Feb 13, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

I DID THAT NEXT MEETING, NEXT WE HAVE, I REALLY DON'T WANNA MESS YOUR NAME UP.

I'M GIVING IT TO, UH, JUDGE.

NEXT WE HAVE MS. DENISE GRAVES.

I'M YIELDING IT TO MR. PONDER.

OKAY, MR. PONDER? YES.

THREE MINUTES.

YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES.

IT WON'T BE THAT LONG TONIGHT, I DON'T THINK.

UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO

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SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF Y'ALL, MAYOR JOHNSON, COUNCILMAN FRANCO, CITY MANAGER JASON REYNOLDS, AND THE FIRE CHIEF DODSON EMERGENCY COORDINATOR, ALMAN AND OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES WHO RESPONDED TO THE RECENT FIRE AND EXPLOSION OFF OF MAIN STREET LAST DECEMBER.

I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF Y'ALL'S PROFESSIONALISM, EXPERTISE, CARE, COMPASSION.

THERE WAS A FEW MISSTEPS IN START.

UM, THOSE WERE ADDRESSED.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR Y'ALL TAKING CARE OF ME AND MY FAMILY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, AT MR. AT COUNCILMAN FRANCO'S LISTENING TOUR, MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAD A PASSIONATE AND WHAT I BELIEVE PROFITABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FIRE AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

AND, UH, IT SHOWS SOME INTEGRITY ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MR. REYNOLDS.

UM, SECONDLY, I JUST PAID MY TAX BILL FOR 2024 AT 1500, 1450 $4 28 CENTS FOR AN AVERAGE OF $8,000 SINCE 2017 WHEN WE WERE ANNEXED.

FOLKS, YOU ALL WANT MY MONEY, BUT YOU CANNOT GIVE ME WHAT YOU PROMISED YOU'D GIVE ME.

AND WITH THE CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION IN BAYTOWN, I DON'T THINK YOU EVER WILL.

THE CITY ADMITTED TO BEING HASTY AND MADE ERRORS WITH THEIR ANNEXATION PROCESS IN 2017.

AFTER THIS YEAR OF DISCUSSION, YOU GAVE ME A DETAILED LIST OF REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO TAKE FOR DE ANNEXATION ALONG WITH OTHER STIPULATIONS THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED TO THE LETTER.

WHY IS IT THE CITY CAN MAKE ERRORS? THEY GAVE ME A LIST OF DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS THAT I'VE GOTTA FOLLOW.

WOULD ANY OR ALL OF YOU GIVE ME A DETAILED LIST OF EXPENDITURES THAT Y'ALL MADE LAST WEEK ON YOUR FINANCIAL RETREAT? ANYBODY HONOR, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL I GOT.

WE'LL NOW GO ON TO TWO A PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING FEBRUARY 16TH THROUGH THE 22ND, 2025 AS NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK IN BAYTOWN, MR. LEACH.

THANK YOU, MR. PONDER.

[a. Present a proclamation designating February 16-22, 2025, as National Engineers Week in Baytown.]

OH, PROCLAMATION.

A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE REHABILITATION OF BY ATRIUM BAY TERRACE LP OF BAY TERRA APARTMENTS IN APPROXIMATELY 130 AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING COMPLEX, LOCATED AT 1502 NOLAN ROAD, BAYTOWN HARRIS COUNTY.

I'M NEW WITH THIS.

WE'LL TEACH YOU, WE'LL KEEP YOU IN CHECK.

ENGINEERS PROCLAMATION, CITY OF BAYTOWN FOR NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK.

ANYONE ELSE? .

GOOD DEAL.

WHEREAS FOUNDED IN 1951, NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING A DIVERSE AND WELL EDUCATED FUTURE ENGINEERING WORKFORCE BY INCREASING UNDERSTANDING OF AN INTEREST IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY CAREERS.

AND WHEREAS NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK IS MADE UP OF A COALITION OF MORE THAN 70 ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND CULTURAL SOCIETIES, AND MORE THAN 50 CORPORATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

AND WHEREAS PROMOTES RECOGNITION AMONG PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND A HIGH LEVEL OF MATH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY LITERACY AND MOTIVATES YOU TO PURSUE, TO PURSUE ENGINEERING CAREERS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A DIVERSE AND VIGOROUS ENGINEERING WORKFORCE.

AND WHEREAS THE ENGINEERS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS ACTIVELY HELP TO MAINTAIN AND SUSTAIN THE VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR CIVILIZ, CIVILIZED, AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS.

AND WHEREAS THE THEME OF ENGINEERS WEEK FOR 2025 IS DESIGN YOUR FUTURE, RECOGNIZING HOW ENGINEERS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN INNOVATING SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL, GLOBAL CHALLENGES THAT IMPACT FUTURE GENERATIONS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR CHARLES JOHNSON DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 16TH THROUGH THE 22ND, 2025 AS NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK IN BAYTOWN, AND URGE OUR RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME IN RECOGNISING, RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENGINEERS IN OUR DAILY LIVES AND CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THIS IMPORTANT CAREER

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COUNSEL.

BUT Y'ALL NEED TO SAY IT RIGHT HERE.

Y'ALL CAN'T MOVE AROUND.

YOU CAN'T HIDE BEHIND ANYBODY.

STAND FRONT, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE.

NO, I CAN'T HIDE.

ALRIGHT, READY? HERE WE GO.

APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE.

APPRECIATE IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

THREE A, WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT

[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning the rehabilitation by Atrium Bay Terrace, LP, of Bay Terrace Apartments, an approximately 130-unit affordable rental housing complex, located at 1502 Nolan Road, Baytown, Harris County.]

WE WILL NOW GO INTO A PUBLIC HEARING.

THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THIS SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARINGS SHOULD HAVE THEIR SIGNED, SHOULD HAVE 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 ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.

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

IT IS NOW SIX FORTY SIX AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE REHABILITATION BY ATRIUM BAY TERRACE, LP OF BAY TERRACE APARTMENTS, LOCATED AT 1502 NOLAN ROAD, BAYTOWN HARRIS COUNTY.

I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PER PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN SCRIBNER PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

SO, UM, THIS ONE MAY LOOK A LITTLE, UM, FAMILIAR BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN THIS REQUEST BEFORE, UM, IN LATE 23, UM, ATRIUM CAME BEFORE US AND ASKED, UH, FOR THIS.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UM, A PROPOSED REHAB OF 130 UNITS.

UM, THIS IS IN ONE OF OUR OLDER, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT IS IN NEED OF SOME REPAIR.

AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS PROVIDE A TAX CREDIT THAT COMES FROM THE, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW EITHER A 4% ALLOCATION OR A 9% ALLOCATION.

THE DIFFERENCE BEING THE 9% IS A COMPETITIVE, UH, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY THAT BEFORE.

THE 9% IS A COMPETITIVE ONE.

SO THEY'RE GOING UP AGAINST OTHER, UH, PROPOSALS.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY CAME IN 23, THEY ASKED FOR THE 9% AND THAT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THAT.

THEY CAME BACK AND ASKED FOR 4%, WHICH IS NON-COMPETITIVE, AND THAT ONE TIMED OUT.

SO THEY'RE BACK ASKING, BASICALLY FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, STAMP OF APPROVAL TO SAY, YES, WE'RE OKAY WITH THEM DOING THIS.

UM, AND THEY'LL SINK, UM, SEVERAL MILLION, $25 MILLION INTO THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES FOR REHAB, FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR REHAB.

AND, UM, AND THEN, UM, IF THE, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE IDEALLY GOING FOR THE 9%.

THIS IS BASICALLY COVERING BOTH OF THEIR BASES.

IF THE 9% DOESN'T GO THROUGH, THEN THEY WILL APPLY FOR THE 4% AS WELL.

SO, UM, OUR APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT.

UM, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ONE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN BEFORE.

UH, THE PROPOSAL HASN'T CHANGED, IT'S JUST LATER.

AND, UH, RENEWING THE APPLICATION.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THERE BEING NO ONE.

I CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING REHABILITATION BY ATRIUM BAY TERRACE, LP OF BAY TERRACE APARTMENTS, LOCATED AT 1502 NOLAN ROAD, BAYTOWN, TEXAS.

NOW WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM THREE

[b. Consider a resolution registering support to Atrium Bay Terrace, LP to apply for the 4% and 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) to rehabilitate Bay Terrace Apartments.]

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION

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REGISTERING TO ATRIUM BAY TERRA, SLP TO APPLY FOR THE 4% AND 9% LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TO REHABILITATE BAY TERRA APARTMENTS.

I NEED A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM THREE B SECOND.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH KO DAD INC.

FOUR A,

[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Agreement with CoolxDad Inc. to lead Baytown’s fatherhood initiative.]

TO LEAD BAY TOWN'S FATHERHOOD IN THE INITIATIVE.

MR. REEVE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AT OUR WORK SESSION, YOU HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM MYSELF AND KEVIN BARNETT, THE CEO OF COOL DAD.

WE ARE REQUESTING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND COOL DAD TO BE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR BAY TOWN'S FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE.

AND IN THAT AGREEMENT, YOU'LL NOTICE TWO THINGS.

ONE, THE WORK PROGRAM IS THE SCOPE OF WORK.

AND THAT WORK PROGRAM IDENTIFIES ALL OF THE WORK THAT OUR INTERNAL COMMITTEE, OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HAS CREATED FOR THE BAYTOWN FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE AND ADOPTS THE WORK PROGRAM OF WHAT COOL DAD BRINGS TO THE TABLE IN TERMS OF THEIR PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT THEY, UH, PRESENTED TO YOU.

AND AS YOU'VE LEARNED, THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT IS THE FUNDING PIECE.

KODA KNOWS THAT THEY WILL BE DOING A LOT OF FUNDRAISING, BRINGING TO THE TABLE THEIR OWN PARTNERS, UH, AND SPONSORS, AND THAT ANY FUNDS THEY RECEIVE FROM THE CITY WILL BE DIRECTLY FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT THAT WE MADE, UH, INTO WITH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THERE IS NO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS BEING SPENT ON THIS.

IT IS ONLY THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT RELATED TO THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT AND THOSE FUNDS WILL BE DIRECTED TO THEM AS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE BAY TOWN'S FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.

UM, THOMAS, AGAIN, KUDOS TO YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS.

