* 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. [00:00:14] 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 TO THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, PROTECT US ON A DAILY BASIS. THIS WE PRAY IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE FORMER MAYOR OF SUGARLAND, MAYOR ZIMMERMAN BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START WITH CITIZEN COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? THANK YOU. THE PURPOSE OF CITIZEN COMMENT IS [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.] TO GIVE ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS. EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LISTING FOR YOU OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING. EACH CITIZEN SHALL BE GIVE, SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE COMMENTS. THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK AS CITIZEN MAY PASS HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS COUNSEL. HOWEVER, 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 THE AGENDA. WE'RE GONNA START WITH CRYSTAL SACRAMENTO. SARTO. I WAS CLOSE. NO, I WOULDN'T. DO YOU LIKE THAT? UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR POINT OF RECORD. THANK YOU. YES. 65 31 SAM RAYBURN, MANVILLE, TEXAS 7 7 5 7 8. GO. OKAY, FRIENDS, I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO THOSE WHO HAVEN'T MET ME YET. MY NAME IS CRYSTAL DE LEONO AND I AM YOUR CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN AND REPUBLICAN DAUGHTER OF AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO RAISED ME AS A SINGLE FATHER IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF HOUSTON FOR OVER 10 YEARS, AND THE DAUGHTER OF A 50 YEAR, 50 PLUS YEAR EDUCATOR. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO COME AND SAY HELLO, AND I'M ALSO A COUNCIL MEMBER IN MANVILLE. AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME VIDEOS ON ONLINE THAT I'VE BEEN SHARING BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYONE TO GET TO KNOW ME, AND I WOULD LOVE TO GET TO KNOW YOU. SO, THAT'S IT, SHORT AND BRIEF TO THE POINT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE AIDEN RAMIREZ, AND HE IS HAVING TIME SEATED TO HIM FROM ACE ELLIS AND DAVID ISAAC. SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR RECORD. 1 2 1 1 0 MEANDERING STREAM DRIVE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. MY NAME IS ADRIAN RAMIREZ. I'M A STUDENT AT GRICH MEMORIAL. UM, MOST OF YOU'RE AWARE OF THE MURDER THAT HAPPENED AT STERLING PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS BREAK. UM, MOST OF YOU'RE PARENTS, TEACHERS, AUNTS AND UNCLES, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UH, OF US FOR STUDENTS FOR SAFE SCHOOLS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS BAYTOWN STUDENT SAFETY COMMITTEE. UNDERSTANDING HOW THE COUNCIL WORKS. YOU, WE KNOW YOU UNDER, YOU WORK SEPARATE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN BEING THAT WE WANT TO BE A, A VOICE FOR THE FUTURE OF STUDENTS IN BAYTOWN. OUR MAIN CONCERN IS BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE ALL BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS DON'T HAVE A VOICE. WE WANNA HELP THEM IN ANY WAY WE CAN, WHETHER THAT'S MENTAL HEALTH, WANTING. OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO WANT TO HAVE STUDENTS CONTINUE TO STAY IN BAYTOWN, TO BE A PART OF [00:05:01] BAYTOWN, TO GROW IN BAYTOWN. WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE, WHEN THE CITY HELPS STUDENTS, THE STUDENTS WANNA HELP THE CITY. AND WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT. AND I DO WANNA THANK SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CHIEF FOR BEING AT OUR MEETING LAST WEEK. AND, UM, THAT'S IT. WE JUST ASK FOR EVERYONE'S SUPPORT IN THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DONNIE GREGORY, DRG. GOOD EVENING. I'M, UH, DONNY GREGORY. I LIVE AT, UH, UH, 51 21 ARCHWAY COURT IN LAPORTE. I'M A LIFELONG BAYTOWN RESIDENT. I'M A FOURTH GENERATION, UH, BAYONE. UH, I KNOW WE GOT A LOT OF SERIOUS ISSUES GOING ON IN BAYTOWN, UM, BUT I'M JUST HERE TO TALK ABOUT SPORTS. . HEY, I AM A BASEBALL COACH. I OWN AND OPERATE, UH, BBA BASEBALL LLC MM-HMM . WE'VE BEEN IN BAYTOWN FOR 15 YEARS. WE'VE PUT, UM, 178 LOCAL KIDS INTO COLLEGE. UH, ALSO RUN THE, UH, BAY AREA, UH, SUMMER COLLEGIATE LEAGUE WHERE WE BRING, UM, COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYERS INTO TOWN DURING THE SUMMER. AND WE PUT 'EM IN HOST HOUSING AND WE BRING SCOUTS OUT TO, TO LOOK AT 'EM, TO, UH, EITHER GET TO A BIGGER SCHOOL OR MAYBE TRANSFER TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL. SO I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, UM, THE YOUTH, UM, SPORTS VENUE THAT WE HAVE COMING UP. AND THAT'S A BIG, KIND OF A BIG TOPIC IN THE AREA. UM, AND, AND I GET IT. I I'M A I'M ALL ABOUT SELECT BASEBALL. I KNOW THAT'S NOT FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT FOR OTHERS IT IS. AND I'M ON THAT SIDE. THAT IS, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. UM, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO EXTEND HIS TIME? DID I RUN OUT TIME? YEAH. MOTION TO MOTION. MOTION TO SECOND. ONE MORE SECOND. THAT WAS A QUICK THREE MINUTES. I'LL, I'LL COME BACK. IT, IT IS ONE MINUTE, BUT WE CAN EXTEND YOUR TIME. OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT I APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON NOW. OKAY. SO, UH, HOW LONG? ONE MINUTE. TWO OR TWO DO YOU NEED? I NEED GIVE HIM TWO MINUTES. JUST ONE MINUTE. OKAY. SO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I BROUGHT A COLLEGE COACH WITH ME TONIGHT, UH, PITCHING COACH, UH, RECRUITING COORDINATOR FROM, UH, TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. HAPPY MACON. UH, WE'RE, UH, WHERE WE'RE LOCATED HERE IN BAYTOWN, IT'S VERY, UM, WE'RE IN A HOTBED OF TALENT AROUND HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY WE CAN BRING INTO THIS TOWN FROM THE, UH, STANDPOINT OF HOLDING TOURNAMENTS, UH, BRINGING IN COLLEGE SHOWCASES. IT, IT IS JUST, IT. THIS SPORT IS GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING. UM, THEY GOT HUGE FACILITIES IN MELISSA, TEXAS AND BEAUMONT AND HOUSTON. TOMBALL. WE'RE MISSING A BOAT IF WE AS A CITY, IF WE'RE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT, BECAUSE, MAN, WE'VE GOT FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS RIGHT HERE IN THIS TOWN. FIVE, IF YOU, UH, COUNT BAYTOWN CHRISTIAN, UH, WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO, AND I'M COUNTING BARBERS HILLS, PART OF THAT. WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO CROSBY, CLEAR LAKE DEER PARK. THERE'S SO MUCH AROUND HERE THAT WE CAN USE THIS TOWN FOR. AND RIGHT NOW, ALL THESE OTHER KIDS ARE GOING OUTSIDE AND WE GOT SO MANY FAMILIES AND PLAYERS PLAYING BALL HERE. THEY'RE ALL TAKING THEIR MONEYS, STAYING IN HOTELS, SPENDING THE MONEY IN RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND ALL THAT, AND OTHER PLACES WHEN WE CAN BE DOING THAT RIGHT HERE IN BAYTOWN, I'VE BEEN A PART OF IT. IT'S GROWING. IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPLODE. IT'S A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR, UM, INDUSTRY. UM, IT'D BE GREAT IF BAYTOWN COULD GET ON TOP OF THAT. UM, I THINK THAT COULD LEAD INTO SOMETHING BRINGING LEAGUE COLLEGE BASEBALL BACK AGAIN. WE'RE TOO BIG OF A TOWN NOT TO HAVE A, OUR OWN BASEBALL, UH, COLLEGE WHEN WE GOTTA COLLEGE HERE. SO, UM, YEAH, I'M GONNA KEEP COMING BACK AND, AND BUGGING YOU GUYS ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. I KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO A A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ALL Y'ALL, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK. THIS NOW CONCLUDES THE CITIZEN COMMENT PORTION OF THE AGENDA. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE FOUR B AND FOUR C OUT OF ORDER. WE'RE GONNA TAKE THEM TOGETHER AND MOVE THEM UP. UM, CONSIDER A [b. Consider a resolution authorizing the retirement and transfer of Police Service Dog K-9 Enzo to his handler, Officer Cody Dodson, pursuant to Texas Government Code Chapter 614, Subchapter L.] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RETIREMENT AND TRANSFER OF POLICE SERVICE DOG K NINE ENZO TO HIS HANDLER, OFFICER CODY DOTSON, PURSUANT OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 6 1 4 SUB CHAPTER L. AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION [c. Consider a resolution authorizing the retirement and transfer of Police Service Dog K-9 Big to his handler, Officer Jeff Spencer, pursuant to Texas Government Code Chapter 614, Subchapter L.] AUTHORIZING THE RETIREMENT AND TRANSFER OF POLICE SERVICE DOG K NINE. BIG, BIG TO HIS HANDLER. OFFICER JEFF SPENCER, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 6 1 4, [00:10:01] SUB CHAPTER L. CHIEF STRINGER. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. UH, OFFICER SPENCER, WOULD YOU AND YOUR PARTNER STEP UP HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT? OFFICER DODSON AND HIS, UH, HIS LONGTIME CANINE POND PARTNER, ENZO, WERE UNABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT, UH, THIS IS OFFICER SPENCER AND, AND CANINE BIG. THEY'VE WORKED TOGETHER FOR QUITE A WHILE. THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL IN, UH, IN OUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE CITIZENS AND THE VISITORS TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. UH, CANINE BIG AND CANINE ENZO HAVE BOTH FAITHFULLY AND HONORABLY SERVED THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AS POLICE SERVICE DOGS ASSISTING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, OPERATIONS OFFICER, SAFETY, APPREHENSION OF SUSPECTS DETECTION WORK AND PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC. AND DUE TO THEIR AGE, HEALTH AND THEIR LENGTH OF SERVICE, AND CANINE BIG AND ENZO ARE NO LONGER SUITABLE FOR CONTINUED ACTIVE DUTY AS LAW ENFORCEMENT ANIMALS AND ARE DEEMED, UH, AS I WA AND CORRECTION AND DEEMED, UH, AND HAVE BEEN DE DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE OR APPROPRIATE FOR RETIREMENT BY THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 6 1 4, SUB CHAPTER L THE GOVERNING BODY OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION MAY ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE TRANSFER OF A RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT ANIMAL TO AN ELIGIBLE TRANSFEREE. OFFICER SPENCER AND OFFICER DOTSON AS THE ASSIGNED HANDLERS OF CANINE BIG AND ENZO HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE APPROPRIATE CARE, RESPONSIBILITY AND DEDICATION TO THE WELLBEING OF THEIR CANINES THROUGHOUT THEIR SERVICE. AND THEY ARE THE PREFERRED AND ELIGIBLE TRANSFEREE UNDER TEXAS LAW. AND, AND AGAIN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL IN MAKING SOME OF THE CASES THAT WE'VE MADE, WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN LARGE NARCOTIC SEIZURES OR THEY'VE BEEN SIGNIFICANT CRIMINAL APPREHENSIONS, UH, THEY HAVE HAVE SERVED US WELL, AND THEY'VE BEEN AN INCREDIBLY ACTIVE UNIT. UM, OFFICER SPENCER, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. I'VE WATCHED YOU, YOU'RE PROFESSIONAL. I'VE SEEN YOUR CASES AND, UH, AND THE COMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE COME UP THROUGH, THROUGH YOUR, YOUR CHAIN OF COMMAND. AND, UH, YOU HAVE EVERY REASON IN THE WORLD TO BE PROUD. AND I HOPE THAT CANINE BIG HAS A, HAS A LONG AND ENJOYABLE RETIREMENT WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU. LOOKS LIKE HE'S ALREADY BEGINNING TO ENJOY IT, SO, GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU. UM, Y'ALL WANNA GO DOWN AND GET A PICTURE? SURE. YEAH. YEAH. YOU CAN MAKE A QUICK THE MAKE A MOTION. WE CAN VOTE ON THE MOTION AND THEN GOOD IDEA. YEAH. WE GOT PROCEDURES WE WEREN'T WAITING ON EVEN TO GET COFFEE. ALL IN FAVOR? I NEED A MOTION. I'M SORRY. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OFFICER SPENCER AND, AND TO THE OTHER OFFICER DAWSON, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND EFFORT WITH THE DOGS. I MEAN, GERMAN SHEPHERDS ARE PRETTY ACTIVE ANIMALS IN THE LIMELIGHT, BUT AGAIN, A WELL-TRAINED ANIMAL LIKE THAT, HE'S GONNA HAVE A GOOD LIFE. AND, AND THAT'S A MAJOR COMMITMENT. AND I, I SALUTE YOU FOR THAT EFFORT. I REALLY DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, JOHNNY. ALL RIGHT. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. RIGHT HERE, GUYS. FRANK, YOU'RE NEXT. FOLLOW THAT ONE. I'LL KISS YOU NEXT TO MY FRIEND. TWO. A GOOD JOB. [a. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 86 “Solid Waste,” Article IV “Private Collection Vehicles” of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas to revise the definition as “Commercial Solid Waste Collection”, and implement changes to the Code of Ordinances.] CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 86, SOLID WASTE ARTICLE FOUR, PRIVATE COLLECTION VEHICLES [00:15:01] FOR THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION AS COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND IMPLEMENT CHANGES TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. MR. FRANK SEMINO? YES. GOOD EVENING. UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UM, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION IN NOVEMBER. WE REVIEWED, UH, SEVERAL PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE SOLID WASTE, UH, FRANCHISE FEE ORDINANCE. I HAVE A SUMMARY OF THE, UH, CHANGES LISTED IN THE TABLE HERE. UH, THE MAJOR CHANGES ARE TO INCREASE THE PERMIT FEE, UM, AND ADD SEPARATE PERMITS FOR THE CONTAINERS AND VEHICLES. WE ARE ADJUSTING THE REPORTING FREQUENCY AND INCREASING THE AUDIT ABILITY OF THE CITY TO ENSURE A HIGHER COMPLIANCE. UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT SALES TAXES RELATED TO, UH, THESE SERVICES ARE REMITTED TO BAYTOWN. UM, WE REVIEWED THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE AT THE WORK SESSION. WE'RE STRIVING FOR COMPLETE IMPLEMENTATION BY APRIL OF THIS YEAR. UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UM, LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. GOOD DEAL. I NEED A MOTION. I HAD A QUESTION, AND I, I BELIEVE, JAY, YOU RESPONDED ANSWERED IN, IN OUR WORK SESSION WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE. NOT ONLY THE, THE TRANSPORTERS, BUT ALSO THE BUSINESSES TO ENSURE THAT THE BUSINESS IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A LICENSED OR FRANCHISED OPERATOR. RIGHT. AND THEN IF YOU'RE NOT FRANCHISED AND YOU'RE PROVIDING BUSINESS, THERE'S IMPACT THERE AS WELL. YES. SO PART OF OUR AUDIT, WE WOULD GO TO, UH, THE BUSINESSES AND LOOK AT THEIR CONTAINERS. AND IF THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED, WE WOULD APPROACH THAT BUSINESS. AND, YOU KNOW, SO THERE ARE REPERCUSSIONS IF A BUSINESS USES A NON-AUTHORIZED NOT TO THE BUSINESS, BUT, UM, WHOEVER IS, UH, OWNS THAT DUMPSTER WOULD BE, UH, FINE AT THAT POINT FOR HAVING A CONTAINER THAT IS NOT PERMITTED. BUT THAT'S FOR THE, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY FINES FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT THE FINES ARE FOR THE OPERATOR, OPERATOR AND OWNER OF THE CONTAINER. OKAY. I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT. AND, AND I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SUPPORT MOTION IN THE ORDINANCE. I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS, BUT I WANT US TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE BUSINESSES. UM, IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT, SCOTT? YES. UH, COUNSEL, IF YOU GO TO SECTION THREE, WHICH WOULD BE CHAPTER 86, ARTICLE FOUR, DIVISION TWO, PAGE FIVE, PAGE FIVE, . UM, IT DOES MAKE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO HIRE, RETAIN, LET USE CONTRACT WITH ENGAGE OR OTHERWISE APPOINT ANY PERSON WHO DOES NOT HAVE A VALID WASTE COLLECTION PERMIT ISSUED BY THE CITY. AND THEN ALSO FURTHER DOWN, UH, IT MAKES IT, UH, ILLEGAL FOR A PERSON TO FAIL TO DISPLAY A CURRENT CITY DECAL. OKAY. SO THERE IS AN IMPACT. SO, OKAY, THEN I'M, I'M GOOD THEN. AND THEN MAYOR, I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION IF YOU READY. LET'S GO. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. UM, ITEM TWO. A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MR. SEMINO. THANKS, FRANK. YEP. B, CONSIDERING ORDINANCE [b. Consider an ordinance authorizing the City of Baytown to enter into an agreement with Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture P.C. for architectural services related to the Exxon Mobil Baytown Events Center and Sterling Municipal Library Renovation.] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH BARKER, RINER C CATT ARCHITECTURE, PC FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE EXXONMOBIL BAYTOWN EVENTS CENTER AND STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY RENOVATION. MR. GARY? OH, YEAH. I'M, I'M THROWING A CURVE BALL HERE, UH, TO FOLLOW THE GUY'S BASEBALL THING. UM, I, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I HAVE RECEIVED, IS THIS UP ALREADY? YES. I HAVE RECEIVED SO MANY QUESTIONS ON THE BAYTOWN EVENT CENTER, THE EXXONMOBIL BAYTOWN EVENT CENTER, THAT I FELT IT'D BE APPROPRIATE TO RUN THROUGH A BUNCH OF, LIKE INFORMATION TO HELP THE COUNCIL, TO HELP THE CITIZENS, UH, TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN THE VACUUM, HOW THIS HAS BEEN PUBLIC, HOW THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT, HOW CITIZENS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. UM, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT I'M LEGALLY ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT. OKAY. UH, MATT, I WILL PUT OUT THINGS, DAVID, I WILL PUT OUT THINGS. I THOUGHT THERE'D BE OTHER PEOPLE HERE, UH, THAT I'D GET A CHANCE TO SAY HELLO TO. BUT, UH, I'LL TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RUMORED. I WILL TALK [00:20:01] ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY RELEASED. I WILL GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE TIMELINE IN AN EFFORT TO PUT EVERYTHING OUT THERE THAT I POSSIBLY CAN. I, THIS IS A, FROM, IN MY PERCEPTION AND FROM COUNCIL'S PER PERCEPTION, COUNCIL'S PERCEPTION OF, OF WORKING ON THIS A POSITIVE THING FOR BAYTOWN. IT'S DISCOURAGING THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S MARRED BY NEGATIVE, UH, ASPECTS AND NEGATIVITY CONSTANTLY OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND I, THE, THE CRAZY THING IS, IS WHAT I HOPE OR WHAT I BELIEVE WILL HAPPEN IS WHEN I'M GET DONE, IT'LL BE LIKE, HEY, HOW COME YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT AT THE VERY BEGINNING? WELL, A LOT OF IT, I, IT, I COULDN'T SAY AT THE VERY BEGINNING. AND IT'S EASIER TO TELL A STORY AFTER IT'S ALREADY COMPLETE, RIGHT? SO, I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH IT. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK ME. I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HEAR A LOT FROM YOUR CITIZENS, AND I'M, I'M HOPING THIS ANSWERS A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL JUMP INTO IT. SO, I'M TOLD THAT I LOVE MY SPREADSHEETS TOO MUCH AND THAT I WORD DUMP THINGS ON MY EMAILS AND, AND SPREADSHEETS. AND SO I WAS GIVEN A BETTER WAY, UM, TO PRESENT THINGS. SO I'M GONNA BREAK THIS DOWN INTO THREE CATEGORIES, HOW IT INVOLVES THE CITIZENS, HOW IT INVOLVES THE MONEY, AND A HISTORY OF THE ACTUAL PROJECT AND EVERYTHING THAT THE COUNCIL, THE STAFF, AND OTHERS, INCLUDING CITIZENS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND WILL BE WORKING ON. WHEN I'M DONE. THIS DOES LEAD UP TO ADOPTING THE DESIGN ARCHITECTS FOR COUNCIL. SO IT'S ALL PART OF THAT PIECE. I'LL BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, UH, BY STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT. SO THE BIGGEST THING THAT I GET, AND THAT YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED, IS HOW COME YOU HAVEN'T INVOLVED AS CITIZENS? AND I'M, I'M HERE TO SHOW EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE. IN 2018 OR 17, WHEN ALL THIS WAS BEING PUT TOGETHER, YOU HAD THE BAYTOWN RECREATION CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY. THIS WAS A COMPREHENSIVE GROUP OF CITIZENS AROUND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. AND THEIR ACTION PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, WAS TO HAVE A RECREATION CENTER IN 2021. THOSE REQ, THOSE GOALS AND ACTION PLANS THAT CAME FROM THAT FEASIBILITY, FEASIBILITY STUDY WERE THEN PUT INTO THE ADOPTED 21, UH, 2021 PARKS, RECREATION TRAILS, AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN. THERE WAS A COMMUNITY SURVEY AND OTHER PIECES THAT INVOLVED THE CITIZENS TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AGAIN, IN THIS BOOK THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL AT A PUBLIC HEARING, TALKED ABOUT A RECREATION CENTER AND PUTTING THINGS, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GO BE INVOLVED IN. IN 2022, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ADOPTED A STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ONLINE. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE PUBLIC. THIS WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH, UH, CITIZENS AROUND BAYTOWN, PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER, TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT. I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF IT, BUT I DID HIGHLIGHT ON THE, ON THE PRESENTATION, THE PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT WAS INVOLVED. AND INSIDE THE, INSIDE THE PLAN, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, IF YOU GO TO THE KEY INITIATIVES AND WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE, YOU CAN GO TO, UH, EXCUSE ME, PAGE. THE FIRST ONE IS ON PAGE 12 UNDER ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. AND I'LL JUST READ ONE, ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO RESIDENTS, NAMELY YOUNG FAMILIES. IF I GO ON PURSUE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL GROWTH IN SOUTH BAYTOWN, IF I MOVE ON IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, I GO TO PAGE 15 THAT HAS FIVE ACTUAL ACTION PLANS THAT WERE, THAT WE'RE MEETING WITH PROJECT VECTOR OR MVAC. UM, CONTINUE TO INVEST IN AND MAINTAIN THE HIGH QUALITY AND NUMBER OF EXISTING PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AMENITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHILE, UH, WHILE ADDRESSING ANY APPARENT, UH, INEQUITIES, MAINTAIN AND EXPAND PROPERTIES TO ENABLE ORGANIZED SPORTS SUCH AS SOCCER, FOOTBALL, DISC, GOLF, PICKLEBALL, AND MORE. CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH GOOSE, GOOSE CREEK, ISD IN LEVERAGING THE BICENTENNIAL PARK AMPHITHEATER FOR PUBLIC EVENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, EXPLORE POSSIBILITIES, UH, REGARDING THE FUTURE EDITION OF RECREATIONAL COMPLEXES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE PIECES GO ON, BUT THE POINT HERE IS TO SHOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND [00:25:01] I KNOW FOR SOME THAT MAY SAY, HEY, THAT'S 2018, THAT'S SO OUT OF THIS IS PRETTY QUICK FOR GOVERNMENT. THIS IS, I MEAN, I KNOW WE, I KNOW THAT SEEMS LIKE A JOKE, BUT IT IT'S NOT, I MEAN, THIS, THIS IS PRETTY QUICK FOR GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE TIME TO ORGANIZE PIECES TO GET TOGETHER AND PUT A PLAN IN PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE INVOLVED ON, UH, WORKING THROUGH THINGS IN 2023. UH, SORRY. ONE THING I WANNA HIGHLIGHT WITH THIS FIRST PIECE HERE, THESE THINGS ARE THE IDEA, RIGHT? IT'S NOTHING THAT'S ACTUALLY PUT ON THE GROUND. THIS IS THE IDEA OF WHAT, IT CAN BE THE CONCEPTUAL PIECE TO START PLAYING WITH THE VISION. AND SO ONCE YOU GET THAT VISION IN PLACE, YOU START DOING RESEARCH, AND WE PUT OUT INFORMATION THAT BUILDS UP TO THAT. WE HAVE PUBLIC OUTREACH THROUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS, THROUGH MEDIA THAT'S POSTED TO THE COMMUNITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FROM 2023 TO 2025. HAS IT BEEN EVERY MONTH? HAS IT BEEN EVERY TWO MONTHS? NO, IT HASN'T, BECAUSE WHILE YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH, THERE'S NOT A LOT TO PUT OUT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE FIRST THING WENT OUT IN APRIL OF 2023 ABOUT WHICH PROJECT VECTOR WAS, AND THAT IDEA TRANSFORMED INTO MULTIPLE IDEAS. AND I'LL COVER THAT HERE IN A MINUTE, AND WHICH CONVOLUTED SOME OF THE PROCESS WHILE WE WERE WORKING ON IT. BUT IT, IT'S LIKE I DIDN'T DO THAT. UM, BUT IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN PUT OUT, AND HAS PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY UP HERE FOR CITIZENS TO SPEAK IN THE, IN THE MANNER THAT WE HAVE FOR THE TIME BEING. AND DON'T FORGET ALL THE LISTENING SESSIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S BEEN AVAILABLE FOR THE CITIZENS TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS, SHOULD THAT WANT TO BE DISCUSSED. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET DOWN INTO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PIECE OF THE ACTUAL CONCRETE THING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, THAT'S WHAT MR. GARY WILL TALK ABOUT HERE SHORTLY, ADOPTING THIS ARCHITECT AND DESIGN FIRM IS SETTING IN, IN PLACE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THE CITIZENS. TAKING THAT VISION FROM COUNCIL'S IDEAS AND BELIEFS OF WHAT IT, WHAT, WHAT WE THINK IT SHOULD BE, AND START REACHING OUT TO WHAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT BOUNDARIES OF, HEY, WHAT CAN WE, WHAT CAN WE PRACTICALLY BUILD WITHIN THE, THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD SOMETHING AND TALK TO THE CITIZENS AND SEE WHAT YOU SAY. SO THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE AN ULTIMATE DECISION. WHEN ALL THAT IS SAID AND DONE, A LOT OF THIS IS HUNG UP ON THE MONEY, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M NOT TRYING TO ACT LIKE IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT PLAY A ROLE INTO WHAT SET UP THE ENTIRETY OF THE $75 MILLION. THE FIRST THING IS THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS BEEN ATTACKING, UH, THROUGH POLICY CITIES AROUND THE STATE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. ONE THING THAT THEY ARE, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS TRYING TO LIMIT THE CITY'S ETJ AND FURTHERMORE, TO TRY TO TAKE AWAY THE ETJ IN ITS ENTIRETY. IN DOING THAT, IT THREATENS THE LIVE LIVELIHOOD OF BAYTON BECAUSE WHAT PAYS THE MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE FOR THIS CITY IS IN THE CITY'S ETJ. IT IS NOT THE HOUSES, IT IS NOT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. IT IS EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE ETJ. CAN YOU DEFINE ETJ FOR FOLKS THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT THAT IS? THANK YOU. SO YOU, YOU HAVE TWO PIECES. YOU HAVE THE BIG BUBBLE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. THAT'S THE ACTUAL, SO IF ANYBODY GETS ON GOOGLE RIGHT NOW, AND YOU LOOK, YOU PULL UP THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AS A GOOGLE MAP, YOU WILL SEE A SHADED AREA OF BAYTOWN. YOU'LL ALSO SEE DONUT HOLES IN THAT SHADED AREA THAT COVER BAYTOWN. AND THOSE DONUT HOLES ARE AREAS THAT ARE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF THIS, UH, OF BAYTOWN. THEY BELONG TO THE COUNTY. THE CITY DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY SERVICES TO THOSE AREAS. THOSE JUST VERY EASILY TO, TO REPRESENT ARE AROUND THE AIRPORT. THE MOST OF THAT IS THE, THE COUNTY AND NOT PART OF THE CITY. SO YOU'LL SEE A BIG BUBBLE OR DONUT HOLE RIGHT THERE OUTSIDE OF LIKE CITY OF BAYTOWN PROPER, WHICH WOULD GO UP TO MAYBE WALLACE FIELD ROAD OUT TO, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT PAST 1 46 ON THE EAST SIDE. THAT'S JUST THE, THE CITY WHERE PEOPLE PAY CITY TAXES. AND THEN THE CITY, E-T-J-E-T-J, THE, UH, EX TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION GOES ALL THE WAY OUT ALMOST PAST MOUNT BELLEVUE AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY OUT TO BEACH CITY. AND SO WHERE YOU SEE ALL THOSE GIANT WAREHOUSES AND WHERE YOU SEE ALL THE INDUSTRY PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE THAT PAY THE CITY'S [00:30:01] BILLS, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE CITY OR IN THE COUNTY. AND SO WHAT THE STATE WAS DOING WAS SAYING, HEY, WE'RE MAKE, WE'RE WORKING SLOWLY TO SAY THAT THOSE CONTRACTS THAT YOU HAVE WITH IDAS ARE GOING TO GO AWAY. OUR REVENUE IS $140 MILLION A YEAR. 60 PLUS MILLION OF THAT IS IDAS THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, THE STUFF THAT COMES FROM INDUSTRY. SO IF YOU TAKE AWAY $60 MILLION, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ARE THEN SAYING, I HAVE TO COMPENSATE THAT BY EITHER REDUCING SERVICES DRASTICALLY JUST FYI, THE 60 MILLION PAYS FOR ALL POLICE AND FIRE. THAT'S ALL THAT 60 MILLION PAYS, PAYS FOR TWO DEPARTMENTS, POLICE AND FIRE. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO RAISE TAXES ALL PROBABLY UP TO $2 FROM, FROM 69 CENTS THAT WE'RE AT TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT $60 MILLION. AND SO IT WAS, HOW CAN WE BE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE LIVELIHOOD OF WHAT WE IS PAYING THE REVENUE FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN? WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DID IT WITH ENTERPRISE AND WE SAID, HEY, THAT'S A GOOD MODEL. LET'S GO APPROACH EXXON AND SEE IF WE CAN DO A TWO 12 AND RETAIN THEM IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FOR, UH, ANOTHER 30 YEARS. ANOTHER POINT THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS WHAT THE STATE WAS ALSO DOING WITH TAXES AND THE PHILOSOPHY THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING ON WITH TAXES BASED ON WHAT THE CITIZENS ARE ASKING FOR. THE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR LOWER TAXES THAN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. WE HAVE LOWERED THE TAX RATE FROM NORTH OF 80 CENTS DOWN TO 69 CENTS IN JUST A FEW YEARS. OKAY? THAT IS A REDUCTION OF OVER $13 MILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WITH THAT REDUCTION. WHAT THAT HAS DONE INADVERTENTLY IS ACTUALLY PUT MORE OF THE BURDEN ON THE HOMEOWNER BECAUSE YOU REDUCED THE MONEY THAT WAS COMING FROM INDUSTRY AND YOU PUT MORE OF THE BURDEN ON THE HOMEOWNER TO PAY, UH, TO PAY MORE FEES, TO PAY HIGHER WATER BILLS BECAUSE THE INDUSTRY WAS SUBSIDIZING YOUR WATER BILLS. AND SO WITH THOSE TWO THINGS AT PLAY, UM, WE HAD TO, TO WORK WITH THE INDUSTRY TO SAY, HEY, WHAT CAN WE DO RIGHT NOW TO REALLY PROTECT THIS? AND WE, WE WORKED WITH, UH, EXXON ON A 30 YEAR AGREEMENT, AND THEN IT CAME TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU HAVE $75 MILLION. WHY ARE YOU SPENDING THIS EXTRA $75 MILLION? IT'S NOT EXTRA. OKAY? I'M NOT TRYING TO, I'M NOT TRYING TO MISSTATE THAT. I'M NOT TRYING TO LEAD ANYBODY DOWN A WRONG PATH. IT'S NOT EXTRA. IT IS PART OF THE PROPERTY TAX THAT IS REIMBURSED TO THEM THROUGH THE AGREEMENT. OKAY? HOWEVER, THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO SECURE PROPER INVESTMENT INTO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WAS TO PROVIDE A COMPETITIVE TAX AGREEMENT, WHICH IS THE TWO 12, AND IT SECURED $5 BILLION INTO, UH, OUR FACILITY AT BAYTOWN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THESE STRATEGY DISCUSSIONS BACK IN 2022. IN FACT, THERE ARE MEMBERS UP HERE WHO WERE VERY AGAINST SPENDING THE 75 MILLION ON ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. HOWEVER, AFTER WE TALKED THROUGH THOSE PIECES OF HOW IT, IT'S NOT REALLY THE 75 MILLION FOR A PROJECT, AND THIS IS WHAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND. WITHOUT THE TWO 12, YOU DON'T HAVE THE $75 MILLION. OKAY? IT'S NOT AS IF WE JUST GOT RID OF THE TWO 12, WE WOULD THEN AUTOMATICALLY HAVE THE $75 MILLION AND WE WOULDN'T, WE COULD GO SPEND THAT $75 MILLION ON SOMETHING ELSE. THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS. WE MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH EXXON THAT IF THEY PUT $5 BILLION ON THE GROUND, WE WILL TAKE A $75 MILLION UPFRONT PAYMENT AND BUILD A FACILITY THAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY. THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT. BUT IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT TWO 12 AGREEMENT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE $75 MILLION THAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT AT ALL. WE ALSO WOULDN'T HAVE THE 5 BILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT'S BEEN COMMITTED TO THE CITY OF, OF BAYTOWN FOR ADDITIONAL JOBS. WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE ADDITIONAL 13 BILLION OF, OF [00:35:01] SUBSIDIARY PIECES THAT ARE BEING ADDED ON THE EAST SIDE OF BAYTOWN IN CEDAR PORT. UH, THE 13 BILLION OF INTEREST IN IN ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, UH, JOB CREATION OR, UM, INDUSTRY THAT'S SUPPORTING WHAT EXXON IS DOING ON THE EAST SIDE OF BAYTOWN. THIS WAS A, THIS AGREEMENT WAS A CATALYST TO SPUR ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND TO SPUR LONGEVITY WITH, WITH EXXON AND OTHER PIECES STAYING IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. I'M NOT SURE IF PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION WHAT'S HAPPENING TOO IN THE OIL INDUSTRY, BUT IT IS CHANGING. IT IS CHANGING. YES, SIR. SIR. SO KINDA GET YOU THAT OIL INDUSTRY, JUST KIND OF WHAT, WHAT MY FIRM AND WHAT WE DO, WE ARE THE LARGEST REBAR FACILITY MANUFACTURER IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY. AND OF OUR THREE PLANTS HERE BETWEEN HOUSTON AND BATON ROUGE, ONE THIRD OF OUR, OUR MATERIAL GOES TO THE LNG PLANT IN SULFUR, LOUISIANA, BECAUSE OF A TWO 12 AGREEMENT IN LOUISIANA. CORPUS CHRISTI HAS A $10 BILLION INVESTMENT FROM EXXON THAT THEY PUT IN. WE ALL KNOW OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING TO SULFUR, LOUISIANA TO GO WORK AT THAT LNG BECAUSE OF THAT. THESE ARE BIG DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO PUT IN AND IMPROVE. WE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE AWARE, BUT THE CPCHEM EXPANSION DID NOT HAPPEN AT ONE OF THE LARGEST PLANTS THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE. IT HAPPENED IN ORANGE. THEY TRANSFERRED THAT TO ORANGE BECAUSE IT HAD A BETTER TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO EXPAND THE CPCHEM PIECE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT TYPE OF STUFF. I KNOW PEOPLE HERE KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED. BY THE WAY OIL IS SHIFTING, THE OIL INDUSTRY IS SHIFTING. WE BECAME THE SINGLE BEST TARGET FOR EXXON TO PLACE NEW STUFF HERE OR IN THEIR, UH, IN THEIR CONGLOMERATE. WHAT HAPPENED SINCE WE PASSED, THIS IS MORE AND MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THINGS COMING IN HERE. LION DOUBLE CELL, WHAT HAPPENED? DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO LION DOUBLE CELL WITH THEIR REFINERY? WHAT HAPPENED? RIGHT? HOW MANY OTHER STORIES, CAN WE SAY THE SAME THING? WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH EXXON? THEY'VE ANNOUNCED THEIR STUFF THAT THEY'RE SHIFTING HOW THEY'RE WORKING, RIGHT? THEY'VE, THAT'S BEEN PUBLIC AND ANNOUNCED ON REFINING WHAT'S, WHAT'S THAT? THINGS ARE SHIFTING. BUT BECAUSE WE ARE, UM, STRATEGICALLY PLACED WITH THIS TWO 12 AGREEMENT, WE ARE FIRST CONSIDERATION FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO SECURE THE LONG TERM PIECE. WHAT WE WERE SEEING IS THAT EXXON'S PIECE BEFORE THIS TWO 12 AGREEMENT WAS STAYING AT A CONSTANT $20 MILLION PAYMENT AND IT WAS POSSIBLY DECREASING. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THIS SHIFT AT, OR JUST STAY HERE, WE TOOK THIS AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT BENEFITED BOTH PARTIES. BUT PART OF THAT AGREEMENT WAS THAT YOU HAVE TO BUILD A FACILITY FOR, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, GOOD. AND I FORGET HOW IT'S NAMED. I THINK BRENT WILL SAY THE ACTUAL NAME HERE IN A MINUTE ON WHAT IT IS CALLED IN IN THE DOCUMENT. BUT, UM, THIS, THIS WAS A LONG-TERM LOOK FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO SECURE LONG-TERM JOBS HERE. AND PART OF THAT AGREEMENT CAME WITH BUILDING A FACILITY. SO WHEN WE DID THIS AGREEMENT IN 2012, THE, THE ORIGINAL INTENT WHEN IT STARTED WAS A GREEN INITIATIVE MUSEUM, OR SORRY, UH, 2 20 22, SORRY. IN 2022, THE TWO 12 AGREEMENT THIS WAY, UM, UH, THE 20 22 2 12 AGREEMENT STARTED AS A GREEN INITIATIVE MUSEUM, IS WHAT EXXON WAS, WAS NEGOTIATING FOR. AND IF YOU LOOK BACK AT WHAT I JUST SAID ON THE, ON THE, UM, CITIZEN INPUT OF WHAT IT HAD, THE MAYOR AT THE TIME WAS IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH EXXON AND SHIFTED THAT TO A, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECE, WHICH WAS LATER BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. AND THE COUNCIL HAD SOME HEMMING AND HOLLAND ABOUT, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE AT? BUT ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME DECIDED ON MOVING FORWARD WITH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS RE-STRATEGIZE IN THE NEGOTIATION OF THE TWO 12. AND THE FOCUS OF, AT THAT POINT WAS ON WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT ON NEW SPORTS OR A RECREATION FACILITY THAT CAN BE USED FOR THE CITY FOR PROGRAMMING. SO THAT KICKED THINGS OFF. THAT WAS DECEMBER OF 2022. WHEN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2023, THERE WERE A PLETHORA OF THINGS HAPPENING [00:40:01] AND IT, I DON'T KNOW THE WORD TO USE, I'M GONNA SAY SERENDIPITOUS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE WORD. IN 2023, AS SOON AS WE STARTED THIS, WE WERE APPROACHED BY MULTIPLE PROFESSIONAL TEAMS TO LOOK AT USING THIS 75 MILLION TO BUILD AN ARENA OR TO COMPLIMENT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. STILL MEETING WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR YOUTH SPORTS OR COMMUNITY CENTER OR PROGRAMMING. STILL HAVING THAT INTENT ON THE SIDE, BUT TAG TEAMING TO WHAT THE PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT, UH, SPORTS WERE TRYING TO DO IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IN 2023. THERE WAS A TON OF RESEARCH. THERE WAS THE TEAM, THE STAFF WAS WALKING AROUND. THE COUNCIL WENT TO TO LOOK AT SOME THINGS. UH, WE LOOKED AT MANY DIFFERENT VENUES TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH OTHER COMMU OR OTHER SPORTS DRIVEN STUFF IN THE AREA. ONE OF THEM WAS A HOCKEY TEAM. I KNOW THAT, UH, A CITIZEN POSTED ABOUT A HOCKEY TEAM BEING HERE. UH, THAT WAS DISCUSSED. DID IT HAVE ANY REAL LEGS? NO, IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY REAL LEGS, BUT IT WAS DISCUSSED HOW THE CITIZEN KNEW. I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT IT WAS DISCUSSED. IT IS NOW THE SALT LAKE CITY MAMMOTH THAT ARE, THAT ARE PLAYING OUT THERE. IT WAS AN EXPANSION TEAM. AND, UM, WE GOT THUMPED BY A PERSON THAT MAY OR MAY NOT OWN A BASKETBALL TEAM. UH, WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK AT THAT AND THAT STOPPED THAT, WE HAD OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPANSION TEAMS THAT WE WENT OUT TO CALIFORNIA WITH. I KNOW THAT IT'S THE WORST KEPT SECRET IN BAYTOWN OF US TRYING TO GO, I HAVE AN NDA, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT WHO THAT IS, SO I CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER WITH THAT. BUT WE DID HAVE MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH VERY LARGE CORPORATIONS ON BRINGING A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM HERE, UM, AND TALK AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. AND THAT ULTIMATELY FELL THROUGH BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO, UM, THEY DID NOT WANT TO PUT THE MONEY NECESSARY INTO THIS. THE COUNCIL MADE IT VERY CLEAR WHEN ALL THIS STARTED THAT THIS WAS NOT TO BE SOMETHING WHERE WE ARE LOSING MONEY THAT WE ARE NOT SUBSIDIZING. AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT HAD TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO BE MAKING MONEY. OKAY? THAT'S WHERE IT EVOLVED MORE INTO HOW CAN THIS OTHER PROFESSIONAL TEAM OR YOUTH SPORTS HELP DRIVE A REVENUE PIECE TO HELP COMPENSATE FOR SOME OF THE PIECES THAT ARE HAPPENING, UH, TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING PIECE. AT THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL TEAM CAME TO TALK TO US. WE HAD TWO PROFESSIONAL TEAMS COMPETING ROUGHLY AT THE SAME TIME. AND IT CONVOLUTED THE ME IT CONVOLUTED THE CONVERSATION QUITE A BIT. IT AL IT ALSO CONVOLUTED THE CONVERSATION ON WHERE IT SHOULD BE. WE HAD THE NORTH SIDE THAT WAS BEING DISCUSSED AND WE HAD THE SOUTH SIDE THAT WAS BEING DISCUSSED. BOTH OF THOSE HAD FINANCIALLY, UH, FINANCIALLY DRIVEN CHALLENGES AND ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVEN CHALLENGES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL HAD TO LOOK AT THE HARDSHIPS THAT, THAT COME WITH THOSE, WE COULDN'T JUSTIFY PAYING MORE MONEY TO PUT THOSE THINGS UP THERE BECAUSE ALL OF IT WAS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND WOULD EXCEED THE 75 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE IN PLACE ON BOTH LOCATIONS. MOVING INTO 2024, THE FIRST TEAM WENT AWAY. THE SECOND TEAM KIND OF CONTINUED A LITTLE BIT AND WE HAD A FEASIBILITY STUDY FINISHED UP AT THAT POINT. THE FEASIBILITY STUDY TALKED ABOUT, UH, THREE DIFFERENT AVENUES. ONE'S LIKE AN ARENA. ONE WAS LIKE A YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM AND ONE WAS ANOTHER LIKE MINI VENUE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THE ARENA AND THE MINI VENUE SHOW THAT THEY WERE GONNA LOSE CONSIDERABLE MONEY. BUT THE HOPES WERE THAT THE, YOU WOULD HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AROUND THIS THING THAT WOULD COMPENSATE FOR THAT. THE COUNCIL DID NOT WANNA TAKE THE RISK RISK AT THE TIME AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO SUBSIDIZE THIS MORE. NO, Y'ALL DIDN'T SAY THAT. Y'ALL SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT. WE DON'T WANNA TAKE ANY MORE RISKS. WE HAVE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT ARE HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY AROUND THIS TIME. AND WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON GREATER RISK THAN WE NEED. QUESTION. YES SIR. UM, GOING BACK TO THE LOCATION, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING QUESTIONS ON MM-HMM . OKAY. AND I WAS NOT ON COUNSEL TO WHERE I CAN GIVE OUT. [00:45:01] YES SIR. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO SAY THAT I GAVE MISINFORMATION. OKAY. SO I'M GONNA ASK IT HERE. OKAY. YOU SAID THAT THERE WERE ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS YES, SIR. FOR THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH SIDE, WAS IT THE NORTH OR THE SOUTH SIDE? BOTH. THAT BOTH HAD ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS. YES, SIR. AND TO CLARIFY, HOLD ON. UM, IT WAS GONNA TAKE MORE MONEY TO GO IN ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE? THAT IS CORRECT. AND IS THAT BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS? UH, PARTIALLY, YES, SIR. PARTIALLY OKAY. WHAT, WHAT WERE THE OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD'VE RAISED THE PRICE ON THAT FINANCIAL? UH, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PIECES ON THE NORTH SIDE. SO THERE WERE TWO LOCATIONS THAT WERE LOOKED AT ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT WERE BOTH, UH, FINANCIALLY, UH, UH, NOT FEASIBLE TO DO. ONE LOCATION HAD A LOT OF INFILL THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN, AND I BELIEVE A BALLPARK AROUND 20 MILLION BUCKS ON THE INFILL JUST TO, JUST TO PUT THE DIRT WORK IN, TO GET THE, THE, UH, PIECE WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE. THE OTHER ONE WAS, UH, ACCOMPANYING A PRIVATE PARTY. THERE WERE PRICE DIFFERENCES ON, ON AGREEMENT. AND UM, THAT ULTIMATELY WOULD'VE BEEN NORTH OF 10 MILLION BRAND, UH, NORTH OF 10 MILLION OR AROUND 10 MILLION, NINE OR 10 MILLION, I BELIEVE, TO MORE THAN THAT. OKAY. MORE THAN $10 MILLION JUST TO PURCHASE THE LAND UP THERE. AND THEN YOU WOULD'VE HAD TO DO ANOTHER A, A SECOND PRIVATE OR A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR BECK ITSELF. AND SO IT'D BE VERY, VERY CONVOLUTED TO DO THAT. AND THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME DID NOT THINK THAT THAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE MOVE. SO MULTIPLE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS? YES, SIR. GOT YOU. AND THAT WAS THE NORTH SIDE. MM-HMM . I SUPPOSE A LOT. JUST WE DIDN'T OWN THE LAND. I, I, I JUST LIKE, I KNOW ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS PLAN A MATTER BACK JUST SO THAT CAN YEAH, NO, I JUST WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE DIDN'T OWN THE LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OR THE SOUTH SIDE'S ORIGINAL. CORRECT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND WHERE THE LOCATION HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. NOW THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS WE OWN THE LAND. SO THAT REMOVES ALL THAT ENVIRONMENTAL AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF WAS STILL A FACTOR, BUT, BUT IT REMOVES PURCHASING OF LAND. CORRECT. THAT'S A HUGE COST SAVINGS. SO SAVINGS, I KIND OF REMEMBER THIS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 50 ACRES AND I REMEMBER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT. I DON'T THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN COUNCIL THEN, BUT THAT'S KIND OF, ITS 50 ACRES NEED TO BE RAISED 10 FEET 'CAUSE IT'S IN A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE 20 MILLION HE'S COMING WITH, THAT WAS THE NUMBER I HAD GIVEN HIM. I REMEMBER BACK THEN THAT WAS JUST FOR DIRT. THAT WAS NOT FOR EQUIPMENT, THAT WAS NOT FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO PUT IT, THAT WAS JUST FOR THE MATERIAL ALONE WAS 20 MILLION. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, THAT WAS A MAJOR COST TO PUT IT ON THE NORTH SIDE. SO IN 2020, UH, AS WE CONTINUE IN 2024, YOU KNOW, THIS, MOST OF 2024 WAS GEARED AROUND THE, THE SOUTH SIDE, THE, THE FAR SOUTH SIDE . AND, UM, AND IT HAD EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS WITH WELLHEADS AND RAILROAD TRACKS AND OTHER THINGS THAT JUST MADE IT JUST NOT FEASIBLE TO MOVE FORWARD ALONG WITH UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WASN'T IN PLACE THAT WOULD'VE UPPED THE COST DRASTICALLY. UM, AND THE PRIVATE PARTY THAT WAS WORKING WITH US ALSO DID NOT WANT TO PUT IN MONEY. EVERYBODY LOOKED AT THE 75 MILLION AS THE CHECKBOOK. AND UM, I THINK COUNCIL WAS, UM, UNANIMOUS AT THE TIME WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE SOUTH SIDE BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE A WONDERFUL LOCATION TO HELP, UH, THINGS GO. AND, UM, WHAT CITIZENS MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING RESEARCH IN PHASE ONE AND, AND YOU CAN BE VERY OPTIMISTIC WHERE THINGS ARE GOING. AND THEN YOU GET THESE REPORTS AND THEY, THEY SHOOT YOU IN THE FOOT AFTER YOU SPEND ALL THIS TIME AND AND DEDICATION TO GOING TOWARDS A, A THING. AND, AND YOU GET THAT REPORT BACK AND YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, GUESS WHAT? EITHER WE CAN SPEND A LOT MORE MONEY OR WE'RE GONNA PIVOT. AND THIS IS WHY THINGS HAVE CONTINUED TO, TO BE PROLONGED AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO PIVOT A FEW TIMES BASED ON THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO COME BACK ON AREAS THAT WERE CHOSEN THAT SEEMED RIGHT ACCORDING TO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. 'CAUSE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY SAID, HEY, LOOK AT THESE PLACES. AND WE DID. AND THEN IT TURNED OUT THAT IT WAS JUST FINANCIALLY NOT FEASIBLE TO PUT THOSE IN PLAY. JASON? YES, SIR. SO WAS THERE A FEASIBILITY STUDY DONE ON THIS CURRENT LOCATION? UM, THERE WAS NOT A FEASIBILITY DONE ON THIS CURRENT LOCATION. SO WE HAVE NO FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THIS CURRENT LOCATION. NO SIR. OKAY, GO AHEAD. SO, UM, THE CURRENT [00:50:01] LOCATION WAS CHOSEN IN 2025. AND IN 2025 WE, WHERE THIS PLAYED OUT IS ONE THAT WE OWNED THE LAND. OKAY. SO WE IMMEDIATELY SAVED MORE THAN $10 MILLION GOING TO THIS LOCATION. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL WAS UNANIMOUS ON CHOOSING THIS LOCATION BECAUSE, UM, IT WAS THE EFFORT AND A PHILOSOPHICAL STANCE TO START REBUILDING THE SOUTH SIDE ACCORDING TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT AS WELL. AND SO THERE WAS A CONVERSATION AROUND WE NEED TO PUT MORE EFFORT ON THE SOUTH SIDE BECAUSE THE NORTH SIDE IS HAPPENING ORGANICALLY. AND THIS WAS A STRATEGIC DECISION, UM, BASED ON WHAT WE HAD AT THE TIME TO HELP REDEVELOP THIS PORTION OF TOWN. AND WE WERE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND IT'S CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD THING BECAUSE THE CITY HAS PUT NUMEROUS DOLLARS INTO TEXAS AVENUE GROWING AND THAT'S BEEN PART OF WHAT THE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IS REDEVELOPING THIS AREA. IT'S TURNED INTO A VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH LEE COLL, AN ADDITIONAL GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH LEE COLLEGE ON THEIR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, WHICH WE HAD THE PUBLIC MEETINGS ON TO TALK ABOUT WITH THEM, UH, ON WHAT, HOW THIS CAN BE UTILIZED BY THEM AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. IT'S TURNED INTO ADDITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOOSE CREEK ISD ON WHAT CAN HAPPEN, UH, WITH THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE. IT WORKS WELL WITH THE MARKET STREET REVITALIZATION. THAT'S A REHABILITATION THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING OVER THERE. IT ALL PLAYED VERY WELL INTO A PLAN THAT COUNCIL HAD ADOPTED NUMEROUS TIMES OF FITTING, UM, OF MOVING THIS PORTION OF THE TOWN INTO, UH, A A A DIRECTION WHERE THERE IS A, AN ENTERTAINMENT AREA, SO TO SPEAK. AND IT PLAYED WELL WITH OTHER ASSETS THE CITY HAD ALREADY PUT MONEY INTO. AND I, I DO WANNA POINT OUT ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS, AND THE REASON I HAVE THIS PHOTO UP HERE IS HOW COME YOU'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING IN A FLOODPLAIN? WELL, WE PUT THIS OUT, UM, EARLIER IN 2025. THIS IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT ALREADY. THIS SHOWS YOU THAT THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE IN THE FLOODPLAIN, BUT THE BUILDABLE AREA THAT THAT IS NOT PACKED IMPACTED BY THE FLOODPLAIN. WE CAN PUT THE CENTER THERE AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, UH, EXTENSIVE MITIGATION AT THE SAME TIME. AND SO THESE CONCERNS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT, I FEEL THEY'VE BEEN ADDRESSED NUMEROUS TIMES AND I'M HOPING THAT CONSOLIDATING IT LIKE THIS REALLY HELPS THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE, WE DO HEAR Y'ALL AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS. AND SO NOW THE NEXT STEP THAT'S UP THERE IS WHAT'S COMING AFTER ME TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING. AND THIS IS WHERE COUNSEL WILL GIVE A VISION, UH, A CONTINUED VISION AND THE CITIZENS WILL START GIVING THEIR INPUT. UM, JASON, BEFORE WE MOVE TO THAT MAYOR, UH, COMMENT, GO AHEAD. UM, SO WE'VE DONE THE 75 MILLION, WE'VE ARRANGED THAT THROUGH THE TWO 12, BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, EXXON IS STILL PAYING AN ANNUAL THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'RE STILL PAYING THEIR ORIGINAL 20 PLUS MILLION, THE ORIGINAL, UM, AGREEMENT WITH US, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 20 MILLION YES. THAT WE GET EVERY YEAR. YES MA'AM. THAT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND. THAT'S CORRECT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY GAVE US THE 75 MILLION AND THAT'S IT. THEY'RE STILL CONTRIBUTING, UH, AN AMOUNT TO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, ASIDE FROM ALL OF THEIR OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS. THAT'S CORRECT. WELL, UM, IT IS A RELIEF THAT YOU'RE OUT HERE SAYING ALL OF THIS, BUT I ALSO, I JUST WANNA THANK THE COUNCIL THAT'S UP HERE BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW, MAYOR I KNOW FOR MOST OF IT, BUT EVERYONE ELSE HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE WHOLE RIDE. AND I JUST, I WANNA BRING UP SOMETHING THAT YOU DIDN'T SAY JUST 'CAUSE IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT. MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN ABOUT LOCATION. THAT'S BEEN THE, THE NEW THING ONCE WE MOVED PAST THE 75 MILLION IN THE, IN THE IDA. UM, AND I, I CAN SAY THAT THERE, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED, UM, WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY MM-HMM . AND, UM, THE TRAFFIC STUDY DID NOT SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL SOUTH SIDE LOCATION. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IT SAID THERE'D BE MORE TRAFFIC IF YOU WERE NEAR I 10. UM, A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN THREE YEARS AGO THAT SURROUNDED THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE HAD GREAT POINTS ABOUT THAT. AND I MEAN, IT DIDN'T [00:55:01] DATE YOUR ROCKET SCIENTISTS. I 10 HAD MORE TRAFFIC. HOWEVER, HERE WE ARE THREE YEARS LATER, AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, BUT SAN JACINTO BRIDGE, UM, HAS HAD SOME MAJOR ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC AND IT'S NOW FIXING TO GO INTO A LONG-TERM, UM, CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. ALL OF MY FRIENDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN ARE DEALING WITH SOME HORRIBLE SITUATIONS ALMOST DAILY COMING FROM THE TRINITY RIVER BRIDGE OVER. AND SO NOW I 10 IS SEEING, UM, SOME THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE IN THE, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. UM, AND IF YOU'VE DRIVEN I 10, I'M SORRY, 1 46 NORTH COMING OVER THE FRED HARTMAN BRIDGE TOWARDS BAYTOWN, THERE IS AN EXIT AT TEXAS AVENUE THAT WOULD GO TO THIS PROPERTY. I AGREE. THAT AREA NEEDS SOME HELP. HOPEFULLY THIS WOULD BE A CATALYST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE APPEASING. THE OTHER THING IS THAT YOU COULD STAY ON THAT 1 46 BUSINESS AND ALSO EXIT DECKER AND THEN HEAD SOUTH ON DECKER, WHICH WILL THEN HAVE THE NEW MARKET REVITALIZATION. SO I JUST WANNA ADDRESS THAT. I I I, I THINK THAT ALL OF US KNOW THAT ORIGINALLY WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT TRAFFIC STUDY, IT MADE MORE SENSE ON I 10 JUST LOOKING AT THAT, THE ACCESSIBILITY. BUT THE LAST PIECE OF THAT IS, YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF GARTH ROADS LONG TERM UP TO SEVEN YEARS RIGHT NOW. UM, THE EXPANSION OF THAT IS GONNA, IT'S ALREADY STARTED AND IT'S GONNA BE MOVING. UM, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, BAYTOWN OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN CREATING THESE HUBS. THAT'S OUR SHOPPING DISTRICT. THIS SIDE IS THE, THE, UM, EDUCATIONAL, THE EDUCATIONAL CORRIDOR. IT IS THE HISTORIC SIDE. IT IS THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. THAT'S WHAT THE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS WITH THAT STRATEGIC PLAN. SO ALTHOUGH I DEFINITELY THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE INPUT, ALTHOUGH I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, Y'ALL NEED TO BE AWARE NOW THAT WE CAN, CAN TALK MORE OPENLY ABOUT IT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE, THE SIDE OF TOWN THAT IT BELONGS ON PHILOSOPHICALLY. AND THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION THE COUNCIL DID HAVE ON, THERE WAS NO FEASIBILITY STU STUDY DONE DOWN HERE, BUT THERE WAS A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL THAT IT WAS A DELIBERATE DECISION TO MOVE DOWN HERE IN AN EFFORT TO GROW THIS AREA WITH OR WITHOUT A FEASIBILITY STUDY. AND IT WAS DELIBERATE BECAUSE OF THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AND PIECE THAT WE OWN IT AS WELL. SO I'M ENDING WITH THIS. THIS WAS PUT OUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, I