* 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. [00:00:03] I NOW CALL THIS MEETING THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL ORDERED IS THURSDAY, UH, MARCH 14TH, 6:31 PM WE ARE IN BAYTOWN HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. WE'LL BE LED INTO OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB POWELL OF DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. 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 BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. DORA, THANK YOU FOR THE STAY, GOD. AND JUST THANK YOU FOR, UM, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO GATHER TOGETHER AND JUST, UM, DISCUSS THE AGENDA WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, LORD, AND, AND DISCUSS HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO, UM, JUST, UH, IMPROVE BAYTOWN, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR, FOR ALL OF THE CITIZENS. LORD AND I, I THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM THAT HAVE COME OUT TONIGHT TO BE A, TO BE A PART OF THE MEETING HERE. UM, THANK YOU THAT THEY'VE COME AND TAKEN THE TIME TO, UM, JUST SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS WITH US. GOD, AND I PRAY THAT YOU JUST GIVE US, UH, WISDOM AS WE, UM, CONSIDER EACH OF THE ITEMS BEFORE US TONIGHT. AND, UH, LORD, I JUST THANK YOU FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL THAT GIVES OF THEIR TIME TO THE CITY. GOD, UM, UH, EVERY PERSON OF EVERY DEPARTMENT, GOD AND I PRAY THAT, UH, YOU JUST KEEP THEM SAFE EACH DAY WHEN THEY COME TO WORK, UM, AND THAT THEY JUST RETURN HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES IN THE EVENING, UM, UH, THE SAME WAY THEY CAME TO WORK, GOD. AND, UH, AGAIN, JUST GIVE US WISDOM TONIGHT. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON AND WE PRAY ALL THIS IN HIS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. ALL RIGHT. WE, WE HAVE OUR FIRST ITEM [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.] IS, UH, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. EXCUSE ME, IS OUR CITIZEN COMMENT ITEM ONE. OKAY. SO I'M GONNA START THE TOP OF THE LIST. I HAVE KATHY, UH, VANDER BELK, IS THAT CORRECT? VANDER BEAK. THAT, THAT'S C AND THAT L GETS ME EVERY TIME. OKAY. THAT, BUT YOU ARE YIELDING YOUR TIME, YOUR ONE MINUTE TO GARY, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO GARY, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. IT'S GARY VANDERBEEK, 44 0 3 CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU ROAD. UM, I'VE BEEN UP HERE NUMEROUS TIMES AND I FEEL LIKE, UM, THE RESPONSE THAT WAS IN THE BAYTOWN SUN, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. IT WAS JUST KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. IT FELT LIKE, TO ME IT WAS LIKE WE BASICALLY HAVE NO, NO ANSWERS. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A BAD MARRIAGE. I MEAN, , IT'S LIKE, IT'S SO EASY TO GET US INTO IT, BUT IT'S SO HARD TO GET US OUT OF IT. AND IT'S LIKE, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME ANSWERS ON WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT. I MEAN, ALL WE GET IS, UH, YOU KNOW, $4,000 EXTRA EVERY MONTH SINCE WE WENT SIGNED UP WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. AND IT'S LIKE WE WERE GETTING NOTHING FOR THAT MONEY. AND IT'S LIKE, I'M GETTING TIRED OF COMING UP HERE. WE DOCUMENTED FROM DAY ONE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD DONE AND IT'S LIKE TALKING TO THE TREES TO ME. AND I'D LIKE TO GET SOME ANSWERS AND, AND SOME RESULTS. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR. NEXT WE HAVE LINDA MIX. I LINDA MIX 64, 27 CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU. UH, I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE COMMENT IN THE BAYTOWN SUN SAYING THAT YOU'RE GONNA TAKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN NINE TO 12 MONTHS TO EVEN CONSIDER DN DN XING US. I'M SORRY. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. YOU DID IT IN THREE MONTHS TO TAKE US IN AND Y'ALL ALREADY HAD YOUR MIND MADE UP TO TAKE US IN BEFORE WE EVEN GOT THERE. SO YOU CAN EVEN DOUBLE THAT. LET'S DO IT IN SIX MONTHS. I AGREE WITH MS, WITH MR. VANDERBEEK. I KIND OF WANNA DIVORCE THE CITY TOO. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU MA'AM. NEXT WE HAVE DENISE GRAVES. I'M YIELDING MY TIME TO HARVEY PONDER. OKAY. [00:05:07] ALRIGHT. MR. ISAACS TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO YIELD A MINUTE OF HIS TIME TO ME ALSO. OH, OKAY. WELL I WILL DO THAT. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. OKAY. I WAS GOING IN THE ORDER THAT PEOPLE SIGNED IN. I UNDERSTAND, SIR. UM, I DIDN'T READ THE BAYTOWN SIGN. I DIDN'T READ ANY COMMENTS ON IT. I DON'T TAKE THE, THE SUN. UM, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS SIX TO 12 MONTHS OR NINE TO 12 MONTHS TO, TO GET ANY ISSUE AS FAR AS THIS ANNEXATION OR DE ANNEXATION, WHATEVER THE PROCEDURE OR STEPS THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING THROUGH. BUT THAT'S LIKE MS. MIX SAID THREE MONTHS TO GET US AND AT LEAST A YEAR TO GET US OUT. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? UM, MY NOTES ARE, I'M SORRY FOR NOT SPEAKING TO Y'ALL. LAST TIME I THAT COUNCIL MET, I HAD A LITTLE LEAGUE MEETING. I HAD TO GO TO LITTLE LEAGUE GAME. BUT I AM CURIOUS AS TO, UH, WHERE THIS DE ANNEXATION PROCEDURE IS MOVING. WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT? ANYBODY? PEOPLE SAY THIS AND PEOPLE SAY THAT NOTHING OFFICIAL. THE BAYTOWN SUN'S NOT OFFICIAL, SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR ANSWERS. WE WERE HOODWINKED INTO THIS CITY AND NOW HAVE LEGITIMATE REASONS AND EFFORTS TO GET THE CITY TO DE ANNEX US. WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS? AS STATED BEFORE, TAXES HAVE WENT UP WITH NO ADDITIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED, ONLY WHAT WAS OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE TO BEGIN WITH. THE LIBRARY, THE, UH, PUBLIC PARKS, THEY'RE PUBLIC ANYWAY. I UNDERSTAND IT WILL COST THE CITY GOBS OF MONEY TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENT FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICES. BUT THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD AS THE REASON FOR THE ANNEXATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. BUT WHERE'S IT AT? BEEN SEVEN YEARS. WHERE'S IT AT? AS FAR AS THE PARKING ORDINANCE GOES, I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM A JUNKYARD RIGHT NOW THERE'S A 78 CHEVROLET CAMARO AND ON UP ON BLOCKS IN THAT JUNKYARD. I'VE BEEN EYEBALLING THAT EVER SINCE HE'S PUT IT THERE. MY PROPERTY VALUES HAVE RISEN EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN THERE. SO PARKING NEXT TO A, HAVING SOMEBODY PARK ON THEIR, THEIR YARD OR THEIR, THEIR LOT AND USING THAT FOR AN EXCUSE. NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE NEXT TO A JUNK YARD. IS ANYBODY IN THIS COUNCIL OR ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM EVER HAD TO FIGHT HARRIS COUNTY WITH THEIR TAXES GOING UP TOO MUCH? OR ARE YOU TELLING ME I LIVE NEXT TO A JUNKYARD? MY TAXES NEED TO BE, NEED TO GO UP. SO COME ON FOLKS. THINK ABOUT IT. TAXES ARE GOING UP. YOUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING UP ASTRONOMICALLY EVERY YEAR I'D PUT IN ANOTHER JUNK YARD IF MY TAXES WOULD GO DOWN. HOW MANY PEOPLE? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I STRUCK A NERVE WITH SOMEONE. THIS COUNCIL LAST TIME I DID SPEAK. ALRIGHT, RESPOND. I'M SORRY. YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. I UNDERSTAND. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK UNDER CITIZEN COMMENTS. UH, WHAT I WILL SAY, WE CAN, COUNSEL CANNOT OBVIOUSLY ADDRESS THE, THE CITIZENS THAT DID SPEAK. UM, 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY. SO IT IS NOT A POSTED AGENDA ITEM WHERE WE COULD RESPOND. UH, BUT I WILL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, AT LEAST COULD YOU, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN EXPRESS TO PROVIDE SOME INDICATION OF WHERE WE ARE? AND IT COULD BE THE CITY MANAGER TOO, JUST WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. OH, OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE REPORT ITSELF. SO, UM, WE DON'T CONTROL WHAT THE BAYTOWN SUN WRITES, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY, UH, MAYBE WAIT HERE A SECOND. WE'LL GET A REPORT HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE WILL NOW GO TO [2. MINUTES] APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF ITEM TWO A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND A REGULAR MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2024. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM [a. Consider an ordinance to amend Chapter 18, "Buildings and Building Regulations" of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, to add article XVII, "Relocation Assistance," in accordance with Section 21.046 of the Texas Property Code and the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act.] THREE A IS CONSIDER ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 18, BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS TO ADD ARTICLE, UH, 17 RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 21.046 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE AND THE FEDERAL UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND, UH, REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION POLICIES ACT. MR. ON, UH, YES, COUNSEL. UM, WE WERE BEFORE YOU EARLIER, UH, [00:10:01] AND, UH, WE DISCUSSED THE NECESSITY OF A RELOCATION POLICY. YOU'D ASKED US TO COME BACK, BUT SOMETHING MORE CONCRETE. WE HAVE DRAFTED AN ORDINANCE BASED ON THE DALLAS MODEL, WHICH IS A MORE STREAMLINED VERSION THAN SOME OF THE OTHER ORDINANCES AND COUNTY REGULATIONS THAT ADDRESS THE RELOCATION ISSUE. UH, ALSO DID SOME RESEARCH INTO THE DALLAS ORDINANCE AND DETERMINED THAT ORDINANCE HAS NEVER BEEN CHALLENGED. UH, UH, AS FOR THE CONSTITUTIONALITY, UH, OF ITS, UM, EXISTENCE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN ONE LAWSUIT FILED RELATED TO THE, UH, ORDINANCE. AND THAT WAS THE 1975 VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE. UH, IT HAS CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY SINCE THEN, BUT THE CHALLENGE IN THAT CASE WAS, UH, TO THE MANNER IN WHICH RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, UH, AMOUNTS WERE DETERMINED. SO I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS A, UH, PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF LITIGATION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO, UH, YOU HEARD AT LEAST THE PREFACE FOR THIS ITEM, SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ITEM THREE A, UH, FOR THE ORDINANCE AS, UM, AS WRITTEN MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM THREE A MOTION AND A SECOND. UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM THREE A, THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ORDINANCE CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS. [a. Receive the City of Baytown's Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending December 31, 2023.] FIRST IS, WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S QUARTERLY FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023. MS. MCKENZIE, OH, EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CONCERNED MEMBERS FOR RECORDS. MY NAME IS LI LEON, I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, UH, PRESENTING THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024. ON BEHALF OF MR. TERESA MCKENZIE, DIRECTOR, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT OUR FINANCIAL DASHBOARD, UH, THAT DISPLAYS OUR MAJOR FUNDS. STARTING WITH THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE A BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF 29.4 MILLION. WE HAVE RECEIVED 82.2 MILLIONS IN REVENUES, WHICH REPRESENTS 61% OF THE BUDGETED REVENUE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. UM, OUR EXPENDITURES ARE 38.7 MILLIONS, WHICH REPRESENTS THE 28% OF THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, AND THIS ALLOWED US TO HAVE A FINAL IMBALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 30, UM, 73 MILLIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND. UM, USING THE SAME METHOD OR CALCULATION, WE CAN SEE THAT THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY OCCUPANCY TAX FUND HAS AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 2.8 MILLIONS. THE WATER AND SEWER FUND HAS AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 10.4 MILLIONS. ON THE OTHER HAND, UH, THE SANITATION FUND HAS A NEGATIVE ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 548,000. SIMILARLY, UH, THE STONEWATER FUND HAS A NEGATIVE BALANCE OF 2.3 MILLIONS. AQUATICS HAS A NEGATIVE BALANCE OF 983,000 AND STREET, HAS A POSITIVE PHONE BALANCE OF 6.9. REGARDING SA SALE TAX, WE RECEIVED 5.1 MILLIONS FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER. AND FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, WE RECEIVED 5.5 0.3 MILLIONS IN PROPERTY TAX. WE HAVE REC, WE HAVE RECEIVED 5.4, UH, OF THE 16 MILLIONS BUDGETED FOR THE DEBT SERVICE, AND 9.5 MILLION OF THE 24.6 MILLIONS BUDGETED FOR O AND M. UH, WE HAVE UN EXPENSE BONDS PROCEEDS FOR 60.1 MILLION, AND OUR INVESTMENTS ARE 227 MILLIONS, PRODUCING EARNINGS OF AROUND THREE MILLIONS IN YOUR PACKAGE. ALSO, YOU HAVE THE DETAIL REPORT WITH OUR FINANCIAL INDICATORS AND THE INVESTMENTS REPORT FOR THE QUARTER. ANY QUESTION, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. LEON? AND IF NOT, WE'LL CONSIDER THE REPORT RECEIVED. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM FIVE A TO [a. Present the 3rd and 4th of July Celebration schedule and entertainment for 2024.] PRESENT THE THIRD AND 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION, SCHEDULE, AND ENTER AND FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT FOR THIS YEAR OF 2024. MR. HATCH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL CLIFFORD HATCH, PARKS AND REC. UH, LIKE YOU SAID, WE ARE HERE TO, YOU KNOW, FORMALLY INTRODUCE THE LINEUP FOR THE THIRD AND 4TH OF JULY CONCERT. UH, WE WORKED WITH OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT CHANNEL 16, RYAN ROWLINGS AND JASON CALDER, WHO, UH, PUT TOGETHER A QUICK 62ND VIDEO FOR YOU GUYS. AND I'LL [00:15:01] BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOLLOWING, TRYING TO A GOOD TIME, EVEN IF LET GO. AND HERE'S A QUICK RECAP OF THE ALL THE ARTISAN. AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, OR, AND ADDITIONALLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, FIREWORKS STARTING AT NINE 30 AS WELL. SO, ALRIGHT. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. YEP. HAVE A GREAT LINEUP, A GOOD MIX OF DIFFERENT SOUNDS. SO PRAY FOR COOLER WEATHER EVERY 4TH OF JULY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALRIGHT, NEXT WE [6. 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.] MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH, LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IS THAT A THROUGH, OOPS, EXCUSE ME, A THROUGH I, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH I MOTION FOR ITEM SIX A, OH, EXCUSE ME, UNLESS ANYBODY NEEDS TO PULL AN ITEM. AND I JUST WANNA PULL ITEM E JUST FOR COMMENT. WELL, WE'RE GONNA SAY, SO I WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR I, UM, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH I STATEMENT, EXCEPT E, IS THAT YOUR MOTION, MA'AM? MOTION. ALRIGHT. OKAY. A SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FOR THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN, [e. Consider an ordinance authorizing the purchase of one MADVAC LR50 All-Terrain Litter Vacuum from Texas Pack + Loader Sales Inc, through Sourcewell Purchasing Contract (093021-EXP).] ITEM E IS YOURS. AND AGAIN, MAYOR, I'M ONE OF THOSE. I ADVOCATE THAT, THAT WE DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK IN THE CITY AND OUR STAFF DOES A LOT OF GOOD WORK. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LITTLE HIDDEN GEMS THAT I KNOW THE, A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH WORK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES TO KEEP THE MEDIANS CLEAN AND, AND THE PATHWAYS CLEAN AND STUFF LIKE THIS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THIS MAD VAC IS LIKE A SMALL STREET SWEEPER AND IT'S REPLACING AN OLDER UNIT THAT'S REALLY BEEN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. AGAIN, THEY WORK HARD NOT ONLY TO MAKE THE GREATEST PARKS IN THE STATE, BUT ALSO TO, TO CLEAN A LOT OF OUR MEDIAN AREAS AND, AND THE, THE, THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF PATHS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. AND SO, AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THE GOOD EFFORTS THAT THEY DO AND I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM E. ALRIGHT, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ITEM E? BUT I THINK WE ALL AGREE. I MEAN, I KNOW THE STREET SWEEPERS, I, I LIKE TO SEE 'EM, I LIKE TO SEE 'EM EVERYWHERE, EVERY STREET, UM, UH, BUT THE MAD VACS GET TO PLACES WHERE THEY CAN'T GET AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT. SO I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENT, COUNCILMAN. SO WITH THAT, I HAVE A MOTION IF YOU'D LIKE, UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, FOR ITEM E, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM E, SECOND. MOTION SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM E IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON TO I BELIEVE APPOINTMENTS. SO WHAT I'LL PREFACE THIS WITH, UM, I BELIEVE THESE ARE CERTAINLY LONG OVERDUE, BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE TASKED WITH REALLY REVIEWING OF A LARGE, WE HAD A AD HOC COMMITTEE AND WE HAD A LARGE, PRETTY MUCH A REVIEW OF ALL OUR COMMITTEES. SOME WERE PROBABLY IN EXISTENCE AND JUST IN A SENSE STAGNANT FOR DECADES IN SOME CASES IT SEEMS LIKE. UH, BUT ALSO THE REVIEW INCLUDED KIND OF THE MAKEUP OF, OF DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AND, AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE APPOINTED. AND SO I THINK WE'RE ADDRESSING A LOT OF THAT THIS EVENING. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, THAT CAME ON BOARD. AND, UM, FINALLY THIS DAY HAS COME AS I TOLD YOU, UM, I THINK THERE WAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING I GUESS. BUT WE ARE HERE, SO NOW WE HAVE SOME APPOINTMENTS. SO, UH, IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO FILL, YOU KNOW, WE ASK OUR CITIZENS TO GET INVOLVED TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS OF GOVERNMENT HERE IN BAYTOWN AND THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT TAKES PLACE. SO, SO WITH THAT, I'M JUST GONNA START [a. Consider a resolution authorizing five (5) appointments to the Baytown Municipal Development District.] WITH ITEM SEVEN A. IT'S CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FIVE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, WHICH I BELIEVE THIS IS THE NEWLY CREATED ONE. AND SO WITH THAT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT WAS GONNA BE FOR THE INITIAL YEAR WAS GONNA BE WHERE APPOINTING SOMEONE OR IS IT GONNA BE COUNCIL ITSELF UNTIL IT'S COUNCIL ITSELF. COUNCIL ITSELF. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UM, TO REFLECT THAT. SO THIS ONE IS ONLY FOR THE CITY CLERK. UM, YOU MAYOR LAURA ALVARADO. SARAH GRAHAM AND KIM GRIFFITH. OKAY, SO YOU HEARD THE CITY CLERK. SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH THOSE, I GUESS WITH THOSE POSITIONS. AND FOR THOSE [00:20:01] PEOPLE, MOTION TO APPROVE THESE FIVE INDIVIDUALS. SECOND. SECOND, THE MOTION TO SECOND QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL THOSE APPROVE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, UM, I GUESS NOMINATIONS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B IS [b. Consider a resolution authorizing six (6) appointments to the Baytown Hospitality Public Facilities Corporation. ] TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SIX APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN HOSPITALITY PUBLIC FACILITIES. I'M ASSUMING THAT IS SIMILAR. AND THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY CLERK, THE MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER ALVARADO. COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GRIFFITH. OKAY, SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS STATED BY THE CITY CLERK. MAKE A MOTION. WE APPOINT THESE SIX INDIVIDUALS. OKAY, A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THAT? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS EXPRESSED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT WE GO TO C, [c. Consider a resolution authorizing six (6) appointments to the Planning and Zoning Commission.] CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SIX APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO WITH THAT, UM, LET'S SEE HERE. I THINK YOU HAVE A KIND OF A MATRIX THAT THE CITY CLERK DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PRESENTING. AND SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. I BELIEVE. SO EACH OF, I THINK THERE'S A LIST OF APPLICANTS, THE CHECK MARKS, UH, I BELIEVE REFLECT, WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? MISS, MISS APPLICANTS WHO APPLIED FOR THAT PARTICULAR, OKAY, SO I GUESS WHAT WE'LL DO, I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER SHEET. DO WE JUST TAKE A NOMINATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD OR WHICH ONES ARE REAPPOINTMENTS? I GUESS WE SHOULD TAKE THE REAPPOINTMENT. OKAY, SO LET'S LOOK AT THAT. ALRIGHT, SO THE REAPPOINTMENTS, I, I BELIEVE SO WHAT'S IN PINK IS REAPPOINTMENTS? THAT IS CORRECT. ALRIGHT, SO THE RE BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE ARE CARRYOVERS, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALSO DOING THAT. SO LET'S, I GUESS FIRST WHEN MINE HAS A VACANCY, RIGHT? SO BEFORE THE VACANCIES, LET'S DO, I WOULD ASSUME THE ONES IN PINK THAT ARE IN AT YOUR PLACE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE CAN REAPPOINT THESE INDIVIDUALS. NOT THAT YOU HAVE TO. SO I, I WOULD SAY WE CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR REAPPOINTMENT UNLESS YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT, UH, APPOINTMENT TO MAKE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'LL START. I CAN, IT LOOKS LIKE I CAN GO BY DISTRICT. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE DISTRICT ONE. YES, SIR. I'VE SPOKEN TO MY, UM, UH, BOARD MEMBER AND HE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, OBVIOUSLY, AS IT'S STATED ON THE APPLICATION. AND SO I'M GONNA TO NOMINATE HIM. OKAY, SO THAT'S MR. LAREDO, UH, AND DISTRICT TWO'S VACANT. DO YOU HAVE A NOMINATION, MA'AM? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE TO ALL THE CITIZENS THAT PUT IN THEIR APPLICATIONS. I THINK TOTAL, UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR VACANCY, THERE WERE, UM, FIVE PEOPLE THAT APPLIED THAT I, THAT I COULD SEE. UM, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO NOMINATE KIM ICK. THIS WOULD BE HER FIRST TIME SERVING ON ONE OF THE BAYTOWN BOARDS OR COMMITTEES. SO, UM, THAT'S MY NOMINATION, KIM, ICK FOR PLANNING AND ZONING. YEP. SO WE HAVE THAT NOMINATION. UH, NEXT WE WILL HAVE, UH, DISTRICT THREE. UH, I SPOKE WITH, UH, MS. WHEELER AND SHE SAID SHE STILL WANTS TO BE ON THE BOARD OF COURTS, SO I WILL KEEP HER AT THAT SPOT. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE, UH, DISTRICT FIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT MR. HARLOW. OKAY. AND LOOKS LIKE, UH, TAMMY SCOTT, I WILL, WILL REMAIN MY NOMINEE. AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, I'LL GO DOWN TO DISTRICT SIX. FIRST OF VACANCY, I'M TALKING TO AN INDIVIDUAL, TRYING TO GET THEM TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, OH, SO THIS GRAY MEANS WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO THEN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, THE ONES IN WHITE ARE GOOD. WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ON, THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED. OKAY? SO THEN WITH THAT WE HAVE, UM, MR. LAREDO, MS. ICK, MS. WHEELER, MR. HARLOW, MS. SCOTT, UH, AS NOMINEES. IS THAT CORRECT? AND SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE NAMES. I JUST, UM, JUST EXPRESSED MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS THAT YOU JUST SAID. SECOND MOTION, SECOND QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS SLATE THAT WAS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON. NEXT TO ITEM [d. Consider a resolution authorizing four (4) appointments to the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District.] D IS CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT. SO AGAIN, WE'LL GO THROUGH HERE. UH, WE HAVE, UH, CITY WILL, WE HAVE THE CITY CLERK. SO I GUESS, DO WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO REAPPOINT YOU AGAIN. OKAY. ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE THE CITY CLERK, WE HAVE DISTRICT FOUR. UM, SO, UH, DISTRICT FOUR, THIS, UH, YOUR INDIVIDUAL DOES SEEK REAPPOINTMENT UPON YOUR NOMINATION. WHICH ONE? ON DISTRICT C. CCD. OH, CCPD. SORRY. [00:25:01] YOU RIGHT HERE. OKAY. SORRY. OH YEAH. NICHOLAS RICE IS LOOKING FOR SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT ON THAT ONE. I RECOMMEND NICHOLAS RICE FOR THAT. OKAY, WELL NEXT WE HAVE DISTRICT SIX. MARY. I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH JAMES IN A WHILE, BUT HE IS SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT AND HE'S BEEN PRETTY PROACTIVE WITH THE COMMITTEE, SO I WOULD NOMINATE HIM FOR REAPPOINTMENT. ALRIGHT. AND, UH, I WILL, UH, REMAIN WITH, UH, LLOYD HERTA FOR, UH, MY APPOINTMENT. DO CCPD. UM, I BELIEVE, WELL, THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. I WILL GIVE MR. HERRERA A CALL ON THIS OTHER COLUMN HERE, MA'AM, TO MAKE SURE MY APPOINTMENT DOES SHOW UP FOR MEETINGS. IF NOT, I WILL MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT AT A LATER DATE. ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE THE NOMINEES, UH, WE HAVE THE CITY CLERK, AND THEN MR. RICE, MR. COKER AND MR. HERRERA. UH, THOSE ARE THE, THE, UM, THE NOMINATION. SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO MOVE SECOND. MOTION, SECOND QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? THOSE ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, THE SLATE AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE MOVE ON [e. Consider a resolution authorizing five (5) appointments to the Fire Control, Prevention & EMS District.] TO ITEM E IS GOING TO BE OUR FIVE APPOINTMENTS TO THE FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMS DISTRICT. SO ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY CLERK WILL DO A REAPPOINTMENT. UH, WE HAVE MR. SINGH IN DISTRICT THREE. IS THAT, IS THAT YOUR APPOINTMENT? YES, IT IS. OKAY. UM, WHAT IS THE, THE, THE, THE PEACH COLOR MEAN? UH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. LOTS OF COLORS HERE, BUT, ALL RIGHT. SO ANYWAY, SO DISTRICT THREE, MR. SING, UM, IN DISTRICT FOUR, UM, UM, I HAVE ANOTHER APPLICANT THAT'S COMING. I HAVE ANOTHER APPLICANT THAT'S, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE APPLYING, SO I'M GONNA WAIT. OKAY. SO, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO VACANCIES DISTRICT SIX AT LARGE. I HAVE HAD NOBODY APPLY AND I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF FOLKS AND THEY, THEY HAVE COMMENTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE. OKAY. AND, UH, DISTRICT ONE, WE ALSO STILL DID NOT HAVE, UH, AN APPLICANT FOR THAT MONTH. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THAT. CAN YOU MAKE A COMMENT? YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE COMMENT RIGHT HERE IN THE PUBLIC. SO, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE ANY VACANCIES FOR DISTRICT TWO, I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THERE WAS NO APPLICANTS AT ALL. UM, AND I EVEN, UM, CALLED A FEW CITIZENS THAT I THOUGHT, UM, MIGHT WANNA SERVE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND OUT IS IF THEY'RE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY, UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, FIREFIGHTER OR, AND I THINK EVEN IF THEY'RE RETIRED, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, THEY, THEY CAN'T SERVE. I THINK RETIREES CAN THEY RETIREES CAN. OKAY. UM, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, WE, I'VE HEARD FROM LOTS OF CITIZENS, UM, WANTING TO GET INVOLVED. AND TO ME, THE, THIS HAS JUST BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST EYE-OPENING, UM, THINGS TO SEE IS THAT I, I HAVE CONSTANT PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS, PEOPLE WANTING TO BE INVOLVED, UH, WANTING TO, TO HAVE A, A BIGGER SAY SO, UM, WITH CITY GOVERNANCE AND FOR ME TO SEE ZERO APPLICANTS FOR US TO CHOOSE FROM. UM, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S, IT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN. SO ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND CITIZENS TO APPLY AND TO GET INVOLVED. PLEASE. UM, I KNOW THAT ALL OF US HAVE BEEN TALKING AND ADVERTISING, UH, ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA QUITE A BIT. I KNOW THE CITY STAFF HAS DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE. I'VE SEEN IT VERY VISIBLE TO APPLY IT'S FRONT AND CENTER, EVEN ON THE WEBSITE. SO, UM, TELL EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, UM, CARES ABOUT THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY TO PLEASE PUT IN THEIR APPLICATION. WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO BE ABLE TO APPOINT SOME PEOPLE TO THESE VACANCIES. YES, SIR. FOLLOW MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS. YES. UM, AND, AND I'LL JUST REACH OUT A LITTLE HELP FROM THE SUN . I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD ARTICLE. A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T REALIZE THESE COMMITTEES ARE THERE, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR 'EM. I THINK THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE DOING A GREAT JOB OF CONDENSING THAT INFORMATION. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME GOOD ARTICLES AS FAR AS YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED. HERE'S A GOOD WAY TO DO IT. IT, YOU KNOW, FOR, DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT DISTRICTS YOU'RE IN, BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED AND HAVE SOME SAY. SO AS FAR AS HOW THE CITY GROWS AND CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, FOR GOOD CANDIDATES AND, AND FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. YOU KNOW, NOT THAT THEY HAVE PERSONAL AGENDAS, BUT THEY SIMPLY WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES MEET ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS. SOME OF THEM MEET VERY RARELY. SO THE TIME CONSTRAINTS ARE DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO PUT INTO IT. SO A LITTLE HELP GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT WOULD HELP. THANKS. MAD THANK ABSOLUTELY. SO, YES, SO WE DO HAVE, I GUESS, THE CITY CLERK AND MR. SINGH, UH, AS NOMINATIONS. UM, AND SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT SLATE. MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE SLATE AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEXT [f. Consider a resolution authorizing four (4) appointments to the Baytown Police Advisory Committee.] IS CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE, UM, UH, I WILL BE REAPPOINTED [00:30:01] MICHAEL SPRINGER, UH, AS MY, UH, NOMINEE, WE WILL LOOK. NEXT MOVE IT SAYS DISTRICT ONE AT LARGE. UH, YES SIR, WE DID HAVE AN APPLICANT. AND SO I AM GOING TO, UH, NOMINATE MR. ERIC RODRIGUEZ. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO DISTRICT THREE. I AM GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. I AM, I HAVE APPOINTED MARSHALL LAND TO DISTRICT THREE. I DID CALL JUNE STANSKI. OKAY. AND THANKED HER FOR HER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE. MARSHALL LAND. HE'S A 40 YEAR RESIDENT, UH, RETIRED, UH, UH, ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL TEACHER. AND I THINK HE'LL, HE'LL BE A SUPER SUPPORTIVE IN THAT ROLE. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, VACANCY, UH, DISTRICT SIX AT LARGE, NO APPLICANTS. AND AGAIN, DISAPPOINTING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE HERE, MR. SPRINGER, MR. RODRIGUEZ, AND, UH, MR. LAN. IS THAT CORRECT? SO, WITH THAT, UH, FOR THOSE SLATE OF INDIVIDUALS FOR THIS, UM, THIS COMMITTEE, I WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION IS SECOND QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. IF NOT ALL THOSE PAPERS STATE IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, WE MOVE [g. Consider a resolution authorizing four (4) appointments to the Baytown Area Water Authority.] ON TO, UH, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING FOUR APPOINTMENTS OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY, AND SO VERY IMPORTANT BOARD. AND SO WE HAVE, UH, THE CITY CLERK AS OUR, OUR NON-MEMBER OF CITY STAFF. UH, THEN WE HAVE, UH, LOOKS LIKE FRANK MCKAY, WHICH IS AT LARGE APPOINTMENT. AND SO IT'S, THESE AREN'T SPECIFIC IN ANY WAY, BUT, UM, I WILL, I WILL CERTAINLY BE WILLING TO NOMINATE FRANK MCKAY. AND IF, UNLESS ONE ELSE WANTS TO, MAYBE YOU LIKE, WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. ATE FRANK MCKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT. UH, SO WE HAVE FRANK MCKAY. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, UH, IN THE ETJ, UH, MR. JIMMY SMITH. AND SO, UM, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT VERY FINE INDIVIDUAL, A FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND LOCAL, LOCAL BAYTOWN AREA BUSINESSMAN CELL, MR. SMITH. ALRIGHT. AND THEN AT LARGE, UH, I BELIEVE THIS INDIVIDUAL IS SEEKING APPOINTMENT ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE. YES. THAT CORRECT? YES. AND SO, AND SO WITH THAT, I GUESS THERE'S AN AT LARGE APPOINTMENT TO MAKE. UM, SO IF ANY, IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR THAT SEAT, WELL, AS LONG AS HE'S NOT APPLYING FOR THREE COMMITTEES. 