* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS] [00:00:05] ALL RIGHT, CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN REGULAR SESSION ON JUNE 27TH, 2023 AT 6:00 PM UH, ANDY MANN. HERE. TOM COS HERE. TOM CRUISE. HERE. JOHN BOWEN. HERE. JUSTIN HICKS. YES, SIR. CHAD TRESSLER. HERE. SEAN SAUNDERS HERE. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE PASTOR STEVEN RHODES OF BAY HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION TODAY. THANK YOU MAYOR LONG, AND COUNSEL AND CITIZENS, UH, LET'S PRAY. LORD AND CREATOR, THE BOOK OF JAMES TELLS US THAT YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL GOOD AND PERFECT GIFTS. SO THIS DAY IS A GIFT FROM YOU. THE JOY OF COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORS IS A GIFT FROM YOU. THOSE OCCASIONS TO SERVE AND WORK FOR A BETTER WORLD ARE GIFTS FROM YOU. THE WISDOM THAT YOU PROVIDE US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAL AND CARE FOR OTHERS IS A GIFT FROM YOU. SO WE PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR ALL THOSE GIFTS THANKING YOU AND PRAYING YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS COUNCIL TODAY ON ALL WHO WILL SPEAK, ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE, THAT THEY WOULD USE THEIR TALENTS TO LEAD US TO A BETTER TOMORROW. GRANT THEM WISDOM AND COURAGE TO ACT WHEN NEEDED. REFRAIN WHEN APPROPRIATE, TO LISTEN TO ALL VOICES AND TO PUT THE WELLBEING OF COMMUNITY ABOVE ALL ELSE. WE PRAISE YOU FOR EACH OF THEM AND FOR THOSE THAT SUPPORT AND RELY ON THEM. IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. NOW TO THE PLEDGE, THE AMERICAN FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL TO THE TEXAS FLAG ON OR ON A TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE, AN INDIVIDUAL, [3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3A. 23-0288 June 13, 2023 Regular Meeting] THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. THREE. A JUNE 13TH, 2023, REGULAR MEETING. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? HEARING NONE. THESE MEETINGS STAND APPROVED. UH, THERE IS NOTHING UNDER FOUR. [5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL Members of the public are invited to give comments at this time, lasting not longer than 3 minutes. Comments may be general in nature or may address a specific agenda item.] WE'LL GO TO FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL HAVE A LIST. ZERO. OH, HERE'S A LIST. OKAY. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NO LONGER IN THREE MINUTES. COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL NATURE OR ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM. UH, JEFF MARILLO, AND THEN IT WILL BE CHUCK DEFALCO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JEFF MURILLO. I LIVE AT 2,800 EAST LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE, UH, CONFIRM, UH, THE APPOINTMENT OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY STANDARDS AND REVIEW COMMITTEE. I THINK COM. UH, APPOINTING A PARTIAL COMMITTEE IS THE WRONG IDEA FROM THE BEGINNING. IT WAS THREE FROM THE LIBRARY, UH, LIBRARY BOARD, AND THREE, APPOINTED A SPECIALIST WITH A TIE BREAKER, UH, AS THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. UM, TODAY WE ARE ONLY APPOINTING THREE NEW MEMBERS AND THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, WHICH WOULD IMMEDIATELY HAVE A QUORUM AND BE ABLE TO START MEETING AND START DOING DECISIONS ON BOOK BANNINGS WITHOUT THE LIBRARY INVOLVED. THIS IS A BLATANT DISREGARD FOR THE OWN ORDINANCE THAT YOU ALL HAD PASSED. I WOULD LIKE IT IF WE COULD POSTPONE, UH, THE APPOINTMENTS OF THESE PEOPLE UNTIL WE CAN GET A FULL, UH, COMMITTEE APPOINTED, INCLUDING THREE LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS. I KNOW PERSONALLY FROM MEETING WITH MANY OF THE LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS THAT THEY WOULD JUMP AT THE CHANCE TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE. YOU JUST HAVE TO ASK, AND I'M SURE YOU WILL GET, THERE'S, I THINK, SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARDS. YOU COULD GET SEVEN APPLICATIONS TOMORROW. UM, PLEASE, I URGE YOU ALL TO VOTE EITHER TO POSTPONE OR TO VOTE. NO, THIS IS, UH, LIKE THIS IS, UM, AGAINST THE, EXCUSE ME, SORRY. THIS IS AGAINST THE GOODWILL, UH, THE GOOD FAITH READING OF THAT ORDINANCE. I KNOW IT TECHNICALLY SAYS UP TO THREE FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE ALL GOING INTO IN GOOD FAITH. WE NEED THOSE THREE MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD TO BALANCE IT OUT. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT. AND PLEASE, I JUST URGE YOU TO VOTE TO POSTPONE UNTIL WE CAN GET THOSE THREE APPOINTED. UM, AND ALSO IT WAS SAID THAT A DIVERSITY OF VOICES WOULD BE, UM, ON THIS COUNT, ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND THE, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE, UH, NOMINATED TO BE APPOINTED ARE ALL OVER 50, WHICH IS ONLY, UH, 10% OF THE CITY POPULATION. UH, THEY'RE ALL REPUBLICAN. THEY VOTED IN EVERY REPUBLICAN PRIMARY SINCE 20, UH, SINCE 2012. AND THEY'RE ALL, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WHITE, UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I'M WHITE. IT'S NOT A BAD THING TO BE WHITE. BUT, [00:05:01] UM, WE DO HAVE MORE THAN JUST WHITE PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN, AND WE HAVE MORE THAN, UH, REPUBLICANS IN THIS TOWN. SO PLEASE JUST, UH, OPEN YOUR HORIZONS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE AND LET THAT DIVERSITY OF VOICES THAT YOU HAD PROMISED TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE ACTUALLY COME THROUGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A LOVELY REST OF YOUR DAY. CHUCK DEFALCO. CHUCK DEFALCO, 2118 EASTLAND COURT MAYOR. COUNCIL CITIZENS, UH, I'D LIKE TO TALK A FEW MINUTES ABOUT THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE INCREASES. UM, I WASN'T HERE, I WAS OUT OF TOWN WHEN THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING IN LATE MAY, BUT I DID LISTEN TO LAST MEETING AND THERE WAS SOME INTERESTING COMMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS. UM, ONE PROPERTY DEVELOPER SAID SOMETHING THAT INCREASING THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE IN OUR CASE, PROBABLY A HUNDRED PERCENT, WOULD BE DISCOURAGING GROWTH. OKAY? BUT IF WE CHARGE LESS, THAT MEANS THE MONEY'S GOTTA COME FROM SOMEWHERE, AND IT'S PROBABLY POINTED RIGHT AT ME. SO WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE GROWTH? UH, THERE WERE SOME, UM, UH, TECHNICAL ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE CALCULATION AND FUTURE PROJECTED GROWTH. UM, AND LET'S GET THE NUMBERS RIGHT. OKAY. UM, PREDICTING, UH, FUTURE GROWTH IS FRAUGHT WITH UNCERTAINTY BY DEFINITION, AND THAT THOSE NUMBERS CAN BE ARGUED UNTIL THE GRAND PARKWAY IS ALREADY BUILT IN, IN THIS PART OF THE WOODS. SO AT SOME POINT, YOU JUST GOTTA HAVE TO CUT IT OFF. UM, THERE, THERE WAS ALSO MORE THAN ONE PROPERTY DEVELOPER OR PROPERTY DEVELOPER REPRESENTATIVE THAT WANTED TO TABLE THE ISSUE OR POSTPONE FOR 60 OR 90 DAYS, UM, IN ORDER FOR THE PROPERTY DEVELOPERS TO, UM, UH, BETTER FINANCIALLY PLAN THEIR PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT. BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS WOULD JUST BE TIME FOR THEM TO GAIN THE SYSTEM. AND SOMEBODY SAY, WELL, CHUCK, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PROPERTY DEVELOPERS? WELL, I WAS ON A MUD BOARD, GALVESTON COUNTY MUD NUMBER 13 FOR 23 YEARS, AND I WORKED QUITE A LOT WITH, AND SOMETIMES AGAINST PROPERTY DEVELOPERS. UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE. I I, I LOOK AT THE CHART OF WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE CHARGING FOR CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES. WE'RE GET, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS WHERE THE STANDARD IS GOING TO BE. THERE'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF CITIES IN TEXAS THAT ARE NOT ONLY MORE, BUT QUITE A BIT MORE, AND, UH, THAT ARE WHERE WE'RE PROJECTED TO BE. SO I DON'T SEE THAT AS A BIG THING. IT'S CALLED INFLATION. IT'S HAPPENING TO EVERYBODY. THE CORRECT CAPITAL RECOVERY FREE NUMBER IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SO THAT PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CAN PAY ITS OWN WAY. THANK YOU. RIGHT ON TIME. UH, GNE, UH, GNE. GNE, I'VE ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SORRY, JUST ONE. OKAY. PULL IT ALL THE WAY DOWN. YEAH, I KNOW , I'M SHORT. THAT'S OKAY. UM, THIS IS JEANIE SALAHI. I LIVE AT 2102 CASTLE DRIVE. UM, TO PREFACE MY REMARKS, UH, I WANNA QUOTE FROM THAT AUTHOR OF BAND BOOKS, MARK TWAIN. IT WERE NOT BEST THAT WE SHOULD ALL THINK ALIKE. IT IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION THAT MAKES HORSE RACES IN THAT LIGHT OF THE CREATION OF A CITIZEN'S REVIEW COMMITTEE, I FIND IT BAFFLING THAT NOT ONE OF YOU, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS EVER CAME TO A LIBRARY BOARD MEETING TO FIND OUT HOW THE LIBRARY'S ESTABLISHED BOOK CHALLENGE PROTOCOL IS CONDUCTED. I WOULD CONSIDER THAT A LAXNESS OF YOUR DUTIES AS MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE LIBRARY FUNCTIONS. ALL YOU DID WAS PLACE RELIANCE ON WHATEVER SMALL GROUP THAT PREFERS TO LIVE IN A COCOON OF WILFORD WILLFUL IGNORANCE TOLD YOU, CONSIDERING THE DATES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD MEETINGS ARE POSTED ON YOUR CALENDARS, YOU CANNOT CLAIM TO BE UNAWARE OF THESE MEETINGS AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT NAMING THREE LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS TO THE REVIEW COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE 2023 [00:10:01] DASH OH THREE, SECTION 