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I NOW CALLED TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ON THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH, 2025 IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER CITY HALL OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 0.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A POEM AT 6:55 PM Y'ALL GOT 10 EXTRA MINUTES, MAN.
I WAS TRYING TO LET YOU ALL GET SUSTENANCE AND USE THE RESTROOM
UM, WE WILL NOW HAVE THE PLEDGE AND INVOCATION GIVEN BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRIFFITH, DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, UH, HAND ON YOUR HEART, PANCE 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.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSING AND PROTECTION OVER BAYTOWN, TEXAS.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT KEEP OUR GREAT CITY RUNNING SAFE AS THEY DILIGENTLY CARRY OUT THEIR DAILY TASKS.
THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS SAFE AS THEY HANDLE THE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS THEY ENCOUNTER THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THEIR WEEK.
I ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS ALL OF OUR CITY WORKERS AND CITIZENS ALIKE WITH YOUR HEDGE OF PROTECTION.
AND LORD, AS WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO DISCUSS IMPORTANT MATTERS, WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM, COMPLETELY MINDFUL THAT YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.
THEREFORE, WE SEEK YOUR DIRECTION AND OUR IN OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
IN THE BIBLE, WE READ TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND LEE NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING AND ALL YOUR WAYS SUBMIT TO HIM AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATH STRAIGHT.
HELP US TO LISTEN ATTENTIVELY TO ONE ANOTHER WITH OPEN HEARTS AND MINDS.
MAY WE NOT BE QUICK TO JUDGE, SIT OR CRITICIZE, BUT INSTEAD SEEK TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GIVE US THE DISCERNMENT TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF OUR CITY.
WE TRUST THAT YOU'LL GUIDE US ON, IN, ON THIS PATH AND LEAD US TO US TO REACH A CONSENSUS THAT REFLECTS YOUR WILL.
MAY OUR WORDS AND OUR ACTIONS BE GUIDED BY YOUR LOVE AND GRACE IN JESUS.
IT'S YOUR MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY.
[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.]
WE'RE GONNA START WITH CITIZEN COMMENT AND WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK.THE PURPOSE OF CITIZEN COMMENT IS TO GIVE ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS.
EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE THEIR EITHER SIGN THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.
EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS AN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE COMMENTS.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK AS CITIZEN MAY PASS HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS COUNSEL.
HOWEVER, NOTICE CITIZEN'S REMARKS SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES IN TOTAL.
EITHER THE ONE MINUTE OR THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED BY MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNSEL.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE, TO BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND COUNSEL DOES NOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ON ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC NOTICE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN ON THIS AGENDA.
AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH MS. WERA HOLLAND.
AND I SEE THAT YOU'RE PASSING YOUR TIME TO JANICE CARROLL.
I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT A YOUNG CHICKEN ANYMORE, MAN.
NICK RICE AND YOUR PASSING YOUR TIME TO JANICE CARROLL ALSO CORRECT.
SO, JANICE CARROLL, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS WHEN YOU, BEFORE YOU SPEAK IF YOU WOULD LIKE PASS.
UM, COUNCIL MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, UM, COUNT MAYOR'S MANAGER AS WELL.
UH, MY NAME IS JANICE CARROLL.
I LIVE AT 32 10 INDIAN TRAIL, WHICH IS NESTLED IN BETWEEN, UM,
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CREEKSIDE APARTMENTS AND PARK OF SORENTO, WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN, UH, A POINT OF SAFETY.I HAVE HAD TWO MURDERS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THERE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC THAT WALKS BETWEEN CREEKSIDE AND THE POINT OF, UH, PARK AT SORENTO.
I HAVE LIVED THERE SINCE 2012.
I AM A CITIZEN OF BAYTOWN FOR 34 YEARS.
IN 2023, OUR HOA APPROACHED, UM, THEN, UH, THE, UH, CITY ASSISTANT MAN ATTORNEY REGARDING, UM, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THAT INVOLVED.
IT WAS THEN DEEMED THAT OUR WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS CONSIDERED PRIVATE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TAX ROLLS, I LIVE IN A SINGLE HOME FAMILY HOME.
I PAY TAXES EVERY YEAR, LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON THAT LIVES IN A HOME IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
UM, HOWEVER, WE ARE TOLD THAT, UM, WE ARE NOT ENTITLED TO GET STREET CARE AND REPAIRS.
UM, AND A HOST OF OTHER THINGS HAS OCCURRED.
UM, THIS, THIS SIMPLE LET EMAIL THAT WAS PROVIDED TO OUR HOA PRESIDENT EMPOWERED HIM TO GO FILE IT IN THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS AND START TOWING CARS.
THAT HE, HE PRETENDED THAT WE WERE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND PUT SIGNS UP EVERYWHERE.
THE COURTS TOLD HIM HE HAD TO TAKE DOWN THE SIGNS AND NOT TO TOW ANY MORE CARS.
UM, THEN I ALSO, I TRIED TO ADDRESS THIS DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, THE PLANNING MANAGER, UM, WITH ALSO MY COUNSEL PERSON, MR. FRANCO.
UM, THE FACT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD GOTTEN INVOLVED, I FELT LIKE I NEEDED MORE SUPPORT.
SO I DID REACH OUT TO MY STATE REPRESENTATIVES BEING BRISCOE CAIN AND MAY MIDDLETON, BRISCOE CAIN PERSONALLY APPEARED ALONG WITH MAIZE MIDDLETON SURROGATE.
DURING THAT, UH, DURING THAT CO DURING THAT MEETING, IT WAS DETERMINED AND REALIZED THAT PHASE TWO WAS PUBLIC, NOT PRIVATE, BUT PHASE ONE WAS PRIVATE.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE THE SAME GOVERNING DOCUMENTS FOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.
SO FROM THAT POINT ON, I SENT A LETTER, UM, TO THEM ALL, THANKING THEM FOR THEIR TIME, RECAPPING WHAT WE HAD AGREED TO AND WHAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED.
UM, THE CITY, THE PUBLIC, THE PRIVATE SIGNS CAME DOWN AND THEN, UM, WE HAD A SINKHOLE.
UM, AT THAT TIME THOUGH, I ALSO, AT THE, I DECIDED I WAS GONNA TAKE IT UPON MYSELF.
I'M GONNA FIGURE OUT WHY PHASE ONE IS SHOWING PRIVATE AND PHASE TWO IS PUBLIC.
SO I AGAIN, BEGAN TALKING WITH HARRIS CENTRAL.
I SENT THEM PLAT, PLAT RE PLAT, EVERY DOCUMENT, EVERY DECLARATION, EVERYTHING I HAD.
SO THIS IS STILL, THIS IS GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND THE MEANWHILE, WE HAD A SINKHOLE.
I HAVE A SINKHOLE BEHIND MY HOUSE.
I REPORTED IT REPEATEDLY, REPEATEDLY, THEN IT BECOMES THAT IT WAS NOT BEING RESPONDED TO, AND IT SAID, I'M LOOKING INTO IT.
UM, THEN I, AND, AND IF YOU'LL LOOK, UM, ON YOUR TABS, THE LAST, THE SECOND TO THE LAST TAB, YOU WILL SEE MY CONVERSATION WITH KEVIN HILLIARD.
YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THE CITY TRUCKS OUT THERE REPAIRING NUMEROUS HOLES IN OUR STREETS.
OKAY, MS. CAROL, UM, THAT IS YOUR TIME.
I DO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO COME AND ADDRESS COUNSEL AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THESE EXHIBITS.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE HER ANOTHER MINUTE IF WE COULD.
THE MOTION, I'D LIKE TO MOTION MS. GIVE MS. CARROLL ANOTHER ADDITIONAL MINUTE.
YOU HAVE, CAN WE GIVE MS. CAROL ONE MINUTE? CAN.
SO, UM, I, I, I CAN REPEATEDLY REPORTED THE SINKHOLE BEHIND MY HOUSE.
FINALLY, Y'ALL CAME OUT AND REPAIRED THE SINKHOLE ON THE OTHER END OF INDIAN TRAIL.
UM, SINCE ALL OF THIS HAS OCCURRED AND MY DILIGENCE AND EFFORTS WORKING WITH HARRIS CENTRAL, THEY HAVE DETERMINED THAT IT WAS AN ERROR ON THEIR BEHALF ON THE WAY THAT THE, THAT THE, UM, PLAT WAS RECOGNIZED IN THE SYSTEM.
AND ON THE LAST PAGE, THEY HAVE NOW DEEMED IT ALL PUBLIC
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DEAL.SO IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE, WE ARE, WE, WE ARE, UM, ON CITIZEN COMMENT.
HAVE TWO MORE INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP.
WE HAVE MS. ANITA NICHOLS WHO'S GIVING TIME TO MR. DON AKEY.
AND MR AY, YOU NOW HAVE TWO MINUTES.
I LIVE ON ROLLING WOOD OVER IN LAKEWOOD.
UH, SINCE EVERYBODY LOVES TO HEAR ALL MY NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THINGS, I'M GONNA HAVE A POSITIVE COMMENT.
I DROVE OUT TO THE NATURE CENTER TODAY AND THAT IS THE LAST PARK THAT I KNOW OF WHERE BAYTOWN HAS BEEN BREAKING THE LAW, UH, WITH, UH, THE WAY THEY USE RUBBER NUGGETS IN THE PLAYGROUNDS.
AND IT ONLY TOOK SINCE I STARTED WITH MY LETTER TO EVERYBODY ON CITY COUNCIL AND THE LEGAL AND BAYTOWN SUN, IT ONLY TOOK 1,199 DAYS FOR Y'ALL TO FINALLY GET TO WHERE YOU FOLLOW THE LAW.
AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
UH, SINCE MY MAJOR IN COLLEGE'S ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, I GOT ABOUT FIVE MORE BIG PROJECTS AGAINST BAYTOWN AND Y'ALL WILL SEE ME IN TWO WEEKS.
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.
THIS CONCLUDES THIS AND COMMENT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
[a. Present a proclamation designating the month of April as Volunteer Appreciation Month in the City of Baytown.]
A RECOGNITIONS AND SENTENCE COMMUNICATIONS.PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF APRIL AS VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
AND BEFORE YOU SPEAK, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THIS, COUNSEL, WHEN I GO DOWN TO GIVE THIS, PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A PICTURE.
I HAD A LOT GOING ON LAST WEEK.
THANK FOR CONSIDER THIS AND GOING FORWARD, ANY PROCLAMATION, PLEASE COME DOWN.
'CAUSE I'M PROBABLY GONNA FORGET TO ASK YOU TO COME.
MY NAME IS COURTNEY BONZO WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND I ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE BAYTOWN SERVES, UM, VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
AND THIS INITIATIVE WAS ORIGINALLY LAUNCHED IN 2022 WITH THE MAIN PURPOSE OF MAKING VOLUNTEERISM MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND THIS INCLUDED ADDING MORE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, BETTERING THE CURRENT ONES THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, CONNECTING OUR CITIZENS WITH THESE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTNERING WITH LOCAL NONPROFITS TO SUPPORT THEIR SERVICES AS WELL.
WE DO HAVE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE LIBRARY, WITHIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT EVERY SINGLE CITY EVENT WITHIN OUR BEAUTIFICATION IN OUR PARKS, THE NATURE CENTER TOURISM AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO THERE'S VOLUNTEERS ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
AND IN 2022 WHEN WE LAUNCHED THE BAYTOWN SERVES INITIATIVE, WE ALSO MADE APRIL, UM, MONTH OF SERVICE WITH 30 DAYS OF VOLUNTEERING.
AND THIS IS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
EVERYTHING FROM WRITING THANK YOU NOTES, UM, TO HANDING OUT MEDALS AT SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
UM, AND WE ALIGNED IT WITH APRIL, BECAUSE APRIL IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MONTH.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MONTH.
SO IF EVERYONE WOULD COME DOWN TO JOIN ME, PROCLAMATION CITY OF BAYTOWN VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MONTH.
