Apr 09, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM MR. CLIFFORD, THE ONE AND ONLY HATCH OF OUR ESTEEMED PARKS, PARKS DEPARTMENT.

NOW WE WILL

[a. Present the Juneteenth and 4th of July Celebration schedules and entertainment lineup for 2026.]

THAT'S RIGHT.

THANKS.

YOU'RE DOING SOME HOMEWORK.

, UH, UH, CLIFFORD HATCH PARKS REC TOURISM.

UH, I AM HERE TO TO ANNOUNCE THE, UH, THE, UM, HEADLINERS FOR THE JUNETEENTH AND THE 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL.

UH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALL THE ENTERTAINMENT DID GO THROUGH PARKS BOARD THIS YEAR, UH, PER THE CRESSA COUNCIL.

AND, UH, WE WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO RYAN, UH, ROLLINS BACK THERE WHO HELPED PUT TOGETHER, UH, THE SHORT VIDEO AND WE'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.

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SO FOR GENERATIONS, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN HAS WELCOMED VISITORS AND NEIGHBORS TO CELEBRATE FREEDOM TOGETHER.

THIS SUMMER, THE TRADITION CONTINUES FIRST, THE 2026 JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION FEATURING CONTEMPORARY RB ARTIST LELA JAMES.

AND JOIN US FOR BAY TOWN'S 2026 FOURTH THROUGH JULY PERFORMANCE HEADLINED BY MULTI-PLATINUM COUNTRY.

FAVORITE ELI, YOUNG KING UP THE WAY YOU'RE TALKING SOUNDS LIKE HE'S SOMEBODY YOU SHOULD HATE.

I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT LOVE IS GROW, BUT I KNOW WHAT LOVE AIN'T COME ON MORE THAN CONCERTS.

THESE ARE MOMENTS WHERE WE CELEBRATE AND HONOR FREEDOM TOGETHER.

EXCELLENT.

LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

ANY COMMENT? LOOKS LIKE A GREAT MAKEUP.

SO, OKAY, ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT.

ITEMS FOUR A AND FIVE A HAVE BEEN PUSHED.

WE ARE NOW MOVING

[b. Consider an ordinance adopting the proposed text amendment to Chapter 111, Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) of the Baytown Code of Ordinances to revise Divisions 2.32, 2.33, 2.35, 2.36, and 10.2 of the ULDC, regarding shipping containers, and the definition of container or shipping container as it applies to the 2025 code.]

ON TO FIVE B CONSIDERING ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 1 1 1 UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ULDC OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REVISED DIVISIONS 2.32, 2.33, 2.35, 2.36, AND 10.2 OF THE ULDC REGARDING SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND THE DEFINITION OF CONTAINER OR SHIPPING CONTAINER AS IT APPLIES TO THE 2025 CODE.

THIS IS NOT MR. MARTIN SCRIBNER? NO, NO, I AM NOT MAYOR.

UH, I'M HIS TWIN.

UH, CALVIN ABRAM , UH, PLAYING DEPARTMENT.

UH, THANK Y'ALL.

UM, YEAH, THIS IS A PROPOSAL THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT, BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN MARCH.

UM, AT THAT TIME, A FORMAL PRESENTATION WAS MADE.

UH, THEREFORE AT THIS POINT, UH, I AM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

UM, SO I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UH, MORE THOROUGHLY ANYTHING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

YES, SIR.

HEARING COUNSEL, JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UH, IN THE PACKET, MR. ABRAMS DID INCLUDE A RED LINE FOR YOU.

UH, HE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE ACTUAL TEXT, UH, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.

UH, THIS ONE IS HOT OFF THE PRESSES.

UH, THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE FINAL.

UH, HOWEVER, THERE MAY STILL BE, UH, SOME NON SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT WE MAY NEED TO MAKE CORRECTING TYPOS, UH, CHANGING PARAGRAPH NUMBERS, GRAMMATICAL ERRORS, THAT SORT OF THING.

I DON'T THINK THERE ARE, BUT, UH, IF YOU WOULD JUST IN INDULGE ME AND, UH, ALLOW US IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO DO SO, UH, BEFORE THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE IS APPLIED, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.

WE WILL, UH, CONTINUE TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND, AND MAKE SURE IT'S PERFECT BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD.

GOT YOU.

DO YOU NEED THE MAYOR TO READ THE WHOLE FIRST PAGE? ? I GOT MY GLASSES ON.

SO , I, I THINK THE, UH, THE WAY THE ITEM IS DRAFTED IS, IS, UH, JUSTIFIED.

SO THAT'S A YES.

, NO SIR.

, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GO AHEAD.

WHEN DOES THE MAYOR PLAN ON, UH, APPLYING A SIGNATURE? HOW LONG DO WE HAVE? ABOUT 30 SECONDS.

? NO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, WE WE USUALLY, I'M I'M SORRY.

NO, GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD.

WE USUALLY DO THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MEETINGS.

HOWEVER, UH, WE TRY TO GET, UH, EVERYTHING FINALIZED, UH, BY THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY AFTER MEETING.

UH, THAT'S USUALLY WHEN WE, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AS OUR INTERNAL DEADLINE.

UH, AS, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON.

FOR INSTANCE, THE, UH, UH, RESOLUTIONS DEALING WITH, UH, UH, APPOINTMENTS.

THOSE ARE NEVER, UH, DONE BEFORE A MEETING.

WE ALWAYS DO THAT AFTER YOU ALL TAKE A VOTE.

SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S UNCOMMON.

IT WAS JUST A LITTLE TOUGHER TO MAKE ALL THE REVISIONS IN THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE, UH, BEFORE, UH, POSTING TIME.

WE, LIKE I SAID, WE JUST FINISHED THIS FINAL VERSION A FEW MINUTES AGO.

ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, I, I'VE GOT JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UH,

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IF SOMEONE IS ABLE TO PUT THIS IN THEIR BACKYARD SO THAT THAT'S ALL A ALREADY A PRESUMPTION, THEY'VE GOT ROOM TO GET IT IN THE BACKYARD, CAN THEY PUT IT ON THE GROUND OR DO THEY HAVE TO PUT IT ON A SLAB OR CAN IT BE ON PRE-ENGINEERED SUPPORTS? UH, THAT IS, THAT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE SHIPPING CONTAINER.

