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BAYTOWN COUNCIL NEWS BRIEFS
Councilmen sworn in
; A swearing-in ceremony was held to ad-
; minister the oaths of office to Councilmen
; Terry Sain, Robert C. Hoskins and David
; McCartney. All three men resumed their
’ duties as councilmen after being unop-
■ posed in the Nov. 4 general election. Sain
! represents District 4, Hoskins is in District
; 5 and McCartney sits in the District 6 seat.
A reception in their honor was also held at
Baytown City Hall on Thursday.
John Martin improvements
1 • Council authorized advanced funding
! and a professional services agreement for
; a $3 million improvement project along
; John Martin Road.
; The vote was necessary for the prelim-
inary work, designing, engineering and
limited construction aspects of the proj-
ect to proceed. Plans call for the design
of a 700-foot-long stretch of John Martin
north of 1-10 and at the intersection under-
neath the highway. Design improvements
include widening John Martin from two
lanes to four lanes with additional center
turn lanes under the 1-10 overpass. Also,
the design includes improvements to the
signal system at that intersection.
Digital signs
Councilmen amended a city ordinance
to allow certain digital signs along the in-
terstate if they meet certain criteria. Dig-
ital signs are allowed if they are located
' within 200 feet of the interstate, if four
square feet of existing off-premises sign j
area is removed from within city limits for |
each square foot of digital billboard sign >
area proposed, and if all other applica- ;
ble requirements have been satisfied. The j
sign operator will be required to remove ;
existing signs prior to the installation of
any digital sign. The ordinance also re-
quires only static messages be displayed,
that a minimum eight second dwell time
occur for each individual message and
that the city be allowed to use the digital
billboards for public safety/emergency
notices as well as a limited number of mu-
nicipal messages per year, among other j
things.
Property purchase
' Council authorized an earnest money
contract for the purchase of a tract of land
on North Main Street and Texas Avenue.
Acquisition is still contingent upon an in-
spection report and an environmental site
assessment that are satisfaction to the city.
The sale price is $40,000 and closing date
is set for Jan. 16.
Baytown City Manager Bob Leiper
said the property would be used to further
enhance the ACE District and possibly a
site to display the locomotive currently at
Roseland Park. “We would move it here
so it will be a gateway into downtown,”
Leiper said. “But we are just looking at
that as a potential project at this time.”
Moving the beloved train from Roseland
Park could cost about $70,000 and would
involve laying track in the middle of the
road to complete the process.
BY MATT HOLLIS
matt.hollls@baytownsun.com
For the first time in its
80-year history, Lee Col-
lege held commencement
ceremonies in the fall,
giving more than 350 stu-
dents the opportunity to
take the “Walk of Honor”
in December rather than
in May.
Dr. Dale Adams once
again served as the cer-
emony’s Grand Marshal.
He has taught 50 years at
the college, teaching in
the English Department.
The commencement
speaker for the first-ever
fall commencement was
Carolyn Watson, vice
president of corporate re-
sponsibility at JP Morgan
Chase. She promised not
to give a list of do’s and
don’ts, except that it is
never to late to start sav-
ing money for retirement.
Instead, she asked the
students to think about
answering power ques-
tions.
“Power questions
shape your career and
Baytown Sun photo by Matt Hollis
Lee College students receive associate degrees and certifi-
cates Friday at the first-ever fall commencement.
life,” Watson said. “I’ll
give you one that influ-
enced me. It is ‘What do
I want to be when I grow
up?’ It is not just a question
you ask elementary stu-
dents. Take a moment and
look to your life 10 years
from now. Or 20 years
from now. What do you see
in your mind?”
Watson said that human
beings are in the constant
state of change.
“Notice I said change
and not growth,” Watson
said, “growth is a choice.
What does it mean to
grow? It is the act of pro-
cess and development. It
increases our expansion.
It is progressing. Answer-
ing the question of what
do you want to be when
you grow up is essential
because once you commit
to it, that answer becomes
the organizing principle of
your time, money and the
relationships you create."
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Bloom, David. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 240, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 14, 2014, newspaper, December 14, 2014; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1066559/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.