WHEREAS VOLUNTEERS ARE A VITAL PART OF THE FABRIC, FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY, PROVIDING INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
VOLUNTEERISM IS A CORNERSTONE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WHERE INDIVIDUALS SELFLESSLY OFFER THEIR TIMES, SKILLS AND TALENTS TO ENHANCE THE WELLBEING OF OTHERS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN RECOGNIZES THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT OF ITS RESIDENTS WHO DEDICATE COUNTLESS HOURS TO HELP OTHERS, MAKING A LASTING IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WHEREAS VOLUNTEERS SERVE IN A VARIETY OF ROLES WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, FROM SERVING ON A BOARD COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE PROMOTING AND WORKING WITH TOURISM SUPPORTING SERVICES AT THE STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY, WORKING WITH ANIMALS AT THE BAYTOWN ANIMAL SHELTER, CLEANING AND BEAUTIFYING OUR PARKS AND ASSISTING WITH CITY EVENTS.
AND WHEREAS THESE ACTS OF KINDNESS AND SERVICE HELP BUILD A MORE
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CONNECTED, CARING, AND RESILIENT BAYTOWN STRENGTHENING OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY PROMOTING INCLUSION AND FOSTERING THE SPIRIT OF COOP COOPERATION AND MUTUAL SUPPORT.AND WHEREAS APRIL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MONTH AS VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MONTH, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY VOLUNTEERS IN BAYTOWN AND TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GET INVOLVED IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH THE MONTH OF SERVICE.
30 DAYS OF GIVING BACK NOW, THEREFORE, I CHARLES JOHNSON, MAYOR OF BAYTOWN DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL OF 2025 IS VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MONTH AND OFFICIAL RECOGNITION WHEREOF.
I HEREBY HAVE SIGNED MY SIGNATURE THIS 10TH DAY OF APRIL.
UH, AND GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TOGETHER.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST STAY DOWN HERE.
[b. Present a proclamation designating April 13-19, 2025 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.]
TWO B B2B PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TO TELECOMMUNICATOR TELECOMMUNICATORS WEAK.UM, WHO AM I CALLING DOWN FOR THIS ONE? THERE YOU GO.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
WHAT ALL DO YOU ALL DO A LOT? YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH.
THAT'S LIEUTENANT REIMER IS THERE, UH, IS THEIR COMMANDER.
SO, UH, THESE ARE THE TWO REPRESENTATIVES WITH THE 9 1 1 CENTER HERE IN BAYTOWN WHERE WE SERVICE FIRE POLICE AND EMS FOR ALL CITIZENS.
UM, WE AVERAGE, UH, ON A WEEKLY BASIS ABOUT 3000 CALLS PER SERVICE THAT WE SEND OUT TO EACH AGENCY.
SO, UH, TROY IS MY ASSISTANT MANAGER FOR THE CENTER, AND THEN ONE OF MY SUPERVISORS IS LEXI.
AND I AM EXTREMELY PROUD AND I DON'T HAVE THE WORDS TO TELL YOU HOW, HOW HARD THEY WORK FOR THE CITY.
24 7, 7 DAYS A WEEK, 9 1 1 YOU CAN IMAGINE.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM AND WISH THEM A HAPPY WEEK NEXT WEEK FOR TOKYO WEEK.
DO YOU TALK ON THE PHONE WHEN YOU GO HOME?
WELL, PROCLAMATION CITY OF BAYTOWN NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMU TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK, WHEREAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY, THE PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS OF THE BAYTOWN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER, WHO WILL PROCESS AN AVERAGE OF OVER 500 TELEPHONE CALLS PER YEAR, OR THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT OUR CITIZENS HAVE WITH BAY TOWN'S EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS THE SAFETY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND PARAMEDICS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED BY ALL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATORS FROM CITIZENS WHO TELE, WHO TELEPHONE THE BAYTOWN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER.
AND WHEREAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS OF THE BAYTOWN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS, SUPPRESSION OF FIRE, AND THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS IN LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS, THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS IN ANSWERING CALLS, DISPATCHING EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND PROVIDING CRITICAL INSTRUCTIONS, SAVE LIVES AND HELP TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF CITIZENS, FIREFIGHTERS LAW, ENFOR, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, EMERGENCY PER EMERGENCY, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND WHEREAS THE WORK OF PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS REQUIRE EXTRAORDINARY SKILL, COMPOSURE, AND COMPASSION AS THEY MANAGE INTENSE HIGH PRESSURE SITUATIONS WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND EFFICIENCY, KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY AND CITIZENS SAFE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I CHARLES JOHNSON, MAYOR OF BAYTOWN DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 13TH THROUGH THE 19TH OF 2025 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK IN OFFICIAL RE RECOGNITION THEREOF.
I HEREBY HAVE SIGNED THIS PROCLAMATION THE 10TH DAY OF APRIL.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
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YOU, I JUST FILL IT? UH, YEAH.CHIEF YOU, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND MAYBE COMING ON THIS SIDE.
I'M TRYING TO FILL IT IN THE HOLES BACK.
[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 1.02 acres of land located at 2211 Connally Road from Suburban Residential (SR) to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District. ]
PUBLIC HEARING THREE.A CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.02 ACRES OF LAND AT 2 2 1 1 CONLEY ROAD FROM SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL SR TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.
EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS HEARING.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.
AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME.
IT IS NOW SEVEN 17 AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MOUNT AT 2211 CONLEY ROAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OR REQUEST STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MARTIN SCRIBNER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS A REZONE OF, OF JUST ABOUT A ONE ACRE PARCEL, UM, THAT IS LOCATED ON CONLEY ROAD IN BETWEEN JOHN MARTIN AND SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD.
UM, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS KIND OF A, UH, ZOOMED OUT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS, UM, A, UH, A SMALL, UH, WAREHOUSE OPERATION JUST TO THE WEST, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, QUITE A BIT OF RESIDENTIAL, UH, ALONG CONNELLEY ROAD IN THAT AREA.
UM, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED, UH, SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS OUR OLD SF ONE UNDER THE OLD CODE.
UM, SO ONE ACRE MINIMUM, OR EXCUSE ME, I THINK IT'S QUARTER AC, QUARTER ACRE MINIMUM.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED TO REZONE THIS TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS JUST SOME SHOTS, UH, ALONG THE STREET THERE AS YOU CAN KIND OF GET A, AN IDEA OF THE, THE, UM, CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
CURRENTLY, UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE SUBJECT SIDE ITSELF IS VACANT.
UM, LOOKING DOWN CONLEY ROAD TO THE EAST TOWARDS SHEPHERD, UH, IS MAINLY, UH, RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THE, THE ROAD IS RATHER NARROW, BUT UH, UH, HAS SWELLS TO BOTH SIDES OR, UH, OPEN, OPEN DITCHES.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS LOOKING WEST TOWARDS JOHN MARTIN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT, UM, LARGE, UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OPERATION THAT'S TO THE, UH, TO THE WEST.
UH, THE PROPERTY ITSELF, UH, IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS SLATED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS NOT COME WITH, UH, UH, A SET PLAN FOR WHAT HE'D LIKE TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY.
UM, JUST KNOWS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME SORT OF, UM, SMALL COMMERCIAL OPERATION THERE.
UM, SO THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS WOULD WHERE ALL THE RED IS GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
UM, AS WE LOOKED AS STAFF LOOKED AT THIS PROPERTY, AND AGAIN NOTING THE
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MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL, UM, NATURE OF THAT ROADWAY, UM, WE DID LOOK MORE TO THE FUTURE AND LOOK AS OKAY.SO JOHN MARTIN'S JUST TO THE WEST, UH, SAN JATO BOULEVARD IS TO THE EAST.
UM, IT MAKES SENSE THAT OVER TIME THIS AREA WILL MOST LIKELY DEVELOP AS A SMALL SCALE COMMERCIAL.
SO THIS SEEMED TO BE THE, UH, A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION, PROBABLY THE FIRST STEP IN, IN WHAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE REZONING THAT THE ENTIRE STRIP ALONG CONNELLEY ROAD, UH, PLANNING ZONING HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 18TH.
AND, UH, THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION.
WE ALSO HAD NO ONLINE, UH, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
UH, STAFF AND PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT AS WELL.
WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
PLEASE STATE YOUR, YOUR ADDRESS.
UH, MY NAME IS MANUEL SLAM MCGILL AND MY ADDRESS IS 2211 CONLEY ROAD.
I APPRECIATE YOUR'S TIME FOR TAKING THIS TO LISTEN AND UH, IT'S AN HONOR BEING HERE IN FRONT OF Y'ALL TODAY.
UH, AS A KIND GENTLEMAN RIGHT THERE WAS STATING MY, UH, PURPOSE HERE IS JUST TO MAKE SOMETHING COMMERCIAL OUT OF MY PROPERTY.
IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU SAY A WHILE THAT THERE'S BEEN PLANS OF MAKING, YOU KNOW, ALREADY LIKE A COMMERCIAL ZONING BOTTOM, THIS AREA.
SO I WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOMENT AND DO THAT AND MAKE IT OPTIMISTIC AND, UH, FORWARD AND AS POSITIVE AS POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK IT'S AN ENLIGHTENING WAY TO DO IT.
AND IT'S HOW YOU SAY A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR EVERYBODY TOO IN THE AREA.
UH, IF ANYTHING, I MIGHT MAKE IT JUST QUICKLY BRIEF IF JUST A FEW IDEAS.
IT'S PRO POSSIBLY I'M PLANNING TO DO LIKE A SMALL STORAGE UNIT OR A LITTLE CORNER STORE.
UH, AS FAR AS, I HAVE A FRIEND HERE THAT LIVES IN BAYTOWN THAT HAS A STORE THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE, LIKE HOW YOU SAY, HE DOESN'T SELL ALCOHOL OR CIGARETTES.
HIS IS BASICALLY ON FOODS IMPORTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND IT'S A SMALL STORE, UH, I THINK IT'S CALLED ASIAN AVENUE.
AND NOT THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO DO ALCOHOL OR LIKE CIGARETTES OR STUFF LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING FAMILY BASED AND IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF I WOULD PLAN TO DO ANYTHING LIKE A SMALL STORE IN THAT SENSE, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT ON MY FILE, BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR, UH, Y'ALL LISTENING TO THESE IDEAS AND EVERYTHING.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SPEAKING WITH US.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU OWNED THAT LAND ON CONWOOD? UH, A LITTLE BIT OVER, LET'S SEE, IT WAS PASSED ON TO ME IN 2004 BY MY FATHER WHEN HE PASSED.
SO 2004 WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OVER 21 YEARS POSSIBLY.
SO YOU OWNED THE LAND BEFORE IT WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, CORRECT? YEAH, 2017.
YEAH, I THINK, UH, 18 AROUND THERE.
AND, UH, A LOT OF CHANGES BUT, UH, I, I WAS NEVER ONE TO POSITION, UH, OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I CAME HERE AND I, I JUST PRETTY MUCH SPOKE ON, YOU KNOW, THE BEHALF OF THE COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, MAKING INTO A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
AND THE OTHER TIMES WHEN WE DID HAVE THE ANNEX, UH, I JUST PRETTY MUCH SPOKE UP AS I WOULD LIKE TO JUST JOIN IN AND JUST BE A PART OF THE, HOW YOU SAY THE COMMUNITY AND STILL BE A PART OF BEING NEIGHBORS AND, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING GOOD EXTENDING BAYTOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE FURTHER.
AND I WANT TO BE ONE TO JOIN IN ON TO THAT.
SO YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT AND, AND YEAH, AND I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU, YOU, YOU WANT TO PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COULD BE PROUD OF AND, YOU KNOW, MY HEART KIND OF GOES OUT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THAT ANNEX SITUATION 'CAUSE IT WAS A FORCED ANEX.
AND, UM, I JUST, JUST WANNA DO ANYTHING WE COULD TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, WHAT, WHAT YOU NEED TO GET DONE OVER THERE.
SO YEAH, APPRECIATE YOU SHARING.
AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR BEING HERE.
I COMMENT IS REALLY MORE JUST A CONCERN.
UM, IF WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, IT SHOWS THE STREET MM-HMM
UM, AND I'M ALWAYS ONE THAT'S KIND, I WANT EVERY PROJECT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO IF YOU'RE REALLY SUCCESSFUL, WE'RE GONNA PUT A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THAT NARROW TWO LANE STREET.
AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S, I'M NOT BEING A NAYSAYER, I JUST, WE JUST ALL NEED TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF HE OPENED UP THE LITTLE GROCERY STORE LIKE HE'S TALKING ABOUT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA.
