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[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2026 5:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]
NOW CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION ON THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH, 2026 AT 5:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM AT 5:08 PM WE'RE GONNA START WITH CITIZEN COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO, SIR.
[a. Receive a presentation from Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture (BRS) regarding the ExxonMobil Baytown Event Center (EMBEC).]
ON TO TWO A, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM BARKER NER C KAT, ARCHITECTURE, BRS REGARDING EXXONMOBIL BAYTOWN EVENT CENTER.MR. BRENT, GARY, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, BEING HERE, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO PROVIDE THIS UPDATE TO YOU ALL.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, QUITE A LOT OF WORK, UH, AND WE'RE AT A POINT OF, UM, 50% OF THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE.
AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MR. GARY KRAUS, WHO'S PART OF OUR OWNER'S REP TEAM TO GET US STARTED.
ON BEHALF OF, UM, GRAHAM ASSOCIATES, NOW PARK HILL, UM, AND BRS, THE WHOLE BRS TEAM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS UPDATE TO YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE MET WITH YOU LAST, WHICH IS REALLY IN FEBRUARY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, UM, MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH, UH, THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN OR THE IDEA PORTION OF THIS, UH, PROJECT.
AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE, UH, UPDATE NOW.
SO WHAT DO WE NEED DURING THIS, UM, FROM YOU, CONFIRMATION ON A FEW THINGS? ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT STRATEGIC CONCEPT? HANG ON.
AM I, CAN I OPERATE THE, UH, THERE YOU GO.
JUST USING THIS ARROW RIGHT HERE.
UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT.
IS THAT BEING IMPLEMENTED INTO THE PROCESS AND GIVE YOU THE, KIND OF THE PROJECT SCHEDULE, THE PRIORITIES FOR PROGRAMMING, UH, OPERATIONS, ET CETERA, AND IN, IN GENERAL, BASICALLY SEE IF WE ARE ADDRESSING YOUR NEEDS IN TERMS OF BALANCING THE COMMUNITY ACCESS WITH THE COST, RECOVERY AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT.
SO, UM, WITH THAT QUICKLY, THE AGENDA, UH, INTRODUCTION, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TODAY, WHICH HAS BEEN TWO, TWO PRIMARY THINGS, THE PUBLIC FORUM THAT WE HAD A WHILE BACK, AND THEN ALSO THE PUBLIC SURVEY THAT HAS EVEN STILL OPEN NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING A PRETTY GOOD RESPONSE ON, UH, TALK ABOUT THE DESIGN THREADS.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE MAKE THIS PROJECT BE BAYTOWN, UH, THE EVENT CENTER ITSELF, THE LIBRARY, AND THEN, UH, A LITTLE DISCUSSION ON THE PROFORMA WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED, A SUMMARY, AND THEN Q AND A.
AND IF, IF Y'ALL COULD, UH, HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE END, JUST AN INTEREST OF TIME.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. THOMAS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, AFTERNOON, EVENING, EVENING,
UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR UPDATE TO YOU ON THE, UH, BECK PROJECT.
UH, I WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE IAP TWO SPECTRUM OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE AT THE FEBRUARY COUNCIL.
WE, AS A GROUP DECIDED, AND YOU AS A COUNCIL DECIDED THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSULT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT.
THE GOAL THERE IS TO OBTAIN PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON ANALYSIS, ALTERNATIVES AND DECISIONS.
AND THE PROMISE THAT WE MAKE TO THE PUBLIC IS THAT WE WILL KEEP THEM INFORMED.
WE WILL LISTEN TO AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR CONCERNS AND ASPIRATIONS, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON HOW PUBLIC INPUT INFLUENCED THE DECISION.
AND THE EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE GAVE, UH, THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU, PUBLIC MEETINGS, PUBLIC COMMENTS, FOCUS GROUPS, AND SURVEYS, AND, AND WE BELIEVE WE'VE DONE THAT.
WE'RE KNEE DEEP INTO THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESSES ALONG THE WAY.
YOU'VE HEARD JUST A MINUTE AGO.
WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS, SUCCESS WITH THE SURVEYS.
WE HAVE A GOAL OF EXCEEDING THAT, AND WE BELIEVE WE WILL.
WE'VE EXTENDED THAT SURVEY DEADLINE UNTIL JULY 5TH.
AND WE HAVE A ROBUST PLAN OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HEAR FROM AS MANY AUDIENCES AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE USING ALL OF OUR TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL.
WE'RE USING SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'RE USING OUR NEWSLETTERS, WE'RE USING VIDEO, AND A COUPLE OF POPUPS THAT I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT BRIEFLY BEFORE BRS
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COMES BACK UP AND GIVES YOU THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY SO FAR.UH, WE WILL HAVE A BASKETBALL INFLATABLE GAME, UH, TO, TO LURE IN, UH, THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT THE SURVEY, AND WE'LL HAVE THE QR CODE AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS TO TAKE THE SURVEY THERE AND, AND WE'LL HAVE OUR CHAMPIONS THERE TALKING TO PEOPLE.
AND WE'LL BE THERE AT THE JULY 4TH ACTIVITY AS WELL.
UH, WE WILL BE AT THE TOURNAMENTS COMING UP AT LEE COLLEGE.
WE HAVE LOTS OF BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS COMING UP AT LEE COLLEGE.
UH, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO PIRATES BAY TO HAVE A PRESENCE AT THE WATERPARK, AND WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ALSO TO GOOSE CREEK.
THEY'VE GOT, THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM'S RECOMMENDATION.
THEY'VE GOT A NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT TO ALL THEIR FAMILIES ALL SUMMER.
AND THIS SURVEY WILL BE PART OF THAT, UH, TWICE NOW, ACTUALLY, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS WILL BE PART OF THAT NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT.
SO WE BELIEVE WE ARE DOING A LOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AS MANY VOICES ON THIS PROJECT AS POSSIBLE.
AND YOU'LL SEE SO FAR THAT REFLECTION IN THE RESULTS OF OUR ENGAGEMENT THUS FAR.
SO I WILL NOW CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION WITH MELISSA.
I'M A PRINCIPAL AT BARKER RINKER C CATT ARCHITECTURE.
MY ROLE ON THIS PROJECT IS PROJECT MANAGER KEVIN ARMSTRONG, WHO IS THE PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE, COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, BEHIND ME, I HAVE A TEAM OF FOLKS, MC MASSEY, WHO IS A PROJECT PLANNER AT BARGER AND SEACAT, MARGARET SULLIVAN, WHO'S THE LIBRARY DESIGNER, JODY HOUSE WITH TBG PARTNERS, OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AND LARRY OTH WITH, UH, LT SPORTS.
SO I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THE SURVEY.
THOMAS KIND OF ALREADY COVERED A LOT OF THIS, BUT SINCE WE WERE BROUGHT ON, BROUGHT ON IN JANUARY, A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PRE-DESIGN AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PHASES.
WE ARE NOW APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY THROUGH SCHEMATIC DESIGN, WHICH IS THE GREEN BAR, UM, SCHEMATIC DESIGN, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ARE THE THREE DESIGN PHASES WHERE WE DEVELOPED THE DRAWINGS FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, ALIGNED WITH THAT, WE HAVE A CMAR RFQ THAT WAS JUST PUBLISHED LAST WEEK.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING, REVIEWING AT PROPOSALS, GOING THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND BRINGING A CMR ON.
THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THE PROJECT TO, UM, HELP WITH THE PRICING OF THE PROJECT AND MAKING SURE THE BUDGET AND SCHEDULE ARE, ARE ALL ALIGNED, UM, THAT IS TARGETED TO HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY WILL BE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE SITE CLEARING AND PREPARATION AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES, WHICH WE'VE LISTED AS TBD UNTIL WE HAVE THEM COME ON AND VALIDATE OUR SCHEDULE.
CURRENTLY, THE GRAND OPENING IS STILL TARGETED EARLY 2029.
SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THE DETAILED SCHEDULE FOR THE DESIGN PHASE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
THE RED LINE KIND OF SHOWS WHERE WE ARE IN THE SCHEDULE.
WE'VE, UM, THIS IS OUR THIRD WORKSHOP TODAY.
WE HAD A WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY STAFF.
WE, UH, THOMAS TALKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC FORUM, AND MICK'S GONNA GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, AND HOW IT'S ALIGNING WITH THE PROGRAMMING PRIORITIES AND HOW WE ARE INTEGRATING THAT INTO THE DESIGN THREADS.
UM, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO FINISH THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PACKAGE, UH, JULY 1ST.
AND SO THEN THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THAT, WE'LL BE SENDING THOSE DRAWINGS OUT TO BE ESTIMATED BY, UM, TO FIND OUT THE COST AND ARE WE ALIGNED, AND THEN ALSO A CITY REVIEW PERIOD WHERE STAFF CAN COMPILE THEIR COMMENTS TO GIVE TO US.
UM, AFTER THAT, WE'LL BE BACK HERE FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC FORUM AT THE END OF JULY.
AND, UH, THEN WE WILL HOPEFULLY START DESIGN DEVELOPMENT WITH YOUR APPROVAL IN AUGUST.
SO I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO M**K.
SO I WANNA TAKE YOU BACK TO, UH, APRIL 16TH.
UM, YOU ALL REMEMBER BEING IN THE ROOM WHEN WE WERE, UH, HAD PUBLIC FORUM NUMBER ONE, WHERE WE HEARD A LOT OF OPINIONS AND, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, JUST, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE SHOWED THEM POSTER BOARDS WITH ACTIVITIES JUST TO STIMULATE THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
UM, WE DID THIS THROUGH A WORKSHEET THAT YOU SEE REPRESENTED HERE.
UH, WE INVITED THE PUBLIC TO GO WALK UP, LOOK AT THE POSTERS, AND THEN GIVE US THEIR INPUT.
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THAT INTO EXPERIENCES THAT, UM, WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.UM, YOU SEE HERE, UM, FOR THE EVENT CENTER IN BLUE THAT, UH, ATHLETICS, SPORTS, AND ACTIV ACTIVE RECREATION WAS NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS RIGHT IN ALIGNMENT WITH, UH, THE GOALS FOR THE PROJECT.
BUT THIS NOTION THAT IT WOULD BE MULTI USEFUL, FLEXIBLE AND SOCIAL SPACES.
WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE DESIGNS LAYER, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, THE, THE BUILDING IS SET UP FOR MULTI-USE AND FLEXIBLE, UH, SPACES.
AND THEN THE NOTION THAT ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE, AND LARGE EVENTS COULD TAKE PLACE AGAIN, WHERE THE BUILDING COULD FLEX, SO IT BECOME, UH, ENTERTAINMENT AND AS WELL AS SPORTS, AND IT COULD HANDLE THOSE LARGER EVENTS.
AND THEN THE NOTION THAT WELLNESS AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES, UH, ARE IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS ADDED UP TO A GOOD, UH, DIRECTION FOR THE EVENT CENTER AND KIND OF CONFIRMED THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN THE RIGHT, RIGHT PATH FOR THE LIBRARY.
COMMUNITY LEARNING, WELLNESS AND SUPPORT, AGAIN, WELLNESS THERE, WELLNESS FOR THE, THE MIND AND THE BODY AND THE SOUL, UH, LIBRARY ACCESS, ATMOSPHERE AND FLEXIBLE SPACES.
AND YOU CAN SEE MAKERS, UH, ESPECIALLY THE TEENAGERS, THEY WANTED A PLACE TO BE INNOVATIVE, UH, CREATIVE AND PLACES THAT THEY COULD KIND OF THINK ABOUT THEIR TRAJECTORY THROUGH LIFE.
UH, CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY AND STORY TIME WAS, WAS VERY HIGH.
UH, AND SO THAT ALL ADDED UP TO A FOCUSED INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY LEARNING, FLEXIBLE ACCESS, UH, CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS, KINDA A MODERN LIBRARY, IF YOU WILL.
AND THEN THE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW, THIS CAMPUS IS, UH, VERY MUCH A CIVIC HUB IN THE WAY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EVENT CENTER, THE LIBRARY, AND THE NEARBY GOOSE CREEK PARK.
SO INVESTING IN NATURE AND TRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE WAS VERY MUCH ON PEOPLE'S MIND, THE IDEA THAT WE DESIGNED FOR COMFORT AND REST.
NOW, I WANNA REMIND ALL OF US THAT ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY.
AND SO BY LISTENING TO SOME OF THESE, THESE, UH, IDEAS FROM THE PUBLIC TIME IS ON OUR SIDE TO PUT SOME OF THESE SPACES OUTDOORS, UH, IN PLACE WITH GOOSE CREEK PARK AND INFORMS ALL OF US HOW WE CAN PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
BUT MASTER PLAN NOW, BUILDING IN THAT COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR OUTDOORS.
AND THIS CAN BE ADJACENT TO THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS EXCITES THE, THE TEAM.
