Jul 10, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

NEXT WE HAVE DENISE GRAVES.

SHE'S PASSING HER TIME TO MR. HARVEY PONDER.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

SO, MR. PONDER, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AND PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS.

TAKE ITEMS TWO A AND TWO B TOGETHER.

HARVEY PONDER 64 0 3 CROSBY CEDAR BIO ROAD, BAYTOWN.

MR. SANTANA LAMENTED LAST MEETING THAT SINCE IT HAD BEEN 18 YEARS SINCE THE LAST BOND, THE CITY NEEDS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON TRUST AND PROPERTY AND HONESTY.

YOU DO THAT BY BEING OPEN AND TRUTHFUL ABOUT THE PROMISES YOU MADE TO GET ELECTED AND HOLDING TO THOSE PROMISES AND HOLDING TO THOSE PRINCIPLES.

I THINK THAT IT IS GOOD NOT TO NEED A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FOR 18 YEARS.

HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND IS THE WAY TO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, FIRE STATIONS, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, OR OTHER CIVIC NEEDS.

I WOULD THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT WITH THE INCOME THAT YOU HAVE.

YOU FINALLY BEGAN ON GARTH ROAD, BUILT AN EMERGENCY CENTER, EMERGENCY CENTER TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH NORTH MAINE, ADDED TO AND RENOVATED PIRATES BAY, ALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH TWO MAJOR HURRICANES IN THE LAST 18 YEARS.

THAT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT Y'ALL DID, AND YOU DID IT ALL WITHOUT A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND.

BUT THAT'S YOUR JOB.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR.

YOU CONTINUOUSLY ANNEXED PROPERTY WITHOUT PROVIDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

YOU PROVIDED ME AND MY ASSOCIATES WITH A LIST OF BENEFITS TOTALING EIGHT OR TOTALING $10 MILLION.

THAT WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO.

NO FIRE STATION OR WATER, NONE THE CITY PROMISED.

AND THE STATE MANDATED IT, AND WE HAVE NOTHING.

TO YOUR CREDIT, SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE CAME TO ME PRIVATELY AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE CITY MISHANDLED THE, THE 2000 ZONING ALL OR ANNEXATION EVEN WANTED TO HELP BUT SET ITS COST PROHIBITIVE.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S COST, COST PROHIBITIVE IS ME HAVING TO PAY $10,000 FOR BENEFITS THAT I DON'T GET.

NOTHING.

HOW DOES THAT BUILD TRUST AND HONESTY? I KNOW MOST OF YOU WANTED TO DO A GOOD JOB WHEN YOU APPLIED AND TOOK THIS JOB, THEN DO IT.

OKAY, MR. DO IT MR. PONDER OPENLY AND HONESTY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.

THIS NOW CONCLUDES THE CITIZEN COMMENT PORTION OF OUR AGENDA TO A, WE WILL

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CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES

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OF THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND CITY COUNCIL REGULAR JOINT MEETING HELD ON APRIL 24TH, 2025 AT THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION HELD AND THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION HELD ON JUNE 12TH, 2025.

RECEIVE AND DISCUSS THE PRESENTATION BY FIDELIS PARTNERS REGARDING THEIR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SEND CENTER MARKETPLACE.

THREE A.

[a. Receive and discuss a presentation by Fidelis Realty Partners regarding their commercial development, San Jacinto Marketplace.]

MR. BRIAN MORAN.

HELLO, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT WE HAVE, UH, MR. ALLEN HASSEN FLU, MR. GLENN OLA, WHO ARE GONNA PROVIDE, UM, UPDATES TO COUNCIL ON THE PROGRESS AND STATUS OF THE SAN JACINTO MARKETPLACE, AND ALSO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RETAIL AND DINING OPTIONS THAT WILL BE COMING TO BAYTOWN.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET OUR, WE HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET THIS PERSON, UM, LET THIS PERSON SPEAK ON THREE A.

MR. DAVID ISAAC, WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR UM ADDRESS? YES, I WILL.

MR. MAYOR, 28 12 LANDMARK DRIVE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 1.

YOU HAVE OH, DAVID ISAAC.

I'D LIKE TO BEGIN SPEAKING IF THE MAYOR WOULD ALLOW ME TO.

YOU GOT THREE MINUTES.

ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.

I CAME HERE AND SPOKE.

BELIEVE IT WAS IN OCTOBER OF 2021, WHERE I SAID, PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF DRIVING TO BAYBROOK MALL.

PEOPLE ARE TRY TIRED OF DRIVING OUT OF TOWN JUST TO BUY A T-SHIRT.

WE'RE TIRED.

NOW, THANKFULLY, UH, THE FORMER MAYOR, UH, AND COUNCILMAN LESTER AT THE TIME BACKED ME UP ABOUT THE TIMELINE.

THERE IS A REASON WHY THIS TOWN, THERE IS A REASON WHY WE HAVE RUN OUT OF PATIENCE ABOUT THIS MALL.

I SPOKE SIX YEARS AGO TALKING ABOUT IT BEING AN ENTIRE GENERATION.

YOU ADD THREE YEARS.

WE ARE NOW AT NINE.

TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA SEE A PRESENTATION.

IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.

I'M SURE OF IT.

IT'S GONNA BE OPTIMISTIC.

I'M SURE OF IT, AND IT'S GONNA BE IDEALISTIC.

I'M SURE OF IT.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE, I WANNA CONGRATULATE THE FORMER MAYOR FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

ALTHOUGH IT TOOK A WHILE TO CONGRATULATE THIS COUNCIL FOR MAKING SURE THIS HAPPENS, BUT IT IS TAKING A WHILE.

LAST TIME HE WAS HERE, LAST TIME THEY WERE HERE LAST TIME MR. HASSAN FLU SPOKE, HE SAID THIS THING WOULD BE BUILT, I BELIEVE, IF I HEARD CORRECTLY, SITTING IN THE CHAIR OVER HERE DECEMBER OF 24.

SO IF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION SAYS ANYTHING PAST DECEMBER OF 24, THEN THEY HAVE, UH, UH, GONE PAST OUR EXPECTATIONS.

NOW, I KNOW IT'S NOT CON CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED.

WE DON'T MAKE STRONG CONTRACTS AROUND THIS PART OF TOWN, OKAY? BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO REMIND THIS PRIVATE DEVELOPER THAT THE MOST EXPENSIVE PROPERTY IN TOWN HAS A PUBLIC INTEREST.

WE HAVE TO REMIND THE DEVELOPER THAT EVERYONE IN TOWN IS LOOKING.

WE ARE WATCHING, AND WE EXPECT THIS THING TO BE DONE AT THE TIMELINE IN WHICH YOU SAID IT WILL BE DONE.

THERE'S A PUBLIC INTEREST HERE.

THERE'S A PUBLIC INVESTMENT HERE FOR ME, YOU, MY MOM, MY DAD, MY GRANDPARENTS.

SO TONIGHT, WHEN THEY SPEAK, KEEP THAT IN MIND.

KEEP IN MIND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TIRED OF HAVING TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO BAYBROOK TO BUY A T-SHIRT.

THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TIRED OF SEEING THAT EYESORE ON I 10 AND GARTH ROAD, SIT THERE DESOLATE ALL THIS TIME TONIGHT, I'M HERE, UH, WITH OPTIMISM ON MY HEART, IN MY SOUL.

I WANT TO SEE IT DONE, BUT I WILL NOT SIT QUIETLY.

I WILL NOT, UH, UH, UH, JUST TAKE WHAT I HEAR, UH, PRIMA FASCIA ON ITS FACE.

WE GOTTA KEEP THE PRESSURE UP.

MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M ASKING YOU TO KEEP THE PRESSURE UP, KEEP THE EYES ON THIS PROJECT.

AND IF I MAY REQUEST, IF IT'S NOT OUT OF BOUNDS FOR ME TO REQUEST THIS, THAT THEY REPORT AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A REASON.

AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE.

SO I DON'T WANNA SEE A PRESENTATION HERE IN A YEAR FROM NOW TALKING ABOUT MORE TIME.

I WANNA SEE A PRESENTATION IN SIX MONTHS WITH PROMPT UPDATES TO REPORT TO THE PEOPLE.

THAT'S HOW WE KEEP GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENT.

THAT'S HOW WE KEEP GOVERNMENT EFFICIENT, AND THAT'S HOW WE KEEP OUR DEVELOPERS IN THESE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ON THEIR TOES AND EFFICIENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M DAVID ISAAC.

THANK YOU, MR. ISAAC.

NOW FIDELIS OUR TURN.

FROM THE, UH, FROM THE INCEPTION OF OUR PURCHASE OF THE MALL, AND THEN THE ACQUISITION OF THE SIX SUBSEQUENT TRACKS THAT SURROUND THEM ALL.

UH, WELL, WE APPRECIATE BEING HERE.

AND MR. ISAAC IS CORRECT.

I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS HERE THREE YEARS AGO, AND, UH, HE'S BEEN VERY DILIGENT.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO ACTUALLY SHOW YOU, AND WE'LL BE PUTTING UP, UH, A VIDEO, A, UH, DRONE VIDEO THAT'S THREE MINUTES SHOWING THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S ALREADY STARTED.

SO IT HAS STARTED, AND ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S GOING IN THE GROUND AND THE PADS ARE BEING POURED.

UH, WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND ALL THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN HELPING US AND WORKING WITH US AS WE'VE, UH, SPENT, AS YOU CORRECTLY POINTED OUT, NINE YEARS NOW

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UH, WE'RE NOW FINISHED.

WE HAVE ALL THE TRACKS BUILT, UH, AND ACCOUNTED FOR AND BOUGHT.

AND NOW THE CONSTRUCTION IS STARTING.

UH, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF, UM, ITEMS, UH, FROM OUR CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT.

ALL OF THE UNDERGROUND WORK, WHICH IS THE, UH, UTILITY WORK THAT'S ONGOING THAT YOU'LL SEE IN A MOMENT, UH, WILL BE COMPLETE BY OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

UH, OUR ANCHORS, YOU'LL SEE THE WALLS AND THE TILT WALLS GO VERTICAL, UH, STARTING IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

UH, OUR MULTI-TENANT BUILDINGS WILL BE COMPLETE BY APRIL OF 26.

THAT'S OUR SMALL MERCHANT BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE GOING UP.

AND, UH, THE SAM'S, UH, FACILITY, WHICH IS 170,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, WILL BE, UH, COMPLETE BY SUMMER OF 26.

SO BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, BY CHRISTMAS OF NEXT YEAR, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE OPEN.

AND WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 600,000 SQUARE FEET ON THE GROUND, UH, OF THE SHOPPING CENTER THAT WILL BE CALLED SAN JACINTO MARKETPLACE.

UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO, UH, TELL YOU IS THAT THE SAM'S FACILITY IS A QUOTE, NEW GENERATION SAM'S.

SAM'S AND COSTCO HAVE COMPETED AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR A LONG TIME.

AND CANDIDLY, COSTCO SURPASSED SAM'S FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

AND SO SAM'S HAD TO UP THEIR GAME, AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST STORE IN TEXAS THAT WILL BE UP IN THEIR GAME.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE ONE THAT, UH, BAYTOWN GETS.

IT'S 170,000 SQUARE FEET.

IT'S GENERALLY BEEN ABOUT 130,000 SQUARE FEET.

SO IT'S 40,000 SQUARE FEET LARGER.

WILL WILL HAVE A, A BIGGER AND A BETTER SELECTION OF PRODUCT IN IT.

THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND, UH, THIS PROPERTY, UH, WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WILL BE ABOUT A 600,000 SQUARE FOOT SHOPPING CENTER.

SO THE NEXT THING I'D LIKE TO DO IF I, IF I, IF I GOT THE TECHNOLOGY HERE, IS GIVE YOU A LITTLE DRONE VIDEO.

WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE? OKAY.

AND, AND THIS IS RIGHT NOW, REAL TIME.

IT GIVES YOU THE DATES.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A VIEW OF THE DRONE FROM THE I 10 FEEDER ROAD LOOKING SOUTH.

THESE ARE THE FOUR PADS THAT WILL MAKE UP THE, UH, UH, SMALLER SHOP BUILDINGS IN THE MIDDLE AND THE INTERIOR CORRIDOR.

WE MOVE OVER HERE.

THESE ARE THE ADDITIONAL PADS, AND THIS WILL BE INDEPENDENT DRIVE THAT WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE BULLDOZER WORK IS.

AND THIS IS THE, UM, THIS IS A VIEW FROM LOOKING NORTH FROM INDEPENDENCE AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT THERE.

THAT IS THE SAM'S PAD.

AGAIN, THIS IS LOOKING NORTH, UH, FROM INDEPENDENCE ALONG GARTH.

AND THEN YOU SEE I 10 ON THE RIGHT.

THESE ARE THE, UH, THE HEALTH FACILITY AND THE DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PADS BEING BUILT RIGHT THERE BACK TO SAM'S.

AND WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FIRST IS ALL THE INTERNAL, UM, ELECTRICAL AND SUBSURFACE UTILITIES HAVE TO GO IN.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.

THAT PARTICULAR PAD IS, UH, AGAIN, 170,000 SQUARE

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FEET, WHICH, BY THE WAY, OUR, OUR COMPANY'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS, AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST LEASE WE'VE EVER SIGNED IS 170,000 FEET LOOKING BACK AT GARTH AND THE INTERIOR CORRIDOR.

AND THAT'S IT.

SO, UM, UH, THEN, UH, TONIGHT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GIVE YOU THE SITE PLAN, HOW IT WILL LOOK WHEN IT'S FINISHED, UH, FROM A SITE PLAN PERSPECTIVE.

AS WE MOVE FROM THE I 10 FEEDER ROAD AND GO TO THE SOUTH.

UH, THESE ARE THE, THE LINEUP OF TENANTS THAT HAVE BEEN SIGNED.

WE'VE GOT EOS FITNESS, UH, WE'VE GOT BATH AND BODY WORKS NEXT TO THEM, DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, AND THEN LONE STAR AVENUE.

