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OKAY.[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]
THE CITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN REGULAR MEETING ON AUGUST 8TH, 2023 AT 6:00 PM ROLL CALL.I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE REVEREND KYRA BARR OF UNITY BAY AREA HOUSTON, WHO WILL BE OUR INVOCATION SPEAKER THIS EVENING.
I INVITE YOU TO RISE AND JOIN ME IN PRAYER.
JUST FIND THAT PLACE WHERE YOU EXPERIENCE THE POWER AND THE PRESENCE OF GOD RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
WE FEEL AND KNOW GOD'S PRESENCE IS GUIDING THIS ADMINISTRATION, THIS GOVERNMENT, EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS CITY IS BEING GUIDED BY THE HAND OF GOD.
AND WE LIFT UP ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE PREPARING FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD IN BEAUTIFUL WAYS, TO BRING FORTH THE HIGHEST AND GREATEST GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE THE TEACHERS AND FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES THAT ARE PREPARING TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN OFF TO THE NEXT YEAR.
WE FEEL ALL OF THE WAYS THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS UNIFYING THIS CITY TO BRING FORTH EVEN GREATER GOOD FOR ONE AND ALL.
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS THIS DIVINE PRESENCE MOVING THROUGH BLESSING.
EVERY DECISION THAT IS MADE, EVERY CONSIDERATION IS TAKEN TO HEART AND THERE IS A MOVEMENT FORWARD THAT BRINGS LEAGUE CITY INTO A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN.
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL GOD THAT YOUR HAND IS AT THE HELM OF ALL OF THIS.
AND UH, YES PLEDGE THE UNITED STATES FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL TEXAS.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ALRIGHT, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES THREE A JUNE 27TH, 2023, THREE B JULY 25TH, 2023, THREE C.ANY CORRECTIONS? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE THESE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL]
COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON THE LIST.FIRST ONE UP IS JEFF MARILLO AND, UH, IF YOU WOULD JUST PLEASE STATE THIS TIME IS FOR LEAGUE CITY RESIDENCE BUSINESS OWNERS AND, UH, LANDOWNER.
SO PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND GO AHEAD, JEFF.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JEFF MORELLO.
I LIVE AT 2,800 EAST LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND.
UH, MY, UH, THE ORGANIZATION THAT I'M WITH, THE GALVESTON COUNTY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, UH, SORRY, ALLIANCE, HAD A, UH, MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT AT THE LIBRARY.
AND WE FOLLOWED THE RULES AND THE PROCEDURES EXACTLY AS WRITTEN IN THE POLICY THAT WAS ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE LIBRARY.
WE GAVE THEM THREE WEEKS NOTICE.
WE, UH, GOT OUR APPLICATION APPROVED.
WE TOLD THEM WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST WEEK, WE GOT AN EMAIL SAYING THAT IT HAD BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE THE CITY DISAGREES WITH OUR OPINIONS, WHICH IS A SEVERE VIOLATION OF OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THE CITY DOES NOT, WE, THERE IS ONLY ONE PART, UH, PART OF THE POLICY THAT SAYS ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THE MEETING.
IT MUST BE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL OR INTELLECTUAL, AND IT MUST BE SECULAR AND NON-PARTISAN.
AND WE ARE A SECULAR AND NONPARTISAN GROUP.
WHEN I ASKED WHY WE WERE DENIED, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS BECAUSE WE ARE A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS CANNOT USE THE LIBRARY.
IT DOES NOT SAY THAT ANYWHERE IN THE POLICY.
I ASKED THEM WHERE THIS POLICY, DOES IT SAY THAT? THEY POINTED TO THE PARTISAN PART.
AND I SAID, THAT'S PARTISAN NOT POLITICAL.
AND WHEN I ASKED THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHAT THE CITY USES AS, UH, THEIR DEFINITION FOR PARTISAN, HE SAID, I'M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION, BUT I'LL TELL YOU IN THE EYES OF THE CITY, UH, PARTISAN EQUALS POLITICAL.
SO THAT MEANS THAT OUR POLITICAL SPEECH, OUR FREE SPEECH, WAS DENIED AT THIS PUBLIC LIBRARY BECAUSE THIS CITY COUNCIL DISAGREES WITH US BECAUSE WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT BOOKS SHOULD BE BANNED.
THAT IS EXTREMELY UNACCEPTABLE.
AND NOW THE LIBRARY HAS CANCELED RESERVATIONS ENTIRELY.
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NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO RESERVE ROOMS AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS EXTREMELY UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE WE PAY FOR THE LIBRARY, OUR TAX DOLLARS GO TO FUNDING THAT LIBRARY.SO WHY AREN'T WE ABLE TO USE ROOMS THERE? I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT IT'S NOT JUST US WHO USE ROOMS THERE, IT'S HIGH SCHOOLERS WHO USE ROOMS. THERE'RE FOR STUDY GROUPS, IT'S HIGH SCHOOLERS WHO USE ROOMS THERE FOR AFTERSCHOOL CLUBS.
IT'S, UH, IT'S MOTHERS WHO, UM, HOMESCHOOL EVERY WEEK.
THEY MEET THERE FOR, UM, UH, DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THEY MEET THERE ONCE A WEEK, UH, TO DO THEIR LESSON PLANNED.
AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER PAY TO USE ANOTHER CITY ROOM OR FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE COMPLETELY TO GO.
AND I THINK THAT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
THIS CITY IS HERE FOR EVERYONE.
THE LIBRARY IS HERE FOR EVERYONE, AND NO ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT SAY ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.
IT IS FREE SPEECH, UH, IN THE, UH, IN THE, UH, SORRY, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES, WHICH OUR LIBRARY DOES FOLLOW.
IT SAYS THAT, UH, FREE SPEECH IS ALLOWED IN LIBRARY MEETING ROOMS AND IN LIBRARY THEATER ROOMS LIKE THE ONE THAT WE HAVE.
SO IT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE FOR THAT TO HAVE NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED.
UM, THANK YOU FOR MY TIME AND HAVE A GOOD REST OF YOUR DAY.
MAYBE I'M SHORT, WE'LL PULL IT DOWN WITH US PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 1 1 6 CRESCENT BAY DRIVE IN LAKE CITY.
UM, I CAME HERE TONIGHT WITH SOME, UM, VERY UPSETTING REVELATIONS.
UM, ALL MY LIFE I'VE DEDICATED MYSELF TO THE CARE AND WELLBEING OF ANIMALS.
THE MAJORITY OF MY CAREER HAS BEEN IN SHELTER, MEDICINE AND HIGH QUALITY, HIGH VOLUME SPAY AND NEUTER.
LAST WEEK, LATE LAST WEEK, I FOUND OUT THAT OUR SHELTER WAS ALLOWING ANIMALS THAT ARE PETS OR STRAYS TO BE RELEASED ON OUR STREETS IN THIS EXTREME HEAT AND DROUGHT WITH NO CARETAKERS, NO ONE TO PROVIDE THEM FOOD, SHELTER, OR WATER.
IT'S DISGUSTING GUSTING, YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT TO A DOG.
WHY WOULD YOU DO IT TO A CAT? THESE ANIMALS DEPEND ON US.
THEY ARE DOMESTICATED ANIMALS.
THEY DEPEND ON US FOR THE WELLBEING AND CARE OF THEMSELVES.
IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THAT, THAT A SHELTER OR A CITY WOULD ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
I, I MEAN, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S STATE LAWS THAT SAY THAT YOU CANNOT ABANDON ANIMALS.
YOU CANNOT LEAVE THEM WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER.
THE CITY IS BREAKING A STATE LAW WHEN YOU DO THAT.
THESE ANIMALS ARE UNDER YOUR CARE AND THEN YOU'RE JUST RELEASING THEM BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT ANY, ANY WAY TO CAN, ANY WAY TO, FOR THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
I ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE SHELTER DIRECTOR, MANAGER AND DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE BECAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY.
UM, I'VE ALSO HEARD, I CANNOT VERIFY THIS, THAT SHE, UH, ALLOWS ANIMALS TO LEAVE THE SHELTER WITHOUT BEING SPAYED OR NEUTERED.
THAT COMPLETELY DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
THE THE POINT OF A SHELTER IS TO MAKE SURE MORE ANIMALS DON'T COME INTO THAT SHELTER, NOT ALLOW, ALLOWING ANIMALS TO LEAVE THE SHELTER WITHOUT BEING SPAYED OR NEUTERED IS CRUELTY.
THOSE ANIMALS WILL GO BACK OUT, MAKE MORE ANIMALS, AND THEY WILL END UP IN SHELTERS.
BELIEVE ME, I DEAL WITH IT EVERY DAY.
I SPAYED AND NEUTERED 32 ANIMALS FROM A RESCUE ORGANIZATION TODAY.
THAT IS, THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
THE AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY DOES NOT AGREE WITH THAT.
THE A S P C A DOES NOT AGREE WITH THAT.
AND IF THINGS DO NOT CHANGE IN THAT REGARDS, I WILL REACH OUT TO THEM.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FOR MY VERY REASON FOR STANDING UP HERE RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL GATHER MORE PEOPLE HERE.
PATTY WRIGHT LISKY WHITE LUKI.
HI, MY NAME IS PATTY LESKI, 4 7 5 7 OAKMONT COURT, LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS.
DEAR MAYOR, COUNCILMAN AND CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY, EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP FOR THE, FOR THE SHELTER, SEVERAL OF
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YOU.THE LEAGUE CITY MISSIONS SHELTER MISSION STATEMENT SAYS ITS GOAL IS TO FIND ADOPTABLE PETS OF HOME.
BUT AFTER THE LEAGUE CITY, WE PROVE T AND R ORDINANCE 18 DASH 36 TRAP NEUTER AND RETURN OF COMMUNITY CATS.
OUR LEAGUE CITY SHELTER HAS STUNNINGLY DECIDED THEY'RE GONNA USE THAT ORDINANCE TO HIDE BEHIND AND DUMP FRIENDLY ADOPTABLE CATS RIGHT BACK WHERE THEY WERE PICKED UP, DUMPED BACK AT A PARK, DUMPED BACK IN A HOT PARKING LOT AT A STORE, DUMPED BACK AT A NEIGHBORHOOD, DUMPED BACK AT THE GAS STATION, APARTMENT BUILDING, WHEREVER THEY WERE PICKED UP.
AND THIS IS ALL VERIFIABLE IN THE SHELTER LOVE SOFTWARE THAT THE SHELTER HAS.
SO THERE'S RECORDS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SMALL KITTENS, THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR CONDITION.
THEY DUMP THESE ANIMALS BACK WITHOUT VERIFIED FEEDERS, WITHOUT ANY VERIFIED CARETAKERS OR SUPPORT.
NO ONE HAS IDENTIFIED TO WATCH OUT FOR THEIR WELLBEING.
THEY'RE SUFFERING ON THEIR OWN, TRYING TO AVOID PREDATORS, CARS DISEASE, AND NO VEC CARE AS THEY AGE.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE OUT THERE UNTIL THEY DIE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A MISERABLE DEATH.
LEAGUE CITY SHELTER HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING HOMES FOR THESE ADOPTABLE CATS.
I WORK IN THE CAT ROOM, I'VE WORKED THERE FOR YEARS.
I REQUEST TWO THINGS, AN IMMEDIATE STOP TO THE CALLOUS HEARTLESS POLICY OF DUMPING THESE ADOPTABLE CATS.
I REQUEST THE T N R ORDINANCE POLICIES, IMPLEMENTING IT BY THE SHELTER, BE UPDATED TO CLEARLY PUT SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO PROTECT THESE FRIENDLY ADOPTABLE CATS.
T N R, THE DIFFERENTIATION IN THE, UM, IN THE ORDINANCE, WHICH I WAS FOR 'CAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS FOR FERAL CATS.
THE DIFFERENT, THE, THE ORDINANCE DIDN'T DIFFERENTIATE.
I I GET THAT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PUT THOSE SAFEGUARDS IN.
MAKE SOME DIFFERENTIATION BECAUSE THE SHELTER'S GONE OFF SIDEWAYS ON IT.
FERAL CATS HAVE NO ADOPTION BUT TO GET, AND IF THEY'RE IN GOOD CONDITION, BODY CONDITION, THEN THEY GET RETURNED 'CAUSE THEY HAVE FEEDERS.
LAST I'LL CLOSE WITH YOU BY TELLING YOU WHAT THE SHELTER'S OWN T N R TRAINING VIDEO SAID.
THEY SAID, PATTY, YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YOU NEED TO WATCH OUR TRAINING VIDEO.
I SAID, OKAY, SEND ME THE VIDEO.
IT SHOWS A GUY HAS A COLONY OF CATS.
APPARENTLY IT WASN'T FIXED OR MAYBE IT WAS GOT PICKED UP, GOT TAKEN TO A SHELTER, GOT ADOPTED THAT COLONY.
THE VIDEO CONCLUDED, YOU KNOW, THAT COLONY CARETAKER, HE MISSED THAT CAT, BUT THAT WAS A GOOD OUTCOME FOR THAT CAT.
THEIR OWN TRAINING VIDEO SAID THAT ADOPTION WAS A GOOD OUTCOME FOR THAT CAT.
ADOPTION IS A GOOD OUTCOME FOR THESE FRIENDLY CATS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, NICOLE ANTON.
YEAH, LET'S, LET'S GET A COUPLE.
SO IT'S NICOLE AND THEN CAROL.
AND THEN, UH, MCNERNEY AFTER THAT, IF YOU GUYS WOULD ALL COME UP.
I LIVE AT 7 1 9 DAVIS ROAD, LAKE CITY, TEXAS 7 7 5 7 3.
I AM HERE WITH MY COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS LEAGUE CITY SHELTERS, UH, DIRECTOR AS UNETHICAL, OVERBEARING INEFFECTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE LEAGUE CITY ANIMAL FACILITY.
USING HER POSITION FOR HER PERSONAL PREFERENCE TO STEER FUNDING TO DOG RESCUE.
AND THAT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES FUNDING TO THE CAT ADOPTION PROGRAM.
CATS WERE DISAPPEARING FROM THE FACILITY FOR YEARS.
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, LEAGUE CITY COMMUNITY WAS FINDING FRIENDLY CATS WITH FRESH SURGICAL SITES THAT WERE TAKEN FROM LEAGUE CITY FACILITIES AND WERE RELEASED INTO THE STREETS TO FEND FOR THEIR OWN.
IT TOOK A WHILE TO PUT ALL THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TOGETHER BECAUSE NOBODY WOULD EVER SUSPECT THAT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA, LET ALONE AN IDEA THAT CAME FROM SOMEONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A LEADER IN THE ANIMAL RESCUE WORLD, UH, WOULD INFLICT ON ANY ANIMAL.
THESE ARE ADOPTABLE CATS, FRIENDLY CATS, AND SOME HAD HOMES THAT HAD NOT BEEN CLAIMED YET.
THE FAMILIES ARE DESPERATELY STILL TRYING TO FIND THEM.
I AM PERSONALLY IN DISTRESS OF UNKNOWINGLY SENDING SOME OF THESE ADOPTABLE CATS.
I RESCUED DOWN THIS MISERABLE LIFELONG BATH ON THE STREETS AND SEEING THE CARNAGE ON THE ROAD EVERY MORNING WHEN I GO TO WORK.
WHEN THIS ACTIVITY FINALLY BECAME KNOWN AND BROUGHT UP TO THE DIRECTOR OF LEAGUE CITY ANIMAL CONTROL BY EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS, SHE DISCOUNTED THEIR CONCERNS AND POINTED OUT A LOOPHOLE.
A LOOPHOLE AND THE ORDINANCE TO VALIDATE, INFLICTING THIS GRIM OUTCOME ON THESE FRIENDLY ADOPTABLE CATS.
THE DIRECTOR, THIS IS THE LOOPHOLE PATTY WAS SPEAKING ABOUT.
THE DIRECTOR WAS MOST, UH, THE, UH, THE DIRECTOR ACCUSED THE MOST LOYAL AND LONG, UH, SERVING VOLUNTEERS TO, OF BEING TOO EMOTIONAL ABOUT THE CATS DISREGARDING THE PERIL THESE FRIENDLY INDOOR CATS ARE UP AGAINST ON THE STREETS AND DEFENDED HER TWISTED PREFERENCE OF A LINGERING DEATH ON THE STREETS FOR THESE DEDUCTIBLE CATS BY OPENLY STATING THAT SHE PREFERRED THE RESOURCES BE EARMARKED FOR THE DOGS.
BY THE WAY, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT ARE EDUCATED, RETIRED PROFESSIONALS WITH ENGINEERING DEGREES, WHICH WAS ONE THAT JUST SPOKE.
