* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] SO WHEN I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER, IT IS 6 34. UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM HERE IN BAYTOWN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UH, WE'LL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB POLL OF DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NOW, A TEXAS FLAG, HONOR UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. DEAR GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO GATHER HERE, GOD, AND JUST, UM, DISCUSS HOW WE CAN BETTER BAYTOWN LORD. UM, I PRAY THAT YOU GIVE US, UH, JUST WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AS WE DISCUSS EACH OF THE ITEMS, UH, ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. GOD AND, UH, LORD, WE JUST PRAY FOR, UM, ALL OF OUR, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES, UM, THOSE THAT ARE OUT WORKING RIGHT NOW, UM, JUST TO KEEP US SAFE AND TO KEEP THE CITY, UM, OPERATING. GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND THE WORK THEY PUT IN EACH AND EVERY DAY, UM, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CITIZENS, GOD. AND, UH, MOST OF ALL, LORD, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST, WHO YOU SENT, UM, TO DIE ON THE CROSS FOR US SO THAT WE COULD, UM, HAVE A WAY TO SPEND ETERNITY WITH YOU. GOD, AND WE PRAY ALL THIS IN HIS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. SO, FIRST WE HAVE OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS. UM, I'M NOT SURE, BABE, NO ONE SIGNED UP. I'M GONNA MISS YOU, UH, MR. MRS. UH, VANDERBEEK. I, BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE STILL, SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU. ALRIGHT. WE WILL MOVE [a. Present a proclamation designating June 21, 2024 as International Day of Yoga.] ON TO RECOGNITIONS AND CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. UH, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S DOWN THERE. OKAY. UH, I'M GONNA READ THE PROCLAMATION COUNSEL, AND THEN IF Y'ALL CAN JOIN ME, I'M ASSUMING FOR A PICTURE HERE IN A SEC. OKAY. SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WAS APPROACHED, UM, THERE'S MANY CITIES THAT, UM, I GUESS THEY RECOGNIZE INTERNATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA. UH, BAYTOWN IS NOT ONE OF THEM. AND WE DO HAVE A PRETTY, A LARGE, UM, COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF SOME, UH, LOCAL EMPLOYERS THAT, THAT WE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT THIS IS A PART OF THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH. AND SO, UM, UH, THE MONTH ITSELF IS, IS IS WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE, I GUESS, UH, THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA ITSELF. UH, BUT JUNE 24, 20 FIRST IN BAYTOWN WILL BE AN EVENT HERE. IS THAT CORRECT? WANNA MAKE SURE I, THE 22ND, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. SO IT'S THE 22ND. SO THIS IS ONE DAY OFF. THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK. THANK YOU. SO, UH, JUNE 22ND. UH, SO I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN IF I'LL HAVE YOU MAKE, MAYBE SAY A FEW WORDS SO WE GET ALL THE INFORMATION CORRECT. OKAY. SO WHEREAS UNITED NATIONS DESIGNATED JUNE 22ND AS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA IN 2024, RECOGNIZING THE UNIVERSAL APPEAL, OH, EXCUSE ME. IN 2014, RECOGNIZING THE UNIVERSAL APPEAL AND NUMEROUS BENEFITS OF THIS ANCIENT PRACTICE. SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THIS DAY, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE HAVE UNITED BY THE PRACTICE OF YOGA AND CELEBRATED THIS OCCASION ANNUALLY PROMOTING HEALTH, HARMONY, AND PEACE. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA, SERVING AS A TESTAMENT TO THE ENDURING VALUE OF THIS HOLISTIC PRACTICE AND THE COMMITMENT OF PRACTITIONERS WORLDWIDE. THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA WELCOMES AND VALUES THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF AGE OF ABILITY OR BACKGROUND, FOSTERING INCLUSIVITY AND UNI UNITY. THROUGH THE SHARED EXPERIENCE OF YOGA, THE PRACTICE OF YOGA HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING, CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL HEALTH AND FOSTERING RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF LIFE'S CHALLENGES. SO WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN RECOGNIZES THIS IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF ITS RESIDENTS AND THE VALUE OF EMBRACING CULTURAL TRADITIONS THAT ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I RAN CILLO AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 22ND, 2024 AS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA IN BAYTOWN ENCOURAGED ALL OUR RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN THIS GLOBAL CELEBRATION BY PARTICIPATING IN YOGA EVENTS AND EXPLORING THE BENEFITS OF THIS TRANSFORM, UH, TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE. AND SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO SOME INDIVIDUALS. IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, AND MAYBE JUST GIVE A, A FEW THINGS ABOUT, UH, THE JUNE 22ND. IF YOU DON'T MIND. YOU CAN COME RIGHT HERE. YOU GUYS GO TO THE MICROPHONE THOUGH. LET ME START WITH NAMASTE. NAMASTE EVERYONE. AND YOGA, THE WORD ITSELF MEANS UNION COMING [00:05:01] TOGETHER. JOINING THE WORD ITSELF MEANS JOINING. I STARTED WITH NAMASTE BECAUSE WHEN I SAY NAMASTE, THAT MEANS I'M BOW DOWN. I AM OFFERING, YOU KNOW, RESPECT TO YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS, NOT YOUR BODY, NOT YOUR MIND, NOT YOUR INTELLECT, NOT YOUR HIGHNESS, NOT YOUR IDENTITY, NOT COLOR, NOT GENDER. SO YOGA IS BEYOND EVERYTHING. IT'S JUST PURE CONSCIOUSNESS. MY CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT DIFFERENT FROM YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS, WHICH IS NOT DIFFERENT FROM COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS. THAT'S A CONCEPT OF YOGA. SO IT, IT'S ALL ABOUT UNION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CITY. THANK YOU EVERYONE. AND WE HAVE LOTS OF SUPPORT THIS BEING THE FIRST YEAR. SO AGAIN, WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HOPE WE SEE ALL OF YOU ON 22ND EVENING, SIX O'CLOCK AT BY CENTINEL PARK. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. SO, YEAH, SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, THIS IS IF YOU'RE A BEGINNER AND I'LL, I'LL BE ONE OF 'EM. AND SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, THEY WILL, THEY WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO EVEN, UH, BEGINNERS, UH, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED, UH, FOLKS WITH YOGA THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. UM, AND IT'S THE BA BESIDES THE CITY OF ASIA ITSELF, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE CONS. THE INDIAN CONSULATE MM-HMM . GENERAL. YEAH. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT OR NOT, BUT, BUT I KNOW THE OFFICE IS COORDINATED WITH US. ALSO EVENTS IN AREA. SO WE WILL TRY OUR BEST TO GET SOME REPRESENTATION. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. SO, ALRIGHT, SO, UM, THIS IS FOR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP HERE AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE AND FAR. WE GET OUR COUNSEL REQUEST. YOU OKAY. WHOEVER OVER, MAYOR, AS WE WALK DOWN THERE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT AND JUST THANK THEM FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS DAY TO US. WE HAVE A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT ALSO HAS STARTED DOING BABY AND ME YOGA. AND SO I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO TELL THEM ABOUT THIS RECOGNITION BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY MEETING ON THE 22ND AND MAYBE THEY CAN DO SOMETHING THAT DAY AS WELL. MAYOR, EVERYBODY HAS TO GET IN THE DOWNWARD DOG. NOT TODAY. MORE INTEREST. I ONLY KNOW THE, IS ALL I KNOW. MORE INTERESTING FIGURE IN MY OPINION. NO, I, I'VE GOTTA SEE YOUR FACE. THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. NOW LET WE GET ONE MORE CROWD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH, SO MUCH. GLAD WORKED OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU. ALSO, I'M NOT SURE, UH, I KNOW EARLIER I SEEN, UH, JOSE MADANO WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA'S OFFICE WAS ALSO HERE. SO WE DO WANT TO THANK HIM FOR JOINING US, UH, THIS EVENING. UH, WE'LL [a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 0.11 acres at 2700 N. Main Street, from Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.] MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM THREE A, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. LEMME GET MY SCRIPT HERE. SO TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING, TODAY'S BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LISTEN TO FOYER OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING. EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF 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'RE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME. SO ITEM THREE IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 0.11 ACRES AT 2,700 NORTH MAIN, UH, STREET FROM MIXED RESIDENTIAL TO LOW TO MEN, UH, MEDIUM DENSITIES, SF TWO TO A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. IT IS NOW A, UH, 6:44 PM AND I'LL CALL, CALL TO ORDER. THIS PROBABLY HEARING CONCERNING, UH, TO AMEND THE OFFICIALS ZONING MAP TO THE PROPERTY I JUST DESCRIBED. UM, I WOULD ASK STAFF NOW TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UM, FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN SCRIBNER [00:10:01] PLANNING, ZONING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, AS YOU DESCRIBED, UH, THIS IS 2,700 NORTH MAIN. UM, THIS IS A REZONE, UM, THAT I'M, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA COME BACK TO THE SITE PLAN. I APOLOGIZE THAT WAS IN THE WRONG SPOT. UM, THIS IS FRONTING ON, UH, STATE HIGHWAY 1 46 AND IS BACKING UP TO A SMALL PROPERTY THAT FRONTS ALONG NORTH MAIN STREET. AND ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND, UH, A HOUSING SUBDIVISION THERE TO THE EAST. UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES SHOW THIS AS BEING, UM, SLATED FOR COMMERCIAL IN THE, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UH, AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT EVERYTHING, UH, TO THE WEST OF THAT PROPERTY IS ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL WITH EVERYTHING TO THE EAST THAT IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL SF TWO. UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE CHANGE WOULD CHANGE THAT FROM SF TWO TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. UM, SO NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN AND SHOW YOU, UM, REALLY THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY'S ABOUT A 10TH OF AN ACRE. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY USEFULNESS RIGHT NOW BY, IN AND OF ITSELF. UH, THE CITY SOLD THE PROPERTY TO THE CURRENT OWNER, UM, SOMETIME LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE, MAYBE THE YEAR BEFORE. AND THE, WHAT THEY INTEND TO USE IT FOR RIGHT NOW IS FOR THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN NOW IN THE YELLOW, UH, THAT THEY WOULD USE THAT AS AN ADDITIONAL, UM, ENTRANCE INTO A PROPOSED GAS STATION THAT IS ALREADY ALLOWED BY ZONING ON THAT CORNER. SO THIS WOULD JUST ALLOW THEM TO HAVE, UH, AN ADDITIONAL ENTRANCE TO THAT OFF OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 46. THIS WENT TO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING IN, UH, IN MAY. I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH MONTH WE WERE IN. UH, THIS WENT IN MAY. AND, UH, THERE WERE NO, UM, THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING, THERE WAS NOBODY THAT CAME OUT AND SPOKE AGAINST. AND SO, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, VOTED TO FORWARD THIS WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL. SO, UH, AS WELL AS STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION UP. ONE HAS DESIRED SIGNED UP, UH, TO SPEAK AND NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIALS ZONING MAP TO REONE APPROXIMATELY 0.11 ACRES OF THE PROPERTY I DESCRIBED. UH, SO THIS IS GOING FROM MIXED RESIDENTIAL AT LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITIES, SF TWO TWO, GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. UM, I BELIEVE OUR NEXT ITEM [b. Consider an ordinance to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 0.11 acres at 2700 N. Main Street, from Mixed Residential at Low to a Medium Densities (SF2) to General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.] THREE B WILL IS THE ACTION ITEM CONCERNING, UH, THE PROPERTY I JUST DESCRIBED AND THE ZONING CHANGE I JUST DESCRIBED. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF ITEM THREE B, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM THREE B, SECOND MOTION TO SECOND. UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM THREE B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE IS OPPOSED. ALRIGHT, MOVE ON [a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a City Sponsored Rezoning request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 13 acres consisting of 20 lots fronting on Massey Tompkins Road, generally bounded by Crosby Cedar Bayou Road to the west and Hardin Road to the east, located on the north and south sides of Massey Tompkins Road, from Low Density Single-family Residential Dwellings (SF1) and Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) to a Mixed Use (MU) Zoning District.] TO ITEM FOUR A, UH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE, UH, LETTER OF PUBLIC HEARING. SO IT IS NOW 6:47 PM AND I'LL, AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A CITY SPONSORED REZONING REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 13 ACRES CONSISTING OF 20 LOTS FROM MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD. GENERALLY, UH, BOUNDED BY CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU TO THE WEST AND HARDIN ROAD TO THE EAST, LOCATED, UM, LOCATED ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF MASSEY, THOM MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD FROM LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SF ONE AND MIXED RESIDENTIAL AT LOW DOMINION, MEDIUM DENSITIES S TWO TO A MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT ALLOW LIKE, UH, HAVE STAFF SUMMARIZE THE SUBMITTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. UM, THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A CITY SPONSORED REZONE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT STAFF HAS REALLY SEEN A LOT OF, UH, ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA. SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES, UH, AROUND THIS PART OF TOWN ALONG MASSEY TOMPKINS BETWEEN CEDAR CRO, UH, CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU, AND, AND HARDIN ROAD. SO, UM, MUCH LIKE WHAT WHAT WE DID WITH, UH, BLUE HERON ROAD LAST YEAR OR, UH, YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UH, THIS IS KIND OF A SIMILAR EXERCISE WHERE STAFF RECOGNIZES THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OUT THERE. AND SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO GET OUT AHEAD OF THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COORDINATING DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL, I'LL WALK THROUGH KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UM, SO IT'S ABOUT 13 ACRES, UH, 20 PROPERTIES. THERE IS AN INTERSECTION OF ARTERIAL ROADWAYS NEARBY. THERE ALL THE PROPERTIES DO ACCESS MASSEY TOMPKINS. UM, THERE ARE BOTH VACANT AND OCCUPIED PROPERTIES. SO SOME OF THESE HOUSES, SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES HAVE HOUSES ON THEM. UH, AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME EXISTING NON-CONFORMING USES, AND I'LL GET INTO WHAT THOSE ARE HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. THE CURRENT ZONING MAP DOES SHOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SOUTH SIDE OF MASSEY TOMPKINS IS ALL THE SF ONE, WHICH IS THE LOWER DENSITY, UH, RESIDENTIAL. IT'S, [00:15:01] UH, FOUR UNITS PER ACRE. AND THE YELLOW TO THE NORTH IS ALL SF TWO, WHICH IS, UH, NINE UNITS UP TO NINE UNITS PER ACRE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. SO AGAIN, WHY DO WE FEEL THAT THERE'S A REZONE NEEDED? WELL, FIRST OFF, I MENTIONED THE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES IN THE AREA. UH, WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AS THEY ARE, UH, THEY'RE VACANT PROPERTIES THERE. AND THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR A BETTER UTILIZATION OF THOSE TRACKS. AND WE ALSO WANT TO SEE MORE COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THESE RATHER THAN SEE 'EM COME IN HAPHAZARDLY, UH, IN THAT AREA. AGAIN, WE'VE SEEN SOME DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY. YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP WHERE THE STARS ARE. UH, THOSE ARE WHERE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ARE HAPPENING. YOU SHOULD AS A GROUP, BE FAMILIAR WITH MOST OF THOSE BECAUSE THEY'VE COME THROUGH YOU FOR ONE THING OR ANOTHER, WHETHER IT WAS A REZONE OR SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . UM, THEY DO ALL HAVE ACCESS TO MAJOR ROADWAYS. THERE IS A WELL-SERVED NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, A COUPLE OF THEM RIGHT THERE. AND THERE IS A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES AS WELL AS, AGAIN, THERE'S A COUPLE OF, UH, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AS WELL. SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WHEREVER THERE IS A PURPLE STAR THAT IS A VACANT PROPERTY, WHEREVER YOU SEE A RED STAR THAT IS A BUSINESS THAT IS A NON-CONFORMING USE, WE ALLOW THOSE TO CONTINUE OPERATING BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE, UH, BEFORE THE ZONING CHANGE OSTENSIBLY. AND, UM, BUT THEY CANNOT, AS A NON-CONFORMING USE, THEY CAN'T EXPAND, THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING MORE WITH THAT BUSINESS. UH, AND THEN WHEREVER YOU SEE A TRIANGLE, LITTLE BLACK TRIANGLE, THAT IS A DRIVEWAY ACCESS. SO THOSE ARE ALL CURB CUTS ONTO, UH, MASSEY TOMPKINS. SO FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES SHOW THIS AS ALL THIS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WELL, IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP ALSO WILL CALL FOR, UH, SOME NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL COMMERCIAL TYPE USES THIS, WHICH FALLS INTO A MIXED USE CATEGORY. UM, SO WHEN IT, AGAIN, SOME OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE CALL THAT I CALLED OUT EARLIER, ACCESS TO ROADWAYS, NEIGHBORHOODS, VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS KIND OF FALL, THEY LEND THEMSELVES TOWARDS THAT, THAT, UH, MIXED USE WITHIN THE, THE, UM, LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. SO THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP WOULD BE FOR THE ENTIRE AREA TO, UH, BE MIXED USE. UM, AGAIN, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A VARIETY OF USES IN THAT AREA, BUT NOTHING ON A MAJOR SCALE. THESE WILL ALL BE RELATIVELY SMALL. IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BUSINESSES OUT THERE NOW TO EXPAND IT TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT IF THEY WANT TO. IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW THE HOUSES THAT ARE OUT THERE TO CONTINUE AND THEY COULD ALSO EXPAND IF THEY NEEDED TO. SO WITH THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST WHATEVER FLEXIBILITY WE CAN GIVE THOSE, THOSE, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS MOVING FORWARD. EITHER THEY STAY ON THE LAND OR DECIDE TO SELL, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE SOME, SOME OPTIONS. UH, AGAIN, HERE'S THE, AN OVERVIEW THAT MIXED USE ZONE AS IT CURRENTLY SETS, AS YOU HEARD IN THE, UH, WORK SESSION, THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME CHANGES TO THAT ONCE THE NEW CODE IS ADOPTED. BUT FOR NOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, IS, IS WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS. SO THOSE PRIMARY USES COULD BE A GENERAL RETAIL ON A SMALL LEVEL, COULD BE A SMALL GROCERY STORE, COULD BE RESTAURANTS, UH, PERSONAL SERVICES. SO THINGS LIKE, UH, UH, HAIRCUT SALON, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES COULD BE IN THAT AREA. YOU COULD HAVE A DAYCARE, YOU COULD HAVE AN OFFICE, UH, DUPLEXES, WHICH ARE ALREADY ACTUALLY DUPLEXES ARE ALREADY ALLOWED. AND THEN, UH, TRUE MIXED USE BUILDINGS, KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE, THE LOWER LEFT THERE. UH, SO WE DID GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF, UM, WE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING OUT IN THE AREA BACK, UM, IT WAS ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. UH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF TAKE THE SLOW, WE HAD THIS OUT ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE AND WE DID GATHER SOME COMMENTS FROM, UH, FROM THAT ONLINE, UM, ENGAGEMENT EFFORT. WE HAVE INCLUDED THAT IN YOUR, IN YOUR, UH, ONLINE PACKETS FOR TONIGHT. UM, SO WE DID HEAR SOME CONCERNS FROM, UH, A COUPLE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT THEIR TAXES, THEIR TAX RATES GOING UP. UM, THE ZONE CHANGE ITSELF DOES NOT ACTUALLY CHANGE THE TAX RATE. IT STAYS THE SAME. UH, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE PROPERTY VALUES WOULD GO UP OVER TIME, WHICH OF COURSE NECESSITATE, UH, UH, THE TAXES WOULD GO UP BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT IN THE LONG RUN WE SEE THAT THAT SERVES TO BENEFIT, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE COMMUNITY. SO, UM, WITH THAT, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HEARD THIS IN MAY. UH, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE COME OUT AND SPEAK TO THAT EFFECT ABOUT THEIR TAX, UH, THEIR, THEIR TAX RATES GOING UP AND UM, ALSO NOT WANTING TO HAVE ANY APARTMENTS OR WAREHOUSES OR THINGS LIKE THAT. MIXED USE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ANY OF THOSE THINGS. SO, UH, PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION DID VOTE, UH, FOR A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION [00:20:01] AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL. WITH THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IT? YES SIR. MARTIN, YOU SAID THIS IS THE STAFF INITIATED? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. WE, WE HEARD PRETTY LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA LAST TIME WE HAD A, A ZONING ISSUE. UM, ANY IDEA WHAT IMPACT TRAFFIC MAY HAVE IF WE'RE CONVERTING TO MIXED USE VERSUS WHERE IT IS NOW? IS IT GONNA INCREASE TRAFFIC ANYTIME YOU INCREASE USE OUT THERE? IT'S, I MEAN, THERE'S ALREADY VACANT PROPERTIES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID POINT OUT THAT, UM, ALL THOSE TRIANGLES, ALL THOSE, UH, CURB CUTS ALONG THAT, THAT STRETCH OF ROADWAY, WHAT WE WOULD HOPE FOR IS THAT OVER TIME THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT AND ACTUALLY HELP THE TRAFFIC TRAVEL DOWN MASSEY TOMPKINS THROUGH THAT STRETCH BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SO MANY DRIVEWAY CUTS ONTO THE ROADWAY. UM, THAT WOULD TAKE TIME, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE WOULDN'T SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING OVERNIGHT. I THINK AS WE'VE TALKED THROUGH IT IN OUR EXPERIENCE, I THINK THE THING WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF OVER THE NEXT, SAY FIVE TO 10 YEARS IS SOME OF THOSE HOUSES BEING CONVERTED TO SMALL BUSINESSES. I'D HAVE A TAX SHOP IN THERE, I'D HAVE A, UH, A SALON OR SOMETHING SMALL LIKE THAT. UH, WE, WE WOULD SEE MORE OF THAT THAN SOMEBODY COME IN AND JUST BUYING UP A BUNCH OF PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPING THAT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM, UH, LIKELY IN THAT PART OF TOWN. I HOPE THAT HELPS ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ANY, UH, PUBLIC THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT, SO THERE BEING NO ONE, UH, ELSE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, I NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, WITH THE CITY SPONSOR ARIZONA REQUEST THAT THE PROPERTY I JUST DESCRIBED, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, IT WOULD, IT WOULD CHANGE THIS, UH, FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, SF ONE AND SF TWO TO A MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT OPPOSED THAT HEARING. AND NEXT WILL [b. Consider an ordinance to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 13 acres consisting of 20 lots fronting on Massey Tompkins Road, generally bounded by Crosby Cedar Bayou Road to the west and Hardin Road to the east, located on the north and south sides of Massey Tompkins Road, from Low Density Single-family Residential Dwellings (SF1) and Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) to a Mixed Use (MU) Zoning District.] BE THE ACTION ITEM ASSOCIATED WITH IT, UH, WHICH IS ITEM FOUR B. CONSIDER ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE OF OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE THE 13 ACRES FROM THE PROPERTIES FOR THE PROPERTY I JUST MENTIONED FROM, UH, SF ONE AND TWO TO MU SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR B, MOVE TO APPROVE FOUR B. SECOND THE MOTION IS SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OFFICER MAKER? YES, SIR. COMMENT, MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY APPRECIATE STAFF PUTTING IN ALL THE WORK ON THIS. I KNOW IT, UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS HAVING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND UM, BUT I KNOW WHEN WE DID THIS SAME THING ON BLUE HERON, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OTHER PARTS OF TOWN THAT COULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS. UM, AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF 'EM JUST HAVING SO MANY SMALL LOTS. UM, I THINK THIS WILL GET OUT, AS MARTIN SAID, GET OUT IN FRONT OF SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRY TO, IF IT DEVELOPS, AT LEAST, UM, YOU KNOW, BRING SOME COHESION TO IT. SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THE WORK Y'ALL DID ON THIS. YEAH, I, I WOULD SHADOW THE SAME COMMENTS. IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY A, A, A COMMERCIAL THOROUGHFARE AND THIS IS JUST, IF, IF THROUGH TIME, THIS, I DON'T THINK THERE'S GONNA BE ANY CHANGES WHERE THESE RESIDENTIAL OR MAJORITY OF THESE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ARE RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT THROUGH TIME IT MAY, IT MAY CHANGE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT TRYING, TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE, I GUESS COMPLIMENTARY TO, UM, WHAT IS PROBABLY GONNA BE PENDING IN THE FUTURE AT SOME POINT. RIGHT. SO. ALRIGHT. UM, SO THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM FOUR B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED ITEMS CARRIES. WE HAVE ONE MORE [a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) for the reconstruction of a fire-destructed single-family house as a continual nonconforming use in the General Commercial (GC) zone, located at 907 Bob Smith Road. ] PUBLIC HEARING. SO THIS WILL BE TO CONDUCT A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A FIRE DESTRUCT SINGLE-FAMILY, UM, HOUSE, UM, AS A CONTINUED NON-CONFORMING USE IN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE LOCATED AT 9 0 7 BOB SMITH ROAD. MM-HMM . SO IT IS 6:58 PM AND I NOW CALL THE ORDER TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE PROPERTY I DESCRIBED. I NOW ASK THAT TO SUMMARIZE THE, UH, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. UH, THANK YOU. THIS IS, UH, ONE POINT 21 ACRES, UM, PROPERTY AT 9 0 7 BOB SMITH ROAD. UM, REALLY, UH, WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS THERE WAS A FIRE DESTROYED THE HOUSE THAT WAS THERE. IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL THAT PART OF TOWN IS NOT, THERE ISN'T A LOT OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL ACTUAL ACTIVITY HAPPENING OVER THERE. SO THAT HOUSE HAD CONTINUED TO TO BE USED WHEN IT BURNED DOWN AS A NON-CONFORMING USE. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO JUST REBUILD IT. SO THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS TO ALLOW FOR, FOR REBUILDING THAT HOUSE. UM, WE WOULD SEE HOPEFULLY, UM, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP WAS A TIMELY THING FOR WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ULDC UM, CHANGES. [00:25:01] THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ACCOUNT FOR AND NOT HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS FOR SOMETHING AS INNOCUOUS AS REBUILDING A HOUSE. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT AS SOON WHEN THIS CAME UP, WE STARTED TO DISCUSS THAT. UM, THIS DID GO THROUGH PUBLIC HEARING AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THERE WERE NO, THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION TO THIS AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, STAFF AND PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC THAT'S NOT TO SPEAK. SO THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRE TO SPEAK ON THIS, UH, SUBJECT. I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR 9 0 7 BOB SMITH ROAD TO REMAIN IN A GENERAL, IN A NONCONFORMING GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE. UH, SO WITH [b. Consider an ordinance to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) for approximately 1.21 acres located at 907 Bob Smith Road, Baytown, Texas 77521, to allow for the reconstruction of a fire-destructed single family residential unit as a continual nonconforming use within a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District. ] THAT WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, THE ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM FIVE B. THIS IS CONSIDERED THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FIVE B, MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION. AND I'M ASSUMING A SECOND. SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FIVE B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. MS. OPPOSED. ITEM CARRIES. MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX A. [a. Consider an ordinance waiving, for the period May 17, 2024 through June 17, 2024, all building permit fees related to damages caused by the recent storm on May 16, 2024. ] UM, THIS IS CONSIDERED ORDINANCE WAIVING FOR THE PERIOD OF MAY 17TH, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 17TH, 2024. ALL BUILDING PERMITS FEES RELATED TO DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE RECENT STORM THAT OCCURRED, UH, ON MAY 16TH, 2024. I'M NOT SURE IF THE CITY ATTORNEY OR CITY MANAGER WANTS TO MENTION ANY OF THAT, BUT IN GENERAL IT WAS, UM, THE STORM THAT CAME THROUGH, UH, ON MAY 16TH. UH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS, UH, A FEW DAMAGES TO SOME HOMES. UH, MAJORITY OF OF THAT WAS, UM, OBVIOUSLY TREE RELATED AND SO ON. UM, UH, BUT A LOT, THERE WAS A LOT OF ELECTRICAL BOXES THAT WERE RIPPED OUT, LINES RIPPED OUT AND SO ON. AND, UH, SOME OF THOSE DID REQUIRE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE REPAIRS TO THE ELECTRIC TO INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS, UM, UM, ELECTRICAL, UM, SYSTEMS. UH, THEY, THEY NEEDED TO PULL A PERMIT AND, UH, THIS ITEM WILL, UM, IN A SENSE IN RETROSPECT, UH, ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PULL PERMITS FOR THEM TO MAKE THE ASSOCIATED REPAIRS. UH, THE PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED ARE REQUIRED FROM CENTER POINT IN ORDER TO GO AND, AND RESTORE POWER BEFORE THEY HOOK BACK UP. SO IT'S NOT, NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY, UH, IN A SENSE, UM, IS REQUIRING. BUT SINCE WE ARE THE, UH, THE ISSUER OF THE, THE PERMIT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET PEOPLE BACK, UM, BACK WITH A PERMIT SO THEY CAN MAKE THE NEEDED REPAIRS AT NO COST. UM, AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO TRY TO PREVENT THIS ITEM FROM HAVING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, I GUESS I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SIX A FOR SECOND. WE MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM SIX A, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT [b. Consider an ordinance automatically authorizing, for a period of thirty (30) days following a declared local disaster pursuant to Section 418.108 of the Texas Government Code (the "Waiver Period"), the waiver of all building permit fees (as referenced in the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, TX, Chapter 2 “Administration,” Article V “Finance,” Division 1 “Generally,” Section 2-595 “Fees for Various City Services,” and Chapter 18 "Buildings and Building Regulations,"). The Waiver Period shall begin on the first day after the commencement date of the disaster event as identified in the Declaration of Local Disaster without regard to the date the Declaration of Local Disaster is signed, issued, or published, and may be extended at any time by a majority vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown.] ITEM IS SIX B. AND SO WHAT IT IS, THERE'S A LOT OF LANGUAGE, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THAT. BUT WHAT IT WILL DO, UM, IT WILL IN THE FUTURE IF THIS ORDINANCE IS APPROVED, WOULD BE IF THERE'S A LOCAL DISASTER DECLARED, WHICH I DID DO FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REASONS ON THIS STORM. UM, THEN BASICALLY THE, THE DAY BEGINNING, THE DAY AFTER THE STORM EVENT ITSELF, UH, THERE WILL BE 30 DAYS OF FEES, UH, WAIVED, UH, FOR ANY NEEDED REPAIRS ASSOCIATED TO STORM DAMAGES, UM, TO OUR CITIZENS. SO, UM, THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AND KIND OF, UH, EITHER PUT OUR STAFF IN A PREDICAMENT WHERE SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO PULL PERMIT AND THEY TRYING TO COLLECT FEES AND, AND MAYBE GET REIMBURSED. SO THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY TAKE PLACE. UM, AND SO I'M HOPING WE DON'T HAVE TO EN ENACT THAT, AND I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO SIGN ANY MORE, UH, DISASTER DECLARATIONS. BUT THIS WILL BASICALLY BE, UM, UH, A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE TO ENSURE OUR CITIZENS DON'T HAVE TO PAY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH STORM DAMAGES. SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, PRETTY MUCH THE GENERALIZATION OF ITEM, UH, SIX B. SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN, UH, FAVOR OF ITEM SIX B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED ITEM CARRIES WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX [c. Consider an ordinance renaming Bayway Drive, south of Bayway Drive and north of Crow Road, as "Brown Loop" in recognition of the historic name for the roadway. ] C IS CONSIDER ORDINANCE RENAMING BAYWAY DRIVE SOUTH OF BAYWAY DRIVE AND NORTH OF CROW ROAD AS BROWN LOOP IN RECOGNITION OF THE HISTORIC NAME FOR THE ROADWAY. SO, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A GRAPHIC, BUT IF YOU WANT TO, I GUESS EXPLAIN MM-HMM . THIS? YEP, ABSOLUTELY. UH, FOR THE RECORD, RYAN V VILO, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, THERE IS A MAP HERE. UH, SO, UH, THE PROP OR THE, THE ROAD THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE YELLOW IS THE, UH, AREA THAT WE ARE, UH, DISCUSSING HERE. UH, THIS CAME TO US, UH, FROM A CITIZEN'S REQUEST. UH, IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN CALLED BROWN LOOP. UH, IT ACTUALLY WAS IN THE TOWN OF WOOSTER, UH, ORIGINAL TOWN SITE PLAT THAT IT WAS CALLED BROWN LUBE. UM, THE CURRENT SIGNAGE IS CONFUSING, WHICH I WILL SHOW YOU ALL IN A SECOND. UM, AND THERE ARE NO CURRENT ADDRESSES, UH, THAT ARE ADDRESSED ON THIS SECTION OF ROADWAY. [00:30:01] SO NOBODY WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR ADDRESSES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, BUT YOU WILL SEE HERE, UM, YOU SEE ON THE LEFT HERE, YOU SEE A SIGN THAT SAYS THE CORNER OF BAYWAY AND BAYWAY. UM, AND THAT WAS, UH, THE, UH, GENESIS OF THIS REQUEST. UM, AND THEN YOU DO SEE THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS, UH, WHICH, OR SORRY, THE NORTHERN END OF THIS, WHICH WOULD BE THE ACTUAL CORNER OF, OF BAYWAY AND CROW. UH, BOTH OF THOSE, UH, BAYWAY THAT YOU ARE SEEING, UM, THAT ARE, UM, FACING, UH, YOU WOULD BE A CHANGE TO BROWN LOOP WITH THIS. UM, SO, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID MEET ON MAY 21ST, UH, AND GAVE A RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL WITH THE VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO. UM, THERE'S A SMALL, UH, FISCAL IMPACT OF $100 APPROXIMATELY TO MOUNT THE TWO, UH, NEW STREET SIGNS. UM, AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE RENAMED BAYWAY DRIVE, SOUTH OF BAYWAY DRIVE AND NORTH OF CROW ROAD TO BROWN LOOP. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THAT I HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. Y'ALL MAY HAVE, YOU'LL MAKE THEM. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT. SO DID IT USED TO BE CALLED BROWN LOOP? UM, HISTORICALLY, LIKE I SAID, AT LEAST IN THE TOWN OF WORCESTER, UH, THE, THE PLAT SITE FOR THAT, UH, THE, THE TOWN SITE PLAT FOR THAT IT WAS SHOWN AS BROWN LOOP. MM-HMM . BUT, UM, AS FAR AS I COULD TELL, IT'S BEEN CALLED BAYWAY FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE THERE. OKAY. SO IT WASN'T AFTER A CERTAIN PERSON? UH, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY, UH, RELATED TO THE BROWNWOOD, UH, ATION. OKAY. I WAS JUST WONDERING 'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE AN APPLICATION FOR CHANGING THE NAME OF THE ROAD. NO, WE RECEIVED IT JUST AS A CITIZEN REQUEST THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SO BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE PAST FROM LOOP, IT DIDN'T REQUIRE AN APPLICATION. UH, WE AGAIN, WE RECEIVED IT, UH, THROUGH AS A CITIZEN REQUEST THAT WE'RE ASKED TO LOOK AT A STAFF DRIVEN CHANGE, MA'AM? YEP. OH, OKAY. MM-HMM . I UNDERSTAND MR. MAYOR. YES SIR. I HAVE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY TO THAT. MM-HMM . UH, ON THE MAP, IF, IF ANYBODY'S USING A, JUST A BASIC DRIVING MAP MM-HMM . IT'S LABELED BROWN LOOP. MM-HMM . BUT IF SOMEBODY'S DELIVERING SOMETHING THERE, PEOPLE WILL GET TURNED AROUND BECAUSE IT SAYS BAYWAY AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR BROWN ROOT MM-HMM . BROWN ROOT, WHICH FUNCTION, FUNCTIONALITY WISE WAS CREATING AN ISSUE FOR PEOPLE DELIVERING STUFF IN THE AREA. UH, GOT IT. SO, UM, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT PEOPLE, THAT STAFF TOOK TIME TO, TO LOOK AT AND, UM, CHANGE. AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO, UH, STAFF TAKING THE TIME OUT FROM BIGGER PICTURE ISSUES TO MM-HMM . TO LOOK AT THAT FOR THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I GUESS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SIX C, NEUTRAL APPROVE ITEM SIX C, SECOND MOTION, SECOND ADDITION QUESTIONS OF COMMENTS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM SIX C AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. MS. POST, I'M CARRIES. I GUESS WE JUST NEED TO CHANGE A SIGN NOW, RIGHT? YEP. ALRIGHT, DONE. ALRIGHT, [d. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 90 "Taxation," Article II "Ad Valorem Taxes," Section 90-27 "Exemptions," Subsections (a) "Disabled adults" and (b) "Adults 65 years or older" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas to (i) increase the exemption from taxation for disabled adults to $120,000 and (ii) to increase the exemption from taxation for adults sixty-five (65) years or older to $120,000, for residential homesteads.] NEXT WE HAVE ITEM SIX, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CHAPTER 90 TAXATION ARTICLE TWO OUT OF ALARM TAXES. UM, SECTION 90, UH, DASH 27 EXEMPTIONS, UH, SUBSECTIONS DISABLED ADULTS, UH, AND ALSO ADULTS 65 YEARS OR OLDER OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS TO INCREASE EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION FOR DISABLED ADULTS TO 120,000 AND TO INCREASE THE EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION FOR ADULT 65 YEARS OR OLDER TO 120,000 FOR RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEADS. MS. MCKENZIE, WOULD YOU'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN, UH, ITEM SIX D? OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UM, IN UNDERSTANDING THE COUNCIL'S GOAL OF PROVIDING TAX RELIEF TO THE 65 AND OLDER AND DISABLED, UM, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AIMS TO INCREASE THE TAX EXEMPTION FOR THESE RESIDENTS. UM, CURRENTLY THE TAX ROLL IS APPROXIMATELY, UH, 8,747 HOMES WITH A TAX RATE OF 72 CENTS. THE PRESENT EXEMPTION IS SET AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND WITH THE TOTAL ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE OF 170 MILLION, UM, WITH THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF $3.39 MILLION. UM, IN BAYTOWN, THE UM, MEDIUM HOME VALUES RANGE FROM 185,000 A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR, SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE TO 244,000 DEPENDING ON THE SOURCE OF DATA. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED INCREASING THE TAX EXEMPTION BY 20,000 FOR HOME VALUED AT 215,000. THIS WOULD MEAN A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF 43,000, WHICH IS 20%, AND AN ADDITIONAL 120,000 EXEMPTION FOR RESIDENTS AGED 65 AND OLDER. AND THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED BRINGING THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE TO $52,000 AT THE CURRENT TAX RATE. I MEAN 52,000 IN VALUE AT THE CURRENT TAX RATE OF 72 CENTS, THE TAX OWED WOULD BE $374 [00:35:02] AND 40 CENTS. UM, ALTHOUGH THE 120,000 TAX EXEMPTION IS BEING PRESENTED, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO CONSIDER A HIGHER TAX EXEMPTION. THE FOLLOWING SLIDE SHOWS THE POTENTIAL REVENUE LOSS FOR EXEMPTIONS OF 140,000 AND 160 AND THE REVENUE LOSS IS 2.5 MILLION OR 3.8 MILLION FOR THOSE ADDITIONS. THIS, UH, ACCOMPANYING SLIDE ALSO SHOWS YOU THE VARIOUS OTHER OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO INCREASE THE EXEMPTIONS UP TO 260,000. AND WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MCKENZIE? IF NOT, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE A A COMMENT. I MEAN, I KNOW THIS WAS, UM, A GOAL FOR COUNCIL AND, AND ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, FOR THOSE THAT ARE 65 YEARS OR OLDER ARE UM, I GUESS DISABLED, UH, THOSE THAT ARE IN THAT AGE RANGE. OUR RECORDS SHOW THAT THE MEDIAN HOME HOME VALUE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS IS 120,000. I'M SURE IT'S CHANGING THE YEAR OR TWO MAYBE, BUT THE, THE, I GUESS CONCEPTUALLY THE UM, APPROACH WAS THAT A CITY OF BAYTOWN RESIDENT THAT 65 YEARS OR OLDER WOULD PAY VIRTUALLY ZERO TAXES AS MUCH AS, AS CLOSE TO YOU CAN TO GET TO ZERO TAXES. UM, AND SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT CONTINUES TO BE, I BELIEVE THE GOAL OF COUNCIL TO, UH, TO TRY TO LESSEN THE TAX BURDEN AS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE ARE, UM, I GUESS, UM, ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE. SO WITH THAT, I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. HAVE NOT, UM, ONE THING'S GREAT. UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR SIX D MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. I DO HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT WHEN THIS STARTS. NOW THIS WOULD NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL WHAT TAX YEAR NOW? I GUESS IT'D BE FOR THIS TAX YEAR THAT ARE TAXES THAT ARE DUE FOR THIS YEAR. IT WOULD BE FOR THE TAXES THAT ARE DUE COMING UP IN THE FEBRUARY OR OUR DEADLINE FOR FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR. RIGHT. THIS COMMON YEAR. RIGHT. SO IT'S FOR THE TAX YEAR 2024 PAID BASICALLY IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY 25. YES. RIGHT. OKAY. WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND PROVE IT NOW. SO THAT CAN BE BUILT INTO THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, I KNOW WE HAVE TO NOTIFY HARRIS COUNTY ALSO. YES, WE HAVE TILL JUNE 30TH TO NOTIFY THE COUNTY, BUT NO, I'M GLAD WE ARE TAKING ACTION NOW, SO, ALRIGHT, I DO APPRECIATE THAT. SO THERE'S A MOTION. SECOND, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 60 D IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, UH, MOTION CARRIES. DO APPRECIATE THAT AND IT'S CERTAINLY GOOD TO SEE THAT FOR OUR CITIZENS. UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO I TO OUR [7. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.] CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH, UH, BEFORE I ASK FOR, UH, A MOTION, IS THERE ANY ITEMS FROM, UH, A THROUGH E TO PULL AND BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? IF NOT, UH, I WOULD, UM, ASK FOR A MOTION TO PRO TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH E. MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AND AGENDA ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH E. OKAY. MOTION TO SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, MOVE ON TO, [a. Consider a resolution authorizing three (3) appointments to the Board of Adjustment.] UH, OUR APPOINTMENTS. SO FIRST ITEM EIGHT A IS CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. MR. SCRIBNER, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON IT THAT HAS YOUR NAME, BUT WE NEED BOARD MEMBERS, YOU MEAN? WELL, WE NEED ONE, JUST THIS. SO, UM, FOR, UH, JUST FOR COUNCIL'S KNOWLEDGE, UH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, UH, SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT, UM, FOR TWO YEAR TERMS. UH, THAT'S MR. SANTANA AND MR IS THAT ROY CHOW? I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN SAY THAT CORRECT, YES. UH, AND THEN THERE'S A VACANT POSITION. THERE'S TWO APPLICANTS. AND SO, UM, I'M, I'M ASSUMING, UM, I GUESS, UH, A NOMINATION CAN BE MADE, UH, FOR THE VACANT POSITION. SO WITH THAT, UH, ENTERTAIN NOMINATIONS FOR ITEM SIX, NO, EXCUSE ME, EIGHT A. I'D ENTERTAIN NOMINATIONS FOR ITEMS ITEM EIGHT A. I WILL NOMINATE, UH, UH, KEVIN TROLLER, UM, TO SIT ON THE VACANT POSITION. OKAY. BUT ONE NOMINATION FOR MR. TROLLER. IS THERE A, I GUESS A I GUESS WE NEED TO, YEAH, YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY I'LL NOMINATE THE OTHER TWO 'CAUSE THEY NEED TO BE REAPPOINTED CORRECTLY. OH, OKAY. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. MM-HMM . OKAY. I I'LL NOMINATE THE, THE TWO, UM, REAPPOINTMENTS, THE DESIRE TO BE REAPPOINTED, THEY DESIRE TO, YEAH. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING TO FILL TO REAPPOINT THE TWO, THE TWO SITTING AT LARGE, AND THEN, UH, THE ADDITION OF MR. KEVIN TROLLER. YES. SO ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS, ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS, ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS. SO WE HAVE A SLATE OF MR. TROLLER AND THE TWO INCUMBENTS ON THIS BOARD. SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, MR. TROLLER, MR. ROY CHOY AND MR. SANTANA, I SECOND THAT MOTION. [00:40:01] MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION. WELL, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, THAT'S IT. THE SLATE OF, OKAY. BUT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THOSE, UH, THREE INDIVIDUALS PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT IS FILLED. [b. Consider a resolution authorizing three (3) appointments to the Fire Control, Prevention & Emergency Medical Services District.] WE'LL MOVE TO FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AT EMS DISTRICT BOARD. SO IT LOOKS LIKE HERE THERE ARE THREE, UH, EXCUSE ME, THERE'S ONE APPLICANT SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S DISTRICT FOUR APPOINTMENT AT LARGE. UM, SO YOU WOULD MAKE A DECISION ON THAT. BUT THERE IS SOMEONE, UH, IN THE POSITION CURRENTLY, AND THEN THERE IS A DISTRICT ONE AT LARGE THAT'S VACANT AND THE DISTRICT SIX AT LARGE THAT'S VACANT. AND, UH, THERE'S THREE, UM, THREE APPLICANTS ALL FROM DISTRICT FOUR. YES SIR. DISTRICT SIX IS STILL TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY FROM DISTRICT SIX. I GET IT. YEAH. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. AND I HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE, DO SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW. AND I, I'VE SPOKEN WITH MS. LOPEZ ABOUT THAT, THAT KIND OF WANNA MAKE THIS A CLERICAL ISSUE. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT MIGHT, MIGHT WANNA KEEP HER ON THERE MM-HMM . AND, UH, BUT I WAS GONNA APPOINT SOMEONE OUT OF DISTRICT FOUR AND THAT WOULD BE IT. YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK THE LINES CHANGED. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, SO THAT'S CORRECT. SO I WAS GONNA NOMINATE ABRAHAM CARILLO. OH, OKAY. CARDILLO. SORRY. CARDILLO. OH RIGHT. SO OUT OF DISTRICT FOUR, UH, THE NOMINATION, UH, FOR DISTRICT FOUR AT LARGE IS MR. CARILLO IS THERE AND OKAY. MAYOR, THE OTHER ONE IS DISTRICT ONE AT LARGE. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD ISSUES FILLING THIS ONE. I'VE HAD APPOINTMENTS AND THEN FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER THEY HAVE TO LEAVE. UM, BUT IN EFFORT TO HAVE CONTINUITY, UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR BOARD, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD ISSUES OF LACK OF QUORUM, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP MS. LOPEZ OKAY. AND WE CAN JUST SHIFT HER TO MY POSITION. OKAY. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THAT CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL HOPE TO TRY TO RECRUIT ADDITIONAL MEMBERS FOR EACH DISTRICT . OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. UM, YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILMAN. 'CAUSE MS. LOPEZ HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. SHE'S BEEN VERY, SHE'S, SHE NEVER MISSES A MEETING. WHAT DISTRICT DID SHE SHE'S IN DISTRICT FIVE. SHE'S FIVE. SHE'S FIVE. SHE'S FIVE. THAT WHEN THEY, WHEN WE CHANGED THE LINES THAT SHE WENT FROM FOUR TO FIVE MM-HMM . SO, UM, ALRIGHT. SO WE HAVE MS. LOPEZ AND MR. IL AND, UH, SIX DISTRICT SIX WILL REMAIN VACANT UNTIL FIELD. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. YES MA'AM. UM, WITH THAT PARTICULAR BOARD, IT'S JUST THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS MEETING OR DO THEY, IN ORDER TO MEET A QUORUM, THEY'RE HAVING TO HAD TWO OUT OF THREE MM-HMM . SO THAT'S NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. THERE'S MORE PEOPLE. THESE ARE JUST THE ONES THAT ARE UP THERE. OH, THESE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE UP FOR, THERE'S STILL ANOTHER FOUR SEVEN. YEAH, I JUST WENT OUT. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE HAVING A LACK OF A QUORUM BECAUSE THERE'S VACANCIES. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SAW THAT IN RED AT THE BOTTOM, BUT THAT'S, IT'S SAYING THAT THEY'RE HAVING A LACK OF CORPSMAN. I, I DON'T KNOW. THAT JUST IS IS BECAUSE OF THE VACANCIES. YEAH. MM-HMM . ONLY BECAUSE OF THAT IN CASE IT'S ONLY 'CAUSE OF THAT. NO, THERE'S ATTENDANCE ISSUES. I'M WORKING ON MY OPINION. YEAH. SO, BUT IT DIDN'T HELP WHEN THERE'S TWO VACANCIES. THAT'S, YEAH. SO, ALRIGHT. SO WE HAVE MS. LOPEZ AND MR. CARDILLO, UM, UH, AS FAR AS, UM, APPOINTMENTS TO THESE, TO THIS BOARD, UH, THE FIRE CONTROL EMS BOARD. SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE TWO NAMES. MOTION, GO AHEAD. MOTION TO APPROVE THE TWO NAMES. UH, ABRAHAM AND RHONDA. YES. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE TWO INDIVIDUALS, UH, NOMINATED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOVE ON TO, [c. Consider a resolution authorizing the replacement of one (1) appointment to the Planning and Zoning Commission.] UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. UM, SO QUICK RUN ON THAT, ON THAT, CONSIDER REPLACEMENT FOR THE, THE APPOINTMENT. UM, I GUESS THIS IS DISTRICT FOUR AT LARGE. Y YES MA'AM. WE, SO, UH, THE, THE, OUR GENTLEMAN THAT IS AT, UH, APPOINTED RIGHT NOW IS ACCESS. HE'S NOT REALLY MAKING ANY THE APPOINTMENT, THE, THE TIME, THE MEETINGS. RIGHT. SO THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. SO WE'RE, SO DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A YEAH. DO YOU HAVE AN A DO YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT? UH, JANICE. CAROL. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO YES. CAN I HAVE A QUESTION? SURE. UM, I, I KNOW SHE'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT, UM, IS THIS THE, I KNOW THAT WHEN THEY FILL OUT THEIR APPLICATIONS, SHE'S ON SOME OF THE OTHER APPLICATIONS AND, UM, THEY, THEY TIER WHICH ONES THEY'RE MORE INTERESTED IN. IS SHE INTERESTED IN THIS ONE OVER PNZ? OVER THE EDD OR EDAC. OH, DENISE CARROLL. YES. MM-HMM . UM, I WOULD ASSUME SHE'S IN INTERESTED IN BOTH, BUT FOR ME, LIKE I SAID, I, I'M TRYING TO, I LIKE TO KEEP IT, I WANT, I WANT TO TRY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ON ANY, ANY BOARDS ADMISSIONS AT ALL. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. A LOT OF THE APPOINTMENTS GET SOME NEW BLOOD IN INTO THESE. AND DISTRICT FOUR DOES HAVE A LOT OF, YOU HAVE APPLICANTS, A LOT OF APPLICANTS. SO YOU TRY TO SPREAD 'EM OUT. BARNEY'S, UM, MIKE'S ACROSS SOME, YEAH, HE DOES. YEAH. HOW MANY BOARDS HAS SHE SHE SERVE ON? NONE. NONE. YEAH. SHE CAN BE ON TWO. SO SHE CAN BE ON TWO. SHE'S ALL NONE. AND THAT, THAT SAME THING WITH MR. ABRAHAM. HE'S ON NONE EITHER. SO THESE ARE BOTH NEW PEOPLE TO OUR COMMISSION. WHO [00:45:01] ELSE DID YOU MENTION THE, THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE FROM FIRE CONTROL. OKAY. HE'S GOOD. OKAY. SO WE HAVE, UH, DISTRICT FOUR NOMINATION IS JANICE, IS IT JANICE? CARROLL. JANICE. ALRIGHT. AND SO, UM, I GUESS, UM, CAN YOU MAKE THAT'S YOUR MOTION? YEAH. DO YOU NEED A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. ALRIGHT. DISTRICT FOUR AT LARGE. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, MS. CARROLL HAS DISAPP APPOINT TO PLAN AND ZONING, I GUESS PLEASE SAY A AYE AYE THOSE POST. SO THE NEXT [d. Discuss and consider a resolution authorizing seven (7) appointments to the Economic Development Advisory Committee.] ONE IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE THAT'S OUR LAST ONE FOR ITEM EIGHT D. SO WITH THIS, UM, I, I DID HAVE TO GET, I, I GOT WITH THIS CITY CLERK'S OFFICE OR THEY GOT WITH ME. SO THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT. COUNSEL. SO THIS IS, THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN APPROACH, UH, TO, TO TRY TO GO AND MAKE THIS PROCESS AS A NEW BOARD. UM, I THINK I WILL SAY THERE'S ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FILL EVERY, EVERY POSITION TONIGHT. AND I'LL, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. UM, I BELIEVE, UH, MS. ALVARADO AND MS. GRAHAM AT LEAST WERE ON THE, THE, UM, BOARD AND COMMISSIONS AD HOC MM-HMM . AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE LARGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP ROLE AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP ROLE, UM, WHAT WAS THE, UM, THE QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT WAS THE INTENT FOR THAT ROLE TO REPRESENT? UM, SHE CAN, IF YOU WANNA ANSWER THE INTENT, YOU CAN, BUT I, I WAS, I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT. I JUST WANNA TELL YOU, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT APPLIED THAT MEET THAT CRITERIA. WELL, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, I MEAN, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS. SO THE INTENT OF BOTH OF THESE ROLES, WHEN WE CREATED, WE STARTED WITH SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. AND SO WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE IS SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY BELONGED TO A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHETHER IT BE THE SMALL BUSINESS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, OR WHETHER IT BE THE WOMEN'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SOMEONE THAT IS CHAMPIONING SMALL BUSINESS WITHIN, UM, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. UH, THE SAME THING FOR LARGE BUSINESS, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A LITTLE MORE, UH, WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BROAD WITH THAT BECAUSE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, EDF YEAH, SOME EDF MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT LIVE IN BAYTOWN. RIGHT. AND, UM, SO WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT, UM, THE BACKGROUND OF INDIVIDUALS, UM, NOT ONLY WHERE THEY WORK, UM, ASSOCIATIONS THAT THEY MAY BELONG TO THAT WOULD FIT THIS CRITERIA. UM, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WERE GOING WITH THE, THE LARGE DEVELOPMENT GROUP. AND MY INTERPRETATION OF ALL OF THEM WAS WHEN, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS IS JUST HAVING REPRESENTATION FROM, FOR ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT TITLES, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK UP HERE WHERE IT SAYS REPRESENTING LARGE BUSINESS, AND I WAS READING THE APPLICATIONS, IF WE HAVE AN APPLICANT THAT YOU CAN LOOK IN THEIR APPLICATION, THAT THEY'VE, UM, THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN LARGE BUSINESSES IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IN OUR AREA OR SMALL BUSINESS, I DON'T, I KNOW WE DID TALK ABOUT BELONGING TO THE CHAMBER, BUT FOR ME, IF THEY OWN A SMALL BUSINESS, OPERATE A SMALL BUSINESS, I WOULD HOPE THEY WERE A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER. BUT FOR ME, JUST, UM, HAVING A BUSINESS AND BEING PART OF OUR COMMUNITY WAS ENOUGH. NO. AND, AND I AGREE. I MEAN, I WILL SAY THE WAY I, I WAS JUST GONNA TELL, I I INTERPRETED IT FIRST UNTIL I, I SAT DOWN WITH, WITH, UM, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND SOME STAFF, AND EVEN THEN, NOT EVERYBODY WASN'T, UH, AND, AND ON THE SAME PAGE OF THE INTENT, RIGHT? FOR ME, UH, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IN A SENSE COULD BE A VOICE FOR A LARGE BUSINESS. YES. YES. AND SOMEBODY CAN BE A VOICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS. MM-HMM . WHEN IT COMES TO SMALL BUSINESS, I MEAN, I WOULD THINK YOU LOOK AT, I GUESS EMPLOYEES, RIGHT? I MEAN, KIND OF LIKE A HANDFUL OF EMPLOYEES OR SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. YEAH. SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. AND, AND SO FOR ME, WHEN I THINK OF A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, UM, AND SO I'M THINKING OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS A, YOU KNOW, A TAXABLE PROPERTY. THEY HAVE A PAYROLL, THEY, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY HAVE, THERE'S PAPERWORK, UH, THAT'S INVOLVED. AND SO THAT WOULD BE A REPRESENTATION OF A SMALL BUSINESS, SOMEBODY WHO'S PAYING, PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON A MM-HMM . ON A BUILDING A SMALL BUSINESS, RIGHT? MM-HMM . UH, YOU KNOW, SO I'M THINKING, I'M GONNA SAY 10 EMPLOYEES OR LESS, RIGHT? UM, I WOULD PROBABLY RULE OUT LIKE THE INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, I, I SELL, YOU KNOW, KITCHEN, KITCHEN UTENSILS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS A, AS SOMETHING JUST TO KEEP ME BUSY OR WHATEVER. UM, I GUESS I'D KIND OF AVOID THAT. SO AS A MEMBER OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD EVER GET INTO SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY EMPLOY OR, UM, HAVING A BRICK AND MORTAR, HAVING A, BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF BUSINESSES OUT THERE THAT ARE RUNNING ON THE INTERNET AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A VIABLE BUSINESS. NOT, UM, I DON'T WANT TO USE ANY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING, I, I CAN GIVE YOU MY INTENT, YOU KNOW? AND SO AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I [00:50:01] THINK OF, OF A TRUE SMALL BUSINESS, 'CAUSE I KNOW MS. RADO, YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS, SO I'M THINKING MM-HMM. SOMEBODY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THEY GOTTA, THEY GOTTA MAKE PAYROLL. THERE'S, THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE DEPEND THEY SOMEBODY ELSE'S DEPENDENT ON, ON THEIR, YOU KNOW, HAVING A, A, A VIABLE BUSINESS. SO IF THAT'S THREE EMPLOYEES OR WHATEVER, I MEAN, I'LL JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE. YEAH. AND THEN LARGE BUSINESS, I MEAN, I'M GONNA SAY I'M NOT, I DON'T THINK Y'ALL MEANT TO CAPTURE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LARGER, THE LARGEST EMPLOYEES IN BAYTOWN MM-HMM . BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE, YOU KNOW, 10 PLUS EMPLOYEES, I DON'T KNOW. BUT, UM, THE ONLY REASON WHY, AND THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M, I'M JUST GIVING OUT SOME NUMBERS MM-HMM . BUT TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHO REALLY WOULD LIKE, WHAT TYPE OF PERSON WOULD BE A VOICE FOR A SMALL BUSINESS AND WHAT WOULD BE A VOICE FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A LARGE BUSINESS. SO, UM, WELL ANYWAY, THIS IS MY TAKE. SO YEAH, KIND OF, KIND OF MY TAKE IS, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM A BUSINESS OWNER IS, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO'S IN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS IS, I GUESS WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT. ARE YOU IN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS, UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT TAKES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE OWNER, BUT KNOWING WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN THAT BUSINESS ON A LARGE BUSINESS SCALE OF, OF HOW IT, HOW IT MOVES THE SHAKES, HOW IT'S GONNA IN INVOLVE THE TAXES AND SOME OF ITS OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE, THAT IT'S COMING ACROSS. SO THERE'S, THERE, I GET YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A, A LARGE BUSINESS OWNER A LOT OF TIMES 'CAUSE SOME OF 'EM ARE NOT FROM IN THE CITY. SO YOU'RE KIND OF IN THAT PER, AND I THINK AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I THINK IT DOES KIND OF HELP WHEN YOU DO HAVE TO DO DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT AND PAY AND WHAT THE CITIES, 'CAUSE YOU'RE SEEING WHAT ECONOMIC IMPACT YOUR SMALL BUSINESS CAN HAVE ON THE CITY BY WHERE YOU PUTTING IT AND WHAT YOU'RE INVOLVED IN. AND, AND IT KIND OF, ONE OF MY OTHER REAL QUICK QUESTIONS IS, I, I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT A MINUTE AGO WHEN YOU PUT, YOU HAVE, HAVE A PROFESSIONAL OR PERSONAL OR AFFILIATION SIMILAR TO THOSE PRESENTED BY OTHER APPOINTEES MM-HMM . THAT WOULD ELIMINATE SOMEONE IN HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BOTH OF THOSE POSITIONS. SO HE COULDN'T EVEN BE, UH, REPRESENTED ON ANY OF THIS. WELL, UM, SO YOU CAN'T, WHEN YOU SAY THAT SPECIFICALLY WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES. WHAT YOU MEAN? WELL, LET'S, LET'S BE HONEST, MR. MR. GRESHAM MM-HMM . OWNS A SMALL BUSINESS. UHHUH , HE'S THE OWNER OF TROPHY BARBERSHOP ON NORTH MAINE. MM-HMM . BUT HE IS ALSO IN REAL ESTATE. SO SINCE HE'S IN REAL ESTATE, HE CAN'T BE, HE CAN'T BE THE SMALL BUSINESS GUY OR THE REAL ESTATE GUY. SO HE IS ELIMINATED BOTH POSITIONS. I I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU'RE, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S WRITTEN. IT'S TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE INTERESTED CITIZEN. IT'S FOR THE INTERESTED CITIZEN. YEAH. YOU COULDN'T MAKE HIM AN INTERESTED CITIZEN IF HE WOULD FIT INTO ONE. HE CAN REPRESENT REAL ESTATE, BUT HE CAN'T. HE CAN OR HE CAN REPRESENT ONE. WHAT I DON'T WANT, WHAT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. I CAN SEE WHERE THE VAGUENESS IN, IN SOME OF THIS THAT WE PUT, UM, IS LEAVING A LOT OF OPEN FOR INTERPRETATION. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS I DON'T, I DON'T WANT THIS TO KEEP US FROM, UM, DOING NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTEES TONIGHT. WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WHEN WE START TO MAKE THESE NOMINATIONS THAT WE SPEAK OUT ABOUT WHAT WE SAW IN THE APPLICATION THAT TIES THAT PERSON TO REPRESENT WHATEVER WE'RE WANTING THEM TO REPRESENT, I THINK AT THAT POINT THEN IT'LL OPEN IT UP FOR CONVERSATION. SO WE CAN DECIDE AS A GROUP IF WE THINK IT FITS THAT, THAT TITLE. YEAH. I, I THINK THE ONLY ONES I'M CONFUSED, I MEAN, I, I NEED CLARITY ON, AND I JUST, OR I JUST NEED CONSENSUS ON, UH, WOULD BE, UM, SOME TYPE OF CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO DISTINGUISH A SMALL BUSINESS FROM A LARGE BUSINESS IN SOME FORM OR FASHION. WELL, IF THAT'S EMPLOYEES OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THERE IS A, A DEFINITION TO SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE BUSINESSES. OKAY. SO, UM, I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THERE IS AN ACTUAL DEFINITION FOR EACH OF THEM. AND SO, UH, IT, A SMALL BUSINESS I BELIEVE COULD BE 50 AND UNDER. UM, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE OTHER NUMBERS, SO JUST TO PULL GOOGLE UP, I MEAN, IT SAID, I MEAN Y'ALL, I, THIS IS WHY I THINK IT, WE GET TIED DOWN TO SOME OF THESE THINGS. SO IT, THE SMALL BUSINESS DEFINITION IS ACTUALLY FEWER THAN 500 EMPLOYEES. OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN, I, $5 MILLION THAT, THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO THE NOMINATIONS, LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS AND THEN HAVE OUR VOICE AS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF IF WE THINK THIS FITS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO REPRESENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BAYTOWN. BUT MAYOR, YES. YES SIR. YES SIR. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND PUSH THE ISSUE. UM, I, I KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT SMALL BUSINESSES TO ME, AND I KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT LARGE BUSINESSES TO ME. SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M WANTED TO NOMINATE, UH, ROBERT GRISHAM TO THE SMALL BUSINESS. AND MY REASONING FOR THAT IS BECAUSE HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN, BASICALLY A BARBERSHOP. HE USED TO BE MY BARBER, HE WAS PART OF THE TROPHY BARBERSHOP, AND NOW HE IS GOT HIS OWN BARBERSHOP. SO HE FULLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT SMALL BUSINESS HAS TO DEAL WITH AND, AND SO FORTH IN TOWN. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT AS A NOMINATION JUST TO PUSH THIS FORWARD. WE COULD ARGUE DEFINITIONS ALL NIGHT LONG. YES. BUT THAT HE'S GONNA BE MY NOMINATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE AGAIN, HE HE'S HE'S VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. A CITIZEN. HE COULD BE A REAL ESTATE AND IT COULD BE A [00:55:01] SMALL BUSINESS. WELL, BUT, BUT I KNOW HIM AS A SMALL BUSINESS SURE. OWNER OPERATOR FROM THE TROPHY BARBERSHOP TO HIS CURRENT BARBERSHOP. SO THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT HIM. HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO HIM TO, TO HIM IN A WHILE. BUT HE WAS ALWAYS VERY VOCAL ABOUT CURRENT ACTIVITIES HE WAS AND STUFF IN TOWN. I THINK HE'D MAKE A GOOD ASSET TO THIS COMMITTEE I WOULD AGREE. SO I'M HAVE TO, I HAVE TO THROW YOU FOR ANOTHER LOOP THOUGH. MAYOR, CAN I JUMP IN REAL? SO, MAYOR, CAN I JUMP IN? YES, SIR. REAL QUICK. I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING. I'M NOT GONNA GO IN THAT DIRECTION. OKAY. I JUST WANNA SET EXPECTATIONS WITH THIS COMMITTEE. YES. FIRST AND FOREMOST, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE A FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS, OR HOWEVER LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, AND PEOPLE APPLYING LEFT AND RIGHT TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE THINK IT'S GONNA BE A BRIGHT AND SHINY AND THIS SEXY THING THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET INVOLVED WITH. IT'S NOT. ALL RIGHT. UM, I WANTED TO JUST SET VERY CLEAR EXPECTATIONS. WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON POLICY. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE WORKING ON, UM, UH, WHICH RESTAURANT OR BUSINESS IS COMING INTO THE CITY. AND SO SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE APPLIED THIS LONG LIST AND THEY'RE BE LIKE, OOH, PICK ME OFF REAL QUICK. 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT POLICY AND DEFINITIONS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ADHERING TO STRATEGIC PLANS. AND IT MAY BE MIND NUMBING TO SOME PEOPLE. MM-HMM . AND IT MAY BE EXCITING TO OTHERS, BUT I JUST WANNA TO SET EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLING IN ABOUT THIS, ABOUT BEING ON THIS COMMITTEE. NO, AND, AND GOOD NOTE ON THAT. SO LET ME GET TO, UM, THE PROCESS HERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE I, I CAN ONLY RECOGNIZE ONE INDIVIDUAL AT A TIME. IF I SAY I'M OPEN TO NOMINATIONS. I, SO IF I, IF I PICK YOU, KEN, AND YOU NOMINATE, AND HE WANTED, AND, AND MIKE WANTED TO NOMINATE ROBERT GRESHAM FOR WHATEVER SMALL BUSINESS, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY ONE ROLE. AND SO I GOT WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, THIS IS WHAT I'M PROPOSING. ONE, WE, WE, WE, I THINK WE'LL HAVE, WE ALREADY HAVE IT PREPARED. WE CAN EITHER HAVE THE CITY CLERK PULL ORDER OF NOMINATIONS, AND YOU JUST, YOU NOMINATE WHATEVER YOU FILL, WHOEVER YOU FILL FOR WHEREVER IS OPEN. WE CAN DO THAT. OR WE CAN, WE CAN PULL FOR ORDER STILL. AND THEN THE SECOND PULL, AND YOU COULD DO IT YOURSELF, UH, WOULD BE YOUR, WHATEVER YOU PULL IS THE ROLE THAT YOU WOULD NOMINATE FOR. SO LIKE, SO YOU'D HAVE TO PULL, YOU'D PULL THE NOMINATION ORDER, AND THEN YOU WERE GONNA PULL, LET'S JUST SAY YOU DID IT, YOU WOULD PULL INTEREST CITIZEN NUMBER TWO, THAT WOULD BE YOUR, THAT'D BE YOUR APPOINTMENT. WHOEVER YOU APPOINT WOULD BE THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I FOLLOW YOU, BUT WHY CAN'T WE JUST SAY, WE ALL WANNA MAKE NOMINATIONS FOR REAL ESTATE, AND THEN WE VOTE ON IT, AND THEN WE MOVE TO, WE MAKE A NOMINATION FOR FINANCE AND BANKING, AND THEN WE VOTE. LIKE, WHY CAN'T WE JUST GO THROUGH EACH TITLE? IT'S HARD ENOUGH WHEN WE HAVE ONE VACANCY AND WE DO THAT, BUT NOW WE HAVE SEVEN. BUT THAT, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO, BUT THE FISHBOWL THING SEEMS WEIRD TO ME BECAUSE IF I GO OVER THERE AND I PULL FINANCE, BUT I DON'T REALLY WANNA NOMINATE ANYBODY FOR FIVE MINUTES. NO, I'M SAYING WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS. WE CAN DO JUST ORDER OF NOMINATION. I MEAN, THAT WAY, IF YOU'RE FIRST, YOU'RE FIRST OR YOU MAY BE SEVENTH, THAT'S FINE. GO AHEAD. RIGHT. I MEAN, THAT WAY. AND YOU, EVERYBODY GETS A NOMINATION. OKAY. NOW YOU MAY BE FIRST, YOU MAY BE SEVENTH. WE CAN LEAVE IT AT THAT. YEAH, I CAN LEAVE IT AT THAT. OKAY. AND I, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, SARAH AND I, AS PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, DID GO THROUGH TO IDENTIFY WHICH ONES WOULD FIT WITHIN SMALL BUSINESS, LARGE BUSINESS, REAL ESTATE, ET CETERA. THERE WEREN'T THAT VERY MANY. YEAH. WENT, BUT THERE WERE MANY OF OUR INTERESTED CITIZENS. OH YEAH. THERE'S NO DOUBT THERE'S ONLY TWO. YEAH. TWO ROLES. THERE'S TECHNICALLY THREE, BUT ONE'S E, TJ, UM, YEAH. OH YEAH. YEAH. UM, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT FAIR. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO WALK AWAY FROM HERE AND SAY, WELL, I DIDN'T GET TO NOMINATE. DO Y'ALL WANT US TO SHARE WITH, WITH AS AD HOC, WHAT, WHAT WE, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE APPLICATIONS TODAY IN DETAIL, WHAT WE, WHO WE THOUGHT FIT, WHICH TITLES DO YOU WANT US TO SHARE THAT YOU CAN, I ASKED THE CITY. I, I DID DISCUSS WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAKING A MATRIX LIKE THEY USUALLY DO MM-HMM . AND THEY SAID IT'S Y'ALLS DECISION. Y'ALL'S ARENA. YEAH. WHAT Y'ALL WANNA DO THAT WE CAN DO THAT. YEAH. AND JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP IN THE FUTURE. I DID ASK OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ABOUT ADDING SOMETHING ON THE APPLICATION. WHAT ROLE DO YOU FIT? YEAH. WITHIN THEY SELF IDENTIFY. YEAH. BECAUSE THEY JUST, THEY JUST, THOSE SELF IDENTIFY WHERE THEY FEEL THEY FIT WITHIN THIS MATRIX, THAT, THAT WOULD'VE PROBABLY SAVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND TIME IF IT, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE APPLICATION. BUT, YOU KNOW, IN HINDSIGHT, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO DO YOU, DO Y'ALL, DO YOU THINK IS THERE A BENEFIT FOR DOING THAT? OR DO WE JUST DRAW NAMES AND JUST YOU'LL MAKE A NOMINATION AND THE REST OF COUNCIL'S EITHER GONNA AGREE WITH YOU OR NOT? OKAY. YEAH. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I MEAN THAT'S, I'D RATHER NOT DO IT THAT WAY, BUT IS THAT OKAY? LIKE THAT? WHAT DO YOU WANT? YOU WANT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE LIST. YOU READY? YEAH. I CLARIFY, SIR. I, I, I'VE MADE A NOMINATION. IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO MAKE A SMALL [01:00:01] BUSINESS NOMINATION, BY ALL MEANS, LET'S DO THAT. AND THEN LET'S VOTE ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS. IF NOBODY ELSE HAS A SMALL BUSINESS NOMINATION YEAH. ABOUT, THEN WE GO ABOUT ON, ON MINE AND WE GO THROUGH THAT EACH ONE. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW THEY BROKE IT DOWN AS TO SMALL AND, OKAY, SO LET'S DO LARGE BUSINESS. AND SO FINANCE AND ALL THAT OTHER, I GUESS FOR SMALL BUSINESS. I'M JUST MAKING MY OWN COLUMN HERE. SO JUST TELL ME WHO I'M GONNA PUT A CHECK PART NEXT TO THEIR NAME. OH, WELL, I'M, I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK ON THE LIST. WE, AND SO JERRY ALEXANDER, TRUSTED CITIZEN, JANICE CARROLL, UM, LARGE BUSINESS, JUDY DUBBO, FIT, LARGE BUSINESS AND SMALL BUSINESS, ROBERT GRISHAM, UH, FIT, WE HAD HIM AS REAL ESTATE AND A SMALL BUSINESS. GINA GUILLORY IS ETJ. WEBER IS INTERESTED CITIZEN. CHARLES JOHNSON IS REAL ESTATE. JAMES KILBURN, INTERESTED CITIZEN. KIMBERLY ICK. SMALL BUSINESS OR INTERESTED CITIZEN. UH, RHONDA LOPEZ, INTERESTED CITIZEN MAR MATTHEWS INTERESTED CITIZEN. FELICIA MCKNIGHT, INTERESTED CITIZEN. UH, I DO NOT HAVE BRENDA'S IT. SHE'S ET JT. OKAY. E OH, I'M SORRY. ETJ. I DO HAVE THAT. UH, MIHA IS INTERESTED. CITIZEN AND MIKE WILSON, UM, FINANCE, BAKER FINANCE AND DAVID ISAAC IS, UH, ETJ. UM, AND THAT WAS US GOING THROUGH THEIR APPLICATIONS IN DETAIL AND LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR NOTES FROM WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS THROUGH THE AD HOC MM-HMM . AND THAT'S THE TITLES WE CAME UP WITH. BUT I 100% AGREE THAT IN THE FUTURE THEY SHOULD BE SELF-IDENTIFYING AND THEN WE DISCUSS FROM THERE. SO. WELL, AND, AND THE REASON WHY THAT WELL SELF-IDENTIFY, SELF-IDENTIFYING IS, IS BETTER THAT WAY. THAT IT'S, THEY THEM, THEY'RE KIND OF SAY WHERE THEY, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. THEY'RE SAYING, I'M A SMALL BUSINESS. I'M A LARGE BUSINESS. WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE A, A DECISION. THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WANTED TO STAY OUT OF THAT TO SAY, I, HOW, HOW DO THEY KNOW THE CRITERIA OF SMALL BUSINESS OR LARGE BUSINESS? RIGHT. SO, SO THAT'S IDENTIFIED. YOU KIND OF KNOW IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS . I KNOW, BUT I KNOW, BUT I KNOW IF YOU ARE ONE. BUT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, I KNOW THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY WAY TO DETERMINE THAT. DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE LABELS THAT WE PUT? NO. I MEAN, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF OBVIOUSLY INTERESTED CITIZENS AND EVEN ROBERT GRESHAM COULD STILL BE AN INTERESTED CITIZEN. MM-HMM . YEAH. RIGHT. AND SO JUST AS EXAMPLE, BUT, ALRIGHT. OKAY. EVERYBODY GOOD WITH WHERE WE'RE AT? SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO DRAW FOR NOMINATION ORDER. AND THAT'S THE, SO WE'LL, IF IT'S YOUR, IF YOU'RE FIRST, THEN YOU'LL MAKE YOUR NOMINATION FOR WHATEVER VACANCY THERE IS. OKAY. AND WE'LL JUST KIND OF JUST TAKE IT FROM THERE. FAIR. ALRIGHT. YOU WANT US TO DRAW IT OR DO YOU WANT HER TO DRAW IT? OR DOES EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY WANTS TO DRAW THEIR OWN. DRAW IT. LET HER DRAW IT. JUST DRAW. I'M OKAY. YOU DRAWING? OKAY. SHE'S GONNA DRAW AND TECHNICALLY GRESHAM WOULD NOT FIT INTEREST A CITIZEN BECAUSE HE WOULD OH. BE CONFLICTING WITH REAL ESTATE AND SMALL BUSINESS. OH, WELL, YES. JUST, SORRY. CLARIFICATION. WHATEVER WE DRIVING. MY APOLOGIES THERE. I NEED MY WATER. I KNOW. WELL, I MEAN, ALL OF 'EM WOULD ALMOST CONFLICT. I MEAN, I MEAN ALL OF 'EM WOULD CONFLICT WITH THAT. I I DON'T NEED THEM. I THINK THEY MEANT INDUSTRY WISE. SOMETHING WRONG. MAYOR, WE'RE READY? YES, SHE'S, WE'RE READY. OKAY. FIRST IS DISTRICT 2D TWO. ALRIGHT. NEXT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DRAW ALL THE ORDER. YEAH, WE'RE JUST GONNA DO ALL 'EM. GET THE ORDER. NEXT IS DISTRICT SIX. OKAY. NEXT IS D THREE. OKAY. Y'ALL FOLLOWED THEM REALLY WELL. . DISTRICT FOUR MAYOR. OKAY. DISTRICT FIVE. WELL IF YOU'RE NOT FIRST, YOU'RE LAST . ALRIGHT. AND DISTRICT ONE. OKAY. SO AGAIN, THE ORDER IS GONNA BE DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT SIX, DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT FOUR, MYSELF, DISTRICT FIVE AND DISTRICT ONE. OKAY. SO LET'S START IT. UH, SO DISTRICT TWO, MS. GRAHAM, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN FIRST SO EXCITED. . JUST KIDDING. I'M GONNA JUMP RIGHT INTO THE VACANT, VACANT SPOT FOR ETJ AND I'M GOING TO NOMINATE GINA GUILLORY. OKAY. OKAY. AND SO I GUESS LET ME ASK, SO DO WE WANT TO GO AND SAY, IS THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? IF NOT, IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT PERSON, THEN WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. I'M GOOD. WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISTRICT SIX. WELL, OKAY. I'M GONNA , I THINK WE ALREADY DID THIS. THIS KILLING. IS THIS, IS THIS FOR WHO IT'S GONNA BE? WHO IS IT? WHO IS IT? I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA NOMINATE ROBERT GRESHAM FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS FOR THE STATED, I AM SHOCKED. THE REASON STATED HE'S OWNED TWO BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN. [01:05:01] YEAH. I THINK HE'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. I AM SHOCKED. OKAY. UH, NEXT IS DISTRICT THREE. I WILL BE NOMINATING JUDY DE BOSE FOR A LARGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP. OKAY. SHE'S DONE WORK WITH THE DYNAMO AND SWIM MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. DISTRICT FOUR, Y'ALL REALLY GAVE THIS TO ME AT THIS ONE. UH, I WILL GO WITH THE INTEREST IN CITIZEN ONE AND I WILL GO WITH DENISE CARROLL. OKAY. UM, SHE'S AFFILIATED WITH LARGE BUSINESS AFFILIATED BY HOW? BY EMPLOYMENT. SO BY HOW BY EMPLOYMENT? NO, SHE BELONGS TO SEVERAL GROUPS THAT CONDUCT BUSINESS WITH LARGE BUSINESS. SHE'S PART OF THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP. UM, 'CAUSE WE HAD HER, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY I ASKED YOU WHICH ONE. SHE WAS MORE INTERESTED BECAUSE I HAD CONSIDERED NOMINATING HER FOR ONE OF THE BUSINESS ONES. BUT SEE, THAT'S KIND OF A WEIRD THING I'M SAYING. I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE INTERESTED CITIZEN, THEY LIVE IN THIS STATE. I'M OKAY WITH YOU. I'M SAYING I AM OKAY WITH THAT. YEAH. I THINK WHAT WE WERE, THE IDEA WAS TO PROTECT HAVING, UM, TOO MUCH OF THE SAME MARKET. THE SAME THING. YEAH. I GET THE SAME SAYING. SO I I THINK IT'S, IT'S FINE. I DON'T THINK THAT'D BE AN ISSUE. I MEAN, IF ANYTHING I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD BENEFIT. YEP. I DO TOO PERSONALLY. BUT ARE YOU, WELL, THAT WOULD NEGATE THAT LAST SENTENCE THAT WE ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT, BUT I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. YOU DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, THREE REALTORS, LET'S SAY, OR FIVE REALTORS. YEAH. IT, IT'S PART OF THE MAKEUP OF, RIGHT. WE WANTED A MIX COMMITTEE. WE WANTED A A CROSS MIX OF, OF PROFESSIONS. THERE'S NO DOUBT. I THINK WE STILL HAVE THAT. WE HAVE TWO MORE. NO, OR THREE MORE NUMBERS. ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT? MR. CITY ATTORNEY? I THINK YOU'RE FREE TO INTERPRET, UH, THE ABILITY, THE, THE ORDINANCE IN THE MANNER THAT YOU FEEL IS APPROPRIATE. OKAY. THAT IS A GOOD ANSWER, , BECAUSE YOU ASKED REALLY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE, AND I, BECAUSE AGAIN, BEING ON THE COMMITTEE, SO WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF WHAT IS PUT ON THE APPLICATION, RIGHT? MM-HMM . SO IF MS. CARROLL HAD CHOSEN TO NOT LIST HER ASSOCIATIONS MM-HMM . WE WOULD NOT HAVE, UH, BEEN ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, DIG SO DEEP INTO WHAT HER AFFILIATIONS ARE. MM-HMM . SO I AM PERSONALLY EVEN AFTER OUR CONVERSATION, I'M PERSONALLY COMPLETELY OKAY WITH HER BEING ONE OF THE INTERESTED CITIZENS. I DO WORRY HOWEVER, THAT IN THE FUTURE, UM, WHEN IT'S NOT THE SAME MAKEUP UP HERE IN THESE SAME CONVERSATIONS THAT WHAT IF WE DO END UP WITH, OH, WELL THOSE FOUR REAL ESTATE OR THOSE THREE REAL ESTATE AGENTS CAN ALSO BE INTERESTED CITIZENS AND WE END UP WITH FOUR. YOU KNOW? YEAH. SO I JUST, UM, WE NEED TO ALWAYS, WE MIGHT HAVE TO REVISIT HOW I THINK THAT WAS, I THINK THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL'S INTENTION WAS, WAS THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T WANT ONE PROFESSION TO DOMINATE THE BO THIS IT WAS ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S ON THE RECORD NOW, STATING THE INTENT BEHIND THIS AND Y'ALL ALL REMEMBER. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, NEXT IS MYSELF. I'LL BE, I'D LIKE TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION. I'LL BE NOMINATING MIKE WILSON FOR FINANCE AND BANKING. AND THEN YEAH. , I'LL NOMINATE INTEREST. OKAY, GO AHEAD. UH, I'LL NOMINATE CHARLES JOHNSON FOR THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY. CHARLES JOHNSON. I HEARD THAT NAME SOMEWHERE BEFORE. I THINK THAT'S THE LAST REAL ESTATE. I SEE. I THOUGHT I SAW HIM HERE SOMEWHERE. OH, THERE HE IS. OH, HE'S BY MR. VANDER. BE, YEAH. WELL YOU BEHIND MR. VANDERBEEK. THAT'S JUST CHARLES CAN'T YOU HAVE TO MOVE AROUND. SO, ALRIGHT. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, UH, FOR DISTRICT FIVE. AND THAT IS FOR, I'M ASSUMING REAL ESTATE. YES. AND WE HAVE DISTRICT ONE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST. ABSOLUTELY. AND I'M ASSUMING THIS INTEREST CITIZEN NUMBER TWO. UH, YES SIR. I AM GOING TO NOMINATE MY FORMER RESIDENT SINCE THE LINES CHANGED. UM, I KNOW IT DOESN'T MATTER IN TERMS OF DISTRICTS, BUT, UM, WEBER, HOLLAND TO FILL THE INTEREST CITIZEN TOO. THAT'S AS SHE USED TO BE. DISTRICT ONE. MM-HMM . WELL YOU SHOULD BE DISTRICT THREE. AND THEN WE CHANGED THE LINES. YES. AND, AND SHE BECAME D ONE. YEAH. AND SO BY RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN WE CHANGED AGAIN. ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH THE SLATE. SO WE HAVE, UH, GINA GUILLORY FOR ETJ. MM-HMM . WE HAVE ROBERT, UH, GRESHAM, UH, SMALL BUSINESS, JUDY DEBO FOR LARGE BUSINESS. JANICE CARROLL FOR INTEREST. ASSISTANT NUMBER ONE. MIKE WILSON FOR FINANCE AND BANKING. CHARLES JOHNSON FOR REAL ESTATE. AND WEBER HOL FOR, UH, INTEREST ASSISTANT NUMBER TWO. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE, UH, SLATE OF NOMINATIONS. MOTION TO APPROVE THE SLATE OF NOMINATIONS. SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE SLATE AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ITEM CARRIES. I THINK WE DID VERY GOOD ON THAT. WE [01:10:01] DID. THAT WAS VERY HARD. WE DID, WE STRUGGLED WITH THE SMALL, LARGE BUSINESS, BUT, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH IT. YEAH. WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CRITERIA TO, TO TRY TO DETERMINE THAT. SO. VERY GOOD. HOPEFULLY IT'LL, LIKE I SAID, IT'LL BE EASIER NEXT TIME WITH SELF. I, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. I, I KNOW WE ASKED, I THINK ON THE APPLICATION IT'S WHAT PRIORITY, LIKE WHAT DO YOU SEE? BUT THIS IS ONE BOARD AND WITH ROLE, SO IT'D BE A LITTLE BIT, AND WE DID LOOK AT THAT AS WELL AS WHO HAD THIS EDAC AS THEIR FIRST NOMINATION. SO NOW I HAVE TO ASK AS THE, AS THE CITY MANAGER EXPRESSED, WE'VE MADE A LOTS OF APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS. IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT NOW WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH, WHAT IS IT, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. UM, SO THAT'LL BE THE LAST THING. OKAY. THAT, UM, OUR BOARDS ARE FILLED. YEAH. ALL OF THE BOARDS OTHER THAN VACANCIES. OTHER THAN VACANCIES, RIGHT. BUT WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY PROMOTING IT. AND WE HAD SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKE A NEW VIDEO. SO THAT'LL BE AIRING SOON TO KEEP PROMOTING PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING ON THESE BOARDS AND SIGNING UP AND SOUNDS GOOD. OR DOING AN ACTIVE APPROACH TO TRY TO GET IT OUT THERE TO BE MORE INVOLVED. SO BE, UH, BE READY FOR THAT VIDEO. Y'ALL, HOPEFULLY A LOT OF DANCING. COME ON AND DO AND JOIN US IN THIS VOYAGE. I WISH I, I WISH THEY HAD LAURA'S OUTTAKES BECAUSE APPARENTLY WE'RE GOING ON A FANTASTIC VOYAGE. OKAY. SO I DON'T HAVE GOING RIDE RIDES. LET'S GO TO, [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.] UH, MANAGE REPORT. OH, IT'S MY TURN. UM, . ALRIGHT. UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, COME OUT AND JOIN US, UH, UH, THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH FOR THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. UH, THE EVENT OPENS AT FIVE O'CLOCK AT BICENTENNIAL PARK. UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, UH, TO THE EVENT. IT WAS, UM, A GREAT EVENT LAST YEAR, LOOKING FOR ANOTHER GREAT EVENT THIS YEAR. IT'S, UH, I BELIEVE THE FIREWORKS SHOW A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS YEAR. 'CAUSE THE HEADLINE'S NOT COMING UNTIL 10. SO THE SHOW IS AT 10 45. SO IT'LL BE, IT WILL BE A, UM, A FUN, UH, BUT YET LONG EVENING. UH, AT THE SAME TIME, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A RUNOFF ELECTION FOR HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAPPENING AT LEE COLLEGE. UH, SO OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH LEE COLLEGE AND HARRIS COUNTY, UH, TO PROPERLY, UM, GET PEOPLE TO THE POLLS. 'CAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO INTERFERE THE SAME TIME THAT JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IS GOING ON THERE. UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND LEE COLLEGE, UH, TO BETTER DIRECT TRAFFIC SO PEOPLE ARE NOT HINDERED FROM GETTING TO THE POLLS. AND I'M PUTTING IT OUT THERE NOW TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING IN TANDEM, UH, TO, UH, ENSURE, UH, PEOPLE CAN GET TO THE POLLS. OKAY. SO YES, YES SIR. CITIZENS CAN ACT, CITIZENS CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FACEBOOK PAGE. WE HAVE NOT ONLY PUT UP DIRECTIONS, BUT ALSO A LINK WITH A MAP TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE POLLING LOCATION. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF. ALRIGHT. AND THEN WANNA READ A FEW THINGS? I HAD SOME WRITE-INS AND JUST RECOGNIZE A FEW ACTIVITIES. UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP EVENT WAS A JOINT EFFORT INVOLVING THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, STORM WATER TRAFFIC CONTROL AND SOLID WASTE. UH, TEAMS, UH, CLEANUP ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE IN MIDDLETOWN, PELLY, AND WEST BAYTOWN. UM, TEAMS OF TWO COLLECTED TRASH AND DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY. ROADWAYS FILLING OVER 14 BAGS. ADDITIONALLY AROUND 30 LOADS OF TRASH AND 38 TIRES WERE DROPPED OFF AT THE 1200, UH, LEAD DRIVE LOCATIONS. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED. UH, BIG UH, CONGRATS TO STEPHANIE. STEPHANIE MEDINA, OUR OUTREACH SPECIALIST FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. RECENTLY, RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MARKETING. SO GREAT WORK. UM, KEVIN HARVILLE, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE SAID HIS NAME A FEW TIMES THIS YEAR. HE RECEIVED THE TEXAS CHAPTER OF AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION TECHNICAL INNOVATION AWARD AT THE STATE CONVENTION THIS MONTH. HE RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR HIS FOCUS ON TRAINING AND INNOVATION, INCLUDING STARTING THE C UM, THE CDL DRIVERS TRAINING PROGRAM, SAFETY RODEO, HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS COURSE, PREVENTIVE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, AND LEADER IN TRAINING PROGRAM. SO, CONGRATS KEVIN. AND, UH, THAT'S A MOUTHFUL TO SAY. LEMME SAY THAT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT THE AMAZING JOB, UH, THEY DID FROM REMOVING THE TREES AFTER THE MOST, UH, RECENT STORM. HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE, THE CALLS AND THE, UH, AND THE ATTABOYS ARE STILL COMING IN. UH, THIS RESIDENT SAID THAT THEY CUT DOWN A TREE ON SATURDAY AND THE CITY HAD TO PICK IT, AND THE CITY HAD IT PICKED UP HOURS LATER. UH, THE RESIDENT SAID HE KNOWS THAT WE ARE SLAMMED THROUGHOUT THE CITY FROM THE CLEANUP EFFORTS, BUT HE'S TRULY APPRECIATIVE OF HOW QUICK WE RESPONDED. UH, MOVING ON. THE CITY OF BAYTOWN RECENTLY RECEIVED RECOGNITION FROM JUDGES IN TWO DIFFERENT AWARD PROGRAMS. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATORS AWARDED THE CITY WITH A THIRD PLACE AWARD FOR THE BAYTOWN BREAKDOWN, UH, VIDEO SERIES AND THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICERS AWARDED THE CITY WITH THE FIRST PLACE AWARD FOR THE BAYTOWN BREAKDOWN SERIES AND THE THIRD PLACE AWARD FOR THE BAYTOWN VOICE MAGAZINE. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WELL, WELL-DESERVED AWARDS FROM THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM. AND THEN EVERY YEAR THE BAYTOWN SUMMER TRACK PROGRAM [01:15:01] HOSTS A LOCAL TRACK MEET. AND THIS YEAR IT WAS, UH, WAS ON JUNE 6TH AT LEE HIGH SCHOOL. ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS WROTE IN AND SAID, THIS WAS SUCH A FUN, UPLIFTING EVENT FOR ME AND MY KIDS TO VOLUNTEER IN. I CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT TIME. LOVE TO HEAR OUR VOLUNTEERS. WANT TO COME BACK AND SERVE OUR BAYTOWN COMMUNITY. THANKS TO ALL OF YOUR WORK, MAYOR COUNCIL, THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU MISS. CITY MANAGER. ALRIGHT, NEXT WE'LL HAVE, [a. Receive a report from Council Member Jacob Powell regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 5.] UH, A, A REPORT FROM, UH, DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL START WITH PARKS AND REC. UH, TENNIS LESSONS HAVE BEEN MOVED TO HOLLOWAY PARK FROM PIRATES BAY DURING THIS SUMMER SEASON. UH, THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING AT, AT HOLLOWAY PARK AS WELL AS RESTROOMS. SOME BLEACHERS HAVE BEEN ADDED OUT THERE AS WELL FOR SPECTATORS. UH, SUMMER, TWO YOUTH LESSONS, UH, YOUTH TENNIS LESSONS ARE FULL WITH 34 PARTICIPANTS. UM, REGISTRATION FOR THE NEXT SESSION WILL OPEN, UH, ON JUNE 16TH, SO HERE IN A FEW DAYS AND ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PARKS AND RICK WEBSITE. ABOUT A DOZEN VOLUNTEERS FROM COVESTRO. WE'RE AT HOLLOWAY PARK THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY TO, UH, SPREAD FRESH MULCH AT THE PLAYGROUND. IT WAS ALSO A CLEANUP EVENT, UH, THROUGH THE ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU TO THAT TEAM. UH, AND THEN ALSO BAROS PARK. UH, BARLO PARK HAD ITS SHADE STRUCTURE COMPLETED. UM, I WILL THROW IN THERE THAT PELLEY PARK ALSO GOT DONE OVER AT D TWO. THEY HAVE ON THAT ON HERE AS WELL. UM, IF YOU FREQUENT JENKINS AND HOLLOWAY PARKS, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE, THE, IT'S ABOUT 30 SIGNS ALONG THE TRAILS WITH THREE WORDS ON EACH SIGN. IT LOOKS LIKE THREE RANDOM WORDS, BUT, UM, IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY ALONG THE TRAIL, YOU CAN GIVE THOSE TO THE 9 1 1 DISPATCHER. AND WITH THOSE THREE WORDS THAT CAN PINPOINT YOUR SPECIFIC LOCATION, UM, SO IT JUST HELPS THEM GET TO YOU QUICKER IF YOU'RE OUT ON THE TRAILS. UM, YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THOSE WORDS THROUGH THE WHAT, THREE WORDS APP OR ON THEIR WEBSITE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. UH, UH, FAIRWAY AND SEVILLE PROJECT IS BEING CLOSED. A FINAL CHANGE ORDER WILL COME TO COUNCIL IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AND THEN THE CHAMBERS COMMONS LIFT STATION, UH, IS ABOUT 71% COMPLETE. UM, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A POWER ISSUE WITH CENTERPOINT TO GET, UH, POWER ESTABLISHED TO THE, THE LIFT STATION THERE. AND THEN IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, A LOT OF GROWTH OUT ON, UH, NORTH HIGHWAY 1 46. IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE LATELY, THERE'S A DUTCH BROTHERS COFFEE. IT'S ABOUT 60% COMPLETE OF LENE OIL CHANGE IS ABOUT 40% COMPLETE. A BEST STOP CAJUN MARKET IS ABOUT 20% COMPLETE. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM, BUT, UH, I HAVE A FRIEND FROM LOUISIANA THAT WAS VERY EXCITED. APPARENTLY THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD BOUDAN, SO I'LL TAKE HIS WORD FOR IT. OKAY. UH, THERE'S ALSO A STARBUCKS BUILD OUT ON THE 46 AS WELL AS A BOJANGLES RESTAURANT IS UNDER PLAN REVIEW. UM, AND THE LAST PROJECT I WANTED TO, UH, TALK ABOUT IS ONE THAT I CONSIDER THE MOST IMPORTANT IN MY DISTRICT. UH, YOU WON'T SEE IT IN ANY STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, BUT THIS PROJECT WAS STARTED YEARS AGO. UM, ADMITTEDLY WITHOUT A GREAT PLAN AND WITH LESS THAN ADEQUATE FUNDING. UH, AND BEFORE I MAKE CITY STAFF ANY MORE NERVOUS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT OF BEING A GOOD FATHER. UM, SO THIS WEEK IS FATHER'S DAY. UM, I'M BLESSED, UH, AND VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN RAISED BY, UM, A GREAT DAD, STRONG MAN OF GOD. UM, HE'S SOMEWHAT A, A JACK OF ALL TRADES, TAUGHT ME A LOT. UM, AND MY KIDS ARE CONSTANTLY ASKING ME, WHERE'D YOU LEARN HOW TO DO THAT? AND WHEN THE ANSWER ISN'T YOUTUBE, UH, THE ANSWER IS, MOST LIKELY MY DAD TAUGHT ME. UM, AND SO HOPEFULLY ONE DAY, OH LORD WILL. AND IF I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN WHEN THEY ASK, ASK, ASK THAT SAME QUESTION, MY KIDS WILL RESPOND. MY DAD TAUGHT ME. UM, AND SO, UH, JUST AS WE RECOGNIZE FATHERS THIS WEEKEND, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL DADS STEPDADS GRANDFATHERS, UH, MALE ROLE MODELS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. BEING A DAD ISN'T EASY. UM, THE BEST OF 'EM ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO CREATE NEW DAD JOKE MATERIAL. UM, AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, DEFINITELY NOT EASY. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO GET A THREE-YEAR-OLD TO LAY DOWN FOR A NAP. UM, CHIEF, SOMETIMES I THINK I NEED TO CALL YOU FOR HER RESISTING ARREST. . YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD ONE. UM, BUT, BUT HAVE A LITTLE, SOME RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WHEN A CHILD IS RAISED IN A FATHER ABSENT HOME, THEY'RE AFFECTED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS. THEY'RE AT A GREATER RISK OF POVERTY, MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS, GREATER RISK OF INFANT MORTALITY, MORE LIKELY TO GO TO PRISON, MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT CRIME, MORE LIKELY TO BECOME PREGNANT AS A TEEN, MORE LIKELY TO FACE ABUSE AND NEGLECT, MORE LIKELY TO ABUSE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER OBESITY, MORE LIKELY TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL. AND SO TO THE DADS OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE FEELING A LITTLE TIRED AND DISCOURAGED, UM, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS VALUABLE. IT'S GREAT WORK. UM, IT'S, IT'S VITAL WORK TO RAISING YOUR CHILDREN. AND I JUST WANNA WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. SO THERE'S NO DOUBT AND APPRECIATE, UH, FOR [01:20:01] THE AC ACCOLADES, OBVIOUSLY FOR PUBLIC OR OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOLKS, BUT ALSO, UH, FOR THEM WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THE FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE ITSELF. RIGHT? AND SO THOSE ARE JUST ALL GREAT THINGS BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS WE CAN DO, COUNSEL, UH, IF IT'S ZONING OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. UH, BUT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ONE THING WE CAN'T DO IS LEGISLATE VALUES AND MORAL MORALE, I GUESS MORALITY, UH, THAT, THAT'S DEPENDENT UPON THE VALUES THAT YOU HAVE AT HOME. AND OBVIOUSLY COUNCILMAN POWELL HAS STRONG VALUES, JUST LIKE, UH, A LOT OF OTHERS. AND SO, UM, THAT IS WHAT MAKES BAYTOWN GREAT, IS THAT, UM, THE SMALL TOWN FEEL AND CERTAINLY, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT GO AND VALUE FAMILY AND, AND THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE ARE ALL PROUD OF. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS, UH, COUNCILMAN POWELL. SO WITH THAT, ANYTHING, YES MA'AM, I DO HAVE A COMMENT, KIND OF A SEGUE TO FATHER'S DAY. SO HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL OF YOU, BUT, UM, THERE IS A FATHER'S DAY EVENT, UM, THIS SATURDAY AT THE WETLANDS. UM, IT'S BEING HELD BY THE MUNICIPAL COURTS, I BELIEVE. UM, I DID SEE THAT. AND SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE WITH THEIR FATHERS. IS IT LIKE FISH WITH DAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OR IT'S, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WHAT IT IS, BUT UM, THERE'S AN EVENT. UM, SO COME OUT TO THE WETLAND CENTER ON SATURDAY. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, SO WE [11. EXECUTIVE SESSION] WILL NOW RECESS AND INTO AND CON INCONVENIENT EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSU PURSUANT TO TECHNICAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION AND 5 5 1 0.087 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. THE TIME IS 7 56 AND WE ARE NOW IN RECESS CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.102, THE TEXA COMMAND CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND SO BEING THAT, THAT, UM, BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. * 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.