AND LONE STAR IS GOING TO BE BUILT FROM GARTH AND, UH, CONNECT TO THE EXISTING LONE STAR THAT IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST AND GOING THROUGH THE PROPERTY, UH, THAT TAKES IT OVER TO SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD.

THEN AS YOU CONTINUE SOUTH, IT'S A ROSS, UH, DRESSED FOR LESS, FIVE BELOW BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKSTORE, HAVERTY'S FURNITURE, UH, BURLINGTON AND HOME GOODS.

AND THEN ALL OF THOSE WILL BE IN A LINEUP, UH, THAT, THAT ENCOMPASSES THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND THE FRONT OF THAT IS THE, UH, COMMUNITY GREEN THAT WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL, UH, RENDITIONS OF THAT WE'VE SHOWED YOU, UH, FROM A VERTICAL STANDPOINT, UH, THAT WILL BE KIND OF THE FRONT DOOR OF THE SHOPPING CENTER AS WE'RE THERE.

AND THEN AS YOU, UH, MOVE FROM, UH, FROM THE, UH, FROM THAT PORTION TO THE SOUTH, YOU'LL HAVE THE, UH, LARGE SAM'S FACILITY.

AND IN FRONT OF THAT, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MULTI-TENANT BUILDINGS AND THEN TWO RESTAURANT PADS.

UH, THE RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE BEEN SIGNED SO FAR OF PORTILLO'S, WHICH IS A RESTAURANT OUTTA CHICAGO, UH, THAT HAS COME INTO, UH, THE TEXAS AREA, UH, PLUCKERS, WHICH IS A RESTAURANT OUT OF, UH, AUSTIN, UH, THAT'S IN HOUSTON.

UH, THERE'S ONE OVER IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN MEYERLAND.

AND THEN, UH, BUBBA'S HAS BEEN SIGNED, BUT ALL THE OTHER AREAS NEXT TO PLUCKERS.

AND NEXT BUBBA'S WILL ALSO BE RESTAURANTS, UH, THAT WE'LL HAVE IN THE SHOPPING CENTER AND IN THE, IN THE AREA.

AND IN THE CENTRAL GREEN AREA.

THERE WILL BE PROBABLY AROUND, I WOULD SAY, 10 FAST CASUAL RESTAURANTS.

THAT'S WHERE THEY WILL GO.

THE SMALLER RESTAURANTS, THE ONES THAT WE'RE POINTING OUT ARE PRETTY LARGE RESTAURANTS.

AND SO THE SMALLER ONES WILL BE THERE IN THAT AREA FOR FOLKS TO ENJOY.

UH, WE HOPE THAT'S A GATHERING PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY.

AND THAT'S OUR GOAL.

SO THIS IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALL THE TENANTS.

THESE LEASES ARE SIGNED, UH, THE PROPERTIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, MR. ISAACS, YOU'LL BE HAPPY, HOPEFULLY.

AND, UH, AND, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE.

IT'S TAKEN A LONG, LONG TIME.

IT TOOK A WHOLE LONG, LONG TIME, A LONG ROAD TO GET EVERYTHING BOUGHT OUT IN THIS AREA.

THEN WE HAD COVID.

BUT WE ARE FINALLY THERE.

HAPPY TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HAPPY TO FINALLY BE DELIVERING THE SHOPPING CENTER, UH, TO THE GOOD FOLKS OF BAYTOWN AND EVERYBODY HERE.

SO WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMENT, YES MA'AM.

ANY COMMENT? UM, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND AT LEAST RELEASING THE NAMES.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE KEEP GETTING ASKED ABOUT, WHAT'S COMING, WHAT'S COMING.

UM, I DO REALIZE THAT WITH ANY PROJECT OF THIS SIZE, YOU WILL HAVE, UM, STORES THAT WILL RELOCATE AND MIGRATE TO A NEW PATH.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH YOU OR, UM, CITY ADMINISTRATION, DEFINITELY BRIAN'S DEPARTMENT, THAT WE WORK HARD TO REFILL.

UM, THE SPOTS THAT HAVE MOVED FORWARD, UM, UH, ESPECIALLY LAKE ROSS AND BURLINGTON, BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO BIG SPOTS THAT ARE GONNA BE EMPTY NOW.

UH, ASIDE FROM TWO BIG, YOU KNOW, BIGGER ONES THAT WE HAVE AROUND TOWN.

SO I REALLY HOPE THAT WE WORK REALLY HARD ON REFILLING THOSE.

AND, UM, THESE, THESE ARE A GOOD, UM, BLOCK OF STORES THAT YOU HAVE.

I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF CLOTHING RETAIL.

UM, THESE ARE THE SAME ONES WE'VE HAD, UM, IN THE CITY.

SO IF THERE'S ANY NEW CLOTHING RETAIL THAT WE CAN BRING OVER, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.

UM, OKAY.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THAT Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON.

DULY NOTED.

UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL DO OUR BEST, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET ALL THE CLOTHING RETAILERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BEING HERE.

AND YOU PRETTY MUCH JUST MOVED ONE OVER TWO BLOCKS FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF INFINITE BOULEVARD, WAS THERE, AND NOW YOU'RE MOVING IT THERE AND LEAVING AN EMPTY BUILDING.

UH, YEAH, SHE KIND OF TOOK A LITTLE BIT, BUT BECAUSE ESPECIALLY SINCE TWO OF THOSE ARE IN MY DISTRICT,

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UH, YOU'RE TAKING ROSS THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE HEART OF MY DISTRICT, AND NOW GONNA LEAVE A BIG EMPTY SPOT THAT TOOK FOREVER TO FILL THE KROGER'S.

UM, I APPRECIATE YOU THE OTHER STORES, BUT LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE KIND OF JUST WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD HERE.

THIS, OUR, OUR CITIZENS HAVE STATED THEY WANT NEW STORES TO SHOP AT SHOPS THAT WE DON'T HAVE HERE.

WE, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH, I GET THE DICK'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN THE, THE TWO RE THE RESTAURANTS, THOSE ARE FABULOUS.

THE SAM'S FABULOUS, BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME BARGAIN BASEMENT STORES THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING EVERYWHERE AROUND HERE.

AND THAT IS, WE, THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR.

AND I, THEY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE HAPPY THAT THEY'RE JUST PICKING UP TWO STORES AND MOVING ONE TO I 10 AND ONE THREE BLOCKS OVER.

THAT IS NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING THE CITIZENS OF DISTRICT FOUR ARE GONNA BE HAPPY ABOUT.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY NOT WHAT A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS ARE GONNA BE HAPPY ABOUT.

THEY'RE GONNA LOVE THE SAMS, THEY'RE GONNA LOVE THE D***S.

THEY'RE GONNA LOVE THE BARNES AND NOBLE.

DON'T GET ME WRONG, THEY'RE GONNA LOVE THOSE STORES, BUT IT IS NOT WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING.

IT IS NOT.

CAN I GET FOLLOW UP? YES, MA'AM.

UM, SO I DO WANNA SAY, ESPECIALLY TO THE PUBLIC THAT, UM, THERE'S TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAPPENED HERE, BUT THERE IS TIME WHERE IT, IT, IT IS THE STORES REACHING OUT AND NOT THE DEVELOPERS WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A DOWNER, , BECAUSE THIS IS, WE WE DON'T EITHER.

SO THANK YOU.

THIS IS PROGRESS.

UM, AND, AND I KNOW SOMETIMES IT IS THE STORES THEMSELVES REQUESTING TO BE MOVED.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT.

AND IF THEY REQUESTED TO MOVE, WE REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, THAT THEY'RE GONNA MOVE.

UM, BUT WE JUST HOPE WORKING WITH THE, UM, LAND OR THE DEVELOPMENT OWNERS IN THE PREVIOUS SPOTS, OR THROUGH Y'ALL OR WHATEVER BRIAN'S DEPARTMENT CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT THEY GET REFILLED.

SO I, I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOUR CITY HAS DONE IS, UH, THEY, THEY'VE, THEY'VE ASKED US AS PART OF THIS TO TRY TO HELP IN BACKFILLING THOSE TWO STORES.

'CAUSE THOSE, THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT HAVE BEEN RELOCATED FROM OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY.

AND WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO DO THAT.

UM, I TRY TO TELL FOLKS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 35 YEARS.

OUR COMPANY, WE HAVE 25 MILLION SQUARE FEET IN 14 STATES AND 27 CITIES.

WE, WE DO THIS IN A LOT OF PLACES.

AND CRITICAL MASS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY, VERY GOOD FOR A CITY.

SO THE MORE RETAIL YOU HAVE, THE MORE RETAIL INERTIA THERE IS.

SO BY PUTTING THIS 600,000 SQUARE FEET HERE, IT WILL HELP ALL THE RETAIL UP AND DOWN.

GARTH, WE KNOW THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

THAT WAS GONNA, WE'LL, AGAIN, I WAS COME BACK TO, YEAH, WE'LL COME BACK.

BUT YEAH, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION.

UM, IT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE FROM THE TIME I WAS ON COUNCIL TWO YEARS AGO, FROM STRUGGLING TO GET THE, THE, THE LOT MODE TO FINALLY SEEING DIRT MOVED OVER THERE.

SO IT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S AN ENCOURAGING, UH, ASPECT THAT I WANT TO WANT TO PASS ALONG.

UM, THERE ARE SOME UNIQUE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT ON GAR ROAD THAT ARE COMING HERE.

AND I, AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT I SEE A DICK'S SPORTING GOODS.

WE, WE DON'T HAVE A DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, UH, WITHIN 30 MILE RADIUS OF BAYTOWN, SO THAT'S AWESOME.

BARNES AND NOBLE.

I'VE HEARD PEOPLE ASKING FOR A BOOKSTORE, QUALITY BOOKSTORE IN BAYTOWN THAT LOOKS LIKE A QUALITY BOOKSTORE.

UM, I KNOW I, I, I HEAR MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, UH, AS FAR AS OTHER BUSINESSES, BUT I THINK SOME OF THIS LANDS ON US AS FAR AS, UM, BEING ATTRACTIVE TO OUTSIDE, UM, ENTITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD DO IS, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT'S, THAT'S OUR LANE THAT WE COULD DO TO ENCOURAGE THAT, THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECE.

SO, UM, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, NOT ALL THE ONUS IS ON YOU GUYS.

WE HAVE A PART IN THIS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT BAYTOWN IS AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR RETAILERS, WANT TO COME AND SET UP SHOP AND, AND PROVIDE, UH, QUALITY RETAIL FOR OUR CITIZENS.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU ON THE PRO PRO PROGRESS WE HAVE.

SO I HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO GO, UH, TO GO THROUGH.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE A PLAN FOR THOSE EMPTY BUILDINGS TO BE, TO REFILL MAYBE AN INCENTIVE FOR THOSE MOVING OUT OF THOSE OLDER BUILDINGS.

UM, GOODNESS TO, TO FIND A NEW TENANT AS THEY MOVE OVER TO GARTH ROAD.

BUT, UM, PROGRESS IS PROGRESS AND, AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SEE IT, UM, AFTER THESE YEARS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO HAVE A QUESTION TO ASK.

UH, WHERE'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ASK WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT THE MALL? WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A MALL ANYMORE.

WE HAVE A MARKETPLACE, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MARKETPLACE.

AND IT'S GONNA BE,

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IT'S GONNA BE GOOD.

IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY WANTS, BUT IT'S GONNA HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.

WELL, I, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.

AND I WILL NOTE, UH, EOS, UM, BATH AND BODY DICK'S FIVE BELOW, BARNES HAVERTYS, UH, HOME GOODS AND SAM CLUBS ARE ALL NEW YEAH.

TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE ARE NEW OR NOT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, THEY'RE VERY GOOD RETAILERS.

WE DO A LOT OF THESE DEALS AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH THEM.

MOSTLY EVERYBODY SAID WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, BUT I, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA POINT OUT THAT, UM, MYSELF AND SEVERAL OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS DEFINITELY HAVE THREE REASONS.

NOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA DRIVE OUTTA TOWN.

SAM'S IS A REASON THAT WE LEAVE CONSISTENTLY.

BATH AND BODY WORKS FOR MY FAMILY IS GONNA BE A BIG DEAL.

'CAUSE WE GO TO BAYBROOK FOR THAT ALL THE TIME.

UM, DICK'S AND BARNES AND NOBLE, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HEARING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WANTING BARNES AND NOBLE IN BAYTOWN A GOOD BOOKSTORE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

UM, I THINK WE JUST, EVERYONE SAID IT, WHETHER IT WAS MR. ISAACS OR ALL OF COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN WANTING MORE RETAIL FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

HOPE WE CAN GET SOME MORE CLOTHING STORES.

DEFINITELY.

BUT, UM, I DEFINITELY, I'M, I'M JUST GONNA KEEP, UM, SAYING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID.

THE, THE PROGRESS IS HERE, AND I'M JUST, I'M SAD ABOUT THE FACT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2026, BUT, UM, AT LEAST NOW THE PUBLIC WILL SEE THE NAMES OF THE STORES.

SO IT'S HERE AND IT IN FRONT OF US.

THANK YOU, MR. FRANCO.

AND, AND KIND OF JUST, I UNDERSTAND YOU THAT WE STORES ARE GONNA MOVE AND EVERYTHING WITH THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO ON THE DEVELOPER AND WHAT TYPE OF SEED MONEY THEY'RE GIVING THESE STORES TO GIVE THEM INCENTIVES BECAUSE THIS IS NOT OUR PROPERTY.

WE GAVE THEM A TAX INCENTIVE AND WE GAVE THEM THEIR INCENTIVES TO GET IT, BUT IT'S THEM PASSING THAT ON TO THE RETAILS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT.

AND IF YOU GOTTA KIND OF PUT UP SOME MONEY, WE'RE COMING ACROSS THE SAME THING.

WHEN WE TRY TO DO SOME DEVELOPMENT AREAS OR TRY TO ATTRACT SOMEBODY, THEY'RE ALL GONNA WANT SEED MONEY.

