Mar 12, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

TOO LONG AGO, JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.

THANK YOU, .

I'M GONNA GO WATCH MY COOKIES.

I WAS JUST MY COOKIES .

NEXT WE WILL HAVE MR. DAVID ISAAC, AND HE ACTUALLY HAS TIME GIVEN TO HIM FROM MS. DENISE GRAVES.

SO MR. DAVID ISAAC, YOU WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF A WHOPPING TWO MINUTES.

I BELIEVE THAT'S THREE MR. MAYOR ALSO FROM THE ESTEEMED JEFF WALTERS.

REALLY? JEFF, ARE YOU GIVEN YOUR TIME TO YOU? GUESS SO.

THANK YOU, MR. WALTERS.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.

I'LL START AND I'LL TAKE IT FROM THE TOP.

I WANNA START OFF BY, OH, I NEED YOUR ADDRESS.

DAVID ISAAC, 28 12 LANDMARK DRIVE.

7 7 5 2 1.

DID I SAY BAYTOWN HARRIS COUNTY? I LIKE LONG WALKS ON THE BEACH ON SUNDAYS.

ANYTHING THAT GOT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

I WANNA START BY COMMENTING ON THE, THE VOTE THAT WE TOOK NOT

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THIS COUNCIL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN OUR CHILDREN HERE IN BAYTOWN CHILD CARE HERE IN BAYTOWN.

I HEARD A COUNCILMAN SAY THAT, MR. MAYOR, THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE AN INCREMENTAL HELP BECAUSE OF HOW LITTLE IT WOULD HELP THE CHILDCARE INDUSTRY HERE IN BAYTOWN.

AND MR. MAYOR.

I FOUND THAT TO BE A DISHEARTENING COMMENT, UH, FROM THIS COUNCIL, CONSIDERING A LOT OF US GET FREE CHILDCARE HERE IN THIS CHAMBER, UH, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.

SECONDLY, MOREOVER, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCREMENTAL CHANGES, THIS COUNCIL ON MANY OCCASIONS, I HAVE SEEN IT, I HAVE WITNESSED IT.

NO OTHER ENGAGED CITIZEN MORE THAN I HAVE BEEN IN THIS CHAMBER AND WITNESSED THIS COUNCIL GIVE MANY INCREMENTAL CHANGES IN INCREMENTAL GIFTS, INCREMENTAL HANDOUTS TO MAJOR LARGE CORPORATIONS, MAJOR FIRMS, MAJOR CONSULTING ISSUES.

MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE JUNE DANSKY JUST TALKED.

DR.

DANSKY HAS TALKED MORE THAN ONCE ABOUT HOW HOW MUCH WE PAY THESE FIRMS TO CONSULT FOR US.

YET WE CAN'T FIND INCREMENTAL HELP, INCREMENTAL MONEY, MONEY FROM THE TAXPAYER TO HELP OUR CHILDREN IN CHILDCARE.

I FIND THAT DISHEARTENING.

MR. MAYOR, WHILE SOMEBODY HAS COMMENTED ON TONIGHT'S VOTE, A VERY IMPORTANT VOTE, I I MUST SAY ABOUT OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, I SAY THAT WE SHOULDN'T VOTE FOR ANYONE WHO HAD VOTED AGAINST THAT CHILDCARE, UH, UH, LEGISLATION.

WE ALSO SHOULDN'T VOTE FOR ANYBODY WHO IS CONSORTING, UH, WITH FORMER MAYORS AND BIG OIL INDUSTRY AND DOESN'T ANSWER PHONE CALLS FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

I THINK ANYONE WHO DOESN'T ANSWER PHONE CALLS, ANY COUNCILMAN WHO HAS A REPUTATION FOR NOT RETURNING PHONE CALLS TO THE CONSTITUENTS WHOM OF WHICH LARGELY ELECTED THEM, SHOULD NOT BE QUALIFIED TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM.

I THINK WE SHOULD TURN THE PAGE ON THAT ONE THAT HAS BEEN HERE, ONE THAT KNOWS BAYTOWN, ONE THAT WHO IS IN TOUCH WITH BAYTOWN, DIDN'T MOVE HERE 12 YEARS AGO AND BEHOLDEN TO FORMER COUNCILMEN AND BIG OIL LOBBY THAT PAID FOR THEIR CAMPAIGN.

SO I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT ONCE AGAIN, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT WHEN WE SIT HERE, WE DON'T JUST REPRESENT BIG OIL INTERESTS, MR. MAYOR, THAT WE DON'T SIT HERE AND JUST REPRESENT THOSE THAT FUNDED OUR CAMPAIGNS.

WE REPRESENT EVERYBODY IN BAYTOWN.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT DISTRICT ONE, WHEN WE LOOK AT DISTRICT TWO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS VERY DISTRICT THAT THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER IS IN, THERE ARE FOOD DESERTS, UH, UH, RIDDLING THROUGH HERE.

WE CAN'T EVEN GO TO A GROCERY STORE FROM THIS VERY LOCATION THAT'S NOT TOO FAR.

AND THERE ARE CHILDCARE DEFICITS HERE IN THIS TOWN.

AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

THESE AREN'T PONGS, THESE AREN'T GAMES.

THESE AREN'T CHESS PIECES IN A MATTER OF MAKING IDEOLOGICAL MOVES TO MAKE A POINT FOR YOUR DONORS AND POTENTIAL TO RUN IN A FUTURE CAMPAIGN FOR MAYOR MR. MAYOR.

SO THAT IS MY MESSAGE TODAY.

KEEP IN MIND THOSE THAT ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED, MANY OF WHICH WHO VOTED FOR ME, MANY OF WHICH THOUSANDS OF WHICH IF YOU ACCUMULATE THOSE OVER THE YEARS, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK BOLD CHESTED IN FAVOR OF THEM AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE TOO AFRAID TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND TO MY ESTEEM COLLEAGUES WHO LENT ME TIME.

TONIGHT I GET .

THANK YOU MR. DAVID ISAAC.

AND WE ARE NOW, THAT NOW ENDS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.

[a. Consider a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with Admin CFO, LLC to provide financial oversight services related to the Hyatt Regency Baytown-Houston Project.]

WE ARE GOING ON TO TWO A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ITEMS. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ADMIN C-F-O-L-L-C TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES RELATED TO THE HYATT REGENCY BAYTOWN HOUSTON PROJECT.

MS. MCKENZIE, UH, GOOD EVENING BOARD.

UM, THIS IS THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE ADMIN CFO FOR THE HYATT REGENCY.

IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, OUR CONSULTANT IS JIMMY FLANAGAN AND IT'S IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 120,000.

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

EXCELLENT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THERE? BEING NONE.

I NEED A MOTION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND MOTION.

WE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND.

AYE.

[a. Consider approving the minutes of the City Council Work Session and City Council Regular Joint MDD Meeting held on February 12, 2026.]

THREE.

A CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND CITY COUNCIL REGULAR JOINT MDD MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026.

I NEED A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE.

ON FOUR A RECOGNITIONS AND CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES

[a. Present a proclamation designating January 18, 2026, as ASEZ STAR Community Cleanup Day.]

WE HAVE TWO FOR TWO WONDERFUL GROUPS THAT HAVE DONE BEEN HELPING BEAUTIFY OUR COMM COMMUNITY.

I ACTUALLY WENT OUT WITH THEM AND VISITED WITH THEM AFTER THEY HAD DONE THEIR WORK ON JANUARY 18TH.

AND IT WAS A LITTLE COLD OUT THERE, BUT THERE WERE PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE TIMES AS MANY OF THEM THAT WE SEE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

AND, UH, MANY OF THEM WERE TEENAGERS, YOUNG ADULTS.

SO I'M GOING TO INVITE YOU ALL AFTER THIS PRO, THESE PROCLAMATIONS ARE PRESENTED TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PICTURE WITH THESE WONDERFUL INDIVIDUALS.

EVERYONE'S GONNA JOIN

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ME? YES, SIR.

CITY OF BAYTOWN FOR ASIS WALL.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

SO THE FIRST PROCLAMATION FOR ASZ STAR PROCLAMATION, CITY OF BAYTOWN, ASZ STAR COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAY.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGING YOUTH IN POSITIVE CIVIC ACTION AND ENCOURAGING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CLEANLINESS, SAFETY, AND BEAUTY OF PUBLIC SPACES.

AND WHEREAS AZ STAR IS A STUDENT LED VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE COMPOSED OF MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE ENVIRON ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

AND WHEREAS AZ STAR EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN IMPROVING THEIR COMMUNITIES BY WORKING COLLABOR COLLABORATIVELY, WORKING TOGETHER WITH FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGH ORGANIZED VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.

AND WHEREAS ON JANUARY 18TH, 2026, AS THESE STAR STUDENTS CONDUCTED A COMMUNITY CLEANUP AT BRITAIN PARK IN BAYTOWN, DEDICATING THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO REMOVING LITTER, IMPROVING PARK CONDITIONS, AND CARING FOR SHARED PUBLIC SPACES.

NOW THEREFORE, CHARLES JOHNSON, MAYOR OF BAYTOWN DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND RECOGNIZE THE 18TH DAY OF JANUARY AS AZ STAR COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAY AND COMMAND THE AZ STAR STUDENTS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVICE LEADERSHIP AND POSITIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT SETTING.

AN EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG RESIDENTS.

AND I NEED TO SIGN THIS NOW.

SHOULD I DO THE OTHER ONE ALSO? RIGHT NOW? I SHOULD, I COULD FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.

, LET'S SEE HERE.

PROCLAMATION

[b. Present a proclamation designating January 18, 2026, as ASEZ WAO Community Cleanup Day.]

AM I RIGHT? YES.

TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY ONE.

COMMUNITY CLEANUP DATE.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND COMMUNITY PRIDE IN MAINTAINING CLEAN, SAFE AND HEALTHY PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL RESIDENTS.

AND WHEREAS AS IS A GLOBAL YOUNG ADULT VOLUNTEER GROUP COMPOSED OF WORKING PROFESSIONALS AND YOUNG ADULTS DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHEREAS AS PARTNERS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES THROUGH HANDS-ON VOLUNTEER EFFORTS, PUBLIC AWARENESS AND COLLABORATIVE, COLLABORATIVE ACTION.

