* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. THERE'S NO, NO. [00:00:01] AND YOU, MY ENTIRE CAREER OF 30 SOMETHING YEARS, NO ONE'S PRESS [1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS] CODE . YOU DON'T. THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LEAGUE C TEXAS, WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A REGULAR MEETING ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023 AT 6:00 PM UH, ROLL CALL. ANDY MANN. HERE. TOMMY CONES HERE. TOM CRUISE. HERE. JUSTIN HICKS. HERE. CHAD TRESSLER. HERE. SEAN SAUNDERS. HERE. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PAT, PASTOR, UH, PETER CMAR. UH, CNO CNO, UH, WITH LEAGUE CITY, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WHO WILL BE OUR INVOCATION SPEAKER THIS EVENING. SORRY FOR BUTCHERING YOUR LAST NAME THERE. RIGHT? UM, BUT IS IT, UH, UH, DON'T MIND IF YOU, UM, PRONOUNCE MY NAME WRONG JUST AS LONG AS YOU SAY IT. RIGHT. , UM, UH, MAYOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UM, I COME TO YOU FROM LEAGUE CITY, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WITH 120 PLUS YEARS, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. UH, THANKFUL TO BE INVITED TO BEGIN, UH, THIS MEETING WITH SCRIPTURE AND PRAYER. UM, LET US PRAY, GRACIOUS AND EVER PRESENT. GOD, AS WE GATHER HERE AT THE DAWN OF ADVENT, A SEASON OF PROFOUND EXPECTATION AND REFLECTION, WE'RE REMINDED OF THE JOURNEY OF YOUR SON, OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, THE LORD. AND SO LORD, IN THIS SACRED SEASON OF WAITING, GUIDE THIS COUNCIL, IN THE SPIRIT OF HUMILITY AND TRUTH, MAY THE DISCUSSIONS HAD IN THIS ROOM, THE DECISIONS THAT ARE ENACTED IN THIS PLACE REFLECT THE DEPTH AND SINCERITY THAT ADVENT CALLS US TO AS WE PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF, UH, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. MAYOR OBSERVANCES OF ADVENT EMPHASIZE THE HUMAN ELEMENTS OF THE STORY, SUCH AS MARY'S VULNERABILITY AS A YOUNG MOTHER AND JOSEPH'S ROLE AS A SUPPORTIVE PARTNER, INVITE US TO SEE THE BIBLICAL FIGURES, NOT JUST AS DISTANT HOLY CHARACTERS, BUT AS REAL RELATABLE PEOPLE. WE PRAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY OF LEAGUE CITY THAT IT MAY BE TOUCHED BY THAT SAME HONESTY AND VULNERABILITY THAT THE ADVENT SEASON TEACHES US. HELP US AS LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THIS CITY TO SEE THE NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS, TO HEAR THE UNSPOKEN CRIES OF THE MARGINALIZED, AND TO RESPOND WITH COMPASSION AND JUSTICE WHERE POSSIBLE. AND SO, LORD, UH, BLESS OUR GATHERING HERE TODAY. UH, WITH THE SPIRIT OF AN HONEST ADVENT, MAY WE APPROACH OUR TASKS WITH INTEGRITY, OUR CHALLENGES WITH COURAGE, AND OUR SUCCESSES WITH HUMILITY. ALL THIS WE ASK IN THE NAME OF THE ONE WHO CREATED US, REDEEMS US, AND SUSTAINS US. AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR. THE AMERICAN FLAG. MY PLEASURE, PLEASURE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TWO, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR TEXAS FLAG. I AS A TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS ONE, ONE STATE, A UNDER GOD, ONE, AND INVISIBLE. [3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] ALL RIGHT, APPROVAL OF MINUTES. NOVEMBER 14TH, 2023. REGULAR MEETING IF THERE ARE ANY CORRECTIONS. THESE MINUTES. IF NOT, THEY STAND APPROVED. THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS. [5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL] PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES. COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL NATURE OR MAY ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM. UH, OF COURSE, REMEMBER IT'S BUSINESS MEETING AND WE WILL CONDUCT IT AS SUCH. AND THE FIRST ONE NAME IS, UH, MALAN SWEENEY. HELLO, I'M MALAN SWEENEY. I AM A LEAGUE CITY RESIDENT, AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LEAGUE CITY PROUD ORGANIZATION, HOLIDAY IN THE PARK AND THE BAY AREA LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY LIONS. SORRY GUYS. NO SINGING, NO DANCING, NO COOKIES TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH BYRAM DID OFFER TO DANCE FOR YOU GUYS. BUT I PROMISE YOU, WITH THE THREE DAY EVENT, OVER 133 VENDORS, FOOD OPTIONS, LIVE, ENTERTAINMENT, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THAT STARTING FRIDAY AT HOLIDAY IN THE PARK THIS YEAR, WE'VE INCREASED. UM, ANGIE WILL TELL YOU A BIT MORE, BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT SPECIFICALLY TO TALK ABOUT THE SUNDAY EDITION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS PARADE. THIS PARADE, ALTHOUGH WE LOVE THE GRAND KNIGHT PARADE WITH ALL THE BELLS, WHISTLES, AND SOUNDS, CAN SOMETIMES BE TOO MUCH FOR SOME OF OUR FRIENDS. SO WE'VE CREATED A SMALL WALKING PARADE THAT STARTS AT THE BASKETBALL COURTS, GOES UP FOLLOWING THE LONG RAILROAD STREET, PAST THE CHRISTMAS TREE TO THE GAZEBO AND BACK, AND IT'S JUST A NICE LITTLE WALKING, WALKING OR ROLLING STROLLING. HOWEVER, HOWEVER, YOU'RE [00:05:01] ABLE TO DO THE PARADE, SINGING ALONG WITH SOME FUN CHARACTERS THAT WILL GREET AND THE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING THE PARADE WILL BE CONTRIBUTING AND GIVING THINGS TO THE PARADE PARTICIPANTS. IT IS ALL AGES, ALL ABILITY PARADE. WE WELCOME EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR, OUR FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT GRAND NIGHT PARADE. AND WE PROMISE THAT IT IS GONNA BE A GREAT EVENT FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S TRAVIS HUMPHREYS. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE TIME. UM, I'LL READ REAL QUICK THAT WAY I HIT MY MAJOR POINTS IN, UH, IN THE TIMEFRAME. SO MY NAME IS TRAVIS HUMPHREYS. I'M THE REGIONAL SALES MANAGER FOR COPPER WELD BUILDING WIRE. UH, I LIVE HERE LOCALLY. MY CHILDREN HAVE PLAYED SPORTS WITH SOME OF YOUR CHILDREN HERE IN LAKE CITY. SO IT'S NOT AS A CORPORATION COMING IN TO TRY AND GET SOMETHING DONE. I AM LOCAL. UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING REPEATEDLY, UH, THROUGH EMAIL AND PHONE CALLS TO ADDRESS THE CITY'S AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTRICAL CODE, WHICH RESTRICTS THE USE OF COPPER CLAD WIRING IN YOUR JURISDICTION. MANY OF THOSE PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS HAVE BEEN SENT TO FOLKS HERE ON THE COUNCIL. THE AMENDMENT IS BASED IN OPINION AND NOT BACKED BY MATERIAL TESTING OR FACT. I CHALLENGE THE COUNCIL OR AUTHORS OF THAT AMENDMENT TO FIND A FACTUAL REASON TO RESTRICT COPPER CLA WIRE. I HAVE SENT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT PLENTY OF INFORMATION FOR THEIR REVIEW AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, ALONG WITH OFFERING TO COME IN PERSONALLY AND TRAIN THE CITY'S INSPECTORS. COPPER CLAD WIRE HAS BEEN CODE APPROVED SINCE 1971. THIRD PARTIES HAVE SHOWN ITS PERFORMANCE TO EXCEED THAT OF COPPER. AND LASTLY, OFFERS PRICE RELIEF TO ELECTRICIANS, BUILDERS, AND HOME BUYERS IN A TIME OF INFLATED PRICING AND HIGH INTEREST RATES. IN ADDITION, THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY IS IN VIOLATION OF A STATE LAW HOUSE BILL 24 39, WHICH PREVENTS ANY JURISDICTION FROM RESTRICTING THE USE OF A CODE APPROVED PRODUCT. I'M REQUESTING A RESOLUTION IMMEDIATELY SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN LEAGUE CITY CAN REALIZE THE BENEFITS OF OUR PRODUCTS. THANK YOU, JACK MORE. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I'M, MY NAME IS JEFF MORELLO, 2,800 EAST LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT MY FAVORITE CANDIDATE IN THE WORLD, CATHERINE SWANSON. SHE IS GOING TO BE, UH, EXCUSE ME, SORRY. UH, CATHERINE IS GOING TO BE, UH, A MUCH NEEDED, UH, TEMPERING EFFECT ON THIS COUNCIL. SHE IS NOT FOR DIVISIVENESS, SHE IS NOT FOR PERSONALITY. SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY SPECIAL INTERESTS THAT CAN, UM, SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY SPECIAL INTERESTS THAT COULD, UH, THAT COULD ALTER HER OPINIONS OR, UH, THE WAY SHE WOULD VOTE. IF SHE GETS ELECTED TO THIS COUNCIL. SHE WOULD DO EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO WORK FOR YOU. THE CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY. SHE'S A REAL GOOD PERSON. SHE'S REALLY SMART, AND I REALLY LIKE HER. AND I THINK YI THINK IF Y'ALL GOT TO KNOW HER TOO, YOU WILL LIKE HER AS WELL. SO GIVE HER A LOOKUP ONLINE. YOU CAN FIND HER AT KATHERINE SWANSON FOR LEAGUE CITY AND FACEBOOK. OR YOU CAN GO TO HER WEBSITE, KATHERINE SWANSON, LL CTX.COM, AND, UH, JUST GIVE HER A LOOK. YOU'LL LIKE HER, I PROMISE. I LIKE HER. AND, UH, I THINK I'M A GOOD READ OF PEOPLE. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I WAS VERY INTERESTED TO SEE THAT WE WERE VOTING ON A MAYOR PRO, TIM. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH OUR CURRENT ONE, BUT I REACHED OUT TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPARENTLY IT'S JUST PROCEDURAL. 'CAUSE I WAS GETTING, I WAS, I WAS ABOUT TO GET MAD ON YOUR BEHALF, ANDY. 'CAUSE UH, THEY WERE, THEY WHINED AND THEY DINED YOU AND THEY TOOK YOU TO A GAME AND THEY'RE GONNA STAB YOU IN THE BACK. NOTHING WRONG, UH, WOULD BE, UH, THE OPERABLE WORD THERE. THERE'S WRONG WITH THIS ONE , BUT I, SO I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW MY OPINIONS ON THAT. AND I'M SURE, ANDY, YOU'RE GONNA GET RE-CERTIFIED AGAIN. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD REST OF YOUR NIGHT. , UH, REVEREND CAMA NOW, UM, IF YOU JUST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO NEVER, NEVER GIVE A PASTOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK . UM, I THINK, UM, IT MIGHT'VE BEEN MY NAIVETE. UM, I THOUGHT I WAS SIGNING IN. UM, SO, UH, HERE'S, UH, TWO MINUTES BACK. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, ANGIE. WE'RE ALREADY THERE. PROHIBITED. ALRIGHT, I GUESS NOBODY EVER SAYS IT, BUT I MEAN, ANGIE SI LIVE AT 25 0 1 ROBIN CROSSING LANE, A RESIDENT OF LAKE CITY. UM, SO I, I CAME HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING I HAVE Y'ALL HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT. IT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S NOT [00:10:01] TRUE. WE COME HERE EVERY YEAR FOR HOLIDAY IN THE PARK. THIS IS OUR VERY LAST ANNOUNCEMENT FOR HOLIDAY IN THE PARK. DON'T SAY WHO, SAY YAY. IT'S HERE. UM, WE HAVE A WEEKEND FULL OF EVENTS. WE WANNA INVITE THE WHOLE CITY. EVERYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE ON CHANNEL 16, WE WANNA THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US EVERY YEAR, ALL THAT THE CITY DOES FOR US. WE WANNA THANK KENNY WALSH AND CAMERON AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. THEY GIVE BACK TO US SO MUCH EVERY YEAR. UM, ALL SYSTEMS ARE A GO FOR NOW. EVERYBODY'S WORRIED ABOUT THE WEATHER, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S TEXAS, SO JUST WAIT AROUND, IT'LL CHANGE. SO WE ARE, WE ARE, GO AHEAD. AS, UH, USUAL, WE ARE SETTING UP THE PARK. EVERYBODY, THE VENDORS WILL START CHECKING IN AT NINE O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY. UM, JUST, JUST AS EXPECTED. WE'LL HAVE, UM, A, UH, READING, UM, BY MRS. CLAUS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, AND THEN WE'LL WATCH TWO FABULOUS OLD FASHIONED MOVIES, RUDOLPH AND FROSTY THE SNOWMAN. UM, ALWAYS GREAT TO TO WATCH THAT OUT ON CAMERON TELLS ME IT'S CALLED THE, UH, PROMENADE PLAZA. DID Y'ALL KNOW THAT? IN LEAGUE PARK? AT LEAGUE PARK, THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S THE PART THAT IS, UM, WHERE WE ALWAYS MEET IN FRONT OF THE CABOOSE IS CALLED THE PROMENADE PLAZA. SO THAT'S WHERE THE MOVIES WILL BE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. THE VENDORS OPEN AT FIVE O'CLOCK, HOWEVER, AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE 30 FOOD VENDORS, THIR 15 FOOD TRUCKS AND 15 FOOD TENTS. 104 VENDORS. SO LOTS OF SHOPPING AND LOTS OF FOOD. SO DON'T EAT, COME STRAIGHT FROM YOUR JOBS, COME OUT AND THEN START WITH HOLIDAY IN THE PARK ON FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK, WE HAVE THE KIDS' PARADE THAT LINES UP AT BUTLER'S COURTYARD. THEY GET TO GO SEE SANTA CLAUS. UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN THE PARADE CAN GO SEE SANTA CLAUS AND TAKE PICTURES WITH THEIR KIDS JUST AFTER THE KIDS THAT ARE IN THE PARADE. UM, WE SHOP FROM NINE TO NINE, UM, ON SATURDAY, AND AT SIX O'CLOCK IS THE GRAND NIGHT PARADE. I'M SURE THAT ALL OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN THERE. WE HOPE THAT Y'ALL WILL COME AND ENJOY YOUR INVITATION THIS YEAR. UM, THE GRAND KNIGHT PARADE STARTS AT SIX O'CLOCK WITH THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S AT 5 55, THE CHOIR SINGS. AND GUYS, I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO REMEMBER, EVERY YEAR YOU SIT OUT THERE AND YOU WATCH THIS HISTORIC PARADE CREEP DOWN FIVE 18 UNDER OUR BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC OAKS THAT HANG OVER THE STREET THERE ON FIVE 18 BY ST. MARY'S. IT IS TRADITION. THOSE OLD TREES HAVE SEEN SOME THINGS IN THE CITY. THEY'VE SEEN OUR HISTORY AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE SEEN OUR, UM, TRADITIONS. SO THANKS FOR KEEPING THEM ALIVE AND KEEPING OUR TRADITIONS ALIVE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WELL, I DID NOT KNOW WE WERE FANCY ENOUGH TO HAVE A PROMENADE. THAT'S, I LIKE THAT. [6. CONSENT AGENDA] ALRIGHT, AND NOW WE'LL GO TO, UH, CONSENT AGENDA SIX A THROUGH SIX J. WE'LL MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. UH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION REAL QUICK, AND IT'S ON SIX A. UH, WOULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONTRACT AND OUR RIGHTS INSIDE OF THAT CONTRACT? CAN WE GET OUT, AND THIS IS THE ONE YEAR AGREEMENT, BUT I GUESS, I MEAN, THREE YEAR AGREEMENT WE LOCKED IN OR CAN WE LOOK AT IT EVERY YEAR? YOU WANNA APPROVE THE OTHER ONES BEFORE WE GET STARTED? MA'AM, I'M NOT PULLING IT. I'M JUST ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT IT. OKAY. ON THE UNIFORM CONTRACT. SO, SO I THINK THEM, I THINK THE QUESTION IS, AND I THINK THAT THE ANSWER IS, IS WE SIGN A THREE YEAR CONTRACT, BUT WE HAVE THE RIGHT NOT TO EXTEND IT YEAR BY YEAR. MICHELLE'S COMING UP TO REMIND ME HOW THAT'S DONE. YES, WE HAVE. HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. YES. WE HAVE A CONTRACT. THIS IS A RENEWAL CONTRACT. UM, PD HAS HAD A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM GAULS. THEY WANNA RENEW FOR ANOTHER YEAR. THE WAY OUR STANDARD AGREEMENT WORKS OUT IS WE CAN TERMINATE IF WE NEED TO FOR ANY REASON. I BELIEVE THAT LATER ON THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA DO A VERY COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT FOR CITYWIDE SERVICES. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, SINCE THEY HAVE NEED OF THEIR SERVICES AND WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, THE THOUGHT WAS THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE ON FOR THIS ONE AND IN THE FUTURE, SIGN A MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT FOR CITYWIDE SERVICES AND WE'LL BID THEM ALL TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE. YES, THAT'S, AND LOOK AT 'EM. I MEAN, I DON'T CARE IF THEY, IF THEY WANT TO SEPARATE THEM, BUT I AT LEAST LOOK TO PUT 'EM TOGETHER, BID THEM OUT. IF THEN THERE'S REASONS TO SEPARATE THE POLICE AND THE FIRE FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT'S FINE WITH ME. I JUST THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO LOOK FOR THE BIGGEST, YOU KNOW, GROUP SAVINGS AND THEN GO FROM THERE. YES, I BELIEVE THAT IS AN INTENT, SIR. GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU, THANK YOU MICHELLE. ALRIGHT, SEEING NOBODY ELSE ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE VOTE. OR ON THE, WHATEVER THAT'S CALLED, THE DEBATE THING, PLEASE [00:15:01] VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST, [8A. 23-0555 Consider and take action on Ordinance 2023-41 amending a Planned Unit Development (PUD), PUD-23-0004 (Duncan PUD Amendment), to modify the lot width requirement in Pedregal, Section 2, generally located along the north side of West Farm to Market Road 517, south of League City Parkway and west of Calder Drive - Second Reading (Council Member Cones and Council Member Hicks)] THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS. OLD BUSINESS. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 41 AMENDING A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD DASH 23 DASH 0 0 0 4. DUNCAN PUD AMENDMENT TO MODIFY THE LOT WITH REQUIREMENT IN PGAL SECTION TWO, GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST FARM TO MARKET ROAD FIVE 17 SOUTH OF LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY AND WEST OF CALDER DRIVE. SECOND READING, MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, MR. CRUZ. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, JUST GONNA BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE, THE, THE THINGS I, I MENTIONED LAST TIME. THESE, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT, HAS ALREADY GOTTEN SEVERAL, UH, VARIANCES APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WE NORMALLY WOULDN'T, UH, GIVE TO EVERY OTHER DEVELOPER. THERE'S, WE'VE ALLOWED THEM NOT TO PUT CURBS DOWN. WE'VE ALLOWED THEM NOT TO PUT SIDEWALKS. WE'VE ALLOWED THEM TO USE OPEN THE OPEN DITCH FORMAT. SO, AND THE PROBLEM, THE REASON THE OPEN DITCH FORMAT IS, UH, PERSONAL TO ME IS EVERY DAY I WALK MY DOGS AND I GO DOWN SMITH LANE. I WAS GONNA BRING A PICTURE OF IT, BUT, UH, I DIDN'T GET IT IN IN TIME. BUT IF YOU'LL PICTURE A ROAD AND ON THE SIDES OF IT, YOU'VE JUST BASICALLY GOT TWO DITCHES. SO AS THESE CARS COME DOWN, YOU'VE ONLY GOT ONE PLACE TO GO IF IT'S EITHER TOO CLOSE OR YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, AND THAT'S INTO THE DITCH. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE CHILDREN ON BIKES, I, I WOULD'VE SWORE THEY WERE GOING STRAIGHT INTO THIS DITCH. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THESE PIECES, THE, THIS ISN'T SO MUCH ABOUT THE LOT SIZE, UH, MISTAKE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PENCILED IN. THIS IS MORE ABOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL HOUSES. BECAUSE IF YOU BELIEVE THAT ON THAT STREET THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THAT THOSE, THAT ADDING TWO NEW HOUSES OR FOUR CARDS OR WHATEVER DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE, YOU'RE WRONG. IT WOULD MAKE A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE. AND WHEN PEOPLE GET ON THERE AND THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO BUT INTO THE DITCH, THEY'RE GOING TO REGRET THIS. THE, UH, THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS WE'VE ALREADY ALLOWED THIS DEVELOPER ALONG WITH THE OTHER ONES TO, TO NOT TO SAVE $1.2 MILLION IN NEW IMPACT FEES, HOWEVER, THEY ARE SUING THE CITY FOR, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA PAY THE ADDITIONAL 1.25 MILLION IMPACT FEES THAT GO BEYOND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY GRANTED THEM. SO WITH ALL THESE ASPECTS, IT'S TIME TO SAY NO. THANK YOU, MR. COUNCIL. MAYOR, I'D JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, YEP. THERE WAS SEVERAL, SEVERAL CHANGES. UM, WHEN THEY FIRST CAME IN ON THEIR PUD, THEIR PUD WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY, AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A, UH, WHISPERING LAKES TYPE, UH, ESTATE HOMES. THAT WAS THE REASON WHY THEY CAME IN WITH THE LARGE LOTS OF 120, 130 FOOT LOTS. UM, SIMILAR TO WHISPERING LAKES, THEY ALSO ASKED FOR NO, NO, UM, CULVERTS. THEY WANTED THE OPEN DITCH, MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A RANCH STYLE HOUSING. UH, THE THIRD THING, UM, MY COLLEAGUE TALKS ABOUT IS NO SIDEWALKS, BUT THEY DO HAVE SEVERAL TRAILS FROM POINT A TO POINT B TO GET 'EM OFF THE STREET. UH, IF YOU'VE RODE THE SUBDIVISION, UM, THERE IS SEVERAL TRAILS THAT LEAD FROM SECTION ONE TWO ALL THE WAY UP TO SECTION SEVEN, AND THEY GO COMPLETELY AROUND EACH LAKE OUT THERE. THESE AMENITIES WERE PUT IN THERE, UM, IN LIEU OF THE SIDEWALKS. WE'RE NOT REALLY TALKING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRAIGHTENING, UH, STRAIGHTENING OUT TO, UM, EIGHT LOTS BECAUSE ONE STREET WENT IN THERE. ALL OF THIS WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, BY, UH, PREVIOUS COUNCIL. IT WAS APPROVED BY CITY STAFF. THE PUDS WERE APPROVED BY THE STAFF. AND I THINK EVEN THE STAFF NOW APPROVES OF, OF THESE LOTS. UM, P AND Z APPROVED IT, UH, WITH A FIVE TO TWO VOTE, OF COURSE, ONE ABSTAIN, BUT I, I THINK THIS IS MORE PERSONAL THAN IT IS ABOUT HAVING TWO LOTS ADDED TO, UH, UM, THE, UH, THE PLATT. THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY. THANK YOU, MS. TRESSLER. I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN EXTENSIVELY [00:20:01] ON WHY I'M A NO ON THIS. UM, BUT I, IF ANYONE BUYS AT THE LOTS IN PETAL OR STATE LOTS SIMILAR TO WHISPERING LAKES RANCH, I'VE GOT SOME MOTION FROM PROPERTY IN ARIZONA FOR YOU, MR. CRUZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, MR. CONES, I'M NOT SURE IF YOUR COMMENT THAT THIS WAS MORE PERSONAL THAN SAFETY. I, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DIRECTED AT ME. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NOTHING PERSONAL ABOUT HERE. I DON'T KNOW THE DEVELOPER, IF HE WAS SITTING RIGHT HERE, I WOULD NOT KNOW HIM AT ALL. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY OF THE DEVELOPERS. THE PERSONAL SIDE OF THIS IS THE SAFETY SIDE, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN YES, IT IS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT I I SAY THAT THIS IS A BAD IDEA AND THAT THE TRAIL SYSTEM IS NOT THE SAME AS AS HAVING SIDEWALKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS, MR. CRUZ. THAT'S WHY I SAID MY COLLEAGUE, I DIDN'T ADDRESS ANYBODY DOWN ON THAT SIDE OF THE TABLE. AND I REALLY WOULD THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER, UH, THAN POINTING PEOPLE'S NAMES OUT, UM, ON COUNCIL MEETINGS. BUT YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO. I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S PERSONAL. I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS PERSONAL FROM YOU, SIR, BUT, UM, I DO BELIEVE IT'S PERSONAL, BUT IT IS LIKE WHISPERING LAKE SAYING THEY'RE LARGE LOTS. SO ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS WE'RE GETTING MORE MONEY FOR THE, FOR THE BANG OUT THERE. BY INCREASING TWO LOTS, YOU'RE PUTTING ALMOST A A MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX PAYING, UH, OR PROPERTY