MY, ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS WORKS FOR HUGHES DEVELOPMENT, AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT, ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THINGS AND WHAT ISSUES THEY HAVE AND WHAT THEY'RE COMING ACROSS.

AND THERE IS, THE BIGGEST THING THEY HAVE IS, IS WHAT SEED MONEY THEY'RE GIVING TO TWO, TWO STORES TO COME TO THEIR AREAS AND TO DEVELOPMENT TO COME TO THEIR AREAS THEY OWN.

HE OWNS, HE'S MANAGING THE WHOLE THING OVER IN, IN BAY, UH, OFF OF 99, I 10, WHAT'S AT THE BRIDGELAND.

AND IT'S WHAT THEY'RE GIVEN TO INCENTIVIZE.

AND SO WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN THEM INCENTIVE AND THEY NEED, AND THEN I WANNA SEE SOME MORE DILIGENCE A LITTLE BIT TO GET SOME OTHER STORES BESIDES WHAT THESE HAVE HERE.

COUNCILMAN F YEAH, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND GIVING US AN UPDATE.

UM, UH, IT'S NICE TO DRIVE DOWN, GO ARTHUR, OR DOWN IT AND SEE DIRT MOVING.

UM, JUST SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT.

I, I WAS CURIOUS, UM, I SEE THE, THE AREAS THERE AROUND THE, THE GREEN SPACE STILL, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE.

UM, I THINK YOU MENTIONED MAYBE QUICK SERVICE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT MAYBE YOU'RE IN TALKS AND YOU CAN'T GIVE NAMES OUT, BUT CAN YOU GIVE KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT TYPE OF RESTAURANT SURE.

OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, WHAT LEVEL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING IN THAT AREA? YEAH, YEAH.

DOES ANYBODY LIKE TO GO TO TORCHY'S TACOS? JUST PICK THAT ONE IF YOU LIKE TORCHY'S.

YES, I DO.

WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TORCHY'S.

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE FAST CASUAL RESTAURANTS LIKE THAT, OF VARIOUS FOODS.

THAT'S MEXICAN.

THERE'LL BE MEDITERRANEAN, THERE'LL BE OTHERS THAT'LL BE IN THERE.

THAT WILL BE THE GATHERING PLACE THAT WE HOPE BECOMES THE GATHERING PLACE FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND THE EXTENDED REGIONAL AREA UP AND DOWN I 10.

IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL CREATE.

THAT'S OUR HOPE.

NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT GIVES US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT THERE.

SO THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

CLOTHING STORES SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO KEEP GOING TO BAYBROOK TO GET NICE CLOTHES.

AND I PROMISE TO BEHAVE .

UM, NO, I, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING AND, AND VISITING WITH US AND GIVE US, YOU KNOW, A HARD LIST OF STORES THAT YOU KNOW ARE COMING.

UM, AS MR. ISAACS, UH, HAD POINTED OUT EARLIER, UM, I'LL KEEP PUSHING ON THE TIMELINE.

IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD, AND AS LONG AS Y'ALL KEEP MOVING, DIRT AND BUILDINGS START GOING UP, I, I, I'LL BE MARCHING RIGHT ALONG WITH YOU.

UM, BUT I'VE SEEN IT STALL AND DELAY AND, AND I'M JUST NOT GONNA BE TOLERANT, IF YOU WILL, UH, AS FAR AS IF THAT CONTINUES OR IF IT STARTS BACK UP AGAIN.

BUT I, I'VE, I'VE LOVED THE, THIS ORIGINAL LAYOUT THAT YOU'VE GOT HERE.

I'VE LOVED IT SINCE YOU PRESENTED IT.

AND I'VE SAID THEN, AND I SAY, NOW LET'S JUST BUILD WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA DO.

LET'S DO IT.

AND, AND THEN I'LL MEET YOU HALFWAY SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND WE'LL GET SOME MORE DONE.

BUT WE GOTTA GET THIS ON THE GROUND AND UP AND RUNNING.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY TALKING A MINIMUM OF A YEAR FOR SAM'S.

GET OPEN IN PROBABLY A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO TO GET THE REST OF 'EM UP AND RUNNING.

MAYBE PUSHING IT A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT.

IF IT STARTS DRAGGING OUT PAST THAT, I'LL BE, UH, WE'LL BE HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS, I'M SURE.

BUT, UH, THE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT SOME OF THE STORES, I KNOW SOME OF THE ONES YOU HAVE LISTED, THERE'S SEVERAL THAT YOU LISTED THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ECSTATIC WITH OTHERS.

AS MY COLLEAGUE INDICATED, THEY'D LIKE TO SEE SOME BETTER

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UM, SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO DOWN THAT ROAD, AND AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A MARKET ISSUE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BE SPENT HERE, UH, AND, AND OUR CITIZENS DESERVE THAT.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE, SEE THAT DEVELOP A LITTLE BIT.

BUT AS LONG AS WE KEEP MAKING PROGRESS, I'M WITH MY COLLEAGUES, I'M, I'M HAPPY.

BUT IF WE START TO STALL OR LAG OR DELAYS, I'M GONNA BE ON HIM PRETTY HARD AND THEN HE CAN RELAY THAT TO Y'ALL.

SO WE'LL KIND OF GO FROM THERE.

BUT I, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST GET IT DONE.

I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FROM THE BEGINNING.

I LIKE IT.

LET'S BUILD IT AND MOVE ON DOWN THE ROAD.

SO I APPRECIATE IT.

DULY NOTED ON ANOTHER CLOTHING STORE.

, WE'LL TRY TO GET CLOTHING, GLEN.

GO SEE.

SO, ONE MORE QUESTION.

UH, MR. ISAACS BROUGHT UP A POINT, UM, WHEN WE GONNA, WHEN ARE WE GONNA SEE YOU AGAIN? WHEN YOU GONNA, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA GIVE US A PROGRESS REPORT? ON, ON, ON THIS? WHENEVER YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE US TO COME OUT, WE'RE HAPPY TO COME OUT.

I MEAN, I THINK MAYBE A SIX, SIX MONTH OR BEFORE THAT, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED.

DISCUSSED, YEAH.

UM, I WAS, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT SOMETIMES.

I WILL SAY THIS.

UH, LAST TIME YOU ALL WERE HERE AND I WAS ON COUNCIL, IT WAS MYSELF, THE GUY WHO SAID HE'S GOING TO BE GOOD.

MIKE LESTER AND FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS, UM, PRESLEY.

PRESLEY.

AND WE ACTUALLY GOT ON YOU PRETTY HARD.

I'D ACTUALLY, I I REMEMBER THAT.

I REMEMBER SAYING, I DIDN'T HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU COULD DO WHAT WE WERE ASKING, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, YOU'VE GAINED MY TRUST AGAIN.

WE WERE, WE SAW YOU IN I-S-C-S-C AND ASKED YOU TO PLEASE REMEMBER LAURA.

MM-HMM.

COME OUT AND AT LEAST GIVE US THE NAMES.

AND YOU'RE HERE DOING THAT.

UM, ASKED YOU TO GO AHEAD AND START MOVING DIRT.

WE WANNA SEE SOME PROGRESS.

A LOT OF DIRT HAS BEEN MOVED.

UM, THE CITIZENS DID ASK FOR A BARNES AND NOBLE.

I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING TO A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WHO SAID, CAN YOU GET A BARNES AND NOBLE HERE AT THE NEW MALL OR MARKETPLACE? THEY'RE GONNA BE ECSTATIC TO SEE A BARNES AND NOBLE, THE D***S EOS.

WE HAVE TWO THAT HAVE MIGRATED, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS NEW.

THE PORTILLOS, I DON'T, I THINK THERE MAY BE TWO IN THE HOUSTON AREA IF THAT, IF THAT I KNOW OF.

I KNOW OF ONLY ONE.

SO WE, WE HAVE SOMETHING HERE IN BAYTOWN THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TRAVEL TO.

I EVEN HEARD SOMEONE GAS, AND I HOPE THAT WAS WITH EXCITEMENT WHEN, WHEN YOU SAID PORTILLO'S, YOU LIKE, ALRIGHT, HOW DO YOU SAY IT? PORTILLOS? PORTILLO.

I HAVE TO PORTILLA NOW.

PUT THE P IN FRONT OF IT.

OH, WELL, I HAVE TO WORK ON THAT.

BUT PEOPLE IN CHICAGO CALL IT PORTILLOS, BUT IT'S PORTILLOS.

OH, THERE YOU GO.

SO I WAS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO, TO RELEASE THESE NAMES AND EVEN GIVING SOME HINTS AFTER BEING URGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THESE OTHER STORES COULD BE.

I, I APPRECIATE IT.

BUT LIKE MIKE SAID, I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA SAY HOPE.

I BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE PUSHING FORWARD BECAUSE, UM, YOU'RE IN THIS THING TO MAKE MONEY AND YOU CANNOT MAKE MONEY UNLESS THESE DOORS OPEN.

WE ARE IN IT TO MAKE MONEY.

WE'RE CAPITALISTS AND HAVE NO APOLOGIES FOR THAT.

HOWEVER, WE ARE IN IT ALSO TO, TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY SOMETHING THAT IS PROUD OF.

AND YOU CAN HAVE GOODS AND SERVICES AND A GATHERING PLACE THAT YOU WILL ENJOY THAT GIVES US A LOT OF SATISFACTION.

SO WE HOPE WE CAN DELIVER THAT.

WELL, THANK YOU.

UH, WHICH IS A VERY, VERY GOOD THING.

IS THAT IT? ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THANKS FOR LETTING US BE HERE.

I WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND RECOGNIZE FORMER MAYOR DON CARLOS BEING HERE TODAY.

HE AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE IN THE BACK.

MR. CARLOS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A FEW WORDS? DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW, GREAT.

UH, NO.

I JUST, UH, WANTED TO THANK COUNSEL FOR, FOR BEARING WITH US.

YOU KNOW, I KIND OF STARTED, I, I APOLOGIZE TO ALAN OCCASIONALLY.

UH, I KIND OF GOT HIM INTO THIS BACK IN 2015 WHEN WE HAD NO ONE ELSE THAT WE COULD, THAT WOULD TAKE IT ON.

AND, UH, AS COUNSEL KNOWS, UH, FIDELIS THUS FAR HAS INTO THIS FOR WELL OVER $40 MILLION JUST ON, ON ACQUIRING THE TRACK AND ACQUIRING ALL THE VARIOUS PIECES.

UM, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA END UP WITH, UH, ABOUT $150 MILLION INVESTMENT IN RETAIL IN BAYTOWN, WHICH IS,

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UM, WHAT I, UM, WOULD, UH, URGE COUNSEL TO DO IS TO, UH, UH, ABSOLUTELY ASK FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH I THINK FIDELIS IS GONNA GIVE YOU.

UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD THING, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE MOVING DIRT.

UH, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A PROJECT THAT IS NOT EASY STILL.

I MEAN, THEY'RE HAVING TO REDO FROM THE GROUND UP ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT A HUNDRED ACRE TRACT, WHICH IS ALL THE SEWER, ALL THE, ALL THE WATER, ALL OF THE, AND, AND DEAL WITH THE CURRENT RESTAURANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

UH, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT UP IN FOUR MONTHS.

I THINK THE REALISTIC TIMELINE IS WHAT, WHAT ALAN GAVE Y'ALL.

SO, UM, IT, IT'S A GOOD DAY FOR BAYTOWN.

IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GET GOOD.

UH, I HAVE BEEN BUGGING THEM ABOUT CLOTHING STORES, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S, SO WE WILL SEE WHAT COMES OF THAT.

BUT, UH, UH, I ENCOURAGE Y'ALL.

WE WILL.

UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT Y'ALL HAVE LEFT, UH, COMING BEFORE, UH, THAT'LL COME BEFORE COUNCIL, HOPEFULLY VERY SOON, IS A, IS A TOURS AGREEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT Y'ALL SAW ON THE, ON THE, UH, MAP, UH, UH, LONE BRAND NEW LONE STAR AVENUE, 80 FOOT RIGHT AWAY, UH, LANDSCAPED, UH, ISLANDS, UH, INDEPENDENCE, UH, ALL THE UNDERGROUND AND, UH, EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE CITY.

AND IT'LL BE WRAPPED UP IN A, A TOUR AGREEMENT THAT, UH, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, Y'ALL WILL BE, UH, UH, IT'S A VERY INTERESTING PROCESS, BUT I THINK THAT Y'ALL WILL BE, UH, WELL ADVISED TO STUDY IT, UH, AND, AND SEE HOW IT OPERATES.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR THE CITY.

UH, I THINK IT'S A FAIR DEAL FOR, UH, FIDELIS.

SO, UH, WHEN IT COMES FOR YOU, I ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, OF ME OR OF FIDELIS, OR FOR ANY OF THE CONSULTANTS THAT I KNOW THE CITY HAS AND FIDELIS HAS.

AND THEY, I CAN TELL Y'ALL, THEY HAVE SPENT MUCH, MUCH, MUCH TIME TOGETHER BACK AND FORTH WORKING ON THE TUR AGREEMENT.

SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S JUST UNWRAPPED OUT OF A BOX.

IT, IT'S, IT'S BEEN, UH, BEEN GONE OVER PRETTY THOROUGHLY.

SO I ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO WATCH FOR THAT, UH, VERY SOON.

AND THEN, UH, UH, FINALLY TURN THESE GUYS LOOSE TO TOTALLY FINISH THIS PROJECT.

AND ONE THING THAT, THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL DISCUSSED OR NOT, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS GONNA HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT.

THE WAY THAT RETAIL WORKS, AND IT'S ALWAYS WORKED, WHICH I LEARNED AFTER I TOOK OFFICE IN 2007, IS YOU GOTTA HAVE BELL COWS.

AND ONCE YOU GET BELL COWS IN, THEN, THEN THAT'S GONNA ATTRACT OTHER BUSINESS.

AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS WHAT, LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

WHAT ALLEN DID NOT TELL YOU IS THAT BURLINGTON'S BEEN A LONG TIME CLIENT OF HIS, AND HE CAN'T VERY WELL SAY NO.