AND SO I DID WANNA REITERATE THAT, THAT IT IS NOT COMING FROM ANY, UM, GENERAL FUND, UM, BUT THE FACT THAT WE EVEN GOT ANY MONEY FROM THIS SETTLEMENT, BECAUSE WE'VE OFTEN APPLIED FOR OR ACCEPTED TO BE PART OF OTHER SETTLEMENTS AND WE NEVER HEAR ANYTHING BACK.

AND, UM, THIS IS ONE THAT DID COME BACK, UH, AND IT'S GONNA BRING FORWARD A, A GREAT PROJECT IN BAYTOWN.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FAILED TO MENTION EARLIER IS THAT THIS GROUP SEEMS TO NOT JUST PUT A BANDAID ON THE ISSUES.

UH, THEY'RE GETTING DOWN TO THOSE ROOT CAUSES AND BRINGING, YOU KNOW, SYSTEMS CHANGE TO WHERE IT'S NEEDED.

UM, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I TRULY APPRECIATE AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO SEEING THIS PROJECT COME TO FRUITION IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I, I'LL COMMENT EARLIER WHEN THE COOL DADS WAS HERE AND YOU'RE MAKING THE PRESENTATION, I, I REALLY HATED THE FACT THAT WE WERE SITTING IN AN EMPTY ROOM OTHER THAN US UP HERE.

I, I WISH THAT THIS CROWD WOULD'VE BEEN HERE TO SEE, UM, THIS PROGRAM THAT THAT'S GONNA COME TO BAYTOWN WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROBLEMS THAT ARE IN A COMMUNITY AND WAYS TO CHANGE THEM MANY TIMES, AND YOU SAID IT, YOU KNOW, WE STICK BANDAIDS ON THINGS, BUT GETTING TO, UM, THE FOUNDATION OF THE PROBLEM OR WHERE, WHERE THE ISSUE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE STARTED THAT REALLY CAME THROUGH A VISION THAT YOU HAD.

AND THEN KNOWING, KNOWING YOUR DATA AND DOING YOUR RESEARCH, AND I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE IN FRONT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE TO REITERATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THE MAYOR EARLIER USED THE WORD VI THOMAS'S VISION, AND I REALLY LIKED THAT, UM, OF, OF FINDING COOL DADS AND HOPEFULLY SEEING REAL CHANGE IN, UM, HERE IN THE FUTURE WITH, WITH WHAT TAKES PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I APPRECIATE THE CALL OUT.

CERTAINLY IT WAS WITH THE HELP OF OUR CHIEFS AND OUR CITY MANAGER FOR BELIEVING IN THIS PROGRAM AND FOR STAFF.

THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL.

COUNCILMAN MURPHY, ONE THING THAT WAS SAID AFTER THE, THE PRESENTATION WAS, I, WE DON'T THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH PRAISE FOR, FOR WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU DID HERE.

AND, UM, I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED THE WAY YOU'VE CAPTURED SOME OF THOSE PERIPHERAL DOLLARS THAT AREN'T PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT CAN ONLY BE USED IN A SPECIFIC WAY, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND USE IT IN SUCH AN IMPACTFUL WAY.

IF IT'S NOT THE BRUNSON, IT'S NOT WITH THIS.

AND YOU'RE TYING THAT IN AND, UM, I'M AMAZED AT YOUR, YOUR ABILITY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND BE CREATIVE WITH THOSE PERIPHERAL DOLLARS.

SO AGAIN, AGAIN, KUDOS.

ELSE? IF NOT, I NEED A, I NEED A MOTION.

ALRIGHT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

CERTAINLY I'M NOT ASKING FOR IT, BUT I, I, AND I'LL DIRECT IT TO THE TEAM.

THANK YOU, .

YEAH, YEAH, DEFINITELY TAKE YOUR, TAKE YOUR TEAM.

ANYONE

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I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

B, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADOPT NEW FEES FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN DEVELOPMENT FEE SCHEDULE, WHICH FEES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUBDIVISIONS, ZONING, ACTIONS, AND VARIANCES.

FOUR

[b. Consider an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances to adopt new fees for the City of Baytown's Development Fee Schedule, which fees include, but are not limited to subdivisions, zoning actions, and variances. This fee amendment does not affect any fees for building permits or inspections.]

THIS FEE AMENDMENT DOES NOT AFFECT ANY FEES OR BUILDING PERMITS OR INSPECTIONS.

MR. SCRIBNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, THIS IS GONNA LOOK FAMILIAR.

I BELIEVE THAT, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GARY, UH, KINDA GIVE YOU GUYS, UH, THE LOWDOWN ON THIS LAST WEEK AT YOUR RETREAT.

SO I'LL, I'LL KIND OF MOVE THROUGH THIS QUICKLY, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE LEGISLATION TWO YEARS AGO THAT SAID, UH, AL CITIES HAVE TO REVIEW THEIR FEE SCHEDULES EVERY 10 YEARS.

AND IF YOU'RE, IF THOSE FEES HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED OR AT LEAST REVIEWED IN 10 YEARS, THEN UH, THEN THEY GO AWAY.

SO WE DID FEEL SOME, UH, UM, URGENCY, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME TO, TO KIND OF DEAL WITH IT.

UM, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE CHANGED OUR DEVELOPMENT FEES WAS 2015.

SO, UM, WE STARTED ON THIS, UM, MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR KIND OF LOOKING AT, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT IN TERMS OF INCREASING OUR FEES? OBVIOUSLY 10 YEARS, UM, THE, THE POLITICAL, OR EXCUSE ME, THE, UH, ECONOMIC CLIMATE HAS CHANGED QUITE A LOT.

SO, UM, WE, WE DID, UM, AND, AND I DO WANNA KINDA STEP BACK FOR A SECOND AND SAY, YES, THAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE BUILDING PERMITS OR INSPECTIONS.

THIS IS DEVELOPMENT FEES.

SO THIS IS THINGS LIKE REZONES VARIANCES AND ANYTHING THAT KIND OF REVOLVES AROUND THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.

UM, WE LOOKED AT A FOCUS ON COST RECOVERY.

THAT'S KIND OF ALWAYS WHAT WE LOOK AT FOR FEES.

CAN WE CHARGE THE FEES THAT WILL RECOVER ALL OF THE COST FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE? UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A PRETTY HIGH, THAT'S A PRETTY LOFTY GOAL.

AND CITIES DON'T NORMALLY REACH A HUNDRED PERCENT.

SO OUR GOAL, OUR, OUR GOAL THAT WE THOUGHT REASONABLE COST RECOVERY WAS ABOUT 80%.

UM, SO WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT ALL THE CITIES AROUND US AND SAID, OKAY, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE OTHER CITIES CHARGING FOR THESE SAME TYPES OF ACTIVITIES? AS YOU CAN SEE, CURRENTLY, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN HAS THE LOWEST FEES OF ANY OF THE CITIES THAT WE LOOKED AT.

UM, SUGAR LAND BEING THE HIGHEST PARA LAND BEING, YOU KNOW, COMING IN JUST UNDER THAT, UM, LEAGUE CITY AGAIN.

UM, AND THEN WE LOOKED AT, SO ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE OUR PROPOSED FEES WOULD KIND OF PUT US IN LEAGUE WITH ALL THOSE OTHER CITIES.

UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A DESIRE TO LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE CLOSER TO A HUNDRED PERCENT COST RECOVERY.

UM, I THINK THAT LOOKING, SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT FOR SURE.

UM, WHAT I THINK WOULD BE, UH, A A, A GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT THIS RIGHT NOW IS SORT OF INCREMENTAL.

WE SHOULD, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSED FEES TONIGHT.

AND THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, FEW MONTHS AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT AND SAID, YES, THIS CAN BE, UM, BROUGHT UP AND WE CAN BRING ALL THE, THE NUMBERS TO YOU ON THOSE CALCULATIONS.

UM, SO AGAIN, UH, UH, THIS IS, AGAIN, YOU'VE SEEN THIS, THIS BAR CHART BEFORE, BUT IT PRETTY MUCH PUTS US, UH, AT SECOND WITH THESE PROPOSED FEES.

HERE IS THE, THE ACTUAL FEES.

UM, WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WAS LOOK AT ALL THE COSTS THAT GO INTO WHAT WE CHARGE FOR FEES.

SO IF YOU'VE, IF YOU'VE APPLIED FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A REZONE, UM, HOW MANY HOURS DOES A PLANNER PUT INTO THAT REZONE? HOW MANY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THEIR HOURLY SALARY? UH, AND THEN WE MULTIPLY THAT OUT.

THEN WHAT ARE THE NOTICING COSTS? WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THAT REVIEW? HOW MANY HOURS DOES IT TAKE TO, YOU KNOW, COME THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, AND, AND THEN WE TRIED TO AVERAGE THAT OUT.

SO, AND SOME OF THESE ARE BASED ON A, ON A PER LOT OR A PER ACREAGE BECAUSE WE DO PUT IN MORE TIME AND EFFORT BASED ON THE LARGER PROJECTS, THE MORE COMPLICATED PROJECTS.

AND, UH, AND THEN AGAIN, TRY TO AVERAGE THOSE OUT ACROSS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, AT LEAST A YEAR OR TWO OR THREE YEARS WORTH OF THOSE APPLICATIONS.

UM, SOME OF THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN ESTIMATE.

UM, SO AGAIN, CAN WE GET TO 80 OR A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COST RECOVERY? UM, WE CAN, WE CAN GET CLOSER TO THAT, THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOR SURE.

UM, BUT AT THIS STAGE,

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UM, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE.

BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, MR. MICHAEL EMANUEL, JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND IF YOU DON'T MIND STATING YOUR ADDRESS.

SURE.

DISTINGUISHED, UM, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, FELLOW CITIZENS, UM, RESIDENCE.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, MY NAME IS MICHAEL EMMANUEL OF 13 HAER.

UM, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT THIS EVENING.

UH, THE REASON IS BECAUSE IT IS, UH, IT ALIGNS WITH THE STRATEGIC FISCAL, UM, OBJECTIVE OF THE CITY.

SO I DO SUPPORT THAT.

HOWEVER, THERE IS SOME, UM, CONCERNS THAT I WANT THE LEGISLATURE TO HEAR TONIGHT.

UM, BEING THE COMPARATIVE STUDY THAT WAS PERFORMED HAS SOME FLAWS.