AND YOU'LL SEE SPACES THAT RELATE INDOORS TO THE OUTDOORS ON THE PLANS, PROVIDE DIVERSE AND RECREATION, UH, OPTIONS.
UH, THE TRAIL IS GONNA BE BRINGING PEOPLE TO THIS LOCATION.
PEOPLE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UH, ACCESS TO THE, THE FACILITY ON TRAILS.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS, UH, IDEA THAT YOU HAVE THE EVENT CENTER, YOU HAVE THE LIBRARY, YOU HAVE THE PARK, BUT WHAT COULD ALL THREE OF THOSE WORK IN HARMONY TOGETHER WITH? WELL, LET'S THE SOCIAL CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THE, THE IDEA THAT WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH FESTIVALS, UH, CELEBRATIONS, INDOORS AND OUTDOORS, VERY POSSIBLE THERE.
WELLNESS AND, AND GREEN SPACES, AGAIN, DID TAKE PRIORITY INCLUSIVE OUTREACH AND, AND OPERATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, SENIOR CITIZENS TO TO TEENS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, A SPACE THAT WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF, UH, BAYTON FROM ALL OF ALL AGES.
AND THEN EDUCATION AND SKILL BUILDING, BECAUSE THE LIBRARY, THE SKILL BUILDING FOR ATHLETICS, UM, IT, IT'S JUST, UH, THIS, THIS PROJECT IS, UH, INVIGORATING.
THE DESIGN STAFF, WE WANTED TO HEAR, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC ALSO IN ANOTHER FORUM.
AND SO THE, THE SURVEY, AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE QR CODE IS UP THERE.
THIS IS STILL ACTIVE AND ONGOING, BEGAN APRIL 16TH, AND WE'VE RECEIVED OVER 338 SUBMISSIONS TO DATE.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE LINE CHART THERE OF ALL THE ACTIVITY ALONG THE WAY.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THOMAS AND HIS TEAM FOR KEEPING THIS IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, BEATING THAT DRUM AND GETTING ALL THESE, UH, SUBMISSIONS.
SO WHAT DO THESE RESPONSES TELL US AS FAR AS SPORTS LEAGUES AND INTEREST? THAT IS, UH, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, WHICH IS VERY CONFIRMING ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, PREFERENCES, LIBRARY SPACES, ESPECIALLY AROUND THOSE YOUTH TEEN PROGRAMS BEING ALL AGES, UH, CENTRIC.
AND THEN PROGRAMS, UH, THAT ARE IN DEMAND, LIKE ARTS AND EDUCATION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THOSE OUTDOOR AMENITIES TO BALANCE THE ENTIRE THING.
FOREST SPORTS PROGRAMMINGS PARTICULARLY, UH, THE COMMUNITY WANTS VERSATILE AND MULTI-GENERATIONAL SPORTS AND RECREATION THAT KEEP FOR ALL AGES KEEPS 'EM ACTIVE.
SO NO SURPRISE HERE, BUT BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL COMBINED IS 70% OF THE INTEREST WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS.
THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS WHEN IT, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ALL THE SPORTS COURTS, AND THEN PICKLEBALL, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING SPORTS IN THE INDUSTRY, UH, ROUNDED OUT AT 25%.
BUT THE IDEA IS PEOPLE WANT QUALITY FACILITIES THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO THEM WITH MULTIPLE PURPOSE VENUES.
WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT OTHER ACTIVITIES, WHEN IT'S NOT GENERATING
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ALL THE REVENUE THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO, UH, PAY FOR ITSELF, THE IDEA THAT MAYBE THE PUBLIC COULD COME IN AND WALK IN DOORS THAT RANKED HIGHEST, THE COMMUNITY PREFERS THOSE HEALTHY CHOICES, FAMILY FRIENDLY SPACES AND ACTIVITIES.SO WALKING INDOORS, PLAYING IN THE INDOOR PLAYGROUND, ALL THIS WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE, IN THE, THE, UH, CONCEPT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE.
AND THEN FITNESS AND WELLNESS, MAYBE ACCESS TO THAT.
FITNESS AND WELLNESS, WELLNESS AND TRAINING.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, UH, ENTERTAINMENT RESIDENTS? STRONGLY PRIORITIZE SOCIAL, UH, CELEBRATORY AND LARGE SCALE PUBLIC EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, MUSIC CONCERTS AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS, YOU KNOW, CEREMONIES FOR TRADE SHOWS AND JOB FAIRS.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE LIBRARY, RESIDENTS, UH, ARE ASKING FOR A LIBRARY THAT IS MORE THAN A PLACE TO BORROW BOOKS.
THEY WANT FLEXIBLE COMMUNITY HUB FOR GATHERING, TEEN CONNECTION, MAKING, WORKING, UH, AND DISCOVERING.
SO MAKING IS LIKE THAT MAKER SPACE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE PLANS AS WELL.
AND MARGARET WILL WALK US THROUGH THAT.
THE, THE IDEA THAT, UH, THE LIBRARY SHOULD BE A SPACE FOR GATHERING AND BELONGING WAS, UH, OF TOP INTEREST.
AND THEN THIS IDEA OF WORK AND FOCUS, IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THE TEENS WANT TO, UH, USE THE LIBRARY AS A RESOURCE TO PLAN THEIR LIFE OUT AND THEN DISCOVER AND, UH, EXPLORE.
THE LIBRARY IS GONNA BE THEIR, THEIR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE OUTDOORS.
UH, CITIZENS PRIORITIZE NATURE, CONNECTIONS AND SHARED, UH, GATHERING SPACES.
THIS IS VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE HEARD AT THE PUBLIC MEETING AND THE PUBLIC FORUM WITH NATURE AND TRAILS AND GATHERING SPACES OUTDOORS.
SO OVERALL, THE SURVEY IS TELLING US THAT STRONG INTEREST IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, STRONG INTEREST IN EDUCATION AND CREATIVE PROGRAMS RANKING VERY HIGH.
AND IT'S VERY CONFIRMING THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN THE RIGHT PATH WITH THE DESIGN.
MULTI-GENERATIONAL FOCUS IS NEEDED.
UM, WELLNESS AND CAREER SERVICES ARE IN DEMAND, AND OUTDOOR SPACES ARE HIGHLY VALUED.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO USE THIS TO GUIDE THE TEAM TO BRING THAT BALANCED APPROACH TO THE PROJECT.
BUT IT DOESN'T STOP, STOP THERE.
WE ALSO ASK THE, THE PUBLIC ABOUT PEOPLE, PLACE AND PACE.
NOW, THIS IS A BRS EXERCISE WE GO THROUGH BECAUSE A FACILITY THAT IS DESIGNED WITH THE COMMUNITY IN MIND IS GONNA BE A PLACE THAT'S GONNA BE VISITED MOST FREQUENTLY.
WE ASK FIVE QUESTIONS OF THE PUBLIC, AND WE, YOU ALL HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS, AND, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS TO TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IN OUR, UH, FIRM'S EXPERIENCES IN THE REP, WHEN WE GET THIS DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE PLACE AND PACE IS ALL ABOUT, WHAT WE FIND IS THAT THESE LEAD TO WHAT WE CALL DESIGN THREADS.
NOW THIS IS WHERE, UH, THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY'S IDENTITY WOULD SHOW UP IN THE ARCHITECTURE, AND WE'D LOVE TO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE ARCHITECTS, BUT LET'S JUST STICK TO THE HIGH LEVEL WHAT THAT MEANS TO WHAT WE'VE GATHERED SO FAR WORKING WATERFRONT PRIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, STRONG COMMUNITY FORGED BY INDUSTRY NATURE.
IN CONTRAST TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COASTAL LANDSCAPE, IT STANDS IN A POWERFUL CONTRAST TO THE, THAT INDUSTRY.
A COMMUNITY OF CONVERGENCE FORMED BY THE THREE TOWNS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TURNED INTO BAYTOWN, UH, FAMILY CENTERED AND EVENT DRIVEN.
BAYTOWN FINDS ITSELF WITH THE FAMILIES AND PARKS AND PEOPLE WANNA COME TOGETHER.
AND THEN THIS WORKPLACE TO HOMETOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFINED BY INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY BELONGING.
SO WE TURN THAT INTO, UH, SOME DESIGN INSPIRATION FOR US, AND WE FOCUS ON THIS WORD CONVERGENCE.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO US IS EMERGING OF DISTINCT ELEMENTS INTO THE UNIFIED HOLE.
NOW, HOW DOES THAT TURN INTO DESIGN, OR WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY? WELL, FOR BAYTOWN, FOR EXXON, UH, BAYTOWN EVENT CENTER AND STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY CONVERGENCE COULD BE FURTHER, UH, DEFINED AS A CIVIC HUB, WHERE ELEMENTS MEET INTO ONE CIVIC IDEA FOR DAILY LIFE AND REGIONAL ACTIVITY.
IT IS A CONVERGENCE OF HISTORICAL UNION FOR THE TOWNS OF PELLEY, GOOSE CREEK AND BAYTOWN.
IT IS THE CON, THE JUNCTION OF WATER AND LAND IN THE REGION.
BAYTOWN IS THE MEETING OF INDUSTRY AND ECOLOGY, AND IT IS THE CONVERGENCE OF PEOPLE THROUGH EVENTS CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT CONVERGENCE, HOW IT'S CAPTURED IN, IN THE NOTION OF, UH, OVERLAP AND EXCHANGE AND MOMENTUM FOR THIS PROJECT, THAT'S A LAYERED, HARDWORKING AND FAMILY CENTERED, A PLACE WHERE DIVERSE PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCES AND ENERGIES CONVERGE TO CREATE THAT.
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROJECT STRONGER THAN THE ONE PART ALONE.
AND SO WE BOILED THAT DOWN FURTHER AND SAID, ALL RIGHT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND THIS MEANS TO US THAT THE THEME REFLECTS BAYTOWN AS A COMMUNITY BUILT THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS, SHARED EXPERIENCES, AND EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS.
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IT SPEAKS TO THE LIBRARY AS A PLACE OF LEARNING AND BELONGING.THE EVENT CENTER IS A, AS A PLACE OF GATHERING AND EXCITEMENT, AND THE PROJECT AS A SHARED CIVIC CROSSROADS WHERE PAS MEET AND PEOPLE CONNECT, IT SUGGESTS THAT, UM, THE MOST MEANINGFUL MOMENTS MAY HAPPEN NOT ONLY IN THE DESTINATION SPACES, BUT ALSO IN THE IN-BETWEEN SPACES WHERE PEOPLE ARRIVE AND CROSS PATHS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE DESIGN, UH, WHERE THAT PEOPLE CAN PAUSE AND INTERACT AND BRING THAT COMMUNITY ASPECT TOGETHER.
THE NEXT, UH, INSPIRATION IS WHERE GRIT MEETS GREEN.
THIS THEME CAPTURES BAY TOWN'S DISTINCT PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL CHARACTER.
IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE CITY'S WORKING IDENTITY AND INDUSTRIAL LEGACY AND PRACTICAL RESILIENCE, WHILE ALSO RECOGNIZING ITS WETLANDS AND WATERWAYS, TREES, ECO ECOLOGICAL RICHNESS WHERE GRIT MEETS GREEN EXPRESSES BAYTOWN AS A PLACE OF CONTRAST AND COEXISTENCE, WHERE TOUGHNESS AND BEAUTY ARE NOT OPPOSITES, BUT ARE PART OF THE SAME STORY.
IT GROUNDS THE PROJECT IN A SENSE OF PLACE THAT FEELS AUTHENTIC, LOCAL AND UN UNFORCED.
LASTLY IS THE DYNAMIC, UH, ENERGY AND QUIET FOCUS.
THIS IS CONVERGENCE IN BAYTOWN, WHERE DUAL RHYTHM OF THE CIVIC HUB, THE LIBRARY REPRESENTS REFLECTION AND CONNECTION, CONCENTRATION AND CALM.
THE EVENT CENTER REPRESENTS ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT.
MOMENTUM BAYTOWN ITSELF HOLDS BOTH CONDITIONS EVERY DAY, ROUTINES, UH, AND BIG COMMUNITY MOMENTS.
THIS IDEA THAT PEACEFUL LANDSCAPES IN ENERGETIC CIVIC LIFE, THIS PAIRING GIVES THE, THE PROJECT A BALANCED IDENTITY WHERE SLOWER, QUIETER EXPERIENCES AND FASTER, MORE DYNAMIC ONES COEXIST, STRENGTHEN ONE ANOTHER.
THE, YOU KNOW, THE EMERGENT OF DISTANT EL DISTINCT ELEMENTS INTO A UNIFIED HOLE.
AND IT SHOWS UP WHERE PATHS, UH, MEET AND PEOPLE CONNECT WHERE GRIT MEETS GREEN AND WITH DYNAMIC ENERGY AND QUIET FOCUS.
AND WE'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU THE DESIGNS AND HOW WE INTEND TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THIS.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, THE SITE PLAN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK JODY IF SHE WOULD COME UP AND HELP ME WITH THIS.
UM, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH, UM, A COUPLE OF DIAGRAMS. ONE THAT LOOKS MORE SPECIFIC AT WHAT WE CAN BUILD TODAY FOR THE SITE, AND ONE THAT ZOOMS OUT TO A LARGER HOLE.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF PROPERTY AROUND THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT A GREATER HOLE, HOW CAN THIS INFLUENCE THE FUTURE TO COME ALONG? GOOSE CREEK PARK AND SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS.
UM, SO THE BUILDING WILL BE GOING THROUGH BY MELISSA, UM, ITSELF.
AND SO THE STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY IS REALLY CENTER TO THE PIECE.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT MOVING IT, IT IS THERE.
UM, WE'LL BE ADDING THE EVENT CENTER AROUND IT.
UM, WHAT WE DID WANT TO HONOR IS THAT IT IS CONNECTED TO GOOSE CREEK PARK AND THE WATER BODY ITSELF.
AND THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL, UM, ENDING TERMINUS TO THE BUILDING AND A GREAT CONNECTION TO THE WATER.
SO HOW CAN WE DRIVE THAT PHYSICAL AND VISUAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BUILDING ITSELF AND, UM, THE WATER BODY.
AND SO IT'S BRINGING THE PARK SPACE UP INTO THE SITE, AND THAT'S RIGHT AT THE BUILDING ENTRANCE ITSELF.
SO, UM, IMAGINE YOURSELF COMING ALONG TEXAS AVENUE, TURNING RIGHT.
UM, YOU'LL BE ENTERING INTO A PARK SPACE.
YOU COME PARK YOUR CAR, YOUR KIDS ARE EXCITED, OR MAYBE THEY'RE CALM AS YOU'RE ENTERING THE LIBRARY, BUT YOU CAN ENTER INTO A PLAZA THAT HAS A CEREMONIAL ENTRANCE TO THE GREATER PARK ITSELF.
WE DID SEPARATE OUT THE PARKING AREAS, UM, ONE TO BE MORE RELATIONAL TO THE LIBRARY ITSELF, THE OTHER TO BE RELATED TO THE EVENT CENTER, AND THEN ONE ON THE BACKSIDE.
UM, THAT'S WHERE IT IS NOW TODAY, ON THE FRONT SIDE, KEEPING THAT WITH THE BEAUTIFUL TREES IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT EXPANDING IT TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THOSE LARGER ACTIVITIES.
IT ALLOWS ACCESS OFF OF TEXAS AVENUE AND DECKER.
SO WE'RE DRIVING PEOPLE TO MULTIPLE REGIONS TO HELP KIND OF STOP BACK UP, UM, MULTIPLE INS AND OUTS AND LET TRAFFIC CONTINUE TO FLOW ITSELF.
WE'VE LEFT THE AREA AROUND THOSE TREES TO BE PEDESTRIAN CENTRIC, REALLY OWNING THOSE SPACES, USING THOSE LIVE OAKS FOR SHADE COMFORT.
WHEN PEOPLE EXPAND TO THE OUTSIDE THAT THEY ARE ENGAGED IN THAT PHYSICAL NATURE ITSELF.
UM, WE ARE NOTING THAT PINK LINES ARE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS LINES.
SO PURPLE'S, VEHICULAR PINK IS PEDESTRIANS.
SO ALLOWING SIDEWALKS TO CONNECT ALONG THE STREETS AND IN A CIRCLE ITSELF, CONNECTING TO THE GREATER GOOD OF BAYTOWN AND ALLOWING THEM TO FLUIDLY
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ENTER THE SITE.UH, THERE IS A ROUNDABOUT BEING PLANNED FOR, AND YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE ASTERISK AT THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S KIND OF THE NOTE OF LIKE, WE WANT SOMETHING THERE THAT RECOGNIZES THIS AS THE CAMPUS AT THAT ROUNDABOUT THAT SIGNIFIES, YOU'VE MADE IT, YOU'VE ARRIVED.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE JUST HONORING THAT THAT IS A, A GREAT PLACE FOR THAT TO OCCUR.
THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE GOING AROUND THAT TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND SEE THAT THEY'VE ARRIVED IN THAT CONDITION.
I GOTTA THINK THAT, MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING.
UM, AND THEN WHEN WE ZOOM OUT ON THE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN ITSELF, THIS IS WHERE WE EXPANDED, UM, SOUTH OF TEXAS AVENUE.
YOU'LL SEE UP ON THE CURRENTLY COLLEGE SITE, THE FUTURE, UH, CENTER EXPANSION.
IT'S ONE SOLID CAMPUS OF BUILDINGS.
THERE'S STILL THE CONVENIENCE, UM, PARKING LOTS AROUND HERE, BUT THEN IT REALLY STAYS PEDESTRIAN BETWEEN THOSE BUILDING FACADES.
UM, ON BECAUSE OF THAT INCREASED BUILDING USE, WE'VE EXPANDED SOUTH WITH SOME PARKING AREAS IN THE DISTURBED AREA OF LAND THAT'S THERE.
UM, AND THEN FILLING IN THE ZONE BETWEEN GOOSE CREEK WATER BODY AND THAT PARKING, LEAVING IT NATURAL WITH CONNECTED BOARDWALKS TRAILS, A WILD FLOWER MEADOW.
AND THEN THERE IS A LIFT STATION BEING PLANNED FOR THAT.
WE'RE ACCOMMODATING AROUND IT.
UM, WHAT WE DID TO THE MAIN CAMPUS TO HELP KIND OF EXPAND, UH, THAT PROGRAM ACTIVITY IS YOU COULD EXPAND TO SOME CENTRAL VERTICAL PAVILION OR A NODE THAT HAS PLAY AND SPLASH AROUND IT.
SO CONNECTING AN OUTDOOR PLAY WITH INDOOR FACILITIES THAT WOULD BE GOING ON, UM, WHEN BIG BROTHER'S PLAYING A GAME AND LITTLE SISTER NEEDS A REMOTE PLACE TO GO OUTSIDE AND CATCH WIND, YOU COULD EXPAND OUT TO THE OUTSIDE AND CATCH THOSE NATURAL, UM, CONDITIONS AND JUST RELEASE STEAM IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
THERE ARE SPORTS FIELDS CURRENTLY ON SITE, SO WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND THOSE.
AND CONJUNCTION WITH THE EVENT CENTER ITSELF, THEY COULD BE SAND VOLLEYBALL, UM, I THINK THERE'S A BASKETBALL COURT OUT THERE TODAY, BUT HONORING THAT IF IT IS GONNA BE A, A MOMENTUM SPACE THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT INDOORS AND OUTDOORS.
UH, PLANNING FOR ACCESS TO WATER CONNECTIONS, THERE IS ONE BOARDWALK CURRENTLY OUT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO MORE AND REALLY CELEBRATE THAT GOOSE CREEK WATER CONNECTION THAT MAKES THIS SITE VERY SPECIAL ITSELF.
DID I MISS ANYTHING? OKAY, PERFECT.
AND THEN MELISSA'S GONNA TALK THROUGH NOW THE INDOOR PROGRAMMING THAT GETS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND, AND JUST TO ORIENT YOU, SINCE I KNOW NOT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, THERE ARE A LOT OF ARCHITECTS IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW, BUT NOT EVERYONE, UM, IS USED TO LOOKING AT FLOOR PLANS.
SO ON THIS ONE, UM, JODY JUST SHOWED ON THE SITE PLAN WHERE NORTH WAS UP.
NOW IT'S TO THE RIGHT PAGE, RIGHT? SO YOU KIND OF HAVE TO TURN YOUR HEAD A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO WE ARE PLANNING FOR THIS CAMPUS TO HAVE MANY FRONT DOORS.
THERE'S REALLY NO BACK OF THE BUILDING HERE.
UM, WE HAVE ENTRANCES ON THE CEREMONIAL, THE CURRENT EXISTING LIBRARY SIDE, WHICH IS DOWN HERE ON THIS DIAGRAM.
AND AS WELL AS PLANNING FOR TWO SEPARATE ENTRANCES, UM, FROM THE MAIN PARKING AREAS FOR THE LIBRARY AND THE EVENT CENTER.
UM, THE KIND OF BACK OF HOUSE AREA IS HERE IN THIS WHITE AREA.
THAT'S WHERE THE LIBRARY CURRENTLY HAS THEIR LOADING DOCK, THEIR TRASH, AND SOME OF THEIR MECHANICAL UNITS.
SO WE WILL BE, UM, USING THE, THE ADDITION TO KIND OF SCREEN THAT WE'LL HAVE A SCREEN WALL TO THE PARKING AS WELL.
SO THAT'LL KIND OF BE HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC VIEW.
UM, THIS IS THE EXISTING LIBRARY FOOTPRINT, JUST TO HELP ORIENT EVERYONE HERE.
THE PURPLE IS WHERE THE CURRENT LIBRARY COLLECTIONS ARE.
UM, THE, THE NUMBER 16, THE PINK AREA, THAT IS THE ADMIN, UM, PLAN TO STAY IN THE SAME AREA THAT IT IS CURRENTLY.
AND THEN THE GRAY AREA, THE SUPPORT SPACES, UM, THOSE ARE NOT CHANGING, UM, LOCATION EITHER.
UH, THE YELLOW ROOMS, THE ONE ON THE FAR LEFT IS THE CURRENT STORY TIME OR WILL HEIGHT ROOM.
UM, THAT'LL BE, UH, NOT CHANGING LOCATION AS WELL.
AND THEN WE ARE ADDING THREE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ROOMS THAT COULD BE OPENED UP WITH MOVABLE WALLS INTO ONE BIG MULTIPURPOSE ROOM THAT COULD HOST EVENTS WITH ABOUT 200 PEOPLE.
UM, SO WE ARE ADDING ON TO THE NORTHERN END OF THE LIBRARY, CONNECTING THE TWO FACILITIES TOGETHER THROUGH A HALLWAY THAT OPENS UP INTO A LOUNGE AREA HERE, UM, FROM THE FR FROM THE PARKING ENTRY.
THERE'S ALSO A LOUNGE AREA ON THIS
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SIDE THAT'LL BE MORE ACTIVE AND ENERGETIC SINCE IT'S NEXT TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING THE INDOOR PLAYGROUND AREA TO BE.UM, THE TWO GREEN BOXES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE, THE WEST ENTRY HERE, THOSE ARE, UH, PLANNED TO BE TENANT SPACES.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IDENTIFYING ONE AS A WELLNESS TENANT AND THE OTHER AS A FITNESS TENANT.
UM, THE BLUE AREAS ON THIS DIAGRAM ARE RESTROOMS, SO WE'RE PLANNING FOR A LOT OF TOILET FACILITIES IN THIS.
WE ALSO DO HAVE A FEW SHOWERS, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT PEOPLE NEED TO CHANGE, UM, OR IF THIS PROJECT IS BEING USED FOR, UM, EMERGENCY RELIEF, UM, WE DO HAVE A CHECK-IN DESK, RIGHT CENTRALLY LOCATED OFF THE LOBBY TO KEEP KIND OF TABS ON WHO IS COMING INTO VISIT THE FACIL FACILITY.
AND THEN NUMBER 12 BEHIND THAT IS A LARGE CONCESSIONS AREA.
UM, AND KITCHEN, LET'S SEE, GRAY, THIS IS ANOTHER LOADING IN AREA FOR THE LARGE COURT AREAS, UM, SO THAT NOT ALL THE DELIVERIES WOULD HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE EXISTING LIBRARY LOADING AREA.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY TO THE GYMS. SO THIS OPTION IS SHOWING WHAT WE CALL THE FOUR PLUS FOUR.
SO THERE'S FOUR HIGH SCHOOL COURTS, UM, SUBDIVIDED BY THE RESTROOMS AND SUPPORT SPACES.
UM, NUMBER THREE IS A HOSPITALITY ROOM.
THAT IS WHERE, UM, FOR TOURNAMENTS, THE REFEREES, UM, THE COACHES, IT'S KIND OF, UM, A RESPITE SPACE FOR THEM TO GO AND GET AWAY FROM THOSE, THOSE ANGRY PARENTS.
UM, SO WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, A MALL WALKING SINCE THAT WAS, UM, ONE OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES ON THE SURVEY AND THE PUBLIC INPUT.
WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT PLACES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO WALK DURING THE DAY.
UM, SO WE ARE SHOWING A AT GRADE, AT THE FLOOR LEVEL, KIND OF WALKING ROUTE AROUND HALF OF THE GYMNASIUM HERE, UM, WHERE IT WOULD BE ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF LAPS PER FOR ONE MILE OR, UM, IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE OF A WORKOUT HERE, UM, YOU COULD WALK THROUGH THE HALLWAYS, UM, INTO THE OTHER HALF OF THE GYMNASIUM, UM, FOR ABOUT 3.9 LAPS PER ONE MILE.
