* 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. [00:00:04] SO I NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING, THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL. IT IS THURSDAY, JULY 11TH. UH, IT IS 6:31 PM WE ARE IN BAYTOWN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. WE'LL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY COUNCIL MEMBER OR ALVARADO OF DISTRICT NUMBER ONE. OKAY, WE'LL START WITH OUR US FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. FOR ALL HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE FOR OUR PRAYER TONIGHT. MAYOR, I HAVE ASKED PASTOR BOACHER TO COME AND, AND DO THAT. THANK YOU. BEFORE I PRAY, I JUST, I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY TRYING WEEK FOR MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. AND I WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE, THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS. AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CHALLENGING TIMES, BUT WE WILL PRAY GOD'S PEACE AND STRENGTH AND CONTINUED PEACE AND HARMONY UPON OUR CITY TONIGHT. WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? FATHER, WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION THAT HAS BEEN KEPT UPON OUR CITY DURING THIS TIME OF STORM AND TURMOIL AND UNCERTAINTY. GOD, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR GIVING US YOUR PEACE DURING THE STORM. AND LORD, I'M ASKING TODAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION UPON THOSE CITIZENS WITHIN OUR CITY WHO HAVE, ARE STILL BEING ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE EFFECTS OF THIS STORM. AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BRING PEACE AND HARMONY IN EVERY SITUATION, IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE, GOD, TO OUR CITY, WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION AND STRENGTH UPON EACH OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THOSE WHO TIRELESSLY WORK TO REPAIR THE UTILITY LINES AND ALL OF OUR SERVICES. TONIGHT, WE ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR POWER TO BE IN THIS MEETING. I ASK YOU GIVE OUR MAYOR AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THE WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, AND KNOWLEDGE TO FULFILL THEIR PURPOSE FOR THIS CITY. NOT ONLY IN THIS TIME, BUT ALSO IN THE REGULAR BUSINESS THAT THEY HAVE TO PERFORM. WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE THEM THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL STRENGTH TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES FOR THE PRESENT SITUATION AND THE ONGOING BUSINESS. WE ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED PEACE AND HARMONY IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR STATE. WE ASK YOU ALSO TO PROTECT AND KEEP YOUR HAND UPON EACH ONE OF OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL, WHETHER AT HOME OR ABROAD. AND WE ASK YOU TO BLESS OUR WONDERFUL NATION AND WE WILL GIVE YOU THE PRAISE IN JESUS' NAME. AND EVERYONE SAY AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, MA'AM? ALRIGHT. IF, IF I MAY, UM, TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE JUST BEFORE WE GO TO I GUESS THE, THE REST OF THE AGENDA. OBVIOUSLY THIS WEEK HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. UH, BEGINNING MONDAY, PRETTY MUCH MIDNIGHT. UH, OBVIOUSLY BAYTOWN HAS, HAS, UM, SUFFERED A CAT ONE HURRICANE, AND SO WE ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THAT. UH, THERE IS SO MANY OF OUR CITIZENS THAT DO NOT HAVE POWER, AND CERTAINLY WITH THE HEAT AND OTHER OTHER CHALLENGES, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. THAT'S CERTAINLY, UH, VERY UNPLEASANT IN, IN A SENSE TO, TO BE IN THAT SITUATION. UH, BUT I AM, I, I AM VERY HAPPY TO AT LEAST SAY THAT THERE THEY HAVE, THERE WAS NO REPORTED INJURIES, UH, TO ANYONE IN OUR CITY. THERE WAS A LOT OF FALLEN TREES, BIG TREES, UM, SOME EVEN FELL ON HOMES, BUT NO, NO INJURIES REPORTED AT ALL. SO FOR THAT, I'M VERY GRATEFUL, UH, FOR ALL OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAFF, UH, BOTH THAT KIND OF STARTED GATHERING MAINLY SATURDAY, SUNDAY, LAST, LAST OVER THE WEEKEND, AND JUST GETTING READY FOR WHATEVER THERE WAS TO COME. UH, AND SO EVERYTHING WAS HANDLED EXTREMELY WELL. UH, ALL OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS, UH, JUST TRYING TO GET READY FOR SOME CLOSURES AND SOME LOWLINE AREAS WITH THE EXPECTED, UM, STORM AND SOME OF, SOME OF THE, UM, THE HIGH TIDE AND SURGE THAT WE EXPERIENCED. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I, I KNOW THAT, THAT, UM, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AND WE STILL HAVE THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS EVENING. BUT CITY MANAGER AND HALL OF STAFF, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TOO. WE'VE ALL RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, MESSAGES THROUGH MANY, MANY DIFFERENT MEANS AND PLATFORMS [00:05:01] OF JUST, YOU KNOW, WHO'S WITHOUT POWER. AND THERE'S A LOT OF SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES THAT, THAT WERE WITHOUT. UH, SOME ARE UP, SOME ARE NOT. I WAS WITH COUNCILWOMAN ALVARADO AT ONE EARLIER TODAY, AND I KNOW, UH, THERE WERE SOME OTHERS, UH, THAT, THAT WERE, THAT WE ALL GET IN OUR DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THEY, THEY GET ON, THEY GET, UH, BROUGHT BACK ONLINE. SO IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY WEEK, VERY DIFFICULT WEEK. UM, BUT AS ALWAYS, THERE'S ALWAYS, UM, GREAT STORIES, UM, THAT THAT IS, THAT ARE, THAT I GUESS OCCUR OR ARE SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR. I WAS MADE AWARE OF ONE OF THEM, UH, AND THERE WAS A LARGE TREE THAT, UH, FELL IN LAKEWOOD AND IT PRETTY MUCH BLOCKED, BLOCKED THE ENTIRE ROAD. UM, AND NO ONE THERE REALLY HAD THE MEANS TO GO AND CUT IT UP. AND IT WAS STILL, YOU KNOW, THE CITY WAS STILL, UH, GETTING THEIR, THEIR THINGS TOGETHER, UH, IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE STORM. AND I THINK A FAMILY OR A COUPLE FROM, UH, THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN THAT THEY STILL HAD POWER, THEY HAD EVERYTHING THEY NEED, AND THEY CAME AND THEY, THEY, THEY WERE ABLE TO GO AND, AND AT LEAST CUT OUT WHAT THEY COULD FROM THE TREE, MOVE IT OUTTA THE WAY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE CAN COME, UM, GET THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. AND THOSE ARE THE STORIES THAT, THAT I LOVE HEARING, CERTAINLY IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES. UH, BAYTOWN HAS ALWAYS WEATHERED THE STORM, AND WE'VE ALWAYS, UH, WHEN ONE HOUSEHOLD, ONE FAMILY IS DOWN BECAUSE OF WHATEVER THE SITUATION MAY BE, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN SOMEONE ELSE, A CITIZEN, A FAMILY THAT STEPS IN AND, AND GOES AND FILLS THAT GAP. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M JUST VERY, VERY GRATEFUL AND, AND I, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA RECOVER IT, RECOVER FROM IT, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAD A PRACTICE RUN IN MAY, AND NOW AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS ONE, UH, HERE IN JULY. AND SO I AM HOPING THIS IS THE END, BUT I'LL KEEP PRAYING THAT IT IS. UH, BUT WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST KEEP, UH, I GUESS ROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES, UM, AS THEY ARE PRESENTED. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND JUST THANK, THANK, UM, CERTAINLY POLICE, FIRE, EMS, PUBLIC WORKS, EVERYBODY, PARKS AND REC FOR GOING AND TRYING TO JUST MAKE THINGS AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE AND PRESENT, UM, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY, ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR CITIZENS TO TAKE THEIR MIND OFF OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING WITH THE STORM. AND IN MANY WAYS JUST HAVE A, HAVE, UM, SOME PLACES TO COOL DOWN. AND SO EVERYBODY HAS STEPPED UP THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. SO WITH THAT, I THINK THEY DESERVED AT LEAST SOME, SOME OF THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. BUT I'LL OPEN UP TO COUNCIL, THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, I GUESS REGARDING THIS WEEK? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR MEETING. UM, MAYOR, I JUST PLAN TO SHARE SOMETHING DURING MY REPORT SO I CAN HOLD MY COMMENTS TIL THEN. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. MM-HMM . UM, ALSO AS A POINT OF, UH, ANOTHER, UH, POINT OF PRIVILEGE, I WOULD ASK, UM, I'D LIKE JUST A FEW SECONDS, UH, MOMENT OF SILENCE. UM, ONE, UH, ONE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RECENTLY IN THE HARRIS COUNTY, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS, UM, BASICALLY AMBUSHED, UH, THE OTHER EVENING AND, AND LOST HIS LIFE AND IN THE LINE OF DUTY. AND SO THAT'S DEPUTY, UM, , I BELIEVE. AND SO I DID, UM, ON BEHALF OF ADMINISTRATION, COUNSEL, AND THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN, UM, I DID SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO SHERIFF ED GONZALEZ, AND HE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT IN BAYTOWN, THAT WE, WHEN WE HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, THAT THAT HAS CERTAINLY LOST THEIR LIFE IN, IN THE LINE OF DUTY, THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT, IT'S NEVER PLEASANT TO GO AND, AND FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, LOSE ONE OF OUR OWN. SO WE CAN HAVE JUST A FEW MOMENTS OF SILENCE FOR THAT ONE DEPUTY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR MEETING. UM, SO FIRST, AGAIN, THERE IS NO ASSISTANT COMMENTS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO [2. MINUTES] MINUTES. SO FIRST IS, UH, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ON MAY 9TH. AND THE SECOND ITEM IS A JOINT CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN MDD, UH, AND COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON MAY 23RD SOUGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS TWO A AND B, MOTION TO APPROVE TWO A AND B, SECOND MOTION SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEMS TWO, A AND B IS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED OKAY. MINUTES, UM, ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM [a. Recognition and presentation of awards to fire personnel who responded to a ship fire in La Porte and rescued a victim. ] THREE, A RECOGNITION PRESENTATION OF AWARDS TO FIRE PERSONNEL WHO RESPONDED TO A SHIP FIRE IN LAPORT AND RESCUED A VIC VICTIM. SO, UH, CHIEF, GOOD EVENING, UH, COUNSEL AND MAYOR AIR AGAIN. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR FIRE PERSONNEL FOR OUTSTANDING ACTIONS DURING A SHIP FIRE BACK IN JANUARY. I'LL READ WHAT, UH, WHAT THE SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED ON [00:10:01] THE MORNING OF JANUARY 8TH, 2024. A FIRE IGNITED INTO ENGINEERING SPACE ABOARD MOTOR VESSEL STRIDE WHILE CREWS WERE CONDUCTING SHIP TO SHIP BUNKERING OPERATIONS AT THE BARBERS CUT CONTAINER TERMINAL IN THE PORT OF HOUSTON. THIS WAS A VERY LARGE PANAMA FLAG CONTAINER SHIP MEASURING 597 FEET IN LENGTH WITH A CONTAINER CAPACITY OF 2,174 UNITS VERY LARGE BOAT. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE OF THE SHIP FIRE, THE PORT HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZED THE URGENT NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND REQUESTED MUTUAL AID FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT. BAYTOWN ENGINE TWO AND MEDIC TWO ORIGINALLY RESPONDED HEADING TOWARD THE FIREBOAT, AND THEN THEY GOT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THE, THE SHIP FIRE WAS DOCKED, AND SO THEY HEADED OVER TO THE BARBERS CUT LATER ON, TOWER SEVEN WAS ALSO DISPATCHED TO THE LOCATION. WHEN THEY ARRIVED TO THE LOCATION, THEY RECEIVED REPORTS INDICATING THAT THERE WERE STILL THREE CREW MEMBERS UNACCOUNTED FOR AND TRAPPED BELOW DECK IN THE ENGINEERING SPACE. THE CREW OF BAYTOWN ENGINE TWO COURAGEOUSLY AND SELFLESSLY ACCEPTED THE SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSIGNMENT WITHOUT HESITATION NAVIGATING THROUGH THE HEAVY SMOKE AND MODERATE HEAT. ENGINE TWO DESCENDED INTO THE SHIP AND LOCATED ALL THREE VICTIMS. FOLLOWING A RAPID ASSESSMENT, THEY DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE CREW MEMBERS COULD BE RESCUED. ENGINE TWO BEGAN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE SURVIVOR UP SEVERAL LADDERS TO THE DECK. MEANWHILE, MEDIC TWO'S TEAM DELIVERED ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND SPARE AIR BOTTLES TO THE SHIP'S DECK AND TOWER SEVEN PREPARED FOR THE SWIFT TRANSFER FROM THE DECK TO THE DOCK. DURING THE RESCUE OPERATIONS ENGINE TWO ENCOUNTERED A CRITICAL MOMENT WHEN THEIR AIR SUPPLY RAN LOW, PROMPTING THEM TO ASCEND QUICKLY TO THE DECK WHERE MEDIC TWO PROVIDED FRESH AIR CYLINDERS. ONCE REPLENISHED ENGINE TWO RETURNED TO THE VICTIM, SUCCESSFULLY BRINGING HIM UP TO THE DECK WHERE TOWER SEVEN'S BASKET AWAITED, THE RESCUE CREW MEMBER WAS SAFELY LOWERED TO THE DOCK BY TOWER SEVEN'S CREW WHERE MEDIC TWO AND THE PORT EMS PROVIDED PATIENT CARE. THE PATIENT WAS FLOWN LIFE FLIGHT TO THE BURN CENTER FOR CRITICAL INJURIES. THANKS TO THE HEROIC SWIFT AND RESOLUTE EFFORTS OF THE BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT CREWS, THE VICTIM ULTIMATELY RECOVERED FROM HIS INJURIES, UNDERSCORING THE VALOR AND SELFLESSNESS DISPLAYED AMIDST THE HARROWING MARITIME EMERGENCY. AND, UH, THOSE CREW MEMBERS INCLUDE ON ENGINE TWO, LIEUTENANT TRACY LINDSEY, ENGINEER BILLY FRIESER, FIREFIGHTER RANDY BIRDWELL, FIREFIGHTER CALEB DOVE ON MEDIC TWO, FIREFIGHTER AARON MCNEIL, FIREFIGHTER JAREN GALVAN. AND ON TOWER SEVEN, LIEUTENANT GUS TORRES AND ENGINEER KYLE PHILLIPS. AND I ALSO WANTED TO END BY SAYING THAT, UH, THE COAST GUARD ALSO TOOK THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THEM. UM, THEY RECEIVED THIS FOR THEIR ACTIONS OVER AT THE COAST GUARD OFFICE. SO, UM, WE APPRECIATE THEY TOOK THE TIME TO DO THAT AS WELL. THEY RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF COURAGE THAT WERE DISPLAYED ON THAT DAY, AND TODAY WE'RE GIVING 'EM A, UH, A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AND LATER AT THE END OF THE YEAR, OUR DEPARTMENT DOES AWARDS AND WE WILL HAVE AWARDS THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTED DURING OUR NORMAL AWARD CEREMONY. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE 'EM A ROUND APPLAUSE AND THANK THEM FURTHER OUTSTANDING. ALL RIGHT, MOVE ON. WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, OUR NEXT ITEM, UH, ITEM FOUR A AND B. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THESE TWO ITEMS TO OUR SEVEN, OUR JUNE 25TH, UH, MEETING AGENDA DUE TO, UH, THERE IS GONNA BE A MEETING OF THE, THE, THE FIRE CONTROL, UM, COMMITTEE. AND SO BECAUSE OF THE, UM, HURRICANE THEY WERE UNABLE TO MEET, SO WE'LL, WE'LL PUSH THAT TO, UM, JULY 25TH. AND THEN WE MOVE [a. Conduct a public hearing regarding the repeal and replacement of the City's Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) and Zoning map. ] ON TO ITEM FIVE A, UH, TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CITY'S UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ZONING MAP. SO WHAT I'LL DO IS, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS, MA'AM? OKAY. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THIS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING IS, IS BEING HELD, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTEREST IN PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING, UH, SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING. [00:15:01] 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 ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT, SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME. SO IT IS NOW 6:46 PM AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CITY'S ULDC ZONING MAP. AND I'LL, AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, RYAN V LOOK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UM, NOT A HUGE PRESENTATION FOR YOU TONIGHT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO, UH, PROVIDE FEEDBACK. UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK. WE ARE CONTINUING TO, UM, ADDRESS THOSE COMMENTS, MAKE CHANGES, UM, AND, UM, AT THIS POINT, UH, THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE THAT THIS WILL GO BEFORE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO THIS BODY. UH, NEXT WEEK, UH, ON, UH, JULY 16TH, UH, THERE WILL ALSO BE A, UH, THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING, UH, BEFORE PLANNING A ZONING COMMISSION ON JULY 16TH. UH, THIS IS STILL SCHEDULED TO COME BEFORE YOU ALL ON JULY 25TH FOR ACTION. THAT BEING SAID, BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS OF THIS WEEK, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, ACTION WOULD NOT BE TAKEN UNTIL AUGUST 8TH AT THE EARLIEST. UM, DUE TO, UM, FOLKS, UH, BASICALLY LOSING A WEEK, NOT HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ACCESS, UH, IT AND, UH, AND HAVING THEIR MINDS ON, ON THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS. THIS IS NOT A TIME SENSITIVE ISSUE. UM, THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE GONNA STILL KEEP IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 25TH BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTICED, UH, FOR THAT. UM, BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT NO ACTION BEING TAKEN UNTIL AUGUST 8TH AT THE EARLIEST. OKAY. WITH THAT, THANK YOU. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MAY HAVE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, IF NOT, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR. YES, IF YOU DON'T MIND. OKAY. UM, WE DID HAVE A, A CITIZEN THAT, THAT CAME IN TODAY TO KIND OF LEARN ABOUT THE ULDC. AND REALLY, I THINK THE, UM, QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WERE, UM, HOW OFTEN ARE WE DOING THESE? UM, AND THEN, UM, ARE THERE PLANS TO REVIEW YOU LDC AGAIN, AND WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME BETWEEN THAT? SO IF WE CAN AT LEAST ANSWER THOSE TWO QUESTIONS, WILL HE STILL HERE? THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. SO THE CURRENT, UH, ULDC WENT INTO EFFECT IN, I BELIEVE, 20 13, 20 14. UM, SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT 10 YEARS. UM, SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD FOR ANOTHER 10 TO 15 YEARS. THAT BEING SAID, UH, STAFF IS ALWAYS LISTENING TO FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE FROM, UH, THE PUBLIC, FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, UM, AND, UH, IS ALWAYS OPEN TO MAKING CHANGES, UM, AS THINGS CHANGE IN THE MARKET AND AS, UM, AS WE HEAR FEEDBACK. SO, UM, IT IS ALWAYS A LIVING DOCUMENT. WE'RE ALWAYS MAKING CHANGES TO IT. UH, 10-YEAR-OLD DOCUMENT, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE ARE STILL MAKING CHANGES TO IT. SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS DOCUMENT WILL PROBABLY, UM, WE PROBABLY WILL NOT GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN THIS IN DEPTH FOR PROBABLY ANOTHER 10 OR 15 YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEP. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL TO STAFF? IF NOT, I HAVE, UM, MS. BLACKWOOD, IF YOU JUST COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND, UH, YOU COULD JUST STATE THE STREET YOU LIVE ON. I LIVE AT 1 1 3 CROW ROAD, AND MY QUESTIONS WERE IN LINE WITH, UM, I SAW THE NOTICE LATE, WHICH WAS MY FAULT FOR THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD. BUT I WAS LOOKING FOR THE SYNOPSIS, LIKE IF THERE WAS A PLACE WHERE IT WAS LIKE GENERALIZED, WHAT WAS CHANGING IN KIND OF A SHORT FORM. AND IN LOOKING AT IT, I WAS LOOKING AT THE LINKS AND THE LINKS THAT WERE IN THE KIND OF BROCHURE TYPE THINGS WEREN'T VALID. AND I JUST SPOKE WITH MR. BITLOCK, RYAN, MR. RYAN, AND, AND SO HE SHOWED ME WHERE I COULD GET THAT INFORMATION BEFORE THE MEETING. SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. BUT IN GENERAL, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, A SHORTENED VERSION. THERE'S 421 PAGES AND I'M, I'M A HUNDRED PAGES IN, BUT, UM, AND, AND IT'S JUST KIND OF THE, THE VERBIAGE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE LAND MAP AND UNDERSTANDING THE LAND MAP AND THE CHANGES TO THE LAND MAP AND KIND OF WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE AND WHAT THEY ARE NOW. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND AND IN UNDERSTANDING THOSE CHANGES. I'M ALSO HERE, NOT HERE AT THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE I'M OUT OF TOWN. SO IF THAT WAS POSTED INFORMATION, THAT WOULD BE LIKE REALLY HELPFUL. ALRIGHT. AND THEN I WOULD COMMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF SUMMARY EVEN FOR OURSELVES, UH, GENERAL CHANGES IN WHAT IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE. SO, UM, I'M, I'M SURE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION IS IN A SUMMARIZED FORM, SO. ALRIGHT, WE'LL WE WILL MAKE SURE IT'S POSTED. ALRIGHT, [00:20:01] THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON. THAT WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE'S NO ONE ELSE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CITY'S ULDC AND ZONING MAP. WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM FIVE B BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS EXPRESSED. UM, THERE WAS GONNA BE A PUBLIC, A PUBLIC FORUM EVENT, I THINK, UH, PLANNED EARLIER THIS WEEK. UH, CERTAINLY THAT DIDN'T TAKE CASE, DIDN'T TAKE PLACE BECAUSE OF, UM, THE STORM. UH, SO, UM, AS EXPRESSED, WE WILL MOVE AT LEAST THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ACTION ITEM, UH, TO, AT A VERY MINIMUM, UM, AUGUST 8TH. SO WE'LL MOVE ON [a. Receive the 2024 Annual Baytown Report regarding the Economic Alliance Houston Port Region.] TO ITEM, UH, SIX A AND THAT IS TO RECEIVE A, UH, REPORT OF THE 2024 ANNUAL BAYTOWN REPORT REGARDING THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE HOUSTON PORT REGION. I KNOW WE HAVE CHAD BURKE HERE, AND IT HAS MR. REYNOLDS IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD CONTRIBUTE, BUT WE'LL START WITH CHAD . CHAD, UH, KAREN, THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. IT'S A PLEASURE WORKING WITH ECONOMIC ALLIANCE. UM, Y'ALL DO HELP BRING, UH, COMMERCE AND, UH, BUSINESSES TO, UH, THE ENTIRE REGION. UM, AND IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH Y'ALL FOR MANY YEARS AT THIS POINT. LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A, AN ANNUAL REPORT. UM, UH, WE'LL TRY AND KEEP IT BRIEF. I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, AND INTRODUCE KAREN GREGORY. IF, IF EVERYBODY DOESN'T KNOW KAREN, GIVE A QUICK WAVE. KAREN IS, UM, UH, FORMER CHAIRMAN, NO, SHE'S FORMER CHAIRMAN OF OURS WHO, UH, WHEN SHE, UH, STEPPED OUT OF HER ROLE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE HER ON STAFF AND SHE HANDLES ALL OF OUR 13 CITY, UH, UH, SHE MANAGES THOSE CONTRACTS WITH OUR CITIES, THE COUNTY AND THE PORT, AS WELL AS, UM, A REAL HEAVY LIFT, UH, OF MANAGING OUR DC TRIP EACH YEAR AND SCHEDULING SOMETIMES OVER 40, 50 MEETINGS ACROSS A COUPLE OF DAYS. SO SHE DOES A GREAT JOB. WE'RE, WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE HER. UH, I WILL SAY THIS REAL BRIEFLY. UM, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE TIME. THESE TIMES ARE WHEN, UH, UH, THE WHOLE CITY REALLY LOOKS TO THEIR LEADERSHIP AND TO THE STAFF AND TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS. UM, AND I'VE, UH, EVEN JUST KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE ON, WE'RE STILL WITHOUT POWER AT OUR OFFICE RIGHT NOW, BUT EVEN KEEPING AN EYE, UH, ON, ON, ON OUR CITIES, I'VE SEEN GREAT LEADERSHIP FROM, FROM THE MAYOR AND, AND THE FOLKS HERE IN BAYTOWN. SO, UM, GREAT JOB. AND I KNOW THE CITIZENS REALLY KIND OF APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD, HARD WORK IN TIMES LIKE THIS IS WHEN YOU, YOU EARN THE BIG BUCKS, RIGHT? , YES, . ANYWAY, UM, I'LL, I'LL GO THROUGH A QUICK, UH, QUICK, UH, ANNUAL REPORT AND KIND OF SYNOPSIS OF, UH, LET'S SEE IF WE'RE JUST GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SCROLL DOWN. NOPE, WE'RE GONNA PAGE DOWN. THERE WE GO. I GUESS WE'LL JUST, HERE WE GO. I'LL GET THAT RIGHT. THERE WE GO. SO OUR MISSION IS REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, AS JASON MENTIONED, THAT'S JUST TO GROW OUR, OUR REGIONAL ECONOMY THROUGH, THROUGH ADDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT FROM BUSINESSES TO LOCATE HERE OR, OR EXPAND HERE. THAT'S REALLY THE, THE CENTRAL CORE OF OUR MISSION THAT KIND OF GUIDES EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, UM, UH, TO BE REALLY COMPETITIVE IN THAT WE HAVE TO BE REALLY GOOD AT PUBLIC POLICY, WHETHER IT'S HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL, AND FEDERAL LEVEL. SO WE PARTICIPATE IN THAT, UH, THROUGH OUR MEMBERS. WE HAVE TO REALLY PROVIDE GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OBVIOUSLY IN A PORT REGION LIKE THIS, THAT'S CRITICAL. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT WE'VE, UH, BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST YEAR, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. UM, I OVERHEARD A CONVERSATION KIND OF SITTING HERE IN THE GALLERY BEFORE ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, ALL THE GREAT JOBS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE, THAT ARE HIGH PAYING AND ONLY TAKE SOMETIMES AS, AS, AS LITTLE AS TWO YEARS OR, OR 12 MONTHS TO GET INTO. WE SPECIALIZE IN MARKETING THOSE CAREERS THAT SUPPORT THIS REGION. UM, AND IT'S JUST CRITICAL TO US BEING COMPETITIVE AGAIN, TO BE ABLE TO BUILD, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE THOSE FACILITIES THAT REALLY DRIVE OUR ECONOMY. AND THEN QUALITY OF LIFE. UM, WITH 13 CITIES, WE WANT OUR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND WORK CLOSE TO THEIR, TO THEIR JOBS AND REALLY LIVE IN GREAT COMMUNITIES. AND WE TRY AND WE TRY AND PUMP SOME OF THEIR, OUR, OUR GRANT MONEY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITIES IN BAYTOWN HAS FRANKLY BEEN OUR NUMBER ONE PARTICIPANT IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE GRANTS. AND WE CONTINUE, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH Y'ALL ON THAT. I'LL TOUCH ON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT AS WELL. SO WALKING THROUGH THIS REAL QUICKLY, AGAIN, IT IS 13 CITIES THAT SURROUND THE SHIP CHANNEL. IT'S, UH, IT'S HARRIS COUNTY, IT'S THE PORT OF HOUSTON, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE MAKEUP. AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 250 COMPANIES, UH, THAT WORK IN THIS REGION THAT REALLY DRIVE, UH, THE INITIATIVES FOR THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE. AGAIN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. TOUCHING ON THAT REAL QUICKLY, THIS IS KIND OF OUR, OUR OH EIGHT TO PRESENT, UH, REPORT CARD. YOU CAN SEE WE'VE WORKED ON AND, AND, AND HELPED WITH 82 DIFFERENT PROJECT WINS OVER THAT TIME, TOTALING OVER $18 BILLION, UM, AND 4,000 DIRECT JOBS. THE THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT I ALWAYS FIND IS, IS THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT INDUSTRY IS. AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S OBVIOUSLY DO DOMINATED BY PETROCHEMICAL, ADJACENT MANUFACTURING, AND THEN LOGISTICS, MOVING THOSE PRODUCTS [00:25:01] IN AND OUT. LAST YEAR IN 2023, WE HAD FIVE PROJECT WINS THAT WERE ANNOUNCED THAT WE HELPED ON. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THREE OF THOSE WERE BRAND NEW TO TEXAS. UH, WE'VE GOT ONE PROJECT WIN SO FAR THIS YEAR IN 2024. UM, THAT TOTALS AROUND $400 MILLION AND IT IS ALSO NEW TO TEXAS. SO IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE NEW COMPANIES COMING INTO TEXAS THAT WE HAVEN'T PREVIOUSLY HAD. UH, IT'S KIND OF A NEW TREND THAT, THAT WE'VE NOTICED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND THEN THIS IS THE CURRENT BREAKDOWN OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO YOU'VE GOT 26 PROJECTS, LITTLE OVER $7 BILLION, AND POTENTIALLY 4,500 JOBS EACH. THAT'S KIND OF OUR SALES PIPE, OUR SALES PIPELINE, IF YOU WILL, IF YOU'RE A SALESMAN. YOU UNDERSTAND, WE'RE ALWAYS PUTTING NEW PROJECTS IN THERE. UM, AND, AND EACH YEAR WE AVERAGE ABOUT FOUR NEW, NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT COME OUT OF THAT. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT PIPELINE, WE'VE SEEN THROUGH THE, THE, THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, BILL, UM, A LOT OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS IN OUR FOOTPRINT THAT ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED OR WILL BE FEDERALLY FUNDED, THAT, THAT GO INTO CLEAN HYDROGEN CARBON CAPTURE, UM, DOMESTICATION OF, OF, UH, MANUFACTURING FOR PPE AND EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT THAT WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH COVID. THAT BILL REALLY HELPS FUND A LOT OF THAT. AND, UM, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE, THE HIGH VELOCITY HYDROGEN HUB THAT EXXON AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS ARE PART OF. UM, UH, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S, WE'VE GOT ABOUT NINE OTHER PROJECTS IN OUR FOOTPRINT THAT WE'RE KIND OF WORKING WITH COMPANIES ON PROVIDING THEM SUPPORT, KIND OF CONNECTING THEM TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE REGION TO, UH, TO HELP BOLSTER THEIR CHANCES TO GET THOSE FUNDS. SO WE'LL BE SEEING, UM, WE'LL BE SEEING SOME OF THOSE BEGIN TO COME OUT THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S EXCITING. AND THIS IS JUST EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE, WE PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, WORKFORCE, UH, PARTNERSHIP AND THEN, AND THEN REALLY JUST KIND OF BEING THEIR VOICE IN THE REGION, UH, TO A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS. PUBLIC POLICY. UM, REAL QUICKLY, I MENTIONED OUR, OUR, OUR ANNUAL TRIP TO DC WE DEVELOP A WHITE PAPER THAT COMES FROM OUR MEMBERS. IT'S ISSUES CRITICAL TO THIS REGION, AND YOU CAN SEE THEY ALWAYS GENERALLY RESOLVE, REVOLVE AROUND, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, COASTAL SURGE PROTECTION, THINGS LIKE THAT. THESE WERE OUR PRIORITIES THIS YEAR. YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR. WE HAD, UH, WE HAD 52 MEMBERS ATTEND THIS YEAR, 46 MEETINGS ACROSS TWO DAYS. UM, AND, UH, VERY IMPACTFUL. UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE BEGIN TO SEE RESULTS FROM THAT AND WE DEVELOP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE STAFFS IN THOSE, IN THOSE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEM. AND CITY OF BAYTOWN DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF PARTICIPATING AND REALLY LEADING THAT EFFORT. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE'LL DO THE SAME THING EVERY OTHER YEAR. WE'RE JUST NOW KIND OF GATHERING FROM OUR MEMBERS, UH, INDUSTRY, PORT CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGES, WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE GONNA BE NEXT, UH, NEXT, NEXT, UH, JANUARY THROUGH APRIL, I GUESS, UH, IN THE STATE SESSION. AND, AND, UH, IF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE MAYOR PARTICIPATES ON THAT COMMITTEE FAIRLY REGULARLY AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER OF THE STAFF DO. UM, SO IF, IF YOU'VE GOT ISSUES THAT WE CAN HELP CARRY AS A REGION THAT HELP THE CITY, THEN THAT'S THE WAY TO USE THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE. UM, QUICKLY ON TRANSPORTATION, IT'S BEEN A BIG YEAR. UH, I'LL KIND OF SKIP THROUGH THIS. THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE, THE OUTFALL OF THE THREE YEAR STUDY THAT, UM, UH, THAT TXDOT DID THEIR PLANNING. ENVIRONMENTAL IS IN LINKAGES STUDY. UH, THEY JUST COMPLETED OBVIOUSLY THE SEABROOK SECTION BACK IN MARCH THAT TOOK ABOUT SIX YEARS TO DO. UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE NORTH, WHAT I CALL THE NORTH OR LAPORTE SECTION OF 1 46. UH, THEY SHOULD BEGIN THE BELTWAY EIGHT DIRECT CONNECTORS AT 2 25 IN BELTWAY EIGHT, UM, IN THE FALL OF THIS YEAR, THEY'RE GONNA DO FIVE, UH, START FIVE OF THOSE THIS YEAR. AND THEN IN 2025, LATE 25, THEY'RE GONNA START THE FINAL THREE. SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE EIGHT FLYOVERS, IF YOU WILL, TO GET IN AND OUT OF THAT INTERSECTION. RIGHT NOW, IF, IF YOU EVER TRAVEL BELTWAY EIGHT TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CHANNEL, YOU KNOW THAT YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH THREE RED LIGHTS TO TAKE A LEFT TURN RIGHT. AND ALL THOSE POOR FOLKS PILING OUT OF THESE, OUTTA THESE, THESE COMPANIES AT FIVE O'CLOCK EVERY DAY HAVE TO RUN THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. IT JAMS ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE BRIDGE, YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS GOOD NEWS. UM, THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO OVERLAY 2 25, LIKE THEY DID I 10 AS KIND OF A TEMPORARY FIX UNTIL THEY GET TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF, UH, OF 2 25, WHICH WILL LOOK, AND BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW, CITY OF BAYTOWN IS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS SUPPORTING ALL OF THESE TYPES OF, UH, PROJECTS. YOU CAN SEE THE, THE KIND OF CONSENSUS FROM THE REGION THERE. BUT THE 2 25 REDEVELOPMENT, WHICH GRANTED WILL BE A 10 YEAR PROJECT STARTING FROM NOW, UM, UH, IT'S, IT'S RECOMMENDED BY TXDOT. WE HAVE TO GET IT IN THE LONG RANGE PLANNING, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE LONG RANGE STATE PLAN, AND THEN WE'VE GOTTA GET FUNDING. UM, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM, [00:30:01] FROM BAYTOWN TO DO THAT. UM, WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UH, WITH, UM, ELIZA, UH, PAUL, WHO'S THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR, AT LEAST FOR ANOTHER MONTH OR SO, , I GUESS. UH, OR IS IT JUST THE END OF THIS MONTH? MAYBE AUGUST. I THINK IN AUGUST SHE RETIRES. OH, WOW, OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK WE'VE GOT HER FOR ANOTHER MONTH. IN FACT, TODAY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE HER IN A, IN A, IN AN EVENT THAT WE HAD TO CANCEL BECAUSE THE COLLEGE WAS OUT WITHOUT POWER. AND SO WERE SO MANY PEOPLE, SO WE JUST PUSHED IT BACK. BUT, UM, THIS IS, THEY WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE STACK OR ELEVATE A NEW PORTION OF 2 25 TO CREATE CAPACITY BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO OUT IN THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY. SO THEY SPENT THREE YEARS STUDYING THIS AND DID A LOT OF KIND OF IN, UH, COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY, UH, FEEDBACK AND, UH, AND CAME UP WITH THIS. AND SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. AND ON THE BACKSIDE WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THIS APPROVED AND FUNDED WITH THE STATE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD WIN FOR US. UH, IT'S JUST KIND OF NOW WE STILL HAVE HEAVY LIFTING TO DO. UM, THIS JUST KIND OF PRIME, UH, DETAILS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT. PART OF THAT PROJECT WILL BE A NEW SHIP CHANNEL BRIDGE. UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG LIFT AS WELL. A COUPLE OF BILLION DOLLARS THEY HAVE STARTED, OR THEY WILL START IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TO BEGIN THAT PROJECT. BUT, BUT THAT BRIDGE IS COMING NEAR TO THE END OF ITS LIFE. AND SO, SO THAT WILL BE PART, PART OF IT AS WELL. AND IT'LL GO UP AND OUT AND JUST HUGE, HUGE KIND OF GENERATIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. UM, BUT THE REGION HAS SPOKEN UP AND TXDOT HAS HEARD US AND, AND THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, AS I MENTIONED, ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE KIND OF THE MARKETING ARM FOR THESE JOBS. WE, WE GO INTO THE SCHOOLS, UH, WE, WE TOUT THESE CAREERS. WE GET VOLUNTEERS IN THEIR FRCS INSIDE THE SCHOOLS AND, UH, AND, AND REALLY KIND OF SHOW THE PATHWAY TO THESE GREAT JOBS THAT ARE RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD. AND PATTY BELL, UM, A UH, UH, UH, FORMER GOOSE CREEK TE, UH, CTE TEACHER IS LEADS OUR EFFORT ON THAT. AND SHE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS NOW. UM, AND LAST YEAR SHE TALKED OVER 5,000 STUDENTS, RIGHT? SO SHE'S CONSTANTLY OUT THERE, UM, WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS AND INDUSTRY AND PUSHING THESE CAREERS AND REALLY KIND OF MAPPING IT OUT SO THAT KIDS CAN FIND THAT PATHWAY TO THESE GREAT CAREERS THAT CHANGE FAMILIES AND CHANGE LIVES. UM, GOOD STUFF. AND THEN QUALITY OF LIFE. WE DO HAVE OUR $5,000 MATCHING GRANT FOR, FOR ANYTHING THAT FALLS UNDER QUALITY OF LIFE. IT CAN BE BEAUTIFICATION, IT COULD BE PARKS, IT COULD BE TRAILS, IT COULD BE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT. READING PROGRAMS. UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE DONE THREE FOR THE, UM, FOR THE SCULPTURE TRAIL OVER THE LAST, UH, TWO OR THREE YEARS NOW. UM, AND JUST A BEAUTIFUL JOB. WE'RE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND, UH, HOPE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK TO, UH, TO WORK WITH BAYTOWN ON THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, WE TAKE ALL OF OUR GREAT MEMBER INFORMATION AND THEN WE TURN IT AROUND IN EVENTS. SO WE HAVE AN EVENT ALMOST ONCE A MONTH, IT SEEMS LIKE WITH OUR BIG CONFERENCE, UH, HAPPENING EVERY SEPTEMBER, UH, WHICH IS A FULL DAY CONFERENCE WITH, UH, CEOS AND, AND PLANT MANAGERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO REALLY KIND OF TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE REGION, WHAT'S DRIVING THE ECONOMY, WHAT OUR CHALLENGES ARE, AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO KIND OF STAY IN FRONT OF THAT. SO THAT'S A GREAT EVENT THAT WE INVITE YOU ALL TO. AND, UH, HOPE Y'ALL WILL COME AND BE OUR GUESTS FOR THAT. WITH THAT, I, I DO, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, FOR THE GREAT RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH BAYTOWN. YOU GUYS DO A FANTASTIC JOB. AND, UH, AND WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL AS, AS ONE OF OUR KIND OF KEY CORNERSTONE MEMBERS, UH, IN THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE. AND IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING FROM US, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. WE ARE A TOOL TO BE USED BY THE CITIES IN THIS REGION. AND SO WE WANT Y'ALL TO, TO ACTIVELY USE THE ORGANIZATION WHENEVER YOU NEED US. OKAY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS? OBVIOUSLY OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BURKE? NO, NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. AND ALL RIGHT, GOOD LUCK TO EVERYBODY, THE REST OF THE RECOVERY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU. RIGHT, [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.] SO WE HAVE NEXT OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH G. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? IF NOT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA A THROUGH G. UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, I'D LIKE TO PULL D FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT ALL THOSE? UM, I WOULD GUESS I ENTER A MOTION FOR ITEMS A THROUGH G, SAME EXCEPT D. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A THROUGH G WITH THE EXCEPTION OF D, SECOND MOTION. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTIONS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE POSTS WE HAVE, UH, MR. FRANCO, [d. Consider an ordinance authorizing the purchase of two hundred thirteen (213) Motorola APX N30 portable radios and related equipment from Motorola Solutions Inc. through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) for Public Works Engineering, Parks, Animal Control, and the Emergency Operations Division.] YOU HAVE ITEM D. YEAH, APOLOGIZE, WE KIND OF REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT CHANCE TO KINDA LOOK THROUGH SOME OF THIS WITH, WITH INTERNET EVERYTHING DOWN. UH, JUST TO KIND OF GET IN DEPTH, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR CITY BUDGET AND, AND I DISCUSSED IT. RADIOS ARE NEEDED AMONGST OUR, OUR STAFF ON THIS. IT IS A $700,000 CONTRACT, WHICH IS A LARGE AMOUNT FOR 213 RADIOS. UH, THERE'S JUST SOME QUESTIONS I HAVE AS FAR AS NEEDS AND WANTS ON THIS. [00:35:01] UM, IF WE, IT'S, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS NOT POLICE AND FIRE, THIS IS JUST PARKS, PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS. BUT DO JUST, IT'S MOSTLY, UM, I DID GET A LITTLE CLARITY SINCE WE LAST SPOKE. UM, THE PARKS IS USING THIS FOR, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS WHEN WE, IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO COMMUNICATE. WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PHONE DURING SPECIAL EVENTS. SO THIS IS PUTTING EVERYBODY ON THE SAME CHANNEL AND BEING ABLE TO, IT'S NOT, PARKS IS NOT USING THEM ALL THE TIME. I WOULD SAY A MAJORITY OF THIS IS WITH PUBLIC WORKS, BUT I WILL HAND IT OVER TO, TO BRENT OR MAYBE ONE OF THE DIRECTORS IF THEY WANT KEVIN. YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE THAT . GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF 213 RADIOS. THESE RADIOS ARE GOING TO REPLACE OUR PRIOR RADIOS, WHICH ARE, UM, MOTOROLA XT S'S FIVE THOUSANDS. THOSE RADIOS ARE GREATER THAN 12 YEARS OLD AND THEY'RE NO LONGER GONNA BE SUPPORTED ON THE RADIO NETWORK COME THE END OF THIS, UM, YEAR. SO WE KIND OF NEED TO MAKE THIS PURCHASE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOLKS IN THE FIELD STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO COMMUNICATE AND OPERATE, UM, GOING FORWARD. OKAY. UH, QUESTION I HAVE, SO, SO ON THE, I NOTICED LIKE THE, THE TRUNKING V SINGLE SYSTEM, THAT'S $221,000. I KNOW THAT'S USED BY THE POLICE 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF A SINGLE SYSTEM. I'M JUST KIND DOING SOME UPDATES. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS GOT TO, HAS TO BE BOUGHT WITH THESE RADIOS OR, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE USE SOME OF OUR RADIOS, YOU JUST PICK UP ON THE BAND, YOU PROGRAM 'EM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN SYSTEM. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS A PART OF, IS THAT MOTOROLA SUGGESTING THAT, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE THESE RADIOS? THE, THE, THE ITEMS THAT WERE AT ADDED TO THESE RADIOS ARE SPECIFICALLY WHAT ARE REQUIRED TO WORK ON THE HARRIS COUNTY NETWORK. UM, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR PD AND FIRE, UM, THAT GO ABOVE WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THE ONES FOR, UM, ANIMAL CONTROL AND PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. YEAH, BECAUSE IT, 'CAUSE IT'S SO, SO I GUESS KIND OF THIS PARKS AND ANIMAL CONTROL NEED THAT ALL 213 ARE GONNA BE NEEDED OR IS IT JUST, CAN IT BE YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S KIND OF, BECAUSE IT'S A LARGE CONTRACT. I MEAN THAT'S A LARGE FOR 213 RADIOS IS LARGE ROCK TRACK. YES, SIR. YES. AND, AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE KIND OF FACING RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE COMING UP THAT'S GONNA BE LOOKED AT AND KIND OF REALLY, REALLY WANTS AND NEEDS AND WHERE CAN WE TRIM AND NOT AND NOT TRIM. YEAH. AND SO ON TOP OF IL CONTROL AND PARKS, IT'S ALSO PUBLIC WORKS, RIGHT? AND SO FOR INSTANCE, WHILE THEY'RE DOING ALL OF THESE RECOVERY EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF THEIR COMMUNICATION IS HAPPENING OVER THAT RADIO NETWORK. UM, SO IT IS NOT JUST ANIMAL CONTROLS AND PARKS, BUT ALSO PUBLIC WORKS, UM, WHICH IS A LARGE PORTION OF THE RADIOS. UM, WE DID ACCOUNT, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE RADIOS WILL BE GOING TO PUBLIC WORKS, UM, WITH ANIMAL CONTROL AND PARKS BEING A MUCH SMALLER MAJORITY OF THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT FOR JUST WHENEVER THINGS BREAK, UM, JUST TO GET SOMETHING SWAPPED OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. AND THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE, UM, COUNSEL TO JUST KIND OF KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THE OLD RADIOS THAT WE HAD, UM, WE HAD OVER, LIKE I SAID, OVER 12 YEARS, THE TYPICAL RECAP CYCLE OF A RADIO IS TYPICALLY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. SO WE'VE GOTTEN OUR INVESTMENTS WORTH OF TAX DOLLARS AND THEN SOME. NO, UH, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. I JUST, LIKE I SAID, IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVE TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT AS REALLY DIG IN DEPTH ON THEM. I UNDERSTAND. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M GOOD. DO YOU HAVE THE BREAKDOWN AS FAR AS HOW MANY RADIOS ARE GOING TO EACH DEPARTMENT? NOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, SIR, BUT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MA'AM? I GUESS THESE ARE NOT FUNCTIONING. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT. THEY'RE HOLD A LITTLE. IT'S A DELAY. I THINK THEY'RE MESSING WITH US BACK THERE. , I JUST, WITH COUNSEL, I, I ACTUALLY THINK IN TIMES LIKE THESE IS ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A PRIORITY WITH, UH, WIFI DOWN. UM, I KNOW THAT THE RADIOS ARE NEEDED AND IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST FIRE AND POLICE THAT NEED RADIO USAGE. AND I KNOW YOU TOUCHED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH PUBLIC WORKS, BUT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MENTIONED HERE HAVE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT AND I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE TO USE PERSONAL CELL PHONES, WHICH AREN'T RELIABLE EITHER IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE. UM, THE OTHER ISSUE I JUST WANNA BRING UP, BECAUSE 4TH OF JULY IS SUCH A BIG EVENT HERE. UM, I KNOW THAT ON 4TH OF JULY, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER TRIED TO USE YOUR CELL PHONES OR WIFI, IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. UM, I HAVE KNOWN A FEW SITUATIONS WHERE OBVIOUSLY POLICE AND FIRE GET INVOLVED, BUT PARKS AND REC AND ALSO WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE, A CHILD, THINGS LIKE THAT, EVERYONE, UM, THAT'S A STAFF MEMBER TYPICALLY GETS ON BOARD TO HELP WITH THAT. SO I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN RADIOS USED. AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF 12 IS THE RIGHT YEAR BECAUSE [00:40:01] I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN THIS, IN THIS, UM, ON STAFF THAT ARE USING RADIOS THAT ARE OLDER THAN 12 YEARS. SO, UM, ANYWAYS, I JUST, I SUPPORT THIS AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO BE, UM, VERY COGNIZANT OF OUR BUDGET, BUT ALSO THINGS, UH, THE COST OF THINGS RIGHT NOW IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE A DECADE AGO, A YEAR AGO. , LET ALONE 12. YEAH. AND MAYOR, I CHIME IN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OF THE RADIOS ARE VERY BENEFICIAL, BUT, BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OR I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS IS EVERYBODY NEEDS A CELL PHONE NOW EVERYBODY NEEDS A NEW RADIO. MM-HMM . NOW EVERYBODY, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DRAW A POINT. I AGREE. I THINK THE RADIOS ARE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE. BUT IF WE'RE GIVING 'EM RADIOS, THEY DON'T NEED CELL PHONES, NOT CITY CELL PHONES, BUT, BUT YOU SEE THE, THE BACK AND FORTH. AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW EVERYBODY'S GOT A CITY CELL PHONE AND A CITY RADIO CITY RADIO'S COME OUT TO BE ABOUT 3,300 BUCKS A PIECE. THAT'S A CHUNK OF CHANGE. SO AGAIN, I GUESS I WOULD JUST KEEP PUSHING BACK TO, TO STAFF AND MANAGEMENT, THE BUDGETS ARE GONNA START GETTING TIGHT. AND SO YOU NEED A CELL PHONE IF YOU NEED ONE. WE NEED TO PROVIDE YOU ONE, YOU NEED A RADIO, YOU NEED ONE. BUT DO YOU REALLY NEED BOTH? I, SO WE GOTTA MAKE SOME CHOICES, BUT, BUT I AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE ANIMAL TROLL, THEY'RE OUT ON AN ANIMAL AWAY FROM THEIR VEHICLE. 'CAUSE THEIR VEHICLES HAVE RADIOS, BUT IF THEY'RE AWAY FROM THEIR VEHICLE, THEY NEED A RADIO, THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO, TO PICK UP AND DIAL A NUMBER. THEY WANT TO ALL HANDS ON DECK, COME HELP ME. SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE A RADIO THAT TAKES PICTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY USE THEIR CELL PHONES TO TAKE PICTURES TO. SO, BUT, BUT THAT'S THE CATCH IS WE NEED TO HAVE A BALANCE. OH YEAH. YEAH. DO YOU NEED A RADIO OR DO YOU NEED A CELL PHONE? DO YOU NEED BOTH? IN VERY FEW CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE, THAT'S WHERE THE, IT JUST KEEPS INCHING UP, INCHING UP, INCHING UP EVERY YEAR. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. UM, I'M WAITING. THERE YOU GO. IT'S PLAYING GAMES. THERE IT GOES. . YEAH. UM, I'M ON ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER FLIP SIDE OF THAT. UH, I, I DO NEED, I, I, I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET, LOOK WHERE WE CAN CUT. BUT WHEN IT GOES DOWN TO THAT LEVEL OF DO THEY NEED A CELL PHONE OR DO THEY NEED A, A RADIO, DO THEY NEED BOTH? THAT'S JASON'S ROLE. THAT'S WHAT I SAID THEY NEED. YEAH. THAT'S JASON'S ROLE. AND I, I, I MYSELF DON'T WANNA GET DOWN TO THAT NEED BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA DECIDE WHETHER THEY REALLY NEED ONE OR NOT. SO IF IT'S PRESENTED TO US IN THE BUDGET, THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO TRIM SOMEWHERE. THEY KNOW THAT ALREADY. AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO US, WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS HERE AND THERE TO VALIDATE SOME, SOME THINGS, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GET IN THE WEEDS OF THAT. UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RADIOS. YES, IT IS A, A HIGH, HIGH, UM, COST TO IT. UM, BUT I SUPPORT THE NEED. I SUPPORT THE REASON WHY THEY'RE NEEDED. AND I WANNA MAKE SURE STAFF HAS A WAY TO NOT ONLY COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, BUT WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD DOING WORK FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, WE DON'T NEED THEM PLAYING PHONE TAG WITH EACH OTHER TO DETERMINE THE ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THE ROAD. SO, UM, I, THAT'S ALL BASICALLY, UM, WHAT I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT THIS, BUT I I, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF THESE RATINGS. OKAY. OH, YES SIR. I JUST MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT. WHILE I APPRECIATE, UM, CA COUNCILMAN FRANCOS, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK TO, UM, ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, BE MORE FRUGAL, UH, WITH THE, WITH OUR BUDGET. UM, IT, IT'S NOT A, THIS IS NOT A, UM, ANNUAL LEAD. THIS IS KIND OF A ONE TIME 12 YEAR NEED. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M GONNA, I'M VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS JUST TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ANNUALLY DONE. IT'S $700,000 A YEAR, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DONE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE EVERY 12 YEARS TO KEEP UP WITH THE, WITH THE RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THAT IS A GOOD POINT. IT'S ALL I HAVE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. AND SO I WAS JUST ASKING YOU, SO, UM, THERE IS A SERVICE CONTRACT I THINK THAT'S ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TOO, SO I'M SURE WE'LL UTILIZE THAT. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, RADIOS GET DROPPED AND THINGS HAPPEN. YES, SIR. SO AS A FIVE YEAR WARRANTY, UM, THAT WE PURCHASE TO GO ALONG WITH IT. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I MAKE MINE? SO, UH, ONLY THING I SAY ON THIS, I MEAN, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS AND YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE WERE JUST MINDFUL OF LIKE, IN A SENSE A LOT, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF ITEMS ONCE VERSUS NEEDS. AND, AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN ALVARADO, WE BE WOULD BE LIKE, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SAY IN THE POLICY AND THE BIG PICTURE ITEMS OF, OF BUDGET, UH, WE CAN QUESTION OBVIOUSLY CERTAIN THINGS. UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA RELY ON THE DECISIONS THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE, EITHER AT DIRECTOR LEVEL OR BELOW ON WHEN IT'S PRESENTED TO US. THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN ALL CONSIDERED, I GUESS, IN THAT ASK OR THAT REQUEST. UH, I DID SEE HERE THAT IT, IT IS GOING THROUGH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, WHICH I'M ASSUMING, I'M NOT SURE IT'S BY BOARD ITSELF. UM, BUT USUALLY [00:45:01] WHEN IT GOES THROUGH THEIR, THE HOUSTON GALVES AREA COUNCIL PURCHASING PROGRAM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, UH, IT'LL BE A COLLECTION OF ANY TYPE OF SUPPLIERS. THEY GO AND THEY BASICALLY, THEY BID TO BE THE LOWEST BIDDER OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. ON AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. UH, IT BASICALLY SATISFIES OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PURCHASING, UH, YOU KNOW, THREE BIDS OR MORE TYPE SITUATION WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE. AND SO THAT ADDS MORE ASSURANCE AS FAR AS THIS IS GONNA BE THE BEST PRICE THAT'S OUT THERE FOR THIS PRODUCT OR SERVICE. SO THAT, THAT ALLOW, FOR ME, THAT ALLOW, THAT PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE GETTING GOOD PRICE AND WE'RE GETTING, GETTING A GOOD, IN A SENSE CONTRACT WITH, WITH, UH, MOTOROLA, I BELIEVE. SO WITH THAT, ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN DA MOTION TO APPROACH SECOND. MOTION SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SEVEN D AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SO I DO APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE INPUT THOUGH ON THAT. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON [a. Consider a resolution authorizing the replacement of one (1) appointment to the Fire Control, Prevention & Emergency Medical Services District.] TO ITEM EIGHT A IS AN APPOINTMENT. UH, THIS IS FOR THE, UM, FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE AN APPOINTMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KEN GRIFF? YES. ALRIGHT, SIR. UM, SO, UH, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF, A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRE PATROL. HIS LIFE IS CHANGING AND HE CAN'T ATTEND MEETINGS. SO, UM, MR. PREACH SING, UH, JUST WANNA THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. I TALKED TO HIM, THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. UM, BUT HE STEPPING DOWN, SO I NEEDED, UH, ANOTHER APPOINTMENT TO THAT FIRE PATROL, UH, PREVENTION. UH, SO I REACHED OUT TO MARTHA MORALES. MARTHA, UM, HAS A HEART OF A SERVANT AND SHE'S EAGER TO SERVE THE CITY IN ANY CAPACITY. AND, UM, I'M HONORED TO NOMINATE HER TO, UH, TAKE THAT ROLE IN ON THE FIRE PATROL PREVENTION, UH, DISTRICT FOR DISTRICT THREE. MOVE MOTION A SECOND. AND SO THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I I'LL MAKE A COMMENT. UH, MS. MORALES, I, I'LL TELL YOU, IT, IT'S SO GREAT WHEN YOU GO AND, AND APPOINT A CITIZEN AND THEY THOROUGHLY, THEY, THEY REALLY FEEL THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED. AND, AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF US HAVING SO MANY REALLY CITIZENS ON, ON A LOT OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND SHE'S AN EXCELLENT SERVANT TO THESE BOARDS. AND SHE GOES, SHE DOES HER HOMEWORK, SHE'S PREPARED, SHE'S ATTENDED, AND SO YOU MADE A VERY GOOD, UM, UH, CHOICE, UH, IN, IN THAT REPLACEMENT. MR. SINGH, YOU KNOW, IS GREAT TOO. BUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS DO, DO CHANGE AND, AND CERTAINLY, UM, UH, WE, WE DO APPRECIATE HIS TIME ON, ON SERVING ON THIS AND, AND OTHER, UH, BOARDS ARE COMMISSIONED. SO, UH, WITH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR MS. MORALES. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MS. MORALES, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE WAS OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO THE BOARD. SHE'S IN THE AUDIENCE. OH, IS SHE HERE? YEAH. OH, IF I WOULD'VE KNOWN SHE'S HERE, I WOULD'VE SAID ALL THAT NICE STUFF, BUT, ALL RIGHT. BUT YES, SHE IS HERE. I'M TELLING HER HER TENANT IS, IS GREAT. SO, UM, BUT WE MOVE ON AND WE DORE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. SO. ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE NEXT OUR [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.] MANAGER'S REPORT. OKAY, THANK YOU. I HAVE TO FIGHT WITH IT FEW TIMES. THERE'S A DELAY. YEAH, THERE'S JASON. BOOM. SO, UM, FIRST I KNOW MAYOR, THAT YOU'VE ALREADY, AND COUNCIL Y'ALL STARTED WITH, WITH THANKING EVERYBODY. I, I TOO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. UM, THIS WEEK. UM, WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES IN BAYTOWN, AND, UM, IT'S TAKEN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM JUST TO, TO, TO GET THIS GOING. UH, FOR THE PAST I THUR SAT, WHAT DAY IS IT? IT'S THURSDAY. SO THURSDAY, UH, FIVE OR SIX DAYS AT THIS POINT. AND, UM, UH, WORDS WILL NOT DO IT JUSTICE ON THE, THE GRATITUDE THAT I HAVE THAT, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS, UH, FOR THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT, UH, THAT NOT ONLY THE EMPLOYEES HAVE DONE, THE NONPROFIT GROUPS, THE CITIZENS, UH, JUMPING OUT AND CLEANING UP IMMEDIATELY HELPING EACH OTHER OUT, VOLUNTEERS. UM, THE, YOU YOU CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR, FOR HOW MUCH EVERYBODY HAS DONE, UH, FOR BAYTOWN. AND IT'S SHOWING IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE CITY. LIKE IF YOU GOT AROUND JUST THAT AFTERNOON, YOU STARTED TO SEE CHANGE ALREADY. AND WHEN IT FIRST CAME THROUGH, IT DID LOOK LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF. AND, UM, UH, BY THAT AFTERNOON IT WAS A GLIMMER OF, UH, OF, OF HOPE, JUST A SHINING STAR IMMEDIATELY. AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS SAY THANK YOU. AND, UM, IT'S BEEN A LOT AND IT'S BEEN, UM, BECAUSE OF Y'ALL. AND SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND, UH, WITH THAT, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO GO OVER A FEW THINGS THAT ARE, UH, THAT ARE GOING ON STILL THAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE [00:50:01] TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT, UH, WE ARE TRYING, UH, TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN OUT. AND WITH THAT, EVERYTHING THAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, PLEASE GO TO OUR CITY'S WEBSITE. PLEASE GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. UM, I WILL ADDRESS THE POWER IMMEDIATELY. UM, THE CITY DOES NOT CONTROL THE POWER. WE CAN MAKE CALLS, WE CAN TRY TO INFLUENCE, WE CAN DO A FEW THINGS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A FALSE EXPECTATION THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF SECRET BUTTON THAT WE CAN MAKE CHANGE IMMEDIATELY. UM, WE HAVE DAILY CONTACT CALLS WITH, UH, WITH CENTER POINT, WITH, UM, OUR ELECTED BODIES AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL. AND, UH, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO TRY TO PUSH OUT. WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING. WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING ALL TYPES OF, UH, LIFE EVENTS THAT GO ON WITH NOT HAVING POWER. UM, IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED, UH, FROM THIS BODY APPEAR OR FROM THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE OUTSIDE, UH, TRYING TO ASSIST THROUGH ALL THIS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THEY ARE ALSO GOING THROUGH THE SAME STUFF AS YOU ARE AND WANT POWER ON JUST AS QUICKLY AS YOU DO. AND SO IT'S, WE'RE DOING IT FOR EVERYBODY. AND, UH, YOU SEE THE WHOLE REGION REACHING OUT, TRYING TO INFLUENCE CENTERPOINT. AND PLEASE KNOW THAT THEY REALLY ARE TRYING TO DO THE BEST JOB THAT THEY CAN. IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL, IT'S NOT, UM, UM, THEY'RE JUST GETTING A BLAME. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR 'EM. IT'S 2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS. AND IT TAKES TIME TO, IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW LARGE 2 MILLION REALLY IS. WITH THAT, I WANT TO GIVE A NOTE OF CAUTION WITH YOUR POWER BEING OUT AND USING GENERATORS AT YOUR HOUSE. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BE CAREFUL. USE THE PROPER PROCEDURES WHEN YOU'RE USING A GENERATOR AT YOUR HOUSE. UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE EXHAUST FANS. IF YOU HAVE WINDOW UNITS, UM, THAT YOU DO NOT WANNA OPERATE IT INSIDE, PLEASE READ OFF THE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IF YOU ARE GOING TO OPERATE A GENERATOR AND DO NOT REFUEL IT IF IT IS RUNNING. UM, WE DO HAVE AN, UH, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED HERE IN BAYTOWN BECAUSE OF THAT. AND, UM, JUST PLEASE, PLEASE BE VERY CAUTIOUS IF YOU'RE USING A GENERATOR, A PORTABLE GENERATOR, UM, MOSQUITOES JUST AFTER LIKE THE DIRECT SHOW THAT CAME THROUGH AND OTHER STORM EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD RECENTLY AND JUST TEXAS ON THE BAY. UH, MOSQUITOES ARE BAD AND THEY COME OUT AFTER THE STORMS. PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE SPRAYING. UH, GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE. THERE IS A MAP TO SHOW WHEN YOUR ZONE IS GONNA BE HIT EACH AND EVERY DAY. SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS VERY PROACTIVE IN LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE THE TRUCKS ARE OUT THAT WE ARE SPRAYING. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOUR ZONE IS IF YOU GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE. UM, CLOSURES, WE STILL DO NOT HAVE POWER AT THE LIBRARY, THE WETLAND CENTER, NOR THE COURT. UM, SO THOSE FACILITIES ARE STILL GONNA BE CLOSED, UH, TOMORROW. THE NATURE CENTER HAS, UM, QUITE A FEW PROBLEMS. SO IT'S GONNA STAY CLOSED FOR, UH, PROBABLY AN EXTENDED PERIOD UNTIL, UH, WE CAN ADDRESS THE, THE NEEDS OF THE CENTER AND GET IT UP AND GOING. UH, THE GREEN CENTER, UH, IT, IT HAS BEEN CLOSED, UH, PRETTY MUCH ALL WEEK. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THERE WAS A DOWN POWER LINE IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE AND YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO GET IN THERE. THAT WAS CLEARED THIS MORNING. IT DID OPEN UP. UH, SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR GOODS TO THE GREEN CENTER. WE HAVE WAIVED ALL FEES, UH, FOR ACCESS TO THE GREEN CENTER. UM, NOW FOR A, FOR THE, UM, FORESEEABLE FUTURE AT THIS POINT. SO, UH, AS PART OF THE HELP WITH THE CLEANUP EFFORT, UH, PERMITS, THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT IS READY AND WILLING TO, UH, ASSIST YOU AS QUICKLY AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN TO GET PERMITS OUT. THOSE FEES HAVE ALSO BEEN WAIVED FOR PERMITS PART, UH, THAT PERTAIN TO, UH, RECONSTRUCTION, UH, FROM THE STORM. UH, SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CONTACT THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE, THEY ARE THERE, THEY WANT TO HELP AND TRY TO GET IT OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKUP. UH, FIRST I'M GONNA ASK FOR PATIENCE WITH DEBRIS PICKUP. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ASKING WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? UH, HOW DOES IT LOOK? WHO'S PICKING UP? WHEN'S IT PICKING UP? IT'S GONNA TAKE A MONTH OR MORE. UH, AND I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR WITH THAT. IT'S GONNA BE A MONTH AT LEAST TO GET EVERYTHING PICKED UP. UM, WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE DEBRIS CONTRACTOR TO GET ON BOARD. UH, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FEDERAL PURCHASING GUIDE OR FEDERAL GUIDELINES, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE A DISASTER, AND THOSE ARE VERY STRICT. AND WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DI THE CONTRACTOR WAS ON BOARD TO ASSIST WITH PUBLIC WORKS. UM, THERE IS, UH, A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA THAT SHOWS YOU HOW TO SORT AND STACK EVERYTHING ON, UH, OUT BY THE CURB. WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE DITCHES AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE STANDARD CURB TO PUT STUFF ON THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED ON THE CITY'S [00:55:01] WEBSITE. WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE GONNA BE ONE-OFFS, SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT. UM, YOU CAN CONTACT, UH, BRENT GARY DIRECTLY. UH, UH, HE'S RIGHT HERE TO MY LEFT. UM, SHOWING ME A BIG SMILE FOR THAT . AND, UH, HE CAN HELP YOU WITH ALL THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO, TO ADDRESS THOSE ONE-OFF QUESTIONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE INFOGRAPHIC, THE COOLING CENTER. UH, BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND DAVID ALAMIA FOR GETTING ALL THIS SET UP. UH, CLIFF HAS, UH, DESIGNATED THE COOLING CENTER AS THE CHILL ZONE. IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY CROWDED THIS WEEK, AND, UM, THAT'S FANTASTIC. WE ARE HAPPY THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING. IT IS GONNA BE OPEN AGAIN TOMORROW FROM EIGHT TO EIGHT. OH, IT IS NOT GONNA BE OPEN NOW. OKAY. THAT IS A CHANGE. I WILL STEP BACK FROM THAT. UM, TOMORROW WE ARE ACTUALLY RELOCATING THAT, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RED CROSS. OKAY. TO, UM, THE SAN JACINTO, SAN JACINTO CHRISTIAN CHURCH. YES. ON SEVEN 10 ALAMO STREET. YES. UM, BECAUSE THE RED CROSS WILL BE THERE, THEY CAN EXPAND THE SERVICES, SO THEY WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR 24 HOURS A DAY. UM, AND THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MEALS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED THAT AS WELL. SO, UM, AS OF TOMORROW, GOOD THING. UM, IT WON'T BE HERE AT OUR FACILITY. IT'LL BE OVER THERE AT THAT NEW FACILITY. WHAT WAS THE ADDRESS AGAIN? SEVEN 10 ALAMO, I BELIEVE. SEVEN 10. OKAY. AND, UM, WELL ANYWAYS, BIG THANK YOU TO PARK STILL, UH, FOR HAVING A WONDERFUL CHILL ZONE THIS WEEK AND ENGAGING WITH ALL THE, UH, WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE COME UP THERE. THEY EVEN KEPT THE CAMP GOING THIS WEEK, WHICH IS PROBABLY EVEN A BIGGER HELP, UH, FOR SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT, UH, HAVE THEIR KIDS BE, UH, HAVE SOMETHING FUN TO DO AND NOT, UH, BE SWEATING OUT THERE. SO, UH, THANK YOU. AND CAROL, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON THE RED CROSS. UH, WE WILL STILL HAVE THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER TOMORROW FROM 11 TO TWO. THAT IS A JOINT VENTURE WITH HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT TWO, SENATOR ALVARADO'S OFFICE, AND BAYTOWN, UH, THERE WILL BE FOOD DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE PARKING LOT FROM 11 TO TWO. I THINK IT'S CHANGED AT NOON TO NOON NOW. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I GOT. THAT'S WHAT I EVERYTHING IS FLUID. YES. I GOT THAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM PRECINCT TOO. OKAY. UM, AND THEN THE RED CROSS SHELTER IS OPENED UP. I BELIEVE THE RED CROSS SHELTER IS ALSO GOING TO HAVE A FOOD DISTRIBUTION, UH, THAT IS NOT CITY RAN, BUT I THINK IT'S A LOCAL BAY, UH, BAYTON THAT IS PUTTING A FOOD TRUCK OUT THERE AT THE RED CROSS SHELTER ON SATURDAY. THAT WILL HELP, UH, PASS OUT FOOD, I THINK FOR UP TO 300 PEOPLE. UH, LOOK FOR INFORMATION FROM THE RED CROSS AND THE CITY WILL SHARE THAT ONCE IT IS POSTED. UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, A FEW INDUSTRY PARTNERS, EXXON, AND YOU'VE BEEN FANTASTIC. UH, DONATED, UH, WATER THIS MORNING, UM, OVER ON BEACH STREET AT THE, UH, UH, GUADALUPE CHURCH. UM, UH, THANK YOU. THEY ALSO DONATED FUEL TO THE CITY. UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE CITY ALSO HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE DELIVERY OF STUFF. AND SO WE HAD, WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUEL. UH, WE HAVE FUEL, BUT, UH, WE WERE, UM, HAD A PINCH POINT WITH OUR SUPPLY CHAIN. AND SO EXXON STEPPED UP AND DELIVERED FUEL FOR US TO, UH, HOLD US OVER UNTIL, UM, OUR, OUR DELIVERY. SO A BIG THANK YOU TO THEM. THEY'VE DONE MANY, MANY OTHER THINGS AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM, UH, CPCHEM AS WELL. UH, CPCHEM HAS ALSO REACHED OUT, DONATED, UM, UM, UH, WATER AND GATORADE THAT WAS, THAT WAS DROPPED OFF AT THE CHILL ZONE AND HANDED OUT TO, UH, OUR RESIDENTS, UM, HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT TWO, SENATOR ALVARADO, DR. BABIN. UH, THEY'VE ALL BEEN REACHING OUT, TRYING TO HELP THE CITY AND IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THESE, UH, ENTITIES JUST DOING SOMETHING TO HELP, UH, THE BAYTON. AND, UM, AND JUST A BIG SHOUT OUT TO DAVID ALAMIA, UH, FOR LEADING THIS, UH, THROUGH THE EOC AND, UH, I THINK BEING UP FOR PROBABLY 36 HOURS STRAIGHT, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO, UM, IT, IT TAKES MORE THAN ONE PERSON. AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S, I CAN'T DO ENOUGH, UH, WITH THE WORDS TO THANK EVERYBODY. BUT WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. NO, AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GO AND WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT WHEN THE STORM IS, I GUESS YOU'LL SAY ENTERED ENTERS THE GULF, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE 120 HOURS. IF YOU TALK TO DAVID OMI, RIGHT? IT'S GREAT WHEN WE HAVE 120 HOURS BEFORE AND WHEN YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT'S GOING, AND THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. AND SOMETIMES, UM, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE THE LAST 24 HOURS SOMETHING JUST DEVELOPS. AND IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START HUGGING THE TEXAS COASTLINE AND IT'S LOOKING AT BROWNSVILLE, YOU KNOW, FUSED A FEW DEGREES, DIFFERENCE OF A JOG EITHER WAY IS, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, MATAGORDA OR YOU'RE LOOKING AT LAKE CHARLES, WHATEVER THE CASE CASE MAY BE. UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE RIGHT ON THE HILLS OF 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION. IT WAS GREAT. [01:00:01] FIREWORKS WERE PUMPING, LOOKED GREAT, PRETTY DECENT WEATHER. AND THE NEXT DAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, THIS, THIS STORM IS GONNA HEAD HIT NORTHERN MEXICO, AND I THINK I CALLED YOU, WHICH I DON'T USUALLY DO, BUT I CALLED YOU, I THINK ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK FRIDAY NIGHT, RIGHT? AND SAY, OKAY, SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR THIS STORM? YOU KNOW, AND YOU CALLED ME AND, AND I, HE, Y'ALL WERE GONNA GET TOGETHER AND THINGS JUST UNFOLD QUICKLY. AND, AND SO AS YOU SAID, UH, EVERYBODY AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, EOC DA, DAVID ALAMIA YOURSELF, DO A GREAT JOB AND PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING WITH FRANK SEMINO AND OTHERS, JUST TRYING TO GET OUT THERE, TRYING TO GET THESE INTERSECTIONS BASICALLY CONTROLLED AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. UM, YOU KNOW, POLICE, FIRE, EMS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP, KEEP OFFICER CITIZENS SAFE. YOU KNOW, UM, IT GET, A LOT OF TIMES YOU, YOU GO AND YOU JUST START DRIVING AND YOU, YOU REALIZE, OH, THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT LIGHT WAS OUT, YOU KNOW, SO HE SLAMMED BRAKES. I MEAN, IT HAPPENED TO ME. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CITIZENS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST, YOU JUST GET YOUR MIND ON SOMETHING ELSE. AND SO LUCKILY, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ANY MAJOR ACCIDENTS BASED OFF OF THAT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO GET, GET, GET BACK TO NORMAL. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, PATIENCE IS, IS VERY HARD. UH, BUT PATIENCE IS WHAT'S PROBABLY MOST NEEDED RIGHT NOW. AND SO I JUST KIND OF PLAY OFF OF HURRICANE IKE AND, UM, FOR MYSELF, I WAS WITHOUT POWER FOR 17 DAYS. SO I'M THINKING LIKE DAY FOUR IS NOT SO BAD WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU THINK PUT IN PERSPECTIVE 17 DAYS, RIGHT? I'M REALLY SURPRISED. I KNOW I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME CITIZENS AND, AND SO ON ABOUT THIS WAS A CAT ONE STORM. AND USUALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE CAT, CAT ONE STORM FOR LUNCH. WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS WIDESPREAD AND IT WAS SUSTAINED, I'M GONNA SAY HIGH WINDS AT DIFFERENT MILES PER HOUR. AND WE HAD ABOUT FOUR GOOD HOURS OF REALLY STRONG WIND. AND SO THERE'S JUST, IN OUR, AND I, I'M CALLING IT OUR WOODED NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO ON, THERE'S BRANCHES EVERYWHERE. THERE'S TREES EVERYWHERE. AND SO THERE'S SO MUCH DEBRIS THAT'S OUT THERE. AND SO, UH, LUCKILY THAT'S NOT REALLY THE SURGE THAT WE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT CERTAINLY A LOT OF RAIN, A LOT OF WIND. AND SO, UM, AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF, EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE. SO I'LL MOVE ON NOW [a. Receive a report from Council Member Laura Alvarado regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 1. ] TO OUR DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER REPORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH TO REPORT, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE ALL HANDS ON DECK HAS BEEN, UM, ON THE STORM. SO I DO APPRECIATE, UM, THE DEPARTMENTS TAKING THE TIME TO AT LEAST WORK, UM, PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF THINGS ONGOING IN DISTRICT ONE. UM, I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, WEST BAYTOWN DRAINAGE IS ABOUT 90% COMPLETE. AND SO THE COUNTY IS REVIEWING THE PLANS, AND WE HOPE TO BE IN THE BID PROCESS BY THE END OF SUMMER. THAT'S A HUGE PROJECT. WE STARTED IT WITH THE OKLAHOMA OUTPUT. UM, AND SO IT HAS GROWN FROM THERE. UM, LARGE TICKET ITEM. BUT, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THIS IS ALREADY AT THE 90%, UM, LEVEL. UM, AND HOPEFULLY GET IT TO THE, THE FINISH LINE. UH, MARKET STREET IS ACTUALLY ALREADY, UM, CHOPPING UP AS WELL. WE'RE AT 90 PER 95%, UH, OF, UH, MARKET STREET. AND SO LAST MONTH WE DID, UH, WORK TOGETHER AND I'M GONNA THANK JASON AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING, UM, TO GET ALL OF THE EASEMENTS APPROVED, UH, TO GET THE PROJECT STARTED. AND SO, UM, GOOSE CREEK APPROVED A CELL OF THREE PARCELS NEEDED, UM, TO GET THIS CONSTRUCTION GOING. UM, AND THEN, UH, THE COUNTY IS STILL WORKING ON UTILITY CONFLICTS, OF COURSE, WITH, UH, CENTER POINT. AND SO WE'RE WAITING FROM, UH, ALSO A PERMIT FROM UP UNION PACIFIC, WHICH WE KNOW IT'S NOT A SKIP IN THE PARK EITHER. UM, AND THEN THE COUNTY HOPES TO BEGIN THE BID PROCESS BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. SO IT GOES THROUGH THE BID. AND THEN FROM THERE WE START CONSTRUCTION. IT'LL, AGAIN, THE PLAN, THE PLAN IS TO STILL START AT THE END OF MARKET NEAR THE OLD POST OFFICE AND THEN WORK OUR WAY UP. OKAY? AND SO, AS WE ALL KNOW, THINGS CAN CHANGE, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE'VE ANTICIPATED THE PROJECT TO BEGIN ALL ALONG. UM, FROM OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, UM, TEAM, UH, WE DO HAVE A NEW PROPOSED OFFICE BUILDING AT 3 0 0 7 GARTH ROAD. IT'S THE OLD WELLNESS PHARMACY, UM, RIGHT WHERE THE OLD OAK COAST HOSPITAL IS. AND RIGHT OUTSIDE THERE, THERE WAS A, A PHARMACY MM-HMM . AND SO APPARENTLY THAT'S GONNA BE A NEW OFFICE BUILDING. UM, THE PLANS ARE IN THE REVIEW STAGE RIGHT NOW, SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU ANY OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THAT. THERE'S ALSO A NEW HOTEL, UM, AN INN COMING IN, UM, TO GARTH. UM, IT'S AT THE VACANT PROPERTY, UM, ON, UH, WHERE NORTHWOOD IS ON THE FRONT SIDE OF NORTHWOOD, UM, RIGHT NEXT TO THE GAS STATION, SO THAT'S 32 0 3, UM, GARTH ROAD. SO THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, BUT THEIR, [01:05:01] YOU KNOW, WORK HASN'T STARTED. UM, 1901 ROLLING BROOK. UH, WE HAVE TWO NEW REGIONAL STRIPS, UM, AS WELL. THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT'S GONNA GO IN THERE YET OR, OR WHATEVER, BUT AT LEAST THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. 5 0 1 SOUTH ATLANTIC. UM, THERE IS A NEW, UH, CHURCH THAT'S ALREADY IN, UH, PLAN STAGE REVIEW, UM, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, THAT WAS PASTOR MONTGOMERY'S CHURCH. YEP. THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO BE DEMOLISHED BECAUSE THE ROOF HAD COLLAPSED. YEP. UM, AND SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL GONNA BE PASTOR MONTGOMERY'S CHURCH, BUT THERE WILL BE A NEW CHURCH THERE. UM, AND THEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE ALL HAVE SEEN THE NEW U-HAUL, UM, STORAGE FACILITY ON, UH, 27 11 NORTH MAINE, SO THAT'S ABOUT 75% COMPLETE AS WELL. UM, SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY REPORTS, UH, THAT I HAVE. UM, AS FAR AS THE DISTRICT, UH, I, I KNEW WE WERE JUST CONCENTRATED ON, UM, STORM, BUT I, I, I DID WANT TO, I I, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A DAVID ALAMIA KIND OF NIGHT. AND SO, UM, I REALLY WANNA APPRECIATE HIS WORK. UH, JASON AND I AND OR HAVE BEEN WORKING AND MAYOR STOPPED BY AS WELL. IT IS A 55 AND OVER COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WAS IN DIRE NEED OF, OF FOLKS BEING TRANSPORTED TO A SHELTER. AND WE COORDINATED WITH DAVID AND, AND, UH, HIS TEAM. AND, UM, JUST AS WE WERE, UH, REROUTING THE BUSES AGAIN, THE POWER CAME BACK ON . UM, SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF REVIEWS THAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE 5 55 AND OVER COMMUNITY, AND SO I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE SARAH, UH, TOOK SOME TIME AND, AND WENT OVER TO ANOTHER ONE ON BIRDSONG. SO, UM, I, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO START LOOKING CLOSELY, UM, ON HOW WE REGULATE THOSE, UM, UH, TO ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND, UM, DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. UM, ESPECIALLY THE 55, UH, AND OVER, UM, THEY HAVE NO ONE ELSE EXCEPT LIVING IN THOSE FACILITIES. AND SO, UM, I WOULDN'T WANT MY PARENTS TO GO THROUGH WHAT SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAD TO GO THROUGH. AND SO, UM, I WANNA THANK THE CITY FOR THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN GOING OVER AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAD WHAT THEY NEEDED, YOU KNOW, TO, TO GET POWER BACK ON. SO THANK Y'ALL FOR GOING OVER THERE WITH ME. UM, AND DAVID, OBVIOUSLY WHO WE WERE JUST AS, WE WERE DRIVING UP, UM, HERE TO CITY HALL AND HE GIVES ME, YOU KNOW, A, A NOTE SAYING THAT POWER IS BACK ON AND THEY HAD TO CANCEL TRANSPORT. UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. I MEAN, VERY GOOD NEWS, VERY GOOD NEWS. BUT THEY WERE READY TO TAKE HIM. UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU HEARD ABOUT, UM, THE WATER THAT WAS DONATED TO, UH, GUADALUPE CHURCH, AND WE GOT TO, UM, VISIT WITH A NEW PASTOR WHO IS REALLY EAGER TO BE EMBEDDED IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I'M SURE WE'LL BE HEARING A LOT MORE FROM HIM. UM, AND AS FAR AS THE FOOD DRIVE, UM, THAT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW THROUGH CAROL AND DISTRICT TWO, I DID GET A A, A NOTE FROM GRETCHEN KNOWLES OUT OF, UM, PRECINCT TWO'S OFFICE. THEY ARE IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS, UM, TO HELP WITH THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION. SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY OR YOU YOURSELF WANNA VOLUNTEER, YOU CAN CONTACT HER DIRECTLY AT 7 1 3 5 4 5 5 9 5 3 7 1 3 5 4 5 5 9 5 3, AND THEN SHE CAN CONNECT YOU, UM, ON NEXT STEPS FOR TOMORROW'S FOOD DISTRIBUTION. UM, AND SO, UM, I, I DID WANNA ALSO, UM, CONGRATULATE OR REALLY THANK CORPORAL PARKER. WE RECENTLY, I, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM A LOT LATELY AND, UM, IN, IN THE CAPACITY THAT I DO IN, IN TERMS OF WORK. AND HE, HE GOES BEYOND, BEYOND I FEEL HIS CALL, AND HE HAS A PASSION TO ENSURE OUR LITTLE ONES ARE TAKEN CARE OF. AND SO HE, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HANDLE OUR CAR SEAT SAFETY, UM, SESSION CLASSES AND, AND DEMONSTRATIONS. AND THEY WERE AT A MUNICIPAL COURT, UM, EVENT THAT I, UH, ATTENDED. AND, UM, HE, HE JUST WENT ON IN TALKING TO THE INDIVIDUALS THERE. AND I THINK THE KEY THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THAT 90% OF THE, THE STOPS THAT THEY GET WHERE THERE'S A CHILD SEAT IN THE CAR, 90% OF THOSE ARE NOT, EITHER NOT EVEN SECURED OR PROPERLY SECURED. SO, UM, THAT REALLY SCARED ME. AND SO I'M GLAD THAT HE'S DOING THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING. UM, AND HE'S HELPED A COUPLE OF FAMILIES ALREADY. UM, BUT I, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING [01:10:01] AND HIS TEAM TO, TO WORK ON THAT PROGRAM. SO CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO HIM AND TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM. AND, UM, I, I'M NOT GONNA KEEP IT MUCH LONGER. I KNOW WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I THINK ALL OF OUR SENTIMENTS HAD ALREADY BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, SAID ABOUT THE STORM AND THE DISASTER AND WHAT ALL WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH. IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT A YOU, IT'S NOT A THEM, IT'S AN US SITUATION. AND, AND, AND MOST OF US STILL DO NOT HAVE POWER. SO I REALLY WANNA THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND TRYING TO FIND THEM, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF POSITIVITY, BUT THAT, AS JASON SAID, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MAGIC SWITCH TO SAY, HEY, CENTER POINT, I NEED YOU TO GO HERE AND, AND THEY NEED POWER. I NEED YOU TO GO THERE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT. AND SO I THINK I'M AT A POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE I CAN JUST CELEBRATE THOSE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE POWER AND THEN PRAY THAT I'M THE ONE THAT'S NEXT, . UM, SO I, I THINK THAT'S WHERE I'M AT NOW. AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY, UM, FOR THEIR WORK AND JUST YOUR PATIENCE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. RIGHT. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. SO NOW [11. EXECUTIVE SESSION] WE WILL RECESS INTO AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 TO SPEAK TO THE ADVISOR OF CITY ATTORNEYS REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION AND OR 5 5 1 0.087 TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. AND 5 5 1 0.074 TO DELIBERATE THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER. SO WE'LL GO INTO RECESS ALL MORNING. SORRY MIKE. ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA RECONVENE THIS MEETING, UH, THIS OPEN SESSION OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL. AND, AND I ANNOUNCED, UH, THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, WITH THAT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID OTHER THAN THERE'S AN ACTION ITEM. SO OTHER THAN THAT, THERE IS AN ACTION ITEM, ITEM 12 A, UH, WE ARE MISSING A COUNCIL MEMBER THIS EVENING. AND SO WE, WE THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE ALL COUNCIL MEMBER INPUT, UH, FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S REVIEW. SO WE'RE GONNA HOLD THAT OFF TO A LATER DATE. UM, AND HE'S ACCEPTING OF THAT REVIEW. AND SO WE'LL DO THAT. UH, OF COURSE IT'LL BE POSTED ONCE AGAIN. UH, BUT WITH THAT, UH, BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED EVERY, UH, POST AGENDA ITEM. SO THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. THANK. * 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.