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SO, I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.IT IS 6:39 PM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
WE'LL BE, UH, LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE LESTER OF DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.
PLEASE STAND, FACE THE FLAG YOUR FEET PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE RAW.
AND NOW THE TEXAS FLAG, THE TEXAS FLAG ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE ON OUR GOD, ONE IN INDIVISIBLE.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU'D JOIN ME IN PRAYER.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE.
AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, FILL US WITH YOUR GRACE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
PLEASE WATCH OVER THOSE WHO SERVE AND PROTECT US ON A DAILY BASIS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
UH, COUNSEL, IF I MAY ALLOW, UM,
[b. Receive the 2023 Baytown Parks and Recreation Annual Report.]
I'M GONNA PULL ONE ITEM UP FOR, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION.UH, IT'S ITEM SIX BI BELIEVE IT IS A PRESENTATION, UM, TO RECEIVE THE 2023 BAYTOWN PARKS IN RECREATION ANNUAL REPORT.
THERE'S THIS, UH, THERE'S A TIME SENSITIVE MATTER WITH THIS ITEM.
SO, MR. LAREDO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP HERE, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, THE MUCH BETTER LOOKING VERSION MR. TERRY'S SAYING, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT HE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE WEATHER, SO HE'S NOT HERE TODAY.
Y'ALL KEEP 'EM IN HIS PRAYERS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT, Y'ALL HAVE THESE REALLY BEAUTIFUL BOOKS NICE IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT PARKS AND REC HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB THE SECOND YEAR.
THEY HAVE THOSE PRINTED, UH, FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE REPORT.
IT IS ONLINE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT THESE BOOKS.
THEY PRINTED A LITTLE BIT OF, NOT THAT MANY ENOUGH FOR THE, FOR THE BOARD AND FOR FOR CITY COUNCIL.
BUT AGAIN, IF, IF ANYBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE THOSE, THEY'RE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
UM, I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PREPARED STATEMENT.
IT SAYS, THE GOAL OF THE BAYTOWN PARKS AND REC RECREATION, UM, ANNUAL REPORT IS TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE REMARKABLE VALUE THAT PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT BRINGS TO OUR CITY.
UH, DEPART DEPARTMENT UNDERSTANDS AND RESPECTS THE, AND DEMONSTRATES THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S CORE VALUES OF CARING, INNOVATION, LEADERSHIP, STEWARDSHIP, AND COLLABORATION IN EVERYTHING THEY DO.
THEIR FACILITY SERVE AS A VITAL COMMUNAL SPACES AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES.
THEY HAVE WALKING TRAILS FROM WALKING TRAILS WITH PIRATES BAY, THE EDDIE V GRAY WETLAND CENTER, AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THESE SPACES ARE FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SOCIAL INTERACTION, AND A SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT FROM THE 2022 ANNUAL REPORT, PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM ATTENDED A DISNEY TRAINING WHERE THE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENTAL DEPARTMENTAL PURPOSE OF WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE MEMORIES WAS FORMED.
THE 2023 ANNUAL REPORT BOOK IS ENDED BY THE STAFF'S MOST ME MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN THEIR OWN WORDS, IN ADDITION TO THE EVENTS, PROGRAMS, AND PROJECTS AND UPDATES THAT WERE IN THE BOOK AS WELL.
AND IN ESSENCE, THE AWARDING, UM, OUR AWARD WINNING PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS NOT JUST A SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT A CORNERSTONE OF THE CITY'S IDENTITY AND WELLBEING.
AS SUCH, I URGE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING AND INVESTING THIS INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL RESIDENTS AND GUESTS OF BAYTOWN.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING IN ADDITION TO THAT AS WELL.
UH, LAST WEEK I WAS ON A BIKER.
I WANTED TO GO A BIKE RIDE, AND I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE WONDERFUL TRAILS, INCLUDING THE NEW ONE THAT STARTS AT, UH, BAKER AND GOES ALL THE WAY ALMOST TO, UH, I THINK IT'S CEDAR VALLEY, LYNCHBURG.
AND I TOLD MY SON, I SAID, MIJO, YOU WANNA GO BIKE RIDING WITH ME? HE GOES, YEAH, MY, MY 23-YEAR-OLD, AND WE WENT FOR A BIKE RIDE AND WE TALKED FOR AN HOUR, AND WE, UH, MY SON GOES TO COLLEGE.
HE WAS AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN, AND WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF EACH OTHER, NOT ENOUGH, BUT FOR THAT HOUR, WE HAD A GOOD TALK.
HE'S A SOPHOMORE AT LEE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE GO PLAY DISC GOLF AT DUKE HILL TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, AS A FATHER, AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY AND SEEING FAMILIES OUT THERE, LITTLE KIDS, MAMAS, GRANDPARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES GOING OUT THERE AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HAVING FAMILY TIME.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN COVID HAPPENED, WE, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT BACK TO THAT, AND THEN COVID ENDED, AND A LOT OF US WENT BACK TO OUR NORMAL LIVES WHERE IT WAS LESS AND LESS COMMUNICATING AND MORE AND MORE OF THE, THE TECHNOLOGY.BUT I THINK PROGRAMS THAT PARKS AND REC AND THE PARKS THAT THEY DO FOR US REMIND US OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE CAN GO OUT AND BE PEOPLE AND BE FAMILIES AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EACH OTHER'S COMPANY AND GOODWILL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD THE, THE PICKLEBALL COURT, AND ALREADY ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS IS LIKE, ARE THEY GONNA PUT LIGHTS? I SAID, I'M, I'M SURE THEY WILL EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AND, BUT I THINK THE, THE BEST THING HE TOLD ME WAS, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAD A PICKLEBALL COURT.
YOU KNOW? I SAID, YEAH, IT'S HAPPENING.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, UM, MY COUNCILWOMAN, MS. ALVARADO, AND, AND ALL OF YOU AND OUR CITY MANAGER FOR HAVING THE VISION AND SUPPORTING THESE, THIS WONDERFUL DEPARTMENT BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE GO TO A MEETING, THEY'RE SHOWING US AN AWARD.
AND EVERY TIME WE GO TO A MEETING, THEY'RE SHOWING US A PICTURE OF KIDS AND FAMILIES TAKING ADVANTAGE AND REMINDING US WHY THESE PROGRAMS ARE SO VITAL FOR US.
SO THANK YOU, HONESTLY, AS A DAD, AS A NEIGHBOR, AND AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING PARKS AND REC AND THANK YOU PARKS AND REC FOR BEING AND ALLOWING THOSE SITUATIONS TO HAPPEN AS A PERSONAL TESTIMONY WITH ME AND MY BOYS, AND WITH FAMILIES ALL AROUND BAYTOWN.
SO WE WILL GET BACK TO OUR POSTED AGENDA.
[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.]
ASSISTANT COMMENTS.SO DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK UNDER A COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
HERE I HAVE LOTS OF ARROWS, SO I WILL TRY TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
FIRST, I WILL READ THE PURPOSE OF CITIZEN COMMENT IS TO GIVE ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS.
EVERYONE DESIRED TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST OF THE FOYER OR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.
EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE DOCUMENTS.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.
A CITIZEN MAY PASS HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS COUNSEL.
HOWEVER, NO CITIZEN REMARKS SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES IN TOTAL TIME, EITHER ONE MINUTE OR THREE MINUTE.
UM, EITHER ONE MINUTE OR THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COUNCIL.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
UH, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ON ITEMS FOR WHICH THE PUBLIC NOTICE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN ON THIS AGENDA.
SO NOW I WILL GO THROUGH OUR LIST.
IT LOOKS LIKE MR. ISAAC AND MS. GRAVES HAS YIELDED THEIR TIME TO MR. PONDER.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MR. PONDER.
FIRST, LET ME SAY, UH, UM, I WILL NOT HOLD THIS CITY COUNCIL RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PAST SLIGHT OF HAND TECHNIQUES USED IN OUR ANNEXATION.
BUT I WILL HOLD EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT CORRECTING PASTOR WRONGS UNDER PAGE ONE OF, UH, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION STAFF REPORT DATED TWO NOVEMBER 17.
IT SAYS THE PURPOSE OF THE ANNEXATION WAS TO TRANSITION FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL LAND USE FURTHER ON PAGE ONE, IT SAYS, UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS, THE AREA IS DOMINATED BY LARGE RESIDENTIAL, LOTS WITH SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURES.
AREA HAS 59 RESIDENTIAL, DEVELOPED LOTS AND EIGHT PARCELS FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
ON PAGE THREE, LINE SEVEN, IT SAYS, THE SUBJECT AREA IS MOSTLY DOMINATED WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.
WHY DOES THE CITY CONTRADICT ITSELF WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY ALREADY USED FOR SINGLE FAMILIES? NOT COMMERCIAL INTEREST UNLESS YOU WISH TO REZONE THOSE LARGE LOTS FOR MORE MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS OR COMMERCIAL USES LIKE YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE AREA ON BLUE HERON AND SLANDER.
MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU SAID AT THE LAST THAT THE CITY DOESN'T WANT THREE, THREE, UM, CONVERSATIONS AT THE SAME TIME ABOUT THE BUDGET WATER ANNEXATION AND ANNEXATION.
ACCORDING TO THIS SAME STAFF REPORT, THE CITY PROMISED US 1500 FEET OF WATERLINE, 1500 FEET OF SEWER LINE FOR A COST OF $2 MILLION.
THE CITY PROMISES A FOUR BAY FIRE STATION AT $3.7 MILLION.
A NEW FIRE ENGINE OF $1.0 MILLION IN REOCCURRING PERSONNEL COST AT $1.6 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF $8.3 MILLION
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ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION.THAT'S $10.4 MILLION WITH A POTENTIAL LOSS OF TWO OF A HUNDRED AND NINETY, A HUNDRED TWENTY NINE PARCELS OF LAND, 298 ACRES.
MAYBE IT'S TIME YOU NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS TALK ABOUT BUDGET, WATER, AND ANNEXATION.
YOU LAMENTED LONG WITHOUT A TOTAL, UH, LONG ABOUT TOTAL TIME CONSTRAINTS IN CITY ATTORNEY STAFFING ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A HURRICANE INTERRUPTION.
AGAIN, SIR, THAT TOTAL TIME LENGTH FROM ANNEXATION WAS THREE MONTHS, AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT TIME YOU HAD A HURRICANE NAMED HARVEY.
I LEAVE BAYTOWN FOR WORK AT NINE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, TIME YIELDED FROM MS UH, KIM KOSTIC AND ALSO FROM KEN VANDERBEEK TO GARY VANDER.
SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.
I LIVE IN, UM, 44 0 3 CROSBY, CEDAR BAY ROAD.
AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU COULD TELL I'M NOT ALUM, I'M NOT A, UM, A A LAWYER, I'M A PLUMBER.
BUT, UM, UM, LAST MEETING YOU SAID THAT, UH, THE WATERS WERE MUDDY AND I'M GONNA TRY TO CLEAR THAT UP FOR YOU.
AND, UM, IT'S ABOUT CITIZENS' RIGHTS VERSUS, UH, CITY RIGHTS.
AND, UH, 1989, SB 9 62 WAS CODIFIED INTO LAW.
SECTION 43.054 AND 43.056 REQUIRES CONSTRUCTION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY FOR PROVIDING SERVICES TO A NEWLY ANNEXED AREA TO BE, UM, TO BE, UM, IN INTENDED WITHIN, UH, INITIATED WITHIN TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND COMPLETED IN FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
THE CURRENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 43.056 DEFINES SERVICES AS QUOTE, FULL MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT INCLUDES WATER, SEWER, GAS, ELECTRIC, ET CETERA.
SB 96 REQUIRES A PLAN TO BE PUT IN PLACE THREE YEARS PRIOR TO ANNEXATION EXPLAINING HOW SUCH SERVICES WOULD BE RENDERED.
I ASK AGAIN, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS, NOT FOUR AND A HALF, WHICH IS THE TIME LIMIT.
AND, UM, I'M GETTING TIRED OF EXCUSES.
UM, WHEN SB, WHEN HB SIX WAS PASSED AND BECAME EFFECTIVE ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2017, REPRESENTATIVE HUBERTY PROCLAIMED THAT QUOTE, CITIZENS HAVE RIGHTS, CITIES DON'T.
AND UM, BASICALLY I THINK WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THE CITY IS THE PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHTS, NOT THE BUREAUCRATS THAT ARE RUNNING THE CITY.
SO WITH THAT, I'M, I'M REQUESTING A MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE, UM, I HAVE LIMITED TIME TO SPEAK AND LOTS OF, UH, ISSUES AND FRUSTRATIONS AND, UM, I I'M, I'M ABOUT UP TO HERE WITH, WITH ALL THIS STUFF.
SO MY WIFE GAVE ME THIS TO WRITE DOWN MY THOUGHTS, WHICH I WAS TRYING TO ARTICULATE IT AS BEST I COULD, BUT ON THE FRONT OF IT, I JUST HAPPENED TO SEE, AND I CALL THEM GOD MOMENTS, WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU NOTICE SOMETHING AND IT SAYS, A GOAL WITHOUT A PLAN IS JUST A WISH.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE PLAN? I MEAN, I'M A SIMPLE MAN, I'M A PLUMBER.
AND IT'S LIKE, I THINK IT'S UP TO Y'ALL TO KIND OF EXPLAIN IT TO US LITTLE PEOPLE.
WHAT'S THE PLAN? BECAUSE THEN WE GO WELL, I I'M GONNA HAVE TO CUT YOU SHORT.
I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU.
I, HOWEVER, YOU DID GET TWO PEOPLE TO YIELD THEIR TIME TO YOU.
AND YOUR THREE MINUTES AND, AND YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
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WE WILL MOVE ON NEXT TO, I BELIEVE IT'S MINUTES.SO WE HAVE, UH, ITEM TWO A IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2024.
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WE COULD TAKE THESE, THESE ITEMS TO A AND B TOGETHER FOR THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON MARCH 14TH.SO, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM TWO A AND B MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS TWO A AND TWO B MOTION SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES? FOR ITEMS TWO A AND B AS READ, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.]
OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.GOOD EVENING COUNSEL, AND WILL BE RECOGNIZING A PARKS AND RECREATION EMPLOYEE FOR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.
SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
COULDN'T BE TOLD WITHOUT LORENZO GOODLEY LORENZO'S CAREER SPANNING THREE DECADES IS NOT ONLY DEFINED BY HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT ALSO BY HIS DIVERSE SKILLSET IN EXPERTISE IN WELDING, FABRICATING, AND CONSTRUCTING PLAYGROUNDS.
LORENZO STARTED HIS JOURNEY WITH THE CITY IN A PART-TIME POSITION DRIVING STUDENTS OF A JOB TRAINING PROGRAM AROUND TO VARIOUS PARKS.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY, LORENZO HAS WELDED AND FABRICATED STRUCTURES THAT NOT ONLY ENHANCED THE AESTHETICS OF BAYTOWN PARKS, BUT ALSO ENSURE THEIR DURABILITY AND SAFETY.
