* 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. [00:00:03] ALL RIGHT. THE [1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS] CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY TEXAS, WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A REGULAR MEETING AT SIX OH FOUR. ROLL CALL ANDY MANN. HERE. TOMMY CONES HERE. TOM CRUISE HERE. COURT CHADWELL. HERE. JUSTIN NICKS? YES, SIR. CHAD TRESSLER. STILL HERE. SEAN SAUNDERS HERE. ALRIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A RABBI YI MUCKLER FROM THE SHABAB OF BAY AREA, WHO WILL BE OUR INVOCATION SPEAKER. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING FRIENDS. LET US JOIN TOGETHER IN PRAYER. ALMIGHTY GOD. WE HAVE ASSEMBLED HERE TODAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNAL SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY CELEBRATED THE BIBLICAL HOLIDAY OF PURIM, WHERE WE COMMEMORATE THE EVENTS AND MIRACLES DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER. A STORY THAT REMINDS US ALL OF THE PRESENCE OF THE HAND OF GOD IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES, BOTH SEEN AND UNSEEN AS WE ENGAGE IN OUR CIVIC WORK TODAY, WE ARE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE DOING YOUR WORK TO HELP MAKE THE WORLD A GOOD KIND AND GODLY PLACE. BLESS THE MEETING AND OUR WORK HERE TODAY. BLESS THE WORK OF THE HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNSELORS, CITY MANAGER, CITY OFFICIALS, AND ALL THEIR STAFF ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS. BLESS US THAT OUR EFFORTS BEER, GOOD FRUIT, THAT OUR THOUGHTFUL, HONEST, AND RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE LEAD TO CONSTRUCTIVE RESULTS GUIDE US AND BLESS US WITH CLARITY AS WE MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BLESS OUR WONDERFUL CITY OF LEAGUE CITY SO THAT IT CONTINUES TO PROSPER AND GROW TO BE A MODEL CITY WITHIN OUR GREAT STATE AND BELOVED COUNTRY. WE PRAY THAT WE MERIT TO SEE THE FULFILLMENT OF ISAIAH'S PROPHECY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY QUOTED IN THE, UH, BOOK BY MAIMONIDES CODE OF LAW, WHICH IS STUDIED AROUND THE WORLD AND CONCLUDED TODAY THAT AND THAT CELEBRATION IS, IS ACTUALLY HELD TODAY. THAT THE WORLD BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, LIKE THE WATER COVERS THE SEA. A TIME OF NO WAR, NO SICKNESS, NO HUNGER, A TIME OF TRUE PEACE. AND LET US SAY AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THE FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION HONOR GOD, AN INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY, KEY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG OF PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE INDIVISIBLE [3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 27TH. REGULAR MEETING. FEBRUARY 27TH, SPECIAL MEETING FEBRUARY 27TH. COUNSEL, WORK SESSION. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? HEARING NONE THESE STAND APPROVED. UH, SO WE DON'T HAVE A [4. PROCLAMATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AWARDS, AND COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT] OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION, BUT I HAVE A, I KIND OF HAVE A, A SPECIAL ONE HERE AND IT'S FOR A GUY IN THE BACK ROOM OVER THERE. UH, THIS IS FOR, UH, DRE HICKS ON THE ON THE BIRTH OF HIS SON . WHEREAS ETHAN, ANDREW HICKS CAME INTO THIS WORLD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 19TH, 2024, WEIGHING EIGHT POUNDS, FOUR OUNCES. AND WHEREAS DRE AND ANNA HICKS ARE DELIGHTED THAT THEIR LITTLE FAMILY HAS INCREASED BY ONE PRECIOUS LITTLE BOY. ETHAN JOINS HIS OLDER SISTERS IN BRINGING THEIR PARENTS GREAT JOY. AND WHEREAS DRE WELCOMES THE SON WHO'S GONNA CHANGE HIS WORLD IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE AND, AND MAYBE SOME OTHER WAYS NOW, THEREFORE, I NICK LONG BY THE VIRTUE, AN AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME IS THE 11TH MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY HERE DUE BY PROCLAIM MARCH 19TH, 2024, AS ETHAN ANDREWS HICKS DAY. AND WE'LL EXTEND HONORARY CITIZEN TO A CITIZENSHIP IN LEAGUE CITY TO ETHAN HICKS, EVEN THOUGH HIS FATHER MADE A TERRIBLE CHOICE AND MOVE TO FRIENDSWOOD SPLIT. SO, , WHERE IS IT? ? AT LEAST ONE OF 'EM IS RESIDENTIAL. YEAH. GOT ONE OF 'EM NOW. ALRIGHT, [5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL] NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. MAN, I GOT SO MANY PIECES OF PAPER UP HERE. FIRST ONE IS JOSEPHINE SULLIVAN. I THINK THEY LEFT, UH, CRAIG SULLIVAN. ALRIGHT, WILL PATE. ALRIGHT, [00:05:01] GOOD EVENING. A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WANNA SPEAK ON TODAY. UH, TWO OF THEM, UH, FLAGS AND LIBRARIES. SO YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, A VEXING VEX LOGICAL QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO SELECT ONE OF THE VARIOUS FLAG DESIGNS FOR THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY FLAG. UM, I COULD STAND HERE AND READ TO YOU ALL THE COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK. 'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW IF IT'S ON FACEBOOK AND ONLINE, IT MUST BE TRUE. BUT I THINK THAT MIGHT HURT PEOPLE'S FEELINGS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THAT DESIGN PROCESS. AND I DON'T WANNA DO THAT. BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU IS, IS THIS REALLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE DOING? I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE STANDARDS THAT ARE PUT OUT BY ORGANIZATIONS TO SAY WHAT A GOOD FLAG SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE, BUT I LOOK AT THOSE DESIGNS. I'VE, I'VE BEEN HERE IN LEAGUE CITY FOR ALMOST 11 YEARS. IF A FLAG AND THE SYMBOLISM REQUIRES AN EXPLANATION BEHIND IT TO UNDERSTAND IT, THEN TO ME IT'S NOT A USEFUL FLAG. AND I CAN'T LOOK AT ANY OF THOSE FLAGS AND SAY THAT THIS JUMPS OUT AT ME AS BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF LEAGUE CITY. SO, ALTHOUGH GREAT, WE HAVE A FLAG RIGHT NOW THAT DOES NOT MEET THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS. I LOOK AT IT, AT LEAST I KNOW IT'S TALKING ABOUT LEAGUE CITY. I PREFER THE OLD, UH, OAK TREE, WHATEVER. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, IF WE GO AHEAD AND ADOPT A NEW FLAG, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE MONEY. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT FLAGS. UM, WE'VE GOT OTHER THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON, IN MY OPINION. OTHER AREAS WHERE WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR, OUR CITY STAFF TIME. UH, LITTLE THING CALLED TRAFFIC DRAINAGE, A NEW CITY FLAG. UH, I MEAN, DO IT IF YOU WANT TO, BUT I THINK THAT OTHER PRIORITIES SHOULD TAKE, UM, SHOULD GO FIRST BEFORE WE WORK IN THOSE AREAS. UM, MOVING ON INTO THE LIBRARY, I'LL SAY YOU DON'T WANNA MAKE LIBRARIANS ANGRY. I'VE HAD AN EASIER TIME GETTING INTO A SAM'S CLUB THAN GETTING INTO OUR LIBRARY WITH THE NEW, UH, PROCESS IN PLACE FOR YOU HAVING TO, TO SHOW YOUR ID. UM, I MEAN, SAM'S CLUB, YOU JUST FLASH YOUR CARD AND YOU, YOU, YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO MOVE ON THROUGH. BUT IT'S, TO ME, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SILLY THAT WE ARE TAKING STAFF TIME TO STAND AT THE DOORWAY AND POLICE THE ENTRYWAY, UH, TO ALLOW CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO USE A PUBLIC FACILITY. I DO AGREE WITH THE INTENT THAT WE SHOULD BE LIMITING ACCESS TO CERTAIN RESOURCES THE CITY MAY PAY FOR SUCH AS BOOKS TO THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. BUT TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE CITY BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE BOOKSTORE IN THERE, THAT THE FUNDS DIRECTLY GO TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY OPERATIONS. YOU CAN'T EVEN GO IN THERE AND BUY A BOOK WITHOUT A LIBRARY CARD. IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. AND AGAIN, STAFF RESOURCES BEING TAKEN TO POLICE THE DOORWAY, UM, 15 TO $20,000 TO AUTOMATE THAT PROCESS WITH BARCODE SCANNING EQUIPMENT. REALLY IS THAT WHERE WE, OUR MONEY NEEDS TO GO. SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE CITY RECONSIDER THE POSITION ON REQUIRING IDENTIFICATION AND A LIBRARY CARD TO ENTER INTO THE LIBRARY BUILDING ITSELF. THANK YOU EVE GAMMEL. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SECRETARY, ADMINISTRATORS, NICE TO SEE Y'ALL TONIGHT. MY NAME'S EEF CAMPBELL AND I LIVE IN LEAGUE CITY, CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY. HEAR ME OUT THE WORDS DISINGENUOUS, WRONGHEADED AND UN-AMERICAN COME TO MIND WHEN I RECOGNIZE THE HELL IN HALL LIBRARY AIN'T WHAT SHE USED TO BE. THAT'S THANKS TO POLICIES AND A BY MAYOR LONG AND A MAJORITY OF THE LEAGUE CITY COUNCIL WHO WERE NOT ONLY TRYING TO BAN BUCKS BUT ALSO FIRED THEIR HEAD LIBRARIAN BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO DO IT. TWO SHORT YEARS AGO, HELEN HALL LIBRARY WAS AN AWARD-WINNING OUTSTANDING LIBRARY. NOW IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT BECAUSE THIS POLICY MAKES IT UNAVAILABLE TO NON-RESIDENTS OF LEAGUE CITY WHO CAN'T UNLESS THEY PONY UP $50 PER YEAR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN ASKED TO SHOW YOUR CARD WHEN YOU ENTER THE LIBRARY. NO ONE, I DIDN'T THINK SO. ACCORDING TO OUR LIBRARIANS, HELLEN HALL LIBRARY IS LIKELY TO LOSE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ACCREDITATION BECAUSE OF THIS BAD POLICY. WITH THAT, THERE ARE NO MORE INTERLIBRARY LOANS. THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU, IF YOU ARE SEEKING A BOOK, THE HILL AND HALL LIBRARY DOESN'T CARRY IT, BUT OTHER TEXAS LIBRARIES MIGHT. YOU CAN'T GET THAT BOOK. THAT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL WITH THAT. THERE'S NO MORE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HELEN HALL LIBRARY. AND THAT'S AN EVEN BIGGER DEAL. THAT MEANS THAT KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY CARD CAN'T RIDE THEIR BIKES TO THE LIBRARY AND USE THE COMPUTERS TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK. AND 71% OF US HAVE BROADBAND INTERNET, BUT THAT MEANS ALMOST 30% OF US DON'T. THAT MEANS THAT THOSE WITHOUT A PERMANENT ADDRESS IN GALVESTON COUNTY, SUCH AS [00:10:01] THE HOMELESS, CAN'T GET OUT OF THE HEAT OR THE CODE TO READ A NEWSPAPER OR A PERIODICAL, A HELEN HALL LIBRARY IF YOU HAPPEN TO LIVE IN HARRIS COUNTY, WHICH IS JUST HALF A MILE OR A 15 MINUTE WALK FROM HERE OR SO, YOU CAN'T GET A LIBRARY, UH, GET INTO OUR LIBRARY WITHOUT PONY UP $50. WHAT IF YOU HAVE AN OUT OF TOWN FRIEND THAT NEEDS TO USE A LITTLE LIBRARY OF RESEARCH? THEY CAN'T DO THAT HERE. PRIOR TO THIS MONTH, IT WAS FREE. POLICIES LIKE THIS, LEAVE ME EMBARRASSED FOR OUR CITY. WHY DOES OUR TOWN HALL CALL? WHY DOES OUR TOWN CALL HELEN HALL A PUBLIC LIBRARY? WHILE OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TREAT IT MORE LIKE A PRIVATE CLUB WHERE YOU HAVE TO SHOW YOUR CARD JUST TO ENTER THE DOOR. INSTEAD, THEY BURN TAXPAYER MONEY. THEY HAVE LIBRARIANS AT THE DOOR IN LIEU LOOKING FOR YOUR CARD. IN LIEU OF DOING WHAT LIBRARIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO AND HELPING PEOPLE, MAYOR LONG ALLEGES THAT THE LIBRARY IS OVERCROWDED. ANOTHER SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE. HOW MANY OF US HAVE EVER BEEN TO HELL AND HALL LIBRARY AND FOUND IT OVERCROWDED? ONE COUPLE, MAYBE. OKAY. I NEVER HAVE. UH, FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTS. I'M ALMOST DONE. PROTECTS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, PUBLISH, READ, OR VIEW MATERIALS AT THE LIBRARY. BUT COURTS HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT LIBRARIES MUST HAVE REASONABLE RULES IN PLACE FOR A PATRON USE OF THE LIBRARY. WE CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY WILL NOT ASK, WE WILL NOT BEG. WE DEMAND THAT THIS UN-AMERICAN POLICY BE RESCINDED. OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES SHOULD REMAIN PUBLIC WITHOUT PAYING OUR LIBRARIES TO ACT LIKE GUARDS AT THE DOOR. THIS CITY COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO WORK FOR US. BLESS TEXAS AND FREEDOM. DON JOHNSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M DON JOHNSON AND I AM ONE OF YOUR, UH, APPOINTEES TO THE HARRIS GALVESTON SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT. UH, MY COMPADRE SHANNON LUCAS COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. SHE HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY AND, AND HAD TO TEND TO THAT. UM, BUT ANYWAY, I'VE COME TO BRING YOU AN ANNUAL REPORT, UM, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU SOMEWHERE. UM, IT'S GOT MY LITTLE BUSINESS CARD ON IT AND SORT OF AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET. AND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS, IS TO SHOW YOU, UM, GENERALLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL THE OTHER CITIES IN GALVESTON COUNTY. SHOW YOU HOW MUCH WATER, GROUNDWATER THEY WERE THEY ASKED TO, UH, PUMP AND HOW MUCH THEY ACTUALLY DID PUMP. AND THEN IF THEY'VE GOT A REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T USE ALL OF THEIR ALLOCATION. THAT'S ANOTHER COLUMN ON HERE. AND THAT'S KIND OF AN UNUSUAL THING FOR, UM, YOU TO BE PAYING FEES TO A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT TERM, IF YOU DIDN'T USE THE SERVICE, YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHANNON AND I PUSHED FOR A LONG TIME AGO. AND BEFORE WE WERE THERE THEY DIDN'T DO THAT. AND THIS IS NOT DONE FOR ANY OTHER, UM, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES OUTSIDE OF GALVESTON COUNTY. UM, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE STRONG FISCAL CONSERVATIVES, , WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THESE TYPE OF THINGS. ALSO ON THIS KIND OF A NEW THING THAT I'VE PUT HERE THIS YEAR WAS ON, ON THE BACK SHEET IS A LISTING OF CONSERVATION GRANTS THAT WERE ISSUED BY THE SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT. AND, UM, SHANNON AND I WERE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM. AND THEN WHEN IT CAME TO ISSUING GRANTS, WE AGGRESSIVELY CAMPAIGNED FOR GALVESTON COUNTY ENTITIES AND GALVESTON COUNTY, UH, ENTITIES RECEIVED OVER $400,000 THROUGH THESE GRANTS. LEAGUE CITY, I THINK RECEIVED A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN $50,000. SO DID FRIENDS WOULD. AND UM, THAT'S BEEN A REAL POPULAR PROGRAM. HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE THIS. UM, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR, FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S GRANT CYCLE, BUT AS SOON AS IT DOES, YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ME AGAIN, LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT IS AVAILABLE, UH, TO, TO LOOK AT. UM, , A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME TOO ABOUT A, UM, DRAINAGE DISTRICT DIRECTOR WHO'S BEEN RUNNING AROUND GALVESTON COUNTY SAYING THAT, HEY, WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE CITY APPOINTEES BECAUSE THAT'S JUST COSTING US MONEY . AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS POINTING OUT IS WE BRING WAY MORE MONEY IN THAN WE COST. SO, UM, IF IF EVERYBODY DID THAT AT THE SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT, IT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT GALVESTON COUNTY IS VERY UNIQUE, UM, IN AND THE WAY WE OPERATE. UM, ANYWAY, I DON'T WANNA GO ON TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT. UM, I'M NOT GOOD AT BLOWING MY OWN HORN, SO, UM, I'M ALWAYS OPEN [00:15:01] TO QUESTIONS, ALWAYS GLAD TO HELP ANYBODY. IF THEY HAVE ANY ISSUES, UH, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL DO WHAT I CAN TO HELP YOU. THANKS DON. CATHERINE SWANSON. I'M CATHERINE SWANSON. I LIVE ON WRESTLING WIND LANE IN LAKE CITY. SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LIBRARY. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT GONE YET, WHEN YOU GO IN, THERE IS TWO TABLES ON EITHER SIDE. THEY HAVE GREEN TABLECLOTHS AND THERE'S A LIBRARIAN SEATED AT EACH TABLE. THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND SCAN YOUR CARD. AND THE SEVERAL TIMES I'VE BEEN, THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE A CARD, THEY'RE THEN ASKED TO EITHER GO PURCHASE A CARD IF THEY DON'T MEET THE RESOLUTIONS REQUIREMENTS OR TO JUST GO GET A CARD IF THEIR LAKE CITY RESIDENT. SO BACK ON MARCH 23RD, THE GALSTON DAILY NEWS DID A PIECE ABOUT OUR LIBRARY AND THEY WERE COVERING ONE OF THE REASONS, AND IT'S TO HELP WITH THE OVERCROWDING THAT WE HAVE AT THE LIBRARY. THERE WAS A 2019 NEEDS ASSESSMENT DONE THAT DID SHOW THAT OUR LIBRARY WASN'T ABLE BACK IN 2019 TO MEET THE NEEDS THEN. AND HERE WE ARE IN 2024 AND WE'RE STILL NOT ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS. SO IT SHOWED THAT. AND IF YOU DID NOT ATTEND THE STATE OF THE CITY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 29TH, THE MAYOR AND THEN OUR CITY MANAGER, JOHN BAUMGARTNER, THEY DID ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND THEY DID ADDRESS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO IT'S OVERCROWDING AND TO PREVENT US FROM SPENDING 70 TO 90 MILLION ON A NEW LIBRARY, WHICH I'M ALL FOR. LET'S SAVE OURSELVES SOME MONEY, BUT WE NEED TO BE SMART ABOUT IT. SO IT SAID IN A QUOTE FROM MAYOR LONG FOR THE MARCH 23RD, GALSTON DAILY NEWS IS THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT. SO LET'S CLEAR THAT CAPACITY SO THERE'S MORE CAPACITY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LEAGUE CITY. LONG SAID, IN A STATE OF THE CITY MEETING FEBRUARY 29TH, I'M NOT HERE TO PAY FOR PEOPLE OF TOWNS WHOSE CITIES DON'T PAY THEIR OWN WAY. SO THAT WAS ON MARCH 23RD. THEN WE GO TO AN ARTICLE FROM MARCH 19TH WHERE THEY TALKED TO THE INTERIM CITY LIBRARIAN MEREDITH, AND SHE SAID MORE THAN 500 CARDS HAVE BEEN ISSUED SINCE MARCH 4TH WITH 10 CARDS BEING ISSUED TO NON-RESIDENTS. LAYTON SAID NEW CARDS AREN'T BEING ISSUED TO PEOPLE WHO ALREADY OWNED ONE BEFORE MARCH 4TH. SO THAT WAS 500 BACK ON MARCH 19TH. SO I DECIDED TO EMAIL THE CITY LIBRARIAN THE INTERIM ONE, AND I ASKED HER, OKAY, SO AS OF TODAY, WHICH WAS MARCH 24TH, HOW MANY HAVE YOU OPENED? SO RESIDENT CARDS ARE NOW AT 732 CARDS OPENED. SO SINCE MARCH 4TH TO MARCH 24TH, THEY HAVE OPENED 732 RESIDENT CARDS. NON-RESIDENT CARDS ARE AT 19, WHICH IS 2.5% OF THE NUMBER. AND TECH SHARE CARDS ARE AT SEVEN. SO IF WE DON'T PUT IN THE TEXTURE NUMBER, THAT'S 751 NEW CARDS THAT WERE OPEN IN JUST 20 DAYS ALONE. SO IF THIS IS TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING, I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THAT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STILL HAVING VERY HIGH NUMBERS. AND THAT'S JUST RESIDENTS. THAT'S 96.6 OF THAT NUMBER THAT ARE RESIDENTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET THE NEEDS SOMEHOW. WE'VE KNOWN SINCE 2019, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? BECAUSE PUTTING OFF A LIBRARY, THAT IS FINE. WE'RE GONNA SAVE MONEY, BUT WE'RE ALSO PUTTING OFF THE OBVIOUS PROBLEM. AND THIS DATA IS ONLY GOING TO FURTHER PROVE IT. THE OTHER THING IS, I HEARD THAT THESE KIOSKS, THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE IN MONTHS. SO OUR LIBRARIANS NOW HAVE TO DEDICATE TO SITTING AT THE ENTRANCE INSTEAD OF DOING OTHER PORT OF THEIR JOB, SCANNING PEOPLE IN. 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE MONTHS BEFORE THEY EVEN GET THOSE KIOSKS. THANK YOU. UH, ELIZA PEREZ. GOOD EVENING. IT'S ELOISA. OH, SORRY. NO WORRIES. UM, I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ALSO RELATED TO THE ISSUE OF THE LIBRARY. UM, HOW DOES THE PROPORTION OF RESIDENT VERSUS NON-RESIDENT PATRONS COMPARE TO THAT OF OTHER LIBRARIES IN THE HOUSTON AREA? NONE OF WHOM HAVE A CARD TO ENTER POLICY ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS THAT CATHERINE JUST REFERENCED, THE THE ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS THAT CATHERINE JUST REFERENCED, HELEN HALL LIBRARY RANKS LAST IN SQUARE FOOTAGE PER CAPITA COMPARED TO FOUR PEER TEXAS LIBRARIES THAT SERVE SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS AS LEAGUE CITY. EVEN IF THE CARD TO ENTER POLICY WERE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF NON-RESIDENT PETR PATRONS, UH, PATRONS, WHAT DATA CAN THE CITY COUNCIL SHOW US TO PROVE THAT HELEN HALL WON'T STILL BE OVERCROWDED BY RESIDENT PATRONS AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY? IF THIS CARD TO ENTER POLICY ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO STOP OVERCROWDING, WILL THE CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIZE THE BUILDING OF A NEW LIBRARY TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM? IF YES, WHEN, IF NO, WHY NOT? AND WHAT WILL YOU DO INSTEAD? THE VAST MAJORITY OF LIBRARY SYSTEMS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA ALLOW ANY TEXAS RESIDENT TO OBTAIN A LIBRARY CARD FOR FREE AND ONLY IMPOSE A CARD FEE FOR NON-TECH RESIDENTS. AND NONE OF THEM ENFORCE A CARD TO ENTER POLICY. SOLE CITY RESIDENTS [00:20:01] CURRENTLY HAVE WELCOME ACCESS WHILE OTHERS DO NOT. THANK YOU. PEGGY SAYLER. PEGGY SAYLER 1802 RAMPART. I'D LIKE TO TALK TO, UM, AGENDA SIX B AND THAT IS THE, UH, MASTER PLAN FOR THE, UH, SOUTHWEST SIDE. I AS A CITIZEN AND SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE BRIEFING THAT CHRISTOPHER SIMS GAVE US AT A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, IT WAS REALLY OUTSTANDING. IT LAID OUT THE, UH, THE FOCUS OF THE STUDY AND OUR INTENT OF, UH, GOING FORWARD AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WHAT I REMEMBER IS THAT WE HAVE LIKE AN 80 20 SPLIT FOR THE TAX-BASED PURPOSES. MAYBE THAT'S CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. AND WHAT I HAD ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD IS THAT AS WE DEVELOPED THE SOUTHWEST SIDE, THAT WAS OUR ONE CHANCE REALLY TO TRY TO SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THAT RATIO. I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT I DIDN'T THINK SO. AND WE WERE REALLY PREDICATING A LOT OF OUR DISCUSSIONS ON THE GRAND PARKWAY. SO, SO WHEN I HEAR THAT WE'VE GOT 3,500 ACRES, ALMOST ALL OF THOSE ARE IN THE 100 OR 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN. AND I THINK MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE ALL OF LAKE CITY, I'M NOT QUITE SURE, BUT PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS. ALL I KNOW IS THAT WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE SOUTHWEST SIDE, THERE WERE ALWAYS, UM, UM, PLOTS OF LAND THAT WERE OWNED BY FAMILIES. SO I HAD ALWAYS SOMEWHAT THOUGHT THOSE WERE MORE LIKELY TO BECOME MORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. AND I THINK THAT'S PROVEN TO TO BE THE CASE. SO AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY, AS A CITIZEN, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE SOME SORT OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION TO WHERE SOMEBODY LIKE ME COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IT GONNA TAKE FROM