Oct 08, 2020 BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL MEETING

OH, OH, YEAH.

I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS OF THE LAST LAST SO FAR.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU COUNCILMAN HOSKINS.

CERTAINLY.

MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE A, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2020.

UM, WE'LL

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I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

UH, ACTUALLY WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM, UM, ONE A AND B WOULD ALSO BE THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 24TH MEETING ON 2020.

MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE A AND B.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM ONE A AND B, PLEASE SAY AYE.

TWO A, RECEIVE RECOGNITION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CITY COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION IN THE FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DISTINCTION IN PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN 2020 ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, MR. WOOLERY.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY.

WE HAVE ITEM TWO

[2. RECOGNITIONS AND CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS]

OKAY, I'M FILLING IN FOR MR. BRIAN MORAN THIS EVENING.

UM, PLEASED TO, UH, LET COUNSEL KNOW THAT THE CITY OF BAYTOWN DID RECEIVE FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR, UH, THE CERTIFICATE OF DISTINCTION FROM ICMA.

UM, A LITTLE BACKGROUND JUST ON WHAT THIS AWARD IS, UM, AS PART OF I CMAS EFFORTS TO ADVANCE THE PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT.

ICA AWARD CERTIFICATES EACH YEAR TO RECOGNIZE PROGRAMS THAT INSTILL A CULTURE OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, PURSUE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND DATA INFORMED DECISION MAKING, AND PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY, CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE, DISTINCTION AND ACHIEVEMENT HONOR JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE INCORPORATED THE PRINCIPLES OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AT VARYING LEVELS INTO THEIR ORGANIZATIONS.

AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR THAT BAYTOWN HAS RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATE OF DISTINCTION.

AND REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE, BAYTOWN IS ONE OF SEVEN CITIES IN TEXAS TO RECEIVE ANY LEVEL OF, UH, CERTIFICATE IN PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL.

A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING.

UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR SURVEYING OF CITIZENS, OUR, OUR IMAGINE BAYTOWN DOWN IMAGINE BAYTOWN SCORECARD.

UM, ALL THOSE EFFORTS HAVE LED TO THIS AWARD FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR.

AND OF COURSE, THANKS TO ALL OF OUR STAFF FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS THAT THEY'VE PUT IN.

SO, WITH THAT, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD.

UH, OBVIOUSLY VERY GOOD DISTINCTION.

I GUESS WE CAN CLAP FOR YOU, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE HAVE ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION, UH, FOR ITEM TWO B, MR. JOHNSON.

OH, OKAY.

I CAN BE MR. JOHNSON.

YES.

IF YOU NEED ME TO BE.

GOOD EVENING.

SO IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU GUYS WILL FIND A COPY OF A WORLD WATER PARK MAGAZINE.

SO DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, UH, PIRATES BAY WAS HONORED

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TO BE THE FEATURE WATER PARK OR THE FEATURE ARTICLE IN THE WORLD WATER PARK MAGAZINE.

UM, SO IF YOU OPEN STRAIGHT TO THE CENTER OF THE MAGAZINE, YOU WILL FIND, UM, OUR ARTICLE.

THIS ARTICLE TALKS ABOUT THE LAST 10 YEARS, UH, AT PIRATES BAY, AND THEN IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT OUR BRAND NEW NINJA CROSS FEATURE.

AND THEN, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN, WE WERE ALSO RECENTLY SELECTED BY WORLD WATER PARK TO BE THE COVER PHOTO FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION GUIDE.

BOTH OF THESE MAGAZINES ARE WORLDWIDE MAGAZINES, UM, AND PARKS ALL OVER THE WORLD RECEIVE THEM.

SO THAT'S KIND OF COOL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BE THAT ARTICLE AND TO BE THAT COVER.

SO, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON REALLY QUICK, EVEN THOUGH ALL OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS, UM, ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, 2019, THIS CONSOLE APPROVED FOR US AT PIRATES BAY TO BUILD THE NINJA CROSS SYSTEM.

AND ON THURSDAY, MAY 7TH, 2020, WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN THAT SYSTEM.

SO IN NOVEMBER IT WENT THROUGH FABRICATION, AND THEN WITH COVID, WE WERE DELAYED.

BUT WE DID START, UM, OPENING ON APRIL 21ST OR START BUILDING.

SO I HAVE A SHORT VIDEO FOR YOU GUYS FOLLOWED UP BY, WELL, I'LL LET YOU WATCH THE VIDEO FIRST.

LET'S GO WITH THAT.

SO THIS VIDEO WAS ACTUALLY AN AWARD NOMINATION FOR THE LEADING EDGE AWARD FOR WORLD WATER PARK.

AND THE AWARD GOES TO INDIVIDUALS OR PARKS FOR CREATIVITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW THEMES, FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, SERVICES, OR OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS IN THE WATERPARK INDUSTRY.

SO, THE REASON THAT I HAVE THIS UP ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU GUYS, BUT THE REASON THAT IT WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING OR WORDED ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING, IS BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THE AWARD, UM, UNTIL YESTERDAY.

SO YESTERDAY, PIRATES BAY FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE AWARDED THE WORLD WATER PARK ASSOCIATION LEADING EDGE AWARD FOR 2020.

WE ARE ONE OF SEVEN IN THE WORLD WHO RECEIVED THIS AWARD YESTERDAY.

WOW.

HOLD IT UP.

NOT EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.

HOLD IT UP.

THERE YOU GO.

OH, WOW.

SO I ALSO HAVE A PICTURE OF IT.

SO THIS AWARD WAS AWARDED TO US YESTERDAY.

UM, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO VEGAS TO COLLECT THIS AWARD AT THE WORLD WATER PARK CONFERENCE.

UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO EVERYTHING, WE DID NOT GET TO DO THAT.

SO IT WAS AWARDED TO US VIRTUALLY, UM, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER PARKS.

SO, UH, THE PARKS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SCREEN, THEY HAVE EITHER RECEIVED THE AWARD IN THE PAST OR RECEIVED THE AWARD THIS YEAR.

AND ALL OF THE OTHER AWARDS THAT WERE AWARDED WERE FOR FULL PARK OPERATIONS.

SO THEY RECEIVED IT BECAUSE THEY BUILT OR OPENED A BRAND NEW WATERPARK, AND SO THEY WERE BEING AWARDED FOR ALL OF THEIR FEATURES.

SO IT IS REALLY UNIQUE, BUT ALSO REALLY AWESOME THAT WE RECEIVED THE AWARD JUST FOR ONE FEATURE THAT WE HAVE AT OUR PARK.

SO, SO, YES, THE MAGAZINE ARTICLE IS REALLY AWESOME, AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, BUT THE MAIN REASON THAT WE WANTED TO COME TO YOU GUYS WAS FOR THIS LEADING EDGE AWARD THAT WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT UNTIL YESTERDAY, .

[c. Present a proclamation designating October 4-10, 2020, as Fire Prevention Week.]

TWO C.

IS THERE A APPRO? IS THERE A PROCLAMATION? OKAY, WE HAVE A FIRE CHIEF.

YES, WE DO.

SO I WILL BE PRESENTING PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING OCTOBER 4TH

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TO 10TH, THE FOURTH THROUGH THE 10TH, 2020 AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.

ALL RIGHT, CHIEF, I GUESS I'LL READ THIS TO YOU AND TO EVERYONE ELSE.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND, AND OBVIOUSLY FIRE SAFETY, UH, WITH THE, UM, BEAT ALLEY PROGRAM.

I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT THE BEAT ALLEY PROGRAM AND THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE SCHOOL TO EDUCATE SCHOOL CHILDREN, THEY GO EDUCATE THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR, AND THEIR, AND OBVIOUSLY THEIR PARENTS, UH, ON WAYS TO GO AND HAVE A GOOD, UM, FAMILY PLAN IF THERE WAS A FIRE OR, OR ANY KIND OF INCIDENT IN THEIR HOME.

UH, SO WE CERTAINLY, UH, THINK ALL THE, UH, FIRE PERSONNEL THAT THEY GO AND, AND PARTICIPATE IN, IN BEAT ALLEY AND, AND OTHER PROGRAMS AND TRYING TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE.

OBVIOUSLY, SMOKE DETECTORS AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING A SAFER BAYTOWN.

WE CERTAINLY, WE CERTAINLY, UH, ENCOURAGE THAT AND WE'RE CERTAINLY THANKFUL FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN, IN THOSE EFFORTS.

SO, WITH THAT, I WILL READ, UH, THE PROCLAMATION CITY OF BAYTOWN FIRE PREVENTION WEEK 2020.

SO WHEREAS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL THOSE LIVING IN AND VISITING BAYTOWN FIRE IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.

AND HOMES ARE THE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT GREATEST RISK FROM FIRE.

COOKING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF HOME FIRES IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO MORE THAN SEVEN, UH, 1000, EXCUSE ME, 173,200.

ANNUALLY BETWEEN 2013 AND 20 17, 2 OF EVERY FI FIVE HOME FIRES START IN THE KITCHEN WITH 31% OF THESE FIRE RESULTING FROM UNATTENDED COOKING.

MORE THAN THE HALF, MORE THAN HALF OF REPORTED NON-FATAL HOME COOKING FIRE INJURIES OCCURRED WHEN THE VICTIMS TRIED TO FIGHT THE FIRE THEMSELVES.

RESIDENTS WHO HAVE PLANNED AND PRACTICED A HOME FIRE ESCAPE PLAN ARE MORE PREPARED AND WILL THEREFORE BE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE A FIRE WORKING SMOKE ALARMS CUT THE RISK OF DYING AND THE REPORTED HOMES FIRES AND AND REPORTED HOME FIRES IN HALF.

SO ALSO, THE WHEREAS THE 2020 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK THEME, TM SERVE UP FIRE SAFETY IN THE KITCHEN, EFFECTIVELY SERVES TO REMIND US TO STAY ALERT AND TO USE CAUTION WHEN COOKING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF KITCHEN FIRES.

SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRANDON CILLO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH 2020 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.

AND THROUGHOUT THIS CITY, I, I URGE ALL PEOPLE OF BAYTOWN BY CHECKING THEIR KITCHENS FOR FIRE HAZARDS AND USING SAFE COOKING PRACTICES DURING FIRE PREVENTION WEEK 2020, AND TO SUPPORT THE MANY PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES AND EFFORTS OF THE BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT SIGNED BRANDON CILLO, MAYOR BAYTOWN.

SO, SO CHIEF, I, I KNOW THAT USUALLY YOU ALSO, UH, THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE DO OUR TIME CHANGE, WHICH IS COMING UP, I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER, THAT IS THE BEST TIME TO DO WATCH CHIEF, CHANGE YOUR CLOCK, CHANGE YOUR BATTERY CHANGE, CHANGE YOUR BATTERY.

ALRIGHT, SO, CHIEF, THIS IS PROCLAMATION AGAIN.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING TO KEEPING A, A SAFER BAY TOWN.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO MOVE ON TO

[a. Receive and discuss a presentation from Michelle Bechtel, Mayor of the City of Morgan's Point, regarding the local funding of the Coastal Texas Study and the use of resilience bonds to help fund the project.]

ITEM THREE A, RECEIVE AND DISCUSS A PRESENTATION FROM, FROM MAYOR MICHELLE BECHTEL, CITY OF MORGAN'S POINT, REGARDING THE LOCAL FUNDING OF THE COASTAL TEXAS STUDY, AND TO USE THE RESILIENCE BONDS TO HELP FUND THE PROJECT.

SO IT HAS MY NAME HERE, BUT I WILL NOT BE SPEAKING, UH, REGARDING THIS ISSUE.

THE REASON WHY, UH, MAYOR BECHTEL, UH, I WOULD SAY OUT OF THE AREA MAYORS, UH, MORTGAGE POINT MAYOR, UH, BECHTEL, HE IS PROBABLY THE MOST EDUCATED WHEN IT COMES TO THE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES, UH, REGARDING HOW WE CAN PROTECT GALVESTON BAY AND OBVIOUSLY INTER INTERCOASTAL, GALVESTON BAY.

UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF INDUSTRY, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, UH, LIKE BAYTOWN THAT FRONT, UM, YEAH, THE BAY.

AND SO WE, WE DO NEED TO TRY TO TAKE, UH, MAKE, TAKE EVERY MEASURE TO GO AND, AND LOOK AT FUTURE STORMS, JUST LIKE WHAT PROBABLY LOUISIANA WILL BE EXPERIENCING TOMORROW.

UH, WHAT CAN WE DO TO REDUCE THAT TYPE OF IMPACT, UH, LONG TERM HERE IN, UH, THE GALVESTON BAY AREA.

SO MAYOR MACEL, UH, AGAIN, YOU'RE THE EXPERT, SO YOU'RE HERE TO EDUCATE COUNCIL.

UH, I DID WANT THEM TO KIND OF HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT, UH, ONE WE ARE SEEKING.

AND TWO, THE REASON WHY, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.

UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW, UH, INFORMED OR UP TO DATE YOU ARE ON THE COASTAL AREA, THE IKE D**E.

UH, SO, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE, THE MAYOR SAID I GOTTA KEEP IT UNDER AN HOUR, , BUT, UH, I'LL TRY TO DO IT AS FAST AS I CAN.

SO I'M GONNA SKIP A WHOLE BUNCH OF SLIDES AND JUST HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS RIGHT NOW.

UH, WELL, IKE WAS IN 2008,

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SO WE'RE 12 YEARS INTO THIS.

ON THE, UH, ON THE D**E OVER TO THE, UH, TO THE RIGHT.

UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS, UH, ON, UH, OCTO OCTOBER 30TH, CORE ENGINEERS.

WE'VE BEEN, UH, UNDER A, UH, A FIVE PLUS YEAR STUDY BETWEEN THE CORE ENGINEERS AND THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, $20 MILLION FIVE YEARS PLUS, STARTED IN 2014, AND WE'RE AT THE POINT RIGHT NOW, OCTOBER 30TH, THEY'RE GONNA RELEASE THEIR FINAL RESULTS OF THAT STUDY.

UH, AND FROM OCTOBER 30TH THROUGH DECEMBER 14TH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A 45 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

ALL THAT'S GONNA BE VIRTUAL.

ALSO, DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

UH, AND THEY HAVEN'T SET THOSE DATES YET.

THE GOAL IS TO, UH, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STAGE, WHICH IS THE CHIEF'S REPORT.

UH, AND LET'S SEE, HOW DO I ADVANCE THIS? OKAY, THAT'LL WORK.

THAT'S BASICALLY WAS ONE OF MY OLD SLIDES WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.

UH, AND WHAT WE PRIMARILY, UH, HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON, UH, IN OUR PART OF THE WORLD IS BASICALLY FROM SAN LUIS PASS TO HIGH ISLAND, 52, 52 MILES.

UH, THE EXISTING SEAWALL IN GALVESTON IS, IS THE GOOD START.

AND FROM THAT, UH, WESTWARD DOWN TO SAN LOUIS PASS IS GONNA BE DUNES.

UH, THE SAME THING ON BOULEVARD.

THE MAIN, UH, THE MAIN INFRASTRUCTURE IS GONNA BE THE GATES ON BOULEVARD ROADS, WHICH IS ON THE SHIP CHANNEL.

UH, THIS IS BASICALLY THE CORE ENGINEERS TIME SCHEDULE.

UH, YOU SEE THE BIG YELLOW DOT, WE ARE HERE.

WELL, THAT WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK.

WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, APPROACHING, UH, WE, IN THAT FALL 2020 AND SHOOTING FOR MAY OF 2021, WHICH IS THE CHIEF'S REPORT.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GO TO CONGRESS TO GET APPROPRIATIONS.

OKAY? AFTER THAT, YOU LOOK IN TWO TO FIVE YEARS ON THE DESIGN PHASE, UH, AND THEN THE BUILD STAGE, UH, 10 TO 15 YEARS, THAT'S UNDER THE CORE ENGINEER'S TIMETABLE.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SHORT CIRCUIT THAT FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.

SO YOU SEE HOW SUCCESSFUL I'VE BEEN, THE, UH, I'LL SKIP SOME OF THIS.

BASICALLY, THE, THE PLAN THAT'S COMING OUT IS THE PLAN.

WE'VE BEEN ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BY DR. MERRILL WITH TEXAS A AND M IN GALVESTON.

UH, IT'S BEEN FINE TUNED, IT'S BEEN IMPROVED ON.

AND, UH, WHAT THE CORE IS GONNA COME OUT WITH RIGHT NOW IS BASICALLY ACROSS BOULEVARD ROADS, WHICH IS ABOUT WHERE THE FERRY BOAT CROSSES, UH, FROM GALVESTON OVER TO BOULEVARD.

UH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SHIPPING GATES ON THE CHANNEL.

UH, WE'VE SHIFTED GEARS TO TWO DOUBLE GATES ON THE SHIP CHANNEL, UH, ITSELF FOR INBOUND AND OUTBOUND TRAFFIC WITH AN ISLAND IN BETWEEN.

WE'RE USING THE DESIGN OF THE MACLAND GATES IN THE NETHERLANDS, THE BIG SWINGING ROTATING GATES.

THEY FLOAT AND THEN THEY SINK DOWN IN POSITION.

THEY'LL BE ABOUT 25 FEET ABOVE THE WATER LEVEL BY THE TIME.

SO THEY, THE GATES THEMSELVES ARE PROBABLY 60 FEET IN HEIGHT.

WHEN YOU CLOSE THEM, THEY SINK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND CLOSE IT OFF.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, ADJACENT TO THE, TO THE, UH, ISLANDS ON EITHER SIDE, THERE'S GONNA BE 125 FOOT GATES FOR SMALL CRAFTS, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH THE BIG SHIPS.

AND THEN ON THE BALANCE OF THAT, THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, I THINK 15, UH, VERTICAL LIFT GATES.

IN FACT, YOU'LL SEE THAT PROBABLY A LITTLE BETTER.

AND YEAH, THERE WE GO.

IN THE NEXT SLIDE, THE VERTICAL LIFT GATES ARE 300 FOOT WIDE, AND THEY'RE GONNA DROP DOWN.

THERE'S 15 OF THOSE.

AND THEN OVER IN THE SHALLOW PORTION, OVER ON THE BOULEVARD SIDE IS GOING TO BE THE ENVIRONMENTAL GATES.

BASICALLY THEIR BIG, UH, CULVERTS, LET'S CALL IT, UH, LIKE BIG STORM DRAINS.

AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE LITTLE CRITTERS AND STUFF CAN GO THROUGH.

THEY PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH STICK TO THE SHALLOW WATER BIT.

AND THEN THE BALANCE OF IT'S GONNA BE THE COMBI WALL.

BUT WE STARTED OUT WITH A, A, A, A PLAN ACROSS BOULEVARD ROAD THAT WOULD'VE RESTRICTED WATER FLOW.

UH, WE WERE IN THE 27% RANGE.

NOW WE GOT IT DOWN TO ABOUT 6%.

SO IT'S ABOUT AS, AS GOOD A DESIGN AS YOU CAN GET RIGHT NOW.

BUT THIS IS WHAT THE, THE CORE IS COMING OUT WITH.

NOW, IN THE, IN THE PLAN, THEY'RE GONNA SHOW THERE'S A, ANOTHER SHOT OF IT.

BASICALLY, THE COPY WALL IS GONNA BE ON THE BOULEVARD SIDE, GOING ALONG THE, THE ROCKS AND STUFF

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THE OTHER BIG PORTION OF THE, OF THE PLAN THEY'RE COMING OUT WITH IS ON THE BEACH ITSELF.

AND SAY WE'RE ON THE BOULEVARD SIDE, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD 250 FEET OF BEACH OUT IN FRONT OF THE CURRENT VEGETATION LINE.

AND THEN ALONG THE VEGETATION LINE, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD A DUNE.

DUNE IS GONNA BE ABOUT 12 FEET HIGH, AND THEN BEHIND THAT, THERE'S GONNA BE AN, A SECOND DUNE, 14 FEET HIGH.

THEY ALSO, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE, UH, ON THE TOP RIGHT THERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE, UH, WALKWAYS AND, UH, ROADWAYS TOO FOR CARS AND ALL BASICALLY GOING OVER THE DUNES TO ACCESS THE, THE BEACH AS USUAL AT, AT ALL THE NORMAL SPOTS.

OKAY? SO THEY'RE GONNA INCREASE THE BEACH SIDE SIZE AND ADD DOUBLE DUNES.

THE PROBLEM WITH THIS PART OF THE PLAN IS THAT WE ARE PUSHING FOR ARMORED DUNES.

THESE ARE NATURAL DUNES THEY'LL WASH AWAY IN THE FIRST STORM.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE WE'RE, ARE WE'RE PUSHING FOR THE TEXAS PLAN ON IS THE, THE DUNE DIFFERENCE.

AND THEN ANOTHER BIG PART OF IT IS THE, THE, THE RING BARRIER BEHIND GALVESTON.

THE CITY OF GALVESTON HAS BEEN PROTECTED FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS BY THE SEA WALL.

THEY ALWAYS FLOOD FROM THE BACKSIDE.

WHEN THE STORM MOVES TO THE NORTH INTO THE BAY, THE WINDS CHANGE AND PUSH THE WATER IN FROM THE BACKSIDE.

IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED DEAL.

UH, I DON'T THINK THEY'LL EVER GET IT RIGHT JUST FOR, UH, AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, 32 2 LANE ROAD CLOSURES AND STUFF.

YOU GOT A LOT OF LEAK POINTS IN THERE.

PERSONALLY, I THINK CITY OF GALVESTON OUGHT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.

IT SHOULDN'T BE PART OF THE BIG PLAN, BUT IT IS THE OTHER BIG, UH, CONTENTION BETWEEN SAY, WHAT WE'VE BEEN PROPOSING FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

AND WHAT THE CORE IS GONNA COME OUT WITH IS GOING TO BE SAN LUIS PASS.

WE THINK WE NEED A STRUCTURE AT SAN LUIS PASS.

THEY WANNA LEAVE SAN LUIS PASS OPEN BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSEDLY THE LAST NATURAL, UH, UH, OPENING ON THE COAST.

BUT WE'LL SEE.

ON THIS SCALE, OKAY? COMMON SENSE SAYS IT'S BETTER TO BE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE.

WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THOUGH, IS, IS THE, THE FINANCIAL PART OF IT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NOBODY'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS EVEN IF WE DO GET FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 65%, 35% SHARING STRUCTURE.

UH, SO IF, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AND REALISTICALLY THE NUMBERS YOU HEAR, YOU SEE IN THE PAPER AND ALL OF UP TO 30 BILLION, I THINK REALISTICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 TO 12 BILLION.

OKAY? THEN WE CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO ACROSS GALVESTON BAY.

OKAY? UM, WE STILL GOTTA COME UP.

WE MEANING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, STILL GOTTA COME UP WITH LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS, AND 35% OF THAT, WHICH IS STILL A HELL OF A LOT OF MONEY.

OKAY? THE OTHER THING, TOO, IF THE TEXAS PREFERRED PLAN, IF WE WANT TO PUSH FOR THE ARMORED DUNES, WHICH IS A CLAY CORE OR A CONCRETE TT UH, T WALL UNDER THE SAND, THEY'LL LOOK THE SAME, BUT THE INTERIOR PORTION OF IT WILL HOLD UP BETTER IN, IN, UH, IN THE STORMS AND ALL, UH, AND ANYTHING AT SAND LOUISE PASS, THE STATE OF TEXAS IS GONNA COME UP, HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO DO THE TEXAS PREFERRED PLAN.

OKAY? SO THE, AND THE, THE THIRD SCENARIO IS NO FEDERAL FUNDING AT ALL.