BELIEVE IN AUGUST MAYBE. UH, IS THIS AUGUST? HUH? OKAY. AROUND THAT TIME. UM, THIS IS CONCEPTUAL. SO THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE. AND THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS TO SHOW THAT IT FITS, UM, BUT ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT DOES INCORPORATE THE LIBRARY. WHEN WE STARTED THIS PIECE, WE HAD PROFESSIONAL TEAMS LOOKING AT GIANT ARENAS, HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ESPN BROADCASTING SYSTEMS BEING PUT IN THE ARENA, LIKE GIGANTIC PROJECTS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, UNFATHOMABLE AT THE TIME BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WAS EVEN THE IDEA. AND IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO ACCOMPANY, UH, THE COMMUNITY PIECE THAT WE, THAT WERE STILL THERE. THE PROGRAMMING PIECE. NOW, WHAT'S TRANSPIRED SINCE OR TRANSPIRED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS IS THAT THE LIBRARY WAS BROUGHT INTO THE CONVERSATION. AND BECAUSE THE LIBRARY WAS BROUGHT INTO THE CONVERSATION, IT STILL CHANGES THE CONVERSATION OR IT STILL CHANGES A LITTLE BIT OF THE DIALOGUE FOR COUNCIL BECAUSE BEFORE IT WAS LIKE, HEY, WE'RE NOT SUBSIDIZING AND THIS NEEDS TO MAKE MONEY. AND NOW THAT THE LIBRARY IS INCORPORATED, WE HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY DOESN'T MAKE MONEY. SO IF IT'S PART OF THIS, HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO THE OVERALL FINANCIAL SCENARIO AND HOW DOES IT PLAY OUT? BUT THE BENEFIT HERE IS THAT THE PARKS, REC AND TOURISM TEAM HAVE VERY SIMILAR PROGRAMMING THAT THE LIBRARY HAS. AND SO HAVING A SHARED SPACE ALLOWS US TO SHARE MORE PROGRAMMING, UH, AREA AND BE A LITTLE BIT OF A MORE EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT IN ONE AREA AND THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TO. AND WE HAVE THIS CONNECTION HUB, UH, THAT CONNECTS US TO THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT THAT CONNECTS US TO 1 46. WE HAVE A BASEBALL FIELD THAT'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET THAT'S INCORPORATED INTO THIS. WE HAVE BICENTENNIAL THAT'S INCORPORATED INTO THIS. UH, WE HAVE THE LEE COLLEGE ARENA, WE HAVE THE LEE COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. WE HAVE A PROPOSED DISC GOLF COURSE AT THE, UH, AT THE CORNER OF LAFE AND, AND MARKET STREET. ALL OF THIS WAS CONSIDERED, OH NO, SORRY, UH, THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THAT GOES ON THE BACK END OF THIS ALL THE WAY FROM THE HYATT UP TO HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THIS, UH, THE SANDERSON MARKETPLACE. AND SO ALL OF THIS PLAYED INTO SOMETHING THAT WAS DELIBERATE [01:00:01] BY THE COUNCIL TO GIVE THE AMENITIES THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. GO AHEAD. LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT KIND OF CAME TO THIS. I MEAN, I, I CAME ON AND MY FIRST EXECUTIVE MEETING WAS IN, IN JANUARY 20, 24. AND JUST WHAT I CAN SAY, AND I CAN'T SAY THERE'S SOME THINGS, BUT I CAN SAY THIS MUCH. I WAS AMAZED THAT A LOCAL PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL FRANCHISE WAS TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THIS ON I 10 WITH US. THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT THEY'RE GOING FORWARD WITH THIS YOUTH EVENT ON SIX 10. THEY DID ANNOUNCE THAT ON 6:10 AM SO WE CAN KIND OF PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER, BUT I CAN'T SAY THE NAME OF THE TEAM THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL GOT IN TO GET THEM HERE AND TALKING ABOUT THAT. I MEAN, I REMEMBER THE FIRST COUNSELOR, EVERYBODY WAS ALL MY MOUTH. LIKE, WHAT ARE WE ALL? NO WAY. UM, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A GAME CHANGER. THEY COULDN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT PROPERTY, PAY YOU. AT THE SAME TIME DURING THIS, WE WERE WORKING WITH A PRIVATE DEVELOPER AT NO COST TO THE CITY TO BRING A MAJOR HOSPITAL HERE. THEY COULDN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THAT PROPERTY. THAT PROPERTY IS BEING HANDCUFFED FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. AND IT'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT AT THIS MOMENT. WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THAT PROPERTY, PRIVATELY OWNED LAND, PRIVATELY OWNED LAND, AND THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH THAT LAND. BUT THOSE TWO THINGS WOULD'VE CHANGED. THIS CITY, THE HOSPITAL WAS TALKING ABOUT A SEVEN STORY AMBULATORY UNIT TO COMPETE WITH METHODIST, AND THEY COULDN'T COME TO A LAND AGREEMENT. AND WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOW MOVING DOWN THE ROAD. MM-HMM . WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO TRY TO GET THEM THERE TO HELP WITH THIS PROJECT. AND, AND IT IS, I GET THAT WE, THAT THE CITIZENS, THAT'S WHERE IT LOOKS THE MOST FEASIBLE AND BEST, BUT SOMETIMES WE'RE HANDICAPPED AND CAN'T DO SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND TRUST ME, I I I LOVE THAT YOU TRY TO TAKE JULIA ROBERTS OUT ON A DATE AND YOU, YOU SHOT YOUR SHOT AND YOU DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT. , I, I GET IT. BUT WE WERE IN THE FINAL THREE, THE FINAL THREE TO GET THAT. THEY'RE DOWN TO THE FINAL TWO. THAT'S AMAZING ON Y'ALL STAFF TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND WORK THAT IN THERE. 'CAUSE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A GAME CHANGER, A GAME CHANGER FOR THE CITY IF EITHER ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME FORWARD. SO I, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A LOT TO IT AND I, AND, UM, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GETTING A $5 BILLION INVESTMENT IN THE CITY BECAUSE I'M SEEING IT HAPPEN AT OTHER PLACES. AND, AND THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE WHAT KEEPS DEVELOPMENT GOING AND KEEPS JOBS IN CITY CITIES AND KEEPS THEM GROWING. SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL? SHOW THE REST OF THE AGENDA ITEM? I JUST, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR BRA NOW. YOU CHOSE THE WRONG ONE. S**T. I CAN CLOSE IT OUT. EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME SITTING HERE CUSSING THIS LADY. HIM. GO AHEAD AND GO THEN WE'LL GET YOU. IS IT, GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION TO COUNCIL THAT, UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, THE, THE GROUP OF CITIZENS THAT, OR ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET YEARLY. AND I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THEM REACH OUT, ESPECIALLY ONCE THIS GOT MADE PUBLIC AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS BACK IN, UH, OCTOBER. AND, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY BEGIN MEETING AGAIN. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THAT, THAT CONTINUATION OF THAT CITIZEN INPUT. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE. UM, GOING TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION, UH, AS, UH, BOTH AN UPDATE AND KIND OF A LEAD IN, UH, TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE DESIGN SERVICES CONTRACT. UM, A LOT OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE, UH, IS GONNA BE, UH, REPETITIVE AND I'LL TOUCH ON THAT, UH, HERE A LITTLE BIT AND, UM, ALSO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND ON A FEW THINGS HERE. UH, SINCE OUR LAST CONVERSATION, OBVIOUSLY, WE COMPLETED THE RFQ PROCESS FOR THE DESIGN SERVICES AND PREPARED THE PROPOSED CONTRACT. UM, WE HAVE CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS TO PREPARE FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASES, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO LOOK AT OPERATIONS, HOW THEY WOULD BE, UM, AFFECTED OR WHAT NEEDED TO BE CONSIDERED, BOTH IN THE NEAR TERM AND, UH, THE LONG TERM, UH, RELATIVE TO THE PROJECT AND THE STEPS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN. UH, COMING UP, IT'S, UM, OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WE'LL BE IN THAT PRE-DESIGN AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN [01:05:01] PHASES THAT OVERLAPS WITH THE VISIONING, UH, THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, UM, FOR THE INTERNAL ORGANIZATION, UH, THE, UH, EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE PROVIDING UPDATES AS WE CONTINUE, UM, WITH THOSE, UM, WITH THOSE TASKS. AND, UH, CITY MANAGER EARLIER MENTIONED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE WERE KIND OF IN A LULL HERE AND THERE ON SOME THINGS. WELL, UM, IF COUNSEL DOES APPROVE THIS CONTRACT THIS EVENING, OBVIOUSLY THINGS ARE GONNA START TO RAMP UP, UH, CONSIDERABLY. THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE THINGS FIRST START TO HAPPEN IS IN THE DESIGN PHASE. YOU'VE SEEN THIS PROBABLY FOUR, UH, OR FOUR OR FIVE TIMES NOW. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE MAIN CONCEPTS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PROJECT, UH, IS REALLY KIND OF, UH, LEANING ON. UM, IT'S THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDOOR COURTS, UM, FOR THOSE TOURNAMENTS AND THE SPORTS TOURISM PIECE. UM, THE INCORPORATION OF THE EXISTING LIBRARY INTO THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE USE OF, UM, SOME OF THAT RECREATIONAL SPACE TO SUPPORT, UH, COMMUNITY PROGRAM, COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, AND DAILY RECREATIONAL USE. WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT KIND OF WHAT INITIALLY DO WE THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT WOULD WE TRY TO LOOK AT INCORPORATING. AND SO YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE BASE AMENITIES THERE ON THE LEFT, AND THEN THE POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL AMENITIES THERE ON THE RIGHT. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED THE COURTS. UH, WE NEED THE LOCKER ROOMS, THE TRAINING ROOMS, UH, THE TOURNAMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, ALL OF THE AMENITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AND ON THE RIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE FOR US TO HAVE ADDITIONAL COURTS, UM, MORE MEETING ROOMS, UH, KITCHEN AREA, INDOOR PLAYGROUND, AND A FEW OTHER AREAS THAT COULD BE USED FOR BOTH THE SPORTS TOURISM PIECE AS WELL AS THAT, UM, THAT LOCAL RECREATION ASPECT. AND SO WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THESE KIND OF STRATEGIC CONCEPTS, UM, BAYTOWN AS A YOUTH SPORTS DESTINATION THROUGH THIS FACILITY AND THROUGH THE MARKETING OF SOME OF OUR OTHER FACILITIES AS WELL. UH, WE KNOW THAT COMMUNITY OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IS GONNA BE A KEY PART OF THIS PROCESS. THE DESIGN ITSELF CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT, UM, GETTING ANSWERS ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT. AND THAT INVOLVES, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. UH, WE DO WANNA PROMOTE THAT TOURISM ASPECT. UM, NOT NECESSARILY PEOPLE TAKING A VACATION, BUT PEOPLE COMING FROM OUTSIDE TO HAVE THEIR, UM, HAVE THEIR CHILDREN, MAYBE EVEN SOME OF THE, UM, YOUNG ADULTS PARTICIPATE IN TOURNAMENTS, PARTICIPATE IN SOME EVENTS THAT, UM, WOULD DRAW PEOPLE TO THE AREA, LOOKING AT HOW TO CAPITALIZE ON THE FACILITY WITH SOME EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT BOTH THE, UH, VISITORS TO THE CENTER AS WELL AS OUR RESIDENTS. UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO PROVIDE AN OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENT AND AN ASSET THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN UTILIZE LONG TERM. NOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE LAST TWO ITEMS A COUPLE TIMES, UH, PREVIOUSLY THE IDEA OF SELF-FUNDED OPERATIONS, SELF-FUNDED OPERATIONS, UM, IS BASICALLY THE DIRECTION THAT YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN THAT YOU DO NOT WANNA SUBSIDIZE THIS FACILITY ON, UH, ON A LONG-TERM BASIS. WE DO NOT WANNA HAVE OPERATIONAL DEFICIENCIES. THAT'S WHY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, LOOKING AT LIMITING OUR CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, GENERATING INTEREST INCOME, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A, AN OPERATIONAL MODEL THAT CAN KEEP US OUT OF THE RED. AND SO WHEN I LOOK, WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE TWO THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT TO SAY, BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA DO IT? AND SO AS WE'VE BEEN KIND OF DOING OUR RESEARCH AND GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, SORRY, UM, WITH THE, UH, DESIGN SERVICES, RFQ, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO EMULATE, UM, A PRIVATE SECTOR APPROACH THAT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. UM, WE WANNA LOOK AT THE IDEA OF PROVIDING A PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH PRIVATE INVOLVEMENT. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT FIRST ITEM, PUBLIC-PRIVATE OPERATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS REALLY HAVING MULTIPLE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT OPERATE OUT OF THIS FACILITY THAT UTILIZE THIS FACILITY. SO IF WE HAVE AN EVENT CANCELED, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE DEPENDENT UPON FOR REVENUE, THEN YEAH, [01:10:01] THAT'S GONNA HURT. BUT IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE STREAMS OF REVENUE WHERE WE HAVE PLACES THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED BY AN OUTSIDE COMPANY, WHETHER IT BE FOR, UM, PERSONAL TRAINING, UH, SPORTS MERCHANDISE, UM, LESSONS, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES, HAVING MULTIPLE REVENUE STREAMS THAT, UM, KIND OF HELP TO SUPPORT THE VENUE AND OUR OVERALL SPORTS TOURISM EFFORTS, THAT'S GONNA BE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DO IT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT MAKE MONEY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE BEST, UM, DESIGN FIRM AND THE BEST TEAM TO HELP US MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. THE IDEA BEING IS THAT WE'RE GONNA TARGET THOSE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMPLIMENTARY TO WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE FACILITY AND IN THE COMMUNITY. AND HOPEFULLY THE PROFITABILITY THAT COMES WITH THAT, THAT'S GONNA HELP US TO REINVEST IN NOT ONLY THAT FACILITY, BUT IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL. AND OUR GOAL IS THAT THIS FACILITY AND OUR OVERALL EFFORTS DO BECOME AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND IN LOOKING AT THIS FACILITY AND THE IDEA OF TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS, IT IS GONNA BE A DESTINATION SPECIFIC TO THOSE THINGS. AND SO I'M GONNA PAUSE AT, UM, AT THIS POINT, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON KIND OF THE RECAP, UM, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER. BUT I'LL PAUSE FOR NOW IF THERE ARE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT. BRENT. UH, GOOD PRESENTATION. ONE OF THE, THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD RECENTLY AND, AND, AND EVEN IN THIS DISCUSSION, WE KEEP STRESSING THE RECREATIONAL, THE SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND WE KIND OF BRUSH OVER THE ENTERTAINMENT SIDE. CAN, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT OR THE VISION THAT, 'CAUSE AGAIN SURE. MY CONCEPT IS, YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A USE SPORTS TYPE FACILITY, BUT ALSO A MULTIMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT OPERATION AS WELL. BUT WE KIND OF GLOSS OVER THAT SIDE OF IT AND KEEP STRESSING THE SPORTS AND THE RECREATION SIDE. IN, IN, IN, IN, IN MY BELIEF, WE'VE DISCUSSED, WE HAVEN'T JUST DISCUSSED BUILDING A REAL BIG RECREATION CENTER. IT'S, IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF GLOSSING OVER A VERY IMPORTANT PART FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT THAT'S THE ENTERTAINMENT ISSUES. CAN YOU KIND OF ELABORATE ON THAT? SURE, ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S REALLY RELEVANT TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT, WE DON'T SAY RECREATION CENTER, WE SAY EVENT CENTER, UM, FOR A COUPLE REASONS. NUMBER ONE, IT'S NOT SIMPLY GONNA BE FOCUSED ON RECREATIONAL TYPE ACTIVITIES, IT'S GONNA BE FOCUSED ON EVENTS. EVENTS INCLUDE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE SOME SORT OF LOCAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE, LOCAL, UM, UH, MAYBE DRAMA CLUB PERFORMANCES, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES THAT WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THIS FACILITY AS IN AS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AS POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S A KEY PART OF THE DESIGN, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A SPACE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS THERE. IF WE CAN ONLY DO A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, WE'RE REALLY LIMITING OURSELVES. SO THAT'S WHY AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT INPUT, UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANNA DESIGN FOR AND WHAT WE WANNA HAVE THE CAPABILITIES FOR IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO, YES, UM, THAT POINT IS NOT LOST ON ME OR ANY MEMBER OF THE TEAM. UM, THE IDEA IF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, THE CHAMPIONSHIP COURT AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE BASKETBALL OR VOLLEYBALL? NO, THERE'S ENOUGH SEATING. IT CAN HOST EVENTS AND WE'VE SEEN THAT AT A LOT OF THE OTHER FACILITIES THAT WE'VE VISITED AS WELL. OKAY. BUT THAT COMES FROM THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AS WELL, ON THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE. AND THEN WE HAVE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY TO HOST THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS AND THEN COUNSEL US TO DECIDE ON THE PROGRAMMING THAT GOES WITH THAT STUFF. FOR THE ULTIMATE DESIGN OF THE FACILITY. YEAH. WE'RE GONNA WANNA MARKET TO THE FULLEST EXTENT. IF IT'S, IF THE BUILDING AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE FACILITY AND OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE CAPABLE OF DOING IT, WE WANT TO TRY TO, UH, BRING IT TO BAYTOWN AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR, UH, THE AREA, BUT ALSO, UH, TO INCREASE THAT REVENUE. AND, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I KNOW THAT'S THE DISCUSSION. I'M SORRY MAYOR, THAT'S THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD. WE JUST NEED TO ARTICULATE THAT MM-HMM. AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. 