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BREAK THE GAP.UH, BEFORE WE START THE MEETING TONIGHT, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT.
UM, IT'S MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY TODAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, WISH SUSAN MANN A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE CAMERAS AND TELL HER THAT I LOVE HER.
COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS LATER IN THE EVENING.
[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]
CALL TO ORDER.UH, THIS IS A MEETING OF THE CITY LEAGUE.
CALL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM WE'LL START WITH A ROLL, ROLL CALL OF THE MEMBERS.
YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYOR LONG IS ABSENT.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE INVOCATION AND OF ALLEGIANCE ALSO, UH, IF YOU HAVE A MOMENT, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE RABBI YI CHER OF THE SHABBAT OF THE BAY AREA WILL BE OUR INDICATION SPEAKER THIS EVENING.
I'D INVITE THOSE WHO WISH TO DO SO TO STANFORD FOR THE INVOCATION.
LET US JOIN TOGETHER IN PRAYER BY BIBLICAL TRADITION.
IN A FEW DAYS, WE WILL BE MARKING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPLETION OF CREATION, A DAY KNOWN BY ITS HEBREW NAME, ROOSH HASHANAH, MEANING THE HEAD OF THE YEAR, ALMIGHTY GOD.
AS WE APPROACH THE DAY WHEN THE FIRST HUMAN ADAM WAS CREATED, WE ARE MINDFUL OF THE TREMENDOUS POWER AND TRUST THAT YOU HAVE VESTED IN EACH OF US, CREATED IN THE DIVINE IMAGE, EMPOWERING US TO NOT ONLY ATTAIN OUR OWN PERSONAL FULFILLMENT, BUT ALSO TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE WORLD AROUND US.
HELP US BE MINDFUL OF THAT TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT WE MAY UTILIZE THAT WHICH YOU HAVE VESTED WITHIN US TO THE FULLEST MEASURE AND IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE TO DO GOOD FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, AND FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY OF LEAGUE CITY.
THUS INCREASING THE GOODNESS AND REVEALING THE GODLINESS IN THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE.
PLEASE BLESS OUR WORK HERE TODAY, THAT OF THE MAYOR, CITY COUNSELORS, CITY MANAGER, CITY OFFICIALS, AND ALL OF THEIR STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, AND RESIDENTS OF LEAGUE CITY, THAT OUR EFFORTS SPEAR GOOD FRUIT AND THAT OUR THOUGHTFUL, HONEST, AND RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE LEAD TO CONSTRUCTIVE RESULTS.
PLEASE GUIDE OUR HAND AS WE MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND TOGETHER, LET US SAY AMEN.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL TEXAS STATE CLUB.
HONOR THE TEXAS PLEDGES TO THE TEXAS ONE UNDER GOD.
I WAS A LITTLE JUMPING THE GUN THERE.
[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OF MINUTES.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES FOR THREE? UH, JULY 17TH, AUGUST 22ND, AND THE AUGUST 22ND, UH, WORK SESSION.
[4. PROCLAMATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AWARDS, AND COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT]
PROCLAMATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AWARDS, AND COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT.THERE IS NOTHING BUT I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MO MOTION AT THIS TIME.
I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE UP.
UH, AGENDA ITEM 15 B REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE POLICE.
ALRIGHT, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A MOTION THEN.
JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION REAL QUICK.
DO WE NEED TO MOVE UP 14 B ALSO TO DISCUSS IT IS 14 B BEHIND 14 B AND 15, I MEAN, EFFECTIVELY WE'RE NO, 14 B IS IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
AND WE'RE NOT GONNA DO, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO BACK.
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE THE NEW CHIEF, UH, CHIEF OF POLICE.
UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE WE MOVE THIS ONE OUT HERE? MR.
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DOE? OH, THIS IS JUST THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.SO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.
SO YOU NEED TO VOTE ON IT? YES, SIR.
HEARING NONE MOTION IS SUSPENDED, OR I ASSUME IT IS.
SO WHICH ONE IS IT? ACTUALLY? 15 B.
SO MA, SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UNDER CIVIL SERVICE RULES, UM, DIFFERENT THAN MOST DIRECTORS, WHEN WE APPOINT A POLICE CHIEF, I MAKE THE APPOINTMENT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TO CON CONFIRM THAT.
SO MY APPOINTMENT FOR POLICE CHIEF IS CLIFF T.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE TOPIC TOPIC? HEARING NONE, WE WILL VOTE.
AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO SWEAR THE CHIEF IN AT THIS TIME.
SO I THINK MELISSA'S READY IF THE COUNCIL'S READY FOR THAT.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION FROM THE MEMBER'S COUNCIL? NOPE.
RAISE YOUR HAND AND THEN REPEAT AFTER ME.
CLIFF, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR? DO DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I'M FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE, OF THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE.
CITY OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, TO THE BEST OF MY, A ABILITY OF, UM, PRESERVE PROTECTIVE, DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECTIVE, DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
HUH? OH, HE HAD, HE WAS READY.
JUST THE INTERACTION WITH HIM.
I GUESS THAT WAS PROBABLY ON THE LIVE MIC NOW.
HOPEFULLY Y'ALL DIDN'T HEAR THAT
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL]
ON ITEM FIVE.PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.
COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL IN NATURE OR MAYBE MAY ADDRESS A SPECIFIC ITEM.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT THE SAME WAY.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THERE'S A PLETHORA OF ISSUES TONIGHT THAT PEOPLE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
SO I'M GONNA DO THE SAME THING THAT NICK DOES WHEN WE HAVE A BIG CROWD.
AND THAT IS CALL PEOPLE UP THREE AT A TIME AND WE'RE GONNA START QUEUING IT UP.
SO WE HAVE A LAURA TEITSWORTH IS FIRST A LAURA TEITSWORTH, AND THEN AFTER THAT IS A, IS IT MAVIS, VATA, AND THEN JEFF MARILLO.
THIS IS, I'M NOT ON, AM I ON? I'M LAURA TEITSWORTH AND THE CHAIRPERSON FOR, UH, LEAGUE CITY, H O A ALLIANCE.
AND I'M HERE TO REPORT WHAT A FANTASTIC MEETING WE HAD LAST WEEK.
WE HAD OVER 73 MEMBERS, UH, SHOW UP FOR THE H O A ALLIANCE MEETING.
UH, IN ATTENDANCE WAS, UM, MANY OF OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, INCLUDING SEAN SAUNDERS AND I, HEY, I AM NOT CALLING YOU OUT NEGATIVELY.
UH, TOMMY CS, UM, JUSTIN HICKS WAS THERE, UH, TOM CRUISE WAS THERE, AND CHAD TRESSLER WAS THERE.
SO WE HAD FIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOWING UP FOR THAT AS WELL AS, UH, CITIZENS WHO, UH, OUR SUPPORTING CITIZENS.
ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF OUR TOPICS THAT WE DISCUSSED THAT'S BEEN HEAVY ON OUR LIST IS SIDEWALK, UH, REPAIR AND, UH, THE SOLICITATION ORDINANCE.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A GREAT MEETING TO DISCUSS HOW TO, UM, HOW TO WORK THE SOLICITATION ORDINANCE THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE TO MAKE THAT PHONE CALL.
THERE HAS TO BE THAT PIECE THERE WHERE WHEN SOMEONE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER IDENTIFICATION,
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OR THEY'RE, UM, DOING SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AT YOUR DOOR, UH, THAT YOU MAKE THAT PHONE CALL TO THE, UH, NON-EMERGENCY, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND REPORT THAT.AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT FROM Y'ALL.
UM, ALSO THE SIDEWALK REPAIR TO INCREASE THAT BUDGET SO THAT WE COULD GET MORE SIDEWALKS REPAIRED IN OUR HOAS IS PHENOMENAL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT COUNSEL.
AND YOUR PRESENCE IS VERY VALUABLE TO US.
UM, ALSO THERE, UH, WE HAD JOHN, JOHN BUMGARNER THERE.
HE WAS SPEAKING FOR US AND, UH, GAVE A FANTASTIC SHOW STOPPING, UH, AWARD-WINNING PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, EVERYBODY REALLY APPRECIATED YOU BEING THERE.
UH, APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR SUPPORTING US.
UM, MR. SANDERS, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME OUT.
UH, HOWEVER, THERE'S STILL SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UH, I CURRENTLY RESIDE AT THE ANCHOR AT SOUTH SHO HARBOR, LOCATED AT 1201 ENTERPRISE AVENUE.
AND FOR THE MEETING NOTES, I WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, UH, IN CASE OF RETALIATION.
SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU TODAY THAT WE, THE PEOPLE IN LUKE CITY, RESIDENTS IN APARTMENT COMPLEX ARE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED.
WE'RE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING TREATED LIKE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS.
SO IT'S TIME FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
SOME OF US ARE CURRENTLY RECOVERING FROM A MASSIVE FINANCIAL DOWNFALL FROM THE COVID SHUTDOWNS AND INFLATION RELATED TO THOSE SHUTDOWNS.
WE'RE BEING ASKED TO PAY MORE IN TAXES, MORE IN GROCERIES, MORE TO FILL UP THE GAS STATION, MORE FOR INSURANCE COVERAGE, AND YES, MORE FOR RENTS EVERY YEAR TO GET LESS.
AS A FORMER HOTEL DIRECTOR OF SALES AND GENERAL MANAGER FOR HILTON WORLDWIDE FOR 23 YEARS AND A CURRENT RISK ADVISOR FOR STATE FARM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR OF LAKE CITY, CITY COUNCIL, THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE FIRE MARSHAL IN REGARDS IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT IN REGARDS TO THE POLICIES OF HUM LANDLORD AND REAL ESTATE COMPANIES LIKE CUSHMAN AND WAKEFIELD, JUAN CUSHMAN AND WAKEFIELD GO GLOWS IN THEIR WEBSITE OF A $10.1 BILLION IN REVENUE FOR THE YEAR OF 20 22, 400 OFFICE LOCATIONS IN 60 COUNTRIES WITH 52,000 TEAM MEMBERS.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE RESIDENT OF THE ANCHOR ANCHORED.
SOUTH SHAW HARBOR, THEIR COMPANY MISSION STATEMENT.
AS A GLOBAL LEADER IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES WITH 52,000 EMPLOYEES, WE WANT TO MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CLIENTS.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, THE CLIENTS ARE NOT THE TENANTS NEWS ARTICLE FROM THE REAL DEAL.
REAL ESTATES, UH, DATED IN AUGUST AND CHALLENGING MARKETING CONDITION, WE'RE ABLE TO QUICKLY PIVOT AND DELIVER FINANCIAL RESULTS, SEQUENTIAL TO HOME IMPROVEMENT.
UM, BASICALLY BEAR CUTTING COSTS.
SO WHAT DOES THAT COST CUTTING MEANS FOR US WHILE THEY'RE BACKSLAPPING EACH OTHER FOR THEIR POORLY BONUS? BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THOSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY DO, AND I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SAY EVERYTHING THAT I WANNA SAY, BUT THEY, FOR EVERY DOLLAR REVENUE GENERATED, 50% GOES TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
SALES GET THEIR BONUSES BASED ON COMMISSION AND SALES OPERATION, GET THEIR BONUSES.
YOU GUESSED IT, ON OPERATING COSTS.
SO, SEVERAL ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE CHIEF COUPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, ISSUES.
APRIL, 2023, WE WERE VANDALIZED.
JUNE 23RD, I MADE A PHONE CALL AT 1230 IN THE MORNING BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO KICK MY DOOR.
I HAD MY GUN POINTED AT THAT DOOR READY TO FIRE, AND I WAS WITHIN MY RIGHT TO FIRE THAT GUN THROUGH THAT LOCKED DOOR.
AND THE POLICE OFFICER ROLLED IN AS A REGULAR PATROL WITHOUT NO LIGHTS, NO SIRENS ON.
AUGUST, 2020 THIRD, I CALLED BECAUSE SOME OF YOUR CONTRACTORS REPAIRING THE DOG PARK PADS, JU CABLES TAPED WITH DUCT TAPE TO AN EXTENSION CORD TO MY BOX.
I CALLED THE LAKE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE OFFICER JUST CAME IN AND TOOK THE WORD SALAD OF LEASING OFFICE FOR GRANTED.
WELL, MIND YOU, THAT WAS A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.
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LOOKED AT WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT.IT WAS AUGUST 2ND, ONE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, FULL SUN EXPOSURE, ONE SPARK AWAY FROM SETTING MY BUILDING ON FIRE.
MA'AM, YOUR WITH MY DOG INSIDE YOUR TIME'S EXPIRED.
WELL, I'LL BE MORE ABOUT HAPPY.
BUT YOU'LL WILL GET A COPY OF THAT EMAIL.
WE HAVE JACKIE LIDDELL, DAVE BOWEN, AND WILL PAY.
I LIVE AT 2,800 EAST LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY.
I'M ALSO A RENTER, AND I DO THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS, UH, IN THIS CITY THAT ARE UNFAIR TO RENTERS.
SPECIFICALLY ON THE, UH, COMMITTEE APPLICATION.
IT ASKS IF YOU OWN REAL PROPERTY IN LEAGUE CITY, WHICH I GET IT, LIKE IF THEY'RE HOMEOWNERS THERE, LIKE, MIGHT BE MORE LIKE THEIR OPINION MIGHT BE MORE, UH, NECESSARY FOR A CERTAIN COMMITTEE.
BUT FOR LIKE MOST CITY COMMITTEES, WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW.
IF YOU'RE A HOMEOWNER, LIKE IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY, WHETHER YOU'RE A RENTER OR A HOMEOWNER, YOUR OPINION SHOULD BE VALID.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, LEAGUE CITY COMMUNITY STANDARDS.
UH, THE LEAGUE, THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT MET LAST NIGHT.
UH, THEY WERE REVIEWING THE BOOK, THE GREAT BIG BODY BOOK BY MARY HOFFMAN.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE, I'M GLAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO KEEP IT WHERE IT IS IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO, UH, COUNCILMAN SAUNDERS AND CRUZ FOR ATTENDING LAST NIGHT.
UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK LAURA TEITSWORTH.
Y'ALL SAW HER, UM, SPEAK A MOMENT AGO, AND SHE IS THE MEMBER, SHE'S ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE WHO, UH, VOTED TO KEEP THE BOOK WHERE IT IS.
WHILE WE WERE AT THE COMMITTEE, THERE WAS A, UM, A BIG ISSUE THAT POPPED UP.
UH, UH, UH, CITY ATTORNEY DO HAD, UH, SAID THAT THE NEW C S R C GUIDELINES SUPERSEDED ALL PREVIOUS GUIDELINES.
SO NOW THERE IS A SECTION OF THE LIBRARY THAT HAS NOBODY TO REVIEW THEM.
UH, NOT THAT I THINK THAT ALL BOOKS SHOULD BE REVIEWED, BUT LIKE THERE ARE SOMETIMES EXAMPLES WHERE BOOKS NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE LIBRARY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN INACCURATE OR RACIST, UH, LIKE, UH, INACCURATE OR RACIST INFORMATION, OR GENERALLY UNACCEPTABLE, UM, OPINIONS THAT WE DON'T REALLY NEED IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND, UH, NOW THERE IS NOBODY TO REVIEW THE ADULT SECTION.
UH, THE LIBRARY BOARD NO LONGER HAS THAT POWER.
AND THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS AND REVIEW COMMITTEE ALSO NO LONGER HAS THAT POWER SINCE THEY HAVE SAID, UH, MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND ATLASS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE MAYOR HIMSELF SAID THAT THEY WILL ONLY BE REVIEWING CHILDREN'S BOOK, UH, CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
SO THAT IS A, UM, SECTION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT IS A SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE REVISITED FOR.
WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO REMOVE BOOKS FROM THE ADULT SECTION.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS LAST NIGHT, UH, EMPHASIZED THAT IT IS THE PARENTS' RESPONSIBILITIES TO, UM, UH, ENSURE TO SEE WHAT YOUR CHILDREN'S ARE READING.
IT'S NOT THE LIBRARIES AND IT'S NOT THE COMMITTEES, AND IT'S NOT THE CITIES.
IF YOU HAVE SOME, UH, ONE OF THEM POINTS THEY SAID IS THAT IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT, THEN MAYBE DON'T LET YOUR CHILD READ THAT BOOK.
UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I HAVE A, AND UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY TO, UH, MRS. MANN OUT THERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US BORROW YOUR HUSBAND.
I KNOW HE'D MUCH RATHER BE WITH YOU, THEM, THE US
AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN.
I'VE BEEN A MEMBER SINCE WE STARTED THE COMMITTEE, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS HERE IN THE CITY BECAUSE CITIZENS TELL ME THIS ALL THE TIME, WHEREVER I AM.
AND THEY LOVE OUR MANY MURALS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE MURAL ON OUR SWIMMING POOL AND ALL THESE THINGS THEY SEE IN LAKE PARK.
WELL, EVERY DAY, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DRIVE BY FIVE 18 AND THE GULF FREEWAY.
AND AT THAT POINT, THERE IS A HUGE BUILDING THAT IS JUST THIS BIG LAW.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BEAUTIFY THIS CITY BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A GATEWAY ENTRANCE TO OUR CITY, TO OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT, TO OUR BUSINESSES.
AND PEOPLE ARE GOING BY HERE ON THE FREEWAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BIG BORING, BEIGE BUILDING.
WELL, THE OWNER OF THE CENTER IS VERY RECEPTIVE TO MAKING IT A LEAGUE CITY.
ANOTHER THING, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, WE
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HAVE ONE OF THE BEST MURAL ARTISTS IN, I GUESS, THE WORLD LIVING HERE IN LAKE CITY.HE PAINTS MURALS ALL OVER TEXAS, OTHER STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
AND SOME OF THEM ARE 11 STORIES TALL.
HE HAS THE KNOW-HOW AND HE'S FAST.
AND ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN OUR POOL WITH LIKE SIX WALLS AROUND IT, BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED WITH UNDERWATER THINGS, KNOWS THAT HE CAN DO IT.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR APPROVAL TO GO FORWARD WITH A PROJECT TO PAINT THAT.
DO YOU NEED TO START THE TIMER OVER? NO.
DAVE BOWMAN, UH, THREE 10 SEA BREEZE COURT, UH, IN BAY RIDGE SUBDIVISION.
AND JUST AS A FOLLOW UP TO JACKIE, UH, THIS BUILDING IS ABOUT 26 FEET TALL AND ABOUT 180 FEET LONG.
IT BASICALLY IS A MASSIVE BILLBOARD OPPORTUNITY FOR A FANTASTIC PIECE OF ART THAT, UH, PEOPLE WILL DRIVE BY SPOT AND PROBABLY COME AROUND ON ANOTHER INSTANCE, TO, TO TO PHYSICALLY STOP AND LOOK UP CLOSE, GET PICTURES OF IT, GET PICTURES WITH THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF IT, AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
UH, WE HAVE THE ARTIST HERE ACTUALLY TONIGHT THAT, UH, WE'RE HOPING YOU WILL APPROVE DOING THIS.
UM, I, I THINK, UH, PROBABLY THE, THE, THE COST AND THE, UH, SIZE AND THE OTHER STUFF, UH, YOU WILL HAVE, UH, SEEN SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON IT.
IT'S WELL WITHIN OUR BUDGET, BUT I REALIZE WE STILL NEED TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL 'CAUSE THE MONETARY AMOUNT, EVEN THOUGH WE, WE HAVE THE MONEY IN THERE.
BUT THAT'S, UH, HOPEFULLY ONE OF OUR BIG PROJECTS HERE GOING FORWARD FOR THE, UH, 20, 24 YEAR IS TO GET THIS PAINTED.
AND, UH, UH, IF YOU THINK OF, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH A BILLBOARD COSTS, BUT THIS IS GONNA RUN FOR, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS PLUS, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE ARTWORK, UH, PRESERVED ON THE FRONT.
AND THIS, WE HOPE WILL JUST CONTINUE OUR LEGACY OF, UH, OUR COMMITTEE AND, AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH LOCAL ARTISTS.
BUT, UM, JUST, I'M JUST LOVING THE STUFF THAT WE'RE SEEING, THE MOST RECENT, UH, COUNTRYSIDE PARK, UH, LING GRIP POND PARK.
IF, UH, PEOPLE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT, THERE'S SOME FANTASTIC MURALS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN DONE THERE.
BUT, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS APPROVAL TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
TINA TURINE, RAMONA TAP, AND JEFFREY PEARSON.
UM, WILL PATE, UH, I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE.
UH, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON THE FIRST MEETING.
I COULD NOT ATTEND LAST NIGHT'S MEETING, UH, BUT I WAS ABLE TO WATCH IT BEING STREAMED LIVE THANKS TO THE GALVESTON COUNTY LIBRARY ALLIANCE.
UM, AND I FIRST WANTED TO START OUT BY SAYING THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN SAUNDERS AS WELL AS, UH, CRUZ FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
NOT IN JUST IN ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS, BUT TWO, YOU BOTH HAVE SAID YOU'D BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN KEEPING YOUR EYES ON THAT COMMITTEE.
AND I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU KEEPING YOUR WORD IN THAT AREA.
A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WANTED TO MENTION.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE THINGS I, THAT WAS MENTIONED BY THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE DURING THE MEETING WAS RECOGNIZING THE VALUABLE INPUT THAT THE LIBRARIANS OFFER TO THAT COMMITTEE, TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE INSISTENT THAT LIBRARIANS SHOULD BE ATTENDING EVERY MEETING OF THAT COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR PROFESSIONAL INPUT AND REASONING FOR WHY THAT BOOK WAS LOCATED, WHERE IT WAS WITH THE RECOGNITION FROM ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THAT FACT.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL GO BACK AND CONSIDER MAKING THAT OFFICIAL MEMBERSHIP, UH, FOR THE LIBRARY STAFF, AT LEAST A LIBRARIAN AS AN EX-OFFICIO, NON-VOTING MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT SHOWS RESPECT TO THE LIBRARY STAFF AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VALUE THAT THEY BRING TO THAT PROCESS.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS SAID ABOUT THE LIBRARY THAT HAVE BEEN UNTRUE OR THAT HAVE BEEN MISCONSTRUED.
AND I THINK THIS IS ONE WAY IN WHICH CITY COUNCIL CAN RECOGNIZE IN A VERY PUBLIC MANNER THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE LIBRARY STAFF HAS TO ENSURING SAFE MATERIALS FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, LAST MEETING LAST NIGHT, UH, I THINK WATCHING THAT REALLY PROVED THE POINT THAT THIS COMMITTEE WAS NOT A COMMITTEE THAT NEEDED TO EXIST.
THERE WERE LONG TERM MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE, WHO SPOKE UP AND BASICALLY SAID AFTER EVERYTHING HAD HAPPENED, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, WE GOT THE SAME RESULT THAT WE WOULD'VE GOTTEN WITH THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE, THE LIBRARY BOARD.
ALL WE'VE DONE NOW IS CREATE A SECOND COMMITTEE COSTING ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME.
YOU WANT TO ADD UP THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WERE SPENT FROM STAFF TIME, THE CITY ATTORNEY LIBRARIAN.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT PAID BY THE HOUR, BUT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TIME THAT THEY WERE SPENT DOING OTHER THINGS.
UH, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, AS THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT THIS COMMITTEE UNDERGOES ITS SUNSET REVIEW NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.
AND THAT SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO TAKING US BACK TO WHERE WE WERE
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BEFORE LAST.UM, THERE WERE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT I THINK JEFF MENTIONED RELATED TO THE CREATION OF THIS BOARD, IN THAT THERE IS NO LONGER A WAY TO, TO BRING UP FOR ANY KIND OF QUESTIONING ANYTHING THAT IS NOT DIRECTED TOWARDS MINORS.
SO ACTUALLY, THIS, THIS REVIEW PROCESS REDUCES THE ABILITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARY.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE FORMALIZED AND ADDRESSED BY COUNSEL AS TO IF THERE IS QUESTIONABLE MATERIAL THAT'S NOT INTENDED FOR MINORS, HOW CAN THAT BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR RECONSIDERATION OR EVALUATION THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CLARITY TO CITIZENS AS WELL AS PROTECTION TO STAFF.
HELLO, MY NAME IS TINA TURNTINE.
I AM AT 1801 RE PARK STREET IN CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE, AND I AM HERE TONIGHT, BUT I'M GONNA DEFER MY TIME TO TIM, RUSTY, TIM, WELL, WHO'S GONNA SPEAK FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TONIGHT.
I'M DAVID TEPER WHO CAME OUT AS RAYMOND.
IT'S OUR FIRST TIME HERE, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR WASTING TIME.
WE ARE FROM CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE AND WE WERE HERE TO SUPPORT.
SHE'S TOLD ME TO SIGN MY NAME.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS FOR ME TO SPEAK
PEOPLE RACE UP AND DOWN, ESPECIALLY THE CORNER WE'RE AT.
AND UM, IT'S, I'VE SEE CHILDREN ON THEIR BIKES, PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS, PEOPLE HAVING MORNING STROLLS AND THEY'RE JUMPING OUT OF THE WAY.
WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO THE SUBDIVISION ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO, I WAS THE OLD MAN ON THE CORNER JUST YELLING AT PEOPLE.
AND I FINALLY HAD TO TAKE A DIAL BACK A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M STILL VERY FRUSTRATED.
SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT PUTTING A STREET THROUGH OUR SUBDIVISION.
UM, 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WITH NO SIDEWALKS AND AND SO FORTH.
SO ANYWAY, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S GONNA SPEAK FOR OUR SUBDIVISION.
MY WIFE TOLD ME NOT TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT I CAN'T HELP YOU.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JEFFREY PEARSON AND I LIVE AT 1445 SOUTH I RIPPE BOULEVARD.
AND I CAME HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF, UH, ITEM 24 4 3 7, UH, RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A 12 MONTH RETAIL LEASE TO SO FREE CAFE.
UH, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AND, UH, I'VE GONE TO SO FREE COFFEE, WHICH HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN CLEAR LAKE SHORES ALMOST EVERY DAY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF IT.
IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GO FOR, UH, UNIQUE COFFEE AND BRING YOUR FAMILY.
THEY HAVE, UH, A GIFT SHOP AND THERE'S ARTS AND CRAFTS.
IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT PLACE AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT, UH, THEY'VE CHOSEN TO HAVE, UM, THEY'VE CHOSEN LAKE CITY FOR, UH, THEIR NEW LOCATION.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DONNA MIXON.
WE'VE LIVED IN LEAGUE CITY FOR 22 AND A HALF YEARS IN THE NEWPORT SUBDIVISION.
I WANNA TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE ANIMAL SHELTER SITUATION WITH THE T N R PROGRAM.
I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS ON YOUR MIND, YOU'VE GOT THINGS IN BUDGET YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH.
UM, SO I WANNA JUST FIRST HIT YOU WITH A FEW STATISTICS AND FACTS, SCIENTIFIC FACTS.
THE HUMAN BODY CANNOT SURVIVE A TEMPERATURE ABOVE 125 DEGREES.
IT CANNOT SURVIVE A TEMPERATURE BELOW NEGATIVE 29 DEGREES.
UM, IN A STUDY DONE IN THE UK IN 2021, THEY TOOK AVERAGE 60 YEAR OLDS AND RAN STUDIES ON HOW TEMPERATURE AFFECTED THEIR BODIES.
THEY MEASURED THEIR CORE TEMPERATURE, THEIR BASAL METABOLIC RATE, AND OTHER THINGS.
I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE, THE DETAILS OF THAT.
AT 104 DEGREES, THEY FOUND THAT THE, THE GROUP, THEIR METABOLIC, UH, BASAL, BASAL METABOLIC RATE, SORRY, UH, INCREASED BY 35% AND THEY WERE STILL ABLE TO DISSIPATE THE HEAT FAIRLY WELL AT 122 DEGREES.
THEIR BMM, THE B M R EXCEEDED 56% OF THEIR BASELINE AND THEIR CORE TEMPERATURE RAISED TWO DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND KEPT RAISING.
SO THEY STOPPED IT, KNOWING THAT 1 25 IS WHAT CLIMATE SCIENTISTS CLAIM.
HUMANS CANNOT SURVIVE IN THE WORLD OF AN EVER HEATING SOCIETY, EVER HEATING PLANET.
WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
NOW, LET'S TAKE THAT DOWN TO ANIMALS.
IN PARTICULAR FELINES, WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN TRAP NEUTERED AND RELEASED INDISCRIMINATELY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JULY.
FOR CATS, THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE THAT THEY CAN SURVIVE HEALTHILY OUTSIDE.
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WITH NO UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES WHO HAVE HEALTHY COATS, 45 DEGREES.IF YOUR CAT IS OUTSIDE WHEN IT'S 45 DEGREES, YOU'RE BEING INHUMANE.
AND THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE, WITHOUT ANY MAJOR HEALTH ISSUES THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY FOR A HEALTHY CAT IS A HUNDRED DEGREES LIKE HUMANS.
CATS REQUIRE WATER IN FOOD FOR A HUMAN.
THEY CAN GO BETWEEN TWO DAYS AND, AND TWO WEEKS WITHOUT WATER.
USUALLY PEOPLE SEND TO SAY THREE DAYS AND SO ON.
BUT THE STATISTICS ARE TWO DAYS TO TWO WEEKS.
FOR A CAT, ONE DAY WITHOUT WATER, IT LEADS TO SEVERE DEHYDRATION.
TWO DAYS THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP KIDNEY DISEASE, THREE DAYS THEY'RE GOING TO DIE.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS PUTTING THESE CATS WHO WERE PETS, WHO ARE FRIENDLY, ADOPTABLE AND FOSTER SNIPPING CLIPPING AND RELEASING THEM ON THE STREET WITH NO GUARANTEED CAREGIVER.
IF YOU'LL GIMME JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES.
I'LL GIVE 30 SECONDS TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE YOUR, OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, AT OUR HOME IN JULY, WE HAD 10 DAYS BELOW A HUNDRED DEGREES.
IN AUGUST, WE HAD FEWER THAN FIVE.
THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST, WE HAD 109 DEGREES WITH 115 DEGREE HEAT INDEX.
CATS ONLY SWEAT THROUGH THEIR PAWS, AND THOSE PAWS ARE ON ASPHALT AND CONCRETE MOST OF THE TIME.
SO THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SWEAT, TO COOL DOWN.
YOU'RE FORCING THESE CATS INTO A HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
HEAT STROKE, THEY DON'T COME BACK FROM.
AND I WOULD ASK YOU JUST TO SUM UP, WHICH OF YOUR PETS DO YOU WANT TO STICK OUTSIDE FOR A MONTH IN THOSE DEGREES, IN THOSE TEMPERATURES, UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, NO FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, CAREGIVER, OR MEDICAL, OR PROTECTION FROM ROVING PACKS OF DOGS, WHICH PEOPLE UNFORTUNATELY ALLOW, AND OTHER ANIMALS LIKE COYOTES, DISEASE, PARASITES, AND SO ON.
I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU KEEP THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
MY NAME IS TERRY MIXON AND I'M FOLLOWING UP ON, UH, WHAT MY WIFE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WE ATTENDED THE, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY.
AND THE NEWS THAT I HEARD THERE WAS VERY HEART.
UM, IT, IT HELPED ME BE MORE HOPEFUL THAT THERE, THAT THE CITY IS TAKING STEPS TO GO AHEAD AND, AND MINIMIZE HOW ADOPTABLE FRIENDLY PETS FRIENDLY CATS MIGHT BE BEING RELEASED.
SO I THINK THE CITY IS TAKING STEPS TO GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THESE PETS THAT WERE ABANDONED, IF LEAGUE CITY GOES AHEAD AND USES T N R ON THEM, INSTEAD OF SIMPLY USING IT ON THE FERAL POPULATION, THAT THE CITY IS ABANDONED THEM TWICE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT THING FOR US TO DO.
I THINK THAT LEAGUE CITY CAN DO BETTER.
AND I THINK THAT AS TO PARAPHRASE SOMETHING THE RABBI HAD SAID EARLIER, IT'S OUR CHANCE TO SHOW THAT WE CAN MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
AND I THINK THE CITY IS TAKING STEPS TO DO THAT.
AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THAT.
AMY ALBIN, AMY ALBIN, MIKE HOLMES AND DOUG HAUSEN.
SO I'M PATTY LESKI, 4 7 5 7 OAKMONT COURT.
UM, I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON FIVE OF THE SHELTER CATS THAT WERE DUMPED WITHOUT VERIFIED FEEDERS.
I WAS ABLE WITH THE HELP OF LEAGUE CITY RESIDENTS TO TRACK DOWN FIVE OF THOSE NICE CATS.
LEMME GIVE THE STATUS OF THE FIVE KIT KATT.
THE LAST ONE WE GOT OFF THE STREETS WENT TO HEAVEN AT THE VET TODAY, SHE WAS VERY SICK WITH A THYROID DISEASE THAT USUALLY STRIKES AROUND AGE NINE.
THE VET SAID, YOU KNOW, THE SHELTER CALLS HER AGE TWO AND A HALF.
AND THE VET SAID, WELL, IF SHE'S TWO AND A HALF, THEN MAYBE THERE'S A CANCER CAUSING IT.
IT WOULD BE A VERY RARE CANCER.
SO, YOU KNOW, STACK THE ODDS UP.
UH, IF SHE WAS MORE LIKE NINE, THAT WOULD QUALIFY HER AS A SHELTER CAT, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DUMPED IN THE STREETS.
SO SHE WAS EUTHANIZED BECAUSE EVERYONE'S CAT IS, NO ONE'S CAT, NO ONE CAN PILL THIS CAT TWICE A DAY.
SO WITHOUT ANYONE TO CARE FOR, SHE WAS HUMANELY EUTHANIZED AND THEREFORE AVOIDED A SUFFERING DEATH ON THE STREETS OF LEAGUE CITY.
OKAY, ANOTHER CAT, LISA SHRIMP.
SHE SEEMS HEALTHY, BUT SHE GAINED AN ASTONISHING 15 AND A HALF.
WE GOT HER OFF THE STREETS AND SHE GAINED AN ASTONISHING 15 AND A HALF OUNCES
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IN SIX DAYS.WENT FROM SIX POUNDS TO SEVEN POUNDS.
DEBORAH, ANOTHER CAT PICKED UP OFF THE STREET, WAS VETTED FOR A SIGNIFICANT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.
SHE IS, UH, IN FOUR MONTHS WORTH OF TREATMENT FOR HEARTWORMS RESULTING ASTHMA.
AND BY THE WAY, THE VET DISCOVERED A PELLET THAT HAD SHATTERED HER FEMUR, BUT IT HAD HEALED THE PELLET'S STILL IN THERE.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY AN INJURY THAT'S A COUPLE YEARS OLD.
FLUFFY TAIL WAS RELEASED, HAD POOP, BACTERIA, DIARRHEA, EYE INFECTION RIGHT AFTER BEING, BEING DUMPED, GOT VETTED.
SAVANNAH SEEMS HEALTHY AND SHE'S UP FOR ADOPTION.
SO IN SUMMARY, FIVE COMPLETELY RANDOM CATS DUMPED IN THE SHELTER EXPERIMENT.
OKAY? FIVE IS A SMALL NUMBER COMPARED TO WHAT THEY DUMPED.
UM, 60% HAD HEALTH ISSUES NEEDING VETTING.
ONE IS DEAD AND ONE COULD STILL DIE.
YOU JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA RECOVER FROM HEARTWORMS. SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS.
UM, SO I, I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE HERE FOR THIS LEAGUE CITY SHELTER AND IN SUPPORT OF THE LEAGUE CITY SHELTER THAT HAVE NOT SIGNED UP TO TALK.
BUT I WANNA CITY COUNCIL TO SEE YOU, IF YOU WOULD MIND STANDING UP AND SHOW THAT YOU'RE HERE AND INTERESTED IN THIS SITUATION AND THIS, UM, THAT'S GOING ON.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING.
YOU HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT ALL SPEAKING.
HELLO, I'M MIKE HOLMES FROM, UH, 1904 AGGIE LANE, CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE.
UH, YEAH, UH, RUSTY TOWELL IS GONNA, AGAIN, KINDA GIVE THE, THE, THE MAIN INFORMATION ON THIS.
I DO WANNA SAY THAT I MOVED HERE THREE DAYS BEFORE HARVEY AND I HAD FIVE FOOT ONE INCH IN MY HOUSE.
AND THAT DID NOT DETER ME FROM LEAVING, YOU KNOW, FROM MOVING AWAY FROM LEAGUE CITY WHILE STILL CLOSING MY HOUSE, UH, UP IN, UH, NORTHERN CHICAGO.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY CHERISH THE WAY LEAGUE CITY HAS BEEN OPERATING.
I, AND, BUT I, I AM VERY CONCERNED BEING ON AGGIE LANE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, NOW THE CONSTRUCTION'S TAPERING OFF.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING DOWN THE DEAD END STREET SIMPLY TO TRY TO BYPASS TRAFFIC AS IT WAS.
AND, AND AS, UH, AS MENTIONED, THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS.
WE NOW HAVE KIDS, UH, LITERALLY PLAYING ON WILLIAMSPORT, WHERE THE PROPOSED STREET IS, UH, UH, ACCESS TO IS TO GO, UH, UH, I SEE IT AS A MAJOR, MAJOR SAFETY RISK.
SO, UM, FROM THAT POINT, I'M JUST GONNA TURN OVER AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
GOOD EVENING, DOUG HALLS FROM 1753 CLAIBORNE DRIVE.
UM, TALK TO RUSTY IN RESPECT TO COUNCILMAN'S TIME TONIGHT.
THIS IS GONNA BE ON THE VILLE PARK PROJECT.
UM, SO I RESPECT YOUR TIME AND I'LL LET HIM, HE'S GOT A NICE DRAWN UP, UH, TALKING TO ME.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE HAVE, UH, JOANN ANDERS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UH, RUSTY TIL TIDWELL.
COUNCILMAN TIDWELL, UH, CLEAN BAT UP ON THIS ISSUE.
HI, I AM JOAN ANDERS, 1903 LASALLE LANE IN CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE.
AND MY HUSBAND AND I ARE HERE TO SUPPORT WHAT RUSTY IS GOING TO SAY TONIGHT AND WHAT THE OTHERS HAVE.
WE'RE VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO THE PARK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ARE PROBABLY ORIGINAL OWNERS ON THE HOME, AND THEY LIKE TO WALK, AND WE ALREADY HAVE A SPEEDING PROBLEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES.
AND WHEN YOU ADD IN PEOPLE COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO DON'T LIVE THERE, I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO BE MUCH LESS SAFE AND ADD A LOT OF CHAOS.
UH, RUSTY TWELL, ONE 10 LAFAYETTE LANE, CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE.
UM, I TYPED THIS UP HERE, I WANNA READ IT OFF HERE.
UM, I PERSONALLY LOVE PARKS AND GREEN SPACE, AND, UM, I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO OFFER THESE AMENITIES TO RESIDENTS AND RESPECT COUNCIL'S TIME.
WE DECIDED JUST TO KIND OF COMBINE EVERYTHING AND TRYING TO GET, GET THE MESSAGE OUT HERE.
UM, WE ARE ONLY GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS ANYWAY.
UM, CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE OPPOSES ANY TYPE OF ACCESS THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO INTER MYRTLE PARK.
WE ALSO DO NOT WANT THE PARK TO BE OVERDEVELOPED TOO.
UM, WHEN THIS, I, WHEN THIS LAND WAS GRANTED OVER TO THE CITY, AND I, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS GIVEN TO US TOTALLY FREE OR IF WE PAID A, THREW A GRANT ON IT.
BUT I WAS HERE WHEN IT HAPPENED.
UM, IT WAS DEEMED TO BE JUST A PASSIVE PARK, AND THAT WAS IT.
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IT, UM, I'VE SPOKEN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME, AND THEY SP SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER THE GUIDELINES THAT WERE LAID OUT FOR THE GRANT, SPECIFICALLY, NO CEMENT, NO DEVELOPMENT LEFT IN ITS NATURAL STAGE AND HABITAT.THERE WERE A LOT OF REASONS WHY THESE GUIDELINES WERE STIPULATED.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S A HEAVY, WE, WE HAVE A HEAVY POPULATION OF ANIMALS BACK THERE.
I I'M TALKING BOBCATS, HOGS, DEER, RABBITS, EVERY, AND, UM, WE'VE EVEN HAD BOBCATS COMING UP INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
THEY'RE GETTING PUSHED OUT, UM, THE ANIMALS ANYWAY, WE ALREADY HAVE.
UM, UH, THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF DEER WILD HOGS LOCATED TRACK.
THIS IS WHY THE PREVIOUS OWNER CHOSE NOT TO DEVELOP, BUT TO PROTECT THAT, PROTECT THE LAND.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT LAND'S BEEN SITTING EMPTY NOW FOR, SINCE 2003, 2004.
THERE'S ANOTHER TRACK OF LAND FOR SALE THAT'S BEEN SITTING NEXT TO IT FOR SINCE 2003, 2000 ACTUALLY.
IT'S BEEN THERE PROBABLY 40 YEARS FOR SALE.
AND, UM, JUST, THERE'S NOTHING TO DEVELOP BACK THERE.
IT STAYS UNDERWATER MOST OF THE TIME.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S, IT'S A SHOCK THAT WE'RE EVEN CONSIDERING DEVELOPING THIS AT ALL.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT FLOODING.
WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED HOMES FLOOD DURING HARVEY.
THIS LAND, IT, IT GOES, IT, THIS LAND GOES UNDERWATER, JUST, JUST AT HIGH PARTS OF IT GO UNDERWATER JUST AT HIGH TIDE.
AND, AND, UM, WE GET A REAL, REAL HEAVY RAIN.
AND WE HAVE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY WANTING TO PUT THE ROAD, WHERE IT'S TALKED ABOUT PUTTING THE ROAD IN.
YOU'LL SEE THE WATER COME UP TO WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THERE.
AND, UM, SO OUR SUBDIVISION WAS BUILT IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES.
WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS IN OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOME OF THE ROADS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE NARROW CUR CURRENTLY.
KIDS WALK DOWN THE STREET GOING THE BUS STOP GETTING OFF THE SCHOOL BUS AND THEN WALKING HOME.
THE CHILDREN ARE ALSO FORCED TO RIDE THEIR BIKES IN THE STREETS WHEN THEY CHOOSE TO GO TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE OR TO PARK.
I MEAN, WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO, NO, NO SIDEWALK.
OUR STREET TRAFFIC IS ALREADY HEAVY WITH AMAZON, U P SS, FEDEX, AND LAWN CARE COMPANIES, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE HERE, UM, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO COUNCIL IS NOT, I JUST, REAL QUICK, JUST WRAP IT UP.
UM, I BELIEVE WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO COUNCIL IS NOT ASKING FOR ACCESS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN, BUT WE'D ALSO APPRECIATE IT STAY THE WAY IT IS.
WE WISH THE COUNCIL WOULD TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
CAN THIS BUDDY BE SPENT SOMEWHERE ELSE? WE THINK MAYBE A SECOND LOOK AT THIS WOULD BE BETTER FOR ALL.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S AWARE HOW MUCH THIS LAND ACTUALLY FLOODS.
UM, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HERE FROM CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE WHO RAISE HANDS HERE.
WE APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL COMING OUT TONIGHT.
WE HAVE, UH, THREE MORE ON HERE.
WE HAVE TARA SMITH, ADAM SOCI, AND NICOLE ANTON.
TARA SMITH, 1 1 6 CRESCENT BAY DRIVE.
THE FIRST TIME I SPOKE WAS TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO.
IT WAS AFTER I LEARNED ABOUT THE UNACCEPTABLE T N R PROGRAM THAT WAS INSTITUTED BY SHELTER MANAGEMENT.
PRIOR TO HEARING THIS, THERE WAS TALK OF MISMANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ABUSE OF POWER.
AND THEN THE NEWS ABOUT THE T N R FOR ME, THIS WAS THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK.
I'M A VETERINARIAN AND I WORK CLOSELY WITH, WITH ANIMAL CAREGIVERS DAILY.
HOW COULD ANYONE IN A POSITION OF POWER OVER ANIMAL CARE DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS? HOW COULD ANYONE THAT SUPPOSEDLY CARESS ABOUT ANIMALS DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS? THERE WERE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ABOUT IT, THERE WERE RUMORS, AND THEN THERE WERE THE FACTS.
I COULD NOT STAND BY AND SAY NOTHING.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS DEVOTED THEIR LIFE TO, FOR THE CARE OF ANIMALS.
YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
IT WAS VERY HOPEFUL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SHELTER MANAGER.
SOME INNOVATIVE IDEAS WERE ALSO PRESENTED.
A NEW T N R PROGRAM WILL BE DEVELOPED BY A THIRD PARTY WITH THE HELP OF THE SHELTER MANAGEMENT, THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND CONCERNED CITIZENS.
I TRULY APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S DECISION TO HALT THE EXISTING PROGRAM UNTIL IT COULD BE APPROPRIATELY ADJUSTED.
HOWEVER, I AM CONCERNED WITH THE LACK OF VOLUNTEERS AND FOSTERS AVAILABLE TO THE SHELTER.
THE HEALTH OF AN ANIMAL SHELTER IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF WILLING AND ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS.
JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THERE WERE OVER A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS AND FOSTERS AVAILABLE.
NOW THERE ARE ONLY A FEW ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS WHO MUST BE MORE PROACTIVE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, MORE ACCEPTING TO VOLUNTEERS IN ORDER TO COMPLETE TASK AND GOALS
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FOR THE SHELTER.ESPECIALLY ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION PRESENTED YESTERDAY EVENING, THE GOALS EXPLAINED ARE UNATTAINABLE WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS.
I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCE RESOURCES TO THE SHELTER MANAGEMENT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL.
I ALSO URGED THE COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE WHY SO MANY VOLUNTEERS HAVE FLOCKED AWAY FROM OUR SHELTER.
MS. PATTY SPOKE ON FIVE CATS THAT WERE DUMPED BY OUR SHELTER, WHICH IS JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
SHE'S ON THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE BOARD.
SHE KNOWS THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE SHELTER THROUGH THE BOARD AND THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER, HER VOLUNTEER EFFORTS THERE.
THIS ISN'T JUST A T AND R ISSUE.
I PRESENTED SEVERAL ISSUES LAST COUNCIL MEETING, SO I ALSO URGED THE COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER IN REGARDS TO THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR BEAUTIFUL SHELTER.
SO I WAS, UH, FROM 25 0 7 ROSARITA DRIVE OVER IN, UH, SEDONA.
UH, I'M THE ARTIST THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS COMING HERE TO SPEAK ON MY OWN BEHALF, BASICALLY.
BUT, UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT Y'ALL HAVE, NOT ONLY TO THE TAXPAYER, BUT I MEAN, AS I AM.
SO, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING WHAT, WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN PLACES WHERE THERE IS NO ART.
I'VE BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSSIA PAINTING HUGE BUILDINGS, AND IT'S VERY DEPRESSING.
LET'S SAY, UH, ART'S, ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK IS YOU, YOU GET A LOT FOR A LITTLE.
AND, UM, I REALIZE THIS ONE'S YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT, BUT THE WALL IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LAID IT ON ITS SIDE, ABOUT SEVEN STORIES.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A MONSTER OF A WALL, BUT IT MATTERS TO ME.
IT MATTERS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IT MATTERS THAT MY WIFE'S GONNA GO BY AND TELL ME IF SHE DOESN'T LIKE IT.
SO I'M GONNA DO THE BEST THAT I POSSIBLY CAN.
I, I MEAN, I WORK OUT RIGHT THERE AT CRUNCH FITNESS ACROSS THE STREET.
I SEE THIS THING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UM, IT MA IT MA IT MATTERS TO ME.
AND I, HOPEFULLY IT MATTERS TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY HOW THIS STUFF WORKS.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH MY WORK, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LEAVE THE PARKING LOT.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING ON THIS SCALE WILL, UH, BRING SOME EYES ON LEAGUE CITY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, THERE'S NOTHING DRIVING DOWN 45 THAT LETS YOU KNOW YOU'RE EVEN IN LAKE CITY, MORE OR LESS THAT WE EVEN HAVE WATER HERE.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS HIGHLIGHTS BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BRINGS A SMILE TO SOME PEOPLE'S PLACE FACES FOR, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST A COUPLE GENERATIONS.
UM, CUT OUT A LITTLE EARLY 'CAUSE SO, HI, I, UM, NICOLE ANTON.
I'VE BEEN UP HERE SEVERAL TIMES TALKING VERY PASSIONATELY ABOUT THESE ANIMALS, THE CATS, THE ANIMAL SHELTER, THE MANAGEMENT.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, OTHER THAN, I MEAN, BEING A FOUR FOOT 11 ANGRY, MIDDLE AGED ITALIAN, I ACTUALLY HAVE A REASON THAT I'M HERE, AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT TONIGHT.
AND I NEVER WANTED TO SPEAK OF THIS.
AND, UM, BUT I DON'T EVEN NEED PAPER BECAUSE I LIVED IT WHEN I MOVED HERE WITH MY YOUNG SON FROM ALASKA.
IT WAS ABOUT, UM, 2012 I THINK, OR 13 THERE.
WE MOVED INTO CONSTELLATION POINT APARTMENTS OVER THERE ON CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD.
AND, AND I'M, I'M GONNA GET EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT, BUT, SO WE HAD A CAT THERE.
THEY DUMPED LET IT BE SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROBLEM.
AND HE WAS A VERY FRIENDLY CAT.
HE WAS A BLACK CAT, AND HE WAS HUGE.
I FED HIM, YOU KNOW, TOOK CARE OF HIM.
LIKE, WHOA, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS CAT? I FOUND OUT THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE A HOME.
HE'D BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO JUST, HE WOULD PLAY WITH THE KIDS, THE KIDS WOULD PICK HIM UP, THEY WOULD PUT HIM IN WAGONS, THEY WOULD HAUL HIM AROUND.
HE'D SEE HIM SCHLEP AROUND AND HE'D JUST GRAB THEIR ARM.
HE WAS JUST, HE WOULD'VE BEEN AN AMAZING CAT FOR A FAMILY WITH CHILDREN.
HE WAS SO GOOD ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WAS, BUT ONE NIGHT HE WAS GONE AND I DIDN'T SEE HIM.
I LOOKED AROUND, YOU KNOW, HEY, KITTY KITTY.
AND SO, UM, ANOTHER NIGHT WHEN I WENT TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, I WENT OUT THAT MORNING, LOOKED FOR HIM, AND I COULDN'T FIND HIM.
AND I'M, OF COURSE GETTING VERY CONCERNED.
AND, UM, MY SON AND I WENT OUT THAT NEXT EVENING.
AND SOME OF YOU IN THE COMMUNITY MIGHT REMEMBER THIS.
AND THERE'S PROBABLY PEOPLE WATCHING THAT, UH, LIVED AT CONSTELLATION POINT THAT PROBABLY DEFINITELY REMEMBER THIS SITUATION.
MY SON AND I WERE WALKING AND, UM, WE WENT ACROSS CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD.
THERE'S A FIELD OVER THERE AND THERE'S A PATCH OF TREES.
AND, UM, I SAW HIM, I SAW THE CAT, AND
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HE WAS LOOKING UP, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF JUST SITTING THERE LOOKING LIKE AT A BIRD IN A TREE.AND, UM, I, I TOLD MY SON, LIKE MY YOUNG SON AT THE TIME, HE'S GROWN NOW.
AND, UM, I SAID, OH, THERE HE IS.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE RAN OVER THERE AND, AND WE WALKED OVER THERE AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS, WHAT THE HELL IS HE LOOKING AT? 'CAUSE HE WOULDN'T EVEN COME TO US.
AND I TOUCHED HIM AND HE WAS STIFF, YET HE WAS LEANING UP AGAINST THIS TREE.
AND WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
MY SON'S LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? ON, WE'RE TOUCHING HIM.
THIS CAT HAD BEEN WITH A WIRE AROUND HIS NECK AGAINST A TREE.
THIS IS IN CONSTELLATION POINT BOULEVARD AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO HE WALKED UP TO THE WRONG PERSON.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T PUT FRIENDLY CATS OUT INTO THE STREET.
WE DON'T PUT FRIENDLY, WE DON'T PUT SMALL CHILDREN OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW.
THEY HAVE JUST FREE HEARTS AND THEY JUST WALK UP TO ANYBODY.
AND MY SON ACTUALLY HAS RAGE OVER THAT TO THIS DAY.
SEEING THAT, UH, JUST ONE MORE THING.
THE GREATNESS OF A NATION AND ITS MORAL PROGRESS CAN BE JUDGED BY THE WAY ITS ANIMALS ARE TREATED.
ALL RIGHT, THAT ENDS, UH, THAT ENDS PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA.THAT IS ITEM SIX A THROUGH SIX G.
ANY DISCUSSION? WHAT'S, CAN WE PULL TOM CRUISE ON? CAN WE PULL SIX D SIX D? YEAH, DELTA.
LET'S, UH, LET'S VOTE ON THE, ON THE BALANCE RIGHT NOW.
IF THERE IS NO COMMENTS, LET'S VOTE AND, OH, SHOOT, SHOOT.
I, I'LL TALK WHILE WE VOTE IF THAT'S FINE.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, FOR THOSE WHO WERE HERE TALKING ABOUT THE MURAL, THAT IS ITEM UH, SIX, I WANNA SAY THAT'S SIX A D THAT'S WHAT HE'S PULLING.
[6D. 23-0413 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with Pilot One LLC to design and paint a large-scale mural as part of League City’s Public Art Initiative and the League City Convention and Visitor Bureau’s marketing and promotion efforts in an amount not to exceed $150,000 (Director of Communications and Community Engagement)]
D MOTION.CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT.
MOVE TO APPROVE PILOT ONE L L C TO DESIGN AND PAINT A LARGE SCALE MURAL AS PART OF LEAGUE CITY'S PUBLIC ART INITIATIVE AND LEAGUE CITY CONVENTION, UH, AND VISITOR BUREAU'S MARKETING AND PROMOTION EFFORTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000.
DOES ANYONE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS? SARAH, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, IS THERE A BETTER LOCATION THAN, THAN RIGHT THERE? I KNOW THAT THE AUDIENCE SEEMS TO REALLY LIKE IT.
I JUST, JUST NOT CRAZY ABOUT IT.
KNOW, I THINK THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS LOCATION IS WHERE IT'S AT, WHICH IS A HIGHLY TRAVELED INTERSECTION IN LEAGUE CITY.
IT'S ALSO THE OFFICIAL FIRST ENTRANCE INTO LEAGUE CITY IS AT, YOU KNOW, MAIN STREET.
UM, SO THERE'S THOSE UNIQUE FACTORS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY FOUND IN OTHER BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
ALSO, THE FACT THAT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE FREEWAY DRIVING NORTH.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE DRIVING NORTH ON 45, YOU WILL SEE THIS CLEAR AS DAY.
AND THEN THE, THE FOURTH THING I WOULD SAY IS THE FACT THAT THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING AND THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROPERTY OF THE BUILDING ARE TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND AG IN OUR AGREEMENT WITH THIS.
SO FINDING ANOTHER PRIVATE PROPERTY SHOPPING PLAZA OF THIS SIZE AND MAGNITUDE, AND FRANKLY LOCATION, WE THINK IT'S THE, THE BEST ONE IN TOWN.
AND IT'S FACTUALLY, WHEN I CAME HERE FIVE YEARS AGO, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I SAW THAT WALL AND I SAID, MY BUCKET LIST ITEM IS TO GET A MURAL PAINTED ON THERE.
AND I KNOW ADAM, WHEN I FIRST TOLD ADAM HIS SAID, HE SAID, THAT WAS ON THE SAME BUCKET LIST.
SO IT IS YOUR, AND THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN LIKE FOUR EXAMPLES.
THESE ARE JUST INITIAL CONCEPTS THAT ADAM, UM, SKETCHED OUT.
I MEAN, CLEARLY THIS IS GONNA BE A LONGER PROCESS.
UM, MEMBERS OF THE KEAP LAKE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE SAW THESE ORIGINAL ITEMS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY GRAVITATED ACTUALLY TO NUMBER TWO, UM, RIGHT THERE.
BUT THEN I ALSO HEARD BACK FROM THE DEVELOPER THAT HE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE, UM, KAYAKER, NOT SO MUCH A SHADOW, BUT MORE IN COLOR.
SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED KIND OF THE CONVERSATION, AND SO THERE'LL BE OTHER RENDERINGS AND OTHER, UM, CONCEPTS THAT WE WORK AS, AS A GROUP THROUGH THE KEEP LEAGUE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MADE UP OF ARTISTS AND NON-ARTISTS, AND THEN ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
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OFF JUST BECAUSE IT IS THEIR BUILDING.I, I THINK THE DESIGNS ARE, ARE GREAT.
I JUST, I THINK THE CONCEPT IS GREAT.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE DESIGN WORK.
THE FOURTH ONE, WE WEREN'T IN FAVOR OF THE ALLIGATOR PER SE.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN 45 THINKING THAT WE HAVE HUGE ALLIGATORS OR THAT THEY SKIPPED LEAGUES SITTING WITH
AND THEN WE, BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SOME TWEAK IDEA, YOU KNOW, SOME TWEAKS THAT WE'D LIKE TO MAKE AT MAKE TO IT.
NO, I JUST, UH, I JUST HAD A QUICK COMMENT.
UM, FIRST OFF, I GUESS IT WAS THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO WHENEVER THIS WAS PROPOSED IN A PLANNING MEETING AND I TOOK A PICTURE NEXT TO IT.
'CAUSE I JUST, I, I REMEMBER THINKING IF WE ACTUALLY GET MOVING ON THIS, IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME, RIGHT? AND WAY MORE AWESOME THAN I COULD HAVE IMAGINED IT HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A BIG PART, YOU, SARAH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I'M PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
SO IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S ON MY BUCKET LIST,
SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE THAT'S HIM.
MAYBE WE COULD NICK FACE FIGURED WE JUST DO, DO A GENERIC FACE OTHER THAN ANYBODY'S FACE.
BUT THAT'S UP FOR, AND EVERYONE WILL KNOW.
UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH, I LIKE ONE OR TWO, BUT THANKS FOR THE NOD TO THE FRESHWATER LARGE MOUTH BATH.
YEAH, WE, WE ALSO, THAT WAS ALSO A COMMENT THAT WE SAID MAYBE A CATFISH OR A NO, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE.
CAN I BE RECOGNIZED? YEAH, I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, I'VE BEEN REALLY APPRECIATING THIS SINCE WE STARTED THIS INITIATIVE.
UM, HOW LONG DO THESE PAINTINGS LAST? SO THEY CAN LAST UP TO 10 YEARS? UP TO 10.
UM, THIS ONE'S GONNA ALSO HAVE A PROTECTIVE UV COAT, UM, AND ALSO A, UM, GRAFFITI PROOF COAT.
I DON'T KNOW, ADAM, IF YOU WANNA COMMENT MORE ON THAT, YOU'RE, I KNOW YOU'RE PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING SURE IT LASTS FOREVER.
THE, THE SPRAY BANK VALUES HAS THE HIGHEST UUV PROTECTED OUTTA EVERYTHING ON THE MARKET.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'M GONNA BE PUTTING
IT SHOULD ADD ABOUT 15 YEARS TO IT.
AND ARE YOU GONNA, THAT'S QUITE A WHILE.
AND ARE YOU GUYS WORKING IN A PLAN TO LIKE MAYBE REPAINT THESE AS THEY FADE OUT IN CYCLES? ABSOLUTE.
SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REPAINT THE ENTIRE CITY AT ONCE? YEAH, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN UPCOMING BUDGET YEARS.
BUT HONESTLY, AFTER ABOUT SEVEN TO 10 YEARS, THEY'RE GONNA NEED SOME, SOME REFRESHING.
SO THAT'LL BE IN THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, LATER ON.
AND THEN, UH, IN THE FUTURE, AS YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS ART INITIATIVE, CAN WE LOOK AT SOME, MAYBE SOME STRUCTURES THAT ARE, THAT ARE ALMOST FOREVER, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REDO? UH, I THINK MAYBE COUNCILMAN CONES HAD SOME IDEAS WE DISCUSSED.
MAYBE AN ARCH AS YOU COME IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE SCULPTURES AND MORE PERMANENT STANDING.
I, I WILL TELL YOU, THE MURALS ARE JUST SO COST EFFECTIVE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OF COURSE.
AND YOU, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT MONUMENTS AND SCULPTURES, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HEY, THERE'S, THERE'S A FU THERE'S FUTURE BUDGETS, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN THE FUTURE.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
HEARING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
WHAT VOTE I THE SEVEN TO ZERO.
[9F. 23-0409 Consider and take action on a resolution adopting the League City, Texas, Clear Creek Master Plan, 2023 (Director of Parks & Cultural Services)]
LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE UP NINE F SECOND MOTION TO MOVE UP NINE F CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON RESOLUTION ADOPTING.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SUSPENSION RULES THERE? ALL RIGHT.
LET'S VOTE TO MOVE IT UP A SECOND.
DID YOU SAY ALL RIGHT, SOMEBODY DID.
DID WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? TOMMY AND JUSTIN? YEAH.
JUSTIN AND JUSTIN PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO NINE F CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS CLEAR CREEK MASTER PLAN 2023.
MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE MASTER PLAN WITH ONE RESTRICTION.
AND THAT RESTRICTION IS TO RESTRICT ANY PUBLIC ENTRANCES, EXITS, OR PARKING FROM ANY STREET OR OTHER ACCESS AREAS FROM THE CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE SUBDIVISION INTO OR EXITING MYRTLE
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PARK.SECOND, WHICH I BELIEVE I MAY HAVE MOTION FIRST.
SECOND MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO AMEND MY MOTION TO, YOU ALREADY HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WE CAN DO DISCUSSION, BUT CAN WE JUST GO ON AND ENTERTAIN AN, AN AMENDMENT NOW? YES.
YEAH, BABE, YOU CAN HAVE A MOTION AD TO AMEND TO THIS ORIGINAL MOTION.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO RESTRICT ANY PUBLIC ACCESS, UM, EXITS OR, UH, ENTRANCES INTO CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE SUBDIVISION FROM MYRTLE PARK.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION.
ANYONE ELSE WANNA DISCUSS THE AMENDED MOTION? UH, THANK YOU.
UM, SO TOMMY, CAN YOU KINDA HELP WALK ME THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING, BECAUSE I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE MAP AND I'M JUST TRYING TO DIGEST IT.
I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA, BUT YEAH.
YOU KNOW, AS WE DISCUSSED, I LIKE THE MASTER PLAN THAT YOU SEE UP HERE.
UH, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
THE PARKING LOT NOW IS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, I GUESS, OF THE POWER LINES.
IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBER C OFF TO YOUR LEFT, THAT IS WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE A SMALL BRIDGE AND A PATHWAY GOING INTO THE PARK ALONG THE SIDE OF CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE.
WHAT I'M ENTERTAINING WITH THE AMENDED MOTION IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE, ONCE WE PASS THIS, THAT THERE IS NO ACCESS OR EXITING OFF OF WILLIAMSPORT, AUDUBON, OR ANY OTHER STREET FROM, UM, THAT SUBDIVISION.
THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT HAVING TRAFFIC GO THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION.
UH, IT IS A WELL ESTABLISHED SUBDIVISION.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND IT'S A SUBDIVISION WITHOUT SIDEWALKS AND SO FORTH.
I JUST DO NOT WANT TO, UH, WE, YOU'VE SEEN THE, UH, CITIZENS SPOKE TONIGHT IN REGARDS TO THEIR CONCERNS WITH TRAFFIC MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION, GOING THROUGH IT TO GET TO THE PARK.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESTRICT ANY FUTURE ACTIVITY, UH, WITH THIS PLAN IF WE APPROVE THIS PLAN TONIGHT TO SAY THAT, UH, UH, MY CONCERN IS NOT TO HAVE ANY ENTRANCES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
SO IT, SO ON THIS IS THE ONLY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE, WE'VE BROKEN OUT WILLIAMSPORT AND AUDUBON, SO, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE ALL THERE'S IS JUST WOODS WOODS THERE.
SO IS THAT, WOULD THAT REALLY BE AN ISSUE IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO COME IN? IT, IT COULD BE IF THEY ADDED ANOTHER TRAIL TO A PARKING LOT WHERE, LET'S SAY, WHERE ENDS AT
SO I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THE PARKING LOT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, THANKS.
AND I, I THINK I KINDA SPOKE, I WAS ANSWERING, UM, MR. CRUZ'S QUESTION, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A, UH, A, A, A GOOD PARK.
BUT AGAIN, WE SHOULDN'T AFFECT, UH, THE CITIZENS WHEN WE TRY TO DEVELOP OTHER ITEMS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A RIGHT TO, AND IT'S THE CITY STREET AND SO FORTH.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE, UM, SUBDIVISION.
IT'S A, AN OLD SUBDIVISION WITH SIDEWALKS, AND WE NEED TO REALLY TRY TO PROTECT IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I LIKE TO DESIGN WITH THE PARKING LOT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY UNDER THE POWER LINES AND THE RESTRICTION OF PEOPLE GOING AROUND THAT PORTION IS, IS GOOD.
SO I'M THE ONE WHO HAD MENTIONED THAT I DON'T LIKE WHERE WE HAVE THE ENTRANCE AND THE PARKING NOW.
IT PUTS IT AT THE LONG TAIL END AWAY FROM THE, THE TRAILS AND, AND WHERE THE BURNING, UH, OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE AT THE PARK.
UM, IT'S ALSO RATHER EXPENSIVE.
UH, JEN, CAN YOU REMIND US HOW MUCH, UH, EXPENSE THAT ROAD LEADING INTO THAT PARKING AREA ADDS TO THIS PROJECT? WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS AS A POSSIBLE NEWED KAYAK LAUNCH SITE A COUPLE OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I THINK, UM, A CONSULTANT GAVE US A COST OF US OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS TO CROSS THAT TRIBUTARY TO GAIN ACCESS TO MYRTLE.
AND, AND THAT'S JUST FOR CROSSING IT, NOT FOR THAT'S THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE EXTENDED ROADWAY AND EVERYTHING.
THAT IS JUST A BRIDGE ALONE TO GAIN ACCESS TO MYRTLE.
SO, SO WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING TWO OR $3 MILLION ON THIS PROJECT WHEN AUDUBON STREET IS A CITY
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STREET THAT DEAD ENDS INTO THE PARK, WHERE WE COULD ONLY HAVE THE EXPENSE OF A PARKING LOT, WHICH WOULD BE THE SAME AS THE AMOUNT OF PARKING LOT OVER AT SEA.UM, I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT.
UH, WE ALL LIKE TO PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK AND CALL OURSELVES FISCAL CONSERVATIVES.
UM, AS FOR THE PARK ITSELF, UM, THIS IS A, UH, THIS DESIGN IS AN ENTIRELY PASSIVE PARK.
UH, NOBODY HAD PROPOSED AN ACTIVE PLANNED, UH, PARKS SUCH AS HOMETOWN HEROES OR SPORTSPLEX, SO NOTHING'S CHANGED THERE.
UM, I THINK THE BEST COMPARABLE TO THIS PARK IN THE CITY IS NED AND FAYE DUNNEY, UH, NATURE CENTER.
UM, TIM, WHAT WOULD YOU ESTIMATE MAYBE 10 TO 50 PEOPLE A DAY INTO THAT PARK.
I THEY STRANGLE IN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
I DON'T THINK YOU'LL SEE MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR VEHICLES ON THE TOP THREE OR FOUR VEHICLES.
SO WE'RE NOT TALKING A SUBSTANTIAL TRAFFIC IMPACT.
UM, AND I'LL POINT OUT FOR THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WHO ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE RESTRICTION ON IT, UM, THAT RESTRICTION CAN BE UNDONE BY ANY FUTURE COUNCIL WHEN THIS ACTUALLY GETS BUILT.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DONE FIGHTING AGAINST PEOPLE USING AUDUBON STREET.
UH, REGARDLESS OF HOW IT PASSES TONIGHT, MR. BOWEN, OH, SORRY.
I THOUGHT MR. CONES WAS PERFORMING.
UM, DID WE PAY FOR THIS PART, JEN? IT WAS A GRANT THROUGH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
SO THE GENERAL G L O PAID FOR THE LAND, CORRECT? IT WAS A GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, YES, SIR.
SO THEY, SO THE HOMEOWNER SOLD THIS PROPERTY, IS THAT CORRECT? THERE WAS A HOMEOWNER, I BELIEVE HIS NAME'S ERICKSON, THAT SOLD THIS PROPERTY? YES, SIR.
JOHN BON BY, IF I CAN JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CES'S MOTION.
'CAUSE 'CAUSE I THINK I UNDERSTAND IT, IS YOU WANNA RESTRICT VEHICULAR ACCESS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PEDESTRIAN ACCESS YOU'RE OKAY WITH.
IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT IF IT, IF IT'S LOCAL PEOPLE? I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GOING INTO THE PARK AT THAT AREA, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET TO ANY OF THE PARK FROM C C V UNLESS YOU GO AROUND TO THE, TO THE PARKING AREA.
SO UNLESS WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TRAIL.
BUT MY CONCERN IS VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC AND PARKING.
SO LIKE VEHI AND, AND I THINK I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU WERE OKAY WITH MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY COMING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OKAY, BUT YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING A FENCE TO RESTRICT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, SIR, ANYTHING? NO, SIR.
SO, WELL, WE GOT, UH, TOMMY'S BACK ON AND LET ME, LET ME SAY A COUPLE THINGS REAL QUICK AND, AND, UH, UH, MR. TRESSLER IS RIGHT TO A CERTAIN POINT THAT WE CAN ALWAYS BRING BACK THINGS ON COUNCIL.
ANY FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBER CAN ADD ANYTHING TO COUNCIL.
WE CAN PROBABLY GET RID OF BIG LEAGUE DREAMS TOMORROW IF WE WANTED TO, BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
THE POINT IS, TODAY WE'RE VOTING ON THIS MASTER PLAN, AND I'M HOPING NOT TO HAVE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING.
SO YES, A COUNCILPERSON CAN BRING ANYTHING BACK.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A, A, A FOREST THAT YOU HEAR HERE TONIGHT.
THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE FOR CHEN IS HOW IS THIS PARK BEING FUNDED RIGHT NOW IN THE FUTURE? I, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ONE OF PARKS, UH, FUNDED THROUGH PARK DEDICATION WITH GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY TAXPAYERS MONEY.
YOU'RE GOING OUT FOR GRANTS THROUGH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING MONEY FROM DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO PAY FOR THIS.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE US CONSERVATIVES ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS TOMORROW OF THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY.
IT'S COMING FROM PARK DEDICATION FEES AND OTHER GRANTS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ON A LOT OF AREAS.
I MEAN, SOME OF IT MAY COME OUTTA GENERAL FUND, BUT HISTORICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE TO HAVE A LOT.
HISTORICALLY, PARTS OF THIS NATURE HAVE BEEN BUILT AND PAID FOR WITH PARK DEDICATION FEES AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, SO IF, IF WE WERE TO GO THAT GO WITH THIS MOTION, WOULD THAT MEAN THAT THE PARK REALLY WOULDN'T EVEN BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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UNTIL WE BUILD C AND AND IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE, HOW LONG WOULD IT BE IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GOING AHEAD AND PUTTING THIS INVESTMENT IN, HOW LONG WOULD IT BE BEFORE WE COULD ACTUALLY BUILD THE PARKING LOT TO SEE? AND, AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT ON THIS, UH, ON THIS AMENDMENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, I THINK AFTER THIS, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT TO THE KAYAK LAUNCH.SO, SO CAN YOU GIMME SOME HELP WITH THE TIMELINE OF IF WE COULD USE THE PARK BETWEEN THEN? SO IF I, IF I, IF I MAY, A COUPLE THINGS TO HELP CLARIFY IN THE PLAN THAT'S BEFORE US, THERE'S NO PROPOSED PARKING OR PUBLIC VEHICULAR ACCESS PLAN BETWEEN CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE AND THE PARK.
THE SECOND IS IN ON TIMING, WHICH, WHICH CHIN WILL DO WITH ALL.
I MEAN, THERE'S A NUMBER OF PARK PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF PARK AND TRAIL PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MASTER PLAN, AND THEN HE WILL, HE WILL, WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS, DETERMINE THE TIMING.
YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY THERE'S PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THE, I'LL SAY, FIVE YEAR WINDOW TO FUND ALL THE PARK ACTIVITY PROJECTS THAT, THAT ARE IN THE VARIOUS PLANS.
AND SO THAT, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MATURE.
THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, IT'S A CONCEPT TO, UM, CREATE BETTER ACCESS TO THE PROPERTIES ALONG THE CREEK AND THERE'S NOT A DEFINITIVE TIMELINE.
ONE PROBLEM WITHOUT, IF WE DON'T BUILD THE PARKING LOT WHERE IT'S ADD ON THIS DIAGRAM, FROM WHAT I'M SEEING, IF WE DID WANT TO HAVE A KAYAK LAUNCH, THAT WOULDN'T BE FEASIBLE.
IS THAT CORRECT? I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT GONNA CARRY A KAYAK FROM WILLIAMSPORT ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE CREEK.
I I THINK THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, CHIN'S HERE, BUT THERE'S ACCESS TO THE DITCH THAT'S CLOSER TO THE, TO THE PARKING LOT.
LIKE LANDING DITCH, IS THAT THE NAME OF IT? I JUST SEE.
BUT I'M SEEING ON THIS, ON THIS DIAGRAM, THE KAYAK LAUNCHES LIKE JUST NORTH OF THE PARKING LOT.
IS THAT CORRECT? WHERE P IS P PAUL? YES.
IF WE DID THE, THE PARKING WOULD NEED TO BE THERE FOR ACCESS TO THE PARK TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE KAYAK LAUNCH.
IF WE DID ALLOW TRAFFIC IN THROUGH WILLIAMSPORT, IF WE DID, THERE'S NO PLACE TO PUT A PARKING AREA OVER THERE TO WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE KAYAK LAUNCH.
THAT FEATURE OF THE PARK IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
I THINK WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT CANOE KAYAK LAUNCH SITES FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE, IT WAS ALWAYS ON THIS SIDE OF, OF THE TRIBUTARY.
'CAUSE NO ONE'S GONNA TAKE A KAYAK AND CROSSED THAT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO GAIN THE ACCESS TO MYRTLE TO LAUNCH THEIR RIGHT, RIGHT, THEIR, THEIR KAYAK.
IT WOULD ALWAYS BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE LAND PRIOR TO THE, THE BRIDGE, UM, ACCESS.
WELL, I'M KIND OF GOING OFF OF WHAT COUNCIL MCCONE SAID ABOUT NOT ALLOWING PARKING IN THAT AREA.
PARKING TO ME WOULDN'T BE FEASIBLE IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THE, THE, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO USE THAT FEATURE OF THE PARK, THAT IT WOULD PRETTY MUCH ELIMINATE THAT FEATURE OF THE PARK.
YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS ANYWHERE TO LAUNCH A KAYAK IF YOU WANTED THAT FEATURE IN THIS PARK.
UM, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT BEING FEASIBLE UP IN THIS AREA.
UM, I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT ELSE THIS IS HAVING HERE THAT WOULDN'T BE FEASIBLE OVER HERE.
I'M STILL TRYING TO LOOK AT A FEW THINGS HERE.
UH, HERE NO OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC EXCEPT TO SAY THAT, UH, THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN CONCEPTUAL PLAN AT THIS POINT.
AND CITIZENS FROM CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN SHOWING UP AT PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND THEY'VE MADE THEIR, THEIR, UH, THEIR WISHES KNOWN REPEATEDLY.
AND THERE, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT WHAT'S BEEN DESIGNED TO THIS POINT IS ACTUALLY CONGRUENT WITH THE WISHES OF THE CITIZENS.
AND TOMMY'S JUST TRYING TO, UH, CODIFY THAT FOR FUTURE COUNCILS, BECAUSE LET ME ASSURE YOU, WE'RE NOT GONNA, NONE OF US WILL BE HERE WHEN THIS THING GETS BUILT.
UH, IT'S REALLY AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST BEING SENSITIVE TO OUR FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE.
AND HAVING SAID THAT, UH, LET'S VOTE.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE FIRST ON THE, UH, MOTION TO AMEND THAT TOMMY HAS.
AND NOW WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE PRIMARY MOTION, MOTION AS
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AMEND, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? MOTION AS AMENDED.IS THAT WHAT? MOTION AS AMENDED.
WE'LL NOW VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE LIVELY DEBATE ON THAT ONE, ACTUALLY.
[8A. 23-0411 Consider and take action on Ordinance 2023-24 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 - Third Reading (Mayor Nick Long)]
OLD BUSINESS EIGHT A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 24, GRANTING A LIMITED FRANCHISE TO UNIVERSAL NATURAL GAS L L C, TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISTRIBUTION OR SALE OF GAS TO CUSTOMERS IN LEAGUE CITY THROUGH THE USE OF RIGHT-OF-WAYS.THIS IS THE THIRD, IS THIS FINAL READING.
ONE ONCE HEAR IT, MOVE TO APPROVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE PASSES.
3, 4, 5 TO TWO WITH COUNCILMAN.
WHO WAS THAT? CRUZ AND BOW CRUISE.
[8B. 23-0415 Consider and take action on Ordinance 2023-28 adopting the Annual Budget for Governmental and Proprietary Funds for Fiscal Year 2024 - Second Reading (Assistant City Manager - CFO)]
EIGHT B, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.THIS IS THE SECOND READING COUNSEL APPROVED THIS SEVEN TO ONE ON AUGUST 22ND.
TOM, DO YOU WANNA HEAR THE PITCH FIRST OR NO? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, MAYOR, PRO AND COUNCIL.
UM, TONIGHT WE ARE HERE FOR THE SECOND READING OF THE 24 PROPOSED BUDGET ON THE SCREEN.
UH, WE DO HAVE THE HISTORY OF HOW WE TOOK IT FROM, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN JULY THROUGH THE WORKSHOP CHANGES THE FIRST READING, AND THEN TONIGHT'S SECOND READING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
THE CHANGES, UM, THAT HAVE BROUGHT US UP TO TODAY, UH, REVENUE HAS INCREASED 730,000.
THAT'S BASED ON THE PROPOSED, UM, PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 3 9, 6, 7 8 3 EXPENSES.
UM, A TOTAL OF 729,500 WAS A COUPLE OF ITEMS AT FIRST READING THAT CHANGED TO MAKE THAT TOTAL.
ONE WAS ADDING BACK IN $2,000 FOR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, ALSO ADDING BACK IN $2,500 FOR LIBRARY TRAINING AND TRANSFER TO REINVESTMENTS INCREASED 725,000 FOR FACILITIES, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
WHAT YOU GOT, TOM? MY QUESTION IF, IF, SORRY, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, THE, THE NEGATIVE 111,230, WHY WOULD WE PASS A BUDGET THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT BALANCES OUT AT ZERO TO ME, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD DO BETTER TO ACTUALLY BRING THIS BACKUP TO A ZERO, UM, AND NOT HAVE THIS DEFICIT PIECE, EVEN IF THAT MEANT GOING UP INTO THE, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, WHICH I'M A HUGE, UH, PROPONENT OF, OF EXPANDING.
SO IS THERE, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY WE AS A COUNCIL WOULD, WOULD WANT TO PASS THIS? UH, I'LL TAKE THAT ONE.
UM, WE ROUTINELY PASS BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR WAY MORE THAN THIS.
EVERY TIME WE'RE ESTIMATING SALES TAX REVENUE, UM, WE'RE ESTIMATING A LOT OF THE EXPENSES.
SO IF WE'RE, WE'RE ESTIMATING EXPENSES AND WE'RE ESTIMATING INCOME, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT EVERY BUDGET DOES.
SO WHY WOULD WE START OUT NEGATIVE RATHER THAN JUST START OUT AT ZERO? I JUST, I, I, IT JUST FEELS FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE TO START OUT WITH ZERO.
SO IF, IF, I MAY TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRUZ, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS STRUGGLE WITH, I WOULD SAY, UM, MORE GREAT IDEAS THAN RESOURCES, BUT OVER THE YEARS, HISTORICALLY,
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WE HAVE ALWAYS OVERESTIMATE UNDERESTIMATED REVENUES AND OVERESTIMATED EXPENSES.AND SO PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, UH, WE TOOK, I WOULD SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO BUDGETING AND BUDGETING A SMALL DEFICIT FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
AND I THINK IF, UH, MS. STEELMAN WILL CORRECT ME AS, UH, WE HAVE NOT GONE WHERE WE HAVE HAD LESS REVENUE THAN EXPENDITURES, IS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, UH, AT YEAR END, IF IT HAS OCCURRED, IT'S IN, UH, AN AMOUNT THAT IS LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE YEAR, WHICH MEETS OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES.
AND WE ALWAYS ARE ABOVE THE 110 DAYS REQUIRED BY POLICY.
AND THE, THE OTHER, THE OTHER PIECE TO THAT, UM, THE LAST FEW YEARS COUNCIL HAS BEEN PRETTY DIRECT WITH US TO LOOK AT THE, UH, NUMBER OF DAYS OF FUND BALANCE AND TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO BUDGET THAT AS CLOSE TO 110 DAYS AS WE CAN.
AND SO THERE'S STILL ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF CUSHION, EVEN IN THIS, WITH 1.2 EXTRA DAYS IS WORTH A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ABOUT 300,000.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE, AS WE STARTED 2023, WE DIDN'T THINK THERE'D BE 9.9 DAYS.
AND, YOU KNOW, FUNCTIONALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SPENDING SOME OF THAT DOWN.
CERTAINLY IT'S THE COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE TO, YOU KNOW, DIRECT US ANY WAY THEY WANT.
IF THEY WANT TO INCREASE REVENUE TO COME UP WITH THE EXTRA 111,000 OR DECREASE EXPENDITURES, THE 111,000, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS, FRANKLY, SMALL DEFICIT AND WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND IT FORWARD FOR APPROVAL.
AND I WOULD ALSO, I WOULD ECHO THAT, THAT $111,000, $111,000 DEFICIT, WE'RE ALL, WE'VE DONE TWO VOTES ON THIS.
IF, UH, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU'D WANNA SUGGEST AS A CUT TO BRING IT TO ZERO, I IMAGINE OUR BOARD WOULD ENTER, ENTERTAIN THAT, BUT, ALRIGHT, SO WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST, IT'S KIND OF WHAT I'D MENTIONED BEFORE.
WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST, UM, BECAUSE THE, IT CAME FROM THE CAPITAL REINVESTMENT PROGRAM, SO WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST PULL THAT BACK AND THEN IF WE DO COME UP OVER LIKE THE BUDGET, THEN IT'LL BE THERE SINCE WE'RE ONLY DOING ESTIMATES ANYWAY.
UH, MAYBE IT'S JUST A MENTALITY OR SOMETHING.
I JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
SO IT'S, SINCE THIS IS JUST KIND OF NORMAL POLICY, IT MAY JUST BE ME JUST BEING NEW, BUT IT JUST FEELS LIKE, WELL, I'LL JUST MAKE A, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CUT DOWN THE CAPITAL REINVESTMENT PROGRAM SO WE CAN BRING THE BUDGET TO WHERE IT BALANCES.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? HEARING NONE.
MOVING ON, SEAN, JUST REAL QUICK, WHAT IS, WHERE IS THE RATE WE'RE AT NOW? MICROPHONE.
WHAT IS THE RATE WE'RE AT NOW?
SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE, UM, ACQUIRED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, FROM THE COUNTY.
AND, UH, LATER TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, 39.50 CENTS AS THE AMOUNT THAT IS REQUIRED TO FUND THIS BUDGET AS PRESENTED, UM, AS IT IS ON THE SCREEN.
UM, THAT WILL, UH, BRING US THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEED IN REVENUE, UH, FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.
AND IT WILL ALSO, UM, ALLOW US TO BE UNDER THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MR. CRUZ? YOU'RE STILL ON THERE.
WHERE ARE WE AT HERE? NATURAL GAS BUDGET,
[9A. 23-0350 Consider and take action on appointments and reappointments to City boards and commissions (Mayor Long)]
NEW BUSINESS.CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UH, THE MAYOR'S NOMINEES TO BE CONFIRMED ARE RICK PEARSON, POSITION THREE ON THE HISTORIC COMMISSION.
RUSTY TIDWELL, POSITION FIVE ON SECTION FOUR B, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
AND ROBERT KLEIN FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TERMS EXPIRING 12.
YOU CAN, WE'RE GONNA DO THESE ALL AT ONCE.
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ANY, UH, SORRY.ANY COMMENT? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO NINE
[9B. 23-0388 Consider and take action on a resolution making nominations for election to the Board of Directors of the Galveston Central Appraisal District for 2024-2025 (Mayor Long)]
B, CONSIDER TAKE ACTION, RELU RESOLUTION, UH, CONSIDER TAKE ACTION RESOLUTION MAKING NOMINATIONS FOR THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF, UH, G AD FOR 20 24, 25.I, I'M GONNA FIGHT THE POWER ON THIS ONE THERE.
ANY COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
[9C. 23-0436 Consider and take action on a resolution directing staff to produce a spending plan and budget amendment within 28 days in regard to TIRZ 2 and COVID ARPA remaining funds. (Councilman Hicks and Councilman Cones)]
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON RESOLUTION DIRECTING STAFF TO PRODUCE SUSPENDING PLAN AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS WITHIN 28 DAYS.IN REGARD TOTS TWO AND THE COVID ARPA REMAINING FUNDS.
THIS IS PUT ON THERE BY COUNCILMAN HICKS AND COUNCILMAN CONES MOVE TO APPROVE.
UH, ANDY? UM, I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START WITH THIS.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS, AND I'M GONNA APOLOGIZE TO DRUNKS AND SAILORS EVERYWHERE.
THIS IS DRUNKEN SAILOR SPENDING, IF I'VE EVER SEEN IT.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE FINAL NUMBER IS ON THE RETURN OF THIS TIERS TAX.
UM, AND WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING ON, UH, HAVING A SPENDING PLAN WITHIN 28 DAYS.
UH, THE SPENDING PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US WAS NEVER BROUGHT TO COUNCIL.
IT WAS THE TWO MEMBERS THAT, UH, PRESENTED THIS.
AND I'M SORRY, BUT I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION THIS YEAR WHEN WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ON STRATEGIC PLANNING ON PROJECTS BECAUSE THE STAFF HAD ENOUGH PROJECTS AND WE WERE GONNA LET THEM WORK THROUGH THE LEVEL OF PROJECTS THAT THEY HAD BEFORE WE ADDED ANYTHING ELSE.
AND NOW WE'RE THROWING THIS INTO THE MIX.
THIS IS TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE.
AND I JUST, I MEAN, I AM, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
THIS IS THE STUFF THAT WE FIGHT ABOUT ALL THE TIME WITH FEDERAL SPENDING WITH THEM JUST SPENDING WITHOUT REALLY DOING THE HOMEWORK OR MAKING A PLAN.
I'M SORRY, MR. UH, TRESSLER, OR NO, I'M SORRY, TOM'S BEFORE YOU.
I THINK ANDY, SO WHEN, WHEN I GOT THIS, I WAS JUST KIND OF TAKEN BACK TOO.
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON SO FAST.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS, A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST REALLY NOT HAPPY ABOUT.
UM, I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AWAY WITH THE, UH, WITH THE DALLAS SALMON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE TO, TO SEE.
WE USED TO, THERE USED TO BE A BUILDING THERE AND IT GOT DEMOLISHED.
UM, SO THEY'RE OPERATING OUT OF A SMALL, UM, OUT, OUT OF WHAT USED TO JUST BE THE LAB.
AND IF WE WANNA TALK ABOUT JUST HAVING DUCT TAPE, UH, HOLDING THINGS IN NO CEILING TILES, IT'S, IT'S A MESS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN WHO HAVE THE, UM, WHO HAVE JUST BEEN OUT WITH THE, WITH THE FILTH OUT THERE, AND NOW THEY'RE COMING IN INTO THE, INTO THE SAME LAB STRUCTURES.
UM, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS BUILDING WAS, WAS GOING TO DO, AND I HOPE WE'VE, IT'S STILL, UH, HOPE I CAN CONVINCE THAT IT'S STILL WORTH DOING, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALSO GONNA BE A PLACE THAT'S GOING TO HOUSE THE, UH, THE, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME RIGHT AFTER THE STORMS. SO, AND SO, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A, UM, THAT THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE BUILDING BEING, UH, OVER-DESIGNED, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE.
YOU KNOW, WE'D WANT TO HAVE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES SAFE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE, THAT'S KIND OF MY TAKE ON THAT PIECE.
UM, AND I REALIZE THAT, THAT THE FIRE STATION NUMBER SEVEN IS A, IS A PRETTY, IM IMPORTANT TOPIC TO, UH, TO A COUPLE PEOPLE ON COUNCIL.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, IF IT'S SHOULD BE PUSHED AHEAD OF ANOTHER, UH, IMPORTANT THING.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WHEN YOU SEE THE TV AND YOU SEE THE SEWAGE THAT'S BACKING UP INTO PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND YOU SEE IT COMING OUT OF THE STREET SEWERS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TO PREVENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD HOUSE IN THIS BUILDING.
THE OTHER THING THAT I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT IS THAT WE ARE, I KNOW
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THAT WE JUST HAD THE H O A ALLIANCE MEETING, AND BUT TO SAY THAT WE WOULD FUND $200,000 OF CAMERAS TO GO INTO HOAS WHEN HOAS ARE, UH, KINDA A SELF-GOVERNING, UH, PIECE, I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S, UH, A GOOD SPEND OF TAXPAYERS MONEY.UH, THE SPENDING OF 200 SAFETY RADIOS, UH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE FOR.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHEN WE START TO GO DOWN AND WE WOULD DISMANTLE THE WINFIELD ROAD IDEA, THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WE ARE JUST TRYING TO DISMANTLE TO JUST PULL FUNDS TOGETHER TO FUND ITS FIRE STATION SEVEN THAT I THINK THAT WE ARE JUST PASSING OVER.
SO MUCH GOOD TO TRY AND REACH SOMETHING THAT'S JUST NOT QUITE NEEDED YET, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO I WOULD, I WANNA VOTE NO ON THIS.
UM, AND LET'S JUST KIND OF KEEP THE SPENDING LET'S UNDER CONTROL AND LET'S JUST FIND THE BETTER USE RATHER THAN A KNEE JERK 28 DAY TRESSLER.
UM, I WOULD ECHO A LOT OF WHAT MR. CRUZ JUST SAID.
UM, MY THOUGHT IS, UH, WHEN I GIVE MY KIDS CASH AT CHRISTMAS, BECAUSE I APPARENTLY HAVE TERRIBLE TASTE AND THINGS ARE INTERESTED IN, AND THEY GO OUT AND THEY SPEND THAT MONEY BEFORE THE END OF JANUARY AND TRY TO CAUTION THEM NOT TO BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MIGHT WANT COME JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST AND SPENDING THIS MONEY COMMITTING THIS NOW IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING.
UH, WHEN I LOOK AT IT, THIS ISN'T FREE MONEY.
THESE ARE OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED IS THAT INSTEAD OF GOING TO A TURS, THEY'RE COMING INTO THE CITY.
AND I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE CITIZENS TO CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIBLE IN OUR SPENDING AS WE HAVE BEEN, UM, SINCE BEFORE I GOT UP HERE.
I'M, I'M NOT GONNA CLAIM THE CREDIT FOR IT.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE THAT NOW.
AND I'M NOT SAYING A NEW FIRE STATION AIN'T IMPORTANT, BUT I DO THINK IT'S ODD THAT ONLY ONE COUNCIL MEMBER SPOKE UP TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS FIRE STATION WASN'T IN, UH, THE NEAR TERM FUNDING AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT AT THE BUDGET.
WHERE WAS THE URGENCY THEN FROM ALL THE REST OF US WHO, WHO ARE CONSIDERING THIS NOW? UM, HAVING SAID THAT, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THE TIME OF WHEN TO BUILD A FIRE STATION, AND I DO KNOW THAT BUILDING, UM, LATE IS A PROBLEM.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN AGENDA ITEM TO CONSIDER THE, UH, PROJECT SCHEDULE AND TIMELINE FOR THAT FIRE STATION TO BE EITHER ON A COUNCIL MEETING OR A WORKSHOP COMING UP.
I SEE NO REASON TO MESS WITH THE FUNDING NOW WHILE WE'RE ON THE FUNDING.
UM, LOOKING AT USING THE ARPA FUNDS TO PAY SALARIES TO FREE UP GENERAL FUNDS, UM, WHILE THAT'S TOTALLY LEGAL, UM, I CAUTION AGAINST USING ONE-TIME THINGS TO PAY ONGOING COSTS BECAUSE THAT BECOMES A CHALLENGE TO CONTINUE TO FUND THOSE IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ONE-TIME FUNDS.
UM, WE WERE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT WITH THE ARPA FUNDS WHEN WE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE DOING ONE TIME PURCHASES.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE GOT THE, THE NEW AMBULANCE.
UM, SO I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT AND I AM ABSOLUTELY APPALLED AT THE CONCEPT OF REMOVING, UH, THE, UM, BUILDING AT THE, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UM, I, I AM AWARE THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE COST ESTIMATE THAT CAME IN.
UM, BUT TO ACT LIKE WE DON'T NEED TO PROVIDE A HURRICANE RATED STRUCTURE FOR OUR PUBLIC'S WORKS EMPLOYEES, UM, IS, IS FRANKLY NEGLIGENT GOVERNMENT.
UM, IT'S NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S SETTING US UP TO HAVE NOT TAKEN CARE OF OUR CITIZENS IN THE EVENT OF A STORM.
UM, I'M PRETTY SURE ALL OF US KNOW SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN NASSAU BAY AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A STORM COMES IN AND YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR, YOUR WATER AND YOUR SEWER, UH, FACILITIES OPERATING IS
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NOT PRETTY.UM, SO I'M NOT GOOD WITH DOING THIS.
IF WE WANNA TALK ABOUT ACCELERATING, UM, THINGS THAT ARE THREE AND FOUR YEARS OUT AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND BRINGING FUNDING UP SOONER, GREAT.
UH, WE HAVE A BUDGET PROCESS NEXT YEAR WHERE WE CAN DO THAT AND WE HAVE A WHOLE YEAR TO STUDY IT AND FIGURE OUT WHEN THE RIGHT TIME IS.
SEAN, UM, WHILE I'M IN AGREEMENT THAT WE DO NEED THE WASTEWATER PLANT, IS THAT NOT WHAT OUR IMPACT AND OUR, OUR IMPACT FEES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR, IS BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE CAUSING THE HIT TO THE CITY SERVICES? OR AM I A MIS MISUNDERSTANDING THAT, JOHN? SO AS IT, SO AS IT RELATES TO THE WEST SIDE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, YES.
THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE PAID FOR WITH CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES OR IMPACT FEES.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER RESSLER IS TALKING ABOUT THE OPERATIONS BUILDING REPLACEMENT AT DALLAS SALMON, AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES.
FIRST OF ALL, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, AND ANGIE, I TALKED TO ANGIE AND I'VE TALKED TO JOHN, WHERE THIS DOES NOT LOCK THE MONEY UP.
WHAT THIS DOES IS GIVE US SOMETHING TO LOOK AT IN 28 DAYS TO SEE IF IT'S EVEN FEASIBLE TO DO.
UH, THAT'S THE WAY I'M READING IT.
LIKE I SAID, I'VE TALKED TO JOHN JUST THIS AFTERNOON.
I'VE TALKED TO ANGIE A WHILE AGO.
I'VE TALKED TO BOTH OF THEM YESTERDAY ON THIS, THAT THIS DOES NOT LOCK THE MONEY.
UM, THIS IS THEM COMING FORWARD WITH A PLAN TO SEE IF IT'S A FEASIBLE PROJECT TO DO.
FIRE STATIONS TAKE TIME TO BUILD.
IF I UNDERSTOOD JOHN CORRECTLY YESTERDAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF YEAR JUST TO EVEN SEE WHERE THE LOCATION IS, LOOK AT PURCHASING THE LAND, THEN WE HAVE TO ENGINEER THE BUILDING BASED OFF OF THE LAND AND HOW IT'S RELATED TO THE ROADWAYS RELATED TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S COMING IN, OR THAT'S ALREADY THERE AS FAR AS WASTEWATER, WATER SUPPLY, ET CETERA.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF A YEAR JUST, AND DO THAT ON TOP OF THE BUILD TIME, ENGINEERING DESIGN, ET CETERA.
WE'RE LOOKING YEARS DOWN THE ROAD FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE BUILT, AND IF WE DON'T START PUTTING MONEY ASIDE OR START PLANNING FOR IT NOW, IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA, I FEEL SNEAK UP AND CATCH US IN THE REAR THE WRONG WAY.
UM, THE WEST SIDE IS BUILDING IT.
IT'S EVERY DAY YOU GO OUT THERE, THERE'S NEW SIGNS UP AND MORE DIRT BEING TURNED.
UM, AS FAR AS THE FLOCK CAMERAS, THE COMMENT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT HOAS AND, AND THE FLOCK CAMERA GRANT PROGRAM.
WE WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST CITY IN THIS AREA THAT'S DONE IT.
I RECEIVED A CONTRACT, I RECEIVED A PROGRAM JUST TODAY FROM PEARLAND THAT ALREADY HAD, THEY'VE INSTITUTED THE SAME PROGRAM OVER THERE WHERE THE HOAS GO INTO A SPLIT COST WITH THE CITIES TO OBTAIN FLOCK CAMERAS FOR THEIR AREAS.
MY AREA RECENTLY HAS HAD A RASH OF, WE'VE HAD TWO CARS STOLEN AND MULTIPLE BREAK-INS THAT THESE CAMERAS COULD POTENTIALLY HELP THE POLICE OFFICERS IF I UNDERSTOOD 'EM CORRECTLY, TO POSSIBLY MAYBE FIND OUT WHERE THE CARS ARE GOING AND MAYBE HELP THEM SOLVE THOSE CASES.
UM, I UNDERSTAND WE ARE CUSTODIANS OF TAXPAYERS MONEY, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO START LOOKING AHEAD AND, AND NOT NECESSARILY WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO DO IT.
JUST TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MR. CRUZ, I THINK YOUR CONCERNS WERE ON THE DALLAS SALMON PLANT.
WE'RE NOT ADVOCATING TO DO AWAY WITH THE DALLAS SALMON PLANT.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS BASICALLY ASKED TO MOVE THE COVID MONEY INTO THE, UH, A DIFFERENT FUND SO THAT WE COULD SPEND THAT MONEY QUICKLY, BECAUSE COVID FUNDING HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE OF I THINK 2025.
AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD EVER BUILD A PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING BY 2025 USING THE COVID MONEY OR THE A MONEY RATHER.
UM, SO WHAT WE ASKED WAS TO MOVE THAT MONEY INTO PUBLIC SAFETY SALARIES, PAY THE SALARIES, WHICH IT'S PERMISSIBLE TO DO SO, AND THEN TAKE THAT GENERAL MONEY GENERAL FUNDING TO FUND OTHER ITEMS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE OF THE ARPA MONEY.
THE I'M FOR DALLAS SALMON PLAN.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THEM ISSUES.
I'M NOT ADVOCATING WE'RE TAKING THE MONEY AWAY FROM IT.
WE WILL TRY TO FIND SOME WAY TO BUILD THAT AS FAR AS FIRE STATION NUMBER SEVEN, NUMBER EIGHT, FIRE STATION SEVEN IS ALREADY ABOUT ONE YEAR BEHIND ON THE PLANNING PROCESS.
IF YOU REMEMBER DURING BUDGET, I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT ASKED ABOUT FIRE STATIONS AND I SAT THERE ADAMANTLY AND SAID, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT FIRE STATIONS?
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WE ARE THREE SHORT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN RIGHT NOW.NOBODY EVER BROUGHT ANYTHING BACK TO ME ON ANY IDEALS OR EVEN THE C I P OR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO I STARTED LOOKING ELSEWHERE.
AND IN FACT, WHEN THE TURS MONEY CAME UP, THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE TURS MONEY TO PUT IT INTO FIRE STATION NUMBER SEVEN.
EVEN IF WE TAKE THAT MONEY TODAY AND START BUILDING A FIRE STATION, WE'RE THREE YEARS OUT TODAY.
OKAY? UM, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE WERE SHIFTING FUNDS AROUND.
IT'S NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS.
IN FACT, PUBLIC WORKS FUNDING SHOULD BE COMING FROM THE WASTEWATER FUND, NOT FROM APA MONEY.
UM, AS FAR AS THE FLOCK GRANT, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE SUGGESTING TO OUR CITY MANAGERS TO DEVELOP A GRANT PROGRAM FOR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO TAKE THE $200,000 AND GO BUY CAMERAS FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ASK FOR SOME TYPE OF GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE CAN MAYBE DO A 50 50 SPLIT.
WE'RE LEAVING IT UP TO THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO COME BACK TO A PROGRAM FOR THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 200 PUBLIC SAFETY RADIOS THAT WERE ASKED IN TO FUND ON PAGE TWO.
THAT IS A WELL NEEDED DEAL BECAUSE OUR POLICE RADIOS AND E M S RADIOS RIGHT NOW ARE CLOSE TO 13 YEARS OLD.
UM, AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN A SITUATION WHERE RADIOS ARE MISMATCHED TO WHERE THE BATTERIES ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE.
YOU GET ON A SCENE OF, UM, OF A SHOOTOUT OR A FIRE SCENE AND YOU'RE RUNNING OUTTA BATTERIES.
YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE MIXED BATTERIES AND MIXED RADIOS AND SO FORTH.
SO THIS PROGRAM, I THINK IS ALSO ANOTHER GREAT PROGRAM.
AS FAR AS THE WINFIELD ROAD, WE ASKED FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS $2.5 MILLION.
WE ASKED FOR THAT $2.5 MILLION TO GO BACK INTO THE C I P TO FUND LANDING BOULEVARD.
NOW, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK IT'S OUR JOB TO DO THIS, NOT NECESSARILY TO SPEND MONEY WHEN WE JUST HAVE IT, BUT I THINK OUR JOB IS WHEN WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE IT FORWARD AND TO, UH, TRY TO, TO MAKE GOOD THINGS HAPPEN IN THE CITY.
AND I THINK WE'RE DOING THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH FIRE STATION SEVEN.
IF WE DON'T GET STARTED PRETTY QUICKLY, WE'RE GONNA BE THREE BEHIND WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE DATA.
UM, IF WE PULL AWAY FROM THE, UM, THE PROJECT FOR THE, UH, CONTROL CENTER AT THE DALLAS SALMON PLANT, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ENGINEERING THAT WE'VE ALREADY PAID TO HAVE THAT PROJECT ENGINEERED.
THAT WAS FREE ARPA MONEY THAT CAME IN.
AND IF WE DON'T SPEND UTILITY FUNDS ON THAT, WE CAN SPEND UTILITY FUNDS IN OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE NEED.
SO I'M, I'M, I DON'T UNDERSTAND PULLING AWAY ARPA FUNDS, WHICH DROPPED INTO THE CITY.
WE CAN ONLY SPEND THEM ON CERTAIN THINGS.
I UNDERSTAND FUNNEL 'EM THROUGH SALARIES AS A WAY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, TO LAUNDRY THOSE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN DO OTHER THINGS WITH THEM BECAUSE WE MET THE CRITERIA FOR ARPA.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE KIND OF FUNDS WHERE WE SHOULD SPEND THEM ON ONE TIME CAPITAL PROJECTS AND NOT SALARIES.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY PAID ATTENTION TO WHEN WE WERE SPENDING ARPA FUNDS.
UM, IF WE WERE TO, LET'S JUST SAY START BUILDING THAT FIRE STATION RIGHT NOW, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T NEED IT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, THE THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE IF THEY DON'T HAVE PEOPLE LIVING AROUND THOSE VOLUNTEER STATIONS, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO STAFF IT.
SO EVEN IF WE HAD A STATION ON THE GROUND TODAY, WE'D HAVE A HARD TIME PRO STAFFING IT.
AND WHERE CAN I BACK THAT UP? JUST IN STATION FIVE THAT WILL ALSO COVER THAT AREA.
STATION FIVE DOES NOT RESPOND TO VERY MANY CALLS AT ALL.
WHY? BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF A STAFF TO KEEP THAT STATION OPERATING THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
SO WE HAVE STATIONS THREE IN SOUTH SHORE HARBOR.
THAT'S THE SECOND LOWEST AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT ARE TURNED OUT.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS A BAD THING, BUT WE NEED TO FACTOR THOSE THINGS IN BEFORE WE START BUILDING NEW FACILITIES THAT WE CAN'T STAFF THE FACILITIES WE HAVE IN HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS JUST NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN AND WE ACTUALLY WORKSHOP IT OUT, THINK ABOUT IT, COME UP WITH A PLAN AND MOVE FORWARD THIS IRRESPONSIBLE, YOU KNOW, SPENDING JUST DROP EVERYTHING AND SPEND IT IS, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE, UH, TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THE, THE,
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UH, WINFIELD ROAD.IF IT'S TRULY DECIDED THAT, THAT THAT CLOSING HOBBS ROAD WILL NOT BENEFIT THE TRAFFIC GOING WEST, THEN LET'S NOT DO IT AND SPEND IT ON OTHER APPROVED PROJECTS THAT WE APPROVED FOR THE BONDING FUND, NOT FOR THE C I P FUND.
'CAUSE THAT WAS MONEY THAT THE CITIZENS SAID WHERE WE HAD TO SPEND THAT MONEY.
SO, SO, SO TOMMY AND SEAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, FOR YOUR, YOUR, FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
UM, THE, THE FLOCKED CAMERAS, EVEN IF WE WENT WITH A, A 50 50 AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT PARA LAND OR UM, FRINGEWOOD OR WHICHEVER OTHER CITY WAS THERE, UM, IS DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I STILL JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS, UH, WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD ALSO COME BACK INSIDE OF AN H O A AND BY ADDITIONAL CAMERAS FOR, FOR THEM.
AND IT SEEMS, IT JUST SEEMS WRONG TO ME.
SO THAT WOULD, I'M, I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THAT.
UH, THE STAFFING OF THE, OF THE FIRE STATION IS SOMETHING I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING THAT BACK UP TONIGHT.
SO I DON'T REALLY WANNA BEAT THAT TO, TO DEATH, BUT IT'S, BUT BEFORE WE BUILD IT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IDEA THAT IF WE BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME AND WORK IS, UH, IT COULD BE VERY FALSE.
UH, THE WINFIELD ROAD PIECE OF IT, AND HERE'S HERE, I SAW THE TRAFFIC CITY, I, I READ ABOUT IT AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, I'M, I'M AN ACCOUNTANT, SO IT'S NOT LIKE I REALLY UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC PIECE OF IT, BUT FROM WHAT I READ, THEY WERE MONITORING HOW MANY PEOPLE CUT THROUGH THE CRACKER BARREL PARKING LOT THROUGH THE ROAD THAT WAS BESIDE THAT HOTEL.
UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU, I, WHEN, WHEN WE EAT AT CRACKER BARREL, UM, WE, WE WILL EXIT OUT THAT BACK ROAD.
AND SO, BUT I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD, I, YOU KNOW, A GOOD MEASUREMENT OF HOW EFFECTIVE THE ROAD'S GONNA BE JUST BY SAYING, HEY, THESE PEOPLE DID NOT TRESPASS AGAINST PRIVATE PROPERTY TO, TO DO A, A CUT THROUGH.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD, UH, BE INTERESTED IN IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK, IF WE'RE ABLE TO, TO CUT THE FIVE 18 TO WHERE YOU CANNOT TURN ONTO THE HOBBS ROAD, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP TRAFFIC.
AND I, I'VE TALKED WITH, UM, JUST, JUST A FEW PEOPLE IN THE CLEAR CREEK, UM, VILLAGE AND YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING OUT OF IT AND YOU'VE GOT THE TURN LANE TURNING ONTO HOBBS OFTEN FROM FIVE 18.
SO THEY'RE BLOCKING THE TRAFFIC FLOW BACK EAST.
UH, THIS COULD ALL BE FIXED WITH JUST, WITH JUST A LITTLE MORE CONSIDERATION.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE PRELIMINARY AND, AND WANTING TO CANCEL THIS THING.
UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO SEE IF, IF WE CAN JUST POSTPONE THIS, LET'S DO A WORKSHOP AND LET'S KIND OF COME THROUGH AND LET'S GET THE, THE CHIEF, UH, UP HERE.
LET'S SEE WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS RATHER THAN TAKING A BIG SWING AND SAYING IN 28 DAYS, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS.
IF THE 28 DAYS IS NOTHING BUT SAYING WE'RE GONNA HOLD THIS, THEN, THEN THIS WHOLE THING IS POINTLESS ANYWAY.
THAT WE COULD JUST HAVE, HAVE ASK STAFF TO BRING TO FOLLOW THIS AND SAY, WHAT COULD WE DO WITH THIS MONEY IN THAT 28 DAYS? AND THEN WORKSHOP THAT MONEY FOR THE ARPA PIECE OF IT.
I HAVE A, MY GUT SAYS THAT IF WE DO NOT GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THAT IT WILL JUST CONTINUE TO GET PUSHED OFF.
SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN TRESSLER.
RIGHT? SO OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED, UM, AS FOR THE ARPA FUNDS AND PAYING SALARIES VERSUS DALLAS SALMON OPS BUILDING, UH, IF WE WANNA PAY THE SALARIES NOW BECAUSE WE'RE AFRAID WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SPEND THE MONEY ON THE OPS BUILDING AND TIME THAT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE STANDARD BUDGET MANAGEMENT FROM THE CITY MANAGER, THAT THAT'S NOT OUR JOB.
UM, WHAT I WORRY IS, UM, ESPECIALLY BASED ON SOME COMMENTS FROM FOLKS WHO SAID WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT, THAT THEY FELT THEY KILLED THAT PROJECT, UM, I WORRY THAT TAKING THE FUNDS FROM IT AND SAYING, OH, WE'LL COME UP WITH IT LATER, WE WON'T, UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT COMING UP WITH MONEY LATER, THAT MEANS A TAX INCREASE OR IT CUTS SOMETHING ELSE,
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UM, PERIOD.UH, SAYING WE CAN, WE SHOULD FUND THAT FROM THE, UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER FUND AS OPPOSED TO THE ARPA FUNDS.
AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE A TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH WE NEED TO RAISE WATER RATES AND SEWER RATES TO COVER ALL OUR STUFF, WE GET A LINE OF FOLKS COMING IN HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT BILL.
TO THEM, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY A TAX.
UM, SEAN, AND YOU'RE NOT HERE, SO I'LL TALK TO YOUR EMPTY CHAIR.
UM, REFERENCING PAIR LAND AS AN EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A HANDOUT PROGRAM, AND FRANKLY, FUNDING FLOCK CAMERAS FOR HOES IS A, A HANDOUT PROGRAM FOR AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES.
UM, THAT ONE'S A BAD EXAMPLE TO USE.
THEIR TAX RATE IS 50% HIGHER THAN OURS, AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THEY'RE BRINGING IN A RATE THIS YEAR AT THE, UH, JUST BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE OR MAYBE EVEN PUTTING IT TO VOTERS, UM, WITH A TAX INCREASE WHILE WE'RE COMING IN, UH, BELOW THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
UM, I WOULDN'T USE THEM AS AN EXAMPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO HAND OUT MONEY.
UM, AS FOR WINFIELD ROAD, I'M ACTUALLY OKAY WITH ELIMINATE ELIMINATING THAT ONE.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY REALLY SPEAK.
UM, IT'S A FAIRLY EXPENSIVE PROJECT AND I THINK IF WE DO ELIMINATE IT AND WE WANNA RECOMMIT THOSE FUNDS, UM, I THINK THE 200 RADIOS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, ALTHOUGH I WISH I HAD HEARD MORE ABOUT THEM DURING BUDGET, UM, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD USE OF THEM.
UM, I ALSO WOULD BE FINE IF WE WANTED TO SAY, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE LONG POLE ON, ON THE FIRE STATION IS AT THIS POINT, IF IT'S LAND ACQUISITION OR ENGINEERING.
UM, BUT I'D BE FINE WITH COMMITTING THE REST OF THOSE FUNDS TO THAT, UM, TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT KICK STARTED WITHOUT TAPPING INTO THIS TURS MONEY.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A RESPONSIBLE SPENDING WHERE WE'RE CUTTING SOMETHING REAL, NOT PRETENDING WE FOUND MONEY.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'M OKAY WITH DOING.
ALL THE REST OF IT IS, IS JUST BORROWING FROM TOMORROW.
AND THAT'S NOT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONSERVATISM.
YOU KNOW, I THINK I HEARD THE COMMENT TONIGHT.
LET'S WAIT TILL WE GET VOLUNTEERS FOR FIRE STATION SEVEN.
I CAN ALMOST PROMISE YOU IF THERE'S NOT A FIRE STATION BUILT ON THE WEST SIDE, YOU WILL NOT HAVE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN SHOW UP WITHOUT A FIRE STATION.
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THEM TO GO.
AND RIGHT NOW, THEY SAID THE SAME THING WITH FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE FIRE STATION SIX, WE BUILT IT.
NOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A, A LARGE CREW OUT THERE.
THEY'RE FUNCTIONING AND THEY'RE WORKING PROPERLY AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY SHOULD DO.
SAME THING WITH FIRE STATION SEVEN.
I HAVE ASKED DURING C I P I ASKED DURING BUDGET, WHERE'S THE FIRE STATIONS AT? NOBODY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT BROUGHT IT UP.
AND I SAID, OVER AND OVER, EVEN IF WE WENT OUT FOR A BOND NEXT YEAR, IT'S GONNA TAKE US THREE MORE YEARS TO, TO GO FROM THERE AND, AND BUILD THIS FIRE STATION.
WE HAVE TO GET A MOVE ON AT LEAST ONE FIRE STATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
IF YOU HADN'T BEEN OFF OF MAPLE LEAF, GO OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE HOMES BEING BUILT AS FAR AS AS THE WINDFIELD ROAD.
I MISSPOKEN SAID C I P, BUT WE HAVE TO PUT THAT MONEY SINCE IT WAS A BOND ISSUE BACK IN TO THE BOND.
AND WE HAVE TALKED TO JOHN ABOUT THIS AND HE, I, I THINK SOMEWHERE DURING THE DISCUSSION WE TALKED ABOUT LET'S DO WINFIELD OR LANDING BOULEVARD.
THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING SINCE THERE'S AN OVERRUN ON THAT.
UM, I, I, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP SAYING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING WITH THE TURS.
IT'S MONEY THAT COUNCILMAN HICKS WENT TO A MEETING AND FOUND OUT ABOUT.
AND IT'S TIME THAT WE START PUTTING IT TO USE.
I MEAN, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, IT'S NOT TAXPAYER'S MONEY THAT'S GONNA BE DROPPED IN OUR HANDS TOMORROW, BUT IT WILL BE COMING SOON.
AND THAT'S WHY WE SET UP HERE ON THE VERY, UH, ACTION ITEM.
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING STAFF TO PRODUCE A SPENDING PLAN AND BUDGET AMENDMENT WITHIN 28 DAYS.
SO WE ARE, AS STAFF TRYING TO, TO WORK ON THIS.
THIS WILL BE MY LAST COMMENT, SO THANK YOU.
THIS IS NOT STANDARD PROCEDURE.
THIS IS NOT HOW WE USUALLY DO IT.
USUALLY THE REVENUE COMES IN OUR CITY GOVERNMENT
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KNOWS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.WE ARGUE ABOUT USUALLY THE PRICES ABOUT THINGS, BUT WE TRUST STAFF TO SPEND THE MONEY.
BUT WE'VE HAD WITH THE COVID MONEY, AND NOW WITH THIS TURS UH, DISILLUSION, THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND WHAT IS A SURPLUS AND TO ASK YOURSELVES.
AND, AND I INVITE ALL THREE OF Y'ALL WHO ARE OPPOSED TO IT, TO JUST GO BACK TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TONIGHT AND JUST THINK, MAN, IF I HAD A MILLION BUCKS, IF I HAD A MILLION BUCKS, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT GOOD COULD WE DO? ALL RIGHT.
AND YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THIS ON EXCEPT FOR, IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE MURDERING, ARE MURDERING THE FLOCK CAMERAS.
THAT WAS THE ONE I PUT IN ALL RIGHT,
I CAME MY FIRST RUN, MY RUNNER, FIRST RUNNER AT OFFICE, THE BIG, BIG, UH, THING I WAS FIGHTING WERE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.
AND, UH, I THINK RED LIGHT CAMERAS WERE A NUISANCE FOR MOST CITIZENS.
I THINK THAT THESE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE PICKING UP THE KIND OF GUYS YOU DON'T WANT IN LEAGUE CITY.
ALL RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY I THREW THAT ON THERE.
BUT ALSO I WANT, YEAH, I KNOW I CAN FEEL WHICH WAY YOU GUYS ARE GONNA VOTE TONIGHT, BUT I WANNA INVITE YOU OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT JUSTIN AND TOMMY ARE TRYING TO DO HERE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT NORMAL EVERY YEAR.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO TO THE BUDGET AND SAY, SPEND IT ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, I WANT Y'ALL TO THINK BACK TO TWO YEARS AGO, WHENEVER WE WERE GONNA GIVE THAT COVID MONEY, WHERE WERE WE GONNA GIVE THE COVID MONEY? MR. BAUMGARTNER CHAMBERS? WE WERE GONNA GIVE 2 MILLION TO THE CHAMBER.
IT WAS NOT A MEMBER OF STAFF THAT POINTED OUT MAYBE WE COULD SPEND THAT MONEY ON A FREAKING AMBULANCE AND ARPA FUNDS.
IT WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WILL GO UNNAMED.
ALL RIGHT, FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL AT HOME, STAFF DIDN'T DO IT.
STAFF, THAT'S NOT SAYING STAFF'S BAD AT THEIR JOB, IT'S JUST SOMETIMES JUST LIKE JUSTIN, JUST LIKE JUSTIN WITH THE TURS MONEY, EVERY NOW AND THEN SOMETHING FALLS IN OUR LAPS AND YOU ACTUALLY GET TO MAKE THE CALL.
AND I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION, SO TO CALL THE QUESTION, WHAT ARE THE PROCEDURES IN THIS THERE, MR. DUNN? THERE NEEDS TO BE A SECOND.
THERE IS NO DEBATE AND IT REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS VOTE.
IS THAT TWO? THAT'S NOT TWO THIRDS, IS IT?
UH, HEY, LOOK, I'M ONLY ONE OUT THERE.
JUST SO EXCITED, I GUESS, TO, UH, TO GET BACK ON.
AND, AND SO ANDY, I I, I APPRECIATE YOU NOT GIVING $2 MILLION TO THE, UM, TO THE CHAMBER.
I THINK THAT IT WAS WELL, WELL SPENT.
SO, UH, DEFINITELY A PAT ON THE BACK IS DESERVED FOR THE, FOR THE TURS MONEY.
UM, AND, AND I AM GLAD THAT MR. HICKS HAS KIND OF HELPED MOVED IT FORWARD, BUT THE MONEY ITSELF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TURS WAS GONNA EXPIRE.
SO I THINK THAT TO ME, WHEN, WHEN WE WERE BACK THERE TALKING ABOUT LETTING THE TURS JUST KIND OF STEPPING IT UP, IT WAS MORE TO PREVENT THE BEING USED BY A BUSINESS THAT COUNCIL DIDN'T, THAT, THAT SOME MEMBERS OF COUNCIL DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE.
SO IF THE MONEY WAS KIND OF MEANT TO HELP SPUR GROWTH AND ALL THAT, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE BEST USE, BUT I AM KIND OF DIGRESSING HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, TOMMY, TOMMY, I, I, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT SAYING THAT THE, UM, THAT THE, YOU CAN'T HAVE VOLUNTEERS FOR, FOR SOMETHING THAT'S,
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FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT THERE.AND SO THAT DOES MAKE, THAT DOES MAKE SOME SENSE, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO COME BACK AND CONSIDER NOT REMOVING THIS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND AT, FOR THE 200 PUBLIC SAFETY RADIOS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET, IT WAS, IT WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME BATTERIES AND WE HAD SOME REPLACEMENTS, SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THAT CAME FROM, BUT ONCE AGAIN, I, I'M GONNA MAKE, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THIS VOTE BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A MESS.
AND LET US POSTPONE THIS UNTIL WE CAN WORKSHOP IT.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE'LL COME BACK AND BE ABLE TO USE THIS MONEY BETTER.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO IT QUICKLY SO THE ARPA FUNDS DON'T EXPIRE.
AND SO, SO THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.
YEAH, IT HAS TO BE COMMITTED BY THE END OF 24 AND BY THE END OF 25.
I'LL SECOND IT FOR ONE SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
FAILS GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, BUT SPOKE SURE.
PASSES FOUR TO THREE VOTE PASSES.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE LIVELY DEBATE.
WHAT ELSE WE GOT ON HERE, GUYS? WHERE WE AT? WE GET THAT WE GOT D AS IN DELTA, WE'RE AT DELTA.
[9D. 23-0403 Consider and take action on a resolution renewing the employee stop-loss insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield for the period October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 for the amount of $1,548,601. (Director of Human Resources and Civil Service)]
TO TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION RENEWING THE EMPLOYEE STOP LOSS INSURANCE WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 FOR THE AMOUNT OF $1,548,000 AND SIX, UH, $601.ALL RIGHT, ANYONE WANNA, YOU KNOW, IF NICK WAS HERE, HE'D WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE THIS VOTE, SEVEN TO ZERO NINE
[9E. 23-0406 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing: 1) a one-year renewal agreement with Bay Oil Company for the purchase and delivery of fuel and petroleum products for an amount not to exceed $1,225,000 and 2) an amendment to the 2020 Agreement with Bay Oil Company to increase the total compensation by $200,000 (Director of Public Works)]
E CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ONE YEAR RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH BAY OIL COMPANY FOR THE PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF FUEL PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,225,000 AND AN AMENDMENT, UH, TO THE 2020 AGREEMENT WITH BAY OIL COMPANY TO INCREASE THE TOTAL COMPENSATION BY $200,000.MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE GENERAL COMPLAINT ABOUT THE PRICE OF OIL
AND I WOULD SECOND BOTH OF THOSE.
WE ALREADY DID, WE MOVED ON TO, YEAH, WE GOT NINE F DIDN'T WE?
[10A. 23-0421 Consider and take action on an ordinance allowing the League City Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board to meet at times earlier than 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday (Council Member Bowen, Council Member Tressler and Council Member Saunders)]
10 A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE, ALLOWING THE LEAGUE CITY CONVENTIONS AND VISITOR BUREAU TO MEET AT TIMES EARLIER THAN 5:00 PM ON MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.ALL RIGHT, WE WANNA DISCUSS THIS OR WE JUST WANNA GO STRAIGHT TO IT.
I PUT THIS BACK ON THE BOARD BECAUSE WE ORIGINALLY, WHEN WE MOVED THE, THE, THE, UH, CITIZEN BOARDS, IT WAS TO ALLOW CITIZENS WHO ARE ON BOARDS OR POTENTIALLY WANTED TO BE ON BOARDS TO BE INVOLVED.
AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR MOVING 'EM AFTER 5:00 PM THIS PARTICULAR BOARD DOES NOT HAVE CITIZEN SLOTS.
THIS BOARD IS MADE UP OF THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND MOVING IT TO FIVE OR 6:00 PM AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK, WHICH WAS THE ORDINANCE.
UM, BASICALLY REMOVES ANY OF OUR RESTAURATEURS AND POSSIBLY SOME OF OUR OTHER EVENT VENUE PLACES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE CONDUCTING BUSINESS.
SO, UM, I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD VOTE ON THIS UNTIL WE GET 'EM BACK TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE DURING THE DAY SOMETIME.
AND IF THEY WANNA HOLD A MEETING, I'M SURE THEY'D BE, UM, OPEN TO HAVING A MEETING ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR FOR EVENING.
SO ALLOW STUDENT OR, UH, CITIZENS TO BE INVOLVED IF THEY WANNA ATTEND THE MEETING.
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MEMBERS ON THAT BOARD.UM, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE DESIRE FOR CITIZEN INPUT AND THE, THE GOAL TO OPEN OUR COMMITTEES UP TO MAKE SURE MORE CITIZENS CAN PARTICIPATE THAN, UH, JUST THE FOLKS WHO HAPPEN TO BE FREE DURING THE WEEKDAY.
UM, HAVING SAID THAT, THIS SPECIFIC COMMITTEE, UM, IS ONE THAT RECOMMENDS THE USE OF OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX WRITTEN INTO THE TAX CODE FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHERE IN THE SECTION WHERE IT, UH, ALLOWS A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY TO CHARGE A, UH, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, UM, WHICH IS CHAPTER 3 51 OF SUBTITLE D OF TITLE THREE OF THE TAX CODE FOR ANYBODY WHO REALLY WANTS TO GO PUT THEMSELVES TO SLEEP, UM, IS LANGUAGE THAT SAYS REVENUE FROM THE MUNICIPAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX MAY BE USED ONLY TO PROMOTE TOURISM IN THE CONVENTION AND HOTEL INDUSTRY.
UH, ITEM B SAYS, REVENUE DERIVED FROM THE TAX AUTHORIZED BY THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE EXPANDED IN A MANNER DIRECTLY ENHANCING AND PROMOTING TOURISM AND THE CONVENTION HOTEL INDUSTRY AS PERMITTED BY SUBSECTION A.
THAT REVENUE MAY NOT BE USED FOR THE GENERAL REVENUE PURPOSES OR GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS OF THE MUNICIPALITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, UM, I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR CITIZENS BY LOOKING FOR, UM, USES OF THE HOT FUNDS THAT NOT ONLY ENCOURAGE TOURISM, BUT BENEFITS OUR CITIZENS.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE DOING THAT.
BUT TO SAY THAT THE, THE BOARD NEEDS TO MEET IN EVENINGS SO THAT THE CITIZENS CAN HAVE MORE INPUT.
UM, WE'RE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS FUNDING.
THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THE, THE INDUSTRY THAT THIS TAX AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE IS MEANT TO BENEFIT, TO GIVE US THEIR INPUT ON HOW IT CAN BENEFIT THEM.
UM, AND THEY'VE SAID THAT IT WORKS BETTER FOR THEM TO MEET DURING THE DAY.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ABSURD REQUESTS, IT'S NOT ABSURD, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, TEND TO FORGET THAT WE DETERMINE WHO GOES ON THAT BOARD.
UH, THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THEIR MONEY.
SO, AND I THINK THAT IF YOU'RE COMING UP WITH IDEAS THAT COULD BRING IN POSSIBLE TOURISM, I THINK REGULAR CITIZENS COULD PROBABLY BE A BENEFICIAL VOICE.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME MANY YEARS AGO, BUT CITIZEN CAME AND WANTED TO DO, I THINK IT WAS A LACROSSE MEET HERE, AND THEY WENT BEFORE THE BOARD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IDEAS LIKE THAT JUST WOULDN'T BE GEN OR MIGHT NOT GET CAPTURED BY INDUSTRY EXPERTS OR BY THE INDUSTRY, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT SECONDLY, EVERY ONE OF THE, EVERY ONE OF THE BOARDS THAT RESISTED THIS, THEY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WAS ALMOST AS IF THEY FELT LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S OUR MONEY.
YOU KNOW? AND TO ME IT'S, I WANT TO EXPAND TO THE REGULAR CITIZENS, THE RIGHT TO HAVE A SAY ON THIS.
SO HAVING IT AFTER 5:00 PM AND CHANGING THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD IF NEED BE, SEEMS TO ME LIKE A REASONABLE WAY TO EXPAND THE VOICE OF THE CITIZEN.
UM, AS LIAISON FOR THE BOARD COM C V B BOARD, I'VE BEEN TO THE MEETINGS.
I'VE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHO COMPOSE THE BOARD.
I'VE NEVER ONCE FELT AT ANY TIME WHEN I TALKED TO THEM THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AS IT'S THEIR MONEY AND THAT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS MONEY'S COMING FROM.
THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THIS MONEY.
UM, THIS BOARD DOES CONSIST OF A LOT OF BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO THEIR, SOME OF THEIR PRIME TIME IS LUNCH HOURS AND AFTER FIVE DINNER HOURS.
UM, WHEN THIS ALL HAPPENED, I BROUGHT IT, I TRIED TO CHANGE IT BACK THEN IT FAILED.
I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ONE EMAIL FROM A SINGLE CITIZEN ON THIS BOARD IN PARTICULAR THAT THEY WANNA SEE IT AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK THAT THEY WOULD ATTEND.
UH, I HAVEN'T, I'VE BEEN TO MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN, SEEN A SINGLE CITIZEN AT THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE, WELL, AGAIN, BUT I'VE NEVER HAD THEM EVEN MAKE A COMMENT TO ME
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ABOUT BOARD IF THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT, IF THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW, WELL, ALL RIGHT.BUT THAT'S MY FEELINGS ON THE MATTER, IS I THINK THAT THEM MEETING BEFORE THEIR PRIME HOURS IS, IS MORE SUITABLE.
UM, UN UNLESS WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF THE BOARD, WHICH I DON'T SEE US TRYING TO DO THAT.
AND THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE MADE UP OF BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THIS BUS, IN THE BUSINESS OF TRYING TO BRING TOURISM INTO THE CITY.
SO THAT'S MY FEELINGS ON THE MATTER, AND I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS.
UH, I, I, I AGREE WITH, WITH SEAN.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THE, HAVING THE TIME, UH, AT WHERE IT IS, IS REALLY GONNA HAVE MUCH RESTRICTION OR MUCH CHANGE.
I DO THINK THAT IF WE DON'T DO IT THIS WAY, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS INDUSTRY, WITH THE RESTAURANT AND THE HOTEL, THAT THAT IS THEIR PRIME TIME, THAT WE'RE GONNA LOSE THAT EXPERTISE.
THAT IS, UH, THAT IS JUST IMPERATIVE FOR IT.
HERE AND, NO, NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
[10B. 23-0414 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 2023-09, Ordinance 2023-12, Ordinance 2023-13, and Ordinance 2023-25 to adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures (Assistant City Manager - CFO)]
AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, UH, GOVERNMENTAL PROPRIETARY AND CAPITAL FUNDS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BY AMENDING ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 32, ORDINANCE 20 23 0 9, ORDINANCE 20 23 12.ORDINANCE 20 23 13 IN ORDINANCE 20 23, 25.
JUDGE, JUST THE OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ACTUAL AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES.
STAFF REQUEST FIRST AND FINAL MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, DO Y'ALL PREFER THE DETAIL OR THE HIGH LEVEL? HIGH LEVEL
THEY ALSO INCLUDE ITEMS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL ACTION.
UM, THERE'S ALSO AN INCREASE TO THE GENERAL FUND TOTAL, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT COUNT FOR POSITIONS.
AND THERE'S ONE ITEM THAT IS A 22 ROLLOVER THAT WAS LY APPROVED BY COUNCIL ACTION.
AND THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET THAT INCLUDE ADDING TWO NEW PROJECTS THAT IS THIS EXTREME HIGH LEVEL.
I CAN GET INTO DETAILS BY FUND IF YOU'D PREFER.
I JUST GOT A QUICK QUESTION ON.
QUICK QUESTION ON WHY THE FIRST AND FINAL, UM, WE COULD ALWAYS BRING IT BACK FOR A SECOND.
IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK ANY DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, THERE, IS THERE IMPORTANCE? UM, I THINK IT'S JUST EFFICIENCY FOR STAFF TIME.
WE HAD 962 PAGES ON OUR AGENDA, THIS, THIS COUNCIL MEETING, AND IT'S VERY HARD IN THREE DAYS TO GO THROUGH 962 PAGES.
SO I, I DON'T, I MEAN, IF IT'S NOT A, AN EMERGENCY, I JUST, THIS IS THE REASON WHY I DO NOT LIKE FIRST AND FINALS.
SO WE'RE NOT ON FIRST AND FINAL YET, THOUGH.
I KNOW, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GOING THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT THERE, CHAD.
IS THIS A COMMENT IN GENERAL OR? YEAH, IT WAS, WANNA MAKE AN AMENDMENT COMMENT GENERAL.
I WANTED TO KNOW IF SHE HAD A, IF THERE WAS A REASON FOR THE FIRST AND FINAL.
HEARING NO OTHER DIS HEARING, NO OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION FOR FIRST AND FINAL SECOND VOTE.
DOES THAT TAKE A SUPER MAJORITY? IT'S FIVE TO TWO.
IT'S A TWO THIRDS, IT'S A FOUR FIFTH, AND FIVE TO TWO IS NOT ENOUGH.
WELL, WE'LL, IT'LL BE BACK ON THE AGENDA THEN.
PERSON FIVE TAKES A, UH, ALL CONSIDER, UH, 11 A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 12 MONTH RETAIL LEASE AGREEMENT FOR SORE CAFE TO OPERATE INSIDE BIRD HOUSE, LOCATED ON FIVE
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TEN SECOND STREET IN LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS.OH, YOU KNOW, 10 C IS REALLY MINOR
UM, YOU KNOW, THEN I RESCIND MY MOTION.
[10C. 23-0416 Consider and take action on an ordinance approving an ad valorem tax rate for the City of League City, Texas, upon all taxable property within the corporate limits of the City for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2024; directing the assessment and collection thereof; providing for a severability clause; and providing for an effective date (Assistant City Manager - CFO)]
ITEM 10 C, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, DIRECTING THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR SEVERE SEVERE ABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.UH, MR. PRO TEM, I MOVE TO APPROVE AN AVALOR TAX RATE OF 0.395, WHICH IS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? UH, CAN WE GET STAFF TO JUST REMIND EVERYONE WHAT THE RATE WAS LAST YEAR, WHAT IT IS THIS YEAR?
AND, AND THIS RATE IS LOWER THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
SO IT'S NOT THE NO NEW REVENUE, AND IT ALSO INCREASES, TAKE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE.
I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS THE NO REVENUE.
NO, IT'S 39 6 7 8 3, I BELIEVE.
AND THIS ALSO INCREASES A SENIOR EXEMPTION OF 75,000.
WE'RE AT THE 3 9 5 A ELECTION.
AND THIS, THIS ITEM ALSO INCREASES THE SENIOR EXEMPTION TO $75,000.
IS THERE ANY, NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE A VICTORY LAP ON THAT? NOPE.
HEY, I, ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE.
ALRIGHT, SO SIR, 11 A, UH, SIR, WE NEED FIRST AND FINAL.
ALRIGHT, I'LL MOVE FOR FIRST AND FINAL SECOND.
THAT WORKS, RIGHT?
THAT'S, HEY, I, I WENT TO LAMAR.
[11A. 23-0437 Consider and take action on a resolution approving the 12-month retail lease agreement for Soulfreak Café to operate inside the Burd House located at 510 2nd Street League City, Texas (Director of Communication and Community Engagement)]
TO 11 A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 12 MONTH RETAIL LEASE AGREEMENT FOR SOLE FREE CAFE TO OPERATE INSIDE THE BIRD HOUSE, LOCATED FIVE TEN SECOND STREET AND LEAGUE CITY.I'LL TRY AGAIN WITH THE MOTION TO PROVE
YOU KNOW, ALSO LOVE THAT IT'S A FINITE CONTRACT.
WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES, YOU KNOW? YEP.
ALRIGHT, PASS THE SEVEN TO ZERO REPORTS FROM
[12. REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS]
STAFF MEMBERS.JUST, JUST ONE QUICK, I SAY QUICK, QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.
RELATIVE TO ALL THE CONVERSATIONS RELATED TO THE, UH, CAT PROGRAM THAT TRAPPED NEUTER IN RETURN.
I THINK MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE KIND OF STARTED A NEW COMMUNITY OUTREACH CALLED LEAGUE CITY LISTENS.COM.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HELP ENGAGE THE CITIZENS OTHER THAN MEETINGS, UM, TO USE THAT TOOL AND PERHAPS REACH OUT TO US THROUGH THAT.
AND IT'S A VISIT, VISIT, IT'S, UH, LEAGUE CITY.COM/KATZ TO PROVIDE INPUT THROUGH THAT TOOL.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE A, A MEETING, A PUBLIC MEETING TO GET INTEREST AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UH, COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT, UH, MEETS THE EXPECTATIONS.
[13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS]
COUNCIL MEMBERS' COMMENTS AND REPORTS.ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN OR DISCUSSED.
UM, ACTUALLY, MAYOR PRO TEM, ANDY MANS FIRST ON THE LIST, UM, AND I HAVE NO COMMENTS.
JUSTIN HICKS, YOU HAVE MY TIME TONIGHT.
CHAD TRESSLER, YOU HAVE MY TIME.
[02:20:01]
SEAN SAUNDERS.I DO WANT TO REPORT ON MY THUNDER'S ALREADY BEEN STOLEN BY A COUPLE OTHERS ON THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS REVIEW BOARD.
I WILL SAY I WAS VERY PROUD OF THE BOARD.
THEY DID, THEY REVIEWED THE BOOKS THAT WAS NECESSARY TO BE REVIEWED, CAME BACK, HAD LIVELY DISCUSSION, EVEN THOUGH I HAD TO DEPART FOR A LITTLE BIT TO, FOR ANOTHER MEETING I HAD TO DEAL WITH.
UM, THEY HAD VERY GOOD DISCUSSION OVER IT.
THEY VOTED IT, IT, IT WORKED JUST LIKE IT SHOULD.
UM, WHEN IT CAME TO THE TWO BOOKS THAT WERE ALREADY CATEGORIZED IN THE RIGHT AREA, THERE WASN'T EVEN IN A DISCUSSION, THEY WERE LIKE, THIS IS ALREADY IN THE ADULT SECTION.
THERE WAS A MOTION TO JUST DISMISS 'EM.
THEY WERE DISMISSED AND THEY MOVED ON.
THERE WAS A TOPIC BROUGHT UP THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT ON THE ADULT BOOKS, IN THE ADULT BOOK SECTION, PRIMARILY FOR BOOKS THAT DON'T MEET HISTORICAL ACCURACIES OR OUR PROPAGANDA NATURE.
THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
THERE'S BEEN A BOOK IN THE PAST THAT WAS DONATED TO THE LIBRARY.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS COUNCIL ARE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT AND ADDRESS.
ALSO, UH, I PLAN ON TRYING TO MEET WITH THE LIBRARIAN HERE THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER WITH HER.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, LIKE I SAID, I WANT, I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THE COMMITTEE.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB LAST NIGHT.
EVEN THE DEFERRING VIEWPOINTS THAT ALL OF THEM HAVE, THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER AND WORKED TO, TO, TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES.
JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS, NINE 11 WAS YESTERDAY.
JUST SAY THANK YOU TO FIRE POLICE, E M SS, PUBLIC WORKS, NURSES AND DOCTORS, EVERYBODY THAT HAD A HAND IN, UH, NINE 11, UM, SAD DAY.
IT'S 22ND YEAR, BUT, UM, JUST GO OUT AND SAY HELLO TO 'EM AND SHAKE THEIR HAND FOR, FOR PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY.
FIRST, I WANNA WELCOME THE CHIEF.
I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB.
SO, UH, I'M HAPPY, HAPPY TO HAVE YOU OFFICIALLY ONBOARD.
UM, FOR THE, I I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS MUCH OF A, A SECRET.
I WAS PRETTY FRUSTRATED WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I KNOW THAT PEOPLE KEPT SAYING IT WENT SMOOTHER, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE, I THINK THERE'S SOME CHANGES THAT COULD BE MADE AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO SIT WITH, UH, WITH JOHN AND ANGIE AT OVER LUNCH TO, TO KIND OF GO OVER THOSE PIECES.
THE, UM, THE, FOR THE, FOR THE ITEM ABOUT THE LIBRARY THAT, THAT HAS COME UP.
AND, AND I AGREE WITH, WITH COUNCILMAN SAUNDERS THAT THE MEETING WENT VERY, VERY WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO, AND THIS WOULD BE KIND OF A JOHN, UM, QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED ACTION TO ACTUALLY KIND OF GO THROUGH AND LEGISLATE THIS ANYMORE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD JUST DO A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO WHERE YOU COULD JUST GIVE DIRECTIONS TO THE LIBRARIAN FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF REMOVAL OF OUTDATED BOOKS OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED THE COUNCIL ON THOSE THINGS, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, THANK YOU GUYS.
SO MAYOR LONG IS THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST, AND, UH, I'LL JUST PRETEND I'M MAYOR LONG AND THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU IN THIS CAPACITY.
OH,
I AM BY RECOGNIZING JOHN BOWEN.
ALL RIGHT WITH THAT, UH, ITEM 14 IS
[14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)]
EXECUTIVE SESSION.UH, MAYOR MARK SMART TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 55 5 1 0 7 2, GOVERNMENT CODE DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY.
UH, WE'LL GO INTO CITY COUNCIL.
WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SUB D OF THE OPEN MEETING ACT.
ALL ON THIS DAY, UH, 12TH OF SEPTEMBER 20, UH, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2023.
YEAH, THAT WAS A, WAS A TRAIN WRECK.
WELL, I ACTUALLY, I, ALL RIGHT.
CITY COUNCIL HAS COMPLETED ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS 12TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023 AT 8:57 PM COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.
THERE WERE NO FINAL ACTIONS, DECISION OR VOTE WITH REGARD TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)]
A, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION CONCERNING POTENTIAL PURCHASE OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS.I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMANDS OF THREE RIGHTS OF WAY PARCELS TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION SECOND HEARING.
[02:25:01]
NO DISCUSSION.PASSES THE SEVEN TO ZERO 15 B HAS BEEN STRUCK.
15 C, THERE'S NO ACTION ON 15 C.
AND AT 8 58, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING.