* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] SO NOW CALL THIS, UH, MEETING BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. IT IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 25TH. IT IS 6:33 PM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. UH, WE ARE HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. UH, WE WILL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY COUNCIL MEMBER SARAH GRAHAM OF DISTRICT NUMBER TWO. THANK Y'ALL FOR JOINING ME. UM, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND NOW THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO ME, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVIDUAL. Y'ALL WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. JESUS, AS WE BOW OUR HEADS IN PRAYER, I WANNA EXPRESS WHAT A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR IT IS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS CAPACITY. GOD, AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS UPCOMING YEAR IN OUR DIVERSE AND BEAUTIFUL CITY, I ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO BUILD POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STAFF, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS PROMOTING A PLACE PEOPLE ARE PROUD TO CALL HOME. PLEASE CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND HELP GUIDE US ALL IN HONORING YOU AS WE WORK TO BETTER BAYTOWN, GIVE US PATIENCE AND LISTENING EARS AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO 2024 TO DO MORE, HAVE INTEGRITY AND CONTINUE WORKING HARD FOR EACH OTHER. THANK YOU FOR CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND SHOWING US IN TIMES OF NEED, SUCH AS THE RECENT FREEZES THAT LOVE AND COMPASSION ARE ABUNDANT IN BAYTOWN. THANK YOU TO LOCAL CHURCHES AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS STEPPING UP AND HELPING THEIR FELLOW NEIGHBORS. PLEASE BLESS THOSE WHO HELP OTHERS. WE HONOR YOU AND GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. OKAY, [1. CITIZEN COMMENTS Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, prohibits the City Council from discussing, deliberating, or considering, subjects for which public notice has not been given on the agenda. Issues that cannot be referred to the administration for action may be placed on the agenda of a future City Council Session.] NEXT WE HAVE OUR CITIZENS' COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE, UH, ANYONE? OH WOW. OKAY. WE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, WILL BE SPEAKING. LET'S SEE HERE. SO BEFORE WE BEGIN, UH, UH, I WILL LET YOU KNOW THIS IS, UH, PRETTY MUCH KINDA JUST THE, THE RULES HERE, UH, REGARDING THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD IS FOR ANY ITEM ITEM ON THE AGENDA, EACH CITIZEN'S MARK SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE. IT WILL GO BY VERY QUICK. THE ONE MINUTE LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNSEL. A CITIZEN MAY PASS HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. HOWEVER, NO CITIZEN REMARKS SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES IN TOTAL UNLESS THE TIME IS EXTENDED BY A MA MAJORITY VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, DO I NEED TO READ THE NEXT SECTION OR NOT, MA'AM? WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. SO FIRST WE HAVE MR. UH, JAMES, UH, KAMINSKI SIX 20. WELL, YOU CAN COME IN HERE. JUST, JUST, UH, EXPRESS WHAT NAME, UM, WHAT STREET YOU LIVE ON, IF YOU MAY. MR. COMISKEY LOWER MIKE. YES. OKAY. UH, WHY DON'T YOU COME TO THE MIKE? YEP. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, I SPOKE AT A, THE TOWN HALL MEETING FOR, UH, DISTRICT FOUR BACK ON DECEMBER 13TH. I EXPRESSED MY ONCE AND NEEDS TO BE DIS ANNEXED FROM THE CITY. I WAS ANNEXED IN 2018, FORCIBLY RIGHT AROUND THE TIME OF HARVEY. BEAT THE LAW BY TWO DAYS SINUS IN THE CITY. WE WERE RUSHED THROUGH. UH, SINCE THEN I HAD NOT RECEIVED MANY CITY SERVICES, UH, JUST NOW. GOT THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE CITY ELECTION THIS PAST NOVEMBER. UM, I DON'T WANT THE CITY SERVICES. I HAVE MY OWN. EVEN AT THE, WHEN THIS ANNEXATION TOOK PLACE, THE PREVIOUS MAYOR STATED THAT IT WAS A BAD INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY TO TAKE OVER ALL THIS ANNEXATION AT ONE TIME BECAUSE IT WAS NOT COST EFFECTIVE AND IT WAS WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO RECOUP. WELL, Y'ALL HAVE DONE IN NOTHING TO US FOR US. SO ALL YOU'VE DONE IS RECOUP THIS WHOLE TIME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANKS MISS. THANK YOU SIR. UH, NEXT WE HAVE HARVEY PONDER. YES, SIR. APPRECIATE Y'ALL. UM, I LIVE AT 6 4 0 3 CROSBY CEDAR BOW. THE ROAD IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE IS IN HARRIS COUNTY JURISDICTION. MY HOUSE ITSELF IS IN CITY LIMITS OF BAYTOWN. I WAS TOLD THE ANNEX WAS TO PROVIDE CITY AMENITIES AND 9 1 1 SERVICE TO MY AREA. THAT WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO. SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT TO GET A CITY WATER AND SEWER, I'D HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PIPE AND WATER INSTALLATION. SINCE I HAVE NO CITY WATER, THE CITY WILL NOT PROVIDE TRASH PICKUP. I HAVE FIVE ACRES WITH A LOT OF TREES AND VARIABLE EVERY YEAR I LOSE SOME TREES TO THE STORM OR TO ROT AGE, WHATEVER. I WANNA MOVE ONE. THE CITY WILL NOT PICK UP MY TREE LIMBS [00:05:01] 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE CITY WATER. I ALSO NEED A, UM, I NEED A PERMIT TO PUT A LIGHT SWITCH IN MY BARN. I NEED A PERMIT TO PUT MY WATER OVER TO MY CALF PEN. MASTER ELECTRICIAN CHARGED THE CITY PULL. THE CITY OF PERMIT IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS. LIKE I SAID, WHILE MY HOUSE IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, THE ROAD IS UNDER COUNTY JURISDICTION. ALRIGHT, MR. PONDER, UH, UNFORTUNATELY YOUR TIME IS UP. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT, MAN, IT GOES QUICK. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE GARY. IS IT VAN DERBE? VANDER BEAK. VANDER BEAK, YES, SIR. CROSS CROSBY CEDAR BIO. YEAH. UH, WHEN YOU COME TO THE MIC, YOU'LL STATE IT THERE. YES, SIR. UM, I LIVE ON, UH, CROSBY CEDAR BIO, 44 0 3 CROSBY, CEDAR BIO. I'M ASKING THAT YOU DE ANNEX US. UM, I TOLD THE CITY WHEN THE ANNEXATION TOOK PLACE THAT I OWN THE ROAD TO IT. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS A UNION PACIFIC. AND, UH, I'M ALSO A UNION PLUMBER. I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST PLUMBING COMPANIES FOR 40 YEARS AND I TOLD THEM, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD PUT IN ALL THE UTILITIES. IT'S BEEN OVER THREE YEARS. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY UTILITIES PUT IN AND I DON'T SEE IT MOVING FORWARD. I OWN THE ROAD AND YOUR CITY ORDINANCE PREVENTS YOU FROM GOING THROUGH MY PROPERTY. AND, UM, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT. AND I ADDRESS THAT BACK THEN. AND WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD IT COMPLETED. SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANKS SIR. NEXT WE HAVE KA UH, KATHY VANDER PEAK. I DID MY . OKAY. SO YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE IF YOU SO CHOOSE. YEAH. AND THEN ALONG THE WAY, UM, IT'S A LONG STORY. IT'LL TAKE MORE THAN A MINUTE, BUT BASICALLY THEY, THEY WENT THROUGH MY PROPERTY WITH A WATER MAIN. I DIDN'T GIVE HIM PERMISSION TO DO THAT. THE NEIGHBOR BEHIND ME GAVE PERMISSION ON HIS PROPERTY. THEY TOOK HIS SURVEY AND THOUGHT IT WAS MY SURVEY AND PUT THE WATER MAIN ON MY PROPERTY AGAINST MY WISHES AND TORE UP MY FENCE. I THREATENED TO SUE HIM OVER IT AND THE CITY COUNCILMAN SAID THAT, GO AHEAD AND TRY TO SUE US. YOU'RE NOT GONNA WIN. SO MY FENCE IS STILL TORE UP. I SPENT $30,000 ON IT AND IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANKS SIR. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, UM, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SKIP MR. BOWES, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UNLESS YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I MEAN, KIND OF THE, THE GENERAL TOPIC. UH, WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE ALL ON THE SAME STREET, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP THINGS WITHIN THE SAME TOPIC UNLESS YOU WANNA SPEAK. OH, I WANNA SPEAK, BUT IT'S NOT ON THAT TOPIC. THAT'S MY POINT. OKAY. I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, LINDA MIX. WHILE YOU APPROACHED THE MICROPHONE, UH, IS THERE A SANDRA MIX SOMEWHERE IN THE FAMILY? YEAH, SHE'S AN OUTLAW. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD ANSWER. I'M TRUTHFUL. SO THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT. UH, MY NAME IS LINDA MIX. I LIVE AT 64 27 CROSBY CEDAR BAYOU. I AM ALSO PART OF THE ANNEXATION THAT HAPPENED THE 2017 WHERE WE GOT FIRST WORD OF IT AUGUST THE END OF AUGUST. THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER HARVEY CAME THROUGH AND YOU PASSED THROUGH IT BY NOVEMBER. SO, AND THEN IN DECEMBER THEY PASSED THE BILL. IT STATED THAT PEOPLE HAD TO VOTE IN ORDER TO BE ANNEXED. SO Y'ALL RUSHED US THROUGH. THE OTHER THING IS, IS I, YOU PROMISED WITHIN THREE YEARS THAT WE WOULD GET CITY SERVICES. THAT THREE YEARS IS DOUBLED NOW AND WE'VE NOT EVEN SEEN IT. AND MY HUSBAND'S RIGHT AFTER ME AND I'M GONNA GET TAKE HIS MINUTES. SO, OKAY. , YES, SIR. UH, JUST SAY YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. HE SAYS THAT ALL THE TIME. OKAY, I GET IT. UH, CITY, AS FAR AS CITY SERVICES, I COULD CALL 9 1 1. AND UP UNTIL, UH, LAST YEAR, WHICH IS FIVE YEARS AFTER OUR ANNEXATION, THEY STILL DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE THAT WE WERE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. I STILL DON'T, I HAVE NOBODY TO ACTUALLY PATROL MY STREET AND I'VE ALMOST GOTTEN HIT BY A CAR LIKE SIX TIMES. SO NOTHING IS DONE FOR US. Y'ALL PROVIDE ZERO, BUT HOWEVER, MY TAXES ARE PROVIDED FOR Y'ALL EVERY YEAR ON TIME. AND I'M DONE. OKAY. SO I WANNA BE DISS, ANNEXED. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. UH, NEXT WE HAVE, NOW WE HAVE JUDY DUBOSE. GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK COUNCIL [00:10:01] MEMBERS ALVARADO GRIFFITH PEMBERTON, AND THE MAYOR FOR THEIR INPUT AND SUPPORT FOR THE RO ROSS S STERLING, JR. ROTC FLAG PRESENTATION LAST THIS WEEK AT THE GOOSE CREEK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING THIS YEAR, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE HAD ARMY ROTC WITHIN GOOSE CREEK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, REPLACING THE MARINE CORPS, UM, ROTC AT STERLING. AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT GOOSE CREEK SECURED OVER $320,000 IN GRANTS. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND PRESENTING IT. COUNCIL MEMBER ALVARADO, I APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYTHING ON THE AGENDA, AGENDA AND HAVING THE CITY CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MA'AM. UH, NEXT WE HAVE KIM EK. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNSEL. KIM EK 51 0 3 ASHWOOD DRIVE. DISNEY DIS ANNEXATION DOESN'T AFFECT ME PERSONALLY. I LIVE IN COUNTRY CLUB, BUT I BOUGHT MY HOUSE WHERE I DID FOR THE SCHOOLS. I INTENTIONALLY CHOSE WHERE I WAS GOING TO LIVE. THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU HEARD FROM TONIGHT, THEY CHOSE THEIR HOMES KNOWING THAT THEY WERE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. AND WHAT HAPPENED IN 2017, THERE'S ONLY ONE MEMBER OF COUNCIL THAT WAS PRESENT DURING THAT TIME THAT, AND IT WAS RUSHED THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE LAW THAT WAS BEING PASSED THAT WAS GOING INTO EFFECT. THEY REALLY ARE OWED MORE THAN JUST DIS ANNEXATION PUT THEIR TAXES BACK AS WELL. Y'ALL KNOW HOW TO DO IT AND IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE CITY TO HELP PROVIDE THEM WITH A PATH ON HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THEY'RE LOST AND THEY REALLY NEED YOUR LEADERSHIP TO HELP THEM, AND THEY'RE OWED IT AND THEY'RE OWED THEIR TAXES BACK. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MA'AM. ALRIGHT, THAT IS EVERYONE THAT IS, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK UNDER THIS, UH, CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD. UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANY, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE. CORRECT. ALRIGHT. SO I DO THANK EACH, UH, EACH INDIVIDUAL FOR COMING AND SPEAKING BEFORE COUNSEL. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR [2. MINUTES] NEXT ITEM IS, UH, ITEM TWO A AND B, UH, IS GONNA BE CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. UH, THE FIRST ONE, TWO A IS, UH, THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 20TH, AND B IS THE WORK SESSION REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 11TH. SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THESE TWO ITEMS. MOTION TO REFER TO ITEMS TWO AND B. SECOND, A MOTION TO SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN. FOR ITEMS TWO A AND B, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM. UH, BEFORE WE GO TO, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LEMME DO THIS REAL QUICK. I'M GONNA DO ITEM THREE A, [a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.] RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S EMPLOYEES OF THE, UH, OF THE YEAR FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE. MR. LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, GOING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING 25 YEAR PLUS INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. WE'LL INTERNALLY, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT FOR POINT OF REFERENCE GOING FORWARD AT THESE PRESENTATIONS. OKAY, JOEL WILLIE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A TRAFFIC CONTROL WORKER WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PUBLIC WORK AND ENGINEERING TRAFFIC DIVISION ON JANUARY 14TH, 1999. IN 2001, MR. WILLIE WAS PROMOTED TO A SENIOR TRAFFIC CONTROL WORKER. IN 2004, MR. WILLIE WAS PROMOTED AGAIN TO A TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNICIAN. DURING MR. WILLIE'S 25 YEAR TENURE AS CITY EMPLOYEE, HE HAS SERVED THIS ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY IN THE TRAFFIC DIVISION. MR. WILLIE'S JOURNEY HAS LED HIM TO HIS CURRENT ROLE IN THE CITY AS A LEAD TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNICIAN, MR. WILLIE CONTINUALLY ADVANCED HIS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE. HE HAS DEMONSTRATED THIS BY EARNING AND HOLDING MULTIPLE LICENSES FROM THE TEXAS ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE AND INTERNATIONAL MUNICIPAL SIGNAL ASSOCIATION. THROUGHOUT HIS TIME WITH THE CITY, MR. WILLIE HAS ENJOYED THE HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO WORK ON VARIOUS TRAFFIC RELATED ENHANCEMENTS ACROSS THE CITY. THESE PROJECTS HAVE INCLUDED THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE GARTH ROAD CORRIDOR, THE CITYWIDE SIGNAL MODERNIZATION PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDED UPGRADES TO THE STREET SIGNAL AND THE HIGHWAY LIGHTS ACROSS THE CITY. AND FURTHER, MR. WILLIE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN REPLACING OUTDATED INTERSECTION CABINETS ACROSS THE CITY. IN ADDITION TO THESE MAJOR PROJECTS, MR. WILLIE HAS BEEN MENTOR AND ROLE MODEL TO HIS COWORKERS IN THE TRAFFIC DIVISION. WE SALUTE YOU, MR. WILLIE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO THE, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. [00:15:03] ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. [b. Recognition of the It's Time Texas 2024 Community Challenge to mobilize the community to promote wellness.] NEXT WE HAVE ITEM THREE B. SO IS GONNA BE RECOGNITION OF THE IT'S TIME TEXAS 2024 COMMITTEE CHALLENGE TO MOBILIZE THE COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE WELLNESS. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALVARADO. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, SO, UH, SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT I, I SERVE ON THE B WELL B TOWN COMMITTEE AND, UH, FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND SO PART OF THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO TO HELP, UM, REALLY PUSH THE IT'S TIME TEXAS AGENDA AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. UM, AND, AND THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST PHYSICAL WELLNESS, BUT UM, UH, EMOTIONAL AND UH, MENTAL WELLNESS AS WELL. AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY TODAY. USUALLY I HAVE A PLEDGE AT EACH OF YOUR STATIONS. UM, TODAY IT'LL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AND, UM, I'M GLAD THAT I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO PRESENT THIS AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AS WELL IN, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOSE CREEK TO ENCOURAGE OUR GOOSE CREEK PARTNERS, UM, TO ALSO TAKE THE PLEDGE ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE BE WELL BAYTOWN COMMITTEE. AND, UM, I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES, SARAH AND KEN FOR BEING THERE AS WELL AND SUPPORTING, UH, THIS CAUSE. AND, UH, I, I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE AS YOUR PLEDGE FOR PACKING THE PARKS ON SUNDAYS, TRULY JUST BE OUT AND ACTIVE, UM, HEALTHY, UH, AS A COMMUNITY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW. SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS FROM THE BE WELL BAYTOWN COMMITTEE THAT ARE HERE, AND, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL INDULGING THIS. OKAY. WE'RE A LITTLE BIT ON A TIME CONSTRAINT, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THIS IS GONNA TAKE. IT'S NOT VERY LONG. OKAY. YEAH, WE'LL BE