UH, WHEN YOU DO A STUDY LIKE THIS, THIS IS AN AREA THAT I'M VERY PROFICIENT IN.

WHEN YOU DO A STUDY LIKE THIS, THERE ARE THREE KEY METRICS THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT.

AND ONE OF THOSE METRICS IS, UH, THE POPULATION OF THE SUBJECT CITY BAYTOWN.

THEN YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC BASE OF THE CITY, BAYTOWN.

THEN YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, UM, SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, UH, OF THE CITY.

SO I HAVE ONLY THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THE POPULATION.

UM, ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT AGAINST THIS BECAUSE IT FITS IN, IT ALIGNS WITH OUR GOAL AS A CITY AS A WHOLE.

BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO APPROACH IT WITH A MEASURED GRADUAL IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE THIS, UH, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CAUSED, UH, LED TO FEE INCREMENTS AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE FEE SCHEDULE BEFORE YOU, IF YOU HAVE IT, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE AND SOME MUCH MORE IN SOME CATEGORIES.

LET ME, UH, UH, EXPLAIN HOW PROBLEMATIC THE COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS IS.

UM, FOR POPULATION CITY OF, UM, SUGARLAND IS 120 PLUS RESIDENTS.

CITY OF PALIN IS 130 PLUS RESIDENTS.

EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE IN BAYAN 85.

THAT'S ABOUT 40 TO 45% POPULATION DISPARITY.

AND THAT LEAD, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, THEY HAVE A MORE FINANCIAL BASE AND THEY HAVE MORE DEMANDS OF SERVICES.

AND WHAT I JUST WANNA DO IS ENCOURAGE THE LEGISLATURE TO PASS THIS, UM, UH, AMENDMENT 'CAUSE WE NEED IT, BUT USE YOUR DISCRETION TO IMPLEMENT IT GRADUALLY.

AND, UH, SO THAT A, UH, UH, A STAKEHOLDER, A RESIDENT OR A BUSINESS WHO'S USED TO PAYING $500 FOR A SERVICE WILL NOT JUST TOMORROW AFTER IT'S PASSED AND PAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

MY TIME IS UP.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU, MR. EMMANUEL.

ANY, UM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MARTIN, UM, REGARDING THOSE COMMENTS.

UH, I MEAN, AS FAR AS POPULATION GOES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THESE FEES ARE JUST FOR DEVELOPMENT, NOT PERMITTING.

SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY FEES ON CITIZENS.

CORRECT.

UH, THERE, YOU KNOW, IF IF SOMEONE CAME IN AND WANTED TO REZONE THEIR PROPERTY OR ANNEX IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT MIGHT APPLY.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS DEVELOPMENT TYPE FEES, NOT PERMITS.

AND IT REALLY ISN'T BASED ON, UM, POPULATION OR TAX BASE.

IT'S BASED ON THE COST TO THE CITY TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.

THAT IS WHAT WE LOOKED AT.

AND THIS, AND AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T GET TO THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT, WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN INCREMENTAL TYPE OF, OF WE CAN LOOK TO INCREASE THESE MORE.

BUT SINCE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT IN 10 YEARS, STAFF FEELS THAT THAT, I MEAN, WE AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT THAT WE SHOULD DO IT INCREMENTALLY AND WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST INCREMENT.

UM, THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION BEFORE IS THAT, UM, STAFF ALSO, I'M GONNA LOOK TO LEGAL ON THIS, UM, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO DELAY THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS TO APRIL 1ST BECAUSE THE WAY THE FEES ARE CURRENTLY SET UP IN THE ENTER GOV SYSTEM, WE WILL NEED SOME TIME TO ADJUST, UH, THE, THE FEES AND IT, AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED THAN IT SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD BE.

UM, SO THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS A COUPLE DAYS AGO THAT, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT OF A

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DELAY.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR APRIL 1ST, IF THAT, IF THAT WORKS.

UM, THANK YOU MAYOR.

COUNCILMAN FRANCO.

MAYOR, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, MARK, UM, APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO US.

LIKE I SAID, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO RECOUP OUR COSTS TO, TO COVER, YOU KNOW, THE, IT SHOULDN'T BE SUBSIDIZED FOR DEVELOPERS COMING IN.

SO, UM, YOU SAID IT'S NOT GETTING TO A HUNDRED PERCENT, NOT THE 80%.

ABOUT HOW MUCH DO YOU FEEL THIS IS RECOUPING? 50%.

60%? IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY.

UM, BUT IT'S NOT THE 80, WE'RE NOT TO THE 80.

I DON'T THINK IT HITS THAT NUMBER NOW.

SO THERE'S STILL SOME, THERE'S STILL SOME GROWTH TO GET TO THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT RECOUP.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND, AND AGAIN, IN, IN MY EXPERIENCE, UM, NOBODY HITS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF COST RECOVERY ON STUFF LIKE THIS.

I, I GOT TO MARTIN, I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND EFFORT AND THE DONE FEE REVIEWS BEFORE, SO I UNDERSTAND.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE CITIES THAT YOU WERE COMPARING US TO? AND ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS CHALLENGE BACK TO, 'CAUSE IT WAS CHALLENGE TO ME, IS THIS IS A STANDARD GROUP OF CITIES THAT WE TYPICALLY COMPARE NOT ONLY Y'ALL'S FEES, BUT OTHER ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT WE DO.

UM, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

AGAIN, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA FIND THE PERFECT CITIES TO MATCH THE EQUAL POPULATION.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE POPULATION ISSUES.

I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, YOU KNOW, WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WE COMPARE TO A GROUP OF CITIES ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE DO.

AS LONG AS WE'RE STAYING IN THAT BASKET, NOT REACH, NOT HANDPICKING CERTAIN CITIES, I'M OKAY WITH IT.

UM, I AGREE WITH MY, THE COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS.

THERE'S NO WAY THIS IS 80%.

UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF SOFT COSTS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CALCULATE.

AND SOMETIMES THAT'S THAT 20% THE CITY JUST HAS TO ABSORB.

'CAUSE IT'S, YOU CAN'T DEFINE IT.

SO I, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S EFFORTS TO DO IT.

I I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD BEFORE THE 10 YEAR TIMEFRAME.

UM, SO IF WE GET THIS ON THE BOOKS EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST, YOU SAID, UM, AND THEN HAVE A, A MORE APPROPRIATE REVIEW MAYBE LATER THIS YEAR AND ANOTHER YEAR OR SO TO GO BACK AND FINE TUNE IT INCREMENTALLY UP.

I, I AGREE WITH THE, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT MADE THE COMMENTS.

WE, WE NEED TO INCREMENTALLY DO THIS.

I MEAN, 'CAUSE IF WE'RE GOING FROM 500 TO A THOUSAND, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD STEP.

GRANTED, IT'S, IT'S A BUSINESS, SO THAT'S JUST COST OF BUSINESS.

BUT, BUT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL.

WE DON'T JUST TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE OVERNIGHT.

SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE EFFORT, BUT THANK YOU.

AS LONG AS WE'RE COMPARING TO THE CITIES WE USUALLY COMPARE TO, I'M OKAY.

IT'S, IT IS JUST WHEN WE START HANDPICKING THEM THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

IT, IT'S, IT'S A LARGER BUCKET OF CITIES, BUT THESE CITIES ARE AL ALWAYS IN THAT BUCKET.

AND IF THERE'S ANY PICKING AND CHOOSING GOING ON, IT'S BECAUSE THESE ARE CITIES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING.

IF WE'RE COMPARING TO A CITY THAT'S BUILT OUT, THAT DOESN'T, THAT'S NOT A GOOD COMPARISON FOR US.

SO WE WANTED TO PICK ONES WHERE THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING HAPPENING THERE.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

WILL I NEED MOTION? SECOND? OH, DO WE NEED TO, I WAS GONNA, LET'S CLARIFY THAT MOTION WITH EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST.

OH, THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

SO MOTION TO APPROVE EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST.

CONSENT AGENDA AND TAKE ITEMS A THROUGH M.

WE WILL MOVE NOW TO

[5. 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.]

DOES ANYONE WANT PULL ANY ITEM? NO ONE.

WOO-HOO.

OKAY, WELL, WHO WANTS TO SET THIS UP? MOTION TO APPROVE.

APPROVE ITEMS FIVE A THROUGH M.

ALL IN FAVOR? A.

ON TO SIX A DISCUSS AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN MAYOR PRO TEM.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES

[a. Discuss and take possible action regarding the City of Baytown Mayor Pro Tem.]

UM, OKAY, BEFORE WE GO INTO THAT, LEGAL HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE THIS? YES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNSEL, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT, UH, SOME YEARS AGO YOU DID PASS PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES FOR THE SELECTION OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO TO THE EXTENT YOU ARE GONNA TAKE ACTION TONIGHT, THAT MIGHT BE IN CONFLICT WITH THOSE EXISTING GUIDELINES, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU FIRST VOTE TO SUSPEND THE GUIDELINES.

AND I WOULD FURTHER, UM, JUST ADVISE THAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT PLAN TO BRING YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE BACK, UH, MAYBE NEXT MONTH.

AND THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING

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YOU MIGHT WANT TO INCORPORATE INTO THOSE RULES OF PROCEDURE INSTEAD OF HAVING IT AS A STANDALONE SET OF GUIDELINES.

UM, THE SECOND THING IS, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU'RE GONNA VOTE TONIGHT, UM, SEE MY PRELIMINARY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE MAY BE SEVERAL CANDIDATES WHO ARE SELECTED, UH, YOU WOULD VOTE ON THAT, BUT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS TO TAKE A VOTE.

YOU CAN PUT ALL THE CANDIDATES UP AT ONE TIME AND DO A VOICE VOTE, OR YOU COULD DO IT BY A BALLOT.

UM, SO I WANTED TO ARE OPTIONS FOR SELECTING FROM, UH, A GROUP OF MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN THE PROCEDURES YOU'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO YOU'RE SAYING, GOING BACK TO YOUR, UH, FIRST COMMENT, WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING RULES AND PROCEDURES IN A, IN A COMING COUNCIL MEETING.

THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO BRING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU REGARDING YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE.

AND AS WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS PARTICULAR SET OF GUIDELINES, WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO INCORPORATE MM-HMM .

