* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] OKAY, IT IS 4 0 2. [ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND LEE COLLEGE BOARD OF REGENTS JOINT SPECIAL MEETING THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025 4:00 P.M. LEE COLLEGE, RUNDELL HALL CONFERENCE ROOM 200 LEE DRIVE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM PLEDGE AND INVOCATION Regent Weston Cotten ] WE ARE GOING TO CALL THE, UH, MEETING TO GET TO ORDER AND SPEAKING FOR LEE COLLEGE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND, UM, SO, UH, MAYOR, I NOW CALL THE ORDER THE JANUARY 16TH, 2 25 SPECIAL JOINT MEETING WITH BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND LEE COLLEGE. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM ALSO. OKAY, NEXT ON OUR, EVERYBODY. OKAY, EVERYBODY. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG LED BY T WESTERN COTTON. YOU, YOUR HANDS. WE OPEN THE PRAYER. GOD GRACIOUS HEAVEN. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO DO YOUR, YOUR WILL IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK YOU, BLESS US, GIVE US WISDOM, GIVE US INSIGHT TO COME TOGETHER. GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. GO AWAY FROM, BRING US BACK SAFELY. IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE, A NATION OF GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE SPRAWL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I BLESS ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. OKAY, NEXT UP WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, FROM A LEE COLLEGE STANDPOINT, MR. CHAIRMAN. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. I DO NOT. FOR THE CITY THAT MOVES THINGS RIGHT ALONG. NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR THE CITY, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, NEXT WE'RE GONNA CHANGE, UH, THE AGENDA SLIGHTLY, UH, AND, AND WHERE WE HAVE DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF A SEPARATE ITEM THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE, UH, AGENDA ITEM LIKE WE NORMALLY DO. SO, SO WE'LL MOVE INTO THAT. SO I WILL READ THE AGENDA ITEM, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO ENGAGE IN A FEASIBILITY STUDY. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF, OF BAYTOWN AND LEE COLLEGE TO ENTER INTO A FEASIBILITY STUDY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY T SANTANA AND A SECOND BY T COTTON. UM, AND I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MAYOR TO OPEN ENGINE ITEM ON HIS SIDE. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION. YOU HAVE TO READ THE AGENDA. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH LEE COLLEGE TO EXPLORE FEASIBILITY AND PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIPURPOSE PUBLIC FACILITY. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO PROVIDE OF TWO. A SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO, UH, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION. GOOD EVENING, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN LEE COLLEGE BOARD OF REGENTS MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. TONIGHT I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UM, BETWEEN LEE COLLEGE AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. UH, THIS PARTNERSHIP REFLECTS A SHARED COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, EXPANDING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AS WELL AS STUDENTS. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH A COLLABORATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE PLANNING PROCESS AND FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-PURPOSE PUBLIC FACILITY IN BAYTOWN. BY LEVERAGING OUR SHARED RESOURCES, EXPERTISE, AND MUTUAL GOALS, LEE COLLEGE AND THE CITY, WE AIM TO ADVANCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPAND THE COMMUNITY'S RESOURCES. THIS COLLABORATION ALIGNS WITH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH FACILITATES AND ALLOWS PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO DELIVER PUBLIC SERVICES. TOGETHER, BOTH ENTITIES ARE COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THESE AREAS. [00:05:01] AS A FEASIBILITY PROCESS UNDERGOES, WE ANTICIPATE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEE COLLEGE TO VISIT FACILITIES AND DEVELOPMENTS THAT SHARE SIM SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS, QUALITIES, AND AMENITIES TO THOSE ENVISIONED FOR THIS PROJECT. THESE OPPORTUNITIES WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHTS AND INSPIRATION TO GUIDE THE OVERALL PROCESS. UH, THIS AGREEMENT, IT IS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 6TH, 16TH, 2025 THROUGH JANUARY 16TH, 2026, WITH THE OPTION FOR RENEWALS AND AMENDMENTS. UM, IT INCLUDES CLEAR PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNICATION, ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTIONS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER TYPES OF APPROPRIATE NOTICE. UM, THIS PARTNERSHIP UNDERSCORES THE VALUE OF COOPERATION AND EFFORTS IN ACHIEVING SHARED GOALS. IT STRENGTHENS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEE COLLEGE AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, WHILE PAVING THE WAY FOR IMPACTFUL DEVELOPMENTS THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTS TO ENGAGE WITH SIMILAR FACILITIES AND TO ADD AN EXCITING DIMENSION AS WE EXPLORE THIS PROCESS TOGETHER, ENSURING THAT THE FINAL VISION IS BOTH INNOVATIVE AND PRACTICAL. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? MS. GERS? ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, COMMUNITIES THAT, CITIES THAT HAVE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR THIS TYPE OF, UH, PROJECT? THERE ARE, UM, KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE US AND IN TEXAS, UM, ONE OF THE FACILITIES THAT COMES INTO MIND, UM, IS LOCATED, UH, JUST UP THE ROAD IN R TEXAS WHERE THEY'VE TAKEN A HOLISTIC APPROACH, UM, AT, UH, THE TYPE OF MULTI-USE, UH, FACILITY WHERE THEY'VE PARTNERED, UH, NOT ONLY BETWEEN THE CITY COUNTY, UH, BUT ALSO WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL. CAN YOU, UM, BECAUSE OUR MISSION AT LEE COLLEGE IS STUDENTS MM-HMM . CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES POSSIBLY HOW THAT PROGRAM OR OTHERS HAVE BENEFITED STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR? UH, IT DEPENDS ON, UH, THE SPECIFICS, UH, THAT ARE LAID OUT, UM, AND THE AGREEMENTS AND THE CONTRACTS THAT WERE CREATED. BUT, UM, IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE OR TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE FACILITY, UM, AT NO COST. THERE COULD BE SOME TYPE OF DISCOUNTED MEMBERSHIP. IT CAN BE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A WAY FOR, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS AS WELL AS FACULTY TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE, UH, THE FACILITY, UM, DURING PEAK TIMES. UH, THERE ALSO IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR US TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE BETTER PARTNER AND, AND COLLABORATE WITH, WITH THE FENCE, UM, WHETHER IT'S EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL, OR SPORTS RELATED. UH, CAN YOU REFRESH OUR MEMORIES ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS AND, AND WHAT THE EXPECTATION IF THERE IS ANY EXPECTATION OF LEE COLLEGE AT THIS POINT? AT, AT, AT THIS POINT, THERE IS, UH, NO EXPECTATION. WE ARE GOING THROUGH FEASIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW BEST, UH, WE CAN WORK WITH LEE COLLEGE. BUT AS FOR THE CITY'S, UM, FUNDING, FUNDING MECHANISM, UM, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS, WAS APPROVED WITH EXXONMOBIL IN 2022, UH, PROVIDING 75 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR A MULTI MULTI-USE, MULTI-PURPOSE VENUE IN BAYTOWN, IT'S FEASIBILITY STUDY. SO THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN US, IT ALLOWS US THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE FULL PARTNERS OF THE EVENT, THE VENUE, OR JUST THE SELLING OF OUR PROPERTY. DOES IT GIVE US THE OPTION OF EITHER OR? IT, IT GIVES, IT, IT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S BEST, UH, FOR, FOR BOTH PARTIES. SO DEPENDING ON, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE FACILITY'S LOCATED, UM, DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU ALL, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ULTIMATELY HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE THOSE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS AND NEEDS, UH, OF THE COLLEGE. LET ME ASK IT A DIFFERENT WAY. DOES THIS, DOES THIS ALLOW US, IF WE VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, DOES IT ALLOW US TO JUST WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SELLING OF THE LAND AND NOT THE FULL PROJECT ITSELF? YES. IS THE CITY ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR PLAN IF THE COLLEGE DOES NOT PARTICIPATED? THE FACILITIES PORTION OF IT, YES. SO THE 75 MILLION, THAT WAS [00:10:02] LIKE THE DONATION FROM EXXON FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. IT'S DONATION. IT'S NOT A DONATION. YEAH, I WOULDN'T VERY, IT'S PART OF AN ECONOMIC, THE PACKAGE. IT'S, AND PART OF THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE WAS THIS MONEY WAS EARMARKED FOR A MULTI EVENT CENTER FACILITY, UM, AND, UH, OTHER PIECES OF THAT AGREEMENT, BUT IT'S NOT A DONATION, IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY TO STRUCTURE THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND THAT 75 MILLION PAYMENT FOR A 30 YEAR, UH, CONTRACT TO INCENTIVIZE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INTO THE EXXON PLANS. , IT'S NOT TAX MONEY THAT IT DIDN'T COME FROM OUR TAXES, IT CAME FROM , IT CAME FROM INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, WHICH IS PART OF A, UM, ANNULMENT PACKAGE, WHICH IS A PAYMENT ALMOST IN BLUE OF TAXES. IT'S WAIVE FOR INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO WORK WITH CITIES SO THAT THEY AREN'T FULLY BROUGHT INTO THE CITY AND HAVE TO BE PROVIDED ALL THE SERVICES. BUT THEY HAVE A, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A, UH, A MUTUAL AGREEMENT ON SERVICES NEEDED SERVICES RENDERED. AND HERE'S WHAT WE FEEL IS APPROPRIATE. WE TOLD THE OFFICER IT'S ALSO APPROPRIATE ON WHAT THEY SHOULD PAY, AND IT'S JUST A MUTUAL AGREEMENT, UH, MEETING BOTH PARTIES TO AGREE ON THIS WHERE WE ANYONE ELSE? COLLEGE. OKAY. UM, SO AT THIS POINT, UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF ENTERING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, SAY, AYE. A ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR HOLDING THIS MEETING WITH US TODAY AS, UM, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BAYTOWN AND ALSO, UH, I EARNED A DEGREE FROM LEE COLLEGE. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECTS THAT COME ALONG WITH THIS VENTURE THAT WE CAN GO ON TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU VOTING, UM, YES. TOWARDS THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT COMES ABOUT WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. UM, IT FEELS REALLY GOOD AS A RESIDENT AND A COUNCILWOMAN TO SEE. SO, UM, SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE BAYTOWN AREA AND TWO VERY LARGE ENTITIES, THE CITY AND LEE COLLEGE COLLABORATE TO COME TOGETHER TO POSSIBLY OFFER SOMETHING TO OUR CITIZENS THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR A LONG TIME. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? WELL, SINCE WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ARE MATTERS OF CONCERN FOR OUR FUTURE, UH, MATTERS OF FUTURE CONCERN, ANYTHING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE, THE CITY, WHEN THEY DO NEED TO DISCUSS THIS, DO THEY DO IT AS A, AS A POOL GROUP OF COUNCIL, OR DO THEY HAVE A SUBGROUPS OF COUNCIL THAT MEETS AND TALKS ABOUT THIS PROJECT? SO FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, AS Y'ALL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, WE NEED AS A FULL COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ANYTHING THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT AS WE MOVE FORWARD THERE. UM, THERE WILL BE EVERY INTENT TO HAVE JOINT MEETINGS LIKE THIS, BUT THIS IS A VERY LARGE GROUP. UH, IT WOULD MOST LIKELY, UH, BEHOOVE THIS ENTIRE GROUP TO HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WOULD WORK TOGETHER SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO COORDINATE THIS MANY PEOPLE GETTING TOGETHER. UH, BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IS IF COUNCIL DOES HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S SEPARATE AND ASIDE FROM THE GROUP WORKING TOGETHER THAT THERE ARE PROPER MINUTES TAKEN AND PASS ON TO THE COLLEGE, THAT YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, UM, AFTER EVERYTHING IS FULLY RELEASED IN THE COMING WEEKS, UM, EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE IN THE OPEN ANYWAYS. AND, UH, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING COMING OUT IS PASSED ON THE ALL. AND WE WOULD ASK FROM, UH, SITE, I WOULD ASK IF WE WERE, ARE WE GONNA BE NOTIFIED WHEN Y'ALL, WHEN YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING SOMETHING UP YOUR MEETING? JUST SO WE YES, SIR. AS I TALKED TO Y'ALL BEFORE WHEN WE PITCHED THIS IDEA TO BE A PARTNER WITH Y'ALL, WE WANT Y'ALL TO FEEL LIKE THERE WAS HEAVY COMMUNICATION ALL AROUND, LEFT ANYTHING. SO, MR. CHAIR, WHAT OUR GROUP, SIMILAR GROUP [00:15:03] CAN I, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE THESE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS. SO ONE I WOULD PROPOSE AS IN TYPICAL, UM, OPERATIONS TYPE THINGS THAT JASON, YOU AND I WOULD WORK TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR TEAMS TO DETERMINE THE BEST COMMUNICATION METHODS FOR, UM, DELIBERATING AND TALKING TOGETHER, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE SUBGROUPS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO I THINK WE SHOULD ESTABLISH THAT AND BRING IT BACK TO OUR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL SLASH BOARD, AND THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE NEEDS OF, OF BOTH ENTITIES ARE REPRESENTATIVE, UM, IN THAT COLLABORATION. UM, BUT ALSO I JUST WANTED TO ASK ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY COME UP WITH ARE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCOVER WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. SO, JUDY, I WAS THINKING OF SOME PARTNERSHIPS THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT FROM THE CITY, UM, WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES, BUT I WASN'T JUST ABLE TO PULL 'EM UP RESEARCH, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL OUT THERE. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO, TO FIND OUT WHAT THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, UM, LOOK LIKE, HOW THEY DO BENEFIT THE ENTITIES AND HELP US WITH OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR US IN TERMS OF AFFECTING STUDENTS. UM, BUT SOME OF THE, UH, QUESTIONS YOU ALSO HAD BEFORE WERE ANSWERED ALREADY IN BRIAN'S PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE, UM, AN IDEAL WAY OF EXPLORING TOGETHER WHETHER OR NOT THIS TRULY IS FEASIBLE FOR THE ENTITIES. AND, AND MY QUESTION, UM, FOR FUTURE ITEMS WAS, WILL OUR BOARD OPERATE THE SAME AS COUNCIL AS FAR AS FULL BOARD BEING INVOLVED WITH THE DISCUSSIONS AND, AND PRESENTATIONS LIKE COUNCIL DOING? SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING GERALD. I THINK IT'S TWOFOLD. ONE, AGAIN, I WOULD WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO DETERMINE HOW WE BEST COMMUNICATE TOGETHER, UM, AND THEN HAVE THE BOARD'S INPUT ON WHAT, WHETHER THAT MEETS, YOU KNOW, THE SCHEDULE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION. BUT WHEN TO DETERMINE THAT TONIGHT, WE JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY COME UP WITH A SCHEDULE THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF BOTH COUNSEL AND YEAH, I WAS TALKING ABOUT JUST, OH, WELL, WE CAN, YOU CAN, THAT'S FINE. FIND PARAMETERS, HUH? A FUTURE ITEM, RIGHT? IN THE FUTURE. WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE LOGISTICS OF THAT. I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BOTH IN DD TWO. I JUST, JUST WANNA THAT WE'LL OPERATE THE SAME AS THEM BECAUSE THEY, THEY MEET HIS ENTIRE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATIONS ON THE PROJECT AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO THE SAME, THAT'S ALL. OKAY. INSTEAD OF HOW WE'VE HANDLED IT UP TO THEM. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. SO WE'LL WORK THAT OUT, HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE MATTERS OF CONCERN FOR A FUTURE AGENDA? OKAY. HEARING NONE BEFORE I ADJOURN. I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS IS A HISTORIC OCCASION, RIGHT? HAVE WE EVER IN THE HISTORY OF BAYTOWN HAD A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN TWO ENTITIES, NUMBER ONE THAT'S HISTORIC, AND THE FACT THAT, THAT WE'VE JUST REACHED AN AGREEMENT TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY. SO I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY FOR BAYTOWN. SO HAVING SAID THAT, THE LEE COLLEGE BOARD WILL STAND IN ADJOURN, MAYOR, WELL, I WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF ORDER AND WE HAVE MAYOR BRENDA CAP WHO HAS JOINED US TODAY, AND I WANT TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. WELL, I WASN'T PLANNING ON BEING IN FRONT OF COUNCIL SO SOON, BUT, YOU KNOW, WILLS ARE IN MOTION. AND, AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE ARE IN A COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT A COMMUNITY WITH LEE COLLEGE, HAVING A JUNIOR COLLEGE HERE IN OUR CITY. CERTAINLY A COUNCIL THAT IS WILLING TO GO AND PROGRESS OUR CITY AND ELEVATE OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT IS A HISTORIC DAY. UH, IT TOOK A LONG TIME GETTING HERE. UM, AND SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO. I, I, I THINK I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT EVERYONE HAS MADE. UH, THERE'S A LOT, LOT OF QUESTIONS FULL, A LOT OF FILL IN THE BLANKS AND, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT. BUT IN ORDER TO DO THIS WITH BOTH BODIES, UH, WITH THESE TWO INSTITUTIONS HERE, UH, WE DO HAVE TO GO AND KIND OF CODIFY THIS AGREEMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT TODAY WAS ABOUT, WAS, WAS BAS BASICALLY DAY ONE OF PROJECT VECTOR WITH LEE COLLEGE AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. SO, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE THINGS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL OCCUR HERE. I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BENEFIT, UH, LEE COLLEGE IN MANY WAYS, CERTAINLY HAVING NEW CONSTRUCTION, IF THAT'S THE CASE. UH, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE TO WHATEVER LEVEL, MY UNDERSTANDING, AND THIS IS JUST MYSELF AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, WOULD BE YOU HAVE AT WHATEVER LEVEL YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN, YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY FROM BIG OR SMALL. UH, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BENEFIT ALL THE STUDENTS, UH, AND CERTAINLY THE COMMUNITY AND THE FOOTPRINT OF LEE COLLEGE AND FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND, AND REALLY, UH, THE ENTIRE REGION. I THINK, UH, WHAT WITH, UH, WHAT THIS WILL BRING, UH, IN YOUTH SPORTS AND EDUCATION, UH, AND [00:20:01] WHATEVER OTHER TYPE OF ACTIVITIES AND, UH, USES WILL OCCUR, UH, WHERE THIS PROJECT WILL GO, UH, I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL, IT WILL PAY DIVIDENDS TO THE COMMUNITY ECONOMICALLY AND, UH, IN WAYS THAT WE PROBABLY COULD EVER IMAGINE. AND SO WITH THAT, UH, I'M GLAD THAT BOTH BODIES HAVE, HAVE STARTED WITH DAY ONE, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. UH, AS I SAID, THERE WILL BE, UM, IT WAS POINTED OUT A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, RIGHT? WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY, EVERYONE IN HERE IS A STAKEHOLDER. BUT I WOULD AGREE, HAVING 16 ELECTED OFFICIALS TRY TO GO AND MOVE THIS ALONG MAY BE A LITTLE TOO MUCH. UH, BUT WHATEVER YOU COME UP WITH, UM, I'M CERTAINLY, I'M, I'M CERTAINLY, UH, AN OPPONENT OR A, AN ADVOCATE FOR, UH, THE COMMUNICATION TO BE FREE FLOWING AND ALL QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED FOR EACH BODY. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. SO HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK Y'ALL. WELL, THIS CONCLUDES TODAY'S MEETING, AND SINCE ALL AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, UH, ADJOURNED THIS MEETING. OKAY. SO HOUSEKEEPING ITEM. UM, WE, WE HAVE, IF, IF, UH, TIME ALLOWS FOR YOU, WE HAVE SOME REFRESHMENTS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.