IF THEY SHOW UP AT HIS DOOR AND SAY, THIS IS, WE WANT TO BE HERE.

WE, WE, WE EXPECT TO HAVE A PLACE IN THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT.

YEAH, IT DOES CREATE, CREATES A HOLE, BUT THEY PLEDGE, THEY'RE GONNA HELP Y'ALL FILL THAT HOLE.

AND I THINK THAT THE DEMAND IS GONNA BE THERE TO FILL THAT HOLE.

AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE WORK ON THE CITY, ON BRIAN, BRIAN'S DEPARTMENT AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT, IT CAN BE DONE.

AND I THINK THERE IS GONNA BE DEMAND FOR THAT SPACE.

BUT THAT SHOULD AT LEAST TELL YOU THAT THERE'S SOME PRETTY BIG COMPANIES THAT REALLY WANNA BE HERE IN BAYTOWN AND REALLY WANNA BE IN THIS PROJECT.

AND, AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK ON IT.

EVERYBODY'S PUTTING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME FOR A MANY NUMBER OF YEARS ON THIS.

AND, UH, I APPRECIATE IT AND I THINK CITIZENS ARE GONNA APPRECIATE HAVING THIS BEAUTIFUL CENTER OUT THERE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

I WILL SAY ONE OTHER THING FOR YOU ALL.

I FORGOT TO GIVE, EVERYONE ELSE TALKED ABOUT A STORE, SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED.

THERE ARE TWO I'M LOOKING FOR, I'VE SAID IT FROM THE BEGINNING.

JOSEPH, A BANK OR MEN'S WAREHOUSE AND VICTORIA'S SECRET.

OH, JUST SAYING, SAYING, WHICH ONE'S FOR YOU? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.

I GO TO CHICO.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

NOW.

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

EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOUR YEAR, OR EMAILED 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 GOING, IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON

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TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.

IF, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME FOR A CONSIDER

[a. Conduct a public hearing regarding the required plans for the City of Baytown's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), which includes the Citizen Participation Plan and 5-Year Consolidated Plan.]

A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REQUIRED PLANS FOR THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, WHICH INCLUDES CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN AND A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

MR. SCRIBNER.

WELL, IT IS NOW SEVEN 20 AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REQUIRED PLANS FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

I WOULD LIKE NOW TO REQUEST A SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM MR. SCRIBNER.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, I'M GOING TO PUT IN AN OFFICIAL, I VOUCH FOR PORTILLOS 'CAUSE IT'S GOOD STUFF.

ALRIGHT.

UM, THE, UH, SO AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF, UH, WE GET AN ANNUAL, UM, ALLOTMENT FROM CDBG, UM, FOR, UH, UH, A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF FUNDS EVERY YEAR, UM, AS PART OF THAT HUD PROGRAM.

AND, UH, WE ARE, WE USE THAT TO, UM, THOSE CITY BG FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY MINDED PROJECTS.

UM, AND SO AS PART OF THAT, THERE IS A REQUIRED PLAN THAT WE HAVE TO PUT OUT EVERY FIVE YEARS.

AND THAT IS THAT FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT KIND OF GIVES US, UM, A ROADMAP FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THOSE FUNDS OVER THE COURSE OF THE FIVE YEARS.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THE ONE WHO ANNUALLY KINDA LOOKS AT THAT AND SAYS, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE HAD FOR, UM, APPLICATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, INCLUDING WE, WE AS A CITY, WE PUT IN OUR OWN, UH, APPLICATIONS FOR THEM TO CONSIDER AS PART OF THAT.

AND SO THAT THIS PLAN KIND OF GIVES US THAT ROADMAP AND KIND OF TELLS CDAC AND STAFF, LIKE, WHICH, WHICH WAY ARE WE HEADED WITH THIS? SO AGAIN, WE HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS.

SO, UM, TONIGHT YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA, FOUR A AND FOUR B, UM, THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY OUR CONSULTANT THAT PROVIDED THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, THE, UH, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN AND THE ACTION PLAN.

UM, SO, UM, HIS NAME IS JAMES GILLILAND FROM J QUAD CONSULTING, AND HE'S JOINED US, UM, OVER ZOOM TONIGHT.

AND SO, UH, AGAIN, HE'S GONNA PRESENT THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. AND THE SECOND ONE IS THAT ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT WE DO ANNUALLY, WHICH PRESENTS THE BUDGET FOR CDAC AND HOW WE'RE GONNA USE THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN ALLOTTED FOR, UH, FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA DEFER TO OUR, UH, CONSULTANT.

UM, JAMES, ARE YOU THERE? WE'RE HERE.

THIS IS JAMES GILLIAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

YOU'RE ON.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D INTRODUCE MYSELF, UH, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I'M JAMES GILLIAN WITH JAY WHITE PLANNING GROUP.

UH, WE HAVE HAD BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRODUCE YOUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO WE'RE GONNA DIVIDE OUR PRESENTATIONS INTO TWO, UH, AREAS.

I'LL BE COVERING THE OVERALL FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, UH, THAT, THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY AND WILL BE, UH, PROVIDED TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT YOUR REQUEST FOR FUNDING.

UH, AND THEN MS. ROSE WILL, UH, LATER IN YOUR AGENDA FOCUS ON THAT, UH, BUDGET THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UH, FOR YOUR FIRST YEARS OF ALLOCATION.

SO IF WE COULD HAVE THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH AN OVERVIEW OF THE, UH, ACTUAL PLAN THAT HAS BEEN, UH, PREPARED FOR HUD'S REVIEW.

DO YOU HAVE, IS IT IN THERE? YOU LOADED IT? NO, KEEP GOING.

WORKING ON IT.

ISN'T THAT IT? YEAH.

YOU OKAY? SORRY, I ASSUMED JAMES FILE.

NO, I YOU ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOOD.

GO AHEAD, JAMES.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENTATION

UH, NEXT SLIDE IF YOU WILL.

THIS WILL COVER THE 2025 THROUGH 2029, UH, PLANNING PROCESS.

SO, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT, UH, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNUAL FUNDING.

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WILL BE PROVIDED TO HUD AND IT WILL PROVIDE THE, UH, BASIS FOR, UH, YOUR FORMULA ALLOCATION THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE, UH, EACH YEAR OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THE, UH, IT'S A THREE PART, UH, PLANNING PROCESS IN WHICH WE, UH, IDENTIFY THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, UH, THAT THE CITY OF BAYTOWN HAS AN OUTLINE, UH, FOR USE OF THESE FUNDS.

AND THERE ARE TWO PRINCIPAL PROGRAMS THAT, UH, THE CITY QUALIFIES.

UH, FIRST IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING FOR, UH, ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES THAT THE, UH, CITY IS ABLE TO FUND.

AND THEN THERE'S A HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM THAT YOU ALSO QUALIFY FOR, AND THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY FOR HOUSING AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT RELATED ACTIVITIES.

UH, OUR PROCESS IS TYPICALLY ABOUT AN EIGHT MONTH PROCESS.

SO, UH, WE STARTED, UH, IN JANUARY AND, UH, WE, UH, BY HUD REGULATIONS MUST SUBMIT OUR PLAN BY AUGUST 15TH.

YOU ARE CURRENTLY, UH, IN YOUR 30 DAY REVIEW AND COMMENT PERIOD SUCH THAT, UH, CITIZENS AND, UH, PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY OF, UH, BAYTOWN ARE ABLE TO REVIEW THE ACTUAL PLAN SUBMISSION THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO HUD ON AUGUST 15TH.

SO THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT I'LL, UH, THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT.

UH, I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

THEN MS. ROSE WILL TALK ABOUT THE, AND PRESENT THE, UH, ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FIRST YEAR'S FUNDING.

AND THEN, UH, ALSO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE, UH, PLAN, WHICH HAS TO BE SUBMITTED, UH, TO HUD TO REPORT ON HOW THE CITY HAS UTILIZED THE FUNDS OVER THE LAST YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN ESTABLISHES THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR YOUR INVESTMENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

UH, IT REQUIRES THAT WE, UH, CONDUCT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHICH IDENTIFIES AND ALSO PROVIDES DATA TO SUPPORT YOUR NEEDS THROUGHOUT, UH, THE COMMUNITY FOR THE USE OF THESE FUNDS.

SO, UH, PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.

UH, THIS COMPONENT OF THE PLAN PROVIDES THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS YOUR NEED AS A CITY, AND IT ALSO PROVIDES, UH, INFORMATION TO SUPPORT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT YOU, YOU'LL BE ALLOCATING TOWARD PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES.

UH, AND, UH, LATER IN OUR PRESENTATION, MS. ROSE WILL, UH, TALK TO YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS FOR THE FIRST YEAR.

UH, THE MARKET ANALYSIS PROVIDES, UH, AN UNDERSTANDING AND ANALYSIS OF YOUR MARKET CONDITIONS WITHIN THE CITY AND THOSE ACTIVITIES AND NEEDS THAT YOU WISH TO ADDRESS.

UH, THERE'S A THIRD COMPONENT, THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH OUTLINES, UH, THE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES THAT YOU HOPE TO, UH, UH, PROVIDE FUNDING IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.

AND THEN MS. ROSE WILL TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED, UH, ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PLAN.

IT, UH, THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, UH, PROVIDES YOUR BUDGET FOR EACH YEAR.

SO, UH, EACH YEAR, INCLUDING THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST YEAR FUNDING THAT BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, UH, MS. ROSE WILL ADDRESS, UH, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR FUNDING FOR THAT FIRST YEAR.

AND THEN, UH, IT WILL ALSO MAKE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING FOR THE REMAINING FOUR YEARS.

SO, UH, AGAIN, A THREE PART, UH, PLANNING PROCESS.

THAT YOU PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN TERMS OF, UH, THE NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES, UM, AND OTHER GOALS THAT YOU'VE MET, UH, DURING THE, UH, ANNUAL PLAN, UH, USE OF FUNDS.

UH, AND THEN THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT REPORTS ANNUALLY TO HUD UH, YOUR EXPENDITURE FUNDS, THE OUTCOMES THAT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED UNDER, UH, UNDER YOUR PLANNING PROCESS, AND ALSO, UH, INDICATES THE DELIVERABLES

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THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, PROCESS, WE'VE, UH, HAD A CONSULTATION IN CITY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PROCESS, WHICH HAS INCLUDED YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.

UH, IT IS ALSO, UH, PROVIDED OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC PRIVATE AGENCIES, UH, THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PROGRAMS, UH, THAT WOULD SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE.

UH, AND IT ALSO GIVES, UH, THE PARTNERS, UH, FOR THE CITY, WHETHER THEY BE DEVELOPERS, BUSINESSES, AGENCIES, UH, AND EVEN, UH, COMPONENTS OF YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT WILL BE CARRYING OUT THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU PROPOSE TO FUND EACH YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE, JUST TO GIVE YOU, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION IN TERMS OF YOUR PAST AWARDS.

UH, THE PREVIOUS, UH, FIVE YEAR, UH, INCREMENTS OF FUNDING YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, YOUR FUNDING HAS RANGED, UH, FOR THE PREVIOUS, UH, FIVE YEARS, UH, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, UH, 700,000 AND, UH, A LITTLE OVER 800,000 EACH YEAR.

THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES THAT WE SUPPORT THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS.

UH, WE IDENTIFY YOUR NEEDS AS IT RELATES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IN WHICH YOU CAN USE FUNDING FOR HOMEOWNER REPAIR, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING WITHIN THE CITY.

UH, YOU CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR, UH, RENTAL REHAB OF, UH, DEVELOPMENTS.

UH, YOU CAN PROVIDE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, AND TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE IT'S A BLOCK GRANT FOR EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES.

THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YOU HAVE THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGNATE EXACTLY HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE, UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT YOU RECEIVE.

UH, AND WHILE THERE ARE SOME STIPULATIONS IN TERMS OF THE PERCENT OF FUNDS THAT CAN BE USED FOR, UH, VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, YOU DO GET TO DECIDE WHICH SPECIFIC PROJECTS YOU WILL FUND IN THE AMOUNT.

UM, WE'VE LOST OUR SLIDE PRESENTATION THERE.

UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU, UH, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, UH, WE PROVIDED A MAP THAT SHOWS YOUR ELIGIBLE, UH, TARGET AREAS.

THERE ARE TWO WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN APPLY, UH, YOUR FUNDING.

YOU CAN APPLY IT AS AN AREA BENEFIT, WHICH MEANS THAT FOR CENSUS TRACKS WITHIN YOUR CITY WHERE YOU HAVE A LOWER AND MODERATE INCOME POPULATION, UM, YOU CAN TARGET AREA WIDE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FOR YOUR ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACKS.

AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE FUNDING DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN BENEFIT, UH, UNDER THESE PROGRAMS BASED ON THEIR ELIGIBLE INCOME, UH, QUALIFICATIONS.

SO, UH, HU DESIGNATES THE CENSUS TRACKS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE, AND THEN THEY ALSO DESIGNATE, UH, THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT'S, UH, UH, ALLOWED FOR PERSONS WHO WANT TO APPLY FOR INDIVIDUAL, UH, BENEFITS, UH, THINGS LIKE PUBLIC SERVICES OR HOME REPAIR AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

AND MS. ROSE WILL GET INTO MORE DETAIL AS SHE PRESENTS THE RECOMMENDED FIRST YEAR BUDGET.

PUBLIC SERVICES AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS, PROGRAMS, AND THEN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, WITHIN THE PLAN, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE PRIORITY NEEDS OF THE CITY, AND THAT'S DONE IN TWO WAYS.

ONE IS TO DEMONSTRATE, UH, THE NEEDS THAT, UH, YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED WITHIN YOUR CITY BY CATEGORIES.

SO YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, UM, OUR CATEGORIES OF HOUSING STABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE,

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AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU AS A CITY GETS TO DETERMINE WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AND HOW MUCH FUNDING YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE FOR PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES, UH, THE PLANNING PROCESS JUST SIMPLY PROVIDES THE DATA AND THE DOCUMENTATION SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE THOSE NEEDS WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, UH, THAT NEED TO BE SUPPORTED BY THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.