THE SELECTION OF THE MERIT PRO TEM INTO YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE, RATHER THAN HAVE THEM AS A SEPARATE SET OF RULES AS IT CURRENTLY STAMPS.

BUT IT DOESN'T HOLD UP ANYTHING TODAY.

IF Y'ALL WANT TO CHOOSE A MAYOR PRO, HE'S, HE'S SAYING TO MAKE IT EASIER LATER ON, WE'LL ACTUALLY SUSPEND THE FIRST TO SUSPEND THE CURRENT RESOLUTION IN PLACE.

MOVE FORWARD.

IF Y'ALL WANT TO CHOOSE A MAYOR PROM, AND THEN AT A LATER DATE, INSTEAD OF JUST DOING MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TIM BY ITSELF AT A FUTURE RESOLUTION, YOU'LL DO A BUNCH OF 'EM ALL AT ONCE.

GO AHEAD.

COULD YOU CLARIFY WHICH, UM, PROCEDURES WE'RE GONNA NEED TO SUSPEND IN ORDER TO TAKE THIS VOTE? I, I, WE COULD GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE.

MY SUGGESTION WOULD JUST BE TO SUSPEND THE GUIDELINES ALTOGETHER IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE ACTION TONIGHT.

WELL, I, BUT, UH, I CAN GO THROUGH 'EM RIGHT NOW IF YOU'D LIKE.

SOME OF THE ONES THAT WOULD APPLY SHOULD MAKE MOTION NEEDS TO SCOTT.

SURE.

NO, LET'S, YOU WANT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR EM.

ARE Y'ALL OKAY WITH THAT? I MEAN, I DON'T, YEAH.

MM-HMM.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

SO THE GUIDELINES PROVIDE THAT YOU ALL SHALL CONSIDER, UH, THESE GUIDELINES, UH, EXCEPT IT STILL GIVES YOU THE POWER TO SUSPEND THEM AT ANY TIME.

UH, THE, THE NEXT PARAGRAPH IS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM SERVES FOR SIX MONTHS, UH, UH, COMMENCING JULY 1ST AND JULY AND JANUARY 1ST OF EACH YEAR.

UH, THIS WAS GENERALLY TO BE DONE AT THE LAST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IN JUNE AND DECEMBER.

AND THIS SHALL BE DONE ON A ROTATING BASIS, STARTING WITH DISTRICT ONE ON JULY 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2011.

AND THEN EVERY SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT, YOU HAVE SUSPENDED THAT PARTICULAR RULE NUMEROUS TIMES.

SO THAT TIMELINE HAS NOT, UH, BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AT THIS POINT.

UH, THEN IT GOES ON TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES THAT WOULD BE, I'M SORRY.

AND, UH, I WAS SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO PARAGRAPHS ONE THROUGH FOUR OF THE CURRENT GUIDELINES.

PARAGRAPH FIVE.

UH, YOU COULD KEEP IN PLACE THAT JUST, UH, STATES THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

SIX, I WOULD SUGGEST SUSPENDING, BECAUSE THAT GOES BACK TO THE ROTATION SEVEN.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP, BECAUSE THAT STATES THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD NOT ABSTAIN.

THE NEXT PARAGRAPH, UH, IS TITLED CONSIDERATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS ONE THROUGH SEVEN, UH, ARE DEMONSTRATED LEGAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND MANAGEMENT.

UH, AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL, UH, SORT OF, UH, ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY YOU WOULD NEED TO SUSPEND THOSE SPECIFICALLY.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE TO SUSPEND SPECIFIC RULES, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE RULES ONE THROUGH FOUR SIX.

AND THAT WOULD BE IT.

YOU, SO NOT EIGHT, NOT THE EIGHT OF THE PROCEDURES THAT WERE EMBEDDED.

THOSE ARE OKAY.

DO I NEED A RESOLUTION NUMBER? UH, AND YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A RES, UH, A REFERENCE TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 2145.

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UH, AND WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AT ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER AT ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING TO ACTUALLY, UH, RESCIND THAT RESOLUTION AND ADOPT SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR, UH, THE DISCUSSION ON INCORPORATING IT INTO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE BEFORE WE, UH, REPEAL ANYTHING OR REPLACE IT WITH ANYTHING ELSE.

I I THINK IT'D BE CLEANER TO INCORPORATE IT AND THEN VOTE ON IT.

THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION, JUST TO CLEAN IT UP THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE, WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO ANY MUDDY WATERS OR WE MAKE A MISTAKE WITH IT.

SO THAT ALL OF THIS IS CLEAR, NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT FOR THE CITIZENS THAT ARE, UM, THAT MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

HOW HAS EVERYONE ELSE FAILED? WELL, WE HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP.

DO IT ALL AT ONCE.

SO THINK, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING A, A GENERAL CLEANUP AS WELL AS THIS MM-HMM .

SPECIFICALLY AND PUTTING THEM ALL IN OUR RULES AND PROCEDURES.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT THAT MAKES SENSE.

IT DOES.

IT'S ALL IN ONE SPOT.

SO WOULD WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SU UM, TABLING THIS UNTIL A LATER DATE? OR THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU? UM, I UNDERSTOOD THAT PART OF TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION COULD BE TO VOTE SOMEONE INTO OFFICE.

I THINK IF WE WERE TO SPEND SUSPEND THOSE RULES ONE THROUGH FOUR AND SIX, YOU COULD DO THAT TODAY.

AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE THE BIGGER DISCUSSION ABOUT RULES, WE CAN FIX EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE.

I DON'T WANNA HOLD UP THE VOTE ON A MAYOR PRO TEM IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO.

UH, SIMPLY TO CLEAN UP SOME, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROCEDURAL ISSUES.

WELL, HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL ABOUT IT? I COMPLETELY SUPPORT VOTING TONIGHT.

UM, AND THEN CLEANING UP.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

I THINK WE'RE READY TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.

I'M READY TO PASS THE TORCH.

DON'T BREAK ANY RECORDS.

SO IN THAT CASE, UM, OR ANY RULES? YES, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

OR ANY RULES? WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME NOMINATE MOVE.

I'LL MAKE A, I'LL MAKE A MOTION SO WE CAN GET, MOVE FORWARD.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, THAT WE SUSPEND PORTIONS OF 2145 RESOLUTION SPECIFICALLY, UH, ITEM OR PARAGRAPHS ONE THROUGH FOUR AND SIX SECOND.

NOW ON TO NOMINATIONS.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, OH, I WAS GONNA ASK IF WE DOING THIS ALL OUT IN THE OPEN, ARE WE DOING BALLOTS OR WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION AT THE, WELL, AT THE RETREAT WE DID TALK ABOUT DOING BALLOTS.

BUT WE NEED, WE NEED A NOMINATION.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BALLOT ON.

THE NOMINATIONS.

I MOVED THE, I MOVED THE NOMINATE JACOB POWELL.

ARE WE JUST ALL, I MEAN, ARE WE GOING RA SO ALL NOMINATIONS ARE ON THE FLOOR, SO, SO IF ANYONE ELSE IS GONNA BE NOMINATED, NOW'S THE TIME.

ALRIGHT.

I VOTING TO NOMINATE MIKE LESTER.

WELL, MAYOR, I'M GONNA NOMINATE MYSELF.

ANYONE ELSE? NOMINATE ANYONE ELSE? CAN I JOIN IN ? OKAY.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, UM, WE'RE GONNA WRITE DOWN THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE VOTING FOR.

OH, SHE'S CORRECT.

AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU COULD ALSO WRITE DOWN YOUR NAME NEXT TO YOUR VOTE SO THAT WE CAN TABULATE THEM.

CALL.

I HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW WHO YOU VOTED.

WE HANDLE OPEN BALLOTS WHENEVER WE'RE APPOINTING TO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WHY ARE WE EVEN DOING A BALLOT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO.

I THINK THEY THE NEXT TO BRING NO, SHE JUST SAID THAT THEY HAVE TO CALL OUT THE NAME WITH.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S THE POINT OF IT'S A SECRET BALLOT.

DO DO THAT.

I'M AGREEING WITH YOU.

OH, OKAY.

I WAS I'M AGREEING.

BUT IT, IT'S AN OPEN BALLOT.

SO DON'T WE JUST RAISE HANDS? THIS IS, WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.

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SO I'M OKAY HAVING IT OPEN.

IT'S GONNA BE OPEN ANYWAY.

ALRIGHT.

SO ALL IN FAVOR OF JACOB POWELL.

THAT'S TWO.

ALL IN FAVOR OF MIKE LESTER.

THAT'S TWO.

AND ALL IN FAVOR OF MS. ALVARADO.

THAT'S THREE.

SO NOW WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD DO A RUNOFF BETWEEN THE TWO.

BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.

THE TWO, THE TWO OF YOU.

SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF JACOB POWELL.

IT WAS, IT WAS, WAIT, 2, 2, 2.

IT WAS TWO, TWO.

YOU'RE PICKING UP THE TWO.

AND THEN THE NEXT, AND THE NEXT ONE WILL BE BETWEEN MS. ALVARADO AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE MAJORITY.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE MAJORITY TWO.

SO NOW WE HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN, NOW IT'S VOTING ON THEM TWO TO WHO'S GONNA GO AGAINST FLORIDA.

THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

YOU GOTTA HAVE A MAJORITY.

THAT DID NOT, THAT DIDN'T PLAY OUT LIKE I IMAGINED IN MY HEAD AT ALL.

TWO, TWO AND TWO.

ON EVERYBODY.

SO I DIDN'T WHO MAYOR VOTED.

OH, HE VOTED THROUGH.

WE DIDN'T HEAR YOUR VOTE, SO WE DIDN'T HOW ROSE MY HAND.

SO WE GOT IT.

NOW IT JUST WAS THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM JUST WASN'T YEAH.

GETTING EVERYTHING.

SORRY.

BUT IF IT WAS A THREE AND THEY ONLY DID TWO, HOW IS IT JUST BETWEEN THEM TWO? BECAUSE NOW IT'S BETWEEN THEM TWO TO SEE WHO, WHO WOULD BE AGAINST.

OH, YES.

I'M GONNA TELL YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY.

YOU GOTTA GET FOUR.

I'M LIKE, OH, THAT'S OKAY.

BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S WHERE I WAS CONFUSED TOO, BECAUSE I REMEMBER Y'ALL DISCUSSING THIS.

AND SO WHAT I THOUGHT IS, IF SOMEONE WON WITH THREE, BUT NOW I GET MAJORITY.

I NEEDED A SLOWER, MORE CLEAR.

LETS, LET'S DO THAT AGAIN BECAUSE YEAH.

ALL IN FAVOR OF JACOB POWELL.

WAIT, DO WE ALL VOTE? YES, YES.

ALL UNDERSTANDING ALL I'M NOT EITHER.

WELL, NOW ALL IN FAVOR OF MIKE LESTER.

SO NOW IT'S BETWEEN JACOB AND LAURA AND WE'RE ALL VOTING.

ALL VOTING AGAIN.

SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF MS. ALVARADO.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF JACOB POWELL.

SO THE VOTE GOES FOUR FOR MR. POWELL.

SO LET ME SAY THIS, MR. POWELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING WITH YOU IN MULTIPLE CAPACITIES.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT ANY AND EVERYTHING, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO NOT SEEING YOU AT THE THINGS THAT I CANNOT ATTEND.

THERE YOU GO.

SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS.

UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE WITH CITY OF BAYTOWN TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

RIGHT.

14 YEARS.

MAYOR, WHEN I FIRST CAME IN 99, THIS IS BASICALLY HOW THEY SELECTED MAYOR PRO TEM.

ONCE A YEAR THEY WOULD MAKE NOMINATIONS FROM THE DIOCESE MM-HMM .

AND THEN VOTE ON IT.

AND SOMETIMES IT GOT COMPLICATED.

THAT'S WHY YOU UNDERSTOOD, BECAUSE YOU HAD SEEN IT MODELED BEFORE.

I HAD SEEN IT.

I HAD NEVER SEEN THIS MODELED.

AND IN 2011 MM-HMM .

IS WHEN THEY, THEY CHANGED 2000.

SO I'D SEEN IT BEFORE.

A ACTUALLY, BEFORE THEY USED TO USE THE LITTLE BOTTLES AND THEY WOULD PUT THE LITTLE THING AND SEEN 'EM UP.

AND THEN THEY WOULD READ OUT THAT MIKE MR. VOTED FOR .

REALLY? BUT YEAH, WE USED TO HAVE LITTLE BOTTLES AT THE HAND.

ARE MOVING ON TO APPOINTMENTS.

WE DON'T NEED THIS.

AND CAN I HAVE A GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.

POINT AND, AND I, I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE NOMINATE ME.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANKS FOR THE LOAD OF CONFIDENCE, BUT WE'RE GOOD.

WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

I APPRECIATE NOMINATING MYSELF AT YOUR HOUSE.

GOOD JOB, LORD.

GOOD JOB.

SO THAT BEING SAID, WE

[a. Consider a resolution amending the designation of one (1) appointment to the Board of Directors of the Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation.]

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDED THE DESIGNATION OF ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTH TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2024.

CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED JASON REYNOLDS, CITY MANAGER TO THE BOARD.

THIS

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ITEM WILL ALLOW CITY COUNCIL TO AMEND THE APPOINTMENT AND DESIGNATE SHARON ROSE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR TO THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, WHEN I WENT TO THE BOARD, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT SHARON SPECIALIZES IN.

UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP SERVING, BUT SHARON IS A SPECIALIST IN THIS.

AND FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, IT MAKES SENSE PUTTING AN EMPLOYEE OVER THERE WHO CAN DO A, A MUCH MORE SUPERIOR JOB THAN I CAN ON, UH, ADVOCATING FOR ON, UH, ON BEHALF OF BAYTOWN FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

SO, I I PLEASE ASK THAT Y'ALL APPOINT SHARON TO THIS BOARD.

WELL, MR. CITY MANAGER, I DO APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP AND ALLOWING SOMEONE WHO IS, UM, I'M GONNA SAY A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT AT THIS ABSOLUTELY.

TO SERVE.

NOW WE NEED A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE THE NOMINATION OR THE APPOINTMENT.

I SECOND.

WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SEVEN B OH SEVEN

[b. Consider a resolution authorizing the appointment of two (2) Associate Municipal Court Judges for the term of office, which begins immediately, and ends on January 31, 2026.]

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES FOR THE TERM OF OFFICE, WHICH BEGINS IMMEDIATELY AND ENDS JANUARY 31ST, 2026.

THE ASSOCIATE JUDGES.

OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN CONVENES INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:25 PM ON A 13TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025.

PRIOR TO CONVENING SUCH EXECUTIVE SESSION, A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL CONVENED IN AN OPEN MEETING FOR WHICH NOTICE IS GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

AT THE TIME THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THAT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WOULD BE HELD AND IDENTIFIED THE SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT.

I CANNOT SEE THAT.

OH, RIGHT HERE.

I'M SORRY.

WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONVENE INTO, WE WILL NOW RECESS AND INTO AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF CITY ATTORNEYS AND 5 5 1 0.074 TO DELIBERATE ON PERSONAL MATTERS.

GOOD DEAL.

WHENEVER YOU, YOUR BIGGEST, YOUR BIGGEST PLACE.

I NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO NEED, WELL, WE'RE GONNA NEED A MOTION FOR THE ASSOCIATE JUDGES MAYOR, GO BACK AND SIX A WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AFTER THIS.

OKAY? YEAH.

CLEAN THIS ONE UP.

UH, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN B SECOND.

COUNSEL, UH, BEFORE YOU VOTE, UH, I THINK WE DO NEED TO NAME, UH, INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.

AND THEN AS PART OF THE CLEANUP FOR OUR RULES AND REGS, WE'RE GONNA BE SPECIFIC AS TO HOW THAT VOTE WILL DO, BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED MM-HMM .

UM, MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, THE CONSIDERATION FOR, UH, MR. EDDIE R CALDERON JR.

AND MR. LARRY BAILEY, UM, FOR OUR TWO ASSOCIATE JUDGES.

NOW TO CLEAN UP MAYOR PRO TEM, WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK SO WE CAN APPOINT JACOB.

WE DIDN'T CLARIFY HOW LONG YOU WOULD BE MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO IT WAS GONNA BE UNTIL INFINITY AND BEYOND .

THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

YOU NEED, YOU NEED, YOU NEED A MOTION? WE NEED A MOTION.

AND WHAT WE NEED A MOTION FOR IS THE TERM, WHICH WOULD BE EFFECTIVE FROM NOW UNTIL THE FIRST MEETING AFTER THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, SIX MONTHS UNTIL JANUARY.

NO, WE SAID, WE SAID, WE SAID THE RETREAT IS BE THE FIRST ELECTION AFTER THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING AFTER, NO, JANUARY AFTER.

UM, WELL AFTER.

'CAUSE IF IT'S A RUNOFF, WE TRIED TO MAKE IT THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THE FINAL CANVAS.

SO I, I THINK IT WAS AFTER THE, I I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT JACOB POWELL AS MAYOR PRO TEM ON, UM, FROM THE CURRENT DATE TO JANUARY, 2026.

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THE SECOND MEETING AFTER THE VOTES WERE FINAL AND MM-HMM .

SO FORTH AND SO ON.

SO, BUT THIS TERM WILL BE FOR BASICALLY A ONE YEAR TERM.

UNTIL JANUARY.

NEED A SECOND.

THAT MAKE SENSE? SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? A.

OKAY, JACOB, CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL OPPOSED NAY.

ONE MORE TIME.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING WITH YOU.

AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO NOT SEEING YOU AT THE THINGS I WILL NOT BE IN.

CAN I SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD.

BUT TODAY, AGAIN, WAS VERY CONFUSING TO ME AND Y'ALL CLARIFY THE OTHER STUFF.

BUT THEN EVEN RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE WERE VOTING, I THOUGHT WE WERE VOTING ON THE TIMEFRAME NOT REVOLTING ON MAYOR PRO TIP.

SO, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE JUST VOTED AGAIN FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A MOTION BEFORE.

WE NEEDED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT HIM, AND WE ALSO NEEDED TO IDENTIFY THE TERM AND HOW LONG IT WOULD BE.

SO, OKAY.

I JUST THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SAID THE ENTIRE THING OVER AGAIN.

BUT I MEAN, IT'S DONE.

I JUST, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M, IT COULD BE ME TONIGHT.

I JUST, THERE HAVE, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A LOT OF CLARITY.

IT'S FELT VERY BACK AND FORTH.

SEVEN C, DISCUSS AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CREATION OF A BOND COMMITTEE.

WE MADE SOME SAUSAGE TONIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT IT FELT LIKE.

NOW WE'RE ON TO

[c. Discuss and take possible action on the creation of a Bond Committee.]

NOW IN REFERENCE TO THAT, OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO CREATE A COMMITTEE TO ASSIST THE CITY IN ORGANIZING RESEARCH AND PREPARING POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION IN A BOND IN A GENERAL BOND ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, 2025.

WE ARE ASKING THAT THE DUTIES OF THIS COMMITTEE BE, RECEIVE INPUT FROM A DIVERSE COMMUNITY GROUPS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS AND TO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL PROPOSE PROJECTS BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS IS GOING TO, THE COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE COMPOSED OF LIKELY 15 MEMBERS.

QUALIFICATIONS RESIDE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS APPOINTED BY EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.

EACH COUNCIL MEMBER IS GONNA GET TWO APPOINTMENTS MYSELF AS MAYORAL HEALTH.

THREE.

THE TERM OF OFFICE WOULD BE DISTRICT SPECIFIC.

YEAH, DISTRICT SPECIFIC.

REMEMBER THAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE, RESIDE WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT.

UM, THE TERM WOULD BE FROM CONCEPTION UP UNTIL THROUGH THE BOND ELECTION IN 2025.

TERM LIMIT NOT APPLICABLE AND MEETINGS, OR WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE CO-CHAIRS AND THE CO-CHAIRS, SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS, THE COMMITTEE, THE CO-CHAIRS WILL BE DECIDED BY THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THEMSELVES.

WE ARE NOT DECIDING WHO THE CO-CHAIRS WILL BE.

THAT WILL BE DONE BY THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THEMSELVES.

DUE TO THE SHORT TERM AND NATURE OF THIS COMMITTEE'S MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THIS COMMITTEE MAY SERVE ON TWO OTHER APPOINTED BOARDS.

SO IS EVERYONE IN AGREEANCE WITH THIS? YES.

WE GOT IT.

SO, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE SOME ACTION ON IT.

WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION.

WILL THE COMMITTEE, UH, GET A SAYING, UH, HOW MUCH DEBT WE'LL BE GOING OUT, UH, GOING OUT FOR LIKE, SO THE INTENT MAYOR AND COUNCIL WAS THAT THE, THE COUNCIL WOULD PROVIDE LEFT OR RIGHT BOUNDARIES OF WHERE YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE.

RIGHT.

AS GENERAL DIRECTION.

AND THAT GENERAL DIRECTION WILL BE, UH, BOTH A, A FULL VALUE AND A PROJECT LIST.

THAT WAS THE INTENT AS, AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS OVER TIME.

FROM THERE, THE BOND COMMITTEE WILL THEN GET A, THE, THEY WILL GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE FINANCIALS OF HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT, HOW IT IMPACTS THE HOW OR IF IT IMPACTS THE TAX RATE.

THEY'LL ALSO GET A LIST OF A PRIORITIZED LIST FROM THE CIP COMMITTEE THAT HAS, THEY WILL GET A FULL LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT'S

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ON THE FIVE YEAR CIP.

BUT THEN THEY WILL GET A DRAWN DOWN LIST THAT SHOWS, HEY, INSTEAD OF THE 500 MILLION, WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND THAT YOU PRIORITIZE WITHIN THIS RANGE, 200, 250 MILLION.

AND THEN GIVE THE LEFT AND RIGHT BOUNDARY FOR THE BOND COMMITTEE OF SAY, A HUNDRED TO 150 MILLION.

RIGHT.

AND THEN THEY CAN LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS, BOTH THE FINANCIALS AND THE PRIORITY, UH, AND THE PROJECT LIST.

THEY WILL BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ON BOTH SIDES.

BUT THE LEFT AND RIGHT BOUNDARIES THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO THEM WHERE, LIKE, HERE'S WHAT COUNCIL'S INTENT IS TO BE THIS MUCH MONEY SPENT AND HOPEFULLY PRIORITIZING THESE PROJECTS BASED ON THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, THE CIP P'S RECOMMENDATION, THE JOINTS COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION.

SO EVERYBODY'S HAVING A, A FULL INVOLVEMENT OF THIS.

AND THEN THAT WILL ALL BE LAID OUT TO THEM IN THEIR, WHEN THEIR MEETINGS START IN MARCH.

SO TO MAKE SURE I'M HEARING RIGHT, SO THEY'LL THEY'LL GET OPTIONS BASED ON ALL OF OUR THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THEN THEY WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNSEL.

SOUNDS GOOD.

UM, HOW, I'M SORRY, ONE MORE QUESTION.

HOW, HOW WOULD THAT, WOULD THERE BE ANYONE DIRECTING THAT MEETING OR, OR WOULD THE, WOULD IT BE DIRECTED? THAT'S GONNA BE MY STAFF.

JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW.

WELL I HAVE A MOTION TO YES.

SO NEED A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE THE CREATION OF THE 2025 BOND COMMITTEE AT SECOND AS DESCRIBED AS, AS DESCRIBED ON THIS DOCUMENT.

WE NOW HAVE A BOND COMMITTEE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE WILL BRING THIS BACK ON THE NEXT MEETING TO START, UH, THE APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

AND I BELIEVE THE FORM IS READY ON THE WEBSITE OR WILL BE SHORTLY TO, IT IS ACTIVE ON THE WEBSITE AT THIS POINT.

SO, OKAY.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION THERE.

ON THAT, IF WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO WE MAY, MAY WANT TO PLACE ON THAT COMMITTEE, IF THEY HAVEN'T FILLED OUT THE FORM, ARE WE GONNA BE HUNG UP? THEY NEED TO FILL IT OUT.

HUH? THEY NEED TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION SO WE CAN SUBMIT THEM ALL TO YOU.

YOU GONNA GET ONE? OKAY.

IF THEY ALREADY HAVE AN APPLICATION ON FILE FOR ANOTHER COMMITTEE, WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT, DO THEY NEED TO SPECIFY? SPECIFY THIS COMMITTEE.

NOW WE ARE ON TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

THEY JUST SUBMIT THE APPLICATION.

NOT TOO HARD.

HAVE THERE TWISTING ARMS AS IT IS.

AND I KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE A PUSHBACK, MEANING OKAY.

I, AND I UNDERSTAND, BUT THERE WAS, I'LL FILL IT OUT FOR YEAH.

MENTION OF THE BOND COMMITTEE FOR FORMER APPLICATIONS.

SO I'LL FILL OUT, HOW DO YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME? P-O-W-E-L.

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

THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL.

UM, LOOK AT THAT GUY.

NIGHT TO GO FIX THE PARK.

I HADN'T SEEN THESE PHOTOS YET.

LOOK AT THAT.

THAT IS FANTASTIC.

THAT COWBOY HEAD IS ALL RIGHT.

SO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE PARKS AND REC TEAM AND ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THE DADDY ME DANCE.

UH, I WAS SOLD THAT OVER A THOUSAND TICKETS WERE SOLD AND I'VE HEARD GREAT.

THANKS.

FROM EVERYONE WHO'S ATTENDED, UH, CLIFF AND TEAM, AWESOME JOB AS ALWAYS.

UM, I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT THESE PHOTOS ARE ON HERE.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S GREAT.

UH, WE GOT A PUBLIC WORKS CALL IN, A RESIDENT CALLED IN TO LET THE MANAGEMENT KNOW THAT THE CREW DID A GREAT JOB AND HE IS VERY PLEASED WITH THE WORK COMPLETED NEAR HIS HOUSE.

THANK YOU TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IS MIKE STILL HERE? NO, BUT THANK YOU.

AND WOULD LIKE TO GIVE OUT A SHOUT OUT TO SOUTH, UH, SOUTH SIDE PHIL, SUPERVISOR LEONARD GRAHAM.

MS. GRAHAM, DO YOU WRITE THESE IN OR NO? ALWAYS.

THERE'S ALWAYS A GRANT.

MY BROTHER, HE'S, HE'S NOT, NO, HE'S APPARENTLY FRANCO AND, AND THE MAYOR'S BUDDY NOW.

SO I, I PROMISE THE CITIZENS, I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS, BUT HE IS THAT GRAND .

SO MR. AWESOME LEONARD, UH, FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.

WHEN THE DEPARTMENT NOTICED VANDALISM AT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS PARK ON SOCIAL MEDIA, LEONARD IMMEDIATELY DROPPED WHAT HE WAS DOING EVEN AFTER HOURS ON THE WEEKEND TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

IT COULD HAVE WAITED, BUT LEONARD DIDN'T WANT THE PARK TO LOOK OUT OF SORTS OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN IT WAS USED THE MOST.

SO A BIG THANK YOU TO LEONARD.

UM, AS ALWAYS, AND I, I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, I'M SORRY BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE GONNA GET A KICK OUT OF THIS.

IT WAS DATE NIGHT AND THEY SENT HIM PICTURES AND HE SAID, CAN WE PLEASE JUST STOP AT THE PARK REAL QUICK? AND I HAD TO HOLD THE FLASHLIGHT WHILE HE WAS FIXING THE PARK.

SO APPARENTLY WHEN HE SENT IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR, THEY MESSAGED HIM BACK AND SAID, THANK YOU AND THANK SARAH AS WELL.

AND IT TOOK HIM A MINUTE.

'CAUSE MY HAND WHEN MY FINGERNAIL WAS LIKE IN THERE, SO THEY COULD TELL I WAS THE ONE HOLDING IT, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY CALLED IN, BUT HE REALLY DID STOP DATE

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OH, THAT'S DEDICATION.

THAT'S AWESOME.

SOUNDS LIKE A NICE FUN DATE.

YEAH, IT WAS GREAT.

LO LOADS OF FUN.

UH, PART-TIME RECREATION TECH, DOMINIQUE, UH, GUTIERREZ, UH, TOOK ON AN INITIATIVE, UH, GUTTI GUT.

WOW.

GUTIERREZ TOOK ON THE INITIATIVE OF CREATING AN IN-HOUSE ONE PAGE ACTIVITY GUIDE.

UM, HER EFFORTS SAVES THE CITY $30,000 IN ANNUAL OUTSOURCING COSTS.

SO GREAT JOB, DOMINIQUE.

UM, I'M SURE Y'ALL ALL GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, RYAN RAWLINGS, LOOK AT THAT HAS ATTAINED HIS DRONE LICENSE, WHICH IS MODIFIED PILOT LICENSE, PART 1 0 7 FAA DRONE LICENSE.

IT'S NOT EASY.

UM, AND SO NOW HE HAS TWO EMMYS AND A DRONES PILOT LICENSE.

AND SO, UM, WE WILL BE FLYING AROUND DOING MORE WORK.

SO, GREAT SELF RYAN TO BELIEVE IT.

AND THIS ONE'S A, THIS ONE'S FANTASTIC AND SAD AT THE SAME TIME.

I WANT TO, WE DON'T TYPICALLY DO, UH, RECOGNIZING PEOPLE LEAVING, BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE CHIEF DALBY.

UH, DANA IS, UM, HE'S RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, UM, AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.

UM, APPRECIATE KNOWING YOU FOR AS LONG AS WE HAVE OR I HAVE AND THE OTHERS AROUND YOU'VE KNOWN YOU FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

UM, I THINK THAT MUSTACHE IS FANTASTIC GOING INTO RETIREMENT , AND, UH, YOU'RE JUST COMMITTED TO BAYTOWN.

YOU'RE AN OUTSTANDING LEADER AND WE ARE PRIVILEGED THAT YOU HAVE SERVED THE CITY.

SO THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, I WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY A HEADS UP THAT WE ARE HAVING A TOURS PRESENTATION, UM, IN THE COMING MONTHS.

SO WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE TOURS AND HOW IT IMPACTS.

I KNOW WE APPROVE SOMETHING TONIGHT, BUT WE'LL GIVE A BETTER OVERVIEW OF HOW THE TUR IS INVOLVED WITH THE OVERALL BUILD OUT OF THE CITY.

UM, THAT IS COMING UP, UH, IN THE COMING MONTHS.

UH, I KNOW THERE'S A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, RETREAT EXPENSES.

ALL RETREAT EXPENSES ARE AVAILABLE, UH, AT ANY TIME.