UM, IF THE SHIPPING CONTAINER IS 200 SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER, THEY CAN PUT IT, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER THEY CHOOSE, AS LONG AS IT MEET THE SETBACK STANDARDS, ET CETERA.

BUT IF IT'S OVER THAT, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A PERMIT AND MEET, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS TO GET PERMITTING.

AND THAT MAY INCLUDE FOUNDATIONS AS WELL.

YEAH, TYPICALLY SOMEBODY USING IT FOR A STORAGE SHED IS GONNA BE AN EIGHT BY 20.

SO THAT'S 160 SQUARE FEET.

UM, I CAN'T SEE, MOST LOTS ARE NOT GONNA ACCOMMODATE AN EIGHT BY 40.

THAT'S JUST TOO LONG, TOO BIG.

BUT IF IT WAS AN EIGHT BY 40, THAT'S 240.

SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A PERMIT AND THEN GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS.

THE THE, THAT'S CORRECT.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A PERMIT AND GO THROUGH THE, UH, THE BUILDING CERTIFICATE, UH, THE PLAN REVIEW.

THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT'S, I'M, I'M GONNA VOTE TO, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT CHANGES.

'CAUSE THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S A, A STANDARD COMMERCIAL CONTAINER.

WE, WE, MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE IT, BUT I'M NOT GONNA REQUIRE SOMEBODY THAT I'VE GOT 10 ACRES, I WANNA MOVE ONE ON ME.

YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME GO THROUGH A BUILDING PERMIT.

THE, THE REASONING BEHIND THAT WAS BECAUSE THE DIRECTIVE FROM COUNCIL WAS TO TREAT IT LIKE ANY OTHER ACCESSORY STRUCTURE MM-HMM .

AND THAT IS THE RULES FOR ANY OTHER STICK BELT STRUCTURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS OVER 200 SQUARE FEET NEED BUILDING PERMIT.

SO THAT, THAT'S WHY IT'S JUST BEING TREATED AS ANY OTHER STRUCTURE.

SO IF, IF I BUILT A 210 FOOT SQUARE FOOT SHED IN MY BACKYARD, I'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PERMITTING PROCESS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

ALL AGAIN, HUH? WE RAISED THAT FROM A HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.

YEAH, WE NEED TO RAISE THAT.

YEAH, I UNDER THAT WE WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME.

YEAH, I THINK WE, I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO RE-LOOK AT THAT AS FAR AS OKAY.

THAT'S A CONTAINER.

DO YOU WANT US TO BRING THAT BACK AS A SEPARATE PIECE FOR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT? NOT NECESSARILY SPECIFIC TO THE SHIPPING CONTAINER, BUT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

THAT, THAT IT'S NOT 200, IT'S MAYBE 300.

IS THAT OR JUST ACCESSORY STRUCTURES OR ACCESSORY, SORRY, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.

CAR CAR AGAIN.

'CAUSE I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE CONTAINERS ARE TYPICALLY EITHER 40 FOOT, 20 FOOT OR 10 FOOT.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE, YES.

10, 20 FOOT.

10 20, 40.

SO IF, AGAIN, I CAN PUT 2 10, 2 20 FOOTERS IN THERE WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.

BUT IF I BRING A 40 FOOTER IN THERE, THEN I GOTTA GO THROUGH A WHOLE PERMITTING PROCESS.

BUT TO THE OTHER PART OF MY QUESTION IS, IF I BRING A SMALLER ONE IN, DOES IT HAVE TO BE ON A SLAB OR CAN IT BE ON PRE-ENGINEERED PADS OR BLOCKS? OR COULD JUST PUT IT ON THE GROUND? UH, WHEN YOU SAY SMALLER, DO YOU MEAN SMALLER THAN 200 SQUARE FEET? EIGHT BY 20, 160 SQUARE FEET? IT COULD, IT COULD BE PLACED ON THE, HOPEFULLY ON THE LEVEL SURFACE, BUT COULD BE ON THE GRASS OR GROUND.

THEY COULD THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT LIKE GRAVEL OR THAT WAS FOR INDUSTRIAL USE.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT REQUIRING FOLKS TO PUT IN PADS, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE PADS TO PUT THESE THINGS ON.

UM, FIRST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, AGAIN, MOST OF THE FOLKS I'VE TALKED TO THAT LIKE THIS IDEA IS THEY'RE JUST MORE SECURE STORAGE SHEDS MM-HMM.

THAN, THAN THE LITTLE LIGHT 10 BUILDINGS YOU CAN BUILD.

AND THEY WANT SOMETHING THEY CAN LOCK UP AND PUT IN PLACE.

I AGREE.

IT SHOULD BE LEVEL OR THEY'RE GONNA RUN INTO TROUBLES, BUT I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THE ADDED EXPENSE OF, YOU KNOW, SIX OR $700 FOR A PAD FOR, TO PUT ONE OF THESE THINGS ON.

UM, AND THEY'VE GOT ENGINEERED PADS NOW THAT YOU CAN PUT THAT, YOU CAN TURN THE LITTLE KNOB AND LEVEL 'EM UP AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF TOO.

SO, UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE, THE SIZE BECAUSE THE CONTAINERS ARE 10, 20 AND 40.

SO, SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO REVIEW THIS AND MAYBE WE BRING IT BACK FOR OUR SECOND APRIL MEETING? I, I WOULD SAY TAKE SOME TIME TO REVIEW IT.

WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION.

I, I THINK THAT GOES ALONG WITH WHAT MY COLLEAGUE WAS ALLUDING TO.

IT'S KIND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE GET A BRAND NEW, A HOT OFF THE PRESS.

WE KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE TIME TO LOOK AT IT.

NO, I THINK I'M GONNA LIKE MOST OF WHAT I CASUALLY SAW REAL QUICKLY, I JUST HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THE SIZE AND THEN, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO, TO PUT HARD EIGHT INCH THICK PADS OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY WITH THAT SIDE OF IT.

SO, AND, AND I DIDN'T SEE IT IN HERE.

THAT'S

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SO, SO IF WE WANT TO, LET'S DO A MOTION MOTION TO SUSPEND IT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.