IF, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ALL THE MONEY, THEY'RE SHOVELING OUTTA WASHINGTON DC RIGHT NOW FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND THEN, UH, RIGHT NOW THERE'S PROBABLY SIX PLANS THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR, FOR STORM SURGE PROTECTION ALONG THE EAST COAST FROM $120 MILLION, $120 BILLION PLAN AT NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, AND ALL THE WAY DOWN THE COAST AT BOSTON HARBOR, AT CHARLOTTE, AT, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UH, MIAMI DADE.

UH, AND A BIG RANGE OF, OF ASK.

THEY'RE GONNA BE, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF COMPETING PLANS.

WE'RE AHEAD OF ALL OF THEM, BUT THEY'RE RIGHT BEHIND US.

OKAY? SO THE, THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN SAY, WE DON'T HAVE THE BUCKS.

SO THAT, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY ALSO.

SO WITH THOSE THREE SCENARIOS, I STARTED LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE FUNDING.

HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE ONE, COME UP WITHOUT 35% SHARE FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, OR THE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THE PREFERRED TEXAS PREFERRED PLAN, OR INDEED, WE CAN DO THE WHOLE SHOOT AND MATCH OURSELVES.

AND WHAT I CAME UP WITH WAS A, WAS A, A CONCEPT CALLED A RESILIENCE BONDS.

IT'S BRAND NEW.

IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE

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THE UNITED STATES HAS ALWAYS BEEN REACTIVE.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN, UH, HOPE YOU GOT INSURANCE.

UH, WHAT THE INSURANCE ONLY COVERS PARTIAL OF IT.

UH, THE TAXPAYER IS GONNA MAKE YOU WHOLE.

THAT'S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.

OKAY? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.

UM, WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE.

WE NEED TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT THE DAMAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

OKAY? IKE ALONE WAS, WAS 30 PLUS BILLION DOLLARS FROM SURGE DAMAGE ALONE.

OKAY? IF WE CAN BUILD IT FOR HALF OF THAT, AND THAT WAS 12 YEARS AGO, JUST THINK WHAT THAT SAME AMOUNT OF DAMAGE WOULD BE TODAY.

IT'D BE A HUNDRED BILLION, OKAY? IT'S GONNA PAY FOR ITSELF WITH ONE STORM.

OKAY? SO IF YOU, IF YOU GO TO THIS CONCEPT OF RESILIENCE BONDS, WHICH IS A PROACTIVE DEAL, BASICALLY, YOU USING THE FINANCIAL MARKET IN ADDITION TO THE INSURANCE MARKET TO COVER YOUR, YOUR, YOUR COST.

AND THE, THE OTHER PLUS IS WITH INSURANCE.

YOU ONLY GOT PAYOUT AFTER A DISASTER WITH RESILIENCE BONDS, YOU GET PAYOUT EVEN WITH NO DISASTER.

THIS IS HOW, HOW IT'S GONNA WORK, OKAY? AND HERE'S MY DEFINITION OF A RESILIENCE BOND.

IT'S A FORM OF CATASTROPHE BOND THAT LINKS INSURANCE PREMIUMS TO RESILIENCE PROJECTS.

EVERYBODY GETS THAT PART OF IT.

BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU'RE GONNA REDUCE THE RISK, OKAY? IN ORDER TO MONETIZE THE AVOIDED LOSSES THROUGH A REBATE STRUCTURE, WHICH YOU USE AS A SOURCE, THAT'S MEASURABLE SOURCE THAT YOU CAN PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THAT'S A, A KON ASS GEOLOGIST DEFINITION OF, OF, UH, THE FINANCIAL INTERPRETATION HERE.

BUT LET ME, UH, WHAT WAS THAT? OKAY, LET'S GO RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS A, A, A WRIST TOWER ANALYSIS.

BASICALLY, THE ONE ON THE, ON THE LEFT, UH, IS SAY TODAY, NO INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THIS IS WHAT A RISK, IF YOU OWN ASSETS IN THE SURGE ZONE, OKAY? YOU HAVE A DEDUCTIBLE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THAT'S YOUR RETAINED RISK.

YOU GOTTA, THAT'S COMING OUTTA YOUR POCKET ANYWAY.

PROPERTY DAMAGE IS YOUR ASSET VALUE.

BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, REVENUE LOSSES, THAT'S THE BIG DOG.

THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY REALLY COMES INTO THE PICTURE, AND THEN LIABILITY'S UP ON TOP OF THAT, OKAY? THE ONE ON THE, ON THE RIGHT IS, IF I BILL THE COASTAL BARRIER, WE'RE GONNA REDUCE YOUR RISK, OKAY? YOU'RE MR. DO, OKAY? YOU OWN A BIG PLANT DOWN THERE ON THE, ON THE COAST, OKAY? I CAN REDUCE YOUR RISK IF WE BUILD THE COASTAL BARRIER, OKAY? THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, THAT LITTLE, UH, PIECE UP THERE AT THE TOP, THE INCREASED COASTAL PRO, UH, PROTECTION VALUE, THAT'S THE DELTA BETWEEN THE TWO THAT WE CAN MONETIZE.

EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, IF YOU'RE GONNA BUILD A TOW ROAD, A HIGHWAY, YOU CAN CHARGE MONEY FOR IT, AND YOU CAN CREATE REVENUE, YOU, YOU CAN MAKE MONEY FOR IT.

HOW DO YOU MONETIZE A COASTAL BARRIER? OKAY? THAT'S WHAT'S TAKEN 12 YEARS TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY? IF YOU REDUCE THE RISK, YOU LOWER BY BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU LOWER EVERYBODY'S COST ON THE BACKSIDE.

OKAY? SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

BASICALLY, YOU GOT TWO MODELS, ONE WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ONE WITHOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE EXPECTED LOSSES IS CAPTURED AS THE RESILIENCE REBATE.

AND YOU USE THAT TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

OKAY? SO, AND I'M GIVING YOU THE FAST VERSION OF ALL OF THIS, OKAY? THE, UH, USUALLY WHEN, WHEN YOU GOT, IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE DEAL.

IF IT WAS JUST THE, SAY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WANTED TO BUILD THE PROJECT, UH, YOU GOT A MANAGING AUTHORITY, YOU FUND THE PROJECT, YOU GET THE BENEFITS DIRECTLY BACK.

OKAY? NOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED, OKAY? THE MANAGER AND AUTHORITY, STATE OF TEXAS, OKAY? WE GOT A PROJECT UP HERE.

WE WANT TO BUILD, WE'RE GONNA TAKE CATASTROPHIC BOND COVERAGE, AND ALL THROUGH REGULAR INSURANCE, PROPERTY INSURANCE.

AND THEN WE GOT SOME INVESTORS BACK OVER ON THE SIDE, OKAY? WE GOING TO, UH,

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WE, SO WE GOT AN INSURANCE POLICY.

THAT'S THE NORMAL SETUP, OKAY? YOU FOLLOWING THAT, THAT PART OF IT PRETTY EASY.

I'M, I'M ASSUMING, AND THE AVOIDED LOSSES WHEN YOU BILL YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS GONNA GO THROUGH YOUR PROPERTY INSURANCE.

NOW, WE'RE GONNA, UH, ADD THE RESILIENCE BOND PORTION OF, OF THE PLAN HERE.

SO YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE INSURANCE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA ADD ANOTHER LAYER AND STUFF IN THERE.

AND LET ME SEE IF THIS WOULD BE MY FINAL ONE.

BASICALLY, THE COMPLICATION COMES INTO IT, UH, IS THE MANAGING AUTHORITY PARTY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, THE, THE, THE STAKEHOLDER WITH THE AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT THE BUILDING OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, OKAY? THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN THIS CASE, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT MOST OF THE BENEFITS ARE COMING TO THE STATE.

MOST OF THE BENEFITS ARE GONNA GO TO, LET'S CALL IT INDUSTRY, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THAT PART OF IT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO, YOU GOTTA PULL EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

SO THE MANAGING AUTHORITY NOW BECOMES THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT IT ALSO BE BECOMES ALL THE, THE, UH, INDUSTRY DOWN THERE.

IT'S THE ISDS.

IT'S, IT'S THE, UH, CENTER POINT ENERGY.

IT'S EVERYBODY WITH ASSETS AT RISK ARE GONNA BE PART OF THIS MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY.

STATE OF TEXAS IS PROBABLY GOING TO END UP DESIGNATED THE NON-FEDERAL PARTNER, UH, IS, IS PROBABLY GONNA BE THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE.

I WOULD GUESS THAT'S THE LOGICAL PLAYER FOR IT, OKAY? BUT YOU GOTTA INCREASE THAT WHOLE POOL.

SO WHEN YOU BUILD THE PROJECT, THE, YOU'RE GOING TO LOWER THE COST ON THE BACKSIDE FOR INDUSTRY FOR EVERYBODY.

AND THAT THAT REBATE WHERE YOU'RE LOWERING THE COST FOR THE NEXT STATE, 30 YEARS, OKAY? WE GONNA USE THAT MONEY TO PAY BACK THE INVESTORS IN THE RESILIENCE BONDS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ME OR NOT, BUT, UH, WHEN YOU SELL THE BONDS, THE STATE OF TEXAS IS GONNA PUT OUT THE BONDS.

THEY'RE GONNA GET ALL THE CASH ON THE FRONT END.

THEY USE THAT MONEY TO BUILD THE, THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, OKAY? MM-HMM .

FOR THE NEXT 30, 50 YEARS, ALL THE BENEFITS THAT WOULD NORMALLY GO BACK TO MR. DOW, GETTING YOUR COSTS LOWERED, KEEPING YOU, YOUR STUFF FLAT.

ALL RIGHT? WE GONNA TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE THAT.

WE'RE GONNA USE THAT TO PAY THE BONDS BACK.

THAT'S HOW THE WHOLE SYSTEM WORKS.

I CAN GET A LOT MORE COMPLICATED.

I'M MAKING IT, THIS IS SIMPLE, OKAY? , BUT THAT'S HOW THE THING WORKS.

THERE'S A LOT OF SMARTER PEOPLE THAN THAT.

THE PEOPLE THAT CAME UP WITH THIS IS A, A GROUP OUT OF, UH, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

NOW, THEY CAME OUTTA OBAMA'S, EPA, UH, AND, UH, THIS HAS BEEN DONE ON A SMALLER SCALE IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

UH, THERE'S A, A, A PROJECT, UH, AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, IN FRANCE, PORT OF CAL, A ONE OF THE BIG PROJECTS THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, THAT'S OVER A BILLION.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GOING ON IN THE, UH, IN THE CARIBBEAN.

UH, AND, BUT THEY'RE ALL IN, SAY, THE BILLION DOLLAR RANGE.

WE ARE GONNA STEP IT UP A SCALE.

WE'RE GOING TO ADD A BUNCH OF ZEROS ON THE BACKSIDE.

SO THE FINANCIAL MARKET IS LOOKING FOR BONDS AND INVESTMENTS LIKE THIS.

SO THOSE PEOPLE, THE FINANCIAL PEOPLE ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WILL WORK.

WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO ON THE LOCAL SIDE OF IT HERE IS BASICALLY DO A PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDY, IS WHAT I CALLED IT.

SO THE IDEA WAS WE'LL GET REFOCUSED PARTNERS.

THEY'LL COME IN, THEY'LL SIT DOWN WITH ALL THE, THE CITIES AND, AND THE STATE AND, UH, ON THE, THE, UH, UH, PUBLIC SECTOR.

AND THEN THEY'LL BRING IN ALL THE PRIVATE SECTOR, ALL THE INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND ALL THAT BIT, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH WITH ALL OF THEM, EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS.

WE, THEY WILL, THEY'RE THE EXPERT, OKAY? AND THEN WE'LL COME UP WITH A PLAN.

AND THE, THE, THE, THE KEY PLAYERS IN THIS IS GOING TO BE THE INSURANCE BROKERS.

THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AREN'T GONNA SUPPORT THIS PLAN.

INSURANCE AGENTS REPRESENT INSURANCE COMPANIES, OKAY? THE PEOPLE THAT ARE KEY TO THE WHOLE THING IS GOING

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TO BE THE INSURANCE BROKERS.

THEY WORK FOR THE INSURER, OKAY? THE MARSH MCLENNAN.

MARSH MCLENNAN, UH, A ON UH, WHAT'S THE OTHER BIG ONE? SOMETHING, UH, WILLIS TOWER WATSON.

THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST, UH, INSURANCE BROKERS IN THE WORLD.

DAVE MARTIN, MAYOR PRO TEM IN HOUSTON IS THE, UH, MANAGING PARTNER FOR MARSH IN HOUSTON, OKAY? HE'S ON BOARD WITH THIS.

OKAY? THOSE ARE THE GUYS THAT ARE GONNA MAKE THIS THING WORK, OKAY? WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS EDUCATE OUR LEGISLATORS IN AUSTIN.

HERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN.

THIS IS HOW WE CAN DO IT.

THIS IS HOW WE CAN DO LOCAL BATCHING FUNDS.

THIS IS HOW WE CAN DO THE TEXAS PREFERRED PLAN.

OR INDEED, IF IT WORKS FOR A BILLION DOLLARS, IT'LL WORK FOR $10 BILLION, WE CAN DO THE WHOLE SHOOTING MATCH, OKAY? TO PROVE THAT WE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO I'VE BEEN BEATING THE STREETS, GOING TO THE CITIES, AND, UH, BASICALLY WE GOT, UH, A NUMBER OF CITIES HAVE CONTRIBUTED.

UH, I ALSO WENT TO THE SOME ON THE, UH, THE GALVESTON COUNTY SIDE.

I GOT A, UH, A SHOW AND TELL WITH, UH, LEAGUE CITY NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT.

UH, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THROWN INTO IT ALREADY, IF YOU WANT THOSE, UH, HOUSTON, 25,000, I GOT OUT OF THEM, BUT THEY'RE PAIN THE BUTT , OKAY? WE KNOW, UH, DEER PARK, 10 GRAND LAPORTE, 7,500 MORTGAGE 0.5 GRAND TAYLOR LAKE, FIVE GRAND NASSAU BAY, FIVE GRAND PASADENA, FIVE GRAND SEABROOK, FIVE GRAND.

THEN I GOT A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE STEPPED UP.

ALSO, WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW IS I'M AT $73,500 COMMITTED.

OKAY? WE SIGNED A CONTRACT, UH, A WEEK OR SO AGO WITH THE REFOCUS PARTNERS.

I HAD TO PAY 60 GRAND ON THE FRONT END TO GET THE, THE THING STARTED WITH 40 GRAND DO ON THE BACKSIDE.

THE TIMING OF THE STUDY IS BASICALLY, WE STARTED SEPTEMBER ONE, AND, UH, I'M LOOKING FOR THE END OF MAY.

I WANTED IT, IT DONE IN, IN JANUARY, PRIMARILY FOR THE START OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THAT'S WHEN, WHEN THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF IT'S GONNA BE DONE.

BUT WE GONNA, WE GOT IT SET UP FOR THE BACKSIDE OF THE, OF THE STUDY'S GONNA BE MAY 31ST AT SAY, THE END OF THE SESSION.

OKAY? SO THAT'S MY WINDOW TO GET THE, THE PROJECT DONE.

THE OTHER REASON I NEED TO NEED IT DONE AT THE END OF JANUARY, UH, FEMA JUST CAME OUT WITH A NEW GRANT PROGRAM.

THEY CALL IT THE, UH, BRICK PROGRAM BUILDING RESILIENCE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL.

AND THEY JUST OPENED THAT UP, UH, FOR, UH, APPLICATIONS.

AND THAT WINDOW CLOSES, I THINK, UH, IN JAN IN, UH, JANUARY.

ALSO, WE WANT TO USE WHAT WE COULD DEVELOP HERE IN THIS PLAN TO GO TO FEMA AND TRY TO GET A BRICK GRANT.

OKAY? SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

I'M SORRY.

IT'S KIND OF, I, I CONDENSED A, I KNOW A COUPLE HOURS INTO A, A REAL SHORT DEAL HERE.

SO WHAT I'LL SAY, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I'LL JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.

SO, SO AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS IS A LOT.

THIS IS A BIG PICTURE ITEM.

THERE'S, THERE'S NO DOUBT.

UM, YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND WHERE, AT LEAST BAY TOWN'S INTEREST, REALLY ANY COASTAL COMMUNITY.

BUT WITH INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, WHEN INDUSTRY, UM, TAKES A HIT FROM A STORM AND, AND IT BRINGS DOWN UNITS AND IT, IT CAUSES HAVOC ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UH, OBVIOUSLY IT SPIKES PRICES AND SO ON.

UM, WHAT I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO DO, IT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT, BUT I THINK THE ASK, THE IN SUMMARY, THE ASK OF, OF, UH, THE AREA MAYORS IS TO GO AND, AND, AND PROVIDE THE PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDY THE A HUNDRED K.

UM, I FEEL COMFORTABLE, I THINK WE SHOULD BE PART OF THIS COALITION IN A SENSE, PROBABLY.

I THINK IT'S A MM-HMM .

UH, KIND OF A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR REALLY BIG GAIN.

I MEAN, IMAGINE PROTECTING OUR INDUSTRY.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT HERE IN BAYTOWN, UH, FROM A FUTURE STORM.

AND, AND REGARDLESS OF, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF DEBATE BETWEEN, WE'LL JUST SAY THE DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES ON, UH, ON WHAT STUDY AND, AND WHAT, UM, NO DEBATE, , THERE'S NO QUESTION WE'RE FIVE YEARS AHEAD OF ANYBODY ELSE.

BUT, BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT, THAT, UM, HOW DO WE PRE PROTECT OURSELVES IN THE MOST PRUDENT AND, AND REALLY AS FAST AS WE CAN.

AND SO, PROVIDING THIS FUNDING, I WOULD SUGGEST A $15,000 CONTRIBUTION OR WHATEVER IS CONSIDERED, UH, A PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, UH, TO, TO HELP WITH THIS, WITH THIS STUDY MM-HMM .

SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND, AND TRY TO GO TO THE STATE.

REALLY, THEY SHOULD BE HEAVILY INVOLVED.

THIS, ESPECIALLY THE GENERAL AND OFFICE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE PAY ME NOW, PAY ME NOW, PAY ME NOW, OR PAY ME LATER.

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AND ALL THESE STUDIES OF THE DIFFERENT EXPERTS, ONE THING THAT THAT IS CONSISTENT IS IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT.

IF IT'S WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN, WE WILL HAVE A MAJOR STORM STORM IN GALVESTON BAY.

UH, HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT IS VERY LIKELY.

YOU LOOK AT LAKE CHARLES, THEY'RE GETTING TWO, TWO MAJOR STORMS IN THE, IN, IN THE SAME, YOU KNOW, SEASON.

SO IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.

SO, UH, I THINK THERE'LL BE A FUTURE ACTION ITEM FOR ABOUT THAT AMOUNT, AND THEN WE WILL MAKE A DECISION.

UM, BUT I, I DO BELIEVE IT'S PRUDENT FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TYPE OF STUDY.

SO, THERE, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, THIS IS COMPLEX, BUT I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.

YOU DIDN'T MENTION GALVESTON'S CONTRIBUTION.

I DIDN'T THINK I KNOW YOU WERE, WHAT, 23 OR SHORT? WHERE'S GALVESTON AT IT? I MADE A PITCH TO, UH, CITY OF GALVESTON, UH, PROBABLY THREE WEEKS AGO.

UH, THE MAYOR HAD JUST RESIGNED THEIR PRO TE'S RUNNING IT.

EVERY ONE OF THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS IS OPPOSED, UH, UH, IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

AND LET'S SAY POLITICALLY, THEIR HANDS ARE TIED.

RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING OUT OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON.

LAKE CITY, UH, I THINK I, I GOT A GREAT SHOT WITH LAKE CITY.

I'M FAIRLY CLOSE TO THEM GUYS.

PAT HALSEY AND THAT BUNCH.

MM-HMM.

UH, THE ONLY OTHER ONES I'VE, UH, I WENT AFTER KEA.

KEA HAS GOT POLITICAL PROBLEMS TOO.

UM, COLLECT SHORES, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING FROM THEM, BUT ALL THE, ALL THE ONES ON OUR SIDE OF, UH, OF THE BAY OVER HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY, EVERYBODY'S STEPPING UP.

YOU KNOW, THE, UH, AS YOU SAY, WHAT CITY OF HOUSTON HAS JUST SO MANY HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH.

AND, AND, UH, ONE OTHER POINT, I I, I WOULD, WOULD MAKE, WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO REALLY UP FROM CONGRESS TO SHORT CIRCUIT THE, UH, CORE ENGINEER'S TIME SCHEDULE THERE, UH, LIKE THEY DID IN NEW ORLEANS.

UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, IF CONGRESS SAYS, HERE'S $15 BILLION, GO DO IT.

AND THEY DID IT IN NEW ORLEANS IN FOUR YEARS, WE CAN DO OURS IN FREE.

OKAY? IF WE PAY FOR IT ENTIRELY OURSELVES, WHICH RESILIENCE BONDS MIGHT BE A MEANS OF DOING IT, WE COULD DO IT IN THREE YEARS.

WE'LL HAVE IT DONE.

SO, ALRIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM, BUT IT WAS JUST TO, TO TRY TO EDUCATE YOU AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

I KNOW IT IS IS KIND SOMEWHAT COMPLEX.

UM, BUT, BUT YOU AT LEAST KNOW WHAT THEY ASK.

YES, SIR.

SO HOW, HOW SOON DO WE NEED TO MOVE ON THIS? WELL, THERE BE AN ACTION ITEM FOR US PROBABLY NEXT MEETING.

AND THEN SOONER.

HE'S ALREADY MOVING.

HE, HE, I'LL TELL YOU, MORGAN'S POINT DID STEP UP.

UM, THEY, THEY ARE IN A DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SITUATION THAN MOST CITIES.

UM, BUT, UH, AND SO, UH, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, HE WAS WILLING, MORGAN'S POINT WAS CERTAINLY WILLING TO BEAR THE LOAD, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT FAIR BECAUSE IT, WE WE'RE COASTAL CITY.

WE HAVE HIGH INTEREST, OBVIOUSLY WITH OUR PETROCHEMICAL CERTAINLY BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS.

YES.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, IT, IT, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY CAN SPEED UP THIS PROCESS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

THANK Y'ALL FOR PUTTING THAT EQUIPMENT TOO .

THAT WAS JUST UNDER AN HOUR.

THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR BEHAVING FOR THE MOST PART.

ITEM THREE B, DISCUSS REMOVING THE EXEMPTION FROM THE DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALCOHOL CELLS AND THE ARTS, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT ZONING DISTRICT.

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[b. Discuss removing the exemption from the distancing requirements for alcohol sales in the Arts, Cultural and Entertainment Zoning District.]

MR. DIETRICH, MR. MAYOR, COUNSEL.

UM, THIS ITEM WAS ASKED TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO AN EXEMPTION FOR, UH, THE DISTANCING OF ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL SALES AND REQUIREMENTS IN THE ACE DISTRICT.

UM, BACK IN 2000 OR 2013, UM, THERE WAS AN EXEMPTION THAT WAS PLACED IN OUR ORDINANCES THAT ALLOWED OR REMOVED THE, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS DISTANCING REGULATION.

AND, UM, STAFF WENT OUT, UM, OVER THE LAST WEEK, WENT OUT AND ACTUALLY DID A WINDSHIELD SURVEY OF ALL OF, UH, THE ACE DISTRICT AND BASICALLY FOUND OUT WHAT THE CURRENT, UH, LAND USES WERE FOR EACH OF THE PARCELS WITHIN THE DISTRICT ITSELF.

THE, THE BUFFERING AREAS THAT YOU SEE, UM, AND THE AREAS THAT ARE, UM, IN, IN YELLOW, OOPS, RIGHT HERE, HERE, HERE, AND HERE.

THOSE ARE ALL PORTIONS OF, UH, LEE COLLEGE.

AND LEE COLLEGE HAS A BUFFERING REQUIREMENT OF 300 FEET THAT IS FROM PARCEL, FROM THE, THE PARCEL BOUNDARY.

AND SO THE BLACK LINE REPRESENTS THAT 300 FEET.

AND THE AREAS THAT ARE SHADED IN PURPLE ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE AREAS IN INSIDE THE ACE DISTRICT THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS EXEMPTION CLAUSE.

THESE OTHER TWO AREAS THAT, UH, I'M, I'M POINTING

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OUT RIGHT NOW HERE AND HERE, UM, AND THERE'S ONE MORE UP HERE, WHICH IS A CHURCH.

UM, THOSE ALSO HAVE SOME, UH, DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS THAT, THAT AFFECT THESE OTHER PARCELS THAT ARE SHADED IN, IN, UH, PURPLE.

THESE TWO ON THE BOTTOM HERE ON THE, ON THE SOUTH OR THE BOTTOM PART OF THE, THE MAP ITSELF, WE FOUND, UM, WE'VE DONE SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND WE'RE, WE AREN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE, SO WE ARE, WE'RE BEING ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE OF THINGS.

UM, THIS AREA ALONG WEST PIERCE HERE AT 1 1 7, UM, IT HAD SOME, UH, BUSES IN INSIDE THEIR PARKING LOTS THAT LOOKED LIKE IT'S A DAYCARE.

AND, UM, SO WE'RE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE, BUT WE ALSO THINK THAT IT'S UP FOR SALE.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ON THE FRONT END THAT THIS MIGHT GO AWAY, BUT JUST ON MORE CONSERVATIVE SIDE, THAT THESE OTHER, UM, LOTS AROUND HERE, UM, COULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS ALSO.

SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT IF, UM, WE WERE REMOVE THE EXEMPTION, THESE AREAS, IF THEY WERE TO COME IN FOR ALCOHOL SALES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME IN AND REQUEST IT THROUGH A VARIANCE.

AND THAT'S ALL THAT STAFF HAS TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED.

AND THIS WAS ASKED TO BE PUT ON THERE FOR A DISCUSSION WITH, UH, WITH COUNSEL.

UM, OPEN UP TO DISCUSSION.

SO I'M HAPPY TO BEGIN, MAYOR.

THAT WE WANT, UM, THEN THEY ARE MORE THAN LIKELY WELCOME.

SO I WAS ONE OF THE TWO THAT, THAT WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, AND I'LL TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN.

UM, SO AS WE ALL KNOW, THE CITY IS, I MEAN, STARTING WITH THE TOWN SQUARE AND THE STREET SCAPE WORK, THE BRUNSON RENOVATION, WE'RE MOVING OUR UTILITY SERVICES FACILITY DOWN THERE.

THE CITY HAS REALLY TAKEN A LEADERSHIP POSITION DOWN THERE.

THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DOWN THERE.

AND I KNOW WE KNOW THE CITY'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND, AND I KNOW THAT THE CURRENT BUSINESS OWNERS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND, AND DESIRES.

I KNOW THE DESIRES OF THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE I'VE KNOCKED ON ABOUT ALL THOSE DOORS IN, IN THE AREA.

AND THE INTENT HERE IS TO HAVE A PROCESS THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE GET REPUTABLE, LEGITIMATE, RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES AND A PRODUCT THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF, THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.

AND THAT, THAT'S REALLY ALL, THAT'S REALLY MY ONLY INTENT.

IT, IT'S REALLY AS EASY AS THAT.

I'M HOPEFUL THAT IN THE FUTURE WE MAY LOOK AT SOME MORE PROTECTIONS IN A SENSE, BUT I DO LIKE THIS AS AT LEAST A STARTING POINT.

AND WHAT IT ALLOWS IS A PROCESS SORT OF, SORT OF SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WENT THROUGH ON WEST MAIN IN DISTRICT, DISTRICT ONE RECENTLY, TO WHERE IT GIVES COUNSEL, UM, THE BENEFIT OF HEARING THE PLAN AND, AND VETTING THE PROCESS AND BELIEVING IN THE PRODUCT AND, AND LISTEN, IF IT MAKES SENSE AND IT'S BENEFICIAL, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA VOTE, I'M GONNA SUPPORT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE.

AND, UH, BUT LIKE I SAY, IT, IT, IT GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK WITH WHAT WE'VE INVESTED THE DIRECTION THAT WE ALL WANT TO GO, YOU KNOW, JUST WE'VE INVESTED SO MUCH TIME AND, AND ENERGY AND MONEY, HONESTLY, ONE, ONE ROTTEN APPLE SPOILS THE ENTIRE ENTIRE BARREL.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO I, I JUST LOOK AT AS ALL OPTIONS ARE STILL ON THE TABLE, YET IT DOES GIVE US SOME PROTECTIONS IN A SENSE.

IT ALLOWS US TO ELEVATE THE PRODUCT.

WE'VE DONE IT FOR MULTI-FAMILY, WE'VE DONE IT FOR STORAGE, WE'VE DONE IT FOR SINGLE FAMILY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THAT TONIGHT WITH THE 40 FOOT LOTS.

WE'VE DONE IT FOR RV PARKS.

I MEAN, THIS JUST IS ANOTHER STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.

SO THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE.

I'M ALL FOR IT.

I I WOULD PROBABLY BE, UM, SUPPORTIVE OF TAKING IT ONE STEP FURTHER AT, AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.

AND MAYOR, YES MA'AM.

I JUST WANNA ECHO, UM, COUNCILMAN, UM, PRESLEY'S VIEWPOINTS, AND I THINK, AGAIN, WE WE'RE SETTING A STANDARD, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, UM, THROUGHOUT, UM, OUR PROCESS SINCE EVER SINCE I'VE, UH, STARTED ON COUNCIL.

WHETHER IT'S SETTING A, A, A STANDARD EVEN ON MARKET STREET, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING TO REDEVELOP, UH, REDEVELOP THAT AREA.

ONCE AGAIN, I, I, I WANNA REITERATE MY COMMENTS FROM THE, THE LAST SESSION OR ONE OF THE LAST SESSIONS THAT WE HAD WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT SETTING STANDARDS.

AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DOING THIS IN A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, CRIPPLING BUSINESS OR, OR TELLING BUSINESS THAT THEY CAN'T SET UP HERE.

IT'S JUST IF WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE WILLING TO COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS

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AND I, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, THE WAY TEXAS AVENUE HAS BEEN SET UP HAS BEEN VERY, VERY PRO-FAMILY.

UM, WE HOLD OUR, OUR CHRISTMAS THERE AND, UM, I, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, I, I AM DEFINITELY FOR THIS NEW STANDARD THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND DO A VARIANCE.

WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT 'EM CASE BY CASE.

UM, AND, UH, WE CAN ALSO GO IN THERE AND SET EVEN ADDITIONAL STANDARDS ACCORDING TO, UM, UH, THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.

SO I, I WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

I KNOW IT'S, WE'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION, TONIGHT'S SIMPLY DISCUSSION, BUT I AM, UH, VERY FOR THIS PROJECT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.

DOES ANYBODY, CAN ANYBODY SPEAK TO 2013 WHY IT WAS DONE? YEAH, I WAS GONNA ASK KIND OF THAT SAME QUESTION, THE 2013.

SO WE, WE, IT LOOKS LIKE AT THE TIME WE PUT THE EXEMPTION IN PLACE SO THAT, I'M ASSUMING THE BUSINESSES COULD COME WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL PERMISSION OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CONSIDER.

AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT, THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, UM, PLACES LIKE DAYCARES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA, UM, I THINK THEY ARE, AND AGAIN, I WASN'T THE AUTHOR OF IT, SO I CAN MAKE SOME SOME ASSUMPTIONS, SO BEAR WITH ME.

BUT, UM, I THINK THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TURN AWAY, THEY WANTED TO HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME FOLKS BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, NEW BREW HUBS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHERE, UM, KIND OF ALL THE BUZZ AND WHICH THEY STILL ARE, BUT IT GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LOCATE IN THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT.

AND, UH, THAT'S, THEY WANTED TO, WITH THE, WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY WERE PUTTING INTO, UH, THE DISTRICT AT THE TIME, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE ABLE TO TURN AWAY FOLKS, ESPECIALLY IF IT WASN'T A, A VIABLE BUSINESS TO GO IN THERE.

ANY, I HAVE SOME, I HAVE SOME, AT LEAST SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE COUNSEL HAS I'M GOOD.

HAS PUT EVERYTHING OUT THERE.

UM, SO A FEW THINGS.

I, I REALLY CAN'T OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, REMEMBER IN 2013 ALL THE DETAILS OF, OF WHY COUNSEL TOOK THE ACTION THAT THEY DID.

I GUESS LOOKING AT THIS MAP, O REALLY ONLY THIS ONE RIGHT CIRCLE THERE AT ASHEVILLE AND COMMERCE AREA AND PIERCE AREA, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT WOULD CONCERN ME, UH, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE 100 BLOCK OF, OF TEXAS, UM, WITH SOME THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN THERE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL IN TEXAS ON, ON THE TEXAS AVENUE CORRIDOR.

UM, IF I LOOK AT THIS, I WOULD PROBABLY JUST LOOK AT THIS, THIS EIGHT BLOCK AREA BETWEEN PRUITT AND COMMERCE, AND THEN I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY BETWEEN PIERCE AND DFE.

SO MY CONCERN HERE IS THIS IS WHAT, AND THIS IS THE AREA THAT I WOULD PROBABLY FOCUS ON IN HAVING, IF IT'S ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENTS IN ANY WAY.

UM, THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN.

I'M NOT REALLY WHERE I UNDERSTAND THE, THESE OTHER DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS AND SO ON.

WE CAN DO WHATEVER WITH THAT.

UM, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WOULD CONCERN ME, BUT THIS EIGHT BLOCK AREA IS, IS AN AREA OF, OF, OF FOCUS.

UM, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN KIND OF JUST MAKE THAT SOME KIND OF OVERLAY? I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER OVERLAY OVERLAYS THERE BESIDES THE ACE DISTRICT.

I BELIEVE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, COUNCILMAN.

UM, ORIGINALLY THIS, THE DISCUSSION STARTED WEEKS AGO OR WHENEVER IT WAS, WAS ABOUT REALLY TRYING TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE WAS GONNA BE AN ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENT, IT WAS OF A CALIBER THAT WOULD NOT, UH, ALLOW CERTAIN THINGS, UH, CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME EXPECTATIONS, RIGHT? WE JUST DON'T WANT JUST, UH, JUST ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO COME ON TEXAS AVENUE WITH, WITH THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT WE'RE MAKING.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SET THIS CRITERIA OF, OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

'CAUSE WE DO, I'M, I'M ASSUMING WE'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, IF IT'S A, A BAR, A PUB, IT WILL HAVE FOOD.

THE, THE IDEA OF THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSION WAS HAVING THE FOOD ELEMENT, WHICH I THINK WE ALL ALL AGREED ON AT THAT IN THAT DISCUSSION.

BUT NOW THIS HAS TAKEN A WHOLE DIFFERENT TURN, AND I'M NOT, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.

I THOUGHT THE IDEA WAS TO TRY TO SET THE CRITERIA OF WHAT TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT, IF THERE WAS GONNA BE ALCOHOL CELLS OR WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.

SO THAT'S WHERE I'M KIND OF CONFUSED WHY ARE WE TAKING THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT, UH, VERSUS THE CRITERIA APPROACH.

BECAUSE I THINK WE WANNA BE CLEAR, UH, JUST LIKE THE DISCUSSION.

WE HAD THIS, UH, A WHILE AGO ON WHAT SIZE LOTS AND SO ON.

WE WANT BUSINESSES TO COME TO BAYTOWN.

WE WANT A BREW, A BREW PUB TO BE HERE IN TEXAS AVENUE.

WE WANT, UH, DISTILLERY OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

WE WANT A WINE BAR, BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW CAN WE DEVELOP THE LANGUAGE TO SAY, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME TO TEXAS AVENUE, WE WANT YOU TO COME TO TEXAS AVENUE.

THAT'S THE, I I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PATH THAT WE WANTED TO, TO GO ON BEFORE WE GOT INTO THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S BEYOND ME.

I THINK THIS IS JUST THAT OFFERS THE DOWNSIDE PROTECTION.

MEANWHILE,

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AND WE'VE ACTUALLY, THIS ACTUALLY GOES BEYOND MONTHS AGO.

WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THIS DISCUSSION A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A CONSENSUS ON ANOTHER OCCASION ON COUNCIL, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A CONSENSUS NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I FOLLOW THE LOGIC MAYOR ON, SO THE EIGHT BLOCK AREA ON TEXAS FROM THE 100 TO THE 400, I MEAN, THE ONLY BLOCKS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED IS THE 100 AND THE THE 200 THAT'S THE TOWN SQUARE AND THE 100 BLOCK.

WE OWN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY.

THAT'S MY REALLY ONLY CONCERN.

I'M JUST KINDA LOOKING AT THE EIGHT WHEN I LOOK AT TEXAS AVENUE, THE REDEVELOPMENT, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I KIND OF FRAME IT, BUT YES, BUT THOSE BLOCKS AREN'T IMPACTED.

I MEAN, THOSE AREN'T SHADED.

THESE ARE THESE TWO.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THE 100 AND THE 200.

THAT'S THE ONE.

OH, THAT'S ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY IT'S ONLY THE 100.

THE OTHER ONE IS ALREADY OUR TOWN SQUARE.

RIGHT.

SO I MEAN, WE OWN 85% OF THE 100 BLOCK.

I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE IMPACTED THAT WE ALREADY OWN ANYWAY.

SO THOSE PROPERTIES ARE GONNA REQUIRE OUR, OUR CONSENT AND, AND, AND OUR PARTICIPATION JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR AND MAY MAYBE THIS WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S NOT THAT THEY LIKE, LET'S SAY THE A HUNDRED BLOCK THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S REALLY JUST THE SOUTHERN PART OF THAT A HUNDRED BLOCK.

YEP.

IT'S NOT THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED, THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO GET A VARIANCE.

EXACTLY.

IF THEY HAVE A GOOD PLAN, THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN HERE.

THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA STAND BEHIND IT.

THEY'RE GONNA BELIEVE IN IT AND WE'RE GONNA PROVE IT.

WE AGREE WITH IT.

SOMEBODY CAME IN WITH THOSE DEALS IN THE PICTURES, WE'D GIVE 'EM A VARIANCE.

REMEMBER THE PICTURES.

THAT'S RIGHT.

BEAUTIFUL.

AND IF WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE A SHOOT 'EM UP AND A STAB 'EM UP, WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT.

AND I, AND I'M, I'M GONNA MAKE THIS COMMENT RIGHT NOW AND I'M MAKE IT PUBLICLY.

SO LISTEN, I'VE BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROPONENTS OF TEXAS AVENUE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE BEEN INVESTED.

MY, MY DAY JOB HAS BEEN ON TEXAS AVENUE, SO THERE'S NOT A BIGGER PROPONENT THAN MYSELF, BUT I'VE ALSO KNOCKED ON ALL THE DOORS IN DISTRICT TWO.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S A BALANCE.

I WOULD LIKE TO CLEAN UP MY DISTRICT AND I CAN TELL YOU THE RESIDENTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT CLEANED UP.

ALSO, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF BREW PUBS.

I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF MICRO BREWERIES.

A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD PUB THAT SERVES FOOD OR IT IS AN UPSCALE WINE BAR.

I'M, I'M GOOD WITH IT.

I'M GONNA SUPPORT THOSE MM-HMM .

BUT I WOULD LIKE A PROCESS IN PLACE TO WHERE WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROL AND WE DON'T GET TO SHOOT 'EM UP OR A STAB 'EM UP FACILITY.

AND I LIVE DOWN THERE AND I, I SEE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON AT, AT PARTICULAR LOCATIONS IN MY DISTRICT AND I'M NOT GOOD WITH IT.

AND A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS AREN'T GOOD WITH IT.

SO I'M JUST BEING BRUTALLY HONEST AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY INTENT.

IT'S, IT'S, I'M ALL FOR NICE ESTABLISHMENTS.

I'M GONNA SUPPORT 'EM.

BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP OUT THE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WE'RE NOT PROUD OF AND THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN LIVE WITHOUT.

SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.

I, AND I MEAN, I HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TALK.

I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.

I I I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THERE.

I'M NOT SURE IS.

I THINK IT'S JUST HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.

WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE BECAUSE AT FIRST WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THERE FOR FOUR YEARS.

NO, I'M SAYING BUT THIS, THIS, HAVE THIS ONE SEC, THIS DISCUSSION, IT STARTED AT FIRST IT TALKED, IT'S TALKED ABOUT REQUIRING FOOD, UH, FOOD IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENT.

THAT WAS OUR LAST DISCUSSION AS A COUNCIL.

THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S ALL I REMEMBER.

YES MA'AM.

SO THAT'S MORE OF A ZONING ISSUE.

WHAT WE'RE DEALING NOW WITH IS OUR, OUR ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CODE.

AND WE ARE PREEMPTED IN MANY WAYS IN WHAT WE CAN DO WITH ALCOHOL BEVERAGES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CODE DOES ALLOW US TO DO IS ESTABLISH DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

YEP.

AND WE EXEMPTED THIS AREA.

SO ALL THIS DOES IS GOING TO, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS TO PUT THAT BACK IN LIKE THE REST OF THE CITY AND TREATED THE SAME.

SO DO WE NEED TO DO MORE AND LOOK AT OTHER THINGS? I KNOW MS. FOSTER BROUGHT US SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT FOR ZONING.

THAT IS A ZONING ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SEPARATELY.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT REMOVING THE EXEMPTION, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT COUNSEL CAN DO.

UM, SO WHAT WOULD WE PUT ON THE NEXT AGENDA IF DESIRED? BUT WHAT WOULD REMOVE THE EXEMPTION THEN THAT WOULD FORCE OBVIOUSLY THE PROCESS FOR THE DISTANCE PROCESS THAT WOULD FORCE THE PROCESS IN THIS AREA? FOR THE DISTANCING, YES.

BUT IF THEY'RE NOT WITHIN THE DISTANCE, THEY DON'T EVEN REQUIRE THE VARIANCE.

SO WE HAVE NO CONTROL THEN WE HAVE NO CONTROL.

SO THAT'S WHY IF YOU WANTED TO FOLLOW BACK UP AND LOOK AT SOME ZONING ISSUES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AT.

BUT THIS IS NOT A ZONING MATTER TONIGHT.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ZONING, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CODE.

AND THE REASON IT'S LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, EVERYWHERE ELSE IS BECAUSE IF THERE'S AN ESTABLISHMENT NEAR A SCHOOL OR A CHURCH, IT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT.

MM-HMM.

AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING HERE IS FOR THAT, THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY.

WE'RE JUST BRINGING IT INTO STANDARD.

THAT'S CORRECT.

LIKE ALL THE OTHERS.

ALRIGHT, SO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, YOU GO MS COURT.

UM, SO IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS MAP, RIGHT? UH, TOWN SQUARE'S IN THE PURPLE, RIGHT? YEP.

NO, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE TOWN SQUARE IS RIGHT HERE, ISN'T IT? NO, IT'S, MM-HMM.

SO HOW WOULD THIS AFFECT FESTIVALS OR, UH, PRIVATE EVENTS THAT WANTED TO SELL OR CONSUME ALCOHOL AT TOWN SQUARE?

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TWO BLOCKS TO THE RIGHT BETWEEN ARD AND UH, VILLE.

YEP.

SO I THINK, WELL, MAYBE I'LL LET CARRIE, AM I NOT READING THE MAP RIGHT? NO, YOU ARE SQUARE.

YOU ARE SQUARE.

SO HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT FESTIVALS OR PRIVATE EVENTS? 'CAUSE YOU CAN RENT OUT TOWN SQUARE IF YOU WANT TO AND YOU SELL OR CONSUME ALCOHOL THERE.

HOW WOULD THAT, HOW WOULD THIS AFFECT THAT? SO COUNCIL'S ADOPTED A POLICY AND ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE TO ACTUALLY ALLOW ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AT, AT TOWN SQUARE.

SO IT WOULD JUST HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE EXISTING PROCESS.

SO IT WOULDN'T NEED LIKE A SEPARATE VARIANCE IF WE ENACTED THIS, IT WOULD JUST GO THROUGH THE CURRENT PROCESS.

IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, THE PROCESS THAT COUNCIL'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED AND ALLOWED IT BY ORDINANCE? CORRECT.

SO I'M ACTUALLY, UM, SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MUCH OF THE, A DISTRICT IS STILL OPEN.

UM, TO BARS.

AND SO, UM, IT'S NOT AS CONCERNING TO ME AS I ORIGINALLY, UH, FEARED IT WOULD BE.

UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE, UM, ADDING MORE RULES OR REGULATIONS DON'T REALLY SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS OUR GOAL HERE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, I DO TRUST COUNCILMAN PRESLEY AND HIS VISION FOR HIS DISTRICT.

UM, SO WHILE I DON'T AGREE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT METHOD TO GETTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I DON'T THINK IT'S AS BAD AS I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.

AND I'D LIKE TO ADD THIS ALSO.

AND I AGREE WITH THAT COUNCIL OWNER.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE BECAUSE WHEN THEY COME BEFORE COUNCIL, I WOULD ALSO LISTEN, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY USE THE CARROT A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVELY AS WELL.

AND I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN THAT REGARD.

AND WHEN SOMEONE STANDS BEFORE US WITH A GREAT PRODUCT THAT, THAT WE REALLY WANT TO GET BEHIND, I WOULD REALLY, TRULY LIKE TO SEE THE CITY GET BEHIND IT.

UM, NOT JUST SPIRITUALLY, BUT FINANCIALLY AND DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP IT GET OVER THE FINISH LINE.

AND SO, I MEAN, THAT COULD BE A, A WIN-WIN SCENARIO WHEN THEY COME BEFORE US.

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE COUNCILMAN HOSKINS SAID IN HIS PRAYER, YOU WORKED TOGETHER FOR SUCCESS.

AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SPIRIT HERE.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER FOR SUCCESS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

I MEAN, THEY MAY WALK AWAY WITH A, A BETTER DEAL WHEN THEY CAME, WHEN THEY COME BEFORE COUNCIL.

AND THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO, TO HELP THEM GET WHERE, WHERE WE ALL WANT THEM TO BE.

AND, AND THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE.

I THINK THAT, THAT PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN YOU REALLY DIG DOWN, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE AS WELL.

YES, SIR.

COUNCILMAN PRESLEY LIVES IN THIS DISTRICT.

THE ONLY TIME I'M DOWN HERE IS WHEN MY DAUGHTER WANTS SOME ICE CREAM MOVIE NIGHT OR ANY, IF WE'RE HAVING ANY OTHER EVENT.

AND THAT'S NORMALLY IN DAYLIGHT HOURS WHERE I, I DON'T SEE WHAT GOES ON THAT OFFENDS HIM, BUT LIVING IN HIM, LIVING IN THE DISTRICT, I HAVE TO TAKE HIS WORD FOR IT.

NOT ONLY THAT, HE HAS COMMUNICATION WITH HIS CONSTITUENTS.

HE KNOWS WHEN, WHO, WHEN HE SEES THAT NUMBER ON THE CALLER ID, HE PROBABLY HAS A PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHAT THEY'RE CALLING FOR ALREADY.

RIGHT? SURE.

AND HE'S SEEN SOME THINGS SOME OF US HAVEN'T SEEN AND PROBABLY WILL NOT SEE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT OUT THERE AS MUCH AS HE IS.

WE DON'T LIVE OVER THERE LOOKING AT THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.

AND OFF OF, PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT MS. BENTON COURT SAID, IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THAT MUCH.

TOWN SQUARE STILL WOULD BE OPEN BASED OFF OF PERMITTING.

I COULD FULLY SUPPORT THAT.

AND ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY IS BRINGING IT INTO CONFORMITY OF WHAT EL WHAT ELSE WE'RE DOING AROUND THE CITY, UM, SURPRISES ME THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD IT WIDE OPEN FOR THAT.

AND THEN EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY, WE HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS THERE.

I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN, AN EXCELLENT IDEA TO, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

YES SIR.

WHERE DID, WHERE DID WE COME UP WITH THE 300 FEET STATE LAW? IT'S IN, IT'S IN OUR, UH, CHAPTER SIX.

WHERE DID 300 FEET COME FROM? YES, FROM THE TA FROM THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CODE.

WHAT THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CODE SAYS.

BECAUSE I RECALL DEALING WITH THIS ONCE BEFORE ON ON SCHOOL BOARD AND THEIR DISTANCING WAS, IF I RECALL, 150 FEET.

SO IF WE WANTED TO GO LESS THAN 300 FEET, COULD WE DO THAT? STUMP THEM? WELL, I THINK IT'S 300 FEET.

I DON'T REMEMBER 300 FEET WHAT THE CODE SAYS, BUT I CAN LOOK AND SEE IF IT SAYS UP TO OR, OR SOMETHING.

BUT THAT'S

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I THINK WE GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLD IF WE MASSAGE THE, THE LINEAR FEET THAT WE HAVE TO RESTRICT OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

MAYBE WE OUGHT LOOK AT THAT, BUT TYPICALLY THAT WOULD BE CITYWIDE AT THAT POINT.

SO YOU'D BE IMPACTING THE REST OF THE CITY IN THAT DECISION AS WELL? YES.

WELL, LEE COLLEGE HAS CERTAIN RULES THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE GOOSE CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES.

AND IF ANYTHING, ALL THREE ENTITIES SHOULD BE AT THE SAME FOOTAGE.

THE ONLY OTHER CAVEAT TO THROW IN THERE IS THE CHURCHES.

I I THINK WE OUGHT TO PROTECT WHAT'S AROUND THE CHURCHES AND THE SCHOOLS AND, UH, DAYCARES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UH, MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT, DO SOME MORE RESEARCH ON THAT AND FIND OUT IF WE CAN DO THAT.

SO I THINK ALL THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH IT, WHAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID.

I THINK THE IDEA, THIS, THIS HERE WILL YOU SAY, WILL, IT WILL INITIATE THE PROCESS WHICH, WHICH WE, I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, BUT I THINK THEN AT THAT POINT, IF, IF THERE'S ANY ESTABLISHMENT HERE, WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION REGARDING THE, THE TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT.

AGREE.

BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OPEN AREAS.

AGREE.

I AGREE.

I WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE.

SO SUPPORT, I WAS TRYING TO, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

'CAUSE THIS WAS A PRETTY VAGUE LOOKING AGENDA ITEM.

SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST A DIFFERENT WAY TO APPROACH IT.

BUT, UM, I THINK AT LEAST FOR ME, THE EIGHT BLOCK AREA, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO, I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD LIKE TO, TO SEE HOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF AREA THAT'S OPEN, HOW DO WE PREVENT, LIKE YOU SAY THE, WHAT'D YOU CALL IT, SHOOT 'EM UP, SHOOT SEVEN, SHOOT 'EM UP.

SO, SO THAT WOULD BE MORE OF MY CONCERN.

THAT SHOULD BE MORE OF THE CONCERN, OBVIOUSLY FOR THE CONSTITUENTS YOU HAVE IN THE AREA.

UM, I'M NOT REALLY WORRIED NOW AT THE TOWN SQUARE AND THE 100 BLOCK SO MUCH WITH REMOVING THIS EXEMPTION, BUT I AM CONCERNED WITH WHAT TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENTS WE WANT THEM TO COME THERE.

I THINK, I THINK THE IDEA IS YOU SAY A CARROT, WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH WHAT IS THAT CRITERIA OF WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT IS THAT CRITERIA OF WHAT WE DON'T WANT.

AND, AND I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

SO WE HAVE ONE UNDERTAKING AND THE, THE, THE LAST REPORT I'VE SEE RECEIVED, THE PHYSICAL BUILDING IS LESS THAN 500 SQUARE FEET.

AND THE GOAL DOWN THERE IS TO RENOVATE BUILDINGS IMPROVE THE AREA.

SO THEY'VE APPLIED FOR AN ALCOHOL PERMIT YET THE LAST REPORT THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY MANAGER WHEN HE CHECKED WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WE CANNOT DO, WE CANNOT COMPEL THEM TO APPLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT FOR A CO.

AND LIKE I SAY, WE JUST WANT ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF.

THIS IS, I LOOK AT IT AS A JOINT VENTURE.

I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO HELP OUT FINANCIALLY LISTEN TO THAT, YOU KNOW, BREW PUB, MICRO PUB, COME ON.

WE'LL, WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP, BUT WE JUST, WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY SO IN THAT PROCESS, AND IT'S NOT ONE, NOT COME ONE COME ALL AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET.

WE'VE DONE THAT AND FOLKS WON'T CHANGE.

AND I DON'T WANNA GET POLITICAL HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, LAURA AND MYSELF, I MEAN A LOT OF A, A BIG PERCENTAGE OF OUR RESIDENTS AGREED WITH US IN THE FORM OF AN ELECTION.

AND WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AS, AS GOOD AS WE CAN REASONABLY AND IN THE SPIRIT OF WORKING TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S ALL THIS IS.

IT WASN'T JUDGE MAYOR.

WELL, LET ME, LET ME ADD ONE THING BEFORE YOU SPEAK, PLEASE.

UM, SO I WOULD SUGGEST FOR, FOR WHERE MS. ALVARADO, THIS IS WHY I ASKED THIS TO DRAW SOME BUBBLES.

WHEN I SAID LET'S DRAW THE CIRCLES AROUND AND SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I WOULD ASK THAT WE DO THE SAME FOR WHATEVER AREA OF CONCERN THAT YOU HAVE.

'CAUSE I'M ASSUMING YOU WANT THE SAME TYPE OF PROCESS.

IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.

IF YOU CAN'T GET WITH ARE YOU SAYING POSTPONE THIS? NO, I'M NOT SAYING WAIT UNTIL SHE DOES THAT.

THAT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM.

NO, NO.

I MEAN, BUT THERE WILL BE I THINK UPCOMING, BUT THAT WOULD ALREADY BE IN PLACE BECAUSE THERE IS NO RESTRICTION IN THE AREA OF TOWN, IN HER AREA OF TOWN.

SO THAT WOULD ALREADY BE IN PLACE.

SO YEAH.

BUT FOR TONIGHT THERE'S NOT AN ACTION ANONYMOUS IS DISCUSS.

I UNDERSTAND.

THAT'S COOL.

SO THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADD, AND, AND I KNOW WE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE RESIDENTS, BUT I, I FEEL THAT EVEN THE BUSINESS OWNERS ALONG TEXAS AVENUE HAS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT.

I KNOW COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND I, UH, WENT ONE DAY AND WALKED ALL THROUGH TEXAS AVENUE AND TALKED TO THE DIFFERENT BUSINESS OWNERS AND, UH, I WOULD SAY A MAJORITY OF THEM, IF NOT ALL, MENTIONED THE TYPES OF BARS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE AND THAT THEY NEEDED TO GO.

AND SO, AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST RESIDENTS, BUT IT'S ALSO THE BUSINESS OWNERS.

SURE.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN 20 20 20 21.

I'VE SET EVERYTHING UP, SO, OKAY.

AND I APPRECIATE THE, UH, BEARING WITH ME, MAYOR.

OH, NO PROBLEM.

TRYING TO GET THERE WITH YOU.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR A,

[a. Consider an ordinance establishing the City of Baytown's 2020-21 Tourism Partnership Grant Program allocations.]

TOURISM PARTNERSHIP GRANT PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS.

MS. Y GOOD EVENING COUNSEL IN HERE.

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SEE IF I GET THAT LOW ENOUGH.

UM, HERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, EACH YEAR THE TOURISM DIVISION ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FROM BAYTOWN TOURISM FOR THE BAYTOWN TOURISM PARTNERSHIP GRANT PROGRAM.

THAT LOUD ENOUGH, DO I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE? UH, FOR WHICH PROCEDURES WERE ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2013, 12, SORRY.

UM, THE TEXAS TAX CODE 3 51 ALLOWS FOR PORTIONS OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE TO BE, UH, RE AWARDED TO QUALIFYING OR ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE PROGRAMS FALL INTO AT LEAST ONE OF THE QUALIFYING CATEGORIES.

THAT INCLUDES ADVERTISING AND EVENTS, PROMOTING AND ADVERTISING ARTS AND ARTS EVENTS, AS WELL AS HISTORICAL RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES.

EACH YEAR DURING THE CITY'S BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS, CERTAIN, A CERTAIN SUM IS DESIGNATED AND IDENTIFIED FOR THIS USE OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

THIS YEAR IT INCLUDES ALLOCATING UP TO $85,000 IN QUALIFYING EXPENDITURES FOR ADVERTISING EVENTS AND ARTS OR, AND UP TO $20,000 IN HISTORICAL RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES.

11 ORGANIZATIONS RETURNED 12 APPLICATIONS.

EACH APPLICATION IN THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES WERE EVALUATED BY THE HOT GRANT COMMITTEE TO ASSURE THAT IT FALLS WITHIN ONE OF THE QUALIFYING CATEGORIES.

SO I JUST LISTED AND SHOWS THAT THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES PROMOTE BAYTOWN TOURISM, UM, AND OR THE BAYTOWN HOTEL INDUSTRY.

THERE SHOULD BE A CHART IN FRONT OF YOU.

OH, HERE WE GO.

UM, ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS WERE ELIGIBLE AND QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE FUNDS.

I DO WANNA MENTION, UNFORTUNATELY YESTERDAY I DID HEAR FROM MARK PENNY WITH PROJECT BLUE AND THE JAILBREAKER RUN.

THAT EVENT HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL 2022.

SO THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE LIST.

SO I'M SO SAD TO HEAR ABOUT THIS EVENT.

IT'S A GREAT EVENT.

UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES HERE.

SO AT THIS POINT, WE NOW HAVE $87,500 IN RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE, THE NEW, UH, ALLOTMENT THAT YOU CAN SEE.

ONE OTHER SMALL CHANGE.

UH, THE CHRISTMAS ON TEXAS AVENUE EVENT IS STILL GOING AND GOING STRONG.

HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM A TWO DAY EVENT TO A ONE DAY EVENT.

SO, SLIGHT CHANGE IN ACTIVITIES THERE, BUT THEY'RE STILL, THEY'RE STILL GOING.

SO, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT ANY, ANY QUESTIONS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ALL SO I'LL, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

I GUESS I'D CONSIDER A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR, A MOVE TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ARE THOSE IN FAIR? ITEM FOUR A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

ARE THOSE OPPOSED? MAYOR, I'LL HAVE TO STATE ABSTAIN.

I WILL ALSO.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE TWO ABSTENTIONS.

I'M, I'M ASSUMING YOU FILED THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK WITH OUR CITY CLERK? YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, GREAT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Earnest Money Contract with Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District concerning approximately 2.17 acres along Market Street.]

FOUR B.

CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN EARNEST MONEY CONTRACT WITH GOOSE CREEK CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT CONCERNING APPROXIMATELY 2.17 ACRES ALONG MARKET STREET.

MS. HORNER, THIS IS A TWO POINT, UM, ONE SEVEN ACRES ON MARKET STREET THAT THE SCHOOL'S LOOKING AT THAT WE'VE TALKED WITH, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE.

THIS IS THE EARNEST MONEY CONTRACT.

THE, UM, THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY BASICALLY IS THE SAME AMOUNT AS IT WOULD TAKE FOR THE COST TO REMEDIATE THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? SO THIS PROPOSAL OR THIS EARNEST MONEY AGREEMENT, UM, IS NO, NO TRANSFER OF MONEY, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE A RELEASE AND IT'S AS IS WHERE IS SALE OF THE PROPERTY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL REMEDIATE IT.

UM, MS. ALDO WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR B.

MOTION APPROVE ITEM FOUR B, SECOND MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM FOUR B IS PRESENTED.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

MOVE TO ITEM TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY, WE

[5. 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.]

IT IS ITEMS A THROUGH HI THINK G IS, UH, NOT TO BE CONSIDERED.

SO THAT ITEM IS, IS JUST PULLED, BUT WE DO, WE WILL TAKE, WE'LL, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO PULL IT AND SUSPEND.

SO, MR. HOSKINS, THAT'S THE PROPER PROCEDURE FOR ROBERT.

BEFORE YOU'RE GONE,

[g. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Industrial District Agreement with Convestro, LLC.]

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR YOU TO PULL AND SUSPEND ITEM, UH, 5G, UH, TO THE OP.

IT'S VERY SPECIFIC HERE, BUT OCTOBER 22ND MEETING, MOVE TO POSTPONE ITEM, UH, 5G TO A LATER DATE.

OCTOBER 22ND, UH, MEETING.

ALL RIGHT, MR. HESSEL, WE'LL GET EVERYTHING WE CAN OUT OF YOU TOO.

WILL YOU SECOND THAT MOTION? SECOND ? ALRIGHT, UH, SHOTS.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAYOR? YES.

ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS WE DO BELIEVE WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE WITH, UH, WITH, UH, TRO.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE COMING NEXT WEEK.

GREAT.

IN, UH, WITH, IN THE, IN THE WORKS WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE ITEM FIVE, GH IS STILL NECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVELY, IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS FAIRLY ADMINISTRATIVE.

SO MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WITH THAT WE HAVE AN AGREE IN,

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ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, NOW WE'LL HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH F AND, OH, EXCUSE ME.

SO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT.

UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS POINT NOW TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, FOR ITEMS, UH, OF CONSENT, A THROUGH F AND H, MOVE FOR PROOF.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONSENT AGENDA THAT REMAINS, PLEASE SAY AYE.

SIX A, RECEIVE THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS OF ONE REPRESENTATIVE AND ONE ALTERNATE TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL, MS. BRI, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR YOU WANT ME TO JUST TAPE? NO, SIR.

THOSE OPPOSED? ITEM

[a. Receive the Mayor's appointments of one (1) representative and one (1) alternate to the H-GAC Transportation Policy Council.]

IT'S ALL YOUR, OKAY.

SO WITH, UH, SOME, SOME DEPARTURES, UH, COMING FROM THIS END OF THE TABLE, UM, WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN HOSKINS, HE'S, HE CERTAINLY HAS SERVED AS WELL ON THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL.

UM, HE WILL DEPAR BE, HE WILL BE DEPARTING US SOON.

SO WITH THAT, UH, THE ALTERNATE IS MS. BITTEN COURT.

SO I WILL BE APPOINTED MS. BITTEN COURT AS THE PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF BAYTOWN.

I'LL ALSO BE APPOINTED MYSELF BECAUSE I HAVE OTHER FOLKS THAT ALREADY SERVE ON SOME OTHER COMMITTEES.

UH, AND THEN, UM, SO I'LL SERVE AS THE ALTERNATE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL.

SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE, UH, APPOINTMENTS.

MOTION TO APPROVE? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THOSE APPOINTMENTS, THEN I'M ASSUMING WE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO ITEM

[b. Consider the appointment of nine (9) members of the Baytown Police Advisory Committee.]

SIX B.

CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF NINE MEMBERS OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO I'M, I, I THINK THE BEST WAY WE CAN HANDLE THIS, I'M JUST GONNA START AT THIS END OF THE TABLE WITH DISTRICT ONE AND WE'LL GO, IF YOU'RE READY TO MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT, PLEASE DO GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR APPOINTMENT'S NAME SO WE CAN GET IT RECORDED AND WE'LL MOVE ON IF YOU'RE NOT READY.

UH, I WILL SAY THE ONE COMMENT THERE WAS, UH, A GOOD AMOUNT OF APPLICANTS, VERY GOOD POOL OF APPLICANTS.

I HOPE EACH OF YOU HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO GO AND REVIEW THOSE MM-HMM .

UM, IF THEY'RE NOT, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST FIT FOR YOU, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BUT THERE'S, THEY MAY BE A GOOD FIT FOR OTHER COMMITTEES.

UM, CERTAINLY WITH COUNCIL, KIND OF TAKING AN APPROACH OF TRYING TO GET SOME NEW, SOME NEW CITIZENS INVOLVED WITH THESE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND, AND SO ON.

UM, I SAW A LOT OF VERY IMPRESSIVE RESUMES AND, AND APPLICATIONS, SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT IN ANY OF YOUR FUTURE APPOINTMENTS.

SO, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON.

UM, NOW TO, UH, DISTRICT ONE.

UH, MS. ALVARADO, WHAT IS YOUR APPOINTMENT TO THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE? MAYOR, MY APPOINTMENT WILL BE MS. YOLANDA BRAXTON.

MAYOR, I'M NOT QUITE READY, BUT I WILL BE SELECTING FROM THE, UH, CURRENT POOL OF CANDIDATES.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS SIR.

YOU HAVE TO COMMENT ALSO.

YES, SIR.

PLEASE.

UM, BEFORE I GIVE MY APPOINTMENT, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT THEY'VE TAKEN AND COMPILING THESE NAMES, ACCEPTING THESE APPLICATIONS AND WHY I SAY APPLICATION, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE RESUMES THAT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

BEEN ON COUNCIL FIVE YEARS AND I'VE NOT SEEN THIS, THIS MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO PARTICIPATE ON COMMITTEES IN THE FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.

UM, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT UPON RECEIVING THE PACKETS WITH ALL THE INFORMATION AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I WALKED TO MY CAR FROM THE PARKING LOT AND STARTED CALLING PEOPLE.

I CALLED FIVE PEOPLE FROM THE PARKING LOT THAT NIGHT AND I DECIDED TO CHOOSE SOMEONE FROM MY DISTRICT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE VERY MANY APPLICANTS FROM MY DISTRICT.

THE PERSON THAT I AM THAT I'VE CHOSEN IS MS. JUNE STANSKI.

THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

AND, AND I CERTAINLY WILL ECHO.

UM, AS FAR AS THE DEPRECIATION FOR THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, THEY, I MEAN, THEY WENT OUT TO, UH, GROCERY STORES.

THEY, THEY REALLY WENT TO DO A GOOD, UM, OUTREACH OF ANY AREAS THAT WE THINK THAT WE COULD GET PEOPLE THAT WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE AWARE THAT WE'RE SEEKING APPOINTMENTS AND SO ON.

AND SO I, I DID ALREADY PERSONALLY TELL HER THANK YOU, BUT, BUT PUBLICLY, TEAM EFFORT, THE LIBRARY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT TO HOLD WITH.

THANK YOU.

UH, MISS CITY CLERK AND OBVIOUSLY ALL, ALL THE FOLKS AT THE LIBRARY AND, AND ALL WHO PARTICIPATED AND TRYING TO REALLY REACH OUT, THAT WAS WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE CITIZENS IS HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHEN THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE BEING MADE? HOW DO WE, HOW CAN WE BE MADE AWARE? AND SO WE DID EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER, UH, USING ALL, ALL FORMS OF MEDIA TO DO THAT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU.

MY APPOINTMENT WILL BE, UH, MR. UH, PASTOR RALPH MONTGOMERY.

HE IS, UH, PREVIOUSLY CHAIR OF THE, UH, CEAC, THE CURRENT CAC.

SO I WILL BE REAPPOINTING MR. RALPH MONTGOMERY.

HE IS, HE'S IN THE ETJ.

UH, SO HE WILL BE MY APPOINTMENT.

UM, AND SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISTRICT FOUR.

I DO NOT HAVE MY APPOINTMENT AT THIS TIME.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT, UH, REVEREND ERIC

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OCKER.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

MY APPOINTMENT WILL BE MIKE BEARD.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SEL.

ALRIGHT, SO WE, THOSE ARE RECORDED.

SO FOR THOSE, I'M ASSUMING THIS WILL BE A AGENDA ITEM IN OUR NEXT MEETING? YES, SIR.

UH, THEN, THEN WE'LL GO AND WE'LL TRY TO CAPTURE THE REST, THE REMAINING APPOINTMENTS.

AND, UH, THE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, APPOINTMENT IS STEVE OCON AND THE POLICE CHIEF'S APPOINTMENT IS, UH, RENEE NOOSA.

VERY GOOD OFFICERS.

VERY, VERY GOOD APPOINTMENTS CHIEF.

AND YOU TOO.

GREAT.

ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD OFFICERS.

IT'S GREAT TO, TO HEAR THAT, THAT TYPE OF, UM, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS COMMITTEE IS FORMING VERY WELL AND I, I BELIEVE AT YOUR PLACE, UM, THERE, THERE WAS SOME CRITERIA ON TRYING TO PREVENT OR TRYING TO, TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A GOOD MIX, UH, OF, OF, OF REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, WE MAY NOT HIT IT EXACT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT, BUT WE DO WANT A GOOD MIX OF, UH, THE TYPE OF, UH, CHARACTERISTICS, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO MALE, FEMALE, UH, SLASH UH, RACE AND SO ON, ON THIS, ON THIS COMMITTEE.

SO THAT, I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY GOOD INFORMATION FOR YOU.

IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN MEET THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

YES, MA'AM.

I NEED A OH, A FIRST AND A SECOND.

I WILL.

THANK YOU MA'AM FOR REMINDING ME.

YES, MA'AM.

SO WE HAVE THE NAMES THAT ARE SUBMITTED.

UM, SO FAR IT'S, UH, MS. MS. BRAXTON, MS. DANSKY, UH, PASTOR ER, PASTOR MONTGOMERY, AND, UH, MR. BEARD AND MR. OFFICER OCON.

OH.

AND, AND THE OFFICERS OCONUS AND RENEE OSA MOVE TO APPROVE.

SAID NAMES SECOND.

MAYOR COUNSEL? YES, COUNCILMAN.

WE HAVE MOTION IN MULTIPLE SECONDS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED OR RECOMMENDED, I GUESS, UH, PLEASE SAY AYE.

A AYE AYE.

OF THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO

[7. 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.]

THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

JUST A SHOUT OUT, UH, TO A COUPLE OF OUR OFFICERS WHO RECEIVED SOME KUDOS FROM THE PARA AND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN A MISSING PERSONS INVESTIGATION.

UH, JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT CANINE OFFICERS, UH, DAVID LAMBERT AND HEATHER SHED, UH, FOR REALLY CASTING A, A VERY, UH, FAVORABLE, UH, LIGHT ON OUR DEPARTMENT IN OUR CITY AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN COLLABORATION, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES WITH THE PARA AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO KUDOS TO THEM.

GREAT.

GOOD NEWS.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I WANNA SAY GIVE KUDOS.

I WAS OUT FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE HEARD RESIDENTS SAY ANYTHING ABOUT A MOSQUITO.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT IS AMAZING, HONESTLY.

UM, EVER FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.