A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT TO CHANGE THAT RATIO. I MEAN, IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE WE COULD GET TO A 70 30 OR, OR SOMETHING LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE? BECAUSE IF, IF, IF I UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE YEARS, THIS IS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE. AND I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT WHATEVER LESSONS WE LEARNED IN OUR DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST SIDE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE LESSONS LEARNED. WE'RE GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WE GO, WE ARE GOING TO BE SURE THAT WE DO NOT REPEAT THE ERRORS THAT WE HAD BEFORE. NOT SAYING THERE ARE ERRORS, BUT THERE PROBABLY ARE ERRORS FOR IMPROVEMENT. SO AS A CITIZEN, I, I REALLY SUPPORT THIS STUDY, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE POINT, UM, WITH THE STRUCTURE OF THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT TO HELP THOSE DISCUSSIONS ALONG. BUT AS A CITIZEN, I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT. DID YOU KNOW THIS PERFECTION? THAT WAS PERFECTION. SHE SAID THE STANDARD RIGHT ON IT. ALRIGHT, UH, [6. CONSENT AGENDA] CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS SIX A THROUGH K. I'D LIKE TO POLL SIX B AND SIX D SIR, YOU SAID B AND DB AND D MOVE TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALRIGHT. RIGHT. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA PULLING B AND D, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST SIX [6B. 24-0141 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with LJA Engineering, Inc. to develop a Regional Master Plan for League City’s undeveloped Western Area in an amount not to exceed $175,000 (Executive Director of Development Services)] B. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LJA ENGINEERING TO DEVELOP REGIONAL MASTER PLAN FOR LEAGUE CITY'S UNDEVELOPED WESTERN AREA IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $175,000. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. WHO WAS THE SECOND? SORRY. UH, IF WE CAN HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE ITEM FIRST. OKAY. UH, YES SIR. SO IT'S BASICALLY THE, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST, UH, TIME. THE KEYS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER, EXCUSE ME, ARE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. UH, THAT AND SOME DRAINAGE ANALYSIS WILL BE THE FIRST STEPS THAT THEY LOOK AT DOING. UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO CONSIDER THE ABILITY TO, UM, LOOK AT REGIONAL DETENTION IN THAT AREA AND THEN THE [00:25:01] ECONOMIC ANALYSIS WILL GO HAND IN HAND WITH THAT. WHAT TYPES OF BUSINESSES CAN WE REALISTICALLY PULL INTO THESE AREAS? UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE A STAKEHOLDERS GROUP AND UM, SOME, SOME ACTION COMMITTEE, UH, GROUP SET UP TO HELP US WALK THROUGH ALL THESE PROCESSES. I'M SORRY THAT WAS VERY ABBREVIATED, BUT DID THAT, DID THAT ADDRESS YOUR, YOUR QUESTION? WE GOT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS UP THERE. WE'LL, WE'LL GO FROM THERE. ANDY, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. YES SIR. QUICK ONE ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, I DROVE OUT THERE LAST WEEK AND WAS AMAZED AT HOW MUCH MORE THERE IS. UM, BUT ALSO IT DOES APPEAR, I MEAN THAT JUST FROM YEARS BACK, REMEMBERING ALL THE OTHER DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WE PROPOSED MM-HMM THAT, THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DEVELOP ANYTHING WITHOUT SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, LARGE DETENTION PROJECT. IS THAT CORRECT? I MEAN, I, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT. I THINK THE WAY, WHEN I KEEP SAYING A, A REGIONAL DETENTION, I THINK THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DEVELOP MORE LAND. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S BEING DEVELOPED OUT THERE NOW, A LOT OF THE DETENTION IS BEING OVERSIZED BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TO BALANCE THEIR SITE AND GET IT OUT OF THE, THE HOME SIDES, OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN. SO THEY'RE ELEVATING THOSE AREAS, THEY'RE CREATING MORE, UH, DETENTION. SO IF YOU HAVE MORE OF A REGIONAL APPROACH, YOU CAN REALLY KIND OF CONSOLIDATE, UM, DETENTION IN ONE LOCALIZED AREA AND THEN THOSE DEVELOPERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE CHANNELS TO GET THE DRAINAGE TO THOSE PONDS AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO DEVELOP THOSE AREAS. AND WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS YOU WOULD SET UP, THIS IS ME TALKING VERY HIGH LEVEL, OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS YOU WOULD SET UP SOME, UH, WAY THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD, UH, PURCHASE THE DETENTION RIGHTS. THEY WOULD THEN EXCAVATE THEIR PORTION OF THE, OF THE REGIONAL DETENTION AND THAT'S WHAT THEY COULD THEN USE TO FILL THEIR AREA AND GET IT OUT OF THE FLOOD PLAIN. THANK YOU MAYOR CHRIS. JUST YES SIR, FOR CLARIFICATION. I'M LOOKING AT A MAP, I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE IT. YES SIR. AND I CAN PASS IT DOWN TO YOU, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE WAY FROM HOBBES TO MAPLE LEAF HAS A PUD Y YES SIR. ARE THEY ON THE PLAN TO BE DEVELOPED NOW? IS EVERY ONE OF THEM? SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE IN THOSE AREAS. SO THE, THE DUNCAN DELOITTE AND THE MCALLISTER TRACK MASTER PUDS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, UH, A DECADE OR SO BACK, THOSE ARE NOT PART OF THE 4,000 ACRES WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING THOSE IN. UM, AND THE LLOYD TRACK IS THE ONE THAT'S REALLY VACANT RIGHT NOW. THERE'S BEEN DEVELOPMENT IN THE, UH, MCALLISTER AND DUNCAN TRACK. SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THERE. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS OF THE LLOYD ABOUT BRINGING IN CERTAIN COMPONENTS. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S FEASIBLE TO INCLUDE THAT 1700 ACRES IN THIS ASSESSMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE TYING INTO OLDER STUFF THAT, THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, SIR. SO THEY WOULD ALMOST BE A HYBRID. BUT LOOKING AT THE MAP, I MEAN, SIR, FROM LOOKING AT IT, IT'S SAMRA PETAL, WESTLAND RANCH ARE ALL PRETTY MUCH IN PRO. THAT IS CORRECT. PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. YES SIR. THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED. YES, SIR. SO IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE 50 TO 60% OF THE LAND THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE IS SOMEWHERE IN THE PROCESS. YES. SO THE, THE 4,000 ACRES THAT I NOTED MM-HMM ARE IS BASICALLY THE PROPERTY, UH, WEST OF MAPLE LEAF. YEAH. AND SOUTH OF THE HILLWOOD DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE 4,000 ACRES YOU HAVE. THE, THE SMALL, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE I THINK MAYBE ROUGHLY 200 ACRES JUST SOUTH OF WESTLAND RANCH. 'CAUSE WESTLAND RANCH KIND OF SKINS UP GOING TO FIVE 17. AND THEN YOU HAVE ABOUT 500 ACRES SOUTH OF FIVE 17, UM, OPPOSITE OF HOBBS ROAD. UM, THAT'S, THAT'S LAKE CITY AS WELL. SO THOSE AREAS, YOU KNOW, ARE, WOULD ALSO BE ALMOST CONSIDERED A HYBRID AREA DEPENDING ON HOW DEVELOPMENT, DID WE NOT HAVE A MASTER PLAN FOR SOME REASON? I THOUGHT WE HAD A MASTER PLAN. NO, SIR. NOT FOR ALL OF THAT. ALL, ALL WE HAD WERE FOR THOSE THREE TRACKS. OKAY. 