Oct 09, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP.

[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.]

SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS CITIZEN COMMENT IS TO GIVE ALL AND ARRESTED CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS.

EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTAL TIME OF THIS MEETING.

EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO, TO PROVIDE PROPER RECORD OF THESE COMMENTS.

THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK AS CITIZEN MAY PASS HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS COUNSEL.

HOWEVER, NO CITIZEN REMARKS SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES IN TOTAL.

EITHER THE ONE MINUTE OR THE 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.

MS. DIAMOND FAM, PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS, UH, INTO THE MICROPHONE.

UM, I LIVE IN HOUSTON, BUT UM, I WORK IN BAYTOWN.

UH, MY NAME IS DIAMOND FAM.

I WORK FOR AIR ALLIANCE HOUSTON.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A COMMUNITY MEETING.

OH, CAN I START? YEAH, GO AHEAD.

OH, OKAY.

SO, UM, I, MY, UM, MY ORGANIZATION IS HAVING AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL, SO I'M INVITING ALL BAYTOWN, UM, UM, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO COME OUT AND ENJOY SOME FREE ICE CREAM AT RA OF MEXICO ON 2 0 8 WEST TEXAS AVENUE.

BAYTOWN, OCTOBER 23RD AT 6:30 PM UM, JUST SHARING, OH, JUST INVITING NEIGHBORS TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH AIR QUALITY IN BAYTOWN.

GOOD OR NOT SO GOOD.

UM, WE WANNA HEAR IT ALL AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOOD TIME OVER SOME ICE CREAM.

IS THAT, OH, THAT'S 30 SECONDS.

UM, AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER, UM, A WORKSHOP COMMUNITY MEETING AS WELL ON OCTOBER 18TH, UM, FROM 10 TO 5:00 PM THE TOPIC IS PETROCHEMICAL FACILITIES AND I HAVE FLYERS THAT I WANNA DISTRIBUTE, SO I'LL HAND THEM TO THE CITY CLERK TO PASS THEM TO EVERYONE.

BUT I HOPE EVERYONE CAN COME TO THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TALK AND EAT SOME YUMMY ICE CREAM.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

ON TO TWO A CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2025.

THAT'S IT.

THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.

THIS NOW CONCLUDES THE CITIZEN COMMENT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.

WE ARE NOW

[2. MINUTES]

I NEED A MOTION.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES

[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow for Vehicle and Boat Sales and Rentals use in the Mixed Use Neighborhood (MUN) Zoning District.]

THREE.

A PUBLIC HEARINGS.

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

EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LISTENER FOR YOUR EMAIL TO CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTER TIME OF THIS MEETING.

EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE HEARINGS.

THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO

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PRESENT INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO REPRESENT THE INFORMATION.

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

IT IS NOW 6:38 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR VEHICLE AND BOAT SALES AND RENTALS IN THE MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICT.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOW ASK STAFF TO RE UM, SUMMARIZE THE REASON FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

MR. ABRA ABRAM.

ALRIGHT, CALVIN ABRAM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UH, THIS IS A SITE IN WHICH AN APPLICANT APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW, UH, VEHICLE SALES AND BOAT RENTALS ON THIS LOCATION.

THE SITE IS APPRO APPROXIMATELY 0.19 ACRES.

THIS IS THE AERIAL FOR THE SITE THAT YOU SEE HERE.

UH, THE APPLICANT IS BRINGING, UH, THIS APPLICATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN OFFSITE LOCATION IN WHICH THEY PLAN TO, UM, STORE THEIR VEHICLES AND BOATS THAT THEY'RE RENTING.

IT'S AN ONLINE RENTAL, SO THEY PLAN TO BRING THE VEHICLES OR BOATS TO THIS SITE FOR SOMEONE TO PICK UP THAT THEY USED ONLINE TO REGISTER TO GET THESE, THIS SITE.

SO THEREFORE, THIS SMALL SITE IS NOT REALLY OF A MAJOR CONCERN BECAUSE THEY'RE PROVIDING ONSITE PARKING AND CIRCULATION THROUGH THE SITE.

AND IT, AS THE APPLICANT IDENTIFIED, IT, WON'T HAVE MANY VEHICLES ON IT AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

CURRENTLY THE USE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP ALSO SHOWS THIS SITE AS MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.

THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE, UH, AROUND THE SUBJECT SITE AS, UH, SITES THAT ARE GENERAL COMMERCIAL OR COMMERCIAL, UH, IN NATURE WHICH THIS SITE WILL MEET AND BE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE SITES AS WELL.

THIS IS A SITE NORTH OF IT EAST, AND THIS IS THE SITE PLAN.

WITHIN THE SITE PLAN YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE ON ONSITE PARK, I MEAN OFF STRIKE, OFF STREET PARKING, A SMALL STRUCTURE, UH, A DA SPACING.

THEY HAVE A SITE, UH, SITE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SITE WHERE THEY CAN HAVE 20 FOOT BOAT BOATS THAT THEY WILL HAVE THERE, AGAIN, FOR APPLICANTS OR PATRONS TO COME AND PICK THOSE BOATS UP.

THEY'LL MAINTAIN THE CLEAR SITE TRIANGLE AS WELL.

THEY'LL PROVIDE, UH, SITE PROOF FENCING NORTH OF THE SITE TO DO SOME CIRCULATION OR SEPARATION FROM THE RESIDENTIAL SITE THAT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

UH, THIS, THIS APPLICATION WENT FORWARD TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS THE SAME AS STAFF.

UH, THERE ARE THREE CONDITIONS ATTACHED AS PART OF THE APPROVAL.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE SUP WOULD, UH, REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TWO YEARS UNLESS THE APPLICANT ACTIVATES THE, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, UM, THE PICTURE OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE AREA AND THE CONDITION IT'S IN RIGHT NOW? UM, BASED OFF OF THE, THE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME ON THIS PICTURE WHERE THE CONCRETE PARKING SPACES ARE GONNA GO? UH, FROM THIS PICTURE PART OF THIS GRASS WAY WILL BE REMOVED.

UM, AND THAT WILL ADD SOME PARKING HEAD IN PARKING HERE.

UH, THIS WILL BE THE A DA PARKING STALL OVER ON THIS SIDE.

AND THEN AS YOU SEE THIS VEHICLE RIGHT HERE THAT'S PARALLEL PARKED, WE'LL HAVE A PARKING SPACES THERE AS WELL WHERE YOU SEE THIS TRUCK IN THE BACKGROUND HERE.

THIS SECTION WILL BE, UH, A SECTION THAT THE 20 FOOT BOAT COULD BE PLACED IN THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE.

SO THIS IS WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR BOAT PARKING.

I THINK YOU'LL HAVE TWO PARKING STALLS HERE AND ONE PARKING STALL HERE.

AND THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION.

THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING TO, TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME IS BECAUSE WHAT I'M SEEING OVER IN DISTRICT TWO IS WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T PARK ON THEIR GRASS AND FOR THEIR RESIDENTIAL OR THEIR HOMEOWNER'S PROPERTY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT FOR COMMERCIAL.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA PARK THE BOATS AND THE, THE VEHICLES JUST IN THE GRASS.

THERE'S A PLAN.

YOU'RE CORRECT.

THEY WILL REMOVE THE GRASS AND ADD, UM, IMPERVIOUS SURFACE TO THAT LOCATION.

PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR VEHICLE AND BOAT SALES AND RENTALS IN THE MIXED HOUSTON NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICT.

ALRIGHT.

ANYTHING OF ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE SIGN UP TO SPEAK? GOOD DEAL.

THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK.

I CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:42 PM CONCERNING THE REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE

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THANK YOU, SIR.

WE ARE NOW ON

[b. Consider an ordinance to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) on approximately 0.19 acres located at 427 West Main Street to allow for Vehicle and Boat Sales and Rentals use in the Mixed Use Neighborhood (MUN) Zoning District. ]

TO THREE B.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON APPROXIMATELY 0.19 ACRES LOCATED AT 4 27 WEST MAIN STREET TO ALLOW FOR VEHICLE AND BOAT SALES AND RENTALS USE IN THE MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICT.

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM THREE B SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

THANK YOU MR. CALVIN.

ON TO THREE

[c. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map by rezoning approximately 10.00 acres of land located on the south side of East Wallisville Road and east of North Main Street, from the Open Space/Recreation (OR) to the General Commercial (GC) zoning district. ]

THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, FEELS THE SAME THAT WE WAY THAT WE DO.

IT IS NOW 6:43 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EAST VILLE ROAD AND EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

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

MR. ABRAM, THANK YOU.

UH, THIS SITE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN IS, UM, IDENTIFIED AT 65 26 EAST WALLACE FIELD.

UH, THIS SITE IS EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, UH, WEST OF SHO.

YES, THAT , UM, CURRENTLY AN APPLICANT HAS, UM, IN A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS THAT HAS BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS.

UH, THE BUSINESS IS, UH, FOR THE SALES OF STEAM TURBINE, UH, PARTS, UM, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SITE IS ZONED, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED AS OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL.

THAT USE IS NOT ALLOWED.

HOWEVER, THIS USE IS A LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE AT THAT LOCATION.

AND WHAT THAT ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT THE APPLICANT CANNOT IMPROVE THE SITE UNLESS THEY, UM, IMPROVE THE DESIGNATION TO BE CONSISTENT.

AND WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING IS TO IMPROVE OR TO REZONE THE SITE TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WE IDENTIFY GENERAL COMMERCIAL WEST OF THIS SITE.

UM, NORTH AND EAST OF THE SITE.

WE HAVE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

UH, THE CURRENT ZONING MAP, YOU CAN SEE, UH, DIRECTLY EAST TO THE SITE.

WE HAVE GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND TO WEST OF THE SITE WE HAVE GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

THEREFORE, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CORRIDOR.

UH, THIS IS THE SITE AS YOU SEE IT NOW, THERE'S CURRENTLY FOUR STRUCTURES ON THE SITE, COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES, UH, THIS IS LOOKING WEST.

AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, STAFF LOOKED AT THE APPLICATION, WE LOOKED AT THE AREA, WE LOOKED AT THE REQUEST.

THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.

UH, THIS, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS A GAME CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, UH, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

WITH THAT, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION AND STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION.

WITH THAT, THAT CON CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I, I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, SIR.

YEAH, MY CONCERN IS THAT IT, IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO GINA LORETTA RUSSELL PARK THAT WE ARE EVENTUALLY GONNA START TO AGAIN, RIGHT THERE, THAT BIG GREEN AREA THAT WE ARE GONNA BE A, GONNA BE A, HOW WOULD YOU SAY, A, UH, A LANDMARK PARK FOR US.

AND THIS KIND OF GIVES US A BUFFER BETWEEN IT AND WHAT IT'S EXISTING ALREADY.

SO I'M LOOKING AT THE OPTICS.

IF I'M GOING, IF I WANT A REALLY NICE PARK THERE AND I WANT TO SEE THAT AREA GROW, I WOULDN'T WANNA GO TO A PARK THAT HAS A RIGHT NEXT TO IT, THAT TYPE OF THING.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BIG BUFFER BETWEEN IT THAT YOU CAN'T SEE THAT BETWEEN THAT AND THAT AND THAT PARK.

'CAUSE THAT'S A BIG INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY'S GOING TO GONNA PUSH OVER THERE.

THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM, FROM THE, HOPEFULLY FROM THE COMMISSIONER AND OURSELVES.

SO THAT, THAT'S IT, IT'S A CONCERN FOR ME ON THAT PART.

I I UNDERSTAND IT'S HIS, THE PROPERTY I UNDERSTAND, BUT THE WAY IT ZONE IS OPEN RECREATIONAL SPACE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A PARK.

SO THAT'S MY CONCERNS.

I UNDERSTAND.

AND, UM, AS PART OF THE PARK MASTER PLAN THAT THEY HAVE FOR THIS AREA, IT APPEARS THAT THE PARK TOOK THIS SITE NOT BEING PART OF THE PARK.

AND THEY HAD, THEY, UH, DESIGNED THE, THE WALKING TRAILS TO EXCLUDE THIS SITE.

AND I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

HOWEVER, IN THIS POSITION, UH, AS PLANNING LOOKED AT THIS APPLICATION, UM, AND I'M CERTAIN

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UM, WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL BAYTOWN BUSINESS HERE THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP AND ALLOW THEM TO FLOURISH.

AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

AND WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH OUR, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES TO CONTINUE TO RETAIN THEM.

OH, OH NO.

AND, AND I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH THE BUSINESS.

I, I'M NOT SAYING NOT TO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY HE'S ABLE TO EXPAND WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF SHRUBBERY OR ANY TYPE OF SPECIAL USE OR ANYTHING GOING TO IT TO, TO KIND OF BLOCK IT FROM THE VIEW OF THE PARK.

AND THAT'S MY CONCERN.

ANYONE ELSE? WHAT, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT IS THE BUSINESS THAT HE HAS RIGHT THERE? IT IS, UH, STEAM TURBINE, UH, SALES MAINTENANCE.

