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          [ CITY OF BAYTOWN  			   NOTICE OF MEETING 		 		 		 		 		 		 		 		 			 			  			CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING  			THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020 			6:30 P.M. 			COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 			2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 			   			AGENDA 			   			Due to the COVID 19 Disaster and the CDC's recommendation regarding social distancing measures, the public may not be allowed to be physically present at this meeting, as there is a limited amount of space when maintaining the required 6-feet separation from others. 			 			For those members of the public that cannot or do not wish to be physically present at the meeting, they will be able to participate through two-way communications.  For video conferencing, use the following website www.zoom.com, click on "join a meeting" on the top right hand corner, and input the following Meeting ID: 876 0797 6829.  For telephone conferencing please use the following toll-free number: 1-888-788-0099, Meeting ID: 876 0797 6829.  Any person, who is participating through video/teleconferencing and is interested in speaking on any item on the agenda, must submit his/her request via email to the City Clerk at cityclerk@baytown.org.  The request must include the speaker's name, address, and phone number that will be used if teleconferencing as well as the agenda item number.  The request must be received prior to the posted time of the meeting. 			 			The agenda packet is accessible to the public in both HTML and PDF formats at the following link: https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/city-clerk/agendas-minutes.  City Council Meetings are broadcast on the City's Municipal Channel, Channel 16 and on the website at: https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/public-affairs/baytown-tv-public-service-announcements.  After the meeting, a video recording of this meeting will be made available to the public at https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/city-clerk/agendas-minutes.  			  			For more information or questions concerning the teleconference, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 281-420-6504.  			  			CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM 			 			PLEDGE AND INVOCATION 			Council Member Chris Presley, District No. Two 			 		 	  ]
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          SO, AND I'LL CALL THIS MEETING WITH THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          IT'S THURSDAY, JUNE 11. 
          IT IS 6:32 PM WE ARE IN CITY HALL, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          UH, WE WILL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION TONIGHT BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLES JOHNSON. 
          YOU WOULD, WE'RE GONNA RECITE THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE TEXAS FLAG. 
          IF YOU WILL REPEAT WITH ME. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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 TEXAS FLAG. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. 
          YOU WOULD ALL BOW YOUR HEADS FOR A MOMENT OF PRAYER. 
          DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR AB ABUNDANT BLESSINGS. 
          AND THESE TIMES I'M REMINDED OF YOUR WORD WHEN YOU SAID, CAST ALL OF YOUR CARES UPON ME, FOR YOU CARED FOR US. 
          WE CARE FOR OURSELVES. 
          WE CARE FOR THE PERSON AROUND US. 
          WE MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE CARE FOR THE CITY OF OURS. 
          I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU IN YOUR WONDERFUL WAY TO LOOK UPON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, LOOK UPON OUR HEARTS, IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT IS NOT IN AGREEANCE WITH YOU, THAT YOU WOULD REMOVE IT AND REPLACE IT WITH JOY, PEACE, LOVE, AND KINDNESS, AND UNDERSTANDING. 
          I PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO MAY BE HURTING. 
          I PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO MAY BE CELEBRATING, BUT ALLOW US TO COME TOGETHER IN YOUR NAME FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUR GLORY. 
          I PRAY FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          I PRAY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          I PRAY, PRAY FOR OUR ARMED FORCES. 
          AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I PRAY FOR THE CITY LEADERSHIP. 
          I PRAY FOR COUNTY LEADERSHIP, STATE LEADERSHIP, AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNTRY. 
          AND YOUR SON. 
          I WILL LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS. 
          THE CHRIST'S NAME I PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU COUNSEL. 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [1. MINUTES]
WE HAVE ITEM, UH, ONE A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE, UH, WORK SESSION, REGULAR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 9TH, 2020. 
          I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. 
          MOTION APPROVE. 
          SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. 
          ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ITEMS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          WE GOT THE AGENDA. 
          WE DON'T HAVE AGENDAS. 
          OH. 
          OH, DO Y'ALL? I DO, I DO. 
          UM, , BOY. 
          WELL, IT'S OKAY. 
          I HAVE ONE, SO I, I GOT ONE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MINE CAME UP. 
          NOW, JUST LOOK RIGHT HERE. 
          I DON'T HAVE MINE HERE. 
          OH, IT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WHY HE SET YOU UP HERE. 
          LET'S MOVE UP. 
          I JUST MOVED ON. 
          THAT'S WHY HE SET YOU UP. 
          SIX FEET STAYS LIVES. 
          HE DOESN'T HAVE AN AGENDA. 
          DO YOU WANT A WRITTEN ONE FOR THE HE HAS KIND OF ONE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE ONE. 
          WELL, I'M GONNA PROCEED WHILE YOU DO THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE ITEM TWO A WILL BE A 
          [a.  Conduct a second public hearing regarding the proposed annexation of approximately 3.01 acres, located approximately 557.88 feet east of Thompson Road, addressed as 6610 Thompson Road, and situated in the William Hilbus Survey, Abstract No. 336 and being out of and a part of lot 21 of the Elena Fruit and Cotton Farms, Unit “D,” Harris County, Texas.]
PUBLIC HEARING TODAY. 
          THIS PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD. 
          EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AT TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING. 
          EACH SPEAKER SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THE TODAY'S HEARINGS. 
          THE RULES ALLOW EACH SPEAKER THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION. 
          HOWEVER, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE. 
          IF YOU ARE, IF YOU ARE A, IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION. 
          AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME. 
          SO WE WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE SECOND, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 3.01 ACRES, ADDRESSES 66 10 THOMPSON ROAD, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. 
          I WOULD NOW, UH, LIKE TO REQUEST STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SIR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UH, UM, COUNSEL THAT IF I COULD DO ITEMS TWO A AND TWO B TOGETHER AND YOU CAN, I'M, YOU CAN SEPARATE. 
          I'M FINE WITH THAT. 
          I'M JUST, THEY'RE THE SAME, SO I KNOW. 
          OKAY, SIR. 
          UM, SO BASICALLY THIS IS THE, THE SECOND, UM, READING FOR THIS OR THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PARTICULAR ANNEXATION. 
          AGAIN, ON APRIL 9TH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE RESOLUTION, GRANTED THE PETITION, AND BASICALLY THE SERVICE AGREEMENT WAS, UH, DETAILED AND LISTED BY THE OWNER ON MAY 28TH. 
          AND THIS TIME, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHICH IS BASICALLY LANDLOCKED SURROUNDING ALL BY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UM, THEY'RE ANNEXING TO COME INTO THE CITY AND TO DEVELOP THE FRONT PORTION, WHICH IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL THREE ACRES. 
          UM, ULTIMATELY AND COMING INTO THE CITY AS, UM, ALLY WITH A, A FUTURE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT THAT'S GONNA BE COMING BEFORE YOU, UH, IF I COULD ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DIETRICH? NOPE. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THAT WOULD BE OUR PUBLIC 
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HEARING. 
          I'LL DO, UH, THANK YOU STAFF THERE, UH, NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK OR HAVE SIGNED, OR THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          I NOW CLOSE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION, APPROXIMATELY 3.01 ACRES, ADDRESSES 66 THOMPSON ROAD. 
          [b.  Consider an ordinance for the first reading of the proposed annexation of approximately 3.01 acres, located approximately 557.88 feet east of Thompson Road, addressed as 6610 Thompson Road, and situated in the William Hilbus Survey, Abstract No. 336 and being out of and a part of lot 21 of the Elena Fruit and Cotton Farms, Unit “D,” Harris County, Texas.]
SO NOW I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM TWO B, CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPERTY, UM, TO BE ANNEXED, UH, THAT WE JUST DESCRIBED. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TWO B. 
          SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM TWO B IS PRESENTED. 
          PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          A AYE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED. 
          ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO ITEM 
          [a.  Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the City of Baytown's official zoning map to rezone approximately 3.28 acres of unaddressed property, legally described as Part of Tract 2C, Block 13, Elena Farms Unit D Geo C Davis Map D (Part of Lots 18, 19 & 20 Block 19 Highland Farms), Harris County, Texas, from a Single-Family Estate ("SFE") Zoning District to a General Commercial ("GC") Zoning District.]
THREE A, WHICH WILL ALSO BE A, UM, PUBLIC HEARING. 
          AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN ACTION ITEM FOLLOWING. 
          SO AN NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNED TO REQUEST TO AMEND THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S OFFICIALS ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 3.28 ACRES, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS PART OF TRACK TWO C BLOCK 13 ATLANTA FARMS, UNIT DGOC, DAVIS MAP D PARTS OF LOTS. 
          18, 19, 20 BLOCK, 19. 
          HIGHLANDS FARMS, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM A SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE ZONING DISTRICT TO A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. 
          I WILL NOW LIKE TO REQUEST THE STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          COUNSEL. 
          UM, THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY IS, UM, GOING TO BE ASSEMBLED WITH A LARGER PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHICH IS TO THE NORTH. 
          SORRY, I GUESS THAT'S NOT WORKING, BUT TO THE NORTH, UH, EAST OF THIS PROPERTY. 
          OKAY. 
          BASICALLY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, THIS, UH, THIS P PARCEL HAS BEEN, UH, INCLUDED IN WITH, UH, A REZONING. 
          CURRENTLY IT'S, UH, SFE AND IT WANTS TO BE, OR THE, THE OWNER WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE IT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO BE IN LINE WITH THE, THE USE THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, USED AT THAT PROPERTY. 
          UM, BASICALLY THE HONDA DEALERSHIP LOCATED AT, UH, THE CORNER. 
          IT WOULD BE THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF I 10. 
          AND JOHN MARTIN, UM, IS LOOKING TO MOVE THEIR PROPERTY HERE. 
          UM, THIS ASSEMBLAGE OF THIS PROPERTY IS TO HELP WITH THE, WITH THE OVERALL DETENTION ON THE, ON THE SITE. 
          AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY ALL QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. 
          THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK OR HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON. 
          NOW, CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE RIZZO APPROXIMATELY 3.28 ACRES FROM SFE TO GC. 
          SO MOVE AUTUMN 
          [b.  Consider an ordinance amending the City of Baytown's official zoning map to rezone approximately 3.28 acres of unaddressed property, legally described as Part of Tract 2C, Block 13, Elena Farms Unit D Geo C Davis Map D (Part of Lots 18, 19 & 20 Block 19 Highland Farms), Harris County, Texas, from a Single-Family Estate ("SFE") Zoning District to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]
ONTO ITEM THREE B. 
          CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPERTY. 
          UM, UH, TO BE REZONED AS DESCRIBED, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE B, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM THREE B. 
          SECOND, HAVE MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          ITEM THREE B IS PRESENTED. 
          PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED. 
          ITEM CARRIES. 
          WE HAVE ITEM FOUR A. 
          [a.  Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the City of Baytown's official zoning map to rezone approximately 131 acres generally located west of Garth Road, on both sides of West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road, and east of John Martin Road including multiple parcels, all within Baytown, Harris County, Texas, from an Open Space/Recreation Zoning District (OR) to General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]
WE'LL CONDUCT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON COURT ORDER, UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S OFFICIALS ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 131 ACRES. 
          GENERAL LOCATED WEST OF GARTH ROAD ON BOTH SIDES OF WEST CEDAR BAY, LYNCHBURG ROAD, AND EAST OF JOHN MARTIN ROAD, BAYTOWN, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM AN OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL ZONING DISTRICT OR TO GENERAL, GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. 
          I WILL NOW LIKE TO REQUEST THAT STAFF SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 
          MAYOR, COUNSEL, UM, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS COMING BEFORE YOU. 
          UM, THIS CAME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, BACK IN, UH, EARLY JANUARY OR THIS YEAR. 
          AND, UM, WE, WE HELD THIS OFF BECAUSE OF THE, THE ATTACHED, UH, TEXT AMENDMENT. 
          WE WANTED TO BRING THESE TWO TOGETHER. 
          BUT BASICALLY BACK IN 2017, THERE WAS, UH, INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF THIS LARGER CORRIDOR OVER HERE. 
          AND, UM, AS STAFF, UH, WAS INSTRUCTED BY COUNSEL, WE'VE GONE BACK IN FROM 2017 AND WE'RE GOING BACK THROUGH AND ZONING THESE PARCELS OUT. 
          AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME IS TO, UM, TO ZONE ALL OF THIS AREA SHOWN ON THE MAP TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. 
          ONE OF THE, THE REASONS FOR THIS, UM, THIS CHANGE WAS WE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SEPARATE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME THROUGH. 
          IF YOU NOTICE HERE, THERE'S A LITTLE SPOT, UM, ALONG WEST CEDAR BY LYNCHBURG THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ZONED COMMERCIAL, GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND ALSO FURTHER TO THE EAST. 
          SORRY, I CAN'T POINT IT OUT, BUT YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, THOSE TWO WERE ACTUALLY, UM, DONE GAVE THEM BY THE RESPECTIVE LANDOWNER AT THE TIME. 
          AND SO WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT WE SHOULD GO IN AND ACTUALLY ZONE THAT WHOLE AREA. 
          SO THIS IS THE REALLY, THE, THE IDEA BEHIND IT AND THEN TO, TO BACK ALL THAT INFORMATION IS THAT WE ALSO BROUGHT STAFF BROUGHT A, A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN CHANGE TO YOU BACK IN 2019, AND THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED. 
          AND SO THIS WOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. 
          AND, UM, THAT IS, THAT IS THE REQUEST AT, AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. 
          AND I CAN ANSWER ANY, ALL QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. 
          I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. 
          MAYOR. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE Y'ALL DOING THIS INSTEAD OF PIECEMEALING IT EVERY TIME AN OWNER WANTS TO CHANGE THE ZONING BECAUSE IT WAS INVOLUNTARILY ANNEXED. 
          IS THERE ANOTHER QUADRANT YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO AT NEXT? YES. 
          SO THE AREA THAT'S IN BEHIND IT 
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IS CURRENTLY STILL, OR, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS WE WANTED TO BRING THESE IN IN PHASES. 
          UM, SO BECAUSE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THAT IF WE WERE TO DO ALL OF THIS ALONG THE, THE FRONTAGE, UM, PORTIONS TO BE GENERAL COMMERCIAL, WE'RE ACTUALLY ZONING THE, THE AREAS BEHIND MM-HMM . 
          OR PROPOSING TO ZONE THEM TO BE SF ONE MM-HMM . 
          OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT. 
          IT WOULD BE MORE RESIDENTIAL IN USE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO WE THOUGHT BRINGING THESE IN PHASED APPROACHES, IT WOULD BE, UH, MORE PALATABLE TO, TO THE AREA. 
          OKAY. 
          MAYBE, MAYBE CONSIDER THE I 10 FRONTAGE ALSO. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. 
          HOW LONG BEFORE WE PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY FOR WATER AND SEWER TO THE RESIDENTS BEHIND GC THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ZONE AS FS F1? HOW LONG DO WE HAVE BEFORE BY LAW SAYING WE HAVE TO DO IT? AND HOW MUCH SOONER DO ARE WE CONSIDERING IT? I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE ON THE, ON THE, THE DATE AND THE TIMELINE THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. 
          IT'S USUALLY THREE YEARS AFTER THE TIME FROM 2017 AND FROM WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO ENGINEERING. 
          UM, THEY'RE ALREADY, THEIR PLANS ARE IN, IN ON ROUTE. 
          I WOULD SAY THEY'RE ABOUT 60% DONE. 
          THE GOAL IS, I CAN'T GIVE AN EXACT DATE, BUT THE GOAL WOULD BE IS THAT PLANS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY LATER THIS YEAR, AND HOPEFULLY CONSTRUCTION WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW. 
          YES, SIR. 
          HEY, I'M SORRY I CAME A LITTLE LATE AND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT, BUT I DID HEAR THE PORTION ABOUT WE'RE GONNA, WE, WE ENDEAVOR TO DO SF ONE BEHIND IT. 
          SO I HAD A CALL FROM A BUSINESS ON SHEPHERD ROAD THAT HAS A SMALL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, SO THEY KEEP A BACKHOE AND, AND SOME MATERIAL THERE FROM TIME TO TIME. 
          I MEAN, ARE YOU GUYS PLANNING ON WORKING WITH SOME OF THE EXISTING BUSINESSES OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TO WHERE THEY, THEY DON'T COME IN AS A NON-CONFORMING USE? WELL, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I GUESS WE CAN, WE'LL GO OUT AND DO A LAND ASSESSMENT AND WE CAN CHECK THAT OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT WOULD BEHOOVE IF THE PERSON IS NOT LOOKING TO EXPAND OR, UH, CHANGE THAT, THAT USE OF THE TIME THEY COULD EXIST AS IS AS NONCONFORMING WITH NO PENALTY TO THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          IT, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, UH, COUNCILMAN BECAUSE I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE RESIDENTIAL ALONG CEDAR BY LYNCHBURG AND, AND IT'S A RESIDENTIAL LOT AND IT MAY FOREVER BE A RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL LOT. 
          UM, BUT YOU, WE DON'T WANT TO, TO HAVE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY LITTLE SPOTS OF YEAH, SURE. 
          OF SF ONE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          SO IT, IT WOULD, THEY'RE GONNA COME IN NON-CONFORMING. 
          SO IT'S EITHER RESIDENTIAL THAT'S GC OR GC THAT WE PUT RESIDENTIAL, BUT AT LEAST, AT LEAST THAT THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, A, UM, A BROAD ENOUGH, UM, AREA THAT, THAT, THAT IT WILL, WILL TAKE PLACE. 
          SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S JUST ONE SPOT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO TRY TO AVOID AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND, AND I, I, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I THINK THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, ACTUALLY, IT'S POSSIBLE THEY MAY ACTUALLY BE CON CONTIGUOUS TO WHAT'S GOING TO GC. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY UP SHEPHERD ROAD VERY FAR. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          YOU COULD EXPAND ONE SPOT. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          IF IN FACT THEY WERE CONTIGUOUS, THEN THAT WOULD SEEM LIKE MORE OF A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT MAY, UM, AND WE WOULD, UH, GO OUT THERE TO, I GUESS WE WOULD ASSESS AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME OKAY. 
          WHERE THAT, THAT DIVISION LINE WOULD OCCUR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND WE WOULD TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND DURING THIS WHOLE TIME, WE WILL GO THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE OWNERS AND WE'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM AT THAT TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE HAVE ITEM FOUR. 
          WELL, THAT'S, UM, THOSE, ALL THE QUESTIONS, UH, THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRE TO SPEAK ARE SIGNED UP. 
          I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE REZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 131 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF GARTH ROAD ON BOTH SIDES OF WEST CEDAR, LYNCHBURG ROAD, AND EAST OF JOHN MARTIN ROAD FROM AN OR TO A GC. 
          SO, UM, THAT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON ONTO ITEM FOUR 
          [b.  Consider an ordinance amending the City of Baytown's official zoning map to rezone approximately 131 acres generally located west of Garth Road, on both sides of West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road, and east of John Martin Road including multiple parcels, all within Baytown, Harris County, Texas, from an Open Space/Recreation (OR) Zoning District to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]
B. 
          CONSIDERED THIS ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPERTY I JUST DESCRIBED FROM GOING FROM OR TO GC. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CHARLES JOHNSON. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE ITEM FIVE A, WHICH WILL BE, UM, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, ONCE AGAIN. 
          SO NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS 
          [a.  Conduct a public hearing regarding proposed text amendments to the Unified Land Development Code of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas to (i) add a non-residential accessory use for residential accessory structures; (ii) amend zoning districts and conditions for residential accessory uses; and (iii) amend and remove conditions related to residential accessory uses.]
PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS AT AN AS A AT A NON-RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY USE FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, AMENDS ZONING DISTRICTS, AND CONDITIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY USES AND AMEND AND REMOVE CONDITIONS RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY USES. 
          SO, AND I'LL, UH, LIKE TO REQUEST THAT STAFF SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SURE. 
          THIS, UH, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ACTUALLY IS IN RELATION TO THE ONE WE PREVIOUSLY JUST DID. 
          UM, WHEN, 
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WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS IN BACK IN 2017 INTO THE CITY, THIS AREA WAS, UM, PEPPERED AROUND WITH, UH, DIFFERENT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND ALSO DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMERCIAL. 
          AND THE GOAL THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS TO MAKE THE TRANSITION OF SOME OF THESE, THESE FOLKS THAT WERE IN THIS AREA TO BE AS EASY AND FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, WHAT WE'RE NOTICING IS AS THEY BROUGHT, WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY OVER THE LAST LITTLE WHILE, THERE'S BEEN SOME WANTS AND NEEDS FROM THESE, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE, ARE WITHIN AN, OR CURRENTLY AN OR ZONING DISTRICT THAT THEY WANT TO ADD ONTO THEIR HOMES AND, UH, AREN'T ALLOWED TO DO SO BECAUSE THEY DO NOT MEET THAT ZONING REQUIREMENT. 
          SO WHAT THIS PARTICULAR TEXT AMENDMENT DOES IS THAT IT ALLOWS FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY TO OCCUR FOR THESE FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OPERATION AS A, AS A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, RESIDENTIAL, OR IF THEY WERE IN A NON-COMMERCIAL OR A NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. 
          THEY WOULD ALLOW, BE ALLOWED TO EXIST AS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND TO PUT UP ACCESSORY STRUCTURES LIKE FRONT PORCHES, UM, IN OTHER SMALL BUILDINGS ON SITE, POSSIBLY EVEN A POOL, JUST SO THEY COULD EXIST AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. 
          SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE PROVIDED, UM, THESE CHANGES TO THE, THE TEXT OF, UH, THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ALONG WITH, UM, WE ALSO WERE ASKING TO CONDITIONALLY ALLOW BARNS AND STABLES IN, IN THE ZONES OF SF ONE AND SF TWO, UM, IF, IF THE, THEY MET CERTAIN ACREAGE REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND, UM, SO IN DOING SO, WE BROUGHT THIS FORTH TO PLANNING AND ZONING PLANNING AND ZONING ASKED US TO TABLE THE ITEM. 
          WE, SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT WE ADDED, THEY FELT WERE TOO, UM, TOO RESTRICTIVE. 
          SO WE ENDED UP COMING DOWN IN THE ACREAGE, UH, ALLOTMENT FROM FIVE ACRES TO TWO ACRES. 
          AND AS YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE, THE ATTACHMENT, UM, IT, THAT DOES GIVE FLEXIBILITY TO FOLKS THAT WANT TO OR HAVE A HOME ON THEIR PROPERTY AND WANT TO HAVE A ADDITIONAL SHOP OR A HOBBY CENTER OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO ON THEIR PROPERTY. 
          KINDA GIVES THEM MORE FLEXIBILITY TO PUT THAT IN THERE. 
          AND COULD I ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE? ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? I HAVE ONE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          WE HAVE A PROBLEM OVER ON MARVIN ROAD. 
          WHEN YOU SAID BARNES AND STABLES, I BELIEVE IT WAS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND SO WE HAVE ONE GUY OVER THERE THAT HAS MANY ANIMALS OUT THERE, SO MUCH THAT THERE'S NO GRASS IN THERE, AND THE STENCH FROM OVER THERE IS HORRIBLE. 
          AND SO IF WE'RE GONNA LIMIT THE LAND, ARE WE ALSO GONNA LIMIT THE ANIMALS? BECAUSE THIS, THIS GUY IS A NUISANCE TO EVERYBODY THAT LIVES AROUND HIM, AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THE, THE PUBLIC THAT IS COMPLIANT WITH EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE GUY. 
          SO WHEN YOU SAY IT'S, UH, LIMITED BY LAND, I'D SAY HALF ACRE, ONE ACRE, BUT WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING TO, TO HELP THESE PEOPLE OUT. 
          SO HOW'S IT GONNA AFFECT THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL OVER THERE? UM, I GUESS THAT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR ME TO ANSWER. 
          UM, DO WE KNOW HOW LARGE THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY? UH, KEVIN MIGHT KNOW WHAT THAT IS BECAUSE HE'S BEEN OVER THERE TO VISIT. 
          I, I'M NOT SURE HOW BIG IT IS, BUT, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT VERY, IT'S NOT VERY BIG AND IT'S GOT A BUNCH OF ANIMALS ON THERE. 
          SO WHAT THIS DOESN'T DO IS IT DOESN'T CHANGE CHAPTER 14, WHICH ACTUALLY RESTRICTS WHERE ANIMALS CAN BE. 
          SO WE'RE NOT AMENDING CHAPTER 14. 
          ACTUALLY, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CONNECTING THE TWO. 
          SO IF YOU WERE TO DO THIS AND HAVE ANIMALS ON YOUR PROPERTY, IT ENSURES WITHIN THE ORDINANCE, IT DIRECTS YOU OVER TO CHAPTER 14 TO ENSURE YOU MEET THOSE, THOSE REQUIREMENTS ALSO. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING ITEM FIVE A? SO THERE, THERE ARE NO ONE ELSE THERE, NO ONE ELSE DESIRE TO SPEAK. 
          I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING WHO'S RUNNING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT OF ULEC REGARDING RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY USES. 
          SO I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE 
          [b.  Consider an ordinance amending the Unified Land Development Code of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas to: (i) add a non-residential accessory use for residential accessory structures; (ii) amend zoning districts and conditions for residential accessory uses; and (iii) amend and remove conditions related to residential accessory uses.]
B. 
          CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS TO THE, UM, TO ADD A NON-RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY USE OF RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, AMENDS ZONING DISTRICTS, AND CONDITIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY USES, AND AMEND AND REMOVE CONDITIONS RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY USES. 
          UH, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND. 
          ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          ITEM CARRIES. 
          UH, WE HAVE ITEM 
          [a.  Conduct a public hearing concerning proposed amendments to the 2015-2019 Citizen Participation Plan, 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan, and the 2019 Annual Action Plan. ]
SIX A, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONDUCT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING NOW TO ORDER, ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE 2015 TO 2019 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN. 
          UH, THE 20 15 20 19 CONSOLIDATED, UH, CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. 
          I'LL NOW, UH, LIKE TO REQUEST THAT STAFF SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 
          UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, JUST AS THE MAYOR HAD SAID, IS THAT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND OF THE 20 15 20 19 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN CONSOLIDATED PLAN ALONG WITH THE 2019 
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ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. 
          THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT THERE WERE FUDS, UH, FUNDS, UM, ALLOCATED FROM HUD, UM, THROUGH THE CARES ACT, WHICH IS A CORONA VIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT, UM, WHICH WAS MADE ABOUT $5 BILLION AVAILABLE. 
          UM, CITY OF BAYTOWN WAS ALLOTTED JUST OVER $400,000. 
          AND SO BECAUSE THAT, UH, THESE PARTICULAR, UH, PLANS ARE IN PLACE AND THERE'S CURRENTLY WITHIN THIS BUDGET YEAR. 
          SO IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM HUD THAT WE GO IN AND AMEND ALL OF THESE, UH, THE VERBIAGES AND SUCH TO, UM, BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THIS MONEY A LOT MORE FREELY AND FLEXIBLE AND WITHIN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS BASICALLY, THIS WHAT THIS DOES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND SOME OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT ARE NOTABLE WITHIN EACH OF THE PLANS THAT ARE, ARE BEING DONE IS THAT IT ALLOWS FOR VIRTUAL HEARINGS. 
          IT BASICALLY UPDATES WHAT A DECLARED DISASTER OR STATE OF EMERGENCY IS. 
          UM, IT GIVES AMENDMENTS FOR THE REALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS AND IT REDUCES THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FROM 30 DAYS OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, UH, FROM 30 DAYS TO FIVE DAYS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REGARDING THIS ITEM? IF NOT, THERE, THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK, UM, THAT I CAN FORESEE THAT HAS BEEN, HAS SIGNED UP. 
          I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE 20 15 20 19 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN, THE 20 15 20 19 CONSOLIDATED PLAN, AND THE 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. 
          SO WE'LL MOVE ON 
          [b.  Consider a resolution amending the 2015-2019 Citizen Participation Plan adopted via Resolution No. 2372 on July 23, 2015.]
          [c.  Consider a resolution amending the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan, which was adopted via Resolution No. 2370 on July 23, 2015.]
          [d.  Consider a resolution amending the the 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan.]
TO ITEMS. UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS FOR ITEM SIX, B, C, AND D TO BE CONSIDERED ONE TIME APPROVED. 
          ITEM SIX, B, C, AND D. 
          SECOND, A MOTION A SECOND. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THESE ITEMS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          A AYE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED ITEM. 
          CARRIE, WE HAVE ITEM SEVEN A RECEIVED THE 
          [a.  Receive the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Budget of the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District.]
FISCAL YEAR 20 20 21, BUDGET OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          YOU'RE INVITED TO RECEIVE THE 2021 BUDGET OF THE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT. 
          THE BOARD MET ON TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK AND APPROVED THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED TO YOU. 
          UH, ON THE 9TH OF JULY, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE, AND ON THE 23RD OF JULY, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORMALLY APPROVE THE BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? AT LEAST WE'RE ON THIS ITEM. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO RECEIVE IT. 
          THERE'S NO ACTION. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, OUR CONSENT 
          [8. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.]
AGENDA, UH, ITEMS A THROUGH A THROUGH N. 
          I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTIONS FOR ITEMS A THROUGH N. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A THROUGH N. 
          SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          WE HAVE ITEM NINE, A 
          [a.  Consider a resolution confirming the Baytown Community Engagement Advisory Committee as a committee of the City and establishing its composition, purpose, and duties.]
CONSIDER RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS A COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BAY OF THE, OF THE CITY, AND ESTABLISH ITS COMPOSITION, PURPOSE, AND DUTIES. 
          AND SO THIS, UH, THIS ITEM AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, UH, LAST JUNE OF 2019, UH, FOLLOWING SOME ACTIVITIES HERE IN BAYTOWN, WE WANTED TO ENSURE, UH, THAT, UH, CITIZENS, UH, THAT, UM, NEEDED A, A, UH, THE ABILITY TO, TO VOICE SOME CONCERNS, UH, HERE IN OUR CITY. 
          UH, I WENT AND I CREATED THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE THEN. 
          UM, OFF AND ON. 
          UH, WE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
          UH, WE CERTAINLY HAVE, UM, HAVE, UH, LEARNED A LOT OF, UM, ITEMS AND, AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE THINK WE NEED TO DO. 
          UH, WE ALSO, UH, HOSTED I THINK AT LEAST TWO TO THREE TOWN HALLS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER, UH, INFORMATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO, TO HELP US REALLY UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW WE CAN, UM, FILL THE GAP BETWEEN, UH, SECTORS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT FEEL THAT, THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD. 
          UH, SO THIS WAS, THIS WAS PART OF THAT VENUE, UH, A PART OF THAT PURPOSE OF, OF THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UH, AND BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OF HOW DO WE GO AND ENSURE THAT WE CAN BUILD TRUST IN OUR, IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE, ALL OF US, WE, WE OBVIOUSLY WANT A CIVIL, YOU KNOW, CIVIL ORDER IN OUR CITY. 
          WE NEED OUR POLICE OFFICERS. 
          UH, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO ENSURE THAT ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES IS, IS SOMETHING WHERE ALL COMMUNITIES, ALL PEOPLE OF ALL COMMUN OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE REPRESENTED AND ARE, UM, POLICED WITHIN, OBVIOUSLY WITHIN, UH, BEST PRACTICES. 
          UH, THIS COMMITTEE, UH, UM, FROM, I WANNA SAY WHEN THE VIRUS PRETTY MUCH HIT, IT, PRETTY MUCH PUT ALL OUR COMMITTEES ON A STANDSTILL. 
          BUT IN, IN, IN, IN THAT, UM, WE THINK THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST TO HAVE THIS COMMITTEE, UH, IN A SENSE ELEVATED, UH, IT WAS A, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF MYSELF AS MAYOR AND, AND MY OFFICE. 
          UH, BUT WE BELIEVE, OR AT LEAST I BELIEVE THE NEXT STEP IS TO GO AND ELEVATE THIS COMMITTEE TO A, A TRUE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. 
          AND TO DO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL ACTION WILL BE TONIGHT. 
          IT WILL CONTINUE TO GO AND OFFER, UM, THAT ABILITY FOR VOICES TO BE HEARD, UM, TO COME UP WITH IDEAS, UH, 
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TO, TO FILL THE GAP, TO, TO ALLOW, UH, THAT DISCUSSION TO TAKE PLACE IN A, IN A, AN EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENT, IN A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT. 
          IT HAS WORKED WELL. 
          I'M PROUD OF EVERY SINGLE MEMBER THAT HAS PARTICIPATED. 
          UM, WE THINK, WE THINK THAT THIS WILL GO, THIS WILL PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR A FEW THINGS. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS, THIS WILL BE MY THOUGHT, UH, IF, IF, UM, RIGHT NOW WHEN WE HAVE, UH, MEETINGS AND COUNCIL AND, AND JUST GENERAL CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, IT'S A, IT'S A ONE-WAY CONVERSATION. 
          FOR THE MOST PART. 
          THAT IS THE WAY THE LAW IS WRITTEN, UM, IN A SENSE WHERE WHEN SOMEONE COMES HERE FOR CI CITIZEN COMMUNICATION TO COUNSEL, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          YOU, YOU VOICE YOUR, YOU VOICE YOUR CONCERN. 
          THERE IS NO RESPONSE FOR MYSELF OR COUNSEL OR STAFF. 
          SO THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. 
          IT'S JUST ONE WAY, INFORMATION OR CONCERN. 
          SO, MOVING THIS COMMITTEE, UH, TO THIS OTHER, UM, UH, TO, TO A TO A TRUE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, IT WOULD ALLOW OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE MEETINGS AND FUTURE, UM, EVENTS TO BE HELD AND WHERE DISCUSSIONS, UM, UH, COULD TAKE PLACE WHERE THEY COULD BE DIALOGUE BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, MEMBERS OF, OF THE COMMITTEE, AND, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, EVEN AMONGST EACH OTHER. 
          AND SO, UM, I FULLY SUPPORT, UH, THIS TYPE OF, UH, THIS ENGAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE, WE'VE STARTED. 
          WE STILL HAVE A LOT TO DO. 
          UH, IT IS, IT IS A, UH, COMMITTEE OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN, WHEN YOU GO AND YOU LOOK AT, UH, LAW AND ORDER OF OUR CITY, UH, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT, THAT OUR CITIZENS OBVIOUSLY HAVE A VENUE TO, TO VOICE THAT, HOW IT TAKES PLACE, UH, BUT ALSO FROM ALL THE PERSPECTIVES, UH, LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND, AND, AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT, UM, THAT IS CERTAINLY NEEDED. 
          UH, BUT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS TAKING PLACE, THAT, THAT IT IS FAIR TO ALL CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN. 
          AND SO THIS IS JUST A VENUE TO GO AND ALLOW FOR THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO TAKE PLACE. 
          SO I WOULD ASK COUNSEL TO, TO LET, ALLOW THIS COMMITTEE TO, TO MOVE FORWARD AS A STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. 
          UM, AND AS WE WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, UH, THERE WILL BE SOME DETAILS THAT STILL NEED TO BE WORKED OUT. 
          UM, THIS, THIS COMMITTEE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE MEMBERSHIP AND REQUIREMENTS, UH, TERMS, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN FIGURE THOSE THINGS OUT IN THE COMING WEEKS. 
          UM, I THINK THERE'S A, A DATE HERE TO ESTABLISH THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD NOT BECOME OFFICIAL UNTIL JULY 20TH. 
          UM, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT CONVERSATIONS COULD NOT TAKE, UH, COULD NOT STILL TAKE PLACE, UH, OF THAT COMMITTEE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. 
          BUT IT DOES ALLOW, UM, THE ABILITY FOR OUR MEMBER, UH, THE, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO, UM, THAT HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN A TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT EDUCATION CLASS, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT, UH, BECAUSE THESE MEETINGS WILL BE SUBJECT, UH, THEY'LL BE POSTED MEETINGS, THEY'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, THEY'LL BE FULL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE FULLY TRANSPARENT. 
          SO WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE'RE AT ON IT. 
          I TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, BUT WITH THAT, UH, I WOULD CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UM, TO, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ITEM NINE. 
          A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NINE A SECONDS. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM? JUST A QUICK COMMENT AND WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP, BUT I JUST, YEAH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT, MAYOR, I ATTENDED TWO OF THE TOWN HALLS AND I THINK IT'S A PRODUCTIVE ENDEAVOR. 
          UM, I'M ALL FOR IT. 
          AND IT WAS, YOU WERE THE ONE TO KIND OF SPEARHEAD IT. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR THAT. 
          IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, MAYOR. 
          WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THE CONCEPT. 
          I DO, I THINK THE CONCEPT'S THERE AND, AND, AND NEVER CAN WE GO WRONG WITH LISTENING TO OUR CITIZENS AND, AND, UH, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT VENUE. 
          UM, I, THERE'S A, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM, FROM COUNSEL, UM, THERE'S MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP, UH, FOR ITEM NINE A I WILL, I WILL JUST START FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. 
          UM, IF YOU'RE HERE, THAT'S FINE. 
          UM, IF THERE'S A SPOKESPERSON, IF, IF Y'ALL JUST WANT TO, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S JUST, THIS IS WANTED TO BE A SPOKESPERSON, YOU CAN DO THAT. 
          I'LL ALLOW YOU AM AMPLE TIME. 
          UM, THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER PERSON THAT KIND OF SAYS, I, I, I WILL FOR, I WILL, UM, YIELD THEIR TIME TO YOU. 
          IF, IF YOU, IF THAT TAKES PLACE, YOU'RE, ARE YOU GONNA BE A SPOKESPERSON? YES, I'M GONNA BE A SPOKESPERSON. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SIGN, IT'S LEFT. 
          SO, BUT I'M, I, I'LL GIVE YOU TIME, SIR. 
          AN HOUR, SIR. 
          AN HOUR. 
          . 
          WELL, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, BUT I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU MORE THAN THAT. 
          BUT CAN, DO YOU MIND STATING YOUR NAME AND THERE'S THE, MY NAME IS ANTHONY CARRINGTON. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, CAN YOU, UH, CAN YOU GIVE ME AN ADDRESS OR CITY I LIVE IN? I LIVE IN CROSBY, TEXAS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BUT I'M FROM BAYTOWN. 
          I WAS BORN HERE, AND I'M HERE EVERY DAY. 
          YOU GAVE ME YOUR PHONE NUMBER. 
          SO I JUST WAS ASKING FOR YOUR CITY. 
          SO , ALRIGHT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          FLOOR'S YOURS. 
          BUT, UH, THE PEOPLE JUST, UH, WANT, REALLY WANT TO KNOW. 
          UH, BUT I, I DIDN'T GET, THEY DIDN'T HEAR THE PART WHERE, WHY THIS COMMITTEE WAS STARTED AND WHATNOT. 
          AND I, I HEARD IT, BUT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND THAT'S ALL THEY WANT TO KNOW IS, UH, THAT THERE IS BEING, YOU KNOW, ACTIONS TAKEN 
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SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR WHATNOT, EVERYBODY IS, YOU KNOW, IS IT IS A PLAN IN ACTION. 
          YES, SIR. 
          BASICALLY, MM-HMM . 
          AND, UH, AND I HEARD YOU SAY THAT, BUT, UM, SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW IS, IS, IS THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING HEARD. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SPEAKING ON, THAT WE GOT, THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMITTEE IS FOR. 
          AND THAT Y'ALL PLAN ON MAKING IT AVAILABLE MORE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND SO LIKE, HOW CAN THE PUBLIC OR THE COMMUNITY GET MORE INVOLVED SO THEY CAN GET THEIR VOICES HEARD ON THESE, ALL THESE TOPICS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WOULD ANSWER WHAT I CAN. 
          YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS THE PROPER, I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE PROPER TYPE OF COMMITTEE TO GO AND ALLOW THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M VERY PROUD THAT LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK WE HAD, WE HAD TWO PROTESTS. 
          THEY WERE PEACEFUL, PEACEFUL PROTESTS. 
          THEY WERE PEACEFUL. 
          VOICES WERE HEARD, THERE WAS YELLING, THEY WERE SCREAMING. 
          BUT, BUT, UM, BUT IT TOOK PLACE AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONDUCT IT PEACEFULLY, RESPECTFULLY. 
          THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE. 
          AND SO THAT'S ALL I ASKED THIS, THIS TYPE OF COMMITTEE. 
          I STILL WANT THE SAME THING AS COUNCILMAN PRESLEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WANT A PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT. 
          WE WANT, WE WANT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, RIGHT? WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, UM, WE, WE CAN'T SOLVE ANYTHING IF WE YELL AT EACH OTHER OVERNIGHT AND WE CAN'T SOLVE IT OVERNIGHT. 
          I GET THAT. 
          RIGHT? AND SO WHEN WE DO IT, IT, IT'S FROM A, IT'S FROM A PLACE OF EDUCATION. 
          THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, UM, HAS PROVIDED US, PROVIDED US A LOT OF INFORMATION AND PROGRAMS. AND IT'S TWO SIDES OF THE PROGRAMS. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALL, IT'S, IT'S, UH, LET'S SAY PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          HOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND POLICING AND HOW DOES THAT WORK? AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE FOR POLICE, THERE'S TRAINING FOR THEM. 
          THERE'S PRACTICES OF, OF HOW CAN, HOW CAN ACTIVITIES, HOW CAN OUTREACH PROGRAMS REALLY BRIDGE THAT GAP AND BUILD TRUST BETWEEN AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY AND AREAS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS, THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF, OF HOW WE CAN HAVE AN EFFECTIVE AND A PRODUCTIVE VENUE TO DO THAT. 
          THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMITTEE'S FOR. 
          AND, AND THAT, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THEY WANT. 
          'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE SEE THE RIOTS AND STUFF. 
          THEY JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING HEARD AND ACTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN BECAUSE NOBODY WANT TO DESTROY THEIR CITY. 
          THIS IS OUR CITY. 
          IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          DON'T NOBODY WANT TO DESTROY NOTHING. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE DOING. 
          WE DOING PEACEFUL PROTESTS IS, AND WE COME UP HERE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS, AND WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE, WHERE WE STAND WITH THIS. 
          WHICH YOU ALREADY STATED THAT, THAT IT IS ALREADY IN PROCESS AND THAT'S WHY Y'ALL STARTED THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UH, SO THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT TIME EXCEPT OH, OKAY. 
          . 
          SO THAT, BUT THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL WE DOING. 
          WE WANT TO KEEP IT PEACEFUL, BUT WE, THEY ALSO WANT TO SEE ACTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS IN PLACE TO DO THAT ALSO. 
          SO THATS ALL IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHY WE MADE EVERYBODY LEAVE. 
          'CAUSE WE AIN'T DOING THAT. 
          WE JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU COMING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          MA? YES, SIR. 
          CAN I HAVE A COMMENT? YES, SIR. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA SAY THIS. 
          IT'S NOT THAT REST ASSURED THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST BEING HEARD. 
          I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A POST ON FACEBOOK, AND I MEANT EVERY WORD OF IT. 
          YOU HAVE BEEN HEARD, YOU ARE BEING HEARD, AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEARD. 
          ALL OF OUR INFORMATION IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. 
          I KNOW FOR A FACT I TAKE PHONE CALLS AND I, I'M PRETTY SURE I CAN SPEAK FOR EVERYONE ELSE UP HERE, THAT WE ALL TAKE PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, YOU CAN CATCH US AT THE GROCERY STORE. 
          ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU DON'T CUSS, SCREAM, OR HOLLER AT ME IF I'M WITH MY FAMILY. 
          BUT I'M HERE TO LISTEN, NOT TO LISTEN TO CONDEMN. 
          I'M NOT GONNA OPEN MY MOUTH. 
          I'M GONNA LISTEN WITH CARE, COMPASSION AND CONCERN. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE UP HERE, ALL OF OUR COUNCILMEN, THE MAYOR CITY STAFF, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 
          PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT YOU ARE JUST NOW BEING HEARD. 
          I GIVE YOU MY WORD. 
          YOU HAVE BEEN HEARD. 
          YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEARD. 
          THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. 
          IT PROBABLY WON'T BE THE LAST, BUT THE PEACEFUL PROTEST, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD TO SEE. 
          WE TALK ABOUT THE IMAGE OF BAYTOWN THAT CAST US IN A POSITIVE LIGHT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT WHILE WE CITY, AS YOU SAID, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THINGS BURN. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THINGS VANDALIZED. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S COME TO ANYONE'S MIND THAT'S IN THIS BUILDING HERE TONIGHT. 
          AND I PERSONALLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK Y'ALL FOR LISTENING. 
          OH, MOST DEFINITELY. 
          MOST 
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DEFINITELY. 
          WE, WE ARE LISTENING. 
          AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, WE'RE HERE. 
          PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL ADDRESS, TEXT MESSAGE. 
          I'M HERE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT. 
          AND I JUST WANT THE MESSAGE TO GO OUT. 
          THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARD. 
          I, I GUARANTEE IT. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MAYOR MAY. 
          YES. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          I MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          SURE. 
          AND SO, DUE TO SOME OF OUR PROCEDURES, WE, WE CAN'T JUST ALL CALL A MEETING RIGHT AWAY MM-HMM . 
          AND SAY, RICK, LET'S SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THIS. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, MY ASSURANCE IS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS PICKED UP THE PHONE AND TALKED TO RICK. 
          YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THE SITUATION CAME UP, I CALLED HIM. 
          WE SPOKE QUITE A LONG TIME. 
          AND, AND, AND NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT'S GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT, UH, I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN SHARED, UH, SHARING BEST PRACTICES. 
          WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, UM, WHAT HAS PROVEN TO WORK. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA GET IT RIGHT ALL OF THE TIME. 
          UH, WE ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST COMMITTEE OF ITS KIND HERE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. 
          ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WE WELCOME THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN. 
          THEY'RE ALL ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST THIS COMMITTEE. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE AN OPENING IN MY CCPD COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE REST OF MY COUNCIL ALSO HAS, UH, VARIOUS OPENINGS IN ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES. 
          BECAUSE IT'S A WAY FOR ALSO NOT JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE WORKINGS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE WORKINGS OF THE ENTIRE CITY AND HOW WE OPERATE AND THE DECISIONS WE MAKE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE PLANNING TO, TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ALL OF THOSE COMMITTEES. 
          YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ON THE WEBSITE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TO MAYBE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE IN, IN MAYBE DOING SOME TRAINING SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES ARE ABOUT. 
          BECAUSE THE MORE WE HEAR FROM YOU AND THE MORE WE HAVE YOU ENGAGED, I THINK IT MAKES US A LOT MORE PRODUCTIVE. 
          UM, AND IT BRINGS MORE MEANINGFUL CHANGE. 
          UM, SO, UM, I THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE. 
          AND I THANK OUR ADMINISTRATION FOR, FOR WORKING WITH ALL OF US. 
          UM, WHETHER IT WAS INDIVIDUALLY OR MAYBE A COUPLE OF THEM AT A TIME, AGAIN, WE CANNOT ALL JUST SIT DOWN AT A DROP OF A DIME TO TALK TO 'EM AT ONCE BECAUSE OF SOME OF OUR PROCEDURES AND RULES BY STATE LAW. 
          SO, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE SIGNED UP. 
          I, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE LIST IF THEY'RE NOT HERE. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          UM, IF YOU WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT IN ADDITION TO, TO MR. IS IT CARRINGTON, CORRECT? YES. 
          YES. 
          PLEASE DO SO. 
          OKAY. 
          LIKE, IT'S FELICIA GREGORY, AND THE LAST NAME, I, UM, I, IT, IT'S PRETTY NICE WRITING, BUT IT, IT'S REALLY BIG . 
          IT'S EMBA. 
          I SEEN M BUT I DON'T KNOW AFTER THAT. 
          BUT YES MA'AM, IT'S FIKA GREGORY EMBA. 
          OH, FIKA. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          HELLO? UM, YES, I WANNA TALK ABOUT, I LIVE IN CHAMBERS COUNTY, BUT I'M ON THE LINE OF CHAMBERS COUNTY. 
          SO I'VE BEEN HAVING SITUATIONS WITH MY ADDRESS, UM, LIKE 9, 9 1 4 LINWOOD. 
          BUT, UM, WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, IT'S A ADDRESS BEHIND ME. 
          9 9 1 4 ASHLEY LANE. 
          SO THE POLICE KEEPS COMING TO MY HOUSE WITH THE FLASHLIGHT, BUT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE COMING TO ASHLEY LANE, BUT THEY ALWAYS COME TO MY HOUSE AND THEY SCARE ME TO DEATH. 
          I SEE. 
          AND WHEN I GO TO THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY TELL ME THAT THEY'RE ROOKIES AT NIGHT AND THEY KEEP SENDING ROOKIES OUT AT NIGHT. 
          BUT THEY PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINE 'CAUSE SOMEBODY COULD COME OUT MY HOUSE WITH GUNS AND GET KILLED OR SOMETHING. 
          AND THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. 
          AND I'M SCARED TO DEATH. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBOR CALLED ME, SAY FIKA, SOMEBODY'S OUT THERE WITH A, UH, MARINE CUT AND JUST AUTOMATICALLY THINK ABOUT BROWN. 
          'CAUSE WE ARE TERRIFIED IN THE COMMUNITY OF BROWN. 
          YOU GUYS KNOW THAT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 
          AND I WANT YOU TO, SO, SO DO ME THIS FAVOR. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ME, GIVE OUT YOUR ADDRESS ANYMORE THAN YOU ALREADY HAVE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT I MEAN, YOU COULD GOOGLE MY NAME AND IT'S RIGHT THERE. 
          I'M NOT, I'M GONNA DO ALL THAT. 
          I'M GONNA DO THAT. 
          SO, FOR YOU, WOULD YOU MIND, UH, MR. TRAER, COULD YOU GET HER ADDRESS AND, AND, AND, AND THAT WAY WE CAN DOCUMENT AND, AND TRY TO GET THAT CLARIFIED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, NEXT PERSON. 
          DEREK. 
          WAIT THAT EASY. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? GOOD. 
          GOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS DEREK WADE. 
          MY ADDRESS IS 1905 CHESAPEAKE STREET. 
          AND ME PERSONALLY, I'M A 20 YEAR RETIRED NAVY VET. 
          I SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUT ON THE WATER. 
          I, I'VE LEFT HALF MY BODY PART OF MY BODY IN THE GULF. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I SPENT TIME IN COAS AND ALL THAT STUFF. 
          POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          IS THAT BEING PROACTIVE, LIKE SHE SAID, I'M HERE TO BE PROACTIVE WITH OUR CITY. 
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YOU KNOW, IT IS LIKE, I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE HARASSMENT FROM THE TIME I WAS 17 YEARS OLD, COMING UP THROUGH BAYTOWN, YOU KNOW, GETTING GUNS PULLED ON ME BY POLICE AND STUFF. 
          BUT ON THE SAME SIDE, I HAD, LIKE, I WAS TELLING THE POLICE CHIEF SERGEANT DALE SHIMMING WAS MY BASEBALL COACH. 
          HE MENTORED ME. 
          YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY SAY ILL WILL AGAINST POLICE. 
          SO I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO THINK I'M COMING UP HERE TRYING TO SLAM THE POLICE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          I JUST KNOW WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG, YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST TOTALLY SCREWED UP IN THE HEAD RIGHT NOW. 
          AND IT TAKES YOU GUYS UP THERE AND US WORKING TOGETHER FOR US TO FIX OUR CITY FOR US WITH COMMITTEES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HARD WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT COMMITTEE, HOW TO DEAL WITH COMMITTEES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SO WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING TO THE PUBLIC OF HOW TO GET ON COMMITTEES, WHAT THE COMMITTEES ARE AND EVERYTHING YOU SAY IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. 
          OKAY. 
          MY, MY ISSUE WITH THAT IS THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE VA, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE VA. 
          SO WHEN, UH, 75, 80-YEAR-OLD GUY COMES UP, THE GUY BEHIND THE DESK SAY, OH, GO GET ON THE WEBSITE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT COMPUTER SAVVY, HOW CAN YOU TELL 'EM, GO GET ON THE WEBSITE BECAUSE THEY'RE EVEN MORE LOST. 
          SO I SPENT A LOT OF MY TIME SITTING THERE TRYING TO HELP THESE GUYS, TRYING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH, OKAY, SO WE NEED YOU GUYS TO HELP US NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS ISSUE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          WE ELECT Y'ALL TO LEAD US AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I'M MILITARY. 
          I DON'T HAVE, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FALLING A LEADER, BUT I ALSO DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SPEAKING OUT WHEN THEY'RE NOT DOING THE JOB. 
          SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER COMMITTEE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I'LL GET WITH YOU GUYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          I'M RETIRED. 
          I TAKE CARE OF MY PARENTS. 
          I HAVE THREE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THREE PARENTS, WELL, MY MOM, MY STEPDAD, AND MY DAD. 
          ALL 'EM IN THEIR SEVENTIES AND THE EIGHTIES. 
          AND MY MOM CRIES EVERY TIME I LEAVE THE HOUSE. 
          SCARED, SCARED THAT SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME, NOT BY, YOU KNOW, JUST BY A POLICE OFFICER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          AND SHE'S TIRED OF BEING SCARED. 
          CAN, CAN YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DO YOU LIVE IN? I LIVE IN, UH, CENTRAL HEIGHTS. 
          CENTRAL HEIGHTS. 
          CENTRAL HEIGHTS, OKAY. 
          JUST, I WAS THINKING, OKAY, I LIVE IN CENTRAL HEIGHTS. 
          I'M JUST STAYING OVER HERE. 
          'CAUSE IT'S ALVARADO, JUST I REPRESENTED. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          I ALREADY KNOW. 
          I, I'M, I I I'M ALREADY TAKEN INTO STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SO THAT'S MY THING, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED ANYTHING FOR ME, YOU KNOW, MY PHONE NUMBER AND INFORMATION RIGHT THERE. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY BE MEETING WITH YOU. 
          MS. ALVARADO? YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING HERE AND, AND SPEAKING, UH, WITH US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE HAVE, IS IT LATRICIA? HOLMES. 
          HOLMES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THEN I HAVE A JOANNE BLANCHARD THERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MS. BLANCHARD, JUST GO AHEAD AND IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, STATE YOUR ADDRESS. 
          YES. 
          MY NAME IS JOANNE BLANCHARD. 
          UH, I LIVE OFF OF SOUTH CIRCLE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, I'M REALLY HERE, WHAT I CAME FOR AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY, UH, STARTED SPEAKING ABOUT AND PUTTING INTO PLACE, AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT. 
          BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE, UH, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD YOU SAY WAS THAT, UM, I THINK YOU PUT IT INTO EFFECT TUESDAY. 
          NO, THE COMMITTEE. 
          YES. 
          NO, IT WAS PUT JUNE 19TH. 
          JUNE OF 2019. 
          OKAY. 
          JUNE OF 2019 IS WHEN IT WENT INTO EFFECT IS WHEN WE CREATED THIS, THIS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND FOR SOMEONE WHO STAYS PRETTY ENGAGED, THIS IS THE FIRST I'M HEARING ABOUT IT. 
          FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS ATTENDED SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST I'M HEARING ABOUT IT. 
          SO, UM, TO LEND CREDENCE TO WHAT THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME SAID, THAT IS PART OF A BIG PROBLEM. 
          IT'S A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN WE KNOW BECAUSE I MEAN, LET'S JUST, UM, LET'S JUST CALL A SPADE A SPADE. 
          BAYTOWN IS A, YOU KNOW, A CITY THAT IS BASICALLY RAN BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS MOSTLY, UM, THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. 
          SO WITH THAT SAID, WE DON'T HAVE THE TYPE OF HOURS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO, ONE, COME TO THESE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, TO TWO, UM, BE ABLE TO LEND OUR VOICE TO, YOU KNOW, ISSUES OR COMMITTEES THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, INCORPORATE THE TIME IN WHICH WE HAVE AND TO THREE, UM, BACK TO THE COMPUTER ISSUE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE MAY HAVE COMPUTERS AND NOT HAVE WIFI, AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, A LOT OF ISSUES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDER, INTO CONSIDERATION WHILE PUTTING THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TOGETHER. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THE FACT THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE FOR WHAT, A, A YEAR NOW YEAR. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, THEN WHO SITS ON A COMMITTEE. 
          AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T AN ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I'M ASKING. 
          IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M BEING, I'M PUTTING IT ON THE TABLE, UH, FOR LATER DISCUSSION. 
          WHO SITS ON THE COMMITTEE? WHO, UM, DECIDED TO APPOINT THE PEOPLE WHO SAT ON THE COMMITTEE? DID WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THESE PEOPLE APPOINTED BECAUSE THEY 
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SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE AS US? YOU KNOW, UM, DO THEY HAVE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, NOT AN INDIVIDUAL, NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT A SIDE OF TOWN, OR, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE ANY PART OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AS A WHOLE TO BE REPRESENTED? YOU KNOW, DO, DID THEY HAVE, DID, DID WE HAVE A VOICE IN, UM, GETTING SOMEONE, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, TO PUT, TO BE PUT ON THE COMMITTEE? MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW? AND SO MOVING FORWARD, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THE INFORMATION TO THE CITY AT LARGE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOMEONE THAT WE THINK WOULD BE LISTENING TO THE WORDS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF OUR MOUTHS INSTEAD OF SOMEONE THAT YOU ARE NOT NECESSARILY FAMILIAR WITH THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY FAMILIAR WITH OUR ISSUES? SO YOU, AND I'M JUST USING YOU AS AN EXAMPLE MM-HMM . 
          YOU, YOU KNOW, DECIDE TO GO AHEAD AND APPOINT SOMEONE, BUT THAT'S, SOMEONE IS TOTALLY LOST AS TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          I, I'M SORRY. 
          THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SOME QUESTIONS I'D LIKE MOVING FORWARD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ANSWERS TO HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A VOICE TO BE ABLE TO PUT PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT US? AND I SAY US, I MEAN EVERY SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT POINT IN TIME ARE WE GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION? HOW LONG ARE THEY GONNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE AND, YOU KNOW, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          SO IT'S A LOT MORE THAN JUST PUTTING A COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND BEING APPOINTED BY SOMEONE THAT REPRESENTS A PARTICULAR SECTOR. 
          SO IF I'M ASKED, SO, UM, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST THIS MAKE THE MAKEUP OF THIS COMMITTEE? THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A 20, IT'S A 25 PERSON COMMITTEE THAT ALL THE SEATS ARE NOT FULL. 
          I THINK THERE'S, UH, WE WILL SAY THERE'S 16 MEMBERS THAT ARE ACTIVE MM-HMM . 
          AND SO WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AS FAR AS A REPRESENTATION ON THAT COMMITTEE? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, PEOPLE OF COLOR OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF MAKEUP WOULD YOU THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF, OF YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS? UM, SOMETHING NOT, NOT JUST TO, NOT OF COURSE PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT PEOPLE OF COLOR NOW, WE START HAVING DIVISIONS THERE TOO. 
          SO PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS, PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CITIES AND STATES. 
          PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE GROWN UP IN BAYTOWN BUT WEREN'T NECESSARILY BORN HERE. 
          THEY'RE BRINGING IDEAS FROM OTHER CITIES. 
          THEY'RE BRINGING IDEAS FROM OTHER STATES. 
          AND IT'S ALL FOR THE BETTERMENT OF BAYTOWN ITSELF. 
          SURE. 
          YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY LIVE IN BAYTOWN FULL TIME BUT WORKS HERE, THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO BE SAFE JUST AS WELL TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. 
          YOU KNOW? SO IT'S, IT, I MEAN, IT CAN TOUCH A VARIETY OF AREAS IN A VARIETY OF, UM, DIFFERENT, UH, BACKGROUNDS. 
          SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, UM, ANY ONE COLOR, UM, OF ANY TYPE, UH, OF ANY TYPE FROM, UM, LACK OF A BETTER TERM, FROM WHITE TO BLACK. 
          IT'S, THERE'S SO MUCH IN BETWEEN. 
          SO CULTURALLY DIVERSE AS WELL. 
          IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW. 
          WELL, AND I AGREE. 
          I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, SINCE IT WAS MY COMMITTEE THAT BEGAN WITH, I, I WORKED, I REACHED OUT, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, UH, HELPED ME SOME BIT. 
          I KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN PRESLEY, HE BE, YOU STARTED WHEN WE, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, UM, I REACHED OUT TO, TO OTHER, UM, LEADERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY, OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, THE WHITE COMMUNITY. 
          A LOT OF IT WAS PASTORS. 
          UM, SO I WILL SAY THERE'S A VERY GOOD MIX. 
          UM, IF ANYTHING, IT'S PROBABLY HEAVY ON THE PEOPLE OF COLOR AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF, IF PEOPLE IN PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY FELT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY VOICE IN ANY MANNER, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD THAT VENUE AND THIS, THIS IS WHAT WE DID. 
          UM, UM, SO, UM, I WOULD SAY I REACHED OUT, I DEPENDED ON, ON COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT I KNOW. 
          'CAUSE THEY MAY KNOW OTHER FOLKS THAT, THAT I I, THAT I MAY NOT KNOW. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT TOOK PLACE. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF THE MAKEUP NOW, UH, COUNCIL MAY HAVE IN THE NEXT COMING, COMING WEEKS AS YOU, AS YOU EXPRESSED, THAT. 
          UM, WE MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL NEW MEMBERS, OR IN A YEAR WE MAY HAVE NEW MEMBERS, UH, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ADDED TO THAT. 
          UM, AND OTHER PEOPLE MAY, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY MOVE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          UM, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE PROCESS, I THINK AS, AS, AS WAS EXPRESSED THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE KNOW, AS YOU EXPRESSED, YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THIS EVEN EXISTED A YEAR AGO. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, WE WILL CERTAINLY, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT PEOPLE DON'T GO TO WEBSITES ALL THE TIME. 
          SO WE WILL, WE WILL CERTAINLY TRY TO, TO GO AND, AND FIGURE OUT, UM, OTHER MEANS TO GO AND ADVERTISE THAT, THAT THESE TYPE OF COMMITTEES ARE AVAILABLE IF THERE'S VACANCIES. 
          SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND, AND, AND VOICING, UH, YOUR OPINION. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          HERE, IF I MAY. 
          AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, HELLO? HI. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR, UH, PUBLIC MEETING OVER HERE AT THE WORK SESSION IS WE WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GO BACK AND REALLY LOOK AT WHAT THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE, HOW LONG THEY'RE GONNA SERVE VOTING RIGHTS. 
          ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED. 
          SO WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT BECAUSE 
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WE, WE ALL DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED MORE TIME TO REVIEW THAT. 
          WE, WE ALREADY HAVE A LIST OF THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE COMMITTEE. 
          WE'VE ASKED FOR A BREAKDOWN OF DEMOGRAPHICS, WHERE THEY LIVE, UH, RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS, EVERYTHING. 
          AND, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE OF WHO ELSE WE'RE GONNA ADD TO IT, BUT, UM, I PERSONALLY FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THAT BREAKDOWN. 
          AND RICK, I, I KNOW IT'S NOT ANYTHING FORMAL, BUT JUST, UM, TO KIND OF ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOT KNOWING ABOUT DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS WEBSITE. 
          I CAN ATTEST, I MEAN, I, I REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE, AND WHEN I TELL THEM IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT ? UM, SO, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW CURRENTLY IF IT'S ON OUR APP, ON THE CITY APP, UM, OF THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, BUT WE DID HAVE A POSITION, UM, THAT WE WOULD, WE WERE WORKING WITH OUR COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE WERE WORKING ON IS TO POSSIBLY GET THAT INDIVIDUAL AND MAYBE DO SOME TRAININGS AROUND THE CITY WITH ABOUT THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. 
          NOT JUST THIS ONE, BUT ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES, BECAUSE WE DID FEEL IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT THEM AND TO MAYBE GET SOME SORT OF TRAINING GOING, UM, SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY MEET, ET CETERA. 
          SO, UM, THAT IS IN THE WORKS. 
          WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WORK ON THAT, THAT POSITION TO GET THOSE STARTED. 
          AND RICK, YOU MAY WANNA ADD, AND, AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING FORMAL, BUT THAT IS AN IDEA THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          I, I THINK THAT, UH, AS WE, WE LOOK AT THE DESCRIPTION OF OUR COMMITTEES, UH, I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO TO ADD SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE AS TO WHAT THE REAL PURPOSE OF THAT COMMITTEE IS AND THE, THE BASIC DUTIES AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT AUTHORITY THEY HAVE OR, OR DON'T HAVE. 
          AND, AND KIND OF A NUTSHELL. 
          AND SO THAT'S ONE THING THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALVARADO HAD SHARED WITH ME THAT, UH, I'VE BEEN SHARING NOW WITH, UH, MY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND START LOOKING AT ALL THOSE DESCRIPTORS AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME CLARIFICATION THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO, TO SOME OF THOSE. 
          AND, UH, ONE FINAL QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          WELL, SINCE WE'VE HAD THIS COMMITTEE FOR A YEAR NOW, WHAT HAS THIS COMMITTEE DONE IN THAT YEAR'S TIMEFRAME FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN? FOR, UM, AS FAR AS ANY THINGS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT TO BAY TOWN'S ATTENTION, UM, TO YOUR ATTENTION, WHATEVER, OR, YOU KNOW, TO BE BROUGHT BACKWARDS, YOU KNOW, UM, SO EVEN IF IT WAS BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION, WHAT ELSE, UH, PROCESS DO YOU HAVE AVAILABLE OR ALREADY PUT IN PLACE THAT WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU GUYS DECIDE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY COMES BACKWARDS AND FILTERS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY? SO WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON, AND NOT ONLY THE QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WE HAVE REPRESENTING US ARE ASKING THE QUESTIONS AND GETTING THE ANSWERS THAT WE'RE WANTING, BUT ACTUALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE ANSWERS. 
          AND THEN WHERE'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY? AND THAT'S MY FINAL QUESTION. 
          I'LL GO AHEAD AND YEAH. 
          SO I'LL ANSWER THAT AS BEST I CAN. 
          SO I WILL SAY, UH, EARLY ON THE FIRST FEW MONTHS, WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS, WAS OFFERING TOWN HALLS, UH, FORUM, SOME FORUMS. UM, WE WENT TO, I THINK, I THINK WE HAD THREE, AT LEAST THREE FORUMS, UH, THREE DIFFERENT CHURCHES, UH, GATHERING INFORMATION. 
          A LOT OF ACT, A LOT OF, OF JUST IDEAS, RIGHT? WE NEEDED PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND JUST, JUST TELL US HOW YOU FEEL. 
          RIGHT? AND SO WE DID, I KNOW WE DID THAT. 
          UM, UH, THERE WAS, UH, I THINK THERE WAS A FEW TIMES WE HAD, UM, UH, A GENTLEMAN COME IN FROM, I THINK IT WAS CALLED NOBLE. 
          I MAY BE WRONG, BUT IT WAS NOBLE. 
          UM, WE HAD OUR POLICE CHIEF AND ANOTHER, UH, POLICE LEADERSHIP. 
          AND IT'S JUST TALKING ABOUT IF THEY WENT THROUGH SCENARIOS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING DURING, DURING A TRAFFIC, AN AVERAGE TRAFFIC STOP, WHAT IS THE OFFICER DOING? THERE'S STEPS THE OFFICER IS DOING THAT, THAT THEY'RE TRAINED TO DO. 
          WHAT, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO, UH, AS SOMEONE WHO IS PULLED OVER, RIGHT? WHAT SHOULD YOU NOT DO AS SOMEONE WHO'S PULLED OVER? SO WE WENT THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? WE NEED TO KNOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU, AS YOU EXPRESS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE NEED TO EDUCATE AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          A FEW THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, THEY DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION YET. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT. 
          BUT WE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, UH, THAT THEY, THAT THEY'LL NEVER, THAT THEY NEVER WILL. 
          ONE WAS, UH, WE WERE TRYING TO DEVELOP, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY BE SUFFERING FROM, UH, MENTAL HEALTH OR CAREGIVERS OF PEOPLE OF MENTAL HEALTH. 
          WE WERE TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME TYPE OF DECAL THAT COULD BE EITHER ON A VEHICLE. 
          UM, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE THAT WE HAD A DISCUSSION IF THAT, IF THAT DECAL OF SOME SORT, UM, WE NEED TO CONTROL IT. 
          WE DON'T WANT DECALS ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          BUT IF WE HAD A DECAL THAT, THAT, UM, THAT COULD BE WHERE THERE'S A DISABILITY, UH, IT COULD HAVE OTHER, WE'LL, JUST, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO EACH SPECIFIC, UM, ILLNESS OR CONDITION. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          BUT, BUT THE POINT BEING IS THERE'S THERE, THERE MAY BE AN INDIVIDUAL IN THAT VEHICLE THAT IF THEY WERE PULLED OVER, THEY MAY NOT RESPOND LIKE A NORMAL, OR EXCUSE ME, NOT NORMAL, BUT ANOTHER, LIKE, WHAT PEOPLE WOULD PERCEIVE AS NORMAL. 
          AND IF THEY RESPOND, IF THEY, THEY 
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MAY YELL, THEY MAY RAISE THEIR HANDS, THEY MAY DO THINGS THAT AN OFFICER COULD PERCEIVE AS, AS A THREAT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT IT'S NOT A THREAT. 
          IT'S JUST HOW THE ILLNESS HAS, THEY HAS THEM PHYSICALLY RESPOND. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO THE LAST THING WE WANT WOULD BE FOR AN INCIDENT TO TAKE PLACE. 
          IF WE CAN, WE CAN TRY TO, UH, BE PROACTIVE TO HAVE THAT DECAL, THEN, THEN THAT IS CERTAINLY WORTH THE TIME AND EFFORT. 
          SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THERE WAS INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAD THAT, THAT, THAT EXPRESSED, THEY ARE CAREGIVERS OF PEOPLE WITH, UM, WITH ISSUES. 
          AND SO IF AN OFFICER WERE TO COME TO A HOME, UH, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN, I MEAN THE, THE, THE, UH, THE LADIES, UH, SPOKE TO, SPOKE ABOUT, UM, AND THERE IS SOMEONE IN THAT HOME THAT, THAT, THAT THEY, THEY ARE SELF-IDENTIFYING THAT THERE'S A CONDITION, UH, THAT THE OFFICER IS AWARE OF THAT. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET, RIGHT? YOU HAVE EDUCATING AN INDIVIDUAL AS YOU ARE STOPPED. 
          UH, BUT SAME THING FOR THE OFFICER. 
          WE NEED OFFICERS TO ALWAYS KNOW WHAT ARE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR WHOLE THING IS THEY'RE HAVING TO MAKE ALL THESE, THESE DECISIONS ON SPLIT SECONDS. 
          SO THE MORE INFORMATION THEY KNOW ABOUT YOU OR WHO IS IN A HOUSEHOLD OR IN A VEHICLE, THE BETTER, THE BETTER THEY CAN HANDLE THE SITUATION. 
          AND SO THAT'S, THAT WAS, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE STILL WANNA SEE COME TO SOME TYPE OF FRUITION. 
          THERE'S OTHER ACTIVITIES, UH, THAT WE WANT TO SEE. 
          I KNOW RECENTLY, UH, UM, UH, IT ACTUALLY WAS, IT WAS, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, BEFORE ANY OTHER INCIDENTS TOOK PLACE HERE IN OUR CITY. 
          I WAS, I WAS TALKING TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. 
          WE'D LIKE TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF EVENTS, UH, MAYBE AT, AT A, A BLACK HAIR SALON OR A BLACK BARBERSHOP. 
          WE, WE REALLY NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY, THAT THAT MAY BE OTHER OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE ASSOCIATION. 
          UH, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT WE, WE ARE GATHERING THAT INFORMATION. 
          THE MORE INFORMATION, THE MORE INPUT WE HAVE FROM OUR COMMUNITY, THE BETTER POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE CAN HAVE THE BETTER TRAINED OFFICERS WE CAN HAVE. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE BUILD THAT TRUST. 
          SO THOSE ARE A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 
          UM, PASTOR RALPH MONTGOMERY, HE IS OUR CHAIR. 
          I TOOK MYSELF OUT OF THE CHAIR ROW BECAUSE I WANTED HIM TO LEAD IT. 
          AND HE, AND HE'S STILL THE LEAD. 
          UM, BUT WHAT THE IDEA IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA SOLVE EVERYTHING OVERNIGHT. 
          UH, THIS IS A MARATHON AND NOT A RACE. 
          AND SO, UH, IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE WANNA SOLVE EVERYTHING IMMEDIATELY. 
          AND SOME PROBLEM, SOME, SOME ISSUES. 
          UH, THEY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE SOLVED JUST OVERNIGHT. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT I THINK WITH, AS THIS, UH, THIS COMMITTEE, HOPEFULLY IT MOVES FORWARD THAT, THAT, UH, WE WILL HAVE MORE ACTIVITIES, MORE INPUT, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE DELIVERABLES AND, AND, UH, THINGS TO SHOW, UH, WHAT IS THE FRUITS OF, OF THAT, THOSE EFFORTS. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO END BY SAYING, I THINK IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE, UM, IT WOULD REACH THE COMMUNITY A LOT BETTER IF WE WERE TO SEE YOU PERSONALLY ATTEND A LOT MORE OF THESE EVENTS THAN WE HAVE. 
          AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A COUNCIL FOR THAT. 
          HOWEVER, WHEN WE ARE NOT SEEING YOU, SPECIFICALLY THE MAYOR, OUR LEAD, OUR HEAD, THE PERSON WE VOTED IN THERE, THEN IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DISCONNECT. 
          AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL THAT I HEARD THAT YOU WERE COMING TO, AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE YOU WOULD NOT REMEMBER ME. 
          BUT ONCE, WHEN, WHEN YOU FIRST CAME IN, I INTERVIEWED YOU MM-HMM . 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD RAPPORT AT THAT TIME. 
          AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          AND SO I HAVE BEEN TO MANY EVENTS THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU. 
          AND I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK THAT WOULD SAY A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WELL, YOU HAVE TO TELL ME WHICH ONES I MISSED. 
          'CAUSE I THINK I WAS AT PRETTY MUCH ALL THE FORUMS THAT WE, THAT WE HOSTED AS, AS A COMMITTEE. 
          UM, OH, NO, NOT THOSE. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT, THAT WERE HAVING. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT I SEE, I DON'T KNOW, OTHER THAN MAYBE CHARLES, BUT I SEE HIM, I DON'T SEE THE MAYOR. 
          I WILL SAY I WILL, I MAY MAYBE, MAYBE IF WE WERE TO ATTEND MORE DIVERSE ONES, MAYBE THAT WOULD, THAT COULD HELP. 
          I WILL SAY, I, I, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND DISAGREE WITH YOU. 
          I WILL TELL YOU I AM ONE PERSON. 
          UH, I WILL BE IT AS, AS I HAVE BEEN AT AS MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS OF ALL TYPES. 
          UM, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CLO MYSELF YET. 
          BUT, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I WILL CERTAINLY, I HOLD YOU TO THAT. 
          I WILL, I WILL TRY TO ATTEND, UM, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT I POSSIBLY CAN. 
          AND I, AND I'VE ALWAYS, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A, A MAYOR AND A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAS ALWAYS TAKEN, UM, UH, A LOT OF MY, MY PERSONAL TIME, UH, MANY EVENINGS, MANY DAYS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I CAN DO, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY TRY IF THAT'S YOUR CASE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I THINK I WAS EVERYTHING THAT I CAN, AND THEY WERE, I WOULD SAY THEY'RE, THEY WERE, I WOULD, USING THE TERM DIVERSE. 
          I THINK I'VE BEEN AT EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'LL TURN BACK TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BLANC. 
          UM, I'M GONNA MOVE ON THE LIST. 
          I KNOW YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION. 
          IS YOUR, IS YOUR NAME ON THIS LIST HERE? I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE, THAT I WAS SPEAKING IN PLACE PEOPLE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, LEMME GO DOWN THE LIST. 
          UH, WHAT 
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IS YOUR NAME? YOUR NAME'S NOT ON THE LIST THOUGH. 
          NO, NO, I DIDN'T MAKE IT. 
          I JUST PUT MY NAME ON THE LIST. 
          BUT THE PEOPLE THAT CAME, I WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK FOR THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M GONNA, LET ME SEE WHO'S HERE FIRST. 
          UM, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE, I'M GONNA GO BY FIRST NAMES. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S, UM, AND IS IT O YES. 
          LAST NAME IS RUBEN, I THINK. 
          IS THAT YOU? NO, I'M SPEAKING IN PLACE CODE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND BUT IS THAT PERSON HERE? UM, I BELIEVE THEY MIGHT BE OUTSIDE. 
          I, IF SHE WANTS HERE. 
          YEAH, I, I'M TRYING TO SPEAK. 
          WHAT I'M DOING IS IF THEY WANT TO YIELD THEIR TIME TO YOU, THEN I NEED THEM TO SAY THAT. 
          WELL, IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING AS ANTHONY CARRINGTON. 
          SOME OF THOSE SAME PEOPLE WERE NOT HERE, BUT THEY, HE SPOKE IN PLACE WITH THEM AS WELL. 
          WELL, HE HAD, HE HAD THREE MINUTES BY HIMSELF, SO, YOU KNOW. 
          YEAH. 
          I DON'T NEED THREE MINUTES. 
          I JUST HAVE QUESTION. 
          SO LEMME GO THROUGH THE LIST AND THEN I, I WILL GET TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THAT FAIR? OKAY. 
          UH, I THINK THERE'S AN, UH, ADRIANA. 
          IS IT ADRIANA OR ADRIAN WHITE? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WHITE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, HOW ABOUT, I'M GONNA SAY LAST NAME, COOK, THE GENTLEMAN OUTSIDE SAID A LOT OF THOSE THAT YOU'RE GONNA READ HAVE ALREADY LOOKED. 
          I JUST WANNA GO THROUGH THE LIST AND THEN, AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, HOW ABOUT A LAST NAME? LOOKS LIKE IT. 
          IS IT SLOW OR OW. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN LAST NAME IS ANOTHER RUBEN. 
          UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S CHAISE. 
          SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I WILL ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK IF YOU MIND. 
          YOU SAID YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE FAIRLY QUICK. 
          I WAS, I WAS SPEAK, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WE WAS SUPPOSED TO ENTER BECAUSE TO COME IN. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? ASHLEY WILSON MALONE. 
          AND MAYBE BROKE MY, IT'S NOT, ARE YOU SURE YOU SIGNED THIS ONE? UH, NO, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO. 
          I THOUGHT WE WERE WAITING ON COVID-19. 
          SO I NEED TO COME IN TO, OKAY. 
          LET ME ALLOW HER TO SPEAK. 
          IF YOU CAN MAKE A WAIT, CAN YOU, OFFICER? OKAY. 
          WELL, CAN YOU, CAN YOU, CAN YOU COME AND, AND FAIRLY MAKE IT QUICK? YOU'RE NOT ON THE LIST, BUT I'M GONNA ALLOW YOU TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A FEW COMMENTS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN YOU MAKE IT QUICK? YES. 
          YES. 
          CAN I GET YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? ASHLEY WILSON MALONE. 
          I HAD SOME QUESTIONS LIKE, UM, ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY. 
          BASICALLY, UM, LIKE Y'ALL SAID, WE HAVE THESE COMMITTEES, BUT NO ONE KNOWS OR AWARE OF THESE COMMITTEES. 
          I GET, YOU KNOW, I GET TONS OF MAIL IN THE MAILBOX ALL THE TIME FROM BAYTOWN, CITY OF BAYTOWN INFORMING US ABOUT STUFF FROM EXXON MOBIL, UM, INFORMING US ABOUT JUST ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN BAYTOWN. 
          SO WHY IS THERE NOT ANYTHING IN PLACE? BECAUSE EVERYBODY DOES NOT DO SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          MM-HMM . 
          EVERYBODY DOES NOT HAVE INTERNET AND WHATNOT. 
          I'M A TEACHER AND I ALSO, I, I ACTUALLY FOUND THAT OUT, UM, DUE TO COVID-19, NOT BEING ABLE TO EDUCATE SOME OF MY STUDENTS DUE TO THEM NOT HAVING INTERNET SERVICES. 
          SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE INTERNET SERVICE. 
          UM, SECOND OF ALL, UM, SO THAT WAS, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF, THERE NEED AS FAR AS THIS COMMITTEE. 
          'CAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          AND I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE WELL KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M VERY ACTIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING WITH STATUES, LIKE THERE'S NO STATUES TO REPRESENT DIVERSITY IN THE STATE. 
          IN, IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THERE'S, UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ROBERT E. LEE, WE HAVE ROSS THERE, ALL THIS CONFEDERATE INFORMATION. 
          SO WHY IS THERE NOT ANYTHING THAT REPRESENTS DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY? WE HAVE HISPANICS HERE, WE HAVE AFRICAN AMERICANS HERE, WE HAVE, UM, PEOPLE OF ISLAND DESCENDANTS, WE HAVE ALBANIANS HERE, PAKISTANIANS AND SO FORTH. 
          SO WHY IS THERE NOT SOMETHING TO REPRESENT SO PEOPLE COULD FEEL LIKE THEY ARE A PART OF THE COM COMMUNITY? UM, ACTIVITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UM, ISLAND EVENTS, AFRICAN AMERICAN, LIKE JUNETEENTH BY BICENTENNIAL PARK. 
          THERE'S NOTHING WHEN YOU GO TO BICENTENNIAL PARK ON THE 4TH OF JULY, IT'S BARELY ANYTHING THERE TO REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE DIVERSITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. 
          AND I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT THE POLICE BRUTALITY THAT'S GOING ON. 
          I'M AT THIS POINT TO WHERE I DON'T EVEN LIKE TO VISIT MY GRANDMOTHER IN OAK CONDITION. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT'S RIGHT HERE ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS. 
          I, I, I KNOW WHERE OAK CONDITION IS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'M JUST AT TI I ATTEND CHURCH THERE. 
          I, AND I CAN'T ATTEND CHURCH DUE TO COVID-19, BUT I MEAN, I STILL HAVE TO CHECK ON MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY RELATIVES THAT ARE STILL THERE. 
          AND I'M, AND I'M, I'VE BEEN HARASSED BY, I KNOW Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH OFFICER BROWN, SO I'VE BEEN STOPPED, PULLED OVER AND IT'S ALWAYS, HE'S AGGRESSIVE WHEN HE DOES. 
          SO AT THIS POINT, I'M KIND OF SCARED TO ASK A QUESTION. 
          I DON'T LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS. 
          AND I, I TRY TO KEEP IT, I I JUST HIT THE RECORD BUTTON ON MY, ON THE DASH CAM ON MY PHONE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S TAKING PLACE AND WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          ANY, HE'S ALWAYS SWEATING. 
          SO I'M, IT MAKES ME QUESTION LIKE, ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, ARE YOU OKAY? AND I, EXCUSE ME, MR. MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A POINT OF ORDER ON THIS, THIS, THIS IS GETTING KIND OF OFF TRACK, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS COMMITTEE'S BEING FORMED. 
          SO YOU CAN 
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GO SOMEWHERE AND HAVE A VOICE AND LET PEOPLE KNOW SOME THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT BE AFRAID TO REPORT OR NOT WILLING TO REPORT. 
          THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE. 
          I THINK WE'RE KIND OF GETTING ON TRACK, BUT THAT'S FAIR. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE WE, I MEAN, WE WANNA LOOK AT MORE OF THE PURPOSE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IF YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO SPECIFICS OBVIOUSLY OF WHAT? WELL, MY, MY PURPOSE IS TO, TO, I MEAN, OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO FEEL SAFE. 
          WE DO. 
          AND IT'S LIKE, Y'ALL, Y'ALL SEEN THAT VIDEO THAT JUST RECENTLY TOOK PLACE? I'M NOT HERE TO FIX MY MOUTH AND SAY THAT OFFICER BROWN IS RACIST. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE IS RACIST. 
          'CAUSE HE KICKS EVERYBODY'S TAIL REGARDLESS OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR RACE IF NEED OR WHATEVER. 
          SO I CAN'T FIX MY MOUTH AND I CAN ACTUALLY RESPECT HIM FOR THAT BECAUSE HE STICKS IT TO EVERYBODY. 
          IT'S JUST THAT IT'S GETTING OUT OF HAND TO WHERE IT, WHAT IF THE GOOD COP PULLS ME OVER AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M NERVOUS AND IN FEAR OF MY LIFE AND I KEEP GOING. 
          SO MS. THIS, DO THIS. 
          SO, SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR COMMENTS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IF YOU CAN KEEP IT OBVIOUSLY TO THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THE SUBJECT MATTER IS MORE COMMITTEE, OBVIOUSLY POLICE ACTIVITIES AND, AND SO ON. 
          IS IS PART OF THAT, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND WIND IT UP SO WE CAN HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER. 
          OH, I'M DONE, Y'ALL. 
          I GUESS I'LL WAIT ON THE INFORMATION TO EITHER GET HIT MY MAILBOX OR THE WEBSITE SO THAT I CAN SEE. 
          WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU, YOU KNOW, EXXONMOBIL IS PROBABLY EXXONMOBIL MAIL, BUT, BUT YEAH. 
          BUT WE'LL UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          UM, AND I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS JUST TO KIND OF STAY TUNED, UH, WE, WE WILL TRY TO BE AS, UM, AS, UH, FORTHCOMING AS IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES WITH, WITH ACTIVITIES OR FUTURE EVENTS WITH THIS COMMITTEE. 
          WE, WE CERTAINLY WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          MALAM? YES MA'AM. 
          YOU HAVE, UH, HAVE A BRIEF? YES, PLEASE. 
          THE COMMITTEE COME HERE TO THE MIC PLEASE, IF YOU MAY. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE FACT THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN AROUND COME THE MIC, NOBODY'S GONNA BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU UNTIL YOU DO IT. 
          AND IT'S ON RECORD TOO, ONCE YOU GET TO THE MIC WITH, WITH THE FACT THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR THIS LONG, WHAT I WAS WONDERING IS, WITH THIS BEING A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION, WHAT ARE THEY DOING AS FAR AS JUNETEENTH THE COMMITTEE? THE, THE COMMITTEE OR THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMITTEE? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. 
          WELL, I WOULD, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT'S NOT IN THE SCOPE OF THE, THIS THAT COMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD MEAN AS FAR AS, OKAY, SO AS, AS FAR AS JUST PERIOD, WHAT, WHAT'S BEING DONE FOR JUNETEENTH? I WOULD ASSUME WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. 
          IT'S NOT THAT. 
          HAVE WE DONE ANYTHING ANY OTHER YEAR OUT HERE? I DON'T KNOW. 
          I'M HEARING SOMETHING HERE IN MY EAR FOR OVER HERE, BUT YES. 
          SO, UM, IF, HOLD ON MA HOLD ON, MA'AM. 
          HE, HE'S SENT HERE. 
          I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT IT AND SOMETHING WILL BE DONE FOR JUNETEENTH. 
          WE'RE NOT THIS YEAR OR IT WILL BE THIS YEAR. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO CAN I GET THAT INFORMATION SO THAT I KNOW AS SOON AS WE GET THE INFORMATION, WE'LL PASS IT OUT. 
          WE'LL BE SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS IT. 
          HOW WOULD WE GET THAT? IS THAT VIA EMAIL? IS THAT WELL, HOWEVER WE ADVERTISE IT. 
          UM, FACEBOOK PEOPLE DON'T HAVE SOCIAL. 
          HOW WOULD WE ADVERTISE THAT SOCIAL? WHO WOULD WE CONTACT IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS INFORMATION? YOU CAN CON CONTACT YOUR CITY COUNCILMEN. 
          DO YOU STAY IN BAYTOWN? I DON'T. 
          YOU DON'T. 
          BUT I'M OUT HERE OFTEN ENOUGH. 
          YOU, BUT YOU HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OUT HERE. 
          I KNOW PEOPLE OUT HERE YESTERDAY. 
          WELL, IF THEY CAN CONTACT THEIR CITY COUNCILMEN WHEN WE GET THEIR INFORMATION AND YOU CONTACT ONE, THEY CONTACT ONE OF US IF THEY CAN'T. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOMEONE THAT LIVES HERE IN ORDER TO GET THE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. 
          WELL, IF WE'RE GONNA PASS INFORMATION OUT TO RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY, MORE THAN LIKELY, YES. 
          I THINK SURROUNDING CITIES WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ATTEND THE EVENTS. 
          JUST LIKE THOSE FROM BAYTOWN WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THINGS FROM JD WALKER OR MM-HMM . 
          OR HIGHLANDS OR THEY'LL WHEREVER, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          SO IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION, WHO WOULD WE SEEK? WHO DO YOU SEE? WHO DO WE SEEK? WHAT CONTACT THE CITY COUNCILMAN. 
          THEY CAN GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION. 
          YOU CAN CALL UP HERE TO THE CITY MORE THAN LIKELY ALSO, AND THEY'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT NAME DO YOU HAVE? YOU CAN CONTACT ANY OF US. 
          IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO CONTACT ANY ONE OF US. 
          AND WE'RE HA WE'RE HAPPY TO GET YOU WHATEVER INFORMATION WE CAN. 
          MATTER OF FACT, BEFORE WE LEAVE TONIGHT, I WILL GIVE YOU MY CARD WITH MY PERSONAL NUM NUMBER ON IT SO YOU CAN CONTACT ME. 
          SO WHAT, YOU SAID Y'ALL ARE DOING SOMETHING. 
          HAVE YOU DECIDED WHAT WE'LL BE DOING FOR JIM TEAM? I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS OF IT YET. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT, IT, IT, IT IS, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE HAD THAT CONVER DIDN'T WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION RICK? WE DID. 
          WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION. 
          IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          YOU DON'T PUT YOU ON THE SPOT OR ANYTHING, RICK, BUT DIDN'T Y'ALL HAVE A CONVERSATION? WE DID. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE WE'RE STILL FORMULATING. 
          YEAH, SO, SO OBVIOUSLY MA'AM, UH, IT IS NOT, IT IS STILL FLUID. 
          IT APPEARS YES, BUT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WAS GONNA GIVE YOU HIS PERSONAL NUMBER. 
          I DON'T EVEN HAVE HIS PERSONAL NUMBER, SO YOU'RE DOING WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, MINE WAS BRIEF. 
          THANK MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN SIGNED UP AND TO SPEAK. 
          I DID NEED HER NAME FOR I YOUR NAME THOUGH FOR THE RECORD. 
          MA'AM. 
          MA'AM, MA'AM, YOUR NAME. 
          CAN YOU, CAN YOU HELP ME, UH, JUST ON THAT I, I'M SPEAKING FOR, BUT YOU, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? I NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          JESSICA. 
          JESSICA. 
          YOU COULD PUT IT DOWN AS JESSICA BROWN. 
          AND THEN, AND THEN IS THERE AT LEAST A CITY THAT I LIVE IN? YES. 
          I'M, I DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. 
          YES. 
          YOU LIVE IN A CITY SOMEWHERE YOU COULD PUT DOWN HOUSTON. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          IT'S FOR THE RECORD. 
          SORRY. 
          ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, I THINK, UH, EVERYONE HAS IS THAT HAS SIGNED 
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UP THAT AND IS HERE, HAS, UH, SPOKEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE, THERE IS A NEED EVEN MORE SO, UH, I THINK AS COUNCILMAN HO, UH, HOSKINS, UM, DID, UM, UM, BRING TO LIGHT THAT, UH, WE NEED A VENUE, WE NEED A WAY TO GO AND HEAR, UH, ALL ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND THIS COMMITTEE, UM, BEING A CITY OF BAYTOWN, UH, NO LONGER A MAYOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, I THINK IS CERTAINLY NEEDED. 
          SO WITH THAT, I, I THINK, UM, WE ALREADY VOTE. 
          WE JUST NEED A VOTE, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. 
          MAYOR, BEFORE THE VOTE, CAN I GET A YES IF MAY YES. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          CAN I JUST GET A CLARIFICATION? SO YOU'RE VOTING RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A MOTION SECOND TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS CURRENTLY NINE A? YES. 
          WE'RE ON NINE A STILL? YES. 
          COUNCILMAN? SO JUST A CONCLUDING COMMENT. 
          I'LL MAKE IT BRIEF. 
          SO I'M ACTUALLY THE DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL PERSON, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH OAK CONDITION. 
          I REPRESENT THE AREA. 
          I'VE ACTUALLY KNOCKED ON EVERY SINGLE DOOR ON OAK CONDITION WHEN I CAMPAIGNED. 
          AND I AGREE WITH, I THINK IT WAS MS. BLANCHARD, THAT, YOU KNOW, IN BUREAUCRACY SOMETIMES YOU JUST, YOU DON'T NEED ANOTHER COMMITTEE FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING ANOTHER COMMITTEE. 
          AND THAT THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT. 
          I KNOW THE MAYOR VERY WELL. 
          IT, IT WASN'T DONE WITH THE INTENTION JUST TO PLACATE ANYONE OR KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE IS A PURPOSE AND, AND WHATEVER THE COMMITTEE COMES UP WITH AS FAR AS RECOMMENDATIONS, WHETHER IT'S STATUES OR MORE DIVERSITY, HOWEVER MINOR IT IS, OR HOWEVER EARTH SHATTERING IT IS. 
          I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE WHEN, WHEN I SAY THAT WE'RE WILLING TO LISTEN TO IT AND WE'RE READY AND WILLING TO TAKE ACTION ON IT. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE READY AND AS ACTIVE AS THAT COMMITTEE IS, AND I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE READY TO BE ACTIVE AND, AND TAKE ACTION IF, IF IT'S REASONABLE AND MAKES SENSE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND I SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND I THINK EVERYBODY FEELS THE SAME WAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I GUESS I HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          YES, SIR. 
          DID, UH, DID WE WANT TO EXTEND OR AMEND THE JULY 20TH DATE? YES. 
          THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I I'LL MOVE THAT WE, UH, EXTEND THAT, UH, EFFECTIVE DATE TO AUGUST 30TH. 
          AUGUST 30TH. 
          AUGUST 30TH. 
          SO THAT GIVES US TIME TO WORK ON THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH WE NEED TO, UH, DEFER TO ANOTHER DATE. 
          SO I, I THINK THAT'LL BE APPROPRIATE. 
          SO, OKAY, SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION ALREADY NOW WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT. 
          SO WE HAVE TO, A MOTION TO DO AMENDMENT. 
          I I DID MOVE TO AMEND, UH, OKAY. 
          TO THE JULY OR ON AMENDMENT FIRST THOUGH, CORRECT? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU NEED A SECOND FOR THAT? YES. 
          I SECOND SECOND THE AMENDMENT. 
          YES. 
          SO NOW WE ARE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT, UH, TO, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT DATE WOULD BE AUGUST 30TH. 
          SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT, UH, THAT COUNCILMAN HO HAS MADE, UH, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          I'LL, THOSE OPPOSED? AND THEN NOW WE GO, UNLESS THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THEN WE GO TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION OF THE APPROVAL FOR ITEM NINE A. 
          UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, MS. ALVARADO, I KNOW YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP IN NO, I'M GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ITEM NINE A IS PRESENTED. 
          PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          A A ALL THOSE OPPOSED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, WE 
          [b.  Consider appointments to the Baytown Community Engagement Advisory Committee.]
HAVE ITEM NINE B, WHICH WE CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN COMMITTEE, ENGAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          MS. BRITISH COULD PROBABLY TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE APPOINTMENTS THEMSELVES, BUT I THINK WE COVERED SOME OF THAT DURING OUR WORK SESSION. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND FROM WHAT I BELIEVE, UM, YOU, UH, MADE THE DECISION IN THE, MADE THE DISCUSSION THAT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A LIST OF PEOPLE YOU WANT TO CONSIDER AMENDING, UH, SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO, UH, YOU WANT TO HOLD OFF ON ACTUALLY APPOINTING PEOPLE TONIGHT? YEAH. 
          YES, I DO. 
          I, YES. 
          YEAH, WELL, THAT'S FINE. 
          NOW, EVEN IF THEY DO THAT. 
          SO THEY WILL, I WANT, I WANNA BE CLEAR, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE APPOINTED CURRENTLY UNDER THE MAYOR'S ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO SERVE UNTIL THIS IS FORMALIZED, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          THAT TODD, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR, RIGHT? WE DIDN'T JUST KICK EVERYBODY OFF OF COMMITTEE? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WITH THAT THEN, UM, I GUESS WE WILL MOVE TO TABLE ITEM NINE. 
          MOVE TO SUSPEND ITEM NINE B TO A DATE NO LATER THAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT. 
          AUGUST 30TH, SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, OF TABLE. 
          AND ITEM NINE B IS PRESENTED. 
          PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          A THOSE OPPOSED 
          [a.  Consider three (3) appointments to the Baytown Industrial Appraisal Review Board. ]
I ALREADY HAVE ITEM 10 A APPOINTMENTS CONSIDERED THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN INDUSTRIAL, UH, APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD. 
          THESE ARE, UH, THREE REAPPOINTMENT YOUR INDUSTRIAL APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD NEEDS ONCE IT'S A YEAR, AND IT SERVES TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE APPRAISALS FOR THE INDU INDUSTRY THAT SURROUND US AND RELATED TO THE IDAS. 
          UM, IT'S THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. RON HADDOCK, MR. CHE, THESE AND MS. UM, DONNA WINFREY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS PROOF. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A, UM, CONS CONSIDERATION OF THESE THREE APPOINTMENTS. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS. 
          MOTION APPROVE ITEM TODAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ARE THOSE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR. 
          YES? MM-HMM. 
          AND MS. BRI, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD AND THAT'S OKAY, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG EACH OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE SERVED ON THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE? SO, UM, THESE ARE ONE YEAR TERMS. I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE, THE MOST CURRENT MEMBER THAT WAS APPOINTED MAYBE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO WAS MS. DONNA. 
          MM-HMM . 
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AND, UH, AFTER THAT IT WAS MR. CHE THI, AND I THINK HE'S BEEN THERE, I'VE BEEN HERE 11 YEARS, I WOULD SAY ABOUT EIGHT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND, UH, MR. RON HAD A, UH, PRECEDING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS, DO YOU KNOW IF THESE INDIVIDUALS SERVE ON ANY OTHER COMMITTEES BESIDES THIS ONE? I KNOW MS. DONNA DOES, UM, BE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          I THINK SHE'S ON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, AND I, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I CAN'T TELL YOU ABOUT CHAT OR, OR HOUSE. 
          YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WITH CHAT. 
          NOW, I WILL SAY ALSO THOUGH, SOME OF THESE, SOME OF, I THINK ON THIS COMMITTEE, THEY, UM, THEY HAVE, UH, LIKE A PROFESSION, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BACKGROUND IN LIKE REAL ESTATE AND APPRAISALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING. 
          NOW I WILL SAY THAT WITH THE UPDATED IDA AGREEMENT, THIS WILL BE PHASED OUT. 
          SO, UM, SOON THIS ONE WILL, THIS COMMITTEE WILL GO AWAY. 
          THIS C WILL BE PHASED OUT. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          INTERESTING. 
          OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH, I WAS KIND OF WONDERING THE SAME, BUT, ALRIGHT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THESE APPOINTMENTS? SO, UM, WAS THERE A MOTION? YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, SO ALL IN FAVORS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED. 
          OKAY, THOSE ARE, UM, I'LL APPROVE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, 11. 
          A 
          [11. 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.]
MANAGED REPORT, WHICH I'M ASSUMING IS GONNA BE MR. JOHNSON FIRST. 
          I YIELD MY TIME. 
          YOU YIELD YOUR TIME, MINUTES. 
          I HAVE A TECHNICAL ADVISOR HERE WORKING THE COMPUTER. 
          YOU READY? AND I'LL GO AHEAD. 
          WE GOT THE FIRST VIDEO FOR OUR PARTY AT THE CLOSET. 
          FAN TO THE AIR BAG OF DONUTS IS LIVE AT THE BAYTOWN NATURE CENTER JUNE 19TH. 
          COME ON. 
          IT'S TIME TO PARTY ON THE PENINSULA IN BAYTOWN AND BACKED BY POPULAR DEMAND BAG OF DONUTS, GLUE TO DRINKS AVAILABLE ON SITE FROM SPAR TACOS FOOD TRUCK IN EL DORO. 
          LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE AND TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE ONLINE, SO ACT FAST TO GET YOURS. 
          SO THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT IS SLOWLY COMING BACK TO LIFE. 
          UM, OUR FIRST EVENT, UH, COMING OUT OF THE CHUTE IS, UH, FRIDAY THE 19TH AT THE NATURE CENTER FROM NINE 30 TO 11. 
          THE NATURE CENTER CLOSES AT EIGHT 30 AND UH, GATES WILL OPEN AT 8 45. 
          UH, AS YOU SAW THE BAG OF DONUTS, WHICH WERE HERE LAST YEAR BEFORE THE, UH, VILLAGE PEOPLE, IF YOU REMEMBER THEM, THEY WERE GREAT BAND, UH, WILL PERFORM. 
          UH, THERE'LL BE FOOD TRUCKS FROM EL TORO AND FOOD TRUCKS AND EL TORO WILL BE THERE SELLING, UH, TASTY TACOS AND ADULT BEVERAGES. 
          UH, YOU HAVE TO VISIT OUR BAYTOWN PARKS AND RECREATION FACEBOOK PAGE FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ALL THAT. 
          SO GET YOUR $20 TICKETS AND BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS FOR UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL EVENING AT THE NATURE CENTER. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SCOTT. 
          UM, WHAT ELSE BEFORE? YES, I HAD, I KNOW IF YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE. 
          YES. 
          OKAY, I HAVE A COUPLE MORE THINGS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, IN, IN, UH, WHEN WE STARTED THE REO FEST MM-HMM . 
          UH, WE WERE APPROACHED BY A GROUP FROM WEST BAYTOWN THAT WANTED TO HAVE A HISPANIC FESTIVAL. 
          AND, UH, THEY SET UP A COMMITTEE AND WE WORKED TOWARD PUTTING THE FESTIVAL TOGETHER. 
          NOW WE'RE 11 YEARS IN, I BELIEVE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO START JUNETEENTH IN THE FUTURE, IS TO GET A GROUP TOGETHER AND GO FROM THERE. 
          SO, JUST MY 2 CENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S REASONABLE. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          IT IS HARD TO DO SOMETHING IN, IN A MATTER OF SEVEN DAYS, BUT YEAH. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, CAN I COMMENT ON THAT? SURE. 
          IF YOU WANT. 
          IT'S NOT THAT, LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE JUST NOW TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS. 
          WHENEVER WE HAD OUR RETREAT, WE TALKED ABOUT CELEBRATING SOMETHING IN REPRESENTATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. 
          DID WE NOT? YES, WE DID. 
          SO THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS COME UP, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO PLAN THESE THINGS SO THAT THEY CAN BE A GREAT SUCCESS. 
          WE DON'T, WE DON'T DO THINGS IN BAYTOWN, UM, IN AN AVERAGE WAY. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO BE AVERAGE. 
          WE WANT TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE, WAY ABOVE AVERAGE. 
          SO IT TAKES TIME, EFFORT, AND MONEY TO DO THESE THINGS. 
          AND WE'VE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT PUTTING A COMMITTEE TOGETHER FOR THAT REASON. 
          YOU AND I TALKING, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY? AND WE TALKED ABOUT JUNETEENTH? YES, WE HAVE. 
          SO JUST TO REITERATE WHAT I, WHAT I'VE SAID EARLIER, THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT HAPPENING NOW BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING. 
          WHEN DID WE HAVE OUR RETREAT? JANUARY. 
          JANUARY. 
          SO NOTHING BEEN PUT IN PLACE SINCE JANUARY. 
          IT TAKES TIME 
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TO PUT COMMITTEES TOGETHER AND IT TAKES TIME. 
          LADY WHO ASKED QUESTION HASN'T ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED. 
          IT'S BEING, THE JUNETEENTH WAS MORE RECENTLY, I THINK, I THINK IN JANUARY WAS MORE MARK LUTHER, KING LUTHER TALKING ABOUT AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, UM, HISTORY MONTH. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT JUNETEENTH, BUT, BUT, BUT I WILL SAY WE, I THINK THE POINT IS THAT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST LIKE THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ISS GONNA DEVELOP A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YOU HAVE A COMMITTEE SO THAT IT IS, UM, A GREAT EVENT. 
          IT IS NOW. 
          'CAUSE WHAT HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD, WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO THEY TRIED DOING THEIR OWN MARTHA LUTHER KING EVENT DAY. 
          YES. 
          AND THEY WANT THE CITY TO SPONSOR IT, BUT YET, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO IT, WE DO IT RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND YOU DO IT KIND OF FROM THE GROUND UP. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND YOU GET MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT, THAT HAVE THAT EXPECTATION FOR AN EVENT. 
          SO IT'S SUCCESSFUL. 
          RIGHT. 
          I AGREE WITH YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO THE PROBLEM IS, THAT'S WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE SAID, INSTEAD OF ANSWERING THAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ANSWER, HE GAVE THE ANSWER, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SHOULD SAID. 
          THE ANSWER THAT WAS GIVEN EXACTLY WHAT SHOULDA BEEN SAID, THE ANSWER THAT WAS GIVEN WAS TRUTHFUL. 
          THANK, WE HAD JUST HAD THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE WE CAME OUT, RICK AND I, SO I GAVE A TRUTHFUL ANSWER. 
          I GAVE ACCURATE AND TRUTHFUL INFORMATION. 
          WELL, WHEN THE, OKAY, MR. MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO IRE MS. BLANCHARD, I DO APPRECIATE IT. 
          WE, WE, WE WILL CERTAINLY WORK ON, ON, ON A PROPER WAY. 
          I I AGREE WITH, UH, THE PARTS DIRECTOR THAT WE, IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WE WANT IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT IT HAS TO START FROM THE GROUND UP. 
          YES. 
          SO WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT, WHICHEVER THE EVENT IS CALL. 
          YES. 
          SO LET'S, LET'S GO. 
          UM, LET'S, THE FLOOR OF YOURS, MR. JOHNSON. 
          YEAH. 
          WE GO WITH THE NEXT VIDEO. 
          OKAY. 
          CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY THIS YEAR AT BICENTENNIAL PARK IN BAYTOWN, TEXAS. 
          AS WE WELCOME TO THE STAGE, THE ECLIPSE CONTRIBUTES TO JOURNEY AUSTIN'S OWN OF THE PETERSON BROTHERS AND SUPERGROUP, ROOTS AND BOOTS FEATURING COUNTRY SUPERSTARS. 
          SAMMY KERSHAW, AARON TIPTON, AND COLIN RAY. 
          SO BRING THE FAMILY OUT FOR A DAY OF FUN, FELLOWSHIP AND FIREWORKS. 
          FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT BAYTOWN.ORG/JULY FOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WAS MADE FRESH TODAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          UM, WE FOUND OUT MONDAY THAT OUR HEADLINER FOR THE THIRD HAD CANCELED. 
          UH, AND, UH, WE WENT SCRAMBLING AND WERE ABLE TO PUT EVERYBODY ON THE, UH, FOURTH. 
          THE, UH, PETERSON BROTHERS WERE THE LEAD OFF BAND AND, UM, WE'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY FROM MY PARENTS' HOMETOWN. 
          SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THERE'S SOME FAMILY CONNECTIONS WITH THOSE GUYS. 
          UH, THE NEW LINEUP, THEY SAID THE GURUS, THEY START AT FOUR. 
          THE ECLIPSE BAND STARTS AT FIVE 30, UH, ON THE SIDE STAGE. 
          AND THEN PETERSON BROTHERS AND BOOTS AND ROOTS WILL BE ON THE MAIN STAGE FOLLOWED BY THE FIREWORKS. 
          THERE'S GONNA BE SEVERAL CHANGES THIS YEAR, UH, DUE TO THE, UH, UH, COVID-19, UH, ISSUES. 
          UM, AND I'LL GET INTO A LOT OF MORE DETAILS AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. 
          UH, BUT, UH, THAT WE DON'T KNOW. 
          WE'RE NOT PLANNING A PARADE, MAINLY BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING OUR FOOD BOOTHS ON. 
          WE'RE STRETCHING OUR FOOD BOOTHS DOWN LEE DRIVE, AND WE CAN'T, UH, WE'RE BLOCKING THE ROAD. 
          UH, AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE NO CHILDREN'S AREA. 
          AREA AND, UH, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT NEXT TIME. 
          UM, OUR FARMER'S MARKET IS GONNA RETURN ON SATURDAY THE 20TH. 
          WE'RE UP TO 17 VENDORS, SO WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          CLSO COVE OPENED YESTERDAY, 50% CAPACITY. 
          BOTH SESSIONS WERE FULL. 
          AND PARIS BAY OPENED SATURDAY, UH, IN, UH, REMEMBER LAST WEEK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 25%. 
          THEY'RE UP TO 50%. 
          SO IT'S GOOD NEWS. 
          YES. 
          GOOD NEWS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? I COULDN'T ADD ANYTHING TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, SO NO, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO BEING THAT ALL THE POSTED AGENDA ITEMS, UH, HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
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