UH, JUST GET WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND, UH, THERE ARE ONE OR TWO FORMS THAT YOU FILL OUT, BUT ALL THE EXPENSES ARE AVAILABLE.

UH, NOTHING IS BEING, UM, UH, HIDDEN FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REQUEST THOSE.

AND THEN FINALLY, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE BOIL WATER NOTICE.

UM, FIRST RESIDENTS OF BAYTOWN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE.

UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT A BOIL WATER NOTICE WAS NOT ON MY BINGO CARD THIS WEEK, AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS ON ANYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY'S BINGO CARD.

UH, THEY POP UP BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY, UM, BRITTLE SYSTEM, AND WE HAD A, A VERY ROUTINE WATER BREAK, UH, THAT KICKED OFF ON MONDAY.

UH, MR. GRIFFITH AND I HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ON, UM, UH, HOW WE, WE FLUBBED ON INITIAL NOTIFICATIONS OF GOING OUT.

WE, WE MADE A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, BUT IT WAS, UM, NOT OUR BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE, UM, FOR NOTIFICATION FOR THE WATER BREAK GOING OUT.

AND, UM, IT WAS ANOTHER GLOW AND GROW MOMENT THAT WE HAD, AND WE HAD FIXED IT.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A ROUTINE FIX.

UM, AFTER WE HAD LEFT THE SITE, IT TURNS OUT THE PRESSURE HAD NOT STABILIZED AT THE, UH, UM, AROUND THE LAKEWOOD AREA.

AND, UH, UH, IT TURNED INTO A BIGGER ISSUE.

MR. GRIFFITH AND I CONTINUED TO COMMUNICATE ON WHERE HE WAS GETTING CALLS AND, UH, UH, RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING, UH, LOW PRESSURE.

THAT TURNED INTO A VERY BIG ISSUE TUESDAY.

I'M THINKING IT'S TUESDAY AT THIS TIME, OR THURSDAY.

UM, AND THAT TURNED INTO, ONCE THE SYSTEM WAS TURNED OFF FOR THE TEAM TO REPAIR THE LINES ONCE IT TURNS BACK ON, IT'S CALLED HAMMERING.

HAD ALL THE PROTOCOLS THAT WERE NECESSARY TO PUT THAT OUT.

AND SO OUR LINES ARE OLD AND BRITTLE, AND IT'S WHY THE COUNCIL HAS PUT MONEY INTO START REPLACING ALL THESE LINES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND AS THE LINE GETS FIXED AND IT'S TURNED BACK ON AND IT HAMMERS THE SYSTEM, IT STARTS BREAKING THE LINES UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

SO A ROUTINE THING, WE DO THESE WATER BREAKS PROBABLY EVERY SINGLE WEEK, NUMEROUS TIMES.

UM, AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE IT JUST REALLY TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN, UH, AND IT LED TO LOW PRESSURE IN THE SYSTEM.

AND YES, BY LAW, UM, IF IT GOES TO A LOW PRESSURE, WE HAVE TO ISSUE THE STATEMENT THAT WE DID ON A BOIL WATER NOTICE NOW TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE SAYING, YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IT EARLIER, WE DID IT AS SOON AS WE GOT THE NOTIFICATION THAT OUR PRESSURE WAS LOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT BEFORE WE GET THE, THE FACTUAL DATA THAT SHOWS THAT OUR, THAT OUR PRESSURE IS LOW.

ONCE WE COORDINATED, UH, OR ONCE WE GOT IT, WE MADE CONTACTS WITH TCEQ, WE ENSURED THAT WE

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AND THEN THERE WAS AN EFFORT, UH, FROM SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ORGANIZATION TO COMMUNICATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THAT IS WHY I SAY THANKS TO THE RESIDENTS FOR THE GRACE AND THE PATIENTS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THINGS WHERE THEY'RE, THEY JUST DON'T HAPPEN EVERY DAY.

AND BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAPPEN EVERY DAY, THERE'S NOT A ROUTINE BUILT INTO THE EMPLOYEES ON MAKING SURE THESE, THESE THINGS HAPPEN.

AND SO THERE IS A RAMP UP PERIOD FOR, FOR EVERYBODY TO CHECK THE POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS TO GET THAT GOING IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE.

ONCE WE GET INTO OUR GEAR, OUR TEAM DOES A HECK OF A JOB, UH, GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.

I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND, AND, AND KEN COMING OUT, DOING YOUR VIDEOS, SEEING THE SITE, TALKING TO THE EMPLOYEES WHERE THE WATER BREAK WAS.

UM, AND ABOVE THAT, I APPRECIATE THE TEAM ON TRYING TO ENSURE THAT ALL NOTIFICATION WAS OUT TO THE RESIDENTS.

UM, WE USED EVERY TOOL THAT WE HAD ON GETTING STUFF OUT, AND IT EVEN GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAD, UM, 4,400 TO OVER 4,400 CONNECTIONS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THIS BOIL WATER OR BY THIS, UH, OUTAGE.

AND WHEN THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HAVE THE DIRECT ALERTS GO TO PEOPLE'S PHONES OF, OF AREAS THAT WE KNEW, THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO FIND DIFFERENT RECORDS AND THEN HAD TO MAKE INDIVIDUAL PHONE CALLS TO EACH BUSINESS OR, OR HOMEOWNER TO LET THEM KNOW THAT YOUR STUFF WILL BE IMPACTED.

AND FOR, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE TIME PERIOD THAT'S GONNA BE IN IMPACTED.

UM, I, I HAVE A WHOLE LIST, BUT I'M, I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER IT, BUT I JUST WANNA, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE EFFORTS THAT ARE THERE.

AND THEN TODAY WE DID PASS OUT WATER, UM, AT THE TRAINING, UH, FIELD.

AND, UM, OVERALL WE HAD 250 CARS SHOW UP TODAY, UH, 560 CASES OF WATER WERE DISTRIBUTED AND 10 PALLETS OF WATER WERE SENT TO GOOSE CREEK, ISD, UM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY 700 ADDITIONAL CASES OF WATER THAT WAS SENT TO GOOSE CREEK ISD.

AND I WILL PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE TO DR. O'BRIEN AND THE, UM, SCHOOL BOARD.

UM, WHEN THIS HAPPENED, WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT TWO SCHOOLS WERE IMPACTED BY THE OUTAGE.

OKAY? AND IT, IT IS NOT, UM, IT IS NOT, UM, AN ITEM THAT I WANT TO IGNORE OUR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS OR ANYBODY IN THE CITY WHEN THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

AND WE DID NOT NOTIFY GOOSE CREEK, ISD, UH, IN TIME TO LET THEM KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THE PARENTS THAT WERE CALLING AND VERY UPSET ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

SO IT WAS NOT GOOSE CREEK IS D'S FAULT.

IT WAS OUR FAULT FOR NOT NOTIFYING GOOSE CREEK ISD WITH ENOUGH TIME, UH, TO, TO HAVE A BETTER MESSAGE FROM THEM TO THEIR PARENTS THAT ARE, AND THE KIDS.

AND SO I DO APOLOGIZE TO, TO RANDY O'BRIEN AND THE SCHOOL BOARD MAYOR.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I WANT TO ADD TO THAT.

UM, WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE, I EXPECTED TO JUST SEE A BROKEN PIPE AND WATER COMING OUT.

WHEN WE GOT OUT THERE, THAT DITCH WAS ABOUT, WHAT, FOUR OR FIVE FOOT DEEP? IT WAS PRETTY DEEP.

AND FOR YOUR TRANSPARENCY THIS EVENING AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUE AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED OUT THERE.

AND YOU COULD NOT SEE THE PIPE BECAUSE THE DITCH WAS FULL OF WATER.

SO PUBLIC WORKS, THOSE GENTLEMEN WERE OUT THERE IN CHEST DEEP WATER WORKING ON A PIPE THAT THEY COULD NOT SEE, AND IT WAS COLD.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THE WATER TEMPERATURE WAS.

KUDOS TO THEM.

NOT ONLY WAS THE WATER CHEST DEEP, BUT THERE WAS ELECTRICAL LINES GOING IN THE GROUND NEXT TO THAT DITCH.

I FELT FOR THEM, THEY DIDN'T QUESTION ONE TIME IF THEY WERE GONNA GET IN THERE AND WORK TIRELESSLY AS THEY DID THE HOURS THAT THEY DID SO THAT THEY, THEY COULD GET WATER BACK TO OUR CITIZENS.

SO I, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THEM, UM, THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR THE EFFORTS THAT YOU ALL PUT PUT IN, IN TRYING TO GET TO, TO RECTIFY THIS, UH, WORKING IN THE PLANT.

I KNOW WHAT LINE HAMMER IS LIKE, AND LINE HAMMER WILL ACTUALLY KNOCK A PIPE OUT OF THE RACK THREE TO FOUR FEET, SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH, REINTRODUCING WATER AND PRESSURE AND IT CRACKING THE PIPE.

BUT TO BE OUT THERE IN COLD WEATHER, 60 50 DEGREE WEATHER, CHEST DEEP IN WATER WITH ELECTRICAL LINES RUNNING THROUGH IT, IF YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN PUBLIC WORKS, SHAKE THEIR HAND AND TELL 'EM THANK YOU, BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW VERY MANY OF US THAT WOULD'VE GOTTEN OUT THERE AND DONE IT AND NOT ASKED ANY QUESTIONS.

THANKS, MAYOR.

YOU IN? YES, MA'AM.

I JUST WANNA, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE, THE ENTIRE TEAM DID

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UM, I, I KNOW DISTRICT ONE HAS HAD THEIR FAIR SHARE OF LINES BREAKING, SO WE FELT FOR THAT AREA, UM, WE USED IT AS OUR OWN, UH, GROW, UH, GLOW AND GROW MOMENT, IS THAT WHAT YOU CALLED IT? UM, I KNOW MAYOR CAME AND, AND VISITED THE BUS BAYTOWN CIVIC ASSOCIATION LAST NIGHT AND PROVIDED RECAP OF WHAT HAPPENED, UM, BUT ALSO TO PROMOTE THE, UM, SMART, THE BAYTOWN SMART 9 1 1 MM-HMM .

UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE SOMETIMES THE FIRST BEING NOTIFIED WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE.

AND SO I JUST, UM, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST FOR ANY INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, IT'S FOR LOCAL EMERGENCIES, WHETHER IT'S FIRE, POLICE, UM, UH, ANYTHING HAPPENING WITH THE REFINERIES.

