[ BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020 4:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 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: 871 9813 9144. For telephone conferencing please use the following toll-free number: 1-888-788-0099, Meeting ID: 871 9813 9144. 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 Assistant Secretary 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. 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. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]
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AND I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
THIS IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH.
WE ARE IN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
[1. MINUTES]
HAVE ITEM ONE A.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, REGULAR MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2020.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ABSTENTIONS, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ITEM NUMBER TWO, A, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH, WITH THE BAYTOWN AREA WEST CHAMBERS COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.
MR. PRESIDENT, IF WE COULD SKIP THOSE.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE ASSIGNED AGREEMENTS OR THE 1290 FIVES YET.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BRING 'EM WITH THEM, BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THIS WILL BE EVEN QUICKER.
[a. Receive the Baytown Municipal Development District's Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending September 30, 2020.]
SO ITEM THREE A.LOOKS LIKE WE WILL, UH, RECEIVE THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT'S QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020.
UH, AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING REPETITIVE, THE MESSAGE REMAINS THE SAME.
UH, TO BORROW AGAIN FROM CHARLES DICKENS, MR. BERT WOULD BE DELIGHTED WITH OUR PERFORMANCE.
OUR ANNUAL INCOME FAR EXCEEDS OUR ANNUAL EXPENDITURE.
AND THE RESULTS, SIR, IS HAPPINESS.
SO I THREE B, RECEIVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION'S FOURTH QUARTER.
I'M ASSUMING WE'RE NOT GONNA RECEIVE THAT ITEM EITHER, ARE WE? UNLESS SOMEBODY'S GONNA PRESENT FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION'S FOURTH QUARTER REPORT.
SO WITH THAT, THEN WE WOULD CONSIDER ITEM THREE B AS RECEIVED.
[4. MANAGER'S REPORT]
SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO OUR MANAGER REPORT.NOTHING, UH, TO, I, I CAN ONLY, UH, VAGUELY TELL YOU THAT, UH, THINGS ARE GOING WELL WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR, UH, OUR PROJECTS.
AND, UH, WE HAVE SOME EXCITING, UH, THINGS COMING UP IN INCLUDING, UM, A COUPLE OF GROUNDBREAKINGS OR, UH, PROPERTY DEDICATIONS COMING UP, UH, NEXT WEEK HAVE TO DO WITH THE CHANDLER ARBORETUM.
ALSO THE, UM, THE, UH, ROSE ROSELAND PARK, ROSELAND PARK, ROSELAND PARK PAVILION.
WE'RE GONNA DO A GROUNDBREAKING, AND THEN WE WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE SCHEDULES OF OUR DEPARTING COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THEY CAN BE PART OF THOSE EVENTS.
UH, AND, UH, WE ALSO, LIKELY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'LL, UH, WE CAN, UH, ALSO, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH A COMPANY CALLED, UH, INTEGRATED VIRUS PROTECTION TO MM-HMM
WE'RE GONNA BE ANNOUNCING SOME, UH, VERY EXCITING NEW TECHNOLOGY WE'RE GONNA BOTH IMPLEMENT.
AND ALSO WE HOPE THAT WE CAN, UM, UH, PERHAPS ENTERTAIN THE POSSIBILITY OF THEIR, UH, HAVING A MORE ACTIVE PART IN MANUFACTURING IN BAYTOWN.
THAT'D BE PART OF OUR, UH, AS WELL.
AND, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN, OF COURSE, THE BOARD AND BEING GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO, UH, PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, UH, FOR THE GINGER CREEK PARK, THAT EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ORDERED, AND WE WILL, UH, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM CITIZENS, WILL SOON BE PART OF A, A NEW PARK HERE IN BAYTOWN.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THAT IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.
AND WITH THAT, UH, BOARD, WE WILL, UH, SEE YOU ALL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 2020.
I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE VERY SAD TO SEE 2020, UH, LEAVE
UH, BUT HEY, BUT WITH MELANCHOLY COMES HOPE FOR A NEW YEAR.
UH, AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE EVERY REASON IN BAYTOWN TO BE VERY OPTIMISTIC IN THE COMING YEAR.
SO WE'LL SEE YOU ON JANUARY THE SEVENTH, UH, AT FOUR 30.
UNLESS WE CALL A SPECIAL MEETING BEFORE THAT TIME.
AND BASED ON HOW ELECTIONS ARE GOING NATIONALLY, UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HOSKINS WILL STILL BE ON THE BOARD
WELL, FIRST YOU SCARED ME WHEN YOU, WHEN YOUR PREFACE WAS, WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE, RIGHT,
I'M, I'M TOLD THAT, UH, ELECTION RESULTS ARE COMING IN, IN THE DISTRICT.
FIVE AND SIX RACES ARE COMING IN REALLY SLOW.
THEY HAVEN'T, LIKE, I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHISPERING PINES AND IT'S REALLY GET COMING IN REALLY SLOW.
THERE'S SOME HANGING CHADS, I'M NOT SURE.
OUR, OUR CITY CLERK, SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE GOT HER CHRISTMAS WISH.
SHE HAS TWO RUNOFF RACES TO GO IN AND CHRISTMAS WISH AND, UH, CONDUCT.
SO, UH, LUCKY FOR MS. BRI, RIGHT? YEAH.
[b. Receive the Economic Development Foundation's fourth quarter report for Fiscal Year 2019-2020.]
SO I DID SEE THAT MR. BJ SIMON DID ENTER.SO I WOULD, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN IF HE IS READY TO PRESENT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION'S FOURTH QUARTER REPORT.
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UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.YOU KNOW, WE ALMOST MISSED YOU
UM, THIS REPORT THAT YOU HAVE, UH, BEFORE YOU IS FOR A PERIOD, UH, REPORTING PERIOD JULY ONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, UH, TECHNICALLY THE FOURTH QUARTER, UH, OF OUR CONTRACT.
UH, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, THE FOUNDATION RESPONDED TO OR PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO FOUR NINE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.
UM, DESPITE THE COVID AND ITS IMPACTS, UH, WE CONTINUE TO BE BUSY.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE WERE TWO, UH, VIRTUAL SITE VISITS THAT WE HOSTED DURING THAT TIME.
PROJECT PANDA, WHICH IS A PETROCHEMICAL PROJECT, AND, UH, PROJECT FALCON, WHICH IS A LOGISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION PROJECT, UH, TIED TO A SIGNIFICANT RETAILER, UH, PROJECT.
UM, THE FIRST, UH, ITEM THAT'S NOTED THERE IS, UH, HUNT SOUTHWEST.
THEY BROKE GROUND AND GOING VERTICAL ON A MILLION SQUARE FOOT OR A MILLION PLUS SQUARE FOOT, UH, IN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN THE CEDAR PORT INDUSTRIAL PARK.
UM, THEIR CLIENTELE ARE THE FOLKS THAT THEY'RE TARGETING OR TARGET TO RELATED TO E-COMMERCE AND ING AREA.
BECAUSE OF, UH, COVID, UH, E-COMMERCE IS CONTINUING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AREA OF INTEREST.
UM, THE SECOND NOTE IS, UM, A PROJECT THAT, UH, CITES AR LOGISTICS.
THEY'RE, UH, THEY PURCHASED PLANT LOGISTICS.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE VISITED SOME OF THEIR FACILITIES OVER IN THE AMERICORPS INDUSTRIAL PARK.
AND AR LOGISTICS IS PURCHASED PLANT, UH, LOGISTICS AND GOING FORWARD WITH SOME ADDITIONAL EXPANSIONS IN, UH, AMERICORP.
AND THE LAST ITEM IS JUST A REFERENCE TO THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE FOUNDATION HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SUPPORT RELATED TO THE BATTLESHIP OF TEXAS, UH, RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE CONTINUE OBVIOUSLY MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SOME TIME WORKING IN CONCERT WITH, UH, BRETT CARDELLA AND STAFF RELATED TO REFERRALS AND CONTINUED, UH, REFERRALS FOR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
GOING ON TO, UH, PAGE TWO, UH, INCUBATOR WITHOUT WALLS, THAT AREA, THAT ACTIVITY CONTINUES.
WE CONTINUE TO, UH, UH, PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, EFFORTS TO DEVELOP THE BRUNSON ENTREPRENEUR CENTER.
THAT CONCEPT HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME.
I THINK RIGHT NOW THERE ARE THREE, UH, MEMBERS, IF YOU WILL, THAT ARE IN THAT FACILITY.
SO, UH, THAT'S MOVING ALONG AND WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO OFFER IT AS PART OF OUR RESPONSES TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AS A SPACE, UH, FOR COWORKING.