WE CAN BRING IT BACK THE NEXT MEETING.

I MEAN, WE'LL, YEAH.

DOES THAT GIVE Y'ALL ENOUGH TIME TO LOOK AT THAT, THE NEXT MEETING? WELL, MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE, IS ON THAT SIZE, IS IT SPECIFIC TO SHIPPING CONTAINERS? BECAUSE DO WE WANT A, UH, DO WE WANT AN ORDINANCE THAT'S GONNA BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD AND IT'S ONLY ADDRESSING ACCESSORY UNITS? OR DO YOU WANT TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR SHIPPING CONTAINERS? I WOULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR SHIPPING CONTAINERS EXCEPTION FOR SHIPPING CONTAINERS, YES.

BECAUSE MOST STORAGE SHEDS THAT YOU GO BY ARE 10 BY 10.

10 BY 20.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY LARGER THAN THAT.

YOU GET INTO LARGER THAN THAT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL RED STEEL, YOU KNOW, METAL BUILDINGS THAT REQUIRE SLABS AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF FOR JUST SUPPORT.

SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

SO MAYBE JUST CREATE SOMETHING THAT HAS AN EXCEPTION FOR THE 10, 20 AND 40 FOOT SHIPPING CONTAINERS.

THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE LOOKING FOR.

CAN YOU GET A SIX? HUH? GET EIGHT BY EIGHT.

SO HOW THAT CAME ABOUT.

MOTION TO SUSPEND UNTIL NEXT MEETING.

NEXT MEETING.

THE ORDINANCE IS READY AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? IT, IT IS READYING.

UM, BUT IF YOU WANT TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AT A LATER TIME, YOU CAN JUST TAKE NO ACTION TONIGHT.

UH, NO MOTION THAT'S NEEDED.

WELL, I WANNA BE SURE WE BRING IT BACK.

WITH AN EXCEPTION BUILT IN.

WELL, UH, JUST TO KIND OF JUMP IN, UM, I WAS JUST MENTIONING CALVIN, LIKE I, SO THIS BODY HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT CHANGE TONIGHT IF YOU WANT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE AT IN THE ORDINANCE.

DOES THAT COME IN? BECAUSE ORDINARILY THAT IS, I MEAN, WE CAN JUST WRITE IN, UH, AN EXCEPTION I THINK IN, IN, UM, WHERE THEY'RE ALLOWED.

UM, I THINK ONE OF, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD IS THAT, UM, THE ORDINANCE ITSELF CHANGES MULTIPLE, UH, CODE PROVISIONS, UH, ULDC PROVISIONS.

SO IT, IT'S PROBABLY A CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ACTION TONIGHT, YOU CAN TELL US WHAT TO DO AND WE'LL, WE'LL REDRAFT THE ORDINANCE.

DO IT AS AN AMENDMENT MAYBE.

WELL THEN I'LL, I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO, I'M, I'M MOVED TO APPROVE THE CODE WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE EXCEPTION FOR THE 40 FOOT CONTAINER.

BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO ARE ALREADY OKAY.

IF THAT'S THE AMENDMENT.

SO THAT THE EXCEPTION WITH THE ADDED EXCEPTION WOULD BE TO ALLOW THE EXTRA 40 SQUARE FEET FOR AN EIGHT BY 40 WITH, WITHOUT A PERMIT.

WITHOUT A PERMIT.

WE CAN WRITE THAT IN.

YEP.

JUST IS THAT, IS THAT IT? I THINK THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

SO THAT'S YOUR MOTION? THAT'S MY MOTION.

SECOND, WELL JUST HAVE ONE QUICK, QUICK QUESTION.

JUST KIND OF CIRCLING BACK.

WE DID ON THE LIGHT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, IT DOES HAVE TO BE ON A, ON A, UH, NON, ON A, ON A SOLID STRUCTURE RIGHT SURFACE.

UH, IF YOU MEAN IT CAN BE ON GRAVEL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

IT CAN BE ON GRAVEL OR IT CAN BE ON CONCRETE OR ANYTHING, BUT CANNOT BE ON GRASS WORK.

'CAUSE THAT THAT WAS THE CONCERN.

THAT IS CORRECT.

ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE? YEAH.

ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT SIDE RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE OF THE YEAH, BECAUSE THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, WE ALLOW 'EM TO STACK 'EM UP AND YES, THEY'RE GONNA BE SOME TYPE OF THINGS UP TO THREE EACH ONE? YEAH.

BECAUSE CHEMICALS GET STORED IN THERE.

WE DON'T WANT THOSE CHEMICALS GOING.

THAT NEED TO BE, SO WE GOT A FIRST GROUND, WE GOT A MOTION.

AND THE SECOND MM-HMM .

THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY, JUST FOR CLARITY, UM, THE AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE IS AMENDMENT TO AND ALLOW AN EIGHT BY 40 OR 320 SQUARE FOOT, UH, SHIPPING CONTAINER WITHOUT A PERMIT IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

YES.

AND AGAIN, IT OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO PUT THAT IN THERE, MEETING THE OTHER SETBACK REQUIREMENTS ALREADY IN THE ORDER.

YES.

I'M NOT ARGUING THOSE 60 FOOT WIDE LOT.

TRYING TO GET EIGHT MY BOYS IN THE YARD.

YEAH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE, WE'LL BE TAKING SIX A OUT OF ORDER AND CONSIDERING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END OF THE AGENDA, WE ARE NOW ON TO

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

CONSENT.

AND, UM, SEVEN A IS BEING PULLED BY STAFF FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

BUT I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GET, UM, A MOTION FOR EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF SEVEN A UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO HELP PULL.

I, I THINK IT'S SEVEN E MAYOR.

YEAH, I SAID SEVEN E.

OH, OKAY.

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MY APOLOGIES.

SO SEVEN E'S BEING PULLED.

ANYTHING ELSE? DID YOU WANT TO, I WAS, I WANT TO PULL SEVEN H FOR JUST A, A DISCUSSION.

YEP.

THAT'S I WAS GONNA DO IF YOU DIDN'T.

I DO.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, SO I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN A, I MEAN SEVEN B THROUGH I EXCEPT FOR E AND H.