BUT THE TRAFFIC ON THAT NARROW STREET, WHICH
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IS GONNA PUT US IN A POSITION OF COMING BACK IN LENNAR, SOUTH OKLAHOMA, NOW THAT WE HAVE A GOOD VIABLE COMMERCIAL OPERATION GOING ON, ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE PUT IN A POSITION WE HAVE TO EXPAND THE ROAD TO ACCOMMODATE THAT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC? WE, IT MAY BE IN THE PLANS OVER THE NEXT 10 OR 15 YEARS TO EXPAND IT ANYWAY, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA START ENCOURAGING THAT TYPE OF GROWTH, WHICH IS GREAT, WE, WE NEED TO BE AWARE THAT'S A, THAT'S A NARROW ROAD UP.I'VE BEEN DOWN THAT, THAT STREET AND THE DITCHES ARE DEEP.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE HIS PRESENTATION AND HIS IDEAS, BUT I, I DON'T WANT TO OVER TAX THAT, THAT STREET AS WELL.
AND JUST, JUST A COMMENT OR CONCERN.
COUNCILMAN POWELL? YEAH, I, I HAVE A SIMILAR CONCERN.
UM, I'VE STATED BEFORE, I'M, UM, YOU KNOW, I I'VE TRIED TO BE IN FAVOR OF ALL REZONES, UM, LETTING THE PROPER PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN REASON TO DO WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, I CAN THINK OF, OF ONE, UM, THAT, UH, WE ENDED UP NOT APPROVING.
IT WAS, IT WAS SIMILAR TO THIS, UM, IT WAS OVER OFF OF, UH, HIGHWAY 1 46.
IT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL THAT WANTED TO GO TO GC AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GONNA BUILD YET.
UM, AND WE HAD THE SAME CONCERNS AS FAR AS, UM, WHAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC GC COULD BRING TO THE AREA.
UM, AND THEN JUST THE CONCERN OF, UH, NOT EXACTLY KNOWING WHAT DIRECTION THEY WANTED TO GO YET WITH, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND SO, UH, FOR THOSE REASONS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU HAVE A FEW IDEAS, UM, THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE KIND OF TOSSING AROUND AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT FLESHED OUT A LITTLE MORE BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THE, WITH THE REZONE.
UM, JUST 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THROUGH P AND Z AND HERE TONIGHT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, ANY NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORS COME OUT OR, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE REZONE EVERYTHING THAT FALLS UNDER GENERAL COMMERCIAL CAN BE BUILT THERE.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A COUPLE SPECIFIC THINGS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT.
UM, BUT, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMY CHANGES, TIMES CHANGE.
YOU MAY DECIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUST GONNA SELL IT INSTEAD.
AND THE NEXT OWNER MAY WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAT STILL IS PERMISSIBLE BY GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
UM, AND SO, UM, I TYPICALLY LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST A LITTLE MORE OF A, A A A PLAN PUT TOGETHER BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REZONE.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S ONLY AN ACRE, SO THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME PRETTY HEAVY CONSTRAINTS CONCERNING SIZE OF OPERATION.
SO, UM, AND, AND ALSO THAT WHEN WE GET TO A CERTAIN POINT WHERE SOMETHING IS ACTUALLY DEVELOPING, THEN WE WILL REQUIRE, UM, TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IF THE OPERATION IS MORE THAN A CERTAIN MM-HMM
UM, A CERTAIN ANTICIPATED, UM, AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S GENERATED BY THAT.
SO, UM, IF, IF THAT HELPS AT ALL.
CAN I SEE THE PICTURES THAT SHOW THE OTHER WAREHOUSES IN THE RED AREA THAT'S ALREADY, UH, COMMERCIAL? THIS ONE? YEAH.
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE COMPARISON THAT POWELL WAS USING FOR THE, OFF OF 1 46.
SO WE HAVE WAREHOUSES, UM, TO THE WEST.
HOW FAR WOULD YOU SAY IT IS FROM JOHN MARTIN OVER TO THIS GENTLEMAN'S PROPERTY? I MEAN, IS IT EVEN A QUARTER OF A MILE, IF NOT LESS? NO, THAT'S PROBABLY, I MEAN, IT'S VERY, WHAT, THREE, 400 FEET? YEAH, 5,000.
AND THEN, UM, SOUTH OF THE WAREHOUSE ON JOHN MARTIN, THAT'S ALSO, UH, A TYPE OF COMMERCIAL.
I KNOW THERE'S A HOUSE THERE, BUT THAT, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN AREA THAT EVERYWHERE AROUND ITS COMMERCIAL.
THIS IS A MILE OR SO OR LESS FROM I 10, CORRECT? UM, CONNOLLY ACTUALLY GOES OUT THE OTHER DIRECTION.
THE ROAD IS NARROW, BUT JOHN MARTIN'S NARROW TOO, AND IT'S COMMERCIAL ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN.
UM, IT, IT COMES OUT ON THE EAST, IN FACT.
WELL IT DOES CROSS, UM, SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD.
MATTER OF FACT, JOHN MARTIN AND CEDAR VALLEY LYNCHBURG ARE A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE OF HOW NARROW THEY ARE.
SO, UM, YEAH, I MEAN IT'S COMMERCIAL ALL THE WAY AROUND.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT AGAIN.
IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S COMMERCIAL ON ONE SIDE, IT'S RESIDENTIAL ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY COMMERCIAL DOWN HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE AS WELL.
SO EVERY AREA, AREA EXCEPT THE EAST SIDE RESIDE, RESIDE SOUTH IS RESIDENTIAL.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE ACROSS THE STREET.
PUT THE, UH, WILL YOU PUT THE COMMERCIAL, UH, ZONING UP PLEASE? THIS IS UP HERE.
THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS ALL RESIDENTIAL TO TODAY? YEAH.
THE NORTH SIDE OF CONNELLEY IS ALL RESIDENTIAL.
WE PUT THE, THE ZONING ZONING MAP BACK UP PLEASE.
SO EVERYTHING ON WEST CEDAR BY LYNCHBURG BELOW IT, SO TO THE
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EAST AND THEN THE NORTH.BUT, AND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
IT'S SHOWING EVERYTHING IN PINK IS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL.
SO AGAIN, UM, IT, IT'S EITHER A, A, YOU KNOW, AN NCE ZONE OR GC ZONE, EITHER ONE, EVEN A MIXED USE TYPE ZONE, UM, COULD FIT INTO THAT CLASSIFICATION.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS, IS THAT COLOR.
SO OVER TIME, UM, WE WOULD SEE THAT.
AND THE COMP PLAN SEES THAT AS BECOMING A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ALL THE WAY FROM JOHN MARTIN, UH, OVER TO SAN JUSTINO.
UM, AND P AND Z AND STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING BOTH, BOTH RECOMMEND THIS MM-HMM
AND SO LIKE MIXED USE, WOULD YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO THE LITTLE GROCERY STORE AND MIXED USE THOUGH? CORRECT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE COMMERCIAL.
COMMERCIAL WOULD BE MORE VAGUE THAN MIXED USE, CORRECT? YES.
IT, IT ALLOWS FOR MORE THAN A MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE, UM, THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
BECAUSE, UH, FOR ME, I MEAN, I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE MIXED USE.
SO NOT, NOT AS MUCH WITH THE COMMERCIAL.
JUST GONNA BE A HUNDRED PERCENT HONEST ON, AND, AND I'M ALL FOR YOUR LAND RIGHTS AND TRUST ME, I, I I I FEEL BAD THAT Y'ALL GOT ANNEXED I'M, AND I WANT YOU TO GIVE YOUR, YOUR RIGHT FOR SURE.
HEY, I JUST GOTTA TO SAY, UH, THERE'S NO COMPLAINTS HERE.
IF IT WAS A COMPLAINT, YOU'D ALREADY HEAR ME.
SAYING SOMETHING LIKE, JUST LIKE THE OLDER GENTLEMAN THAT WAS HERE MM-HMM
IN FRONT, BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.
I'M HERE TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT, OBSERVE, LISTEN, AND I'M, I'M WILLING TO TAKE IN ANYTHING Y'ALL NEED TO TELL.
I'VE ACTUALLY TALKED TO SOME RESIDENTS THERE.
I OWNED PROPERTY CLOSER TO SHEPHERD AND I'VE TALKED TO RESIDENTS WHEN I SAW THAT THIS HAD COME UP, JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY, HOW SOME OF THEM FELT.
AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING NEGATIVE TO SAY.
UM, I DID TAKE SOME TIME TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL WOULD ALLOW, AND THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE, THEY, THEY REALLY HAD NOTHING NEGATIVE TO SAY.
DID YOU, DID YOU TALK TO ANY OF THE, UM, NEIGHBORS AROUND THERE? I'VE TALKED TO A FEW OF MY NEIGHBORS AND THEY, THEY WERE, IT REALLY DIDN'T BOTHER 'EM AT ALL.
UM, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS FROM ANYONE.
UM, NOTHING PRETTY MUCH JUST, JUST WHAT I'M HEARING.
NOTHING COMPLAINTS, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING, UH, I GUESS REACTION FROM THIS AND THE COUNCIL, BUT I MEAN, EVERYTHING I'VE TAKEN IN IS POSITIVE IS WHAT, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKE, THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO GO TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.
THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
AND IF YOU'RE DOING THIS BEFOREHAND, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO THEM WHEN THEY WOULD COME TO YOU WITH OTHER CONCERNS IF IT DEALT WITH YOUR PROPERTY.
2322 0 3 AND I THINK THE OTHER FEW 20, UH, 20, 22, 0, 20, UH, 20, I THINK 22, 20.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE OVER THERE.
UM, BUT YEAH, THERE'S SOME OF THE ONES I'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO TALK TO.
THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST ANYTHING.
WE ENDORSE THAT AND MAYBE WE CAN START SOMETHING TOO, OR WE CAN TALK TO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY ONE DAY AND MAYBE BRING SOME GOOD IDEAS.
WELL, AND AS THESE TWO GENTLEMEN WERE SAYING, I'M, I'M WILLING TO COMPLY WITH ANYTHING, UH, AND, AND WILLING TO WORK OUT ANYTHING AND BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT AND, YOU KNOW, COME TO HOW YOU SAY TERMS, WHATEVER IS, IT'LL BENEFIT, I GUESS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO WHERE IT WON'T BE A COMPLAINT OR IT WON'T BE SO MUCH OF A NUISANCE TO ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH EVERYONE HERE ON THAT TOO.
UH, EXCUSE I, I WAS, MR. FRANCO HAD SAID THAT HE WAS MORE COMFORTABLE WITH MIXED USE.
WHAT, WHAT ALL CAN GO IN MIXED USE.
WILL YOU REMIND ME PLEASE? UH, MIXED USE IS, IS, UM, IT'S A SCALED DOWN, UM, COMBINATION OF EITHER COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
UM, SOME NOT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, BUT OTHER, YOU KNOW, UM, QUADS AND TOWNHOUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT NOT APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
UM, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE STACKING OF THOSE USES OR ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF USES ALL IN ONE LOT, UM, IS REALLY WHAT IT'S DESIGNED FOR.
UM, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL SORT OF DESIGN TYPE STUFF THAT GOES INTO THAT ZONE IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE SITE, HOW IT CAN BE SITUATED.
UM, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT, UM, THOSE SORT OF, AGAIN, THE SMALLER SORT OF NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE SCALE, UM, COMMERCIAL TYPE USES AND RESIDENTIAL.
BUT WITH THIS ONLY BEING AN ACRE IS GONNA BE VERY LIMITED WHEN YOU LOOK AT A GREEN SPACE.
AM I CORRECT? AND PARKING SPACE? UM, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND, AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON, UM,
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AS THE OWNER CAME IN AND TALKED TO, TO STAFF ABOUT THIS ONE, THE, THE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID DOING ANY KIND OF SPOT ZONING MM-HMMSO IF WE DID A MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT THERE, THAT WOULD, IT WOULD BE WE DID, BUT IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
SO THAT SEEMED TO BE THE BEST FIT FOR THAT.
AGAIN, IF IT WAS 20 ACRES, WE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT TO SAY WE GOTTA LOOK AT THE SCALE.