I'M SORRY, STEAM TURBINE PARTS SALES PARTS SALES.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND, AND WHAT GOES, UH, UNDER OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL.

WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT ALLOW FOR? ESSENTIALLY JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING OUT AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY ALRIGHT.

PARKS.

I JUST HAD QUESTIONS.

THAT'S ALL.

ANYONE ELSE? UH, WHEN WAS I, WAS THIS PROPERTY ANNEXED? IS THAT WHY IT WOULD STILL, OR EVEN WHEN THERE WAS A OR OPEN SPACE RECREATION, IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ALREADY AN OPERATING BUSINESS THERE, WAS IT ANNEX AT SOME POINT? AND THAT'S ALL, EVERYTHING ANNEX COMES IN AS THAT CORRECT? I I, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT HISTORY ON THAT, BUT I WOULD MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION CONSIDERING ALL THAT GREEN.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE TOO, IS THAT, UH, THAT IT, YOU GOT THE 80 ACRES TO THE EAST, THAT IS THE CHEVRON PROPERTY THAT WE OWNED FOR A MINUTE.

AND THEN NOW CHEVRON HAS IT BACK.

SO THAT IS STILL OWNED BY CHEVRON.

UM, AND LIKELY THAT, THAT, THAT GREEN, THE GREEN ON THAT PROPERTY IS NOT, UH, ACCURATE ANYMORE EITHER OR IT WON'T BE IN THE FUTURE, PROBABLY RIGHT BACK OUT OF CITY LIMITS, RIGHT? CORRECT.

THAT'S EVERYTHING TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT YOU SEE UP THERE.

SOUTH OF VILLE IS ETJ AT THIS POINT? YEAH.

SO THIS ISN'T, I MEAN, IT'S NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT'S GONNA BE A PARK, IT'S TO THE SIDE OF IT.

IF WE CAN FIND OUT IF IT WAS AN ANNEXED PROPERTY, BECAUSE I THINK AT ONE TIME WE WERE WAIVING THE, UM, APPLICATION FEE IF IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, A REZONE DUE TO A, UM, ANNEXATION.

SO IF WE CAN CHECK ON THAT AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'VE ALREADY PAID WE CAN REIMBURSE.

ANYONE ELSE? GOOD DEAL.

WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

ANDREW ALMOND, PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS.

UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME'S ANDREW MOND.

I'M THE APPLICANT AND MY ADDRESS IS 1304 LANGHAM CREEK IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, 7 7 0 8 4.

UH, I THINK STAFF DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING EVERYTHING.

UH, KEEN SERVICES IS THE NAME OF THIS BUSINESS.

THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR 15 YEARS, REALLY 15 PLUS.

UH, THE FATHER BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY AS AN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, UM, AND HE RETOOLED THE HOUSE AND KIND OF BROUGHT EVERYTHING INSIDE.

HE MAKES LITTLE TINY COMPONENTS FOR WINDMILLS, LIKE STUFF THAT CAN SHIP VIA AMAZON.

UH, AND REALLY THE IMPETUS FOR THIS CASE WAS AMAZON SAYING, I CAN'T DRIVE ON YOUR DRIVEWAY TO GET TO YOUR HOUSE TO PICK UP YOUR SHIPMENTS.

UH, AND SO THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF WHAT HE STARTED TO LOOK AT.

HIS BUILDING WAS FALLING APART.

HE COULDN'T GET THE DRIVEWAY REPAIRED.

AND SO HE IS LIKE, I JUST WANNA GET IT REZONED TO WHAT'S APPROPRIATE.

AND HE STARTED LOOKING AROUND AND WE TOLD HIM, INDUSTRIAL'S NOT APPROPRIATE.

EVEN THOUGH EXXON'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

I'M LIKE, THIS IS MORE OF A GENERAL COMMERCIAL TYPE THING.

THAT WAY HE CAN CHANGE IF IT NEEDS TO IN THE FUTURE.

IT'S MORE OF AN APPROPRIATE THING FOR HIM BEING THAT HE'S ALL INTERNALIZED.

HE'S GOT NO EXTERNAL STORAGE, NO LAY DOWN, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO, UH, THIS IS REALLY A COMPROMISE POSITION ALREADY.

AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE IS A BUFFER REQUIREMENT, LIKE A FENCING REQUIREMENT AS THE PARK DEVELOPS.

AND HE ACTUALLY HAS BEEN APPROACHED BY BOTH PARTIES, YOU KNOW, CHEVRON AND THE CITY ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE SOUTHERN PIECE OF HIS PROPERTY.

IF YOU LOOKED AT THE AERIAL, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A PIPELINE THAT BIFURCATES HIS SITE.

I ANTICIPATE THAT THE CITY MAY BE THE EVENTUAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH BECAUSE IT JUST KIND OF WORKS ITS WAY IN REALLY WELL WITH THE PARK.

UM, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, HE HAS TO TREAT THE WHOLE ENTIRE THING AS ONE COHESIVE TRACT AS HE GOES TO REDEVELOP.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE HISTORY ON THIS.

LIKE CHEVRON HAD IT FOR A WHILE, THEN THE CITY HAD IT FOR A WHILE, THEN THEY LET GO OF THAT INTEREST AND THEN HE HAD TO GO FORWARD WITH KEEPING HIS

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AND JUST KIND OF COMMENT AGAIN, I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY I'M NOT GONNA VOTE FOR IT.

I MEAN, I, I DO WANNA SEE, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES GROW AND I WANNA SEE THAT'S A GOOD BUSINESS FORCE TO BE HERE.

I I JUST HOPE THAT YOU KINDA WORK WITH US IN THERE.

'CAUSE THAT IS A PARK COMING IN THERE.

ABSOLUTELY.

HE'S SUPER SENSITIVE ABOUT THAT.

THE PARK.

SUPER SENSITIVE ABOUT THAT.

I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA BE A KEY PARK FOR US.

AND, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, I'M ALL FOR.

IT'S YOUR BUSINESS, IT'S YOUR PROPERTY.

YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO, TO EXPAND IT.

AND, AND I'M GLAD, I'M GLAD Y'ALL EXPANDING.

THAT MEANS YOU'RE DOING MORE BUSINESS AT BAYTOWN, WHICH IS GREAT FOR US.

SO SURE.

PLEASE DO.

UH, BUT JUST PLEASE WORK WITH US AND TRY TO TRY TO HELP US WITH THAT BUFFER BETWEEN THAT AND THE PARK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA FOR, FOR YOU AND FOR US.

ABSOLUTELY.

YES SIR.

ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE, ON A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EAST VILLE ROAD AND EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL ZONING DISTRICT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

THANK YOU THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.

I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:53 PM CONCERNING THE REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIALS ZONING MAP BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF EAST WATERVILLE ROAD AND EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL RECREATION TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

NOW WE WILL CONSIDER AN

[d. Consider an ordinance authorizing a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 10 acres of land, located on the south side of E. Wallisville Road and east of N. Main Street, from the Open Space/Recreation (OR) Zoning District to the General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]

AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF PRIORITY TOWING INC.

WE THERE WILL BE NO ACTION ON ITEMS E AND F.

THEY HAVE BEEN PULLED.

SO WE ARE MOVING ON

[a. Consider the adoption of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, Approving a Resolution of the Baytown Area Water Authority Authorizing the Issuance of Baytown Area Water Authority Water Supply Contract Revenue Bonds, Series 2025 for the Baytown Area Water Authority East Surface Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project; Accepting the Terms and Conditions of Such Resolution; Providing for Continuing Disclosure With Respect to Such Bonds; Approving an Amendment to the Amended and Restated Water Supply Contract Between the City and the Baytown Area Water Authority; and Providing for an Effective Date.]

TO FOUR A.

CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, APPROVING A RESOLUTION OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY WATER SUPPLY CONTRACT REVENUE BOND SERIES 2 0 2 5 FOR THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY EAST SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PROJECT, ACCEPTING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH RESOLUTION, PROVIDING FOR CONTINUING DISCLOSURE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH BONDS, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED WATER SUPPLY CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY AND PROV, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THAT IS A LOT, MS. MCKENZIE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS, UM, WITH COUNSEL AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY, UH, CONTRACT REVENUE BOND SERIES 2025 FOR THE EAST SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

UM, THESE BONDS ARE BEING ISSUED THROUGH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, WHICH IS BASICALLY LIKE A SWIFT LOAN TO THE CITY.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND WE HAVE KIRA HERE FROM BRACEWELL, OUR BOND COUNCIL TO HELP WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS WELL.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GOOD DEAL.

THANK YOU MS. MCKENZIE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU MS. MCKENZIE.

MOTION CARRIES FOUR B, CONSIDER

[b. Consider an ordinance accepting the bid of Priority Towing Inc., for Heavy Duty Towing and Storage Services.]

FOR HEAVY DUTY TOWING AND STORAGE SERVICES.

MS. MCKENZIE.

UM, THIS ORDINANCE IS TO APPROVE THE BID FOR HEAVY TOWING FOR A TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE RENEWAL UP TO FIVE YEARS.

UM, THIS CONTRACT IS MANAGED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF POLICE TO HANDLE DISPATCH INSPECTIONS AND BILLING DISPUTES.

UM, ORIGINALLY, UM, THE CITY HAD PLANNED TO AWARD, UM, THIS BID TO TWO VENDORS, BUT ONE VENDOR, UM, WAS DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE THEY HAD RECENTLY CHANGED THEIR OWNERSHIP.

UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMEBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

DON'T WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YEAH, BUT I'M ASKING THIS IF WE HAVE ANY.

NOT RIGHT NOW.

WELL, NOT RIGHT NOW.

I WANT TO HEAR.

SO NOTHING FOR MS. MCKENZIE? NOTHING.

NOTHING YET.

ANYONE SIGN UP TO SPEAK? YES, WE HAVE MS. MITCHELL VOIGHT.

MR. MITCHELL VOIGHT.

I'M SORRY.

NO PROBLEM.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR, I MEAN YOUR ADDRESS FOR RECORD? 28 9 10 SMUGGLERS COURT, HUFFMAN, TEXAS.

I'M WITH FOUR AIS TOWING AND RECOVERY OUT OF CROSBY, TEXAS.

I'VE LOOKED OVER THIS ORDINANCE SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS AND IT ALWAYS PUT IT BACK BECAUSE IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IN THREE DIFFERENT SPOTS THAT YOU HAVE TO STORE IN THE CITY LIMITS

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OF BAYTOWN.

I DO NOT HAVE A STORAGE LOT IN THE CITY LIMITS OF BAYTOWN.

AND RIGHT HERE IT SHOWS THAT YOU'RE AWARDING IT TO SOMEBODY IN LAPORTE, TEXAS.

SO I FEEL LIKE THAT IS NOT RIGHT.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN ANYBODY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO APPLY.

'CAUSE THIS ISN'T PART OF THE, I MEAN, IT LITERALLY SAYS RIGHT ABOVE WHERE HE PUT AN ADDRESS INSIDE THE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS OF BAYTOWN.

GOOD DEAL.

UM, DO WE HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR THIS? YES, COUNSEL.

UH, THAT REQUIREMENT WAS REMOVED FROM THE HEAVY DUTY TOW RFP, UH, RFP, UH, IN FEBRUARY OF 2025.

UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS DONE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BIDDERS.

SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS AVAILABLE PUBLICLY.

UM, AND, UH, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE AWARDED THE CONTRACT, OR, I'M SORRY, BEFORE THE GRADING OF THE PROPOSALS.

AND THAT WAS FOR THIS RFP? YES, SIR.

SO IT WAS REMOVED AND IT WAS MADE PUBLIC? YES, SIR.

UH, THEN, THEN WHY IS IT ON THIS CURRENT RFP RIGHT HERE? IF YOU LOOK, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.

THIS IS THE CURRENT RFP FOR PRIORITY? YES.

IT'S A CONTRACT AND IT, AND IT SAYS, UH, IN SECTION ONE, UH, 0.03, THAT THE VEHICLE STORAGE FACILITY NUMBER INSIDE THE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS OF BAYTOWN, THAT THE COMPANY WILL USE THE VEHICLES, UH, TOWED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.

AND THEN RIGHT UNDERNEATH IT, IT HAS THAT THE, THIS, UH, COMPANY IS USING, UH, A LAPORT ADDRESS RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE RP FOR PRIORITY.

I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE RFP, NOT THE CURRENT CONTRACT.

SO PRIOR TO THE, UH, PROPOSALS BEING FINALLY ACCEPTED, THERE WAS AN ADDENDUM, I BELIEVE IT WAS CALLED ADDENDUM NUMBER TWO.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS ON MY PAGE IN FEBRUARY OF 2025, WHICH REMOVED THAT REQUIREMENT.

SO ANY CONTRACT THAT WILL BE ENTERED INTO, BASED ON YOUR DELIBERATIONS TODAY, WILL NOT HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT.