62 DASH 35, WHICH STATES IN PART THREE MEMBERS SHALL ALSO BE MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD PASSED AND ADOPTED ON 28 FEBRUARY, 2023, AND SIGNED BY ALL REQUIRED PARTIES. THE NOTORIETY OF THIS ACTION AND WHIT FOMENTED, IT HAS GONE BEYOND THE CONFINES OF LEAGUE CITY IN GALVESTON COUNTY. AS I FOUND OUT WHILE I WAS ON VACATION, PLACES SUCH AS TACOMA, WASHINGTON, AND SITKA, ALASKA HAVE HEARD ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN LEAGUE CITY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT THE CITY TO BE PRESENTED TO THE WORLD, THEN GO FOR IT. BUT I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THAT. AGAIN, TO QUOTE MARK TWAIN, A PUBLIC LIBRARY IS THE MOST ENDURING OF THE MEMORIALS, THE TRUSTIES MONUMENT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AN EVENT, OR A NAME, OR AN AFFECTION FOR IT. AND IT ONLY IS RESPECTED BY WARS AND REVOLUTIONS AND SERVICES THEM SURVIVES THEM. EXCUSE ME. BOOKS ARE THE LIBERATED SOULS OF MEN. THANK YOU. KATHY MENNING. OH, I THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M A LITTLE TALLER, I GUESS. MY NAME IS KATHY NGER AT 24 30 THORNTON PARK COURT. UM, I KNOW THAT I STEPPED DOWN FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD THIS PAST YEAR DUE TO EXTENSIVE SURGERY, BUT I DIDN'T STEP AWAY FROM THE PASSION THAT I HAVE FOR OUR LIBRARY AND OUR FABULOUS AWARD WINNING STAFF AND LIBRARIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LAKE CITY. IT REALLY MATTERS TO ME WHAT WE DO. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY STANDARD REVIEW COMMITTEE. YOU'VE ACTUALLY PICKED A VERY GOOD COMMITTEE. I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE. BUT WHAT I FIND IS THAT RES, THAT ORDINANCE THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR THAT SAYS THERE SHALL BE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD. UM, I KNOW THAT EVERYONE WOULD LOVE TO BE ON IT. I KNOW THAT THE THREE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE ARE ALL TEACHERS. SO THEY DO QUALIFY. THEY'VE ALSO HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING THROUGH THE REVIEW OF BOOKS. WHAT I'M ASKING RIGHT NOW IS THAT IF YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU MOVE TO JUST POSTPONE UNTIL WE HAVE EVERYBODY IN PLACE FOR THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. BYRON LAS BYRON LAS 2305 HAMPTON. UH, I KNOW AGENDA ITEMS REGARDING A SUNSET COMMITTEE, UM, SUNSETTING SOME OF THE BOARDS WAS PULLED. UM, JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. I AM ALL FOR IMPROVEMENTS, EFFICIENCIES. I'VE BUILT A SUCCESSFUL CAREER WITH THAT. UM, I THINK WHEN AS THINGS GET LOOKED AT AND REFINED, REVISITED AS DATA'S COLLECTED, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. WHAT EFFICIENCIES ARE WE GAINING? WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE WE GAINING? WHAT ARE WE LOSING? POTENTIALLY GOTTA CONSIDER THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE LOSSES. UM, IT'S, I, AS I LOOKED AT, UH, AGENDAS AND MEETINGS FOR PARKS BOARD IN THE FOUR B, I SAW, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE VENN DIAGRAM GOING BACK TO YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, UM, THERE'S AN INTERSECTION, BUT THERE'S ALSO AREAS OF DIFFERENCES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GRAB THOSE FUNCTIONS AND THE PEOPLE AND BRING THEM OVER INTO A UNIFIED, UH, ORGANIZATION IF THAT'S THE PATH YOU'RE GONNA LEAD. UH, THE REASON IS PARKS BOARD GOT THE FINANCIAL GUYS THERE. PARKS, UH, NOT PARKS, I'M SORRY, THE FOUR B BOARD, OR B THE FINANCIAL GUYS PARKS BOARDS. THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS FOR PARKS? WHAT KIND OF PARKS DO WE NEED? UH, WHAT KIND OF AMENITIES DO WE NEED WITHIN THOSE PARKS? UM, SO THEY BRING A DIVERSE, A DIFFERENT THOUGHT TO THE PROCESS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING ALL THOSE THOUGHTS TOGETHER. CAUSE IN THE END, IF YOU COULD SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING, BUT IF IT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING, YOU'VE WASTED MONEY. UM, YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT IDEA, BUT IF IT COSTS YOU TOO MUCH, IT'S NOT REALLY A GREAT IDEA. UM, SO AS THINGS MOVE FORWARD, I JUST ASK THAT Y'ALL CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TRADE OFFS AND THE BENEFITS, AND DO I PRO CON A WEIGHT ON THOSE? THANK YOU. AMBER MURPHY. I'M SHORT TOO. OKAY. HELLO. I AM AMBER MURPHY, THE OWNERS OF OF BUTLER'S COURTYARD, AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAU ADVISORY BOARD. SOME KNOW IT AS THE HOT [00:15:01] TAX, UM, BOARD, AS WE WERE FORMERLY KNOWN, UH, AT OUR MEETING LAST WEEK. IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE WILL SOON BE REQUIRED TO MEET AFTER FIVE, BEGINNING IN AUGUST. AND I REALIZE THIS IS SOMETHING Y'ALL VOTED ON PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT THAT WAS UP FOR VOTE, OR WE WOULD'VE COME AND SPOKEN SOONER. WE WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD. AND I SAY WE, BECAUSE I DO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY, UM, FULL BOARD. THEY JUST AREN'T ABLE TO JOIN ME TONIGHT BECAUSE NIGHTS ARE TOUGH FOR PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY. UM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD WITH OUR REQUEST TO LET OUR MEETING STAND AT 10:00 AM WE DO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS IN FOSTERING GREATER CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT FOR GENERAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. HOWEVER, OUR SITUATION TRULY IS UNIQUE. OUR BOARD IS COMPRISED OF BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES, UM, BOTH OWNERS AND MOSTLY EMPLOYEES, UM, THAT ARE APPOINTED. UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST TOO HARD FOR US TO COME IN THE EVENINGS. AND, UM, OUR ADVICE THAT WE GIVE TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TO COUNCIL DOES NOT REALLY IMPACT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN OR THEIR DIRECT TAX DOLLARS. OUR MONEY COMES FROM THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX PAID BY, UM, TOURISM INDUSTRY. SO, UH, WE ARE REPRESENTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, SO THIS CAN BE SEEN AS PART OF OUR JOB, AND IT REALLY MAKES MORE SENSE FOR OUR MEETINGS TO HAPPEN DURING THE WORKDAY. LET'S SEE WHERE ELSE. I, UM, SO IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO COME IN THE EVENING. WE ARE ALL SERVICE INDUSTRY FOLKS. YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE JACOB PRATT, THE OWNER OF ESTEBAN'S. HE CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO COME DURING DINNER, RUSH TO A MEETING LIKE THIS. SO, UH, WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SOME SUPPORT BY MANY OF THE COUNCIL, AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS CAN HELP US KIND OF REVISE THAT AND, AND SEE US AS A SPECIAL CASE. WE ARE IN FAVOR OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED HOTEL REPRESENTATIVES FROM FOUR TO TWO, WHICH YOU ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT. SO PLEASE VOTE YES TO THAT. UM, IT IS HARD. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOTELIERS IN THE AREA THAT ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS. AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I JUST WANTED TO CHANGE SUBJECTS REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE I KNEW I WOULD BE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS. I DID ATTEND, UH, PLAN TO ATTEND WITH MY FRIENDS. UM, IN ADDITION TO MY POSITION ON THE C V B BOARD, I AM ON THE BOARD OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND ARTS, UH, FOUNDATION. AND WE WANNA, WE WILL BE PUBLICLY THANKING ASHLEY FOR HER HARD WORK. SHE IS A TRUE ASSET TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND SPEAKING FRANKLY, FROM BUTLER'S COURTYARD PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE REALLY LOVED THE WHITE LINEN NIGHTS. UM, IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE UNDERTAKING TO PLAN AN AND EXECUTE AN EVENT LIKE THAT. AND SHE HANDLED SEVERAL UNFORESEEN HURDLES WITH PATIENCE, GRACE, AND A BEAUTIFUL SMILE ON HER FACE. SO SHE'S A HUGE ASSET TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO, UM, PUBLICLY THANK HER FOR HER EFFORTS. THANK YOU, WILLIAM PATE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WILLIAM PATE, 2209 BENGAN STREET. UH, FIRST I WANT TO THANK EVERY MEMBER OF COUNCIL WHO TOOK THE TIME AT THE LAST MEETING BEFORE THE MEETING TO ACTUALLY DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND READ UP ON THE, UH, THE NOMINEE FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD THAT WAS PRESENTED LAST TIME. IT WAS CLEAR BY REVIEWING THEIR, UH, HISTORY, THEIR FACEBOOK POSTS, THEY WEREN'T A GOOD FIT FOR THAT ROLE. UH, SECOND, I NOTICED THAT THE LIBRARY COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY STANDARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, UM, ONLY FOUR OF THE, ONLY FOUR OF THE REQUIRED SEVEN MEMBERS, UM, ARE BEING PUT FORWARD FOR A VOTE. SO I WOULD ASK WHY IS ONLY A PARTIAL SLATE OF CANDIDATES BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY? UM, THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE NOMINATED BY THE MAYOR AND CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL, AND IT INCLUDES THOSE THREE MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD AND EMPHASIZING THE WORD SHALL IN THERE. THIS IS, UH, IF NOT AGAINST THE RULE OF THE LAW, IT'S DEFINITELY AGAINST THE INTENT BEHIND THE LAW AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITIZENS. AND I THINK MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON HERE TO TRY AND SEAT A PARTIAL BOARD AND HAVE THEM ACTUALLY CONDUCT BUSINESS, UH, FOR THAT, THAT ORDINANCE. UH, FINALLY, I WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M PLEASED THAT THE TWO AGENDA ITEMS RELATED TO THE MERGING OF THE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS THIS EVENING WAS PULLED. UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THE ACTUAL AUDIO FROM THAT MEETING. AND, UH, IN LISTENING TO THAT AUDIO, THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS THAT AT SOME POINT LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME PERSONAL, UH, COUNCILMAN BELIEFS, IDEAS, AGENDAS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DRIVING SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THOSE DECISIONS, THOSE, UH, PRIORITIES. UH, I THINK THAT THE, IN LISTENING TO THAT MEETING, A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION WAS BEING DRIVEN BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CONVERSATION INPUT PROVIDED BY CITIZENS. THERE WAS ONE POINT WHERE THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED A CITIZEN MEMBER OF THE BOARD, UH, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS DOING THEIR JOB? AND THE RESPONSE FROM THAT CITIZEN MEMBER WAS BASICALLY, I HAVE NO IDEA. I'M NOT GONNA EVEN TRY AND MAKE A GUESS. I'M GONNA FOLLOW WHAT THE, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RECOMMENDS. SO OBVIOUSLY, THE, THE MAKEUP OF THAT COMMITTEE IS WHAT IT IS BASED ON THE ORDINANCE. I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT ANY CITIZEN MEMBER IS GOING TO DIRECTLY SPEAK UP AGAINST A CITY COUNCIL PERSON. AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION MAKES IT [00:20:01] VERY DIFFICULT FOR A CITIZEN TO BE COMFORTABLE TO GIVE THEIR HONEST OPINION WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THAT COUNCIL PERSON MAY THEN BE IN A POSITION IN THE FUTURE TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THEIR RENOMINATION FOR THAT COMMITTEE. ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THAT, THAT ENTIRE COMMITTEE IS, ALTHOUGH YOUR AGENDAS, I BELIEVE, MEET THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT NOWHERE IN THERE, DO YOU ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT SPECIFIC BOARDS AND COMMITTEES ARE GONNA BE DISCUSSED DURING THAT MEETING. SO ANY CITIZEN OR ANY MEMBER OF THOSE IMPACTED BOARDS WHO WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK OR LISTEN IN, UH, AT THOSE MEETINGS, REALLY WOULD HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW WHICH MEETINGS TO GO TO UNLESS THEY DECIDED TO SIT DOWN AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING. THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP DURING THAT MEETING THAT COULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN ANSWERED. IF CHAIRS OF THOSE COMMITTEES BEING REVIEWED WERE PRESENT, I WOULD QUESTION WHY THEY WERE NOT THERE. SO AS THIS PROCESS GOES FORWARD, PLEASE CONSIDER SOME CHANGES. MARIKA FULLER, GOOD EVENING LEAGUE CITY COUNCIL AND LEAGUE CITY RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS MARIKA FULLER AND I LIVE ON 29 20 MARLIN COURT. I'M MADE DENIED TO TALK ABOUT NINE A. THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE. IT IS A REALLY INNOVATIVE NAME. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT IT IS ABOUT BANNING BOOKS A CERTAIN SUBSET OF OUR RESIDENTS DOESN'T LIKE. AND IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHEN WE'RE ONLY NOMINATING FOUR OUT OF SEVEN, WE'RE LOOKING AT A COMMITTEE, THERE WILL HAVE QUORUM, BUT THERE WILL ONLY BE FOUR OF THEM. NOBODY FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD, WHICH LIKE OTHERS HAVE STATED, GOES AGAINST THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED HERE IN FEBRUARY. AND I HAVE MY DOUBTS ABOUT SOME OF THE NOMINEES. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I HAVE HUGE RESERVATIONS REGARDING HOW THEY WERE SELECTED. THERE WERE PLENTY OF APPLICANTS ON THESE FOR THESE POSITIONS. THERE WERE PLENTY OF APPLICANTS THAT ARE MORE DIVERSE THAN THESE FOUR. AND THERE ARE APPLICANTS. THERE ARE MORE QUALIFIED THAN SOME OF THESE FOUR. SO HOW WERE THEY SELECTED? WERE THERE ALL APPLICANTS RESEARCHED AND ALL OF THEIR, UH, REFERENCES CONTACTED? OR DID WE JUST LOOK AT VOTER ROLLS AND PICK THE ONES THAT VOTE THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO VOTE? OR DID JUSTIN HICKS JUST GIVE YOU A LIST THIS TIME, TOO? WE WERE PROMISED DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, YET HERE WE ARE WITH A CONSERVATIVE, MIDDLE-AGED WHITE PEOPLE. THAT IS NOT DIVERSITY. I AM NOT DIVERSE IN THAT SENSE. THEREFORE, WE SHOULDN'T JUST HAVE PEOPLE ABOVE 50. THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIVERSITY ON THAT BOARD. NONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOMINATED HAS EVER SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION AND THIS COMMITTEE. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE AGREEING WITH THAT SUBSET THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. OBVIOUSLY, THE BOARD IS STACKED. IF THIS IS NOT STACKING A BOARD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT. I ASK THE COUNCIL TO VOTE NO TO THESE CANDIDATES. AT A MINIMUM VOTE TO POSTPONE THIS NOMINATION, SEND IT BACK TO MAYOR LONG, PICK SOME MORE DIVERSE CANDIDATES, PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY REPRESENTS AND REFLECTS ALL THE RESIDENTS IN LEAGUE CITY. THANK YOU JOSEPH LOWRY. I'M JOSEPH LOWRY. I'M ACTUALLY FROM THE MARK TEXAS. UM, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS ON THE WAY THAT YOU OPERATE THE CITY. UH, A LOT OF CITIES. UH, I'M FROM THE MARK AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, KINDA LIKE A DREAM TO HAVE A CITY LIKE THIS. UM, MR. HICKS, UH, KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I I FOLLOW A LOT OF YOU GUYS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I'M FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, UH, TACOMA SPECIFICALLY. I LIVED THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD REFERENCE AS A POSITIVE, UM, CITY. UM, BUT THE REASON I CAME HERE TONIGHT WAS TO TALK ABOUT WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING. UH, THE DAILY NEWS IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SHOULD PAY REAL CLOSE ATTENTION TO. THEY HAVE DONE HIT PEACE AFTER HIT PIECE AFTER HIT PIECE ON CONSERVATIVES. THEY IGNORE THE TRUTH, THEY IGNORE EVIDENCE. THEY WON'T POST, UH, THEY WON'T, UH, REPORT ON EVIDENCE. AND, UH, BASICALLY IT'S JUST A, AN EXTENSION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SO, UH, AND OUR TAXES PAY FOR THAT. [00:25:01] UM, MS. SARAH'S HERE FROM THE DAILY NEWS. SHE'S A VERY NICE YOUNG LADY. HOWEVER, IT'S, IT'S JUST A, IT'S, IT'S NOT A GOOD ORGANIZATION. UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT, MR. CRUZ, I NOTICED YOU HAD POSTED A PICTURE AND I HAD MADE SOME COMMENTS ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE, WHICH YOU HAD DELETED. UH, MANDOLIN SALAZAR IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS INDIVIDUAL. SHE IS A EXTREMELY LEFT WING RADICAL. I PUT A PAPER UP HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOT DISTRIBUTED, BUT THAT IS WHEN SHE HELD A BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST ON MY HOME. UM, DAILY NEWS NEVER COVERED ANY OF THAT EITHER. I HAD TO HIRE, I SPENT OVER $6,000 ON SECURITY FOR MY HOME. WE HAD 24 HOUR A DAY SECURITY TEAMS OF TWO. SHE'S A VERY DANGEROUS INDIVIDUAL. AND, UH, ANOTHER PERSON I WANNA BRING UP IS, UH, TJ ALTS FROM MY 45 NEWS. HE'S ANOTHER PERSON THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE DAILY NEWS. HE'S, UH, UH, ANOTHER POLITICAL OPERATIVE. HE, HE POSTED A BUNCH OF MISINFORMATION, ALLOWED THE MAYOR OF LAMAR TO POST SOME MISINFORMATION. AND WHEN I ASKED HIM TO CORRECT IT, HE WANTED TO CHARGE ME $600 TO TELL THE TRUTH. SO PLEASE BE AWARE OF WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING. AND MR. CRUZ, PLEASE BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS. SHE'S A VERY DANGEROUS INDIVIDUAL. RICHARD WILLIAMS, REALLY NICE SHIRTS. THEY'RE REALLY NICE. YOU'RE JEALOUS. SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT TO COME UP HERE. COME ON. WELL, THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ONE OF 150 ARTISTS, UH, MS. ASHLEY STEPPED UP FROM HER CITY POSITION TO BECOME AN ART PATRON, AS WELL AS A LIAISON TO THE COMMUNITY. BY ACKNOWLEDGING ARTISTS' NEEDS AND CONNECTING THEM TO A LARGE ART AUDIENCE. THE PRAISE OF THE ARTIST CAN BE SEEN ON A NEW, UM, WEBPAGE ARTIST OF LEAGUE CITY WHITE LINEN. TO QUOTE ONE ARTIST, GABBY MILLER LOVED PARTICIPATING IN THIS EVENT. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME DOING AN ART BOOTH EVENT. AND I'M SO GLAD I GOT TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET MYSELF OUT THERE AND EXPRESSED MY ART. I'VE LOVED EVERYONE'S ELSE'S ART, AND I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN ON THEIR PAGE. UM, AWESOME. THIS EVENT PULLED ARTISTS OF EVERY TYPE TOGETHER TO ACTUALLY SHOWCASE AND BUILD A LOCAL ARTIST COMMUNITY. NOW, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ONE OF THE MANY VOLUNTEERS, WE NOW KNOW HOW MUCH EFFORT MRS. ASH ASHLEY PUT INTO THE WHITE LINEN EVENT DURING THE WEEK OF THE EVENT. WE KNOW THAT SHE PUT IN 18 TO 20 HOURS A DAY TO SEE THAT ALL VOLUNTEERS WERE TRAINED PROPERLY, PREPARING US FOR THE CROWD OF OVER 4,000. BUT MOST OF ALL, AS YOU KNOW, SHE'S ALWAYS BUBBLY, MAKING EVERYONE ENJOY THE TRAINING. AND LAST, BEING ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, UH, WE RECOGNIZE MS. ASHLEY JACKSON FOR, UM, THAT SHE WENT UP AND BEYOND MAKING THE TASK LOOK EASY WHILE SECRETLY PUTTING OUT FIRES. WE WANT YOU CITY COUNCIL TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF ROCKSTAR SHE IS. ATTORNEY MIKE, THERE'S MORNING MAYOR. COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO HERE FOR LAKE CITY. IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THE DIFFICULT JOB THAT YOU GUYS GOT. SO THANK YOU. UM, FIRST OFF, SORT OF LIKE RICK AND AMBER HAD SPOKE ABOUT, UM, THE WHITE LINEN NIGHT WAS A VERY SPECIAL EVENING FOR LEAGUE CITY. WE ALL TRULY ENJOYED IT. UM, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. I'M HERE WITH MY TREASURER, KATIE BENOIT. AND WE'VE GOTTA SAY, UM, FOR US TO HAVE OVER 600 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE MUSEUM, THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR US. THAT WAS GOOD FOR LEAGUE CITY. EVEN MORE CAME THROUGH THE ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1898. SO TO ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO SEE THESE KIND OF EVENTS AND SEE THESE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITIES OF WHAT LEAK CITY HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS, OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, THIS WAS REALLY A SPECIAL EVENT. UM, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT LIKE THEY'D INDICATED WITHOUT ASHLEY'S SUPPORT. I MEAN, HER COMING TO THE MEETINGS, I NEVER SAW HER UPSET. I NEVER SAW HER DISAPPOINTED. SHE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED EVERYBODY. SO SARAH OSBORNE, YOUR TEAM, GREAT JOB, AMBER, THE OTHER SARAH, EVERYBODY STOOD UP TO SUPPORT US. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH GUYS. THANK YOU. JACKIE, SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY UP THERE, DO YOU WANT TO GO [00:30:02] MORE? JA, JACKIE, SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY UP THERE, DO YOU WANNA GO? WE'RE ALMOST DONE. OKAY, , MY NAME IS FRANK SCOTT. I LIVE AT 5 0 9 APPLEWOOD DRIVE. I'M A MEMBER OF THE KEITH LEAGUE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF THE ARTS HERE IN LEAGUE CITY. UM, OUR FIRST YEAR OF WHITE LINEN AND I SAW, I HAD MY HANDS IN RECRUITING ARTISTS AND FINDING THEM HOMES AND SPACES TO SHARE, SHOWCASE THEIR ART. WE WERE EXPECTING MAYBE 50 ARTISTS. THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD 120 SIGN UP AND 113 ACTUALLY SHOW UP. THIS YEAR WE HAD 190 ARTISTS APPLY. IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULDN'T HOUSE THEM ALL. WE HAD TO START TURNING PEOPLE AWAY. UH, THIS JUST GOES SHOW THE BREADTH OF THE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GIVING US BACK. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. PLEASE EXCUSE ME. I DO HAVE ONE OTHER THING. UM, THE POLICE STAFF THAT WAS THERE, THAT WAS OUTSTANDING, WE WERE VERY CONCERNED WITH THE FIRST WHITE LINEN CUZ WE HAD ALL THE VIPS THERE. THEY ALSO DID A GREAT JOB. BUT TO SEE HOW OUR POLICE STAFF STOOD UP, THEY BLOCKED THE STREETS FOR US. TOTAL SAFETY FOR THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT. IT WAS A GREAT SETUP UP FOR EVERYBODY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. I'M YOU ON THE LIST EXECUTIVE. I'M JACKIE LIDDELL, AND, UH, I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING CHAIRMAN OF KEEP LAKE CITY BEAUTIFUL. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR WORKING WITH SARAH. AND THIS YEAR OUR WHITE LINEN EVENT, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST EVENTS, UH, REALLY GREW. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS AND WE HAD THEM. YOU CAN'T HAVE A FABULOUS, UH, SUPPORT TEAM LIKE OUR POLICE AND OUR EMS AND OUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY WITHOUT A GREAT LEADER. AND WE HAD HER, SHE KEPT US ON POINT THINKING OF THINGS ALL THE TIME. AND I BELIEVE IT WENT SMOOTHLY FOR ARTISTS, FOR PEOPLE WHO CAME AND DID PARK AND RIDE THIS YEAR. SO, WELL, I'VE HAD A PLAQUE MADE FOR ASHLEY. COME HERE. THIS PLAQUE IS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT HAS RICHARD'S DRAWING. COME ON, EVERYBODY. RICHARD WILLIAMS IS A WONDERFUL ARTIST AND HE LIVES HERE IN LAKE CITY AND HE'S RIGHT BACK THERE. AND HE DESIGNED THE POSTERS AND EVERYTHING AND THE SHIRTS WE'RE WEARING. SO THIS SAYS, PRESENTED TO ASHLEY JACKSON IN A APPRECIATION FOR YOUR FINE LEADERSHIP, YOUR HARD WORK IN MAKING THE 2023 WHITE LINEN ART FESTIVAL A BIG SUCCESS. THANK YOU. THAT'S OKAY. COME ON KATIE. HEY KATIE. GET IN THERE. GET IN HERE. KATIE'S MY BUN. THANK YOU. CITY OF CITY, ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN WE WENT, WE LOVE YOU . WE WENT A LITTLE BIT OUTTA ORDER THERE, BUT, UH, CATHERINE SWANSON. MY NAME IS KATHERINE SWANSON. I LIVE AT 1194 RUSTING WIND LANE. I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT MARIKA SAID. I APPLIED FOR THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE. I MET THE QUALIFICATIONS. I CONTACTED ALL THREE OF MY REFERENCES. NONE OF THEM WERE CONTACTED. I ALSO KNOW OF ANOTHER CANDIDATE WHO WAS QUALIFIED, AND ALL THREE OF HER REFERENCES ALSO WERE NOT CONTACTED. SO WHAT RESEARCH WAS DONE, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. IF WE MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS AND OUR REFERENCES WEREN'T CONTACTED, WHAT HAPPENED? ALSO, I NOW WORK WITH SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. I'M A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE MYSELF. I KNOW THE SIGNS. I KNOW WHAT'S INAPPROPRIATE AND UNSAFE FOR CHILDREN. I WANT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. I WOULDN'T BE PUTTING BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY THAT ARE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE TO MY HEART AND I KNOW WE NEED TO PROTECT THOSE KIDS. NOW, I WOULD LIKE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY STANDARD REVIEW COMMITTEE TO BE POSTPONED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S A PARTIAL COMMITTEE SINCE ALL THIS BEGAN ON DECEMBER 6TH. AND IN FOLLOWING MEETINGS, MEETINGS, MAYOR, YOU'VE TOLD US THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THREE MEMBERS FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD. THESE MEETINGS ARE RECORDED TOO. I CAN SEND YOU THE SCREENSHOTS AND THE RECORDINGS. THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE CITIZENS, AND THEN A TIEBREAKER PERSON WHO'S THE CHAIR. HOWEVER, TONIGHT IT'S ONLY FOUR NAMES AND THE THREE MISSING [00:35:01] NAMES, LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS. SO IF THIS IS VOTED ON TONIGHT, THOSE OF YOU WHO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE NOMINATIONS SHOULD NOT BE SEEN IN A GOOD LIGHT. ELECTING A PARTIAL COMMITTEE IS AN UNSAVORY LOOK AND IS UNFAIR TO THE CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY MAYOR AND THE REST OF COUNCIL. I URGE YOU TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL FULL COMMITTEE CAN BE NOMINATED. THANK YOU. ALL [6. CONSENT AGENDA] RIGHT, THE CONSENT AGENDA, SIX A THROUGH SIX D, MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND TRUST HICKS. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST, UH, THERE IS NO ITEM SEVEN OR [9A. 23-0261 Consider and take action on appointments and reappointments to City boards and commissions (Mayor Long)] EIGHT. UH, NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS REAPPOINTMENTS TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. MAYOR'S NOMINEES ARE CHAIR TODD KINSEY, LAURA TEITSWORTH, LUANN CHU, AND LESLIE MCKERNAN. MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND CHAD. UM, I'M GONNA GUESS IT'S JUST, UH, AN OVERSIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. UM, AND THESE ARE THE NEW ONES. UM, BUT IN LIGHT OF ALL THE, THE COMMENTS TONIGHT, UM, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BEST WE JUST MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE, UH, TILL WE HAVE THE FULL LIST. NO, IT, IT WAS NOT AN OVERSIGHT. UH, IT I HAD ASKED FOR. NO, I HAD ASKED FOR APPLICATIONS FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD. NOBODY SUBMITTED, SO I ASKED FOR 'EM AGAIN. NOBI SUBMITTED AND THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE REASON. SO SINCE NOBI SUBMITTED, I MADE THE MOTION, I MADE THE, THIS LIST TO PUT THIS LIST OUT THERE. AND THEN WHEN I DID IT, THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD GET ME APPLICATIONS. SO I GUESS AS SOON AS WE SEE THE APPLICATIONS, I WILL MAKE THEM AT THE NEXT MEETING. I WILL MAKE THE ENTIRE THREE AND PUT THOSE UP THERE. AND THEN I'LL ALSO HAVE ALREADY ASKED TO NOT SWEAR IN ANYBODY UNTIL AFTER NEXT MEETING. SO I'M FULLY READY TO SEAT THE COMMITTEE AND FULLY READY TO DO IT AND, AND CAN MOVE FORWARD, UH, AS SOON AS WE GET THE APPLICATIONS IN AND SEE WHO WANTS TO BE ON IT. IT WAS OPEN FOR OVER 45 DAYS, JOHN. THANK YOU, MR. BARER. UM, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, I'M GONNA BE A NO VOTE ON THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES THEMSELVES, BUT I CANNOT VOTE IN FAVOR OF ANY PORTION OF THIS MISGUIDED ATTEMPT AT, UH, CURTAILMENT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO I TRUST ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL TO DECIDE WHAT SOMEBODY SHOULD READ TO THEIR CHILDREN OR WITH THEIR CHILDREN. SO I WILL BE A NO VOTE ON THIS. OKAY? AND THEN IT'S TO ME, LIKE I SAID, I WILL PUT 'EM ON THE NEXT AGENDA AS SOON AS WE GET, UH, WHOEVER WANTS TO BE ON THERE. AND I WILL ALSO PUT UP ANOTHER PERSON TO, UH, TO BE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, RECEIVED A COUPLE MORE APPLICATIONS FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WILL FIND ACCEPTABLE. UH, AND OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, PLEDGE TO PUT THEM UP BY THE NEXT TIME. AND I, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT NOT SWEARING ANYBODY IN UNTIL AFTER THE MEETING. AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE WERE EXTREME, ARE EXTREMELY QUALIFIED. THEY ARE NOT FRIENDS OF MINE. UH, ARE WE FRIENDS, LAURA? NO, WE'RE REALLY NOT. UH, AND, UH, AND, AND, AND THE WAY THEY GOT PICKED WHEN WE SORTED THROUGH THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT, I LOOKED AT 'EM. HEY, THERE WAS FIVE PEOPLE THAT WERE QUALIFIED. FIVE PEOPLE MET THE VERY STRINGENT APPLICATION QUALIFICATION OF BEING, HEY, YOU HAD TO BE A TEACHER. YOU HAD TO BE A TEACHER OF CHILDREN, YOU HAD TO BE AN EDUCATOR, YOU HAD TO BE IN CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN SOME WAY. THERE WAS FOUR SCHOOL TEACHERS, ONE CHILD LIBRARIAN, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PER THOSE PEOPLE THAT SUBMITTED OF, OF, SORRY, OF THE, OF THE FIVE THAT MET THE QUALIFICATION. THERE WAS A VARIETY OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAD SUBMITTED AS WELL, BUT DID NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATION. SO IMMEDIATELY CALLED, UH, THOSE ENGINEERS AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS. SO HAD TO GET THE RID OF THEM CUZ WE NEEDED THIS QUALIFICATION. AND OF THOSE, I PICKED THE TOP THREE AND I WENT THROUGH AND CONTACTED THE TOP THREE, DISCUSSED WITH THEM WHAT THEY WANTED, HOW THEY SAW IT. HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. OF THOSE FIVE, UH, FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE WERE RETIRED. ONE IS NOT RETIRED, AND SHE'S RIGHT THERE. UH, YEAH. SO SHE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT RETIRED. UH, AND THAT'S HOW WE PICKED THEM. SO THEY DID NOT PICK THEM ON BASIS OF RACE OR AGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING BESIDES THE [00:40:01] ONE PERSON I ACTUALLY KNEW ON THAT SUBMITTED, UH, WELL, HOW OLD OR, OR, UH, OR WHAT RACE THEY WERE. SO THAT'S HOW HE PICKED THEM. AND THEN WENT THROUGH AND, AND READ THE APPLICATIONS, FOUND WHICH ONES TALKED TO THEM EXTENSIVELY. TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THEIR, UH, THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH, UH, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, WITH LIBRARIES, WITH SELECTING BOOKS. THEY SEEMED LIKE PERFECTLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL, UH, FOLKS AND ARE NO WAY, UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD BUDDIES OF MINE OR, OR POLITICAL PICKS OR IN MY POCKET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND, UH, I THINK IF YOU SPENT SOME TIME AND, AND TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE, YOU WOULD PROBABLY QUICKLY, QUICKLY REALIZE THAT. SO LIKE I SAID, I EXPECT THAT I'LL GET THE APPLICATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD VERY SOON. I THINK THE LIBRARY BOARD VOTED ON WHO THEY WANTED TO, TO, TO REPRESENT THEM, UH, WHICH IS GREAT. SO IF THOSE PEOPLE WANT TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND SUBMIT IT, WE'LL PUT 'EM ON THE NEXT AGENDA AND GO FROM THERE. AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT NOT SEATING THE COMMITTEE TILL AFTER NEXT MEETING, BUT THIS WAS A WAY TO FINALLY GET SOME MOVEMENT ON IT AND, UH, QUIT THE, UH, THE GAMES OF STALLING IT ON PURPOSE. TOM, UH, MR IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO, TO POSTPONE IF, IF, IF THERE IS, THERE IS NOT. NO SECOND, NO A MOTION. I'LL SECOND IT. SECOND. THERE IS A SECOND RIGHT THERE. I'LL SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. THIS IS THE TABLE. THIS IS TO POSTPONE TO THE NEXT MEETING. MOTION FAILS. 4, 4 4 AGAINST THE MOTION NOW STANDS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS MENTIONED BEFORE. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 5 4 3 AGAINST TRESSLER BOWEN CRUZ. [9B. 23-0272 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a construction contract with Traffic Systems Construction, Inc for construction work related to the Walker Street Traffic Improvements Project (ST1803) in an amount not to exceed $3,256,442.20, authorizing $325,644 for a Work Change Directive budget and authorizing a construction materials testing budget of $41,640 for a total construction budget of $3,623,726.20. (Executive Director of Capital Projects)] ALL RIGHT. NINE B, CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH TRAFFIC SYSTEM CONSTRUCTIONS INC. FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK RELATED TO THE WALKER STREET TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT TS 1,803 IN OUR AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE TWO $3,256,442 AND 20 TH CENTS, ALL AUTHORIZING 325,644 FOR A WORK CHANGE DIRECTIVE BUDGET AND AUTHORIZING A CONSTRUCTION MIRROR MATERIALS TESTING BUDGET OF $41,640 FOR A TOTAL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET OF $3,623,726 AND 20 CENTS. MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO. ALRIGHT. RIGHT. UH, ANDY. THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION AND IT WAS ABOUT THE, THE FIBER OPTIC CABLE THAT'S LABELED ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT. AND IS EITHER RYAN OR THE VENDOR HERE? NO, I GUESS THIS WOULDN'T BE CONTROVERSIAL. LET'S JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSON AND, UH, EVERY, I GUESS SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS, YOU GUYS ROLL SOMETHING OUT LIKE THAT. YOU ARE LAYING FIBER FOR THESE, FOR ENDPOINTS. AND I, IT'S, I'M GONNA VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING ON IT, BUT IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT THE OVER TIME I'M STARTING TO, I'D, I'D LIKE, UH, SOME EXPLANATION, A, A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF WHY YOU WOULD HAVE TO RUN FIVE TWO TO THESE END POINTS. UM, IT JUST SEEMS COMPLETE OVERKILL, BUT OTHERWISE, HEY, ANYTHING TO GET MOVE TRAFFIC MOVING. THANK YOU. SURE. CAN GET HIM AN EXPLANATION IF OR GET EVERYBODY AN EXPLANATION. ALRIGHT. SEEING NOBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST [10A. 23-0262 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending Ordinance 2018-34 to change the membership requirements for the League City Convention and Visitors Bureau Board (Mayor Pro Tem Mann and Council Member Justin Hicks)] FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2018 DASH 34 TO CHANGE THE MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LEAGUE CITY CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU BOARD. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND, UH, MR. X. YEP. JUST GONNA BE REAL QUICK ABOUT THIS ONE. UH, THE REASONING BEHIND THIS, AND I THINK AMBER ALREADY GOT UP AND TALKED ABOUT IT. AS WE WRAPPED UP THE SUNSET PROCESS, WE HAD FOUND THAT [00:45:01] THE CV B BOARD GAVE US SOME FEEDBACK THAT THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE MEETING QUORUM. SO WE DIRECTED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO REACH OUT TO THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD AND MAKE THE, UH, NECESSARY CHANGES THEY BELIEVE THAT WOULD HELP THEM. AND THAT'S THE REASON BEHIND THIS. OKAY. EXCELLENT. SO THIS CAME FROM THE BOARD? YES. THIS CAME DIRECTLY FROM FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD. CHAD, UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, TO ALSO SPECIFY THAT FOR THIS SPECIFIC BOARD, UH, THE 5:00 PM START TIME, UH, EXCLUSION SHALL NOT APPLY. I'M FINE WITH, I'M FINE WITH THAT, BUT LET ME JUST ASK THE ATTORNEY, SINCE IT IS A DIFFERENT ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING AND NOT AN ORDINANCE THAT'S ON THIS, UH, TO THE ATTORNEY, SINCE THAT'S NOT THE ORDINANCE THAT'S ACTUALLY WRITTEN HERE, WHAT'S THE I DO THINK IT WOULD BE CLEANER, UH, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO BRING BACK, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO THE OTHER, THE ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHES THE TIME. OKAY. I MEAN, I'M TOTALLY FOR IT. I THINK THEY MADE A COMPELLING REASON FOR IT. UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA. YEAH. CAN CAN WE GET THERE ON THE NEXT AGENDA? WE'LL PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA. DO IT PROBABLY FIRST AND FINAL ON A NON-CONTROVERSIAL THING, BUT OKAY. OKAY. I'LL WITHDRAW. OKAY. FANTASTIC. MR. SAUNDERS. MAKE SURE I TURN THAT ON AS THE LIAISON TO THIS COMMITTEE. I'VE SEEN THE WORK THAT THEY DO. THEY DO A LOT OF WORK. IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING WATCHING THEM. WHEN THEY APPROACHED ME ABOUT THE MEETING TIME AT THIS LAST MEETING, I EXPLAINED WE'D HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO THE COUNCIL. I AM FULLY BEHIND THEM CHANGING THEIR TIME AND KEEPING IT AT 10:00 AM AND WILL HELP THEM TO MEET QUORUM. UM, AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE WE NEED, NEED TO BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING ALSO. THANK YOU. UH, AND I DO BELIEVE WHEN WE PASS THAT ORDINANCE, WE ALLOWED SPECIAL MEETINGS, UH, OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS. SO IF Y'ALL NEED YOUR NEXT MEETING TO BE A SPECIAL MEETING TILL WE UPDATE OUR ORDINANCE, HAVE AT IT. GOOD POINT. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE JUST VOTING ON WHAT'S WRITTEN THERE. SO THE ACTUAL CHANGES, NO ADDITIONAL THINGS IN THERE. WE'LL TAKE THE REST OF THAT STUFF LATER. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 84 0 AGAINST 10 B AND 10 C. WERE PULLED [10D. 23-0284 Consider and take action on an ordinance adopted pursuant to Texas H.B. 969, which allows a municipality to impose a civil penalty for interference with child custody as described under Texas Penal Code Section 25.03 (Council Member Hicks and Council Member Cones)] 10 D CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO TEXAS HB 90 69, WHICH ALLOWS MUNICIPALITY TO IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIV WITH CHILD CUSTODY AS ASCRIBED UNDER TEXAS PENAL CODE SECTION 25.03. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE SECOND READING TAKE PLACE IN THE FIRST COUNSEL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 2ND, I WOULD ASSUME, BECAUSE THE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. YEAH. UH, MR. BOWEN. THANKS MR. MAYOR. UM, SO AFTER READING THIS, UM, I'M, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. I WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS WHERE THE PARENTS FOUGHT OVER WHO WAS GONNA GET CUSTODY WHEN, AND PARENTS DRAGGING ME AWAY FROM CONDITIONS WHERE I WOULD MEET WITH MY OTHER PARENT. SO WHAT I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT THIS IS WHEN I STARTED LOOKING INTO THIS, THERE IS A FEDERAL OR A STATE LAW THAT ALREADY TAKES CARE OF THIS. AND IT IS A STATE FELONY THAT TAKES CARE OF THIS. THIS WOULD GIVE OUR CITY THE ABILITY TO IMPOSE A $500 FINE, UH, FOR A MUNICIPAL VIOLATION, WHICH I TALKED TO THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE AND SHE SAID IN HER 29 YEARS, IT MAYBE HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR IN HER DISTRICT, NOT NECESSARILY THE CITY. SHE CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME IT HAD A CITY, UH, SOMETHING INVOLVED WITH THE CITY. SO, UM, THIS TO ME WOULD GIVE THE OPTION OF GIVING SOMEBODY A $500 MUNICIPAL FINE INSTEAD OF A JAIL TERM, POTENTIAL JAIL TERM FOR A FELONY VIOLATION. AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD OFFER A LOWER SENTENCE OR A LOWER PENALTY TO SOMEONE WHO IS INTERFERING WITH THE, UH, EXCHANGE OF CUSTODY OF CHILDREN. I THINK IT SHOULD BE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE. AND, UH, ACTUALLY WHEN I TALKED TO HER, THIS IS A, UM, A MUNICIPAL FINE, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A COURT OR A TICKET THAT YOU GET WITH A, UH, FROM A, A POLICE OFFICER. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT APPLIES TO YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND IS ENFORCEABLE. THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ENFORCE. WE WOULD HAVE TO KNOW WHO THE BANK IS TO GO AFTER 'EM. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INCURRED TO COLLECT THE $500 WOULD NOT BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY. IT WOULD BE MORE OF AN IMPACT THAN ANYTHING. SO I'M GONNA BE A NO VOTE ON THIS, NOT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE SHOULDN'T PUNISH PEOPLE WHO KEEP THEIR KIDS AWAY FROM, UH, WHATEVER PARENT IS [00:50:01] INVOLVED, BUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GO FOR THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PENALTY, WHICH IS THE FELONY THAT'S OFFERED UP BY THE STATE CURRENTLY. THANK YOU. I THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, I HAD SPOKE WITH A COUPLE OF ATTORNEYS ON THIS JUST TRYING TO, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON AND, AND THE PURPOSE OF IT. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS THAT THIS BEING A CIVIL PIECE, IT IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE, FROM THE CRIMINAL. SO A PERSON COULD ACTUALLY BE CHARGED SIMPLY TWICE. SO IF THE POLICE DECIDE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, UM, GOING TO PURSUE, THEN IT COULD BE BROUGHT UP BEFORE THE CITY IS A CIVIL PIECE. THE ISSUE THAT WE COULD HAVE THERE IS WHO IN THE CITY'S GOING TO PRESS THE CHARGES? AND, AND WHEN WE GET TO THE CIVIL, IT BECOMES MORE OF A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE. SO WE START TO GET TO WHERE, LIKE MR. BOWEN HAD MENTIONED, THIS BECOMES VERY HARD TO ENFORCE THE, WHEN WE LOOKED BACK AT THE, THE CO UH, AT THE HOUSE BILL AND THE CORRESPONDING SENATE, UH, SENATE BILL, WHICH WAS, UH, MR. MIDDLETON HAD HAD BASICALLY BACK, IT REALLY DOES SEEM LIKE THIS IS A LITTLE EARLY FOR US TO DO THIS. LET'S LET THE, UH, LET'S GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM MR. MIDDLETON AS TO HOW HE ENVISIONED THIS WHEN HE HAD WRITTEN IT BEFORE WE PASS THIS. I THINK THIS IS PREMATURE, SCOTT. OKAY. I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW EVERY, EVERYONE HERE. I GUESS THE REASON THAT WE KIND OF PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE IT IS A NEW STATE LAW THAT WAS PASSED, AND IT GOES INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER THE FIRST. AND WE WANTED TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME. RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IF YOU HAVE A CHILD CUSTODY CASE, POLICE OFFICERS ARE CALLED TO IT. AND LET'S JUST SAY IN THE DIVORCE DECREE, IT SAYS THAT THE MOTHER'S SHALL HAVE A CHILD FOR CHRISTMAS DAY ON EVEN YEARS, AND THE FATHER REFUSES TO GIVE OVER THE CHILD. RIGHT NOW, THE OFFICERS, WHEN THEY GO TO THE LOCATION, THE ONLY THING THEY CAN DO IS LOOK AT THE PARENT AND SAY, IT'S A CIVIL MATTER. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE JUDGE. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FILE SUIT AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PRESS CHARGES. WHAT THIS LAW DOES, AND I THINK MAZE MIDDLETON, UM, PUT IT IN THERE FOR THIS REASON, IS THAT THIS OFFICER NOW HAS A LITTLE BIT OF TEETH. HE CAN LOOK AT THE FATHER AND SAY, DO YOU KNOW THAT HERE'S A DIVORCE DECREE. WE GOT THE FACTS IN FRONT OF US. THIS CHILD BELONGS WITH THE MOTHER ON THIS EVEN YEAR. YOU NEED TO GIVE THE CHILD OVER TO THE CHILD CUSTODY WHO IT BELONGS TO FOR THAT YEAR, OR THAT CHILD BELONGS TO FOR THAT YEAR. IF THEY REFUSE TO DO SO, THEN POLICE OFFICER HAS A RIGHT TO ISSUE A CITATION. THAT'S IT. IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A MUNICIPAL FINE. IT, IT IS NOT A CIVIL PENALTY AT THAT TIME. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THE LAW WAS PLACED INTO, UM, THIS LEGISLATION GOES INTO EFFECT, LIKE I SAID, IN SEPTEMBER. AND WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GET A, A JUMP ON IT. UH, I DID TALK TO, UH, MAYS, MIDDLETON BRIEFLY ABOUT IT. UM, I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR CHILD CUSTODY CASES. IT'S NOT INTERFERING IN ANY KIND OF FELONY CHARGES OR, OR MAKING A FELONY CASE OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S ONLY ABOUT CHILD CUSTODY CASES INITIATING A CITATION GIVEN THE POLICE OFFICERS A LITTLE BIT MORE TOOLS TO USE IN, IN THEIR BAG. MR. SAUNDER, I TOO HAVE TALKED TO SOME OFFICERS ON THIS. I, I TOO WAS A CHILD OF A VERY CONTENTIOUS, VERY, VERY BAD DIVORCE, ALCOHOLISM, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. MY DAD WOULD NOT WANT TO GIVE ME BACK TO MY MOM. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I TALKED TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS, ONE OF THE THINGS HE BROUGHT UP WAS IS THAT THEY, THEY, THEY'RE CURRENT ONLY ALLOWED TO FILE FELONY CHARGES AGAINST SOMEBODY WHO HAD A MOMENT OF HEAT. A MOMENT OF, OF ANGER SAYS, NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE THE CHILD BACK. ONCE THEY COOL DOWN, THEY'RE LIKE, OH CRAP, WHAT'D I JUST DO? FELONY CHARGES DON'T GO AWAY. AND A LOT OF OFFICERS IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, AND AGAIN, I'VE BEEN AROUND THIS STUFF FOR 30 YEARS, I'VE BEEN CALLED OUT TO SCENES MANY TIMES TO CHECK ON A CHILD THAT WAS PART OF THIS NO VIOLENCE, BUT THE OFFICER WANTED A WELFARE CHECK DONE ON THE CHILD. THIS GIVES THE OFFICERS AT LEAST SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN HOLD TOWARDS THE PERSON AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE MAD. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE UPSET. I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT YOU GOTTA GIVE THE CHILD BACK. YOU DON'T, I CAN ISSUE YOU A CITATION. SOMETIMES, JUST THOSE WORDS, IT POPS IN THE PERSON'S HEAD, HEY, [00:55:01] LET ME STEP BACK FOR A SECOND AND LET ME LOOK AT THIS AGAIN. DO I REALLY WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS? WHETHER IT'S A CIVIL PENALTY, CRIMINAL PENALTY, OR WHATEVER, THEY STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD STEP FORWARD BY OUR LEGISLATURE AND I HOPE MAYBE IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION THEY'LL EXPAND ON THIS LAW SOME, BUT IT'S GOTTA GIVE THE OFFICER, IT GIVES THE OFFICERS ANOTHER TOOL IN THEIR TOOLBOX TO TRY AND ENFORCE THE CHILD CUSTODY. WHETHER OR NOT THEY ACTUALLY DO ISSUE THE CITATION, THAT'S UP TO THE OFFICER. OKAY. THEY DO HAVE DISCRETION ON THAT, BUT SOMETIMES, LIKE I SAID, JUST THE MERE THOUGHT OF, HEY, YOU'RE FIXING TO GET HIT WITH THE $500 FINE IF YOU DON'T JUST GIVE THE CHILD BACK AND LET'S EVERYBODY COOL DOWN AND LET EVERYBODY THINK ABOUT THIS LATER. UM, I CAN, I'M 50 YEARS OLD AND I CAN STILL REMEMBER SOME OF THE TIMES MY DAD AND MY MOM GOT INTO IT AND THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED. SO IT'S SOMETHING I DON'T THINK IS A BAD THING. I THINK THE LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO EXPAND ON IT SOME MORE. THANK YOU. YEAH, I MEAN, I, I TOTALLY AGREE AND THAT'S WHY SENATOR MIDDLETON CHAMPIONED THIS BILL. IT GIVES A, AN, AN INTERMEDIATE STEP BEFORE A FELONY AND, YOU KNOW, CUFFING PEOPLE UP, HAULING PEOPLE IN FELONIES. OBVIOUSLY THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS A WAY OF, OF, UH, CURTAILING SOME OF THAT AND GIVING THEM A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT WAY TO HANDLE THE SITUATION. LIKE THE EVERYBODY SAID TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX. I DON'T THINK IT'S EXACTLY GONNA SOLVE THE SITUATION, BUT IT GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, LEEWAY TO RESPOND. SO I'LL VOTE YES, MR. TRESSLER, NONE OF THAT INFORMATION WAS IN MY PACKET. UM, IT'S A LOT TO PROCESS AT ONCE ON A SUBJECT, WHICH I AM THANKFUL TO SAY I HAVE ZERO EXPERIENCE WITH. UM, NOTHING WE CAN DO CAN TAKE PLACE TILL SEPTEMBER ANYWAY. UM, SO I'M GONNA ASK, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP WITH SOME OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR, UH, CITY ATTORNEYS. MAYBE PULL SOME INFORMATION ON THIS, GIVE US A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND AND ALSO MAYBE TAP OUR, OUR MUNICIPAL JUDGE, UH, SO WE CAN HAVE A Q AND A AND DIALOGUE ON THIS BEFORE WE RUSH TO SOMETHING. SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE SECOND. I MEAN, WE COULD CERTAINLY HAVE, HAVE IT BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER AS WELL, RIGHT. SO IF I CAN JUST BRIEFLY SURE. YEAH. I JUST THINK THAT IF, IF SOMEBODY'S NOT AFRAID OF, OF BEING BROUGHT UP ON A STATE FELONY CHARGE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A $500 MUNICIPAL UNCOLLECTIBLE MUNICIPAL FINE. CUZ THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGE TOLD ME. EXTREMELY HARD, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO COLLECT. IT MIGHT BE THAT THE OFFICER DOESN'T WANT TO THREATEN THE FELONY THAT, I MEAN, THAT COULD BE WELL, JUST GIVES EM SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING IT'S FATE LAW. SO THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THE MOTION IS TO POSTPONE TILL WE WOULD DO A WORKSHOP. I WOULDN NOT A WORKSHOP. YEAH, WE CAN DO MOTION FAILS FOR FOUR, UH, CURRENT, BACK TO THE CURRENT MOTION OF PASSING IT AS WRITTEN WITH THE SECOND READING AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST. I'LL SAY WE SHOULD STILL DO A WORKSHOP BETWEEN NOW AND THE SECOND READING. YES, BUT WE'LL WORK ON THAT. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 5 4 3 AGAINST TRESSLER BOWEN CRUZ. UH, THERE ARE NO ITEMS AFTER ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA. UH, AND THEN [12. REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS] ITEM 12 REPORTS FROM STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, YOU KNOW, TODAY'S KIND OF A, A SPECIAL DAY. THIS IS, UH, CHIEF, THIS IS CHIEF RATLIFFS LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AFTER 38 YEARS. AND SO HE'S HERE TO CELEBRATE TONIGHT WITH HIS WIFE LIZ. AND SO I'VE GOT A FEW WORDS TO READ, UM, TONIGHT. MAKE HIM COME UP HERE AND DO IT. REHEAR HIM IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY RIGHT UP FRONT. , IT'S, IT'S ONLY THREE. IT'S ONLY THREE MINUTES, CHIEF, YOU'LL BE FINE. OH NO. WE'LL WAIVE THE TIME LIMIT. YOU HAVE NO TIME LIMIT, MR. CITY MANAGER TONIGHT I STAND BEFORE YOU TO RECOGNIZE AN EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS DEDICATED NEARLY FOUR DECADES OF HIS LIFE TO THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR BELOVED CITY CHIEF GARY RATLIFF. A TRUE [01:00:01] VETERAN AND A NATIVE OF GALVESTON COUNTY HAS EXEMPLIFIED THE VERY ESSENCE OF THE LEAGUE CITY SPIRIT. CHIEF RATLIFFS JOURNEY BEGAN AS A PROUD GRADUATE OF DICKINSON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1982. SHORTLY AFTER, UPON TURNING AGE 21, HE JOINED THE LEAGUE CITY POLICE FORCE IN 1985, STARTING AS A PATROL OFFICER AND STEADILY ASCENDING THROUGH THE RANKS UNTIL 2018 WHEN I HAD THE HONOR TO APPOINT HIM AS LEAGUE CITY'S POLICE CHIEF. TONIGHT WE REFLECT UPON CHIEF FOR LIFT'S REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT WE ALSO MUST RECOGNIZE THAT PASSION, COMMITMENT, AND UNWAVERING SERVICE THAT HAVE DEFINED HIS TENURE THROUGHOUT HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER. CHIEF RATLIFF HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING AND BUILDING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY. HIS INVOLVEMENT IN LEADERSHIP HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE AND WE OWE HIM A DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS RELENTLESS PER PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE. UNDER CHIEF RATLIFFS GUIDANCE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS IMPLEMENTED NUMEROUS PROGRAMS AIMED AT ENHANCING THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE OUR CITIZENS. TOGETHER AS A COHESIVE TEAM, WE HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND SECURITY. CHIEF ROUTES DEDICATION TO LEAGUE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS HAS BEEN UNWAVERING AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE, THAT HIS IMPACT WILL BE FELT FOR YEARS TO COME. CHIEF CHIEF RATLIFF HUMBLY ATTRIBUTES HIS GREAT, HIS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE CREATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES THAT HAVE IMPROVED THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH HAVE FOSTERED A SENSE OF TEAMWORK THAT HAS PROPELLED US FORWARD. AS WE BID CHIEF ATLAS FOR A WHILE. WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WE ARE FORTUNATE TO SERVE. THE CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AND SUPPORT DRIVING US TO BE THE VERY BEST WE CAN. CHIEF RAT LIFT'S DEEP RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN EVIDENT THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE. REST ASSURED, AS WE MOVE IT INTO A NEW ERA, WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE NEXT POLICE CHIEF WILL EMBODY THE SAME DEDICATION, MINDSET AND FIRM COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. CHIEF RATLIFF LEAVES LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GUIDE US AS WE NAV NAVIGATE THE PATH OF HEAD AHEAD. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE ENTIRE CITY, I EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS. SINCERE APPRECIATION TO CHIEF RATLIFF. WE SALUTE YOUR SERVICE, HONOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND CELEBRATE YOUR 38 YEAR JOURNEY OF SELFLESS DEDICATION. YOU HAVE TRULY MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON LEAGUE CITY, AND WE WISH YOU AND LIZ THE VERY BEST AS YOU BEGIN YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE. THANK YOU CHIEF RATLIFF FOR A JOB WELL DONE. THANKS GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, LIZ, FOR SHARING HIM WITH US. AND, AND CHIEF, WHEN, WHEN I TALKED TO OTHER MAYORS AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE LITTLE CONFERENCES GONE OVER DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEY, THE SUBJECT OF POLICING CAME UP AND OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW THAT'S A HOT TOPIC AND, AND A LOT OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM DID NOT HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE, UH, WITH THE INTERACTION OF THEIR CITIZENS AND THE POLICE AS I DID WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THINGS HAPPENING IN THEIR CITIES. I SAID, HONESTLY, I I WOULD SAY 19 OUT OF 20 FEEDBACKS I GET ABOUT THE POLICE, IT'S AN AMAZING STORY THAT THE OFFICER WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND. THE OFFICER HELPED CHASE DOWN SOMEBODY'S DOG OR CHANGED A, A, UH, ATI ON A RAINY NIGHT. AND IT IS, IT IS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE. AND SO WHEN I HEAR STORIES ABOUT THAT, WE SEE THE ACTUAL STATISTICS AND THEN REFLECTING BACK ON YOUR 38 YEAR CAREER, THAT I THINK IS THE BIGGEST TESTAMENT TO THE SUCCESS. THAT YOU'VE CREATED AN ORGANIZATION THAT DELIVERS FANTASTIC RESULTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF LEAGUE CITY. AND THEY DO IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY CARE AND THAT THEY REALLY SHOW AS, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVANT LEADERS. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND WISH YOU, YOU KNOW, GREAT LUCK IN YOUR NEXT, UH, S CAREER. WELL, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR. MAYOR, MAY I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK? ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU DON'T MIND, CHIEF. I, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR 40 YEARS. I THINK, UH, I'VE KNOWN, I'VE KNOWN CHIEFS WHEN HE WAS A PATROLMAN HERE IN LAKE CITY. I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT, UH, GARY, YOU, YOU'RE AN OFFICER'S OFFICER AND, UM, YOU, YOU WORK HARD, YOU'RE DEDICATED, YOU'RE A TRUE POLICE OFFICER, AND WE RESPECT THAT. UH, YOU WORKED HARD FOR THIS, FOR LEAGUE CITY TO MAKE IT WHAT LEAGUE CITY IS TODAY, AND I TRULY HONOR YOU TODAY IN YOUR RETIREMENT, UH, BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD THINGS YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR CITY. UH, THERE WAS ONLY ONE BAD THING I COULD SAY ABOUT GARY, AND I'M GONNA SAY IT . YOU GOT YOUR GUN ON, DON'T YOU? OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, GARY WAS NOT A VERY GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYER. , WE [01:05:01] USED TO PLAY THE GUNS AND HOSES, UH, AND HE WAS THE KICKER FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS, UH, TEAM. AND HE JUST WASN'T THAT GOOD. BUT NOBODY COULD CATCH HIM. NOBODY COULD CATCH HIM, BUT NO, IT'S . BUT WE, WE PLAYED FOOTBALL IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES AND NINETIES, I THINK, UH, FOR GUNS AND HOSES. AND I TELL YOU, NOBODY COULD CATCH GARY EVEN THOUGH HE WAS KIND OF SMALL IN, IN STATUE. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO KILL HIM ON THE FIRE SIDE, BUT WE COULD NEVER CATCH HIM. BUT GARY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE A GREAT GUY. YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE THIS, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT IN GOOD HANDS, AND I WISH YOU THE BEST WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND MAYBE YOU CAN RUN FOR COUNSEL NOW. OH, COME UP . THANK YOU. IT'S MORE HEADACHES THAN NO MONEY. GARY, I, I DO WANNA SAY ONE MORE THING. I'M NOT AT YOUR POINT YET, OR TOMMY'S IN THE MUNICIPAL AIR ARENA. I, I'M, I'M GETTING THERE. UM, SINCE THE DAY I MET YOU, I'VE HAD THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF RESPECT FOR YOU, SIR, YOUR OFFICERS. I DON'T THINK I'VE MET ONE. AND AGAIN, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 30 YEARS, SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE MET A LOT OF THEM. I CANNOT TELL YOU ONE THAT I'VE MET THAT I'VE HAD A INTERACTION WITH. YOU HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE. YOU'RE LEAVING THE CITY IN GOOD HANDS, AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. 38 YEARS IS A MONUMENTAL TASK, DOING WHAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THANK YOU AGAIN. APPRECIATE. WELL, SHOULD WE GET A BIG GROUP PICTURE? LET'S DO IT. LET'S DO IT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT. WHICH WIFE? YEAH, COME ON. PUT UP WITH IT FOR 38 YEARS. OKAY. THREE. THANK YOU GUYS. I WANNA GET CLOSE. JUST YES. HEY, SOME OF 'EM TAKE WATER TOO. . YEAH, GUYS, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT Y'ALL, UH, Y'ALL TRUSTED ME AND ALLOWED ME TO SERVE Y'ALL AS CHIEF OVER THE LAST LITTLE OVER FIVE YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, BEEN A GREAT CAREER. THERE'S NO OTHER COMMUNITY THAT I WOULD'VE WANTED EVER TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE IN. LIKE WE HAVE, OUR CITIZENS ARE OUTSTANDING. UH, WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE BEST SUPPORT OF ANY CITY AROUND, AND, UH, OUR GOAL EVERY DAY TO TRY TO BE BETTER AT WHAT WE DO. AND I, AND I KNOW, AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE, THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION THAT'S COMING, FOLLOWING THAT, THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH THAT. AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. [13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS] ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO INTO REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR, PRO TEM. NOTHING NIGHTMARE. THANK YOU, MR. RESLER. I DIDN'T SPEAK EARLIER, BUT CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. UM, YOU MAY HAVE STARTED WHEN I WAS GOING INTO KINDERGARTEN, , BUT, UH, IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO CAN STICK AROUND THAT LONG AND HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, UH, MR. SANDERSON. MY TIME, TOM ACCOUNTS MY TIME. TOM CRUZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, EARLIER TODAY, UM, MR. MR. LOWY HAD HAD SPOKE UP AND, UM, HE CAME IN AND HE, HE, HE CAME OVER WITH HIS CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, ABOUT A LADY THAT'S BEEN HELPING. AND WE HAD BEEN TRADING, UH, WELL, I GUESS WE HAD BEEN TRADING. THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL POSTS ABOUT THE, UH, ABOUT A LADY THAT'S ASSISTING. AND SO WHEN I HAD WRITTEN THIS, UH, OH AND, AND I STILL WANNA READ IT THERE HAD, I HADN'T REALIZED THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH KIND OF FEAR AND CONCERN IN HIS VOICE. SO THE TONE HERE IS MAYBE A LITTLE, A LITTLE FIRM, BUT JUST BEAR WITH ME ON THIS. FOR PRIVACY REASONS, I WILL NOT BE MENTIONING ANY NAMES. LAST WEEK, AN EMAIL WAS SENT TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES ABOUT A CITIZEN WHO HAD A BUNCH OF RUBBISH IN THEIR BACKYARD. [01:10:01] I WENT TO THE CITIZEN'S HOUSE TO SEE THE EXTENT OF THE WORK THAT WAS NEEDED AND FOUND THAT IT WAS A BIG JOB MORE THAN I COULD DO BY MYSELF. I POSTED ON FACEBOOK ASKING IF ANY CITIZENS OR ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP. ONE CITIZEN WHO HAD AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES THESE TYPES OF CHARITABLE ENDEAVORS CAME OUT TO HELP. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE CITIZENS COMING OUT TO HELP WITH THE CITY PROBLEM AND POSTED ON FACEBOOK THINKING FOR HER ASSISTANCE. IT WAS TO MY UTMOST SURPRISE WHEN I STARTED GETTING, UH, CRITICIZED ON FACEBOOK BY PEOPLE WHO DISAGREED WITH HER POLITICAL BELIEFS. I CAN TELL YOU THIS, UM, ON THE NEWS LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO DOVE INTO A RIVER TO, TO SAVE A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN SWEPT AWAY. I AM FAIRLY SURE THAT BEFORE THIS MAN DOVE INTO THE RIVER, THE LADY DID NOT YELL BACK, WAIT, ARE YOU A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT? BEFORE, BEFORE HAVING HIM COME IN TO SAVE HER? I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN EVERYONE WHO CRITICIZED HER ONLINE. I DID NOT SEE ANY OF YOU COME OUT IN THE SUMMER HEAT. I DID NOT SEE ANY OF YOU OFFER TO COMB THROUGH THE CITY'S BACKYARD TO HELP CLEAN. ALL WAS DONE WAS SITTING ON THE PHONES AND TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU DID NOT LIKE THIS ONE VOLUNTEER. IF WE WANNA ACT HOLIER THAN NOW, MAYBE WE BACK IT UP WITH SOMETHING MORE THAN FACEBOOK COMMENTS AND WE GET OUT THERE AND HELP FELLOW CITIZENS TO BE CLEAR, CONTRARY TO THE FACEBOOK COMMENTS, I DO NOT THINK THAT I'M BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE, AND THIS IS NOT BEING DONE AS A PHOTO OP. GOD PUT THIS INTO MY HEART AND I WILL FOLLOW HIS GUIDANCE. LASTLY, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, AND IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HELP IN ANY CAPACITY TO HELP THIS CITIZEN, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU, JOHN BOWEN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, JUST GONNA BRING UP SOMETHING THAT'S BECOME A, A PRETTY CONCERNING TREND. UM, TONIGHT WE HAD FOUR ITEMS ON FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES. TWO WERE PULLED, BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE PULLED, WE'RE GIVEN THESE PACKAGES FOUR DAYS, SIX DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING THURSDAYS WHEN WE GENERALLY GET 'EM, UH, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND WE'RE GIVEN A, A PERIOD OF TIME TO READ THROUGH ALL THE BACKUP DATA BEFORE WE MAKE DECISIONS. AND ON THREE OF THE FOUR ORDINANCES, I'M GONNA SAY ALL FOUR OF THE ORDINANCES, THERE WAS NO BACKUP. AND I'M ASKED TO MAKE DECISIONS ON GOVERNING THE CITY BECAUSE THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GOVERN AS IN ORDINANCES. THESE ARE THE LAWS THAT WE WRITE FOR THE CITY THAT ARE EASILY CHANGEABLE BY THIS BOARD WITHOUT CITIZEN INPUT. BUT WHEN I'M ASKED TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS ON THESE LAWS WITH NO BACKUP AND THEN EXPECTED TO VOTE ON 'EM, I THINK THAT'S, WE'RE WE'RE LEGISLATING BY THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS. AND IT'S PRETTY SCARY FROM MY STANDPOINT, TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS WITH NO BACKUP OR NO REASON WHY THESE ARE PUT ON THERE. UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T CARE IF A STATE LEGISLATOR WANTS TO CHANGE SOMETHING, IF IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR THE CITY, OR IF IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT FURTHER FROM THE CITY, WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT, NOT JUST TAKE, BECAUSE SOMEBODY PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, ON THEIR AGENDA AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO I'M JUST SAYING, GOING FORWARD, IF WE DON'T START REALLY DOING THE BACKUP AND THE WORK NECESSARY TO DO THESE ORDINANCES, IT'S, IT'S REALLY SCARY FROM, FROM MY STANDPOINT. SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU JUSTIN HICKS. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ME, UH, COUPLE OBVIOUSLY GOING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND, UH, AND THE WHOLE DEAL. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. UH, WE'RE GONNA DO THE FIREWORKS AGAIN ON JULY 3RD, SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ONE OUT, I GUESS. AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE EITHER SPENT HALF AS MUCH OR GET, OR GETTING TWICE AS MUCH FIREWORKS FOR THAT DISCOUNT. UH, SO THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SPORTSPLEX. UH, THAT'LL BE A GREAT EVENT. AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, UH, WE HAVE THE KIND OF TOWN PICNIC AND WE THANKFULLY HAVE MOVED THAT FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS INTO HOMETOWN HEROES. SO IT'LL BE MUCH, UH, MUCH BETTER THAN OUT IN THE, UH, OUT IN LEAGUE PARK. ALTHOUGH LEAGUE PARK'S A GREAT SETTING, I THINK IN THE MIDDLE OF 105 DEGREES. IT'S NOT, UH, NOT THE GREATEST PLACE TO DO IT. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THOSE GREAT EVENTS COMING UP. I'M SURE THERE'S EVEN MORE THINGS HAPPENING AROUND, UH, AROUND THE AREA, BUT LOOK FORWARD TO 'EM AND I THINK PROBABLY SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE. THANKS. [14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)] AND THEN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SUBCHAPTER D THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT SESSION 5 51 AT ALL. GOVERNMENT CODE ON THIS 27TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023 AT 7:14 PM I [15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)] BELIEVE IT'S EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS 27TH [01:15:01] DAY OF JUNE AT EIGHT 16. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CAN RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. THERE WAS NO FINAL ACTION, DISCUSSION, OR VOTE WITH REGARDS TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION JUST CONCLUDED. 15 A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION AND DISCUSSING CONCERNING POTENTIAL PURCHASE OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS. NO. ACTION. 15 B, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY TO WHITT RIVERVIEW AT CLEAR CREEK NO ACTION 15 C. CONSIDER TO TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF PUBLIC OFFICER TO WHITT CITY ATTORNEY. NO ACTION. AND AT 8:17 PM THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.