UM, WE CONTINUE OUR ENTREPRENEUR DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND REFERRALS TO LEE COLLEGE.
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER IS NOTED THERE UNDER BR AND E AND REDEVELOPMENT.
WE CONTINUE OUR WORK TO SUPPORT, UH, THE CITY'S EFFORTS FOR REDEVELOPMENT IN THE BAYWAY AND MARKET STREET CORRIDORS.
UH, WE CONTINUE OUR SUPPORT EFFORTS RELATED TO BAYLON ISLAND AND THE HOTEL AND THE CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT, AND HAVE CONDUCTED MEETINGS AND OUR CONVERSATIONS, UM, AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ENTITIES THAT ARE NOTED ON THAT.
LAST BULLET, UH, BULLET ON PAGE TWO.
AND, UH, ON, UH, PAGE THREE UNDER PUBLIC POLICY.
WE CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, LONGSTANDING EFFORTS RELATED TO INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION, UH, CEDAR BAYOU, T DOT, UH, HGAC AND OTHERS.
UM, WE CONTINUE OUR WORK IN ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, STRATEGY, BEING MEMBERS OF THE AIR CODE BOARD AND, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN CHAMBERS COUNTY FOR THEIR REGIONAL, UH, DRAINAGE AND DETENTION.
WE CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH LEE COLLEGE TO GOOSE CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT, BARBERSVILLE, ISD, AND OTHERS.
MOVING ON TO PAGE FOUR, UM, EFFORTS RELATED TO, UH, TAX ABATEMENT AND INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. WE FACILITATE AND CONTINUE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO VARIOUS INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. CITY OF BAYTOWN, HARRIS COUNTY, CHAMBERS COUNTY, AND STATE OF TEXAS.
WE CONTINUE OUR WORK, UH, RELATED TO POTENTIAL PROJECTS IN OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS.
UH, WE, UM, PROVIDED, UM, AN UPDATE TO THE LOCAL CAP, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY PANEL.
UM, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT.
GOING ON TO PAGE FIVE, UH, CONTINUE OUR FOREIGN TRADE ZONE WORK.
THERE HAVE, UM, BEEN THREE NEW APPLICANTS FOR USER-DRIVEN FOREIGN TRADE ZONE DESIGNATIONS, BOTH ONE IN THE, UH, FTZ 84, WHICH IS HARRIS COUNTY, PORT OF HOUSTON, AND TWO IN FDZ 1 71 IN CHAMBERS COUNTY.
UNDER THE CATEGORY OF COMPILATION AND DISSEMINATION OF, UH, ECONOMIC, UH, BUSINESS RELATED DATA, WE CONTINUE OUR WORK, UH, TO PROVIDE ANALYTICS.
UM, UPON REQUEST, GOING ON PAGE SIX, UM, COORDINATION WITH REGIONAL ALLIES.
WE CONTINUE OUR WORK AND SUPPORT WITH THE GULF COAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UH, HCAC, HARRIS COUNTY, CITY OF BAYTOWN, GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP AND OTHERS.
UM, WE CONTINUE OUR WORK, UH, RELATED TO OPPORTUNITY ZONE AND NEW MARKET, UH, TAX CREDIT STRATEGY AS NOTED THERE.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO PROMOTING THE AREA FOR CONVENTIONS AND TO VISITORS AND BUSINESS AND TOURISM, WE PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ON, ON A ROUTINE BASIS AS PART OF OUR RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.
AND AS NOTED PREVIOUSLY, OUR SUPPORT EFFORTS, UH, FOR THE BAILIN ISLAND HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER PROJECT
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AND THE BATTLESHIP OF TEXAS.AND THEN LASTLY, ON PAGE SEVEN, WE CONTINUE OUR, UH, RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM.
AND SO TO BE GLAD TO ANSWER, ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SIMON? MM, NOPE.
I THINK THE LAST, UH, BEEN SOME TIME, UM, I THINK, UH, SINCE MARCH, I GUESS.
WE THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST ON A LONG VACATION.
IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THOSE ARE ALL THE POST AGENDA ITEMS, UNLESS THERE'S ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY MDD BOARD MEMBERS.
IF NOT, THEN BEING THAT THE MDD HAS, UH, ADDRESSED ALL POST AGENDA ITEMS AS MEETING'S NOW ADJOURNED, GO BACK INTO OH, THE, THE TWO A AND B.
OH, HE BROUGHT THE PAPERWORK IN.
NOBODY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO MOTION.
AH, I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS COMING WITH BEARING GIFTS.
SO WE WILL RETURN TO ITEM TWO A AND B.
[2. PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS]
SO ITEM TWO A WILL BE FIRST TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE BAYTOWN AREA WEST CHAMBERS COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.I GUESS I ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM TWO.
I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND IF I MAY.
CAN, CAN SOMEBODY FROM STAFF KIND OF JUST GIVE A GENERAL DESCRIPTION BETWEEN, FOR ITEM YOU CAN REALLY DESCRIBE ITEM TWO A AND B, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO THE, THIS, ANYTHING THAT HAS CHANGED OR JUST SURE.
THIS BASICALLY THE SAME CONTRACTS, IF YOU'VE APPROVED BEFORE, THERE ARE SOME SMALL TWEAKS AND I'LL LET, UM, BJ COME UP AND JUST TELL US WHAT THOSE ARE.
IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST FOR, FOR THE, UH, BOARD'S KNOWLEDGE.
THESE CONTRACTS ARE, ARE REVIEWED AND RENEWED, UH, AND APPROVED, UH, EVERY YEAR BY THE MDD.
UH, ONE IS FOR BASIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THE OTHER IS FOR SPECIAL SERVICES.
UH, AND, UM, SO AS NOTED IN THE COVER SHEET, UH, WE, UM, PROVIDE CITYWIDE REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, MARKETING, PUBLIC POLICY, NAMELY, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, CATEGORIES THAT I REPORTED TO YOU.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MINOR TWEAKS BECAUSE IF THE CITY HAS NOW, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPED ITS, UH, OWN INTERNAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, CAPACITY OR ENHANCED IT TO THE DEGREE.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S SOME VERBIAGE IN HERE RELATED TO THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE AS COMPARED TO BEING DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.
AND SO THE SEMANTICS, UH, OR DIFFERENT, UH, BUT THEY ARE A DISTINCTION WITH THE DIFFERENCE, IF YOU WILL, AND THOSE ARE THE MINOR CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED.
YEAH, I, UH, IF I CAN JUST EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
SO WE, YEAH, WE DID HAVE A MEETING, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH, UH, BRETT ELLA ON BOARD NOW WITH THE CITY.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE HAVE A, A VERY CONCENTRATED EFFORT BOTH WITH, WITH WHAT'S IN, WITHIN THE CITIES, UM, UM, STAFFING AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WITH THE ECONOMIC MENT FOUNDATION'S, UH, STAFFING SO THAT WE'RE NOT KIND OF HAVING REDUNDANT CONVERSATIONS.
UH, SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE LARGE SCALE, I WOULD SAY LIKE PROJECT PANDA IN A SENSE.
SO WHERE THAT'S MORE IN THE WHEELHOUSE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONS, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES, PRETTY MUCH SCOPE AND RESPONSIBILITY.
AND THEN THERE'S OTHER THINGS, UH, THAT THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO MAYBE ECONOMIC RETAIL ON A SMALLER SCALE, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, THE, THE GOOD UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT, UH, BOTH THINK THE PARTNER ON, THERE'S A GOOD RELATIONSHIP THERE OBVIOUSLY TO DO THAT.
SO, AND SO THAT WAS JUST KIND OF JUST GETTING THAT OUT BECAUSE ACTUALLY THE, THE EFFORT IS EXPANDED, BUT THE FOCUS IS STILL THE SAME.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, UH, REDUNDANT EFFORTS GOING FORWARD.
SO, UH, BRETT AND BJ AND MIKE, EVERYBODY WORKS TOGETHER WELL AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE ALL, ALL THESE WORKING, UH, TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW WE MAY ADJOURN SINCE WE HAVE ADDRESS ALL, WE VOTE.
SO A MOTION FOR ITEM TWO A AND TWO B MOTION TO, YEAH, WE DO.
TO GET THAT I HAVE HO OVER HONOR FOR TWO A.
AND I GONNA AMEND THAT TO BE TWO A AND TWO B.
AND IT, MR, THAT'S HE MEANT MR. JOHNSON.
MOTION AND JOHNSON MAKES THAT MOTION.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
DID I HIT, DID I HIT? THERE WAS ONLY LIKE FOUR ITEMS, SO I HOPE I DID DO THEM ALL.