Feb 27, 2024 Regular Meetings

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ALRIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL,

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]

ANDY MANN.

HERE.

TOMMY COES? HERE.

TOM CRUISE.

HERE.

COURTNEY CHADWELL? HERE.

JUSTIN HICKS.

YES, SIR.

CHAD TRESSLER.

HERE.

SEAN SAUNDERS HERE.

ALRIGHT.

AND NOW A REMINDER, PLEASE TURN OFF THOSE CELL PHONES, BUT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PASTOR BRIAN YOUNG FROM THE WORD POWER CHURCH, WHO WILL BE OUR INVOCATION SPEAKER THIS EVENING.

PASTOR, HELLO YOU.

WE PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS.

THANK YOU LORD FOR THE HONOR TO PRAY OVER THIS GREAT CITY, THIS GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND THE WONDERFUL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

WE, UH, COME BEFORE YOU TODAY, HUMBLY LORD, THANKING YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE WISDOM.

LORD, I PRAY OVER EVERY LEAGUE CITY OFFICIAL.

I PRAY OVER EVERY FIRST RESPONDER, THOSE THAT RISK THEIR LIVES FOR OUR SAFETY.

THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE SAFELY IN THIS GREAT CITY.

NOW, FATHER, WE BLESS THIS TIME.

WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD HELP US IN ALL OUR ENDEAVORS.

IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

AMEN.

I PLEDGE THE AMERICAN FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE AROUND TO THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS, THE TEXAS FLAG.

IP YOU TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.

ALL RIGHT,

[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

THREE.

A FEBRUARY 13TH, 2024, REGULAR MEETING.

IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS, THESE MINUTES STAND APPROVED.

AND NOW, UH, WE WILL MOVE

[4. PROCLAMATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AWARDS, AND COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT]

SO TONIGHT WE, UH, HAVE KIND OF A, A SPECIAL ONE AND THIS IS A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024.

ROBERT E WE DAY IN LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS.

AND IF WE COULD COME UP, WE'LL, WE'LL READ.

THE FAMILY WANTS TO COME UP.

WE'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND, AND DO THAT.

ALRIGHT.

SO, WHEREAS ROBERT E WEARING WAS BORN IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 1925, HE ATTENDED FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL IN FOREST HILLS, QUEENS, NEW YORK UNTIL HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS TO BECOME A PILOT AT THE AGE OF 17 DURING WORLD WAR II.

AND WHEREAS THE ARMY AIR CORPS HAD OTHER PLANS FOR ROBERT, HE INSTEAD BECAME A GUNNER AND WAS THE TOP TURT GUNNER OF A B 24 LIBERATOR BOMBER IN ITALY.

IN 1944, HE WAS PART OF THE 720TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON AND THE 450TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP.

AND HE BECAME THE LAST LIVING MEMBER.

AND WHEREAS HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY FAITHFULLY UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR AND WAS PROMOTED TO STAFF SERGEANT WHEN HE LATER REENTERED CIVILIAN LIFE, EARNED A DEGREE, PURSUED BUSINESS IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY, MARRIED AND STARTED HIS FAMILY.

AND WHERE I, IN HIS LATER YEARS, HE MOVED FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK TO LEAGUE CITY TO BE NEAR HIS SON AND FAMILY.

HE WAS A SPORTS FAN, LOVED WATCHING THE BUFFALO BILLS, THE BUFFALO SABER, AND THE HOUSTON ASTROS.

HE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH PEOPLE, HIS NEIGHBORS, AND RECONNECTING WITH OLD COMRADES.

HE ENJOYED RELAYING STORIES OF HIS LIFE AND HIS SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY.

AND WHEREAS HE SPENT THE REMAINING YEARS OF HIS LIFE VOLUNTEERING AT THE LONE STAR FLIGHT MUSEUM BEGINNING IN 2018, HE CONSIDERED AN HONOR TO VOLUNTEER TO REPRESENT THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR ALL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

AND HE SAID HE DID IT SO THEY MAY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

HIS CONTRIBUTION TO HISTORY WAS KEEPING THE REALITY OF WAR AND THE SACRIFICES MADE ALIVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

I THEREFORE, NICK LONG BY VIRTUE THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS THE 11TH MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024, ROBERT E. WARNER DAY IN THE GREAT CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HEAR TO YOU, SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE GREAT SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 27TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024.

CAN WE GET A PICTURE? THEY HAVE A WHOLE BRING THEM ALL UP, .

COME ON

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ALL RIGHT, ITEM

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL]

COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL NATURE OR MAY, JUST A SPECIFIC AGENDA.

ITEMS. FIRST ONE IS KEVIN HOLLAND.

GIMME ONE MINUTE.

JUST GIVE GIVE HIM ONE MINUTE.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

YES MA'AM.

COUNCILMAN CONES WANTS THIS TO COUNT AS YOUR TIME.

UM, READY? WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, I COME TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT DRAINAGE AND AS I APPRECIATE THE PARTICIPATION WITH THE GALVESTON COUNTY CONSOLIDATED DRAINAGE DISTRICT LAKE CITY, AND MULTIPLE AREAS AROUND, UH, IN THE CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED.

I I'VE SENT AN EMAIL TO Y'ALL AS WELL AS THE OTHER 12 MAYORS WITH THE CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED.

AND WHAT I'M ASKING IS, UH, I, I'VE SENT A, A RECORDING FROM THE 2 13 20 24 MEETING AND CURRENTLY WE'VE COME TO BREAKING GROUND ON A PROJECT, A $40 MILLION PROJECT OFF OF DIXIE FARM ROAD, UH, IT'S REFERRED TO WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, GALVESTON COUNTY, CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD AND GALVESTON COUNTY CONSOLIDATED DRAINAGE DISTRICT TO HOLD WATER UPSTREAM FROM Y'ALL AND CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD.

IN THE RECORDING IN THE MINUTE THERE'S, UH, YOUR APPOINTEE DON JOHNSON AT 1.11 MINUTES INTO IT, HE ANNOUNCES HIMSELF AS DON JOHNSON'S HARRIS COUNTY AND GALVESTON COUNTY SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT.

ABOUT 40 MINUTES INTO THE CONVERSATION, HE, UH, DOES NOT SPEAK WELL OF THE PROJECT.

AND MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT DOES SUBSIDENCE HAVE TO DO WITH DRAINAGE? NOTHING.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AS WELL AS THE OTHER 12 MEMBERS, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GRACIOUSLY REMOVE HIM AS YOUR APPOINTEE SO HE DOESN'T UNDERMINE ANY MORE DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

THANK YOU HEATHER BERGMAN,

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I WAS HERE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO TO TALK WITH YOU FOLKS ABOUT THE ANIMAL SHELTER, UH, SOUND WALL.

UH, WE'VE APPRECIATED ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AND THE MONEY YOU'VE PUT TOWARDS THAT PROJECT OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND GETTING BIDS OUT THERE AND LOOKING INTO THE ISSUE.

UH, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THOSE BIDS THIS EVENING.

UM, WANNA THANK DRE HICKS FOR REACHING OUT AND LETTING US KNOW AND KEEPING US UP TO DATE ON ALL THE SCHEDULE OF ALL THIS STUFF AND WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON, BUT WANNA, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN.

I WAS HERE ON BEHALF OF BOTH THE OAKS OF CLEAR CREEK AND SETTER POINT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

UM, WE STILL HEAR THOSE DOGS EVERY DAY.

WE STILL VERY MUCH SUPPORT THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING THERE JUST DIDN'T, DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA HEAR 'EM IN OUR BACKYARDS IN OUR FRONT YARDS ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.

SO WHEN I, UH, ASK YOU GUYS TO LISTEN TO THAT TODAY AND CONSIDER IT, THANKS.

THANK YOU.

PEGGY SAYLER, PEGGY SAYLER, 1802 RAMPART.

UM, TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT KEVIN SAID, UH, WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING RECORDING, SHOULD YOU, I'M SURE YOU'LL AGREE IT'S THE BEST MEETING EVER.

IT WAS A FANTASTIC MEETING.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR, FOR RECOGNIZING, UH, OUR VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO VOTE YESTERDAY AND THE FOLKS AT THE POLL WERE TELLING ME AND REMINDING ME HOW SMALL THE TURNOUT WAS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID THAT REALLY TOUCHED ME IS WITH THE SMALL TURNOUT WAS OUR SENIORS THAT WERE TURNING OUT.

AND I WAS REMINDED THAT IT'S NOT OUR ACTIVE SENIORS, REALLY, IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY MOBILE, BUT THEY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT TOUCHED ME.

'CAUSE I THOUGHT WE WHO ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE OUR HEALTH AND ALL OF OUR FRIENDS WITH US, UM, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED.

AND THESE LADIES WERE, WERE REALLY TALKING SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT IT IS, WHAT IS IT WE NEED TO DO TO REMIND OUR CITIZENS THAT THIS IS A GIFT WE HAVE BESIDES RECOGNIZING OUR VETERANS, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS IT.

I GOT TO THINKING HOW MANY OF US REMEMBER, UH, WHAT A ROBUST, WONDERFUL LOCAL HISTORY PROGRAM WE HAVE AT OUR LIBRARY.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UH, THE SAM HOUSTON CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, UH, PROVIDED US ORAL HISTORY TAPES OF WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II VETERANS.

SO I, I REALLY AM SPEAKING TO OUR CITIZENS, AND YOU OF COURSE, BUT ESPECIALLY OUR CITIZENS.

IF THERE IS ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY WHO YOU CAN SHARE STORIES WITH, DON'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.

REACH OUT TO OUR LIBRARY AND SEE HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE YOUR STORIES INTO THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY.

AND AND I THINK MAYBE AS WE PROMOTE LOCAL HISTORY AND WE PROMOTE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, UH, FOR WHAT BINDS US AS A COMMUNITY, MAYBE IT WILL BEGIN TO REMIND FOLKS THAT IT IS AT THE MOST 10 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME TO HAVE A VOICE.

AND WHEN WE SEE THESE FOLKS WHO CAN BARELY MAKE IT UP THE, EVEN IN THEIR WHEELCHAIRS, I MEAN, THAT, THAT SHOULD MAKE US SHAME THAT WE DON'T ALL TAKE OUR TIME AND TURN OUT AND, AND LET THE GOVERNMENT HEAR WHAT IT IS WE THINK IS IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE WHAT YOU DID TONIGHT, IT RESONATES WITH WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT.

AND I THINK OUR LIBRARY CAN HELP BUILD ON THAT.

AND, AND I THINK IT VERY, IT SPEAKS VERY WELL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THE LOCAL HISTORY ROOM, IT'S UH, IT'S PRETTY NEAT.

DON'T GO LOOKING UP THE 2001 CLEAR CREEK YEARBOOK.

THERE'S SOME EMBARRASSING PICTURES IN THERE, BUT OF, OF THE MAYOR.

BUT, UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S SOME GREAT STUFF IN THAT, IN THAT RESOURCE ROOM.

AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH AN EFFORT OF DIGITIZING A LOT OF THE OLD NEWSPAPERS AND, AND PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY NEAT.

ALRIGHT, UH, CONSENT AGENDA

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

OKAY.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO PULL SIX J OKAY.

UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR EVERYTHING BUT SIX CL MOVE TO APPROVE AND J SECOND, UH, OKAY, LET'S VOTE ON EVERYTHING.

BUT THE ONES THAT WERE PULLED, 8 4 0 AGAINST SIX

[6C. 24-0098 Consider and take action on a resolution appointing the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) as the Citizen Improvement Advisory Committee (CIAC) in relation to the City’s 2024 Master Mobility Plan and Roadway Capital Recovery Fee Update (Executive Director of Development Services)]

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AND I HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO THE CAC AS FAR AS THE 2024 MASTER MOBILITY PLAN WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT THE BOARD SI SIZE, ITS EXPANDED TO 10 MEMBERS TO APPOINT THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, MAKING THEM TEMPORARY AD HOC MEMBERS OF THE P AND Z FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CIAC ONLY.

AND THOSE THREE WOULD BE DAVID JOHNSON, DAVID PEARSON, AND ANDY A C**K.

AND I'LL SECOND.

TOM, COULD YOU KINDA WALK ME THROUGH THAT? THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT THERE.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

SO SIMPLIFY THIS, UH, THE P AND Z.

SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU PUT TOGETHER THE, UH, THE MASTER MOBILITY PLAN, YOU HAVE TO NAME A COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CITIZEN REPRESENTATION TO ON TOP OF THAT.

UH, SO WHAT I'M PROPOSING ESSENTIALLY IS THE THREE MEMBERS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, UH, DAVID JOHNSON, DAVID PEARSON, ANDY C**K, AND THEN THE REST OF THE PMZ TO ACT AS THAT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP, WE'RE GONNA STILL GET RID OF THE, THE NAME PLANNING AND ZONING.

N NO, IT'S JUST ADDING, JUST ADDING THOSE THREE TO THE COMMITTEE FOR PURPOSES OF THE MASTER MOBILITY PLAN ONLY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WELL, I WAS GONNA EXPLAIN IT TO TOM AS THE LIAISON TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S EFFECTIVELY, IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.

WE'RE JUST ADDING THE TIC TO, UH, TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING TO SERVICE THAT FUNCTION IS WHAT IT IS DOWN IN SIMPLE TERMS, WE RAN INTO A TECHNICALITY IN THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND, UM, THIS IS JUST A WAY, UH, TO SOLVE IT SO THAT THEY COULD STILL SERVE.

THANK YOU.

YEP.

OKAY.

PERFECT.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES EIGHT FOUR, NONE AGAINST,

[6J. 24-0090 Consider and take action on a resolution approving aerial spraying for the abatement of mosquitoes by the Galveston County Mosquito Control District (Director of Public Works)]

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON RESOLUTION APPROVING AERIAL SPRAYING FOR THE ABATEMENT AND MOSQUITOES BY THE GALVESTON COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, UH, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, 12TH, A HUNDREDTH.

I HATE MOSQUITOES.

THINK IT AS A TANKER AND JUST LET SOMEONE TO TAKE A NOTE ON THAT TOM.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

MY, MY QUESTION ON THIS IS, GOES A LITTLE BIT BROADER.

UH, I LIKE THE AERIAL SPRAYING.

UM, DO WE HAVE, SINCE WE APPROVE THIS, DO WE HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER WHERE THEY SPRAY? I, I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BUT I WILL PUT IT TO JODI.

I THINK THAT, UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL, UH, UP TO THE, UH, MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT.

THEY DETERMINE THAT BASED ON THEIR, UH, MOSQUITO TRAPS AND THE COMPLAINTS THAT THEY GET FROM THE CITIZENS AND THE AREAS.

OKAY.

BECAUSE THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT IN THE MEADOWS.

UM, WHEN , WHEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A ONE 800 NUMBER ON THE, THE COUNTY WEBSITE, GET THE PEOPLE IN THE MEADOWS CALL.

OKAY.

WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.

THEY SAID THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING IS TO, FOR PEOPLE TO CALL IN, IN THE AREAS.

AND THAT MIGHT NOT, NOT APPLY TO ONLY AERIAL SPRAYING, BUT EVEN THE DRIVE BY SPRAYING AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.

SO YEAH, I'LL TELL YOU, I WALKED OUT THERE JUST THE OTHER DAY AND I GOT SIX AND ABOUT THREE WERE ON MY DOG.

AND SO THAT MEANS HEARTWORMS, YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL OF, AND I'M NOT ALONE.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. COLLINS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I THINK, UM, I'VE ASKED JOHN HERE JUST A FEW WEEKS BACK TO, TO GO OUT AND TRY TO GET US SOME ESTIMATES FOR EXTRA SPRINGS OR EXTRA SKID LOADS OR SOMETHING WE CAN PUT ON A PICKUP TRUCK HERE IN THE CITY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND FOR AREAS THAT, UM, WE DON'T SEEM TO GET MOSQUITO SPRAYING.

I THINK OUR SUBDIVISION IS PROBABLY JUST LIKE YOURS.

I I THINK IT'S KIND OF A HIT AND MISS THING, BUT UH, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING TO COUNCIL DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE, OR AT LEAST BY NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

UM, PLACING SOMETHING ON THE BUDGET FOR AN EXTRA, UM, SPRAYING FOR, FOR THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE 4TH OF JULY, SO FORTH.

ABSOLUTELY.

JUST A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER, ISN'T THAT ALREADY IN PLACE? I KNOW WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST, HAVEN'T WE? I MEAN, SO ON, ON SPECIAL EVENTS AND OCCASIONALLY IT'S THE MOSQUITO

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SOMETIMES AT SOME OF THE PARKS COUNTRYSIDE IN PARTICULAR, WE WILL HIRE SOMEONE TO COME SPRAY.

I, I THINK SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM AND OR ENHANCED PROGRAM PAID FOR BY THE CITY IS MONEY WELL SPENT.

SO IF WE CAN BRING THAT BACK EITHER ON THE BUDGET OR, OR LATER, THAT'D BE GREAT.

YES SIR.

ALRIGHT.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST

[6L. 24-0093 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a construction contract with Castle Energy Group LLC for the installation of the soundwall related to the Animal Care and Adoption Center - Phase 2 Soundwall Project (PD 2301) with a base bid amount of $274,850, and an amount not to exceed $27,485 for a Work Change Directive budget, and authorizing a construction material testing services contract with Terracon Consultants in the amount not to exceed $9,620 for a total construction budget not to exceed $311,955.00. (Executive Director of Capital Projects)]

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH CASTLE ENERGY GROUP LLC FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SOUND WALL RELATED TO THE ANIMAL CARE AND ADOPTION CENTER, PHASE TWO SOUND WALL PROJECT PD 2 3 0 1 WITH A BASE BID OF $274,850 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $27,485 FOR A WORK CHANGE DIRECTIVE BUDGET.

AND AUTHORIZING A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL TESTING SERVICE CONTRACT WITH TERRACON CONSULTANTS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,620 FOR THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET NOT TO EXCEED 311,955.

MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND JUSTIN? YEAH, AND ONLY FOR THE ONLY REASON THAT I PULLED THIS IS FOR THE UH, YOUNG LADY RESIDENT THAT CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF IT.

I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND SPEED OF GOVERNMENT CERTAINLY DOESN'T MAKE IT LESS FRUSTRATING, BUT AT LEAST WE COULD VOTE THIS INDIVIDUALLY IN FRONT OF YOU SO, UM, IT DOESN'T GET LOST IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

EIGHT FOUR NO AGAINST UH, THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[8A. 24-0101 Consider and take action on an ordinance revising Chapter 125 of the Code of Ordinance of the City of League City, to remove Appendixes B, C, D, and E (Director of Planning) The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval, 8-0-0 on January 22, 2024. City Council postponed the item, 5-2-0 on February 13, 2024]

TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE REVISING CHAPTER 1 25 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY TO REMOVE APPENDICES B, C, D AND E PLANNING AND ZONING.

RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 8 0 0 ON JANUARY 22ND, 2024.

CITY COUNCIL POSTPONED THE ITEM FIVE TWO FEBRUARY 13TH, 2024.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST MOTION FOR FIRST AND FINAL SECOND PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

EIGHT FOUR.

NONE AGAINST THERE IS NO NEW BUSINESS.

THERE IS NO FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES, UH, ITEMS

[11. ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA COMPLETED]

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE REVISING CHAPTER OR ARTICLE FIVE ENTITLED MITIGATION RATES FOR EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SERVICES OF CHAPTER 46 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LAKE CITY TO AUTHORIZE THE MITIGATION RATES FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES.

RIGHT.

I MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL EXCLUSION IF IT'S NOT ALREADY BUILT IN OF BILLING FOR, UH, OF EXCLUDING THE BILLING FOR RESIDENTS A MUNICIPALITY COVERED UNDER MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY WHERE THAT MUNICIPALITY ALSO DOES NOT BILL THE CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY.

SECOND, HAVE FUN WITH THAT ONE.

ALRIGHT, MR. MANN, COULD WE JUST GET A BRIEF OVERVIEW? YEAH.

BECAUSE HONESTLY WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT LIST AND SAW FEE FROM CAR CRASH, YES, I THINK IT MAKES A LOT SENSE IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN OF LEAGUE CITY.

SO I WOULD THINK YOU GET THAT FOR FREE.

YOU DO FOR THE CITIZENS.

OKAY, SO I JUST, I YEAH, IF YOU JUST LET ME, YEAH, LET'S HEAR IT.

BLAME THE FEE PROCESS.

SO THE INSURANCE, I INCLUDE THIS IN YOUR PACKETS, THAT WAY YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE DO THE BILLING FOR CAR ACCIDENTS, THE ITEMS LISTED IN THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, IT'S, WE WOULD ONLY BE BILLING THE INSURANCE.

THE CITIZENS, THE INDIVIDUALS WILL NEVER EVEN KNOW THEY'VE BEEN BILLED.

IT DOESN'T EVEN AFFECT THE INSURANCE RATES BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY PROGRAMMED INTO THE INSURANCE.

WHEN WE PAY FOR OUR INSURANCE, CAR INSURANCE, THERE'S AN EMERGENCY SERVICE CLAUSE IN THERE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES TO ACTUALLY BILL FOR AND RECOVER.

AND IT, SO WHEN WE BILL FOR THIS, THE CITIZENS, AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT GONNA SEE AN INCREASE IN PREMIUMS BECAUSE OF THAT OR ANYTHING.

THAT'S JUST MONEY THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY GETTING.

SO WITH THAT, BY BILLING FOR CAR ACCIDENTS, WE'RE ABLE TO RECOUP STUFF THAT WE USE ABSORBENT, ANY TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, UH, ITEMS SUCH AS THAT.

AGAIN, WE WON'T, WE

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THE ONLY TIMES WE WOULD ACTUALLY BILL ON INDIVIDUALS FOR THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE.

SO IF A CONTRACTOR IS DIGGING FOR FIBER OPTIC OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE AND THEY HIT A GAS LINE, WHICH WE GET SO MANY OF THOSE AND OUR FIRE PERSONNEL ARE OUT THERE FOR HOURS AT TIMES, IF NOT A DAY OR SO, WE WILL BILL FOR THOSE.

AND SOMETIMES THE CONTRACTORS WOULD ACTUALLY PREFER THAT WE BILL THEM AND THEY PAY FOR IT INSTEAD OF US BILLING THEIR INSURANCE.

'CAUSE THEY'D RATHER NOT GO THROUGH THEIR INSURANCE FOR THAT WAY.

SO THEY PREFER US TO BILL THEM.

THAT'S WHY THIS PART SEPARATED FOR THAT.

NOW, HELICOPTER LANDINGS, IF WE HAVE A MAJOR ACCIDENT WHERE THERE'S EXTRICATION AND WE NEED TO, UH, LIFE FLIGHT A PATIENT OUT, MAYBE IT'S A PEDIATRIC PATIENT, A BURN PATIENT, SOMEBODY OF THAT NATURE, WE WOULD AGAIN BILLED THE CAR INSURANCE, UH, FOR THAT, THE LIABILITY INSURANCE.

AND THEN THERE ARE TIMES WHERE HELICOPTERS HAVE BEEN CALLING US A LOT LATELY.

IT SEEMS LIKE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE METHODIST HOSPITAL SYSTEM TO TRANSFER ONE OF THEIR PATIENTS FROM OUR LOCAL ER HERE IN LAKE CITY TO ONE IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.

WELL OUR FIRE PERSONNEL ARE HAVING TO GO THERE, ESTABLISH A LANDING ZONE FOR THEM, WEAR THEIR GEAR, DO ALL THAT STUFF FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS NOTHING REALLY TO DO WITH THE CITY OTHER THAN THEY DON'T HAVE A, A HELICOPTER LANDING PAD.

SO THEY'RE NEEDING US TO SECURE IT FOR THEM.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WOULD START CHARGING THEM FOR THOSE FEES.

'CAUSE NOW THEY'RE TAKING OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES OUT OF POCKET FOR AN LZ, WHICH THEY SHOULD BE HAVING A LANDING ZONE FOR.

SO, UM, NOW FOR THE SLIDES, THESE ARE THE PROPOSED RATES, DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF INCIDENT IT IS, ON HOW MUCH RESOURCES ARE NEEDING FOR THE TYPE OF INCIDENT.

SO FOR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, WE'D BE CHARGING $1,332 12 CENTS FOR EACH ACCIDENT WE GO ON.

AND THAT'S FOR BLOCKING, USING ABSORBENT.

IF WE USE ANY CLEANING UP THE SCENE, STUFF LIKE THAT.

AGAIN, THAT WOULD ONLY GO TO INSURANCE ONLY, NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUALS AT ALL.

UM, EXTRICATIONS THE FEE WOULD ACTUALLY BE $1,720 FOR AN EXTRICATION INSTEAD OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT FEE BECAUSE THAT'S A TAKE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE.

UM, THOSE ARE THE FEES THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO BILL FOR.

NOW HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THESE FEES? I WORKED WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

THEY CREATED A, UH, EXCEL SPREADSHEET FOR ALL OUR OVERHEAD COSTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A CALCULATION FOR OUR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WITH DEPENDING IF THEY HAVE THREE OR FOUR PERSONNEL ON AN ENGINE PER HOUR.

AND THIS IS HOW WE CAME UP WITH IT.

SO IT INCLUDES, UH, UH, MOTOR VEHICLE FEE, LEASE FEE AND ALL THAT STUFF, PROGRAMMING INTO THIS CALCULATION, UH, FOR ANY ADDITIONAL TIME ON SCENE.

AGAIN, THOSE FEES ARE BASED PER HOUR.

WE WOULD, IF WE NEED ANOTHER ENGINE CREW, WE WOULD ADD THAT PER HOUR IF IT'S A CHIEF OFFICER WITH AN ENGINE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE INCIDENT IS AND WHAT IT REQUIRES.

NOW, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE THAT STATES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS THAT WE NORMALLY GO TO ROUTINELY, I SHOULD USE THAT CAUTIOUSLY.

WE NORMALLY ONLY GO WITH ONE ENGINE, SOMETIMES A CHIEF, BUT THE FIRE ENGINE WOULD ONLY GET THE $1,332.

SO IF ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS RESPOND AND THEY WANNA GO ON THE CALL JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE AVAILABLE, SO WE ADD ANOTHER ENGINE OR TWO, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE CHARGING FOR THOSE BECAUSE WE'RE, WHAT WE NORMALLY RESPOND WITH IS ONE ENGINE FOR A WRECK.

SO THEY WOULD BE CHARGED AT 1332.

WE WON'T BE ADDING ON STUFF JUST FOR THAT.

UH, OTHER BILLING TYPES THAT WE CAN CHARGE FOR, UM, THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND HAVING IN THE ORDINANCE ARE WATER INCIDENTS.

SO WHEN WE RESPOND WITH OUR MARINE TWO TO MAYBE A BOAT ACCIDENT, A WATER RESCUE WHERE IT TURNS INTO A SWIFT WATER INCIDENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN BILL FOR THAT.

AN OPTION.

IT SAYS BACK COUNTRY OR SPECIAL RESCUES, THAT'S JUST THE TITLE THAT CUSTOMARY WHAT, UH, BILLING COMPANIES USE AS A TEMPLATE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF WHAT WE CAN INCLUDE.

SO IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, WE CAN CHARGE FOR ITEMS SUCH AS THAT.

AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN FURTHER.

NOW FOR OUR STRUCTURE FIRES, UH, RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL, WE CAN ACTUALLY START CHARGING FEES TO THE INSURANCE ONLY FOR THESE ITEMS FOR DOING THE FIRE INVESTIGATIONS FOR OUR CANINE DOG, OUR FIRE INVESTIGATORS, ANYTHING THAT'S LISTED HERE IS WHAT WE COULD CHARGE FOR.

AGAIN, JUST INSURANCE ONLY, NOT ANY INDIVIDUAL AT ANY TIME.

UH, COMMERCIAL FIRES IS THE SAME

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NOW ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS, WHEN WE HAD A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE MERGER CON, THE COMPANY THAT WE PLAN ON USING, THERE WAS A VERY LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX, I BELIEVE IT WAS A SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING CENTER UP IN ETTE, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

WELL, THAT THING CAUGHT ON FIRE AND ENDED UP BURNING DOWN AND THAT FIRE WENT ON FOR ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.

UM, 'CAUSE AGAIN, IT WAS DURING CONSTRUCTION.

SPRINKLER SYSTEM WASN'T ACTIVE YET.

IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMPLEX AND IT CAUSED THREE OR FOUR, FOUR TO FIVE DAYS OF BURNING.

WELL, THAT DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO RECOVER ABOUT $150,000 FOR THAT ENTIRE TIME FOR BEING OUT THERE.

AGAIN, BILLED TO THE INSURANCE FOR THAT.

THIS IS A, JUST A IMAGE OF THE SPREADSHEET THAT WE USED TO USE FOR THE CALCULATION FOR HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE FEES.

IT'S ALL LISTED IN THERE AS FAR AS THE OVERHEAD, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WE INCLUDED.

SO IF IT TURNED INTO A LARGER INCIDENT WHERE WE ADD ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, CHIEF OFFICERS, FIRE MARSHALS, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, WE CAN ADD IT BY HOUR AND IT'LL GIVE US THE UPDATED FEE ON WHAT WE'D BE CHARGING.

AND THIS LAST SLIDE IS AN OPTION.

UM, JUST LIKE YOU ALL HAD SAID THAT NO RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS WOULD BE BILLED.

UM, SERVICE ACCEPTS WHAT INSURANCE WILL PAY AND ALL BALANCES AFTER THAT ARE WRITTEN OFF.

SO THAT WAY NO ONE EVER WILL SEE A BILL INDIVIDUALLY.

TOM, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

UH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.

UM, SO IF WE'RE CALLED, IF WE'RE CALLED OUT TO AND THERE'S MUTUAL AID AND THE OTHER PEOPLE GET THERE FIRST, DO WE STILL BILL THEM? IF IT'S OUT OF LEAGUE CITY, WE DON'T BILL FOR OUTTA LEAGUE CITY.

IT'S ONLY FOR US.

SO IF THEY GET THERE BEFORE US IN OUR OWN CITY, WE'RE STILL THERE.

SO WE CAN BILL FOR THAT.

YES.

OKAY.

SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR ON THIS.

SO IF SOMEBODY HAS POOR AUTO INSURANCE AND THERE'S A BALANCE OWED, WOULD WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO AFTER COLLECTIONS, WE'RE JUST GONNA WAIVE IT? YES.

OKAY.

AND IT'S, IS THAT IN THE ORDINANCE? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

IT'S RIGHT THERE.

SERVICE ACCEPT WHAT INSURANCE WILL PAY.

ALL BALANCES ARE WRITTEN OFF.

I, I KNOW WE JUST HAD SOME THINGS WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE ORDINANCE AND THEN WHEN IT COMES OUT, WE'RE LIKE, NO.

OH, THAT'S NOT CLEAR.

IT'S NOT, THAT PARTICULAR SECTION IS NOT IN THE ORDINANCE.

BUT WHAT IS IN THE ORDINANCE IS THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SHALL CREATE, UM, PRACTICES, RULES AND PROCEDURES THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT.

AND WE CERTAINLY CAN ADDRESS IT IN THAT SENSE.

AND THE, THE, THE LAST THING FOR THE, FOR THE SPREADSHEET THAT WE WERE USING, THE, THE MATH ON IT, UM, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF FUNDAMENTALLY OFF, BUT AS LONG AS IT'S JUST AFFECTING INSURANCE COMPANIES, I'M OKAY WITH IT.

BUT BEFORE WE DO ONE OF THESE NEXT ONES, LET'S HAVE ACCOUNTING KIND OF RUN IT BY, 'CAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF THE VARIABLE, THE MIXED COST AND YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE ALREADY ALLOCATING THINGS TO, TO THE LIBRARY OVERHEAD AND THEN WE JUST ALLOCATED MORE THINGS TO THE PARTS, THEN THOSE SHOULD BE LOWERED AS WELL.

IT'S JUST, THIS IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST SAYING 2% ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO IF WE, IF WE HAVE ONE OF THESE WHERE WE'RE GONNA END UP FINE TUNING IT, IF, IF WE COULD JUST RUN IT BY THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT, THAT'D BE GREAT.

IT, THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE ITEMS FROM.

I YEAH, I KNOW YOU GOT IT FROM THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT.

IT'S OKAY.

I, I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE WITH YOU.

NO, THANK, THANK YOU .

JUST SECOND IF I MAY, UM, JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS TODAY, THIS IS JUST THE ORDINANCE THAT ENABLES US TO CHARGE.

AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING, I THINK IT'S MARCH 26TH, WE'RE GONNA BRING FORWARD BOTH AN ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHES RATES AND WE'LL BRING SOME ADDITIONAL DETAIL AT THAT TIME.

AND THEN, UM, THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS TO HIRE A COMPANY TO BILL IT LIKE AN AMBULANCE BILLING COMPANY.

AND THAT WILL COME FORWARD BOTH AT MARCH 26TH ALSO.

SO WE'LL BRING YOU THE INFORMATION AT THE NEXT MEETING THAT YOU ASKED FOR.

SO YOU'RE GONNA BRING US SOMETHING TO LET US GO TO BID, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO FORMALLY GO TO BID TO FOR THIS SERVICES.

HE WENT TO BID.

WE DID.

OH, YOU ALREADY WENT TO BID.

YES, SIR.

PERFECT, PERFECT.

YEAH, JOHN ANSWERED A COUPLE OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, UH, SO NOT A LOT OF, NOT A LOT OF WATERCRAFT USERS HAVE INSURANCE.

UH, SO WE

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IT'S JUST SEND THE BILL IF THEY DON'T PAY IT, IF THERE'S NO INSURANCE AVAILABLE, IT DOESN'T GET PAID.

IT'S WRITTEN OFF.

CORRECT.

I ASSUME YOU'RE OFF THE QUEUE.

YES, SIR.

MAYOR, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY ON THIS, AND I THINK IT'S LONG OVER NEEDED CHIEF, UM, TO DO THIS, BUT IS THERE A WAY POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE MONEY? I KNOW WE'RE GONNA SAY IT'S GONNA GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE THIS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, LET THE FUNDING GO BACK INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BE USED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FUTURE FUNDING? I WOULD SUPPORT THAT AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE.

THIS, WE'RE DOING THE ORDINANCE.

THE ORDINANCE IS NEXT TIME SOME TYPE OF ENTERPRISE FUND OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FUND.

WE GOT SOME HIGH PRICE FIRE TRUCKS.

LADDER TRUCKS AND FACILITIES COMING UP.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT? WE COULD ALWAYS CREATE A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND, YOU KNOW, BOOK THE REVENUE THERE AND THEN IT WOULD MAINTAIN A BALANCE AND THEN SPECIFIC EXPENSES WOULD COME OUT OF THAT FUND SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE TO THE FIRE EMS DONATION FUND.

OKAY.

'CAUSE WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IS MAYBE TRYING TO DEDICATE THE MONEY TO, I THINK IT SEEMS EITHER LARGE PUR PURCHASES OR, OR FIRE STATIONS OR EQUIPMENT IN THE FUTURE.

IT SEEMS EQUITABLE TO DO THAT.

PRETTY SURE WE'RE GONNA SPEND MORE THAN THIS BRINGS IN ON THOSE EVERY YEAR ANYWAY.

WELL, CORRECT.

SO IT'S KIND OF SEMANTICS.

YEAH, SEMANTICS.

IF I COULD ALSO CLARIFY SOMETHING ABOUT THE ORDINANCE.

SOME OF US HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BILLING THE INSURANCE AND IF THE INSURANCE DOESN'T PAY THAT WE WOULD WAIVE THAT.

THAT'S ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY NOT IN THE CONTRACT.

IT DOES ALLOW IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR US TO BILL THE INDIVIDUAL, UM, DIRECTLY.

AS I UNDERSTAND THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE WILL CREATE TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM, WE WILL HAVE THE GENERAL RULE THAT WE WILL NOT BILL, BUT THAT IT IS CONCEIVABLE, UNLESS COUNSEL WANTS TO CHANGE IT, THAT THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE WOULD BILL AN INDIVIDUAL DIRECTLY.

YEAH.

AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE, LIKE, IF YOU ARE, I THINK IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SEVERING OF THE GAS LINES, RIGHT? LIKE IF, IF YOU DO SOMETHING AND YOU SEVER THE GAS LINE 'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, JUST RENTED A BOBCAT AND STARTED TEARING UP YOUR FRONT IN FRONT OF YOUR LAWN, YOU SHOULD PAY FOR THAT.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST WASTEFUL AND, AND CREATING THINGS.

BUT IN GENERAL, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, WRITE THE, WRITE THE POLICY TO ALLOW CITY MANAGEMENT TO, TO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PURSUE PEOPLE FROM NORMAL THINGS, BUT IN EXTRAORDINARY SITUATIONS.

I, I THINK THAT'S LOGICAL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A CLARIFICATION 'CAUSE THIS READS TO ME LIKE WE ARE CREATING AN ORDINANCE TONIGHT OR WE ARE CREATING AN ORDINANCE.

SO WHAT THIS, IT, IT WOULD COME BACK IN, IN THREE TOTAL PARTS.

THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE.

IT WOULD CREATE A SECTION IN OUR CODE THAT'S, THAT AUTHORIZED THE STAFF TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM.

STAFF WOULD BRING BACK, IF COUNSEL APPROVES THIS ONE AT A, UM, AT THE SECOND READING AS SCHEDULED A FEES, THESE FEES WOULD BE APPROVED BY COUNSEL AND THESE WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THESE VARIOUS SERVICES.

SO THERE WOULD BE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO YOU.

I THINK RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LAUNDRY LIST, MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, AND YOU WOULD ACTUALLY SEE THAT AMOUNT AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT.

SO FURTHER CLARIFICATION, WE ARE CREATING, WE'RE AUTHORIZING CREATION OF SECTION FIVE, BUT NO LANGUAGE.

UH, YES BECAUSE I, I MEAN I'VE HEARD IT TWO WAYS UP HERE AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.

YES, WE, WE GENERALLY DON'T, WHENEVER WE CREATE THINGS, UM, UH, FEES AND SO FORTH, WE TRY NOT TO PUT THEM IN THE CODE JUST BECAUSE WE WANNA GIVE COUNCIL THE FLEXIBILITY TO AMEND THEM AS NECESSARY.

SO WE DO IT IN TWO PARTS.

WE AUTHORIZE THE FEES AND THE CODE, AND THEN WE'LL BRING BACK THE FEES AS A RESOLUTION TO HAVE YOU AUTHORIZE.

AND, UM, IF YOU WANT TO APPROVE THOSE FEES OR ADJUST THOSE FEES, CERTAINLY COUNSEL DISCRETION TO DO THAT.

OKAY.

AND UH, LAST ONE.

SORRY GUYS, WE'LL WRAP IT UP.

UM, UH, AND THEN ALSO TO SOME OF, UH, MR. CRUZ'S, UH, COMMENTS.

I THINK I HAD HEARD YOU HAD SAID, UH, MAYBE A LINE ITEM THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HERE SAID THAT WOULDN'T BE IN THE ORDINANCE, THAT WOULD BE MORE LIKE A LOCAL POLICY CREATED.

YES, THERE'S, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ROOM TO ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE SITUATION THAT COULD HAPPEN.

AND SO WE CONTEMPLATED THAT AND WANTED TO CREATE LIKE A STANDARD PROCEDURE PROTOCOLS, POLICIES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM.

AND IN THAT WE COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THESE SITUATIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW.

AND COULD THE LOCAL POLICY BE BROUGHT BACK TO US TO LOOK AT AND VOTE FOR? ABSOLUTELY.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

TOM.

I JUST WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE I HAVE THE CLARIFICATION ON IT.

UH, THERE WAS A SLIDE BACK WHERE IT ACTUALLY LISTED OUT THE GAS LINE.

SO RIGHT THERE.

SO IS THIS THE ONLY TIME WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY BILL BACK, UH, TO AN INDIVIDUAL? YES.

OKAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, BECAUSE I'M OKAY WITH, WITH THESE, I JUST DIDN'T WANT THE SOMETHING NOT SPELLED OUT.

SO RIGHT HERE WE MADE THREE.

NO, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU AND I DO

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ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE THAT YOU SAW.

AGAIN, IT'D BE INSURANCE ONLY.

AND THAT SLIDE THAT I SHOWED YOU, IT WILL NOT CAUSE ANY INCREASED PREMIUMS OF THEM BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS.

IT'S JUST FEES WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY RECOVER.

AND WHEN I DID THIS STUDY A WHILE BACK, WE HAD A PROJECTION JUST FROM ACCIDENTS ONLY THAT WE RESPONDED TO OF UPWARDS OF $200,000 IN REVENUE THAT WE COULD HAVE GOT IF WE HAD THIS IN PLACE.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

MM-HMM.

JOHN.

SO IF I COULD GET COUNCIL MEMBER TRUST LER.

SORRY TO, I'M LOOKING RIGHT AT HIM TO REPEAT HIS MOTION.

.

YES, IT WAS TO APPROVE WITH THE, THAT OPTION FROM THE LAST SLIDE WITH THE, UH, ADDITIONAL EXCLUSION OF, UM, NOT JUST OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO THOSE IN MUTUAL, MUTUAL AID, MUTUAL AID CITIES THAT AREN'T CHARGING US.

PERFECT.

I APOLOGIZE.

AND THEN, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY BEFORE WE VOTE, THANK YOU CHIEF FOR BRINGING THIS UP.

I MEAN, EVERY TIME WE LOOK AT THESE FEES AND WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO ALLOCATE COST TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CREATING PEOPLE OR COMPANIES OR WHATEVER THAT ARE CREATING COST, UH, THAT SAVES DIRECTLY ON TAXPAYER MONEY AND SAVES ON THE TAX RATE.

AND PARTICULARLY A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU SHOWED ARE, ARE, ARE A LITTLE BIT EGREGIOUS, RIGHT? THE GAS LINES, THE HELICOPTER LANDING ZONES, AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES MAKING REVENUE IN THIS CITY CAUSING EXPENSE FOR THE CITY THAT THEY SHOULD PAY FOR.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS BACK.

APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS.

UH, SO WITH THAT, LET'S VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST, UH,

[12A. 24-0084 Presentation of the League City Police Department’s Annual Racial Profiling Report for CY2023 (Chief of Police)]

I YIELD MY TIME.

UH, AND THEN WE'LL BRING UP 12 A PRESENTATION OF LEAGUE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL RACIAL PROFILING REPORT.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, AT THE COMPLETION OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR, TEXAS STATUTE REQUIRES THAT WE DO A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ALL CITIZEN CONTACTS BASED ON TRAFFIC CONTACTS.

UM, THOSE CONTACTS ARE THEN BROKE DOWN BY RACE TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE HAVE DATA TO MITIGATE CHANCES OF, UH, RACIAL PREJUDICE OR RACIAL BIAS BEING PART OF OUR POLICING CULTURE.

UM, ONCE THAT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE, UH, PULL QUERYING OF THE DATA FROM OUR TRAFFIC STOPS, IT HAS TO BE, UH, SUBMITTED TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND THEN IT ALSO HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO OUR GOVERNING BODY.

UM, TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM IS SIMPLY TO COMPLETE THAT STATE REQUIREMENT.

UH, WE DID COMPLETE, OUR REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE STATE.

UH, WE SAW NO TRENDS WITHIN OUR ENFORCEMENT POLICIES OR OUR ENFORCEMENT DATA THAT INDICATED ANY, UH, RACIAL PREJUDICE WITHIN OUR ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY.

SO THAT IS MY REPORT TO Y'ALL THIS EVENING.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, THE, YOUR, YOUR PREDECESSOR USED TO GIVE THIS TO US ON A CD ROM THAT NOBODY HAD THE ABILITY TO PUT INTO THEIR COMPUTER, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

STEP UP, .

ALRIGHT, AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[12B. 24-0102 Presentation and Discussion related to Master Planning the City’s Southwest side (Executive Director of Development Services)]

THAT JUST SEEMS A WORKSHOP TO ME.

HEY, GOOD EVENING.

UM, TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MASTER PLANNING.

I KNOW THAT'S THE BIG HOT TOPIC, RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S EXCITED.

IT'S JUST 400 SLIDES AND I'LL GO QUICK.

UM, NO, IT'S, IT'S JUST A HANDFUL OF SLIDES.

SO AS LEAGUE CITY HAS CONTINUED TO TO GROW, UM, OBVIOUSLY ALL OUR GROWTH IS IN OUR CITY, SOUTHWEST SIDE.

AND AS WE STARTED LOOKING AT AREAS, WE, WE'VE GOT A LARGE UNDEVELOPED, PRIMARILY UNDEVELOPED AREA ON THE CITY'S FAR SOUTHWEST SIDE OF ABOUT 3,500 ACRES.

UM, THIS IS PRIMARILY WEST OF THE WESTLAND RANCH DEVELOPMENT AND WEST AND SOUTH

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THERE'LL BE BREAKING GROUND LATER ON THIS YEAR.

UM, THE REASON WE WANNA TALK ABOUT MASTER PLANNING FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THIS 3,500, UM, ACRES IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF IT IN THE A HUNDRED YEAR AND 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN.

UM, OUR CODES AND ORDINANCES ARE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP IN THE 105 HUNDRED YEAR.

UH, SO THIS KIND OF LOOKS TO BE A GOOD AREA TO MASTER PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET AS MUCH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AS POSSIBLE IN THIS, IN THIS AREA.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MASTER PLANNING, I KNOW A LOT OF STUFF KIND OF COMES TO MIND.

UH, WE JUST TALKED EARLIER TONIGHT ABOUT THE WATER AND, AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLANS.

UH, WE HAVE A ROADWAY MASTER PLAN, WE HAVE A PARTS MASTER PLAN, WE HAVE A DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN.

WE HAVE ALL THESE MASTER PLANS WHERE, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS GET TO SEE IT AND PROVIDE SOME INPUT, BUT THEY'RE NOT A DRIVING FORCE IN, IN THOSE MASTER PLANNINGS TO, TO SOME WELL PARTS BEING THE EXCEPTION, I WOULD GUESS TO SOME EXTENT.

DRAINAGE IS, IS DRAINAGE WATER AND SEWERS GOT TO BE THERE.

SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.

UH, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT MASTER PLANNING, IT DOES ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY FROM A CITY MASTER PLANNING STANDPOINT.

WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO IN THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF MASTER PLAN IS CREATE SOME GUIDELINES, SOME, SOME, UH, POLICIES AND GUIDELINES THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE THAT, THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET WHAT WE WANT IN THIS AREA, BUT WOULD ALSO ALLOW ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY FOR DEVELOPERS TO COME IN AND AS THEY START DEVELOPING THE AREA TO KIND OF MAKE IT THEIR OWN AS WELL AND PUT THEIR UNIQUE SPIN ON IT.

ALL RIGHT, SO THE BENEFITS OF OF MASTER PLANNING IN GENERAL, IT HELPS US WITH LONG AND SHORT TERM GOALS.

SO THEY'RE ALIGNED, WE'RE GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

WE DON'T, UM, VEER OFF, UH, FOR, FOR SOME REASON.

ANOTHER ISSUE IS, UH, ANOTHER BENEFIT, EXCUSE ME, OF OF MASTER PLANNING THIS WAY IS IT GIVES SOME LEVEL OF, OF ASSURANCE AND SECURITY TO PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTORS.

HEY, THE CITY'S KIND OF GOT A PLAN.

I KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THIS AREA IN GENERAL.

I'M A LITTLE BIT, I FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT INVESTING FOR THIS PIECE OF LAND.

AND AGAIN, I TALKED ABOUT ENGAGING OUR CITIZENS.

THIS IS A WAY TO REALLY BRING THEM IN, UM, LET THEM HAVE A VOICE IN HOW OUR WEST SIDE WILL BE DEVELOPED.

UM, AND ALSO I THINK ULTIMATELY, OR I HOPE ULTIMATELY HELPS EDUCATE, UH, OUR CITIZENS ON WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES WE FACE WHEN WE, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, WHAT ARE, WHAT'S REALISTIC, WHAT'S NOT REALISTIC? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TWO, PRIORITIZE WORK PLANS, CONSISTENT DECISION MAKING.

THE BETTER WE KNOW THE AREA, THE BETTER.

WE'RE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE WHAT NEEDS TO GET FIXED FIRST OR WHERE STUFF NEEDS TO GO EARLY VERSUS LATE.

AND, AND WE'RE JUST MORE CONSISTENT IN OUR DECISION MAKING OVERALL.

FOR THIS PARTICULAR PLAN, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO SEE IN IT.

UM, I PUT ESTABLISH A GATEWAY THAT'S KIND OF A BIG NEBULOUS OF WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IF THEY'RE COMING FROM THE WEST WHEN THEY GET INTO LAKE CITY, BY GOD, YOU'RE NOW IN A GREAT CITY, HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT.

UH, SO THERE'D BE SOME BRANDING INITIATIVES THERE.

THERE WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME JUST, JUST A, A GATEWAY , UM, THOUGHTFUL GUIDE FOR, FOR EXPANSION, RIGHT? WE WANT TO DO, UH, A MARKET ANALYSIS FOR THE WEST SIDE THAT REALLY KIND OF OVERLAYS WITH WHAT'S REGIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE.

WHAT CAN WE REGION, REGIONALLY EXPECT TO HAVE DEVELOPED IN THIS AREA? HOW DO WE NEED TO, UH, ZONE THE LAND RIGHT NOW? I BELIEVE EVERYTHING JUST HAS A RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY AND EVERYBODY HAS TO COME IN AND REZONE IT.

UH, YOU'VE GOT GRAND PARKWAY COMING, IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO KIND OF LOOK AND ZONE IT OURSELVES FOR HOW, FOR WHAT WOULD BE BEST LONG TERM FOR THE CITY IN GROWTH.

UM, AGAIN, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S GONNA CREATE SOME POLICIES THAT EVERYBODY IS GONNA BE BEHIND BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAD A SAY IN HOW IT WAS CREATED.

AND THEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT SOME SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, UM, SOME, SOME GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, IF YOU WILL.

IS THERE A WAY TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT KEEPS OUR LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE COSTS LOWER, BUT STILL PROVIDES A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR, OUR RESIDENTS? SO FOR US, WE, UM, IN THE 2023 OR I GUESS 2024 BUDGET, UH, COUNCIL GRACIOUSLY APPROVED SOME FUNDS FOR US TO HIRE CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THIS MASTER PLAN.