Sep 24, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

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YOU WOULD STAND AND FACE THE FLAG.

PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

I PLEDGE ALLE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND NOW THE TEXAS FLAG ON HUNDRED TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE INDIVISIBLE.

AND IF YOU'D JOIN ME, BOW YOUR HEADS IN A BRIEF PRAYER.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING ASKING AGAIN FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT.

AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, HELP US TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION, ALLOWING US TO WORK AS A GROUP TO PROMOTE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

CONTINUE TO REMIND US THAT ALL THAT WE DO HERE TODAY IS IN THE PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH AND FOR YOUR GREATER GLORY.

WE ASK THESE IN YOUR NAME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

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[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.]

AND SINCE YOU'RE WALKING HERE, I ASSUME WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK.

YES, SIR.

YES, WE DO.

GOOD DEAL.

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

EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LISTEN FOR OR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.

EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE COMMENTS.

THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.

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

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

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

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

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

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MR. LARRY DAIGLE AND MR. LARRY DAIGLE, YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN TIME FROM MR. SAM BROWN AND MR. JOSEPH FALLON.

SO YOU WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES, IF YOU DON'T MIND PROVIDING YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YEP.

MY ADDRESS IS FOUR 10 PARK BAYTOWN.

HEY GUYS, EVERY TIME YOU SEE ME COME UP HERE, I'M GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT ONE SUBJECT AND THAT'S ONE ALONE.

AND THAT'S THE FLOCK CAMERAS THAT KEEP GETTING MORE AND MORE ATTENTION ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.

I, I'M SURE MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A VIOLATION OF OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.

I DON'T KNOW WHY MOST OF YOU DON'T, BUT THAT CAN CHANGE OVER TIME.

I TOOK THE LIBERTY THIS WEEK.

I'M A STUDENT OF GOVERNMENT.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, BUT I HAD TO BE REMINDED, WHAT ARE THE BILL OF RIGHTS? THESE ARE OUR RIGHTS.

THE FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION ARE OUR RIGHTS.

THEY'RE NOT COUNCIL'S RIGHTS.

THEY'RE NOT THE STATE OF TEXAS'S RIGHTS.

THEY'RE NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RIGHTS.

THEY'RE OUR RIGHTS.

AND FLOCK CAMERA HAS BEEN NOTORIOUS AND IDENTIFIED AS VIOLATING THE FIRST IN THE FOURTH AMENDMENT.

SO WHAT DOES THE FIRST AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT SAY? CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO ALLOW RESPECTING AND ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION OR THE PROHIBITION OF THE FREE EXERCISES THAT ARE EVER BRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH OF THE PRESS OR THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO PEACEABLY ASSEMBLE.

I COULD READ ALL THESE OFF TO YOU, BUT I THINK GOVERNMENT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THIS.

BUT LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT.

THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO BE SECURE IN THEIR PERSONS HOUSES, PAPERS, AND EFFECTS AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCHES.

SEIZURES SHALL NOT BE VIOLATED AND NO SHALL ISSUE, BUT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE, SUPPORTED BY OATH OR AFFIRMATION, AND PARTICULARLY DESCRIBING THE PLACE TO BE SEARCHED AND THE PERSONS OR THINGS TO BE SEIZED.

THIS IS NOT COMPLICATED GUYS.

IT'S, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT 85 PLUS PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IS ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO FLOCK.

AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE ANY INTEREST IN FLOCK ARE OLDER PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT'S A SECURITY ISSUE.

IT'S NOT A SECURITY ISSUE, IT'S A SURVEILLANCE ISSUE.

LAST WEEK, I DID SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL DO AND THAT'S, I PARTICIPATED IN A JURY SUMMONS AND I GOT A LETTER IN AN ENVELOPE BACK FROM HARRIS COUNTY THIS WEEK ALONG WITH A $38 CHECK, WHICH I'LL

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BUT THE NOTE THAT IT COMES WITH THAT SAYS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF HARRIS COUNTY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNSELFISH SERVICE TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

JURY DUTY STANDS AS ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF OUR GOVERNMENT.

YOUR PARTICIPATION PRESERVES THAT IDEA.

NOW, WHERE'S THAT IN THE CONSTITUTION? THAT'S THE SIXTH AND THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.

WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN NEGOTIATING THE WAY OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO YOU GUYS.

THE SIXTH AMENDMENT IS FOR , IT'S FOR CRIMINAL JURIES, AND THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT IS FOR CIVIL.

THESE THINGS AREN'T NEGOTIABLE.

WHY YOU GUYS THINK THAT YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS WHEN YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH IT? I HAVE NO IDEA WHY YOU DO IT, BUT YOU DO IT.

MY TIME'S UP.

GOOD, BILL.

THANK YOU MR. DAGEL.

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

WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE CITIZEN OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR YEAR OF SERVICE, YEARS OF SERVICE, MR. LOPEZ.

ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD WITH THAT ONE.

RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES FOR SEPTEMBER.

STEVE ALD, CAPTAIN FIRE, 30 YEARS CAPTAIN STEVE ALD WAS BORN IN CONROE, TEXAS AND JOINED THE BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 1996.