THEY HAVE THEIR DEDICATED, THEIR OWN MONEY, TIME OF REHOMING AND VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
MY MAIN CONCERN, THE DIRECTOR HAS ESTABLISHED AN ORGANIZATIONAL SILO THAT WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY, WITHIN
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THAT ISOLATES AND EXCLUDES THE FACILITIES, TRUSTED EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE LOYAL TO THE ANIMALS AND OUR COMMUNITY.THIS SILO OR NEPOTISM HAS EFFECTIVELY CREATED A DIVISION IN THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS IN THE PROCESS OF GRADUALLY REDUCING THE STRENGTH AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ONCE REPUTABLE LEAGUE CITY ANIMAL CONTROL THAT OUR COMMUNITY ONCE TRUSTED THE LEAGUE CITY ANIMAL FACILITY HAS LOST SEVERAL LOYAL, ESTABLISHED EMPLOYEES THAT CHALLENGED THIS CRUEL ACTIVITY.
THEY LEFT BECAUSE OF THE DIRECTOR'S DISPOSITION TOWARDS THEM AND FELT THAT THEY WERE DELIBERATELY DISCONNECTED FROM PERTINENT DISCUSSIONS MADE TO FEEL UNIMPORTANT AND ULTIMATELY PUSHED OUT THESE EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS THAT FELT THAT HAD, THAT FELT THAT THEY HAD TO QUIT ARE THE PIONEERS OF THE LEAGUE CITY ANIMAL SHELTER THAT HAD LIFELONG ESTABLISHED REPUTATION AS A NO KILL, FAIR AND ETHICAL SHELTER FOR ANIMALS THAT NEEDED HELP.
THE FACILITIES LEADERSHIP IS NOW UNTRUSTWORTHY ON SEVERAL LEVELS OF ETHICS AND HEADS, A HIGH TURNOVER AND LOW MORALE.
THIS CLOSED GROUP OF PEOPLE'S, OF THE THESE PEOPLE'S COLLUDING AND MORALS AND ETHICS TOWARDS THESE CATS.
VOLUNTEERS, EMPLOYEES HAVE CREATED PAINFUL HEARTACHE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS DETRIMENTAL BREAKDOWN IN EFFECT.
AND YOU GOT A SECOND? OKAY, THANK YOU.
IF WE COULD GET THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE UP.
CAROL BEWA, UH, LILY KERNEY AND CATHERINE SWANSON.
WHOEVER SAID MY NAME, YOU SAID IT RIGHT.
THEY USUALLY SAY BERNARD, BUT IT'S FRENCH.
PURE FRENCH AL I'M HERE BECAUSE I JUST LOST MY HUSBAND OF 64 YEARS THIS MONTH TO LIVE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND I GAVE UP DRIVING BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING AT MY AGE.
AND WHEN I GOT HERE, THEY HAD ENROLLED ME IN THE CERA CERAMICS BUILDING, DOING CERAMICS ON THE WEEKDAY BECAUSE I DON'T GO ANYWHERE BUT TO MASS AND CERAMICS AND SHOPPING WITH MY DAUGHTER OR MY SON-IN-LAW.
AND I WANT Y'ALL TO KEEP THAT OPEN FOR US SENIOR CITIZENS THAT DOESN'T HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO SIMPLY WITH OUR HANDS AND CREATE, CREATE PRETTY PIECES FOR OUR FAMILIES.
Y'ALL WANNA SAY ANYTHING? DID I COVER IT GUYS? GREAT.
DO WE HAVE YOU WERE NA YOU WERE THE THIRD.
DO WE HAVE LILY? IF NOT CATHERINE, YOU GO OR, OKAY.
WE'LL LET LILY GO AND THEN, UH, AFTER CATHERINE, IT'LL BE DEBORAH COMBA CONRAD, UH, GENTLEMEN, FIRST OF ALL, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LAKE CITY ANIMAL SHELTER'S NEW ORDINANCE, UH, THAT THE CITY HAS CREATED.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE A NO KILL SHELTER AT ANY TIME IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO AND RELEASE ANIMALS ON THE STREET.
STATE LAW SAYS THAT IT IS A, THAT IT IS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL TO HAVE AN ANIMAL PUT OUT AS A DUMP.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE T N R IS DOING RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE TAKEN THIS ORDINANCE TOO FAR.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE OR MAKE LEAGUE CITY SHELTER A KILL SHELTER BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, IT IS KINDER TO PUT AN ANIMAL DOWN THAN TO LET IT LOOSE ON THE STREET TO DIE.
A SLOW DEATH WITH THE HEAT, WITH CARS, WITH CRUEL PEOPLE AND NO FOOD OR WATER.
I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD TAKE IT INTO ACCOUNT AND TO CHANGE THIS ORDINANCE OR TO MAKE SOME OTHER ARRANGEMENT WITH THE LEAKS CITY ANIMAL SHELTER TO REMOVE THE ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE ADMINISTERING THE SHELTER AT THIS TIME IF THEY DO NOT AGREE THAT CATS ARE JUST AS DESIRABLE TO PEOPLE AS A DOG.
I HAVE ONE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT DOESN'T RELATE TO THIS REAL QUICKLY.
MY GRANDDAUGHTER USES THAT LIBRARY AND SHE IS ONE OF THE STUDENTS AT THE, UH, HIGH SCHOOL AT SPRINGS.
AND I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE CLOSED THOSE DOORS TO ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ABLE TO USE THE
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PUBLIC LIBRARY IS A DISGRACE.AND I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR POLITICAL STANDING IS OR WHATEVER PARTISAN YOU THINK IT IS, SHE IS NON-PARTISAN.
MY GRANDSON IS NON-PARTISAN AND MY CHILDREN ARE NON-PARTISAN.
PLEASE REOPEN THOSE UNITS SO THAT THOSE CHILDREN CAN ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF A FUNDED CITY FUNDED LIBRARY.
I'M AT 5 1 3 MAGNOLIA BEND STREET IN LAKE CITY, TEXAS.
UH, NEXT ONE IS PATEL AFTER DEBORAH AND CATHERINE.
HI, MY NAME IS CATHERINE SWANSON.
I AM AT 1194 RUSTING WIND LANE.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LAKE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ALLOWING THE USAGE OF THEIR COMMUNITY MEETING ROOM OVER THE WEEKEND ON SHORT NOTICE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE, THIS PAST SATURDAY, THE GALVESTON COUNTY LIBRARY ALLIANCE HELD AN EDUCATIONAL EVENT TITLED LOCAL LIBRARIES AND KEEPING KIDS SAFE.
DESPITE SEVERAL OBSTACLES, ESPECIALLY CHANGING MEETING ROOMS, WE HAD AN AMAZING TURNOUT.
OUR FIRST SUBJECT EXPERT WAS FROM BAY AREA TURNING POINT.
WE LEARNED WHAT CONSENT IS, WHICH IS GIVING SOMEONE A CHOICE ABOUT TOUCH OR ACTIONS AND RESPECTING THEIR ANSWER.
SIMPLY PUT, WE ASK FOR PERMISSION.
I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE ACRONYM FRIES, FREELY GIVEN, REVERSIBLE, INFORMED, ENTHUSIASTIC AND SPECIFIC.
AFTER THE OVERVIEW, THE SPEAKER SHARED HOW WE CAN TEACH CONSENT TO OUR CHILDREN, AND THAT WAS THROUGH THE USE OF AGE APPROPRIATE BOOKS, MANY OF WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN OUR OWN LIBRARY.
EACH BOOK RELATED TO ONE OF THE WORDS IN FRIES, MANY PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE APPRECIATED LEARNING OF RESOURCES TO USE TO TEACH CONSENT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
OUR SECOND SUBJECT EXPERT WAS DICKINSON CITY LIBRARIAN.
WE LEARNED THE PROCESS LIBRARIANS GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO SELECT BOOKS.
WHEN A LIBRARIAN SELECTS A BOOK, THEY BEGIN BY COLLECTING DATA.
DATA COMES IN MANY FORMS, PATRON ENGAGEMENT.
SO MAYBE SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A FIGHT WITH THEIR SIBLING AND IT WAS A BROTHER AND A BROTHER FIGHT AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BOOKS WITH BROTHER AND BROTHERS.
SO PATRON ENGAGEMENT, DEMOGRAPHICS, CENSUS DATA.
THEY LOVE THAT CIRCULATION STATISTICS BY AGE AND GENRE AND BUDGET ALLOCATION REVIEW, BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.
THE LIBRARIAN THEN COUPLES THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FROM THE DATA ANALYSIS AGAINST TRADE MAGAZINES TO SEE WHAT BOOKS CAN FILL THE NEED.
THE DICKINSON CITY LIBRARIAN ALSO EXPLAINED THAT PUBLIC LIBRARIES WORK DILIGENTLY TO PROTECT THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS FOR ALL, NOT JUST A SELECT FEW.
THOSE IN ATTENDANCE ASK MANY QUESTIONS TO INCREASE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS AND TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THEY MAY HAVE PERSONALLY OR NO OTHERS HAVE.
AFTER THE EVENT, MANY PEOPLE WALKED AWAY WITH AN INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF CONSENT AND THE BOOK SELECTION SELECTION PROCESS IN GALVESTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE GALVESTON COUNTY LIBRARY ALLIANCE WAS ABLE TO PUT ON A FREE EDUCATIONAL EVENT OPEN TO ALL IN THE COMMUNITY.
ALL OF US WANT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND THIS EVENT GAVE US ACTIONABLE WAYS TO DO SO AND INCREASE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT LIBRARIANS DO TO HELP PROVIDE US WITH RESOURCES TO DO THAT, SUCH AS THE BOOKS ABOUT CONSENT.
AND THEN IT'LL BE SANDRA HORNE PATEL, THEN HORNE.
MY NAME IS DEBORAH CONRAD AND I AM AT 1 2 7 2 2 SECRET FOREST COURT.
AND UP UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I WAS A LANDOWNER HERE IN LAKE CITY.
I'M A DESCENDANT OF ALEXANDER WINFIELD.
SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO INDULGE ME A MINUTE.
AS SOMEONE WHO DID OWN LAND IN THIS AREA OVER A YEAR AGO, I STOOD IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATION.
AND AT THAT TIME, THE WINFIELD NAMING PROJECT CAME UP.
THE CITY WAS PRESENTED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS FOR FREE.
THE ONLY THING THAT IT COST WAS TO CHANGE THE SIGNS AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN A CONTINUATION OF WHAT I THINK IS THE CURRENT HOBBES ROAD.
FOR SOME REASON, THE CITY DIDN'T THINK FREE WAS A GOOD IDEA, SO THEY VOTED TO PUT IN A NEW ROAD OR A CHOICE OF TWO ROADS AND CALLED THIS WINFIELD LANE OR WINFIELD STREET.
AND THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME AS I ASSUME EVERYONE ON IN THESE CHAIRS OF FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE.
BUT HERE WE ARE AFTER THE STORY, AFTER NUMEROUS ARTICLES AND AFTER THE INFORMATION ABOUT PUTTING IN TWO ROADS HAS GONE FROM ONE END OF THIS COUNTRY TO ANOTHER BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF WINFIELDS.
AND WE TALK, WE APPRECIATE THE CITY ADDRESSING THIS.
BUT JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, WE'VE LOST THREE WINFIELD DESCENDANTS SINCE THE CITY ORIGINALLY COMMITTED TO THAT.
BUT THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN BIRTHS.
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WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE WE ARE HERE.THAT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR WINFIELD STREET OR WHATEVER IT WILL END UP BEING WAS A GOOD THING.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE ON EITHER COAST AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN THAT KNOW ABOUT LAKE CITY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU COMMITTED TO DOING.
AND ALL WE ASKED YOU TO DO IS DO WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA DO.
FREE IS REALLY GOOD, DON'T YOU THINK? WOULDN'T HAVE COST ANYTHING.
AND YOU HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY AND YOU TURNED IT DOWN BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE COUNCILMAN ONE IN PARTICULAR DIDN'T THINK THAT LEAGUE CITY RESIDENTS COULD DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A STREET WITH TWO NAMES IN HOUSTON.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TWO NAMES, WE HAVE STREETS WITH TWO LANGUAGES.
WHEN I RIDE ALONG 2 88, I DON'T GET CONFUSED WHEN I SEE NOLAN RYAN PARKWAY, I KNOW IT'S STILL 2 88 AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS CITY COULD HAVE NAVIGATED WHEN PHIL ROAD, WHICH IS ALREADY EXISTING ROAD AND IT WAS FREE.
SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT $2.3 MILLION POSSIBLY.
AND YOU WANNA OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC.
AND FRANKLY, IF I WAS THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE, I WOULDN'T WANNA SPEND $2.3 MILLION WHEN I KNEW FREE WAS AN OPTION.
ALL WE ASK YOU TO DO IS TO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND TO DO WHAT YOU SAID SHE WOULD DO.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE AGREE WITH YOU.
AND WE WILL REVISIT THIS SHORTLY WITHIN THE NEXT AT LEAST 30 DAYS.
UH, IT IS PATEL HORNE AND THEN WILLIAMS. HI, I AM JOTI PATEL, RESIDING AT 1304 WILLOW BRANCH DRIVE, LAKE CITY, TEXAS.
UM, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE SENIOR CERAMICS CLASS.
AND, UM, NOT ALL OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OTHERS WHO ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TALK AND ATTEND THE CERAMICS CLASS TO PLEASE STAND UP WHILE I STATE MY POINTS.
CERAMICS CLASS IS ONE OF THE MOST LOVED CLASS BY THE SENIOR CITIZENS AND WE HAVE BEEN ATTENDING IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHY CITY ALL OF A SUDDEN DECIDED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NOT OFFER THIS CLASS AS MENTIONED BEFORE, BACK HERE ON MS. CARROLL.
AND I'M GONNA INCLUDE, JUST READ OUT SOME OF THE IMPORTANT POINTS WHY CERAMICS CLASSES IMPORTANT FOR THE SENIORS.
IT HELPS IMPROVE THE SENIOR'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING, RESULTING IN IMPROVED COGNITION.
OFFERS PROFOUND RELAXATION, HELPS INCREASE SOCIALIZATION.
A SENSE OF HUMOR IS HEIGHTENED THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.
SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IMPROVES SELF-ESTEEM, HELPS YOU TO EXPRESS YOUR CREATIVITY, WHICH ESSENTIALLY TO EXPAND WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE CONNECT TO OURSELVES AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
IT ENCOURAGES SOCIAL ABILITY, REDUCES STRESS, IMPROVES FOCUS.
AND BEING, BEING PRESENT PROVIDES A CREATIVE OUTLET IN A SAFE AND NON-JUDGMENTAL ENVIRONMENT.
I'M NOT VERY CREATIVE, I'M NOT ARTISTIC, BUT NOBODY PASSES JUDGMENT ON THE WORK THAT I CREATE.
UM, IT CREATES OPTIMISTIC AND POSITIVE OUTLOOK.
THE SENSORY EXPERIENCE HELPS US LESSEN ANXIETY.
IT ELIMINATES BOREDOM AND POSSIBLY DEPRESSION.
SO IN SHORT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, AND THERE ARE MANY RESEARCH STUDIES, UM, STUDIES OUT THERE AND DONE BY ONE OF THEM, I WOULD SAY BY LESLIE UNIVERSITY AND MANY OTHERS, THAT SUGGESTS THAT ENCOURAGING CREATIVE EXPRESSION CAN IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE SENIORS.
GIVE THEM A SENSE OF PURPOSE IN LIFE, REVITALIZE THEIR MINDS, IMPROVE COORDINATION AND CONCENTRATION, BOOST THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, AND IN TURN, PHYSICAL HEALTH.
SO PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU GUYS, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AWAY THIS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POPULAR AND LOVED ART FORM THAT THE, THAT WE SENIORS HAVE BEEN ENJOYING.
NOT ALL OF US ARE ABLE TO GO DO YOGA OR DO SOME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
SO I'M AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU GUYS, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AWAY THIS FROM US.
IT'S HORNE WILLIAMS CAMPBELL CAMP BELL.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD EVENING.
I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS CERAMICS CLASS IS SO IMPORTANT TO US SENIORS.
SHE WAS 51 LAST YEAR WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR.
I DID NOTHING BUT ONE THING AND THAT WAS TO GO TO CERAMICS.
IT KEPT MY BODY GOING, MY MIND, MY HANDS.
RENEE IS SUCH A GREAT INSTRUCTOR,
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SHE NEVER CRITICIZES WHAT WE DO.THERE WERE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD TO DO THAT I COULD NOT DO BECAUSE MY ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION WAS SO HIGH.
SO ALL WE'RE ASKING IS, PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS AWAY.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER SENIORS THAT GO THERE FOR THE SAME REASON THAT I DO.
THEN IT'LL BE KEN BURNS, THE THIRD WILLIAMS CAMPBELL, BURNS WILLIAMS. LIZ WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS CAMP.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PUSH, BUT I'M NEW YEAR.
MY NAME IS LIZ WILLIAMS. I LIVE AT 3 1 9 BAY SPRING DRIVE IN LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS.
I LOVE LEAGUE CITY AND I LOVE EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO.
BUT THE ANIMAL SHELTER SITUATION BROKE MY HEART.
I SEE CATS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I SEE DOGS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND WE HELP RESCUE PEOPLE ALL THEIR TIME, THEIR EFFORT, THEIR LIVELIHOODS.
AND THEN Y'ALL DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
Y'ALL HAD 60 DOGS TWO MONTHS AGO.
THEY ALL GOT GROOMED, VETTED, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, SPAIN, NEUTER, SHAMPOOED, THEY ALL GOT HOMES WHERE AT THE CATS GO OUT IN THE STREETS.
WE EXPECT LAKE CITY ANIMAL SHELTER WHEN WE GIVE Y'ALL AN ANIMAL TO CARE FOR IT.
WHAT DO YOU TELL YOUR KID? OH, YOUR CAT'S GONE.
WE WORK SO HARD TO LIVE IN A GOOD CITY WHERE WE CAN TRUST Y'ALL.
OUR ANIMAL SHELTER DOING THIS.
IT'S, IT BRINGS HEARTBREAK TO EVERY RESCUE PERSON IN THE GALVESTON COUNTY BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY WHO SPEND ALL THEIR TIME, THEIR MONEY, THEIR EFFORT TO SAVE AN ANIMAL.
I MEAN, WE'VE EVEN HAD PEOPLE DIE SAVING ANIMALS.
SO Y'ALL NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
'CAUSE THIS IS SO UNACCEPTABLE.
BUT WHAT Y'ALL DID WAS SO HEARTBREAKING.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT Y'ALL FIRST DUMPED, THE CATS TOLD ME ABOUT IT TWO MONTHS AGO.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY DUMPED THEM? YEAH, THEY DUMPED THEM IN SEDONA.
WHAT? NO, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THEM.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE LIKE, NOPE.
AND THEN UNTIL SOMEBODY POSTED ON NEXT DOOR, IT WAS TRUE.
HOW DO WE BELIEVE Y'ALL, WHEN Y'ALL DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS? Y'ALL HAVE KIDS, YOU HAVE FAMILIES, THEY HAVE PETS.
LIKE WE LOVE Y'ALL BECAUSE WE NEED PETS TO HELP HEAL LIKE THEY NEED CERAMICS.
WE ALL ARE PAUL LOVERS AND WE EXPECT Y'ALL TO BE PAUL LOVERS WE'RE MY HUSBAND WORKS.
THEY HAVE CATS IN THEIR OFFICE, WAREHOUSES THERE, THERE'S AUTOMOTIVE PLACES.
WE, WHAT IS WRONG WITH Y'ALL? FOR Y'ALL TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT IS SO WRONG.
I SPEND MONEY, I SPEND $600 FOR SIX CATS THAT WERE FOUND OVER THERE IN SANTA FE.
I LIVE AT TWO 20 HOUSTON IN LEAGUE CITY.
I BOUGHT MY HOUSE IN 1983 AND IT CAME PRELOADED WITH A FERAL CAT COLONY.
AND FOR THE PAST 40 SOMETHING YEARS, I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF LEAGUE CITY FERAL CATS.
I HAVE VOLUNTEERED AT THE SHELTER I FOSTER FOR THE SHELTER.
AND THIS T AND R POLICY IS UNACCEPTABLE.
THEY MAKE REFERENCE TO REGISTERED CARETAKERS WITH PROVIDING NO MECHANISM FOR BEING A REGISTERED CARETAKER OR THE REQUIREMENT FOR BEING A REGISTERED CARETAKER.
THE POLICY IS POORLY AND INCOMPLETELY FOUGHT OUT AND NEEDS TO BE STOPPED
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UNTIL THEY CAN COME UP WITH A WAY OF MAKING SURE THAT THESE CATS THAT THEY ARE PUTTING OUT, ESPECIALLY THE FERAL ONES, BECAUSE THOSE WILL STILL GO OUT.HAVE A REGISTERED CARETAKER AND SOMEBODY WHO WILL KNOW THAT THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF.
UH, I'M KEN BURNS, UH, 7 1 9 DAVIS ROAD, LAKE CITY.
UH, I'M HERE TO FINISH NICOLE ANTON'S PASSIONATE DISCUSSION ABOUT ADOPTABLE CATS.
UH, SHE DIDN'T QUITE FINISH HER, HER, UH, DISCUSSION, SO I'LL FINISH IT FOR HER.
AND TO CARRY ON, UH, THE CURRENT SHELTERS.
THESE CLOSE, THERE'S A CLOSED GROUP OF CO COLLUDING PEOPLE WITH MORALS AND ETHICS TOWARDS THE CATS, VOLUNTEERS AND EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE CREATED A PAINFUL HEARTACHE IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS A DETRIMENTAL BREAKDOWN IN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LAKE CITY ANIMAL SHELTER LEADERSHIP.
THIS MAKES AN INTIMIDATING PLACE TO VOLUNTEER AND NOW IS DIVERTED FROM AN INTENDED DIRECTION OF A COMMON GOALS FOR THE LAKE CITY'S COMMUNITY REGARDING HOMING AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AND PETS.
SO HERE WE ARE, I'M HOPING TO HAVE THESE CONCERNS IDENTIFIED.
THESE SILOS NEED TO BE DISMANTLED AND THE AUDIT OF ALL THE FUNDS AND THE DISPATCH AND THE INTAKE OF THE RELEASE PAPERWORK BE REVIEWED.
MOST OF ALL HAVE AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE OVERBEARING, UH, BEHAVIOR TOWARDS THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN FOLLOWING WITHIN THESE SILOS.
THERE ARE FORMER EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE COMMENT ON, ON THE CURRENT DIRECTORS OVERBEARING US AN ETHICAL THOUGHT PROCESS OR UNETHICAL THOUGHT PROCESS, EXCUSE ME, THAT WILL COME FORWARD IN A PRIVATE INTERVIEW.
WE'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO WHAT WE LOST IN THE LAST FEW YEARS IN ONE HOMING, ANIMALS THAT WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A FAMILY.
AND TWO, THE RENOWNED REPUTATION OF THE LAKE CITY ANIMAL FACILITY HAD BEFORE.
THESE UNFORTUNATE CHANGES OF DIRECTOR MANAGEMENT.
WE NEED TO BE OPEN AND CONSTRUCTIVE MINDSET TO KEEP EACH STAFF THAT HAS THE AUTHORITY ACCOUNTABLE.
AND IN CHECK I PROPOSE WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER PUBLIC BOARD OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MUST IMPROVE THE DETRIMENTAL DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE ANIMALS AND KEEP THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE SILOS AND PERSONAL AGENDAS OUTTA THE LAKE CITY ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY.
I WILL BE THE FIRST TO VOLUNTEER.
UH, THE NEXT, IT'S LAURA TEITSWORTH AND THEN IT'S MARLENE.
AND I'M SORRY I CAN'T READ YOUR, YOUR LAST NAME.
THIS IS LAURA TEITSWORTH, UH, FIVE 17 SMALL CEDAR DRIVE LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS.
I'M HERE TO, UH, SUPPORT AGAIN THE SECOND READING FOR THE SOLICITORS ORDINANCE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DAD OVER THERE.
HE WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT IT UP TO YOUR ATTENTION AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT YOU'VE, UH, GIVEN AND THE SUPPORT TO REWRITE IT, TO SUPPORT IT, TO GIVE IT SOME TEETH.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS ON THIS ONE.
UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARTICULATE TO THE CITIZENS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THEIR PART TO BY MAKING THOSE PHONE CALLS AND REPORTING SOLICITOR, UM, VIOLATIONS.
ON THE H O A ALLIANCE SIDE, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP ONE THING.
UH, WE DO USE THE LIBRARY FOR MEETINGS 'CAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF HOAS THAT DO NOT HAVE MEETING ROOMS. AND SO WE USE THE POLICE STATION, WE USE THE LIBRARY, WE USE THE CITIZEN CIVIC CENTER.
UM, AND WE DO, WE USE THAT AREA.
SO, UM, I WASN'T AWARE OF THE GALVESTON ALLIANCE NOT BEING ABLE TO USE IT, BUT WE USE IT WITH THE H O A AS WELL.
AND, AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ONE MORE THING BEFORE I SIT DOWN IN MY SEAT, AND THAT IS, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE H O A ALLIANCE, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY FOR IN THE BUDGET FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR.
UH, IT SEEMS THAT WE CAN ONLY HAVE SO MANY SIDEWALKS REPAIRED BEFORE WE CAP OUT ON THE BUDGET, AND WE ARE ALWAYS ASKING FOR OUR SIDEWALKS TO BE REPAIRED.
I'M MARLENE GUZMAN, 2316 TONTO DRIVE, LAKE CITY.
AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CAT SITUATION.
AND I GOT INTO THIS FIRSTHAND BECAUSE A LITTLE CAT WALKED UP IN MY DRIVEWAY LAST WEEK AND SHE WAS VERY TIRED AND, AND SKINNY AND MALNOURISHED.
WE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE SHE BELONGED AND NOBODY CLAIMED HER.
SO, BECAUSE I'VE ADOPTED MANY ANIMALS FROM LEAGUE CITY SHELTER, AND I'VE ALWAYS FELT THEM TO BE SUCH A SUPPORTIVE PLACE, I CALLED LEAGUE CITY SHELTER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, I NEEDED TO CALL ANIMAL CONTROL AND THAT SOMEONE WOULD PICK HER UP.
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WERE GONNA PICK HER UP AND THEY WERE GONNA PUT HER IN THE ADOPTION PROGRAM.A LOVELY WOMAN FROM THE ANIMAL CONTROL CAME OUT.
SHE WAS VERY KIND AND COMPASSIONATE AND PROFESSIONAL.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THE CAT DID NOT NEED TO BE TRAPPED BECAUSE SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE'S PET AT SOME POINT.
THEY, SHE TOOK HER IN AND I ASKED HER, YOU KNOW, WOULD SHE BE, YOU KNOW, WOULD SHE BE PUT IN THE ADOPTION ROOM? AND SHE SAID, WELL, WE HAVE TO DEEM THAT SHE'S ADOPTABLE.
AND I SAID, OH, WELL, SHE'S ADOPTABLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S VERY SWEET, YOU KNOW, SHE LOVES SHE'S FOLLOWING ME AROUND.
AND SHE SAYS, YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MAKE THAT DECISION.
AND THE, THE SHELTER'S CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY.
I WENT ON ON ON THURSDAY, AND I CHECKED IN ON THE CAT AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE SHE IS RIGHT NOW, BUT SHE HAS BEEN VACCINATED.
I CAME, WENT IN ON, UM, A FRIDAY AND I CHECKED ON THE CAT BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANNA DROP HER OFF.
I WANNA MAKE SURE SHE GETS A HOME.
AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE SHE IS RIGHT NOW, BUT SHE HAS BEEN CHIPPED.
I SAID, WELL, DID SHE HAVE ANY? WELL, SHE CHIPPED BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T HAVE A CHIP.
AND I SAID, WELL, COULD YOU TELL ME WHERE SHE IS? CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT HER STATUS IS? NO, BUT LISTEN, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT SHE IS GOING TO HAVE THE LIFE OF RILEY BECAUSE SHE'S GONNA BECOME A NEIGHBORHOOD CAT.
SHE'LL JUST GO BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE'LL BE PEOPLE THAT WILL FEED HER AND SHE'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF.
I WAS
SO I JUST WALKED OUT AND DIDN'T SAY A WORD.
UM, ON SUNDAY, THE LITTLE CAT WAS WALKING UP MY SUNDAY MORNING, SHE REAPPEARED.
NOW, I WAS THANKFUL THAT THE OFFICER DID RETURN HER BACK TO MY HOUSE WHEN THEY DECIDED THAT SHE WAS NOT ADOPTABLE, BUT I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED.
SO I WENT BACK TO LEAGUE CITY SHELTER ON SUNDAY AND I SAID, OKAY, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND THEY SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID SPAY HER.
SHE DOES HAVE A VACCINATION, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I SAID, COULD I AT LEAST HAVE HER MEDICAL RECORDS BECAUSE I'M GONNA TRY TO FIND HER A HOME AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER YOU KNOW, RECEIVES THIS CAT KNOWS THAT SHE DOESN'T NEED TO BE REVACCINATED ANYWAYS.
AND THE STORY IS, I'M NOT A POLITICAL PERSON.
I WAS A CAT LOVING PERSON, AN ANIMAL LOVING PERSON.
AND THAT'S REALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
PEGGY ZA AND THEN JULIE ENGEL, PEGGY.
LET THEM KNOW IF THERE'S NO ACTION TONIGHT, THEY CAN LEAVE.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, TWO ITEMS. UH, TODAY WE HAD OUR CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED STEERING COMMITTEE, UH, MEETING EXCELLENT ATTENDANCE.
MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
UH, MOST OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU, UM, ABOUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, WE'RE REACHING THE END.
SO COMPLETION DATES LIKE IN THE 24 25 TIME PERIOD.
AND MOST OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE TO DO WITH DETENTION.
SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE THIS IS ALL BEING DONE UPSTREAM OF US.
UH, THE ONE PROJECT, UH, IT'S THE CLEAR CREEK FEDERAL PROJECT.
THIS IS THE LARGE ONE, UH, AS I REPORTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, UH, THAT WAS DELAYED.
IT'S GOING BACK AND, AND RE-LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE POLICIES AND GUIDELINES.
UM, THE PROJECT IS SLATED TO BE COMPLETED IN, UH, 32.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE NOT ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE IN THE CONVERSATION.
THE RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT AND THE THREATS WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVING, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE AT A GREATER, UM, POSITION.
I THINK BECAUSE OF US BEING DOWNSTREAM IS, IS NOT LOST IN THE CONVERSATION.
SO TO THE EXTENT YOU FIND THAT YOU HAVE THE TIME OR YOU'RE INTERESTED, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU, UH, ATTEND OUR CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED STEERING COMMITTEE.
IT'S EVERY OTHER MONTH WE HAVE ZOOM MEETINGS, UH, SECOND, UH, WELL ANYWAY, I CAN SEND YOU ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE OR I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THE SECOND, UM, AREA I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, I WILL CONTINUE MY CASE STUDY.
UH, MY ACADEMIC FRIENDS WHO ARE NERDS, UH, COMMENTED TO ME THAT THEY'RE, I'M THE ONLY PERSON THEY KNOW WHO'S TRYING TO CONDUCT A CASE STUDY IN A TIKTOK FORMAT.
SO I'M ASKING YOU TO STICK WITH ME BECAUSE I'M DETERMINED I'M GONNA COMPLETE THIS.
AND I I REALLY WANT OUR CITIZENS, UH, TO, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.
'CAUSE I, I CARE VERY MUCH LIKE THESE PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT THE CITY.
I, I HAVE REACHED OUT, UH, TO THE DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE UNDERGONE SUNSET REVIEW.
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THEM HAS TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE PROCESS IS COMMUNICATION.I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT ONCE OUR COMMITTEE, THE TICK TRAFFIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE WAS LOOKED AT AND WE FILLED OUT OUR QUESTIONNAIRE AS A COMMITTEE, WE WERE NEVER ONCE ASKED ANY QUESTIONS.
WE WERE NEVER ASKED FOR CLARIFICATIONS.
THE COMMUNICATIONS IS WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE US MOVE FORWARD AND BE SUCCESSFUL OR NOT.
AND, AND I WOULD REALLY REQUEST TO, TO JUST THINK OF WHERE WE ARE.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE SOME OF US HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO TO BE ON A COMMITTEE.
IT'S BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? WE CARE ABOUT THE CITY.
AND THE CITIZENS HAVE TOLD YOU THEY CARE ABOUT THE ISSUES.
TRANSPORTATION, FLOODING AND DRAINAGE.
WHAT'S THE MISSION OF OUR, OF OUR COMMITTEE? THOSE TWO THINGS.
SO I WOULD REALLY ASK YOU AS I GO FORWARD AND TALK, PLEASE LISTEN TO US.
I THINK OUR CITIZENS ARE LISTENING TO ME, JULIE ENGLEMAN AND GLORIA, UH, ROMAN.
GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO WHAT I NEED TO SAY.
UM, THIS IS ABOUT THE SENIOR CERAMICS PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN INTACT FOR EIGHT YEARS.
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WANNA SIGN UP, YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP EXACTLY WHEN IT COMES OUT ON THE DAY BECAUSE IT'S SO POPULAR.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY IS LEAGUE CITY CANCELING A PROGRAM THAT AS YOU CAN SEE, US OLD PEOPLE GOT OUT TONIGHT TO SAY WE NEED IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE TO SENIOR CITIZENS.
FOR EXAMPLE, I GO OFF TO HOMETOWN HEROES AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PROGRAMS. THERE'S FAR LESS CREATIVE PROGRAMS AND I, I ENJOY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, BUT I TRULY LOVE THE CREATIVE PROCESS THAT IS INVOLVED IN CERAMICS.
THE CITY OFFERS SO MANY PROGRAMS AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I SHOW MY FRIENDS THE THINGS I'VE MADE AND THEY SAY, HOW CAN YOU TAKE THAT? HOW MUCH IS IT? IT'S $5, $5.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT SENIOR CITIZENS CAN AFFORD AND SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED.
THIS PROGRAM GIVES SENIOR CITIZENS A CHANCE TO SOCIALIZE WITH EACH OTHER, WITH SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ALSO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF CREATIVE PRE PROPENSITIES.
ONE WOULD THINK THAT THE CITY WOULD SUPPORT A BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
PERSONALLY, I HAVE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL IN THIS PROGRAM.
I WALKED IN KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT CLAY AND NOW I KNOW ALL KINDS OF TECHNIQUES.
I'M NOT SAYING I'M ANY GOOD, I'M JUST SAYING I'M ENJOYING IT.
SO DON'T TAKE THIS AWAY FROM US.
WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LISTENING.
IT'D BE, IT'S PRISSY UPHAM AND THEN ED ROSE.
IS THAT GOOD? I CAME TO TALK ABOUT THE THE CAT COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM, BUT I THINK I WANNA SIGN UP FOR CERAMICS
UM, I HAVE BEEN A VOLUNTEER WITH THE SHELTER, THE ANIMAL SHELTER SINCE I RETIRED.
MAINLY TRANSPORTING DOGS, UH, FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND, UM, JUST VOL, VOLUNTEERING, WALKING DOGS AND THEN FOSTERING DOGS AND HAVING MEDICAL FOSTER FOR DOGS.
BUT UM, ON, UH, APRIL 8TH, THIS, THIS IS JUST A, A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM.
UM, ON APRIL 8TH, MY SISTER AND I WERE WATCHING THE ROOKIE AND UM, WE HAD TWO CATS AND A DOG.
EVERYBODY'S IN THE LIVING ROOM AND THE, THE PET DOOR FLAP OPENED AND WE LOOK, WE LOOK AT EACH OTHER LIKE, WHO COULD THAT BE?
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WELL, THERE'S A, A BLACK CAT WITH AMBER EYES CAME IN, HE'S ALL CROUCHED DOWN, YOU KNOW, REAL STEALTHY.AND HE GOES AND STARTS EATING THE CAT FOOD.
AND UM, WE GO, WELL, THAT'S NOT SO GREAT.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW THIS CAT.
BUT, UM, SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, HE COMES AND WHEN HE WANTS TO, HE COMES IN WHEN HE WANTS TO, LEAVES, WHEN HE WANTS TO, AND YOU THINK, OH, OH, WE'LL JUST CLOSE THE DOOR.
SHE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT WHEN SHE, WHEN SHE NEEDS TO NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT, UH, HAVE US WAKE UP OR WHATEVER.
SO, UM, IN THE MEANTIME, OUR CATS ARE TERRORIZED BY, BY THIS CAT.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY FERAL 'CAUSE I DON'T REALLY KNOW, YOU KNOW, DON'T KNOW THE BACKGROUND OF THE CAT.
AND, UM, NOW, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THE DOG, THE CAT DOOR OPENED, UH, THEY'D, OUR CATS WOULD GET ALL SCARED AND STUFF BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FRIENDLY CAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, GET A CAT FROM THE SHELTER.
WE TRAPPED IT, TOOK IT UP THERE AND UM, A KENNEL TECH TOOK THE CAT FROM US.
AND, UH, AND SHE SAID, WELL, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, RIGHT? AND I I I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
AND, UH, SHE SAID, WELL, WELL THEY'RE GONNA NEUTER HIM AND GIVE HIM HIS VACCINES AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA RELEASE HIM BACK TO, TO YOUR HOUSE.
AND WE GO, WHAT?
YOU KNOW, WE WERE LIKE LAUGHING LIKE, SURE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
ANYWAY, FIRST MORNING, UM, ANYWAY, IT DID HAPPEN.
SO SIX WEEKS LATER THE CAT SHOWS BACK UP AND UM, HE'S NEUTERED NOW, BUT HE'S STILL A WILD CAT, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T LET US GET NEAR HIM NOW WE CAN'T TRAP HIM 'CAUSE HE IS ALREADY BEEN TRAPPED.
ANYWAY, I JUST, WE WEREN'T TOLD ANYTHING FROM ANY EMPLOYEE THAT OH, YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT YOU TO FEED 'EM AND WATER 'EM AND TAKE CARE OF THEM AND IF IT'S TOO HOT, LET 'EM IN OR, OR, OR ANYTHING.
AND WHAT IF YOU GO OUTTA TOWN, THEN WHO TAKES CARE OF THEM? I, IT IS JUST, IT'S JUST A REALLY ODD, UH, UNACCEPTABLE SITUATION.
ED ROSE, SCOTT BERGER AND THEN MONICA MILLIKEN.
I LIVE AT 2 83 WEST FORK DRIVE LEAGUE CITY.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SHELTER.
A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN A SHELTER WAS BUILT AND THE WAY IT WAS OPERATED, WE WERE AT A NUMBER 10.
TODAY WE'RE AT A NUMBER ONE, THE LOWEST IT COULD POSSIBLY BE.
I TALKED TO TOMMY CRUZ, HE'S DOWN IN THE OFFICE FROM ME WHERE I HAVE MY OFFICE.
AND I ALSO HAD SOME INTER SOME EXCHANGES WITH EMAILS WITH MAYOR LONG.
AND I GOT THE IMPRESSION MAYOR LONG WAS, WELL, MAYBE YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE HAVE A PRIME OF FACE CASE HERE BASED ON ALL THE EVIDENCE HERE TODAY TO TERMINATE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
WE, SO I EXPECT THIS COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO THAT OR MOVE HER INTO A POSITION THAT SHE CAN'T HURT THE SHELTER AND HURT THE ANIMALS.
AND LEMME, LIKE I SAID, I LITIGATE.
I CURRENTLY REPRESENT A DOG IN GALVESTON WHO ON A MUNICIPAL COURT TRIAL THAT WAS LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, THEY ORDERED HIM TO BE EUTHANIZED.
BUT ON AN APPEAL, I GET EVERYTHING STAYED.
BUT MY POSITION IS YOU HAVE A PRI FACE CASE TO TERMINATE THIS WOMAN IF YOU DON'T WANNA TERMINATE HER, PUT HER INTO A JOB THAT SHE CAN'T HURT ANYBODY.
AND I EXPECT THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.
YOU GOT THE EVIDENCE, DIRECT EVIDENCE, NO HEARSAY.
THIS CITY MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF VERY, OF VARIOUS STATE AND POSSIBLE FEDERAL STATUTES.
SO I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT'S POSSIBLY INCOMPETENT.
AND ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA CUT YOU OFF AND HERE'S WHY.
WE ARE GONNA KEEP THIS AS A BUSINESS MEETING.
WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO ACCUSE EMPLOYEES AND RULE BY THE MOB.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, LIKE I TOLD YOU, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE CITY MANAGER GO THROUGH AND INVESTIGATE THIS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST, YOU KNOW, RABBLE ROUSE AND THEN GO AFTER AND FIRE A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE.
ALL RIGHT? WE WILL GO, WE WILL INVESTIGATE.
I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT UNTIL THAT TIME WE WILL NOT JUST BUT DO ME A FAVOR, FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE.
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A LAWYER, I FILED THE EVIDENCE, YOU GOT THE EVIDENCE, YOU WIN.HE HAS BEEN TOLD BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO DO THIS AND HE WILL GET IT DONE, I'M SURE.
UH, SCOTT BERGER, SEVEN 11 HEWITT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE HELEN HALL LIBRARY AND TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARIANS AND THE LIBRARY BOARD.
UM, THE LIBRARY MEETING ROOM HAS BEEN CLOSED AND THE POLICIES BEING REVIEWED, AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THE MAYOR OR THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD BE WASTING THEIR TIME ON.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO MOST CARE ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND WHO KNOW THE MOST ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THE LIBRARY MISSION AND THEY KNOW THE LEGAL RIGHTS AND LEGAL OBLIGATIONS OF WHAT IT IS TO BE A LIBRARY.
UH, SPECIFICALLY PUBLIC LIBRARIES HAVE NEVER LOST A FREE SPEECH CASE WHEN THEY'VE PROVIDED EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ALL.
IN PARTICULAR, I DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE HELEN HALL MEETING ROOM ACCESS REMAINED FREE TO RESERVE AND NOT CHARGE A USAGE FEE JUST TO BE ABLE TO USE THE PUBLIC SPACE IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, I DO THIS BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT THE LEAGUE CITY RESIDENTS WHO ACTUALLY NEED THE LIBRARY ROOM AND WHO USE THE MEETING ROOMS. I'M TALKING ABOUT TEENAGERS, I'M TALKING ABOUT CHARITIES, I'M TALKING ABOUT NONPROFITS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT TEACHERS, I'M TALKING ABOUT HOMESCHOOL WHO USE THE SPACE TO PLAN THEIR LESSONS TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE.
THE GROUPS THAT NEED AND USE THE LIBRARY ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE THE MEETING ROOM IS FREE BECAUSE IT'S A SPACE THEY CAN AFFORD.
THEY ARE TEENAGERS, THEY'RE AT-HOME, PARENTS, CHARITY WORKERS.
AND THIS IS NOT EQUITABLE WHEN YOU'RE CHARGING FOR ADMISSION.
EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR ALL IS THE RIGHT, THE OBLIGATION AND THE PURPOSE OF ANY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
I WANT YOU TO LET THE LIBRARIANS WRITE THE POLICIES THAT FULFILL OUR LIBRARY'S MISSION.
I WILL MENTION, GO AHEAD AND HOME.
SHE LIVES IN A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY UP IN OHIO.
DO WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP CERAMICS CLASSES AVAILABLE FOR OUR SENIORS.
MONICA MIL CONTROL PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
I WANNA LET ONE OF THE SPEAKERS KNOW THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT CITIZEN BOARD OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD AND PERHAPS WE SHOULD APPLY IN THE NEXT ROUND OF PEOPLE.
WHAT I'M HANDING OUT TO YOU IS BASICALLY THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE
THE PEOPLE MOST UPSET ABOUT THIS FIASCO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND RATIFIED BY CITY COUNCIL.
THE COMMITTEE'S POWERS AND DUTIES INCLUDE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS IS QUOTE IN HIGHLIGHTED RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND ITS OPERATIONS.
FURTHER DUTIES ARE TO ASSIST THE PLANNING OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER PROGRAMS AND PROMOTE AND STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST THEREIN, THE COMMITTEE HAD NO INPUT IN ESTABLISHING THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM AND ARE MORE OUTRAGED BY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE ANIMALS OF LEAGUE CITY THAN THE CITIZENS HERE TONIGHT.
THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES AS SET OUT BY THE STATE ORDINANCE.
HAD THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE BEEN INVOLVED, THE PROGRAM WOULD'VE BEEN MORE THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED AND CRAFTED IN A MANNER ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITIZENS.
THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL THE CITIZENS THE WHY BEHIND THE WHAT, THEREBY STIMULATING PUBLIC INTEREST.
T N R SHOULD BE USED FOR TRUE FERAL CATS WITH NO HOPE OF BEING ADOPTED.
FERAL CATS BORN HAVE AN INSTINCT TO DEVELOP SURVIVAL SKILLS.
THEIR LIFESPAN IS MUCH SHORTER THAN A HOUSEHOLD CAT, BUT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO LIVE IN PEACE.
FRIENDLY HOUSE CATS DO NOT POSSESS THOSE NECESSARY SKILLS.
IF A CAT HAS LIVED INSIDE OR EVEN INSIDE OUTSIDE, THEY WILL NOT THRIVE, MUCH LESS SURVIVE OUTSIDE WITHOUT SOMEONE FEEDING THEM.
THE POLICY WRITTEN BY THE SHELTER DIRECTOR JASMINE O'KEEFFE SAYS THAT WHEN INTAKING THE CATS, THEY WILL ASCERTAIN IF THE CAT HAS PREVIOUSLY LIVED INSIDE OR INSIDE OUTSIDE.
THIS IS NOT BEING DONE AND IT'S A VITAL PART OF THE EQUITABLE PROGRAM.
THE PROTOCOL SAYS THE OFFICERS ARE TO THIS IS THE PROTOCOL WRITTEN BY
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THE SHELTER MANAGER SAYS THAT THE OFFICERS ARE TO CANVAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DETERMINE IF THE CAT HAS EVER LIVED INSIDE.IF THERE ARE RESIDENTS WILLING TO FEED THE CAT, THE EMPLOYEES AREN'T DOING IT.
JASMINE O'KEEFE SAID, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THE CANVASSING AND FOLLOW UP.
I SAY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES YOU WROTE, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM UNTIL YOU HAVE THE TIME.
THIS PROGRAM IS ALMOST AS IRRESPONSIBLE AS ADOPTING UNSTERILIZED ADULT DOGS AND CATS OUT TO REPRODUCE ON THE STREET.
BOTH PROGRAMS NEED TO BE, BOTH PROGRAMS NEED TO BE SUSPENDED UNTIL THERE CAN BE AN HONEST OPEN COMMUNICATION AS TO WHY THINGS ARE BEING DONE THIS WAY.
THIS PROGRAM WAS INSTIGATED ALMOST IN THE DARK OF NIGHT.
YOU HAVE CARETAKERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD HOW TO REGISTER, BUT THE ORDINANCE SAYS THEY HAVE TO REGISTER AND THEY'RE DUMPING CATS IN AREAS WHERE THEY KNOW THERE IS A CARETAKER AND THEY'RE NOT HEALTHY.
AND EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY THAT AGREES, PLEASE STAND.
EVERYBODY THAT AGREES, PLEASE STAND.
WE'LL DO THE CONSENT AGENDA SIX A THROUGH SIX E ANYBODY WANNA ANYTHING APPROVE? SECOND COMMENTS MR. CRUZ? I DIDN'T SEE.
YEAH, I JUST, WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BUT THERE'S NOT BEEN CALL.
I CALLED EVERYBODY ON THE LIST.
WHO IS IT? IT'S, ARE YOU ROMAN? I DID CALL GLORIA ROMAN, BUT SHE CAN COME UP HERE REAL QUICK.
MAYOR LONG AND ALL OF THE OTHER CITY.
COUNCILMAN, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UM, WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU REINSTATE THE CERAMICS CLASS FOR THE, ALL OF THE REASONS THAT HAVE PRECEDED US.
UH, THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY CONSTITUTE 10.3, I BELIEVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF LEAGUE CITY.
UH, THE TOTAL POPULATION OF LEAGUE CITY IS 119,000 PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE FROM YOUR WEBSITE, MY LITTLE VILLAGE PRODUCES APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION OF TAXES THAT LEAGUE CITY RECEIVES AND THAT IS ONLY APPROXIMATELY 700 RESIDENTS.
SO THE REST OF THE 9,000 PLUS PEOPLE, I'M CERTAIN CONTRIBUTE A, A CON A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF, UM, INCOME TO THE CITY.
I'M NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH ALL THE REASONS THEY PRECEDE US, BUT WE'D LIKE A RESPONSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I THINK THE PROGRAM, UH, IS SET TO EXPIRE IN TWO MONTHS AND WE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE A REASON FOR THE CANCELLATION OF THE PROP OF THE, UH, CERAMICS CLASSES.
NO, I'M SORRY, BUT THE, THERE'S NOT A QUESTION AND ANSWER PORTION DURING THIS, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
IF YOU WANNA EMAIL, WE APPRECIATE IT.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAVE A A, A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO VOTE ON THE REMAINDER.
UH, CAN I GET A SECOND ON THAT? SECOND? OKAY.
MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST, UH, SIX
[6E. 23-0351 Consider and take action on Ordinance 2023-22 amending Chapter 78, entitled “Peddlers and Solicitors” of the League City Code of Ordinances to update and clarify various sections, providing for codification, publication, and an effective date - Second Reading (Council Member Hicks and Council Member Saunders)]
E.CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 22 AMENDING CHAPTER 78 ENTITLED PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS OF THE LEAGUE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCE TO UPDATE AND CLARIFY VARIOUS SECTIONS PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
SECOND, TOM, THE, THE CONCERN I HAVE IS ON PAGE SEVEN OF NINE, UM, IT'S SECTION 78 14.
IT SAYS THAT AFTER BEING NOTIFIED BY THE OWNER OR OCCUPANT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL ENTERED UPON, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND DISPATCHED TO THE LOCATION FOR INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE.
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FAILED TO REMAIN ON THE SIDEWALK ABUTTING SUCH PREMISES UNTIL LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVES.I, I THINK THAT THIS IS, I UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT THE INTENT IS, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST OPENING UP A, A HUGE PROBLEM.
WE'RE GONNA ASK THIS PERSON TO, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW IN THE HEAT, TO JUST SIT OUT THERE FOR SOMETHING THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE DONE.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THE POLICE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO COME AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A PRIORITY FOR THE POLICE TO COME OUT FOR THIS.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A CONCERN THAT IT WOULD LIKE TO, TO DISCUSS AND SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF FINE TUNE IT TO WHERE WE CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE BETTER.
UH, YEAH, I'M PROBABLY NOT THE ONE TO ANSWER THAT.
DO WE HAVE EITHER THE POLICE CHIEF OR MR. DOWN? THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE DESIRE BEHIND THIS LANGUAGE IS THAT, UH, THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THESE INDIVIDUAL PEDDLERS THAT UH, RECEIVE AN ID CARD, THAT THEY WILL GO TO, UH, PEOPLE'S HOMES AND THEY WILL NOT FOLLOW THE VARIOUS RULES THAT WE HAVE, AND ALSO THE RULES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT ALSO, UH, TOUGHENING UP.
UH, AND THAT AS SOON AS THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONGFUL AGAINST THE RULES AND THEY CAN TELL THAT THE HOMEOWNER, UH, IS UNHAPPY ABOUT THAT AND MAYBE HAS CALLED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEN THEY GET OUT OF THERE.
AND SO, UH, THEREBY DEPRIVING, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE POLICE OFFICER TO ARRIVE, QUESTION THEM, QUESTION THE HOMEOWNER, MAYBE FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO SEE IF IT'S JUSTIFIED TO PERHAPS TAKE FURTHER ACTION.
UH, PULL THAT ID CARD AND POTENTIALLY PULL THE PERMIT.
AND SO THAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THIS PROVISION.
UH, I WANNA GET BACK IN THE QUEUE.
SEAN, UM, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMAN CRUZ, WHEN WE FIRST READ THIS ORDINANCE LAST TIME, TWO DAYS LATER, I HAD A SECURITY COMPANY THAT WE ALL KNOW SHOW UP AT MY HOUSE.
I HAVE A SIGN ON MY DOOR THAT SAYS I ALREADY HAVE THEM AS MY SECURITY PROVIDER.
THEY COME KNOCKING ON MY DOOR.
FIRST THING I ASKED HIM FOR WAS HIS PERMIT.
HE LOOKED AT ME, HE GOES, I HAVE MY ID.
WHERE'S YOUR LEAGUE? CITY, CITY PERMIT TO DO TO OR REVERSE LISTENING? I DON'T HAVE ONE.
I WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU NEED TO CONTACT YOUR HANDLER BECAUSE YOU'RE IN VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE BY NOT HAVING ONE.
HE DID NOT HAVE A PERMIT AT ALL.
HE HAD HIS ID FROM THAT COMPANY AND THAT WAS IT.
HIS HANDLER SAID THAT HE WOULD BE AT MY HOUSE IN 20 MINUTES TO TALK TO ME.
'CAUSE HE WASN'T AWARE OF THE ORDINANCE, IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.
I DID CALL LAKE CITY PD, THE OFFICER CAME OUT, I EXPLAINED, HEY GUY, I DON'T LIKE BOTHERING YOU ON THIS, BUT BY THE ORDINANCE.
I HAVE TO CONTACT Y'ALL FOR THIS TO BE NOTED SO THAT IF WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION AT A LATER TIME, WE CAN.
THE OFFICER IS VERY POLITE, SAID, NOT A PROBLEM.
YOU CALL, WE COME OUT ON THIS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE OFFICER'S ALREADY, THEY WERE THE ONES THAT ASKED FOR US TO PUT TEETH INTO THIS ORDINANCE WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TEETH BEFORE.
UM, IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO.
THE THING ABOUT THEM STICKING AROUND IS, IS THAT THIS GUY THEN LEFT MY HOUSE AFTER I TOLD HIM HE HAD TO HAVE A PERMIT TO OPERATE IN LEAGUE CITY.
HE LEAVES MY HOUSE, GOES DOWN TO THE NEXT STREET, AND I WATCH HIM WALK BACK AND FORTH KNOCKING ON DOORS.
MATTER OF FACT, I HEARD A LOT OF THE DOORBELLS, YOU'RE BEING RECORDED AS HE'S WALKING UP TO 'EM, I COULD HEAR HIM AROUND THE CORNER.
ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE TO STICK AROUND.
'CAUSE IF THEY DON'T, THEN PD CAN'T GET THE INFORMATION FOR THEM TO MAKE A REPORT SO THAT WE CAN TRACK WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE RULES OR NOT.
IF THEY DON'T STICK AROUND, THEN PD CAN'T GET THE INFORMATION.
WE CAN'T TAKE FURTHER ACTION AGAINST THEM, IS WHAT I'M TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE PD FILE A REPORT ON THEIR END.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TO UNDERSTAND.
SO, AND I, I I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
AND, AND THAT'S THE REASON I SAID I, I AGREE WITH THE INTENT, BUT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS THAT I'M SEEING.
ONE IS, IF THE HOMEOWNER SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'VE CALLED THE POLICE, HOW LONG IS HE TO SIT OUT THERE? WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE POLICE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DISPATCHED.
AND THEN NOW WE HAVE A STRANGER WHO IS SITTING IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY'S HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I GUESS SITTING ON THE SIDEWALK.
SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF A TIMELINE.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN JUST THE HOMEOWNER SAYING, I'VE CALLED THE POLICE NOW YOU STAY HERE UNTIL THE POLICE COME.
WHICH COULD BE NEVER, OR THE, THE HOMEOWNERS COULD JUST BE NOT BEING, UH, HONEST.
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GOT A GAP HERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO FILL IN.AND I WOULD, I WOULD ALMOST PREFER TO POSTPONE THIS IF UNTIL I CAN, UM, GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A MESS THAT WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT EIGHT A LITTLE BETTER.
FOR THE SAKE OF DISCUSSION, I'LL SECOND IT.
BUT ARE, ARE YOU DONE BEFORE? I YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO DISCUSSION WHEN YOU VOTE TO POSTPONE.
SO WOULD YOU MAYBE LIKE, DELAY THAT UNTIL YOU SAY YOUR, UH, STATEMENT? YEAH, I I, I WILL DO THAT AFTER I TALK.
UM, I, I DON'T LIKE CREATING THINGS THAT WE CAN'T ENFORCE.
UM, I DON'T WANNA CREATE VIGILANTES HOLDING THESE PEOPLE ON THEIR SIDEWALK UNTIL THE COPS SHOW UP.
UM, I, I, I SEE THAT BEING A POTENTIAL PROBLEM.
UM, AND I, I UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SAY, HEY, I CALLED THE POLICE AND THEY LEAVE, BUT AT THAT POINT, HAVEN'T YOU ACCOMPLISHED WHAT WE'RE AFTER, WHICH REALLY IS TO GET RID OF 'EM IN THE FIRST PLACE? UM, I GET THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO DO SOME MORE SERIOUS ENFORCEMENT, BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S THE GUY WHO, AS YOU POINTED OUT, GOES THE NEXT BLOCK OVER.
SO WHEN YOU CALL IT IN, THE COPS ARE GONNA SHOW UP.
THEY'RE GONNA DRIVE AROUND YOUR AREA.
I ASSUME IF YOU'RE BOTHERING TO CALL THE COPS ON THIS, MOST FOLKS IN THIS DAY AND AGE HAVE ALREADY GOT THE VIDEO OFF THE RING CAMERA OR TAKING A PHOTO WITH THEIR PHONE.
HE LOOKS FOR THE GUY IN THE ORANGE POLO.
OH, I GUESS IT'S NOT ALWAYS AN ORANGE POLO, JUST HALF THE TIME.
UM, PROBLEM SOLVED, UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE THIS LANGUAGE.
AND, AND THAT'S JUST FROM A PROCEDURAL THING.
I DON'T LIKE TO CREATE THINGS THAT BECOME A BURDEN FOR ENFORCEMENT.
UM, SO I, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION TO POSTPONE, UM, BUT I'M ALSO OPEN TO JUST STRIPPING THIS ONE SECTION OUT, UM, AND PASSING THE NIGHT.
THERE'S MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION TO POSTPONE.
UH, SO IS MR. SAUNDERS NEXT? NO, GO AHEAD.
UH, MAYOR, JUST FOR THIS, THIS WAS BEAT TO DEATH LAST, UH, LAST ONE, UH, LAST MEETING.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE TO AMEND TO REMOVE, UM, AFTER EIGHT, UH, FROM THE WORD FAIL.
AND JUST STRIKE THAT LANGUAGE.
FROM, FROM, FROM FAIL, FROM 78 8, THAT SENTENCE.
ARE YOU CATCHING THIS NUMBER? FAIL TO REMOVE.
OH, SO BASICALLY AFTER FAIL ALL THE WORDS AFTER FAIL.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T PHYSICALLY STOP THEM EITHER WAY.
I'M, I'M GONNA TAKE, I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE.
WHAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY WANT TO DO IS JUST STRIKE THAT ENTIRE, UH, SUBSECTION EIGHT.
WHO WAS THAT? SEAN? YEAH, IT GO, GO AHEAD AND GO THEN, THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO STRIKE THAT ENTIRE SUBSECTION.
WHAT WAS THE NUMBER? 78? IT'S NUMBER EIGHT OR WHATEVER.
IF WE REMOVE THAT SECTION, THEN AS LONG AS THEY FIND THEM SOME'S IN THE AREA.
THAT SUBSECTION, THAT SUBSECTION OF NUMBER EIGHT ONLY.
THIS SECTION HERE, REALLY AND TRULY, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH TAKING IT OUT, COUNCILMAN.
WE CAN'T PHYSICALLY TELL THEM TO STAY THERE ANYWAYS.
WE CAN SAY, HEY, LOOK, COPS ARE ON THEIR WAY, DON'T YOU MOVE.
WE'RE GONNA GET A, AS, WHAT THE HOMEOWNER NEEDS TO DO IS TWO THINGS.
THEY NEED TO ASK FOR THEIR PERMIT.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR PERMIT, THEY NEED TO ASK FOR THEIR COMPANY.
ID GET THEIR NAME, GET A DESCRIPTION, GIVE IT TO THE OFFICERS, TELL 'EM WHICH WAY THEY WENT.
OKAY, LET THE OFFICERS DEAL WITH IT.
LET'S GET THIS ON RECORD THAT THEY'RE DOING IT, AND LET'S MAKE THESE DOOR DOOR SOLICITORS
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ACTUALLY OBEY THE RULES.BUT THIS CANNOT HAPPEN IF PEOPLE DO NOT CALL THE POLICE.
DO I LIKE CALLING THE POLICE ON THIS? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
OUR COPS GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO, BUT THESE GUYS ARE OUT THERE.
THEY'RE HARASSING PEOPLE, THEY'RE CUSSING PEOPLE OUT.
AND THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA, I THINK, GONNA HELP US TO GET IT TO STOP.
SO THE REASON I LIKE IT IN THERE IS NOT BECAUSE THE HOMEOWNER'S GONNA, EVEN THE HOMEOWNER WON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT SAYS IN THE ORDINANCE, RIGHT? THEY WON'T KNOW TO AND THEY WON'T TRY TO KEEP 'EM THERE.
BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT BEING IN THERE, IT'S A CLEAR VIOLATION IF THEY'RE NOT THERE.
AND SO THEN THAT SOLICITOR IS JUST ONCE AGAIN, NOT FOLLOWING AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF THE RULES, RIGHT? SO THAT'S VERY EASY.
IF THE POLICE GET THERE, THEY CAN SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF HE DIDN'T FILE THE PAPERWORK CORRECTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT HE DIDN'T STAY HERE LIKE IT SAYS IN THE ORDINANCE, LIKE THEY SAID, AND THEY, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO SIGN TO THAT.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE ORDINANCE AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO SAY THAT THEY ARE GONNA FOLLOW IT.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT THERE, THEN THEY'RE JUST KIND OF AUTOMATICALLY GUILTY OF BREAKING THE ORDINANCE.
SO I KINDA LIKE IT 'CAUSE IT AT LEAST GETS IT ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY AND STOPS THAT PERSON FROM GOING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TILL THEY GET CAUGHT LEAVING AND THEN COMING BACK THE NEXT DAY OR THE DAY AFTER, OR GOING TO A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S, I I LIKE IT JUST FOR THAT SAKE, SEAN, MR. MAYOR.
I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM ON THAT, BUT I DO AGREE WITH THEM ALSO.
HOW LONG, IF THEIR CO, IF THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE BUSY ON, ON HIGHER LEVEL CALLS, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE THEM 30, 45 MINUTES AN HOUR TO GET THERE, WHICH IT COULD, WHO KNOWS? ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THEM STAY THERE FOR 30, 45 MINUTES AN HOUR TO STAY THERE ON YOUR SIDEWALK ALREADY? I, I CAN SEE THAT THAT'S GONNA BE KIND OF DRASTIC TO DO.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE PRIMAS BEHIND THIS.
WE CAN TELL THEM IN THEIR TRAINING THAT THEY HAVE TO STAY THERE, BUT IF THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T.
I MEAN, IF WE, EITHER THAT OR WE NEED TO PUT SOME KIND OF TIMEFRAME IN IT, THAT OFFICER DOESN'T SHOW UP WITHIN 15 MINUTES.
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE NOT TAKING THEM INTO CUSTODY.
WE'RE NOT, WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO DO SO.
THIS ISN'T A FELONY HERE, SO WE CAN'T MAKE A CITIZEN'S ARREST ON THEM.
YEAH, I WOULDN'T THINK YOU'D WANNA DO THAT.
I WOULDN'T WANNA DO THAT ANYWAYS, BUT I, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
FOR US TO MAKE THEM STAY THERE, IN ESSENCE, THE HOMEOWNERS IS BASICALLY TAKING THEM AND TELLING THEM, YOU DON'T GO ANYWHERE, YOU'RE STAYING HERE UNTIL THE COPS GET HERE.
A A I DON'T THINK THE HOMEOWNER'S DOING ANYTHING, BUT YEAH.
I YOU'RE KIND OF, YOU'RE GETTING IT RIGHT ON.
SO, UH, SO MR. MAYOR, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENT BASICALLY IS THAT THEY, THAT THEY WERE JUST KIND OF ALMOST DEFAULT INTO FAILING OUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS THAT THEY'D HAVE TO HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE OWNER OF THE OCCUPANT OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY INTO WHICH THEY ENTERED INTO.
SO IF, WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR EXAMPLE, YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE PRIVATE, UH, THAT THE HOMEOWNER WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS, UH, POLICY.
SO THAT IN ITSELF WOULD MAKE IT EVEN MORE OBSOLETE.
SO I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT POLICY.
I I THINK IT'S MUCH NEEDED, BUT I THINK IF WE TAKE OUT EIGHT, WE'RE IT'S A LOT STRONGER AND WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION.
SO I I I HOPE YOU'LL VOTE ON REMOVING EIGHT.
UH, I PROBABLY WON'T, BUT WE CAN VOTE.
3, 4, 5 AGAINST, OKAY, THE MO NOW IS THE MOTION, THE ORIGINAL MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE.
THIS IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN.
OH, I GOT THE, YOU GOTTA VOTE ON YOUR OWN DEAL.
MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST, UH, IT IS PASSED.
UH, THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING.
[9A. 23-0340 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for the design and bid services of the expansion of Southwest Water Reclamation Facility (WW 2201) in the amount of $6,098,065 (Executive Director of Capital Projects)]
BUSINESS.CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FRIES AND NICHOLS, INC.
FOR THE DESIGN AND BID SERVICES OF THE EXPANSION OF THE SOUTHWEST WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, WW 2 2 0 1 AND THE AMOUNT OF $6,098,065.
DO WE HAVE A, UH, DO WE HAVE JUST A BROAD OVERVIEW? A PITCH ON THIS? IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF LETTUCE.
IT'S A LOT OF LETTUCE AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, UH, BE HAPPY TO.
THE, UH, ALL OF THAT COMES FROM OUR, UH, MASTER WATER AND WASTEWATER IN
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THIS CASE WOULD BE WASTEWATER THAT THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN IS GROWING AND THE PLANT THAT WAS BUILT BACK ABOUT ROUGHLY 10 YEARS AGO, 10, 12 YEARS AGO, NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED.TWO, THREE YEARS AGO, THE CITY HIRED SAME CONSULTANT TO LOOK INTO THE EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
THEY FOUND OUT THAT SOME OF THE UNITS HAVE EXTRA CAPACITY, SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND DID A STUDY TO RE-RATE IT.
UH, SOME OF THE UNITS HAVE, UM, ABOUT 5.4 M G D CAPACITY.
AND THEN BASICALLY THIS PHASE WOULD BE TO EXPAND THE PLAN TO EITHER SIX OR EIGHT OR EVEN BEYOND THAT.
BUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO EXPAND THE PLANT TO 8 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY SO THAT WE CAN KEEP UP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY.
SO IF YOU RE, IF YOU RECALL, WHEN THE SOUTHWEST PLANT WAS CONSTRUCTED, IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO ULTIMATELY BE EXPANDED TO 12 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AND SO THIS IS, THIS IS A, AGAIN, AN INTERIM EXPANSION FROM FOUR TO 8 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, FUNDAMENTALLY, YOU KNOW, IT ULTIMATELY WILL GET SUPPORTED THROUGH CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES TO, TO PAY FOR IT.
THE DESIGN PHASE IS COVERED WITH CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES, BUT IT'S AGAIN, PRIMARILY TO SERVE THE GROWTH ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE, SUPPORTED BY THE, THE, UH, WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN.
I GUESS FROM A CAPACITY STANDPOINT, AGAIN, YOU KNOW HOW I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE PIE CHART.
HOW MUCH MORE DOES THIS GET US TO BUILD OUT? LIKE THIS? ISN'T Y'ALL COME BACK LATER OR DOES THIS PLAN PLAN ALL THE WAY TO BUILD OUT FOR WEST SIDE OR JUST IT'S AN, IT'S, SO IT'S, IT'S AN INTERIM STEP GOING FROM FUNDAMENTALLY 4 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TO EIGHT, AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO THE 12.
AND THEN SOMETIME IN ALL SITES ABOUT 10 YEARS IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULD GO FROM EIGHT TO 12.
DISCUSSION, THIS WILL BE FUNDED, UH, THROUGH CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES AND THE WASTEWATER, RIGHT? CORRECT.
MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES.
[10A. 23-0348 Consider and take action on ordinance granting a limited franchise to Universal Natural Gas, LLC (d/b/a Universal Natural Gas, Inc.) to operate and maintain a gas distribution system for the transportation, distribution and/or sale of gas to customers in League City through the use of public rights-of-way - First Reading (Mayor Nick Long)]
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE GRANTING A LIMITED FRANCHISE TO UNIVERSAL NATURAL GAS, L L C D B A, UNIVERSAL NATURAL GAS, INC.TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTATION DISTRIBUTION AND OR SALE OF GAS TO CUSTOMERS IN LEAGUE CITY THROUGH PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.
FIRST READING, AND I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, SO I WILL SAY, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY I PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
UH, SO THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA A COUPLE OF, UH, WEEKS AGO.
UH, I THINK WE UNANIMOUSLY, UH, VOTED IT DOWN OR IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE IF IT WASN'T.
UH, AND THE REASON I PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA IS SINCE THAT TIME, UH, STAFF WORKED WITH UNIVERSAL NATURAL GAS TO GET THEIR FEES IN LINE WITH CENTERPOINT.
AND SO THEIR, THEIR FEES ARE NOW, UH, THEY MATCHED ALL OF CENTERPOINT'S CONDITIONS INSIDE OF THAT.
UH, AND THEN THE, THE PART THAT I THINK IS APPEALING TO FUTURE OR TO CUSTOMERS IN LEAGUE CITY AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF LEAGUE CITY IS, UH, THAT THEY'RE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME GOING TO RUN FIBER WITH THE GAS LINES.
SO THIS WILL PROVIDE A ADDITIONAL COMPETITION AGAINST COMCAST AND, AND WHATEVER OTHER, UH, INTERNET PROVIDERS ARE OUT THERE.
AND IT'LL HAVE FIBER FROM DAY ONE OF MOVING INTO THESE HOUSES.
UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I THINK IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A WASH FROM A, FROM A STANDPOINT OF, UH, OF COST ON THE NATURAL GAS.
BUT IT SURE WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE COMPETITION ON THE INTERNET.
AND, UH, AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, SEAN, MR. MAYOR, I'VE LOOKED, TRIED TO FIND THEIR SERVICE AREAS THROUGHOUT HOUSTON, AND THE ONLY ONE I CAN FIND IS WOODLANDS.
I ASKED THIS BEFORE, NOBODY'S BEEN ABLE TO GIVE ME ANSWERS TO THIS.
WHAT IS THEIR RESPONSE TIMES ON LEAKS? WE KNOW IF WE CALL CENTERPOINT ON A MASSIVE LEAK, THEY'RE IN ROUTE, THEY'RE GONNA BRING A DIG CREW USUALLY WITHIN, I CAN'T SAY EXACTLY TIMEFRAME, 30 MINUTES AN HOUR, SOMEBODY, WE GOT SOMEBODY THERE EVALUATING THE, THE SITUATION.
THEY DETERMINE IF DICK CREW'S NECESSARY, THEY PULL A DICK CREW FROM WHICHEVER OFFICE THEY'RE CLOSEST TO, AND THEY GET ONE OUT THERE TO START SHUTTING THESE THINGS DOWN.
I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES FOR LEAKS.
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NOT TOO BAD GOES UP.COLD WEATHER STAYS ON THE GROUND, YOU'RE GONNA BE EVACUATING LARGE AREAS.
THIS IS NEW SUBDIVISIONS GOING INTO, UM, WHY IS IT ONLY A SMALL AREA? WHY AREN'T THEY WANTING TO GO LARGER THROUGHOUT LAKE CITY? WHY ARE THEY ONLY WANTING THESE TWO LITTLE AREAS AND THEY'RE COMING IN? UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER THING, MAYBE I'M MISREADING IT SAYS, I YOU GOT A RATE AND THEN IT SAYS COST A GAS COMPONENT.
IS THAT THE TOTAL RATE OR IS THAT SOME OTHER FEE THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE? SO I BELIEVE HOW, AND IS THERE ANYBODY FROM, SORRY IF I'M TALKING LOUD, MY EARS ARE ATED.
I BELIEVE THE REASON IS HOW IT WORKS IS IT'S, THEY PASS ALONG THE EXACT BY LAW, THEY PASS AROUND THE, THEY PASS ALONG THE EXACT RATE THAT THEY BUY GAS AT.
AND THEN THEY, THEY PASS THAT ALONG DIRECTLY AND THEN THEY TACK THEIR FEES ON TOP AND THEY MADE THEIR FEES ON TOP THE SAME AS SENATOR.
AND THAT'S WHERE I GET CONCERNED, BUT I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS, SO LET'S LET, UH, UNIVERSAL NATURAL GAS.
APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TAKING UP THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM AGAIN THIS EVENING.
NAME'S RICHARD BARD WITH, UH, UNIVERSAL NATURAL GAS.
I'M THE HEAD OF ENGINEERING THERE.
UH, TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION REGARDING SERVICE AREA, SO WE DO OPERATE ALL IN THE WOODLANDS, UM, KIND OF THE LIBERTY COUNTY AREA, AND THEN WE ALSO SERVE DOWN IN TEXAS CITY, LAGO MAR IN THAT AREA.
SO WE DO HAVE, UM, EMPLOYEES DOWN THERE THAT SERVICE THAT AREA.
OUR RESPONSE TIME IS WITHIN AN HOUR, UM, AS YOU KNOW, MAINTAINED WITH THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION.
HALEY, UM, IS OUR HEAD OF RATES.
UH, SO SHE CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION REGARDING, UM, THE GAS FEE.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL RICHARD SIDE.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF RATES AND REGULATORY FOR UNIVERSAL NATURAL GAS.
UH, HOW YOU DESCRIBED IT, MAYOR IS, IS PRETTY ACCURATE.
UM, THE BASE RATES, AS WE CALL 'EM, THE FIXED COST AND THE VARIABLE COST THAT WE'RE MATCHING CENTER POINTS RATES ARE HOW THE COMPANY IS REIMBURSED FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE ACTUAL, UM, COMMODITY, THE NATURAL GAS THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE PRI OR THROUGH THE PIPES IS A DIRECT PASS THROUGH TO CUSTOMERS.
SO THE COMPANY, NO UTILITY, INCLUDING CENTERPOINT, MAKES ANY MONEY ON IT.
IT'S JUST EXACTLY WHAT THE COMPANY IS PAYING FOR.
THE COST OF GAS IS DIRECTLY PASSED THROUGH TO THE CUSTOMER.
I JUST PULLED UP MY CENTERPOINT BILL IS THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT EXTRA THING ON THERE.
IT HAS THE THREE RATES, THE 2195 FOR THE MONTH, THE THREE, HOWEVER THEY DO THE RATES, THE LIKE SMALL FEE, SMALL FEE, BIGGER FEE TYPE THING ON THERE.
I, SO WHEN, WHERE WE GO TO THAT, NOW WE HAVE SOME OTHER FEE YOU'RE TO POTENTIALLY TALK ABOUT THROWING IN THERE.
SO YOUR RATE'S NOT GONNA BE 0.71, IT'S GONNA BE POTENTIALLY HIGHER BASED OFF OF WHAT I'M RE IF I'M, UNLESS I'M MISREADING THIS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BILL.
THERE, THERE WILL BE A, A COST OF GAS.
SO THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL FEE ON TOP OF THE 0.71 THAT WE'RE GONNA CHARGE.
IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL FEE, IT'S JUST A RECUPERATING THE COST FOR THE COMMODITY CHARGE.
IT'S NOT A FEE THAT GOES TO THE COMPANY.
WELL, I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING WHAT MY BILL SAID.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I GET CONCERNED ABOUT IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY GONNA BE THE FEE.
THERE'S GONNA BE A DIFFERENT FEE HERE.
SO JUST LET ME, UNLESS I'M MISUNDERSTANDING LOOKING AT THIS, IT'S HIGHLY REGULATED, RIGHT? LIKE, SO YOU DON'T GET TO CHARGE WHATEVER FEES.
SO THE COST OF GAS IS THE COST OF GAS.
NOBODY MAKES ANY MONEY OFF THAT.
THEN THE ADDITIONAL FEES, WHICH IS YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE RECOVERY FEES AND, AND PROFIT AND WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU'VE AGREED TO MATCH CENTER POINT ON THAT.
AND THEN TO ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTION REGARDING LIMITING THE FRANCHISE TO THESE TWO DEVELOPMENTS, OUR INITIAL ASK WAS A MORE GLOBAL FRANCHISE FOR THE ENTIRE, UM, CITY, UH, TALKING TO STAFF.
UM, THEY ADVISED TO JUST DO A LIMITED FRANCHISE FOR THESE TWO DEVELOPMENTS.
YOU SAID RESPONSE TIME IS WITHIN AN HOUR.
IS THAT DIG CREW OR IS THAT JUST RESPONSE? UH, UH SO THAT'S JUST RESPONSE TIME TO HOW LONG FOR A DIG CREW? JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY'RE AT.
'CAUSE IF IT'S A COLD, IT'S COLD WEATHER AND THIS THING'S LEAKING, WE GOT A THREE INCH MAIN THAT'S LEAKING, THAT'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF GAS THAT'S STAYING ON THE GROUND GROUND.
BUT WE DO HAVE LOCAL CONTRACTORS IN THE AREA.
YOU JUST, I, I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO ARGUE WITH YOU.
I JUST ASKED YOU TIMEFRAME FOR, FOR DICK CREW AND YOU SAID IT'S TYPICALLY WITHIN AN HOUR, BUT I CAN'T, I CAN'T THAT'S THE SUPERVISOR, DICK CREW.
WELL, THAT, TO GET IN THE WHOLE, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO, SO WE HAVE CONTRACTORS IN THE AREA THAT OPERATE AND WORK ON OUR SYSTEM.
UM, AND TYPICALLY OUR RESPONSE TIME IS WITHIN AN HOUR GETTING SOMEONE OUT THERE AND THEN POTENTIAL TO THE CREW.
BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
BUT THAT'S, I I HAVE THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
I'M GONNA BE A NO ON THIS AGAIN.
AND THE REASON IS, YES, THEY'VE AGREED TO MATCH THE RATES THIS TIME, BUT GOING FORWARD WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONTROL OVER 'EM ONCE THE AGREEMENT'S SIGNED, THIS IS A LIFETIME COMMITMENT FOR THESE PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCES WE GET FROM DIFFERENT SERVICES BASED ON, UH, ELECTRICITY.
WE HAVE TWO PROVIDERS IN THE CITY.
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AS THE FIBER, UH, THERE'S MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY THAT ARE BUILT NOW THAT ARE BUILT WITH FIBER.THEY'RE NOT LOCKED INTO ONE FIBER COMPANY.
UM, THERE IS COMPETITION WITH COMCAST, WITH FIBER, WITH, UM, RADIO, UH, OR, UM, TELE, UM, YEAH, TELEPHONE.
I CAN'T, I'M NOT THINKING OF THE WORD RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT, BUT THERE ARE, YEAH.
THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
I JUST DON'T SEE AN ADVANTAGE TO LOCKING THESE CITIES INTO AN UNKNOWN ORGANIZATION ON A LIFETIME FRANCHISE COMMITMENT.
YEAH, MAYOR, JUST FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I GUESS THE AGENDA ITEM SAYS HERE, CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE GRAINING A LIMITED FRANCHISE TO, UH, UNIVERSAL NATIONAL NA NATURAL GAS TO OPERATE, MAINTAIN THE GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
UM, DO WE NEED TO ADD SOMETHING IN THERE OR? WELL, IT'S TOO LATE TO ADD, BUT SHOULDN'T THERE BE SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT THE, UM, INTERNET SERVICE OR THE FIBER CABLE? BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T.
SO YES, YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED THAT AGREEMENT ACTUALLY ON CONSENT EARLIER.
ON THE CABLE, IS THAT THE SAME CABLE COMPANY ON NUMBER SIX? YES.
UH, YEAH, SO I GUESS I, I HEAR WHAT, UH, WHAT MR. BOWEN'S SAYING.
I JUST THINK MORE COMPETITION'S BETTER IF THE DEVELOPER, YOU KNOW, HAS, HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THESE GUYS AND THEY'RE BRINGING 'EM IN.
I, I TEND TO, TO WANT TO HAVE MORE COMPETITION, MORE CHOICE AND, UH, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO MATCH THE RATES, AND I SEE NO REASON WHY THAT, I MEAN, I SEE NO REASON WHY NOT TO APPROVE IT.
AND IF WE HAVE MORE COMPETITION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, I JUST THINK IT'S, IT'S GONNA END NATURALLY END UP WITH A BETTER PRODUCT FOR ALL.
MAY I ADDRESS COUNCIL BOWEN? COUNCIL BOWEN'S CONCERN? SO THE, THERE, THE UPDATED LANGUAGE IN THE AGREEMENT, UM, THERE'S A, THE CITY WILL RETAIN FULL POWER OVER THE RATES AT UNI GAS CHARGES.
SO THERE WILL BE NO RATE CHANGE WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THIS COUNCIL.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE UPDATED LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE AGREED AND WORKED WITH STAFF TO, UM, COME UP WITH A PROVISION WHERE WE WILL HONOR THE LOWEST RATE BETWEEN ALL OF UNI GAS'S SERVICE TERRITORY, ANY OF UNI GAS'S APPROVED RATES.
THEY'RE THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OR CENTER POINTS RATES, IF THOSE SHOULD BE LOWER, ANY OTHER FUTURE NATURAL GAS PROVIDER IN THE CITY.
UM, SO THERE WON'T BE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE APPROVING THIS AGREEMENT NOW, UH, YOU'LL APPROVE ANY CHANGES TO THE RATES IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE, THE COMPANY AS A REGULATED UTILITY CAN OR WOULD DO ON ITS OWN.
UM, WE DO, WE VOTE ON ALL FRANCHISE, UH, RATE INCREASES.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY ASK US, WE SAY NO, IT GOES TO A HEARING.
THEY GET THEIR INCREASE ANYWAY.
SO YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON IT, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE VOTE.
BUT I THINK THEY'VE CONTRACTUALLY LIMITED THEMSELVES TO THE LOWER OF WHAT THE P U C SAYS OR CENTER POINTS RATES.
I'M, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO NO, BUT, BUT THAT'S IN THE CONTRACT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THEN CAN I ADDRESS THE, UH, QUESTION REGARDING THE FIBER AND THE COMPETITION? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES OUR COMPANY UNIQUE IS BEING, UM, SYNERGIZED BETWEEN A GAS AND FIBER UTILITY.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER FIBER FOR LIKE A GIG, UPLOAD SPEED AND DOWNLOAD SPEED DEPENDING ON WHAT PART OF THE STATE YOU'RE IN FOR ABOUT 60 TO 75 BUCKS A MONTH, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PAIRING WITH THE NATURAL GAS.
AND WE JOIN TRENCH EVERYTHING, UH, ALL THE WAY FROM THE INTERCONNECT POINT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOME JUST FOR THAT.
THAT'S, I WAS CURIOUS WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT.
SO IS THE FIBER STRICTLY FOR YOU? NO OTHER COMPANY CAN ACCESS YOUR FIBER? CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SIR? SO IF A CUSTOMER DIDN'T LIKE THE SERVICE THEY WERE RECEIVING FROM YOU, AND THEY CAN SWITCH, THEY CAN, THEY CAN SWITCH OVER TO FRONT FRONTIER OR WHATEVER.
IF SOMETHING FRONTIER RUNS THE LINES RIGHT.
SO, AND THEN JUST REAL QUICK TO, TO CLARIFY THE SERVICE AREA, THE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST DISCUSSION WE HAD WITH THEM WAS THEY WANTED TO EXPAND IT TO THE WHOLE SOUTHWEST SIDE, BUT BASED ON, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL'S ACTION LAST TIME I SAID LET'S KEEP THE REQUEST THE SAME AND THEN LIKELY REVISIT IT DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DO WITH THIS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THEY TRY TO GET A CONTRACT WITH THE DEVELOPER.
THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THIS SOUTHWEST SIDE, AND IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THAT, WE WOULD LIKELY SEE A FOLLOW-UP REQUEST TO EXPAND THE SERVICE AREA.
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SO IF, AND, AND THIS IS JUST MY, MY MY IGNORANCE, UH, NOT KNOWING HOW THIS WORKS.SO IF THIS GOES THROUGH AND THESE, THE, THE NEW COMPANY'S JUST A COMPLETE DISASTER, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF SAY THE COMPANY GOES BANKRUPT, JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, UH, THEN THE RAILROAD COMMISSION COMES IN, OVERTAKES OUR ASSETS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GIVES IT TO ANOTHER COMPETITOR OF OURS.
COUNCILOR CRUZ, WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT DISASTER AS FAR AS SERVICE? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THEM GOING BELLY UP OR ME? I WAS THINKING MORE OF THE SERVICE ASPECT.
THEY COME IN, I'M SORRY, THEY COME IN, THEY'RE OVERCHARGING THE CUSTOMERS OR THEY'RE NOT DOING GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE OR WHATEVER, AND IT BECOMES A BIG FIASCO.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE MEANING OR YOU MEANING I WAS GOING EXACTLY BOTH DIRECTIONS.
MY INITIAL CONCERN WAS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COME IN AND SORRY IF WE COME IN, WE GOT BAD
WE COME IN, WE GOT BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE.
UH, THE RATES ARE, ARE COME OUT TO BE MORE OF AN ISSUE.
AND THEN I THOUGHT THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT YOU BROUGHT UP AND THE TIMELINES WERE CONCERNING AS WELL.
SO MINE WAS JUST WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND CENTER POINT AND JUST BRINGING SOMETHING NEW IN.
I JUST KIND OF WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M VOTING FOR.
MY OTHER CONCERN GOES TO WHAT COUNCILMAN BOWMAN WAS SAYING.
SO AGAIN, I'M ALSO NEW ON THIS.
IF A RATE INCREASE COMES IN, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT GOING TO A HEARING, IS THAT THEM SUING US TO INCREASE THE RATES OR WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? I'M, I'M SORRY IF I'M, FOR MY IGNORANCE, THE RATES ARE REGULATED BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
THAT'S WHO ACTUALLY GETS TO REGULATE THE RATES.
WELL, BUT THEY WERE GONNA CHARGE US WITH THREE OR FOUR OR $5 OR SOMETHING A MONTH AGO.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER.
SO BY CONTRACT LOT MORE, THEY'VE MADE A SEPARATE CONTRACT THAT SAYS THEY WILL DO THE LOWER OF THE RATES APPROVED BY THE P U C OR CENTER POINTS, LOCAL RATES.
AND ALSO THE LOWEST OF IF THEY HAVE ANY SERVICES THAT ARE LOWER OH, OR ANY OTHER SERVICES FAVOR NATIONS, ANYTH, ANY OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS, ANY THEIR S THEIR SERVICE.
5 4 3 AGAINST SAUNDERS CRUZ BOWEN.
UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, BEFORE WE START ITEM 11, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PUSH BACK ITEM 11 D UNTIL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND THAT IS THE REPORT ON CERTIFIED TA.
THAT IS CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 22ND, 2023 TO CONSIDER THE EARLY TERMINATION OF TS TWO VICTORY LAKES AND DIRECTING CITY SECRETARY TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF SAID PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I THINK WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO TALK ABOUT IN, IN, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THIS IS JUST SUSPENDING THE RULES AND MOVING IT TO AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.
8 4 0 AGAINST, WE'LL DO THAT AFTER EXEC.
[11A. 23-0364 Hold a Public Hearing on the City of League City’s FY2024 Proposed Annual Budget (Assistant City Manager - CFO)]
A HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY'S FY 2024, PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET.WE'LL BE OPENING THIS HEARING AT 7:39 PM IS THERE NAMES? NO, NOBODY SIGNED UP.
UH, I GUESS GIVE US A SHORT, I BELIEVE THERE IS A SHORT SLIDE TOWARDS THE BACK RIGHT THERE.
SO, UM, THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, WE'RE, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THE ONE THAT'S SET BY STATE LAW THAT WE WILL HOLD ON AUGUST 22ND.
IT'S FOR THE 24 PROPOSED BUDGET.
UM, WE DID PASS THE DOCUMENT OUT TO THE COUNCIL ON JULY 17TH.
WE'VE HAD FOUR WORKSHOPS UP UNTIL NOW, AND WE HAVE IT SET FOR THE FIRST READING ON AUGUST 22ND AND THE SECOND FINAL READING ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.
AND THE, UH, TOTALS ON THE SCREEN DO NOT REFLECT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED DURING THE WORKSHOPS.
THAT WILL BE REFLECTED ON THE FIRST READING AT THE NEXT MEETING.
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GREAT.DO WE WANT TO ASK OUR QUESTIONS? WE'LL ASK OUR QUESTIONS AFTER WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT SEVEN 40.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? WE'VE HAD A FEW MEETINGS ABOUT IT.
YEAH, I, I WILL SAY, I WILL SAY THIS, AND IT KIND OF GOES TO THE, TO THE NEXT ONE AS WELL.
UH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, UH, N N R, THE NO NEW, NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THE BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY $730,000.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK FOR PROJECTS WE CAN CASH FUND WITH THAT, UH, INCLUDING THE REINVESTMENT, INCLUDING SIDEWALKS, INCLUDING SOME OTHER NEEDED, UH, C I P PROJECTS THAT WE COULD USE TO, TO PUT THAT $730,000 TO USE, UH, THIS YEAR.
SO I, I WOULD THINK IF THERE'S PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT THE, THE COUNCIL HAS, UH, THAT ARE OF THERE FOR THEM THAT THEY THINK THAT WE COULD USE THIS YEAR, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO STAFF.
I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES, SIDEWALKS SHOULD GET A, A PORTION OF THAT, UH, WHATEVER THAT IS.
I'LL, I'LL LET, UH, COUNCIL AND, AND, UH, CITY MANAGER DECIDE THAT.
BUT, UH, TOM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
ARE WE DISCUSSING THESE CHANGES? THE, UH, THE BUDGET? YES.
UH, THE HANDOUT, THE, I'M SORRY, THE HANDOUT WAS FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST, UM, COUNCIL WORKSHOP.
SO, AND SO THE CHANGES THAT ARE ON HERE, THERE'S A COUPLE THAT ARE, I'M NOT, WELL, ONE IN PARTICULAR I'M NOT HAPPY WITH.
SO IS THIS THE TIME THAT WE DEBATE THAT OR IS THAT ANOTHER TIME THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE AUGUST 22ND DURING THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET.
AND THOSE ARE NOT CHANGES, THEY'RE JUST ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT COUNSEL HAD DURING THE WORKSHOP.
SO THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ACTION.
YES, THERE'S, THERE'S, BUT I THINK IT PROBABLY IS APPROPRIATE TO BRING UP IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CHANGE.
SO THE, THE, THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS, IS ON TO THE, IT ABSORBING THE, UH, LIBRARIES, PUBLIC COMPUTERS FOR $13,000.
I THINK THAT THE ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY JUST A WAY TO CUT LIBRARY FUNDING.
YOU'RE JUST DOING IT THROUGH A BACK DOOR METHOD OF SAYING, HEY, WE GOT 13,000 FOR THE LIBRARIES AND NOW WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE IT OUT OF THE IT.
I THINK THAT THE TIME TO HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP WAS WHEN WE HAD THE PUBLIC THERE, WE HAD THE LIBRARIAN THERE, AND WHEN WE HAD, UH, RYAN SMITH THERE, RATHER THAN THIS COME BACK AROUND AND BE ADJUSTED OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC PURVIEW.
SO THAT'S THE ISSUE I HAVE WITH IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE 13,000 GET PUT BACK IN.
UH, WHILE RYAN HAS SAID THAT HE CAN, UH, ABSORB IT HERE, UH, I THINK THAT HE ACTUALLY NEEDS IT BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
AND I, I DON'T, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO CUT LIBRARY FUNDING 'CAUSE IT WAS JUST COMING OUTTA A DIFFERENT BUCKET.
BUT I DO THINK IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE JUST TO, IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO KEEP THE $13,000 IN THE LIBRARY BUDGET WHEREVER IT COMES FROM, BECAUSE THAT WAY IT GIVES A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE LIBRARY COSTING, HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON THE LIBRARY? IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, FROM AN ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT, CLEARER THAT WAY.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM, I THINK THEY WERE GETTING THE, THE, THEY WERE GETTING THE MONEY IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY EITHER WAY.
BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AND TALK ABOUT ON THE, UH, THE AUGUST 22ND MEETING AND THEN WELL, YEAH.
AND THEN, UH, JOHN, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
UM, ANGIE, DOES THE, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDE THE 500,000 IN CUTS RELATED TO THE REVENUE, UH, DRAIN FROM THE CITIZEN, THE SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT THAT WE'RE OFFERING FOR HOMESTEAD? UM, SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WAS ACTUALLY PASSED OUT TO COUNCIL DID NOT, BUT THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD DURING THE WORKSHOPS, IT IS INCLUDED.
IT WAS PART OF THE HANDOUT THAT I, UH, PASSED OUT AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, THAT WAS UPDATED.
IT HAS THE BLUE HEADERS AND I'LL HAVE ANOTHER COPY WHEN WE, UM, ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE FIRST READING ON THE BUDGET FOR AUGUST 22ND.
LET ME, I WOULD, THE INTENT TO CUT THE 13,000 WAS NOT TO PUNISH THE LIBRARY.
THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO DO WAS TO TAKE IT OUT AND PUT IT IN THE IT DEPARTMENT WHERE IT BELONGS.
IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THEY'RE ALL IN THE IT BUDGET.
AND IT MADE ME CONFUSED ON, SO RYAN HAS 125,000 AND THE LIBRARY HAS 13,000.
I DID NOT TAKE AWAY THEIR, THEIR COMPUTERS
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JUST TO PUT IT INTO THE IT DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE GOOD JUSTIFICATION ON IT.HE CAN MAKE A LINE ITEM IN THE, IN HIS BUDGET THAT WILL SAY LIBRARY 10 COMPUTERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I HAD.
AND THERE WAS NO INTENT, UH, ILL INTENT TO TAKE THE 13,000 OUT OF THAT.
WE APPROVED THE, THE, UH, LIBRARY BUDGET WITH, WITH THE COMPUTERS.
OKAY, WELL, WELL, WELL THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
SO IF, IF I'M HEARING, IF, IF I'M HEARING YOU RIGHT AND THERE WAS NO INTENT TO CUT, JUST TO MOVE, SO THEN THE $13,000 SHOULD REMAIN, YOU WOULD JUST TAKE THE IT BUDGET AND IMPROVE IT, OTHERWISE IT'S ACTUALLY A CUT IF WE MOVE IT OVER.
WELL, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT HIS BUDGET FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, HE HASN'T USED 125,000.
WHEN I ASKED HIM COULD HE, COULD HE TAKE THAT MONEY AND PUT IT IN HIS BUDGET, HE COULD HE BUY THE, THE COMPUTERS OUT OF HIS BUDGET.
HE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH DOING SO.
AND, AND SO I, SO THAT'S, THAT WAS THE REASON.
IT'S NOT CUTTING THEIR BUDGET, IT'S JUST USING THE IT'S BUDGET.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA LET SOME SOMEBODY ELSE COME ON, BUT I IT OKAY.
I DISAGREE, BUT, BUT, BUT THANK YOU FOR, YEAH.
JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE GONNA TALK THIS ON THE 22ND, RIGHT? YES.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ACTION TONIGHT EITHER WAY.
[11B. 23-0369 Report on certified tax roll, certified estimate of collection rate, certified excess debt collections, and no-new-revenue tax rate and voter-approval rate calculations (Assistant City Manager - CFO)]
MOVE ON TO REPORT ON CERTIFIED TAX ROLL, CERTIFIED ESTIMATE OF COLLECTION RATE CERTIFIED EXCESS DEBT COLLECTIONS AND NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND VOTER APPROVAL RATE CALCULATIONS.SO THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
IT'S REQUIRED, UH, BY THE PROPERTY TAX CODE.
THERE'S NO ACTION, UH, NEEDED FROM COUNSEL.
UM, AT THE CERTIFIED, UM, ASSESSED VALUE IS A LITTLE OVER $16 BILLION.
AND THE 23 TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE, INCLUDING PROPERTIES THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW IS 13.3 BILLION.
UM, AND THAT'S COMPARED TO THE CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUE LAST YEAR AT, UM, 12 BILLION, UH, LAST YEAR'S VALUES AT THE LAST SUPPLEMENT, WHICH IS THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE DROPPED, UH, TO 11.66 BILLION AS WELL.
SO TOTAL NEW PROPERTY LAST YEAR WAS 152 MILLION AND THIS YEAR IS 154 MILLION.
UH, THE GALVESTON COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR, UH, CERTIFIED OUR ANTICIPATED COLLECTION RATE OF 99.25% AND OUR EXCESS DEBT COLLECTIONS AT 1.6 MILLION.
OUR NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS 39.68 CENTS.
AND OUR VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH DOES INCLUDE THE INCREMENT RATE FOR EACH OF THE THREE YEARS PRIOR, UM, IS 64.05 CENTS.
AND THIS INFORMATION'S PROVIDED ADVISORY UNDER STATE LAW.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET ON AUGUST 22ND.
ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET WILL BE FIRST READING ON AUGUST 22ND, SECOND AND FINAL ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.
OUR TAX RATE ADOPTION PROCESS, UM, TODAY IS PROPOSAL OF THE TAX RATE AND ON SEPTEMBER 12TH IS ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE.
THAT'S THE END OF THE ITEM FOR ME.
[11C. 23-0370 Consider and take action on the 2023 proposed ad valorem tax rate (Fiscal Year 2024 - October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024) of $0.396783. The property tax rate will be adopted as an action item at the September 12, 2023 Council meeting (Assistant City Manager - CFO)]
C, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A 2023 PROPOSED ADD VALOREM TAX RATE FISCAL YEAR 2024 DASH OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 TO, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 OF 0.3 9 6 7 8 3.THE PROPERTY TAX RATE WILL BE ADOPTED AS AN ACTION ITEM ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2023.
UH, ANYBODY? UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HEY, THANK YOU TO ANGIE AND TO JOHN FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ANOTHER GREAT BUDGET PROCESS.
UH, YOU GUYS DID A LOT OF GREAT WORK.
UH, THERE REALLY WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF HAGGLING AND WE GOT TO A NUMBER THAT I THINK IS A GREAT NUMBER WITH SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL RESERVES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO EVEN, UH, YOU KNOW, REPLENISH THE REINVESTMENT FUND FURTHER.
AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TALKING, THE ONLY THING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS $13,000 ON A A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS BUDGET.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT BEFORE YOU JUST START.
8 4 0 AGAINST 11 D CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION.
[11E. 23-0353 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an expenditure of $31,100 of Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds for the restoration and relocation project of the GH&H Railroad Bunkhouse located in the Historic District with such expenditure being contingent on participation by the League City Historical Society (Council Member Hicks, Council Member Saunders and Council Member Cones)]
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OH YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.E UH, WE'LL, SKIPPING D THAT'S COME BACK LATER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION.
UH, AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF $31,100 OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY FUNDS FOR THE RESTORATION AND RELOCATION PROJECT OF G H AND H RAILROAD BUNKHOUSE LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND SUCH EXPENDITURES BEING CONTINGENT ON PARTICIPATION BY THE LEAGUE CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
MAKE SURE I FEEL I COME BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL PASSING NOTES BACK AND FORTH,
SO THAT WOULD, MY, MY CONCERN WITH THIS IS ONE, I, I GUESS ONE I DON'T TRULY UNDERSTAND IF THE, IF THERE IS A BENEFIT OF THE $31,000, AND I'M SURE THAT THE HISTORIC SOCIETY, UH, IS PROBABLY CURSING MY NAME BY, BY ASKING THAT QUESTION.
BUT WHEN THEY DID COME UP AND THEY GAVE A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION, THEY HAD SAID THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMERCIAL USES FOR IT, LIKE A BARBERSHOP AND, AND THESE SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS. AND AT THE MUSIC FESTIVAL, UH, NOT MUSIC FESTIVAL AT THE, UH, THEY HELD A, A MONTHLY MUSIC BY THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE.
IF YOU DON'T GO, IT'S FANTASTIC.
UH, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE ICE HOUSE, THE, THAT THIS SITS OUT THERE WAS ONCE A BARBER SHOP AND IT WAS LIKE A, MAYBE A FLOOR, IT'S NET SEVERAL OF THE USES.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO SEE IF ANYONE WOULD, FROM A COMMERCIAL STANDPOINT, WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS RATHER THAN PASSING IT TO THE TAXPAYER.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE.
NOT TO RUSH INTO THIS, BUT, UH, BUT I'M, I'M, BUT I'M OPEN.
I I'M GONNA START OFF BY APOLOGIZING.
UM, I DID NOT READ THIS ITEM IN MY PACKET YET, SO IF I ASK AN IGNORANT QUESTION TONIGHT, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, MY FIRST QUESTION, UM, IS THIS CONDITIONAL UPON BEING TURNED OVER TO THE CITY AS WRITTEN? OKAY.
YOU KNOW, SO THE, THE FIRST, I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION FOR US IS, IS THE COUNCIL, UM, SUPPORTIVE OF PUTTING HOTEL MOTEL TALK TAX TO SUPPORT THIS? AND THEN IN THE RESOLUTION IT'S CONTINGENT UPON US COMING UP WITH AN AGREEMENT ON HOW IT'S OPERATED.
I WILL SAY SITTING HERE, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WOULD MANAGE ITS OPERATION AND NOT THE CITY, BUT I I NOT MANAGING THE OPERATION OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY.
AND I WANT US TO GET INTO ANOTHER SITUATION LIKE WE DID WITH THE GERARDI HOUSE.
AND SO THE CONVERSATION TODAY WITH, UH, RICHARD AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT PERHAPS ALTERNATE LOCATIONS THAT ARE LOCATED ON CITY PROPERTY, BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS LEAVING IT WHERE IT IS ON PROPERTY NOT OWNED BY THE CITY.
IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE LOCATED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, UM, AND HAS THE, UH, BUT, BUT IT'S, WE GOTTA COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT.
BUT THAT WOULD, HAS THE, UH, WHAT'S OUR, IS IT THE C B B? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE CALLING THE COMMITTEE? THAT MAN, THE HOT PLUS.
HAVE THEY WEIGHED IN ON THIS? THEY HAVE NOT.
UM, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE, UM, SECOND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE C V B CAN WEIGH IN ON THE USE OF THE HOT FUNDS FOR THIS.
UM, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THE AGREEMENTS SO THAT WE'RE NOT SENDING MONEY AFTER SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NO, UH, CONTROL OVER.
I DON'T WANNA SIT BACK INTO A DITCH.
SO THAT'S A MOTION TO POSTPONE, UH, AT LEAST IS IT ONE MONTH TO, TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE C B B TO MEET.
SO I'LL SAY ONE MONTH AND I'LL AMEND MY SECOND.
I I SHOULD'VE KNOWN THAT I VOTED AGAINST IT.
SO, AND NOW WE'LL GO BACK AND I THINK I WAS NEXT AND THAT WAS TOMMY.
AND THE REASON I VOTED AGAINST THAT IS, UH, I GUESS WE SHOULD, I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT KINDA THE
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FULL STORY BEHIND IT.UH, SO TO TOM'S POINT ABOUT A COMMERCIAL USE TO IT, RIGHT? I MEAN THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO IS SPEND $31,000, THEN HAVE IT SLOWLY DETERIORATE BACK INTO THE EARTH.
'CAUSE NOBODY'S DOING ANYTHING WITH IT.
SO, UH, I BELIEVE WHAT PART OF THIS IS THAT AN AGREEMENT HAS TO BE MADE, AN AGREEMENT HAS TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT GOING FORWARD.
AND ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK THAT AGREEMENT IS, WE JUST, UM, LEAVE IT SITTING THERE FOR PEOPLE TO COME LOOK AT.
'CAUSE I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT NOBODY'S GONNA COME TOUR IT, SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH A COMMERCIAL PURPOSE.
AND I THINK THERE IS A COUPLE OF COMMERCIAL PURPOSES PROPOSED FOR THAT.
UH, AND IN BUTLER'S COURTYARD WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY LOCATED BEING ONE OF THOSE COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, THAT THEY WOULD USE IT IN SOME WAY.
BUT I THINK THIS MONEY IS CONTINGENT UPON THAT AGREEMENT BEING MADE AND THAT AGREEMENT COMING BACK TO US SHOWING THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A PLAN TO MAINTAIN THIS, HAVE SOME KIND OF PUBLIC USE FOR IT.
I THINK WE SHOULD OWN IT SINCE WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY ON IT AND THEN HAVE A COMMERCIAL USE FOR IT AS WELL THAT WILL, THAT WILL, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IS MAINTAINED.
SO I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST PART TO SHOW, HEY, WE'RE WILLING TO PUT THE MONEY UP, BUT THE INTERESTED PARTIES AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS AND REALLY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THIS LAST AND MAKE IT A, A USEFUL PUBLIC, UH, TOOL.
UH, I ALSO AGREE WITH, UH, MAYOR ALONG WITH EVERYTHING HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOES A TERRIBLE JOB WITH HISTORY IN THIS CITY AND THE ARDI BUILDING IS A PRIME EXAMPLE.
UM, SO I'M, FOR THIS PROJECT, I KNOW THAT RICHARD WILL DO A GREAT JOB IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO GET IT BACK TO, TO THE, UH, ORIGINAL CONDITION OR, OR LOOK LIKE THE ORIGINAL CONDITION.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE, IT'S IN DEPLORABLE STATE RIGHT NOW, AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET ON WITH IT.
IT'S GONNA BE FALLING APART, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE A, A HURRICANE ANYTIME SOON.
BUT IF YOU READ ON I THINK THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH OR THE FIFTH ONE HERE, IT SAYS THAT, UM, LAST SENTENCE KIND OF, OR THE MID-SENTENCE SAYS, WHICH INCLUDES RELOCATING THE STRUCTURE TO SUITABLE CITY LOCATION, WHICH I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF BECAUSE I THINK IT'S HISTORY AND LEAGUE CITY PARK WOULD BE A GREAT LOCATION.
BUT THAT CAN COME ABOUT WITH A FURTHER AGREEMENT WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND TAKE OWNERSHIP.
I DO, I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CROSS ALL OUR T'S AND DOTTER I ON THIS ONE.
TALK CROSS ALL OUR T'S AND DOT ALL OUR I'S AND NOT SIGN AN AGREEMENT COMMITTING FUNDS WITHOUT AN AGREEMENT WORKED OUT.
SO THAT'S PART OF THIS, UH, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD APPROVE THE, WE, IT SAYS AUTHORIZE AN EXPENDITURE OF $31,100.
AND I'M SORRY, BUT I CANNOT CONTINGENT, LET'S READ THE WHOLE THING CONTINGENT ON THE PARTICIPATION BY THE LEAGUE CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
SO THAT IS THE AGREEMENT WITH THE HISTORICAL, SO WE'RE APPROVING THE MONEY BEFORE WE EVEN GET THE AGREEMENT DONE.
I DON'T, I I CAN'T VOTE FOR THAT.
WE GOTTA READ THE WHOLE ITEM THOUGH.
I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, TO ADD THE DETAILS THAT SUCH A, UH, SUCH AGREEMENT WITH THE HISTORICAL ASSIGNMENT, UM, INCLUDES A TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP TO THE CITY, UM, OR TERMS WHEREIN THE MONEY IS REPAID TO THE CITY ONCE THE, UH, COMMERCIAL, UM, USE IS IN PLACE.
SECOND, TOM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT? YEAH, I LIKE IT.
SO WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION TO AMEND.
IT IS CONTINGENT UPON AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY THAT TRANSFERS OWNERSHIP OF THE, UM, BUILDING TO THE CITY OR RESTORES THE MONEY TO THE CITY.
ONCE THE COMMERCIAL, UH, VENTURE IS IN PLACE, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST, AND NOW THIS IS THE MOTION AS AMENDED.
MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST CONSIDER AND TAKE
[11F. 23-0371 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending the City of League City, Texas, Governmental, Proprietary, and Capital Funds Budget for Fiscal Year 2023 by amending Ordinance No. 2022-32, Ordinance No. 2023-09, Ordinance No. 2023-12 and Ordinance 2023-13 to adjust the operating and capital]
ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE[02:00:01]
AMENDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS GOVERNMENTAL PROPRIETARY AND CAPITAL FUNDS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 BY AMENDING ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 32.ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH OH NINE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH 12, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH THREE TO ADJUST THE OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ACTUAL AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES.
UM, SO THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT IS FOR ONE ITEM ONLY.
THE TRANSFER IS NEEDED TO FUND A PAYMENT TO G C W A.
IT'S FOR THE REPAIR OF THE SHANNON PUMPING PLANT AND THE INTAKE STRUCTURE OF THE PLANT WAS DAMAGED BY HURRICANE HARVEY.
IT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY.
THE REPAIR COST AND THE PHASING OF THE REPAIRS ARE DETAILED IN THE LETTER THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE ITEM, UH, LEAGUE CITY'S PORTION OF THE COST IS THAT $253,000.
AND, UM, THE PAYMENT IS AUTHORIZED IN OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH G C W A.
THIS ITEM IS JUST TO, UM, MOVE THE MONEY FROM OUR UTILITY DEBT SERVICE FUND TO THE UTILITY FUND SO THAT WE CAN, UH, SPEND IT THERE.
UH, THIS IS IN LIEU OF US HAVING TO PAY $24,000, UM, FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY ISSUE DEBT FOR IT.
AND THIS IS JUST FOR PHASE ONE.
PHASE TWO IS DUE IN OCTOBER OF 2024 AND WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THAT BUDGET AFTER THE TRANSFER.
UH, THE UTILITY DEBT SERVICE FUND WILL STILL HAVE AN ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE OF $3.5 MILLION.
AND THIS IS A PUMPING PLANT ON THE BRAS THAT WE JOINTLY OWN WITH MULTIPLE OTHER SERVICES.
UM, IT, IT'S OWNED BY G C W A, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE A CO PARTICIPANT AND, UH, THE CAPITAL COSTS ARE SPREAD ACROSS EVERYONE WHO, UH, UTILIZES THEIR WATER.
MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST STAFF REQUEST.
FIRST AND FINAL, MOVED SECOND.
[12. REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS]
UH, ITEM NUMBER 12, REPORTS FROM STAFF.MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE HEARD A LOT OF INPUT REGARDING, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL CITY PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, CLEARLY IT'S OUR INTENT TO O TO OPERATE ALL THOSE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENT WITH ALL LAWS AND NOT, YOU KNOW, PICK AND CHOOSE WHETHER WE CAN IGNORE 'EM OR NOT.
UM, THOSE PROGRAMS SHOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY, AS, YOU KNOW, DIRECTED BY THE COUNCIL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT, I THINK ALL THREE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S THE CATS, THE CERAMICS, OR THE LIBRARY RESERVATION ROOM.
AND WE PLEDGE TO DO THAT, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
[13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS]
FROM COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, ANDY MANN.I I JUST WANTED TO, UH, I KNOW THERE WAS SO MUCH CONCERN ABOUT THE, THE CATS, UH, THE T N R.
SO I JUST, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO, TO BE LOOKING AT IT.
WE'RE NOT JUST A DOG FAVORITE PLACE, BUT IT DOES GET A LITTLE COMPLICATED JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, BECAUSE THE T N R PROGRAM OVERALL IS A GOOD PROGRAM.
WE'VE JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING IT THE CORRECT WAY.
AND FOR THE, UH, FOR THE LIBRARY ALLIANCE THAT CAME OUT AND HELD AND HELD THEIR MEETING, UH, IT ACTUALLY WAS A GOOD MEETING.
I WAS NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT OUT OF IT.
UM, I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS A POLITICAL THING EITHER, BUT IT TURNED OUT IT WAS GREAT, IT WAS EDUCATIONAL AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THEM PUTTING IT ON AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE.
UM, AS WE DISCUSS OUR TAX RATES, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO UP HERE, WE LIKE TO COMPARE OURSELVES TO OTHER CITIES AROUND THE AREA.
AND TONIGHT WE WERE GIVEN A TAX RATE SHEET THAT GIVES ALL THE LOCAL CITIES AND HOW WE COMPARE IN TOTAL TAX RATE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THOSE CITIES.
SOME CITIES USE, UM, WATER DISTRICTS TO FUND THEIR SYSTEMS. WE USE, UH, ACTUAL USAGE FEES AND SO FORTH.
BUT WHEN YOU ADD UP ALL THE TAXES WITHIN THE CITY THAT EVERY RESIDENT PAYS THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT CITIES AROUND THE AREA, THERE'S ONLY ONE CITY THAT'S LOWER THAN US IN AN ANNUAL TAX RATE.
AND THAT'S SEABROOK, UH, EVEN WEBSTER, KEMA AND GALVESTON WHO HAVE MUCH HIGHER, UM, TOURISM, UH, INFLUENCE IN THEIR CITIES.
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WEBSTER, BECAUSE THEY'RE A VERY SMALL POPULATION CITY, BUT THEY HAVE A VERY LARGE COMMERCIAL BASE FOR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.WE ARE STILL LOWER IN TAX RATE THAN ALL THOSE OTHER CITIES AROUND THE AREA.
SO THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DICKINSON I S D LEAGUE CITY RESIDENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, DICKINSON I S D IS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER AND ALSO SUBSCRIBES TO THE COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND, UH, TAX RATE, UH, TAX SYSTEM.
SO THEY ARE IN THE DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND.
UM, SO THAT'S, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UH, I'LL HAVE THIS ELECTRONICALLY AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO EMAIL ME, I CAN FORWARD IT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, TOOL FOR US ALSO AS WE TRY TO SELL OUR CITY TO BUSINESSES TO BRING JOBS AND STRONGER TAX BASE TO THE CITY.
UH, YEAH, I THINK ALL THE CAT SPEAKERS ARE GONE, BUT, UM, I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK OFF SOMETHING THAT CITY MANAGER WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE T N R PROGRAM IS, I BELIEVE IT WAS YESTERDAY, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE DID TAKE SOME ACTION AND PUT A BRIEF PAUSE ON THE PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN INVESTIGATE AND TAKE THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.
AND FOR THE 70 EMAILS I RECEIVED, I THINK I DID RESPOND TO ALL THOSE.
I WISH SOME OF THE SPEAKERS WERE STILL HERE.
BUT, UM, AND ALSO, UH, SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE POSITIVE, THE, UH, LEAGUE CITY, AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL TEAM IS GOING ON TO THE WORLD SERIES.
SO, UH, LEAGUE CITY PRO, RIGHT?
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MEETING.
I, UH, THOUGHT I WAS GONNA TRY TO MAKE ALL THE 2:00 AM MEETINGS, BUT
UM, JUST WANNA REITERATE WITH JOHN AND WITH JUSTIN UP HERE ABOUT THE CATS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE PASSED THAT CITY ORDINANCE HERE A WHILE BACK BECAUSE WE HAD A, WE HAD A, UM, POLICY THAT CAME FORTH AND I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE REALLY LOOKED AT THAT POLICY AND THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD POLICY.
BUT AFTER HEARING ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS, I THINK IT REALLY BEHOOVES US TO REALLY LOOK AT THESE POLICIES THAT WE DO PASS AND LOOK AT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF SOME OF THE ACTIONS.
EVEN THOUGH IT SOUNDED GOOD, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKED GOOD ON PAPER, UH, I THINK WE MADE A MISTAKE AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK AND TRY TO FIX THAT PROBLEM AND, AND STRAIGHTEN IT OUT.
I, I DO THINK THAT, UH, MR. BAUMGARTNER SAID HE WAS GONNA TRY TO SLOW IT DOWN FOR A LITTLE BIT TILL WE CAN GO BACK AND, AND LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF US ARE ANIMAL LOVERS UP HERE AND WE SHOULD TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AND THAT'S WHAT OUR ANIMAL SHELTER, UH, SHOULD BE DOING.
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, TOMORROW IS FRANK CHAMBERS DAY.
SO FRANK, IT TURNS A HUNDRED TOMORROW.
HE FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.
UH, I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HIS, UH, WITH HIS GRANDSON.
MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL WITH HIS GREAT-GRANDSON.
HIM AND HIS WIFE STILL MOVING AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UH, REALLY MOVING AROUND GREAT AND TELLING A BUNCH OF STORIES AND RIPPING HIS GRANDKIDS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO GO CELEBRATE FRANK CHAMBERS DAY TOMORROW.
AND SO WE'LL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE
[14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)]
SESSION.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SUB CHAPTER D, THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 5 51 ET ALL, UH, THE GOVERNMENT CODE ON THIS EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST, 2023 AT 8 0 8, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS COMPLETED ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST, 2023.
AT 8:27 PM THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION WHETHER THERE'S NO FINAL ACTION, DECISION, OR VOTE WITH REGARD TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION JUST CONCLUDED 15
[15. 23-0328 Consider and take action on discussion concerning potential purchase or sale of real property interests (Executive Director of Capital Projects)]
A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION CONCERNING POTENTIAL PURCHASE OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS.I MOVED AUTHORIZED STAFF TO PROCEED WITH AN ABANDONMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT WITH ANJU E DER FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF 0.4178 ACRES, 18,200 SQUARE FOOT PORTION OF UNOPENED OLIVE STREET AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE ANY DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST SECOND MOTION ON THE SAME ITEM.
I MOVE TO AUTHORIZED STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE CONVEYANCE OF PARCEL.
2003 57 SQUARE FEET NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S FM FIVE 18 SHARED USE PATH C
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S J 0 9 76 DASH ZERO THREE DASH ZERO NINE PROJECT IS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.ALRIGHT, LEMME FIND THIS OTHER ONE.
ALRIGHT, UH, MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST, UH, AND NOW GOING BACK
[11D. 23-0365Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an expenditure of $31,100 of Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds for the restoration and relocation project of the GH&H Railroad Bunkhouse located in the Historic District with such expenditure being contingent on participation by the League City Historical Society (Council Member Hicks, Council Member Saunders and Council Member Cones)]
TO THE ITEM THAT WAS SUSPENDED.11 D CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 22ND, 2023 TO CONSIDER THE EARLY TERMINATION OFTS TWO VICTORY LAKES AND DIRECTING CITY SECRETARY TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF SAID PUBLIC HEARING.
ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
8 4 0 AGAINST GOT MY THING MESSED UP.
THERE BEING NO NEW, UH, NO MORE BUSINESS.