

IS THIS THE IMAGE WE WANNA KEEP PROJECTING? WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE WHERE ELSES IN BAYTOWN.

THERE ISN'T MUCH OPEN SPACE LEFT IN THIS CORRIDOR OR IN BAYTOWN.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF IT.

SO I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS ZONING CHANGE AND THE SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S A BETTER USE FOR THIS LAND THAN THIS.

ALRIGHT, THANKS SIR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE, IS IT RYAN SWEENEY? YES.

HELLO, MY NAME'S RYAN SWEENEY.

I LIVE AT 1 2 0 0 6 PEBBLE HILL DRIVE IN HOUSTON.

UM, I'M, I'M WITH BCS CAPITAL GROUP.

WE ARE THE INVESTOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT'S LOOKING AT DEVELOPING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

UM, I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND SHARE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE ACTUAL PROJECT AND HOPEFULLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE, THE CONCERNS THAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE.

UH, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SLIDESHOW, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ON HERE.

DID THAT, IS IT ON THE DESKTOP? IT SHOULD BE RIGHT THERE.

SO THIS 46 ACRE SITE IS ON I 10.

IT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS.

IT IS ZONED OR, WHICH DOESN'T PROVIDE THE LANDOWNER TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT EXCEPT JUST HAVE A B OR, UM, WE'VE CONSIDERED SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS AS FAR AS WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY GO HERE, GIVEN ITS SITUATED LOCATION ON I 10.

THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, THE ENCUMBRANCES, IT HAS, IT'S A VERY LIMITED, UH, DEVELOPMENT SITE.

UM, I HAVE SOME EXHIBITS THAT'LL, THAT I CAN SHOW YOU, BUT THERE ARE THREE MAJOR PIPELINES THAT RUN THROUGH THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S A BIG LAKE ON THE PROPERTY, AND REALLY THE CONFIGURATION OF THE TRACK DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO ANYTHING.

I MEAN, THE USES ARE LIMITED.

LEMME JUST SAY THAT.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT.

DESIGNED IN A WAY TO SERVICE OR TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR SERVICE SUPPLY PROFESSIONAL AND PRECISION MANUFACTURING COMPANIES.

AND WE'VE, WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL, ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT, THAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY AND, AND THE CONCERNS THAT WE EXPECTED TO HEAR.

UM, SO WHAT IT IS, THIS IS A SMALL BUILDING BUSINESS PARK.

IT IS AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE, BUSINESS PARK, BUT A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS WILL HAVE AN OFFICE COMPONENT.

UM, THE CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, IT, AS I STATED, IT HAS POOR CONFIGURATION AND SIGNIFICANT PIPELINE ENCUMBRANCES.

WE DO EXPECT IT TO, TO BE A, A SIGNIFICANT DRIVER OF, UH, JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.

WE EXPECT COMPANIES TO EXPAND, RELOCATE TO THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS PARK.

IT'S IT'S ORIENTED AND, AND BEING

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THESE ARE SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED COMPANIES.

THE PROJECT ITSELF, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE SITE PLAN, AND I CAN GET INTO SPECIFICS, IT IS DESIGNED FOR PEDESTRIAN VEHICLES IN SMALL TRUCKS.

THE TRUCK COURTS ARE 130 FEET DEEP THAT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO LARGE 18 WHEELER TRAFFIC.

UM, WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT TYPE.

IT'S NOT A RETAIL SITE.

AND, AND, AND WE DON'T REALLY SEE A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER USES THAT, THAT THIS SITE CAN ACCOMMODATE.

UM, AND APPROXIMATE ASSESSED VALUE.

I PUT TOGETHER AN EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS THE SURROUNDING USES THAT I THINK IS, IS HELPFUL IS THIS SIDE OF BAYTOWN.

JUST GIMME ONE SEC THOUGH.

I NEED, I NEED TO GET CLARIFICATION.

SO I KNOW HE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT HE ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION, WHICH I, I WASN'T AWARE ABOUT.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW I NEED TO HANDLE THAT.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY WHERE HE HAS SEVEN SLIDES OR FIVE MORE TO GO.

I MEAN, WE CAN EITHER OFFER HIM MORE TO GO THROUGH THE SLIDES OR NOT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

SO WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST? YES, SIR.

UH, YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION OF VOTING TO EXTEND HIS TIME PERIOD IF HE EXCEEDS THE THREE MINUTES.

UM, AND I WILL NOTE THAT THERE ARE FOUR RELATED ITEMS, UH, ON THE AGENDA.

UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HE'S SIGNED UP FOR, BUT THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO SPEAK ON MULTIPLE ITEMS. UH, BUT IT'S, IT IS WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION TO ALLOW MORE TIME.

SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL ASK, UH, COUNSEL TO EITHER SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND HIS TIME TO GO THROUGH AT LEAST THESE.

IF YOU CAN DO IT IN JUST A FEW VERY, I CAN, I CAN CERTAINLY SPEED IT UP.

AND, AND SO, AND I'LL SPEED IT UP.

BUT I, I WANNA DO THIS KIND OF THE RIGHT WAY.

WHERE I WANT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UM, TO EXTEND YOUR TIME.

SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH THIS FIRST.

IS THAT, IS THAT OKAY? SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR EXTENDING MR. SWEENEY'S TIME TO FINISH THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES.

THIS PARTICULAR, HOLD ON.

I NEED, I NEED A MOTION.

OH, I'M SORRY.

EXCUSE ME.

THIS TIME WE HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

A MOTION.

A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF EXTENSION EXTENDING HIS TIME OR JUST A FEW MINUTES? I'M NOT GONNA PUT A TIME JUST TO GET, GET THROUGH THESE FEW SLIDES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

YES SIR.

MS, CONTINUE, PLEASE.

THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE SHOWS THE SURROUNDING USES.

SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH IT.

THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT ENCUMBRANCES ON PROPERTIES IN THE NEARBY AREA.

THE, THE OFFICE WAREHOUSE TO OUR WEST IS A RUNDOWN FACILITY, COMPLETELY DEPRECIATED AUTOMOBILES BEING STORED OUTSIDE.

IT'S IN DISREPAIR.

THERE.

THERE'S A PROPOSED OFFICE WAREHOUSE THAT'S THAT ADJOINS OUR SITE THAT'S IN GC THAT WAS SHOWN, UM, BY, BY MARTIN EARLIER.

UM, THERE'S ANOTHER FACILITY IN BETWEEN GATEWAY 10 AND US.

WE, WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS GONNA REALLY ENHANCE THE AREA.

AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS NOT GONNA BE DEVELOPED ANYTIME SOON WITH THE PIPELINE ENCUMBRANCES THAT YOU SEE.

THIS IS A TRAFFIC INGRESS EGRESS EXHIBIT DISTANCES TO THE NEAREST INTERSECTIONS.

THIS PARK WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SHO LENDER.

THESE ARE SOME CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS OF THE BUILDINGS.

UM, PRIMARILY THE FRONTAGE BUILDINGS.

AND THESE ARE TILT WALL BUILDINGS WITH, UM, UPGRADED FACADES.

WE'VE ADOPTED ALL OF THESE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS ON HEIGHT AND, AND SETBACKS AND EVERYTHING THAT, THAT'S BEEN ASKED REALLY.

SO, UM, SOME OF THE KEY POINTS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, SMALL BUILDING DESIGN, PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE, AND SMALL TRUCK ORIENTATION.

WE HAVE THE A HUNDRED FOOT SETBACK OPEN SPACE BUFFER.

WE CONFORM TO THE SURROUNDING USES.

WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SHO LAND.

THERE'S A PIPELINE RUNNING THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR FINGER STRIP THAT YOU SEE.

SO, UH, NO VEHICLE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC THERE.

AND WE'RE SCREENING EVERYTHING ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE ACCORDING TO, UH, CITY REGULATIONS.

THAT'S IT.

I CAN SEND THIS TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO, TO REVIEW IT FURTHER TOO.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

DO WE, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MR. SWEENEY FROM COUNSEL? OKAY.

ALRIGHT, MR. SWEENEY, I APPRECIATE IT.

AT THE ADDRESS THAT I JUST DESCRIBED FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL TO GC.

THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE'S HONOR TO SPEAK ON.

I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 46.4 ACRES

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WE'LL MOVE

[b. Consider an ordinance to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 46.4 acres at 7128 E. IH 10, from Open space/Recreation (OR) to General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]

ON TO ITEM THREE B IS TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 46.4 ACRES AT THE ADDRESS I JUST DESCRIBED FROM GC TO FROM OR TWO GC.

UM, SO WE HAVE ITEM THREE B TO CONSIDER AND NOW WE CAN GET INTO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.

ANYTHING ELSE? UH, JUST A REMINDER AGAIN, SO AS MR. SWEENEY WENT THROUGH THE, UH, UH, THE DETAILS OF KIND OF WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IN THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, THE REZONE, REMEMBER, DON'T WE, WE'RE NOT GONNA REZONE TO THE, TO THE PICTURE, WE'RE GONNA REZONE TO THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED BY GC.

SO JUST A REMINDER, I I THINK WE KIND OF ALWAYS THROW THAT ONE AT YOU.

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

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE DEVELOPER? UH, ONLY THING I WOULD ASK THE DEVELOPER, UM, BUT I DUNNO WHERE YOU WENT.

OH, THERE YOU GO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET UP OR ANYTHING.

BUT, UM, IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED, UH, THE FACADE, THE FRONT FRONTAGE FACADE THAT FACES I 10, IF YOU COULD PUT AS MUCH GLASS OR OFFICE LIGHT TYPE FACADE, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASK.

WHAT, WHAT FACADE OF THAT WAREHOUSE THAT YOU PLAN A BILL? HOW, WHAT SQUARE FOOTAGE? I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE, WE HAVE, IT'S ON THE MAP, IS IT? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, THE FRONT ONES ARE PRETTY SMALL, AROUND 23,000 SQUARE FEET.

THE LARGEST ON THE SITE IS 70 AND IT'S SET BACK FROM THE, UH, FROM THE FREEWAY.

PROBABLY 300 FEET, MAYBE 400, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WHAT KIND OF CLIENTELE ARE YOU LOOKING TO ACCOMMODATE WITH THAT WAREHOUSE? DO YOU MIND? I I CAN ADDRESS IT QUICKLY.

SO WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY NUMEROUS INTERESTED PARTIES.

AND THESE ARE SMALL, SMALL COMPANIES THAT, THAT WANNA RELOCATE.

AND SO WE HAVE SUPPLY COMPANIES THAT DISTRIBUTE PRODUCTS.

SO I'VE, I'VE LISTED SOME, WE'VE GOT BUILDING PRODUCTS, SUPPLY COMPANIES, WE'VE GOT PLUMBING AND HEATING EQUIPMENT TYPES OF COMPANIES.

UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCT MERCHANT WHOLESALERS.

AND THEN WE GET INTO THE SERVICE COMPANIES.

AND, AND THERE'S MORE, I'M JUST GONNA NAME A FEW THE SERVICE COMPANIES.

WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE, UH, THAT COMPANIES FOR FOUNDATION AND STRUCTURAL.

WE'VE GOT ENGINEERING COMPANIES, UH, LANDSCAPING SERVICE AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, APPLIANCE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE COMPANIES.

THESE AREN'T THE TYPES OF COMPANIES THAT, THAT HAVE HUGE, UM, OUTDOOR SPACE REQUIREMENTS.

THESE ARE, THESE ARE OFFICE TYPE COMPANIES THAT HAVE THE NEED FOR SOME INDOOR STORAGE FOR EITHER VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT TO DO THEIR PROJECTS OFFSITE.

UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES ARE MORE PRE PRECISION ORIENTED COMPANIES.

UM, CONTROL SYSTEMS, COMPUTE OR COMMERCIAL SCREENING COMPANIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

GET A QUESTION? NO, MY QUESTION WAS ADDRESSED.

OH, OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, THANK YOU.

SO OUR, UH, ITEM THREE B IS AN ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS, IS TO CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.

SO FOR THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MOVE TO APPROVE THREE B.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? SO WHAT I WILL, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IF NOT, YES, MA'AM.

I DO HAVE A COMMENT.

IT IS IN, UM, HARRIS COUNTY JURISDICTION.

UH, MAYOR, AND, UM, I KNOW FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING I WAS VERY AGAINST ADDING, UH, ADDITIONAL WAREHOUSES AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS ALONG I 10.

THAT'S NO SECRET.

I DO NOT LIKE THOSE.

UM, AND CONSIDERING THE, UM, THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT AND THE AREA THAT IT'S IN, UM, IT IS MAIN MAINLY COMMERCIAL, UM, IN THIS AREA.

AND WE HAVE IN THE PAST, UM, TRIED TO AVOID, UH, SPOT ZONING, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT CARVING OUT SMALL DONUTS, UM, IN THE AREA.

THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

UM, UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A HARD DECISION FOR ME, BUT I AM WEIGHING, UM, THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. UM, AS, UM, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS MENTIONED, UM, WE WILL APPROVE PROJECTS AND THEN THEY TURN AROUND AND NOT DELIVER, UM, WHAT THEY HAVE SAID THEY WOULD.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STRONGLY LOOKING AT.

UM, THAT'S THE LAST THING I WOULD WANT TO GIVE TO THESE RESIDENTS.

UM, AT THE SAME TIME, SLANDER IS A HIGHLY, HIGHLY TRAVELED ROAD.

UM, AND

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SO I AM LOOKING, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED, UM, IN THE PAST ABOUT PARTNERING WITH HARRIS COUNTY TO ADDRESS, UM, THE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

UM, AND SO I WANNA BRING THAT UP AGAIN, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AREA AND SEE, UH, WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS.

I DEFINITELY DO NOT WANNA ENTERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD ALLOW HEAVY TRUCK, UM, TRAFFIC THROUGH THAT AREA, BUT TO ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC FROM RESIDENTIAL, UM, UH, ZONING AREAS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THIS PARTICULAR AREA, AND HOPEFULLY ALEVE ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT, UM, RESIDENTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE, THEY MAY NOT BE IN OUR JURISDICTION, THEY ARE ON THE OUTSKIRTS AND WE WANNA BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

UM, SO, UH, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

OKAY? YES.

I'M GOING JUMP IN ON THAT.

I WAS GONNA HOLD MY COMMENTS.

SO WE GOT TO FOUR A, BUT I, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION TO JUST BLANKET YOUR WAREHOUSES AND STUFF HAS MET WITH SOME PRETTY STRONG DISCUSSION AND, AND SOMEWHAT OPPOSITION.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE SET THE STAGE FOR WHEN WE ADDED THE SUP REQUIREMENT.

UH, YOU KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF SESSIONS.

AND, AND THAT'S WHAT'S TAGGED TO THIS WITH THE SUP, THEY HAVE TO DELIVER WHAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED THEY'RE GONNA DELIVER.

AND IF THEY DON'T, IT GOES BACK THEN MY UNDERSTANDING, THE SPECIAL, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS GOOD FOR SIX MONTHS.

YEP.

AND, AND IF THEY DON'T PULL ANY PERMITS WITHIN SIX MONTHS, THEN THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WOULD GO AWAY AND IT WOULD JUST BE THE GC, WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR ANY WAREHOUSING WITHOUT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

SO, SO THAT'S, SO AGAIN, WE, WE TRIED TO FIX THAT ISSUE OF THEM COMING IN AND SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD.

AND THEN THEY TURN AROUND AND DO THIS.

NOW THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE SUP, WHICH WE HAVE TO AGREE TO THAT.

WE LIKE WHAT WE SEE.

WE WANT YOU TO BUILD WHAT YOU SAY, AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO I, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IN WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST, WE'VE TRIED TO FIX, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND SAY, OKAY, YOU'RE GIVING US A PLAN AND NOW WE'RE GONNA HOLD YOUR FEET TO THE FIRE ON THE PLAN.

SO, UH, AND AGAIN, I'M ALWAYS LEERY WITH THE WAREHOUSE ISSUES IF THEY'RE ALLOWED, YOU KNOW, NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, BUT NOW WE HAVE AN SUP THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE IT FITS OUR DESIRES AND THE AESTHETICS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO, I LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT STAFF AND THE COUNCIL THAT'S, UM, BEEN WORKING ON ALL THE ZONING AND EVERYTHING FOR A LONG TIME.

I APPRECIATE ALL THAT.

AND I LISTENED LOUD AND CLEAR.

UM, BUT RECENTLY I WAS ASKED TO, TO PINPOINT AND BE CONCISE WITH MY GOALS AND MY CONSTITUENTS GOALS AND BE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR BAYTOWN.

SO, ALTHOUGH I CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON ON I 10, UM, I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND I'M GONNA SAY THAT I WANNA CHALLENGE US AS A COUNCIL AND AS A POLICY MAKERS TO, UM, QUIT TELLING EACH OTHER THAT THE ONLY THING THAT CAN GO THERE IS A WAREHOUSE.

AND MAYBE IF WE START MAKING DECISIONS THAT WILL ATTRACT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE LANDLOCK, UM, PICTURE THAT WAS SAID, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT COULD BE DIFFERENT THAN A WAREHOUSE.

AND, UM, I'M JUST GOING TO START BY CHALLENGING MYSELF TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT MY GOAL IS AND I WANNA SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

I WANT TO ECHO, UM, THE SENTIMENTS OF BOTH MY COLLEAGUES AND EVEN MY COLLEAGUES ON THE RIGHT AND THE, THE CITIZENS WHO CAME UP AND, AND, AND VOICED THEIR CONCERNS, UM, THAT AREA.

UH, IT, IT, WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WAREHOUSES SET UP, AND I WANT TO SEE THE CITY BE STRATEGIC ABOUT THIS.

AND I'VE MADE MYSELF CLEAR THE LAST ISSUE WITH THIS, UM, THAT MY VISION FOR BAYTOWN IS THAT I 10 CORRIDORS OUR CHEVRON FLOOR, AND IT'S, AND IT'S, AND IT'S OUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF, OF OUR CITY WHEN FOR PEOPLE PASSING THROUGH FROM CAL, BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I AM TORN ABOUT IT 'CAUSE I KNOW THE BENEFIT OF WAREHOUSES FOR A CITY.

UH, HOWEVER, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR IT, AND WE ALREADY HAVE LOGISTICS, 10 AS MENTIONED BY ONE OF OUR CITIZENS.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE WAREHOUSE SPACES THAT AREN'T EVEN BEING USED YET.

SO, UH, I'M, I'M, I'M VERY LEERY ABOUT THIS

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DECISION.

I WANNA THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS.

THANK YOU TO THE DEVELOPER FOR, FOR CLARIFYING AND ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITIZENS.

UH, BUT I'M FEELING VERY ON, ON THE FENCE ABOUT, ABOUT THIS.