'CAUSE IT, IT, IT WOULD'VE SEEMED LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE MAYBE DONE THIS 10 YEARS AGO. . YES, SIR. AND, AND WHAT, WHAT HURT US RECENTLY IS, YOU KNOW, IN 2019, UH, MS. PEGGY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FLOODPLAIN. YOU KNOW, REMEMBER BASICALLY THE HUNDRED YEAR OUR, BECAME THE, OUR 500 YEAR BECAME THE NEW A HUNDRED YEAR. SO WE'RE IN THAT 52 TO 54% OF THE CITY IS NOW IN EITHER A HUNDRED YEAR OR A 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN, BUT NOT COMPARED TO THE FEMA MAP COMPARED TO OUR STANDARDS. CORRECT. SO THE PRE 2019 FEMA MAPS MM-HMM. THAT SHOWED THE A HUNDRED AND THE 500, THE 2019 FEMA MAPS, THE A HUNDRED EXPANDED TO COVER ALMOST ALL THE 500 YEAR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. [00:30:01] YEAH. I I THINK WE'RE WAY BEHIND THE CURVE. I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, SO RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, COULD WE NOT GET THE ANSWER? COULD WE NOT GET THE ANSWER WITH THE PUD WHEN A PUD COMES IN, IF A PUD COME IN, COULD WE NOT ADDRESS IT AT THAT TIME? SO RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING HAS AN OVERLAY OF RESIDENTIAL ON THE, ON THE WEST SIDE. OKAY. UM, PART OF THIS, WE'LL LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC, YOU KNOW, ANALYSIS AND SAY, HEY, DO WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR, OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IN THOSE AREAS AND REALLY GO AHEAD AND, AND PRE DESIGNATE COMMERCIAL AREAS. UM, SO YOU CAN DO THAT IN A P YOU CAN, BUT IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A NEGOTIATION VERSUS OF YOU DOING THIS NOW AND, AND DOING IT THAT WAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. YEAH. UH, I'M GONNA START THIS OFF BY ENTERTAINING A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL Q1 OF 2025 SECOND. AND THEN, YEAH, AND MY RATIONALE IS, IS THAT, UM, WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY IN, UH, STUDIES THAT WE DON'T END UP USING. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND SINCE THE GRAND PARKWAY'S NOT REALLY GONNA START TURNING A SHOVEL OF DIRT FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, I DON'T SEE WHAT ANOTHER SIX MONTHS FOR US TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS. AND I'M NOT SAYING NO. UM, I THINK THAT'S JUST MY RATIONALE BEHIND THIS AS I'VE, YOU KNOW, HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME OF HIGHER LEVEL STAFFERS ABOUT THIS, IS THAT THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY TODAY. SO I'D LIKE THAT EXTRA SIX MONTHS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE SUPER CRITICAL, BUT THAT'S JUST MY LINE OF THINKING. UH, MR. JUSTICE, SO WE JUST HEARD FROM ONE COUNCILMAN THAT WE'RE ABOUT 10 YEARS BEHIND AND ANOTHER THAT SAYS WE'RE SIX MONTHS AHEAD. UM, THIS IS IN THE BUDGET, CORRECT? YES, SIR. SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE BECAUSE WE'VE ALL, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US UP HERE AT SOME POINT IN A FORUM OR ON A MAILER OR SOMETHING SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THE TAX BURDEN OFF OF THE RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS AN INCREASE THE, THE, THE BUSINESS SIDE OF OUR REVENUE. AND HERE'S THE CHANCE TO TRY TO GET OUT AHEAD AND DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THAT SOMEWHAT POSSIBLE. MAYBE, MAYBE AS MS. ZALAR SAID, WE'RE MAYBE WE DON'T GET TO 70 30, BUT 75 25 IS BETTER THAN THAN 80 20. UM, I SEE NO REASON TO PUT IT OFF. I'M READY TO GO TONIGHT. MS. MAY, UH, I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THE PROPOSAL TO POSTPONE AND IT'S BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T THINK I'D BE OPEN TO A REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS LAND BE INCORPORATED AS A SEPARATE CITY. I MEAN, HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY SHOULD GO ON INDEFINITELY JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE AT SOME POINT SOMEONE DREW A LINE THAT SAID IT SHOULD, I MEAN THERE THERE'RE PARTS OF THE WEST SIDE THAT MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. I MEAN, AND, AND I, AND IT, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO PRODUCE A PACKAGE FOR CITIZENS WHO COME HERE THAT IT PROVIDED A, UH, I DON'T KNOW, A COMMON SOCIAL FABRIC. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING AND, AND WE FAILED MISERABLY ON CERTAIN PARTS OF THE WEST SIDE. NOW HAVING SAID THAT, CHANCES ARE PRETTY GOOD. I'M NOT GONNA STOP IT. JUST LIKE I'VE NEVER STOPPED HARDLY ANY OF THESE THINGS ON THE WEST SIDE. SO IT WOULD BE NICE THAT THERE'D BE SOME SEMBLANCE OF A PLAN FOR WHEN I'M ONCE AGAIN DEFEATED. SO I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU. IT'S CALLED A FAIL . IT'S PROBABLY TRUE CONSERVATISM IN THE SENSE THAT IF YOU KNOW TOM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO CHRIS, IF, HOW LONG DOES THESE STUDIES NORMALLY TAKE? SO IF WE WERE TO DELAY THIS SIX MONTHS, WHAT WOULD BE THE TRUE DELAY? THIS IS, THIS IS REALISTICALLY A, UH, 12. I COULD SEE IT GOING AS MUCH AS 15 MONTHS, BUT WE'VE GOT A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE, UH, KIND OF OUTLINED IN INTERNALLY, UH, TALKING WITH THE CONSULTANTS. THEY FEEL THE 12 MONTH SCHEDULE IS, IS MAKEABLE BECAUSE I, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SEE IT DONE TO, TO THAT END ON THE SCHEDULE. UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT SCHEDULING ON THE PROJECTS AND STICKING TO THOSE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN ACTUAL LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. ARE WE GOING TO HIT THE 12 MONTHS AND ARE WE GONNA, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T HIT THE 12 MONTHS? SO WE WOULD HAVE, I, I THINK THE, THE CONCERN WITH, WITH SAYING, HEY, IT'S A, IT'S A FIRM 12 MONTHS IS, IS THE PUBLIC INTERACTION THAT WE HAVE, UM, BUILT INTO THIS PROGRAM. SO THERE COULD BE SOME THINGS THAT TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO FED OUT THAT COME OUT OF THOSE THAT WE CAN'T REALLY PLAN FOR RIGHT NOW. UM, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE CONCERN. YEAH. [00:35:01] I WOULD JUST SAY IN THE FUTURE LET'S, I I DON'T, I, I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE STUFF MR. RICKS WAS SAYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LETTING THESE STRETCH ON FOREVER. YES SIR. I THINK WE DO NEED SOLID TIMELINES, JUST LIKE AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT KNOWN WHEN WE START THE PROJECT, THEN WE CAN EXTEND THE TIMELINE. BUT IN THE FUTURE, I THINK WE NEED TO SET A TIMELINE, STICK TO THE TIMELINE AND GET 'EM DONE. SO, SO TO THAT END, THE, THE PSA THAT IS THERE HAS THE ONE YEAR TIMEFRAME IN IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO POSTPONE AND WHAT WAS THE TIMELINE ON THE POSTPONEMENT? Q1, Q1 OF 2025. HOW LONG YEAR THIS ? OKAY, SO OCTOBER OF TWO. OCTOBER OF, OKAY. OCTOBER. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. OKAY. IT'S TWO OCTOBER OF, UH, OCTOBER OF 2024. OCTOBER OF 2024. THAT WHICH IS WOULD BE 1 20, 25, RIGHT? ROUGHLY 20, YEAH. OKAY. ROUGHLY. OKAY. OCTOBER, 2024. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FIVE FOUR. OH WAIT, MOTION FAILS. SORRY, I MEANT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. MOTION FAILS. FIVE FOUR A FIVE. NO, THREE. YES, SORRY. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW THE MOTION ON THE CURRENT TIMELINE LINE. MOTION PASSES. I GOT THIS ONE. RIGHT. 6 4 2 AGAINST. ALRIGHT. AND NOW I WOULD, UH, I'D LIKE TO SPEND THE RULES AND MOVE UP. COULD, COULD WE DO 61ST AND 60? OH 60, [6D. 24-0087 Consider and take action on a resolution updating the schedule of fees pertaining to Planning related applications - Chapter 125 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of League City (Director of Planning)] I'M SORRY. ALL OVER THE PLACE. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION. OUR RESOLUTION UPDATING THE SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO THE PLANNING RELATED APPLICATIONS. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS AGENDA ITEM UNTIL AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC COMMITTEE MEETS TO DISCUSS, THIS IS ONE ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING ON FEES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE PLANNING SESSION, UH, WHATEVER DATE THAT MAY BE. PROBABLY APRIL OR, OR IS IT YOU'RE THE VICE CHAIR OF MARCH, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE MAY, I THINK WE'RE SHOOTING MAY, I'M SORRY. MAY RATHER END OF MAY, APRIL, MAY 2ND. POSTPONE UNTIL, UH, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. SO MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT DATE DO YOU WANT IT AT? UNTIL, UNTIL THE COMMITTEE HAS COMPLETED THEIR WORK, WHICH IS TWO, MAY TWO MONTHS. YEAH. MAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SAY FIRST MEETING IN MAY. YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA BE READY. THE, THE CURRENT TIMELINE FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS COMING TO CITY COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT END OF MAY OR JUNE. WE'RE ANTICIPATING BEING COMPLETED WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT BY THE END OF MAY. THAT'S HOW LONG OUR TIMELINE GOES. AND HOPEFULLY IN JUNE WE'LL BE BEFORE THIS BODY WITH THE, WITH THE PLAINTIFF. WE'LL PUT IT BACK TO THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE. UH, WE'LL DO SECOND MEETING IN JUNE. THANK YOU, SIR. ALRIGHT, MR. TRESSLER, WE STARTED CHARGING NON-RESIDENTS USE OUR LIBRARY SO THAT WE COVER THE COST. WE UPPED THE CHARGE FOR PARTICIPATION AND IN ALL OUR PARKS AND REC ACTIVITIES TO COVER THE COST. WE'VE CONTINUALLY SAID COVER THE COST AS A BASIS FOR EVERY PRICE WE'VE SET. SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL HERE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. UM, I SEE NO REASON TO DELAY. MR. SALTON, MY QUESTIONS TO STAFF, IF THIS IS BROUGHT TO US TONIGHT, DO Y'ALL, WHAT IS Y'ALL'S FEELINGS ON THIS ACTUALLY BEING DEALT WITH TONIGHT OR PUTTING IT OFF? WHAT IS THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON IT? YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOKED AT DEVELOP, AS WE LOOKED AT DEVELOPMENT, WELL, I MEAN, THEY BROUGHT IT UP. IF WE, WELL, IF WE LOOKED AT DEVELOPMENT PHASE, I THINK THIS IS RESPONSE A LITTLE BIT TO, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL DIRECTION AS TO, YOU KNOW, DETERMINE THE, UM, ACTUAL COST TO WHAT WE THINK COST TO PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FEES. AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, THE CHOICE AS TO WHETHER WE RECOVER A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COST, OUR PORTION [00:40:01] IS UP TO THE COUNCIL. AND SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S DELAYED TILL JUNE, IT WOULD JUST DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE FEES IN PLACE TODAY AND, UH, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO COLLECT THOSE FEES, BUT DO YOU SEE THE FEES, THE FEES THAT WE HAVE HERE, ARE THEY LOOKING TO GO UP, GO DOWN? I MEAN, THIS IS 4.5% INCREASE. I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT MEANS AFTER THE, ARE THEY MEANS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE STUDY. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO, SO THE, THE WORK GROUP THAT WE PUT TOGETHER WAS TO LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN GENERAL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RESPONSIVE TO THE USERS OF THE, OF, OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PART OF THAT GROUP IS DEVELOPERS AND THEY'D ALL LIKE TO SEE THE FEES GO DOWN. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DIRECTION WE'VE BEEN GIVEN GENERALLY IS TO HAVE FEES THAT RECOVER, YOU KNOW, ALL THE COSTS AND MAJORITY OF THE COSTS. AND SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S COMPETING INTEREST THERE THAT THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY HAS TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ON. SO IF WE DON'T INCREASE 'EM TODAY, IF WE DELAY IT TILL JUNE, THAT'S THAT FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT THAT WE WON'T COLLECT. AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER MINOR CHANGES. MR. DAVIS. WE, WE'VE DONE SEVERAL SURVEYS AND I THINK IN YOUR FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING, MAYBE YOU COULD TELL COUNSEL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE DISCUSSION. NOT ALL OF THEM WERE DEVELOPERS THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT FEES. UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT CAME FROM RESIDENTIAL, UH, CITIZENS ALSO. BUT THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING FOR A DELAY IS BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE PICKING OUT ISSUES THAT ARE PROCESS DRIVEN THAT MAY LOWER THE COST, UM, SO THAT THE FEES DON'T HAVE TO GO UP. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER SINCE THIS COMMITTEE IS WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION, TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE IN DEVELOPMENT IN THAT PROCESS. JUST RAISING THE FEES ARE GOING TO COST US TO COME BACK IF WE SEE THAT TO LOWER 'EM. AND I JUST THINK GIVING US A COUPLE OF MONTHS WOULD, WOULD CERTAINLY, UM, WE WOULD KNOW MORE ON THE COMMITTEE. SO THIS CAN BE FOR, FOR MR. DAVIS OR, OR MR. CARPENTER. SO IF WE WERE, WELL, FIRST I'D LIKE TO, THIS MEETING THAT HAS BEEN REFERENCED AND WHY WE DELAY IT FOR, FOR TWO MONTHS. CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE, UH, DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THAT IS SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT? IN TERMS OF DESCRIBING THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROCESS, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAVE THE AMBITION. I THINK WE'VE MOSTLY COMPLETED, I THINK WE HAVE THREE LISTENING EXERCISES LEFT. WE WILL HAVE ENGAGED LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PATRONS OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THERE ARE CERTAIN THEMES THAT ARE ARISING OUT OF THIS PROCESS ALREADY. TOMMY, AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE, CHRIS, CHRISTOPHER AND OTHERS CAN PROBABLY ALREADY START IDENTIFYING WHAT THOSE BIG BUCKET ITEMS ARE. THOSE MAJOR THEMES ARE CERTAINLY WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING SO FAR IS NOT ONLY AN APPRECIATION FOR, UH, OUR STAFF, BUT ALSO AN APPRECIATION FOR THE PROCESS ITSELF AND ENGAGING THOSE PATRONS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. I DON'T THINK, UH, IT'S TOO FARFETCHED TO, TO PROBABLY CONJECTURE THAT THERE WILL BE A STRATEGIC DIRECTIVE THAT ADDRESSES PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, UH, POLICY CULTURE AND ORGANIZATION. UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND RESPONSIVENESS AND THESE TYPES OF THINGS WILL PROBABLY BE OUR BIG BUCKET ITEMS. SO THERE ARE A VARIETY OF OUTCOMES THAT COULD OCCUR AS THE COMMITTEE GETS TOGETHER AND BEGINS TO DEVELOP THE INITIATIVES THAT GO UNDERNEATH EACH ONE OF THOSE BIG BUCKETS. SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PROCESS. AND WHERE I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AWAY FROM BEGINNING THAT COMPOSITION. THANK YOU TOO. IF, AND I AM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN EVEN COME CLOSE TO A NUMBER, BUT HOW MUCH WOULD THESE