Jun 25, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

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I NOW CALLED ORDER THE JOINT CITY COUNCIL IN THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT MEETING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH, 6:30 PM AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM AT 6:36 PM WE WILL NOW HAVE THE PLEDGE AND INVOCATION DONE.

WELL, I'M GONNA LET MS. COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT FIVE JACOB POWELL, INTRODUCE OUR SPECIAL GUEST TONIGHT.

YEAH, WE HAVE, UH, FOR A RESOLUTION HERE LATER IN THE AGENDA, WE HAVE SOME GUESTS FROM THE BAYTOWN CHAPTER OF TOP LADIES OF DISTINCTION.

I BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOME TEENS AS WELL THAT ARE GONNA HELP US WITH OUR PLEDGES AND INVOCATION.

THANK, COME ON UP YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH.

I, TEXAS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FIRE.

I PLEDGE USING CITY, TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD AND IN INVISIBLE MAY EVERYONE BOW THEIR HEADS, PLEASE.

OUR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT MEETING RIGHT HERE.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE TOP LEADER OF DISTINCTION.

WE THANK YOU.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

WE THANK YOU FOR MAYOR JOHNSON.

LORD, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THIS GATHERING OF PEOPLE HERE WHO TOOK TIMES OUTTA THEIR DAY TO COME TALK TO THE COUNCIL TODAY.

LORD, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THIS MEETING.

WE'RE THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE THAT'S IN HERE.

LORD, PLEASE GR US LEAVE PASSAGES HERE AND TWO, WHEN WE LEAVE, LORD AND I PRAISE YOU LORD.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK Y'ALL.

WE'RE

[1. CITIZEN COMMENTS Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, prohibits the City Council from discussing, deliberating, or considering, subjects for which public notice has not been given on the agenda. Issues that cannot be referred to the administration for action may be placed on the agenda of a future City Council Session.]

DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES, SIR.

YOU CAN SIGN UP.

DON'T ASK THIS PERSON BECAUSE THEY'RE A MINOR WITH THEIR ADDRESS.

GOT YOU.

OH, WOW.

WE ARE IN FOR A TREAT TODAY.

FIRST PER, WELL, LET ME READ THIS.

I'M SO EXCITED.

THE PURPOSE OF CITIZEN COMMENT IS TO GIVE ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS.

EVERY, EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST OF FOR YOU OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.

EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS FOR PR, UH, PROPER RECORD.

THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.

A CITIZEN MAY PASS HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS COUNSEL.

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

EITHER THE ONE MINUTE OR THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNSEL.

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

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, COUNSEL CANNOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ON ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC NOTICE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN ON THIS AGENDA.

FIRST WE HAVE MS. KATE CRUZ.

I'M NOT GONNA ASK YOU FOR YOUR ADDRESS IS COME TO THE PODIUM RIGHT HERE.

BUT WHAT I AM GOING TO DO THANK YOU, IS ASK BEFORE SHE STARTS, IF WE CAN EXTEND HER TIME TO THREE MINUTES.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO DO SO? SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NONE.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES MS. SCREWS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, PEOPLE OF THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS KATE CRUZ AND I AM 10 YEARS OLD AND A FIFTH GRADE AT BOB HOPE SCHOOL.

MY GOAL IS TO ATTEND TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX IN BAYTOWN, AND I WISH SHE WOULD CREST AN ADDITION TO MY LOCAL PARK, FRANK D. MOORE PARK, THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AND MYSELF WOULD LOVE A SPLASH PAD, UH, ADDED ALONG WITH MORE PICNIC TABLES AND BENCHES.

ALSO, A PLAYGROUND FOR SMALL CHILDREN LIKE TODDLERS.

A THE PARKING AT THE PLAYGROUND COULD ALSO BE EXTENDED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION, AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE MEETING FOR, TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE NEEDED UPDATE TO MY LOCAL PART.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I'M GONNA TRY TO HURRY THROUGH THIS MEETING SINCE

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NEXT WE HAVE MS. CYNTHIA COKER.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR ADDRESS.

I'M AT 1818 CEDAR BAYOU ROAD HERE IN BAYTOWN.

AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SEVERAL PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT THEIR CONCERN FOR THE HOMELESS PEOPLE HERE.

ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I TRIED TO HELP A WOMAN WHO HAD COME TO MY CHURCH ON A COLD WINTRY DAY.

I BROUGHT HER TO MY HOUSE.

I FIXED A PLACE FOR HER TO SLEEP IN MY DETACHED GARAGE.

I HAPPENED TO HAVE AN OLD HOSPITAL BED THERE.

UM, SO I DID THAT.

I DIDN'T HAVE, UH, FACILITIES FOR HER THOUGH, SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT GONNA WORK OUT VERY WELL.

BUT I, I DID FIND OUT THAT, UM, SHE HAD ALREADY HAD QUITE A HISTORY WITH THE BAYTOWN POLICE.

UM, SHE GOT INTO A LOT OF FIGHTS WITH PEOPLE AND, UM, SHE HAD A DRUG, UH, PROBLEM.

I REALIZED THAT, UM, HARD AS IT IS, THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THE STREET, MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO ABIDE BY ANY RULES AND THEY DON'T WANNA BE TOLD WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO.

UM, HOLD ON ONE MINUTE, ONE SECOND.

I, THAT WAS YOUR ONE MINUTE, BUT I'M GONNA ASK COUNSEL IF THEY WOULDN'T MIND EXTENDING YOUR TIME.

SO, MOVED UP TO THREE MINUTES.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? A.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

YOU HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

UM, I ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT PROVIDE FOOD AND SHELTER AND CLOTHING.

WELL, NOT SHELTER MAYBE, BUT FOOD AND CLOTHING FOR FREE.