I KNOW THIS IS A LOCATION WHERE IT'S NOT THAT MUCH DEVELOPMENT, BUT I, I'D LIKE TO SEE US BE MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT WE PUT UP THERE.

IF WE'RE GONNA PUT UP ANYTHING AT ALL.

I, I WOULD, AGAIN, TAKE JUST A SECOND TO REMIND YOU THAT THE, THE FIRST MOTION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT WOULD ALLOW FOR THINGS LIKE RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL, BUT NOT ALLOW FOR WAREHOUSE.

THAT WOULD COME IN THE SECOND, UH, PIECE OF THE, OF THE PUZZLE.

SO, SO AGAIN, IF THAT ENTERS INTO YOUR, TO YOUR EQUATION, KEEP IN MIND THAT, UM, IF THE REZONE TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL IS NOT APPROVED, THEN THE CHANCES THAT YOU'LL SEE IT COME BACK AS GENERAL COMMERCIAL LATER WITH A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL ARE FAIRLY HIGH, I THINK, GIVEN WHAT THE, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP SHOWS GIVEN THE, THE ACCESS AND THE LOCATION.

SO, UM, AGAIN, I WANT THAT TO NOT, I JUST WANT THAT TO BE TOPS ON YOUR MIND AS YOU THINK ABOUT, UM, THE, THE TWO SEPARATE, UH, APPLICATIONS.

THE TWO SEPARATE APPROVALS.

MY ONLY COMMENT WILL BE, UH, I MEAN, I THINK KIND OF ECHOING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I, I THINK GENERAL COMMERCIAL IS THE CORRECT ZONING FOR I 10 FRONTAGE.

SO I'M IN FAVOR OF, YOU KNOW, THREE B.

I'LL SAY MY COMMENTS FOR THE NEXT ITEM ALSO.

SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS, IS THE ZONING CHANGE ITSELF? IF NOT, THEN, UM, I'LL MAKE, UM, CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE B? WE ALREADY HAVE 0.4.

YEAH, WE MOTION TO SECOND.

MOTION A SECOND.

I DIDN'T CHECK MY BOX, MA'AM.

I'M SORRY.

ANYWAY, WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM THREE B IS PRESENTED.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

FOUR A, WHICH THIS IS THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 46.4 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 71 28 I 10.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.

UH, NEXT IS

[a. Conduct a public hearing for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow for a warehouse development within the General Commercial (GC) zoning district for approximately 46.4 acres of land located at 7128 E. IH 10.]

SO DOES NOW SEVEN OH FIVE.

AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO OFFER A WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT FOR APPROXIMATELY 46.4 ACRES AT THE PROPERTY ADDRESS I JUST DESCRIBED.

AND ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE THE SAME THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGN UP TO SPEAK.

IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? I THINK YOU MADE MOST OF 'EM ALREADY.

UM, I'D KIND OF LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE SPECIAL USE PERMITS, UM, SPECIFIC STUFF THAT I, I DIDN'T GO THROUGH IN THE FIRST PART.

SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS.

WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION RECENTLY.

THERE WERE 11 AND NOW 12 CONDITIONS FOR ANY KIND OF WAREHOUSING, UH, OR DISTRIBUTION OR, OR LOGISTICS IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE.

I'VE LISTED THEM ON THE, UH, ON THIS SLIDE AND THE NEXT ONE.

BUT THE ONE I REALLY WANT TO, UM, TO REMIND YOU OF IS THAT BOTTOM ONE, THEY HAVE TO GET THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

SO THAT SAID, THE APPLICANT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, WITH THEIR APPLICATION HAS MET ALL OF THE OTHER CONDITIONS.

THIS IS THEIR LAST HURDLE IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT.

UM, AS YOU HAVE SEEN.

UH, SO THAT'S THE LOCATION.

WE'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH ALL THAT.

UM, AS YOU'VE SEEN, THIS SITE PLAN IS, HAS SOME, SOME, SOME SPECIAL THINGS TO IT.

THE PROPERTY HAS SOME, SOME, UH, SOME DRAWBACKS.

SO THIS STRIP RIGHT HERE DOES NOT REPRESENT ANY KIND OF ACCESS.

UM, IT IS UNUSABLE BECAUSE THERE'S A, UH, CENTER POINT EASEMENT THERE WITH THE OVERHEAD LINES.

THIS PIECE HERE MAY LOOK LIKE IT, UH, PROVIDES ACCESS TO SHO LANDER.

IT DOES NOT, IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH FOR THAT.

AND THERE IS A PIPELINE EASEMENT ACROSS ALMOST THAT ENTIRE STRIP.

THERE'S ALSO THIS DIAGONAL PIECE HERE, WHICH IS ALSO A PIPELINE EASEMENT.

AND THIS BOX DOWN HERE TO THE SOUTH, IT REPRESENTS WHERE THE APPLICANT WOULD, UH, PUT THEIR DETENTION FOR THE ENTIRE SITE.

I'M GONNA ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT ON THE SITE PLAN ITSELF.

AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, THEY'VE MET ALL THE OTHER CONDITIONS.

THE A HUNDRED FOOT SET BUILDING SETBACKS.

UM, THIS, AS WE'VE CALLED IT, WAREHOUSING IS NOT QUITE WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST AS WAREHOUSING.

THIS IS NOT THREE, FOUR, OR 500,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS.

THESE ARE MUCH SMALLER.

THE LAYOUT ITSELF IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO SEMI-TRUCK, UH, TYPE TRAFFIC.

UM, SO IT IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE, WHAT STAFF IS EXPECTING ON THIS SITE.

UM, I ALSO WANNA REMIND YOU THAT THE STAFF, OR EXCUSE ME, THE, THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, THIS, AND I THINK COUNCILMAN LESSER POINTED THIS OUT, WE CAN HOLD THEM TO THIS SITE PLAN AS PART OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT ITSELF KIND OF MEMORIALIZES EVERYTHING THAT THAT IS IN THIS.

UM, IT ALSO ALLOWS CITY COUNCIL TO ADD ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT ARE REASONABLE IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

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UM, SO FAR WE'RE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF BUFFERING SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF, OF THAT SORT OF OPEN SPACE IN BETWEEN THEM AND, UH, ADJACENT USES.

UH, AND THE ONLY ACCESS YOU'VE GOT, THE ONLY ROAD ACCESS YOU'VE GOT IS THIS ONE UP HERE THAT COMES OUT ONTO THE FRONTAGE ROAD, UH, FOR I 10.

SO, UH, THAT SAID, THERE ARE SEVEN CRITERIA THAT WE USE THAT THE, EXCUSE ME, THAT THE CODE USES TO EVALUATE WHETHER SPECIAL USE PERMIT SHOULD BE APPROVED OR NOT.

UM, THAT IS WHETHER THIS IS COMPATIBLE WITH, UH, IN ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

IT DOESN'T IMPEDE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA THAT ENSURES ADEQUATE UTILITIES ENSURES, UH, THAT WE'RE PREVENTING ANY NUISANCE.

WE'RE TAKING MEASURES TO PREVENT, UH, THAT BECOMING A NUISANCE, UH, SUFFICIENT LANDSCAPING SCREENING BUFFERING THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN AND THE ULDC.

AND THEN THE SITE PLAN HAS TO MEET SOME ADDITIONAL CRITERIA THAT ARE IN THE ULDC.

AGAIN, WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN THAT IT DOES.

IN FACT, UH, THIS APPLICATION DOES MEET THOSE.

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

OH, UH, I, I APOLOGIZE.

THIS DID GO TO, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION IN AUGUST.

THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC.

THERE WERE NO ONLINE COMMENTS, PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF AS WELL AS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR.

SO WE ARE STILL IN THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF ITEM FOUR A.

SO AGAIN, SAME RULES APPLY.

I HAVE MR. ISAAC, FIRST, I GUESS YOU WERE HERE EARLY.

YOU SIGNED UP FIRST ON EVERYTHING .

YES, I WAS.

TAKE THE TIME AND, AND FINISH SPEAKING.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

AND, UH, I'M A, I'M, I'M GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE THAT, UH, UH, THE PRESENTATION MR. SCRIBNER GAVE US AND AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPER COMING HERE TO TESTIFY.

UH, HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT, UH, WE, THE PEOPLE OF SHO ROW THAT AREA, GENERALLY WE ARE NOT REPRESENTED BY BAYTOWN.

UNFORTUNATELY.

IT'S HARD FOR US TO GET OUR VOICES OUT THERE.

WE, WE, WE TRY TO COMPLAIN TO THE COUNTY.

THE STREETS ON SHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS WILL BE AFFECTED BY MORE TRAFFIC.

THERE MIGHT NOT BE HEAVY, UH, UH, TRUCKS, UH, AT LEAST EXPECTED TO BE ON THIS PROPERTY WITH THIS NEW SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

HOWEVER, IT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE, TO THE, UH, OVERWHELMING TRAFFIC THAT'S STILL THERE.

A TROUBLED ROAD AS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HAD HAD MENTIONED.

UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SAY THAT THERE'S NO ACCESS TO SHO LAND ROAD.

HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED THERE SINCE 1991, LIKE ME AND MY FAMILY KNOW THAT THOSE, THOSE CARS OFTEN TURN ONTO SHO ROAD BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S SORT OF THE BACK ROAD ROUTE TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

SO PEOPLE WILL OFTEN JUST GO THERE AND THEN JUST TURN RIGHT ON THE SLANDER ROAD.

THIS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S COMMON SENSE.

ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN HERE KNOWS THAT.

I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE TERM SPECIAL USE.

WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT THE CRITERIA FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

AGAIN, THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY SCOPE, NOT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT REPRESENTED BY THE CITY.

BUT SPECIAL USE WITHIN ITSELF GIVES SPECIAL PERMISSION TO A COMPANY TO BUILD A WAREHOUSE.

WHEN WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC SENTIMENT, ABOUT 86% OF US, ACCORDING TO ONE NON-SCIENTIFIC POLL, ARE OPPOSED TO HAVING MORE WAREHOUSES ON I 10.

WE'VE HEARD THE UPROAR PREVIOUSLY OVER THE SUMMER ABOUT A SPECIFIC WAREHOUSE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PASSED.

AND EVEN IN THAT, IN THAT CASE, WE WERE TOLD, WELL NEVERMIND, UH, THEY FOLLOWED THE RULES TO BEGIN WITH.

WE MIGHT AS WELL NOT EVEN GIVE YOU GUYS A VOICE.

NOW WE HAVE A CHANCE, NOW WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE INDIVIDUAL HERE SPEAKING ABOUT THESE WAREHOUSES AND NOT WANTING THEM.

AND SO SINCE WE NEED FOUR VOTES TONIGHT TO, UH, SHOOT THIS THING DOWN, TO NOT GIVE THEM SPECIAL USE, ANY SPECIAL PERMISSION TO BUILD A WAREHOUSE THAT 86% OF THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT.

I'LL SAY IT FOR US TO REMEMBER.

WE DON'T WANT 'EM, WE DON'T WANT 'EM, WE DON'T WANT 'EM, WE DON'T WANT 'EM, WE DON'T CARE HOW SMALL WE EXPECT THEM TO BE.

WE DON'T CARE HOW LITTLE TRAFFIC OR TRUCKS WE THINK WE, THEY EXPECT THEM TO BE.

BUT WE DO NOT WANT THESE THINGS TO BE HERE.

AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT.

WHAT IT IS NOT IS AN ENHANCEMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE KNOW IT IS AN IMPEDIMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT WILL ADD MORE TROUBLE WHAT IT IS INDEED, WHETHER OR NOT IT BE AN OFFICE SLASH WAREHOUSE, IT IS IN FACT A WAREHOUSE.

LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE DO NOT WANT THEM.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK AND URGE THIS COUNCIL TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE, THE WHOLE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO DO NOT WANT WAREHOUSES IN THEIR TOWN.

AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF SHO ROAD WHO HAVE VERY LITTLE REPRESENTATION IN OUR AREA AND WHO ARE TIRED OF SEEING THIS SINCE 1991, HAVE SCHOOL BUSES RUN THROUGH OUR YARD, HAVE CHEVRON PHILLIPS DEVELOP AND RUN THROUGH OUR YARD, WHO GIVE US PLENTY OF TAXES ALREADY.

IF YOU ASK ME.

WE DON'T NEED THIS AND WE DO NOT WANT THIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.

COUNSEL.

THANKS SIR.

ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MARLA RATLIFF AGAIN.

WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE WRITTEN COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME BACK UP AGAIN.

I'LL

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AND I HAVE TO ECHO MY NEIGHBOR HERE.

WE, WE DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATION HERE.

UM, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHETHER I SHOULD EVEN COME HERE TONIGHT AND, AND SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M SO HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THE GATEWAY TEN ONE AND KINDA GOT LEFT OUT OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON THAT ONE WHEN WE CAME AND IT GOT PULLED OFF THE AGENDA THAT NIGHT.

I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SPEAK THAT NIGHT ABOUT IT.

UM, AND THEN THE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE ON SOME OF THAT, WE'RE ALREADY FEELING THE IMPACT.

THEY HAVE NO ACCESS GATEWAY, 10 PROMISES, NO ACCESS TO SHOW NONE.

THEY PUT EMERGENCY EXIT GATE IN.

IT'S BEEN OPEN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROJECT WE'RE SEEING THE HEAVY IMPACT THEY TORE SLANDER UP, UH, BUILDING IT.

THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS OUT THAT'S OUT TO THE EAST OF SHO, THE BIG ONES THAT ARE BEING BUILT UP THAT FRONT, THE INTERSTATE THERE.

WE'RE SEEING THE IMPACT FROM THOSE.

AND HE'S RIGHT.

THOSE, YOU THINK THOSE CARS ARE GONNA COME OUT BECAUSE THERE'S NO ACCESS TO SHO LANDER.

THEY'RE GONNA COME OUT, TURN OUT ON SHO LENDER, CONTRIBUTE THAT MUCH MORE TO OUR TRAFFIC SITUATION.

BUT IT MAY SEEM MAYBE I'M COMING ACROSS AS FROM SELFISH 'CAUSE I LIVE ON SHO AND I'VE LIVED THERE A LONG TIME.

NOT AS LONG AS HE HAS, BUT I'VE LIVED THERE A LONG TIME.

MY FAM MY KIDS GREW UP THERE.

UM, WE ARE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I SPEND MY MONEY IN THE, THIS THE CITY, YOU KNOW, IN WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

MY PARENTS OWNED A BUSINESS IN BAYTOWN FOR LOTS OF YEARS.

I I GREW UP HERE.

I THINK THAT IT'S A, FOR ME IT'S A LOT OF IT'S ABOUT, YES, THERE'S AN IMPACT TO ME, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE IMAGE.

I COME HOME RECENTLY FROM OUT OF TOWN.

I DRIVE DOWN, WHAT DO I SEE? JUST WAREHOUSE AFTER WAREHOUSE OR WAREHOUSE.

AND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT NO DISRESPECT TO THE, TO THE PEOPLE MAKING THESE PRESENTATIONS, BUT TO TO, TO CAST THE LIGHT ON THAT PROPERTY.

THAT'S, OH THAT'S, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO USE FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

I DISAGREE WHERE GATEWAY 10 IS, WE COULD HAVE HAD RESTAURANTS THERE, WE COULD HAVE HAD STORES THERE.

WE DON'T, WE HAVE THOSE BIG WAREHOUSES.

UM, THIS PROPERTY COULD BE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT NEW ER THAT WAS BUILT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MAIN ON PROPERTY THAT SOMEBODY COULD HAVE EASILY COME UP HERE AND STOOD HERE AND SAID, OH, THIS IS NOT WORTH BUILDING SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON.

SO FOR ME, A LOT OF THIS IS ABOUT THE IMAGE.

I WANT SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT BENEFITS ME AND BENEFITS THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN, NOT JUST SOME WAREHOUSE.

AND, AND THE END OF THE DAY THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.

IT'S GONNA BE A STORAGE WAREHOUSE THAT IS GONNA GENERATE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC ON OUR ROADS AND IN FRONT OF MY HOME.

'CAUSE MY HOME FRONT SHO LENDER IS GONNA DO A LOT, A LOT MORE BURDEN ON US THAT LIVE OVER THERE.

AND WE ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY WHETHER I'M IN THE CITY LIMITS AND I HAVE A COUNCIL PERSON SITTING HERE REPRESENTING ME, Y'ALL ARE ALL MAKING DECISIONS THAT IMPACT ME AND ALL OF US THAT LIVE OUT IN THAT AREA.

AND WE ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK Y'ALL FOR THE TIME.

THANKS SIR.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE MONSTERS.

WE HAVE MR. SWEENEY AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, UH, OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP AGAIN.

UH, AND I, I UNDERSTAND MR. ISAAC AND MR. RADCLIFFE'S POSITIONS, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I I HAVE A CONSTRUCTIVE VIEWPOINT.

I I HAVE MY OWN VIEWPOINT BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED, TRAFFIC, HIGHEST AND BEST USE, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

UM, THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER, WE HAVE NOT PURCHASED THE PROPERTY YET.

HE OWNS THE PROPERTY AND HE'S IN THE CITY LIMITS AND HE PAYS TAXES.

IT'S GONNA BE ZONE GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

SO IF IT'S ZONE GENERAL COMMERCIAL, IT'S 46 ACRES.

WHAT USES CAN ABSORB A 46 ACRES SITE? I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH YOU THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR, FOR OTHER USES TO COME TO THE TABLE.

HOWEVER, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT ANY PARTICULAR USE, OTHER THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WOULDN'T CREATE JUST AS MUCH OR MORE TRAFFIC? WHAT, WHAT USE IS GONNA DEVELOP THAT ENTIRE SITE? SO I I LOOK AT IT IN THAT, IN THAT LIGHT.

AND I THINK SOME, SOME THINGS REALLY NEED TO BE POINTED OUT.

AND, AND WE DID SOME INITIAL TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.

AND WHAT OUR CONSULTANT HAD FOUND IS THAT THIS PROJECT, UM, IS EXPECTED TO, TO GENERATE 56 50 6:00 AM PEAK, UH, VEHICLES IN 50 9:00 PM PEAKS.

THAT WOULD TRIGGER A MINOR TIAA MINOR TIA REQUIRES INTERSECTION ANALYSIS WITHIN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE.

JUST TO NOTE THAT I WANTED TO MENTION LIKE WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I'M NOT A TRAFFIC EXPERT BY ANY STRETCH, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKING A RIDE ON SHO FROM THIS PROJECT.

WHERE ARE THEY GONNA, WHERE ARE THEY GOING? UNLESS THEY LIVE DOWN THERE.

I DON'T SEE WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC IS GONNA GET ON I 10 AND EITHER GO EAST OR WEST AND GO TO THEIR HOMES.

SO FROM A HIGHEST AND BEST USE STANDPOINT.

AND, AND, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DIS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TYPES OF WAREHOUSING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED.

