* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2025 IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM AT 7:05 PM WE WILL NOW HAVE THE PLEDGE AND INVOCATION PLEDGE WILL BE GIVEN BY MR. COME ON, HE DOESN JOHN ORTIZ. COME ON UP, SIR. HE IS . WE'RE LETTING DO IT JUST 'CAUSE WE FEEL BAD FOR YOU. HE'S A STUDENT IN G-C-C-I-S-D AT WE HIGH SCHOOL. UH, HE'S REPRESENTING GOOSE CREEK, WHATEVER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THIS TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVISIBLE. MR. ORTIZ, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. I'D LOVE TO SEE OUR YOUTH COMING OUT AND, AND PARTICIPATING IN THESE THINGS. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IF YOU WANNA TRANSFER TO STARLING, PLEASE LET US KNOW. IT IS ABOUT OUR HEADS. AND GO TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME TO GATHER HERE TO, TO COME TODAY HERE. UH, WE ASK FOR YOUR GU YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR WISDOM AND OUR DECISIONS AND ALL THOSE THINGS WE DO HERE FOR THE CITY. WE ASK THAT YOU STILL BE WITH THOSE THAT ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THEIR LOSSES FROM THE FLOODS THAT WE JUST HAD A FEW, FEW MONTHS AGO. IN THE FAMILIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH THEIR TRAGEDIES, WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH THOSE THAT ARE THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE, THAT ARE, THAT IS, THAT IS, UH, COMING TOWARDS, TOWARDS, UH, THE CARIBBEAN AT THIS MOMENT. AND BE WITH THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE AND PROTECT THEM. WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS AS THEY'RE OUT PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS AND PROTECTING THE STRAI CITY. WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH ALL OF OUR, OUR LEADERS AND AS THEY GIVE US, GIVE US WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AND HELP US THROUGH ALL THESE MATTERS AND, AND BRING AND BRING THINGS TO THE CITY. UH, WE THANK YOU THESE THINGS IN ALL OUR, IN EVERYTHING YOU'VE GIVEN US TODAY, LORD AND YOUR SON, OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. AMEN. I AM GONNA START OFF WITH CITIZEN [1. CITIZEN COMMENTS Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, prohibits the City Council from discussing, deliberating, or considering, subjects for which public notice has not been given on the agenda. Issues that cannot be referred to the administration for action may be placed on the agenda of a future City Council Session.] COMMENT. THE PURPOSE OF CITIZEN COMMENT IS TO GIVE ALL AND ARRESTED CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS. EVERY DESIRE EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE YOU DECIDE THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING. EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE COMMENTS. THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. A CITIZEN MAY PASS HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS COUNSEL. HOWEVER, NO CITIZEN REMARKS SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES IN TOTAL. EITHER ONE MINUTE OR THREE MINUTE LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNSEL. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND COUNSEL CANNOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ON ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC NOTICE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN ON THIS AGENDA. WE'RE GONNA START WITH MR. JEFF GALVAN. JEFF GALVAN. IS HE OUTSIDE? YEAH. IS HE OUTSIDE? JEFF GALVAN. GALVAN OUT HERE? NO. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. NEXT WE WILL , WE WILL HAVE MS. JUNE STANSKI. PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS WHENEVER YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM. 46 0 1 DRIFTWOOD DRIVE, BAYTOWN 7 7 5 2 1. UM, I WAS AT YOUR LENGTHY FOUR HOUR BUDGET MEETING ON AUGUST THE FIFTH, AND I UNFORTUNATELY WATCHED YOU GUYS NITPICK OVER THE PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET. THE PARKS ARE THE BEST PART OF THE CITY. THEY, THEY RUN OUR WONDERFUL FESTIVALS. THEY, THEY PROVIDE WONDERFUL RECREATION FOR OUR CITIZENS AND YOU GUYS JUST WERE AWFUL TO THEM AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED. UM, WE, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BOND ISSUES AND SOME OF THOSE INVOLVE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH, I THOUGHT, A CONSENSUS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU WERE GONNA LET THE PUBLIC VOTE ON THE BONDS. AND NOW I'M HEARING THAT YOU'RE POSSIBLY ELIMINATING THE PARKS BONDS. NOT PRETTY. LASTLY, I POINTED OUT 10 LINE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET THAT WERE OVER 300,000 TO $2.5 MILLION IN EXCESS OF LAST YEAR. BUT YET YOU'RE CUTTING THE CITY BUS SERVICES BY $150,000. THIS IS JUST [00:05:01] NOT ACCEPTABLE. YOU GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THE CITIZENS BETTER. THANK YOU MS. SKE. DOCTOR, NEXT WE HAVE LAURA COVINO. PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS. UH, 2 1 0 HAROLD LANE IN BAYTOWN, TEXAS. SO THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE MY BILL OF THE WATER, I KNOW IT SOUNDS, UH, SOMETHING SILLY, MAN. NOW I EXPLAIN YOU. SO I MISSED REPAYMENT BECAUSE NOW IT'S DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE AND THEY CHARGE ME. I PAY EVERY MONTH, UH, AMOUNT OF $70. SO $70, UH, IS TWO FOR THREE MONTHS IS 210. AND I'M OKAY TO PAY MY BILL. OF COURSE I'M OKAY. NOW. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THEY CHARGE ME 290 18 FEE. WHAT I CONTEST IS I DON'T THINK HE'S OKAY THAT THE FEE HE HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF THE BILL. NUMBER ONE. I DON'T THINK IT'S OKAY. NUMBER TWO, UH, IS MORE THAN ONE WEEK THAT I WAIT FOR THE GUY OF THE WATER TO COME AND SEE MY METER AND HE NEVER SHOW UP. IF I CALL NOBODY ANSWER, I WORK. SO NOW I HAVE ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUTES, SO I WILL BE FAST. I ASK MORE TRANSPARENCY. SO I WANT TO SEE MY METER HOLD ON. AND ALSO I ASK THAT THE FEE IS NO 100% OF THE BILL. IT SHOULD BE 10 OR 20% OF THE BILL. NO MORE THAN THAT. HOLD ON. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND HER TIME TO HEAR WHAT ELSE SHE HAS TO SAY. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO DO SO? THANK YOU. A MOTION TO A MOTION TO SERVE TOM BY ONE MINUTE. THAT'S FINE. MOTION TO SPEND HER TIME BY ONE MINUTE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A A. OKAY, GO AHEAD. SO MY FEE IS 100% OF THE BILL. NOW I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY. ACTUALLY I'M A MATH TEACHER, , BUT I FOUND ONLINE SOMETHING THAT IS SCHOOL IS FROM THE STATUE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IS, UH, TITLE 16 ECONOMIC REGULATION PART TWO OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS. I CAN SEND YOU THE LINK. AND HERE HE SAY THAT PENALTY ON DELINQUENT BILLS FOR RETAIL SERVICE UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED THERE IS THIS A ONE TIME PENALTY, UH, FOR DELINQUENT BILL CAN BE EITHER $5 OR 10% FOR ALL CUSTOMERS MIGHT BE CHARGED FOR DELINQUENT BILLS. ALSO SAY SOMETHING ELSE. I CANNOT READ IT ALL BECAUSE THERE IS NO TIME. BUT IT SAY ALSO THAT AN ADDITIONAL LATE FEE MAY NOT BE APPLIED TO A SUBSEQUENT BILL FOR FAILURE TO PAY THE PRIOR LATE FEE. FOR WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, THEY CHARGE A FEE ON THE FEE. SO BECAUSE FOR THREE MONTHS I DIDN'T PAY, I AGREE I HAVE TO PAY THAT. BUT THEY CHARGE A BIG FEE OF 100% AND THEN THEY CHARGE ANOTHER FEE ON THE FEE. OKAY. IT LOOK LIKE TO ME THAT THEY CANNOT DO THAT. AND I CAN SEND YOU THE LINK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. NEXT WE WILL HAVE DARLENE COWANS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DARLENE COWANS. MY ADDRESS IS 78 14 BROKEN ARROW STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS. UM, JUST COMING BRIEFLY TO SPEAK ON THE QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE JUNETEENTH 4TH OF JULY AND OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE BEING QUESTIONED IN THE CITY FOR THE CITIZENS. AND JUST SAYING THAT I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF THOSE EVENTS AND I DO NOT WANT THOSE TO DISCONTINUE MYSELF. I HAVE ATTENDED ALL OF THE JUNETEENTH EVENTS SINCE THEY HAVE OCCURRED AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY ENJOYABLE AS WELL AS PARTICIPATED IN THE JUNE 4TH OF JULY EVENTS AS WELL. AND I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF ALL OF THOSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PAULA CRANKS SHANK. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS PAULA CRAIGS SHANK. I LIVE AT 4 0 9 PIN OAK DRIVE, [00:10:01] BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 0. UH, I'M JUST GONNA PIGGYBACK ON WHAT SHE JUST SAID BECAUSE I AGREE WITH HER. WE SHOULD NOT BE CUTTING FESTIVALS AND BUDGETS SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT BECAUSE OUR KIDS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEM OFF THE ROADS AND KEEP THEM FROM GETTING INTO TROUBLE. SO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH Y'ALL TRYING TO CUT BUDGETS, UH, PARK AND RECREATION. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT TOO. CUTTING THE BUDGET FOR THAT IS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. AND I WANNA SAY, WHEN YOU ALL HAVE FESTIVAL TIMES, LIKE FOR FATHER DAUGHTER DANCES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, KIDS SHOULD NOT GO HOME WITHOUT NOTHING BECAUSE WHEN YOU PAY $40 PER TICKET FOR YOUR CHILD TO ATTEND, THEY SHOULD NOT GO HOME WITH NOTHING. THEY NEED TO PLAN BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AUGUSTINE LAREDO, AND HE'S GIVEN TIME BY CHUCK CRUZ. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, 2016 CAROLINA, UH, BAYTOWN, TEXAS. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ALSO TO TALK ABOUT THE FESTIVALS. UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, I'M 51 YEARS OLD AND I'VE BEEN GOING TO 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL MY WHOLE LIFE EXCEPT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS I'VE HAD SOME THINGS COME UP. BUT I'VE GONE TO THE JUNETEENTH AND I'VE GONE TO THE GTO FEST. IN FACT, UH, MY FRIEND JERRY AND MY FRIEND FRED AGUILAR WERE THE ONES THAT CO-FOUNDED THE GTO FEST. AND WE'VE DONE, I THINK, A GOOD JOB BECAUSE OF PARKS AND REC. AND WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT GO TO THIS FESTIVAL, TO THESE FESTIVALS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE AREA TO COME CELEBRATE WITH US. NOW I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A LITTLE, A LITTLE HICCUP AT ONE OF THE FESTIVALS AND THAT'S BROUGHT SOME CONCERN. THERE WAS A HICCUP AT THE, AT THE PARADE TOO. I'M SURE WE'RE NOT CUTTING ANY BUDGETS ON THE PARADE. I HOPE WE'RE NOT. IN 50 YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD THESE THINGS, WE HAD ONE LITTLE SORTA HICCUP AND WE'RE READY TO JUST START CUTTING EVERYTHING DOWN BECAUSE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN BAYTOWN DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANNA SUPPORT THIS. IT'S NOT ABOUT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, IT'S ABOUT EVERYBODY. AND YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU ASK PEOPLE THAT VOTE FOR UP FOR YOU GUYS THAT TURN AROUND AND PAY THEIR TAXES, THAT DO EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY HAS THINGS THAT BRING PEOPLE IN, THINGS THAT ARE FREE TO OUR CITIZENS, THINGS THAT HELP OUR ECONOMY LOCALLY. AND WE'RE ABLE TO CULTIVATE ON THAT AND LET IT GO. AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS HAPPEN. AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I LOVE BAYTOWN. I'VE LIVED HERE, MY FAMILY'S BEEN HERE SINCE THE TWENTIES. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M PROUD OF. I'M PROUD OF BAYTOWN FOR A LOT OF REASONS, BUT THIS GIVES OTHER PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF BAYTOWN A REASON TO COME IN AND FEEL THE SAME PRIDE THAT I DO. 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN THE AREA LIKE WE'RE DOING IN BAYTOWN AND PARKS AND REC IS DOING IT RIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING ON GOOD SHOWS THAT ARE FAMILY EVENTS AND JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER THING, YOU HAVE SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR, BUT WE CAN'T BLAME THOSE SITUATIONS AND CANCEL EVERYTHING OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU MR. JERRY. MR. JACOB SCHAFER, UH, JERRY JACOB SCHAFER 9 0 3 ROSEWOOD DRIVE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS. SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, I AM THE, UH, THE VOICE OF THE GRITO FEST AND ALSO I'M ONE OF THE THE FOLKS WHO DO THE 4TH OF JULY. UH, AND I WANNA SAY THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE STANDING UP HERE IN FRONT OF COUNSEL HAVING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, WHERE WE TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THE RITO FEST, WHICH CELEBRATES ALL OF US, NOT JUST HISPANIC HERITAGE, BUT EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY IN BAYTOWN SHARING CULTURE, SHARING CONNECTION, SHARING FEELING. AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS, JUNETEENTH, THE RITO FEST 4TH OF JULY ARE THE BEST THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN BAYTOWN BECAUSE THEY NOT ONLY BRING PEOPLE TO BAYTOWN, BUT THEY BRING ALL OF US TOGETHER. THIS IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY, FOR ALL OUR FEELINGS, FOR ALL OUR CONNECTIONS, FOR ALL OUR LOVE. BECAUSE IF YOU LOVE BAYTOWN, THEN YOU'VE GOTTA LOVE THE THINGS THAT WE DO BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT WE DO PRODUCES LOVE AND BRINGS IT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THIS. I LOVE BAYTOWN AND I LOVE THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK. THIS CONCLUDES THE CITIZEN COMMENT PORTION OF THE AGENDA. TWO, [a. Consider approving the meeting minutes of the Joint Municipal Development District and City Council Meeting held on June 26, 2025.] A MUNICIPAL [00:15:01] DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ITEMS AND MINUTES. CONSIDER APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES OF THE JOINT MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 26TH, 2025. THAT WAS CITIZEN COMMENTING, MAYBE SIGNED UP FOR OTHER THINGS. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES TO B [b. Consider an resolution approving a Rebate Agreement between the Baytown Municipal Development Corporation and the City of Baytown, Texas, related to the Baytown Convention Center Hotel Project.] CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A REBATE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS RELATED TO THE BAYTOWN CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL PROJECT. MS. MCKENZIE. UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. COUNCIL, UH, THIS REBATE AGREEMENT AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO INITIATE A MONTHLY TRANSFER OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY AND SALES TAX SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE HOTEL, TO THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT MDD. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT, THE CITY IS ELIGIBLE, ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THESE REBATES FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOLLOWING THE INITIAL OCCUPANCY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TRANSFER IS TO ENSURE THAT THE DESIGNATE DESIGNATED FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT AND ADVANCE THE HOTEL PROJECT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE OBJECTIVES OUTLINED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MS. MCKENZIE. WE WILL TAKE ITEMS [3. CITY COUNCIL ITEMS - MINUTES] THREE A AND THREE B TOGETHER. CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION HELD ON JUNE 26TH, 2025, AND ALSO CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE JOINT MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 26TH, 2025. I NEED A, I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS THREE A AND B. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, A. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE WILL TAKE ITEMS FOUR A AND FOUR B TOGETHER. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP BY THAT WAS PULLED, MAYOR. OH, GOT YOU. OKAY. WELL, ITEMS FOUR A AND FOUR B ARE PULLED. LET'S MOVE ON [c. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow the establishment of a recreational vehicle (RV) park within the General Commercial (GC) Zoning District, located at 3402 Shady Hill Drive, Baytown, Texas 77521. ] TO FOUR C. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RECREATIONAL OR RV PARK WITH THE GENERAL WITHIN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. LOCATED AT 34 0 2 SHADY HILL DRIVE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 1. THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY BEING HELD IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL AND ARRESTED 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 FOYER 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 EVERY PERSON TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNSEL OF THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME. IT IS NOW 7:23 PM AND I CALLED TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE REQUEST TO APPROVE SPECIAL USE PERMIT LOCATED AT 34 0 2 SHADY HILL DRIVE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS. I WOULD LIKE NOW TO REQUEST STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MR. SCRIBNER. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UM, FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN SCRIBNER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UM, SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS, UH, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK. SO THE CODE DOES REQUIRE, UH, A, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THIS USE. IT IS ALLOWED IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING WITH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY IS, UH, JUST OVER 10 AND A HALF ACRES. AND IT IS KIND OF WEST OF ROLLING BOOK DRIVE AND NORTH OF DECKER, UH, KIND OF BACK BEHIND RAINTREE APARTMENTS. UH, THE CURRENT ZONING, AS I MENTIONED, IS GENERAL COMMERCIAL. UH, NEARBY IS ALSO GENERAL COMMERCIAL WITH, YOU CAN SEE THE BROWN ON THE MAP IS ALSO, UH, THAT'S MULTIFAMILY. [00:20:01] IT'S THE, THE, UH, IT'S URBAN RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT, THAT'S WHERE THE, UH, APARTMENTS ARE. UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CALLS FOR MIXED DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FOR THAT PROPERTY AND THE, UH, PROPERTIES NEARBY. AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN NOW IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN. UM, THE SITE PLAN SHOWS TWO ENTRANCES ONTO SHADY HILL DRIVE, A DETENTION POND AREA ON THE KIND OF, SORT OF WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS WHERE YOU SEE THOSE BIG, ALMOST OVAL SHAPES. THAT'S WHERE ALL THE RV STALLS ARE. THERE'S, UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING 77 STALLS THERE. UM, WE DID RECEIVE LETTERS OF, UH, FOUR LETTERS OF OBJECTION TO THIS. UH, AT THE TIME THAT THE STAFF REPORT WAS SUBMITTED. UM, THE REALLY, THE MAIN CONCERNS WERE, UH, INCREASED RUNOFF, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, UH, ELEVATED FLOOD RISK, THE POTENTIAL IN, UH, TO AFFECT THE PROPERTY VALUES IN A NEGATIVE WAY. UH, ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, SAFETY AND CRIME CONCERNS. UH, THIS WENT TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN JULY. UH, AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING. WE DID HAVE, UH, UH, SEVERAL PEOPLE SPEAK AGAINST, UH, THE ITEM. AGAIN, KIND OF QUOTING THOSE, THOSE, UM, REASONS FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, DID RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT THEY HEARD THAT THAT NIGHT. SO I DID WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU, WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS HAPPEN IN A WHILE. SO THERE, IN THE CURRENT CODE, IT BASICALLY SAYS IF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF AN ITEM FOR THIS BODY TO APPROVE IT, YOU NEED THREE QUARTERS OF THE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ENTIRE, UH, COUNCIL. SO FOR THIS ITEM, YOU WOULD NEED SIX VOTES IN ORDER TO APPROVE IT. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF HOUSEKEEPING STUFF. UM, ALL THAT SAID, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, AND, AND I'M NOT SURE IF OUR APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT. I DID NOT SEE THEM AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY RAISING THEIR HANDS, SO, GOOD DEAL. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MARTIN. UM, WHEN WE INTRODUCED OUR NEW ZONING, UM, UH, AREAS AND, AND CODES, WE OUTLINED A SPECIFIC AREA FOR RVS AND, AND THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS. SO WHY WOULD WE ENTERTAIN ONE IN THIS AREA? IS IT JUST BECAUSE THEY APPLIED FOR IT? THERE'S NO SPECIFIC ZONING? WELL, YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT THERE'S NO SPECIFIC ZONING JUST FOR, JUST FOR RV PARKS. MM-HMM . IT'S ALLOWED ANYWHERE COMMERCIAL, GENERAL COMMERCIAL IS ALLOWED. MM-HMM . THIS IS ALREADY ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL. MM-HMM . SO THE SUP IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN APPLY FOR. SO THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE SO, THANK YOU. MM-HMM . YES, SIR. KIND OF PIGGYBACK A LITTLE ON THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US VISIT ON THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT RV PARKS AND KIND OF, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE REALLY LIKED HERE IN THE CITY. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO USE IT FOR. WHAT DID YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR WORKERS AND UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK OUR CITIZENS ARE KIND OF GETTING TO, WE HAVE ENOUGH RV PARKS HERE. I LIKE TO SEE THAT KIND OF MAYBE LOOKED AT. AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING WE KIND OF MAYBE LIKE YOU SAID, ZONE IT TO CERTAIN AREAS. LIKE WE'VE DONE WAREHOUSES, MAYOR AS A FOLLOW UP AND, AND IT'S THAT I DON'T LIKE RV PARKS. THERE ARE SOME THROUGHOUT MY DISTRICT AND THEY HAVE BEEN AMAZING NEIGHBORS AND SO THERE'S NOTHING AGAINST IT. UM, BUT I KNOW FOR THE ONES THAT ARE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, THEY CANNOT REBUILD, UH, ANOTHER RV, UH, OR ANOTHER RV. RIGHT. IF, UM, IT'S 51% OR MORE DAMAGED OR LIKE A MOTOR HOME. THAT'S RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT THE SAME MOTOR HOME AND RVS. NO, THEY CAN'T, THOSE ARE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES THAT ARE PULLED. YES, CORRECT. THEY CAN'T EXPAND THE AREA, BUT THEY CAN, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALWAYS BRINGING NEW RVS IN AND OUT. IT'S, IT'S MM-HMM . YEAH. IT'S, THAT'S JUST PART OF THE, THE USE. OKAY. AND, AND I, AND I WOULD SAY TOO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ZONING, SO BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, THIS WAS A CARRYOVER FROM THE OLD CODE IN TERMS OF ALLOWED IN GC REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT BECAUSE WE DID WANNA MAKE SURE IN THE PAST THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, A REQUIRED NOTICE TO NEIGHBORS, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME OUT AND SPEAK TO PNZ AND TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS, UH, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SEE. SO, UM, WHILE IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT IN TERMS OF ZONING, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT KIND OF GETS US TO THE SAME PLACE, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. [00:25:01] SO, UM, SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO ADDRESS, UH, THAT COMMENT. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. WE HAVE SOME CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. FIRST WOULD BE KEENAN SCHULTZ, PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING. UH, KEENAN SCHULTZ, 5,008 ASHWOOD DRIVE, 7 7 5 2 1. AND I WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ONES THAT DID SPEAK AT THE LAST ZONING THING. AND, UM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY ASK THAT, UH, YOU REALLY CONSIDER THIS, UM, AS SOMETHING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T REALLY WANT. UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS. UM, OF COURSE THE SAFETY, OF COURSE, THE UTILITIES, ALL THOSE THINGS, THE TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THERE. UM, AND, AND IT'S REALLY KINDA INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU COME ACROSS SOMETHING, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU, YOU SEE IT EVERYWHERE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET A BRAND NEW CAR, IT'S LIKE, OH, EVERYBODY'S GOT THE SAME CAR. UM, AND HOW MANY TIMES YOU DRIVE AROUND AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE SEEING ALL THESE RV PARKS. SOME ARE NICE, A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT. AND THE CONCERN IS, IS THAT IT STARTS OFF NICE. SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, THE MAINTENANCE DOESN'T GET DONE AND IT'S, AND IT QUICKLY DEGRADES. AND, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, THAT WE VOTE KNOW ON THIS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. JANICE CARROLL. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL. THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME IS JANICE CARROLL. I LIVE AT 32 10 INDIAN TRAIL, BAYTOWN, TEXAS. UM, I ACTUALLY LIVE LIKE LESS THAN, UM, HALF A MILE FROM THIS PROPOSED SITE, UM, IN SHADY HILL VILLA. UM, I'M NOT AGAINST LEGITIMATE RV PARKS. UM, WE OWN AN RV AND IT SITS ON A LAKE AND IT'S A GOOD THING. UM, THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST IS BEING SOLD AS A TOURIST RV PARK AND IS MISLEADING. IN REALITY, IT'S A TRANSIENT MAN CAMP FOR CONTRACTORS PLACED RIGHT BETWEEN TWO HIGH CRIME APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN TWO MURDERS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. NOT TO MENTION ALL THE DRUG ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON OVER THERE AS WELL. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN IN DECLINE FOR YEARS. MY PROPERTY TAX VALUE IS RISING WHILE MY HOME MARKET VALUE IS FALLING. ADDING TRANSIENT HOUSING HERE WILL ONLY INCREASE CRIME, LOWER PROPERTY VALUES, AND FURTHER HARM THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE. A VOTE IN FAVOR IS A VOTE AGAINST THE SAFETY, STABILITY, AND FUTURE OF DISTRICT FOUR. I'M URGING YOU TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. AND VOTE NO THANK YOU. CELIA KREY. HI, I'M CELIA KREY. I LIVE AT 46 12 COUNTRY CLUB VIEW AND I'M IN DISTRICT FOUR. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS RV PARK I DRIVE ROLLING BROOK EVERY DAY TO AND FROM WORK. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD DO TO THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS TO STRESSES ON THE ROAD, WHICH WE HAVE ENOUGH BAT ROADS IN BAYTOWN THAT NEED WORK. WE DON'T NEED MORE. I KNOW THE ENTRANCE TO THE RV PARK THAT'S PROPOSED IS RIGHT BEHIND THOSE APARTMENTS WHERE LOTS OF PEOPLE PARK CARS. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE RVS ARE GONNA GET THROUGH THERE. I DON'T THINK THE, UH, RV PARK BRINGS ANY BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE BAD FOR OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND IT DOES NOT BELONG IN DISTRICT FOUR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ROSEANNE FRIEDMAN, I I HAVE MY NAME ON THE WRONG SHEET THERE. I'M TALKING TO THE ABOUT THE BATTERY STORAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, BARRY FREEMAN, SAME THING. I'M ON THE WRONG ROAD. OKAY. KYLE RHODES. KYLE RHODES, 51 11 GLENHAVEN BAYTOWN, TEXAS. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE HERE ON THE COUNCIL. I AM OPPOSED TO THIS AND I [00:30:01] HOPE THAT YOU'LL VOTE AGAINST IT. ALSO, I WROTE A LETTER, ALL THE POINTS ON THE BOARD WERE IN MY LETTER. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CRIME AND SO FORTH. AND THE ZONING THAT WAS CREATED OVER 20 YEARS AGO AND STARTED UP AROUND THIS AREA ARE A LOT OF MULTI RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREAS. AN RV PARK DOES NOTHING TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE BAYTON IN THIS AREA. MAYBE A FEW PEOPLE WOULD USE IT TO PARK THEIR THINGS THERE. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT CREATE JOBS. IT DOES NOT CREATE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THAT MOST BAYTON WOULD BE USING. IT DOES NOT EDUCATE. IT IS NOT AN ENHANCED PLACE TO EAT TO THRIVE. AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES SUCH AS PETS GETTING LOOSE NOISE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVING TO RESPOND TO IT. WILL CHILDREN BE SAFE ALONG THE CREEK? WILL THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD LEAK INTO THE HAPPEN BIOHAZARDS, FUEL RUNOFF, AND GOD FORBID THE STORM HITS AND SOMETHING BLOWS INTO THE CREEK AND DAMAGES. ROLLING BROOK DRIVE AND DUMPS THOSE THERE. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE AGAINST IT. THANK YOU JEREMY BERGSTROM. I THINK MAYBE I ENDED UP ON THE WRONG SIGNUP LIST. SIR, I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE, THE BEST PROJECT ON MASSEY. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. I GOT IT NOTED. WE'LL GET YOU. OKAY. WELL THAT SEEMS TO BE EVERYONE THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK. I THINK YOU STILL HAD SOME MORE THREE IN THEIR HAND. I GUESS WE ASK, DID YOU ALL SIGN IN TO SPEAK? YES. MAYOR, THERE ARE NUMEROUS LISTS AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY. I'M LOOKING AT EM. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? I DON'T HAVE A MARIE JANOWSKI HERE. YOU DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK. I SURE DID. THEY RAN OFF EXTRA PAPERS. I WAS THE TOP OF THE EXTRA PAPER. YOU WERE AT THE TOP? YEP. I DON'T SEE HER ON HERE ANYWHERE. AND I WENT THROUGH, SHE SAYS AT THE TOP. OH, RIGHT HERE. GOT YOU. GO AHEAD, I'M SORRY. KELLY, WILL YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS? MARIE JANOWSKI 4 7 0 5 BURNING TREE. AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK DOES NOT BELONG IN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. JUST A FEW REASONS FOR THIS WOULD BE CRIME, PUBLIC SAFETY, DETRIMENTAL TO OUR PROPERTY VALUE AND BECOME AN ICEO RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK DOES NOT BELONG WITHIN BAYTOWN CITY LIMITS EITHER. FOR THE SAME REASONS THE COUNTRY CLUB OAKS RESIDENTS DO NOT WANT THE RV PARK IN THIS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEIR HOMES. THE RESIDENTS OF COUNTRY CLUB OAKS WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH YOUR DECISION. NONE OF YOU WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH YOUR DECISION BECAUSE YOU DO NOT LIVE IN THIS AREA. HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO THIS RV PARK? THIS IS THE TIME FOR COUNCIL TO VOTE FOR WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT AND NOT VOTE FOR AN OUTSIDE BUSINESS THAT OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT CARE ABOUT BAYTOWN OR THEIR RESIDENTS. ONLY THE DOLLAR. AND WOULD ANY OF THOSE INVESTORS WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO THE RV PARK? I WOULD SAY THE ANSWER TO THAT WOULD BE NO. WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE REASON FOR THIS RV PARK IS, IS TO ACCOMMODATE EXXON, CHEVRON AND OTHER LOCAL CONTRACTORS. THIS COMPANY OWNS PROPERTY THAT IS OUT NEAR EXXON, I'M SORRY, NEAR CHEVRON. THEY COULD PUT THIS RV PARK OUT THERE AND STILL ACCOMMODATE THE CONTRACTORS FOR EXXON, CHEVRON AND LOCALLY AND NOT BE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. [00:35:01] I ASK YOU TO PLEASE VOTE NO TO THE RV PARK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT GOOD? THAT'S GOOD. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON FOUR C? OKAY. THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK. I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:40 PM CONCERNING THE REQUEST TO APPROVE A SUP LOCATED AT 34 0 2 SHADY HILL DRIVE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 1. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO FOUR [d. Consider an ordinance to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) on an approximately 10.62-acre parcel at 3402 Shady Hill Drive, Baytown, Texas 77521, to allow the establishment of a recreational vehicle (RV) park with 77 spaces in the General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.] D. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON APPROXIMATELY 10.62 ACRE PARCEL AT 34 0 2 SHADY HILL DRIVE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 1 TO ALLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK WITH 77 SPACES IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. I NEED A MOTION. I NEED A MOTION TO DENY. MOTION TO YOU. DON'T MOTION TO DENY. WE CAN DO A MOTION TO DENY. YES. YES. SORRY. MR. MAYOR, YOU'VE CALLED FOR A MOTION ON THE, UH, ORDINANCE. IF, IF THERE'S NO MOTION MADE OR NO SECOND, THEN SOMEONE CAN MAKE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION. GOT YOU. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION FIRST. SO YOU CALLED FOR A MOTION. I CALLED FOR A MOTION AND NO ONE. AND IF NOBODY SPEAKS UP YES. CALLED THREE TIMES. YEAH. THAT'S IN THE MOTION TO DENY THOUGH. BUT I DIDN'T CALL FOR IT. THREE TIMES YOU CALL AND I'M SORRY MR. MAYOR, I MISSPOKE. IF NO ONE MOVES AND NO ONE SECONDS, YOU CALLED IT THREE TIMES, THERE'S NO NEED FOR A SUBSEQUENT MOTION BECAUSE THE MEASURE'S JUST GONNA FAIL ON ITS OWN. THAT'S RIGHT. I JUST JUST WANTED THAT, I WANTED A MOTION TO DENY. OKAY, SO I NEED A MOTION LAST TIME. I NEED A MOTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. ON THE FOUR E CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE OF OFFICIAL ZONING MAPS TO REZONE MR. MAYOR, WE NEED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR SINCE THERE WAS NO MOTION, BASICALLY THE ORDINANCE FAILS. YES. THAT MEANS THE RV PARK IS NOT APPROVED. OKAY. JUST TO BE CLEAR. YEAH. YEAH. WE DIDN'T GET A MOTION. WE DIDN'T NEED ONE TO THE NOT YEAH. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONDUCT [e. Conduct a public hearing to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 10.00 acres located at 2015 Massey Tompkins Road, from Mixed Residential (MR) to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District. ] A PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES LOCATED AT 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD FROM MIXED RESIDENTIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. IT IS NOW 7:42 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES LOCATED AT 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD. I LIKE NOW FOR STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MR. SCRIBNER. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL. SO THIS IS, I'M, I'M GONNA START BY REMINDING YOU OF THE, UM, THE, THE FACT THAT WE BASICALLY HAVE TWO ITEMS HERE RIGHT IN A ROW AND THEY'RE LINKED, BUT THEY ARE ALSO SEPARATE MOTIONS. THEY'RE SEPARATE ACTIONS. SO THE FIRST ONE IS AN AMENDMENT OF THE ZONING MAP TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO ALLOW FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT COMES AFTER THAT. SO REMEMBER THAT IF FOR SOME REASON THE REZONE IS NOT APPROVED, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT CANNOT BE APPROVED. MM-HMM . IT IS NO LONGER A VALID APPLICATION. SO, UM, SO I'LL, I'LL BE PRESENTING THE REZONE FIRST, BUT IT IS IN RELATION TO THE, THE SUP FOR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF INTERMIX THE TWO APPLICATIONS A LITTLE BIT, BUT REMEMBER THE TWO NEED TO BE KIND OF KEPT SEPARATE A LITTLE BIT. SO I'LL JUST KIND OF LEAD WITH THAT. UM, THIS IS AGAIN, 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD. UH, THIS IS, IF YOU REMEMBER, IF YOU'RE HERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE DID A REZONE ON THIS PROPERTY TO ZONE THE FRONT FIVE ACRES TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND THE BACK 24 ACRES, I THINK TO, UM, THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL OR WHAT IT WAS SF TWO AT THE TIME. UH, THIS IS BASICALLY THE REQUEST IS TO EXTEND THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL BY ABOUT 10 ACRES, WHICH IS THE PART THAT'S IN THE YELLOW CROSS HATCH RIGHT THERE. UH, THE CURRENT ZONING MAP AGAIN, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT FRONT FIVE, FIVE ACRES IS, UH, GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THE REST OF IT IS MIXED RESIDENTIAL. UM, SO THIS WOULD EXTEND THAT GENERAL COMMERCIAL, UH, TOWARDS THE, THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES SHOW THIS AS, UM, RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT ALSO IS SOMETHING, WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT ORIGINALLY BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION, BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON NEARBY, [00:40:01] THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL STILL MADE SOME SENSE. THERE ARE SOME GENERAL COMMERCIAL, UM, SITES ALONG MASSEY TOMPKINS AS WELL. AND AS YOU SEE, THIS IS THE PROPOSED ZONING. UM, ALONG WITH YOU CAN SEE ALL THE RED THAT'S ALONG MASSEY TOMPKINS, THAT'S ALREADY ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL. UM, JUST A FEW PICTURES OF THE AREA. YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE'VE GOT QUITE A WIDE ROAD ROAD HAPPENING THERE ON MASSEY TOMPKINS. UM, THIS IS THE SITE ITSELF SORT OF, KIND OF FACING TO THE EAST. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE NEXT MAJOR ROADWAY, UH, UH, DOWN TO THE, UH, TO THE EAST. UM, THIS IS THE SITE ITSELF FACING NORTH. UH, YOU SEE THAT IT'S VACANT, THERE'S NOTHING HAPPENING THERE. UM, THIS IS TO THE NORTH AND KIND OF A LITTLE BIT WEST. UM, SAME THING. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE, THE NATURE OF THE PROPERTY. UM, THIS WOULD BE KIND OF ACROSS THE STREET. UH, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES, BUT ALSO SOME HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO BUSINESSES. AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE DOLLAR GENERAL, WHICH IS JUST, UH, THIS IS FACING WEST AND YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS JUST BEYOND THE DOLLAR GENERAL RIGHT THERE. UM, AND THIS IS FACING WEST AS WELL DOWN TO THAT NEXT MAJOR INTERSECTION WHERE, UM, THERE IS SOME COMMERCIAL HAPPENING. THERE'S A GAS STATION AND SOME OTHER ITEMS DOWN THERE. UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND LETTERS OF OPPOSITION TO THIS, UM, TO THIS ZONING AMENDMENT. UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THESE ARE MOSTLY RELATED TO THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE ITSELF. SO AGAIN, I'M GONNA REMIND YOU THAT AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS THE REZONE. SO ANYTHING THAT IS ALLOWED IN GC WOULD BE ALLOWED BY THIS REZONE. AGAIN, WE'RE EXTENDING THE EXISTING ZONING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. SO THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE IS ONE THING THAT IS ALLOWED WITH THE SUP. SO, UM, JUST AGAIN, KIND OF REMINDING YOU OF THAT FACT. UM, SO WE HAD SOME LETTERS OF SUPPORT. WE ALSO HAD SOME LETTERS OF, OF, OF OPPOSITION. ONE LETTER OF AN OPPOSITION, UH, WITH SAFETY CI CITED AS THE MAIN CONCERN. UM, STAFF AND PLANNING AND ZONING. WE, WE TOOK THIS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN JULY. UH, THERE WERE, UH, A FEW PEOPLE THAT DID SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UM, HEARING TESTIMONY AND STAFF REPORTS, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DOES RECOMMEND OR VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT. SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE, UM, THE ZONING PART OF IT. IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO MOVE ON AND PRESENT THE OTHER HALF OF IT, I CAN DO THAT. BUT I, I THINK WE HAVE TO, IT'S UP TO YOU HOW YOU WANT TO TAKE THESE. UM, WE'RE GONNA WAIT FOR THE OTHER PART. OKAY. YEAH, THEN THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU MARTIN. AND I, I DID SEE SOME OF THE OPPOSITION AND MY MAIN CONCERN WAS ALSO SAFETY, BUT IF Y'ALL RECALL, WE DID HAVE THE FIRE MARSHAL COME OUT AND SPEAK TO US, UM, ABOUT THE CONCERNS THAT I THINK WE ALL SHARED. AND, UH, THE FIRE MARSHAL, UM, ALONG WITH, I THINK DOBSON WAS HERE AND, AND THEY BOTH SEEMED TO THINK THAT, UM, THAT THEY COULD HANDLE ANYTHING THAT CAME ALONG WITH THE, THE BEST SAFETY ISSUES. AND, AND I APOLOGIZE, I FORGOT TO MENTION, UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT AND HAS A PRESENTATION PREPARED. SO THEY, I KNOW THAT THEY'D LIKE TO, TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AS WELL. SO WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. DO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CAN WE BRING, BRING THE APPLICANT UP? SURE. MAYOR, JUST, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE PRESENTATION IS PROBABLY GONNA BE ON THE BEST AND IF YOU WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE REZONE, THAT BEST PORTION IS GONNA BE LATER. AND THAT'S MOST LIKELY WHAT THE APPLICANT IS GONNA PRESENT ON. SO IS YOUR, IS YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE BEST OR DOES IT HAVE MORE TO DO WITH WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE PUTTING HERE? IT IS ON THE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH MASS STORAGE AS A WHOLE. AS A WHOLE, YES. AND, UM, CASH SAFETY, MORE ABOUT THE BATTERY ENERGY. RIGHT, RIGHT. CAN YOU, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. IT'S, IT'S MORE ABOUT THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE RATHER THAN THE REONE FOR THE MOST PART. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. ALRIGHT, WELL, UM, WE'RE GONNA WAIT FOR THAT. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET CITIZENS SPEAK ON THIS. OKAY. MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ONE. I THOUGHT I SAW FOUR F HERE SOMEWHERE. RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE A, WELL WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR E UM, LET'S GO WITH A CYNTHIA LING. SARAH LINGHAM, HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT? UM, MY NAME'S AIA INGHAM. UM, AND I'M AT 9 1 4 HEIGHTS BOULEVARD, HOUSTON, TEXAS. THANK YOU. UM, [00:45:01] I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND RESEARCH AT THE TEXAS CLIMATE JOBS PROJECT. WE WANT WORK TO ADVANCE A PRO WORKER, PRO CLIMATE AGENDA HERE IN TEXAS. AND WE'RE HERE TO REQUEST A DELAY ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MASSEY BEST PROJECT. UM, AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE'RE COMMITTED TO BUILDING OUT CLEAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN TEXAS. 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S CRUCIAL TO STABILIZING OUR GRID AND ALSO STIMULATING LOCAL ECONOMIES. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT ALL BATTERY PROJECTS FROM THE RISK OF SEVERE THERMAL RUNAWAY, UM, WHICH RELEASES HOT, FLAMMABLE AND TOXIC GASES. THESE INCIDENTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY HAVE LED TO SHELTER IN PLACE AND EVACUATION NOTICES FOR RESIDENTS NEARBY. AND WHILE WE KNOW THE CITY HAS APPROVED BATTERY PROJECTS IN AND AROUND BAYTOWN, NONE OF THEM ARE AS LARGE AND AS CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS THIS PROJECT. AND WHILE WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS WORKED WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS TO EDUCATE THEM ON RISKS AND TESTIFIED THAT THEIR NEW TECHNOLOGY DOESN'T POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE COMMUNITY, WE STILL REMAIN CONCERNED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. ONE, NO TECHNOLOGY IS PERFECT. WE KNOW THAT NO MATTER HOW CUTTING EDGE THE BATTERY TECHNOLOGY AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGY IS, IMPROPER INSTALLATION AND HUMAN ERROR CAN CONTRIBUTE. CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASED HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS TO THIS INDUSTRY. UM, IMPROPER INSTALLATION AND HUMAN ERROR ARE OFTEN CAUSES FOR, UM, FOR HAZARDS THAT OCCUR. UM, AND THAT IS A RESULT OF ON THE, A LACK OF ON ON-THE-JOB WORKFORCE TRAINING. A RECENT CORNELL UNIVERSITY STUDY FOUND THAT ONLY SEVEN OF 1000 SURVEYED CLEAN ENERGY WORKERS HERE IN TEXAS IDENTIFIED AS APPRENTICES DESPITE FEDERAL TAX CREDIT REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO LOW PAY DANGEROUS WORKING CONDITIONS AND VERY FEW BENEFITS. WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY STATEMENTS OF SUBSTANCE FROM CYPRESS CREEK ON HOW THEY PLAN TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS FACING ENERGY WORKERS HERE IN TEXAS. AND THREE, WHEN MAKING THIS CRITICAL DECISION, PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING. LAST YEAR, CYPRESS CREEK PAID OVER 29,000 TO CON CONSUMERS IN MINNESOTA AFTER BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION VIOLATIONS. CONSIDER ALSO THE COMPANY MORTENSON. UM, MORTENSON WAS ISSUED $34,000 IN PENALTY FEES AFTER A WORKER SLID 300 FEET DOWN THE SIDE OF A ROOF, THE ROOF OF A STADIUM, AND THEN FELL 25 FEET TO HIS DEATH IN MINNESOTA. MORTENSON IS THE NAMED CONTRACTOR FOR TWO CYPRESS CREEK BEST PROJECTS HERE IN TEXAS. UM, AND IN 2017, A WORKER LED CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WAS SETTLED FOR $250,000 AT A SOLAR SITE IN NORTH CAROLINA CALLED INNOVATIVE SOLAR 46. THIS COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT THAT DEFENDANTS FAILED TO PAY WORKERS OVERTIME, ILLEGALLY DEDUCTED MONEY FROM WORKERS PAY, AND DID NOT PAY WORKERS FOR ALL HOURS WORK. CYPRESS CREEK IS NOT NAMED IN THE LAWSUIT, BUT THE COMPANY CLAIMS TO HAVE DEVELOPED THE PROJECT. ITS ROLE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROJECT SHOULD BE CLARIFIED. WE SUPPORT BEST PROJECTS AND I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE A BEST PROJECT HAPPEN, BUT NOT AT THE POTENTIAL EXPENSE OF WORKERS AND THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO GIVE ALL STAKEHOLDERS MORE TIME TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY AROUND THESE ISSUES AND ADDRESS THEM TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JENNIFER CROW. OH, OKAY. GOT YOU. JEREMY WILLIAMS. SAME. SORRY, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WROTE OUR NAME DOWN. OKAY, WELL WE'RE JUST GONNA GO DOWN THE LIST. JAMES CANFIELD, SIR. OKAY. ROSS. NEW NTO PRESENT. NEWSTEAD NEWSTEAD. UM, SAMUEL DAVIS. ALSO PART OF THE APPLICANT PRESENTATION. OKAY. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A LOT EASIER IF HAD YOU ALL PUT THE SAME ADDRESS. JOSH SPOOL. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOSH SPORE. I'M THE 32 0 2 MARINER DRIVE, LAKE CITY, TEXAS. I'M REPRESENTED AS THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS FOR THE GULF COAST AND BAYTOWN IS IN MY JURISDICTION. I'M HERE TO, UH, SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF SAFE, RESPONSIBLE, CLEAN ENERGY, NOT TO STAND ITS WAY. OUR MEMBERS WORK IN THE FIELD EVERY DAY, INCLUDING ON BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS LIKE THE ONE PROPOSED HERE. SO WE UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL THEY HOLD, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE RISKS IF THEY'RE NOT BUILT OR MAINTAINED PROPERLY. WHEN THESE SYSTEMS FAIL AND THEY HAVE IN PLACES, IT'S THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO RESPOND, THE NEIGHBORHOODS NEARBY, AND THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE CLOSE. THAT'S WHY SAFETY NEEDS TO BE FRONT AND CENTER, BOTH ON THE WORK SITE AND FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. THE STARTS WITH TRAINED PROFESSIONALS WHO KNOW HOW TO INSTALL THESE SYSTEMS TO NATIONAL AND UH, STANDARDS. IT ALSO MEANS THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY INFORMED, NOT JUST TOLD EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE BECAUSE EVEN ONE FIRE, ONE EMERGENCY OR ONE FAILURE COULD HAVE CONSEQUENCES THAT LAST A LOT LONGER THAN JUST THIS MEETING. I'M SIMPLY ASKING THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT [00:50:01] IS DONE RIGHT, SAFELY, TRANSPARENTLY, AND WITH THE PEOPLE OF BAYTOWN IN MIND, BOTH THIS BUILDING AND THOSE LIVING NEXT TO IT. I'M ASKING FOR A DELAY FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ROGER INGERSOL. ROGER, EXCUSE ME. ROGER INGERSOL. 66 WEST CANYON. RAN CIRCLE, SPRING, TEXAS 7 7 3 8 9. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I'VE LIVED IN TEXAS SINCE 1980 AND WORKED THREE, THREE YEARS AS AN ENGINEER FOR EXXONMOBIL UNTIL RETIRING IN 2013. OTHER THAN A COUPLE SHORT FOREIGN ASSIGNMENTS, I'VE LIVED IN TEXAS FOR OVER 40 YEARS. AS AN ENGINEER, I LIKE THINGS THAT WORK WELL AND SAVE MONEY. I LIVED THROUGH MANY POWER OUTAGES IN THE LAST 45 YEARS, WITH THE WORST BEING WITHOUT POWER AFTER HURRICANE IKE IN 2009. UM, HOWEVER, WINTER STORM URI IN 20 20 21 WAS THE LAST STRAW. I HAD IT WITH AN UNRELIABLE GRID AND STARTED LOOKING FOR BACKUP POWER. COMPARISON IS MADE BETWEEN NATURAL GAS GENERATORS AND THE SOLAR POWER WITH BATTERIES. GENERATORS HAD ISSUES, YEARLY MAINTENANCE, NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT, SOLAR, CLEAN, RELIABLE, AND NO YEARLY MAINTENANCE. PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT, MY SYSTEM WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN 10 TO 12 YEARS. EASY CHOICE. I WENT WITH TESLA SOLAR PANELS AND TWO POWERWALL BATTERY BACKUP. AND LAST YEAR THEY PROVED THEIR WORTH. DURING TWO SIGNIFICANT OUTAGES, HOUSTON DERECHO AND HURRICANE BARREL, WE LOST GRID POWER SEVERAL DAYS FOR EACH OF THESE EVENTS. BUT THE GOOD NEWS, MY HOME HAD POWER THE WHOLE TIME. MY DAUGHTER'S FAMILY ALSO LOST POWER, SO THEY MOVED IN WITH US DURING BOTH OUTAGES. NINE PEOPLE UNDER ONE ROOF, COOL HOUSE, COLD FRIDGE, ZERO FOOD LOSS. THE BATTERIES WORKED. AND MY ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY BILLS THIS YEAR, HALF THE YEAR I PAY NOTHING. AND SO FAR THE SUMMER, THEY'RE LESS THAN $40 A MONTH. SO HERE'S WHAT I'VE LEARNED. BATTERY SYSTEMS ARE SAFE. BEEN OVER 500,000 INSTALLED IN THE UNITED STATES IN HOMES WITH, WITH A GREAT SAFETY RECORD. I HAVE NO CONCERNS ABOUT BATTERIES BEING INSTALLED IN MY GARAGE. UM, ALSO MY RECENT EXPERIENCE IN 2024 WAS THE GRID BEING DOWN SEVERAL DAYS. MOST BLACKOUTS ARE ONLY TWO TO THREE HOURS. BATTERIES KEPT, UH, KEEP LIGHTS, AC, HEAT AND REFRIGERATORS RUNNING. UH, BATTERIES CAN BE CHARGED WITH POWER THAT'S CHEAP WHEN THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY, WHEN THE GRID IS, IS STRESSED OR DOWN AND THE BATTERIES WILL MAKE THE GRID MORE RELIABLE. A REAL BENEFIT FOR BAYTOWN AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. SO IN CONCLUSION, THE STORAGE FACILITY WILL BRING JOBS, INVESTMENT AND RELIABLE ENERGY TO BAYTOWN. BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, I THINK IT'S A NO BRAINER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DANIEL BURNS? YEAH, DANIEL BURNS. UH, 1 7 7 1 1 7 PINES DRIVE IN SPRING, TEXAS 7 7 3 7 9. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS OF BAYTOWN. I'M HERE TO VOICE STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE MASSEY BENE MASSEY BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM. BEST PROJECT PROPOSED BY CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES. THIS ISN'T JUST A SMART USE OF A VACANT 15 ACRE SITE. IT'S A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN BAY TOWN'S ENERGY FUTURE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS PROJECT AND HEARING MY VOICE. UH, AS YOU MAY RECALL, JUST THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, WE WERE ROUTINELY WARNED BY ERCOT THE MEDIA THAT OUR POWER GRID WAS DANGEROUSLY NEARING CAPACITY. AND I WAS TEXT MESSAGES AND THAT ENCOURAGED ME TO CUT BACK, TURN OFF APPLIANCES, ADJUST THERMOSTATS. 'CAUSE DEMAND WAS GETTING CLOSE TO SUPPLY CAPACITY AND BLACKOUTS WERE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. IT WAS A REAL CONCERN, ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK SUMMER HOURS OR AFTERNOONS. BUT TODAY, THANKS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH OF GENERATION ACROSS TEXAS, MOSTLY FROM SOLAR AND WIND. WE SEE THE DRAMATIC SHIFT DURING CRITICAL DAYLIGHT HOURS GENERATION NOW EX ROUTINELY EXCEEDS DEMAND. THAT'S THAT'S NOT, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S NOT JUST PROGRESS, IT'S TRANSFORMATION. UH, JUST YESTERDAY I CHECKED THE ERCOT GRID CONDITIONS AT 1:30 PM AND IT SHOWED THAT GENERATION EXCEEDED DEMAND BY ALMOST 17 MEGAWATTS. THIS IS POWER THAT GOES UNUSED AND COULD BE A CHEAP SOURCE OF BACKUP. THIS IS WHERE THE MASSEY BEST COULD COME IN. THESE 100 MEGAWATT BATTERIES COULD STORE THIS EXCESS OF CAPACITY AND SUPPLEMENT THE HIGH DEMAND PERIOD BETWEEN 7:00 PM AND 10:00 PM WHEN SOLAR GENERATION IS DECREASING AND WIND GEN GENERATION HASN'T RAMPED UP YET. VICE VERSA, OVERNIGHT WIND GENERATION WOULD DEMAND AS AT ITS LOWEST [00:55:01] COULD SUPPLEMENT THE MORNING TRANSITION. THIS IS WHY I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE MASSEY BEST AND PUT BAYTOWN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE TEXAS ENERGY REVOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ROSA ROSANNA FRIEDMAN. HI, I AM ROSEANNE FRIEDMAN. I LIVE AT EIGHTH BURWOOD COURT IN THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS WITH ONE DOG AND THREE ELECTRIC CARS. WE'VE HAD ELECTRIC CARS SINCE 2013 AND WE'RE HAPPY WITH THEM. WE, UH, WE LIVE THROUGH HURRICANES AND POWER OUTAGES AND WE BELIEVE INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE WOODLANDS, MARYLAND FOR BACKUP STORAGE, IT'D BE GREAT TO DEPEND ON BAYTOWN FOR BACKUP STORAGE. IT'S SAFE, IT STANDS READY WHEN THE NEXT HURRICANE OR HEAT WAVE TESTS, THE GRID BAYTOWN WILL NOT BE WAITING IN THE DARK. IT WILL BE READY WITH POWER IN RESERVE AND LIFE WILL GO ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BARRY FREEMAN. UH, UH, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BARRY FRIEDMAN. I LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS 7 7 3 8 1. I'M A PHYSICS PROFESSOR AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY. AND I THINK THIS BEST PROJECT IS EXCELLENT SAFE PROJECT AND I RECOMMEND APPROVING IT. I SPOKE AT THE ZONING MEETING AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY BAYTOWN AND I TOLD MY WIFE, WE SHOULD COME TO BAYTOWN, SPEAK AT THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAY AT THE MOTEL SIX. SHE SAID THAT SOUNDED GOOD, BUT WE HAD TO STAY AT THE HYATT AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STAYING. AND, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THAT ONE. THAT WAS A GOOD PLUG. THAT WAS A GOOD PLUG. DID Y'ALL SET THAT UP? Y'ALL SET THAT UP? NO. DID Y'ALL SET THAT UP? NO. OKAY. JEREMY BERGSTROM. . GOOD EVENING. UH, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL. UH, MY NAME IS JEREMY BERGSTROM. I RESIDE AT 1214 WALLFLOWER AVE IN BAYTOWN. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT NOW FROM BAYTOWN FOR 11 YEARS. MY BACKGROUND IS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY. WITH, UH, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE POWER PLANT INDUSTRY BUILDING, CONSTRUCTING, STARTUP COMMISSIONING OF POWER PLANTS. UM, I'M VERY EXCITED WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT COMING TO BAYTOWN. I'M HAVING WORKED FOR YEARS WITH THE, WITH THE GRID AND ERCOT. I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE TIMES WHERE IT WAS UNSTABLE, THINGS WENT WRONG, LOST POWER, UM, AND, UH, THE BATTERY, BATTERY ENERGY SYSTEMS ARE, ARE THE FUTURE TO, TO MAINTAINING THAT STABILITY IN THE GRID AND ALLOWING US TO LIVE OUR LIVES WHEN HURRICANES LIKE BARREL, WHO CAME THROUGH LAST YEAR, UM, COME THROUGH AND, AND GETTING THAT POWER RESTORED MYSELF, SIMILAR TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE EARLIER, I HAVE BOTH ELECTRIC VEHICLE, I HAVE A SOLAR AND TESLA POWERWALLS IN MY HOUSE. AND I CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER PUT ANYTHING IN MY HOUSE THAT WOULD ENDANGER MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS. AND, UH, I HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ON, YOU KNOW, ON SAFETY. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, UM, LIKE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, BATTERIES HAVE ADVANCED OVER THE YEARS. UM, THE EARLIER TECHNOLOGIES, SOME VARIOUS SYSTEMS, THE HORROR STORIES WE HEAR ON THE NEWS, THE MEDIA, A LOT OF THOSE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. UM, IN FACT, BETWEEN 20 17, 20 23, OR EXCUSE ME, 2022, UH, DEPLOYMENT, ENERGY DEPLOYMENT SIMILAR TO, TO THIS PROPOSED SYSTEM INCREASED MORE THAN 18 TIMES, BRINGING FROM 645 MEGAWATTS UP TO OVER 12,000 MEGAWATTS IN AND AROUND. AND AT THE SAME TIME IN WORLDWIDE SAFETY EVENTS FROM THE EAST ONLY WENT UP FROM TWO TO 12. SO THERE, THERE IS NOT, IT'S NOT LIKE THE MEDIA WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CRASHES THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FIRE HAT. IT, IT'S JUST NOT THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, THE CODES CHANGE. I KNOW THE FIRE MARSHAL SPOKE TO YOU FOLKS. UH, THE CODES CHANGE, BUT SO DOES THE TECHNOLOGY TO FIGHT [01:00:01] THOSE AND DEAL WITH THOSE SAFETY ISSUES. UM, THERE WAS, I HEARD SOMEBODY ADDRESSED EARLIER ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, TOXIC FUMES, STUFF LIKE THAT. THERE WAS A FIRE A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU MAY REMEMBER IN THE TESLA MEGA PART PACK. UM, THEY DID AIR QUALITY SAMPLING DURING THAT FIRE AND THERE WAS NO, NO ISSUES, NO, NO DANGER TO HUMAN LEVEL. NOW I THINK YOU ALL REMEMBER PROBABLY IT SEEMS AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR AROUND HERE WE HAVE A FIRE AT ONE OF THE LOCAL REFINERIES AND THIS IS A SHELTER IN PLACE. AND UH, YOU KNOW, THERE DEFINITELY SOME TOXIC STUFF COMING FROM THERE. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOMETHING IN BAYTOWN, WHICH WILL PROVIDE MONEY TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY TO THE TUNE OF, I BELIEVE AROUND $10 MILLION A YEAR IN TAX DOLLARS. BUT IT'D BE VERY LOW IMPACT, VERY MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HAVE CHUCK CRUZ AND JUNE STANSKI IS GIVING HER TIME TO MR. CRUZ. I INTEND TO SIGN UP FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, NOT THE ZONING. GOT YOU. GOOD DEAL. WELL, THAT'S EVERYONE. MAYOR. THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED IF THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND PRE DO THEIR PRESENTATION NOW, BECAUSE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS RELIANT ON THE, THE REZONE. SO, UM, I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU. BUT THEY, THEY HAVE REQUESTED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THEIR PRESENTATION PRIOR TO TAKING A VOTE ON THIS ITEM. I THINK HE SAID HE WAS SIGNED UP. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ROBERT RAMS. ROBERT WHAT? RAMOS. R YES, YOU GOT. OKAY, GO AHEAD. EVENING NUMBER ONE. THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR TIME HERE TODAY. UM, I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF LIUNA, UH, LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION IN NORTH AMERICA, BUT MORE SO OF LOCAL THREE 50, UH, BAYTOWN FALLS WITHIN MY JURISDICTION. UH, I STAND HERE TOGETHER WITH THIS, UH, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN SOLIDARITY, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF THIS PROJECT. AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND THEY SAY THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR AND IT'S ALL FEAR MONGERING, MEDIA, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DON'T WANT THAT NIGHTMARE TO BECOME A REAL THING FOR BAYTOWN FOR ANYBODY REALLY. UM, IF THESE ISSUES, UH, REMAIN UNRESOLVED OUT OF THE DUTY TO PROTECT BOTH THE WORKERS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, WE ARE ACTIVELY CONSIDERING THE INITIATION OF A MUNICIPAL BALLOT MEASURE, UH, UNDER THE CITY OF THE BAYTOWN CHARTER. THAT WOULD INVOLVE GATHERING, UH, THE REQUIRED 1000 SIGNATURES FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS TO PLACE THE ATTACHED ORDINANCE BEFORE THE VOTERS AT THE NEXT ELECTION. UM, I SPEAK VERY CLEARLY, BUT VERY RESPECTFULLY. UH, UNLESS MEANINGFUL ACTION IS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THESE UNRESOLVED SAFETY ISSUES, WE ARE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS. UH, AND WE WILL DO SO PUBLICLY AND AGGRESSIVELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, LET'S GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. SO ARE ALL OF YOU GONNA BE SPEAKING OR ARE WE GIVING TIME TO ONE PERSON? WE'LL ALL BE SPEAKING. UH, THEY HAVE LIKE DEDICATED, WE'LL ALL BE SPEAKING. THEY EACH HAVE DEDICATED SLIDES. OKAY. YES. UM, UM, MY NAME IS JENNIFER. I'M AT SIX 13 SUNRISE AVENUE. VAL D TEXAS. SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU. MY NAME'S JENNIFER WITH CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES. MY ADDRESS IS, UM, SIX 13 SUNRISE AVENUE, VAL D TEXAS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR JOHNSON. I'M A, UM, AS I'D MENTIONED, I'M A DEVELOPER AT CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES. WE ARE A LAND AND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT FIRM BASED OUT OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. UM, WE HAVE PROJECTS ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, BOTH SOLAR AND STORAGE, AND HAVE OVER 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE RENEWABLE SECTOR AS WELL. BAYTOWN HAS A LOT OF CONGESTION IN THE AREA DUE TO THE INCREASED INDUSTRIAL LOAD, AND WE FIND THAT BAYTOWN WILL GREATLY BENEFIT FROM THE PRESENCE OF A BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM. SO WHAT IS A BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM? IT'S VERY HIGH LEVEL. YOU CAN THINK OF AS JUST A BATTERY SYS, UH, A BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM AS A HIGH TECH RECHARGEABLE BATTERY. DURING TIMES OF LOW DEMAND HIGH SUPPLY, THE BATTERY SYSTEM WILL ABSORB ALL EXCESS ENERGY AND IN MOMENTS OF HIGH DEMAND, LOW SUPPLY, THE SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO DISCHARGE AND BE ABLE TO CREATE MORE OF A STABILIZATION IN THE GRID. SO CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP A 100 MEGAWATT BATTERY STORAGE PROJECT CALLED MASSEY STORAGE. MASSEY WILL HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY TO POWER OVER 40,000 HOMES, UM, WHICH IS JUST MORE THAN THE HOUSING UNITS IN BAYTOWN, AS WELL AS IMPROVE ENERGY, RELIABILITY, AND RESILIENCY IN THE AREA. DUE TO UPDATED TAX, UH, COST ESTIMATES, MASSEY WILL CONTRIBUTE AN ESTIMATED [01:05:01] 20 MILLION IN TAX BENEFITS, NEARLY HALF OF WHICH WILL GO TO GOOSE CREEK, CISD, AND A PORTION TO LEE COLLEGE AS WELL. OUR BATTERY SYSTEMS ARE PROCURED USING BEST IN CLASS SAFETY SYSTEMS THAT HAVE A DEMONSTRATED TRACK RECORD OF SAFETY OPERATION AND HIGH PERFORMANCE IN TESTING OF FIRE SAFETIES HERE WE HAVE MASSEY'S SITE PLAN. MASSEY IS TO BE LOCATED AT 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD, JUST WEST OF CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU ROAD. WE CHOSE THIS AREA DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO AN EXISTING 1 38 KV TRANSMISSION LINE OWNED BY CENTER POINT. MASSEY IS SITUATED ON AN APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRE PORTION OF A 29 ACRE TRACK TO PROVIDE GREAT BUFFERS FROM THE SURROUNDING AREAS. THE PROJECT SITE IS RELATIVELY SMALL AND YET PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT TAX BENEFITS WITHOUT INCREASING TRAFFIC OR THE BURDEN ON LOCAL RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. ONCE IN OPERATION, VERY FEW OTHER USES WOULD PROVIDE COMPARABLE TAX BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND NEARBY COMMUNITY. MASSEY HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ENSURE A MINIMAL VISUAL IMPACT TO THE SURROUNDING AREA. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT SITE IS CONSISTENT AND COMPLIMENTARY TO THE GENERAL AESTHETIC OF THE AREA. AS MENTIONED BEFORE, MASSEY WILL HAVE A NATURAL BUFFER YARD ALONG THE EASTERN, SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTION OF THE PARCEL BOUNDARY. AT LAST MONTH'S PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, MASSEY WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF AND THE PLANNING ZONING COMMITTEE. PER THAT MEETING, WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ALTERED OUR LANDSCAPING PLAN THAT WE HAVE CREATED TO HAVE OUR VEGETATIVE BUFFER FOLLOWED. THE BAYTOWN UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR BUFFER YARD TYPE C RATHER THAN TYPE B, WHICH WE INITIALLY HAD. WE HAVE ALSO ADDED IN THE SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL THAT CITY STAFF AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED INTO OUR SITE LAYOUT FOR SECURITY AS WELL AS THE DETENTION POND AND SWALES FOR STORMWATER DRAINAGE MITIGATION. IN SUMMARY, WE BELIEVE THAT MASSEY STORAGE WILL BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN BY PROVIDING GREAT TAX IN SETTINGS, INCENTIVES AND GRID RESILIENCY AND STABILITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR JOHNSON FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. AS THIS CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF THIS PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING. UH, ROSS NEWSTEAD ADDRESS IS 63 30 SHADY BROOK LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS. UM, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE IS THE, UH, RESULTS OF A PROPERTY TAX ESTIMATE THAT MY TEAM AND I BUILT. UM, I AM A PROPERTY TAX ACCOUNTANT FOR ERNST AND YOUNG LLP. I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY CLIENT, CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES. I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH THIS VISUAL QUICKLY. BOTTOM LEFT QUADRANT OF THE SCREEN IS THE ACTUAL 2024 TAX RATES THAT WERE USED TO ESTIMATE THE TAXES BASED ON THE ASSESSED VALUES. UM, YOU CAN SEE EACH TAXING JURISDICTION THAT WILL BE APPLICABLE TO THIS PROJECT ONCE BUILT. RIGHT ABOVE THAT IS THE TOTAL 20 YEAR ESTIMATE. SO 20 YEARS OF PROPERTY TAXES SUMMED THAT TOP NUMBER. THE $20.2 MILLION REPRESENTS THE TOTAL TAXES COLLECTED OVER 20 YEARS. IF THE PROJECT IS BUILT, THAT $1,845 RIGHT BELOW IT ARE THE TAXES THAT WOULD BE COLLECTED IF THE PROJECT IS NOT BUILT AND THE LAND CONTINUES TO STAY AS IS AND CONTINUES ITS CURRENT USE. SO CLEARLY A GIANT SWING IN, IN THE TAX REVENUE COLLECTED ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT $20 MILLION WOULD FLOW THROUGH TO THE VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS. GOOSE CREEK ISD WOULD STAND TO RECEIVE $8.5 MILLION. CITY OF BAYTOWN WOULD STAND TO RECEIVE $5.5 MILLION ACROSS 20 YEARS. HARRIS COUNTY, 3.4 LEE JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT, 1.5, HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL, 1.2. NOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY BIG DELTA BETWEEN WHAT WOULD BE COLLECTED OTHERWISE IF THE PROJECT IS NOT BUILT. THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS VERY UNIQUE ASSET IN THAT IT'S SUPER, SUPER DENSE, UH, HIGH VALUE ASSET, RIGHT? SO YOU ARE, IT'S HARD TO FIND ANY OTHER TYPE OF ASSET TYPE THAT CAN GENERATE THIS MUCH PRO, UH, PROPERTY TAX REVENUE ON SUCH A SMALL, UH, FOOTPRINT, RIGHT? SO IT REALLY IS A, UH, A WIN-WIN IN, UH, GETTING ALL YOUR BANK FOR YOUR BUCK THERE. THANK YOU. HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JEREMY WILLIAMS. UM, 53 10 SOUTH AUSTIN AVENUE, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. UM, I'M HERE AS CYPRESS CREEK'S SENIOR ENERGY, UH, ENGINEERING MANAGER ON OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM. UH, HERE TO TALK HERE TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, BATTERY STORAGE SAFETY ENGINEERING BEHIND THE MASSEY PROJECT. UH, CYPRESS CREEK VALUES SAFETY AS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, UH, AND THAT'S IN ALL LINES OF OUR WORK THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, EXECUTION, AND OPERATIONS. MY GOAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE WHY THE POWER TITAN TWO TECHNOLOGY REPRESENTS THE GOLD STANDARD IN THE BATTERY SAFETY AND WHY WE BELIEVE THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY IS ALIGNED WITH CYPRESS CREEK SAFETY CULTURE. UH, EVERY COMPONENT IN THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN RIGOROUSLY TESTED AND CERTIFIED TO MEET OR EXCEED INDUSTRY STANDARDS. WE'VE WORKED WITH THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH BOTH NATIONAL FIRE CODES AND ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS. [01:10:01] WHAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN THIS REGION IS WE'VE DEVELOPED SPECIALIZED PROTOCOLS FOR EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS GIVEN TEXAS HISTORICAL WEATHER DATA. THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SAFETY APPROACH STARTS WITH A BATTERY CHEMISTRY. UH, WHILE HISTORICALLY MANY PROJECTS USE THE NMC TECHNOLOGY, UH, THAT CAN EXPERIENCE THERMAL RUNAWAY AROUND 400 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WE'VE SELECTED LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE THAT DOESN'T EXPERIENCE THIS UNTIL TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE 500 DEGREES, WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIAL SAFETY BUFFER BEYOND CHEMISTRY. WE'VE PUT EVERY BATTERY THROUGH UL 95 48 TESTING, WHERE WE INTENTIONALLY FORCE INDIVIDUAL CELLS, MODULES AND UNITS INTO FAILURE SCENARIOS TO VERIFY THAT OUR CONTAINMENT SY SYSTEMS WORK. TUV RYLAND IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TESTING LABORATORY, AND THEY VALIDATED THAT EVEN WHEN WE INTENTIONALLY TRIGGER THERMAL EVENTS, THE EFFECTS REMAIN CONTAINED WITHIN THE MODULE DESIGN WITH NO EXTERNAL FLAMES OR DEBRIS. AT THE CORE, WE HAVE INTELLIGENT THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS USING LIQUID COOLING LOOPS THAT MAINTAIN OPTIMAL TEMPERATURES. IF TEMPERATURES DO START TO RISE. WE HAVE THREE TYPES OF DETECTION SYSTEMS, SMOKE, HEAT, AND GAS SENSORS THAT TRIGGER IMMEDIATE RESPONSES, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS DESIGNED WITHIN THE EQUIPMENT. EACH BATTERY UNIT IS ESSENTIALLY ITS OWN ISOLATED SYSTEM WITH INDEPENDENT SHUTDOWN CAPABILITIES THAT CAN BE SHUT, THAT THAT CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERED OR REMOTELY TRIGGERED FROM OUR OPERATION CENTER. ADDITIONAL VALIDATION COMES FROM DNVA GLOBAL LEADER IN RISK ASSESSMENT, WHERE THEY MODELED WORST CASE FIRE SCENARIOS WITH ADVERSE WIND CONDITIONS VIA THEIR PLUME STUDY. THE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS DEMONSTRATES THAT EVEN UNDER THESE EXTREME CONDITIONS, ANY EFFECTS WOULD BE COMPLETELY CONTAINED WITHIN OUR PROJECT BOUNDARIES. THIS IS ADDITIONALLY BACKED BY SUN GROW, THE BATTERY SYSTEM MANUFACTURER, UH, THEIR PHYSICAL LARGE SCALE BURN TESTS ON THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH WAS ALSO WITNESSED BY DNV. OUTSIDE OF THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF, WE'RE ESTABLISHING FORMAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL FIRE AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, SUCH AS THE FIRE MARSHAL AND THE POLICE CHIEF PROVIDING SPECIALIZED TRAINING ON BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEMS TAILORED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS FACILITY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A DETAILED EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN AND DIRECT COMMUNICATION TO OUR INTERNAL TEAM, ENSURING THAT THEY'RE FULLY PREPARED AND CONFIDENT WITH THEIR APPROACH. IN SUMMARY, THE MASSEY PROJECT REPRESENTS SAFER BATTERY CHEMISTRY, MULTIPLE REDUNDANT PROTECTION SYSTEMS, AND RIGOROUS THIRD PARTY VALIDATION, AND A COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY SPECIFIC TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, FOLKS. MY NAME'S JAMES CAULFIELD, 7 6 4 0 STANDISH PLACE, MARYLAND. I WORK FOR AN ORGANIZATION CALLED FIRE AND RISK ALLIANCE. WE'RE A FIRE AND ENGINEERING FIRM THAT DO RISK AND RESPONSE. TYPICALLY, WHAT I DO IS MY JOB IS DEALING WITH THE TRAINING AND RESPONSE WITH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE IN OR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE FIRE INDUSTRY. SO I WOULD BE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE SAFELY, EFFECTIVELY AWARE AND HOW TO HANDLE ANY INCIDENT SHOULD THAT HAPPEN. AND AGAIN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE FUTURE, AND THE TRAINING IS ONGOING THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS SAMUEL DAVIS, 2223 WATERLOO CITY LANE, AUSTIN, TEXAS. I'M HERE AS THE MANAGER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR THE SOUTHWEST FOR CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES. UH, FIRST JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE. I'M FROM CLEAR LAKE AND, UH, MY FAMILY WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH PUBLIC SERVICE FOR 16 YEARS, AND IT IS A FAMILY, IT'S A FAMILY JOB, SO IT'S NOT JUST Y'ALL. IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT REQUIRES THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, SO BEHIND SAFETY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR IS AT THE TIP OF THE SPEAR FOR CYPRESS CREEK. UH, WE ARE VERY DEDICATED TO BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR LONG-TERM. THIS IS A LONG-TERM PROJECT, AND WE WANNA BE GOOD LONG-TERM NEIGHBORS. WE'VE BEEN, UM, UH, VERY ACTIVE WITH THE BAYTOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND, UH, ACTIVE TOO WITH THEIR PARTNERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ADOPT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN AS THE, UH, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ELEMENTARY AS OUR, UH, SCHOOL. AND WE'VE, UM, IT'S BEEN A BIG WEEK FOR THEM AS [01:15:01] THEY GO BACK TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO DONATE SOME LUNCHES AS THEY GO BACK TO DISTRICT MEETINGS AND, AND GET STARTED. UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO, FOR MORE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE'VE, UH, WE HAVE THEM FOR THE ENTIRE 25 TO 26 SCHOOL YEAR. I'VE NEVER BEEN EXCITED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, BUT TODAY I WAS. UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN GETTING CONVERSATIONS WITH LEE COLLEGE FOUNDATION, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING, UH, GALA. AND ALSO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO, TO SPONSOR SOME, UH, STEM RELATED PROGRAMS FOR, FOR THAT COLLEGE. UH, OUR ENERGIZING TOMORROW LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS, UH, ONE THAT WE RUN NATIONWIDE, BUT WE ALSO HELD IT, UH, IN HARRIS COUNTY, AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO AWARD TWO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS THIS YEAR. UH, SO I WISH MORE PEOPLE, UH, APPLIED FROM STERLING, BUT, UH, THEY, THEY WILL NEXT TIME. I HOPE SO. YES, I'M LOOKING FOR 'EM. AND THEN WE WERE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO LEE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, FOR THEIR UPCOMING FOOTBALL SEASON. AND, UH, WE'RE JUST REAL EXCITED TO SEE OUR NAME OUT THERE AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE TOO, UH, JUST, UM, HOPEFULLY THEM WIN SOME GAMES. UH, WE'VE JUST ALSO BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UH, THE FIRE MARSHAL EFFORT, MAKING SURE THAT FIRE AND RISK ALLIANCE REALLY DOES A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS TRAINED EVERY YEAR, UH, AND ALSO TRAINED LEADING UP TO IT. AND, UM, ALSO, YEAH, WE, WE JUST FEEL VERY BLESSED. UH, BAYTOWN HAS REALLY BEEN VERY WELCOMING TO US, AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS TO US, AND WE JUST WANNA BE GOOD NEIGHBORS RIGHT BACK. UH, WE'VE TRIED TO BE VERY THOROUGH IN OUR PRESENTATION AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP DURING PLANNING AND ZONING. AND, UH, WE ARE ALL HERE TO STAND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR MITIGATE ANY CONCERNS THAT Y'ALL ALL MAY HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE SOME OTHERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UM, YOU DON'T MIND MAKING YOUR WAY HERE SO I CAN SORT, SORT THROUGH THESE THOUSAND SHEETS OF SIGNATURES. NOW, MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE ZONING, RIGHT? YES. NOT THE BEST. OKAY. JUST ON THE ZONING? YES. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? UH, STEP CARDENA 34 0 2 BAYOU FOREST DRIVE. SO, HOLD ON A SECOND. LET ME FIND YOU ON HERE. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE WRONG PART, BUT THIS IS, THAT'S ALL GOOD. I GOT YOU. LET ME FIND YOUR NAME. OKAY. YOU NEED TO ADMINISTER STEPHAN CART. GOT YOU. RIGHT HERE. WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? 34 0 2 BAYOU FOREST DRIVE. GOT YOU. WHAT AM I OKAY TO GO AHEAD. WHAT'S, AM I GOOD TO SPEAK, SIR? YES, GO AHEAD. OKAY. UH, AND I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW OF US, UM, BUT WHEN I WAS READING ONLINE ABOUT THIS, RIGHT, WE, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE RENEWABLE ENERGY. YOU'VE HEARD EVEN SOME OF THE SUPPORT FOR IT, UM, THAT IT COULD HELP BETTER POWER THE GRID. UH, I'VE ONLY LIVED HERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, BUT I CAME RIGHT BEFORE BARREL CAME, AND WE LOST POWER FOR, FOR SIX DAYS. UH, I JUST WAS ABLE TO GET A GENERATOR AND EVERYTHING, SO I HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THE STRUGGLES OF, OF TRYING TO, TO GET GAS, TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE GENERATOR. I'D NEVER USED ONE IN MY LIFE. I'VE, I'VE HAD A GROPE VERY QUICK LIVING HERE. UM, BUT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, UH, A RELIABLE POWER GRID THAT GOES, THIS COULD BE THE ANSWER, I BELIEVE. SO ME AND MY FAMILY DON'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE LIKE THAT AGAIN, TO WHERE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO, MY WIFE WANTED TO GO BACK TO, TO ARIZONA. WE ACTUALLY CAME FROM COLORADO SPRINGS, AND PEOPLE ASKED ME, WHY'D YOU MOVE HERE? AND LONG STORY, BUT THIS COULD BE THE ANSWER TO MAKE THE POWER GRID BETTER. AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING, UM, JUST WITH, WITH THE, THE CAPABILITIES, THE POSSIBILITIES THAT IT COULD DO. UM, AND SO I SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE A, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, IF A HURRICANE COMES AGAIN, I CAN'T AFFORD IT. I SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD IT. I DON'T, I MEAN, IT SUCKED A LOT OF MY MONEY THE LAST, THE LAST, UH, HURRICANE. AND SO FOR THIS TO COME TO BE, UH, JUST SOMETHING TO, TO POWER THE GRID BETTER, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT IT, AND THIS COULD BE THE ANSWER. SO THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. WHO'S NEXT? GOOD EVENING. I'M, UH, RYLAND MORRIS FROM 3 0 9 SOUTH UTAH STREET, LAPORTE, TEXAS 7 7 5 7 1. HOLD ON A SECOND. RYLAND MORRIS? YES. THERE YOU GO. RIGHT THERE. GO AHEAD. GOOD LOOKING. THANK YOU. UM, I'M JUST HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE MASS ENERGY STORAGE PROJECT AS WELL. UM, JUST TO SPEAK ON THE, UH, THE INVESTMENT IN IT, THE DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE BAY TOWN'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUST PROVIDING MILLIONS IN FUNDING FOR THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND FOR SCHOOLS AND FOR ROADS, REPAIRS, AND, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. AND ALSO JUST FOR THE, THE DIRECT INVESTMENT IN, UM, [01:20:01] AND ENERGY THAT IT WILL GIVE TO THE CITY OF, UH, BAYTOWN. UM, JUST WANTED TO ALSO, UH, SPEAK ON JUST THE, THE POWER GRID, THE BENEFIT OF IT, STRENGTHENING THE POWER GRID AND NOT RUNNING THE RISK OF BLACKOUTS. AGAIN, LIKE HE WAS SAYING WITH HURRICANE BARREL, UM, WE HAD LOST POWER FOR ABOUT SIX DAYS TOO, AND WE DID NOT HAVE A GENERATOR AT THAT POINT. SO NO HEAT IN THE HOUSE, OR NO AC IN THE HOUSE, FOOD GOING BAD, AND JUST THE, THE LINES FOR GAS AND GAS STATIONS RUNNING OUTTA GAS. SO JUST THE, UM, THE MONEY INVOLVED WITH THAT AND JUST THIS COULD BE THE SOLUTION FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAVID PACHECO 3 0 9. GOT YOU. GO AHEAD. OKAY. UM, I, AS, UH, HE WAS SAYING, I, UM, WE ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE, BUT, UM, I'VE, UH, LIVED IN THE AREA FOR HOW MANY YEARS AS, UH, AS, UH, MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS. I CARE ABOUT KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, OUR ROWS IN GOOD SHAPE, AND OUR FUTURE BRIGHT. THE MASSEY ENERGY STORAGE PROJECT CHECKS ALL THOSE BOXES. IT WILL MAKE OUR POWER MORE RELIABLE. SO WHEN THE WEATHER TURNS BAD OR THE GRID IS STRESSED, OUR LIGHTS STAY ON AND OUR FAMILIES STAY COMFORTABLE. BUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO ME IS, AS A RESIDENT AND HOW THE REVENUE FROM THE PROJECT WILL GO RIGHT BACK INTO BAYTOWN FUNDING OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT SO THEY CAN RESPOND QUICKLY AND KEEP US SAFE IN FIXING THE, UH, THE THINGS THAT NEED FIXING. THIS IS A CHANCE TO BRING, UH, BRING IN GOOD PAYING LOCAL JOBS, IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND INVEST IN THE SERVICES WE ALL RELY ON. I URGE YOU TO SAY YES TO THE MASSEY ENERGY STORAGE PROJECT FOR OUR SAFETY, FOR OUR ROADS, AND FOR BAY TOWN'S FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME'S JAMON MORRIS. SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. JAMON MORRIS. GOT YOU. SO JUST KIND OF SAY WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. I PERSONALLY WASN'T HERE FOR HURRICANE BARREL, BUT FROM ALL THE THINGS I HEARD AND WHAT THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH FOR THOSE SIX DAYS, I'M THANKFUL I WASN'T HERE. AND I KNOW HURRICANES HAPPEN HERE OFTEN, AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD, UH, OPPORTUNITY. JUST ONE FOR THE PROPERTY TAXES, JUST TO REBUILD THE ROADS, UH, FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS AND ALL THOSE THINGS. AND I JUST, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD SOLUTION. AS STEFAN SAID, I'LL JUST STOP THEM. THANK YOU. HE DOES LIVE HERE. THEY'RE ALL THROUGH YOUR MATES. GOT YOU. ANYONE ELSE? WE'LL MAKE IT QUICK. . TAKE YOUR TIME. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THREE MINUTES. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ADRIANA CARDENAS. 3 4 0 2 BAYOU FOREST. YES, MA'AM. SORRY. NERVOUS. UM, I KNOW FOR ME, UH, THAT'S MY, MY HUSBAND IN THE YELLOW. UM, BUT LAST YEAR AFTER THE HURRICANE HIT, UM, HIT US, WE WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR DAYS, AS HE MENTIONED. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THOSE FIVE, SIX DAYS WITHOUT POWER AND SITTING IN THE DARK WITH MY KIDS, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE, HOT, HUMID, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KEEP THEM CALM WHILE WONDERING WHEN THE LIGHTS WOULD COME BACK ON. NO INTERNET, NO AIR CONDITIONING, AND EVERY MILL JUST FELT LIKE A CHALLENGE. I MEAN, IT WAS SCARY, NOT JUST INCONVENIENT. THAT'S WHY THE MASS ENERGY STORAGE PROJECT'S PERSONAL TO ME. IT'S A MASSIVE BATTERY SYSTEM THAT STORES EXTRA ELECTRICITY. SO WHEN STORMS ARE HIGH DEMAND HIT, WE CAN KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND THE AC RUNNING. IT'S ABOUT KEEPING OUR HOME SAFE AND OUR FAMILIES COMFORTABLE WHEN THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS. AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT EMERGENCIES, THE PROJECT WILL BRING IN MONEY FOR SCHOOLS, WHICH MEANS BETTER CLASSROOMS, MORE RESOURCES, AND A STRONGER FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS. FOR ME, MASTER ENERGY STORAGE IS PERSONAL BECAUSE I NEVER WANT TO SEE MY KIDS GO THROUGH ANOTHER BLACKOUT LIKE THAT AGAIN, I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD EVENING. UM, ADAM CARDENAS? YES, SIR. OKAY. UH, SO PICTURE THIS, IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER AND IT'S CRAZY HOT AND EMS RUN THERE AS SEA, THEN BOOM, THE POWER GOES OUT. TOTAL NIGHTMARE. THAT'S WHY THE MASSEY ENERGY STORAGE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY REALLY COOL. IT'S BASICALLY A GIANT BATTERY THAT STORES EXTRA ENERGY SO WE CAN USE IT. WHEN THE POWER GRID IS STRESSED, THAT MEANS LESS CHANCE OF BLACKOUTS AND MORE TIME FOR GAMING STREAMING OR JUST CHILLING WITHOUT SWEATING TO DEATH. BUT IT'S JUST, UH, ABOUT KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON OR NO, IT'S, BUT IT'S JUST NOT ABOUT KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON. THIS PARTY IS GOING TO BRING IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR BAYTOWN, LIKE OVER 4 MILLION FOR SCHOOLS THAT CAN MEAN BETTER TECH IN CLASSROOMS, MORE SPORTS EQUIPMENT, MAYBE EVEN COOLER AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. PLUS IT'S CLEAN ENERGY. SO WE'RE NOT JUST HELPING A TON RIGHT NOW. WE'RE MAKING SURE THE PLANT'S IN BETTER SHAPE WHEN WE ORDER. TO ME, IT'S LIKE WE'RE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME. MASSING ENERGY STORAGE ISN'T JUST SOME GROWNUP PROJECT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. [01:25:06] GOING GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M AUDREY CARDENAS. UM, SO IMAGINE YOU'RE STREAMING YOUR FAVORITE SHOWS OR GAMING ONLINE DURING A BIG STORM AND BOOM, NO POWER. PRETTY FRESH TRAINING, RIGHT? WELL, HERE'S WHERE THE MESS ENERGY STORAGE PROGRAM PROJECT IN BAYTOWN COMES IN. IT'S A LARGE SCALE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM OR BESS THAT STORES ELECTRICITY AND HELPS KEEP THE POWER FLOWING EVEN WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND. OR WHEN RENEWABLE SOURCES LIKE SOLAR AND WIND AREN'T PRODUCING ENERGY, THAT MEANS FEWER OUTAGES AND MORE RELIABLE ELECTRICITY FOR EVERYONE. BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CONVINCING CONVENIENCE. THIS PROJECT BRINGS REAL BENEFITS TO OUR COMMUNITY OVER ITS TWO YEAR, 20 YEAR LIFE SPAN. MASSEY STORAGE EXPECTED TO ENERGY TO GENERATE OVER $20 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT INCLUDED $4.5 MILLION FOR GOOSE CREEK CONSOLIDATED ISD AND NEARLY $3 MILLION FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. THAT MONEY CAN FUND BETTER SCHOOLS, MORE EXTRACURRICULARS AND STRONGER COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT BENEFIT ALL OF US. AS SOMEONE WHO JUST STARTED HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY, HAVING WELL-FUNDED SCHOOLS IS IMPORTANT TO ME. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE APPROVE MASSY STORE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE EVERYONE, RIGHT? SHE JUST STARTED HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY. YEAH. I'M IMPRESSED BOTH OF THEM. OKAY. SO, UM, THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK, I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:31 PM TO AMEND OFFICIALS ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES, LOCATED AT 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD. WE WILL NOW MOVE [f. Consider an ordinance to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 10.00 acres located at 2015 Massey Tompkins Road, from Mixed Residential (MR) to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District. ] ON TO FOUR F. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES, LOCATED AT 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD FROM MIXED RESIDENTIAL TO A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE DO HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON FOUR F AND IT IS MY PREDECESSOR, FORMER MAYOR BRIS OF BRANDON CAP. CAN I GET A MOTION TO GIVE HIM 30 MINUTES? NO, 30 SECONDS. WE EARNED ENOUGH OF HIM. , YOU HAD YOUR 30 MINUTES, UH, WHEN THE MEETING STARTED AT SEVEN . GOOD TO SEE YA, MAYOR AND COUNCIL CHIEF, UH, CITY MANAGER, AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THE CITIZENS HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND, UH, I'M GLAD I'M NOT IN THAT SEAT THIS EVENING. UH, I THINK, UH, YOU MAY BE STAYING AT THE HYATT TONIGHT. BE A LONG EVENING. I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS I REALLY WASN'T GONNA PLAN TO SPEAK, BUT, UH, I JUST THINK THAT THE PRESENTATION BY, UH, THESE FOLKS HERE, I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY, UH, VERY PROFESSIONAL. A LOT OF SAFETY ASPECTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, UH, MANY MONTHS AGO. I KNOW WHEN THESE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS, UH, WERE FIRST PRESENTED TO THE CITY ITSELF, THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS. BUT I THINK A LOT OF THAT KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN CONVEYED BOTH THIS EVENING AND, AND IN THE MEAN, AND THROUGHOUT THE, THE PAST FEW MONTHS. UH, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT, UH, THESE FOLKS AND THESE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS, UH, THESE BEST FACILITIES ARE IMPORTANT FOR, UH, SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ELECTRICAL GRID. UH, CERTAINLY YOU HEARD SOME, SOME FOLKS THAT WILL RELY ON THIS 'CAUSE WE KNOW POWER WILL GO OUT, THE GRID WILL FAIL. UH, BUT COUNCIL, THIS EVEN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE MATTERS IN THEIR OWN HANDS BY APPROVING THESE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS, UH, WHERE YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO DEPEND ON THE GOVERNOR OR ERCOT OR ANY OTHER FOLKS. YOU WILL HAVE, UH, AN ENHANCED ELECTRICAL GRID. ONCE THESE ARE BUILT, IT DOES TAKE A, TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THESE BUILT. UH, BUT, UM, I THINK THEY, AS, AS GENTLEMEN SPOKE, MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLED WORKERS. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. UH, HOWEVER THAT MAY BE, I KNOW THAT'S NOT IN Y'ALL'S PURVIEW, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, THAT THESE ARE, THESE ARE CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED, UH, FROM A SAFE MANNER AND CERTAINLY FROM EXPERIENCED WORKERS. UH, AND I JUST WOULD SAY I FULLY SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. IT'S ALMOST IRONIC THAT IN, IN BAYTOWN, TEXAS, HOME OF EXXONMOBIL AND CERTAINLY PETROCHEM AND CRUDE FOSSIL FUELS, UH, THAT BAYTOWN COULD BE ON THE FOREFRONT OF, OF HAVING THESE TYPE OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, UH, FOR THEIR CITIZENS. UM, IN FACT, I SEEN MR. EDDIE GRAY MANY YEARS AGO. HE, HE SPOKE ABOUT, UH, A BATTERY, KIND OF HAVING A BATTERY TYPE OF CAMP FOR OUR, UM, SCHOOL CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S THAT, THAT IT TAKES, UH, TO GO AND DEVELOP NOT JUST BATTERIES, BUT BATTERIES THAT CAN REALLY, UH, PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF, UH, POWER TO THE GRID. SO, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT Y'ALL WILL HAVE AN ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, I WOULD SAY. I DON'T THINK DELAY IS NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING. I THINK YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE, UH, AN INFORMED DECISION. SO WITH THAT, I DO APPRECIATE YOU AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE SERVICE THAT YOU DO THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. [01:30:01] UH, WE NEED YOUR ADDRESS, ? NO, 24 0 1 MARKET STREET. OH, . IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS. I'M AT 28 15 CANADIAN GOOSE LANE, RIGHT HERE IN BAYTOWN, TEXAS. THANK YOU. WHY YOU WANNA GIVE IT AWAY, MAN? OKAY. UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT MAY HAVE SIGNED UP ON THE WRONG ITEM THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON FOUR F? I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR CONCERN OR, UM, OPINION. NO ONE. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? MA? MAYOR, I'LL JUST MAKE THE REMINDER AGAIN, I'VE ALREADY SAID THIS, BUT YOU HEARD A LOT ABOUT BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE, SO THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM. YES. SO IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND MAKE TWO MOTIONS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO THAT. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER PIECE OF IT. SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ONE AT A TIME. OKAY? YES, SIR. OKAY. JUST COMMENT. AND I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE, UH, REZONING TO GC. I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE, THE OVERALL PLAN, FUTURE PLAN USE AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE BATTERY STORAGE. SO I'LL, I'LL WAIT TILL WE GET TO THAT, THAT PORTION. BUT, UM, THAT'S, AND, AND AGAIN, I'M, I'M LEERY ABOUT APPROVING THIS TO BE A GC, AND THEN IF WE DON'T SUPPORT THE SUP, THEN WHAT'S GONNA GO IN THERE? MM-HMM . UH, BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXPANSION AS PART OF THE OVERALL FUTURE LAND USES WAS TO POTENTIALLY MAKE THAT GC ANYWAY. SO I'M, I'M, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT, BUT I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT JUST TO GET OUT AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND STATE 'EM AND THEN STATE 'EM AGAIN AT THE SUP MM-HMM . UM, ONE IS, IS WHERE WOULD THE, UH, CENTER POINT CONNECTIVITY BE ON THAT FOR THAT PROPERTY OR THAT, THAT BATTERY STORAGE? 'CAUSE IT, IT'S A DISTANCE AWAY. SO WHEN WE GET TO THE, THAT SIDE OF IT, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING I'LL LOOK FOR. AND THEN MY CONCERN IS THE PROXIMITY TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA RIGHT NEXT TO IT. UM, WE HAVE A SOMEWHAT DISCUSSED ANOTHER BATTERY STORAGE PROJECT, BUT THEY, THEY'RE NOT BUTTON UP AGAINST A RESIDENTIAL AREA. AND, AND SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UM, SIMILAR PROCESS. I, I SUPPORT THE, THE BATTERY STORAGE CONCEPT. I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS. THAT WOULD BE MY TWO. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CONNECT TO THE CENTER POINT? AND THEN WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING THAT'S A LITTLE EXTRA BECAUSE YOU ARE NEXT TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA. MM-HMM . UM, I HAVE CONCERNS FOR THAT, BUT THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENTS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. GOT YOU. MY QUESTION, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, ENERGY. I HEARD A COMMENT SAYING WHERE SOMEONE SAID THAT THEIR BILL WAS A LITTLE BIT LOWER. WILL THIS BATTERY STORAGE AFFECT ELECTRICAL BILLS FOR THE, UM, PEOPLE IN THE AREA? YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S DEFINITELY AN, AN IMPACT THAT THE BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY COULD HAVE ON BILLS IN THE LOCAL AREA. AS PEOPLE STATED ALREADY TODAY, THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HARNESS THE ENERGY WHEN SUPPLY IS HIGH AND PROVIDE IT WHEN, UM, SUPPLY IS A LITTLE LOW AND DEMAND IS HIGHER. SO WHEN THOSE HIGH DEMAND HOURS, BECAUSE THERE IS ENOUGH POWER TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGHER RATES OF, OF BILLS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE THE POWER TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THERE, THERE IS A, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD LEAD TO LOWER BILLS, UH, BUT THERE IS NOT NECESSARILY ANY GUARANTEE. GOT YOU. UH, MY NEXT QUESTION, DEALING WITH WHEN THERE IS AN OUTAGE, HOW MANY RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE POWER FROM YOUR PROJECT AND WELL, OR HOW FAR WOULD THAT GO OUT? YES. 40,000. EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION WE HAD STATED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FACILITY HAS THE CAPABILITY MM-HMM . TO PROVIDE POWER TO 40,000 HOMES, UM, TO STATE THAT IT'S GONNA PREVENT, UM, YOU KNOW, EACH OF THOSE HOMES FROM A POWER OUTAGE. IS, IS, IS, YEAH. I'M, I'M NOT ASKING THAT IT'S GOING TO PREVENT IT. I'M JUST ASKING THE GEN, THE PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL AREA, LET'S SAY ABOUT HALF A MILE RADIUS, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS 100%. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. ONE, 100% THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE LOCAL AREA WOULD BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM HAVING POWER, UH, HAVING POWER STORED CLOSER TO THE, TO THEIR HOMES. OKAY. BUT YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THE HOUSES NEXT TO THIS ARE GONNA MAINTAIN POWER. I MEAN, THEY'RE TIED IN AT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VOLTAGE LEVEL. WE, WE WOULDN'T BE [01:35:01] ABLE TO GUARANTEE IT HARDENS THE SYSTEM, BUT YEAH, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A GUARANTEE THAT NEIGHBORS ARE GONNA MAINTAIN POWER. OKAY. SO REMEMBER TOO THAT, THAT WHEN WE HAVE A WIND EVENT, A LOT OF TIMES THE TREES ARE BRINGING DOWN THE POWER LINES. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THE POWER'S COMING FROM, THE LINES DOWN, IT'S GONNA HARD TO GUARANTEE ANYTHING. YEAH. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. LET'S SAY NONE OF THE LINES ARE DOWN. 'CAUSE I HEARD PEOPLE SPEAK, THE FAMILY SPOKE AND WERE SAYING THAT THEY WERE, THEY WANTED IT BECAUSE OF HURRICANE BARREL. THEY WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR SIX DAYS. IF NOTHING WAS DOWN, IS IT A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE POWER? IT'S 100% A POSSIBILITY THAT, THAT THE FACILITY COULD BRING, COULD PROVIDE THEM POWER. OKAY. IN THAT CASE SCENARIO, IF, IF THERE WAS NO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS DAMAGED YES. BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER EVENT. AND I JUST WANT THAT CLARIFIED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE THINKING THAT WE DID THIS AND THE NEXT HURRICANE THAT COMES 'CAUSE WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER HURRICANE. I DON'T WANT THEM THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS, THIS PLACE IS, UH, NEAR MY HOME. I'M ONE STREET OVER, I SHOULD HAVE POWER. AND THEN WE'RE GETTING PHONE CALLS ON WHY THEY DON'T, UM, OF COURSE POWER LINES BEING DOWN OR WHATEVER. BUT IF EVERYTHING'S UP, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS. YES, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YES SIR. IS IT POSSIBLY, IF THE POWER LINES GO DOWN AND THEY, THEY FIX IT, COULD IT RESTORE POWER SOONER TO THE GRID? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, AN APPLICATION OF THAT IN, IN, IN THE CASE THAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS DAMAGED? I THINK THE TIME DELAY WOULD BE PRETTY BASED ON WHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BROUGHT BACK. NOT NECESSARILY DEPENDENT ON OUR FACILITY. SO YEAH, THAT, SO, SO, OKAY. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR. SO THERE'S A STORM, THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE, DAMAGE GETS REPAIRED. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GONNA SHAVE TIME OFF OF UP, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THE POWER BACK SYSTEM UP, NECESSARILY. THE YEAH, THE, I THINK THE, THE, THE, THE BEST THING THAT WOULD SHAVE THE TIME IS, IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE GETTING BACK ONLINE. OKAY. IN THAT CASE, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IN THAT SPECIFIC CASE THAT THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND. AND PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THE POWER LINES ARE DOWN, IT SHOULD BE UP, THEY'RE FIXED. IT SHOULD BE RUNNING THAT NECESSARILY. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? IF POSSIBLE? I ALSO JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THE ENERGY THAT'S STORED, UM, WHERE IT, WHERE IT ENDS UP GOING IS GOING TO BE DECIDED BY ERCOT BECAUSE THIS ENERGY, THE ENERGY THAT WE HAVE IS GOING TO ERCOT. ERCOT DECIDES WHERE IT'S NEEDED MOST. SAME, LIKE WHENEVER THERE'S DIPS IN THE GRID, RIGHT? THEY SAY, OH, THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, IT NEEDS IT THE MOST. AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE, THEY MENTIONED 17 MEGAWATTS OVER CAPACITY. WE SEND THAT THERE, WE SEND THIS HERE. SO IF THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT IF THERE IS A DIP NEARBY WHERE THE PROJECT IS, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE ER, ERCOT ISS GONNA GO AHEAD AND SEND IT OUT THERE. BUT I'M SAYING THAT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE WHERE EXACTLY IT'S GOING TO GO BECAUSE THAT IS ERCOT DECISION. IT'S IN THEIR GRID. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. SO HOW FAR CAN THAT ENERGY THAT'S STORED AT THE BEST OFF OF MASSEY, COULD ERCOT SEND THAT? COULD THEY SEND IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE STATE? OR IS IT REGIONAL AVAILABILITY? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WHEREVER THE LOADS WOULD BE NEEDED. SO I THOUGHT THE ORIGINAL QUESTION WAS, IF THE LOADS ARE NEEDED IN BAYTOWN MM-HMM . THEN THAT'S WHERE THE LOADS WOULD GO. IF THE, IF THE LOADS ARE NEEDED SOMEWHERE ELSE IN, IN AS FAR AWAY AS 800 MILES, I, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A NUMBER. 800 MILES AWAY. COULD ERCOT SEND THE ENERGY THAT'S HARVESTED FROM BAYTOWN 800 MILES AWAY? IT'S, IT'S A POSSIBILITY. IT'S, IT'S LESS LIKELY FOR, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, BUT IT IS A POSSIBILITY. OKAY. THE, THE LIKELIHOOD OF OF LOADS BEING CLOSER IN NEED IS, IS MORE LIKELY THAN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LOADS 800 MILES AWAY. IS IS THE, I ANSWER YOU A NUMBER? YES, SIR. WHAT ARE A SCENARIO THAT WOULD REQUIRE, UH, A CERTAIN AREA TO REQUIRE MORE ENERGY TO LOAD? SPECIFICALLY? WHAT, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD CAUSE THAT TO JUST STRAIN ON THE GRID? OR CAN YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION PLEASE? WELL, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE A SCENARIO THAT WILL REQUIRE AN AREA TO RE WILL REQUIRE AN AREA TO REQUEST MORE LOADS OR NEED MORE LOADS FROM AIR COOT? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WILL BE A SCENARIO THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE, THE NEED FOR, FOR THE, FOR EXTRA LOADS? YEAH. UH, THERE, THERE WOULD BE SCENARIOS WHERE THE LOADS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SUPPLYING A REGIONAL AREA ARE IN A DEFICIENCY. SO DUE TO, DUE TO HIGH DEMANDS MM-HMM . OKAY. SO JUST HIGH DEMAND MM-HMM . DAYS, AC RUNNING. OKAY. , I CAN GIVE, YOU CAN GIVE A REALLY QUICK [01:40:01] EXAMPLE. YOU CAN KIND OF THINK OF IT LIKE ON A DAILY BASIS, LET'S SAY THAT EVERYBODY'S AT WORK, EVERYBODY'S AT SCHOOL, THERE'S NOT MUCH ELECTRICITY BEING USED AT HOME DURING THE DAYTIME. UM, SO THEN THERE IS HIGH SUPPLY, LOW DEMAND, AND THEN NIGHTTIME, EVERYONE'S HOME FROM WORK. EVERYONE'S HOME FROM SCHOOL USING, TURNING ON THE TV, THE LIGHTS, CHARGING YOUR PHONES. THERE'S HIGH DEMAND RIGHT THERE AT THAT TIME. SO THAT'S KIND OF A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE OF, UM, WHEN THERE WOULD BE A DIP IN THE GRID. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? MAYOR, I HAVE A, IF WE'RE TALKING SUP BEFORE WE GET THERE, BEFORE Y'ALL DECIDE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL. IF WE'RE TALKING, WHAT IF WE'RE TALKING SUP PARAMETERS BEFORE WE, BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THE ZONING? I HAVE A QUESTION. IF YOU WANT ME TO WAIT, I'LL WAIT, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION. WE'LL, WAIT. UM, WE'RE GOING, WELL, WE'RE TALKING S RIGHT NOW. YEAH. SO YEAH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. I, I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST GONNA ADDRESS THE REZO, BUT THERE'S QUESTIONS AROUND THE SUP, SO WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME RIGHT NOW. OKAY. YEAH. SO THEY BROUGHT UP NUMBERS, AND I WASN'T GONNA TALK NUMBERS, BUT I'M ASKING THE COUNSEL TO CONSIDER THEY PRESENTED IT. SO IF THEY PRESENTED IT, I'M GONNA ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER HOLDING THEM TO IT. BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GONNA SAY THAT $39 MILLION INVESTMENTS GONNA BE PUT ON THE GROUND, WHICH IS WHERE THE 2 75 A YEAR IN TAXES COME FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUP SHOULD ALSO HAVE SOME KINDA LANGUAGE THAT THEY HOLDS THEM TO THAT VALUE. BECAUSE OTHERWISE UNDER NORMAL DEPRECIATION IS GONNA BE DOWN LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR BY THE END OF 20 YEARS, WHICH WOULD MAKE THAT NUMBER NOT A CORRECT NUMBER. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S UP THERE. AND SO IF FOR THE SUP, IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR THIS COUNCIL TO HOLD THEM TO THAT NUMBER THAT THEY SAID THAT'S GONNA BE THERE, THEREFORE NOT FIGHTING THE APPRAISAL VALUE. THAT'S RIGHT. UM, IN PART OF THE SUP. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD CATCH THERE. SO WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT IF WE'RE TALKING RIGHT NOW MM-HMM . I WAS TRYING TO HOLD MY COMMENTS, . UM, SO IN, IN MY RESEARCH WITH LOOKING AT THE PROJECT AND THE EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED IN TERMS OF THE SAFETY FROM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO CONSTRUCT AND, AND BUILD, UM, I, I WENT OUT AND RESEARCHED DIFFERENT CITIES WHO ALREADY HAD THIS AND ANY INCIDENTS THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED. AND I, I DIDN'T DO A COMPLETE DIVE, BUT I ONLY REALLY FOUND ONE IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAD, UM, A FIRE ISSUE. UM, AND THEN UPON MY CONTINUED RESEARCH, UH, I, I DID FIND THE HOUSE BILLS, UM, HOUSE BILL 38 0 9, UM, WHICH I BROUGHT FORWARD, UM, TO CITY MANAGER TO SEE, OKAY, DOES THIS APPLY TO US? BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT IF WE APPROVE THIS TODAY, THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE LANGUAGE THAT'S UNDER 38 0 9. AND THAT SHOULD THE DAY COME THAT THEY NEED TO DECOM DECOMMISSION OR LEAVE THE AREA FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY WOULD NOT BE BEHOLDEN TO COMPLETELY DECOMMISSION THE AREA. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT 38 0 9 WOULD HOLD THEM TO. BUT THAT'S NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE FIRST. UM, AND I DID NOT, I DID NOT FIND THE 32 29 AND 38 24, BUT WE HAVE THIS AT OUR DESK, UM, ALONG WITH THE 38 0 9. UM, AND SO SHOULD WE APPROVE, THEN I WOULD WANT TO MAKE THE, UM, ITEM EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST SO THAT THESE HOSPITALS WOULD BE IN PLAY WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT OUR PARTNERS AT, UM, CYPRESS CREEK WILL BE OKAY WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1ST. SHOULD THIS ITEM BE APPROVED? UH, MR. LAMONT IS, CAN WE DO THAT? I'M SORRY. ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN, PLEASE. CAN WE GIVE THIS, IF WE APPROVE IT, CAN WE GIVE IT AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1ST? YOU CAN PROVIDE WHATEVER EFFECTIVE DATE YOU WANT. GOOD DEAL. MR. REYNOLDS IS, THAT'S THE BILL YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY? YES, SIR. SO, UM, AGAIN, I, I WOULD DEFER TO MR. LAMOND, BUT SO FAR STAFF AND STAFF READING THAT, THAT LANGUAGE, I DON'T THINK IT APPLIES TO THIS, UH, TO THIS PROJECT THAT IS LIKE HOME BACKUP GENERATORS, NOT SOMETHING OF A COMMERCIAL SCALE. THIS IS UNDER A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF RULES, WHICH BRINGS MY NEXT, UM, . BUT THEY DO HAVE A COMMISSIONING PLAN YES. ON AMERICAN COUNCIL? YES. YES. UM, AND SO WHILE WE CANNOT, UM, DICTATE WHO YOU SELECT AND HOW YOU HOLD YOUR BIDDING PROCESS, WE DO ASK THAT YOU UPHOLD, UM, THE EXCEEDED [01:45:01] SAFETY STANDARDS AND NOT JUST THE MINIMUM. AND SO BY ASKING THIS OF YOU, THEN I WOULD ASK THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED OF YOU, THAT YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF PLAN FOR ANY TYPE OF DECOMMISSIONING. UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASK OF YOU, UM, IN ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE AREA, UM, WHOEVER YOU CHOSE TO CONSTRUCT A PROJECT, THAT THEY DON'T JUST MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS, THAT THEY EXCEED THOSE AND, UM, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, JUST DON'T GO IN AND DO THE JOB. UM, YOU ALL HAD YOUR OWN PARAMETERS THAT YOU SET FOR YOUR BID PROCESS. UH, WE CAN'T DICTATE ANY OF THAT, BUT I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE, UM, I DID GO THROUGH ALL THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY, UM, THE, THE, UM, THE UNION THAT CAME AND SPOKE AND, AND YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND, UM, THEIR, THEIR, I GUESS, SAFETY CONCERNS. BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBER AND I MENTIONED AT THE PAST MEETINGS, WE, WE DID LISTEN TO OTHER FIRE CHIEFS, NOT JUST THOSE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN THAT FELT THAT THIS PROJECT IS SAFE ENOUGH TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL EXCEED, UH, SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. AND I GUESS THAT WOULD BE UP TO, UM, CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT, THAT THEY'RE BEING HELD TO, THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY MEET THE, THE, THE REGULATION. MM-HMM . THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS STAFF HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO MM-HMM . REGARDING THE DECOMMISSIONING PLAN, THAT IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY STAFF. AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO THAT. UM, I BELIEVE WHEN MS. CROW AND I TALKED BEFORE, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A BOND THAT WOULD COVER THAT DECOMMISSIONING. I THINK YOU SAID THAT YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE ONE. YES, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A DECOMMISSIONING BOND AND WE HAVE ALSO, UM, ALSO HAVE A DECOMMISSIONING PLAN. SO, SO THE PLAN, SO THEY ARE SUBMITTING THE PLAN AND THE BOND THAT WOULD COVER THE DECOMMISSIONING. UM, SHOULD THAT EVER BECOME NECESSARY? YES, SIR. THAT KIND OF PRESENTS A QUESTION, HOW MUCH IS THE BOND IS THE ONE OF THEM, UH, GONNA BE AMOUNT FOR. AND THEN JUST REAL QUICK, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT ONE, HOW MUCH IS THE BOND AMOUNT? I DON'T HAVE THAT BOND AMOUNT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I'M SORRY. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU, BUT I DO KNOW IT'S REQUIRED FOR US TO HAVE FOR ALL STORAGE PROJECTS. IS IS THERE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT'S REQUIRED OR IS IT JUST WHAT'S THERE'S GOTTA BE AN REQUIREMENT THAT Y'ALL GOTTA KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I'M SORRY. I CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU THAT NUMBER AFTER THIS MEETING. THERE'S LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S REALLY NOT GONNA DO MUCH IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 20 MILLION'S D STORY. UNDERSTAND. BUT KIND LOOKING THROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I DID LOOK AT, I GUESS WAS MORTENSON IS THE CONTRACTOR THAT YOU'RE CHOOSING, I BELIEVE IS WHAT I HEARD SOMEONE MIGHT, SOMEONE HAD SAID, OR HAVE YOU NOT CHOOSE A CONTRACTOR YET? NO, NO. A CONTRACTOR HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED FOR THIS FACILITY. CORRECT. YEAH. 'CAUSE I LOOKED UP THEIR EMR AND THEIR E EM R IS ACTUALLY HALF OF THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IF IT IS MORTENSON AND THEY ACTUALLY PUT THEIR EMR ON THEIR WEBSITE, WHICH ALMOST NOBODY DOES . YEAH. WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING. I LOOKED UP Y'ALL'S SAFETY REAL QUICK. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TYPING IN HERE. I WAS NOT TEXTING PEOPLE AND I WAS LOOKING AT Y'ALL'S SAFETY RECORDS AND WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING AND, AND IT'S, Y'ALL, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING. IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD STUFF THAT YOU GOT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING. SO THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND JUST, I GUESS IF I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IT, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT Y'ALL ARE PUTTING INTO THE SCHOLARSHIPS, UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. UH, AND THAT IS VERY, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S AMAZING THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY ALREADY AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAD TO SAY RIGHT NOW. AND JUST TO SPEAK ON THE, THE MORTENSON, I DO APPRECIATE, UM, YOU GUYS BRINGING THAT UP. WE, WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE MORTENSON SLATED TO WORK ON ANY OF OUR BATTERY STORAGE FACILITIES. OKAY. THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY SLATED TO BUILD OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR EVER. SO, UM, AND WE, LIKE YOU SAID, CYPRESS CREEK HAS A VERY, VERY HIGH STANDARD FOR SAFETY AND WE USE THAT STANDARD IN SELECTING OUR CONTRACTORS. UM, AND THAT WILL BE UPHELD HERE FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL. EXCELLENT. OKAY. WELL I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO NO, THAT WAS, WE'RE TAKING 'EM SEPARATE G CONDUCT [g. Conduct a public hearing for a Special Use Permit (SUP) for approximately 15.46 acres located at 2015 Massey Tompkins Road to allow for a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) within a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.] A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 15.46 ACRES, LOCATED AT 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD TO ALLOW FOR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS BEST WITHIN A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. IT IS NOW EIGHT FIFTY FOUR AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE REQUEST FOR THE SUP FOR APPROXIMATELY 15.46 ACRES LOCATED AT 2015 MASSEY TOKIN ROAD. AND I WOULD LIKE NOW [01:50:01] TO ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE REASON FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, MR. SCRIBNER. BUT MR. LAMONT, WE WILL HAVE YOU FIRST YES, MR. MAYOR. I THINK IN LIGHT OF THE, UH, PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARING, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR COUNSEL TO MAKE A MOTION THAT ALL TESTIMONY HEARD IN EITHER ITEMS FOUR E OR 4G UH, I'M SORRY, LET ME GRAB MY AGENDA HERE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT ALL TESTIMONY HEARD AND ITEMS FOUR E AND 4G WOULD BE ACCEPTED UNDER BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS. THAT WAY WE HAVE CLEAR RECORD. GOT YOU. THANK YOU. SO A MOTION? WE'LL, WE, WE NEED A, WE WE'LL TAKE THAT NOW OR HEY, YOU WANT IT INCLUDED IT WITH THIS MOTION? Y YES, BECAUSE MR. MAYOR, SINCE THIS IS STILL A PUBLIC HEARING, WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS FOR THE RECORD TO KEEP ALL OF THE TESTIMONY TOGETHER. OKAY. SINCE WE HEARD TESTIMONY IN THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARING THAT RELATES TO THE SUP. GOTCHA. UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S CAPTURED FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL. SO I NEED A MOTION TO INCLUDE ALL TESTIMONY FOR FOUR E AND 4G TO BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER. YES, SIR. CAN I GET A MOTION? WELL, WE WOULD DO THAT ONCE WE APPROVE THE SAP WELL, RIGHT? NO, IT'S A SEPARATE, IT'S A SEPARATE MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW, MR. SCRIBNER. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANNA POINT OUT IS I KNOW THAT THIS PROCESS GOING FOR THE REZONE TO THE SUP HAS BEEN A LITTLE CONFUSING. UH, I'M WORKING ON SOME CHANGES TO THAT THAT'LL HOPEFULLY STREAMLINE IT, MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR NEXT TIME. UM, SO WHAT YOU HAVE FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS 15 OF THE 29 ACRES THAT IS, UM, REQUESTED FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR, UM, I THINK FOR BATTERY ENERGY OR SOMETHING LIKE, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT YET. SO, UM, AGAIN, CURRENT ZONING, UM, YOU JUST APPROVED THE ZONING FOR THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL FOR THE SITE. UH, I BELIEVE, UM, MS. CROW ALREADY SHOWED YOU THE, UM, SITE PLAN. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE CLOSE UP SHOT OF THAT. UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UM, UH, THERE'S ONE ENTRANCE ONTO MASSEY TOMPKINS. THERE IS, UH, ROUGHLY IT'S ABOUT 50 UNITS, UM, THAT ARE INSIDE THE, THE WALLED AREA. UM, THAT THOSE UNITS ARE KEPT QUITE A WAYS FROM THE, AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT, UH, THE EXACT DISTANCE FROM THE, THE SIDES OR FROM THE PROPERTY LINES. UM, AND ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I NEED TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LESTER ASKED ABOUT THE SITE OF A SUBSTATION. SO THERE IS NO SUBSTATION OUT THERE NOW. UM, CENTER POINT WOULD BE BUILDING A NEW SUBSTATION FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, MAYBE YOU CAN SHOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT WOULD GO. I THINK IT'S IN THE, IN THIS SPACE SOMEWHERE. IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. AND I COULD JUST TAP IT RIGHT IN THE, LIKE DRAWS ON IT. IT'S WONKY, DON'T OH, . OKAY. USE, USE THAT. YES. SO AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO BE TAPPING THIS ONE 30. I'M NOT GONNA DRAW ON IT 'CAUSE I'M JUST WORRIED, BUT IT'S GOING, WE'RE GONNA BE TAPPING A 1 38 KV TRANSMISSION LINE THAT'S RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE EXISTING RAILROAD TRACKS. AND THAT'S LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THIS PARCEL RIGHT HERE. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OR WHAT CENTERPOINT'S GONNA BE DOING. AND US, I GUESS WE'LL BE PULLING IN THAT TRANSMISSION LINE INTO OUR PROJECT AREA IN THAT CORNER. UM, AND CENTERPOINT WILL BE BUILDING A SUBSTATION, UH, BY TAPPING IN OR PULLING IN THAT LINE. SO IN, IT'S GOING TO BE CORRECT IN THIS AREA. CORRECT. THIS LAND HERE WILL BE OWNED BY CENTER POINT. UM, AND SO WHEREVER IT'S MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER, YOU DON'T WANNA PULL A LINE SO FAR OUT. BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEREVER THEY HAVE IT ON HERE IS DEPENDENT ON WHAT CENTERPOINT ENDS UP DECIDING. UM, WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS WE'LL TAP INTO CENTERPOINT SUBSTATION THAT THEY WILL BUILD INTO OUR PROJECT SUBSTATION. HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. UM, SO WE DID, UM, THIS WAS JULY. UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND STAFF BOTH RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. UM, THAT THE CONTAINERS THEMSELVES MUST BE LOCATED A MINIMUM OF 200 FEET FROM ALL RESIDENTIAL USES. THESE ARE GONNA LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU BECAUSE I PRESENTED THESE AS POSSIBLE CONDITIONS BACK IN JUNE AT A WORK SESSION. SO BASICALLY [01:55:01] THEY'VE AGREED TO ADOPT, UM, THESE CONDITIONS AS, AS STAFF HAS PRESENTED THEM. UM, THE, THE CONTAINERS HAVE TO BE A MINIMUM 200 FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL, A HUNDRED FEET FROM ANY OTHER USE OR STRUCTURE. THE PROJECT SITE HAS TO BE SCREENED BY A MASONRY WALL, SIX FOOT, THE, UH, IT MUST BE SCREENED BY BUFFER YARD IN THIS CASE BUFFERY YARD C BECAUSE OF THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, THAT'S NEAR THEM, UH, AT LEAST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, UH, MUST BE HELD. I BELIEVE THEY'VE ALREADY HELD ONE OR TWO. TWO, THEY'VE HELD TWO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. UH, TWO INFORM RESIDENTS. UH, THE CONSTRUCTION MUST MEET THE NFPA 8 55 STANDARDS. THAT IS THE STANDARD, UH, THE NATIONAL STANDARD. AND THEN A DECOMMISSIONING PLAN ALSO, UH, MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO RECEIVING ANY PERMITS. SO WITH THAT, UM, LIKE I SAID, STAFF AND PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THESE CONDITIONS. WE'D ASK THAT IF YOU APPROVE THIS, UM, THAT YOU INCLUDE THOSE CONDITIONS IN YOUR MOTION. WHAT TIME WILL THIS NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING BE HELD? THEY'VE ALREADY HELD TWO. OH, SO THIS IS ALREADY BEEN DONE? IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, YEP. OKAY, GOOD DEAL. YEP, THEY'VE ALREADY MET THE CONDITION. OKAY. AND UM, ONE OTHER THING, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE PICTURE? THAT ONE, THE, THE ONE BEFORE BEFORE THAT? OKAY. YOU WANNA SEE THAT ONE? PROBABLY. YEAH, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. ISN'T THERE A DEVELOPMENT PLANNED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER HERE? THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. UM, THAT WAS REZONED LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO. UM, WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS, UH, FOR 32 RESIDENCES. THAT'S CORRECT. HOW ARE THEY GONNA GET ACCESS BACK THERE? WELL THEY STILL HAVE ACCESS TO CROSBY SEA OR BODY ROAD. UM, THEY DID MENTION DURING THAT REZONE PROCESS THAT THEY WERE POSSIBLY LOOKING AT ACCESS THAT WOULD COME AROUND BEHIND AND GO DOWN TO MASSEY TOMPKINS. BUT SINCE THEY DON'T OWN THAT PROPERTY, WE COULDN'T REALLY REQUIRE THAT FROM THEM. BUT IT WAS PART OF THEIR PLAN TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT ACCESS IF THEY COULD. OKAY. AND THAT SAID, THEY HAVE NOT, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT PAST THERE, THEY HAVEN'T DONE, THEY HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT AT ALL YET. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. LESTER DOES? OOPS. THE, NOT MY DISTRICT. NO, I WAS ASKING ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS WITH THE PROXIMITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. DO THEY EXPLAIN WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO TAP ONTO CENTER POINT, BUT CENTER POINT DOESN'T OWN THAT PROPERTY YET EITHER OR DO THEY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION PLEASE? THE, THE PROPERTY THAT CENTER POINT'S GONNA PUT THEIR SUBSTATION ON, THEY DON'T OWN THAT PROPERTY YET? NOT YET, NO. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THAT LAND UNDER OPTION AND WE WOULD DEED THAT OVER TO CENTER POINT IF THIS PROJECT WAS TO PROCEED. THAT'S PART OF Y'ALL'S PROJECT. OKAY. CORRECT. AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN IS HOW THEY WERE GONNA FEED INTO THE, THE BEST SITE. 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT 'EM GOING OVER THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. . YEAH. UH, SO THEY'RE GONNA COME INTO THE FAR CORNER, BRING IT DOWN THE LINE. UM, OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. SO THE PROPERTY'S AN OPTION RIGHT NOW? CORRECT. OPTION PERIOD. HOW LONG IS THAT? WE HAVE IT FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, I BELIEVE. CORRECT. THREE YEAR OPTION PERIOD. THREE YEAR PERIOD. OKAY. THAT'S A LONG TIME. IT TAKES WE YEAH, IT IT'S A LONG DEVELOPMENT PERIOD. CORRECT. UM, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER AND UM, MAYOR JOHNSON, I WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF TOUCH ON COUNCIL MEMBER LESTER'S. UM, QUESTION ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT THE NEARBY RESIDENTIAL AREA MM-HMM . UM, WE HAVE, THE BIG THING ABOUT MASSEY STORAGE IS IT'S A 100 MEGAWATT PROJECT AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY DONE SO BECAUSE OF THE NEARBY AREAS, WE MADE IT AS COM, YOU KNOW, COMPRESSED AS POSSIBLE. IT'S ON FIVE ACRES ON AN ENTIRE 29 ACRE TRACK TO WHERE WE HAVE THAT 200 FEET, UM, BUFFER FROM EACH OF THE RESIDENTS. WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT ON THE EASTERN WESTERN AND THE NORTHERN PORTION PORTION. WE COULD HAVE THEORETICALLY FITTED IN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL AREA JUST ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT BUFFER TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF CREATE A LANDSCAPING PLAN AND BE ABLE TO, UM, THERE'S ALREADY KIND OF A VEGETATIVE BUFFER ALONG SOME OF THE BOUNDARIES, BUT WE WANT TO ABLE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE, UM, SUPPLEMENTAL PLANTING AS WELL AS JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING AESTHETICALLY LOOKS GREAT AND IS NOT A NUISANCE TO THE COMMUNITY. I WANNA BE VERY, YOU KNOW, CLEAR ABOUT THAT. AND THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, WE INITIALLY HAD A LANDSCAPING PLAN, UM, WITH THE UL DC BUFFER TYPE B 'CAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, COINCIDED WITH OUR PROJECT AFTER RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY STAFF AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WE WENT AHEAD AND HAVE UPDATED THAT NOW TO REFLECT THE BUFFER TYPE C. THAT'S GOOD. ALRIGHT. OKAY. [02:00:01] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, JUST THE COMMENT MAYOR, UM, BEFORE WE GO INTO THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS GLAD ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS IN TERMS OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR. UH, BUT SHOULD I CONSIDER THE PROJECT FOR, UM, FOR THE ORDINANCE? I'M GONNA SAY RIGHT NOW THAT I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THAT INTO, UH, CONSIDERATION. I THINK THAT'S JUST ICING ON THE CAKE. AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, UH, BEING THAT GOOD NEIGHBOR AND INVESTING OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING REALLY THAT I'M GONNA LOOK AT INTO CONSIDERING. SO THANK YOU JASON. HE THOUGHT THERE WERE SOME OTHER SPEAKER. SO, SO JUST KIND OF COMING BACK TO THAT BOND, I KIND OF, I LOOKED IT UP REAL QUICK. SO IT, IT TELLS YOU HOW MUCH YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE BOND. IT'S GOTTA BE FOR THE DECOMMISSIONING COSTS PLUS EVERYTHING AND THEN YOU HAVE TO RENEW IT EVERY FIVE YEARS. YOU HAVE TO REDO THE BOND. IS THAT, THAT'S, IS THAT CORRECT WHAT Y'ALL ARE HEARING TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATIONS AND COSTS? YEAH, SO IT'S EVERY FIVE YEARS. OKAY. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, BECAUSE THAT, THAT WAS KIND OF MY MAIN CONCERN WAS LIKE A BOND NOW IS NOT THE SAME AS IT IS GONNA BE IN 20 YEARS, BUT, OKAY. OKAY. WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON 4G. UM, WE HAVE MS. MS. FRIEDMAN AND ARE YOU DESIRING TO SPEAK ON 4G? I I HEARD SPOKE. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. MR. FREEMAN? YEAH, HE SPOKE I'LL JU YEAH, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THEY DID SAY 4G. UM, WHO ELSE? AND MR. BERGSTROM? I SAID MY PIECE. YOU'RE GOOD? YEAH. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE THAT MAY HAVE SIGNED UP ON THE WRONG ITEM? CRUZ. MR. CRUZ, LET'S GO. AND I BELIEVE YOU MS. STAWSKI GAVE YOU TOM? YES, I THINK SO. OKAY. HOWDY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME'S CHUCK CRUZ. I LIVE AT 83 0 7 CARAWAY CIRCLE IN THE SPRINGFIELD SUBDIVISION IN UNINCORPORATED BAYTOWN AT THE TIME BEING. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. ANYWAYS, UM, I CAME TO BAYTOWN IN 2006 AFTER HAVING GOTTEN MY DEGREE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY. AND I BEGAN WORKING AT BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE, WHICH YOU NOW KNOW IS COVESTRO. AND I SPENT ALMOST A DECADE WORKING IN THAT PLANT. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT ENERGY RELIABILITY IS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN AFTER, OF COURSE, WORKPLACE SAFETY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED THERE IN THE PLANT. IN 2011, THERE WAS A SMALL FREEZE THAT CAME THROUGH THAT Y'ALL MAY RECALL AND IT COMPLETELY SHUT THE PLANT DOWN FOR ALMOST A MONTH. THE WHOLE PLANT PROCESS IS BASED ON TURNING GUMMY STUFF INTO PLASTICS, COATINGS, SEALANTS, ADHESIVES. AND IF THAT STUFF SETS UP FOR SECONDS, IT TURNS TO CONCRETE. AND WE HAD TO RIP THE ENTIRE PLANT APART, CLEAN EVERYTHING OUT, SLAP IT BACK TOGETHER AND FIRE IT BACK UP. AND THEN IN 2021 THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN WINTER STORM. YURI, HAVING RELIABLE POWER ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE COVESTRO FOLKS. I'VE NEVER WORKED IN EXXON, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM. I'M NOT BEING PAID BY COVESTRO TO DO THIS. I HAVE REACHED OUT OF MY OWN GOODWILL TO THE FOLKS AT COVESTRO BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS ENDEAVOR. AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE BOON, NOT JUST TO THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN, BUT TO THE CORPORATE PARTNERS THAT HAVE HELPED MAKE BAYTOWN THE GREAT CITY THAT IT IS. I THINK THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. I URGE YOU URGENTLY TO APPROVE THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND IF IT DOESN'T PASS, I CAN ASSURE YOU THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE OVER IN CHAMBERS COUNTY. SO IF Y'ALL DON'T GET IT HERE, THERE'S PLENTY OF BUSINESS AND PLENTY OF APPETITE OVER IN CHAMBERS COUNTY. PLEASE APPROVE THIS PERMIT, GET IT HERE, KEEP ON BUILDING. I THINK THESE FOLKS ARE DOING GREAT STUFF. I ABSOLUTELY THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT. LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'D LOVE TO ANSWER, BUT IF NOT, APPRECIATE Y'ALL. YOU WERE REFERRING TO THE BAYTOWN PART OF CHAMBERS COUNTY, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S, UH, COVESTRO AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IS UNINCORPORATED CHAMBERS. YES. OKAY, JUST MAKING SURE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT TIMER GOES OFF NEXT TIME. , THERE'S A LOT OF INCORPORATED PARTS OF BAYTOWN. UH, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ELEANOR HILDRETH, ILLINOIS HILDRETH. OKAY, I GUESS SHE'S GONE. OKAY, THAT IS EVERYONE. ANYONE ELSE THAT MAY HAVE SIGNED UP ON THE WRONG ITEM GOING ONCE, TWICE. GOOD DEAL. OKAY, SO, UM, NOW THAT WE DON'T [02:05:01] HAVE ANYONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK, WE CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:09 PM [h. Consider an ordinance to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) for approximately 15.46 acres located at 2015 Massey Tompkins Road to allow for a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) within a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.] H CONSIDERING ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 15.6 ACRES. LOCATED AT 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD TO ALLOW FOR BATTERY EXCHANGE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM BEST WITHIN A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. I NEED A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS FOUR H. CAN CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, TO INCLUDE BEST CONTAINERS MUST BE LOCATED IN A MINIMUM OF 200 FEET FROM ALL RESIDENTIAL USES AND STRUCTURES AND A MINIMUM OF A HUNDRED FEET FROM ALL USES AND STRUCTURES. ALSO, THE PROJECT SITE MUST BE SCREENED BY MASONRY WALL MINIMUM OF SIX FEET TALL. THE PROJECT SITE MUST BE SCREENED USING BUFFER YARD B FROM THE ULDC TABLE, 3.43 DASH TWO ADJACENT TO ANY COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND BUFFER YARD C ADJACENT TO ANY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. WE WOULD LIKE IT TO ALSO INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN, UH, TO HAVE ALREADY BEEN HELD TO INFORM RESIDENTS OF THE AREA. OF THIS PLAN, PROJECT CONSTRUCTION MUST MEET NFPA 8 55 STANDARDS AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE CODES. AND WE WANT IT ALSO TO INCLUDE A DECOMMISSIONING PLAN THAT MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE ANY PERMITS WILL BE ISSUED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTAINED AND MAINTAINED. SECOND, AND ALSO THAT DATES THE HOUSE BILLS NEED TO BE ADDED TOO. OH, WE NEEDED EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST. EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST. AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE THIS MOTION TO HAVE THE HOUSE BILLS 3 8 0 9 3 2 2 9 3 8 2 4. WE WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE EFFECTIVE. SEPTEMBER 1ST. SECOND. THAT COVERS EVERYTHING. WE NEED A SECOND. WE GOT A SECOND? YES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT TODAY AND THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS FOR THANK, UH, COMING OUT AND SPEAKING. YOU WANNA TAKE A BREAK? DO Y'ALL NEED A BREAK? UM, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A SHORT BREAK, BUT THEN WE NEED TO DO FIVE SIX. I GOT YOU. YEAH, WE WILL. WE WILL BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE YEAH. WE'RE GONNA RECESS AND TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BACK RESTROOM BREAK. LET 'EM KNOW WHERE TO COME TO SIX SEAT. WE ARE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE AND WE'RE GOING TO POINT OF PRIVILEGE. WE'RE GONNA [c. Consider the adoption of an Ordinance by the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas Calling a Bond Election to be Held Within Said City; Making Provisions for the Conduct and the Giving of Notice of The Election; and Containing Other Provisions Relating Thereto. A draft of the election ordinance reflecting the proposed amounts and scope of the propositions is available for review at https://www.baytown.org/183/Public-Meetings-Agenda-Packets?utm_source=webbtn&utm_medium=home&utm_campaign=agendas or upon request to the City Clerk. The final amounts and the scope of any propositions to be presented to the voters are within the discretion of the City Council.] TAKE SIX C NEXT. UM, CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, CALLING A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD WITHIN SAID CITY MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE CONDUCT AND THE GIVING OF NOTICE OF THE ELECTION AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO. A DRAFT OF THE ELECTION ORDINANCE REFLECTING THE PROPOSED AMOUNTS AND SCOPE OF THE PROPOSITIONS IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. DO I HAVE TO SAY THIS WEBSITE? OKAY. UPON THE REQUEST OF THE CITY CLERK, THE FINAL AMOUNTS OF THE SCOPE OF ANY PROPOSITIONS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE VOTERS ARE WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MS. MCKENZIE. UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. THIS ORDINANCE CALLS FOR A BOND ELECTION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 151 MILLION TO BE, TO BE PRESENTED TO THE VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 4TH AS PROPOSITIONS A THROUGH F. UM, EACH PROPOSITION CORRESPONDS TO SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS NEEDS, SUPPORT, FUTURE GROWTH, AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF OUR RESIDENTS. APPROVAL OF THESE PROPOSITIONS WILL PROVIDE DEDICATED FUNDING FOR PROJECTS SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY ENHANCEMENTS, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, PARKS AND RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS AND DRAINAGE. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE CHAIR. MM-HMM . AND MEMBERS, SO, OKAY. YEAH. UM, MR. GILBERT. SANTANA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A FEW WORDS, SIR? WELL, I WASN'T PLANNING ON IT, BUT I CAN PLEASE. I'M LIKE YOU. I'LL TALK . WELL, YOU KNOW, ALL I CAN SAY IS, UH, BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, UH, CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO ASSEMBLE A CITIZENS BOND ADVISORY [02:10:01] COMMITTEE. AND EACH ONE OF YOU FOUND A COUPLE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF YOUR DISTRICT MAYOR FOUND THREE ACROSS THE CITY, AND THE 15 OF US GOT TO WORK. WE WERE PRESENTED WITH 28 PROJECTS THAT I BELIEVE CAME FROM THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UM, PLAN. UH, AND THEY WERE GIVEN TO US AS THE 28 PRIORITIES THE CITY HAD BEFORE US. SO WE TOOK THOSE 28 PROJECTS AND WE WENT THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM. AND AS I'VE INFORMED YOU BEFORE, UH, WE LEARNED EVERYTHING WE COULD LEARN ABOUT EACH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS. NOT JUST THE COST, NOT JUST THE SCOPE, BUT WHAT IT WOULD DO POSITIVELY FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND WHAT IT WOULD BE NEGATIVE TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT. AND THAT WAS CRITERIA THAT WE USED FOR CONSIDERATION WHEN WE, UM, GAVE YOU OUR RECOMMENDATION OF 15 PROJECTS FOR TOTAL OF 151000000.3. ALL I CAN SAY IS, UM, I THINK WE'VE DONE WHAT YOU ASKED. YOU ASKED THE CITIZENS FOR INPUT. WE'VE PROVIDED THAT INPUT AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE TAKEN THE DEFINITION OF NEED, AS WE DISCUSSED, AND THE DEFINITION OF WANTS. AND WE'VE LOOKED AT WHAT THE NEEDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE ARE AND WHAT THE NEEDS OF CITIZENS ARE. AND IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BY THE PARKS AND RECS FOLKS, THAT CITIZENS NEED PARKS. CITIZENS NEED GREEN SPACE. THEY NEED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THAT'S WHAT OUR PARKS GIVE US. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PRIORITIES OF ALL THESE PROJECTS, WE FOCUSED ON 75% OF THAT MONEY IS GOING STRAIGHT INTO MOBILITY, TRAFFIC SAFETY, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. 75% OF THAT MONEY IS GOING THERE. THE REST OF IT'S GOING TO, UH, FACILITIES AND THE PARKS. SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE REPRESENTED THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT YOU'VE PULLED TOGETHER TO ASK FOR A RECOMMENDATION. AND WE'VE GIVEN YOU A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ARE WILLING TO STAND BEHIND, GO OUT, EDUCATE, PROMOTE, AND ASK THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN TO CONTINUE TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE ALL NEED AND USE EVERY SINGLE DAY. THERE'S NOTHING NEW. THERE'S NOT A NEW PROGRAM, A NEW PROJECT, A NEW ROAD. UH, THESE ARE ALL EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE, FIRE STATIONS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. AND THE WETLAND CENTER, WHICH IS NOT A NEW FACILITY, IT'S, IT'S AN EXISTING PROGRAM, AN EXISTING FACILITY. IT'S JUST A RELOCATION AND AN EXPANSION OF IT. SO ALL I CAN SAY IS, UH, WE, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GETTING TO THIS POINT. I'VE TALKED TO YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY AND, UM, WE'RE READY TO GO. SO IT'S UP TO YOU NOW. I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANYBODY, ANYONE? SO MAYOR, BANK COUNCIL, UM, AS PRESENTED IN FRONT OF YOU AT THE LAST WORK SESSION, WE HAD A PRETTY LENGTHY CONVERSATION AROUND THE DEBT WHEN WE LEFT THAT WORK SESSION. UM, UM, MR. SANTANA AND THE OTHER BOND COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, MEMBERS WENT OVER EVERY PROJECT EXTENSIVELY AT THIS POINT. WHERE WE ENDED UP IS THAT WE TOLD YOU WE, WE WOULD BRING THREE PROPOSALS TO Y'ALL TO LOOK AT TONIGHT. THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU IS A THROUGH F. THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT THE CITIZEN ACTION COMMITTEE OR BOND, UM, ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED. THAT'S A THROUGH F, TRANSPORTATION, FACILITIES, DRAINAGE, AND, UH, UH, PARKS AS WELL. UH, ROUGHLY 151 MILLION. YOU HAD TWO OTHER OPTIONS THAT Y'ALL ASKED TO CONSIDER. UH, OPTION TWO IS TO REMOVE THE PARKS, UM, PORTION. THE, UH, THE WETLAND CENTER AND THEN THE PARKS, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 32 MILLION. THAT WOULD REDUCE THE A THROUGH F TO A THROUGH D. OKAY. AND SO YOU HAVE A THROUGH F IS THE ENTIRETY THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED. THE OTHER, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WAS ASKED TO BRING BACK WAS JUST A THROUGH D. SO THAT'S 1 51 MINUS 32 MILLION. AND THEN THE THIRD OPTION IS A THROUGH D. BUT THE 32 MILLION THAT WAS CAPTURED IN THE PARKS PROJECTS WOULD BE RE TRANSFERRED TO THE THOROUGHFARE, UM, PROJECTS IN PROPOSITION A. OKAY. SO JUST TO KEEP IT EASY, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF FLOWING PIECES, WE HAVE LEFT JUST A THROUGH F ON THE SCREEN FOR Y'ALL, UH, TO, TO LOOK AT IN YOUR PACKETS. THANK YOU. BOTH PARTIES ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT. ON YES MA'AM. OPTIONS MM-HMM . UM, SO DID STAFF COME UP WITH THESE OPTIONS? NO, MA'AM. THIS WAS FROM THE COUNCIL AT THE WORK SESSION LAST, LAST WEEK. OKAY. AND DIVIDING UP THE, THE MONIES AND ALL OF THAT. WE DID ASK FOR Y'ALL TO COME UP WITH DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT IN WHAT WAS CHOSEN FROM WHAT WAS DISCUSSED, UM, WHEN WE ENDED THE MEETING, THERE WAS LIKE [02:15:01] A RECAP AT THE END OF THAT MEETING. MM-HMM . SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GONNA BRING NEXT WEEK. AND IT WAS THIS SAME PROPOSAL. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE SPEAK? YEAH, WELL, I AM, BUT I'M ASKING DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL RIGHT NOW? NOT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE CITIZEN COMMENT AND, UM, MR. AUGUSTINE LAREDO, GOOD EVENING. AUGUSTINE LAREDO, 2016 CAROLINA HERE IN BAYTOWN. UM, YOU GO, MOST, MOST OF THE CITIES IN THIS STATE HAVE FLUSHING TOILETS, RUNNING WATER STREETS THAT GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF TOWN. WHAT MAKES A CITY SPECIAL IS THE AMENITIES THAT IT OFFERS OR MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE SOMEWHERE IS WHAT IT OFFERS. WE HAVE A CITY SIDE TO THE EAST THAT'S COMPETING WITH US AT A RATE THAT'S TAKING AWAY BUSINESSES THAT SHOULD BE HERE. WE NEED AMENITIES AND PROBABLY THE BEST AMENITY, AND I'M, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF THINGS Y'ALL GOTTA PAY FOR, BUT THE THING THAT MOVES PEOPLE TO BAYTOWN, THE THING THAT MAKES A CITY UNIQUE IS WHAT IT OFFERS. ITS CITIZENS AND PARKS AND REC IS DOING IT. YOU TASKED A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN. THEY GAVE YOU A PLAN COLLECTIVELY THAT THEY AGREED ON. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE UNANIMOUS, IT JUST HAS TO BE COLLECTIVE. AND A FEW PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED THEY WANT TO TAKE THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WAS TASKED. YOU ASKED THEM TO DO A JOB, THEY DID IT, AND NOW YOU'RE TEARING IT APART AND YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT THAT'S NOT BENEFICIAL TO CHILDREN BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WETLANDS THAT SERVES HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN A YEAR WHERE IT'S ONE THING TO SIT THERE TO LEARN FROM A BOOK. IT'S ANOTHER THING TO GET DOWN IN THERE AND LEARN WITH YOUR HANDS AND DO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WOULD CONNECT TO OUR, OUR, OUR BIGGEST AND BEST PART, JENKINS PARK TO THE REST OF THE CITY THAT'S SEPARATED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF A RAILROAD TRACK THAT NOBODY CAN GET ACROSS. AND IT CAUSES MAJOR, A MAJOR HEALTH HAZARD FOR ANYBODY TRYING TO GET THROUGH THERE. WHETHER YOU ARE RIDING A BIKE OR WALKING, IT CONNECTS COMMUNITIES. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MA MAKING SURE THAT UNAD PARK GETS IMPROVEMENT. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, SOME PEOPLE CAN SAY, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM. WHY NOT? WHERE ARE THEY GONNA PRACTICE? YOU KNOW? AND, AND GOOSE CREEK HAS THEIR FACILITIES, BUT PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE. WE NEED TO GIVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CHILDREN TO GET OUT THERE AND BREATHE AIR AND SEE TREES. AND THE ONLY WAY YOU DO THAT IS YOU HAVE TO INVEST IN THE THINGS THAT MAKE OUR CITY UNIQUE. I WORK IN PASADENA, I'VE WORKED THERE FOR 25 YEARS, AND THEY'RE BIGGER THAN US AND THEY DON'T HAVE WHAT WE HAVE. LET'S CONTINUE TO IMPROVE BEFORE THE PEOPLE DOWN THE STREET DECIDE THEY WANT IT AND KEEP TAKING AWAY FROM US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. EDDIE V GRAVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW I'M HAVING LITTLE TROUBLE WITH MY VOICE, SO I'M GONNA SPEAK UP AND IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, LET ME KNOW. I DIDN'T GET HERE UNTIL 1937 AND, UH, WORKED, YOU KNOW, LITTLE CAMP DOWN ON TABS BAY ON EVERGREEN ROAD THAT BELONG TO A YOUNG GROWING COMPANY HERE CALLED HUMBLE OIL REFINING COMPANY. THEY'VE WORKED WITH ALL THE PARK DIRECTORS IN BAYTOWN, STARTING WITH BOBBY ROUNDTREE, DAVID S. SCOTT JOHNSON, AND NOW CLIFF HATCH. AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM HAVE BEEN GREAT PEOPLE AND THEY'VE DONE GREAT THINGS IN BAYTOWN. BAYTOWN IS KNOWN ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR ITS CONCERN. THE PEOPLE, THE PARKS, THE RECREATION, AND THE GOOD PLACE TO [02:20:01] LIVE LIKE THE GENTLEMAN WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. LET ME STOP JUST A MINUTE AND INVITE EACH ONE OF YOU TO A CELEBRATION AT THE WETLAND CENTER NEXT THURSDAY FROM 4:00 PM TO 6:00 PM NEXT THURSDAY. WE HOPE TO HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE OUT, CITIZENS THAT ARE INTERESTED, AND SOME OF 'EM HAVE EVEN ATTENDED THE WETLAND CENTER. WE'LL BE CELEBRATING OUR 27TH YEAR AT THE WELL CENTER. AND THE OLD MAN THAT HELPED STARTED IS 90 YEARS OLD . SO I HOPE HE'S STILL ABLE TO BE THERE. ANY CASE. THE MAIN THING I WANT TO TELL YOU IS THAT OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO TRY TO CONSOLIDATE THE NATURE CENTER, THE WETLAND CENTER, AND THE GEORGE CHANDLER ARBORETUM TOGETHER OUT AT THE NATURE CENTER. IT'LL BE BIGGER AND BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL DRAW MORE PEOPLE TO BAYTOWN. AND BY THE WAY, RIGHT NOW WE TEACH ALL THE FIFTH GRADERS AT THE WETLAND CENTER, ABOUT 1500. ALL THE SENATE RAIDERS, ABOUT 1500. TRACY WAS HERE. SHE TELLS ME THAT WE REGISTER AND HAVE GUESTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF EIGHT TO 10,000 PEOPLE A YEAR. 10,000 TIMES, 27 YEARS. ANYBODY HAVE A CLUE HOW MUCH THAT IS? 270. HUH? YOU ARE THE, WERE YOU THE ONE LOOKING EVERYTHING UP ON THE 27 TIMES ? OH, GIVE. HOW MANY KIDS ARE THERE? GIMME ONE SECOND. CAN I GET A MOTION TO EXTEND HIS TIME, MOTION TO EXTEND EDDIE B GRAY'S TIME. SECOND. FOR HOW LONG? ALL, UH, HE'S 90 YEARS OLD. I'M NOT GONNA TELL HIM. SIT DOWN. WELL, I DUNNO. MR. GRAY CAN DO SOME TALK. YEAH, WELL, BUT, BUT HE KNOWS HE EARNED THE RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR. GETS YOUR INVITATION THOUGH, TO COME NEXT THURSDAY FROM 46. I GOT A CHOCOLATE CAVE BIGGER THAN THIS PLATFORM RIGHT HERE FOR EVERYBODY. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE COME. WE HAVE HAD FOREIGN GUESTS COME TO BAYTOWN TO VISIT THE WETLAND CENTER. WE, I HAVE THE MAN WHO SPOKE, SPOKE EARLIER TODAY, WORKED AT BAYER CORPORATION, NOW CALLED COVESTRO EXXON GAVE US THE ORIGINAL $20,000. AFTER ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, I WAS ABLE TO BUY SIX ACRES OF LAND IN AN OLD BOWLING ALLEY FOR $20,000. WOW. AND WE TOOK US ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO GET A $400,000 GRANT. WE GOT IN AND BUILT WHAT YOU SEE NOW, BEEN THERE 27 YEARS AND, UH, DID YOU COME UP WITH A NUMBER, 270,277,000 OR 2,700, 270002.7 MILLION. THAT, THAT SCARES ME. . THINK ABOUT THAT. MANY PEOPLE COME INTO BAYTOWN, IT'LL HELP OUR HOTEL, IT'LL HELP OUR TOURISM, IT'LL HELP BAYTOWN. BY THE WAY, THE WELDING CENTER IS INVITED EVERY YEAR TO GO OUT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TAKE OUR EXHIBITS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND TRY TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO TEACH KIDS. WE EXHIBIT EVERY YEAR IN HOUSTON, DALLAS, FORT WORTH, SAN ANTONIO, MCALLEN TRACY LISTED OFF SEVERAL MORE. BUT JUST THINK OF THE COVERAGE THAT BAYTOWN IS STANDING OF THAT KINDA WORK. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO, OH, LET ME SAY TOO, HOWEVER, WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, I WANT TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST WORKERS TO HELP GET THIS BOND ISSUE PASSED. IT'S IMPORTANT [02:25:01] FOR BAYTOWN, AND I'M GONNA HELP DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP GET THAT DONE. SO IF YOU PUT IT IN AND PUT IT ON, WHETHER WE DO IT RIGHT THIS TODAY OR NOT, OR THIS FALL, WE NEED TO GET THOSE THREE GROUPS TOGETHER AND HAVE A BIGGER, BETTER BAY TOWN BECAUSE OF THE RECREATION AND PARKS THAT WE HAVE. THE, MY FAMILY OWNED A HOME IN BROWNWOOD SUBDIVISION AND IT WASHED AWAY THERE IN HAR AND CARLA, I HAVE 27 YEARS WORKING AT THE WELL CENTER. I PERSONALLY KNEW GEORGE CHANDLER. I HELPED HIM AND I HAD TO PIN HIM DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THE DEED TO THE CITY ON 50 ACRES OF LAND FOR THE ARBORETUM. HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THAT 50 ACRES IS WORTH PER ACRE? NOW GIMME AN IDEA. , HEY, I'M IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. NO, I WAS JUST, I SUBJECT, YOU'RE THE REAL ESTATE GUY. HEY, I KNOW IT'S WORTH 20,000 AN ACRE. 50 ACRES IS A MILLION DOLLARS. I HAVE GEORGE CHANDLER WRITE THE DEED TO GIVE THAT TO THE CITY FOR THE ARBORETUM. HIS FAMILY HAS AGREED TO MOVE THAT ARBORETUM TO THE NATURE CENTER AND LET THE CITY HAVE THAT MILLION DOLLAR PROPERTY TO DO OTHER THINGS WITH IT. SO SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE NOT BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW GEORGE CHANDLER OR WHAT HE DID AND ALL HUSH. BUT IN ANY CASE, THINK ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS THIS WILL DO FOR BAYTOWN AND WHATEVER WE DECIDE RIGHT NOW ON EACH ONE OF Y'ALL TO HOLD UP YOUR HAND AND PROMISE THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER TO GET SOMETHING DONE. THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO BAYTOWN. REMEMBER NEXT THURSDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FILL YOUR CRAVING. CRAVING. I AM CILA REY AT 46 12 COUNTRY CLUB VIEW. I I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. UM, THE BOND COMMITTEE PROPOSALS. I'M CONCERNED IT'S REALLY A MISTAKE TO HOLD THEM SO SOON WHEN THEY'VE HAD SUCH AN UNPRECEDENTEDLY SHORT 90 DAYS TO CONSIDER THEM. UM, AND I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HAVE MORE TIME TO BECOME FULLY INFORMED ABOUT THEM. UM, I THINK THIS BOND PROJECT AND THIS VOTE AT THIS TIME COMPLETES, UH, COMPETES WITH AND PUTS AT RISK THE FIRE AND BAYTOWN CRIME COMMITTEE PROPOSALS THAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT AND HOLDING THE VOTE IN MAY, NEXT MAY WOULD MAYBE HELP THESE BONDS PASS. UM, OH BOY. , I'M ASKING THAT THE, UH, THE VERY HIGH OVER 20 MILLION, UH, FOR OPPOSITIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO PARKS AND RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS BE RECONSIDERED. MOVING THE WETLANDS CENTER AND ADDING AN ARBORETUM ARE NOT AN URGENT NEED. THE OVER 9 MILLION FOR ONE PARKS IMPROVEMENTS OF ADDING A FOOTBALL FIELD FIELD AND A PUMP PARK IS NOT AN ACTUAL NEED, ESPECIALLY IN A PART OF BAYTOWN THAT ALREADY HAS MULTIPLE PARKS WAY MORE THAN MY DISTRICT FOUR HAS. UM, ADDING NEW PARKS WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE CITY'S PARKS BUDGET AND POTENTIALLY THE POLICE BUDGET TO KEEP THE PARKS SAFE. THERE WERE ALREADY ABOUT 55 PARKS IN OUR CITY. I ENJOY PARKS, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS BEING MET. UM, I SAW THAT THEY REJECTED THE BONDS COMMITTEE, REJECTED NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO DEFEAT AND STERLING AND I THINK, UM, CHAT CHACHO STREET, IF I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT. UM, [02:30:01] ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS WERE REJECTED IN FAVOR OF THE PARKS. I DON'T, THAT CONCERNS ME. THOSE ARE PRIORITIES. NO CITY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS SHOULD BE UNFUNDED. UM, PLEASE FOCUS THIS BOND ON THE CITY'S MOST PRESSING NEEDS. PARKS AND RECREATION ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THEY SHOULD NOT TAKE PRIORITY OVER CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS ROADS AND DRAINAGE. UM, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF STORIES FROM FRIENDS OF MINE IN BAYTOWN WHO'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH, UH, SERIOUS STREET DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND BAD ROAD CONDITIONS THAT ARE NOT SET UP TO BE FIXED. UM, PRIORITIZING TRUE NEEDS NOW AND ADDRESSING ONCE IN FUTURE, IN THE FUTURE IS ESSENTIAL TO OBTAIN, UM, THESE VOTES TO PASS GETTING COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE FOR THEM. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. BUT PLEASE CONSIDER THIS IS WAY TOO MUCH MONEY FOR THE PARKS WHEN WE HAVE SO MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, NEXT WE HAVE MS. JUDITH DEBO AND MS. RIVERA IS SEATING TYING TO MS. DEBO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JUDITH ANN CUSHMAN DEBO. I LIVE AT 180 6 NORTH BURNETT IN BAYTOWN, TEXAS AND WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCILMAN GRIFFITH TO THE PARKS BOARD. AND I'M HONORED TO BE ON THE PARKS BOARD AND I'M HONORED TO BE A PART OF BAYTOWN. AND I AM THRILLED WITH THE MOVEMENT WE'VE GOT WITHIN PARKS AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. THE CITY DOES NEED PARKS. WE ALSO NEED STREETS. WE ALSO NEED WATER. BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE TOURISM GROUP THAT ARE A PART OF IT, ARE ENERGETIC PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING HARD TO HELP BRING THINGS TO BAYTOWN SO THAT WE HAVE EVENTS THAT COME IN AND PAY MONEY. NOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE EVENTS UNLESS YOU HAVE PARKS AND UNLESS YOU HAVE ARENAS TO PUT THEM IN, NOT EVERYBODY CAN GO ON A VACATION. SO WE DO NEED SPECIAL EVENTS. MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO G***O FEST, 4TH OF JULY AND JUNETEENTH, THAT'S THE ONLY EXTRA WEEKENDS AND EXTRA TIMES THEY HAVE WITH THEIR FAMILY. AND I'M A STATISTICS PERSON. I LOOK AT NUMBERS. SO I ASK TO HAVE THE NUMBERS OF WHAT THE COST PER PERSON TO HAVE THESE EVENTS IS. IT'S ABOUT BETWEEN 15 TO $20. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WHEN ALL THOSE EVENTS ARE GOING ON, WE HAVE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN AND ON TEXAS AVENUE AND IN, IN THE AREA OF THE PARK THAT BENEFIT BECAUSE OF RESTAURANTS HAVE MORE PEOPLE, PEOPLE BUY FROM VENDORS, THAT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO THOSE THREE EVENTS NEED TO BE KEPT AND I THINK THEY NEED TO BE KEPT INTACT THE WAY THEY ARE. AND YES, ENTERTAINMENT DOES COST MONEY, BUT LET'S FACE IT, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE BUT TO THE EVENTS IN BAYTOWN AND TO THE PARKS. PARKS PROMOTE VISITORS. LAST MONTH WE WERE HONORED TO HAVE THE HIGH PERFORMANCE COACH FROM UNITED STATES. JUDO COME AND VISIT BAYTOWN. EDDIE LIDDY DOESN'T COME EVERYWHERE. HE GETS INVITED. HE HAS A BRONZE MEDAL HIMSELF IN JUDO. AND WHEN MR. GRAY FOUND OUT HE WAS IN TOWN, MR. GRAY WAS AT THE OLYMPICS WHEN EDDIE WON HIS BRONZE MEDAL. THE MAN HAS BEEN WITHIN THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. NOT ONLY THAT, HE HAS COACHED MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOLD MEDALISTS. HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER HEARD OF UM, KAYLA HARRISON OR RHONDA ROUSEY COACHED THEM. AND HE CAME TO BAYTOWN TO SEE ABOUT HAVING A TOURNAMENT HERE. HE FELL IN LOVE WITH ROSALYN PARK BECAUSE HE HAS THE ABILITY AT ROSELAND TO HAVE A JUDO PRACTICING FACIL USING IT FOR ACTUALLY TRAINING. AND HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND HIS VISION IS BEING ABLE TO HAVE A JUDO PROGRAM IN BAYTOWN THAT WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE JUDO FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS, BUT IT DID ALSO HAVE ADAPTIVE SPORT. JUDO, WHICH IS AN OLYMPIC CLASS EVENT. WE HAVE THE ABILITY [02:35:01] TO HAVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF USA JUDO COME TO BAYTOWN IN JANUARY. HER NAME'S CORINNE RIGA MOTO AND CORIN IS GONNA COME WITH EDDIE AND THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT HOSTING THE UNITED STATES JUNIOR OLYMPICS HERE NEXT YEAR IN 2026 IF WE GET THAT TOURNAMENT. THAT TOURNAMENT BROUGHT IN 900 PEOPLE TO OUTSIDE A SMALL TOWN IN MISSISSIPPI LAST TWO YEARS AGO. AND THEN THIS YEAR IN CHICAGO, IT BROUGHT 900 PEOPLE TO CHICAGO. AND THAT'S ONLY THE ATHLETES. THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE PARENTS, THE GRANDPARENTS AND THOSE, THOSE KIND OF FOLKS. SO WE HAVE THAT ABILITY. AND WHAT HAS MADE THAT ABILITY HAPPEN IS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE PEOPLE THAT RUN IT AND THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE. WHEN EDDIE WENT BACK TO THE OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER, HE TALKED TO USA KARATE AND TOLD THEM YOU GUYS GOT A KARATE PROGRAM IN BAYTOWN, TEXAS. I JUST WENT DOWN THERE AND SAW IT AND YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO HOST A TOURNAMENT THERE. SO HE'S TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE AT THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ABOUT BAYTOWN AND ABOUT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING. SO 900 ATHLETES, THAT'S NOT SMALL POTATOES. THAT'LL PROBABLY FILL UP EVERY HEADS AND BEDS WE'VE GOT. BUT IT, THEY ALSO LIKED OUR CONVENTION CENTER. HE LIKED OUR COLLEGE AND THE ARENA. SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THINGS BEFORE VECTOR GETS BUILT, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE GOES ON THAT WE CAN HELP BRING IN MONEY FOR PARKS AS LONG AS WE HAVE PARKS AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR PARKS. THE HOUSTON DYNAMO, WE WENT AND VISITED THE STADIUM THE OTHER DAY. MYSELF AND QUITE A BIT OF THE STAFF AND THE HOUSTON DYNAMO HAVE OFFERED US A CONTRACT TO BE ONE OF THEIR CITY PROGRAMS. AND IT'S IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT NOW. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE MUCH HICCUP. SO WE WILL BE A HOUSTON DYNAMO CITY PARTNER WITH THE DYNAMO. SO AS YOU CONSIDER THE BUDGET, KNOW THAT ALL OF US THAT ARE WATCHING AND ALL OF US THAT ARE VOTING, WE REALLY BELIEVE IN THE PARKS. WE BELIEVE IN WHAT'S COMING OUT. WE BELIEVE IN WHAT WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING, AND WE HAVE THE, UH, BELIEVE IN WHAT WE CAN BRING TO TOWN. BUT WE CAN'T DO IT IF WE DON'T HAVE WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW AND WE DON'T CONTINUE TO GROW. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING 'EM. YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH ME AT MY PHONE NUMBER (832) 656-8003. BUT PLEASE DO NOT TAKE PARKS OUTTA THE BUDGET AND DO NOT ERASE PARKS. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. MM-HMM . OKAY. THAT LIKE A FIVE A, A BUDGET THAT WAS ON THE BOND. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE MR. JACOB SCHAFER. HELLO AGAIN. UM, SO WE TAKE CARE OF THE PHYSICAL NEEDS OF THE FOLKS IN BAYTOWN AND WE DO A FANTASTIC JOB. OBVIOUSLY DRAINAGE, THE STREETS, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. OBVIOUSLY, I DO HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS TO HUMAN BEINGS. THERE'S THE PHYSICAL AND THEN THERE'S THE SPIRITUAL. AND I ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, WHAT IS THE COST OF THE SOUL OF BAYTOWN? PARKS REPRESENTS THAT ASPECT. THE SOUL OF WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE COME TOGETHER. PARKS IS WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE INTO OUR SOCIETY, INTO OUR GROUP, AND ALLOWS US TO BE SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST AVERAGE EVERYDAY CITIZENS SITTING AT HOME. WE COMMUNE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, WITH OUR FRIENDS. KEEPING THE PARKS IN, IN THE BUDGET AND ALLOWING THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN TO VOTE FOR IT AS IT WAS INTENDED, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. I ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN, WHAT IS THE COST OF A SOUL? I SAY IT'S PRICELESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOHN ROPER. [02:40:02] OKAY. BYRON REBECK. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. BYRON BECK. 47. 27 BLACKSTONE. UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAYBE CORRECT SOME MISPERCEPTIONS I THINK ARE OUT THERE. IT SEEMS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IF THESE EVERY SINGLE BOND THAT'S PROPOSED DOESN'T PASS, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PARKS ANYMORE. UM, I THINK MR. LAREDO WAS RIGHT. HE SAID, WE HAVE A FANTASTIC PARK SYSTEM IN THIS TOWN. THAT'S TRUE. WE DO. I THINK WE DO. YOU GOT A GREAT BUDGET, YOU GOT GREAT FACILITIES, YOU HAVE GREAT WORKERS THERE. WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THAT. UM, THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY IF YOU EITHER FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NOW AND DO PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT LATER ON. UM, IF YOU ARE REALLY WANTING, UH, SOME SORT OF A NEW FACILITY OVER AT THE UH, WETLAND CENTER, THE CITY ACTUALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS RECALL, BUT AT THE BEGINNING OF PROJECT VECTOR, EXXON WANTED A SCIENCE BUILDING OVER AT THE WETLAND CENTER. BUT BAYTOWN SAID, NO, WE WANT A STADIUM $75 MILLION STADIUM. PART OF THE PROBLEM YOU'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IS YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND MONEY TO PLUG CERTAIN HOLES AND, AND, AND I CAN SEE THE EFFORT THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING FORTH. SO THINK ABOUT A FEW NUMBERS WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT. ONE IS $1.9 MILLION. THAT'S WHAT WE LOST ON THE GOLF COURSE. WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO HAVE THAT BACK NOW? $75 MILLION THAT'S BEING DIVERTED FROM TAX DOLLARS. IT WASN'T A GIFT FROM EXXON. THESE ARE DIVERTED TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TOWARDS, UH, PROJECT VECTOR STADIUM THAT WE STILL DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS. UH, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA COST US. IT'S GONNA COST US MORE THAN 75 MILLION THOUGH, I GUARANTEE IT. I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST GO BONDS WHERE THE CITIZENS ACTUALLY GET TO VOTE ON THIS WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION BONDS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AND WE NEED NEW ROADS, WE NEED CLEAN WATER, WE NEED ALL THIS GOOD STUFF. UH, BUT SIMPLY PACKAGING IT UP WITH THINGS THAT SOME FOLKS FEEL ARE UNNECESSARY, THREATENS THE ENTIRE PASSAGE OF ALL OF THE BONDS. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY FRIENDLY TOWARDS THE CITY THAT SAID THAT BECAUSE THERE'S EXTRA STUFF ON THERE. IF THERE IS THAT THEY WOULD BE VOTING AGAINST EVERYTHING. UM, WE NEED THE INFRASTRUCTURE. I WOULD SAY KEEP IT ON NOVEMBER. UH, FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE CAN FOCUS ON THE REST OF THE ITEMS LATER ON. AND WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE A GREAT PARK SYSTEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. AZALEA. PELCHER, UH, SPREADER SPREADER. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL AND STAFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, AZALEA SPREADER 9 0 1 SOUTH MAIN. I WAS A APPOINTED BY MRS. SARAH GRAHAM TO REPRESENT DISTRICT TWO AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, I FEEL IT IS MY DUTY TO LISTEN, LEARN, AND DO MY RESEARCH. AS A LIFELONG BATIAN. IT IS MY DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVOCATE FOR MY NEIGHBORS AND THE NEEDS OF OUR COMM, OUR COMMUNITY. I'LL ADMIT, WHEN I JOINED THE BOARD, I WAS SKEPTICAL. I HAD A LOT OF OPINIONS AND FEELINGS AND NOT ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE. IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, I'VE LEARNED THAT PARKS AND REC IS DOING IT RIGHT. THEY'RE MANAGING THEIR BUDGET EFFICIENTLY AND CREATIVELY. THEY LISTEN TO CITIZENS, THEY INNOVATE ACTIVITIES, THEY UNITE COMMUNITIES. OUR PARKS ARE BEAUTIFUL. OUR EVENTS ARE FRUITFUL AND PROFITABLE. AND I BELIEVE WE ARE BARELY HITTING THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. AND I THINK THE CITIZENS WILL SUPPORT THAT NOTION AS WELL AS NEIGHBORS. MY NEIGHBORS ARE LOOKING FOR CONNECTION FOR SOMETHING TO DO WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY AN ENTRANCE FEE. AND FOR BUSINESSES TO PATRONIZE BAYTOWN PARKS ARE THE STAGE FOR THAT GROWTH. SUPPORT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IN DOING SO, YOU'RE PUTTING FORTH A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE INTO THE FUTURE OF BAYTOWN. PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND NOT THE LOUD MINORITY. I'LL GET YOUR, I'LL GET YOU MORE VOICES AND SIGNATURES FROM DISTRICT TWO AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO EDUCATE MY COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE MOST ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS AND WORKING CLASS VOICES THAT USUALLY GET LEFT BEHIND, BUT NOT ON MY WATCH. I TRUST THE WORK AND THE OVERSIGHT [02:45:01] THAT THE BOND COMMITTEE HAVE PUT FORTH IN THE REVIEW OF THE BOND. AND I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER LEAVING PARKS ON THE GO BOND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RUSTY BARNHILL. I GOT IT RIGHT. YEP, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES SIR. RUSTY BARNHILL 10,002 CRYSTAL BOULEVARD, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, UH, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT FIVE. AND I GREW UP IN DISTRICT TWO. SO AFTER FOLLOWING EDDIE GRAY, THAT'S GONNA BE TOUGH. I'LL, I GOT IN MY FIRST TIME. I GOT AN EDUCATION MORE THAN YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE ME AGAIN UNLESS SOMETHING'S WRONG. UM, I'M HERE IN SUPPORT I GUESS, OF THE PARKS AND RECS, BUT MINE'S MORE FOCUSED ON GETTING TURF FOR THE SOFTBALL FIELDS. ONE ITEM. THAT'S ALL I'M CONCERNED WITH. UH, I'VE BEEN PLAYING SOFTBALL IN BAYTOWN SINCE THE MID EIGHTIES. I'M NOW A MEMBER OF THE BASS BAYTOWN AREA. SENIOR SOFTBALL CIRCUIT. YOU GOTTA BE 50 OR OLDER TO PLAY. THEY PLAY ON MONDAY NIGHTS. THERE'S ABOUT, AND JULIE, JANICE IS GONNA SEND YOU A LETTER 'CAUSE SHE THOUGHT SHE ONLY HAD ONE MINUTE. SO SHE TYPED Y'ALL A LETTER TO SEND EACH OF Y'ALL. THAT'S LONGER. BUT UH, I WOULD SAY WE HAVE BETWEEN 50 AND A HUNDRED PEOPLE SHOW UP EVERY MONDAY NIGHT. SOME DRIVE AS FAR AS LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA TO PLAY IN BAYTOWN. WOW. SENIOR SOFTBALL. NOW, LAST YEAR WE PLAYED A 10 WEEK, UH, SEASON THAT TOOK 24 WEEKS TO PLAY. WEATHER AND RAIN HAS BEEN A SERIOUS ISSUE AT THE PARK. LIKE MR. GRAY SAID, WE PLAYED ON DIRT GROWING UP. YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT IT HAS TO BE MAINTAINED AND DONE PROPERLY. OUR FIELDS OR NOT. IF IT RAINS ON FRIDAY, WE NORMALLY RAIN OUT ON MONDAY. LAST WEEKEND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY A TOURNAMENT AND LET BACK UP. I PLAY WITH A TEAM. WE'RE CALLED FORCE NOW, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 'CAUSE THAT'S THE COMPANY I WORK FOR. BUT WE USED TO BE CALLED THE BAYTOWN ACES BACK IN THE EIGHTIES. AND THERE'S STILL FIVE OF US I BELIEVE STILL ON THAT SAME TEAM. WE TRAVEL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY PLAYING IN A SENIOR SOFTBALL AND WE'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOP 10 TEAMS IN THE NATION. WE PLAYED ALL KIND OF FIELDS. WE PLAY FROM SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. WE WERE IN TENNESSEE A FEW WEEKS AGO. SO WE SEE THE FIELDS THAT PEOPLE PLAY ON IN BAYTOWN. WE'VE HAD TWO SENIOR TOURNAMENTS CANCELED BECAUSE TEAMS WON'T SHOW UP. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO INVEST THEIR MONEY, TIME AND EFFORT TO COME TO BAYTOWN. 'CAUSE THE GAMES WILL GET CANCELED OR THEY'LL BE CANCELED TILL SUNDAY AND EVERYBODY DON'T WANNA PLAY ON SUNDAY 'CAUSE THEY WANT TO TRAVEL BACK HOME. SAYING THAT THERE'S THREE FIELDS IN HOUSTON THAT PLAY SENIOR SOFTBALL, BAYLAND PARK OFF OF IN BEL AIR BAYTOWN. THERE WAS ONLY TWO. AND NOW LEAGUE CITIES OPENED UP ONE WHEN THEY BOUGHT BLD. THEY'RE TURF FIELDS. THEY DON'T RAIN OUT. THEY GET LIGHTENED OUT BUT NOT RAIN. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR MY LITTLE FOCUS, I'M ONLY CONCERNED WITH THAT 'CAUSE THE GROUP WE PLAY, BUT IT'S A BIG DEAL. SENIORS PLAY ON MONDAY, BUT THEY PLAY PRETTY MUCH SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. I THINK IT WOULD BRING MORE PEOPLE TO BAYTOWN TO FILL UP THE HOTELS. 'CAUSE MOST OF THESE TOURNAMENTS WILL FILL 50 TEAMS A WEEKEND AND BAYTOWN CAN HANDLE THAT MANY. NOW THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE GIRLS SOFTBALL DOWN THERE, BUT I BELIEVE YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THAT IT WOULD LOWER YOUR MAINTENANCE COST. ONE IS TURFS A LOT EASIER TO MAINTAIN THAN DIRT. IT WILL HELP THE SAFETY FACTOR BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT DRAG THE FIELD MAKE A HUMP. AND I'VE SEEN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE PLAY IN THE INFIELD, GET HIT IN THE FACE BY BALL THAT BOUNCES CROOKED FROM HITTING THAT LIP. MR. MR. BARNHILL. MY TIME'S UP. GIMME ONE SECOND. DO CAN I GET A MOTION TO EXTEND HIS TIME? MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? GO AHEAD MR. BARNHILL. OKAY, WELL I DIDN'T EVEN GO OFF MY TALKING POINTS. OH LORD. YEAH. OH, I PUT ONE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE TO TRAVEL TO DALLAS TO PLAY SOFTBALL BECAUSE NOBODY IN THIS AREA HAS THE FIELD CAPABILITIES TO DO IT. I THINK THIS COULD PUT BAYTOWN ON THE MAP, WHICH THEY'RE ALREADY THERE FOR THIS KIND OF SPORTING EVENT TO COME AND PLAY. AND, UH, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. AND I'M GONNA STILL JULIE'S LINE BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME. IT'S FROM A MOVIE FIELD OF DREAMS, . AND UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED IT. I HEARD A LOT THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT MORE THAN I WANTED TO ABOUT NEEDS VERSUS WANTS. I HEARD THAT AND MR. WHO WAS IT, THAT THOUGHT SANTANA'S [02:50:01] CONVERSATION AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I SAW THAT EMAIL COME OUT WHEN Y'ALL WERE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS OR STUFF FOR THAT. BUT ALSO THINK, YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT INVESTMENT IS I HEARD, UH, EDDIE GRAY OR SOMEBODY TALKING ABOUT THE BICENTENNIAL PARK AS A YOUTH GROWING UP IN BAYTOWN, I WENT TO THE VERY FIRST BICENTENNIAL PARK AND REMEMBER LAYING ON THE GROUND WATCHING THE FIREWORKS. I DON'T THINK THEY HAD BANDS BACK THEN. THEY HAD LIKE PAINTING BOOTHS AND KNOCK YOU IN THE WATER BOOTHS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. BUT AS A YOUTH GROWING UP IN BAYTOWN, MY BEST MEMORIES ARE AT JENKINS PARK. I PLAYED OPENING DAY WHEN THEY OPENED BASEBALL AT JENKINS PARK. I PLAYED AT THE OLD CENTRAL LEAGUE BALLPARK. I MISSED THAT PLACE, RIGHT DIXIE? HOW PHIL? I PLAYED FOR DIXIE HOWELL. I, I GO THAT FAR BACK AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE YOUTH. I KNOW EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT TO HAVE PARKS AND RECS AND SUPPORT THIS AND NOT JUST BUILD IT, BUT TO MAINTAIN IT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR WITH THE TURF. I DON'T KNOW. I WENT TO LEE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD THE OTHER NIGHT TO HIT SOFTBALLS. I PLAYED THERE WHEN IT WAS THE DIRT MAJOR IMPROVEMENT, BEAUTIFUL PLACE, BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. AND I THINK BAY 10 WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT INVESTMENT FOR SENIOR SOFTBALL AS WELL AS THE OTHER SOFTBALL AROUND THE CITY. THANK YOU. SO I'M AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PERSON AND IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO DID, WHO SIGNED UP ON THE WRONG AGENDA ITEM, UM, I'M BEING, I'M BEING TOTALLY SERIOUS 'CAUSE I WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE. NO ONE GOOD DEAL. THAT BEING SAID, COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? ANY, ANYTHING? YES, MA'AM. UM, SAMIR, UH, MY MY VIEW HASN'T CHANGED. I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL, UM, AMENDMENTS GO, PROPOSITIONS BE PUT ON THIS BOND. AS I SAID BEFORE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY DID THE WORK, THE COMMITTEE DID THE WORK, LET THE RESIDENTS VOTE. UM, I I I, I'M KIND OF SAD ABOUT THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE THAT IF WE LEAVE PARKS IN THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA VOTE FOR ANYTHING. AND THAT, THAT'S A LITTLE SAD FOR ME. THAT TYPE OF MENTALITY. UM, THESE PROPOSITIONS ARE GONNA BE ON THERE SEPARATE. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE BUNDLING EVERYTHING. UM, THEY'RE ON THERE SEPARATELY. SO YOU CAN VOTE ON INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. IF YOU DON'T WANNA VOTE FOR THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH PARKS, THEN DON'T VOTE. WE HOPE YOU WOULD, BUT YOU'RE NOT MADE TO VOTE. AND SO I I, AGAIN, I I'M JUST KIND OF SAD AND DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT, THINKING THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA VOTE ON ANYTHING. UH, IF WE PASS THIS THROUGH, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THE TYPE OF CITIZENSHIP THAT WE WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, OR THE THINKING, LEMME PUT THAT BACK THE THINKING THAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE. AND, AND I LIKE, UH, THE TERM THAT HE SAID IT WAS, THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS, IT'S AN INVESTMENT NOT JUST FOR THE NOW, BUT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. AND I, I THINK I'VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME AT THE WETLANDS CENTER, UM, OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. AND, UM, TO SAY THAT THEY CAN WAIT FOR A NEW SPACE. THEY ARE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS, THEY ARE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. AND I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO SEE A BEAUTIFUL NEW SPACE OVER AT THE NATURE CENTER THAT CAN ADEQUATELY EQUIP THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE THERE. UM, AND EVEN GROW THE PROGRAMS. UM, AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR A COMMUNITY TO HAVE. UM, WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CHILDREN COME TO VISIT, THEY HAVE A, A FIELD DAY WHERE THEY GO AND VISIT, UM, THE WETLAND CENTER. THEY CLIMB OUT OF THE BUS, GO TO THE WETLAND CENTER, THEY CLIMB BACK IN, AND THEN THEY DRIVE OVER TO THE NATURE CENTER, CLIMB BACK OUT, GO AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AT THE NATURE CENTER, CLIMB BACK IN AND GO BACK TO SCHOOL. UH, TO ME IT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER IF THEY CAN JUST DO A ONE STOP SHOP. UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, PUTTING THE WETLAND CENTER TOGETHER WITH THE NATURE CENTER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, IT'S, IT'S THAT LONG THAT THIS IS NOT AN OVERNIGHT THING. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT. JUST TO ADD TO THE BOND, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS. YES, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY BEFORE, BUT HERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PUTTING ONTO THE VOTERS. [02:55:01] UM, I I WAS A LITTLE DISSUADE, UM, IN, IN HOW THE ITEMS CAME UP, UM, FROM OUR CITY MANAGER THAT LOOK, HEY, WE HAD A COUPLE OF OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT DON'T WANNA SEE THESE ON THE BONDS. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA PROPOSE. AND, AND, AND THAT'S NORMALLY NOT HOW DO THINGS, IT'S BROUGHT TO COUNCIL AS A WHOLE, HEY, I'D LIKE TO ADD AN AGENDA ITEM. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. AND WE ALL DECIDE AS A WHOLE WHAT WE WANNA SEE OR NOT SEE ON A PARTICULAR ITEM. UM, I ASKED MR. GRIFFITH, UM, WHEN WE WERE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, BECAUSE HE MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, DURING OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE ONLY APPROVED THE LANGUAGE. AND I LATER THOUGHT ABOUT IT AFTER I GOT HOME. UM, WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE ITEMS. WE WENT THROUGH THE AMOUNT, 151 INCLUDED ALL THE ITEMS. WE APPROVED THE LANGUAGE, AND WE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE THOSE, WHICH MEANS WE APPROVE ALL OF THE PROJECTS. SO WHY WOULD WE APPROVE THE 1 51 AND THE LANGUAGE FOR ALL PROPOSITIONS IF WE WERE LATER GOING TO REMOVE PARKS? UM, I I I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT CONCEPT OF, WELL, WE ONLY APPROVED THE LANGUAGE. WELL, YEAH, YOU APPROVED THE PARK LANGUAGE AS WELL. THOSE AMENDMENTS OR THE PROPOSITIONS, EXCUSE ME. UM, AND SO I I I JUST WASN'T REALLY UNDERSTANDING THOSE. AND SO I REALLY BELIEVE IN THE WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE DID. I'M GOING TO CHAMPION FOR A THROUGH F LET THE VOTERS DECIDE. WE HAVE TO INSTILL TRUST OURSELVES BEFORE WE CAN START NITPICKING WHETHER THE CITIZEN, IF WE CAN TRUST THE CITIZENS, UM, TO DECIDE WHAT PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA DO OR NOT, LET THEM VOTE ON IT. JUST LET THEM VOTE ON A THROUGH F AS A WHOLE AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. WE HAVE THIS TIME BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER TO CHAMPION THESE PROJECTS AND TO EXPLAIN WHAT ALL OF THE ITEMS ARE. JASON CALDER HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN ENSURING THAT THAT GOES OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE LINKS HAVE BEEN UP THERE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. SO PEOPLE CAN GO IN THERE AND, AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT BOND PROJECTS. SO, UM, COULD WE USE MORE TIME? WE COULD ALWAYS USE MORE TIME TO CHAMPION DIFFERENT PROJECTS, BUT THAT'S WHAT THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS WILL BE UP TO NOVEMBER. AND THEN LET THE VOTERS DECIDE WHICH ONE OF THOSE PROPOSITIONS THEY'RE GONNA VOTE ON. YES, MA'AM. UM, YOU READY? IN AN EFFORT TO NOT REHASH OUT EVERYTHING, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ONE THING. UH, MR. SANTANA DID TALK AT LINK AT THE WORK SESSION, UM, ABOUT ALL OF THE A THROUGH F ITEMS, BUT I WANTED TO SAY THE WETLAND CENTER IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE. HE MENTIONED THAT IT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE NEED. YES, IT'S UNDER THE PARKS UMBRELLA, BUT IT IS PART OF BAY TOWN'S INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT BUILDING HAS ACTUALLY FLOODED THREE SEPARATE TIMES. I WAS THERE FOR ONE OF THE FLOODS, UM, DURING IKE. THAT'S HOW LONG AGO IT HAPPENED. UM, SO IN MY OPINION, WHEN WE TALK OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN ABOUT NEEDS VERSUS WANTS, I UNDERSTAND, UM, FOCUSING ON INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT I'M JUST GONNA ADD TO THIS CONVERSATION. THE WETLAND CENTER IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE NEED. IT IS NOT A WANTS. IT IS, SIR. UH, I WANT TO MAKE SOME THINGS CLEAR. UH, MR. SEMINO CAN, CAN YOU COME UP FOR SECOND? SORRY, MS. SI DIDN'T EVEN WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT OKAY. YOU ARE, BUT I AM. AND RIGHT, AND IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT, THERE'S NO TRICK QUESTIONS. IT'S THE SAME QUESTIONS I ASKED AT THE SPECIAL MEETING, BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR THIS, TO UNDERSTAND MY POINT. SO, UM, SAY PROPOSITION A, THAT'S OUR FAR MAYOR, MAJOR THIRD FAIRS GET PASSED, $80 MILLION BOND. DOES THAT GO BOND PASSING GUARANTEES THE FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT. SO THE VOTERS APPROVE IT. DOES THAT, DOES THAT 80 MILLION GUARANTEE DOES THAT PROJECT, THAT PROJECT COULD GET DONE, GET ACROSS? SO THERE, THERE'S, UH, A FEW PROJECTS WITHIN THAT, UM, PROPOSITION A, UM, FIRST ONE IS GARTH ROAD, UH, SEGMENT, C, D AND E. UM, AND AS I EXPLAINED BEFORE THAT THERE, UH, TO FUND THE PROJECT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT, UH, WHICH [03:00:01] WOULD FUND 80% OF THE PROJECT. SO 80%, 80%, UH, OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. UH, AND THAT, UM, GARTH ROAD SEGMENT C, CD, AND E IS CURRENTLY NOT FUNDED IN THE THE TIP PROGRAM. UH, HOWEVER, I SAID WE HAVE, I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY IS VERY WELL POSITIONED TO OBTAIN FUNDING BASED ON THE FACT THAT, UM, OTHER SEGMENTS OF GARTH ROAD HAVE BEEN FUNDED. UH, THE, THE OVERALL PROJECT HAS BEEN, UH, ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED. UM, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DESIGN. SO, UH, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS TO PUT US IN A GOOD POSITION TO GET FUNDED. UM, THE, THE NEXT ONE WAS, UM, WE WEST, UH, CEDAR VALLEY LYNCHBURG. UM, AS I EXPLAINED, WE ALREADY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY, UH, FOR THAT PROJECT. AND, UH, I BELIEVE THE COUNTY IS, UH, COMMITTED TO FUNDING THEIR PORTION. SO, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT ONE IS PRETTY CERTAIN THAT IT WOULD BE FUNDED. UM, WE'VE GOT WEST LOBIT, THERE WAS NO GRANT FUNDING ATTACHED TO THAT ONE. SO, UM, THE, THE ONLY FUNDING WOULD BE THE BOND FUNDING. UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT WAS ALL WITHIN THE, UM, PROPOSITION A WITHIN PROPOSITION A. RIGHT. SO, AND, AND THEN WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING, UH, THAT, UH, 'CAUSE I REMEMBER I ASKED YOU AT THE MEETING, SO WHAT, WHAT YOU ASKED ME WAS TO COME UP WITH A PERCENTAGE, LIKE WHAT, WHAT ARE THE CHANCE PERCENTAGE YEAH. OF, OF OUR CHANCES IN GETTING THE GRANT. AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY HESITANT TO, UH, OFFER A PERCENTAGE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, UH, THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL. UM, LIKE I SAID, I, I THINK WE'RE VERY WELL POSITIONED TO OBTAIN FUNDING. UM, I I, I REALLY DON'T LIKE TO PUT A PERCENTAGE ON IT, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M, I WOULD SAY I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL GET FUNDING FOR THAT. BUT THERE'S, BASED ON THE CONDITIONS THAT I KNOW, AND LIKE I SAY, THE WAY WE'VE PREPARED THIS PROJECT, UH, FOR FUNDING, I THINK THE FIGURES THROUGHOUT, BUT I CANNOT GUARANTEE ANYTHING. I THINK THE APPROXIMATE FIGURE WAS LIKE 53%. I SAID NO, , I DID NOT SAY IT'S 53% OR SOMETHING. I SAID BETTER. I WOULD CONSIDER IT A BETTER THAN 50% CHANCE, BETTER THAN 50% CHANCE. BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE. OKAY. THERE'S NO GUARANTEES IN LIFE. YEAH. THERE, THERE AREN'T. AND, AND, OKAY, BUT I, I DO FEEL, I I THINK IT'S MUCH GREATER THAN 50%. OKAY. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE COULD GET THAT GRANT. HOWEVER, LIKE I SAY, I, I CANNOT GUARANTEE ANYTHING. YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE, RIGHT? SO WE APPROVE IT AND BY SOME CHANCE WE DON'T HAVE THE, WE DON'T GET THE GRANT. WHAT HAPPENS, UM, SO WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT WE WOULD NOT PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT WITHOUT THE GRANT FUNDING, RIGHT? SO VOTERS GO, THEY VOTE FOR IT BY SOME STROKE, THAT CHANCE HAPPENS. WE DON'T HAVE THE GRANT AND WE HAVE, UH, TO MAKE UP 53 MILLION TO GET US THERE. YES, IT WOULD BE, UH, ACCORDING TO OUR ESTIMATE, UH, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO, TO FIND A WAY, FIND ANOTHER 53 MILLION, $53 MILLION TO GET US THE REST OF WAY. IF, IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO PURSUE ANY OTHER GRANTS OR WAIT FOR A GRANT, THE OPTION WOULD BE TO FUND IT, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PERCENT BY THE CITY, RIGHT? I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT CHANCE. I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT CHANCE. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE, THE, THE THEME HERE. I, I, I LOVE PARKS. I LOVE THE NATURE CENTER. I GREW UP IN THAT SIDE OF TOWN. I ENJOY, UM, WHEN, WHEN IT WAS BROWNWOOD, I USED TO GO FISHING IN THERE. I I, I STILL LOVE THE SUNSETS. THE BEST SUNSETS IN BAYTOWN ARE OUR NATURE CENTER. I WANT, I WANT THESE PARK PROJECTS TO HAPPEN. HOWEVER, SAY IF ALL BONDS PASSED, THAT MEANS WE GET THE PARK PROJECTS. ARE THOSE GUARANTEED WITH THE FUNDING THAT, THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING FOR, FOR THE PARKS? THAT, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. THAT WAS A QUESTION FOR ME. THERE'S NO GRANTS SO FAR AS APART, SO THEY'LL BE FULLY FUNDED. SO SAY OF ALL BONDS PASSED, ALL THOSE ARE FULLY FUNDED, BUT THOSE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, WHAT, WHAT'S THE CONDITION OF GARTH ROAD RIGHT NOW? WHAT, WHAT CONDITION IS THAT INFRASTRUCTURE? I, I DON'T, UH, RECALL THAT, FRANK, IT'S ON THE SLIDE. IT HAS THE PCI INDEX ON THE SLIDE. FAIR SATISFACTION. UM, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PCI WAS RUN ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, SORRY. RIGHT? UM, SO 66, IT, IT SHOWS DIFFERENT SEGMENT. SEGMENT C IS SHOWN AT, UH, 66 AND SEGMENT D 69, E AT 76. [03:05:01] BUT I WOULD TELL YOU THE, UM, THE PROJECT WAS NOT APPROVED FOR GRANT FUNDING BASED ON PAVEMENT CONDITION. IT WAS APPROVED BASED ON SAFETY CONSIDERATION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE CENTER TURN LANE IS A VERY, UM, FOR THAT TYPE OF STREET, VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITION. OKAY. YEAH. I, I REALIZED THAT, BUT I WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE A POINT TO EVERYBODY HERE. UM, AND THERE'S SOME PARK PROJECTS, SOME, I'M SORRY, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. SOME ROAD PROJECTS ARE IN POOR CONDITION THAT AREN'T IN A AND B, THAT, UM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO SOME SLIDES? I THINK THERE WAS A SLIDE. UM, SO A, WE HAD WEST LOBIT, WE HAD WEST SEA BY LYNCHBURG, WEST LOBIT. OKAY. BUT THAT'S GONNA BE, WE HAD, UH, A LIST OF ASPHALT STREETS, RIGHT? UM, THEN THE NORTH ALEXANDER TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THE TRAIL CONNECTION FOR JENKINS PARK AND A DA SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY, SO MY, MY POINT IS I THINK NONE OF THOSE HAD GRANT FUNDING, RIGHT? SO, SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS, IS WE WANT TO GET THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO, WHO SIGN OFF ON THESE BONDS. AND IF THEY SIGN OFF ON THESE BONDS AND WE CAN'T GET THERE, IT'S GONNA LOOK BAD WHEN WE, IF WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THEM, TO THE VOTER FOR ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO ASK FOR MONEY. I'M, I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU NECESSARILY, I'M JUST TALKING IN GENERAL, BUT THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO GO OUT FOR, UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER BOND. I, I, I JUST DON'T, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT RISK OF HOPING THAT, THAT WE APPROVE A BOND AND HOPING THAT THE GRANT GOES THROUGH AND IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH. AND WE CAN'T DELIVER ON WHAT THE, WHAT THE TAXPAYER VOTED FOR ON THESE BONDS. I CAN'T, I, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, UH, BEING UP THE CREEK AND LOOKING FOR $53 MILLION TO FINISH A, A ROAD, A NEEDED ROAD PROJECT. UM, UM, TO, TO, UM, MY COLLEAGUE'S, UM, STATEMENT ABOUT THE, OUR FINANCE MEETING. UH, I DIDN'T MAKE AN INQUIRY AT THE SPECIAL MEETING TO THE CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER, JASON REYNOLDS, AND I'M MAKING IT AGAIN FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR BRI REYNOLDS AT THAT MEETING. DID WE NOT DISCUSS, WHAT DID WE DISCUSS? DIDN'T WE DISCUSS THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS GONNA BE ON THE PROPOSITIONS? NOT THE ACTUAL APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSITIONS? THE, THE DIRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT Y'ALL DID APPROVE THE LANGUAGE OR THE, YOU LOOKED AT THE LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSITION IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. YES. I THINK I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION. SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS, YOU LOOKED AT THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE, YOU DIRECTION ON HOW THE LANGUAGE WOULD BE SET UP, WHETHER IT BE A BROAD LANGUAGE ON EACH PROPOSITION OR NARROW NET LANGUAGE. BUT DID WE ACTUALLY DISCUSS WHETHER WE APPROVED THE WHOLE LAYOUT? Y'ALL? SO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHEN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE, YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WERE GONNA BE IN THE LANGUAGE, OR IF IT WAS GOING TO BE A BROAD DEFINITION FOR THE, THE LANGUAGE OF THE PROJECT. SO FOR THE STREETS, Y'ALL WENT WITH A BROAD DEFINITION OF ALL THE PROJECTS, UM, BECAUSE Y'ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WERE OTHER PIECES THAT HAD TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE STREETS, UH, ON THE PARKS. Y'ALL WENT WITH A VERY NARROW LANGUAGE AND A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE. AND THEN WITH SOME OF THE FACILITIES, Y'ALL HAD, UH, UH, A HYBRID APPROACH FOR SOME OF THE FACILITIES IN THE LANGUAGE, RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY APPROVE NECESSARILY THE LAYOUT OF THE BOND THE WAY IT IS, JUST THE LANGUAGE. YOU APPROVED THE LANGUAGE. SO THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO Y'ALL TONIGHT YEAH. WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT IT IS OKAY. DEFINING THE, THE PROJECTS WITHIN EACH OF THOSE PROPOSALS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT. THAT'S WHAT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT. UM, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY APPROVE ALL THE PROPOSITIONS. WE JUST APPROVED THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT FOR EACH PROPOSITION. UM, THAT TO APPROVE THE WHOLE BOND IS SOMETHING WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WE'RE APPROVING EVERY, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PROVING WHAT GOES TO THE BALLOT RIGHT NOW. WE DID, WE, THAT DOESN'T GET HANDLED IN AN AD IN AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT GETS HANDLED WITH MAJORITY VOTE ON COUNCIL. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS BOND IS NOT, IS IS NOT A SLIGHT ON PARKS ME WANTING THIS. IT'S NOT A SLIGHT ON PARKS. THIS, THIS IS SAYING, [03:10:01] AND IT'S NOT. I HEAR NEEDS VERSUS ONCE BEING THOUGHT AROUND. I THINK THE BETTER TERM, I KEEP SAYING IT IS PRIORITIES. WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE RIGHT NOW, AND FAR AS I SEE IT, WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE RIGHT NOW IS OUR STREETS. I HEAR ABOUT GAR ROAD ALL THE TIME. I HEAR ABOUT OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INFRA INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? UH, ALL THE TIME I GET CALLS, YOU KNOW, THE, SOME OF MY PROJECTS FOR, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEIGHBORHOOD AREN'T ON THE BALLOT. I GET CALLS ABOUT LAKEWOOD. I'VE, I'VE WALKED LAKEWOOD WITH, WITH, WITH CONSTITUENTS. WE'VE SIDEWALKS, ROADS, STREETS. WE CAN'T KEEP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. AND THEY, THEY, WE GOTTA LOOK AT IT AS A PRIORITY. WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW, OUR BALLPARK'S IN GREAT CONDITION. IT, IT'S, IS IT NOT? IT'S IN, IT IS NOT IN POOR CONDITION. OUR, OUR OUR OVERALL, OUR NATURE CENTER IS NOT IN POOR CONDITION. YES, IT COULD USE THESE HAMS. I AGREE. THESE ENHANCEMENTS WILL BRING, WILL BE A GREAT AMENITY FOR, FOR BAYTOWN. IT WILL. I, I, I'M, I'M, I CAN'T, I CAN'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. BUT THE QUESTION IS WHAT DO WE NEED RIGHT NOW? WHAT IS OUR PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW? AND THE WAY I SEE IT, WE NEED TO SHOW OUR CITIZENS THAT WE, WE, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE PRIORITIES OF THIS CITY ON THIS BALLOT. SO THEY CAN HAVE THE TRUST TO KNOW THAT WHEN THEY APPROVE THESE BONDS, WE COULD DELIVER, WE COULD TAKE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, A THROUGH D ON THE BALLOT AND REALLOCATE, YOU KNOW, E THROUGH F TO OUR MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS, E UH, UH, AND, AND PROPOSITION A. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A SLIGHT ON THE, THE BOND COMMITTEE. THANK Y'ALL FOR THE BOND COMMITTEE. I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO FEEL LIKE Y'ALL DID A GOOD JOB, BUT STILL DISAGREE WITH 25% OF THE, THE, THE, UH, PROPOSITIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED. AND THAT'S WHERE I STAND. UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE, UH, OPTION, OPTION THREE BE PRESENTED AT THE, AT THE, AT NOVEMBER ELECTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE REPEAT QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. UH, MR. CITY MANAGER IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WERE, WE ASKED IF WE WERE OKAY WITH THE 151 MILLION PLUS AND THE PROJECT PRESENTED TO US. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DEBATE ON NEED VERSUS WANT. UM, THE PROBLEM IS, I THINK IF YOU ASKED ALL SEVEN OF US, YOU'RE GONNA GET SEVEN DIFFERENT ANSWERS. MM-HMM . UM, MAYBE WE SHOULD MAKE A COMMITTEE AND ASK THEM , UM, NO. AND I BET THEY HAVE 15 DIFFERENT YEAH. OPINIONS YEAH. ON WHAT IS A NEED VERSUS WANT. UM, AND, AND SO, BUT WE ASKED THEM TO COME TO A CONSENSUS AND THEY DID. UM, AND YOU KNOW, SINCE I'VE, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOUR AND A HALF YEARS NOW, I'VE VOTED AGAINST EVERY CO AND EVERY TIME I SAY, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE TAKING THIS TO THE VOTERS. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS YEAR. UH, WE CAN TAKE ALL SEVEN OR ALL A THROUGH F OF THESE ITEMS TO THE VOTERS. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THOSE ITEMS HERE AND FROM CITIZENS. WE'VE HEARD 'EM TONIGHT. WE'VE HEARD THAT YOU, UM, SOME OF YOU'RE GONNA VOTE YES. SOME OF YOU'RE GONNA VOTE NO ON THESE ITEMS, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE. UM, LIKE I SAID, I, I JUST THINK FOR US TO TRY TO DIVIDE TO, TO DEFINE NEED VERSUS WANT, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA COME TO A CONSENSUS. WE'RE NOT UP HERE. UM, EVEN, I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT GARTH ROAD, UM, IS THAT A NEED OR A WANT? I MEAN, FROM A, FROM A NEED PERSPECTIVE, WE SEE THAT WE HAVE STREETS WITH MUCH WORSE. PCI, RIGHT? WE HAVE STREETS IN MUCH WORSE CONDITION. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A NEED, UM, BASED ON CONDITION. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY. NOW, IS SAFETY A NEED? UM, I WOULD SAY SO. AGAIN, IT IT, IT'S GONNA BE PRIORITIZED AGAINST OTHER THINGS. UM, I MEAN, ONE OF THESE PARK PROJECTS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I PROBABLY GET ASKED MOST ABOUT BEING IN DISTRICT FIVE IS THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN, UH, BLUE HERON AND JENKINS. THAT THAT'S A PARK PROJECT. IT IS VERY MUCH A SAFETY ISSUE. UM, SO IS THAT A NEED OR A WANT? I DON'T KNOW. I'M GONNA, I I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE THE CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION. UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE, THE COMMITTEE FOR [03:15:01] ALL OF THE HARD WORK THEY PUT IN ON THIS. UM, AND, AND I'M IN FAVOR OF TAKING THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE VOTERS, YOUR BILL, MR. FRANCO. UM, SO, UM, I'M GOING KIND OF START HOW THIS WHOLE THING STARTED BACK IN ON MARCH 13TH AT THE CIP COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, WHICH DID NOT GET APPARENTLY TO ANYBODY ELSE. BUT, AND IF YOU'VE WATCHED IT, UM, MYSELF, AND I BELIEVE SARAH WAS NOT THERE, I APOLOGIZE, SARAH, FOR WHEN I SAID THAT IT WAS UNANIMOUS. IT'S THE ONLY MEETING I'VE EVER MISSED. I WANNA CLARIFY THAT. BUT IT WAS UNANIMOUS. NO. SO, BUT WE DID, WE, IT'S UNANIMOUS WITH TWO PEOPLE. I GET IT. UH, THAT IT WAS ONLY, I THINK 18. NOT EVEN, I THINK IT WAS 11 PROJECTS THAT WE SAID TO MOVE FORWARD. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY. AND WE WANTED TO SEE AROUND A HUNDRED MILLION TO 120 MILLION. DIDN'T REALLY WANNA, WANNA SEE 50 APPARENTLY. THAT NEVER GOT TO ANYBODY ELSE OUTSIDE OF THAT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER. AND LIKE I SAY, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE BOND COMMITTEE DID AND, AND WHAT THEY PUT IN THERE. BUT WE WERE FOCUSED ON JUST WANTING TO SEE THE, THE PRIORITIES OF INFRASTRUCTURE DONE. UM, THAT'S EVEN WHEN WE HEARD FROM THE, UH, THE CONSULTANT WHO CAME HERE TALKING ABOUT THE BONDS, HE EVEN PRESENTED THAT HE'S SHOWN IN DIFFERENT PLACES THAT THE ONLY BONDS THAT USUALLY PASS ALL THE TIME ARE GONNA BE PRO, ARE GONNA BE INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS. HE EVEN SAID THAT THEY'RE, WHEN WE HAD THAT MEETING, I FORGOT WHICH MONTH, WHAT DATE, WHICH ONE IT WAS. UM, I'M NOT A OPPONENT OF PARKS BY FAR. I'M NOT, I, I'M A PRODUCT OF, OF, OF, OF THE, THE PARKS. I WAS A PRODUCT OF OPTIMIST FOOTBALL. MY COACH OPTIMIST FOOTBALL. MY SON'S PLAYED OPTIMIST FOOTBALL. MY OLDEST SON COACHED OPTIMIST FOOTBALL. THEY'RE NO LONGER HERE IN THIS TOWN. THEY'VE CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE WE HAD NO PARENT PARTICIPATION, NO COACHES, JENKINS PARK. WE HAD SA, WE HAD SENIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, WHICH IS THE 13 AND 14 YEAR OLDS. MY 16-YEAR-OLD SON COACHED TEAMS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIND COACHES. MY 18-YEAR-OLD SON COACHED OPTIMIST FOOTBALL 18 AND 19. 'CAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIND COACHES. THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THERE'S NOT, THERE IS NOT A BIG NEED FOR BIG WANT IN THE AREA. I LOVE TO SEE THAT WE ARE SEEING LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL KIND OF PICK BACK UP BECAUSE AT ONE TIME, AGAIN, I WAS ON BOTH, I WAS ON, I WAS ON THE BOARDS FOR BOTH OF THEM. FOR BELITTLE LEAGUE, AGAIN, FOR A PONY AND FOR, FOR, FOR HELP OUT A LOT WITH OPTIMUS. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE MAJOR LEAGUES AND MOST TEAMS ARE STARTING TO COME BACK. AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT COME BACK. BECAUSE FOR ME, YOUTH SPORTS, IT STARTS AT RECREATIONAL, NOT AT THIS PAID SPORT THAT WE'RE SEEING. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF TEAMS GO TO THESE SELECT TEAMS AND WHEN THEY GO TO THESE SELECT TEAMS, IT TAKES AWAY FROM OUR FALL. WHEN I WAS A KID, YOU PLAYED FOOTBALL IN THE FALL, YOU PLAYED BASEBALL IN THE SPRING. NOW YOU PLAY BASEBALL YEAR ROUND AND YOU'RE LOSING FOOTBALL PLAYERS. IT'S GOING DOWN. I TALKED TO THE, TO THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TODAY. WE HAVE ONE, ONE TEAM IN BAY, BAYTOWN. THEY USE GOOSE CREEK, I GOOSE CREEK, UH, HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR FIELDS TO PRACTICE. AND THEY PLAY THERE. NOW THEY'RE A SELECT TEAM, SO THEY PAY. BUT I KNOW WHEN WE PLAYED AT OPTIMUS, WE USE LEHIGH SCHOOL'S PRACTICE FIELD TO THE SIDE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE PLAYED. NOW, WE DON'T HAVE, AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUTH FOOTBALL, IT'S GOING TOWARDS NON-CONTACT, WHICH THEY'RE HALF 50 YARD FIELDS. AND WE WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE PARKS AND WITH THE YOUTH AND WITH THESE SPORTS. THAT IS KIND OF WHAT VECTOR'S GONNA BE DESIGNED FOR. WE DON'T, I MEAN, WE STILL GOT COMMUNITY INPUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT VECTOR'S GONNA BE DESIGNED FOR. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND HOW THAT'S GONNA INTEGRATE BASEBALL FIELDS AND OTHER THINGS IN THAT PART. AND HOW WE'RE GONNA BRING THAT FOR THE YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING. IT'S NOT THAT I'M AGAINST PARKS AT ALL. I JUST DON'T THINK, FOR ME, PUTTING A FOOTBALL FIELD, THERE IS NOT, YOU'RE PUTTING IN SOMETHING THAT'S DYING AND IT NEEDS TO BE, WE NEED TO USE TO ALLOCATE THE MONEY FOR, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT 9 MILLION TO PARKS, LET'S PUT 9 MILLION TO PARKS WHERE IT'S GONNA ACTUALLY BE BENEFICIAL ON SOMETHING THAT'S GROWING AND SOMETHING MOVING FORWARD. AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE FUTURE OF THE GAME. I LOVE WHAT WE DID WITH AT JENKINS WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE SOCCER FIELDS AND THE TURF FIELDS. THOSE ARE USED A LOT. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT THING THAT WE'VE DONE THERE. I'M NOT OPPONENT OF, I'M NOT AGAINST OF THAT PART. MY THING IS WE HAVE TO FUND WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. WE TALK ABOUT HOW WAYNE GRAY, HOW, I MEAN HOW THE WETLANDS HAVE FLOODED AND IT'S HAD ISSUES FOR YEARS, BUT YET WE BUILT A GOLF COURSE AND A HOTEL AND WE DID NOTHING WITH THE WETLANDS. THOSE COULD HAVE BEEN DONE, THAT WETLANDS COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED IN THOSE TIMEFRAMES. BUT WE DIDN'T DO THAT. WE PUSHED IT DOWN THE ROAD, KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. THE PROBLEM WE NOW HAVE IS WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT ARE IN THE AGING PARTS OF BAYTOWN THAT GOTTA BE FIXED. THEY HAVE TO BE FIXED. SO, UH, I WE'RE, I GET THAT WE WANNA PUT UP THE VOTERS. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK. THAT WE'RE NOT INCREASING OUR VOTERS' TAX BASE. THAT WE'RE NOT INCREASING THEIR, THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE PAYING THAT IS NOT AN INCREASE ON THEIR, ON THEIR, ON THEIR TAX. AND WE'VE ALREADY SAID THAT 150 MILLION DOESN'T INCREASE THEIR TAX. SO LET'S USE THAT $150 MILLION WORTH [03:20:01] OF CREDIT THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GO GET, GET TO GET OUR PRIMARY NEEDS DONE. YES, SIR. TURNED ON. OKAY. I'M, I'LL JUMP IN THERE. UM, I WAS PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE AND SARAH AND, AND, AND, UH, WAS INVOLVED IN, AND, AND WE DID WORK THROUGH IT. WE, WE WORKED FOR QUITE A LONG TIME BEFORE EVEN STARTED DISCUSSING THE GO. WE WORKED ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. I MEAN, WE WENT THROUGH THAT QUITE A BIT. UM, OVER A YEAR BASICALLY. AND THEN WE CAME UP WITH THE LIST. I WAS, AS THIS PROCESS WENT FORWARD TO MY CHAGRIN, I GUESS AS CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE, I SHOULD HAVE PUSHED A LITTLE HARDER WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT, OKAY, ONCE WE CREATED THE BOND COMMITTEE, THAT ALL THESE OTHER ENTITIES WERE MEETING WITH THE BOND COMMITTEE. BUT THE CIP COMMITTEE WAS NEVER INVITED. OR MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE INSISTED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HEAR FROM OUR SIDE. SO, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST BYPASS THAT, THAT'S WHAT OCCURRED. UM, I'VE ALWAYS SAID FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I WAS LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 100 MILLION AND 150 MILLION WAS GONNA BE MY MAX. I WANTED TO STAY CLOSER TO A HUNDRED MILLION. 'CAUSE MY PO POSITION IS THIS SHOULD, THIS IS, WE SHOULD BE GOING BACK AGAIN IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS FOR ANOTHER BOND. BUT THE PROJECTS NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED IN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD SO THAT WE CAN TELL OUR CITIZENS, YOU AUTHORIZED X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR US TO DO. WE DID IT IN FIVE YEARS. SO BASICALLY THREE YEARS FROM NOW, WE SHOULD CREATE ANOTHER BOND COMMITTEE AND GIVE THEM 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS TO COME UP WITH A WISHLIST AND, AND GO FOR IT. UM, BUT THIS WAS A VERY TIGHT TIMEFRAME. WE KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE TIGHT. WE TASKED THAT GROUP TO DO THAT. THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AND THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED. SO I'M GONNA STICK WITH THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. I, I'VE HEARD PUSH IT BACK. IF WE WERE GONNA PUSH IT BACK, WE SHOULD PUSH IT BACK AND GIVE IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE TO, TO, TO GO BACK TO IT. THAT THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE MISINFORMATION OR THE MISDIRECTION OR THE MIS COMMENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AWAY WITH PARKS, WHO IN THE WORLD WOULD WANT TO DO AWAY WITH OUR PARKS PROGRAM. IT'S ONE OF THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN. I'VE BRAGGED ON IT. WHEN I TRAVELED TO THE NATION, THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. SOME OF THAT CAME INTO, OH, YOU'RE CANCELING THE VENUES, THE MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS. NO, WE'RE NOT. THAT HAS NEVER BEEN PART OF THE DISCUSSION. AND AND IT'S KINDA LIKE, DID WE DISCUSS THE BUDGETARY ISSUES FOR THEM? YES WE DID BECAUSE WE GOT HAMMERED THAT, HOW COULD WE AS COUNCIL APPROVE CERTAIN THINGS? WELL, WE DIDN'T. WE JUST APPROVED BUDGETS, WHICH MADE US LOOK AT THE BUDGETS EVEN TIGHTER. MY POSITION WAS WE GOTTA STOP THE MISSION CREEP. WE EXPECT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO DO BETTER EVERY YEAR. WELL, THAT COSTS AT A POINT IN TIME, THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. WE HAVE TO ADMIT THAT. SO LET'S DO AS WELL AS WE'VE ALWAYS DONE, NOT JUST BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR JUST FOR GROWTH PURPOSES. SO, SO THAT'S KIND OF THAT POSITION. MY DISTRICT, I HEAR MORE ABOUT POTHOLES, BAD STREETS AND FLOODING THAN I'VE EVER HEARD ANYBODY BRING UP PARKS. NO OFFENSE TO PARKS AGAIN. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. SO AGAIN, IT'S TRYING TO STAY AT THE A HUNDRED MILLION. IF WE TAKE THE 30 SOMETHING MILLION OUT FOR PARKS, IT LEAVES US 119 MILLION FOR PRIORITY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. IF WE WANT TO SPEND UP TO 150 MILLION, AGAIN, THAT'S MY MAX 151 IS RIGHT THERE. I'D LIKE TO SEE $31 MILLION MORE OF INFRASTRUCTURE STREETS. WE, HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND SIDE STREETS GOT CUT OUT OF THIS BUDGET BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP THE, THE VALUE BETWEEN THAT A HUNDRED TO 150 MILLION. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A NEW WETLAND CENTER. I I'VE KNOWN MR. GRAY FOR A LONG TIME. BUT THAT, THAT'S REALLY JUST AN ENHANCEMENT OF WHAT WE'VE GOT. WE, WE HAVE STREETS THAT, THAT ARE IN THE POOR TO LESS THAN POOR RATINGS. AND FRANK COULD PULL THOSE OUT. UM, WE TALK ABOUT THE WETLAND CENTER HAS FLOODED TWO OR THREE TIMES IN HURRICANES. I HAVE HOMES IN MY DISTRICT WHERE PEOPLE LIVE THAT HAVE FLOODED TWO TO THREE TIMES. LET'S GET THE DRAINAGE FIXED. LET'S WORK ON THOSE PROJECTS SO THAT OUR, OUR CITIZENS AREN'T GETTING FLOODED OUTTA THEIR HOMES. AND WE HAVE MAJOR HURRICANES. AGAIN, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE NICE PARKS, BUT WE HAVE NICE PARKS. MAYBE IN THE NEXT BUDGET WE SHOULD COME OUT AND SAY, OKAY, IN THREE YEARS, LET'S GO AND DO ANOTHER GEO BOND AND LET'S DO 75 MILLION. AND IT JUST PARKS PROJECTS. I DON'T KNOW. BUT WE'VE GOT INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES AND NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THAT HAVE BEEN IGNORED. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO THAT. UM, SO MY POSITION WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW WHICH, WHICH ONE IT WOULD BE. I, I WOULD SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH A THROUGH D AND DROPPING THE TWO PARKS, UH, [03:25:01] PROPOSALS OFF. WE TALK ABOUT, WELL WHO ARE WE? AND, AND I'LL PARAPHRASE MY COLLEAGUE HERE. UH, WHO ARE WE TO DECIDE WHAT IS A NEED AND A WANT? WELL, IF THE SEVEN OF US AREN'T IN POSITION TO DECIDING NEEDS AND WANTS FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, THEN LET'S PUT ALL $281 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS ON THE BOND AND LET OUR CITIZENS VOTE ON THAT. THAT'S OVERWHELMING. SO WE ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THE DECISIONS OF WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OR PRIORITIES FOR OUR CITIZENS, OUR CONSTITUENTS. THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO AGREE. WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE BY ALL MEANS. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST KIND OF GETS ME, IT'S KIND OF, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS WHAT THE CITIZENS VOTE. OKAY, LET'S PUT $280 MILLION WORTH OUT THERE. LET THEM VOTE ON THAT AND LET 'EM KNOW. IF YOU GO PAST THIS POINT, THE TAXES ARE GONNA START GETTING RAISED. THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE WHO VOTE FOR ALL 280 MILLION. I DON'T THINK SO. 'CAUSE ALL, UH, THE OTHER THING I HEAR IS MY TAXES ARE TOO HIGH. SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. AND, AND I'M GONNA STAND WITH, AS MY COLLEAGUE HAS SAID, HE, HE'S TAKEN A POINT ON COS AND, AND I'M GONNA TAKE THE POINT ON MY POSITION ON, ON THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. FIRST ONE SINCE 2007 IS WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES AND KEEP IT RELATIVELY SHORT AND SIMPLE. WE CAN GET 'EM DONE IN FIVE YEARS, COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY, WE DID WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO. WE SPENT THE MONEY THAT YOU AUTHORIZED US GONNA DO, AND NOW LET'S GO FOR ANOTHER BITE OF THE APPLE. AND I THINK THE CITIZENS WILL GO, YES, FINALLY YOU'RE LISTENING TO US. SO THAT WOULD BE MY POSITION. I'D SUPPORT THE A THROUGH D. UH, I WILL NOT SUPPORT ENF IN THIS POND. THANKS, MAYOR. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. WELL, I THINK Y'ALL CAN BEAR ANOTHER MINUTE OF MY COMMENTS. RIGHT. UM, WELL I WILL SAY THAT WE DID DISCUSS BRINGING THIS BEFORE THE CITIZENS. AND WE ALSO SAID BACK AT THE RETREAT, WE WANTED THE CITIZENS TO DECIDE IT, NOT US, BUT WE WANTED TO DO A BOND COMMITTEE SO THAT THE CITIZENS CAN PUT TOGETHER WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE. AND WE DID DISCUSS NOT GOING OVER A HUNDRED, $150 MILLION MARK. UM, WE, I'VE HEARD FROM THE TIME THAT I WASN'T ON COUNCIL, THAT WE HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE ON COMMITTEES. PART OF THE REASON WHEN I STARTED TALKING TO CITIZENS WAS THAT WE DON'T LISTEN TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE ON THE COMMITTEE. WE HAD SOME NEW PEOPLE, SOME NEW FACES THAT WERE GUNG-HO ABOUT IT. WE HAD SOME FAMILIAR FACES WHO, UM, HAVE BEEN A PART OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES ON VER VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS. AND I'M GOING TO SAY, IF I HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD AND WHAT THEY PUT AND THEY BROUGHT BEFORE US, WHETHER FINANCE LOOKED AT IT AND CIP LOOKED AT IT, UM, MY COLLEAGUE HERE HAS BEEN VOTING DOWN COS EVER SINCE I WAS ON COUNCIL ME TOO. AND YOU KNOW, WAS YEAH, BUT I'VE SERVED LONGER WITH HIM. OH, OKAY. UM, ME TOO. AND EVEN THE TIME AFTER I GOT OFF, I WOULD TUNE IN TO MEETINGS AND PEOPLE WERE VOTING DOWN COS AND HE'S RIGHT. EVERY TIME HE VOTED ON IT, HE SAID, I WANNA SEE A GO BOND AND LET THE PEOPLE DECIDED WE'VE LET OUR CITIZENS, THE BOND COMMITTEE DECIDED THEY, THEY'RE SO COMMITTED. THEY GOT HERE AROUND 5 36 O'CLOCK TO TODAY. THEY'RE STILL HERE AND IT'S ALMOST 11 O'CLOCK. I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND TELL THEM WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION. AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION ISN'T THE FINAL THING THE VOTERS ARE GOING TO DECIDE. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR. THAT'S WHAT WE SAID. WE, WE WERE GOING TO GIVE THEM, LET THEM DECIDE. LIKE, GOOD POINT THAT YOU MADE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ALVARADO, THEY'RE NOT VOTING ON EVERYTHING WITH ONE CHECK. THESE THINGS ARE GONNA BE SEPARATED. AM I CORRECT? SO IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, IT MAN, SOMEONE MAY NOT LIKE, SOMEONE MAY NOT WANNA SEE THE CONSTRUCTION ON GARTH ROAD. WHY? BECAUSE IT'S GONNA GO DOWN TO TWO LANES AND THEY DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH MORE TRAFFIC. BUT THEY'RE GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WANT THAT PARK. AND THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO VOTE, HOWEVER THEY WANT TO VOTE. I'M NOT GONNA JUDGE ANYONE FOR HOW THEY CAST THEIR VOTE. THE ONLY THING I'M GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING IS AFTER THE VOTE IS CAST AND THE MAJORITY HAVE SPOKEN, IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CARRIED OUT. THAT'S IT. THAT BEING SAID, YOU LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF INFRASTRUCTURE. IT TALKS ABOUT FACILITIES AND OTHER [03:30:01] THINGS THAT IT TAKES FOR A CITY TO BE A CITY OR A COUNTY TO BE A COUNTY. THE WETLAND CENTER SERVES OVER, WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER AGAIN? QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE SHOW UP TO COUNCIL MEETINGS IN A YEAR. BUT WE GOT PEOPLE SHOWING UP. WE HAVE PEOPLE SHOWING UP TO THE WETLAND CENTER AND IT'S A DRAW FOR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. NOT JUST G-C-C-I-S-D, BUT THE OTHER CITY THAT HE ALLUDED TO IN CHAMBERS COUNTY. THEY SEND THEIR KIDS HERE. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE HAD A SENIOR SOFTBALL LEAGUE THAT'S DRAWING PEOPLE FROM LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA. PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ALMOST TWO HOURS TO COME TO BAYTOWN OF THE, OF ADVANCED AGE. AND I'M ALMOST THERE. I CAN SAY THAT TO PLAY SOFTBALL HERE. YOU'LL LOVE IT WHEN YOU GET THERE. I'LL LOVE IT WHEN I GET THERE. WELL, I, I'M, I'M, I HOPE SO. UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S A DRAW TO BRING PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY. AND IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY, THEY GOTTA COME SEE WHAT BAYTOWN IS ABOUT. AND THIS IS BRINGING THEM IN AND SEE WHAT BAYTOWN IS ABOUT. THAT BEING SAID, MAYOR COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE THREE PROPOSALS IN FRONT OF YOU? I'M ABOUT TO GET THERE. YES, SIR. BUT EVERYONE ELSE I DID. I LET THEM HAVE THEIR TIME. I'M GONNA HAVE MY TIME. YES, SIR. UM, AND I WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT TO GO THERE. YES SIR. I WAS JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE THING, IF YOU DON'T MIND. GO AHEAD. SO THE, THE THREE OPTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE, A THROUGH F, A THROUGH D AND A THROUGH D PLUS 32 MOVE TO A MM-HMM . THAT WAS AGREED UPON BY THIS COUNCIL LAST WEEK AT THE WORK SESSION. AND I JUST, I I DO WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR. THAT WAS THAT THE COUNCIL DID. 'CAUSE WE DID MR. POWELL, YOU WERE NOT HERE. AND IT, THERE WAS SIX AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS ORGANICALLY IT CAME UP AGAIN TONIGHT. RIGHT? IT CAME UP AGAIN TONIGHT. AND SO THOSE WERE THE THINGS, AND I THINK IT, WE AS A GROUP REALIZED LIKE, HEY, WE NEED TO CONSOLIDATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND LOOK AT THESE THINGS. UM, AND TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER. BUT I I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IT WAS, IT WAS NOT JUST RANDOMLY CHOSEN, UH, FROM ONE COUNCIL MEMBER OR ANOTHER. IT WAS THE COLLECTIVE THAT DECIDED TO BREAK THAT DOWN INTO THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS. OKAY. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS. ARE WE GONNA DO LIKE A RECORD VOTE? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA RAISE OUR HANDS AND VOTE. YOU VOTE FOR PROP? HUH? YOU COULD PROBABLY VOTE FOR PROP. WHAT DO YOU MEAN VOTE FOR? PROP FAVOR? PROP A B. NO, WE OPTION ONE. IT IS GONNA BE A THROUGH F AND THAT'S IT. AND OPTION ONE IS GONNA BE, OPTION ONE IS A THROUGH F. MR. LAMONT, A THROUGH F IS OPTION ONE. WHAT'S OPTION TWO? A THROUGH D. DA THROUGH D. AND WHAT'S OPTION THREE? A THROUGH D WITH THE 32 REALLOCATED, REALLOCATED TO. SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH OPTION ONE. WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION. YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE, BUT I'M JUST GIVING DIRECTION ON HOW THIS IS GONNA TAKE PLACE. YES MA'AM. I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, WHEN WE MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE, DO WE NEED TO SAY, UH, FOR A MOTION TO VOTE ON ITEM SIX C OPTION? DO WE NEED TO REPEAT THAT EACH TIME? YES. BUT THERE, THERE ARE A COUPLE WAYS YOU CAN DO IT. ONE IS TO ASK FOR A MOTION AND THE MOVEMENT CAN SAY I MOVE FOR CALL TO ELECTION SIX C. UH, AND THEN OF COURSE RECITE THE, UH, THE ITEM OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO OR OPTION THREE. THAT'S IT. KEEP IT SEPARATE. THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO IT. THE OTHER WAY TO DO IT IS TO, UH, DO IT AS, AS A POLL. ALL FOR FOR SIX C. UH, OPTION ONE, RAISE YOUR HAND ALL FOR OPTION TWO. RAISE YOUR HAND ALL FOR OPTION THREE. RAISE YOUR HAND. WE'RE GONNA DO IT THE FIRST WAY 'CAUSE IT'S THE EASIEST. SO, I'M I MOTION. WELL, I'M STILL TALKING. HOLD ON. WE'RE GONNA DO IT THE FIRST WAY AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE OPTION ONE FIRST AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A MAJORITY VOTE ON OPTION ONE. OKAY. UH, SO I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE OPTION ONE A THROUGH F. AND WE CAN DO IT BY SHOW OF HANDS. WELL, WE NEED A SECOND. SAY IN A SECOND. YEAH. SECOND. THANK YOU. WE WILL DO IT BY SHOW OF HANDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR ON HOW THIS GOES. ALL IN FAVOR OF OPTION ONE CALLING THE JUST, UH, AS LAID OUT WITH C CALLING THE BOND. YES. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. HOW MANY VOTES IS THAT CITY CLERK? FOUR. FOUR. [03:35:02] ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. MS. MANN. AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS, UH, ITEM SIX C, AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, CALLING A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD WITHIN SAID CITY MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE CON CONDUCT AND THE GIVING OF NOTICE OF THE ELECTION AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL WITH THE BOND. ABSOLUTE ONE BOND COMMITTEE. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND HANGING OUT WITH US TONIGHT. AT SOME POINT IN TIME WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE COMMITTEES, YOU'LL BE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR KARAOKE . KEN HAS TO SING 'CAUSE NEITHER ONE OF US CAN, RIGHT? YEAH. KEN'S THE S ON THE SPOT. . [a. Consider an ordinance approving the Baytown Area Water Authority Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Proposed Budget.] OKAY. NOW WE ARE GOING BACK TO FIVE A BUDGETS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26. PROPOSED BUDGET. MS. MCKENZIE, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. THE BUDGETS HAVEN'T CHANGED FOR, UM, THESE ITEMS, BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I NEED A MOTION. MOTION APPROVE ITEMS FIVE A. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I NEED A SECOND. I'M SORRY. NEED A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? FIVE [b. Consider an ordinance approving the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Proposed Budget.] B, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026. PROPOSED BUDGET. MS. MCKENZIE. UH, THE SAME WITH THIS BUDGET. UM, WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I NEED A MOTION. MOTION. HOLD ON. DISC MAYOR TO SPEAK ON. OH. OH. THERE SOMEBODY. OH, I'M SO SORRY. I SHOULD HAVE WENT BACK TO ASKING IF ANYBODY SIGNED UP AND TO THEY'RE ON THE WRONG THING. COME ON, MR. REBECK. HOW YOU DOING TONIGHT? GOOD, GOOD, SIR. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS BYRON REBECK, 47 27 BLACKSTONE STREET. UM, THE CCPD, UH, BUDGET, UH, IT IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM. UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, I PREFER, UH, CONSUMPTION TAX OVER PROPERTY TAX. IT'S JUST WE CAN CHOOSE HOW MUCH WE WANT TO TAX OURSELVES BY HOW MUCH WE SPEND. UM, THE ONLY SECTION THAT I, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, AND FORTUNATELY I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO SPEAK ONE-ON-ONE WITH SOME OF YOU ABOUT THIS ISSUE IS THE FLOCK GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT'S PART OF THIS CCPD BUDGET. UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO, TO LOOK AT THIS, I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST DOING A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH FOR NEWS ARTICLES ON FLOCK CAMERAS. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE ARE, UH, A NATIONWIDE PUSHBACK. THIS ISN'T JUST ONE GUY IN ONE TOWN. UH, TWO TEXAS TOWNS ACTUALLY CANCELED THEIR FLOCK CONTRACTS AFTER MAJOR PUSHBACKS FROM CITIZENS AUSTIN AND SAN MARCOS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY CONCERNS. THERE'S A FEDERAL LAWSUIT THAT'S BEEN ALLOWED TO PURSUE IN VIRGINIA, UH, WHICH CLAIMS THAT THIS IS A FOURTH AMENDMENT VIOLATION. THE FEDERAL JUDGE AGREED THAT IT SHOULD GO TO COURT OR GO TO TRIAL. UM, THERE'S BEEN, UH, WHEN THE CITY CONTRACTED WITH FLOCK, THEY WERE UNLICENSED. THEY WERE BREAKING THE LAW IN TEXAS. WE STILL WENT AHEAD AND CONTRACTED WITH THEM. DPS UNLAWFULLY ALLOWED THEM TO GET THEIR LICENSE, EVEN THOUGH THEIR RULES SAY THAT THEY COULDN'T APPLY FOR A LICENSE IF THEY'VE EVER BEEN IN VIOLATION OF THE ACT. UH, THEY'VE MADE FALSE CLAIMS IN OTHER CITIES ABOUT REDUCING CRIME THAT HASN'T, HASN'T MATERIALIZED. UH, IF YOU GET A CHANCE, HOP OVER ONTO COUNCILMAN GRIFFITH'S, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE AND YOU'LL SEE HIS DISTRICT THREE LISTENING TOUR. OH, IT WASN'T JUST MYSELF. THERE'S ANOTHER CITIZEN THERE THAT HAD QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ON THE FLOCK CAMERAS. UH, YOU'LL FIND SOME VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL FIND OUT IS THAT THE REPORT THAT WAS PROMISED LAST YEAR, I THINK IN FEBRUARY, UH, THAT WAS PROMISED TO COUNSEL ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FLOCK CAMERAS, WAS NEVER PROVIDED TO COUNSEL. AND THERE'S, SINCE THEN, EVEN SINCE THE MEETING, I, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING'S CHANGED, BUT I I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY'S WORKED ON THAT. UH, WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE THAT REPORT ON THERE. [03:40:01] OTHER THING THAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT, UH, THE, UH, LIEUTENANT IN CHARGE OF THE PROGRAM CONFIRMED THAT THE FEDERAL AGENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF BAYTOWN CAN ACCESS OUR SYSTEM AND OUR DATA WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION OR KNOWLEDGE, AND WITHOUT A WARRANT THAT INCLUDES ICE A TF AND SEVERAL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE CONTROL OUR DATA AND, UH, NOBODY ELSE HAS ACCESS TO IT. WELL, NOW WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE. UH, AND IT WOULD TAKE A SIMPLE MOUSE CLICK TO FIX THAT. RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE NATIONAL LOOKUP SELECTED ON THE FLOCK SYSTEM, WHICH MEANS THAT ANYONE ELSE THAT ALSO SELECTS NATIONAL LOOKUP IN ANY OTHER CITY THAT HAS A FLOCK SYSTEM, THEY CAN ACCESS OUR DATA WITHOUT CHECKING WITH US. THE OTHER THING WE WERE TOLD WAS THAT, UH, NOBODY IN BAYTOWN CAN ACCESS THIS WITHOUT A LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT REASON. AND THEY HAVE TO LOG WHAT THAT REASON IS. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT. BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL SEARCHES THAT WERE NOT PROPERLY DOCUMENTED. THEY JUST SIMPLY SAID INVESTIGATION, OR THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AN ENTRY, OR IT WAS A NUMBER THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, DOESN'T CORRESPOND TO ANY POLICE FILE. SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TOLD WERE HAP WERE GOING TO HAPPEN DIDN'T HAPPEN, INCLUDING THE REPORT. UH, INCLUDING, UH, WE'RE ALSO TOLD THAT, UH, THIS DOESN'T DO FACIAL RECOGNITION, WHICH IS TRUE. BUT RIGHT NOW, FLOCK IS PILOTING A, A BETA PROGRAM THROUGH SEVERAL PLACES WHERE IT WILL HAVE THAT. SO IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE AND SET POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS AND GUIDELINES ON THE USAGE OF THIS. WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR SYSTEM WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION OR KNOWLEDGE OR, OR A WARRANT. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ICE AND A TF LOOKING FOR THEIR SUSPECTS, SUSPECTS IN OUR TOWN OR NOT. THAT'S UP TO YOU. YOU CAN SET THOSE POLICIES. IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT THIS NEW PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE ROLLING OUT WITH FACIAL IDENTITY RECOGNITION ON THERE. SO, UH, WHEN YOU CONSIDER BUDGETS LIKE THIS, CONSIDER WHAT'S IN IT AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEST FOR THE CITIZENS TO PROTECT OUR MOST PRECIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OUR PRIVACY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW I NEED A MOTION. UH, MR. MAYOR, I JUST KIND OF WANNA ADD TO THE COMMENT. YOU KNOW, I, I'M GOING TO, I'M GONNA APPROVE THIS BUDGET, BUT I'VE ASKEDED THREE TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR SOME EMPIRICAL DATA. AND IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, I'VE BEEN GIVEN LIP SERVICE AND HAVEN'T GOT THE DATA I NEEDED. THE REAL WORLD DATA I NEEDED TO SHOW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE FLOCK CAMERAS. NOW WE'RE TAKING UP MONEY IN THE BUDGET. I'VE ALSO MENTIONED IN PAST MEETINGS THAT THERE ARE GRANTS AVAILABLE. I'M NOT FULLY FOR FUNDING THESE, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO FUNDING THIS EQUIPMENT, MAYBE WE COULD BENEFIT FOR SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT CITIES ARE DOING TO FUND THIS FLOCK, UH, THESE CAMERAS. AND MAYBE TAKE IT A LITTLE EASE OFF OF OUR CCP BUDGET WHERE WE COULD GO OUT AND, AND GET SOME MEANINGFUL EQUIPMENT THAT ACTUALLY FIGHTS CRIME, IN MY OPINION. SO, YOU KNOW, I I'M GONNA APPROVE THIS BUDGET. WE'RE RELUCTANTLY. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HAPPENS COME NEXT YEAR, I, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO, I I WANT MY ASKS TO BE DELIVERED ON A SIMPLE ASK. SO, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. YES, SIR. SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED SOME OF THE DATA AND, AND I WAS THERE CHIEF WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE HAD THE PRESS CONFERENCE, UH, WHEN YOU ARRESTED THE SUSPECT WHO HAD, WE WERE ABLE TO FINALLY FIND HIS, HER, HER DAUGHTER DUE TO THE FLOCK CAMERAS AND TO OUR DETECTIVE ONE, UH, BRETT RASH WHO, WHO SAW THAT CASE, WHICH THAT GENTLEMAN WAS ACTUALLY A SERIAL KILLER, HAD MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE OTHER INSTANCES, AND Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO GET SOME DATA FROM THEM FROM HOUSTON. SO I, I SAW IT FIRSTHAND IN, IN HER FACE WHEN HER WAS FINALLY ABLE TO, TO FIND HER DAUGHTER, KILL HER, AND, AND GET THAT EASE ON HER FACE. AND I MEAN, YOU'RE NEVER GOING COME TO, COME TO GRIPS WITH, YOU'RE LOSING A CHILD, BUT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR CHILD AND KNOW YOU CAN BURY THEM. UH, AND I, I, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN PUT A PRICE ON THAT. AND I KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THAT IN THE WORLD, AND WE ARE IN THESE DEVICES RIGHT HERE, , THAT'S HOW I LOCKED MY PHONE. YEAH. IT'S A FACIAL RECOGNITION. UH, THEY TRACK EVERYTHING FOR US. THAT'S JUST THE, THAT'S JUST THE, THE, THE TIMES WE'RE IN, YOU KNOW, THE PATRIOT ACT. I'M [03:45:01] NOT A BIG FAN OF IT, BUT IT, IT OPENED A LOT OF THE PANDORA'S BOX AND, UH, I I, I'VE SEEN WHAT IT'S DONE AND IT'S, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR THIS COMMUNITY. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AFTER YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GRIFFITH, THE FACT THAT THERE ARE GRANTS OUT THERE. UM, I DID DO A SEARCH. I WENT OUT AND GOOGLED, BUT THE ONLY GRANTS THAT I FOUND, UH, AND I DIDN'T DO A DEEP DIVE 'CAUSE I'M NOT A GRANT WRITER OR ANYTHING. SO THE ONLY GRANTS THAT I FOUND WERE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS WHO WANT A FLOCK CAMERA CAN APPLY FOR A GRANT TO GET THEM. UM, I DIDN'T DIVE DEEP IN THERE 'CAUSE I WASN'T, THAT WASN'T WHAT YOU MENTIONED. UM, I THEN WENT, UM, 'CAUSE I SIT ON THE BOARD FOR HGAC, WHERE WE ALSO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, UH, UH, POLICE, UH, POLICE ITEMS, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY AND ALL OF THAT. AND WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY GRANTS FOR THAT. UM, FOR THOSE PARTICULAR FLOCK CAMERAS. IF THERE ARE CITIES WHO ARE UTILIZING IT, THEN PLEASE SHARE THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE YEAH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE THAT. AND, AND CHIEF, I KNOW THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD LOOK INTO IT. I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOUND ANY. WELL, LIEUTENANT KELLY, WHO'S RUNNING THAT PROGRAM NOW HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO IT. AND I BELIEVE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, HE HAS MADE CONTACT WITH DPS AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS A FOLLOW UP FROM THEM YET OR NOT, BUT SOMETIMES THOSE WILL TURN SLOWLY. UH, WE DO HAVE ALL OF OUR INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE FLOCK TRANSPARENCY PORTAL, INCLUDING OUR POLICY. UM, WE HAVE, I BELIEVE AFTER LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER POLICIES, ESPECIALLY THE ONES IN THE STATE, ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST AND STRICTEST POLICIES, AND IF WE DO RANDOM AUDITS AND WE FIND THAT A CORRECTION NEEDS TO BE MADE, LIEUTENANT KELLY MAKE SURE THAT IT'S TAKEN CARE OF, UH, WE RESPECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS. WE TAKE AN OATH TO PROTECT THAT TO DEFENDANT. IT, MY OFFICERS RISK THEIR LIVES TO DO THAT. UM, THIS IS NOT A PROBABLE CAUSE. THIS, IT'S AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL. IT'S ONE OF MANY TOOLS THAT OUR OFFICERS USE ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP, THE DIRECTION AND THE GUIDANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEING USED RESPONSIBLY HERE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THE DATA THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN GRIFFIN HAS BEEN ASKING FOR, I WANTED, UM, HIM TO TELL ME SPECIFICALLY WHICH DATA IT IS. AND I WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE FROM STAFF WHY HE HASN'T RECEIVED THAT DATA. WELL, SPECIFICALLY EMPIRICAL DATA. WE HAVE ANTIDOTES, WE HAVE CASES TO WHERE PEOPLE SAY THAT THIS HAS WORKED. DO WE HAVE THE, THE NUMBERS? WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOUR, YOUR SCIENTISTS, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMPIRICAL DATA AND ANECDOTAL. AND YOU COULD SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS PERSON'S CRIME WAS SOLVED. DO THE FLOCK. AND THAT'S, THAT MEANS FLOCK IS OVERALL EFFECTIVE. THAT'S AN ANTIDOTE. I, I, I WANT SOME EMPIRICAL DATA THAT SHOWS THAT SINCE WE'VE INSTITUTED FLOCK, WHAT HAS THAT DONE FOR OUR CRIME RATE? WHAT HAS THAT DONE FOR, YOU KNOW, CAR THEFTS AND HA HAS IT, HAS IT, HAS IT HAD AN EFFECT? AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW, SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. WHAT IS THE OVERALL ENCOMPASSING EFFECT OF IMPLEMENTING? ARE THEY, UH, A USEFUL CRIME FIGHTING TOOL AS WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE BEING TOLD? SO SOME, WE, SOME WE CAN TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS. THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE SINCE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED FLOCKED, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE LOOKED, LOOKED LIKE OVER THE YEARS SINCE THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED FLOCK AND, AND, AND THE, THE, HOW, HOW IT'S AFFECTED THE, THE CRIME RATE AND PARTICULAR THEFTS. AND SO YOU SPECIFICALLY WANT, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CRIME HAS GONE DOWN BY USING THE INVESTIGATIVE TOOL FLOCK, RIGHT? AS A MEMBER? YEAH. IF A CRIME SOLVING DIRECTLY, BUT ALSO TRYING TO NARROW THAT DOWN TO SAY, FLOCK DID THIS. RIGHT. SO THE QUESTION, THE QUESTION THEN WOULD BECOME, I HAVE A FIRE ALARM ON THAT DOOR. HOW MANY LIVES HAS THAT FIRE ALARM SAVED ON THAT DOOR? RIGHT. WELL, SO I HAVE AN IDEA. YES MA'AM. I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS. I HAVE AN IDEA THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. CAN, CAN WE JUST GET A NUMBER OF HOW MANY TIMES FLOCK WAS USED AS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL? BECAUSE TO MR. BECK'S POINT, HE DID SAY HE SOMEHOW WAS ABLE, I GUESS, TO, TO FIND OUT THAT THERE WERE, UM, CASE NUMBERS OR NUMBERS THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, AND THINGS TIED TO CERTAIN TIMES FLOCK WAS USED. SO THAT TELLS ME THERE'S SOME WAY TO PULL UP, [03:50:01] FLOCK WAS USED AS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL, AND THEN YOU JUST GATHER THE NUMBER A HUNDRED TIMES. AND OUT OF THOSE A HUNDRED CASES, HOW MANY WERE SOLVED AND BOOM, WE HAVE A PERCENTAGE. I MEAN, UM, I'M JUST WONDERING, I I KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING. IT, IT'S HARD BECAUSE MAYBE THERE'S NOT A BUTTON ON FLOCK THAT YOU PRESS THAT GIVES YOU THAT NUMBER. BUT, UM, I, I DO THINK THAT IT'S REASONABLE WHEN SOMEONE'S ASKED FOR SOMETHING FOR ABOUT, I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR, UM, TO JUST GIVE US SOMETHING LIKE SOME KIND OF PERCENTAGE. I OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY KNOWS, AND I'M NOT AGAINST FLOCK AT ALL, RIGHT. I FULLY SUPPORT IT AS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL. BUT I MEAN, WHEN WE ASK FOR THINGS 'CAUSE HAS CONSTITUENTS TO ANSWER TO AS WELL. I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL'S REQUEST ALL THE TIME. THERE'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD. IF THERE IS A REQUEST OF STAFF TO DO, I DON'T KNOW, 40 HOURS OF WORK FOR A REPORT THAT BENEFITS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, IS THAT A REQUEST THAT NEEDS TO COME TO COUNCIL TO ASK FOR THAT LEVEL OF DETAILED WORK FOR THE STAFF TO DO? RIGHT. SO IF THE MAJORITY OF THE STUFF THAT WE DO TAKES UP OUR EVERYDAY OPERATION TAKES UP 98% OF OUR TIME, RIGHT? YOU HAVE MINIMAL TIME TO DO THE EXCESS STUFF AND THE EXCESS STUFF IS THE STUFF THAT BUZZ EIGHT TALK ABOUT PROBABLY DAILY WITH THE STUFF, THE OTHER THINGS THAT COME FROM THE CITIZENS. WHEN YOU HAVE EXTENSIVE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO DIVE INTO A DEEP RESEARCH THING. MY, THE DIRECTION THAT I WOULD NEED FROM Y'ALL IS DO Y'ALL WANT THAT AS A COLLECTIVE OR, OR CAN ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REQUEST DETAILED WORK FROM STAFF AT ANY GIVEN TIME? AND THEN WHERE DOES THAT STOP? OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. YOU'RE TALKING THAT YOU'RE, YES. MAYBE IT'S AS SIMPLE AS WHAT YOU SAID, MRS. GRAHAM. I WOULD PROBABLY SAY THAT IT'S NOT RIGHT. UH, ALL OF US KNOW MR. S SHEBA, MR. S SHEBA SPENDS HOURS RESEARCHING THINGS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS JUST PLANTED IN FIVE MINUTES LATER. HE HAS SOMETHING ELSE. THE, THE ALL THE EXACT THING THAT'S BEING ASKED RIGHT NOW IS TO NOT HAVE AN ANECDOTAL THING YET. WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL IS AN ANECDOTAL THING. SO I'M ASKING NOT TO HAVE ANECDOTES, BUT I'M GONNA GIVE ANECDOTES TO ALSO PROVE MY POINT. MM-HMM . SO IT'S, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND SO FOR ME TO ASK THIS TEAM TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER, AT WHAT LEVEL OF DETAIL ARE Y'ALL EXPECTING STAFF TO GO THROUGH TO PUT REPORTS TOGETHER AND WHEN DOES IT BECOME A COLLECTIVE AS A GROUP? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS MAYBE IN A WORK SESSION. UM, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. UM, IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE REALLY WANNA LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA DRAW THE LINE, RIGHT? 'CAUSE IT THEN BECOMES AN INVESTIGATION. AND MR. GRIFFITH, I I'M HAPPY IF Y'ALL WANT TO DO AS AN INVESTIGATION YES. Y'ALL HAVE THAT RIGHT. TO DO AN INVESTIGATION SO THAT A POLICY COMES BACK FOR A FULL CONSIDERATION AND THEN MR. CHIEF STRINGER AND HIS TEAM WILL SPEND WEEKS PUTTING A PROPER REPORT TOGETHER SO THAT Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT ALL THE DATA. WELL THEN MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD TAKE. I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF TO SEE HOW MUCH WORK WE WE'RE GOING INTO. YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. AT THAT POINT. AND, UM, AND THEN BASED OFF OF THAT, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET YOUR ANSWER IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO. IT MAY TAKE WEEKS OR MONTHS, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN UNDERSTAND. I, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM WITH IT. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. UM, ESPECIALLY WITH US BEING IN BUDGET RIGHT NOW, THIS SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITY. TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIES, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. UM, GOING THROUGH THIS AND ANSWERING THE CONCERNS OF THE CITIZENS WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE AND THEN MOVING FORWARD FROM THERE. BUT I THINK THAT THIS WOULD WARRANT ANOTHER CONVERSATION, MAYBE A WORK SESSION. AND, AND SIR, I WOULD ALSO CAUTION THAT AS, AS, AS WE HAVE SAID SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, THIS IS ONE INVESTIGATIVE TOOL. THE, THE DATA THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET BACK, IT'S GONNA BE A CORRELATIONAL STUDY. IT'S NOT GONNA BE A CAUSAL STUDY. MM-HMM . AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE A GOOD CONSUMER OF STATISTICS. I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND IN THAT. SO YOU HAVE TO BE A VERY GOOD CONSUMER OF STATISTICS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. RIGHT? UM, 'CAUSE YOU CAN THROW OUT 60%, UH, APPROVAL FROM OR, OR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM YOUR CITIZENS, BUT WHAT'S YOUR SAMPLE SIZE? AND YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION AS WELL. UH, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT, UH, WE ONLY HAVE A 30 DAY RETENTION PERIOD WITH FLOCK. NOW WHAT WE DID, UH, UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN IT WAS, BUT I HAVE ASKED FOR WHAT WE CALL A SPECIAL STUDY FIELD TO BE CREATED IN OUR RMS SO THAT WE CAN, UH, IDENTIFY THOSE CASES WHERE FLOCK WAS USED ON THEM. SO WE CAN DO THAT. UM, SO WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION. WE CAN GET [03:55:01] INFORMATION IT IS GONNA CAUSE IT, IT IS GONNA BE A LOT OF WORK FOR OUR ANALYST. UM, AND HE'S THE ONE WHO, WHO DOES THE CRIME ANALYTICS FOR US THAT TELL US WHERE THE CRIMES ARE HAPPENING, WHAT OUR HOTSPOTS ARE, THE DAYS OF THE WEEK THAT THEY'RE HAPPENING, WHEN OUR OFFICERS NEED TO BE THERE, AND THAT SORT OF THING. UH, THAT'S HIS PRIMARY MISSION IN LIFE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT HELPS US DEPLOY SMARTER AND HE USES SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGIES, UM, THAT WE PROVIDE HIM FOR THAT. UM, BUT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN VERY CONSUMED WITH THE BUDGET. UH, THE BUDGET FOR US FOR ABOUT THE LAST 18 MONTHS TO ALMOST TWO YEARS FOR SOME OF US HAS BEEN ALMOST A FULL-TIME JOB TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, THAT WE DELIVERED THE, UH, THE, THE RESULTS AND THE PRODUCT THAT, THAT YOU WANT. IT'S, IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IT WELL WITHOUT REDUCING SERVICE DELIVERY TO OUR CITIZENS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I THINK THAT MY STAFF HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF IT. I'VE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET INTO THE WEEDS ON THAT WITH THEM AND SUPPORT THEM SO THAT THE BURDEN OF THAT COMMAND DOESN'T FALL COMPLETELY ON THEM. UM, AGAIN, FULLY BELIEVE IN AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. ABSOLUTELY. BELIEVE IN THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. I BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT. WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO VIOLATE ANYBODY'S RIGHTS. WE WANT TO PROTECT THEM. WE WANT TO PRESERVE THEM. THIS IS ONE INVESTIGATIVE TOOL. AND UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I JUST WRAP IT UP BY SAYING WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION, IT'S GOING TO BE A, A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT SOLVING CRIMES. FLOCK MAY BE OUR FIRST LEAD, BUT IT MAY BE SOME OF THE OTHER TECHNOLOGY THAT'S FUNDED WITHIN THE, UH, THE CCPD. IT MAY BE THE DIGITAL FORENSICS UNIT THAT WE HAVE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT CAN GET INTO THE CELL PHONES AND GET THE DATA OR THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMS AND CARS AND STUFF, WHICH WE GET SEARCH WARRANTS FOR ALL OF THAT STUFF. YES. BUT IT BECOMES A HOLISTIC, A GEAL, UH, PROJECT. SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT JUST FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. UM, I'M NOT BEING ADVERSARIAL. I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED SO YOU CAN BE GOOD CONSUMERS FIT, SIR. THANK YOU. JUST ONE MORE THING. WELL, I, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA VOTE SO WE CAN MOVE ON AND GET THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AGENDA. YEAH. JUST REAL QUICKLY, I JUST WANNA SAY I, I'M FULL SUPPORT OF THE C-C-P-P-I, I'M, I WANT MAKE SURE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THEIR JOBS SAFELY ON THE STREET AND PROTECT OUR CITIZENS. IT'S ONE TOOL I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH. THAT'S IT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU YOURSELF. OKAY, SO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE B, THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26. PROPOSED BUDGET. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. I GOT FIVE SECONDS. GOOD DEAL. I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. SIX A CONSIDERING ORDINANCE APPROVING A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BY, HOLD ON. YOU'VE GOT FIVE C MAN. OH LORD MERCY BE P****D AT YOU. YOU GONNA DO THAT? ONE? CONSIDERING [c. Consider an ordinance approving the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Proposed Budget.] ORDINANCE APPROVING THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 BUDGET, MS. MCKENZIE, UM, THIS IS THE SAME. WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES TO THIS BUDGET. I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS? MOTION IN A SECOND. TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE C, THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 2025. 25, 26. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. SIX A [a. Consider an ordinance approving a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Reimbursement Agreement by and among Reinvestment Zone Number One, of the City of Baytown, the Baytown Redevelopment Authority (BRA), and San Jacinto Retail Associates, LLC for the financing of public infrastructure improvements related to the redevelopment of the San Jacinto Mall property.] CONSIDERING ORDINANCE APPROVING A TAX RE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE OF THE BAYTOWN OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE BAYTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND SAN CENTER RETAIL ASSOCIATION. LLC FOR THE FINANCING OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SAN JACINTO MALL PROPERTY. MR. MORAN, UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, BRIAN MORAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE SITE, THE FORMER SANTO MALL SITE CONTINUES TO BE A TOP PRIORITY FOR REVITALIZATION, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT IS ENTIRELY SELF-FUNDED, UM, BY THE PROJECT, UH, THROUGH TAX INCREMENT FINANCING. THE CITY IS NOT INCURRING ANY DEBT, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT ARE GONNA BE BUILT. UM, FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, FIDELIS IS RUNNING THE [04:00:01] CAPITAL THAT'S GONNA BE NEEDED AND TAKING ON THE FINANCIAL RISK. UH, THEY WILL BE DESIGNING, BUILDING, AND PAYING FOR THE ESTIMATED 15, UH, 0.27 MILLION IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH DOES INCLUDE NEW PUBLIC ROADWAYS AND EXPANSIONS, UM, OF INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD AND LONE STAR THAT MEET THE CITY'S PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY STANDARDS. UH, PAVING THICKNESS, UH, THE SIDE 10 FOOT SIDEWALKS, DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTING, AS WELL AS ENHANCED LANDSCAPES. THERE'S GONNA BE A DECELERATION LANE OFF OF THE I 10 FEEDER AND TWO, UH, RIGHT TURN LANES, UM, OFF OF INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD. THERE'LL ALSO BE NEW UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL DUCK BANKS AND DEDICATED STORM WATER, UH, CULVERTS FOR LONE STAR AVENUE, WHICH WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED. UM, THE CITY'S COMMITMENT IS, UH, WILL BE TO REIMBURSE, UM, THESE COSTS. UM, HOWEVER, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS ONLY, WILL ONLY BE DONE THROUGH, UH, THE MONEY THAT'S GENERATED FROM THE PROJECT, UM, THROUGH THE TS INCREMENT. UM, THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED, UM, IS THE MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT CAP OF 22 MILLION, UM, WHICH WOULD BE THE TOTAL PAYOUT, WHICH DOES INCLUDE THE PROJECT COSTS AND ANY OF THE DEVELOPERS' FINANCING COSTS. THE TERM LIMIT, UM, IS, IS THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE TURS, WHICH, UH, IS JANUARY 1ST, 2046 OR WHENEVER THE CAP IS MET, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. UM, FIDELIS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING A DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE COST OF FUNDS THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED FOR FINANCING THAT'LL BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY. AND, UM, THE TS AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DID UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE, UM, THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT AT THEIR MEETING, UH, THIS PAST TUESDAY. UH, AND ALSO, UH, TINA, TINA PETERMAN IS HERE THIS EVENING, UH, WITH MASTERSON, UH, FINANCIAL ADVISOR. IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO, UH, THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT OR THE FINANCING QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? YES, SIR. GOOD. SOME COMMENTS. I'M, I'M GONNA BE OPPOSED TO THIS. THIS IS, THIS IS ROADWAYS THAT ARE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND SO FOR US TO UPGRADE OR ENHANCE THEM SIMPLY ENHANCES FIDEL'S DEVELOPMENT. UM, IT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE COULD PULL FROM COULD COME FROM THE, THE WEST TOWARDS THE EAST. UM, SO AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE GIVEN FIDELIS PLENTY OF INCENTIVES THAT WE DON'T NEED TO BE PAYING AN ADDITIONAL 15 MILLION OR A TOTAL OF 22 MILLION AFTER TERM, UH, FOR AN IMPROVED ROADWAY FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA BE VOTING NO FOR IT. YES, MA'AM. UM, I I I COULD BE WRONG, BUT WE ASKED FOR THIS SO IT'S NOT PART OF THEIR PROJECT. RIGHT. SO, UM, I'M, YES, I'M CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE HERE, SO I'M GONNA ANSWER THIS QUESTION SPECIFICALLY. MR. LESTER IS CORRECT THAT IT IS AN ENHANCEMENT. MM-HMM . YOU ARE ALSO CORRECT THAT WE DID ASK FOR IT. SO THE CITY DID ASK FOR THE ENHANCEMENT, BUT IT IS AN ENHANCEMENT TO WHAT THEY WOULD ALREADY BE BUILDING. I THINK I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY FROM WHAT MR. LESTER WAS ALSO SAYING AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY, GOT IT. UM, AND I THINK, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE ENHANCING THIS AREA, WOULDN'T THIS BE A KEY ROADWAY AS WE BEGIN RIPPING UP GARTH ROAD AND, AND GETTING PEOPLE OFF INTO A LATERAL, GETTING THEM OVER TO SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD? UM, WITH, I MEAN, I, I WAS WITH YOU IN THE BEGINNING. I DON'T WANNA GIVE THEM ANYMORE UNTIL THEY PRODUCE, BUT AS I SPOKE TO STAFF AND THE FACT THAT WE ASKED FOR THIS AND FOR IT TO BE ON TOURS, UM, IT'S CHEAPER THAN US, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT FOR A BOND OR, OR BUILDING IT OURSELVES. SO IT'S, IT'S CHEAPER TO GO THROUGH A TOURS. AM AM I CORRECT? I'M GONNA TRY NOT TO GET INTO A BACK AND FORTH, BUT YEAH. YEAH. THEIR DEVELOPMENT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO PUT A ROAD IN TO THERE. OUR ASK IS, OKAY, WELL WE'VE GONE FROM JUST A TWO LANE, OR, OR ACTUALLY THEIR DRAWING SHOWED A DIVIDED ROAD AND NICE INSTRUMENTS. MM-HMM . WE'RE GOING IN AND ADDING STUFF THAT IS NOT GONNA SERVE ANYTHING BUT THEIR DEVELOPMENT. YOU GET OFF THEIR DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS THE WEST AND IT'S ALREADY FED IN A PUBLIC STREET FROM THAT SIDE. SO AGAIN, MY POSITION IS, YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT, CAN BE MUCH NICER, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST GONNA ENHANCE IT'S, IT'S A LESS THAN A HUNDRED YARDS OFF OF THE SERVICE ROAD AND IT'S AN EAST WEST. I GOT THAT. BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY GONNA BE BUILDING A ROAD. AND I, AND, AND I'M NOT GONNA PUT BRIAN OR RYAN ON THE SPOT, BUT, UM, YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF THAT IS GONNA BE [04:05:01] 15 SOMETHING MILLION. WELL THAT'S OUR, THAT'S WHAT THE ROAD IS GONNA COST US. WELL, WHAT'S THEIR PORTION? THEIR PORTION, THEY'RE ALREADY GONNA BUILD A ROAD. RIGHT. SO WE, WE WENT THROUGH, SO WE'RE ADDING 15 MILLION IN ENHANCEMENTS FOR A A MILE OF ROAD. THAT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE ROADWAY. NO, WE, WE, WE WENT THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE, UH, PROCESS, UH, WITH FI DALLAS, UM, WHERE I THINK THE OVERALL COSTS WERE MUCH GREATER THAN, UH, THE 15. AND THAT ENDED UP BEING THE DIFFERENCE INTO WHAT THEY WERE CONTRIBUTING VERSUS WHAT THE EN ENHANCEMENTS WERE GONNA BE. AGAIN, I'M JUST ONE VOTE BE 'CAUSE WE HAVE JUST GIVEN A, EVERY TIME FIDELIS COMES TO TOWN, WE END UP GIVING THEM MORE MONEY AND, AND I'M, I'M JUST GONNA START SAYING NO, NO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO UNDERSTAND THOUGH THAT THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT LIKE GENERAL FUND MONEY WE'RE GIVING THEM. THIS IS ONLY INCREMENT THAT IF THEY DON'T BUILD ANYTHING, THERE IS NO INCREMENT, THERE'S NOTHING FOR THEM TO GET. SO THEY ONLY GET THIS MONEY BACK IF THEY HAVE A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S RIGHT. AND WE'RE GIVING THEM THE INCREMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE IT BASICALLY A CITY UP TO CITY ROAD STANDARDS. THIS ISN'T A LITTLE ROAD GOING THROUGH A A, A STRIP CENTER ANYMORE. I MEAN, WE'VE ALL BEEN IN THOSE PARKING LOTS AS YOU CAN BARELY NAVIGATE. WE ASK THEM TO UPGRADE IT TO A ROAD, TO CITY STANDARDS, CITY RIGHT OF WAY STANDARDS. AND WE'RE JUST COVERING THAT DIFFERENCE IF THEY BUILD A DEVELOPMENT THAT BRINGS IN AN INCREMENT. RIGHT. OTHERWISE THE FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S ON A CASH BASIS. YES, SIR. YES, MA'AM. ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE GIVING FIDELIS ANYTHING. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GIVING OUR CITIZENS MORE OPTIONS WITH MOVEMENT ON THE ROADS IN THAT AREA. AND I DO FEEL LIKE, UM, IT IS THE, I DON'T FEEL THIS IS THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO BECAUSE IT'S WITH THE TOURS AND NOT ALL THE GENERAL FUND. UM, I THINK THE SENTIMENT OF MOST OF US IS WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYTHING TO FIDEL'S, BUT I DO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. I THINK WE'RE, UM, GIVING BACK TO, UM, THE COMMUNITY JUST MORE DRIVING ABILITY, MOBILITY, UH, AVAILABILITY IN THAT AREA AND, AND IT'S JUST THE, THE BEST WAY TO DO IT MONETARILY. GOOD DEAL. OKAY. SO YEAH, SO THIS IS KIND OF CONVERTING. SO FIDELIS HAS IN THERE TO JUST DO ASPHALT ON THE ROAD ON THEIR, IN, ON, IN, IN THE PARKING LOT. NOT CONCRETE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT'S IN THERE. CORRECT. SO WE'RE GOING FROM ASPHALT TO CONCRETE. WE ALL KNOW ASPHALT ROADS ARE, AND THEY'RE CONSTANTLY BEING REPAIRED. IF YOU'VE EVER GONE THROUGH A TARGET, YOU'LL KNOW THAT IT'S ALWAYS GOT A BIG HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. UM, SO THIS IS GOING A CONCRETE ROAD. UH, WE'RE BASICALLY JUST PAYING THE DIFFERENCE ON THAT. THE SUBGRADE IS GONNA BE THE, THEY'RE STILL PUTTING IN THE SUBGRADE AND EVERYTHING, WHICH SAVES US MONEY FROM DOING IT IN A ROAD. UM, GENERALLY IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 6 MILLION SQUARE FEET, PROBABLY ROUGHLY OF, OF ROAD. IF YOU WERE GONNA DO CONQUER ON THAT $6 MILLION, SIX, $7 A SQUARE FOOT, YOU KIND OF DO THE MATH. WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING PRETTY GOOD PRICE ON IT FOR US TO PUT THE, DO THE DIFFERENCE ON IT. I THINK IT'D BE LIKE 60 MILLION IF WE DID A CONCRETE ROAD VERSUS PAYING THE 15 MILLION. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT DOES GIVE YOU A CUT THROUGH AND IT DOES GIVE 'EM, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE BETTER FOR US UP IN THAT ROAD IN BECAUSE IT, YOU'RE JUST GONNA KEEP CONSTANTLY HAVING TO REPAIR THAT. PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. THANK YOU. LIKE I SAID, IT DOES DEPEND ON WHAT THEY PRODUCE. IT'S NOT GOOD DEAL. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? A NAY. GOT YOU. . WE GOT HIM ON THAT. GOOD DEAL. [b. Consider an ordinance approving the 2025 Annual Update to the Service and Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll for the Bay Creek Public Improvement District, including the collection of the 2025 Annual Installments, and authorizing its filing with the County Clerk.] SIX B, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2025 ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE BAY CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF THE 2025 ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS AND AUTHORIZING ITS FILING WITH THE COUNTY CLERK. MR. MORAN? YES, MR. MAYOR. UM, THIS IS THE, UH, UH, ANNUAL UPDATE FOR BAKER CREEK PIT, WHICH IS LOCATED OFF OF, UH, NORTH MAINE, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN, UH, 2021 TO FINANCE VARIOUS, UM, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT. UM, WE DO HAVE A REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH CASTLE ROCK COMMUNITIES, UM, FOR PHASE ONE OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, TOTALING JUST OVER, UH, $4 MILLION. UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, JENNIFER SLOAN WITH UNICAP, UH, WHO, WHO CURRENTLY SERVES AS OUR PIT ADMINISTRATOR. UM, THAT HAS A COUPLE SLIDES TO BRIEFLY GO OVER, UM, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ANNUAL UPDATE, THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT WITH US. NO PROBLEM. MAKE A BRIEF BRIEF. [04:10:06] OKAY. AWESOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JENNIFER SLOAN AND I'M WITH UNICAP. WE'RE YOUR PIT ADMINISTRATOR AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU THE ANNUAL SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN UPDATE. UM, THE SER UH, THE ORIGINAL SAP WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL BACK IN JUNE OF 2024. UM, THAT ORIGINAL, UM, SAP OUTLINED THE BUDGET OF THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS AND THE DESCRIBED THE ASSESSMENTS LEVY TO FINANCE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. IN THIS PRESENTATION, I WILL BE, UM, HIGHLIGHTING THE UPDATES TO THAT INFORMATION, UM, IN THE REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE PIT ACT. THANK YOU. UM, SHOWN HERE ARE THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENT, UM, PROJECTS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO BUDGET REVISIONS, UM, PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER WHO IS CASTLE ROCK COMMUNITIES. THE AMOUNTS, UM, SPENT ARE BASED ON ACTUAL NUMBERS. UM, AND SO, UM, BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER HAS NOT YET SUBMITTED ANY COSTS, THERE ARE NO COSTS IN THAT, UM, SPENT COLUMN OTHER THAN THE ADMINISTRATION COSTS. AND THOSE ARE TWO FOR THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT. AND, UM, THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND THE, UM, ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION, UM, EXPENSES. UM, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DEVELOPER DOES PLAN TO SUBMIT COSTS SOON BASED ON RECENT COMMUNICATIONS. UM, ON THIS SITE SHOWN HERE, WE HAVE THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT'S EXPENSES INCLUDE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THAT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES FOR THE OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT. UH, THESE AMOUNTS ARE SH UM, SHARED BY EACH RESIDENTIAL UNIT AND LOT WITHIN THE PI AS SHOWN IN THE ASSESSMENT ROLE. UM, WHICH IS THE APPENDIX C TO THAT SAP, UM, UPDATE. THE AVERAGE 20 25, 26 ANNUAL INSTALLMENT FOR A 50 FOOT LOT IS $2,768. AND THE ANNUAL, UM, AVERAGE ANNUAL INSTALLMENT FOR A 40 FOOT LOT IS $2,465. UM, AND THESE AMOUNTS WILL BE BILLED BY THE GOOSE CREEK ISD TAX OFFICE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THEM. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS? NOT AT ALL. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. OKAY. I NEED A MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW, FOR THE MOMENT, WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR TARGET SEVEN [a. Consider a resolution nominating Targa Train 11 LLC on behalf of Targa Resources Corporation, to the Governor's Office of Economic Development, for designation as a qualified business and an Enterprise Project under the Texas Enterprise Zone Program. ] A CONSIDER A RESOLUTION NOMINATING TARGET TRAIN 11 LLC ON BEHALF OF TARGET RESOURCES CORPORATION TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR DESIGNATION AS A QUALIFIED BUSINESS AND IN ENTERPRISE PROJECT UNDER THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM. MR. MORAN? YES. UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, THEY, THEY STUCK IT OUT, BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM, UH, TARGA WHO, UM, WHO HAVE, ARE GOING TO BE, UH, EXPLAINING A SIGNIFICANT IN INVESTMENT THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE MAKING, UM, IN, IN BAYTOWN. AND I WILL LET THEM TALK ABOUT, UH, THEIR, UH, THEIR APPLICATION, UM, THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR, FOR NOMINATION. WHILE THEY ARE COMING, I'M GONNA SAY THIS, I AM GLAD TO HEAR Y'ALL CAN COME ON UP. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT TARGET'S MAKING A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN BAYTOWN. YES, SIR. WE A LONG TIME COMING THIS DIRECTION, BUT WE'RE GLAD WE'RE HERE. UM, GOOD EVENING MAYOR. UH, MAYOR JOHNSON, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS JAY VARGAS. I AM THE, UH, SERVICE AREA MANAGER FOR TARGET'S, UH, MB NORTH COMPLEX, WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF THIS TRAIN 11 PROJECT. UM, AS PART OF OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO BAYTOWN AND MOUNT BELLEVUE, TARGET IS INVESTING APPROXIMATELY $300 MILLION IN THE, UH, TO EXPAND OUR NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS, FRACTIONATION CAPACITY WITH TRAIN 11. UH, THE TRAIN 11 ADDS 150,000 BARRELS OF FRACTIONATION CAPACITY, UM, AND WHICH INCLUDES MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES SUCH AS DISTILLATION, TOWERS, UH, COMPRESSORS, DEHYDRATION EQUIPMENT, AND PIPELINES ALL THROUGHOUT THE HOUSTON AREA. THIS EXPANSION WILL CREATE 25 NEW FULL-TIME JOBS WHILE SUPPORTING THE RETENTION OF ABOUT 475 EXISTING EMPLOYEES IN THE BAYTOWN MONT BELLEVUE COMPLEX. UM, TARGET IS PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, PROUD TO EXPAND INTO THE BAYTOWN AREA AND INVESTING IN ITS GROWTH AND ECONOMIC, UH, VITALITY. UM, [04:15:01] AND WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S TIME THIS EVENING DISCUSSING THIS PROJECT. AWESOME. I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS WYNN WILLIAMSON. I'M ACTUALLY NOT WITH TARGET. I'M WITH, I'M A TAX ACCOUNTANT WITH, UH, CONSULTING FIRM SUMMIT CREDITS, LLC, AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT TARGET THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND IF APPROVED THROUGH THE COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING AND STATE AUDIT PROCESS. AND I'M, I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE AWARE, THIS IS A STATE INCENTIVE, SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP. IF Y'ALL ARE TO PROVIDE THE NOMINATING RESOLUTION, THEN WE WILL GO TO THE STATE TO MAKE THE APPLICATION AND WORK WITH THE STATE TO BRING THAT THROUGH. AND AS NOTED IN THE, UH, AGENDA ITEM AS, AS YOU ALL KNOW. BUT I JUST WANNA REITERATE, THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS. THIS IS COMPLETELY FOR STATE SALES TAX REBATES. WE JUST NEED YOUR, UH, CONSIDERATION FOR THAT. AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY A JOINT APPLICATION BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITY AND TARGA TO THE STATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TURNING GREEN OVER THERE. I WAS READY TO, UH, A MOTION. MOTION. MAKE A MOTION. MOTION. I MEAN, I WAS GONNA SAY THANK Y'ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO THERE YOU GO. LOOKING FORWARD TO. THANK YOU. YEAH. UM, I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. SEVEN A SEVEN A SECOND. , I KNOW Y'ALL STARTED IT LATE THE SAME TIME. . ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UM, NOW [8. 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.] WE ARE ON TO CONSENT AND JENNA, UM, NO ONE HAS ANYTHING. YEAH, NO ONE HAS ANYTHING TO PULL, RIGHT? GOOD DEAL. SO I NEED A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH G. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A, A THROUGH G. SECOND. ANY OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES. WAIT, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T VOTE. GET THE AYES. WE GOTTA VOTE. GOTTA VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? IS LATE? YEP. YEP. OKAY. NOW WE [a. Consider a resolution nominating two (2) representatives to serve on the Board of Directors of the Harris Central Appraisal District.] ARE ON TO APPOINTMENTS. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION NOMINATING TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HARRIS COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, MR. LAMONT? YES, COUNSEL. WE HAVE, UH, TWO MEMBERS OF THE HCAD BOARD WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. AND THOSE WOULD BE MARTINA, LAMONT DIXON AND MELISSA NORIEGA. THERE ARE SIX OTHER MEMBERS, UH, THREE WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 26 AND THREE WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 27. UH, WE WILL OBVIOUSLY BE, UH, NOMINATING AND VOTING ON THOSE AT A LATER TIME. UH, THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ITEM IS MERELY FOR THE NOMINATION. MM-HMM . THERE. UH, SO WE ARE ALLOWED TO NOMINATE UP TO TWO PERSONS FOR, UH, THESE BOARD POSITIONS. UH, SOMETIME IN DECEMBER WE WILL BE GETTING THE ACTUAL BALLOTS TO VOTE ON BOARD MEMBERS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW, UH, ANYTHING ABOUT QUALIFICATIONS OR HOW THE VOTING IS ALLOCATED, IT'S IN THE PACKET AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE DON'T HAVE, DON'T HAVE ANY. YOU GOT ONE? WELL, I JUST, I MEAN, I KNOW THIS ONE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT'S COME UP IN THE PAST, I BELIEVE. AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW THESE INDIVIDUALS, UM, VERY WELL. I THINK WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT AT LEAST TRYING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH 'EM. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME ON THIS IS IT, WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR NOMINATIONS BY OCTOBER. WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR NOMINATIONS BY 5:00 PM OCTOBER 14TH. OKAY. UM, I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S TWO INDIVIDUALS. YOU SAID THEIR TERMS ARE EXPIRING. DO THOSE TWO WANT TO REMAIN ON? I GUESS IT SOUNDS LIKE I'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE INFO IF WE HAVE TILL OCTOBER. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICT ABOUT WHETHER THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE INTERESTED IN STAYING ON THE BOARD. WE JUST DON'T KNOW. SO, WELL, I GUESS WHAT WE CAN DO, WE CAN TABLE THIS AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION AND THEN, UM, I'M GONNA SAY UNTIL THE LAST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER AND THAT'LL GIVE US TIME TO LOOK OVER SOME THINGS AND MAKE A DECISION. WE CAN CONTACT THE, UH, THE, UH, DISTRICT AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. SO I NEED A MOTION TO TABLE THIS OR [04:20:01] YOU CAN JUST TAKE NO ACTION ON IT. JUST TAKE NO ACTION. TAKE NO ACTION ON THE ITEM. UH, WE ARE ON TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, DUE TO THE TIME AND THE HOUR OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AHEAD, I'M JUST GOING TO FOREGO MY PORTION AT THIS TIME AND BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. GOOD DEAL. AND NOT SPEAKING NOW. WHAT'S THAT? DON'T YOU HAVE A THING TOMORROW? SO WE'LL HEAR YOU THEN REYNOLDS ON THE RECORD. OH, I DO. YES, I CAN, I CAN MAKE SURE I SO YOU CAN DO THAT ON, YEAH, THAT'S NOT ON THE RECORD. NO. WHATEVER HE HAS TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, HE CAN PUT IT ON REYNOLDS ON THE RECORD. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, YEAH. YEAH. GOOD DEAL. UH, AND WE'RE GONNA JUST LET MR. FRANCO DO HIS REPORT NEXT, UH, NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ALSO. OKAY. UM, OTHER THAN THAT WE ARE GOING TO JACOB OKAY WITH THAT. , YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? YOU WANNA READ HIS I SAID YOU WERE GONNA READ IT. I WAS GONNA GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE HIS FIVE MINUTES OF FAME. JUST LET HIM GO. WE'RE GOING, UM, [12. EXECUTIVE SESSION] GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS, IT IS NOW 11:39 PM WE WILL RECESS INTO AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION AND 5 5 1 5 5 1 0.087 TO DISCUSS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION. HOW MANY OF Y'ALL HAVE TO BE AT WORK CITIZENS STILL HERE? WE DO. I NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING, BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AT 12:21 PM AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION FIVE 5:00 AM AM 12 TWO 1:00 AM 12:21 AM AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND HAVEN'T EXHAUSTED EVERYTHING ON THIS, ON THIS AGENDA. I NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.