AND WHEREAS ON JANUARY 18TH, 2026, AS IS WA, VOLUNTEERS WILL CONDUCT OR HAVE CONDUCTED A COMMUNITY CLEANUP IN BAYTOWN DEDICATING THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO REMOVING LITTER, IMPROVING PUBLIC SPACES, AND PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.

AND WHEREAS THIS CLEANUP INITIATIVE SUPPORTS THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S GOALS FOR BEAUTIFICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

AND NOW THEREFORE OUR CHARLES JOHNSON BAYTOWN MAYOR DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE 18TH DAY OF JANUARY.

AS, AS IS WHY COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAY AND COMMEND THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF AZIS VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVICE FOSTERS CIVIC PRIDE, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS, AND A STRONGER, MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITY.

NOW YOU ALL ARE IN FOR A TREAT.

'CAUSE THEY SHOCKED ME ON JANUARY 18TH WHEN THEY DID A CHAT OR A CHAIR.

WOULD YOU ALL COME UP? YEAH, COME ON OUT.

AND CAN YOU Y'ALL GIVE THEM A TASTE OF WHAT I EXPERIENCED? COME UP HERE, COME ON UP.

OF WHAT I EXPERIENCED ON THOSE DAYS.

AND FOR THEM TO COME OUT ON A COLD DAY AND BE YOUTH TO GET OUT OF THEIR BED AND COME CLEAN UP A BIG PARK.

I MEAN, THEY HAD TOWERS OF TRASH.

WHEN IT'S HARD TO GET SOME TEENAGERS TO CLEAN UP THEIR OWN ROOMS IS AMAZING.

SO CAN YOU ALL SHARE WITH THEM WHAT YOU SHARED WITH ME? OF COURSE.

OKAY, LET'S DO IT.

1, 2, 3.

WE LOVE YOU.

LOVE I COUNCIL MEMBERS, COME JOIN ME.

IT WAS AMAZING.

GET THIS WAY A LITTLE BIT.

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SO WHO'S, WHO'S GONNA HOLD THESE? GONNA VOLUNTEER.

YOU MADE EYE CONTACT SO WE SAW YOU.

ARE YOU WANT US TO FILL IN OR WHERE DO YOU WANT GO FILL IN WHERE YOU STAND BEHIND THE CENTER.

NOW IF I GO IN THE BACK, NOBODY'S IN THE SIT.

'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE TALKING , EVERYBODY.

SO CAN I GET IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT HERE? YES, OF COURSE.

I DON'T NEED, WE, I DO MY BEST TO GET EVERYBODY IN ONE SHOT.

I HOLD, HOLD ON.

WE'RE MISSING ONE.

YEAH, YOU CAN'T HIDE.

I'M THE ONE.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

DID YOU GET YOUR SHOTS? I DID.

OKAY, GREAT.

I'LL GET ONE MORE SHOT.

OH, CAN WE HAVE THE GIFTS? I'M SO SORRY.

WE BROUGHT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER GIFTS.

IS IT OKAY IF WE GIVE YOU THE GIFTS NOW? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU WELCOME.

APPRECIATE YOU NEED TO CONFISCATE THAT NOW.

IT'S RIGHT THOUGH.

WHO KNOWS? I GOT SOME 10 MINUTES TODAY AND THEY'RE IN THE REFRIGERATOR RIGHT NOW.

OH MAN.

GLASS OF MILK.

IT IS GIRL SCOUT COOKIE TIME.

SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND SAY, IF YOU KNOW A GIRL SCOUT AND I KNOW ONE IN PARTICULAR I COMMITTED AND BOUGHT ONE BOX OF EVERY TYPE OF GIRL SCOUT COOKIE THAT THEY HAD, PLEASE SUPPORT THEM.

'CAUSE THEY DO SOME WONDERFUL THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

CAN WE GET A COMMITMENT FROM PEOPLE IF THEY CAN TO DO THAT? YES.

FIVE A, WE WILL BE TAKING ITEMS FIVE A AND C TOGETHER.

ON TO

[a. Consider an ordinance amending Section 70-8 “Alcoholic Beverages” of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, to permit alcoholic beverages at City-owned or controlled property for qualified, event-specific tourism or sports tourism initiatives, subject to restrictions and permitting requirements.]

[b. Consider an ordinance amending Section 70-1, "Park Hours," of the City of Baytown Code of Ordinances to exempt properly permitted tourism-impact events occurring at a municipal park from the application of standard park hours.]

[c. Consider an ordinance amending Section 74-28 of the code of ordinances to exempt sales made at properly permitted qualified, event specific, tourism or sports tourism initiatives.]

CONS, A THROUGH C CONSIDERING ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7 0 70 DASH EIGHT, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS TO PERMIT ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AT CITY OWNED OR CONTROLLED PROPERTIES FOR QUALIFIED EVENTS, SPECIFIC TOURISM OR SPORTS TOURISM INITIATIVES SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AND PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS.

B, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 70 DASH ONE PARK HOURS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

CODE OF ORDINANCES TO EXEMPT PROPERLY PERMITTED TOURISM IMPACT EVENTS OCCURRING AT A MUNICIPAL PARK FROM THE APPLICATION OF STANDARD PARK HOURS.

AND C CONSIDERING ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 74 DASH 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO EXEMPT SALES MADE AT PROPERLY PERMITTED QUALIFIED EVENT SPECIFIC TOURISM OR SPORTS TOURISM ACTIVITIES.

MR, I REMEMBERED YOUR NAME THIS TIME.

YEAH, CLIFFORD HATCH.

THERE YOU GO.

UH, CLIFFORD HATCH, FOX REC TOURISM DIRECTOR.

UM, AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE BROUGHT THE FIVE, A PORTION OF THIS TO A WORK SESSION, UH, BACK ON NOVEMBER 13TH OF LAST YEAR.

UH, AFTER WE WERE APPROACHED BY A COLLEGIATE BASEBALL TEAM WANTING TO UTILIZE JENKINS PARK, UM, FOR THEIR LEAGUE, UH, AS PART OF THEIR RENTAL.

THEY WANTED TO, UH, EXPLORE THE, THE IDEA OF, UH, SELLING AND CONSUMING ALCOHOLS AT THE PARK AFTER A LENGTH OF CONVERSATION WITH OUR PARKS BOARD AND WITH OUR STAFF.

UH, RATHER THAN JUST TRYING TO STICK A SQUARE HOLE OR STICK A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE, UH, OF JUST ADDING JENKINS TO THE LIST, WE TOOK A MORE OF A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO TRY TO, UH, BUILD SOMETHING OUT FOR TOURISM.

AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, TOURISM WAS RECENTLY MOVED OVER, UH, TO PARKS AND REC.

AND SO THIS IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP IN BUILDING THIS OUT, RIGHT? UM, AND SO, UH,

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WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU GUYS, UH, BACK ON THE 13TH, UH, AND OH, AND PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS IS ONLY TO DEAL WITH A THIRD PARTY EVENT, NOT ANYTHING THAT PARKS AND REC DOES NOW.

SO IT IS SEPARATE.

JUST REMEMBER THAT, UH, FROM THAT EVENT, UH, OR FROM THAT WORK SESSION, RATHER, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN GRIFFIN, YOUR CONCERN WAS THE, UH, WHO WOULD BE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE.

I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT.

IT WOULD BE THE, UH, IT WOULD BE OF THE ONUS OF THE EVENT ORGANIZER, THE THIRD PARTY EVENT ORGANIZER, ORGANIZER TO OBTAIN AND THEN ADHERE TO A-T-A-B-C, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND ALL THAT.

THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO, UH, GET A PO.

THEY'D ALSO HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE POLICY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT WE USE FOR OUR, UH, UH, THE COUPLE PARTS THAT ARE ON ALREADY ON THAT LIST, UH, THAT'S BEEN WORKING REALLY WELL.

SO IT'D BE DOUBLE, UH, THERE, UH, MR. UH, POWELL, YOU HAD, UH, ISSUES WITH THE WORDAGE.

OUR LEGAL TEAM TOOK IT BACK AND, UH, REWORDED IT, AND THE DRAFT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THERE.

UH, AND THEN MR. LESTER, YOUR CONCERN WAS THAT IT WOULD DIE ON THE VINE WITH PARKS REC.

UH, WE PUT IN AN APPEAL PROCESS NOW THAT WOULD TAKE IT DIRECTLY TO CITY MANAGEMENT.

UH, THE REASON IT GOES TO CITY MANAGEMENT AND THAT COUNCIL IS BECAUSE OUR PARKS AND REC IS AN ADVISORY BOARD, AND WE FELT IT WAS A BETTER CHAIN OF COMMAND SINCE IT'S ULTIMATELY THE PARKS AND REC'S DECISION THAT IT WOULD GO UP THE CHAIN OF THE LADDER TO THE CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE WHO COULD THEN BRING IT TO COUNCIL IF, IF HE SO DESIRED TO.

SO, UH, SO WE WERE THERE AND WE ADDRESSED ALL THOSE CONCERNS, UH, AND WE, WE TALKED IT OVER WITH THE PARKS BOARD AGAIN AND, UH, WE WERE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

UH, AT THE LAST COUNCIL AGENDA, UH, THIS ITEM WAS ON THE LAST COUNCIL AGENDA.

IT WAS PUSHED TO THIS ONE BECAUSE, UH, IN, IN TRUE FASHION OF TRYING TO TAKE THAT HOLISTIC APPROACH, UH, WHEN TALKING TO THE LEGAL TEAM WHO DID A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH US, UH, ON THIS ENDEAVOR, UH, THEY, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT, UH, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WERE SOME MORE THINGS THAT WERE IN PLAY.

THE FIVE B IN THIS IS THE PARKS HOURS.

THAT'S REALLY ONLY, THAT'S REALLY ONLY AN ISSUE WITH THE LIGHTS.

CURRENTLY, THE WAYNE GRAY SPORTS COMPLEX IS EXEMPT ALREADY FROM THAT.

TYPICALLY, WE PROGRAM ADULT LEAGUES AT, UH, WAYNE GRAY SPORTS COMPLEX.

SO IT'S NOT AN ISSUE BEING UP AFTER 10.

UH, THIS, UH, NOW WOULD BE A TOURISM ENDEAVOR WOULD, COULD QUALIFY, COULD QUALIFY FOR THAT.

UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE JENKINS PARK, UH, IS COLLEGIATE BASEBALL.

SO I MEAN, THEY'RE OLDER INDIVIDUALS.

UM, AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE IT TO WHERE IF THERE WAS A RAIN DELAY OR IF IT A GAME DID GO INTO EXTRA INNINGS, WE WOULD NOT BE BREAKING AN ORDINANCE GOING PAST 10:00 PM WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DESIRE TO SCHEDULE GAMES ALL NIGHT LONG OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO JUST CLEAN IT UP WHILE WE'RE CLEANING IT UP.

AND THEN THE LAST PORTION, UH, ITEM C UH, PERTAINS TO THE OPEN AIR VENDING.

UM, THE, UH, CURRENTLY, AGAIN, SINCE THIS IS A THIRD PARTY ENDEAVOR, IT WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THEM TO HAVE A, ANY KIND OF VENDING AT THEIR EVENT, RIGHT? UM, AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT WOULD ALLOW, UH, AN EVENT COORDINATOR OR ORGANIZER TO COME IN, UH, AND THEN HAVE MERCHANDISE FOR SALE AT THEIR EVENT, RIGHT? UH, SO AT THE END OF A RUN OR AT THE END, OR AT A BASEBALL GAME, THEY COULD SELL HATS OR SHIRTS OR MERCHANDISE OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? UM, AND, UM, AND SO ALL THREE OF THESE KIND COMPONENTS ARE REALLY JUST, IF YOU'RE TAKING A, A BIG PICTURE LOOK AT IT.

IT'S JUST ALLOWING A THIRD PARTY TO COME IN, UTILIZE A, A SPACE FOR THE EVENT ONLY.

AND THE, THE BEAUTY OF IT IS THAT IT'S NOT STICKING AROUND FOREVER.

IF, IF WE HAVE A, AN EVENT THAT UTILIZES ALCOHOL OR MERCHANDISE SELL OR ANYTHING AT JENGA PARK, IT'S ONLY DURING THEIR EVENT.

ONCE THEIR EVENT ENDS, THE ALCOHOL POLICY GOES WITH THEM, THE VENDING POLICY GOES WITH THEM.

IT DOES NOT OPEN THE DOOR FOR POP-UP VENDORS AT RANDOM PARKS OR ALCOHOL SALES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO, UH, WE'VE MADE IT IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAS TO BE TIED TO A TOURISM INITIATIVE AND, AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY BE ROLLED IN TOGETHER.

RIGHT? UM, OUR HOPE WITH DOING ALL THIS IS THAT IT MAKES BAYTOWN A MORE DESIRABLE DESTINATION FOR LARGER THIRD PARTY, UH, EVENT ORGANIZERS TO BRING EVENTS, UH, LIKE MARATHONS OR THIS COLLEGIATE BASEBALL OR ANY OF THIS KINDA STUFF TO BAYTOWN TO GIVE PEOPLE SOMETHING TO DO.

RIGHT? UH, WITH ALL THAT SET UP CAL FRY HERE, UH, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, AGAIN, WE TOOK THIS TO PARKS BOARD A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES, AND, UH, BOTH THE, UH, PARKS BOARD AND PARKS RECREATION TEAM, UH, UH, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

SO THANKS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CON YES, SIR.

I GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

CLIFF, I I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS Y'ALL DONE ON THIS AND WITH LEGAL AND, AND EVERYTHING AND, AND I LIKE IT OVERALL.

YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION SEVERAL TIMES, JENKIN PARKS, YOU KNOW, BASEBALL LEAGUE, THAT TYPE OF STUFF, BUT THIS COULD APPLY TO OTHER EVENTS OCCURRING AT OTHER PARKS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

CORRECT.

AT A SMALLER PARK THAT HAS RESIDENTIAL CLOSE TO IT.

A LOT OF OUR PARKS HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT BACK UP TO 'EM.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE HOURS WOULD BE CONTINGENT ON WHATEVER THE THIRD PARTY EVENT IS BASED ON, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE CLOSE TO SOME OF THESE PARKS.

IF IT'S AT JENKINS OR SOME OF THE LARGER PARKS, HOUSES ARE FURTHER AWAY, BUT IT COULD BE SOMEBODY COULD DO AN EVENT

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WE NEED TO BE PRETTY RESPECTFUL OF THE TIMING ISSUES THAT, THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN FOR ME.

BUT OVERALL, I LIKE, I LIKE WHAT Y'ALL DONE.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD STEP FORWARD.

WE JUST, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT, WE NEED TO BE CONSCIOUS THAT IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS, Y'ALL, Y'ALL GET AHOLD OF IT PRETTY QUICK.

AND, AND ALL OF THAT, WE HOPED, UH, THAT WOULD BE VETTED OUT DURING THE PROCESS OF BOOKING AND, AND ORGANIZING THIS, THAT WE COULD STEER THEM AWAY FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE TRY TO BE THE BEST NEIGHBOR THAT ANYBODY IN BAYTOWN COULD HAVE.

AND, UH, AND SO YEAH, WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

AND A LOT OF OUR FACILITIES THAT HAVE BIGGER STADIUM LIGHTS ARE BIGGER PARKS.

A LOT OF OUR SMALLER PARKS COULDN'T EVEN HOST.

A LOT OF NIGHTTIME MATERIALS.

I APPRECIATE THE POINT.

GOOD TALK.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, SO THANK YOU CHRIS AND THE TEAM.

I, SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UM, I KNOW ALCOHOL, UH, CAME UP WHEN A, A GROUP WAS TRYING TO BRING IN LIKE, WINE FOR ONE OF THEIR EVENTS AND, UM, AND WE THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT COULD BE FOR SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING PARKS AS WELL AND ADDING THAT THERE.

AND AT THE TIME, IT WASN'T REALLY, UM, I FELT, I KNOW I WAS AGAINST THAT ONE, THAT THAT TIME BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WAS AS WELL OUT, WELL THOUGHT OUT AS I THOUGHT IT COULD BE.

UM, BUT I AM HAPPY WITH THIS ONE.

I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH PEOPLE DRINKING.

I, I JUST THOUGHT FOR A CITY FACILITY, UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE OPENING UP OUR DOORS TO, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUTDOOR SPORTS, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A TREND.

UM, AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE, UM, WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES TO BRING SOME OF THESE LARGE EVENTS IN, AND AS LONG AS IT'S WELL HANDLED, THEN I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH IT.

BUT I DO SEE THIS ONE MUCH MORE THOUGHT OUT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PLANNED.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WANNA ECHO TO THANK YOU TO YOU TO ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY HEARD COUNCIL AND IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THOSE, ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE ISSUES WITH WHO'S RESPONSIBLE AND THE LIABILITY.

UH, I THINK ULTIMATELY IT COULD HAVE A, A POSITIVE EFFECT ON, YOU KNOW, TOURISM, BRINGING IT INTO TOWN, AND REALLY CREATIVE IDEA TO HAVE THIS COLLEGIATE BALL TEAM, YOU KNOW, PAY INTO THIS WITHOUT ANY, ANY EXPENDITURES COMING OUT FROM THE CITY.

SO, UH, JUST REALLY GOOD JOB TAKING TIME AND, AND PUTTING FORTH OR ORDINANCE THAT, THAT, UH, I THINK IT'S PRETTY SOLID.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CLIFF.

AND, UM, TELL THE PARKS BOARD WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT WAS PUT FORTH AND STAFF ALSO, KYLE, UH, SO NOW I NEED A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS FIVE A THROUGH C.

ANY OPPOSED? WELL, SO MANY SECONDS.

GOT ME DISCOMBOBULATED.

Y'ALL WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT ALCOHOL, HUH? I'M JUST SAYING, JUST SAYING FLOOR WAS LAURA WAS AS LONG AS THEY HAVE ASSURANCE THAT'S OFF THE CHAIN THAT I, ITEM SIX A HAS BEEN PUSHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT.

UM, WE WILL REVISIT THAT ON APRIL THE NINTH ONTO SIX

[b. Consider a resolution nominating Covestro LLC to the Governor's Office of Economic Development, for designation as a qualified business and an Enterprise Project under the Texas Enterprise Zone Program.]

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION NOMINATING CONVENTIONAL LLC TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR DESIGNATION AS A QUALIFIED BUSINESS AND AN ENTERPRISE PROJECT OF THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM.

ARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTION WHILE REDUCING OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.

JUST MAKING SURE THERE'S ANY S MR. MORAN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

BRIAN MORAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, RESOLUTION, UH, TONIGHT BEFORE YOU PROPOSES COVESTRO FOR AN ADDITIONAL, UH, ENTERPRISE ZONE DESIGNATION.

UM, THIS IS A STATE LEVEL COMPETITIVE PROGRAM THAT'S MANAGED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

IT PROVIDES INCENTIVES THROUGH A STATE SALES AND USE TAX REBATE AND DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE CITY'S REVENUES, NOR IS THE CITY PROVIDING ANY TYPE OF LOCAL INCENTIVES, UM, FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT.

UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE PREVIOUS NOMINATION IN NOVEMBER OF 2025, UH, FOCUS, UH, BROADLY ON GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PRODUCTION CAPACITY.

THE PROPOSAL TONIGHT AND THE PROJECT REPRESENTS A SEPARATE AND ADDITIONAL 250 MILLION AT THEIR FACILITY.

UH, THIS PHASE SPECIFICALLY TARGETS VOLUNTARY SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODERNIZATION, AND THE INVESTMENT WILL BE USED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO MODERNIZE THEIR MACHINERY, INCLUDING UPGRADES FOR THEIR ANALYZERS AND PERFORMING CRITICAL MAINTENANCE ON ELECTROLYZERS SPECIFICALLY.

UM, UH, RE GASKETING, THESE EFFORTS

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UH, THIS PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO RUN, UH, BEGINNING JUNE, 2026 THROUGH JUNE OF 2031.

THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE RETAINING APPROXIMATELY 490 EMPLOYEES AND THE CREATION OF 10 NEW TIME POSITIONS.

AS PART OF THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

UM, COVESTRO HAS COMMITTED TO RECRUITING THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THE NEW HIRES, UM, THROUGH THIS PROJECT, UM, AS RESIDENTS OF THE ENTERPRISE ZONE VETERANS, OR ENVIRONMENTALLY, OR EXCUSE ME, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS.