WHAT ABOUT A? I SAID B.

SO WE NEED A I'M NOT DOING A.

NO, HE'S, EXCEPT FOR A, E AND H.

SO YOU WANT A PULLED OUT? OH, SORRY, I LABELED IT WRONG.

ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH I.

EXCEPT FOR E AND H.

I'M SORRY.

THE, UH, UM, LET'S GO WITH SEVEN

[e. Consider an ordinance authorizing the Amended and Restated Interlocal Agreement with Harris County Flood Control District for the West Baytown Drainage Project.]

E MR. ES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

RAFAEL TI, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, E AND H.

UH, SO SEVEN E SPECIFICALLY, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SEVEN PLEASE? THANK YOU.

SEVEN E SPECIFICALLY IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND WEST BAYTOWN DRAINAGE PROJECT.

SO WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

UH, SO THIS ENCOMPASSES THE, AND AND THE REASON WE WANTED TO BRING IT UP, THIS ENCOMPASSES AN AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL TO PROVIDE 2.9 MILLION, UM, TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO EXECUTE A PROJECT ALONG OKLAHOMA STREET.

UM, ALL THIS IS, IS JUST AGREEING TO THE AGREEING TO PROVIDE THOSE FUNDS, UH, TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

THIS IS AMENDING AN ORIGINAL PROPOSED ILA THAT HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN HAD WHERE CITY OF BAYTOWN PROVIDED $4.1 MILLION TO HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL.

UM, AND SO WE, UH, AND SCOTT LAMONT, SORRY, UH, WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS AND THERE IS AN ITERATION OF THIS THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK, UM, TO DISCUSS HOW WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS BACK, UM, AS WE ARE GOING TO CONSTRUCT THIS PROJECT NOW, UM, UNDER THE CITY OF BAYTOWN VERSUS THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL.

SO, EXCELLENT.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DO HAVE A COMMENT.

UM, AND THIS IS KIND OF SIMILAR, LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH THE WEST BAYTOWN, UM, MARKET STREET PROJECT, UM, WHERE ORIGINALLY WE WERE THE SECOND, UM, FUNDER, UH, ON THE PROJECT.

AND NOW BECAUSE OF WONDERFUL GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED MM-HMM .

UM, THEY REQUIRED THAT WE BE THE PRIMARY IN TERMS OF THE PROJECT, UM, THE PROJECT SCOPE AND COMPLETION AND ALL OF THAT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND SO, UM, THIS IS, AGAIN, NOT ANYTHING NEW.

WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING A LINE WITH THOSE, UM, WITH THE FIRST, UM, PROJECT.

AND SO, UM, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER THIS, UM, ACTUALLY CAME TO LIGHT DURING HARVEY, UM, WHEN HUGGIN STREET MM-HMM .

AND AROUND BERGON WERE FILLED WITH WATER, UH, UH, AROUND BERGON.

IT WAS WAIST DEEP, UH, WATER.

AND SO ALL OF THAT WATER COMES DOWN TO THE SOUTH END, UM, FROM UP NORTH.

AND SO OUR OUTFALL AT OKLAHOMA WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN ALL OF THAT.

AND THANKS TO OUR AMAZING ENGINEERING TEAM RECOGNIZED IMMEDIATELY WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

AND, UM, STAFF WENT OUT FOR FUNDING.

OBVIOUSLY IT WAS GONNA BE A MUCH BIGGER PROJECT THAN WHAT WE COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED IN TERMS OF FUNDING THAT WE MAY HAVE HAD ON HAND.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE STAFF, UM, ALWAYS GOING OUT EXTRA MILE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, GET ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

SO IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF OUR DIRECT POCKET, BUT I KNOW THIS COMMUNITY, UM, IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THIS COMPLETED.

SO YES.

THANK YOU.

THE, THE GLO GRANT THAT WAS GIVEN TO THIS PROJECT IS AN THE VALUE OF $5 MILLION, MAYOR.

YES, SIR.

I'M GONNA ADD TO MY COLLEAGUES' COMMENTS AND, AND I'VE PROFESSED IN OTHER MEETINGS EARLIER TONIGHT THAT DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, AND SIX ARE THE OLDER DISTRICTS.

WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM END OF THE DRAINAGE.

AND, AND THESE STORM WATER PROJECTS ARE CRITICAL TO, TO OUR DISTRICTS.

UM, AND MY COMMENT WAS THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS THAT FLOOD IN A MAJOR HURRICANE AND SO FORTH AND SO ON, BUT WE HAVE AREAS THAT THAT WILL GET HIGH WATER WITH JUST A HEAVY RAIN.

SO THESE TYPE PROJECTS, KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR LOOKING FOR GRANTS AND GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

'CAUSE 'CAUSE WE, OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS GET WET A LOT , SO, UM, SO I, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT, SO

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IT'LL BE NICE TO SAY YAY AND MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.

ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT ELSE, MAYOR? UH, JUST ONE COMMENT.

UH, THERE ARE, THERE, AS OF TODAY, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ON SOME LANGUAGE.

SO, UM, IF Y'ALL, WHEN Y'ALL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, IF YOU DON'T MIND HAVING SUBJECT TO CITY ATTORNEY APPROVAL ON THE LANGUAGE, UH, THERE SOME FINAL PIECES THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE ARE THERE WHEN IT COMES TO REFUNDING THE, UH, THE MONEY THAT THEY ARE GIVEN THE CITY.

SO, GOOD DEAL.

SOUNDS GOOD.

SO WHO'S GONNA DO THE MOTION? YOU GOT IT.

UM, SO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN E UM, PENDING THE APPROVAL OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

I WOULD SAY SPECIFICALLY AS TO THE REIMBURSEMENT, THIS SPECIFICALLY TO THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CITY FROM THE FUNDING WE DO.

SECOND.

AYE.

H CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET RECONSTRUCTION OF LANTER PARK, DOLPHIN HARBOR, CANVASBACK K AND SOUTH CIRCLE DRIVE PROJECT.

SEVEN

[h. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with Harris County for the Neighborhood Street Reconstruction of Lantern Park, Dolphin Harbor, Canvasback Cay, and South Circle Drive Project.]

YOU HAVE IT AGAIN, .

UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU AGAIN.

UH, SO THIS IS AN ITEM FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT TWO AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STREETS, DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LANTER PARK, DOLPHIN HARBOR, AND VACAY.

AND I THINK SOUTH CIRCLE WAS, UH, A MISEDIT, SO I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND STATE THAT NOW.

UM, PART OF THIS PROJECT, IT, IT'S, IT'S PART OF A BROADER NEIGHBORHOOD STREET PROGRAM THAT STARTED TAKING PLACE BACK ALMOST A DECADE AGO.

UH, AND IT'S ABOUT 18 STREETS THAT WENT THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD STREET PROJECTS AND, UH, THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY AND THIS ILA, UM, WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT, UH, 8.79 MILLION.

AND HARRIS COUNTY HAS DECIDED TO CONTRIBUTE 4.39 MILLION MM-HMM .

AND SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR SOME APPROVAL ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, EASEMENTS OBVIOUSLY WERE ALREADY ACQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION.

UH, THE DESIGN'S ALREADY AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, SO, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.

GOOD DEAL.

UH, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST A COMMENT.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR GETTING THE CITY TO THIS POINT.

LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS A DECADE IN THE MAKING.

UM, IT STARTED WHEN YOU WERE ON COUNCIL AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND, AND, UM, REALLY THANK Y'ALL FOR THE EFFORT IN MOVING THIS PROJECT ALONG AND GETTING THE FUNDS TOGETHER MM-HMM .

AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

NOT JUST FOR LANDON PARK, BUT I SEE, YOU KNOW, DOLPHIN HARBOR.

THESE, THESE, THESE STREETS ARE, UH, WAY PAST, UH, NEEDED, NEEDED UPGRADING AND, AND REPAIRS.

SO JUST THANK Y'ALL FOR THE EFFORTS AND, AND KEEPING THAT, UH, UH, IN THE FOREFRONT OF GETTING THAT DONE.

SO I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE.

I'M GLAD WE'RE AT THIS POINT.

AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

OKAY, MAYOR, WE ACTUALLY, WE DISCUSSED THIS THIS AFTERNOON AT THE CIP AND I HAD SOME CONCERNS THAT THE FUNDING WAS COMING FROM A, UH, PREVIOUS IS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED CO.

AND MY CONCERN WAS THAT WE WERE TAKING MONEY FROM THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS THAT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS OTHER PROJECTS.

MOVING IT TO THIS PROJECT.

STAFF MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

THAT ACTUALLY IT WAS FROM THE 2022 BONDS.

HOWEVER, THIS IS INTEREST MONEY FROM THOSE BONDS.

SO IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL CO FUNDING IT'S INTEREST FROM THAT FUNDING.

AND, AND WITH THAT, THEY WERE ABLE TO TURN AND, AND GET HARRIS COUNTY TO PROVIDE A GRANT, IF YOU WILL, TO SUBSIDIZE ABOUT HALF THE PROJECT.

SO, AGAIN, KUDOS TO STAFF ARE ALWAYS LOOKING, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT I, I TELL THE CITY MANAGER, WE HIDE THESE UNDER CONSENT, BUT THIS IS A, THIS IS A GOOD THING THAT STAFF FOUND FUNDING THAT WAS, I HATE TO SAY EXTRA MONEY 'CAUSE THERE'S NEVER EXTRA MONEY, BUT IT WAS INTEREST FUNDS THAT WE COULD USE FOR A STREET PROJECT FROM A STREET PROJECT TO A STREET PROJECT AND GOT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM HARRIS COUNTY.

SO KUDOS TO STAFFER.

ALWAYS DIGGING, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

BUT I ALSO WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS TO GO, OH, WELL THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING MONIES AND DOING PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T APPROVED.

AND NO, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

AND, AND IT'S INTEREST MONEY.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY IT.

STAFF ALSO INDICATED THEY FOUND SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO FINISH OUT A COUPLE OTHER STREETS IN ALLEN BROOK.

FROM TIME TO TIME, HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE.

UH, WITH SOME PAD REPAIRS ON TWO OF 'EM, AND A REBUILD ON A THIRD.

I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHICH ONES.

SO ALLEN BROOK WILL BE COMPLETE AND THEN LANTERN PARK WILL BE COMPLETE AND THEN THE OTHER STREETS WILL BE DONE AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, KUDOS TO STAFF.

WE HAVE A HARD WORKING STAFF.

THEY DON'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

WE BEAT STAFF UP

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AND AS SUCH, WE ALSO NEED TO LET 'EM KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS.

ABSOLUTELY.

AT ALL TIMES.

THANK YOU.

AND YEAH, AND ALSO A LOT OF THANKS STAFF.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

I BEAT THEM UP ABOUT, ABOUT THIS AND ASKED A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AND, AND, UH, APPRECIATE THEM GOING OUT AND, AND, AND DOING THE EXTRA WORK.

AND I KNOW ME AND YOU TALKED ABOUT IT MULTIPLE TIMES AND I KNOW ME AND PRT TALKED ABOUT IT AND JASON, UH, OF THE ISSUES WE'RE HAVING OVER THERE.

AND, AND I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE, THE PEOPLE FROM ABROOK THAT ARE HERE, UH, THEIR CONCERNS, RIGHT? AND OF COURSE WE HAVE SOME SIDEWALKS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING UP THAT CAN, THAT WILL HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

I, I BELIEVE ALSO, SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, Y'ALL DOING THE EXTRA WORK AND, AND, AND SAYING, HEY, YEAH, WE DO NEED TO FINISH SOME OF THOSE STREETS OVER THERE THAT WE'RE NOT FINISHED IN THAT PROJECT.

'CAUSE I JUST, YOU JUST, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, YOU KNOW LANDON PARK, YOU'RE DOING ALL OF THE STREETS IN EVERY ONE OF THE STREETS IN ABROOK JUST GOT A, WELL, YOU DID THE OUTSIDE, BUT ALL THE MIDDLES WILL COME BACK LATER.

AND THIS, AND BY THE WAY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE STAFF WASN'T HERE WHEN ALL THAT WAS HAPPENING.

SO THESE, A LOT OF THIS IS NEW STAFF.

SO, UH, I I APPRECIATE THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING SAYING WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.

LET'S DO IT ALL.

BECAUSE IT IS A WASTE OF, IT'S A WASTE OF RESOURCES TO REMOBILIZE AND DO THIS AGAIN.

IF, IF YOU'RE THERE, JUST KNOCK IT ALL OUT LIKE YOU'RE DOING.

AND I MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO SEE US DO IS JUST NOT HODGEPODGE IT, PIECE IT TOGETHER, NOT PIECEMEAL IT.

IF WE'RE THERE, FINISH IT.

IT'S, IT'S MORE BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYTHING.

SURE.

SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING THAT AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL GOING OUT AND DOING THE FUNDS AND I APPRECIATE ALL, ALL THE WORK Y'ALL DID FOR US AND, AND ON.

I'M HOPING ON BEHALF OF BERG NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HERE, I APPRECI THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

SO THANK YOU GUYS.

SURE.

UM, I'M GONNA SAY THANK YOU TO PRECINCT, TO ADRIAN GARCIA, UH, WHEN I CAME ON AS MAYOR.

UM, WE DO PARTNERSHIPS WITH HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT TWO FROM TIME TO TIME.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE STREETS AT LANTERN PARK AND SOME OTHER AREAS OF TOWN THAT WE NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH FUNDING.

AND HE CAME THROUGH.

AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME AND I'M PRETTY SURE THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST TIME.

UM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU MAYOR, UM, FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL GARCIA FOR PUTTING THIS MONEY UP AND TO, TO HELP US OUT.

AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE RESIDENTS AT LAN PARK WILL GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS.

'CAUSE AS COUNCILMAN GRIFFITH SAID, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS STARTED WHEN I WAS IN THAT CHAIR THAT YOU'RE SITTING IN YEARS AGO.

AND FOR IT TO FINALLY HAPPEN IS JUST HEARING FROM THE CITIZENS.

THEY'RE EXTREMELY HAPPY AND EXCITED.

UM, SO WE GOT A MOTION ALREADY.

NO MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM SEVEN H.

IT'S WRITTEN SECOND.

GOLF LAP IN, IN HONOR TO MR. LESTER.

UH, BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT, I'M GONNA TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND I WANT TO SAY I SEE SOME NEW FACES IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVEN'T ATTENDED A COUNCIL MEETING OR SOME PEOPLE I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE.

INDIVIDUALS FROM, UM, ALLEN BROOK.

I RAN INTO THEM OUT IN THE HALL AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING HERE? AND THEY CAME, THEY SHOWED UP FOR SOMETHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THAT'S IMPRESSIVE 'CAUSE THAT'S NORMALLY VOTED IN, GROUPED IN WITH OTHER THINGS.

BUT THEY SHOWED UP, WANTED TO TALK WITH THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER.

THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH MR. FRANCO AND THEY JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW GOOD OF A JOB HE HAD BEEN DOING AS THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEY CAME UP HERE IN PERSON TO DO THAT.

I MEAN, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT MEANS A LOT TO HIM.

AND IT MEANS A LOT TO ME AS MAYOR.

WE HAVE SOME SUPPORTERS OF JUNETEENTH WHO, UM, WERE CAME OUT.

UM, THEY DIDN'T SIGN UP TO SPEAK, THEY JUST WANTED TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE THE LINEUP.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND YOU ALL HAVE AN OPEN INVITATION FOR ME.

ANYTIME YOU WANNA SHOW UP TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND WE ARE HAVING A MEETING, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SHOW UP.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK, DO IT BEFORE COUNCIL MEETING STARTS AT THE POSTAL TIME OF SIX 30.

YOU CAN EVEN EMAIL IN TO THE CITY CLERK RIGHT? AND YOUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP TODAY.

NOW WE WILL GO ON

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

TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

JIM, MR. JASON REYNOLDS.

THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, PARKS, REC AND TOURISM WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TWO TEAM MEMBERS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

KYLE FRY, ABEL CARMONA WERE RECENTLY CER UH, RE-CERTIFIED AS CERTIFIED PARK AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS, UH, THROUGH THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION.

THIS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION DEMONSTRATES CONTINUED EXPERTISE ACROSS KEY AREAS SUCH AS OPERATIONS, PROGRAMMING, FINANCE, AND LEADERSHIP, AND REFLECTS A COMMITMENT TO STAYING CURRENT IN THE PROFESSION.

SO CONGRATS TO KYLE AND ABEL.

SO GOOD PICTURE THERE TOO.

KYLE

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DO YOU WANNA PUT THIS ONE OUT? I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT.

, THIS IS YOUR FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR, BUDDY.

YOUR FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, HOUSEHOLD HAZARDS.

WASTE COLLECTION DAY IS APRIL 18TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT 1200 LEE DRIVE.

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO DISPOSE OF OLD PAINT, GASOLINE, CAR BATTERIES, CLEANERS, FERTILIZERS, AND MORE WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR VEHICLE.

SO CAN'T MAKE IT, UH, ANY EASIER.

AND A BIG, A BIG THANK YOU TO STAFF.

UH, I KNOW MR. LESTER AND, AND THE COUNCIL HAVE ACTUALLY, UM, TALKED HIGHLY ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

AND, UM, JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT PUTS US ON AND, UM, UH, IT'S ALWAYS A, A GOOD SHOW.

SO, ALL RIGHT.

WE'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT.

BEAR WITH ME HERE.

WE'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT FROM A RABBIT WHO WAS LEFT ABANDONED IN A HOTEL ROOM.

OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE CALL AND THE OUTCOME, THE OUTCOMES TEAM WERE ABLE TO TRANSFER HIM TO HOUSTON RABBIT RESOURCE.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS A THING.

IN ADDITION TO THE RABBIT, THE OUTCOMES TEAM, A DUO OF CARRIE MEYER AND AMANDA GONZALEZ ALSO TRANSFERRED 77 ANIMALS IN THE LAST MONTH TO LOCAL RESCUE GROUPS.

THAT'S THE RABBIT.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'RE DOING EVERY DAY.