QUICK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, UM, WITH YOU. I'M RUTH QUES, I'M THE, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER AT THE CANCER PREVENTATION CONTROL PLATFORM. THIS IS MY COLLEAGUE MYRA HI AM MYRA KEYNOTE, AND WE HAVE THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD BE WELL BAYTOWN AND ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THE CITY DOES TO SUPPORT, UM, ALL THE GREAT WORK. THEY LONG TERM, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. AND WE, UM, ARE THE, THE, YOU'RE REQUIRED AS A PART OF THIS CHALLENGE TO HAVE A, UM, A COMMUNITY COALITION AS A PART OF IT. AND WE ARE THAT COMMUNITY COALITION. SO I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU GUYS, IT'S THE, IT'S TIME TEXAS COMMUNITY CHALLENGE. IT'S RUNNING UNTIL MARCH 3RD. WE'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO SCAN THIS QR CODE, UM, AND GET SIGNED UP AND DOWNLOAD THE APP. IT'S VERY EASY TO GET INFORMATION. UM, YOU CAN DO THINGS LIKE PARTICIPATING BY DRINKING WATER, EATING HEALTHY FOODS, VISITING ANY OF THE AMAZING PARKS AND TRAILS HERE IN BAYTOWN, PARTICIPATING IN FITNESS CLASSES, UM, ENGAGING IN HEALTHY EATING, LOTS OF GREAT RE RESOURCES FOR ALL THOSE THINGS HERE IN BAYTOWN. UM, YOU CAN EARN POINTS AGAIN BY REGISTERING, SUBMITTING A PLEDGE, SUBMITTING A VIDEO, AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME OF THAT IN JUST A SECOND HERE FOR CITY COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY, WHICH EARNS US A LOT OF POINTS. UM, ONE THING I'VE LEARNED ABOUT BEING IN BAYTOWN FOR OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS IS THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION THAT IS, UH, HAPPENS HERE. AND SO WE, UM, ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB IN THIS COMPETITION. AND WE STARTED OFF OUR FIRST YEAR EVER IN FOURTH PLACE AND LAST YEAR WE WERE, UM, IN SECOND PLACE AND GOOSE CREEK, CISD WAS IN THIRD PLACE. WE CURRENTLY ARE IN THIRD PLACE RIGHT NOW, ALTHOUGH MISSION IS SNEAKING UP US HONEST. SO WE'LL GET US. SO WE'LL GET SOME POINTS TODAY AND REALLY HELP CHANGE THAT. UM, WE BEAT FAR LAST YEAR, BUT THEY'RE AHEAD OF US BY QUITE A BIT RIGHT NOW. SO SOME WORK FOR US TO GET DONE. GOOSE CREEK, CISD ACTUALLY HAD TO JOIN THE LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS LAST YEAR. UM, THEY WERE IN A, A SLIGHTLY SMALLER CATEGORY AND THEY STILL DID A GREAT JOB CRUSHING IT AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR AS WELL. SO WE'D LOVE TO ASK YOU ALL TO TAKE THE PLEDGE WITH US, SCAN THE QR CODE. I THINK WE'RE GONNA SIGN, UH, SOME PAPERS AND WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. SO, UH, INSTEAD OF SIGNING THE EACH DOC, UH, EACH INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTS, WE ARE GOING TO GO DOWN AND SIGN UM, ONE DOCUMENT FROM THEM. AND IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THE POINTS, UH, WE NEED TO DO A GROUP PHOTO. OKAY. SO IF WE CAN, SO WE GO ON THERE, KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO SCAN AND JOIN THE FALL. IF YOU COULD DO THE VIDEO WOULD GREAT. BY WHEN? MARCH 3RD. OKAY. THE SAME ONE? YEAH. WE'RE ALL GONNA FIND THE SAME. YOUR VIDEO LAST YEAR WAS AMAZING, MAYOR, SO IF YOU DID ANOTHER ONE THIS YEAR, IT'D BE GREAT. AND WE HAD SOME GOOD, SOMEBODY BACK. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. [00:20:11] THERE'S FUN PRIZES YOU CAN WIN. KIDS AND ADULTS TOO. CONSIDER, YEAH, IF YOU REFER PEOPLE THAT YOU GET EXTRA POINTS FOR THAT ALSO, LOTS OF WAYS TO SIGN UP AND WIN. I CAN TAKE THE PICTURE IF YOU WANT. YEAH, YOU CAN TAKE PICTURE. OKAY. EVERYBODY SQUEEZE IN. THANK YOU. SURE, YEAH. COME UP A LITTLE BIT. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOOD. YOU WE'RE GOOD? YEAH. PERFECT. OKAY, READY? OKAY. HANG ON ONE SECOND ION. AND ONE MORE. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THIS. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT COUNSEL. UH, I BELIEVE WHAT I'M GONNA DO, UH, WE DO HAVE UM, [11. EXECUTIVE SESSION] I GUESS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE PLACE NOW. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU CAN, YES. OKAY. BECAUSE SOMEBODY NEEDS TO CATCH A, A FLIGHT, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM, RIGHT? THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM AND EXECUTIVE SESSION. WELL FOR, FOR THAT PARTICULAR SUBJECT MATTER. THAT'S ALRIGHT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE, THAT'S WHY. SO IT, IT WILL, IF I CAN, UM, HAVE COUNSEL INDULGENCE ON, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, TAKE AN ITEM OUTTA ORDER, WHICH IS GONNA BE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH IS ITEM 11 A. SO WITH THAT, UM, SOME SCRIPT HERE. SO WE'LL NOW RECESS AND CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 51 0.071 AND OH EIGHT SEVEN OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS AND OR DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. SO IT IS NOW 6 56 AND WE'LL GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO I'LL NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 1 0 2 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM, I BELIEVE [a. Consider an ordinance authorizing the disannexation of various tracts associated with the Chevron Phillips Chemical Industrial District Agreement. ] IT'S FOUR A CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DI D DIS ANNEXATION OF VARIOUS TRACKS ASSOCIATED, ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT. MS. MORAN. HEY, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL. BRIAN MORAN. ITEM FOUR C FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE DE ANNEXATION OF VARIOUS TRACKS OF LAND THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT WITH CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL. UH, THIS WAS A CONDITION OF THE IDA, UM, CP CHEMS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WILL REMAIN WITH THE, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. UM, IN ADDITION, CP CHEM WILL BE PROVIDING A 12 MILLION SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS FOR DE DE ANNEXATION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MORAN REGARDING WHAT HE JUST DESCRIBED? AND I THINK, UH, LAST MEETING IS WHAT WE, WHEN WE DID APPROVE THE, UM, I GUESS THE NEW IDA. SO WITH THAT, UH, WITH THAT CONSIDERATION, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR A AS PRESENTED MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR A. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION OF A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YOU HAVE NOT ALL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM FOUR A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. ITEM CARRIES. NEXT IS [b. Consider the second and final reading of an ordinance for the proposed annexation of 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.] TO CONSIDER THE SECOND FINAL REASON OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY, OH, EXCUSE ME. LET'S SEE. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PULL, UH, ITEM FOUR B. IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE FOR THAT OR JUST PULL WHERE IT'S NOT READY? NO, SIR. JUST ANNOUNCED THAT NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AND, UH, IF NECESSARY WE'LL BRING THIS BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE. ALRIGHT, SO ITEM FOUR B. YOU HEARD THE CITY ATTORNEY SO WE'LL REVISIT THIS ITEM WHEN, UM, IF NECESSARY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE A, [a. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Tax Abatement Agreement with Robin Monomers, LLC for Project Robin.] UH, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH ROBIN, UH, MONOMERS, LLC FOR PROJECT ROBIN, MS. MORAN. YES. UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ITEM, UH, FIVE A FOR PROJECT ROBIN, WE WILL INCLUDE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS, UH, DESIGNED [00:25:01] TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM, RELIABLE AND FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS TO DOWNSTREAM AND PETROCHEMICAL CUSTOMERS. UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET, UH, WILL HELP THE COMPANY'S EXISTING OPERATIONS IN BAYTOWN AND SUPPORT A SIGNIFICANT OIL AND GAS COMPANY. THE INVESTMENT, UM, IS APPROXIMATELY $108 MILLION WITH THE CREATION OF 20 FULL-TIME JOBS AND OPERATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN JANUARY, 2025. UH, THE TAX ABATEMENT IS FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD ON A SLIDING SCALE. OKAY. ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE, UH, FIRST ITEM IS FIVE A. AND SO TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FIVE, A MOVE TO APPROVE FIVE A SECOND MOTION, SECOND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT, MAYOR, ON THIS ONE, UH, IT'S, IT IS KIND OF RELATED TO A NC. THESE ARE BOTH IN THE SAME AREA, BUT THESE ARE DOWN ON, UH, NEEDLE POINT ROAD. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE, UH, CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE WITH OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA, THEY'VE ASKED IF THEY'RE, IF WE COULD POSSIBLY DO ANYTHING TO TRY TO GET, UM, SECOND MEANS OF EGRESS INGRESS AND EGRESS INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE THEY NEEDLE POINT RUNS INTO, UH, SHO LANDER. AND SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. UM, AS A PART OF THIS, WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, UH, THE, THE ENTITIES HERE TO GET SOME RIGHT OF WAY SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT SECONDARY EGRESS. SO, UM, DEFINITELY A POSITIVE FOR THIS AREA. YEAH, NO, I AGREE. I MEAN THAT WAS SOMETHING CERTAINLY THAT, THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE HELPFUL CERTAINLY FROM A EMERGENCY SERVICES, UH, ACCESS. I GUESS, UM, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING HAPPENING ON SLANDER AND FOLKS THAT LIVE IN, IN HUNTER CREEK OR IN THAT AREA, BE ABLE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF ONE, ONE OUT OF THEIR AREA AND, AND OR IF IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE WHERE OUR EMERGENCY CREWS CAN ALSO GET ACCESS TO THEM. SO, UH, GOOD COMMENTS. UH, SO, UM, WE HAVE ITEM FIVE [b. Consider a resolution granting a variance to the Tax Abatement Guidelines to Robin Monomers LLC, to allow the abatement to commence post-construction of Project Robin.] B THEN, UM, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION GRANTING A VARIANCE TO THE TAX ABATEMENT. WELL, EXCUSE ME, HAVE WE VOTED ON FIVE A? NO. OKAY. SO FOR ITEM FIVE A, UH, THERE'S MOTION TO SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FIVE A IS PRESENTED. PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED ITEM CARRIES WILL GO TO FIVE B, WHICH IS CONSIDERED RESOLUTION GRANTING VARIANCE TO THE TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES TO ROBIN MONOMERS LLC TO ALLOW THE ABATEMENT TO COMMENCE POST-CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT ROBIN. SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF FIVE B. MOVE TO APPROVE FIVE B. SECOND. SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALTHOUGH NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FIVE B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? UH, NEXT WE HAVE CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE [c. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Tax Abatement Agreement with Emperor Cryo, LLC Application for Tax Abatement Support Services, LLC for Project Penguin.] AUTHORIZING A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH, UH, EMPEROR CRYO LLC APPLICATION FOR TAX ABATEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES LLC FOR PROJECT PENGUIN. SO I GUESS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FIVE C AS, UM, AS EXPRESSED MOVE TO APPROVED FIVE CI HAVE MOTION. SECOND. SECOND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT ALL. THOSE IN FAVOR OF FIVE CS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? [d. Consider a resolution granting a variance to the Tax Abatement Guidelines to Emperor Cryo LLC, to allow the abatement to commence post-construction of Project Penguin.] NEXT WE'LL DO WE'LL MOVE ON TO FIVE D. CONSIDER RESOLUTION GRANTED OF VARIANCE TO THE TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES TO, UM, EMPEROR CRYO LLC TO ALLOW THE ABATEMENT TO COMMENCE POST-CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT PENGUIN. SO TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR FIVE D IS PRESENTED, MOVE TO APPROVE FIVE D. SECOND MOTION, SECOND QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOT ALL. THOSE IN FAVOR OF FIVE D IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? NEXT WE HAVE REPORTS [a. Receive the City of Baytown's Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending September 30, 2023.] IS RECEIPT OF THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023. MS. MCKENZIE, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL. I AM PRESENTING THE UNAUDITED FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023. UM, THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT, UM, TO PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIALS AND THE DETAILS ARE IN YOUR PACKET. UM, THE GENERAL FUND HAS A FUND BALANCE OF 24.8 MILLION. WE RECEIVED 133 MILLION IN REVENUE, WHICH IS 103% OF THE BUDGET. THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO HIGHER COLLECTION FROM PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND INVESTMENT INTEREST. THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE 150.2 MILLION, REPRESENTING 101% OF THE BUDGET WITH PERSONNEL COSTS BEING THE MAIN CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX HAS A SLIGHT GAIN OF AROUND 800,000 IN THE FUND BALANCE THIS YEAR. UH, WATER AND SEWER HAS EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN THE WORKING CAPITAL FROM 6.7 MILLION TO 8.2 MAINLY DUE TO THE SELL OF WATER. UH, SANITATION SHOWS A NEGATIVE WORKING CAPITAL DUE TO THE SPEND OF $8.3 MILLION, WHICH IS OVER THE 6.7 MILLION IN REVENUE GENERATED. AND THAT IS MAINLY DUE TO PERSONNEL COST AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. UH, STORM WATER ALSO SHOWS THE NEGATIVE WORKING CAPITAL DUE TO THE 4.5 MILLION SPENT OVER THE REVENUE GENERATED OF $2 MILLION AND THE NEGATIVE WORKING CAPITAL OF 1.6 THAT CAME OVER FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. UM, AND THE PRIOR YEAR, UM, NEGATIVE BALANCE WAS BASICALLY CREATED BY THE, UM, SPINACH, UH, CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURES. [00:30:01] AQUATICS IS ANOTHER FUND ENDING WITH A NEGATIVE WORKING CAPITAL OF 751,000. AND WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THAT IN THE FY 24 BUDGET PROCESS. WE, UM, KIND OF KNEW THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN. UM, AND THAT WAS DUE MAINLY TO ALSO, WE HAD A PRIOR YEAR, UH, EXPENDITURES OF $1.1 MILLION IN SERVICES IN AQUATICS. UH, STREET MAINTENANCE SHOWS A FAVORABLE FUND BALANCE WITH AN INCREASE OF 708,000 OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. UM, THEY HAD LESS, UH, SPEND OVER PRIOR YEAR. FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE 57.1 MILLION IN UNSPENT BOND PROCEEDS. OUR INVESTMENT BOOK VALUE IS 253.8 MILLION WITH INVESTMENT EARNINGS ACROSS ALL FUNDS AT $12.5 MILLION. UM, I JUST WANNA MENTION WE'LL BE BRINGING, UH, TO YOU, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUDIT A FY 23 BUDGET AMENDMENT. SO SOME NUMBERS MAY CHANGE BASED ON WHAT THE AUDITORS DETERMINE. UM, AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MCKENZIE? IF NOT, WE WOULD CONSIDER ITEM SIX A IS RECEIVED. WE WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM OUR [7. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.] CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS, UM, ITEMS A THROUGH L. SO I WILL, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE ITEM J FOR OKAY, UH, QUESTIONING QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE, UM, CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH L, SAVE AND ACCEPT J SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS A THROUGH L, NOT INCLUDING J PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MS. UM, ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN, YOU HAVE ITEM [j. Consider an ordinance authorizing the award of the Central District Wastewater Treatment Plant Digester Cleaning to Merrell Bros., Inc.] J? UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, THE REASON WHY I MOVED IT, I, I KNOW, UM, THERE'S A PROCESS FOR BIDDING AND UH, I JUST WANT TO CALL ATTENTION MAYBE TO PERHAPS, UM, AMENDING THAT PROCESS. I KNOW WE ONLY HAD ONE BIDDER, UH, ON THIS WASTEWATER TREATMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. UH, I WAS HOPING MOVING FORWARD, UM, WE COULD CITY WILL CONSIDER A, A PROCESS THAT THERE, THERE'S ONLY ONE BIDDER THAT, UM, THERE'S AN EXTENSION PERIOD AND, UH, FOR THAT, UM, TO ALLOW OTHER BIDDERS TO MAKE SURE THE CITY'S GETTING THE BEST VALUE FOR, FOR ITS DOLLAR. UM, I UNDERSTAND THIS BIDDER'S OUT OF TOWN, THERE'S SOME PER DIEM COSTS THAT COME WITH IT. I TRUST THAT Y'ALL DOING, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOES THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING IT. BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, MOVING FORWARD THAT IF THERE'S ONLY ONE BIDDER, THAT THE CITY HAS A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON. UM, ALSO, UM, I'M UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, THE BIDDING PROCESS DOESN'T ALLOW FOR, UM, WELL, IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT LOCAL BIDDERS OR LOCAL JOBS OR THAT, THAT OFFER ON THE BID. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PROCESS WHERE THERE'S A POINT SITU POINT SET UP FOR WHERE THERE'S, UH, THAT ALLOWS FOR, UH, PREFERENCES FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY WORK HERE AND, AND, AND ARE BASED LOCALLY, UM, OKAY. HOPE IN HOPES THAT COULD ONE, CUT DOWN ON, ON, UH, PER DIEM COSTS AND ALSO GIVE, UH, OUR LOCAL BUSINESS AN ECONOMIC, UH, ADVANTAGE TOWARDS OUR BIDS. SO, RIGHT, WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS, UM, YOU KNOW, MODIFYING PURCHASING RULES SO THAT WE DO TAKE, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES INTO ACCOUNT. UH, I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, BEING IN BAYTOWN THERE, UH, THERE IS INSTANCES WHERE WE CAN ONLY GET ONE BIDDER SOMETIMES. UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I WAS VERY COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THE BID PRICE WAS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD COMPARED TO PREVIOUS, UH, YEARS WHERE WE BID THIS OUT. SO, UM, THE BID CAME IN UNDER OUR BUDGET AND, UH, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD BID. SO, UH, WE WERE HAPPY WITH THAT. OKAY, AND AGAIN, I, I TRUST Y'ALL TO DO YOUR JOB. I, THIS IS HOPEFULLY MAYBE IF THERE'S ANOTHER BIDDER THAT MOVING FORWARD, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT. UM, SO WE HAVE ITEM, UH, J SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM JA MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM J, EVIDENCE. SECOND, MOTION TO SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE PAPER ITEM J IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. UH, I WILL SAY JUST, JUST AS A, A NOTE, UM, BUT ON ITEM I, UM, THAT THERE WAS A, A LOCAL, UH, PLUMBING SERVICES CONTRACT AND, UH, WITH, UH, WITH BLACKSMITH INC. AND SO, UH, I WILL SAY [00:35:01] WE CERTAINLY, I KNOW IT'S PART OF OUR DISCUSSION WE HAD THIS WEEKEND WHERE, UM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE A PREFERENCE FOR INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES THAT CAN PROVIDE, CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICES OR GOODS THAT, THAT WE MAY REQUIRE AS A CITY. SINCE THEY'RE, UH, LOCAL COMMERCIAL TAXPAYERS, WE WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO, UM, BE ABLE TO TRY AND, UH, PROCURE THEM WHEN IT IS, WHEN IT OBVIOUSLY MAKES SENSE. ALRIGHT, SO, ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM, UH, THE, [a. Consider the appointment of James Franco to the Baytown Municipal Development District and the Baytown Hospitality Public Facilities Corporation.] I GUESS THE APPOINTMENTS. WE DO HAVE, UM, TWO, I THINK LEMME OH, EXCUSE ME. NO, NO. OKAY. EIGHT A. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO TAKE 'EM INDIVIDUALLY. CONSIDER AN APPOINTMENT TO, UH, OF MR. JAMES FRANCO. FRANCO TO THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DELAWARE DISTRICT AND THE BAYTOWN HOSPITALITY PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION. SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UH, FOR APPOINTMENT OF MR. FRANCO TO THESE TWO BOARDS MOVE. SO APPROVE A, A SECOND MOTION. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FI ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF EIGHT A IS PRESENTED. PLEASE SAY AYE. A OPPOSED? OKAY. ALL [b. Consider the appointments for the Baytown Capital Improvement Plan Ad Hoc Committee and the Baytown Finance Ad Hoc Committee.] RIGHT. EIGHT B, CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENTS FOR A BAYTOWN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THE BAYTOWN FINANCE AD HOC COMMITTEE. AND SO I'M ASSUMING THIS IS GOING TO FORM FORMALIZE, I GUESS, UH, WITH MR. FRANCO. UH, NOW ON CITY COUNCIL, UM, I WILL BE MOVING HIM TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PLAN AD HOC COMMITTEE. UH, THERE IS A VACANCY ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND SO I WILL, UH, BE MOVING, UH, COUNCILMAN ALVARADO TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. SO JUST THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. SO I GUESS I WOULD, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE APPOINTMENTS TO THOSE AD HOC COMMITTEES. SO MOVE SECOND. MOTION SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THOSE APPOINTMENTS AS EXPRESSED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOVE ON. WE HAVE OUR MANAGER'S REPORT. [9. 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.] JUST THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I HAVE JUST A FEW THINGS TO PUT OUT. UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO, UH, LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A PUSHIN CEREMONY FOR ENGINE SIX AT FIRE STATION SIX, UH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH AT 2:00 PM UH, THAT IS ON PINEHURST STREET, UH, ONE, UH, TEN ONE SIXTY SIX PINE STREET IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO. SO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO PUSHING THAT ONE IN. SO HAPPY TO GET THAT ONE IN SERVICE TWO 2:00 PM UH, ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR OFFICERS, UH, OFFICER LAMA, UH, HAD A WRITE IN, UH, WITH A CITIZEN. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT HE WAS JUST SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE DEPARTMENT, UH, HAPPY A DEPARTMENT WITH OFFICERS WHO ARE WILLING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THANKS, UH, TO O OFFICER PLE, UH, PLEASE PASS THAT ON. AND THEN, UH, OFFICER, UH, MARCUS RIVERS, UH, HAD A, UH, GOOD WRITEUP. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW HOW THANKFUL I AM FOR THE OFFICERS LIKE YOU AND YOU SPECIFICALLY THE COMPASSION AND EMPATHY YOU SHOWED TO THAT MAN WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU WERE REQUIRED TO DO. AND SO I THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU. AND SO HE WAS HELPING, UH, UM, AN AMPUTEE, UH, THAT NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH A WELFARE CHECK AND WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS DUTIES TO HELP THAT INDIVIDUAL. SO THANK YOU TO THAT OFFICER AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR COUNSEL. THANK YOU MR. CITY MANAGER. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10, [a. Receive a report from Council Member Sarah Graham regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 2. ] WHICH IS, UM, GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A REPORT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SARAH GRAHAM REGARDING THE PROJECTS, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS IN DISTRICT NUMBER TWO. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. UM, I'LL START WITH PARKS AND REC. THEY DID A WARD ROAD TREE REPLACEMENT FOR THE DROUGHT AND IT JUST STARTED IN JANUARY. UH, THE WETLAND CENTER HELD A OLOGY CAMP, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT EPIC, THAT'S THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTORS INITIATING CHANGE. UM, SECONDARY SCIENCE CLUB, THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE, BUT WHAT WAS REALLY UNIQUE ABOUT THEIR FLOAT IS THAT THEY USED RECYCLED AND REPURPOSED MATERIALS THAT THEY FOUND THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY NEAT. UM, THE STAFF SENT OVER SOME ITEMS TO ME FROM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED JUST TO SHOW HOW MANY NEW BUSINESSES, UM, HAVE GOTTEN CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCIES JUST IN DISTRICT TWO, UM, IN, IN THE SAKE OF TIME, I'LL READ THROUGH THEM VERY QUICKLY. BUT A RESTAURANT, CS V CUISINE, DREAMS BY DAISY, THAT'S DANCE AND PHOTOGRAPHY. BAYTOWN MEMORIAL, A FUNERAL HOME, THE PARTY HOUSE EVENT, VEN MENU, A BARBERSHOP EXCLUSIVE FADE CLUB, ANOTHER BARBERSHOP PRIMETIME RESALE SHOP, TEXAS APPLIANCE AND RESALE, A FLOWER SHOP BLOOMING GS, UM, A MULTI-TENANT RETAIL. THERE'S A REMODEL GOING ON OVER AT, UH, DFI AND THEN OVER ON ALEXANDER SEAFOOD MARKET FRESH CATCH. SO JUST, I REALLY LIKE SEEING ALL THAT FROM THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OVER IN DISTRICT TWO. SO, UM, FUN TO SHARE THOSE KIND OF POSITIVE THINGS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY WITH TREE TRIMMING. UM, PELLY AREA, MIDDLETOWN AREA ALSO, UM, WE'RE GETTING SOME ILLUMINATED STREET SIGNAGE. THERE ARE ACTUALLY FIVE SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE UPGRADED TO ILLUMINATED SIGNS AND THAT'S GONNA COVER ALL THE WAY FROM THE NORTH MAIN CORRIDOR DOWN. UM, I'M SORRY, NORTH MAIN CORRIDOR FROM TEXAS AVENUE TO FAIL. [00:40:02] AND THEN, UH, SIDEWALKS ALL THE WAY DOWN AMERICA STREET AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO A DA COMPLIANCE WITH RAMPS OVER ON LEE DRIVE, UH, BETWEEN THE IMPACT SCHOOL AND LEE COLLEGE. SO ALL VERY POSITIVE FOR, UM, THIS SIDE OF TOWN. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE STUFF OVER ON WEST TEXAS AVENUE, THE DRAINAGE PROJECT, UH, IT'S IN THE FINAL STAGES AND THAT'S ACTUALLY INCLUDING SOME STORM SEWER MATERIAL AND SOME FINALIZATION, EXCUSE ME, ON THE PAVEMENT DESIGN. AND, UH, ANYWAYS, LOTS OF GOOD STUFF GOING ON OVER THERE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WELL, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. UM, I ALWAYS SAY I DID APPRECIATE YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, EXPRESSING AND LETTING US KNOW THE NEW, THE NEW BUSINESSES COMING TO THE DISTRICT AND SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS AND CERTAINLY THE ILLUMINATED SIGNS. I KNOW I JUST TOLD THE CITY MANAGER, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN INSTALLING ALL THOSE ACROSS OUR THOROUGHFARES AND UH, I HOPE THAT CONTINUES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. OKAY, THANK YOU MAYOR. ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE ADDRESSED ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS, HOWEVER, UH, FOR THOSE I WILL SAY THE CITIZENS THAT STUCK, UM, STUCK I GUESS THE LAST TWO HOURS OUT, UH, UH, WHILE WE WERE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, THANK YOU FOR STAYING. UM, IF YOU NEED TO SPEAK WITH ANY ONE OF US, PLEASE, PLEASE GRAB US, I GUESS. UH, BUT WE ARE NOT GONNA ADJOURN, BUT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY THE NIGHT HERE IN BAYTOWN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. BUT WE ARE GOING TO RECESS THIS MEETING. UH, UH, WE ARE GOING TO, TO RECONVENE TOMORROW AT THREE 30, UH, WHERE WE WILL GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, SO YOU'LL KNOW SO, SO MR. CITY ATTORNEY, UH, AND MR. CITY CLERK, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE, WE WILL, IT'S 9 35 AND WE WILL GO INTO RECESS UNTIL 3:30 PM TOMORROW. SO WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF I GAVEL OR NOT, SIR, YOU CAN GAVEL. ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU BACK TOMORROW IF YOU WANNA COME BACK. SO, ALL RIGHT, I'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL. UH, BACK TO ORDER. WE WERE IN RECESS SO WE WERE GONNA RECONVENE, UM, OR REOPEN THIS OPEN MEETING. UH, SO NOW WE WILL RECESS INTO AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 AND 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF CITY ATTORNEYS AND OR, UH, DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. SO WE WILL GO INTO RECESS OR EXECUTIVE SESSION. SORRY, YOU DON'T LET HIM WEAR JEANS ON FRIDAY. YOUR LAWYER THERE. THIS IS HOW HE DRESSES. ALRIGHT, IT'S EITHER THIS 15 SECONDS. I'M AT WORK. 10 SECONDS. YOU READY? YEAH. READY? WE'RE READY. OKAY, HERE WE GO. SO I'LL NOW RECONVENE THE OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEING THAT THIS WAS OUR ONLY ITEM TODAY AND IT WAS A CON CONTINUANCE OF THE JANUARY 25TH, UH, COUNCIL MEETING. THIS WILL CLOSE OUT THIS MEETING AND SO WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. ALRIGHT, Y'ALL BE CAREFUL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.