WE DO HAVE MR. BAKER WHO'S HERE WITH COVESTRO THIS EVENING TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PROJECT OR THE, UM, POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING CREATED.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT ONE.

I MEAN, HE WAS VERY EAGER TO STAND UP AND SPEAK, SO, SO WE GOTTA GIVE HIM A CHANGE.

I CAN ASK IF HE HAS ANY COMMENTS.

NO, I, NOTHING REALLY TO ADD.

I DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF US, BUT, UH, BUT IT IS A SEPARATE FROM THE, THE, THE, UH, NOMINEE NOMINATION THAT YOU, UH, PASSED LAST YEAR.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY ASKED ME TO COME TO MAKE SURE THERE WASN'T ANY CONCERNS OR A MISUNDERSTANDING.

WELL, I, I DO HAVE ONE THING, UH OH.

UH, IS, I JUST WANT THIS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE HIRING OF PEOPLE IN THE ZONE.

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? SO, UH, WE USE A PROCESS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM THROUGH LEE COLLEGE WHERE WE BRING IN FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO SCHOOL FOR THE PROCESS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S HOW WE HIRE OPERATIONS POOL.

UH, WE ALSO RECRUIT LOCALLY FROM OTHER COLLEGES AND SAN JACK AND STUFF TO PROMOTE WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

MOST OF OUR TECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF COME FROM THOSE AREAS.

THAT'S AWESOME.

AWESOME.

WELL, I NEED A MOTION.

SO SECOND.

AYE.

A DISCUSS AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN COMMITTEE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.

SEVEN

[a. Discuss and take possible action regarding the Capital Improvement Plan Committee (CIP) and Finance Committee.]

UM, I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT TO THIS SINCE LAST YEAR ACTUALLY, AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS FOR FINANCE, I LIKE TO APPOINT LAURA AS CHAIR SARAH AND MR. JAMES FRANCO.

AND FOR CIPI WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT KEN AS CHAIR WITH MIKE AND JACOB SERVING WITH HIM.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I HAVE COMMENT.

MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR.

UH, LAST YEAR WHEN, WHEN YOU BROUGHT THIS UP, WHEN PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT NO.

FROM THE COMMITTEES AND, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TOLERANCE WITH THAT MM-HMM .

BUT WE WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PLANNING.

AND, AND AS I STATED THEN, AND I'LL STATE NOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEPT THOSE TWO COMMITTEES WHOLE AND SOLID AT THAT TIME.

WE'RE PAST THAT NOW.

IT IS ACTUALLY IS A GOOD TIMING FOR, FOR YOU TO MAKE SOME, SOME ADJUSTMENTS, BUT I'LL SUPPORT YOUR, YOUR ADJUSTMENTS, UH, AT THIS TIME.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU HAVING THE TOLERANCE TO STICK WITH US SO THAT WE COULD GET THROUGH THAT BOND PROCESS WITH THE TWO STA VERY STABLE AND HARDWORKING COMMITTEES.

UM, SO, BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND, AND, AND I HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO YOU'RE MODIFYING THE, THE COMMITTEES AT AT THIS TIME.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I WOULDN'T SAY IT WAS TOLERANCE.

UM, I'VE TOLD PEOPLE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE COME TO THIS DIOCESE AND WE HAVE OUR MINDSET, BUT THE ONLY TIME WE CAN SPEAK TO EVERYONE IS IN A PUBLIC MEETING.

AND AFTER HEARING FROM EVERYONE, SOME THINGS MAKE MORE SENSE WHEN YOU CAN HEAR FROM EVERYONE BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO THINK LIKE EVERYONE UP HERE AND I CAN APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS, THE CONCERNS, AND THE, UM, JUDGMENT OF ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU HAD SOMETHING.

YEAH, I MEAN, AGAIN, I KIND OF ECHO MY, MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS.

UH, I JUST ASK THAT, UH, I KNOW WE JUST GOT THROUGH DOING ONE CIP MEETING.

UM, I GUESS IF WE CAN KIND OF FINALIZE THAT TERM AND GO ONE MORE FINANCE MEETING.

'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY ISSUES WHERE WE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, ME AND SARAH ALREADY DISCUSSED SOMETHING IN CITY IP AND NOW WE'RE GONNA GO DISCUSS IT IN IN FINANCE WHERE THERE MIGHT BE ANY TYPE OF ISSUES WITH QUORUM OR ANYTHING ON THAT PART.

NO, I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE.

I THINK IT'LL BE, IT SHOULD BE.

HASN'T GONE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE YET.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY.

WE SHOULD BE OKAY WITH.

I'M SORRY.

I WAS, YEAH, WE JUST , UH, COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? WE HAD JUST FINISHED OUR CIP MEETING WHERE WE WENT OVER THE PROJECTS THAT THEY PROPOSED FOR 27 THROUGH 30 AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HASN'T,

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SO US MOVING TO CIP, ME AND SARAH MOVING FROM CIP TO FINANCE, WOULD THAT CAUSE ANY ISSUES WITH QUORUM OR ANYTHING? OR DO WE NEED TO GO ONE MORE TERM WHERE THE CURRENT FINANCE HEARS THOSE AND THEN MOVES FORWARD? UH, I WOULD SAY IT PROBABLY CREATES NO, UH, LEGAL CONFLICT OR, OR ISSUE, BUT YOU COULD CERTAINLY, UH, CONTINUE UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MEETING AS A JUST IN CASE.

BUT I, I DON'T THINK THERE IS A HARD AND FAST RULE IN THE SITUATION.

I, I THINK IF I MAY ADD, MAYOR, ALL PROJECTS WERE ALREADY SHARED WITH ALL OF US AT WAIT, Y'ALL HAD WORKED ON AND SO WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THOSE.

SO I, I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE A MAJOR ISSUE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO, YEAH, IT, IT WAS A GOOD QUESTION.

NO, OVER.

YEAH, DEFINITELY A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE GENERALLY THAT'S KIND OF HOW KEEP, TRY TO KEEP IT APART WHERE ONE SEES IT.

THAT WAY IT'S TWO SEPARATE.

ANY THING, ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE, THE CIP AND ACTUALLY CHAIR IT.

UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH ONE OF THE COLLEAGUES ON THAT, THAT COMMITTEE AND, AND LOOKING OVER THOSE CIP PROJECTS AND GETTING SOMETHING OUT MEANINGFUL FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, TO COUNSEL.

LESSER'S POINT, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WAS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST TIME TO MAKE SUCH A CHANGE.

AND, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST OPTIMAL TIME TO MAKE SUCH A, SUCH A CHANGE.

SO ANYWAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING.

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN.

A SECOND.

AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN MAYOR PROTEL.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ON TO SEVEN A, I MEAN, SEVEN B, DISCUSS

[b. Discuss and take possible action regarding the City of Baytown Mayor Pro Tem.]

SO WE'VE DISCUSSED AT THE RETREAT, GOING BACK TO THE ROTATION, WE DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT.

WE ALSO DISCUSSED, UM, DOING SIX MONTHS AND WE DECIDED TO STICK WITH IT FOR A YEAR.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE SAME PROCEDURE WE DID LAST YEAR WHERE WE CAN TAKE NOMINATIONS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THEM GOING FORWARD.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR PRO TEM? I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A NOMINATION THAT WE JUST KEEP JACOB AS MAYOR PRO TEM AND MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK EVERYTHING'S GONE PRETTY SMOOTH.

UM, AGAIN, I LIKE THE CURRENT PROCESS.

I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE FORMER PROCESS, BUT WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

SO AT THIS POINT IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY STABLE.

UH, YOU'VE MADE A COUPLE OF CHANGES WITH THE, THE OTHER TWO COMMITTEES, SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE STABILITY COUNTS.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY NOMINATION.

THAT I WOULD BE OKAY STAYING A YEAR AND ROTATING IT FOR A YEAR.

UH, I WANT TO NOMINATE MYSELF FOR THIS.

UM, I THINK MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU GUYS BEING IN AN ELECTION YEAR, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STABILITY.

I KNOW WE MADE SOME OF THE DECISIONS FROM FORMING COMMITTEES BASED ON BEING IN AN ELECTION YEAR.

SO TO LOOK AT THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE FACING AN ELECTION THIS YEAR, UH, IN THE SPIRIT OF STABILITY MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY TO GO.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF FOR THAT.

MAYBE I'M ROLLING MY DICE, LIKE I'M ALREADY A CHAIRING A COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK I'M SOMETHING I'M READY FOR.

SERVED THREE YEARS ON COUNCIL, UH, REELECTED DUALLY BY MY PEOPLE WHO TRUST THAT I COULD DO THE JOB.

SO, UH, I'M NOMINATING MYSELF.

OKAY, MAYOR? YES, MA'AM.

UM, I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, UM, THE NEED FOR STABILITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, EVEN IN THE OLD RULES, EACH ONE OF US ARE QUALIFIED TO SERVE.

UM, IN THE PAST WE ALSO HAD A CHOICE WHETHER WE WANTED TO TAKE THE APPOINTMENT OR NOT, AND THEN IT WOULD SKIP TO THE OTHER PERSON.

UM, AND SO I, I WOULD LIKE A CHANGE AND NOT ANYTHING.

AND YOU KNOW, I, I THINK JACOB'S DONE A GREAT JOB.

HE IS, YOU KNOW, BEEN ON COUNCIL, UM, FOR A WHILE AND, YOU KNOW, OVERALL HE REPRESENTS THE CITY WELL.

UM, I, I THINK FOR ME, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, NOMINATE MYSELF.

UM, YOU KNOW, BEING ON COUNCIL NOW FOR 10 YEARS, I'VE PRETTY MUCH HELD TO EVERY COMMITTEE, UM, THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, ON COUNCIL.

UM, I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WE DID STOP THE, THE ROTATION, BUT IF AT EVER ANY POINT WE WANNA BRING THAT BACK, I MENTIONED IT DURING THE RETREAT

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UM, BUT IF THE CHOICE IS TO STOP THE ROTATION, UH, KEEP IT A YEAR.