AND, UM, THE WOMAN I TRIED TO HELP ALSO RECEIVED, BECAUSE I TRIED TO HELP HER WITH HER PAYPAL ACCOUNT, A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH, WHICH SHE DID NOT MANAGE VERY WELL.

UM, PARTLY BECAUSE OF HER DRUG HABIT, AND SHE WAS ALWAYS LOSING HER PHONE AND JUST DID NOT TAKE CARE OF THINGS VERY WELL.

ON THE OTHER HAND, MY POINT OF MY, UM, TALK TONIGHT IS TO, UM, IT SHED LIGHT THAT, UM, THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY OR VERY LITTLE RESOURCES FOR UNWANTED ANIMALS, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT CARE ABOUT ANIMALS.

I'VE ALWAYS CARED FOR ANIMALS, BUT EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT.

NOT EVERYBODY FEELS THAT WAY, BUT, UM, JUST AS A MATTER OF COMMON DECENCY AND, UM, COMPASSION, UM, IT'S JUST REALLY HARD FOR ME TO ACCEPT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT, UM, CAN THROW ANIMALS, LITTLE KITTENS OUT OF CARS ON THE HIGHWAY.

UM, OR THEY CHAIN 'EM UP IN THEIR BACKYARDS WHEN THEY MOVE AWAY.

UM, OR THEY GO AND DUMP 'EM SOMEWHERE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TAKE 'EM TO THE SHELTER.

THERE'S NO ROOM THERE.

SO IT'S NOT AN EASY PROBLEM TO ADDRESS OR TO FIX.

BUT NOT CONFRONTING THE PROBLEM.

NOT ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM IS NO SOLUTION EITHER.

MM-HMM .

JUST LIKE THE HOMELESS SITUATION IS COMPLEX.

IT'S HARD TO DEAL WITH.

AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, A LOT MORE HELP THAN ANIMALS DO.

AND I, I JUST WANNA SAY REAL QUICK, SO MAYBE THE CITY COULD HELP THE SHELTER.

HOLD, HOLD ON.

DO I NEED TO STOP? NO, NO.

WE'RE GONNA ALLOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GO AHEAD AND WRAP IT UP.

'CAUSE THAT WAS YOUR THREE MINUTES.

OKAY.

I WILL.

MAYBE THE SHELTER, UH, OR THE CITY COULD HELP THE SHELTER PROVIDE MORE EDUCATION, UH, TO THE PUBLIC AS FAR AS SPAIN THEIR NEUTER, SPAIN AND NEUTERING THEIR PETS, BECAUSE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT AND THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH TO HAVING A LOT LESS STRAY UNWANTED ANIMALS ON THE STREETS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM.

NEXT WE HAVE MR. TROY WHITE NECK.

PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS.

9 9 4 6 BY WOODS DRIVE BAYTOWN.

ONE REASON WE HAVE SUBMITTING HOMELESS IS THE STATE HAS CUT FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR YEARS, BUT 580,000 FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NOT ONE NICKEL

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I'M ALSO HEARING RUMORS THAT YOU WANT TO CUT MORE BUS ROUTES, BUT YOU WANT TO KEEP THE GARTH ROAD BUS ROUTE.

APPARENTLY YOU WANT THE SALES TAX MONEY, BUT IT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO WORK.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE SHOWING A, YOU'RE NOT HIDING YOUR DISDAIN FOR THE POOR AND BAY TOWN'S MOST VULNERABLE.

THANK YOU THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.

THIS CONCLUDES THE CITIZEN COMMENT PORT OF THE AGENDA.

WE ARE NOW ON TO

[a. Consider approving the minutes of the City Council Regular Joint Municipal Development District meeting held on May 28, 2026.]

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES TO BE RECEIVE.

[b. Receive the Baytown Municipal Development District's Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Proposed Budget.]

2027.

PROPOSED BUDGET, MS. MCKENZIE.

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL.

I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE 27 MDD PROPOSED BUDGET.

UH, TOTAL REVENUES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS 9.9 MILLION, AND THAT, UM, IS MINUS THE REBATES THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR THREE 80 AGREEMENTS.

UM, OUR OPERATING EXPENSES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS 531 OR 32,000.

THAT INCLUDES PERSONNEL, SUPPLIES, MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES.

UM, OUR HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER OPERATIONS IS 2.3 MILLION.

THAT INCLUDES PAYMENTS TO EDF, HOTEL INSURANCE BOND COUNCIL, OUR HOTEL AUDIT AND FINANCIAL ADVISOR.

AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE TRANSFER FOR MDD DEBT SERVICE.

UM, THOSE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ALSO INCLUDES THE HOTEL SERIES A AND B.

UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT, UM, WE WOULD ONLY HAVE TO PAY LESS THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED, BUT FOR NOW WE'VE INCLUDED ALL OF IT JUST IN CASE.

AND THAT WILL LEAVE US WITH THE ENDING WORKING CAPITAL OF $3.8 MILLION.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NONE.

WE WILL CONSIDER THIS REPORT RECEIVED.

THANK YOU MS. MCKENZIE,

[c. Consider a resolution setting a public hearing regarding the Baytown Municipal Development District's Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Proposed Budget.]

PROPOSED BUDGET WITH, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO SET THE HEARING FOR JULY 9TH, 2026.

I NEED A MOTION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

NOT SURE IF I GOT EITHER ONE OF THOSE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

WE WILL

[a. Consider approving the minutes of the City Council Work Session and City Council Regular Joint Municipal Development District meeting held on May 28, 2026.]

ITEMS THREE.

A CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND CITY COUNCIL REGULAR JOINT MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT MEETING HELD ON MAY 28TH, 2026.

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MINUTES SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

MOVING RIGHT

[a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.]

MR. JOY LOPEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND COUNSEL.

WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES TO RECOGNIZE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE AUSTIN, LITTLE PWE.

25 YEARS, AUSTIN STARTED WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PART-TIME AT THE BAYLIN PARK WATERFRONT FACILITY IN 1999 AS A GROUNDS TECHNICIAN.

FROM THERE, HE TRANSFERRED OVER TO PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM, WHERE HE GRADUALLY WORKED HIS WAY UP TO FULL-TIME.

HE WAS THEN PROMOTED TO EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WHERE HIS RESPONSIBILITY WAS MOWING ALL OF THE BAYTOWN PARKS, INCLUDING BICENTENNIAL PARK FOR EVERY 4TH OF JULY EVENT AND OTHER FESTIVITIES.

IN 2001, AUSTIN TRANSFERRED OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING WHERE HE BECAME A CONCRETE SPECIALIST.

AFTER SOME TIME, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SWEEP OPERATOR AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS CLEAN FOR JUST OVER THREE YEARS.

IN 2013, AUSTIN WAS PROMOTED TO CREW CHIEF IN THE STREETS DEPARTMENT WHERE HE REMAINS TO THIS DAY.

IN HIS SPARE TIME, AUSTIN SPENDS HIS TIME WITH FAMILY, ATTENDS CHURCH AND ENJOYS FISHING, HELPING OTHERS AND FOOTBALL GAMES.

THANK YOU, AUSTIN.

FOR 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, AARON CROWELL POLICE, 25 YEARS.

ASSISTANT CHIEF AARON CROW JOINED THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2001 AND HAS SERVED IN A VARIETY OF ASSIGNMENTS, INCLUDING PATROL, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP.

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS HELPED DEVELOP THE DEPARTMENT'S DIGITAL FORENSIC CAPABILITIES, LED VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION INITIATIVES, AND PLAYED KEY ROLES IN STRATEGIC PLANNING, TECHNOLOGY

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WHILE SERVING AS A NARCOTICS, DETECTIVE AARON SERVED AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE LAST HIGH, AN AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY THAT EDUCATED THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS AND HELPED SUPPORT LOCAL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE EMERGING DRUG THREAT.

AARON HAS ALSO SERVED IN LEADERSHIP ROLES AND AS THE PRESIDENT OF BOTH THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL POLICE ASSOCIATION AND THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL POLICE ASSOCIATION, ADVOCATING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS ACROSS TEXAS, A UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS VETERAN.

AARON IS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE LAUREN, AND HAS THREE CHILDREN, SHELBY, LINDY, AND CASE.

IN HIS FREE TIME, AARON HELPS TAKE CARE OF THEIR HORSES, DOGS AND CATS, AS WELL AS COACHES T-BALL FOR HIS SON CASE AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE LOUDEST FAN IN HIS DAUGHTER LINDY'S SOFTBALL GAMES.

AARON WILL BE GRADUATING MAGNA CUMLAUDE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN THIS SUMMER WITH HIS BACHELOR'S OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING HIS EDUCATION.

THANK YOU.

ASSISTANT CHIEF CROW FOR YOUR 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.

[b. Present a proclamation recognizing the Baytown Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. for 40 years of dedicated service to the Community.]

COUNSEL, I'M GONNA ASK IF YOU WOULD LIKE, AFTER WE DO THIS, PLEASE JOIN THE COURT PICTURE.

SURE.

SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY, WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE AN ORGANIZATION FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE HERE IN BAYTOWN.

AND THAT IS THE TOP LADIES OF DISTINCTION.

UM, BEING AROUND FOR 40 YEARS, THAT'S ALMOST AS OLD AS I AM.

THAT'S A LONG TIME.

MM-HMM .

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MM-HMM .

SO FUNNY.

LONG THAT MATH AIN'T MATH.

Y'ALL CAUGHT THAT.

HUH? SEE THE FORMULA, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT FUZZY MOUTH.

SO, TWO QUESTIONS.

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU ALL HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS? WE HAVE A HEART FOR SERVICE.

A HEART FOR SERVICE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? GETTING THAT TIME ALSO, UM, ENCOURAGING OUR TEAMS TO GET OKAY.

GOOD DEAL.

SO I GOT A QUESTION FOR THE TEAMS. NOW I'M NOT GONNA CALL ANYONE UP TO SPEAK SO YOU CAN HAVE A SIGH OF RELIEF, BUT I AM GONNA ASK, WHAT IS IT LIKE BEING A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS, WHICH IS PROBABLY TWO TO THREE TIMES AS LONG AS YOU, MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN ALIVE, RIGHT? SO WHAT IS THAT LIKE AND WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO BE A PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION? I CHOSE TO BE A PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION INSTEAD HELP AROUND COMMUNITY BECAUSE I LOVE CITY BAYTOWN AND PEOPLE IN, AND I WANT TO IMPROVE PD, BUT NOT JUST SHOWING OUT MYSELF, BUT HELPING OUT OTHER PEOPLE TO MAYBE GIVE THEM A, A LIGHT OR, UH, A REASON OF WHY THEY COME AND HELP.

VERY GOOD.

VERY GOOD.

WELL, WHENEVER YOU ALL TURN 18, IF YOU'RE STILL LIVING HERE IN THE CITY, WE HAVE PLENTY OF COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING PEOPLE TO SERVE ON.

AND, UH, WE WILL MOST DEFINITELY ASK THAT YOU ALL, WHEN YOU'RE 18, PUT AN APPLICATION IN AND ONE OF THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BRING IT FORTH AND WILL VOTE ON YOU.

YOU CONTINUING YOUR SERVICE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.

AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT, COUNSEL? THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH.

SO LET'S GET TO THIS RECOGNIZING THE BAYTOWN CHAPTER OF TOP LADIES OF DISTINCTION, INC.

FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE.

WHEREAS TOP LADIES OF DISTINCTION INC.

IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT, EDUCATIONAL, AND HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ENHANCING AND WRENCHING THE LIVES OF YOUTH AND ADULTS THROUGH LEADERSHIP, SCHOLARSHIP, MENTORSHIP, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

THE BAYTOWN CHAPTER ESTABLISHED IN 1986 HAS PROUDLY SERVED THE COMMUNITY FOR 40 YEARS THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT EDUCATION, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SERVICE TO THOSE IN NEED.

AND WHEREAS THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH TOP TEAMS OF AMERICA, ITS NUMBER ONE THRUST.

THE BAYTOWN CHAPTER HAS FOSTERED LEADERSHIP, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

TOGETHER THEY SERVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM, OUTREACH, INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS THAT ENRICH THE LIVES OF BAYTOWN CITY RESIDENTS.

AND WHEREAS THE BAYTOWN CHAPTER HAS DEMONSTRATED AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERING FUTURE LEADERS, SUPPORTING FAMILIES, AND STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY BY DEVOTING ITS TIME, TALENTS, AND RESOURCES TO NUMEROUS INITIATIVES, THE CHAPTER CONTINUES TO IMPROVE

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AND WHEREAS THE ORGANIZATION'S LONGSTANDING DEDICATION TO SERVICE, MENTORSHIP, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT HAS CREATED MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS ALIKE, ITS PROGRAMS HAVE HELPED CULTIVATE LEADERSHIP, PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS, AND INSPIRE COMMUNITY PRIDE ACROSS GENERATIONS.

AND THIS IS THE LAST WHERE ASKED, I PROMISE.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN RECOGNIZES THE AND APPRECIATES THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE BAYTOWN CHAPTER OF TOP LADIES OF DISTINCTION, INC.

THE CITY CELEBRATES ITS 40 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE LEADERSHIP AND LASTING POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, I CHARLES JOHNSON, MAYOR OF BAYTOWN DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE BAYTOWN CHAPTER OF TOP LADIES OF DISTINCTION, INC.

FOR ITS 40 YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND EXTEND SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR ITS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN.

LET'S GIVE 'EM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

WE MAY HAVE TO COME IN SOME, YOU THINK? NO, I THINK YOU'RE OKAY.

I CAN GET EVERYBODY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

I TAKE IT BACK.

MAYBE IF Y'ALL SQUEEZE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY.

AND IF I CAN'T SEE YOU, IF YOU CAN'T SEE MY FACE, I CAN'T SEE YOU.

AND THERE'S ONE SHORT PERSON RIGHT IN THE BACK.

IN THE MIDDLE.

SHORT PERSON.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THAT'S THE ONE.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

NOW I THINK I CAN SEE EVERYBODY.

ALL RIGHT.

BIG SMILES.

BIG SMILES.

GOT IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT.

SEE YOU AND JASON.

YOU WELCOME.

OH YEAH.

BORROW MY SHOES.

I GOT MINE.

I GOT IT.

[a. Consider an ordinance calling the City of Baytown General Election to be held on November 3, 2026, for the purpose of electing Council Members from District 4, 5, and 6. ]

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CALLING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX, I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

YOU DIDN'T SECOND THAT ONE.

ALL IN FAVOR A.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL BE TAKING

[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a Joint Election Agreement with Harris County, Texas, for the General Election to be held on November 3, 2026.]

[c. Consider an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a Joint Election Agreement with Chambers County, Texas, for the General Election to be held on November 3, 2026.]

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 AND FIVE C.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A JOINT, A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT WITH CHAMBERS COUNTY, TEXAS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026.

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS FIVE B AND FIVE C SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR A.

AYE.

ANY THE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

UM,

[a. Consider an ordinance regarding proposed text amendments to the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) to change Section 2.31 Consolidated Use Table; to change Section 2.33 Use Specific Standards; and to change Article 10 Word Usage.]

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REGARDING PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO CHANGE SECTIONS 2.31, CONSOLIDATE USE TABLE, CONSOLIDATE A USE TABLE TO CHANGE SECTION 2.33, USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS AND TO CHANGE ARTICLE 10 WORD USAGE, MR. MARTIN SCRIBNER.

BUT BEF WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND WE'RE GONNA ALLOW THE CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK 'CAUSE YOU'VE, YOU'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO SHOW UP AND SIGN UP.

BUT WE'RE GONNA TABLE THIS ITEM SO THAT WE WILL HAVE A FULL COUNSEL TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL ARE WANTING TO CONSIDER.

OKAY.

MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE A QUICK SUMMARY, UM, PRIOR TO ANYONE ELSE? YEAH.

SO MAYBE GIVE THAT A LITTLE BIT OF INFO.

YEAH, I WANTED TO GET THAT OUT.

YEAH, SURE.

GO AHEAD.

I'M, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

SO, UM, FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN SCRIBNER, UM, PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, WE HAVE KIND OF RUN THIS THROUGH THE RINGER QUITE SEVERAL TIMES NOW.

SO, REAL QUICK

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SO I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM CAN KIND OF SEE.

THE LAST THING THAT WE DID, UH, WITH CITY COUNCIL, UM, WAS A WORK SESSION IN MAY, BUT IN APRIL WE BROUGHT A PROPOSED, UH, CHANGE TO THE SHORT TERM RENTAL, UM, REGULATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND WE WERE TOLD GO BACK AND CHANGE SOME THINGS AND YOU HAVE UNTIL, BASICALLY UNTIL TONIGHT TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.

SO WE DID THAT, WE HAD THE WORK SESSION.

UM, AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE TONIGHT, UM, IS BASICALLY WE HAVE THAT PURPOSE.

WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE SHORT TERM RENTALS, UH, TO MANAGE GROWTH, ADD VALUE, AND TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS THAT MARKET AND SET SOME CLEAR EXPECTATIONS, NOT ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK.

YOU WILL SEE A BUNCH OF STUFF ON THE SCREEN.

THE THINGS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE WORK SESSION AND HAD SOME, UM, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT.

SO, UM, FIRST THING, SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, IS REMOVED.

UH, THE NEXT IS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, PERMIT BEING REQUIRED.

THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IS, UH, WE, WE HAD A, A LOCAL 24 HOUR CONTACT PERSON IS REQUIRED.

UM, WE, WE NEEDED TO DEFINE THAT, THAT LOCAL.

SO WE DEFINE THAT AS, UH, WITHIN 50 MILES OF THE RENTAL PROPERTY.

UH, WE ALSO DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD RENEW THE PERMIT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THERE WOULD BE A FEE REQUIRED.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FEE TONIGHT.

WE ARE GONNA BRING THAT BACK, UM, AT, UH, THE JULY 9TH MEETING TO DISCUSS EXACTLY WHAT THAT FEE WOULD BE.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT INSPECTIONS.

AGAIN, NOTHING CHANGED FROM THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE ON THAT.

UH, THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WAS REALLY ABOUT THE PARKING.

SO THAT ONE SPACE PER BEDROOM PLUS ONE ADDITIONAL.

AND THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS, OCCUPANTS MAXIMUM NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS, WHICH IS TWO PERSONS PER BEDROOM, PLUS TWO ADDITIONAL PERSONS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THIS IS ABOUT KIND OF WHAT CAN BE ADVERTISED AND WHAT, UM, WHETHER THAT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE PERMIT, BUT NOT GONNA BE A REQUIREMENT FOR ENFORCEMENT LATER ON.

'CAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO REALLY TO DO THAT ENFORCEMENT ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

SO WE LEFT THOSE THE WAY THEY WERE IN THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE, BUT WE DID DISCUSS IT AT THE WORK SESSION.

UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THAT HOA RULES, DEED RESTRICTIONS.

WE CHANGED THE LANGUAGE ON THAT.

SO WE, WE INCLUDED A DISCLAIMER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS TO SAY THE CITY WILL NOT ENFORCE THOSE RESTRICTIONS.

AND THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY TO SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE NOT THE CITY'S AUTHORITY.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION, BUT THAT NOTHING CHANGED FROM THAT, UH, FROM THE, UM, UH, WORK SESSION.

AND THAT IS ALL.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT COVERED ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE WORK SESSION.

UM, OTHERWISE I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

AND HOPEFULLY ALSO I'VE GOT THE MEMO THAT I SENT, UH, THE DAY AFTER THAT, THAT KIND OF OUTLINED ALL THE CHANGES WE WERE GOING TO MAKE.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, CITIZEN COMMENT SIX A HOPE MCMASTER.

HOPE MCMASTER.

HOPE MCMASTER.

OKAY.

NEXT WE HAVE CHE THI CHE THI CHE THI.

OKAY, NOW WE HAVE JEAN.

IT'S JEAN JEAN HINES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS.

12 0 0 12 0 9.

UH, TWIN BAYTOWN, TEXAS.

THAT'S IN PLUMWOOD SECTION TWO.

AND I'M VERY SURE I HAVE ONE OF THESE NEXT DOOR TO ME.

ARE WE POSITIVE? NO.

WE KNOW NOTHING OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THERE'S A REVOLVING DOOR OVER THERE.

THERE CAN BE AS MANY AS FIVE OR SIX CARS IN THAT DRIVEWAY THERE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE WERE FOUR CARS WHERE, LET'S SEE, THERE WERE TWO TRUCKS, AN SUV AND A CAR LAST NIGHT WHEN I LEFT TO COME UP HERE.

THERE'S A LITTLE BLACK CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY NOW.

WE'VE HAD BOX TRUCKS BACKED IN, UH, VAN BACK IN ONE NIGHT.

THERE WERE, I GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING AND THERE WERE TWO BIG HD TYPE TRUCKS BACKED INTO THE GARAGES WITH THE DOORS PARTLY CALLED DOWN.

THERE WERE TWO MORE TRUCKS IN THE DRIVEWAY, TWO CARS AND A CAR IN THE STREET.

AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

IT'S ALL REALLY DARK, DARK WINDOWS.

AND I MEAN, THIS GOES ON DAY AND NIGHT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

IT'S, I'M LAYING THERE AFRAID SOMETIMES THAT ARE WE GONNA BE IN A PLACE WHERE THERE'S, WE'RE GONNA GET SHOT AT

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AND I THINK FOR MOST OF US, IT'S A FACT OF NOT KNOWING, ARE THESE PEOPLE LEGITIMATELY RENTING THIS PLACE FROM SOMEBODY? DO THEY HAVE A PURPOSE FOR BEING THERE? AND IT'S, IT'S JUST THE WAY THEY ACT GOING IN AND OUT AND THE WAY THEY COME IN AND OUT AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY AND NIGHT THAT, THAT'S WORRYING.

THEY LEFT THIS MORNING.

THE TRUCKS IN THE SUV IN THE CAR AT APPROXIMATELY, I, I THINK THEY WOKE ME UP ABOUT 5 45.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LIVING WITH.

AND I'M, I'M, I'M SCARED 'CAUSE I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO EVEN OWNS THE HOUSE.

IT'S BEEN MULTIPLE OWNERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

SO I'M GONNA NEED MOTION TO TABLE THIS.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO TABLE IT? MOTION TO TABLE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

WE ARE GOING TO PUSH

[a. Consider a resolution granting the petition for the proposed annexation of approximately 60 acres of land, located at 5359 East Grand Parkway South, Chambers County.]

UM, DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT.

AND

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

I HAVE A FEW THINGS WE'RE GONNA PULL, BUT THERE'S, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE HAVE WANTED TO BE PULLED? WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT PULLING EIGHT B AND EIGHT D, SECOND ONE TO PULL.

WHICH ONE? B WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAD.

B AND D.

B AND D.

THAT WAS TWO.

GOOD DEAL.

SO I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS EIGHT A THROUGH L, EXCEPT B AND T.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY.

EIGHT

[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing the award of the Light Towing and Storage Services for Baytown Wrecker Service Inc.and Lindsey's Automotive LLC.]

AND LINDSEY AUTOMOTIVE, LLC, CHIEF STRINGER AND GOOD EVENING, JOHN STRINGER, CHIEF OF POLICE, CITY OF BAYTOWN.

UH, WE ARE PRESENTING THE, UH, TOWING CONTRACT, WHICH HAS GONE THROUGH PROCUREMENT, BIDDING AND SELECTION.

UH, IT'S BEEN BACK AND FORTH THROUGH LEGAL, BACK AND FORTH TO PURCHASING.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, CORPORAL NELSON WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THIS PROJECT, UH, HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, UH, AT LEAST SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

AND, UH, WE ARE PRESENTING THIS NOW BASED ON THE, UH, THE PROCESS THAT WAS SET UP FOR US THROUGH PURCHASING, VETTED BY LEGAL.

AND WE ARE SUBMITTING THIS FOR CONSIDERATION.

ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, UH, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO OUR BEST TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.

DO YOU WANNA BOOK A PUBLIC COMPANY OR, YEAH, MAYOR, COUNCIL, I STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

WELL, I'M GONNA START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE SINCE LAST OCTOBER.

I KNOW THAT THIS CAN BE A TEDIOUS JOB.

UM, I I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOU RECEIVE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, WHETHER IT BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, AND FOR YOU TAKING THE TIME AND TO PUT THE, AS MUCH EFFORT AS YOU ALL HAVE INTO THIS.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THEM? I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, UM, FOR B AND SO, UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME WAS, UM, THE DIFFERENCE, BUT WHY THE DIFFERENCE OF CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE HEAVY AND THEN THE EVERYDAY TOWING.

SO WHY A DIFFERENCE? WHY THE DIFFERENCE? WHY DO WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS FOR OUR HEAVY TOWING VERSUS JUST LIGHT AND EVERYDAY TOWING? I THINK ONE THING IS FOR SIMPLICITY AND EFFICIENCY.

UM, THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT OPERATIONS.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND SOME TO COMPANIES PROVIDE BOTH MM-HMM .

UM, IT IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS, IT WAS MUCH CLEANER, I THINK, FOR THE CITY TO HAVE TWO SPECIFIC CONTRACTS DELINEATED.

AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC HEARD THAT BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S WHAT I EXPLAINED AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I DIDN'T GET IT WRONG.

.

SO I APPRECIATE IT.

GO AHEAD.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, MR. NELSON AND KEITH STRINGER.

UH, I KNOW OVER THE LAST YEAR, UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SIT DOWNS

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UM, IS IT FAIR, UM, THERE ARE OTHER TOW TRUCK COMPANIES FOLLOWING THE, THE RFP, UM, AND I KNOW IN TERMS OF ONE OF THE RECORDS THAT WE'RE SIGNING BACK ON, THAT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.

AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS, UM, WHY ARE WE GOING BACK TO THE RECORD THAT HAS HABITUALLY VIOLATED THE RFP AND VIOLATED THE CONTRACT? AND, UM, AND IN REGARDS TO THE SECOND ONE, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE OTHER ONE RIGHT NOW IS CANNOT MEET THE CONTRACTS, UM, CRITERIA OF HAVING ENOUGH RECORDS ON HAND TO COVER THE CITY'S NEEDS.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD.

OKAY.

SO I, I MEAN, I I, I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.

I'M, I'M A LITTLE, I'M BEING HONEST, A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT WE'RE STILL GOING WITH THE RECORD THAT HAS HAD A, A TRACK RECORD GOING BACK TO, UH, 2019 OF, OF ISSUES WITH EITHER TDLR OR, UM, YOU KNOW, ISSUES WITH, UM, OVERCHARGING OUR, UM, OUR, OUR CITIZENS ON, ON, ON COST AND VIOLATING OUR CURRENT, OUR OUR LAST CONTRACT.

AND I KNOW Y'ALL FIXED THAT, UH, ON, ON CONTRACTUALLY TO ALLOW, UM, CERTAIN CHARGES TO BE AND NOTIFICATION FEES AND, AND TAXING ON FEES ON AS FAR AS, UH, STORAGE.

BUT I'M A LITTLE, I'M A LITTLE WONDERING, IS, IS, OR WERE THESE THE ONLY TWO THAT THAT PUT IN WHO, WHO BID IT FOR THIS, THIS RP? OR WHY ARE WE GOING BACK TO WHY THESE TWO? OKAY, SO FORGIVE ME IF I SKIP AROUND.

YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL QUESTIONS BOUND UP INTO ONE THING THERE, BUT WELL, CONCISELY WHY THESE TWO ACTORS ESPECIALLY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE THE ONLY TWO THAT SUBMITTED.

THE ONLY TWO SUBMITTED.

OKAY.

UM, IT'S FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ISSUES THE OTHERS DIDN'T SUBMIT, AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WRECKERS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONE I TALKED TO AND I THINK THEY'RE HERE AND THEY'RE, THEY'LL EXPLAIN AS WELL THAT, UM, THEY HAVE A, THEY, ACCORDING TO THE RV RP, THEY PUT OUT, THEY DID NOT HAVE A STORAGE COMPANY WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS, BUT THEY HAD ONE JUST OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS ON JONES ROAD.

UM, THE OTHER ONES THEY, YOU KNOW, FOR OTHER DIFFERENT REASONS.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, GIVING, UH, AWARDING THIS RFP TO A RECORD WITH, UH, THE HISTORY IT'S HAD IN THE CITY.

UM, AGAIN, COUNSEL, IF, IF, IF, IF YOU HAVE I GUESS, SPECIFICS THAT I CAN LOOK AT AND TRY TO ADDRESS FOR YOU.

OH, I, I'M HAPPY, HAPPY TO.

YEAH.

WHAT, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS I, UH, TOOK OVER THIS POSITION JANUARY OF 2024.

SO WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO THAT, I, I REALLY CAN'T SPEAK TO, UH, BUT SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THAT POSITION, UM, WE HAVE HAD TWO COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS ON THAT PARTICULAR RECORD SERVICE.

UH, THERE WAS ONE IN 24 AND THERE'S ONE IN 25.

UH, BOTH TIMES IT WAS ADDRESSED.

UM, AND YOU HAD BROUGHT UP THE SIMPLE FACT IT WAS ABOUT FEES.

UM, I'D LIKE EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE ORIGINAL, I'M GONNA SAY CONTRACT, BUT I'M REFERRING TO THE RFP BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER HAD AN ACTUAL CONTRACT THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT MY HANDS ON.

OKAY.

BUT IN THE FIRST ITERATION BACK FROM 2018, UM, THE CITY BASICALLY SAID YOU CAN CHARGE SPECIFIC FEES, PERIOD.

THE TOWING COMPANY IS REGULATED BY TDLR.

TDLR ALLOWS FOR ADDITIONAL FEES THAT ARE STATUTORILY ALLOWED.

OURS DID NOT ALLOW THAT.

HE WAS SIMPLY APPLYING THE FEES THAT HE'S ALLOWED BY STATE LAW TO APPLY, BUT WE WERE PENALIZING HIM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN OUR CONTRACT BECAUSE NOBODY DID ANY RESEARCH ON TDLR AND ACTUALLY INCLUDED IT.

SO WE WERE HANDICAPPING THEM.

OTHER COMPANIES IN THE CITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS CAN CHARGE THOSE FEES, BUT HE WAS TOLD HE COULD NOT.

UM, SO THAT WAS HOW THAT WAS ADDRESSED.

SO WE, WE WENT BACK THIS TIME AND WE BASICALLY COPIED TDLR TOP TO BOTTOM AND EVEN PUT IN THERE SO THAT AS TDLR CHANGES, BECAUSE THEY DO EVERY COUPLE YEARS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL, WE'LL JUST MIRROR EXACTLY WHAT TDR ALLOWS.

UM, ANOTHER BIG THING THAT WE DID IS, UH, ON THE CHIEF'S RECOMMENDATION, THE CITY WAS TAKING FEES FROM THESE CONTRACTED VENDORS FOR SIMPLY TOWING.

EVERY TIME THEY DID TOW, WE GOT BASICALLY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, A KICKBACK, UM, NOT A GOOD LOOK.

RIGHT? SO, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT RID OF THAT.

THERE'S NO REASON THESE VENDORS SHOULD BE PAYING FOR A PRIVILEGE TO CONTRACT WITH THE CITY.

UH, SO WE GOT RID OF THAT.

UM,

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I KNOW THIS ISN'T YOU GUYS FAULT NOT, AND, AND, BUT WE, WE INHERITED, I KNOW WE INHERITED A MESS WITH, WITH THIS ISSUE.

UM, BUT I GUESS, I GUESS THE, THE POINT IS, IS THAT, UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH GOING BACK WITH BAY BAYTOWN WRECKER.

AND I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE, MAYBE WE COULD TABLE THIS TO LEAVE THE RP OPEN TO SEE IF WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK, TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE IF THERE'S OTHER DRIVERS EVER TOUCH OUR COMPANIES OTHER THAN THESE TWO THAT COULD TAKE IT TO BETTER SERVE OUR CITIZENS.

UM, BUT I, I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE WITH.

OKAY.

WELL, AND FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, WHEN THE, UH, ACTUAL BID MEETING TOOK PLACE HERE AT CITY HALL, UM, THERE WERE NINE INDIVIDUALS HERE REPRESENTING SIX DIFFERENT TOW COMPANIES.

UM, ONCE THAT MEETING WAS CONCLUDED, THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS, UH, TO US.

UM, WE RECEIVED A DOZENS FROM THESE DIFFERENT COMPANIES, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONLY TWO SUBMITTED.

YEAH.

UM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT SEEMS LIKE CRYING OVER SPILLED MILK, YOU HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY EVERYBODY ELSE DID TO PUT IN, YOU CHOSE NOT TO, BUT YOU'RE KIND OF CRYING ABOUT IT NOW, BUT IT WASN'T FAIR.

THAT'S IT.

IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK.

HOW, HOW LONG WAS THE, UH, BID OPEN FOR? UM, I HAVE A TIMELINE.

SO THE PRE-BID ADMITTING TOOK PLACE ON MAY 8TH.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WERE DONE BY THE 13TH.

THE BID CLOSED ON THE 18TH, SO IT WAS OPEN FOR 10 DAYS.

AND, UM, THAT WE, IT, IT WAS POSTED ON THE CITY'S, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED THE QUEST MM-HMM .

SITE.

UM, PURCHASING ACTUALLY TOOK AN, AN ADDITIONAL STEP AND ACTUALLY EMAILED MULTIPLE TOWING COMPANIES INDIVIDUALLY WITH ALL THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK ON TOP OF NOTIFYING THAT IT WAS INQUEST.

AND THE RFP OPENED AFTER YOU ALL WENT IN AND ADAPTED THE, THE TDLR, THE THINGS THAT THEY, THAT THEY WERE DOING.

YES, SIR.

SO TDLR, EVERYTHING WAS IN ON THAT RFP? CORRECT.

SO THEY GOT TO READ IT VERBATIM WORD FOR WORD WHAT IT, UM, WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO APPROVE TONIGHT.

WELL, WHAT WE MAY APPROVE TONIGHT.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

YES MA'AM, I DO.

BUT I, I, I'M GETTING, OKAY.

SO, UM, I GOT JACOB, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? 'CAUSE I KNOW I ALREADY SPOKE.

OKAY.

UM, I, I, I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE AND I TRUST IN THE PROCESS AND, AND THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT, THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT HAD.

AND I THINK FOR ME IT WAS JUST THAT, THAT CLARITY IN TERMS OF THE DIFFERENCE IN CONTRACTS, UM, AND UM, ALSO THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR, UM, THE STORAGE PIECE.

UM, CAN THEY ONLY HAVE IN CITY, CAN THEY HAVE A MILE OUT? 'CAUSE I THINK THAT WAS ANOTHER, UM, CONFUSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE RADIUS OF, OF WHERE THEY CAN HAVE OR WHERE THEY SHOULD HAVE A STORAGE UNIT.

AND, AND CORPORAL NELSON, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT OUR LAST UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WAS TO HAVE A, UH, STORAGE LOT EITHER OWNED BY THE COMPANY OR CONTRACTED BY THE COMPANY TO BE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

SO WE WORKED VERY HARD.

I SAY WE CORPORAL NELSON AND, UH, UH, PURCHASING WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ARTICULATED APPROPRIATELY AND FAIRLY.

MM-HMM .

NOBODY WANTS THIS TO BE RESOLVED MORE THAN WE DO.

MM-HMM .

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE A GOOD, SAFE TOW SERVICE FOR OUR CITIZENS, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST OUR MOTORIST, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, PEOPLE WHO ARE USING OUR ROADWAYS SO THAT WE CAN CLEAR THE ROADS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN THAT WE ARE BEHAVING PROFESSIONALLY.

I ALSO BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE WORK THAT CORPORAL NELSON HAS DONE, BOTH WITH OUR CITY LEGAL AS WELL AS FINANCE'S PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO HOLD PEOPLE MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND TAKE SOME LESSONS THAT HAD BEEN LEARNED FROM OUR PREDECESSORS AND TRY TO MAKE THE PROCESS BETTER.

MM-HMM.

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I WAS VERY HOPEFUL PERSONALLY WHEN CORPORAL NELSON TOLD ME THAT WE HAD, UH, NUMEROUS, UH, SIX, UH, SERVICES SHOW UP TO THE PRE-BID MEETING.

AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT.

THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD PROCESS.

AND YET WE STILL ENDED UP WITH JUST TWO PUTTING IN FOR A BID.

AND, UH, CORPORAL NELSON, UH, REALLY WORKED HARD TO BRING THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

UM, AND, AND AT SOME POINTS HE WAS, HE WAS JUST WAITING ON OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO COMPLETE THEIR TASK WITH, WITH ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS TO YOU HERE TONIGHT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL, UM, ITERATIONS OF THE RFP AND THE RULES AND THE GUIDELINES, AND THAT Y'ALL HAVE ADOPTED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING AS YOU'VE STATED.

WHAT T-T-D-T-L-R, TD, T-D-L-R-T-D-L-R, UM, HAS.

AND SO IT'S THEIR RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE THOSE FEES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S ACCEPTED.

UM, AND, AND I THINK CORPORAL NELSON KNOWS MORE ABOUT TDLR NOW THAN HE EVER WANTED TO YES.

EVER WANTED TO .

AND THEN I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT BOTH OF THESE, UM, COMPANIES THAT WE'RE SELECTING DO HAVE A STORAGE FACILITY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

YES, MA'AM.

OKAY.

THEY MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, BUT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, THEY DO OWN OR CONTRACT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AM I CORRECT ABOUT THE, UH, DIRECTION WE WERE GIVEN YES.

THAT THEY WANTED IT IN THE CITY LIMITS? NO, THAT THAT'S TRUE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND I'M, I'M, I AM ALSO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE HAD SIX THAT CAME IN TO LISTEN AND, AND ASK QUESTIONS.

AND, UM, I THINK AS WE, WE GET THE PROCESS DONE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS, UM, PERHAPS WE HAVE ADDITIONAL, UM, COMPANIES THAT THAT'LL BID AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPETITIVE.

UM, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT OUT OF EACH ONE, WHETHER IT'S BY BOARD, WHETHER IT'S QUEST OR WHATEVER IT IS, WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE.

SO THANK YOU.

AND, AND MR. GRIFFIN, UH, I THINK YOU HAD BROUGHT UP ONE OTHER POINT, UH, I DIDN'T ADDRESS, BUT WITH REGARDS TO TOW TRUCKS AVAILABLE, UM, ALL I CAN SPEAK TO IS WHAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS.

THEY DO MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.

UM, IF FOR SOME REASON DURING THIS PROCESS OR DURING THE CONTRACT PERIOD THEY FAILED TO MEET THAT, THEN WE'LL ADDRESS IT AT THAT POINT.

BUT RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE PROVIDED PAPERWORK TO SHOW OTHERWISE.

YEAH.

AND, AND THANK YOU.

I DON'T WANT THIS TO SOUND LIKE I'M, I'M NOT GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE DONE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

ARE ARE Y'ALL HAPPY WITH, WITH, WITH THE TWO THAT SIGNED ON OR ARE Y'ALL, I, I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE TWO THAT HAVE SIGNED ON.