WHEN WE SAY WE MADE IT PUBLIC, WHAT DOES THAT ME? I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO ASK THE, SO WHEN, SO WHAT, WHAT MR. LAMONT IS LOOKING AT IS THE RFP TOWING OF SWORDS QUESTIONS.

SO WHEN YOU DO AN RFP, THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT COME IN FROM ALL THE BIDDERS.

MM-HMM.

AND THEN THEY HAVE A PUBLIC, UH, A PUBLIC FORUM WHERE THE ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED.

SO EVERY, SO EVERYBODY THAT HAS A QUESTION GETS THE SAME ANSWER AND IT'S THE CONSISTENT ANSWER TO EVERYBODY.

AND SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE THE CON WHAT HE'S READING IS THE QUESTIONS.

THE VERY FIRST ONE, IS IT A MAN, IS IT MANDATORY FOR YOU TO HAVE A VEHICLE STORAGE FACILITY IN BAYTOWN CITY LIMITS FOR HEAVY DUTY TOWS? AND THE ANSWER IS NO.

UH, SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT THIS, UM, JUST BEING IN BAYTOWN FOREVER, IS IF, IF I'VE HAD A BUSINESS HERE FOREVER, AND THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF IT, LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN SAID, I WOULDN'T EVEN INQUIRE AND GET TO THIS STEP.

'CAUSE I'D BE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, BAYTOWN, YOU, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STORAGE FACILITY IN BAYTOWN.

SO IF I WOULD NEVER MAKE IT TO THAT STEP OR BE AT THAT MEETING, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T KNOW TO GO LOOK AND SEE IF SOMETHING CHANGED IN FEBRUARY OF 2025.

SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

LIKE, IF, IF YOU'RE A LONGSTANDING BUSINESS AND YOU'VE INQUIRED 20 YEARS AGO, AND THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE RULE AND NOW IT'S CHANGED, HOW WOULD THEY KNOW TO EVEN COME IN AND TAKE THAT NEXT STEP? I, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW AND, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU MY, MY LIMITED INFORMATION AND MAYBE, UH, SOMEONE FROM FINANCE PURCHASING CAN COME UP AND EXPAND.

BUT ALL OF OUR BIDS ARE PUBLIC.

THEY'RE ON THE WEBSITE, ALL ADDENDUMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, CHANGES ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, UH, PAGE THAT DEALS WITH BIDDING AND PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS.

SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE'RE SAYING IT'S UP TO BUSINESSES TO READ THROUGH AND MAKE SURE NOTHING'S CHANGED EVERY TIME THERE'S A NEW, UH, PROJECT OUT TO BID.

I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

THAT'S TOO FAR OUTSIDE OF MY LANE.

I, I KNOW THAT.

I'M AWARE OF THAT PART OF THE PROCESS.

ANY OTHER OUTREACH? UH, SOMEONE, UH, WHO'S ON THE GROUND WILL HAVE TO ANSWER THAT.

MS. MCKENZIE'S COMING UP.

I'M WORRIED THAT LONGSTANDING COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, NOT TO PLACE BLAME ON THEM OR US, BUT TO ME, THEY, THEY HAD THE DEFICIT IN THIS DEAL BECAUSE THEY WERE OPERATING UNDER 'EM, THE IMPLICATION THAT WE WERE UNDER THE OLD RULES.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

YEAH, BECAUSE FROM, I MEAN, JUST NOT IN THE TOWING BUSINESS, BUT FROM A LAYMAN'S PERSPECTIVE, UM,

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LIKE I'VE NEVER HAD A TOWING BUSINESS.

SO I DON'T KNOW, IS IT NORMAL TO GO IN WHEN YOU'RE GONNA DO A BID AND READ IF THERE'S BEEN A NEW ADDENDUM EVERY SINGLE TIME? MM-HMM .

UH, I, YEAH.

I MEAN, I WORK FOR A COMPANY, NOT TOWING, BUT WE'RE A SERVICE PROVIDER.

WE GET BIDS ALL THE TIME.

IT'S YOUR JOB TO READ THE, IT'S, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO READ AND SEE.

YOU CHOOSE WHETHER YOU WANNA BID OR NOT, BUT YOU NEED TO READ THE RFP AND I MEAN, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ON THE INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES TO, TO READ THAT DOCUMENT.

AND MAYOR, IF I CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL CONTEXT ON THAT, UM, MR. PIERCE, WHO CURRENTLY DOES PURCHASING AND TAKES CARE OF THE RFPS AND BIDS, HIS PREDECESSOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET MORE INTEREST IN THE BIDS.

AND THAT'S WHERE, WHERE THIS QUESTION CAME FROM WAS, DOES IT HAVE TO BE FOR THE HEAVY TOW, UH, LOCALIZED.

AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON THAT.

AND IN ORDER TO INCREASE, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE POOL OF APPLICANTS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD OPEN IT UP OUTSIDE.

AND THAT ADDENDUM WAS CREATED BASED ON THAT.

AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS TAKE THE INTENT OF THE COUNCIL THROUGH LISTENING TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD HAD ABOUT TOWING IN GENERAL, ABOUT BEING ABLE TO, UH, HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, OPTIONS FOR CUSTOMERS AND CITIZENS.

AND, AND I REALIZE A LOT OF THAT DISCUSSION WAS ON THE LIGHT TOW.

BUT WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, WHAT STAFF WAS TRYING TO DO IN BOTH, UH, LEGAL, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FINANCE, WAS TO TRY TO MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND GIVE YOU A PRODUCT THAT WOULD, WOULD SERVE YOUR NEEDS AND, AND, AND YOUR INTENT AS, AS WE WERE INTERPRETING THEM.

UM, SINCE, SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE APPLY, IS, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO OPEN THIS RFP BACK UP? SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO KIND OF PARDON MY JUST LACK OF, UH, OF TRYING TO CLEAN THIS UP.

THE COUNSEL HAS THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO REOPEN THE BID, YOU CAN REOPEN THE BID IF YOU WANT TO GO.

UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, IS ONLY, WE HAD TWO BIDDERS, RIGHT? THERE WERE TWO BIDDERS THAT, THAT, THAT WENT AFTER THIS.

SO EVEN AFTER OPENING UP TO MORE PEOPLE, ONLY TWO PEOPLE RESPONDED.

OR TWO COMPANIES RESPONDED.

DAN WHEELER AND PRIORITY TOWING, I BELIEVE ARE THE, ARE THE TWO COMPANIES.

THERE WAS A TRANSITION OF OWNERSHIP DURING ONE PIECE.

AND SO STAFF DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO, IT, IT, IT IS NOT SMART FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO A BIDDER THAT TRANSITION THE OWNERSHIP.

SO WE HAD TO DEFAULT TO THE OTHER ONE.

THE ONE THAT TRANSITION OWNERSHIP ACTUALLY WAS THE HIGHER BIDDER.

AND WE WERE GOING TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE BOTH TOING COMPANIES AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MANY PEOPLE RESPONDING TO THESE.

AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO GIVE COUNSEL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND IT ONLY ENDED UP WITH ONE BEING ABLE TO GO.

SO IF STAFF, OR IF COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP, COUNSEL CAN REJECT ALL BIDS AND REDO THE BIDDING PROCESS.

SHOULD YOU SO CHOOSE, YOU CAN AWARD IT TO THE COMPANY, UH, THAT, UH, YOU CAN AWARD IT TO BOTH COMPANIES SHOULD YOU SO CHOOSE.

IF YOU WANT TO AWARD IT TO BOTH COMPANIES, DAN WHEELER WAS TRANSFERRED TO ONSITE TOWING.

ONSITE TOWING WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND ACCEPT ALL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS INSIDE THE DAN WHEELER BID, AND THEN COUNCIL WOULD'VE TO ACCEPT THAT AGREEMENT AND A TRANSITION.

OR YOU CAN JUST ISSUE IT TO PRIORITY TOWING.

SO THE BALL IS IN COUNCIL'S COURT.

ALL OF THE STUFF THAT GOT HERE TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UH, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES DOESN'T MATTER.

I'M JUST MAKING IT VERY SIMPLE.

YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO ALTER THE FUTURE AT THIS POINT.

MAYOR.

MAYOR, YES MA'AM.

COULD WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THIS IS, AGAIN, OPENING IT OUTSIDE OF BAYTOWN AND SOME OF THESE COMPANIES, WE DON'T KNOW.

UM, COULD, I MEAN, I, I'M JUST SURPRISED THAT IT'S A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.

SO COULD WE MAYBE DO LIKE TWO YEAR CON? 'CAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO PUT OUR PIECE TOGETHER AND DO ALL OF THAT.

COULD WE JUST GO TO TWO YEARS, UM, SEE HOW THIS DOES AND THEN GO BACK OUT TO BID AFTER TWO YEARS? I WOULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION WITH A NO.

IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO GO, I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO REJECT ALL BIDS FIRST.

HAVE IN A YEAR? I THINK, UH, UNDER THIS, UH, ADDENDUM TO THE RFP, THE ANSWER WAS 52 LAST YEAR.

THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO OPEN THE RFP UP, UH, AS A NEW RFP WITH THAT CRITERIA.

GOT IT.

HOW MANY, HOW MANY HEAVY TOES DO WE NORMALLY

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THIS ADDENDUM WAS ISSUED ON FEBRUARY THE 25TH.

SO FROM FEBRUARY, 2024 TO FEBRUARY, 2025, THERE WERE 52.

SO ABOUT ONE A WEEK THEN 52 WEEKS IN A YEAR.

ANYONE ELSE? AND SIR, I'LL, I'LL SAY THIS.

WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE SEE YEAH, YEAH.

BUT I'M ASKING ANYMORE ANYTHING ELSE BASED OFF OF WHAT WE JUST HEARD FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

I WANT TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID.

AND STAFF IS, STAFF IS PLEASED TO READJUST AND CARRY OUT THE COUNCILS WISHES.

AND, AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU JUST, YOU GET THE PRODUCT THAT YOU WANT THAT, UH, SERVES OUR CITIZENS AND, AND OUR HEAVY TOW TRUCK DRIVERS AS, AS COURTEOUSLY AND PROFESSIONALLY AS POSSIBLE.

BECAUSE WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WHOEVER WE SELECT REPRESENTS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

AND REPRESENTS THE COUNCIL.

DID HE HAVE MORE TIME LEFT? UH, CITY CLERK? YEAH.

WE KINDA INTERRUPTED YOU, MA'AM.

YEAH, HE DID.

SORRY, YOU HAVE MORE TIME? HOW, HOW MUCH TIME DOES HE HAVE LEFT? ONE MINUTE.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, SIR.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THIS, RFD YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CONSIDERING OPENING IT BACK UP.

SO, 'CAUSE WHEN YOU JUST READ THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, IT DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ALLOWING, UM, ANYBODY OUTSIDE.

SO YOU'RE CONSIDERING OPENING IT UP AND THAT ANYBODY ELSE CAN REBID THAT THAT IS, THAT IS AN OPTION.

ALRIGHT, MA, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AS A CONTRACT YES.

AND WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS AN ADDENDUM.

SO I I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ESTABLISHED.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN ACTUAL CONTRACT THAT HAPPENED PREVIOUS BEFORE THE ADDENDUM TOOK PLACE IN FEBRUARY.

SO IF THE RFP GOES BACK OUT, IT, IT WOULDN'T BE THAT CONTRACT THAT'S OLD.

IT WOULD BE UNDER THIS NEW ADDENDUM THAT WE VOTED ON IN FEBRUARY.

JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU.

DID YOU ALL TAKE A LOOK AT THE RFPI? I HAVE NOT SEEN THE RFV, JUST THE, UH, PREVIOUS CONTRACT.

NEXT WE WILL HAVE JUSTIN COATES.

KAT KAS.

GOT YOU.

MR. MILANT.

I SEE MR. AND I HATE TO SPEAK OUT.

TURN.

WE MIGHT NEED TO BRING THERESA BACK UP HERE, BUT I THINK OUR RFPS ARE ALSO ADVERTISED.

IN THE, IN THE SUN.

YEAH, THEY ARE.

UH, 2 0 3 3 1 SAVANNAH BAY ROAD, CYPRESS, TEXAS.

SO FIRST I WANNA START WITH, I'M WITH ON ONSITE TOWING AND THERE'S BEEN SOME MISCOMMUNICATION SOMEWHERE.

I HAVEN'T TOOK OVER ANYBODY THAT USED TO WORK WITH BAYTOWN.

SO NOBODY THAT WAS IN WAS IN BAYTOWN OR IS IN BAYTOWN IS A PART OF ME WITH ONSITE TOWING.

SO, BUT UH, ANOTHER THING WAS, I WAS GONNA ASK IF Y'ALL WERE GONNA OPEN IT UP, IF EVERYBODY WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO BID ON THIS, IF WE COULD TAKE IT OUTSIDE OF BAYTOWN.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN STORAGE LOT.

SO I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE COMMUNICATION WAS.

I DON'T KNOW VEERED OFF OR REDIRECTED.

UM, I MYSELF TALKED TO GERALD PIERCE IN JUNE AND WAS SHUT DOWN RIGHT AWAY ON THE PHONE ABOUT ANY KIND OF BIDDING BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY GOING TO BE AWARDED TO PRIORITY TOWING.

SO YOU SAY YOU SPOKE TO WHO? GERALD PIERCE IN FINANCE.

PURCHASING.

THIS RFP WENT OUT IN FEBRUARY.

THE RFP WAS ALREADY CLOSED WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS INDIVIDUAL CALLED AND WE WERE ALREADY DOING THE STAFF REPORT TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL.

THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING.

GOOD DEAL.

ANYTHING ELSE? THAT WAS IT.

YEAH, YOU, YOU CAN ASK.

OH, SORRY MR. CASS.

SO BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE TO CLARIFY YOUR POSITION WITH YOUR COMPANY AND A BAYTOWN COMPANY MM-HMM .

SO THERE IS A POST WHERE ONSITE TOWING SAID BREAKING NEWS FROM ONSITE TOWING.

WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT ONSITE HAS OFFICIALLY MERGED WITH DAN WHEELER.

HE HEAVY WRECKER SERVICE.

IS THAT NOT YOUR ON ONSITE TOWING? ONSITE SUPERIOR IS, I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT I'M HERE WITH, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT DEAL.

OH, OKAY.

I WAS JUST MAKING SURE I DON'T, WAIT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S A DIFFERENT DEAL ON ONSITE TOWING AND ONE'S ON ONSITE SUPERIOR TOWING.

YEP.

OH, SO YOU'RE ON SITE NOT ON ONSITE SUPERIOR.

AND SUPERIOR IS THE ONE THAT MERGED APPARENTLY.

SO.

ON ONSITE TOWING, BUT I MEAN, I JUST WANTED HIM TO CLARIFY SINCE THAT WAY HE WAS HERE TO DO GOOD DEAL.

WELL THIS SAYS

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NEXT WE WILL HAVE JOSHUA CAMPO.

9 5 1 4 LANDRY BOULEVARD, SPRING, TEXAS 7 7 3 7 9.

I AM THE MANAGER OF C AND R TOWING AND RECOVERY.

UM, ONCE I HEARD ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH ALL THIS AND WHATNOT, I WAS ASK, GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS.

IF IT'S BEING OPENED UP OUTSIDE OF BAYTOWN, I'VE GOT CERTAIN SHOPS THAT I TAKE CARE OF DOWN HERE OR WHATNOT.

COULD, COULDN'T I PUT A BIN IN MYSELF? DID YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE RFP IN FEBRUARY? I DID NOT.

NO SIR.

WHY DID YOU NOT TAKE A LOOK AT IT? WELL, BECAUSE EVERY OTHER TIME WE'VE LOOKED IN THE PAST, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CITY OF BAYTOWN.

YOU HAVE TO STORE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND WHATNOT.

SO THERE'S REALLY NO POINT IN PUTTING IN AN APPLICATION IF I DON'T HAVE A STORAGE FACILITY HERE, WHAT'S THE POINT IN WAITING, WASTING THE CITY'S TIME AND MY TIME.

IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT.

CAMERON PRICE.

HI, I AM CAMERON PRICE, UH, LIVE HERE IN BAYTOWN 70 21 NORTH HIGHWAY 1 46.

UM, WORK AT GRAHAM TOWING, ALSO BASED IN BAYTOWN.

WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

UH, PROVIDING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE STARTED OUT AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FIVE.

I KNOW Y'ALL PROBABLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT IN THE TOWING INDUSTRY, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FIVE, UH, THEN WE WERE ONE OF THE 13 HERE YEARS BACK.

UM, WE CHOSE NOT TO, UH, DO WITH THE RFP ORIGINALLY THAT, THAT BROUGHT Y'ALL TO THE TOWING COMPANIES THAT YOU HAVE TODAY.

UH, BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT REGULATIONS THAT WE'RE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GO BY TDLR RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THE LAWS.

UM, AND THAT CONTRACT DID NOT, WAS NOT CONDUCIVE WITH THAT.

UM, THERE WAS A REASON WHY THOSE 12 COMPANIES DID NOT SIGN THE CONTRACT.

THEY LOST, MOST OF THEM HAVE GONE OUTTA BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THAT FACT.

UM, AND SO I GUESS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I WANNA SAY, LEARNING WHAT I DID TODAY IS THE, THE BIDDING WAS DUE IN FEBRUARY, BUT THEN IT CHANGED IN FEBRUARY TO TAKE OUT THAT IT WAS REQUIRED THAT THEY STAY, YOU KNOW, STORAGE LIGHTS STAY IN BAYTOWN.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

IF THE PAPERWORK AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS INITIALLY GIVEN SAID THAT IT HAD TO STAY IN BAYTOWN AND THEN IT CHANGED MIDSTREAM.

I'M, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT.

MAYBE Y'ALL CAN WAS THE RF WAS THE RF SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, ONCE THE RFP WENT OUT, WAS IT CHANGED AFTER IT HAD BEEN MADE PUBLIC? CORRECT.

CAN WE GET AN ANSWER TO THAT? I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION.

MAYBE, UH, THE ANSWER THERESA OR, OR JOHN CAN ANSWER.

I DON'T KNOW.

I I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT 'CAUSE THAT EMPLOYEE'S NO LONGER HERE, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT CHANGE WAS MADE BEFORE THE RFP WENT OUT IF IT WAS ENLISTED IN THE RFP, BUT I DON'T KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOUR HONOR.

YEAH, I I THINK ADDENDUM ONE EXTENDED THE TIME TO RESPOND TO THE RFP AND THEN ADDENDUM TWO, IT WAS WHERE THEY ANSWERED THE QUESTION.

SO I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE EXTENSION WAS FOR.

I COULD GO TO THE OFFICE AND PULL IT UP REAL QUICK IF YOU WANT ME TO.

YEAH, LET'S DO THAT.

HOW MUCH TIME DOES SHE HAVE MS. CITY? A MINUTE.

23.

MINUTE 23.

UM, SO THERE'S THAT QUESTION, 'CAUSE THAT BASED OFF WHAT THAT, THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT CHANGED IN THE MIDDLE UNLESS I MISUNDERSTOOD.

UM, THESE, UH, TOWING COMPANIES ARE GOING STRONG.

UH, I KNOW Y'ALL GOT, AND I JUST SAW IT ON THE, UH, TV SCREEN EARLIER, IF Y'ALL GOT THE CCP, I'M SORRY, I I DON'T KNOW ALL THE TERMS AND EVERYTHING.

UH, THE TAX, UM, THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING CCPD TAX, UH, THAT Y'ALL ARE CONCERNED WITH, UH, THAT I, I AGREE WITH.

I LOVE IT.

UM, THAT SALES TAX IS ONLY ON FOR, FOR TOWING COMPANIES AS FAR AS IT'S CONSIDERED.

YOU START SENDING, UM, THESE VEHICLES OUT OF THE CITY.

A YOU, THE CITIZENS DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR VEHICLE IS.

IT SHOULD STAY IN BAYTOWN.

UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO GO AND INVESTIGATE.

SO YOU'RE SENDING YOUR MANPOWER OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS TO GO AND INVESTIGATE THESE VEHICLES.

COULD BE FATALITIES, COULD

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BE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

UH, IF THE STORAGE, I'M SAYING IF THE STORAGE NOT LOT IS NOT IN BAYTOWN.

UM, AS FAR AS WRECKER FEES, WRECKER FEES HAVE NO TAX ON THOSE.

STORAGE DOES STORAGE LOTS ARE WHERE THE MONEY FOR YOUR CCPD TAX WOULD COME FROM.

SO THE STORAGE LOT WOULD NEED TO STAY IN THE CITY LIMITS OF BAYTOWN TO, TO BENEFIT THE CITY.

UM, AND, UH, WE'RE HERE AS FAR AS TOWING COMPANIES, WE'RE HERE TO HELP THE CITIZENS JUST LIKE Y'ALL ARE.

UH, WE DON'T, UH, WELL, I SAY WE, GRAHAM TOWING DOES NOT.

IS THAT IT? OKAY.

CAN WE GO AHEAD? CAN WE OWE MORE TIME? YEAH, FINISH GOING.

WE GOTTA MAKE A MOTION.

WE GOTTA MAKE A MAKE A MOTION.

CAN WE GET A MOTION TO EXTEND HER TIME BY A MINUTE? I MOTION, I MOTION TO YIELD HER TIME BY ONE MINUTE A SECOND.

UH, AS FAR AS OUR TOWING COMPANY, WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE A STORAGE LOT.

WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE STORAGE FOR HEAVY DUTY, LIGHT DUTY TOWING.

WE CHOOSE NOT TO, UH, AT THIS TIME BASED OFF THE CURRENT OR PAST CONTRACTS, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT TO, NOT TO PARTICIPATE ON THE ROTATION LIST, UH, BECAUSE OF THE WORDING, BECAUSE OF THE LAWS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE BOUND BY.

BUT, UH, THERE ARE TOWING COMPANIES THAT WILL DO IT.

AND THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE PROBLEM COMES IN, UH, AND THAT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I FEEL LIKE MAYBE THE CITY HAS GOTTEN INTO IS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT BASING IT OFF OF THE TOW, THE, THE ACTUAL COMPANY OF TOWING AND STORAGE VEHICLES.

THEY'RE BASING IT OFF OF BODY SHOPS AND WHAT ELSE THEY CAN GET ON THE BACK END OF IT.

UH, AND THAT'S WHAT DOES NOT BENEFIT THE CITIZENS NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEIR, THEIR AGENDAS ON A DIFFERENT THING.

SO WE, IF, FROM THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, WE DON'T HAVE A LIST FOR HEAVY DUTY TOW, IT'S JUST THIS ONE, JUST ONE COMPANY THAT'S BEEN DOING IT.

IT'S NO ROTATION.

AM I CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU MENTIONED TDLR RULES AND YOU SAYING YOU ALL ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN IT BECAUSE OF TDLR RULES, ARE YOU ALL NOT PARTICIPATING BECAUSE IN HEAVY TOWING, BECAUSE OF TDLR RULES IN HEAVY AND LIGHT DUTY, WE HAVE HEAVY DUTY RECORDS.

AS FAR AS GRAHAM TOWING HAS HEAVY DUTY WRECKER.

AND LIGHT DUTY.

BECAUSE OF THE LAWS THAT WE ARE BOUND BY FROM THE STATE, THE CITY'S CONTRACT WAS, DID NOT, UM, COINCIDE WITH THAT.

AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HEAVY DUTY CONTRACT RIGHT NOW? YES.

UM, YES MA'AM.

DID WE NOT, UM, ELIMINATE ANY, UM, BUSINESSES THAT HAD A, UM, BODY WORKS ATTACHED TO IT? IT COULD ONLY BE STORAGE.

WE DIDN'T ACCEPT, ACCEPT ANY THAT HAD LIKE A, A BODY WORK BUSINESS ATTACHED TO IT.

I THOUGHT WE, SO THERE WAS NOT, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS AN EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION ON LIGHT TOWING.

AND COUNCIL LOOKED AT AND AGREED TO THE PARAMETERS OF THE LIGHT TOWING RFP MM-HMM .

BECAUSE WE DO NOT GET VERY MANY HEAVY HAULS.

THERE WAS NOT ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION OR ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS PLACED ON THE HEAVY DUTY RFP.

GOT IT.

ON TOP OF THAT, THE TOWING COMPANIES, FROM MY RECOLLECTION, HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED BECAUSE THEY CANNOT CHARGE ADDITIONAL FEES BY WHAT SOME OF THESE STATE, THE TDLR SHALL ALLOW, UH, OR POSSIBLY CAN ALLOW THE TOWING COMPANIES TO, UM, UH, POSSIBLY CAN ALLOW THE TOWING COMPANIES TO CHARGE THOSE FEES.

OUR CONTRACT OR OUR RFPS AND CONTRACTS HAVE EXCLUDED THOSE FEES, UH, FOR THE TOWING COMPANIES TO BE ABLE TO PLACE, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN FEWER COMPANIES DOING BIDS WITH BAYTOWN FOR HEAVY DUTY, FOR HEAVY DUTY TOWING, IF I REMEMBER THIS CORRECTLY.

AND I, I BELIEVE MR. LAMONT IS ABOUT TO GO THROUGH IT.

I DON'T, I DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAD MORE THAN ONE PERSON RESPOND TO THE FIRST RFP, WHICH IS WHY THE FIRST AMENDMENT CAME IN.

WE OPENED IT UP FOR HEAVY DUTY RFP AND WE GOT TWO PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED TO THE HEAVY DUTY RFP, IF I REMEMBER ALL THAT CORRECTLY.

YEP.

AND SIR, UM, THE, UH, GERALD PIERCE'S PREDECESSOR WOULD HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW MANY RESPONDENTS WE HAD THAT DIDN'T COME THROUGH US.

UH, JUST IN, IN REFERENCE TO WHICH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE, THE STATUTE IS, UH, AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND WE DISCUSSED IT WITH LEGAL, UH, SOME OF THE FEES THAT ARE ALLOWED, UH, FOR NOTIFICATION FEES, THAT SORT OF THING.

BILLY MIGHT HAVE TO HELP ME WITH ANY OTHERS, BUT THE, UH, THE VERBIAGE ACTUALLY SAYS THAT, UH, THEY MAY BE CHARGED MM-HMM .

AND NOT SHALL BE CHARGED.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE VERY SPECIFIC WITH WHEN WE'RE TEACHING POLICE OFFICERS, UH,

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UH, LAW.

THERE ARE SOME LAWS THAT SAY YOU SHALL DO THIS AS A POLICE OFFICER.

AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS, OTHER LAWS THAT HAVE THE WORD MAY IN IT, WHICH ALLOWS FOR MORE DISCRETION.

WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, UH, LISTENING TO THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL'S INTENT TO SERVE THE CITIZENS TO SAVE THE CITIZENS MONEY.

IS MAKE SURE THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF THE OTHER TOES THAT ON MAYBE THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIVES MM-HMM .

WE'RE NOT CHARGING THEM ANY MORE THAN WHAT HAS TO BE CHARGED.

THAT'S THE SAME REASON THAT, UH, UH, WHEN I CAME IN, WE ASSESSED THE FACT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS RECEIVING AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ON EVERY TOW FROM, UH, THE CONTRACTED TOW SERVICE.

AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE.

SO WE GOT RID OF THAT AS WELL.

UH, IT SEEMED INAPPROPRIATE TO ME THAT WE WOULD BE AWARDING SOMEBODY A CONTRACT AND THEN ASKING THEM TO PAY US, UH, A LITTLE BIT FOR EVERY, UH, EVERY FEE THAT THEY COLLECTED.

AND WE WERE HOPING THAT WOULD PASS THE SAVINGS BACK ONTO OUR CITIZENS AS WELL.

AND AGAIN, UH, AN EXTENSION OF, OF COUNCIL'S INTENT TO BETTER SERVE THE CITIZENS AND SAVE THEM MONEY.

HOLD ON.

MR. LAMONT, DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN? SURE.

AND, UM, AS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND AND CHIEF STATED, IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THE TIME ADDENDUM TWO ISSUED, THERE HAD ONLY BEEN ONE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RFP.

THE DUE DATE WAS FEBRUARY 27TH.

UH, ADDENDUM NUMBER ONE WAS ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 25TH.

ADDENDUM NUMBER TWO WAS ALSO ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 25TH.

ADDENDUM NUMBER TWO WAS THE ONE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER THAT REMOVED THE, UH, LOCAL LOT RESTRICTION.

ADDENDUM NUMBER ONE EXTENDED THE TIME PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 27TH TO MARCH THE THIRD.

SO THE TIMELINE IS FEBRUARY 25TH FOR ADDENDUM ONE AND ADDENDUM TWO, FEBRUARY 27TH FOR THE ORIGINAL DUE DATE, MARCH 3RD FOR THE NEW DUE DATE.

GOT IT.

SO IT WAS CHANGED.

AND WHEN IT WAS CH WHEN THE VERBIAGE WAS CHANGED, THEY HAD UNTIL MARCH 3RD TO APPLY ACCORDING TO THE ADDENDUM FROM THE 25TH TO THE THIRD.

GOT YOU.

I THINK YOU WERE FINISHED.

YEAH, SHE WAS FIRST.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, SO MS. MS. PRICE BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT, UM, ABOUT THE CITY BEING ABLE TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF THE TAXES IF IT'S STORED IN BAYTOWN, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEAKING THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THIS OPENING OF THE RFP ARE CYPRESS CROSBY.

SO THAT'S KIND OF GOES BACK, IT'S, UM, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT KIND OF GOES AGAINST WHAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THE TOWING INDUSTRY'S HERE TO ARGUE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU RIGHT.

IT SEEMS LIKE AS A WHOLE, THERE, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH THE DATES AND THE RFP BEING OPEN AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IF WE'RE TRULY TRYING TO HELP THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN, THEN WE WOULD WANT THE STORAGE, UH, AREA HERE.

AND, AND I WANTED TO ASK YOU DIRECTLY, IS IT THE FACT THAT Y'ALL CANNOT CHARGE, UM, EXTRA FEES? THE REASON, I KNOW YOU USE THE VERBIAGE THAT IT ISN'T COHESIVE OR CONDUCIVE TO TDLR, BUT IS IT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CHARGE THE FEES AND THE CONTRACTS THAT WE SET? YES.

BECAUSE WE'RE OUT MORE FEES THAN WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO CHARGE.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT AS WELL.

SO Y'ALL HAVE TO SEND THOSE NOTIFICATIONS OUT REQUIRED BY LAW TO SEND OUT.

SO WHETHER YEAH.

Y'ALL CAN OR NOT, Y'ALL STILL HAVE TO SEND THOSE OUT.

AND HOW, HOW OFTEN, LIKE OKAY, ON AN AVERAGE TOW, HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEND OUT THOSE NOTIFICATIONS? ON A, ON A TOW? ON A, IF A VEHICLE'S BROUGHT INTO THE STORAGE FACILITY.

IF IT'S THERE FOR 24 HOURS, WE HAVE TO SEND OUT CERTIFIED NOTICES.

AND, AND I'M OKAY.

SO AND HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO SEND OUT A CERTIFIED NOTICE? WELL, IT'S, UH, $10, 10 50 ROUGHLY.

10 48 MM-HMM .

UH, PER NOTICE.

PLUS THE, THE FEE TO ON AVERAGE RUN THE REGISTRATION.

AND, UM, SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE THE, THE OWNER, TWO LIEN HOLDERS, AND THEN IF IT'S STILL THERE AFTER 15 DAYS, WE HAVE TO SEND IT OUT TO THE OWNER, TWO LIEN HOLDERS AND A CERTIFIED NOTICE TO THE CITY.

SO THERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE, SIX $10 A PIECE.

THAT'S SEVEN CERTIFIED NOTICES AT $10 AND 50 CENTS A PIECE.

SO, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SEVEN, ALMOST $70 OF NOTICES THAT Y'ALL WILL HAVE TO INCUR ON YOURSELVES.

CORRECT.

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AND, AND TAR IT IF NECESS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S, YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

AND THIS IS FOR HEAVY TOES, ALSO HEAVY AND LIGHT DUTY? YES, SIR.

ANY MORE TIME LEFT FOR THANK YOU.

UH, MR. LAMONT WANTS TO SAY, SO COUNSEL, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS SPECIFIC ITEM IS LIMITED TO THE HEAVY DUTY TOW HEAVY DUTY.

YOU HAVE NOT HEARD THE LIGHT DUTY TOW YET.

THAT RFP IS DIFFERENT AND THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LOCAL STORAGE LOT IS NOT GERMANE TO THAT ITEM, WHICH WILL COME TO YOU LATER.

SO JUST AS, UH, WE HAVE THREE MORE PERSONS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, I'M JUST GONNA ASK THAT YOU STICK TO THE TOPIC OF HEAVY TOE.

UM, ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA BRING ABOUT, PLEASE BE SURE THAT IT REFERENCES THE HEAVY TOE SO WE CAN STAY ON TOPIC.

UH, MR. EDWARD WHEELER.

MR. MAYOR, I HAD A QUESTION.

UM, MR. CITY MANAGER, UH, DID WE OR OR MR. UH, CITY ATTORNEY, ONCE WE MADE THE ADDENDUM, THE LAST ADDENDUM, DID WE GO OUT AND PUBLICIZE AGAIN THAT WE'VE MADE THESE CHANGES AND NOW WE'RE ACCEPTING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY? I DON'T HAVE DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF THAT.

I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST IS THAT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS IMMEDIATELY POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

UM, I DID NOT GO BACK AND, UH, CHECK TO SEE IF THAT HAD BEEN DONE IN THIS CASE.

I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, FINANCE HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AFTER THE FACT, BUT MY ASSUMPTION WOULD BE THAT IT WAS IMMEDIATELY POSTED WHEN THE ADDENDUM WENT OUT.

WHEN THE RFPS GO OUT.

IT DO WE HAVE, IT'S SIMILAR TO LIKE, UM, THE, THE BY BOARDS.

DO WE HAVE LIKE A LIST THAT IT GOES OUT TO OR, OR HOW ARE THE RFPS SENT OUT? IS IT JUST SIZED? THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR PURCHASING.

MR. WILLOW, WE'LL GET TO YOU IN A MINUTE.

UH, GERALD PEARSON PURCHASING, UH, THE, THE POSTINGS ARE MADE PUBLIC.

UH, THEY'RE POSTED ON OUR SOLICITATION SITE, SO THEY'RE POSTED IN REAL TIME.

SO WHEN WE GET AN UPDATE, WE POST 'EM ON THE SITE.

SO IF THERE'S A PLAN HOLDER, WHICH WOULD BE THE TOWING COMPANIES FOR THIS RFP, IF THEY'RE REGISTERED WITH THE SITE, THEY GET NOTIFIED.

YOU'VE ALREADY STATED YOUR ADDRESS.

UH, 50, UH, 57.

22 EDWARD DRIVE, HUMBLE TEXAS.

I'M A OWNER OF DAN WHEELER, RECORD SERVICE.

AND, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO I HAD A PARTNER, KIND OF PARTNER PASSED AWAY AND TIMES GOT HARD AND I NEEDED TO PARTNER UP WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.

SO I DID SELL A PERCENTAGE TO SUPERIOR TOWING.

AND WE'VE WORKED HERE IN BAYTOWN.

WE HAVE EMPLOYEES HERE IN BAYTOWN.

WE'VE WORKED WITH GRAHAM TOWING FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

SO I'M JUST SAYING WE'RE STILL HERE.

YOU WORKED WITH ME.

I'M NOT, HUH? SIR, GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY.

I'M NOT A BIG SPEAKER.

YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SPEAKER OR ANYTHING YOU TELL BY MY ACCENT.

I MEAN, I'M JUST A COUNTRY BOY THAT KNOWS HOW TO WORK.

BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS MY ENTIRE LIFE.

SO WHEN YOU SAY YOU WORKED WITH GROUND TOWING, WAS IT WITH THE HEAVY TOE? THE HEAVY, I, I'M JUST STRICTLY HEAVY DUTY.

I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH LITTLE, LITTLE RECORDS AT ALL.

NOTHING.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR, SO IT'S SUPERIOR TOWING, THAT'S YOUR PARTNER WITH NOT ON? YES.

THAT WAS KIND OF THAT MISCONCEPTION YOU HAVE HERE ON ONSITE, BUT WE'RE HERE STILL TO DO THE SAME JOB, KEEP WORKING FOR YOU, DELIVER IT TO A BAYTOWN STORAGE LOT THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN REQUIRED AND JUST TRY TO KEEP WORKING.

IT'S HARD OUT THERE SOMETIMES.

I MEAN, I KNOW YOU SAID WHAT, 53 JOBS, BUT SOMETIMES IN THE HEAVY DUTY, SOME OF THOSE JOBS COULD PAY A LOT AND SOME OF 'EM, YOU EAT EVERY PENNY OF IT.

AND BESIDES THE JOB HE'S TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE CALLED OUT TO DO CLEANUP OF, THERE'S RVS THAT ARE DIS SITTING ON A VACANT LOT THAT HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVE IN THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO COME REMOVE THEM AND TAKE IT TO A PLACE WITH NO PAY AT ALL.

YEAH, I WAS GONNA HAVE, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION.

MAYOR, MR. MAYOR, UH,

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GO AHEAD.

UM, CORPORAL NELSON, COULD, COULD YOU SPEAK TO, TO YOUR INQUIRIES REGARDING TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP, WHO HAS CURRENTLY BEEN RESPONDING WHEN WE'VE BEEN CALLING FOR A HEAVY DUTY TOW, AND, UH, AS RECENTLY AS TODAY, YOU'VE MADE SOME INQUIRIES.

COULD YOU HELP US WITH THAT, PLEASE? CORRECT.

SO, UH, COUNCIL MAYOR, UM, SO OUR JOB IS TO, WE, WE STARTED WITH THE EVALUATION OF TWO COMPANIES BACK IN MARCH, UM, CHIEF STRINGER VAN HINES, AND MYSELF.

UM, WE, BOTH BUSINESSES WERE GONNA BE AWARDED A CONTRACT AT THE TIME.

THEN IN JUNE, I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM PRIORITY TOWING, ONE OF THE APPLICANTS.

UM, AND THEY WERE INFORMING ME THAT DAN WHEELER WAS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS.

SO I CALLED DAN WHEELER'S NUMBER, I SPOKE TO A FEMALE, I DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME AT THE TIME, AND ASKED HER IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY GONE OUTTA BUSINESS.

UM, HER RESPONSE TO ME THAT ALL OF OUR TRUCKS ARE DOWN CURRENTLY DUE TO NO INSURANCE, THEY'RE CONSIDERING CLOSING THE BUSINESS, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AS OF YET.

THEY HOPE TO KNOW IF THIS IS A TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND IF YOU REQUIRE A HEAVY DUTY TOW, THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

I FORWARDED THAT INFORMATION TO LEGAL.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

NOW, AT SOME POINT BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T REACH OUT TO ME.

SOMEBODY FROM ONSITE REACHED OUT TO GERALD PIERCE AND I GUESS MADE INQUIRIES AS TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE DAM WHEELER CONTRACT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS MR. PIERCE TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS NOT TRANSFERRABLE AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT CONTRACT.

AUGUST 1ST, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A MILITIA KINGSTON, UM, WANTING AN INTEREST IN BIDDING ON THE HEAVY DUTY CONTRACT.

INFORMED ME THAT HER HUSBAND USED TO WORK FOR DAN WHEELER AND THAT DAN WHEELER BASICALLY WENT UNDER AND NOW CLAIMS TO HAVE, UH, JOINT FORCES WITH ONSITE TOWING.

NOW, THESE ARE EMAILS I'VE STILL GOT.

UM, AUGUST 25TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 25TH, I'D RECEIVED SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS AGAIN FROM PRIORITY TOWING, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICANT COMPLAINING ABOUT SEEING, UH, ONSITE TOWING CONTINUING TO RETURN, COME TO BAYTOWN AND PICKING UP THESE HEAVY DUTY TOES.

UM, SO TODAY AT ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK, I CALLED YOUR NUMBER AGAIN AND I SPOKE TO A LADY WHO IDENTIFIED HERSELF AS TERRY, AND I ASKED HER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, DID DAN WHEELER SELL HIS BUSINESS TO ONSITE TOWING? SHE RESPONDED THAT HE DID.

HOWEVER, SHE WASN'T CLEAR ON WHEN THE SALE WAS FINALIZED.

SHE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT DAN WHEELER STILL HAS A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE BUSINESS VENTURE.

THOUGH IT WAS CONFUSING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE WAS SAYING, IT SOUNDED LIKE SOME SORT OF PROFIT SHARING ARRANGEMENT.

QUESTION TWO, DID ONSITE TOWING BY ALL OF DAN WHEELER'S EQUIPMENT? YES.

QUESTION THREE, DOES DAN WHEELER STILL DISPATCH HEAVY DUTY TOWS? NO.

I HAVE BEEN THE DISPATCHER FOR DAN WHEELER FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.

I AM NOW EMPLOYED BY ONSITE TOWING, UH, ONLY DISPATCH.

ONSITE WRECKERS DO.

AND SO THE REASON THAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WAS I KNOW THAT WE PROVIDED INFORMATION TO THE CITY MANAGER WHO HAS, UH, GIVEN CITY, WHO HAS GIVEN COUNSEL INFORMATION, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT, UH, THAT THAT INFORMATION WE DID MAKE, UH, COMPLETE AND FORMAL INQUIRIES ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO GIVE THE CITY MANAGER AS, AS WELL AS COUNSEL FULL AND COMPLETE INFORMATION.

AND I APPRECIATE CORPORAL NELSON FOR HIS DUE DILIGENCE, SIR.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ANYONE? GOOD DEAL.

MR. WILLER.

ANYTHING ELSE? ACTUALLY, THE PERSON THAT ANSWERS THE PHONE IS STILL ANSWERING OUR NUMBER AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE DE YOU UNDERSTAND A PERSON THAT'S ANSWERING THE PHONE, DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS.

SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS, UM, WE DID MERGE WITH ANOTHER COMP LARGER COMPANY.

WHAT PERCENTAGE DO YOU OWN? OR IS THERE A PROFIT SHARING OR HOW DOES, HOW IS IT WORKING? IT'S LIKE A PROFIT SHARING AND LIKE, UH, I'M A MANAGER.

WELL, WE NEED TO FIND OUT.

REJECT ALL AND START OVER AGAIN.

COUNSEL, I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THIS MEETING, THAT'S PROBABLY AN AREA THAT WE DON'T WANT, UH, TO, TO BE DISCLOSED PUBLICLY.

UM, I GOT YOU.

WE CAN HAVE STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

UH, IF YOU DECIDE TO TAKE ONE OF THE ROUTES THAT WOULD, UH, UH, ALLOW FOR TWO OR, UH, TWO, UH, CONTRACTS TO BE AWARDED OR TO

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SO I, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO YOU'RE THE PERSON WHO ANSWERED THE PHONE.

ARE YOU SAYING INSTRUCTED MR. NELSON? WRONG? SHE WORKED FOR, BUT SHE DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF OKAY.

EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.

SO, SO THE QUESTION I'M ASKING YOU IS, IS DOES PRIORITY DO YOUR HEAVY, DO Y'ALL DO, ARE YOU, ARE Y'ALL, I MEAN, ON ONSITE DOING Y'ALL THEY DO SOME TOO.

ARE THEY'RE DOING YOUR HEAVY HAULS? SUPERIOR DOES IT.

AND THEN THEY USE SUPERIOR ON SITE.

SOMEBODY ELSE CAN EXPLAIN THAT BETTER THAN ME.

HE'S COMING UP IN A MINUTE.

CORPORAL NELSON.

BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING STILL GOES TO THE BAYTOWN STORAGE LOT THAT WE WORK WITH GRAHAM'S TOWING.

IT DOES NOT LEAVE BAYTOWN.

UH, SIR.

UH, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION FOR CORPORAL NELSON, BECAUSE HE, HE IS THE REPRESENTATIVE AND HE RUNS THIS PROGRAM FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO HE IS OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.

GOT YOU.

UM, CAN YOU TELL US WHO HAS BEEN RESPONDING TO OUR HEAVY HAUL TOES, UH, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS? PLEASE.

AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE JUST GOOD FACTUAL INFORMATION YES.

SO THAT MY COUNSEL CAN MAKE, UH, INFORMED DECISIONS AS IT'S ON ONSITE TOWING HAS BEEN RESPONDING.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON ONSITE TOWING OR ON ONSITE SUPERIOR.

SUPERIOR OR I, THAT I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT, IT'S ON SITE.

BUT IT'S ALSO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE BACKUPS.

SO ONSITE IS ONE.

IS FOUR ACES INVOLVED ANY IN ANY WAY AS WELL? YES.

UH, MS. TERRY TODAY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IF SOME REASON THAT THEY WERE JUST OVERLOADED WITH CALLS AND DIDN'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THAT, UH, THEY COULD PARTNER OR SISTER COMPANY, SOMETHING TO DO WITH FOUR ACES COULD BACK THEM UP.

SO IT'S VERY PYRAMID AT THIS POINT.

YOU'RE SUBLETTING A LOT OF IT TOO.

I KNOW YOU SAID SOME MR. WILLER, SOMEONE ELSE THAT'S COMING UP.

BUT WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME IS SOMEONE HOLDS THE CONTRACT AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE TOWING INDUSTRY AROUND HERE THAT'S HERE WORKS TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S RESPONDING.

IS THAT A GOOD WAY TO SUM IT UP? IT, IT'S TAKEN CARE OF.

THAT, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

AND IT STAYS HERE IN BAYTOWN.

NEXT WE HAVE PHYLLIS KENNEDY.

OH, I REMEMBER.

MY ADDRESS IS 96 0 7 WOOD LANE BOULEVARD, MAGNOLIA, TEXAS.

I WORK FOR DAN WHEELER, WRECKER SERVICE, AND I'VE WORKED FOR DAN WHEELER, RECORD SERVICE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

I'M THEIR BUSINESS MANAGER.

I HELP GET CUSTOMERS AND, YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER.

I DO A LITTLE OFFICE WORK TOO.

I WORKED WITH CINDY AND WE HAD A DEVASTATION WITH, SUDDENLY CINDY, OUR OFFICE MANAGER, PASSED AWAY AND WE WERE LOST.

AND WE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT INSURANCE.

WE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT ANYTHING.

SO THIS ALL OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THAT.

WE, UM, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 50 YEARS.

WE, UM, I HELPED PREPARE OUR RFP AND WE TURNED IT IN EARLY.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE AGAIN, 'CAUSE CINDY HANDLED THAT.

BUT WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE EXTENSION OR ANY OF THESE OTHER ADD-ONS AFTER THE FACT BECAUSE WE TURNED OURS IN.

WE'VE ALWAYS DID.

WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN SERIOUS.

WE'VE HAD THE CONTRACT FOR MANY YEARS AND WE RESPECTED TIME AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND, AND PROCEDURE AND NOT LAST MINUTE CHANGES THAT WERE NOT, WE WERE NOT COMMUNICATED WITH IT.

WE KNEW NOTHING OF THAT.

UM, WE, I LOOKED IT UP.

DAN WHEELER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH BAYTOWN FOR 15 YEARS.

ARE, UM, AND THEN I WANNA YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME TO MARK.

MR. MARK DENSON.

INFUSION, YOU KNOW, CASH, WHETHER IT'S EQUIPMENT, ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO.

FOUR 12 WILSON ROAD.

HUMBLE, TEXAS.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HONORING THE FLAG AND AND FOREMOST, GOD.

UM, I GUESS THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION HERE.

SO I AM THE, I AM THE PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE OF SUPERIOR TOWING, USA.

UM, WE HAVE OVER 200 ASSETS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

WE SERVICE OVER 18 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, PRIMARY TEXAS, ILLINOIS, AND FLORIDA.

WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK WITH DISTRESSED OWNERS.

WE WORK WITH COMPANIES THAT NEED ASSISTANCE, NEED HELP, AND WE COME IN AND HELP THEM RESTRUCTURE THEIR BUSINESS TO, TO THRIVE.

MANY OF THESE REASONS ARE FOR DEATHS IN THE FAMILY.

IT COULD BE HEALTH ISSUES, IT COULD BE ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE COME IN NATURALLY, WE'RE PUMPING

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AND THAT'S THE CASE WITH DAN WHEELER.

WE CAME IN, WE PARTNERED WITH THEM.

WE TOOK A PORTION OF THE OWNERSHIP, 60% OWNERSHIP, AND WE'VE INFUSED IT WITH CASH AND NEW ASSETS, NEW TRUCKS.

SUPERIOR TOWING ALSO OWNS MANY OTHER COMPANIES IN THE HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY AREA AS WELL.

FOUR ACES IS ALSO ANOTHER COMPANY.

SO WHEN FOUR ACES WAS DISPATCHED, IT WAS ALSO DISPATCHED UNDER THE SUPERIOR TOWING NETWORK.

ALL OF THESE ARE ON THE SAME INSURANCE, THEY'RE THE SAME TAX ID NUMBERS.

EVERYTHING IS THE SAME.

UM, EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS THE, THE PRIMARY OWNERS ARE STILL INVOLVED.

THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS CASE IS MISS CINDY WHO PASSED AWAY.

UM, AND BASICALLY THAT'S THE OWNERSHIP THAT WE CAME IN AND WE TOOK ON, UH, EQUITY IN YEAH.

JUST KIND OF GET IT ALL, ALL THIS PUZZLES COMING TOGETHER, AND, AND I WANT TO APOL, YOU KNOW, MY DLE IS FOR, FOR LOSING CINDY, YOU KNOW, AS WELL, BUSINESS OWNER FOR MYSELF FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

IT'S, IT'S HARD WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEONE THAT IMPORTANT.

AND, AND, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP YOUR BUSINESS BEFORE I'VE BEEN THERE.

I'VE HAD TO, TO DO THAT, TO TRY TO GET YOUR, THE BILLS PAID AND DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE CONTRACT THAT DAN WHEELER, THAT THE RFP THAT DAN WHEELER SIGNED UP FOR? WELL, WHAT, WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS READING THE RFP AND WHAT WAS SUBMITTED, IT CONTRADICTS ITSELF, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT CLEAR.

UM, IT STATES THAT IT MUST STAY WITHIN THE CITY.

UM, CLEARLY IT'S NOT STAYING IN THE CITY.

UM, THAT STUFF WOULD'VE BEEN UPDATED, YOU KNOW? UM, AND, AND, AND I, I THINK MANY OTHER PEOPLE WOULD'VE BEEN ON THAT CONTRACT IF THEY WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT THAT'S A SHORT WINDOW OF TIME TO PUT IT OUT FOR PUBLIC NOTICE, TO CORRECT INFORMATION AND RUN AND REGATHER INFORMATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND THE THING IS, IS THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PROVIDERS OUT THERE.

AND THIS IS NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM PRIORITY, UM, DAN WHEELER, ANYBODY.

BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S FAIR AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.

AND IF THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNEW AND HAD MORE KNOWLEDGE OR MORE LENGTH OF KNOWLEDGE, YOU WOULD'VE HAD A FLOOD OF OPERATORS BIDDING TO, TO PARTAKE IN THIS PROGRAM.

I UNDERSTAND WITH, WITH THE WAY THE RRP AND WHAT WE HAD STATED TODAY, ARE YOU AS THE OWNER OF THAT OR PRIORITY, ARE YOU, WOULD YOU HAVE SIGN THAT? 'CAUSE IF WE, WE CAN BASICALLY SAY, WE'LL STILL GIVE TO DAN WHEELER, BUT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO SIGN THAT CONTRACT AND WE'VE TO REDO THAT.

LIKE, WE, WE WOULD LOVE TO PARTAKE.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

BECAUSE THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE QUESTION.

LIKE, WE CAN TAKE BOTH OF THEM ON, LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND, BUT WE WOULD'VE TO RESIGN A CONTRACT THAT DAY.

UM, MR. BAYER, MS. MAAM, MY FIRST QUESTION, EASY.

UM, IN THE PAST, WE'VE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'VE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH A TOWING SERVICE, OUR CONSTITUENTS CUSTOMERS CAN STILL CHOOSE WHATEVER TOWING COMPANY THEY WANT.

RIGHT? MM-HMM .

SO IT'S NOT THIS OR NOTHING.

THEY CAN STILL CHOOSE WHOEVER THEY WANT.

AND DO Y'ALL GIVE THEM A CARD OF LIKE DIFFERENT PLACES? OR DO, DO YOU JUST TELL THEM, OKAY, DO ARE WELCOME TO LOOK UP ANY OTHER COMPANY THAT YOU WISH? TYPICALLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS IF, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU RESPOND TO A COLLISION, IN THIS CASE, UH, HEAVY TOW, MOST OF THE, UH, MOST OF THE DRIVERS WORKING FOR COMPANIES ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CALLING, UH, THAT THEIR COMPANY USES.

UH, THERE ARE SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CALL FOR THEM.

UH, CORPORAL NELSON CAN, CAN HELP ME WITH SOME OF THIS TOO.

UM, BUT IF WE HAD A INCAPACITATED DRIVER, SOMEONE WHO HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED, UH, IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT WASN'T ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITH US, THEN WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE CALLING THE CONTRACTED HEAVY TOE PROVIDER.

UH, THAT'S PROBABLY, UH, CORPORAL NELSON HELPED ME.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, REACHING OUT TO.

UH, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO, OKAY.

UM, AND TWO FOR ME, UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION GIVEN TODAY, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE JUST WANT TO TABLE THIS INSTEAD OF REJECTING OR, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT FORWARD.

IS ANYBODY INTERESTED TO JUST TABLE IT AND ADJUST EVERYTHING? WELL, LET'S SEE.

IF WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM EVERYONE, THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.

COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK? MR. MARK IS THE LAST PERSON.

HOW MUCH TIME DOES HE HAVE LEFT? TWO MINUTES.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, SIR.

AND, AND, AND JUST TO, TO, UM, ECHO WHAT, WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT THE RESPONSE.

MANY TIMES THESE HEAVY DUTIES, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN BE EXTREME.

UM, TOTAL LANE

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CLOSURES.

SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING TRUCKS READILY AVAILABLE, HAVING MULTIPLE TRUCKS READILY AVAILABLE IS OF THE ESSENCE.

SECONDARY ACCIDENTS ARE THE MOST DEADLY CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS.

YOU KNOW, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET HERE IN TIME.

AND IF THERE'S A SECOND, YOU KNOW, A, A A TWO COMPANY SOLUTION, UM, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF IT BE DONE POSSIBLY BY THE WEEK OTHER THAN THE DAY, BECAUSE IT'S BETTER PLANNING FOR ASSETS TO BE IN LOCATION, READY TO GO WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED, SIR.

AND Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DELIVER, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN BRINGING Y'ALL'S TOES IN BAYTOWN, RIGHT? YES.

WE, WE, WE, WE, WE KEEP THEM IN BAYTOWN.

WE UTILIZE GRAHAM STORAGE FACILITY.

WE ALSO WERE AFFILIATED WITH CRASH CHAMPIONS, SO WE ALSO WERE THE OWNERS OF CRASH CHAMPION AS WELL.

800 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

CHIEF, HAVE Y'ALL HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THEM? UH, CORPORAL NELSON TAKES THE COMPLAINTS.

UH, CORPORAL NELSON, CAN YOU, I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT NO, NO, NOT A PROBLEM.

, SIR, HOW, HOW'S SUPERIOR'S PERFORMANCE BEEN DURING THIS TIME? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, JUST TO REITERATE, UH, OUR FULL INTENTION WAS TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO DAN WHEELER AND THEN WITHOUT REHASHING EVERYTHING MM-HMM .

WE HAD THE ISSUE WITH THE NON-RESPONSE TO, UH, TO THE COLLISIONS AND THE TOES, AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE AT LEAST TEMPORARILY GROUNDED.

AND, UH, NO FOLLOW UP INFORMATION WAS GIVEN AFTER OUR INQUIRIES.

UH, AND THEN CONSULTING WITH LEGAL AND, UH, PURCHASING.

THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP IN, UH, THE, THE THE SINGLE VENDOR, UH, SITUATION.

QUESTION, MAYOR? YES, SIR.

CHIEF, JUST, JUST TO, TO BE CLEAR, THE INTENTION BEFORE ALL THE CONFUSION STARTED WAS TO AWARD THE PRIMARY CONTRACT TO DAN WHEELER WITH THE SECOND ONE AS THE SECOND.

'CAUSE WE SAID WE WERE GONNA HAVE TWO COMPANIES, SO THE TWO COMPANIES OF BID WERE GONNA GET IT.

THEY WERE GONNA GET IT.

AND, AND IT WASN'T NECESSARILY A PRIMARY SECONDARY, IT WAS A ROTATION SITUATION.

AND, AND THE, THE SUGGESTION OF A WEEK AT A TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR A HEAVY TOE, IS NOT UNREASONABLE.

AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT, BUT I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT UNTIL THE CONFUSION CAME IN IS TO OWNERSHIP ISSUES.

WAS DAN WHEELER AND ONSITE? NO, SIR DAN WHEELER.

AND, UH, IT WAS ON ONSITE PRIORITY.

I'M SORRY.

AND, AND, AND PRIORITY.

I'VE HEARD SO MANY DIFFERENT NAMES NOW.

SO , SO DAN WHEELER, PRIORITY.

UM, OKAY.

I, I'M PRETTY CLEAR NOW.

JUST REMEMBER, EVEN IF YOU, IF COUNSEL DOES GO WITH DAN WHEELER, WE STILL HAVE TO COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.

CLARIFY AND YES.

THE OWNERSHIP ISSUES AND ANY, AND AGAIN, AS, AS I BASICALLY MENTIONED TO YOU, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES SELL AND TRADE AND MERGE AND, AND SO IF A NEW PARTNER'S COMING IN, THE THE EXPECTATION IS THE EXISTING CONTRACTS OR POTENTIAL CONTRACTS THAT'S RIGHT.

WOULD CONTINUE AND EXIST.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP NAMES AND ALL THAT.

GOT ALL THAT.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE GOOD ATTORNEYS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE INTENT OF COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS IS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA BUY OUT YOUR COMPANY, BUT IT'S 'CAUSE YOU HAVE GOOD RESOURCES.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY DO THAT.

SO I DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE ONE JUST BECAUSE THAT OCCURRED.

IT JUST GOT REAL MESSY.

I AGREE.

IT GOT A LITTLE MESSY WITH THE ISSUE OF, OF THE ADDENDUMS AND, AND TIMING ISSUES.

I GOT THAT.

I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT, THAT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRIVATE BUSINESS'S RESPONSIBILITY TO READ.

I UNDERSTAND.

WELL, THE HISTORY IS YOU'VE NEVER ALLOWED IT.

THINGS CHANGE.

YOU, YOU NEED TO AT LEAST REACH OUT AND ASK THE QUESTIONS AND IT'S LIKE, OH, THAT STILL STANDS.

AND OKAY, I'M NOT INTERESTED.

I GOT THAT.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS DAN WITHER AND THE OTHER COMPANY, THEY'RE THE ONLY TWO THAT BID ON IT.

AND, AND SO THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.

THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR.

SO THIS IS A, A, A DEFINITE LESSONS LEARNED.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY ON OUR LIST WHEN BIDS GO OUT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO.

REGARDLESS, THINGS DO CHANGE AS WE SEE TONIGHT.

AND AS MY COLLEAGUE LESTER SAID, DON'T DEPEND ON WHAT PREVIOUS BID INFORMATION WAS OUT THERE.

I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION TODAY AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS BACK AND FORTH, BUT ULTIMATELY, YES.

IT'S, IT'S UP TO EACH BUSINESS TO, TO GO IN AND READ THE BIDS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S REQUIRED.

AND SO I, I HOPE THAT CONTINUES NOT JUST FOR HEAVY, BUT AS WE GO INTO LOCAL TOWING AS WELL.

UM, SINCE I'M ABOUT TAX FOR MOTION, IT TAKES THE, UM, THE AGENDA ITEM IS TO ACCEPT THE BID OF PRIORITY TOWING FOR HEAVY DOING TOWING AND STORAGE SERVICES.

SMALLER TOWING.

SO JUST TO REITERATE, MAKE CLEAR WHAT WE'RE,

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THAT IS CORRECT.

BUT, UH, WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION COULD, UH, MAKE A MM-HMM .

MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT IT SUBJECT TO, UH, CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, UH, OR THE MOTION COULD BE MADE AND SOMEONE COULD AMEND THE FIRST MOTION.

BUT IF, FOR EXAMPLE, COUNSEL'S DESIRES TO AWARD TWO CONTRACTS, THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO ACCEPT THE BID OF PRIORITY TOWING AND THE BID OF DAN WHEELER, SUBJECT TO A PROPER ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE BY, UH, ONSITE SUPERIOR OF THE TERMS, JUST SUPERIOR TOWING.

SUPERIOR.

SUPERIOR TOWING.

SUPERIOR TOWING SUPERIOR.

JUST SUPERIOR.

IT'S SUPERIOR TOWING.

USA IS WHAT IT IS.

SUPERIOR TOWING.

U-S-A-L-L-C OR I, I'M TALKING MR. MAYOR.

UM, IT, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT BROKE, THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE FIXED.

UM, I LIKE THE FACT THAT, UM, PRIORITY OR SUPERIOR IS, UH, HAS A LOT TO DELIVER TO IN BAYTOWN.

I THINK OUR, IT'S CONVENIENT FOR OUR CITIZENS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

UM, PLUS IT KEEPS THAT SALES REVENUE IN OUR CITY LIMITS.

UM, I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE A, A REQUIREMENT ON, ON, ON ALL OUR TOES, UH, FOR BETTER SERVICE OF OUR CITIZENS.

SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, IF SUPERIOR'S DOING A GOOD JOB, I'M HEARING POSITIVE THINGS FROM, FROM POLICE AND, AND, AND THEY HAVE A STORAGE FACILITY SET UP IN BAYTOWN, I'D LIKE TO JUST, JUST GO WITH THAT.

UM, IF I COULD RESPOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRIFFITH'S, UH, COMMENT, IF THAT'S DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GO.

YOUR ONLY OPTION IS TO REJECT ALL BIDS TONIGHT.

AND WE WOULD HAVE TO REBID AND COME BACK TO YOU AT LATER TIME.

GO AHEAD.

I THINK, LAURA, IF, IF I MAY, REALLY, THE ONLY REASON WE OPENED UP OUTSIDE IS BECAUSE NOBODY BID.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE BIDDER.

SO THAT, THAT'S THE REAL REASON.

AND, UM, YES, I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF LOCAL, BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS MOVING.

UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, UH, APPLY, WE CAN DO THE AMENDMENT TO ACCEPT MR. WHEELER, BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS CONTRACT MOVING.

AND THEN ONCE WE GO THROUGH AND THIS GETS DONE, I FEEL WE CAN COME BACK.

AND IF THAT'S THE WILL OF ALL COUNCIL TO ACCEPT ONLY LOCAL MIKE.

AND, AND I AGREE.

UM, AND 52 TOES A YEAR, IT, I WAS LOOKING AT THE FEES, IT'S GOING LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TAX MONEY FOR THAT.

I AGREE.

$56 OR $36.

SO IT'S, IT'S MINIMAL.

I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO RESIDENTIAL CARS, JUST REGULAR VEHICLES, IT NEEDS TO BE IN TOWN.

'CAUSE THAT, THAT'S WHAT REALLY IMPACTS OUR CITIZENS IS WHEN THEIR CAR GETS TOWED SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT'S HARD TO FIND.

MOST OF THE HEAVY TOWS ARE GONNA BE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.

CORRECT.

THOSE, THOSE COMPANIES, THEY CAN DO YOU COME, BAYTOWN MIGHT BE ANY CONVENIENCE.

SO, SO THAT, I THINK THAT WAS SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS AS FAR AS ON THE HEAVY TOES, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.

IT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE IN TOWN.

THERE'S NOT THAT MANY OF THEM, SO IT'S NOT THAT MUCH TAX MONEY IF YOU, IF YOU WILL.

UM, BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY THE SMALL VEHICLES, RESIDENTIAL VEHICLES, THEY NEED TO BE STAYING IN TOWN FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITIZENS.

BUT IF, IF YOU WANT, MAYOR, I'LL TRY TO MAKE A MOTION.

LET'S GO AHEAD.

I NEED A MOTION, UH, BASICALLY TO, UH, ACCEPT THE BID OF PRIORITY TOWING AND THE DAN WHEELER, UH, TOWING FOR THE HEAVY DUTY TOWING AND STORAGE SERVICES SUBJECT TO THE DAN WHEELER TOWING COMPANY COMING BACK FOR PROPER ASSIGNMENT TO SUPERIOR TOWING AT A FUTURE DATE.

SECOND ON THE CONTRACT.

DOES THAT COVER IT? THAT COVERS IT.

AND VETT.

AND WE HAVE A BOARD, WE'LL VET THE COMPANY.

MM-HMM.

AND THE, AND VETTING.

AND VETTING, YEAH.

ALRIGHT, SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? A A AYE.

THANK YOU SIR.

NOW WE ARE ON TO CONSENT

[5. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.]

AGENDA.

UM, ANYTHING, ANYONE WANNA PULL ANYTHING?

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GOOD DEAL.

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE A THROUGH F.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

MR. REYNOLDS

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

MANAGERS REPORT.

MAYOR, COUNCIL, UH, JUST A FEW THINGS.

FIRST WE WANNA KICK OFF THAT WE HAVE NURTURE NATURE, I BELIEVE THIS WEEKEND.

AND MARK IT AT TOWN SQUARE.

NEXT, UH, NEXT WEEKEND.

YES, .

UH, WE HAD A RIDE IN FROM, UH, TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR THAT EXPRESSED IMMENSE SATISFACTION WITH THE, THE EXPERIENCE AT WANG GRAY, UH, PARK IN BAYTOWN, PRAISING THE PROFESSIONALISM, RESPONSIVENESS, AND PREPAREDNESS OF THE ENTIRE TEAM.

THEY HIGHLIGHTED HOW THE STAFF WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE SMOOTH OPERATIONS AND EXCELLENT FIELD CONDITIONS.

OVERALL, THEY CREDITED THE TEAM'S SUCCESS, EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND DEDICATION AS THE KEY TO SUCCESS OF THE 2025 GSWS.

INCREDIBLE WORK BY OUR PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM TEAM.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, CLIFF.

I THINK WE HAD 200 TEAMS INVOLVED IN THAT, IN THAT, UH, TOURNAMENT.

SO THAT'S, UH, PRETTY SPECTACULAR.

HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE COMING TO BAYTOWN.

UM, AND THE NEXT, UH, THANKS EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH, UH, NATIONAL, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UH, THE CITY HOSTED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT THIS WEEK.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CORPORAL O OCON AND SERGEANT JONES FOR THEIR HARD WORK ORGANIZING AND SETTING UP THE EVENT.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND VERY WELL ATTENDED.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED PUT THAT TOGETHER.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBER OF

[a. Receive a report from Council Member Sarah Graham regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 2. ]

DISTRICT REPORT.

HE STOLE ALL OF IT.

NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.

OH, NO, I I'VE SEEN THAT.

I KNOW IT'S LONGER.

YEAH, IT'S A LIST.

UM, SO OVER IN DISTRICT TWO, UM, HOT TOPIC, THE WEST TEXAS AVENUE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, THEY DID FINISH UP THE STAR MEDALLION THAT WAS AT WEST TEXAS AND WHITING STREET.

THAT'S COMPLETE AND THE INTERSECTION IS REOPENED.

HOWEVER, NOW THE INTERSECTION AT PRUITT AND WEST TEXAS IS CLOSED, WHICH IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THAT WAY RECENTLY, THEN YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT.

UM, IF YOU'VE BY THOUGH THE NEW SOUTH SIDEWALK BETWEEN WHITING AND FRUIT IS OPEN, IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY NICE.

I ACTUALLY SAW SOME OF THE, UH, LEE COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYERS ON IT, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS NEAT.

THEY WERE ALREADY UTILIZING THAT TO GO BACK AND FORTH.

UM, TOMORROW IS ACTUALLY THE GRAND OPENING OF THE WENDY'S AT, UM, DECKER AND GARTH ROAD.

LET'S SEE.

WE HAVE FIVE RENTAL UNITS THAT ARE OPENING UP AT ONE 17 WEST PIERCE, OR THEY'RE BEING REMODELED.

LEE COLLEGE COSMETOLOGY IS UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS HEARD IT'S GONNA BE BIGGER AND BETTER.

EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UH, THE CREAMERY OFFICE BUILDING ON SOUTH MAIN STREET IS ABOUT 35% COMPLETE.

AND THE BAY AREA, BAY AREA BARBER AND COSMETOLOGY COLLEGE, THAT'S AT 2200.

NORTH MAINE IS UNDER INSPECTION AND OVER OFF OF MAINE, THE NEW GOLDEN CHICK FAST FOOD RESTAURANT.

UM, THE END INTERIOR BUILD OUT, UM, PHASE IS, IS, UM, CURRENTLY HAPPENING.

SO THAT'S OVER WHERE IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE A LONG, LONG TIME, THAT'S WHERE THE OLD, OLD HEB USED TO BE.

SO THAT'S FINALLY GETTING BUILT OUT.

I SAW THEY HAD A WAS AND A LIQUOR STORE THAT ALSO OPENED UP AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO RENT SOME SPACE.

SO ALL OF THAT IS, IS ON THAT CORNER.

UH, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS WITH THE WETLANDS WAGON OUTREACH, UH, WETLANDS, UH, CENTER.

THE EDDIE V.

GRAY WETLANDS CENTER IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS FROM LEE HIGH SCHOOL ON, UH, MARKET, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THEY TRAVEL ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND JUST RECENTLY THEY WENT TO THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS UP IN DALLAS.

AND, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO FIESTA DE PALMAS IN MACALLAN WITH THEIR CREEPY CRITTERS PROGRAM AND ALSO WITH WILD BIRDS UNLIMITED IN KINGWOOD.

UH, I DO WANNA SAY THAT THEY ARE A GYM THAT GOES OUT AND ADVERTISES OUR COMMUNITY, UH, ALL THE TIME, ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND.

AND SO I HOPE YOU HEARD, UM, THAT NURTURE NATURE IS THIS SATURDAY BECAUSE THE WETLAND CENTER AND THE NATURE CENTER WORK TOGETHER WITH A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND DEFINITELY OUR, OUR TREASURE HERE IN BAYTOWN.

UM, THE ALT PLAYGROUND AT NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE PARK HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THE NEW ONE I DROVE OVER THERE.

VERY NICE.

PARKS.

UM, BUT THE BEST PART OF THAT IS HOME DEPOT VOLUNTEERS ACTUALLY ASSISTED WITH INSTALLATION AND THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS.

HOME DEPOT.

UM, SPOOKTACULAR BACK TO THE EDDIE V.

GRAY WETLANDS CENTER WILL BE OCTOBER 25TH FROM SIX TO NINE.

UM, THERE'S GAMES, LIVE ANIMALS CRAFTS.

IT DOES COST $5 PER PERSON OR PER CHILD TO ENTER.

BUT I DO WANT TO TELL, UM, ANYONE THAT'S PLANNING ON GOING OVER THERE, AND NOT ONLY IS A UNIQUE FUN EVENT WITH LIVE ANIMALS, BUT ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY RAISE GOES TO THEIR EPIC CLUB, UM, WHICH IS OPEN UP TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL CONSERVATION, UH, TEENAGERS AND THEY GO TO A TRIP TO COSTA RICA.

REALLY NEAT PROGRAM.

GO SPEND YOUR MONEY AT SPOOKTACULAR.

TAKE YOUR KIDS TO DO SOMETHING UNIQUE FOR HALLOWEEN AND FALL MARKET.

UM, YOU ALREADY MENTIONED IS ON THE 18TH AT TOWN SQUARE.

UM, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS AMAZING.

I STARTED OVER AT TOWN SQUARE.

I I IT WAS PACKED.

UM, AWESOME.

THANK YOU TO

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TO EVERYBODY.

EVERY, THERE WERE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, BUT THANK YOU TO POLICE FIRE WAS OUT THERE.

UM, THERE, THERE WAS A PARK THERE, THERE WAS PACKED OVER THERE.

I HAD A GREAT TIME.

MIKE LESTER, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

UH, CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME TO COME OVER THERE.

UH, AND THE MAYOR, I MISSED YOU, BUT I KNOW YOU WENT OVER THERE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, IF YOU DIDN'T GET TO GO, TRY TO GO NEXT YEAR, UH, ALSO THE WEEKEND BEFORE LAST, WE HAD PRE-DO RAN BY THE ACE DISTRICT OR ACE COUNCIL, UM, OH.

IN THAT SAME AREA.

SO IF YOU'VE BEEN MISSING ANY OF THE EVENTS AT TOWN SQUARE, UH, TRY TO JOIN SOME OF THE FACEBOOK PAGES FOR PARKS AND REC OR ACE COUNCIL, SO FORTH.

AND, UH, SO YOU WON'T MISS OUT ON ANY OF THOSE.

I WANTED TO END WITH, UM, THANKING THE BAYTOWN PELLEY NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AND THE CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH IN PELLEY.

UM, THEY ACTUALLY HOSTED A TOWN HALL AND THEY INVITED, UH, DISTRICT ONE, LAURA ALVARADO AND MYSELF.

IT, IT WAS, UM, AN AMAZING TOWN HALL.

I LOVED THE FLOW BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN OF THE CITIZENS AND DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT TWO REPRESENTATIVE.

AND, UH, IT JUST MEANT A LOT TO HAVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, UM, PUT THAT TOGETHER.

AND, UM, THEY, THEY BROUGHT SOME SWEETSS MM-HMM .

AND SOME COFFEE.

AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT TRAINS.

AND IF YOU READ THE BAYTOWN SUN, YOU, YOU COULD READ WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

ALRIGHT.

BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S DISTRICT TWO LOTS HAPPENING IN THE HISTORIC PART OF BAYTOWN.

AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THE NEXT TOWN SQUARE EVENTS AND NURTURE NATURE ON SATURDAY, WHICH IS IN D THREE.

IT'S IN D THREE IN D THREE.

HELPS EVERYBODY OUT.

I DON'T WANNA STEAL YOUR THUNDER, BUT I HAVE MY OWN REPORT TO MAKE NEXT WEEK.

I'LL PIGGYBACK, I'LL SUPPORT YOU.

D FOR C FOR EVERY, IT'S EVEN FOR EVERYBODY.

GRAY.

WHAT? IT'S E FOR EVERYBODY.

WE HAVE A LITTLE POINT OF PRIVILEGE HERE.

SO RIGHT NOW, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY, ANY SENIORS AT STERLING RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE HAVING THEIR FISH, RIGHT? SO PLEASE GO OUT AND SUPPORT THOSE KIDS.

UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SELLING TICKETS RIGHT NOW.

PLEASE FIND ANY SENIOR AT STERLING.

AND, UH, OF COURSE THEIR BASKETBALL TEAM RIGHT NOW IS HAVING, IS SELLING BRISKETS.

SO PLEASE GO OUT AND SUPPORT THAT TEAM TOO.

AND THE SWIM, FORGOT THE SWIM TEAM IS ALSO HAVING FREE SWIM LESSONS.

OH.

FROM 11 TO ONE OCTOBER THE 18TH.

UM, IT WAS, UH, I TOOK MY DAUGHTER OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND, UM, SHE CAN SWIM.

THEY, THEY DID AN AWESOME JOB.

SO MY MOTTO IS, IF IT'S FREE, GIVE ME THREE.

I'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ONE.

I'M GOING FOR TWO, I'M ADVOCATING FOR THEM TO DO A THIRD ONE.

I LOVE THAT.

THE SWIM TEAM.

OCTOBER 18TH, 11 TO ONE.

CAN I MENTION ONE MORE THING? YES, MA'AM.

UH, MR. FRANCO REMINDED ME OF THIS, UH, BACK TO THE POLICE ON, I, I WORK AT LEE HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, AND ON MONDAY WE HAD AN EVENT THAT REQUIRED BAYTOWN PD TO ASSIST GOOSE CREEK.

AND I DID WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE GUYS THAT CAME OUT FROM BAYTOWN PD.

UM, WE ALL FELT VERY SAFE.

Y'ALL WORKED WHAT SEEMED LIKE VERY COHESIVELY WITH, UH, GOOSE CREEK PD.

AND, UM, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UH, IT, IT, IT MADE ALL THE STAFF AND STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THERE WAS GONNA BE QUICK RESPONSES AND EVEN HELPED WITH, UM, A LOT OF PARENT TRAFFIC.

AND, UH, I, IT STARTED OFF A LITTLE ROCKY WITH THE TRAFFIC, BUT IT VERY QUICKLY WAS RESOLVED.

AND I THINK THAT WAS DUE TO THE RESPONSE FROM BOTH PDS WORKING TOGETHER.

SO.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.

WE GOT, YEAH, DON'T FIRED.

THANK YOU FOR CLEARING WHATEVER WAS GOING ON.

FIRE.