UM, I, I DON'T THINK THE, UM, THE POINT OF SOMEONE'S CAMPAIGNING, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER SET UP THAT GUIDELINE.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD BE FAIR TO INSTILL THAT TONIGHT, UH, POSSIBLY IN SOME OTHER COMMITTEES.

BUT FOR THIS ONE, UM, I, I WOULDN'T PUT A CAMPAIGN SEASON ON AS QUALIFICATIONS WHETHER YOU CAN SERVE OR NOT.

BUT I THINK FOR MYSELF, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF.

SO WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO A YEAR AGO IS WHEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS, WE WILL VOTE ON THEM.

AND IF THERE'S A TIE BETWEEN TWO, WE WOULD DO A FINAL VOTE TO DETERMINE BETWEEN THE TWO.

AM I CORRECT? I BELIEVE THIS WAS YES.

AND SAME THING HAPPENED LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE SAME APPROACH THIS YEAR.

OKAY, SO YOUR NOMINATION WAS FOR JACOB.

JACOB, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT VOTE FIRST AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO KEN, AND THEN WE'LL GO, LAURA.

A SHOW OF HANDS, WE'LL DO A SHOW OF HANDS.

NOW, BEFORE WE DO THIS, WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS THAT, UM, I SERVED ON COUNCIL WHEN WE HAD THE ROTATION AND WE DID HAVE PEOPLE THAT SKIPPED BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE AS MAYOR PRO TEM.

IF THEY HAD THINGS GOING ON WITH FAMILY, THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD FULFILL THE ROLE.

AND, UM, EVEN THIS LAST TIME RIGHT BEFORE I CAME ON, WE HAD SOMEONE THAT SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY HAD BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE.

NOW, PERSONALLY, THE WAY I, WHAT I FEEL, JACOB HAS BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.

EXCELLENT JOB.

I DO THINK THAT WE ALL CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WE ALL CAN GET THAT, THAT UNDER OUR FEET WE CAN, WE CAN EXPERIENCE IT.

UH, I CAN TELL YOU THIS, I DON'T PLAN.

I PLAN TO ATTEND EVERYTHING THAT I CAN ATTEND.

AND, UM, IF I'M EVER ABLE NOT TO ATTEND, I'LL MOST DEFINITELY LET SOMEONE KNOW.

WELL, LET MAYOR PRO TEM KNOW SO THAT THEY CAN STEP IN.

AND JACOB, YOU STEPPED IN WONDERFULLY.

YOU REMINDED ME FOR A LEE COLLEGE EVENT.

YEAH, IT WAS.

YEP.

YEAH, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT I AM IN FAVOR OF GIVING OTHER PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY.

UM, IF WE WANTED PEOPLE TO SERVE A LONGER TIME, WE COULD DO TWO YEARS.

I MEAN, THAT'S FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO DECIDE, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

SO ALL AND OH, YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES, SIR.

GO AHEAD.

I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO CLARIFY.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS, THAT THE TERM WAS CONTINUING BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE UP FOR A VOTE, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT LAST YEAR, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE VOTED ON RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION.

THE ELECTION? NO, THE ELECTION.

I BELIEVE THIS ACTUALLY ONLY FINALIZED IS THE TERM TO THE END OF THIS YEAR.

IS THAT CORRECT? HE WAS A HOLDOVER.

IT WAS A HOLDOVER BECAUSE WE WERE COM WE WERE SUPPOSED TO TO, TO VOTE ON IT, BUT WE DIDN'T, SO WE EXTENDED IT.

SO THIS ACTUALLY DOESN'T GO FOR THE NEXT MAYOR.

PRO TEM VOTE WON'T BE THIS, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WOULD BE ACTUALLY EARLIER COMING EARLIER.

YEAH, IT WOULD BE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

YEAH, IT WOULD BE, YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.

WILL YOU GO OVER HOW WE'RE VOTING AGAIN SINCE WE HAD A NOMINATION FOR JACOB? IN THAT ORDER, WE'RE GONNA VOTE IN THE ORDER THAT THE NOMINATION NOMINATIONS WERE GIVEN.

SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE WHOEVER WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF JACOB.

SHOW OF HANDS IS THE SAME WAY WE DID IT LAST YEAR.

WHOEVER'S IN FAVOR OF KEN, WHOEVER'S IN FAVOR OF LAURA, IF WE HAVE A TIE BETWEEN ANY TWO, THOSE TWO, WE WILL VOTE BETWEEN THOSE TWO AGAIN.

AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT BY SHOW OF HANDS.

THAT'S GOOD.

WHATEVER YOU SAY, MARY.

YEAH, THAT, THAT'S, I'M JUST FOLLOWING WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.

THIS, THAT'S HOW WE DID IT LAST YEAR.

'CAUSE I THINK WE HAD THREE NOMINATIONS LAST YEAR, IF I DO REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

WE HAD THREE NOMINATIONS LAST YEAR.

SO SAME THING LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.

SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF JACOB BEING MAYOR PRO TEM.

BY A SHOW OF HANDS, RAISE YOUR HAND.

A GOOD, GOOD DEAL.

ALL IN FAVOR OF KEN BEING MAYOR PRO TEM.

BY A SHOW OF HANDS, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF LAURA BEING MAYOR PRO TEM.

BY A SHOW OF HANDS, RAISE YOUR HAND.

SO WE HAVE A TIE'S GONNA COME DOWN BETWEEN JACOB AND LAURA.

ALL IN FAVOR OF JACOB BEING MAYOR PRO TEM, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF LAURA BEING MAYOR PRO TEM.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

SO LAURA IS GOING TO BE OUR MAYOR, PRO TEM,

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THE TERM ENDS.

CAN WE, CAN WE, UM, GET A DATE FOR THE END OF THAT TERM? I'LL GET IT FOR YOU.

UM, SO JACOB, THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

MS. ROOT MAYOR, I BELIEVE, AND MAYBE ANGIE CAN CONFIDE IT WHILE WE'RE TALKING.

I BELIEVE THE TERM, UH, ENDS AT THE FIRST MEETING AFTER AN ELECTION, RIGHT? REALLY? MM-HMM .

A RUNOFF.

I'M SORRY.

IF THERE'S A RUNOFF, THEN WE CONTINUE, WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE RUNOFF.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO GENERAL ELECTION, NOT, NOT MIDTERMS. YES.

SO THAT WOULD BE IN NOVEMBER.

THEN THE FIRST MEETING, FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAVE IN NOVEMBER, I THINK IT WASN'T NECESSARILY AFTER THE ELECTION, IT WAS AFTER THE, AFTER THE SWEARING IN CANVAS, SWEARING, CANVASSING, AND SWEARING IN.

YEAH, IT'S TYPICALLY WE DID LIKE JANUARY OR SOMETHING.

IT'S A RUNOFF IS IN DECEMBER.

UM, CONGRATULATIONS, LAURA.

THE FIRST WHOLE MEETING.

I UNDERSTAND.

THE FIRST WHOLE MEETING AFTER CANVAS.

SO THE, SO THE ELECTION IS CONFIRMED.

CORRECT.

AND THEN THE MAYOR PROTE IS ELECTED AFTER THAT.

WE, WE DO HAVE THAT IN THE, EITHER IN A RESOLUTION OR MM-HMM .

UH, IN THE, THE RULES.

SO THERE IS A, A SET TIMEFRAME FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

I DON'T, I CAN'T SAY IT'S, UH, END OF DECEMBER, BEGINNING OF JANUARY, BUT SOMEWHERE IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY.

GOOD, GOOD DEAL.

SO, THANK YOU JACOB.

WE ARE MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.

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

WE ARE GOING TO PULL

[c. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to submit four (4) applications in response to the Fiscal Year 2026 Harris County Precinct 2 Call for Partnership Projects on behalf of the Public Works & Engineering and Parks and Recreation Departments.]

ITEM EIGHT C.

MAYOR, I'M, I'M REQUESTING THAT WE PULL THAT JUST SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT OUT LOUD.

THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THIS GET COMMENTS ALL THE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LISTEN, WE DON'T LISTEN, WE DON'T LISTEN MM-HMM .

AND THIS IS WHERE STAFF ACTUALLY LISTEN TO, TO THE CITIZENS AND HAVE DONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB OF REACHING OUT AND LOOKING AT SOME POTENTIAL GRANTS TO OFFSET OUR ACTUAL COSTS FOR SEVERAL PROJECTS.

AND, AND AS I'VE TOLD, OUR CITY MANAGER IN THE PAST, CITIES IN GENERAL ARE THE WORST AT TALKING ABOUT HOW HARD AND GOOD THINGS THAT THEY WORK ON.

AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITIES.

STAFF HAS WORKED HARD ON IT, AND I JUST THOUGHT IT'S JUST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOUND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I PULLED IT.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, TO THE CITY MANAGER, MR. REYNOLDS.

AND YEAH.

MAYOR COUNCIL CITIZENS, THE EIGHT C IS AN ITEM, UH, WITH HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT TWO.

UH, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT THIS COUNCIL DOES HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH PRECINCT TWO.

UM, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB SUPPORTING A LOT OF THE PROJECTS IN BAYTOWN.

AND, UM, WE, WE CONTINUE TO FIND SUCCESS WITH THIS GRANT PROCESS, AND WE WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT WE DO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS GRANT, WE ARE REACHING OUT, UH, $51 MILLION IN TOTAL FOR THE GRANT ACROSS FOUR PROJECTS, 26 MILLION IN GRANT MONEY, AND 21 MILLION IN MATCHING MONEY.

AND THE 21 MILLION IN MATCHING MONEY IS ACTUALLY THE BONDS THAT THE CITY PASSED ALREADY.

AND SO, UH, THE BONDS THAT THE CITY PASSED ARE THE FIRST PIECE OF THE EXTRA, UH, DEVELOPMENT IN THESE FOUR BONDS.

ONE OF THOSE, UH, GRANT PIECES IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE JENKINS TRAIL OVERPASS.

UH, SO THE CITIZENS VOTED ON THE, UH, DESIGN ELEMENT FOR THE JENKINS, UH, UH, UH, JENKINS PARK, UH, RAILROAD OVERPASS.

AND THIS IS A GRANT REQUEST FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT.

WE THEN HAVE FIRE STATION FOUR.

FIRE STATION FOUR WAS PASSED BY THE VOTERS, UH, FOR THE DESIGN AND LAND ACQUISITION OF ROUGHLY $4 MILLION.

WE ARE REQUESTING APPROXIMATELY 12 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION FOUR AS WELL.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE CONTINUATION OF THOSE PIECES.

AND THE GOOD THING HERE, UH, ARE THE, THE LAST ONE IS, UH, OR THE LAST TWO ARE STREETS.

UM, MY GOODNESS, AND I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON THE ABSOLUTE, UM, UH, OH, MARINA AND THE MARINA, UM, UH, STREETS, A CONTINUATION OF THE STREET PROJECTS THAT WERE PASSED IN THE BOND, AND THEN THE, UH, THE, THE MARINA, UH, WHICH IS IN PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

UH, AND THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY FOR DAVID ISAAC, BECAUSE I GOT A RIBBON FROM HIM, UH, LAST WEEK ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

BUT, UH, THAT IS, UH, THOSE FOUR THINGS WERE PIECES THAT THE CITIZENS HAD ASKED FOR.

AND WE ARE TRYING TO, TO PUT THOSE THINGS IN THE GRANT PROCESS BECAUSE THIS WILL FOREGO US FROM HAVING TO ISSUE FUTURE DEBT FOR THOSE PROJECTS, UH, THAT THE CITIZENS ALREADY VOTED ON.

SO IT WAS, IT WAS INTENTIONAL.

IT WAS THE BOTTOM LINE.

HAD THAT A GRANT KICK IN TO SAVE US MONEY, IS WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.

AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE

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AND SO I'M, I'M GONNA SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND GOING OUT, FINDING THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US, BECAUSE IF IT WASN'T FOR STAFF GOING OUT LOOKING FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES, WE COULDN'T BRAG ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW.

AND MIKE, THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO PULL THIS ITEM, ITEM TO DISCUSS IT IN A POSITIVE WAY.

AND, AND, AND AGAIN, STAFF WHO LISTENS TO US, THEY WORK HARD.

IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S GONE OUT FOR A GRANT, LAURA'S BEEN INVOLVED.

IT'S NOT EASY.

AND THERE IS A LOT OF EFFORT AND WORK THAT GOES INTO OBTAINING GRANTS.

AND, AND HERE THE CITY'S LOOKING AT GETTING POTENTIALLY $21 MILLION PLUS IN GRANT FUNDING TO, TO OFFSET $51 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.

UH, SO THAT'S TREMENDOUS.

UM, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET THE GRANT, YOU THINK, OH, WHAT DID I DO? BECAUSE OF ALL THE, THE TIES AND, AND THE HURDLES YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH.

BUT IT'S WELL WORTH THE TIME AND EFFORT.

SO AGAIN, IT HAS ALWAYS PUSHED MR. REYNOLDS, WHEN WE HAVE THESE GOOD THINGS AND WE HIDE 'EM IN CONSENT, UM, WE NEED TO PULL 'EM OUT EVERY NOW AND THEN AND, AND LET FOLKS KNOW THAT YEAH, WE WE'RE WORKING HARD BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS.

SO, YEAH.

APPRECIATE IT, MAYOR.

SO I NEED A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE HC SECOND.

WE'RE GONNA GO BACK UP TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM, AND I'M GONNA ASK, DID WE GOT THE MOTION? WE GOT THE SECOND, DID WE GET THE CON THE VOTE? WE HAVE THE FOUR HANDS, OR WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO THAT.

SO DO I HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT AGAIN? NO, SIR.

THE, THE HAND VOTE IS YES OFFICIAL, AND IN FACT, AT THIS POINT WE CAN'T EVEN REVISIT IT BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GONE TO ANOTHER ITEM.

BUT THE, THE HAND VOTE IS AN OFFICIAL VOTE, AND IT'S BEEN TALLIED AND, AND, UH, WRITTEN DOWN BY THE CITY CLERK.

I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE.

DULY RECORDED.

UM, I NEED TO DO THE OTHER CONSENT ITEMS. YES, WE DO.

SO NOW WE NEED THE OTHER CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS EIGHT A THROUGH AYE.

EXCLUDING C, WE ALREADY DENIED.

ALL IN FAVOR A.

AYE.

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.

CONSIDER NINE A CONSIDER

[a. Consider a resolution authorizing the appointment of the City of Baytown’s Local Health Authority.]

UM, AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE, LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, DR. JAMES VERNICK HAS INDICATED THAT HE WILL NO LONGER BE SERVING IN THIS ROLE.

WE THANK HIM FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND DR.

NEIL GANDHI, GANDHI, A LICENSED PHYSICIAN, HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SERVING AS THE CITY'S LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY AND IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A APPOINTMENT IF APPOINTED MR. GANDHI'S WILL SERVE A YEAR OF TWO TERMS. UM, IS MR. MR. COCHRANE HERE A TERM OF TWO YEARS? TWO YEARS? I'M SORRY, I SAID TWO TERMS, DIDN'T I? YEAH, A YEAR OF TWO TERMS A YEAR.

HELLO, SEAN COCHRAN, INTERIM HEALTH DIRECTOR.

I'M, I'M SO SORRY.

YES SIR.

UH, TAKE JUST A MOMENT AND INTRODUCE MYSELF.

SOME OF YOU KNOW ME, SOME OF YOU DON'T.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK TONIGHT.

SO, UM, THIS IS, UM, AN ANNUAL AGREEMENT THAT WE GO THROUGH AND THIS IS PART OF A NORMAL BUSINESS.

DR.

BARNICK HAS SERVED SINCE 1998.

YES.

AND WHAT A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WE HAD WITH HIM.

UM, REALLY HAPPY TO, UH, EXPLAIN THAT DR.

GANDHI IS OUR FIRE AND EMS, UH, MEDICAL DIRECTOR.

AND SO HE HAS A LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH US, AND SO I'M GLAD TO HAVE HIM, UH, IN THIS ROLE.

HE'S OFFERED TO STEP UP AND DO THAT, AND THAT WILL JUST ADD A LOT OF CONTINUITY ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ROLE.

SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HIM ON BOARD.

SO, JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVERYONE UNDERSTANDING THIS ROLE, CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE, EDUCATE US A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT IS REQUIRED IN THIS ROLE? EXPECTATIONS? SURE.

SO HE WILL BE OUR OFFICIAL ADVISOR TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IN RELATION TO PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

UM, THINGS THAT ARE, UH, DETRIMENTAL TO OUR CITIZENS, KEEPING US SAFE.

UM, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN US AND THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND HIM BEING ON THE METHODIST STAFF, UH, HAVING A LOCAL PARTICIPATION HERE AS OUR EMS DIRECTOR AND, UH, THE EMS SERVICES COORDINATOR

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FOR THE HOSPITAL.

IT'S A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

SO, YES, MA'AM.

AND I KNOW YOU'VE CLARIFIED HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE, OR THE FIRE AND EMS AND WITH METHODIST, BUT DR.

BURN, UM, WAS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND HAD A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH, WITH FAMILIES AND YES.

AND THINGS LIKE, SO YES, MA'AM.

WITH, WITH DR.

GANDHI, 'CAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH HIM, DOES HE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED PRACTICE HERE OR DOES HE JUST COME IN AND WORK SHIFTS AT BAYTOWN HOUSTON METHODIST OR DOES HE HAVE OTHER FORMS OF RELATIONSHIPS OUTSIDE THE ONES THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED IN OUR COMMUNITY? MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT HE IS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EMERGENCY STAFF AT BAYTOWN METHODIST.

ALRIGHT.

UH, HE OVERSEES THE, THE EMERGENCY, UH, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

ANYTHING ELSE? I GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

UM, MY COLLEAGUE BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.

IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I VISITED WITH, UM, CITY MANAGER, MR. REYNOLDS, ABOUT TYPICALLY YOUR LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES HAVE SOME REAL CLOSE TIES TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S, DR.

GANDHI'S IS OUR EMS COORDINATOR OR, AND EVERYTHING.

AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME CONNECTION.

UM, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL IF HE'S ON THE SENIOR STAFF HERE AT METHODIST.

UH, HE, HE HAS A, A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, DR.

BURN SERVING FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS AS OUR LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.

HO HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST A LITTLE LETTER OF THINGS.

YEAH, YEAH.

UM, MAYBE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR OR SOMETHING KIND OF NICE.

UH, DR.

BURN WAS A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL.

UH, HE WAS, HIS PRIMARY FOCUS WAS GERIATRIC CARE.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT HE HAS SEVERAL DEGREES AND HE IS AN ATTORNEY.

UH, SO I'VE TALKED ABOUT HIM IN THE PAST.

HE WAS A, HE'S A GREAT INDIVIDUAL AND WHEN I SAW THAT HE WAS STEPPING DOWN, IT DIDN'T SURPRISE ME.

UM, HE'S PROBABLY JUST GONNA GET MORE ACTIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

REALLY HATE TO SEE HIM GO.

YES.

REALLY HATE TO SEE HIM DO THIS.

SO, UM, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO WORKING WITH THE, THE, THE NEW LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY AND HAVE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE HIM FOR 15 OR 20 YEARS AS WELL.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NINE.

A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR A AYE.

MR. JASON REYNOLDS, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE ARE NOW ON TO 10

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

MANAGERS REPORT.

I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY HIGHLIGHTING THE PARKS TEAM FOR HOSTING THEIR FIRST, UH, SAFETY RODEO.

EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATED IN HANDS-ON TRAINING WITH TRUCKS, TRAILERS, FORKLIFTS, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT TO STRENGTHEN WORKPLACE SAFETY.

THE EVENT ALSO, UH, COMPLETED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO EARN THE ROAD READY CERTIFICATION FROM THE TML UH, RISK PULL.

CONGRATS TO THE TEAM ON THIS GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

AND IS THERE A REASON LEONARD GRAHAM'S NAME IS NOT IN THIS UPDATE? NO, HE'S IN IT NOW.

MUST BE A SCRIBNER'S ERROR OR WHATEVER I HAVEN'T MENTIONED EVERY TIME.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

UH, THE NATIONAL GFOA AWARDS, THE CITY RECEIVED A DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FOR THE FY 25 26 BUDGET BOOK AND THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR FY 24 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

THIS MARKS THE 33RD YEAR THE CITY HAS EARNED THESE RECOGNITIONS.