HIS METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND CRAFTSMANSHIP HAS CONTINUED TO SET A NEW STANDARD FOR BAY TOWN'S PLAYGROUND CONSTRUCTION.
AS LORENZO ASCENDED TO HIS CURRENT ROLE AS PARK'S SOUTHSIDE CREW LEADER, HIS UNIQUE BLEND OF SKILLS CONTINUE TO BECOME AN INVALUABLE ASSET.
WHETHER MAINTAINING CURRENT PARK SPACE, DEVELOPING A NEW AMENITY OR REFURBISHING EXISTING ONES, HE HAS BROUGHT AN APPROACH THAT SEAMLESSLY MERGES DESIGN EXPERTISE WITH PRACTICAL KNOW-HOW MANY OF BAY TOWN'S MOST POPULAR AMENITIES SUCH AS JENKIN PARKS, TRAIL SYSTEM AND OTHER NUMEROUS PARK PAVILIONS HAVE ALL STARTED IN THE HANDS OF LORENZO.
AS LORENZO GOODLEY'S LEGACY CONTINUES TO UNFOLD, HIS ENDURING IMPACT ON PARKS AND RECREATION SERVES AS A TESTAMENT TO THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF COMBINING PASSION WITH PROFICIENCY IN EVERY PLAYGROUND, EVERY WELDED STRUCTURE, AND EVERY COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE.
HIS LEGACY LIVES ON INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS TO SHARE IN HIS PASSION TO GET OUTDOORS AND ENJOY LIFE.
THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE THE FORMER LEE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STANDOUT WITH HIS 20 INCH BICEPS IN THE SOUTH SIDE PARK, SAY HI, AND THANK YOU LORENZO.
THANK YOU FOR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.
OKAY, NEXT WE'LL HAVE A PROCLAMATION
[b. Present a proclamation designating April 27th - 28th, 2024 as BACA Heroes Weekend.]
DESIGNATING APRIL 27TH AND 28TH OF 2024 AS BALE HEROES WEEKEND.UH, I BELIEVE I'M GONNA GO DOWN AND READ A PROCLAMATION, AND THEN I WOULD ASK COUNSEL TO JOIN MYSELF, UH, ALSO IN THIS PRESENTATION WITH, UH, THE BACA REPRESENTATIVES.
FIRST I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN I'M, I'M GONNA MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
SO THIS PROCLAMATION IS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN BACCA HEROES WEEKEND, WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IS PLEASED TO JOIN BIKERS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE INC.
IN CELEBRATING THE LAST WEEKEND OF APRIL, 2024 AS BACA HEROES WEEKEND IN TEXAS.
WHEREAS BIKERS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE IS AN INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING SUPPORT AND HEALING TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED.
THESE YOUNG VICTIMS ARE KNOWN AMONG THE ORGANIZATION MEMBERS AS HEROES.
THIS EXEMPLARY ORGANIZATION HAS INSTITUTED A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES TO CHAMPION THE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE, NOTABLY ADOPTION CEREMONIES AT WHICH AN ABUSED CHILD IS BROUGHT INTO THE BIKERS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE FAMILY.
WHEREAS IT IS TRULY FITTING THAT A WEAKEN BE SET ASIDE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVERY AND DETER DETERMINATION SHOWN BY THE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE IN FACING AND OVERCOMING THEIR TRAUMA.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN COMMENDS THE MEMBERS OF BIKERS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE INC.
ON THEIR IMPORTANT WORK AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE AND EXTEND TO THEM THE BEST WISHES FOR SUCCESSFUL BACA HEROES WEEKEND.
SO NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR BRANDON CAP PETILLO DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM APRIL 27TH OF 28TH OF 2024 AS BACA HERO'S WEEKEND IN BAYTOWN, AND URGE OUR RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND THEIR EFFORTS IN PROTECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US, WHICH IS OUR CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY OF BAYTOWN.
SIGNED BRANDON CAPRIO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
WHAT I WANNA SAY HAS BEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE SEEN BACCA.
UH, WE USED TO EVERY YEAR, UH, WE WOULD ALWAYS RECOGNIZE THEIR WORK.
UH, IT WAS FORMER POLICE CHIEF T-BONE SCHAEFFER, UH, THAT WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL BACCA.
UM, AND SO CERTAINLY THE WORK YOU DO, A LOT OF TIMES I WILL JUST SAY PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF STEREOTYPES OF BIKERS AND, AND, UH, YOU, YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR ORGANIZATION HAVE A GREAT PURPOSE, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO CHILD ABUSE.
AND CERTAINLY YOUR EFFORTS ARE REFLECTED AMONGST MANY, MANY INDIVIDUALS, MAINLY AS THIS IS STATED, THE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS.
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DO THIS WORK, I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS.I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND I WOULD ASK COUNSEL TO JOIN ME AS WE PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO, UH, BACA INC.
WHO DO YOU WANNA SAY A REPRESENTATIVE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS REAL QUICK? SURE.
IF YOU MAY, UH, IN HERE WHILE WE GATHER.
UM, I'M GRINGO, UH, MEMBER OF THE HOUSTON CHAPTER FOR BIKERS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE, BIKERS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE INTERNATIONAL 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
AND WE EXIST AS A BODY OF BIKERS TO EMPOWER ABUSED CHILDREN TO NOT FEEL AFRAID OF THE WORLD IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
NOW, SOMETHING I THINK IS WORTH POINTING OUT IS THAT WE WANTED TO, THAT THIS IS BEING REFERRED TO NOT AS BCCA KIDS WEEKEND, BUT BCCA HEROES WEEKEND.
'CAUSE WE REFER TO OUR KIDS AS HEROES.
REASON BEING IS THAT THESE CHILDREN WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH UNSPEAKABLE CHALLENGES FOUND THE COURAGE AND FOUND THE WHEREWITHAL TO STAND UP, TO PUT A STOP TO THEIR, TO PUT A STOP TO WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING, TO PUT A STOP TO THEIR ABUSE.
SO WE DON'T REFER TO 'EM AS KIDDOS OR LITTLE ONES, WE CALL THEM HEROES.
APRIL BEING CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH, WE FELT'S FITTING TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THESE HEROES.
AND WE THANK YOU BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL FOR ISSUING THIS PROCLAMATION SO THAT OUR HEROES CAN BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR STRENGTH AND COURAGE.
HOW ABOUT THAT? OKAY, READY? HERE WE GO.
THANK YOU, Y'ALL AGAIN, APPRECIATE IT.
SO WE HAVE TWO MORE PROCLAMATIONS, SO I'LL, I'LL STAY DOWN HERE, BUT WE WILL HAVE PROCLAMATION
[c. Present a proclamation designating April 10th - 14th, 2024, as Community Development Week.]
DESIGNATING APRIL 10TH THROUGH THE 14TH OF 2024 AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK.SO WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM HAS OPERATED SINCE 1974 TO PROVIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO PRIMARILY MEET THE NEEDS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS.
AND WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM IS AMONG THE FEW REMAINING FEDERAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS IN SMALL CITIES.
WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WITH IMPORTANT AND FLEXIBLE ASSISTANCE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS BY FUNDING SEWER, WATER AND STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
WHEREAS CONGRESS AND THE NATION ACKNOWLEDGED THE CRITICAL VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND THE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS THAT RELY ON ITS FUNDS FOR SUPPORT.
AND WHEREAS THE WEEK OF APRIL 10TH THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE 14TH OF 2024, HAS BEEN RESERVED WHERE RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRANDON CILLO, MAYOR OF CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 10TH THROUGH THE 14TH AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN BAYTOWN AND URGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE IT PLAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THESE INDIVIDUALS UP HERE, SOME, I KNOW SOME, I THINK I KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE PRETTY MUCH, BUT THEIR FACES ARE VERY FAMILIAR.
SOME SERVE FROM THE CAPACITY, UH, AS STAFF MEMBERS, SOME ARE CURRENT STAFF MEMBERS.
THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT JOB, I BELIEVE IN TRYING TO GO AND DECIDE WHERE THESE VERY LIMITED FUNDS THAT COME FROM, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HOW TO GO AND DISPERSE 'EM WHEN YOU HAVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF NEED AND LIMITED RESOURCES TO GO AND TRY TO HAVE THE BEST IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
CERTAINLY AS IT WAS EXPRESSED TO LOW AND MODERATE AREAS OF OUR CITY TO GO AND, AND PROVIDE THEM RESOURCES, UH, OR OTHER MEANS.
UH, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT JOB THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND CERTAINLY AS FUNDS BECOME MORE
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AND MORE LIMITED, IT'S BECOME MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT.SO I APPLAUD YOU IN THESE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PROGRAM ITSELF.
AND SO I'LL PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION AND ONCE AGAIN, I'LL ASK COUNSEL TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH US.
SHARON JAMES, YOU CAN'T HIDE THE BACK.
SO SOME OF THESE SAME INDIVIDUALS, IT, IT'S, UH, CERTAINLY, UM, WE ALSO WANNA
[d. Present a proclamation designating the month of April as Fair Housing Month in the City of Baytown.]
RECOGNIZE THEM FOR FAIR HOUS, FAIR HOUSING MONTHS.SO WHEREAS APRIL, 2024 MARKS THE 56TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITLE VIII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968, KNOWN AS THE CIVIL RIGHTS FAIR HOUSING ACT.
WHEREAS THIS ACT PROVIDES EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AMERICANS REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, AS WELL AS TO ENSURE FAIR PRACTICE IN THE SELL RENTAL OR FINANCING OF PROPERTY.
WHEREAS THE FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1988 ADDED NEW RIGHTS REMEDIES, MONETARY PENALTIES, AND STRENGTHEN ITS ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES.
THE FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT SEEKS TO PROVIDE EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER HOUSING CHOICES, TO ELIMINATE LEGAL BARRIERS TO EQUAL HOUSING, AND TO EMPHASIZE EQUAL HOUSING AS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT FOR ALL.
SO WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHERE TO LIVE WITHOUT DEMI DISCRIMINATION BASED OFF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, AGE, SEX, DISABILITY, GENDER IDENTITY, AND FAMILIAL STATUS, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.
AND WHEREAS WASHINGTON DC FULLY SUPPORTS THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING ACT, LOCAL FAIR HOUSING LAWS AND FOLLOWS POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE ITS GOAL.
SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRANDON CILLO AS MAYOR OF, OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL, 2024 AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH AND BAYTOWN AND URGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT OF FAIR AND EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AS CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THIS.
AND UH, I WILL SAY, UM, THE PAST FEW YEARS I BECAME MORE AND MORE FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT ITSELF.
AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT BAYTOWN THE DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A DIVERSITY OF INCOME AND DIVERSITY IN CULTURE, DIVERSITY IN MANY, MANY WAYS.
AND EVEN A WORD THAT I LEARNED FROM A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, DIVERSITY AND THOUGHT.
AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR DIVERSITY OF, OF BAYTOWN THAT WE WELCOME ALL INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT, THAT WANT TO GO AND BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND CERTAINLY THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO HOUSING.
AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THIS PROCLAMATION AND ALL THE WORK YOU DO IN, IN ITS EFFORT.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UM, FOUR AMENDMENTS, WHICH IS, UH, FIRST LIKE
[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 2.96 acres at 4208 Crosby Cedar Bayou Road, from Open space/Recreation (OR) to Mixed Residential at Low to a Medium Densities (SF2) Zoning District.]
IS WE'RE GONNA CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.I BELIEVE I HAVE SOME LANGUAGE HERE.
SO, THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
EVERYONE DESIRED TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHALL EITHER SIGN THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THE MEETING.
EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS HER NAME, HER HIS OR HER NAME, NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS HEARING.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT THE SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.
AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT 'EM TO ME.
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SO I'LL NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 2.96 ACRES AT 42 0 8 CROSBY, CEDAR VALLEY ROAD FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO MIX RESIDENTIAL AT A LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY SF TWO ZONING DISTRICT.I'LL ALLOW ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN SCRIBNER FROM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, AS YOU'RE PROBABLY ALL AWARE, WE'VE HAD, UH, SOME DELAYS IN SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS RECENTLY.
SO, UH, THIS IS A REZONE REQUEST THAT CAME TO US BACK IN I THINK NOVEMBER, UH, TO BE HEARD IN DECEMBER, WAS FINALLY HEARD LAST WEEK BY, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, THIS IS A THREE ACRE SITE AT 4 2 0 8, UH, CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU ROAD.
UM, THIS IS IN FACT ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WAS ANNEXED BACK IN 2017.
UH, AND AS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, WHEN UH, PROPERTIES ARE ANNEXED, THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY ZONED OPEN SPACE RECREATION, UH, IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT.
THERE REALLY IS NO EXPANSION OR DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALLOWED.
UM, SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOT ASKING TO SPLIT THE PROPERTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY ARE ASKING TO, UH, REZONE TO, SO SUBJECT, UH, SORRY.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES SHOW IT AS A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AND SO THEY'RE ASKING TO REZONE TO, UH, SF TWO IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEM TO EXPAND THE EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT IS THERE.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A-U-L-D-C UPDATE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO ALLOW FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN, UM, UNDER THAT OPEN SPACE RECREATION, UH, UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
UM, BUT THAT HAS NOT YET TAKEN PLACE.
SO, UH, RIGHT NOW THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ASKING AGAIN TO REZONE JUST TO ALLOW FOR THAT, UH, EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING HOUSE THAT'S THERE.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THAT WENT TO PLANNING ZONING, COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEARING LAST WEEK, THERE WERE NO COMMENTS MADE AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, SO PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION HAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
UH, AND STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS.
UH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
LEMME UM, WAS THERE ANYONE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? OKAY.
CAN YOU GO TO WHILE AGO THAT YOU SHOWED, UM, A DIFFERENT, I GUESS, YEAH.
SO THE PREVIOUS, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE YOU SAID IS CURRENT, IS THE CURRENT ZONING, WHICH THAT MEANS ALL THE PROPERTIES I GUESS RIGHT THERE.
SO THE, THE PROPERTIES IN GREEN HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOME STRUCTURES ON THEM, CORRECT? OR NOT, OR NO.
IT LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE OF THEM DO.
SO YOU HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UM, ON THEM CURRENTLY, BUT THEY'RE ZONE O OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL.
SO TECHNICALLY THEY'RE CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BE, THEY JUST CAN'T EXPAND.
UNDERSTAND MY, MY POINT IS JUST I UNDERSTAND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
I, I UNDERSTAND IT, IT MAKES SENSE TO ZONE THEM, OBVIOUSLY SF TWO, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT AND THE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY SO THAT THEY'RE, AT THIS POINT, YOUR FU YOUR FUTURE LAND USE AND THE CURRENT ZONING ACTUALLY MATCH AT, AT THIS STAGE.