VACANCY RATES, BUILDINGS THAT ARE INCOMPLETE, THEY'RE NOT OCCUPIED.

THOSE ARE 500,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS.

THESE ARE SMALL BUSINESS BUILDINGS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE SOLD AND OWNED BY SMALL BUSINESSES GETTING SBA LOANS.

AND THE DEMAND IS SUPER HIGH.

THE DEMAND FOR BIG INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSES, THE CROSS DOCKS OF THE WORLD, THAT'S, THAT'S A TOUGH MARKET TO BE IN RIGHT NOW.

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SO THIS IS A, IT IS SPECIALIZED, THIS IS A SPECIALIZED BUSINESS PARK AND IN MY VIEWPOINT IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE SITE.

AND IT WILL BE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND I DON'T, AND, AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT, BUT I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THE TABLE TO, TO JUSTIFY THIS PROJECT BEING A VIABLE, UM, AND SUCCESSFUL PROJECT FOR, FOR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, BUSINESSES IN THE AREA THAT THAT'LL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE BAYTOWN.

SO ANYWAY, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND SO THAT'S EVERYBODY THAT, THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF FROM COUNCIL? OKAY, SO IF, IF NOT, UH, I'LL NOW CLOSE.

I MAY, I'M SORRY.

WELL THAT'S THE SPECIAL USE, RIGHT? WELL THIS IS JUST THE PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW.

NEVERMIND.

I'LL WAIVE MY THE NEXT TIME FOR THE NEXT ONE.

TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS FOUR B AND THAT'S TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING, AUTHORIZING A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT FOR APPROXIMATELY 46.4 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 71 28 I 10 EAST.

UM, SO THERE BE NO ONE ELSE DESIRE TO SPEAK ON, I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE GC ZONING DISTRICT OF APPROXIMATELY 46 46 0.4 ACRES LOCATED AT 71 28 I 10 EAST.

SO NEXT WE'LL MOVE

[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a request for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow for a warehouse development within the General Commercial (GC) zoning district for approximately 46.4 acres of land located at 7128 E. IH 10.]

AND SO I'M NOT SURE MS. GRUNER, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS AT THIS POINT? JU JUST TO REMIND YOU, UH, COUNSEL THAT YOU HAVE AN OPTION ON THIS, IF THERE'S PARTICULAR STICKING POINT THAT IS, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT YOU'RE STUCK ON, UM, ACCESS ANY KIND OF, OF, UH, RESTRICTIONS, UM, HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, LANDSCAPING OR, UH, OR EVEN UM, UH, JUST ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF ANYTHING THAT IS A REASONABLE TYPE OF CONDITION OR RESTRICTION ON THE PROPERTY.

YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO, UH, TO MAKE THAT PART OF YOUR MOTION WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DO MAKE THE MOTION.

UH, AND UM, AS WELL AS, AND I, AND I I DON'T WANNA SPEAK OUTTA TURN, BUT I THINK YOU CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT BILLING MATERIALS.

WHILE WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY RESTRICT BUILDING MATERIALS, UM, THIS IS A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE I BELIEVE THAT YOU, YOU CAN ACTUALLY, UM, AS LONG AS THE APPLICANT IS, IS UH, UH, AMENABLE TO THAT, I THINK THAT YOU CAN MAKE THAT CONDITION AS WELL.

'CAUSE I'M ABOUT TO DO THAT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES MA'AM.

UM, EARLIER WHEN YOU AND, UH, COUNCILMAN POWELL WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, GLASS, WILL YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THAT WAS IMPORTANT? I WILL JUST SAY, OKAY, MR. SWEENEY.

YEAH, PIPELINE CORRIDORS.

CAN YOU COME WITH THE PODIUM PLEASE? SO, SO I'LL, LET ME GIVE, I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY LESSON ON, I KNOW THE GATEWAY 10 PROJECT.

UH, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LARGER SCALE AND THE REASON WHY I'M GONNA BRING THAT UP WAS BEFORE IT WAS EVER, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY ZONE, UH, FIRST OFF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

'CAUSE IT IS IN A SENSE MORE OF A WAREHOUSE.

WE SCALED IT DOWN.

UM, I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, AT THE TIME WE WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPER TO ENSURE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS, UM, CERTAIN, UH, SOME, SOME OF THE CERTAIN MATERIALS THAT, THAT WERE IN PLAY AND EVEN THE SIZE, UM, AS IT WAS EXPRESSED.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PIPELINE CORRIDORS THAT THAT'S IN THAT AREA.

SO THAT ACTUALLY PROHIBITS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENTS AND EVEN MULTIFAMILY TO SOME DEGREE.

UH, ANY LARGE SCALE, UM, TRUE WAREHOUSE, LIKE WOULD YOU SEE THE, THE MILLION DOLLAR SQUARE FEET OR AMOUNT MILLION SQUARE FEET WAREHOUSES? UM, THE, THE AMOUNT OF BUFFERING THAT WOULD BE NEEDED, THEY, SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO BUY THE WHOLE ENTIRE FRONTAGE THAT AT LEAST ON THAT PORTION, THAT SOUTH PORTION OF I 10 IN ORDER, IN ORDER TO, UM, HAVE ENOUGH ACREAGE TO DEVELOP A LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT OF WAREHOUSES.

LIKE WHAT YOU SEE EITHER ON THOMPSON OR OBVIOUSLY ON, ON IN, UH, OFF OF UH, UH, GRAND PARKWAY, 99.

I'M SAYING ALL THIS.

SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AND UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH JOB, JOB SOMETIMES TO GOVERN AND MAKE DECISIONS, AS YOU SAY, BEING HARD BEING ON THE FENCE.

AND I GET IT.

UM, SO I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS FOR GATEWAY 10 PRIOR TO THE BUSINESS PARK THAT WAS PRESENTED.

AND I'M ONLY, I'M BRINGING THIS UP SO Y'ALL UNDERSTAND.

FIRST THERE WAS, I THINK IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE A 500 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX.

AND WE, WE SAID, NO, WE DON'T WANT THAT BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS THAT.

THAT'S A LOT, THAT IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

DON'T GET ME WRONG.

THEN IT WAS GOING TO BE A, UM, CRANE AND LIKE CRANE AND BUCKET TRUCK TYPE PLACE, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE A LANDOWNER THAT HAS, I KNOW YOU'RE BIG, YOU'RE BIG INTO, UH, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY RIGHTS AND LANDOWNERS AND SO ON.

SO YOU HAVE A LANDOWNER AND THEY WOULD JUST WANTED TO GO AND PUT CRANES THERE, RIGHT? EASY ACCESS TO 'EM.

WE SAID NO.

SO AT SOME POINT WE,

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WE, WE, WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING, RIGHT? I KNOW IT WAS EXPRESSED AND I, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM THE TWO CITIZENS THAT SHOWED UP.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WE DON'T WANT ANY NEW TRAFFIC, WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN THAT WOULD BE UNREALISTIC FOR THIS COUNCIL, FOR ANY ANYBODY IN THE AREA, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS ON THE PAPER, UH, WHAT IS ON THE PLAN.

SO WE HAVE A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

IT WAS ZONE, ZONE, UH, GC, WHICH IS DEFINITELY APPROPRIATE.

I THINK WE PRETTY MUCH ALL AGREE WITH THAT.

UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OTHER THINGS ALONG THE COURT.

THE I 10 CORRIDOR.

THERE'S NO DOUBT.

I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING FOR IN OTHER AREAS.

THIS PARTICULAR AREA WHEN IT COMES TO, I GUESS I, I KNOW WE USE THE TERM WAREHOUSES, BUT I DON'T REALLY CONSIDER SOME, I MEAN, 23,000 SQUARE FEET IS NOT MUCH OF A WAREHOUSE, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S A LARGE CONVENIENCE STORE, I GUESS IN, IN SOME CASES.

SO, UM, WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO, LIKE I DID FOR GATEWAY 10, THE FRONT FACADE I WOULD ASK YOU IF YOU'RE OPEN TO IT, IS, UH, AT LEAST IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST 50% A MIX OF STACKED STONE OR SOME TYPE OF STONE.

UM, I GUESS YOU'D SAY MATERIAL AND 50 AND, AND GLASS.

IT COULD BE A MIX OF THAT.

SO AT LEAST 50% OF THAT WOULD BE THE FRONT FACADE AND THE REASON WHY, SAME THING I DID WITH GATEWAY 10.

UM, I TOLD THEM I WANT THIS TO LOOK, IF IT'S GONNA BE A, IN A SENSE, A BUSINESS PARK, INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARK, IT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE THAT.

IT DOESN'T LOOK, NEED TO LOOK LIKE, UM, A WAREHOUSE PARK 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT THAT.

UM, I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK THERE WAS CONCERN, UH, AND I COULD TELL YOU SEAN, ON ROAD IS, IT IS, THERE'S LOTS OF TRAFFIC.

THERE IS NO DOUBT I'VE BEEN IN IT MYSELF.

UM, IT'S A COUNTY ROAD.

WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO TRY TO, TO TRY TO GO AND RESOLVE THAT.

I'M NOT SURE THE ANSWER IS WIDENING IT BECAUSE IF YOU WIDENING IT, YOU'RE GONNA JUST HAVE MORE TRAFFIC.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ANSWER IS FOR, FOR THE FOLKS IN THE AREA.

UM, AND WE DO, WE, WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY EVEN IF YOU MAY NOT LIVE IN OUR CITY LIMITS.

UM, SO, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN AND SAYING THOSE THINGS.

UH, BUT ANYWAY, WITH THE ACCESS ROAD OR I GUESS THAT LITTLE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS.

I'M NOT SURE THE WIDTH, I DON'T EVEN THINK IT EVEN MEET, MEET, UH, MEETS OUR WIDTH REQUIREMENTS ANYWAY.

WE'RE TRYING TO GO TO ABOUT 120 FEET WIDE FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

UM, THAT ALTHOUGH IT'S PART OF THIS, THIS PROPERTY, I WOULD ASK THAT, THAT, THAT THERE'S NO WAY THAT, THAT ANY KIND OF ROADWAY WOULD EVER BE PERMITTED IN ANY WAY.

SO I NEED THOSE TWO ASSURANCES JUST FOR MYSELF.

IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE OPEN TO, UH, AND AND AGREEABLE TO THAT.

BOTH TO BOTH OF THEM? YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT, IT CONCEPTUALLY THE 50 50.

LET'S JUST PUT SOME IDEAS IN FRONT OF YOU AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT.

AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER THING, AND THESE ARE JUST QUESTIONS, UM, I'M NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT YOUR OPERATIONAL HOURS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE PRETTY LIMITED.

LIKE, IT'S GONNA BE PROBABLY GENERAL BUSINESS HOURS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO AT LEAST ON THE RECORD SAY THAT YOU DON'T PLAN ON RUNNING A 24 OR SEVEN TYPE OPERATION, IT'S, IT'S COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED.

CAN I SAY THAT? YEAH.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, IF, IF SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE SOLD, I I I, I CAN'T REPRESENT WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO, BUT YES, I THINK IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY PROBABLE THAT IT'S GONNA BE NORMAL WORKING HOURS.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND THEN I THINK ALSO YOUR LIGHTING, AND I'M KNOWING, I KNOW I'M GETTING DOWN TO SOME, SOME SMALL DETAILS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE LED LIGHTING, BUT JUST THAT IT'S, IT'S DOWN LIGHTING, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, UM, I GUESS EMITTING LIGHT POLLUTION, SO IS THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE.

I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE THAT DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED, BUT WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE AGREEABLE TO THAT TOO.

YEAH, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT, BUT I GET IT.

WELL, WE'LL TAKE ALL, ALL NECESSARY EFFORTS TO, WELL THIS IS, WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS TO MEET THAT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE DECISION WE HAVE TO MAKE IS WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL THIS, ALL THESE, UM, I GUESS YOU'D SAY ORDINANCES AND, AND GUIDELINES WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT CAN BE DEVELOPED THERE BY USE, BY SIZE AND, AND SO ON, AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

AND IT'S TOUGH.

UM, THERE'S THINGS THAT WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, BUT IT COULD BE JUST AS DANGEROUS IN GC IF THIS WAS JUST EC, THERE'S THINGS IN GC THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED THERE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY CAUSE MORE TRAFFIC AND ACTUALLY HAVE MORE OF A NEGATIVE IMPACT.

AND SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT I HAVE TO WEIGH IN EACH DECISION.

SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT ON THIS.

SO YES SIR.

ANYTHING ELSE? UH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACADES, UM, THOSE TREATMENTS, THAT WOULD JUST BE FOR THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT ARE UP FRONT, THE FRONTAGE? MM-HMM .

JUST CHECKING, RIGHT.

SORRY.

YEAH, THOSE UP FRONT.

IT'S JUST THE FRONT FACADE.

WE ARE ABLE TO BASICALLY CODIFY THESE TYPE OF AGREEMENTS.

SO, AND UH, AND AGAIN, I THINK THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD THERE FOR COUNSEL IS, IS, UH, WE, BY GOING THROUGH THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS, THIS IS WHEN

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AND SO, UM, IT ALLOWS US THE ABILITY, ABILITY TO, TO MANAGE AND GOVERN THIS A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER.

SO THAT'S THE REALITY OF WHAT THE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE.

SO WITH THAT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

THERE.

UM, SO IF THESE ARE GOING TO BE SMALL BUSINESSES OR, UM, SOME SORT OF SMALLER TYPE WAREHOUSES, UM, AND I'M SORRY IF I'M USING THAT WORD.

DO HEAVILY.

BUT, UM, DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE PROPERTY VETTED ALREADY, IS SOMEONE GOING TO BUY ALL OF THESE UNITS OR YOU'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS.

JUST AS, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE FEEDBACK FROM, FROM INTERESTED PARTIES IN ACQUIRING BUILDINGS LIKE THESE.

UM, SO JUST AS WE'RE BEING ASKED TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES, UM, WE'D LIKE TO CHALLENGE YOU AS WELL TO CAREFULLY LOOK AT THE BUSINESSES THAT YOU'RE AGREEING TO SELL TO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU HAVE, UM, THE MEANS OR AUTHORITY TO SAY, OKAY, I'M GONNA SELL TO THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS.

UH, WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY JUST AS WE'RE FIXING THE FRONT FACADE AND ALL OF THAT TO MAKE THIS, OR IF IT'S EVEN PLAUSIBLE, MARTIN, TO MAKE IT SOME SORT OF MIXED USE WHERE THE FRONT PART YOU'RE TRYING TO GAIN SOME SORT OF SMALL BUSINESS THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, SOME SORT OF, UM, AND, AND I'M, I'M JUST THINKING KIND OF LIKE, UH, A PARTICULAR, UM, UM, I GUESS POPULAR BUSINESS, UM, IS LIKE A DELI THAT SERVICES THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE I'VE RENTED, UM, A OFFICE SPACE IN HOUSTON BEFORE, AND THERE'S ALWAYS A DELI IN THERE, BUT THE PUBLIC CAN GO IN THERE AS WELL.

UM, I'M JUST THINKING, UM, OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU COULD PUT IN THOSE FRONT OFFICES THAT WOULD KIND OF CATER TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS AROUND THAT AREA IS LOOKING FOR.

SO I SAY THAT ALSO TO ADD THAT, UM, I DO APPRECIATE YOU CONDUCTING THE TRAFFIC STUDY.

NOT VERY MANY BUSINESSES WILL DO THAT BEFORE EVEN PURCHASING OR PUTTING TOGETHER AN ANALYSIS OF A PLAN.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, ADDING 52 VEHICLES, UM, IF YOU'RE ADDING, UM, SOME SORT OF BUSINESS THAT THESE RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR, IT WOULD BRING IN A LOT MORE TRAFFIC.

AND THOSE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE ONES MAKING THAT RIGHT.

TURN INTO THE, THE AREA.

SO I'M KIND OF WEIGHING BOTH.

UM, BUT I STILL WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT THE RESIDENTS WANTED AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMERCIAL, UM, SOME SORT OF, UM, UH, ANNUAL RETAIL OR, OR, OR FOOD BUSINESS.

UM, WOULD THAT BE FEASIBLE IN, IN FRONT OF THIS, I GUESS, EXPANDED FACADE THAT WE WANT? DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE? IT, IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.

IT'S, IT, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR VIEWPOINT.

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO, TO GUARANTEE THOSE TYPES OF USES.

AND, AND YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE USES WERE THERE AND WE BELIEVED IN THOSE USES, WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE TARGETING THOSE TYPES OF USES, DELIS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF RETAIL.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT TYPE OF INTEREST RIGHT NOW.

BUT IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE WOULDN'T ENTERTAIN OR WORK WITH THOSE PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY.

IF THEY SHOW INTEREST.

ABSOLUTELY.

I CAN'T MAKE THAT GUARANTEE, BUT I I'M NOT TALKING YOU TO THAT.

I, I WILL SAY THAT, THAT ALL EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO HAVE A CONDUCIVE, UH, BUILDING PLAN THAT THAT CAN CATER TO THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE BENEFICIAL.

BUT YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.

I MEAN, SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES MAY GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC THAN, THAN, YOU KNOW, A SMALL BUSINESS THAT'S JUST DOING EIGHT TO FIVE.

AS OPPOSED TO A RESTAURANT THAT MIGHT BE GENERATING MORE IN THE NIGHT.

SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINTS AND YOUR QUESTIONS AND, AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO ACCOMMODATE 'EM.

WAS A CHANGE IN WHERE THE BUILDINGS NEED TO BE, OTHER THAN LITTLE MOVEMENTS HERE AND THERE, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO BACK THROUGH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS.

I WANNA, I WANNA MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION AS WELL.

THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT ITSELF ONLY ALLOWS THE, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT SPECIFICALLY IS FOR THE WAREHOUSING USES.

IF FOR SOME REASON THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT, THAT CAME IN THAT WAS NOT A WAREHOUSE THAT IS ALSO ALLOWED.

HOWEVER, AS, UH, AS COUNCILMAN LESSER POINTED OUT EARLIER, THE SITE PLAN IS PRETTY MUCH WITHIN CERTAIN REASON IS SET IN STONE AFTER TIME.

SO IF THERE

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AGAIN, THIS IS SET IN STONE FOR SIX MONTHS.

AS LONG AS THEY GET A PERMIT IN, THEN IT WOULD BE SET IN STONE FOR IN PERPETUITY.

UM, BUT SHOULD THERE BE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO IT, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF THE, UH, IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

UM, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PIPELINES AND THE EASEMENTS WITH CENTER POINT AND ALL OF THAT, THAT PROPERTY, ONCE WE, NOW THAT WE HAVE A GENERAL COMMERCIAL, COULD IT HAVE A RESTAURANT ON IT? YES.

COULD IT HAVE ANOTHER ER ON IT? YES.

COULD IT HAVE A RETAIL THAT I COULD SHOP FOR CLOTHES? YES.

WELL, I MEAN, IF WE'RE PUTTING IN, IF WE'RE PUTTING IN, UM, COMMENTS AND WANTS AND ALL THAT, I WANT ALL THAT AND I WANT SOME MORE TREES AND I WANT A PRETTY LITTLE POND AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS, CAN I, CAN I COMMENT? YEAH, YEAH.

UM, JUST MAKE SOME COMMENTS.

I MEAN, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I THINK GENERAL COMMERCIAL MAKES THE MOST SENSE ON THIS PROPERTY.

UM, I THINK IF WE WANT TO SPECIFY EVERY SINGLE THING THAT GOES ON IT, UM, I THINK THE PROPERTY'S FOR SALE RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW .

UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO BUY IT IF YOU WANT TO SPECIFY EXACTLY WHAT GOES ON IT.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TONIGHT.

UM, I DO THINK WHEN WE HEAR THE WORD WAREHOUSE, WE GET A VERY NEGATIVE REACTION FROM THE PUBLIC.

UNDERSTANDABLY SO.

UM, I THINK YOU KIND OF PICTURE WHEN WE HEAR WAREHOUSE, WE PROBABLY PICTURE DRIVING DOWN 99, WHICH IS CHOCK FULL OF WAREHOUSES NOW.

UM, BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE, UM, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING HERE PROBABLY IS, UM, I WON'T SAY IT'S THE BEST USE FOR THE PROPERTY.

MAYBE IT ISN'T, BUT I THINK IT WORKS.

UM, I'M SURE IN THE PLANNING WORLD, MARTIN, THERE'S PROBABLY A WORD FOR HOW YOU KIND OF STEP DOWN THE INTENSITY OF THE USES.

UM, I KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS IN OTHER AREAS WHERE WE GO FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO MULTI-FAMILY AND THAT KIND OF BUFFERS BEFORE YOU GET TO SINGLE FAMILY.

UM, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO HERE.

I MEAN, THE, THE WAREHOUSING THERE ON THE CORNER THAT'S HAPPENING, LIKE WE CAN'T UNDO THAT.

UM, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET, UM, YOU'LL BE LIMITED, I THINK, ON WHAT WANTS TO BUILD RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO LARGE SCALE WAREHOUSING.

UM, AND SO I THINK THIS IS, UM, A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND KIND OF MAKING THE USE LESS INTENSE, UM, WITH THESE SMALLER WAREHOUSES, THERE CAN'T BE TRUCKS.

UM, NOW MAYBE THIS IS THE END OF IT AND WE GET SOMETHING EVEN LESS, UH, KIND OF A LESS INTENSIVE USE NEXT TO IT.

UM, BUT AS FAR AS, UH, THE TRAFFIC AT SLANDER GOES, UM, I THINK I'M GONNA, FRANK, I MAY PUT YOU ON THE SPOT HERE, UM, BUT I YOU WINCED A LITTLE BIT, BUT I KNOW WE, WE'VE SPOKEN RECENTLY ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS COMING THERE, MAYBE GOING OUT BID LATER THIS YEAR.

UM, AND I THINK THAT MAY HELP THE REST OF COUNCIL MAKE A DECISION ON THIS.

DO YOU MIND TOUCHING ON THAT? LIKE I SAID, SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT, UH, YES SIR.

WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE IN DEVELOPMENT.

UH, IT'S THE I 10 INTERSECTION PROJECT, WHICH WILL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO SEVERAL OF THE INTERSECTIONS ALONG I 10 AND SHO BEING THE, UH, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AND THE ONE THAT WE WANT TO PUT OUT TO BE AT FIRST.

SO IT WOULD ADD, YOU KNOW, A RIGHT TURN LANE ALONG WITH SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, I THINK A U-TURN THERE.

SO IT, IT WILL HELP THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC SITUATION.

UM, SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET THAT PROJECT FINALIZED AND DESIGNED AS SOON AS WE CAN.

AND, UM, SHO LANDER, EVEN THOUGH THE OVERALL PROJECT MAY NOT BE RIGHT, WE WANT TO PUT SHO LANDER OUT TO BID AS SOON AS THAT INTERSECTION IS READY.

THAT IS, THAT IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY AND I'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR A WHILE.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE, THE DESIGN COMPLETED ON THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I WANTED THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT TO HEAR THAT AS WELL.

THAT RIGHT.

THAT WE HEAR YOU ON THE, THE TRAFFIC ISSUES ON SLANDER AND WE'RE YES, SIR.

WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING THAT.

THANK YOU FRANK.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANY ADDITIONAL? YES, SIR.

HOLD ON.

GO AHEAD.

OKAY, MARTIN, I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

WE TALKED ABOUT GC AND, AND JUST AS A REQUEST, ANYTIME WE HAVE A NEW, ANOTHER ZONING ABOUT GC COME IN, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE WHOLE LIST OF WHAT'S ALLOWED IN GC.

'CAUSE AGAIN, A RESTAURANT, AN ER, THOSE ARE ALL NICE THINGS, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN GC YEP.

THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE NICE.

NOPE.

IT'S GC.

THIS DOESN'T GO THROUGH ONE OF THE OTHERS THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT.

THERE DOESN'T EVEN, WE HAVE TO ASK, THEY JUST HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR PERMITS AND

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BUILD.

SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL.

AGAIN, WE, WE PASSED THE SUP REQUIREMENT FOR WAREHOUSES TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST WHERE THEY COME IN AND SAY, WE'RE GONNA BUILD THESE NICE WAREHOUSES THAT ARE GONNA LOOK BEAUTIFUL FROM THE ROAD.

AND THEN THEY DON'T DO IT AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THAT'S WHY THE SUP IS THERE, IS THEY HAVE TO BUILD WHAT THEY TELL US.

AND AS THE MAYOR INDICATED, HE WANTS WHAT PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN I 10, WHICH IS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES', BIG CONCERNS AND I AGREE WITH HIM.

WE WANT IT TO LOOK NICE.

WE WANT PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING, WELL THAT'S REALLY NICE BUILDINGS OVER THERE.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

AND, AND THE SUP ALLOWS US TO PUT THAT IN STONE, PARDON THE PUN, BUT THAT HELPS US DO THAT.

BUT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL 'CAUSE IT'S GC YEAH.

RESTAURANTS ALLOWED IN, ER ALLOWED, BUT THERE'S ALSO A BUNCH OF THINGS IN GC THAT WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WANT THERE AND WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT.

'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO ASK NOW THAT IT'S GC THEY CAN JUST BUILD.

SO WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTROL A DEVELOPMENT TO SOME EXTENT.

WE HAVE TO TAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE CAN.

AND THAT'S MY OPINION.

AND, UM, AS MRS. GRAHAM WAS SPEAKING AND, UH, THE CITIZENS WERE SPEAKING, I, IT, SOMETHING STRUCK ME THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE IN THE PAST.

AND, UH, MARTIN AND HIS TEAM RIGHT NOW ARE KICKING OFF, UH, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND AS PART OF THAT STRATEGY, UH, OR A STUDY, UH, TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY FOR WHAT, HOW WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

AND PART OF THAT PIECE IS ACTUALLY GETTING LEAKAGE AND SURPLUS REPORTS FOR RETAIL WAREHOUSES, UH, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, UH, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES THAT WE CAN USE AS ANALYTICS, WHEN TO HELP WITH THE DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING.

AND IT GOES TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT CAME FROM THE CITIZENS THAT WE WOULD LIKE RETAIL HERE, UM, OR, UH, RESTAURANTS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER AS A STAFF PRESENTING TO COUNCIL BEFORE THESE DECISIONS COME UP IS TO SHOW INHERENTLY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE RETAIL CORRIDORS, RIGHT? AND THOSE RETAIL CORRIDORS ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN BAYTOWN FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.

AND YOU HAVE TWO MAJOR ONES, WHICH ARE GARTH AND UM, AND 1 46, AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER ONES.

AND ALEXANDER'S A LITTLE BIT OF A RE UH, A RETAIL HUB AS WELL, OR A CORRIDOR.

AND THAT'S FOR DEVELOPERS.

THAT'S WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE RETAIL IS GONNA BE FOCUSED AT.

AND THEN WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT STUDY AND GOING FORWARD AND WHENEVER THAT'S COMPLETE.

SO NOT RIGHT NOW IS BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING, GOING FORWARD, WE'LL HAVE MORE DATA FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TO BE WHERE RETAIL MOST LIKELY WILL GO, WHERE OTHER PORTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT WILL MOST LIKELY GO.

AND THAT WILL HELP DRIVE SOME DECISION MAKING THAT WILL BE A TALKING POINT THAT WE CAN GIVE TO CITIZENS AND JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, BACKING.

'CAUSE THE DEVELOPERS TO, UM, UH, TO MR. SWEENEY'S POINT, THEY HAVE DATA THAT SUPPORTS TO WHERE THEY ARE SHOWING THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

UM, IT, WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT OR THE CITIZENS MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT, BUT, BUT THAT'S THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE.

AND SO WE AS A, AS A BODY NEED TO HAVE OUR DATA THAT WE CAN ALSO HAVE TALKING POINTS BASED OFF OF.

AND I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT.

I KNOW IT'S TOO LATE FOR TODAY, BUT THERE ARE GOOD POINTS BROUGHT UP TODAY THAT HAVE, HAVE MADE ME REALIZE THAT WE NEED TO BRING MORE TO Y'ALL FOR A BETTER DECISION MAKING.

I'LL, I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT, MR. CITY MANAGER.

SO WE DO, WE DID USED TO GET THE, UH, YOU KNOW, LEAKAGE REPORTS AND, AND OTHER STUFF IN THE PAST, UM, THAT, THAT WOULD BE GOOD INFORMATION.

ONLY THING I'LL ADD TO THAT WOULD, AND I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT IN A SENSE WHERE IF WE TAKE SHO LANDER AND MAINE SOUTH OF 10 DOWN TO AT LEAST HERE BY LYNCHBURG, I KINDA WANNA LOOK LIKE WHAT IS, WHAT'S, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE? THEN YOU GO OVER FROM MAINE TO PROBABLY JOHN MARTIN ALMOST, AND JUST WHAT DOES THAT SQUARE LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, UM, WE, WE GIVE BASICALLY EXTERNAL FOLKS A ROADMAP WITH, WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN OF WHAT SHOULD GO THERE OR NOT.

SO WE NEED TO REVISIT THOSE TYPE OF THINGS TO, TO KNOW LIKE, HEY, HERE'S WHERE, HERE'S WHERE MULTI-FAMILY COULD GO.

HERE'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF GC COULD GO.

WE NEED TO KIND OF REVISIT SOME OF THAT.

I'D LIKE TO KIND OF, WITH, WITH SOME OF THE DATA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

'CAUSE I THINK WE APPROVED SOME LIKE COTTAGE, UM, VILLAS OR WHATEVER, THE CORNER OF, UM, HUNT AND NORTH MAINE, AND I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE WHERE IT'S AT.

BUT IF YOU MOVE IT TO THE CORNER OF ARCHER AND MAINE, I PROBABLY DON'T THINK THAT'S THE BEST PLACE FOR IT, I GUESS.

AND THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE.

SO WHAT, WHAT DO, THAT WAY THE COUNCIL CAN HAVE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS, I I'M NOT GONNA, I HATE TO USE THE WORD PIECEMEAL, BUT WE HAVE, WE KEEP TAKING THESE THINGS PIECE BY PIECE BECAUSE THEY DEVELOP PIECE BY PIECE AND, AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT BROADER PICTURE OF WHAT IS IT GONNA LOOK LIKE, WHAT DO WE WANT AND WHAT WE

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DON'T WANT.

SO ANYWAY, UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE ARE, WE'RE STILL ON ITEM FOUR B, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

SO I THINK WE HAVE EVERYTHING AGREED UPON THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE FOR YOU, MR. SWEENEY, CORRECT? YES.

AND THEN, SO WITH THAT, UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, ASK FOR A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR B.

I THINK THE MOTION WILL NEED TO INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL, UH, OKAY.

ITEMS. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND RESTATING THOSE.

SO WHAT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS GONNA BE THAT THE FRONT BU ANY FRONT BUILDINGS BUILT ON THIS IF APPROVED, UM, THE, THE FRONT BUILDING'S, FRONT FACADE THAT FACES I 10, UH, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE 50% MIX THEIR CHOICE OF GLASS AND OR STACK STONE OR STONE MATERIAL.

AND THEN I ALSO, THE ACTS THAT THAT LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW, STEM OF PROPERTY ON THE, THE BACKSIDE THAT THAT EXTENDS TO SLANDER.

THAT, THAT, ALTHOUGH IT'S THEIR PROPERTY CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY ACCESS TO SHO UNDER ROAD.

AND THEN I, I MENTIONED ABOUT THE DOWN LIGHTING, BUT THEY'RE NOT THERE, BUT THEY PRETTY MUCH TRY TO KEEP ALL THE LIGHT IN A SENSE ON PROPERTY.

SO I GUESS ONCE AGAIN, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I GUESS WITH THOSE PROVISIONS THAT WAS DESCRIBED.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE FOUR B WITH THOSE THREE ADDITIONAL, UH, REQUIREMENTS.

THERE'S A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THERE'S A MOTION.

IS THERE SECOND? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FOUR B IS PRESENTED WITH PROVISIONS THAT ALSO WERE AGREED UPON BY THE DEVELOPER.

UM, BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, I WANT TO, I'D ALSO WANNA REMIND THE P AND Z UH, COMMITTEE ITSELF, WHO I KNOW THAT A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE VERY ADAMANT AGAINST WAREHOUSES.

THEY ALSO DID APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOUR B IS PRESENTED.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

ITEM FIVE A IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.23 ACRES LOCATED AT 28 50 FERRY ROAD TO ALLOW FOR A FUNERAL HOME WITH A CREMATORIUM WITHIN A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED NA NAY.

ITEM CARRIES.

WE MOVE ON TO

[a. Conduct a public hearing to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) for approximately 3.23 acres located at 2850 Ferry Road to allow for a funeral home with a crematorium within a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]

SO YOU'RE ASKING WHAT DIFFERENT THINGS CAN BE IN DC .

HERE'S AN ANSWER.

SO IT IS 7 45.

SO NOW I'LL ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

YEAH, I BELIEVE IT'S DISTRICT.

IS IT SIX OR FIVE? THIS PARTICULAR ONE? CLOSE FIVE.

NOW IT'S SIX.

ALRIGHT, THAT ONE, ONE PUBLIC.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'LL CALL OVER THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE A, LEMME MAKE SURE THIS IS RIGHT.

WHAT'S BEING SHOWN THERE RIGHT NOW.

TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.23 ACRES, LOCATED AT 2050 FERRY ROAD TO ALLOW A FUNERAL HOME, UH, WITH A CREMATORIUM WITHIN A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

UH, I'D LIKE NOW FOR STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I'M SO GLAD YOU GUYS GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE.

'CAUSE NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL USE PERMIT, BUT THIS ONE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

UM, BUT REMEMBER THAT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS IN FACT PUT INTO PLACE SO THAT WE HAVE THIS PROCESS SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND, AND, UH, VOICE ANY CONCERNS OR VOICE SUPPORT.

UM, AND ALSO FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL TO, TO HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER, UH, SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC USES THAT MAY HAVE SOME IMPACTS POSSIBLY, UH, ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THIS ONE IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, UH, NEAR CEDAR BAYOU.

UH, IT'S JUST SOUTH OF 1 46 ON FERRY ROAD.

IT IS JUST SOUTH OF CEDAR CREST CEMETERY, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE MASONIC LODGE.

AND THIS PROPERTY, UH, IS ATTACHED TO THAT CEMETERY.

UH, THE ZONING IS GENERAL COMMERCIAL, WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR A FUNERAL HOME AND A CREMATORIUM.

UM, AS LONG AS YOU GET, AGAIN, THERE'S THAT ONE CONDITION ON THERE.

THERE AREN'T ANY OTHERS.

THE ONE CONDITION THAT YOU GET A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.

SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, LARGELY AROUND THAT AREA BESIDES THE CEMETERY, ALL THE RED IS A GENERAL COMMERCIAL CURRENTLY ZONED, AND THE PURPLE IS ZONED AS MIXED USE.

AND ANYTHING THAT'S NOT COLORED IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.

AND YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE THE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE CEDAR BAYOU COMING DOWN THROUGH HERE, UH, TO THE EAST.

UH, AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES, UH, SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE USES.

QUICK QUESTION.

SO I'M LOOKING, I'M LOOKING AT WHAT'S IN THE PACKET.

I THINK

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SO I'M LOOKING AT THE BUILDING ITSELF.

SO WHEN YOU SAY CREMATORIUM, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE OPERATION ITSELF.

IT SAYS FUNERAL HOME, SO IT'S NOT A FUNERAL HOME, IT'S ALLOWING A A IN A SENSE.

IS THERE GONNA BE A FUNERAL HOME DEVELOPED? UH, I, I DON'T KNOW.

THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, APPLICATION DOES NOT INCLUDE A FUNERAL HOME.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

WHAT I ACTUALLY SEE, WHAT I SEE IN LANGUAGE ON THE PREFACE IN THE BUILDING WHAT IT SAYS, PETER.

OH, THE DEVELOPER'S HERE.

A P YES, SIR.

IF, IF, IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T ACTUALLY, HOLD ON ONE SEC.

ARE YOU THE OWNER OF THIS? ARE YOU THE DEVELOPER OR THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY? YES, SIR.

CAN YOU COME TO THIS PODIUM PLEASE? YES, SIR.

WE ARE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THAT'S FINE.

I'M JUST GET SOME INFORMATION HERE.

MY NAME IS DANNY DUNCAN.

UH, I, IT IT'S UNDER DNA FUNERAL SERVICES.

I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A MAP, SIR, JUST SO WE YES, SIR.

WE UNDERSTAND.

AND THAT WAY THE, ANY ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO WE UNDERSTAND THE CREMATORIUM, RIGHT? IS THERE A FUNERAL HOME WHERE PEOPLE WOULD GO AND HOLD FUNERAL SERVICES? IT HAS TO BE A FUNERAL HOME ACCORDING TO TEXAS STATE LAW.

I DO NOT PLAN ON HAVING FUNERALS THERE, BUT IT HAS TO BE DESIGNED THAT WE CAN OKAY.

UH, IT, UH, IT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ACTUALLY ON THE CEMETERY ITSELF.

THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES, I'M SURE, BECAUSE I'M, I, I'M, I'M SURE THE REGULATIONS IS WRITTEN AS SUCH AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S, I'M, I'M FINE.

THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, SO BACK MR. RINDER, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I GUESS, UH, THIS IS THE, THE GENERAL LAYOUT, UH, AGAIN, UH, THE SAME SEVEN CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLIED TO THIS PROPERTY AS WELL.

SO, UH, IT, IT DEALS WITH IMPACTS TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, UH, ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MEETING ALL THE, UH, THE INTENT AND THE SPECIFICS OF THE ULDC AND THE COMP PLAN.

UM, STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT IT DOES MEET THOSE CRITERIA, UH, STAFF.

AND, UH, THIS WENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION IN AUGUST.

UM, THERE WERE NO, THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC.

THEY, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY ONLINE COMMENTS AND, UH, STAFF AND P AND Z HAVE BOTH RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TONIGHT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, WAS THERE ANYONE THAT'S ASSIGNED TO SPEAK? NOPE.

TO FIVE B, WHICH IS ACTION ITEM, ALLOWING THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, AND I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.23 ACRES, LOCATED AT 28 50 FERRY ROAD TO ALLOW FOR A FUNERAL HOME WITH A COURT CREMATORIUM WITHIN A, UH, GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

SO THAT IS ITEM FIVE A.

AND NOW WE WILL MOVE

[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a request for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow for a crematorium within the General Commercial (GC) zoning district for approximately 3.23 acres of land located at 2850 Ferry Road.]

UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO ADD, MR. SCRIBNER, IF NOT, I DO NOT.

IF NOT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FIVE B.

YOU HAVE A MOTION THEN WE, WE CAN HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND WE, YOU CAN DO A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION IF YOU LIKE IT'S MOTION TO DISCUSS.

YOU HAVE A MOTION TO DISCUSSION? A SECOND.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE ITEM FIVE B.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN? YEAH.

DO WE HAVE A FACADE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? YES.

SINCE YOU DID HAVE A MOTION.

HAVE VOTE A SECOND.

YOU DO NEED TO VOTE ON THE DISCUSSION.

OH, JUST FOR DISCUSSION.

SO, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION FOR ITEM FIVE B.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, OF THAT MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

DO WE HAVE A FACADE OR AN ELEVATION? IS IT JUST GONNA BE A SQUARE BLOCK BUILDING OR, UH, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT DETAIL AT THIS TIME, SO I WOULD ASK OUR APPLICANT TO, UH, ADDRESS THAT FOR YOU.

COULD WE, MR. WHAT'S HIS NAME? SERGEANT, TO SAY HIS NAME? IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST SAYING, SAYING YOUR NAME.

AND, AND THE, UM, I THINK THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE A KIND OF A GENERAL RENDERING OR EL IN A SENSE, AN ELEVATION GRAPHIC OF WHAT YOU PLAN TO BUILD? YES.

MAYOR, COUNSEL.

UM, THE, UH, BUILDING IS, UM, 60 BY 30.

UH, I, I WANNA HAVE IT WHERE IT IS LIKE A BRICK FRONT.

AND THEN THE REST OF COURSE WOULD BE METAL.

UH, I, HOW WE DREW IT OUT IS, IS HOW IT'LL BE MADE.

AND I, I, OF COURSE I HAVEN'T GOT INTO ALL OF THAT BECAUSE UNTIL THIS WAS APPROVED, THERE WAS NO REASON TO.

BUT THE MASONIC CEMETERY ON THE OTHER SIDE, I OWN THAT.

THAT CEMETERY IS A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING YEARS OLD.

SO THE, THE PLANS IS TO KIND OF HELP PAY FOR THAT BECAUSE FOUNDERS OF BAYTOWN ARE BURIED THERE.

SO IT'S PRETTY COOL HISTORY.

BUT, UH, THE FRONT IS TO, TO, IT'S KINDA LIKE MY FUNERAL HOME.

IT'S MADE THE SAME WAY.

IT'S A METAL BUILDING WITH A BRICK FRONT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW I

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WANT TO DO IT.

UH, NO, NO SIGN MAKING A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT BECAUSE, UH, PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND CREMATORIES, BUT IT'S HEAVILY REGULATED SO, UH, IT'LL ALL BE DONE ACCORDING TO THE STATE AND THE TEXAS AIR COMMISSION.

CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? UH, MY NAME IS DANNY DUNCAN.

ALRIGHT, MS. DUNCAN.

AND THEN TO FOLLOW UP, MARTIN, ARE THERE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION BRICK ON THE FRONT, TOTAL METAL BUILDING? DO, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? NO, NO.

WE'RE, THE ZONING CODE IN AND OF ITSELF IS, IS NOT ALLOWED TO REQUIRE THOSE, THOSE THINGS, BUT WE DIDN'T REQUIRE ANYTHING AS FAR AS THE SPECIAL USE, UH, STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMENDING.

AND PNZ WAS NOT RECOMMENDING ANY KIND OF, UH, CONDITIONS ON THIS OTHER THAN THAT THIS IS, THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS ALLOWING.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FIVE B.

MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE B.

HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, AND, AND I WAS GONNA, I'M JUST, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS, WAS, UM, I GUESS THE PAST FEW YEARS THERE WAS AN INCREASED NEED FOR CREMATORIUMS AND I, I'M ASSUMING THIS IS PROBABLY THE OUTCOME OF THAT.

UM, USED TO, IT WAS KIND OF A QUICKER WAY TO, TO GO AND, AND, UM, TAKE CARE OF SOME LAST THINGS, BUT IT GOT BACKLOGGED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, UM, IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

SO, AND IT, I'LL, I'LL MAKE COMMENT.

I, I WORKED AT A FUNERAL HOME CEMETERY CREMATORIUM WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IT IS HIGHLY REGULATED.

IT'S VERY, YES.

SO IT'S, ANYWAY, OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A AND A SECOND.

SO ITEM FIVE B.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FIVE B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

FINALLY, A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN ITEMS. UH, SIX A, RECEIVE THE CERTIFICATE OF UNOPPOSED STATUS FOR THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE WAREHOUSES AND DEATH.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED ITEM.

CARRIE, MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX A.

[a. Receive the Certificate of Unopposed Status for the Office of Council Member, District No. Five.]

YEAH, I WAS SAYING I WAS JUST DYING FOR THAT ITEM, BUT, OKAY.

LET'S SEE.

SIX A.

SO WE HAVE ANYWAY TO RECEIVE THE DISTRIBUTOR UNPOSED STATUS FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.

AND SO I WOULD ASSUME WE HAVE THAT MS. JACKSON.

SO WE WILL CONSIDER ITEM SIX A, RECEIVE

[b. Consider an ordinance declaring the unopposed candidate Jacob Powell elected to the Office of Council Member District No. Five of the City of Baytown.]

SIX B IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE, WHICH IS MR. JACOB POWELL, ELECTED TO OFFICE OF COUNT OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

UM, SO TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SIX B.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? EXTENSIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

WELCOME BACK.

CONGRATULATIONS.

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

CERTIFICATE OF UNOPPOSED STATUS FOR THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

UNANIMOUS.

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE NEXT ONE, BUT WE'LL SEE ON THE NEXT ONE.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE THE

[a. Receive the Certificate of Unopposed Status for the Office of Council Member, District No. Six.]

MS. JACKSON, WE DO HAVE THAT CERTIFICATE OBJECT.

THANK YOU MA'AM.

WE MOVE ON TO ITEM

[b. Consider an ordinance declaring the unopposed candidate Mike Lester elected to the Office of Council Member District No. Six of the City of Baytown.]

SEVEN B TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE DECLARING THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE MR. MIKE LESTER, ELECTED TO OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT NUMBER SIX OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

AND SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SEVEN B.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND WE MOTION SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, EVEN FROM THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES? CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, ADAM.

OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH MR. POWELL AND MR. LESTER.

TO ITEM EIGHT A, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN UTILITY RATES.

GREAT CAMPAIGN.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GET OUT IN A HUNDRED DEGREE WEATHER.

THAT'S .

NO, WE CERTAINLY THANK BOTH, UH, BOTH OF Y'ALL FOR YOUR, YOUR TIME AND EFFORT ON COUNCIL AND THE, THE DIFFERENT, UM, UH, INPUT THAT YOU PUT REALLY, UM, TO, TO THIS DISCUSSIONS.

SO MOVE ON

[a. Consider an ordinance amending the City of Baytown utility rates.]

MS. MCKENZIE.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, AS YOU RECALL, DURING OUR, UM, BUDGET PRESENTATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE'VE STATED THAT WE'VE INCLUDED A 6% WATER AND SEWER RATE.

UM, THIS IS A RECAP OF THOSE RATES FOR THE IMPACT FOR A 2000 GALLON, UH, BILL IS 65 CENTS AND FOR INSIDE THE CITY.

AND THE IMPACT FOR A 6,000 GALLON BILL FOR INSIDE THE CITY IS $3 AND 71 CENTS.

THE NEED FOR THIS INCREASE IS TO COVER THE COST OF THE 6% INCREASE FROM BAWA TO THE CITY THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN, UH, FUNDING

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FOR OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANT EXPANSIONS.

AND ALSO THE SSO ISSUES THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS TRYING TO ADDRESS.

THIS IS A COMPARABLE OF A 2000 GALLON BILL, UM, WITH OTHER CITIES.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CITY IS STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK.

UM, WE'RE NOT THE HIGHEST OR THE LOWEST FOR THIS, UM, WITH OUR RATE INCREASE.

AND THIS IS ALSO A COMPARISON FOR A 5,000 GALLON BILL WHERE THE CITY IS STILL IN THE MIDDLE WITH A SLIGHT, UM, INCREASE OVER DEER PARK.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MCKENZIE REGARDING THIS? I DO, UM, APPRECIATE THE GRAPHIC, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST ONE.

SO, UM, WE DO HAVE, UM, THIS ORDINANCE, I THINK THIS WAS DISCUSSED OBVIOUSLY IN BUDGET TALKS AND SO ON.

SO WITH THAT, UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE FROM MS. MCKENZIE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM EIGHT.

A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT.

A SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, SIR.

KENZIE INDICATED THAT THE 6% IS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED CHARGE FROM BAWA, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED CHARGE FROM THE HOUSTON TO BAWA TO US.

SO IT'S A PASS THROUGH.

'CAUSE I'VE HAD THAT CALL FROM SOME OF MY CITIZENS GOING, WELL, WHY ARE Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT THAT? WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.

THAT'S WHAT THE RAW WATER COSTS, BAWA AND BAWA IS PUSHING THAT OVER IS JUST A STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT THROUGH ON THE 6%.

SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST THEY'RE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN WHEN IT COMES TO WATER.

SO YES, IT, IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

UM, IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT, THAT WE ARE SUBJECT TO, TO THOSE TYPE OF RATE INCREASES THAT HAPPEN EXTERNALLY, BUT DO IMPACT OUR, OUR RESIDENTS AT THE END OF THE DAY.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS.

MAY, MAY I? YES, MA'AM.

UM, SO I'VE ALSO RECEIVED THOSE CALLS.

UM, I DID TALK TO, UM, OUR UTILITY BILLING OFFICE AND ALSO REFERRED SOME RESIDENTS THAT HAD ISSUES, UM, UH, WITH THEIR WATER BILL AND THEN OF COURSE SEEING THIS POTENTIAL INCREASE.

AND SO, UM, THEY HAVE, UM, THEY'RE READY, UM, TO ADDRESS ANY RESIDENTS AND GO THROUGH THEIR, THEIR USAGE AND, AND WATER BILL AND, AND WORK WITH THEM.

I, WE HAD JUST ONE IN PARTICULAR RECENTLY THAT WAS REFERRED TO US FROM ANOTHER AGENCY.

AND, UM, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO ENSURE THAT, UM, OUR RESIDENTS NOT JUST UNDERSTAND THE BILL, BUT UNDERSTAND THEIR USAGE AND THE IMPACT IN, IN WAYS THAT THEY CAN POSSIBLY CONSERVE, UM, THEIR WATER CONSUMPTION.

AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR UTILITY BILLING, UM, FOR, UM, STEPPING IN AND, AND THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY.

BUT, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPTION TO GO AND, UH, IN PERSON OR ON THE PHONE TO TALK TO OUR UTILITY BILLING OFFICE AND, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR BILL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MA'AM.

SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION, UH, UNLESS THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

IF NOT, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM EIGHT A.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

ITEM EIGHT A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT B, CONSIDERED ORDINANCE TO ADOPT OR POSTPONE THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S FISCAL YEAR 2324 MUNICIPAL BUDGET.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ITEM CARRIES.

MOVE ON TO EIGHT B BEFORE I DO THAT, AND IF I TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME, UH, COMMISSIONER DAGLEY FROM CHAMBERS COUNTY.

FRONT ROW IS GREAT, VERY BRAVE OF YOU, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE YOU , WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, UH, THIS, THIS EVENING.

SO NEXT WE

[b. Consider an ordinance to adopt or postpone the City of Baytown Fiscal Year 2023-24 Municipal Budget.]

MS. MCKENZIE.

UM, SO MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THIS IS, UM, THE SNAPSHOT THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE OF THE BUDGET.

UM, WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY CHANGES OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY TAX THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PROPOSING TO YOU NEXT.

UH, MEETING WILL BE 72 CENTS INSTEAD OF, I THINK WE SAID 73, BETWEEN 73 AND A HALF TO FOUR AND A HALF.

UM, SO WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN SINCE NOW WE HAVE OUR TAX CALCULATIONS AND THE, UM, APPROVED APPRAISAL DISTRICT, I MEAN THE CERTIFIED ROLES FROM THE DISTRICTS SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE CALCULATION AND WE'RE GONNA BE PROPOSING THE 72 CENTS THIS YEAR.

AND SO ALSO IN YOUR PACKET YOU SHOULD HAVE, UM, A SNAPSHOT.

WE WERE, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE PROVIDE YOU, UM, A LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T FUNDED THIS YEAR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THAT.

THE NOTHING HAS CHANGED AS FAR AS THE FY 24, UH, PROJECTS, BUT YOU CAN SEE BELOW THE, I GUESS YOU WANNA SAY PINK OR RED LINE.

THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE, UM, ATTEMPTING TO PLAN FOR IN THE FUTURE YEARS, I THINK.

SO THAT'S A GREAT SPREADSHEET.

SO WE DO HAVE A BUDGET IN FRONT OF US COUNSEL, AND WE WENT THROUGH WORK SESSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AND MEETINGS.

AND SO AT THIS POINT, UH, IT'S TIME TO CONSIDER THIS BUDGET FOR THE 2324,

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UH, FISCAL YEAR.

UM, SO I WOULD FIRST ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM EIGHT B, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT B.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE BUDGET ITSELF? COMMENT? YES, SIR.

THE, THE SPREADSHEET CAME FROM THE CIP YEP.

GROUP.

WE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH STAFF AND, AND WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF ITERATIONS TO, TO KIND OF BREAK THIS DOWN.

YOU, WE WERE TALKING, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE THIRD COLUMN, THE GREEN COLUMN, $17 MILLION WORTH OF CIP IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

BUT WHEN YOU START PUTTING THE WHOLE CIP PROGRAM IN, IN FOCUS, IT'S ACTUALLY, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THAT FAR CORNER, OVER $300 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS, THE NUMBERS GET BIG AND QUICK.

SO STAFF WORKED WITH US AND OUR COMMENTS AND, AND CAME UP WITH THIS LIST.

AND SO, LIKE TRACY SAID THAT, THAT ANYTHING BELOW THE RED LINE IS, IS WHAT DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT PER SE, BUT IS IN THE FUTURE.

IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GONNA GO AWAY, IT'S JUST WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE, UH, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS AND STUFF.

AND OVER THIS YEAR WE WERE ASSURED AS A COMMITTEE THAT THEY'RE GONNA CLEAN A LOT OF THE OLD PROJECTS UP, FIND OUT WHAT WAS FUNDED, UNFUNDED, UNDERFUNDED, OVERFUNDED, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE MOVING FORWARD.

SO KUDOS TO STAFF AND, AND EVERYBODY THAT WORKED WITH US ON THIS, UH, IT WAS A GREAT EFFORT BY THE, THE NEWLY FORMED CIP WITH THE NEW, UH, TASK.

AND, AND WE ACTUALLY LOOK FORWARD TO GOING INTO THE FUTURE AND, AND REALLY DEVELOPING A FIVE YEAR ROTATING, UH, CIP PLAN.

SO THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

NO, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OUTCOME ABOUT PARTICULARLY, I GUESS THE DANINA AREA DRAINAGE.

AND SO WHEN I FIRST, UH, WAS ELECTED MAYOR, I MEAN THAT AREA, THERE WAS A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT WERE, UM, EXTREMELY CONCERNED WITH DRAINAGE IN THE, IN, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

AND, UM, IT TOOK A LOT OF ENGINEERING AND, AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME PARTNERSHIP WITH HARRIS COUNTY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

IT IS, THAT'S KUDOS TO, TO FRANK AND HIS TEAM TO COORDINATE THAT HARRIS COUNTY'S BASICALLY PAYING HALF AND WE'RE PAYING HALF FOR A MAJOR, MAJOR STORMWATER RENOVATION DRAINAGE PROJECT IN THAT AREA THAT WILL NOT ONLY RELIEVE A LOT OF THE FLOODING IN THE DANINA EAST JAMES AREA, BUT UPSTREAM AS WELL.

I THINK THAT WAS THE PROBLEM WAS, WAS FIRST THERE WAS, THERE WAS THE FLOOD DITCH, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT JUST, JUST GOT OUTTA CONTROL WITH THINGS GROWING IN IT.

AND SO YOU LOSE CAPACITY.

AND SO I KNOW THERE WERE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT LIVED IN THE AREA THAT THEY WANNA FIX THEIR YARD DRAINAGE AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IT'S ALL PART OF A SYSTEM.

AND IF, IF THE WATER CAN'T GET CONVEYED TO CEDAR BAYOU AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, IT, WE CAN'T JUST FIX ONE UNLESS YOU FIX THE, THE, IN A SENSE, THE DOWNSTREAM, UH, PINCH POINT.

AND SO WITH THE FUNDING WITH THIS AND, AND WITH HARRIS COUNTY, THAT THAT'S MAKING IT POSSIBLE.

SO I DO APPRECIATE IT.

UM, I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANNA WANT TO AT LEAST FIND, UH, GET TO THIS POINT WITH THE DRAINAGE.

BUT I THINK IT WAS, UH, THAT AREA IN THE FAIL AREA TOO, SO MM-HMM .

I WAS GONNA SAY, I, I AGREED WITH THE SPREADSHEET.

I REALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT STAFF PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER.

AND, UM, MIKE, THANK YOU MR. LESTER FOR ALL THE COMMENTS THAT YOU JUST SAID.

CIP WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF RESEARCH AND IT TOOK, UM, A LOT OF TIME TO HAMMER ALL OF THIS OUT.

UM, BUT TODAY WHEN WE HAD THE, THE FINAL MEETING BEFORE, BEFORE THIS, UM, WE REALLY GOT TO SEE THE FRUITS OF THE LABOR OF THE STAFF AND, AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON THE COMMITTEE AND, UM, APPRECIATE IT.

UM, ANYTHING, ANYTHING OTHER COMMENTS ON THE, THE BUDGET ITSELF? I KNOW THAT THIS SPREADSHEET WASN'T IN FRONT OF US 'CAUSE OF THE CIPI HAVE ONE AND I'VE BEEN, I WENT INTO THE ARCHIVES.

I WAS SHOWING SOME OTHER FOLKS HERE THAT I, ONE OF THE ARCHIVES, SO, OH LORD, THIS IS THE BUDGET WHEN I FIRST BECAME A COUNCILMAN IN 2005.

SO THIS IS MY FIRST BUDGET.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET TO IT HERE IN A SEC.

UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I MAY WAIT, I MAY WAIT.

WHERE IS IT? IT'S ITEM 10 B.

OKAY, I'M GONNA WAIT FOR THAT ONE.

I .

ALRIGHT, SO, UM, ANYWAY, I WOULD ENTER, THERE'S, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF EIGHT B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

MOVE ON TO ITEM

[c. Consider an ordinance authorizing Public Necessity for four (4) tracts of land for the South Main Drainage Improvements Phase 2 Project.]

EIGHT C.

CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED IN PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR FOUR TRACKS OF LAND FOR THE SOUTH MAIN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PHASE TWO PROJECT.

MR. SEMINO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MICHAEL LEACH STANDING IN FOR, UH, DIRECTOR SEMINO THIS EVENING.

UM, YOU JUST, UH, HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT A DRAINAGE PROJECT.

THIS IS ANOTHER DRAINAGE PROJECT.

UH, IN AN AREA THAT HAS, UH, SIMILAR, UH, FLOODING CHALLENGES TO THE DINA AREA THAT YOU WERE JUST REFERENCING.

IS A CAPITAL PROJECT, UH, IT IS FOR, UH, SOUTH MAIN STREET.

SO WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING TONIGHT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZATION FOR A DECLARATION OF PUBLIC NECESSITY.

UH, WE'VE DONE TWO OF THESE BEFORE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

ONE WAS FOR GARTH ROAD AND THE OTHER WAS FOR MARKET STREET.

SO, UH, WE'LL GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PROJECT.

SO THIS

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UM, AND THE LIMITS ARE, ARE REALLY FROM EAST REPUBLIC TO TEXAS, BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT, UH, ACCURATE.

I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE LIMITS OF THE PROJECT.

THE, UH, LIMITS OF THE PROJECT ACTUALLY INCLUDE AREAS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY ALONG THE STREET, BUT, UH, ENCOMPASS A, UH, DRAINAGE CORRIDOR AS WELL AS A DETENTION POND.

SO WE'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND AGAIN, UH, THIS IS A DRAINAGE, UH, PERFORMANCE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

IT'S ALSO, UH, UH, A PART A PROJECT THAT'S, UH, COOPERATIVELY FUNDED WITH HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL.

SO THAT, THAT'S A POSITIVE THING AS WELL.

UH, AND WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, UH, BECAUSE PROPERTY ACQUISITION IS REQUIRED AND THE PUBLIC NECESSITY PROCESS IS A TERRIFIC WAY FOR US TO GO ABOUT THAT, THAT PROVIDE, PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY, UH, FOR THE PROCESS.

SO IF YOU FOLLOW THE CURSOR, UM, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS SOUTH MAIN AND THE LIMITS OF THE PROJECT ARE ESSENTIALLY FROM, UH, HERE UP TO, UH, TEXAS.

BUT IN REALITY, THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM WORK ARE HERE TO THE EAST.

SO I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE, UH, BIG GREEN SQUARE THERE.

THAT'S REALLY THE KEY TO THIS WHOLE THING THAT'S GOING TO BE, THAT'S A 4.9, UH, ACRE PARCEL, WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO A DETENTION POND.

UH, WHEN WE REQUIRE THE PROPERTY, THAT AMOUNT OF DETENTION WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT, UH, IMPROVEMENT TO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN THAT AREA.

UH, PRESENTLY IT DOES NOT HAVE NEARLY THAT MUCH, UH, CAPACITY FOR DRAINAGE, SO THAT'LL MAKE A, A BIG IMPROVEMENT THERE.

UM, SO WE'VE SHARED THIS SLIDE WITH YOU IN THE PAST AT THE OTHER TWO PRESENTATIONS.

THIS GOES OVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PUBLIC NECESSITY DECLARATION, UH, PROCESS AND THE BENEFITS OF IT.

SO I'LL HIT ON A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS.

UH, IT'S INTENDED TO PROVIDE A TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR ADDRESSING, UH, MATTERS THAT CAN'T BE SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED.

UH, IF YOU HAVE AN UNSUCCESSFUL PRICE NEGOTIATION, UH, THIS IS WHAT THIS TOOL'S FOR.

SO, UH, YOU PROVIDE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WITH A INDEPENDENT, PROFESSIONAL THIRD PARTY APPRAISAL, UH, INFORM THEM THAT THE CITY INTENDS TO PURSUE, UH, THE PROPERTY, THE ACQUISITION OF THAT PROPERTY BASED ON THAT APPRAISED VALUE.

UH, IF THE OFFER IS NOT ACCEPTED, THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS BEGINS.

UM, THAT SAID, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER STILL HAS RIGHTS, UH, TO APPEAL THE PROCESS THROUGH A SPECIAL COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY.

UM, THEY ALSO HAVE, UH, OTHER MEANS OF APPEALS AS WELL.

UH, BUT, UH, AS THE PROCESS GOES ON, THE CITY DOES RETAIN THE RIGHT TO USE THE PROPERTY DURING THAT APPEAL PROCESS, UH, PROVIDED THE APPRAISED OFFER HAS BEEN PAID TO THE OWNER.

UH, WITH THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE BRIEF PRESENTATION AND OUR REQUEST THIS EVENING WOULD BE TO, UH, REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A PUBLIC NECESSITY DECLARATION FOR THE TRACKS, UH, THAT WILL FACILITATE THE SOUTH MAIN AND REPUBLIC DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I, IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM EIGHT C.

MOVE TO APPROVE MOVE MOTION.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF EIGHT CS PRESENTED? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF EIGHT C, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ITEM NINE A I BELIEVE WE'RE, THIS ITEM IS GOING TO GET, IS GONNA GET PUSHED TO SEPTEMBER 28TH MEETING.

FOR THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, THANK YOU.

NEXT, UH,

[a. Consider a resolution accepting a donation from ExxonMobil to assist in paying expenses associated with the Grito Festival.]

SO WE CAN GET, UM, SOME, THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EXXONMOBIL HERE.

MOVE

[a. Receive the 2023 Appraisal Rolls certified by the Harris County Appraisal District and the Chambers County Appraisal District. 2023 Appraisal Roll certified by Harris County Appraisal District. Total Appraised Value: $7,195,456.084 Total Taxable Value: $5,585,877,131 Total Uncertified (Taxable Value): $540,652,189 2023 Appraisal Roll certified by Chamber County Appraisal District. Total Certified Taxable Value: $444,887,640 ]

ON TO ITEM 10 A IS TO RECEIVE THE 2023 APPRAISAL ROLLS CERTIFIED BY THE HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE CHAMBERS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, MS. MCKENZIE, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 26 0 4 B OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE, WE HAVE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT ROLES.

AND THIS IS HARRIS COUNTY'S APPRAISAL DISTRICT IN CHAMBERS COUNTY.

UM, THE APPRAISED VALUE IS 7.2 BILLION.

THE TAXABLE VALUE IS 5.6 BILLION, AND THAT EQUATES TO A DIFFERENCE OF 1.6 BILLION, WHICH IS IN EXEMPTIONS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE YOUR ABATEMENTS, YOUR, UM, OVER 65 AND YOUR DISABILITY, UH, EXEMPTIONS AND HOMESTEAD.

UM, YOUR CHAMBERS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT ROLE IS 444, UM, MILLION 0.9.

AND THAT IS, UM, WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED, WHICH IS WHAT OUR, UM, TAX WORKSHEET IS BASED OFF OF THIS YEAR.

SO ANY QUESTIONS? UH, WE'RE JUST RECEIVING THESE FIGURES, BUT IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MCKENZIE? AND JUST AS A POINT OF ORDER, NOT THAT IT'S A BIG DEAL, SHE DID EXPRESS THE, THE TOTAL VALUE AT 7.2 MILLION OR BILLION, UM, BUT THERE WAS, I THINK WHAT WAS POSTED AS A DECIMAL, UH, THAT SHOULD BE A COMMA JUST FOR THE RECORD.

UM, WE HAVE ITEM 10 B IS TO RECEIVE THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, MS. MCKENZIE.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE WILL, UH, WE WILL CONSIDER BOTH THESE TAX ROLL FROM BOTH HARRIS COUNTY AND CHAMBERS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICTS AS RECEIVED.

NEXT,

[b. Receive the no-new revenue tax rate and voter-approval tax rate.]

THOSE, UH, VALUES TO CALCULATE THE TAX RATE FOR THIS YEAR.

SO THE ROLES THAT YOU JUST RECEIVED, WE USE

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UM, THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS 0.72594.

UH, THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE IS 0.72585, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE PROPOSING A TAX RATE OF 0.72, JUST FLAT 0.72.

WHAT I'LL SAY BEFORE I OPEN A COMMENT, SO I, I JUST WANTED FOR MYSELF BA BASICALLY, SO IN 2005, 2006 BUDGET, UM, THE TAX RATE AT THE TIME WAS 0.73703.

AND SO, UM, I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE PAST FEW YEARS, UM, OUR COUNCIL AND FINANCE AND, AND, AND OTHERS, WE'VE BEEN, UM, EXTREMELY FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT WE TRY TO KEEP OUR TAX RATE ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN LINE WITH, WITH NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.

UH, BUT, BUT NUMBER TWO IS TO GET, GET IT, UM, GET IT DOWN AS LOW AS WE CAN.

LOTS OF THINGS HAPPEN IN AUSTIN.

OBVIOUSLY THE NEW TERMS OF NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE.

THOSE, THOSE ARE, UM, IN THE SENSE SOME NEW, NEW, UM, LEGISLATIONS, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY THAT IN SOME CASES.

I, I GET WHAT IT'S TRYING TO DO.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I AGREE WITH IT IN ITS ENTIRETY, BUT IT IS, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

UH, AND WHAT I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR IS WE, NOT ONLY DO WE MEET IT, WE, WE ARE STILL UNDER THAT BOTH IN THE NO NEW REVENUE, UH, TAX RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE.

SO NOW WITH IT BEING A, A FLAT 0.72, UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY COMMENTS.

I'M NOT SURE.

WE JUST RECEIVED THE RATE AND THAT'S IT, CORRECT? YES, WE, WHEN DO WE APPROVE IT THEN? WAS IT APPROVED? WAS WE'RE GONNA APPROVE THE NEXT MEETING.

CONSENT ITEMS, UH, ITEMS 11 A THROUGH M.

ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, WE WILL CONSIDER THE 0.72 AS A NEW TAX RATE, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

NEXT WE HAVE OUR

[11. 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.]

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL UNLESS ANYBODY NEEDS TO, UM, PULL ANY PARTICULAR ITEMS. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 11 A THROUGH M.

SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.

ON TO OUR ITEMS OF, OF, UH, 12 A AND B, WHICH COULD BE TAKEN TOGETHER.

ALL THOSE, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

AYE FOR THOSE OPPOSED.

AND WE'LL MOVE

[a. Receive a report from the Board and Commission Review Committee.]

[b. Discuss and consider the recommendation of the Boards and Commissions Ad Hoc Committee regarding the Municipal Development District Board.]

UM, MS GONNA TO RECEIVE A REPORT FROM MS. ALVARADO CHAIR OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION COMMITTEE, AND IS ALSO TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD AND COMMISSION'S AD HOC COMMITTEE REGARDING THE MDD DISTRICT BOARD.

SO, MS. DORADO, ALL YOURS ONCE AGAIN.

UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

UM, AS I, I DON'T HAVE THE CLICKERS, SO BRIAN, IF YOU CAN JUST ADVANCE WHEN WE DO.

UM, SO AS YOU REMEMBER FROM OUR MDD MEETING, UM, I AM THE CHAIR FOR THIS COMMITTEE ALONG WITH, UH, MS. SARAH GRAHAM AND MS. HEATHER BETTEN COURT.

I KNOW THAT SHE HAD TO LEAVE, UM, BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WE DELIVERED AT MDD.

UM, THE PURPOSE OF OUR COMMITTEE IS TO REVIEW AND, UM, DISCUSS THE POLICIES, PROCESS, AND PROCEDURES FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE, UM, UM, COMBINE ITEMS 12 A AND B AS WE REVIEW THIS, UM, PARTICULAR ITEM AS WE ARE NOT MAKING A FORMAL DECISION BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO COME BACK AND DO A RESOLUTION.

AND ALL WE'RE DOING IS CONSIDERING, UM, THE UPDATES THAT WE MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS AS WELL AS IN MDD.

UM, SO CURRENTLY THE M DDS PURPOSE IS TO MANAGE SALES TAX SALES TAXES TO FACILITATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROWTH THAT WILL ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE 13 MEMBERS.

UM, IT'S SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ALONG WITH SIX NON-ELECTED AT LARGE CITIZENS APPOINTED BY, UM, EACH COUNCIL.

UM, THE MEETINGS ARE HELD MONTHLY ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

OUR PROPOSAL FOR MDD, UM, WE WOULD LIKE, UM, TO HAVE CONCURRENTLY, UM, MDD INTO OUR, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

UM, IT WOULD STILL, IT WOULD BE THE SEVEN MEMBERS ALONG, UH, WHICH ARE THE ELECTED, UM, BODY MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, THERE WILL BE HELD CONCURRENTLY WITH CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND THE MEETINGS WOULD BE HELD AS NEEDED, JUST LIKE MDD.

NOW, WE SOMETIMES DON'T MEET.

UM, SO IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING WHEN WE HOLD THEM CONCURRENTLY.

UM, THIS WOULD ALSO APPLY FOR THE HOSPITALITY PUBLIC.

UM, YEAH, Y'ALL KNOW WHICH ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, .

UM, AND SO, UM, WHAT WE ARE CREATING IS A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, SOMEWHAT LIKE

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PNZ, UM, WHICH WILL SERVE AS AN ADVISORY ROLE TO MDD.

UM, IN OUR, WE, WE DID ENSURE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT IN OUR MDD MEETING EARLIER, WE DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT CURRENT MDD MEETINGS HERE, THE PROPOSAL.

UM, SO WE DID PRESENT IT, UM, EARLIER.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE CITIZEN, UM, IN THE MEETING.

UM, AND HE PROVIDED FEEDBACK AND, UM, DID NOT, UM, HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE CHANGE.

UM, SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS NEW BODY WOULD BE AS AN ADVISORY BOARD WHO WORKS WITH THE CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF TO IDENTIFY AND REVIEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL GROW AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO REVIEWING BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANTS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.

WE SEE THIS PARTICULAR BOARD ALSO WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE CREATING, UM, WITH, UM, OUR ED TEAM.

UM, THESE WOULD BE, UH, SEVEN NON-ELECTED MEMBERS.

SO WE DID TAKE SOME OF YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, UH, AT HEART WE INITIALLY HAD FIVE, UM, SO WE DID INCREASE IT TO SEVEN TO ENSURE THAT EACH OF THE MEMBERS GETS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO SELECT, UM, A MEMBER TO REPRESENT, UM, THE BOARD, UH, MEETINGS WILL BE HELD QUARTERLY, BUT AS NEEDED AS WELL.

AND SO THAT WILL BE TERM, BUT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE BODY AS A WHOLE.

THEY WILL FOLLOW, UM, THE SAME GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF ELECTING, UM, CHAIRS, ET CETERA.

WE'LL NOT GO INTO THAT TONIGHT.

UM, SO ALL, ALL WE'RE DOING IS, UM, CONSIDERING THE DECISION TO, UM, SEPARATE THE BODIES AT THAT TIME.

UM, SO, UM, THAT'S FOR MDD.

UM, THE OTHER REPORT THAT WE WANTED TO GIVE IS KIND OF WHERE WE WERE AS WE REVIEWED THE 40 PLUS, UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE.

AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO DISSOLVE THE ONES THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN.

UM, WHICH IS THE AFFIRMATIVE, AFFIRMATIVE, EXCUSE ME, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM, ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE, THE BATTLESHIP STEERING COMMITTEE, BAYTOWN AIR AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD, BAYTOWN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE BOARD, THE BAYTOWN MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD, BOARD OF EQUALIZATION COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL JUDGES, THE CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL, FAIR HOUSING COMMISSION, THE GULF AG AD HOC COMMITTEE, THE INDUSTRIAL APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT COMMITTEE, THE LEGISLATIVE AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND THE PATIENT AT SAN JACINTO HOSPITAL, AS WELL AS THE SIGN COMMITTEE.

UM, WE, UH, DID TAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF AS WE WENT THROUGH TO SEE WHICH ONES WERE DISSOLVING.

UM, AND THE ONES THAT WE'RE KEEPING AT THIS TIME ARE THE BAYTOWN WATER AUTHORITY, UH, CRIME PREVENTION CONTROL, UH, DISTRICT, THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, FIRE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, AND EMS DISTRICT, HOSPITALITY, PUBLIC FACILITIES, CORPORATION PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

UM, I WILL SAY, UM, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDES, UM, BRIAN, THAT A LOT OF THESE, UM, COMMITTEES ARE, UM, ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO BE HELD.

THE ONES THAT WE'RE KEEPING, UM, THOSE ARE SOME THAT ARE STATUTORY, UM, AND THEY'RE STILL SERVING A PURPOSE.

UM, THE ONE BEFORE THAT WE'RE ASKING TO DISSOLVE, UM, AS WE WENT THROUGH AND, AND TALK TO STAFF AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN THEY'RE MEETING, WHEN THEY'RE MEETING.

AND WE DID GET AN EXTENSIVE LIST FROM OUR CLERK'S OFFICE, WHICH I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND SO WE, WE KIND OF LOOKED AT WHAT WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE OR THOSE THAT HAD, UM, SERVED ITS LIFE LIFE'S PURPOSE AND THOSE THAT MAYBE HAVE BEEN REINVENTED AND OTHER WAYS THROUGH CITY ORDINANCES AND STRATEGIES.

SO THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE WHICH ONES WOULD GO.

AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A FINAL DETERMINATION.

WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH FINAL APPROVALS WITH STAFF.

UM, WE HAD, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL ONES ON THE LIST THAT WE STILL HAD QUESTIONS ON IF WE DID GET SOME REVIEWS BACK FROM OUR CITY MANAGER.

BUT, UM, BECAUSE WE WERE NOT MEETING AS A COMMITTEE AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMITTEE GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST KIND OF REVIEW THOSE THAT WE STILL HAD QUESTIONS ON.

UM, SOME OF THEM WE ASKED TO DISSOLVE, BUT WE GOT INFORMATION BACK THAT, NO, YOU CAN'T DISSOLVE THOSE.

UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU AS WE GO THROUGH THE, UM, RESOLUTION AND GIVE YOU A STATUS OF THE REMAINING BOARDS.

UM, SO MOVING FORWARD, OUR, UM, NEXT STEPS REALLY IS TO HAVE YOU ALL, UM, CONSIDER OR APPROVE THIS NEW MDD AND HOSPITALITY PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION TO CURRENT, TO RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND THEN MOVING FORWARD ASSIGNED FROM

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MDD.

UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE ARE 40, UH, OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND WE DID HOLD A DISCUSSION IN, UM, WITH ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT AND, UH, WE WILL LOOK AT ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE SESSIONS OR SESSION, UM, TO BE HELD TO DISCUSS THOSE REMAINING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL AS THE MDD MAKEUP.

SO, UH, WE'RE ONLY CONSIDERING THE, THE SPLITTING OFF OF THIS NEW ECONOMIC ADVISORY, UM, BOARD.

ONCE WE GET THAT CONSIDERATION, THEN THE COMMITTEE CAN GO BACK WITH THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAD GIVEN AT THE LAST MEETING AND ANY NEW FEEDBACK THAT WE MAY GET FROM MEMBERS OF THE M CURRENT MDD BOARD THAT WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE.

WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH A, UM, KIND OF A, UM, A PROPOSAL ON WHAT THESE TWO BOARDS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

WE'RE THE SECOND BOARD ANYWAY, THE ADVISORY BOARD, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR A FINAL RESOLUTION.

SO WITH ALL OF THAT, UM, I'M GONNA, UM, ASK MY COMMITTEE COLLEAGUE TO SEE IF SHE HAS ANY FURTHER INPUT BEFORE OPENING IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

I THINK YOU SAID ALL OF IT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

YOU'RE BRINGING IN OLD BINDERS THAT THE BINDER THAT WE WERE GIVEN WAS FIVE INCHES.

IT WAS CRAZY THICK.

AND, UH, VERY INTERESTING TO RESEARCH AND DIG INTO SOME OF THIS.

THERE WAS ONE, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT WAS, BUT THERE WAS ONE BOARD THAT, UM, WAS DEVELOPED IN 1925, AND THE MICRO, THERE WAS COPIES OF THE MICROFILM.

UM, AND IT, I THINK IT WAS THE ORIGINAL FINANCE COMMITTEE IN GOOSE CREEK, TEXAS.

AND IT WAS DEVELOPED THE NIGHT THE MAYOR WAS BEING IMPEACHED.

AND, UM, IT, AND IT WAS ON THE MICROFILM AND I BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THAT SOME OF THIS, THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER A WHILE.

I MEAN, I COULDN'T BELIEVE SOME OF THESE STILL EXISTED.

SO, UM, VERY INTERESTING WORK DONE, UM, BY WE THREE WOMEN THAT WERE PUT ON THIS.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DIG INTO IT AND HOPEFULLY BRING Y'ALL BACK SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT.

WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY IF I HAVE ONE QUESTION, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA ADDRESS ALL THIS STUFF FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I KNEW IT WAS A LOT OF WORK.

IT WAS PROBABLY MORE WORK THAN I EVEN THOUGHT Y'ALL WOULD, UM, BE, I GUESS, UM, BE PRESENTED WITH MM-HMM .

BUT, UM, I THINK MDD WAS PROBABLY THE ORIGIN OF THE DISCUSSION, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOUR COMMENT TO SAY THAT IT WAS INTERESTING AND THAT WE, WE GO AND WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND LOOK AT THE PURPOSE AND MISSION AND STRUCTURE MM-HMM .

AND SO THAT WAY THAT WE, UM, BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF STAFF, STAFF TO IMAGINE ALL THESE MEETINGS, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A STAFF PERSON THERE.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR ATTORNEY THERE.

AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO, TO, WE DON'T WANT TO CERTAINLY, UM, BE UTILIZING THEM, UTILIZING THEM FOR THINGS THAT, THAT MAY NOT NEED TO TAKE PLACE.

I THOUGHT PERSONALLY, THE CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL, I THOUGHT WE'D DISSOLVE THAT A WHILE BACK.

PERSONALLY, BUT WE MAY NOT HAVE WENT THROUGH COUNCIL ACTION TO DO SO.

EXACTLY.

AND THAT'S, THAT WAS OKAY.

IT WAS, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

THERE WAS SO MANY, I MEAN, YOU SAW NEAR THE, THE, WHAT THAT HAD THE BATTLESHIP AND THE SAN PATIENTS OF SAN JACINTO HOSPITAL.

AND SO, UM, IT WAS DEFINITELY TIME TO, TO DIG IN DEEPER AND FIGURE OUT, SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS AND WELL UTILIZE ALL THIS CORRECTLY.

WELL, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME AND EFFORT FOR ALL THE THREE MEMBERS THAT, THAT SERVED ON THAT.

SO I'M SURE WE'LL STILL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO MEET ANYMORE REALLY MUCH AT THIS POINT.

WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE MEETING, UM, TO KIND OF FINALIZE AND HELP PUT TOGETHER THE RESOLUTION, UM, TO BRING TO Y'ALL FOR A FINAL APPROVAL.

SO WHAT WE DO HAVE IN FRONT OF US THIS EVENING IS, UM, I GUESS YOU'D SAY THE MAKEUP OF THE MDD AND AS WHAT MS. DORADO DID EXPRESS WOULD BE, WOULD BE CREATION OF A NEW, UM, A NEW BOARD THAT'S SEVEN, UH, APPOINTED, UM, UNELECTED, UH, CITIZENS WILL SERVE ON.

SOME OF THAT MAY BE BY ROLE, AND THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WITH A A COULD BE A LEGAL BACKGROUND OR FINANCE BACKGROUND OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

WE'RE NOT THERE YET ON IT.

BUT IT, AT LEAST IT, I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS APPROVAL OF, OF BASICALLY SEVEN COUNCIL, SEVEN ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD SERVE AN MDD AND THEN THE OTHER SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS WOULD SERVE IN THE, THE CAPACITY OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF, OF THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE M DDS STRUCTURE AND MAKE UP, OH, EXCUSE ME.

HOLD ON.

UH, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD.

I'M THEN I ALMOST, ALMOST, YOU GO AHEAD, SIR.

IT CAME TO ME LATE.

STOP THE PRESSES.

, STOP PRESS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, REVIEW COMMITTEE.

FIRST, I WANT TO COMMEND THEM FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE AND THE COMPOSITION, UH, SEEMS TO BE QUITE STELLAR, AND,

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I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UH, THERE HAS BEEN NO MEN MENTION, UH, WHETHER IN, IN, IN GETTING RID OF OR ADDING OR KEEPING THE ETHICS COMMISSION THAT I'VE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN OTHER SPEECHES.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR HEAR A REPORT ON THAT.

I THINK ETHICS AND GOVERNMENT IS IMPORTANT.

THERE'S SEVERAL CITIES ALL OVER THROUGHOUT THE STATE WITH AN ETHICS COMMISSION.

UNITED, UH, THE BAYTOWN, TEXAS HAS NOT HAD AN ETHICS COMMISSION OPERATING SINCE ABOUT 2008, 2009 OR SO.

PERHAPS THE COMMITTEE CAN GIVE US MORE INSIGHT ON THAT.

BUT I THINK IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR GOVERNMENT, UH, ETHICAL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A CITIZENS DRIVEN ETHICS COMMISSION THAT COULD, UH, BE A PART OF THE PROCESS AND KEEP, UH, HOLDING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE.

WE MENTIONED THAT WE MIGHT GET RID OF THE SIGN COMMITTEE.

WE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SIGNS AT THE LAST MEETING.

I WASN'T HERE IN PERSON, BUT I DID COMMENT OR SEE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE SIX SIGNS AND THE SIGNAGE AROUND TOWN.

I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SIGN COMMITTEE.

ONE OF THE HINDRANCES OF THAT COMMITTEE AND OTHERS COMMITTEE, OTHER COMMITTEES LISTED ON THAT WAS, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REAL ESTATE BROKER OR SOMEBODY AFFILIATED WITH REAL ESTATE TO BE A PART OF THE SIGNED COMMITTEE, WHEN IN FACT, THAT PROBABLY SHOULD JUST BE A GENERAL CI, CITIZEN DRIVEN, UH, COMMITTEE.

I HAVE TO LOOK AT MY NOTES FOR THE REST OF THEM.

UH, I ALSO DIDN'T SEE THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, ON THERE.

HOPEFULLY WE KEEP THAT OR DECIDE TO KEEP THAT.

I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE MAYOR FOR CREATING THAT COMMITTEE AND THE CHIEF AS WELL.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THE THINGS IN TOWN, INCLUDING OUR, UH, KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE AT SCHOOL.

I THINK, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, UNDERLOOKED, UH, ADVANTAGES OF HAVING THAT COMMITTEE.

AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY FOR HAVING THAT IN PLACE.

SO, FINALLY, MR. MAYOR DID MENTION THE CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL AND HOW WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THAT A LONG TIME AGO.

SHOWS HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN HERE, I GUESS , UH, WE GOT RID OF THAT A LONG TIME AGO, AND PERHAPS WE SHOULD CONSIDER TRYING TO, UH, REINSTATE THAT AND HAVING CITIZENS ON BEHALF OF THE STATE, UH, BEHALF OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENT SOME OF THE INTEREST IN CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN ACE DISTRICT AND A COMMITTEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

UH, HOWEVER, IF WE HAVE THE CITY AND THE BACKING OF THE CITY DIRECTLY AND UNIFORMLY BEHIND THE CULTURAL ARTS BEHIND US, UH, THEN WE THINK WE CAN SEE MORE, UH, UH, GROWTH IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, G***O FAST JUNETEENTH AND OUR 4TH OF JULY PARADE.

THAT WAS, UH, UH, THAT'S BEEN GROWING, I THINK TREMENDOUSLY THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE MORE CITIZEN DRIVEN OPPORTUNITIES INSTEAD OF, UH, HANDPICKED, UH, COMMITTEES LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S ALL I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS, THIS DISCUSSION.

AND I HOPE THAT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO USE OUR CONSCIOUS AND BEST MIND FOR, UH, THESE COMMITTEES ESPECIALLY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANKS, SIR.

OH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? STILL, MAYOR? YEP.

BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION MM-HMM .

WE ASKED THE OTHER MEMBERS OF MDD TO PROVIDE US SOME FEEDBACK TONIGHT.

SO IS AS FAR AS THE CONSENSUS, I LIKE WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S BROUGHT FORWARD, BUT BEFORE I WOULD VOTE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE DO IT, I'D LIKE TO SEE THEIR COMMENTS, WHICH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHERE WE WERE GOING IN THE MDD DISCUSSION.

SO, SO AGAIN, IF THE COMMITTEE JUST KIND OF WANTS A CONSENSUS FROM US THAT WE LIKE WHAT WE SEE, I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, MAYOR, IT'S THE, THE, THE BOOKLET THAT HELD ALL THE COMMITTEES.

SOME OF THEM WERE, WERE YET TO DUST, YOU KNOW, DUST 'EM OFF PRETTY WELL.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO SEE IF THEY GIVE US ANY FEEDBACK, THEIR COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MEMBERS HAS BEEN ON IT A LONG TIME AND COULD PROBABLY GIVE US SOME GOOD INSIGHT.

SO, AGAIN, I LIKE IT.

I LIKE WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

I, I KIND OF AGREE WITH THE DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR THOSE COMMENTS BEFORE WE MAKE IT A, A FORMAL APPROVAL IF, IF THE COMMITTEE UNDERSTANDS.

I TOTALLY AGREE.

I YOU WANNA MAKE YOUR COMMENT FIRST AND IT'S UP TO YOU.

IT'S WHOEVER Y'ALL WANT.

GO AHEAD.

UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY AND CLARIFY THAT WE STILL HAVE OVER 10, UM, COMMITTEES AND BOARDS THAT WE'RE NOT MENTIONED TONIGHT.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO BE EXTREMELY THOROUGH BEFORE WE BRING THINGS TO YOU.

UM, AND SO OVER 10 OF THEM WE'RE STILL RESEARCHING.

UM, AND WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT ANY OF THE BOARDS THAT WE BRING AND THAT WE NEED TO, TO KEEP AND, AND NOT DISSOLVE, THAT THEY ARE MEETING, THAT THEY SERVE A PURPOSE, THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST A CHECK MARK THAT JUST SITS IN A BINDER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES.

UM, AND, AND SO THAT JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW AND CLARIFY THAT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE NOT BEING MENTIONED.

IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE STILL DIGGING INTO THEM AND FIGURING OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE GET FEEDBACK FROM THE OTHER MDD MEMBERS OR IF WE, ONCE WE BRING BACK HOW WE WANT THE MAKEUP OR WHAT, HOW WE RECOMMEND THE MAKEUP BE, WHO SHOULD BE ON THERE AS, AS FAR AS REALTORS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT, THEN YOU STILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S KEEP IT AS IS.

SO, AND, UM, AND AS FAR AS THE MDD EARLIER DURING THAT MEETING, UM, I THINK THAT THE STAFF IS GONNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE MDD BOARD MEMBER OR DIRECTORS, UM, GET ALL THE, THE DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE NEED.

AND, UH, I WANTED TO EXPAND ON THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS APPROVING FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS.

WE STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER

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SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE CAN DO THOSE ADDITIONAL STEPS IN, IN CREATING THE RESOLUTION, THE MAKEUP OF, OF THE GROUP, ET CETERA.

SO, UM, THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS EVENING.

THAT'S IT.

'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO DETERMINE THOSE ROLES.

RIGHT, EXACTLY.

SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S, THAT IS WHAT ENTAILS FOR ITEM 12 B, CORRECT? MM-HMM .

CORRECT.

UM, YEAH, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENT? SO WE CAN APPROVE THIS, BUT IT'S STILL NOT FINALIZED.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO VOTE ON THEN, RIGHT? NO, THERE, WELL, IT SAYS ASSESS AND CONSIDER, SAY YEAH, WE DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE IF IT IS.

JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO VOTE ON SOMETHING AGAIN ANYWAY.

YOU KNOW, I GUESS MY ONLY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, UM, MAYBE WE KIND OF DISASSEMBLE THIS, THIS IN CHUNKS.

IF WE SAY HERE'S A LIST OF COMMITTEES OR WHATEVER THEY MAY BE THAT WE WANT TO DISSOLVE, THEN THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE CAN JUST DONE.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE DISSOLVING, BUT Y'ALL HAVE A COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S OKAY FOR THE COMMITTEE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OTHER MDD PIECE AND STILL REVIEWING THE OTHER ONES.

I THINK THAT'S AN, UH, AN UNSAID UNDERSTANDING.

BUT YOU CAN VOTE ON THE, I DON'T THINK WE CAN VOTE IT ON IT TONIGHT.

WELL, I MEAN, THE ATTORNEYS WRITTEN'S CORRECT.

THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING TONIGHT, BUT I'M SAYING NEXT MEETING YOU COULD DO THAT TO DISSOLVE IT ALTOGETHER.

UM, WE HAVE ITEM 13 A TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION NOMINATING IN PERSON TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHAMBERS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

AND 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA, YOU MAY STILL FOCUS ON THE OTHER 10, 15, 20 COMMITTEES OF, OF THE STRUCTURE AND TERMS AND OTHER THINGS.

SO THIS ONE'S JUST OKAY.

ALL, SO WE, AGAIN, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST PROCEED.

WE WILL JUST CONSIDER BOTH THE REPORT AND THE DISCUSSION COMPLETED.

ALRIGHT, APPOINTMENTS.

[a. Consider a resolution nominating a person to serve on the Board of Directors of the Chambers County Appraisal District. ]

I HAD THIS ITEM PLACED ON, ON THE AGENDA.

UH, THERE'S NOT A NAME THAT ALTHOUGH WE DO APPOINT SOMEONE, WE DO HAVE TO APPOINT THEM.

WE DO HAVE TO TAKE ACTION AND SEND THIS TO CHAMBERS COUNTY BY OCTOBER 14TH.

SO I WANT, I THINK THERE'S A LIST OF FIVE BLANKS NOW WE CAN SUBMIT ONE NAME OR UP TO FIVE.

SO I WOULD ASK COUNSEL TO TAKE, TAKE THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IF THERE'S ANYBODY YOU WANT TO NOMINATE IN CHAMBERS COUNTY TO REPRESENT THIS OR, OR NOT.

IF YOU DON'T, UM, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL PROCEED.

IS THAT FAIR? ALRIGHT.

I HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE.

CHAMBERS COUNTY RESIDENT.

ARE THERE ANY, ARE APPLICANTS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? JUST GUIDELINES AROUND WHO WE CAN, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY DID THEY, THEY MUST BE A CHAMBERS COUNTY RESIDENT.

MUST BE A BAYTOWN CHAMBER? I'M CHAMBER COUNTY RESIDENT.

RESIDENT.

GOOD.

BAYTOWN, CJ, I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF WHAT THE CRITERIA IS FOR THAT APPOINTMENT.

I WOULD ASSUME CITY LIMITS OF BAYTOWN.

I WOULD THINK SO.

AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE HOUSING, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF LA IN CHAMBERS COUNTY, THAT, THAT, UH, THEY WOULD, I THINK THEY'RE ALL ON YOUR DISTRICT.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK, I MEAN, FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYBODY, IF WE'RE ASKING FOR NAMES, JUST KIND OF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN NARROW DOWN THE SCOPE OF WHO YEAH, I, IF THERE IS, I'LL, I'LL GET IT.

I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS TO Y'ALL IF THERE'S A GUIDELINE, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THEY, THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN CHAMBERS COUNTY AND PROBABLY SAVE LIMITS OF BAYTOWN.

SO IF, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY YOU BELIEVE WILL BE A, UM, GOOD DOMINATION, THEN SO BE IT.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, SO WHAT TAKES PLACE OF IS USUALLY IN, IN THIS, THERE'S EACH CITY OR POLITICAL ENTITY IN A SENSE MAY HAVE X AMOUNT OF VOTES TOWARD A PERSON THAT THEY NOMINATE, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

SO IF OTHER CITIES NOMINATE SOMEONE ELSE, THEN IT KIND OF IS KIND OF GO, I GUESS WINNER TAKES ALL, I GUESS.

I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK.

THAT'S CORRECT.

MR. MAYOR AND I CAN, UH, EITHER GET BACK TO YOU IN A FEW MINUTES WITH THE CRITERIA OR I CAN COME BACK BEFORE YOU VOTE AND, UH, GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC LIST.

APPRECIATE IT.

JUST, I CAN GET TO SEND OUT TO COUNSEL WHEN YOU GO AND YOU GET IT.

WHEN YOU COME BACK WITH THE GUIDELINES, CAN YOU ALSO COME BACK WITH, UH, UM, HOW HE SAID WINNER TAKES ALL, LIKE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR WHAT THEIR ROLE IS? OR JUST BECAUSE IT, THE, THE VOTE BREAKDOWN IS IN OUR, IN OUR BACKUP INFO.

SO IT'S BASICALLY, IT'S, IT'S BROKEN DOWN BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF THE, UM, THE, THE APPRAISAL VALUE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO WE, WE ARE 53 VOTES OF A TOTAL OF 5,000.

SO YOU CAN DIVIDE THOSE 53 VOTES BETWEEN ONE PERSON OR UP TO FIVE.

SO NEXT WE HAVE OUR MANAGER'S REPORT.

I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE READ THAT.

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THAT'S OKAY.

NO, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE EVER HEARD THAT DETAIL, SO IT WAS A GOOD QUESTION, LIKE HOW THAT WORKS.

I KNOW WE CAN DIVIDE THOSE, BUT THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO COME TO COUNCIL.

'CAUSE THERE WAS LIKE FIVE BLANKS.

SO LOTS OF TIMES THESE LETTERS ARE SENT TO ME DIRECTLY AND I BRING IT UP TO COUNSEL.

I COULD JUST PUT A NAME AND SIGN IT AND SEND IT ON ITS WAY, BUT I CHOSE NOT TO .

ALRIGHT, SO NEXT WE HAVE OUR, BUT EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH THAT.

SO I KNOW IT'S TWO WEEKS, BUT AT LEAST YOU HAVE, UM, SOME TIME TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND HOMEWORK.

UH,

[14. 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.]

MAYOR, COUNCIL, I HAVE QUITE A FEW THINGS.

UM, AND I WANNA START OFF BY THANKING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR GETTING THE BUDGET AND, UH, THERESA FOR PASSING YOUR FIRST BUDGET AND, UH, GREAT WORK AND TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND TO ALL THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.

AND VICTOR, THANK YOU FOR THE MENTORING, UH, TO HELP HER AND, UH, GET ALL THIS DONE.

SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR EVERYTHING.

UH, COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR BEING OPEN TO A NEW PROCESS.

THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL WENT THROUGH AS WELL, AND, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER, UH, TO GET THIS BUDGET TO WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE.

SO THANK YOU.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, MR. LLOYD.

I, I KNOW YOU'RE HIDING BACK THERE.

UM, THIS IS HIS LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND UM, HE IS MOVING ON TO, UH, TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS.

IS THAT CORRECT, MR? YES.

UH, LIVELY.

AND HE'S HEADING UP TO NAVASOTA.

SIR, WAIT, DO YOU MIND COMING TO THE PODIUM SO WE CAN HEAR YOUR VOICE? , SPEAK TO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.

YEAH, I THINK I REMEMBER HOW THIS WORKS.

SO LLOYD, YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR, UH, QUITE SOME TIME AND, UH, BAYTOWN HAS BEEN YOUR HOME FOR YOU AND YOUR WIFE.

AND, UH, UH, WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THIS CITY.

UH, WE WISH YOU THE BEST.

UH, THANK YOU.

WE WILL MISS YOU BACK THERE, UH, TELLING THE MAYOR TO IT'S TIME, AND SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE, AND, UH, WITH ALL OF IT AND JUST TAKING CARE OF THIS CHAMBER.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO BAYTOWN AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OH, THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO YEAH, BELIEVING IS VERY BITTERSWEET.

UM, I DID PUT, MY WIFE AND I BOTH PUT DOWN VERY DEEP ROOTS INTO THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, MY FATHER IS TURNING 95 IN JANUARY AND I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO HIM TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.

SO IT WAS A HARD DECISION, BUT I NEEDED DECISION.

SO, SO, UM, ONLY THING I WOULD I WANNA ADD IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE HERE WHEN, WHEN WE REDID THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THROUGH, THROUGH DESIGN, THROUGH INSTALLATION, AND EVEN NOW, UH, ALL THE UPDATES AND YOU'VE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN WE WENT FROM JUST BASICALLY THESE OLD THINGS, YES, NO TV OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND NOW IN A SENSE, OUR CITIZENS, THEY CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, EN LIVE IN LIVING COLOR, EVERYTHING THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

AND SO YOU, YOU'VE BEEN THAT PERSON.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S A TEAM OF ONE , BUT, UM, OR AN ARMY OF ONE, I GUESS.

BUT YOU'VE BEEN THAT PERSON BEHIND THE LENS IN THE DIFFERENT INFORMATIONAL, UH, VIDEOS THAT THE CITY PUTS OUT AND CERTAINLY RUNNING THE CONTROLLED ROOM OF, OF CHANNEL 16.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR, YOU KNOW, 4TH OF JULY FOR MC , SO TO SOMEBODY COME OUT AND IN THE HEAT AND WITH THE ENTHUSIASM, BUT AS IT WAS EXPRESSED, WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

AND CERTAINLY, I, I CERTAINLY RESPECT YOUR DECISION TO GET CLOSER TO YOUR FATHER.

AND SO WE WISH HIM THE BEST TOO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN IN MY CAPACITY AND TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU.

THINGS HERE THAT ARE, THAT ARE AMAZING.

I THINK SO.

AND MAYOR, AS YOU INDICATED, IF YOU DON'T MIND, AN ARMY OF ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF SOME OF YOU CAUGHT IT IN BETWEEN THE SESSIONS, LLOYD IS UNDERNEATH THE DESK BECAUSE THE COMPUTER'S HAD A GLITCH.

SO HE IS NOT ONLY RUNNING THE CONTROL BOARD, HE'S CRAWLING UNDERNEATH AND HOOKING UP WIRES AND SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT'S UP ON THE BOARDS.

SO AGAIN, LLOYD, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU.

YEAH, I, I WILL MISS ALL OF YOU GREATLY, SO THANK YOU.

UM, OF, WHILE WE'RE ON THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM, THEY DID GET THE, UH, SILVER SILVER CIRCLE AWARD FOR THE GRAPHIC DESIGN PUBLICATION, UH, FOR THE BAYTOWN VOICE.

SO THOMAS, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, GREAT WORK.

UM, I HAVE A FEW MORE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, CANDACE AND GABBY, UM, MADE, UH, THE FIRST TRANSPORT TO THE HIGH COUNTRY VETERINARY HOSPITAL IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

THEY TOOK 19 DOGS, UH, AND EIGHT OF THEM ALREADY HAVE HOMES.

SO WE HAVE A VERY DEDICATED TEAM THAT HAS WORKED TO, UH, UH, TRANSPORT SOME ANIMALS.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR DOING THAT.

SO, UH, HAVE QUITE A FEW

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UH, FIREFIGHTER, UH, GUERRERO, WHILE TRAVELING ABROAD TO, UH, TO BRAZIL, UH, THERE WAS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY MID-FLIGHT, AND, UH, THE FLIGHT CREW ASKED IF ANYBODY HAD MEDICAL TRAINING AND OUR FIREFIGHTER, UH, WAS ON BOARD, UH, TAKING CARE OF SOMEBODY THAT WAS HAVING SEIZURE, SEIZURE-LIKE ACTIVITY.

THE PASSENGER'S FAMILY STATED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A HISTORY OF CAESARS AND WAS A TYPE ONE DIABETIC.

UH, FIREFIGHTER GUERRERO TREATED THE PASSENGER A QUARTERLY, AND THE AIRLINE SENT A LETTER OF GRATITUDE FOR ASSISTING THE PASSENGER DURING FLIGHT.

SO, KENNY, UH, THANK YOU TO AND FIREFIGHTERS AND, UH, FIREFIGHTER GUERRERO FOR, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, SAVING SOMEBODY'S LIFE.

MEMBER DISTRICT REPORT OF, OF COUNCIL MEMBER LESTER'S, DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.

UH, AND THE EMS DEPARTMENT, UH, RECEIVED A MISSION LIFELINE, UH, EMS RECOGNITION, RECOGNITION GOLD PLUS TARGET.

ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR CON CONGRATULATIONS TO ACHIEVING THE FOLLOWING FOR THE 2023 MISSION LIFELINE, EMS RECOGNITION.

UH, THE AGENCY IS PART OF AN ELITE GROUP OF PRE-HOSPITAL PROVIDERS RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION FOR COMMITMENT AND SUCCESS, AND IMPLEMENTING A HIGHER STANDARD OF CARE BY ENSURING THAT EVERY STEMI PATIENT RECEIVES TREATMENT ACCORDING TO NATIONALLY ACCEPTED EVIDENCE BASED GUIDELINES, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND STANDARDS.

SO, UH, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK OVER THERE.

UH, MOVING ON TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, UH, UH, WITH UNIDOS AND IN FACT, THEY HAVE AN EVENT THIS SATURDAY THAT I HIGHLY RECOMMEND ANYBODY GET OUT AND, UH, PARTICIPATE IN.

IT IS A VERY WONDERFUL EVENT AND A, A VERY GREAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ASPECT THAT THE PD IS HAS TAKEN ON.

AND, UH, WITH THAT, UH, UM, LIEUTENANT HOSO AND, UH, OFFICER TIMO AND DETECTIVE, I'M SORRY IF I'M PRONOUNCING THIS WRONG, VAL.

UM, OKAY.

UH, THEY HAVE WORKED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO ORGANIZE UNIDOS EVENT, AND WE HAVE ONE COMING UP THIS SATURDAY, UH, THAT I HAVE BEEN TO, UH, TO THE, TO THE EVENTS.

THEY ARE FANTASTIC AND IT IS A DIFFERENT OUTREACH PROGRAM, UH, TO HELP, UM, UH, BRIDGE CULTURE DIVIDES BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT, UH, JUST CULTURALLY HAVE, ARE NOT THE SAME FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE MOVED INTO BAYTOWN.

AND WE'RE JUST TRYING DIFFERENT OUTREACH PROGRAMS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BRINGING THE FAMILIES TOGETHER.

IT'S BRINGING DIFFERENT RESIDENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED, UH, WITH BAYTOWN BEFORE.

AND I COMMEND THE PD AND THE, THE LT FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE.

SO, THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER.

SO SATURDAY, IS THERE A TIME LOCATION? YES, SIR.

SO IT'LL BE, UH, TOWN SQUARE SATURDAY FROM 4:00 PM TO 8:00 PM WITH FOOD TRUCKS, BANS, AND MULTIPLE BOOTHS INCLUDING, UH, UH, CONSULATE FROM, UH, MEXICO, UH, GUATEMALA AND HONDURAS.

AND THEN CONTINUING ON OFFICER WILKERSON, UM, UH, NOTICED HE WAS OUT, UH, PATROLLING AND NOTICED SOMEBODY THAT WAS STEALING ELECTRICITY FROM, UH, FROM A NEIGHBORING RESIDENT.

AND SO HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE AN ARREST AND HE FOUND THAT THE, THE FOLKS IN A, UH, FOUND THE FOLKS THAT WERE STILL IN THE ELECTRICITY IN ONE OF OUR PARKS.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'VE BEEN, UH, REALLY HITTING THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT'S BEEN CAMPING IN OUR PARKS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S JUST AN ASIDE, BUT MR. WIL, UH, OFFICER WILKERSON, UH, THEY ABLE TO FIND SOME PEOPLE.

THEY DID HAVE WARRANTS, THEY WERE ABLE TO ARREST THEM AND THEN, UH, CHARGE THEM WITH THEFT OF ELECTRICITY, UH, FOR SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.

SO GOOD JOB ON THAT.

AND THANK YOU, CHIEF.

AND, UM, THEN THIS CAME FROM A CITIZEN.

UH, WHILE WE DON'T HAVE THE IDENTITY OF THE OFFICER, THIS IS GREAT.

THEY CITIZENS ARE REACHING OUT AND, UH, A CITIZEN WANTED TO SEND OUT A NOTE OF APPRECIATION.

I WANTED TO THANK THE POLICE OFFICER WHO HELPED ME WHILE I WAS AT A BUS STOP.

HE BROUGHT ME A BOTTLE OF WATER, HE ASKED ME IF I WAS OKAY, TOOK AN INTEREST IN ME AND WAS TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF ME AND, AND BROUGHT ME SOME WATER.

UH, SO HE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THIS.

UM, THE CITIZEN SAYS I GREATLY APPRECIATED HIS, HIS HELP.

IT WAS VERY HOT, AND, UM, HE WAS KIND.

UM, AND I WANT TO THANK HIM SO MUCH FOR A HEARTFELT, CARING MESSAGE THAT HE WAS DELIVERING TO THE, TO THE CITIZENS.

UH, HE IS A MAN OF HIS WORD.

I THINK THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND HIM AND HIS SERVICE TO BAYTOWN.

THANKS FOR BEING A FRIEND.

THOSE ARE THE MESSAGES THAT WE LOVE SEEING AND REALLY APPRECIATE WHEN CITIZENS DO SENSE STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT FOR WHAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS OUT DOING.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND TO THOSE THAT, UH, HAVE ROSEN TO GET HIGHLIGHTED.

UH, THANK YOU ALL.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

ABSOLUTELY.

VERY GOOD TO HEAR THOSE TYPE OF MESSAGES FROM OUR CITIZENS.

UH, SO NEXT WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL

[a. Receive a report from Council Member Mike Lester regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 6. ]

OH, YES SIR.

MR. MAYOR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BEFORE MR. LESTER SPEAKS, I DO HAVE AN ANSWER TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM'S QUESTION.

THAT THE DIRECTOR BE A RESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT AND MUST HAVE RESIDED IN THE DISTRICT FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS, IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDING THE DATE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL TAKES OFFICE.

UH, FOR AN APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, SERVICE WOULD REQUIRE

[02:15:01]

SO JUST CHAMBERS COUNTY? YES, SIR.

FOLLOW SLIDES ABOUT A 30 MINUTE PRESENTATION.

GOOD.

NO, I KEEP IT REAL BRIEF.

YOU'RE ALSO PRO TEMP, SO I'M GONNA TO STEP OUT , UH, JUST REAL QUICK, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN DISTRICT SIX.

ALWAYS IS, AS THERE IS A LOT GOING ON ACROSS THE CITY AND ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS.

UM, WE'RE STILL, THE CITY IS STILL, WE, YOU KNOW, WE GET CITIZENS COMMENTS THAT WANTED THE CITY, YOU KNOW, DO THIS OR THAT.

THE CITY IS, UH, STILL IN DISCUSSIONS WITH A COUPLE OF FAST FOOD TYPE RESTAURANTS OR FACILITIES TO BE LOCATED ALONG ALEXANDER, UH, AREA.

SO I, I KEEP WAITING FOR THE APPROVAL TO SAY WHO AND WHAT AND WHEN.

BUT, UH, IT IS STILL ONGOING.

I'M SORRY, IT'S COMING.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IT'S COMING.

UH, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON.

UM, SOMETIMES OUR CITIZENS DON'T REALIZE JUST HOW HARD WE WORK TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

THE T 36 PROJECT, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING HARD AS THEY CAN.

THEY'RE DEALING WITH THE DROUGHT LIKE ALL OF US AND, AND DEALING WITH THE DROUGHT, TRYING TO GET GRASS TO GROW ON A GOLF COURSE IS DIFFICULT AT BEST.

I THINK ONE OF THE COMMENTS, UH, FROM ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS WAS THAT THEY'VE PROBABLY USED MORE WATER SO FAR THIS SUMMER THAN THEY ANTICIPATED USING IN AN ENTIRE YEAR, BUT THEY'RE STILL WATERING TO GET THE GRASS GOING.

THE, UH, RESTAURANT DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE OPEN SOMEWHERE AROUND NOVEMBER 1ST, END OF OCTOBER, 1ST OF NOVEMBER WITH THE GOLF COURSE ITSELF OPEN LATE NOVEMBER, MAYBE EARLY DECEMBER.

SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE RAIN TO COME, BUT HERE COMES THE DELUGE AND IT'S GONNA DELAY THINGS FROM THAT POINT.

UH, WARD ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, MOST OF THAT IS ACTUALLY IN SARAH'S DISTRICT, UH, WARD ROAD WEST OF UM, UH, ALEXANDER.

BUT THEY INDICATED THAT THE CRATE MYRTLES THAT WERE KILLED BY THE DROUGHT AND THE FREEZE, THEY'RE GONNA BE REPLACING THOSE SOON AND GOT ALL THE WATER LINES REPAIRED THERE WAS, IS JUST EXPOSED AND THEY GOT DAMAGED IL I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS AND I VISITED WITH FRANKLIN A BIT IL, THE ROADWAY DEVELOPMENT.

AND EVERYBODY GOES, WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO PUT IN A HUNDRED YARDS OF ROAD? WELL, IT WASN'T JUST THE ROAD.

THEY'VE REPLACED A COUPLE OF, THEY'VE REPLACED AN EIGHT INCH AND A 10 INCH AND THEY'RE DOING A 12 INCH FORCE MAIN THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND EFFORT.

UM, THOSE PROJECTS ARE PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED.

SO NOW THE, THE LAST LANE, IT'S A TWO LANE ROAD.

THE SECOND HALF WILL BE DONE PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, GIVE 'EM ANOTHER 30, 60 DAYS MAYBE TO GET THAT DONE.

FRANK'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE, AH, DON'T PUT ME ON THAT.

ANYWAY, THEY'RE WORKING ON IT AND IT'S A BIG PROJECT.

UH, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH, BUT IT'S A BIG PROJECT.

THE LAST AND, AND NOT LEAST IS, UH, THE, UH, NEWLY DISTRICTED AREA, UH, YEAR OR SO AGO OFF OF OLD ALEXANDER MOTEL 19.

UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE MANAGEMENT AND OWNERS OF THAT PROPERTY TO, TO HELP REDUCE, UH, POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

UH, THE CHIEF HAS, HAS WORKED WITH PATROL TO GET SOME INCREASED REGULAR PATROLS OUT THERE.

IT'S HELPED MOVE SOME OF THE HOMELESS FOLKS FROM SOME OF THE CORNERS IN THE HEAVY WOODED AREAS OUT THERE.

SO THEY'RE HAVING AN IMPACT.

AND, AND I GUESS MY ONLY COMMENT IS, IT WAS INTERESTING TO ME WHEN I WENT TO THE CHIEF AND THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER TO SAY, LOOK, WHAT CAN WE DO? AND THE CHIEF SAID, WELL, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.

AND SO THEY WERE ALREADY THERE.

THEY WERE ALREADY AWARE THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.

AGAIN, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT CITIZENS JUST DON'T SEE ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO KUDOS TO THE CHIEF AND HIS TEAM.

UH, THEY'RE AWARE OF A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND PROBABLY GLAD THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, MAYOR.