SO YOU'LL BE PROVIDING, UH, YOUR, UH, SHARON WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL BE BACK TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, UM, BASED ON THE PLANNING PROCESS.

OF FUNDING THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR EACH ACTIVITY, UH, THAT DATA, UH, IS SUPPORTED BY THE PLAN THAT DEMONSTRATES TO HUD THAT YOU DO HAVE THAT, UH, NEED AND THAT YOU DO HAVE THE, UH, CAPACITY TO CARRY OUT ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD SUPPORT, UH, EACH OF THE AREAS IN WHICH THE CITY, UH, ANTICIPATES PROVIDING FUNDING.

SO THANK YOU, JAMES.

UM, THE, SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM FOR THE, UM, WE'LL BE BACK THE NEXT MEETING TO DO THE ACTUAL, THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING THESE TWO ITEMS. BUT FOR TONIGHT, UM, WE HAVE THESE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED.

SO, UM, WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE KIND OF CUTTING, CUTTING IT IN HALF SO WE CAN DO THE TWO SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO, UM, WITH THAT, UM, OUR CONSULTANT AND STAFF IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HOW DID, HOW DID WE ENGAGE THE BUSINESSES AND THE CITIZENS? JAMES, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT PLEASE? YEAH.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, UH, OUR INITIAL PRESENTATION, UH, WHICH WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, WAS WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, AND IN WHICH, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT, UH, WHAT THEIR PRIORITY NEEDS ARE, UH, OVER THE NEXT, UH, YEAR AND OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WE ALSO, THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS THOUGH, UH, CONTACTED VARIOUS, UH, INDUSTRIES, UH, AND, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO GET THEIR INPUT IN TERMS OF, UH, THE PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, UH, COME ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.

UH, THAT WAS A TWO PART PROCESS.

ONE IS, UH, PART ONE WAS HANDLED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH THEY HELD, UH, THEIR OWN MEETINGS, UH, WITH AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING SERVICES AND, UH, ACQUIRING OR REQUESTING FUNDING, UH, THROUGH YOUR, UH, THROUGH YOUR ALLOCATION.

SO, UH, UH, SHARON WILL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE AS SHE GOES INTO THE ANNUAL PLAN ABOUT THE PROCESS OF AGENCIES, UH, AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO APPLIED FOR FUNDING PROVIDED THEIR APPLICATION FOR THOSE FUNDINGS AND THEIR DATA TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS AND THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY WANTED TO ADDRESS.

UH, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDED, UH, DATA IN TERMS OF, UH, HOUSING NEEDS.

FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WITHIN THE CITY, YOUR VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS LIKE PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER, UH, ORGANIZATIONS IDENTIFIED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND, UH, OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR, UH, SUPPORT THROUGH THE GRANT.

AND, UH, THROUGH THAT INTERACTION IN TERMS OF ACTUAL NEED BEING IDENTIFIED, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS, UH, THAT NEED.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IF YOU INDICATED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE, WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UH, WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, UH, WHO ARE IN NEED OF THAT TYPE OF, UH, DOWN PAYMENT, CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE, UH, WHAT YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, FINANCIAL NEED, AND ALSO THE COST OF HOUSING, UH, THE COST OF PURCHASING A HOME SO THAT, UH, UH, A FORMULA ALLOCATION COULD BE DETERMINED IN TERMS OF, UH, THAT WOULD SUPPORT EACH PROGRAM.

SO LATER IN THE PROCESS, WHEN YOU, UH, HEAR ABOUT, UH, THE AMOUNT

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ALSO, MAYOR, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENT TO THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, THERE IS A SURVEY RESULTS.

THEY DID RELEASE A SURVEY THAT WE PUT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND ON TWITTER AND ON INSTAGRAM, AND WE RECEIVED ABOUT 98 RESPONSES.

AND THE ATTACHMENT INCLUDES ALL OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ACTUALLY, UM, THAT WE DIDN'T JUST DEPEND ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT I LIKE THAT YOU ALL TOOK THE TIME TO USE OUTLETS THAT OTHER, THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC USE, ESPECIALLY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE, UM, MAIL OUTS ARE GETTING TO BE OLD AND ASKING PEOPLE TO GO TO A WEBSITE.

PEOPLE REALLY AREN'T DOING THAT, BUT THEY ARE ATTENTIVE TO SOCIAL MEDIA YES.

WE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, A GROUP OF LOCAL NONPROFITS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO DISCUSS EXACTLY WHAT THEY MIGHT SEE AS THE NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

GOODNESS.

SO THERE WERE MULTIPLE MEETINGS.

IT'S ACTUALLY A PART OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.

WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THESE KINDS OF MEETINGS BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST MAKE UP PRIORITIES.

WE HAVE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT THE PEOPLE NEED.

AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION.

'CAUSE I WANT IT ON RECORD SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE COME TO THIS NOW.

AND THAT'S WHY I CAME UP HERE.

ONE OTHER QUESTION AND THEN COUNCILMAN GRIFFITH? YOU, YOU, YOU GOT IT.

YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION.

I'M THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR.

WE'RE GOOD.

HOW DO YOU ALL DEFINE MICRO ENTERPRISE? IT'S USUALLY A BUSINESS OF 20 OR LESS.

IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS.

UM, THERE CAN BE FIVE OR LESS, OR 20 OR LESS.

HUD HAS TWO DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS FOR IT.

FIVE OR LESS, OR 20 OR LESS.

I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL MATRIX CODES TO FIND OUT EXACTLY LIKE THE SPECIFIC DEFINITION.

BY THE WAY, MY NAME'S SHARON ROSE.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PART OF YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION, UM, THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, BUT, UM, ARE Y'ALL STAYING WITHIN THE PELLY AREA OR ARE Y'ALL MOVING? YES, MA'AM.

NEXT YEAR WE FOCUS OUR FUNDS IN THE PELLY AREA, BUT WE ALSO, UM, WORK IN PREVIOUS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AREAS.

WHICH IS MIDDLETOWN AND WEST BAYTOWN.

MM-HMM .

SO EVERYTHING IS IN DISTRICT 1 0 2, BECAUSE THOSE ARE PRIMARILY THE LOWEST INCOME PARTS OF BAYTOWN BESIDES DISTRICT SIX.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? ANYTHING? GOOD DEAL.

BE THE ACTION PLAN PUBLIC HEARING.

SO ITEM FOUR B WILL

[b. Conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed 2025 Action Plan and Projected Use of Funds associated with the City of Baytown's CDBG Budget. ]

YEAH, BUT I GOTTA, I NEED TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.

UM, THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE IS, OH, THAT'S ON FOUR C, RIGHT? FOUR A.

WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE, THE PROPOSED 2025 ACTION PLAN AND PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S CDBG BUDGET.

FOUR C.

NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

SO THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.

I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:43 PM ON THE FOUR B.

NOW WE

[c. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow for the continuation of a homeless shelter and its administration building in the Mixed Residential (MR) Zoning District, located at 3404 and 3406 Wisconsin Street, Baytown, Texas 77520.]

IT IS NOW 7:43 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED 2025 ACTION PLAN AND PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS.

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

MS. SHARON? YES, SIR.

SO, A PORTION OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN WITH, FOR THE FIRST YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WE HAVE OUR ACTION PLAN.

EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A PLAN TO HUD ON HOW IT IS THAT WE PLAN ON SPENDING THE FUNDS THAT THEY PROVIDE TO US.

SO WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL COME OUT AND THEY WILL SUBMIT APPLICATIONS, WE REVIEW ALL OF THEM.

CDAC, UH, MAKES A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION AND IT GOES TO COUNCIL.

AS MR. GILLAND SHOWED YOU, THIS IS OUR ALLOCATION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT WAS LOW, IT WENT UP, IT'S GOING DOWN AGAIN, AND IT MIGHT NOT EXIST ANYMORE AFTER NEXT YEAR.

UM, FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, WE RECEIVED THE ENTITLEMENT OF $793,686 WITH $5,000 IN ESTIMATED PROGRAM INCOME, WHICH IS WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE REPAYMENT OF LIENS.

AND THEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ESTIMATED UNENDED FUNDED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS.

THIS HERE IS A LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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HAS PROPOSED FOR FUNDING.

UM, TO RUN THROUGH IT REAL QUICK, WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS, UH, CHILDCARE PROGRAM FOR AREA HOMELESS SERVICES, BARRIER AREA REHABILITATION CENTERS, OPPORTUNITY CENTER PROGRAM, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, JOB READINESS TRAINING, OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, NEW YEAR IN NEW SHOES, UM, HEARTS AND HANDS OF BAYTOWN TALENT YIELD COALITION, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GENERAL PROGRAM.

THERE IS A CAP ON OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.

SO AS YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WHERE UNDER PUBLIC SERVICES, WE CAN'T SPEND MORE THAN 15% OF OUR ALLOCATION ON PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES FOR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, WE CAN'T SPEND MORE THAN 20% OF THAT.

AT LEAST 70% OF OUR FUNDING DOES HAVE TO GO TO LOW TO MODERATE INCOME ACTIVITIES, WHETHER IT'S AN AREA BENEFIT OR DIRECT TO THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

SO RIGHT HERE IT SHOWS YOU THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 13% OF OUR PROGRAM, PUBLIC SERVICE CAP, 17% OF OUR PROGRAM ADMIN CAP, AND 3% FOR LOW MODERATE AREA BENEFIT.

BUT WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP, IT'S BASICALLY GONNA AMOUNT TO ABOUT WHATEVER A HUNDRED MINUS 17 IS, UH, FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.

AND THIS, OF COURSE, IS OUR TARGET AREA.

51% OR MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS IN BAYTOWN RESIDE IN THIS AREA ARE DETERMINED TO BE LOW INCOME ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS BUREAU.

AND THIS HERE IS THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE FUNDING.

THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.

THESE AREN'T EXACTLY WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE HELPING ARE LOCATED, BUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE ALL LOCATED WITHIN THE CDBG TARGET AREA.

AND THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE.

IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ONE QUESTION.

WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR OUR CITY IF THESE FUNDS WERE DISCONTINUED? WELL, I MEAN, WE PROBABLY HELP ABOUT 2,500 PEOPLE PER YEAR.

I MEAN, WITH OUR TRANSIT, WE HELP ABOUT 90, UM, MAYBE ABOUT 20.

WITH THE HOUSING PROGRAMS, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, THEY DO JOB READINESS TRAINING FOR, UM, AT RISK YOUTH TO PREPARE THEM FOR COLLEGE OR TO GO TO WORK AFTER HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO GO TO COLLEGE.

SO THEY PREPARE THEM, THEY GIVE THEM SKILLS FOR THAT.

WE HELP ABOUT 150 PEOPLE THERE.

UH, DOORSTEP BLESSINGS.

THAT'S WHERE THEY DELIVER FOOD TO HOME BOUND INDIVIDUALS, ELDERLY AND DISABLED.

ABOUT 600 PEOPLE.

SO IT WOULD, AND WE HAVE THREE EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD PROBABLY LOSE THEIR JOBS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GRANT FUNDED.

SO IT WOULD BE A HUGE, UM, A VERY BAD THING FOR THE CITY.

ANYTHING FROM ANYONE? JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR WORK.

I THINK YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE BOARD MEMBER FROM C WE HAVE OUR CHAIR, ROBERTO DIAZ HERE.

AND KIND OF HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF IT FOR YOU.

SO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE AND, AND YOUR WORK.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.

I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:47 PM CONCERNING THE PROPOSED 2025 ACTION PLAN AND PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS FOR C CONDUCT A PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUATION OF A HOMELESS SHELTER AND ITS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

LOCATED AT 34 0 4 34, AND 34 0 6 WISCONSIN STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2.

IT IS NOW 7:48 PM AND I CALLED TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT LOCATED AT 34 0 4 AND 34 0 6 WISCONSIN STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 OH.

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

MR. SCRIBNER.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO AGAIN, UM, THIS IS AT 34 0 4 AND 34 0 6 WISCONSIN STREET.

UM, THIS IS THE, UM, HOMELESS SHELTER THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

UM, YOU MAY REMEMBER WE DID A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THIS USE, UM, JUST ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.

IT WAS IN, UH, LATE 2022.

UM, THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT WAS GOOD FOR TWO YEARS, ASSUMING THAT THEY WOULD BEGIN THEIR CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR NEW FACILITIES WITHIN THAT TWO YEARS.

UM, THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED.

I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT THAT CAN EXPLAIN THAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON, ON WHY THE DELAYS, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING TO BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

THEY HAVE THEIR FUNDING, AND SO THIS IS REALLY A RENEWAL OF THAT OLD, UH, OF THE PREVIOUS SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT EXPIRED.

SO, UM, NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL HAS CHANGED ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M GONNA GO THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICKLY

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UM, SO THIS IS THE, THE TWO, UM, THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT FACE WISCONSIN STREET, UH, AT 34 0 4 AND 34 0 6.

THOSE ARE THE, THE PRIMARY BUILDINGS THAT EXIST.

NOW.

THESE BUILDINGS ARE VERY OLD AND ARE BECOMING PRETTY TOUGH FOR THE, UH, FOR THE HOMELESS SHELTER, UM, ADMINISTRATION TO MANAGE AND, AND MAINTAIN.

SO, UM, THE IDEA IS TO TEAR THOSE DOWN AND BUILD BRAND NEW FACILITIES.

UM, THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER IDEA.

THIS IS A VERY RESIDENTIAL AREA.

YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN'T SEE THE BIGGER FACILITY THAT THEY BUILT, UM, THAT BACKS UP TO THIS, UM, IN THESE PICTURES.

AND THAT, THAT IS NOT PART OF THE, UH, SUP REQUESTS TONIGHT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UM, HOUSES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.

SO THIS ENTIRE AREA IS ZONED, UM, MR. MIXED RESIDENTIAL.

AND SO, UH, THESE FACILITIES ARE DESIGNED TO FIT RIGHT INTO, UM, WHAT IS ALREADY THERE AND WHAT IS PLANNED FOR THE AREA.

UM, THIS, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, UH, MAINTAINS THAT IT WILL REMAIN MIXED DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, UH, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

AND HERE'S THE SITE PLAN.

NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT THE SITE THAT IS IN QUESTION, IS THE DARKER BLACK LINE AROUND THE OUTSIDE.

UM, YOU'LL SEE TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR, OF THE DRAWING THAT'S ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE THAT 14 FOOT ALLEY THAT ALLEY HAS, UM, KIND OF, IT'S BEEN QUESTIONED AS, SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT PART DOES THAT PLAY IN THIS, IN THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT? IT DOES NOT PLAY A PART, IT IS NOT PART OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

UM, THE, THAT ALLEY AND THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO USE THAT ALLEY FOR CERTAIN THINGS WAS DONE BACK IN 20 13, 20 14, UM, PREVIOUS COUNSEL, OBVIOUSLY.

UM, SO I BELIEVE THAT THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO HANDLE, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ALLEY OR ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE RENEGOTIATED WITH THAT ALLEY, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BEST BE DONE UNDER A SEPARATE, UM, ITEM AT ANOTHER DATE.

UM, BUT TONIGHT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE CONSTRUCTION SITES THEMSELVES.

SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE THE SITE IS THAT THERE ARE, UM, THE, THE WOMEN'S DORM THAT YOU SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER THAT IS GOING TO REMAIN THERE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TEAR THAT ONE DOWN.

THE OTHER BUILDINGS THEY'RE GOING TO REMOVE AND THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE WITH BRAND NEW BUILDINGS, UM, THAT WILL FUNCTION THAT WAY.

AND AGAIN, I, MR. ECKERT CAN PROBABLY, UH, EXPLAIN THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT.

UM, SO THAT SAID, THAT IS THE HIGH LEVEL.

UM, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, BILL, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? UH, BUT THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.

I HAVE ANY, UH, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR RECORD? ABSOLUTELY.

MY ADDRESS IS 1 9 9 0 7 WATER POINT TRAIL, HUMBOLT, TEXAS 7 7 3 4 6.

UH, THIS IS OUR, OUR VERSION OF A FLYOVER DRONE, UH, .

WE'RE NOT QUITE CAUGHT UP ON THE TECHNOLOGY.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

AS FIDELIS WAS.

BUT, UH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME, UH, COME AND, AND SPEAK TO YOU IN SUPPORT OF OUR SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

UH, WHAT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS A CONTINUATION OF PROJECT THAT WE CAME AND TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IN 2022.

WE'RE TAKING DOWN TWO DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS THAT WERE BUILT IN 1930 AND REPLACING THEM WITH MODERN STRUCTURES THAT WILL LAST FOR THE NEXT 50, 60, 70 YEARS OR MORE.

HOPEFULLY.

UH, THE, UH, THE CURRENT STRUCTURES ARE A MEN'S SHELTER AND AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

AND, UH, BOTH ARE NEEDED FOR OUR TO CONTINUE OUR SERVICES TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

OUR MEN'S SHELTER HAS A, HAD A CAPACITY OF 12, AND THE NEW MEN SHELTER WILL HAVE A CAPACITY MAX OF 16.

AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE 12 FOLKS, UH, TO, TO RESIDE IN AS A REGULAR BASIS.

AND FOUR SPACES FOR TEMPORARY FOLKS WHO COME TO US IN TIMES OF, UH, EMERGENCIES, INCLEMENT WEATHER AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO, UH, BE A SLIGHT EXPANSION IN TERMS OF THE, THE CAPACITY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THE CITY.

UH, THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WILL, WILL ALSO FEATURE A, UH, CLASSROOM, UH, THAT WE'LL USE FOR TRAINING OUR EMPLOYEES AND TRAINING OUR, OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE'RE AN EMPLOYMENT BASED, UH, SOBER LIVING FACILITY.

SO WE ESSENTIALLY LOOK FORWARD TO TRAINING, TAKING FOLKS IN AND TRAINING THEM, HELPING THEM GET BETTER JOBS MOVING ON IN THEIR, IN THEIR, UH, IN THEIR LIVES.

SO, SO I I JUST URGE THAT YOU, UH, YOU SUPPORT THAT, UH, PETITION.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.

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I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME, A LONG TIME, UM, TO GET THIS DONE.

AND Y'ALL HAVE GOTTEN ALL THE FUNDING TOGETHER, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND THE BOARD.

UM, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON THAT, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING, UM, TO THE WEST BAYTOWN CIVIC ASSOCIATION, UM, BEFORE, UM, WHEN WE WERE GOING TO APPROVE THE FIRST SUP IN 2022 TO KIND OF SHOW THE DESIGN AND HOW EVERYTHING WAS GONNA FLOW IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH THAT.

UM, I, I DID HAVE A QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WENT TO YOU OR IT GOES TO YOU OR TO MARTIN.

UM, AND I, AND IT, IT, THE DESIGN THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN 2022, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE ARE RENEWING THAT ORIGINAL SUP AND IN THAT PRELIMINARY DESIGN, UM, THERE IS SOME SORT OF CIRCLE AND GREEN SPACE THAT WILL BE BUILT IN THE ALLEYWAY.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA MOVE FORWARD OR NOT.

UM, DO YOU HAVE PLANS TO BUILD OUT IN THE ALLEYWAY IN THE FUTURE? AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THERE ARE NO PLANS TO BUILD OUT AND THE ALLEYWAY.

NO, NO, BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.

UM, AND, AND I WILL APOLOGIZE IF I MISSPOKE BY USING THE WORD RENEW, THAT WAS SORT OF SHORTHAND FOR ME.

BECAUSE THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE PLAN PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME.

BUT THIS IS A NEW APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

THAT ONE HAS EXPIRED.

SO, UM, ANY REFERENCES TO THE OLD ONE? AGAIN, THAT WAS IN CONCEPT ONLY.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

AND THE ONLY REASON I, I BRING THAT UP AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, UM, WE DID ENTER, THE CITY ENTERED INTO A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE BAY AREA HOUSING MM-HMM.

UH, SERVICES AND, UM, TO HAVE USE OF THE ALLEYWAY, WHICH IS WHY THOSE FENCES WENT UP, UM, TO, TO BLOCK THAT AREA.

AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY GETTING, UH, READY TO PREPARE FOR THE NEW FAMILY SERVICES THAT Y'ALL WERE GONNA BUILD.

IN THE AREA.

AND SO, UM, PART OF THAT AGREEMENT WAS TO ENSURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YES, YOU CAN ERECT A FENCE, BUT IT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM DISTURBING THE EXISTING PAVEMENT OR CONSTRUCTING SIDEWALK ON THE SAME AREA.

AND SO THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT PEAKED OUR INTEREST AT, AT, UH, WEST BAYTOWN, UM, WHEN THIS CAME UP AT THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION LAST NIGHT.

AND THEY WERE JUST WONDERING, LIKE, OKAY, ARE THEY GONNA BUILD IN THE, IN THE ALLEYWAY AREA? AND, UM, I KNOW I SPOKE TO CITY, UH, THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT IT BECAUSE I HAD TO GO BACK AND, AND DIG THROUGH WHEN THAT FENCE WENT UP, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT FOR A WHILE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN IT HAD COME UP.

AND THEN THAT'S WHEN I FOUND THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.

I THINK IT WENT UP IN 2014.

OH, THAT WENT UP.

WELL, THE LICENSE AGREEMENT WAS DECEMBER OF 2013, SO Y'ALL PROBABLY PUT IT UP IN, IN 14 JUST AFTER THAT FOR SURE.

SO I JUST NEEDED THAT CLARIFICATION, UM, THAT NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE ALLEYWAY, UM, AND THAT WE'RE JUST APPROVING THAT SUP AS IT STANDS FOR THESE, THIS PARTICULAR DIAGRAM.

AND SO, UM, IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN WE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT.

SO VERY GOOD.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU COUNCIL PERSON, RADO.

APPRECIATE THAT.

ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, I'M, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS NECESSARILY.

I KNOW THE ALLEYWAY, THEY BUILT THE FAMILY CENTER AND ACROSS THE ALLEY IS A SMALL LITTLE PLAYGROUND.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THEY PUSHED AT THAT TIME TO CLOSE THE ALLEY IS SO THE KIDS THAT ARE AT THE FAMILY CENTER STAYING THERE CAN GO ACROSS THE LITTLE PLAYGROUND AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN THE ALLEY.

THAT'S WHEN THEY DID THAT.

BUT I, I WAS NEVER UNDER THE IMPRESSION THEY WERE GOING TO DEVELOP OR DO ANYTHING IN THE ALLEY ITSELF.

THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO STOP THE TRAFFIC.

SO, AND, AND THAT LEADS TO Y'ALL'S CONCERN THAT THE ALLEY'S GONNA STAY THERE, BUT THEY JUST BLOCKED IT OFF SO THE KIDS COULD GO BACK AND FORTH.

IT, IT WAS A, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

THAT ALLEY, THAT ALLEYWAY BEFORE THE FENCES WERE INSTALLED WAS A SPEEDWAY.

OH, YEAH.

ONLY THING THAT CAME UP, BUT, OKAY.

SO, AND, AND WITH THE NEW FAMILY CENTER THAT BACKS UP ONTO THAT PROPERTY, UH, IT'S A SAFE SPACE FOR, FOR KIDDOS.

WE HAVE 15 CHILDREN, BY THE WAY, THAT ARE IN RESIDENCE RIGHT NOW AT OUR, IN OUR SHELTER.

SO IT'S A SAFE SPACE FOR, FOR FOLKS TO COME FROM THE FAMILY CENTER OVER ONTO THE, WHAT WE CALL THE EMERGENCY SHELTER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

YEAH, NO, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IT WAS THE, THE ORIGINAL DIAGRAM DID HAVE IMPROVEMENT, SOME SORT OF IMPROVEMENT, GREEN SPACE SIDEWALKS IN THE ALLEYWAY.

SO THAT WAS THE

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I'M, I'M GOOD, .

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, HOW LONG WERE THE SUP BEFORE? UM, IN GENERAL, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS GOOD FOR TWO YEARS.

AND, UH, AS LONG AS THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT THEIR PERMITS AND THEY'VE STARTED WORKING OR MAKING PROGRESS MM-HMM .

THEN WE CAN KIND OF EXTEND IT BEYOND THAT AS LONG AS NOTHING HAS CHANGED FROM THE ORIGINAL SEP.

AND HOW LONG ARE WE LOOKING AT ON CONSTRUCTION? I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY.

CONSTRUCTION.

WE HOPE TO GET THE MEN'S SHELTER UP, UP AND BUILT BY SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.

EXCELLENT.

UM, I'M ASKING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED THAT, UM, HAS A TIME CONSTRAINT ON IT.

SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.

SO IT HAS TO BE DONE BY THEN.

WELL, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO ENSURE THAT THE EVENT SHELTER IS UP AND UP AND, UH, AVAILABLE TO US BY, BY THAT DATE FOR SURE.

D CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON APPROXIMATELY 0.25 ACRES AT 34 0 4 AND 34 0 6 WISCONSIN STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 OH TO ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUATION OF A HOMELESS SHELTER AND ITS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL ZONING.

AND, AND I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ARE GONNA HELP Y'ALL KEEP THINGS GOING ALONG SO THAT WE, IT IS NOT SLOWED DOWN SO THAT YOU CAN USE THE FUNDING AND NOT LOSE IT.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL UP TO DATE.

I WAS JUST GONNA, I WAS CURIOUS, WHERE WILL THE, UH, WHERE WILL Y'ALL HOUSE THE MEN WHILE Y'ALL ARE BUILDING THIS? MM-HMM .

CURRENTLY, WE ACTUALLY PUT THEM IN THE, IN THE FAMILY CENTER.

WE, WE'VE DEDICATED ONE, ONE ROOM IN THE FAMILY CENTER THAT HAS SPACE FOR FOUR TO FIVE MEN.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE USING THE FAMILY CENTER FOR THAT.

SO YOU DO HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN, BUT IT'LL BE A, A LOWER CENSUS DURING THAT TIME.

IT'S GONNA BE A LOWER CENSUS UNTIL WE GET THE MEN'S SHELTER BILLS.

YES.

AND WE, WE CAN'T USE THE CURRENT MEN'S SHELTER DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

I WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE PIECE OF INFORMATION.

THIS DID GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEARING IN JUNE.

AND, UH, THERE WERE, UH, NOBODY TESTIFIED, UM, AGAINST IT.

UM, THERE WERE NO COMMENTS.

UH, THERE WERE NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

AND THAT WAS, UH, GIVEN A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, UNANIMOUSLY.

EXCELLENT.

THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.

I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:02 PM CONCERNING THE REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT LOCATED AT 34 0 4 AND 34 0 6 WISCONSIN STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 OH.

UH, FOUR

[d. Consider an ordinance to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) on approximately 0.25 acres, at 3404 and 3406 Wisconsin Street, Baytown, Texas 77520, to allow for the continuation of a homeless shelter and its administration building in the Mixed Residential (MR) Zoning District. ]

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 4.7 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 46 23 BAROO FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO MIXED RESIDENTIAL ZONING.

FOUR E

[e. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 4.17 acres of land located at 4623 Barkuloo Road from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a Mixed Residential (MR) Zoning District. ]

IT IS NOW 8:03 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP LOCATED AT 46 23 BARLOW ROAD.

I WOULD LIKE NOW TO ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

MR. SCRIBNER? UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, THIS IS AGAIN, A REQUEST TO REZONE, UH, JUST OVER FOUR ACRES, UH, ALONG BARKLEY ROAD IN BETWEEN BLUE HERON PARKWAY AND CEDAR VALLEY LYNCHBURG, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE OF BARLOW, UM, FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO OUR MIXED RESIDENTIAL ZONING.