THIS ENSURES THAT THE ANIMALS IN OUR CARE ARE ACHIEVING THE MOST POSITIVE OUTCOMES POSSIBLE.

SO SEAN, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

OH, THOSE IS ONE OF THEM SUPPOSED TO.

THOSE ARE NOT THE, THE RABBITS, MARY.

I WAS GONNA SAY, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT A GOOD, THAT'S NOT A GOOD LOOKING RABBIT .

ALL RIGHT.

NOT TO BE OUTDONE BY THE RABBIT.

SHOUT OUT.

WE ALSO RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A LOCAL TEENAGER NAMED, UH, CHRISTOPHER, WHO HAS A VISION FOR ENHANCING YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL IN BAYTOWN.

HIS EMAIL WAS SHARED WITH ME, AND IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE OUR YOUTH BEING PROACTIVE IN SETTING A VISION FOR THE FUTURE.

UM, IT WAS ABOUT A FULL PAGE.

WE, WE SUMMARIZED IT, BUT, UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE, THE YOUTH.

I, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY REACHING OUT.

I WE DO READ YOUR EMAILS.

WE DO READ YOUR LETTERS.

UM, AND IT, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE YOUTH GET INVOLVED.

UM, I KNOW THE MAYOR BRINGS, UH, AN, UH, A MENTOR OR A MENTEE, UH, OFTEN TO CITY HALL TO, TO TALK ABOUT THINGS.

AND THE MORE THAT WE CAN GET THE YOUTH INVOLVED, THE MORE THAT WE CAN KEEP THIS PROGRESSING AND AS A FRUITFUL CITY AND BUILDING THINGS HERE.

SO, HAPPY TO SEE THESE THINGS, AND HAPPY TO GIVE THE SHOUT OUT, UH, TO, TO CHRISTOPHER.

AND IT'S THE PERFECT SEGUE INTO A REMINDER FOR OUR PUBLIC MEETING NEXT WEEK FOR THE EXXON MOBIL BAYTOWN EVENT CENTER AND THE LIBRARY RENOVATION PLAN.

IT WILL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE TEJAS ROOM NEXT THURSDAY, APRIL 16TH, AT 6:00 PM PLEASE COME OUT AND MEET THE DESIGN TEAM, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND SHARE YOUR IDEAS.

SO, UM, PLEASE, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

UM, THIS IS A VERY BIG PROJECT FOR, FOR THE CITY.

LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, IT, IT, IT IS GONNA BE A GAME CHANGER.

AND, UH, I DO WANT TO PUT ONE MORE THING OUT.

UM, I, KENNY, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ACTUALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, I THINK IT IS, BUT THE YES.

TO, I KNOW THAT YOU, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU TO HAVE THAT MEETING WITH THE UPA.

SO, UH, THE BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, IS HAVING A MEMORIAL CEREMONY ON MONDAY, UH, APRIL 13TH AT 4:00 PM FOR THE FIREFIGHTER MEMORIAL, OR IT'S AT THE FIREFIGHTER MEMORIAL AT BINO PARK.

IT'S, IT'S A MEMORIAL FOR THE LINE OF DUTY, DEATH, UH, FIREFIGHTERS THAT WE HAVE.

AND, UH, IT'S SOMETHING WE DO EACH YEAR.

AND, UM, IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND HONORING OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

WHAT TIME AGAIN? UH, APRIL 13TH AT 4:00 PM AT BICENTENNIAL PARK.

AND THEN I DO, UM, I, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UH, THOMAS AND HIS TEAM FOR THE LEGISLATIVE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING.

UM, THE MAYOR, UM, MR. POWELL AND I WENT AND THOMAS WENT TO DC UH, GOODNESS.

WAS IT LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE? LAST WEEK BEFORE THE WEEK BEFORE , SORRY.

UM, THE WEEK BEFORE LAST.

AND WE HAD A VERY ENGAGING, UM, COUPLE OF DAYS IN DC UM, MAYOR, I'M GONNA LET YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE MM-HMM .

BIG ONE.

IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

BUT I, I DO WANT TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE MEETING WITH OUR FEDERAL REPS.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR MONEY FOR BAYTOWN.

WE'RE TALKING TO OUR BUSINESS LEADERS WHILE WE'RE IN DC UH, THAT HAVE, UH, UM, THAT HAVE LARGE COMPANIES HERE.

WE'RE MEETING WITH THEIR EXECUTIVE TEAMS. WE ARE SEEING WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR THE FUTURE OF BAYTOWN.

WE'RE PUTTING BAYTOWN, UH, WE CONTINUE TO MENTION BAYTOWN IN THESE CONVERSATIONS, UH, ADVOCATING FOR LEE COLLEGE, ADVOCATING FOR OTHER BUSINESSES AROUND THE REGION AS WELL, AND FINDING OUT HOW WE CAN BETTER PLACE BAYTOWN FOR A STRONGER FUTURE.

WE ARE SPENDING THAT TIME IN MEETINGS, UH, NONSTOP, UH, UH, EACH DAY THAT WE, WE ARE THERE AND WE ARE SEEING PROGRESS.

AND MAYOR, I WILL HAND THE, THE LAST PIECE OVER

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SO WHENEVER I HEARD WE WERE GOING, THOMAS ASKED IF IT WAS, IF THERE WAS ANY, ANYTHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND I TOLD HIM I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THE EPA TO TALK ABOUT THE SAN JACINTO WASTE BITS.

UM, WE HAD A FEW INDIVIDUALS HERE FROM THE AREA THAT BROUGHT IT TO ATTENTION, NATIONAL ATTENTION, AND THEY DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN, WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF TALK, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING PHYSICAL HAPPEN.

SO WE SET UP, THANK YOU, THOMAS, FOR SETTING UP THE MEETING.

AND THE MEETING WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.

THEY REASSURED ME THAT THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN OUR REGION FOR THE EPA AND THAT THEY WOULD BE BUILDING A COFFER DAM BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

THAT'S AMAZING.

WHAT DOES A COFFER DAM DO? IT KIND OF ENCLOSES EVERYTHING.

SO WHEN THE WORK STARTS, WE DON'T HAVE THINGS LEAKING OUT AND THEY CAN REMOVE IT AND START REMEDIATING EVERYTHING SO THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF OUR WATERWAYS AGAIN.

