* 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. [00:00:04] IT'S SIX O'CLOCK. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, [1. Call to order and roll call of members] UH, CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA WOULD BE THE ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS. PAM ARNOLD HERE. FRANK DOMINGUEZ IS NOT HERE. CHRIS DODSON PRESENT IS BACK ON THE AGENDA. PAUL MAYES IS HERE. JACKIE IRWIN. HERE. MATT HYDE. HERE. MATTHEW. PROPS HERE. AND RUTH MORRISON IS ABSENT. SO WE HAVE, UH, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 IN ATTENDANCE. AND TWO, TWO ABSENT. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. SO WE WILL CALL A MEETING TO ORDER. [2. Approval of November 29, 2023, minutes] UH, YOU RECEIVED COPIES OF THE, UM, THE MINUTES OF LAST MIN, UH, LAST MEETING. IF YOU HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS, UH, TO THOSE, UH, WE'LL ENTERTAIN THOSE RIGHT NOW. IF NOT, WE'LL LET THEM STAND APPROVED AS AS SUBMITTED NOW COM. UH, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. THAT WOULD BE YOU . OKAY. [4. Public Hearing and Action Items] UH, IF NOT, UH, WE'LL GO TO ITEM FOUR. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT. THE FIRST ONE, UH, IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON A ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION MAP. 23 0 0 0 9 LC 4 23 RETAIL CENTER TO REZONE. APPROXIMATELY FOUR ACRES FROM RSF SEVEN, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. SEVEN TO CN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF THE, UH, I AND GNRR. WHAT IS THAT? COUNTY OR COUNTY REALLY? OKAY. SURVEYED NUMBER THREE, ABSTRACT NUMBER SIX 14. GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY AND WEST OF CAMPBELL DRIVE. ARE YOU GONNA DO THIS? YES, SIR. I'LL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. UM, SO AS MENTIONED, THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE A PROPERTY FROM RSF SEVEN TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS JUST WEST OF CAMPBELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS IS AT THE TERMINUS OF LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY WHERE IT CURRENTLY TERMINATES. UM, THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST IS ACTUALLY ABOUT TO EXTEND LAKE CITY PARKWAY TO CONNECT IT TO FRIENDSWOOD. SO IT, THIS WILL NOT BE THE END OF LAKE CITY PARKWAY PROBABLY SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. UM, NONETHELESS, THIS TRACK IS KIND OF SANDWICHED BETWEEN CAMPBELL ELEMENTARY AND THE UNOPENED MCFARLAND RIGHT OF WAY. UM, SO IT IS KIND OF AN AWKWARD TRACT. UM, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN SHOWS COMMERCIAL, UM, CONTINUING ALONG LAKE CITY PARKWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE. UM, BUT THIS TRACK AS IT WAS KINDA LEFT IN BETWEEN THE, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE RIGHT OF WAY, IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH TO DEVELOP IT AS RESIDENTIAL. SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS COME BACK WITH A REQUEST TO REZONE IT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR A DAYCARE AS THE USE THEY HAVE PLANNED CURRENTLY, UM, COMMERCIAL ALONG LAKE CITY PARKWAY IS NOT UNIQUE. UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL COMMERCIAL NODES, UM, ONE AT BAY AREA BOULEVARD AND THEN TWO AT MAPLE LEAF AS WELL. AGAIN, THEIR REQUEST IS FOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE LEAST INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY CREATED TO BE IN AND AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. THE LIST OF THE LAND USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IS UP ON YOUR SCREEN NOW. AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS MYSELF. UM, CAN YOU TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS FOR PUBLIC FAA PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES? WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT ENTAILS? SO THAT COULD BE, UM, A POLICE STATION, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, A DPS STATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, BUT IN THIS CASE, THERE'S NO PLANS FOR ANY PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES HERE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A PUBLIC USE THAT WOULD OCCUPY THAT. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN WHEN I SAW THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY IS OBVIOUSLY A-A-D-P-S STATION GOING IN RIGHT THERE. UM, IS THE DAYCARE THE ONLY THING THAT'S SLATED TO GO THERE FOR RIGHT NOW? SO FOR RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THEY'VE PROPOSED IS TO PUT A DAYCARE THERE. UM, THEY WERE GONNA LEAVE SOME FRONTAGE, UM, WITH THE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS. THEY WERE GONNA LEAVE SOME COMMERCIAL LAND ALONG THE FRONT, UM, FOR A POTENTIAL FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, MAYBE A RETAIL SHELL BUILDING, BUT THAT'S NOT FIRMED UP. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. SO THE, THE, THE WAY I READ THIS, UH, UH, ATTACHMENT, UH, ALLOWABLE, UH, ENTITIES. CAN [00:05:01] YOU PUT APARTMENTS IN THERE? NO. I MEAN, BECAUSE IT SAYS, UH, SO THE DWELLING UNITS, UH, MULTIFAMILY. YEAH. SO, SO WHAT YOU CAN DO HERE IS YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE A STANDALONE APARTMENT COMPLEX. YOU COULD HAVE A, A MIXED USE TYPE FACILITY WHERE YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND APARTMENTS ABOVE IT. BUT IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WITH A LAND THIS SMALL, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT. YOU'RE GONNA NEED PARKLAND, YOU'RE GONNA NEED PARKING. AND THE SITE'S JUST TOO SMALL TO FEASIBLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IS IT POSSIBLE? MAYBE, BUT IT'S HIGHLY, HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD EVER DEVELOP AND THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT PROPOSING THAT. OKAY. SO THE DAYCARE CENTER SEEMS LIKE THAT'S YES, SIR. WOULD GO THERE, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL THAT COULD GO THERE, CORRECT? YEAH. WITH THE ZONING CHANGE, IT COULD BE ANYTHING, UM, THAT'S ALLOWED IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT. OKAY. YES, SIR. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, GO AHEAD. SO THE MCFARLAND, UM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS EARLY ON IN THE PLANNING STAGES, BUT I DO KNOW THAT Y'ALL DISCUSS SOME OF THESE THINGS AS YOU ARE LISTENING TO WHAT THEIR, THEIR, THEIR FUTURE PLANS ARE. SO MCFARLAND, I'M ASSUMING, IS GONNA BE DEVELOPED AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW ACCESS AND ALSO, UM, ON LAKE CITY PARKWAY, THAT'S GONNA CREATE SOME, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, FOR THE HOMEOWNERS IN THAT SUBDIVISION NORTH OF THERE, ARE THERE ALREADY DISCUSSING TRAFFIC FLOW FOR THAT? YES. SO ALL OF THAT, THE, THE TRAFFIC ISSUES WOULD BE HANDLED AT THE SITE PLAN PHASE. UM, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PUT SOME TRAFFIC STUDIES TO US TO SHOW WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S ANY IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED BASED ON THEIR DEVELOPMENT WHENEVER THEY COME THROUGH WITH AN ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. SO AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST THE ZONING SAYING, HEY, CAN WE DO A COMMERCIAL USE HERE, YES OR NO? AND THEN ONCE THEY GET A LITTLE FURTHER AROUND DOWN THE ROAD OF DEVELOPING IT SQUARE FOOTAGE, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN OCCUPY THE BUILDING. THAT'S WHEN WE'LL GET INTO THE ACTUAL DISCUSSIONS ON THE PARKING AND, UH, THE NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROADWAY NETWORK AS A RESULT OF THE USE. BUT, UM, HAVE THEY, HAVE THEY DISCUSSED ANY OF THAT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF THAT COMES, YOU KNOW, TO FRUITION, WE'RE GONNA MAYBE NOT PUT ALL OF THAT COST ON THE CITY? YES. THE, THE COST WOULD BE DIRECTLY FROM THE DEVELOPER. THE CITY WOULDN'T PAY ANY COST TO DO THOSE UPGRADES. THOSE ARE AS A RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. CHRIS? YES, MA'AM. UM, A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST, AND IN OUR MATERIAL IT SAID THAT THERE WERE NO, UH, NEARBY RESIDENCE, UH, WITHIN THE 200 FOOT, UH, RADIUS THAT OBJECTED. AND THEN WHEN WE GOT TO THE MEETING THAT NIGHT, IT TURNED OUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME, AND SO I READ IN MY MATERIAL THAT THERE HADN'T BEEN NO RESPONSES WHATSOEVER. IS THAT STILL THE CASE? YES MA'AM. THAT'S ACCURATE. WE'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES FROM ANYONE WHO WAS NOTICED, UM, OR ANYONE ELSE THAT I'M AWARE OF. MARK, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. SO, UM, WE'VE HAD NO RESPONSES FROM ANYONE WHO WAS NOTICED WITH THIS 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION BOUNDARY. YES, MA'AM. IT ALWAYS BOTHERS ME A LITTLE BIT WHEN THERE ARE RESIDENCES THAT BACK UP TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY, UM, THAT WANTS A ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT THOSE HOMES PROBABLY DID BUY THEIR HOMES WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS ZONED RESIDENTIAL. AND SOMETIMES IT, IT, IT'S ALMOST DIRTY TRICK TO CHANGE THE ZONING, BUT I CAN SEE HOW MAYBE THEY WANT A DAYCARE CENTER THERE