SO GREAT JOB Y'ALL FOR KEEPING THAT ALIVE AND, AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO, UH, THIS MONTH.

ALSO, THE FI THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT CELEBRATES NATIONAL PROCUREMENT MONTH AND GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS WEEK HONORING THE FINANCE TEAM AND CITY DEPARTMENT WHOSE HARD WORK INSURE COMPLIANCE AND SUPPORTS THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYTHING YOU DO.

UM, WE RECENTLY RECEIVED A SHOUT OUT FOR PUBLIC WORK'S PROMPT RESPONSE FOR REPAIRING A SIDEWALK AFFECTED BY A UTILITY REPAIR, COMPLETING THE WORK WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE REPORT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUICK ACTION AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK SHARING.

PASS THAT ON PLEASE.

UM, A BIG CONGRATS ALL ALEJANDRO MOSS FROM PUBLIC WORKS FOR BEING FEATURED IN THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.

SO GREAT JOB.

THAT'S PRETTY FANTASTIC TO BE IN A NATIONAL MAGAZINE.

THANK GOOD STUFF.

UH, CLIFF TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT WHAT THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT IS DOING, AND I HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT I KIND OF WANT TO UH, HIGHLIGHT.

UM, BAYTOWN WILL HOST THE THREE, UH, THE THREE VERSE THREE KICK AT SOCCER TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH, 2026 AT THE BAYTOWN SOCCER COMPLEX.

THE ALL DAY EVENT IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT AT LEAST 60 TEAMS HELD ALONGSIDE FIFA WORLD CUP ACTIVITIES IN HOUSTON.

THE TOURNAMENT INVITES VISITORS TO EXPLORE BAYTOWN AND NEARBY ATTRACTIONS.

SO A BIG THANKS TO OUR SPORTS TOURISM COORDINATOR, DONNA, UH, AND EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE.

UH, THEY HAVE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

I MAYOR, I BELIEVE YOU ARE SOMEWHAT INVOLVED WITH ONE OF THESE, UH,

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KICK IT OFF PROGRAMS AS WELL.

AND THE TOURISM TEAM HAS REALLY DONE A HECK OF A JOB GETTING MORE AND MORE, UH, YOUTH ACTIVITIES, UH, TO BAYTOWN WITH OUR COMPLEXES THAT WE HAVE.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, LEAGUE COLLEGE IS HOSTING ITS SECOND ANNUAL JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, UH, THIS WEEK WITH 16 OUT OF TOWN TEAM STAYING IN THE BAYTOWN HOTELS.

OUR TOURISM TEAM IS COLLABORATING WITH THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS TO SUPPORT FUTURE TOURNAMENTS, INCLUDING A REGIONAL VOLLEYBALL EVENT PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER.

SO, UH, AND FINALLY WITH THE TOUR, UH, WITH, UH, THE PARKS AND REC AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT, THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH HOUSTON DYNAMO FOOTBALL CLUB AS AN OFFICIAL YOUTH SOCCER PARTNER, STRENGTHENING BAY TOWN'S PRESENCE IN THE GREATER HOUSTON SOCCER COMMUNITY.

PARTICIPANTS IN BAY TOWN'S FALL 2026 YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM WILL BE RECOGNIZED ON THE FIELD DURING THE OCTOBER 17TH, TEXAS DERBY BETWEEN HOUSTON DYNAMO FOOTBALL CLUB AND FOOTBALL CLUB DALLAS.

UH, THE PARTNERSHIP ALSO OPENS THE DOOR FOR FUTURE COLLABORATIONS, INCLUDING APPEARANCES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS SUCH AS BAY TOWN'S JULY 4TH CELEBRATION AND G***O FEST.

SO THEY ARE DOING QUITE A BIT TO, TO GET TEAMS OUT HERE RIGHT NOW.

UM, DON'T SEE IT ON HERE.

UM, BUT I DO WANNA GIVE ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE TRANSPARENCY STARS.

THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN KNOCKING IT OUT, UH, UPDATING OUR CITY'S WEBSITE.

THEY'VE RECENTLY EARNED AN ADDITIONAL STAR, UM, AND, UH, MAKING, TRYING TO GET ALL OF THE STARS THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS THE CITY POSSIBLY CAN WITH ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR FINANCES.

THEY HAVE, UM, COMPLETELY CHANGED THE WAY THEY OPERATE IN, IN, IN A MORE PRODUCTIVE, EFFICIENT, AND, UH, TRANSPARENT MANNER AT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

AND BIG KUDOS TO WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I GOT A QUICK QUESTION.

CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE EVENTS FOR FINANCE WEEK THURSDAY, PLAY FINANCE, BINGO, CITYWIDE.

ARE THEY HIDING MARIO COINS ACROSS THE CITY OR SOMETHING? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.

I CAN CALL THERESA UP IF YOU WANT TO ASK HER DIRECTLY.

DON'T GO HIT YOUR HEAD ON BRICKS, .

HOW WE DO IT SAYS CITYWIDE.

SO IS EVERYONE IN THE CITY WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE AND WHAT IS IT? YES.

UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA PLAY FINANCE BINGO IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 1230, FROM 1230 TO ONE.

ARE WE INVITED TO CELEBRATE? BECAUSE I LIKE BINGO.

YOU CAN COME.

AND IF YOU WIN YOUR WATER BILLS PAID OR SOMETHING? NO, NO.

OH, AROUND THE DOOR.

THIS IS GONNA BE FULL.

VERY NICE.

AND THEN I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON THE FIFA.

UM, I DID GO TO AN EVENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON A FRIDAY WHERE THERE WERE A LOT, FIFA IS ACTUALLY PARTNERING WITH SOME PROGRAMS AROUND THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

AND WE ARE THE FARTHEST PARTNER, UH, THE, THE BAYTOWN SOCCER COMPLEX WITH THE SAINTS.

YOU, YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, YOU SEE ALL THESE CLUSTERS, AND THEN YOU LOOK WAY TO THE RIGHT.

AND WHAT DO YOU SEE? YOU SEE BAYTOWN AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE THERE, AND HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY AND EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, DYNAMO AND DASH MENTIONED BAYTOWN SPECIFICALLY.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I, I CONSIDERED THAT A BIG DEAL.

AND I FELT IT'S AN HONOR THAT THEY CHOSE NOT TO JUST STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF HOUSTON, BUT THEY SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO BAYTOWN AND THEY'RE INVESTING TO TRY TO DOUBLE THE SOCCER PARTICIPATION HERE IN BAYTOWN.

THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL FOR US.

YES, MA'AM.

AND IF I MAY, MAYOR, UM, THE BAYTOWN SAINTS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

UM, AND SO IT, IT'S A FRUIT OF THEIR LABOR AS WELL TO, TO HAVE THEM IN BAYTOWN, SO, YEAH.

ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER JAMES FRANCO FOR HIS DISTRICT FOUR REPORT.

EXCELLENT.

NOW WE WERE

[a. Receive a report from Council Member James Franco regarding projects, programs and events in District No. 4. ]

DISTRICT FOUR , SORRY.

DISTRICT FOUR, UH, REPORT.

SO RIGHT NOW, UH, WE CONTINUE TO SEE NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE FOLLOWING, IN, IN BA IN DISTRICT FOUR.

AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NEW RESTAURANTS, NEW THINGS COMING.

WE'RE SEEING THE, THE DISTRICT, NORTH MAINE, WHICH IS THE OFFICE, UH, WAREHOUSE ON 57 52, 78 NORTH MAINE.

UM, BAYTOWN BOAT AND RV SELF STORAGE ON 4,500 MAIN STREET.

UH, HOUSTON METHODIST, UH, IS DOING A REMODEL OF THE GARTH ROAD LOCATION.

UH, ROSA LINDA'S RESTAURANT ON, UH, I 10 IS COMING, UH, TEXAS HEART CENTER REMODEL ON 15, UH, 10 I 10.

UH, THE GROSS BUSINESS PART ON 72, 0 4 I 10, UH, THE COTTAGE GREEN MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT HUNT ROAD IS COMING.

THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT DEVELOPMENT UP HERE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALSO GONNA EXPAND AND, AND POSSIBLY COME TO MORE, DO,

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DO ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN BAYTOWN.

SO PLEASE GO OUT THERE.

THAT'S A VERY NICE DEVELOPMENT.

UH, BAYTOWN VETERINARIAN HOSPITAL ON 53, 60 I 10 RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP.

THAT'S, IT'S MOVING FAST.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THAT ONE'S GONNA OPEN.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE POSSIBLY A 24 HOUR IN TIME.

E YEAH.

EMERGENCY CLINIC.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT FOR THE, FOR, FOR, FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR THE CITY CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE RIGHT NOW, UH, ROMA ITALIAN THAT'S OPENED UP RIGHT THERE NEXT, WHERE THE OLD, UH, REST OF THE PAPA JOHN'S RIGHT THERE ON GARTH ROAD.

AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT ALSO IS LO THE LULU.

BOTH OF THOSE HAVE OPENED UP AND, UH, BOTH OF THOSE ARE, SHOULD BE HAVING THE GRAND OPENING HERE PRETTY SOON.

UM, ON THAT PART.

PLEASE GO BY AND STAY, GO TRY THEIR FOOD AT ALL THEIR RESTAURANTS.

'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S ASKING FOR NEW RESTAURANTS IN BAYTOWN.

AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I'VE TRIED ALL THREE OF THESE MM-HMM .

AND THEY'RE GOOD.

I, I, I STILL, I'M STILL GONNA GO TO ANTONIO'S, DON'T GET ME WRONG.

I'M, I'M GONNA SPLIT MY TIME BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM AND ROMA.

BUT IT IS VERY GOOD ITALIAN FOOD THERE.

AND LO CINA, IT KEEPS ME FROM GOING.

SORRY, I DON'T GET TO GO TO DISTRICT TWO AS MUCH AND GET MY TACOS, 'CAUSE NOW I HAVE IT CLOSER TO ME.

BUT YOU WERE THERE TODAY.

I WAS THERE TODAY.

YES, I WAS, I DID GET IT FROM OVER THERE, BUT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD OVER THERE TOO.

UM, AND HE'S, HE'S INTERESTED ACTUALLY, MAYBE POTENTIALLY.

I TALKED TO HIM THIS WEEK AND HE MAY BE LOOKING TO MOVE SOMETHING ALSO NEAR 1 46.

SO I TOLD 'EM THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENT GOING OVER THERE.

AWESOME.

BOTH THEM AND ROMA ARE THINKING ABOUT PARTNERING UP 'CAUSE THEY BOTH HAD SO MUCH SUCCESS THERE.

UH, MAYBE DOING ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT SIMILAR OFF OF 1 46, UH, ON OUR SPORTS COMPLEXES.

UH, ADULTS, THE SOFTBALL LEAGUES ARE RIPING UP WITH, UH, THEY GOT 26 TEAMS ACROSS, UH, TWO NIGHTS, DRAWING 400 PL PLUS PARTICIPANTS AND SPECTATORS.

WEEKLY.

UH, THE FIRST 20 20, 26 ADULT KICKBALL LEAGUE IS NOW REGISTERING, UH, AND THE SENIOR SOFTBALL LEAGUE STARTS MARCH 16TH.

UH, THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS THERE 'CAUSE THEY WILL SEE SOME BLOWN OUT KNEES AND SOME BROKEN ANKLE, BROKEN LEGS AND TWISTED ANKLES.

OH, I'M JUST SAYING IF I'M, IF I'M GETTING KICKBALL OR SENIOR SOFTBALL, I'M HURTING MYSELF.

UH, TOURNAMENT DAYS AT THE WAYNE, GREAT SPORTS COMPLEX, AVERAGE OF 30 TEAMS, UH, 500 PARTICIPANTS.

UH, THE SITE IS, UH, ACTIVE SIX DAYS A WEEK WITH RENTALS.

LE UH, LEAGUES FROM U TRIPLE SA TOURNAMENTS AND MONTROSE MONTROSE SOFTBALL SPRING SEASON.

UH, THEIR OPENING DAY SAW FOUR OH PARTICIPANTS AND SPECTATORS ALONGSIDE VENDORS LIKE PIRATES BAY AND SUGARLAND, SPACE COWBOYS.

UH, WE ALSO SAID LITTLE LEAGUE HAD THEIR O THEIR OP OPENING CEREMONIES A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

I, I I WENT BY THERE AND WATCHED IT.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF TEAMS PARTICIPATING.

THEY BLEW UP TO 40, I THINK THEY HAVE 48 TEAMS, UH, ALSO USING DISTRICT FIVE'S, JENKINS PARK FOR THEIR SENIOR LEAGUE, UM, PIRATES BAY WATERPARK.

UH, THERE'RE PREPARING FOR THE 2026 SEASON.

THEY'RE RECRUITING, MARKETING, UH, AND FACILITY READINESS IS UNDERWAY INCLUDED.

SEASONAL STAFF OUTREACH IN BAYTOWN AREA, HIGH SCHOOLS AND HOUSING IN HOUSE HOSTING BAY TOWN'S.

FIRST POLAR PLUNGE ON FEBRUARY 20TH.

THAT MIGHT BE PRETTY COLD AROUND FEBRUARY 20TH NEXT YEAR.

I'M JUST, THAT'S USUALLY REALLY USUALLY THE COLDEST WEEK OF THE YEAR.

UH, SEASON PASS SALES, UH, REMAIN STRONG WITH, UH, ALMOST 20 OH, A LITTLE OVER 2,400 PASSES SOLD SO FAR.

AND ABOUT 56% OF THE TOTAL 2025 SEASON SALES.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR DISTRICT FOUR RIGHT NOW.

LITTLE LEAGUE.

TALKED ABOUT THAT RIGHT THERE WITH THE OKAY.

WITH THE, UH, SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS.

WELL WE WILL NOW.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE ARE GOING, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, ONE OTHER THING, I GOTTA KEEP MY WORD.

UM, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE LIBRARY EVENTS REAL QUICK.

UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, WE'VE HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY GOT HIS LIBRARY CARD AND HE LOST IT.

HE WAS THE LAST COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO, I'M NOT TO GET HIS LIBRARY CARD.

NOT THE LAST, BECAUSE I HAD MINE AND THEN, BUT I'M NOT THE LAST WHO ELSE? I HAVE ONE.

OH, I GUESS I'M THE LAST.

I JUST SAID I HAD A BOOK THAT WAS OUT AND TURNED BACK THERE.

I WANT, I WANT TO THANK THE, THE LIBRARY STAFF BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING ELSE FOR NOT BEING JUDGEMENTAL WHEN I SHOWED UP AND REALLY BEING DISCREET ABOUT GETTING MY LIBRARY CARD TOO, BUT GO AHEAD.

CARD CATALOG BOOK.

WELL, WELL, I HAVE AN ISSUE BECAUSE THEY WERE JUDGEMENTAL WITH ME AND THEY WERE NOT DISCREET.

THEY WERE PULLING PEOPLE FROM THE BACK TO COME SEE THAT THE MAYOR DIDN'T HAVE HIS, MADE ME TAKE PICTURES.

SO WE, AND IF I MAY, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LIBRARY, I, I LOVE THAT Y'ALL GOT YOUR LIBRARY CARDS.

UM, BUT THEY HELD AN AMAZING EVENT THIS PAST WEEK AND WHICH WAS THE LIBRARY, THE, THE NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY INSTEAD OF KIND OF LIKE THE NIGHT OF THE MUSEUM.

AND IT WAS VERY, VERY GOOD.

TOOK US THROUGH LOTS OF HISTORY.

I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM IS GONNA BE EXCITED TO DO SOMETHING, UM, ABOUT THAT IN, UM, SOMETHING THAT CAME UP FROM THAT.

AND, UH, I JUST ENCOURAGE, IT'S, IT'S DONE ONCE A YEAR AND I JUST ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO,

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TO GO THE NEXT TIME.

I HAD A LOT OF FUN.

UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID MENTION IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO GO.

THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO.

AND SO IF WE HAVE A MOMENT WHEN IT COMES UP AGAIN, IT COULD BE IN OUR NEW STATE OF THE ART LIBRARY, UM, FOR US TO ALL GO AND, AND KIND OF SUPPORT OUR, OUR LIBRARY.

SO DID THE MANAGER JOIN? DID YOU GO? MM-HMM.

OH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU.

I AM GLAD THAT YOU WENT.

YEAH, THAT WAS GOOD.

SO WHAT WE HAVE FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH.

THAT'S TOMORROW, FRIDAY THE 13TH.

IT'S, OH WOW.

I'M STAYING HOME.

NOT DRIVING FRIDAY MORNING BOOK CLUB.

WE JOIN OTHER READERS TO TALK ABOUT THIS MONTH'S BOOK PICK.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS.

FRIDAY THE 13TH AT 11:30 AM ADULT COLORING.

THAT SOUNDS FUN.

COME DE-STRESS WITH SOME CALM COLORING.

SATURDAY, MARCH 14TH AT 10:00 AM THE CLASSIC BOOK CLUB DISCUSSED A LIT LITERARY CLASSIC YOU SHOULD HAVE READ IN SCHOOL, BUT DIDN'T MARCH 16TH AT 5:00 PM TWEEN STORY EXPLORERS THIS MONTH EXPLORE JAPAN ABCS.

I SEE IT WOKE SOMEONE UP IN THE CROWD BY SARAH HYMAN.

JOIN US FOR A FUN BUDDY REED, LEARN COOL FACTS ABOUT JAPAN AND CREATE A THEMED CRAFT INSPIRED BY WHAT WE DISCOVER TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH AT 6:00 PM TEEN GAME NIGHT.

POKEMON DICE BATTLE.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH AT 5:30 PM KIDS CRAFT NIGHT.

LUCKY CHARMS, NECKLACES ARE THOSE ARE GONNA BE EDIBLE? WE DON'T KNOW.

I MIGHT SHOW UP TO FIND OUT.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH AT FIVE 30.

DIAMOND ART CROSS KEY CHAINS.

TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH AT 6:00 PM TEEN 3D PRINTED DUMPSTER FRIEND.

HMM.

I'M THINKING ABOUT A CABBAGE PILL KID FOR SOME REASON.

DUMPSTER FRIEND .

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH AT 5:00 PM VIRTUAL REALITY NIGHT.

I THINK I MAY TRY TO SHOW UP TO TWO OR THREE OF THESE.

UM, ESPECIALLY THE LUCKY CHARMS NECKLACE.

THAT MAY BE SOMETHING YOU COULD WEAR AND SNACK ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

ACTUALLY, SOME CANDY.

YES, MA'AM.

YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THE LIBRARY WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS, BUT I, I HAD A AHA MOMENT WITH, WITH OUR LIBRARY, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK.

SO BEING ON SPRING BREAK, MY DAUGHTER TOOK MY GRANDSON TO BABY TIME.

AND, UM, I WAS JUST, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT OUR LIBRARY IS AND WE WANT TO SUSTAIN IT AS WE, WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THIS CHANGE THAT'S HAPPENING ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN.

AND I, I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW THIS AFTER I SHARE THE STORY IN A FEW SECONDS.

THIS, THIS LIBRARY REALLY IS JUST WOVEN INTO SO MANY IMPORTANT MOMENTS.

SO MY DAUGHTER HAS, UH, MY GRANDSON WHO I CALL BOOGIE AT THE LIBRARY, AND SHE SENDS US A VIDEO.

HE, I'LL ARGUE, TOOK HIS FIRST STEPS AT THE LIBRARY THIS PAST WEEK.

SHE SAYS, IT WAS JUST A LONG STANDING MOMENT, BUT I SAW THE FOOT LIFT UP AND MM-HMM .

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE AT OUR, AT OUR BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY AT BABY TIME, MY, MY GRANDCHILD TOOK HIS FIRST DEATH KIND OF LOOK LIKE IT'S ME, .

SO, BUT, BUT THE LIBRARY'S VERY IMPORTANT.

THERE'S SO MANY MOMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE OVER THE PAST.

UH, WHAT ARE WE AT 60 YEARS, I THINK WITH THAT LIBRARY.

IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE SIXTIES.

40.

IT'S OLD.

IT'S OLD, IT'S OLD.

SO, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY MOMENTS IN SO MANY FAMILIES RIGHT.

THAT TAKE PLACE THERE.

SO IT, IT'S, IT'S AN IMPORTANT PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY.