Oct 26, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

I'M A LITTLE SLOWER SO I CAN WRITE THAT DOWN.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS RECOGNITION AND, UH, OF, UH, CITY OF BAY, 10 EMPLOYEES AND YEARS OF SERVICE.

A AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NAY.

IT PASSES.

MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP THERE HELPING ME OUT TONIGHT? OKAY.

SO AGENDA

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

MR. LOPEZ? YES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TIM.

COUNCIL TONIGHT WILL RECOGNIZE OUR OCTOBER YEARS OF SERVICE EMPLOYEES.

JOSE LOPEZ, AQUATICS MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

CHASE BALL WAREHOUSE TECHNICIAN WITH FINANCE.

MONA MOFFITT, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH FIRE.

DALLAS V SERGEANT WITH POLICE.

GLENN SLAVIN, LIEUTENANT WITH POLICE.

GLENN GREW UP IN THE PASADENA AREA AND GRADUATED FROM SOUTH HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1992.

HE WENT ON TO ATTEND TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY UNTIL 1997, MAJORING IN HISTORY.

WHILE THERE, HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CORPS OF CADETS AND ENLISTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE RESERVES FOR A SIX YEAR COMMITMENT.

IN OCTOBER OF 1998, HE WAS HIRED AS A PATROL OFFICER WITH THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WORKING PRIMARILY THE EVENING SHIFT.

HE PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN APRIL, 2007 AND LED A PATROL SHIFT FOR APPROXIMATELY A YEAR BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO THE TRAINING DIVISION.

IN JUNE, 2011, HE RETURNED TO THE PATROL DIVISION, SERVING AS A SERGEANT ON PATROL.

SINCE HIS PROMOTION TO LIEUTENANT IN 2016, GLENN HAS SERVED AS A PATROL LIEUTENANT AND IS CURRENTLY THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS LIEUTENANT AND PROGRAM MANAGER FOR T-P-C-A-F DEPARTMENTAL ACCREDITATION.

DURING HIS TENURE WITH BAYTOWN PD GLENN HAS RECEIVED THE ARMED FORCES RIBBON, THE HONORABLE CONDUCT, MEDAL TO EMERGENCY SERVICE, RIBBONS, THE CHIEF'S UNIT, CITATION, THE LIFESAVING AWARD, THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, AND THE 100 CLUB OFFICER OF THE YEAR.

GLENN ENJOYS TROPHY HUNTING AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING TRIPS TO BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA AND ARGENTINA.

MOST RECENTLY TAKING A CAPE BUFFALO IN SOUTH AFRICA AND A WATER BUFFALO IN ARGENTINA.

GLENN HAS UPCOMING TRIPS TO HUNT IN SPAIN AND MOZAMBIQUE.

WHILE NOT PROFICIENT IN THE AFRICANS LANGUAGE, GLEN KNOWS ENOUGH TO TALK HIS WAY INTO TROUBLE WITHOUT KNOWING ENOUGH TO TALK HIS WAY OUT OF IT, EVEN AFTER THREE YEARS OF STUDYING.

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GLEN'S FAVORITE QUOTE COMES FROM MICHAEL SCOTT ON THE OFFICE.

WOULD I RATHER BE FEARED OR LOVED? EASY.

BOTH.

I WANT PEOPLE TO BE AFRAID OF HOW MUCH THEY LOVE ME.

THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT SLAVIN, FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

JOHN WADE, PATROL OFFICER AT POLICE.

JOHN GRADUATED FROM LAMAR UNIVERSITY REGIONAL POLICE ACADEMY IN MAY, 1996.

IN FEBRUARY, 1997, HE WAS HIRED BY THE KUNZ POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 1997, AND AGAIN FROM FEBRUARY, 1998 UNTIL OCTOBER, 1998, WHEN HE WAS HIRED BY THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DURING HIS TENURE WITH BPD JOHN HAS BEEN A FIELD TRAINING INSTRUCTOR, FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR, TIRE DEFLATION, DEVICE INSTRUCTOR, VEHICLE CLOSED QUARTERS, BATTLE INSTRUCTOR AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATIONS INSTRUCTOR, SHOTGUN BREACHING INSTRUCTOR, AND CHEMICAL MUNITION INSTRUCTOR IN ADDITION TO TEACHING.

JOHN WAS A CANINE HANDLER FROM AUGUST, 2002 UNTIL APRIL, 2009 AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE HOTSPOT TEAM FROM JANUARY, 2008 UNTIL APRIL, 2009.

HE ALSO SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE SWAT TEAM FROM OCTOBER, 1999 UNTIL 2016.

JOHN CURRENTLY HOLDS THE RANK OF CORPORAL AND IS ASSIGNED AS A FIELD TRAINING INSTRUCTOR ON PATROL IN RECOGNITION FOR HIS SERVICE.

JOHN HAS BEEN AWARDED THE UNIT CITATION FOR HIS SWAT RESPONSE DURING TROPICAL STORM ALLISON IN APRIL, 2007, THE HONORABLE CONDUCT AWARD FOR 15 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, EXCELLENT SERVICE MEDAL FOR THE BAYTOWN POLICE EXPLORERS IN NOVEMBER, 2007, EMERGENCY SERVICES RIBBON FOR HURRICANES RITA IN SEPTEMBER, 2005 AND IKE IN SEPTEMBER, 2008, AND AN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE NOMINATION IN NOVEMBER, 2015.

THANK YOU CORPORAL WADE FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

PRESENT A PROCLAMATION FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CITY OF P PELLEY HISTORICAL MARKER.

JOEY THREE B IS

[b. Present a proclamation for the dedication of the City of Pelly historical marker.]

I'LL GET TO GO TO THE PODIUM FOR THAT.

WE CAN WAIT FOR, YEAH, LET'S WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE BECAUSE MR. TEMPLE GONE HERE.

YEAH, THAT'D BE BETTER.

ANYTHING? DO WE NEED TO MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE? MOTION TO TABLE ITEM THREE B SECOND.

[a. Consider the second and final reading of an ordinance for the proposed annexation of approximately 0.97 acres of land located on the northerly right-of-way line of interstate Highway 10 and the easterly right-of-way line of F.M. 2100, also known as Main Street (also referred to as Crosby-Lynchburg Road).]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO FOUR A.

UH, CONSIDER THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 0.97 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ON THE NORTH NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY, LINE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10, AND THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY, LINE OF FM 2100, ALSO KNOWN AS MAIN STREET, ALSO REFERRED TO AS CROSBY, LYNCHBURG ROAD, I THINK MR. SCRIBNER.

UM, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, MY MARTIN SCRIBNER FOR THE RECORD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UH, THIS IS THE FINALIZATION OF THE ANNEXATION OF THIS ONE ACRE PIECE AT THE CORNER OF SOUTH MAIN STREET AND I 10.

UH, THIS IS, WE'LL GET INTO THE REZONE NEXT.

UM, SO ONCE THIS ANNEXATION IS FINALIZED AGAIN TONIGHT, THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE, THE ZONING PIECE OF IT.

IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN PRESENT THE, THE ZONING ASPECT OF IT NOW, OR WE CAN WAIT UNTIL AFTER.

I THINK WE COULD DO, WE CAN PRESENT IT NOW.

PRESENT.

GO AHEAD AND DO THAT NOW AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.

SURE.

UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE ACRE OF AN OVERALL 28 ACRE SITE WHERE, UH, THE, IS PROPOSED A TRAVEL CENTER, UH, BY, UH, QT.

AND THAT IS, THEY'LL, THEY'LL USE THAT ENTIRE SITE.

SO AGAIN, THIS JUST KIND OF FINISHES OUT THAT, UH, SO IT IS MARKED FOR, UM, LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN THE COMP PLAN AS YOU CAN SEE.

AND, UM, UH, WE DO NOT HAVE A SITE PLAN IN THERE, BUT, UM, THAT'S, I THINK THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.

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EXCUSE ME.

SORRY ABOUT THAT, ANYBODY.

SO THIS, UH, THIS DID GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, IN SEPTEMBER.

UM, THERE WAS NO, UH, THERE WAS NO, UH, OPPOSITION TO THAT.

AND, UH, IT DID RECEIVE FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FROM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION.

BOTH RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REZONE AS WELL AS THE ANNEXATION ITSELF.

THE OTHER ITEM YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR AGENDA IS TO PLACE IT INTO, UH, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE.

THAT'S THE FOURTH ITEM UNDER THIS.

SO THOSE ALL KIND OF GO TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

I DO A MOTION FOR ALL.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO FOUR A A MOTION, UH, FOR FOUR, A MOTION TO PER.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED AYES HAVEN'T.

SO, NEXT

[b. Conduct a public hearing to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 0.97 acres located at 1001 East Interstate Highway 10 (E IH 10) from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]

IS FOUR B.

WE'RE GONNA DO A PUBLIC HEARING, AND SO I GET THIS LITTLE SCRIPT I GET TO READ.

UM, SO WILL THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING ALL OF THE INTERESTED PARTIES AND PERSONS, THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

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

EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE 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 AS AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.

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

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

SO, MR. SCRIBNER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE A UPDATE AS TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ISSUE.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, THIS IS ONE ACRE OUT OF 28.

UM, THE REST OF THE SITE IS ALREADY ZONED FOR THE USE.

SO, UH, THIS IS JUST TO FINISH OUT THAT CORNER, UM, FROM OPEN SPACE REC TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, UH, TO DEVELOP A, UH, A TRAVEL CENTER AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, ON THE MAP BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP WITH THAT.

UH, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD.

SO I'M GONNA OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING NOW AT 6 54.

AND BEING THAT THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED UP, THAT'S FOUR, THAT'S FIVE.

FIVE, EIGHT.

NO ONE SIGNED UP.

I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE OR NO ONE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK.

AND I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE IN THE PROPOSED REZONE, APPROXIMATELY 0.97 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 1001 EAST HIGHWAY INTERSTATE, HIGHWAY 10 FROM OPEN SPACE, UH, RECREATION, OR TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL GC ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH YOU ALREADY SPOKE ON.

SO, UH, MOTION TO

[c. Consider an ordinance to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 0.97 acres located at 1001 East Interstate Highway 10 (E IH 10) from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]

APPROVE ITEM FOUR C.

THAT'S OKAY.

NO, WE'RE ON.

YEAH, WE MOVED TO FOUR C, SO, OKAY.

Y'ALL ALREADY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE ON ITEM FOUR C.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR C SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR D, SECOND VERY GO.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? IT PASSES NOW WE'RE ON FOUR D.

[d. Consider an ordinance adding the newly annexed property generally described as approximately 0.97 acres of land located on the northerly right-of-way line of interstate Highway 10 and the easterly right-of-way line of F.M. 2100, also known as Main Street (also referred to as Crosby-Lynchburg Road) into Council District No.3.]

TYPICALLY, HE READ THE ITEM.

OH, CAN'T TELL WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.

YEAH, SHE'S GETTING AHEAD OF ME HERE.

GETTING EXCITED.

YEAH, GETTING EXCITED.

WE GOT ALL THIS PAPERWORK GOTTA FILL OUT AS WE GO.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADDING BASICALLY FOUR D.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADDING THE NEWLY ANNEXED AREA, GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS APPROXIMATELY 0.97 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY, LINE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 AND EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE ON FM 2 2100, ALSO KNOWN AS MAIN STREET, REFERRED TO AS CROSBY LYNCHBURG ROAD INTO COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.

I WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

HERE YOU GO.

YOU'RE GROWING YOUR DISTRICT.

OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 53.67 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 58 14 NORTH HIGHWAY 1 46 AT THE NORTHEAST

ANY YOU OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT PASSES.

OKAY, WE MOVE TO FIVE A, HERE WE GO AGAIN.

THIS MARTIN SCR HOUR FIVE A IS CONSIDERED

[a. Consider the second and final reading of an ordinance for the proposed annexation of approximately 53.67 acres of land located at 5814 North State Highway 146, the northeast corner of N SH 146 and FM 1405.]

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CORNER OF, OF NORTH STATE HIGHWAY 1 46 AND FM 1405, MR. SCRIBNER OR .

UH, RYAN VILO, UH, IS THE DIRECTOR OF, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, I'M SORRY, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, PROAM AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING THAT WILL, UM, FINALIZE THE ANNEX STATION OF, UH, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH STATE HIGHWAY 1 46 AND 1405.

UH, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU.

UM, YOU ACTUALLY FINISHED YOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2022 ON THIS.

UM, THE ITEM, UH, WAS POSTPONED A HANDFUL OF TIMES AT THE REQUEST OF THE, OF THE DEVELOPER AS, UH, STAFF CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THEM, UH, TO FINALIZE THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT HERE LATER ON THIS EVENING.

UM, HERE IS THE SITE, UH, THAT IS IN QUESTION.

UM, IT IS APPROXIMATELY, UH, 53.67 ACRES OF LAND, AGAIN AT THE, UH, NORTHWEST CORNER OF, I'M SORRY, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FM 1405 AND STATE HIGHWAY 1 46.

AND THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

THEY'RE PROPOSING, UM, BECAUSE THESE DO ALL KIND OF GO TOGETHER AND THEN WE CAN GO THROUGH EACH PIECE, UM, AND DO THE MOTIONS AS AS NEEDED.

MAYOR PORT, JUST ABOUT THE NEXT REALLY, UM, THIS IS A THROUGH EI JUST WANTED TO KIND OF COMMENT ON ALL OF THESE.

UM, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT, THAT CAME TO US, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS BACK.

IT'S, IT'S BEEN A, A LONG PROCESS.

UM, THE REASON IT GOT SUSPENDED INITIALLY, UM, WAS BECAUSE IT, THEY DO INTEND TO PUT WAREHOUSING ON THIS PROPERTY.

UM, AND WE HAD SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT THAT.

I THINK MULTIPLE PEOPLE UP HERE ON THE, I HAD SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT MORE WAREHOUSING.

UH, I THINK WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT, UM, THIS PROPERTY IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR ANNEXATION AND THE REZONE ALL AT ONE TIME.

THIS IS NOT PROPERTY CURRENTLY, UH, IN THE CITY.

UM, AND AS I SAID BACK THEN, I'M, I'M DEFINITELY NOT COMFORTABLE, UM, APPROVING THE ANNEXATION AND THEN NOT APPROVING THE REZONE.

TO ME, IT'S, IT'S ALL OR NOTHING.

UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, IF WE DON'T APPROVE ANY OF IT, UM, A WAREHOUSE CAN STILL BE BUILT.

IT CAN BE BUILT IN THE COUNTY, UM, AND IN THE COUNTY THERE.

UM, THERE'S NO ZONING.

THERE WOULD BE, THE COUNTY DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A WAY TO, UM, HOLD THEM TO A HIGHER PRODUCT OF WHAT THEY PUT ON THE GROUND.

UM, AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S EITHER, UM, WE TAKE OUR CHANCES WITH WHAT WE MAY GET IN THE COUNTY, OR, UH, WE BRING THIS INTO THE CITY.

WE, WE APPROVE THE REZONE AS WELL.

AND AS WE'LL GET TO ON LATER IN THE, THE AGENDA, WE HAVE THE IPOD.

UM, AND IN YOUR, UH, PACKETS THAT YOU HAVE ON, ON YOUR SCREENS THERE, UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY ON PAGE 1 31, IF, IF Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THERE IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN THAT WE HAD WHEN THIS INITIALLY CAME TO US.

UM, AND IF YOU GO TO PAGE ONE 40, YOU'LL SEE WHAT IT HAS CHANGED TO AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND AS, UM, PLANNING HAS WORKED WITH THEM ON THE IPA, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S NO ACCESS ON 1 46, UM, WHICH WAS A BIG CONCERN.

TRUCKS ENTERING AND EXITING 1 46.

UM, THERE'S ALSO A LARGE BUFFER ZONE GREEN AREA THAT THEY'RE LEAVING, UM, TO THE NORTH OF THAT PROPERTY.

UM, AND I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN WITH RESIDENTS IN DEVON WOOD, UM, THAT WAS THEIR MAIN CONCERN WAS JUST HOW CLOSE THIS WAS GONNA BE TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE, EXCUSE ME, THAT, THAT THAT BUFFER IS STAYING THERE.

UM, FLOODING DEVIN WOOD WAS AN ISSUE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE GOT TWO SEPARATE DETENTION PONDS.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I SAID, THE TRAFFIC BEING AN ISSUE, IT'S, THERE WILL BE NO TRAFFIC ENTERING AND EXITING OFF OF 1 46.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON ALL THOSE THINGS, KIND OF ALL THESE ITEMS TOGETHER.

UM, I KNOW WE'RE DOING ANNEXATION AND THEN A REZONE AND THEN AN I BUD.

BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND, UM, ALL OF THIS AS A WHOLE.

UM, 'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, IN MY OPINION, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T WANT US TO APPROVE AN ANNEXATION AND THEN STOP THERE OR GET TO THE REZONE AND THEN NOT APPROVE THE IPOD.

TO ME, I THINK THE RIGHT THING TO DO WITH HIM ASKING YOU, COMING TO THE CITY IS, IS AN ALL OR NOTHING.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT OF YOU.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE ANY PART OF THIS, DON'T VOTE FOR ANY OF IT.

BUT IF YOU DO, UM, I, I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE WHOLE THING AS AS, AS A WHOLE.

SO, AND, UH, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT, THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY AS WELL.

SO THESE ALL KIND OF GO TOGETHER.

UM, AND, AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

STAFF WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT IF, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT INCLINED TO, TO APPROVE, UH, THE FINAL PRODUCT, UH, DON'T APPROVE THE ANNEXATION, UM, DON'T APPROVE THE REZONING BECAUSE WE'RE LEFT WITH NO PROTECTION.

IF WE JUST REZONE IT, THEN ANYTHING THAT'S THAT'S ALLOWED AN ALLY COULD GO THERE.

SO, UM, UH, AT THE, UH, MAYOR PROM'S, UH, INDULGENCE, I'D LIKE TO KIND WALK THROUGH THIS PROJECT A LITTLE BIT, UM, KIND OF GO THROUGH WHAT, UH, WHAT

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SO, UM, IF, UH, MR. LESTER'S OKAY WITH THAT? UM, I, I'LL, I WILL, I WILL DO THAT.

I GUESS I GOT, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR LEGAL, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AS FAR AS ON THE I IPAD.

COULD WE CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN TAKE AS THE COUNCILMAN RECOMMENDED ALL THE OTHERS AS ONE? OR DO WE NEED TO DO THEM INDEPENDENTLY? I THINK THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO HAVE SOMEONE, UH, MOVE TO TAKE THE, UH, ACTION ITEMS AS ONE VOTE AND THEN HAVE THE VOTE, UH, ON THOSE AFTERWARDS.

AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.

YES, SIR.

SIR.

IF, IF THAT IS THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL, THEN I WOULD, I WOULD REQUEST THAT I KIND OF GO, UH, GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND KIND OF EXPLAIN, UM, UH, TO THE COUNSEL AND TO THE PUBLIC OF, OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING HERE.

LEMME SEE IF I GET A MOTION FOR THAT.

AND IF THEY GET A MOTION, THEN BEFORE WE VOTE, WE'LL LET YOU GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING AND THEN HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE WE VOTE.

IS THAT CORRECT? I'M SORRY, COULD YOU, I'M SORRY, I MAY INTERRUPT HIM.

COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT, SHOULD WE CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN SEE IF WE HAVE A VOTE TO LUMP ALL FOUR ITEMS, ACTION ITEMS TOGETHER? YES, SIR.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST COURSE.

OKAY, THEN LET'S DO THAT.

SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO THIS POINT? OKAY, THANKS RYAN.

YEP.

THEN IT IS NOW SEVEN OH THREE, AND I WILL CALL TO THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE INDUSTRIAL PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

IP FOR APPROXIMATELY 53.67 ACRES LOCATED AT 58 14 NORTH HIGHWAY 1 46 IN NORTH FM 1405.

UM, AND THERE'S NO CHANGES 'CAUSE IT'S REQUEST AFTER TO, YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS SIGNED UP.

SO I'LL READ THE PUBLIC HEARING SCRIPT OR DALE OR YODA IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

OR DO YOU WANT HAVE COMMENT? DAVID, YOU WANT, DO YOU WANNA COMMENT? WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS, YES.

SO THEY'RE AVAILABLE SO YOU DON'T REALLY JUST WANT TO SPEAK.

SO THEY'RE AVAILABLE ANSWER QUESTIONS.

SO BEING, BEING THAT I WILL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, REGARDING THE INDUSTRIAL PLANNING UNIT DEVELOPMENT IPOD FOR APPROXIMATELY 53.67 ACRES, LOCATED AT EAST 58 14 NORTH HIGHWAY 46, 1 46 IN NORTH FM 1405.

NOW, IF I COULD GET A MOTION TO TAKE FIVE A, FIVE B, FIVE D, AND FIVE E ONE, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD, MOVE TO APPROVE FIVE A, B, D, AND E.

UM, AS WELL AS, UH, ENHANCED ARCHITECTURE, UM, WITH, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

ANY COMMENTS? OKAY, BRIAN, YOU SAID YOU'D LIKE TO DO A FULL REVIEW? YEAH.

UM, SO ON YOUR SCREEN IS THE, THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN FOR, UH, THIS PROJECT.

UM, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL SAID THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS.

SO STAFF'S BEEN WORKING WITH THIS APPLICANT FOR, UM, APPROXIMATELY THE LAST YEAR, UM, TO, UH, PREPARE A SITE PLAN, UH, THAT MITIGATES, UH, MANY OF THE CONCERNS OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SO, UH, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS, IS, UH, THE RESULT OF, OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN THAT NEGOTIATION.

SO, UM, I'LL KIND OF START, UM, WITH THE SITE AND THEN KIND OF WORK AROUND SOME OF THE, THE MITIGATING, UH, FACTORS, UM, AS WELL.

SO, UH, THE PROPERTY, AS I'VE MENTIONED, IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, 1 46 AND FM 1405.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO PLACE DETENTION AND, UH, BI AND LANDSCAPING ALONG 1 46, UM, TO SCREEN THAT, UH, SO THAT THERE'S NOT WAREHOUSING RIGHT ON 1 46.

UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON THE SITE PLAN THAT, UH, ALL OF THE ACCESS IS OUT ON 1405.

UH, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT.

UH, THE INTENT IS THAT TRUCKS WOULD, UH, GO EAST ON 1405, GO OUT TO THE GRAND PARKWAY, AND THEN, UH, GO WHERE THEY NEED TO IN THE REGION.

UM, SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL NOT INCREASE, UH, TRUCK TRAFFIC ON 1 46.

UM, AGAIN, THE INTENT IS, UM, AND WITH, UH, THE INTERCHANGE OF, UH, THE GRAND PARKWAY BEING NOT TOO FAR DOWN ON FM, UH, 1405, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE MOST LOGICAL, UH, LOCATION FOR THEM TO GO ALONG.

1405, UH, THERE IS, UH, ENHANCED LANDSCAPING,

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UM, SO THIS IS, UH, THE BUILDING THAT IS, UM, UH, FURTHER, UH, BACK ALONG, UH, THE SITE.

AND THEN HERE IS, UH, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ENHANCED ARCHITECTURE.

SO YOU CAN SEE, IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS MORE LIKE AN OFFICE BUILDING, UM, WITH THE DOCK DOORS AND EVERYTHING PUSHED FURTHER BACK FROM 1405.

UM, HERE IS WHAT THE BERM AND THE, UH, LANDSCAPING, UH, WITH A LOOK WHAT WOULD LOOK LIKE A LONG, UM, 1 46.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS PUSHED, UH, RATHER FAR BACK FROM 1 46.

AND THEN THIS IS WHAT, UM, THE MATURE LANDSCAPING WOULD LOOK LIKE ALONG 1405.

AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A, A, UH, OFFICE BUILDING MORE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD, UH, TYPICALLY THINK OF AS A, AS A, A WAREHOUSE BUILDING.

UM, GOING BACK TO THE SITE PLAN HERE, UM, UH, THE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS OF A LARGE CONCERN WAS THE DEVON WOOD, UM, UH, SUBDIVISION.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A RATHER LARGE AREA THAT WILL REMAIN UNDISTURBED, UM, AND UNDEVELOPED.

UM, THAT IS, UM, WILL, UH, BE A, A NICE, UH, SCREEN AND, UH, SEPARATION BETWEEN THOSE RESIDENTS.

AND, UH, THIS, UM, DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE IT IS A PUD, THEY WILL BE LOCKED INTO THIS SITE PLAN.

IF THEY DO WANT TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE, UM, BOTH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.

UM, SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT, UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS DONE AND THEIR, UM, WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US AND, AND ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

UM, AND, AND WE DO, UH, BOTH, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND, UH, CITY STAFF DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PUD.

UM, AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS, KEN? UH, THANK YOU.

UM, ON 1405, THERE'S A, IS THERE A RAILROAD THAT CROSSES, UH, DOWN 1405? YEAH.

FARTHER DOWN PAST 5 65.

IT'S NOT VERY CLOSE TO THIS AREA.

IS, IS THERE A PLAN IN THE IPOD TO, TO MITIGATE ANY KIND OF OVERPASS OR INFRASTRUCTURE TO, THAT WOULD BE, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE, THE PURVIEW OF, OF THIS PLAN.

UM, THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER INDUSTRIAL USES ALONG 1405.

UM, SO IT WOULD BE, UM, UNREASONABLE TO ASK, UH, FOR THIS PROPERTY UNDER THE SHOULDER, THE BURDEN OF ANY IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT.

SO I, I LIKE WHERE THE EGRESS, UH, WHICH I DID WITH THE EGRESS AND, AND WHERE Y'ALL PUTTING IT SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TOO MUCH DISTURBANCE TO THE NEIGHBORS OF DEVON WOOD.

UM, I LIKE THE LOCATION.

IT'S MORE TOWARDS THE, OUR CEDAR, NOT TOTALLY IN OUR INDUSTRIAL PARK, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER THERE, IT'S KIND OF WHERE I, YOU KNOW, WHERE I PREFER THOSE TYPE OF WAREHOUSES.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY THANKS TO STAFF FOR, LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS A REALLY LONG PROCESS, SO THANK Y'ALL FOR, FOR WORKING ON THIS.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A, WHICH IS RECEIVE AND DISCUSS A PRESENTATION FROM HR GREEN REGARDING THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S BROADBAND NEEDS AND ASSESSMENT.

AND THOSE OPPOSED? IT PASSES.

THANKS RYAN, VERY MUCH MOVE ON TO SIX

[a. Receive and discuss a presentation from HR Green regarding the City of Baytown's Broadband Needs Assessment.]

BRIAN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PROTI AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, MR. KEN DILO WITH HR GREEN.

HE HAS A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO DISCUSS THE MAJOR FINDINGS, UH, DATA, AS WELL AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS, UH, IN RELATION TO THE CITY'S BROADBAND NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR PROTO AND, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO WE, UH, STARTED WORKING ON THIS, UH, IN THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER AND SAID WE'D BE BACK IN OCTOBER TO TALK OVER THE FINDINGS.

AND THE FIRST PART WAS TO SEE IF WE COULD, UH, GET THE DATA TOGETHER TO, TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD SHOW.

AND THEN WE'D COME BACK AND PRESENT THOSE FINDINGS AND THEN TALK ABOUT SOME NEXT STEPS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO, UH, TO GO THROUGH.

AND, UH, I WANT TO JUST, UH, SO WE'VE PRESENTED OUR REPORT, UH, TO, TO BRIAN AND, UH, AND SO YOU HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU AND IT GOES THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS.

AND I WON'T, JUST, JUST FOR TIME SAKE, I WON'T GO THROUGH A WHOLE LOT OF THAT HERE.

A COUPLE THINGS I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT.

UM, BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, I DO WANNA SAY JUST WE HAVE ENJOYED WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AND IT, AND WE DO THINK IT SHOWED SOME THINGS THAT, THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR, FOR YOUR CITY.

AND THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, IS HOW CAN WE HELP IMPROVE A COMMUNITY.

IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH BRIAN AND BRIAN'S A A BIG ASSET TO YOUR,

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YOUR CITY, AND IT'S BEEN GOOD, UM, GOOD WORKING WITH THEM.

SO LEMME JUST, I WANT TO GO TO KIND OF DIRECTLY TO JUST SOME OF THE, THE, JUST HIGHLIGHT DATA AND THEN GET TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO I'M GOING TO, I'M, WE HAD SOME SLIDES, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THOSE.

I'M GONNA GO TO SOME VERY SPECIFIC ONES.

UM, AND JUST TO, TO SHOW A COUPLE THINGS.

WE DID A SURVEY AND LIKE WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU THERE, UH, ARE, UH, THE USES.

BUT THEN ALSO THE THING THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO ME, AGAIN, I JUST, JUST SOME VERY HIGHLIGHT THINGS, UH, HIGH LEVEL THINGS HERE, BUT, UH, ON THE LEFT THERE, UM, 41% OF FOLKS, UH, IN BAYTOWN WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY, UH, USED THE INTERNET TO WORK FROM HOME OR, OR, OR SOME SORT OF WORK FROM HOME.

THAT'S, THAT'S A PRETTY HIGH NUMBER.

AND, AND, AND SO THAT, THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF JUST INTERESTING.

AND THEN ALSO ON THE SURVEY, IF YOU LOOK IN THE VERY MIDDLE UP, UH, THE TOP KIND OF CENTER TOP THAT SHOWS, UH, WHO THE PROVIDERS ARE FOR MOST OF THE, UH, MOST OF THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS, UM, VAST MAJORITY, OBVIOUSLY 91%, UH, ARE WITH, UM, ARE WITH COMCAST.

UM, ALSO TO THE LEFT THERE YOU SEE SURVEY RESULTS, AND I'LL GET MORE TO THOSE IN A SECOND.

UM, AND THEN ONE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT QUICKLY WAS THERE ARE SOME, SOME, WE DID FIND SOME INTERNET ISSUES, UH, SOME, SOME BROADBAND ISSUES, UH, IN, IN THE CITY.

AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE JUST ASKED, JUST SO WE ALL HAVE A FEEL FOR THIS, IS THAT WITH THE PROBLEMS THAT DO SHOW UP, UM, WOULD, WOULD THE, THE CITIZENS, WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE THE CITY OR DO THEY SUPPORT YOUR, THE CITY WORK WORKING ON THOSE AND LOOKING AT THOSE? THAT'S, WE, WE DO A LOT OF THESE, AND THAT'S VERY HIGH NUMBERS.

LIKE, UH, 60% OF THE COMMUNITY REALLY EVEN HIGHER THAN THAT, SAID THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THE CITY COULD DO THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD APPRECIATE THE CITY BEING INVOLVED IN HELPING WITH IT.

THAT THOSE ARE VERY HIGH NUMBERS OF WHAT WE SEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO, UM, NOW HERE, HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO GET INTO.

JUST, JUST TO, AGAIN, A VERY HIGH LEVEL, JUST, JUST SHOW THAT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES.

SO THE GREEN SHOWS WHAT IS ON, WHAT'S ON THE GRANT MAPS TO SAY WHO'S ELIGIBLE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE GREEN, LIKE ALMOST NONE OF BAYTOWN ON THE SURFACE IS ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS.

AND WE THOUGHT, WELL, OKAY, MAYBE THAT'S, BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT THE SURVEY THOUGH, AND THAT'S THE RED THAT SHOWS THAT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY UNSERVED, THAT'S THE RED DOTS.

SOMETHING WASN'T ADDING UP TO US.

WHERE THAT'S A BIG DEAL IS THAT, THAT, THAT THIS DETERMINES WHETHER YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS OR NOT.

IN, IN THE, THE MONEY THAT'S COMING UP IN 2024 FOR THE BB GRANTS THAT ARE COMING, UM, TEXAS IS GETTING 3.3 BILLION IN, IN, IN, IN, UH, GRANT MONEY JUST FOR BROADBAND OF WHICH, IF YOU GO BY THE GRANT MAPS, UH, BAY TOWN'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY, ANY OF THAT.

BUT THE SURVEY DIDN'T SHOW THAT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.

HOLD ON.

SO, SO WE TOOK SOME OTHER STEPS TO DIG DEEPER AND IN DIGGING DEEPER, WE WENT TO THERE, THERE'S OTHER DATA SOURCES WE CAN GET THAT ARE ACTUAL.

SO, SO THE SURVEY IS ACTUAL, THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE, THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING, THERE'S SOME OTHER SPEED TEST DATA THAT WE CAN GET FROM, FROM THE INDUSTRY.

SO WE WENT AHEAD AND TOOK THE STEP OF GETTING THAT THIS TO ME WAS, WAS A BIG SURPRISE.

AND THAT IS THAT THE, THE WHAT LOOKS MORE BROWN ON YOUR SCREEN, IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER SPEED TEST DATA, IT ACTUALLY MATCHES UP WITH THE SURVEY SHOWING THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT SERVED WELL.

THAT THERE IS A SER THERE IS A PROBLEM OF WHAT IS SERVED YOU GUYS, THAT MEANS THERE'S A PROBLEM BETWEEN ACTUAL DATA AND WHAT'S ON THE, WHAT'S ON THE MAPS THAT ARE GONNA DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO INTO THIS, WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THE DATA COMES, BUT THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS THAT ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE MAPS THAT ARE GONNA DETERMINE GRANTS.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING TO, TO, TO THINK THROUGH.

WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO US IS IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE RED DOTS ARE FROM THE SURVEY THAT ACTUALLY LINE UP ALMOST EXACTLY WITH THIS.

SO THAT TELLS US THAT THERE ACTUALLY IS A PROBLEM THERE, THERE'S A BROADBAND PROBLEM, BUT THEN GO FURTHER.

THE ADDED PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN, IN THE DATA THAT, UM, UH, THAT THE, THE STATE WILL BE USING TO DETERMINE GRANTS.

SO, SO LOOKING AT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WE, WE, WE JUST KEEP DIGGING UNTIL WE CAN SAY, NO, THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM, OR YES, THERE IS.

AND IN BAYTOWN WHAT WE GOT TO FROM THE DATA IS YES, THERE IS.

SO LET ME FROM THERE JUST JUMP TO, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS.

AGAIN, YOU, YOU HAVE ALL THIS IN THE, WE ALSO DID SOME HIGH LEVEL DESIGN, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SHOWS TO SAY, LET'S PICK AN AREA AND JUST KINDA LOOK AT WHAT NUMBERS ARE.

WE ALSO, THE BLUE ON THIS SCREEN SHOWS THAT THERE'S A RING THAT WE THINK THAT, UM, THE IT OVER TIME THAT THAT BAYTOWN PARTICULARLY WITH OTHER

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CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT BAYTOWN MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER.

SO AGAIN, ALL THAT'S IN YOUR REPORT, BUT I WANT TO GET TO, UH, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE BACK BACKGROUND DATA.

IT, IT'S VERY, UM, A LOT OF DETAIL IS LAID OUT IN THE, IN THE REPORT.

UM, BUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON WHAT WE FOUND THAT WE THINK THAT, UH, UH, THAT IT, IT THAT BAYTOWN OR PROVIDERS IN BAYTOWN SHOULD CHALLENGE THE MAPS, UH, THE, THE, THE ELIGIBILITY MAPS.

SO, SO SOME MECHANISM, THE SPEED TEST DATA SHOWS THERE'S A PROBLEM.

THE, THE, THE GRANT MAPS DON'T, YOU CAN CHALLENGE THE, THE GRANT MAPS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE, THAT THE CITY CONSIDER DOING, UH, OR COORDINATING WITH PROVIDERS TO SAY WE ARE GONNA CHALLENGE THOSE SO THAT THE, THE ELIGIBILITY MAPS MATCH THE ACTUAL, UH, SPEED TEST DATA.

THEN AGAIN, YOU CAN EITHER DO IT AS THE CITY OR WITH PROVIDERS, UM, BUT THEN TO PURSUE GRANTS FOR THOSE AREAS TO, TO, UH, TO SEE WHAT KIND OF GRANT MONEY THAT THE CITY COULD GET TO, TO UPGRADE, UM, UPGRADE THE, THE BROADBAND IN THOSE AREAS.

WE ALSO RECOMMEND A PROCESS OF WORKING WITH PROVIDERS.

UM, WE CALL IT AN RFEI REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S THE PROBLEM.

SO GO OUT TO THE PROVIDER COMMUNITY AND SAY, UM, WHO WANTS TO WORK TOGETHER ON THOSE, UH, TO DO THOSE CHALLENGES AND TO GO AFTER THOSE GRANTS? DIGITAL EQUITY, UM, BAYTOWN IS WONDERFULLY DIVERSE, WONDERFULLY DIVERSE.

THERE ARE BROADBAND IMPLICATIONS TO TO TO THAT THOUGH.

UM, AND SO LIKE THERE COULD BE LANGUAGE BARRIERS OR THERE COULD BE ECONOMIC BARRIERS, AND THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED DIGITAL E THE DIGITAL EQUITY.

AND THEN THE B GRANTS, WHICH ARE THE GRANTS COMING IN 2024.

THE E IS EQUITY.

SO THERE ARE, THERE WILL BE GRANT MONEY JUST TO WORK ON EQUITY ISSUES.

UH, WE, WE FEEL THAT THAT, GIVEN THAT THE DIVERSITY, WHAT'S IN BAYTOWN, THAT MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THERE'S A, UM, A GOOD QUANTIFICATION AND ALSO PLAN FOR HOW TO HELP FOLKS THAT MIGHT HAVE BARRIERS TO BROADBAND.

UH, THAT THAT'S, AND THERE'S GONNA BE GRANT MONEY FOR THAT.

SO THAT WOULD BE, WE THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE CITY MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER.

ALSO, THE CITY DOES NOT ACTUALLY OWN FIBER OR MUCH FIBER, UM, AND A FIBER RING.

WE, WE, WHEN WE SEE WHERE THERE'S NOT A, A FULL FIBER RING, UM, WE TYPICALLY RECOMMEND, THAT'S A TYPICAL RECOMMENDATION OF OURS TO SAY, FOR YOUR DELIVERY OF SERVICES AND FOR YOUR SECURITY OF DATA, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU WANNA CONSIDER THAT HAS A PRICE TAG.

AND, AND, AND TYPICALLY WORKING WITH CONSTRUCTION, OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA LOOK INTO, UH, FOR HOW YOU PLAN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER DELIVERY OF SERVICES, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH BROADBAND AND THROUGH INTERNET ALSO.

UM, THERE'S MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON, WHICH ARE, WHICH ARE WONDERFUL.

UM, THE BROADBAND OF THOSE AND, AND HOW YOU MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SERVED.

AND THEN ALSO WHAT WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITHIN THOSE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IS SOMETHING WE, JUST AS FAR AS BROADBAND GOES, THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE PLAN.

UM, ALSO PERMITTING AND POLICY, UM, WITHIN THE CITY.

WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT DIFFERENT PIECES OF BROADBAND RELATED THINGS ARE IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, FOLKS ARE HANDLING THINGS AND THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB HANDLING THINGS.

BUT WE DO HAVE, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN FIND THESE MORE DETAIL ON THESE IN THE REPORT, BUT WE DO THINK THAT HAVING SOME OWNERSHIP, HAVING SOME CLEAR OWNERSHIP OF THE PERMITS AND POLICIES RELATED TO BROADBAND, THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU COULD DO IN YOUR POLICIES, UH, THAT COULD, UH, HELP GOOD THINGS WITH BROADBAND HAPPEN, BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO OWN THAT.

AND SO HAVING DIFFERENT THINGS IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS RELATED TO BROADBAND CAN MAKE THAT A LOT HARDER TO DO.

SO, SO WE RECOMMEND THAT BEING PART OF, OF, UM, WHAT THE CITY WORKS THROUGH TO, TO CLARIFY THAT SO THAT THERE'S A CHAMPION AND SOMEBODY WHO'S ORGANIZING, UH, POLICIES RELATED TO BROADBAND.

AND THEN ALSO WE LOOKED AT CELLULAR CELLULAR'S.

AN INTERESTING THING, I, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A GOOD NUMBER OF TOWERS AND A GOOD NUMBER OF ANTENNAS IN BAYTOWN.

AND THERE AGAIN, IN YOUR REPORT, THERE'S A MAP OF THOSE, BUT IT, BUT COVERAGE IS A LITTLE, COVERAGE IS NOT CONSISTENT, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

SO THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO ABOUT THAT AT THIS POINT, WE WERE JUST FACT FINDING, BUT, BUT, BUT CITIES CAN ACTUALLY COORDINATE GETTING THAT RIGHT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT HAS A PRICE TAG TO IT, BUT, BUT IF YOU FEEL LIKE CELLULAR IS ENOUGH OF A PROBLEM AND OUR DATA SHOWED THAT IT, IT'S A MIXED BAG, UM, THAT, THAT IF, IF THERE'S, IF THAT'S A BIG ENOUGH PROBLEM, THEN THERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS YOU COULD TAKE.

UM, AND THEN,

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UH, SO, SO JUST, JUST TO SUMMARIZE ALL OF THIS, UM, AND AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE TO TIME AND ALL THAT, JUST SUMMARIZING ALL OF WHAT'S IN THAT 115 PAGES IN YOUR REPORT.

UM, NEXT STEPS IS WE, THERE ARE, WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE, UH, THE PROJECT, UM, AND BRIAN HAD GOOD GUIDANCE ON THIS, UM, WE DID HAVE MONEY IN FOR NOT ONLY THIS PART OF IT, WHICH WAS FOR, UM, THE DATA GATHERING AND, UH, AND ANALYSIS.

THAT'S, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING ON THAT, THAT PART OF IT.

BUT, BUT BRIAN ALSO, AS WE PUT THAT TOGETHER, THERE WAS ALSO SOME MONEY IN THERE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

AND SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO WITH THE MONEY THAT'S LEFT IN THE CONTRACT WITHOUT HAVING ANY OTHER REQUESTS FOR, FOR DOLLARS.

UM, AND THAT IS, IS TO, TO PUT, START WORKING ON THE CHALLENGE FOR THE FCC TO COORDINATE THAT.

PART OF THAT WOULD BE THE RFEI PROCESS THAT I MENTIONED, TO WORK WITH PROVIDERS AND TO SAY, OKAY, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? AND HOW ARE WE GONNA GO AFTER THOSE GRANTS WORK WITH THE AGENCIES IN BAYTOWN TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DIGITAL EQUITY, EQUITY ISSUES AND HOW YOU CAN PREPARE FOR GRANTS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO WORK ON GRANTS FOR THE DIGITAL EQUITY PART.

AND THEN ALSO WORKING ON STREAMLINING THE PERMIT, JUST BROADBAND RELATED PERMITTING AND POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ACHIEVING THE CITY'S GOALS.

THOSE THINGS CAN ACTUALLY BE HANDLED WITHIN THE, THE EXISTING CONTRACT, BUT THAT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE.

SO WE WANTED TO BRING THOSE TO YOU BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE, AS WE WRAP UP THE, THE DATA GATHERING ANALYSIS BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THOSE, THAT ACTUALLY, UH, IS OF, OF GOING THROUGH 115 PAGES, TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL TO YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

SO, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE GLAD TO TALK ABOUT THOSE.

AND I THINK, UH, I THINK THERE, UM, ARE, ARE SOME NEXT STEPS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

SO ANY, I KNOW THAT WAS FAST, BUT ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY WANTS TO ASK PARTICULARLY, UH, ABOUT, UM, ABOUT OUR FINDINGS? AGAIN, YOU HAVE A, A LARGE REPORT, YOU COULD READ , BUT, UH, ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, NO QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENTS.

UM, THANK YOU .

UM, FOR ME, THIS HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING.

I AM PUSHING FOR DIGITAL EQUITY IN BAYTOWN.

UM, AND, AND I, I DO WANNA THANK, UM, THOSE THAT ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY.

UM, IT'S IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT, WELL, I HAVE TO PUT MY ADDRESS IN.

UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT BETTER WAY FOR US TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE CONNECTIVITY? UM, I'M IN MY SEVENTH YEAR ON COUNCIL, AND I CAN PROBABLY COUNT WITH ONE HAND THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT WE'VE HAD PROVIDERS COME IN ASKING FOR, UM, UM, RENTAL SPACE ON OUR TOWERS TO INCREASE, UM, AVAILABILITY.

AND THAT IS SHOCKING TO ME.

UM, AND I, I THINK SINCE I'VE BEEN ON, MAYBE ONLY, THEY ONLY CAME IN ONCE, UM, TO ASK FOR A PERMIT, UM, TO PLACE A, UM, A CELLULAR HOTSPOT, OR I FORGOT WHAT THEY CALL IT.

UM, SO, UM, THIS, AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THIS IS ALSO BEING DISCUSSED AT THE HGAC LEVEL, AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT HR GREEN WAS ALSO HANDLING THAT PIECE.

HGAC WILL BE THE ONES HELPING MANAGE WHERE THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO.

UM, BUT, UM, I, I, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS ALSO ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE CHAMPIONING THEIR OWN PROVIDER TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THEIR NEEDS.

AND, UM, YOU SAW, WHAT WAS IT, 50, PRETTY MUCH 61% OR SOMETHING HAD JUST ONE SINGLE PROVIDER.

UM, 90, 91%, 91% WAS JUST ONE PROVIDER.

AND SO THAT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE THEM ANY INCENTIVES TO IMPROVE.

UM, AND I'M CALLING THEM ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE HAD ONE OTHER PROVIDER THAT CAME TO COUNCIL TO SAY, WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE.

WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.

BUT WE HAVE HAD NO FOLLOW UP FROM THAT ONE PROVIDER WHO CAME INTO COUNSEL.

UM, SO I, I THANK, THANK YOU TO HR, AGREEING TO STAFF.

UM, I KNOW BRIAN STEPPED AWAY, BUT UM, I KNOW HE'S BEEN WORK, OH, THERE HE IS, UM, .

UM, HE'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS REALLY HARD AND, AND I DO APPRECIATE, I, I TUG ON HIS EAR A LOT.

WHERE ARE WE AT? WHERE ARE WE AT? WHERE'S THE DATA? WHEN ARE WE GETTING THE DATA? UM, SO, UH, I WAS JUST EAGER TO SEE THIS, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, UM, JUST TO SEE THE AREAS, UM, THAT, UM, NEED THE IMPROVEMENT, UH, IN COVERAGE, UM, I, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO

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SEEING SOME CHANGES AND SOON AND, AND THE RFEI PROCESS IS, IS BASICALLY GEARED TO SAY WE FROM THE CITY IS COORDINATING IT, BUT THEN WE GO TO THE PROVIDERS, CURRENT PROVIDERS AND ALSO OTHER PROVIDERS THAT HAVE COME, OTHER PROVIDERS THAT ARE REGIONAL THAT MIGHT COME AND SAY, OKAY, HERE'S THE PROBLEM.

HOW DO YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE? AND THEN WE GET THAT TOGETHER, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO, TO BRIAN AND, AND TO THE CITY AND SAY, OKAY, HERE'S, HERE'S SOME ACTUAL ACTION PLANS BASED ON THE DATA.

AND SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A COORDINATION PROCESS THAT, UH, WE TYPICALLY SEE REALLY GOOD RESULTS FROM.

AND WE, WE WOULD HOPE TO IN BAYTOWN ALSO.

WHAT A, WHAT A GREAT DATA SET.

AND YOU KIND OF TOOK THE WORDS OUTTA MY MOUTH TO GET THE, THE BALL ROLLING.

UM, I, I DID NOT FIND IT SHOCKING TO SEE 91%, BECAUSE LIVING HERE MOST OF MY LIFE, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS OPTIONS UNTIL RECENTLY.

UH, WHEN OTHER PROVIDERS, I, I THINK THEY'RE TAPPING IN AND RENTING SPACE OFF OF THE 91% PROVIDER.

UM, BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT WORKED TO, TO GET THIS GOING ON COUNCIL AND, AND WITHIN THE STAFF OF, OF HR GREEN, CORRECT? MM-HMM .

UM, I DID WANNA ASK YOU, UM, THE, THE DATA SET THAT DOESN'T MATCH THE SURVEY.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THAT WAS, THAT WAS SO FLIPPED WHERE, I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT WAS PRETTY DI MEAN IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFERENT.

YEAH, SO, UM, YES.

THE SPEED TEST VERSUS OUR YES, IS WHAT I WAS REFERRING.

UM, THE, THE MAPS.

SO, SO THE MAPS THAT ARE, THAT, THAT THE FC THE MAPS THAT THE STATE'S GONNA USE FOR GRANT ELIGIBILITY COME FROM THE FCC, THOSE ARE BASED ON WHAT PROVIDERS, UH, THEIR REPORTS.

SO IT'S BASED ON PROVIDER REPORTING.

OH.

AND SO, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, JUST IN MY HOME COUNTY, UM, WE HAD, WE WERE CONSIDERED A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERED AND THERE'S ONLY 15,000 PEOPLE IN OUR WHOLE COUNTY WE'RE RURAL, AND IT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERED.

NO, IT'S NOT.

SO, SO THE LEADERS CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, YOU'RE IN THE BROADBAND, RIGHT? YES, I AM .

THEY SAID, CAN YOU FIX THIS? SO WE, WE ACTUALLY WENT FROM JUST IN OUR COUNTY, WE WENT FROM A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERED ON THOSE MAPS TO 20% COVERED, AND THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE RECEIVED 15 MILLION IN GRANTS SINCE THEN.

CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING HR GREEN'S RECOMMENDATION FOR BROADBAND EXPANSION.

SO, SO UNFORTUNATELY, SO IT, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS SHOCKING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S, IT, IT, IT'S, IT HAPPENS QUITE A BIT.

YEAH, I MEAN, I, I, I THINK THAT, UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DIGITAL EQUITY AND, AND HERE WE ARE IN ALMOST 2024, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY THE BUZZWORD, THE BUZZ TOPIC.

I SEE, YOU KNOW, THINGS POP UP ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME ON THE INTERNET, YOU KNOW.

UM, BUT FOR ME, IT, IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCK SCIENCE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND.

YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE'S NOT DIGITAL EQUITY IN, IN ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THOSE OF US THAT HAVE GREAT BROAD BROADBAND, WE ASSUME IT.

SO I'M JUST REALLY GLAD TO HAVE THIS DATA SET TO START LOOKING AT IN MORE DETAIL.

SO THANK YOU.

I'LL, I'LL KIND OF FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.

I WAS INTERESTED IN THE TWO MAPS, ONE THAT SHOWS WE'RE FULLY COVERED AND THEN, AND THEN THE SPEED THING THAT SHOWS WE'RE REALLY NOT MM-HMM .

UM, JUST AS A PERSONAL RELATION, ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WORKS FROM HOME AND THEY SUPPOSEDLY GET FULL COVERAGE, FULL SPEED, UM, NOT QUITE, IT TOOK SIX MONTHS OF THEM COMING OUT AND RERUNNING WIRES AND RERUNNING CABLE AND WORKING ODDS AND NS AND EVERYTHING TO GET THEM UP TO A REASONABLE SPEED, BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY CONDUCT A BUSINESS ACTIVITY.

SO I THINK THE SPEED MAP, IT REALLY TELLS THE TALE, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT IT'S COVERED, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND THEN NEXT DOOR HAS THE SAME ISSUE TO THEM, UM, BUT THEY'RE ON A DIFFERENT LOOP, SO IT'S KINDA LIKE TWO DEAD ENDS AND THEY HAD TO START THE WHOLE PROCESS OVER.

SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

AND SO I THINK THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION WILL HELP, BUT THAT'S A CONCERN IF THE FCC JUST LOOKS AT THE MAP, SAYS, OH, WELL IT'S ALL GREEN, YOU'VE GOT IT, IT MAY BE THERE, BUT IT'S, IS IT AT A SNAIL SPACE AND YOU CAN'T FUNCTION IT FROM A BUSINESS OR SCHOOL ASPECT OR ANYTHING ELSE WITH THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK AND EFFORT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[b. Consider a resolution approving HR Green's recommendations for Broadband Expansion.]

SIX B.

BRIAN, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL FOR US? I DO NOT.

AND THIS JUST ACCEPTS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UH, MR. DILO PROVIDED.

OKAY, SO I LOOK FOR A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE.

A AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AND NOW WE'RE BACK TO IMAGINE THAT WE'RE AT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

IS CONDUCTIVE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 54.589 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF RE RESTRICTED RESERVE.

SEVEN A

[a. Conduct the first public hearing regarding the proposed annexation of an approximately 54.589 acre tract of land out of Restricted Reserve “A” Blk 1 of the Replat of Restricted Reserve “A” of Cedar Crossing Phase II Subdivision, herein described tract being out of the residue of that called 102.12 acre tract, save and except a 14.229 acre tract conveyed to Cedar Crossing, situated in the John Steele Survey, Abstract No. 227, Chambers County, Texas, and all property situated in Industrial District No. 3 required for the described annexation.]

A BLOCK, ONE OF THE REPL OF A RESTRICTED RESERVE, A OF CEDAR CROSSING, PHASE TWO SUBDIVISION

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HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACK BEING OUT OF THE RESIDUE OF THAT CALLED 102.12 ACRE TRACK, SAVE AND ACCEPT A 14.229 ACRE TRACK CONVEYED TO CEDAR CROSSING, SITUATED IN THE JOHN STEEL SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 2, 2 7, CHAMBERS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ALL PROPERTIES SITUATED IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

NUMBER THREE, REQUIRED FOR THE DESCRIBED ANNEXATION.

IT IS NOW SEVEN THIRTY TWO CALL ORDER OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION, APPROXIMATELY 54.589 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

NUMBER THREE, UH, STAFF, IF YOU WOULD, UH, SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF THE SAME PROPERTY WITH THE SAME DESCRIPTIONS, UH, AS PREVIOUS.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WRITE THAT DESCRIPTION RIGHT.

UM, IT WOULD BE MORE DETAILED IF YOU DID .

DOUBTFUL.

UM, SO THIS ONE SEEMS A LITTLE OUTTA PLACE AND I, I'LL EXPLAIN WHY.

THIS IS, UH, JUST UNDER 55 ACRES, UH, IN CEDAR CROSSING IN THE CEDAR PORT AREA.

THIS IS EAST OF CEDAR BAYOU, WEST OF FM 1405, UM, KIND OF SOUTHEAST OF 99.

THIS ONE IS, HAS BEEN AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT, UM, AS PART OF OUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENTS.

AS YOU HOPEFULLY NO, THE, WHEN THOSE COME UP, UH, FOR RENEWAL, IF THEY DO NOT GET RENEWED, THEN BY VIRTUE OF THE EXPIRATION OF THAT AGREEMENT, WE ANNEX THOSE PROPERTIES.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE, AND WE HAVE A TIMING, UM, I WOULD SAY ISSUE, BUT THERE IS A, A TIMING, UM, ASPECT TO THIS, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE BOTH THE FIRST HEARING AND THE SECOND HEARING ON YOUR AGENDA BACK TO BACK TONIGHT.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, STILL ABLE TO BE, UM, THE, UH, AND I I WILL LOOK TO OUR, UM, MR. LAMOND AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO KIND OF BACK UP THIS PART OF THE PROCESS.