BECAUSE IT WOULD SERVICE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S NOT A VERY NOXIOUS BUSINESS, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY A DAYCARE. IT CAN BE ANY OF THESE OTHER THINGS. SO THAT'S WHY I WONDERED IF YOU HAD ANY NEGATIVE, ANY RESPONSE AT ALL FROM THESE PEOPLE. AND, AND WE HAVE NOT. NO, MA'AM. UH, ONE OTHER THING I HAVE, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, UH, WHERE'D IT GO? THE, THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE SALES BEING THAT THIS BACKS UP RIGHT TO A SCHOOL, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE, THE RULE ON ALCOHOL OR BUSINESSES THAT SELL ALCOHOL AND WHAT, AND WHAT IS THE PLAN TO SEPARATE THIS LOT FROM THE SCHOOL PROPERTY THAT BACKS RIGHT UP TO IT? SURE. SO, UM, WITH ALCOHOL SALES, THERE IS A SEPARATE ORDINANCE, UM, IN CHAPTER 10 OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT, UM, REQUIRES SEPARATION BETWEEN SCHOOL PROPERTIES AND PROPERTIES THAT WOULD SELL ALCOHOL. AND SO IF IT WERE THE CASE THAT LET'S SAY A RESTAURANT WANTED TO GO HERE, UM, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT THAT RESTAURANT WITHOUT A VARIANCE, THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, DID WE HAVE ANY, ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO, UH, ADDRESS THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS SUBJECT? BY THE WAY, IT OPENED AT 6 0 2. I DIDN'T ANNOUNCE THAT. SO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO TALK? I, I GOT JUST ABOUT SOME SUBJECT GO AHEAD. SO LIKE, THE ADDRESS IS 66 22 66, 20 66 18. DO THEY GET ANY TYPE OF NOTIFICATION OR [00:10:01] LIKE TO KIND OF, I'M SORRY, WHAT ADDRESSES ARE THOSE? THE FOUR, THE THREE ADDRESSES THAT BACKUP TO THE LOT? YES, SIR. BECAUSE LIKE WHEN PAMELA, LIKE, WHEN PAMELA WAS TALKING, SHE MADE A GOOD POINT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF I BOUGHT THAT HOUSE AT THAT ADDRESS THINKING IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL, IT'S CHANGING, HEY, MAYBE IT'S GONNA BE A BENEFIT, BUT DO THEY GET NOTIFIED, HEY, THIS IS GONNA BE AN ANNOUNCED, THIS IS GONNA BE CHANGED. THEY GET TO COME TO THE FINAL HEARING? YES, SIR. SO, SO WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW, UM, THE HATCHED AREA IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. THAT BLACK LINE AROUND THE HATCHED AREA IS THE 200 FOOT BUFFER AREA. OKAY. EVERYTHING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT LINE GOT A NOTICE MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO'S ON RECORD WITH GALVESTON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AT THE MUNICIPAL TAX RECORDS. SO YEAH, THEY WOULD'VE GOT ONE IN THE MAIL. UM, THERE'S A SIGN POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND IT'S PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? IF NOT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AT SIX 10 AND MOVE INTO, UH, ACTION ON THE, ON THE ITEM IF, UH, IF, UH, IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. YES SIR. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. OKAY. IS THERE A, IS THERE A MOTION, UH, TO THAT EFFECT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I SECOND THAT. A MOTION MOTION'S MADE BY MR. DODSON. AND, UH, SECOND BY, UH, MR. HYDE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN AND MOTION CARRIED. WE, UH, WE DID CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, WE'LL WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE UNDER B HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL ON REVISIONS TO CHAPTER 1 25 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY. ARTICLE FOUR ENTITLED SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO REVISE REGULATIONS REGULATING TO LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. WE'LL OPEN THIS AT, UH, SIX 12 AND YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND YES, SIR. TELL US WHAT WE'RE DOING. ABSOLUTELY. UM, SO THIS IS A REQUEST THAT CAME, UM, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CONES AS WELL AS MAYOR LONG, UM, TO MODIFY THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR PALM TREES TO COUNT TOWARD THE SHADE TREE REQUIREMENTS. SO CURRENTLY, UM, WHAT OUR REGULATIONS SAY IS THAT A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS WHEN IT'S BUILT HAS TO PUT ONE SHADE TREE EVERY 30 LINEAR FEET ALONG A PUBLIC ROADWAY, AS WELL AS ONE SHADE TREE PER EIGHT PARKING SPACES WITHIN A PARKING LOT. UM, PALM TREES, UM, ARE NOT ACTUALLY TREES. THEY'RE CONSIDERED A GRASS AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN COUNTED TOWARDS SHADE TREES, UM, GRASS, ODDLY ENOUGH. BUT, UM, NONETHELESS, THIS, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR PALMS TO BE COUNTED TOWARD THOSE SHADE TREE REQUIREMENTS. UM, THERE ARE SOME CRITERIA FOR PALMS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THIS. UM, AND IT'S JUST ALLOWING PALMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY SUITABLE FOR OUR CLIMATE, HAVING SOME MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEM, AND THEN, UM, NOT ALLOWING HURRICANE CUT PALMS, WHICH ARE A WAY THAT PEOPLE CUT THEM, THAT DAMAGE THE PALM AND THEY END UP DYING, UM, WHEN THEY'RE TRANSPORTED. AND SO THESE ARE THE AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR YOUR REVIEW. CAN THE PALM TREES THAT ARE SUGGESTED, UM, ARE THEY GOOD DURING THE WINTERTIME? BECAUSE, I MEAN, I BELIEVE I SAW LOTS OF PEOPLE CUTTING DOWN PALM TREES AFTER THE LAST FREEZES THAT WE HAVE. SO THE LAST THING WE NEED IS A BUNCH OF DEAD PALM TREES IN THE CITY. SURE. AND, UM, ANY, ANYTHING THAT DIES DURING THE FREEZE AND IS A REQUIRED, UH, REQUIREMENT FOR THAT BUSINESS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND IT WOULD BECOME A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. AFTER THAT, THE ARBORIST RECOMMENDED THESE SIX PALMS AS APPROPRIATE PALMS FOR OUR CLIMATE. DO WE HAVE, UH, AND BEING THAT THIS IS NEW, UM, BECAUSE TREES OBVIOUSLY ARE A BIG TOPIC IN THIS CITY, OR AT LEAST I'VE BEEN TOLD, , UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE CITY WHERE THERE'S A PALM TREE BESIDES, I THINK THERE'S SOME IN SOUTH SHORE, BUT AS A, AS A REQUIRED PLANTING? WELL, YEAH, JUST ANYBODY WHO'S PLANTED IN ANYWHERE ELSE THAT WE'VE SEEN. 'CAUSE I, I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN TOO MANY PALM TREES IN LEAGUE CITY BESIDES MAYBE IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS. YEAH, TYPICALLY, I MEAN, PEOPLE WILL PLANT THEM IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIRED SHADE TREES. UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE, UM, MANY, IF ANY, UM, WHERE THERE SHADE TREES ARE PALM TREES, WHICH IS WHAT THIS WOULD ALLOW. SO THERE WERE, UH, SIX ON HERE. IT'S DID, UH, WHERE DID THIS LIST COME FROM? DID THE ARBORIST, UM, ON STAFF LOOKING INTO THOSE? YES, OUR ARBORIST RECOMMENDED THESE SIX PALMS AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA. SO FOUR OF THEM ARE DATED PALMS. UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T SPECIFICALLY SAY [00:15:01] THAT THE TWO FIRST TWO, UH, TWO AND THREE AND THEN FOUR AND FIVE, UM, ARE FRUITED ALSO. MM-HMM. . UM, AND THERE'S A POTENTIAL, WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR TREES IN MY BACKYARD, I DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY MESSY. UM, SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THESE TREES WHILE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, GONNA DO WELL IN OUR, IN OUR CLIMATE AND THEY DO WITHSTAND THE, THE, THE FREEZE, UM, THEY CAN BE VERY MESSY. SO I DON'T SEE ANY PROVISIONS IN THERE. MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU'LL HAVE BUSINESSES AND THEY'LL SAY, WELL, IT'S NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY IN THE STREET. AND THEN SEE LAKE CITY IS GONNA BE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON CLEANUP AND ALSO ON THE CARS, UM, THAT ARE PARKED IN THOSE PARKING AREAS, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES. UM, SO I, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE CHOICES OF THESE NUMBER TWO THROUGH FIVE, BUT COULD THEY, UH, REVISIT PROVISIONS REGARDING THAT ON CLEANUP MAINTENANCE, UM, OF THESE TREES? 'CAUSE SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED REGULARLY. UM, SURE. SO, SO, SO I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, YOUR SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO ADD SOME SORT OF PROVISION IN THIS ORDINANCE ABOUT MAINTENANCE OR CLEANUP OF POTENTIAL DATES, THINGS THE PALMS WOULD PRODUCE THE, THE FRUITED AREAS? YEAH, YEAH. OR, UM, AND OR POTENTIALLY REVISIT THOSE TREES. 'CAUSE TWO THROUGH FIVE CAN REALLY BECOME, UM, MAINTENANCE NUISANCE AND COST US MONEY. 'CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I'M GENERALLY OPPOSED TO THIS AMENDMENT CHANGE, AND I HAVE SEVERAL REASONS. ONE OF THEM BEING IS THEY'RE NOT TREES, AS YOU PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. AND THE WHOLE PROVISION IS TO PROVIDE SHADE FOR A REASON, WHICH THEY DON'T PROVIDE SHADE. UM, I ACTUALLY PREPARED A WRITTEN STATEMENT IN ADVANCE OF COMING, IF Y'ALL WOULD HUMOR ME. UM, IT DEFEATS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE IS WHAT IT DOES. RIGHT. SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, UM, I, IT'S, I'VE GOT LIKE TWO BIG PARAGRAPHS THAT I JUST WANTED TO READ OUT AND SEE WHAT Y'ALL'S THOUGHTS WERE AND GET Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES DEFEAT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF HAVING THE CANOPIES OF THE TREE IN THE FIRST PLACE, BESIDES THE FACT THAT YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY DO MAKE A NICE MESS. AND THEN IF YOU CUT THAT LIST DOWN TO TWO, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH OPTION AFTER THAT. SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, UH, SHADE TREATS DO OFFER MUCH MORE, UH, URBAN HEAT REDUCTION, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, AND THEY SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY WHEN IT COMES TO THAT COMPARED TO PALMS. UH, THEIR DENSE CANOPIES ACTUALLY REDUCE THE HEAT ISLANDS THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE ARE RUNNING, WALKING AROUND THE STREET. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK, INSTEAD OF IT BEING 110, MAYBE IT'LL BE A MEASLY A HUNDRED WHEN YOU'RE WALKING UNDER IT. RIGHT. UM, WITH THAT SAID, UM, THIS LEADS TO LESS HEAT ON THE STREET, BUT IT ALSO LEADS TO LESS STRAIN ON OUR ELECTRIC GRID WHEN IT ALSO SHELTERS THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING ALONG ALL THESE ROADS. RIGHT. UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS WHERE THE NEW BUILDS ARE COMING IN. CORRECT. 'CAUSE THIS IS NOT GONNA BE GRANDFATHERED IN. CORRECT. ALTHOUGH ANY OAK THAT GETS TAKEN DOWN MIGHT BE REPLACED WITH A PALM IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IT POTENTIALLY COULD. OKAY. SO WITH THAT SAID, THEY HAVE LARGER ROOT SYSTEMS. THEY HAVE A BIGGER BIOMASS, THEY REDUCE POLLUTION MORE, THEY REDUCE THE HEAT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET ON THE STREET. UM, THEY ALSO PROVIDE A BIGGER HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE, WHICH WHEN WE WERE JUST HAVING CONCRETE JUNGLES, IF YOU LOOK AT A SATELLITE VIEW OF THE HOUSTON AREA, INCLUDING LEAGUE CITY GOING BACK, BECAUSE WE HAVE NASA, THANKFULLY OUR STUFF, IF YOU GO BACK ON A GOOGLE TIME, TIME-LAPSE VIEW, IT WENT FROM TREES ALL OVER TO CONCRETE ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE PLANNING. BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, IS THIS JUST APPLYING TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS? THIS IS FOR COMMERCIAL ONLY. YES SIR. YEAH. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING A RESIDENTIAL SPOT, TURNING IT INTO A COMMERCIAL ZONE, WHICH NOW WON'T HAVE ANY TREES TO GO WITH IT, EVEN THOUGH ALL THE HOUSES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE REQUIRED BY CITY CODE TO HAVE SHADE TREES. BUT THE BUSINESSES THEN GET EXEMPT FROM IT. UM, AND IT TURNS OUT OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE MADE THESE CHANGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE ACTUALLY ROLLING BACK THOSE CHANGES BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN SUED. THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO SAN DIEGO, TO WEST PALM BEACH IN FLORIDA. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE POOR STEWARDSHIP ON LEAGUE CITY'S PART TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. BESIDES THAT, IT DOES, UM, AFFECT OUR TAXES. IF WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER AESTHETIC APPEAL IN GENERAL, THEY HAVE A HIGHER, UH, INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES, WHICH NOT LIKE IT'S GONNA MAKE OR BREAK A, YOU KNOW, $500,000 HOUSE, BUT IT DOES GO TO THE CITY A LITTLE BIT WHEN THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. AND SO I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY GOOD REASON TO CHANGE IT WHATSOEVER. WE'RE GONNA REPLACE SHADE TREES WITH THINGS THAT ARE NOT DEFINED AS TREES THAT DON'T PROVIDE SHADE BESIDES ALL THE OTHER STUFF. SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHANGE. VERY GOOD. I'LL BE VOTING. NO, VERY GOOD. UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE? GO AHEAD. UM, [00:20:01] YES, I, UH, I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WHERE A LOT OF THE SHADE TREES HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY PALM TREES. AND, UH, THEY DID THIS BECAUSE OF THE ROOT SYSTEM, THE SHADE TREES, AND REALLY IT'S AWFUL LOOKING. I MEAN, THERE'S NO SHADE, THERE'S NO AMBIENCE ANYMORE. IT LOOKS LIKE A CONCRETE JUNGLE. AND, UM, I'M REALLY OPPOSED TO THIS. I THINK EVEN A, EVEN IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT, UH, IT, IT JUST, IT JUST LOOKS TERRIBLE. AND LIKE YOU SAY, IT LOOKS HOT AND IT IS HOT. AND SO I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THIS EITHER. IS, IS COUNCIL LOOKING AT CHANGING THE RULES FOR HOMEOWNERS AND NOT JUST, SO THE CITY DOESN'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY ACTUAL PLANTING REQUIREMENTS FOR HOMEOWNERS? THOSE ARE TYPICALLY REQUIRED BY THE HOA, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY RULE HOA HAVE OAK TREE BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY SIDEWALK IN THE STREET THAT SAYS OTHERWISE. SO THAT APPARENTLY THAT I COULD RIP OUT, BUT YEAH. UM, NON-COMMERCIAL IS STILL GONNA BE GOVERNED BY DEEDED RESTRICTIONS OR HOAS OR WHATEVER. THAT'S CORRECT. THERE'S STILL RULES FOR PLANTING IN CERTAIN AREAS, LIKE BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE CURB, BUT, UM, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME HAVE A TREE FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT. OKAY. SIR, YOU, YOU JUST CAME IN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PALM TREES. DID YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT SUBJECT? OKAY, VERY GOOD. I DIDN'T WANNA PASS YOU UP. ONE MORE QUESTION. I I'M GONNA THROW A CURVE BALL TO YOU. WHAT'S CHEAPER? THE SHADE TREES OR THE PALM TREES? I, I DO NOT HAVE A PRICE ON WHICH ONE'S CHEAPER. I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. OH, I I, I'M GONNA ASSUME THE, THE SHADE TREES ARE CHEAPER. PALM TREES ARE QUITE EXPENSIVE AND THEY DIE MORE FREQUENTLY. YEAH. OKAY. WHERE WOULD YOU, UM, SUGGEST WE GO AT THIS POINT? JUST GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A MOTION, UH, EITHER FOR OR AGAINST AND THEN, UH, GO FORWARD. YES, SIR. AND IF, IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC CHANGES YOU WANT TO THE ORDINANCE, UM, YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION WITH THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES LIKE MS. IRWIN HAD MENTIONED. OKAY. I THINK PROBABLY, UNLESS WE HAVE SOME MORE TESTIMONY, UH, IT'D BE APPROPRIATE TO, UH, CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING. IS THAT CORRECT? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE, UH, TESTIMONY? YES, SIR. AND THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHAT TIME WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING OPENED? SIX 20. OKAY. OKAY. YES, SIR. WE'LL, WE'LL CLOSE THIS AS OF 6 22. ANYBODY, UH, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON THIS. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THIS CHANGE. I SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. DODSON AND A SECOND BY, UH, DR. PROS TO DENY THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR THE CHANGE AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? WELL, JUST TO COMMENT, UH, MAYBE IT'S A POINT OF ORDER. I THOUGHT THAT WE DIDN'T NEED THAT. I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD JUST FAIL FOR LACK OF A MOTION. I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WANNA DO, BUT CAN I CLARIFY? YOU DEFER TO YOU? YES. UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, IF YOU VOTE, UM, THIS IS STILL GOING TO COUNCIL WITH THE CHANGES, COUNCIL WILL STILL VOTE ON IT, BUT WHEN IT GOES TO COUNCIL, IT'LL SHOW THAT YOU ARE, YOU DIDN'T, IT DID NOT, UM, MEET THE APPROVAL OF THE P AND Z BOARD. AND THEY'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS ORDINANCE WILL STILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. SO, SO, UH, IT DOESN'T, IF SO, IF YOU VOTE TO NOT VOTE IT, IT DOESN'T KILL THE ITEM, IT'S STILL GOING TO COUNCIL. OKAY. SO CAN WE PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT THAT IF THEY DO GO WITH IT, THAT WE, THEY, THEY PUT IN SOME PROVISIONS ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AND, AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. YOU CAN MAKE WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS YOU WANT. COUNSEL HAS THE DISCRETION TO TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION OR NOT. WOULD IT, WOULD IT MAKE A MORE OF A, UH, STATEMENT TO COUNSEL IF WE ACTUALLY TOOK A VOTE TO DENY IT? I KNOW THAT COUNSEL WATCHES THIS BOARD VERY CAREFULLY. I'M SURE THEY WOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND YOU CAN ALSO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENTS OR INDIVIDUALLY CONTACT COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. CER CERTAINLY. SO I GUESS IN SHORT, IF WE DON'T AGREE TO IT, THEN IF NOBODY MAKES A MOTION, THEN IT JUST FAILS ON THIS COUNCIL, ON THIS BOARD. YES. WE WOULD ASK THOUGH, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL IS VERY, UM, CONSIDERATE OF, OF YOUR OPINION. THEY DO WANT YOUR OPINION. SO WHETHER YOU VOTE IT UP OR VOTE IT DOWN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WHATEVER YOUR PREROGATIVE IS, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DECISION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. OKAY. BUT OF COURSE, IF THE MOTION FAILS, AND I GUESS THAT'S, THAT'S THE DECISION. SO I'D RATHER SOMEONE [00:25:01] THAT'S A DECISION IF THE MOTION FAILS. IF THE MOTION DOESN'T GET A MOTION, YES. THE WHOLE PROPOSAL FAILS. YES. YES. IF SOMEONE MAKES A MOTION AND IT FAILS. RIGHT. SO IF THERE IS NO MOTION, IT FAILS. YOU ARE, YOU ARE CORRECT MA'AM. YES. AND NOT HAVING A MOTION WOULD SHOW SOME INDECISION ON THE PART OF THE COMMISSION. IS IT KNOWLEDGE? YES. WE WOULD PROBABLY NOTE ON THE DATA SHEET, UM, THAT THE MOTION THAT THERE WAS NO MOTION OR THERE WAS NO MOTION TO APPROVE. BASICALLY IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MORE AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT, UM, YOU COULD DO A MOTION TO DENY OR OR MOTION TO RECOMMEND DENIED THE MOTION IS ON THE TABLE AT THIS POINT TO DENY THE, THE REQUEST YOU. UM, AND IF THAT FAILS THOUGH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU INVERSELY APPROVED IT, IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU'RE YEAH, OUR OPINION IS NOT IN FAVOR OF IT. YES. I, I I GOT A QUESTION. IS THIS STRICTLY LIKE ON MAIN THOROUGH, LIKE MAIN ROADWAYS OR IS THIS MAYBE LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CREEK AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO, SO THIS'LL BE FOR ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. SO I'M ASSUMING MAYBE ON THE CREEK, MAYBE THIS KIND OF WHERE THEY'RE DEVELOPING CLEAR CREEK AND STUFF. IS THAT KIND OF, DID THIS POP UP FROM THERE? WELL REALLY THERE'S TWO SITUATIONS THAT THIS IS RELATED TO. IT'S RELATED TO THE STREET FRONTAGE TREES. SO ALONG THE ROADWAYS, ANY ROADWAY, NOT JUST THE MAJOR ONES, BUT ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, THE FRONTS OF ROADWAY IS REQUIRED TO PUT TREES ALONG THAT ROADWAY. SO THIS WOULD ALLOW THOSE TREES TO BE PALMS. AND IT ALSO, WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT SAYS EVERY EIGHT PARKING SPACES YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE TREE IN YOUR PARKING LOT. THIS WOULD ALLOW THOSE TREES TO BE PALMS. AND THAT'S IT. I THINK HONOR THE QUESTION IS IF THEY DO DEVELOP CLEAR CREEK, UH, IF THEY DO DEVELOP CLEAR CREEK AS THEIR POTENTIAL, SINCE IT IS MORE OF A TROPICAL TRYING GET TROPICAL KIND OF LOOK TO IT, WOULD THERE BE SOME PROVISION THERE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW TO DO THAT ON A WATERWAY? SO TODAY YOU COULD FILL YOUR LOT UP WITH PALMS IF YOU WANT TO. IT'S JUST, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ON THE ROADS THAT ONE PER 30 FEET HAVE TO BE A SHADE TREE CURRENTLY. OKAY. AND SO IF THEY WANT TO PUT PALMS ALL IN THE BACK ALONG THE CREEK, THEY CAN PUT A HUNDRED PALMS BACK THERE. AND THAT'S, THIS DOES NOT DO AWAY WITH PALMS IN LAKE CITY. THIS IS NOT ALLOWING PALMS, IT'S JUST ALLOWING THEM IN THESE OTHER SITUATIONS. SO THIS IS STRICTLY ALONG THE ROADWAY. MM-HMM. ALONG THE ROADWAY AND IN THE PARKINGS FOR COMMERCIALS, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE WALKING UNDER THE TREES. OKAY. SO WE ARE DOING WHAT? THE MOTIONS. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION, UM, UH, ON THE TABLE TO UH, UH, DENY THE REQUEST FOR THE CHANGE AND, AND, UH, MAKE THAT REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE DENIED IT. IF WE FA IF WE PASS THAT MOTION. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, LET'S VOTE. THIS IS TO DENY IT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WOULD YOU ANNOUNCE TO THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE THAT, UH, OR WE'LL, WE'LL PUT ON THE DATA SHEET GOING TO CITY COUNCIL? THAT, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY DENIED THE REQUEST. OKAY. OKAY, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT. [5. New Business] OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE HAVE, UM, UNDER NEW BUSINESS, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A PRELIMINARY PLAT FIVE 18 MIXED USE PLAT 23 0 0 3 6. GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD FIVE 18 AND EAST OF ST. CHRISTOPHER AVENUE. YES. THANK YOU SIR. SO, UM, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLATT, UM, CONSISTS OF ABOUT 45 ACRES. UM, THEY ARE SUBDIVIDING IT INTO FOUR LOTS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. UM, HERE IS A COPY OF THE PLATT ITSELF. UM, IT DOES MEET STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO WHAT DOES THIS DO? UH, WHAT CAN THEY DO NOW IF THIS IS APPROVED THAT THEY COULDN'T DO BEFORE? I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS CAME OUT ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS AGO, THERE WERE A HUGE AMOUNT OF UPROAR, NEGATIVE SURE. FEELINGS ABOUT IT. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW IT'S GREAT. SO WHAT MAKES IT GOOD NOW? AND IT WASN'T GOOD BEFORE. RIGHT NOW THIS IS JUST THE PRELIMINARY LAYOUT OF THE LOTS. UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ZONING, UM, OR ANY CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING ON THOSE LOTS. WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT. AND SO THAT'LL BE THE NEXT THING THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IS ABANDON SMITH LANE, WHICH ON THIS PLATT IT SHOWS US TO BE ABANDONED. UM, SO UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANYTHING ELSE. AND AFTER THAT, THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO START INSTALLING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WILL INVOLVE WATER, SEWER, AND UM, ROADWAY. OKAY, SO THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME THAT WE'LL CORRECT. NO, NOT BE SEEING THIS, THIS, YOU'LL SEE THE FINAL PLAID OF IT. THIS DOES COME UNDER THE, UM, UH, THREE APPROVAL THINGS THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME BE ABLE TO CHALLENGE THAT, BUT NO SIR. SO I GUESS WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. IF IT'S OKAY TO APPROVE IT. WHEN YOU WOULD CHALLENGE THAT AS IF A REZONING REQUEST CAME UP RIGHT, UM, TO REZONE IT TO ALLOW A USE [00:30:01] THAT YOU DID NOT FEEL APPROPRIATE THERE, THAT WOULD BE WHEN YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DENY WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. OKAY? ALRIGHT. SO THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BE APPROVED AS, UH, AS SUBMITTED TO YOU TODAY. AND WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR, UH, ACTUALLY WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION IF, IF NECESSARY. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MR. DODSON SECOND. WHO WAS THAT? ME. OKAY, MS. ARNOLD? SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS OF STAFF? WE'LL VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A PRELIMINARY PLATT SAMARA, SECTION 10 PLA 23 0 0 3 8 AND SAMARA, UH, SECTION 11 PLAT 23 0 0 3 9. GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF SAMARA WAY AND WEST OF LANDING BOULEVARD. YES, SIR. SO, UM, THESE ARE TWO PLATTS IN THE SAMARA SUBDIVISION, WHICH ARE LOCATED WEST OF LANDING BOULEVARD. UM, SAMARA 10 CONSIST OF ABOUT 27 ACRES WITH 81 RESIDENTIAL LOTS. AND SAMARA 11 IS 19 ACRES WITH 61 RESIDENTIAL LOTS. UM, THEY DO MEET STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF EACH HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AND HERE AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT, THAT, UH, CONFORMS TO THE, THE REQUIREMENT, THE THREE REQUIREMENTS AND, AND STAFF FINDS THAT IT DOES AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THESE CHANGES. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MR. DODSON SECOND MOVES AND WE HAVE SECOND BY DR. PROPS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. [6. Staff Comments ] NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, ITEM SIX, STAFF COMMENTS. DOES STAFF HAVE ANYTHING MORE? UM, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MR. DOTSON BACK TO THE BOARD, , BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS TODAY, SIR. OKAY. I JUST WANNA PUT OUT MY DISCLAIMER BEFORE WE DISMISS SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE CITY SECRETARY ON AN OPINION THAT SAYS THAT I CAN STILL SERVE ON THIS BOARD UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE ELECTION, SO THAT THERE IS NO CONFUSION IN LEAGUE CITY. UM, ON THAT NOTE, ARE WE GOING TO REVISIT THE ELECTION WE HAD LAST WEEK? WE CAN DISCUSS, I THINK WE'RE GONNA TALK, WELL, I THINK WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE POSTED ON THE AGENDA. CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AND, AND TALK ABOUT, BUT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT AT NEXT MEETING SINCE IT WASN'T ON THE, ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. I SAY Y'ALL HAVE A RUNOFF, , WE PUT IT OFF LONG ENOUGH, PUT SIGNS AGAIN, IT'LL BE A MO POINT FOR BOTH POSITIONS. I'M PUTTING MY SIGN RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT. THAT'S FUNNY. OKAY. FOR THE, FOR THIS PART, . OKAY. UH, ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO COME UP? YOU GOOD? YES, SIR. OKAY. IF THAT BE THE CASE, WE'LL UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. MOTION. YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO FOR IT. I'LL GO FIRST ONE TIME. OKAY. THERE HE GO. SECOND. DR. PRO MADE THE MOTION AND MR. DODSON, UH, SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A A OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WAS A GOOD, GOOD PRODUCTIVE MEETING FOR NOT BEING HERE. LAST MEETING. * 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.