AND SO, UM, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND, UH, WE DEFINITELY FELT FOR THAT COMMUNITY LAST NIGHT AND, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE IN, IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING SHOULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN IN OUR AREA WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO BOIL WATER.

AND SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO AGAIN SAY THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED IN TRYING TO GET THIS RECTIFIED.

WHAT, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD.

I JUST WANNA ASK YOU ECHO THE THANK YOU AND THE GRATITUDE, JASON.

UM, I KNOW THINGS KIND OF HAPPEN PRETTY FAST AND YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD A PROBLEM FIXED AND, AND, AND ANOTHER PROBLEM.

SO, UH, SHOWS UP AND I APPRECIATE THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF LEARNING.

IT'S A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR QUICK RESPONSE AND HELPING ME AND COMMUNICATE WITH THAT SO I COULD KNOW WHAT TO TELL THOSE AFFECTED CITIZENS.

AND, UM, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN.

I CAN'T, MAYOR YOU SAID IT ALL, THAT WAS A, IT WAS A PRETTY BAD SITUATION AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE GUYS DIDN'T QUESTION.

IT WASN'T A MATTER IF, IF WE'RE GOING IN, WE'RE GOING IN, WE JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

SO, UM, YEAH.

I HATS OFF TO THOSE, THOSE MEN IN PUBLIC WORKS FOR, FOR DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO KEEP THIS, THIS INFRASTRUCTURE GOING FOR OUR CITIZENS.

YOU KNOW, WATER IS SOMETHING WE DON'T REALIZE WE NEED UNTIL WE DON'T HAVE IT, RIGHT? RIGHT.

SO, UM, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS MAN, THAT THAT DID, DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO, TO, TO ENSURE THAT KEEPS GOING.

SO THANK YOU.

THEY ALSO OPENED UP AN HOUR EARLY TODAY GIVING OUT WATER.

I SHOWED UP AT 8 45 AND THEY SAID THEY ALREADY HAD, THERE WERE CARS LINED UP AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AND THEY WERE OUT THERE PASSING OUT WATER AN HOUR EARLY AND STAYED MUCH LATER THAN WHAT I EXPECTED.

I LEFT ABOUT 10 15 AND THEY WERE OUT THERE.

HOW LONG WERE THEY OUT THERE TODAY, JASON? UH, THEY WERE OUT THERE UNTIL AROUND FIVE O'CLOCK.

SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S ALL DAY.

AND I REITERATE, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUE'S RESPONSE ON THAT 'CAUSE IT, IT, IT DID AFFECT A LITTLE BIT OF DISTRICT FOUR AND COUNTRY CLUB AND I I, I'D LIKE TO ALSO DO MY HOUSE AS WELL.

YEAH, YOUR HOUSE AND ALSO THE, THE COUNTRY CLUB CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT.

THEY WERE, THEY WERE, THEY HELPED Y'ALL OUT A LOT AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL GETTING THE MESSAGES OUT TO THEM AS QUICK AS WE COULD.

AND, AND I UNDERSTAND IT JUST, YOU, YOU KIND OF, THERE'S, IT WAS UNFORESEEN.

IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS, IT'S JUST WHY WE NEED MORE CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHY THIS BOND PROCESS IS GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT.

'CAUSE THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE AFFECTED BY THESE BOND PROCESSES.

GOOD POINT.

COUNCILMAN POWELL, YOU WANT? OKAY, WELL, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, COUNCILMAN POWELL, YOU'RE STILL UP .

WE'RE GONNA HAVE

[a. Receive a report from Council Member Jacob Powell regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 5. ]

THE DISTRICT REPORT FROM DISTRICT FIVE, COUNCILMAN POWELL.

UM, IN THE LAST MONTH, VOLUNTEERS HAVE GATHERED 13 BAGS OF LITTER AND IN D FIVE PARKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM, UH, THAT'S IN BLUE HERON AND, AND BAROO.

I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF.

UM, START WITH PUBLIC WORKS SINCE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

UM, EAST DISTRICT WA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, PHASE ONE IS GOING VERTICAL.

UM, SO THOSE, THOSE AREN'T THE GLAMOROUS PROJECTS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NEEDED, UM, TO TREAT OUR WASTEWATER.

SO THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

THERE'S ALSO THE CHAMBER'S COMMON LIFT STATION IS IN ITS FINAL STAGES, UH, AWAITING A BACKUP GENERATOR AND SOME ELECTRICAL WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

UM, THAT ONE'S BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT THAT'S THE LIFT STATION THAT WILL SERVICE ALL OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT ON 1 46 THERE ACROSS FROM WALMART.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE RECENTLY, UM, THERE'S ALREADY SOME OF THAT GOING VERTICAL THERE.

UM, UM, SO A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT COMING TO THAT AREA OF 1 46.

AND, AND, UH, PARKS AND REC, UH, NEW CASTLE PARK HAS A NEW ENTRANCE AND WALKING TRAIL.

UM, AND STAFF ALSO SUCCESSFULLY SECURED AN AGREEMENT WITH CENTER POINT TO ADD A SECTION OF CONCRETE SIDEWALK CONNECTING TO THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S GONNA BE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.

THERE'S A, BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PARK ITSELF, THERE'S A A CENTER POINT, UH, LINE THAT GOES THROUGH THERE AND THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T LIKE YOU POURING A SIDEWALK, A A PARKING LOT, ANYTHING UNDER IT, BUT IT ENDS UP VERY MUDDY BETWEEN THERE.

SO I'M CLIFF, THAT'S A, THAT'S A WIN THERE, JUST GETTING THAT SIDEWALK CONNECTION.

THANKS FOR WORKING THAT.

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UM, WE ALSO HAVE UPDATED ADVERTISING IN DISTRICT FIVE IN THE PARKS, UH, NEWLY INSTALLED MARKET AT TOWN SQUARE BANNERS ON THE RECYCLE BINS AT JENKINS, HOLLOWAY, AND BLUE HERON, AS WELL AS LARGE BILLBOARD SIGN BANNERS FOR ONGOING GENERAL PROGRAMS FRESHLY INSTALLED AT JENKINS AND HOLLOWAY.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO SOME OF THOSE PARKS RECENTLY, UM, HEAD OUT AND SEE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.

WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE LAST MEETING, I THINK IT WAS LAST MEETING WE SIGNED OUR, UH, IT'S TOM TEXAS PLEDGES AND, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON, UH, MARIO GILBERT WHO'S ON OUR PARKS AND REC BOARDS, GONNA BE PUTTING TOGETHER A VIDEO TO PROMOTE, UM, JUST COMMUNITY FITNESS.

HE'LL BE DOING THAT OUT AT, UH, THE JENKINS FITNESS COURT AND, UH, JENKINS CLUBHOUSE HAS HAD SOME UPDATES TO IT, UH, VERY MUCH WAS NEEDED.

SOME NEW FLOORING DOORS, RESTROOMS, KITCHENETTE CEILING, FRESH PAINT.

AND THEN, UH, BAYTOWN LITTLE LEAGUE IS, WILL BE TAKING OVER THE, UH, THE FIELDS AT JENKINS PARK.

UM, THEY'RE EXPANDING UP TO TEENAGE BASEBALL.

AND SO WE HAD THE LIGHTS REPAIRED OUT THERE IN PREPARATION FOR THAT LEAGUE KICKING OFF.

SO SOME EXCITING THINGS GOING ON IN PARKS AND REC AND AROUND D FIVE AND, UH, I'LL JUST WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY AND THAT'S ALL I GOT, MAYOR.

THERE YOU GO.

UH, MAYOR, HAVE YOU HAVE YES SIR.

GO AHEAD.

ONE, UH, QUICK ALIBI AS I TALK ABOUT WATERLINE BREAKS.

UM, SO AS I FINISHED UP MY, UH, UH, DISCUSSION HERE, I WAS QUICKLY NOTIFIED THAT, HEY, GUESS WHAT? WE GET TO WORK ON LINES AGAIN TONIGHT.

AND SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT SAME LINE TONIGHT FROM 11.

IT IS SCHEDULED TO GO UNTIL PROBABLY 2:00 AM.

UM, JUST LIKE LAST TIME WHEN IT WAS SCHEDULED TO GO TO 4:00 AM IT ENDED UP GOING UNTIL 8:00 AM.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT IT COULD GO LONGER DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY OPEN IT BACK UP.

UM, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING, THE WAY THAT WE GOT PRESSURE BACK BEFORE WAS WE PUT A BYPASS LINE IN.

UM, AND SO THIS IS GOING BACK TO KIND OF FIX EVERYTHING FURTHER.

AND SO YOU HAVE TO DISCONNECT TO PUT EVERYTHING BACK IN PLACE.

AND SO, UM, WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING CONSTRUCTION TONIGHT FROM 11 TILL 2:00 AM I BELIEVE SOCIAL MEDIA WILL BE HAVING THINGS PUT, UH, OUT, UH, SHORTLY.

SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO OUR, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, SIGN UP, UH, UH, FOR OUR TEXT ALERTS SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND OR BE ALERTED WHEN THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PUT THAT BACK OUT, MAYOR.

UM, ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION.

THE ROSS STERLING VARSITY GIRLS SOCCER TEAM, THEY ARE HAVING THE BEST SEASON IN THAT SCHOOL'S SOCCER CAREER EVER RIGHT NOW.

THEY, SOMEONE, A DAD, WE'RE GONNA CALL HIM A BLUEY OR A COOL DAD CONTACTED ME AND, AND, UM, MENTIONED IT TO ME BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING AND SINCE THAT'S MY ALMA MATER, OURS, OUR ALMA MATER UP HERE AMONGST ALL THESE GANDER, I WANT TO SAY GOOD , GOOD, GOOD LUCK TO THEM.

AND, UM, HOPEFULLY THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.

THEY SAY IT IS A GOOD OFFER, GOOD CHANCE THAT THEY WILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.

AND IF THEY'RE WATCHING, YOU SHOULD COME TO A COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEETING AFTER YOU WIN A PLAYOFF GAME SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CONGRATULATE AND RECOGNIZE YOU.

OTHER THAN THAT, SINCE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW WHAT, STERLING STARS AND GCM DAZZLER ARE COMPETING AT JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL THIS WEEKEND, LET'S GO SUPPORT OUR KIDS.