'CAUSE IT'S A MAXIMUM OF TWO. YES. RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT THE YELLOW SHOWS. YEAH, HE'S ON TWO RIGHT NOW. HE'S GONNA REMOVE, HE'S SEEKING, HE REMOVING HIMSELF SO HE CAN BE CONSIDERED IT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. YOU YES. ME A QUESTION. OH, NO, I WAS READY TO, OH, OKAY. AND SO, UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR I GUESS AN AT LARGE APPOINTMENT TO BAWA. I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT MR. DAVID STARK. OH, DAVID STARK. AND I WANTED TO CONSIDER WITH COUNSEL JAMES KILBURN. HE DOESN'T SERVE ON ANY OTHER, AND HE'S REALLY WANTING TO GET INVOLVED. HE HAD HIS APPLICATION, UM, IN SEVERAL PLACES. HE WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN P AND Z. UM, BUT I THINK BALL WALL WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR HIM TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. WHAT WAS, I'M JUST GONNA CUT, WRITE THE NAME DOWN AGAIN. JAMES KILBURN. HE AIN'T INTERESTED IN FIRE CONTROL AND EMS? HE MIGHT BE. HE MIGHT BE. HE'S HERE TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NO, UH, I KNOW MR. START. I BELIEVE HE IS, UH, IN ACCOUNTING, FINANCE BACKGROUND. OKAY. OKAY. AND SO WE DO HAVE A NOMINATION. I'M NOT SURE MR. KILBORN'S BACKGROUND, BUT ANYWAY, UM, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR BAWA? OKAY, SO, UM, WE HAVE THE CITY CLERK, MR. MCKAY, MR. SMITH, AND THEN TWO NOMINATIONS FOR, UM, OR WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR DAVID START AND JAMES KILBURN. CORRECT. I'D BE WILLING TO CALL. I DON'T SEE MR. KILBURN. I'LL BE WILLING TO CALL HIM AND SEE IF HE'D BE INTERESTED IN, UM, FIRE. I MEAN, THERE'S PLENTY. I MEAN, THERE'S OTHER STUFF. YEAH. SO, SO YOU CAN WITHDRAW THE NOMINATION AND I'LL, I'LL SEE IF HE'LL BE INTERESTED IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN ANOTHER ROUTE. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE ONE NOMINATION, UH, FOR DAVID START, UH, IN THE, AT LARGE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE, AT LARGE POSITION. THEY'RE ALL AT LARGE. SO WITH THAT, THEN THAT'S THE SLATE. SO START SMITH MCKAY AND CITY CLERKS. I'LL UNDERSTAND A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE FOUR, UM, NOMINEES. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THOSE FOUR INDIVIDUALS, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. AND HOPEFULLY WE FIND A PLACE FOR MR. KILBURN. AND NEXT WE HAVE SEVEN APPOINTMENTS [h. Consider a resolution authorizing seven (7) appointments to the Economic Development Advisory Committee.] TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THIS ONE. SO THIS IS A NEWLY COMMITTEE THAT I'M, I'M ASSUMING IT'S TOTALLY EMPTY, CORRECT? YES. YEAH, THERE WAS ONLY THREE APPLICANTS, BUT WE NEED TO FILL. ALRIGHT, SO I THINK WE NEED TO, I'M GONNA LOOK AT THE, [00:35:01] THE OTHER MATRIX. YEP. OKAY. SO THERE WAS THREE APPLICANTS. MM-HMM. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DON'T APPOINT ANYBODY AT THIS TIME ON THIS ONE. UH, WITH ONLY THREE APPLICATIONS FOR SEVEN POSITIONS, I, I, I THINK WE JUST NEED A LARGER POOL. OKAY. AND I THINK I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO SOMEONE, UH, TODAY WHO HAD, WHO HAD APPLIED FOR MDD, UM, AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, THAT THIS WAS A NEW COMMITTEE THAT THEY NEEDED TO REAPPLY FOR. OKAY. UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S PROBABLY A FEW PEOPLE IN THAT SAME BOAT. AND SO JUST OUTTA RESPECT TO THEM, I THINK THERE WAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING. AND SO JUST WANT TO, I, I THINK IF WE COULD SUSPEND THIS TILL THE NEXT MEETING AND MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE FOLKS AND, AND GET, GET A LARGER POOL OF APPLICANTS HERE TO POINT TO THIS ONE. YEAH, I'D AGREE. AND, AND I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ENDED UP WHERE, UM, I THINK WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO REALLY FOCUS ON IS HAVE THIS COMMITTEE, I'M NOT SURE WE WENT AND IDENTIFIED LIKE, SPECIFIC ROLES BY PROFESSION. SO IF THERE WAS, SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE HELPFUL TO US IF WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S, WHAT ROLES WE'RE SEEKING AND, OKAY. OH, THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. . SO, YES, WELL, WE NEED, IT'S AT THE, WHERE IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PINK ONE. THIS ONE. . YEAH. REAL ESTATE AGENT, LARGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ONE SMALL BUSINESS AND THEN THREE INTERESTED CITIZENS. SO WITH THAT, AND I GUESS WE, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AFTER I SAY AFTER WE KIND OF FILL THESE POSITIONS, NOW WE CAN HAVE A MORE FOCUS, I GUESS YOU SHOULD SAY, UM, ADVERTISEMENT OF, OF, OF I GUESS VACANCIES. RIGHT? AND SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR AT LEAST ONE REAL ESTATE, UH, INDUSTRY BASED PERSON. SOMEBODY THAT, UM, SERVES IN THE CAPACITY OF LARGE BUSINESS, SOMEBODY THAT CONCERN, UM, SERVES IN THE CAPACITY OF A SMALL BUSINESS. AND THEN THREE INTERESTED CITIZENS. AND SO IT SAYS SEVEN APPOINTMENTS. THOSE ARE ONLY THREE ROLES. SO I'M ASSUMING, IS IT FOUR INTERESTED CITIZENS? OH, AN E-T-J-E-T-J. OKAY. OH, ALRIGHT. SO, SO WITH THAT, UH, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. UM, I DO AGREE. LET'S, LET'S TABLE THIS ITEM. UM, I DON'T SEE THE, UM, FINANCE, IT, THERE'S NOT A FINANCE PERSON, I GUESS. YEAH, IT JUST SAYS SMALL BUSINESS, LARGE BUSINESS AND REAL ESTATE. ARE YOU SAYING THAT? BUT ON THE DESCRIPTION, ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE ONE PERSON REPRESENTING REAL ESTATE, ONE PERSON REPRESENTING FINANCE OR, UH, BANKING INDUSTRY. ONE PERSON REPRESENTING LARGE BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS. UM, THREE INTERESTED CITIZENS WHO DO NOT HAVE PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION. UM, ONE OF WHOM SHALL RESIDE IN THE ETJ. SO OUT OF THESE THREE INTERESTED CITIZENS, ONE OF THEM SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE FINANCE, ETJ. AND SO WE NEED TO ADD THE FINANCE TO THE MATRIX. IT SAYS SEVEN APPOINTMENTS. AND SO IS IT, WE NEED TO KNOW IS THERE A FINANCE PERSON? BECAUSE IF SO, THEN YOU HAVE TO STRIKE AN INTERESTED CITIZEN. NO ONE IF THE INTERESTED CITIZENS SHOULD BE ETJ. YEAH. OH, OKAY. OKAY. I SEE WHAT, OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M, OKAY. YEAH. WELL THAT'S GONNA BE MY FAULT COMMENT. OR IT'S JUST MISSING THE FINANCE PERSON ON THAT. OKAY. THE SPREADSHEET YOU GOT. WELL, IT SHOULD BE, SO IT'S JUST MISSING FINANCE. OKAY. FINANCE, YES. SO TO BE CLEAR, ONE, ONE PERSON REAL ESTATE BASED, LARGE BUSINESS BASE, SMALL BUSINESS BASE, FINANCE BASE, BUT INTERESTED CITIZEN AND THEN AN INTEREST CITIZEN. AND THEN INTERESTED, INTERESTED CITIZEN WITH ETJ? YES. OKAY. SO, ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL ADVERTISE AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A BETTER OR A BETTER POOL, OR MORE POOL, I GUESS BIGGER POOL, UH, ON THAT. SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR TO, UH, TABLE THIS ITEM FOR 60 DAYS. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SO WE WILL HOLD OFF ON THAT FOR 60 DAYS. UH, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, [i. Consider a resolution authorizing three (3) appointments to the Animal Control Advisory Committee.] I'M SURE IT'D BE OUR, THE MOST FUN ONE, UH, WOULD BE CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND SO WE HAVE, UM, LET'S SEE, WE HAVE THE, UH, INTEREST CITIZEN IS, UH, MR. ALBERT CONTRERAS. AND, UM, I WOULD ASK COUNSEL TO LOOK AT THE, AT THE VERY CLOSELY, WELL LET NO, THIS IS NOT CORRECT. THE, THE THIRD PERSON ON THERE IS THAT, THAT'S THE ATTENDANCE. OH, MEETINGS MISSED. OH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I SAID THIS LADY, I KNOW SHE'S AT EVERY MEETING. OKAY. ALRIGHT, NOW I GET IT. NOW. OKAY. YES. I'M SAYING. ALRIGHT. SO CERTAINLY, SO WE HAVE, UH, MR. CONTRERAS SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT MS. HOLLOWAY SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. THOSE ARE OUR INTERESTED CITIZENS. AND THEN WE HAVE A THIRD, UM, A THIRD INDIVIDUAL THAT, UM, THAT IS AN ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION, I GUESS APPOINTMENT IN A SENSE THAT HOLDS THAT TYPE OF ROLE. AND I GUESS WE WILL EITHER [00:40:01] REAPPOINT, MS. SISK, UH, OR WE COULD MAKE A NEW APPOINTMENT. I WILL SAY, UM, WE WENT THROUGH MANY ITERATIONS OF, OF THE, THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS, OF THIS COMMITTEE. AND I THINK WHAT WE, WHAT WE DECIDE, OR AT LEAST WHAT WE AGREED UPON AT THE TIME WAS WE WERE GONNA ROTATE THE ANIMAL, THE ANIMAL ADVOCATE. MM-HMM . ONLY BECAUSE THERE WAS A, A MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE MISSIONS THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS. THEY'RE ALL ANIMAL WELFARE ADVOCATES, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT MISSIONS. AND SO I THINK THE IDEA WAS JUST TO KIND OF ROTATE THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. AND SO, UM, IF SOMEONE EITHER WANTS TO, TO, UH, REAPPOINT MS. SISK OR WE CAN HAVE A NEW NOMINATION. OKAY. YEAH, I'M HERE. SO, SO WHAT, SO FIRST OFF, LET'S JUST DO THE, THE TWO INTERESTED CITIZENS. SO WE HAVE MR. CONTRERAS AND MS. HOLLOWAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE THOSE NOMINATIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TO KEEP MS. UM, HOLLOWAY. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE WANTED TO NOMINATE? I'LL NOMINATE MR. CONTRERAS. I MEAN, HE'S, HE'S MADE 14 OUTTA 15 MEETINGS. HE'S PRETTY INVOLVED. YES. YES. ALRIGHT. AND THEN, UM, WE CAN TAKE THOSE BY THEMSELVES AND THEN DISCUSS THE NEXT POSITION IF Y'ALL LIKE. OR WE CAN MAKE ONE SLATE. WE CAN JUST TAKE NOMINATIONS. OKAY. SO LET'S TAKE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE ANIMAL WELFARE WELFARE ORGANIZATION POSITION. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TONY GRAHAM. OKAY. WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR 20 AS THE ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION. AND I KNOW THAT THE LAST NAME IS THE SAME AS YOURS, BUT I'M ASSUMING THERE IS NO RELATION. THERE IS NO RELATION. ALL MY GRANDS ARE FROM TOLEDO, OHIO. OKAY. I WAS JUST DOING THAT JUST IN CASE OF, UH, THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS. THERE IS NOT. I DIDN'T MEET HER ACTUALLY UNTIL, UM, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. SO JUST IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO KNOW. THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I ASKED. AND WHAT ORGANIZATION DOES SHE REPRESENT? UM, ACTUALLY HER ORGANIZATION IS FAIRLY NEW AND, UM, I, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU WERE GONNA ASK ME THAT AND I CAN'T THINK OF IT. UH, THE NAME, I THINK IT'S YOU. REMEMBER, IT'S CALLED TONY'S. TONY'S TAILS. TONY, SAVE A CAT, . SAVE OUR TAILS. SAVE OUR TAILS. ISN'T IT ? TONY'S, TONY'S, MS. GRAHAM HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME AND HAS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE. SHE HAS. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AS WHAT ORGANIZATION? YEAH, I THINK SHE WENT AND I, I WOULD SAY I THINK IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO, SHE ACTUALLY, OH, TONY TN R TALE, TNR TAIL. THERE IT IS, MA'AM. WE CANNOT TAKE JUST PUBLIC, JUST OUTBURSTS, BUT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND, AND STILL TAKE THE NOMINATION. ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, THERE IS A NOMINATION FOR TONY GRAHAM. IS THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? IS THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? WAS THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ALL IN FAVOR OF MS. GRIM AND MR. CONTRERAS. AND MS. HOLLOWAY, PLEASE. UH, ALL THOSE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR THAT. SLATE. SECOND. MOVED A SECOND. MOTION SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ABSTENTIONS? I'LL MAKE ONE COMMENT. MAYOR, I DID, I I SPOKE TO MS. SIS TODAY AND SHE WAS, UM, SHE DID WANNA BE REAPPOINTED. UM, AND I, AND I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, WE WANTED TO SEE THAT, UM, SOME ROTATION ON THAT. BUT, UM, DEFINITELY WANTED TO THANK HER FOR, UM, THE WORK THAT SHE HAD PUT IN, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. UM, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT HAVING SOMEONE ELSE. THERE IS DEFINITELY NOT A REFLECTION OF HER. UM, YOU KNOW, THE WORK SHE DID IN THE ROLE. I THINK IT'S JUST, AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE SO MANY ANIMAL WELFARE WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS, WE JUST WANTED TO ROTATE 'EM THROUGH, SO MM-HMM . I JUST WANTED TO THANK HER FOR THE TIME AND, AND THE WORK THAT SHE HAD PUT IN. YES. AND HER ATTENDANCE WAS, YOU KNOW, SUPERB AND SO WE DO APPRECIATE HER. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE SLATE OF THE THREE INDIVIDUALS AS EXPRESSED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE GOT THROUGH THAT IN EVERY NO BLOODSHED OR NOTHING. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK STAFF TO DO, UH, MISS CITY CLERK, UH, IF YOU CAN, UM, WORK WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS SO THAT, UH, ANY OF THE, BESIDES THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I GUESS COMMITTEE, BUT ANY OTHER VACANCIES SO WE CAN MAKE ANOTHER ADVERTISEMENT SOME WAY OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE NOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT, NOW IT'S MORE FOCUSED WHERE I THINK A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS HERE, THEY SIGN UP FOR MULTIPLE POSITIONS, BUT NOW, LIKE MR. KILBURN OR OTHERS, NOW IT COULD BE MORE FOCUSED AND MAYBE WE, EVEN WITH THAT WE CAN SAY WHAT, WHAT IS THE MEETING FREQUENCY? UM, AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THAT THEY WANT THAT KIND OF MEETING TIME. 'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY STILL BE EMPLOYED. NOT, NOT EVERYBODY THAT'S RETIRED HAS THIS TIME TO SPARE, BUT, UM, WELL YOU'RE A DIFFERENT EXCEPTION I GUESS. BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, SO THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION WE ALWAYS GET WHEN I ASK SOMEBODY LIKE, OKAY, WHAT, HOW MUCH TIME IS IT GONNA TAKE AND WHEN DO THEY MEET? SO THAT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO [8. MANAGER'S REPORT Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 551.0415 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council of the City of Baytown may receive a report about items of community interest from City staff and/or a member of the City Council, but no action or possible action shall be taken or discussed concerning the subject of such report, except as provided by Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code.] OUR MANAGER REPORT. YES. UM, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I WANNA SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS AND THEN I'LL JUMP INTO AN UPDATE ON THE ANNEXATION. SO FIRST I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, MR. LESTER, UH, MENTIONED, UH, HOW GREAT OUR PARKS TEAM IS AND, UH, THE GREAT WORK THEY [00:45:01] DID THEY DO WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UM, A FEW INDIVIDUALS AND, UH, UH, THE PARKS TEAM AND WHAT THEY, UH, RECENTLY EXCELLED AT AND WERE, UH, RECOGNIZED FOR. AND JUST I THINK LAST MONTH WE RECOGNIZED THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM ON THEIR WINNING, UH, MULTIPLE, UM, AWARDS AT THE, UH, UH, AT THE, UH, RODEO, UM, I, GOODNESS, I'M SORRY, I'M FORGETTING THE NAME. THE RODEO COMPETITION. AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB. WELL, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE PARKS TEAM AS WELL, AND THIS IS FANTASTIC. SO WE HAVE TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE JUST WINNING AWARDS. SO BACK IN OCTOBER OF 23, WE HAD FOUR PEOPLE, UH, MEN COULTER, JO, UH, UH, COLT, LARS, JOSH WILSON, HUNTER SLOVAK, AND LEONARD GRAHAM. THEY ALL QUALIFIED TO FACE OFF AGAINST THEIR COUNTERPARTS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE AT THE TRAPS EVENT LAST MONTH. AND JOSH WILSON WON FIRST PLACE IN THE BACKHOE DIVISION, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. UH, AND THE NELL DRIVING DIVISION, MIN, UH, COAT LARS, UH, WON SECOND PLACE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. AND OVERALL THE TEAM PLAYS SECOND PLACE IN THE STATE OUT OF 50 OTHER TEAMS. SO THAT IS LIKE A, UH, A BIG HAND CLAP FOR THE PARKS TEAM AND EVERYBODY THAT COMPETED IN THAT. AND SO THANK YOU PARKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. AND, UH, HAPPY FOR ANOTHER AWARD. I WANT TO, I THINK IT WAS EITHER LAST MONTH OR TWO MONTHS AGO, WE RECOGNIZED EMILIO. UM, EMILIO HAD RECENTLY GOT HIS A ICP CERTIFICATION, AND THEN JUST RECENTLY EMILIO JUST PASSED HIS, UH, PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CER UH, ACCREDITATION, WHICH IS A THREE YEAR PROGRAM, UH, THAT DOES INCLUDE A LOT OF HARD WORK CREATING A PROJECT PORTFOLIO AND A, UM, UM, MULTIPLE HOUR COMPREHENSIVE EXAM. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EMILIO. THIS IS, UH, A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS WELL WITH, UH, EDUCATING THE, THE TEAM OVER THERE AND REALLY TAKING THAT, UH, THAT DEPARTMENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. SO A BIG CONGRATS TO EMILIO AND THEN, UM, TOUR FIREFIGHTERS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS Y'ALL KNOW, ALWAYS, UH, HELPS OUT OTHERS WHEN IN NEED. AND, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS HAD SOME DEVASTATING FIREFIGHTER OR FIRES UP IN THE PANHANDLE. AND SO WE SENT A TEAM UP A TEAM OF FOUR UP, UH, FOR A FIRST SHIFT. THAT TEAM HAS SINCE COME BACK AND WE HAVE SINCE SENT ANOTHER TEAM UP OF FOUR PEOPLE, UH, AND I BELIEVE IT'S 21 DAYS THAT THEY WILL, WILL BE SERVING OUT THERE. AND SO THE SECOND TEAM IS UP THERE RIGHT NOW, AND I'M SURE THAT OUR, OUR FIREFIGHTERS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AS LONG AS NEEDED, UH, TO HELP, UH, THE OTHER BRETHREN, UH, OUT THERE FIGHT FIRES. UH, AND, UH, SO JUST A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE SERVICE AS WELL AND HELPING THE OTHER CITIZENS IN THE PANHANDLE. AND THEN ON THE ANNEXATION, MAYOR COUNCIL, I DO WANT TO ADDRESS, UH, QUITE A FEW THINGS AND ONE, JUST THE TIMELINE IN GENERAL. SO FIRST I WANNA START OUT, UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF EMAILS, A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SOME OF THE, UM, ARTICLES AND, UH, UM, STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THE BAYTOWN SUN OR JUST PUT OUT ON OUR PRESS OR PRESS RELEASES THAT WERE PUTTING OUT. AND, UH, WHAT I KEEP HEARING OR THE EMAILS THAT WE KEEP GETTING IS, OH, THE CITY IS CIRCLING, THE WAGONS ARE TRYING TO, UH, NOT SHOW WHAT, WHAT'S THAT THEY'VE DONE WRONG. WELL, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT THROUGH THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE SEEN IN PAST INSTANCES, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST POPPED UP IN 2024, UH, THE OPINIONS THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE LEGAL OFFICE SHOW THAT THE, THE CITY MET THE OBLIGATIONS THAT WERE ADOPTED IN 2017 WHEN, AT THE TIME OF THE ANNEXATION, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN 2017. BUT THE LEGAL OPINION IS, IS THAT WE MET THE CITY, MET THE OBLIGATION FOR THE RESIDENTS AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT WERE ANNEXED IN 2017. FROM THERE, THE COUNCIL HAS MADE IT CLEAR TO STAFF THAT YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS, THAT YOU WOULD ALSO LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO DIS ANNEX PROPERTIES FROM THE CITY AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IF A CITIZEN WERE TO REQUEST TO BE DIS ANNEXED. SO AS THE TEAM STARTED TO LOOK INTO THIS, IT OPENS UP A LARGE PANDORA'S BOX. AND SO WE NARROWED THAT DOWN TO JUST 2017. WE DO HAVE THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE COME TO TALK TO US TO ASK US, HEY, AT LEAST LET US HAVE OUR TIME WITH COUNSEL TO, TO TALK THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND UNDERSTAND IF WE CAN OR CANNOT DO THIS. SO WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO 2017. IN THAT 2017, WHAT THE NUMBER IS REPORTED TO ME IS THAT WE HAVE 129 PARCELS THAT [00:50:01] WERE ANNEXED AT THAT TIME PERIOD. SO WE HAVE TO START ASKING OURSELVES A WHOLE BUNCH OF PIECES THAT GO WITH THAT. THAT'S THE 120 NINTH PARCELS. WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT DOESN'T HAPPEN? UM, HOW, WHAT IS THE PROCESS? IS IT JUST AS EASY AS COMING AND SIGNING A PAPER? IS IT, CAN THE CITY EVEN DO THIS IF IT WANTED TO? WHAT DOES THAT OPEN UP IF IT DOESN'T OR IF WE DO? AND SO WHAT I WANT TO GO THROUGH IS THE TIMELINE AT THIS POINT. WHILE WE FEEL, WHILE THE CITY FEELS THAT THE OBLIGATION HAS BEEN MET THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2017 WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT SAYS WE WILL DO X, Y, AND Z. UM, LEGAL FEELS THAT THAT IS MET AT THE SAME TIME STAFF AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WANT TO FURTHER LOOK AT WHAT EVERYTHING, UH, THAT THE, THE STATE SAYS WITH THE ANNEXATION. I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THE STATE'S ORDINANCES AROUND THIS ARE CLEAR AS MUD. I MEAN THEY ARE HORRIBLE. THEY ARE AMBIGUOUS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER SIDE. THE, THE COMPLICATING FACTORS THAT GO WITH MEETING THE OBLIGATION FOR THE, UH, AND MR. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE STEP IN IF I'M SAYING ANYTHING WRONG HERE. 'CAUSE I AM TRYING TO GO BY MEMORY. OKAY. SO MATT, IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG, I'M JUST GOING BY MEMORY. UM, THE COMPLICATING FACTORS ARE IS THAT TO MEET THE OBLIGATION IT HAS TO HAVE SIMILAR SERVICES PROVIDED. WELL, THE SIMILAR SERVICES PROVIDED TO THAT AREA WHEN IT WAS ANNEX WAS A VERY RURAL AREA. AND YOU COMPARE THAT TO OTHER RURAL AREAS IN THE, UH, IN THE CITY, SUCH AS THE ONES ON TRI-CITIES BEACH ROAD THAT DON'T HAVE SERVICES AT THE SAME ELEVATION THAT ARE ALSO IN THE CITY AND ANNEX WELL MANY YEARS AGO. AND SO IF YOU EQUATE THAT TO SIMILAR SERVICES FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE IN SIMILAR, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT IS A SIMILAR AREA, WE, THE MONEY WAS PUT IN TO ADDRESS WHAT WAS NECESSARY AT THE TIME AND IT MET THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ANNEXATION. WE STILL WANT TO REVIEW THAT. WE STILL WANT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS, MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STAY WITH A, WITH A GOOD HEART AND PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL THAT AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THIS, WE FEEL THAT WE CAN MAKE A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT WILL TAKE UP TO FOUR MONTHS IN AND OF ITSELF JUST LOOKING AT THE RESEARCH, THIS MAN HAS TWO OTHER ATTORNEYS. THAT'S IT. WE HAVE TWO OR THREE TOTAL ATTORNEYS THAT ARE WORKING ON RESEARCH IN THE CITY. AND ONE PROSECUTOR, THE REST OF THE CITY IS STILL OPERATING AT THE SAME TIME. AND SO IT'S, THEY NEED THE TIME AS WELL TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS UNLESS WE WANNA SPEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WITH AN ATTORNEY TO DO THE RESEARCH FOR US FOR ABOUT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. WHILE WE ARE DOING THAT, STAFF WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE PANDORA'S BOX IS. WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF A CITY STARTS ALLOWING HOMES TO DIS ANNEX? CAN YOU JUST LIMIT IT TO THOSE HOMES THAT WERE JUST ANNEXED OR THAT WERE ANNEXED IN 2017? OR DO YOU OPEN IT UP TO THE ENTIRE CITY ONCE YOU MAKE THAT PROCESS KNOWN? WHAT ARE THE REPERCUSSIONS TO THAT? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WATER AND SEWER LINES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE OVER THERE? HOW ARE YOU RESPONDING, UH, WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? DOES THE COUNTY, IS THE COUNTY READY FOR TAKING ON MORE RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THEY WEREN'T INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING SOMEBODY BACK INTO THAT? AND IT JUST, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. THAT TOO WILL TAKE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OF RESEARCH. YES, IT WILL RUN IN PARALLEL WITH THE, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS RUNNING THROUGH THEIR PIECES. OKAY? ONCE ALL THAT DATA IS COLLECTED, WE WILL START BRINGING THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE WORK SESSIONS TO WORK THROUGH A FEW PIECES. I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT WILL PROBABLY STILL TAKE THREE TO FOUR MONTHS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THOSE WORK SESSIONS. YOU ONLY MEET TWICE A MONTH, RIGHT? YOU WILL START HAVE HAVING SPECIAL MEETINGS DURING THIS SAME TIME PERIOD. RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET PROCESSES GOING ON, YOU DO NOT WANT TO CONVOLUTE A A SERIOUS ANNEXATION CONVERSATION ALONG WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS. ON TOP OF THIS, THE COUNCIL WILL ALSO BE WORKING ON WATER AND SEWER RATES, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT COUNCIL ASKED FOR THE STAFF TO BRING BACK. SO YOU HAVE THREE VERY, VERY SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND THE APPROPRIATE TIME NEEDS TO BE ALLOCATED SO THAT COUNSEL IS, DOES NOT HAVE THREE OVERWHELMING PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON AND FEEL RUSHED WHILE YOU'RE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. SO THAT, AGAIN, WILL PROBABLY TAKE THREE MONTHS. OKAY, YOU ARE AT SEVEN MONTHS RIGHT THERE. OKAY. [00:55:01] AND THAT'S, EVERYTHING JUST WORKS PERFECTLY FLAWLESSLY WITHOUT ANY HICCUPS. WE DON'T HAVE A, A HURRICANE OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT POPS UP IN THE SUMMERTIME. ONCE THE COUNCIL IS ABLE TO GET AN ORDINANCE, YOU WILL NEED ABOUT A MONTH, A MONTH AND A HALF FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, LEGAL TEAM TO WRITE AN APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE THAT AT, AT THAT POINT COUNSEL STILL HAS NOT OFFICIALLY SEEN THE ORDINANCE. SO COUNSEL WILL NEED AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS AT A VERY MINIMUM, TWO MEETINGS TO GO THROUGH A NEW ORDINANCE, WHICH IS ANOTHER MONTH. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT NINE AND A HALF MONTHS JUST ON, ON THOSE CALCULATIONS. UM, WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS, AS, UM, RESPONSIBLE AS WE CAN WITH SUCH A SERIOUS, UH, ORDINANCE CHANGE, UH, A POSSIBLE ORDINANCE CHANGE AND BRINGING ALL THE DATA THAT'S NECESSARY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. SO YES, MORE OF THIS WILL BE PUT OUT WHEN WE ARE, WHEN WE HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO GO. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FROM THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE BEEN HAVING, AND THIS IS FROM MEMORY RIGHT NOW TO, TO TRY TO PUT OUT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH A FORMAL PIECE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND, AND FOR THE RESIDENTS AS THIS GOES FORWARD. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND WORKING ON AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. AMERICAN COUNSEL. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL SERGEANT, I HOPE, UM, I DO APPRECIATE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS ARE, ARE COMING HERE. HOPEFULLY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FOR NOW. UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT, A LOT TO STILL FIGURE OUT. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU, UM, EXPRESSING AT LEAST KIND OF THE STATUS OF THAT ISSUE. SO WE WILL MOVE ON. [9. COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT REPORT] I BELIEVE THAT IS, OH, WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT REPORT, MR. POP. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY. UH, JUST WANNA UPDATE ON SOME, SOME ITEMS GOING ON IN DISTRICT FIVE. UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, START WITH PARKS AND REC. UH, STAFF HAS RECENTLY ADDED THE 9 1 1 MARKERS ALONG THE TRAILS AT JENKINS AND HOLLOWAY PARK. UM, THIS WAS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED, IT'S BEEN A WHILE AGO. YEAH. UM, THE, BASICALLY THEY HAVE THREE WORDS ON EACH SIGN. AND, AND YOU HAVE A WHAT THREE WORDS APP THAT'LL HELP PROVIDE A LOCATION. SO IF A, A PARK GUEST WERE TO FALL ON THE TRAIL OR HAVE ANOTHER EMERGENCY ON THE TRAIL, THEY CAN ACTUALLY, THEY CALL 9 1 1. THEY SIMPLY READ THOSE THREE WORDS THAT ARE LOCATED ON EACH SIGN AND THAT WILL HELP PINPOINT THEIR LOCATION IN THE PARK. SO A BIG SAFETY IMPROVEMENT THERE. ALSO, A SHADE STRUCTURE IS SET TO BE INSTALLED OVER THE BASKETBALL COURT AT BAROO PARK, SIMILAR TO THE STRUCTURES WE'VE PUT IN AT, AT MULTIPLE OTHER PARKS, UH, ON THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SIDE. UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING IS UNDER ITS INSPECTION OVER ON NORTH MAIN, SO THAT'S GETTING CLOSE TO OPENING. UM, OUT ON HIGHWAY 1 46, WE HAVE, UH, THE CHAMBERS COMMONS APARTMENTS. UH, THEY'VE NOT STARTED ON THAT, BUT THEY, UH, HAVE SUBMITTED SOME PLANS. UH, THE, THE PERMIT HASN'T BEEN ISSUED. AND THEN THERE IN THAT SAME AREA, WE HAVE A, A LENE OIL CHANGE AND A DUTCH BROTHERS COFFEE GOING IN. UM, THE, THE DUTCH BROTHERS, UH, AS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN TWO MONTHS. UM, SO WE'LL SEE SOME MORE GROWTH OUT THERE AT 1 46, NEAR I 10, ALSO AT I 10 AND SHO. UM, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER, UH, UH, GAS STATION WITH A CAR WASH GOING IN THERE ON THAT CORNER AS WELL. UM, WE HAVE A FEW REZONES. UM, WE RECENTLY HAD A MEETING FOR THE REZONE IN 13 ACRES ALONG MASSEY TOMPKINS. SO, UH, THANKS TO STAFF FOR, FOR SETTING THAT UP. UH, WE HAD SEVERAL RESIDENTS COME OUT AND GET, GIVE SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT. THERE'S ALSO A REZONE ON THE WEST SIDE OF CROSBY, CEDAR BIO ROAD, UH, THAT WILL BE TAKING THAT, UH, SEVEN ACRES FROM SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE TO SF TWO AND THEN A REZONE ALSO ON CROSBY, CEDAR BIO ROAD. UM, THAT WILL BE, UH, WILL ALLOW FOR SOMEONE TO JUST, UH, EXPAND ON THEIR EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AND BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS ARE GOING TO P AND Z ON MARCH 19TH. SO NEXT WEEK, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING SALE, THE SEVILLE DRIVE PROJECT IS, UH, COMPLETE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STREET LIGHTING. UM, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THE CITY DOES. WE'RE KIND OF AT THE MERCY OF CENTER POINT AND THEY'RE RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE ON THAT. UH, THE CHAMBERS COMMONS LIFT STATION, WHICH WILL SERVICE THAT AREA ON 1 46 I WAS TALKING ABOUT, IS ABOUT 60% COMPLETE. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME CONCRETE PANEL REPLACEMENT GOING ON ON TEJAS AND CHICKASAW IN, UH, PINEHURST NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SOME TREE TRIMMING IN THERE AS WELL. UM, AND THEN SOME OTHER ODDS AND ENDS, TRAFFIC SIGNS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND SOME TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT HAVE HAD SOME MAINTENANCE COMPLETED. UM, AND ONE ITEM THAT WAS ACTUALLY ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS IN A CONSENT, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT, BUT IT WAS AN AGREEMENT WITH TEXDOT TO UH, ADD SOME TURN LANES ON SHO LAND AT I 10. UM, AND SO I THINK THAT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED. TRAFFIC CAN, CAN BACK UP IN THAT AREA, UM, DURING OUR, DURING OUR RUSH HOUR. AND SO, UH, [01:00:01] THAT GET THAT THIS GETS THE BALL ROLLING, GETS THE AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH TXDOT AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON DESIGN AND, AND THAT'LL GO OUT FOR BID LATER THIS SUMMER. UM, AND WHILE I'M ON THE, UH, TOPIC OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING AS AN ENGINEER AND A NERD, I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY PIE DAY. UH, 3.14. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PIE IS, GO LOOK IT UP. 3.1 4, 1 5, THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW IS 3.14. IS THAT EIGHT INCHES OUT? UH, 1, 1, 1 4, 1 5. HAPPY PIE DAY, GO GRAB SOME PIE ON THE WAY HOME. DIFFERENCE. THAT'S ALL I GOT, MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU FOR A VERY GOOD REPORT. GOOD TO SEE SOME NEW BUSINESSES COMING, COMING TO BAYTOWN TOO, SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT AND CERTAINLY A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE CITY. ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, UM, WE WILL NOW RECESS [10. EXECUTIVE SESSION] INTO AND CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.0 7, 1 0 7, 2 0 7 4 AND OH EIGHT SEVEN OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO SEEK THE ADVICE SUBSIDY ATTORNEYS TO DELIBERATE OR, UM, ATTORNEYS DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY, UH, DISCUSSED PERSONAL MATTERS, PERSONNEL MATTERS, AND OR TO DELIBERATE RE UH, TO DELIBERATE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. SO THE TIME IS 7 32 AND I'LL RECONVENE THE, OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEING THAT THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL POST AGENDA ITEMS. THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. OW. * 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.