UM, AS YOU REMEMBER, UH, WE KIND OF DID AN OPERATION LIKE THIS ON, UH, BLUE HERON DRIVE LAST YEAR.
OR A YEAR AND A HALF AGO MM-HMM
AND THIS ONE WAS INITIATED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS WE'VE GOT OUR EYES ON TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH.
WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO IT YET.
JUST MAKES SENSE RIGHT NOW, BUT, OKAY.
SO YES, THAT WAS ALL MY POINT.
UM, THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL MAKE ONE COMMENT, MAYOR.
UM, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THIS REZONE, BUT I DID WANT TO, I I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, BUT IF THE ARTICLE I READ IN THE SUN WAS CORRECT, I I DO THINK THERE WAS ONE NAY VOTE.
SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNSEL'S AWARE IT PASSED, IT PASSED, BUT THERE WAS ONE NAY.
THERE WAS ONE, UH, THERE WAS ONE NEGATIVE VOTE.
UM, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, UM, WITH AN SF TWO ZONE, IT DOES ALLOW FOR SUBDIVISION OF THAT LAND IF THEY WANTED TO UP TO NINE UNITS PER ACRE.
THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY WHAT THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER HAS ASKED FOR, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE OVER TIME.
AND THIS IS BY SF TWO DENSITY RATIOS? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THAT WOULD BE TRUE FOR ANY SF TWO PROPERTY? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO, AND COULD YOU SHOW THE FUTURE LANES OR, UH, THAT WAS THE YELLOW? YES, THAT IS, IT'S ALL PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING IN YELLOW IS, UH, SLATED FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OVER OVER TIME.
SO THE SF TWO, SF ONE, SF TWO, EITHER ONE.
UH, I WOULD THINK ITS SUBJECT PROPERTY ACTUALLY.
I MEAN, BY LAND-WISE IT MEETS SFE, BUT SO
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THAT IT'S CONFORMING TO THE OTHER PROPERTIES.SO THIS IS JUST THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO NO ONE IS SPEAKS, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE WILL HAVE AN ITEM I BELIEVE TO ADDRESS SEPARATELY.
UH, BEING THAT NO ONE HAS DESIRED OR SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, I NOT CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING, UH, UH, A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIALS ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 2.96 ACRES AT 42 0 8 CROSBY, CEDAR VALLEY ROAD, FROM OR TO MIXED RESIDENTIAL AT LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY OF SF TWO ZONING DISTRICT.
[b. Consider an ordinance to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 2.96 acres at 4208 Crosby Cedar Bayou Road, from Open space/Recreation (OR) to Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) Zoning District.]
WE HAVE IS TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE FOR, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE JUST HEARD.UM, IT SAYS, CONSIDER ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE OF OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE THE PROPERTY THAT I JUST DESCRIBED FROM OR TO SF TWO.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOT ALL.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF FOUR B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[c. Conduct a public hearing regarding a proposed text amendment to Appendix A - Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) to amend Section 2.08(g) Planned unit developments; removing the expiration of detail plans within approved Planned Unit Developments. ]
ITEM C, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.IT IS NOW SEVEN 15, AND I NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO APPEND A OF THE UNITED OF THE ULDC TO AMEND SECTION 2.08, SECTION SECTION C UH, G PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENTS REMOVING THE EXPIRATION OF DETAILED PLANS WITH AN APPROVED PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, I'D LIKE, UH, STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
AND IF YOU CAN DESCRIBE OBVIOUSLY WHAT IS TAKING PLACE HERE.
UM, SO CURRENTLY THE ULDC DOES INCLUDE A TWO YEAR EXPIRATION ON A DETAILED PLAN FOR PDD, UH, IF A BUILDING PERMIT HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED.
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF AMOUNT THERE THAT HAVE RECENTLY COME TO YOU FOR EXTENSIONS.
UM, THEY DO GET A ONE 12 MONTH EXTENSION ON THEIR PUDS.
IT GETS, IT'S ON THE DETAIL PLANS.
THE DETAIL PLAN IS BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT MAKES THE PUD WHAT IT IS.
SO WHEN THAT EXPIRES, THEN IT JUST REVERTS TO THE ZONING THAT'S UNDERNEATH.
UM, STAFF HAS REVIEWED OUR PEER CITIES.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT THERE, THAT MOST OF 'EM DON'T INCLUDE AN EXPIRATION FOR PVDS.
UH, WE REALLY BELIEVE STAFF BELIEVES THIS IS CAUSES AN UNNECESSARY BURDEN TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
UM, PUDS ARE A SIMILAR ZONING ACTION.
IN FACT, THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME ACTION AS ANY OTHER REASON, LIKE THE ONE WE JUST TOOK ACTION ON.
UM, AND THOSE DO NOT INCLUDE AN EXPIRATION.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE CITY ADOPTED THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PUD LAST YEAR, WE SPECIFICALLY DID NOT INCLUDE AN EXPIRATION DATE.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THE PUD APPROVAL, APPROVAL IS TIED TO A SPECIFIC PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND THESE PROVIDE MORE CERTAINTY.
THEY ALSO PROVIDE HIGHER STANDARDS, UH, ON, ON USUALLY, UH, AND WHEN THAT EXPIRES, IF IT EXPIRES, ESPECIALLY LIKE I SAID, FOR AN INDUSTRIAL, IT JUST REVERTS TO THAT UNDERLYING ZONE AND KIND OF REMOVES EVERYTHING THAT MADE THAT PROJECT WORTHY OF A PUD OR SPECIAL OR HIGHER QUALITY, THAT ALL JUST GOES AWAY.
SO, UM, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD AGAIN REMOVE SECTION 2.08 G.
THAT'S THE TWO YEAR EXP EXPIRATION, BUT IT MAINTAINS SUBSECTION H, WHICH ALLOWS P AND Z TO REVIEW THE PROGRESS OF A PUD AND THEN TO RECOMMEND TO COUNSEL THAT IT BE VOIDED IF THEY'RE NOT MAKING SOME MEASURABLE PROGRESS.
SO THAT STAYS IN THE CODE AS A, UH, AS A RELEASE VALVE.
UM, THIS ITEM WAS HEARD LAST WEEK BY PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, THERE WERE NO COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE.
STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY, SO WE ARE UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, PORTION OF THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE QUESTION.
UH, AND JUST A CLARIFICATION, YOUR POINT OF UNDERSTANDING FOR ME, UM, SO IS THIS EXTENSION ONLY FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS NOT STARTED? BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD WORRY ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, A PIT, A PUD COMES IN AND THEY'LL START DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THEY STOP.
AND IF THERE'S NO EXPIRATION DATE FOR, UM, THEIR DEVELOPMENT TO PROCEED, IT COULD JUST SIT THERE UNDEVELOPED CURRENTLY OR PARTIALLY UNDEVELOPED CURRENTLY, THAT EXPIRATION WOULD NOT APPLY TO, TO SOMEBODY.
WHO'S IT? THE, THE EXPIRATION, UM, JUST BASICALLY SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED WITHIN THE TWO YEARS OF THE APPROVAL OF THE PUD.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT EXTENSION THAT GOES ANOTHER YEAR.
SO, UM, SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT NOW.
UM, EVERYBODY KEEP IN MIND THAT A PUD ITSELF, IF THEY FOR SOME REASON DON'T WANT TO ADHERE
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TO THAT PLAN, OR THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAS TO HAPPEN, THAT THERE'S A CHANGE, THERE'S A, A COMPLETE REWORK OF, OF THE ZONING OR, OR THE DEVELOPMENT.THEY HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS TO REZONE NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO.
SO REALLY THAT EXPIRATION ONLY ONLY HOLDS TO, TO, UH, KIND OF PROLONG THE PROCESS IF THEY WANTED TO, TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, WE, WE ALSO HAVE SEEN, I THINK THIS IS KIND OF A HOLDOVER FROM OLDER CODES WHEN THE, WHEN THE MARKET STARTED TO KIND OF GO UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN, WE RUN INTO THESE PLACES WHERE IT'S LIKE, WELL, THE FINANCIALS THAT WE DID TWO YEARS AGO ARE, THEY'RE NO LONGER, THEY'RE NO LONGER OPERABLE.
AND SO THEY, THEY DON'T USUALLY DITCH THE WHOLE PROJECT.
THEY'LL SAY, WE NEED MORE TIME.
AND WE'RE SEEING MORE OF THAT, UH, EVEN, YOU KNOW, IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
SO, UH, SO AGAIN, THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE.
IF WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD PLAN TWO YEARS AGO, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA STILL THINK IT'S A GOOD PLAN IN ANOTHER TWO YEARS.
AGAIN, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T WORK, THERE IS ALWAYS THAT RELEASE VALVE THAT, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN BRING IT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR, FOR A REVIEW AND POSSIBLY AVOID THE PUD.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO, BEING THAT NO ONE HAS DESIRE TO SPEAK, I NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO APP PENANCE A OF THE ULDC TO AMEND SECTION 2.08 G PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENTS, REMOVING THE EXPIRATION OF DETAILED PLANS WITHIN APPROVED PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENTS.
[d. Consider an ordinance regarding a proposed text amendment to Appendix A - Unifed Land Development Code (ULDC) to amend Section 2.08(g) Planned unit development, removing the expiration of detail plans within approved Planned Unit Developments. ]
ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS CONSIDERED ORDINANCE REGARDING A PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT, UH, TO APPEND A, WHICH I JUST DESCRIBED.SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR D AS PRESENTED.
MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION, SECOND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FOUR D AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing a grant agreement with Best Friends for the Fiscal Year 2024 Community Cat Program on behalf of the Health Department/Animal Services Division.]
A IS CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH BEST FRIENDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANIMAL SERVICE DIVISION.UM, SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS, UH, A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT AUTHORIZES A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH BEST FRIENDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 COMMUNITY CAP PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS CCP AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF AN AWARD FROM BEST FRIENDS ON BEHALF OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION, AND ANY RESULTING CONTRACTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000.
THIS AGREEMENT AND AWARD WILL BE USED TO COVER THE SIX MONTH PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS AGREED UPON BY BEST FRIENDS DURING THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM.
THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING, UH, AT LEAST 300 COMMUNITY CAT SURGERIES DURING THE GRANT PERIOD.
THAT WILL INCLUDE STERILIZATION, UH, RABIES VACCINATIONS, UH, F-V-R-C-P VACCINE, AND A EAR TIP.
OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES FOR THE PROGRAM SUCH AS THE MAMMAL DENS, HUMANE DETERRENCE, KITTEN KITS FOR INTAKE, DIVERSION, AND OTHER SUPPLIES FOR COMMUNITY CAP PROGRAMMING.
UH, ALSO INCREASE RESOURCES FOR FOSTER FAMILIES, FOR INS, SHELTER CATS AND KITTENS, AS WELL AS GOOD SAMARITAN FINDERS SUCH AS SNUGGLE DISC, KITTEN MILK, REPLACER AND MEDICAL CARE AND SURGERY SUPPLIES TO INCREASE FUNCTIONALITY AND SPEED DURING HIGH QUALITY, HIGH VOLUME SURGERY DAYS.
THE GOAL OF THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM AND BEST FRIENDS PARTNERSHIP IS TO BEGIN TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STRAY CATS WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND TO ACHIEVE A 90% SAVE RATE WITHIN THE SIX MONTH PARTNERSHIP OVER THE PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS, AN ESTIMATED 300 CATS WILL BE STERILIZED, VACCINATED AND EAR TIP TO IDENTIFY THEIR STATUS AS COMMUNITY CATS.
BY AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF THIS WARD, THE AWARD, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AGREES TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE BEST FRIENDS AGREEMENT.
UM, AND I'LL SAY THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR THIS.
THIS WAS DISCUSSED, UM, BACK IN, UH, I THINK IT WAS, UH, BEGAN IN AUGUST OF 23 AND, AND CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN OCTOBER, UM, THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED AND THERE WERE PRESENTATIONS KIND OF SHOWING, UH, THAT BEST FRIENDS IS GONNA TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND PROVIDE THE FUNDING AND THE, THE RESOURCES TO INITIATE THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE WOULD RESUME AND, AND TAKE IT ON FROM THERE.
UM, JUST TO REFRESH MEMORIES AND, UH, PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE, UH, MR. FRANCO, UM, UH, AT THIS POINT I'LL, UH, I'LL TAKE ANY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, COMMENTS.
ANY QUESTION, COMMENTS ON ITEM FIVE A? IF NOT, THEN I GUESS A COMMENT ON MY SIDE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE CONTINUED TO REVIEW THIS
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AND, YOU KNOW, I, I WILL REPEAT ONCE AGAIN THAT I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WAS PUT INTO IT, UM, FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT, UM, I HELPED START, WHICH WAS THE ANIMAL SERVICES COMMITTEE AND WE REVAMPED IT AND EVERYTHING.UM, BUT I, I STILL AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
I KNOW I VOTED DOWN, I AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, AND, UM, I AM STILL NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROGRAM.
UM, I THINK THE, THE MOST, UH, I GUESS THE KEY FACTOR FOR ME IS THE RETURN OF THE CATS BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL ELEMENT.
AND THOSE ARE THE COMPLAINTS THAT I GET.
AND, UM, ONE, WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR THIS
UM, AND SO I, I THINK FOR ME, I, I'M GONNA HAVE TO STICK WITH MY ORIGINAL, UM, VOTE ON THIS.
AND SO THOSE ARE JUST THE ONLY COMMENTS I WANTED TO MAKE.
JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE ONLY VOTING TO ACCEPT MONEY, RIGHT? YES.
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON WHETHER WE AGREE OR NOT AGREE WITH THE JUST ACCEPTING MONEY FROM THAT'S THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT YOU'RE ALSO ACCEPTING THE TERMS MM-HMM
THIS IS JUST ACCEPTING THE TERMS OF WHAT COMES AGREE WITH ACCEPTING THEIR MONEY.
MAYOR, I'M, AND I ASKED BEFORE, AS, AS MR. GRAY INDICATED, AND AS MY COLLEAGUE JUST INDICATED, WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON ACCEPTING THIS CONTRACT.
WHEN DID WE DO THAT? WHEN DID WE TAKE A VOTE TO ACCEPT THIS CONTRACT? WAS I ABSENT THAT NIGHT? I KNOW WE DISCUSSED IT, BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE A VOTE THAT I'M AWARE OF.
SO I TAKE UMBRIDGE WITH THE COMMENT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON.
I, I HAD LIKE TO SEE THE MINUTES WHERE IT SAID WE VOTED ON IT AND ACTUALLY ASKED FOR THAT.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS DISCUSSED NOT VOTED ON.
I, I THINK SO I THINK THE POINT, SO WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT.
I THINK THE POINT WAS THAT WE, WE DID VOTE ON THE, UM, WE VOTED ON THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM BOARD.
AND NOWHERE INTO THAT ORDINANCE DOES IT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT BEST FRIENDS? YEAH, I I BELIEVE THERE WAS CONVERSATION THOUGH THAT, THAT THERE WOULD BE A, A THIRD PARTY NONPROFIT WITH THAT KIND WE TALKED ABOUT, IT WAS CONVERSATION, BUT IT WAS NOT AGREED UPON AND IT WAS NOT VOTED UPON.
SO I TAKE UMBRIDGE THAT THERE'S AN IMPLICATION THAT WE DID.
SO I'VE READ THIS PROPOSED CONTRACT AND IT COMMITS US TO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ISSUES, MONTHLY REPORTS, WHICH THEY DO THAT ANYWAY, BUT IT HAS TO BE ON THEIR FORMAT.
WE AGREE TO, TO USE PROVEN STRATEGIES.
WHAT ARE THOSE? THEY DECIDE THAT THEY, WE USE PROVEN STRATEGIES AND PATHWAYS FOR PLANNING AND PROTOCOLS FOR SANITATION AND HEALTH SHELTER OPERATIONS.
AND THERE'S NOTHING LISTED OUT FOR THIS PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP ON COMMUNITY CAP PROGRAMMING AND KITTEN LIFESAVING PROGRAMS WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE AGREEMENT.
WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? THEY DECIDE THAT BRANDING ALL THIS, AND THERE'S SEVERAL, I LOVE THE RELEASES.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THERE AS A RECIPIENT THAT WE RELEASE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE BFAS OF ANY LIABILITY TO RECIPIENT AND THE SUCCESSORS AND THE SIGNS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONAL INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR, AND SO AGAIN, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA ABSOLVE THEM FROM RESPONSIBILITY.
THERE'S A NON-DISPARAGEMENT CLAUSE IN THERE, AND I CHUCKLED UP WHEN I READ THAT.
UM, THERE'S ALSO AN INDEMNITY AGREEMENT IN THIS PROPOSED CONTRACT.
I I DIDN'T THINK WE COULD DO INDEMNITY AGREEMENT.
LET THE CITY ATTORNEY SPEAK ON.
WELL, WE'VE AGREED TO STANDARD LANGUAGE.
UM, WE, UH, WHICH IS TO THE EXTENT AUTHORIZED BY LAW, UM, IF THIS WERE TO BE DISPUTED, UM, WE THINK WE CAN, UH, PROPERLY DEFEND ANY SORT OF INDEMNITY CLAIM.
SO WE DO ENTER INTO INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS.
SO SIMPLE TERMS, NO, THE, THE, THE LANGUAGE THAT'S USED IN THE CONTRACT BASICALLY SAYS WHILE WE'RE AGREEING TO IT IN THE CONTRACT, IT THE, TO THE EXTENT OF THE LAW, BASICALLY MEANS THAT SINCE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO INDEMNIFY A COMPANY THAT WE CAN'T INDEMNIFY, BUT MOST ORGANIZATIONS, AND THIS IS NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, UH, THEY REQUIRE AN INDEMNITY CLAUSE BEFORE THEY WILL DO ANY WORK WITH THE CITY.
AND SO WE HAVE AGREED UPON LANGUAGE THAT STARTS THE INDEMNITY CLAUSE WITH THAT PIECE.
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TO THE, TO THE EXTENT HAS IT BEEN PROVEN OR CHALLENGED IN COURT? NO, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY THE CITY ATTORNEY IS BEING CAREFUL WITH HIS LANGUAGE.AND I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY IT STRAIGHT UP.
UH, I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS, UH, COMMON IN GRANT AGREEMENTS, IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENTS, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS OR WITH THE UNITED STATES.
SO, UH, THIS TYPE OF LANGUAGE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU, UH, PREVIOUSLY PART OF IT AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA AGREE TO IT, BUT IT'S NOT LEGAL.
TRANSPARENCY AT ITS BEST SOME DAYS RECIPIENT ALSO HAS TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN A 90% SAV RATE FOR CATS IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS.
THAT'S EASY TO DO BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TAKING CATS.
AND, AND AGAIN, I, I JUST GOT, JUST NOW I GOT THIS, I'VE TAKEN 284 CATS SINCE OCTOBER 60.
WERE SIX AND INJURED 66 WERE OWNER SURRENDERS, WHICH IS INTERESTING.
FIVE PRISONER, TWO OWNER REQUESTED EUTHANASIA, UH, KITTENS, UH, 112, UNABLE TO CARE FOR 37 OWNER SURRENDERED AND TWO, BUT ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION, I'VE, I'VE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL TRY TO GIVE UP A CAT AND THEY WERE TOLD WE DON'T TAKE CATS.
CATS ARE ALLOWED TO RUN LOOSE.
AND IF YOU CATCH A CAT, YOU EITHER NEED TO TURN IT LOOSE OR TURN IT LOOSE WITHIN THREE MILES OF YOUR RESIDENCE.
SO IF WE'RE NOT TAKING CATS, IT'S REAL EASY TO HAVE A 90% SAV RATE.
SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE OUR SHOPPING IN ORDER.
SO I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, I VOTED NO ON THE, ON THE CODE BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS UNENFORCEABLE AND IT NEEDS FIXING.
IT STILL NEEDS FIXING, STILL DON'T AGREE WITH THE CONCEPT.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE IT AND JUST ELIMINATE IT, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED BEFORE WE ENTER TO A CONTRACT TO START SPANNING NEUTERING FERAL CATS.
SO I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS TONIGHT, MAYOR.
I WAS WONDERING, HAS, HAS THE ORGANIZATION ALREADY BEEN, LIKE, DID THEY PLAY A ROLE IN ALL OF THESE SPAY AND NEU AND EVERYTHING THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS? NO, WE'VE SO BEST FRIENDS, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR YEARS AND, UH, THEY'VE PROVIDED SUPPORT AND IF YOU RECALL, UM, THEY DID THEIR OWN KIND OF PILOT PROJECT AND THEY COVERED THE COSTS FOR THE VET AND ALL THE, THE EXPENSES.
AND SO, AND NOW THEY'RE WANTING TO GRANT US $20,000, BUT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, NOT, NOT DOING ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY CAT AND BRINGING IN CATS AND SPAY NEUTER THEM.
THAT WAS PART OF THE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSIONS BACK IN, UH, OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, LAID OUT THE, THIS IS WHAT THE GOAL IS, BEST FRIENDS IS THE ONE THAT AGREED TO DOING THEIR PARTNERSHIP.
UM, I DIDN'T, MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THAT MORE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A, BASICALLY A VERBAL AGREEMENT WITH BEST FRIENDS THAT HEY, TO INITIATE AND IMPLEMENT THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM IN BAYTOWN, BEST FRIEND SAID, HEY, WE WILL TAKE THE FIRST SIX MONTHS AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCES.
WE'LL, WE WILL PROVIDE THE COST FOR THE VET AND ALL THE VACCINATIONS AND ALL THE SUPPLIES TO KIND OF INITIATE THE PROGRAM.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS $20,000, AND YOU STARTED THIS OFF BY SAYING, STAFF SUPPORTS THIS, YOU RECOMMEND THIS? WELL, I, IF WE WERE GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY CAP PROGRAM, YOU RECOMMEND IT? YES MA'AM.
BUT THE, THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STRAY MM-HMM
ALRIGHT, SO MAYOR, I'M GONNA CLARIFY, HAVE WE SPARE NEUTERED ANY CATS TODAY UNDER THIS PROGRAM? NOT UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
WE WE'RE WAITING TO, AND THIS, AND THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW WHO, WHO'S GONNA PICK THE, WHO'S GONNA TRAP AND PICK THESE CATS UP TO BRING IN TO BE SPAYED AND NEUTER THE DIFFERENT VOLUNTEERS.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA ACT AS A LIAISON.
WE HAVE A, A POSITION THAT, AND THOSE VOLUNTEERS ARE GONNA TRAP THOSE CATS WHERE, WHERE THE, THE COMMUNITY CATS ARE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S, WE KNOW THERE'S, WE KNOW THERE'S UH, THERE'S COLONIES OUT THERE.
AND SO THE GOAL IS TO CAPTURE THE CATS AND SPAY NEUTER, MAKE SURE THEY'RE VACCINATED, MICROCHIP, AND TO CONTROL THE, UH, UNCONTROLLED BREEDING OF THE CATS.
THEY'RE GONNA TRAP THOSE CATS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR JUST PUBLIC PROPERTY? WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THE COLONIES ARE.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE THE VOLUNTEERS, UM, WITH THE DIFFERENT, WE HAVE RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THAT.
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ANY OF OUR STAFF TO GO AND DO THE PHYSICAL COLLECTION.WE'RE GONNA BE THE FACILITATOR WITH BETWEEN THE, THE SURGERIES BY THE VET AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BRINGING 'EM IN AND THEN BRINGING 'EM BACK OUT AFTER THEY RECOVER AGAIN.
MAYOR THIS, IT'S JUST A CAN OF WORMS. IF, IF, LET'S SAY I HAVE A, AND I DON'T HAVE, LET'S SAY I HAD A COMMUNITY, LET'S SAY I HAD A POPULATION OF FERAL CATS ON MY PROPERTY.
UH, I WOULD HOPE NOBODY COMES ON MY PROPERTY TO TRAP THOSE CATS.
AND IF THEY TRAP THEM ON MY PROPERTY, THEY BETTER NOT BE BRINGING 'EM BACK.
'CAUSE THEY'LL BE VISITING WITH THAT GENTLEMAN IF THEY DO.
SO I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS CODE ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ENTER PRIVATE PROPERTY AND TAKE ACTION WITHOUT PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATION OR CONSENT UNDER THE COLOR OF THE CITY.
YEAH, THAT'S A THAT IS A GOOD POINT.
I I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, I MEAN, I WOULD AGREE.
I DON'T THINK THEY CAN COME ON ANYBODY'S ANY, IF YOU READ SAYS CAN'T GO ONTO ANOTHER PERSON'S PRIVATE PROPERTY AND DO THE ACTIVITIES SAYING IT'S NOT CLEAR WITH THE CODE.
THE CODE PRETTY MUCH SAYS THAT'S WHAT THEY CAN DO.
AND, AND THAT'S SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT MY COLLEAGUE AND I HAD ORIGINALLY.
I I NEED CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
WHAT PART OF THE CODE SAYS THAT I CAN GO ON SOMEBODY'S PRIVATE PROPERTY AND GET THEIR CAT AND TRAP IT AND TAKE IT TO THE CITY.
IF, IF I HAVE A COLONY ON MY PROPERTY, IT SAYS THEY CAN TRAP 'EM.
LEMME LET ME ASK MR. GRAY, IS THAT, IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CODE? NO, SIR.
THE, THE VOLUNTEERS, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL THE, THE COLONIES ARE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THE STREETS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE WOODS.
CAN, CAN SOMEBODY READ THE CODE? DO WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE? YES, I HAVE THE CODE HERE.
COUNSEL WOULD HAVE TO DIRECT ME TO THE, OH, MAYBE SOMEBODY PROVISIONS.
UM, I'D HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVE CONCERN 'CAUSE I DON'T RECALL.
I DON'T WE COULD EVEN GIVE ANYBODY THAT RIGHT.
TO GO ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY AND DO THOSE ACTIVITIES.
I DON'T RECALL THAT BEING PART OF THE WELL, THE CON YEAH, THE CON ORDINANCE, THE CONCERN THAT'S BEING BROUGHT UP IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO JUST, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS.
MY COLLEAGUES ARE CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD SOMEHOW BE VAGUE AND ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO TRAP CATS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE CITY PER THIS ORDINANCE.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION.
I THINK SHE WAS JUST RESTATING THAT, THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE, THE CODE OR ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN DOES NOT, OBVIOUSLY IS NOT PROVIDING ALLOWANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO TRAP, UM, MAYOR COUNCIL KATZ ON, ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THE INTENT, I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT.
SO IF IT, IF COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH ACCEPTING THIS GRANT BEFORE I SIGN THE ORDINANCE, I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF COUNCIL TO CLARIFY THAT THERE'S NO, UH, ABILITY FOR GIVING THE, UM, GIVING THE RIGHT TO BEST FRIENDS OR ANY OF ITS VOLUNTEERS TO BE ABLE TO ENTER ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT INTENT AND WE'LL HAVE TO CLARIFY THAT WITH THE BEFORE ASSIGNED IT.
THE CONTRACT CAN, CAN BE MADE AND, AND I WILL SAY, BUT LET'S, LET'S READ THE CODE SO WE ALL HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING ON THE SAME PAGE.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND IT RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU KNOW MR. GRAY IN PARTICULAR WITH THE SECTION? NO SIR.
UM, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE ORIGINAL, UM, VOTE, UM, WHICH IS MY ISSUE IS VALID AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CAP PROGRAM AND THIS GRANT, UM, I, I STILL STRONGLY FEEL THAT WE HAD A MOTION OR SOMEONE ON THE FLOOR READY TO GIVE AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL CODE LOOKING AT THE CITY ATTORNEY.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR PEN READY? BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND THE VOTE WAS JUST RUSHED AND IT WAS, IT WAS OVER AND DONE WITH BEFORE WE WERE EVEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR THE AMENDMENTS.
SO WHAT, WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT, UM, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT, AND I, AND I THINK I SAID IN THAT MEETING THERE, I'M SURE THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE.
PARTICULARLY, WE NEED TO CLARIFY THIS ONE PARTICULAR POINT.
LET ME, LET ME, I'LL GIVE YOU A SEC.
WHAT I WILL TAKE, WHAT I WILL DISAGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT, MS. ALVARADO, IS THIS TO SAY A VOTE WAS RUSHED AFTER IT TOOK TWO, ALMOST THREE YEARS WOULD BE INCORRECT.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AND IT MAY BE SEVEN ZERO, MAY BE FOUR THREE,
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BUT, BUT I CALLED, I DID CALL TO QUESTION AND WE MADE A VOTE.AND IF WE WANNA REHASH THE VOTE ON THIS PARTICULAR GRANT ACCEPTANCE, AND THAT'S WHERE IT'LL FALL.
AND IF IT PASSES, IT PASSES, IT DOZEN DOESN'T, BUT WE'RE ANY CLARIFICATION ON THIS ONE ISSUE? AND THEN WE'LL VOTE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT VOTE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I BELIEVE THE SECTION THAT YOU ALL ARE DISCUSSING IS 14 DASH 180 IMPOUNDING ANIMALS CREATING ANIMAL NUISANCE.
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO IMPOUND ANIMALS WHICH CREATE AN ANIMAL NUISANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ABATING THE NUISANCE AS FOLLOWS, ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, IN ALL CASES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, IF A, THE CONSENT OF THE RESIDENT OR PROPERTY OWNER IS OBTAINED, B, THE OFFICER REASONABLY BELIEVES THAT THERE IS IMMEDIATE AND IMMINENT DANGER OR PERIL TO THE PUBLIC IF THE ANIMAL IN QUESTION IS NOT IMPOUNDED OR C AUTHORIZED BY APPROPRIATE COURTS AT LAW.
THE SECTIONS I'M REFERRING TO UNDER THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM, THAT'S ALWAYS THERE.
I MEAN, THAT'S OUR NORMAL MODE OF OPERATION.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN, THERE'S NOTHING IN, UH, ARTICLE EIGHT THAT ADDRESSES IMPOUNDMENT OF CATS TO THE EXTENT THAT A CAT CAN BE IMPOUNDED.
AND I DON'T ALSO, I HAVE IT, I DON'T HAVE IT FROM YOU, BUT I'LL BRING IT BACK.
I, I'LL ALSO ADD COUNSEL THAT WHEN WE REVISED THE ORDINANCES, WE REVISED MULTIPLE SECTIONS IN CHAPTER 14.
I WOULD SAY WE WE'RE BACK, WE'RE BACK TO THE POINT OF IF, IF THERE'S PARTS OF THE PROGRAM THAT NEED TO BE REVISITED, I THINK WHERE IT ENDED UP IN A VOTE WAS WE'RE GONNA MOVE.
WE WERE, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH WHATEVER CONSENSUS.
I, I THINK THE IDEA WAS IT WAS PROBABLY NOT PERFECT AND THERE WAS, I'M SURE THERE WAS VALID ISSUES THAT, UM, OTHERS MAY HAVE OR COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY HAVE HAD.
UM, I KNOW MY COMMENTS, AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE TO TONIGHT, IS THAT, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A CAT PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS NOT MAKING ANY IMPACT IN ANY WAY.
SO WE CAN SLICE AND DICE AND WE CAN TRY TO GO AND PICK APART AN AMENDMENTS AND, AND ISSUES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE SOLVED NOTHING.
AND THAT IS NOT A PATH THAT I WANT TO BE ON.
UH, JUST QUICK QUESTION, UH, FOR YOU, TONY.
I MEAN, I KNOW, UM, I'M ON A FEW NON-PROFIT BOARDS.
GRANTS ALWAYS COME WITH TERMS. SO ANY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH ANY OF THE, THE TERMS IN THIS AGREEMENT? NO, SIR.
BEST FRIENDS IS, UM, IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
SO THEY HAVE STANDARDS, THEY HAVE A BRAND TALKING TO THEM TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST THEIR STANDARD.
THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT 'CAUSE THEIR NAME'S ATTACHED TO IT AND THEY'RE PROVIDING THE MONEY TO DO IT.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY CON CONCERNS.
UM, AND, AND I WAS A NO VOTE WHEN WE VOTED ON THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
I STILL THINK THERE'S SOME, SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE CLEANED UP IN IT.
UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S A PROCESS FOR UPDATING ORDINANCES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DENYING A, A GRANT IS NOT HOW WE UPDATE AN ORDINANCE.
SO I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
IN FACT, OUR WORK SESSION WAS ABOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS WRITTEN IN 2008 AND OH NINE, AND IT'S STILL NOT PERFECT.
AND SO THAT'S JUST WHERE WE'RE AT.
BUT I, I DO THINK DOING NOTHING, WE WILL, WE MAKE NO IMPROVEMENT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S NOT THE PATH I WANT TO BE ON.
SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS, I DON'T, I THINK WE'VE, WE ARE, WE'RE ON THE PATH AND EVERYBODY'S DRAWING THE LINE IN THE SAND.
SO I'M GONNA, UH, DO THIS BY A, UH, SHOW OF HANDS.
BUT FIRST, I DO NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR, TO ACCEPT THE $20,000 FROM BEST FRIENDS, UH, UH, FISCAL, FISCAL YEAR 2024, REGARDING THE COMMUNITY CAP PROGRAM, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANIMAL SERVICE DIVISION.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR FIVE, A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, BY SHOW OF HANDS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FIVE A AS PRESENTED, PLEASE, UH, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND MARK THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOUR.
AND THEN ALL THOSE NOT IN FAVOR OF FIVE A AS PRESENTED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, YOUR RIGHT HAND, NOT YOUR LEFT.
AND SO THAT'S A VOTE OF THREE.
SO, UM, THE ORDINANCE THAT, OR ASSUMING THE ORDINANCE DOES
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CARRY TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AGREEMENT, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT WE GO AND REVISIT.I'M SURE THAT THERE IS VALID CONCERNS, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE CLARIFICATION FOR COUNSEL AND CERTAINLY FOR STAFF, AND CERTAINLY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PART OF THE, THE, THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
ALRIGHT, MR.
[b. Consider an Ordinance amending Chapter 2 "Administration"; Article IV "Boards and Commissions"; Division 3 "Planning and Zoning Commission"; Section 2-320 "Appointments" of the Code of Ordinances to remove the City Manager's authority to make nominations, subject to City Council approval, to the Planning and Zoning Commission.]
ITEM FIVE B.CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE FOUR, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THE VISION THREE, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, SECTION TWO DASH THREE 20, APPOINTMENTS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY TO MAKE NOMINATION SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, MR. CITY MANAGER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, WHENEVER WE STARTED ON THE, UH, THE PROCESS TO LOOK AT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS AGO, HOWEVER LONG AGO THAT WAS, UM, PART OF MY DISCUSSION WITH THE, THE THAT COMMITTEE WAS THAT I NEED TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM ANYTHING THAT IS POLITICAL IN NATURE.
UM, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT ME HAVING APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS THAT REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR THAT CAN BE PERCEIVED TO THE PUBLIC AS ME HAVING SOME KIND OF POLITICAL AND INVOLVEMENT IS A BAD LOOK.
AND ONE, I JUST DON'T WANNA BE INVOLVED WITH POLITICS.
UM, I'M HERE TO ADMINISTER THE, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM ANYTHING THAT I DEEM POLITICAL.
UH, SO I'M ASKING THE BOARD OR THE COUNCIL TO REMOVE THIS APPOINT, UH, FROM MY ROLE, UH, SO THAT I CAN REMOVE MYSELF FROM THE POLITICS.
I'LL MAKE SOME COMMENTS BEFORE, BEFORE, UM, I DO, I DO UNDERSTAND, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF TIMES YOU WANT TO GO AND, AND SO OF US, WE LIKE, WE JUST WANNA MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, BUT IT BECOMES POLITICAL IN NATURE AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT THAT, THAT'S THE ARENA THAT WE'RE AT AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE AGREE TO.
I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT YOUR PERSPECTIVE, MR. CITY MANAGER, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE I DISAGREE, I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE A FUTURE CITY MANAGER THAT IS GOING TO WANT TO HAVE ON THEIR BEHALF, THAT VOICE AT THE TABLE WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY THAT YOU EVEN HAVE, UM, SOME OF THESE APPOINTMENTS.
SO I GUESS WHERE I WOULD FIND MYSELF ON THIS IS, UM, I WOULD HATE TO BY ORDINANCE REMOVE THE CITY MANAGER YOURS OR ANY SUCCESSORS OF YOURS TO REMOVE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE, I WOULD SAY, VERY APPROPRIATE APPOINTMENTS TO THESE BOARDS.
WHAT I WOULD ASK WOULD BE, IF YOU COULD JUST BASICALLY SAY, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
I WILL PLACE THAT APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER AND IT CAN BE AN AT LARGE APPOINTMENT BY COUNCIL, OKAY? SO THAT IF IN THE FUTURE A CITY MANAGER WANTS TO GO AND MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT, AND I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE THAT RIGHT, THEN THEY COULD DO SO.
BECAUSE IF WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN HONOR YOUR, YOUR, YOUR WISHES BY THIS ORDINANCE.
BUT WE MAY HAVE A FUTURE CITY MANAGER TO SAY, I, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT IS THE VOICE OF ADMINISTRATION, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
AND THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY THERE THOSE APPOINTMENTS SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY.
MY UNDERSTANDING, OBVIOUSLY CIVIL SERVICE BOARDS AND OTHERS THAT WERE OBVIOUSLY 100% APPROPRIATE.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE STILL FINE WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSPECTIVE.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, AND OBVIOUSLY COUNSEL KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT SIT IN THESE SEATS ALL ACROSS THIS DICE.
AND SO I WOULD HATE TO KIND OF REMOVE YES, SIR, THE ABILITY POLITICAL OR NOT POLITICAL OF THOSE TYPE OF NOMINATIONS I CAN GET ON BOARD, UH, WITH LEAVING THE APPOINTMENT.
I, I, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO, UH, BE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND I KNOW WE DO HAVE PEOPLE SIGNING UP TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD AND THERE ARE EXCESS PEOPLE.
SO I, I DON'T WANNA TAKE THAT AWAY BECAUSE I KNOW THERE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT WANNA SERVE ON THIS BOARD.
SO I'M JUST ASKING LIKE YOU JUST BASICALLY TO SURRENDER THAT APPOINTMENT TO COUNSEL.
I WILL LEAVE THAT VERBIAGE UP TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT I, I'M OKAY WITH THE, THE, THAT THOUGHT AT THIS POINT.
AND I, COUNCIL DIAMOND, THAT'S JUST MY PERSPECTIVE, IF I MAY BE, BECAUSE I KNOW, UM, WE DISCUSSED THIS DURING OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND, UM, I CERTAINLY HAD NO ISSUES WITH IT.
UM, I MEAN, JUST AS WE'RE ADOPTING SO MANY ORDINANCES, SHOULD A FUTURE CITY MANAGER, UM, WANT TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, IT WOULD JUST, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S JUST A RESOLUTION OR, OR ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW HIM TO DO THAT AGAIN.
UM, AND SO I HONESTLY DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUE AND I, I RESPECTED, UM, HIS STANCE ON IT, BUT I AM OPEN TO, IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND AND SAY, OKAY, LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AT LARGE, UM, I'LL ACCEPT THAT AS WELL.
BUT, UM, WE DID, OR AT LEAST I DID, I'M NOT SURE IF MY COLLEAGUE BEING ON THE SAME COMMITTEE, UH, AGREED WITH THAT.
BUT, UM, I ACCEPTED HIS, UM, RESPONSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID, IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT PEOPLE ALWAYS MAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS POLITICAL.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH DAY IN, DAY OUT.
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I, I WOULDN'T WANT THAT ON ANYBODY ELSE.AND, UH, WE WERE ELECTED AND WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD CATCH SOME OF THIS POLITICAL HEAT, UM, AND HE WAS NOT ELECTED, YOU KNOW, UM, HE WAS APPOINTED BY US.
AND, UM, IT, IT'S SOMETIMES HARD, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY COMING TO YOU AND I NEED TO BE ON THIS BOARD AND IT, IT HAS TO BE A UNANIMOUS DECISION, OR AT LEAST A, UM, NOT UNANIMOUS, BUT UM, UH, A VOTE AT LARGE THAT'S TAKEN THROUGH THE COUNCIL.
SO WHATEVER YOU DECIDE IS FINE WITH ME.
I WAS OKAY WITH YOU TAKING YOURSELF OUT.
I CITY ATTORNEY HAS A RECOMMENDATION.
UM, COUNSEL, UH, MR. MAYOR, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCEPT, I THINK IT WOULD STILL REQUIRE A CODE CHANGE BECAUSE THE CURRENT CODE STATES THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS TO MAKE A NOMINATION SUBJECT TO THE APPOINTMENT, UH, BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE COULD LEAD THE CURRENT LANGUAGE AND THE CODE ALREADY ALLOWS THE CITY MANAGER TO DELEGATE ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO A STAFF MEMBER.
SO IF HE IS WILLING TO DELEGATE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE TWO, NOM THESE TWO APPOINTMENTS NOMINATIONS, UH, TO A STAFF MEMBER, THEN THAT TAKES HIM OUT OF THE PROCESS AND STILL GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT.
WELL, I THINK IT JUST, IT JUST PASSES ON TO ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER, WHICH WILL STILL IN TURN ANSWER TO THE CITY MAYOR.
SO IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE WHAT HIS WISHES ARE.
I, WITH THAT WE CAN JUST, LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH ORDINANCE.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO PROTECT, WE CAN JUST LEAVE IT VACANT FOR NOW TOO.
AND I, WELL, I DON'T WANNA LEAVE IT VACANT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT, THAT THE MORE VOICES WE HAVE ON, ESPECIALLY ON THIS PARTICULAR BOARD, THE BETTER SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
BUT BY DOING THAT, DO WE REMOVE THIS POSITION? NO.
THAT'S WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE OF.
HE ACTUALLY HAS TWO, TWO NOMINATIONS.
SO IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE TOTAL OF NINE, THEN THOSE TWO JUST MOVE OVER TO BE AT LARGE.
THEY'RE JUST AT LARGE, WHICH IS WAS YOUR CLIENT WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH, IT JUST CODIFIES IT.
AS MY COLLEAGUE INDICATED, LET'S SAY A FEW YEARS FROM NOW, OR 10 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN I'M OLD AND GRAY AND, AND YEAH, WHEN YOU GET THERE, HE, AND HE HAS RETIRED AND, AND WE HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER THAT SAYS, HEY, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THOSE BACK.
THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S DECISION.
THAT TIME COULD BE TO, TO CODIFY.
THAT ALLOWS HIM TO HAVE THOSE TWO BACK.
BUT IF WE KEEP THEM AS TWO AT LARGE, NOW THAT KEEPS THE TOTAL NUMBER AT NINE, WHICH IS OKAY, THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S, I CAN LIVE WITH IT, A FUNCTIONAL BOARD.
AND IF YOU HAVE A CITY MAYOR THAT WILL SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION, AND THEY WON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY.
SO THAT'S MR. LESTER, DID I RETIRE OR RETIRE? YOU SAY RETIRE OR FORCE? RETIRE.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
I'LL GIVE YOU THAT CALL TOMORROW.
SO IF WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE THESE AT LARGE, CAN WE JUST AMEND THE ITEM AND, AND SAY NOAM? I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE JUST SAID.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY GONNA REVERT TO TO AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS AT THIS POINT.
THEY, THESE ARE BECOME, THESE NOW WILL BECOME AT LARGE.
IF YOU VOTE ON THE DRAFT, THAT'S BEFORE YOU, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON FIVE B? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR FIVE B IS PRESENTED.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE B SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FIVE B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? I'M CARRIE LEY.
[c. Consider an ordinance to amend the Fiscal Year 2024 budget for encumbrances carried forward from Fiscal Year 2023, interfund transfers for debt requirements, capital projects, and contributions made to departments. ]
ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET FOR ENCUMBRANCES CARRIED FORWARD FROM FISCAL YEAR 2023, UH, INTER FUND TRANSFERS FOR DEBT REQUIREMENTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO DEPARTMENTS.MS. MCKENZIE? UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RE, I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET.
AS A REMINDER, LAST YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED CHANGES TO ENHANCE OUR TRANSPARENCY IN THE YEAREND PROCESS, PARTICULARLY IN CARRYING FORWARD ENCUMBRANCES OR COMMITMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE FY 24 BUDGET AMENDMENT REFLECTS OUR, UH, DEDICATION TO CONTINUING THIS APPROACH.
SO THIS AMENDMENT INCLUDES ENCUMBRANCES FROM DEPARTMENTAL ITEMS, ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND UPDATES TO INTERFUND TRANSFERS, AS WELL AS, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS REPORT NOW FEATURES REVENUE DETAILS ALONG WITH THE COMPARISON, UM, VERSUS EXPENDITURES FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IN REFERRING TO THE REVENUES, WE HAVE A COMBINED FUND BALANCE TOTAL OF 387 MILLION IN REVENUES.
AFTER THE ADJUSTMENT, IT WILL BE 395.3 MILLION.
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EXPENDITURES, WE HAVE 380 MILLION.AFTER THE ADJUSTMENT, IT WILL BE 412 MILLION.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT 21.3 MILLION OF THAT IS RELATED TO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH ARE TRADITIONALLY CARRIED FORWARD BECAUSE THEY'RE A PART OF OUR FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MCKENZIE? IF NOT ON AN ENTRY MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE C IS PRESENTED.
MOTIONS TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE C, SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE C IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL, UH, PUSH THAT INTO APRIL 11TH MEETING FROM WHAT I HAVE IN MY NOTES.
AND, AND ITEM SIX B, WE WERE ALREADY PRESENTED THE, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION ANNUAL REPORT.
[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.]
ITEMS, UH, CONSENT, WHICH IS ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH M.IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THEM? UH, QUESTION ITEM.
ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS A THROUGH M.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A THROUGH M WITH THE EXCEPTION OF F, SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
UH, COUNCILMAN ITEM F FISHERS.
[f. Consider an ordinance for the purchase and installation of a Concrete Pad at Pirates Bay, by Kraftsman, L.P. through the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative #679-22 (BuyBoard).]
YES.SO ON ITEM F, ITEM F HAS, UM, IS FOR BLUE CRAFTSMAN COMMERCIAL TO DO A CON SIX INCH CONCRETE PAD AT THE, AT PIRATES BAY.
I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF, A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, I GUESS, ON WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT SIX INCH PAD.
'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE COSTLY LOOKING AT IT FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
IT'S A, UH, IT'S A SIX INCH, UM, CONCRETE PAD THAT'S GONNA SIT ADJACENT TO THE, UM, UH, THE CROW'S NEST OUT THERE.
THERE'S THE, THE FORMAL RENTAL FACILITY OUT THERE.
THE, UH, THE MAIN INTENT OF IT IS SO THAT WE CAN, UH, HAVE ADDITIONAL SEATING.
SEATING'S ALWAYS A PREMIUM POWER SPACE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ADDITIONAL SEATING OUT THERE.
CURRENTLY WE USE THAT SAME SPACE, BUT WE HAVE TO, UH, STAFF HAS TO PHYSICALLY MOVE TABLES BACK AND FORTH SO THEY CAN MOW AND TENTS BACK AND FORTH SO THEY CAN MOW.
SO IT'S REALLY FOR THE SAVING OF THAT EFFORT AND, UM, JUST TO FACILITATE THE REQUEST FOR SEATS BETTER OUT THERE.
SO I GUESS KIND OF REAL QUICK, WHAT'S ACTUALLY ENTITLED? IS IT JUST BASICALLY A STANDARD SIX INCH THICK NO CONCRETE BEAMS? NO, UH, IN BEDS, ANYTHING GOING THROUGH IT? IT'S JUST A BASIC SIX INCH CONCRETE PAD.
I, I'M NOT, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE, THE INS AND OUTS OF THE, OF, OF WHAT COMPRISES IT.
I KNOW IT'S A SIX INCH SLAB CONCRETE FOR THE, FOR THAT PURPOSE.
'CAUSE LOOKING AT IT, AND THEN I COMPARED IT TO WHAT TEAMWORK DID FOR US FOR SEVEN INCH PAVING.
IF I DID TEAMWORK'S NUMBERS OFF OF WHAT THEY GAVE US FOR CONCRETE PROPOSALS, UH, THEIRS WOULD COME OUT TO ABOUT 37,000 FOR THE CONCRETE AND THEIRS IS 103.
SO THAT'S WHERE MY QUESTIONS IS.
WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS PAD CONSIDERED? SURE.
'CAUSE I JUST, IN MY KNOWLEDGE, I CAN DO A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE LAB WITH 36 INCH BEAMS FOR ROUGHLY ABOUT $15 A SQUARE FOOT, AND THESE GUYS ARE ABOUT 24 FOR JUST A BASIC PAD.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY MY QUESTION IS WHAT'S ENTAILED IN IT.
YEAH, I, I'M SORRY I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION TONIGHT.
IF YOU WANT TO POSTPONE IT TO THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA, I'D BE GLAD TO COME BACK WITH INFORMATION YOU REQUESTED.
I, I WOULD, LET ME, LET ME JUST ASK ONE QUESTION.
SO I WOULD ASSUME THE PI PIRATE BAY OPENING IS AROUND THE CORNER.
I MEAN, THE SOONER THIS IS GONNA BE CONSTRUCTED, THE BETTER.
I THINK HE, I THINK THE COUNCILMAN HAS A VALID, I GUESS, CONCERN.
SO WE GET CLARIFICATION BY NEXT MEETING.
WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH FOR YOU, COUNCILMAN? YEAH, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE REAL.
THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, JUST KINDA WHAT EXACTLY IS ENTAILED IN THAT SLIDE.
AND AND THE ONLY ADDITIONAL COMMENT I'LL MAKE IS, UM, LIKE MANY ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, UH, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, IT WENT THROUGH WHAT THEY CALL I, IT'S A, IT'S A GOVERNMENT CO-OP, WHICH IS BY BOARD MEANING MULTIPLE SUPPLIERS SLASH SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THEY BASICALLY PRESENT A, LIKE UNIT COST, I GUESS, TO, UM, TO BY BOARD THAT GOVERNMENT ENTITIES CAN GO AND SO THAT THEY CAN MEET THEIR PURCHASING TYPE PRACTICES AND POLICIES TO SAY THAT THERE WAS MULTITUDE OF BID BIDDERS AND THEN THEY ARE ABLE TO PULL FROM, FROM THOSE SUPPLIERS OR THE VENDOR OF THE SUPPLY BOARD.
SO JUST AS A POINT OF POINT OF POINT OF, UH, FOR POINT OF CLARITY WITH THAT THOUGH, UM, I WOULD JUST ASK THE END GAME BEING THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR PROCURE OR PROCUREMENT LAWS, UM, THE END GAME THERE BEING IF THIS IS THE STANDARD PROCUREMENT PROCESS, OR IS COUNSEL ASKING US TO CONTINUE TO REBID AND REBID AND REBID UNTIL YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT? OR WHAT'S THE END GAME? BECAUSE THAT'S, I I GUESS THAT'S MY NEXT STEP ON WHAT I, I WOULDN'T WANT CLIFF TO DO THIS IN VAIN OVER AND OVER AND OVER BECAUSE O HONESTLY,
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THE, THE, THE PULL IS LIMITED ON WHERE IT'S GONNA COME FROM.AND SO THE NEXT STEP BEING, OKAY, WE DO THIS AGAIN, AND, AND THE, THE, THE NAME OF THE GAME IS GONNA BE, WELL, IT'S A MONTH LATER, INFLATION.
SO WE'RE PAYING 5% MORE AND WE KEEP DOING THIS BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO TO JUST A SPECIFIC VENDOR TO, TO DO IT.
RYAN, I I THINK I WOULD SAY, I THINK WHAT'S IN QUESTION IS, IS ON A, ON A PER UNIT COSTS, AND YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE SLAB YES, SIR.
AND THE THICKNESS OF THE SLAB, I THINK THE COUNCILMAN IS, IS SAYING THIS IS NOT IN LINE WITH, IN A SENSE WITH THE REGULAR MARKET, MAYBE THE LOCAL MARKET.
AND SO I THINK HIM AND INCLUDING MYSELF, WE JUST WANNA KNOW IF SINCE THERE'S A PRICE DIFFERENTIAL, WE JUST WANNA KNOW WHY.
AND SO I THINK IN FAIRNESS, I DON'T THINK I WILL SAY, I DON'T WANNA SIT HERE AND PICK APART EVERY SINGLE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ON A PER UNIT COST.
BUT THIS ONE PARTICULAR CAME TO HIS ATTENTION, I'M ASSUMING.
AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I DID THIS.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT IS TEAMWORK, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE BUYBOARD.
TEAMWORK IS ANOTHER CONTRACTOR.
SO WE GAVE THE CONCRETE, UH, WORK FOR THIS YEAR.
THAT'S WHO WE AWARDED A COUPLE, COUPLE WEEKS AGO, A COUPLE OF BEANS AGO.
SO YOU WERE, AND NOT GOING OFF.
I I PULLED OFF OF WHAT THEY, WHAT THEIR SQUARE YARD USAGE IS FOR THE, FOR PROJECTS THEY'VE DONE FOR THE CITY OR FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
THEY'RE FOR PROJECTS THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING FOR THE CITY FOR 2024.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S BASED OFF A SEVEN INCH, WHICH IS EVEN THICKER AND IT WAS 36,000.
I WONDER WHY THEY DIDN'T BID ON THIS ONE THEN.
WELL, THAT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S IT.
IT COULD BE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO I DON'T KNOW.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT I THINK IS LIKE, WHAT IS, IS THERE SOMETHING MORE OF DETAIL THAT WE NEED TO BE, MAY, MAY AWARE OF ON THIS CONCRETE PAD? WE HAVE OUR OWN CONCRETE CREWS IN PUBLIC WORKS.
WE HAVE OUR OWN CONCRETE TRUCKS, WE HAVE OUR OWN, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS IF IT'S NOT DONE IN HOUSE AND IT'S ON, IT'S GOING ON TO A DIFFERENT SUPPLIER, THEN WHAT ENTAILS, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY THIS DIFFERENCE IN COST.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, LET'S GET THE DETAILS AND LET'S BRING IT BACK TO NEXT MEETING.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPOINTMENTS.
ME, UH, SO WE NEED TO, UM, CAN YOU MAKE A MOTION FOR TABLING ITEM F FOR 30 DAYS PLEASE? I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM F FOR 30 DAYS.
UH, SINCE THIS IS CONSENT, WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND TO TABLE ITEM F FOR 30 DAYS.
UM, ARE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION PLEASE SAY? AYE.
[a. Consider a resolution authorizing six (6) appointments to the Board of Adjustment.]
APPOINTMENTS.ITEM AA, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SIX APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
SO I GUESS WE GET TO DO THIS AGAIN ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
I THINK IN FRONT OF YOU YOU HAVE A MATRIX OF, I GUESS APPOINTMENTS BY INDIVIDUAL AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER INFORMATION.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE BOARD, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS UP FOR A, A REAPPOINTMENT.
SO I'M JUST GONNA ENTERTAIN MOTION.
SO, UM, ONE IS A VACANT, SO THERE'S 1, 2, 3, 4, THERE'S FIVE OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
UM, THREE, THREE OF 'EM SEEK REAPPOINTMENT AND TWO, ONE, I'M ALMOST SURPRISED IT SAYS, UNABLE TO CONTACT THIS INDIVIDUAL.
YOU CAN ALMOST SEE THIS INDIVIDUAL ANYWHERE IN TOWN EVERY DAY.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I WILL ENTERTAIN MOTIONS, UM, UM, FROM THE DIOCESE ON RE ON THESE REAPPOINTMENTS, THEY, I WOULD SAY ALL THREE WERE PROBABLY SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT, MOVE TO REAPPOINT THE THREE THAT SEEK REAPPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
SO WITH THAT, THAT IS BECKY ROBBINS AND MIKE WILSON AND, UH, BARBARA WOOSTER, UH, FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
AND THEN I'LL JUST, I'M JUST GONNA MAKE ONE COMMENT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M, I'M BEEN, I THINK SOME OF US HAD TRIED TO PRACTICE, UH, IN THE SPIRIT.
I THINK THERE WAS EVEN SOME COUNCIL POLICY WHERE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE CAPACITY FOR A DECADE OR MORE, USUALLY YOU TRY TO GO AND GET SOME REAPPOINTMENTS TO THOSE BOARDS.
UM, BUT I WILL TAKE THE NOMINATION THAT'S PRESENTED.
SO, SO FAR WE DO HAVE THE THREE INDIVIDUALS, BECKY ROBBINS, MIKE WILSON, BAR BOOSTER.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE? FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE? NO, AS WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS.
SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR THESE THREE, I GUESS TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
WE WILL REACH OUT SOMEHOW, WE CAN FIND AT LEAST ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.
I I CAN FIND IT VERY, VERY SIMPLE.
BUT, UM, LET'S REACH OUT TO THEM ONCE AGAIN AND, AND JUST ENSURE THAT THEY'RE STILL INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS BOARD.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, ALL THOSE.
I WAS GONNA, THE TWO THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO CONTACT, I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT IF YOU LOOK, I MEAN, THE ONE THAT I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAS ONLY MISSED ONE MEETING OUT OF 12.
AND THE OTHER ONE'S ONLY MISSED THREE.
SO MAYBE THEY'LL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I MEAN, BUT WE JUST GO DOWN TO BDI AND FIND ONE.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, THERE'S, THERE'S THREE INDIVIDUALS AT LEAST, UH, FOR THIS EVENING.
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SO THERE'S A MOTION, UH, AND A SECOND.SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THREE INDIVIDUALS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO ITEM, EXCUSE ME,
[b. Consider a resolution authorizing seven (7) appointments to the Community Development Advisory Committee.]
ITEM EIGHT BS.CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SEVEN APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO WITH THIS ONE HERE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS TWO VACANCIES, RIGHT? ONE IN DISTRICT SIX, ONE THAT'S AT LARGE.
UM, I THINK THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS, SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR BOARD, THERE IS, UM, IN THESE, IN THESE PARTICULAR APPOINTMENTS, THERE'S, THERE COULD BE SOME, UM, RE ADDITIONAL CRITERIA REQUIREMENTS.
UM, COULD BE RACE, COULD BE OTHER ISSUES AS FAR AS HAVING THIS MEET, UM, CERTAIN GUIDELINES.
I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE BEING, UM, DISPERSED THROUGH THIS, I THINK SOME INDIVIDUALS WE SAW EARLIER TODAY.
SO WITH THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THE ITEMS IN PINK, WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT.
AND I BELIEVE ONE IT SAYS HE SERVES ON THAT, THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL SERVES ON TWO BOARDS, WHICH I, THAT IS THE MAXIMUM THAT THEY CAN SERVE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT INDIVIDUAL SEEKS REAPPOINTMENT OR NOT.
I'VE, I'VE REACHED OUT TO HIM.
UM, AND I, I'LL BE, HE'S RETAINING HIM ON THE OTHER BOARD, BUT HE'S GOING TO BE STEPPING OUT FROM THIS BOARD OKAY.
SO YOU'LL HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT SOME POINT ON THIS.
SO THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR, UM, AT LEAST IF FEMALE, I WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE FOUR THAT ARE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT THAT'S SERVED IN THIS CAPACITY.
UM, I, I DIDN'T WANNA DELAY, AND I HATE TO INTERRUPT, BUT I THINK MARTIN WANTED TO OH, OKAY.
YEAH, I JUST, I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT, THAT, SO MAYOR, YOU DID MENTION THAT THERE ARE SOME ETHNICITY REQUIREMENTS ON THIS BOARD.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, IF YOU, UM, IF YOU REAPPOINT THE FOUR THAT, UH, THAT YOU MENTIONED, THEN UM, MR. SINGH IS CATEGORIZED AS OTHER.
AND THEN, UM, WE, AT, AT THAT POINT YOU HAVE, LET'S SEE, UH, THREE WHITE OR NON-HISPANIC MEMBERS AND ONE OTHER.
SO WE, WE JUST AS WE DO THIS, UH, IF, IF YOU, IF YOU MAKE A NOMINATION FOR, FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS, GIMME 10 SECONDS AND I'LL JUST GO DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S GOOD.
THAT WE HAVE THE, THE MAKEUP THAT, THAT WE NEED.
IF YOU A MEMBER, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR SOMETIME WE TRIED TO FLEX, MAKE THAT A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE.
AND THIS COUNCIL DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, SO THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKIER, BUT, UH, I'LL TRY AND HELP, UH, MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD.
AFTER WE MAKE THE REAPPOINTMENTS, IF YOU'LL GET THAT OUT TO US.
'CAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT
I WOULD HATE TO THINK THAT I GO VISIT WITH SOMEBODY FOR TWO OR THREE VISITS FOR AN HOUR, CONVINCE 'EM TO SIT ON THE BOARD AND THEN YOU TELL ME, OH, THEY DON'T MEET THE ETHNICITY REQUIREMENT.
SO IF YOU COULD GET, AFTER WE MAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS LOOK AT, OKAY, WE NEED X, X, AND X, THEN I CAN GO FROM THERE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MAYOR? YES.
I, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE SPREADSHEET THAT WAS PROVIDED.
SO AT THE BOTTOM, I HAVE A QUESTION.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE, SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE COLUMN IN GREEN, SO THERE'S IN THESE ARE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, THERE'S SIX INDIVIDUALS.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY WE MAY NOT KNOW THEY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SAY, IF THEY WOULD MEET A REQUIREMENT OR NOT.
THE, THE COMP, I THINK HE'S ASKING THE, IT HAS TO BE COM UH, COMPRISED OF WHAT'S DOWN HERE.
DOWN AT THE BOTTOM LEFT, RIGHT THERE.
OH, NOT THIS HERE, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO ASK, UM, CDAC IS REQUIRING ONE OTHER, BUT IT SAYS NEXT TO IT NON-HISPANIC.
SO WHEN IT SAYS OTHER, DOES IT HAVE TO BE OTHER THAN WHITE OR OTHER THAN NON-HISPANIC? IT'S TO BE, OTHER THAN ANYTHING OTHER THAN NON HISP, OTHER IS PRETTY ALL ENCOMPASSING.
I THINK THE WAY IT'S BEEN INTERPRETED IS THAT OTHER IS JUST NON-HISPANIC.
SO, BECAUSE THE NON-HISPANIC TO CLARIFY AND BE TECHNICAL, OTHER CAN BE WHITE, JUST NON-HISPANIC? I BELIEVE SO.
WELL, 'CAUSE I, I ASKED FOR CLARITY ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY IN THE, IN THE OFFICE.
THEY CAN BE WHITE AND NON-HISPANIC.
IF, IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN GIVE YOU THE EXACT BREAKDOWN, IT WOULD BE THREE.
HUH? I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE THREE, WHICH IS THREE WHITE, NON-HISPANIC.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, MR. ING THAT IS STEPPING DOWN, UM, WHO SERVED AS OTHER? HE'S DOES OTHER, YEAH, SO DOES OTHER, COULD BE TECHNICALLY COULD BE REPLACED BY WHITE
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NON-HISPANIC.ACCORDING TO THE RULES OF CAC, HE WAS THE OTHER.
RIGHT? I BELIEVE I JUST ASKING OR ANYTHING, BUT I, I'M JUST CLARIFYING WHAT OTHER MEANS.
I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT VINCENT NORMAN
THAT'S ONE NOMINATION I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT CATHERINE BROWN.
I'M REAPPOINTING ROBERTO DIAZ.
MS. ALVARADO, I'M EXPECTING TO HEAR SOMETHING FROM YOU.
UM, I AM GOING TO REAPPOINT MR. AOSA.
AND THAT WOULD LEAVE, UM, ME? YES.
AND AND YOU ARE NOT REAPPOINTING THE INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL THAT CURRENTLY SERVES? CORRECT.
DO YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT? YES.
AND CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE ETHNICITY OF THAT PERSON? I BELIEVE SHE'S WHITE.
IT SHOULD BE ON THE APPLICATION, I THINK.
SO THOSE, THOSE, THOSE ARE THE FIVE.
WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER, HOLD ON.
AND THEN THAT STILL LEAVES DISTRICT SIX.
AND THEN, UM, AND JUST A GENERAL AT LARGE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REQUIREMENTS ON THAT, MR. NER, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, THE TWO VACANCIES.
WELL, AGAIN, IT'S THE OVERALL MAKEUP, SO IT JUST DEPENDS.
SO WE HAVE THE TWO AT LARGE POSITIONS THAT COULD BE REAPPOINTED AT THAT POINT.
YOU REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR ONE OTHER, UM, ONE MORE HISPANIC.
IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OTHER, WELL, YOU'D BE LOOKING FOR ONE OTHER.
WHITE AND MAYBE ONE OTHER, OTHER, OTHER, OTHER, OTHER, OTHER ONE.
LET'S GET, LET'S GET THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE DON.
SO, UM, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS, OKAY.
DO YOU I'VE GOT AN APPOINTMENT.
HE'S SITTING OUT IN THE, THE, THE AUDIENCE AND I, I JUST, HE SAID HE'D GO FOR IT.
SO I WANT TO, UH, UH, NOMINATE, UH, DON VALIER.
WE HAVE FILE AN APPLICATION ON FILE.
WE, YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR DON'T HAVE AN APPLICATION ON FILE.
YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, BUT HE CAN, WE CAN BRING THIS ITEM BACK.
SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THIS.
UH, AT, ON THE, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN RIGHT YET, BUT ON THE, AT LARGE, I KNOW KIM BOKER, WHO WORKED FOR THE CITY WAS REALLY IN, WAS INTERESTED IN GETTING ON THE SPORT ALSO.
DO YOU KNOW HER ETHNICITY? SHE'S WHITE.
I THINK WITH THAT THOUGH, I THINK BASED OFF THE NOMINATIONS, IF APPROVED, WE WILL NEED ONE MORE HISPANIC TO SERVE.
IS THAT CORRECT MR. SCRIBNER? THREE, FOUR.
UH, IF WE HAVE TWO ALREADY, TWO REAPPOINTMENTS, THAT'S FOUR.
IT SAYS WE NEED FIVE TO SIX, BUT THESE TWO, I'M INCLUDING THOSE TWO, SIR.
IS THOSE TWO PLUS TWO MORE? THAT'S FOUR.
SO, SO WE NEED ONE, AT LEAST ONE MORE.
SO DID THE VACANT AT LARGE GET FILLED? NO.
THAT'S MY POINT WOULD BE THE VACANT LARGE WOULD HAVE TO BE IN HISPANIC.
I CAN NOMINATE MR. ERIC RODRIGUEZ UN UNLESS DISTRICT SIX IS HISPANIC.
WELL, NO, WE CAN HAVE, EVEN IF THE DISTRICT SIX CAN APPOINT HISPANIC ALSO, BECAUSE IT SAYS WE CAN HAVE FIVE TO SIX HISPANIC MEMBERS.
BUT IT SAYS YOU CAN HAVE THREE WHITE NON-HISPANICS, WHICH WOULD BE CATHERINE BROWN.
THERE'S ONLY, THERE'S IS THE ONLY WHITE ONE ON THERE SAYS IT'S ONLY ONE.
AND THEN IF KIM, THAT WOULD BE THREE.
IF YOU PUT KIM BOKER ON THERE MM-HMM
BUT WE'RE CONSIDERING WHITE UNDER THE CATEGORY OF OTHER.
WELL, ASSUMING MR. VALIER NEXT MEETING WOULD GET APPOINTED, UM, THAT WOULD AT LEAST MEET THE MINIMUM.
RIGHT? THAT'D MEET THE MINIMUM FOR THAT CATEGORY.
SEE, THE PROBLEM IS IT SAYS FIVE.
I'M JUST GOING BY MINIMUMS FOR NOW.
SO, SO MR. VALIER WOULD, IN A SENSE, WOULD MEET THE MINIMUM FOR AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBER AND, AND UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE MORE HISPANIC, THAT WOULD MEET THE MINIMUM FOR HISPANIC MEMBERS.
AND THEN THE OTHER THREE WOULD BE WHITE NON-HISPANIC MEMBERS.
AND THEN POSSIBLY ONE ADDITIONAL ONE THAT COULD BE OTHER IN GENERAL ALONG AS THEY'RE NOT HISPANIC.
THIS IS WHY WE'VE HAD TWO VACANT.
NO, IT'S FUN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
BUT YOU WANNA, YOU WANNA JUGGLE IT.
BUT FOR NOW, LET'S JUST RECAP.
WE HAVE MR. HINOJOSA, MR. DIAZ, UH, MS. NICHOLS, MS. BROWN, UH, MR. NORMAN.
AND THOSE ARE THE APPOINTMENTS WE CAN MAKE THIS EVENING.
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UH, OH, UH, YES.MR. RODRIGUEZ IS IN THE, THE, AT LARGE, CORRECT? MM-HMM
MR. RODRIGUEZ IS THE AT LARGE.
AND SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR THIS EVENING.
AND THEN I'M, UH, DISTRICT SIX WILL MAKE A NOMINATION, I'M ASSUMING IN APRIL ON THE APRIL 11TH MEETING.
DID MR. MR. MR. MR. FRANCO ALSO, I'M SORRY.
DID MR. FRANCO ALSO NOMINATE, UM, KIM BOKER FOR ONE OF THE, THE AT LARGE? YEAH, THAT WAS AT LARGE.
BUT IT WOULDN'T WORK BECAUSE YOU NEEDED ANOTHER HISPANIC.
SO SHE, IT, IT ELIMINATES THAT.
SO BY, UM, NOMINATING MR. RODRIGUEZ FOR THE OPEN AT LARGE WOULD GIVE YOU THE FIVE, RIGHT? THAT'D BE THE FIVE MINIMUM THAT WOULD MEET THAT CLEAR SMITH.
SO CAN I MAKE A MOTION? WELL, LET'S JUST READ IT THEN.
SO WE HAVE MR. OSA, WHICH WILL SERVE IN HISPANIC CAPACITY, MR. DIAZ, WHICH WILL SERVE IN A HISPANIC CAPACITY.
UM, MS. NICHOLS WHO WILL SERVE IN THE, I I'M ASSUMING WHITE, NON-HISPANIC.
UM, ALTHOUGH MR. SINGH SERVED IN THE OTHER CATEGORY.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE MS. BROWN WHO WILL SERVE IN THE WHITE NON-HISPANIC CATEGORY.
UM, MR. NORMAN THAT WILL SERVE, UH, HE, HE IS AFRICAN AMERICAN FROM WHAT IT SAYS HERE.
AND THEN MR. B I'M ASSUMING, BUT I DON'T WANT, BUT MS. YE COULD BE SERVING IN THE DISTRICT SIX, UM, UH, APPOINTMENT, WHICH WOULD BE TWO AFRICAN AMERICANS.
AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER VACANCY, THE AT LARGE, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ WAS NOMINATED, WHICH WOULD BE A THIRD HISPANIC.
AND THEN THERE'S TWO THAT ARE NOT UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT, BUT THERE'S TWO HISPANIC, UM, WOMEN THAT ARE ALREADY SERVING.
SO THAT WOULD MEET OUR MINIMUM OF FIVE HISPANICS.
NOW, KEEP IN MIND YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THIS MATRIX.
'CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S FIVE TO SIX HERE OR ONE TO TWO HERE.
BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE, WE'RE MEETING THE INTENT OF THE DIVERSITY OF MEMBERS.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION NOW, SIR? YES.
I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO RENAME ALL OF THOSE.
I'LL JUST SAY I MAKE A MOTION TO YEAH, I WILL.
ALRIGHT, TO APPOINT THE NAMES YOU MENTIONED SECOND.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UH, THE NOMINEES IS PRESENTED.
THERE'S ONLY ONE VACANCY FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, WHICH WE DISTRICT SIX.
THIS WE WILL BE WELL PREPARED FOR NEXT MEETING.
[c. Consider a resolution authorizing seven (7) appointments to the Construction Board of Adjustment and Appeals.]
MOVING ON.ITEM C, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SEVEN APPOINTMENTS TO CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH I'M ASSUMING IS DIFFERENT THAN ITEM A.
THIS IS, THIS BOARD HAS MET, UH, ONCE RECENTLY AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY MET IN SIX YEARS.
I WONDER WHY THEY DON'T WANNA BE ON IT.
SO WITH THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, MANY ARE OVERDUE.
THIS, THIS, THIS PRECEDES OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY, UH, OUR, OUR REVIEW OF, OF COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.
SO, UM, WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT ARE SEEKING, EXCUSE ME, THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT AND LOOKS LIKE ONE HAS CHANGED TRADE CLASSIFICATIONS.
I GUESS THERE WAS A CHANGE TO THE CODE THAT, THAT OKAY.
WENT FROM PLUMBER TO ELECTRICIAN.
BECAUSE WE HAD TWO PLUMBERS IN THERE.
AND, AND DOES THIS PERSON MEET THAT? YES, THIS DOES, THIS PERSON, IT DOES NOT MEET THAT MR. EATON DOES IT.
LIKE WHO LIVES AT LARGE POSITION.
IS THERE, IS THERE AN AT LARGE POSITION OPEN? I DO KNOW THAT MR. HUGHES HAD SAID THAT HE WAS WILLING TO SERVE, BUT IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTED THAT POSITION, HE HAD, HE HAD TOLD STAFF THAT, THAT HE WAS WILLING TO STEP AWAY FROM THAT.
IS MR. HUGHES, DOES HE, DOES HE FIT ANY PARTICULAR TRADE CLASSIFICATION OF THIS? NO, HE'S AN AT LARGE.
SO, AND WHAT ABOUT MR. MCVAY? DOES HE FIT ANY OF THAT? HE'S ALSO AN AT LARGE APPOINTMENT.
SO I KNOW MISS, I KNOW MISS HARLA IS AN ENGINEER.
SO SHE WOULD FIT THE ENGINEER ONE.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT AT LEAST? YES.
FOR KARA HARLA FOR THE DIS UH, FOR THE ENGINEER APPOINTMENT.
SO WE HAVE THREE, WELL, THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT SEEK REAPPOINTMENT IN THEIR CURRENT CAPACITY.
SO THE ONLY ISSUE IS MR. EATON, UM, UNLESS, UNLESS WE MOVE MR. EATON AND THE AT LARGE AND MR. HUGHES TO SAYS I'M FINE WITH NOT SERVING
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MR. SORRY.MR. MCVAY DID NOT SEEK REAPPOINTMENT.
SO, SO THEN YOU COULD PUT EATON IN MR. MCVAY'S POSITION.
ALRIGHT, SO, SO THEN RIGHT NOW WHAT'S ON THE TABLE WOULD BE IN THE ENGINEER POSITION IS KARA HARTLEY, UH, REAPPOINTING, UH, SHANE BLACKMAN IN THE, UH, JOURNEYMAN MASTER PLUMBER POSITION SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT.
MR. MIKE CHATHAM GENERAL CONTRACTOR, UH, WILL BE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT.
I'M SURE HE'LL LOVE HIS NEW ELVIS CAR ON THIS BOARD.
HE CAN DRIVE IT TO THE MEETINGS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE MR. EATON THAT WILL NOW SERVE IN THE MCVEY, UH, AT LARGE POSITION.
AND THEN HUGHES WOULD STAY IN THE, AT LARGE POSITION AND THAT WILL LEAVE OPEN A JOURNEYMAN SLASH MASTER ELECTRICIAN POSITION.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND AN ARCHITECT.
SO, UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
WELL, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYBODY ELSE ON THAT.
WELL, 'CAUSE SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MR. MCVAY'S BEEN ON THERE FOR SINCE 2011? OR I'M SORRY.
ANYWAYS, I WAS LOOKING AT MR. MCVAY, SORRY.
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE? WE, WHAT'S, WHAT WE'RE MISSING IS A MASTER ELECTRICIAN, JOURNEYMAN AND AN ARCHITECT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WOULD, UH, ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE APPROVE? OKAY, THANK YOU.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE NAMES I PRESENTED IN THE POSITIONS I PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, SO WE NEED AN ARCHITECT AND A, A JOURNEYMAN MASTER ELECTRICIAN.
[d. Consider a resolution authorizing two (2) appointments to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.]
ON TO NEXT IS, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION.UM, I'M GONNA REVIEW A FEW OF THE, UM, APPLICATIONS.
UM, AS I SAID, I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AT, UM, I GUESS, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED IN A CAPACITY, CERTAINLY WHEN THEY EXCEED 10 YEARS, UH, ON CERTAIN BOARDS.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF ON THIS ITEM.
UH, BUT I WILL, UH, I WILL MAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS, UH, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.
[e. Consider a resolution authorizing five (5) appointments to the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number One and Baytown Redevelopment Authority.]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM E.CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FIVE APPOINTMENTS TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE AND THE BAYTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
SO I WOULD ASSUME, UM, WE HAVE A VACANCY, THE DISTRICT FOUR AT LARGE.
WOULD YOU AGREE MR. FRANCO? UH, YES.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA NOMINATE FELICIA MCKNIGHT.
SHE'S, UH, WORKS FOR, SHE WORKS FOR BAYLOR.
UH, SHE'S IN THEIR PROCUREMENT AND ALSO, UH, DIVISION.
AND SO THEN IT LOOKS LIKE IN DISTRICT TWO AT LARGE, UM, DO YOU HAVE A NOMINATION OR A REAPPOINTMENT? I'M REAPPOINTING TERRY, SAME.
AND THEN NOW WE HAVE IN DISTRICT SIX AT LARGE.
AND THEN, UH, THERE'S TWO AT LARGE, UH, ONCE HE CAN REAPPOINTMENT, UH, WHICH IS MR. FREDERICK HARLOW.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO REAPPOINT MR. HARLOW.
AND THEN WE JUST HAVE AN OPEN POSITION, UH, ON THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT CHARLES JOHNSON.
UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE OTHER THAN THE DISTRICT SIX, THOSE ARE ALL THE NOMINATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND SO WITH THE LIST AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOMINATED FOR THESE POSITIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS PRESENTED.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, NOMINEES, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[f. Consider a resolution authorizing five (5) appointments to the Sign Committee.]
NEXT IS THE, UH, SIGN COMMITTEE.AND IT FALLS, IT POINTS TO ME.
NOW THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY MEETINGS, SO EXCUSE ME.
I GUESS SO, BUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS, UM, SO WITH THIS, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THEY MET? DOES ANYBODY KNOW? WE BELIEVE IT'S BEEN A DECADE, AT LEAST MINUTE.
IT PREDATES EVERYBODY ON MY STAFF.
WHAT, WHAT COMES, WHAT COMES TO MIND? AND I'M SURE IT GOES BACK 20 PLUS YEARS.
THERE PROBABLY WAS A GREAT NEED OF A SIGNED COMMITTEE.
SO, UH, MS. ADO, WHEN IT CAME TO SIGN COMMITTEE AND, AND, UH, MS. GRAHAM, WHEN IT CAME TO THE SIGNED COMMITTEE, 'CAUSE Y'ALL, Y'ALL RECOMMENDED FOR THIS TO MOVE FORWARD.
MY QUESTION IS, IS A IS THERE A TRUE NEED FOR THIS? YES, THERE IS.
WE ACTUALLY WANTED TO DISSOLVE
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IT AND WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULD NOT.BECAUSE IT MAY EXIST IN AN ORDINANCE LIKE IT PER YES, IT IS REQUIRED BY CODE.
MY QUESTION FOR STAFF, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S REQUIRED BY CODE, SHOULD IT BE REQUIRED BY CODE? I THINK WHAT WE DETERMINE IS IT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
SO I I CAN SHED A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT ON THAT.
THE WHAT THAT COMMITTEE, THE ROLE THAT THAT COMMITTEE PROVIDES IS WHEN THERE IS A IT, THE WAY I IN HAVE INTERPRETED IT IS WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES IN THE CODE OR BRING IN A NEW SIGN CODE, UH, THAT MAKES AN OLD SIGN NO LONGER CONFORMING TO THE NEW CODE, WE HAVE AN OPTION TO REMOVE THOSE SIGNS OR HAVE THOSE SIGNS REMOVED.
BUT IN ORDER TO DO SO, YOU HAVE TO HAVE APPROVAL BY THE SIGNED COMMITTEE.
AND THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT GO INTO THEIR DECISION TO DO THAT.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE OF THAT COMMITTEE.
SO, AND I DON'T MIND, I MEAN, THAT'S FINE.
UH, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THE INDIVIDUALS.
I, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TDOT PERSON THAT REPRESENT, I MEAN, IS THAT STILL A VALID PERSON IF THEY'RE AN EMPLOYEE OF TDOT OR NOT? SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO, I WILL REAPPOINT AL BUSH AND SHE THI AND THE, AND ONE WELL AL BUSH AS AN ARCHITECT AND CHET THI AS A REAL ESTATE APPRAISER.
AND I WILL LEAVE THE OTHER POSITIONS, UH, VACANT FOR NOW.
I NEED THE CLARIFICATION ON THE TEXT DO APPOINTMENT.
SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR MR. BUSH AND MR. THI MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND, MOTION.
AND UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S OTHER VACANCIES, THERE'S A MOTION.
SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TWO INDIVIDUALS I HAVE MENTIONED FOR, FOR APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? AND WE MOVE ON,
[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.]
I BELIEVE FINALLY TO MANAGES REPORT.ALRIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I HAVE A FEW THINGS.
UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO Y'ALL KNOW THAT I LIKE WHEN THE CITIZENS REACH OUT AND THINK OF THANK THE CITY AND, AND OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO WE HAD A, UH, A CARD SENT IN FROM MR. RALPH HAYNES.
HE WROTE TO SAY THANK YOU TO DUSTIN SEBER WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
UH, WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
UH, HE WANTED TO THANK HIM FOR HIS PATIENT PATIENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM IN HELPING HIM RESOLVE THE ISSUE HE HAD AT HIS HOME.
UH, HE WANTED TO LET US KNOW THAT DUSTIN'S KINDNESS AND UNDERSTANDING WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
SO THANK YOU, UH, MR. HAYNES FOR, FOR REACHING OUT AND UH, UH, THANK YOU DUSTIN FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO FOR THE DUELING PIANO, UM, UH, FESTIVITIES THAT, UH, IT WAS A, A GREAT EVENT.
AND I ALSO WANNA THANK THE BAYTOWN SUN FOR COVERING IT AS WELL.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID THANK ME,
SO ANYWAYS, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT, THANKS FOR PUTTING ON ANOTHER GREAT EVENT AND TO THE BAYTOWN SIGN FOR COVERING IT.
SO, UM, AND THEN FINALLY I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK BY LEONARD GRAHAM, UH, ABEL CARMONA AND LORENZO GOODLEY, UH, FOR THE WORK AT FOOT PARK.
IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE AT FOOT PARK, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS TRANSFORMED JUST WITH A FEW DIFFERENT PIECES THAT THEY'VE ADDED OUT THERE.
UH, THAT WAS RIGHT ON, ON THE HEELS OF FINISHING FOOT PARK.
UH, WE HAD A BIG TREE FALL OVER AND, UH, TAKE OUT ONE OF THE GAZEBOS.
AND THEN WE HAD A QUICK RESPONSE BY THE PARKS TEAM TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
UH, TOOK CARE OF THE TREE, KIND OF RE UH, DID ALL THE GRADING OUT THERE AND, UH, BROUGHT IT BACK UP TO THE BAYTOWN STANDARD VERY QUICKLY.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL TO THE PARKS TEAM ON TAKING CARE OF THAT.
AND THE PARK LOOKS FANTASTIC WITH THAT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[a. Receive a report from Council Member Mike Lester regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 6. ]
UM, AND SO WE ALSO HAVE OUR, UH, DISTRICT SIX COUNCIL MEMBER, MIKE LESSER, UM, REPORT.I APPRECIATE STAFF PULLING THIS TOGETHER AS WE ALL DO.
UM, PRETTY BUSY PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, THOSE OF US ALONG THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH DISTRICT TWO, HAVE NOTED THAT, UH, THE FLOWER BEDS IN THE MEDIANS ALONG ALEXANDER HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT OF A FACELIFT, NEW MULCH AND SOME FLOWERS.
THEY WILL BE REPLACING ALL THE DAMAGE TO, UH, PLANTS, TREES THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FROM THE FREEZE AND THE DROUGHT.
UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE BAYTOWN LITTLE LEAGUE TO ENHANCE THE FIELDS AT CHAMPION LITTLE LEAGUE PARK, UH, TO INCLUDE NEW DUGOUTS COVERS, BENCHES, SOME FENCE CAPS ON BOTH FIELDS.
SO THEY'LL SPRUCE THAT UP IN THAT AREA A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND THEN THE ADULT SAND OF VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE IS SCHEDULED TO START LATER THIS SPRING AT ROSELAND PARK.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, THEY GOT TWO HUGE SAND VOLLEYBALL SECTIONS.
SO THAT'LL BE INTERESTING, UH, REGISTRATION TO OPEN THERE.
EARLY APRIL, UH, PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INDICATED THAT THERE'S, UH, AT, UH, ON NORTH ALEXANDER, THERE'S A NEW TACO BELL SOON TO BE COMING.
SO WE, I LIKE TACO BELL, SO IF WE CAN MOVE THOSE PLANS ALONG.
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MARTIN, UM, MASSEY TOMPKINS'S NEW, UH, CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION.WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THOSE, SO THAT'S GREAT.
PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING AND THE FOLKS ALONG OUR SEAL ARE VERY HAPPY, UH, THAT THE CONSTRUCTION IS BASICALLY COMPLETED.
AND IT'S JUST A FEW MINOR ITEMS TO GO.
BAY OAKS HARBOR IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
UH, HERON INLET IS, UH, CONSTRUCTION'S COMPLETE, WORKING ON THE PUNCH LIST.
GOAL CUT IS ABOUT 70 CENT PERCENT COMPLETE.
WATERLINE OFFSETS TO BE COMPLETED LATER.
FLAMINGO BRIGHT, UH, UNDERGROUND IS, IS BEING REVIEWED AND COMPLETED.
UH, BLUE BILL BAY, NOTHING STARTED EGRET CANAL.
THE STORM, UH, STORM ISSUES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND A DEMOLITION TO BEGIN FAIRLY SOON ON THEIR ROADWAY.
AND THEN THE DITCH MAINTENANCE ALONG TRI-CITY BEACH LOW ROAD IS TO BE SCHEDULED SOON.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KNOW IN DISTRICT TWO AND ONE WHEN THEY'RE CLEANING THE DITCHES OUT.
'CAUSE THAT HELPS ALL OF US AS WE GET INTO THE RAINY SEASON, AS WELL AS MOVING FORWARD TO HURRICANE SEASON.
AND I WILL HAVE TO ADD, I, I WENT TO VISIT A FAMILY MEMBER A FEW DAYS AGO LAST WEEK, AND I DROVE DOWN TO OUR SEAL AND I WAS LIKE, I MEAN, I JUST WANTED TO JUST, IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE THAT STREET WAS SO BAD.
I, I THINK I, I MAKE IT VERY CLEAR HOW I FEEL ABOUT SHELL CREEK.
THERE'S LOTS OF ROADS IN, IN BAYTOWN, THERE'S STILL SHELL CREEK, BUT THAT ROAD, IT'S A, IT'S A WIDE ROAD.
IT'S A LONG ROAD AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT IT WAS, IT, IT IS IN A VERY, VERY NICE CONDITION AND, AND THAT AREA CERTAINLY WAS VERY DESERVING OF, OF THAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.
[11. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WILL NOW RECESS AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TAXAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 0 7 1 AND OH SEVEN TWO, AND PROBABLY EVEN OH EIGHT SEVEN OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY AND OR TO DELIBERATE, UH, REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.SO WE WILL NOW RECESS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, BEING IN THAT BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL, UH, POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. THIS MEETING'S NOW ADJOURNED.
HAVE A HAPPY EASTER AND, UH, SAFE TRAVELS FOR SOME OF Y'ALL HEADING OUT OF TOWN.