UM, EACH OF THESE COURTS, I, THE, THE FOUR COURTS HAS ALSO, UM, LET'S SEE, HOW MANY VOLLEYBALL.
SO THERE'S TOTAL EIGHT, EIGHT HIGH SCHOOL COURTS FOR BASKETBALL.
THERE IS 16 VOLLEYBALL AND THERE ARE 24 COURTS FOR PICKLEBALL SHOWN IN THIS DIAGRAM.
UM, THIS IS AN, AN ALTERNATE OPTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE, UH, STAFF, UH, TODAY AND YESTERDAY.
UM, THIS OPTION WOULD REALLY OPEN UP THE COURT SPACE, UM, TO BE ALL ONE BIG SPACE SO THAT IT WOULD BE A REALLY ACTIVE LIVE, UM, ENVIRONMENT FOR TOURNAMENTS.
UM, THE COURTS COULD BE SUBDIVIDED WITH, UM, DIVIDER CURTAINS THAT COME DOWN SO THAT IT HELPS COLLECT THE BALLS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE CHAOS A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT THIS, THIS IS ENVISIONED AS A VERY ACTIVE, UH, CONNECTED SPACE.
AND THEN THIS, THIS OPTION ALSO SHOWS SOME STORAGE AND RESTROOMS FOR, UM, THE COURTS INSIDE OF THE, THE FIELDHOUSE SPACE.
THIS IS A SLIGHTLY LARGER, UM, SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THIS OPTION ON THIS OPTION.
UH, FOR MALL WALKERS WHERE THERE'S LOOKING FOR SOME EXERCISE, UH, IT'S ABOUT 4.3 LAPS PER ONE MILE.
AND JUST TO ZOOM OUT, UM, TO SHOW WHERE THAT FUTURE CENTER IS PLANNED ON THE LEE COLLEGE SITE, UM, THIS FUTURE CENTER WE'RE ENVISIONING WOULD BE MORE OF THAT SHOW COURT ARENA STYLE SEATING.
SO THERE'S SPACE FOR THREE COURTS DURING THE DAY, BUT IF YOU'RE HAVING A, UM, A SHOW COURT EVENT, UM, THE BLEACHERS OR THE TIERED SEATING WOULD PULL OUT AND COVER THOSE TWO COURTS ON THE E EITHER SIDE AND THE SHOW COURT WOULD BE IN THE CENTER.
SO NOW MARGARET IS GOING TO SPEAK ON THE LIBRARY.
YES, ACTUALLY THIS, UM, ALRIGHTY.
UM, Y'ALL KNOW THERE ARE THREE OF MY VERY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO.
Y'ALL HAVE SEEN TWO OF THEM IN ACTION.
THE FIRST IS WORKING WITH INSPIRING MUNICIPAL LEADERS LIKE YOURSELF.
THE SECOND IS GAMIFYING COMMUNITY AND STAFF ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD IS DOING A ZONING ADJACENCY PLAN FOR A LIBRARY.
AND I THINK CAROL MIGHT BE MY SOUL SISTER
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IN THISUM, SO OUR JOB WAS TO TAKE ALL THAT GREAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK, THE REQUEST OF THE STAFF, THE REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND START LAYING IT OUT IN THE, TO CREATE A HIGHLY FUNCTIONING BUT ALSO HIGHLY UTILIZED FLOOR PLAN FOR TODAY IN THE FUTURE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE START WORKING WITH AN EXISTING BUILDING, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO START WITH THE STRENGTHS AND THE ASSET OF WHAT EXISTS AND DON'T FIGHT WITH THE BUILDING AND START TO ALIGN THE LOCATIONS OF THOSE FUNCTIONS WITH HOW THE BUILDING CAN WORK BETTER FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, AND ALSO PARTICULARLY BECAUSE AS WE'RE STARTING TO ZOOM IN, WE'RE ALSO NEEDING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A CLARITY OF WHAT THAT REALIGNMENT IS WITH THE BECK SHARED SPACES AND THE DEDICATED LIBRARY PUBLIC SPACES.
UM, SO THIS WAS, UM, IN OUR METHODOLOGY, THIS WAS THAT INITIAL STUDY OF BOTH WHAT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE BEST AT DOING IN THAT ANALYSIS, BUT ALSO WHERE WE'RE GONNA, UM, DO SOME, UM, INTERVENTIONS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, PUTTING NEW WILL, NEW WINDOWS IN THE PLAN NORTH TO BRING IN THAT BADLY NEEDED NATURAL LIGHT.
UM, ON THAT, UM, PLAN NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WEST, IF I WAS READING THE NORTH HOUR RIGHT EARLIER TODAY.
UM, SO THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED.
AND WE ALSO WANTED TO IDENTIFY THE CEILING HEIGHTS, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAIN SPACES LIKE MEETING ROOMS AND SOME OF THE MAKER SPACES THAT REALLY NEED THE LOW CEILINGS, UM, WHERE SOME OF THE OPEN SPACES THAT ARE MORE FLEXIBLE CAN BENEFIT FROM THE EXISTING, UM, HIGHER CEILINGS.
UM, UH, LIBRARY BUILDING IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX BUILDING TYPES, UM, THAT I THINK YOU CAN DO BECAUSE EVERY SPACE HAS TO WORK LIKE A SWISS ARMY KNIFE, PERFORM MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS.
UM, THE LIBRARY TEAM IS VERY, IS REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE COMPLEXITIES THAT ALL OF THESE SPACES INFORM MULTIPLE EXPERIENCES, AND WE LEARNED A TERM FROM THEM THAT WE LOVE CALLED BIOMES, WHICH REALLY CREATE THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT MULTIPLE SPACES AND PLACES AND COLLECTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES CREATE.
SO THE PROGRAM IS REALLY GENERATED AROUND THESE PRIMARY BIOMES, THE ENTRY AND WELCOMING EXPERIENCE, COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES FOR MULTIPLE AGE GROUPS, DEDICATED MEETING ROOMS, YOUTH CENTERED SPACES, PARTICULARLY, UM, AROUND FAMILY DYNAMICS AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN DEDICATED AREAS FOR TWEENS, TEENS, AND YOUNG ADULTS.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES DEDICATED SPECIALTY SPACES THAT WILL BE DESIGNED TO FUNCTION SPECIFICALLY FOR CERTAIN, UM, TYPES OF LEARNING, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENGAGEMENTS.
UM, BUT I THINK THE REAL GENIUS OF THIS WORK IS GONNA BE THESE, I DON'T, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, LIKE 15
UM, AND THEN AS WE GET INTO THE ZONING THAT IS BEING CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH MORE GRANULAR DETAIL, UM, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE THAT BRINGS FOLKS IN, IN THE CENTRAL SPINE, BOTH IN TWO DIRECTIONS, INTO A REALLY VIBRANT WELCOME AREA WHERE YOU COULD IMAGINE MERCHANDISING DISPLAYS.
UM, AS TINA IN MY OFFICE DESCRIBED EARLIER TODAY TO THE STAFF, UM, FOLKS FROM ALL OVER ARE GONNA SEE THE BEST LIBRARY ON THE PLANET AS SOON AS THEY WALK IN THE DOOR.
UM, AND THEN THE CENTRAL AREA IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE COMMUNITY LIVING ROOM.
SO THIS IS THE INTERGENERATIONAL GATHERING AREA.
IT'S GONNA BE DOTTED WITH, UM, LOUNGE SEATING, UM, TABLE SEATING COLLECTIONS.
SO IT'S REALLY GONNA BE THE HEART OF THE LIBRARY.
AND THEN IN A PINWHEEL WE'VE GOT A VARIETY OF SPACES IN PLACES LIKE A QUIET ROOM, CLUB ROOM, PROGRAM ROOM.
AND THEN WE'VE REALLY DESIGNED THE EXPERIENCE AROUND THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, THE YOUTH SERVICE AREA, THE CHILDREN'S AREA, THE STORY TIME, ALL WILL BENEFIT FROM THOSE NEW, UM, WINDOWS AND NATURAL LIGHT COMING IN.
UM, AS YOU GET INTO, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR DEDICATED HOMEWORK HELP AREA, HOMESCHOOL AREA, THE TEENS AND THE TWEENS AND THE TEEN HANGOUT.
AND THEN IN THE AREA THAT IS PLANNED SOUTH WHERE THE CEILING IS LOWER, BUT
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THERE'S ALSO SOME REALLY NICE NATURAL LIGHT THAT'S COMING IN, UM, FROM THE EXISTING WINDOWS.THAT'S WHERE WE'LL SEE OUR CREATIVE SPACES, UM, TECHNOLOGY SPACES.
AND THE COWORKING IS REALLY THE NEWFANGLED TERM FOR YOUR OLD REFERENCE COLLECTION AREA.
UM, THAT'S A MORE CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE WAY, UM, THAT GIGABYTE WORKER IS USING THE LIBRARY TODAY.
UM, AND THEN WHAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING ARE ALL THOSE, UM, THE GRANULAR DETAILS OF THE MEETING ROOMS, BUT THEY'RE ALL PART OF THESE BIOMES, UM, THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS LAYOUT.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GREAT LIBRARY AND THE STAFF HAS ENJOYED SEEING THIS DEVELOPMENT AND I THINK ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND I AM LARRY TAKING IT TO LARRY.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING.
SO, UM, WE'VE BROKEN THIS INTO TWO, ACTUALLY THREE PHASES.
PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE WE'RE, WE'RE WRAPPING UP PHASE ONE.
AND AS I, WHAT I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION HERE IS WE SPENT THE LAST FEW MONTHS WORKING THROUGH AND TALKING TO ABOUT 55 STAKEHOLDERS IN THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY AND THE GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY IN REGARDS TO RECREATIONAL SPORTS CLUB SPORTS AND TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS.
AND I'LL SAY THAT THEY'RE ALL SUPER EXCITED ON MANY LEVELS.
UM, WE LOOKED AT NATIONAL PARTICIPATION NUMBERS AS WE, AS WE BROKE THIS DOWN.
I WANNA BRING, AS WE LOOK AT BASKETBALL, SOCCER, AND VOLLEYBALL.
AND THE REASON WE HAVE SOCCER ON HERE IS COULD WE UTILIZE THE COURTS FOR SOME FOOT ALL? AND SO WE LOOKED AT THESE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, AGE OF SIX THROUGH 12 AND AGE OF 13 THROUGH 17, BASKETBALL IS GONNA BE YOUR LARGEST SPORT IN THE US.
UM, AND THEN IT STARTS TO DECLINE AS YOU GET OLDER AS FOLKS KIND OF AGE OUT, IF YOU WILL.
ON THE FLIP SIDE, UM, SOCCER'S SIMILAR AND, UH, SOCCER, ALL THE LITTLE KIDS START AS THEY'RE EARLY AND THEN THEY KINDA START TO FADE OUT AS THEY AGE OUT.
WHEREAS VOLLEYBALL'S THE OPPOSITE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA START OFF, UM, LOWER NUMBERS AND AS THEY GET OLDER AND, UH, MORE SKILLS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW.
AND VOLLEYBALL BEING ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING.
SO OVERALL ABOUT 27.3 FOLKS, UH, YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS.
WE DO THIS FOR EACH PARTICULAR SPORT ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
THIS IS PART, UH, JUST BASKETBALL RIGHT HERE.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA, AND I SAY THIS 'CAUSE THE FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA FEED INTO YOUR FACILITY, UH, HERE, UH, SEVEN TO 17, ABOUT 18 TO 26,000 FOLKS PLAY BASKETBALL IN THE AREA.
UM, ADULT IS ABOUT 1.5 TO 4,000.
SO WE DON'T LACK PLAYERS IN THE AREA, OBVIOUSLY WE LACK A PLACE FOR THEM TO PLAY.
AND, UM, ON THE FAR RIGHT HERE YOU'LL SEE THE FACILITIES THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN COMPETITORS, UM, IN THIS AREA, IN THIS SPACE, IF YOU WILL.
AND THESE HAVE ALL HARD COURTS FOR ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO SIX COURTS.
SO IT, UM, EIGHT COURTS, THIS WOULD BE, UH, THE LARGEST IN THE AREA.
WHAT WAS EXCITING TO SEE AS WE LOOKED AT, UH, POPULATION, OBVIOUSLY ALL GENERATIONS WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FACILITY, BUT 60% OF YOUR GUYS' POPULATION, UH, FITS IN THAT MILLENNIALS AND DOWN, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, GREAT FOR THE, UH, SPORTS SPACE.
ON THE REVENUE SIDE, UM, WE BUILT IN DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAMS. THESE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW BUILT INTO THE PERFORMA.
SO MAIN THINGS BEING LEAGUES, UM, TOURNAMENTS, MERCHANDISE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND MEMBERSHIPS.
WE BASE THE INITIAL MODEL OFF SIX COURTS TO KINDA GIVE US A BASE, IF YOU WILL.
AND NOW WE'VE CHANGED THAT TO EIGHT COURTS.
UH, WE'VE GOT CONCESSION MEETING ROOMS AND TENANT SPACE BUILT IN HERE ALSO.
UM, WE DID THREE DIFFERENT SUMMARIES FOR YOU.
WE DID A CONSERVATIVE, A MODERATE, AND AGGRESSIVE.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU TWO OF THESE HERE, FOCUSING THE CONSERVATIVE AND MODERATE ON MOST OF OUR ENERGY.
SO, UM, YEARS ZERO THROUGH 10, ZERO BEING PRE-OPENING, SO NO REVENUES COMING IN, BUT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE EXPENSES WITH STAFF MARKETING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO BY YEAR FOUR AND THE CONSERVATIVE MILE WE START TO CROSS WHERE THE REVENUES ARE, UH, OUT PACING THE, UM, EXPENSES.
AND THEN ON THE MODERATE SIDE, A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, YEAR THREE, IT'LL START TO EXPRESS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE REVENUES GO UP DRAMATICALLY, UH, DIFFERENTLY ON THE BACK END AND OUR PROFIT MARGINS GROW UP.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
SO, UM, NEXT STEP FOR US AS WE HEAD INTO PHASE TWO.
WE STARTED TO WORK WITH, UH, WORKSHOPS TODAY ABOUT OPERATIONAL MODELS.
UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SPONSORSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS GONNA LOOK LIKE AND WHAT'S OUR PROGRAMMING GONNA LOOK LIKE? WITH THAT SAID, I'LL BRING M**K BACK UP.
SO YOU'VE SEEN THE DESIGNS, UH, THAT ARE BEING STUDIED.
YOU'VE SEEN HOW THE DESIGN TEAM IS INSPIRED BY, UH, THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY WITH THE IDEA THAT, UH, THAT WHERE PATHS MEET AND PEOPLE CONNECT WHERE GRIT MEETS GREEN WITH DYNAMIC ENERGY AND QUIET FOCUS.
I'M JUST GONNA QUICKLY SHOW YOU HOW THAT COULD TURN INTO ARCHITECTURE.
SO WHERE PATHS MEET AND PEOPLE CONNECT, YOU MIGHT SEE THAT SHOW UP IN LOBBIES AND SOCIAL SPACES WHERE OVERLAP HAPPENS.
THAT SHARED ARRIVAL SPACE, UH, IT HAS TO DO WITH MATERIALITY.
THE, THE GRAPHICS, THE LIGHTING, UH, THE CONNECTION, UM, FOR GRIT MEETS GREEN.
UH, THE PALLET CHANGES A LITTLE BIT, BUT UH,
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WORKS WITH THAT INSIDE OUTSIDE CONNECTION SHAPED BY THRESHOLDS AND EDGES.THE OUTDOOR ROOMS AND PORCHES, BUILDING THE EXPRESSION AND YOU KNOW, THAT ROOTED IN BAY TOWNS WORKING IN, UH, ECOLOGICAL IDENTITY.
AND THEN WITH DYNAMIC ENERGY AND QUIET FOCUS, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN ACTIVE AND QUIET ZONES.
THOSE BUFFER SPACES ARE VERY IMPORTANT, BUT KEEP THAT ENERGY AND FOCUS.
THIS LIBRARY IS GONNA NOT BE, I MEAN, IT IS JUST AS ENERGETIC AS IT COULD BE.
UH, QUIET READING AND STUDY, ALSO VERY IMPORTANT SPACES.
BUT THE IDEA LIKE JODI PRESENTED THAT CAMPUS RHYTHM SUPPORTS BOTH EVERYDAY USE AND LARGE SCALE GATHERINGS.
SO WE WANTED TO GET YOUR INPUT TODAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND CONFIRM, UH, THE PROJECT'S, STRATEGIC CONCEPTS ARE IN ALIGNMENT.
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS HELPED SHAPE THE PROJECT.
UH, THE SCHEDULE IS, IS MEETING OUR, OUR SCHEDULE SO FAR, UH, THE COUNCIL GOALS FOR BALANCING A COMMUNITY ACCESS WITH COST RECOVERY.
I THINK, UH, LARRY, UM, DID A GREAT JOB OF HIGHLIGHTING IT, IS ACHIEVING THAT GOAL, YET WE STILL WANNA BRING THAT BALANCED APPROACH.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, WE MAYBE RAN A LITTLE OVER, BUT, UH, WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONS AND WE CAN BRING THE TEAM UP HERE AS WE NEED TO.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, THANK YOU MAYOR.
ANYWAY,
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO STAY WITH THE MODERATE
UM, BUT, UH, I LOVE KEEPING THE ELEMENTS OF THE LIBRARY AND MIXING IT WITH THE NEW.
AND SO I KNOW OUR LIBRARY TEAM PROVIDED ALL THE INPUT AND I WILL DEFER TO THEM AS FAR AS WHAT THE FINISHED PRODUCT IS GOING TO BE.
UM, AND SO I THINK WE'RE ON TRACK, ESPECIALLY WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY, UM, COMPLETED THE SURVEY.
AND, UM, THANKS TO THOMAS WHO IS LOOKING, CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL INPUT BECAUSE THAT TO ME IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT.
UM, SO I THINK FOR ME AT THIS POINT, UM, I, I BELIEVE WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SO THANK YOU.
UM, I REALLY LIKED THE CONCEPT WITH GRIT MEANS GREEN.
UH, I KNOW WE HAD TALKS, YOU KNOW, CITY BAYTOWN BEING A CITY WHERE OIL AND WATER DOES A MIX KIND OF SOUND KIND OF DIRTY, BUT WHAT GRIT MEANS GREEN IS SUCH AS A BETTER, SO, SO MUCH FITTING, UM, THE LIBRARY.
I KNOW SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I'VE HEARD IN THE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A PLACE WHERE WE BOOKS ARE BORROWED, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL ASPECTS OF THE LIBRARY IS SOMETHING, A FEEDBACK I HEARD BACK AT, AT ACTUALLY KEEPING A SPACE WHERE BOOKS GET BORROWED IS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS I, I TALKED TO.
SO I LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, STAY INCORPORATED THAT, THAT TRADITIONAL ASPECT OF, OF A LIBRARY AS WE MOVE TOWARD A MORE OF A MODERN LOOK FOR A LIBRARY.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, I LIKE WHAT, WHAT'S COMING ALONG AND, UH, I, I LIKE, I FEEL LIKE Y'ALL ARE, Y'ALL ARE HEARING SOME OF OUR IDEAS.
AND THANK YOU TO, UM, OUR STAFF AS WELL THAT WORKED WITH EVERYONE TO, UM, GET THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU NEEDED.
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF US COME TOGETHER, BUT MORE EXCITED THAT THE PLAN IS WE'RE GONNA STAY WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT, THAT WE'VE SET FORTH AS A COUNCIL.
UM, I LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE'S SOME FORWARD THINKING AND SOME THINGS THAT MAYBE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, UM, WE COULD LOOK AT.
I LIKE YOU USE THE WORD MASTER PLAN, SO I, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THE HORIZON, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I TOO, LIKE THE, UM, THAT WE'RE GRIP MEETS GREEN, UH, THAT THAT'S VERY FITTING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I DO WANNA MENTION ONE THING THAT, UM, MAYBE Y'ALL COULD EXPLAIN ON, ON THE LIBRARY.
I NOTICED THAT THE RESTROOMS, UM, WHEN YOU SHOWED SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, THE SECOND THING THAT WAS IMPORTANT WAS RESTROOMS. AND, UM, THAT MADE ME SMILE BECAUSE JUST KNOWING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IS HOW DO THEY GO TO THE RESTROOM? WHERE DO THEY GO TO THE RESTROOM? WELL, A LOT OF THE RESTROOMS WERE OVER ON THE, THE REC SIDE AND I ONLY SAW A LITTLE BLUE SPOT IN THE LIBRARY.
AND SO I WAS CONCERNED THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE MEETING ROOMS THAT YOU SAID COULD HOLD UP TO 200 PEOPLE, BUT ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE NEW BUILDING FOR THE RESTROOM? MM-HMM
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ON THIS DIAGRAM, UH, THE BLUE, THE ONLY BLUE RESTROOMS THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE STAFF RESTROOMS. UM, THE RESTROOMS WE TALKED TODAY, UM, WITH THE STAFF ON A MORE DETAILED PLAN OF WHAT GOES IN THAT PURPLE BOX IN THE LIBRARY SIDE, AND THERE WILL BE RESTROOMS. WE KNOW THAT RESTROOMS ARE CONTROVERSIAL AS FAR AS WHERE YOU PLACE THEM IN THE LIBRARY.SO WE'VE BEEN, THEY'RE COMPLICATED, NOT CONTROVERSIAL.
SO THEY, SO MARGARET'S TEAM HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE BEST LOCATION FOR THEM.
THEY'RE NOT SHOWN ON THIS PLAN.
UM, BUT, AND MAYBE ON THE, WE CAN SHOW WHERE THEIR BACK IS STARTING TO UP HERE AND I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE WHOLE FOCUS ON THOSE RESTROOMS, BUT I MEAN, TO ME THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE DESIGN SENSE.
OUR LIBRARY IS GONNA CONTINUE BEING A MAJOR HUB AND A PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THE CLIENTELE THAT GOES THERE.
AND I WAS EVEN THINKING YOUNG MOM, MOMS OF YOUNG CHILDREN, UM, IF THEY NEEDED TO ESCAPE SOMEWHERE FOR, UM, FEEDING OR IF WE HAVE, UH, POPULATIONS THAT MOBILITY COULD BE AN ISSUE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE FIGHTING CROWDS ON THE SIDE WHERE THERE'S BIG EVENTS GOING ON IF THEY'RE WANTING TO DO THE QUIET FOCUSED AREAS.
SO ALL, ALL EXCELLENT OBSERVATIONS.
AND WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS ZONING, WE HADN'T GOTTEN TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, BUT IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION WE WERE, UM, WE, WE HAD THE LEVEL OF DETAIL WITH THE RESTROOMS AND EVERY SINGLE POINT YOU MADE WAS BROUGHT UP AS A GUIDING FACTOR IN THE EXPERIENCE OF THE RESTROOMS. BUT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IN THAT KIND OF COWORKING, IN WHAT RIGHT NOW IS CALLED THE COWORKING AREAS WHERE THE RESTROOMS COULD FIT IN ADJACENT, UM, TO THE WELCOME AREA.
BUT WE ARE, TODAY, WE WERE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE CONSIDERATION OF THE SIGHT LINES TO BE BOTH SAFE AND CONVENIENT, UM, AND POTENTIALLY PUTTING, UM, A RESTROOM IN THE YOUTH SERVICES AREA, UM, SO THAT IT'S CONVENIENT TO FAMILIES AND, AND HAVING THAT, THAT, UM, THANK YOU.
THAT WAS MY, MY FIRST QUESTION AND A LOT OF MINE IS ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
THE SECOND ONE IS, Y'ALL TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE CEILING LEVELS AND, AND I, I KNOW THAT LIGHTING IS AN ISSUE WHEN YOU'RE DOING MAKER SPACE STUFF, UM, FOR EVERYONE'S IN THE ROOM AND LISTENING, LI LIBRARIES HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH.
THEY'VE BECOME JUST WORKING IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE NOW MORE MEDIA CENTERS OR MEDIUM CENTERS WHERE THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF MAKER SPACE.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH YES, I UNDERSTAND IN MAKER SPACE AREAS, BRINGING THE LIGHTING AND THE CEILING DOWN, BUT I DON'T WANNA LOSE THOSE LARGE CEILINGS IN, IN THE LARGER PART OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE AND MM-HMM
IT GIVES THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE LENGTHY AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, IT GET THE APPEARANCE OF A MORE OPEN SETTING, MORE ROOM.
SO, UM, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO ALSO SAY THAT I COMMEND ALL THE DIFFERENT ENTRANCES AND EXITS.
I LIKE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG CHANGE FROM WHAT'S ON THAT PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.
UH, I THINK THAT'S GREAT, UM, THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO COME AND GO, UH, IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
UH, I LIKED ALL THE, ON THE EVENT SIDE, I LIKED ALL THE DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED, UM, FOR THE BASKETBALL.
I, I LIKE THE FACT YOU MENTIONED SALL.
I KNOW THAT, UH, SEVERAL FAMILIES THAT DRIVE ALL OVER TO GO, UH, TO PLAY THAT IN IN CHURCH GYMS. MM-HMM
SO I THINK THAT'LL GET UTILIZED.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
UH, I DON'T REALLY THINK I HAVE MUCH TO ADD TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING OUT, UH, THIS EVENING AND PRESENTING, UM, VERY HAPPY WITH, WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE SHOWN US.
UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE, THE WORK FROM STAFF AS WELL.
I'M NOT GONNA START NAMING FOLKS SO I'M SURE I'LL FORGET SOMEBODY.
BUT, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK Y'ALL PUT INTO THIS.
UM, AND I MEAN AS FAR AS YOUR ASK OF US, I THINK YOU ASKED, THERE WAS LIKE FOUR POINTS THERE OF THINGS YOU WANTED US TO CONFIRM.
AND I MEAN, FOR ME, I CAN CONFIRM ALL FOUR OF THOSE THINGS AS FAR AS YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
I, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
UM, AND I DON'T RECALL WHAT THE OTHER ONES WERE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I'M VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT I'M SEEING SO FAR.
UM, SEVERAL POINTS THAT I SAW.
THE, THE SPLIT PLAN, I'M NOT A FAVOR IN FAVOR OF THE SPLIT PLAN AND, AND FOR, AND I GIVE THE REASONS, THE ALTERNATE PLAN IS MORE OPEN COURT, WHICH MEETS THE ENTERTAINMENT ISSUE.
WE CAN HAVE LARGER ENTERTAINMENT, MORE SEATING, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY ISSUE WHERE WE HAVE GRADUATIONS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
THE SPLIT PLAN WOULD NOT SUFFICE FOR THAT FROM MY OPINION.
SO I THINK THE ALTERNATE PLAN IS MUCH MORE VIABLE.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO BEEF UP THE RESTROOM ISSUES AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER STAFF SPACE AROUND, BUT THAT'S DETAIL WE'LL GET TO.
BUT I THINK CONCEPTUALLY MORE OPEN, WE CAN HAVE BETTER ENTERTAINMENT.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE COULD DO A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION IN THE SPLIT PLAN AT ALL.
I DON'T THINK IT'D HOLD ENOUGH.
SO THAT'S MY SIDE OF THAT, THE FUFU FUTURE
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CENTER.I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FUTURE CENTER BE PART OF THE CURRENT MM-HMM
UM, AND I KNOW IT'S ALL ABOUT COST AND, AND WITH THAT, WITH AND MY COLLEAGUE BROUGHT OUT, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE TRYING TO STAY ON THE BUDGET TARGET, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS JUST HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS SINCE WE STARTED THIS IS THE LIBRARY, THE ORIGINAL CON INTENT OF THIS PROJECT WAS FOR A YOUTH SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY.
THE LIBRARY GOT BROUGHT IN BECAUSE IT'S ON THE SITE AND FROM THE PUBLIC AND, AND WE GET CHALLENGED THAT WE DON'T LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THE PUBLIC HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WANT TO SEE THE LIBRARY RENOVATED.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME, AND I VISITED WITH CITY MANAGER, THERE'S SOME POSSIBILITIES TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO ALL THE PROPER IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE LIBRARY THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE REALLY PUSHING FOR AND BE ABLE TO COMBINE THIS AS A SINGLE ACTIVITY OR, OR CONSTRUCTION.
BUT THEY'RE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO DISCUSS.
AND I'VE MENTIONED TO, UM, JASON, THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT IT.
UM, THERE'S SOME ALTERNATIVES WE COULD LOOK AT, BUT UH, UH, AND THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE FUNDING TO GO TOWARDS THE FULL PLAN.
AS FAR AS THE EVENT CENTER, THE PROFORMA, AND I'M GONNA STRESS THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD ALL THE TIME, I LOVE THE PROFORMA CONSERVATIVE FOUR TO SEVEN YEARS, MODERATE THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
I LIKE TO SEE MODERATE, BUT LET'S BE CONSERVATIVE FOUR TO SEVEN YEARS, THAT'S OKAY.
BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT IT WON'T START PAYING FOR ITSELF FOR FOUR TO SEVEN YEARS.
BUT THAT'S A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON IT, FOUR TO SEVEN YEARS IS NOTHING.
'CAUSE WE HEAR, OH, WELL YOU BUILT IT, IT OPENED YESTERDAY AND IT'S STILL NOT MAKING MONEY.
WELL, WE DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD MAKE MONEY FOR FOUR TO SEVEN YEARS.
WE JUST NEED TO BE REALISTIC WITH THAT.
UH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT TARGET FOR THAT TYPE OF EVENT CENTER IN, IN MOVING FORWARD.
I LOVE THE IDEAS WITH THE, THE LIBRARY.
I'D LIKE TO MAYBE EVEN IF, AGAIN, IF WE TALK ABOUT SOME, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AND WE COULD DO IT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT WOULDN'T STALL THE PROJECT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSIONS ON AND HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO DO THE LIBRARY.
I MEAN THIS IS GONNA BE, I WON'T SAY A ONE SHOT IN AND WE'RE OUT, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS CORRECTLY AND, AND HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR THAT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON.
SO, UM, BUT YEAH, I, I THINK AS MY COLLEAGUE INDICATED, I THINK YOU HAVE TOUCHED ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE SET TOWARDS YOU.
UM, I THINK THE CITIZENS HAVE HAVE GIVEN GREAT INPUT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE INPUT.
I, AGAIN, IT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT THE LIBRARY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR FOLKS.
THE LIBRARY'S OLDER THAN MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE OBVIOUSLY.
SO I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU.
UM, YOU'RE RUNNING MUTE OF SOMETHING JUST WHEN YOU STARTED DIVING INTO THE FULL PICTURE.
UH, WANNA DO WHAT, WHAT OUR CITIZENS WANT.
BUT Y'ALL HAD SOMETHING ON ONE OF THE SLIDES YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T AN AMENITY.
AND I THINK ALL OF US HAVE TALKED ABOUT AMENITIES IN OUR TOWN AND UM, ONCE VERSUS NEEDS THAT GOES WAY BACK.
BUT YOU USED THE WORD ON THE SIDE A DIFFERENTIATOR.
AND I LOVED THAT BECAUSE EVERY TOWN IN OUR AREA COMES WITH STREETS AND WATER AND HOUSING AND AND A COUNCIL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENTIATOR? AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, UM, IS TYING THAT WORD IN NOW, HOPEFULLY A MINUTE.
HE PLAYS A ROLE IN THIS, BUT DIFFERENTIATOR.
AND I LIKED THE FACT THAT YOU SHOWED ON THE MAP THAT WE'RE A DIFFERENTIATOR THAT'S NEEDED.
THIS AS A DIFFERENTIATOR THAT'S NEEDED.
SO I WOULD'VE LIKED TO SEE HOW THE BASKETBALL COURT AREA COULD HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT SINCE UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR CITIZENS HELD IN HIGH REGARD.
I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHAT THAT SETUP WOULD'VE LOOKED LIKE.
AND I'M GONNA AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID, MIKE.
AND IF WE CAN GET IT DONE NOW AT A GOOD COST AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DOING IT IN THE FUTURE, I'M ALL FOR THAT.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT'S SOMETHING WELL LIKE YOU SAID, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DISCUSS.
UM, WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE WRITTEN HERE? RESTROOMS WERE SOMETHING.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, MAN, ALL THESE PARKING SPACES, WE JUST HAVE THREE RESTROOMS. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
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UM, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE, THE DEADLINE FOR THE SURVEY'S BEEN PUSHED BACK OUT.AND I'M GONNA AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID, MIKE.
ALSO ON THE SPLIT SPACE, ONE BIG SPACE.
AND ONE QUICK QUESTION I WAS, I HAD ABOUT THE WALKING TRACK.
WHEN PEOPLE START, WHEN WE START HAVING TOURNAMENTS THERE, UM, WE NEED TO REALLY DISCUSS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE WALKING TRACK, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA MIGRATE UP THERE TO GET ANOTHER VIEWPOINT OF THE BASKETBALL COURTS, VOLLEYBALL, WHATEVER'S GOING ON DOWN BELOW.
AND IF THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE INDIVIDUALS COMING TO JUST WALK.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED.
AND, BUT I, I THINK YOU ALL ARE GETTING, GETTING EVERYTHING THAT WE DID ASK FOR.
ALL THE BOXES ARE BEING CHECKED.
ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE FOR STAFF, IS THE LIBRARY BEING USED FOR INDIVIDUALS TO COME IN AND DO SURVEYS? ARE WE ASKING PEOPLE USING THE LIBRARY, HEY, IF YOU GOT A MOMENT, STOP BY ONE OF OUR COMPUTERS? OR DO WE HAVE A DESIGNATED SPOT FOR YOU TO FILL OUT A SURVEY? YES.
SO THEY HAVE, UM, THE BILLBOARDS UP WITH THE QR CODES MM-HMM
BUT THEN ALSO ON THE PUBLIC COMPUTERS, UM, THE SCREEN COMES UP WITH THE SURVEY SO THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY GO TO THAT AS WELL.
SO THEY DO HAVE THE SIGNAGE AND STUFF AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE PUBLIC COMPUTERS.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A POPULATION WE CAN CAPTURE WHILE THEY'RE THERE.
AND SINCE THE LIBRARY WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT, BUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC DID ASK FOR, LET'S GIVE THEM EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON IT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO BE, UM, BROUGHT FORTH LATER.
OH, YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? ONE MORE, ONE MORE QUESTION.
IS THERE A PLAN AT THE COMPLETION OF YOUR DATA GATHERING PROCESS TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC? MM-HMM
IS, IS THERE A PLAN FOR THAT? OKAY.
WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT, I WOULD LIKE CLARITY.
I THOUGHT THE WALKING TRAIL WAS GROUND LEVEL.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO MAKE THAT POINT.
THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW FOR A WALKING, UH, TRACK, IT EXPANDS THE BUILDING BY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FOR THE CLEARANCE FOR VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL.
SO, UH, IT IS AT GRADE, WHICH MEANS THAT, UM, IN OFF HOURS WHEN, WHEN, UH, THERE'S TOURNAMENTS GOING ON, IT'S REALLY NOT GONNA BE A CONDUCIVE WALKING ENVIRONMENT ANYWAY.
IT IT'S AT GRADE, IT'S ON, ON COURT LEVEL, SO, WELL THAT WAS JUST, SO I GUESS THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS REALLY WOULD BE HOPING FROM OTHER PLACES.
WELL, THE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT MAYOR.
UM, SO WHEN OURS ARE IN USE, LEE COLLEGE STILL ALLOWS FOLKS TO GO AND WALK THEIR GYM.
SO DEPENDING ON WHO'S USING WHEN AND WHAT, SO NO, THAT'S AN OPTION.
GRANT, DO YOU WANT THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE? OKAY.
SO JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THE QUESTION ABOUT, UH, BRINGING THIS TO THE PUBLIC AND I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT, UM, AND M**K, FEEL FREE TO, BUT CALL OUT THAT SECOND, UM, UH, PUBLIC MEETING WHERE IT FALLS IN, WHAT THE INFORMATION WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED.
SO WE WE'RE AT 50%, WHICH WE'VE ALL RECOGNIZED THROUGH THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE Y'ALL'S INPUT TONIGHT AND, UH, COME BACK IN ABOUT A MONTH, A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AND PRESENT OUR FINDINGS TO YOU.
WE'LL TAKE THAT INPUT AND REFINE IT AND BE READY TO, UH, PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC WHERE WE ARE AT THE END OF THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE.
SO THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 30TH FOR THAT PUBLIC INPUT.
WE'RE BRINGING THEM THE RESULTS OF ALL THIS INFORMATION GATHERING, PUBLIC INPUT AND YOUR INPUT AS WELL.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
IS WILL THIS DATA BE AVAILABLE TO YES, SIR.
WE'LL BE PRESENTED THAT NIGHT.
WASN'T TRYING TO GET THE LAST WORD, BUT
YOU GOT THE LAST LIBRARY CARD.
UH, YOU, YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT LOOKING AT THE FUTURE EXPANSION.
NOW, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL AS A WHOLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH, 'CAUSE THEY ARE WORKING ON FINANCING PACKAGES THAT GO WITH ALL OF THIS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS? I KNOW YOU GOT TWO PEOPLE HERE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT RIGHT NOW.
DO WE GET TWO MORE? I, I'D LIKE TO SEE, I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE DOING IT, IT, I'M JUST SAYING.
YEAH, YEAH, JUST LOOK AT, BUT I KNOW IF I'M TOO QUICK ON ACTUALLY WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW, JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.
YEAH, I'M OKAY LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.
BUT DOES STAFF THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD, THEY COULD PUT TOGETHER DURING THIS SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME
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WITH BUDGET ON THE, YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SOME, YOU KNOW, BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS AND I THINK WE HAVE A FEW OPTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AND BRING TO YOU ALL THE GOAL BEING TO FOCUS ON THIS AS ITS OWN INDEPENDENT OPERATING ENTITY AND LOOKING AT FINANCING OPTIONS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE BUILDING, THE PROFORMA, UH, AND THE PROGRAMMING.SO, UM, I THINK, UH, WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU ALL WITH SOME OPTIONS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, YOUR DIRECTION PREVIOUSLY, SO I THINK WE CAN KEEP THOSE FAIRLY NARROW TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME FEASIBLE, UH, OPTIONS THAT YOU ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE CONSIDERING, BUT WE'RE NOT PULLING THE STRING ON ANYTHING, UH MM-HMM
[b. Discuss proposed changes to the Mobile Food Unit Ordinance.]
ARE ON TO TWO B, DISCUSS PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE MOBILE FOOD UNIT ORDINANCE.SEAN COCHRAN HEALTH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEARLY THAT EXCITING TO TALK ABOUT
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CHAPTER 42, UM, REVI.
YES, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S A HARD GROUP TO FOLLOW UP.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY I'LL KEEP THIS KIND OF CONCISE AND GET US BACK OUTTA HERE.
SO, UM, YOU MAY RECALL THAT I CAME TO YOU, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ABOUT SOME CHAPTER 42 REVISIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
UM, THIS ONE TONIGHT IS TALKING ABOUT MOBILE FOOD UNITS.
UM, SORT OF A TWO-PART DISCUSSION, JUST, UH, GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.
UM, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM ME AS REPRESENTATIVE OF HEALTH, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UM, CALVIN TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME, UH, POTENTIAL ZONING RELATED ITEMS, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT.
UM, I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO CURRENTLY AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING AND HOW THAT AFFECTS, UM, HEALTH.
UM, THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME ZONING ISSUES AND SOME POSSIBLE, UH, LIMITATIONS AS RELATED TO THOSE.
SO, UM, JULY THE FIRST 2026, UH, THE STATE WILL EFFECTIVELY TAKE OVER OUR MOBILE FOOD AUTHORITY.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AND THEY'RE GONNA TAKE IT OVER THEMSELVES.
OKAY? SO THE CURRENT STATE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING UNDER OUR HEALTH PERMIT, UM, THAT ALLOWS US TO DO ALL OF THE FOOD SAFETY INSPECTIONS AS RELATED TO MOBILE UNITS.
UM, THIS GIVES US A WAY TO, UH, ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS RECEIVING SAFE FOOD.
UM, WE'RE ALLOWED TO COLLECT FEES.
WE ARE ALLOWED TO REGULATE HOURS OF OPERATION AND LOCATIONS WHERE THESE UNITS CAN BE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE ABLE TO REGULATE UTILITIES.
UM, THEIR CONNECTION TO WATER, SEWER, GAS.
UM, ALSO STIPULATE THAT WE HAVE RESTROOM AND HAND WASHING FACILITIES, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOBILE FOOD UNITS AND WHERE THEY'RE PARKED.
UM, ALSO NO DINING TABLE SEATINGS OR STANDALONE SIGNAGE IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, ON JULY THE FIRST, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL REMOVE ITSELF FROM ALL AUTHORITY RELATED TO MOBILE FOOD UNITS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY AUTHORITY.
AND, UM, ALL OF THAT WILL BE DONE THROUGH STATE HEALTH SERVICES.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO DO, UH, FROM A HEALTH STANDPOINT, IF WE FOUND AN IMMEDIATE VERIFIABLE HEALTH RISK THAT WAS RELATED TO A UNIT, WE CAN STEP IN AND CLOSE THE UNIT.
UM, WE WOULD THEN IMMEDIATELY BE REQUIRED TO TURN THAT INVESTIGATION AND THOSE FINDINGS OVER TO THE STATE.
SO WE WOULD HAVE NOTHING BEYOND THAT TO DEAL WITH.
UM, I HAVE POSTED THE, UH, INFORMATION THERE.
UM, HOWEVER, WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, ALL THE LOCAL LAWS, THE LOCAL, UH, ZONING AND THE FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY ISSUES THAT ARE, ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE WILL REMAIN.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ZONING PIECE.
UM, THE ZONING'S GONNA GIVE US SOME OPTIONS MOVING AHEAD, GIVE YOU ALL SOME OPTIONS, GIVE OUR CITIZENS SOME OPTIONS, MOVING AHEAD.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO CALVIN TO FINISH THE ZONING PART OF OUR PRESENTATION.
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THANK YOU, SEAN.ABRAM, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, UH, ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
UM, TO START OFF, UH, PIGGYBACKING A LITTLE BIT OFF WHAT SEAN SAID.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON MOBILE FOOD UNITS AND WHAT WE'RE DEFINING IN MOBILE FOOD UNITS ARE FOOD TRUCKS.
THE, THE TRAILERS, THE FOOD TRAILERS, WHAT ARE TYPICALLY A VEHICLE IS TOWING.
AND THEN FOOD CARTS, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THE, UH, THE SMALL PUSHED CARTS THAT HAVE THE, THE YUMMY HOT DOGS AND PRETZELS ON THEM.
UM, SO WHAT I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS BASICALLY TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS.
HAVE A, A DISCUSSION ON WHAT SHOULD THE ZONING CODE OR SHOULD THE ZONING CODE BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE LIMITATIONS REGARDING MOBILE FOOD UNITS TO, UH, IDENTIFYING SAFETY AND, UH, WELFARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THIS CHART RIGHT HERE, AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO, UM, ROWS OR COLUMNS, I'M SORRY.
WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN REGULATE.
NOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN GREEN.
UH, THE ONE PORTION UNDER THE CURRENT THAT IS IN RED.
THAT'S THE THING THAT THEY ARE NOT DOING AS OF THIS MOMENT UNTIL JULY 1ST, 2026.
THAT'S WHEN THE STATE WILL TAKE OVER.
AND AS YOU SEE IN THE FUTURE, THAT RED TURNED TURNS TO GREEN.
UH, BUT THE GREEN MEANS WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THIS MOMENT AS WE ARE LOOKING IN THE FUTURE.
THE RED IS WHAT THEY WANT BE DOING.
THE GREEN IS WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING.
AND THE, THE REASON WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY IS THE YELLOW.
THE YELLOW IS THE OPTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS IT RE PERTAINS TO ZONING CODE.
AND WE'LL IDENTIFY THOSE THINGS SUCH AS THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS ON WHERE MOBILE FOOD UNITS MAY OR MAY NOT BE LOCATED.
IN WHAT ZONING DISTRICT, UH, HOURS OF OPERATIONS, CAN THEY BE REGULATED? CAN THEY NOT BE REGULATED? UM, EVENT PERMITS, WHAT ARE THOSE? DO WE HAVE THOSE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS IN SPECIAL AREAS, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION? AND ALSO THE NO DINING TABLES, UM, SEATING AREAS OR SIGNAGE SHOULD, WHAT SHOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? SHOULD WE CONSIDER THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AS THEY'RE AFFILIATED WITH MOBILE FOOD UNITS? UM, SO ZONING POSSIBILITIES.
WHAT ARE THE LOCATIONS, WHEN WE LOOK AT MOBILE FOOD UNITS, WHAT ARE AREAS THAT YOU FEEL THEY SHOULD BE LOCATED IN? UM, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH AND OTHER LEADERSHIPS DID A LITTLE BRAINSTORMING.
AND SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE THINK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR MOBILE FOOD UNITS WOULD BE AREAS LIKE COMMERCIAL AREAS.
THAT WOULD BE OUR MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD, GENERAL COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, OR ANY OTHER ZONING DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF THAT.
BUT WITHIN OUR SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING AREAS, URBAN RESIDENTIAL, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE THINK MAY NOT BE THE BEST FIT FOR MOBILE FOOD UNITS.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHERE MOBILE FOOD UNITS COULD BE LOCATED AND COULD NOT BE LOCATED? SO I'M GONNA ASK THE QUESTION.
WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS LOCATED IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ACTUALLY BRING FOOD TRUCKS IN DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, IF WE SAID NOT IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THEY, WOULD WE BE NOT ALLOWING THE SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE TO BRING IN THOSE FOOD TRUCKS DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR FOR THE TEACHERS MAYOR? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.
TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY USE PERMITS.
WHAT'S THAT PROCESS COULD LOOK LIKE? UH, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD FOCUS ON NEXT, BUT THAT WOULD BE A DECISION THAT THIS COUNCIL WOULD MAKE THAT DETERMINATION ON.
THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, HOW WOULD THIS AFFECT OUR EVENTS? ARE WE NOT GOING TO BE INSPECTING THEM FROM A HEALTH'S PERSPECTIVE? ONLY FIRE AND SAFETY WHENEVER WE'RE HAVING 4TH OF JULY JUNETEENTH RITO FEST.
LET SEAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION OFF.
WE WILL, WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE ANY AUTHORITY AS RELATED TO HEALTH INSPECTIONS OF THE MOBILE FOOD UNITS.
UM, THEY WILL BE, UH, PERMITTED BY THE STATE.
THEY WILL HAVE DOCUMENTATION AND A MEDALLION ON THE TRUCK VERY SIMILAR TO THE, THE WAY THAT WE DO IT CURRENTLY.
UM, AND JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE AND INFORMATION FOR THE, THE BODY, UM, JULY THE FIRST WILL BEGIN THIS PERIOD.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ONE YEAR, UM, TO COMPLY WITH THOSE REGULATIONS, GO THROUGH THE INSPECTION PROCESS.
UM, THE STATE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND
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IN GETTING THIS PROGRAM KICKED OFF.UM, FUNDING AND STAFFING ARE, ARE AN ISSUE.
SO, UM, AS LONG AS THE MOBILE FOOD UNIT HAS THE, UH, DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO OPERATE FOR UP TO ONE YEAR, UM, WHILE AWAITING THEIR INSPECTION.
MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ARE GONNA BE FOR SEAN BECAUSE I THINK I NEED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE NEW LAW BEFORE I DECIDE WHAT I THINK ABOUT ZONING.
SO THE MAYOR COVERED SEVERAL OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, DO WE, SO I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE EVENTS QUESTION.
IF WE HAVE AN EVENT, DOES IT BECOME OUR BURDEN TO GO LOOK FOR THE, WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN, THEY'RE GONNA BE A VENDOR TO OUR EVENT? ARE WE GONNA ASK FOR THAT DOCUMENTATION AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT BEFORE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO SIGN UP? WE COULD, WE COULD BUILD THAT INTO OUR EVENT PROCESS.
IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT AT A PARK OR A CITY FACILITY, UM, CITY APPROVED EVENT, WE COULD BUILD THAT INTO ANOTHER PROCESS.
BUT WE COULD NOT REGULATE THAT AS ANY PERMIT, REGISTRATION LICENSE.
UM, ANYTHING THAT WE DO THAT CREATES, UM, A PERMITTING TYPE PROCESS IS NOW OFF.
I, I'M TRYING TO GATHER MY WORDS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ISSUING THE PERMITS ANYMORE.
BUT ARE WE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE BURDEN OF CHECKING MOBILE TRUCKS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE IF THEY HAVE THE STATE PERMIT? NO MA'AM.
SO WE WILL NOT CARRY THAT BURDEN IF, IF WE, IF I GO TO A FOOD TRUCK AND I JUST HAPPEN TO KNOW THIS LAW AND I REALIZE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE STICKER YES MA'AM.
AND I CALL THE CITY Y ARE Y'ALL GONNA TELL ME TO CALL THE STATE? I WILL REFER YOU TO THE STATE.
SO WE, WE WON'T SHUT THEM DOWN AT ALL.
EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE STICKER THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, AND I, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA TAKE IT FURTHER THAN JUST SCHOOLS AND FOOD TRUCKS.
'CAUSE THE SCHOOLS DO FOOD TRUCKS A LOT.
I GUESS THIS IS GONNA GO BACK TO ZONING.
UM, I WANTED TO KNOW HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT TEMPORARY CONCESSION STANDS AT GAMES AND SPORTING EVENTS.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UM, IF THERE'S A VOLLEYBALL GAME AT LEE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A HEALTH PERMIT.
SO NOW IF THEY'RE A, UH, I'M GONNA PUT IN QUOTE A FOOD CART OR A TEMPORARY CONCESSION STAND, THEY WOULD NEED A STATE PERMIT.
WOULD THEY NEED A STATE PERMIT FOR A TEMPORARY CONCESSION STAND AT A SPORTING EVENT AT A SCHOOL UNDER THIS CURRENT REGULATION, THEY WOULD ALREADY HAVE THAT AND THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE BECAUSE OF THE APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR THE ACTUAL MEDALLION ITSELF.
SO THEY DO NEED TO GO, I THINK THERE'S A CONFUSION HERE.
CUR CURRENTLY, IF YOU WANT TO RUN A CONCESSION STAND ON GOOSE CREEK'S PROPERTY IN, UH, AT A VOLLEYBALL GAME, YOU HAVE TO GET A HEALTH PERMIT FROM THE CITY TO DO THAT.
A CONCESSION STAND IS SEPARATE FROM A FOOD TRUCK.
AND SO THIS IS FOOD TRUCK SPECIFIC.
CONCESSION STAND IS TOTALLY SEPARATE.
IT'S NOT CONSIDERED MO THAT'S WHY I NEED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BEFORE WE GET INTO ZONING.
IT'S A COMPLETELY, AS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE ISSUE.
CONCESSION STANDS BECAUSE THE STAND IS OWNED OPERATED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE CITY.
IF IT'S AT ONE OF OUR LITTLE LEAGUE PARKS MM-HMM
NOW, IF THAT LITTLE LEAGUE HIRES A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK TO COME AND PARK IN THE PARKING LOT AND SERVE FOOD, WE CAN'T TOUCH 'EM.
WELL, I THINK I NEED TO PAINT A DIFFERENT PICTURE.
THERE'S A LOT OF FOOD CARTS NOW THAT ARE MOBILE CONCESSION STANDS, BUT VISUALLY THEY JUST LOOK LIKE A CONCESSION STAND AND THEY'RE GOING AND THEY WILL BE PERMITTED THROUGH THE STATE.
I JUST, AND THE CONCESSION STAND IN THE, IN THE AND THE FACILITY.
BRICK AND MORTAR TYPE AT THE NOT MOBILE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THE FOOTBALL FIELDS OR THE BASEBALL FIELDS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE YEAR THE MOBILE UNITS RUNNING AROUND WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE PERMITTED BY THE STATE AND, AND WE WOULD HAVE NO RECOURSE.
AND SEAN, THAT DOES INCLUDE THE ONES THAT ARE PULLED BY TRAILERS.
THAT'S JUST TO FURTHER CONFUSE MRS. MS. GRAHAM'S, UH, QUESTION, JUST PUSH CARTS OR THE MOBILE UNITS, BUT ALSO THE TRAILERS.
YES, I DO, I DO APOLOGIZE ABOUT THE CONFUSION ON THE CONCESSION.
THAT'S THAT WE, WE ARE, I I WAS REFERENCING MOBILE FOOD UNITS AND CARTS AND TRAILERS.
AS FAR AS ZONING IS CONCERNED, I AGREE WITH THESE LOCATIONS, UM, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIALS WHERE YOU SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T EVEN GET, UH, ANOTHER CAR TO DRIVE THROUGH.
AND SO THEN IF SOMEONE HAS A FOOD CART THERE AND THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE, THAT COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME.
[01:20:01]
I AGREE WITH THESE AREAS IN TERMS OF, UH, POSSIBLE ZONING AREAS SOMEWHERE.DO YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO? I, I THINK I DO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
WHAT ABOUT THE ICE CREAM BENDER? YES.
WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING DOWN IN A TRUCK.
THEY'RE DRIVING AROUND RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S A MOBILE FOOD.
IT'S MOBILE TRUCK WAS MY QUESTION.
I WAS CURIOUS HOW WE, WHAT THEY DO NOW, THEY JUST GET A PERMIT TO OPERATE IN THE CITY.
WELL, WELL WE, THE WAY WE LOOK AT ICE CREAM TRUCKS, WE DON'T NECESSARILY CATEGORIZE THE USE THE SAME AS THE MOBILE FOOD UNIT BECAUSE THE ICE CREAM TRUCK LITERALLY MOVES MM-HMM
IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT STATIONARY FOR PROLONGED AMOUNT OF TIME TO SELL FOOD ITEMS AND OR GOODS.
I THINK WE COULD OPEN OURSELVES UP TO SOME PROBLEMS. SO THE PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT STAFF HAD WITH THIS AS WELL IS LIKE, THERE ARE HOMES THAT RENT FOOD TRUCKS FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES OR JUST HOUSE PARTIES AND THEY PARK IN THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
AND YOU WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT WITH A ZONING CHANGE WITH THIS PIECE.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES, BUT I THINK THE FOCUS FOR STAFF WAS REALLY, DO YOU WANT US TO BRING BACK MORE, MORE CONVERSATION AROUND DIFFERENT ZONING PIECES TO LOOK AT? BUT IT UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS GONNA BE THAT'S FINE.
A VERY LONG, CONVOLUTED MESS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF EXCEPTIONS.
I I, I, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET.
I WAS THINKING OF THE EXCEPTIONS.
LIKE I THOUGHT OF THE ICE CREAM TRUCK PULLING IN THE PARK.
LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
WE'RE OKAY WITH 'EM IN THE PARKS.
WELL, THEN YOU GO OUT TO ONE OF YOUR PARKS AND THE WHOLE PARKING LOT IS FULL OF FOOD TRUCKS AND YOU CAN'T EVEN PARK THERE.
I MEAN, THAT'S A PROBLEM I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT ABOUT THIS.
I WAS THINKING, NO RESIDENTIAL, YOU DON'T WANT 'EM JUST PARKING ON THE STREET.
BUT I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT A FAMILY HAVING ONE.
SO YEAH, I DO THINK WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT, IS IT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY? IS IT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY? YEAH.
I THINK, I THINK WE JUST NEED MORE DETAILS AND FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AND THIS ALSO IMPACTS THE
I MEAN, IT'S GREAT FOOD, BUT I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU FROM NOW GONNA BE OFF OF OUR I'M NOT EATING HOT DOGS.
SO AM AM I RIGHT? WHAT I'M HEARING RESIDENTIAL, UH, IN TERMS OF MOBILE FOOD UNITS, NO COMMERCIAL AREAS IN TERMS OF MOBILE FOOD UNITS? YES.
AM DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY? THERE MAY BE.
THERE MAY BE EXCEPTIONS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL.
YEAH, BECAUSE HOW, HOW DO WE ALREADY REGULATE A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT? I CAN'T OPEN UP A RESTAURANT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO IN SOME AREAS THE SAME SHOULD APPLY TO A, MY OPINION THE SAME SHOULD APPLY TO A MOBILE FOOD OPERATION.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME EXCEPTIONS.
IF IT'S PRIVATELY CONTRACTED TO COME DO A BIRTHDAY PARTY MM-HMM
OR MAYBE A STRICTLY ICE CREAM VENDOR BECAUSE IT'S PREPACKAGED KEPT UNDER, YOU KNOW, REFRIGERATION AND THEY'RE ON THE MOVE.
THE EXCEPTIONS COULD BE 50 PAGES LONG, WHICH COMPLETELY DEVALUES THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A CODE.
SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE MARTIN JUMPS IN HERE? SURE.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, REMEMBER IF IT'S A ZONING PIECE, YOU'RE HAVE TO REGULATE ZONING.
AND SO MY OTHER QUESTION BEFORE WE BRING BACK SOMETHING, ARE YOU ALSO WILLING TO GIVE US $300,000 FOR NEW EMPLOYEES TO ENFORCE THESE REGULATIONS THAT WE GO THERE? THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
WELL, NOW THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO PERMITS FOR JUST THAT SO THAT WE CAN JUST TAKE THOSE PEOPLE AND PUT OVER AND, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO PAY THOSE PEOPLE
I MEAN, YOU WANT, WE CAN PLAY THAT BADMINTON GAME ALL DAY.
SO I, I HAVE A, I HAVE A BIGGER PICTURE QUESTION FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THAT IS WITH THESE PIECES, OKAY.
KNOWING THAT WHAT WE CAN REGULATE FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT IS FAIRLY LIMITED, IS IT WORTH THE LIFT? IS IT WORTH THE STAFF TIME? IS IT WORTH WHAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF COSTS TO REGULATE THESE THINGS? THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THIS, ON THE, UM, SCREEN NOW, PARKS, WE OWN THE PARKS, WE CAN JUST SAY THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN THE PARKS RIGHT.
OF WAYS WE OWN THE RIGHT OF WAYS.
WE CAN SAY THEY'RE NOT, IN FACT, THEY'RE ALREADY NOT ALLOWED IN THE RIGHT OF WAYS.
FIRE LANES, MEDIANS, SIDEWALKS, THOSE ARE BASICALLY ALREADY COVERED.
SO IF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS TO, UM, TO SAY, WELL, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR DRIVEWAY AT YOUR HOUSE.
IF YOU'RE HAVING A PARTY, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT AT THE SCHOOL.
IS IT EASIER TO JUST SAY, MAYBE WE'LL LEAVE THIS HANDS OFF FOR A WHILE AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
THAT IS AN OPTION AT THIS STAGE.
BUT, AND SO, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT IS FAIRLY LIMITED AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO.
YOU ALSO HAVE THIS OUTDOOR DINING AND SIGNAGE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
[01:25:01]
THAT BOTHERSOME ENOUGH POTENTIALLY TO COUNSEL TO SAY, LET'S REGULATE THIS.AND AS, UM, MR. REYNOLDS SAYS, WE, WE MAY NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF IF WE'RE GOING TO ENFORCE THESE THINGS.
IF WE WAIT AND WE ARE GONNA BRING IT BACK, WHY WAIT TO BRING IT BACK? WHY NOT JUST GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS IT NOW? IF WE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO DISCUSS IT SOME SOMETIME FROM NOW, WHY NOT GO AHEAD AND DO IT NOW? AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING IS DO YOU COLLECTIVELY WANT TO BRING IT BACK? I DON'T BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, I'M FINE LEAVING IT AS IS.
LET'S SEE IF IT ACTUALLY BECOMES AN ISSUE.
I DON'T WANNA SPEND A LOT OF STAFF TIME ON THIS FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE AN ISSUE.
I THINK THE ISSUE AS FAR AS THE CITY, WHAT I, WHAT, WHAT SHOULD NOT BE LEFT ALONE IS OUR EVENTS.
SO PEOPLE ARE COMING IN OUR EVENTS, THEY NEED TO BE VERIFIED THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE STATE PERMITTING.
YOU COULD VERIFY THEY HAVE THEIR STATE PERMIT.
YOU COULD VERIFY IT AS PART OF THE APPLICATION.
BUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? WELL, I MEAN, YOU CAN TURN THEM IN IF THEY, IF THEY HAVE IT, THEY CAN OPERATE.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT, THEY CAN'T OPERATE IN.
SO WHAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE ZONING PART THAT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER ZONING.
THAT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER YOUR EVENTS POLICIES.
AND YOU CAN MAKE THE RULES HOW YOU WANT THEM FOR YOUR EVENTS.
PO SHORT, WE'VE HEARD YOU ON THAT.
IF WE'RE GONNA, DO WE HAVE THE ZONING PART? YES, SIR.
AND REALLY TO ME, CONSIDERING MY BACKGROUND, THE REAL ISSUE IS WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO INSPECTIONS ANYMORE.
SO WE CAN'T ASSURE THE PUBLIC WITH ANY QUALITY AT ALL THAT IT, AND I'M NOT BEING DETRIMENTAL TO ANY FOOD SERVICE OPERATION OR MOBILE UNIT.
BUT WE WILL LOSE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME ASSURANCE THAT THE FOOD IS SAFE AND WHOLESOME.
WELL, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE TO BE IN THESE AREAS.
MY CONCERN IS STILL, I CAN'T PROVIDE AN ASSURANCE.
WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF LEAVE IT AS IT IS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE AGAIN, MY SIDE OF IT IS WITHIN A YEAR THERE'S GONNA BE SEVERAL FOODBORNE OUTBREAKS AND TWO PEOPLE ARE GONNA PERISH BECAUSE OF INAPPROPRIATE OPERATIONS AND THIS'LL CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT IT, SO I CAN'T BELIEVE THE TEXAS FOOD RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION ALLOWED THIS TO PUSH THROUGH, BUT THEY DID.
SO YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT.
THAT'S SO TO ME, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY ARE.
I HAVE A GRAVE CONCERN THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA BE SAFE.
SOME OF 'EM WILL BE EXCELLENT.
SOME OF THEM WILL HAVE HIGH STANDARDS AND WILL NEVER BE AN ISSUE.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS THE CHIEF WILL TELL YOU, THAT'S NOT A PREDOMINANT MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS THAT DO BUSINESS.
SO, OR ACTUALLY IT IS, BUT UH, THAT'S THAT 5% THAT GET US EVERY TIME.
KEEP THE MAY LOCKS AND THE PEP IN YOUR BACK.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE DO NOTHING.
IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
I DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER MY LAST SLIDE.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE BEFORE I LEAVE.
YOU'RE, YOU SEE THIS NEXT SLIDE RIGHT HERE,
IT'S A PRETTY WE'LL JUST INVITE OUR STATE, LET LEGISLATORS COME OUT AND TAKE FOR A FOOD TASTING.
WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN FOR 10 MINUTES.
HAVING EXHAUSTED EVERYTHING ON THIS WORK SESSION AGENDA, I NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING.