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MEETING WITH THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER IS ALSO A JOINT MEETING WITH THE BAYTOWN, MINNESOTA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.IT IS 6:33 PM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
WE ARE BAYTOWN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE'LL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAURA ALVARADO, DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
YOU'LL JOIN ME IN OUR PLEDGE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR, AND OUR TEXAS FLAG ON THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLED ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE AND INEVITABLE.
LORD, I PRAY FOR THIS COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AND THE AGENDA BEFORE US THAT WE MAY CONTINUE TO MAKE DECISIONS WITH HONOR AND INTEGRITY.
I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR PROVIDING US A STAFF THAT WORKS HARD TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY THRIVES.
IT IS THROUGH YOUR GUIDANCE AND LOVE THAT STAFF COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN HARMONY AND CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE.
[1. CITIZEN COMMENTS Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, prohibits the City Council from discussing, deliberating, or considering, subjects for which public notice has not been given on the agenda. Issues that cannot be referred to the administration for action may be placed on the agenda of a future City Council Session.]
SO FIRST WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT COMMENTS.UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? OH, EXCUSE ME, MA'AM.
I DO HAVE, UH, THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
BEFORE I DO THAT, THE PURPOSE OF THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT IS TO GIVE ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS.
EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER, WHICH I DO HAVE IN FRONT OF ME NOW, OR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POST-IT TIME OF THIS MEETING.
EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE HIS, HIS OR HER NAME, UM, UH, AND ADDRESS.
AND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE COMMENTS, THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK THAT A CITIZEN MAY PASS HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL AND THE BAYTOWN MINUTES FOR ENDOWMENT DISTRICT BOARD.
HOWEVER, NO CITIZEN'S REMARKS SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES IN TOTAL.
EITHER THE ONE MINUTE OR THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNCIL AND MDD.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND CITY COUNCIL AND THE MDD BOARD CANNOT DISCUSS A DELIBER RATE ON ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC NOTICE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN ON THIS AGENDA.
SO FIRST IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, DENISE, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, LIKE DENISE GRAVES AND KATHY, UH, VANDERBEEK, UH, HAS, UH, YIELDED THEIR TIME TO HARVEY PONDER.
IS THAT CORRECT? ALRIGHT, MR. PONDER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES? YES, SIR.
UH, MR. MAYOR, I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES.
UM, IN THOSE PICTURES OF MY FOUR KIDS, THIS IS GONNA BE KIND OF TOUGH PICTURES OF MY FOUR KIDS.
THREE OF THEM HAVE OR WILL GRADUATE FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY THIS DECEMBER.
I HAVE TAUGHT AND CONTINUE TO TEACH ALL OF MY KIDS, WHETHER YOUTH GROUP OR LITTLE LEAGUE KIDS, OR MY OLD FOLKS IN SUNDAY SCHOOL, TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND TRUE AND HONEST AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.
AND THE SPIRIT OF THE 12TH MAN, ABBY WORE HER 12TH MAN JERSEY TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR HER TWIN SISTER.
ABBY WAS IN A FIGHT WITH OVARIAN CANCER FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
SHE SPENT 99 DAYS THIS SPRING AND SUMMER AT INDY ANDERSON BEFORE FIGHTING HER LAST BATTLE ON AUGUST THE 11TH.
I HOPE, AND I PRAY THAT I CAN FIGHT AS WELL AND HARD AS MY BABY GIRL, ABBY JOE.
IN REVELATION 21, 4, THE BIBLE SAYS, IN GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES.
AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH NOR SORROW NOR CRYING.
NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN FOR THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.
ABBY IS WRAPPED UP IN JESUS ARMS RIGHT NOW AND NOT HURTING ANYMORE.
THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN UP HERE.
UM, IN REFERENCE TO THE ARTICLE WRITTEN BY MR. JASON COULTER, THE ADDRESSING THE COMMENTS AND CONCERNS AND FINDING SOLUTIONS ABOUT THE ANNEXATION, I DON'T REMEMBER EVER HEARING A POLITICIAN OR OFFICIAL OR AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT ADMIT TO A LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND APOLOGIZE FOR RUSHED PROCESSES.
AND I TRULY THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT.
REALLY, I REALLY DO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
IT MADE ME REWRITE EVERYTHING THAT I HAD TO SAY TONIGHT WHEN I READ THAT TODAY.
AND MAKES ME GLAD THAT AT LEAST SOME OF WHAT WE ARE DOING IS BEING HEARD.
THANK YOU, AND I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
BUT IF YOU THINK IT'S GONNA LET IT GO, YOU MIGHT WANNA THINK AGAIN.
MAYBE THE CITY'S CHARTER DOESN'T REWRITE
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OR PROVIDE FOR DE ANNEXATION, THEN YOU NEED TO CHANGE IT.THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE $20 MILLION TO FIX THE CURRENT PROBLEMS, AND NOW YOU WANT TO ADD MORE.
WHEN A BUSINESS NEEDS CASH, THEY DON'T RAISE TAXES.
THEY SELL STUFF INCLUDING REAL ESTATE.
ADMISSION OF WRONG DOING, FAILS TO MAKE UP FOR THE YEARS OF TAXES, INCREASES AND SERVICES NOT RECEIVED.
UH, WHAT I WILL SAY, UH, MR. PONDER, I MEAN, I'VE KNOWN YOU A LONG TIME.
WE BOTH WORKED AT THE SAME PLACE AT NASA.
UM, I'VE KNOWN, I'VE KNOWN YOU THROUGH MANY ISSUES.
AND WHAT I WILL, ALL I ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS, UM, ON THE PERSONAL NOTE THAT I, I DO SEMI CONDOLENCES, WHICH I HAVE BEFORE ON THE LOSS OF, OF CERTAINLY YOUR CHILD.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY WORDS THAT CAN EXPRESS THAT TYPE OF LOSS TO ANY PARENT.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS EXPRESSED THAT THAT'S JUST NOT THE NATURAL PROCESS FOR MANY OF US TO, TO BURY A CHILD.
SO WITH THAT, MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES IS THAT TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, WE WILL WORK THROUGH THIS ISSUE.
AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING THIS EVENING.
[a. Consider approving the minutes of the Joint City Council and Baytown Municipal Development District Meeting held on August 22, 2024.]
[b. Consider approving the minutes of the Joint City Council and Baytown Municipal Development District Meeting held on September 12, 2024.]
SO WITH THAT, WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE, UM, ITEMS TWO A AND B ARE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.THE FIRST ONE WILL BE THE JOINT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, THAT WAS HELD BETWEEN MDD AND CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 22ND.
AND ALSO THE NEXT ONE OF ITEM TWO B IS SEPTEMBER 12TH.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE TWO, UH, MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ABSTENTIONS.
IF NOT, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS TWO A AND B FOR APPROVAL, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[c. Receive an update on the Municipal Development District Budget.]
ITEM TWO CS TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE MBDS DISTRICT BUDGET.MR. REYNOLDS, SORRY, I HAD TO LOWER IT WITH THE CHAIRS.
UM, UM, THE, UH, I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OR BOARD.
I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE MOST RECENT, UH, BUDGET THAT WE ADOPTED, UH, WHEN THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED IN AUGUST OF, UH, ON AUGUST 22ND, UH, UH, IN FRONT OF THE MDD BOARD.
WE PRESENTED A BUDGET PLAN, UH, THAT SHOWED A GROSS OPERATING PROFIT OF 304,000 WITH THE HYATT HOTEL, UH, BASED ON THE PROJECTIONS OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES THAT THE HOTEL HAD, ALONG WITH A 50.7 OCCUPANCY RATE, UH, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, THEY, UH, SINCE THAT TIME, THEY HAVE DONE NEW PROJECTIONS, UH, TO GIVE AN UPDATE AND WORKING ON THE EXPENSES, THE, UH, THE ANNUAL EXPENSES BASED ON THE PAST TWO YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE, UH, OFFICIAL CHANGE TO THE, TO THE, UH, HYATT BUDGET PER HYATT'S GUIDELINES SHOWS A GROSS OPERATING PRO PROFIT OF 797,000.
SO IT INCREASED FROM 304,000 TO 797,000 ON THE PROJECTED BUDGET.
UM, KUDOS TO OUR ASSET MANAGER TEAM, GARFIELD AND TO HYATT FOR CONTINUING TO FIND WAYS TO MINIMIZE THE EXPENSES OVER AT THE HOTEL, WHILE ALSO INCREASING THE OCCUPANCY AND CONVENTION, UM, UH, HOLDINGS OVER AT OUR, AT OUR FACILITY.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ITEM TWO C? MAY NOT.
[d. Receive a presentation regarding the Baytown Catalyst Fund grant program.]
I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO.UH, D RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE BAYTOWN CATALYST FUND GRANT PROGRAM.
MR. RES, GOOD AFTERNOON PUBLIC GRANT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE GLOBE CAN HAVE TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON BRINGING INCREASED REVENUE TO ANY CITY.
IN SINGAPORE, THE SINGAPORE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FUND ALLOWED FOR THE SINGAPORE RIVER CREWS TO UPGRADE ITS FLEET AND CREATE NEW TOURIST EXPERIENCES.
IN MELBOURNE, SEVERAL CRAFT BREWERIES RECEIVED FUNDING TO SCALE OPERATIONS AND CREATE TASTING ROOMS. AND IN HOUSTON, THE TOURISM INCENTIVE PROGRAM COVERED A MAJORITY OF THE COST TO PROMOTE THE INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL, WHICH IS NOW ONE OF THE LARGEST QUILT FESTIVALS IN THE WORLD.
THESE FUNDING MECHANISMS AND DOZENS MORE ACROSS THE STATE AND GLOBE HAVE BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL IN ADDING PUBLIC SEED FUNDING TO PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO CREATE CATALYST PROJECTS AIMED AT BRINGING IN MORE VISITORS, MORE DEVELOPMENT, AND MORE RESOURCES.
IMAGINE BAYTOWN BECOMING KNOWN AS THE FIRST, THE BEST AND THE ONLY.
TODAY I AM ACTING AS THE SPOKESPERSON FOR A TEAM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON REIMAGINING SEVERAL OF BAY TOWN'S GRANT PROGRAMS. AND THAT TEAM INCLUDES BRIAN MORAN WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ANNA YAEL ON BEHALF OF TOURISM, AND JASON CALDER ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
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TODAY, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU A BIT ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT AND WHEN, AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE CITY'S GRANTS.AND THEN FINALLY, WHAT'S NEXT? I WANNA MAKE CLEAR THAT AT THE BEGINNING HERE, THAT WITH THIS ACTION TODAY, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO REIMAGINE SEVERAL CITY FUNDED GRANTS AND MORE FORMALLY TO RESCIND THE PREVIOUS BIG GRANT PROGRAM.
OVER THE YEARS, COUNCIL HAS HAD VARYING DEGREES OF INVOLVEMENT IN THREE SPECIFIC GRANT PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE MDD, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, AND THE GENERAL FUND.
THE INVOLVEMENT HAS ALSO AT TIMES INCLUDED DETAILED PROGRAM GUIDELINES FOR SOME AND AWARDING OF GRANT FUNDS FOR OTHERS.
WE HAVE AWARDED A FEW PROJECTS UNDER THE BIG GRANT IN THE NAME OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SEVERAL ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE HOT GRANT IN THE NAME OF TOURISM, AND SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT GRANTS IN THE NAME OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
ALL OF THESE AWARDS WERE NO DOUBT IMPACTFUL FOR SOME IN BAYTOWN, BUT NONE MOVED THE NEEDLE IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC OR TOURISM GROWTH.
WE HAVE PUT THE SMILES ON A FEW DOZEN BAYTOWN RESIDENTS, AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO POSITIVELY AFFECT MORE.
WE ARE NOW MAKING A BOLD STATEMENT THAT BAYTOWN NEEDS TO SEE AN INCREASE IN SALES TAX REVENUE, AND INCREASE IN HOT REVENUE AND GROWTH IN COMMUNITY GOODWILL AS A WHOLE.
AND IN THESE BUDGET YEARS OF TIGHTENING OUR BELTS AND SCRUTINIZING OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, STAFF HAS TAKEN A HARD LOOK AT THESE PROGRAMS TO ENSURE THAT ALL CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN BAYTOWN AS A WHOLE, REALIZES GROWTH IN QUALITY OF LIFE.
THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN SET BY THESE PROGRAMS, AND NOW WE WILL REIMAGINE THEM TO BE MORE IMPACTFUL.
SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A PILOT PROGRAM.
A PILOT PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO CONTINUE RE TO REVIEW, REFINE, AND RETOOL UNTIL YOU HAVE A PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE HAPPY WITH OR UNTIL WE DECIDE TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO COMBINE ALL THREE EFFORTS FOR WHICH THE BUDGET HAS ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED.
AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET, WE'RE TARGETING LARGE PROJECTS WITH LARGE BUDGETS, AND WE ARE LIKELY TO PARTNER WITH JUST ONE OR TWO APPLICANTS.
WE'VE DRAFTED A MISSION STATEMENT OF SORTS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
THE BAYTOWN CATALYST FUND OFFERS UP TO $750,000 IN SEED FUNDING TO IGNITE HIGH IMPACT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM PROJECTS BY LEVERAGING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
THIS GRANT AIMS TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS, CREATE JOBS, AND TRANSFORM BAYTOWN INTO A DYNAMIC DESTINATION FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS DRIVING LONG-TERM GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.
OUR GOAL AS WE STRIVE FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS TO TARGET TRIED AND TRUE REPUTABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHO DESIRE TO USE BAYTOWN AS THE LAUNCHING PAD FOR THEIR NEEDLE MOVING PROJECTS.
AND THE VETTING PROCESS WILL BE EXPANSIVE.
SOME OF THE METRICS WE ENVISION NEW FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME JOBS CREATED INCREASE IN SALES AND HOT REVENUE, NUMBER OF HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS, AVERAGE AMOUNT SPENT BY VISITORS, NUMBER OF NEW VISITORS AND DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT.
AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRACK ALL OF THAT.
WE WANT TO FUND PROJECTS THAT WILL CATCH THE ATTENTION OF NEW FAMILIES, NEW VISITORS, AND NEW INVESTORS.
BECAUSE AFTER ALL THE RECENTLY ADOPTED BAYTOWN IMAGE STUDY IDENTIFIED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS AND TALENT ATTRACTION AS THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITY PROJECTS UPON WHICH WE, WE SHOULD BE WORKING WITH A RETOOLING OF OUR PREVIOUS GRANT PROGRAMS. WE CAN ENSURE BAYTOWN HAS THE BEST EVENT AROUND, OR THE FIRST ACTIVITY OF ITS KIND, OR A ONE OF A KIND BUSINESS.
FIRST, WE'LL CONCENTRATE ON HEAVY TARGET TARGETED ADVERTISING, MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD HERE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, NEXT STAFF WILL MEET WITH INTERESTED PARTIES WHO HAVE SIGNALED THEIR INTENT TO APPLY AND WILL TALK THROUGH THE GOALS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM TO ENSURE THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO.
THEN THE APPLICATION AND SOME OF THE EVALUATION FACTORS FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS INCLUDE ALIGNMENT WITH THE OVERALL PROGRAM GOALS, ANTICIPATED ECONOMIC IMPACT, ANTICIPATED TOURISM IMPACT, WHICH MEANS HEADS AND BEDS, INNOVATION AND UNIQUE OFFERINGS, ANTICIPATED PARTNERSHIPS, COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, MARKETING AND OUTREACH PLANS, BUDGETS, MARKET AND FEASIBILITY DEMAND, AND THE WOW FACTOR.
NEXT, THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO MAKE A FORMAL PITCH TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND WE FEEL THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE TALENTS OF THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ASSIST IN THIS PROCESS.
FINALLY, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND STAFF COUNSEL WILL RECEIVE A PRESENTATION
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AND WILL VOTE ON THE AWARD OF FUNDS.SO HERE ARE SOME OF WHAT APPLICANTS WILL FIND IN THE SMALL PRINT.
THE GRANT WILL FUND UP TO 70% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.
FUNDS ARE MEANT TO BE USED AS SEED MONEY FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, NOT RECURRING APPLICATION AND PROJECT MUST HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT.
THAT IS TO SAY THAT IF THEY ARE PROPOSING SOMETHING IN OR NEAR A NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY NEED TO GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHOW US THAT THEY'VE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORS.
EXTRA CREDIT FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE IN TARGETED GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE MARKET RESEARCH AND BUSINESS CASES.
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY IS REQUIRED AND AUDITED.
APPLICATIONS MUST OUTLINE HOW SUCCESS WILL BE ACHIEVED, AND THE ELIGIBILITY IS FOR NON-PROFITS AND FOR-PROFITS.
THIS IS AN AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE, BUT WE'RE READY AND WE'RE EXCITED TO PILOT THIS PROGRAM AND SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.
WE WANT NEEDLE MOVING PROJECTS, AND WE'RE ANXIOUS FOR FOLKS TO START DREAMING UP WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN BAYTOWN.
THE ACTION WE ARE ASKING FOR TODAY IS TO RESCIND THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS WITH BIG GRANT GUIDELINES.
STAFF WILL BEGIN FORMALIZING THE PROGRAM, AND THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE THIS PROGRAM AT THE DIOCESE WILL BE WHEN WE BRING TO YOU THE FULLY VETTED GRANT APPLICANTS WHO SEEK YOUR AWARD.
WE HOPE TO HAVE PITCHES IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN COUNCIL ADOPTION IN MARCH.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. REEVES? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I KNOW WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND GO OVER ALL OF THE PARAMETERS AND THE WHAT IFS OUT OF THE GRANT, AND I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE DEALING WITH NONPROFITS, IS THEY MAY NOT BE, THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF TRACKING AND, AND GETTING THE DATA TOGETHER, UM, TO MEET THE PARAMETERS, BUT THE FUNDING, UM, THAT THEY REQUEST COULD BE TO HIRE SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THEM.
AND SO I, I THINK THAT WILL ELEVATE THE PROJECT.
UM, AND ALSO MAYBE BRING IN NEW PROJECTS TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW THAT I SERVED ON CDBG FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, AND WE WERE ALWAYS SO EXCITED WHEN WE SAW NEW PROJECTS BECAUSE THE MONEY IS NOT MEANT TO SUSTAIN A PROJECT, UM, GET YOU STARTED, GET YOU GOING, BRING SOMETHING NEW TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S OF BENEFIT TO ALL.
UM, AND SO I LIKE WHERE IT'S GOING AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE USING THE, UH, EDAC, UM, TO WORK ON THIS.
UM, I WILL WAIT TO SEE HOW IT ROLLS OUT, UM, AND PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AT THE TIME.
ALRIGHT, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM.
YOU HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION AND, UM, I REALLY LIKE ALL THE THOUGHT AND THE PROCESS, LIKE THE RUBRIC THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER.
UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, US VOTING TO RESCIND BIG.
WERE THERE ANY, UM, IS THERE ANYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW THAT WAS GOING TO GET THE BIG GRANT AND THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA GET THE BIG GRANT AND NOW WE'RE GONNA RESCIND IT? I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR THE GRANT MM-HMM
HAS BEEN AWARDED THE GRANT PREVIOUSLY.
WE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY LOOMING APPLICATIONS OUT THERE FOR THE BIG GRANT.
IT'S, THERE HAS BEEN A FINE STOP TO THAT AND THE AWARD OF FUNDS FROM THE PREVIOUS PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT.
[e. Consider a resolution repealing and rescinding Resolution Nos. 414, 441, and 459 adopting and revising the Business Improvement Grant Program Policy and Guidelines.]
THE NEXT ITEM I BELIEVE IS FOR THE ACTUAL.SO THAT IS THE ACTION ITEM ASSOCIATED TO THE PRESENTATION, UH, WHAT WAS DESCRIBED FOR, UH, FOR MR. REEVES.
SO ITEM TWO E IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION, REPEALING AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NUMBER NUMBERS OF 4 14, 4 41 AND FOUR 40, EXCUSE ME, 4 59 ADOPTING AND REVISING THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.
AND GUIDELINES SOUGHT ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM TWO E.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? TWO E AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THAT IN JANUARY.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT SECTION OF MINUTES FOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, I DO SEE SOMEONE THAT'S KIND OF HIDING OUT THERE.
I BELIEVE THAT IS, UH, PRE, UH, ONE OF MY PRECES PREDECESSORS, MAYOR DON CARLOS.
SO WE DO WELCOME YOU HERE TODAY.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
[3. MINUTES]
AND SO WE MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, A, B, AND C, WHICH WE CAN TAKE TOGETHER, UH, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UH, FROM SEPTEMBER 12TH, WHICH IS A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN[00:20:01]
MDD AND CITY COUNCIL.SEPTEMBER 16TH, UM, IS CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING, AND SEPTEMBER 26TH IS A WORK SESSION SESSION THAT WAS HELD.
SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS THREE, A, B, AND C, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF THESE MINUTES.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? ALL, IF NOT ALL, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THREE, A, B, AND C IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Recognize the Baytown Fire Department for receiving the 2024 National Award of Excellence, Dick Ferneau Career EMS Service of the Year Award presented by EMS World Expo and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT).]
TO, UH, FOUR A IS TO RECOGNIZE BASED ON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FOR RECEIVING THE 2024 NATIONAL AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE, UH, THE DICK FAREN NEW CAREER EMS SERVICE OF THE YEAR AWARD, PRESENTED BY E BY EMS, WORLD EXPO AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.UH, SO KEITH OPSIN, IF YOU WANNA PREFACE THIS A LITTLE BIT FOR COUNSEL.
THAT WAS A BIT OF A MOUTHFUL, WASN'T IT? YES, IT IS.
UM, SO WE'RE HERE, UM, AND I'M THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE DID RECEIVE THE, THE BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR THE 2024 DICK FERNO CAREER, EMS SERVICE TO THE YEAR AWARD PRESENTED FROM EMS WORLD AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.
WE RECEIVED THIS RECOGNITION ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024 IN LAS VEGAS AT THE WORLD EMS WORLD EXPO.
THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IS PART OF A NATIONAL EMS AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE, WHICH HONORS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AND IT'S BECOME THE GOLD STANDARD IN IN THE PROFESSION.
THE CAREER EMS SERVICE OF THE YEAR AWARD RECOGNIZES DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
UH, SOME OF THE SPECIFICS THAT, UH, WE WERE RECOGNIZED FOR, UH, OFFERING COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND RAISE AWARENESS OF EMS, COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY'S TELECOMMUNICATION CENTER TO BECOME A CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH AGENCY, PARTICIPATING IN RESEARCH INITIATIVES, PROVIDING CAREER ADVANCEMENT AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF, USING QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT METRICS TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS AND OPERATIONS AND PATIENT CARE.
AND PARTICIPATING IN THE CARDIAC ARREST REGISTRY TO ENHANCE SURVIVAL INITIATIVE, ALSO KNOWN AS CARES, WHICH WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SINCE 2008.
AND ONE THING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THE CARES PROGRAM IS THAT WE GET, UM, INFORMATION, PATIENT OUTCOMES, AND SO WE CAN TRACK WHEN WE RUN CARDIAC ARRESTS, UM, WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE.
AND IN 2022, OUR OVERALL SURVIVAL RATING, UH, TO HOSPITAL DISCHARGE, THIS IS CARDIAC ARREST PATIENTS, WHEN WE, WHEN WE GOT TO THEM TO DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL, WAS 24.4%.
IT'S WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AT THE TIME, WHICH WAS 9.3%.
AND SO, UM, VERY SIGNIFICANT, UH, NUMBER, WE ARE INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLY HONORED TO RECEIVE THE CAREER EMS SERVICE OF THE YEAR AWARD.
UH, THIS RECOGNITION REFLECTS THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, AND OF COURSE, THESE AMAZING FOLKS BEHIND ME.
AND, UH, WE WILL REMAIN COMMITTED TO SERVING AND CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITY WITH INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND EXCELLENCE.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO BRING THEM UP AND GET A PICTURE, UM, IF WE COULD WITH OUR PLAQUE.
SO, UH, WE CAN GET COUNSEL ALL DOWN ALSO FOR THE PICTURE QUOTA BEHIND.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY GOOD AWARD, CERTAINLY RECOGNIZING, UH, OUR EMERGENCY
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SERVICE PERSONNEL.AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY DO, A REMARKABLE JOB FOR OUR CITIZENS AND, AND THE AMOUNT OF CAPABILITIES THEY HAVE IN THEIR MOBILE UNITS IS, I MEAN, IT, IT WAS REALLY, UM, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
BUT WHEN WE HAD A CHANCE TO GO AND, AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE THERE AND WHAT THEY WANNA BRING FOR OUR CITIZENS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN SAVE LIVES IN BAYTOWN.
AND SO, UM, THIS AWARD IS, IS ALMOST NO SURPRISE, BUT IT'S A, IT'S CERTAINLY A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
AND I ASKED IF, UH, THE FIRE CHIEF TO SWALLOW THIS.
SO THIS IS, EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT HAS EMS IN, IN OUR COUNTRY IN A SENSE WAS, WAS IN COMPETITION FOR THIS AWARD.
AND, AND WE ARE THE ONE WHO WON IT.
SO WE ARE CERTAINLY PROUD OF OF THEM.
[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 103.8 acres located at the southwestern corner of Interstate Highway 10 and Garth Road, at 5000 E IH 10 from Mixed Use Neighborhood (MUN) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) Zoning District.]
NEXT WE HAVE ITEM FIVE A.UM, WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT CONDUCT SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS, ALWAYS OUR FAVORITE.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS 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 HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.
EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS HEARING.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU'RE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.
AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THOSE QUESTIONS TO ME.
SO IT IS NOW SEVEN O'CLOCK ON THE DOT AND I, I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 103.8 ACRES LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF INTERSTATE, UM, 10 AND GARTH ROAD AT 5,000 EAST, UH, HIGHWAY 10 INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY.
UM, YEAH, I GUESS IT'S INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 FROM MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING DISTRICT.
SO, UH, RYAN, IF YOU CAN SUMMARIZE, UH, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR THE RECORD, RYAN VILE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, IS A REQUEST, UH, FOR, UH, THE APPROVAL OF A REZONING, UH, FROM MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS APPROVAL OF A DETAILED PLAN AND ASSOCIATED, UH, PLAN UNIT REGULATION, UH, UH, PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, UH, FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF A PROPOSED MIX OF RETAIL, COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT AND MULTIFAMILY USES.
SO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION HERE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF INTERSTATE 10 AND GARTH ROAD, THE FORMER SAN JACINTO MALL SITE.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 103.8 ACRES.
UM, THE CURRENT ZONING OR, UH, THE ZONING THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT ACTUALLY AS A OF JANUARY, JANUARY 1ST, 2025 IS, UH, MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THE FORMER ZONING, UH, UNDER THE OLD, UH, ZONING CODE WAS LIVABLE CENTER, AND THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT HERE IN A SECOND.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UH, CALLS FOR THIS AREA TO BE OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I'LL ACTUALLY GO BACK HERE FOR A SECOND.
UM, SO THE REASONING, UH, FOR THIS PLAY VIEW DEVELOPMENT, UM, IS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
UH, THE FIRST IS THAT THE CURRENT LIVABLE CENTER ZONING DISTRICT DOES REQUIRE A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR ANY DWELLING UNIT, UH, THAT IS, UH, WITHIN THAT ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, FURTHERMORE, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A COUPLE OF DEVIATIONS FROM THE ORDINANCE, UM, IN, UH, REGARDS TO SETBACK, UH, STREET SCAPE AND SIGNAGE REGULATIONS.
SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE IS THE CLOUD SET PLAN.
UM, IN YOUR, UH, IN THE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENT, IT IS SEED IN EXHIBIT C.
UM, THIS IS, UH, WHAT YOU SEE TOWARDS THE, UM, CLOSER TO GARTH ROAD WOULD BE, UH, WHAT THEY'RE CALLING MORE OF A PHASE ONE.
SO THAT IS GOING TO BE THE MIXTURE OF THE COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT, UM, RETAIL AND POTENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT SPACES.
UH, SO I'LL KIND OF WALK THROUGH REAL QUICK.
SO WHAT YOU SEE CLOSER TO GARTH ROAD WOULD BE, UM, THE SMALLER OUT LOTS, WHICH WOULD BE A MIXTURE OF, UH, RESTAURANTS, UH, SMALL RETAIL.
UH, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN THERE IS THAT PELLET AND GREEN, UH, KIND OF GATHERING SPACE, UH, THAT, UH, I'LL SHOW YOU A QUICK REDIG OF HERE IN A SECOND.
UM, AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE, UH, CLOSER TO THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS, UH, UM, A MIXTURE OF, UH, LARGER, UH, RETAIL PADS, UH, WITH A LARGE ANCHOR, UM, ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID COME OUT OF THE PLA AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS A, UH, CONCERN REGARDING THE LACK OF DETAIL IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AREA OF THE, UH, THE PLAN.
UM, IF COUNSEL DOES SHARE SIMILAR CONCERNS, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND, UM, THAT COUNSEL, UH, APPROVE THE REZONING THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS THE DETAIL PLAN AND PROPOSED REGULATIONS, UH, PRESENTED IN, UM, UH, IN, IN YOUR PACKET,
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UH, WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE DETAIL PLAN, UH, WHICH WOULD BE KNOWN AS EXHIBIT C IN THE PUD DOCUMENT, IS AMENDED TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, UH, PRIOR TO ANY STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.UM, SO THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THEM TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, DEVELOPING, UH, THE PLANS THAT THEY NEED FOR, FOR THIS PROJECT AND NOT DELAYING THEM, UM, BUT WOULD ALLOW FOR, UM, AGAIN, FOR, UH, SOME MORE DETAIL.
UH, ONCE, UH, ONCE THAT, UH, HAPPENS, UM, THEY HAVE ALREADY, IT, IT WITHIN THEIR, THE REGULATIONS, THEY DO ALREADY SPEAK ABOUT, UM, MULTIFAMILY AND SOME OF THE OTHER USES THAT MAY BE ENVISIONED FOR THAT AREA.
UM, SO STAFF DOES NOT AT THIS TIME ENVISION THE NEED, UH, IN THE FUTURE TO REOPEN THOSE REGULATIONS.
UM, BUT WHAT STAFF WOULD ASK FOR, UM, WOULD BE FOR THEM TO COME BACK THROUGH PLA AGAINST
UH, SO HERE REAL QUICK ARE JUST A COUPLE OF RENDERINGS.
UM, SO THIS IS, AGAIN, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF SHOWS THE GENERAL RENDERINGS OF THE PROPERTY, UM, AND THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER THAT YOU, UH, UM, THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.
UM, AGAIN, OF COURSE IT WOULD BE A COASTAL THEME, UM, AND YOU COULD SEE THE PELICAN GREEN THERE WITH, UH, UH, RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS KIND OF OPENING OUT ONTO THE GREEN.
AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE IN THE BACKGROUND WOULD BE, UH, MORE OF THE TRADITIONAL, UH, LARGER, UH, RETAIL SPACES.
UM, HERE IS A, A CLOSER LOOK AT, UM, SOME OF THOSE, UH, PROPOSED.
AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, JUST A PROPOSAL OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND, AND MATERIALS, AGAIN, THE CHARACTER THAT YOU SEE, UM, WITH, UH, KIND OF THE COASTAL THEME.
UM, INCREASED LANDSCAPING, UH, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
UM, SO THE LAST THING I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT REAL QUICK IS THE SIGNAGE PLAN.
UM, AS YOU COULD SEE HERE ON THE SI, UH, THE SITE, BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NATURE OF THE, THE PROPERTY, UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING, UH, QUITE A BIT OF SIGNAGE, UM, STAFF HAS EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN REGARDING THE HEIGHT AND NUMBER OF THE SIGNS ALONG I 10 AND GARTH ROAD.
HOWEVER, PLANNING IS ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PUD INCLUDING THE SIGN, UH, PLAN AS PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN.
UM, AND THE APPLICANT, UH, UH, CATHERINE PARKER FROM META PLANNING AND DESIGN IS HERE, UM, WITH A PRE BRIEF BRIEF PRESENTATION.
AND STAFF IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE.
WE'RE NOT ONTO FIVE B YET, CORRECT? WE'RE STILL ON FIVE A, CORRECT.
SO I JUST WANNA, LET ME ASK, IS ANYONE SIGNED? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, BUT HAS, NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
I'M CATHERINE PARKER WITH META PLANNING AND DESIGN, AND WE, UM, DRAFTED THE PUD DOCUMENT FOR THIS APPLICATION.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH IT, I'LL, UH, GO BRIEFLY THROUGH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT RYAN ALREADY WENT THROUGH, BUT GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON SOME OF IT.
UM, SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE, THE LOCATION IS THE OLD SANTO MALL.
UM, AND HERE'S THE SITE PLAN THAT RYAN WALKED YOU THROUGH.
UM, I JUST KIND OF WANNA HIT ON SOME OF THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED, UM, IN THE PUD BECAUSE AS, AS RYAN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME THINGS THAT ARE, ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE CODE REQUIRES, BUT AS PART OF THAT, WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING SOME THINGS THAT GIVE YOU GUYS SOME ASSURANCE ON THE QUALITY AND THE, THE CHARACTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO WITH THAT, WE ARE PROVIDING, UM, IN THE DOCUMENT THE SPECIFIC SETBACKS, LOT COVERAGE PROHIBITED AND PERMITTED USES.
WE ADDRESS THE STREET SCAPE, UM, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, AS WELL AS SOME ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTICS.
THIS INCLUDES SOME ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR ANY DEVELOPMENTAL ON GARTH ROAD.
UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS HEARD WAS ABOUT ANY BUILDINGS THAT MAY BACK TO GARTH ROAD.
AND SO THERE WERE SOME REGULATIONS INCORPORATED THAT WOULD ENSURE THE LEVEL OF, UM, ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS ON THOSE THAT IT WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE THE BACK OF A BUILDING AND HAVE ALL THE UTILITIES AND, AND JUST NOT HAVE THE, NOT BE AS AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
SO THERE'S SOME REGULATIONS TO ENSURE THAT QUALITY AS WELL AS SCREENING FOR DUMPSTERS OR SOME OF THOSE OTHER ITEMS THAT MAY BACK TO THAT, THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE DEVELOPER AS MUCH AS IT IS THE CITY, THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GONNA BE A, A SHOWCASE FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
SO THEY'RE HAPPY TO INCORPORATE THOSE TYPES OF REGULATIONS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, SOME EXHIBITS THAT WE WILL SHOW YOU, SOME OF HERE ALSO THAT INC THAT TALK ABOUT THE MATERIALS AND THE COLOR SCHEME AND ALL OF THAT, THAT WILL BE USED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA MAKE SURE IS CLEAR IS THAT THE, THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE DEVELOPED WITHIN THIS PUD WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE FOLLOWED ON ALL DEVELOPMENT, BOTH WHAT'S SHOWN IN THE CURRENT SITE PLAN AS WELL AS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOT A FINALIZED SITE PLAN ON THAT PORTION, AND THERE'S STILL SOME, UM, FLEX AS FAR AS WHAT THE USES ARE, THE QUALITY,
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THE AESTHETIC, ALL OF THAT WOULD STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT.AND THAT'S THE GOAL, IS TO GIVE YOU GUYS THAT ASSURANCE OF WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE AT COMPLETION.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN HERE, SOME IN, UM, RESPONSE TO COMMENTS AND SOME JUST AGAIN, TO ENSURE A HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT ARE, UM, PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION, ESPECIALLY WITH THINGS LIKE THE PELICAN GREEN, WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE, UM, A SMALLER SCALE RETAIL AREA THAT'S GONNA BE A, A PLAZA OPEN, UM, SPACE AREA.
AND YOU WANNA HAVE THAT WALKABILITY THROUGH THERE AS WELL AS TO SOME OF THE LARGER, UM, COMMERCIAL IN THE REAR.
WE'VE ALSO, UM, PUT IN A, A STATEMENT THAT THERE'LL BE BIKE RACKS PROVIDED.
SO TO START PROVIDING, UM, SOME TRAFFIC, NOT JUST, UH, VEHICULAR.
THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER MODIFICATIONS THAT WE WANNA PROPOSE FOR SOME OF THE LARGER TENANTS.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS FOR, UM, USES OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
AND JUST TO HAVE SOME, UM, ALLOWANCES FOR, UH, CHANGES ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS THAT WOULD BE EVALUATED BY STAFF FOR THINGS THAT MAY BE ADJACENT TO COMPATIBLE USES.
NOT SOMETHING THAT FACES MULTIFAMILY OR RESIDENCES OR RIGHT OF WAYS, UM, BUT IF IT'S LIKE A BACK OF A BUILDING TO A BACK OF A BUILDING THAT THERE MAY BE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, SAME ON DUMPSTERS, IF THEY'RE NOT FACING PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OR ANYTHING VISIBLE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THAT.
SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OTHER MODIFICATIONS, UM, THAT WE HAD PRO, UH, REQUESTED TO GET INTO THE PHASING.
UM, AS LAID OUT RIGHT NOW IS PHASE ONE.
PHASE TWO WOULD BE FOR FUTURE USES.
THAT AGAIN, WOULD BE IN LINE WITH WHAT IS ALLOWED IN THE PUD.
THIS WOULD BE ANYTHING COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, UM, ENTERTAINMENT, MULTIFAMILY.
SO A VARIETY OF OF USES COULD GO THERE.
IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THAT'S GONNA BE ALL ONE USE.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST, THOSE ARE THE, THE TENANTS THAT AREN'T, UM, AS PLANNED OUT AT THIS POINT.
BUT IT WOULD FOLLOW ALL THE OTHER STANDARDS.
AND THAT'S THE THING I WANNA KEEP ENFORCING THIS, IS, THIS IS THE GUIDELINES FOR THE ENTIRE TRACT, UM, AND THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADHERED TO UNLESS THEY CAME IN FRONT OF YOU TO REQUEST A CHANGE TO THOSE.
ONE OF THE, UM, ITEMS THAT WE DID INCORPORATE IN THIS DOCUMENT WAS THAT THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST 250,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BEFORE ANY MULTIFAMILY.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THAT INITIAL COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL COMPONENT, UM, THAT DRIVES THIS BEFORE ANY MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT WOULD COME IN.
HERE'S SOME, UH, CROSS SECTIONS OF THE PROPOSED, UM, ROADS THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS SHOWING THE SIDEWALKS, THE, UM, JUST THE SETBACKS.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE STREET SCAPE WHERE, UM, YOU'D HAVE THE BUILDINGS UP FRONT KIND OF CREATING THAT SMALLER PEDESTRIAN FEEL.
THIS SHOWS ALL THE, UM, PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
SO AS YOU SEE, IT GOES THROUGH THE WHOLE TRACK AND THE PERIMETER OF THE TRACK TO HELP PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF CIRCULATION THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AND TO THE ADJACENT AREAS.
THIS IS A BLOWUP OF THE PELICAN GREEN AND THE, UM, UNIQUE NATURE OF THIS.
AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU, I KNOW YOU SAW ONE RENDERING, BUT HERE'S SOME MORE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE IDEA OF THAT AREA.
IT'S GONNA OBVIOUSLY BE, UM, A REALLY UNIQUE AREA THAT WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GATHERING, FOR EVENTS FOR, UM, OUTDOOR MARKETS.
ALL THE RESTAURANTS WILL OPEN OUT TO IT.
THIS WILL BE A LOT OF RESTAURANTS AND, AND SMALLER RETAIL BUSINESSES.
UM, BUT THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE.
UH, AND THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A, A FOCAL POINT OF THIS PROJECT.
HERE'S ANOTHER RENDERING OF, UM, WHAT THAT FEEL WOULD BE.
AND THEN YOUR MORE TRADITIONAL RETAIL COMPONENT THAT'S ALSO INCORPORATED IN THIS.
THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE SOME OF THE INSPIRATION FOR THE AESTHETIC OF THE PROJECT, UM, AND SOME OF THE, THE MATERIALS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE SIGNAGE, UH, RYAN STARTED TO HIT ON THIS.
UH, AS HE MENTIONED THERE, THERE IS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE SIGNAGE PACKAGE.
PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TENANTS AND THEY ALL NEED TO HAVE THEIR SIGNAGE, UM, VISIBLE FOR ANYONE.
THE WAY THIS IS DESIGNED, NOT EVERY BUSINESS AND, AND UM, SPACE IS GONNA BE RIGHT ALONG ONE OF THE ROADWAYS.
SOME ARE INTERNAL, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL THE TENANTS HAVE SIGNAGE ALLOCATED FOR THEM.
AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT PUT INTO HOW BEST TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S FOR ANY FUTURE IN PHASE TWO ALSO.
UM, AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S A HIERARCHY OF SIGNAGE.
THERE'S THE 80 FOOT PROPOSED PYLON SIGNS, WHICH ARE THE SAME AS WHAT THE EXISTING SIGN FOR THE MALL IS, IS 80 FOOT ALONG I 10.
AND THEN GOING DOWN FROM THERE, THERE'S SOME 60 FOOT SIGNS, UM, 42 FOOT SIGNS.
AND THEN MORE INTERNAL IS YOUR SMALLER, UM, MONUMENT SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
AND SO THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS YOU ALL THE GROUND MONUMENT SIGNS AND PILOT SIGNS THAT
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WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THIS IS BEING PRESENTED AS A SINGLE COHESIVE PROJECT.THEY WILL ALL HAVE THE SAME, UM, AESTHETIC.
THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE OR WOULD MATCH THE, THE BUILDINGS AND THE OTHER ARCHITECTURAL, UM, MATERIALS USED.
AND SO IT'S AGAIN, GIVING YOU GUYS THAT IDEA OF THIS IS WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE.
UM, THERE'S NOT ANY UNCERTAINTY.
THE IMAGES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN SHOW RENDERINGS OF THEM IF THEY WERE IN PLACE.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN RELATION TO OTHER SIGNAGE IN THE AREA, UM, EXITING OFF OF THE HIGHWAY.
YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE IT IN IN THIS SIZE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF, UM, PROPORTION, ESPECIALLY AT THE SPEED OF THE HIGHWAY.
AND WITH, AGAIN, WITH ADJACENT SIGNAGE THAT'S, UM, EXISTING TODAY HERE WE HAVE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR MORE OF A LANDMARK TYPE SIGN, UM, THAT WOULD BE AT THE CORNER OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS WAS SOMETHING AGAIN, IN, IN RESPONSE TO SOME FEEDBACK, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT AS MUCH AS THIS PROJECT IS KIND OF A, UM, A LANDMARK, THAT WE ALSO HAVE SOME SIGNAGE THAT IS UNIQUE TO IT TOO, AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, REALLY MAKE THIS PROJECT, UM, SEEN AND HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY ALSO.
SO AGAIN, JUST SOME MORE OF THE SIGNAGE.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE SAME, UM, APPEARANCE OF ALL THE SIGNS.
IT WOULD BE COHESIVE THROUGHOUT FOR BOTH PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.
UM, THERE WAS A GROUNDBREAKING EARLIER IN OCTOBER, SO HERE'S SOME IMAGES OF THAT.
I KNOW THAT THAT WAS, UM, SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING FOR ANYONE WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS PRODUCT.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
SO THIS IS GREAT STEP OF IT ACTUALLY COMING, UM, HAPPENING.
AND SO THAT WAS A REALLY EXCITING DAY.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE CONCEPT PLAN.
SO I TRIED TO BREEZE THROUGH THAT.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THOUGH, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
SO WE ARE STILL IN THE PUBLIC, UM, COMMENT PERIOD OR COMMENT ITEM.