BUT WITH A ONE ACRE PARCEL, UH, AT THIS STAGE, IT, IT DIDN'T REALLY, UM, IT DIDN'T REALLY FLY ANY BIG RED FLAGS FOR US.
UM, AND, AND I THINK EVEN IF WE TRY TO GO MAKE EXCUSE, WE, WE HAVE TO KILL THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THEN BRING IT BACK MM-HMM
AND IT GOES THROUGH A PROCESS, AND SO IT WOULD HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH.
AND, AND, AND SO I, I THINK REALLY I'M LOOKING AT THE SURROUNDING, I'M LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, UM, THE FACT THAT HE'S HERE,
I DO HOPE THAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING, UH, THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY, THAT YOU AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH STAFF BEFORE YOU PROCEED TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT'S ALLOWED OR MAYBE ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT MAY BE NEEDED, UM, THAT, THAT YOU AT LEAST DO THAT.
UM, BECAUSE, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN POWELL'S, UH, CONCERN, UH, BECAUSE HE DEALS WITH IT ALL THE TIME WITH SHO LENDER AND, AND THAT AREA WITH THE TWO LANES AND ADDED TRAFFIC AND STRESS TO THE AREA.
BUT, UM, THOSE RESIDENTS WERE VERY VOCAL, UH, ABOUT THAT.
AND SINCE THESE HAVE NOT SHOWN ANY CONCERN, UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION.
I MEAN, JOHN MARTIN IS, IS TWO LANES.
AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE A, A CONGESTION ON, UH, JOHN MARTIN.
AND SO I FEEL THAT, UM, I'M OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
UM, AND HE KNOWS OUR FEELINGS ALREADY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WOULD WANT IN THAT AREA AND, UM, OR WHAT WE WOULDN'T WANT.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
ANYONE ELSE THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.
I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:37 PM CONSIDERING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP AT 2 2 1 1 CONNELLEY ROAD
[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 1.02 acres of land located at 2211 Connally Road from Suburban Residential (SR) to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District. ]
THREE B, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.02 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 2211 CONNELLY ROAD FOR FROM SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL SR TO A GENERAL COMMERCIAL GC ZONING DISTRICT.I NEED A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE, OR THE ORDINANCE.
MR. EMMANUEL, THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND, AND THANK YOU FOR PLANNING FOR WORKING WITH HIM THROUGH THIS, UM, PROCESS THREE C CONDUCT
[c. Conduct a public hearing regarding a proposed text amendment to the Chapter 111, Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) of the Baytown Code of Ordinances to revise Divisions 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.6 of the ULDC, making general corrections in consistency with the current code as well as the newly adopted code.]
A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE CHAPTER 1 1, 1 UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ULDC OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REVISE 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3, 3.4, AND 3.6 OF THE ULDC MAKING GENERAL CORRECTIONS INCONSISTENCY WITH THE CURRENT CODE AS WELL AS THE NEWLY ADOPTED CODE.IT IS NOW 7:38 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 1 1 1 UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ULDC OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST STAFF AND TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED THAN THE ITEM WE JUST, UH, READ, SO, UM, BEAR WITH ME.
I I CAN GO THROUGH THIS FAIRLY QUICKLY AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF, I'VE GOT ABOUT SIX SLIDES OF BULLET POINTS.
I'LL GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY, AND THEN IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFICS, I'LL COME BACK TO THOSE.
UM, MARTIN, REAL QUICK, YES, SIR.
JUST CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE'RE GETTING REPORTS THAT THE AUDIO THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE TV IS MUFFLED CRACKLED, AND SO IF WE CAN JUST MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT THAT WE CAN TO SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE, THAT MAY HELP, UH, FOR THE TIME BEING.
SO, UM, MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH WITH THE ULDC
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OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.SO IN 2025, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE, THE NEW 2025 ULDC WAS ADOPTED BY THIS BODY, SEPTEMBER 12TH OF LAST YEAR.
BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1ST.
WE DID HAVE A CLEANUP AMENDMENT, UH, ALREADY, UM, THAT, THAT WENT THROUGH IN DECEMBER, AND THEN BECAME EFFECTIVE WITH THE NEW CODE ON JANUARY 1ST.
THAT WAS A, A CLEANUP AMENDMENT THAT WAS THE FIRST OF THE CLEANUP AMENDMENTS TO TAKE CARE OF ANY TYPOS AND CONSISTENCIES THINGS THAT GOT MISSED FROM THE OLD CODE THAT WE PLANNED ON, UH, CARRYING OVER THAT, THAT GOT MISSED.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THESE.
WE, WE ACTUALLY, WE HAVE MORE THAN WHAT'S IN THIS, BUT WE WANTED TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO BITE, RELATIVELY BITE-SIZED PIECES, UM, BECAUSE IT, IT GETS OVERWHELMING FOR EVERYBODY AT THAT STAGE.
SO, UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, CONTINUING THAT CLEANUP AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS CONSISTENT.
SO, AGAIN, I'M, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICK, AND THEN IF THERE'S A QUESTION, I'LL, I'LL COME BACK.
SO, UM, SO IN, UH, DIVISION 2.13, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS, UH, WE ARE GONNA REMOVE INFILL DEVELOPMENT AS A DEVELOPMENT TYPE FROM THE MR ZONE AND THEN ADD IT TO ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL.
UM, AR THIS IS, WAS DEEMED TO BE MORE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE INFILL.
IT DIDN'T REALLY FIT WITH THE MR, BUT IT DOES FIT WITH AR, UM, IN ZONING DISTRICT AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS.
UM, WE, WE HAVE AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH, I, I'LL EXPLAIN THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT.
MANUFACTURED HOMES IN THE AR DISTRICT, WHICH USED TO BE THE UN DISTRICT.
UM, THERE IS THE STANDARD LOT IS 10, IS A HUNDRED FOOT DEEP.
UM, THE REQUIRED SETBACKS ARE 10 FEET AND 15 FEET, MEANING YOU CAN ONLY HAVE 75 FOOT LONG, UM, UH, MANUFACTURED HOME, A STANDARD MANUFACTURED HOME IS 76 FEET.
SO WE WERE DOING, UH, QUITE A LOT OF, ANYTIME THOSE WOULD COME IN, IN THE AR DISTRICT, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AN ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE, WHICH IS A ONE FOOT VARIANCE, WHICH I WOULD SIGN OFF ON.
AND IT JUST MADE SENSE BECAUSE I NEVER SAID NO TO THESE.
LET'S JUST MAKE THAT PART OF THE CODE SO IT REDUCES THE REAR SETBACK TO NINE FEET INSTEAD OF 10 FOR MANUFACTURED HOMES.
UM, TO MAKE IT EASIER, MAKE THE PROCESS A LITTLE MORE STREAMLINED, UM, UNDER USE STANDARDS, UH, WE LIKE TO REVISE THE USE TABLE TO PERMIT AUTO REPAIR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, UM, WITH SOME CONDITIONS.
SO IT, I BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY, UM, ALLOWED, BUT WE WANTED TO ADD A FEW CONDITIONS, UM, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE NC DISTRICT, UM, UNDER USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS, WE WANTED TO REDEFINE THE SIZE LIMITATIONS.
OKAY, SO THIS WAS, UH, THIS HAD TO DO WITH, HOPEFULLY YOU REMEMBER WE HAD A, A TEXT CHANGE THAT HAD TO DO WITH HOW WE MEASURE THE SIZE OF TRAILERS.
THE TRAILERS ARE IN THE OLD CODE, WERE, UM, BY WEIGHT, AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PRACTICAL WAY TO DO THAT.
UM, WE HAD SOMEONE COME THROUGH WITH A REZONE ON I 10 WHO SHOWED US TWO DIFFERENT TRAILERS.
THAT ONE WAS 12,000 POUNDS AND ONE WAS 18,000 POUNDS.
AND THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE, OR EXCUSE ME, THE THRESHOLD IS 13,000, AND WE COULDN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.
THE ONLY THING YOU COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE ON WAS THE NUMBER OF LUGS ON THE, ON THE WHEEL.
SO WE NOT HAVING A GOOD PRACTICAL WEIGHT TO ENFORCE THAT 13,000 POUND LIMIT.
WE DID AN AMENDMENT IN 23 TO CHANGE THAT TO ABOUT THE PHYSICAL SIZE AND THE USE OF THE TRAILERS THEMSELVES, THE, THE INTENT OF, OF THE, UH, TRAILERS RATHER THAN BY WEIGHT THAT GOT MISSED, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CARRIED OVER TO THE NEW COAT.
SO WE'RE JUST CARRYING THAT OVER, UH, UNDER SPECIAL USE STANDARDS, UH, WE WANTED TO ADD SOME CONDITIONS TO RV PARKS.
UH, THERE IN THE OLD CODE, AGAIN, THERE WAS A SIZE MINIMUM OF FIVE ACRES.
UH, AND THEN SORT OF GRANDFATHER THE OLD RV PARKS THAT WERE HERE BEFORE 2013 WHEN THE CODE FIRST STARTED.
UM, AND THAT AGAIN, REFLECTS THE LANGUAGE THAT CAME OUT OF THE, THE PREVIOUS CODE UNDER ACCESSORY USE OF STRUCTURE STANDARDS.
UM, THERE'S SOME CONFUSING LANGUAGE THAT HAS TO DO WITH SETBACKS OF DETACHED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN RESIDENTIAL.
UM, WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CONSISTENT.
WHATEVER IT IS, LET'S KEEP IT CONSISTENT AND TAKE OUT THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS NOT ONLY CONFUSING APPLICANTS WAS CONFUSING STAFF.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, TO SIMPLIFY THAT.
THERE'S ALSO A SCREENING REQUIREMENT IN THE NEW CODE THAT WASN'T IN THE OLD CODE.
SO IF I HAD A SHED IN MY BACKYARD, I HAVE TO SCREEN IT WITH A FENCE OR A, OR VEGETATION OR SOMETHING THAT SEEMED TO BE OVERKILL.
SO WE, WE WANT TO REMOVE THAT AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ON SETBACKS OF, OF POOLS AND SPAS.
AND THAT ALSO THAT IS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
IN THE OLD CODE, IT WAS, IT HAD THE SAME SETBACKS AS ANY OTHER ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, AGAIN, TO TRY AND STREAMLINE THAT AND NOT MAKE THINGS MORE CONFUSING.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO REVERT THAT BACK TO, HEY, THIS IS THE SAME AS ANY OTHER ACCESSORY STRUCTURE UNDER TEMPORARY
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USE STANDARDS.IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, IN 20, I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE END OF 22, UM, WE REMOVED SOME OPEN AIR MARKET TYPE STUFF, ROADSIDE STANDS, MOBILE RETAIL VENDORS.
WE REMOVED THAT FROM THE CODE ALTOGETHER SOMEHOW THAT FOUND ITS WAY BACK INTO THE NEW CODE.
SO WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT BACK TO, UM, THAT CHANGE THAT WAS MADE BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2023.
UM, AND THEN AS WE STARTED TO LOOK AT, AT THOSE TEMPORARY USE, UH, TABLE, WE ALSO SAW THAT TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION OFFICES, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION DUMPSTERS, UM, THAT WERE IN THE TABLE, THOSE WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT, WHICH IS A NEW THING, UH, UNDER THIS CODE.
UH, THAT SAID, WE HAVE ALWAYS ALLOWED THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION OFFICES AND DUMPSTERS AS PART OF A BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS, AND WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY REAL ISSUES WITH THAT.
SO WE WANT TO, WE STILL WANT TO ALLOW THOSE THE WAY WE HAVE IN THE PAST BECAUSE AGAIN, IT, IT, THE TEMPORARY USE PERMITS WOULD REPRESENT A LOT OF EXTRA TIME FOR STAFF.
UM, BUT IT ALSO, IT, IT, IT'S AN EXTRA STEP FOR THE APPLICANTS, AND WE DON'T THINK THAT IT'S NECESSARY.
IF WE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT, WE WOULD SAY, YES, THIS IS A, A GOOD THING, BUT WE DON'T, UH, CLASSICALLY.
SO WE'D LIKE TO REMOVE THAT FROM THAT TABLE.
UH, REQUIRED OFF STREET PARKING, AS YOU KNOW, WE ELIMINATED THE MINIMUMS, UH, IN COMMERCIAL, UH, MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONES.
WELL, WE'RE ALREADY RUNNING UP AGAINST, WHAT WE DID DO WAS WE PUT IN A MAXIMUM PARKING SPACES, AND THAT'S BASED ON FLOOR AREA RATIO.
SO IF I HAVE A, A RESTAURANT, THEN I HAVE, UH, ONE SPACE FOR EVERY 250 FEET OF, OF FLOOR GROSS FLOOR AREA.
WELL, IN SOME OF THOSE LIKE DRIVE-THROUGHS, WE WERE SAYING, UH, IT WAS ONE PER 250 FEET, AND THAT JUST WAS FAR TOO RESTRICTIVE.
SO IF I HAD A 3000 OR SAY A 4,000 FOOT, UM, UH, SQUARE FOOT DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT, THEN I WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED TO HAVE, WHAT IS THAT 16 PARKING SPACES THAT JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ENOUGH.
SO WE'D LIKE TO, TO TAKE, PUT THAT IN LINE WITH THE OTHER RESTAURANTS, WHICH IS, UH, ONE PER HUNDRED, WHICH WOULD, UM, MAKE FOR, UH, UH, QUITE A FEW BIT MORE PARKING SPACES, UH, AVAILABLE.
THE OTHER PART OF THAT PARKING OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENT IS THERE IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT SAYS IF YOU WANT TO DO A PARKING STUDY AS A, AS A DEVELOPER, THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO GO OVER THE, OR IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO, UM, DO LESS THAN THE MINIMUM FOR RESIDENTIAL.
BUT IT ALSO MADE SENSE THAT IF THERE IS A USER THAT WANTS TO HAVE MORE THAN THE MAXIMUM, AGAIN, THEY COULD COME IN AND, UM, SUBMIT A SPECIAL PARKING STUDY AND THAT WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED IF IT, IF THAT MADE SENSE.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO SEND THEM TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR VARIANCES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SCREENING AND FENCING, UH, THERE AGAIN WAS SOME CONFUSING LANGUAGE IN THAT, UH, SECTION, AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT SIMPLE AND JUST SAY, OKAY, YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY FENCE WITHIN THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, AND THAT'S A SAFETY, UH, DEAL.
AND THEN UNDER SIGNS, UM, IF YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, UH, WE, WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SIGNS WHEN THE, UH, SAN JACINTO MALL OR SAN JACINTO MARKETPLACE PROPERTY, UM, CAME THROUGH.
AND WE STARTED TO REALIZE THAT THE NEW SIGN CODE, WHICH IS ALL NEW FROM WHAT WE HAD BEFORE, IS A LOT MORE RESTRICTIVE.
WE LIKE THAT IT, IT IS GONNA HELP OVER TIME WITH BEAUTIFYING CERTAIN COMMERCIAL AREAS OF THE CITY.
BUT THAT SAID, SOME OF IT WAS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TOO RESTRICTIVE, UM, AND PARTICULARLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE.
AND SO, UH, WHAT WE PROPOSE IS A IS A 42 AND A HALF FOOT TALL PYLON SIGNS TO BE ALLOWED IN THE FREEWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, UH, BUT ONLY IF THEY'RE WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE INTERSTATE.
THAT INCLUDES THE FEEDER ROAD AS WELL, WHEREVER THAT PROPERTY LINE IS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO A PIECE THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 24, UH, WAS A RESIDENTIAL TEMPORARY SIGNAGE.
WE, THIS BODY MADE A DECISION TO SAY WE'RE NOT GONNA REGULATE ANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL TEMPORARY SIGNAGE.
SO I'VE GOT THE, THE SIGN IN MY FRONT YARD THAT SAYS, CONGRATS TO MY, UH, YOU KNOW, 2025 GRADUATE THAT REMOVED ANY KIND OF RESTRICTIONS FROM THAT.
WELL, AGAIN, THAT FOUND ITS WAY BACK INTO THE NEW CODE.
SO WE JUST WANNA REVERT TO THAT AND TAKE ALL THAT OUT.
UM, THAT IS ALL OF THE ITEMS, UH, PLANNING, PLANNING, ZONING, AND COMMISSION DID HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 18TH.
UM, THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION TO ANY OF THE AMENDMENTS.
UH, STAFF AND PLANNING, ZONING AND COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, CONCERNS? UM, WAVE BACK AT THE BEGINNING.
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TO THE NEXT ONE.UM, AND OH, I'D PROBABLY HAVE TO ASK SCOTT, BUT WASN'T THAT THE ONE, THE REASON THAT IT, I THOUGHT THE REASON WE GOT RID OF THAT IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A STATE LAW OR SOMETHING THAT IT, IT HAD, IT HAD TO DO WITH HOW WE WERE REGULATING OR NOT REGULAT OR NOT ENFORCING YEAH.
CERTAIN THINGS ALONG GARTH ROAD THAT WERE COMING IN.
THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO HAD A BUSINESS THAT OPERATED OUT OF HBS PARKING LOT.
YEAH, I REMEMBER ALL THAT, LIKE THE WINDOW.
AND I THINK IT WAS DETERMINED, AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA GO FROM MEMORY HERE.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ENFORCING THOSE REGULATIONS ON SOME OF THEM OUT THERE WAS PROVING TO BE PRETTY CHALLENGING FOR THE POLICE.
AND SO I, IT WAS COUNSEL'S DETERMINATION AT THE TIME THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT WOULD JUST BE NO MORE OF ANY OF IT.
SO I REMEMBER ALL THAT, BUT IT SEEMED, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE WERE ALL HERE, BUT A MONTH OR TWO AFTER THAT, SOMEONE CAME BACK AND SAID, WE COULDN'T RESTRICT THESE BECAUSE OF A STATE LAW OR SOMETHING.
THE OPEN AIR MARKETS AND THE, WELL, I THINK WE CAME BACK TO, TO BE SPECIFIC BECAUSE ONCE WE DID THAT, IT TECHNICALLY MEANT WE COULDN'T DO OUR FARMER'S MARKET IN THE TOWN SQUARE.
SO WE HAD TO MAKE IT A, WE HAD TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT YEP.
FOR OUR MARKET, FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN THE TOWN SQUARE.
AND, AND BASICALLY WHEN THE NEW CODE CAME IN, IT INCLUDED ALL THAT LANGUAGE WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO HAVE.
SO WE'RE JUST TAKING, JUST GETTING RID OF THAT.
SO IT GOES BACK TO THE WAY WE HAD IT, WHICH WAS THE WAY WE LIKED IT.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I HAD TO SAY,
THANK YOU THERE BEING THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK.
I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:51 PM REGARDING A PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE CHAPTER 1 1 1 UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ULDC OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES.
[d. Consider an ordinance regarding an amendment to Chapter 111, Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) of the Baytown Code of Ordinances to revise Divisions 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.6 of the ULDC, making general corrections in consistency with the current code as well as the newly adopted code.]
CONSIDERING ORDINANCE REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 1 1 1, UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCE TO REVISE DIVISIONS 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3, 3.4, AND 3.6 OF THE ULDC MAKING GENERAL CORRECTIONS IN CONSISTENCY WITH THE CURRENT CODE AS WELL AS THE NEWLY ADOPTED CODE.[a. Consider an ordinance amending the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District's Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to transfer monies from Fund Balance to Lease - Machinery and Equipment (32007020-56909) for the Zoll One Program lease payment.]
FOR A PROPOSED ORDINANCE, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE DISTRICT PHYSICAL YEAR 2024 THROUGH 2025.BUDGET TO TRANSFER MONIES FROM FUND BALANCE TO LEASE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.
3 2 0 0 7 0 2 5 6 9 9 FOR THE ZAL ONE PROGRAM LEASE PA PAYMENT.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CONT AGENDA ITEM AND IT WAS PUT ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCES.
ANY OPPOSED? WE ON TO REPORTS.
READ FIVE A, RECEIVE A 20 20 20 24 BAYTOWN
[a. Receive the 2024 Baytown Parks and Recreation Annual Report.]
PARKS AND RECREATION ANNUAL REPORT.NOW YOU'RE PLAYING TRICKS ON ME.
YOU'RE GONNA FORGET ME AFTER ALL OF OUR TIME TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW WHAT, MR. TERRY SANE, FORMER DISTRICT FOREST CITY COUNCILMAN, WELCOME BACK.
HOW'S IT FEEL TO BE BACK IN COUNCIL CHAMBER? IT IS, UH, IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND A, UH, UH, DISTINCT HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, ENJOY GETTING TO, UH, RELIVE SOME OF THE, UH, EVENTS THAT, THAT I HAD SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND, UH, AND, UH, ENJOY SEEING ALL YOU WORK TOGETHER.
SO IT, UH, REALLY DOES, DOES THE HARD GOOD TO, UH, SEE Y'ALL CONTINUING ON.
SO ARE YOU MISSING ANY OF THIS? UH, NO SIR.
I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE AFTER EVERYTHING THROUGH YOU'VE GONE THROUGH LAST YEAR.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE STILL HERE WITH US AND KICKING.
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I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE, LIKE I SAID, YOU, YOU'RE IN OUR PRAYERS AND I WAS, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE.REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WHEN I WAS, UH, EXPERIENCING SOME OF THE, UH, MEDICAL THINGS I HAD TO GO THROUGH.
SO MISS BEING HERE LAST YEAR TO SPEAK WITH Y'ALL, BUT I KNOW, UH, MR. RETO DID A, UH, FANTASTIC JOB.
BUT LIKE I SAID, IT UH, GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS, UH, PARKS AND REC BOARD 2024 ANNUAL REPORT.
AND I BRING GREETINGS FROM THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD WHO, UM, EACH OF YOU HAVE REP, UM, APPOINTED TO REPRESENT YOUR DISTRICTS.
AND, UH, WE, UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE APPOINTMENTS THAT, UH, HAS ALLOWED US TO, UH, GET BACK TO BEING ABLE TO, TO MAKE A QUORUM.
UM, THIS, THIS REPORT WAS APPROVED BY THE PARK AND REC ADVISORY BOARD BACK ON APRIL 2ND, UH, 2025 AT OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
AND I'D LIKE TO, UM, GO THROUGH AND THERE ARE SOME, SOME REALLY NEAT THINGS THAT HAVE IN THIS YEAR'S REPORT.
THIS THING, UH, REALLY FOCUSES ON A LOT OF THE EMPLOYEES, AND I'D LIKE TO, UM, JUST POINT OUT THAT SOME OF THE, UH, THE THINGS YOU'RE GONNA SEE THROUGH THE REPORT, IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO, TO READ THE FULL REPORT, UH, IT'S GONNA FOCUS ON THE WHY BEHIND THE, THE MANY GREAT EMPLOYEES DEDICATED AND HOW THEY EMBODY THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S CORE INITIATIVES, THEIR VALUES, THE CARRYING INNOVATION AND COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP, STEWARDSHIP THROUGH THEIR EVERYDAY WORK.
AND I TELL YOU, THERE ARE A, A NUMBER OF WHYS ON THE INSIDE COVER.
THE FIRST PAGE I'M GOING TO, UH, UH, I CAN SPEND THE ENTIRE TIME JUST GOING THROUGH READING ALL OF THE, THE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR, THEIR WHY OF WHAT THEY DO, WHY THEY COME TO WORK, WHY THEY CHOSE TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IN THE PARK RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
BUT I'M GOING TO JUST, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF 'EM I'D LIKE TO KIND OF POINT OUT HERE THERE, LIKE I SAID, ON THE RIGHT INSIDE THE FIRST PAGE, UH, MS. HOLLY PINKSTON, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THERE IN THE PARK AND RECS DEPARTMENT, UH, WHERE SHE WRITES, UH, WHERE SHE WROTES AND I QUOTE, THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT WORKING IN THE PARK, PARK AND RECREATION, CREATING EVENTS THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND SEEING THE JOY THEY BRING.
AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN OUT TO, UH, AND I KNOW MANY OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN OUT TO THE, UH, THE PARKS, PARKS AND REC, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UH, ALRIGHT, SORRY ABOUT THAT, CAROL.
I HIT, UH, UH, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN OUT TO SEE THE PARK AND RECS ANY OF THE, UM, AMENITIES WE'VE GOT AROUND HERE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE SMILES, YOU'RE GONNA SEE KIDS RUNNING AROUND, AND THAT IS, THAT IS THE WHY A LOT OF THEM DO WHAT THEY DO.
SO OVER, UH, ON PAGE, I THINK IT'S PAGE OF OVER HERE ON PAGE 1 31, YOU'LL SEE MS. AMY SHIPLEY.
AMY IS THE MARKETING COORDINATOR.
AND THIS ONE REALLY, THIS ONE KIND OF SPEAKS TO WHAT BRINGS IT HOME.
LITERALLY WHAT BRINGS IT HOME.
AND I QUOTE HOLLY, I LIKE TO LET, EXCUSE ME, I QUOTE AMY, I LIKE TO LET WORK SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
WHEN MY DAUGHTER WRITES IN HER HOMEWORK, I'M INSPIRED BY MY MOM BECAUSE SHE HAS A JOB SHE ALWAYS, UH, SHE ENJOYS AND IS PASSIONATE ABOUT.
AND THEN HER SON SAYS, YOU HAVE A GREAT JOB, MOM.
I'M REMINDED HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO, TO LOVE WHAT WE DO, UH, AT THE PARK AND RECS.
AND SO THAT JUST, LIKE I SAID, THAT GOES BACK TO SHOWING THAT DRIVES IT HOME, LITERALLY BACK TO THEIR, THEIR KIDS ABOUT HOW PASSIONATE THEY ARE ABOUT THEIR JOB HERE AT THE PARK AND RECS DEPARTMENT.
SO, UH, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THE DEDICATION AND THE LOVE THAT OUR PARK AND RECS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES HAVE.
AND SO, UH, KIND OF MOVES, MOVES ME ON TO PAGE 11 HERE ABOUT THE, UH, THE GREAT THINGS WE'VE GOT.
IF YOU'LL LOOK ON THERE, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S ABOUT 43 PARKS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
AND TO MAINTAIN THOSE THINGS IN THE GREAT SHAPE THAT THEY ARE, THAT TAKES A LOT OF WORK.
AND WE HAVE ABOUT 25 MILES OF TRAILS NOW.
IT'S ABOUT 26 MILES, I THINK, FROM BAYTOWN TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'D WANT TO DRIVE TO CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT, UH, SOME PEOPLE DO THAT FROM TIME TO TIME.
BUT WE HAVE 25 MILES OF TRAILS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF CITY OF BAYTOWN.
AND IF YOU'VE EVER HAD A CHANCE TO GET OUT AND RIDE THOSE, UH, GET OUT, WALK 'EM, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME AWESOME, AWESOME TRAILS OUT THERE THAT LEAD ACROSS THE CITY.
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AND, UH, I'LL TELL YOU AS A FORMER COUNCILMAN, UH, WHEN I'D GO TO THE HARRIS COUNTY MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S ASSOCIATION AND HEAR THE COMMENTS, AND I'M, I'M HOPING Y'ALL GET TO GO TO, UH, A CMA AND, UH, HEAR THESE FOLKS TALK ABOUT THE GREAT PARKS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE BAYTOWN.I USED TO KIND OF, I GUESS I WAS A LITTLE PROUD AND SOMETIMES, I GUESS, UH, GLAD TO KIND OF HEAR SOME OF 'EM BE ENVIOUS OF WHAT WE HAD HERE, ESPECIALLY FROM PASADENA AND HOUSTON.
SOME OF THOSE FOLKS OVER THERE THAT WOULD TALK ABOUT, MAN, Y'ALL HAVE GOT SOME OUTSTANDING PARKS.
Y'ALL HAVE GOT A GREAT PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
OF COURSE, I JUST KIND OF WOULD, WOULD PUFF UP IN MY CHEST AND SAY, YES, WE DO SO.
BUT IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN JUST A, A REAL JOY TO KNOW THE, THE DEDICATION OF THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES WE HAVE AND HOW THEY KEEP 'EM, UH, KEEP 'EM IN, IN GREAT SHAPE.
IF YOU GO THROUGH THE, UH, THE BULK OF THE, THE REPORT, IT'S KIND OF FOCUSED ON A WIDE VARIETY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE GOT HERE, THE EVENTS AND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERTAKEN BY THE PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, EVERY YEAR THESE EVENTS JUST CONTINUE TO GET BETTER AND BETTER.
I MEAN, WE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE JUNETEENTH, WE HAVE GOT GREAT PERFORMERS COMING IN.
WE GOT, UH, G***O FEST, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS AND THEN JUST SPATTERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE HAVE VARIOUS OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT WE GO AND, UH, AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME, WE HAVE THE HOLIDAY HANGOUT NOW.
AND SO IT JUST, UH, CONTINUES TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.
AND YOU SEE THE SMILES ON PEOPLE THAT, UH, DOWN AT THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND HOW THINGS JUST, UH, KIDS LIGHT UP.
OF COURSE, WHEN THEY SANTA CLAUS COMES BY, EVERYBODY GETS A KICK OUTTA THAT.
BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE, UM, TWO GROUPS IN HERE THAT ARE WORTH NOTING.
THE MARKETING AND VOLUNTEER, AND THEN THE SUPPORTERS AND PARTNER SECTIONS.
AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE REALLY VALUABLE TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
UM, OUR WITHOUT OUR SUPPORTERS, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS AND THE PARTNERS.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAVE GROUPS, CHURCHES, UH, FAITH AND FAMILY.
YOU TALK ABOUT A GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS THAT COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR PARK AND RECS AND HELP WITH CLEAN UP HELP WITH, UH, THEY'LL COME OUT AND PAINT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO WE'VE JUST GOT A, UH, A GREAT CITIZENRY HERE.
AND THEN ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO, UH, BRING ATTENTION IS, UH, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT, AND, EXCUSE ME, THE EMPLOYMENT MILESTONES AND THE DEPARTMENT WARDS.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME, UM, KEY STATISTICS IN HERE THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND BROWSE AT YOUR TIME.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME JUST UNBELIEVABLE EMPLOYMENT MILESTONES.
AND OVER ON PAGE ONE 15 AND, UH, ONE 16 IS KIND OF TOWARD THE BACK.
UH, WE'VE GOT TWO EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE JUST REALLY KNOCKED IT OUTTA THE PARK.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING, GOING FOR THE BERNARD OLIVE, UH, LONGEVITY AWARD.
UM, BUT WE'VE GOT, UH, LORENZO AND THEN WE'VE GOT MEN CLARKS.
AND THESE GUYS, BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, THEY'VE GOT 65 YEARS OF SERVICE.
I TELL YOU WHAT, THERE'S NOT TOO MANY, NOT TOO MANY BUSINESSES, UH, NOT TOO MANY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION OUT HERE THAT HAVE THAT, THAT MUCH.
AND, UH, MILESTONES OF EMPLOYMENT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SAYS A LOT TO THE LEADERSHIP.
WE GOT AT THE TOP WITH CLIFF HATCH.
AND, UH, HIS DEDICATION TO MAKING SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES, HE KNOWS, UH, THAT THEY'VE GOT, HE'S GOT THEIR BACK AND THEY WORK THEIR, THEIR TAILS OFF, REALLY GET OUT THERE, IF YOU'VE SEEN GOING AROUND AND SEEN THEM OUT WORKING IN THE PARKS AND WRECKS OR PARKS ON THE TRAILS, KEEPING 'EM UP.
THEY'RE REALLY GETTING AFTER IT.
SO, UM, WE'VE JUST GOT SOME, SOME WONDERFUL, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER NOTABLE MILESTONES IN HERE.
YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR TIME, BUT JUST WANT TO, UM, SAY WE'VE GOT, Y'ALL HAVE HARDBOUND COPIES.
YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND CITIZENS CAN GO ONLINE TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THIS AS WELL.
AND THERE'S ALSO A QR CODE TO TAKING A SCAN AND GET THAT AS WELL.
AND I JUST, UH, LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND HEARING THE RECEIVING THIS REPORT.
AND I KNOW SOMETIMES PARK AND RECS MIGHT BE CONSIDERED JUST A, UH, UH, A WANT RATHER THAN, THAN A NEED.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU IF YOU, LIKE I SAID, YOU GO BY HURON PARK OVER ON JOHN MARTIN, OR EXCUSE ME, ON UH, BUSH ROAD AT ONE TIME, THAT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN JUST A WASTELAND.
IT HAD A COUPLE OF OLD SOCCER GOALS ON IT.
AND AFTER HURRICANE I CAME THROUGH CITY, STARTED DUMPING A LOT OF OUR DEBRIS THERE.
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UH, MAYOR, WELL, FORMER MAYOR COUNCILMAN AT THAT TIME, CAPTAIN AND I GOT WITH CITY MANAGER AND SAID, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.AND SO WE GOT GOT WITH THE STAFF, GOT WITH PARKS, THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THAT TIME, SCOTT JOHNSON AND GARY BRUMBACK, AND TURNED THAT INTO A, TO ME, ONE OF THE, THE MOST USED PARKS, COUNCILMAN FRANCO, I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT'S, UH, OVER THERE.
YOU, YOU PROBABLY DRIVE BY THERE AND SEE ALL THE SMILING FACES IN THAT CROWDED PARKING LOT.
IT'S KIND OF SOMEWHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN GRIFFIN, YOU, YOU SEE IT AS WELL TOO.
SO HE'S, HE'S ON THE OPPOSITE.
YEAH, MY GRANDKIDS VOLLEYBALLS, MY GRANDKIDS LOVE THAT WHEN THEY, THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, COME OVER.
SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A JOY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE KIDS AND PARENTS GET OUT THERE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME OUT THERE.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO, UM, ASK THAT YOU GIVE MUCH, UH, THOUGHT CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALLOCATING FUNDING FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION THAT, LIKE I SAID, THIS ISN'T JUST A, A WANT, THIS IS A NEED TO MAKE BAYTOWN A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE AND PLAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, MR. HATCH WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE WHY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE.
WHAT IS YOUR WHY FOR WANTING TO SERVE ON THE PARKS AND REC BOARD? WELL, JUST TO BE ABLE TO HELP AND ENCOURAGE THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
UM, WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL THAT, UH, COURSE IT, IT'S, I CONSIDERED, I GUESS IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN YOU'RE SETTING UP ON THAT COUNCIL AND YOU GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU START HEARING SOMEBODY DOWN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR YOU START HEARING 'EM DOWN, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR THE UH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION OFFICERS, YOU KIND OF, I KIND OF BRISTLE UP.
I KIND OF FELT LIKE THEY WERE, THEY WERE MINE.
AND THAT'S, I TAKE OFFENSE TO IT.
AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW I, I LOOK AT THE PARK AND RECS DEPARTMENT, THE EMPLOYEES OUT THERE.
I SEE 'EM OUT THERE DRIVING AROUND TOWN.
COURSE YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER EMPLOYEES.
YOU SEE PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING OUT DOING GREAT THINGS.
BUT IT'S JUST A, IT'S JOY TO KNOW AND BE A PART OF BEING ABLE TO HELP, I GUESS, MOTIVATE AND, AND GET OUT AND SEE PEOPLE DO THINGS.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT SOME NEEDS OUT AT THE, UH, NATURE CENTER.
UH, OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE HURRICANE KIND OF CRASHED SOME OF OUR DOCKS OUT THERE, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY DOCKS OUT THERE FISHING DOCKS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN NEED OF, UH, NEED OF SOME BEING, NEED OF FUNDING.
'CAUSE LOOKING AT, UH, COMING ALONG AND, AND FOLKS, UH, FOLKS REALLY ENJOY BEING ABLE TO GET OUT THERE.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT THINGS COMING DOWN.
THE PI YOU CAN SEE IN, IN HERE IN THE REPORT AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IN KAYAK, UH, LAUNCHES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT, UH, THAT HURRICANE KIND OF TRASHED OUT OUR FISHING PIERS THERE.
SO THAT'S SOME SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF GONNA GIVE SOME ATTENTION TO.
WE GOT SOME, SOME FOLKS THAT REALLY ENJOY GETTING OUT AND DOING THAT.
SO, BUT THAT, THAT'S MY WHY, MAYOR.
YOU, HE MAY HAVE 30 PLUS YEARS OR SO.
HE DOESN'T LOOK AT, AND WHEN WE WERE OUT DOING THE
I HEARD YOU BOUNCED IT UP THERE AND SEE.
WE, I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WHY YOU KEEP BRINGING UP OLD STUFF,
I COULD HAVE COULD HAVE WARNED YOU UP.
I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY HOW WELL OF A JOB HE DID AND HOW GOOD HE'S IN EXCELLENT SHAPE.
I WAS NOT SEEING ANYTHING ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE PITCHES.
BUT THANK YOU, UH, MR. SANE IS GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND, UM, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK, MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO SERVE ON THE PARK FLOOR.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO SO.
AND LET'S HURRY UP AND MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.
SEE YOU DONE GOT ME ALL DISCOMBOBULATED
[a. Review and discuss a Notice of Bond Sale by the Chambers County Improvement District #2.]
SIX A REVIEW AND DISCUSS A NOTICE OF BOND SALE BY THE CHAMBERS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.MR. LAMOND? YES, COUNSEL, THIS IS A STANDARD NOTICE, UH, THAT, UH, ANOTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, UM, IS GOING TO BE ISSUING BONDS.
THERE IS NO ACTION FOR YOU ALL TO DATE.
[7. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.]
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEMS A THROUGH G, HOWEVER, THERE
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IS A CORRECTION ON E.IT SHOULD READ JAMES STREET, NOT ST.
DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL ANY ITEMS? PULL.
ANYTHING ELSE? I NEED A MOTION.
ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH G, EXCEPT FOR SECOND.
[f. Consider an ordinance approving the Baytown Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2025, at the City of Baytown Storage Facility, located at 1200 Lee Drive, Baytown, Texas, from 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.]
LOOK AT F CONSIDERING ORDINANCE APPROVING THE BAYTOWN HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY MAY 17TH, 2025 AT THE CITY OF BAYTOWN STORAGE FACILITY LOCATED AT 1200 LEE DRIVE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM MR. SEMINO? YES.SO READY TO TAKE ANY QUESTION, MAYOR, THE REASON I PULLED THAT IS TO, TO MAKE A GREATER AWARENESS.
THIS IS A GREAT EVENT OF CITIZENS.
LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY YEAR.
AND, AND IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THAT I JUST DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE HIDDEN ON A CONSENT AGENDA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PULL IT OUT.
UH, AGAIN, IT'S NORMALLY WELL RECEIVED.
IF IT'S A PRETTY DAY THEY'LL BE PACKED.
IF IT'S A RAINY DAY, THEY JUST STAY BUSY.
BUT, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN OUT THERE WITH POURING DOWN RAIN, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE WITH SUNSHINE.
SO AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY IT'S COMING UP.
'CAUSE FRANK KNOWS, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE WEEK AFTER HE IS KIND OF LIKE, IS IT THIS COMING WEEKEND? NO, IT WAS THE LAST WEEKEND.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING MORE ATTENTION TO IT AND HIGHLIGHT IT AGAIN.
THE PUBLIC WORKS GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IF, IF YOU HAVE MATERIALS, I'M ASSUMING IT'S POSTED ONLINE.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE? AND I, I RECOMMEND EVERYBODY GO TO THAT, CHECK IT OUT AND GET READY AND BRING US ALL TO THE GUIDE.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE SEVEN F ON THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAY.
[a. Consider a resolution authorizing two (2) appointments to the Baytown Housing Authority.]
APPOINTMENTS.CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TO APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UM, THAT WOULD BE MYSELF TALKING ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO REAPPOINT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MS. ELIZABETH THOMAS AND THE VACANT APPOINTMENT OF MS. JENNIFER ELMORE.
I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR AND GOT SOME INSIGHT ON WHY HE WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT THESE TWO.
HE SAID THAT HE LIKES, UM, SOME THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
SO, UM, IF APPOINTED BOTH TERMS ARE FROM APRIL 1ST, 2025 TO MARCH 31ST, 2027, I NEED A MOTION.
[b. Consider a resolution authorizing two (2) appointments to the Community Development Advisory Committee.]
B, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.NOW THIS ONE CAN GET A LITTLE TRICKY BECAUSE WITH IT WE HAVE TO APPOINT BASED OFF OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF WHAT? OF WHAT OUR POPULATION.
THIS SHOULD REFLECT THE POPULATION OF OUR CITY.
AM I CORRECT? THERE ARE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES.
THERE ARE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES THAT, UH, MR. SCHRIER CAN GO OVER.
BUT YES, SIR, THERE ARE, YEAH.
UH, TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, THE TWO APPOINTMENTS THAT WE NEED TONIGHT ARE, WE NEED ONE, UH, CAUCASIAN AND ONE NON-CAUCASIAN.
THE APPLICANT FOR DISTRICT FOUR, I BELIEVE MEETS THE CRITERIA.
AND, UM, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHO ELSE WE HAVE FOR, UH, IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER APPLICANTS.
UM, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE AN AT LARGE AND THREE FITS THAT AND THREE.
SO LET'S, UM, LET'S TAKE MS, HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE THAT LAST NAME? BOKER.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND GET A MOTION TO APPROVE MS. BOKER AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND DO THE AT LARGE MOTION TO APPROVE MS. BOOKER.
ANY OPPOSED? CAN I ASK WHY THERE'S AN ASTERISK BY HER NAME AND NO ONE ELSE'S BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONLY ONE FOR DISTRICT FOUR, BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE FOR ON DISTRICT FIVE.
THERE'S ONLY ONE AND THERE'S NOT AN ASTERISK.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANCE 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT ANYWHERE ON THIS FORM.
WELL, SHE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT, I GUESS THEY WERE JUST
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TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE KNEW SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE FOR DISTRICT FOUR.SHE, SHE, I, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
SO, BUT SHE MAY BE THE ONLY CAUCASIAN APPLICANT THAT MM-HMM.
THERE'S NOT A JOHN ERS OR CAUCASIAN? NO, THERE'S THREE, THERE'S TWO OTHERS.
I DON'T, IT MIGHT BE SHE'S THE ONLY ONE FOR DISTRICT FOUR.
IT'S IT'S A DISTRICT FOUR A APPOINTING.
AND THE OTHER ONES ARE AT LARGE LARGE.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA NEED A NOMINATION FOR THE AT-LARGE POSITION.
WELL, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE THAT'S NOT WHITE.
THREE, TWO IN DISTRICT TWO AND ONE IN DISTRICT THREE.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD KIND OF LEAN TOWARDS MY COUNCILMAN'S FROM TWO AND THREE SINCE WELL, IT'S AN ENLARGED POSITION.
IF WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE FROM THEIR, FROM THEIR DISTRICTS.
BUT IF, IF WE'VE READ, I WAS SPOKEN TO MS. DUB.
YOU HAVE DID, DID ANYONE READ THEIR APPLICATIONS? UM, NOT IN REGARD TO THIS, NO.
I DIDN'T READ IN REGARD TO THIS EITHER, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I, I JUST APPOINTED RUDY AINA TO ANO AND I SPOKE TO HIM AND APPOINTED HIM TO ANOTHER BOARD.
AND I HAVE SEEN HEATHER GARZA.
I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH HER, BUT I'VE SEEN HER APPLICATION A FEW TIMES.
UM, I'M NOT AWARE OF HER BEING ON ANY OTHER BOARD AND SO I DIDN'T CALL HER.
BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO WAIT AND COME BACK OR, I MEAN, I JUST, IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE, OH, I'M COMPLETELY OKAY WITH THAT.
SO YOU FEEL, I MEAN, YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR, WITH SOMEBODY IF I FEEL OKAY NOMINATING HEATHER GARZA BASED OFF OF WHAT I FEEL ON HER APPLICATION.
BUT I WANT, I'M BEING TRANSPARENT.
BUT I FEEL COMFORTABLE NOMINATING HER.
BUT IF YOU WANT MORE TIME TO GO, I USUALLY LIKE TO TALK TO WHOEVER I TALK BEFORE I NOMINATE HIM.
BUT IF SHE FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING A NOMINATION, THEN BACK UP.
WHAT ARE THE THOUGHT? CAN WE WAIT, CAN WE TABLE THAT? AND I I'LL GIVE HIM A CALL AND I'LL HAVE A WE'LL TABLE IT TILL THE NEXT MEETING.
IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON DOWN THERE? I DIDN'T KNOW THERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO SCREEN WORKING AGAIN.
WE'LL, TABLE GALLAGHER, WE'LL TABLE THE LARGE POSITION.
YEAH, WE'LL TAKE, WE'LL TABLE THE LAST POSITION AND I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT TO THE DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE.
SO WE'LL TABLE, UM, THAT THE AT LARGE POSITION TO THE NEXT MEETING AND GIVE SO CLARITY WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST AND DURING THAT TIME, MORE APPLICATIONS CAME IN.
ARE WE GONNA SAY THESE ARE THE ONLY APPLICATIONS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD CITIZENS I WOULD RE SET.
I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND WE CAN MAKE, WE JUST SET IT AT THE, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE TIME TO CALL THESE APPLICANTS.
THESE APPLICANTS WERE NOT ACCEPTED ANYMORE FOR THIS BOARD AT THIS TIME, YES.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SHE'S STILL WILLING TO SERVE.
[c. Consider a resolution authorizing six (6) appointments to the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Number One and Baytown Redevelopment Authority (BRA).]
ON TO EIGHT C, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SIX APPOINTMENTS TO THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, TS NUMBER ONE AND BAYTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.SO WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO, UM, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS THAT THE HARRIS COUNTY APPOINTMENT IS DONE BY HARRIS COUNTY AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN MS. GUILLORY, WHICH LEAVES US WITH, AND THAT LARGE AND THAT LARGE DISTRICT SIX.
WE HAVE A, UM, AND A DISTRICT SIX AND A DISTRICT SIX.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT IN DISTRICT SIX, WHICH IS STEVEN DON CARLOS.
BUT IT'S AN AT LARGE, SO DISTRICT SIX, BUT I'M JUST SAYING A DISTRICT SIX.
ANYBODY HE CAN PICK ANYBODY IN THE CITY.
YOU ALSO GO ONE IN THREE BECAUSE OSCAR CHOPPA AND MIKE BEARD DO NOT WITNESS.
WELL, I WAS GONNA TAKE 'EM ONE AT A TIME.
AND DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A YES, SIR.
AND, AND I, I SPOKE WITH STEVEN, UM, JUST THE OTHER DAY SPECIFICALLY ON THIS.
AND WE DISCUSSED THE ISSUES OF, UH, ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS.
AND HE'S WELL AWARE OF THAT AND HE FEELS THAT HE IS FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THOSE ISSUES THAT WHEN THEY START TO ARISE, HE CAN RECUSE HIMSELF AS NECESSARY.
UM, I THINK HE'D BE A GOOD ADDITION TO THE, THE AUTHORITY, JUST WITH HIS PAST EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE.
HE BRINGS ALL INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO THE GROUP AS WELL.
SO I THINK HE WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE FOR US TO HAVE THAT.
UM, SO I'M GONNA MAKE A NOMINATION, UH, FOR DISTRICT SIX TO BE STEVEN DON CARLOS SECOND.
WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET THAT WITH MS. GUILLORY ALSO.
AND MS. GUILLORY, WHICH IS THE HARRIS COUNTY HARRIS COUNTY'S NOMINATION.
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OKAY.SO NOW LET'S CONSIDER DISTRICT ONE AT LARGE.
UM, I COULD NOT GET ANY APPOINTMENTS FOR MINE.
SO, UH, I AM ABLE TO LOOK AT OTHER, UH, MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THE APPLICATIONS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER, UM, DISTRICT THREE AND FIVE MAKE THEIR SELECTIONS SO THAT WAY WHOEVER'S LEFT I CAN CHOOSE FROM THAT.
DISTRICT THREE, UH, I WROTE, I REACHED OUT TO, UH, MS. KAREN RABBE.
UM, SHE'S A 40 YEAR RESIDENT IN LAKEWOOD.
UM, I THINK SHE'LL BE A GOOD ADDITION.
UM, SHE'S A RETIRED NURSE, SO SHE'S INTERESTED IN SERVING, SO, EXCELLENT.
AND SEC, WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE? DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION OR DO YOU WANT TO WIN? NO, WE'RE GONNA WAIT.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL THESE TOGETHER.
I'M GONNA REAPPOINT MR. KYLE CARRIER.
AND ARE YOU DOING THE AT-LARGE WITH THIS ONE TOO? WE'VE ALREADY, I MEAN THE, THE VACANT TWO AT LARGE.
YEAH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO, YOU HAD TO RESIGN.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANYONE I'M, I DIDN'T, BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN NOMINATE FOR THAT ONE.
DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO, LIKE, MAKE THE MOTION FOR THE ONES THAT ARE DISTRICT SPECIFIC NOMINATING AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE VACANT? 'CAUSE WE CAN ALL FOR THAT VACANT TWO AT LARGE.
ANY OF US CAN MAKE A NOMINATION.
WELL, WE CAN, WE CAN DO, DO IT THAT WAY.
UM, DID WE ALREADY APPROVE? NOT YET.
WE'RE JUST GONNA DO IT ALL AT ONCE.
UM, SO FOR MINE, UM, I DID HAVE MR. DAVIS WHO REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT, UM, THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE.
AND SO, UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND APPOINT MR. DAVIS.
SO WE HAVE MS. KAREN ARABEE, RICK DAVIS, AND KYLE CARRIER.
CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO NOW WE HAVE THE VACANT AT LARGE POSITION.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, MR. MICHAEL EMMANUEL.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MORGAN MATTHEWS LIKE THERE'S A MOTION.
WILL WE ALREADY MOTION TO SECOND WE CAN VOTE ON IT.
HOW MANY COMMITTEES IS SHE ON RIGHT NOW? 'CAUSE I KNOW I'VE APPOINTED HER.
YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS.
'CAUSE SHE'S ALSO IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I THINK SHE'S ON TWO.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE MICHAEL EMANUEL.
AND WE HAVE, WELL, WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, SO WE NEED TO BE ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? WELL, THAT WAS EASY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO WERE JUST SELECTED.
UM, LET'S GO ON TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
[9. 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.]
MR. JASON REYNOLDS, ALL MAYOR.COUNSEL, UH, I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT, UH, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT.
UH, FIRST WE HAVE THE FIELD SUPERVISOR.
CRAIG BONDS PASSES HIS CLASS A SERVICE, WATER TREATMENT OPERATOR EXAM, AND OPERATOR, UH, TRAINEES, MANUAL TRAINEES, MANUEL, UH, COLO AND RYAN, UH, FOGARTY PASSED THEIR CLASS C UH, SERVICE WATER TREATMENT OPERATION, UH, OPERATOR EXAMS. UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PW STAFF.
UH, KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK.
UH, THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THIS QUARTER'S EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION CEREMONY, UH, FOR, UH, EXEMPLIFYING OUR CORE VALUES, CARING, LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION, STEWARDSHIP, AND COLLABORATION.
WE HAVE LEONARD GRAHAM, WHO SEEMS TO COME UP AT EVERY REPORT THAT I GIVE.
UM, MYRA TORRES, UH, SRE MORGAN, UH, DENNY MITCHELL, MIRIAM, UH, SCHON AND RONALD MUL.
UH, MULLEN, THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.
AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER ATTEND THIS MEETING AND RECEIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, THAT THEY DID ATTEND.
AND, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A, UH, A WONDERFUL THING.
AND I'M HAPPY THAT, UH, UM, THE HR TEAM AND COMMITTEE THAT, UH, IS PART OF THIS, UM, CONTINUES TO HOST THIS.
AND I'M HAPPY THAT OUR SUPERVISORS ARE NOMINATING AND OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE NOMINATING OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND, UH, IT'S, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS.
AND THIS HAS BEEN A, A VERY WELL RECEIVED PROGRAM.
AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING INVOLVED IN RECOGNIZING OUR EMPLOYEES.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, BRANDON SETON
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FROM PARKS AND RECREATION FOR COMPLETING ALL TRAINING AND TESTING REQUIRED FOR HIS CLASS A CDL.UM, PUBLIC WORKS IN ENGINEERING RECENTLY, RECENTLY TOOK PART IN THE TEXAS WATER OPERATIONS CHALLENGE WHERE TEAMS FROM CITIES ALL OVER THE STATE COMPETED IN DIFFERENT OPERATOR EVENTS.
OUR TEAM, JESUS MARILLO, UH, GLENROY, JACK, UH, ARICK OTIS AND JESUS NUNO DID AN AMAZING JOB AND EARNED SECOND PLACE.
AND SO GREAT JOB TO THAT TEAM.
UH, NICE SEEING THAT STUFF IN ACTION AND, UH, SEEING THE COMPETITIVE COMPETITIVENESS COME OUT AND, UH, UH, OUR TEAM'S PREVAIL.
SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE NEW DISC GOLF COURSE AT TABS BAY OPENED, UH, WITH A TOURNAMENT ON MARCH 30TH, WHICH ALSO, UH, WHICH WAS ALSO A STOP ON THE DISC GOLF MASTERS TOUR.
THE DGMT, THE EVENT TOOK PLACE ACROSS SEVERAL COURSES IN THE HOUSTON AREA, INCLUDING 100 PARTICIPANTS AT THE NEWLY ADDED TABS BAY COURSE DISC COURSE.
UH, WE ALSO WANTED TO, UH, CLOSE, WELL, WON'T CLOSE JUST YET, UH, WANTED TO HAVE ANOTHER NOTE ABOUT THE ANNUAL BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMORIAL CEREMONY.
THAT IS THIS SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM UH, IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IS A WAY TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THE SIX BAYTOWN FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
IT WILL BE AT THE BAYTOWN FIREFIGHTER MEMORIAL AT BICENTENNIAL PARK.
AGAIN, THAT'S SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM AND THEN I WANT TO, UH, EMBARRASS THE MAYOR A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO HE WAS, UH, RECOGNIZED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COULD NOT REALLY EMBARRA.
SO JUST PUT YOUR PHOTO UP HERE.
WELL, YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT IT IS.
I ALREADY BEEN CALLED OUT FOR MY, MY, MY RIGHT ARM.
WELL, THE SOFTBALL PHOTO IS NEXT.
IT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS WHEN WE GOTTA BUILD YOU UP AND THEN I WANT YOU PITCH IT'S LYING ACTUALLY.
SO WE HAVE THE VIDEO, SO I'M JUST KIDDING.
BUT, UH, THE MAYOR WAS RECOGNIZED AT, UH, HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
UM, UH, THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT DELAYED.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN FEBRUARY, UH, FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UM, BUT, UH, THE MAYOR WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
UM, AND, UH, REALLY SOLD A SHOW AT THE, AT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
AND, UH, IT WAS A VERY BIG DAY.
AND, UH, JUST, UH, HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU'RE ACKNOWLEDGED OUT THERE.
AND THEN, UH, MS. CARROLL, I KNOW WE COULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT DURING YOUR COMMENTS, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, AS YOU ARE VERY AWARE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS PROJECT SINCE 2023.
UM, AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LOT.
AND, UH, WE, UH, CONTINUE TO FIND THINGS OUT THAT ARE GOING ON WITH SHADY HILL.
WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE SHADY HILL, HOA, UH, IN THE COMING WEEKS, UH, TO TRY TO PUT ALL THIS TO REST, UH, AND REALLY DETERMINE WHERE EVERYTHING LIES.
WE HAVE SOME BACK AND FORTHS THAT ARE STILL GOING ON WITH EVERYTHING.
UH, AND FOR THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THIS.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK, UH, WITH MS. CARROLL AND THE SHADY HILL, HOA.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FINALIZE AND, AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF.
UM, AND JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS STILL VERY MUCH, UM, UH, ON THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
IF I MAY, UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE EVENTS COMING UP.
THE FREE TREES, UM, THAT ARE, THEY'RE COMING UP FOR ARBOR DAY, AND THEN WE HAVE THE DRUG, UM, TAKE BACK OR WHAT IS IT CALLED? CHIEF? YEAH.
AND SO WHERE YOU CAN TAKE ANY PRESCRIPTIONS THAT YOU NO LONGER NEED OR, UM, JUST OLD PRESCRIPTIONS AND YOU CAN TAKE THOSE BACK.
AND THAT ONE I THINK IS APRIL 26.
I DON KNOW, BUT I PROMISE YOU WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ALL THOSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND SO, UM, I JUST KNOW THAT WE GET A LOT OF PARTICIPATION ON THE FREE TREES AND, UM, HOPE THAT IT'S THE SAME WAY FOR ANY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS OR THAT ARE TURNED IN.
RECESS AND CONDUCT AN EXECUTIVE OH, I'M SORRY.
[a. Receive a report from Council Member Ken Griffith regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 3. ]
REPORT.UM, UH, THE NEW STAMPS CLUB AT SIX 11.
GARTH ROAD IS CURRENTLY IN THE PLAN, UH, IN REVIEW PHASE.
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF, WELL, THE, THE REALITY OF SAM'S COMING TO BAYTOWN A NEW RESTAURANT.
MIZUKI SUSHI IS CURRENTLY BEING REMODELED AT 47 10 EAST I 10, THE FORMER LOCATION OF THE HOOTERS RESTAURANT.
THE PROJECT CURRENTLY IS IN, IN THE, I DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GET YOUR CURRENT AND THE PLAN REVIEW STAGE WEIRD.
A NEW BUSINESS PARK IS UNDERWAY AT 1500 SAN TAVI STREET FEATURING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 BUILDINGS.
THE FIRST BUILDING IS 40% COMPLETE AND UNDER INSPECTION
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WITH PERMITS ALREADY ISSUED FOR THE FIRST BUILDING, AND TWO MORE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW.THE BAKER STREET LIFT STATION IS ALMOST DONE AND IS JUST ABOUT READY FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
I DRIVE ABOUT BY IT REGULARLY.
UM, MARK, YOUR, YOUR TEAM DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
UM, CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN KICKED OFF AT THE BWA MAIN PLANT RAW WATER PUMP REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THE WA WATER, WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS PROJECT WITH UTILITIES AND THE SCADA SYSTEMS BEING INSTALLED IN MARCH.
VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN BUSY, UH, GIVING THE ANIMAL STATUES AT BAY AT THE BAYTOWN NATURE CENTER.
A NEW FRESH LOOK, A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE AMAZING VOLUNTEERS, AND IT DOES LOOK BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE.
I WAS OUT THERE RECENTLY ON MARCH 29TH, THE BAYTOWN NATURE CENTER SAW AN OPPRESSIVE 201 PARTICIPANTS JOINING FOR OUR ANNUAL TRASH TRASH BASH TO GATHER THE VOLUNTEERS COLLECTED 85 BAGS OF TRASH ALONG THE, ALONG WITH SOME UNEXPECTED FINES, INCLUDING A PORTA POTTY DOOR AND A AND A DASH OF A CAR.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SEEMS TO, UH, WASH UP ON, UH, THE SHORES OF BURNETT BAY, BUT I'M SURE SOME INTERESTING THINGS ALWAYS DO WASH UP THERE.
UM, UH, TO MAKE THE NEWLY INSTALLED PLAYGROUND AT THE BAYTOWN SOCCER PARK MORE ACCESSIBLE, A BRAND NEW WALKWAY WAS DESIGNED AND PUT IN THE PLACES PUT INTO PLACE THIS WEEK.
THE PROJECT IS SET TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WITH THE PLANS TO ADD A CONCRETE PERIMETER AROUND THE, THE PLAYGROUND AND FILL IN THE AREA WITH, UH, FLESH PLAYGROUND MULCH.
AND ALSO, IT'S NOT ON THE REPORT, BUT, UM, THE LAST CONCERT HELD AT THE NATURE CENTER WAS A HIT.
FROM WHAT I HEARD, I, I WENT OUT THERE A LITTLE EARLIER DURING THE, THE FIVE, THE ONE K AND THE 5K RACE.
IT WAS A GOOD ATMOSPHERE AND PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED THEMSELVES.
SO ANYTIME WE COULD HAVE AN EVENT OUT THERE, IT'S, IT'S USUALLY A GREAT VENUE AND PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY THEMSELVES.
[11. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
NOW WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION RECESS AND CONDUCT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT OF SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 AND OR 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO SEEK ADVICE OF THE CITY'S ATTORNEY AND OR TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0 2 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
CONSIDERING THAT WE'VE EXHAUSTED EVERYTHING ON THIS AGENDA, I'LL NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING.