* 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] ALL RIGHT. I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025, IN THE COUNCIL OF CHAMBER OF CITY HALL, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A QUORUM AT SIX 50. WE WILL NOW HAVE PLEDGE AND INVOCATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE LISTER, DISTRICT SIX. THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND IF YOU WOULD, AND SAY THE PLEDGE WITH ME. 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 ALL. AND NOW THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVISIBLE IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN, IN A BRIEF PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT. AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, HELP US TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION AND ALLOW US TO WORK AS A GROUP TO PROMOTE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT MAY AFFECT US ALL. AND CONTINUE TO REMIND US THAT ALL THAT WE DO HERE TODAY AND ALL THAT WE ACCOMPLISH IS IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH FOR YOUR GREATER GLORY. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. [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.] I AM GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANYONE? THANK YOU. THE PURPOSE OF CI CITIZEN 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 OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING. EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME, ADDRESS, AND ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE COMMENTS. THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. A CITIZEN MAY PASS HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS COUNSEL. HOWEVER, NO CITIZEN REMARKS SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES. EITHER THE ONE MINUTE OR THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED BY MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNSEL. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, COUNSEL CANNOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ON ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC NOTICE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN ON THIS AGENDA. THE FIRST PERSON WE HAVE IS JOHN ISAAC. I AM JOHN ISAACS. I LIVE AT 54 10 B BOULEVARD IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL, JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY. UM, WHAT I WANNA ADDRESS WAS TWO MAIN CONCERNS. I'VE ALREADY PART OF, IT'S ALREADY PART BEING ADDRESSED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOWN AT TOWN SQUARE. WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF WHAT I CALL TWEENS. PARENTS ARE JUST DROPPING THEIR KIDS OFF UNSUPERVISED, WHETHER OR NOT I, WHICH I DON'T PARTICULARLY APPROVE OF, BUT THE KIDS ARE NOT CREATING US PROBLEMS. UM, SO WE'VE REQUEST, I'VE TALKED TO 'EM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO START POSSIBLY A BICYCLE DEAL. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE ALL Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT. WE NEED TO HEAD OFF A POTENTIAL PROBLEM GOING ON. ALSO, BACK TO MY PET PEE. WE HAVE A PARKING LOT ON PIERCE STREET THAT IS ALWAYS LOCKED, AND IT'S SHOULD NOT BE LOCKED. IT'S A PUBLIC PARKING LOT TOLD BY ME, BY AN OLD CITY MANAGER. THAT'S WHERE I, MY CUSTOMERS WERE SUPPOSED TO PARK. SO I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING EVERYBODY'S DOING, BUT, UM, SO PLEASE, LET'S GET THAT LOT, THAT THING UNLOCKED. THERE'S NO REASON FOR IT TO BE LOCKED, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY PIECE OF CONCRETE NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE GARY VORE. UM, I'M GIVING MY TIME TO DON DON AKEY. MY NAME'S DON AKE LIVED ON, ON ROLLING WOOD. UH, I'M DISAPPOINTED IN EVERYBODY UP THERE. SINCE 2021, WE STARTED TRYING TO GET THE POISONS OUT THEIR, THE TOXINS OUTTA CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS. WE STILL HAVEN'T DONE IT WITH 1,150 DAYS PLUS LATER. NEXT PEEVE I HAVE IS THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. FEBRUARY IS NOT OVER YET, AND I'VE ALREADY GIVEN THREE MAJOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LOFT FOR BAYTOWN TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, WHERE BAYTOWN IN 22 YEARS AGO, THEY, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A QUARTER [00:05:01] OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO A LAW FIRM SO BAYTOWN COULD GO PLEAD GUILTY TO SEWER VIOLATIONS WE'VE HAD SINCE, UH, 2013. AND THEY REDID THE, THE DEAL. AND WHEN THEY REDID IT, BAYTOWN, NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE NOT HAVING ANY VIOLATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REPORTING THEM. SO WE HAVE POOR MANAGEMENT IN PARKS AND RECREATION, AND WE HAVE POOR MANAGEMENT AT PUB AT PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE THEY HAVE 24 HOURS TO REPORT A VIOLATION. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DOING IT. I CAN SHOW YOU A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE IN LAKEWOOD THAT HAD RAW SEWAGE RUNNING ACROSS THE YARD. THE MAN CANNOT SELL HIS HOUSE BECAUSE NOBODY WILL FINANCE A HOUSE WITH RAW RIDGE RUNNING ACROSS THE FRONT OF IT. UH, SO THERE'S MY TIME. THAT'S, YOU GOT A DOUBT. ONE MINUTE. YEAH, ONE MINUTE. THAT WAS HALF. THAT WAS A HALF MINUTE. I DON'T NEED IT. I'VE SAID ENOUGH. IF THAT DIDN'T GET YOUR, GET YOUR INTEREST GOING AND YOUR CONSCIENCE GOING, THE, THE MONTH'S NOT EVEN OVER. AND I'VE FOUND AT LEAST FIVE VIOLATIONS FOR THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. I WASN'T SURE OF THE REPORTING. IT'S REAL EASY. I PICK UP THE PHONE, LEAVE, YOU KNOW ME. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GET MY INFORMATION. THEY GET MY NAME. THEY KNOW IT'S TO BAYTOWN. I'VE HAD TWO VIOLATIONS IN BAYTOWN OF SURGE GOING ACROSS RESIDENTIAL YARDS. AND IF IT'S HAPPENING IN BAYTOWN, IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. AND EVERY REALTOR IN THE CITY SHOULD BE WORRIED BECAUSE IT DEVALUES THE HOUSE OF EVERY YARD. IF THEY'LL DO IT TO THEM, THEY'LL DO IT TO ANYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK. THIS CONCLUDES CITIZENS' COMMENT PORTION OF THE AGENDA. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO RECOGNITIONS [a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.] AND COMMUNICATIONS. WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE. MR. LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'LL BE RECOGNIZING 1 35 YEAR EMPLOYEE OUT OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TODAY. MITCH DESCENT, 35 YEARS OF SERVICE, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. MITCH BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IN 1990 AS A PARKS CARETAKER HIRED BY SCOTT JOHNSON. PREVIOUSLY, HE WORKED AS A GOLF COURSE GROUNDSKEEPER IN LAPORTE, BUT WAS EAGER TO PURSUE HIS PASSION FOR TREES AT THE PARKS AND REC TREE FARM. LATER HE MOVED INTO HORTICULTURAL MAINTENANCE, WAS PROMOTED TO EQUIPMENT OPERATOR AND GAINED EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCE ON THE STREETS CREW BEFORE BECOMING A CREW LEADER AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST. TODAY, MITCH OVERSEES NORTHSIDE PARKS, PARTICULARLY JENKINS PARK, WHERE HE TAKES PRIDE IN HIS UPKEEP. MITCH HAS ALWAYS ENJOYED GROUNDS MAINTENANCE, BEAUTIFICATION, AND ESPECIALLY TREE PLANTING, KNOWN FOR HIS DEDICATION. HE ENSURES NO POTTED TREE REMAINS UNPLANTED FOR LONG. HE ALSO HELPED DEVELOP THE CARRY BAYOU TRAIL AT JENKINS PARK TO IMPROVE SAFETY. IN HIS EARLY YEARS. HE COMPLETED THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE RODEO, WINNING SEVERAL AWARDS BEFORE RETIRING TO LET OTHERS HAVE A CHANCE. HIS LOVE FOR NATURE WAS NURTURED, GROWING UP ON ST. CROIX AND ST. KIDS, WHERE HE GATHERED VEGETABLES WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER, REMEMBERING, BEING ABLE TO WATCH THE BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE OVER THE MOUNTAINS MOVING TO TEXAS AT 15, HE WAS SHOCKED BY THE LACK OF GREENERY AND GRADUATED LAPORTE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1981. HE MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, MARILYN, AND THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, ERIC AND SHEENA. HE'S STILL PATIENTLY WAITING ON GRANDKIDS. MITCH LOVES HIS WORK AND SAYS HE'D STAY ANOTHER 100 YEARS IF HE COULD, BUT IF HE WINS THE LOTTO, HE TRAVELED TO PLACES WITH BIG TREES, MOUNTAINS, AND BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES. UNTIL THEN, BAYTOWN IS LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AND GRATEFUL FOR HIS DEDICATION. MITCH, YOUR COMMITMENT TO BAYTOWN BEAUTIFICATION RUNS AS DEEP AS THE ROOTS OF THE MANY TREES YOU MAINTAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 35 YEARS OF SERVICE. WE WILL NOW [a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) for the construction of a 190-foot-tall monopole telecommunication tower and associated facilities in the General Commercial (GC) Zoning District, located at 8808 Needlepoint Road, Baytown, Texas 77521. ] CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL PERMITS SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 190 FOOT TALL MONOPOLE TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES IN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. LOCATED AT 88 0 8 NEEDLEPOINT ROAD, BAYTOWN, TEXAS. THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD EITHER HAVE SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOUR YEAR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THE MEETING. EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME, ADDRESS, AND ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF 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 [00:10:01] YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL 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 7:00 PM AND I CALLED TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT LOCATED AT 88 0 8 NEEDLEPOINT ROAD, BAYTOWN, TEXAS. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MR. SCRIBNER. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN SCRIBNER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UM, AS MENTIONED, UH, THIS IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A CELL TOWER, 190 FOOT TALL. UH, THIS IS LOCATED ON A 57 ACRE TRACT, UM, ON NEEDLEPOINT ROAD, ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN SLANDER. AND, UM, I DREW A BLANK. ALEXANDER ALEXANDER, 1 41 46. 1 46. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. BEAUTIFUL. HAD THAT IN MY HEAD. AND, OKAY. UM, SO THIS IS ABOUT 3,600 SQUARE FEET OF THAT LARGER 57 ACRE TRACT. UM, THIS IS ON A, UH, GENERAL ZONE, UH, GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, ACROSS THE STREET IS, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, OFF TO THE EAST IS SOME, UM, MIXED USE. AND OFF TO THE WEST IS A LITTLE BIT OF RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS PRETTY WELL BUFFERED FROM EITHER OF THOSE. UM, AGAIN, THIS DOES MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THIS WENT TO P AND Z LAST WEEK. THERE WAS NO ONE TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR OR AGAINST, AND THERE ALSO WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL BY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO THEREFORE, STAFF AND THE COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. UM, I'M, THAT'S, UH, CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? GOOD DEAL. THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK. I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:01 PM CONCERNING THE REQUEST AT 8 8 0 8 NEEDLE POINT ROAD. NOW, WE [b. Consider an ordinance to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) on approximately 3,600 square-feet of proposed lease area, over an approximately 57.26 acres parcel, at 8808 Needlepoint Road, Baytown, Texas 77521, to allow for the construction of a 190-foot-tall monopole telecommunication tower and associated facilities in the General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.] WILL CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON APPROXIMATELY 3,600 SQUARE FOOT OF PROPOSED LEASE AREA OVER AN APPROX OVER AN APPROXIMATELY 57.26 ACRE PARCEL AT 88 0 8 NEEDLE POINT ROAD, BAYTOWN, TEXAS TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 190 FOOT TALL MONOPOLE TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES IN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE ITEM THREE B SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW [c. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 0.52 acres at 1000 North Alexander Drive from Mixed Use Neighborhood (MUN) to a Neighborhood Commercial (NC) Zoning District.] WE'LL GO TO C CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE A PRO, A PRO ALMOST 0.5, TWO ACRES AT 1000 NORTH ALEXANDER DRIVE FOR MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD TO A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. IT IS NOW 7:03 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP AT 1000 NORTH ALEXANDER DRIVE. I NOW WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST STAFF TO SUM UP THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MR. SCRIBNER, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU. THIS IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY HALF AN ACRE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH ALEXANDER AND EAST FAIL AVENUE. UM, THIS IS CURRENTLY ZONED, UM, MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE USE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS PROPOSING, WHICH IS A TIRE SHOP. UM, HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, ON THE CURRENT ZONING MAP IN FRONT OF YOU ALL THE PURPLE IS MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT IS WITHIN SIMILARLY ZONED AREA, UM, WITH THE YELLOW TO THE EAST AND THE YELLOW THAT'S FAR TO THE WEST. THAT'S ALL THAT'S RESIDENTIAL. UH, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE, THE SORT OF BROWN COLOR THAT'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND THEN ANY GREEN IS THE, UM, OPEN SPACE. SO AGAIN, THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS LOOKING TO, UM, OPEN A TIRE SHOP HERE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU SORT OF A, A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THIS PERSON HAS DONE TO THEIR PROPERTY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. UM, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES SHOW THIS AS NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS, UM, I, I THINK WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I I COMMUNICATE TO YOU IS, UM, PNZ HAS ASKED, UH, IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS FOR STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ENTIRE AREA OF NORTH ALEXANDER, UM, AS A CORRIDOR STUDY. SO, STAFF [00:15:01] RIGHT NOW IS JUST GETTING STARTED ON SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY WORK THAT WE WILL DO TO PROVIDE A, UH, A, UH, A SUMMARY STUDY. AND AS WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THIS PART OF THE, UH, THIS PART OF NORTH ALEXANDER, WE REALIZED THAT REALLY EVERYTHING TO THE EAST, UH, ON THE EAST SIDE OF, OF THE ROAD IS PROBABLY MORE SUITED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL THAN IT IS FOR THE MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHY? PROBABLY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE A LOT OF, OF, UM, ANY KINDS OF MIXED USE OR EVEN REALLY RESIDENTIAL ON THAT SIDE. WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE TYPE COMMERCIAL, UM, ENDEAVORS. SO ORDINARILY WE WOULD LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, A HALF AN ACRE IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT ZONING TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE REALLY BELIEVE AT THIS STAGE THAT THIS IS THE, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY THE PROPER ZONING FOR THAT ENTIRE STRIP. AND SO THIS IS SORT OF THE BEGINNING OF, OF THAT, UM, OF THAT STUDY FOR US. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE OWNER CAME IN AND THIS, THE, THE OTHER PART OF THE BACKGROUND TOO IS THIS WAS A TIRE SHOP YEARS AGO, AND THEN IT WAS, I THINK IT BECAME A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. AND THEN IT WAS ABANDONED. IT WAS EMPTY FOR QUITE A WHILE AND IT BECAME KIND OF RUN DOWN. SO THE PROPERTY OWNER OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT PROPERTY. IT IS NOW UP TO BUILDING CODE. AND SO, UM, ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL, UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT HE'S PLANNING TO MAKE TO THE PROPERTY, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A, A GOOD USE FOR THAT PROPERTY. UH, THIS DID GO TO PNZ LAST WEEK. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY NEGATIVE TESTIMONY, UH, DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. AND SO THEREFORE, STAFF AND THE COMMISSION BOTH RECOMMEND APPROVAL. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YES, MA'AM. OOPS, NOT A QUESTION. JUST A COMMENT. AND JUST APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH THEM TO BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE. UM, 'CAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WOULD JUST NOT BUILD THERE. UM, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? GOOD DEAL. ANYONE ELSE? ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK. I CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 0 7. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE [d. Consider an ordinance for approval to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 0.52 acres at 1000 North Alexander Drive from Mixed Use Neighborhood (MUN) to a Neighborhood Commercial (NC) Zoning District.] FOR APPROVAL TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPRO ALMOST 0.52 ACRES AT 1000 NORTH ALEXANDER DRIVE FROM MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. I NEED A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 3D SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL, I'LL MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THAT THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT AND, AND I'M PLEASED TO SEE A FAIRLY RUNDOWN VACANT BUILDING, BE SOMEWHAT REJUVENATED AND, AND BRINGING A BUSINESS BACK INTO ALEXANDER. I THINK THAT'S A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD. UM, IT MAKES SENSE TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT ON, ON THE, UH, ZONING. SO I, I APPRECIATE STAFF SEPARATE ON THAT. UM, ALL OF 'EM, BASICALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, EAST ON THE EAST SIDE OF ALEXANDER, THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES UP AND DOWN THAT LOCATION AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT ZONING, UH, AS WE GO FORWARD. SO, UM, AGAIN, MOVE TO APPROVE. APPRECIATE THE SECOND. SO WE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR A. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. SCRIBNER. FOUR A [a. Consider an ordinance to amend the Fiscal Year 2025 budget to account for CIP encumbrances carried forward from Fiscal Year 2024, awarded grant budget modifications, other contributions, and funding adjustments to address financial obligations.] CONSIDERING ORDERING THIS TO AMEND THE PHYSICAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET TO ACCOUNT FOR CIP ENCUMBRANCES CARRIED FORWARD FROM PHYSICAL YEAR 2024, AWARDED GRANT BUDGET MODIFICATION, OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS AND FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS TO ADDRESS FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS. MS. MCKENZIE. UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL. THIS IS THE SECOND BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THIS ONE INVOLVES, UM, FINALIZING FURTHER, UM, ENCUMBRANCES FROM FY 24. UM, THE REASON THIS IS HAPPENING AGAIN IS BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING IN TWO SYSTEMS AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE AUDIT. SO WE HAD TO ENSURE WE, UM, WERE PAYING ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT NEEDED TO BE PAID OUTTA FY 24 OR, UH, RECORDED IN FY 24. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE FINALIZING THAT. SO THAT'S MAJORITY OF WHAT THESE TRANSFERS ARE. UM, AND THEN ONE OF THEM IN GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS IS RELATED TO, UM, A LEGAL ISSUE. AND THAT IS THE TOTAL IS 33.2 MILLION. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. GOOD DEAL. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [00:20:01] FOUR B, [b. Consider an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 15,705 authorizing a settlement agreement with Suzan O. and Eric G. Carter, Jr. related to the matter styled Carter v. City of Baytown, Cause No. 1231329 in the Harris County Civil Court at Law No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a. Receive the Racial Profiling Report for Calendar Year 2024.] ONTO REPORTS RECEIVED RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024. CHIEF STRINGER. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL FOR THE RECORD. JOHN STRINGER, YOUR CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. UM, IN 2001, TEXAS RACIAL PROFILING LAW STATE BILL 1 0 7 4, UH, REQUIRES POLICE AGENCIES THAT MAKE TRAFFIC STOPS TO COLLECT DATA AND ANALYZE THE DATA FROM THOSE TRAFFIC STOPS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING ANY IDENTIFIABLE CONCERNS REGARDING POSSIBLE RACIAL PROFILING PRACTICES, THE AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT CONTACT INFORMATION ON ALL MOTOR VEHICLE STOPS REGARDLESS OF THEIR DISPOSITION. THIS INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT REFLECTS THE DATA AND THE ANALYSIS FROM CALENDAR YEAR 2024. THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT EQUIPS ALL MARKED PATROL UNITS WITH DIGITAL AND AUDIO, UH, AND WITH DIGITAL AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING DEVICES SO THAT WE'RE RECORDING ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC STOPPING ENCOUNTERS. OUR OFFICERS ARE ALSO EQUIPPED WITH BODY-WORN CAMERA, WHICH RECORDS THE SAME DATA. THESE DIGITAL RECORDINGS ARE PERIODICALLY REVIEWED BY SUPERVISORS TO ENSURE THAT OFFICERS CONTINUE TO ADHERE TO THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, INCLUDING [00:25:01] THOSE REGARDING RACIAL PROFILING AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALSO, EXCUSE ME, PROVIDES REQUIRED TRAINING AND ANTI-BIAS RACIAL PROFILING AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY. THE DEPARTMENT HAS WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES DEFINING THE ACTS THAT ARE CONSTITUTING BIAS BASED PROFILING AND STRICTLY PROHIBITING OFFICERS FROM ENGAGING IN ANY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS RACIAL PROFILING, AS WELL AS MECHANISMS FOR REPORTING RACIAL PROFILING OR OTHER MISCONDUCT. ALL SUPERVISORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT THEIR PERSONNEL ARE FAMILIAR AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS, RULES, REGULATIONS, AND DEPARTMENT POLICIES. CITIZENS MAY FILE SUCH COMPLAINTS ONLINE VIA THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE OR BY PHONE OR IN PERSON. COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED AND ASSIGNED TO THE APPROPRIATE INTERNAL AUTHORITY FOR INQUIRY. BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVES A RE RESIDENTIAL POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 84,449 PERSONS, WHICH INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY WITH OUR COMMUTER TRAFFIC DAILY. AS OF 2022, IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT HISPANIC RESIDENTS COMPRISE 51% OF OUR POPULATION WITH 28.8% BEING WHITE OR CAUCASIAN AND 15% BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN. DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024, THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED 17,631. TRAFFIC STOPS. RESULTS SHOWED THAT STOPS THAT. OF THESE STOPS, 37% OF THE DRIVERS WERE WHITE. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SAME FIGURE IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023, 34% OF THE DRIVERS WERE HISPANIC, WHICH IS A 1% INCREASE, AND 27% OF THE DRIVERS WERE BLACK, WHICH IS DOWN 1% AND 96% OF THESE STOPS. THE RACE OF THE DRIVER WAS NOT KNOWN TO THE OFFICER PRIOR TO THE STOP SEARCHES. WHETHER CONSENSUAL OR NON-CONSENSUAL WERE CONDUCTED IN 7% OF THE TOTAL ENCOUNTERS. MOST SEARCHES DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ARE PERFORMED AS INCIDENT TO ARREST, OR 41% OF 1,171 TRAFFIC. UH, SEARCHES ARREST OCCURRING FROM A TRAFFIC STOPPER GENERALLY RESULT OF VIOLATIONS THAT WOULD IN GOOD CONSCIENCE PROHIBIT AN OFFICER FROM ALLOWING A PERSON TO LEAVE THE SCENE. OTHER TRAFFIC ARRESTS ARE THE RESULT OF THE DRIVER BEING FOUND TO BE WANTED BY THIS OR ANOTHER AGENCY FOR OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANTS. SEARCHES BASED ON PROBABLE CAUSE COMPRISE 32% OF THE SEARCHES CONSIST SEARCHES ACCOUNTED FOR 15% OF THE SEARCHES. THESE PERCENTAGES ARE ALSO CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS YEAR'S REPORTS. OUT OF THE 17,631 TRAFFIC STOPS, 56% RESULTED IN A WARNING. 39% RESULTED IN A CITATION AND 5% RESULTED IN CUSTODIAL ARREST. THE LEADING CAUSES FOR ARRESTS WERE THE VIOLATION OF PENAL CODE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS OR OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. OF THESE ARRESTS, 35% OF THE SUBJECTS WERE WHITE, CAUCASIAN. 34% WERE BLACK, 30% WERE HISPANIC. OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS ALSO INCLUDE ALASKA, NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN, ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER, WHICH COMPRISE 1% OF THE GROUPS. THE RESULTS ARE, THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS OF RACIAL PROFILING FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024. THE DATA REPORTED FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024 HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND ANALYZED BY STAFF, INCLUDING OUR INTELLIGENCE ANALYST BASED ON A COMPARISON TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S RACIAL PROFILING REPORTS. THE DATA IS CONSISTENT AND THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT HAVE ENGAGED IN RACIAL PROFILING ACTIVITY. THE DATA COLLECTED AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY DATE, BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE TEXAS LAW. THE DATA HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEW ON THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE. A LINK TO THIS DATA WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE IN OUR FORTHCOMING ANNUAL REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. WE'LL CONSIDER THAT REPORT RECEIVED. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU SIR. NOW ON TO THE [6. 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.] CONSENT ITEMS. UM, WE ARE GOING TO PULL CONSENT ITEM E, YOU SAID E OR E, EE AS AN ELEPHANT AND WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ANY ACTION ON IT. SO CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THE REMAINING CONSENT ITEMS? MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS SIX A THROUGH E EXCEPT FOR I I EXCEPT FOR E SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [a. Consider a resolution authorizing the reconsideration of three (3) appointments to the Baytown Finance Ad Hoc Committee.] [b. Consider a resolution authorizing the reconsideration of three (3) appointments to the Baytown Capital Improvement Plan Ad Hoc Committee.] [00:30:03] NOW FOR APPOINTMENTS, WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RECONSIDERATION OF THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN FINANCE AD HOC COMMITTEE. WE HAVE CURRENT MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT ONE, LAURA ALVARADO, DISTRICT THREE, KENRICK GRIFFITH, AND DISTRICT FIVE. MR. JACOB POWELL. THIS IS FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. I NEED A MOTION. WE'RE APPROVING THEM FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO STAY ON THIS COMMITTEE. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT LAURA AS THE CHAIR, KEEP YOU ON THAT COMMITTEE AND WE'RE GONNA BRING SARAH UP TO THE FINANCE AND MOVE JACOB TO CIP. UM, I DON'T THINK WITH, WITH THE BOND COMING UP RIGHT NOW, THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING ANY SHIFTING OF ANY OF THESE COMMITTEES OF THIS YEAR. I MEAN, NEXT YEAR I CAN SEE WE DO THAT, BUT I THINK WITH THE BOND COMING UP THIS, THESE COMMITTEES NEED TO KIND OF STAY THE WAY THEY ARE. I CAN SEE CHAIR MOVING, WHATEVER, BUT YOU KNOW, MYSELF, MIKE, AND SARAH PUTTING A LOT OF WORK FOR THE CIP MM-HMM . GOING INTO THIS BOND. AND, UM, AND, AND JACOB, LAURA AND KEN HAVE PUT A LOT OF WORK ON THE FINANCE TOO FOR THIS COMING UP ON THIS BOND. AND I, I THINK WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH NEEDS TO KIND OF STAY THE COURSE THROUGH THIS BOND. OKAY. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE JUST DISCUSS THAT THE BOND COMMITTEE WOULD BE THE ONES MOVING FORWARD AND AND DECIDING WHAT ALL WOULD BE ON THERE. NOW I, I DO, I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE EVERYONE THERE FOR A YEAR. WE NORMALLY MAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS AFTER AN ELECTION AND WE'VE EVEN DONE THAT AT THE LAST BOND ELECTION, I BELIEVE IN 2007. IT WAS DONE THE SAME WAY. NOW, IF YOU ALL WOULD BE OPEN TO MAYBE BOND, WE'D LIKE TO GET EVERYTHING DONE, WHAT CITY MANAGER SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BOND BY THE END OF MARCH IS WHAT YOU SAID? YES, SIR. I COULD SEE LEAVING EVERYTHING AS IS UNTIL THE END OF MARCH. AND THEN AFTER THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN THE COMMITTEE'S HANDS, THE BOND COMMITTEE'S HANDS AND WE CAN, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AFTER THAT. YEAH. WE HAVE A QUESTIONS. I HAVE QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. UM, SO SURPRISE. SO, UM, I ACTUALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF ME MOVING OVER TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU'VE ALREADY SERVED ON FINANCE AND THEN GOT MOVED OVER TO CIP WITHIN YOUR FIRST I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ON CIP. SO YOU, YOU WERE ON FINANCE EVER BEEN OH, YOU WERE, YOU'VE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ON FINANCE. OKAY. SO THERE'S BEEN NO MOVEMENT AT ALL. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY MOVEMENT. OKAY. UM, WERE YOU ON CIP? 'CAUSE THERE WAS, WAS BEEN A MOVE. PI WAS GONNA SAY THERE'S BEEN MOVEMENT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. SHE WAS ON CP AND YOU MOVED TO FINANCE AND I MOVED TO FINANCE. I THINK THAT THERE IS SOME, UM, GOOD POINTS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING ON BOTH THROUGHOUT THEIR TERMS. UM, I DON'T THINK TIMING RIGHT NOW SHOULD BE THAT BIG OF A CONCERN BECAUSE IT IS GONNA BE THE BOND COMMITTEE THAT'S DIVING INTO ALL OF THIS, THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING. AND Y'ALL, I MEAN, I RESPECT EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID, BUT THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING IN FINANCE COMMITTEE AND US ON CIP, IT'S BEEN DONE. IT'S ABOUT TO BE HANDED OVER TO THE BOND COMMITTEE. UH, WE JUST SAW A PRESENTATION DURING THE WORK SESSION, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THIS, THE SPECIFICS, THE MONEY AND ALL OF THESE THINGS COMING UP. I THINK YOUR QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER WAS WHAT HE, WHAT TIMELINE YOU WANTED THE NUMBERS AND HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT AT THE END OF MARCH. UM, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR ALL OF US TO, TO MOVE AROUND AND SEE THE BIG PICTURE. I MEAN, EVEN THE CITY MANAGER TODAY DURING THE WORK SESSION SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE TO SEE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. IF THERE HAD BEEN MORE MOVEMENT OF US BACK AND FORTH ON SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES, THEN IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TIME SOME OF US WERE GETTING THE BIG PICTURE OF EVERYTHING. I THINK THERE'S PROS AND CONS. UM, I WOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT MOVING OVER TO THAT COMMITTEE AND I DON'T THINK, UM, I DON'T THINK IT MAKES A BIG, A BIG MOVE EITHER WAY, BUT I WOULD SUPPORT GOING OVER THERE. YEAH. UM, SURPRISE FOR ME TOO. UM, I, I KNOW WHEN I HAD MY AGENDA MEETING AND, AND I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS TOLD BEFOREHAND, BUT I FELT THAT EVERYTHING WAS GONNA MOVE FORWARD AS IS. AND IF THERE WAS SOMETHING AFTER THAT, THEN I, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENTS, BUT I AGREE EVERYTHING'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH DONE. I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY, UH, MOVED ALL THE PROJECTS. WE'VE DEDICATED WHAT WAS GONNA BE, UH, CIP, WE DISCUSSED THEM TONIGHT, WHAT WE WANNA KEEP, UH, [00:35:01] IN THE COS AND AS FAR AS FINANCE COMMITTEE, I FEEL THAT WE'RE DONE. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT NEXT STEPS. I, I THINK JACOB HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB SERVING ON, ON FINANCE AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING HIS WORK AND, AND MAKING SURE WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT AS FAR AS THE BOND, IT, IT IS GOING TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE'S HANDS. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHY WE FORMED THE COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE. THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE PART OF THE PROCESS IN IN GETTING FEEDBACK. WE'RE JUST GONNA WAIT AND SEE WHAT THEY TELL US. SO I, I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT ELSE THERE IS FOR US TO DO BEFORE MAR THE END OF MARCH. UH, OTHER THAN, THAN DETERMINING THOSE NUMBERS AS WE DISCUSS. BUT, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, GRAHAM ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. UH, WE STILL HAVE KEN. AND, AND SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD MIX OF VOICES AND, AND, UM, VIEWPOINTS. AND SO I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT THE WEIGHT OR DELAY WOULD BE ON THIS. AND SO I FEEL THAT I'VE HAD A, A GOOD IMAGE OF WHAT JACOB IS LAID OUT. AND SO I FEEL THAT IT, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT CHARGE. MOVING INTO THIS NEXT PROCESS, I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, YOUR HONOR. SO WILL THERE BE ANYTHING RELATIVE TO THE GO BOND BEING DISCUSSED AFTER MARCH IN EITHER COMMITTEE? UM, YES AND NO. UM, WE'RE GOING TO, AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PARAMETERS THAT YOU'RE GONNA GIVE THE BOND COMMITTEE, YOU'RE GONNA TELL THEM THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE WHATEVER THE LIMIT IS, RIGHT? YOU'RE GONNA SAY, WORK WITHIN THESE BOUNDS AND WORK WITHIN THESE CATEGORIES, RIGHT? YOU'RE GONNA DEFINE THAT FROM THERE THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT, UM, THE PROJECTS AND THEY WILL BE TALKING TO THE CITIZENS AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS. THE COUNCIL OR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, DEPENDING ON HOW Y'ALL WANNA SET THIS UP, IT CAN, IT CAN ALL BE DONE A WORK SESSION WHERE Y'ALL ALL TOGETHER OR IT CAN BE DONE WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, SEPARATELY. IT'S HOWEVER Y'ALL WANT THAT SET UP. RIGHT? AND Y'ALL WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ON UNDERSTANDING LIKE, IF WE STICK AT 150 MILLION, WE NEED TO START PLANNING OUT WHAT THE OTHER 150, 200 MILLION LOOKS LIKE TO, TO GO FORWARD. WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT THE FINANCES ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE FOR THE TAX RATE, PREPARING FOR THE TAX RATE AND GIVING ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL. WHERE THEN GONNA HAVE TO UNDERSTAND GEARING UP TOWARDS THE BUDGET PIECE, WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT IS GONNA DO FINANCIALLY FOR THE REST OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN WE HAVE TO GEAR UP A WHAT IF SCENARIO, SHOULD IT FAIL? WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR WHAT THE FINANCES LOOK LIKE FOR IF IT FAILS, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT ADDRESSING OTHER PIECES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, UH, AND HOW ARE THOSE GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF? SO IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST A, YES, IT'S GONNA BE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT? LIKE YOU HAVE A WHOLE GAME, BUT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL GEARING, GEARING UP FOR THAT ARE INVOLVED, PREPARING FOR THE BUDGET, I WOULD SAY A LOT OF IT'S GONNA BE FINANCIAL, UH, THAT THE DISCUSSIONS, THE CIP PIECE IS BY AND LARGE DONE, UM, FOR THIS ROUND OF THE GEO. AND THEN, UM, THEY WILL LOOK AT THE CIP COMMITTEE MAY BE INVOLVED WITH THE BOND COMMITTEE TO FURTHER TALK ABOUT PROJECTS, RIGHT? STAFF WILL BE LEADING THAT, BUT THE CIP COMMITTEE MAY BE REQUESTED LIKE, HEY, WHY DID Y'ALL CHOOSE THESE? OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE BOND COMMITTEE'S GONNA DO, SO APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION. AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF MY CONCERN MOVING FORWARD IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR ME ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS JUST THE TERMINOLOGY ALONE AND JUST CATCHING UP ON THAT. AND I FEEL AT THIS POINT WE MAKE THAT CHANGE, HAVING THOSE POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AFTER MARCH. YOU KNOW, IT COULD HAVE SOMEBODY BEHIND THE WHEEL ON THAT. AND, UH, I, I JUST, I FEEL I, I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH MS. ALVARADO CHEERING IT. UM, OF COURSE JACOB'S BEEN A, DID A GREAT JOB AND, UM, AND, AND MAKING THAT CHANGE IS FINE. BUT I FEEL THAT RIGHT NOW I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL IN THAT, IN THAT RESPECT TO, UH, AT THIS POINT. AND NOW, NOW AFTERWARDS, AFTER NOVEMBER, SURE. LET'S, LET'S HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, JUST TO KEEP THINGS, UH, FLYING STRAIGHT WOULD BE GOOD JUST TO, SO YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU HAD ISSUES WITH THE TERMINOLOGY BEGINNING IN THE BEGINNING. OKAY. RIGHT. I MEAN THERE, THERE'S THINGS, AND EVEN, LIKE, EVEN IF YOU, SOMEBODY WOULD MAKE THE STEP TO CIP THERE'S, THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. OKAY. AND IT, IT'D JUST BE GOOD [00:40:01] FOR SOMEBODY COMING IN TO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT TO, TO KIND OF BE CAUGHT UP TO SPEED ON WHAT THE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS. SO THAT, THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, CATCHING UP TO SPEED AND RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL GEO AND EVEN A CO BOND ISSUANCE, UH, LET, LET'S GET THAT OUT THE WAY AND IN, IN NOVEMBER, LET'S LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S, THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M AT. IT SOUNDS, GO AHEAD. SO I'M NOT NEW TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. UM, AND YOU SAID SOMEONE COMING IN NEW, I FEEL MY COLLEAGUE WOULD DO VERY WELL, AND SO SHE WOULD BE THE NEW PERSON COMING IN AND I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THAT. SO, SO I FEEL THAT I'M NOT SAYING THAT. I'M SAYING. YEAH. SO I, AND I GET IT. YEAH. UM, I'M GOING ON EIGHT EARS AND I, I THINK, I FEEL THAT I HAVE A REALLY GOOD GRASP ON OUR FINANCES. UM, I'M ON, I'M ON HTAC WHERE WE HAVE A LOT MORE MONEY TO DEAL WITH. UM, SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS DO, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A ROLE THAT COUNCILMAN POWELL HAS, AND I KNOW IT WAS MR. FRANCO WHO BROUGHT IT UP, BUT IF YOU, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. POWELL ON OUR TEAM. YEAH. OKAY. UM, UM, I'VE SAID, I SAID THIS, YOU KNOW, BACK AT, BACK AT OUR COUNCIL RETREAT, I SAID EVERYTHING LEADING UP TO THE GO, I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IN, IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS, DOES THIS BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, THE GO, IS IT GONNA HELP IT PASS? UM, AND I THINK, UM, YOU CAN SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE'VE MOST, WE'RE MOSTLY DONE. WE'RE GONNA HAND IT OVER TO THE COMMITTEE AND, AND THEY'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE. BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THE CASE. NONE OF US HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T HAD A GEO SINCE 2007. UH, WE WEREN'T ON COUNCIL. IT'S GONNA BE NEW FOR ALL OF US. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK, UM, THAT WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO AVOID ANY POSSIBLE HICCUPS, UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, WOULD HELP THIS GEO GO AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE. UM, AND SO, UH, I MEAN, MAYOR, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. I SAID I HAVE, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH, UH, STEPPING DOWN FROM CHAIR, LETTING COUNCILWOMAN RADO TAKE THAT OVER. UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT THE, THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEES THEMSELVES, THE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON EACH OF 'EM, WE NEED TO KEEP THAT THE SAME, UM, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE BOND ELECTION. JUST FOR THE SAKE OF, I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AS IT PLAYS OUT, AND I THINK WE SHOULD JUST TRY TO AVOID, UM, ANY POSSIBILITY OF JUST SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS, HAVING TO BRING UP, UM, BRING SOMEONE NEW UP TO SPEED. UM, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE BOTH OF US. IF I MOVE OVER TO CIP THERE, IT IS GONNA BE NEW FOR ME. UM, AND I, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET, UM, GET SOME EXPERIENCE THERE AS WELL. UM, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF ALL OF US HAD LIKE A WELL-ROUNDED, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE, EXPOSURE TO EACH SIDE OF, OF THE, UH, THE TWO COMMITTEES. BUT, UM, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT TIME RIGHT NOW TO DO THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US WAIT UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THIS, UH, BOND ELECTION BEFORE WE MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE MAKEUP OF THE, OF THE COMMITTEES. AGAIN, I, I HAVE NO ISSUES STEPPING DOWN FROM, FROM CHAIRPERSON. UM, THANK YOU FOR SAYING ALL THAT. UM, THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING TURN OF EVENTS THAT I WAS NOT EXPECTING. AND IT FEELS A LOT LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH MAYOR PRO TEMP. JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU DID NOT LIKE BEING TOLD THAT YOU WERE UNQUALIFIED AND NOW I'M BEING TOLD THAT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE TERMINOLOGY. UM, AND SO I JUST, I THINK THAT EVERYONE, THE SAME THING, CIRCLING BACK TO THE MAYOR PRO, EVERYONE THAT'S SITTING UP HERE THAT IS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IS FULLY CAPABLE OF ANY DUTY THAT WE ARE ASKED TO DO. IF YOU WANT TO APPOINT ME, MAYOR, AND THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO APPROVE ME GOING TO FINANCE COMMITTEE, GREAT. IF THEY DON'T, THAT'S ALSO FINE. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. THIS IS VERY STRANGE TO ME. AND I, I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS, AND I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS A, THIS IS RELATED TO TIMING. I THINK THAT, UM, THIS HAS, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT'S GOING ON. I I'M ACTUALLY A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK BY EVERYTHING THAT JUST WENT UP HERE. BUT I ASSURE YOU WHAT EVERYONE DECIDES TONIGHT, I WILL DO FINE ON EITHER ONE OF THE COMMITTEES AND, UM, IT WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT IMPACT THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET FOR THIS COUNCIL AND FOR OUR CITY. UM, THAT, THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WORKING [00:45:01] TOWARDS TOGETHER VERY OPENLY. I, I, I JUST WANNA REBEL ON THAT. UM, MS. GRAHAM, I, I DON'T WANT A STRONG MAN TO BE SET UP HERE THAT'S EVEN DEFEATED. I, I HAVE NO QUESTION. , AS YOU AS AN EDUCATOR COULD GRASP THIS AND, AND GRASP FINANCE, I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. I'M TALKING ABOUT EVERYBODY'S ON A LEARNING CURVE, OKAY? SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA CRAWL BEFORE YOU WALK AND, AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME. AND I THINK AS, AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, IT MAY HINDER THAT OR BE A CLOG IN THE WHEEL, POTENTIALLY GOING INTO THE, GOING INTO THIS BOND. I, I HAVE NO QU WITH YOU ABOUT MAKING THAT MOVE AFTER NOVEMBER. I, I THINK THAT'S FINE. I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO, I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT YOU'LL PICK EVERYTHING UP LIKE THAT. SO I, I DON'T WANT YOU TO PERCEIVE IT AS, UH, ME SAYING SARAH ISN'T QUALIFIED ENOUGH. THAT THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE. IT'S THE TIMING OF IT. THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S IT. WHEN IT COMES, WELL HOLD ON A SECOND. WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMITTEE LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS, COULD WE HAVE THE COMMITTEE COME AND ASK QUESTIONS TO COUNCIL ABOUT THE PROJECTS? MAYOR, IF Y'ALL, EXCUSE ME, IF Y'ALL WANT TO DO ANY AND ALL DISCUSSIONS PERTAINING TO THE BOND AND WORK SESSIONS. SO THAT'S IN FRONT OF ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. Y'ALL HAVE THAT RIGHT? TO DO THAT. I THINK THAT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WELL THEN LET'S GET RID OF THE COMMITTEES. WHAT ARE THEY NEEDED FOR? WELL, OUTSIDE OF THE BOND COMMITTEE, THINGS ARE HASHED OUT IN EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES, AND THEN THEY'RE BROUGHT BACK TO US FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION. BUT LIKE YOU SAID, Y'ALL HAVE DONE EXCELLENT WORK ON THE CIP AND IT HAPPENED IN, IN SMALL COMMITTEE SO THAT IT COULD, IT COULD BE GRASPED AND BROUGHT BACK ON A RECOMMENDATION. AND MOST OF THE TIME I WOULD SAY THAT ALL OF COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED YOUR RECOMMENDATION. THIS HAS JUST GIVEN EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN MULTIPLE AREAS. I JUST, I MEAN, GO AHEAD AND I'M GONNA, YEAH, I WANNA BE SURE I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. YEAH. YEAH, GO AHEAD. I MEAN, FOR ME GUYS, YOU'RE GOING INTO THE SUPER BOWL AND YOU DON'T CHANGE YOUR STARTING QUARTERBACK AT THAT MOMENT. YOU FINISH THE SEASON OUT. WE'RE NOT PLAYERS GETTING PAID OFFICIALS. AND IT'S NOT THAT, THAT THE OTHER, OKAY, IF I HAD TOM BRADY IN AND PEYTON, MANNY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO THE SAME OFFICE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU, YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED TO DO IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S JUST YOU DON'T CHANGE 'EM AT THE LAST MINUTE. THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST HOW I SEE IT. IT'S JUST A BAD ANALOGY. IT IS A SPORTS ANALOGY. AND THAT'S, AND I'LL STAY AWAY FROM THE ANALOGY I ALWAYS USE SPORTS ANALOGY. SORRY. THE CREATION OF AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES IS SOLELY AT YOUR DISCRETION. MAYOR, YOUR APPOINTMENTS OF THOSE COMMITTEES ARE SOLELY AT YOUR DISCRETION WITH APPROVAL FROM THE, FROM THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT ALL EVERYBODY SAID TODAY, BUT AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE CIP AND I'LL, I'LL, I'M GONNA LET YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT MY ROLE IS DONE IS KIND. NO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT $500 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS AND OUR CIP WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TRIMMING THAT DOWN TO AROUND 200, 250. WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET. RIGHT? DID I SAY THAT? I'M SORRY IF I SAID THAT. YEAH, IT'S KIND. OUR WORK'S DONE. NO, IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT. SO AS CHAIR OF THAT PERSON, I VALUE MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES SIGNIFICANTLY ON CIPS ESPECIALLY, WE'RE ADDING ALL FOUR CATEGORIES. I WOULD HATE TO LOSE THAT 'CAUSE SHE BRINGS UP GOOD ARGUMENTS FROM TIME TO TIME. SO IT IS A TIMING ISSUE FOR ME. UH, YOU KNOW, I I FULLY EXPECT JACOB COULD CATCH ON PRETTY QUICK. I FULLY EXPECT YOU WOULD CATCH UP PRETTY QUICK, BUT IT IS A CATCH UP. YOU'RE NOT GONNA STEP IN THERE WITH EIGHT, NINE MONTHS OF EXPERIENCE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OR ON THE CIP. WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE DEALING WITH 15 CITIZENS WHO, NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE, REALLY DON'T HAVE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OR CLUE AS TO THE PROJECTS, AS TO THE FINANCE ISSUES. SO AS SUBCOMMITTEES WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING, I WOULD EXPECT PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THAT COMMITTEE. YES, SIR. LIKE I I, Y'ALL WOULD GIVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT ALL THE PROJECTS WERE. AND, AND SO THAT PUTS A BURDEN ON THE TWO THAT WERE EXISTING MEMBERS OF EACH COMMITTEE TO TAKE THAT LEAD. 'CAUSE THE, THE NEW PERSON IS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT BACKGROUND. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A YEAR. SO TO ME IT IS, IT IS A TIMING ISSUE. IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYBODY'S QUALIFICATIONS. AND I AGREE, I THINK THE COMMITTEE SHOULD ROTATE FROM TIME TO TIME. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WAIT TILL NOVEMBER, BUT THERE IS A POINT IN TIME WHEN THE, THE BOND WILL BE SET MM-HMM . AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, MAYOR, IF YOU WANNA BRING THIS BACK UP AND SAY, NOW I'M GONNA STIR THE POT AND I'M GONNA REPLACE AND, AND DO WHATEVER, I'LL SUPPORT YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT AT THIS TIME, I, I'M, I'M, I CAN'T BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 'CAUSE I'M GONNA LOSE, I'M GONNA LOSE [00:50:01] A VALUABLE MEMBER OF MY COMMITTEE AND I'M BEING STINGY HERE. I UNDERSTAND SHE'S LOOKING FOR A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I GOT THAT. BUT I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA LOSE A QUALITY MEMBER OF MY TEAM. WE'RE NOT DONE YET. WE WILL BE SOON AND IT'LL BE BEFORE NOVEMBER. SO I WOULD, TO ME, IT'S A TIMING ISSUE AND THAT'S IT. SO I I WOULD BE OPPOSED TO STERN UPON NOW, BUT IT IS AT YOUR DISCRETION WITH OUR APPROVAL. I WILL SAY THIS, UM, WHEN I HEARD, HAD HEARD THE CONCERNS EARLIER TODAY, I DID GIVE THOUGHT TO IT. AND THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED IN THE BEGINNING, THE END OF MARCH, BECAUSE I FIGURED AT THE END OF MARCH WE WOULD HAVE THINGS SET AND WE COULD MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. OKAY. BUT I I, I'VE, I'VE HEARD FROM EVERYONE AND YES, MA'AM, I HAVE A, A FINAL COMMENT OR, OR JUST SOMETHING TO, TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN SERVING AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WE ALL KNOW, AND, AND I'M KIND OF REGURGITATING WHAT MY COUNCIL MEMBER SAID HERE AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE READY TO JUST GET RID OF IT JUST BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GO IN ONE WAY. I, I, THAT TROUBLES ME. UM, TWO, I FEEL THAT THE COMMENT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING NEW BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT SINCE 2007. WELL, WOULDN'T THAT BE NEW TO ALL OF US? AND THIS PROCESS WILL BE NEW TO ALL OF US. SO AREN'T WE STARTING FROM THE, FROM THE BOTTOM ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A BOND SINCE 2007. SO THIS WOULD BE NEW TO US ANYWAY. SO I I I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD BE CRITICAL TO KEEP THE COMMITTEES AS THEY ARE SINCE WE'RE STILL GONNA BE LEARNING ANYWAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND, UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF GOING THROUGH MY MIND RIGHT NOW. I'M NOT GONNA LABOR THIS. I'M, I'M LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GRAHAM, THAT IF THE DECISION IS JUST TO KEEP IT, IT AS IT IS, WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT AS IT IS. BUT I, I DO WANNA EXPRESS MY FRUSTRATION BECAUSE I ALSO FEEL IT WAS LIKE THE MAYOR PRO TEM POSITION. LIKE IT IS, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. UM, I WANT US TO HAVE, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GONNA AGREE ON EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S GREAT. AND THE FACT THAT I WASN'T HARBORING OVER THE MAYOR PRO TEM, I CONGRATULATED HIM AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT US TO DO IS MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO I'M NOT GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE ON WITH ANYTHING. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH, UM, A VOTE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. HOWEVER, HOWEVER IT LAYS OUT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA AGREE TO. ONE REBUTTAL, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S LIKE THE MAYOR PROTON POSITION BECAUSE I THINK EXCEPT FOR THAT, I THINK EVERYBODY THINKS THAT SARAH IS CAPABLE OF DOING HER JOB AND FEEL THE ROTATION SHOULD TAKE PLACE, JUST NOT NOW. WHEREAS MINES, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY FELT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT SHOULDN'T BE ROTATED AND NOBODY SHOULD GET, ONLY ONE PERSON SHOULD GET THE OPPORTUNITY. SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER FALSE EQUIVALENCE THERE JUST A BUNCH OF LOGICAL FALLACIES. SO LET'S JUST KEEP THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'LL LEAVE IT. MAYOR, CAN WE MOVE FORWARD? YEAH. SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, I'M GOING TO, I WANT TO AMEND THIS. CAN YOU TAKE A AND B TOGETHER? YES. WE CAN TAKE A AND B TOGETHER. THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA TAKE A AND B TOGETHER AND I WOULD LIKE TO SET THE DATE THAT WE MAKE THE CHANGES FOR, WELL, LEGAL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HELP ME OUT WITH THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AFTER THE BOND IS SET. SO COULD I TABLE THIS UNTIL, UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, OR, WELL, YOU, YOU HAVE A FEW OPTIONS. UM, IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE NO ACTION ON SEVEN A AND SEVEN B, UM, WE CAN JUST SKIP THEM FROM TONIGHT AND WE CAN BRING 'EM BACK WHENEVER YOU'D LIKE. UM, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A VOTE TO HAVE SOMETHING EFFECTIVE, UH, AFTER, UH, THE BOND HAS BEEN SET AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE THAT DATE MM-HMM . IN MY HEAD, UM, UH, WE'D HAVE TO GET WITH OUR, UH, BOND COUNSEL AND, UH, AND FINANCIAL, UH, CONSULTANTS TO, TO FIGURE OUT THAT DATE. MM-HMM . BUT WE CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS TO BE EFFECTIVE. THE FIRST MEETING AFTER THAT DATE, OR, OR YOU KNOW, THE, THE DATE THAT THE BOND SET, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU ALL. CAN WE SU CAN GO AHEAD. CAN WE [00:55:01] SUSPEND SEVEN A AND B UNTIL THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THE BOND IS SET, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. I MOVE THAT WE SUSPEND SEVEN A AND B UNTIL THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THE BOND IS SET. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A. AYE. HOW MANY WAS THAT? FOUR. THOSE WAS FOUR. ALL OPPOSED NAY. IF MOTION PASSES, WE HAVE SU, ALVARADO, GRAHAM, AND MAYOR SUSPENDED THIS UNTIL THE BOND, THE FIRST MEETING AFTER THE BOND IS SET. AFTER THE BOND IS, IS SET. GOT YOU. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A YEAH. AND FLUCTUATE IN SEPTEMBER. COULD BE. IT'S GOTTA BE BY A CERTAIN TIME TO MAKE THE ORDER TO MAKE ELECTION. EXACTLY. IT COULD BE BEFORE THAT. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. GOOD DEAL. SO NOW [c. Consider a resolution authorizing four (4) appointments to the Library Board.] WE ARE ON TO SEVEN C. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO THE LIBRARY BOARD, MS. JACKSON. SO THANK YOU. SO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE RECEIVED SEVERAL APPLICATIONS AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND NAME THOSE. MM-HMM . UM, THAT'S BETH RIVERA, GABRIELA HILL, JENNIFER ELMORE, JAMES KILBURN, NANCY LESTER. UM, WE HOLLANDS JESSE MARTINEZ AND ELLEN THORNBERG. UM, THE APPLICATIONS WERE THEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR TO REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS. AND THEY CAME BACK WITH THE RESULT OF LIKING TO NOMINATE, UM, MS. RHONDA LOPEZ TO BE, UM, REAPPOINTED, UM, MS. JESSIE COUTURE, UM, REAPPOINTED JERRY SCHAEFFER AS WELL TO BE REAPPOINTED AND THEN ELECT, UM, MS. ELLEN THORNBERG TO REPLACE MS. KELLY PAYNE, WHO HAS SERVED HER MAXIMUM TERM. OKAY, I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE NOW ON TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION [d. Consider a resolution authorizing one (1) appointment to the Animal Control Advisory Committee.] AUTHORIZING ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MS. JACKSON, CHIEF STRINGER WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT. UM, DETECTIVE MIKE, THE, I NEED A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND 72ND. YEP. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR A. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'RE [e. Consider a resolution authorizing two (2) appointments to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.] AT 70 E CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. SARAH, KEN, WE ARE BACK AT THIS AGAIN. WE ARE, COME ON GUYS. GET TOGETHER. I HAVE SOMEBODY I CONTACTED MS. DUBOSE AND SHE HAS ACCEPTED, ACCEPTED, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH BEING ON THE ADVISORY BOARD. PARKS, PARKS ADVISORY. SO I WANT TO NOMINATE MS. DUBOSE FOR PARKS ADVISORY. I THINK SHE'LL BE GOOD ON THAT COMMITTEE. OKAY, MS. MS. GRAHAM, I'M NOMINATING AZE SPREADER AND SHE'S ACCEPTED. GOOD DEAL. SO NOW I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ON TO SEVEN F [f. Consider a resolution authorizing four (4) appointments to the Community Development Advisory Committee.] CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO WE HAVE ONE PERSON. UM, WELL, MR. SCRIBNER? YES, SIR. SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE WITH THE, UM, COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE? SO IF YOU REMEMBER. OKAY, SO WE HAVE, UM, FOUR APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE UP. UH, ONE THAT, UH, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT HASN'T MADE TOO MANY OF THE MEETINGS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT PERSON TO BE REPLACED. THE OTHER THREE ARE, UH, LOOKING TO BE REAPPOINTED. UM, THE TRICKY PART ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE, AND THIS COMES UP EVERY YEAR, IS THAT THERE IS AN ETHNIC REQUIREMENT TO THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD. IT IS SUPPOSED TO REFLECT THE ETHNIC MAKEUP OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO, UM, AS IT STANDS, UM, OKAY, THIS GETS [01:00:01] TRICKY. SO NOW I'M GONNA GET MY NOTES OUT. I BELIEVE THE PERSON WHO WE'RE LOOKING TO GET REPLACED IS HISPANIC. SO THE IDEAL WAY TO DO THIS, THIS IS WHAT STAFF WOULD LOOK FOR, IS THE OTHER THREE TO BE REAPPOINTED FOR THAT PERSON TO BE REPLACED WITH ANOTHER, UH, HIS PERSON OF HISPANIC, UM, ETHNICITY OR AFRICAN AMERICAN OR, OR AFRICAN AMERICAN. IT HAS TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A MINORITY, RIGHT? IT'S A NON-WHITE. NON-WHITE. GOT YOU. SO, GOOD DEAL. WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, LET'S TAKE THE FIRST, THE THREE THAT ARE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT, MS. MEZA, MS. LOPEZ, AND MS. ELMORE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO REAPPOINT THOSE? MOTION TO MOTION TO REAPPOINT. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE APPOINTED MS. MEZA, MEZA, LOPEZ, AND ELMORE. NOW WE ARE GOING TO TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR THE, UM, AT LARGE POSITION THAT WAS HELD BY THE PERSON WHO WASN'T ATTENDING MEETINGS. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THAT? DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT SIX WOULD BE THE ONE. SO DI GUESS NO, THIS ISN'T AT LARGE POSITION. I UNDERSTAND, BUT THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE QUALIFIED. YEAH. IF THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THEIR, ON THEIR, UH, APPLICANT. I, I ALREADY HAVE. I, AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S AT LARGE, BUT I ALREADY HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS ON HERE. I DO APPRECIATE MS. BINA APPLYING, SO I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON WHO THEY WOULD WANT IF IT FITS THE CRITERIA. IF NOT, I CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH MS. BINA. WELL, I WILL SAY THAT MS. POWELL DID CONTACT ME AND SHE IS INTERESTED IN IT ALSO. OKAY. KEN, DID YOU HAVE ANYBODY THERE? NONE OF YOUR ALL, UH, YOU HAVE ONE AND SARAH HAS TWO, YOU DUNNO? YEAH. WE'LL, JUST SO YOU GOT NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT HIM THEN? ? YEAH, I, I WILL SAY THIS. UH, REGARDING YOUR CHOICE FROM MS. POWELL. UM, IT'S CAME TO MY ATTENTION. THERE'S JUST THINGS THAT SHE SAID VIA SOCIAL MEDIA THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE JUST STRAIGHT OUT ANTI-AMERICAN, ANTI TEXAS AND THEREFORE ANTI BAYTOWN. AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE SHE WILL SERVE IN ANY CAPACITY ON THE COMMITTEE THAT HAVE THE BEST INTEREST IN BAYTOWN IN MIND. AND SHE SHARES THOSE INTERESTS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY AND OUR STATE. SO I I I WOULD NOT BE APPROVING, UH, ANYTHING WITH HER, HER NAME ON, ON THE COMMITTEE, JUST LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO BE SPECIFIC. I HAVE RECEIPTS ON THAT. SO, IN FAMOUS RECEIPTS, NO, I'M GOOD. FACTUAL RECEIPTS. I WASN'T ABLE TO, UM, GET IN TOUCH WITH HEATHER GARZA AND I DON'T KNOW HER, SO I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MAKING THAT NOMINATION. AND, UM, I'VE SPOKE TO MR. RAVENA AND HE'S GONNA BE HOPEFULLY SERVING IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY. INTERESTING. ANYONE ELSE? MIKE, YOU HAVE SOMEONE MS. RIVERA AND DISTRICT DISTRICT SIX. AND HONESTLY, I LOOKED AT THAT. I HAVE MY DISTRICT SIX REAPP APPOINTEE. I WASN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT AN AT LARGE POSITION, SO I DIDN'T VISIT WITH ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ABOUT THIS. SO, HUH. I WE CAN JUST BRING IT BACK NEXT MEETING. YEAH. IF, IF WE CAN'T FILL IT, YOU KNOW, I CAN CERTAINLY CONTACT THE THREE THAT ARE ON THERE, MR. AND I'M PLEASED THAT I HAVE THREE PEOPLE. RIGHT. BUT I, BUT I, I WAS, I WAS PLEASED, BUT I WAS GOING, WOW, I'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, GOT ONE THAT'S ATTENDING AND HAS CONTACTED ME. MS. ELMORE CONTACTED ME IN CASE SHE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE. GOT YOU. AND I'M GONNA SUPPORT HER WITH THAT. I HAVE SUPPORT HER WITH THAT. AND, BUT I, I JUST HAD THAT MENTAL PAUSE THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS IN AT LARGE POSITION, SO I'D HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. SO YEAH. IF WE KEEP IT OPEN, I'M, I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO THESE INDIVIDUALS AND OKAY. VISIT WITH 'EM A LITTLE BIT. I WOULD SAY LET'S KEEP IT OPEN. YEAH. MR. MR. SCRIBNER, WHEN IS THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CDAC? YES, SIR. UH, NEXT WEEK. NEXT WEEK? YES, SIR. MM-HMM . I WOULD HATE FOR YOU ALL. NOT WELL. WELL, YOU'LL STILL HAVE A QUORUM WHERE YOU CAN MEET, RIGHT? MM-HMM . YEAH. SHE'S THE ONE'S NOT ATTENDANCE. [01:05:01] SO LET'S, LET'S, UM, LET'S, ANYWAY, LET'S SUSPEND THIS AND BRING IT BACK. UM, LET'S SAY THE SECOND MEETING IN MARCH, THAT'LL, YOU THINK, THAT'LL GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO OH, YEAH. GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND, AND IT GIVE SOME FOLLOW UP TO ANYBODY ELSE AS WELL. SO, YEAH. OKAY. NO. SO I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT. A MOTION TO SUSPEND UNTIL, UM, OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SECOND. I THINK WE NEED THAT WAS THE SECOND MEETING. SECOND MEETING IN, IN MARCH. MARCH, YES SIR. I'M SORRY. MOVE ON WITHOUT IT. EXCUSE ME. COUNSEL. I WANT TO, UH, MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION. UM, I BELIEVE, AND MAYBE THE CITY CLERK CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I BELIEVE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A MOTION AS A SECOND ON THREE POSITIONS. MM-HMM . WE VOTED ON THE, WE VOTED ON THAT. YES. AND THIS MOTION IS SPECIFIC TO THE OPEN AT LARGE. YES. POSITION? YES. YES. THANK YOU. YES. SO WE HAVE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE OPEN AT LARGE POSITION UNTIL THE SECOND MEETING IN MARCH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOTION PASSES. NOW WE ARE ON TO [g. Consider a resolution authorizing two (2) appointments to the Economic Development Advisory Committee.] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YEAH. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TWO APPOINTMENTS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I'M GONNA SAY I HAD TO RESIGN FROM ON, FROM THIS COMMITTEE, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MEET. UH, I WAS HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED. . SO YOU NEVER MISSED A MEETING? UH, YOU CAN SAY THAT. I'VE NEVER MISSED MEETING YOU. NEVER MISSED A MEETING. MEETING. THAT'S RIGHT. SO NOW WE HAVE A VACANT POSITION FOR THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY AND A VACANT POSITION FOR A LARGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP BECAUSE MS. DUBBOS, LIKE MYSELF, NEVER MISSED A MEETING AND SHE HAD TO RESIGN. SO WE HAVE OUR APPLICANTS BELOW MS. DONNA WINFREY, MS. MORGAN MATTHEWS, RUDY VENA, JERRY ALEXANDER, MS. MCKNIGHT, MS. MS. REVY, MR. KILBORN, MEDINA, NICHOLS, MS. CAUSTIC MORALES AND MISS VIRGINIA. I DON'T WANNA MESS UP HER LAST NAME. YOU NEED TO, ONE'S GONNA BE REAL ESTATE. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. ONE HAS TO BE REAL ESTATE. SO LET'S GET A, AND ONE HAS TO BE LARGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP. YES, I DON'T. SO LET'S TAKE THIS WITH THE, UH, PERSON IN REAL ESTATE. LET'S GET A MOTION FOR A REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY PERSON. UH, ANYBODY ON THERE MOTION? OH YEAH, WE HAVE DONNA, WE HAVE MS. DONNA WINFREY ON HERE. THAT'S WHO I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND. HMM. I WAS GOING TO NOMINATE MS. DONNA WINFREY SECOND. A NEED A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. NO, SORRY. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS MS. WINFREY. NOW A LARGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP. SO, MS. JACKSON, I'M GONNA ASK THIS, ARE THE REST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ALL LARGE INDUSTRY? I HAVE NO IDEA. AND WE DON'T KNOW. AND SO WHAT CAPACITY DO THEY HAVE TO WORK IN? IT WASN'T IT WASN THEIR APPLICATION? THAT WAS PRETTY POSITIVE. MM-HMM . I LOOKED AT THE APPLICATIONS AND I DIDN'T SEE, UM, ANY DETERMINATIONS, ANY THAT WERE LARGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GROUPS. MM-HMM. WHAT WAS IT REFLECTED ON THEIR APPLICATION? YEAH, I MEAN THE ALL, I MEAN, UH, YOU KIND OF WONDER WHO THEY WORK FOR AND WHAT THEY DEAL WITH THEM. AND I MEAN, I KNOW CRAVE WORKS IN THE ACCOUNTING FOR, FOR, UH, UH, INDUSTRIAL COMPANY OVER OFF OF DECKER. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CONSIDERED A LARGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OR NOT. YEAH, NO. UM, BUT SO MR. MAYOR, I WOULD ASK THAT WE TABLED THIS PARTICULAR ONE. IT'S ONLY ONE INDIVIDUAL OUT OF THE WHOLE COMMITTEE. SO WE CAN TABLE THIS AS WE GO BACK. UM, AND THEY HAVEN'T EVEN MET YET. YEAH. AND, UH, ONE QUESTION FOR OUR CITY CLERK, AND I MISSED IT ON THE APPLICATIONS, BUT DO WE HAVE A, UM, AN OPTION FOR THEM TO SHOW, UM, LIKE A QUESTION? ARE YOU LARGE BUSINESS, ARE YOU SMALL, UH, BUSINESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SO MAYBE WE CAN ADD THAT BEFORE, SO THAT WOULD HELP THE NON GUEST. I MEAN, I, I KNOW MS. WINFREY, SO I KNOW THAT SHE'S REAL ESTATE, BUT, UM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS BEING IN A LARGE BUSINESS. SO IF WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT, UM, IT, IT MIGHT BE WORTH OUR WHILE TO CLARIFY ON THERE. WHAT, SORRY? WHAT LARGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IS, THAT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT YOU ALL WAS TRYING TO MM-HMM . YEAH. WHAT, WHAT WAS THE MEANING OF THAT? [01:10:01] YEAH. SO WE NEED A MOTION, UM, MOTION TO ACCEPT, UM, THE APPOINTMENT FILLED BY VACANT, VACANT ONE POSITION. UM, AND THEN DO I ADD THE, FOR THE LARGEST SUSPENSION OF THE LARGE BUSINESS? NO, WE'RE WE ALREADY VOTED ON THAT ONE? WE'RE JUST DOING THE SECOND ONE. OKAY. SO MOTION TO SUSPEND VACANT TWO POSITION FOR A LARGE BUSINESS UNTIL THE SECOND MEETING IN MARCH 2ND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE ARE ON TO MR. MAYOR. I, I WAS, I DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY HEARD WHAT THE CONVERSATION WAS. SO WE DID ASK THE CITY CLERK IF MOVING FORWARD, IF SHE COULD PLEASE PUT A SPOT ON THERE TO, UM, MAYBE CLARIFY NOT ONLY WHAT, WHAT WE EXPECT FROM A LARGE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS GROUP, BUT ALSO IF THE APPLICANT FITS THAT BILL. YEAH. MM-HMM . THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO CLARIFY WHAT LARGE, YEAH. SHE WANTS US TO DO THAT NOW, CLARIFY WHAT LARGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE, WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE. YEAH, WE DID THAT A WHILE BACK WHEN WE APPOINTED MISTY BOES THE FIRST TIME. YEAH, WE, WE DID DO THAT. AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS. LEMME CLARIFY IT, THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP. I THINK IT, IT RE I'LL CHECK IT, BUT YEAH, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. I THINK IT WAS BASED ON 50 OR MORE EMPLOYEES. YEAH. YEAH. IT WAS SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC. ALRIGHT. [h. Consider a resolution authorizing fifteen (15) appointments to the Bond Committee.] SEVEN H CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING 15 APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOND COMMITTEE. NOW, I WILL SAY THIS, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SAID THAT WE'VE HAD SOME APPLICATIONS COME IN AFTER, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED. AND WHEN I'VE HEARD THIS, MY CONCERN WAS IF WE ACCEPT THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WE MAY GET COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER INDIVIDUALS SAYING IF THE PROCESS WAS NOT FAIR, THAT WE DID NOT, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO APPLY OR THEY DIDN'T APPLY BECAUSE THEY, THEY THOUGHT WE HAD A HARD DEADLINE. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THAT WE TAKE APPLICATIONS FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO, WHATEVER WE DECIDE, AND THEN COME BACK AND MAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS TO GIVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, GET THOSE APPLICATIONS IN SINCE WE DID ACCEPT SOME AFTER THE DEADLINE. WELL, I'M, I'LL JUMP IN THERE. MAYOR. I'M ONE OF THE CULPRITS WITH THAT MM-HMM . UM, IS, IS, I'VE VOICED MANY TIMES OVER FOUR YEARS UP HERE. I STRUGGLE IN MY DISTRICT TO FIND QUALIFIABLE QUALITY. I KNOW, UM, INDIVIDUALS IN MY DISTRICT AND, AND, AND WHEN I FINALLY TWIST SOMEBODY'S ARM ENOUGH TO GET 'EM TO APPLY, THE DEADLINE IS A DEADLINE TO GET ON, PRINTED ON THE AGENDA OF, OF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AND THEY APPLY ON A SATURDAY. UM, AND, AND I'LL TAKE THE HEAT ON THAT. THAT, THAT'S JUST AN INTERNAL POLICY ISSUE, NOT OUR POLICY. IT'S AN INTERNAL POLICY ISSUE FOR THE CLERK. AND, AND BLESS HER FOR TAKING THE, THE CHALLENGE TO KEEP ALL THIS STUFF STRAIGHT. I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL THE COMMITTEES WE HAVE AND LOOK AT ALL THE APPLICATIONS WE HAVE, AND THEY KEEP IT STRAIGHT. UM, SO I'M ONE OF THE ONES THAT, AND, AND MY COMMENT WAS ON THIS BOARD SPECIFICALLY THIS COMMITTEE, WE NEED TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND. SO IF EVERYBODY ELSE HAS THEIR TWO, AND I'VE GOT MY ONE FOR SURE THAT THEIR APPLICATION WAS IN, I ALSO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THIS DIOCESE WOULD DENY BEING ON, ON THIS BOND COMMITTEE. SO, UM, IS A WELL KNOWN INDIVIDUAL. SO I, I WILL PRESS THAT. IF, IF THE COMMITTEE'S GONNA BE FILLED ALL EXCEPT FOR MY, MY ONE OFF, I'M GONNA PRESS TO GO AHEAD AND FILL THAT SO THIS COMMITTEE CAN GET OFF THE GROUND. YES. UH, AND AGAIN, I, I'LL TAKE MY SCOLDING FROM OUR CITY CLERK. I'LL TAKE HER OUT TO LUNCH TO MAKE UP AMENDS. BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TWISTING ARMS AND, AND BEGGING PEOPLE FOR A WHILE TO GET ON ON SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES. AND, AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. IT'S A SHORT TERM COMMITTEE. IT'S NOT, IT, IT'S GOT SHORT LIFE TO IT. SO, UH, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M AT FAULT. I'M THE GUILTY PARTY. I'LL, I'LL TAKE THE HEAT. UM, OUR CITY CLERK DOES A GREAT JOB KEEPING US IN LINE. SOMETIMES IT'S HERDING CHICKENS WITH CATS. I GOT THAT. BUT THIS WOULD BE ONE THAT I'LL TRY TO STEP OUT IF I NEED TO. IF THERE'S A COUPLE OTHERS THAT DON'T, DON'T HAVE ONE, THEN I'LL DELAY. BUT IF EVERYBODY ELSE HAS GOT THERE TOO, YOU HAVE YOUR THREE I'M, I'M GONNA PUSH TO GO AHEAD AND ADD MY ONE. OKAY. [01:15:01] MR. MAYOR, I WANT, I KIND OF WANT SHARE YOUR MEIA COPE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A MEIA COUPLE OR NOT, BUT I, THERE WAS A NAME THAT I DON'T SEE ON THIS THAT I WAS PRETTY CERTAIN THAT THIS CANDIDATE DID, DID FILL OUT THE APPLICATION BEFORE THE DEADLINE, BUT I DON'T SEE HER NAME ON HERE. UM, UH, MS. PATRICIA SMITH. OKAY. I I WAS, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT SHE FILLED, WAIT, BEFORE WE GET INTO TO THE, THE, THE PIECES, THERE, THERE ARE, MR. LESTER IS CORRECT. THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS AN INTERNAL POLICY. YOUR GUIDELINES, AND LISTEN, I'M READING THIS WRONG. YOUR GUIDELINES THAT ARE ADOPTED BY COUNSEL JUST SAYS THAT THE APPLICA THAT YOU'RE GONNA REVIEW THE QUALIFICATIONS FROM THE APPLICATION. SO TECHNICALLY HOW THAT IS WRITTEN, IT CAN BE THE APPLICATION ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THIS MEETING, OKAY. FOR MS. ANGIE AND RESPECTING IT, BUT ALSO RESPECTING THE ROLE OF COUNSEL. IT IS AN INTERNAL POLICY TO HELP. MM-HMM . HER AND HER TEAM GET EVERYTHING COORDINATED SO THEY CAN BE POSTED. BUT BY HOW THIS IS WRITTEN, Y'ALL DO HAVE UP UNTIL TODAY, RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, HOW IT'S WRITTEN CURRENTLY. IF THAT, IF THAT HELPS, UH, MR. GRIFF, SO IF I'M HEARING YOU RIGHT, IF SHE'S INTERESTED IN SHE FILED APPLICATION, YOU CAN PUT HER ON THERE. I CAN PUT HER ON THERE. YEP. OKAY. IF, IF THERE'S AN APPLICATION. I'M, AND SHE DIDN'T, SHE DOESN'T, WAS YEAH, SHE'S, SHE'S HERE. AND SHE, SHE STATED THAT SHE DID PUT AN APPLICATION, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY. SO I DIDN'T MEAN TO CALL YOU OUT, BUT NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE FINE. ALL RIGHT. , YOU CAN FILL IT OUT REAL QUICK. GIVE IT TO HER. WOULD YOU? YEAH, I MEAN, BEFORE THE MEETING, I MEAN, IF SHE COULD FILL IT OUT, YOU KNOW, COME ON, MAYOR, IF I MAY. YES, MA'AM. UM, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A STICKLER FOR DEADLINES. MM-HMM . SO, BUT I'M GOOD EITHER WAY. I KNOW, IF YOU REMEMBER BACK EVEN BEFORE WE WERE APPOINTING PEOPLE, EVEN WITHOUT AN APPLICATION. THAT'S TRUE. AND THEY WERE TOLD FILL WENT OUT. YEAH. UM, I, I WANNA KEEP THIS COMMITTEE MOVING. OKAY. AS IT WAS SAID PREVIOUSLY, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE. MM-HMM . WE NEED TO STAY ON SCHEDULE. AND SO I NEED US TO, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO ALL THE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO TODAY. OKAY. WELL, WE, WE'LL START WITH DISTRICT ONE. UM, SO MY APPOINTMENTS WILL BE, UH, MR. MIKE BEARD AND MS. BARBARA HOSA. GOT YOU. WELL, AND WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THESE TOGETHER UNDER ONE NOMINATION, UH, DISTRICT TWO, MAR MATTHEWS AND RUDY AINA. UM, CAN WE TAKE THEM SEPARATELY, PLEASE? WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. DO BY DISTRICT BY DISTRICT OR INDIVIDUALLY? INDIVIDUAL. INDIVIDUALLY, YES, SIR. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GET AN MOTION TO, UM, MR. MIKE BEARD IS MY FIRST ONE. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE MIKE BEARD. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS MR. BEARD. MY SECOND ONE IS MS. BARBARA HOSA. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS, MRS. HESO. D TWO, UH, D TWO. FIRST ONE IS MARGARET MATTHEWS. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS MS. MATTHEWS. THE NEXT ONE'S RUDY AINA, MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS. MR. VINNO. DISTRICT THREE, SKIP THREE. SKIP GABBY'S CHECKING ON THE APPLICATION. DID YOU COUNT ON THE APPLICATION? OKAY. OKAY, LET'S GO WITH DISTRICT FOUR. UH, I MOVE TO APPOINT SERGIO MENDOZA. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS MR. MENDOZA. UH, MOVE TO APPOINT BRI BRIA EZ. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS. MRS. ALCARAZ. ORITA. YEAH. MR. FIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT MR. GILBERT. SANTANA MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. AND THEY'RE ALL IN FAVOR. A. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS MR. SANTANA. AND, UH, MY SECOND APPOINTMENT IS MR. JOHN ROPER. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? [01:20:02] AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS, MS. MR. ROPE, ROPER ROPER. D SIX. MM-HMM . YES, SIR. D SIX ARE HERE. FIRST NOMINATION IS FOR JOSEPH CHAPPA. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS. MOTIONS CARRIES. MR. CHAPPA. AND THEN MY OUTLIER THAT GOT ME IN TROUBLE TONIGHT IS, UH, DR. KEITH COBURN, MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS. I FELT LIKE I WAS LEADING THE ROSARY. . OKAY. DISTRICT THREE? NO APPLICATION ON FILE. NO APPLICATION. NO APPLICATION ON FILE. OKAY. IT, I MEAN, I WOULD, I WOULD, MAYOR I WOULD CONSIDER DOING WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND AS LONG AS SHE CAN GET HER APPLICATION ASAP. YOU SAID SHE'S PRESENT? SHE'S PRESENT. YEAH. SHE, SHE'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU. IT'S NICE. THIS LOVELY LADY RIGHT THERE. YEAH, SHE'S HERE. SHE CAN FILL IT OUT. OKAY. SHE'S GOOD WITH IT. THAT'S FINE. HE'S VE OR, GO AHEAD. SO BEFORE I MAKE MY NOMINATIONS, I WANT TO, I WANNA SAY HOW BLESSED I AM TO HAVE SO MANY FILL OUT AN APPLICATION TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND, AND REALLY TAKE A, A PART IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CITY. I'LL TELL YOU ONE PERSON, I WON'T BE, WON'T BE NOMINATING. UH, I'LL START BY THAT BY SAYING, MR. BECK HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, I WON'T BE NOMINATING YOU. AND I'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU, I'LL EXPLAIN WHY. UH, I THINK THE TWO PEOPLE I WANNA NOMINATE WILL BETTER SERVE THE COMMITTEE, UH, AND THE, AND THE INTEREST OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE CITY INSIDE. AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN THE PAST OF, OF YOUR WORK SERVING THE COMMITTEE ON THE OUTSIDE. AND I THINK, UH, YOUR WORK HOLDING THIS, THIS, UH, COUNCIL ACCOUNTABLE DURING THIS PROCESS IS, IS NEEDED IN THAT CAPACITY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WON'T BE NOMINATING YOU, BUT, UH, MOVING FORWARD, I WILL BE NOMINATING DENISE GRAYS. MOVE TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS MS. GRAVES. AND I'LL BE, UH, ALSO NOMINATING THE LOVELY PATRICIA SMITH MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS MRS. SMITH AND , THAT APPLICATION. EXCUSE. I AM GOING TO NOMINATE CHRISTINA POWELL. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY. AYE. HOW MANY NAYS? TWO. MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS MRS. POWELL. MY, MY SECOND PICK IS GOING TO BE MS. LOPEZ, MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS MS. LOPEZ. AND I AM GOING TO GET SOMEONE FROM DISTRICT THREE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MR. KEN MARTIN. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS MR. MARTIN, AND WE WISH YOU ALL LUCK WITH THIS BOND COMMITTEE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE WHO WAS JUST ELECTED TO THIS BOND COMMITTEE TO PLEASE HAVE AN OPEN MIND AND REALLY CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY AS A WHOLE. THIS IS, UM, IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS PROCESS SINCE 2007. WE DON'T DO THIS ALL THE TIME. AND FOR US TO BE COMING OUT ASKING FOR A BOND AND WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT, SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE NEEDS AND WHAT WE NEED HERE IN THIS CITY. THAT BEING SAID, COMMENT. GO AHEAD. UM, AGREE WITH THAT WOULD BE HERE THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, YOU HEARD FROM THESE GENTLEMEN HOW IMPORTANT, UM, THIS COMMITTEE IS. UM, THESE INDIVIDUALS, UM, WERE SELECTED WITH THOUGHT, UM, CONSIDERATION. UM, WE DEFINITELY HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, UH, THAT WILL BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE [01:25:01] WOULD LIKE. UM, I HAVE TO HAVE TO REITERATE, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING AN OPEN MIND AS WELL. UM, THIS WILL BE A, A LEARNING MOMENT FOR ALL OF US AS WE GO THROUGH. UM, WE SAW ALL OF THE, THE PROJECTS EARLIER. I WISH MORE OF THE CANDIDATES WERE HERE DURING THE, UH, WORK SESSION TO SEE, UH, JUST HOW MUCH WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH. BUT I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK. UM, PLEASE REACH OUT TO, TO ANY OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO MAYOR TO STAFF. UM, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT YADA. UM, ALSO BE A CHAMPION. UM, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, UM, WE KNOW FROM THE BOND HISTORY FROM OUR PARTNERS THAT IT IS A VERY TOUGH ONE. UM, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO BE A YES PERSON WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BOND, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRITERIA IS TO ENSURE THAT YOU WILL BE WITH US, UM, AS WE SOLIDIFY WHICH PROJECT AND THEN GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO SHORE UP, UH, SUPPORT FOR, UH, THIS BOND. AND SO, AGAIN, I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK. OUR DOORS ARE OPEN. UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US AT ANY TIME. SO THANK YOU MS. ISAACS. YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR WORDS? OH YEAH, I'D LIKE TO COME ON SIR. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. OKAY. I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THE COMMENTS WOULD'VE COME BEFORE THE NOMINATIONS AND VOTES. OKAY. I LIVE, I HAVE PROPERTY IN TOWN AND IN THE EG EHA. OKAY. THERE, THESE ARE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BONDS THAT ARE GONNA BE FIVE TO 10 YEAR PAYOUT. THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE I'M LISTENING A MILE AWAY FROM CITY LIMITS. THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE I WILL BE PART OF THE CITY DURING THIS BOND PERIOD. BUT NONE OF US HAVE REPRESENTATION. WE ALREADY RECEIVE FIRE AND AMBULANCES FROM THE CITY VIA A CONTRACT WITH HARRIS COUNTY. OKAY? SO WE ESSENTIALLY ARE PAYING FIRE AND AMBULANCE THROUGH THE COUNTY TO THE CITY. NOW, YOU KNOW, AS I WAS MAKING MY LIST OF STUFF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SEEING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TAXED AND NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION. I DIDN'T FILL OUT THE APPLICATION BECAUSE IT SAID ON THERE YOU HAD TO BE CITY OF BAYTOWN RESIDENT, WHICH I AM OFFICIALLY NOT. OKAY. SO I JUST THINK THAT Y'ALL NEED TO, IN THE FUTURE, TAKE INTO EFFECT 'CAUSE IT'S Y'ALL'S CHOICE. Y'ALL COULD HAVE PUT SOMEBODY FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS IN OUR DESIGNATED, UH, AT LARGE POSITION FOR BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WITH ME BEING OUTTA THE CITY, AND I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE IN MY SAME INSTANCE. SO, I MEAN, I JUST DON'T THINK IT WAS CORRECT. AND I REALLY, I MEAN, AM I INCORRECT IN THAT I SHOULD HAVE MADE THESE COMMENTS PRIOR? ARE YOU ABLE TO COMMENT ON THAT? NO. YOU, YOU ARE CORRECT. THAT WAS OKAY. MY OVERSIGHT. OKAY. WELL, I I SAW THE PAPER PASS. YEAH, I, I UNDERSTAND MISTAKES HAPPEN, BUT WE NEED REPRESENTATION FROM THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CITY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING, I'M GONNA BE IN THE CITY. OKAY? TELL, UH, NOT DER ORO CITY, I BELIEVE, AND TIMBER RIDGE I THINK IS ALSO CITY. I'M LESS THAN A MILE FROM BOTH OF THEM ON BOB BOULEVARD. OKAY. SO Y'ALL NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE ARE GONNA LOOK, THEY'RE GONNA COME TO ME AS A PRECINCT CHAIR AND ASK ME WHAT I THINK. AND I'M GONNA TELL 'EM, YOU KNOW, TELL YOUR PEOPLE THAT WE WERE NOT REPRESENTED AND Y'ALL WILL BE TAXED DOWN THE ROAD. I DO HAVE VOTERS THAT ARE GOING TO ASK ME QUESTIONS, AND THEY DO COME FROM, ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS COMES TO ME CONSTANTLY ASKING QUESTIONS. SO DON'T CALL. OH, SHE CALLS ME. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. I I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. YOU WANT TO COMMENT? I, I, YEAH, GO AHEAD. UM, MR. CITY MANAGER OR MR. ATTORNEY, CITY ATTORNEY, UM, WHAT ARE THE RULES AND GUIDELINES OF ACCEPTING AT LARGE OR ETJ APPOINTMENTS FOR A BOND? BECAUSE, UM, IN, WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, I DIDN'T SEE ANY IN THE PREVIOUS ONE IS, UNLESS I MISSED IT FOR THE BOND COMMITTEE FOR THE BOND, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO FOR THE BOND COMMITTEE THERE, Y'ALL GET TO ESTABLISH [01:30:01] WHO YOU WANT ON THE BOND COMMITTEE THAT IS UPSET BY THE COUNCIL AT THIS POINT, UNLESS SCOTT IS GONNA PULL SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT I'M, UH, AWARE OF RIGHT NOW. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT FOR ANY BOND COMMITTEE, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU HAVE CITY PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT LIVES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WILL NOT PAY ANYTHING TO, UH, THE BOND AT ALL. 'CAUSE THEY DON'T PAY CITY TAXES. UM, AND IF THERE, THERE ARE INSTANCES IN THE ETJ WHERE POLICE AND FIRE DO SERVE, UH, A LOT OF THOSE ARE SET UP THROUGH THE MUDS AND THROUGH ESDS, THAT THAT IS A SEPARATE TAXING ENTITY. THEY COLLECT MONEY AND THEN THEY PAY. UM, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT HARRIS COUNTY RESPONDS WITH THEIR SHERIFFS AND JOHN PLEASE IF I'M MISSPEAKING, UH, THEY SAY RESPOND CONSTANTLY BECAUSE WE GET THOSE CALLS ON FROM PEOPLE IN THE ETJ. AND WHY DOESN'T BAYTOWN SHOW UP? WELL, BECAUSE HARRIS COUNTY'S GOING AND THEY'RE JUST SLOWER TO GET THERE THAN OUR COPS ARE. AND UM, BUT BY AND LARGE, ANYBODY IN THE ETJ DOESN'T, OR I MEAN ANYBODY IN THE E-T-E-T-J DOESN'T PAY INTO CITY TAXES. UH, YOU HAVE A FEW INSTANCES WHERE YOU HAVE LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATIONS, BUT THEY'RE CONSIDERED CITY OF BAYTOWN, UH, RESIDENCE AT THAT POINT. THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION, BUT I NEEDED TO GET CLARIFICATION. AND, AND IF I MAY PIGGYBACK ON THAT, AND, AND I'M NOT SURE IF MR. ISAAC'S CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT EVEN THOSE FOLKS IN THE LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION AREAS DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON BOND ISSUES. AND TO GO BACK TO YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE, THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT, UH, NOMINATING OR NOT NOMINATING SOMEONE IN THE ETJ. HOWEVER, YOUR RULES DO EMPHASIZE THAT IT SHOULD BE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WHO, UH, ARE GOING TO VOTE IN THE INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN. MM-HMM . SO WHILE THAT IS NOT, UH, ETJ NOMINATIONS ARE NOT EXPLICITLY PROHIBITED, AND YOU ALL CAN SUSPEND ANY RULES THAT YOU WANT, UM, THERE IS, UH, AT LEAST INITIALLY A REQUIREMENT THAT AS SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND SOMEONE WHO VOTES WITH COMMUNITY INTERESTS IN MIND. YES, SIR. ONE OTHER THING, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND CLARIFY THE ISSUE. 'CAUSE I HEARD TWICE THAT THERE'S A CONCERN THAT THEY MAY BE ANNEXED. WHAT IS THE, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BE ANNEXED? THEY HAVE, THAT'S THE VOLUNTARY, THEY HAVE TO VOLUNTEER, THEY HAVE TO VOLUNTEER TO BE ANNEXED. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OR ANY ANNEXATIONS GOING FORWARD FROM THIS POINT, THEY HAVE TO VOLUNTEER TO BE ANNEXED. THE CITY CAN NO LONGER JUST GO ANNEXED ON, ON OUR OWN. THAT WAS CORRECT. NO, THAT WAS SINCE 2017. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. YEAH. SO WE COULDN'T JUST DO NON-VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AS OF 2017. CORRECT. THAT IS NO LONGER LEGAL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, CORRECT? MM-HMM . OKAY. MR. GRAHAM, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OH, I WAS, I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD'VE HURT TO HAVE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. YOU DON'T WANNA GET COMMITTEES THAT ARE TOO BIG BECAUSE THEN THEY, THEY CAN GET LOST IN TRANSLATION WITH EVERYONE GIVING THEIR FEEDBACK. BUT, UM, AFTER HEARING HIM SPEAK, EVEN THOUGH, UM, SOMEONE IN THE ETJ OR A BUSINESS OWNER THAT DOESN'T LIVE IN CITY LIMITS, UM, I THINK THAT IT, IT WOULD'VE ADDED SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK JUST IF WE WOULD'VE APPOINTED ONE OR TWO POSITIONS FOR THAT WHEN WE WERE BUILDING THIS. BUT I WILL PASS ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOND COMMITTEE TO FORM SUBCOMMITTEES THAT CAN HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE ETJ AND OTHER AREAS THAT CAN HELP DO OUTREACH. I THINK THAT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU. I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT NOW WE [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.] ARE ON TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT. ALRIGHT, MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, UH, HEY, LOOK AT THAT, PHILIP. HEY PHILIP. UM, PHILLIP DAVIS, OUR RISK SAFETY AND COORDINATOR EARNED HIS, UH, TEXAS ALL LINES ADJUSTER LICENSE FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE. THIS LICENSE ALLOWS HIM TO HANDLE AND ADJUST ALL TYPES OF INSURANCE CLAIMS, INCLUDING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY LIABILITY AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION. IN ADDITION, PHILLIP HAS BECOME A LICENSED DRIVING INSTRUCTOR UNDER THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL, ALLOWING HIM TO ROLL OUT DEFENSIVE DRIVING INITIATIVES, TAUGHT IN-HOUSE WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS, FIRST PAYING THIRD PARTY VENDORS, SO AS HE'S STARTING TO CONSULTING FIRM WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL. JOEY? YEAH. OKAY. CONGRATS PHILIP. UH, GOOD STUFF. THAT'S FANTASTIC. ALRIGHT. UH, OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM ATTENDED TEXAS RE, UH, TEXAS RECREATION PARKS, UH, PARKS SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE THIS WEEK. ALLEN. UH, THEY PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOPS AND LEARNING SESSIONS AND ALSO COMPETED IN THE STATE LEVEL EQUIPMENT RODEO AGAINST OTHER PARKS AND REC TEAMS FROM ALL OVER TEXAS. UM, I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE HOW WELL BAYTOWN DID, UM, TYING FOR FIRST PLACE WITH DEER PARK AND ALLEN, AND I THINK MRS. GRAHAM MADE ME WRITE IN [01:35:01] AGAIN, SOMETHING ABOUT LEONARD HERE. SO THE RESULTS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ARE AS FOLLOWS. , UH, LEONARD GRAHAM RECEIVED FIRST PLACE IN THE BACKPACK BLOWER OBSTACLE COURSE. JOSH WILSON TOOK FOURTH PLACE IN BACKHOE, CHRISY BUTCHER EARNED THIRD PLACE IN PLANT AND WEED IDENTIFICATION. AND LOUIS MENDOZA CAME IN FIFTH IN THE BACKPACK. UH, BLOWER OBSTACLE COURSE. UH, WE DID LOSE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY IN THE TIEBREAKER, BUT WE'RE STILL VERY PROUD AND CONGRATULATE EVERYONE ON THIS TEAM FOR THEIR STRONG PERFORMANCE AND, UH, GREAT PHOTOS. I APPRECIATE THEM SUBMITTING THOSE. FANTASTIC. UM, , OFFICER WATKINS AND OFFICER KINZIE STOPPED A CAR CONNECTED TO AN ATTEMPTED AUTO THEFT AND FOUND A WEAPON THAT HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. SO GREAT JOB TO THESE TWO OFFICERS. AND THEN OFFICER DELA CRUZ AND OFFICER DANIEL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB SAVING A MAN'S LIFE. THE MAN WAS DISCOVERED UNRESPONSIVE IN A PARKING LOT NEAR PARK IN PRUITT STREET, AND OFFICER DE LA CRUZ QUICKLY BEGAN CPR WITH ASSISTANCE FROM OFFICER DANIEL. THANKS TO THEIR QUICK ACTIONS, THE INDIVIDUAL WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND HIS LIFE WAS SAVED. SO THANK YOU TO THOSE TWO FOR THEIR SERVICE. GOOD JOB, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE FOR TONIGHT, AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO MR. LESTER. MATT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE [a. Receive a report from Council Member Mike Lester regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 6. ] LISTER, DISTRICT REPORT. ALL RIGHT. UM, ACTUALLY I PROVIDED THIS TO SOMEONE A FEW DAYS EARLIER. UH, NOT A LOT GOING ON IN DISTRICT SIX, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL SHARE IT WITH THE OTHER DISTRICTS ACTIVITIES. UH, THE NEW TABS BAY DISC GOLF COURSE IS ALMOST COMPLETE AS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED ABOUT MID-MARCH, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A HARD DEADLINE BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE SOME TOURNAMENTS SCHEDULED AT THE END OF MARCH. GOOD. AND IT'S PART OF A GREATER HOUSTON AREA. DISC GOLF COURSE, BIG TOURNAMENT. WE'RE TALKING HUNDREDS OF FOLKS, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD WILL BE BY. UM, AND I HAD A MEETING WITH THE EVERGREEN HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION, UH, THE OTHER NIGHT. AND, UH, YES, THE RESTAURANT IS STILL MOVING FORWARD. MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON SITE. THERE'S STILL A COUPLE LAGGING. UH, I VOLUNTEERED MY RUDIMENTARY CONSTRUCTION SKILLS TO COME HELP CONNECT IF NECESSARY. BUT YES, WE, WE HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE UP AND RUNNING SOON. EVERYONE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THE CLUBHOUSE AT ROSELAND PARK HAS, UM, HAD ITS REPAIRS, I THINK IT WAS TO THE HVAC SYSTEM, SO THAT'S REPAIRED AND THE, UM, UM, RENTALS ARE STARTING TO PICK BACK UP, WHICH IS GREAT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THAT LOCATION. THE ROSEN PARK, UM, NEW, UH, CLUBHOUSE OR WHATEVER, UH, IS REALLY NICE. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT THING. UM, NEW ADOPTIVE SPOTS IN ROSEN PARK, UH, FOR THE A MO HEALTH AND THERAPY AS WELL AS G-S-S-J-C EAST ANDERS COMMUNITY. UH, THE SIGNS WENT UP, I GUESS RECENTLY, AND THAT'S PROBABLY DUE TO THE TREMENDOUS PARKS DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE. UM, BAYTOWN LITTLE LEAGUE HAS STARTED THEIR PRACTICES IN THE CHAMPIONS OF LITTLE LEAGUE PARK, UH, GETTING READY FOR THEIR SPRING SEASON. UH, AND THEN I WAS NOTIFIED TODAY JUST IN A CASUAL DISCUSSION, WHICH I, I KIND OF CHUCKLED AT THAT. UH, STARTING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THE DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE IN DISTRICT SIX, UH, WILL BE BEGINNING. AND, UH, IT'S KIND OF JUST A CASUAL COMMENT AND IT'S LIKE, LEMME TELL YOU, DISTRICT SIX DRAINAGE ISSUES GOING INTO, UM, THE SPRING AND SUMMER WITH HURRICANE SEASON. THOSE ARE, THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE FOR US. SO WE APPRECIATE PUBLIC WORKS GETTING TO THAT, UH, AND TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS. AND MAYOR, THAT'S ABOUT THE END OF THE LIST. GOOD DEAL. WELL, I WANNA TAKE SOME TIME. UM, I WAS DOWN AT LEE COLLEGE AT THEIR GAME LAST NIGHT AND I HEARD THAT WE ARE GETTING SOMETHING IN BAYTOWN THAT'S GOING TO BRING OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE HERE THE WEEK OF SPRING BREAK. LEE COLLEGE IS HOSTING THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT FOR BASKETBALL FOR MEN AND WOMEN HERE. IT'S BEEN HELD AT TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOR YEARS. I ATTENDED LAST YEAR TO WATCH MY SON PLAY AND THE, THE TOWN WAS PACKED. 20 TEAMS WITH AT LEAST 10 PLAYERS. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE BANDS, CHEERLEADERS, MEDIA PEOPLE, AND THEN SCOUTS FROM OTHER COLLEGES GONNA BE HERE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. IF ANYONE HAS ANY TIME, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT TO LEE COLLEGE AND CHECK OUT SOME OF THESE GAMES. YOU MAY SEE SOME COACHES FROM SOME DIVISION ONE COLLEGES HERE, RECRUITING PLAYERS RIGHT HERE IN BAYTOWN. THAT IS, WE TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BRINGING THINGS THAT WOULD BRING PEOPLE HERE TO THE CITY. THAT'S GOING TO BRING PEOPLE HERE TO THE CITY. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE BUSINESSES THIS SOUTH, THIS SIDE OF 1 46 BENEFITING FROM OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE IN OUR HOTELS, [01:40:01] IN OUR RESTAURANTS AND ENJOYING OUR FACILITIES FOR FROM TUESDAY TO, UM, TO SATURDAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT QUICK PLUG. CON CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH WADE AND LEE COLLEGE. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THIS TOURNAMENT GOING TO THIS, UM, IT'S GONNA BE HELD HERE FOR TWO YEARS AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET THIS FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE GOING TO, OH, OH, HOLD ON. YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE'RE [10. EXECUTIVE SESSION] GONNA GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO AND, AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF CITY ATTORNEYS REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION AND OR 5 5 1 0.087 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. MR. YES, MA'AM. HERE IT'S, I NOW RECONVENE IN OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ADV AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THAT BEING SAID, SINCE WE HAVE ADDRESSED ALL ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA, I NOW CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:36 PM. * 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.