UM, THIS IS PART OF AN AREA THAT WAS ANNEXED IN 2017, AND AS SUCH HAS THE DEFAULT DESIGNATION FOR ZONING OF OPEN SPACE RECREATION.

AGAIN, THAT'S THE MOST RESTRICTIVE, UH, ZONE THAT WE HAVE, AND IT DOES THE BY DESIGN, THE OWNERS HAVE TO COME IN AND PROPOSE SOME OTHER ZONING IN ORDER TO, TO MOVE AHEAD.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

UM, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES SHOW THAT AS A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, UH, EVENTUALLY, UH, AS DOES THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

CURRENTLY, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S THE GREEN, IT IS THE, UH, THE OPEN SPACE RECREATION.

SO THEY'RE, UH, PROPOSING A, UH, RESIDENTIAL ZONE.

AND SO, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED, UH, BY THE, UH, THE CURRENT OWNERS IS THEY'D LIKE TO SPLIT THAT FOUR ACRES INTO TWO LOTS

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AND BRING IN ONE MORE HOUSE.

UH, AND AGAIN, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL ZONING.

UM, THIS WENT TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN JUNE.

UH, THERE WERE NO COMMENTS AT THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC, AND THIS WAS POSITIVELY RECOMMENDED TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

WITH THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

JUST A QUICK, JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

UM, THE NEIGHBOR ON LAUREN, HE DID REACH OUT TO ME, UM, AND I APOLOGIZE, IT'S FROM A SOURCE THAT I REALLY DON'T GET ON TOO MUCH AND SENT ME A MESSAGE.

HE WAS CONCERNED, BUT THEN HE DID SPEAK TO THE NEIGHBOR AND HE WAS OKAY WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO THE NEIGHBOR, THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR DID IS GOOD WITH IT ALSO.

IS IT, AND YES, SIR MARTIN, YOU INDICATED THEY'RE GONNA BASICALLY SPLIT IT IN HALF AND ADD ANOTHER HOUSE.

ARE THEY GONNA BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE ENOUGH SETBACKS FOR THE DRIVEWAY AND ACCESS AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF? UM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CONFIGURE IT.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT FINAL CONFIGURATION YET.

UM, THEY HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE, THE EXPENSE OF, OF DESIGNING THAT UNTIL THEY KNEW THEY COULD GET THE ZONING.

SO, UM, YES, UH, THEY'LL, IT, IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF CREATIVITY ON THE WIDTH, BUT OTHERWISE THEY, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE IT WORK.

AND THEN AS FAR AS MIXED RESIDENTIAL, MR, COULD THEY PUT OTHER THINGS THERE IF WE PASS IT TO THAT, UM, THEY COULD PUT OTHER THINGS THERE OF A RESIDENTIAL NATURE? YES.

AND, AND I'M ASKING WHAT THAT WOULD BE.

I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT.

SO ARE THEY GONNA PUT, POTENTIALLY PUT CONDOS AND FOURPLEXES, AND COULD THEY DO THAT? YOU COULD DO UP TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF, SOME, SOME ATTACHED, UH, SUCH AS THAT THEY CAN'T DO MULTIFAMILY, SO ANYTHING MORE THAN FOUR UNITS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.

UM, BUT AT, UH, TWO, FOUR ACRES, THEY COULD DO UP TO 15 UNITS PER ACRE.

THAT IS NOT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE ZONING TO THE MAP AND NOT TO THE PICTURES.

SO YEAH, IT, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY, UM, POSSIBLE.

UM, THAT, THAT SAID, I DON'T THINK THE UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO ACCOMMODATE SUCH A THING.

SO THIS ONE, AS IT STANDS, UM, I BELIEVE THE CURRENT HOME HAS SEPTIC AND WELL, AND THE, UM, PROPOSED, I BELIEVE, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I BELIEVE HAS ACCESS TO WATER, BUT NOT SEWER.

AND SO THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO PUT IN A SEPTIC.

SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD ONLY, UM, THAT WOULD ONLY ACCOMMODATE SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT.

I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT SOMETIMES WE HEAR THIS IS WHAT I HAVE PLANNED, AND WHEN WE APPROVE THE ZONING IT, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PLANS CHANGE.

YEP.

BUT IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, WITH THE RESTRICTIONS, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

HEY, THIS ONE'S YELLOW, THIS ONE'S RED, THIS ONE'S, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THAT SCATTERSHOT.

COUNCIL MCAL? YEAH, I HAD SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS.

UM, JUST AS FAR AS ONCE IT'S REZONED, ANYTHING THAT CAN BE BUILT PER THE ZONING.

AND WE HAD IT HAPPEN ON BLUE HERON, JUST A STONES THROW FROM HERE.

SO, UM, I'M STILL LEARNING THE NEW ZONING, MARTIN.

SO I WAS, I, I HAD TO, I WENT ON TODAY AND WAS LOOKING UP WHAT ALL GOES IN MIXED RESIDENTIAL.

HOW, HOW DOES THAT EQUATE TO I, I MEAN, WE USED TO HAVE WHAT, SF ONE, SF TWO, ALL OF THAT.

SO WHAT'S EQUAL TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MATCHES UP WITH MR FROM OUR OLD CODE? THE MR WAS KIND OF A, UM, AN AMALGAM OF THE SF TWO AND THE MF ONE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, THE MF ONE ALSO ALLOWED FOR SOME MULTIFAMILY.

WE, WE REMOVED THAT.

UM, BUT IT DOES ALLOW FOR SOME TOWN HOMES OR DUPLEXES OR QUADS OR, UM, UH, WHAT WE CALL A MULTIPLEX.

UM, AGAIN, THAT ALL DEPENDS ON HAVING SPACE, HAVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO DO THOSE THINGS.

I, I ALSO KINDA WANNA POINT OUT TOO, THAT I BROUGHT THE, UM, THE ZONING MAP BACK UP AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GREEN WAS DONE AS PART OF ANNEXATION IN, IN EITHER 2015 OR 2017, I BELIEVE ALL THIS WAS 2017.

UM, AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, AND YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES, WHERE STAFF HAS COME BACK AND SAID, WE FOUND A BIG GREEN SPLOTCH ON THE MAP, AND WE WANT TO REZONE THAT TO SOMETHING THAT IS USEFUL TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE WITHIN REASON AND WITHIN WHAT THE PLAN, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SORT OF CALLS FOR IN THAT AREA.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE DO BELIEVE THIS IS SORT OF THE START OF THAT STAFF DOES WANNA COME BACK, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE THE, THE STAFF IN THE TIME, UM, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO COME BACK AND KINDA LOOK AT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GREEN.

UM, PROBABLY NOT ALONG CEDAR BODY LYNCHBURG, BUT EVERYTHING ALONG BAROO AND BLUE HERON TO UH, UH, KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING THINGS UP IN A, UH, IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER AND, AND A, A PLANNED MANNER, NOT JUST KIND OF,

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SO RIGHT.

AND THAT WAS MY LOOKING AT IT, THAT WAS MY CONCERN WAS WOULD THIS BE, I MEAN, THEY WANNA BUILD AN ADDITIONAL HOUSE, I WANNA LET 'EM BUILD AN ADDITIONAL HOUSE.

UM, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE ZONING IS THE RIGHT THING FOR THE AREA, JUST BECAUSE AS WE'VE SAID, ANYTHING CAN BE BUILT IN THE FUTURE ON THAT THAT WOULD FIT.

AND SO, LIKE, IS THIS THE RIGHT AREA FOR QUADPLEXES OR, OR, YOU KNOW, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE LOOKING THROUGH OUR NEW CODE.

THE NEXT LEVEL, I GUESS, OF LESS DENSE ZONING WOULD BE THIS SUBURBAN.

CORRECT.

UM, SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE, THAT'S ABOUT QUARTER ACRE LOTS, I THINK.

WHAT'S THE, OKAY, SO IF, IF IT'S QUARTER ACRE LOTS, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THE APPLICANT'S HERE, BUT WOULD THIS HAVE, WOULD SUBURBAN FIT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY HERE? QUITE POSSIBLY.

UM, THE, AGAIN, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UH, CALLS FOR A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

SO EITHER THAT OR EVEN THE ESTATE, I THINK THE ESTATE'S PROBABLY THAT'S A ONE ACRE LOT.

UM, GENERALLY, SO THE, THE, PROBABLY THE SUBURBAN WOULD BE A, A BETTER FIT THAN, THAN THE ESTATE WOULD.

BUT AGAIN, IT, IT ALL KIND OF DEPENDS ON SO LONG TERM, WHAT DO WE FORESEE COMING IN THERE, UH, ALONG BARLOW, UM, KIND OF EXTENDING DOWN FROM CEDAR BAY, LYNCHBURG, UH, WE, WE WOULD SEE THAT WHOLE AREA BEING RESIDENTIAL AT SOME POINT, WHETHER IT'S QUARTER ACRE LOTS OR YOU KNOW, 5,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.

UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A REQUEST TO REZONE TO MIX RESIDENTIAL.

SO IF YOU WERE TO SAY WE DON'T LIKE THAT ONE, UM, THEY COULD GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND THEY'D HAVE TO START THE PROCESS OVER.

WE CAN'T JUST SWITCH IT MIDSTREAM.

UM, BUT THEY COULD COME BACK AND REQUEST A LOWER DENSITY, UH, DISTRICT IF THAT WAS PREFERRED, BUT THAT WOULD SET THEM BACK, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, SO MM-HMM .

AND I DON'T, LIKE I SAID, I WANNA LET THEM BUILD THEIR EXTRA HOUSE.

UM, SO I DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA SET 'EM BACK.

I JUST THINK IF WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND ZONE REZONE ALL OF THIS GREEN SPACE, I DON'T THINK THE MR IS WHAT I WOULD WANNA SEE IN THIS ENTIRE AREA.

I'M THINKING PROBABLY THE SUBURBAN IS THE BETTER FIT.

AND SO, UM, I MEAN, I'M OKAY APPROVING IT TONIGHT SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD.

UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE AS THEY DEVELOP THE TWO HOMES WOULD FIT ON SUBURBAN ANYWAY.

AND SO YEAH, MAYBE WHEN WE BRING THIS WHOLE GREEN SPACE BACK, WE CAN REZONE IT BACK TO SUBURBAN.

I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HOLD UP THEIR BUILDING AN EXTRA HOME.

'CAUSE LIKE WE SAID, THAT WOULD FIT WITHIN THAT ZONING.

SO, UM, I, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY REASONABLE.

UM, I'D, I'D WANT TO TALK TO THE APPLICANTS TO, TO SEE IF THAT WAS, UH, IF THAT WOULD STILL FIT THEIR NEEDS.

UH, MY KNEE-JERK REACTION IS I THINK IT'LL STILL FIT THEIR NEEDS IF IT WERE SUBURBAN, BUT IF WE DID IT IN THAT FASHION, THEN UH, IT WOULDN'T HOLD 'EM UP.

SO, UH, I, I THINK THAT'S DOABLE.

WELL, UM, I HAD A QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE ANNEXATION.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE SPEAKING OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT ANNEXING OF OTHER AREAS.

SO MY CONCERN WOULD BE, YOU SAID THAT THE PROPERTY THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE IS UNDER SEPTIC.

SO, UM, SINCE THIS IS AN ANNEX PROPERTY, WOULD WE BE LEGALLY BOUND? I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A, A LAWYER, BUT IF THEY PUT FOUR DIFFERENT PROPERTIES THERE, IF THEY, IF THEY FIT THE ZONING AND WE APPROVED IT, WOULD WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD WATER AND SEWER AVAILABLE? THAT'S A TRICK QUESTION BECAUSE THE ANNEXATION ITSELF, SOME WOULD ARGUE THAT THOSE UTILITIES ARE ALREADY SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CITY.

SO THE ZONING ITSELF DOES NOT TRIGGER THAT.

UM, AS I SAID, I BELIEVE THE WATER IS ALREADY AVAILABLE THERE.

UM, IN TERMS OF SEWER, AS FAR AS I KNOW RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR THE CITY TO BRING THE SEWER MAIN THROUGH THAT AREA.

WELL, WE WOULDN'T, IF THE ZONING STAYED THE SAME, I'M SORRY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE ZONING STAYED WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW, EVEN IF THE ZONING, EVEN IF THE ZONING CHANGES THERE, THERE, THE ZONING AGAIN, DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE CITY TO BRING FACILITIES.

UM, SO, SO YES AND NO, I'M NOT AGAINST THE REZONING.

I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT THEN WE WILL HAVE ANO THINGS CHANGE.

SO IF THEY DON'T JUST BUILD ONE OR TWO PROPERTIES THAT ARE CLOSER TO BARLOW, BECAUSE ISN'T THE EXISTING PROPERTY REALLY CLOSE TO THE ROAD, THE ONE THAT'S THERE? UM, IT'S RIGHT.

IT'S NOT SUPER CLOSE.

THE IT'S IT'S STEP BACK A BIT.

BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT, THAT THEY WOULD, UM, ASK US OR REQUIRE US TO, TO, TO PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT THERE.

THERE IS ALSO A, UM, A STIPULATION IN THE CODE THAT SAYS IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF A CERTAIN DISTANCE AWAY FROM MM-HMM .

THE, THE, UH, THE MAIN LINE THAT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HOOK INTO SEWER.

SO, UM, WE'D, WE'D BE KIND OF LEANING ON THAT AS WELL, THAT THEY CAN, BUT THAT WOULD BE AT THEIR EXPENSE AT THAT POINT.

JUST WORRY ABOUT KIND OF LEANING.

AND ON THEIR APPLICATION STATES, THEY'RE GONNA USE THE CURRENT UTILITIES OWNER.

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AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.

AUTHORIZING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 4.17 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 46 23 BARLOW ROAD FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO MIXED RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

GOOD DEAL.

ANYONE ELSE THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.

I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT EIGHT 14 CONCERNING THE REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP LOCATED AT 46 23 BARLOW.

FOUR ELF.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE

[f. Consider an ordinance authorizing a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 4.17 acres of land located at 4623 Barkuloo Road from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a Mixed Residential (MR) Zoning District. ]

WE WILL DO FIVE A RECEIVE THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT PHYSICAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26.

NOW

[a. Receive the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Adopted Budget.]

ADOPTED BUDGET.

MY, I GOT IT.

SO I WILL CONSIDER THAT RECEIVED AND I WILL ALSO CONSIDER RECEIVED

[b. Receive the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Adopted Budget.]

FIVE B.

RECEIVE THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT PHYSICAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 ONTO

[a. Consider an ordinance establishing parameters for the sale of Texas Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2025.]

SIX SAVE.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PARAMETERS FOR THE SALE OF TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OUR OBLIGATION SERIES 2025.

MS. MCKENZIE, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, IF YOU RECALL, IN MAY, WE BROUGHT TO YOU A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A 2025, UH, CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION OR CEO UP TO $83 MILLION.

UM, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP IN THE PROCESS THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE WITH SETTING PARAMETERS AND, UH, DISTRIBUTING THE, UM, OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

SO WE HAVE TWO OPPOSED.

WHO WAS THAT? POWELL AND FRANCO.

GOOD DEAL.

MOTION CARRIES.

NOW WE ARE ON TO THE

[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.]

CONSENT AGENDA.

WHAT? OKAY.

ANYTHING NEED TO BE PULLED? OKAY.

GOOD DEAL.

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN A THROUGH AYE.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.

NOW WE ARE ON TO SEVEN H.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF IBM LE LENOVOS.

YOU DID, YOU DID ALL OF THEM.

OH, WE SURE DID.

MANAGER'S

[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.]

REPORT.

ALRIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, FIRST BEFORE, UH, THEY LEAVE, UH, PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM REAL QUICK.

UH, EXXON AND THE PD HAD BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AND SO THERE WAS A GRANT FROM EXXON FOR PURCHASE OF SOME OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UH, IN THERE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU EXXON, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THE PD, UH, FOR, FOR THAT LARGE PURCHASE.

SO APPRECIATE IT.

UM, ALRIGHT.

UH, I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING OFF OFFICER N NGUYEN AND OFFICER RODRIGUEZ WERE RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY THE HARRIS COUNTY DA'S OFFICE FOR THEIR ROLE IN APPREHENDING A WANTED FU FUGITIVE.

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR OFFICERS FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION TO KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

SO JOHN, PLEASE PASS THAT ON TO THE OFFICERS.

UM, THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES WERE RECOGNIZED THAT THIS QUARTER'S EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION CEREMONY FOR EXEMPLIFYING OUR CORE VALUES, CARING, LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION, STEWARDSHIP, AND COLLABORATION, HAYDEN THOMASON, BRENDA, UH, BANEZ, ADRIANA CERVANTES, UH, EDDIE SANDOVAL, UH, RAUL BODO, AND CATHERINE QUINTANA.

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IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, THE 2025 BAYTOWN 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION HELD UP BY CENTENNIAL PARK WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT THAT DREW, UH, DREW IN THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS FOR AN EVENING OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES, FOOD VENDORS, AND FIREWORKS.

OVERALL, THE EVENTS, UH, CONTINUES TO GROW AS A KEY DRIVER OF TOURISM AND COMMUNITY PRIDE.

SO CLIFF AND TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HELPED PUT THIS ON, IT WAS A VERY GOOD EVENT.

UM, I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT ONE OF OUR HEADLINERS RAN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE CROWD AND, UH, STARTED HIGH FIVING PEOPLE.

UH, SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING, UH, AN INTERESTING ASPECT AND, UH, FUN TO SEE.

UH, PEOPLE DID, UH, I THINK ENJOY THAT.

AND OVERALL, GREAT NIGHT.

AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THAT.

UH, I DO WANT TO, UM, LET THE CITIZENS AND THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A CREW OF FIVE.

UM, SORRY, I'LL READ THIS.

UM, SO THE BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYED FIVE PERSONNEL TO THE, UH, ROUND MOUNTAIN AREA AS PART OF THE TEXAS, UH, INTERSTATE FIRE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT CAPTAIN, UH, ROBERT ABER, FIREFIGHTER ALEJANDRO CRUZ, KURT WOOLRIDGE, CAPTAIN GLEN COOPER, AND ENGINEER JOSH MATLOCK.

THE STRIKE TEAM IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO ASSIST WITH THE STRUCTURE PROTECTION AS A RESULT OF THE FLOODING IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

UH, SO OUR CREW MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT THERE FOR SEVEN DAYS, UM, BUT THE ASSIGNMENT MAY EXTEND UP TO 21 DAYS.

AND JUST WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT, UH, AS WE STARTED THIS OFF TODAY, THAT WE ARE, UM, UH, PRAYING AND THINKING OF EVERYBODY THAT IS IMPACTED, UH, WITH THE FLOODS IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

AND, UH, THANK YOU TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS FOR BEING OUT THERE AND ASSISTING.

UM, AND THEN I WANT TO GIVE A VERY QUICK LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

UH, BEAR WITH ME AS I READ ABOUT FOUR BULLET POINTS.

UH, AS YOU SAW IN THE EMAIL THAT THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS SENT TO Y'ALL ON MONDAY, OUR TEAM HAS COMPLETED A FULL WRAP UP OF THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, INCLUDING A SUMMARY OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL BILLS AND POLICY SHIFTS RELEVANT TO THE CITIES LIKE BAYTOWN.

THE SESSION BROUGHT MAJOR CHANGES ACROSS SEVERAL KEY THEMES, INCLUDING LAND USE AND ZONING, PUBLIC SAFETY, CITY FINANCE, ELECTION, AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY.

WE TRACKED HUNDREDS OF BILLS AND HAVE COMPILED A STRUCTURED SUMMARY FOR YOUR REFERENCE.

UM, AND CITY DEPARTMENTS HEAD ARE ACTIVELY REVIEWING THE NEW LEGISLATION TO IDENTIFY ANY REQUIRED UPDATES TO OUR OPERATIONS POLICIES AND INTERNAL PROCESS.

UH, THIS IS AN EXTENSIVE EFFORT AND WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO FULLY IMPLEMENT.

WE WILL BRING BACK A FUTURE BRIEFING TO COUNSEL, IDENTIFYING THE TOP TWO OR THREE MOST IMPACTFUL BILLS FOR OUR CITY, ALONG WITH PROPOSED CHANGES AND ACTIONS WE'LL NEED TO TAKE TO REMAIN, UH, COMPLIANT AND PROACTIVE.

WE WANTED TO GET THIS TO Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.

UM, THEY FILED OVER 9,000 BILLS IN A SESSION AND, UH, HAVE ADOPTED OVER 2000 AND, UH, IT HAS TAKEN A MINUTE TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING AT THIS POINT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO CROSS REFERENCE THOSE, UM, AND TRY NOT TO PAY ANY MORE ATTORNEYS, UM, WITH OUR TEAM AND .

GO THROUGH THOSE AND SEE HOW THEY ARE REALLY IMPACTING, UH, UH, THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN BAYTOWN ALREADY.

AND AS Y'ALL MAY KNOW, THEY ALSO JUST OPENED A SPECIAL SESSION, UH, LOOKING AT FURTHER FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE TO, UH, BE READY FOR, UH, SHOULD THAT GO, UH, INTO EFFECT.

AND WE WILL BRING THIS BACK.

THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN GRIFFITH

[a. Receive a report from Council Member Kenrick Griffith regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 3.]

WITH YOUR DISTRICT REPORT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

EXCITING NEWS.

THE BRAND NEW PLAYGROUND AT BAYTOWN SOCCER PARK IS OFFICIALLY OPEN.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT US ON MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.

THE NEW PLAYGROUND AT DISTRICT THREE'S BAYTOWN SOCCER PARK IS NOW COMPLETE.

WE'RE INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT, UH, THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE, INCLUDING A $50,000 CONTRIBUTION FROM BAY AREA COUNCIL ON DRUG AND ALCOHOL ON ALCOHOL DAKOTA, AND A $13,000, UH, UH, UH, CONTRIBUTION FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, BLOCK GRANT, THE CDBG, UM, A GAME TIME EQUIPMENT GRANT, UH, WHICH GAVE US A DISCOUNTED RATE ON THE EQUIPMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE, UM, THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THAT PARK.

IT LOOKS GREAT.

IT'S RIGHT BY MY HOUSE.

I WILL BE TAKING MY NIECES THERE TO, UH, PLAY ON THAT PLAYGROUND.

UM, ALSO AT THE, SO AT THE SOCCER PARK, VOLUNTEERS FROM HOME DEPOT VISITED ON SATURDAY JUNE 18TH TO APPLY A FRESH PAINT TO THE PIPE RAILS.

THIS IS THE SECOND PARKS PROJECT.

HOME DEPOT HAS GATHERED, UH, VOLUNTEERS FOR AND THEY ARE PLANNING MORE IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS.

SO, VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

HOME DEPOT.

UH, PARKS AND RECS WILL FORMERLY BID THE NATURE CENTER FISHING PIER,

[01:50:01]

UH, PERIOD REPAIRS FOR JULY 15TH AND THE 22ND.

WE ARE HAPPY TO GET THOSE BACK UP AND RUNNING FOR OUR VISITORS.

YES, WE ARE.

I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THAT.

PEOPLE LOVE TO FISH AT OUR BEAUTIFUL NATURE CENTER ON FRIDAY, JULY 25TH FOR YOU SWIFTIES OUT THERE.

I WAS ASKED TO REPORT THIS 'CAUSE IT'S IN JUNE 'CAUSE IT'S IN, UM, DISTRICT FOUR, BUT FOR YOU SWIFT'S OUT THERE, UM, LOVER THE OFFICIAL HES BAND.

I I HEAR THIS IS A TAYLOR SWIFT COVER BAND, UH, WILL TAKE STAGE AT PIRATES BAY.

OUR, OUR TOURISM APARTMENT HAS TEAMED UP WITH SEVERAL LOCAL HOTELS AND WILL BE OFFERING EXCLUSIVE PERKS TO HOTEL GUESTS IN ATTENDING THE CONCERT.

SO I'LL LET, SO ALL THE SWIFTIES AND DISTRICT THREE, Y'ALL COULD GO OUT ON JULY 25TH AND HEAR COOL HITS FROM, FROM TAYLOR SWIFT.

PROGRESS IS MOVING ON SCHEDULE AT THE WEST DISTRICT WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

WE HOPE TO SEE PROGRESS SOON.

SEVERAL UPGRADES ARE RECENTLY, HAVE RECENTLY BEEN MADE TO THE SCADA LIST STATIONS, UH, AT, UH, POINT ROYAL LAKEWOOD ESTATES AND COUNTRY CLUB COVE TO GET READY FOR INSTALLATION OF BRAND NEW SCADA SYSTEMS. WE ALSO HAVE A DISTRICT THREE LISTENING TOUR COMING UP THIS TUESDAY, JULY 15TH AT SIX 30 AT OUR FIRE TRAINING FIELD.

I HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE.

CHIEF STRINGER WILL BE CO-HOSTING THAT WITH MYSELF AND WE WILL BE, TAKE QUESTIONS FROM, UH, EVERYONE IN OUR DISTRICT AND ANYONE WHO'S NOT IN OUR DISTRICT ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES THAT, UM, ARE CONCERNING TO Y'ALL AND ARE AFFECTING YOUR DAILY LIVES HERE IN BAYTOWN.

SO I HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE ON JULY 15TH AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING TO FROM EVERYONE.

[10. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

I'M GONNA GO INTO EXECUTIVES POINT, POINT OF PRIVILEGE.

I MEAN, YOU WERE, SHE WAS FRIEND OF YOU.

BUT I THINK BOTH OF US ARE ARE WANTED TO MENTION, UH, MISS, MISS JUDY, WE RECENTLY PASSED AWAY, UH, A LONG TIME MEMBER OF DISTRICT FOUR, UH, COUNTRY CLUB VIEW.

UH, SHE WAS A 20 YEAR MEMBER OF THE PILOT CLUB.

UH, SHE WAS A PART OF LEE COLLEGE FOUNDATION, UH, BAYTOWN BENEFIT ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, GOOSE CREEK COUNTRY CLUB LADIES ASSOCIATION, HISTORIC GOOSE CREEK ASSOCIATION.

UH, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, UH, GRAY TOWN, BAYTOWN, GREATER BAYTOWN SERVICE ORGANIZATION NETWORK, UH, SOCIETY OF LEADERSHIP OF MEDICINE GROUP FOR THE METHODIST BAYTOWN, UH, METHODIST IN BAYTOWN.

UM, SHE WAS AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND A AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU WOULD, WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF THAT IS SOMEBODY, UH, SHE WOULD HOST CHRISTMAS EVENTS AT, AT, AT HER, AT HER HOUSE AND, AND ALWAYS HAD FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND SHE WAS REALLY WELL LOVED IN THE COUNTRY CLUB COMMUNITY AND IN THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY.

AND SHE'S A GREAT LOSS TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF YOURS.

UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A LIFETIME OF SERVICE, SHE REALLY HAD A LIFETIME YES.

OF SERVICE.

SHE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED.

OH YEAH.

JULY.

I THINK SHE WAS CITIZEN A YEAR, A FEW YEARS AGO.

LAST YEAR.

YEAH, LAST YEAR.

WAS IT LAST YEAR? YEAH, COUPLE YEARS AGO.

IT WAS, IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

SHE WAS ALSO A FIGHTER OF, OF THE YEAR LAST MM-HMM .

OH YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

IT IS NOW 8:28 PM WE WILL RECESS IT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONVENE, UM, TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION AND OR 5 5 1 0.087 TO DISCUSS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND 5 5 1 0.07 TO DELIBERATE THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER.

SO AM I DOING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE? DID NOT TAKE NO ACTION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, 11 A I NEED A MOTION, UH, I DON'T HAVE THE ITEM HERE, BUT YOU WANNA READ THE, READ THE ITEM, TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER'S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.