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APPRECIATE THE[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]
CITY COUNCIL.THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY TEXAS WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A REGULAR MEETING ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2023 AT 6:07 PM UH, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PASTOR CLINT DERU FROM DOMINION CHURCH, WHO WILL BE OUR INVOCATION SPEAKER THIS EVENING.
MS. I DID MISS ROLL CALL BECAUSE IT'S ROLL CALL IN A MINUTE.
HOW YOU DOING? I SEEN YOU TOMORROW.
PRAY OR OR PRESENT? PLEDGE FIRST.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME 10 MINUTES TO PRAY.
AS IS OUR TRADITION AT OUR CHURCH.
UH, MY SOUL'S A LITTLE DOWNCAST.
NUMBER ONE, I JUST WANT YOU TO REALIZE I'M A COUGAR.
OH, ARE YOU REALLY? I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE AIR TONIGHT.
AND THEN HOW MANY RANGER FANS DO WE HAVE IN THE HOUSE EVERY NIGHT?
WE'RE HAPPIER PEOPLE WHEN THE ASTROS WIN.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
GOD, WE HONOR LORD, LEADERSHIP AND FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE LORD EVERY DECISION THAT'S MADE.
FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU ORDER THE STEPS OF, UH, THESE MEN AND WOMEN.
AND FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE OUR CITY, UH, TO GREATER TIMES.
I PRAY FOR YOUR DIRECTION AND I PRAY FOR YOUR PEACE.
WE PRAYED IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER, UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE, OR HONOR.
AND IT'S
ALRIGHT, WE'LL DO ROLL CALL REAL QUICK.
[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
A OCTOBER 10TH, 2023.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? IF NOT, THESE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL]
PUBLIC COMMENTS.UH, THE FIRST PERSON WE HAVE IS, OH, SO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.
COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL IN NATURE OR MAY ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM.
KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING AND DECORUM WILL BE MAINTAINED AS SUCH.
UH, THE FIRST PERSON IS CARL GLAZE.
HE SPOKE, HE SPOKE EARL, HE SPOKE ALREADY.
I LIVE AT 25 0 1 ROBIN CROSSING LANE, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOLIDAY IN THE PARK.
GUYS, IT IS TIME AGAIN TO, UH, START INVITING THE CITY OUT, GETTING Y'ALL EXCITED ABOUT HOLIDAY IN THE PARK.
THIS IS OUR 26TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY IN THE PARK.
SO, UM, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO, UM, TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING THIS YEAR.
WE DO HAVE A FUN THEME THIS YEAR.
WE'RE DOING NATIONAL LAMP, NATIONAL LAMPOONS, UM, UH, CHRISTMAS VACATION.
SO, UM, I KNOW THE CITY ALWAYS DOES A GREAT FLOAT FOR US AND A LOT OF Y'ALL ARE INVOLVED.
SO GET YOUR CHRISTMAS VACATION, UH, THEME GOING.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE LOTS OF RVS AND, UH, STUFF THIS YEAR.
SO WE, UH, HOPE THAT Y'ALL HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THE THEME THIS YEAR.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN USING THE THEME, BRINGING THE MAGIC TO MAIN STREET FOR 26 YEARS.
SO YOU'RE, UM, ALSO INVITED TO USE THAT THEME ON YOUR FLOATS.
IF, UH, YOU WANNA BRING MAGIC TO MAIN STREET, UM, WE AS ALWAYS HAVE A THREE DAY EVENT.
UM, THE VENDORS ALL COME IN, WE OPEN AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
UH, WE HAVE A MOVIE IN THE PARK AT SEVEN.
UM, MRS. CLAUS READS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO THE KIDS.
AND, UM, AND THEN WE START THE HOLIDAY OFF WITH SOME CARTOONS FOR THE KIDS.
SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK WE HAVE A, UM, CHILDREN'S PARADE FOR THE KIDS.
THEY LINE UP OVER AT BUTLER'S COURTYARD AND, UH, MOVE INTO THE PARK IN THE EVENING IS ON SATURDAY.
THE SECOND IS THE, UH, GRAND NIGHT PARADE STARTS AT SIX O'CLOCK.
AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE, UM, WILL, UH, BLOCK OFF THE CITY STREETS AT
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FIVE O'CLOCK AT HIGHWAY THREE AND AT TWO 70.SO, UM, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE IN THEIR PLACE BY FIVE O'CLOCK BEFORE YOU START.
WE DO THE GRAND NIGHT PARADE AT SIX.
AND THEN ON SUNDAY WE HAVE A KID, UH, HAVE THE PET PARADE AT, UM, TWO O'CLOCK, ONE O'CLOCK
UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE SOMETHING ELSE EXCITING ON SUNDAY THAT WE'LL ANNOUNCE LATER, BUT, UM, A GREAT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS GONNA BE HONORED ON SUNDAY AS WELL.
UM, SO WE WANNA INVITE ALL OF YOU.
WE WANNA THANK THE CITY FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US FOR HOLIDAY IN THE PARK, WHAT YOU DO THAT WEEKEND, AND WHAT YOU DO BEFORE THAT.
UM, AS WELL ALL OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY FROM THE POLICE, UM, THE STREET SWEEPING AND YOUR SUPPORT AS, UM, COUNCILMEN THAT, THAT COME OUT AND, AND ENJOY THE PARADE EVERY YEAR.
UM, WE DO THANK BUTLER'S COURTYARD THAT HAS A PARTY FOR US.
UM, THEY SUPPORT US ALL YEAR TOO.
SO WE WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU AND INVITE YOU TO COME OUT THE FIRST, SECOND, AND 3RD OF DECEMBER.
I'M LIVY JOHNSON AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH HOLIDAY IN THE PARK SINCE 2017 WHEN HARVEY HIT.
AND I CALLED AND VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE OVER SOME OF, UM, THE HALLEY'S CHORES 'CAUSE SHE WAS LIVING UP AT THE HOSPITAL.
SO THAT'S MY INVOLVEMENT AND HOW I GOT STRUNG INTO THIS.
BUT, UH, I'VE ENJOYED EVERY BIT OF IT.
AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT, UH, I STARTED IN 2017.
WE HAVE, WELL, LIKE SHE SAID, UH, THAT NIGHT WE HAVE THE MOVIE, WE HAVE MRS. CLAUS, AND THEN WE GIVE THE KIDS CHOCOLATE AND THE CITY PROVIDES, UH, POPCORN FOR, SO IT'S WONDERFUL.
AND THEY GET A, A LITTLE TREAT AT NIGHT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME BRISK SO THAT THEY CAN GET IN THE MOOD.
WE'RE HAVING A NEW EVENT THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF, THE ELEMENTARY C-C-I-S-D HONOR CHOIR IS GOING TO START HOLIDAY IN THE PARK ON SATURDAY MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK.
AND IT'S EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE SPECIAL STUDENTS WITH THEIR VOICES, THEY WILL BE UP THERE STARTING THE ENTERTAINMENT FOR HOLIDAY IN THE PARK.
AND THEN WE START WITH THE CHILDREN'S PARADE ONCE AGAIN, AND THEY GO UP TO SANTA AND GET THEIR PICTURES.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE, UH, VICTORY LAKES ORCHESTRA, CLEAR SPRINGS, HONOR CHOIR, UM, METHODIST CHURCH, HAND BELLS.
UM, I HAVE A ZUMBA AND I HAVE STEEL DRUMS AND MORE CHOIRS AND MORE DANCE STUDIOS.
UH, ON SUNDAY WE ARE STARTING SOMETHING NEW BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THAT WE'RE NOT THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW ON RODEO, BUT WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT DO ARTWORK.
SO I REACHED OUT TO THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT AT C-C-I-S-D AND THE ART TEACHERS OF THE THREE SCHOOLS IN LAKE CITY AND THE ART STUDENTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE PARK AT 11 O'CLOCK AND DEPICT, THEY'RE BRINGING MAGIC TO MAIN STREET.
WE WILL HAVE JUDGES THAT ARE LOCAL ARTISTS AND THEY WILL JUDGE THEIR ENTRIES AND FIRST PLACE, WE'VE ALREADY GOT A THOUSAND DOLLARS SCHOLARSHIP TO GIVE TO THEM FOR COLLEGE.
SECOND PLACE IS 500, AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL, TWO FIFTIES FOR THIRD AND FOURTH.
AND ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO DONATE, I CAN GO FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH.
SO JUST IF YOU, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE STARTING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ANOTHER WAY OF GETTING THE ARTS INVOLVED BESIDES JUST BAND AND DANCE AND CHEER.
SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR NEW, NEW EVENTS ON SUNDAY AND IT'S FROM 11 TO TWO.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, THE STEEL DRUMS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, CLEAR FALLS, TROUBADOURS, AND, UH, MARIA, NOT MARIACHI, UKULELES WE HAVE ON SATURDAY.
SO I REALLY, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN INVITED, BUT I REALLY WISH I COULD SEE YOUR FACES.
COME SEE ME IN THE ENTERTAINMENT AREA AND UH, I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT THERE FOR THE ART PROJECT SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN SEE THAT WE ARE LEAGUE CITY PROUD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO? ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL GO TO SKIP HARTLEY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
UM, ANYWAY, UM, I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE CITY STAND IS ON, ON A HOUSE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN EYESORE.
I BRING TO Y'ALL ONE THIS EVENING THAT IS AT 30 10 SHADY LANE.
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HOUSE WAS IN DEPLORABLE SHAPE.UH, AT SOME POINT THE CITY ACTUALLY INSPECTED IT AND TOLD THE RESIDENTS THEY HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF RAT INFESTATION.
THE HOUSE WAS PUT UP FOR SALE BY THE OWNERS.
UM, SOME INVESTMENT GUY BOUGHT IT AND, UH, HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO IT.
UM, THE HOUSE, UH, IS JUST BEEN SITTING THERE.
LEAGUE CITY IS CURRENTLY MOWING THEIR LAWN AND FINDING THE INDIVIDUAL THAT OWNS THE HOUSE, WHICH I DON'T THINK ANYTHING HAS HAPPENED.
I TOOK THREE, I BROUGHT THREE PICTURES TONIGHT OF THE HOUSE, SO YOU COULD SEE WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S ROTTEN HOLES WHERE THE VERMIN HAD BEEN GETTING INTO THE HOUSE.
UM, I TOOK THESE PICTURES ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN THE HOUSE WAS BEING SHOWN FOR SALE.
I MEAN, YOU COULD SEE ALL THE FOOD AND GARBAGE AND EVERYTHING IN IT.
UM, ABOUT ABOUT A WEEK AGO, THERE WAS A NEWS STORY ON 13 ABOUT A HOUSE IN NASSAU BAY THAT WAS SIMILAR SITUATION WAS OWNED BY ASTRONAUT JIM IRWIN AND MOST RECENTLY BY MAY JAMESON AND MAY JAMESON HAS JUST LET THE HOUSE GO.
CITY OF NASSAU BAY HAS MOVED TO HAVE THE HOUSE, UM, RAISED.
IT'S JUST, IT'S THAT FAR GONE.
I REALLY WISH THE CITY WOULD LOOK INTO HAVING THIS HOUSE RAISED.
IT IS AN EYESORE AND IT WILL MOST CERTAINLY NOT BE SOLD IN THIS CONDITION.
THE MAN WANTS ENTIRELY TOO MUCH MONEY FOR IT.
THE CITY'S FOOTING THE BILL ON IT AT THIS POINT.
I'M SURE THERE'S LE I'M SURE LEGAL'S ALREADY INVOLVED WITH IT IN SOME CAPACITY, BUT, UH, I'M GONNA LEAVE THESE PICTURES WITH YOU'ALL IF Y'ALL PLEASE PASS THEM DOWN SO THAT EVERYBODY COULD TAKE A LOOK.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT THREE 10 SHADY LANE, THREE 10 SHADY LANE I 30 10.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FULL OF VERMIN STILL.
THE NEIGHBORS ON EITHER SIDE ARE JUST, THEY'RE LIKE, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.
ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT SHE GOT CALLED INTO WORK, SO I'M HERE ON HER BEHALF.
BUT ANYWAY, I WANTED TO PRESENT THAT TO Y'ALL AND PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S, IT'S A REAL BAD EYESORE ON OUR STREET.
THANK Y'ALL FOR ALLOWING THIS TIME.
STAFF WILL LOOK INTO IT AND GET BACK TO EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL.
AND SEAN BYERS, DOES IT START WHEN I START TALKING? WHENEVER YOU OH, OKAY.
UH, AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, THERE WAS AN ETHICS REVIEW BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW, THIS WAS LIKE THE THIRD OR FOURTH COMPLAINT MAYBE.
UM, AND IT'S PRETTY, BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
UH, ONE COUNCIL MEMBER FILING AGAINST ANOTHER, AND JUST AS THE OTHER MEETINGS WENT, THIS ONE, UM, WAS PRETTY UNEVENTFUL AS FAR AS REMEDIES OR DECISIONS OR THOSE SORTS OF THINGS GOES.
UM, BUT AT THE HEART OF THE VERY MATTER, ACTUALLY, THE COMPLAINT, IT HAD TO DO WITH THE WEBSITE AND THE, THE, THE ISSUE WAS THAT SOMEBODY MADE A WEBSITE CRITICAL OF A MEMBER OF COUNCIL AND THEIR POLICIES AND SOME OF THEIR COLLEAGUES.
AND THIS MEMBER OF COUNCIL DECIDED THAT IT WASN'T ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE THIS WEBSITE.
SO THEY WENT ON WHAT I WOULD CALL A WITCH HUNT.
UH, THAT STARTED, I BELIEVE, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT LED TO THE ETHICS COMPLAINT, UM, WAS BECAUSE THAT MEMBER OF COUNCIL THOUGHT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY CREATED IT.
WELL, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS STATED LAST NIGHT THAT AFFIDAVITS WERE SIGNED, THAT THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
SO IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT WAS ALL THAT ABOUT IN THE FIRST PLACE? I MEAN, THIS MEMBER OF COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, TAKES IT LIKE A CHAMP APPARENTLY, OR SO THEY SAY, BUT YET, YET THIS, THIS ISSUE STUNG SO BAD THAT THEY STARTED HARASSING CITY EMPLOYEES, A WHOLE DEPARTMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND NO ETHICS VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND.
I MEAN, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THESE KIND OF ACTIONS ARE PERMISSIBLE IN OUR CITY WHEN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HARASS INDIVIDUAL CITY EMPLOYEES, ENTIRE DEPARTMENTS? AND LET'S EXPAND THAT TO LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, FEMALE ONES AT THAT, WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE AND WHAT IS NOT OUR ETHICS, UH, ORDINANCES DO NOT COVER THAT.
BUT GETTING BACK TO THAT WEBSITE, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO PASS UP ON THIS PART.
SO THE QUESTION I HAD IS, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT WEBSITE ABOUT A MONTH AGO? IT DISAPPEARED, JUST VANISHED IN MIDAIR.
NOW, I DON'T THINK IT WAS RELATED TO THE ETHICS COMPLAINT, UH, UNTIL THE OWNER OF THE WEBSITE APPROACHED ME BECAUSE I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE ASKING ME IF I MADE IT NOW AND I PUT MY NAME ON MY WORK.
OKAY? WHEN I, WHEN I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, I'LL ATTACH MY NAME TO IT.
THAT'S PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED.
UH, BUT THE OWNER OF THIS SITE, UM, DECIDED TO STAY ANONYMOUS.
UM, BUT THAT PERSON APPROACHED ME ABOUT A MONTH AGO, UH, AND LET ME KNOW THAT A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL HAD FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION ABOUT THIS WEBSITE.
AND IT WAS THE SAME CHAMP, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
SO, SO THAT SITE WAS TAKEN DOWN AS A RESULT OF THAT TACTIC AND OTHER TACTICS TOO, THAT I'M, I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO DISCUSS.
THEY'RE DISGUSTING BY THE WAY.
BUT DON'T WORRY, THE SITE'S GONNA BE
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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT SOON.I CAN'T SAY WHO YET, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT JUST LIKE THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS, THERE WILL BE A PAC REGISTERED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IT WILL BE IMMUNE FROM ETHICS COMPLAINTS.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE'LL DO THE CONSENT AGENDA.SEEING NOBODY ON LET'S VOTE SEAN.
MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS. THERE ARE NONE.
[8A. 23-0428 Consider and take action on Ordinance No. 2023-18 adopted pursuant to Texas H.B. 969, which allows a municipality to impose a civil penalty for interference with child custody as described under Texas Penal Code Section 25.03 - Second Reading (Council Member Hicks and Council Member Cones)]
EIGHT A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH 18 ADOPTED PURSUANT TO TEXAS HB 9 6 9, WHICH ALLOWS A MUNICIPALITY TO IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CHILD CUSTODY AS DESCRIBED IN TEXAS PENAL CODE SECTION 25.03.SECOND READING, COUNSEL, APPROVE THE FIRST READING FIVE THREE ON JUNE 27, 23, 3 AND SECOND.
READING TO TAKE PLACE AFTER THE, AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 1ST.
SECOND, UM, ARE WE MOVING TO APPROVE ON THE, THE UPDATED RED LINES? YES.
NO, I DO I NEED TO PUT THAT IN THE MOTION? YES, SIR.
UH, SUBJECT TO THE NEW RED LINES AND THE NEW LANGUAGE FOR THE SECOND READING.
HEY, UM, SO WHEN WE PASSED THE FIRST READING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAD RECALLED THAT I ASKED FOR IT TO BE AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST.
UH, JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ENFORCE THE LAW UNTIL AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST.
I, I HELD THIS BACK FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS WE HAD OVER THERE WAS ENFORCEMENT.
SO I MADE SURE TO AT LEAST DO IT AS RESPONSIBLY AS POSSIBLE, WORK WITH LEGAL.
AND THEN I ACTUALLY WAITED UNTIL THE SENATOR, UH, BROUGHT DOWN SOME STUDY FROM A FAMILY LAW GROUP THAT HE CHARGED FOR, YOU KNOW, LOCAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS COMING BACK.
AND, UM, I THINK LEGAL WENT THROUGH AND DID THEIR HOMEWORK WITH THE, THE LANGUAGE FROM SENATOR MAYS.
AND, UH, THEY SAY THAT WE'RE PRETTY CONSISTENT, SO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE PASSING IT.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, UM, THE RED LINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OUT OBVIOUSLY BEFORE WE'RE SITTING DOWN THE NIGHT.
REGARDLESS, I'M NOT SAYING WHO IT IS, I'M JUST SAYING, BUT ALSO AS I READ THIS NOW, THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS $500.
AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS A STEPPING STONE TO GET US TO THE POINT WHERE A PEN, A FELONY MAY BE FILED.
AND IF IT'S NOT IN HERE, A FELONY'S NOT ENFORCEABLE.
THIS YEAR IS JUST ANOTHER THING THAT LEAGUE CITY, WE JUST DON'T NEED TO BE, TO BE MESSING WITH.
WE'VE GOT BIGGER THINGS TO, TO CONSIDER THAN THIS, BUT THIS IN ITSELF IS JUST WROUGHT WITH DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU READ IT, IT SOUNDS WELL, OKAY, BUT IF WE COME BACK AND YOU JUST SAY, OKAY, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE? SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE, TO THE MOM AND THE DAD WHO ARE ARGUING AND THE MOM DOESN'T.
THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA MEET AT THE PARK.
THEY'RE FIVE MINUTES LATE, AND SO THEY DON'T MEET UP.
NOW, THERE'S NOBODY ON THE SCENE, UM, WHO'S GONNA LAUNCH THIS INVESTIGATION, WHO INSTIGATES IT BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT WE, THAT THE INVESTIGATION BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO CONDUCT THIS VIOLATION.
SO WHO'S GOING TO BE THE COMPLAINANT AND HOW LONG ARE WE GONNA DO IT? ARE WE, IS THIS GONNA BE SOMETHING TO WHERE THESE ANGRY PARENTS ARE JUST GOING BACK AND FORTH? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS ALREADY OVER TRYING TO, WILL DECIDE WHERE THESE THINGS ARE.
THAT'S THE REASON IT'S A FELONY.
SO WE'RE COMING BACK AND BRINGING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN AND, AND EVEN IF THE, THE STATE SENATOR SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS WORKS, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT SHOULD BE IN PLACE.
JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING WORKS DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD DO IT.
THE THE OTHER THING IS ONCE, IF WE DO GO THROUGH THIS PENAL CODE, DO WE THEN HAND IT OVER TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY? UM, IS THIS SOMETHING TO WHERE SOMEONE ACTUALLY GETS TICKETED? UH, IT SAYS, NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THIS GONNA CREATE A KINDA LIKE THE SIDEWALK SITUATION TO WHERE IF, IF THE CITY DOESN'T, IF THE POLICE DON'T COME OUT AND INVESTIGATE SOMETHING, THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE UP HERE AND THEY'RE GONNA BE CALLING SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT ENFORCING OUR OWN LAWS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, DO WE, SORRY, I GOTTA, I GOTTA, LET ME
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TICK THROUGH JUST THE, I I HAD SO MANY FRICKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.AND THEN NOW SINCE THE CITY ATTORNEY IS GONNA BE AUTHORIZED TO FILE SUIT IN THE COUNTY OR DISTRICT COURT, ARE WE NOW PAYING AN ATTORNEY TO DEFEND OUR SIDE OF IT? IF, IF SO, THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE ALL TO SAY $500.
THE BETTER BILL WOULD BE THAT IF THEY CAN'T DO THIS, THAT YOU WRITE BOTH PARENTS $500 AND THAT THOSE $500 GO TO FAMILY COUNSELING.
I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT A MUNICIPAL COURT BECAUSE OUR MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE IS A FAMILY LAW AND THAT WE'D BE CRUISING, SHE'D BE ACCUSING HERSELF ALL THE TIME.
SO I HOPE WE DON'T END UP BRINGING IT BACK TO THERE.
AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN VOTE THIS DOWN.
I EXPRESSED, UH, QUITE A FEW CONCERNS ABOUT THIS WHEN IT WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO US.
UM, AND WE WERE TOLD THERE WOULD BE A WORKSHOP BEFORE IT WAS BACK.
I'LL JUST SAY MY PART REAL QUICK.
AND LIKE MR. CRUZ SAID THAT THE RESULTS AND THE, UH, AND THE STUDY SHOWED IT ACTUALLY DOES WORK.
RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHY THE STATE SENATOR WOULDN'T HAVE PUT THIS TOGETHER.
UH, AND IT GIVES SOME KIND OF INTERMEDIATE STEP LIKE ANY OTHER LAW THAT IS BEING ENFORCED, RIGHT? THE POLICE HAVE SOME LEVEL OF LEEWAY, RIGHT? YOU DON'T GET A TICKET AUTOMATICALLY FOR GOING ONE MILE AN HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT.
IF YOU'RE FIVE MINUTES LATE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA PROBABLY WRITE YOU A TICKET.
THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF JUDGMENT IN ANY KIND OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND OUR, AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS USED TO MAKING THAT, THAT LEVEL OF JUDGMENT.
AND THESE FAMILY COURT THINGS CAN ALWAYS BE DIFFICULT AND PROBLEMATIC AND GIVING THE POLICE AND GIVING THE LEGAL SYSTEM ANOTHER OPTION THAT DOESN'T RESULT IN A FELONY WILL HELP WITH ENFORCEMENT.
AND THE STUDIES SHOW THAT, AND IT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED ACROSS OTHER STATES AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS COMING FORWARD.
SO I'M VOTING, UH, YES, BUT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE RIGHT NOW.
MOTION PASSES 5 4 3 AGAINST, UH, TRESSLER BONE, WHICH, UH, THERE IS NO NEW BUSINESS.
THERE IS, UH, THE ITEMS AND SUPPLEMENTAL HAD BEEN PULLED.
SO YOU'LL GO STRAIGHT TO REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS.
ALRIGHT, UH, ANDY MAY, WE'RE GOING INTO IT'S NUMBER 13 COUNCIL
[13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS]
MEMBER'S COMMENTS.UH, WE DO SUPPORT A COURT OF RECORD.
UH, THERE'S ONE ISSUE THAT WAS VERY PARAMOUNT THAT I SAW AND SPOKE TO THE JUDGE ABOUT, AND THAT IS PEOPLE BEING SU UM, NOTIFIED OF JURY DUTY AND NOT TURNING OUT.
THEY NOTIFIED 150 PEOPLE TODAY.
UH, AND THAT'S BECOMING A REGULAR ISSUE.
PART OF YOUR CIVIC DUTY IS IF YOU WANT THE RIGHT TO VOTE, YOU ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO SIT AT A JURY TRIAL.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO BECAUSE THE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK WITHOUT YOU.
IT'S NOT US, IT'S NOT THE JUDGE, IT'S NOT THE LAWYERS, IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP TO MAKE THE DECISIONS.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU GET SOMEONE FOR JURY DUTY, PLEASE SHOW UP.
MR. MAYOR, I WANNA BRING UP TWO THINGS.
UM, ONE, RECENTLY WE HAD THAT HUNTER'S EDUCATION CLASS THAT, UH, THEY ENDED UP EXPANDING IT TO 50 PEOPLE.
IT WAS A PACKED HOUSE, UH, THAT HAD PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE, LAKE CITY, SANTA FE, SURROUNDING AREAS AND EVERYTHING.
IT WAS A VERY, VERY BIG SUCCESS, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TO IT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE PUT IN TWO LITTLE POINTS OF INTEREST HERE.
TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE LEAGUE CITY, C-C-I-S-D AND DISD HAS SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS NEXT WEEK.
DICKSON, ISD, YOU KNOW, I'M PARTIAL TO THAT 'CAUSE MY SON AND CLEARBROOK, UH, IT WILL, THEY WILL BOTH BE IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SAN ANTONIO, OCTOBER 30TH.
IF THEY MAKE IT TO FINALS, THEY WILL PERFORM IN THE FINALS.
I'M NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER, BUT ANYWAYS, UH, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY IN THESE BANDS, CHEER 'EM ON, THESE
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KIDS WORK THEIR BUTTS OFF.IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THEM WORK AND DO THIS STUFF, THIS ISN'T, THEY DON'T JUST SIT AROUND.
SO I'M PROUD OF ALL THESE, ALL THESE KIDS, AND I'LL BE SEEING 'EM AT SAN ANTONIO HERE NEXT WEEK.
UH, TODAY I GOT TO GO TO DEVEREAUX AND TAKE A TOUR.
THEY HAD A, A TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT, SO THEY BROUGHT OUT ALL KINDS OF PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES AND PUBLIC WORKS TRUCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND GOT TO KIND OF HEAR THE NEW MISSION OF DEVEREUX.
IT'S NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING WITH AUTISTIC KIDS ON KIND OF VOCATIONAL AND JUST GETTING THEM READY TO GO OUT IN THE REAL WORLD BY THEMSELVES.
UH, AND THEY'RE FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND THEY'RE WORKING ON KIND OF A DAY PROGRAM AS WELL FOR LOCAL KIDS.
AND SO IT'S PRETTY AMAZING HOW THEY'VE CHANGED THE, THE MISSION.
UH, IT'S PROBABLY A, A MISSION I CAN SUPPORT MORE THAN THE FORMER MISSION
BUT, UH, AND IT, AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING.
AND, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS REAL NEAT AND THANKS TO THE CITY FOR, YOU KNOW, SPENDING THE TIME AND BRINGING OUT ALL THAT EQUIPMENT.
AND YOU COULD SEE THAT, UH, SOME OF THOSE KIDS WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE, THE GEAR AND THE, THE, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAME OUT.
[14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)]
GO INTO, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SUB CHAPTER D, THE OPENS MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 5 51 AT ALL THE GOVERNMENT CODE IN THE 24TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023 AT 6:33 PM THE CITY
[15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)]
COUNCIL HAS COMPLETED ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE 24TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023 AT 6:45 PM THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.THERE IS NO FINAL ACTION, DECISION OR VOTE REGARDING ANY MATTER.
CONSIDER AN EXECUTIVE SESSION JUST CONCLUDED.
15 A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.
THERE IS NO ACTION AND WE WILL ADJOURN AT 6:45 PM.