* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] , AND I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. IT IS, UH, THURSDAY, APRIL 11TH. UH, IT'S 6:38 PM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. UH, I WILL BE LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING. SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE FACE THE, OUR, OUR NATION'S FLAGGED REPEAT AFTER ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO DO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL OUR TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE, SAY, UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVIDUAL. PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE GO TO, UH, OUR LORD IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO JOIN THIS COUNCIL AND JOIN THESE CITIZENS, LORD, IN THESE CHAMBERS, AND JUST WATCH OVER US. LORD, PROVIDE US YOUR, UH, YOUR WISDOM, UH, YOUR INFINITE WISDOM, UH, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, LORD, UH, OUR CITIZENS. PLEASE KEEP THEM SAFE, LORD, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, OUR POLICE FIRING M MS ALL OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL, LORD, PLEASE KEEP THEM OUT OF HARM'S WAY AND RETURN THEM HOME TO OUR FAMILIES. WE ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE US, UH, THE ABILITY TO GOVERN, UH, THIS EVENING, LORD, UH, WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF JEALOUSY OR ANY TYPE OF, UH, INDECISIVENESS. PROVIDE US THE PATH FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN REFLECT YOUR WILL. LORD, WE ASK THIS IN YOUR SON'S JESUS CHRIST'S NAME. AMEN. AMEN. ALL RIGHTY. I HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN A WHILE, BUT, UH, MS. ALVARADO WAS NOT GONNA BE HERE, SO I I WENT AHEAD AND STEPPED IN AND GAVE Y'ALL A LITTLE BREAK. SO DO APPRECIATE THAT. UH, A GREAT WAY TO START A MEETING. SO, UH, [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.] WE WILL FIRST HAVE OUR ASSISTANT COMMENTS. WE HAVE, UH, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 INDIVIDUALS. ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL START WITH, UH, LINDA MIX, WHICH, UH, IS RECEIVING, I GUESS THE ONE MINUTE FROM JAMES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. ALRIGHT. WE ALL KNOW HIS BOSSES MEET LINDA. MIX ADDRESS IS 64 27 CROSBY, CEDAR BALL. I AM BACK AGAIN. I'M NOT GONNA GO AWAY. I'M STILL REQUESTING TO BE DNX FROM THE CITY. Y'ALL. THE GOVERNMENT CODE STATES THAT YOU HAD TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO PROVIDE US SERVICES. IT'S BEEN SEVEN. I'VE GOTTEN NO SERVICES. I DON'T EVEN HAVE TRASH PICKUP, SO I AM NOT SURE WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE, BUT Y'ALL ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING. IT'S COSTING ME FIVE TIMES MORE, PAYING MY CITY TAXES AS IT DID FOR THE EXACT SAME SERVICES AS IT DID WITH HARRIS COUNTY. SO I'M REQUESTING TO BE DAX AND I AM NOT GOING AWAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MS. MIX. UH, LOOKS LIKE WE ALSO HAVE, UM, GARY, UH, VANDER BE, UM, AND LOOKS LIKE MR. ISAAC AND KATHY HAS, UH, YIELDED THEIR, UH, ONE MINUTE EACH. SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. IT'S GARY VANDER BEEK 44 0 3 CROSBY, CEDAR BAY LANE IN BAYTOWN. UM, I'M REQUESTING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH Y'ALL. I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE HASHED OVER A LOT OF THE ISSUES AND A LOT OF IT WAS MADE PUBLIC AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE, UM, THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THAT IN AN EQUITABLE MANNER WITHOUT ESCALATING IT TO A POINT WHERE THE WHOLE CITY'S INVOLVED IN OUR PERSONAL PROBLEMS, THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IT IN PRIVATE WITH Y'ALL SO THAT WE COULD RESOLVE IT ONCE AND FOR ALL. UM, I FEEL LIKE THAT, UH, A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WRONGED IN THIS TOO, AND I MEAN, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, I'M NOT GONNA REHASH THAT, BUT I, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD GET A BIG COALITION TOGETHER AND, AND STORM THE CITY, AND I THINK Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO HELP US IN A WAY. BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO RESOLVE IT BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M MOUNT GUNNED IN A, IN A SENSE, BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE THE LEGAL, UH, AID. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, AS OF NOW. AND IT'S LIKE, BUT LIKE MS. MIX SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY, RIGHT? IS RIGHT. AND, UH, I FEEL LIKE OUR TAXES WENT OUT THE ROOF AND WE GET WAY LESS THAN WE HAD BEFORE. AND THAT REALLY GETS ME MAD. I MEAN, I LOOKED AT MY TAX BILL TODAY THAT I GOT FROM HARRIS COUNTY . YOU DON'T [00:05:01] EVEN WANT TO SEE IT. I MEAN, I'M A MILLIONAIRE. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M A MILLIONAIRE ON PAPER, BUT I DON'T THINK I COULD SELL IT FOR THAT. SO IT'S GOT TO THE POINT OF ABSURDITY AND IT'S LIKE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LIVE, WE'RE TRYING TO RETIRE. I'M 65 YEARS OLD AND I, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST, THANK YOU. THANKS SIR. ONE MINUTE. UH, ONE MINUTE. YEAH, I'M, I JUST DON'T WANT TO KEEP HARPING. IT'S JUST, I THINK WE NEED A MEETING. I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS IN, IN A LOGICAL WAY. AND THEN IF I DISAGREE, I'LL HAVE TO SEE IF I COULD GET SOMEBODY TO HELP ME WITH THIS, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE. THANK YOU. SO IF I MAY, I, I KNOW I CAN'T RESPOND TO THE CITIZEN, BUT WHAT I CAN DO, I, I THINK IT IS FAIR, UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE TO, TO MEET WITH A CITIZEN, RIGHT? AND SO I, I BELIEVE YOU REPRESENT AT LEAST THE INDIVIDUALS THAT BEEN, A MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE BEEN COMING TO SPEAK. SO I, I WOULD ASK MYSELF, COUNCILMAN FRANCO AND STAFF THE NEEDED STAFF, UH, CITY MANAGER OF COURSE, TO MEET WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WITH, WITH YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. AND, AND THEN WE CAN AT LEAST GO AND TRY AND I KNOW YOU MAY REPRESENT SOME TOO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO THE MOST WE CAN HAVE IS THREE. I KNOW YOU WANNA MEET WITH ALL OF US, BUT THE MOST WE CAN ONLY HAVE IS THREE TO MEET WITH ANY INDIVIDUAL ON, ON AN ISSUE. SO I WOULD ASK FOR, FOR, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, POWELL TO ALSO JOIN AND AT LEAST GO AND WE CAN ANSWER AS MUCH AS WE CAN LEGALLY ANSWER YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH IN FAIRNESS. BUT YOU DO DESERVE, UH, ALTHOUGH YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU RECEIVED NOTHING FROM THE CITY, BUT YOU DO, AT LEAST I WOULD SAY YOU DESERVE TO GO AND, AND, UH, COME AND MEET, UH, HERE WITH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. I APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, MAYOR, SIR, POINT OF CLARITY, UH, MR. VANDERBEEK ONLY, OR MR. NICKS AS WELL, OR I WOULD SAY FOR THEM TWO AT LEAST, THEY HAVE, UH, AS YOU SAY, THEY'VE STUCK TO THEIR, IN A SENSE, STUCK TO THEIR GUNS. UH, YES. SO MS. N AND, AND YOURSELF, IF WE CAN AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT LIMITED. 'CAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GO AND HAVE A CONVERSATION. UH, BUT AT LEAST THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS, SO THANK MR. PONDER AND MR. PONDER. THE THREE OF US HAVE BEEN REALLY ADAMANT ON I'M FINE WITH THAT. I'VE, I'VE KNOWN MR. POND. I REPRESENTED HIM IN DISTRICT THREE. I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE 12 VOICES, THEN WE HAVE IT, IT BECOMES VERY LOUD. AND SO I'M SORRY, BUT NO, NO PROBLEM. BUT I'M, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S VERY FAIR. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, THOSE ARE ALL CITIZEN COMMENTS THAT SIGNED [2. MINUTES] UP. MOVE ON TO OUR APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FOR THE, UH, MARCH 28TH. UH, MEETING WAS OUR WORK SESSION. UH, SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM TWO, A MOVE TO APPROVE MINUTES SECOND, MOTION SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? AND IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM TWO A IS READ, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. ITEM CARRIES. [a. Conduct a first public hearing regarding the Strategic Partnership Agreement with Harris County MUD No. 555.] WE MOVE TO, UH, THREE A'S TO CONDUCT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY MUD. UH, I'M NOT SURE IF THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO, IF YOU WANNA PREFACE THESE THREE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, SIR, FOR US. IF NOT, I'LL GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYTHING FOR YOU TO, TO SAY PRIOR TO THIS? I, I CAN JUST READ THIS AND THEN YOU CAN SAY IF YOU LIKE, BUT PRETTY MUCH ALL THREE WE CAN DO THAT. MR. MAYOR. SO I'LL SAY THE PUBLIC, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. EVERYONE DESIRED TO, TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARINGS SHOULD IT EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING. EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS HER, UH, NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD, UH, 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 COUNCIL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT 'EM TO ME. SO OUR FIRST ITEM, UH, AGAIN, IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY MUD NUMBER 5, 5 5. IT IS NOW SIX FORTY SIX AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL NOW ASK, UM, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. SO, MR. MAYOR, COUNSEL, UH, IN 2021, THIS COUNSEL PASS, ORDINANCE NUMBER 14 652. THAT ORDINANCE, UH, AUTHORIZED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH A COMPANY CALLED FOUR STAR GROUP, INCORPORATED, UH, UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, MUD 5, 5 5 WAS TO ENTER INTO A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND TO DO SO NO LATER THAN JUNE 30TH, 2022. UM, THEY DID NOT MEET THAT DEADLINE, BUT HAVE SINCE REQUESTED THAT, UH, THEY BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER INTO THAT STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. NOW, THE, UH, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED AND THAT STAFF HAS REVIEWED, UH, IS IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. UH, REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGED [00:10:01] IS A, UM, UH, RECITAL IN THE AGREEMENT THAT ADDRESSES