I MEAN, WE'RE THE TOWN BY THE BAY.

I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO GET IN THAT WATER SWIM CANOE AND NOT HAVE TO DO MATH WHEN WE WANT TO EAT FISH AND CRABS.

UM, THEY SAID THAT, UM, WHEN THE CFER DAM IS BUILT, THOMAS ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? IS IT GONNA BE FORGOTTEN ABOUT? OR IS THE PROCESS GONNA KEEP GOING? AND THEY REASSURED US THAT IT'S GOING TO KEEP GOING.

THEY A ACTUALLY SAID THAT THEY WANT TO COME OUT, PUT EYES ON IT FOR THEMSELVES, VIEW IT, AND THEY WANNA SEE IT THROUGH.

SO THAT, THAT WAS MY BIGGEST CONCERN, UM, WAS THE CENTER CENTER WAIST PITS.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THOMAS, YOU PULL, YOU CAME THROUGH, SCHEDULED US A MEETING WITH THE EPA, I WILL SAY WE OPENED A DOOR AND THEN A FIRE ALARM WENT OFF AND THEY HAD TO EVACUATE THE WHOLE BUILDING.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL REMEMBER US BECAUSE A FIRE ALARM WENT OFF AFTER WE TOOK A PICTURE.

IT WASN'T OUR FAULT.

BUT IF WE CALL AND SAY WE'RE THE ONES THAT WERE THERE TAKING A PICTURE AND THE FIRE ALARM WENT OFF, HOPEFULLY IT WILL, IT WILL TRIGGER A MEMORY AND THEY'LL REMEMBER WHAT THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD DO.

I, I'M, I'M, I'M REALLY CONFIDENT AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT, AND JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE SOME CRANES.

AND HOWEVER, THE DAM'S GONNA BE BUILT OVER, OFF THE CINLE BRIDGE FOR THAT TO BE REMEDIATED.

IT'S A SUPER FUN SITE.

OTHER THAN THAT, WE MET WITH, UM, SOME OF OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS, EXXON COVESTRO, COVESTRO, AND, UM, WE HAD OTHER MEETING MEETINGS WITH OTHER STATE REPS.

AND BAYTOWN IS ON THE MAP.

YOU ARE WELL REPRESENTED, AND THEY HEARD EVERYTHING THAT WE BROUGHT BEFORE THEM.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN, THOMAS, FOR SETTING THAT UP.

NOW I'M GONNA, I HAVE TO DO THIS BECAUSE IF I GO TO THE LIBRARY AND I HAVEN'T DONE IT, I'M GONNA BE TARRED AND FEATHERED.

'CAUSE I PROMISED THEM I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS GOING ON AT THE LIBRARY AS LONG AS I'M MAYOR.

AFTER AT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING.

NOW, WE HAD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAD NOT HAD HIS LIBRARY CARD, BUT HE HAS HIS LIBRARY CARD.

NOW, I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHO IT IS, BUT HE SAID IT DIDN'T HURT AND HE GOT IT IN RECORD TIME.

MR. GRIFFITH.

HOW MANY, I MEAN, WELL, ANYONE CARE TO EXPLAIN HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET YOUR LIBRARY CARD? MAYOR, I'M GOING TO, I'M GONNA JUMP IN THERE.

I I BUMPED INTO ONE OF OUR FORMER HEAD LIBRARIANS RECENTLY, DENISE FISHER, AND I MENTIONED YOU WERE PROMOTING THE LIBRARY AND THE LIBRARY CARDS.

AND SHE REMINDED ME AND I, AND, AND I KNEW THAT, SHE GOES, WELL, I KNOW YOU GOT YOURS 'CAUSE I GAVE IT TO YOU.

OH, REALLY? YEAH.

SO THAT'S HOW LONG I'VE HAD MY LIBRARY CARD.

OH WOW.

WOW.

CAN YOU STILL READ THE PRINT ON IT? YEAH, WELL, IT'S A STONE TABLET.

IT, ITS RIGHT THERE.

SO IT'S PAINLESS.

DON'T TAKE LONG AT ALL.

, WAS THAT YOU WITH THE STONE TABLET CARD? NO.

SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE GONNA START WITH WHAT HAPPENED TODAY AT 10:30 AM THEY HAD TODDLER TIME.

AND I WILL SAY THIS, I'VE WITNESSED TODDLER TIME AT THE LIBRARY AND IT IS A LOT OF FUN.

I'M NOT A TODDLER.

I DON'T HAVE A TODDLER, BUT IF I HAD ONE, I WOULD BRING MY TODDLER TO TODDLER TIME BECAUSE IT IS EXCITING.

UM, THEY READ, THEY DO SOME DANCING.

WONDERFUL MUSIC.

IF YOU HAVE A TODDLER GO.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TODDLER, FIND SOMEONE WHO DOES HAVE A TODDLER AND ATTEND WITH THEM.

10:00 AM FRIDAY MORNING.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO VIEW YES.

YEAH, YEAH.

CHIEF, I WAS NOT TELLING ANYONE

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TO PICK UP TODDLERS FOR THE RECORD.

10:00 AM FRIDAY MORNING BOOK CLUB 11:30 AM ADULT COLORING.

I STILL WANNA SEE WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.

AND THEN AT 10:00 AM THE CLASSICS CLUB.

UM, THAT'S ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THE 11TH.

ON THE 13TH YOU HAVE 10:30 AM BABY TIME, 5:00 PM TWEEN LEGO NIGHT ON THE 14TH, 10:30 AM PRE-K STORY TIME.

6:00 PM TEEN GAME NIGHT.

BLAKE, BLANK SLATE ON THE 15TH, 10:30 AM BILINGUAL STORY TIME ON THE 16TH, 5:30 PM PAINT A PARTNER PORTRAIT.

THIS, THAT'S, THAT IS, THAT DOES SOUND INTERESTING.

ARE, ARE YOU PAINTING SOMEONE LIKE ON THEIR BODY OR ARE YOU NO, NOT ON.

PICTURE.

SO BRING A FRIEND AND YOU PAINT A PORTRAIT OF YOUR FRIEND.

YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY PAINTING ON YOUR FRIEND.