* 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 I NOW CALL THIS MEETING THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. UH, WE, IT IS 6 36. WE ARE IN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, WILL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGING INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE LESTER OF DISTRICT NUMBER SIX, STAND FACE, F*G, REPEAT WITH ME. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AND AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY TO JUSTICE FOR ALL. NOW, DETECTIVE FLAG, HONOR TEXAS FLAG OF P HOLD ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE INDIVISIBLE. IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT. AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, HELP US TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION. ALLOW US TO GROW CLOSER AS A GROUP AND TO PROMOTE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT MAY AFFECT US ALL. CONTINUE TO REMIND US THAT ALL THAT WE DO HERE TODAY AND ALL THAT WE ACCOMPLISH IS FOR THE PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH, FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF YOU. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A JOINT MEETING, UM, OF THE BAY BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR [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.] FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS OUR ASSISTANT COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING ASSISTANT COMMENTS? OH, OKAY. SO WE'LL READ THIS. SO, THE PURPOSE OF CITIZEN'S COMMENTS IS TO GIVE ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS. EX UH, EVERYONE DESIRED TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING. EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE HIS OR NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE OF THESE COMMENTS. THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. A CITIZEN MAY PASS HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS COUNSEL AND THE BAYTOWN, UH, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. HOWEVER, NO, NO CITIZEN'S REMARKS SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES IN TOTAL. EITHER THE ONE MINUTE OR THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNSEL. AND MDDI ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND COUNSEL AND THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT CANNOT DISCUSS THE DELIBERATE ON ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC NOTICE HAS NOT GIVEN, UH, HAS NOT BEEN POSTED ON THIS AGENDA. UH, SO I, WELL, FIRST I HAVE, UM, I GUESS I'M HAVE JAMES MIX BECAUSE LINDA MIX IS YIELDING HER ONE MINUTE TO HIM. YOU SHOULD BE VERY FORTUNATE THAT USUALLY, UH, SHE TAKES YOUR MINUTE, , SHE WORKS AT THAT REAL HARD. IT'S A HOLIDAY. IT'S APPROACHING A HOLIDAY. SO I GUESS SHE, SHE GAVE A A SHE REPEAT TO YOU. YES, SIR. UH, YES. MY NAME IS JAMES DWAYNE MIX. I LIVE AT 64 27 CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU ROAD. I HAVE NOT MOVED. Y'ALL HAVE NOT MOWED FULLY SINCE LAST YEAR. AND I HAVE A PICTURE HERE TO SHOW YOU. THIS LAND BELONGS TO Y'ALL. IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE, AND YOU SEE MY MAILBOX THERE. YOU HAVEN'T MOWED THE LAND AT ALL. WE STARTED OUT IN 2017 WHEN Y'ALL ANNEXED US ORIGINALLY. THAT WAS OUR FIRST COMPLAINT TO Y'ALL THEN ABOUT MOWING THAT PROPERTY. AND NOW IT'S GONE BACK TO NOT BEING MOWED. THEY STARTED TO MOW IT BACK IN MARCH. THEY GOT ABOUT HALFWAY DONE. HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TRACTOR, BUT YOU NEVER CAME BACK AND FINISHED IT. AND IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT EVER SINCE. IT IS A WAIST HIGH NOW AT THIS POINT. IT IS A RAT INFESTATION AND A MOSQUITO INFESTATION. Y'ALL DO NOT SPRAY FOR MOSQUITOES OUT THERE. WE ARE. YOU NEVER HAVE IN THE, I HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE HERE OF TREES THAT ARE IN THE ROAD, OR NOT IN THE ROAD, BUT IN THE DITCHES OUT THERE. AND Y'ALL DON'T TRIM THE TREES LIKE THE COUNTY USED TO DO IT. THE COUNTY WOULD COME BY AND TRIM THE TREES FOR US AND GET 'EM OFF OF THE ROAD AND OUT OF THE DITCH. THAT'S LOOKING DOWN SOUTH OF MY HOUSE, CALLED FOUR TIMES LAST YEAR OR LAST MONTH TO GET AN ANIMAL PICKED UP. THEY GOT DUMPED ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL CALLED ONCE A DAY, FOUR DAYS IN A ROW. THEY NEVER CAME AND PICKED THE ANIMAL UP. IT STATED THAT Y'ALL WOULD NOT GIVE US, UH, CITY TAX, CITY WATER, AND CITY SEWER, WHICH OH, KIND OF PUSH, BUT Y'ALL DO NOT GIVE US ANY OTHER [00:05:01] TYPE OF CITY SERVICES. AND, UH, THE ONLY THING I REQUEST AT THIS POINT IS, UH, THIS, THIS ANNEXATION FROM THE CITY OF BAYTOWN SO WE CAN GET BACK HARRIS COUNTY SERVICES BECAUSE HARRIS COUNTY CAME OUT AND THEY SPRAYED THAT DITCH OR THEIR SIDE UNTIL THEY GOT TO BARLOW ROAD. AND AS SOON AS THEY GOT THERE, THEY STOPPED. OKAY. UH, MRM. SO YOUR TIME IS UP, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. THANK, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UM, BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THAT HAS, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. SO WE'LL NOW, UH, CONCLUDE OUR ASSISTANT COMMENT PERIOD OF THE AGENDA. WE'LL MOVE ON TO [a. Receive the Baytown Municipal Development District's Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Proposed Budget.] THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ITEMS, WHICH IS ITEM TWO A, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE BAYTOWN MD'S DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET. UM, I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET, AND THIS IS JUST AN ITEM THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS. UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE A DISCUSSION AT A FUTURE MEETING. SO ITEM TWO A WILL BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO B, [b. Consider a resolution setting a public hearing regarding the Baytown Municipal Development District's Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Proposed Budget.] CONSIDER RESOLUTION, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE BAYTOWN MD'S DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET. UH, THE PROPOSED DATE IS JULY 25TH. AND SO FOR THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UH, THAT DATE TO, TO BE, UM, CONSIDERED IN THIS MOTION FOR ITEM TWO B. MOTION FOR APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION SECOND. SO AGAIN, THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE JULY 25TH FOR THE BAYTOWN MD D'S PROPOSED BUDGET. UM, SO IS A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM TWO B IS PRESENTED. PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. NEXT, UH, ITEM TWO [c. Consider a resolution authorizing an engagement letter with RubinBrown, LLC to provide services for the Baytown Hyatt Regency Convention Center and Hotel Project.] C, UM, THAT ITEM IS NOT READY FOR CONSIDERATION, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR [3. MINUTES] MINUTES. WHICH ITEM THREE A IS CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING HELD ON JUNE 13TH OF 20 OF 2024. SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM THREE, A SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? HAVE NOT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THREE. OF ITEM THREE AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED MINUTES ARE APPROVED. UH, NEXT WE [a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.] HAVE OUR RECOGNITIONS AND CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR CITIZEN, UH, CITIZEN CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE. MR. LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. WE HAVE A 30 YEAR MEMBER FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHO I'M SURE YOU'LL RECOGNIZE ONCE THIS VIDEO STARTS RISE BY THE ROOTS AND POSITIVE IMPACT HE HAS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY. STARTING IN 1993, DANA COMPLETED THE PARAMEDIC PROGRAM AT OUR VERY OWN LEE COLLEGE. A YEAR LATER, DANA'S JOURNEY WITH CITY OF BAYTOWN BEGAN AS A PARAMEDIC WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. DANA ROSE TO THE ROLE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR IN 1995 AND IN 2006 HE LED ALL THE PARAMEDIC OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CITY AS THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COORDINATOR. DANA WAS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS WHO CHAMPIONED THE TRANSITION WITH THE FIRE AND EMS MERGER IN 2013. A YEAR LATER, AFTER BECOMING A CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC, HE WAS PROMOTED TO AN ASSISTANT CHIEF OVER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. SINCE 2018, DANA HAS SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF OVER THE ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. DURING DANA'S TENURE AS CITY OF BAYTON EMPLOYEE, HE HAS CONTINUED TO ADVANCE HIS EDUCATION TO BETTER SERVE THE ORGANIZATION. THIS INCLUDES EARNING HIS ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY. IN 2000 THROUGH LEE COLLEGE IN 2017, HE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TEXAS EMS CHIEFS ACADEMY. AND IN 2020, DANA EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC SERVICES LEADERSHIP FROM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, CLEAR LAKE. DANA HAS SHARED HIS EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHERS BY SERVING AS AN ADJUNCT EMS INSTRUCTOR AND CLINICAL PRECEPTOR AT LEE COLLEGE, PARTICIPATING AS A GUEST SPEAKER THROUGHOUT NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CO-AUTHORING SEVERAL ARTICLES FOR THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN GERIATRIC SOCIETY. FURTHER, DANA HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND REGION BY SERVING ON A NUMBER OF BOARDS AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH FOCUS ON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND FIRE RELATED SERVICES. DANA IS HAPPILY MARRIED TO DEBBIE, HIS WIFE OF 31 YEARS, AND PROUD OF HIS CHILDREN, TYLER, WENDY, AND SANDY, ALONG WITH HIS EIGHT GRANDKIDS WHO KEEP HIM VERY BUSY OUTSIDE OF THE SUPPORT HE PROVIDES TO THE CITY. DANA, THANK YOU FOR SERVING THE CITY AND COMMUNITY FOR 30 YEARS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND CERTAINLY THEN IT ALL BE CERTAINLY AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BAYTOWN EMS AND, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY THANK HIM FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR CITIZENS. UH, NEXT WE WILL HAVE [b. Present a proclamation designating July 2024 as Parks and Recreation Month for the City of Baytown, TX.] ITEM THREE B. UM, I'M GONNA PRESENT A PROCLAMATION. UH, IT WILL BE DESIGNATED IN JULY, 2024 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. UM, AFTER THE PROCLAMATION, I WOULD ASK COUNSEL TO JOIN ME. WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE, UH, LIME GREEN SHIRTS, AND I'M ASSUMING WE'LL TAKE A NICE PICTURE, UM, DOWN HERE WITH THEM. AND THAT'S FOUR, EXCUSE ME, ME FOUR. [00:10:05] SO PARKS AND RECREATION GET A WHOLE MONTH, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S ONE DEPARTMENT, I MEAN, YOU HAVE PUBLIC WORKS, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE FIRE POLICE, EMS, BUT PARKS AND REC, I MEAN, IT IS JUST PHENOMENAL THE THE THINGS THEY DO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CITIZENS AND JUST THE, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMMING OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DO BESIDES OUR PARKS, JUST MAINTAINING THE PARKS AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, NOW, UM, BEING INVOLVED WITH THINGS THAT HAP THAT, THAT, UM, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY BRING FAMILIES TO PARKS. I MEAN, THEY JUST DO SO MUCH AND WE'RE A PRETTY BIG CITY. WE HAVE 50 PLUS PARKS AND TO MAINTAIN 'EM AND, AND, AND, AND BASICALLY PROVIDE OUR CITIZENS WITH, WITH THIS TYPE OF RECREATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENT, I THINK WE DO AN ASTOUNDING JOB. AND MANY TIMES THEY ARE AWARD-WINNING, UH, WHEN WE GO AND LOOK AT CITIES OUR SIZE AND THE THINGS THAT THEY DO. AND SO THEY ARE CERTAINLY A SHINING STAR FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR CITIZENS. AND SO WE, WE ARE GONNA RECOGNIZE 'EM FOR THIS MONTH, BUT THEY DO A GREAT JOB. I'M GLAD THEY'RE ALL SMILING. NOW, NEXT WEEK WHEN IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED DEGREES OUT AND 4TH OF JULY, WE'LL SEE IF THEY'RE STILL SMILING, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE 'EM PROBABLY BY THOSE LINE GREEN SHIRT, LINE GREEN SHIRTS. SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, PARK AND RECREATION MONTH, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF, OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTES TIME SPENT IN NATURE, WHICH POSITIVELY IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH BY INCREASING COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND WELLBEING AND ALLEVIATING ILLNESS. ILLNESSES SUCH AS DEPRESSION, ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS, AND ALZHEIMER'S PARKS AND RECREATION ENCOURAGES PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR POPULAR SPORTS, HIKING TRAILS, SWIMMING POOLS, AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES, UH, DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES, PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SUMMERTIME PROGRAMMING, YOUTH SPORTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ARE CRITICAL TO CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT. PARKS AND RECREATION IS A FUNDAMENTAL, IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND PARKS AND RECREATION INCREASES THAT COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY TO INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES, EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL TAX BASE, INCREASE TOURISM, THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES AND CRIME REDUCTION. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES. SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRANDON CILLO, AS THE MAYOR OF CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY, 2024 AS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH IN BAYTOWN AND URGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO GET OUT AND SEE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THIS DEPARTMENT HAS TO OFFER AT, AT ONE OF OUR MANY, MANY PARKS. IT'S TOWN SQUARE, WHEREVER THE CASE MAY BE. THESE FOLKS DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB. WE, I THINK WE KNOW A LOT OF THEM JUST BY THEIR FACES. UM, AND SO I DO WANT TO JUST THANK, THANK 'EM FOR ALL THAT THEY DO AND GO IN AND PUT IN A LOT OF SMILES ON A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS' FACES ALSO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I GET COUNSEL TO JOIN ME AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH, UH, THE PARKS REC DEPARTMENT. EVERYBODY MAKE SURE THEY CAN SEE FACE. I NEED A LITTLE BIT ALL, LET'S TRY THIS. READY? OKAY, HERE WE GO. 1, 2, 3. AND HANG ON. I GOTTA TAKE ONE FOR FIRST . PERFECT. AND ONE MORE. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK Y'ALL. ROLLING. WE SHOULD DO ONE SITCOM EPISODE OF, OKAY. WE HAVE ITEM [a. Conduct a public hearing regarding the repeal and replacement of the City's Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) and Zoning map.] FIVE, ACE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE [00:15:01] REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CITY'S UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, AND ZONING MAP. UH, FIRST I DO HAVE, UH, ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, MR. RANDY, UH, LINES OF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK, UH, STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A SCRIPT ON THAT ONE SEC. NO, IT'S NOT THAT ONE. OH, HERE, IT'S, SO IT'S BASICALLY EVERYTHING I'VE JUST SAID, SIR. BUT YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT YOUR INFORMATION. UH, UH, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO THREE MINUTES WILL BE YOUR LIMIT. UH, BUT WE COULD, I BELIEVE, ARE WE ABLE TO, UM, EXTEND THAT IF NEEDED? WE COULD. OKAY. BUT HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE. MAINLY YOU, UH, IF YOU'RE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISH 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 IT IS NOW 6:52 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REBILL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CITY'S UNIFIED, UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ZONING MAP. UH, FIRST, I'M SORRY. UM, I'LL HAVE, CAN I HAVE STAFF, IF YOU MIND, ONE SEC. I'LL HAVE STAFF SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL RYAN , ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. I WILL GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY 'CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES. UM, SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? UH, AGAIN, UH, OUR CURRENT CODE, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL CHALLENGES WITHIN THE CODE. UH, THERE WAS A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BACK IN, UH, UH, 2022. AND AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, TYPICALLY, UH, WE LOOK AT OUR ZONING ORDINANCE AFTER WE HAVE ADOPTED IT, UH, TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE'RE MEETING THE GOALS OF THAT PLAN. UH, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS NEW CODE, UH, PROVIDES OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPERS TO DO THAT. AND, UH, WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR IMPROVED FLEXIBILITY AND EASE OF USE. UH, SO WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE DOCUMENT? WE WANTED THE NEW CODE TO BE USER FRIENDLY, TO BE ORGANIZED IN AN INTUITIVE MANNER, UH, TO BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE. UM, UH, SO THAT, UH, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, FEEL THAT THEY, UH, HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM, UH, FOR DEVELOPMENT. WE WANT IT TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND EXPLAINABLE USING RECOGNIZABLE TERMS AND PRACTICES. AND AGAIN, WE WANTED TO, UH, CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT, UH, HAS EFFICIENT, FLEXIBLE, AND PREDICTABLE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW. SO WHERE ARE WE AT NOW? WE ARE, UH, CLOSING IN CLOSE TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CODE. UH, WE ARE IN THE, UM, UH, PUBLIC, UH, HEARING PHASE AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE HAD ONE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING. UH, THERE IS A, UH, CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. UH, AND THERE'LL BE SOME ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS IN JULY. UM, SO REAL QUICK, SOME KEY CHANGES TO THE ULDC UH, ZONING DISTRICTS. WE CONSOLIDATED SEVERAL OF OUR ZONING DISTRICTS, UH, WITH CHARACTER BASED APPROACH TO DISTRICTS TO DEVELOP THE STANDARDS. UH, WE ARE, UH, PROVIDING A BROADER VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS BY, RIGHT. UH, WE MAINTAIN PARKING MINIMUMS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES WHILE WE'RE REMOVING PARKING MINIMUMS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES. I ALSO DID WANT TO CLEAR UP ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME PEOPLE, SOME CONCERNS THAT, UH, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT, UM, WE ARE GETTING RID OF THE PARKING DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS. SO THOSE ARE STILL TODAY WHAT IS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING PARKING. THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS. AND WE ARE, UH, LOOKING TO CONSOLIDATE AND STREAMLINE OUR PROCEDURES FOR CONSISTENT PREDICTABLE REVIEW. UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SHOWING REAL QUICK. UH, WE ARE SPLITTING AT THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT INTO GENERAL AND FREEWAY COMMERCIAL. WE'RE MERGING SEVERAL OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE MULTI-FAMILY TWO AND MULTI-FAMILY THREE INTO A NEW ZONING DISTRICT CALLED URBAN RESIDENTIAL. WE ARE MERGING OUR SF UH, TWO AND OUR MF ONE DISTRICTS INTO MIXED RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOW. WE ALLOW FOR DUPLEXES, UM, AND TOWN HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SF TWO. UM, AND THEN OUR MIXED USE AND LIV CENTERS, WE ARE MERGING INTO A MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, SO IN TERMS OF HOUSING, UH, AS I MENTIONED, UH, INCREASED HOUSING TYPE OF OPTIONS, INCLUDING MORE BY RIGHT OPTIONS. UM, ADDITION OF SEPARATE STANDARDS FOR DIFFERENT SUBDIVISION TYPES. UH, TRYING TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS TO GO AWAY, UH, TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL TYPE OF DEVELOP, UH, DEVELOPMENT INTO LOOKING AT MAYBE OTHER THINGS LIKE CLUSTER DEVELOPMENTS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THAT COULD, UM, ENCOURAGE, UH, INFILL DEVELOPMENT, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, AGAIN, LOTS OF GRAPHICS AND ILLUSTRATIONS TO REMOVE THAT AMBIGUITY, UH, THAT WE CURRENTLY, UH, FACE IN OUR CURRENT CODE. UM, IN TERMS OF PARKING REGULATIONS, AGAIN, UH, NO MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES. UH, ENHANCED ILLUSTRATIONS FOR EASE OF USE SO THAT, UM, SOMEBODY UNDERSTANDS WHEN THEY'RE DOING A 45 ANGLE DEGREE, UH, ANGLE PARKING, UM, WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THEM, UM, AS AN EXAMPLE. AND THEN BICYCLE PARKING FOR SOME OF OUR LARGER USES. UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, REVIEW PROCEDURES. [00:20:01] UH, WE ARE, UH, UPDATING AND MODERNIZING OUR LAND USE TABLE. CONSOLIDATING, LIKE USES, UH, GROUPING THOSE USES IN A MORE LOGICAL MANNER. UM, AND THEN PROVIDING CHARACTERISTICS AND SIMILAR USE TYPES FOR, UM, UH, AGAIN TO HOPEFULLY, UH, CREATE SOME LONGEVITY AT OUR CODE. UM, SO THAT, UH, IN THE FUTURE, AS SOME, YOU KNOW, USES DEVELOP AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'LL HAVE CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE'RE ABLE ACTUALLY TO, UH, REVIEW AS SOMEBODY COMES IN, UM, TO, UH, SEE, UH, AND, AND CATEGORIZE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. SO WHERE ARE WE AT TONIGHT? UH, THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. UH, THERE IS A THIRD PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL BE AT YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON, UH, JULY 11TH. UM, WE WILL HAVE A FOURTH AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING AT, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, ON JULY 16TH. AT THAT MEETING, UH, WE ANTICIPATE, UH, THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU ALL, AND THIS WILL BE BACK BEFORE, UH, COUNCIL ON JULY 25TH, UH, HOPEFULLY FOR CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION. UM, WE HAVE, AGAIN, HAVE HAD SEVERAL, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS ALREADY. WE'VE HAD ONE PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE A DEVELOPER'S ROUNDTABLE, UH, YESTERDAY, UM, AS WELL. AND SO WE ARE BEGINNING TO HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS. SO AGAIN, THIS IS STILL A, A DOCUMENT THAT IS IN, UH, DRAFT FORMAT. SO THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT'S FINAL AT THIS POINT. SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO URGE THE PUBLIC, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CODE, REACH OUT TO US IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO GO THROUGH IT AND FIND, UH, THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TWEAKED. AND, AND SO, UM, THIS WILL, UH, BE A CHANGING DOCUMENT ALL THE WAY UP, PROBABLY TILL ADOPTION. SO, UM, AGAIN, WE ARE VERY OPEN TO HEARING, UH, PEOPLE'S COMMENTS AND CONCERNS. UM, AND WITH THAT I WILL STEP ASIDE AND ACTUALLY ALLOW A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS. AGAIN, UM, THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR FOLKS TO, UH, WHO ARE WATCHING, UM, OR, UH, SCAN THE QR CODE OR GO TO OUR BAYTOWN ENGAGE, UH, WEBSITE. UM, THAT HAS EVERYTHING. IT HAS THE MOST UPTODATE MAPS AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE CHANGES, HAS THE MOST UPTODATE, UH, COPY OF THE CODE AS WELL. UM, AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, UM, AS WELL WITH THAT. SO THAT I WILL STEP AWAY AND HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT, MR. LINES, I'M SORRY I JUMPED A GUN A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, IF YOU'D COME BACK TO THE PODIUM AND SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. WELL, WELL, RANDY LINES, UH, 1423 BEAUMONT ROAD. UM, SOMETIMES I'M, I'M ONE OF THE OLDEST BUSINESS OWNERS IN TOWN, IF NOT ONE OF THE OLD OLDEST BUSINESS, UH, RUN LINES DISTRIBUTING WAS LINES SUPPLY. SOMETIMES YOU'RE JUST BUSY RUNNING YOUR BUSINESS, TRYING TO KEEP THINGS GOING AND STUFF. AND I FOUND OUT RECENTLY, AND I'VE BEEN SICK IN MY STOMACH THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY'S LOST, UH, LOST. I'M ALMOST PAID OFF THE BUILDING. I FIGURED I'M GONNA RETIRE AND SELL THE BUILDING. AND THE WAY WE'VE BEEN ZONED AND I REALIZED THE WAY WE'VE BEEN ZONED FOR YEARS, APPARENTLY IS MIXED USE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF MY BUILDING NOW. AND MY BUSINESS NEIGHBORS BEEN, HAVE A LOT OF SALES FALL THROUGH BECAUSE OF THEIR LIMITS ON THE, THE BUYERS DON'T WANT IT, CAN'T USE IT. UH, I TALKED LAST WEEK AND GOT SOME GOOD, UH, PEOPLE SEEM TO BE INTERESTED IN WHAT I HAD TO SAY LAST WEEK AND STUFF. THIS HAS SEEMED LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GROUP. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT TONIGHT. I'M KIND OF WINGING THIS . UH, I WANTED TO SAY, I DID MEET WITH MARTIN, I MET WITH RYAN YESTERDAY AND SARAH GOT LOOPED IN ON IT A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT AND STUFF. AND, UH, WE ARE, UH, HAD SOME POSITIVE THINGS COME OUTTA THE MEETING. IT'S ONLY BEEN ONE DAY. THERE'S SOME MORE STUFF TO LOOK AT. I UNDERSTAND THE NEW CODE IS REALLY JUST ROLLING OVER A LOT OF THE OLD, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS IN MIXED USE AND HOW LIMITED MY BUILDING'S USES ARE IF I WERE TO SELL IT FOR A NEW, A NEW OWNER AND STUFF. ONE THING THAT BOTHERED ME IS WE ASKED THEM BY EMAIL, OUR COMPANIES DOING HEATING, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS PERMITTED. AND WE ANSWERED GENERALLY NOT, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'D BE ALLOWED MEETING YESTERDAY. IT KINDA SAID, WELL, WE MIGHT LOOK INTO THAT 'CAUSE WE KIND OF ALLOWED IT OVER HERE, AND WE MIGHT GET THROUGH SOME CHANGES ON THAT. SO WE FEEL BETTER. THAT'S A BIG USE FOR THOSE BUILDINGS. I'M IN THE THREE WAREHOUSES IN THE MIDDLE OF BEAUMONT ROAD BACKS UP TO TEJAS PARK THERE. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 20, 25 YEARS LEASING AND 14 YEARS OWNING ONE OF THE BUILDINGS NOW AND STUFF. AND I'M JUST REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY. I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO SELL IT FOR JUST THE PROPERTY. I WANT THE BUILDING TO BE WORTH SOMETHING TO ANOTHER BUSINESS SOMEDAY. I FEEL A LITTLE, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW ZONING. IT USED TO BE FOUR OR FIVE ZONES NOW THERE'S 15 PLUS [00:25:01] ZONES. I UNDERSTAND THE NEW STUFF'S JUST GETTING ROLLED OVER, BUT THERE ARE SOME TWEAKS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO IT. THEY ADMITTED THAT YESTERDAY AT A MEETING. MARTIN RYAN, EVERYBODY YESTERDAY, AND HIS STAFF AT THE MEETING WAS REAL, REAL INTERESTED IN WHAT WE HAD TO SAY. ME AND MY NEIGHBORS MET WITH THEM AND THEY WERE REAL NICE ABOUT, ABOUT IT ALL AND SAID THEY WERE GONNA LOOK INTO MORE OF THAT STUFF AND MAYBE ALLOW SOME MORE OF THAT STUFF. BUT, UH, THE ORIGINAL, THE UPFRONT ANSWER WAS JUST, WE JUST KEPT RUNNING INTO ROADBLOCKS, UH, ON ORIGINALLY THOUGH. SO, I MEAN, THEY FOUND ONE THING IN THERE THAT SAID OFFICES WEREN'T ALLOWED, BUT, OH, THAT'S A MISPRINT. SO, I MEAN, THERE'S SOME THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND STUFF ON IT, AND I'D LIKE THE PEOPLE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO TO GO AHEAD AND GET BACK WITH US ON, ON WHERE THEY'RE GOING WITH IT. AND THAT'S MY FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT IT, I GUESS. OKAY. THANK, THANK YOU. YOUR TIME'S UP MR. LINES. BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE TO COUNSEL AND AS, AS, UM, AS IT WAS SHOWN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, NOT JUST TONIGHT, BUT THERE'S OTHER, UM, I GUESS EVENTS OR SESSIONS THAT WHERE BUSINESS OWNERS OR, UH, CITIZENS WILL BE ABLE TO GO AND VOICE, I GUESS, THEIR INPUT. AND SO ALL THOSE THINGS, UM, WILL BE CONSIDERED BOTH BY STAFF AND I WOULD ASSUME BY MYSELF AND COUNSEL WHEN, WHEN THIS IS ADOPTED, IF THERE'S A PROPOSED DATE. BUT WE, WE, UM, WHEN ULDC CAME IN, IN, IN, IN 2013 OR WHATEVER THE YEAR IT WAS, WE KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE A, A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT. THAT CHANGES WILL HAVE TO BE MADE. I'M SURE THAT'S STILL GONNA BE THE CASE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. AND SO, UM, IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT AND WE, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO TIE THE HANDS TO SOME INDIVIDUALS. UM, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING ABLE TO, TO, I GUESS, BE SMARTER IN THE DEVELOPMENT AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW. BUT IN PARTICULARLY IN BEAUMONT STREET, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE, UM, IN A SENSE I WOULD CALL IT NON-CONFORMING TO WHATEVER'S ZONE THEY'RE IN. AND SO WE CONSIDER ALL THOSE THINGS. AND SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU ATTENDING THESE SESSIONS AND PROVIDING THE INPUT. OKAY. I, YOU CAN'T RESPOND, BUT I WAS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE, WE, WE, I HAVE HEARD, I WAS JUST HEARD YOU GONNA SAY, Y'ALL NEED TO DO MORE TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC BECAUSE Y'ALL WORKED ON 18 MONTHS AND I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND I THINK A LOT OF THE PUBLIC HASN'T BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS AND STUFF. OKAY. I, I APPRECIATE THAT. WE'LL, WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, TO MAKE THE NOTICES, I GUESS FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC THAT'S IMPACTED. SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS. SO THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE STARTING TO SPEAK ON, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CITY'S ULDC AND ZONING MAP. SO THAT'S ITEM FIVE A. UH, WE MOVE ON [a. Conduct a public hearing regarding the Service and Assessment Plan for the Bay Creek Public Improvement District (PID). ] TO, UH, ITEM SIX A IS TO CONDUCT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THAT ONE UP. IT'S SEVEN OH FOUR. I NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR BAY CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. I NOW ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, BRIAN MORAN. UM, BACK IN 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, APPROVED THE CREATION OF THE BAY CREEK, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. UH, THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 70 ACRES OFF OF NORTH MAINE. UM, AFTER RECEIVING THE PETITION, UH, FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS OFFER CITIES, UM, SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS BY ENABLING THE CITY TO HAVE GREATER CONTROL AND USUALLY RESORT RESULTING IN A HIGHER QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC AMENITIES BOOSTING, UH, PROPERTY VALUES AND ATTRACTING FURTHER INVESTMENTS. UM, THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, UM, FOR BAY CREEK PIT, UH, PHASE ONE, UM, WILL COVER, UM, MANY, UM, MANY GREAT AMENITIES, UM, INCLUDING COMMUNITY FENCING, LANDSCAPING, UM, IN THE COMMON AREAS, UH, PUBLIC TRAIL SYSTEM, SIDEWALKS ALONG, UM, NORTH MAIN, UM, CONSTRUCTION OF A LIFT STATION, AND THEN ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AS YOU'RE ACCESSING, UH, NORTH MAIN AS WELL. UM, THERE'S MORE INFORMATION THAT IS, THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, UNICAP OUR, UM, PI CONSULTANT, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE WHO'S HERE ON ZOOM. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, MR. ASHLEY YODER WITH CASTLE ROCK, UM, WHO'S ALSO HERE IF, IF THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS, . OKAY. SO, UH, AT LEAST FOR NOW, SO SINCE THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION, SO, UM, I'M ASSUMING NUMBER ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, UM, I GUESS I'LL CLOSE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM FIVE A. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM, UM, EXCUSE ME, SIX A, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX [b. Consider an ordinance approving the Service and Assessment Plan (SAP), assessment roll, and levying a special assessment for Phase #1 Bay Creek Public Improvement District (PID). ] B. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN ASSESSMENT ROLE. AND LE LEVYING [00:30:01] LEVYING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR PHASE NUMBER ONE BAY CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. SO, MR. MORAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UM, WHAT THIS ENTAILS? YES. SO THE, THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE THE SAP ASSESSMENT ROLE AND THE THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, UM, ALLOWS, ALLOWS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, ESSENTIALLY THE, THE TAX, UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE COLLECTED TO PAY FOR THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMENITIES, UM, THAT THE DEVELOPER IS GONNA PUT, UM, ON THE GROUND. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS AT LEAST ITEM SIX B. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MORAN REGARDING IT? ANY COMMENTS? I'M NOT ON ENTERTAINING A MOTION FOR ITEM SIX B. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX B, SECOND MOTION TO SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM SIX B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? UH, NEXT IS ITEM SIX C CONSIDERED [c. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Reimbursement Agreement with Castlerock Communities, LLC for Phase #1 Bay Creek Public Improvement District (PID).] ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WITH CASTLE ROCK COMMUNITIES LLC FOR PHASE NUMBER ONE, BAKERY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. MS. MORAN, I GUESS IF YOU WANNA EXPLAIN THAT. YES. SO THE, THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT, UM, SO THIS IS AN ARRANGEMENT WHERE THE COSTS OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN THE PUBLIC AMENITIES, UM, WITHIN THE PI, UM, THEY ARE INITIALLY FUNDED, UH, BY THE DEVELOPER. UM, THESE COSTS LATER ARE REIMBURSED, UM, TO THE DEVELOPER THROUGH THE ASSESSMENTS LEVIED ON THE PROPERTY, UM, WITHIN THE DISTRICT. UM, SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT, IT ONLY AUTHORIZES, UM, REIMBURSEMENT FOR PHASE ONE, UM, OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND FOR THE UPFRONT, UM, EXPENSES, UM, THAT THE DEVELOPER IS GONNA PROVIDE, UM, INCLUDING THE, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND UTILITIES AND OTHER, UH, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE, BE COVERED THROUGH THE LEVY. OKAY. LET ME, LET ME ASK, WHEN DID THEY PLAN ON, I GUESS BEGINNING THE PROJECT ITSELF? IT'S ALREADY ON THE WAY. IT'S ON THE WAY. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S ALMOST SUBSTANTIAL. COMPLETE. OKAY. I, SO I, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A KIND OF LIKE A MAP OR AERIAL VIEW OF ANYTHING, IT'S JUST LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF US, UNLESS I'M MISSING IT. IT'S IN YOUR PACKET. SIX A WHAT? IT'S IN YOUR PACKETS IN SIX A. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO, SO IT'S THE ONE THAT'S, IT'S ACROSS FROM HIGH SCHOOL? IT IS, YEAH. CASINO, THAT'S WHAT, SO YEAH, PHASE ONE INCLUDES BASICALLY ALL THE SECTION ONE HOUSES AND THE DETENTION POND AND THE TRAILS ARE GONNA BE GOING AROUND IT. AND SO, UH, A LOT OF THOSE AMENITIES COME ON WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME PERIOD. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SAYS WE HAVE TO DELIVER THAT WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME PERIOD OF, UH, THE RECORDING OF SECTION ONE, UH, I BELIEVE. AND SO NOT PASSED BY, UM, I GUESS MAYBE ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO. SO, OKAY. WE'LL MAKE SURE I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT PROPERTY. SO YEAH. ALRIGHT, I DO APPRECIATE THAT. UM, SO WITH THAT ON SIX C SET, ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED THE REIMBURSEMENT AS DESCRIBED BY MS. MORAN. SO TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF SIX CS PRESENTED, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SIX C SECOND. OKAY. A MOTION SECOND. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SIX C IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. PUSH THE BUTTON DOWN. UM, CARRIE, THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU MS. MORAN. WE'LL MOVE ON NEXT TO ITEM SEVEN. UM, I'M GONNA CONSIDER A, B, AND C TOGETHER. SO I UH, ENTERTAIN [a. Consider an ordinance ordering the City of Baytown General Election to be held on November 5, 2024, for the purpose of electing a Mayor.] [b. Consider an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a Joint Election Agreement with Harris County, Texas, for the General Election to be held on November 5, 2024.] [c. Consider an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a Joint Election Agreement with Chambers County, Texas, for the General Election to be held on November 5, 2024.] A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN, A, B, AND C. SO MOVED SECOND. MOTION SECOND. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM SEVEN, A, B, AND C? UH, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ITEM CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS. [a. Consider a resolution approving the issuance of $2,100,000.00 Unlimited Tax Bonds, Series 2024 by Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 528 as meeting the requirements of Section 98-703(17) of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, for an engineering project as authorized by Resolution No. 2393.] UH, WE HAVE ITEM EIGHT A CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF APPRO THE ISSUANCE OF 2.1, UH, MILLION DOLLARS OF UNLIMITED TAX, UH, UNLIMITED TAX BONDS SERIES 2024 BY HARRIS COUNTY, UH, MUD DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, UH, 5 28 AS MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 98 DASH 7 0 3 17 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS FOR AN ENGINEERING PROJECT AS AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2393. UH, MR. LAMONT, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN TO US FOR THAT, BUT IF SO, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT. UM, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, BUT THIS IS, UH, BASICALLY CERTIFYING THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 98 OF OUR CODE HAVE BEEN MET WITH RESPECT TO THIS ISSUANCE. OKAY. SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM EIGHT, A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT, A SECOND, MOTION SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? A EIGHT A AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE POSTS MOVE ON TO CONSENT. [9. 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.] UM, SO WITH THAT, I KNOW ITEM EIGHT, OR EXCUSE ME, NINE A, UM, WILL HAVE TO BE PULLED FOR PROCUREMENT REASON. SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN, UNLESS THERE'S [00:35:01] ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED. YES, MADAM. OKAY. HOLD ON. YES. UH, YOU FIRST, OKAY. YES. K. ALRIGHT. YES SIR. C AND C. OKAY. SUB ITEM, UH, K AND C THAT WILL BE PULLED. AND A, SO I, I WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT ITEMS, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NINE A THROUGH R, SAVE AND ACCEPT C, OH, EXCUSE ME, A, C AND K. UH, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS NINE. ALL OF EXCEPT A, C AND K. SECOND. SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONSENT AGENDA AS AS WHAT WAS, UH, IN THAT MOTION PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE. FIRST WE'LL DO ITEM, [a. Consider an ordinance awarding the Annual Mosquito Control Chemical Contract.] UM, NINE A. AND THIS IS A WORDING OF AN ANNUAL MOSQUITO CONTROL CHEMICAL CONTRACT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WILL HAVE TO DO A DRAW. YES, SIR. AND SO HOW, HOWEVER THAT'S CONDUCTED, THIS HAS HAPPENED. I THINK THIS HAPPENED ON THIS EVERY TIME. IT'S BECAUSE PRICES ARE SET BY THE COMPANY AND THEREFORE WE HAVE TO CHOOSE A DISTRIBUTOR, RIGHT? YEAH. RIGHT. SO, ALRIGHT, SO I BELIEVE THERE'S TWO, I GUESS, BUSINESSES THAT WE'D HAVE TO DRAW. SO DO YOU DRAW WHO, WHO HAS IT? YES SIR. YES, SIR. YOU GUYS WILL DRAW. IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE ITEMS OKAY. THAT WE DID HAVE THE LOW BIDS ON. OKAY. UM, SO THIS IS, UH, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS, UH, BASICALLY CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AWARDING THE, HOLD ON. I WANNA MAKE SURE YOUR MIC'S WORKING. IS THIS MIC WORKING? OKAY. SORRY. DO I NEED TO SPEAK UP? NO, I JUST, OKAY. OKAY. SO, UH, THIS IS, UH, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AWARDING THE ANNUAL MOSQUITO CONTROL CONTRACT FOR THE CHEMICALS. UH, SO BASICALLY THE CITY ADVERTISED A BID FOR MOSQUITO CONTROL CHEMICALS ON MARCH 26TH AND APRIL THE SECOND OF 2024. IN THE BAYTOWN SUN NOTICE WAS SENT TO SIX COMPANIES. THE CITY PUBLICLY OPENED THE BIDS ON APRIL THE 10TH, 20 20, 24 AT 2:00 PM RECEIVING THREE BIDS. UH, THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED THE RENEWAL OF THE ANNUAL MOSQUITO CONTROL CHEMICALS CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000. AND, UH, AS FOLLOWS. SO ALPHABETICALLY, THE FIRST VENDOR IS DCO INCORPORATED AND THEY HAD THREE LOW BIDS AND THEY WERE ITEM, UH, 12, WHICH IS THE VECTOR VAC, WDG, BIOLOGICAL LARVICIDE, THE GRANULE, AND A 25 POUND DRUM. UM, ITEM 13 AS WELL IS A FI FON, ULV INSECTICIDE MALATHION 96.5% AND A 260 GALLON TOTE. AND ITEM 14, WHICH IS AN ADULTICIDE, EXCUSE ME, ADULTICIDE RAMO TRY, UM, TRIPLE ACTION FINPRO RIN AT 4%. UH, THE SECOND VENDOR, UH, BASICALLY UH, SUBMITTED A LOW BID FOR ONE ITEM. AND THAT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER NINE. IT'S A LIQUID LARVICIDE OIL, 10% MINERAL OIL, TWO AND A HALF GALLON CONTAINER. AND THE THIRD, UH, VENDOR SUBMITTED LOW BIDS FOR FOUR ITEMS, WHICH ARE ITEM ONE, WHICH IS A READY TO USE PYRETHROID WITH A SYNERGIST OF FOUR TO 8% AND 275 GALLON TOTES. AND NUMBER ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A PRE-MIXED ITEM. IT'S A PYRETHRIN WITH A SYNERGIST OF FIVE TO 25% IN 30 GALLON DRUM. ITEM THREE IS A CARRYING OIL FOR A PYRETHROID MIX AT 275 GALLON TOTES. AND ITEM 15 IS AN ADULTICIDE DELTA, METRIN DELTA, DELTA METRIN 2%, 30 GALLON DRUM. UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE VENDORS THAT SUBMITTED THE ITEMS, UH, FOR LOW BIDS. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF EIGHT OF THOSE. SO AS EVERYONE KNOWS, OR SOME OF YOU DON'T, AS IN YEARS PAST, WE HAVE SEVEN OF THE 15, UH, ITEMS THAT HAVE, THEIR BIDS ARE REGULATED BY THE MANUFACTURER, SO THEY CAN ONLY SET ONE PRICE. UM, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED COUNCIL'S ASSISTANCE FOR. SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE SEVEN. OKAY. AND, UM, WE BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA USE YOU GUYS TO BREAK THE TIE. WELL, WE HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE UP HERE. HOW ABOUT THAT? THAT'S SO CONVENIENT. SO, UH, CARLA HUMMEL FROM FINANCE IS GONNA HAND EACH ONE OF YOU A PAPER BAG THAT'S SEALED WITH A STAPLE AND INSIDE OF IT ARE TWO PING PONG BALLS AND WITH A VENDOR NAME ON EACH ONE. SO WHEN YOUR ITEM COMES UP, I'LL ASK FOR YOU TO OPEN THE BAG AND WITHOUT LOOKING, PICK ONE OF THE, THE PING PONG BALLS AND THEN READ THE NAME. SO WE'LL START, CARLA WILL HAND OUT THE BAGS. OKAY. WE'RE ONLY PICK ONE ONE BALL, ONE PING PONG BALL, ONE WITHOUT, WITHOUT LOOKING. PLEASE DON'T OPEN THE BAGS UNTIL WE COME TO YOUR ITEM. WE'RE GONNA START, WE'RE GONNA START WITH COUNCILWOMAN. WE'RE GONNA START WITH COUNCILWOMAN ALVARADO AND THEN WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO HER LEFT AND GO ACROSS THE DIOCESE. LITTLE DIFFERENT. SO IT'S LINE ITEMS. OKAY. CLEAR. ALRIGHT. NO, CLEAR AS MUD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO FOR ITEM FIVE, [00:40:01] THE MOSQUITO LARVICIDE GROWTH REGULATOR GRANULA 21 DAY ALTUS ACID XRG 40 POUND BAG. PLEASE OPEN THE BAG AND WITHOUT LOOKING, UH, PICK A PING PONG BALL AND READ THE NAME PLEASE. SHAKING IT. WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN OUT IN THE ORDER THAT THE ITEM WAS LISTED? NO, IT DON'T MATTER. OH, IT DON'T MATTER 'CAUSE HE READ SOMETHING. YEAH, HE READ. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DID I READ IT? YES MA'AM. DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT? UM, TARGET. TARGET. SO JUST TO VERIFY, DO YOU HAVE A ITEM NUMBER ON YOUR BAG? YEAH, IT'S TELL ITEM NUMBER, ITEM FIVE. ALRIGHT, GOT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM SIX, WHICH IS A MOSQUITO LARVICIDE GROWTH REGULATOR PELLETS WSPA 30 DAY ALTA SAID 800 POUCHES PER CASE. SO PLEASE OPEN YOURS AND WITHOUT LOOKING, SELECT A PING PONG BALL OR READ THE NAME TARGET. TARGET. IS THAT THE ITEM SIX ON YOUR BAG? ITEM SIX, TARGET? YES MA'AM. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT IS ITEM SEVEN. IT'S A MOSQUITO LARVICIDE GROWTH REGULATOR AND LIQUID SR FIVE, 5% METHENE ONE GALLON CONTAINER. PLEASE OPEN YOUR BAG WITHOUT LOOKING AND SELECT A PING PONG BALL. JUST ONE. AND READ THE NAME PLEASE. TARGET ITEM SEVEN, TARGET THREE FOR THREE. ITEM SEVEN. OKAY, SO NEXT IS ITEM EIGHT. IT'S A BIOLOGICAL MOSQUITO LARVICIDE, BTI LIQUID 8%, MINIMUM TWO AND A HALF GALLON CONTAINER. UH, PLEASE OPEN YOUR BAG AND WITHOUT LOOKING YOU'D LIKE TO PING BALL AND READ THE NAME PLEASE. TARGET. TARGET. WOW. OKAY. THERE IS NUMBER OF COUPON. THERE'S THERE, THERE SHOULD BE TWO. AND EACH ONE. IT'S A TWO WAY TIE, I'M JUST SAYING. RIGHT. SO YES, THERE IS ANOTHER PINGING. PONG . OKAY. MY HANDS. ALRIGHT. IT SAYS TARGET AND WALMART OR WHAT? . OH WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. ALRIGHT. OKAY. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 10. IT'S AN ADULTICIDE ZOV XE 20 ETO FIN PRO'S, 20%, 30 GALLON DRUM. PLEASE OPEN THAT BAG. AND WITHOUT LOOKING SELECT BALL, JUST GRAB THE BALL. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT, CLARK, FINALLY ONE. ONE. ALRIGHT, OUTSTANDING. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS A BIOLOGICAL LARVICIDE. IT'S ITEM NUMBER 11. IT'S A DUPLEX G 40 POUND BAG. PLEASE OPEN THAT. CLARK. CLARK. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THE LAST ONE IS ITEM 16. IT'S A LARVA SIDE. ALTA SAID XRG, ULTRA METH CREAM, 40 POUND BAG CLARK. ALRIGHT, ITEM 16. OUTSTANDING. OUTSTANDING. SO, UH, THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE OR PARTICIPATION. UH, AT THIS TAB AT THIS TIME, STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS AGENDA ITEM AND ALL THE SELECTED VENDORS. OKAY. SO I GUESS IT WAS WHOEVER WE PULLED FOR THAT PARTICULAR MATERIAL. THAT'S WHO THE YES SIR. SELECTION. OKAY. INTERESTING. BUT IT HAPPENS. SO, UM, NOW WE HAVE TO DIS I GUESS WE HAVE TO STILL MAKE A MOTION BASED OFF OF EVERYONE'S DRAW FOR THE MATERIAL THAT THEY REPRESENTED IN THAT PINK PONG DRAW. SO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NINE A TO REFLECT THAT MOTION, TO APPROVE THE ITEM SELECTED. OKAY. SECOND MOTION. AND SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION. AND A SECOND. UH, SAW THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE DISTRIBUTORS, UM, AS DRAWN, UH, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AS OPPOSED, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM UH, NINE C. COUNCILMAN, OH, EXCUSE ME. GO AHEAD. OH, SORRY. DO WE NEED TO CLARIFY NOT ONLY FOR THE ITEMS DRAWN, BUT FOR THE ITEMS THAT WERE SELECTED AS LOW BID? OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. UH, I'M JUST, 'CAUSE WE DID TWO FUNCTIONS IN THAT. OKAY. YES SIR. I BELIEVE YOU'RE CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. WE WILL CATCH. SO, SO THERE WAS, OKAY, SO THEN CAN WE MODIFY THE MOTION THEN, I GUESS? YES. UM, SO I WILL MODIFY THE MOTION TO ACCEPT, UM, THE DISTRIBUTOR SELECTED AS WELL AS THE, UM, LOW BIDS. THE WHAT? I'M SORRY? THE LOW BIDDERS. THE LOW BIDDERS. THE LOW BIDDERS, SORRY. YES. OKAY. SO THAT WAS THE MOTION. AND THEN YOU SECOND SECOND. SHE APPROVES THE AMENDMENT. OKAY. OKAY. I APPROVE. ALRIGHT, SO THEN, UM, WITH THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. A AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. [00:45:02] YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. TO BE ABLE TO SPRAY. YES, THE GRAY MAKES WISE. UH, YEAH. ITEM NINE C SAYS, [c. Consider a resolution adopting the City of Baytown 2024-2026 list of priorities for the 89th Texas State Legislature Session.] CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TWO TH TWO, 2024 TO 2026. LIST OF PRIORITIES MM-HMM . FOR THE 89TH STATE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE. UM, DID WE DISCUSS THIS? WHEN DID WE DISCUSS THIS AS A COUNCIL? UM, OH, THERE'S MS. REEVES. OKAY. HEY, QUIT. LOOK AT YOU. YES. I HADN'T SEEN HIM ALL DAY. I KNOW. MR. REEVES, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO YES. EXPLAIN THE PROCESS? YES. AND, AND I ACTUALLY, I AM GLAD THAT THIS I WAS BEING PULLED JUST SO YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY EXPRESS THE, THE PRIORITIES. SURE. UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. AND EVERY TWO YEARS BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I REACH OUT TO OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND I ASK THEM VERY SPECIFICALLY FOR THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT AREAS WHERE OR LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN US SERVING THE PUBLIC OR LEGISLATION THAT IS HURTFUL OR HINDERS OUR ABILITY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC OR AREAS WHERE THE LEGISLATURE COULD HELP WITH FUNDING, WHICH IS FAIRLY LIMITED, BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE DO TRY AND REACH OUT AND ASK FOR FUNDING FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS. SO THOSE THREE THINGS. AND THEN AS PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I WORK DIRECTLY WITH OUR LEGISLATORS. WE ALSO HAVE A SERIES OR A, A GROUP OF ADVOCATES WHO WORK ON OUR BEHALF TO EDUCATE OUR POLICY MAKERS IN AUSTIN ABOUT THOSE THREE THINGS. AND SO TOGETHER WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, WE COME UP WITH A LIST OF PRIORITIES OR, UH, SPECIFICATIONS, ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IN THE COMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR THOSE THREE ITEMS. AND THEN WE PUT THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER THAT JUST REFLECTS OUR ABILITY TO ACT NIMBLY, BUT ALSO QUICKLY IF ITEMS COME UP EITHER IN COMMITTEE OR AT THE LEGISLATOR WHERE WE CAN EITHER LEND OUR SUPPORT OR EXPRESS OUR OPPOSITION TO THOSE, TO THOSE AREAS. AND SO THE PROGRAM IS BUILT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IS BROAD BY DESIGN. THE ONLY ITEMS THAT ARE SPECIFIC, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE LIST OF PRIORITIES, ARE THE ONES THAT WE BELIEVE WILL COME BACK OR ARE BASED ON SPECIFIC PIECES OF LEGISLATION FROM THE LAST SESSION THAT WE KNOW WILL BE COMING BACK OR THAT WE KNOW WE NEED HELP WITH. AND THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED THERE. 2127, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ONE OF THE SUPER PREEMPTION BILLS THAT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC AREAS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE PROGRAM IS VERY BROAD AND IT ALLOWS US TO BE NIMBLE AND QUICK WHEN WE NEED TO ACT. BUT THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE THE LESS CONTROVERSIAL ONES BY DESIGN. AND THE MAYOR APPOINTED A, A GROUP AND AD HOC ADVISORY GROUP SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT I USE AS A SOUNDING BOARD. AND SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, POWELL AND LESTER ACT AS THAT SOUNDING BOARD. AND SO AFTER I GET THE LIST OF PRIORITIES FROM OUR DIRECTORS, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, WE CREATE THAT, UH, THAT LIST OF PRIORITIES OR THE PROGRAM TOGETHER. AND I, I SURFACE IT THROUGH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, POWELL AND LESSER FOR ADOPTION AT A MEETING SUCH AS THIS. I CAN TELL YOU THERE ISN'T MUCH THAT HAS CHANGED IN THIS SESSION'S, UH, PROGRAM. TWO YEARS AGO, WE WENT THROUGH A THOROUGH PROCESS OF REALLY RECREATING WHAT THE PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN THIS YEAR WE'VE JUST EDITED AND TWEAKED IT JUST A LITTLE BIT, JUST AGAIN TO ADD A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICITY ON SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC BILLS THAT WE'RE NERVOUS ABOUT. OKAY. AND THIS IS, GETS GONE EVERY YEAR AROUND THIS TIME OR EVERY TWO YEARS? THE LEGISLATED EVERY TWO YEAR. MM-HMM . OKAY. WELL, BEFORE WE USED TO ADOPT IT, LIKE, IT SEEMED LIKE FEBRUARY DURING SESSION. AND SO ONE THING, ONE THING THAT WE DID CHANGE THAT, WELL, FIRST WE CREATED THE LEGISLATIVE AD HOC, UM, WE OB THERE'S A VACANCY FROM DISTRICT FOUR, SO I GUESS WE CAN APPOINT, I CAN APPOINT ONE MORE PERSON TO IT. SO THAT, AND THAT WAS JUST A SOUNDING BOARD TO, TO MR. REEVES. UM, BUT WE, I SAID, WELL, WE REALLY NEED, BECAUSE BILLS ARE BEING FILED NOW, AND SO WE WANT TO PUT OUR PRIORITIES IN FRONT OF ALL, OBVIOUSLY OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND I MEAN AS A WHOLE, BOTH THE SENATE, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE, UM, TO KNOW WHAT BAY TOWN'S PRIORITIES ARE NOW, UH, NOT IN FEBRUARY WHEN SESSIONS ARE, I MEAN, BILLS ARE BEING FILED AND, AND SO ON. SO WE KIND OF DO IT ALMOST EIGHT MONTHS EARLIER THAN WE HAVE IN THE PREVIOUS SESSIONS. MM-HMM . SO THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. MM-HMM . UH, AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT A HOC OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU HAVE IT, IT'S ALL YOURS. CREATE MORE PROBLEMS FOR MYSELF. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MY PLEASURE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. [00:50:01] THANK YOU MR. REEVES. SO WITH THAT, UM, CONSIDER AN ITEM OF THE, THE, THE LIST OF PRIORITIES FOR THE 89TH, UM, LEGISLATIVE SESSION. UM, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR EIGHT, EXCUSE ME, NINE C AS PRESENTED MOTION. NINE SECOND, SECOND MOTION. MULTIPLE SECONDS. THOSE IN FAVOR OF NINE C IS PRESENTED. PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AND JUST ON THAT, I THINK, UM, MR. REEVES ALSO DID SEND OUT KIND OF A, UM, UH, SAVE THE DATE. UM, SO WE DO, UH, HAVE A BAYTOWN DAY THAT DOES TAKE PLACE. AND SO WE GO THERE AND, UM, I THINK WE ALL FEEL STRONGLY TO BE ABLE TO TALK FACE TO FACE WITH OUR STATE OFFICIALS AND, AND CERTAINLY CONVEY THE NEEDS AND WANTS AND, AND, UM, UH, ADVOCATE FOR OUR CITIZENS HERE IN BAYTOWN. SO WE DO THAT. SO I THINK HE SENT OUT A DATE, SAVE THE DATE, UH, BY EMAIL. SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT. UH, NEXT WE WILL HAVE ITEM [k. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 94 “Traffic and Vehicles” Article IV “Specific Street Regulations”, Section 94-121 “Schedules enumerated” of the Code of Ordinance, to authorize the removal of traffic signals at the intersection of West Texas Avenue and North Pruett Street and converting the intersection to stop sign control.] K, UM, K. SO YES, MS. GRAHAM. HELLO. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, I DID, SO THE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN BLINKING. UM, WELL, THEY WERE SET TO BLINKING AT THIS FOUR-WAY STOP PROBABLY A FEW MONTHS AGO. I COULD BE OFF ON THE DATES, BUT I REMEMBER I WAS BACK, UM, STILL WORKING AT SCHOOL AND I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME, UM, ASKING IF THE LIGHTS WERE BROKEN AT, THIS IS AT NORTH PRUITT AND TEXAS AVENUE ALSO. UM, WELL, WE'LL JUST FOCUS ON THAT ONE BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY ONE ON HERE. BUT ANYWAYS, SO, UM, WE THOUGHT THE LIGHTS WERE BLINKING BECAUSE OF STORMS THAT HAD HAPPENED, BUT THEN THEY CONTINUED BLINKING. I CALLED, I THINK I TALKED TO MARTIN AND HE TOLD ME NO, THEY WERE SET THAT WAY. 'CAUSE THINGS WERE, WE WERE FIXING TO MAYBE TAKE THOSE TRAFFIC LIGHTS OUT. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I WENT BACK AND WATCHED PART OF THE P AND Z, UM, AND MY, I WOULD'VE LIKED THE QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED THERE, BUT THEY WEREN'T. SO I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, I HEARD THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY. CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THE TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE, THE DATE AND WHAT TIME OF DAY? SO I, I THOUGHT THAT THE, UM, STUDY WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. UH, POSSIBLY NOT. OH, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, I'M SORRY. IT WAS, UM, I THINK ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2022. AND THERE, IT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A FULL DAY. A FULL DAY. OKAY. SO THE ONLY THING I JUST WANTED TO, TO DISCUSS ABOUT THAT IS I, I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE IN 2022, THE BOB HOPE SCHOOL WAS NOT OPEN. AND, UM, WITH, I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS MARTIN, BUT JUST IN CASE I'M WRONG. WHEN I SPOKE TO THE STAFF MEMBER, UM, I REMEMBER DURING THAT DISCUSSION IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT, UM, THE LIGHTS NEEDED TO COME OUT BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH, UM, ENOUGH TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. WELL, I, I APOLOGIZE. IT WASN'T, UH, EXPLAINED VERY CLEARLY. OKAY. AT PNZ, MAYBE. UM, SO AS PART OF THE WEST TEXAS AVENUE, UH, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, THE SIGNAL HAS TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE IT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS. SO IN ORDER TO BUILD THE PROJECT, WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT SIGNAL DOWN. UH, ORDINARILY IF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS WARRANTED, WE WOULD REPLACE THE SIGNAL AS PART OF THE PROJECT LIKE WE'RE GONNA DO ON GARTH ROAD WITH SOME OF THOSE SIGNALS. UM, HOWEVER, WHEN, UH, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER DID THE, UH, STUDY TO SEE IF THE SIGNAL WAS WARRANTED, THE VOLUMES ARE, UH, EXTREMELY LOW, WELL BELOW ANYTHING THAT WOULD, UH, WARRANT A SIGNAL THERE. AND I CAN GO THROUGH JUST TO HIGHLIGHT. UM, BUT, BUT YOU HAVE TO ALSO REMEMBER IT COSTS, WE HAVE TO PUT THAT SIGNAL BACK AND IT COSTS AT LEAST $300,000 TO PUT A SIGNAL BACK THERE. SO WE'RE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING A SIGNAL BACK THAT IS WARRANTED BEFORE SPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO, AND I, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU IT, IT'S A VERY STRANGE THING WHEN I'VE LIVED ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN FOR A LONG TIME AND MANY YEARS AGO, I'M GONNA SAY OVER TWO DECADES AGO, THERE WERE ONLY STOP SIGNS THERE. AND I ASSURE THE CITY THAT THE TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED, NOT DECREASED. SO IT'S STRANGE TO ME THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY NOW SAYS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TRAFFIC TO WARRANT TRAFFIC SIGNALS. BUT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, THERE WAS ONLY STOP SIGNS THERE, AND SOMEHOW WE ENDED UP WITH TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND I'M ALL FOR SAVING MONEY. BUT I, I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION IS, WHERE WILL THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNALS GO? WILL THEY BE REPLACED SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE, IT IT WILL BE SCRAPPED. IT'S AN OLD SIGNAL. YEAH, IT'S, SO IF WE, IT'S AN OLD SIGNAL. IF WE REPLACED IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT IN A NEW SIGNAL BECAUSE THE PROJECT HAS TO TAKE IT OUT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. SO THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE REUSED AFTER THE PROJECT. WOULD, WE'D HAVE TO PURCHASE NEW ONES? IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A NEW SIGNAL. OKAY. AND I CAN GO, THERE ARE NINE, UH, CRITERIA THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER LOOKS AT. UH, AND, AND JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE ON, ON THOSE NINE CRITERIA. [00:55:01] UH, SO THE WARRANT ONE IS A EIGHT HOUR, UH, VEHICULAR VOLUME. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY SAID THAT, UH, NONE OF THE HOURLY, UH, VOLUME MEETS CONDITIONS, UH, BY WARRANT TWO IS A FOUR HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUME. AND TH THIS, THEY HAVE A CHART OF THE VOLUME REQUIRED TO MEET THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UM, AND IS SIMILAR ON SOME OF THE OTHER WARRANTS, BUT THEY SAY THE VOLUMES, UM, ARE WELL BELOW THE MINIMUM THRESHOLDS SUCH THAT ALL POINTS FALL OUTSIDE OF THE CHART. SO THE VOLUMES AREN'T EVEN REGISTERED ON THE CHART. THAT'S HOW LOW THEY ARE. UH, THAT, THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE OTHER NINE CRITERIA. THEY DO HAVE, UH, 20 YEARS OF DATA GOING BACK TO 2001, AND IT SHOWS THE TRAFFIC VOLUME DECREASING OVER THAT TIME. SO IT, UH, THE FORECAST WAS NOT FOR IT TO, TO INCREASE. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT A, A NEW SCHOOL COMING IN, UM, IF THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO IT WHERE IT WOULD WARRANT, THEN WE COULD DO THAT AT A LATER DATE. BUT AS IT IS NOW, UH, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO PUT BACK A SIGNAL THAT IS NOT WARRANTED AT ALL AND, AND NOT CLOSE TO BEING WARRANTED. AND WE'RE GONNA SEE OTHER SIGNALS ON THAT SAME STREET COME TO US AS WELL. RIGHT. SO, UM, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, UH, WEST TEXAS AVENUE, UM, THE SIGNAL AT, UH, STERLING AND UM, PRUITT MM-HMM . UM, IS ALSO PART OF THE PROJECT, BUT IT'S NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THE IMPROVEMENT. SO WE'RE JUST LEAVING, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT WARRANTED EITHER, WE'RE LEAVING THE SIGNAL IN PLACE, UH, AND NOT TAKING IT DOWN. SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW LARGE OUR CITY IS AND, AND HEAVY HEAVILY TRACK TRAFFICKED AREAS, DID WE GO IN AND DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY THERE JUST BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WAS AN UPCOMING PROJECT? WAS THAT THE IT WAS DONE PART OF THE PROJECT. AS PART OF THE PROJECT. RIGHT. OKAY. UM, IT, IT WASN'T A PREEMPTIVE THING. IT, BECAUSE LIKE I SAY, WE HAVE TO TAKE IT DOWN TO, TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. I JUST WONDER, WE GOTTA SEE IF IT'S WARRANTED TO PUT BACK UP. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. I I'M PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE WITH THIS BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY STRANGE ABOUT THE TIME AND THE DATE AND THE DATA BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY 20 YEARS AGO THERE WAS MORE TRAFFIC THAN THERE IS NOW WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS TO TOWN SQUARE. THIS WAS DONE DURING DECEMBER DURING HOLIDAY HANGOUT. SO I JUST WONDER WHAT WAS GOING ON THAT DAY. AND I DO, I DO WORRY ABOUT THE SCHOOL BEING SO CLOSE AND, AND THEY'RE INCREASING THEIR CENSUS THERE AND THERE'S GONNA BE MORE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. BUT, UM, IF IT'S TO SAVE MONEY AND YOU DON'T THINK, UH, I GUESS I SHOULD ASK THIS, DO YOU THINK IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE WILL NEED TO SEE A TRAFFIC LIGHT PUT UP THERE? NO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. I DON'T, UNLESS THERE IS A HUGELY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT AND JUST SO STAFF KNOWS, I, I GOT FEEDBACK. IF THERE WAS A REALLY BIG DEVELOPMENT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT MIGHT REQUIRE A SIGNAL AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT OKAY. WITHOUT HAVING SOMETHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, UM, IT'S NOT GONNA BE WARRANTED ANYWHERE IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. OKAY. UM, AND I, I JUST WANNA TELL Y'ALL, UH, I HAD FEEDBACK FROM, UH, ABOUT FIVE CITIZENS AND SOME WERE LIKE, I LIKE THE FLASHING LIGHTS AND SOME WERE, I DON'T LIKE THEM. SO AS FAR AS CITIZENS, UM, WHAT THEY WANT, I MEAN, IT WAS DOWN THE MIDDLE. I JUST WAS WONDERING WHY THEY, AND NOW I KNOW WHY THEY CHOSE THAT, BUT I, I DON'T REALLY AGREE WITH THAT DATA. UM, BUT THAT'S ALL. SO LEMME LET, OH, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. WELL, I WAS GONNA ASK, SO, UM, I'VE NOTICED THAT THE FLASHING LIGHTS, DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE STARTED THAT? UH, I'M, I'M NOT SURE. DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA? I I DO. I KNOW IT WAS, UM, NOT RECHO STORM. NOT THAT STORM. OKAY. BUT THERE WAS A STORM IN APRIL OR MAY, AND IT WAS RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME BECAUSE AT FIRST, UM, PEOPLE THOUGHT THOSE LIGHTS WERE FLASHING DUE TO ONE OF THE STORMS. SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT, WELL I GUESS WE'RE ALMOST IN JULY MONTHS. THREE MONTHS. ABOUT THREE MONTHS. YEAH. SO I MEAN, THE ONLY REASON WHY, SO THESE, UM, IF PEOPLE REACH OUT LIKE, OH, THIS IS UNSAFE OR WHATEVER, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OF THOSE TYPE OF CALLS THAT WE'RE GETTING DURING CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE GONNA PUT UP MESSAGE PORTS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW OF THE CHANGE IN THE CONDITION OF REMOVING THOSE SIGNALS DURING P AND Z. THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT SAFETY. UM, MY POINT OF VIEW ON THAT IS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE HAVE FLASHING LIGHTS, RED LIGHTS ONE WAY STOP SIGNS. YEAH. THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO OBEY THE, THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC SIGNS. SO, I MEAN, UM, OF COURSE I WANT WHAT IS SAFEST, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST, NO. YEAH. THERE WASN'T ANY SAFETY CONCERNS OTHER THAN THE SCHOOL PEOPLE BROUGHT THE SCHOOL UP, SO. OKAY. YES, SIR. AND FRANK, EVEN THOUGH THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THE TEXAS AVENUE LIGHT, YOU MENTIONED THE STERLING IS THE DFI LIGHT DFE. I MEANT THE DFI. YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S THREE IN A ROW. THEY'RE ALL ONE AT TEXAS AVENUE, ONE AT DFE AND ONE AT STERLING DFE IS PART OF THE PROJECT. NOT STERLING. NOT STERLING. THEY'RE STERLING. ALL THREE [01:00:01] ARE CURRENTLY FLASHING. CORRECT. ARE WE GONNA LEAVE THE LIGHTS AT DFE AND STERLING? THAT WAS MY POINT. ARE WE GONNA LEAVE 'EM FLASHING OR ARE THEY GONNA GO BACK TO RED AND GREEN, LEAVE THEM IN PLACE AND PUT THEM IN FLASH AND, AND AND LEAVE THEM IN FLASH? LEAVE THEM IN FLASH. CORRECT. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE RESIDED AT A BUILDING RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FOR ABOUT 19 AND A HALF YEARS, UHHUH . AND I'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY HORRIFIC ACCIDENTS AT BOTH AND STERLING. 'CAUSE AGAIN, ACTORS NOT PROPERLY. AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHATEVER WE CAN DO, MY SIDE WOULD BE IF WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THE LIGHTS THERE FLASHING, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT UP BIG RED STOP SIGNS TOO. I MEAN, JUST, PEOPLE JUST DON'T PAY ATTENTION IN THAT AREA. SO THAT WAS MY CONCERN ABOUT JUST GOING STRICTLY TO STOP SIGNS AT TEXAS AVENUE. HOWEVER, IF YOUR STUDY SHOWS THAT IT'S WELL BELOW THE LIMITS, I, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN GRAHAM AT DECEMBER THE SIXTH IS A TUESDAY AND A HOLIDAY PERIOD OF TIME. THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST TRAFFIC STUDY TIME TO DO IN THAT AREA, BUT I, I THINK TRAFFIC IS INCREASING, BUT IF IT'S EXPONENTIALLY LOWER, YEAH, I'M NOT GOOD POINT. GONNA PUSH BACK ON THAT. MY OTHER CONCERN IS, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ALWAYS A COST TO PUTTING THOSE THINGS BACK AND WE'D HAVE TO UPGRADE TO THE NEWER VERSIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT LET'S NOT LET MAJOR PROJECTS COST DICTATE WHAT WE DO WITH TRAFFIC ISSUES. THAT, THAT'S A CONCERN I'VE GOT. BUT THAT WHOLE TRIO RIGHT THERE, IT WOULD, IT, IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT TO ONE, TO ME IT WOULD BE BEST TO DO IT TO THEM ALL. I, I WOULD'VE PREFERRED TO TAKE THEM ALL OUT, BUT, UH, I DIDN'T WANNA SPEND THE MONEY TO, TO REMOVE A SIGNAL. AND THEN IF WE DON'T HAVE TO, I, I DON'T HAVE TO. AND YOU KNOW, SAY IF SOMETHING CHANGES AND, AND YEARS AHEAD, THEN SIGNAL'S STILL THERE. YEAH. WE CAN STILL USE. THAT'S VERY, SO I'VE SEEN A COUPLE ACCIDENTS THAT WOULD'VE HELPED YOU WITH THAT. 'CAUSE THEY TOOK 'EM OUT ANYWAY. YEAH. THAT HAPPENS TO, BUT, UH, OKAY. THAT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T BASING OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL ISSUES ON COSTS. 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY HELPED. IF IT WOULD'VE BEEN WARRANTED, WE WOULD'VE REPLACED IT. LIKE I SAY, WE'RE, WE, WE DO THE SAME THING ON OTHER PARTS. ROWING BROOK, WE PUT SIGNAL BACK WHEN BECAUSE IT WAS WARRANTED. GARTH ROAD, WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING. SO IT JUST HAS TO BE WARRANTED. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION NOW FOR ITEM, UH, NINE KA MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NINE K. SECOND. SECOND. MOTION SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF NINE K, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, I'LL MOVE ON TO APPOINTMENTS. [a. Conduct the election of the Baytown City Council Mayor Pro Tem.] WE HAVE ITEM 10 A IS TO CONDUCT AN ELECTION OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM. AND SO, UM, AS YOU'RE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, WE JUST BASICALLY ROTATE, UM, UH, FROM MAYOR PRO TEM BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. UH, I THINK ONE OF THE CRITERIA IS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SERVED COUN ON COUNCIL AS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR ONE YEAR PRIOR TO BEING, UH, ELECTED AS, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, SO I THINK WHEN Y'ALL CAME ON BOARD, WE HAD TO GO. I KNOW THERE'S A FEW TIMES WE HAD TO SKIP SOME FOLKS, BUT, UM, NOW, UH, IT WAS MS. ALVARADO WHO, WHO'S SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY CURRENTLY. AND SO NEXT WILL BE DISTRICT TWO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SARAH GRAHAM. UM, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF MS. GRAHAM TO SERVE AS MAYOR PROTI, UH, BEGINNING JULY. FIRST ON, CAN WE SAY RESUME ? I VERY STRONGLY MOTION, UH, GIVE THE FIRST MOTION. . OKAY. THE MOTION IS SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES. HOW, HOW LONG DOES IT LAST? IT LASTS FOR SIX MONTHS AND I'M GONNA BE VERY BUSY, AND SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S BEEN TEASING ME WITH. CLEAR YOUR CALENDAR. SO, ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MS. GRAHAM TO SERVE IN THE MAYOR PRO TIMM FROM JULY 1ST TO, TO DECEMBER 31ST. UH, SO I WOULD ENTER, UH, WE HAVE THE MOTION. I WOULD, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MS. GRAHAM, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. MS. POST, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU, MS. GRAHAM. UH, [11. 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.] SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR MANAGER'S REPORT. YES. MAYOR COUNCIL HAVE A FEW WRITE-INS AND A FEW EMPLOYEES, THE ONE TO RECOGNIZE. ALRIGHT. WE HAD A CITIZEN RIDE IN, UM, THE CITIZEN, UH, GAVE PRAISE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND ENG ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. UH, THERE WAS A WATER PIPE THAT BUSTED ON THEIR STREET, AND ALL THE CREWS THAT CAME OUT WERE TIMELY AND STAYED UNTIL THE JOB WAS DONE. UH, THE CONCRETE TEAM THAT REPAIRED THE ROAD EVEN REPAIRED A BIT OF THE CURB NEARBY. SO, UH, THANK YOU FRANK. AND TO THE TEAM OUT THERE THAT, UH, THAT ADDRESSED THAT, UH, ANOTHER CITIZEN WROTE IN TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO OFFICERS PEAK AND POTTER. THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AFTER SEEING A VEHICLE STALLED ON I 10 AND GETTING THE VE VEHICLE MOBILE. AGAIN, THEIR QUOTE, THEY ARE, THEY'RE CREDIT TO YOUR DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE ACT THEIR ACTIONS EMBODIED THE SPIRIT OF TO PROTECT AND SERVE, AND CERTAINLY MADE AN IMPACT ON US. UH, WE HAD ANOTHER RIGHT IN, UH, REGARDING AN OFFICER. WE HAD A RIGHT IN, UH, RECOGNIZING OFFICER SHANE WACK FOR [01:05:01] HELPING OUT A FAMILY WITH A VACANCY ISSUE ON THEIR PROPERTY. WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY OFFICER. THANK YOU. 3,800 GARTH ROAD. UM, AS OF 6 18, 20 24, ALL FIVE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED. UM, THE FINAL SITE IS IN THE CLEANUP MODE AND WILL TAKE A FEW MORE WEEKS TO COMPLETE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS IS A, THIS SUCCESS IS DUE TO THE, UH, UH, TO THE EFFORT BY OUR CHIEF, UH, BUILDING OFFICER ZACH. AND, UH, I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE TONIGHT, BUT, UH, THANK YOU ZACH, UH, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A, A TREMENDOUS EFFORT ALL THE WAY GOING DOWN TO HARRIS COUNTY, UH, GOING TO THE COURT'S OFFICE AND, UH, UM, MAKING THE CITY'S CASE, UH, TO GET THE QUALITY OR TO GET THE BUILDING, UH, TO THE QUALITY AND SAFETY STANDARDS. UH, NOT, WHICH IS 3,800 GARTH, BUT TO ALL BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CITY. AND, UH, IT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS TO MAKE BAYTOWN A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK. SO, THANK YOU, ZACH. THEN FINALLY, UH, THIS WAS AN INTERESTING ONE AND, AND WONDERFUL TO SEE, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO SPOTLIGHT LAWRENCE SIPPEL OUR, OUR ATHLETIC COORDINATOR FOR GOING THE EXTRA MILE, LITERALLY, UH, WITH A PARTICIPANT AT THE BAYTOWN SUMMER TRACK, CROSSCOUNTRY MEET HELD AT JENKINS PARK ON JUNE 26TH. WE HAD AN ATHLETE THAT WAS IN THE UNDER 10 DIVISION AND WAS LATE TO THE COMPETITION AND WAS STRUGGLING TO CATCH UP TO THE GROUP. LAUREN TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO JOIN IN AND RUN THE CROSSCOUNTRY COURSE WITH THE ATHLETE SO THAT HE WASN'T RUNNING ALONE. LAUREN'S ACTIONS DEMONSTRATE THE SPIRIT OF TEAMWORK AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO EVERY PARTICIPANT, UH, EVERY PARTICIPANT'S EXPERIENCE WHILE ENJOYING AN EVENT OR A PROGRAM. SO PLEASE CLIFF PASS THAT ON. UH, GREAT JOB FOR LAUREN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. UM, THAT IS ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR. UH, NEXT WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER [a. Receive a report from Council Member Mike Lester regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 6. ] DISTRICT REPORT. WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE LESTER FROM DISTRICT NUMBER SIX ON A REPORT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. GREAT. AS, AS ALWAYS, AS WE TALK UP HERE, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE CITY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, EACH, EACH MONTH WE TALK ABOUT EACH DISTRICT. UM, BUT IN DISTRICT SIX, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING, THEY TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY COME IN ON MONDAYS AND LEAVE ON FRIDAYS AND EIGHT TO FIVE AND COFFEE AND DONUTS ALL THE TIME. YEAH, RIGHT. NO , THEY'VE, THEY'VE INSTALLED THE NEW SIGNAL POLE AND I GET A LOT OF CALLS IN MISSING TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT ALEXANDER AND CEDAR BAYOU, THE INTERSECTION WHERE WE LOST, LOST IT. WE GET A LOT OF CALLS, WHEN ARE THEY GONNA PUT THAT BACK? EVERYBODY'S TIRED OF THE STOP SIGNS. IT'S KIND, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. IT'S NOT THE ONLY THING IN TOWN THEY'RE WORKING ON. SO THE POLE HAS BEEN INSTALLED. THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO SOME, SOME OTHER ACTIVITY TO IT TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING. SO THAT'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. CEL STREET'S COMPLETED DOING WALKTHROUGH AND PUNCH LIST WITH THAT. THAT'S GREAT. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS FROM THE CITIZENS UP AND DOWN. OUR SALE, THE NEW STREET IS NICE. I DROVE IT A FEW TIMES. UH, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY NICE. BAY OAKS HARBOR. SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT THAT'S PART OF US, BUT IT IS A, A INTEGRAL PART OF MY DISTRICT. UH, HERON INLET IS COMPLETED. EGRET CANAL. THE STORM WATER, UH, ISSUES ARE IN PROGRESS. UH, GOALS CUT IS COMPLETE. THEY'RE DOING TAPS TRAPS OR WHATEVER. MM-HMM . UM, PAYMENT REPAIRS, ANGEL FISH AND BLUE BILL ARE DRIVEWAY PLACEMENTS GOING ON. SO WE'RE WORKING HEAVILY IN BAY OAKS HARBOR, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. UM, THE, UH, UH, NEW G-C-I-S-D CONFERENCE CENTER ON ALEXANDER IS ABOUT 50% UNDER, UH, UH, INSPECTIONS WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. SO MARTIN, KEEP THAT MOVING FORWARD. UH, 2206 NORTH ALEXANDER, A NEW TACO BELL. I HAVE GOTTEN, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PHONE CALLS IT'S GOT. IS IT REALLY COMING? THEY'RE BUILDING IT. SO, UH, WE, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT NEW CONVENIENCE STORE AT 2,400 MASSEY TOMPKINS. AGAIN, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD, UH, IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO DEVELOP. AND THEN PARKS AND RECREATION, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THEM EARLIER. UH, THE ROSELAND YOUTH RECREATIONAL SAND VOLLEYBALL CLINIC STARTS UP, UH, JULY 15TH, THE 17TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM IS STILL GOING TO BE HOT, BUT THE KIDS WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME. UH, AND THEN THE, THE PARKS CREWS ALSO CLEARED THE BOAT RAMPS. UH, DURING THE LAST LITTLE STORM WE HAD, THERE WAS SOME HEAVY TREE DEBRIS AND ONE VERY LARGE TREE AT THE BOAT RAMP THAT WAS BLOCKING IT OFF. NOT THAT ANYBODY WAS NECESSARILY USING THE BOAT RAMP 'CAUSE THE WATER WAS PRETTY HIGH, BUT, UH, THEY DID GET IT OUTTA THE WAY. AND ALL THE AMENITIES THAT ROSELYN ARE UP AND OPERATIONAL. SO KUDOS TO PARKS DEPARTMENT. A AGAIN, IT WAS BROUGHT OUT. PARKS DEPARTMENT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR OUR CITIZENS ON THEIR PARKS AND WE ALL APPRECIATE IT. UH, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. ALRIGHT. I JUST, I'M JUST GONNA ADD TO YOUR DISTRICT REPORT. SO THE, THE DAY I VISITED, I WAS, HAD TO GO VISIT A FAMILY MEMBER AND IL UH, SO, UH, IT WAS COMPLETE NEW CONCRETE SIDEWALK. ALL THAT LOOKS GREAT. SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE CONTRACTOR AND THE CITY, THIS IS [01:10:01] GREAT. YOU KNOW, I ATE SEEING SHELL CREEK STREETS AND SO ON, BUT THAT'S A NICE NEW LONG STREET THAT'S RECONSTRUCTED. SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT AND CERTAINLY ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN. SO HOPEFULLY YOU'RE AS PROUD OF IT AS I AM. BUT IT, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT. UM, ANYWAY, UH, DO APPRECIATE THE, UH, UPDATE COUNCILMAN. SO NEXT WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO CONVENE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, SECTION, UH, SECTIONS. YES. WE DON'T NEED TO MAYOR. OH, WE DON'T NEED TO. OKAY. WELL EVEN BETTER. ALRIGHT, SO UNLESS YOU WANT TO NO. ALRIGHT. SO, UH, BEING THAT, UH, BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. AND, UH, Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT, UM, JULY 4TH INDEPENDENCE DAY. UM, OKAY. UH, BUT CERTAINLY FOR OUR CITIZENS, HAVE A SAFE FOURTH JULY, WE'LL HAVE OBVIOUSLY OUR JULY 3RD AND FOURTH CELEBRATIONS AT BICENTENNIAL PARK. THIS MEETINGS ADJOURN. * 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.