IF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY COMES BACK TO US AND SAYS, OKAY, WE'D LIKE TO DO THE RENEWAL, AND WE CAN GET THAT DONE, THEN WE CAN ALWAYS PULL THIS PROCESS BACK.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

OKAY? BEING THAT THERE IS NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK, I NOW CLOSE THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 54.589 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE AT 7 34.

AND AS PART OF THE PROCESS, WE'LL CONDUCT

[b. Conduct the second public hearing regarding the proposed annexation of an approximately 54.589 acre tract of land out of Restricted Reserve “A” Blk 1 of the Replat of Restricted Reserve “A” of Cedar Crossing Phase II Subdivision, herein described tract being out of the residue of that called 102.12 acre tract, save and except a 14.229 acre tract conveyed to Cedar Crossing, situated in the John Steele Survey, Abstract No. 227, Chambers County, Texas, and all property situated in Industrial District No. 3 required for the described annexation.]

AND I'LL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 34.

AND AGAIN, MR. SCRIBNER, HAS THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING? THERE HAS NOT.

BEING THAT THERE IS NO ONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, I NOW CLOSE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.

MR. LESSER, BEFORE YOU CLOSE, YOU LEGALLY DO HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE THING AGAIN.

OKAY? SO CONDUCT THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, I'M GOOD WITH IT.

KEEP ME OUTTA TROUBLE.

CONDUCT THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 54.589 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF RESTRICTED RESERVE.

A BLOCK, ONE OF THE RE PLAT OF RESTRICTED RESERVE, A OF CEDAR CROSSING, PHASE TWO SUBDIVISION HEREIN.

DESCRIBED TRACK BEING OUT OF THE RESIDUE OF WHAT IT THAT CALLED 102.12 ACRE TRACK, SAVE AND ACCEPT A 14.229 ACRE TRACK CONVEYED TO CEDAR CROSSING, SITUATED IN THE JOHNS STEEL SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER OF 2 2 7 CHAMBERS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ALL THE PROPERTIES SITUATED IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE REQUIRED FOR THE DESCRIBED ANNEXATION.

AND AGAIN, MR. SCRIBNER, IS THERE ANY CHANGES? NO, SIR.

THERE BEING NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

I'VE NOW CLOSED THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 54.589 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

NUMBER THREE AT 7 35.

OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ON

[a. Consider an ordinance to amend and restate the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Gateway Ten Business Park.]

TO SECTION A.

PROPOSED ORDINANCES EIGHT A IS CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RESTATE THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR GATEWAY 10 BUSINESS PARK.

MR. SCRIBNER, UH, THANK YOU.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER, WE DID SEE THIS ONE LAST MONTH AND THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ON IT.

SO TONIGHT I'M GONNA TRY AND CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION THAT THERE WAS ON THE REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT.

THIS IS BASICALLY, UM, AND THIS IS ALL HOUSEKEEPING.

THERE IS NO ACTUALLY SOME SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I MADE THAT CLEAR LAST TIME.

SO I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT, UM, THIS, WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN FRONT OF YOU HERE IS PART OF THE RED LINE VERSION THAT STAFF RECEIVED AND REVIEWED ORIGINALLY.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE THERE IS, THIS IS ALL HOUSEKEEPING.

THIS IS THE MAJORITY OF THE TYPES OF CHANGES THAT YOU SEE RED LINE THROUGHOUT

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THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT.

THE ONE PIECE THAT IS A LITTLE BIT, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S JUST, THERE'S, THERE'S CLEANING UP SOME GRAMMAR, CLEANING UP SOME DATES, UM, MAKING SURE THAT IT ALL, IT'S ALL PAST TENSE.

NOW, INSTEAD OF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, THIS HAS HAPPENED.

SOME QUOTES, SOME SPELLINGS.

UM, THERE'S A COUPLE CHANGES OF WHO THE OWNERS ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SINCE THERE WAS A NAME CHANGE IN THERE.

THE ONE THAT JUMPS OUT AT YOU IS, IS THE PART THAT IN THE, THE HEIGHT AND SIZE LIMITS OF THE BUILDINGS, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS YOU SEE THE FOLLOWING LIMITS APPLY TO BUILDING FOOTPRINTS, UH, DEVELOPMENT SITE NORTH OF THE PIPELINE EASEMENT 52,500 GROSS SQUARE FEET AND DEVELOPMENT SITE SOUTH OF THE PIPELINE EASEMENT 30,000 GROSS SQUARE FEET.

THAT IS NOT AN, THAT IS NOT AN INCREASE OVER WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

LAST YEAR IN AUGUST, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THIS AMENDED LANGUAGE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE DEVELOPMENT SITE NORTH OF THE PIPELINE, EASEMENT 52 5 SOUTH OF THE PIPELINE EASEMENT 30,000.

SO THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THAT BUSINESS OR TO THAT, UM, BUILDING SIZE IN THIS AMENDMENT.

UM, AND THAT'S AGAIN, I, I DON'T THINK I MADE THAT REAL CLEAR LAST TIME.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, IS TO TAKE IT ALL AND PUT IT INTO ONE DOCUMENT, MAKE SURE THE LANGUAGE IS CLEAN, THAT HELPS THEM IN THEIR BUSINESS.

THAT HELPS US KEEP TRACK OF IT.

SO, UM, STAFFER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT.

OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR MR. SCRIBNER? UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION, MOVE TO APPROVE A SECOND.

EIGHT B, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CLARK CONDON ASSOCIATES FOR THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN DOCUMENT SERVICES FOR THE PROPOSED LAKEWOOD PARK PROJECT.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY, NAY AYES HAVE IT.

MOVING ON TO

[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Professional Service Agreement with Clark Condon Associates, Inc. for the for preliminary design document services for the proposed Lakewood Park Project.]

MR. HATCH.

MR. GOOD EVENING.

AS YOU SAID, THIS IS A, UH, AN ITEM TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE PRO, UH, AUTHORIZING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CLARK CONDEN FOR THE PRO PROPOSED LAKEWOOD UH, PARK PROJECT.

UH, IF YOU RECALL, WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, UH, SOME TIME AGO WITH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.

UH, WE HAD A HOSTED MEETINGS DURING THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

UH, WE ALSO, UH, TEAMED WITH OUR PUBLIC, UM, OR OUR BAYTOWN ENGAGED TEAM TO HOST, UM, A SURVEY OF THREE DIFFERENT PROPOSED SITES.

THIS, UH, THIS SITE HERE WAS THE SELECTED SITE.

UM, IT HAD A, UM, IT, IT, IT WAS PRESENTED AS THE MOST CHALLENGING SITE OF THE THREE BECAUSE OF, UH, SOME OF THE FLOODING ISSUES OUT THERE.

THIS AGREEMENT WILL ACTUALLY, UM, ALLOW US TO, OR ALLOW FOR A PRELIMINARY DESIGN, A BOUNDARY SURVEY, EXCUSE ME, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY THAT WILL IDENTIFY THE AREAS THAT WE CAN, UH, ACTUALLY BUILD ON AND IMPROVE.

UM, OUR TEAM IS EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

OKAY, THANKS CLIFF.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? MR. ? THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALL YOUR WORK WITH THE GETTING EVERYTHING OFF THE GROUND WITH THAT.

UM, TOOK A LOT TO GET HERE MM-HMM.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

AND, UM, UH, I'M REALLY PLEASED WE COULD SAVE THAT PROJECT OUT OF THE MDD AND, AND GET THAT UP AND RUNNING.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS NOW YOU, YOU DO RECOGNIZE THERE'S A, THERE WAS A $25,000 ENDOWMENT FROM EXXON THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE CORRECT.

YES, SIR.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YES, SIR.

WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT AS WELL.

MAKE SURE WE'RE THIS, THIS, UH, THIS AGREEMENT WON'T, UH, USE THE ENTIRE BUDGET AT ALL.

SO THIS IS FOR JUST THE, THE SURVEYS AND THINGS TO, TO START THE PROJECT.

SO WE, WE HOPE TO HAVE ENOUGH LEFTOVER AFTER THIS TO START SOME IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THAT FUNDING.

YES.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THE PEOPLE OF LAKEWOOD AND LAKE FOR IT FOR A LONG TIME.

THANK YOU, CLIFF.

YES, SIR.

SARAH, I'M EXCITED.

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LIKE A GOOD PARKS PROJECT, BUT I HANG OUT A LOT OVER THERE, PARTICULARLY AT ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT BORDERS THAT AREA, THE SWIMMING POOL.

AND SO, UM, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN LAKEWOOD THAT WANTED THIS, UM, AND, AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT VISITS THAT AREA, I AM EXCITED TO SEE ANY IMPROVEMENT ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.

I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

SURE.

IS THE DOG PARK GOING TO BE ONE BIG DOG PARK OR IS IT GOING TO HAVE LIKE A SECTION FOR SMALL DOGS? IF WE BUILD A DOG PARK, WE HOPE TO BUILD A DOG PARK.

THIS SURVEY WILL IDENTIFY THE AREAS IN WHICH WE COULD, UM, OKAY, SO THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS AS WELL, BUT IF WE DO BUILD A DOG PARK, WHICH WE HOPE TO, IT WILL ALWAYS HAVE TWO SIDES.

WITH THAT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND, SIR.

HC, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ULDC OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS.

ON YOU OPPOSED AYES

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HAVE IT GO TO

[c. Consider an ordinance amending the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, Article V "Signs," Division II "Administration," Section 5.29, "Electioneering with placement of signs during voting periods," Subsection (b)(3), "Placement and removal of signs" to require compliance with Section 5.79, “New signs,” and amending the ULDC, Article V "Signs," Division III "Regulations," Subdivision IV "Offpremises signs," Section 5.79 "New signs," to allow certain off-premises signs without permit.]

ARTICLE FIVE SIGNS DIVISIONS TWO, ADMINISTRATION SECTION 5.29 ELECTIONEERING WITH PLACEMENT OF SIGNS DURING VOTING PERIODS.

SUBSECTION B THREE, PLACEMENT AND REMOVAL OF SIGNS TO REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5.79.

NEW SIGNS AND AMENDING THE ULDC ARTICLE FIVE SIGNS, DIVISION THREE REGULATIONS SUBDIVISION FOUR OFF-PREMISE SIGNS SECTION 5.79.

NEW SIGNS TO ALLOW CERTAIN OFF-PREMISE SIGNS WITHOUT PERMANENT.

MR. LAMONT? YES, SIR.

COUNSEL, UH, WE BRING BACK TO YOU THE SIGN ORDINANCE.

UH, WE'VE INCORPORATED THE, UH, COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE COMMENTS THAT, UH, YOU ALL HAVE MADE TO US.

UH, WE ARE AMENDING SECTION 5.29 AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID TO, UH, SPECIFICALLY REFERENCE SECTION 5.79 OF THE ULDC, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT.

UH, WE'RE ALSO TAKING OUT, UH, THE PREVIOUS RESTRICTIONS FROM THAT SECTION, UH, THAT HAD TO DO WITH, UH, WHEN AND WHERE YOU COULD ELECTION ERROR.

WE'VE OPTED INSTEAD TO MAKE THAT REFERENCE TO 5.79.

5.79, UH, HAS AMENDED THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.

UH, PREVIOUSLY THE LANGUAGE WAS TO PROHIBIT NEW OFF PREMISES SIGNS.

NOW, WE HAVE SAID THAT WE WILL ALLOW THEM IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH WILL INCLUDE NEW OFF-PREMISES SIGNS PERMITTED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PROPERTY USED FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.

SO LONG AS SUCH SIGNS, AND THIS IS A REFERENCE TO THE OLD LANGUAGE THAT WAS THERE BEFORE OR ATTACHED PAINTED FAST AND ON OFF-PREMISES SIGNS, WHICH WERE PROPERLY PERMITTED ON JUNE 27TH, 1996.

UH, SIGNS THAT ARE ERECTED FOR A PERIOD OF NO MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS IN ANY 30 DAY PERIOD.

AND SIGNS THAT ARE LIMITED TO A SIZE OF NO GREATER THAN FOUR FEET BY EIGHT FEET, WHICH WAS IN THE PREVIOUS, UH, ITERATION OF THE CODE AS WELL.

AND, UH, ALSO REQUIRES COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CODE.

AND THEN WE HAVE ADDED, UH, THE ALLOWANCE FOR OFF-PREMISES SIGNS ON PROPERTY USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES WITH FOLLOWING LANGUAGE.

NOTHING IN SUBSECTION A SHALL LIMIT OR AFFECT THE ABILITY OF A PERSON TO WRECK OFF-PREMISES SIGNS ON PROPERTY, PRIMARILY USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES BY THE PROPERTY OWNER OR ANY PERSON WHO HAS A LEGAL RIGHT OF ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY.

WE HAVE TAKEN OUT THE PREVIOUS PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS, UH, AND THEN WE'VE DONE SOME CLEANUP.

THANK YOU MR. MALON.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WE GOOD? ALRIGHT.

I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT GO TO SECTION NINE.

NONE A IS CONSIDERED A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE BAYTOWN HOSPITALITY PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS INTO CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

UH, SECTION NINE, PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS.

[a. Consider a resolution authorizing the consolidation of the Baytown Municipal Development District Board of Directors and Baytown Hospitality Public Facilities Corporation Board of Directors into City Council.]

COUNCIL PERSON.

LAURA, YOU WANT TO FIELD SOME EXPLANATIONS? UM, YES.

UH, SO THIS IS JUST A CONTINUUM OF THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD BOTH ON PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS AS WELL AS WITH, UM, AN EMPTY D BOARD.

SO WE DID NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY BECAUSE NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS JUST CONSOLIDATING BOTH, UM, PUBLIC, UM, HOSPITALITY AS WELL AS MDD IN TO RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEN NEEDED.

UM, SO BASICALLY KIND OF WHAT WE DID TODAY, UM, WE HAD A MDD MEETING AND THEN WE FOLLOWED IT UP WITH A COUNCIL MEETING.

SO IT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE THE SIMILAR STYLE, UH, MOVING FORWARD.

UM, SO, UM, WE REQUEST APPROVAL .

UM, SO MR. CITY ATTORNEY OR CITY MANAGER, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?

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JUST CLARIFYING THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE MEETINGS CONSOLIDATING, IT'S ACTUALLY CONSOLIDATING THE, THE BOARDS MEMBERS.

THE BOARDS, YES.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR COUNCILPERSON MOORE? UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE BAYTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT MOVE TO NINE B.

[b. Consider a resolution authorizing the creation of the Baytown Economic Development Advisory Committee.]

AND WE DO HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP FOR NINE B.

I CAN READ THE FIRST NAME.

DAVID, YOUR LAST NAME.

HAND SCRATCH IS AS BAD AS MINE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

DAVID ISAAC.

I'LL SHOULD BECOME A DOCTOR ONE DAY WITH MY HANDWRITING.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

, UH, MR. MARIN COUNSEL, MR. MAYOR PRO, TEMPORARY AND COUNSEL, UH, DAVID ISAAC, 28 12 LANDMARK DRIVE IN THE ETJI CAME HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE OF US THAT LIVE IN THE EXTRA EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, EXTRA EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

THAT'S WHAT IT STANDS FOR.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF US, UH, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, THERE IS ONE PIECE OF REPRESENTATION FROM THE ETJ MS HELEN BOROUGH.

TIMS OCCUPIES THAT SEAT.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, MARTIN SCRIBNER AND HIS, HIS DEPARTMENT HAS A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF THE ETJ IN THIS TOWN.

WE WANT REPRESENTATION WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TAX DOLLARS.

WE SPEND MONEY AT THE, UH, MARKETPLACES AT OUR RESTAURANTS.

UH, WHENEVER, UH, YOU MAKE DECISIONS IN THE MDD, WHENEVER YOU DECIDE TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT YOU'RE CHOOSING TO CREATE TODAY, IT WILL AFFECT, HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.

THAT INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE SPRINGFIELD, THAT INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE, UH, UH, UH, PRESTON PLACE THAT INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MEADOW LAKE VILLAGE, RIGHT NEXT TO THE MALL, RIGHT NEXT TO THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE CITY.

WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION.

WE SHOULD DECIDE TODAY WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO BE AN INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT, WHETHER OR NOT WE WANNA INCLUDE THESE PEOPLE TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

FOLKS LIKE ME, FOLKS LIKE MY GRANDPARENTS, WHO HAVE A FAMILY SPREAD.

IT HAS BAYTOWN ON OUR ADDRESS.

THIS IS WHAT I'M ADVOCATING FOR TODAY.

I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO, WHILE WE'RE HERE ON THE TOPIC, ENTERTAIN OR EXPLORE THE EFFICACY OF LOWERING THE SALES TAX.

WE WANNA SPUR BUSINESS IN BAYTOWN.

WE WANNA SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE A CONVENTION CENTER THAT'S COMING UP.

WE HAVE A GOLF COURSE COMING UP.

WE HAVE FOOD COMING UP.

WE HAVE MARKETPLACE TO BE DEVELOPED.

WE SHOULD EXPLORE THE EFFICACY OF LOOKING AT LOWERING THE SALES TAX.

WHAT KIND OF EFFECT WOULD THAT HAVE ON CONSUMERS IN BAYTOWN? IF WE ARE TO SPEND OUR DOLLAR AT FOODTOWN WHERE GROCERIES ARE GOING UP, WHERE GASOLINE IS GROWING UP, WE WANNA SPEND OUR, UH, UH, OUR DOLLARS WITHIN BAYTOWN.

I THINK IT WOULD HAVE A, AN EFFECT, A POSITIVE EFFECT FOR US TO AT LEAST EXPLORE THE EFFICACY OF DOING SO.

WE HAD A GENTLEMAN HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING ONE, UH, INSTITUTION THAT WOULD EXPLORE THE EFFICACY OF EXPANDING BROADBAND IN THIS TOWN.

WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO IT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE COUNCIL TODAY TO DO IT.

SO PLEASE, IN SUMMARY, PLEASE, UH, CONSIDER ADDING ETJ NOT JUST TO THIS COMMITTEE AS WE LOOK TO, UH, DISCUSS MORE COMMITTEES.

I KNOW I MISSED THAT COMMITTEE, UH, MEETING TODAY.

UH, BUT TO INCLUDE THE ETJ CITIZENS, UH, TO BE A PART, BE A PART OF THE COMMITTEE PROCESS.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT REPRESENTATION AND INCLUSION IN THIS TOWN.

AND FINALLY, WE SHOULD LOOK AT EXPLORING THE EFFICACY OF LOWERING THE SALES TAX.

I THINK THAT COULD HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON CONSUMERISM IN THIS TOWN.

I KNOW IT MAY SOUND SILLY NOW, BUT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO AT LEAST ENTERTAIN THAT IDEA.

DAVID ISAAC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU, MR. ISAAC.

COUNCILPERSON ALVARADO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN THIS ONE A LITTLE TO US? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR PROAM.

UM, AND, UM, JUST FOR THOSE THAT MAY, UH, NOT REMEMBER, UM, I SERVED AS CHAIR AS THIS BOARD'S, UH, REVIEW COMMITTEE, UM, ALONG WITH MY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, SARAH GRAHAM AND HEATHER BENTON COURT.

UM, AGAIN, THIS PROCESS, UM, OVER A MONTH, UM, THAT WE'VE WORKED ON THIS, UM, WE'VE BROUGHT IT TO COUNCIL, UH, AT LEAST TWO TO THREE TIMES AS WELL AS PRESENTED IT TO THE, UH, CURRENT MDD BOARD.

UM, AND THEY THEMSELVES, UM, HAD NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, UM, WITH THIS CHANGE.

UM, SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

UM, AND THAT IS, UM, TURNING, UM, AS WE MERGED MDD AND THE PUBLIC HOSPITALITY INTO OUR CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE THEN, UM, BROKERING OFF A, UH, BAYTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UM, SO THAT WOULD BE MADE UP BY SEVEN, UH, MEMBERS.

UM, AND, UH, THE MEMBERS WOULD BE, UH, ONE FROM

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THE REAL ESTATE, UH, AGENCY, UH, ONE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, WHICH WAS AT A RECOMMENDATION FROM A PREVIOUS, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, ONE LARGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP.

UM, AND THAT'S ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP.

UM, ONE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP, UM, AND THREE INTERESTED CITIZENS WHO DO NOT HAVE A PROFESSIONAL OR PERSONAL AFFILIATION SIMILAR TO THOSE REPRESENTED BY OTHER APPOINTEES ON THE COMMITTEE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID SIMILARLY WITH THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WE MADE SURE THAT THE INTERESTED CITIZENS WERE NOT ANYWAY, AFFILIATED WITH, UM, OTHER APPOINTEES ON THE COMMITTEE.

SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE THEM SERVING TWO YEAR TERMS, UM, UH, WITH MEMBERS SERVING STAGGERED TERMS QUARTERLY OR AS NEEDED.

SO ONCE THEY START MEETING, IT WOULD BE UP TO THEM, UM, TO DECIDE HOW OFTEN THEY SHOULD MEET.

UM, ANY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER WHO WORKS WITH THE, UM, THIS ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER OR ADVISORY BOARD WILL WORK 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, UM, AND ON OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OF HIGH COMMUNITY INTEREST.

UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW, UM, DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT COME INTO THE CITY.

UM, WE DO WANNA ENSURE THAT, UM, THIS BOARD WILL WORK CONCURRENTLY WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM AND ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT ANYTHING THAT THEY REVIEW, UM, WILL OF COURSE RUN THROUGH THEM, UM, TO, UM, PASS ANY ORDINANCES OR, UM, AS WELL ANY, UM, OPEN MEETING ACTS REGULATIONS, UM, TO THOSE MEETINGS.

UM, OUR PLAN IS, UM, TO START APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS, UH, NEW ADVISORY BOARD IN DECEMBER OR AT THE DECEMBER MEETING.

SO WE ASK YOU, UM, TO REVIEW, UM, ANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO YOU FEEL MAY WANT TO SERVE ON, UM, THIS PARTICULAR BOARD AND BRING THEM FORWARD OR ACTUALLY ASK THEM TO, UH, APPLY, UM, ON OUR ONLINE SYSTEM, UM, ONCE THAT GETS UPDATED.

AND THEN, UM, OUR CITY CLERK WILL OF COURSE, UM, SEND IT OUT TO US FOR US TO REVIEW ANY APPLICANTS.