THE FAILURE OF THE MUD AND THE CITY TO ENTER INTO THAT, UH, SPA BY 2022. OKAY. UH, DO I HAVE ANYBODY WHO WAS SIGNED UP ON THE, ON EITHER ITEMS THREE A, B, OR C? YES. ALRIGHT, SO THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK AND I'LL CLOSE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE SUB STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY MUD NUMBER 5 5 5. [b. Conduct a second public hearing regarding the Strategic Partnership Agreement with Harris County MUD No. 555.] UM, LOOKS LIKE WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND IT WILL BE, UH, THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER THAT I JUST DISCUSSED. SO, AND I'LL CALL THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 48. AND AGAIN, YOU HEARD THE SUMMARY FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. THERE HAS BEEN NO ONE THAT HAS SIGNED TO SPEAK. SO I'LL NOW CLOSE THIS SUBJECT, THIS SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS, WITH HARRIS COUNTY MUD NUMBER 5 5 5. [c. Consider an ordinance approving a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Harris County MUD No. 555.] WE MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE CS CENTER ORDINANCE APPROVING AS A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY MUD NUMBER 5 5 5, UH, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE SUMMARIZE THE ORDINANCE THAT WE COULD CONSIDER HERE? YES. THE ORDINANCE, UH, AUTHORIZES THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH, UH, MUD 5 5 5. IT PROVIDES FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICES AND PAYMENTS. UH, IT PROVIDES A LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION WITH A POSSIBILITY OF FULL EX ANNEXATION LATER ON. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER TYPES OF SPAS THIS, UH, COUNSEL HAS AUTHORIZED IN THE PAST. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AND I, I'M ASSUMING, UM, MR. MR. SENIOR MANAGERS THERE ANY STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, THIS OR ANY STAFF, UM, ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS? NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, MAYOR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL ON ITEM UH, THREE C? I HAVE A QUESTION, SIR. SIR, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS LOCATED. I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE PACKET MAP. I DON'T SEE A MAP OF ANY KIND. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? UH, WE DO FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY? I'M THE ATTORNEY FOR 5 55. UM, YEAH, IT'S AT, IT'S AT, UM, YES, MA'AM. COME WITH THIS, THIS ONE, UH, MICROPHONE, IF YOU DON'T MIND HAVE OBJECTION. I'M THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MUD. UM, IT'S AT, UM, MAINE, NORTH MAINE IN 1492. YES, I REMEMBER. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF? IT'S MIRACLE MEADOWS. OKAY. FOUR STAR'S, THE DEVELOPER. AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE ON AN ITEM. WAS THERE ANY COMMENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE REGARDING THIS? ON WHY WE SHOULD EITHER APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE? I I OR, OR DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN? MAYBE LIKE SUPPOSED BE COMPLETED IN 22 AND WE'RE IN 24, SO YEAH, IT'S JUST, UM, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME DEVELOPMENT GOING, COVID AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATIONS GOT PUT ON THE BACK BURNER. IT'S BACK ON THE FRONT AND WE'RE READY TO, UM, THE, UM, A DISTRICT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, THE CITY ENGINEERS AND GETTING ALL THE PLANS APPROVED. SO THAT'S ALL GOING. AND SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE AGREEMENTS UP TO DATE ON THIS SIDE OF IT. AND HOW MANY HOMES WERE Y'ALL LOOKING TO BUILD? DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA ON THAT? I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I LOOK TO THE . I REMEMBER WHEN THIS ITEM CAME BECAUSE Y'ALL FRONT, UH, 1492? YEAH, CORRECT. OKAY. I MEAN THAT IS, I THINK THAT'S THE EXTENT OF OUR ETJ AS OF RIGHT NOW MM-HMM . IN FACT, IF ANYTHING'S BUILT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 1492, THAT'S CROSS BISD AND THAT'S HOW FAR NORTH THIS WOULD GO. UM, SO YES SIR. YES. AND COUNSEL DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE LEGAL STAFF, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, PWE HAS LOOKED AT IT, UM, AND IT DID GO TO HIS ADMINISTRATION AS WELL. OKAY. ALRIGHT, MA'AM, ANY QUESTIONS I GUESS FOR THE ATTORNEY THAT REPRESENTS THIS PARTICULAR MUD? NOPE, THERE HAVE NOT, NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY. I'LL GENERAL STATEMENT, I MEAN, I'VE, EXCUSE ME, BEEN A, I MEAN, I'VE SAID IN THE PAST I'VE BEEN OPPOSED TO, TO MUDS AND I DON'T KNOW. AND, UM, IF THIS WAS BACK IN 21, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE, OUR CITY LIMITS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN. UM, THERE'S I THINK ANOTHER MUD IN BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND CITY LIMITS AND I THINK THAT LEFT SOME, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CALLED 'EM STRIPS OF. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF, IF I, I WE DON'T HAVE, I MEAN WE COULD REVISIT THIS AND SEE IF A MUD IS STILL BEST. I THINK IF I RECALL WHAT WAS, AND THIS IS GOING BACK WELL THREE YEARS NOW IN THIS MEETING, I THINK WHAT WAS PRESENTED, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE THE ATTORNEY OR NOT, BUT BASICALLY I THINK IT'S NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. CORRECT. BUT IT IS PTJ TJ, SO IT STILL COMES FORTH. IF WE WERE TO NOT APPROVE IT, IT WILL STILL GO FORTH WITHOUT ANY OF THE COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, REGULATIONS, OR ANYTHING WE PUT ON THEM. SO IT'S GONNA HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF OUR ACTION. SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY OPINION, [00:15:01] ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE OPINIONS ON MUDS. I UNDERSTAND THAT WOULD BE IF YOU'RE, IF SOMETHING'S GONNA DEVELOP IN A SENSE NEAR YOUR, YOUR CITY, UH, THE MORE YOU CAN HAVE THAT AS AN ELEVATED PRODUCT, THE MORE YOU CAN HAVE FOR IT IS MORE COMPLIMENTARY TO YOUR HOUSING STOCK, THE BETTER. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY IT WAS APPROVED BACK THEN. AND, BUT I THINK YOU, YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO STAY IN YOUR A TJ WORK WITH THE CITY RIGHT. PARTNER WITH YOU ON THE, I THINK, I'M NOT SURE IT WAS YOU, BUT YOU KNOW, THE ATTORNEY AT THE TIME, IF IT WAS YOU, WAS IT WASN'T SO BASICALLY BASICALLY, I THINK IT WAS, THAT WAS, IT WAS ANOTHER, ANOTHER, UM, ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE AND IT WAS JUST LIKE WEIRD, NO, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS EITHER WAY. THEY JUST HAVE TO GO TO, UH, THE STATE I AGENCY IF WE WANTED TO PROCEED WITHOUT, RIGHT. IF WE, IF WE DECLINED THIS, IT WOULD GO TO, THERE'S, YOU SUBMIT A PETITION FOR RELEASE FROM THE ETJ, YOU'D GET OUT OF THE ETJ AND THEN YOU, RIGHT? I MEAN, SO TJ SO AGAIN, IT WOULD SO HAPPENED THE STATE COULD PROVIDE IT MUD NO DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN OR COUNTY. SO WE ARE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO WHERE'S THE MUDS? THEY ARE, UH, CREATED BY ACTIONS IN, IN, IN, UH, IN AUSTIN. AND THAT, THAT, THAT IS WHAT PROVIDES THEIR CREATION. AND SO, UM, WE CAN DISAPPROVE IT OR WE CAN APPROVE IT, BUT BY APPROVING IT, THEN THEY ARE ACCEPTING THE, UM, THE CONDITIONS I GUESS OF COUNSEL THAT SHOULD OBVIOUSLY REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WAS EXPRESSED. IN FACT, I THINK THAT WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT CORRECT CARPORTS RIGHT. TO BE PART OF THE LPA AS WELL. YEP. SO YES SIR. AND, UH, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, MR. MAYOR, BUT, UH, THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT DOES ADDRESS, UH, SPECIFIC ORDINANCES THAT WOULD APPLY TO THIS DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S DIFFERENT STUFF, RIGHT? GUESS YOU SAY RIGHTS, RIGHTS AWAY WITH THE STREETS. UH, I THINK AT THE TIME THERE WAS A LOT ABOUT PARKING, LIKE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING AVAILABLE FOR EACH HOME SO THAT THERE'S LESS STREET PARKING. YEAH. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE ALL IN PLAY. 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, SO IT WOULD BE BASICALLY NO DIFFERENT IF WE HAD A DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY, UH, TRYING TO GO AND, AND ELEVATE THROUGH REGULATORY, I GUESS, UM, ITEMS FOR A, A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE DEVELOPED. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. OKAY. SO AT THAT, I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'LL, I'LL ENTERTAIN MORE COMMENTS, BUT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, BASED OFF OUR ACTION, UH, THE, THE CHOICE IS PRETTY CLEAR. WE CAN, WE CAN DISAPPROVE AND THEY WILL STILL DO AT THAT POINT, IT WILL TAKE ANY OF THOSE CONDITIONS OFF THE TABLE, BUT IF WE DO APPROVE IT WILL, IT WILL KEEP THOSE INTACT. YES, SIR. NO, I WOULD JUST SAY, UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A ROUTE, I MEAN, IF WE DISAPPROVE, THERE'S A ROUTE FOR THEM TO STILL PROCEED WITH THE MUD, BUT I THINK SINCE 2021 WE HAVE HAD MORE, UM, EXPERIENCE WITH PS AND OTHER FINANCING MECHANISMS AND UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REVISIT THIS AND SEE IF ANY OF THOSE ARE POSSIBILITIES. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, UM, A REASON THIS MUST BE DONE TONIGHT THAT WE'RE DOING BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS AND APPROVING ALL TONIGHT. UM, IF YOU HAVE A TIMETABLE THAT, I MEAN IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T NEED IT BY JUNE 30TH, 2022. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED ALL THREE OF THESE YEAH. ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT THAT, UM, WELL, THAT WE WORKED WITH YOUR CITY ATTORNEY ON, ON SCHEDULING AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, CHOICE OF THE, THAT WAS SCHEDULED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO I THINK FOR EFFICIENCY JUST TO, UM, GET THAT, WE DO HAVE, UM, THE PLANS READY FOR APPROVAL, READY TO GO. THEY'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND FOR PROBABLY THE LAST YEAR, I THINK, ON ALL OF THAT. SO THAT'S WAITING ON US TO SAY, OKAY, WE'VE GOT OUR AGREEMENTS IN PLACE, WE CAN GO AHEAD, START BREAKING GROUND AND GET READY ON THE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I THINK WE'RE, AND WE, WE APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE EFFICIENCY. AND ALSO THEN I ONLY COME TO ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS, ALTHOUGH I'M HAPPY TO COME TO AS MANY AS YOU'D LIKE ME TO, BUT, UM, SO JUST FOR EFFICIENCY, OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION, COMMENTS? NO. YES SIR. I AGREE SOMEWHAT. MY COLLEAGUE, I'M NOT, I'M NOT A REAL FAN OF MUD DISTRICTS IN GENERAL. UM, THIS, THIS THOUGH, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD ON THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. SO WE DID ADD SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH THE PS AND STUFF. SO WE DID ADD SOME SPECIFICATIONS THAT, THAT WE WANTED TO BE ADHERED TO. THEY AGREED TO THAT. SO IT'S, IT'S A MUD, BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN JUST THE, SOME OF THE MUDS WE'VE DEALT WITH IN THE PAST. UM, SO I I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT IT TAKING SO LONG, BUT I UNDERSTAND DELAYS THAT HAPPENED WITH THAT. SO, BUT I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE. IT'S KINDA LIKE, IT SEEMED A LITTLE RUSHED, BUT THEY, IT, IT'S ALL HERE. SO I, I GUESS I'M OKAY WITH IT. SO. ALRIGHT, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? SO NOT THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM THREE C. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM THREE C. [00:20:01] MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM THREE C. HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. MOTION IS SECOND. ALRIGHT, SO, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM THREE C UNLESS THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ITEM THREE C IS PRESENTED. UH, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY. I A NAY. SO WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, THAT'S FOUR TO TWO. UM, SO ITEM DOES CARRY AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND THANK YOU. I MEAN, UH, I'LL MAKE THIS COMMENT. UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY MUD'S HISTORICALLY, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE A LEGACY BLACK CLOUT, RIGHT? BUT THEY ARE CREATIONS OF THE STATE. I THINK FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, MUDS ARE GONNA BE THE WAY OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS THAT DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF MUDS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS ACROSS THE STATE. BUT ANYWAY, UM, IN CITY MUDS ARE A DIFFERENT STORY. I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE A HARD NO FOR MANY, MANY OF US, UH, MOVING FORWARD. ALRIGHT, [a. Consider an ordinance transferring unencumbered appropriations in the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Adopted Budget to cover budget overruns in the General Fund, Capital Project Funds, and Special Revenue Funds. Furthermore, the resolution considers transferring unencumbered appropriations from the General Fund to the Aquatics Fund, Sanitation Fund, Internal Service Fund, and Medical Benefits Fund Budgets to cover their respective overruns.] WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, A CETERA. ORDINANCE TRANSFERRING, EXCUSE ME, UNENCUMBERED APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2223. ADOPTED BUDGET TO COVER BUDGET OVERRUNS IN THE GENERAL FUND CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. FURTHERMORE, THE RESOLUTION CONSIDERS TRANSFERRING UNENCUMBERED APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE AQUATICS FUND, SANITATION FUND, INTERNAL SERVICE FUND AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FUND BUDGETS TO COVER THEIR RESPECTIVE OVERRUNS. MS. MCKENZIE, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL, IF YOU RECALL LAST YEAR WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE FINAL FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUDIT. AND SO I'M HEARING THIS EVENING TO PRESENT, UM, THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FY 23. UM, AND IT'S TO TRANSFER, AS IT SAID, THE UNENCUMBERED APPROPRIATIONS TO COVER BUDGET OVERRUNS, WHICH ARE MAINLY RELATED TO AMENDMENTS IN THE CONTRACTS AND FY 23 OR WHAT YOU WOULD CALL, UM, CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS. AND SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MCKENZIE? OKAY, SO IN ITEM RECEIVE CITY, UH, EXCUSE ME, UH, ITEM FOUR FOUR A, ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I RETAIN A MOTION FOR FOUR A AS PRESENTED. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR, A SECOND, MOTION SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FOUR A AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ITEM CARRIES. THANK YOU MS. MCKENZIE. UM, [a. Receive the City of Baytown's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and Single Audit for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.] WE WILL NEXT RECEIVE A REPORT OF CITY BAY TOWN'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND SINGLE AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 20, UH, 2023. MS. MCKENZIE. SO MAYOR COUNCIL, IT FEELS LIKE WE WERE JUST HERE PRESENTING THE FY 22 AUDIT. YES. UM, BUT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE FY 23, UH, AUDIT. AND ROBERT BELT IS HERE TO PRESENT AND STEPHANIE HARRIS FROM BELT HARRIS, UM, TO PRESENT THE AUDIT FOR THE YEAR. YES, WE'RE ALL CAUGHT UP NOW. YES. OR ALMOST GOOD EVENING. I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO STEPHANIE HARRIS IN JUST A MOMENT. I JUST WANNA MAKE A FEW QUICK REMARKS. UH, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF AUDITING ABOUT 150 GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES PER YEAR. ALSO SERVE ON THE TEXAS STATE SECURITIES BOARD ON THEIR AUDIT COMMITTEE. SO IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS, I GET TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF AUDITS AND SO IT BECOMES KIND OF FAIRLY ROUTINE FOR, FOR ME TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, I LIKE TO STOP THE PROCESS AND RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES, PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE'S EXTRAORDINARY THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED. YOU DON'T OFTEN THINK ABOUT A CITY GOVERNMENT AND A SPORTS TEAM HAVING A LOT OF CORRELATIONS, BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE GOOD YEARS OR WINNING YEARS AND THEN THERE ARE REBUILDING YEARS AND THE CITY HAD A COUPLE OF REBUILDING YEARS WITHIN ITS FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS AND IT IS A VERY UNFORTUNATE TIME. IF YOU'RE THE COACH THAT COMES IN DURING ONE OF THOSE REBUILDING YEARS, THAT CAN BE A VERY CHALLENGING, UH, PROCESS TO GET THROUGH. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE WORK, HARD WORK OF RESA MCKENZIE AND PERSEVERING THROUGH SOME VERY DIFFICULT CHALLENGING TIMES WHEN MANY PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE JUST WENT ON TO SOMEPLACE ELSE TO, TO FIND AN EASIER PATH. BUT SHE STUCK WITH IT AND REALLY PUSHED EVERYONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, HELPED BUILD UP HER TEAM. AND SO AGAIN, I WOULD JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE HER AND THE REST OF THE ACCOUNTING TEAM FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK BEHIND THE CITY THIS YEAR. I DO APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. STEPHANIE, THANK YOU AGAIN THIS YEAR. WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE ARE ISSUING A CLEAN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. AGAIN, UNMODIFIED BEING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE WE CAN PROVIDE AS YOUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MATERIALLY CORRECT AND THAT ALL DISCLOSURES WERE INCLUDED. UH, I WILL BE VERY BRIEF WITH MY REMARKS IF YOU WERE TO REVIEW THE CITY'S FULL ACCRUAL STATEMENTS. THOSE [00:25:01] ARE THE FIRST TWO WITHIN THE AUDIT REPORT. AGAIN, THESE ARE PRESENTED FULL ACCRUAL, MEANING THAT, UH, ALL OF THE CITY'S LONG-TERM ASSETS AS WELL AS LONG-TERM LIABILITIES WERE INCLUDED. AGAIN, THE IDEA WITH THESE FIRST TWO PRESENTATIONS IS TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THE CITY'S OPERATIONS IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THOSE WHO WOULD BE OPERATING FOR A PROFIT. SO YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE, AGAIN, A POSITIVE INCREASE OVERALL IN YOUR NET POSITION. UH, FOR THE 2023 YEAR. BOTH GOVERNMENTAL AND BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES EACH SAW A POSITIVE INCREASE. OVERALL, THE CITY SAW AN INCREASE OF JUST OVER 60 MILLION IN ITS ENDING NET POSITION FOR 2023. UH, ADDITIONALLY AT THE FUND LEVEL, THE GENERAL FUND ENDED THE YEAR WITH, UH, AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF JUST UNDER 26 MILLION. ADDITIONALLY, WE DID CONDUCT A SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. THIS IS REQUIRED WHEN THE CITY EXPENDS MORE THAN 750,000. THE CITY FOR 2023 HAD APPROXIMATELY 5.3 MILLION IN TOTAL FEDERAL GRANT EXPENDITURES BASED ON OUR TESTING OF CDBG AND THE CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY FUNDS. AGAIN, VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE ARE ISSUING A CLEAN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH ITS FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. HARRIS? OKAY, NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TOO. SO IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? AND NOW WE'RE CAUGHT UP ON OUR AUDITS. THAT'S GOOD. THAT IS GOOD. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ROBERT AND STEPHANIE. I APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENTS. THANK YOU THERESA, AND YOUR TEAM AS WELL. IT'S BEEN ADVENTURE AND UH, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR ASSISTING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL. AND GLAD WE'RE CAUGHT UP THERE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE WILL CONSIDER ITEM FIVE A IS [6. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.] RECEIVED. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT, WHICH IS ITEMS A THROUGH K. AND DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL SEPARATELY? UM, I BELIEVE, IF I'M MISTAKEN, WAS THERE, THERE WAS ONE ITEM THAT WAS PULLED LAST MEETING. I THINK WE DID DO LIKE A 30 DAY TABLE. IT WAS THE, THE CONCRETE PAD, BUT FOR THE CONCRETE PAD, YES. UM, I, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WAS, UH, THERE WAS A SAVINGS OF APPROXIMATELY $26,000. UH, WE DID GO WITH TEAMWORK, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE GOING WITH TEAMWORK, WE DID NOT HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL. OKAY, SO THAT IS NOT BACK ON HERE. ALRIGHT, AT THIS POINT I DO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ON HERE. I BRING IT UP. ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED, THEN IF NOT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH K MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS, UH, SIX A THROUGH K, SECOND MOTION, SECOND. ANY WITH THAT? UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS A THROUGH K AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED CONSENT [a. Consider a resolution authorizing four (4) appointments to the Library Board.] IS APPROVED. WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPOINTMENTS. UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. UM, AND SO, UH, I WILL READ THIS JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION. SO THE LIBRARY BOARD WORKS WITH LIBRARY STAFF TO CRAFT GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS COVERING THE POLICIES AND OPERATIONS OF THE LIBRARY, LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. THE LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE LIBRARY'S REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION PROCEDURE. SO, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE, UM, THERE IS FOUR APPOINTMENTS. UH, TWO ARE REAPPOINTMENTS AND THEN THERE'S TWO VACANCIES. UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT DID, UM, APPLY FOR APPOINTMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? MS. CITY CLERK? UH, THAT'S JESS KOTTER AND BRENDA RUMBAR. I'M SAYING IT AS THE BEST AS I CAN. SO, UM, I GUESS I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR REAPPOINTMENTS OF MS. TAMARI, RY AND MS. JUDY GERALDS AND TO FILL THE VACANCIES TO APPLICATIONS OF JESS CAUTER AND BRENDA RE BAREN. DO YOU HAVE THESE AT Y'ALL PLACE? I'M NOT SURE. YEAH. OKAY. YOU DON'T, THOSE ARE THE TWO. UH, ANYWAY, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? THERE'S A ALSO, THERE'S LIKE, THERE'S ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS. IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT NEEDS TO BE, WELL TWO OF 'EM ARE FROM THAT LIST, BUT, UH, YOU TELL ME IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY OTHER APPOINTMENTS. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WITH THAT, UM, THAT'S WHAT THE LITTLE KIND OF ASHER IS PROBABLY FOR. SO AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE. AND SO AT THAT POINT THERE'S, THERE'S TWO INDIVIDUALS TO CONSIDER IN THE VACANCIES. SO I'D ENTERTAIN A, AGAIN, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE TWO REAPPOINTMENTS. UH, AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE JUST ONE MOTION FOR TWO REAPPOINTMENTS AND TWO VACANCIES. ONE OF US HAS TO COME, IT HAS TO COME FROM US, IS WHAT HE IS NOT DOING THIS. REMEMBER WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION LAST MEETING, SO, SO HE IS NOT MAKING THESE APPOINTMENTS, RIGHT? JUST WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO HERE YOU GO. I'M SORRY. YEAH. [00:30:01] SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE, AS WE PASS THIS AROUND, THESE NAMES THAT ARE DOWN HERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT PUT IN APPLICATIONS? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. AND, AND THERE'S, THERE'S FIVE, THERE'S FIVE CITIZENS. WE WOULD, I WOULD SAY WE'D WOULD SUGGEST WE PICK TWO. SO AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE CITY MANAGER AND OR AND SELECT. OKAY. UM, WHO THEY WOULD LIKE ON THIS BOARD, YOU JUST CONFIRM AT THIS POINT. RIGHT. SO HE HAS SELECTED CHOOSE THOSE FOUR. OKAY. OKAY. SO, SO WITH THAT, GO OVER THE LIST OF THE ONES HE SELECTED. UH, YES. SO THE TWO, THE TWO, SO THE TWO REAPP APPOINTMENTS. SO JUST SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE IS TAMMY GUIDRY AND JUDY GERALDS AND TWO VACANCIES AND WITH TWO NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE VACANCIES IS JESS TER AND BRENDA REBARN. I MOVE . WE HAVE A MOTION. THAT'S ALL FOUR. THAT'S ALL FOUR. YES. I'LL MOVE TO PROVE THOSE TWO NAMES. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OH, EXCUSE ME. OH, THERE'S, WELL, YES, THE TWO REAPPOINTMENTS AND THE TWO VACANCY APPOINTMENTS, RIGHT? OH, SO YES. SO, UM, MOTION APPROVE THE FOUR NAMES AS PRESENTED. OKAY. AS PRESENTED. ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, LOOKS LIKE MS. GUIDRY, MS. GERALDS, UH, JESS TER AND BRENDA REBARN. ALL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THOSE FOUR PEOPLE ARE APPOINTED TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. WE DO PLEASE CERTAINLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THAT BOARD. WE [8. MANAGER'S REPORT Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 551.0415 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council of the City of Baytown may receive a report about items of community interest from City staff and/or a member of the City Council, but no action or possible action shall be taken or discussed concerning the subject of such report, except as provided by Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code.] WILL NOW MOVE ON TO MANAGER'S REPORT. YES, MAYOR. COUNSEL, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A STAFF MEMBER. AND I WILL START OFF WITH, UH, RECOGNIZING, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, AN APRIL 4TH. THE, UH, ANNOUNCED THE ARREST IN TWO MURDER RELATED, UH, TWO MURDER CASES. UH, IN AN ENDING, AN INVESTIGATION THAT SPANNED OVER 15 MONTHS. UH, THIS, UH, INVOLVED THE USE OF INVESTIGATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, UH, AND OVER 30 OF OUR SWORN PERSONNEL, UH, BRINGING THE MURDER SUSPECTS OF A 16-YEAR-OLD SHANE HAMILTON TO JUSTICE, AS WELL AS THE SUSPECTS IN THE MURDER OF A 55-YEAR-OLD STEVEN JACKSON. UH, THERE ARE TOO MANY EMPLOYEES TO MENTIONED HERE, BUT THEY EXEMPLIFY OUR VALUES OF HONOR, INTEGRITY, AND PROFESSIONALISM. ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT A CITIZEN RECOGNIZED OFFICER CLINT HOLDEN, FOR COMING TO THE RESCUE OF, OR COMING TO THE RESCUE OF A CITIZEN, CITIZEN, 7-YEAR-OLD FATHER WHO HAD A FLAT TIRE ON A BUSY ROADWAY. OFFICER HOLDEN RESPONDED USING HIS OWN JACK AND CHANGED THE TIRE. UH, AND THEN FINALLY WITH THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, TWO OF OUR LIEUTENANTS HAVE BEEN ENGAGING IN PROBLEM SOLVING SERVICES. LIEUTENANT DORIS AND LIEUTENANT MARTINEZ HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ADDRESS COMPLAINTS INVOLVING A LOCAL, LOCAL BUSINESS, PARKING VEHICLES AND UNAPPROVED AREAS. BOTH LIEUTENANTS HAVE WORKED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR A SOLUTION THAT WILL BENEFIT COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE BUSINESS. SO A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PD AND THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO. THANK YOU, JOHN. AND THEN I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, PHILIP DAVIS, HE IS ONE OF OUR RISK AND SAFETY CO. OR HE IS OUR RISK AND SAFETY COORDINATOR. UH, UH, BIG SHOUT OUT TO HIM. HE PASSED AND EARN HIS CERTIFIED SAFETY PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION, UH, WHICH IS A CREDENTIAL THROUGH THE BOARD OF CERTIFIED SAFETY PROFESSIONALS. UM, HE IS TAKING THESE CONCEPT CONCEPTS THAT HE'S LEARNING AND IS HELPING THE CITY AND, UH, REALLY FOCUSING ON REDUCING OUR RISK AND FINDING WAYS THAT, UH, ARE, ARE ASSISTING THE CITY. NOT ONLY LOOK OUT FOR PROBLEMS THAT COULD OCCUR, BUT ALSO SAVING MONEY. HE IS INSTRUMENTAL IN ACTUALLY REDUCING THE COST OF THE, UM, INSURANCE BILL THAT WAS DECREASED FROM 1.8 MILLION TO 1.3 MILLION. SO HE HAS BEEN A, UH, HE HAS DONE A, UM, A, A DANG GOOD JOB REALLY LOOKING OUT FOR THE CITY AND, AND MITIGATING OUR RISK. AND, UH, CONGRATS ON THIS, UH, CERTIFICATION AS WELL. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR COUNSEL. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. YES, AND THANK YOU, UH, THE, THE LISTENING TOUR ON THE 17TH, UH, WITH, UH, MR. UH, JOHN STRINGER, POLICE CHIEF OVER THERE. SO EVERYBODY COME AND, UH, I THINK HE'S PASSING OUT DONUTS AND YOU NO, BUT, UH, NO, THE, THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, UH, HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC WITH THE LISTENING TOUR AND UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THE NEXT SIX MONTHS HAVE. AND, UH, CHIEF, I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THE CITIZENS. UH, ALWAYS A GREAT WELCOME OUT THERE. 17TH AND DISTRICT SIX. DISTRICT SIX AT THE ROSELAND PAVILION. AT THE ROSELAND PAVILION. WHAT DATE AGAIN? THE 17TH. 17TH WHAT TIME? YES SIR. SIX 30. SIX 30 WEDNESDAY. YEP, NEXT WEDNESDAY AT ROSEN BAY AND SIX 30 BE THERE. OKAY. ALRIGHT, AND, UH, SINCE MS. ALVARADO'S IS NOT HERE, UH, SO THERE WILL BE ANY KIND OF DISTRICT REPORT. [9. EXECUTIVE SESSION] SO WE WILL NOW RECESS AND, AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSU TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1, UH, UM, 5 0 1 0 7 1 AND OH EIGHT SEVEN [00:35:01] OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO SEEK THE ADVISOR, CITY ATTORNEY AND OR TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. AND IT'S FIVE 30 JUST FYI? YES. FIVE 30 FOR THE LISTENING. FIVE 30. FIVE 30 THE 17TH AT ROSELAND PAVILION. OKAY, I, AND I'LL RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING IN THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1, DO 1 0 2 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, WE DO [a. Consider an ordinance authorizing the Third Amendment to the Development Agreement with Friendswood Development Company.] HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM, UH, TO, UM, ADDRESS, UH, BASED OFF EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH IS ITEM 10 A, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH FRIENDSWOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. UM, UH, WITH THIS I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 10, A MOVE TO APPROVE 10 A WITH, WITH A COMMENT THAT THE APPROVAL OF THIS, UH, PUTS US IN A LITTLE BIT OF A CONFLICT WITH AN EXISTING CODE AND STAFF HAS INDICATED THEY WILL BRING THAT BACK AND ALLOW US TO MODIFY THE CODE THAT WOULD PUT US IN, IN LINE WITH THIS AGREEMENT, BUT MOVE TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT, SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM 10 A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ITEM CARRIES. AND ITEM 10 B, THERE IS NO ACTION NEEDED FOR ITEM 10 B. SO WITH THAT, BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS, SO THIS MEDIA IS NOW ADJOURNED. THANK Y'ALL GENTLEMEN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.