TAX ON THE GROUND OUT THERE FOR LITTLE OF NO, UH, UH, OTHER BENEFITS, UH, TO THE DEVELOPERS. ALRIGHT, I'LL END IT. SO, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE BASIC POINT IS RIGHT. IT, IT IS ABOUT A, IT'S A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OF NEW OF NEW, UH, TAXABLE VALUE GOING IN. THESE LOTS ARE STILL EXTREMELY LARGE. THEY'RE LARGER THAN ANY LOT THAT WE LIVE ON UP HERE. UH, IN ANY OF OUR HOU ANY OF OUR HOMES ARE NOT ONE 10 OR ONE 20 ACROSS. UH, JUST KNOWING WHERE ALL Y'ALL LIVE, BUT, UH, AND ADDING LESS THAN HALF OF A PERCENT OF TOTAL HOMES INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY WON'T HAVE ANY, UH, LARGER IMPACT, I BELIEVE. BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. TURN YOUR MIC ON. THANK YOU. MAYOR. IS, UH, SOMEONE FROM PLANNING HERE? YES. YES, SIR. WHAT WAS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE P AND Z WHENEVER THIS WENT TO THEM RECOMMEND FOR APPROVAL? AND WASN'T THIS ACTUALLY INSTIGATED BY THE CITY WANTING TO MODIFY THE ROADS? WASN'T THAT, WASN'T THAT THE BEGINNING OF THE, IT WASN'T LIKE THEY JUST CAME UP WITH, HEY, WE NEED MORE LOTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WASN'T THERE, WASN'T THERE A MODIFICATION TO THAT ROAD, WHICH THEN IT BECAME KIND OF A WIN-WIN IF WE WOULD, UH, LET ME, LET ME REFRAME YOUR QUESTION IF YOU DON'T MIND. AS WE, AS IT RELATED TO THE, DIDN'T WE REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL INGRESS IN EGRESS INTO THIS SECTION THAT CAUSED THEM TO LOSE SOME LOTS AND THEREFORE A RESTRUCTURE THEIR SUBDIVISION A LITTLE BIT? I DON'T RECALL THE INGRESS EGRESS. UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE IT WAS SERVED BY ONE LOT ISSUE. THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A RADIUS AND A ROAD THAT WAS CREATING PROBLEMS. WE HAD THEM ADJUST THAT. UM, WHAT CAME TO COUNCIL, THE REASON THIS CAME TO COUNCIL IS WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT AGAINST THE ADDING OF THE LOTS WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT. I JUST DIDN'T HAVE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A WAY TO ADD IT WITHOUT COUNSEL. UM, SO THAT WAS THE, THE EVIDENCE OF THE, OF THE AMENDMENT. IT JUST, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE THING THAT INSTIGATED THE WHOLE THING WAS THE MODIFICATION OF THE ROAD IS WHAT THE, AND MAYBE I REMEMBER THAT WRONG, BUT I SURE AS HECK REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE HARDER ON DEVELOPERS THAN ME. AND I, THE REASON THAT I APPROVED OR THAT I WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO VOTE FOR IT WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE A WIN-WIN FOR THE CITY. SO MAYBE I REMEMBERED THAT WRONG, BUT ANYWAY, THAT WAS JUST MY, MY QUESTION. IT IT, THANK YOU, TOM. OH, YOU GOOD? ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 5 4 2 AGAINST [9A. 23-0500 Consider and take action on the selection of Mayor Pro Tem (City Secretary)] NEW BUSINESS. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON THE SELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TAM. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SELECT, UH, COUNCILMAN HICKS [00:25:01] AS THE NEW MAYOR PROAM. I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION MR. CHRIS? UH, I'VE GOT TWO THINGS, AND THIS IS, JUST BEAR WITH ME ON THIS ONE. THE, UM, THE MAYOR PRO TEM POSITION REPRESENTS THE CITY AND THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM. FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW AT TIME, WILL BE CHARGED TO RUN THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. THIS POSITION REQUIRES SOMEONE WITH TRAITS OF CHARACTER, LIKE BEING A GENTLEMAN. SOME OF THESE TRAITS ARE CONSIDERATION BEING GENEROUS, POLITE, CONFIDENT, BUT NOT ARROGANT, HONEST AND ETHICAL. COUNCILMAN HICKS IS LACKING IN ALL OF THESE. HE'S THE WORST PERSON TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY. I WOULD NOT TRUST THEM TO HOLD MY TRASH, LET ALONE RUN THESE MEETINGS. THERE IS, IT IS FOR THAT, THAT I MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND AND NOMINATE TRI TRESSLER TO BE THE MAYOR. PRO MOTION DIES FOR LACK. UM, UH, I WAS ACTUALLY WAITING TO BE RECOGNIZED AND I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT. OKAY. MOTION. UM, ORDINARILY I WOULDN'T LIKE TO SECOND A MOTION, UM, TO PUT MYSELF UP FOR ANYTHING. UM, BUT I'M GOING TO, UH, UH, WE'RE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT REASONS. ECHO THE, THE SENTIMENT OF WHAT MR. CRUZ SAID. UM, I THINK THE, THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE MAYOR PROTE IN OUR CITY IS TO, TO FILL IN AND MAKE SURE THESE MEETINGS GET STARTED AND RUN, UH, WHEN THE MAYOR CAN'T BE HERE, UM, COUNCILMAN HICKS IS OFTEN NOT HERE, PARTICULARLY AT THE START OF OUR WORK SESSIONS. UM, AND THAT TO ME IS A LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE ON MAKING HIM MAYOR PRO TEM. SO, IN THE INTEREST OF SAYING, I TRIED TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING, I SECONDED IT. ALRIGHT. THE MOTION TO AMEND, UH, IS ON THE TABLE. SO PLEASE VOTE. MOTION FAILS. FOUR TO OR MOTION FAILS. THREE. YES. FOUR. NO, THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS NOW UP FOR VOTE. MOTION PASSES 5 4 2 AGAINST [9B. 23-0521 Consider and take action on a resolution casting a ballot for the election of members to the Board of Directors of the Galveston Central Appraisal District for 2024-2025 (Mayor Long)] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION CASTING A BALLOT FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GALVESTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AND I NOMINATED CHAD TRESSLER FOR ALL OF OUR, FOR ALL OF OUR VOTES EXCEPT FOR THE OTHER VOTES THAT, DO YOU HAVE THE NAMES ON THOSE OTHER PEOPLE? UH, I DON'T, I BELIEVE THERE WERE FOUR OTHERS. AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE ONE FOR EVERYONE. CAN WE PASS THIS TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO GIVE ONE VOTE TO EVERY OTHER MEMBER OF THE BOARD WITH CHAD RECEIVING THE REST OF THE VOTES? AND FOR CLARITY ON WHY WE DO THAT IS IF FOR SOME REASON WE HAD TO, UH, REQUEST THE REMOVAL OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS, WE CANNOT DO SO UNLESS WE HAVE CAST AT LEAST ONE VOTE FOR THAT BOARD MEMBER. SO WE'LL GIVE CHAD ALL OF OUR VOTES. EXCEPT FOR, SO WE HAVE TO VOTE. I I DON'T KNOW THE, TO HAVE THE VOTE LATER. WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST GIVEN THEM ONE VOTE IF WE WANTED TO RECALL THOSE MEMBERS LATER FOR WHATEVER REASON. SO, CAN WE JUST VOTE IT LIKE THAT? OR DO WE NEED TO GET THE NAMES AND READ EACH NAME AND THEN GIVE THEM ONE VOTE? HMM. DO YOU HAVE THE NAMES? OKAY, SO IT'S SCOTT BRAS ONE VOTE FOR SCOTT BRASS. ROBIN COLLINS, ONE FOR ROBIN COLLINS. MATT DOYLE. ONE FOR MATT THOMAS, FARMER FOR THOMAS DONALD GARTMAN. AND ONE FOR, AND CHAD TRUSTMAN. ONE FOR, WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME? DON GARTMAN. YES. DON GARTMAN. AND THEN THE REMAINDER FOR CHAD. THE, THE REMAINDER FOR CHAD TRESSLER. THAT'S MY MOTION. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. AND I AM ON THE QUEUE. . UM, I JUST WANNA LET FOLKS KNOW, UM, [00:30:01] THIS IS A BIT OF A WONKY SOUNDING THING. WE'RE, WE'RE VOTING ON, UM, THE CAB BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, HAS TWO JOBS. THEY SET A BUDGET FOR THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THEY HIRE AND FIRE A CHIEF APPRAISER. UM, THAT'S ALL IT DOES. UM, IT IS A, AREN'T YOU RAISING EVERYBODY'S APPRAISALS? YOU PERSONALLY ? ABSOLUTELY. NO. IN FACT, PER STATE LAW, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THE APPRAISALS. UM, , SO SORRY. UM, BUT I WANT TO MAKE A PLUG WHILE THIS IS UP HERE. UM, PER NEW LEGISLATION FROM OUR, OUR STATE, THERE ARE NOW I WANNA SAY THREE POSITIONS THAT I THINK WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN THE SPRING. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AGAIN TO MAKE SURE, BUT, UH, THAT ARE OPEN TO COUNTYWIDE ELECTION. IF ANYBODY ELSE WHO IS NOT, UH, GOING TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TAXI ITIES WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD. YOU CAN FILE WITH THE COUNTY, UM, AND RUN AN ELECTION FOR A POSITION. THERE IS $0. IT TAKES A COUPLE HOURS A MONTH FOR A, FOR A MEETING. UM, AND YOU WILL LOSE ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS. . SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, THAT WOULD DECREASE THE PHONE CALLS. ALRIGHT, UH, MOTION SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 5 4 2 AGAINST, [9C. 23-0527 Consider and take action on a resolution casting a ballot for the election of a person to the Board of Directors of the Harris County Appraisal District for 2024-2025 (Mayor Long)] UH, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION CASTING A BALLOT FOR THE ELECTION OF A PERSON TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT 24 25. AND MY NOMINATION IS MIKE SULLIVAN. SECOND, THERE'S NO PARTICULAR REASON WHY MY NOMINATION IS MIKE SULLIVAN. UH, THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON THAT ASKED AND THAT'S WHO WE HAD GOT IN THE PAST. WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THIS ELECTION, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO SO. ALRIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. YEAH. MOTION PASSES. SEVEN FOUR NO AGAINST, [9D. 23-0564 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing the publication of a Notice of Intention to issue Certificates of Obligation (Assistant City Manager - CFO)] UH, NINE D CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION. OUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND MS. STEELMAN. SO TONIGHT'S ITEM IS FOR, UM, AUTHORIZING A RESOLUTION, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE THE COS. THIS IS FOR A PAYMENT OR A CASH CALL FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON THROUGH OUR GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY FOR OUR, UM, 52 INCH REPLACEMENT LINE DOWN STATE HIGHWAY THREE. THIS IS A CIP PROJECT THAT WE'VE HAD GOING FOR MANY YEARS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE FOURTH, MAYBE THE FIFTH CASH CALL THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, THE CURRENT AMOUNT IS 49.7 MILLION. IT IS DUE IN FEBRUARY. AND WE ARE ASKING TO AUTHORIZE THE COS IN ORDER TO MEET THAT PAYMENT. AND Y'ALL FOUND SOME SAVINGS BY DOING IT THIS WAY VERSUS THE WAY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED? YES. UM, ORIGINAL INTENTION WAS FOR US TO UTILIZE GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY AND FOR THEM TO ISSUE A REVENUE BOND. UM, WHEN LOOKING AT THE REPAYMENT SCHEDULES, WE REALIZED THAT WE WOULD, UM, RECOGNIZE A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS, UM, IF WE WENT WITH THE CO VERSUS THE REVENUE BOND. AND THAT'S HOW SIGNIFICANT OF THAT SAVINGS OVER THE LIFE OF THE, UH, THE TERM IT'S ABOUT $17 MILLION. YEAH, SHE'S BEARING THE LEAD HERE. I WAS, UH, SHE FOUND THAT WE, IF WE DID IT OURSELVES AS OPPOSED TO USE THE GCWA, WE WOULD SAVE ABOUT $17 MILLION, WHICH OBVIOUSLY SIGNIFICANT . YEAH. THANK YOU. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. IF I CAN JUST MAYBE ADD ONE, ONE THING RELATIVE TO THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THE PROJECT ROUGHLY IS REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING CAPACITY AND THE SECOND HALF IS ULTIMATELY FOR GROWTH, PARTICULARLY ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE. AND SO A PORTION OF THE DEBT OBVIOUSLY WILL BE MET WITH CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES PROVIDED THEY COME IN, YOU KNOW, IN TIME TO MEET THE, THE DEBT PAYMENT. OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL GROW OVER TIME. BUT I GUESS THAT LEADS TO MY QUESTION, SO I MAY OBLITERATED GO AHEAD MR. NO, GO AHEAD. OH, I, I, I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST. I'M SORRY, I, I JUST GET ON YOUR QUICK QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS LOOK AT THIS. THE OTHER ONE IS SECURED BY THE WATER AND SEWER REVENUES. IS THAT HOW WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS IS THROUGH THE IMPACT FEES AND WATER RE [00:35:01] THE WATER AND SEWER REVENUES. IS THAT CORRECT? SO, SO FOR, YEAH, SO FOR THE 11 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, ALL OF THE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATER SEWER SYSTEM. MM-HMM. IS PAID FOR THROUGH REVENUES, WHETHER THAT'S YOUR MONTHLY CHARGE OR WHETHER THAT'S CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES AND IT IS, YOU GET THE LOWER INTEREST RATE BECAUSE YOU'RE PLEDGING THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE REVENUES. RIGHT? RIGHT. YES SIR. YES. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE, WE WENT THERE AND THE PAYMENT IS BUDGETED IN THE CIP PROGRAM. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR A WHILE. MR. CRUZ, SORRY. OH, THAT'S UNPROFESSIONAL. I THOUGHT I HAD THAT TURNED OFF. UM, SO WE WERE ANTICIPATING THIS BEING IN FEBRUARY OR IS THAT, UM, WAS THE FEBRUARY CASH CALL ALREADY PLANNED? YES SIR. THE DUE DATE FOR THE CASH CAUSE IN FEBRUARY, IN ORDER TO MEET THAT SCHEDULE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT FOR THE AUTHORIZATION. OKAY. AND DO WE THINK THAT, I KNOW THAT THE LAST TIME WE ISSUED BONDS, WE THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD COME IN AT A HIGHER INTEREST RATE AND WE ENDED UP BEING PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WHEN THEY DROPPED. MM-HMM. , IS THERE ANY CHANCE, DO YOU THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA DROP OR AT 5% ABOUT THAT? WERE IS THAT WHERE THEY'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA BE? I AM NOT EVEN GONNA PRETEND TO ESTIMATE WHAT THE INTEREST RATE'S GOING TO BE. UM, BUT WE DO TRY TO BE CONSERVATIVE SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING YOU THE FULL PICTURE. OKAY. IN HOPES THAT IT WOULD BE LOWER. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. SEEING NOBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST THANK YOU FOR BEING SO DILIGENT AND LOOKING OVER THESE [10A. 23-0542 Consider and take action on an Ordinance to set a 35 miles per hour (mph) speed limit along Calder Drive from the intersection of Ervin Street to the intersection with Cross Colony Drive, a distance of approximately 1.1 miles (Executive Director of Development Services)] FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE TO SET A 35 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT ALONG CALDER DRIVE FROM THE INTERSECTION OF IRVIN STREET TO THE INTERSECTION OF CROSS COLONY DRIVE A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILES. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, UH, MS. SAUNDERS. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THIS HAS ALWAYS CONFUSE HOMEOWNERS DOWN THERE BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS WHY IT, IT GOES FROM 35 TO 30 BACK TO 35. IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CONFUSING. AND IF YOU DON'T SEE THAT ONE SPEED LIMIT SIGN, YOU'RE DOING 35. SO I, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FINALLY GONNA CLEAR UP THIS CONFUSION AND MAKE IT ONE SPEED ALL THE WAY FROM 96 NOW ALL THE WAY TO FIVE 17. IT'LL BE ONE SOLID SPEED LIMIT. IT NEEDS TO BE THAT SPEED. WE HAVE SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT COME OFF THAT STREET, HOMES THAT COME OFF THE STREET. WE GOT SCHOOL THAT COMES OFF THAT STREET. 35 WOULD BE THE MOST I'D WANT TO GO TO ON THAT STREET WITH THAT, WITH THE KIND OF TRAFFIC WE GET THERE. BUT, UH, THANK YOU. THE, UH, THE AGENDA PACKET MENTIONED THAT WE DID A SPEED STUDY AND THAT THE STATE GUIDELINES RECOMMEND STARTING FROM THE 85TH PERCENTILE. YES, SIR. WHICH WAS 46 MILES PER HOUR. SO WHY ARE WE ONLY RECOMMENDING 35 INSTEAD OF SAY 45 ? GOOD QUESTION. UM, THE, THE, NOT THAT I LIKE TO DRY FAST. THE, THE, THE QUICK ANSWER IS WE HAVE A, A CITYWIDE ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHES SPEED LIMITS FOR COLLECTORS AND ARTERIALS. UM, AND, AND THE 35 WOULD BATCH THAT ORDINANCE. EXCELLENT ANSWER. THANK YOU. YOU WANNA GO 45 IN FRONT OF THAT SCHOOL? ? NO. . I GOT ENOUGH KIDS ACROSS THAT STREET THERE. EXACTLY. SEE, NOBODY ELSE ON THE CUBE. PLEASE VOTE NOT TO MENTION THAT TRAILER PART. I'VE HAD A 1-YEAR-OLD WALK OUT MOTION PASSES. 7 4 0 [10B. 23-0549 Consider and take action an ordinance amending Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of League City entitled, "Building and Building Regulations" to adopt the National Electric Code, 2023 Edition (Executive Director of Development Services)] AGAINST CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE CITY ENTITLED BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS TO ADOPT THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE 2023 EDITION. I MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MS. COES JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR RALPH. I GUESS, COULD YOU COME UP HERE, RALPH OR SOMEBODY FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT? WHOEVER. YES. JUST RALPH. PUT RALPH ON THE SPOT. RALPH, I JUST, I WANT TO KIND OF CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT WHAT A GENTLEMAN CAME UP HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE COPPER CLAD WIRE. IS THE COPPER CLAD WIRE THE ONE THAT HAS THE ALUMINUM WIRING INSIDE THE YES, IT IS. UM, THE WIRE AND THEN THE COPPER KIND OF COATING IT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO DID THEY OUTLAW ALUMINUM WIRING? NO. OKAY. SO ALUMINUM STILL, STILL DONE. OKAY. YES. UM, MY QUESTION BUT THE 23 CODE OUTLAWS THE COPPER CLAD WIRE TOGETHER. IT DOES [00:40:01] NOT. IT HAS NOT. IT DOES, IT DOES NOT. THE 23 CODE DOES NOT. IT DOES NOT. I THINK THE GENTLEMAN SAID IT DID. IS THAT NOT TRUE? OKAY. UH, I THOUGHT HE SAID IT DID. BUT UH, SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO, UH, CHRIS? AND YOU CAN COME UP. UH, WE, WE HAVE, SO THE AMENDMENT IS, IS 22 POINT 59 MM-HMM. POINT 60 IS EXCEPTIONS TO MM-HMM. THE CODE, UM, THE NO ALUMINUM OR COPPER FLAT ALUMINUM HAS BEEN IN THERE AT LEAST SINCE 2020. UM, POTENTIALLY LONGER THAN THAT. YEAH. BUT THOSE RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN THERE. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING TO, I'M SORRY IF, UM, NOT THE CODE ITSELF BUT OUR AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY. AND THE REASON WE DID THAT I THINK WAS BECAUSE OF FIRES AND SO FORTH PREVIOUSLY WITH ALUMINUM WIRING. A LOT OF TIMES THAT WAS, THAT WAS AN ISSUE WAY BACK WHEN. UH, KINDA LIKE WOOD SHINGLES AND SO FORTH. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND FROM A FIRE SIDE OF, UH, OF THIS TO NOT, UM, TAKE THAT AMENDMENT OUT BUT TO KEEP IT THERE. AND THAT'S IS SO THAT AMENDMENT WILL CONTINUE ON FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. IT'S ALREADY THERE. ALRIGHT. SEEING NOBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE, PLEASE VOTE. DO MOTION PASSES 6 4 1 AGAINST. ALL RIGHT. UH, NO ITEMS AFTER ELECTRONIC [13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS] AGENDA, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING COMMUNITY INTERESTS. WE'LL START WITH, UH, MAYOR PRO X, MAYOR PRO TEM ANDY MANN. I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL FOR THE, UH, PRIVILEGE AND ESPECIALLY THANKING THE TO THANK THE MAYOR, UH, FOR BEING SERVE, UH, AS MAYOR PROTE FOR THE LAST YEAR. UM, I THINK CHAD CALLED ME EARLIER TODAY TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL AT SOME POINT WE WILL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING. UM, YOU KNOW, RUNNING THE MEETINGS IS ONE THING, BUT ACTUALLY GETTING GO OUT AND, UH, WORK AN EVENT OR GIVE A SPEECH AND, UH, REFLECT ON JUST HOW FAR THE CITY'S COME. AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS, UH, HAS BEEN JUST, IT'S BEEN A REAL HONOR. AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL AGAIN. THANK YOU. JUST NICKS. YEP. I JUST WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE THE, UH, COLLEAGUES THAT DID, UH, HAVE A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR ME. UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND, UM, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT'S IN THE FUTURE. JUDGE. SEAN SAUNDERS? YES, MR. MAYOR. UM, I WANT ASK US AND OUR COMMUNITY TO EXTEND YOUR PRAYERS TO A FORCE BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT. UH, THEY'RE A MUTUAL AID ENTITY THAT WE WORK WITH, OUR DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH. AND, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, UH, THEIR FIRE CHIEF JOHN MORRIS, UM, AFTER WORKING A STRUCTURE, MUTUAL AID STRUCTURE FIRE WENT HOME AND PASSED AWAY, IT IS BEING CONSIDERED A LINE OF DUTY DEATH. UM, I DO WANT TO, SOME INFORMATION I RECEIVED, I DO WANT TO EXTEND OUT HERE THAT NOT ONLY DOES OUR DEPARTMENT WORK WITH THESE GUYS, UM, THERE IS A LINK ON THE LAKE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT'S FACEBOOK PAGE TO HELP WITH DONATIONS OR EVEN IF YOU FEEL LIKE SIGN UP TO ASSIST WITH THE MEAL TRAIN. UM, MY DEPARTMENT THAT I WORKED FOR HAD A LINE OF DUTY DEATH MANY YEARS, ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, 15, 20 YEARS AGO. AND I KNOW THE TOLL IT TAKES ON THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE. UM, OUR DEPARTMENT ASSISTED, UH, THEM AGAIN WITH THE STRUCTURE FIRE LAST NIGHT. AND THEN THIS MORNING THEY, UH, WERE PART OF THE ESCORT TAKING HIM FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE TO THE CEMETERY. OUR HONOR GUARD IS ACTUALLY ASSISTING WITH CASKET WATCH FOR THE, THOSE OF YOU THAT WHO DON'T KNOW, THIS IS A BIG DEAL. AND, AND, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT MY DEPARTMENT, AND I DIDN'T PARTICULARLY KNOW THIS FIRE CHIEF, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD. IT, IT, EVERYBODY FEELS THE EFFECTS OF IT. SO I ASK US AND OUR COMMUNITY TO PLEASE EXTEND YOUR DEEPEST OF PRAYERS FOR THIS FAMILY, FOR HEALING AND, UH, SOME HELP DURING THEIR, UH, THEIR SUFFERING. THANK YOU. TIME GUT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, ANGIE, YOU'RE WRONG BECAUSE I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT HOLIDAY IN THE PARK TOO. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT HOLIDAY IN THE PARK IS THIS WEEKEND. IT IS THE LARGEST EVENT IN GALVESTON COUNTY [00:45:01] FOR A PARADE. UH, I THINK IT'S, UH, WE'VE TAKEN, UH, GREAT PRIDE IN HAVING THIS PARADE COME SO LARGE AND WELL KNOWN IN GALVESTON COUNTY. IT'S ALSO THE 26TH YEAR, I THINK, FOR THE EVENT. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I WAS ONE OF THE CO CO-FOUNDERS OF THE PARADE IN THE LEAGUE CITY. PROUD ORGANIZATION, UM, IS TRULY A GREAT EVENT TO BRING OUT THE FAMILY AND, AND, UH, SHARE YOUR TIME WITH FAMILY DURING THE CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY SEASONS. UH, ALSO LIKE TO REITERATE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN SAUNDERS TALKED ABOUT CHIEF NORRIS. I WORKED WITH CHIEF NORRIS FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS A OUTSTANDING FIRE CHIEF, OUTSTANDING HUMAN BEING. HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO THE COMMUNITY 'CAUSE HE SERVED IT. AND THAT'S THE BEST HONOR YOU COULD EVER, EVER ASK FOR. UM, SO PRAYERS WILL GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY. HE LEAVES THE FAMILY, UH, BEHIND. ANOTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, I'VE SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 11 YEARS AT DIFFERENT TIMES. I'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME ROUGH TIMES ON COUNCIL. I'VE SEEN FIGHTS UP HERE. I'VE SEEN, UM, UH, BAD COUNCILS. I'VE SEEN GOOD COUNCILS. I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT. I HOPE THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND TRY TO HAVE A BETTER DECORUM. TALKING ABOUT A COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE IS WRONG. YOU CAN DISLIKE A COUNCIL MEMBER. YOU CAN DISLIKE EVEN A STAFF MEMBER, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE UP HERE TALKING ABOUT 'EM. WE HAVE A DECORUM POLICY IN THAT DECORUM POLICY. WE ASK PEOPLE FROM THE AUDIENCE NOT TO COME OUT AND TALK BAD ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBERS OR CITY STAFF. IN FACT, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES THE MAYOR WILL SHUT IT DOWN. I THINK WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT UP HERE AND TALK BAD ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBERS, SET THE EXAMPLE. AND I THINK IT'S WRONG. AND I PLAN TO BRING SOME LEGISLATION TO THIS BODY AND THE QUORUM POLICY. SO THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. I, I THINK IT'S JUST WRONG. UH, WE CAN DISAGREE ABOUT THINGS, WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT THINGS AND EVEN, UM, HAVE HEATED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EVERYTHING. BUT TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE UP HERE IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. SO AT ONE OF THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GONNA BE DEVELOPING DECORUM POLICIES THAT I, I HOPE WILL STICK. THANK YOU TOM. CHRIS, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS. UM, I GUESS I'M GONNA, THE, THE NEXT FEW THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT HAPPIER, BUT AS FOR, UH, MY FELLOW COUNCILMAN'S, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT THE DECORUM, IT'S, IT'S ONE THING FOR US TO HAVE, UH, THE PROPER DECORUM. BUT WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO BE NOMINATED TO GO OUT AND REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY, THEY, EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PERSONALITY AND WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO HAVE. THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH DECORUM. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE RAISED UP TO THAT JUDGMENT AND DON'T, DON'T RUN FOR THAT POSITION. ON A HAPPIER NOTE, UM, THE LIBRARY'S GONNA HAVE THEIR OPEN THEIR CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE. SO WE CAN CHECK ALL THIS OUT ON THE WEBSITE. THERE'S GONNA BE SANTA, THERE'S GONNA BE SONGS, THERE'S SNACKS. UM, BLUE SANTA IS COMING. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR, THAT'S WHERE THE POLICE GO. POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT GO AND TAKE A NEEDY CHILD TO GO AND SHOP AT TARGET. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE, THEY'RE ASKING ONLY FOR MONEY, UH, TO BE DONATED, UM, WE CAN CHECK THE WEBSITE OR YOU CAN, UM, SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I CAN PUT YOU IN THE RIGHT SPOT FOR THAT. AND THERE WAS RECENTLY THE LEAGUE CITY HELD A SPECIAL NEEDS LUAU AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. THE, UM, THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND HAD A LOT OF FUN AND, UM, IT, IT WAS JUST A VERY GOOD THING AND PROUD TO BE PART OF LEAGUE CITY WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. WELL, I'M NOT READING THAT LIST 'CAUSE I'M NOT ON IT. ALRIGHT, SO NOW, UH, , UH, SO FIRST OFF, STARTING WITH BLUE SANTA, LIKE, UH, LIKE MR. CRUZ SAID, THEY'RE RAISING MONEY RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, TOMMY, ANDY, SEAN AND JOHN BAUMGARTNER HAVE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED. I WONDER HOW I'M DOING YOUR DIRTY WORK. I'M NOT ON THE LIST YET. , I, I PLEDGE TO, I DON'T CARRY CASH AROUND. UH, SO THAT'S A, IT'S CERTAINLY A WORTHWHILE DEAL. AND, YOU KNOW, THE REASON THEY'RE TAKING THE CASH INSTEAD OF THE, THE TOYS. 'CAUSE THEY ACTUALLY KIDS GET TO GO TO TARGET AND PICK IT OUT AND PICK OUT SOMETHING KIND OF JUST FOR THEM AND SOMETHING THEY'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO. AND THEY GET TO DO IT KIND OF WITH A COMMUNITY MEMBER OR OFFICER. AND IT'S A, IT'S A WHOLE KIND OF NEAT EXPERIENCE TO GO DO THAT. AND THEN, UH, ALSO THE TREE LIGHTING. WE HAD THE TREE LIGHTING LAST WEEKEND. IT WAS, I, I MEAN, [00:50:01] I THINK HAD TO BE THE BIGGEST ONE WE HAD SO FAR. UH, GOT THERE AND THERE WAS ALREADY A PRETTY SIZABLE CROWD, UH, AROUND THAT TREE. I FELT KIND OF PEER PRESSURED TO MOVE IT UP 'CAUSE THE PEOPLE WERE GETTING A LITTLE RESTLESS. UH, BUT IT WAS A, UH, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. UH, SARAH DID, DID WONDERFUL AGAIN, UH, EVEN HAD WONDERFUL WEATHER FOR THE, UH, FOR THE TREE LIGHTING. WE'LL EXPECT, WE'LL EXPECT THAT NEXT YEAR, SARAH. AND THEN ALSO IT SOUL FREAK OPENED UP, WHICH IS A, UH, A COFFEE SHOP ORIGINALLY FROM CLEAR LAKE SHORES AND THEY MOVED INTO LEAGUE PARK IN THE BUILDING, IN LEAGUE PARK. UH, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY NEAT. IT'S A, THEY'RE A WONDERFUL COFFEE SHOP. IF YOU HADN'T BEEN THERE, GREAT ADDITION TO HAVING LEAGUE CITY, ALSO PERFECT TIME OF YEAR TO GET A COFFEE AND KIND OF WALK AROUND THE PARK AND DO ALL THAT. AND THE WEATHER IS, HAS BEEN AWESOME FOR THAT. EVEN WITH A SLIGHT CHILL IN THE AIR. DO IT NOW BEFORE IT'S AUGUST AND MAYBE YOU WON'T WANT THAT, THAT LATTE WALKING AROUND THE PARK. SO IT WAS, UH, IT WAS DEFINITELY A GREAT EVENT. AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL I DON'T SEE YOUR COMMENTS ON HERE, BUT WE'LL GO TO, TO Y'ALL'S AND WE'LL YIELD OUR TIME. THANK YOU SIR. FANTASTIC. [14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)] ALRIGHT. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO CHA SUBCHAPTER D THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT SECTION 5, 5 1 AT ALL THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND THE 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023 AT 6 51. YEAH. WHAT? OH, I LOST MY PAPER. HOLD MY HONOR. I GOTTA GET MY MOTION. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS COMPLETED [15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)] ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023 AT 7:42 PM CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. THERE IS NO FINAL ACTION DECISION OR VOTE REGARD TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERATION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. JUST CONCLUDED. 15 A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING PENDING LITIGATION TO WITT CITY OF CAMDEN VERSUS IE DUPONT D NUS IN COMPANY ETAL NUMBER 2 3 4 DASH CV DASH OH THREE 20 3G. RIGHT. I MOVE TO EXCLUDE THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY AS CLASS MEMBER FROM THE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE KENMORES COMPANY AND KENMORES COMPANY, F-C-L-L-C, DUPONT DE NEMORE'S, INCORPORATED, CORTE INCORPORATED, AND EI, DUPONT DE MEMOIRS AND COMPANY N-K-A-E-I-D-P INCORPORATED AND CLASS REPRESENTATIVES IN THE FOLLOWING LAWSUITS. CITY OF CAMDEN ETAL, VERSE 3M COMPANY, CITY OF CAMDEN ETAL, BEI, DUPONT DE MEMOIRS AND COMPANY N-K-A-E-I-D-P INC. ETAL AND AUTHORIZE THE SAME MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THIS TRANSACTION. SECOND , WHICH, WHAT ARE YOU SECONDING? WOULD YOU REREAD THAT? ? ALL RIGHT. UH, ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING PENDING LITIGATION TO WITT CAUSE. NUMBER 19 DASH CV DASH 1243, PARK ON CLEAR CREEK DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED VERSUS CITY OF LEAGUE CITY. UH, NO ACTIONS NEEDED. NO ACTION NEEDED. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT OR EVALUATION OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. TO WIT, CITY SECRETARY, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE FOR OPTION THREE, RAISE PLAN AS, UH, DISCUSSIONS EXECUTIVE SESSION, EXCUSE ME SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? UH, AND JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, IT'S TO GET THE WELL DESERVING, WELL DESERVING CITY SECRETARY TO THE MIDPOINT OVER THE, THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS TO PROVIDE THE, UH, UH, AN ACCOUNT FOR THE COLA AS WELL. WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST 15 D CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT OR EVALUATION OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE TO WITT CITY ATTORNEY, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO TERMINATE THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY AND THE CITY ATTORNEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMPLOYMENT OR AGREEMENT OF CONTRACT, UH, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT MICHELLE RIO AS INTERIM CITY [00:55:01] ATTORNEY EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. SECOND, MR. TRESSLER, UH, FOR ANYONE THAT'S STILL PAYING ATTENTION ON CHANNEL 16, UM, AND FACEBOOK AND ELSEWHERE, THIS IS A MOVE TO TERMINATE OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT FOR AT LEAST SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE GONNA VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT WAS A RESPONSE TO THEIR OWN SHORTCOMINGS AND THEIR INABILITY TO DRAFT THE BOOK BAN RESOLUTION THAT THEY ATTEMPTED TO PASS. THEY ENDED UP BEING JUST A CREATION OF A COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER RECONSIDERATION OF BOOKS IN THEIR LOCATION IN THE LIBRARY. THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT IS THAT THE LANGUAGE HAS INITIALLY PRESENTED EMBARRASSED THEM AND THE CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY STARTED WITH A PILE OF CRAP AND YOU CAN ONLY POLISH A TURD SO MUCH. I'M EMBARRASSED TO BE SITTING UP HERE AS WE CONSIDER THIS. UM, WE'RE GOING TO END UP COSTING THE CITY A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AS A RESULT OF OUR, UH, OUR OWN SHORTCOMINGS ON THE DIOCESE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. MR. CRUZ? THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I'M JUST, I THINK MR. TRUSSLER SAID IT PERFECTLY. UH, THIS REALLY IS JUST COMING BACK TO, TO THE LIBRARY SITUATION. UM, I THINK THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S DONE A GREAT JOB AND I I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT HE'S PUT THROUGH AND ODD POSITIONS THAT SOMETIMES HE HAS TO DO. SO, WHILE I THINK THIS IS GONNA PASS, I JUST WANNA SAY I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU AND MICHELLE. I I THINK YOU'RE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB AS WELL, MR. SAUNDERS. I PERSONALLY THINK THIS IS A HORRIBLE TIME TO BE DOING THIS. WE ARE NOT A FULL COUNSEL AT THIS TIME. THERE IS, THIS SHOULD NOT BE, WE SHOULD NOT BE TERMINATING ANYBODY IN THESE POSITIONS UNTIL WE ARE A FULL COUNSEL AND CAN DISCUSS IT AS SUCH. FIRST OF ALL, SECOND OF ALL, SINCE I'VE COME ON, COUNSEL NIM HAS DONE NOTHING BUT GIVE ME EXCELLENT ADVICE. HE'S GUIDED ME AND HE'S HELPED ME. THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED A FEW MINUTES AGO, I DON'T THINK WE TOOK IT TO THE LEVEL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEFORE WE REACHED THIS POINT THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. I THINK THERE IS OTHER ALTERNATIVES WE COULD DO, AND I THINK THIS IS A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE IDEA THAT IS ONLY LIKE COUNCILMAN TRISLER SAID, GOING TO COST US MONEY NOW AND POSSIBLY I BELIEVE MONEY IN THE FUTURE. I THINK THIS IS A HORRIBLE THING. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE VOTED DOWN UNEQUIVOCALLY. I'LL GET LOST. UH, I, YEAH, I TEND TO ACTUALLY AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN TRESSLER PARTLY, UH, I DO THINK IT IS BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE BOOK LEGISLATION. IT, IT WAS EXTREMELY POORLY WRITTEN AND, UH, NOT A LOT OF GOOD ADVICE WAS GIVEN ON THAT. AND IT TOOK AN EXTREMELY MESSY PROCESS TO GET TO SOMETHING THAT WAS EXTREMELY REASONABLE IN THE END. AND PEOPLE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO BE PRETTY, UH, UH, AGGRAVATED AND UH, AND UH, UP IN ARMS ABOUT THE FIRST VERSION. AND IT SHOULD NEVER, WE SHOULD, SHOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THAT FAR. AND BETTER ADVICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN WITH LESS POLITICAL ADVICE BEING GIVEN AT THE TIME. AND THAT'S THE REAL PROBLEM I HAVE WITH IT. IT'S, IT'S GIVING DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT ADVICE. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD THIS DISCUSSION, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS DIRECTED AT THAT TIME TO PROVIDE REPORTS ON A WEEKLY BASIS THAT MADE SURE, UH, THAT EVERYBODY RECEIVED THE SAME ADVICE. SINCE THAT TIME, WE JUST PLAIN HAVEN'T RECEIVED THOSE. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I, I JUST, I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT IT WOULD CHANGE WITH A, UH, IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WITH THAT, LET'S VOTE. MOTION PASSES FOUR TO THREE. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT OR EVALUATION OF A PUBLIC OFFICER EMPLOYEE TO WITT CITY MANAGER. WE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BRING THIS BACK JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH THE CITY SECRETARY LAST TIME TO DETERMINE THE, UH, THE RAISE. THE CITY MANAGER GOT, UH, EXCELLENT SCORES FROM EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND SO WE'LL PUT IT BACK ON THE NEXT AGENDA TO ADJUST SALARY, UH, ONCE WE GET THE CONTRACT SENT OUT. AND, UH, EVERYBODY FULLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE CONTRACT CALLS FOR, WHAT THE COLA HAS BEEN AND THE MERIT. AND WE'LL PUT THAT BACK WITH THE SALARY, SALARY PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S STILL RECEIVING A, UH, COMPETITIVE [01:00:01] COMPENSATION PACKAGE. SO NO ACTION TONIGHT. ALRIGHT, AND AT 7 51, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. CORRECT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.