STEVE SERVED AS THE MEDICAL CAPTAIN FOR SEA BATTALION AND HAS RECENTLY TAKEN A POSITION AT BAYTOWN FIRE TRAINING FIELD AS A FIRE AND EMS TRAINING OFFICER.

HE IS ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM, AND HOLDS A KEY ROLE WITH THE MARINE DIVISION.

HE'S A LEE COLLEGE GRADUATE WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE.

STEVE IS ALSO AN AVID FISHERMAN AND HOLDS A CAPTAIN'S LICENSE WITH THE US COAST GUARD AND HAS A TEXAS CHARTER CAPTAIN'S LICENSE AS WELL.

HE HAS OWNED HIS OWN FISHING CHARTER BUSINESS, BAY ADVENTURE SPORT, FISHING FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

CAPTAIN AD IS MARRIED TO HIS AMAZING WIFE, CINDY, AND A LOVING FATHER TO HIS FOUR CHILDREN.

KENNER, HUNTER, SAILOR AND TALON, AND HIS THREE STEPCHILDREN.

ASHLEY, RYAN, AND LUKE.

THANK YOU CAPTAIN NAD FOR 30 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.

[b. Recognize the City of Baytown's Citizens On Patrol.]

RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF BAYTOWN CITIZENS ON PATROL.

SO JAMES FRANCO.

OKAY.

YEAH, SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME PEOPLE.

YES.

UH, I PUT THIS ON THERE 'CAUSE I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR CITIZEN ON PATROL FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, AND ALL THOSE.

WE DO HAVE SOME HERE IN THE, UH, IN THE THING.

I WAS HOPING THEY WOULD COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.

UH, I KNOW WE HAVE OUR BOARD REGENT MARK SEL AND SOME OF THE OTHERS.

UM, PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

UM, LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO FOR THE CITY.

UH, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE Y'ALL, UH, AND HOPEFULLY GET Y'ALL A BETTER VEHICLE, .

BUT, UH, THEY, THEY, UH, THEY ASSIST WITH OUR PATROL AND THEY ASSIST, THEY ASSIST OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND THEY'RE A REAL DETRIMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL SERVICE AND EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO FOR US.

SO IF YOU SEE THE GUYS OUT IN THE BLUE SHIRTS OUT THERE, UH, PLEASE, UH, THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR US.

SO WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL SERVICE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

DO YOU WANNA GET ONE? YEAH, I, YEAH, A COMMENT THERE.

THE OFFICER THAT'S IN OVER THAT PROGRAM'S HERE TONIGHT AS WELL, BUT I'VE, AS AN EMPLOYEE WHEN I WAS A MEMBER OF STAFF, UH, WORKED WITH THE CITIZENS AND PATROL GROUP.

UH, THEY'RE AT DFE STREET FOR QUITE A WHILE.

THEY, THEY DO A LOT OF WORK FOR OUR CITIZENS.

THEY REALLY DO.

UM, I USED TO TO CHUCKLE THAT THEY, THEY REALLY GET AFTER THE FOLKS WHO INAPPROPRIATELY PARK AND HANDICAP PARKING.

PARKING.

OH YES.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, OH, THAT'S SUCH A MINOR ISSUE, BUT IT'S NOT IF YOU NEED THAT HANDICAP SPOT.

SO THEY'RE PRETTY AGGRESSIVE WITH THAT IN A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THEY DO.

SO AGAIN, UH, RECOGNITION IS SOMETHING WE, WE STRIVE TO DO WITH NOT ONLY OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE A CITIZENS GROUP THAT VOLUNTEERS THEIR TIME AND THEIR EFFORTS AND THEY'RE REALLY POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO, HATS OFF TO Y'ALL AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

YEAH, FOR SURE.

KEN, WOULD YOU ALL MIND COMING UP SO WE CAN GET A PICTURE WITH YOU AND MR. MARK SEL? MAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER HEARD OF A BORDER OF REGENT MOONLIGHTING AS A CITIZEN ON PATROL.

HE'S ALSO ON 21 JUMP STREET .

HE'S AT, HE'S ON 22.

HE'S AT THE COLLEGE.

HE'S TRYING TO FIND HIM AT THE COLLEGE VERY MORNING.

HE'S UNDERCOVER GUARDIAN.

DID LEE COLLEGE WANT TO JOIN PART THE NEW VEHICLE? NO, I GOTTA LOOK OUT.

THAT'S, Y'ALL COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

I DON'T NEED THIS MICROPHONE.

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YOU DIDN'T LOOK NICE.

I'M ALWAYS UP FRONT FOR SOME REASON.

DON'T WORRY.

WE GOT YOU BACK, .

ALL RIGHT.

BIG SMILES.

HERE WE GO.

ONE AND LET ME GET ONE MORE BIG CRY.

I GET ONE MORE BECAUSE I SEE I'M LOOKING FOR KEN.

HANG ON.

ALRIGHT, GOOD.

YOU BACK.

THANK Y'ALL.

THANKS GUYS.

THANK Y'ALL.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

SAFE Y'ALL THEM A NEW CAR.

SAID HE NEW ONE.

RIGHT? GET BRAND NEW 2028 CHARGER.

COME ON.

COME ON.

CALM DOWN.

MINUS 2028 CHARGER MINUS 22,000 FEET.

GEORGIA.

OH LORD.

NOW WE'RE ON TO TWO.

[a. Consider approving the minutes of the Municipal Development District and City Council Regular Joint Meeting held on July 23, 2026.]

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MINUTES SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

WE ARE GOING TO DO

[b. Recess into an Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to seek the advice of the Municipal Development Districts (MDD) Attorney(s) regarding pending or contemplated litigation. ]

[11. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

WE WILL BE TAKING BOTH MDD EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CITY COUNCIL EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE SAME TIME.

UM, ITEM TWO B, WE ARE GOING TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT'S ATTORNEYS REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION.

ITEM 11 A WE ARE GOING TO RECESS INTO AND EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS AND SEEK LEGAL ADVICE.

AND ITEM 11 B RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.

IT IS 6:45 PM AND WE WILL RESEARCH RECESS INTO AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TO CONSULT AND SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS.

AND ALSO IT IS 6:45 PM AND WE WILL RECESS INTO AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 TO CONSULT AND SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS AND 5 5 1 0.087 TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.

WHAT'S GONNA DO WITH A DOCTORATE IN CONCRETE? DON'T EVEN, I NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AT 8:10 PM AND ANNOUNCED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND I NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AT 8:10 PM AND ANNOUNCED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO WE ARE NOW ON TO TWO

[c. Consider a resolution authorizing a First Amendment to the Engagement of Whitehead & Wilson, PLLC for legal services.]

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE ENGAGEMENT OF WHITEHEAD AND WILSON, PLLC FOR LEGAL SERVICES.

MR. LAMONT COUNSEL, WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY WHO WE'VE BEEN USING FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UH, WHO HAS GONE TO A NEW LAW FIRM.

UH, WE ARE ASKING THAT WE ENTER INTO AN ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THIS FIRM.

I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT IT IS TITLED A FIRST AMENDMENT BECAUSE PRIOR TO TONIGHT, UH, IN MY CAPACITY AS GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE MDDI ENTERED INTO A SHORT TERM AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW LAW FIRM WITHIN THE AMOUNT THAT HAVE BEEN DELEGATED.

WE ARE REACHING THAT LIMIT NOW.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE THE FIRM IN A LONG TERM BASIS.

UH, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE, UH, FORMER LAW FIRM, WHICH, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT MDD AND VARIOUS

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UH, BUT THIS WILL HAVE A NET ZERO BUDGET IMPACT.

WE'RE REALLY JUST MOVING, UH, LEGAL FUNDS FROM ONE LAW FIRM TO ANOTHER, OR PART, PART OF THAT LITIGATION BUDGET, PART OF THAT LEGAL SERVICES BUDGET FROM ONE FIRM TO ANOTHER FIRM.

GOOD DEAL.

AND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I NEED A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM TWO C.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

[d. Consider a resolution authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with RubinBrown, LLC to perform audit services for the Hyatt Regency Baytown-Houston Project.]

MS. MCKENZIE.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, AS YOU RECALL, WE HIRED RUBIN BROWN TO CONDUCT OUR AUDIT.

WE WERE TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP WITH 20 23, 24, AND THEY ARE FINALIZING 25.

UM, THIS AGREEMENT IS A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT FOR 52,000 EACH YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF 156,000.

AND THIS WILL COVER OUR 26, 27 AND 28, UM, FISCAL YEAR AUDIT.

AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE MULTI-YEAR AS WE, UM, ADDED THOSE MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS AT THE BACK OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

WE HAD IT APPROVED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP BRINGING THIS TO YOU EACH AND EVERY YEAR.

UM, BUT THIS IS JUST TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL AUDIT FOR THE, UM, HYATT HOTEL.

BILL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I NEED A MOTION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ON

[e. Receive the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Operating and Capital Budget for the Hyatt Regency Baytown-Houston.]

RECEIVE THE FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27.

OPERATING OF CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE HYATT REGENCY BAYTOWN DASH HOUSTON.

MS. MCKENZIE, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THIS IS THE BUDGET, UH, FOR THE HYATT REGENCY.

THERE'S GOOD NEWS ON THE HORIZON.

UM, OUR GOP HAS DOUBLED OR WE'RE PROJECTING IT TO DOUBLE FROM 25 TO 26 TO $2.18 MILLION.

WE'RE ALSO PROJECTING THAT OUR OCCUPANCY RATE WILL BE 58%, WHICH OUR TARGET IS 60.

SO WE'RE, THE HOTEL IS DOING WELL.

AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE ON THE HORIZON FOR GREAT NEWS WITH THE HOTEL .

GOOD DEAL.

LOVE, GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE HOTEL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I GOOD COMMENTS.

MAYOR, THIS IS TOO MANY THINGS FLASHING AT ME HERE.

THE LOVE, LOVE THE NUMBERS.

'CAUSE AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE A FIVE TO SEVEN YEAR BEFORE THEY STARTED COVERING THEIR OPERATIONAL COSTS AND WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK.

IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE GROWTH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, PROJECTED NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT 2028, WE'LL BE AT THE 60% EASILY.

AND, AND THAT'S JUST FANTASTIC.

YEAH.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'S COMING ALONG.

THE CONVENTION CENTER CONFERENCE CENTER IS DOING WELL.

UM, I HEAR NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE STAFF, THE ACCOMMODATIONS AND THE FOOD.

MM-HMM .

WHEN PEOPLE HAVE BIG EVENTS THERE.

SO THE, THE HOTEL IS DOING WELL, UM, AS HOTELS DO.

SO I JUST, I JUST LOVE TO SEE THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

UM, I ALSO WANNA TOUCH BRIEFLY ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET.

WE'RE PROJECTING TO SPEND 225,000 ON TECHNOLOGY, SOME MISCELLANEOUS REPAIRMENT REPLACEMENTS AND ADDITIONS AND A FEW, UM, BUILDING SYSTEM PROJECTS.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTION.

I THINK THAT IS IT.

UM, WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER THIS BUDGET RECEIVED.

THANK YOU.

MS. MCKENZIE.

TWO

[f. Consider a resolution adopting the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Operating and Capital Budget for the Hyatt Regency Baytown-Houston.]

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

WE WILL NOW

[a. Consider approving the minutes of the City Council Work Session and City Council Regular Meeting held on August 27, 2026.]

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 27TH, 2026.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PERRIES.

WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED FOUR A AND FOUR B TAKING THEM OUT OF ORDER.

SO WE'RE ON TO FIVE

[b. Conduct a public hearing regarding a request for a proposed text amendment to Chapter 111, Unified Land Development Code (ULDC), of the Baytown Code of Ordinances to revise Division 2.3 Use Standards and Division 10.2 Definitions of the ULDC, regarding data centers.]

WE WILL BE TAKING FIVE B OUT OF ORDER AND RETURN TO FIVE A.

UM, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD

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EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF HEARING THE RULES.

ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERY PERSON TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.

AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME.

FIVE B, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 1 1 1, UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REVISE DIVISION 2.3, USE OF STANDARDS AND DIVISION 10.2 DEFINITIONS OF THE ULDC REGARDING DATA CENTERS.

IT IS NOW 8:18 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 1 1, 1, UNIFIED, UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES TO, TO REVISE DIVISION 2.3 U STANDARDS AND DIVISION 10.2 DEFINITIONS OF THE ULDC REGARDING DATA CENTERS.

I WOULD LIKE NOW TO ASK STAFF TO, UH, SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS HEARING.

MR. SCRIBNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN SCRIBNER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, SO AT YOUR LAST WORK SESSION, UH, WE DID DISCUSS, UH, UH, THE NEED FOR, UH, CERTAIN REGULATIONS FOR DATA, FOR DATA CENTERS.

AND SO THIS IS GONNA LOOK VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU.

I WILL START OUT WITH THE SAME THING I STARTED OUT WITH LAST TIME.

WE'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE MORAL IMPLICATIONS OF DATA CENTERS OR OF THE USE OF, OF AI, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT ZONING AND LAND USE.

AND SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME, UM, THERE IS A GAP IN THE, UH, IN THE U DC RIGHT NOW, UH, DOES NOT MENTION DATA CENTERS AS THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND THEM.

SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS TO, UM, ASK YOU TO ADOPT REGULATIONS THAT WILL ADD A DEFINITION FOR DATA CENTER IN THE ULDC TO CLARIFY THE OFFICE DEFINITION, TO MAKE SURE THERE'S, THERE IS, UH, NO CONFUSION.

AND THEN TO AMEND THE USE TABLE ITSELF TO PERMIT A DATA CENTER IN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL WITH APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

SO THE PROPOSED DEFINITION, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA READ THIS TO YOU, BUT IT'S BASICALLY AGAIN, UH, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A CLARITY ON WHAT WE UNDERSTAND DATA CENTERS TO BE NOW IN THE MODERN, UH, AGE, UH, NOT AN OFFICE USE, IT IS NOT A WAREHOUSE USE.

IT IS, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, THE, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A BUILDING OR A FACILITY, UH, THAT IS FOR DIGITAL DATA, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, NETWORKING.

UH, IT COULD INCLUDE, UH, ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS, POWER GENERATION AND ET CETERA.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE CONFUSED WITH, UH, AN OFFICE CENTER OR WHAT WE HAVE IN THE, IN THE, UH, CURRENT CODE, WHICH IS TALKS ABOUT DATA PROCESSING, WHICH IS NOT THE SAME THING.

UH, THE OTHER DEFINITION WE'D LIKE TO AMEND WOULD BE THE DEFINITION FOR OFFICE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE, THE LETTERING IN RED WOULD BE THE ADDITION, UH, WHICH IS BASICALLY TO SAY, OKAY, THE OFFICE, THE DEFINITION OF AN OFFICE DOESN'T INCLUDE THE DEFINITION OF DATA CENTER.

SO AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO OVERLAP THERE, SO THAT THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES.

AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS TO PERMIT IN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH ONLY WITH SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

SO THIS IS A VERY RESTRICTIVE SOLUTION.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

THIS IS MEANT TO BASICALLY ALLOW US TO TIME TO FURTHER RESEARCH AND, UH, DEVELOP SOME REASONABLE SPECIFIC STANDARDS TO THIS TYPE OF USE.

AND IT WOULD HELP US ENSURE MINIMAL IMPACT TO ANY NEIGHBORHOODS BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

RIGHT NOW, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS, UH, AGAIN, MAP I SHOWED LAST TIME, WHICH THE AREAS IN PURPLE ARE THE CURRENTLY, UH, THE, THE PROPERTIES IN CITY OF BAYTOWN THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

UH, THE, THE LIGHT BLUE IS EVERYTHING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS PLUS THE PURPLE.

AND THEN ANYTHING THE WHITE AND GRAY THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

SO THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO THOSE.

UH, SO THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT, UH, AGAIN, THIS WENT TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LAST WEEK, AND, UH, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION TO, UH, APPROVE THE DEFINITION FOR DATA CENTER, THE AMENDED DEFINITION OF OFFICE, AND TO ALLOW DATA CENTERS IN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

UM, I, I WILL ALSO REMIND YOU THAT WE DO HAVE SOME NEXT STEPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE.

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UH, AND TO ESTABLISH THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT WILL COORDINATE WITH OUR UTILITY PROVIDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERED THERE.

WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GOOD DEAL.

THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK ON NOW CLOSEST PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:22 PM REGARDING THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 1 1 1, UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCE SYSTEM REVISED DIVISION 2.3, USE STANDARDS AND DIVISION 10.2 DEFINITIONS OF THE ULDC REGARDING DATA CENTERS.

NOW WE

[a. Consider an ordinance regarding a proposed text amendment to Chapter 111, Unified Land Development Code (ULDC), of the Baytown Code of Ordinances to revise Division 2.3 Use Standards and Division 10.2 Definitions of the ULDC, regarding data centers.]

AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 1 1 1, UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF IS TO REVISE DIVISION 2.3, USE STANDARDS AND DIVISION 10.2 DEFINITIONS OF THE ULDC REGARDING DATA CENTERS.

MR. SCRIBNER? UH, I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.

THANK YOU.

SO I, I'M GOING TO, UM, SAY THAT I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT PLANNING AND ZONING AGREED TO THE HIGH INDUSTRIAL AND WITH THE SUP.

UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST FOR CI CITIZENS WHO DON'T REALIZE WHAT AN ISSUE P IS IN THE PROCESS, WOULD YOU MIND EXPLAINING THAT? UM, SURE.

A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS FOR, UH, UH, ANY KIND OF LAND USE THAT HAS, UM, UNIQUE NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS AND IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT WOULD COME THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AS A, LIKE A, A REZONE.

IT HAS TO COME THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND THEN CITY COUNCIL, UM, MAKES THE FINAL APPROVAL OR DENIAL ON THAT ALONG WITH THE ABILITY TO LOCK IN, UH, SITE PLANS, LOCK IN SPECIFIC CONDITIONS AS NEEDED, UH, AND, AND TO, AGAIN, TO TRY AND PROVIDE, UH, AN EXTRA LAYER OF NUMBER ONE, YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS FOR THAT.

AND THEN ADD IN A LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO IT GIVES THE, THE RESIDENTS, UH, MULTIPLE BITES THAT THEY APPLE WHEN THEY CAN COME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING AND VOICE THEIR OPINION, AND THEN THEY HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE US.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE IT'S ZONED A CERTAIN WAY WHERE IT'S JUST GONNA BE APPROVED BECAUSE OF THAT.

THE SUP GIVES THEM A MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK UP, UM, ON WHETHER THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT OR NOT.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, SO I THINK GOING BY PAST DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE, THERE HAVE BEEN, OR THERE WAS ONE THAT CAME IN INDUSTRIAL.

WE WERE WORKING ON THE SUP AND THEN WE DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T WANT THEM, AND THAT IS POSSIBLE.

HOWEVER, THE CAVEAT TO THAT WAS WE WERE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR LIKE, UH, BEING SUED, RIGHT? SO WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ONE? AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE MM-HMM .

THE TANK FARMS. I I DON'T THINK YOU WERE HERE THEN.

NO.

SO WE HAD SOME TANK FARMS, UM, ALONG BAYWAY, UM, CLOSE TO A, UM, SENIOR FACILITY.

AND SO WE WERE ENTERTAINING THEM.

THEY CAME IN, THEY SAID THEIR PIECE.

WE TOOK A LOOK AT SUVS.

AND, UM, WHAT WE WERE TOLD AT THE TIME WAS THAT, OKAY, IF Y'ALL DECIDE TO NOT TAKE THIS, THEN WE ARE OPEN TO LITIGATION.

UM, AND WE STILL DENIED THEM.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY NOTHING HAPPENED AFTER THE DENIAL.

BUT COULD WE STILL AT THAT POINT ENTERTAIN THAT FOR THIS KNOWING THAT WE WOULD STILL HAVE THAT POSSIBLE LITIGATION? I, I, I'LL DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY ON THAT, EXCEPT I WILL MAKE TWO, TWO COMMENTS ON THAT.

ONE IS, UH, I, I THINK MOST DECISIONS, MOST ZONING DECISIONS THAT THIS BODY MAKES IS OPEN TO LEGAL, UH, YEAH.

ARGUMENT, BUT ALSO, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMITS ARE LEGAL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

MM-HMM .

THEY ARE MADE LEGAL BY OUR CODE.

AND AS LONG AS WE ABIDE BY THE PROCESS, THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS A, A MODICUM

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BUT AS LONG AS THE REASONING IS GOOD, AS LONG AS ANY CONDITIONS YOU PUT IN THERE ARE REASONABLE AND SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BACK UP WITH DATA OR FACTS, THEN YOU'RE FINE.

OKAY.

SO I, I'LL JUST DEFER TO, UH, MR. LABON.

YEAH.

I DON'T HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENT WITH WHAT MR. SCRIBNER SAID.

SAID, UM, I WILL TELL YOU ALL THOUGH THAT, UM, THE LEGAL TEAM WORKS WITH STAFF, UM, YOU ALL, AND WITH MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE DO IS PROTECTED AND DEFENSIBLE.

UM, ANYONE CAN FILE A LAWSUIT FOR ANY REASON.

MM-HMM .

NO MATTER HOW FRIVOLOUS.

UM, BUT, UH, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD IN AND AROUND THIS TOPIC AND, UM, WE ARE PREPARED TO DEFEND ANY DECISIONS AND WE ARE CONFIDENT IN THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD UP TO THIS POINT.

THANK YOU.

AND I THINK THAT WE AS A CITY OR, OR PROBABLY AHEAD OF THE GAME, YOU KNOW, I, I WENT TO GO, UM, I WENT TO JUSTINO CITY WHEN THEY HAD THEIR TOWN HALL FOR THE POTENTIAL, UM, DATA CENTER.

AND THERE WAS ALREADY SO MUCH WORK AHEAD OF THAT ONE THAT THE CITY WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? AND SO I, I GOT TO HEAR THE ENTIRE THING AND, UM, THINGS THAT I JOTTED DOWN FROM WHEN WE GET TO THOSE SUP DISCUSSIONS AND REGULATIONS AND ALL OF THAT THAT I'LL BRING FORWARD.

BUT I, I THINK WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES IN A BETTER SITUATION THAT UNFORTUNATELY JUST IN THE CITY WAS NOT MM-HMM .

UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LOOKING AT THE LONG RUN AND SEEING HOW WE CAN PROTECT, UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THANK YOU.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING TO PULL POINT OUT, IS THAT THIS AMENDMENT TONIGHT PUTS US IN A MUCH BETTER SPOT THAN WE ARE MM-HMM .

BEFORE THIS AMENDMENT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE KEY.

OVER TIME, I THINK THERE IS A, A BETTER WAY TO, UH, REFINE WHAT IT IS WE WANT TO SEE, BUT THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT MORE CONVERSATIONS.

IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT MORE RESEARCH AND WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT.

SO THIS REALLY JUST CLOSES THAT GAP FOR NOW SO THAT WE ARE BETTER PROTECTED AS A CITY.

AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THE PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY, WHERE WE HAVE THAT BALANCE.

THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID.

JUST THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, APPROACHING THIS WITH AIR CAUTION.

UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW WITH THESE, AND THEY COULD GO ANYWHERE, UH, CLEANING UP THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GO ANYWHERE, DON'T GO IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS.

UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD FIRST STEP, UM, REALLY GETTING AHEAD OF THINGS WE JUST, YOU KNOW, CITY WAS DOING.

SO, UH, JUST WANNA PIGGYBACK AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR PUTTING YOUR TIME IN AND COMING UP WITH A, A REASONABLE DEFINITION, LEGAL DEFINITION THAT WORKS.

AND, UM, JUST, UM, KUDOS.

THANK YOU.

GOOD DEAL.

OKAY.

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM FIVE A IS WRITTEN.

WRITTEN SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU MR. SCRIBNER.

WELL, NOT JUST YET.

WAIT A MINUTE.

SIX A,

[a. Consider an ordinance for the first reading of the proposed voluntary annexation of approximately 60 acres at 5359 East Grand Parkway South.]

MR. SCRIBNER.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, YOU'VE SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE.

THIS IS FIRST READING ON THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, UH, FOR THE ANNEXATION OF OUR BAWA EAST, UH, FACILITY.

UH, AGAIN, I THINK I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS KIND OF, UM, UH, CL CLEANING UP THE, THE RECORDS FOR US, MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS, UH, ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT ONE.

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SIX.

A SECOND.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

THANK YOU.

AYE.

AYE.

SORRY.

ANY OPPOSED? ? I HAD A QUESTION.

MR. SMITH.

A QUESTION I WAS TREATING.

SO , WE RAN OUTTA THERE.

WAS IT REALLY THAT BAD? NO, WE CANNOT DO FOLLOWUP MOTION.

MOTION CARRIES.

NOW WE ARE ON

[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.]

WE HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON SEVEN A, SO WE NEED, I MEAN, SEVEN E.

SO WE NEED TO PULL SEVEN E AND ALSO NOTE ON PULLING ITEM SEVEN P.

SO SEVEN E SEVEN P NEEDS TO BE PULLED.

AND, AND WE HAVE A NOTE ON SEVEN A PAGES THREE THROUGH SIX OF THE PETITION.

EXHIBIT C ARE MISSING

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SO OUTSIDE OF SEVEN P AND SEVEN E, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ? BB SEVEN B.

ALRIGHT, SO SEVEN B AS IN BOY, SEVEN, E AS IN EDWARD.

AND SEVEN P AS IN PAUL.

I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS SEVEN A THROUGH SEVEN P WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SEVEN B, SEVEN E, AND SEVEN P SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH SEVEN

[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement between the City of Baytown and Palo Verde Partners Development, LLC.]

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YES.

DEVELOPMENT LLC MR. BRIAN MORAN.

UH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO TONIGHT, UM, I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WITH PALO VERDE PARTNERS.

UM, THIS AGREEMENT, UH, TURNS PART OF AN UNUSED, UH, CITY OWNED PARCEL IN DISTRICT SIX INTO A NEW COMMERCIAL DESTINATION OFF OF NORTH ALEXANDER DRIVE, UH, BEHIND KROGER.

AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT IS WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THE CITY CONVEY APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE OUT OF THE NINE POINT, UH, TWO ACRE TRACT, WHICH IS APPRAISED AT APPROXIMATELY 229,000 TO THE DEVELOPER AS AN IN-KIND GRANT.

IN RETURN, PALO VERDE WILL INVEST, UM, A MINIMUM OF $2 MILLION IN TOTAL SITE AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

THEN ALSO THE PROJECT FEATURES A 1900, UH, SQUARE FOOT FULL SERVICE STARBUCKS WITH A DRIVE-THROUGH INCORPORATING ELEVATED, UM, DESIGN FEATURES SUCH AS PREMIUM FACADE, INCLUDING BRICK WOOD ACCENTS, ARCHITECTURAL ACCENT LIGHTING, AND ENHANCED LANDSCAPING.

UM, THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 300, UH, SQUARE FEET OF DEDICATED OUTDOOR PATIO SEATING, UM, WITH STARBUCKS COMMITMENT TO RETURNING TO ITS ROOTS AS A COMFORTABLE, WELCOMING, UM, ENVIRONMENT AND GATHERING SPOT FOR ITS CUSTOMERS.

IN ADDITION, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO CREATE, UM, FIVE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS WITHIN 90 DAYS OF OPERATING.

AND THEN CONSTRUCTION MUST BEGIN WITHIN TWO YEARS IF COUNCIL, UM, DECIDES TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT.

AND THEN TO SUM UP WHAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY IS THAT, UH, WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE A GUARANTEED TAXABLE, UM, REAL PROPERTY VALUE OF AT LEAST 2.25 MILLION, UM, EXPANDED OPTIONS FOR THE DISTRICT SIX, AS WELL AS THE GREATER COMMUNITY GENERATING AN ESTIMATED $50,000 IN BOTH COMBINED, UH, PROPERTY AND SALES TAX.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FUTURE, UM, COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL BUILD OUT OF THE REMAINDER ACREAGE.

I'M LOCATED ON THE SITE.

AND THEN ALSO CREATING A, A SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO VISIT.

WE ALSO HAVE THIS EVENING JOINING ME TO HELP ADDRESS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE PROJECT ITSELF.

UM, TYLER MOORE, WHO'S, UH, JOINING VIRTUALLY.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, CARLTON STEWART WHO'S BEHIND ME AS WELL.

UM, SO YOU SAID THAT TWO YEARS TO START OR TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE? UH, TWO YEARS.

TWO YEARS TO START.

OKAY.

MM-HMM .

ARE WE GIVING THEM A COMPLETION TIMELINE ALSO? YES.

WHAT IS THAT? IT IS, IT'S INCLUDED IN THE, THE AGREEMENT.

AND IF NOT, IF SO, SO PART OF THE, PART OF THE AGREEMENT IS IF THE DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT BEGIN WITHIN THE TWO YEAR PERIOD, THEN IT REVERT THE PROPERTY REVERTS BACK TO THE CITY.

GOOD DEAL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I GOT A COMMENT, MR. MAYOR, AND, AND I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUE WILL JUMP RIGHT IN THERE.

AND THIS, THIS IS RIGHT ON ALEXANDER.

IT'S THE RIGHT BEHIND THE, THE CURRENT KROGER'S.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED FOR YEARS TO GET SOME INTEREST IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I'VE BEEN PUSHING RUN PRETTY HARD TO DO SOMETHING OVER THERE.

AND HE'S COME THROUGH FOR US BIG TIME.

UM, I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A SPARK THAT THAT AREA NEEDS.

YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU GOT A POTENTIAL STARBUCKS COMING IN, I THINK THEY'LL BE QUITE PLEASED WITH TRAFFIC.

I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF OTHER RESTAURANTS IN THAT AREA.

THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL GROWTH.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW SPECIFICS ON THIS, BUT NOW THAT THIS IS OUT IN PUBLIC, THEY'LL THEY'LL BE HAPPY.

UH, 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA JUST GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC FOR THEM AS WELL.

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ALSO, THAT PROPERTY'S BEEN VACANT FOREVER.

UH, SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY GO IN MM-HMM .

PEOPLE SEE HOW PROFITABLE IT IS, THEN OTHERS ARE GONNA COME IN AND MORE COME IN.

AND I'VE BEEN FIGHTING THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES AT THE OTHER END OF THE DI DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO TO GET MORE ACTIVITY, MORE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY.

AND THIS IS JUST THE START, I HOPE , UH, FOR THAT.

SO I'M, I'M A TICKLE TO DEATH TO SEE THIS.

UH, AND I THINK TRADING ONE ACRE FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, TWO, $2 MILLION DEVELOPMENT IS WELL WORTH THE RISK.

SO OBVIOUSLY I'LL BE VOTING FOR THIS TONIGHT.

.

OKAY.

SO, UM, I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUE MIKE.

UM, 'CAUSE YES, WE HAVE BEEN ON THIS, BUT NO MORE THAN YOU HAVE.

UM, I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT YOU TACKLED IN ENSURING THAT WE GET SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON ALEXANDER, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY HARD.

UM, AND SO THANK YOU TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UM, HAVE CONTINUED TO PUSH THIS.

UM, THIS CAME UP AT, WAS IT ICMA? IS THAT ICMA? I-C-S-C-I-C-S-C, ? UM, ICSC.

THAT'S U-I-C-M-A.

UM, SO ICSC, UM, WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE AND TALKED ABOUT THIS CORRIDOR AND WORKED WITH KROGER, UM, ON THEIR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT STORE.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS JUST A FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT.

AND SO AGAIN, I JUST CONGRATULATE YOU ON CONTINUING TO PUT THE, YOUR FOOT TO THE PEDAL TO ENSURE THAT ALEXANDER, UM, IS, IS REALLY LOOKED AT, UH, FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

SO THANK YOU.

I'M JUST, BRIAN.

YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB ON THESE THINGS.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I MEAN, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU PUSHING THIS.

LIKE YOU MENTIONED, AGAIN, MENTIONED THE KROGER'S.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DID THAT, THAT KEEPS THOSE JOBS THERE, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

THAT'S, THAT'S THE CITY DOING.

AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING GOOD JOBS THERE, THERE FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING TO KEEP PUSHING ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LIKE YOU'VE BEEN DOING.

I MEAN, WE'VE, WE, WE, WE HAVE JOBS THAT CANNOT BE FILLED IN BAYTOWN.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE RETAILERS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO COME WORK FOR THEM.

SO PLEASE LOOK AT THESE THINGS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW JOBS, A LOT OF NEW OPPORTUNITY BUSINESSES COMING TO BAYTOWN, AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

AND THANK YOU FOR, I KNOW A LOT OF THOSE ARE ON, ON THE NORTH SIDE, BUT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SOUTH SIDE AND TRYING TO PUSH FOR THAT.

I KNOW YOU ALWAYS HAVE CONSTANT COMMUNICATION YOURSELF.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING FOR BRIAN AND IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

AWESOME JOB.

UM, MAN, I'M GONNA HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IN THE STATE OF THE CITY.

'CAUSE UM, THIS, HOW, HOW MANY, HOW MANY NEW, UM, SORRY, NEW.

WHAT DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENTS HAVE YOU BROUGHT TO US THIS YEAR ALREADY? I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S EIGHT.

EIGHT TOTAL EIGHT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER HAD THAT MANY THAT I CAN REMEMBER.

COME IN ONE YEAR AT THE CITY.

SO MR. MORAN, YOU'RE DOING A TOP-NOTCH JOB AND, AND, AND THE REST OF THE TEAM.

SO THANK YOU.

AND, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS SO THAT WE CAN START THAT, THAT CLOCK IS GONNA START AT 8:41 PM ON THAT TWO YEAR BUILDING.

THAT'S GREAT.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH AT 40 PM DON'T FORGET THE JOBS HE BROUGHT WITH ALL THAT TWO.

MOVE TO APPROVE SECTION B.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

WE ARE ON TO SEVEN

[e. Consider an ordinance for Amendment No. 20 to the Interlocal Agreement with Harris County for Public Transportation Services in the City of Baytown.]

MS. JAMIE PRUITT, I KNOW SHE WANTS TO SPEAK, BUT I WAS JUST, YES, THIS IS JUST THE RENEWAL OF THE $250,000 FOR THE FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM FOR HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT.

THANK YOU.

AND WE NOW HAVE OUR ONE AND ONLY DR.

JUNE STEINSKY.

I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER YOUR ADDRESS, SO IF YOU DON'T MIND MIND REMINDING ME OF IT AGAIN, YOU DIDN'T, DON'T EVEN COME AND VISIT ME ANYMORE.

ANYWAY, , UH, 4 6 0 1 DRIFTWOOD DRIVE, YOU KNOW, CAMPAIGNING WHATEVER.

UM, 4 6 0 1 DRIFTWOOD DRIVE, BAYTOWN, TEXAS.

UM, THANK YOU FOR DOING AT LEAST $250,000 FOR THE BUSES.

UM, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY, WE HAVE A MARKETPLACE OPENING IN JA IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR,

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I THINK THE BUS ROUTE NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TIME-WISE THAT RUN UP AND DOWN GARTH ROAD THAT WOULD GET POTENTIAL WORKERS TO THEIR JOBS, MORE ROUTES GOING TO THE NEW MARKETPLACE WOULD BE NICE.

SO THESE WORKERS, NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST PAID WORKERS AT SAM'S CLUB AND SUCH NEED TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION.

PEOPLE GOING TO THE MARKETPLACE NEED TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION BUMP THIS BUDGET UP TO AT LEAST TO THE $500,000 OR $400,000 IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.