SO WHAT I'LL, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'M GONNA CLOSE THIS AND WE'RE, I'M SURE GOING WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE MORE DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, SO NO ONE HAS, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO I'LL NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST, UH, TO AMEND THE OFFICIALS ZONING MAP TO REZONE THE 103.8 ACRES LOCATED AT SOUTHWESTERN SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE INTERSTATE HIGH 10 I 10 GAR ROAD KNOWN AS 5,000 EAST INTERSTATE I 10 FROM MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD TO, UH, PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.
[b. Consider an ordinance for the approval of a Detail Plan and to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 103.8 acres located at the southwestern corner of Interstate Highway 10 and Garth Road, at 5000 E IH 10 from Mixed Use Neighborhood (MUN) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) Zoning District.]
MOVE ON TO ITEM, UH, FIVE B.UM, AND THAT'S FOR THAT WE WILL CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE FOR THAT.
BUT I'M GONNA OPEN THIS FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, SO YOU DID HEAR KIND OF, UM, THE, A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE, THE PUT, I KNOW THERE'S SOME TEXTS THAT WE, THAT, THAT YOU MAY HAVE SOME, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT IN THE PUT ITSELF.
SO KIND, JUST WANNA OPEN IT UP THERE.
UH, THERE MAY, MAY MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR FOR ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM.
UM, BUT I, WHAT I WILL SAY IS HERE WE ARE, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME, LONG JOURNEY FOR ME, 20 YEARS.
UH, AND NOW IT'S AT THE END OF SIGNAGE AND, AND SOME PARTICULAR THINGS.
UH, WHAT I'LL REMIND COUNSEL ON IS THAT, UH, MANY TIMES BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY FOR US TO PROVIDE THUMB BUILDING REGULATIONS AND, AND OTHER THINGS THAT, UH, WE NO LONGER HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO ENFORCE, UM, STAFF, LIKE MANY TIMES WE, WE DO TRY TO GUIDE DEVELOPERS TO A PUD AND THAT'S SO THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITIZENS, WHAT'S BEST FOR DEVELOPERS, SO THEY CAN, EVERYONE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THEY'RE MEETING THAT REQUEST, RIGHT? AND SO HERE WE ARE.
I KNOW THERE MAY BE CONCERNS, UH, SOME CONCERNS FROM COUNSEL, AND SO I WANNA WORK THROUGH THOSE AS WE CAN.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY, UM, I GUESS ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OR ISSUES.
SO WITH THAT, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST, I'M GOOD.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, UH, I, I HAVE NO, THE, THE PROBLEM WITH THE PHASE FIRST, PART OF THE PHASE, UM, SOMETHING YOU SAID ABOUT THE FUTURE PHASING, I'M JUST GONNA GO RIGHT INTO IT.
UM, MY ONLY ISSUE IS THAT THE PUD COVERS BOTH, BOTH PHASES AND MY ONLY, MY ONLY SUGGESTION IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE THE PUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PHASE AND THEN, AND FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THEY COULD COME BACK FOR A SEPARATE PUD.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY, THAT'S THE ONLY BUGABOO AND THAT I, I'LL EXPRESS THAT AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT.
SO OTHERWISE, UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED, UM, ABOUT THIS GETTING OFF THE GROUND.
UM, AND UH, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT TO MY COLLEAGUES TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AS WELL.
UM, THANK YOU RYAN, UM, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN, BUT IF I HEARD CORRECTLY, UM, THEY WILL STILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO STAFF, UM, TO WORK OUT
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DETAILS FOR THE MULTI MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT THAT, SO THEY WILL NOT NO.AS, AS, AS IT IS WRITTEN OUT, UM, WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, CONDITIONS PLACED BY, UH, THE COUNCIL.
UM, THIS PUD WOULD COVER EVERYTHING.
I THINK SHE'S MENTIONING YOUR CONDITION THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
IF, IF, IF COUNSEL DID ADOPT, UH, THE CONDITION THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, YES, THEY, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO ONLY COME BACK TO STAFF.
THEY WOULD ACTUALLY NEED TO COME BACK BEFORE PLANNING A ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL MM-HMM
UM, THEY, THE DOCUMENT THOUGH, DOES ALREADY INCLUDE REGULATIONS.
UM, IF YOU READ IN THERE, IT TALKS ABOUT MULTIFAMILY AND SOME OF THE OTHER USES.
UM, IT ALREADY TALKS ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THE ONLY THING WE WOULD BE REQUESTING WOULD BE, UM, FOR THEM TO COME BACK, UH, FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROVAL ONCE THEY HAVE A, A, A BETTER, UH, CONCEPT PLAN FOR THAT SECOND PHASE.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO, TO POINT OUT, THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE JUST A BLANKET.
THEY'RE GONNA DO THE PHASE ONE AND THEN THEY'RE JUST GONNA PUT UP THE MULTIFAMILY ON THEIR OWN.
THEY STILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND, AND WORK WITH Y'ALL ON WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
AND SO I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT.
UM, I KNOW THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING.
UM, I DID WATCH THE PNC MEETING.
UM, I USUALLY NOT TRY, I I TRY NOT TO GO IN PERSON BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW WHAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GONNA BE THERE.
AND I'D HATE TO HAVE A, A QUORUM THERE, BUT I DID WATCH IT AFTERWARDS AND I HEARD ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
AND, UM, YES, WE DO WANT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, BUT I THINK THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DILIGENT IN THIS.
UM, AND, AND I, I FEEL THAT WE DO NEED TO GET THIS PROJECT MOVING, UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO START BREAKING GROUND.
AND, UM, IF THE SIGNS IS WHAT'S GONNA DO IT FOR THEM, THEN, UM, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I DO NOT WANT A PROLIFERATION OF SIGNS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH Y'ALL COMPARING IT TO KROGER AND HEB AND ALL OF THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROJECT, THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF, UM, PROJECT AND QUALITY THAT WE WANTED TO SEE IN THIS PROJECT.
UM, HOWEVER, I, I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE HOLD UP.
AND I, I DO WANT FIDELIS TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD AND NOT HOLD BACK BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T GIVE THEM THE SIGNS THAT THEY WANTED.
AND I JUST HOPE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, IN, IN BUILDING SOMETHING TO THE QUALITY THAT, THAT WE NEED.
SO THOSE ARE, I, I DO WANT TO ADD SOMETHING JUST FOR THE RECORD.
UM, TH THERE, THERE IS NOTHING PROHIBITING THEM FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE WITH THE CURRENT ZONING AS IS IN PLACE NOW.
UM, THE ONLY REASON, AGAIN, FOR THE PUD WAS BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL, UM, REQUEST FOR SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE AND SOME SETBACK, UM, UM, DEVIATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, BUT YEAH, OUR ZONING WOULD ALLOW FOR THEM TO, TO COME IN TOMORROW AND PULL PERMITS.
BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE OF, I THINK THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THIS PROJECT AND ITS LOCATION MM-HMM
UM, YOU KNOW, PUD, UM, IS WAS, WAS THE BEST, UH, ROUTE AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE MM-HMM
FIDELIS AND, AND META REALLY WORKING WITH US, UM, THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY QUICK BUT, UH, VERY, UH, PAINSTAKING EFFORT OVER THE LAST ABOUT THREE MONTHS, UM, TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.
I AM A LITTLE CAUTIOUS OF JUST UTILIZING CHAINLINK ON SOME OF THE DUMP DUMPSTERS BECAUSE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY WE HAVE HAD ISSUES OF OTHER PEOPLE COMING IN AND DUMPING AND THEM NOT BEING MAINTAINED.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THAT THE STORE OWNERS AND THOSE THAT MOVE IN WILL KEEP AN EYE ON, SO, OKAY.
NOW, ONLY THING I, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR CONCERN, BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, I'M GLAD YOU MADE THAT CLEAR THAT, THAT BASICALLY, THIS WAS ALMOST A VOLUNTARY ON THE FIDEL'S BE BEHALF ON, ON THEIR PART OF ENTERING INTO THE PUD.
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR THIS OVER AND OVER.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK Y'ALL PUT INTO THIS.
BUT, UM, I THINK WHAT I NEED CLARITY ON IS I, ALL OF US WANT THINGS TO MOVE QUICKLY QUICKER.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THE PHASE TWO.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TO THE CITIZENS AND THE CITY TO INCLUDE A PHASE TWO IN THIS PUD WITH PHASE ONE? THAT'S THE PART THAT I'M, I'M NOT ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER.
SO THE, THE INCLUSION OF THAT ALLOWS FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE THE SAME COHESIVE NATURE, THE SAME MATERIALS, THE SAME SIGNAGE.
IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE IT'S ONE PROJECT.
IT'LL BE DEVELOPED IN PHASES JUST BECAUSE OF, UM, THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT.
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BUT BY INCLUDING ALL OF IT IN THE SAME PUD, ALL THE REGULATIONS WOULD APPLY THROUGH THE WHOLE PROJECT.SO EVEN THOUGH SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS DOWN THE LINE, IT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED TO THE SAME STANDARD, UM, AS WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU HERE.
IT'S GONNA LOOK SIMILAR, IT'S GONNA HAVE SIMILAR MATERIALS, LANDSCAPING, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE'RE ENHANCING ON THE SITE WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO BE ENHANCED ON THAT PORTION OF IT TOO.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE DEVELOPER TO HAVE THIS COHESIVE PROJECT, BUT IT ALSO ISN'T, YOU KNOW, A POSITIVE FOR THE CITY TO HAVE THIS ASSURANCE OF WHAT LEVEL OF QUALITY FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, THE REASON FOR IT NOT HAVING A FULL SITE PLAN AT THIS POINT IS BECAUSE THERE IS STILL SOME MOVEMENT ON LIKE, WHAT WILL IT ACTUALLY GO INTO THAT PROPERTY? BUT THE DEVELOPER IS, IS SAYING THAT WE STILL PLEDGE TO DEVELOP IT TO THE SAME QUALITY AS WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING HERE.
AND SO IT GIVES, IT GIVES THE UNDERSTANDING TO EVERYONE OF WHAT ULTIMATELY THE EXPECTATION IS ON ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PROPERTY.
IT WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE, THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, LIKE RYAN MENTIONED, THERE'S THE BASE ZONING THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT WHAT WE'RE INCLUDING IN THIS DOCUMENT IS THINGS THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS OR ADDRESS THINGS IN A MORE UNIQUE NATURE THAT ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE, UM, GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN SOME AREAS.
AND TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP TOO TO IT IS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE A GIVE AND TAKE.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE IN A, IN A, IN ABOVE WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED JUST BY THE BASE ZONING.
AND SO THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE ON PHASE TWO.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU MADE SENSE, BUT IT, IT DOESN'T REALLY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO OUT AND MR. I HAVE MORE FOR YOU IF, IF YOU WANT, IT'S ALSO PART OF THE CITY'S PIECE, RIGHT? SO THE CITY IS ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT WHERE WE ARE BUILDING ROADS THROUGH THE PROJECT, AND IN, IN AN EFFORT TO PLAN FOR, UH, A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PROPOSED FOR SAN JACINTO, UH, THE SAN JACINTO AREA, THE CITY IS ALSO INVOLVED WITH CONSTRUCTION ASPECTS THAT INVOLVE THE ENTIRE SAN JACINTO AREA.
WE PLAN TO BUILD EAST, WEST ROADS AND WE PLAN TO, UH, WORK WITH DRAINAGE AND A FEW OTHER PIECES, UH, WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND SO IF WE ONLY DID IT FOR THE PHASE ONE RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION PIECE FOR PHASE ONE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO START A WHOLE NOTHER A NEGOTIATION PROCESS WITH PHASE TWO AND BE ABLE, SINCE THE ROADS GO EAST, WEST, WEST WITH PURCHASING MATERIALS FOR THE ROADS, WELL JUST THE WHOLE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION IN AND OF ITSELF.
RIGHT? AND SO BECAUSE THIS IS INVOLVED WITH THE TURS, WITH THE CITY, WITH FIDELIS, WE ARE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY ASKED FOR THIS P TO HAPPEN.
AS, AS RYAN MENTIONED, FIDELIS COULD HAVE CAME IN AND JUST BUILT THE, UH, WHOLE FACILITY, THE, THE RETAIL PORTION OF THE FACILITY BY THEM.
THEY COULD HAVE JUST CAME IN THERE AND DONE THAT.
WE SAID, HOLD ON, WE NEED TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, BUILD WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, TO THE WEST OF THIS PROPERTY AND, AND DO ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA GO IN THERE.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES THAT HAVE TO BE PLANNED FOR.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE, THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY, WE ARE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT NOW.
WE KNEW ONCE WE OPENED UP THE PUD, THERE WAS GONNA BE A GIVE AND TAKE.
WE KNEW THAT FIDELIS WOULD START ASKING FOR THE MULTIFAMILY ASPECT.
WE, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND PARTIAL MONEY HERE, WASTE A LOT MORE MONEY AND TIME OPENING UP ANOTHER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION WHEN, WHEN WE WOULD ALREADY BE CAPTURED AT THAT POINT.
IF PHASE ONE WAS DONE BY ITSELF, WE WOULD BE BEHOLDEN TO THEM ON WHAT THE PRICE IS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WHEN WE GOT INTO PHASE TWO.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT THIS AS A, AS A WHOLE PICTURE, IF THAT'S JUST MORE CONTEXT TO THE SITUATION.
I'M JUST A QUESTION, AGAIN, EXCITED ABOUT THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS.
WE'VE WAITED LONG ENOUGH AND YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE MORE DISCUSSIONS WHEN IT COMES TO PHASE TWO.
AND, UM, I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS FAR AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID, YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE WILL BENEFIT FROM PHASE TWO BEING PART OF THIS PUTT? CORRECT.
UM, I CAN ACCEPT THAT ANSWER, SO THANK YOU BOTH.
UM, THE SECOND THING IS WE, UH, I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT.
UM, LAURA MENTIONED, UM, THERE BEING A COMPARISON AT PNZ TO KROGER AND HEB.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE WHOLE AUDIENCE KNEW WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT, BUT IT WAS AT THE P AND Z MEETING.
I DID HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OF CITIZENS REACH OUT TO ME, AND THERE, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN, AND THIS IS FOR STAFF, UM, THAT IN THE PUD THE, THE PIECE ABOUT THE SIGNS AND, AND WHAT'S GONNA BE APPROVED FOR THAT, THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVED WHAT FIDELIS THEY WANTED, WHAT FIDELIS WAS REQUESTING,
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NOT WHAT STAFF APPROVED.AND, UM, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAID.
SO I WANTED YOU TO, UM, GO BACK OVER THAT AGAIN FOR ME, PLEASE.
SO, UM, REWINDING BACK, UH, TO SEPTEMBER ON THIS, UM, THIS HAS BEEN A NEGOTIATION BACK AND FORTH.
AND SO, UM, INITIALLY, UM, FIDELIS WAS, WAS ASKING FOR, UM, SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS THREE, UH, 80 FOOT SIGNS ALONG I 10 MM-HMM
UM, AND, AND SOME OTHER THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
UM, STAFF, UH, WE CAME BACK AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO PARE THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
THEY CAME BACK TO US AND SAID, BECAUSE OF, OF THEIR NEEDS AND EVERYTHING, UM, THAT THEY, UH, REALLY NEEDED IT.
WHAT THEY ADDED THOUGH WAS THAT 60 FOOT KIND OF LANDMARK SIGN, UM, AGAIN, TO KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, BOOKMARK THE, THE PROJECT AS, AS A LANDMARK IN THE CITY.
UM, AND SO, UM, STAFF DOES, DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS STILL ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A TWO 80 FOOT SIGNS AND A 60 FOOT SIGN ALONG, UM, ALONG, UH, I I 10, UM, WE, OUR PROPOSAL BACK TO THEM AND WHAT WE PRESENTED TO PNC WAS THAT, UM, THERE WOULD BE, UH, TWO, UH, 60 FOOT SIGNS AND AN 80 FOOT SIGN KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE.
SO YOU'D HAVE A 60 FOOT SIGN AT THE NORTHERN END OF, OR I'M SORRY, NOT THE NORTHERN, THE WESTERN END OF THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE EASTERN END OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN WHERE THE EXISTING SAN JACINTO MALL SIGN IS, THAT WOULD BE AN 80 FOOT SIGN, UM, WHICH WOULD BE IN CHARACTER WITH WHAT THE SIGN THAT IS IS THERE.
UM, NOW ALONG GARTH ROAD, UM, THEY PROPOSED 3 42 AND A HALF FOOT SIGNS, WHICH AGAIN, FOR SOME CONTEXT IS THE SIZE OF THE MAIN KROGER, UM, MARKETPLACE, UH, SIGN THERE ALONG GAR ROAD THAT IS A 42 FOOT SIGN.
UM, WE, UH, WE CAME BACK TO THEM AND SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, TWO 40, UH, 2 42 FOOT SIGNS AND A, UH, 30 FOOT SIGN.
UH, THAT WAS WHAT WE PRESENTED TO PNZ.
UM, AND, AND WHAT PNZ ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED WAS, UM, WITH WHAT YOU SEE, UM, HERE, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, THE TWO 80 FOOT SIGNS ALONG I 10, THE 60 FOOT, UM, SIGN AS WELL ALONG I 10, AND THEN 3 42 AND A HALF FOOT SIGNS ALONG, WHICH IS ORIGINALLY WHAT FIDELIS ASKED FOR.
UH, IT'S, IT WAS THEIR KIND OF THEIR SECOND PROPOSAL, THEIR INITIAL PROPOSAL, UM, HAD SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF WORK BACK AND FORTH TO, TO NARROW THE SCOPE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO IN THIS PUD THAT Y'ALL ARE ASKING US TO APPROVE TONIGHT, IS THIS WHAT PNZ VOTED ON AND APPROVED? YES.
ALRIGHT, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SIDE OF THE TABLE, THE BIAS.
SO I'VE BEEN WORKING, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE NEW ULDC, KIND OF GETTING INTO THAT PART, SO I KNOW THIS IS COMING FROM MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO TO TO THE PLAN UNION DEVELOPMENT.
MY, MY BIGGEST CONCERN OF COURSE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE APARTMENT ASPECT OF IT AND, AND, AND THE GUARD STYLE.
I, I'M NOT A FAN OF GARDEN STYLE.
I'M NOT A FAN OF GARDEN STYLE.
UH, I'M MORE OF A FAN OF, OF A, OF A, UH, MIXED USE WITH THE RETAIL BELOW IN THE, IN THE HOUSES ABOVE.
AND I KNOW THAT'S, IT'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T CHANGE.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S IN MIXED USE.
I BELIEVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE THERE ALREADY FOR THE, THE WAY IT IS ZONED ALREADY.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD APARTMENT THEY'RE NOT MIX.
NO MORE THAN, WAS IT EIGHT UNITS OR SOMETHING? FIVE UNITS.
WE DON'T ACTUALLY ALLOW FOR APARTMENTS IN MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO PART OF THIS PUT, WE COULD, WE COULD ASK THAT A GARDEN STYLE NOT BE ALLOWED MULTIFAMILY, BUT NOT A GARDEN STYLE.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE A GARDEN STYLE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT A GARDEN, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GARDEN STYLE? SO GARDEN STYLE.
SO GARDEN STYLE IS YOUR TYPICAL APARTMENT YOU SEE EVERYWHERE.
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OR MIXED USE.
APARTMENT COMPLEXES WOULD BE RETAIL BELOW, APARTMENTS ABOVE.
IT DOES SHOW THAT IN THEIR, IN THEIR PRESENTATION WHERE THEY HAVE SOME RETAIL AND, AND THEN APARTMENTS ABOVE.
IT'S WHAT YOU WOULD SEE LIKE IN CITY CENTER, KIND OF IN THE HEIGHT AREA, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT I, I NEVER BEEN, I NEVER HAS HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT AS THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY ON THE COMMERCIAL PART BECAUSE OF THE, THE RESIDENTIAL? NO, I THINK IT'S GREAT AS FAR AS THE RETAIL ON THE BOTTOM.
AND, AND I THINK THAT BRINGS A BETTER, BETTER SYNERGY IN THAT AREA.
UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO SEE INSTEAD OF THE GARDEN STYLE.
I DON'T THINK YOUR MIC'S ON, BUT, BUT HOLD ON.
HE'S OPENED UP A WHOLE, A WARM, SORRY.
WE CAN COME BACK AROUND ONCE EVERYBODY ELSE TALKS.
OH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, WE DO ADDRESS THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT IN THE DOCUMENT.
SO AGAIN, IT DOES, IT DOES TALK ABOUT THE, THE DENSITIES AND THE SETBACKS AND SOME OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO WE DO GET INTO WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE.
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TO WHATEVER THE BASE STANDARD IS.SO I, I UNDERSTAND IT'S ON PAGE 11 WHERE IT SAYS YOU, WHERE YOU DO TALK ABOUT GARDEN STYLE OR YOU ALSO MENTIONED THERE ON THE NEXT LEVEL PART MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A RETAIL BELOW IN, IN A, IN, IN RESIDENTIAL ABOVE.
SO IT, IT DOES PROVIDE AN ALLOWANCE TO THAT.
AND I, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE THE GARDEN STYLE TO NOT BE A PART OF THAT.
AND, AND WE'D LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY GIVEN AND I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT, KNOW NATURE OF WHO THE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT, BUT, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE ASSURANCE ON, ON SOME OF THE, THE HIGHER DENSITY, WHICH, WHICH DOES LEAD TO MORE OF THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE REFERRING.
UM, WHEN YOU SAY MIXED USE, UM, AND, UH, LET'S SAY, UH, COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL ON BOTTOM ARE HELPING DEFINE THAT, WOULD THAT BE RETAIL ON THE, LIKE WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU? THE RETAIL WOULD ONLY BE ON THE LONE STAR SIDE AND THE INDEPENDENT SIDE IF IT MM-HMM
DEPENDING ON WHERE IT'S, BUT NOT INTERNALLY BECAUSE THEN YOU START REALLY MESSING WITH PATTERNS, I GUESS, OR YEAH, YOU COULD, YEAH.
BUT I WOULD, IT'D BE SOMETHING WE'D LIKE.
WE NEED TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT, SEE HOW THAT'S GONNA GO.
IN WHAT, WHAT'S ALREADY ZONED THERE AND NOW YOU'RE ASKING US TO ALLOW YOU TO PUT IN MULTIFAMILY.
WELL THEN LET'S PUT SOME, LET, LET'S, LET'S LET, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, WE KNOW WHAT OUR CITIZENS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT.
WE KNOW THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT A LOT OF CERTAIN TYPES OF APARTMENTS.
AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING A, A TOP QUALITY AND, AND I BELIEVE FIDELIS IS TRYING TO BRING HIS TOP QUALITY.
I DO NOT, I DO NOT QUESTION THAT.
THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO DO THAT.
I, I WOULD JUST ASK FOR CLARITY ON A COUPLE THINGS THAT WERE, THAT WERE ASKED AND, AND AND STATED EARLIER.
UM, SO I THINK YOU SAID AS THE PUD IS WRITTEN NOW, THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH PHASE TWO BASICALLY ONCE THEY HIT THE 250,000 SQUARE FEET.
BUT DID YOU SAY STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CHANGING? DO THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO US? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO, TO REVISE IN OUR MOTION TONIGHT? OR WHAT WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS WHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS? UH, WHAT WE HAD MENTIONED WAS WE HAVE, WE HAD HEARD SOME CONCERNS FROM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS WELL AS, UH, FROM SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF DETAIL IN THE PHASE TWO.
AND SO WE WERE, WE WERE JUST PRESENTING AN OPTION.
ONE OPTION WOULD BE THAT THEY COULD COME, UM, WE COULD, YOU COULD PLACE A CONDITION THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THEY COULD DO ANY WORK IN PHASE TWO AND PROVIDE US A DETAILED PLAN.
UM, AGAIN, THOUGH, ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE PUD, UM, WOULD REMAIN, THIS WOULD JUST BE MORE OF, OF HOW ARE, HOW IS THE, THE SITE LAID OUT AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
LAST I BELIEVE MY PHONE WAS ON, THAT'S ON A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON, ON THE MULTI-FAMILY ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A POLICY THAT MULTI-FAMILY WITHIN A HALF MILE IN THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY ISN'T GONNA GO.
DOES THIS OVERRIDE THAT? YES, IT WOULD.
AND, AND AGAIN, THAT IT'S, IT'S A POLICY.
SO IT'S, IT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN CODE, IT'S UP TO THE, THE COUNSEL I GOT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS PUD WOULD CIRCUMVENT OUR POLICY.
'CAUSE 'CAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S THIS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, SO IF WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP PANDORA'S BOX AND ARE WE GONNA DO AWAY WITH OUR POLICY? SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S PART OF A PUD ARE WE WILLING TO GIVE UP THAT HALF MILE RULE FOR THIS? THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS, I, I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE GROWTH UNDEVELOPED PLANS OR WHATEVER, IF THEY WANT TO ADD MORE DETAIL TO THAT, THEN IT NEEDS TO GO BACK THROUGH PNC AND US FOR APPROVAL.
'CAUSE WE MAY NOT LIKE WHAT THEY BRING US.
SO I AGREE WITH ADDING THAT TO THIS.
PUD THE OTHER THING THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH AND, AND I DON'T REALLY MIND THE SIGNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I, I THINK AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T GET TOO OUTRAGEOUS, I THINK THEIR PROPOSAL'S OKAY.
UM, WE'VE HEARD FOR YEARS, AND, AND I'M NOT PICKING UP FIDELIS FELLAS.
FIDELIS IS GONNA DO US A GREAT JOB.
THEY'RE GONNA MAKE A WONDERFUL MARKET CENTER FOR US.
BUT WE'VE HEARD FOR YEARS THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD.
SO I, I'M OPPOSED TO THE 250,000 SQUARE FOOT RULE BUILD WHAT YOU'VE SAID YOU'RE GONNA BUILD FOR YEARS.
YOU BUILD THAT, THEN START YOUR PHASE TWO.
SO I WOULDN'T MIND THE PUD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THEY GOTTA COME BACK WITH MORE DETAILS.
I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE RELIEVING THE HALF
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MILE SCENARIO, BUT IF THEY BUILD IT, BUILD US THEIR 500,000 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S 80 PLUS THOUSAND PEOPLE PLUS ANOTHER 140,000 PEOPLE IN THIS AREA THAT ARE WAITING FOR IT, BUILD IT AND THEN COME AND ASK FOR MORE.UM, I I THINK AS, SO AS STAFF HAS MENTIONED THE CONDITION THAT THEY COME BACK TO DO THAT SECOND PHASE MM-HMM
UM, IN, IN FRONT OF, OF GOD AND EVERYBODY.
UM, THAT SAID, I THINK THAT NEGATES THE NEED TO STIPULATE HOW MUCH IS BUILT BEFORE THEY DO THAT.
BECAUSE IF IT, THEY COME BACK BEFORE YOU WITH A NEW PLAN FOR PHASE TWO AND YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR PROGRESS, YOU CAN DENY PHASE TWO AND MAKE 'EM COME BACK LATER.
SO I THINK THAT KIND OF NEGATES THAT.
BUT I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
'CAUSE WE HAD OTHER PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING.
I I WOULD RATHER TAKE IT OUT UP FRONT THAN HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT WE BUILT SO MANY HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
'CAUSE THAT'LL JUST BE THE ARGUMENT WE BUILT ACCORDING TO WHAT THE PUTS SAYS.
NOW YOU'RE CHANGING THE RULES.
WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THEIR WAY.
WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THEIR WAY.
THEY NEED TO BUILD THE RETAIL CENTER THAT THEY'VE SAID THEY'RE GONNA BILL BUILD IT AND THEN COME BACK AND ASK FOR MULTIFAMILY.
'CAUSE AGAIN, THAT, THAT OVERRIDES OUR POLICY.
AND, AND I HAVE CONCERNS, OKAY.
BUT ARE WE JUST GONNA WIPE THAT, THAT POLICY AWAY AND, AND LET IT GO FOR ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO BUILD MULTIFAMILY ANYWHERE WITHIN A HALF MILE OF ANOTHER MULTIFAMILY OR WE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, BUILD THE RETAIL CENTER.
THAT'S WHAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO QUIT NITPICKING.
AND I'LL, I'LL PHRASE FROM AN EMAIL THAT I GOT, WE NEED TO QUIT NITPICKING FIDELIS AND LET THEM DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA DO.
BUILD IT AND THEN COME BACK AND ASK FOR MORE.
THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY, MAYOR.
AND, AND UNLESS WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES, I'LL BE VOTING NO TONIGHT.
I WAS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, GONNA SAY, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ALL SHOWN AS PHASE ONE.
SO, SO THE INTENT IS FOR THIS TO ALL HAPPEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, BUT THE REASON FOR THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS ONE, TO GIVE SOME ASSURANCE THAT WE AREN'T GONNA JUST GO IN AND DAY ONE AFTER THIS IS DONE, GO DO MULTIFAMILY TO, TO MAKE THAT PLEDGE THAT THIS COMMERCIAL IS GOING TO COME IN.
UM, BUT ALSO TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IF THERE IS TIMING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND SUCH.
UM, SO I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR CONCERN, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE GIVEN THAT 250 AS AN EFFORT TO TRY AND START, GIVE THAT, GIVING THAT ASSURANCE TO YOU ALSO WANT YOU TO SEE THERE, THERE IS THAT PLEDGE.
THAT HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT EVERYBODY, YOU, YOU'RE DONE RIGHT AND I'LL JUST RESPOND.
I WAS, COME ON GREEN, I'LL RESPOND TO THAT.
THE PLEDGE WAS TO BUILD 500,000 SQUARE FOOT OF RETAIL SPACE.
DO WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO DO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT ON THE TABLE, MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SALES TAX BREAK THE WHOLE BIT.
JUST BUILD WHAT YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA BUILD AND THEN WE'LL WORRY ABOUT THE REST OF IT.
UM, YEAH, JUST, UM, ADDED COMMENTS AND, AND, UM, YOU'RE NOT WRONG COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU'RE NOT THAT WE, WE DO WANT THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO DISAPPROVE THE ITEM OR VOTE THE ITEM DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS AGREEMENT IS DOING IS JUST LIKE, UH, RYAN JUST SAID IF WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND IF THEY COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WE'VE BUILT THE TWO 50 AND WE WANNA START ON PHASE TWO, UM, THAT IS ALREADY IN THE PUTT AGREEMENT.
SO I, I DON'T FEEL THAT WE NEED TO VOTE IT DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BUILD THE ENTIRE THING.
WE STILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T PUT IN MULTI HOUSING YET UNTIL WE NEED THIS, THIS, AND THAT.
UM, AND TWO IN MY MIND, UM, THE MIXED USE AS AS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCO MENTIONED, UM, IT'S GOING TO ALLOW FOR THE RETAIL.
SO IT'S NOT TRADITIONAL APARTMENTS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN WANTING RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY MIXED USE, IF AT ALL.
UM, AND SO, UH, HAVING ADDITIONAL RETAIL AT THE BOTTOM WITH THOSE APARTMENTS, I FEEL I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
AND I, I UNDERSTAND OUR POLICY THAT WE DID, BUT AGAIN, THE POLICY WAS TO DO AWAY WITH THE TRADITIONAL APARTMENTS WITHIN THAT RADIUS.
UM, AND TWO, AS WE CONTINUE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, WE ALL KNOW THAT WITH RETAIL, THEY DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF HEADS IN THAT AREA FOR THE QUALITY RETAIL THAT WE WANT.
AND SO IF WE DON'T ADD THOSE ADDITIONAL HEADS IN THE AREA, BECAUSE THEY, THEY GIVE WHAT A, A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF, OF HOW MANY HEADS FOR A QUALITY DEVELOPMENT TO COME IN OR QUALITY RETAIL TO COME IN.
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AND SO IF BY ADDING ONE MIXED USE TOWER IS GONNA GET US A HIGHER QUALITY RETAIL, THEN I'M OKAY WITH THAT AS LONG AS THEY'VE MET THEIR OTHER REQUIREMENTS.AND I I DON'T FEEL THAT THERE'S A NEED TO VOTE NO, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL PUTTING IN THOSE PARAMETERS WITHIN THE PUD IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO THANK, SO WE'RE GONNA ADD THAT IT HAS TO BE MIXED USE APARTMENTS AND NOT GOLDEN STYLE APARTMENTS.
WE HAVEN'T, I MEAN, I WANNA CLEAR, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
NO, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION THOUGH BECAUSE I, THAT WAS BE ONE OF MY REMARKS, BUT YEAH, THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY, THEIR TWO 50, THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
I WANT YOU TO START ON THE, THE MIXED USE INSTEAD OF THE TRADITIONAL APARTMENTS.
IT'S, IT'S UP TO US WHEN THEY COME BACK AND SAY WE'RE DONE WITH THE TWO 50.
I, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE.
'CAUSE IF WE PUT IN THE P THAT THEY CAN START A MULTIFAMILY AFTER TWO 50, IT'S KIND OF DISINGENUOUS FOR US TO SAY, OKAY, WELL WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT IN THERE, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA APPROVE IT WHEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT.
THAT'S, I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS LAST WEEK.
WE HAVE ALL NIGHT, WE HAVE SNACKS, WE HAVE POPCORN, WE HAVE COFFEE.
SO WE'RE HERE, WE WAITED 20 YEARS.
UM, WHERE IS OUR ASSURANCE FOR THE OTHER 250,000 FOR RETAIL? UM, JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, GOOGLES, I STARTED LOOKING UP, UM, AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF SOME STORES I LIKE TO SHOP AT AND UM, YOU KNOW, SQUARE FOOTAGE YOU GET IN 1, 2, 3 STORES AND 250,000 GOES REALLY FAST.
SO, UM, WHERE IS THE ASSURANCE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THE OTHER 250,000? BECAUSE MY WORRY, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT STORES ARE GOING THERE THAT HASN'T BEEN RELEASED.
YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE ONLY GET TWO STORES OR THREE STORES AND THEN YOU START ON MULTI-FAMILY AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SO FOR CONTEXT, THIS WHOLE DEVELOPMENT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS ABOUT 500,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO CURRENTLY PROPOSED FOR PHASE ONE WOULD BE THAT THE FULL 500,000.
SO LET LET, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? GO FOR GO.
I'M PRETTY SURE YOUR FINANCIALS WOULDN'T WORK IF YOU ONLY BUILT 250,000 SQUARE FOOT OF RETAIL.
RIGHT? AND, AND THEN THEY'D BE LEFT WITH RIGHT REMAINING LAND.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S HER CONCERN WOULD BE, WHAT HAVE YOU ONLY BUILT 250,000 AND THEN STOP AND IT TRIGGERS THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT.
AND I KNOW THERE'S NO OFFICIAL LIKE COMPLETED SIGNED LEASES AND THEY CAN'T RELEASE THAT.
BUT WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT THEY HAVE INTEREST ON EVERY SINGLE PIECE THAT'S SHOWN ON HERE.
SO PHASE ONE IS INTENDED TO BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME.
I DON'T WANNA SPECULATE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING, WHAT I'M THINKING IS, IS THAT YOU BUILD 250,000, YOU BUILD MULTIFAMILY AND THEN YOU SELL THE LAND TO SOMEONE ELSE THAT'S LEFT.
AND WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT WE GET VERY FEW STORES, SOME GREEN PELICANS FACE, SOME RESTAURANTS MM-HMM
BECAUSE Y'ALL ANNOUNCED IT GROUNDBREAKING THAT THERE WAS SEVERAL RESTAURANTS THAT WERE INTERESTED AND THAT WE GET THE 250,000 MULTIFAMILY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THEN YOU HAVE LAND LEFT OVER THAT YOU CAN SELL OR DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH.
SO ONE THING I WILL MENTION IS THAT IF YOU ALL PLACE THE CONDITION IN THERE THIS EVENING, THAT THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING IN THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AREA UNTIL THEY COME BACK WITH A CONCEPT PLAN THAT IS A CHECK THAT WE HAVE ON THIS.
AND SO IF THEY GET TO 250,000 SQUARE FEET, THE PROJECT STALLS OUT, THEY COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO DO THIS, THIS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AREA.
NOW WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS TO ACTUALLY DO THIS? WE'RE NOT GOING TO, UM, LET, WE'RE NOT GONNA IMPROVE THIS UNTIL YOU GIVE US SOME ASSURANCES THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING THE REST OF THE WAY WITH A PROJECT.
SO I DO THINK THAT BY SPLITTING THIS OFF AND BY REQUIRING THEM TO COME BACK, UM, FOR APPROVAL FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AREA, THAT DOES GIVE, UM, US A, A CHECK AND A BALANCE ON, ON THIS SO THAT THAT IS AT LEAST, LEAST ONE OPTION THAT Y'ALL HAVE.
ALSO, UM, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THIS DOCUMENT WOULD GO WITH THE LAND, SO THAT'S CORRECT.
SO ANYONE WHO DEVELOPED THIS PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THIS DOCUMENT.
EVEN I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
BUT IN THE HYPOTHETICALLY SITUATION, NO, THAT, THAT'S YOUR CLARIFICATION.
THIS DOCUMENT IS NOW THE ZONING DESIGNATION OKAY.
SO ANYONE WHO WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK, INCLUDING THE SITE PLAN.
BUT UNDER THIS PUT IT'S 250,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL, NOT 500.
THAT IS FOR, THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING IN THIS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S MULTI-FAMILY UNTIL AT LEAST 250,000 SQUARE FEET WAS BUILT.
BUT THIS WHOLE PUD AND THIS SITE PLAN, IF ANYONE WERE TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU.
IT WOULD BE PART OF THE COVENANTS THAT WOULD CARRY WITH IT.
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I MAKE MINE? NOPE.UM, I, I THINK I, I DO APPRECIATE COUNSEL, UM, WITH YOUR INPUT.
UM, JUST TO, JUST TO BE VERY SPECIFIC, UM, A MOTION THAT'S MADE, UH, AGAIN, IF THAT IS A CONDITION OF YOUR APPROVAL, UM, PLEASE BE VERY SPECIFIC IN YOUR MOTION THAT, THAT THAT'S HOW YOU WANT THAT WORDED.
THERE WAS ALSO A PIECE THAT CATHERINE BROUGHT UP THAT, UM, WAS, WAS NOT IN THE OTHER DOCUMENT.
WE'RE GONNA PULL IT UP ON THE SCREEN.
IT'S ALSO, AND THAT YOU ALSO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH WERE TWO MINOR CHANGES TO THE TEXT, THAT IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH THOSE, UM, THOSE THAT REQUEST AS WELL FROM THE APPLICANT.
THIS IS ON YOUR SCREEN NOW, UM, THAT YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC IN YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE THESE CHANGES TO THE BOD TEXT.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THOSE TWO ITEMS AND WHAT I MENTIONED BEFORE ARE NOT IN THE TEXT.
SO JUST BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT YOUR MOTION PLEASE.
SO WHAT I'LL SAY WHAT I WANNA, I WOULDN'T BE ON PANEL ON PURPOSE IN, UH, MY COMMENTS, BUT YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS YOU, WE, WE'VE HEARD, WE'VE ALWAYS HEARD, HEY, BAY TOWN'S HARD TO DEVELOP IN, RIGHT? I DON'T WANT THIS NIGHT.
I DON'T WANT THE NIGHT TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT PEOPLE, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT BAYTOWN, THAT AN ITEM WHERE WE HAVE EXPRESSED THAT ONE, OUR CITIZENS' BEEN WANTING SOMETHING TO SHOP IN FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND I CAN TELL YOU I'M NOT GONNA STAND BETWEEN THAT.
UM, WE ARE HERE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, WE HAVE A GREAT DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT THE CITIZENS, UH, WANT AND NEED.
UH, WE HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT HAS SHOWN US EVERYTHING IN A SENSE VOLUNTARILY IS WILLING TO ENTER INTO A PUTT AGREEMENT.
WITHOUT THAT THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
WE HAVE NO SAY THAT IS AN OPTION FOR THEM, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN FRONT OF US THIS EVENING.
UM, I JUST WANNA PREFERENCE MY COMMENTS WITH THAT.
ARE WE GONNA BE, IS COUNSEL GONNA BE THAT FLYING THE OINTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT? SO I COULD TELL YOU IT WON'T BE ME.
SO WITH THAT SIGNAGE, SO I, MY PERSONAL OPINION ON SIGNAGE, I MEAN WITHIN REASON, I THINK YOU PROVIDED SOME VERY BEAUTIFUL AESTHETICALLY PLEASING SIGNAGE.
I'M NOT GONNA GO AND TRY TO TELL YOU HOW MANY FEET IT SHOULD BE.
I THINK, I MEAN, TEXDOT HAS SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU'D HAVE TO MEET, BUT EVERYTHING I'M FINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AS IS IF FIDEL IS, IS IS FINE WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION.
AND SO I THINK ON I 10 Y'ALL SAID, UH, I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF WAS TWO 60 FOOTERS WITH THE ONE MARKY 80 FOOTER.
I DON'T PERSONALLY CARE WHICH ONE.
I'M NOT GONNA HOLD IT UP FOR A SIGN, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
UM, THE NEXT THING I DID, I, I DO APPRECIATE YOU TRYING TO MENTION ABOUT THE GARDEN STYLE HOMES.
I DIDN'T, OUR APARTMENTS, UH, TO ME THAT JUST MEANS A SMALLER APARTMENT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
I, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING FIRST FLOOR RETAIL, UH, OR OFFICE.
SO I WILL MAKE THAT TYPE OF CONCESSION BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOME CLASS A OFFICE, UH, NEEDS IN BAYTOWN.
SO I'D BE WILLING TO, TO DO A MIX OF THAT.
I KNOW FIDELIS WAS OPEN TO THE IDEA.
COULD I ADDRESS THAT OR DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT TILL YOU'VE YOU'RE YOU'RE FINE.
I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT.
UH, THIS IS HOW THINGS ARE MADE, BUT IT, IT'S GOOD DISCUSSION.
I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT ON IT.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE, THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PROVIDED THAT ALLOWANCE FOR EITHER OR, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT OPTION BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED, WANNA HAVE TO LIMIT THE TYPE OF, OF USERS.
BUT I WANNA REITERATE THAT THERE IS STILL REGULATIONS IN HERE SPECIFIC TO, UM, THE MULTIFAMILY.
SO THEY, THEY ARE STILL GONNA HAVE TO FOLLOW SIMILAR ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.
THERE'S PARKING REQUIREMENTS, THERE'S THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THOUGHT OF THAT ARE TRYING TO BE UNIQUE TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AND ALLOW FOR THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE MIXED USE.
BUT AS A WHOLE, THIS PROJECT IS MIXED USE.
IT DOES HAVE ALL THOSE COMPONENTS.
IT WOULD STILL HAVE THAT, THAT, UM, MIXED USE CHARACTER WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE RESTAURANTS AND THE RETAIL IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE MULTI-FAMILY COMPONENT.
SO IT STILL HAS THAT INTENT AND THAT TYPE OF, UH, DRAW FOR, FOR POTENTIAL, UM, RESIDENTS.
YEAH, I MEAN, SO I'M JUST SAYING, BUT I'M JUST SAYING FOR, FOR THE, THE MULTI-FAMILY, I, I WILL SAY I DO LIKE THAT FIRST FLOOR COMPONENT OF RETAIL AND OUR OFFICE.
I'M NOT SAYING IT SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT, UM, BUT I AM WILLING TO OPEN IT UP WHERE IT DON'T HAVE TO BE RETAIL, IT COULD BE OFFICE SPACE, UH, IF, IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, FIRST FLOOR RETAIL AND, AND OUR OFFICE AND THEN HOWEVER MANY STORIES THEY WANT TO BUILD AFTER THAT.
AND WE JUST REQUESTED THAT BE AN OPTION, NOT A REQUIREMENT.
I JUST, I WAS JUST PUTTING OUT YEAH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I MEAN, UH, I, I COME FROM FROM THAT, THAT WORLD
I'VE BUILT MULTIPLE MILK MIXED USE AND MULTIPLE GARDEN STYLE PODIUM STYLE, HOWEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.
AND I ALSO KNOW WHAT A LOT OF DEVELOPERS USE TO GET SOME OF THAT FUNDED.
SO THAT'S WHY I REALLY DON'T LIKE THAT ASPECT, RIGHT.
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YOU GET THE OPEN CONCEPT WHERE YOU HAVE DOORS GOING OUTSIDE AND NOTHING AND, AND I THINK EVERYTHING SHOULD BE MORE INSIDE, MORE OF AN, MORE OF A LUXURY, LUXURY, MORE OF APARTMENT TYPE AREA.I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE, THE HIGH DOLLAR APARTMENT, YOU SEE, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MARKETPLACE DOWN THERE, IT NEEDS TO BE A MARKETPLACE, NOT JUST THE MARKETPLACE WITH WELL, THERE'S THE MARKETPLACE AND THE BEHIND IT IS THE, UH, MULTIFAMILY PART SECTION OF IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT I THINK THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS INTENDED TO BE.
LET ME, I I'M GONNA FINISH MY STUFF.
NO, YOU KNOW, I GOT, I GOT, I GOT A WHOLE LIST.
I I DID LISTEN TO Y'ALL THOUGH 'CAUSE Y'ALL BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD POINTS.
SO ON THE, THE, LIKE I SAID ON THE MULTIFAMILY, MY MORE OF MY CONCERN WOULD BE THIS.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE KIND OF THE, THE, UH, DISTANCE REQUIREMENT OF THE HALF MILE.
UM, I THINK WE DID KIND OF A RUDIMENTARY MEASUREMENT.
I THINK IT'S LIKE INSTEAD OF A 0.5 MILES, IT'S, IT'S LIKE 0.35.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT NEXT DOOR.
UH, MY CONCERN WOULD BE MORE REALLY JUST LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD WANNA PUT A CAP ON.
UH, WE ALREADY HAVE A CAP ON, ON, UH, UNITS CAN EXCEED 350 PER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
RIGHT? SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A CAP, HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT, BUT IN TOTAL 700, NO MORE THAN 700 UNITS.
UM, THEN I DO LIKE, I THINK IT IS A COMPROMISE IN A SENSE BY SAYING, LOOK, YOU GO AND YOU, BECAUSE AT FIRST I WAS GONNA SAY 250,000 SQUARE FEET OF FOUNDATION FORWARD, BUT UM, I THINK IT'S BASICALLY 250,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMPLETE COMPLETED.
NOW I'M NOT SURE WHAT COMPLETED MEANS.
THAT MEANS WALLS AND WINDOWS ARE UP.
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE BUILD OUT WITH, WITH SOME FOLKS.
BUT THIS, I WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT IS COMPLETED MEAN? 'CAUSE IT JUST SAYS COMPLETED.
SO WHAT, WHAT IS THAT, WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF COMPLETED SPACE? CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE KNOW WHAT THAT RULE OF ENGAGEMENT IS.
SO I'M FINE WITH 200 BECAUSE REALLY BY THE TIME YOU GET 250 SQUARE FEET OF COS YOU'VE ALREADY BUILT 500,000, RIGHT? YOU'VE ALREADY BUILT 500,000, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BUILD JUST THAT.
SO I, I'M FINE WITH THE 250,000 TRIGGER.
UM, I WOULD LIKE OBVIOUSLY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, A MULTI-FAMILY OR OFFICE OR HOTEL OR WHATEVER COMES BACK.
WE, I DO WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SITE PLAN FOR THAT.
SO, UM, HOWEVER WE CAN GO AND, AND ENTER THAT INTO THAT.
BUT, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SAY FLEX SPACE OR FUTURE SPACE.
AND I, I THINK THERE'S A COMFORT IF, IF WE WERE REQUIRED TO COME BACK WITH EXHIBIT C, WHICH IS THE SITE PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU, ONCE MORE WAS FINALIZED ON THAT FUTURE PHASE, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONCERN THAT OTHERS HAVE ABOUT WHAT THOSE USES MAY BE.
UM, IT WOULD STILL HOLD THE REGULATIONS IN PLACE, BUT IT WOULD BE US PRESENTING TO YOU, OKAY, NOW WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN HERE AND, AND HERE'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE AND GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT.
NO, I MEAN I, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS.
I, I THINK THE TRIGGERS THAT ARE IN PLACE ARE, ARE A COMPROMISE AND THEY'RE REASONABLE.
UH, ALSO, LET'S SEE, I THINK THERE WAS ONE MORE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
I MEAN, FOR THE MOST PART, UM, I'M NOT GONNA GET STUCK ON THE TYPE OF, OF PART LIKE GAR.
I MEAN, I'M NOT THE DEFINITION OF GARDEN STYLE OR NOT MAINLY JUST THE AMOUNT.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF MY CONDITION ON THAT.
SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT I'VE, WHAT I'VE EXPRESSED? NO.
SO, ALRIGHT, NOW I'LL OPEN UP TO OTHER DISCUSSION.
JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION, SINCE YOU DID BRING UP THE MODIFICATIONS.
UM, THE A HUNDRED SQUARE A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, IS THAT ON, ON THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, BOTH PHASE ONE AND TWO? IS IT JUST ON THE RETAIL SIDE? ANY SINGLE BUILDING THAT'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THIS CASE BY CASE BASIS ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE PUT PHASE ONE AND TWO, CORRECT.
YEAH, SO I, I GUESS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR OR OTHER COMMENTS IS JUST GUIDANCE ON THE VOTE OR ON, ON ON THE ACTUAL, UM,
I IS IT, ARE WE, WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A MOTION YET, SO YEAH.
WITH THE MOTION, UM, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT TO INCLUDE IN THE MOTION
AND, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THE, FOR THE CHAIN LINK DOOR DOORS, IT SAYS DOORS MAY BE UTILIZED FOR DUMPSTERS IF THEY'RE BASICALLY, I MEAN, IT MAY BE BEHIND IT, IT'S SHIELDED FROM THE PUBLIC VIEW AND THERE'S SOMETHING'S VERY SPECIFIC IN THERE FOR ANYTHING LIKE ALONG GARTH OR OTHER PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING FROM THAT Y'ALL WOULD WANT IT AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND EXACTLY.
AND SO WE, SO WOULD I, SO I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE CHAIN LINK, BUT I GUESS WE NEED TO SOMEHOW INCORPORATE THAT IN A MOTION.
SO, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL COUNSEL, UM, I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO SOME VERY FINE DETAILS ON WHAT WOULD MOVE THIS FORWARD BOTH
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FOR THEM, FOR OUR CITIZENS, UM, AND THEN WE CAN HOPEFULLY SEE THINGS ABOVE GROUND SOONER, SOONER THAN LATER.SO, ANYTHING ELSE? UM, JUST A QUICK COMMENT AND, AND AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT AND STUFF, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF, UM, AMENDMENTS OR DISCUSSION POINTS AND OF COURSE MODIFICATIONS AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHAT CITY WANTED AND THEN WHAT FIDELIS WAS COMING BACK FOR.
AND SO I THINK IT'S BEEN A LOT THAT WE HAVE AGREED TO.
UH, AND SO I, I KNOW IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL, BUT I AM GONNA RETRACT MY WORDS.
UM, AND I'M GONNA SAY I DO NOT WANT CHAIN LINK, UH, FENCE ON THE DUMPSTERS.
IT, I IT'S WHAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT'S JUST PRONE FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I MEAN, YEAH, IT, WE COULD JUST TAKE THAT OUT OF THE MODIFICATIONS BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S A MODIFICATION THAT'S ON THERE TO ADD CHAIN LAKE IN SOME OF THE AREAS.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY PIECE THAT I WOULD NOT WANT TO INCLUDE IN THE MODIFICATIONS.
I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I MEAN, EVEN IF THEY PUT REGULAR DOORS, I, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S GONNA PREVENT ILLEGAL DUMPING, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S, AT LEAST IT'S BEHIND THE DOORS AND NOT VISIBLE SHOULD THERE BE ILLEGAL DUMPING.
SO YES, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THAT ONE, BUT NO, AND I, IN MY PREVIOUS LIVES I'VE DEALT WITH THAT.
WOULD, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THE CHAIN LINK IF IT HAS THE, THE THE SLATS, THE SLATS BASICALLY MAKES IT, IT MAKES IT EITHER THE NETTING OR THE SLATS, SO IT MAKES IT OPAQUE IF I THINK, I THINK WE'VE ASKED THAT BEFORE, BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
IF IT'S JUST OPEN CHAIN LINK, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE DUMPSTER THAT NET.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT FACING THE PUBLIC.
NOT, BUT IF THEY PUT SOMETHING IN IT TO MAKE IT WHERE IT'S NOT VISIBLE, WELL, IF THIS IS AN ELEVATED PROJECT AND, AND IT'S, AND WE'RE GONNA ADD CHAIN LINK AND PROBABLY WHAT THESE ARE IS, IS GONNA BE BEHIND THE BIGGER STORES THEY TRY TO MAKE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE BIGGER GATES AND, AND YOU, YOU MAKE 'EM SOLID, THEY GET REAL HEAVY.
BUT AS LONG AS THEY HAVE LIKE THE, I THINK IT'S FOR THE BENCH LITTLE SLATS OR WHATEVER TO MAKE IT, OR THE, THE NETTING TO MAKE IT OPAQUE THAT THAT IS THE INTENT.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD NOT BE JUST CLEAR CHAIN LINK.
IT'S JUST, IT WOULD STILL BE OPAQUE.
IT WOULD HAVE A NETTING BEHIND IT.
BUT, BUT I'VE SEEN THEM WHERE IF IT'S JUST A SMALL DUMPSTER AREA, IT'S A SMALL GATE, BUT A LOT OF IT, IF IT'S A BIGGER STORE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG DOUBLE GATE AND IT, IT, THEY'RE VERY CUMBERSOME AND THE SOLID DOORS BREAK AND FATIGUE A LOT FASTER.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO JUST SEE OPEN TO ANYTHING.
BUT, AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT BE VISIBLE FROM ANYONE WHO'S NOT BACK THERE GOING TO IT.
I THESE ARE SECLUDED AREAS, I'M ASSUMING.
THERE MIGHT BE LIKE ONE, SO I REALLY WOULD HOPE THAT IT'S BEING MONITORED.
AND SHOULD THERE BE AN ISSUE THEN, THEN WE WOULD ASK THAT THEY CHANGE THOSE OUT.
UM, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY REQUEST.
YEAH, THAT'S, I MEAN, WE CAN'T, I DON'T THINK WE CAN PUT THAT IN HERE, BUT, UM, I, I ASKED FOR Y'ALL TO, TO REALLY ADHERE TO THE STORE OWNERS OR WHOEVER THAT IF IT BECOMES A PROBLEM, THEN WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THAT OUT AND ACTUALLY PUT SOME DOORS IN THERE INSTEAD OF THE CHAIN LINK GO OUT THERE.
SO THE CHAIN, I MEAN, I'M, I'M FINE WITH THE CHAIN LINK IF YOU PUT THE FLATTS AND ALL THAT, I UNDERSTAND THE REASON BEHIND IT.
AND MOST OF THE TIME IT'S FROM THE, THE WASTE MANAGEMENT OPERATION FOLKS, THEY JUST, IT'S A LOT TO MOVE, RIGHT? THEY JUST WANNA OPEN THE GATE AND GET, DO THEIR LITTLE BUSINESS.
SO WITH THAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ACTUALLY.
UM, SO THIS, THIS EDIT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING, WE WANT PHASE TWO TO COME BACK TO US MM-HMM
UM, THEY'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK TO US, BUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO AT THAT POINT? UH, BECAUSE I MEAN, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IF THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS IN THIS PUDI MEAN, WHAT CAN WE SAY? NO, AT THAT POINT? I DON'T, I MEAN, I MEAN TECHNICALLY IT WOULD STILL BE WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW BECAUSE THIS, IT WOULD BE TREATED AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO AGAIN, THERE WOULD BE THAT DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH IF THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS NOW, YES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD USE THE TEXT WITHIN THE PUD AS KIND OF OUR, OUR GUIDING STAR.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THEY'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, THE LAYOUT MAYBE DOESN'T WORK OR MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE LAYOUT, I THINK WE CAN, THERE'S STILL THAT AVENUE FOR, FOR THAT, UM, THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO HAPPEN.
AND, AND, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT MIX OF USES, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES AS WELL WITHIN IT.
SO, WELL WHAT THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT FOR WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA BUILD.
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SO THERE'S STILL THAT IN A SENSE, THAT PROCESS, CORRECT.IT WOULD ALSO GIVE YOU GUYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT BEFORE IT'S BEING BUILT.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF MAYOR.
UM, RYAN, DID YOU GIVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON ACCEPTING THESE PROPOSED MODI MODIFICATIONS TO THE TEXT? I, I DID NOT, BUT STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THESE AND SO WE WOULD ASK THAT ANY MOTION THAT YOU ALL MAKE WOULD INCLUDE THESE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS.
AND IF WE'RE READY TO DISCUSS IT, I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH WHAT I'VE HEARD.
UM, I THINK WE, I THINK WE NEED A RECAP.
SO WHAT WE WOULD, WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR THE MOTION IS THAT IT IS A, THAT THE PUD DOCUMENT IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN AND THAT ARE AT YOUR TABLE THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS A CONDITION THAT THE PHASE TWO, OR WHAT IS CALLED THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON EXHIBIT C OF THE PUD DOCUMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE REVISED BEFORE ANY STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAPPEN WITHIN THAT AREA.
WE ALSO WOULD, UH, LIKE TO ADD THAT THERE WOULD BE A MAXIMUM CAP OF 700 APARTMENT UNITS WITHIN THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AREA.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THE 250,000 SQUARE FEET IS AMENDED.
SO THAT IS 250,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE HAS A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEFORE ANY WORK ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AREA COULD BEGIN.
DID I GET EVERYBODY'S, I THINK THAT THAT DID CONCERNS.
I JUST WANT, WANT THE, WANT THE OPTION THERE.
IT, IT IS IN THERE NOW AS, AS AN OPTION, UH, IN WITHIN THE REGULATIONS ALREADY.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, SOMETHING, WHEN IT COMES BACK FROM IT, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM BECAUSE THAT IT, IT DOESN'T SLOW, IT DOESN'T STOP ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
IT WOULD JUST BE THE NEXT, WHEN, WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK FOR PHASE TWO, THAT'S WHEN THAT, JUST KNOW THAT IT'S THAT THAT CONVERSATION, THAT CONVERSATION'S GONNA BE COMING.
JUST, I, I DON'T WANT, 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME THINGS IN HYPOTHE IN HYPOTHETICAL WORLD, WHAT I'LL SAY ON THE 700 UNITS, I WILL SAY THIS, I DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, I GUESS YOU'D SAY RESERVATIONS.
IF THERE'S ANY OWNER OCCUPIED MULTIFAMILY, I'M FINE WITH AS MUCH OWNER OCCUPIED MULTIFAMILY THAT YOU'D WANNA BUILD.
ON CONDITIONS OF PHASE TWO, EXHIBIT C BEING REVISED AND APPROVED.
AGAIN, AND THE BACKSTOP ON THAT WOULD BE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT AND THEY COULD BE DENIED.
IS THAT, COULD THEY BE DENIED? YES, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE A A OKAY.
A CONCEPT PLAN THAT WOULD SHOW OKAY.
SO THERE'S THAT ADDITIONAL CHECK.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE? THE WHAT, WHAT, SORRY.
I SAID I, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
YOU'LL MAKE THE MOTION ALL SO Y'ALL TELL ME IF I FORGOT ANYTHING.
HOLD ON ONE SEC BEFORE YOU MAKE THE MOTION.
OH, OH YEAH, YOU WANNA DO IT? OH, I'LL TURN, ILL NO, GO AHEAD.
IT'S A ALLOWED TO REMEMBER YOU GOT IT WRITTEN.
I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT ITEM IT IS NOW.
WELL, THEY WERE ON THE SCREEN, YOU TOOK 'EM DOWN, I GUESS THE TWO PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE SHOWN EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION.
UH, ALSO PHASE TWO, THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT EXHIBIT C WILL NEED TO BE REVISED AND APPROVED BEFORE ANY DEVELOPMENT CAN BEGIN IN THAT PHASE.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE A CAP OF 700 APARTMENTS IN PHASE TWO, UNLESS THEY ARE OWNER OCCUPIED.
WE WOULD BE OPEN TO GOING ABOVE THAT.
WELL, I WOULD BE, I'LL JUST THREW IT OUT THERE.
UH, AND THEN, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE 250,000 SQUARE FEET MUST HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEFORE PHASE TWO COULD BEGIN.
I THINK THAT WAS ALL OF IT, RIGHT? YES.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT,
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I WILL ASK, UH, WITH A MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF WHAT IS THE MOTION THAT IS ON THE TABLE? PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I GUESS THERE IS A, UH, THAT SIX ONE VOTE.
I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE, UM, EVERYONE'S VOTE AND, AND SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
ALRIGHT, SO YES, THE, THE
[c. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 28.55 acres at 950 South SH 146 Business from Freeway Commercial (FC) to a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Zoning District.]
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE CS.CONDUCT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, SO IT IS 8:09 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIALS ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 28.55 ACRES AT 950 SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH, UH, EXCUSE ME, STATE HIGHWAY 1 46 BUSINESS FROM FREEWAY COMMERCIAL TO PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, SO NOW I'LL HAVE STAFF SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, IS ANYONE, WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY SIGNED UP.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, FOR THE RECORD.
MARTIN SCRIBNER, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, UM, THIS IS, UH, ANOTHER PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT.
SO, UM, THIS IS FOR 28 AND A HALF ACRES.
THIS IS, UH, EAST OF, UH, WIMER DRIVE.
IT IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN, UH, SOUTH ALEXANDER AND, UH, HIGHWAY 1 46 TO THE WEST OF SOUTH ALEXANDER, THE, THE NORTH SOUTH, UH, PIECE OF ALEXANDER.
UH, THIS IS CURRENTLY ZONED FREEWAY.
IT, UH, AS OF JANUARY 1ST WILL BE ZONED, UH, FREEWAY COMMERCIAL.
UM, THE CURRENT ZONING IS, UH, GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND, UM, WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED IS A ANOTHER PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD, UM, BRING YOU, UM, SOME DIFFERENT USES THAT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED IN, UH, AT, AT LEAST ONE OF THE USES WOULDN'T NORMALLY BE ALLOWED IN THE FREEWAY COMMERCIAL.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES SHOW IT AS A LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL, UM, WHICH SOMETIMES CAN INCLUDE SOME OF THESE OTHER TYPES OF USES AS WELL.
UM, SO NOW WE'LL GET DOWN TO THE MEAT OF IT.
UH, THE SITE PLAN ITSELF DOES SHOW 142,000 FOOT, UH, WAREHOUSE THAT FACES THE SOUTH.
SO IT FACES, UM, 1 46 AND IT ALSO, UH, SHOWS 4 7500 SQUARE FOOT.
UH, WOULD THEY BASICALLY BE, UM, LIKE CONTRACTOR TYPE, UM, FACILITIES THAT ALSO YOU WILL SEE BEHIND THEM IS OPEN AREAS THAT ARE SCREENED.
THOSE ARE, UM, MEANT TO BE LAY DOWN YARDS FOR USERS THAT MIGHT BE IN THOSE BUILDINGS.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE IT ON THE SITE PLAN.
THERE ARE 11, IT'S 11 OR 12, IT'S 11, UM, WELLHEAD SITES.
UM, THOSE CIRCLES REPRESENT A, UH, 150 FOOT, UH, RADIUS CIRCLE AROUND THOSE AREAS.
THOSE ARE SETBACKS WHERE NOTHING CAN GO IN THAT, UH, OR EASEMENTS, I SHOULD SAY THAT, THAT NOTHING CAN GO IN THAT SPACE.
UH, IN TERMS OF STRUCTURES, UM, WHAT YOU'LL ALSO SEE IS AT THE NORTH END, UH, ALONG SOUTH ALEXANDER, THERE IS A PASSENGER VEHICLE ENTRANCE THAT IS MEANT FOR CARS EMPLOYEES.
IT IS NOT MEANT FOR TRUCKS, UH, AND AS WAS DESCRIBED, UH, TO STAFF AND TO P AND Z WOULD ACTUALLY BE NARROWER THAN, UH, THAN A TRUCK ENTRANCE.
SO IT WOULD BE, UH, MAYBE NOT IMPOSSIBLE, BUT VERY DIFFICULT, UH, TO, TO GET ANY KINDA TRUCKS IN AND OUT OF THERE.
SO THAT IS THAT, THAT, UH, THE PUD DOES STEP STIPULATE THAT IS ONLY FOR PASSENGER VEHICLES ON THE SOUTH END, UM, ALONG THE FEEDER ROAD, THAT IS WHERE THE, YOU SEE TWO TRUCK ENTRANCES THERE.
AND OF COURSE THEY'LL HAVE TO, UH, GET THEIR APPROVALS FROM TXDOT FOR THOSE, UM, FOR THOSE CURB CUTS.
UM, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THOSE TWO ENTRANCES WOULD BE FOR TRUCKS, UH, TO GO IN AND OUT, UM, AND HIT STRAIGHT ONTO THE, UH, TO THE FREEWAY.
UH, YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE GREEN AREA, UH, AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THAT SITE PLAN SHOWS.
UM, THAT'S BASICALLY A BUFFER THAT THERE IS A 50 FOOT SETBACK, UH, ALONG THE, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DESCRIBE THE, THE FURTHER DASH LINE.
UM, BUT ALSO THERE IS A 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE, UH, BUFFER.
AND THERE'S A TREE PRESERVATION AREA AS WELL.
IF, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE, YOU KNOW THAT THAT SITE IS PRETTY MUCH COVERED WITH, UH, TREES RIGHT NOW.
AND THEIR, THEIR INTENT, THE DEVELOPER'S INTENT IS TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THAT CURRENT, UH, LANDSCAPING AS THEY CAN.
THOSE FULL-GROWN TREES ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A PRETTY GOOD BUFFER.
UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS, UH, THAT WE HEARD AT UH, P AND Z WAS COULD WE PUT A SOUND WALL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE, UM, OF THE PROPERTY TO TRY AND BUFFER ANY OF THE NOISE FROM THE NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH THAT, THAT ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH.
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THE, ONE OF THE INTENTS OF THE BUILDING BEING SITUATED THE WAY IT IS, IS THAT THE BUILDING ITSELF, THE ONLY BAYS ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.AND REALLY AS FAR AS A NOISE BUFFER GOES, THE BUILDING ITSELF IS MEANT TO BE A NOISE BUFFER.
AND I THINK THAT'S A WHAT, 40 FOOT, 45 FOOT TALL, 32, 32 FOOT TALL BUILDING.
UM, THAT WOULD HELP TO, UH, TO BUFFER QUITE A LOT OF THAT SOUND.
UM, THE OTHER PIECE I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IS, AGAIN, THIS, IF YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE BLOBBY GRAY, UH, LINE AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THAT'S WHERE ALL THAT EXISTING VEGETATION IS.
SO, UM, BUT THE DEVELOPER HAS ALSO AGREED TO ADD IN SOME ADDITIONAL BUFFER, UH, LANDSCAPE BUFFERING, WHICH YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT ON THIS, UH, TYPE PLAN AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS A, UM, A BASIC RENDERING OF KIND OF WHAT THE BUILDING WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE TOP ONE IS THE, THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT WOULD FACE THE NORTH.
AND THEN THE, UH, THE OTHER SIDE IS THE SOUTH, UH, FACING ELEVATION THAT IS, YOU KNOW, SHOWS YOUR, UM, OVERHEAD BAYS AND, UH, THE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
UH, HERE'S A RENDERING, UH, THAT IS IN THE DOCUMENT THAT THIS GIVES US A GENERAL IDEA OF THE AESTHETIC FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF.
AND THIS WENT TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP, UM, CAUSE P AND Z TO PUSH IT TO OCTOBER.
UM, AND THE EVENTUAL VOTE, UM, WAS TO, UH, WAS FOR APPROVAL, UH, SEVEN TO TWO.
THERE WERE TWO DISSENTING VOTES.
AND THE, THE MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN, UM, WAS THE CONCERN OVER HAVING A WAREHOUSE IN THIS PART OF TOWN ALONG THE FREEWAY, BECAUSE THAT'S DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD ALREADY.
UH, AND THE, THE OTHER PIECE THAT THAT KEPT COMING UP WAS THOSE WELLHEAD SITES.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T HAPPEN THERE? UM, IT, IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT THE, THE SITE ITSELF IS VERY LIMITED BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, ZONING, CURRENT ZONING WOULD ALLOW FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THE REALITY OF THE SITE AND THE CLEANUP THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY FROM THAT SITE IS THAT A LOT OF THOSE USES ARE NOT, PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.
UM, ONCE YOU GET THROUGH THE COST OF DOING THE PHASE ONE, DOING THE PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, THEN GOING THROUGH AND MAKING THOSE CLEANUP ACTIONS HAPPEN.
SO, UM, WE HAVE AN APPLICANT NOW THAT, THAT IS WILLING TO GO THROUGH THAT.
AND, UM, AGAIN, THE SITE IS WHAT IT IS.
SO, UH, AT THIS STAGE, UM, I, I'LL LET THE, UH, THE DEVELOPER KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL, WHICH THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT AND, UH, AND IS ABLE TO, UM, AD ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WE'RE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION RIGHT NOW, BUT, SO WE CAN ALWAYS TALK IN THE NEXT ITEM, BUT DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? YEAH.
UH, JOSH WHEELER, UH, 1920 MCKINNEY AVENUE.
UH, MARTIN HIT ON PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOUCHED THAT P AND Z EARLY ON HAD HAD CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER OBVIOUSLY ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I, I I, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE THAT IS ON THIS SITE.
UM, WE HAVE NOT DONE A PHASE TWO.
WE HAVE DONE OUR PHASE ONE, UH, WHICH CAME BACK AS WE EXPECTED THAT A PHASE TWO IS GOING TO BE NEEDED.
SO, UM, YES, I'VE DONE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS, CROSS COUNTRY, DIFFERENT TYPE OF PRODUCT TYPES BECAUSE OF THE WELLHEADS, THE ENCUMBRANCES UPON THAT PLUS LOCATION, PLUS THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND THE SOILS.
UM, THERE'S, IT, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO THINK OF WHAT AN OTHER DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE THERE.
AND I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE PROJECT, UH, CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
HOWEVER, I DO TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE DUE TO, UH, CERTAIN ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT HAVE HAPPENED ON THE SITE THROUGH THE, UH, PAST DRILLING.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, CURRENT DRILLING THAT'S GOING OR CURRENT, UH, EXCAVATION THAT'S GOING ON AS WELL.
SO I'LL LEAVE IT THAT MARTIN HIT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE WORKED WITH HIS STAFF DILIGENTLY.
THEY WERE GREAT TO WORK WITH, UM, CREATING ADDITIONAL SETBACKS, UM, CREATING, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THE SCREENING STAYS ALONG SOUTH ALEXANDER, PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE NORTHERN NEIGHBORHOOD, KEEPING THOSE TRUCKS AWAY FROM THERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NARROWING.
UM, SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, VERY COGNIZANT OF OF THAT AND WHAT I WOULD ASSUME THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS MOST CONCERNED ABOUT, ABOUT TRUCK TRAFFIC AND NOISE.
SO ORIENTING THE BUILDING, KEEPING THE SCREENING, ADDING IN ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, PUSHING TRUCKS OUT TO 1 46, 99.
UM, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE DONE WHAT WE CAN, BUT OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS AND, AND OR ANY OF THE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
SO, UH, WELL, I WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR THIS GENTLEMAN HERE AND MR. WHEELER, CORRECT? YEAH.
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GO TO THE NEXT, GO TO THE NEXT ONE.NO, I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY, HE'S HERE NOW, SO WE CAN TALK TO HIM NOW, BUT, UM, HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO, SO WE CAN START IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S QUESTIONS YET, BUT I, I WANNA SAY SOME STUFF.
UM, I SPOKE TO YOU A LITTLE BIT.
I DID ATTEND PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, AS NOT AS A COUNCIL WOMAN AS UM, A CITIZEN.
THAT BUSINESS IS DUE SOUTH OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I'VE LIVED IN FOR OVER TWO DECADES.
SO, UM, EVERY PROJECT IN DISTRICT TWO IN THE CITY IS IMPORTANT TO ME, BUT THIS ONE HITS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HOME.
I TOLD YOU I'LL PROBABLY LIVE AND DIE ON MY STREET OVER THERE.
UM, I'M VERY CONFLICTED, UM, BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL AS A WHOLE HAS STRESSED FOR A WHILE NOW.
WE EVEN CHANGED THE ULDC AND RECENTLY VOTED ON IT THAT WE WERE GOING TO RESTRICT WAREHOUSES TO OUR WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.
UM, IT'S BEEN, UM, I WOULDN'T EVEN CALL IT A DIVISIVE TOPIC.
I MEAN, WE'VE ALL, YOU KNOW, DECIDED THAT, THAT WE WERE GONNA STICK TO WAREHOUSES IN THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.
UM, BUT THE REASON THIS, THIS ONE, UM, YOUR DEVELOPMENT IS CONFLICTING FOR ME IS BECAUSE THAT PIECE OF LAND THERE DOES HAVE CONSTRAINTS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO, YOU KNOW, FIX ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, TO PUT HOMES THERE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I'M GONNA START WITH, I'M GONNA GO DOWN A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE IN MY MIND.
THE FIRST THING IS ABOUT THE BUFFER WALL.
FOR ME, IT WASN'T ABOUT THE NOISE, IT WAS ABOUT THE AESTHETICS.
SO EVEN WITH THE GREENERY AND, UM, THE OTHER BUFFER ITEMS THAT YOU'RE CALLING THEM FOR ME, AND, AND I WANNA CLARIFY SOMETHING 'CAUSE EVEN WHEN I WAS TALKING TO MR. REYNOLDS ABOUT THIS, WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL ARE CALLING NORTH ALEXANDER IS NOT WHAT MOST BAY TOWNS CALL THAT ROAD.
MOST BAYTON CALL THAT WEST MAINE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WHICH ONE OF US IS CORRECT, BUT IF YOU'VE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME, SO I'M GONNA REFER TO IT AS WEST MAINE, BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW ON YOUR MAP AND EVERYTHING IT SAYS NORTH ALEXANDER, UM, THE WEST ROAD THAT'S DUE NORTH OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE WANTING.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THAT ROAD IS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION.
THERE IS NOT A DITCH REALLY TO SPEAK OF.
THERE'S AN INDENT OF SOMEWHAT, IT DOES NOT DRAIN VERY WELL.
UM, THERE IS ALREADY FLOODING CONCERNS DUE TO THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF CONCRETE THAT'S BEEN POURED IN FROM RECENT 99 BUILD UP THERE.
SO PUTTING IN MORE CONCRETE ON TOP OF THE WELLHEADS, BUILDING THE WAREHOUSES IMMEDIATELY MAKES ME AS A HOMEOWNER DO NORTH OF THAT CONCERNED YOU ARE PUTTING IN A RETENTION POND.
SO THAT EASES SOME OF MY CONCERNS, BUT I'M JUST GOING DOWN MY LIST BACK TO THE BUFFER.
I CAN ALREADY HEAR THE TRUCK TRAFFIC FROM MY HOME FROM 99.
SO, UM, I REALLY WASN'T CONCERNED.
I MEAN, WE HAVE TRAINS AND ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL NOISES.
I'M ON THE STREET THAT HAS THE, THE, THE AMBULANCE.
GOING BACK TO THE AESTHETICS, IF I COULD PICK APART THIS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A 10 FOOT WALL WITH A GREENERY, UM, ON THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE IN P AND Z, Y'ALL MENTIONED A LAY DOWN YARD AND YOU COULDN'T REALLY TELL US WHAT WAS GONNA BE LAID DOWN BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THE OCCUPANTS ARE YET.
AND SO I'M GETTING THIS IDEA THAT I'M GONNA BE DRIVING BY THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY EVERY DAY OR PLAYING OUT IN THE YARD AND LOOKING, AND I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT LORD KNOWS WHAT TO PIPES, UM, FLOORING.
UM, IT WOULD IN, IN MY OPINION, WOULD ALSO DEVALUE MY HOMES AND MY NEIGHBOR'S HOMES.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
UM, WHAT WERE SOME OF MY OTHER, I WANTED TO ASK YOU THIS.
SO WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE? WHAT HAPPENED IN ENVIRONMENTAL ONE? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOING THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL ONE PHASE AND GOING THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL TWO PHASE? CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT? YEAH, I, I, I'LL PREFACE THAT I'M NOT IN, UH, ENGINEER IN ANY, BUT PHASE ONE IS REALLY, THEY GO BACK AND LOOK IN HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF THE SITE, WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING THERE FROM, I THINK THEY WENT BACK TO 1930, SO IT'S AN AERIAL LOOK.
THEY WALK THE SITE, THEY CAN SEE JUST VISUALLY WHAT IS THERE, A PHASE TWO.
SO IT, IT IS MORE, UM, HIGHER LEVEL.
A PHASE TWO IS MUCH MORE IN DEPTH WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DRILL, DRILL WELLS, TEST THE WATER, TEST THE SOILS FOR WHAT CHEMICALS OR NO CHEMICALS ARE IN THERE.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OLD TANKS THAT WERE ON THERE, THERE.
THEY'RE ALL, I MEAN, IT WAS, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY DIRTY.
UM, SO WE EXPECT TO FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THAT, THAT THEN PHASE TWO THEN, UM, BASICALLY TELLS US WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO REMI, UH, REMEDIATE THE SOILS PER TCEQ STANDARDS.
SO IT'S A MUCH MORE INVASIVE AND HIGH, UH, DEEPER DIVE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, CONTAMINANTS.
AND ARE THEY STILL DRILLING ON THAT SITE? BECAUSE I, I'M UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THERE'S STILL MINERAL RIGHTS THERE ON THAT SITE.
YEAH, THERE'S MINERAL AND SURFACE RIGHTS WITH, UH, THE CURRENT OIL AND GAS COMPANY.
THEY HAVE, WE'VE BEEN IN TALKS WITH THEM.
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ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WANT TO DRILL TWO MORE HOLES.AND IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? OR YEAH, I, TOWARDS THE WIER SIDE.
I KNOW THE ONLY WAY I, UM, ON THE WIER SIDE, NO, NO, NO.
UH, IT'S ON THIS, IT'S ON THIS, ON THIS PROPERTY IT'S, OH, I MEANT GOING TOWARDS WIER IS WHAT I MEANT.
IT'S LIKE IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
SO IT'S ALMOST DEAD CENTER OF THE SITE.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AND WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS WHERE DOES THE CURRENT OVERLAY DISTRICT, IS IT ALLOWED MM-HMM
SO THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT OF WHY WE'RE HERE.
I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BE GOING ON ON THAT LAND.
AND THEN THE, THE LAST THING THAT I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT BEFORE I HEAR OUT ALL MY, UM, FRIENDS UP HERE, THE TRUCKS
SO, UM, I ALREADY MENTIONED THIS TO YOU A LITTLE BIT.
I KNOW THAT THE DRIVEWAY ON WEST MAIN, NORTH ALEXANDER IS ONLY MEANT FOR, UM, EMPLOYEES AND, AND SMALL VEHICLES.
BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN, UM, DISTRICT TWO AND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS WHERE THE OLD WIMER DISTRIBUTION IS.
UM, THERE IS NOW THREE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT, UM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF 18 WHEELER TRUCK TRAFFIC AND, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON IS THAT TRUCK TRAFFIC DOES NOT WANNA PAY THE TOLLS.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO HEAD SOUTH AND GET ON 99, THAT IS NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, I HAVE PICTURES MYSELF ON MY PHONE WHERE, UM, BUSINESSES CAN'T REALLY CONTROL WHAT THE TRUCK DRIVERS ARE DOING.
SO EVEN IF, UM, YOU MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO LIMIT WHERE TRUCKS ARE GOING IN AND OUT, WHEN YOU PUT A FACILITY LIKE THIS BY MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S STILL GOING TO INCREASE 18 WHEELER TRUCK TRAFFIC.
UM, AND SO FOR ME, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGER ISSUES THAT I DON'T THINK YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OF BECAUSE TRUCKS WILL COME WITH THIS.
BUT I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE WITH MY OWN CONVERSATION JUST TO THROW ALL THIS OUT HERE.
THE TRUTH IS, IS THAT IF YOU WERE A BIRD AND YOU FLEW OVER THIS AREA, THERE'S THREE HUGE WAREHOUSES.
UM, IF YOU, IF YOU GET ON 99 AND START HEADING TOWARDS THE HOTEL, THEY'RE RIGHT THERE ON, ON THE RIGHT.
UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAMES OF 'EM.
SO THERE ARE ALREADY BUSINESSES LIKE THIS.
IT IS VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.
UM, AND ALTHOUGH I THINK THERE CAN BE SOME NEGATIVES WITH THE TRUCK TRAFFIC WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, I WOULD REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT THEY WOULD JUST JUMP OUT ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND GO.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU, I'M, I'M SEEING THE OTHER THING HAPPEN WITH THE OTHER WAREHOUSES.
SO PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE UP HERE, BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MY COLLEAGUES KIND OF KNOW ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH MY MIND, BUT I AM STILL VERY CONFLICTED ON THIS ONE.
I, I WOULD JUST ADD ON THE, THE NORTHERN, UH, ACCESS ONTO WEST MAIN.
UM, PART OF THAT IS, YES, WE LIKE IT FOR TRAFFIC FLOW AS WELL, BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT WE WOULD ALSO THINK THROUGH AS A FIRELIGHT SAFETY.
UH, SO THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE.
SO THERE ARE TWO ROADS FOR GOD FORBID THERE'S ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY.
THEY CAN COME IN FROM THE NORTH OR FROM THE SOUTH.
IF ONE ROAD IS, IF ONE ACCESS IS BLOCKED, IT GIVES FLEXIBILITY.
UM, ONE THING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK, I MEAN, IT'S PUTTING A NOX BOX ON THERE MM-HMM
TO WHERE ONLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR EMS OR WHOEVER THAT NEEDS TO GET IN THERE CAN GET IN THERE.
UM, I THINK THAT'D BE SOMETHING WE'D BE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AS WELL.
I MEAN IT, LOOK, I CAN'T STOP TRUCKS.
YOU CAN'T, BUT YOU PUT A GUARDRAIL UP THERE OR SOMETHING THAT GIVES IT ONE MORE DETERRENT.
I DOUBT THEY'RE GONNA BLOW THROUGH IT, BUT IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'D BE OPEN TO TALK ABOUT.
AND WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK FOR.
OR IT'D BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IF THEY WOULD ALLOW JUST NO ACCESS.
AND THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH JUST THE TWO, UH, ON THE SOUTH END.
BUT I DON'T, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR YET WITH THAT DISCUSSION.
BUT I HEAR YOU AND WE, WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT, I MEAN, ORIGINALLY WE HAD TWO OUT ON THE WEST MAIN AND WE OBVIOUSLY TOOK ONE WAY PRETTY QUICKLY AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH THERE MM-HMM
UM, AND LEFT ONE FOR BOTH THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO THINKING, TRYING TO THINK AHEAD FOR FIRE LIFE SAFETY AS WELL.
AND ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, Y'ALL WATCH P AND Z, BUT THE LASTLY, I'LL SAY THIS, UH, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF P AND Z DID MENTION CONCERNS ABOUT THE SCHOOL, UH, THE JUNIOR HIGH THAT'S RIGHT THERE, HORSEMAN.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA SAY, AS AN EDUCATOR, THAT WASN'T REALLY A, A BIG CONCERN FOR ME AS FAR AS THIS DEVELOPMENT, ONLY BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THAT JUNIOR HIGH HAS HAD TO CONTEND WITH FREEWAY TRAFFIC SINCE IT WAS BUILT.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT WOULD IMPACT, UH, THAT JUNIOR HIGH ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL WERE AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT I HEARD, UM, AT P AND Z TOO.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING INTEREST IN OUR CITY AND, AND, AND, AND LOOKING AT A DEVELOPMENT 'CAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR
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YOU.YEAH, I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE MITIGATED SOIL MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH, CAN ALMOST BE ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS PER ACRE FOOT YOU'RE GONNA PUT INTO THIS.
SO IF YOU GO DOWN FIVE FOOT, THAT'S, YOU'RE MAKING ME SWEAT, BUT YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH, IT'S IT JUST RUNNING OFF HARD.
SO IF YOU GO DOWN, LET'S SAY IT WAS RESIDENTIAL, OR LET'S SAY IT WAS A COMMERCIAL PROJECT, YOU WANTED TO BRING AN HEB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERY BIT OF TWO AND A HALF TO $4 MILLION JUST TO FIX THE SOIL.
THE WELLHEADS ARE COSTING YOU ABOUT 14% OF YOUR PROPERTY IS GONE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING 'CAUSE OF THE WELLHEAD, YOU'RE LOSING 14% OFF THE BAT.
YOU'RE LOSING ANOTHER 15% JUST FOR YOUR DETENTION PONDS.
SO YOU'RE ONLY ABLE TO USE ABOUT 70% OF YOUR SITE, NOT INCLUDING WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE GREEN SPACE.
YOU'RE REALLY ONLY UTILIZING ABOUT 40% OF YOUR SITE, WHICH IS VERY MINIMAL FOR ANYBODY TO TRY TO COME IN AND PUT A DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS.
PEOPLE HAVE COME LOOKED IN THIS AREA AND THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN KIND OF COMING INTO THAT AREA.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING SOMETHING TO THIS AREA.
I I LIKE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING THE GREEN SPACE, LEAVING THE EXISTING TREES THAT ARE OLD ARE ALREADY TALL AND THE 30, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT A 10 FOOT WALL FOR SOUND.
HE'S GOT A 32 FOOT TALL ONE RIGHT THERE.
IT'S CALLED THE TILT WALL WHEN HE PUTS IT UP THERE.
HE'S THAT ONE ON ONE SIDE, ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE, PLUS 45 FEET BETWEEN IT.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE.
THE CONCERN IS OF COURSE, IS GONNA BE THE LAY DOWN YARDS.
THAT'S THAT OR ANY, ANY TYPE OF WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN FOR CONTAIN CONTAINMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THERE.
SO THAT IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN ONLY ON THOSE.
IS MAKING SURE LAY DOWN IS GONNA BE NOT VISIBLE.
WHICH I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME GREEN SPACE THAT'S GONNA BLOCK IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA USE SOME PRECAST AROUND THERE TO BLOCK SOME OF THOSE, UH, LAY DOWN YARDS SO YOU CAN'T SEE THEM.
OR IF YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE CHAIN LINK FENCE, IT'S COVERED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL'S PLANS ON THAT PART IS.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN QUITE THAT FAR.
UH, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MORE CLOSER TO WEST MAIN AND CLOSER DOWN TO 1 46 99? YEAH.
THOSE, THOSE SMALLER 7,500 SQUARE.
I MEAN THE IDEA, OUR INITIAL IDEA WAS THAT ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE TOWARD CLOSER TO WEST MAIN, I MEAN THOSE, THAT IS A THICK, THICK ROW OF TREES RIGHT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE THROUGH AND THEN AS WE ADD MORE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO THE YEAH.
SO AS WE ADD MORE, ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTH, YOU ARE BLOCKING IT.
OUR IDEA WAS TO BLOCK IT WITH NATURAL VEGETATION THAN, THAN ANY TYPE OF CMU WALL.
AND THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S WE'RE DOING BY LEAVING THE NATURAL VEGETATION THERE THAT ARE, THOSE TREES ARE TALL ALREADY.
YOU'RE KIND OF ALREADY BLOCKING ANYTHING THAT WAS, SOMEBODY WOULD SEE.
SO, AND YOU HAVE THE TRAIN TRACKS COMING UP BELIEVE BEHIND IT.
KIND OF THE, THE TRAIN RATHER.
UH, THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE ON THE WEST SIDE.
IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH THIS SIDE, BUT IT'S, THEY'RE NOT FAR.
OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE STILL IN PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, YES.
UM, TO KIND OF GO BY COUNCIL MEMBER'S CONCERNS WITH THE TRUCK TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY DOWN, UM, WEST MAIN.
UM, AND I KNOW SOMETIMES SIGNAGE IN ALMOST WHEN YOU'RE AT THE OTHER TYPE SITUATION, BUT COULD WE, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A TXDOT ISSUE OR NOT.
COULD WE ADD, UM, JUST ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE TO PREVENT TRACK TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE AND MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PATROL PRESENCE? UM, UH, I, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THAT ISSUE WITH, UM, MISSOURI STREET ON THE OTHER SIDE, 1 46 IN THE SOUTHWEST EDITION.
THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY 18 WHEELERS GOING THROUGH THERE.
AND THEY STILL DO, WHICH IS WHY I AM SAYING SOMETIMES SIGNAGE DOESN'T WORK, UM, FOR SOME OF THESE DRIVERS.
BUT IF WE CAN HAVE MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNS OR, AND MAKE THAT A NOTE THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC AREA.
WE CONTROL THE TRUCK AREA AND, AND JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, POPUP PATROL, UH, IN THE AREA FOR THAT.
I'LL ADD, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD DO IT ON A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, BUT WITHIN OUR, WITHIN THE PRIVATE, WE'D ABSOLUTELY LOOK OPEN TO ADDING MORE SIGNS.
WE CAN HOPEFULLY AVOID TEXT DOT.
I LIKE TEXT DOT, UH, BUT WE CAN NOW OBVIOUSLY PUT IT ON THE, ON THE PRIVATE SIDE AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY, SO THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE'S DESIRE TO SPEAK AND I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING, UH, A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIALS ONLY MAP TO REASON ON APPROXIMATELY 28.55 ACRES AT NINE 50 SOUTH SI SOUTH, EXCUSE ME, STATE HIGHWAY 1 46 BUSINESS FROM FREEWAY COMMERCIAL TO THE PUD ZONING DISTRICT.
[d. Consider an ordinance authorizing a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 28.55 acres at 950 State Highway 146 Business (SH 146 BS) from Freeway Commercial (FC) to a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Zoning District.]
ITEM, WHICH IS OUR ACTION ITEM ON THIS, WHICH IS ITEM, UM, FIVE D, UM, WHICH WOULD BE THE ACTION ITEM ON, ON THE PUBLIC HEARING WE JUST HAD.SO I'LL ONCE AGAIN OPEN UP TO DISCUSSION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS.
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'CAUSE I OH, I CERTAINLY DO.UM, I ACTUALLY WANNA MAKE A MOTION.
I WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM FIVE DI WOULD LIKE MORE TIME TO, UH, SPEAK TO SOME RESIDENTS AND DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO TABLE THIS ITEM.
UM, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE, ON THE FLOOR, UNLESS IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TABLING.
UM, IF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TABLE AND YES.
UM, SO DURING THE PNZ MEETING, UM, IT WAS QUESTIONED HOW MANY RESIDENTS WERE, UM, Y'ALL DID OUTREACH FOR.
AND APPARENTLY THERE WERE ONLY LIKE FIVE HOMES REALLY IN THE IMPACTED AREA.
AND THE AMOUNT OF LETTERS THAT WENT OUT, I THINK WERE LIKE 300 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF SINCE THE P AND Z MEETING WAS ADDITIONAL OUTREACH DONE, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU GET A LETTER, YOU PUT IT AWAY AND YOU'RE NOT REALLY, ARE YOU ASKING NO STAFF.
AND SO DID WE GO BACK AND DO ANY ADDITIONAL OUTREACH TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS? TO NO.
THAT STAFF HAS, SO STAFF HAS PROVIDED NOTICE I'M, THAT'S REQUIRED.
I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR QUESTION, BUT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE ABOUT TABLING THIS ITEM.
SO YOU'RE THAT'S DISCUSSION RIGHT THERE.
YEAH, WELL, IT, IT, SO, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA STOP IT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
ALL I EITHER REALLY KNOW WHAT THE TABLE, WHEN YOU SAY WE WANT TO TABLE THIS ADVISING A, A TIME, A TIMEFRAME FOR THAT.
UM, I CAN DO MINUTE THE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
I JUST, UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
PUT A, PUT A DATE, PUT 30 DAYS, JUST SOMETHING.
30 DAYS I MOTION ON THE TABLE.
I WANNA AMEND IT TO YOU'S SAYING, OKAY.
AND, AND AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY, YOU WANNA SUSPEND THE ITEM FOR NO LONGER THAN 30 DAYS THAT THAT WORKS? A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT TO SUSPEND THIS ITEM FOR NO LONGER THAN 30 DAYS IN AN EFFORT FOR ME TO JUST TALK TO MORE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING I'M MISSING AND DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH.
I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT, KIND OF THE AVENUE YOU WERE GOING DOWN, BUT I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON TABLE TO SUSPEND THIS.
WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS IT? ITEM FOR NO LONGER THAN 30 DAYS.
AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
SO WITH THAT, UM, UNLESS THERE'S DISCUSSION ON THE TABLE ITSELF, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO TABLE THE ITEM FOR 30 DAYS OR NO LONGER? NO, NO LESS THAN 30 DAYS.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION PLEASE SAY AYE.
UM, AND I'M SORRY, COUNSEL, REMEMBER JUST WE HAVE TO GO, THERE'S A MOTION.
THAT POINT IN A SENSE, UNLESS IT'S SPECIFICALLY TO THAT.
[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing a consulting services agreement for the West Texas Avenue Drainage Improvement Project with Associated Testing Laboratories, Inc., for material testing.]
MOVE ON TO, UM, SIX A, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE WEST TEXAS AVENUE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WITH THE, WITH THE ASSOCIATED TESTING LABORATORIES, INC.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS, UM, DEAL WITH THE SAME PROJECT, UH, WEST TEXAS AVENUE DRAINAGE PROJECT.
I'LL DESCRIBE THE PROJECT A LITTLE MORE, UM, BRIEFLY IN THE NEXT ITEM.
THIS ITEM IS JUST FOR THE MATERIALS TESTING FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, IT IS, AS YOU SAID, WITH UH, ASSOCIATED TESTING LABORATORIES AND THE AMOUNT IS $83,747.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REGARDING, I GUESS ITEM SIX A? MM-HMM.
IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SIX A AS PRESENTED.
ALRIGHT, SO ANY, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, IN FAVOR OF ITEM SIX A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AND, UH, GOOD TO SEE MORE DRAINAGE WORK.
I KNOW I'M HEARING A LOT FROM CITIZENS REGARDING THAT.
UH, BUT CERTAINLY WEST TEXAS AVENUE, UM, HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A PROBLEM AREA AND SO WE ARE CERTAINLY HAPPY THAT STAFF CONTINUES TO GO AND TRY TO ADDRESS THAT.
[b. Consider an ordinance awarding a construction contract to Specialty Construction TX, LLC, for the Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program-funded West Texas Avenue Drainage Improvements Project.]
CONSIDERED ORDINANCE OF AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION TEXAS LLC FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION PROGRAM FUNDED WEST TEXAS AVENUE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.THAT WHICH WE, WE JUST ALSO HAD AN ITEM ON.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR THIS ITEM.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM SIX B IS PRESENTED.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE AREA THAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT.
I, I WAS JUST GONNA BRIEFLY MENTION THAT.
UM, THIS IS A MUCH NEEDED DRAINAGE PROJECT.
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INCLUDES, UH, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WEST TEXAS AS YOU SEE HERE, UM, DFE AND PRUITT AND JONES STREET.SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE STREET SCAPING THAT WILL CONTINUE FROM THE, UH, WHERE IT LEAVES OFF NEAR TOWN SQUARE ALL THE WAY TO THE OAK TREE.
UH, WHICH INCLUDES DECORATIVE PAVERS, UM, YOU KNOW, DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTS AND BENCHES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO, AND IT, UH, JUST ONE THING TO ADD IT IS, UM, FUNDED BY TWO SEPARATE GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED BOTH FROM, UH, HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
SO, UH, GLAD IT WAS APPROVED, IT'LL BE AN EXCITING PROJECT.
AND SO ONLY THING I'LL ADD THERE ON, ON PARTICULARLY ON DFE, UM, WHILE WE'RE THERE.
AND I GUESS, UH, KIND OF REDOING KIND OF THAT, THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY ITSELF, I WOULD SUGGEST WE ADD ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTING 'CAUSE IT'S PRETTY DARK IN THAT AREA, SO THAT, THAT WE CAN'T.
I KNOW THERE'S RED BLINKING LIGHTS WE SPOKE WITH A FEW MEETINGS AGO, BUT, UM, THAT AREA'S PRETTY DARK, ESPECIALLY IN OUR, UH, CHRISTMAS PARADE.
YES, THERE'S VERY NICE TREES, BUT THANK YOU.
[c. Consider an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a purchase agreement with Central Church of Christ at Baytown for the acquisition of two tracts of land comprising 0.270 acres and 0.940 acres for a public purpose.]
[d. Consider an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a purchase agreement with Cory Simpson for the acquisition of 1.2650 acres of land for a public purpose.]
[e. Consider an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a purchase agreement with GY & MY Properties Ltd. for the acquisition of 2.0429 acres of land for a public purpose.]
SIX, UH, C, D, AND E, WHICH I AM TOLD WE CAN TAKE THIS TOGETHER.BUT MR. MORAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PREFACE THESE THREE? YES.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL, BRIAN MORAN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, ITEM SIX, C, D AND E TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION INVOLVED, UH, PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET STREET CORRIDOR, WHICH HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN THE DOWNTOWN ARTS DISTRICT PLAN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLANS, WHICH WERE ADOPTED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ALRIGHT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM REGARDING ITEM SIX, C, D, AND E ON THESE ACQUISITIONS, IF NOT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'M ASSUMING FROM DISTRICT TWO.
NO, I WAS READY TO MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS. UH, SIX, C, D, AND D.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM SIX, C, D, AND E.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ITEM CARRIE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE DID HAVE MS, UM, ALVARADO THAT WAS ABSENT CAP.
[f. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Management Services Agreement with Philippians 2:3 Consulting ("P2:3") to perform aquatics management services for the operation and enhancement of Pirates Bay Waterpark and Calypso Cove.]
F CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PHILIPPIANS TWO, THREE CONSULTING, ALSO REFERRED TO AS P TWO THREE TO PERFORM AQUATICS MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE OPERATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF PIRATES BAY WATERPARK AND CALYPSO COVE, MR. HATCH OR MR. REYNOLDS MAYOR.COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP HERE.
UM, AS Y'ALL ARE AWARE, WE ANNOUNCED THAT WE HAVE STARTED A TRANSITION WITH PIRATES BAY INTO, UM, A P TWO THREE TO OVERSEE THE OPERATIONS OF THE WATERPARK.
THE CONTRACT THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THAT I'M ASKING YOU, UH, FOR PERMISSION TO SIGN WITHIN THE LEFT AND RIGHT BOUNDARIES THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, UM, INCLUDE FULL OPERATIONAL CONTROL, UH, TWO P TWO THREE, UH, FOR A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, UH, WITH A SUNSET BUILT IN AT YEAR THREE, UH, TO, UH, EXAMINE HOW THAT OPERATION HAS BEEN GOING.
THE BUDGET IS, UH, GUARANTEED AS ADOPTED BY THE, UM, BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN THE CURRENT AQUATICS FUND, UH, FOR YEARS ONE THROUGH THREE, UH, YEARS.
FOUR AND FIVE WOULD BE, AGAIN, REEXAMINED DURING THE, UH, SUNSET PERIOD.
UH, WHAT THIS DOES MEAN IS THAT THIS HANDS OVER ALL OPERATIONAL EXPENSES TO P TWO THREE, THAT DOES INCLUDE CAPITAL EXPENSES, UM, FOR THE WATER PARK.
SO AS WE WOULD WORK THROUGH THIS, THEY WOULD RUN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
THEY WOULD PAY, UH, THEY WOULD MAINTAIN THE FACILITY, THEY WOULD MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S THERE.
UM, PART OF THE AGREEMENT DOES ALLOW THEM A $60,000 A YEAR WATER, SEWER CREDIT, UH, UH, TOWARDS THE OPERATION.
UM, SO IN TOTAL, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THAT BUDGET IS, THAT'S THE 4.3 PLUS THE 60,000, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, 4.34 PLUS THE 60,000 FOR, FOR THAT BUDGET TO BE 4.4, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE ADOPTED BUDGET THAT WE HAVE IN THE FY 25 BUDGET.
UM, THEY ARE TAKING ON THE RISK, OKAY, THEY'RE TAKING ON THE RISK, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES THAT HAVE YET TO BE FULLY DEFINED AND THAT WILL BE ON THEM, UM, THROUGH YEARS ONE THROUGH THREE.
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THERE IS THE OFF OPPORTUNITY, UH, THAT THEY TURN A PROFIT, THEY ARE THEN ABLE TO, UH, WITHHOLD THAT PROFIT.BUT THOSE MOST LIKELY WILL GO TO CAPITAL EXPENSES, UH, FOR THE FUTURE YEARS.
UH, WITH THAT SAID, SO YOU HAVE YEARS ONE THROUGH THREE WITH THE REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY 4.4 MILLION.
ALL EXPENSES ARE WITH THEM OR WITH PP TWO THREE AT THIS TIME, AS WE CURRENT CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY LOOK AT THIS, OUR MAX EXPOSURE THAT WE SEE PER YEAR IS ROUGHLY 600,000, WHICH IS, UH, I WOULD SAY EQUIVALENT OR LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN PUTTING TO, UH, THE PIRATES BAY WATERPARK AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO TO FELL SAFE THAT THEY DON'T JUST HAVE A GUARANTEED REVENUE STREAM COME IN AND NOT OPERATE ANYTHING, IF THEY FALL BELOW A CURRENT REVENUE PROJECTION, ALL EXPENSES GO ONTO THEM.
AND THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN AS A FELL SAFE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY RUN THE WATER PARK, UH, AS DEFINED IN THE CONTRACT TO A HIGH QUALITY STANDARD.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR YOU ON THE SCREEN TODAY BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ONGOING ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING.
SO, UH, WITH THAT I CAN CLARIFY OR RESTATE IT AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE, UM, AS YOU NEED MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS THOUGH REGARDING THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ITEM FOR THE CITY MANAGER? IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SIX F MOTION, MULTIPLE SECONDS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR HIM? YES, MA'AM.
I GOT TO READ THROUGH, UM, THROUGH THE DEAL THAT WE WERE PROPOSING TONIGHT, THE STAFF AND I, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED.
UM, I THINK THAT PIRATES BAY IS A ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M EXCITED THAT P TWO THREE IS GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, IF THE VOTE GOES THAT WAY TO, TO, UM, RUN IT FOR US.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY I, I, I THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE A GOOD DEAL.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ADDING, UH, PART OF THIS CONTRACT DOES GIVE COUNSEL THE FULL CONTROL TO SET THE LEFT AND RIGHT BOUNDARIES FOR THIS.
AND YOU DO HAVE THE TWO OUTSTANDING, UH, DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CLIFF AND TRACY THAT ARE OVERSEEING THIS.
SO Y'ALL KNOW THAT THEY WILL KEEP THIS AT A HIGH QUALITY, UH, PARK OR AMENITY FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF YOU GOT TO READ THROUGH IT, BUT IT, IT REALLY DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THERE WAS MUCH RISK ON OUR END AT AT ALL.
IT SEEMED LIKE A REALLY GOOD DEAL FOR US RIGHT NOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO THERE IS A MOTION, UH, FOR ITEM SIX F.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AS FOR PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ITEM CARRIES.
[a. Consider a resolution designating a representative and an alternate for the General Assembly of the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the year 2025.]
A, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING A REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 2025.AND, UH, SO MY, UM, RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENTS TO THIS BOARD AND MS. ALDO SERVED VERY WELL ON THIS BOARD.
UH, I THINK IN FACT, JUST A FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS AGO, Y'ALL HAD A RETREAT.
AND SO SHE HAS, UH, CERTAINLY REPRESENTED, UH, BAYTOWN WELL ON THE HCAC COUNSEL ON OUR BEHALF.
AND SO I WOULD ONCE AGAIN, UM, UH, RECOMMEND THAT MS. S ALVARADO SERVE AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE, OUR PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE, AND MYSELF AS THE ALTERNATE TO THE, UH, HOUSTON GALSON AREA COUNCIL.
AND SO IF SOMEBODY WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR, FOR THAT SECOND, SECOND MOTION, SECOND ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDED, UH, APPOINTMENTS TO THE HAC, UM, PRIMARY BEING, MS. ALVARADO AND MYSELF.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU MS. ALVARADO FOR SERVING.
[a. Discuss establishing or amending the City of Baytown’s local business purchasing policy, “Buy Baytown First” for goods and services.]
FEW MORE ITEMS. WE'RE ALMOST TO CONSENT.ALRIGHT, ITEM SIX EIGHT A DISCUSS ESTABLISHING, AMENDING THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S LOCAL BUSINESS PURCHASING POLICY.
UH, I DID PUT THIS AS BUY BAYTOWN FIRST, UH, FOR GOODS AND SERVICES.
AND I'LL JUST PREFACE THIS ONE ITEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK LOTS OF TIMES, AND I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I, I TRY TO BUY AS MUCH AS I CAN IN BAYTOWN, UH, CERTAINLY WITH THE
UM, BUT FOR THE CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF TIMES WE, WE BUY THINGS, UH, WHEN WE DO HAVE TO, THERE'S A PURCHASING PROCESS THAT'S, THAT WE DO HAVE TO FOLLOW, UH, PER, IF IT'S LEGISLATIVE GUIDELINES OR, OR, OR, UH, WHATEVER THE, WHATEVER THE PER, UH, THE, UM, I GUESS YOU SAY THE PROTOCOLS FOR THAT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE US, AND I'M GONNA ASK THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UM, I WANT TO CHARGE 'EM WITH PRESENTING A TRUE POLICY WHERE IF A GOOD WE'LL SAY GOODS OR SERVICES CAN BE PURCHASED FROM A BAYTOWN, UM, BUSINESS TAX PAYING BUSINESS THAT IS NOT IN ARREARS, UH, TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THAT, UM, LET'S JUST SAY IF THAT GOODS AND SERVICE IS WITHIN, AND I'M GONNA RECOMMEND, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND Y'ALL, I'M GONNA ASK FOR Y'ALL TO RECOMMEND SOME TYPE OF PLUS OR MINUS OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT.
BUT IF THEY'RE WITHIN A PERCENTAGE,
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UH, A REASONABLE PERCENTAGE OF, OF, OF, I GUESS, COMPETITIVE BIDS THAT WE, WE HAVE PREFERENCE TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT PAY TAXES IN OUR CITY.AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE FOR, FOR Y'ALL TO GO AND, AND VISIT.
I'M NOT GONNA PUT A TIMEFRAME ON IT.
I KNOW YOU HAVE LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON, UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO, TO CERTAINLY DEVELOP A BY BAYTOWN FIRST POLICY FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
UM, I ACTUALLY, UH, BRIEFLY TALKED TO BRENT, UM, DURING OUR ONE-ON-ONE ABOUT IT, HDAC JUST RECENTLY REVIEWED THEIR, UH, BY BOARD AS WELL.
UM, AND WHICH IS WHY I, I BROUGHT IT UP DURING MY ONE-ON-ONE TO ENSURE THAT WE DO THAT.
AND I REMEMBERED YOU MAKING COMMENTS TO THE SAME, UH, BEFORE, UM, WHEN I BROUGHT UP WANTING SOME OF OUR, UM, INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS AND OTHER BUSINESSES TO ALSO LOOK AT LOCAL COMPANIES.
AND YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE WANTING TO ASK THEM, BUT WE OURSELF AS A CITY, UM, IS ALSO DOING THAT.
AND SO WE, WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
BRENT HAS SOME IDEAS, I'M SURE HE CAN BRING THAT TO US.
I'M JACOB DURING THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON, ON HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE, UM, THAT SOMETIMES SOME OF OUR, UM, BUSINESSES ARE MISSING IS ACTUALLY SIGNING UP FOR THE BUYBOARD.
UM, I, I RAN INTO THAT WITH A COUPLE OF BUSINESSES THAT ASKED ME, HOW COME Y'ALL NEVER BUY FROM US? AND TURNED OUT HE WAS NEVER ON THE, ON THE LIST TO BE, UH, ONE OF THE COMPANIES TO NOT JUST GO TO, BUT THE, THE SECOND PIECE IS MAKING SURE THEY'RE ON THE LIST TO RECEIVE THE BIDS, UM, WHEN THEY GO OUT.
SO, NO, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
AND WE HAVE OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPRESENTATIVE HERE THIS EVENING, AND, AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, WE JUST BELIEVE THAT, I BELIEVE ELISE, AND I'M PRETTY SURE COUNCIL WOULD TOO, IS WE JUST WANT TO GIVE PREFERENCE FOR THOSE THAT ARE, THAT, THAT DO PROVIDE SERVICES HERE AND THEIR TAX PAYING ENTITIES HERE WITHIN OUR CITY.
AND THEY DESERVE CERTAINLY TO, TO BE PART OF, UM, THE, THE, THE BUSINESSES OF THE CITY ITSELF.
UM, SO WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GET MUCH DISCUSSION, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
[b. Discuss a possible First Amendment to the Restated Declarations of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Gateway Ten Business Park. ]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM, UH, EIGHT B, UH, DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE RE UM, RESTATED DECLARATIONS OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR GATEWAY 10 BUSINESS PARK.COUNSEL, UH, BRIAN MORAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, UM, I'D LIKE TO REP, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. JOE TOMA, WHO IS THE REPRESENTATIVE, UM, WITH GATEWAY 10, UM, BUSINESS PARK, UM, REPRESENTING THE OWNER RATCLIFFE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING THIS EVENING IS TO INCREASE THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT FROM A LITTLE OVER 52,000 SQUARE FEET TO 105,000 SQUARE FEET IN ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE, UH, TWO BUILDINGS FOR AT TENANTS OPERATIONS.
AND MR. TOOMA IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER, UM, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE RELATED TO THIS.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE A BRIEF, UM, INTRODUCTION REGARDING MAPLEWOOD INDUSTRIAL SERVICES.
UM, THEY ARE A, UH, LONG TERM CLIMATE CONTROLLED STORAGE COMPANY THAT, UH, CATERS TO THE REFINERIES, PLANTS, AS WELL AS THEIR THIRD PARTY VENDORS IN THE BAYTOWN AREA.
AND THEY RECENTLY, UH, DECIDED TO LOCATE TO BAYTOWN.
UM, AND THEY MOVED IN IN JANUARY OF 24.
AND IN 10 MONTHS, UH, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ACHIEVED MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF THEIR CURRENT FACILITY AND ALL OF THEIR, UH, PLANT AND REFINERY, UH, CUSTOMERS ARE WANTING TO SEND THEM MORE PRODUCT AND, UM, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE.
SO THEY'RE READY TO MOVE, UH, FORWARD WITH THEIR NEXT FACILITY, WHICH WILL GO BEHIND THEIR CURRENT ONE.
AND THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR EACH BUILDING TO HAVE A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 52,500 SQUARE FEET.
SO THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, THEY'RE JUST ASKING TO PUT THOSE TWO BUILDINGS IN UNDER ONE ROOF AS ONE LARGE SINGLE BUILDING.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY IT.
AND MAYOR COUNSEL, WHEN I INITIALLY MET WITH SOME OF YOU, I, UH, SAID THAT THEY, THEY WERE ASKING FOR A CONNECTION ON THE SHO LANDER, UH, THAT WAS REMOVED.
AND I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THAT, UH, CONDITION WAS REMOVED WHEN, WHEN WE CHATTED ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
UH, AND I I'M GONNA ASSUME THOUGH, THAT IT'S NOT GONNA EXCEED THE CURRENT HEIGHT.
I MEAN, AS LONG AS IT'S SAME SPECS, ALL THAT YEAH.
E EVERY OTHER DESIGN ASPECT WILL FOLLOW THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS IT'S JUST THIS DISCUSSION ITEM FOR, FOR EIGHT B, BUT IS
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THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT? IF NOT, WE'LL[c. Consider an ordinance approving the First Amendment to the Restated Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Gateway 10 Business Park.]
MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT C, WHICH IS CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE AMENDMENT THAT A HE JUST DESCRIBED, I'M ASSUMING, IS THAT THE ONLY THING THAT'S IN THE AMENDMENT? SO THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.AND THERE'S ONE MINOR EDIT, UM, ON THE ORDINANCE, AND IT SHOULD BE, INSTEAD OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, IT SHOULD BE 105,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO WITH THAT, I GUESS WE'RE ITEM EIGHT C, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM EIGHT C, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR, UM, I GUESS A BUILDING THAT THEY COULD BUILD IS THIS IS GONNA BUILD IT RIGHT NEXT TO THE PREVIOUS ONE.
UM, AND IT WILL BE, UH, A TOTAL OF 105,000 SQUARE FEET, ALTHOUGH TWO, TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS, BUT UNDER, I MEAN, TECHNICALLY ONE BUILDING.
SO MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM ITEM EIGHT C.
SO I'M GONNA ASK TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM EIGHT C, MOVE TO APPROVE EIGHT C.
AND WE HAVE A MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND FOR ITEM EIGHT C? IS THERE A SECOND FOR ITEM EIGHT C
SO THERE'S A MOTION, THERE'S A SECOND BY MYSELF FOR ITEM EIGHT C.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE BASICALLY WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED OTHER THAN, UH, COMBINING TWO BUILDINGS INTO ONE, UM, SAME HEIGHT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL MAKE A COMMENT, MAYOR.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE RATIONALE OF IT'S JUST THE SIZE OF TWO BUILDINGS PUT TOGETHER.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT TWO BUILDINGS, IT'S ONE BUILDING.
UM, AND I THINK THIS WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION BACK WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED.
UM, A LOT OF CONCERNS BY THE, UH, THE, THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND I DO THINK SOME, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME NEGOTIATIONS MADE ON SIZE OF BUILDINGS.
UM, WE'VE SEEN THIS RECENTLY WHEN THINGS HAVE COME TO US AND WE'RE, WE'RE CALLING IT MORE OF A BUSINESS PARK VERSUS A WAREHOUSE.
UM, AND SO I DO THINK THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING MATTERS AND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED, THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT MADE WITH COUNSEL AT THE TIME.
AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STICK TO THAT ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.
NO, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
I'LL MAKE A FEW MORE IN JUST A SEC, BUT ANYTHING ELSE? SO WITH THAT, THAT WAS, I MADE THE MOTION, I MADE THE SECOND JUST TO GET IT TO A VOTE SO WE DON'T KICK IT, KICK IT, KICK THIS DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU KNOW, THE, WHEN I APPROVED THIS AND IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME, UM, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, IT WAS PRESENTED AS, THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARK, MAINLY FOR SMALLER, UM, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF, OF BUSINESSES THAT COULD STORE CRITICAL PARTS AND SO ON.
AND SO WHEN WE START EXPANDING IT, ALTHOUGH IT'S TWO BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK NOW, NOW WE ARE GETTING INTO THE WAREHOUSING, THE TRUE WAREHOUSING, AND I DON'T WANT IT, REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, AND SO THEY COULD, THEY CAN BUILD, BUILD A SEPARATE ONE AND THEY'RE STILL FINE.
THEY STILL, THEY CAN STILL HAVE ALL THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THEY NEED.
UH, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE WITH THE COMMENT, UM, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO AT LEAST GET THIS TO A VOTE.
AND SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN I WAS WILLING TO GO AND EVEN ENTERTAIN THIS AND PULL IT TO A VOTE, THAT'S, I, I PUT EVERY POSSIBLE ASK ON THE TABLE AND THAT WAS MY LIMIT.
SO I'M STILL AT THAT LIMIT TONIGHT.
WE HAVE LOTS OF PLACES IN CHAMBERS COUNTY.
THIS IS INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARK.
IT WAS TO BE, IT WAS TO BE BUILT TO, UM, THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED AT THE TIME AND WE'RE NOT GONNA GO BACK.
AND A LOT OF TIMES I ASK STAFF NOT TO TAKE ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE WITH BUSINESSES.
AND SOMETIMES I'M GONNA ASK DEVELOPERS NOT TO TAKE ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE ALSO.
SO WITH THAT, WE, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE TABLE, SO I WOULD ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS ON ITEM EIGHT C.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE NOT IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
UNFORTUNATELY, SIR, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU INVESTING IN THE BAYTOWN, BUT, UM, THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE AND, AND I'M GONNA HONOR THAT.
[9. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.]
MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS, UH, A THROUGH P.SO TO ENTERTAIN A MOTIONS FOR CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH P, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM, UH, NINE THROUGH A AP, A THROUGH P, UH, P, P AS IN PAUL.
AND SECOND, ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
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UH, FOR CONSENT.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, CONSENT AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, I, UH, CONSENT IT, UH, DOES CARRY, WE HAVE OUR MANAGER REPORT.
[10. 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, COUNSEL, UM, HAVE A FEW GREAT THINGS TO REPORT TO YOU.UH, STARTING WITH NEWS OUT OF OUR MUNICIPAL COURT, FIVE OF OUR CLERKS, JACOB, SIA, SADIE, BRENDA, AND FRIDA ALL SHOWED THEIR DEDICATION OVER THE LAST 10 MONTHS PREPARING FOR THEIR CLERK ONE CERTIFICATION.
AFTER A FIVE HOUR EXAM, ALL PARTICIPANTS SUCCESSFULLY PASSED.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
UM, SO THAT, UH, IS FANTASTIC.
UH, ONE OF OUR BATTALION CHIEFS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES, ROBERT, UH, MULLEN, UH, WITH THE DISTRICT SEWER PLANTS.
UH, ROBERT REMAINED COOL UNDER PRESSURE AFTER DISCOVERING A FIRE IN, IN THE ELECTRICAL ROOM.
ROBERT'S ACTIONS RETRIEVING A CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND CONTROLLING THE FIRE PRIOR TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ARRIVAL, UH, UNDOUBTED PREVENTING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AND REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE PLANT WOULD BE AFFECTED.
SO, THANK YOU ROBERT, FOR YOUR QUICK ACTIONS AND THANK YOU FIRE FOR ACTUALLY, UM, PUTTING THIS OUT THERE AS WELL.
ALSO WITH PUBLIC WORKS, THE RESIDENT WROTE IN, UH, COMMENDING THE CREW THAT RESPONDED SWIFTLY TO A SEWER LINE ISSUE AT THEIR HOME.
THE RESIDENT EXPLAINED THE CREW ARRIVED QUICKLY AND WORKED THOROUGHLY TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM.
AS ALWAYS, OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS STEPPING UP, SO THANK YOU FRANK.
UH, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, UH, SOME THINGS ARE HAPPENING OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE TEJAS ROOM FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM UNTIL NOVEMBER 1ST.
AND THAT IS EARLY VOTING IN CASE ANYBODY IS NOT ABLE TO SEE OR HEAR, UM, THAT IS GOING ON.
AND THEN ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 5TH, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO BRING A LITTLE LEVITY.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TO PARKS CREW LEADER, UH, ROBERT RIA ON RECEIVING HIS IRRIGATION CERTIFICATION.
THIS ACHIEVEMENT WILL ENHANCE THE TEAM'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE THE PARKS, LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT TOWN.
UM, I, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, I, LEONARD GRAHAM.
UM, WHO'S THIS? NO, IT'S, UM, ANONYMOUS, THAT NAME.
SO I HAD, WE HAD A, WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, TRIP AND UH, WHEN SHE WAS GOING TO VOTE AND SHE TRIPPED ON THE CURB AND THE, UM, FIRE UNION PRESIDENT CALLED ME AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY BAD JUST HAPPENED.
WE THINK WE HAVE A HAZARD HERE.
CAN SOMEBODY ADDRESS THIS, UH, PRETTY QUICK.
AND I CALLED AND, UM, BRAND AND, UH, FRANK WERE, AND SAID, HEY, WE WILL, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS IMMEDIATELY.
AND, AND LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PARKS EMPLOYEE CALLED LEONARD GRAHAM.
AND LEONARD, UH, ALREADY DOES NIGHTTIME, NIGHTTIME OPERATIONS.
UH, AND HE GOES AND CHECKS, UH, MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK ON THE PARKS AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
SO WHILE HE WAS OUT DOING THAT, HE HAD JUST OVERHEARD, UM, THE, UH, DALLAS, UH, TALKING TO INDIVIDUALS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND, UH, TALKING TO ME ON THE PHONE AND LEONARD WENT AND DID HIS NORMAL NIGHTLY ROUNDS, AND THEN AFTER THAT WENT TO THE SHOP, GOT YELLOW PAINT, AND PAINTED THE CURB WITHOUT ANYBODY KNOWING.
AND, UM, JUST ALL BECAUSE HE HEARD SOMEBODY GOT HURT.
AND SO, LIKE, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE.
LEONARD IS A SPECIAL GUY IN AND OF HIMSELF, UH, BUT IT'S NOT JUST HIM.
WE HAVE EMPLOYEES LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THAT, THAT STEP UP AND DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A, IT IS A TESTAMENT TO CLIFF AND FRANK, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WITH YOUR TEAMS. TRACY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR THAT TYPE OF STUFF BECAUSE IT, IT IS PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE, UM, THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY, THAT TYPE OF PROACTIVENESS OF PEOPLE JUST STEPPING IN AND, AND REALLY TAKING CARE OF IT.
SO, AND HE DID A HELL OF A JOB PAINTING.
IT'S A VERY, IN THE LINES, IT LOOKS GREAT TOO.
THERE'S A LOT OF YELLOW NOW, I PROMISE YOU WILL NOT MISS.
EVERYONE REALLY ENJOYED THEMSELVES.
I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT HERE ON THE PHOTO OF PEOPLE ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
UH, UM, YOU KNOW, MEN, UH, YEAH, UH, GOD ABOUT TO CELEBRATE HIS 35TH YEAR SERVING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ON, UH, NOVEMBER 16TH.
AND, UH, HIS GENUINE ENTHUSIASM FOR WORKING AT THE EVENTS, EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME IS INCREDIBLY CONTAGIOUS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CLIFF WROTE THIS AND IT'S, IT'S OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A STRONG LEADERSHIP FOR SO LONG.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST A STATEMENT, IT'S LIKE THE REALITY.
IT FEEDS INTO WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING, SAYING WITH, WITH LEONARD AND
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EVERYBODY ELSE THAT STEPS UP.SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR, COUNSEL, I'M VERY HAPPY TO END WITH SUCH A HAPPY NOTE.
[a. Receive a report from Council Member Laura Alvarado regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 1. ]
THAT, WE ALSO HAVE NEXT IS OUR COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT REPORT.SO
UM, I HAVE JUST A FEW ITEMS, MAYOR.
UM, SO JUST, UM, WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, ACCEPTING NINE, UH, ITEM NINE J BECAUSE THAT PUSHES THE MARKET STREET REDEVELOPMENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
UM, SO THAT WILL FINISH OFF THE DESIGN PHASE AND I SHOULD BE GOING UP TO BID, UH, NOVEMBER 1ST DISH.
GONNA SAY BARRING ANY OTHER SETBACKS.
AND SO UP WAS THE BIGGEST THAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH, SO I APPRECIATE STAFF'S DILIGENCE, UM, IN WORKING WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THIS LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, UM, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, POTENTIALLY DOING, UH, PROJECT START, UH, AROUND MARCH OF 2025.
UM, ALSO OUR WEST BAYTOWN DRAINAGE PROJECT.
UM, WE, UH, STAFF COMPLETED THE DESIGN BUT DISCOVERED THE ESTIMATED COSTS WERE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED.
THIS IS THE ONE WITH THE OKLAHOMA, UM, OUTPUT.
AND SO THIS IS A PROJECT IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, PRECINCT TWO.
UM, SO WE DEFINITELY, UH, BECAUSE IT IS MATCHING FUNDS, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS.
AND SO, UH, I'M SURE STAFF WILL DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT, UH, NOT JUST THE QUALITY, BUT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE DRAINAGE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY, UH, WORKING ONCE WE HAVE TO, UM, SKIM IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO, UM, UH, MEET THE COST OF THE BUDGET BEFORE, UH, GOING OUT TO THE BIDDING PROCESS.
SO THANK YOU FRANK AND YOUR TEAM FOR, UM, CATCHING THAT AND ENSURING THAT WE STAY WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS.
UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS IN YOUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO, UH, 28 17 NORTH MAIN, UH, IS GOING TO BE GETTING AN INSURANCE OFFICE.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE REMODELING THAT BUILDING.
UH, THE PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED, BUT NO INSPECTIONS JUST YET.
UM, OUR, UM, MOUNT CALVARY, UH, MOUNT CAVALRY BAPTIST CHURCH, UH, OVER ON ATLANTIC STREET IN CENTRAL HEIGHT, UM, IS, UH, CURRENTLY UNDER INSPECTION, BUT THE FOUNDATION HAS PASSED.
UH, Y'ALL MAY HAVE SEEN ALREADY SOME STRUCTURES, UH, BEING BUILT, AND SO I KNOW, UM, THEY WE'LL BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT.
UM, THE NEW U-HAUL SPACE OVER ON, UH, 27 11 NORTH MAIN, UH, IS PENDING FINAL, UM, INSPECTIONS, UH, FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT.
WE'VE HAD, UM, SOME REALLY AMAZING TEAMS COME TOGETHER, UH, WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO DO SOME ADOPT THE SPOT LITTER PROGRAMS. UH, SO ON OCTOBER THE 13TH, WE HAD 30 VOLUNTEERS FROM CHURCH OF GOD INTERNATIONAL, WHO GATHERED LITTER AT BRI PARK.
UM, AS OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS, ALL OF GOOSE CREEK CHARLES THROUGH DISTRICT ONE IS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED BY SCHOOL CLUBS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UM, THIS WEEKEND VOLUNTEERS FROM THE BAYTOWN CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE WILL BE GATHERING LITTER AT BAYLAND PARK, UM, AND THE BREEZEWAY DYNAMICS ALONG GOOSE CREEK TRAIL FROM MARKET STREET TO CENTRAL HEIGHTS PARK.
UM, AND SO, UM, THAT'S A BIG DEAL WHEN OUR COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER, UM, TO WORK, TO, TO FIX, UM, SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
AND, UH, NOT ONLY DO WE WANT A BETTER BAYTOWN, UM, THAT SO DO THEY, AND THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT OF THEM COMING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT LITTER, UM, DOES NOT CAUSE US ANY BLIGHT.
UM, DISTRICT ONE'S COMMUNITY CENTER IS OFFERING A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT AND CHECK AND ALSO CHECK THE WEBSITE@BAYTOWN.ORG FOR, UM, MORE INFORMATION, MORE PROGRAMMING.
SO THEY INCLUDE YOUTH MUSIC LESSONS AND PIANO AND DRUMS. UH, HOMESCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR AGES FIVE THROUGH 12 KARATE CLASSES FOR BOTH YOUTH AND, UH, ADULTS.
THERE'S ALSO A FITNESS CLASS TAILORED FOR SENIORS SUCH AS CHEER YOGA, CARDIO STRENGTH TRAINING LINE DANCING, AND THEY CAN ALSO ENJOY BINGO GAMES ON FUN DAY MONDAY.
UM, SO COME OUT AND, UH, CHECK THEM OUT.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO CONGRATULATE THE BAYTOWN PROMISE CENTER WHO JUST CELEBRATED THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY, UH, 25 YEARS IN WORKING WITH, UM, THE COMMUNITY.
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UM, I KNOW I LOST THEM WITHIN MY DISTRICT, BUT THEY'RE IN WONDERFUL HANDS IN MY COLLEAGUES' DISTRICT.UM, BUT, UH, IT, IT, THEIR, UH, IMPACT, UH, CROSSES ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND THEY ALSO ATTACH HIGHLANDS AS WELL BECAUSE THEY WORK WELL WITH GOOSE CREEK.
AND SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ANY STUDENT WITHIN THE GOOSE CREEK, UH, DISTRICT, UM, RECEIVES THE HELP AS WELL AS THE FAMILIES, WHICH IS WHY THEY ADDED, UH, THE HIGHLANDS AREA.
UM, UH, MY, MY COLLEAGUE HERE CAME OUT THAT NIGHT, UM, TO DELIVER A PROCLAMATION TO THE GROUP.
SO THANK YOU SARAH FOR, FOR COMING OUT AND DOING THAT.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE, ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE PROMISE CENTER OFFERS IS COMPLETELY FREE.
UM, THEY DO NOT CHARGE FOR ANYTHING, WHETHER IT'S A COMMON CON, WHETHER IT'S TUTORING, UH, FOR, FOR CHILDREN.
AND THEIR MODEL CHANGED RECENTLY WHERE IT'S NOT THE JUST THE CHILD BEING TUTORED, IT'S ALSO THE PARENT.
SO PARENTS HAVE TO COME WITH THEIR CHILD SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF WORK GOOSE CREEK IS, IS DOING WITH THEM, AND THEY CAN GO BACK HOME AND CONTINUE TO MENTOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN.
UM, AND SO, UH, IT'S GOING REALLY WELL AND WE EXPECT THAT PROGRAM TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND SO JUST WISH THEM MANY MORE YEARS IN FULFILLING THEIR PROMISE, UH, TO ENSURE OUR YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY, UH, CONTINUES TO PROSPER.
SO ON THAT, I WILL END MY REPORT.
I HAVE TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE DOWN THERE.
I RECENTLY VISITED WITH A CONSTITUENT THAT WAS UPSET ABOUT ALL THE LITTER ALL OVER TOWN AND THAT NOBODY CARED.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU POINTING OUT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS IN THIS CITY WHO CARE AND PICK UP LITTER ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I TRY TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT AND, AND IT FELL ON DEAF EARS.
SO I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE POINTING THAT OUT.
THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN THAT CARE ABOUT LITTER AND THEY TAKE ACTION ON IT.
AND I KNOW OUR FRIEND BURT MARSHALL REALLY APPRECIATES IT.
AND, AND ANYTIME I SEE HIM, HE, HE LETS ME KNOW THAT, THAT HE SEES PEOPLE OUT THERE WORKING.
NO, ONLY THING I'LL, I'LL JUMP ON ON THAT IS YES, I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES THAT DO CLEAN UP THINGS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE STILL HAVE LITTER BUGS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SOLVE IT, BUT YES, THERE'S, WE, WE, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME OTHER SOLUTION.
SO ANYWAY, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DO CARE, NO, YEAH, THERE'S NO DOUBT.
AND SO, BUT THERE'S ALL AREAS, THERE'S LITTER AND JUST WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT WHY WE DON'T NEED TO POLLUTE OUR CITY WITH, UM, OBVIOUSLY LITTER BUGS THAT WE HAVE.
[12. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
UH, WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON, UH, TO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM.SO, SO WE WILL NOW RECESS, UH, INTO AND CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXT MCG GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.071 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF CITY ATTORNEYS REGARDING PENDING OR COMP CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION AND OR 5 5 1 0.087 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATION.
SO I'LL NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.102, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEING IT THAT BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL, HAS ADDRESSED, ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.