* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. TO, TO, [00:00:03] I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. AUGUST 27TH, 2026 AT 6:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM AT 6:36 PM WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH CITIZEN COMMENT. HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FURTHER EDUCATION? OH, WE DO. I'M SO SORRY. I DIDN'T TRY TO SKIP OVER YOU, MR. GRIFFIN , UM, WE'RE GONNA DO THE PLEDGE AND EVERYTHING. LORD . WATCH THUNDER. WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE WE'RE GONNA DO THE PLEDGE AND INVOCATION GIVEN BY THE LAST PERSON TO GET THEIR LIBRARY CARD ON. COUNCIL, MR. KEN GRIFFIN PLEDGE ANCE TO RELY ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY OF JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG OF MY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS ONE, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVISIBLE. LET'S GIVE FIRST NEW DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THOSE THAT WORK IN AND THROUGHOUT OUR CITY SAFE. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THOSE WORKING, UH, IN PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR PARKS SAFE. WE ASK, LORD, THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PUT A HEDGE OF PROTECTION OVER THEM AS THEY CARRY OUT THE DAILY TASKS, UH, OF THEIR DAY-TO-DAY WORK. FATHER, CONTINUE TO PROTECT THEM, GIVE THEM WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB AND SERVICE OF OUR CITIZENS. AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PRAY NOW AS WE COME, SIT DOWN AND GO OVER THE AGENDA OF THE ITEMS THAT, UH, THAT'S BEEN PLACED FOR IN FRONT OF US. LORD, WE ASK THAT WE GIVE YOU, GIVE US WISDOM, FATHER, TO DISCERN AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT, UH, WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THOSE LIVING IN OUR CITY. FATHER, GIVE US A DISCERNMENT, UH, LET US COME TO IT AND COME TO OUR DECISIONS FROM A SPIRIT OF PEACE, UH, AND, UH, UNDERSTANDING AND CLARITY. AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE THINGS IN JESUS. YOUR PRECIOUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. [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.] OKAY, NOW IT'S TIME FOR CITIZEN COMMENT. WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. THE PURPOSE OF CITIZEN COMMENT IS TO GIVE ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS. EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST OF FOUR, YOUR EMAIL TO CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING. EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PROPER RECORD OF THESE COMMENTS. THE RULES ALLOW ONE, 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 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. WE WILL START OFF WITH MS. CYNTHIA COKER, MS. CYNTHIA COKER. YOU HAVE MS. NICK RICE AND MS. CELIA CRAVEY SEATING TIME TO YOU. SO YOU WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR RECORD. CYNTHIA COKER, 1818 CEDAR BAYOU ROAD, BAYTOWN, 7 7 5 2 0. I HOPE THAT THE EXTREME TEMPERATURES ARE BEHIND US, THOUGH US BEING ON THE COAST. WE KNOW THAT SEPTEMBER CAN BE PRETTY BRUTAL AS WELL. UM, I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME KNOW THAT I LOVE ANIMALS. I'VE HAD ANIMALS SINCE I WAS A CHILD. SO I GUESS IT GETS IN YOUR DNA IF YOU GROW UP WITH ANIMALS. UM, BUT I'M SPEAKING TO EVERYONE, UH, BECAUSE THE HIGH TEMPERATURES AFFECT THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH THE ELDERLY CHILDREN AND OF COURSE ANIMALS. AND, UM, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, MAYBE DON'T REALIZE THAT DOGS ESPECIALLY CAN SUFFER FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE IF THEY'RE LEFT OUT IN THE, YOU KNOW, SEAR HOT SUN WITH NO SHADE OR SHELTER AND OF COURSE, UM, WITHOUT SUFFICIENT WATER. SO, UM, EVEN THEIR LITTLE FEET CAN GET BURNED WALKING ON HOT SIDEWALKS AND PAVEMENT. SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO JUST REMIND PEOPLE TO BE COGNIZANT [00:05:01] OF THEIR ANIMALS IN THE HEAT AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE PLENTY WATER AND, UM, SOME SHELTER FROM THE, THE HEAT. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE GET BUSY WITH THEIR ACTIVITIES WORK. I KNOW. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. UM, I'M RETIRED, SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT, UM, IT'S JUST THAT I, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT DO HAVE THE ANIMALS OUT IN THE BACKYARD, UM, ARE JUST AWARE AND TAKE A FEW MOMENTS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR ANIMALS ARE WELL HYDRATED AND HAVE SOME, UH, SHELTER FROM THE HEAT. AND ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT, UM, I WONDERED IF MAYBE THE CITY COUNCIL PUT COULD PUT, UM, IN THE, UM, UM, WATER BILLS, JUST MAYBE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE THINGS TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THINGS LIKE THIS IN THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN IT GETS SO HOT HERE, MAYBE WHETHER IT BE CHILDREN IN CARS AND ANIMALS OUTSIDE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. UM, AND I ALSO, UH, A STORY MY VET SHARED WITH ME, WHICH IS NOT EASY TO HEAR, BUT SOMEONE HAD MOVED AWAY, LEFT A DOG CHAINED UP IN THE BACKYARD, A WATER METER GUY OR A GAS METER GUY CAME TO READ THE METER, FOUND THE DOG, TOOK HIM TO MY VET, AND HE WAS SO BAD THE VET COULDN'T SAVE HIM. SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE SO BUSY, BUT ANIMALS ARE LIVING, BREATHING BEINGS, AND THEY DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH KINDNESS AND COMPASSION. AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T LOVE ANIMALS, IT'S JUST A BASIC, YOU KNOW, THING THAT WE SHOULD, AS A CIVILIZED COMMUNITY NATION SHOULD, YOU KNOW, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THOSE MOST VULNERABLE, UH, SEGMENTS OF OUR SOCIETY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HAVE MR. LARRY DAIGLE. MR. DAIGLE, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR RECORD. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. UH, MY NAME'S LARRY DAIGLE AND I LIVE AT FOUR 10 PARK STREET. AND TODAY I WANT TO JUST, SINCE I GET ONE MINUTE, I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MY CREDENTIALS. I HAVE NEARLY TWO DECADES IN DATA NETWORKS. I'M A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF AT AND T, AND I HAVE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE SELLING ANY AND ALL TYPES OF DATA NETWORKS. YOU GUYS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT SOME FOUR YEARS AGO WITH FLOCK SAFETY, AND THEY PRESENTED THEMSELVES AS A LICENSE PLATE READER. I PROMISE YOU, WITH 100% CERTAINTY, THEY ARE NOT A LICENSE PLATE READER. I'VE SENT SOME PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL AN EMAIL FROM WIRED MAGAZINE TITLED, FLOCK HAS A POWERFUL NEW AI TOOL FOR POLICE, AND WE GOT ITS CODE. I ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE OF YOU TO READ THAT ARTICLE AND PROCESS WHAT'S IN THERE OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS. I ALSO WOULD CAUTION THE COUNCIL THAT YOU HAVE THIRD PARTY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SUCKING THIS DATA UP AND THEY HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. PEOPLE LIKE, UH, HOME DEPOT OR LOWE'S, OKAY. THEY'RE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO THAT. YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK INTO THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS. HOLD ON A SEC. DO YOU NEED MORE TIME? DO DO YOU NEED MORE TIME OR ARE YOU DONE? I'M, I'M GOOD FOR NOW. I'LL BE BACK NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZEN COMMENT PORTION OF THE AGENDA. WE'RE [a. Consider approving the minutes of the City Council Work Session and Municipal Development District and City Council Joint Meeting held on July 23, 2026.] NOW MOVING ON TO TWO A CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION IN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND CITY COUNCIL JOINT MEETING HELD ON JULY 23RD, 2026. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TWO. A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [a. Present a proclamation designating the month of September as Deaf Awareness Month.] NOW WE ARE ON TO THREE A RECOGNITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS DEATH AWARENESS MONTH, AND I WILL INVITE COUNSEL. SO JOIN ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE AFTER THE PRE, PRE PRESENTING OF THIS PROCLAMATION FOR A PICTURE. PROCLAMATION, CITY OF BAYTOWN FOR DEAF AWARENESS MONTH, [00:10:01] WHEREAS DEAF AWARENESS MONTH STARTED IN 1958 WITH A FOCUS ON IMPROVING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEAF INDI, THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF DEAF INDIVIDUALS EXPANDING INSTRUCTION IN NATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGES, INCREASING ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND ENSURING ACCESS TO INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICE. AND WHEREAS THE DEAF POPULATION INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS BORN PROFOUNDLY DEAF, WHO USE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, A SL AS THEIR PRIMARY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, AS WELL AS PEOPLE WITH VARYING DEGREES OF HEARING LOSS WHO USE HEARING AIDS, ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES OR OTHER FORMS OF AMPLIFICATION AND COMMUNICATION MODES. AND WHEREAS ACCORDING TO RESEARCH ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS, APPROXIMATELY 10 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE HEARING LOSS, INCLUDING 1 MILLION WHO ARE PROFOUNDLY DEAF. AND MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE. AND WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO THE MANY BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS DEAF BELONG TO A CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMMUNITY WITH SHARED LANGUAGE, SOCIAL NORMS, ROLES OF BEHAVIOR AND HISTORY, WHICH CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THE DEAF COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, BY CHARLES JOHNSON, MAYOR BAYTOWN, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER OF 2026 AS DUFF AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND ENCOURAGE ALL INDIVIDUALS TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSTERING, UNDERSTANDING, AND ENSURING EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. READY? I LOVE YOU. THERE YOU GO. HERE WE GO. WE GOOD? HANG ON. LEMME TAKE A MORE, HANG ON. OKAY, PERFECT. EXCELLENT. THAT'S GREAT. I'M RHONDA RICHARDSON. THIS IS ADDIE. HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES MA'AM. THANK COMING. THANK YOU. YOU APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BE A MINUTE. HE'LL GET OUTTA HERE. DON'T YOU HAVE TWO MORE? WE HAVE TWO RECOGNITIONS. IF Y'ALL DO WANT TO STAY FOR, I MEAN, STAFF WILL PRESENT THE RECOGNITIONS, BUT THEY'RE, Y'ALL ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TAKE PHOTOS WITH THEM. OH, Y'ALL. YEAH. SO THREE [b. Recognize Liam Staner of the Baytown Youth Summer Track Program as the 2026 Texas Amateur Athletic Federation (TAAF) Summer Games Gold Medalist.] B IS RECOGNIZED LAMB STANNER OF THE BAYTOWN YOUTH SUMMER TRACK PROGRAM AS THE 2026 TEXAS AMATEUR ATHLETIC FOUNDATION, TAAL, SUMMER GAMES GOLD MEDALIST. MR. I DON'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME. CLIFFORD HATCH. YEAH. WELL, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL. UH, THE, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE BOTH, UM, JUST, UH, CELEBRATORY, [00:15:01] UH, MOMENTS FOR OUR, UH, ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, UH, BOTH IN OUR RECREATION DIVISIONS AND IN OUR TOURISM DIVISION. UH, WE ACTUALLY ARE GONNA BRING OUR, UH, ATHLETIC COORDINATED, UH, ATHLETIC COORDINATOR DAVID JOHNSON UP TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS. DAVID JOHNSON, LIKE YOU SAID THIS UP WITH THE LITTLE TALLER CLIFF . UM, THE ANNUAL BAY TOWN CENTER TRACK PROGRAM IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE STEPS TAKEN TOWARDS BAYTOWN SPORTS TOURISM INITIATIVE, UH, UNDER THE COACHING FROM HEAD TRACK COACH ELLSWORTH BAPTIST. I'M GONNA ASK HIM FOR HIM TO STAY HERE. I KNOW HE DOESN'T. ONCE , UM, OVER 110 ATHLETES PERFORMED IN 20 LOCAL TRACK MEETS IN THE TEXAS AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY. OVER 20 PARTICIPANTS FROM BAYTOWN SUMMER TRACK PROGRAM PARTICIPATED IN THE REGIONAL TRACK MEET, UH, HOSTED AT LAPORTE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE RESULTS OF THAT MEET ENSUED. 10 BAYTOWN ATHLETES QUALIFIED FOR THE TEXAS AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION. STATEWIDE TRACK AND FIELD MEET IN BRIAN, TEXAS. UH, LIAM STANNER. LIAM CAN STAND NOW. I KNOW HE DOESN'T WANT TO, BUT HE CAN STAND NOW. UH, ONE OF OUR BAYTOWN ATHLETES IN THE 16 AND UNDER DIVISION SECURED THE GOLD MEDAL IN A HIGH JUMP AT THE STATE MEET WITH A HEIGHT OF SIX FEET. UH, WE LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE LIAM COACH BAPTIST IN THE PROGRAM'S OVERALL SUCCESS. WOULD LOVE TO SET ASIDE THE TIME TO TAKE PICTURES. YEAH, I SAW YOU, I SAW YOU TAKING THAT SIX. YEAH, ABOUT THE Y LOOKS SHORT COMPARED TO THIS . ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. 1, 2, 3. LEMME GET PERFECT. THANK YOU. FOR 10TH GRADE. OH, I SIX FOOT IS NOT HIS PB BY THE WAY. HIS PERSONAL BEST IS SIX FOOT EIGHT. WOW. SIX FOOT EIGHT INCHES. SO WE TOOK IT EASY ON THE REST OF THE KIDS AT THE STATE MEET. DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ? YEAH, I'M GONNA SAY THAT, UM, I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN HIM IN ACTION. I ACTUALLY COACHED AGAINST HIM LAST YEAR IN BASKETBALL AND THERE WAS NO STOPPING THAT YOUNG MAN. HE CAN LITERALLY JUMP OUT THE GYM. . YEAH. MAYOR, WHEN HE WAS REALLY LITTLE, I, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING A FRONT ROW SEAT AS I WOULD WATCH HIM JUMP TRASH CANS WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TWO THAT WERE, THIS, I'M NOT KIDDING. HIS BROTHER PLAYED SOCCER AND, UH, WHILE BROTHER WAS ON THE SOCCER FIELD, LIAM WAS LITTLE. DID HE KNOW HE WAS PRACTICING FOR ALL THESE GOLD MEDALS, RIGHT? RIGHT. WAS HE DOING THAT IN OUR PARKS? YES, HE WAS. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S WE, MR. I ADD IT IS REALLY GOOD TO SEE A LOCAL BAYTOWN GUY STAYING AROUND AND HELPING DEVELOP THE TALENT TOO. I WENT TO JUNIOR HIGH WITH MR. BAPTIST AND HE'S ALWAYS GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. SO, AND ONE OTHER QUESTION REAL QUICK, SINCE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT WEEK IN OUR CITY, WHAT, WHAT, UM, HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU ATTEND? SAY THAT A LITTLE BIT LOUDER. THAT, THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW. HE CAN'T NOBODY. NEXT [c. Recognize the Baytown Bulkheads Baseball Team as Inaugural Cowboy Collegiate League Champions.] THREE C WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE BAIT TOWN BULKHEADS BASEBALL TEAM AS INAUGURAL COWBOY COLLEGIATE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. MR. CLIFFORD HATCH. WELCOME, MR. DAVID JOHNSON . I'M GONNA HOP IN FOR CLIFF, SORRY. UH, THIS SUMMER ALSO INCLUDED ANOTHER MAJOR SPORTS TOURISM OPPORTUNITY THROUGH OUR CONNECTION WITH THE BAYTOWN BULKHEADS COLLEGIATE BASEBALL TEAM. UH, TONIGHT WE, MEL, WE WELCOME THREE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, GENERAL MANAGER, MOLINA OMO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAND YET. , UH, ALONGSIDE LOCAL PLAYERS, DYLAN MARBURY AND JOSHUA ANDERSON. UM, MOLINA BAMO IS THE SOLE FEMALE GENERAL MANAGER IN THE COWBOY COLLEGIATE LEAGUE AND GUIDED THE INAUGURAL BAYTOWN BULKHEAD SEASON TO CLINCH NOT ONLY SOUTHERN DIVISION TITLE, BUT THE COWBOY COLLEGIATE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL. THE CHAMPIONS WERE CROWNED [00:20:01] RIGHT HERE IN BAYTOWN AT JENKINS PARK ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH. UH, JOINING MELINA TONIGHT, TONIGHT IS DYLAN MARBURY. DYLAN YOU CAN STAND, UH, WHO CURRENTLY PLAYS BASEBALL FOR ALVIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND JOSHUA ANDERSON, WHO CAN ALSO STAND, UH, WHO, I'M SORRY. JOSHUA ANDERSON WAS FORMERLY A STUDENT AT CHATTANOOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE. UH, BOTH PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP FROM DYLAN'S GRAND SLAM THAT HELPED THE BULKHEAD CURE A PLAYOFF BIRTH TO JOSHUA ANDERSON'S ROTATIONAL PITCHING EXPERIENCE IN THE PLAYOFFS. WHILE JOSHUA'S PLAYING CAREER HAS COME TO AN END WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP, HE PLANS TO RETURN TO THE BULKHEADS NEXT SUMMER AND JOIN THE PITCHING STAFF TO TRY AND SECURE BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE BULKHEAD SEASON WAS NOT ONLY A SUCCESS ON THE FIELD, BUT A GREAT REMINDER OF THE COMMUNITY IMPACT OFF THE FIELD AS WELL WITH THE ORGANIZATION EMPLOYING SEVERAL INTERNS FROM BAYTOWN TO LEARN SPORTS MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS AND A BAYTOWN FAMILY HOSTING A PLAYER THIS SUMMER WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE MOLINA, DYLAN JOSHUA, THE ENTIRE BULK BULKHEAD ORGANIZATION, ALL OF THE PLAYERS AND THE SUPPORTERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE BULKHEADS AS THEY BUILD ON THIS TREMENDOUS FIRST SEASON AND BEGIN AN EXCITING SECOND YEAR IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY FOR THE PICTURE AS WELL. YEP. I THINK I'M RIGHT OVER HERE UNDERNEATH IN FRONT OF THIS GUY. NEED TO TAKE PICTURE FROM HERE. OKAY, HERE WE GO. 1, 2, 3, AND ONE MORE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK, CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. WE HAVE SEVERAL [a. Conduct a public hearing concerning the City of Baytown Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Proposed Municipal Budget.] PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY, AND THE PURPOSE OF THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE BEING HELD TO GIVE ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER ASSIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTER TIME OF THIS MEETING. EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS HEARING. THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION. HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT THE SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME FOR A CONSIDER A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27, PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BUDGET. IT IS NOW 7:00 PM AND I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FISCAL YEAR 2026. 2027. MUNICIPAL BUDGET. MS. WELL, NOPE, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. IS THERE ANYONE DESIRING? NO ONE ANYONE APPEAR ON COUNSEL? NOTHING. NOTHING AT ALL. NO. GOOD DEAL. WE ARE GOING ON. WELL, THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK. I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:01 PM CONCERNING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FISCAL YEAR 2026. 2027. PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BUDGET FIVE A CONDUCT A [a. Conduct a public hearing regarding the proposed voluntary annexation of approximately 60 acres at 5359 East Grand Parkway South.] PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 60 [00:25:01] ACRES AT 5 3 3 5 3 5 9 EAST GRAND PARKWAY SOUTH. IT IS NOW 7:01 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES AT 5 3 5 9 EAST GRAND PARKWAY SOUTH. I WOULD LIKE NOW TO ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MR. I THOUGHT YOU WERE TRYING TO HIDE BACK THERE FOR A MINUTE. MARTIN SCRIBNER. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN SCRIBNER P DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UH, IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE, UH, NEXT PAGE OF THE AGENDA, UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE WHOLE THING IS, UM, PRETTY MUCH PLAYING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND GET THROUGH THIS, UH, AS, AS EASILY AS WE CAN. BUT, UH, IN, IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH IT, CALVIN AND I ARE GONNA KIND OF TAG TEAM ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS. SO THE FIRST ITEM, UH, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THIS IS ANNEXATION OF 60 ACRES AT 53 59 EAST GRAND PARKWAY. THIS IS THE BAWA EAST FACILITY. UM, THERE'S NOT MUCH TO REALLY PRESENT HERE OTHER THAN THE CITY OWNS THIS PROP. WELL, TECHNICALLY BA OWNS THIS PROPERTY, UH, AND WE ARE TRYING TO BRING THIS INTO THE CITY LIMITS, UM, AS IT IS NOT, UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES SHOW THIS AS BEING, UH, INDUSTRIAL USE, UH, IN THE, IN, IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GOOD DEAL. THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK. I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:03 PM REGARDING THE PROPOSED VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES AT 5 3 5 9 EAST GRAND PARKWAY, SOUTH FIVE [b. Conduct a public hearing concerning an amendment to the Baytown 2040 Comprehensive Plan to add text to the Future Land Use Plan (FLUP) and the Future Land Use Map (FLUM).] B, CONDUCT A PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BAYTOWN 2 0 4 0 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADD TEXT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. IT IS NOW 7:03 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BAYTOWN 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADD TEXT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN OR FLUFF AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FLU. I WOULD LIKE NOW TO ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MR. CALVIN ABRAM. THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CALVIN ABRAM, CITY OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WHAT I'M HERE, UH, BRINGING BEFORE YOU TODAY, IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT, UM, STATE LAW MAY CHANGE AND IT MAY HAVE SOME IMPACTS ON OUR EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AREA. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD A, UM, THIS AMENDMENT TO OUR COMP PLAN TO ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY, UM, WHEN THOSE CHANGES COME BECAUSE THEY MAY IMPACT, UM, THE ETJ AREA OF MUNICIPALITIES. UH, THE 2040 COMP PLAN OR COMP PLAN, THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS FOR MUNICIPALITY. SO WITHIN THAT COMP PLAN, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE ASKING TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND THE PORTION AND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN WE'RE IDENTIFYING IS IF WITHIN THE LOCATION CRITERIA, AND THAT IS THE, UH, LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND HIGH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS TO ADD LANGUAGE TO THOSE LOCATION CRITERIA AREAS THAT WILL SAY, UM, LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT, MAYBE GIVEN PRIORITY OVER LAND USE CATEGORY DESIGNATIONS. AND UNDER THE LAND, UNDER THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LAND USE CATEGORY DESIGNATION, THERE'S A PARAGRAPH WITHIN THAT PARAGRAPH, WE'RE ASKING TO ADD A SENTENCE WITHIN THAT, AND THAT SENTENCE WILL SAY, IF NECESSARY, ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AREAS MAY BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S ETJ. IN ADDITION TO THE TEXT AND THE COMP PLAN FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. WE'RE ALSO ASKING TO ADD A THIRD NOTE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THAT THIRD NOTE WILL READ WHEN MAKING DECISIONS IN THE ETJ LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE GIVEN PRIORITY. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WE'RE DOING THIS TO ALLOW THE CITY TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY AND BEING ABLE TO BETTER, UM, NAVIGATE CHANGES THAT MAY COME FROM, UM, TEXAS, A CHANGE IN THE TEXAS STATE LAW IN ADDITION TO RECENT TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. [00:30:01] WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UH, OF THESE CHANGES AND STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THESE CHANGES. UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING, ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ASK ANSWER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF Y'ALL'S WORK. YOU KNOW, JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN EVERY ACRONYM KNOWN TO MAN, NOW NOT ONLY DO YOU, UH, PLAN THE CITY, BUT YOU FLUFF AND FLUME IT. HUH. , MAY I GET YOU A, UM, A PLAQUE OR SOMETHING FOR YOUR OFFICE. UM, BUT ANYWAYS, GOOD JOB ON ALL OF THIS. I KNOW Y'ALL WORK HARD AND, AND IT IS GONNA BE A BUSY NIGHT FOR YOU GUYS WITH THIS AGENDA. SO A QUESTION, MAYOR MM-HMM . YOU SAID, AND I'M JUST, SINCE I DIDN'T GET PICKY ON THE BUDGET, I'M GONNA GET PICKY ON THE WORDING ON THE LAST ONE YOU HAD WHEN MAKING LAND USE DECISIONS WITHIN THE ETJ LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE GIVEN OR MAY BE GIVEN, YOU HAVE MAY BE GIVEN AND IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE, I UNDERSTAND, SHALL BE GIVEN. OKAY. 'CAUSE YOU HAVE IN THE WRITEUP, YOU HAVE IT AS MAY BE GIVEN. I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU'RE SAYING IT SHOULD BE SHALL BE GIVEN. THAT IS CORRECT. THE ORDINANCE IDENTIFIES IT AS SHELL GO AHEAD. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT CATCH. MM-HMM . BECAUSE MAY MEANS THERE'S SOME OPTIONS, BUT SHELL MEANS THERE IS NO OPTION. MM-HMM . I GOTCHA. SO WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY MAY INSTEAD OF SHELL? UM, IN TERMS OF MAYOR SHELL, IN THIS INSTANCE, WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BROUGHT BEFORE US. SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IT WAS KNOWN THAT IF, UH, A DEVELOPMENT OF A LARGER SCALE NATURE WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ETJ, WE WOULD CONSIDER IT. SO WE WERE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE THAT, UM, CONFIDENCE TO POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS WITHIN THAT AREA THAT WE WOULD TAKE IN CONSIDERATION SOMETHING THAT HAS A LARGER SCALE NATURE WITHIN RUTJ. AND THIS IS FOR, UM, YOU SAID HIGH INDUSTRIAL AND WHAT ELSE? UH, LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT. LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT COULD BE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALSO. WELL, THAT'S TYPICALLY GENERAL COMMERCIAL. MM-HMM . SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE LARGER SCALE NATURE. AND JUDGING FROM THIS MAP, WHERE IS MOST OF OUR ETJ NOW? IS IT NORTH OF I 10? MM-HMM . I AM SORRY, MAYOR. I, MOST OF OUR ETJ IS GONNA BE NORTH OF I 10, ISN'T WHAT I'M ASKING. I JUST READ. YEAH. YES. SO, UM, THAT MEANS WE'D BE LOOKING AT THAT AREA THERE BEING HIGH INDUSTRIAL OR THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU SAID. WHAT WERE THOSE OTHER THINGS? AGAIN, A LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S IF AN, IF A, A DEVELOPER WANTED TO ANNEX WITHIN THE CITY MM-HMM . THAT WOULD THEN GIVE US THE ABILITY TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND IF THEY ANNEXED IN, THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW US OUR UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO PROVIDE, UM, UH, SETBACKS AND OTHER TYPE OF REGULATIONS ONTO THAT DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. I MEAN, I, I CAN UNDERSTAND MIKE, WHY YOU ASKED THE QUESTION. UH, THAT WORDING DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY WITH, UM, WITH THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN COME IN. AND THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE WE ETJ IS MM-HMM . UM, BEARING COUNSEL BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR, I, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M GONNA FINISH MY COMMENTS. OKAY. I, WE HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON NORTH OF I 10 RIGHT NOW. UM, ONE OF THE NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS IS GOING ON THERE, AND THREE OF OUR NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE COME IN NORTH OF I 10. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE AREA THAT I STAY IN. SO, UM, I I, I CAN ECHO YOUR CONCERN AND WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF COUNCIL AND, AND MAYOR, I, MY COMMENT WAS, I WAS READING THE, THE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED MM-HMM . THE ORDINANCE ACTUALLY HAS, AND MY COLLEAGUE POINTED OUT ACTUALLY HAS SHALL, BUT IT, IN, IN ONE PART OF THE PRESENTATION IT SAYS MAY MM-HMM . AND THEN THE ORDINANCE SAYS, SHALL JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CLEAR AS IS IT MAY OR SHALL. AND HE'S, HE'S CLARIFIED AND THE ORDINANCE ITSELF HAS SHALL, OKAY. SO I'M, I'M GOOD WITH IT. I JUST SAW A LITTLE DISPARITY THERE AND JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH, I THINK IT'S, I'M GOOD WITH THE REASONING. I THINK IT'S A GOOD CATCH. BUT, AND, BUT SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT, I THINK THAT, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE THAT'S GOING TO SEE THIS, THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON. MM-HMM . AND WHY YOU QUESTIONED WHAT YOU QUESTIONED. YEAH. YEAH. JOHN, HE'S TRYING TO ADDRESS ON THAT. YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I, I WAS TRYING TO JUMP IN BECAUSE THE, I THINK THERE'S CONFUSION. THIS IS NOT FORCING INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS MM-HMM [00:35:01] . TO GO INTO THE NORTH SIDE AT ALL. THIS IS JUST, THIS IS A PROTECTION METHOD FROM THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, UH, TO NOT BE OVERTAKEN BY THE STATE. AND OUR ETJ IS BASICALLY EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE THAT IS NOT YELLOW, RED, ORANGE, OR GREEN. EVEN THE STUFF THAT'S ON THE, I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COLOR IS. PURPLE OR BLUE OR WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT IS STILL ETJ. SO EVERYTHING, ALMOST ALL, ALL OF CHAMBERS COUNTY IS STILL ETJ AND THEN ALL THAT PURPLE BLUE, EVEN IN THE MIDDLE IS STILL ETJ. SO IT, IT PERTAINS TO EVERYTHING THERE, BUT IT'S NOT MEANT TO JUST SAY INDUSTRY IS GOING IN THERE. SO THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN STILL GET RESIDENTIAL IN THOSE AREAS. YES, SIR. IF NEEDED. YES, SIR. YEAH, I THINK, I MEAN, LOOKING AT THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, IT, IT'S, THE TEXT OF IT IS IN FIVE C, BUT WHERE IT SAYS WHEN MAKING DECISIONS WITHIN THE ETGA LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE GIVEN PRIORITY. THERE'S, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY LINE. THERE'S OTHER STIPULATIONS THERE. SO IT SAYS IT SHOULD BE LIKE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL SHOULD BE LOCATED ALONG AN ARTERIAL ROADWAY OR FREEWAY. UM, SOME USES MAY NEED DIRECT RAIL SERVICE SHOULD NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF RESIDENTIAL USES ON THE HEAVY SIDE, LIGHT IS WITHIN 400 FEET, SO IT'S MM-HMM . THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE TO KEEP IT FROM, FROM BEING RIGHT ON TOP OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL. MM-HMM . ANYONE ELSE? GOOD DEAL. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:13 PM CONCERNING THE AMENDMENT TO THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADD TEXT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP ONTO [c. Consider an ordinance authorizing a request to amend the notes included on the Future Land Use Map and the text within the location criteria of the Future Land Use Plan's large scale development, light industrial, and heavy industrial language.] FIVE C CONSIDERING ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE NOTES, INCLUDING IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE TEXT WITHIN THE LOCATION CRITERIA OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLANS, LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT, LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL, AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LANGUAGE. I NEED A MOTION. SO MOTION SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ON FIVE [d. Conduct the first public hearing regarding the proposed limited purpose annexation through a strategic partnership agreement for approximately 78.952 acres of land in the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction, generally located east of North Main Street, west of Hadden Road and approximately 2,500 feet north of East Wallisville Road.] D, CONDUCT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION THROUGH A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN D 8.952 ACRES OF LAND IN THE CITY'S EXTRA TOUR. ETJ GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, WEST OF HAYDEN ROAD, AND APPROXIMATELY 2,500 FEET NORTH OF EAST VILLE ROAD. IT IS NOW 7:14 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION THROUGH A S STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 78.952 ACRES OF LAND IN THE CITY'S ETJ. GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, WEST OF HAYDEN ROAD, AND APPRO APPROXIMATELY 2,500 FEET NORTH OF EAST VILLE ROAD. I'M NOW GONNA ASK THAT STAFF SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MR. CALVIN ABRAM. THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR. UM, CITY COUNCIL, UH, THIS IS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU BECAUSE THIS WAS ULTIMATELY A PART OF A LARGER TRACK, UM, OF THE FRIEND WOODS DEVELOPMENT. UH, THIS TRACK WAS APPROXIMATELY 306 ACRES, HOWEVER, UM, WE DIDN'T PROPERLY NOTICE THE ORIGINAL ANNEXATION CORRECTLY, THEREFORE, WE, UH, BROKE THE ANNEXATION UP INTO TWO PHASES, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS PHASE TWO. PHASE TWO CONSISTS OF TRACKS NINE THROUGH 11 AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY 78.9 ACRES. AND AS OUR MAYOR HAS IDENTIFIED, THIS TRACT OF LAND IS EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, NORTH OF EAST VILLE ROAD, AND WEST OF HAT ROAD. UH, THE SLIDE THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS PHASES ONE N TWO. PHASE TWO WOULD BE THE WEST OR THE LEFT. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, PHASE ONE WOULD BE THE WEST, THE LEFT. THAT IS THE LARGER TRACK THAT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY, UM, NOTICE CORRECTLY. THEREFORE, THE PHASE TWO PORTION IS WHAT WAS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY. UH, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE HASH IS THE PORTION THAT WE ARE ASKING TO BE ANNEXED, UH, AS A, OR I'M SORRY, A PUBLIC HEARING ONE AND TWO THAT'S BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THIS IS IN ESSENCE THE PHASE TWO OR THE SECOND PORTION OF A REVISION, WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER. UH, THIS INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NONE. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. SO I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:16 PM [00:40:02] REGARDING THE PROPOSED LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION THROUGH A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 78.952 ACRES OF LAND IN THE CITY'S ETJ. GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, WEST OF HAYDEN ROAD, AND APPROXIMATELY 2,500 FEET NORTH OF EAST VILLE ROAD. FIVE E CONDUCT [e. Conduct the second public hearing regarding the proposed limited purpose annexation through a strategic partnership agreement for approximately 78.952 acres of land in the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction, generally located east of North Main Street, west of Hadden Road and approximately 2,500 feet north of East Wallisville Road.] A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSAL, LIMITED PURPOSE IATION THROUGH ITS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 78.952 ACRES OF LAND IN THE CITY'S EXTRA TERRE, EXTRA TERRITORIAL. GOT IT. JURISDICTION, GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, WEST OF HAYDEN ROAD, AND APPROXIMATELY 2,500 FEET NORTH OF EAST VILLE ROAD. IT IS NOW 7:17 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 78.952 ACRES OF LAND IN THE CITY'S ETJ, GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, WEST OF HAYDEN ROAD, AND APPROXIMATELY 2,500 FEET NORTH OF EASTVILLE ROAD. I'M GONNA ASK STAFF AGAIN TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MR. ABRAM. THANK YOU MAYOR CITY COUNCILMAN. UH, I WILL MAKE THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT I JUST MADE. UH, SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. IF NOT, I'LL NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:18 PM REGARDING THE PROPOSAL LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION THROUGH THE, THROUGH A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 78.952 ACRES OF LAND IN THE CITIES ETJ GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET AND WEST OF HAYDEN ROAD, AND APPROXIMATELY 2,500 FEET NORTH OF EASTVILLE ROAD FIVE L [f. Consider an ordinance repealing and replacing Ordinance No. 16,514 to call the first reading of the proposed Limited Purpose Annexation of approximately 278.021 acres, located generally east of Garth Road, west of North Main Street and north of East Wallisville Road, and ratifying previous actions taken in regard to the limited purpose annexation.] CONSIDERING ORDINANCE, REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NUMBER 16,514 TO CALL THE FIRST READING OF THE PROPOSED LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 278.021 ACRES LOCATED GENERALLY EAST OF GARTH ROAD, WEST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, AND NORTH OF EAST VILLE ROAD. IN RATIFYING PREVIOUS ACTIONS TAKEN IN REGARD TO THE LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION, I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE F. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 5G. CONDUCT [g. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map by rezoning approximately 11.00 acres of land located south of East Interstate Highway 10  and east of Sjolander Road, at 8000 East Interstate Highway 10, from the Freeway Commercial (FC) Zoning District to a Light Industrial (LI) Zoning District. ] A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF EAST INTERSTATE, HIGHWAY 10 AND EAST OF SHO ROAD AT 8,000 EAST INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 FROM FREEWAY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. IT IS NOW 7:19 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF EAST INTERSTATE, HIGHWAY 10 AND EAST OF SHORELAND ROAD AT 8,000 EAST INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 FROM THE FREEWAY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. NOW GONNA ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MR. SCRIBNER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AS MENTIONED, THIS IS, UH, AN 11 ACRE PARCEL AT, UH, ON EAST, UH, INTERSTATE 10. UH, THIS IS AT 8,000 EAST INTERSTATE 10. UH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY IS ZONED FREEWAY COMMERCIAL AND THE, UH, APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONE TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FOR THIS PROPERTY, UH, TO, UM, MAKE WAY FOR SOME, UH, SOME SMALLER WAREHOUSES. THE PROPOSED, HERE'S THE PROPOSED ZONING. THIS IS, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THE, UH, THE, THE HATCHED AREA, UH, IS GRAY, WHICH IS OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AREA SURROUNDING THAT IS THE ORANGE, WHICH IS A FREEWAY COMMERCIAL. YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF RED ON THE CORNER OF, OF SHOLAN SHO AND NEEDLEPOINT. UM, THAT IS GENERAL COMMERCIAL. UH, ALL ALONG THE REST OF NEEDLEPOINT ROAD IS, UH, A SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS A A QUARTER ACRE LOT. UH, AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE WEST SIDE OF SHO, THERE IS A CURRENT, UH, PROPERTY THAT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL. UM, AND ALSO TO THE EAST OF THIS PROPERTY, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE CORNER OF IT. THERE IS ALSO SOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, UH, THERE AS WELL. UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES SHOW THIS PROPERTY AS A LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL, UH, OVER THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE SURROUNDED BY LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL. UH, AND THEN AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THOSE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE RESIDENTIAL AND THE, THE PURPLE THAT'S, UH, IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. UH, JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE, UH, THIS IS THE PROPERTY FACING SOUTH ALONG SHOLAN. UH, THIS IS FACING NORTH ALONG [00:45:01] SHO LANDER, UH, TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE. UH, THIS IS FACING WEST ALONG I 10, AND THIS IS FACING EAST ALONG I 10. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY IS, IS, UH, IS VACANT AT, AT THE MOMENT. UH, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS ALLOWED BY, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION. UH, YOU SEE THE, UM, LAND USE TABLE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. YOU SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S BOXED IN RED. THAT IS OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY. UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS LIKE CONTRACTOR SHOP EQUIPMENT, SALES, UM, MICRO MANUFACTURING SUPPLY HOUSE. UH, YOU WILL SEE EXCAVATION WAREHOUSE AND FREIGHT, UM, SOME RECYCLING CENTERS THAT ARE LIMITED AND OTHER, UH, WASTE RELATED USES. UM, YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT IF THIS IS ZONED TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, THERE ARE SOME DISTRICT BUFFERY YARD STANDARDS THAT WILL BUFFER IT FROM OTHER, UH, FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. AND THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE APPLICANT. REMEMBER, I'M SHOWING TO THIS TO YOU TONIGHT AS A SORT OF ILLUSTRATIVE, UM, PURPOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE REZONING TO A STRAIGHT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE. THIS, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY HOLD THEM TO THIS, BUT WE WANTED EVERYBODY TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WAS THEY WERE PLANNING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY. SO THIS WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, ON JULY 21ST. UH, IT DID RECEIVE A SEVEN ZERO VOTE, UM, RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF THIS APPLICATION AS WELL AS STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE ONE NEIGHBOR SHOW UP TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS ITEM, UH, STATING HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED USE AND ITS PROXIMITY TO HIS HOUSE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, WE DID HAVE ONE ONLINE COMMENT, UH, CONCERNING, UH, REGARDING DISCREPANCIES IN THE PUBLIC NOTICE WAS SENT OUT. UH, WE HAD SOME CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION THAT HAPPENED MIDSTREAM. ONCE WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THAT, WE SENT OUT A SECOND ROUND OF PUBLIC NOTICES, SO THAT WAS ALREADY COVERED. UM, THEY ALSO, UH, COMMENTED THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING DENIAL BECAUSE OF THE, UH, 'CAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL. YOU'LL SEE IN THE STAFF REPORT, UM, THAT THERE ARE THREE MAIN REASONS THAT STAFF AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THIS. UH, THE FIRST IS QUALITY OF LIFE. THIS IS PROTECTING THE CHARACTER AND STABILITY OF THAT, THAT GENERAL AREA. UM, BUT REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS THE PROXIMITY TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S THERE TO THE SOUTH. UM, THERE IS AN IN THE LOCATION CRITERIA IN THE COMP PLAN IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN THAT STATES THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SHOULD NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN 400 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL USES. THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE WITHIN THAT AREA. UH, AND SO AGAIN, STAFF AND THE COMMISSION ARE RECOMMENDING DENIAL. UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION, MARTIN. UM, BECAUSE THERE'S THE, THERE IS THE LI JUST TO THE EAST, RIGHT? MM-HMM . SO CORRECT. WAS THAT NOT ALSO WITHIN 400 FEET? UH, I CAN'T SPEAK TO OKAY. WHEN THAT REZONE WAS DONE, I'M, I'M NOT SURE IT WAS DONE. I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS DONE BEFORE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS WRITTEN. OKAY. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE PREVIOUS COUNT PLAN HAD THAT, THAT, UM, STIPULATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? CAN WE GO BACK TO THE PICTURE, UM, WITH THE PROPERTY, UH, OF THE ZONING? OH, I DIDN'T SEE THAT LITTLE CORNER UP THERE. YEAH. AND THAT, THAT PROPERTY UP THERE, THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE RESIDENTIAL THERE. WHICH PROPERTY? THE ONE THAT'S THE, THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. THE LITTLE, THIS ONE HERE? YES, SIR. UM, I BELIEVE THERE WAS AN EXISTING USE THAT WAS THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT USE HAS BEEN THERE. I DON'T THINK IT'S PART OF THE OTHER USE. YEAH, THERE'S A SMALL PLANT THERE AND THEN THE, THAT OTHER PROPERTY UP ABOVE IS WAREHOUSING THAT RUNS DOWN TOWARDS THE, UH, THAT RAIL CROSSING. WHAT? THIS ONE UP HERE? YEAH, YOU'D HAVE TO ZOOM OUT. OH, OKAY. OKAY. IT'S WHERE THE TREES USED TO ALL THE DIE. HMM. THINK, I THINK THAT WAS ZONE LONG TERM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I GOT A QUESTION, MARTIN. THE, IT SAYS SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE, BUT CAN YOU FLIP THE OTHER ONE? IT SHOWS THE, THE GRAY. THAT ONE, THAT ONE AGAIN, THAT'S THE SUBJECT [00:50:01] PROPERTY IN THE GRAVE. THE STRIPES. MM-HMM . THE TAN PROPERTY, IS THAT PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT OR IS THAT SEPARATE PROPERTY? IT IS SEPARATE PROPERTY. UM, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST, AND THIS IS WHAT KIND OF THREW EVERYBODY FOR A LOOP A WHILE BACK, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOR THAT ENTIRE 25 OR 26 ACRES, WHEN THEY CAME BACK TO PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THEY SAID THEY WERE REDUCING IT TO THIS 11 ACRES INSTEAD. OKAY. AND NOW SHOW ME THE, THE PROPOSED PLAN. YEAH. SO THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOP PORTION IS THE 11 ACRES AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA PUT THE, I GUESS IT'S THE DETENTION POND AND EVERYTHING ELSE TOWARDS THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE. YES. SO IT'S, SO IS THAT THEIR PROPERTY OR, OR THEY JUST WANT THAT AGAIN, I'M CONFUSED. IS YEAH. ARE THEY GONNA DEVELOP THE WHOLE PARCEL OR JUST THE 11 ACRES? SO THE RE ZONE CONCERNS THIS 11 ACRES? YES. THE REST OF IT IS FREEWAY COMMERCIAL. MM-HMM . IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A, THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN. YEAH. CONCEPT. SO, UM, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THAT SOUTHERN PORTION AS WELL AS THE WESTERN PORTION IS ZONE FREEWAY COMMERCIAL. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON THE WESTERN PORTION LOOKS TO BE A GAS STATION CONVENIENCE STORE AND PROBABLY A CAR WASH. YEAH. AND THEN THE SOUTHERN PORTION IS JUST DETENTION. SO THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T NEED AN INDUSTRIAL ZONING FOR THAT, FOR THAT TYPE OF USE. OKAY. MIKE, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, OR MR. LESTER TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, IT WAS ALL OF IT AS MARTIN JUST SAID MM-HMM . RIGHT? THEY'RE TRYING TO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PUTTING THE ROAD THROUGH MM-HMM . SO THAT PEOPLE ON, ON HUNTER'S CREEK COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT ACCESS POINT. MM-HMM . UM, I THINK THEY PULLED IT AFTER GOING TO P AND Z LAST TIME, AND THEN THEY, THEY CREATED BASICALLY A BUFFER WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THE ENTIRE LOT AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. UM, AND SO FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, THEY WOULD, MY OPINION, THEY'RE SHOWING YOU WHAT THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE. THEY WOULD JUST GET THIS FIRST ONE ZONED APPROPRIATELY AND THEN BY THE REST OF THE TRACK, AND THAT'S WHERE THEIR DETENTION WOULD GO. AND THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT HAVING A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DIRECTLY ON NEEDLE POINT ROAD. OKAY. SO THEY DON'T OWN THAT PART OF THE PROPERTY JUST YET? NOT YET. NOT YET. RIGHT. BUT IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT HERE. 'CAUSE STAFF WAS WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET A ROAD ON THE EASTERN PORTION THAT YOU SEE ON HERE. MM-HMM . BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPLAINTS THAT I GET STILL IS EVERYBODY THAT LIVES ON NEEDLE POINT. THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OUT OF THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. YEP. YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY COMMENT, UM, ON THIS. AND, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY P AND Z STAFF, I MEAN, LOOKING AT THE, THE STANDARDS THAT Y'ALL HAVE, UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE A BIT CHALLENGED TO GET ANYTHING THERE. MM-HMM . UH, BEYOND THIS, UM, IT'S NOT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET, I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET SHOPPING CENTERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE HOW, I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S HOW RETAIL YEAH. STUDIES WHERE THEY WANT TO BUILD, THEY DRAW RADIUS MM-HMM . AND I MEAN, IF YOU DRAW RADIUS AROUND THIS LOT, UH, YEAH. I MEAN, YOU HAVE THOSE HOUSES TO THE SOUTH, BUT THE WHOLE NORTH IS CHEVRON PHILLIPS AND OPEN LAND. THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH RESIDENTS IN THE, IN THE RADIUS AROUND HERE TO, TO JUSTIFY COMMERCIAL GOING HERE. MM-HMM . UM, I MEAN, AS YOU HEAD IT, IT'S NOT EVEN A, YOU RARELY DRIVE PAST THIS, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE ON THE FEEDER AND YOU CONTINUE, YOU CONTINUE, UM, EAST, IT'S A DEAD END. IT'S A DEAD END. THE, THE FEEDER DOESN'T CROSS OVER THE, THE, THE TRACKS THERE. AND SO IT IS VERY FEW, THE VEHICLE COUNTS ARE BAD, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING THAT, THAT RETAIL'S GONNA LOOK AT. SO, UM, I MEAN, IN SOME CASES WE HAD, WE HAD THIS, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY DOWN, IT WAS A SMALL WAREHOUSE DOWN ON 99 THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE VOTED DOWN. WE MAY GET SOMETHING ELSE THAT, THAT WE LIKE EVEN LESS IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? SO SOMETIMES YOU, I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE BEST THING YOU CAN GET. UM, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO, I'M NOT PREPARED TO VOTE FOR THIS TONIGHT. I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS WITH 'EM AND SEE, UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW IF WE APPROVE IT, THEY, WE APPROVE THE ZONING, THEY CAN REALLY BUILD WHATEVER THEY WANT. CORRECT. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT, RIGHT? LIKE, UH, WE SEE PROPOSED DRAWINGS, WE APPROVE THE REZONE, AND THEN WE GET SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAT FITS WITHIN ZONING AND WE, WE DON'T HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON TO HOLD 'EM TO THIS PICTURE. UM, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER WAYS WE CAN, WHETHER IT BE SOME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR OVERLAY, UM, YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME IF, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TERM WE NEED TO USE HERE, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO CONTINUE TALKING WITH 'EM TO SEE IF, UM, [00:55:01] THEY'D BE WILLING TO PUT SOME KIND OF EASEMENT ON THE, ON THAT EAST SIDE. UM, LIKE I SAID, THIS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MAY BE THE BEST THING WE CAN GET. OBVIOUSLY THOSE RESIDENTS AREN'T, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THEY DON'T WANT A WAREHOUSE THAT CLOSE. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WOULD PICK. BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN GET. UM, BUT IF WE CAN GET THAT SECOND EGRESS, UM, LIKE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THAT'S THE THING THAT WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN THE WAREHOUSES WERE BUILT TO THE EAST OF HERE, WE WERE HOPING TO GET IT FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT. UM, BECAUSE YEAH, THIS ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, IF AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS DOWN THERE, YES, ON, ON, UH, SHO AND NEEDLE POINT, UM, I MEAN, THEY'RE STUCK IN, OR, OR FOLKS ARE STUCK OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, YOU KNOW, IF AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS THERE AND SOMEONE HAS AN EMERGENCY INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN'T GET IN. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD GET A SECOND INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, A, A GOOD COMPROMISE HERE. SO IF Y'ALL COULD CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH 'EM, I'M GONNA AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. UM, MY, MY QUESTION, MA, MIKE, I DO APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT ALL OF THIS WAS GOING TO BE IT, BUT KNOWING THAT THIS IS THE PLAN FOR THE 11 ACRES, YOU OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THIS AS A BUFFER AND THE SECOND EGRESS, UH, LAURA AND I WORKED ON ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD ONE EGRESS AND IT TOOK SOMETHING UNFORTUNATE HAPPENING BEFORE THERE WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH ANOTHER GOVERNMENT BODY TO GET THAT STREET THERE. YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND IF WE CAN GET THE DEVELOPER TO CONSIDER THAT, I THINK THAT THAT'D BE GREAT. AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS, LIKE YOU SAID, WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, SO, UM, I'M GONNA SAY YOU HAVE SOMETHING, WHAT WAS THE OVERALL FEEDBACK FROM PLANNING AND ZONING WHEN IT CAME TO THIS? WHAT WAS THEIR RESERVES? UM, IT, IT REALLY WAS MOSTLY ABOUT THAT, THAT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH AND PUTTING SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE, UM, THAT CLOSE TO IT. UH, YOU, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS ALSO HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WAREHOUSES ALONG I 10 AND JUST THE, THE VISUALS THAT THAT CREATES. SO, UM, THAT, THAT IT'S ALWAYS AN ONGOING CONCERN FOR THAT, FOR THAT BODY AS WELL. I, I THINK I JUST TO, I THINK COMMENT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL'S, UM, COMMENTS IF, IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, WE'VE SEEN HOW MANY APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY MM-HMM . AND IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, NO DOUBT MM-HMM . UM, SO WE AS, AS STAFF LOOKED AT THIS AS PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION LOOKED AT IT, IT AS WE LOOKED AT THE CRITERIA AND THE COMP PLAN THAT JUST, JUST THE DIRECTION IT TOOK EVERYBODY. OKAY. WELL, UM, YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, I GUESS, UM, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I KNOW MARTIN, I'VE KINDA ASKED STAFF TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS, BUT IF WE WERE TO TABLE THIS, MR. POWELL, I MEAN, JUST FOR, FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, WE CAN, IF THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, AN INGRESS EGRESS THAT WOULD BE A PUBLIC ROAD AT THAT POINT, IT MAY BE BEST IF THE STAFF WORKS WITH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO DO SOMETHING HERE THAT'S ADDRESSING THE INGRESS EGRESS AND OKAY. UH, THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, LEEWAY ON BUFFERING ON THE BACKSIDE THAT CAN BE PUT IN AS WELL. OKAY. AND WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING SIDE, WE CAN REALLY DO SOMETHING AS, AS YOU'RE THINKING OF YOUR MOTION, JUST OKAY. OKAY. WHAT, WHAT'S WHAT, UH, AN ALTERATION TO THIS GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO US BECAUSE THEY NEED TO SEE THIS AS WELL. WHATEVER, WHATEVER GOES BACK. I THINK THEY NEED TO SEE THAT AND, AND WEIGH IN ON THAT AS WELL. IF, IF THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL USE IN THE PLAN ITSELF, UH, LIKE IN THE USES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I WOULD TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU IN THIS CASE, IF IT'S ABOUT THAT ROADWAY, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WARRANTS TAKING IT BACK THROUGH THAT PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. UM, PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION DOESN'T HAVE ANY, ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THAT. SO, BUT IF THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WHOLE SITE PLAN AND DO SOME DIFFERENT USES, THEN ABSOLUTELY WE WOULD TAKE IT BACK. GOOD DEAL. HERE. I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. SORRY. UM, A CLARIFICATION, THE 11 ACRES ENCOMPASSES JUST WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT IS, OR DOES THAT INCLUDE THE, THE POND, THE DETENTION POND? NO PROBLEM. JUST THE SITE PLAN OF THE WAREHOUSE. YEAH. THEY'RE GONNA END UP NEEDING THAT BECAUSE WITH ALL THAT, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A RATIO THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT FOR THE POND OR ANY OH YEAH. ANY, ANY IMPERVIOUS THEY TAKE OUT, I KNOW ANY THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO USE THAT LAND JUST TO BUILD A POND, PERIOD. UNDERSTAND. YEAH. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE, THERE'S THE EXISTING GAS STATION IN THE CORNER AND THEN THIS IS THAT AREA THAT THEY'RE [01:00:01] PROPOSING IN THE CONCEPT PLAN AS AS DETENTION AND BASICALLY OPEN SPACE. YEAH. I THINK, I THINK PROVIDING ROAD MIGHT IS A GOOD NEIGHBOR GESTURE ALSO TO HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT TO THAT. BUT YEAH, THAT POND'S GONNA BE BIGGER THAN THAT. YEAH. AND, AND MAYOR, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHY I WAS TRYING TO POINT OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN NOW, THE CLOSEST POINT THERE IS IS ROUGHLY MAYBE A LITTLE LESS THAN 300 FEET. 400 FOOT IS THE KEY. SO THEY'RE A LITTLE SHORT. BUT IF, IF WE GOT A, IF WE GET OUT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWED US TO HAVE AN EGRESS, A ROAD MM-HMM . AND MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL BUFFERING TREES AND STUFF RIGHT ALONG NEEDLE POINT TO KIND OF BLOCK THE VIEW MM-HMM . WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK SOMETHING OUT. UM, I MEAN, IF IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT WIDER, THEY'D BE ABLE TO DO IT OR THEY'D BE WITHIN THAT 400 FOOT. THE WIDEST POINT DOWN HERE I THINK IS 400 FOOT. MM-HMM . JUST, THIS COULD BE THE CORNER. YEAH, IT ROUGHLY, BUT THAT WESTERN CORNER THERE IS LESS THAN THE 400, BUT IT'S, AGAIN, IF WE GET A ROADWAY OUT OF IT WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SCREENING, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE PALATABLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. MM-HMM . BECAUSE THEN THEY HAVE A SECOND EGRESS, A LITTLE ADDITIONAL. YEAH. YOU KNOW, SOMETHING. SO I, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF, I, TONIGHT I'M NOT WILLING TO SUPPORT IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND SEE IF WE CAN WORK SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE PALATABLE AND A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETE AS FAR AS WE, AS YOU INDICATED, WE SEE NICE PICTURES ALL THE TIME AND IT JUST DOESN'T COME TO FRUITION. SO AS A HEADS UP, I THINK, AS MR. REYNOLDS MENTIONED, UH, POSSIBLY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO HANDLE THAT ROADWAY, UH, THE POSSIBLE DEDICATION OF A ROADWAY, IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES THAT AFFECT THE ZONING, SUCH AS ADDITIONAL BUFFERING, THINGS LIKE THAT, WE MAY HAVE TO TAKE THEM THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS AND START OVER. SO IF YOU DON'T SEE IT COME BACK, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT POINT. YEAH. YES, SIR. DID WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO, WE'RE STILL, YEAH, WE'RE STILL IN PUBLIC HEARING, SO YEAH. OH YEAH, WE ARE. YOU'LL DO IT ON THE NEXT ONE. OKAY. YEAH. UM, ANYONE ELSE DESIRE TO SPEAK? GOOD DEAL. THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING. UH, WE TO SPEAK, WE, I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:39 PM CONCERNING THE REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF EAST INTERSTATE, HIGHWAY 10 AND EAST OF SHORELAND ROAD AT 8,000 EAST INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 FROM FREEWAY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. NOW WE ARE [h. Consider an ordinance authorizing a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 11.00 acres of land, located on the south side of Interstate Highway 10 east of Sjolander Road, at 8000 East Interstate Highway 10, from the Freeway Commercial (FC) Zoning District to a Light Industrial (LI) Zoning District.] ON TO H CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 EAST OF SHORELAND ROAD AT 8,000 EAST INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 FROM THE FREEWAY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. I NEED A MOTION QUESTION HERE. DO WE NEED A MOTION? I MEAN, IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION TONIGHT, WHAT WOULD, I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A CONSENSUS FOR STAFF TO CONTINUE TALKING WITH 'EM. SO, I MEAN, DO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR THAT OR, I THOUGHT WE, I HAVE GENERAL DIRECTION ON THAT. IF Y'ALL TAKE ANY ACTION RIGHT NOW, I HAVE GENERAL DIRECTION BEEN SET ON THE RECORD FROM THERE. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TABLE IT OR ANYTHING. YOU JUST TAKE NO ACTION. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A VOTE AND IT FAILED, THEN YOU DO HAVE YOUR SIX. YEAH. GOT YOU. GOT YOU. WELL KEEP ROLLING. YEAH. WE'RE, WE, WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS ITEM. SOUNDS GOOD. THAT WAY THEY CAN BRING IT BACK SOON AND THEY YEAH. WHENEVER, YEAH, WHENEVER THEY'RE READY. OKAY. UM, I, [i. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 16.474 acres of land, located south of Massey Tompkins Road, east of Crosby Cedar Bayou Road, at 3710 Crosby Cedar Bayou Road, from the Suburban Residential (SR) Zoning District to an Urban Residential (UR) Zoning District.] THE APPLICANT HAS WITHDRAWN THE APPLICATION, SO NO ACTION IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME. ON I, SAME THING WITH JAY. [j. Consider an ordinance authorizing a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 16.474 acres of land, located south of Massey Tompkins Road, east of Crosby Cedar Bayou Road, at 3710 Crosby Cedar Bayou Road, from the Suburban Residential (SR) Zoning District to an Urban Residential (UR) Zoning District.] THE APPLICANT HAS WITHDRAWN THEIR APPLICATION NO TIME, NO ACTION IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME. SO WE'RE GOING ON TO K [k. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) on approximately 31.124 acres located at 10108 Old Needlepoint Road to allow for the development of multifamily apartment dwellings to be designed as standalone rental apartment units within the Freeway Commercial (FC) Zoning District.] CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON APPROXIMATELY 31.124 ACRES, LOCATED AT 1 0 1 0 8 OLD NEEDLE NEEDLEPOINT ROAD TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT DWELLINGS TO BE DESIGNED AS STANDALONE RENTAL APARTMENT UNITS WITHIN THE FREEWAY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. IT IS NOW 7:41 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON APPROXIMATELY 31.124 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 1 0 1 0 8 OLD NEEDLEPOINT ROAD TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT DWELLINGS TO BE DESIGNED AS STANDALONE RENTAL APARTMENT UNITS WITHIN A FREEWAY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. NOW I GONNA ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MR. SCRIBNER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THIS ONE'S GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS, UH, FOLLOWING ME ON THIS ONE. SO, UM, [01:05:01] THE LOCATION AGAIN IS, UM, JUST, UH, ON OLD NEEDLEPOINT ROAD. THIS IS PART OF CHAMBERS COMMONS, UH, DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS JUST SOUTH OF THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT'S RIGHT THERE, UH, AT CEDAR CROSSING STREET IN CHAMBERS COMMONS DRIVE. UM, THE CONFUSING PART IS WHY THIS IS IN FRONT OF YOU. SO, UM, THIS IS IN THE FREEWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE, WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR APARTMENTS. THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS NOT STRICTLY APARTMENTS. IT DOESN'T MATCH THE DEFINITION OF APARTMENTS THAT'S IN OUR CODE. SO THAT SAID, AGAIN, APARTMENTS ARE ALREADY JUST YOUR STRAIGHT GARDEN APARTMENTS ARE ALREADY ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? SO THIS IS, UH, THIS WOULD INCLUDE SOME ACTUAL GARDEN APARTMENTS, BUT ALSO SOME OTHER TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS, SUCH AS SOME QUADS, SOME DUPLEXES, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME SINGLE COTTAGES WITH THAT AS AS WELL. UM, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE NEWER, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT'S LIKE THIS, IT'S OVER ON HUNT ROAD, UM, SAYS MR. CRAWFORD'S, UH, DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS ALSO, UM, HIS DEVELOPMENT. SO IT HAS A, A SIMILAR FIELD TO IT, UM, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE SOME GARDEN APARTMENTS, WHICH THE OTHER ONE DOES NOT. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS KIND OF FIT THE MOLD OF WHAT THE CODE IS CALLING FOR HERE, WE FELT THAT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WAS THE BEST WAY TO GO. THIS ALSO WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME CONDITIONS. UH, AS PART OF THAT, IF, UM, IF CITY COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC THEY WANT IN THERE, UM, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AS PART OF THIS AS WELL. SO, WITH THAT, AGAIN, I MENTIONED THIS IS IN A FREEWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE. THE AREA AROUND IT IS FREEWAY COMMERCIAL, EXCEPT FOR THOSE COUPLE OF GREEN AREAS THERE THAT ARE OPEN SPACE RECREATION. ONE OF THOSE IS, IS A, I BELIEVE THERE'S A, THERE'S AN EASEMENT THERE FOR, FOR OTHER STUFF. UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE RED IS, IS, UM, GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THE PURPLE IS INDUSTRIAL. UM, AS WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, IT DOES CALL FOR LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL. BUT THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THOSE DEALS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THOSE LIKE LOCATION CRITERIA THAT ARE PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IN THE, IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IT CALLS FOR, IF YOU CAN MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, THEN YOU CAN PUT APARTMENTS IN THIS AREA. THIS DOES MEET THOSE CRITERIA. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AREA HERE IS, UH, IS VACANT AT THE MOMENT. UH, THIS IS FACING SOUTHWEST ON OLD NITA POINT. UH, THIS IS FACING SOUTH ON OLD NEEDLE POINT, AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, VACANT WITH A, A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A, A HOUSE BEHIND AND ANOTHER STRUCTURE, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THAT'S OUR NEW LIFT STATION THERE, THAT LIFT AND A LIFT STATION. THERE YOU GO. SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE, UH, THE, UH, CONSOLIDATED LAND USE TABLE, UH, SHOWING THAT THE, IT, IT SAYS APARTMENT DWELLINGS ARE, ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN FREEWAY COMMERCIAL. SO AGAIN, IF THE APPLICANT WANTED TO JUST PUT IN APARTMENTS, HE COULD DO THAT. UM, WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, HAS MORE VARIETY THAN THAT AND, UM, AND IS SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS WORTHWHILE OF THAT PROPERTY. UH, THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN. SO AGAIN, SO NOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WE CAN ACTUALLY SAY WE WANT THE, THE FINAL PRODUCT TO LOOK. WHAT WE USUALLY SAY IS THAT WE WANT IT TO LOOK SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THIS. THAT WAY IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY, GIVES THE APPLICANT A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY AS LONG AS IT, AS IT, UM, LOOKS LIKE THIS. AS YOU COULD SEE, UH, NORTH IS KIND OF POINTING TO THE RIGHT. UM, AND YOU SEE THAT THERE IS A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOMES. THERE'S SOME STUDIO HOMES, SOME ONE BEDROOM HOMES, TWO BEDROOM, THREE BEDROOM. AND THESE ARE ALL IN DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS AS SOME, AGAIN, SOME OF 'EM ARE SINGLES, DUPLEXES, QUADS. ARE THERE ANY SIXES IN THIS ONE, TIM? SOME SIX PLEXES AS WELL. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE TWO LARGE YELLOW ONES, WHICH ARE MORE OF A KIND OF STANDARD THREE STORY APARTMENT BUILDING TYPE. UM, THERE'S THE RENDERINGS THAT OUR APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AS PART OF HIS PACKAGE. AND SO THIS WENT TO, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 21ST. WE DID HAVE A SEVEN TO ZERO VOTE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. STAFF IS ALSO IN FAVOR OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. UM, NO ONE UH, SHOWED UP TO ARGUE FOR OR AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE DID HAVE ONE ONLINE COMMENT, UH, JUST KIND OF GEN GENERALLY OPPOSING MORE APARTMENTS, UH, CITING SOME SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS. UM, WE DO HAVE EIGHT CONDITIONS AS PART OF THE STAFF REPORT. UM, THESE ARE MOSTLY, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY REQUIRED BY THE CODE. THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT BY STAFF TO GET THOSE ON RECORD AS SO EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY'S PLAYING ON THE SAME FIELD AT THIS POINT. UH, AGAIN, STAFF AND THE COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. UH, ALSO OUR APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. UH, MR. CRAWFORD HAS [01:10:01] TOLD ME THAT HE IS READY TO ANSWER WHATEVER YOU HAVE. WELL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANT BEING HERE. THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN. UH, SO WE DO APPRECIATE YOU AND, UM, ALLOWING YOURSELF TO BE OPEN TO OUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. UH, YES, SIR. AND, UH, MARTIN, COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY FOR ME WHAT THE REVOCATION OF SUP MAY OCCUR UNDER UODC, SECTION 7.4? SO AGAIN, THIS IS ALREADY IN THE CODE. IT BASICALLY SAYS IF THEY VIOLATE THE TERMS OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, THEN UM, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO RE REVOKE THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT. AND THEN IF ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENS, IT HAS TO COME BACK THROUGH THIS PROCESS. OKAY. AGAIN, I, I APPRECIATE THAT. 'CAUSE AGAIN, THAT GOES TO OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS. WE SEE LOTS OF PICTURES FROM TIME TO TIME. THE SUP ACTUALLY FOR THE CITIZENS' UNDERSTANDING S ACTUALLY GIVE US THE ABILITY TO HOLD THEM TO THE GENERAL CONCEPT THAT THEY INITIALLY PROPOSED. RIGHT. UM, AGAIN, I LIKE THE CONCEPT. IT'S NOT JUST THIS TYPICAL STANDARD BIG BLOCK APARTMENTS. I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO HAVE SOME IDENTITY WITH INDIVIDUAL OR SMALLER FREESTANDING GARAGES AND, AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF. UM, I I I TRULY LIKE THAT THAT FEEL THAT IT'S GIVEN, IT'S JUST NOT THE BIG BLOCK AND IT'S MARKET VALUE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I'M GOOD TO GO. AND WE, AND IT HAS A SENIOR SECTION AND CHIEF, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE DON'T HAVE SENIORS THROWING PARTIES, DO WE? YEAH. WAIT A MINUTE. OH, , WE GOT HOLLYWOOD. WE GOT HOLLYWOOD THAT IN SOME FLORIDA COMMUNITIES. I KNOW , ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS IT'S PROBABLY WORTH POINTING OUT, UH, I KNOW THE APPLICANT POINTED OUT AT PUBLIC HEARING IS THAT ALONG THAT WESTERN EDGE THERE, UM, HE IS COMMITTED TO PUTTING ONLY ONE STORY STRUCTURES IN THAT. IS THAT CORRECT, TIM? UM, THAT, UH, SO WHERE THAT ABUTS OTHER POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, THOSE WOULD BE ONE STORY BUILDING. SO THEY'RE NOT KIND OF PEERING OVER THE FENCE INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS. NICE. YEAH, THAT WAS GONNA BE, I HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THAT CARVED OUT PIECE THERE. RIGHT. UM, AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS WHEN YOU HEAR AN APARTMENT'S GONNA BE BUILT BEHIND YOU, I MEAN, THERE'S SOME CONCERN THERE FOR THE PRIVACY THINGS LIKE YOU, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, BUT WHEN I SAW THE RENDERING, I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. IT'S NOT ONLY ARE THEY SINGLE STORY, THEY'RE ALSO, I MEAN, THERE'S A ROAD THERE BETWEEN, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME BUFFER. YOU DIDN'T PUT BACKYARDS RIGHT UP AGAINST EACH OTHER WITH THE EXISTING RESIDENTS. SO, UM, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS. UM, I I, I THINK THE, THE PRODUCT ON ON HUNT ROAD, IT LOOKS VERY NICE. UM, IT SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL. SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE MORE OF THIS. LIKE YOU MENTIONED THE VARIETY, NO, WE DID A HOUSING STUDY SEVERAL YEARS BACK. THAT WAS ONE OF THE FINDINGS. WE JUST NEEDED MORE VARIETY. NOT, NOT ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, THREE STORY LARGE SCALE APARTMENT, BUT SOME, SOME VARIETY AND, AND THIS MEETS THAT DEMAND. SO HAPPY TO SEE IT. UM, YEAH. SO THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE HUNT PROPERTY THAT YOU DID OVER THERE IN OUR DISTRICT. AND, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR STAFF OUT THERE, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, THEY REALLY WORKED WITH THE, THE RESIDENTS AROUND THERE WHEN THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH THE DRAINAGE AND HOW Y'ALL WAS DOING Y'ALL DRAINAGE POND, Y'ALL WERE REALLY QUICK TO GET OUT THERE, FIX THAT, CORRECT THE OTHER PEOPLE'S FENCES MOVE THE TREES THAT WERE, WERE KIND OF, WHEN YOU KIND OF DUG IT OUT, KIND OF UNDER UNDERMINED SOME OF THEIR, BUT Y'ALL, Y'ALL WERE REALLY QUICK TO, TO WORK WITH US AND THEY HAD NOT A LOT OF COMPLAINT. THEY, THEY INITIALLY THEY WERE CONCERNED, BUT A LOT OF THEIR CONCERNS WENT AWAY WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THERE'S A NICE POND BEHIND THEM. Y'ALL WORKED WITH THEM REALLY WELL, SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL WORKING WITH THEM. AND IT, IT'S SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS I DID IN, YOU KNOW, WORKED WITH IN AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, AND WHERE YOU'RE DOING THE MIXED USE MULTI-FAMILY, IT'S, IT'S MORE COMMUNAL. UH, A LOT OF THAT'S KIND OF GOING AWAY FROM THE, THE BIG HOUSES MORE TO THE, YOU SEE THE SAME THING OVER ON 96, 99 AND ONE, I MEAN 96 AND 1 46 DOWN IN KEAH. THEY'RE DOING A SIMILAR PROJECT WHERE IT'S APARTMENTS PLUS IT'S A LOT OF TOWN HOMES OR DUPLEXES AS YOU WANNA CALL 'EM WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE A LOT OF SEEING WHERE DEVELOPMENT'S GOING TOWARDS, UM, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'D ALWAYS LOVE TO HAVE THE BIG LOTS, BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE IT'S JUST NOT AFFORDABLE LIKE IT USED TO BE. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE SOME DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS COMING. NOT LIKE YOU SAID, NOT JUST A BIG THREE STORY APARTMENT, FOUR STORY APARTMENT, OTHER THINGS. AND I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH, CONSIDERING THE, YOUR NEIGHBORS. SO, AND I APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING YOUR NEIGHBORS WHEN YOU WERE DOING THE HUNT PROJECT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? GOOD DEAL. I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:51 PM CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON APPROXIMATELY 31.124 ACRES LOCATED AT 1 0 1 0 8 OLD NEEDLEPOINT ROAD TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT DWELLINGS TO BE DESIGNED AS STANDALONE RENTAL APARTMENT UNITS WITHIN THE FREEWAY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT ONTO 5K. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE [l. Consider an ordinance to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) on an approximately 31.124-acre parcel located at 10108 Old Needlepoint Road, Baytown, Texas 77523, to allow for the development of multifamily apartment dwellings to be designed as standalone rental apartment units within the Freeway Commercial (FC) Zoning District.] TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON APPROXIMATELY 31.124 ACRE PARCEL, LOCATED AT 1 0 1 8 [01:15:01] AND OLD OLD NEEDLEPOINT ROAD, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 3 TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT DWELLINGS TO BE DESIGNED AS STANDALONE RENTAL APARTMENT UNITS WITHIN THE FREEWAY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. I NEED A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE L SECOND. YOU SAID FIVE WHAT? IT IS FIVE LK WAS THE HEARING OKAY. WAS THE HEARING THAT WAS THE, OH, WELL I DON'T HAVE IT WRITTEN ON HERE, RIGHT? OKAY. UM, SECOND. SECOND. YOU GOT THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONSIDER AN [a. Consider an ordinance to take action to record a vote on the proposed ad valorem tax rate and set a public hearing date for the City of Baytown, Texas, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027.] ORDINANCE TO TAKE ACTION TO RECORD A VOTE ON THE PROPOSED A VALOREM TAX RATE AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. MS. MCKENZIE, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE FY UH, 25 PROPOSED BUDGET REFLECTS A TAX RATE OF 0.69803. UM, THIS IS MERELY A COMPARISON OF THE REVENUE CHANGES, UM, BASED ON THE CALCULATED TAX RATES, JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, UM, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 0.68517 AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 0.74695. UM, THE MNO RATE FLUCTUATES BASED ON THE CALCULATED DEBT SERVICE RATE OF 0.25991. UM, IN RELATION TO THE REVENUE IMPACTS, UM, THE CHANGE FROM THE PROPOSED RATE TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS A REDUCTION OF 800,000 IN M AND O REVENUE. AND 1.3 MILLION IN IDA REVENUE, WHICH EQUATES TO 2.1 MILLION. UM, THE PROPOSED CHANGE FROM THE PROPOSED RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS AN INCREASE OF 3.1 MILLION AND IN M AND O REVENUE AND 4.9 MILLION IN IDA REVENUE FOR A TOTAL OF 8 MILLION. THIS, UM, IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS AND ALSO BASED ON STATE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE ILLUSTRATE. THE MEDIUM VALUE HOST SAID, UM, SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TAX BILL. SO BASED ON THE ADOPTED RATE, IF YOU HAD A MEDIUM HOME VALUE OF 203,000 AND WE PROPOSED THE RATE OF 0.69803 TO, UH, TO STAY THE SAME THIS YEAR, THERE'S A CHANGE OF $43 AND 87 CENTS. UM, AND THEN IF WE, UM, ARE PROPOSING THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THE CHANGE STILL WOULD BE, UH, $16 AND 88 CENTS BASED ON THE VALUES CHANGING TO 209,000. UM, AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION, UM, BASED ON IF THE, THE HOME VALUES WERE TO STAY THE SAME IS THE SAME, UM, RATE AMOUNTS THAT YOU SEE FOR THE TAX BILL OF THE PRIOR SLIDE, BUT IT JUST ILLUSTRATES THAT, UH, IF THE VALUES WERE NOT TO CHANGE, THERE'S A $2 DIFFERENCE MONTHLY, $2 DIFFERENCE, UH, WITH THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND $8 AND 55 CENTS CHANGE ON THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS VOTE BY A SHOW OF HANDS. UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2026 AT 6:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. SO I NEED A MOTION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. MM-HMM . MAYOR, IT IS A VOTE, UH, FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING YES. AS WELL AS TAX ON THE PROPOSAL OF THE TAX RATE. TAX RATE. IT'S NOT A VOTE TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE. YEAH, YEAH. IS THE PROPOSED MM-HMM . MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX. A SECOND. SECOND CAN MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. YES, SIR. I'M, I'M GONNA BE VOTING FOR THIS, BUT I REALLY WANT THE CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND, AND TRACY, YOU COVERED IT, BUT YOU COVERED IT VERY QUICKLY. IT'S ABOUT AN $800,000 ADJUSTMENT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, BUT IT'S 1.3 MILLION ON THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT SIDE. SO BY HOLDING THE TAX RATE, EVEN, EVEN THOUGH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ARE GONNA GO UP, THEY'RE GONNA PAY $46 MORE A YEAR. INDUSTRIES VALUES DON'T GO UP 'CAUSE THEY'RE NEGOTIATED AS PART OF THE IDAS MM-HMM . SO THE, THE ENTITIES THAT ARE REALLY GETTING THE BIGGEST TAX BREAK BY LOWERING THE TAX RATE IS OUR INDUSTRIES. MM-HMM . 1.3 MILLION GOES A LONG WAY OF COVERING A LOT OF GENERAL FUND EXPENSES. MM-HMM . AND, AND SO I JUST WANT TO, 'CAUSE I GET THAT CHALLENGE A LOT FROM [01:20:01] CITIZENS. LIKE, WELL, I WANT MY TAX RATE TO GO DOWN. IT GOES DOWN, BUT WE LOSE ALMOST DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM INDUSTRY IF WE LOWER THE TAX RATE. I'M NOT FOR RAISING THE TAX RATE, BUT HOLDING IT STEADY. INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO PAY A GREATER PORTION. AND I'M NOT ANTI-INDUSTRY EITHER, BUT THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY. SO I, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. SO JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT CLEAR MM-HMM . WHEN YOU VISIT WITH INDIVIDUALS AND YOU WALK THROUGH THAT, THEY GO, OH, WELL THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT'S WHERE ALL THE SUBSIDIES THAT WE'VE LOST OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS FOR WATER, OR BASICALLY FOR TRASH AND SEWER. MM-HMM . WE'VE HAD TO TIGHTEN THE BUDGETS 'CAUSE THE TAX RATES ARE GOING DOWN, WE LOST THOSE SUBSIDIES TO THAT. AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY COSTING OUR CITIZENS MORE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THAN THE TAX RATE WOULD'VE. MM-HMM . SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR WITH THAT, THAT THAT'S THE IMPACT. SO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, LETTING ME MAKE THE COMMENTS. AND, AND BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THERESA AND JASON ALSO 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU LED THE CHARGE AND ESPECIALLY GET THESE SLIDES TOGETHER TO HELP EDUCATE CITIZENS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND NOT JUST TAKE SHOTS WITHOUT HAVING THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE. SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT. WELL, I THINK I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US SAYING WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT PUT INTO GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND PUTTING IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, YOU KNOW. UM, SO BY A SHOW OF HANDS, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. YOU GOT YOUR HAND UP? YEAH. OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WE ARE ON [b. Consider an ordinance for the purchase and installation of a SONA Interactive Play and Dance Arch with turf floor from Kraftsman through the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard) # 781-25 for Lakewood Park.] TO SIX B CONSIDERING ORDINANCE FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A SONA INTERACTIVE PLAY AND DANCE ARCH WITH TURF FLOOR FROM CRAFTSMAN THROUGH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT PURCHASING COOPERATIVE BY BOARD NUMBER 7 81 DASH 25 FOR LAKEWOOD PARK, MR. CLIFFORD HATCH. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING. AGAIN. THIS ITEM IS TO, UM, CONSIDER ORDINANCE TO PURCHASE THE SONO ARK. UM, THE SONO ARC IS ACTUALLY A, A COOL PIECE OF A, UH, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN OUR INVENTORY. IT'S A, UH, STEM-BASED EDUCATIONAL PIECE THAT ALLOW CHILDREN OR, OR ADULTS OF ALL AGES TO, UM, LEARN AS A PLAY. IT WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT WAS SET FORTH BY, UH, EXXONMOBIL, UH, THE, ALL THE PURCHASE PRICE THAT WE ALL SET BY A, UH, $50,000 GRANT, AGAIN, FROM EXXONMOBIL, UM, UH, FOR THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. SO, BUT WITH THAT, WE, ANY HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, SIR? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I'LL MAKE A COMMENT. I JUST WANNA THANK YOU CLIFF HATCH, UH, FOR DOING ALL YOU CAN TO GET THIS, MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN LAKEWOOD HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DOG PARK TO HAPPEN. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. UM, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A COOL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT PEOPLE CAN INTERACT WITH. SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL PUTTING Y'ALL'S CREATIVE ABILITIES AND ALSO THANK YOU TO EXXONMOBIL FOR, UH, CONTRIBUTING THE, THE FUNDING TO HELP GET THIS ACROSS THE LINE. SO, UH, KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR, YOUR STAFF AND EXXONMOBIL. THAT'S ALL I GOT. ANYONE ELSE? I GOT A COMMENT THERE. UM, I MEAN, YEAH, I WANT TO ECHO I DO APPRECIATE, UM, THE, THE DONATION FROM EXXONMOBIL. UM, GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER. HOWEVER, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THIS. UM, I MEAN, I KNOW THERE THERE'RE 50,000 THAT LEAVES IN AN EXTRA ROUGHLY 20 K. UM, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THE FULL PRICE OF, OF BUILDING A NEW PARK. UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS RECENTLY. I, GOING BACK TO THE, THE BONDS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK OF NEEDS VERSUS WANTS AND A LOT OF THOSE TALKS CENTERED AROUND PARKS. RIGHT? UM, AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE UP, SOME OF SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE HAD PRETTY STRONG OPINIONS OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, AROUND PARKS BEING MORE OF A WANT THAN A NEED. AND SO I, I'D LIKE US TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TOTAL COST OF, OF A NEW PARK. UM, AND REALLY THE, I THINK IT'S MORE OF A, A POLICY DISCUSSION LIKE, LIKE A HIGH LEVEL POLICY DISCUSSION THAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET MORE INPUT ON FROM, UM, FROM THE PARKS BOARD. UH, I'D LIKE THEM TO, TO HAVE MORE INPUT ON JUST IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT A NEW PARK, WHERE'S THE RIGHT PLACE FOR A PARK, WHAT DO WE DO WITH EXISTING PARKS? I MEAN WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE VARIOUS PARKS THAT MAYBE AREN'T UTILIZED AS MUCH AS OTHERS. AND THEN HOW DO WE DECIDE, UM, WHAT AMENITIES GO IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARKS? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T SAY I'M ALL RIGHT, BUT I, I KNOW WE HAVE POCKET PARKS, NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, REGIONAL PARKS, UM, I KNOW I'VE BEEN ASKED FOR, UM, LIKE BATHROOM FACILITIES TO BE INSTALLED [01:25:01] AT HOLLOWAY, RIGHT? AND, AND THE ANSWER THERE WAS, WELL, IT'S A, A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND FOLKS CAN WALK BACK HOME FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. UM, AND SO, LIKE I SAID, I, I THINK IT'S MORE OF A POLICY DISCUSSION ON, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA BUILD A NEW DOG PARK, IS THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AMENITY? IS THAT A REGIONAL PARK AMENITY? UM, AND SO I WAS JUST LIKE, I, I WANNA GET PARKS, THE, THE BOARD INPUT ON THAT BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A NEW PARK. UM, 'CAUSE WE ARE, I MEAN, WE'RE COMMITTING OURSELVES TO A LARGE EXPENSE THERE. UM, I MEAN, WITH THIS SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT, I KNOW EXXON'S MADE A DONATION, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THE FULL BUILD OUT OF THE PARK. AND THEN THERE'S ONGOING MAINTENANCE AS WELL, UM, FOR, FOR A DOG PARK AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD OFF ON TAKING ACTION ON THIS AND GET SOME, SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE PARKS BOARD MORE ON A POLICY AROUND LIKE HOW WE CHOOSE WHAT AMENITIES GO WHERE. I HAVE A QUESTION. HOW LONG HAS THIS, THIS PARK BEEN ON Y'ALL'S RADAR? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN IT FIRST CAME ON THE RADAR? AUGUST 22ND. IT'S CORN GORDON. OUR PARK PLANNER, AUGUST 22ND WAS WHEN THE LAST TIME COUNCIL WAS BEFORE COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION ON DEVELOPMENT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH FUNDS TO APPROVE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A PARKING LAKEWOOD BASED ON THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING AT TRAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MM-HMM . UM, THERE WERE STUDIES DONE AND, UH, THROUGH THAT STUDY, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE BEING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, WANTED TO USE ANOTHER PARCEL. BUT WE FOUND WE DIDN'T OWN ALL THE PIECES. SO WE MOVED TO THIS SITE, UH, TO TRY TO BRING A PARK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED ON WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS, THIS PARK WAS, THIS PARK WAS ON MY, ON THE RADAR WHEN I FIRST CAME TO COUNCIL. IT WAS INITIALLY FUNDED BY THE MDD, THEN IT GOT BUMPED OUT 'CAUSE OF THE HOTEL TO COMPETE. OKAY. SO I, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME MIXING HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO DEBT OF OUR PARKS, NOT WANT ASK CITIZENS TO GO TO DOVER PARKS. BUT THE FUNDING TO GET THIS JUMP STARTED, STARTED OUT IN THE MDD. IT WAS SECURITY. MDD EXXON HAD COMMITTED, UM, I THINK 220,000. SO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS AROUND 220,000 FROM MDD TWO 20,000. WHEN FUNDING WAS REALLOCATED, EXXON DONATED ABOUT 140,000. RIGHT. UH, TO, TO CARRY FORTH THE PARK, UH, DEVELOPMENT. SO THIS PARK WOULD BE DEVELOPED BY, WITH EXXON FUNDS, UM, TO GET IT TO THE POINT THE MAINTENANCE IS MR. ER EXACTLY RIGHT. BUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR WOULD BE FUNDED EXCLUSIVELY NOW BY, BY EXXON. RIGHT. AND THEN I COULD, I COULD HEAR ECHO HIM ON, ON THE OPERATION MAINTENANCE, BUT YEAH, THE FUNDING FOR THIS PARK WAS SECURED A LONG TIME AGO. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I SEE NO REASON ON HOLDING THAT UP, UH, CONSIDERING THE FUNDING WAS THERE EXXONMOBIL'S PUTTING UP A GOOD CHUNK OF IT, AND I THINK THEY'VE APPROVED MORE SINCE, AM I CORRECT? WELL, THAT'S THE, THIS PIECE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. SO TH THEY, UH, THEY YES IS THE SIMPLE ANSWER, BUT THE, UH, THIS PIECE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT COMES WITH AN, AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 TO PURCHASE THIS ACTUAL PIECE. UH, AND AGAIN, IT'S TO MEET THEIR STEM INITIATIVE, UH, THAT NOT ONLY THEY WOULD USE, BUT OUR, OUR CAMPS AS WELL COULD UTILIZE. RIGHT. YES, MA'AM. I NEED SOME CLARITY ON THAT. WHAT'S GONNA BE THE TOTAL COST OF THE PARK? UH, IT, IT WOULD BE UNDER BUDGET, I BELIEVE, AS IT SITS NOW WITH THE, WITH THE DONATION. JUST, JUST A CLARIFICATION. UH, THERE WAS PREVIOUS BALANCES, UH, THAT WE MERGED INTO THE PROJECT. UH, BASED ON THE PREVIOUS STUDIES THAT WERE DONE. WE HAD, UH, CONSTRUCTION, EXCUSE ME, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FROM CLARK CONDO, UH, FOR THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK. WE ALSO HAD SOME FUND BALANCES THAT WE MERGED IN FROM OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE COUNSELED THAT WERE ALREADY ON THE TRACKS. SO THOSE FUND BALANCES WERE MOVED INTO THIS PROJECT TO, UM, BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE PROJECT WITH THE FUNDS FOR, UM, EXXON. SO THERE HAS BEEN MONEY ALREADY SPENT, UM, EXPEND OF 83 9 80,000, 89,000 WAS SPENT FOR THE FIRST PORTION. AND THERE WAS LIKE, UH, 24,000 LEFT. IN BALANCE OF THAT. WE USED SOME FUND BALANCE THAT WAS 17,000 FROM ANOTHER PROJECT FROM A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED BLOCK AS SOME OTHER BALANCED FUNDINGS THAT WERE USED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SURVEY AND DEVELOPMENT FOR WHERE WE ARE NOW TODAY. OKAY. SO YOU, Y'ALL JUST SPARKED MY INTEREST WITH SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THIS IS GONNA GO TOWARDS THE STEM INITIATIVE, UM, FOR EXXON, BUT SO WOULD'VE A NEW WETLAND CENTER OVER IN THAT AREA. AND, UM, SO NOW I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH THE PRICE AND, AND, AND WHAT THIS IS GONNA BUILD WHEN THAT MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN FUNNELED INTO A NEW WETLAND CENTER THAT GOT PUSHED OUT DUE TO THE BOND. SO WHAT IS THE TOTAL PRICE THAT HAS COME OUT OF BAYTOWN [01:30:01] CITY OF BAYTOWN MONEY VERSUS WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN IN A GRANT? UM, I KNOW YOU JUST GAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS, BUT I WANNA KNOW WHAT CAME OUT OF BAYTOWN MONEY VERSUS WHAT IS BEING GIVEN FROM THE GRANT. SO THE ORIGINAL GRANT, ONE 40 WAS GIVEN, WE HAVE ANOTHER 50 RIGHT NOW. SO THAT BRINGS YOU TO $190,000 FROM EXXON CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARK. WE HAVE 130,000 THAT WE ARE PUTTING TO IT, UM, BASED ON CONSOLIDATION OF PAST CONTRACTS THAT WAS CANCELED, AND WE HAD FUND BALANCES THAT WE MOVED TO THAT. SO IN TOTAL, THERE'S 300, I THINK IN 320 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS TOTAL TO DEVELOP THIS PARK. MAN, I I, I DIDN'T Y'ALL KNOW I LOVE PARKS, BUT, AND, AND I AGREE THIS IS, THIS HAS BEEN ON THE, THE RADAR FOR A WHILE, BUT YOU, YOU TOOK MONEY FROM OTHER CONTRACTS. SO WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE NITTY GRITTY, WERE THOSE THINGS THAT WERE ON OTHER PARTS OF TOWN THAT WE FUNNELED TO THIS DOG PARK THAT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THIS NOW THIS FEELS, THIS FEELS STRANGE. THE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS TO BUILD A PARK IN, IN LAKEWOOD, RIGHT? MM-HMM . AND THEN WHEN WE ORIGINALLY, NO, THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS JUST A DOG PARK. YEAH. BUT IN LAKEWOOD IS WHAT WAS MEANT. THE, UH, WHEN WE MET WITH THE COMMUNITY, THEY, WE, WE LOOKED AT THREE DIFFERENT PARCELS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THE FIRST ONE, THE ONE THAT WAS SELECTED WAS THE ONE OVER THERE BY THE POOL. AND SO THERE WAS MONEY SPENT ON SURVEYING THAT PROPERTY, WHICH WAS A REALLY GOOD SPIN BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT PROPERTY, THE PORTIONS OF IT THAT WERE OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN WEREN'T ACTUALLY BAYTOWN. SO IT WAS MISCODED. AND SO THAT MONEY, ALTHOUGH WAS SPENT, WAS SPENT WELL, BUT WE HAD TO, THAT CAUSED THE PROJECT TO THEN ADJUST TO THE SECOND CHOICE, WHICH IS THE CURRENT SITE. SO SOME OF THE MONEY THAT CORNELL SPEAKING OF THAT WAS SPENT, WAS SPENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE INDIRECTLY BECAUSE IT, IT HAD TO, IT, IT, IT WAS THE PROCESS THAT YOU DO TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE BUILDING ON YOUR PROPERTY . THAT THAT PROCESS IS CALLED THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS. AND ANYTIME ANYONE'S GOING TO BUY ANY PROPERTY, WHAT, WHEN YOU, WHAT, WHAT YOU WRITE INTO THE CONTRACT, IF IT'S LAND OR EVEN A HOME, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A SURVEY DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THAT PERSON IS PURCHASING IS ACTUALLY WHAT THE SELLER SAYS THAT IS GONNA BE PURCHASED WITH RAW LAND. LIKE THEY WERE LOOKING AT, I WAS THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT STARTED THE CONVERSATION WITH LAKEWOOD WHEN IT CAME TO THIS. AND I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY EVERYONE WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT GOING IN NEXT TO THE POOL. YEAH. BECAUSE IT WAS GONNA BE, IT WAS GONNA BE GREAT THERE. A DOG PARK. YEAH. A DOG PARK GOING IN NEXT TO THE POOL. 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE, MAN, THAT'S A PERFECT, THE PERFECT COMPLIMENT TO THE POOL. WELL, GOING INTO IT, THEY DID THE, THEY DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, WHICH IS WRITTEN INTO CONTRACTS AND THE DUE DILIGENCE PERFORMED WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. THEY FOUND OUT THAT, HEY, WE CAN'T DO THIS BECAUSE WHAT IS BEING SOLD IS NOT ACTUALLY WHAT, WHAT WE WANT TO BUY IS NOT ACTUALLY WHAT'S BEING SOLD. GOOD THING THAT WE HAD THOSE MEETINGS, AND YOU ALL ACTUALLY, I REMEMBER THE, UM, POSTERS BEING UP OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND IT ENDED UP GOING TO THE NEXT LOCATION. AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO DO THAT. YOUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE BUYING WHAT YOU SAID, WHAT THE SELLER SAYS THAT YOU'RE BUYING. NO, I, I I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. I THINK FOR ME, UM, JUST, I WANNA HEAR FROM EVERYBODY TOO, BUT I, I THINK FOR ME, UM, WE WENT FROM A DOG PARK IN AN AREA THAT AFTER DOING DUE DILIGENCE, CAN'T GO THERE. BUT SOMEHOW THAT HAS BALLOONED INTO MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS OF A STEM INITIATIVE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PUT INTO A ANOTHER FACILITY. AND SO WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS, I DO THINK WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT OUR PHILOSOPHIES AS A COUNCIL, THAT WE, WE KEEP REITERATING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND I MEAN, IT CHANGES HERE AND THERE, BUT MAYBE THIS DOES NEED MORE DISCUSSION BECAUSE SOMEHOW A, A PROJECT THAT YES, DUE TO, YOU KNOW, THE SURVEY OF THE LAND HAD TO BE MOVED. BUT HOW DID WE GO FROM IT JUST BEING A DOG PARK TO NOW MEETING A STEM INITIATIVE TO BEING MORE EXP I MEAN, I, HOW DID WE GET THERE? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED. I, I'M GONNA SAY THAT, BUT I'M NOT ON CIP ANYMORE, SO I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT IT WENT TO MEETING A STEM INITIATIVE. THEY DONATED THE MONEY, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, AND THEY ASKED THAT SOME OF THIS BEING IMPLEMENTED INTO THAT. AM I CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. SO IT'S NOT THAT IT BALLOONED OUT OF THAT. IF, UM, IF SOMEONE DONATES MONEY AND THEY ASK FOR SOME OF THAT MONEY TO BE EARMARKED FOR THIS AND THEY WANT IT TO GO INTO THE DOG PARK, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE BRINGING THEIR DOGS. AND PEOPLE ARE [01:35:01] PROBABLY GONNA WANT TO HAVE SOME THINGS TO DO WHILE THEIR DOGS ARE PLAYING AND HAVING FUN. BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, HOLD ON, A DONOR DOESN'T HOLD ON. DOESN'T GET TO EARMARK A DONATION TO THE CITY. HOLD ON. THAT'S A DECISION WE AS CITY COUNCIL NEED TO MAKE. WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE THAT WAS WANTING TO SPEAK. DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? UM, YES. SO IF WE WERE TO STICK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF A DOG PARK IN THE NEW DESIGNATED LOCATION AND NOT ADD ANYTHING ELSE, WHAT WOULD THE COST BE? UH, UH, DO YOU KNOW? SO THE DOG PARK SECTION, JUST TO DO THE FENCING FOR THE DOG PARK, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA COST ABOUT $60,000 IN FENCING JUST TO DO THE DOG PARK. UM, AND THEN, UM, WHATEVER PLAY ELEMENT'S GOING TO THAT, WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED A A BENCH SHELTER, SO THAT'S $11,000. IT'S ALREADY SPENT ON THAT. SO, UM, IT WOULD BE JUST PROVIDING WHETHER, UH, NUANCES THAT WE NEED FAR AS PLAY EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT FOR THE DOG BARK. SO, BUT IT WOULD BE UNDER THE 300,000? YES. WAY UNDER. I, I THINK FOR ME, UM, I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES. UM, BUT THE DECISION OF BUILDING A PARK HAS ALWAYS BEEN UP TO US AS COUNCIL. UM, I REMEMBER BACK WHEN I WAS TRYING TO BUILD OUT, UM, THE PARKS OVER, UH, OFF OF INWOOD, THE, UM, THE VOTER, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. AND WE WERE TOLD, AH, THERE'S NO MONEY RIGHT NOW. LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO. CLINT WAS REALLY GOOD. UM, AND EVEN CORNELL TO DO, UH, AN AUDIT, A WALKING AUDIT WITH ME TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PARKS AND WHAT WE COULD DO. BUT WE DID, WE, THE ONLY THING THAT WE ADDED WAS A, A BENCH AND A LITTLE PAVILION BACK WHEN WE WERE GETTING ALLOTMENTS WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS THAT EXXON SAT IN. UM, AND SO WE TOOK AWAY OUR MONIES THAT WERE DESIGNATED TO US, WHICH WE ALSO USED TO, YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER WE WANTED WITHIN PARKS OR WHATEVER PROJECTS WE WANTED. BUT ULTIMATELY PARK PROJECTS, THAT'S A BIG INVESTMENT. AND SO THAT COMES TO ALL OF US AS COUNCIL, AS A POLICY DECISION. WHAT WE WANNA DO ON THERE, WHERE IS IT GONNA GO? I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BELIEVE ME, AND OVER AT TRAVIS, AND I DO NOT LIKE IT. AND I AGREE THAT FAMILIES WITHIN THAT AREA DESERVE A PARK. AND SO I'M NOT FLAT OUT SAYING NO, BUT I THINK I, I, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LITTLE STEP BACK, UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY DO DESERVE SOMETHING, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A HOLISTIC VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. YEAH. MR. POLL, GO AHEAD. AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES. UM, I, I SPECIFICALLY AGREE, MR. POWELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY PARKS AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND, AND I, I THINK EVERY DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE WHAT I CALL A REGIONAL PARK A A MAIN PARK, AND THEN SOME SUBSIDIARY PARKS OF THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT TOGETHER ON THAT. SO I, I THINK THIS IS A POINT IN TIME. I LOVED THE ISSUE. WELL, WE HAVE THIS DONATION AND THIS DONATION. WELL, IS THAT WHAT IT'S GONNA COST? WELL, WE'VE MOVED MONEY FROM THIS PROJECT THAT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET. THERE'S A CONCEPT, A PROJECT COME IN UNDER BUDGET AND WE PUT MONEY BACK INTO THE BUDGET. OH NO, WE JUST MOVE IT OVER TO THIS PROJECT SO THERE'S NEVER AN UNDER BUDGET PROJECT. 'CAUSE THE MONEY JUST GETS MOVED IN THERE. SO THAT'S MISSION CREEP TO ME. AND I'VE BEEN PUSHING BACK. JAY'S TIRED OF ME SAYING THAT. AND IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING YEAH, IT IS NOT JUST PARKS. WE HAVE MISSION CREEP AND A LOT OF OUR OPERATIONS, AND AND THAT'S ON US IS, IS MY COLLEAGUE JUST BROUGHT OUT, TYPICALLY WHEN YOU CREATE A NEW PARK, THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S WELL DISCUSSED AT THIS LEVEL AND AGREED TO ON A CONCEPTUAL BASIS. THE DOG PARK. I, I, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, A DOG PARK THAT'S GONNA RUN AROUND 150, $160,000 TOTAL FOR LAND AND FENCING AND THIS, AND THAT WAS OKAY, BUT THAT'S GROWN NOW. SO IF IT'S GROWN MISSION CREEP NOW IT'S TURNING INTO A FULL BLOWN PARK WITH A DOG SECTION THAT'S DIFFERENT. AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. I THINK LAKEWOOD DESERVES, 'CAUSE AGAIN, WE LOST, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY PARK, BUT IT'S ALSO, LAKEWOOD IS BASICALLY BUMPED UP AGAINST OUR LARGEST PARK, THE NATURE CENTER. YEAH. I MEAN, SO IS THERE PROPERTY THERE THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED OR, OR WHATEVER. SO I, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE HERE IN MORE DETAIL. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S EASY FOR EXXON AND I'M NOT, EXXON IS ONE OF THE BEST CORPORATE PARTNERS I'VE EVER SEEN AND KNOWN OR TALKED TO, AND YOU GO TRAVEL ANYWHERE ELSE AND PEOPLE CAN'T BELIEVE HOW GOOD OF A COMMUNITY PARTNER THEY ARE, [01:40:01] BUT IT'S EASY TO BUY A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE AND THE CONTINUED, WE HEAR A LOT FROM PARKS, WELL, I NEED NEED MORE STAFF AND MORE MOWERS. 'CAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH PROPERTY WE CAN'T MOW, OR I NEED MORE MONEY IN THE CONTRACTS 'CAUSE WE HAVE MORE PARKS TO MOW. SO IT JUST, IT JUST CONTINUES TO GROW. SO I, I AGREE. I I THINK THIS DESERVES MORE DISCUSSION AND MORE DETAIL IS IT STARTED OFF WITH, WELL WE HAVE A $50,000 GRANT, IT'S GOING COST 30,000, SO WE'VE GOT 20,000 LEFT OVER. AND THEN IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE HAD MONIES FROM HERE, BUT WE PUT FROM THIS. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, SO WHAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER? DO WE OWN THE PROPERTY WHERE THIS IS GOING? OR WE HAVE TO BUY THE PROPERTY? AGAIN, I, IT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED IN A DETAILED DISCUSSION AND ENVIRONMENT. SO YEAH. AND I LOVE THIS AMENITY. I MEAN, THIS IS RIGHT IN MY WHEELHOUSE. UM, AND, AND SO, AND I'VE SEEN IT IN ACTION AS WELL. AND SO I I THINK IT WOULD BE AMAZING. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK. I NEED A MO OH, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. MAYBE WE CAN GO TO A WETLAND CENTER WHERE A DOG PARK GO AHEAD. I FIGURED SINCE EVERYBODY'S IN TALK, I MIGHT AS WELL THROW IN TOO, RIGHT? YEAH. AND SO, I MEAN, I, I KNOW WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT DISCUSSION WE TALKED ABOUT, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE CIPI MEAN, FOR ME, I'VE ALWAYS SAID, HEY, IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING NEW, I'VE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE VOTERS NEED TO APPROVE IT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO BOND ON THE PARTS BECAUSE WE, WE LITERALLY HAD THE VOTERS VOTE ON, ON JUST THE, THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT DESIGN FOR, FOR A CROSSING OVER INTO JENKINS PARK FOR JUST, WE HAD THEM VOTE ON JUST TO GET THE, JUST TO DO THE DESIGNS FOR A FIRE STATION, FOR FIRE STATION FOUR. THEY APPROVED IT. BUT THOSE WERE THINGS THAT WE HAD THE VOTERS DECIDE ON THAT BECAUSE I, I GET IT AND UNDERSTAND, BUT FOR ME IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S ALSO, THERE, THERE IS THE INITIAL COST, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE MAINTENANCE COSTS. UH, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT FOUR, YOU KNOW, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE FOUR PARKS AND MY BIGGEST ONE OF COURSE IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND EVERYTHING. AND, AND, AND I HAVE SOME TWO SMALLER PARKS AND I GOT ONE THAT'S JUST EVENTUALLY MIGHT BE A BIG PARK, BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE WHAT'S ALL GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT MONEY, RIGHT. AND HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THAT ONE DONE. SO I, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THE CITIZENS WANT ON THAT PART AND, AND WHAT SOME MAY, MAY WANT. BUT I THINK THIS, THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT COME ACROSS WHEN I WAS IN THE CIP AND WE KIND OF SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO, TO START THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TAX RATES. IT'S $800,000 BETWEEN ONE RATE TO A ONE RATE, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $200,000. WELL WAIT A MINUTE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THAT TAX RATE. SO, I MEAN, THERE'S THINGS WE GOTTA LOOK AT IN THERE TOO THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S WHERE, WHERE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS? AND, AND I AGREE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT WE GET, HEY, WE DONATED YOU THIS LAND, OR WE DONATED YOU THIS MONEY TO BUILD THIS. OKAY, THAT'S, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ENTIRE COST AND THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THE ENTIRE COST OF MAINTAINING THAT THING FOR THE NEXT ETERNITY OR 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS THAT WE OWN THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, OR WE ARE DEVELOPING IT. SO THE INITIAL INVESTMENT'S GREAT, AND IT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT I THINK THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT MAKE, WHEN THEY, SOMEONE WANTS TO INVEST IN CITY AND DONATE STUFF TO THE CITY, I THINK IT NEEDS TO GO TO Y'ALL AND Y'ALL DECIDE WHICH PARK REALLY DOES NEED IT. BECAUSE THAT'S THE THING, AGAIN, I GET YOUR POINT. IF EXXON WOULD'VE SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO GIVE $150,000 OR $200,000 TO THIS AREA, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU COULD USED THAT AT THE WETLANDS, YOU COULD HAVE USED THAT AT IN OTHER PARTS, AND THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING YOU DECIDED ON, NOT JUST SAY, OH, WELL DONATE IT STRAIGHT TO THIS. AND I THINK WE NEED TO, TO, AND I APPRECIATE EXXON'S DONATION, BUT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THAT TOO. IT'S ALL GOOD. ANYONE ELSE? I, YEAH, I I JUST WANNA, UM, SAY THAT I, I LIKE WHAT MIKE LESTER SAID BEST. I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT IN DISTRICT THREE, BECAUSE KEN HAS WORKED SO HARD AND ADVOCATED, UH, THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT AVENUES TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING NICE FOR HIS DISTRICT, I THINK IT DESERVES MORE TIME BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS IN THAT CORRIDOR THAT YOU'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO TRY TO GET. AND, AND YOU WITH PARKS HAVE COME UP WITH SOMETHING. I JUST THINK, I, I LOVE THAT YOU SAY IT DESERVES MORE, MORE TIME AND EFFORT. AND, UM, I DON'T THINK THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE I, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MOTION, UM, WHAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA GO WITH. BUT I AGREE THAT I WANT THAT DISTRICT TO GET THE BEST AMENITY THEY CAN GET THAT BELONGS IN THAT AREA. AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE. ANYONE ELSE? MAYOR AND COUNSEL, YOU CAN TAKE NO ACTION IF Y'ALL SO CHOOSE AND I CAN HAVE ATTENTION, I GUESS. YEAH. UM, I, I, I'M HEARING EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS SAID. UH, I'M HEARING THAT THE, THE CITIZENS DESERVE MORE TIME, BUT IF WE WERE TO ASK THOSE CITIZENS IF THEY WANTED MORE TIME, THOSE CITIZENS ARE GONNA TELL YOU, THEY'VE BEEN TALKING [01:45:01] ABOUT THIS. IF, IF YOU WOULD SHOW, GO OUT TO THEIR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, THEY TALK ABOUT THIS EVERY YEAR, DON'T THEY? EVERY YEAR. EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE DESIGNS THAT WHEN IT'S BEEN PUSHED BACK WHEN I WASN'T ON COUNCIL AND I WAS GOING TO THEIR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, THEY WERE STILL ASKING QUESTIONS, WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG TO GET THIS DONE? AND THIS IS WHAT THE CITIZENS HAVE ASKED FOR, FOR HOW MANY YEARS NOW? FOUR OR FIVE? AT LEAST FIVE. AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN, I WELCOMED IT WHEN I CAME ON COUNCIL. I DIDN'T, YEAH. SO YEAH, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT. UM, SO I THOUGHT TO SAY THE FUNDING FROM THE MDD WHEN OTHERS WANTED TO SCRAP IT MM-HMM . SO, SO WELL, UM, I THINK THAT WE, SINCE EVERYONE IS SAYING THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE, WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ACTION ON THIS TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. BUT I WILL ENCOURAGE THOSE CITIZENS WHO HAVE ADVOCATED FOR THIS COME OUT AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD. LET YOUR OPINION BE HEARD. WE WERE ELECTED TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE ASKED US TO DO. AND IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S TAKING TOO MUCH TIME, COME LET US KNOW. IF YOU THINK WE NEED TO TAKE EVEN MORE TIME, COME, LET US KNOW. BUT WE NEED THE CITIZENS OF LAKEWOOD, THE CITIZENS OF DISTRICT THREE, TO SHOW UP AND LET THEIR OPINION BE HEARD ABOUT SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR HALF A DECADE. AND WE'RE GONNA TABLE THIS TITLE. CAN I, CAN I ASK FOR A POINT OF CLARITY? YES, SIR. UH, WITH THE TABLING OF THE ITEM IS DO I NEED TO DIRECT MY STAFF TO HOLD OFF ON ALL PROGRESS TO THE PARK UNTIL THE DECISION IS MADE IN THE FUTURE? OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO, AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS IF, IF WE DID ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE, THERE'S A STIPULATION THAT IT GOES TO THIS PARK, AND THEN IF WE DECIDE NOT TO DO THE PARK, WE LOSE THE DONATION. SO I, I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO DEVELOP A BETTER DETAILED CONCEPT SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS, AGAIN, IT WENT FROM A DOG PARK FENCED IN AREA TO PLACE DOGS NEXT TO THE SWIMMING POOL, LAKEWOOD POOL, WHICH IS A PRIVATE ENTITY TO NOW FULL BLOWN PARK. WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT. AND, AND, AND I WOULD AGREE. I MEAN, IF THE SCOPE IS A DOG PARK, THEN THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO STAY WITHIN THAT SCOPE. BUT, BUT I, I AGREE WITH THE SHUTTING DOWN OF THE TRAVIS PARK MM-HMM . MM-HMM . LAKEWOOD DESERVES, YES. THEY DO A GOOD PARK. YES, THEY DO. SO IF, IF OUR CONCEPT IS SHIFTING, THEN WE NEED TO HAVE THAT MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION SO THAT WE GET THEM WHAT THEY DESERVE TO HAVE AND NOT DO SOMETHING THAT'S, NO OFFENSE TO ANYBODY PIECEMEALED. I, I WOULD HOPE WE JUST NEED TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS. AND I AGREE WITH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF NOT TAKING ACTION BECAUSE THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK. RIGHT. WITHOUT HAVING OUR TIME LIMIT. MM-HMM . IMPACTED ON IT. SO WE CAN HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, BUT WE NEED MORE DETAILS. AGAIN, I I GOT IT. PARTS AS THEY'RE THE BEST AT, AND I, AND I'LL USE A PHRASE FROM A FORMER CITY MANAGER, COBBLING TOGETHER FUNDS, YOU KNOW, PARKS, DEPARTMENT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST AT DOING THAT, BUT WE DON'T IF THIS IS GONNA BE A MAJOR PARK FOR THAT DISTRICT OR THAT REGION OF, OF THE CITY, WE DON'T NEED TO COBBLE MONEY TOGETHER. WE NEED TO, TO BE FOCUSED, KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO, AND THEN DEDICATE THE MONEY TO DO IT. AND THAT'S A DISCUSSION WE NEED TO HAVE. MM-HMM . OKAY. JASON, I JUST GOT A QUESTION, MAYOR, JUST TO WANT TO ANSWER'S CLIFF'S QUESTION FROM THE INTENTION THAT I GOT FROM THE COUNCIL IS THAT WE PAUSE ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE PARK SO THAT THERE'S A POLICY DISCUSSION THAT BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE PARKS BOARD ARE INVOLVED IN TAKING BEFORE ANY OTHER MOVEMENT, EXCUSE ME, HAPPENS WITH ANY ADDITIONAL, LIKE ADDING ADDITIONAL PARKS OR EXPANDING THE PARKS AS THEY ARE AS OF THIS MOMENT. THAT'S THE INTENTION I'VE GOT. AND I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA SAY THAT THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, FUNDS BEING SPENT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. JUST, JUST FOR SOME TO CLARIFY THAT OF EVERYTHING ON ANY PART. OKAY. BUT I ALSO, I DIDN'T SAY ON ANY PART, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH, WITH THIS ONE HERE. COME ON. I, YES. AND I ALSO HEARD, 'CAUSE THE EXXON PIECE IS HERE, MAYBE JUST A, ANOTHER POLICY DISCUSSION ON THE GRANT ASPECT YES. OF WHEN MONEY COMES IN. 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL DID MENTION A FEW TIMES AND IT'S BEEN A ONGOING DISCUSSION AS WELL. MM-HMM . CLEAR POLICIES. OKAY. I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE DON'T COME BACK IN THE STATE NOT TO DO A PARK AFTER THEY WAITED FIVE YEARS AND WE'VE SPENT TIME, EFFORT, AND WE GOTTA THINK ABOUT THAT. WE'VE SPENT TIME, STAFF TIME, AFTER HOURS HAVING, UM, DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, WITH THE PEOPLE OF, OF LAKEWOOD AND THAT AREA ABOUT, ABOUT THIS. WE ALSO NEED TO REALLY CONSIDER THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S BEEN SPENT THAT'S BEEN PUT [01:50:01] INTO THIS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. NOT, NOT TO MENTION THE GRANT MONEY THAT WAS HELD ONTO IN GOOD FAITH BY EXXON. EXACTLY. AND THAT'S WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS FOR. YEAH. SO WE RESERVE AND TAKE THAT TIME TO DISCUSS IT FULLY. YEAH. UH, MO THANK YOU. MM-HMM . MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. [7. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.] UM, WE ARE GOING TO PULL ITEM EIGHT D SEVEN. I, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL SEVEN D SEVEN D, I'M SORRY. YES. PULL ITEM SEVEN D UH, WILL THERE BE ANY OTHER ITEM TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT AGENDA? UM, NO. I WAS JUST PICKING ON BRAND. YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT SEAN? NO, I WAS NOT GONNA MENTION THE C. NO. OKAY. SO I NEED A MOTION. REMEMBER WE'RE PULLING SEVEN D. YES. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH V, EXCLUDING SEVEN D SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. SO NOW WE ARE ON [d. Consider a resolution authorizing the City of Baytown to pursue the Bird City Texas designation from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.] TO SEVEN D. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO PURSUE A BIRD. THE BIRD CITY DESIGNATION FROM THE TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. MS. MRS. TRACY PROTHRO. HELLO. UM, TRACY PROTHRO, PARKS, REC AND TOURISM. I JUST WANTED TO, UH, BE ABLE TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO YOU GUYS TO SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON GETTING THE BIRD CITY, TEXAS, UM, INITIATIVE. I THINK SARAH'S GONNA ACTUALLY READ THE, THE RESOLUTION FOR YOU GUYS, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW EXCITED WE ARE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO GET FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. THANK YOU TRACY. UM, FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY, UM, I KNOW THAT, THAT, UM, I'M GONNA READ THIS RESOLUTION AND I KNOW THAT TRACY AND HER STAFF WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS. AND I KNOW THAT MR. REYNOLDS IS GONNA SAY SOMETHING PROBABLY LATER. BUT, UM, BEFORE I READ THIS, UH, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, UH, MS. PRO PRO IS, UM, SITTING AT HER LAST COUNCIL MEETING WITH US AND THERE'S A SAYING WITH ALL NATURE ENTHUSIASTS THAT WHEN YOU GO VISIT SOMEWHERE IN NATURE, UM, YOU TAKE NOTHING AND YOU LEAVE NOTHING. AND, UH, I WISH THAT WE COULD, UM, SAY THAT THAT'S TRUE FOR TRACY IMPACTING THE LIVES AROUND HER. BUT SHE IS LEAVING SOMETHING. SHE'S LEAVING SOMETHING, UH, VERY LARGE. SHE'S LEAVING A LARGE MARK ON NOT ONLY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, NOT ONLY OUR CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY SOME OF THE ADULTS, UM, BUT THIS IS ONE OF HER, UM, LAST ITEMS ON PAPER THAT SHE'S GONNA DO. AND SO I FEEL VERY PROUD TO READ THIS RESOLUTION. AND IT'S ABOUT BIRDS, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL BECAUSE MS. TRACY'S TAUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE HOW TO BIRD, INCLUDING MYSELF. SO, ALRIGHT. WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IS UNIQUELY SITUATED ALONG THE TEXAS GULF COAST AND WITHIN THE CENTRAL FLYWAY, ONE OF NORTH AMERICA'S MOST SIGNIFICANT MIGRATORY BIRD CORRIDORS PROVIDING CRITICAL HABITAT FOR HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS AND MIGRATORY BIRD SPECIES. AND WHEREAS HEALTHY BIRD POPULATIONS CONTRIBUTE TO ECOLOGICAL BALANCE THROUGH POLLINATION, SEED DISPERSAL, INSECT CONTROL, AND OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, WHILE ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE. AND WHEREAS BAY TOWN'S, PARKS, NATURE PRESERVES, WETLANDS, WATERWAYS, OPEN SPACES AND NATURAL RESOURCES PROVIDE VALUABLE HABITAT FOR BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE AND SERVE AS AN IMPORTANT LOCATION FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATION. AND WHEREAS THE BIRD CITY TEXAS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES MUNICIPALITIES THAT DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP IN BIRD CONSERVATION THROUGH HABITAT MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES, AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS. AND WHEREAS ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING BIRD CITY, TEXAS DESIGNATION REFLECTS BAY TOWN'S COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, CONSERVATION, AND THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN RECOGNIZES THAT BIRD CONSERVATION EFFORTS COMPLEMENT EXISTING COMMUNITY GOALS RELATED TO PARKS AND RECREATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, TOURISM, PUBLIC HEALTH, RESILIENCY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEREAS PARTICIPATION IN THE BIRD CITY, TEXAS ENCOURAGES PARTNERSHIPS AMONG LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, SCHOOLS, CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, VOLUNTEERS AND RESIDENTS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF BIRDS AND THEIR HABITATS, THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, CITIZENS SCIENCE, HABITAT, RESPIRATION, AND RESPONSIBLE LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL WISHES TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE BAY TOWN'S DESIGNATION AS A BIRD CITY, TEXAS COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGE CONTINUED EFFORTS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE BIRD HABITATS THROUGH THE CITY. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, [01:55:01] THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PROUDLY RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S PURSUIT OF DESIGNATION AS A BIRD CITY, TEXAS COMMUNITY AND COMMENDS ALL CITY STAFF, VOLUNTEERS UNDER TEAM CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHOSE EFFORTS CONTRIBUTED TO ACHIEVING THIS DISTINCTION. THE CITY COUNCIL AFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATIVE BIRD HABITATS, RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF PARKS, NATURAL AREAS, WETLANDS AND OPEN SPACES, NATIVE LANDSCAPING AND SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WERE APPROPRIATE. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REGARDING BIRDS, WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION. PARTNERSHIPS THAT ADVANCE CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND CITIZEN SCIENCE, AND CONTINUED PURSUIT OF THE BIRD CITY TEXAS STANDARDS AND RECOGNITIONS. COUPLE MORE POINTS AND WE'RE DONE. THE CITY COUNCIL ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND VISITORS TO PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN CONSERVATION EFFORTS BY CREATING BIRD FRIENDLY LANDSCAPES, REDUCING THREATS TO BIRDS, SUPPORTING HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS, AND ENGAGING IN EDUCATIONAL AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH COMMUNITY. AND THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY STAFF ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND STATE CONSERVATION PARTNERS TO SUPPORT B CITY TEXAS INITIATIVES CONSISTENT WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND ADOPTED CITY PRIORITIES. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS ADOPTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, STAMPING ONE LAST FOOTPRINT, UM, WHERE YOU'VE WALKED MANY TIMES. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR READING THAT. I KNOW IT'S LONG. YEAH. I NEEDED A DRINK OF WATER AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE WETLAND CENTER, JOHN NATURE CENTER STAFF IN PARKS AND REC. RECOGNIZE THE REST OF THE TEAM. SO THIS TEAM HAS WORKED REALLY HARD. THERE'S A COUPLE OF MORE MEMBERS AS WELL ON PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. WE SUBMIT IT TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE NEXT, UM, MONDAY THE FIRST, SO IS THAT TUESDAY. AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, REALLY HOPING THAT IT'S GONNA GO FORWARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS INIT INITIATIVE. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. MAKE A COMMENT, MAYOR. I'M YES, SIR, AHEAD. EXCITED TO SEE THIS. UH, MY WIFE AND I HAVE BECOME BIRDERS IN OUR OLD AGE. YES. UH, AND WE ACTUALLY, UH, YOU CANNOT SAY YOUR WHOLE NAME. YOU WERE NOT BORN BEFORE . HE'S FROM ALABAMA. THEY DON'T LIVE THAT LONG. . WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY, UH, WE CELEBRATED OUR ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEK WITH A BIKE RIDE AT THE NATURE CENTER AND WE DID SOME BIRD WATCHING WHILE WE WERE OUT THERE. SO THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, YOU AND YOUR TEAM. UM, WE HAD A GREAT TIME OUT THERE AND I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO GO CHECK OUT THE NATURE CENTER. THERE'S A LOT OF BIRDS OUT THERE, SOME NEW ONES WE HADN'T SEEN YET. SO GOOD. I SAW YOUR PICTURE AND I WAS LIKE, I'M SO PROUD OF THE POWELL FAMILY. JUST, THERE'S ALSO, THERE'S AN, A NEW EXHIBIT GOING IN AT THE WETLAND CENTER. YOU GUYS NEED TO GO BY AND SEE. UM, GINA'S REALLY PROUD OF IT AND CHRISSY BOTH, THEY'VE WORKED ON IT. UH, TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE YOUR, YOUR HOMES ARE, ARE SAFE PLACES FOR BIRD POPULATIONS. SO PLEASE GO BY. I THINK, IS IT READY? UH, ONE MORE DAY. ONE MORE DAY. DON'T GO, DON'T GO TOMORROW, NEXT WEEK. BUT IT, IT, IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE HOME, HOME. TWEET HOME. I THINK HOME. TWEET HOME. I LIKE. OH, I LOVE THAT. SO, UH, ONE QUESTION. UM, I HAD HEARD SOMEWHERE THAT BAYTOWN IS LIKE THE BIRDING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD OR CLOSE TO IT. . NO, I'M, I'M SERIOUS. I HEARD THAT PEOPLE COME HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE FROM THE BIRD CAPITAL OF OUR REGION. HOW'S THAT? WE'LL GO WITH THAT. YES. WE ARE ALWAYS ON A HOTSPOT ON THE EBIRD, UM, SITE. SO WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHER POPULATIONS THAT ARE SEEN EVERY TIME THAT THEY TAKE BIRD COUNTS. SO YES, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GO. BIRDING. DOWNLOAD THE MAR. WE NEED TO TAKE YOU ON THE APP. CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT. ENJOY IT. THE MAR APP? YES. AND THE EBIRD APP. ALL OF 'EM ARE GREAT ONES. LOOK AT YOU. YOU'RE TALKING LIKE A BIRD APP. I GOT MY LIFE LIST GOING. GOOD. I GOT ONE OTHER QUESTION. UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LIBRARY CARDS HERE FOR A WHILE NOW. UM, CAN PEOPLE PURCHASE A MEMBERSHIP TO OUR NATURE CENTER? OUR TO THE NATURE CENTER CENTER? ABSOLUTELY. YOU CAN GET A, AN INDIVIDUAL OR A FAMILY PASS. HOW MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE MEMBERSHIP? MANY. AS MANY. TIME DID YOU WANT, HOW MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A MEMBERSHIP TO THE NATURE CENTER? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. CAN WE COME ON? CAN WE GET A SHOW HAND? CAN WE GET A SHOW OF HANDS? SO CAN WHAT IF WE KNOW SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS SOMEBODY THAT DO YOU I'VE ACTUALLY PURCHASED MEMBERSHIP FOR, FOR CITIZENS. I, NO, NO, NO. DO YOU HAVE ONE? HELLO , [02:00:01] I CAN YOU FIRST I CAN EITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY CRICKET. CRICKET. WHAT TIME NEXT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. ALL OF YOUR HANDS WOULD BE OUT. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO BE THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER TO PURCHASE A MEMBERSHIP. YOU KNOW, I USED TO HANG OUT AT THE NATURE CENTER BEFORE IT WAS THE NATURE CENTER. FOUND WHAT? NOW? IT'S THE NATURE CENTER. SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MEMBERSHIP WHO CAN DO THIS? HE'S ALWAYS MAKE A MOTION. MOTION. WELL, AFTER WE MAKE THE MOTION AND WE PASS THIS, I'D LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO GO DOWN AND GET A PICTURE WITH MS. PROTHRO BEFORE. AND Y'ALL DIDN'T LET ME FINISH IT. , SORRY, WHAT THEY SAID. SO I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN D SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. LET'S GO GET THIS PHOTO. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA, I'M NOT IN TODAY TO HELP ANYBODY WITH PASS. YES. I, WE HAVE TO GO. Y'ALL GOTTA COME ALL THE WAY UP TO THE MICROPHONE. THERE YOU GO. COME ON. COME ON. COME RIGHT HERE. I'LL TAKE PICTURES OF AMY'S PHONE FIRST 'CAUSE SHE'LL HURT ME IF I . HERE WE GO, TJ. FOREVER. OKAY, HAVE AN OFFICE. EVERYBODY. AND, OKAY, TRACY, WE SHOULD HAVE SAID WHO COOKS FOR YOU. NAME THAT BIRD. YES. WHO KNOWS. SO WE'RE ON TO APPOINTMENTS [a. Consider a resolution authorizing two (2) appointments to the Baytown Area Water Authority. ] EIGHT A CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TWO APARTMENTS TO THE BAY AREA WATER AUTHORITY. UM, WE HAVE TWO AT LARGE POSITIONS THAT ARE SEEKING BOTH SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. SO, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY APPLICATIONS. SO I'M GONNA ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR MS. BRENDA BRADLEY SMITH AND ALYSSA RIS SECOND. NO, I SAID I'M SO MOVED. OH, SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE ARE [b. Consider a resolution authorizing one (1) appointment to the 2025 Bond Oversight Committee.] ON TO CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE 2025 BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. MR. GRIFFITH? YES, I SPOKE WITH MS. DENISE, UH, GRAVES, WHO WAS ON THE BOND COMMITTEE AND SHE SAID SHE'LL, SHE'LL TAKE THAT SPOT. I DO NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE DENISE GRACE TO THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW CONSIDER A [c. Consider a resolution authorizing two (2) appointments to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE PARKS OF RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. MR. AUGUSTINE LAREDO AND MR. THOMAS CAPI ARE BOTH SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. UM, WE HAVE MS. BROWN FROM DISTRICT FIVE AND FROM DISTRICT SIX WE HAVE MR. JONES AND MS. GIN. UM, DISTRICT SIX APPLICANTS. ARE WE ON ? MM-HMM . YES. WE JUST HAVE TWO SEEKING NUMBERS. ONE IN FOUR. YEAH. POSITION ONE IN FOUR. ONE IN FOUR. BUT WE HAVE THREE APPLICATIONS. BUT THOSE ARE IN DISTRICT SIX. DISTRICT SPECIFIC. OH, DISTRICT SPECIFIC. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT IT IS. THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR MR. AUGUSTINE LAREDO AND MR. THOMAS. ASK. YES. OH, SO I HAVE ASKED MR. DORO AND HE DOES CONFIRM THAT HE SEEKS, UM, CONFIRMATION OR [02:05:01] RECONFIRMATION. HE IS ALSO HEADING THE NEW SUBCOMMITTEE FOR FEST. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CONTINUITY WITH THAT. SO I SUPPORT THE REAPPOINTMENT . UM, I'M A LITTLE UPSET WITH WOLF CAP'S ATTENDANCE RECORD SINCE HE'S NEVER MISSED A MEETING. . SO I WILL BE REAPPOINTING MR. WOLF CILLO OR THOMAS CILLO, HOWEVER YOU WANNA SAY IT. ARE YOU PUNISHING HIM? NO, I'M NOT PUNISHING, I'M NOT PUNISHING HIM. HE'S LIKE, DID THEN WEREN'T YOU UPSET? I'M NOT UPSET WITH HIM. YOU CANNOT BE UPSET WITH THE TIME. TOM IS GREAT, BUT HE HAS NEVER MISSED A MEETING. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT. HE IS ALWAYS THERE, UH, VERY ATTENTIVE AND WORKS VERY WELL. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S A RARITY TO SEE. ZERO OUT OF 35. YEAH, THAT'S VERY GOOD. OKAY. SO, UH, I'M ENTERTAINING A MOTION FOR THOSE. MOTION TO APPROVE. THE NOMINEES HAS NOMINATED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR A. AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE [d. Consider a resolution authorizing four (4) appointments to the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District.] ARE ON TO AD. OH, AD, YEAH. MM-HMM . I, I KNEW WHEN I GOT IT RIGHT THERE. CONSIDER, CONSIDER. HE'S MY HELPER TODAY. I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU HOW TO DO THE THING. NO, I I I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A STICKER AFTER. NO, THAT'S GREAT. A STAR. A STAR. YES. GIVE CONSIDER. IT'S BECAUSE Y'ALL'S CLASS LOST THE GAME. MAYOR, GIMME ANOTHER BOTTLE OF WATER MINE. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FOUR APARTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT. UM, LEMME TURN THE PAGE HERE. OKAY. WE HAVE MS. LORETTA WHITE SEEKING AN APPOINTMENT. WE HAVE MR. MIRO, WHO'S MOVING NEXT YEAR. SO HE'S NOT SEEKING APPOINTMENT. WE HAVE MR. DAVID START WHO'S SEEKING APPOINTMENT. AND THEN WE HAVE DISTRICT SIX AT LARGE THAT'S VACANT. NOW, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND THAT'S WHAT MY HELPER HERE WAS TRYING TO REMIND ME OF. UH, MR. SAM BROWN. YES, SIR. HELLO, I'M SAM BROWN. I LIVE AT 2201 FRENCH PLACE. I'M SEEKING TO BE ON THE CCPD BOARD. I'VE LIVED IN BAYTOWN SINCE 1995. I FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION ON JULY 28TH. I EMAILED MY COUNCILMAN, HE EMAILED ME BACK TO MAKE SURE I FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION. UM, BOTH MY KIDS HAVE GROWN UP HERE IN BAYTOWN. I'VE GRADUATED FROM LEE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. UM, SO WE'RE EMPTY NESTERS AND I'M LOOKING TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. EXCELLENT. SO, I'D LIKE TO, UH, BE CONSIDERED, UH, MR. BROWN OFF. I GOT TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR ADDRESS FOR PROPER RECORD. 2 2 0 1 FRENCH PLACE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. UM, DISTRICT ONE FIRST. YEAH, I'M SORRY. I WAS WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS . SORRY. COME THERE. CAN I SIT DOWN OR YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. THERE'S TWO STARS I WAITING FOR YOU TO ANSWER 'EM. SO MAYOR, I WILL BE MOVING TO REAPPOINT MS. LORETTA WHITE. GOOD DEAL. UM, LET'S GO WITH DISTRICT THREE NOW. YES. IT'S MY, UM, APPOINTMENTS MOVING ON, I THINK OF FOR HIS WORK. I'LL BE, UH, APPOINTING JOSEPH FALLON. JOSEPH DOES SERVE ON THE PARKS BOARD. I HEARD HE DOES A GOOD JOB. THIS WILL BE HIS SECOND COMMITTEE, SO HE WON'T BE ABLE TO SERVE ON ANY OTHERS. SO, UH, I'LL BE APPOINTING JOSEPH FALLON. GOOD DEAL. NEXT WE HAVE DISTRICT FIVE. I WILL BE REAPPOINTING MR. START. GOOD DEAL. AND DISTRICT SIX. WELL, I, I'M GONNA MAKE IT A LITTLE COMPLICATED. I, I SPOKE WITH, UH, MR. MERL. UH, I'VE KNOWN CHARLIE FOR A LONG TIME AND VISIT WITH HIM. HE'S NOT GONNA MOVE. AND I UNDERSTAND WHY DISTRICT THREE 'CAUSE IT'S TIME TO DO THAT IS REPLACING HIM. BUT HE'S NOT GONNA MOVE TILL LIKE MAY, MAYBE JUNE OF NEXT YEAR. THIS APPOINTMENT ACTUALLY ENDS IN AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR. SO TO, TO, I'M GOING TO APPOINT CHARLIE, MR. MERRILL AS MY DISTRICT SIX POSITION. BUT THAT ALSO GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH MR. BROWN. 'CAUSE I, I TRIED TO CALL BUT DIDN'T GO THROUGH. SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH HIM AND GET HIM ON BOARD WHEN CHARLIE MOVES. OKAY. UH, CHARLIE'S CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND, AND HAS ONLY MISSED ONE OUT OF 14. BUT THAT EVEN THE CHIEF INDICATED [02:10:01] THAT HE NEVER MISSES A MEETING. SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND LET CHARLIE SERVE OUT A, A FEW MORE MONTHS. AND AGAIN, IT GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY VISIT. MS. BROWN. UM, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. UM, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOUGHER COMMITTEES TO BREAK, BREAK YOURSELF IN ON MM-HMM . AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL SQUARE AWAY WITH THAT. UH, AND I, I DO APPRECIATE MR. BROWN 'CAUSE, AND I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM ACCOLADES 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GET DISTRICT SIX FOLKS TO SIGN UP, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST AN AUTOMATIC, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO VISIT WITH HIM AND, AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS AND GET HIS PHILOSOPHIES AND, AND, UH, KIND OF GO FROM THERE. BUT THAT GIVES ME TIME TO DO THAT AND GIVES CHARLIE TIME TO, TO SERVE OUT TO THE, TO MAY OR JUNE WHEN THEY MOVE. SO THAT'D BE MY APPOINTMENT. GOOD DEAL. OKAY. I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR ALL, ALL. ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR EVERYONE. MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UM, CANDIDATES AS MENTIONED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE ARE ON TO [e. Consider a resolution authorizing four (4) appointments to the Fire Control, Prevention & Emergency Medical Services District.] THE FIRE CONTROL. CRIME CONTROL. FIRE. FIRE. YES. FIRE CONTROL. SO WE HAVE MR. JAMARI GILBERT SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT FOR DISTRICT TWO. MR. HAWKINS SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. WE HAVE A VACANT AT LARGE POSITION AT SIX, AND WE HAVE THE MAYOR AT LARGE POSITION, BUT WE HAVE NO CURRENT APPLICATIONS. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. HUH? WE HAVE TO LET PEOPLE MAKE OH YEAH, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I'M SO SORRY. I'M GONNA ASK YOU, UM, JAMARI GILBERT HAS REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE. UM, HE'S HEAVILY INVOLVED IN ALL THINGS BAYTOWN COMMUNITY. HE IS SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. SO I AM GLADLY REAPPOINTING HIM TO THE FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMS DISTRICT. OKAY. BOB, I'LL BE REAPPOINTING. MR. BARRY HAWKINS. OKAY. UH, MIKE AS WELL. WELL, AND, AND I'M GONNA PUT MR. BROWN ON THE SPOT. , HAVE YOU EVEN CONSIDERED BEING ON THE FIRE CONTROL? SURE. IF I CAN HELP. OH, THAT'S A GREAT . IS IT GONNA DRIVE MY CITY SECRETARY CRAZY IF I APPOINT FROM A FLOOR? ALRIGHT, THEN I, THEN I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, TO MOVE MR. BROWN TO THE FIRE CONTROL AND EMS DISTRICT. GOOD DEAL. GOOD DEAL. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE NOMINATIONS. MOTION TO I I'LL YOU GOT WHAT? YOU GOT ONE? MAYOR, UH, DISTRICT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OBLIGATIONS. NO, HE, HE, HE ALREADY SAID. YEAH. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE. UM, JAMARI FOR D TWO. MR. HAWKINS FOR D FIVE. MR. BROWN FOR D SIX. SO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MAYOR, IF I COULD, THIS, THIS ALSO IS A FULL TERM APPOINTMENT FOR MR. BROWN. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO THAT'S GREAT TO GET THAT IN. MM-HMM . GOOD JOB. OKAY, NOW WE'RE ON TO, [f. Consider a resolution authorizing four (4) appointments to the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Number One and Baytown Redevelopment Authority (BRA).] UM, EIGHT F. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE IN BAYTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. UH, WE HAVE MR. RICK DAVIS FOR ONE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. KAREN RABBE, FOUR THREE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. UM, KYLE CARRIER DISTRICT FIVE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. AND WE HAVE GINA GUILLORY SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT, BUT YOU'RE WAITING ON RESPONSE FROM HARRIS COUNTY. SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WAIT ON THE GINA GUILLORY AND, UM, WE'LL START WITH DISTRICT ONE. UM, I HAVE NO OTHER APPLICATIONS AT THIS TIME, AND I KNOW RICK THRIVES IN THIS, SO I WILL BE, UH, ALLOWING HIM TO SEEK REAPPOINTMENT. OKAY. THREE. YEAH, I'M ALLOWING KAREN AIR TO SEEK REAPPOINTMENT. FIVE. I'LL BE REAPPOINTING. MR. KYLE CARRIER. OKAY. AND I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO WAIT TO HEAR BACK FROM HARRIS, UH, RESPONSE FROM HARRIS COUNTY FOR, UM, GINA GUILLORY. UH, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE NOMINATED MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR A. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MR. JASON REYNOLDS. [9. MANAGER'S REPORT Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 551.0415 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council of the City of Baytown may receive a report about items of community interest from City staff and/or a member of the City Council, but no action or possible action shall be taken or discussed concerning the subject of such report, except as provided by Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code.] ALL RIGHT, MAYOR [02:15:01] COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY RECOGNIZING SEVERAL TEAM MEMBERS FROM PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE FOLLOWING ACCOMPLISHMENTS. UH, AMY WHITE WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS RECENTLY EARNED HER PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIAL FROM THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE. ALEJANDRO MOZ WAS SELECTED FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, EMERGING LEADER LEADERS ACADEMY, A YEAR LONG LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOCUSED ON PUBLIC WORKS. AND CAMERON PROSPER WAS RECENTLY, OR CAMERON PROSPER RECENT RECENTLY WOW. OBTAINED HIS TEXAS CLASS C WASTEWATER OPERATOR LICENSE. OUR WASTEWATER OPERATIONS TEAM RECENTLY LAUNCHED A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER CALLED WASTEWATER LAB TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION ACROSS THE DIVISION. LAIA JOVANNA, UH, AND HANNAH WERE THE TEAM BEHIND THE SCENES WHO BROUGHT THIS TOGETHER, WHICH IS PRETTY FANTASTIC. AND, UH, MAN, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE ON THESE ACCOMPLISH ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CAROL. AND TO YOUR TEAM. UH, PASS THAT ON. ALRIGHT, UH, VISIT BAYTOWN RECENTLY HELPED BRING WICK UP POKER POKER TOURNAMENT TO THE HYATT REGENCY BAYTOWN HOUSTON, WHERE BRENT, GARY WON. UM, NO. OH, NO, NOT THIS ONE. I DIDN'T PLAY. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. . WE HAD 75 ATTENDEES AND AN ADDITIONAL MEETING ROOM AND FOOD AND BE AND BEVERAGE REVENUE. SO THE MEETING PLANNER SHARED VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND THE HYATT TEAM. SHE SPECIFICALLY NOTED THAT EVERYONE WAS WONDERFUL AND THAT SHE WAS VERY PLEASED WITH HOW THE EVENT CAME TOGETHER. SO GREAT JOB TO THE TEAM FOR HELPING CREATE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR VISITORS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE, THE TOURISM TEAM, UM, ALONG WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING A HECK OF A JOB REALLY PUSHING BAYTOWN OUT AND REALLY DRIVING MORE, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND EACH TIME I GO OUT, I KEEP HEARING, OH, I'VE WORKED WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL, I'VE WORKED WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL. AND IT'S FANTASTIC TO HEAR, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT THAT'S BEING DONE. AND, UM, IT'S GOOD TO JUST POSITIVE VIBES. I, I KNOW Y'ALL ARE AWARE WE GET A LOT OF NEGATIVES, BUT IT'S GREAT TO HEAR SOME OF THE POSITIVES WHEN YOU GO OUT AND JUST, UH, RECOGNIZING THE WORK THAT OUR TEAMS DO. AND SO JUST THANK YOU. AND THAT GOES FOR EVERYBODY. THAT'S, UH, JUST FOR THIS. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT TOURISM IN A WHILE. UH, AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO WISH TWO OF OUR AMAZING TEAM MEMBERS A VERY HAPPY RETIREMENT. UM, TRACY, YOU'VE BEEN WITH US FOR 22 YEARS AND, UM, YOU'VE TAKEN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, UH, TO NEW HEIGHTS AND YOU'VE, UM, TRAINED AND ENCOURAGED STAFF THAT WILL CARRY THE, THE MISSION FORWARD. AND, UM, I, I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS. I HAVE NOT HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH YOU IN DEPTH. UM, I HAVE BEEN AT MANY EVENTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN AROUND AND, UM, JUST AS I SAID WITH THE TOURISM TEAM, LIKE WHEN I GO TO THE EVENTS AND MR. GRAY, MY GOODNESS, MR. GRAY, BEFORE, UM, I COULD NOT HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THAT MAN WITHOUT YOUR NAME POPPING UP AND ASKED ME IF I SPOKE TO YOU. AND I SAID, YES, I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO HER ABOUT THIS. AND, UM, BUT THAT WENT AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND IT, I AM GRATEFUL AND I'M SAYING, WE, FOR ALL OF US, I I THINK YOU HAVE A VERY BIG IMPACT ON SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT YOU PROBABLY DO NOT KNOW. AND JUST GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND I HOPE YOU'VE HAD A GREAT TIME HERE, AND YOUR NEXT STEP IS SO FITTING FOR YOU. AND I, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HOPE YOU THRIVE IN IT. AND JUST KNOW THAT YOU'VE BUILT A GREAT TEAM AND THE CITY'S IN GOOD HANDS. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND HAPPY RETIREMENT. THANK YOU WILDLIFE. I'LL REMEMBER EVERYTHING I LEARNED HERE AND TAKE IT WITH ME, ME TO COOLING. OKAY. COME SEE ME. THANK YOU, TRACY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN, UH, LIONEL, I KNOW HE IS NOT HERE. AND JOEY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I THINK ALL OF US, ALL OF US KNOW HIM, UM, 28 YEARS. AND WHAT'S CRAZY IS Y'ALL HAVE SEEN, LIKE WHEN WE DO OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION, THERE'S SO MANY LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES IN BAYTOWN, [02:20:01] AND IT'S FANTASTIC TO SEE. AND THIS MAN IS, HAS, HAS DONE A LOT FOR THE CITY AND TAKING CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND TAKING CARE OF HR. AND SOME PEOPLE HATE TO SEE HIM BECAUSE OF THE JOB THAT HE HAD. AND, UM, BUT HE TURNED THAT INTO A JOKE, RIGHT? AND HE TURNED THAT INTO SOMETHING THAT, UM, WAS A, A, A POSITIVE CONNECTION PIECE. AND I, I, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT AS A NEGATIVE MAYOR. I, I MEANT IT AS LIKE AN ACTUAL POSITIVE. UM, THE, HE BRINGS A SMILE, JOEY EVERYWHERE, AND I, I HOPE YOU PASS IT ON. AND, UH, THAT IMPACT THAT HE'S HAD OVER IN YOUR CORNER, THROUGH CITY HALL, THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION, IT, IT, IT WILL LAST. AND, UM, EVEN WHEN HE'S GONE THROUGH SOME, SOME LIFE THINGS, HE WANTED TO COME RIGHT BACK. AND THAT'S CRAZY. AND JUST SHOWING HOW DEDICATED HE IS TO, TO THE REST OF THE TEAM HERE. AND WE WILL MISS HIM. AND, UH, I, I HOPE HE ENJOYS HIS NEXT STEP IN LIFE AND JUST PLEASE PASS IT ON TO HIM. AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE HIM AND WE WILL MISS, UH, APPRECIATE HIM AND WE WILL MISS HIM VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR THE TEAM THAT YOU HAVE OVER THERE AS WELL. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, [10. COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT REPORT] FOR SUCH A ILLUSTRIOUS, I GUESS INTRODUCTION. DISTRICT REPORT, UH, CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT THE WEST DISTRICT WA WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PLANT OPERATIONS BUILDING, UH, THE I 10 LIFT STATION AND GARTH ROAD FACES A AND B DESIGN CONTINUES FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE JOHN MARTIN ROAD AND THOMPSON ROAD INTERSECTIONS. AT I 10, THE PROJECT TEAM IS COORDINATING WITH TE TDOT AS THE PLANS ADVANCE TOWARDS THE 90% DESIGN MILESTONE OUT AT THE BAYTOWN NATURE CENTER. NEW NATIVE PLAN INTER INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN. THE SIGNAGE IDENTIFIES NATIVE PLANTS AND EXPLAINS THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE PA, TO POLLINATORS, BIRDS, AND OTHER WILDLIFE BY PROVIDING FOOD NECTAR SHELTER AND HABITAT. A NEW SPOTTING SCOPE AND INTER INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE HAVE ALSO BEEN INSTALLED AT SAN JACINTO. UH, SAN JACINTO POINT. THE SPOTTED SCOPE ENHANCES OPPORTUNITIES TO OBSERVE LOCAL AND MIGRATORY BIRDS AND WILDLIFE. WHILE THE SIGNAGE HIGHLIGHTS AN AREA BIRD SPECIES AND NATURE CENTERS' IMPORTANCE AS, AS BIRD HABITAT SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, AND NATURE-BASED TOURISM. BAYTOWN NATURE CENTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ITS WAY WADE INTO THE WETLANDS, SUMMER SCIENCE CAMP PROGRAMS, GIVING LOCAL YOUTH HANDS ON OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE NATURE, NATURE, WILDLIFE, AND COASTAL HABITATS. THOUGH INTERACTIVE OUTDOOR THROUGH INTERACTIVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, CAMPERS DEVELOP GREATER ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE UNIQUE ECOSYSTEMS AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE NATURE CENTER. DISTRICT THREE CONTINUES TO SEE NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPED DEVELOPMENT WITH THE FOLLOW WITH THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN PROGRESS. PIEDMONT APARTMENTS REMODEL WORK INCLUDES REPLACING THE ROOF, WATER HEATER, HVAC SYSTEM AND FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS REMODELING THE 1488 UH, UNITS. FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW, A DA IS, UH, AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT. SO TO, FOR THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED, EL MATADOR FOODS CONSTRUCTION OF EL MATADOR FOODS, CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMERCIAL BAKERY AND A KITCHEN SAPPING, UH, FORMER RED LOBSTER BUILDING UNDERGOING A REMODEL TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW VIDA VICO RESTAURANT. UH, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 23 ACTIVE PERMITS FOR THE SAN JACINTO MARKETPLACE. WORKING IS ONGOING ON VARIOUS MULTI MULTI-TENANT OUTLET BUILDINGS. SAM'S CLUB HAS AN ACTIVE PERMIT FOR THEIR BAKERY CLUB, CAFE, PHARMACY, OPTICAL DEPARTMENT, FUEL STATION, AND CANOPY. THESE PROJECTS ARE NEARLY 50% COMPLETE. BARGE AND NOBLE HOME HOME GOODS, NOVARTIS FURNITURE, BURLINGTON ROSS, AND TWO SHELL BUILDINGS ARE, [02:25:01] ARE MORE THAN 50% COMPLETE. EOS FITNESS AND DICK'S SPORTING GOODS ARE, ARE, ARE APPROACHING 75% COMPLETION. SITE WORK IS UNDERWAY FOR PLUCKERS WINGS AND RESTAURANT AND BAR BUBBAS 33 IS APPROXIMATELY 25% COMPLETE. WE SEE THERE, EVERYBODY COULD SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. IT'S COMING ALONG GOOD. SO, UH, THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE VIDEO SO PEOPLE COULD SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND SEE THAT IT IS COMING ALONG. AND PRETTY SOON WE'LL HAVE A, A, UM, A, A SHOPPING CENTER WE COULD ALL ENJOY. YES, I ALSO WANNA ADVOCATE FOR LOCAL HIRING FOR THESE FACILITIES. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TALENT IN OUR CITY. AND, UH, THANK YOU MS. ALVARADO. UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PIT THOSE PEOPLE TO WORK. UH, FINALLY, THIS IS NOT ON MY REPORT, BUT IT BEARS SAYING THIS WEEK IS LEAST STERLING WEEK. I'M WEARING MY ROOM TIE TO CELEBRATE THE MOST, THE COOLEST BIRD EVER GOD COULD EVER CREATED. S GANDER. THAT'S RIGHT. THE MEL GOOSE. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW LEE PLAYS STERLING NEXT TOMORROW. AND THOUGH I I HAVE A LOT OF STERLING UH, CONSTITUENTS, UH, I DID PICK LEE TO PICK ON THE BAYTOWN SUN, PICK EM ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO. THAT'S WHAT GANDER DO. YOU PICK WRONG. YEAH. YOU, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A TEXAS RANGER AND A RANGER RANGER. NOBODY REALLY LOOKS FOR A GANDER. THEY WANNA RANGER. JASON REYNOLDS TALKED ABOUT BEING POSITIVE AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY THAT STERLING NEGATIVITY. SO THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S, IT'S GANDER ALL THE WAY FOR ME TOMORROW. AND, UH, GO GANDER. SORRY TO HEAR THAT. MAYOR LEE IS FOR THE BIRDS THAT ENDS MY REPORT. THE BIRDS. YES, MA'AM. ARE THE BEST. . I JUST WANTED TO, TO HAVE A, A QUICK COMMENT. I KNOW JASON MUST HAVE STEPPED OUT. . YOU KNOW, WE HAD A VIDEO, UM, GOING OUT ABOUT THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, UM, WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR STATE REPS. AND SO, UH, WE DID INVITE ALL OF OUR STATE REPS. AS MANY MAY NOT KNOW, WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT LEGISLATORS IN BAYTOWN, SO SCHEDULING FOR ALL OF THEM IS NOT ALWAYS THE GREATEST. UM, BUT WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH TWO MORE, UM, THIS PAST WEEK. AND, UM, WE DID MEET WITH, UM, REP TERRY, LEO WILSON, AS WELL AS OUR NEW REP, UH, BRETT . UM, AND SO I THINK THOSE WERE GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, OUR, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND JASON AND THE TEAM FOR, FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND ENSURING THAT, UH, BAYTOWN IS AT THE, AT THE HELM AS OUR LEGISLATORS START GOING BACK INTO, UM, SESSION IN JANUARY. THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING BACK, I THINK OCTOBER, NOVEMBER OR SOMETHING, AND THEN GETTING READY FOR THE JANUARY SEASON. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS NOTED. I DON'T THINK THE VIDEOS ARE OUT YET, OR WHETHER THERE'S GONNA BE VIDEOS FOR THE TWO REPS, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE RECOGNIZED FOR COMING TO BAYTOWN AND SITTING DOWN WITH US TO, TO DISCUSS OUR PRIORITIES. SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. OKAY, WELL, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SAY BECAUSE IT'S SEPTEMBER AND THIS IS THE MOMENT EVERYONE TUNES IN TO WATCH OUR MEETINGS, AND IT'S TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE BEST LIBRARY IN THE NATION. UM, SO HERE WE GO. SEPTEMBER, 2026. I'M GONNA READ UP UNTIL OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO LEAVE YOU ALL IN, SOME SU INTO LEAVE YOU ALL WITH SOME SUSPENSE. UM, MONDAY THE 31ST, 10:30 AM BABY TIME, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 10:30 AM PRE-K STORY TIME, 6:00 PM EVENING STORY TIME AND 6:00 PM CROCHET CLUB FOR ALL OF US OLD PEOPLE. SPEAK FOR YOURSELF. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 10 30 AND 11:30 AM BILINGUAL STORY TIME, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 10 30 AND 11:30 AM TODDLER TIME, 5:30 PM CRAFT AFTERNOON MUG. AND GLASS CHARMS LIBRARY IS CLOSED ON LABOR DAY. SO DO NOT SHOW UP ON LABOR DAY. SEPTEMBER 8TH, 10:30 AM PRE-K STORY TIME, 6:00 PM TEEN GAME NIGHT. SUPER SMASH BROTHERS, DID YOU EVER PLAY SUPER SMASH BROTHERS? YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT? HEARD OF IT. WOW. I WAS BURNING WEDNESDAY, [02:30:01] SEPTEMBER 9TH, 10:30 AM 11:30 AM BILINGUAL STORY TIME, 5:00 PM TECH NIGHT, 3D PRINTING, VR AND ROBOTICS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 10:30 AM AND 11:30 AM TALLER TIME. IF YOU WANNA FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON THE REST OF THE MONTH, TUNE IN TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PRETTY HIP THINGS GOING ON. AND, UM, AND YOU'LL HEAR FIRSTHAND ABOUT OUR WONDERFUL LIBRARY. AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, EVERYONE, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A LIBRARY CARD AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERY CITIZEN TO GET A LIBRARY CARD AND GO EXPERIENCE OUR WONDERFUL LIBRARY. THANK YOU. THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE NOW GOING TO RECESS AND, AND CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY, 5 5 1 0.071 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS AND 5 5 1 0.074 TO DISCUSS PERSONAL MATTERS REGARDING DUTIES AND GOALS OF THE CITY MANAGER. AND WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. THAT WOULD BE MS. JUNE STANSKI. AND MS. STANSKI, I HAVE NOT REM I HAVE NOT MEMORIZED YOUR ADDRESS, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS ONE MORE TIME FOR RECORD. I THINK I'M JUST GONNA MOVE IN HERE. UM, 46 0 1 DRIFTWOOD DRIVE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 1. UM, THIS IS ON NUMBER 11 C. UM, PERSONNEL MATTERS REGARDING DUTIES IN OF THE CITY MANAGER. UH, AS ALWAYS, I'VE GOT COMMENTS. UM, LET ME START WITH EARLY VOTING. THAT DIDN'T GET TO HAPPEN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE OUR CITY MANAGER DOESN'T KEEP TRACK OF WHEN ELECTIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE EARLY VOTING AND, AND REGULAR VOTING, UM, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TIME OF YEAR. AND THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING HE SHOULD KEEP TRACK OF BECAUSE EVERYBODY WHO EARLY VOTED, UM, OR THEY HAD TO GO TO THE BAYTOWN LIBRARY, IT WAS VERY CROWDED, IT WASN'T GOOD. THAT SHOULD BE A DUTY THE CITY MANAGER WA WATCHES FOR IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE USING THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR EARLY AND REGULAR VOTING. UM, I STILL DON'T LIKE THAT. UH, THE CITY VOTED NOT TO SPEND SEVEN, UH, 47,000 ON THE GOLF COURSE, AND HE SPENT 47,000 ON THE GOLF COURSE, OBVIOUSLY VIOLATING WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED. UM, I DIDN'T, DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE DID TO KIM KOSTIC AND, UM, SENDING OUT EMAILS THAT WERE, UM, INTIMIDATING, INAPPROPRIATE, AND I THINK THAT WAS AN ABUSE OF POWER. I STILL DON'T LIKE THAT HE DOESN'T VOTE IN BAYTOWN. HE DOESN'T HAVE RESIDENTS IN BAYTOWN WHERE HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE GOVERNING, AND HE'S NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE HERE IN BAYTOWN. UH, I, I'VE, I'VE HAVE A BA A BASIC, UM, UH, PROBLEM WITH HIM BEING THE CITY MANAGER. UM, WE HEARD AGAIN TODAY THAT THE, UH, LAKEWOOD PARK, UH, DIDN'T GET APPROVED AGAIN DUE TO HIS MISQUOTING OF THE HOTEL'S INSURANCE, UH, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN 1.8 MILLION. SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DID A FEW YEARS AGO AND HAD ARRANGED TO DO WITH THE PARK AT LAKEWOOD DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF ANOTHER REYNOLDS ERROR. SO I DON'T APPROVE OF THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . NO ONE IS DESIRING TO SPEAK. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND HEAD INTO [11. EXECUTIVE SESSION] EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I'LL RECONVENE IN OUR OPEN MEETING AT THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AT 10:51 PM AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION HAVING EXHAUSTED EVERYTHING ON THIS AGENDA. NOW, DURING THIS MEETING AT 10:51 PM WHAT WAS THIS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.