Aug 22, 2024 CITY COUNCIL AND MDD JOINT MEETING

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SO I'LL NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND, UH, BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL, OR, AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102, THE TESTAMENT GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON

[b. Receive the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget for the Hyatt Regency Baytown-Houston.]

THANK YOU.

AS THE GENERAL MANAGER AT THIS POINT, UH, FOR THE MDD, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER, UH, THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE HYATT REGENCY FOR FY 24 AND 25, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTS.

UM, I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, WAS TO RECEIVE, UM, INFORMATION FROM THE HYATT, UH, THIRD PARTY INFORMATION, UH, AND PROPRIETARY TO THE HYATT IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET, UH, SO THAT THERE'S A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS WE MAKE DECISIONS ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE INFORMATION.

WITH THAT SAID, UM, MAYOR OR UH, MDD BOARD, THIS IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, FOR THE FY 25 HYATTS OPERATIONS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE PROJECTING, UH, OCCUPANCY TO INCREASE FROM 42 TO 50, UH, 0.7, UH, WITH THE AVERAGE DAILY RATE GROWING.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL, ALL THE DATA IS GROWING.

A FEW POINTS THAT I WILL PUSH OUT AT THIS, UH, RIGHT NOW IS THE FIRST ONE THAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE FORECASTED RESULTS FROM F UH, FROM QUARTER FORWARD AND, UM, WITH THE IMPACTS OF BARREL, UH, WHAT WE CAN SAY IS THAT AT, AT THIS TIME, THE FULL IMPACT IS NOT KNOWN.

UH, THERE ARE INSURANCE PIECES THAT COVER LOSS REVENUE AND THAT WILL ADDRESS, UH, ANYTHING OVERALL, WE FEEL IT'S GOING TO BE A, UM, CONTINUE TO BE IN A POSITIVE GROSS OPERATING PROFIT.

UH, BUT IT IS, WE DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THAT IS THERE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE OCCUPANCY THAT THE ACTUALS FOR THE OCCUPANCY IS LOWER THAN WHAT WAS BUDGETED.

UM, IT IS A, UM, STAR, SHINING STAR TO THE HYATT MANAGEMENT TEAM TO ALSO ADDRESS THE EXPENSES TO ENSURE THAT THE EXPENSES WERE UNDER THE REVENUE.

UM, SO I, I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THOSE DETAILS, BUT IT IS, UH, IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS AN ALTERATION FROM WHAT THE BUDGET WAS FOR OCCUPANCY.

HOWEVER, UM, THIS WAS THE FY 24 WAS REALLY A FIRST YEAR TO ESTIMATE WHERE THINGS WERE AT.

UH, WE HAD TO START ESTABLISHING A BENCHMARK, UM, AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT GOING ON WITH FY 24, UH, AND THE BUDGET THAT THE, UH, UH, THE MANAGEMENT TEAM HAS HAD TO ADDRESS.

AND SO, UH, AS WE WERE UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, WE FORESAW THAT THE ACTUALS WERE GONNA BE LESS THAN THE BUDGET, UH, BUT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE ARE SHOOTING FOR THE FY 25 AND WHAT THE OCCUPANCY RATE IS.

UH, OVERALL WE DO SEE A, A POSITIVE GROSS OPERATING PROFIT, UH, UH, RAISING ROUGHLY 20%.

AND WITH THAT BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE, UH, FOR THE CITY MANAGER REGARDING ITEM TWO B? OKAY.

ALRIGHT, DO APPRECIATE THAT AND DO APPRECIATE, UM, HYATT AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUDGET AS WE ENTER THAT FISCAL YEAR.

SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD CONSIDER THIS, UH, BUDGET RECEIPT.

SO THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE OTHER THAN THAT, NOT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM,

[c. Consider a resolution adopting the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget for the Hyatt Regency Baytown-Houston.]

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, I'M GONNA MOTION SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THE ONLY COMMENT IS THAT WE WILL BRING BACK SOMETHING FOR A CAPITAL BUDGET.

THIS IS THE OPERATING BUDGET THAT WE ARE ADOPTING.

WE WILL BRING BACK, UH, SOMETHING FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND I'LL ADDRESS SOME OF THE CAPITAL PIECES IN THE NEXT ITEM.

OKAY.

ANY COMMENTS? EXCUSE ME.

THEY'LL NOT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM TWO C IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

A AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[d. Consider a resolution authorizing payment to Canco Construction for emergency work conducted at the Hyatt Regency Baytown - Houston Convention Center following Hurricane Beryl. ]

CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO KEN CO CONSTRUCTION FOR EMERGENCY WORK CONDUCTED AT THE HYATT EMERGENCY, BAYTOWN HOUSTON CONVENTION CENTER FOLLOWING HURRICANE BUR, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS, UM, A RELU A RESOLUTION ADDRESSING THE WORK THAT, UH, WE ARE, UH, PUTTING FORTH TO, TO FIX THE HYATT AT THIS POINT.

UM, THERE HAS BEEN, I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND ONE THAT Y'ALL HAVE RECEIVED AT THIS POINT.

UH, THIS IS, UH, WE DO HAVE INSURANCE THAT COVERS, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE HYATT.

THE MONEY THAT'S BEING SPENT AT THIS POINT IS WITHIN THE, UH, DEDUCTIBLE.

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UH, UNTIL WE REACH OUR DEDUCTIBLE MAXIMUM, UH, WE DO NOT FEEL THAT WE WILL REACH THE MAXIMUM.

SO THIS WILL BE A PAYMENT, UH, UH, FOR THAT.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE, UM, UH, WE MAY SEE, UH, ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS COME THROUGH IN THE, IN PROBABLY THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.

UH, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS ALL THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU.

OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? UH, ON ITEM GUESS TWO.

D MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR.

NO QUESTION.

UH, JASON, YOU SAID THAT THIS WITHIN THE DEDUCTIBLE MAC, THE, THE CHARGE WITHIN THE DEDUCTIBLE? YES.

UM, WHAT IS THE DEDUCTIBLE MAXIMUM? YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? I BELIEVE IT IS 3 MILLION.

OKAY.

WHEN WE RE WHEN WE REWORKED THE INSURANCE PREMIUMS, WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE, NEGOTIATE THAT DOWN, I BELIEVE FROM 6 MILLION TO 3 MILLION.

SO OUR NEW INSURANCE PREMIUM, UH, REDUCED OUR DEDUCTIBLE.

UH, ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

GOOD QUESTION.

ALRIGHT, UNLESS THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 2D, MOTION AFTER SECOND.

MOTION A SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 2D AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? UH, WE HAVE NEXT, UH, TWO

[e. Consider a resolution approving a Wireless Services Agreement between Hyatt Corporation and Halo Das, LLC.]

MAYOR OR, UH, BOARD MEMBERS? THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED IN A PREVIOUSLY, UH, APPROVED CAPITAL BUDGET.

UH, WE HAVE JUST BEEN WORKING TO GET TO THIS POINT SO THAT THE BOARD CAN ACTUALLY, UM, AUTHORIZE THIS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HYATT AND HALO DOSS, HOWEVER, PER THE CONTRACT, THE, UH, UH, BETWEEN, EXCUSE ME, ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE HYATT, ANYTHING OVER 50,000 HAS TO BE AGREED UPON BY THE BOARD THAT FALLS WITHIN THESE GUIDELINES.

UH, THIS IS A, A, AN EXPANSION OF CELLULAR SERVICE IN THE HOTELS.

SO THAT, UH, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING BACK IN THE SURVEYS IS HAVE EXPANDED, UH, CELL PHONE SERVICE IN THE HOTEL.

THIS IS, THIS WAS BUDGETED FOR AT THE VERY BEGINNING.

WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING TO IT THOUGH.

OKAY.

SO THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT POPPED UP, UH, IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO.

THIS IS FROM THE, THE ONSET.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT, ALL, I'M GONNA ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOTION FOR ITEM TWO E.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

A.

MOTION SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM TWO E IS PRESENTED.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

A AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED ITEM CARRIES.

LOOKS LIKE WITH THAT, WE ARE COMPLETED WITH OUR MIN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ITEMS MOVE ON TO RECOGNITIONS

[a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.]

WE HAVE ITEM THREE A, RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.

MR. LOPEZ.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

SO WE HAVE THE HONOR TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES FOR 25 YEARS.

FOR THIS MONTH, LIEUTENANT JEFF KELLY IS CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

IN 1997, JEFF OBTAINED HIS PARAMEDIC CERTIFICATION FROM SAN JACINTO COLLEGE.

JEFF BEGAN HIS JOURNEY WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, JOINING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 1999 AS A PARAMEDIC, AND QUICKLY ROSE TO THE POSITION OF PARAMEDIC SUPERVISOR BY 2003.

IN 2013, FOLLOWING THE FIRE AND HEALTH EMS MERGER, HE TRANSITIONED TO THE BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AS A LIEUTENANT EMS SUPERVISOR IN 2019, LIEUTENANT KELLY EMBRACED NEW CHALLENGES BY JOINING THE BAYTOWN FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, TAKING ON ROSE AS AN ARSON INVESTIGATOR AND DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL, HE COMPLETED THE POLICE ACADEMY AT HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN 2020.

SINCE THEN, LIEUTENANT KELLY HAS ACHIEVED A SERIES OF ADVANCED CERTIFICATIONS, INCLUDING ADVANCED INVESTIGATOR, ADVANCED ARSON INVESTIGATOR, ADVANCED FIRE INSPECTOR, PLANS EXAMINER, AND BASIC FIRE MARSHAL.

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, LIEUTENANT KELLY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

HE WAS AWARDED A PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD FOR HIS EMS PERFORMANCE IN HIS EARLY YEARS AND THE MEDAL OF MERIT IN 2014 FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING THE SHRIMP BOAT RESCUE.

HIS DEDICATION WAS ALSO EVIDENT DURING HIS RESPONSE EFFORTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANES HARVEY, IKE, AND RITA.

JEFF HAS BEEN HAPPILY MARRIED TO HIS WIFE LISA FOR 26 YEARS, AND TOGETHER THEY HAVE TWO AMAZING DAUGHTERS.

SYDNEY, A PROUD RED RAIDER AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, REHAM TECH AND SARAH, A DEDICATED BOBCAT AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, EAT EM UP CATS OUTSIDE OF WORK.

JEFF ENJOYS GOLFING, TRAVELING AND SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.

LIEUTENANT KELLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMAZING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

YOU.

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[b. Present a proclamation designating September 9, 2024, as Officer Bobby Paulk Day.]

UM, I BELIEVE IT'LL BE TO THE POLICE CHIEF, I'M ASSUMING.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE OF LIKE, I WOULD ASK, UH, ALL THE COUNSEL TO JOIN ME AT THAT TIME.

FIRST, I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION.

THIS PROCLAMATION IS FOR, UH, BOBBY TYSON POLK DAY.

SO WHEREAS BOBBY TYSON POLK JOINED THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1976 C COMMITTING HIMSELF TO THE SERVICE AND PROTECTION OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, WHEREAS BOBBY, TY, PAUL, BOBBY TYSON PAUL FORFEITED HIS LIFE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1977 WHEN HE WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY AN INTOXICATED DRIVER ON BAYWAY DRIVE, WHEREAS OFFICER PAUL FAITHFULLY SERVED THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND HER CITIZENS FOR THE 10 MONTHS THAT HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER.

AND WHEREAS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, WHEREAS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024, MARCH THE 47TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS UNTIMELY PASSING, AND NOW THEREFORE, I, BRANDON CILLO IS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM THE 9TH OF SEPTEMBER OF 2024 AS BOBBY TYSON POLK DAY IN BAYTOWN AND URGE ALL OUR RESIDENTS TO REMEMBER THE RISKS TAKEN BY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ON A DAILY BASIS.

AND SO I WANNA PRESENT THIS TO YOU, UM, UH, CHIEF, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'D NEVER WANNA READ ONE OF THESE FOR ANY OTHER OFFICER UNDER ANY OTHER CONDITION.

UM, AND THIS IS PROBABLY LONG OVERDUE.

AND, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE, I KNOW THAT THERE IS GONNA BE A SPECIAL, UM, I GUESS MEMORIAL.

YES, SIR.

I THINK IT WAS THE CHAIR MEMORIAL.

YES, SIR.

UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT SURE.

BUT I, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH COUNSEL.

ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

UM, ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY ON BEHALF OF OFFICER PAUL'S FAMILY, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING HIS SACRIFICE.

I AGREE IT'S LONG OVERDUE.

UM, SEPTEMBER 9TH AT, UH, BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OUR LOBBY.

YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE RECEIVED A INVITATION.

IF NOT, YOU'LL DEFINITELY BE GETTING ONE.

WE WILL BE DONATING OR WE WILL BE RECEIVING A DONATION OF A CHAIR IN, UH, OFFICER POLKS NAME.

AND IT'S, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A MEMORIAL CHAIR AND IT ENSURES THAT HIS SEAT, UH, AT ROLL CALL WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AND NEVER BE TAKEN BY ANOTHER PERSON.

SO WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL THAT INFORMATION OUT.

WE'LL BE INVITING THE LOCAL MEDIA AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN HONOR THIS FALLEN OFFICER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

COUNCILMAN ALWAYS TRYING TO HIDE IN THE BACK.

YOU SEE THAT TIE? LITTLE CLOSER.

ALL RIGHT.

READY? HERE WE GO.

1, 2, 3.

LET ME GET ONE MORE.

OKAY.

THANK MYS ARE USUALLY WEAR I DON'T USUALLY DO, BUT ON THAT ONE I DID.

ALRIGHT.

SO WE ARE GONNA GO ON TO

[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning the City of Baytown Year 2024-2025 Proposed Municipal Budget.]

SO, UH, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, EXPRESS THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD IT EITHER SIGN THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.

EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS HEARING.

THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.

AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT 'EM TO ME.

SO WE,

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IT IS NOW 7:28 PM AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, REGARDING THE, UH, 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.

WE CAN ASK, UH, STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS HEARING.

I BELIEVE WE'RE PRETTY CLEAR ON IT, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MORE, PLEASE GO.

PLEASE PROCEED.

OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW CHANGES THAT OCCURRED, UM, SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU RECEIVED THE 25, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET.

UM, THERE'S A MEMO IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU RECEIVED TODAY THAT, UH, HIGHLIGHTS THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT BRIEFLY I'LL JUST GO OVER A FEW OF THOSE.

UM, THE GENERAL FUND, UH, FUND BALANCE IS NOW UP TO 65 DAYS OF OPERATING.

THERE WERE CHANGES TO THE FY 24 PROJECTED REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES AND AN EFFORT TO KEEP MORE IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT ACTUALS.

AND THAT INCLUDES PERSONNEL.

THE CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE REVENUE WAS INCLUDED AND THERE WERE TRANSFERS OUT MADE TO SANITATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 2.6 MILLION AND AQUATICS 1.79 MILLION TO MAKE THOSE FUNDS WHOLE.

THE WATER AND SEWER WORKING CAPITAL WAS REDUCED TO 90 DAYS AS DISCUSSED IN THE WORK SESSION WITH A TRANSFER OF 4.75 MILLION TO THE DEBT SERVICE TO COVER THE PROPOSED DEBT ISSUANCE OF 73 MILLION.

THE FY 24 PROJECTED REVENUE AND EXPENSES WERE ALSO REVIEWED TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT STATUS ACTUALS TO INCLUDE PERSONNEL.

IN ADDITION, THERE WAS ANOTHER REVIEW OF THE WATER AND SEWER RATES BASED ON THE 6% RATE INCREASE AGREED UPON AT THE WORK SESSION.

OTHER GRANT FUNDS WERE INCLUDED, MAJORITY OF WHICH WE WERE WORKING TO SEGREGATE BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS WERE COMMINGLED BETWEEN FIRE AND PD.

UM, A FEW OTHER FUNDS WERE ADDED TO INCLUDE WATER AND IMPACT FEES, THE GENERAL FUND AND, UH, WATER AND SEW DEBT SERVICE FUNDS AND TURS.

UM, BASED ON THE WORK SESSION, WE HAVE ADDED BACK THE GREEN CENTER AND INCREASED THE RATE BY NINE POINT, UM, $9 AND 51 CENTS.

AND WE ARE STILL REVIEWING THIS AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK IF ANY CHANGES ARE NECESSARY PRIOR TO ADOPTION.

UM, THIS COVERS THE BULK OF THE CHANGES AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ALRIGHT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MCKENZIE? YOU HAVE NOT ANYONE, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM REPORT A.

SO THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK ON, I CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S FISCAL YEAR 24 25, PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BUDGET.

AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO

[b. Conduct a public hearing concerning the Baytown Crime Prevention District's Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Proposed Budget.]

AND SO IT IS NOW 7:31 PM AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE BAYTOWN CRIME PREVENT CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT'S FISCAL 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND I WOULD ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING, OR AT LEAST ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES TO THIS, THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET.

SO IN REGARDS TO THE UM, CCPD BUDGET, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CHANGES.

SO WHAT BEFORE YOU IS WHAT YOU RECEIVED PREVIOUSLY? OKAY.

HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SO THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK ON, I CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.

MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR

[c. Consider an ordinance approving the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Proposed Budget.]

THIS SET AN ORDINANCE OF PROVEN THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTIONS DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.

WE SOUGHT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, SECOND MOTION, AND A SECOND.

ANY ADDITION, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS BUDGET FOR CCPD? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED CARRIES WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR

[d. Conduct a public hearing concerning the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention and EMS District Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Proposed Budget.]

SO IT IS NOW 7:32 PM AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMS DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.

UH, AND I'LL NOW ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THIS, UH, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, THIS HEARING IS FOR THE FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMS DISTRICT.

UM, THE, THE BUDGET YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU STANDS, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CHANGES.

OKAY.

ANYONE, UH, SIGN UP TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

AND SO NO ONE THAT, SINCE NO ONE HAS, UM, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION EMS DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.

WE WILL MOVE

[e. Consider an ordinance approving the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Proposed Budget.]

SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.

MULTIPLE SECONDS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HAVE NOT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM FOUR E AS PRESENTED, WHICH IS THE BUDGET FOR BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION, UM, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

BUDGET, UH, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR F.

[f. Consider an ordinance approving the Baytown Area Water Authority Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Proposed Budget.]

PROPOSED BUDGET.

MS. MCKINZIE, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? UH, NO SIR.

THERE

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THANK YOU, MA'AM.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR F.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE BALL OF BUDGET? DO NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FOUR F AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

A OPPOSE, MOVE ON TO

[a. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 2 “Administration,” Article IV “Boards and Commissions,” Division 2 “Parks and Recreation Board,” Section 2-281 “Created; Membership”; to remove the appointment deadline.]

THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR, UH, ALL THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS, ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO DO ALL THE READING.

FIVE A CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE FOUR, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, DIVISION TWO, PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, SECTION TWO DASH TWO, SECTION TWO DASH 2 81.

CREATED MEMBERSHIP TO REMOVE, UH, TO REMOVE THE APPOINTMENT DEADLINE.

SO, MS. HOLMES? YES.

YES MA'AM.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

OKAY, I, I AM HERE ON ITEM FOUR A WITH MORE FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITH REGARD TO THE PARKS BOARD.

SPECIFICALLY AS, UH, THAT SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY READS, UH, IT SAYS THAT APPOINTMENT OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS SHALL BE DONE BY THE CITY OF COUNCIL PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, AS WE WILL NOT MEET THAT, UH, APPOINTMENT DEADLINE.

I, UM, THIS ORDINANCE JUST AMENDS THE, UH, CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REMOVE THAT SEPTEMBER 1ST REQUIREMENT.

THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES MADE TO THE LENGTH OF THE TERM OF OFFICE, JUST THAT, UH, SURPLUSAGE.

IT'S NOT IN ANY OTHER, UH, SECTIONS IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AS IT PERTAINS TO APPOINTMENTS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

AND SO AS THAT IS IN THIS PARKS BOARD CO SECTION OF ORDINANCE, IT'S JUST A SURPLUSAGE.

AND SO WE'RE MO HAVE AN ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THAT AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR, I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT.

YES, SIR.

UM, I DID GET QUESTIONS ABOUT DISTRICT SPECIFIC, UH, THAT WAS NOT, UH, YES, THIS IS DISTRICT SPECIFIC.

UM, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR ME TO BRING THAT BACK AT ANOTHER TIME.

UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO CONVOLUTE THIS MESSAGE TODAY BECAUSE THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT ADDRESS THAT OR THIS, UM, UM, AMENDMENT DOES NOT ADDRESS THAT.

BUT I WILL BRING IT BACK FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER DISTRICT SPECIFIC OR NOT.

YEAH.

AND AGAIN, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS, THE IDEA WAS TO PRESENT KIND OF WHAT IS GONNA BE THE PLAN, OBVIOUSLY AS WE TRANSITION FROM ALL APPOINTMENTS, UH, BY THE MAYOR TO DISTRICT SPECIFIC.

SO WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT DISCUSSION.

SO, ALRIGHT.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ORDINANCE THAT IS IN FRONT OF US IS THIS IN REGARDS TO THE SEPTEMBER REMOVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 1ST REQUIREMENT.

SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MO A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF FIVE, A MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE A SECOND MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

UH, MAYOR, UM, WE DID ACTUALLY DISCUSS THAT, BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO IT SINCE IT'S NOT PART OF IT.

BUT WE DID DISCUSS THE DISTRICT SPECIFIC.

UM, BUT WE'LL TALK FURTHER RIGHT AT THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

OKAY.

OR IN THE FUTURE ASSIGNMENT IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY.

GOT IT.

SO, UH, ANYWAY, THERE WAS A MOTION SECOND, UH, FOR ITEM FIVE A REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 1ST, UM, APPOINTMENT DEADLINE.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FIVE A AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE A, THOSE OPPOSED.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE,

[b. Consider an ordinance to repeal and replace the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) and accompanying zoning map. Repeal and replacement of Subpart B, Appendix A, Unified Land Development Code in the Baytown Code of Ordinances, as a new Chapter 111 of the Baytown Code of Ordinances.]

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE ULDC AND ACCOMPANY REZONING MAP REPEAL AND REPLACE REPLACEMENT OF SUB PART B APPENDIX A-U-L-D-C AND THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES AS THE NEW CHAPTER, UH, ONE 11 OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES.

MR. SCRIBNER, I'M ASSUMING YOU MAY HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MARTIN SCRIBNER, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, I WANTED TO FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AT OUR WORK SESSION TONIGHT.

UH, YOUR DIRECTION WAS VERY HELPFUL.

UM, GIVEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT DIRECTION, UM, STAFF WOULD REQUEST, UH, THAT WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAN COPY OUT FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR YOUR, UH, REVIEW AND ASK THAT YOU, UH, TABLE THIS TO THE SEPTEMBER 12TH MEETING AND, UM, WE'LL HAVE A CLEAN COPY FOR, FOR THAT, UH, ADOPTION THAT NIGHT.

OKAY.

I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE, WE DID GAIN A LOT OF, UH, PROGRESS AND INSIGHT ON OBVIOUSLY THE, UH, THE UPDATED, UM, CODE CHANGES.

AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, I GUESS I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UM, TABLING THIS ITEM TO SEPTEMBER 12TH, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

UM, SO THAT WE CAN GO AND CONSIDER IT AT THAT COUNCIL MEETING.

MOTION TO TABLE ITEM FIVE B TO SEPTEMBER 12TH.

OKAY.

HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TABLING? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING ITEM FIVE B TO SEPTEMBER 12TH, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU COUNSEL.

THANK YOU.

NEXT WE

[a. Receive the City of Baytown's Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending June 30, 2024.]

UH, FIRST IS TO RECEIVE THE CITY OF BAY TOWNS QUARTERLY FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORT, UH, FOR QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH OF 24.

MS. MCKENZIE, YOU SEEM TO BE THE STAR OF THE SHOW THIS EVENING.

.

WE'LL CONTINUE.

UM, I AM HERE TO P PRESENT THE THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2024.

UM, THE GENERAL FUND HAS A STRONG FUND BALANCE OF 49 MILLION.

REVENUES ARE AT 93% OF THE BUDGET EXPENDITURES AT 72%.

UM, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT SALES TAX FIGURES ARE, UM, HAVE A TWO MONTH DELAY.

SO THE SALES TAX FIGURES THAT ARE STATED HERE

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THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IS REVENUE IS AT 54% AND ON TARGET, UM, BUT HAS A, WHICH IS NOT ON TARGET, BUT HAS A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE DUE TO EXPENDITURES OF ONLY 744,000.

THE WATER AND SEWER FUND IS ON TRACK WITH 40.9 MILLION IN REVENUE, WHICH IS 75% OF ITS BUDGET AND 40 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES RESULTING IN A STRONG FUND BALANCE OF 11.4 MILLION.

UH, THE SANITATION FUND HAS A NEGATIVE WORKING CAPITAL OF 2.9 MILLION WITH REVENUES AT 4.9 MILLION, WHICH IS 66% OF THE BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES AT 5.7.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, A PART OF THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU JUST RECEIVED, WE ARE CORRECTING THE NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE FOR SANITATION IN FY 25.

SO THAT SHOULD NOT GO ON AFTER THIS YEAR.

UH, STORMWATER HAS A POSITIVE WORKING CAPITAL OF 1.7 MILLION, DESPITE THE 3.5 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES EXCEEDING 3 MILLION IN REVENUE.

UM, THE REASON THIS FUND IS NOW HAS A POSITIVE BALANCE IS DUE TO THE DEBT ISSUANCE THAT WE HAD.

THERE WAS AN ADVANCE, UM, FUNDING FINANCING THAT WE PAID BACK STORMWATER FOR THOSE ADVANCED PAYMENTS THAT THEY MADE TO HARRIS COUNTY.

UM, AQUATICS HAS A NEGATIVE WORKING CAPITAL OF 1.2 MILLION WITH 2.1 MILLION IN REVENUE AND 2.5 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES REFLECTING A SLOW START, UH, TO THE SUMMER SEASON.

UM, STREET MAINTENANCE HAS A FAVORABLE BALANCE OF 7.5 MILLION WITH 3.4 MILLION IN REVENUE, WHICH IS 74% OF THE BUDGET AND 3.2 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES.

AND WE HAVE UNSPENT BOND PROCEEDS IS 118 MILLION, BUT THAT IS DUE TO RECENT DEBT ISSUANCES THAT WE ISSUED THIS YEAR AROUND JUNE, MAY, AND JUNE.

UM, THE INVESTMENT BOOK VALUE IS 343.6 MILLION WITH EARNINGS TOTALING 3.8 MILLION ACROSS ALL FUNDS.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE'D HAVE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ITEM SIX, A QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.

OKAY.

IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ITEM SIX

[b. Receive the 2024 Certified Ad Valorem Anticipated Collection Rate and the Certified Excess Debt Collections from the City of Baytown Tax Assessor/Collector.]

RECEIVE THE 2024 CERTIFIED VALOR ANTICIPATED COLLECTION RATE AND CERTIFIED EXCESS DEBT COLLECTIONS FROM THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR.

OKAY.

THIS IS A ANNUAL HOUSEKEEPING ITEM PER THE STATE PROPERTY CODE, UH, 26.04 B.

WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE GOVERNING BOARD BECAUSE THIS CA UH, CALCULATION IS USED.

THIS IS, THIS PERCENTAGE IS USED IN THE, UM, TAX CALCULATION THAT WE DO FOR DEBT SERVICE EVERY YEAR.

SO WE HAVE TO PRESENT IT.

AND SO THIS YEAR THE CALCULATION IS 102%, WHICH IS $482,971.

OKAY.

SO, UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT, WE WOULD CONSIDER ITEM SIX B IS RECEIVED.

OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT.

[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.]

I DON'T THINK I SEE YOU ON, ON THE, UH, ON THE REST OF THE AGENDA, BUT WE MAY CALL YOU UP.

WE JUST, JUST FOR, FOR, UM, I DON'T KNOW.

THERE MAY BE SOMETHING FIRE OR PUBLIC WORKS RELATED AND WE'LL CALL YOU UP.

SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA, UH, ITEMS A THROUGH K, UH, IF THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY FROM THE CONSENT AS IS? UH, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PULL I JUST FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMENT.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS, IF NOT MS. UM, UH, ALVARADO, IF YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS A THROUGH K.

SAME.

ACCEPT A I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS SEVEN A THROUGH K EXCEPT FOR A I.

OKAY.

SO WE WILL, UH, NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

OKAY.

THERE'S A MOTION.

SECOND.

SECOND.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, OF THE MOTION AS PRESENTED FOR CONSENT, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM

[i. Consider an ordinance authorizing a purchase agreement with Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District for Parcel 6, Parcel 7, and Parcel 9 land acquisitions for the Market Street Revitalization Project.]

MS. ALFREDO? YES, I JUST HAVE A QUICK CON COMMENT, MAYOR AND, UM, REALLY WANNA THANK STAFF, UH, FOR CONTINUING THIS, UM, EFFORT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE PIECES THAT WE NEED TO, UM, START WORKING ON MARKET STREET.

UM, I, I KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL WAITING ON UP AND SOME OF THEIR THINGS, UM, WHICH WILL PROBABLY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER, BUT WE AT LEAST HAVE PRETTY MUCH, UM, THE, THE BIGGEST PART OF THIS PROJECT.

UM, SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS JUST TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR TIME, THEIR DILIGENCE, AND IN CONTINUING TO PUT THIS FORWARD.

AND, UM, AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS AN EFFORT, A COMBINED EFFORT WITH, UM, PRECINCT TWO, HARRIS COUNTY.

AND SO I CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED.

THANK YOU MA'AM.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA HOLD IT OFF.

I WAS LIKE, OH GOODNESS.

NO, NO, NO.

SAY I WANT IT NOW.

, THANK YOU.

SO, NO, WE DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND SERGEANT, WE DO APPRECIATE, UM,

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UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME ACQUISITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO COMPLETE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THIS.

MUST NEED MUCH NEEDED, UH, PROJECT OF MARKET STREETS.

REACH OUT TO KIM, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

OKAY.

THERE.

SHE'S REALLY VERY, YES, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU KIM .

ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, UM, UM, IF I, IS THERE A MOTION FOR AYE? YES.

UM, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN.

AYE.

SECOND MOTION? SECOND.

ANY WELL MOTION? WE, I THINK WE DISCUSSED IT.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SEVEN AYES PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE WAS OPPOSED.

ALRIGHT.

YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

MOVE ON TO OUR MANAGER'S

[8. MANAGER'S REPORT Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 551.0415 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council of the City of Baytown may receive a report about items of community interest from City staff and/or a member of the City Council, but no action or possible action shall be taken or discussed concerning the subject of such report, except as provided by Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code.]

YES, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I HAVE A FEW THINGS, UH, I'D LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE.

UH, FIRST STARTS IN ITSI WANT TO RECOGNIZE GRAYSON AND AARON.

UH, THEY WERE, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING, UH, STAFF.

UH, WE LOST A LOT OF, WE LOST SOME DATA AT A LAST MINUTE WHEN A GRANT WAS DUE.

UH, THEIR QUICK WORK AND ASSISTANCE WITH THE JUST STEPPING IN AND ASSISTING, UH, UH, LISA LOPEZ, UH, HELPED US SAVE A $50 MILLION GRANT.

SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE GRACE AND AARON FOR THEIR QUICK WORK AND QUICK THINKING.

AND, UH, THANK YOU KEVIN.

IF YOU CAN PASS THAT ON.

ALRIGHT.

UH, PARKS AND REC.

ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 31ST, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN LIFEGUARD TEAMS COMPETED IN THE TEXAS LIFEGUARD CHAMPIONSHIP IN ROUND ROCK.

UH, BOTH TEAMS PERFORMED EXCEPT EXCEPTIONALLY WITH THE CITY ACHIEVING ITS HIGHEST EVER PLACING AT THE STATE COMPETITION.

THE TITLE TITANS GOT THIRD PLACE, UH, IN THE FIRST AID SCENARIO, SIXTH PLACE OVERALL.

AND THE MEMBERS ARE JOSEPH, UH, CRES, MICHAEL BUTCHER, UH, BUTCHER, UH, SUMMERSILL AND MADELINE, UH, ALTA.

AND THEN THE COACHES, UH, BRIA ZUCKER AND CLARISSA BROWN.

THEN THE AQUA ALPHAS FIRST PLACE IN THE FIRST AID SCENARIO, FIRST PLACE IN A SPINAL INJURY SCENARIO.

THIRD PLACE OVERALL, WHICH IS THE BEST RESULT IN BAY TOWN'S COMPETITION IN HISTORY.

TEAM MEMBERS ARE PIPER MAY, STACY ISLI, UH, STEVEN COBAN, WYATT ANDREWS WITH THE COACHES, JOY AND GABRIEL.

THEN THE BAYTOWN SUMMER TRACK PROGRAM.

WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE, THAT TWO OF OUR SUMMER TRACK ATHLETES ACHIEVED IMPRESSIVE RESULTS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

UH, TAF SUMMER GAMES IN BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, COMPETING AGAINST ATHLETES FROM ACROSS THE STATE.

AHMED BERNARD, SIX YEARS OLD.

EIGHTH PLACE IN A HUNDRED METER AND FIFTH PLACE IN THE 50 METER.

AND HELL NEELY, NINE YEARS OLD.

EIGHTH PLACE IN THE 1600 METER.

UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

UH, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST COURTNEY SPOKE AT THE KIWANIS CLUB MEETING ABOUT VOLUNTEERISM.

THE PRESENTATION WAS WELL, WELL RECEIVED WITH ATTENDEES EXPRESS EXPRESSING APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY'S VOLUNTEERS EFFORTS AND COURTNEY'S PROFESSIONALISM.

UM, SHOUT OUT TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING TEAM, UH, KATIE MITCHELL AT 24 11 CEDAR BAYOU.

UH, SHE'S SO PLEASED WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND THANKFUL FOR THE QUICK RESPONSE DURING THE HURRICANE BARREL CLEANUP.

SHE WANTED TO SAY WHAT A GREAT JOB THE CITY HAS DONE AS A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF BAYTOWN.

IT WAS A GREAT PHONE CALL TO END THE WEEK AND SHE WAS, UH, SHE WAS A PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH.

AND THAT WAS FROM ROBIN.

UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, FOR THOSE THAT DID SHOW UP AT AT AT THIS AS WELL.

UH, THIS WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT.

UH, THE 2024 BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR.

HELD ON SATURDAY.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10TH WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS MADE POSSIBLE BY 111 VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING EMPLOYEES FROM COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS.

STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS DISTRIBUTED 1,250 BACKPACKS STUFFED WITH SUPPLIES TO START THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

UH, 14 VENDORS WERE INVOLVED, UH, DOING HEALTH SCREENINGS, EYE EXAMS, AND REFRESHMENTS.

UH, WE HAD 40 FREE HAIRCUTS FROM SICK CUTS, UH, AND A DONATION OF, UH, 40 CASES OF WATER FROM NIAGARA.

UH, THE MAJOR SPONSORS PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE, UH, WITH BAYTOWN METH METHODIST, PROVIDING 405 BACKPACKS RAISING CANES, DONATING $3,000 IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH, SUCH AS EXXON FIDELIS AND ENTERPRISE CONTRIBUTING SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND FUNDS.

AND IT'S MY KNOWLEDGE THAT WE STILL HAD MONEY LEFT OVER, SO WE'RE GONNA GO, UH, GET MORE BACKPACKS THAT'LL BE THERE READY FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

THAT JUST SHOWS YOU, UH, THIS EFFORT CONTINUES TO GROW.

THANK YOU, MARTIN, TO YOU AND ALL THE STAFF THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS, AND THE COUNCIL THAT SHOWED UP AS WELL.

THANK Y'ALL, UH, FOR BEING INVOLVED.

UH, FIRE ON AUGUST 6TH, UH, DIVISION CHIEF JAMES MILLER WAS AWARDED THE PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION OF CHIEF FIRE OFFICER FROM THE CENTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, OR PUB CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE, UH, COMMISSION OF PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALING.

WHEW, UH, CHIEF MILLER RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING NOTIFICATION FROM THE COMMISSION.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CHIEF UH, FIRE OFFICER DESIGNATION.

YOUR DESIGNATION IS VALID, UH, 8 6 27 OR UNTIL 8 6 27.

YOU'RE ONE OF AN ELITE GROUP OF CFO INTERNATIONALLY.

YOU HAVE EARNED THE PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION AS WITNESS BY A TEAM OF YOUR PEERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALING.

YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED THROUGH YOUR EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS THAT YOU POSSESS AND THE REQUISITE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED FOR THE EMS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PROFESSION.

CONGRATULATIONS,

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UH, THAT, UH, MS. LINDA POWELL WROTE ON AUGUST 14TH, UH, THAT, UH, HER FRONT DOOR BECAME STUCK AND SHE COULD NOT GET INTO HER HOME.

THESE OFFICERS RESPONDED AND WORKED TO GET THE DOOR OPEN FOR HER, AND THAT SHE WANTED US TO KNOW HOW MUCH SHE LOVES HER BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

UH, ON JULY 17TH, UH, UH, 2024, OFFICER CHRISTOPHER OBERLAND RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM DETECTIVE TURPEN, A SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENDER, HAD A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST.

OFFICER OLAND, UH, WORKED TIRELESSLY TO EXHAUST ALL OPTIONS TO ARREST THE OFFENDER WHO HAD NOT ONLY COMMITTED HEINOUS, UH, HEINOUS ACTS, UH, IN THE PRESENCE OF A CHILD, BUT HAD BEEN MAKING THREATS AS WELL.

AFTER FINDING, UM, AFTER FINDING THE OFFENDER WAS IN THE BEAUMONT AREA, HE CONTACTED A BEAUMONT OFFICER WHOM HE WAS WORKING WITH.

THE OFFICERS IN BEAUMONT WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THE OFFENDER AND PLACE HIM IN CUSTODY BEFORE HE COULD HARM ANYBODY ELSE.

THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THIS, UH, DEDICATION AND TIRELESS ATTITUDE OF THE OFFICER OVERLAND AND LIEUTENANT OSA COMPLETED THE FIRST THREE WEEK MODULE OF THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEF LEADERSHIP SERIES.

THIS IS A NINE WEEK PROGRAM THAT IS, THAT IS AN EXECUTIVE COMMAND COLLEGE FOR POLICE LEADERS.

SO, GOOD STUFF.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITIZENS THAT WRITE IN TO SHARE YOUR WONDERFUL STORIES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, MR. MANAGER, UH, I WILL MAKE A COMMENT ON THE, UM, UH, THE, THE, I GUESS THE BACKPACK SCHOOL SUPPLY, UM, EVENT.

I THINK IT WAS GOOD WHAT I WAS, WHAT WHAT I WAS TOLD I DIDN'T, I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND LAST YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR WENT REALLY SMOOTH.

I THINK PEOPLE MOVED THROUGH FAIRLY QUICKLY.

THEY WERE SCREENED AND GOT WHATEVER, UM, QUESTIONS NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED AND, AND A LOT OF, UH, INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO THEM.

UH, FOR MYSELF, I WAS WEARING TWO HATS AND I OWE A LOT OF, UH, ABSENCES TO THE BAYTOWN ROTARY.

SO IF I CAN SAY BAYTOWN ROTARY A FEW TIMES, MAYBE YOU CAN GET SOME EXCUSE ABSENCES OUT OF IT.

BUT I KNOW THAT UH, THERE WERE SOME FELLOW ROTARIANS THAT WERE THERE AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE ALONG WITH THE LINES CLUB AND A LOTS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

AND IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AT THAT TIME OF YEAR AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SCHOOL CHILDREN SOME NEEDED SUPPLIES.

'CAUSE THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT CHEAP.

I'LL SAY ROTARY FOR MYSELF FOR AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.

YES.

USUALLY WHEN I MISS YOU, MISS TOO ROTARY.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR.

YES, MA'AM.

COMMENT ON, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER.

UH, HE CAME AND SPOKE TO A GROUP OF PARENTS, UM, THIS PAST WEEK AND, UM, TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET, UH, AND ALSO TALKED ABOUT UPCOMING PROJECTS OR THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY.

TOOK A LOT OF Q AND A, UM, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT, UM, WHAT I ALSO APPRECIATED IS THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, OF, UM, PARENTS THERE THAT HAPPENED TO LIVE IN MUDS.

THEY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MUDS AND THINGS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE PAYING FOR.

AND HE QUICKLY GOT OUT THE DRY ERASE BOARD AND GAVE A MUD 1 0 1 PRETTY MUCH, UH, DURING THE MEETING.

AND SO, UM, THE PARTICIPANTS WERE VERY EXCITED AND, AND APPRECIATIVE OF HIM, UM, DOING THAT.

AND 'CAUSE HE, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE MUDS 'CAUSE THAT WASN'T AS PART OF THE AGENDA, BUT, UM, HE QUICKLY, UM, JUST ACCEPTED AND, AND JUMPED ON IT RIGHT AWAY.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME WITH ALL OF THEM.

SO, UM, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS AFTER YOU LEFT, SO THEY WILL PROBABLY BE A PART TWO .

OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU.

SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THE MANAGED REPORT.

UH, WE MOVE

[a. Receive a report from Council Member James Franco regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 4. ]

SO HE, ALTHOUGH HE WANTED TO PULL IT HIMSELF, BUT NINE A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JAMES FRANCO, DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR.

YEAH, I TRIED TO, BUT NOBODY, THEY SAID NO.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I'D LIKE TO THINK A LOT OF THE, UH, THE CITIZENS WHO CAME OUT THIS WEEK AND, AND SUPPORTED SOME OF THE, OUR LOCAL, OUR LOCAL PROGRAMS AS OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE BEGINNING TO RAMP BACK UP.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF FUNDRAISERS THIS WEEKEND THAT SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HELPED OUT THIS WEEK AND CAME AND, AND SUPPORT WITH THEIR FAMILY.

AND A LOT OF THE CITIZENS HAVE COME OUT TO SUPPORT, SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AS OUR FOOTBALL SEASON BEGINS NEXT WEEK FOR GOOSE CREEK ISD SCHOOLS.

UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'VE BEEN IN DISTRICT FOUR RIGHT NOW, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING KIND OF REPORT ON THEM.

THE GARTH ROAD WIDENING PROJECT IS MAKING SOME PROGRESS.

UM, THE UTILITIES HAVE BEEN, UH, ARE BEING RELOCATED AS YOU'VE SEEN.

I'M STARTING TO GET COVERED BACK UP WITH THE NO GRASS IN SOME OF THE AREAS I, I KNOW A LOT IS HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

UH, THEY'RE ABOUT 30% COMPLETE AS THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR MID 2025 TO BEGIN FROM I 10 TO ARCHER.

UH, THE I 10, UH, INTERSECTION PROJECT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY KIND OF CODE WITH D FIVE, THE SHO LANDER I 10 INTERSECTION PROJECT WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND TDOT.

UM, THAT'S CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN EARLY 2025.

AND OUR PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SOME NEW, UH, SOME

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WE HAVE THE NEW EXCLUSIVE FURNITURE, WHICH EVERYBODY'S SEEN NEXT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT'S ABOUT 50% COMPLETE.

UH, THEY'RE STARTING TO, TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT, THAT TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE HAVE TWO NEW BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING ON GARTH ROAD RIGHT THERE BEHIND, UH, TRACTOR SUPPLY.

UH, THOSE ARE BELIEVING THE PLANS ARE IN REVIEW.

SO HOPEFULLY THOSE WILL BE BE, UH, STARTING TO SEE THAT GROUND MOVING ON THOSE HOPEFULLY SOON.

UH, THE TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH REMODELS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UNDER INSPECTION JUST STARTED THAT PART.

UH, OF COURSE OUR CHICK-FIL-A, WE'RE DOWN TO ONE IN BAYTOWN RIGHT NOW, UH, 'CAUSE THE, UH, THE REMODELING THE PARKING LOT AND ADJUSTING THE, ADJUSTING A LOT OF THAT PART.

SO, UM, I KNOW IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BUSY IN THE MORNING, IN THE EVENING, BUT WE WILL HAVE OUR OTHER CHICK-FIL-A BACK UP HOPEFULLY SOON.

UH, THERE'S A NEW WAREHOUSE COMING FROM ELLIOT ELECTRIC SUPPLY.

UH, THIS WILL BE THEIR 10TH LOCATION IN, IN THE HOUSTON AREA.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE BIG ELECTRICAL SUPPLY COMPANY AND, AND PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEIR BUSINESS PARKS LOOK ARE, THEY'RE VERY PROFESSIONAL LOOKING, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THEM COMING INTO BAYTOWN.

UH, PARKS AND REC.

UH, WE HAD THE WAYNE GRS HOSTED THEIR OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE ANNUAL KICKBALL TOURNAMENT.

UH, IT'S FEATURED OVER EIGHT OUTBACK, UH, FEATURED TEAMS FROM OVER EIGHT OUTBACK LOCATIONS COMPETING IN BAYTOWN.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THE FOLLOWING, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED IN OUR LOCAL ATHLETIC COMPLEXES FOR ADULTS.

WE HAVE THE ADULT CO-ED SOFTBALL LEAGUE, UH, SIGNUPS RUN FROM UH, SEPTEMBER TH START, START RUN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 13TH AND THE SEASON WILL START SEPTEMBER 19TH WITH THE $200 TEAM FEE.

UH, GAMES ARE GONNA BE AT THE WAYNE GRAY SPORTS COMPLEX AND REGISTER@BAYTOWNSPORTS.ORG.