'CAUSE I THINK WE GET SHIFTED AND FOCUSED ON THE YOUTH SPORTS OR THE SPORTS ASPECT, AND THE OTHER PART KIND OF JUST GETS LOST IN THE CONVERSATION, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S AN INTENT TO COVER THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT [01:15:01] IS EXPLICIT, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO A MULTIMEDIA TYPE OPERATION TO COVER AS MANY BASES AS WE CAN WITH THE SPACE THAT'S ALLOWED. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE KEEP STRESSING THAT AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING IT. YEAH. THANKS BRAD. SO WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ENTERTAINMENT, UM, WELL TWO THINGS. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE PICTURE OF THE WHOLE VENUE? UH, I DON'T THINK I HAD THAT IN MY PRESENTATION. UM, YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT LAYOUT THAT, UH, YEAH, JASON HAD, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T ACCESS, DO YOU WANT ME TO PULL THAT BACK UP? YEAH, GIMME ONE SECOND. I CAN DO THAT. OKAY. USE THE COMPUTER WITH BUILDING THE BUILDINGS. THAT'S IT. SO TWO PARTS TO MY QUESTION. PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT MIKE SAID ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT, AND WE SAY LOCAL, ARE WE TALKING JUST BRINGING IN LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT? OR HOW ARE WE DEFINING LOCAL AND WELL, THE, IF I'M REMEMBERING WHAT I SAID WHEN I SAID IT LOCAL, MEANING IT'S AN OPTION FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. GOTCHA. NOT NECESSARILY ONLY LOCAL ENTERTAINERS OR LOCAL TEAMS OR WHATNOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANTED TO HOST THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS IN HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN OPTION. UM, THE IDEA IS THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE A DESTINATION FOR THE EVENTS MM-HMM . BUT, UM, THE IDEA THAT IT'S GONNA BENEFIT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THE AREA, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'LL LIMIT OURSELVES TO ANY PARTICULAR SERVICE PROVIDER. WELL, I JUST WANT THAT TO BE DEFINED ON RECORD SO THAT INDIVIDUALS WANT MISCONSTRUE WHAT WAS SAID. UNDERSTOOD. UM, ON THE SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION, INCORPORATES EXISTING LIBRARY, ARE WE SAYING THAT THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE? OR THIS IS JUST GIVEN AN EXAMPLE SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE PICTURE YEAH. WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE AREA? UH, THAT IS, YEAH, THIS IS ONE OPTION THAT, UH, THE LIBRARY ITSELF WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE OVERALL FOOTPRINT. MM-HMM . UM, I THINK THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, JUST MY OPINION, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY THE CLEANEST WAY TO APPROACH IT. IT'S ALL ONE FOOTPRINT WITHIN THE BUILDING. THERE'S THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CHAMPIONSHIP COURT, THE RECREATION SPACES, THE LIBRARY, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY DESTINATION ALL IN ONE. MM-HMM . IT MAY END UP BEING THAT THE LIBRARY REMAINS A SEPARATE BUILDING MM-HMM . BUT IS STILL CONNECTED TO, OR ADJACENT TO SOME OTHER THINGS. BUT, AND JUST ME SPEAKING PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT US GOING THROUGH DESIGN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I, I LIKE, I LIKE THAT CONCEPT. I JUST SO HAPPEN TO BE AT THE LIBRARY LAST NIGHT TO DO SOME COPIES AND, UM, PEOPLE WERE ASKING ABOUT THE LIBRARY. THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WERE GENUINELY CONCERNED. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH OUR, OUR LIBRARY. THEY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT. WE HAVE THIS, IT WAS VOTED THE SECOND BEST LIBRARY IN THE NATION BACK IN 2020. AMY 2020, RIGHT? MM-HMM . THAT'S RIGHT. AND PEOPLE DON'T, THEY WERE WORRIED THAT WE WERE GONNA GET RID OF IT, THAT IT WOULD BE GONE. SO IF THEY TUNE IN TO THE MEETING, I MEAN, TUNE IN AND WATCH THIS IMPROVE, THEY'RE, THEY'LL KNOW IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE THERE. IT MAY BE IMPROVED, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY GREAT HERE, YOU KNOW? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES, SIR. LADIES FIRST. GO AHEAD. OKAY. UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS ACCESS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, UH, FOR DIFFERENT THINGS TO DO. SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE JUST FOR THOSE COMING OUT OF TOWN AND THOSE HAVING EVENTS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, THE OTHERS THAT WE VISITED, IT HAS COMPONENTS FOR THE LOCALS TO ALSO ENJOY, WHETHER IT'S INDOORS OR THE OUTDOOR AMENITIES. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SAID WE, WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO KEEP. AND SO, AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT WILL COME IN IS LIKE, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, SOME OF OUR AMENITIES TO BE INCORPORATED, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO EVERY DAY? UM, AND YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF THOSE THAT HAVE TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT, UM, TALKED ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MISS THE INDOOR WALKING WHEN WE LOST THE MALL MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, HERE WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, INDOOR WALKING AT THE FACILITY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CLIFF AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, UH, EARLIER TODAY ACTUALLY. YEAH. AND I KNOW LEE COLLEGE HAS THAT AS WELL. PEOPLE CAN GO NOW TO LEE COLLEGE AND, AND WALK AROUND THERE. UH, BUT THIS WILL JUST BE A SEPARATE AMENITY THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE. [01:20:01] BUT, UM, SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP THE LIBRARY, AND YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF HEART TIED TO THE LIBRARY. I I'M ONE OF THOSE AS WELL. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SITUATION NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IN WHAT, 75,000 OR POSSIBLY MORE TO FIX THE EXISTING ISSUES AT THE LIBRARY AND THEN TEAR IT DOWN? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REDOING THE LIBRARY. AND THAT MIGHT EVEN COME SOONER THAN THE REST. I'M, THAT'S MY SPECULATION, BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WE ARE IN. I THINK NOW WITH THE LIBRARY IN THIS INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM PROFITABILITY DRIVES OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING EVENTS AND BRINGING PEOPLE HERE AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A REVENUE STREAM THERE THAT ALLOWS US TO DO MORE THINGS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR MM-HMM . SO TO SPEAK. AND, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE IDEA, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A FACILITY THAT HAS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, WITH IT, YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY IS ONE POTENTIAL USER OF THOSE RESOURCES. AND SO I THINK, UM, THE GOAL IS EXACTLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, A FEW OF YOU HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA ENHANCE THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, NO SUBSIDY AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, I WON'T SAY A BALANCE, BUT THAT THERE IS A DEFINITE PLACE FOR LOCAL RECREATION MIXED IN AND THEN THE LIBRARY AND ENTERTAINMENT. YES, SIR. SO KIND OF GOING BACK TO, LIKE YOU SAID ABOUT THE, THE, HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE DONE AND, AND KUDOS TO, TO JASON FOR BRINGING THE IDEA IS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT NOT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DESIGN, NOT USING ALL THE MONEY FOR JUST THIS PROJECT, THAT USING THE A PORTION OF IT AND LEAVING A PORTION TO HELP WITH THE UP THE COST OF MAINTAIN IT AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, TRYING TO KEEP IT ON THAT 55 TO 60 MILLION RANGE, WHICH I APPRECIATE THAT INPUT THAT WE HAD IN THAT PART. SO THAT'S THE OTHER PART. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE GONNA DISCUSS THAT OR NOT, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING, BUT REGARDING THE, UM, INTEREST INCOME AND, AND THE BALANCE YEAH. OF THE 75. YEAH. YEAH. UM, AND, AND THE IDEA IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING WITH THAT ASSUMPTION RIGHT NOW, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW, UM, HOW SOON WE CAN RAMP UP WITH THE ACTIVITY AND WITH THE REVENUE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE OVERKILL, BUT WE'RE GONNA PLAN FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, REVENUE STREAM BEING THERE, UM, FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST FEW YEARS. SEE, SEE WHERE WE ARE AND GO FROM THERE. ANYTHING, ANYONE, ANYTHING ELSE? HE GOT MORE THINK STILL GOING? HE'S, IF THERE ARE NO, NO, HE WAS ASKING FOR QUESTIONS ON THIS SO FAR. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, UM, I'D LIKE TO DO A COUPLE THINGS. I WANT TO INTRODUCE, UM, MR. GARY KRAUSE FROM, UH, GRAHAM ASSOCIATES. UH, HE'S BEEN WORKING, UH, WITH US ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE, UH, OWNERS' REP TEAM, UM, ON THE, UH, RFQ PROCESS FOR DESIGN SERVICES. ALSO, UM, ON THE LINE, WE DO HAVE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM BRS, UM, ARE WE, UH, ARE THEY ABLE TO, UM, UH, MR. KEVIN ARMSTRONG AND MS. MELISSA FORD. AND SO I KNOW THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE, UM, TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, MAKE ANY COMMENTS. BUT AT THIS POINT I'LL TURN IT OVER. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. SURE. BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU TURN IT OVER, UM, HOW MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT, UH, IF ANY, FOR LAND ACQUISITION FOR THIS SITE? UH, THERE WERE THREE PARCELS PURCHASED, AND I WANNA SAY THAT WAS ABOUT $4 MILLION. OKAY. SO WE HAVE, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL TURN IT OVER, UH, TO MR. KRAUSE AND, UM, HE'LL WALK THROUGH, UH, THE RFP PROCESS AND, UM, UH, INTRODUCE THE, UH, SELECTED FIRM. JUST USE THE HEROS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, MY NAME IS GARY KRAUS, UH, WITH GRAHAM ASSOCIATES. I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING THE COUNCIL FOR, UH, ALLOWING GRAHAM TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS PROCESS. IT'S AN EXCITING PROJECT AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CARRYING IT THROUGH. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THE RFQ PROCESS, WE'LL STEP BACK TO WHEN IT STARTED. BASICALLY IN, WELL STARTED A LONG TIME AGO, , BUT, UH, IN AUGUST, UH, AN RFQ WAS SENT OUT. [01:25:01] UH, WE HAD ACTUALLY 70 FIRMS RESPOND TO THE RFQ AND SHOW UP FOR THE, UM, THE PRE PRE-PROPOSAL OR PRE SOQ MEETING. UH, ACTUALLY, SOME OF THOSE FIRMS WOULDN'T BE PRIMES, THEY WOULD BE SUBS. SO WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO HAVE 70 SUBMITTALS OUT OF THAT. UH, BUT WE DID GET NINE, UH, GOT NINE SUBMITTALS, UH, IN OCTOBER. AND, UM, AND THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER. THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A GOOD BROAD RANGE OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT GOOD INTEREST IN THE PROJECT. UM, WE WENT THROUGH A, UH, AN EVALUATION PROCESS, UH, BETWEEN GRAHAM AND THE CITY AND, UH, CAME UP WITH, UH, THREE FIRMS THAT WE BROUGHT IN FOR INTERVIEWS HERE, UH, IN OCTOBER. UM, AND, UH, THEN THAT, THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS AGAIN INCLUDED, UH, OURSELVES AND, UH, AND, AND CITY STAFF, UH, 12 PERSON EVALUATION GROUP. AND THEN WE END UP WITH ONE FIRM, AND THAT WAS BRS. UH, AND I'LL KIND OF GO INTO THEM AND, AND WHY WE SELECTED THEM. BUT, UH, AND THEN SINCE THEN, OF COURSE, THEY'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR PROPOSAL AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. ALRIGHT, SO WHO'S BRS? UM, THEY ARE A LEADER IN COMMUNITY SPORTS AND RECREATION. UM, YOU CAN SEE BY SOME OF THE NUMBERS ON THIS SLIDE, THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 50 YEARS. UH, THEY'VE DONE OVER 350 PROJECTS. THE NEXT ONE'S INTERESTING, 90% OF THEIR WORK IS IN THE SPORTS RECREATION, UH, COMMUNITY DESIGN. UH, THAT, THAT IS THEIR MAIN LINE OF BUSINESS. UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO INVOLVED WITH, WITH THE WHOLE SPORTS, UH, AND RECREATION, UM, INDUSTRY, IF WE WOULD CALL IT THAT. UH, SO THEY'RE NOT JUST AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM. UH, THIS IS THE PROJECT TEAM THAT THEY'VE PROPOSED. UH, YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP OF IT, OF COURSE, IS BRS, BARKER, CIRCUIT. AND, UM, AND THEN BELOW THEM ARE THE, THE SUBS THAT WE'D EXPECT TO SEE INVOLVED WITH A LARGE ARCHITECTURALLY DRIVEN PROJECT SUCH AS THIS, UH, MEP, STRUCTURAL, ET CETERA. TWO OF 'EM I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, UH, PARTICULARLY, UH, IS, UH, LT SPORTS, UH, THE SPORTS CONSULTING GROUP, AND THAT'S KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF THE, UH, SPORTS VENUE AND HAVE, HAVING THE, THE, THE, THE RIGHT INPUT DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR THAT TO BE IMPLEMENTED. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE LIBRARY CONSULTING GROUP, MARGARET SULLIVAN, BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. WELL, ON A MORE PERSONAL LEVEL, HERE ARE THE PEOPLE, , UH, KEVIN, MELISSA AND M**K. THE THREE ON THE LEFT, THOSE ARE BRS FOLKS. UM, AND THEN LARRY OFF IS THE SPORTS CONSULTING, UM, GROUP, UH, LT SPORTS. AND THEN MARGARET SULLIVAN IS THE LIBRARY CONSULTANT. UH, THIS IS AN INTERESTING SLIDE IN THAT IT SHOWS THREE FACILITIES THAT, THAT THEY HAVE DONE. UH, TWO OF THEM ARE COMPLETED, ONE'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW, UH, TWO OF 'EM ARE IN TEXAS. UH, THE INTERESTING PART OF THIS IS THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE IN TERMS OF, UH, COST, ET CETERA AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO IT GIVES US AN IDEA OF A PROJECT THAT THEY'VE DONE THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. ALONG THOSE LINES, UH, THIS IS JUST A, A, AN GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THEIR OVERALL COMMITMENT IS TO COMMUNITY SPORTS. UH, THEY'RE INVOLVED BEYOND JUST THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PART IN ORGANIZATIONS, CONFERENCES, RESEARCH INTO THIS WHOLE, UH, MARKET. SO THEY DON'T JUST DESIGN IT AND WALK AWAY ESSENTIALLY. UM, AND, AND THEN, THEN THIS IS AN INTERESTING SLIDE. THERE ARE 18 CENTERS THAT THEY HAVE DONE WHERE THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE OWNERS, OPERATORS OF THOSE CENTERS TO GET INFORMATION BACK TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THOSE INTERESTING WAY TO, TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE MARKET. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHO THEY ARE. SO THEN WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? . OKAY. UH, SO HERE ARE THE DESIGN, UM, SERVICES THAT WE ANTICIPATE OR THE OVERALL WORK SERVICES, UH, STARTING. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THE TIMETABLE AND MEAN, STARTING WITH PRE-DESIGN PROJECT VISIONING, AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE PROJECT. AND THEN OF COURSE, SECONDLY, UH, STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT, ENGAGEMENT, UH, THE DESIGN PHASE ITSELF, WHICH IS FAIRLY TYPICAL OF A LARGE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROJECT, SCHEMATIC DESIGN, WHICH IS YOUR KIND OF APPROACH. [01:30:01] UH, YOU KNOW, DO, DO WE WANT THE, THE THING TO LOOK LIKE THIS? OR DO WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE THIS? UM, AND THEN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN IS GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT ORDER MATERIALS WE'RE USING, WHAT FORMS WE'RE GONNA USE, THAT TYPE OF THING. AND THEN FINALLY, THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. THERE'S THE ACTUAL SET OF CONSTRUCTION ON DRAWING DETAIL AND SPECIFICATIONS. UM, THE FOURTH ITEM THERE UNDER THE DESIGN PHASE, WHICH IS COST ESTIMATING, IS SOMETHING THEY WILL DO AT EACH STAGE. SO AT THE SCHEMATIC, AT THE DESIGN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COST TO MAKE SURE, ARE WE STILL IN LINE WITH WHERE WE NEED TO BE AS FAR AS THE COST IS CONCERNED? THEN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF IT IS, THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK AND ABOUT THE, UH, THE AREA OF THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS IS WHEN YOU BRING THAT PARTY INTO THE PLAY. AND THIS HELPS GUARANTEE YOUR, YOUR FINAL PRICE. AND THEY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN HELPING MAKE THAT SELECTION, UH, FROM THAT DESIGN. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OTHER THING THAT THE BRS WOULD DO IS THEY'LL MAKE SITE VISITS DURING, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION AND TO ASSURE THAT THE, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION IS ACCORDING TO DESIGN. SO, UM, THIS IS GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF, UH, JUST THE WHOLE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THING THAT BRANT, UH, WAS DISCUSSING. UH, SOME OF THE COMPONENTS, THE DIFFERENT PARTIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IT. UM, AND WHEN I SAY COMPONENTS, THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN OCCUR. UM, SOME FROM SOCIAL MEDIA AND SURVEYS TO NEIGHBORHOOD OR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, UM, AND, UH, PROJECT MEETINGS. SO FINALLY, THAT'S WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO, GONNA DO, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE? . OKAY. UH, THIS IS KIND OF A, A LITTLE SIMPLIFIED, UH, DIAGRAM OF THE PROJECT SCHEDULE. UH, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE, WE'RE NOW IN JANUARY 26. AND THE FIRST, THE GREEN PHASE OF THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S GONNA OCCUR OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF THAT PRE-DESIGN EFFORT WITH THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN ITSELF. UH, THEN THE BLUE IS KIND OF THE NEXT THREE MONTHS OR SO, WHICH IS THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT. UH, AND THEN FINALLY THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS IN THAT ORANGE, UH, CIRCLE THERE, UH, LATER IN 2026 TO DO THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. AND THEN ONCE WE GET TO, SO THAT BRINGS US A YEAR FROM NOW, JANUARY 27, UH, AT THE POINT OF BEGINNING, READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION. THE FIRST PART WOULD BE, OF COURSE THE PROCURING, THE, THAT BIDDING PART OF IT. AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION ITSELF. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT 20 MONTHS. SO THE PROJECT FINISHES UP IN DECEMBER OF 28. SO, GOOD DEAL. THAT'S THE PROCESS OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, I'D BE GLAD TO ADDRESS SOME COUNSEL. UM, IN ADDITION TO WE, I, ME DO, I MENTIONED WE DO HAVE THE, UH, TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM BRS ON THE LINE. IF, UM, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM, UH, AS WELL BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I WANT TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME GIVE THEIR COMMENTS ALSO. BUT DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FOR I HAVE A SECOND. I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING. YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME. AND, UM, AS FAR AS YOUR 350 PROJECTS AND THE 90% OF COURSE, UH, BEING THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS, UM, HOW OFTEN IS IT DO Y'ALL MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF FEASIBILITY STUDY? I GUESS THAT'S QUESTION. YEAH. THIS IS KEVIN ARMSTRONG WITH BRS. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, SIR. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, Y'ALL GET MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. AND, UM, I THINK, UH, THERE'S A GOOD NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT MOVE FORWARD THAT HAVE A GOOD PATH SET FOR THEM, AND THAT YOU DO VALIDATION OF THAT PROGRAM AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS MIGHT BE IN THE CENTER, UM, IN THE EARLY PART OF THIS PROJECT OR IN THE EARLY PART OF THOSE PROJECTS. THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO VERY EARLY ON IN THIS PROCESS, DO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SIDE OF IT, DO LISTENING SESSIONS AND HELP MAP OUT WHAT THE PROJECT CAN TAKE SHAPE AND WHAT FORM IT WILL BE ALONG WITH KIND OF THE PROGRAMMING GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET FORTH, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY ALREADY. UM, THE PROJECT IN BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, OR THE PROJECT IN GREENVILLE, TEXAS THAT, UM, BRENT [01:35:01] HAD UP ON SCREEN. UM, THAT THE ONE IN GREENVILLE'S, A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THIS PROJECT WHERE WE WERE GIVEN INITIAL PROGRAM STATEMENT AND THEN WE DID, UM, EARLY INVOLVEMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES THAT, HOW DOES, HOW DO ALL THE PIECES COME TOGETHER TO MAKE A COHESIVE FACILITY THAT THEN HELPS TO MEET THOSE GOALS. AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND ULTIMATELY, UM, GOT SUPPORT FROM THAT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE MAPPING OUT. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON IN THE VERY FIRST PART OF THIS PROJECT AFTER THIS COUNCIL MEETING, SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND BE SUCCESSFUL COMING OUT OF THIS, THAT WE ARE GONNA BE DOING THOSE GOALS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA CREATE THAT. AND THEN THAT'S GONNA BE THE FORMATION OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. DOES THAT HELP? TO ANSWER THE QUESTION SOME WHAT, DID GREENVILLE HAVE A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO GIVE Y'ALL BEFORE YOU ENTERED IN DESIGN? NO, THEY DID NOT. SO WITH GREENVILLE, THEY HAD, UM, PROGRAMMING GOALS THAT THEY MAPPED OUT FOR THE PROJECT. THEY KNEW THEY WANTED TO HAVE A LARGE COURT SPORT FACILITY THAT COULD HAVE, UM, SIX FULL-SIZE BASKETBALL COURTS, UM, AS PART OF THE PROJECT AS WELL AS AN AQUATICS COMPONENT. AND THEN, UM, A RECREATION FITNESS SPACE AND THEN A TENANT HEALTH WELLNESS PARTNER SPACE. SO THEY HAD THOSE LISTED AS GOALS FOR THE FACILITY. AND THEN WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS HELP TAKE THAT AND SYNTHESIZE THAT AND BRING IT TOGETHER AND THEN BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC TO SHARE THIS IS FROM THESE INITIAL GOALS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO CREATE WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT THEY HAD ALLOCATED FOR THAT PROJECT. AND FROM THAT WE DID LISTENING SESSIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS BEING SUCCESSFUL IN TERMS OF WHAT THE PUBLIC'S INPUT WOULD BE FROM IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS, KEVIN. YES, MA'AM. YES, SIR. WHAT MY COMMENT WAS GONNA BE , UM, IS THAT I KNOW WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED 2029 FOR COMPLETION, SO IT'S KIND OF GOOD TO SEE THE 2028. SO IS THAT LIKE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL GROUNDBREAKING, EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE BY DECEMBER OF 2028? OR IS IT JUST I I, I, I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT'S THE, THE BEST GUESS. COOL. I MEAN, DECEMBER 28 ISN'T TOO FAR FROM 29, BUT YEAH. YEAH. CARRIE, I, I WOULD ADD TO THAT REALLY QUICKLY AS WELL. SURE. IS, THAT'S KIND OF EVERYTHING MOVES SMOOTHLY FORWARD AND EVERYTHING KIND OF FALLS IN LOCKSTEP THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. UM, ADDITIONALLY THAT'S POTENTIALLY WHEN CONSTRUCTION CAN BE COMPLETED, BUT THEN THERE'S STILL MOVE IN PERIODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT OF GETTING THE FACILITY PROPERLY SET UP FOR THEN THAT OPENING TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT NOW, UH, MS. JUNE STANSKI, I NEED THE PLAY TO WALK UP MUSIC YOU WANTED ME TO PLAY. PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS. YOU KNOW IT. GENE STANSKI 46 0 1 DRIFTWOOD DRIVE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS. MY OFFICE IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPOSAL, NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. UM, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THIS END OF TOWN IS DEPRESSED. WE HAVE A HIGH, UM, UNHOUSED POPULATION. UH, WE LOST A FOOD TOWN RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY OFFICE. THERE ARE SEVERAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE CLOSED DOWN ON POLY STREET, LOBIT AND DECKER. AND THIS IS JUST NOT A GREAT PART OF TOWN TO PUT IN A MAJOR COMPLEX. I DRIVE DECKER DRIVE EVERY DAY AND IT IS FULL OF CRACKS AND POTHOLES THAT HAVE CONSTANTLY HAPPENING TO BE FIXED. IF YOU GO OUT THE OTHER DIRECTION DOWN TEXAS AVENUE, YOU HAVE A TWO LANE BRIDGE, NO SHOULDERS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE EXPANDED IF YOU'RE GONNA HOLD AN EVENT COMING OR GOING OUT TEXAS AVENUE. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAJOR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION MM-HMM . TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROJECT, WHETHER YOU'RE COMING IN TEXAS OR YOU'RE GOING DOWN DECKER. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE TO PUT DIRT ALONG I 10 TO GET A PROJECT WHERE THE HOTELS ARE, I MEAN, MIND YOU, THERE ARE NOT VIABLE HOTELS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. IF YOU WANT YOUR OCCUPANCY TAXES TO HELP PAY FOR THIS GOVERNMENT, WHEN EXXON ISN'T PAYING THEIR 75 MILLIONS IN TAXES, YOU'RE GONNA LOSE ALL YOUR OCCUPANCY TAXES PROBABLY TO LA PORT BECAUSE THAT'LL BE CLOSER AND MORE CONVENIENT AND LESSER PRICED HOTELS THAN THE ONES WE ACTUALLY HAVE HERE IN BAYTOWN, [01:40:01] WHICH ARE ON I 10. THIS PROJECT DESERVES TO BE ON I 10. WE LOST OUT TO A PROFESSIONAL TEAM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PUT IT I 10. THIS IS JUST A BAD DECISION. WE SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING $5 MILLION FOR THIS COMPANY TO GIVE US A PLAN FOR THE BAD LOCATION. IT'S A TERRIBLE LOCATION. AND IF I HAVE ANY EXTRA MINUTES, OH, AND THERE WAS NO FEASIBILITY STUDY, I WONDER WHY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. CAN I GET MY LAST MINUTE TO, UM, BRANDON TERRY? YES. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE DESIREE CLAWS. PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS. 90 26 BLUE STARLING. UM, I'M COMING TODAY AS A BAYTON AND A MOM AND A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHO'S SPENT THE LAST SIX YEARS ACTUALLY VENTURING OUTSIDE OF BAYTOWN TO GET SERVICES THAT ARE RELATED TO GROWING MY SMALL BUSINESS. SO WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE MAC, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, IS IT GOING TO INNOVATE BAYTOWN? SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT CAME FROM MR. REYNOLDS TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE IT. SO REALLY MY BIGGEST CONCERN REALLY ISN'T THE MONEY OR THE LOCATION OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS. IT'S THE CONCEPT. AN INNOVATION HUB IN BAYTOWN COULD HELP BRING DOWN SOME OF THE STRUGGLES THAT BAYTOWN IS HAVING. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, BAYTOWN IS ONE OF THE TOP 10 CITIES IN THE HIGH THAT HAS THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I BELIEVE THAT A MORE OF AN INNOVATION HUB WOULD HELP SMALL BUSINESSES CREATIVES AND BRING AN INNOVATIVE MAKER SPACE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WE ARE ALSO IN NEED OF MEETING ROOMS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD AN INNOVATIVE TECH COMMUNITY, POSSIBLY WHILE PARTNERING WITH EXXONMOBIL WOULD MAKE SENSE. SOME OF THE VENUES THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO, UH, BE AT IN HOUSTON WHILE GROWING MY SMALL BUSINESS SUCH AS THE ION IN HOUSTON IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. ALSO, THE CANNON AND ALSO THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER, HELIX PARK AND MANY OTHER VENUES IN HOUSTON, ALL ARE AMAZING INNOVATION HUBS THAT RESIDE MOSTLY IN THE HOUSTON METRO AREA. I WILL CONTINUE TO SEE HOW THIS EVENT SPACE UNFOLDS, BUT SO FAR WHAT I'M HEARING AND WHAT I'M SEEING, IT'S MISSING THE MARK. THE DESCRIPTION ALSO ALONE SEEMS A LITTLE VAGUE REGARDING THE REGIONAL HUB OF YOUTH SPORTS TOURISM AND ENTERTAINMENT, VERSUS AN INNOVATION HUB THAT FOSTERS COLLABORATION BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURS, ACADEMICS, AND CORPORATIONS FEATURING WORKSPACES, LABS, EVENT SPACES, AND SO ON. SO I'LL ASK YOU THIS. WILL THIS SPACE INNOVATE BAYTOWN, OR WILL IT STAGNATE BAYTOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOSEPH FALLON, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY ADDRESS IS ONE 70 NORTH BURNETT. SO, I MEAN, I DON'T, I THINK THERE'S A SMALL DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS. 'CAUSE $75 MILLION IS PREPOSTEROUS. HOW MANY CITIZENS WERE UPSET AT LIKE THE 10 OR 12 MILLION FOR THE HOTEL? AND NOW WE'RE GONNA TURN AROUND AND DO THE EXACT SAME THING, BUT IN A BIGGER LEAGUE? UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THE, LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO BE LIKED, Y'ALL DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING GROUNDBREAKING OR NEW OR SUPER CUTTING EDGE. LIKE, WE JUST WANT THE BASICS. I WANT THE WATER TO BE TURNED ON WHEN I TURN ON MY SINK. I WANT WATER TO BE THERE. I WANT THE ROADS TO BE GOOD ENOUGH TO DRIVE TO WORK, AND I WANT THERE TO BE FUNDING FOR THE POLICE. SO, SO WE'RE SAFE, BUT LIKE ALL THIS EXTRA STUFF AND I, I ALMOST WANT TO CALL IT LIKE A VANITY PROJECT. WE DON'T WANT IT. WE DON'T NEED IT. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SO MANY BETTER WAYS WE CAN SPEND THE MONEY AND UM, YOU KNOW, JASON SAID THAT THE NORTH SIDE IS GROWING ORGANICALLY. THERE'S A REASON WHY JUST 'CAUSE IT'S ON I 10. SO EVEN IF WE PUT SOMETHING DOWN THERE AND OUR EVENT CENTER IS DOING AMAZING, EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THERE IS NOT GONNA CHANGE THE TRAFFIC, THE ROADS, THE, THE CLOSENESS TO I 10. IT'S JUST, I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE PUTTING OUR FEET IN THE PRIVATE PRIVATIZATION. IF THERE WAS A WANT OR NEED FOR IT, A PRIVATE BUSINESS WOULD ALREADY COME IN HERE AND BE MAKING MONEY. AND ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THE CITIZENS OUTRAGE OVER THE HOTEL AND THE GOLF COURSE. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND THE SAME THING AND THE SAME THING. LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T NEED Y'ALL TO DO ANYTHING CUTTING EDGE FOR US TO LIKE YOU. I JUST WANT LOW TAXES, WHICH Y'ALL DID VOTE FOR. NO NEW REVENUE. I WANT WATER TO BE THERE WHEN I TURN ON MY SINK. I WANT THE ROADS TO BE GOOD AND I WANT A GOOD POLICE FORCE. THAT'S [01:45:01] IT. LIKE Y'ALL, Y'ALL DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. LIKE THE BAR'S KIND OF LOW, LIKE THAT'S REALLY ALL WE WANT. SO, I MEAN, I KNOW THERE HAS TO BE SOME, SOME WAY TO WIGGLE OUT OF THIS OR PUT THE MONEY IN A BETTER SPOT. 'CAUSE 75 MILLION, LIKE, I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN GRASP HOW MUCH THAT IS. THAT'S NOT A HOUSE, THAT'S NOT A CAR. THESE ARE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T DEAL WITH. AND I THINK WE NEED TO THINK A LITTLE BIT HARDER BEFORE WE JUST BLOW IT ON A COOL, UM, SOCCER FIELD OR BASKETBALL FIELD. I LOVE SPORTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW, 75 MILLION IN A PART OF TOWN THAT IS ALREADY ADMITTEDLY NOT GROWING ORGANICALLY. JUST SEEMS LIKE A BAD INVESTMENT WHENEVER THE CITIZENS HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN. WE DON'T WANT THESE PROJECTS, WE JUST WANT THE BASICS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I REALLY HOPE THAT Y'ALL CONSIDER THESE THINGS THAT I'VE SAID. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE . WHAT? I GOT A QUESTION ON HIM. DONNIE GREGORY, WHAT'S A QUESTION? IT'S FOR THE CITY CLERK. LET ME DO WHAT I DO. TAKING THEM OUTTA ORDER. DONNIE GREGORY. OKAY. DID YOU SIGNED UP TO ME? OR EIGHT. OKAY. UM, MR. TERRY, DID YOU SIGN UP FOR EIGHT B OR TWO B? SO DID, MY QUESTION IS, DID YOU SIGN UP BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING STARTED? YES. AND YOU SIGNED UP FOR EIGHT B IS WHAT IT'S SHOWING. AND YOU'RE SAYING AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING STARTED YOU SAW WE WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT TWO B? YES. OKAY. WELL OUR RULES SAY HE'S NOT ABLE TO SIGN UP AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING STARTS TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING. SO THAT'S WHY YEAH. YEAH, SHE GAVE ME A MINUTE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SIGN UP, BUT HE STILL DIDN'T SIGN UP. HE DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR TWO B. YEAH. CAN WE MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND, UM, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULDN'T BE SUSPENDING SOMETHING TO ALLOW SOMEBODY TO SPEAK THE RULES OR THE RULES. MM-HMM . BUT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS MOVED, IF IT'S IN THE AGENDA ITEM AND YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON IT, YOU CAN SPEAK ON IT. I MEAN, IF I'M LOOKING AT THE AGENDA AHEAD WITH EIGHT B, PLEASE. OKAY. HOLD ON. OKAY. SO WHEN WE GET TO EIGHT B, YOU CAN SPEAK ON EIGHT B. YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GONNA BE CON UM, CONCERNING, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO IT. LET ME SEE HERE. AND THIS PERSON DID, UM, WAS TAKEN OFF. THIS PERSON'S TAKEN OFF. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S EVERYONE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON TWO B. WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR CONCERNS? I, I, I DO WANNA MAKE A COMMENT ONLY BECAUSE MR. GREGORY IS STILL HERE. UM, HE'S STILL HERE. YEAH, HE IS. YEAH. AND HE, AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE BASEBALL. AND SO, UM, WE, WE DID INTEND TO DO, UM, SOME, SOME BASEBALL FIELDS AND GROW OUR PRESENCE WHEN IT COMES TO BASEBALL. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR BOND ITEMS. YES, IT WAS. SO WE HOPE TO ADDRESS THAT, UM, AT A LATER TIME, UM, AS WELL IS, AM I CORRECT? SO, UM, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THE NEED TO HAVE, UM, SOME BETTER FIELDS, BETTER COMPETITIVE FIELDS. UM, I KNOW THE MAYOR ENCOUNTERED THAT WITH SOME TEAMS THAT WANTED TO COME AND WE JUST COULDN'T TURN AROUND A FIELD TO DO A, A CHAMPION JUNIOR. MM-HMM . UH, LEAGUE. UM, BECAUSE IT WAS TOO MUCH, UM, UH, WORK AND, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY. AND SO WE RECOGNIZED IT THEN. UM, WE RECOGNIZE IT NOW. AND SO WE HOPE TO REVISIT THAT WITH THE GINA LORETTA, UM, RUSSELL PARK, UM, MOVEMENT FURTHER. SARAH? [01:50:02] UM, YES, AND I, JUST SPEAKING MY CLOSING COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE ITEM WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM, IT'S GONNA BE SIMILAR TO SOMETHING I SAID PREVIOUSLY. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SAY, WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR THIS. AND THEN THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SAY, WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS. AND, UH, MR. REYNOLDS HELD UP A BOOK EARLIER, THE STRATEGIC PLAN. HE HELD UP THE, UM, THE, THE THINNER, I THINK IT WAS A, A PARKS REC CENTER. THE, THE REC CENTER. UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, SEVERAL CITIZENS, I'M THINKING OF A FEW OF 'EM RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT ARE, THAT SIT ON THAT STRATEGIC TEAM THAT HOPEFULLY START TO MEET AGAIN. UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT THIS. THERE WAS VERY LONG DISCUSSIONS AND, AND PUBLIC INPUT. SO, UM, I I, I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH THAT. THERE'S, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT DO WANT IT. YEAH. I YOU GO AHEAD. YEAH. UM, I JUST WANNA ADDRESS, UM, MR. REYNOLDS' PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A SENTIMENT SOMETIMES THAT SOMEBODY DISAGREES WITH SOMETHING THEY'RE BEING NEGATIVE. UM, THE, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. I'VE GOTTEN WORKING WITH THESE CONSTITUENTS. I'VE, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 43 YEARS. THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE THAT CARE ABOUT BAYTOWN AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO'S DISAGREEING WITH SOMETHING DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NEGATIVES MEANS THEY HAVE CONCERNS. UM, IF I, IF SOMEBODY WAS JUMPING OUT OF THE PLANE WITH, WITH A PARACHUTE, WITHOUT A PARACHUTE, WOULD IT BE NEGATIVE TO TELL THEM THAT THEY CAN'T JUMP OUT THE PLANE? 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A PARACHUTE ON? NO. IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TAKING THE NECESSARY, MAKE SURE THEY'RE TAKING THE NECESSARY STEPS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. UM, I FEEL THIS IS RUSHED. I THINK THERE'S, WE, WE, I KNOW WE HAD, UM, UH, AN INITIAL STUDY BACK IN 2018, BUT A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN OUR CITY AND IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE 2018. UM, IT'S A DIFFERENT POPULACE, IT'S A DIFFERENT CULTURE, IT'S A DIFFERENT, UM, WE HAD COVID, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ECONOMIC, UM, UPS AND DOWNS AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF, OF ENGAGEMENT TO SARAH'S POINT, UM, TO ADDRESS WHETHER DO, TO SEE IF WE EVEN WANT TO GO FOR FORWARD WITH THIS, THIS FROM THE PUBLIC. UM, THAT COUPLED WITH THERE'S NO FEASIBILITY STUDY. WE'RE ABOUT TO, UM, INVEST ANOTHER 5 MILLION WITHOUT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON A PROJECT THAT WE'RE JUST GUESSING TO SEE IF IT'S FEASIBLE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUMPING OUT OF A PLANE WITHOUT A SHOOT. UM, I REALLY WOULD HOPE THAT WE TAKE A STEP BACK WITH WHAT WE'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I, WE'VE HEARD TESTIMONY THROUGH TESTIMONY, PEOPLE HAVING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOCATION, UM, THE MONEY, WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. DO WHAT DO WE WANT THIS OVER THE LAST YEAR, UM, TO SAY, HEY, LET'S, LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK WITH OUR BOND. WE ONLY 60%, ONLY 40% OF OUR BOND PASSED 60% FAILURE. THERE'S A LOT. WE NEED TO STEP BACK AND, AND SAY, DO WE WANT TO DO THIS WITH THAT 75 MILLION? I'M GRATEFUL FOR OUR IDAS, OUR ADAS MAKE BAYTOWN A BEARABLE PLACE TO LIVE, UM, WITHOUT THE, THE INFLUX OF HIGH TAXES. UM, I'M GRATEFUL FOR EXXON, WHAT IT'S DONE FOR MY FAMILY AND, UM, FOR MY FRIENDS IN THIS TOWN. I'M JUST NOT GETTING A CONSENSUS OF THIS IS WHAT, WHAT ARE, THIS IS WHAT THE CITIZENS ARE ASKING FOR. AND I THINK WITH THE WAY I FEEL, THE WAY THE BOND SHAPED OUT, UM, THAT WE NEED TO STEP BACK AND REALLY LOOK, UM, THINK OF INNOVATIVE WAYS FOR WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THE 75 MILLION OTHER THAN THIS CENTER. NOW, IF THERE IS A CLAUSE IN OUR, IN THE CONTRACT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A A CONTRACT AGREEMENT, RENEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITH EXXON, THERE IS A CLAUSE THAT ALLOWS US TO USE THAT BUILDING UP WITH A, ON ANOTHER FACILITY. I KNOW JASON SAID EXXON CAME TO US WITH A, UM, THEY WANTED TO DO A SCIENCE CENTER. THERE WAS A SCIENCE CENTER ON THE BOND, A WETLAND CENTER THAT, THAT FAILED 'CAUSE THE CITIZENS DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO DEBT ON THAT. UM, MAYBE WE COULD LOOK MAY LOOK, YOU GO LOOK INTO DOING THAT. MAYBE WE COULD TO EXXON AND ASK THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY [01:55:01] MAY NOT MIND WHAT WE USE THAT MONEY ON. UM, BUT THESE QUESTIONS I FEEL WE NEED TO ANSWER BEFORE WE GO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, ANY TYPE OF, UM, DESIGN OR, UM, UM, ANY MORE STEPS TO, TO DEVELOP THIS PROJECT WHERE IT'S AT. UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ASK, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA PUT A MOTION OUT THERE RIGHT NOW TO, UM, TO TABLE THIS, THIS AGREEMENT FOR NOW WITH, UM, BAKER RINKER C CT ARCHITECTURAL PC. WHEN IT'S SUCH TIME WE GET MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE NEED TO GET, WE NEED TO GET A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO SEE IF THIS WILL WORK AT THIS LOCATION. HOW MANY SEATS, UH, WOULD IT BE NEEDED TO BE PROFITABLE? WHAT COMPONENTS WOULD NEED TO BE PROFITABLE? UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE US GO AS A COUNCIL, GO TO RESOLUTION TO X EXXON. CAN, CAN WE USE THAT 75 MILLION TO SOMETHING ELSE TO, FOR SERVICES THAT WE WE'RE IN NEEDING RIGHT NOW? WE WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING A CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING FIRE STATIONS, UM, TO REALLY STEP BACK AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE COULD DO WITH 75 MILLION. I KNOW MS. ALVARADO SAID, YEAH, WE'RE GETTING 20 MILLION IN OUR GENERAL FUND THAT THAT GOES TO FOR FROM EXXON'S LAST, UH, IDA, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE? YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT $75 MILLION LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? WHAT KIND OF HOLE IS THAT GONNA PUNCH IN OUR BUDGET IN THE FUTURE? THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED. SO I WANNA MAKE A MOTION WE TABLE THIS UNTIL SUCH TIME, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. WE'VE, WE WENT TO EXXON TO SEE IF WE COULD USE SOME MONEY ON, ON, ON, ON SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND UM, WE GET MORE COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE GET A FEASIBILITY STUDY. SO THAT'S THE MOTION I'M PUTTING OUT ME JUST A, UH, POINT OF ORDER. I MADE A MOTION WHAT YOU DID. UM, I NEED A SECOND. I NEED A SECOND. THE LAST TIME. THREE TIMES, RIGHT? MM-HMM . I NEED A SECOND. DIES ON THE VINE. Y'ALL OWN IT. LET'S GO WITH, SO COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT FOUR, AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK TO IT. SO WE WANT TO, AND I, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER AND, AND I ALSO APPRECIATE, UH, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF. AND I'M GONNA READ A LETTER FROM OCTOBER 8TH, 2024 THAT WAS SENT TO ALL THE COUNCIL. THIS IS FROM EXXON REGARDING THE CHAPTER TWO 12 AGREEMENT BETWEEN EXXONMOBIL AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. EXXONMOBIL IS SATISFIED WITH THE INTENT OF THE 75 MILLION UPFRONT PAYMENT AND THE VISION OF THE CITY MANAGEMENT'S COUNCIL TO BUILD A MULTIPURPOSE EVENT VENUE WITH EXXONMOBIL NAMING RIGHTS. THIS UPFRONT PAYMENT PAYMENTS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR GENERAL USE FUNDS. WE ALREADY ASKED THAT QUESTION. I ASKED THAT QUESTION WHEN, WHEN WE WERE IN TECH IN THE, AT THE TECH CAPITAL WITH THE GENTLEMAN FOR EXXON MM-HMM . I ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION. HE DOESN'T RECALL. WELL, THERE WE HAVE HELP. IT'S MY TIME. WE HAVE A LETTER THAT YOU GOT, I GOT AND EVERYBODY, I HAVE A LETTER RIGHT HERE. WHERE, WHERE DOES IT SAY WHERE, WHERE DOES IT SAY THEM WOULDN'T BE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT USING THE MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE? IT SAYS THAT THEY ARE, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT HERE. THEY, THESE UPFRONT PAYMENTS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR JU TO USE FUNDS AND THAT THEY ARE CONTENT. I REALLY JUST READ IT, SIR. YEAH. IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SAY IT IS IS SATISFIED WITH THE INTENT. THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS. WE ALL KNOW THAT IN A NEGOTIATION, THE FIRST PERSON TO GO TO NEGOTIATION WILL LOSE. I THIS IS A $5 BILLION INVESTMENT INTO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY AND THAT IS A LOT OF JOBS AND OKAY, AND I UNDERSTAND, TRUST ME, I GET IT. I GET WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM AND WE HAVE TO ALSO LOOK AT THE COST. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 55 MILLION TO 60 MILLION. WHAT WE WANNA SPEND ON THAT RIGHT NOW, 55 MILLION EVERY MONTH. IT COSTS US $200,000 MORE WITH INFLATION AT 4%. THE FEDERAL RESERVE RIGHT NOW HAS THE INTEREST RATE AROUND SIX AND THREE QUARTERS. CONSTRUCTION DOES NOT HAPPEN AT FIVE AT SIX AND A QUARTER. IT HAPPENS AT 5% BELOW. THERE WILL BE A NEW FEDERAL, NEW TARIFF FEDERAL RESERVE THIS YEAR. WE ALL KNOW THAT. AND THE INTENT IS TO LOWER THE INTEREST RATE. AND WHEN THE INTEREST RATE LOWERS CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN, THERE WILL BE MORE INVESTMENT. AND WHEN MORE INVESTMENT COMES, ITS SUPPLY AND DEMAND. WE JUST SAW GRANT IS THE NEW FIRE STATION UNDER BUDGET OR HOW MUCH? THERE WE GO. UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED BIDS THAT, UM, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS WILL BE WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED BUDGET. I'M SORRY, [02:00:01] THE, WE JUST BID GARTH ROAD. IT WAS HOW MUCH UNDER BUDGET? 10 MILLION WE DO THE GARTH ROAD, THE 46 MILLION WAS I BELIEVE 10 MILLION UNDER BUDGET. WEBER WHO ONLY DOES FREEWAYS BID ON A CITY OF BAYTOWN PROJECT. THERE'S COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT ARE NOT DOING CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. SUPPLY AND DEMAND. AND I GET IT, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT, WE'VE HAD SEVEN YEARS OF THIS PART, AND I UNDERSTAND THE FEASIBILITY, BUT THEY JUST TOLD YOU THAT THEY, THEY ARE GONNA BE DOING THE FEASIBILITY. THIS 5 MILLION ISN'T A GUARANTEED 5 MILLION. THIS IS DRAWS, OKAY? THIS IS NOT, WE'RE GIVING 'EM $5 MILLION TODAY. WE ARE GIVING 'EM IN DRAWS. THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA PULL FIVE TO INITIAL 500,000 FOR THE INITIAL STARTUP OF ALL THIS. BUT THIS IS FROM START TO END 5 MILLION. THEY ARE GONNA BE DOING THE STUDIES. THEY'RE GONNA BE, THIS IS ALL WHAT'S GONNA START HAPPENING. THIS IS WHERE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEGINS. OKAY? AND I, I, I GET IT. AND I TALKED TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE. I EVEN TALKED TO PEOPLE IN, IN EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT PRETTY MUCH TODAY. AND I TALKED TO SOMEONE IN THAT DID THAT WAS AGAINST IT. AND WHEN I TOLD THEM WHAT WE HAD TO DO AND I OUTLINED IT, I'M NOT, I COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT IN WHAT THEY SAID. THEY'RE LIKE, YOU'RE KIND OF STUCK INTO IT AND I GET THE $5 BILLION. THAT IS A LOT TO RISK BECAUSE LET'S BE REALISTIC, THAT PROJECT GOT CANCELED BECAUSE OF WHEN THEY CUT THE, THE, THE FUNDS FOR HYDROGEN. 'CAUSE THE MARKET, THEY'RE NOW RE RESTRUCTURING IT BECAUSE THEY LOST A $4 BILLION GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL. WE KNOW IT JUST HAPPENED LAST WEEK. THERE'S GONNA BE INVESTMENTS COMING BACK INTO EXXON THAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD. THEY'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT IT. IT'S COMING. AND WE ARE, I'M NOT GONNA RISK FOUR. THAT'S A POTENTIAL TWO TO 4,000 JOBS. IF YOU WANNA RISK TWO TO 4,000 JOBS FOR THESE PEOPLE. I, I'M STILL TALKING. IF YOU WANNA RISK THE TWO TO 4,000 JOBS THAT'S, THAT'S ON YOU. UH, WHO WAS NEXT? UM, JASON WANTED TO MAKE GOOD COMMENT. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THE PIECE. THE COUNCIL IN 20, 25 OR 24 WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTIES, WHEN THE CITY BOUGHT THE PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO VECTOR OR VEC, THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY VOTED ON THAT KNOWING THAT IT WAS PART OF BECK AND PER THE CONTRACT, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF BECK THAT IT, THE MONEY CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON ONE LOCATION PROJECT. SO IF, IF THE COUNCIL DOES, UM, OPEN UP NEGOTIATIONS OF THE CONTRACT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY $5 MILLION OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY THAT BACK TO PROJECT VECTOR'S FUNDING MECHANISM. SO JUST A, A NUANCE AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, SO YOU UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. SHE'S NEXT. OKAY. SO, UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCO AND JASON, BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA MAKE SOME OF THE SAME COMMENTS AND, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, I I SEE THAT YOU HAVE PASSION, UH, AND TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR EVERYONE. WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE IN TERMS OF DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE AND ALL OF THAT. AND I KNOW, UM, THE HOTEL AND AND GOLF COURSE KEEPS BEING BROUGHT UP. WE'RE DONE WITH THAT. WE'RE DONE WITH THAT. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A PATH FORWARD. UM, AND UH, THE IDEAS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH BY MS. CLAUS, SHE MENTIONED THOSE BEFORE AND I TALKED TO JASON ABOUT THAT. I LIKE THOSE IDEAS. WE DID HAVE AN INNOVATION CENTER HERE BEFORE AND IT FLOPPED. UH, WE'RE NOW REDOING THE BRUNSON CENTER, UM, TO HAVE MORE OF A MULTIMEDIA OPTION FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. COULD THAT RUN OFF INTO THE EVENT CENTER OR MAC? ABSOLUTELY. PROBABLY THE WAY MULTIMEDIA WORKS NOW, UH, WE CAN SATELLITE IN FROM THE BRUNSON OVER TO THE MAC AND VICE VERSA. SO THE THE OPTIONS ARE VERY, UH, UNLIMITED WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGN. AND THAT'S WHY STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK IS VERY CRITICAL. YOU HEARD THE GENTLEMAN SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY. SO FOR ME, THAT'S OUT THE WINDOW IN TERMS OF THE REASONING OF NOT MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T UTILIZE A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THEY'RE OPEN. AND I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THEIR REVENUES HAVE BEEN BECAUSE SOME OF THE, THE CENTERS THAT WE WENT TO, THEY, THEY HAD TO HOLD OFF ON SO MANY THINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE BOOKED YEAR ROUND, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT WE WENT TO OVER IN, I THINK IT WAS HUMBLE AND WE WENT TO THAT ONE AND, AND THEY COULD NOT MOVE ENOUGH FASTER. THEY HAD TO HIRE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO BOOK. COULD [02:05:01] THAT HAPPEN HERE? I DON'T KNOW. AND THAT'S WHAT THE FEE, THE, UM, STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK IS GONNA LOOK LIKE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAPTURE OUR RESIDENTS FEEDBACK TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO, TO HAVE WITHIN THE FACILITY. UM, I AGREE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TO, WE MAKE IT TO WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSING ON SPORTS. UM, AND SO FOR ME, UM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU GOT IT FROM VERY GOOD AUTHORITY BECAUSE WE'VE YET TO HEAR ANY OF THAT. AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION THAT YOU HAD A LIST THAT NONE OF US HAD, BUT WE, YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BEFORE TODAY'S MEETING AND MAYBE YOU DID ALREADY. I AM NOT SURE. YOU PROBABLY DID BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO JASON BEFOREHAND, SHOW AND, AND GIVE HIM ALL OF OUR INFORMATION, GIVE HIM ALL THE DATA. WE NEVER GOT THAT DATA FROM YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU GOT REGARDING TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU YET ABOUT YOUR, UM, RESOURCE THAT TOLD YOU WE COULDN'T RENEGOTIATE WITH EXXON. THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD, NOT JUST FROM THE LETTER BUT JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, IS THAT THEY'RE HAPPY THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. EXXON HAD IT, IT WASN'T JUST THE FLIP OF A SWITCH WITH, UH, MR. AARON. UM, STRIKE THAT. YEAH, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT. THEY HAD TO GO TO ALL OF THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, GET THEM ALL TOGETHER, SIGN OFF ON THE AGREEMENT MULTIPLE TIMES, GET THEIR ATTORNEYS INVOLVED, UM, OUR ATTORNEYS INVOLVED. SO IT WASN'T AN OVERNIGHT THING AND THEY BLESSED THE DOCUMENT AND THAT WAS THE FINAL. UM, SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHO YOU SPOKE TO THAT SAID, YEAH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THE AGREEMENT AND WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK UP THE CHAIN AGAIN WITH ATTORNEYS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT LIVE EVERYWHERE. SO I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHO YOU SPOKE TO THAT SAID, YEAH, YOU CAN REDO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. WELL, I THINK WE'RE ARGUING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS HERE. UM, I'M NOT ASKING TO CHANGE THE TERMS OF AGREEMENT. I'M ASKING TO EXERCISE THE OR CLAUSE IN THE CURRENT AGREEMENT TO USE THE MONEY ON SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE AGREEMENT. IT'S RIGHT HERE ON PAGE 19, ARTICLE SIX. WE CAN USE SOME MONEY FOR A MULTIPURPOSE SPORTS CENTER OR A BUILDING, A MUTUAL AGREEMENT, A PARTIES, UH, UH, A, A MUTUAL AGREEMENT, A COMMUNITY BUILDING. IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THE CONTRACT. DOESN'T HAVE TO RE YOU DON'T, THERE'S NO CLAUSE RIGHT HERE. WE DON'T HAVE TO REDO THE CONTRACT. WE DON'T HAVE TO MISS OUT ON THE MONEY. IT'S, IT'S JUST AN OR CLAUSE. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A FORMER MAYOR WHO HAS TIES TO EXXONMOBIL WHO TOLD ME THIS INFORMATION THAT EXXON WOULD BE OKAY WITH EXERCISING THE OR CLAUSE OF THE CONTRACT. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. IF YOU'RE FINE WITH THAT GOING ON, YOU FINE. WOULD NOT, WOULD NOT EXERCISE AN ORE CLAUSE. THIS IS OUR WAY TO USE THE MONEY FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IF YOU'RE FINE WITH THAT, THAT'S FINE, BUT OWN IT. SO I'M GONNA SAY THIS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT. NO, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND VOTE AFTER I SPEAK. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS LONG ENOUGH. WE'VE ALREADY HAD A MOTION. IT DIED ON THE VINE. UM, AND AS FAR AS SOMEONE SAYING THAT THEY, SOMEONE WHO TOLD YOU FORMER MAYOR, NOT THAT THAT WAS THE CASE. WE HAVE AN EMAIL HERE. IF THIS IS A FORMER MAYOR, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE CITY HALL IS, WHERE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS, WHERE LEGALS IS, AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO IN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION. AM I RIGHT? YES, SIR. UM, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. WE HAD A MOTION GO FORTH. THE MOTION DIED ON THE VINE. WE'RE NOT GONNA PROLONG THIS ANY LONGER. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT. IF IT PASSES, IT PASSES. IF IT FAILS, IT FAILS THING, PLEASE. NO, NO. JUST, UM, JUST ONE THING. NO, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND VOTE IT. THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND VOTE PROCEEDING THIS, THAT LETTER CAME AFTER THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. I NEED A, I NEED A MOTION. MAYOR. I, I'LL MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE. TWO B. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIES. I ON IT. THREE A. WE, WE OWN EVERY DECISION. WELL, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GOING, WE'RE NOT. WE VOTED. WE'RE DONE WITH IT. THREE [a. Receive and discuss a presentation on the proposed second phase of the Bay Creek residential development.] A. RECEIVE AND DISCUSS A PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED SECOND PHASE [02:10:01] OF THE BAY CREEK RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. MR. MORAN? YES. UH, MR. MAYOR AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS? UM, WE HAVE MR. ASHLEY YODER WITH CASTLE ROCK COMMUNITIES, WHO HAS A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON, UM, THEIR SECOND PHASE OF BAY CREEK, WHICH IS LOCATED OFF OF NORTH MAINE, ACROSS FROM GOOSE CREEK, UH, MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL. UM, WITH THAT, MR. YODER. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. UH, CASTRO COMMUNITY'S BASED IN, UH, HOUSTON, TEXAS WITH A PRESENCE IN ARIZONA, TENNESSEE, UM, AND NOW IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. UH, WE'RE IN ALL THE MAJOR MARKETS. WE'RE BASED HERE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. WE'VE BUILT IN BAYTOWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. UH, THE TWO MOST RECENT COMMUNITIES ARE GOOSE CREEK LANDING, AND THEN THE NEWEST ONE IS, UH, BAY CREEK. AND WHAT I'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY, UM, THOSE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE WERE IN PREVIOUSLY. I'M GONNA TAKE THROUGH A FEW PICTURES HERE OF THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT. UM, WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS COMMUNITY, BOUGHT THE LAND FOR THIS COMMUNITY, Y'ALL HAD JUST STARTED DOING PIS AND WE SET THE BOUNDARIES FOR PIT NUMBER ONE. AND HAD WE KNOWN WE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO BUY THE UNION PACIFIC PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF US, WE WOULD'VE WAITED AND DONE IT ALL UNDER ONE PIT. UH, SO THIS IS FOR A NEW PIT. THIS IS FOR PI NUMBER TWO. SO THIS IS SOME PICTURES OF THE EXISTING COMMUNITY. THIS IS OUR ENTRANCE, UH, PARKS TRAIL SYSTEM. I WOULD NOTE THAT THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN LAST WEEK, AND SO THEY'RE NOT FLOWERING WITH SPRING AND SUMMER FOLIAGE. UH, THE SITE THAT YOU SEE IN THE RED IS THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT. THE SITE THAT YOU SEE OUTLINED IN THE GREEN IS THE PROPOSED, UH, PI NUMBER TWO JUST TO THE NORTH OF THAT IS THE LENNAR COMMUNITY. THIS IS ANOTHER OUTLINE. WHAT YOU SEE SHADED OUT IS, UH, BAY CREEK PIT NUMBER ONE, WHICH YOU SEE, UH, UH, THAT'S MORE VIBRANT IS BAY CREEK, UH, PIT NUMBER TWO. AND SO PIT NUMBER TWO, UH, WILL BE 59 LOTS IN SECTION THREE THAT ARE 55 FOOT LOTS. AND SECTION FOUR ARE 50 FOOT LOTS. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID IN BAY CREEK PIT NUMBER ONE. UH, FOCUSING ON PIT NUMBER TWO. AGAIN, 97, UH, 50 FOOT LOTS, 59, UH, 55 FOOT LOTS. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE SEEN. PARK PEDESTRIAN TRAILS, PLAYGROUNDS, AMENITY POND, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING. UM, WE'RE BIG ON CONNECTIVITY. UH, WE HAVE TRAILS GOING THROUGHOUT THE EXISTING PIT. NUMBER ONE, WE'RE GONNA CONNECT THOSE TRAILS TO PIT NUMBER TWO. SO THERE'LL BE GOOD WALKING PATHS GOING BY THE DETENTION PONDS. THOSE, THOSE ARE WET DETENTION PONDS. UH, THERE'LL BE FOUNTAINS THERE, LOTS OF LANDSCAPING. AND SO, AND IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT WHERE YOU SEE SECTION THREE, YOU'LL SEE AN ORANGE LINE GOING THROUGH THAT IS A LONG TRAIL GOING ALONG, UH, FROM, UH, FROM WEST TO EAST. AND THEN GO OF COURSE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, UH, ALONG THE, ON THE, THE WEST, OR I'M SORRY, THE EASTERN BOUNDARY, WHICH YOU SEE HERE IN REGARDS TO TREES AND PLANTINGS. THEY'RE EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD IN THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR PIT NUMBER ONE. LOTS OF DIFFERENT LANDSCAPING AMENITIES. WE'RE GONNA PUT IN, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG NORTH MAIN THAT WE HAVE NOW SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS ON THE DETENTION TRAIL. SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS ON THE INTERNAL TRAIL. THIS IS A AERIAL, OR I GUESS A DRONE SHOT OF ONE OF THE TRAILS RIGHT THERE THAT GOES ALONG THE SPINE, UH, IN PIT NUMBER ONE THAT WE WILL BE CONTINUING IN PIT NUMBER TWO. UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FENCING THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE. UM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FENCES. UH, THAT WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF WHAT YOU SEE IN THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE FENCE UPGRADED FENCING, UH, THAT'LL BE DEVELOPED ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY. AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE METAL FENCING. SO, UH, ALONG THE, UM, LAKES SO RESIDENTS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THE VIEW. SOME MORE EXAMPLES, AGAIN, MORE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'VE DONE. TWO DIFFERENT SERIES OF HOUSES THAT WE BUILD. UH, THESE ARE THE EXISTING MODELS. THESE ARE OUR COBALTS THAT ARE ON OUR 50 FOOT, [02:15:01] UM, UH, LOTS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE 60 FOOT, WHICH IS A MOVE UP PRODUCT. UM, AND WITH THAT, THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. GOOD DEAL. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING IN AND, UM, AND BUILDING UNDER A PIT. UM, I DO REMEMBER WHEN WE DECIDED TO GO TO A PIT OR A PIT AND TRY TO MOVE AWAY FROM MUDS. AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING IN AND DOING WHAT WE ASKED AND NOT TRYING TO DO WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM. YES, SIR. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW GOOSE CREEK LANDING IS A PRODUCT THAT SOLD QUICKLY. PEOPLE WERE VERY HAPPY AND PEOPLE ARE STILL HAPPY BEING THERE AND I'M CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW FAST THIS DEVELOPMENT SELLS. THANK AND WHAT THE REVIEWS ARE WITH THE HOMES. THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE IT. YES, MA'AM. I ONLY HAVE ONE COMMENT AND THAT'S, CONGRATULATIONS ON WORKING WITH UP FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY GIVE UP A PIECE OF THEIR PROPERTY. YEAH. SO THAT'S AMAZING. THAT IS IMPRESSIVE. TRYING TO GET THEM TO FIX BAKER. MM-HMM . ANYONE ELSE? SORRY, TOO SOON. GOOD DEAL. OKAY. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU FOR A [a. Consider a resolution accepting a petition for the establishment of the Bay Creek Public Improvement District No. 2 and setting a public hearing regarding the advisability of the proposed improvements.] CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A PETITION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BAY CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADV ADVISABILITY OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS. MR. MORAN. UH, YES, MR. MAYOR. SO THE PROPOSED, UH, RESOLUTION IS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE, UH, BAY CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. UH, NUMBER TWO, UM, THIS FIRST STEP IF, UH, COUNCIL DECIDES TO APPROVE THIS PETITION, UM, AND ITS ACCEPTANCE. IT DOES NOT ESTABLISH THE P HOWEVER, IT DOES AUTHORIZE, UM, STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN, UM, WORKING ON, UM, WITH DEVELOPER, UM, ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A SERIES OF, UM, OTHER STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE, UM, WHICH INCLUDE THE FEASIBILITY REPORT, PROVIDING NOTICE AND PUBLICATIONS FOR, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND THEN ALSO RETURNING TO COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION, UM, TO CREATE THE DISTRICT. AND THEN THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN, UM, THAT WILL BE APPROVED. UM, EACH OF THESE STEPS, UM, WILL REQUIRE, UM, COUNCIL ACTION AT THAT POINT. SO THERE'LL BE A SERIES, UM, SERIES OF ITEMS IN UPCOMING, UM, COUNCIL MEETINGS, UM, THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER, UM, BEFORE ANY ASSESSMENTS, UM, ON THE PROPERTIES CAN BE LEVIED. UM, AS A PART OF THIS ITEM. UM, TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, TO BE SET, UM, ON THE ADVISABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, UM, SET FOR FEBRUARY 12TH. AND JUST FOR FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, PIT IS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS A FIN FINANCING MECHANISM. GOOD DEAL. I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MR. MORAN. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. [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.] UM, IF NO ONE'S GOING TO PULL ANYTHING, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE A AND O TOGETHER. UH, YES SIR. COUNSEL, I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT THAT I WAS ADVISED BEFORE THE MEETING THAT THERE'S A TYPO ON FIVE H. THIS WILL BE A PROPOSED ORDINANCE, NOT A PROPOSED RESOLUTION. SO H IS AND ORDINANCE. GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A THROUGH O, NO EXCEPTIONS. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE ARE ON TO [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.] SIX MANAGER'S REPORT. ALRIGHT, NOW BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, YOU DID SPEAK. SO ARE WE TAKING TIME AWAY FROM YOUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION? I'LL BE VERY BRIEF, I PROMISE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PARKS RECREATION TOURISM DEPARTMENT RECENTLY EARNED SEVERAL AWARDS, TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY TRAPS MAINTENANCE OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR SOLAR LIGHTING PROJECT, UH, 2025 AQUATICS PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD FOR THE PHOTO TITLED A WORRY-FREE DAY AT PIRATES BAY CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM THE A CAC PARKS AND NATURAL AREA AWARDS. RECEIVED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM IN THE ON THE GROUND PROJECT CATEGORY FOR THE JENKINS HOLLOWAY PERFECT T TRAIL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND HONORABLE MENTION RECOGNITION FROM HJC PARKS NATURAL AREA AWARDS IN THE PROGRAM PROGRAMMING CATEGORY FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND GC GCC, ISDS NATURE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. SO CONGRATS TO THE DEPARTMENTS ON THESE ACHIEVEMENTS. PLEASE PASS THAT ON CL UH, CLIFF AND THANK YOU [02:20:01] TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE STEVEN BRADFORD FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ON RECENTLY EARNING HIS COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. SO GREAT JOB STEVEN FRANK, PLEASE PASS THAT ON TO HIM. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THIS MANAGER'S REPORT. GOOD DEAL. SEVEN A [a. Receive a report from Council Member Mike Lester regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 6.] COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT REPORT. MIKE LISTER, DISTRICT SIX. I'LL MAKE IT BRIEF AS WELL. MAYBE MAYOR, UM, DISTRICT, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL ISSUES GOING ON WITH THEIR EAST, UH, DISTRICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. SEVERAL PHASES IN PROCESS THERE. UM, STORMWATER CREWS HAVE, HAVE BEEN OUT, UM, DIGGING OUT THE DITCHES AND FLUSHING DRAINAGE PIPES IN IN THE DISTRICT. UH, THAT'S EASY TO SEE 'CAUSE THEY LEAVE A TRAIL WHEN THEY GO, UH, WHICH IS GREAT. UM, I WISH WE COULD GET SOME RAIN. UH, WE DESPERATELY NEED IT. AND THEN THERE WAS A, A FUN FACT THAT I GUESS PARKS PROVIDED ABOUT THE TABS BAY DISC GOLF COURSE AND THAT THAT, UH, THE, THE, I GUESS THE DISC APP TRACKED NEARLY 500,000 STEPS DURING DECEMBER, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT 114,000 STEPS PER WEEK. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF Y'ALL, BUT IF I PLAYED DISC GOLF, I'D PROBABLY DO THE 500,000 STEPS IN ONE DAY. JUST CHASING MY FRISBEES DOWN , UH, JUST NOT THAT GOOD WITH 'EM. SO, UM, JUST, JUST A GENERAL LOT GOING ON. UH, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT OF, OF FRANK AND HIS CREW AS FAR AS THE STORMWATER STUFF, UH, THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY DISTRICT'S HEART, SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS. THAT'S IT. UM, I'M GONNA TAKE A, SOME PRIVILEGE HERE AND TALK ABOUT OUR LIBRARY REALLY QUICK. UH, LIKE I SAID, I STOPPED IN YESTERDAY TO MAKE SOME COPIES AND THE INNOVATION ROOM WAS FULL. I MEAN, IT WAS PACKED WALL TO WALL. IT'S LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON IN THERE? THEY WERE DOING VISION BOARDS. NEVER DONE A VISION BOARD WHEN I WALKED IN. UM, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS GOING ON AND SOMEONE MADE THAT COMMENT. SO TELL US WITHOUT TELLING US YOU AREN'T, YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE LIBRARY'S FACEBOOK PAGE. YEAH, AND THEY ABOUT BEAT ME FOR IT . UM, AND THEN THEY FOUND OUT I DIDN'T HAVE A LIBRARY CARD. OH, NICE. OH YEAH, THAT WAS BAD OVER THEIR BOOK. BAD BUSINESS. SO, UM, I'M HERE TO SAY IT TOOK ME THREE MINUTES TO GET MY LIBRARY CARD. I HAVE A PHOTO TO PROVE IT. AND I JUST WANNA SAY KUDOS TO OUR LIBRARY, UM, STAFF FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE EVERYONE THAT WAS IN THERE SAY THAT THEY REMINDED ME AS IF I WASN'T HERE, THAT WE HAVE THE BEST LIBRARY IN BAYTOWN AND THAT THEY ENJOYED THE PROGRAMMING GOING ON AT OUR LIBRARY. THEY WERE VERY KIND WITH ME, WALKING ME THROUGH THE STEPS OF GETTING MY LIBRARY CARD. THEY WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN TO ME MORE THAN ONCE WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO PAY FOR MY COPIES. AND UM, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO TO THE COPY MACHINE. ONCE YOU PAY FOR IT, IT MAGICALLY APPEARS. IT IS WONDERFUL. I LOVE IT. UM, SO THANK YOU TO THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB YOU ALL ARE DOING. AND UM, DID YOU DONATE TO FIX A TOILET WHILE YOU WERE THERE, ? I DID NOT. I'M JUST KIDDING THERE. I'M JUST KIDDING. BUT THAT MAY BE SOMETHING I CONSIDER TO STAND THERE. GOOD GRACES. I'M JUST KIDDING. UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, I, I AM COMMITTING TO FOLLOWING THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE. I'M GOING TO COMMIT TO DOING WHAT MY MOTHER HAD ME DOING WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD GOING THERE RENTING VHS TAPES OF DISNEY MOVIES. I'M GONNA TRY TO RENT SOMETHING ONCE A MONTH AND I WILL BE BRINGING IT BACK ON TIME SO I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FINE . UM, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ON. WELL THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THAT. OH YEAH. KNOW THE TEAM. DOES WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM OVER THERE. WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO EIGHT, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND MR. TERRY, YOU DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK, SO COME ON UP PLEASE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND PLEASE STATE YOUR, YOUR ADDRESS AND THANK YOU FOR WAITING AROUND PAIN DRIVE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AND I'M ADDRESSING THE BEHAVIOR OF OUR CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL'S LACK OF ACTION. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WITHOUT THE FAILURES OF OUR LAST TWO, SPECIFICALLY THE GOLF COURSE. AND SITTING HERE AT THE SLIDESHOW TONIGHT GAVE ME A NIGHTMARE OF THE PRESENTATION GIVEN ON THE GOLF COURSE. AND A CITY MANAGER SITS UP HERE ON A SLIDE, SHOWS THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS BEING PLAYED AND THOSE NUMBERS WERE COOKED LIKE THE BOOKS OF VERON. THERE'S NO WAY THOSE WERE FALSE. A HUNDRED PERCENT FALSE. THEN HE MAKES THE STATEMENT DUE TO THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS BEING PLAYED, THE GOLF COURSE IS SUSTAINABLE. COMPLETE LIE. AND Y'ALL MADE DECISIONS BASED ON THAT PRESENTATION. [02:25:02] AND THEN DID YOU HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE? WAS HE PUNISHED? WAS ANYTHING PUT IN HIS FILE? Y'ALL GAVE HIM A RAISE AND AN EXTENSION. YOU OUTTA YOUR MIND. THEN COME TO FIND OUT, OUR CITY CHARTER IS NOT BEING FOLLOWED. HE'S GONE THROUGH TWO CONTRACTS AND HIS, HIS ADDRESS IS UNDER QUESTION. IF YOU'RE A PROUD BATIAN, YOUR ADDRESS SHOULD NOT BE UNDER, SHOULD BE CRYSTAL CLEAR WHERE YOU LIVE. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. ARE YOU GONNA ENFORCE THE RULES? ARE YOU GONNA ABIDE BY OUR CITY CHARTER? WHO ARE YOU GONNA DO? AND AGAIN, I'M INSULTED, I'VE BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT AND NO ONE BROUGHT UP THE FAILURES OF THE HOTEL AND THE FAILURE OF THE GOLF COURSE. DO YOU GUYS REALIZE WE ARE A DEFENDANT IN A FEDERAL CASE OF THE GOLF GOLF COURSE DEVELOPER? MM-HMM . WHAT THE HECK DID WE PROMISE THAT DEVELOPER TO END UP IN FEDERAL COURT? AND WHAT'S THE COST DEFENDING IT? IS IT, WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT'S GONNA BE? IT'S NOT GONNA BE CHEAP. HOW DID THIS ARENA DEAL? WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THE EPA AND THE TCEQ. HOW DID THIS ARENA DEAL? JUMP THAT. AND BACK TO JOSEPH FALL'S COMMENTS, WHAT ABOUT POLLUTING OUR VALUES AND OUR BASE? HOW IS THAT NOT A PRIORITY THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BEFORE THIS FREAKING ARENA? COME ON GUYS. WE'RE BETTER THAN THIS AND BAYTOWN DESERVES BETTER. BAYTOWN DESERVES BETTER, BUT ARE WE GONNA HOLD ANYBODY ACCOUNTABLE? AND HOW THE HECK, THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PUBLIC, THE DISCUSSION AND NOW IT'S BEING MOVED BEHIND AND CLOSED DOORS. WHY? WHY NOT THE TRANSPARENCY, WHY NOT THE ACCOUNTABILITY? WE HAVE FRAUD ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE HIRED A CONMAN TO DEVELOP THE GOLF COURSE AND WE LOOK WHERE THAT GOT US. THE HOTEL BLEEDING RED INK. THAT'S IT. AND NOW THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT IS, WE'RE GONNA JUMP TO AN ARENA. THAT IS, THAT IS YOUR TIME. BAYTOWN DESERVES BETTER. THANK YOU. UM, IT IS [8. EXECUTIVE SESSION] 9:06 PM WE WILL RECESS INTO AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.074 TO DISCUSS PERSONAL MATTERS REGARDING THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE SELECTION PROCESS AND OR 5 5 1 0.074 TO DISCUSS PERSONAL MATTERS REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER AND OR 5 5 1 0.071 AND 5 5 1 0.072 AND OR 5 5 1 0.087 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY AND OR TO DELIBERATE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AT 10:24 PM AND ANNOUNCED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS, WITH THE SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. HAVING EXHAUSTED EVERYTHING ON THIS AGENDA, I NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 10:24 PM YOU CAN GO HOME BACK TO 1, 2, 3. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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