ANY, UM, EXISTING APPLICANTS THAT APPLIED, UH, TO SERVE ON MDD.

I WOULD ASSUME THOSE WOULD ALSO JUST ROLL OVER AND, UM, BE, UM, UM, I GUESS, UM, CONSIDERED, UH, FOR THIS NEW ADVISORY BOARD.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, DISSOLVING THE CURRENT, UH, MAKEUP.

UM, THIS IN NOVEMBER IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED.

UM, BUT IT COULD BE EFFECTIVE WHEN WE APPOINT THE NEW MEMBERS AS WELL.

UH, AND SO I, WILL WE OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS, UM, THAT YOU MAY HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THE MAKEUP? YES, SIR.

UM, MAYOR PERHAM, MAY I ASK COUNCIL MEMBER APPARAO A QUESTION? I WANNA MAKE SURE I DON'T STEER YOU ALL WRONG.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU DID USE THE TERM REAL ESTATE AGENCY MM-HMM .

IN YOUR COMMENTS, WHICH IS NOT TO TERM THAT I USED IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE.

SO IF THAT IS A DISTINCTION YOU WOULD LIKE, IF YOU WOULD, UM, UH, MOVE THE ITEM TO SPEC, SPECIFY THAT LANGUAGE.

I CAN HAVE, UH, A NEW DRAFT OUT THIS EVENING, BUT THE LANGUAGE I USED WAS REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY.

WE ARE FINE WITH THAT.

THERE, THERE WAS, UH, AN AMENDMENT WE WERE INTERESTED IN PROPOSING IN SECTION TWO WHERE IT DESCRIBES THE DUTIES.

UM, WHILE IT DOES SAY, UH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REVIEW REVIEWING BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANTS, WE WERE CONCERNED THAT IT COULD BE INTERPRETED IN THE FUTURE THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY OBJECTIVE FOR THE COMMITTEE.

SO WE WANTED TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT THAT ADDED, UM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REVIEWING BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANTS OR OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OF HIGH COMMUNITY INTEREST.

AND OUR THOUGHT HERE, COUNCIL, IS WE'RE THINKING OF FUTURE COUNCILS AND FUTURE ADMINISTRATIONS THAT WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THIS, AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE SPIRIT OF OUR INTENT IS CAPTURED IN THE RESOLUTION.

HIGH COMMUNITY INTEREST DOES NOT INCLUDE IDAS TWO TWELVES THREE 80, OR NOT ALL, ALL THREE EIGHTIES, BUT POSSIBLY SOME THREE EIGHTIES DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY PIECES THAT COULD BE JEOPARDIZED WITH HAVING A REVIEW OF THAT, OF THAT TYPE.

YOU CAN, IF I MAY, JUST FOR THE RECORD AS WE GO INTO THIS, AS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, IS THAT THE OF

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BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE ALL JUST AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDED.

IT JUST MEANS THAT THE INTENT IS NOT TO GO AFTER THOSE WITH EACH ONE THAT COMES IN.

IT JUST, UH, ONES THAT ARE OF HIGH COMMUNITY INTEREST.

AND WE WILL ASK STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE AS THOSE ISSUES COME UP.

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, SCOTT? YES, SIR.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD AMENDMENT.

ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR QUESTIONS FOR COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT.

UH, I GUESS TO, TO WHAT THE GENTLEMAN SAID, WOULD, WOULD THERE BE A REPRESENTATION OF ETJ FOR THE OTHER THREE? WOULD THAT BE AT LARGE? WOULD, WOULD THAT PERSON TYPICALLY, I BELIEVE ETJ HAS TO BE STATED ON THERE, UM, AS A MEMBER, UM, AND NOT JUST BLANKET INTERESTED CITIZEN, IS THAT CORRECT? OR IT'S A RECENT CONVERSATION GEARED AROUND WHO DO WE WANT TO, OR WHO WOULD, UH, THE COUNCIL LIKE TO PULL FROM FOR THE POLL.

AND THERE WAS A, THERE WAS AN, A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION IS THAT, DO WE WANNA PULL PEOPLE FROM EVEN OUTSIDE THE CITY? MM-HMM .

AND WHEN YOU SAY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, THAT'S INCLUDES THE ETJ MM-HMM .

UH, BECAUSE THE INTENT IS TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASPECT FOR THIS BOARD AND ACTUALLY MOVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FORWARD.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, MAKE THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE NAIVE OF US TO SAY THAT EVERYBODY THAT WORKS JUST IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN KNOWS BETTER THAN, YOU KNOW, OTHER EXPERTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AS WELL.

SO TO HIS POINT, IF YOU, IF WE STATE THAT IT'S OUTSIDE THE CITY, WE, WE CAN PULL MEMBERS FROM ANY GO AHEAD.

UH, COUNSEL, IF I MAY MAKE A SUGGESTION, UH, IF THAT IS THE WILL OF COUNSEL, I WOULD SUGGEST SOMEONE, UH, SEEK TO AMEND THE DRAFT BY TAKING OUT THE WORD CITIZEN AND JUST HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS.

UM, OR COULD WE HAVE TWO INTERESTED CITIZENS? ONE, ONE FROM THE EJ, ONE FROM ETJ? COULD WE BE MORE SPECIFIC INSTEAD OF MORE VAGUE? RIGHT.

YOU CAN BE AS SPECIFIC BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT IN OTHER BOARDS WHERE WE SPECIFICALLY SAY ONE HAS TO BE FROM ETJ OUTTA THE THREE.

SO WE DO, DO WE JUST ASK FOR THE AMENDMENT MIND? SO IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH ASKING FOR, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH ASKING FOR THE AMENDMENT.

IS ANY OF, IS WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MDD WHERE WE COLLECT MDD SALES TAX? IS IT CITY LIMITS, BUT NOT THE CHAMBERS COUNTY PORTION, BUT NOT THE CHAMBERS COUNTY PORTION? SO E TJ? NO, THE E TJ DOESN'T PAY EJ HARRIS COUNTY.

SO, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY AN IMPORTANT QUESTION BECAUSE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION GEARED AROUND THAT THIS ECONOMIC ADVISORY BOARD REPORTS ACTUALLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND NOT TO THE MDD.

I KNOW THAT WE JUST MADE IT PART OF THE COUNCIL MM-HMM .

BUT IT'S ACTUALLY, WE DO NEED TO DISTINGUISH THAT, THAT THERE'S THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MDD, THIS BOARD AS CREATED, WOULD REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

CORRECT.

AND SO WHEN YOU SAY THE CITY COUNCIL, IT COULD BE THE ENTIRE CITY OF BAYTOWN, WHICH DOES INCLUDE CHAMBERS COUNTY AT THIS POINT.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

ALRIGHT.

SO IT BE, IT'LL BE HARRIS COUNTY E TJ THEN THAT, WE'LL, IT'D BE ALL, ALL E TJ, ALL THE ET EVERYBODY, ALL E TJ.

SO, UM, THAT GOOD.

IF EVERYONE IS OKAY WITH THAT, THEN WE CAN AMEND THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD, UM, TO INCLUDE E EVERYTHING ELSE ABOVE.

AND THEN TWO INTERESTED CITIZENS THAT WOULD RESIDE WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN BOUNDARIES.

UM, ONE WOULD BE AN ETJ RESIDENT.

I THINK WE WOULD STILL NEED TO REMOVE THE WORD CITIZEN IN SECTION THREE AND ADD THE ONE INTERESTED CITIZEN IN THE ETJ IN SECTION FOUR.

YES, WE WOULD.

SCOTT, DO YOU AGREE? YES.

I THINK THAT'S A, A PROPER AMENDMENT.

I, I AGREE WITH THAT LANGUAGE.

SO, SO DO YOU WANNA, SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION OKAY.

THAT WE ACCEPT ON THIS NEW ORDINANCE WITH THE AMENDMENTS.

I SECOND.

AND I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT.

EVERYBODY CLEAR WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAD? AND SCOTT, HAS YOU CLEAR? ARE WE GOOD, SCOTT? I'M CLEAR.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I, WE'LL GET THIS ONE OUT TONIGHT, BUT I'LL HAVE IT TOMORROW.

NO PROBLEM.

I'LL BE, I'LL BE AROUND .

JUST GIMME A CALL.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

UM, I KNOW WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THIS AND I WANNA THANK OUR TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS WELL, UM, AND ADMINISTRATION FOR GUIDING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

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ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

UM, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN ON HOLD UNTIL Y'ALL FIGURE OUT YES.

ALL THE OTHER, IS THAT, DOES THAT STILL STAND OR, UM, ONCE IT PASSES THROUGH LEGAL, UM, AND, UM, EVERYTHING IS OKAY.

UM, WE CAN START ACCEPTING APPLICA.

WELL, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? BUT THOSE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OPEN.

BUT, UH, WE WILL NOT MAKE PLACEMENTS UNTIL THE DECEMBER MEETING, UNTIL THIS, BUT IT'S NOT FOR ALL COMMITTEES.

UM, THE REMAINING COMMITTEES ARE SO IN THE MANAGER REPORT, MR. GR YEAH, UH, UH, MS. MS. ALVARADO WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE BOARDS AND DISCUSSIONS DURING THE MANAGER REPORT.

SECOND, IF EVERYBODY IS DONE, I GET TO HAVE THE FINAL SAY.

THAT'S THE NICE THING ABOUT SITTING IN THIS CHAIR, , AND I'LL MAKE A COMMENT.

MY, I HAVE GREAT APPRECIATION FOR, FOR THE, THE COMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON THIS, LAURA AND SARAH AND HEATHER.

UM, FOLKS REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND JUST HOW MUCH TIME IS INVOLVED IN, IN THE SUBCOMMITTEES OR AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT WE DO.

AND THIS WAS A HERCULEAN TASK.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE ONLY FOCUSED ON ONE OR, OR TWO LITTLE COMMITTEES, BUT THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES IN ADDRESSING THAT.

SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.

SO AS, AS A MEMBER OF COUNCIL AND, AND GET TO PLAY MAYOR PRO TEM TONIGHT, I, I CAN TELL YOU I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE EFFORT.

THEY'VE TRIED TO STREAMLINE A LOT OF THIS.

THEY'VE, UH, LOOKING AT MAKING IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR OUR CITIZENS.

WE HAVE A LIMITED GROUP OF FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THE CITY TO GIVE THEIR TIME.

AND WE, WE GREW SO LARGE, I THINK WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMITTEES AND COMMITMENTS THAT WE WERE REALLY TAPPING 'EM OUT.

SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S EFFORT.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PRODUCT THAT'S COME OUT OF THAT.

SO I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE THE FIRST, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT.

GOOD JOB.

NOW WE'RE AT

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CONSENT.

UH, AS ALWAYS, IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM THAT WE CAN SET ASIDE TO DISCUSS, OR I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR ITEMS, CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH P, MOVE TO APPROVE A THROUGH P.

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, THE OTHERS HAVEN'T.

SO NOW WE'RE AT THE CITY MANAGER'S

[11. 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.]

REPORT.

UH, MR. LUSTER, I WANT TO YIELD SOME OF MY TIME TO MS. UH, ALVARADO TO GO OVER, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, AD HOC, UH, REPORTS IN THE BOARD OF COMMISSION REPORT.