FEES, IF WE WERE TO POSTPONE FOR TWO, HOW MUCH WOULD WE BE LOSING, UH, PER MONTH? WELL, HOW MUCH DO THEY BRING IN IN A YEAR? RIGHT? AND THEN JUST DIVIDE THAT OUT. IT, WE, WE DIDN'T DO ANY SPECIFIC ANALYSIS ON THAT OF DELAYING IT. I I COULDN'T GIVE YOU AN ACCURATE, BUT YOU DID DO, THEN YOU DID RUN A NUMBER ON HOW MUCH IT WOULD INCREASE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. SO WHAT'S THAT NUMBER? THAT'S CORRECT. SO THIS WAS WITH BUILDING AND PLANNING COMBINED. ANGIE CAME THROUGH AND SAID WE NEED A 4.5% INCREASE. UM, AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC NUMBER HERE, UM, BUT I COULD PROVIDE THAT TO YOU, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT HERE TONIGHT OF PLANNING FEES SPECIFICALLY. I I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE PACKET, BUT IF WE LOOK THAT, CAN WE LOOK THAT UP REAL QUICK? I THINK IT'S RELEVANT. ANGIE, HOW MUCH DO WE EXPECT OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR TO GENERATE WITH THESE FEES ON? [00:45:04] IS IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS LIKE A QUARTER OF WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE OR, OKAY. UM, KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES, TOM. UH, I, I THINK WE HAVE TO COVER OUR, OUR COST HERE. 'CAUSE THERE'S ONLY TWO OPTIONS. IT'S EITHER THE DEVELOPER, HENCE THE, THE PERSON THEY'RE BUILDING FOR PAYS THE FEE, OR THE TAXPAYERS, THE GENERAL FUND PAYS THE FEE. THERE'S REALLY LIKE NO OTHER WAY OF DOING IT. NOBODY LIKES TO PAY FEES, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY REALLY TWO OPTIONS OUT THERE. SO EITHER THE 125,000 CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY ALL PITCH IN AND, AND COVER THIS COST, OR THE PERSON CAUSING THE DEVELOPMENT PAYS THE COST. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO WAIT TO IMPLEMENT IT, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THEM TODAY AND THEN COME BACK AND CHANGE THEM IN A COUPLE MONTHS EITHER. SO I WANT TO KIND OF GET TO THE RIGHT NUMBER AND GO FROM THERE. SO, UH, I WOULD KIND OF PROPOSE THAT IF WE DO MAKE THE CHANGES TODAY, WE STICK WITH THESE CHANGES FOR SOME AMOUNT OF TIME, WHATEVER THAT IS, UH, UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND HOW EVERYTHING'S MOVING AND THEN ADJUST LATER ON DOWN THE LINE. UH, SO I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA CONSTANTLY BE CHANGING THE FEES. UH, YOU NEED SOME LEVEL OF PREDICTABILITY WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE DEVELOPING. YEAH, I DON'T SEE ANY PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS COMING OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE, UH, TO BE SOMETHING THAT SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERS THE COST TO WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER LOWERING THIS COST. UM, I, I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN UNDERCHARGING FOR A WHILE SAYS WE OVERCHARGE FOR A HAIR, UM, GREAT. MAYBE WE'RE GETTING BACK TO BALANCE. UH, PROBABLY NOT. UM, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S KIND OF, UM, A FAILURE TO READ THE ROOM ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, UH, TO BE WORRIED ABOUT, UM, CONSIDERING LOWERING IT BACK LATER. IF WE COME UP WITH PROCESS EFFICIENCIES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT OUR CITIZENS CLAMOR FOR ALL THE TIME, IT'S NEVER, HEY, REALLY HELP THESE DEVELOPERS OUT. I'VE NEVER ONCE HEARD THAT, EXCEPT FROM A DEVELOPER. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THIS. IT MAKES SENSE. UH, THE FACT IS, I, I DON'T THINK WE'VE INCREASED HIS FEE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. MAYBE, MAYBE ONCE WE DID. UM, INFLATION EVERY YEAR IS MORE THAN 4.5%. UH, SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GONNA TAKE LONG, UH, TO CATCH BACK UP. UM, I ALSO, UH, HAVE, HAVE A CONCERN AND, AND I HAVEN'T BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE, BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S UNUSUAL THAT WE HAVE A COMMITTEE, UH, WITH A COUNCILMAN REPRESENTATIVE ON IT. AND NONE OF THE REST OF US WERE EVEN TOLD OF IT'S CREATION, UM, UNTIL WE SAW THIS PACKET AND, UH, JUST THE CITY MANAGER BROUGHT UP THE, UH, THE TOTAL, IT'S $130,000 A YEAR, 10 10 GRANDISH MONTH. AND THEN, JUST A CLARIFICATION, WE DID JUST RAISE THESE FEES AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE, IT DID NOT COVER THE WHOLE COST. AND SO WE ASKED THEM TO GO BACK AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE WHOLE COST WAS. SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS ONLY RAISING $130,000 BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE THE TOTAL AMOUNT, IT'S ACTUALLY MUCH, MUCH CLOSER. SO THIS JUST COVERS THAT FINAL 130,000 GAP. AND SO, TO MY POINT, THAT WAS EXACTLY MY POINT. WE CHANGED IT FOUR MONTHS AGO AND CHANGE IT AGAIN. UM, WE, WE DON'T WANNA CHANGE IT THREE TIMES IN ONE YEAR. RIGHT. SO JUST KIND OF KEEP IT MORE CONSISTENT. SEAN. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I GUESS WE ALL KNOW I'M VERY ELOQUENT WHENEVER I SAY THINGS SOMETIMES. AND BASICALLY WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING IS WHAT I'M GETTING TO, ARE WE GONNA BE RAISING THESE EVEN MORE IN TWO MONTHS OR ARE WE GONNA HAVE THESE FOR A TIME SPAN AND THEN LOOK AT RAISING THEM AGAIN? I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM PASSING IT. MY PROBLEM IS COMING BACK IN TWO MONTHS SAYING, HEY, WE DIDN'T RAISE 'EM HIGH ENOUGH. WE NEED TO RAISE 'EM AGAIN. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY A WHILE AGO. YEAH. I TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU, TOMMY. THANK YOU MAYOR. AGAIN, A LOT OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS, BUT IT'S NOT ONLY THE DEVELOPERS, IT'S PEOPLE WHO PULL A PERMIT FOR A WATER HEATER. PEOPLE THAT, UH, PULL A CITIZENS THAT PULL A, UH, A PERMIT FOR SOME PLUMBING OR SOMETHING AT THEIR HOUSE OR AT THEIR STRUCTURE. SO IT'S NOT JUST DEVELOPERS. I'M NOT HERE TO HELP THE DEVELOPERS, UH, ON THE FEES, BUT IT, WHAT WE HEARD IN THE, IN THE SURVEYS COMING BACK, IT'S PEOPLE ARE SAYING WITH AN ABUNDANCY, THE REASON THEY DON'T COME TO LEAGUE CITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ONE OF THE REASONS IS THE FEE. IS THAT CORRECT MR. DAVIS, IN SOME OF THE SURVEYS [00:50:01] AND WHY THEY'RE GOING TO OTHER CITIES? PROBABLY OUR BROADEST INTERACTION HAS BEEN WITH DEVELOPERS, CONTRACTORS, TRADESPEOPLE, AND MM-HMM, . THAT, THAT IS IN THE FOREMOST I THINK OF THEIR MINDS AS THEY TRY TO GRAPPLE WITH SUPPLY COSTS THEMSELVES. AND, YOU KNOW, ANY ACCOMMODATION WITH FEES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE PAYING THEIR WAY AND WE'RE NOT SUBSIDIZING ANYTHING. BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THIS. IF WE GET TO A POINT TO, WE'RE SO HIGH, EVERYBODY'S GONNA LOOK AT WEBSTER LIKE THEY'RE DOING NOW, KEA OR SOME OTHER CITY TO GO TO. I'M JUST ASKING FOR THREE MONTHS, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS GONNA BREAK THE CITY, UM, TO, TO LET THE COMMITTEE FINISH THEIR WORK. LET'S SEE IF THE FEES ARE, WE MAY HAVE TO RAISE 'EM. WE DON'T KNOW. WE MAY HAVE TO LOWER 'EM A LITTLE BIT TO BE COMPETITIVE. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'LL, I'LL YIELD MY TIME. UH, MAYOR, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO BE ADDED, UH, AS AN ANNUAL REVIEW UNDER OUR BUDGET PROCESS. LOOK AT ADJUSTING THE FEES TO MAINTAIN PACE WITH OUR COSTS. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS SOMETHING OUR, OUR STAFF DOES EVERY YEAR. AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE THESE SPECIAL ONES, BUT WE NEED THIS ONE NOW TO GET CAUGHT UP. SO, SO CHAD, JUST WE WANT A CLARIFICATION ON THAT. IF WE WOULD DO THE BUDGET, WOULD THAT MEAN THAT IF WE INCREASE, WE JUST INCREASE IT, WE'LL INCREASE IT AGAIN TONIGHT? WOULD WE INCREASE IT AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET? I, I'M NOT BEING THAT SPECIFIC YET. I WAS JUST SAYING THAT PART OF THE PROCESS. SO TODAY IT GETS TO BE A STATEMENT. YEAH, I I I HAVE NO PROBLEM VOTING FOR IT. AND THEN JUST, UH, FOR MY EDIFICATION, IF WE PASS THIS TONIGHT, WHEN WOULD THEY GO INTO EFFECT? RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT GOING INTO EFFECT APRIL 1ST. APRIL 1ST. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO POSTPONE UNTIL THE SECOND MEETING IN JUNE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION FAILS. FIVE AGAINST THREE FOUR. UH, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE AS, UH, PUT FORTH IN THE PACKET. DOES IT NEED A SECOND? SECOND, SORRY. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 6 4 2 AGAINST. ALL RIGHT. I'D [10E. 24-0148 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending Chapter 74 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of League City entitled “Parks and Recreation” by amending Section 74-131, entitled “Alcoholic Beverages in City Parks” to clarify that alcohol is allowed at the Ballpark at League City (Formerly Big League Dreams) (City Manager)] MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND MOVE UP 10 EI SECOND. SO THIS IS JUST A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 8 4 0 AGAINST 10 E CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 74, THE CODE AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY ENTITLED PARKS AND RECREATION BY AMENDING SECTION 74 DASH 1 3 1 ENTITLED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CITY PARKS. TO CLARIFY THAT A ALCOHOL IS ALLOWED AT THE BALLPARK AT LEAGUE CITY. I'LL MOVE TO MOVE TO, I'LL SECOND . YOU FIGURE IT OUT. , I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. JUSTIN TRESSLER. ALRIGHT. THEY HAVE, UH, RYAN IS LITERALLY SITTING THERE AT, UH, THE BALLPARK, LIKE READY TO POUR THE, THE FIRST BEER FOR THE SOFTBALL IN BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS TONIGHT. SO, ALRIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. I WAS GONNA ASK A QUESTION. YEAH, GO AHEAD. SORRY. SO BY PASSING THIS, ARE PEOPLE ABLE TO BRING THEIR OWN ALCOHOL IN? NO. OKAY. I PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST MOTION FOR FIRST AND FINAL SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST, UH, WE'LL GO BACK TO TELL, TELL RYAN START MAKING MONEY TO PAY, TO PAY FOR THAT PLACE. UH, [7A. 24-0096 Hold a public hearing on the League City 2023 Master Water Plan and 2023 Master Wastewater Plan as an element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of League City (Executive Director of Development Services)] PUBLIC HEARINGS [00:55:01] HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AT LEAGUE CITY 2023 MASTER WATER PLAN AND 2023 MASTER WASTEWATER PLAN AS AN ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY. WE'LL OPEN THIS HEARING AT 6 59. NOBODY ON THE LIST, WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING AT 6 59. CONSIDER AND [7B. 24-0097 Consider and take action on an ordinance approving the League City 2023 Master Water Plan and 2023 Master Wastewater Plan as an element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of League City (Executive Director of Development Services)] TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE APPROVING THE LEAGUE CITY 2023 MASTER WATER PLAN IN 2023, MASTER WASTEWATER PLAN AS AN ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, EIGHT ZERO MARCH 4TH, 2024. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. CAN WE HEAR THE, UH, ARE WE GONNA HEAR THE, UM, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON? OH, YES SIR. UM, SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT, UH, LAKE CITY, WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT OUR CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES FOR WATER AND SEWER. THAT WAS LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE HOLISTIC PLAN THAT WRAPS EVERYTHING UP. SO IF YOU START LOOKING AT, AT OUR WATER SYSTEM IN GENERAL, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 530 MILES OF WATER MAINS THAT IS ANYTHING FROM AN INCH IN SIZE TO ABOUT FOUR FOOT IN DIAMETER. UM, WE CAN MAINTAIN 50 PSI RIGHT NOW IN OUR SYSTEM. ON AN AVERAGE DAY, I THINK WE DROP TO, WE START SEEING SOME DROPS ON THE EDGES OF OUR SYSTEM ON A MAX PEAK DAY. UH, OUR SYSTEM HAS 10 BOOSTER PUMPS, THE OLDEST BEING 54 YEARS OLD. UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE RIGHTS TO 28 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A DAY. UH, JOHN AND AND JODY ARE WORKING TO SECURE AN ADDITIONAL 20 FOR THE CITY TO, TO MEET OUR LONG-TERM GROWTH. AND WE CAN USE WELL CAPACITY, UH, SO OUR, OUR WELLS, BUT WE ARE CAPPED AT 10% WITHOUT RECEIVING SOME HIGH FEES, UH, FROM THE STATE ON THAT. SO WHEN WE START LOOKING AT OUR, AT OUR GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WE CAPPED THAT WELL AT THE 10%, UH, NUMBER. UM, SO THESE ARE THE PROJECTS JUST THAT CAME FROM THE, THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE. AGAIN, THESE WERE VOTED ON AND AND APPROVED LAST YEAR. IT WAS JUST A REFRESHER OF THE STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN. FROM SEWER STANDPOINT, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 375 MILES OF GRAVITY, MAINE, ROUGHLY 43 MILES OF FORCE MAINS. UM, AND COMBINED GRAVITY FORCE MAINS THAT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM TWO INCHES TO ABOUT SIX FOOT IN DIAMETER. UH, WE HAVE 78 LIFT STATIONS IN LAKE CITY RIGHT NOW WITH TWO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. UH, THE BIG THING TO KNOW ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS IS THAT WE ARE WORKING TO EXPAND OUR SOUTHWEST PLANT FROM 4 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TO 8 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. UH, BELIEVE THE PLAN IDENTIFIED 2028 AS THE TIMEFRAME FOR THAT EXPANSION TO BE IN PLACE. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, BY BETWEEN 2028 AND 2033, DEPENDING ON THE GROWTH OF THE CITY, WE'LL IMMEDIATELY ROLL INTO STARTING TO EXPAND IT UP TO THE 12 MILLION GALLON DAY RANGE. UM, SO THIS IS JUST KINDA RECAP OF, OF OUR SYSTEM. UM, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S JUST WORKING THE SYSTEM TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE MOST EFFICIENT FLOWS UTILIZING OUR LIFT STATIONS APPROPRIATELY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THESE WERE THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND THE KAPLAN RECOVERY FEED PROGRAM AND ARE BEING THESE, ALONG WITH THE WATER WILL BE IMPLEMENTED INTO OUR CIP PROGRAM. AND THEN JUST, JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S EDUCATION REMINDER IS THIS IS A PROCESS WITH A GROWING CITY AND WITH HAVING IMPLEMENTED CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS EVERY FIVE YEARS. YES SIR. SO IT GETS, WE MAKE, YOU KNOW, OUR BEST ESTIMATE AS TO HOW GROWTH IS GONNA PROCEED. AND THEN EVERY FIVE YEARS WE HAVE TO TAKE A NEW LOOK AT THAT AND THEN WE UPDATE IT WITH THAT. AND, AND EVERY TIME WE DO THAT, IT'S A FIVE YEAR, 10 YEAR, AND THEN A BUILDOUT LOOK IS WHAT YOU DO. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 8 4 0 AGAINST [7C. 24-0129 Hold a public hearing on a request for a Special Use Permit, SUP-24-0001 (Bubbles and Barks Pet Grooming), for an Animal Sales and Services with no outdoor kennels or outdoor storage use for a dog grooming business on approximately 1.35 acres zoned “CN” (Neighborhood Commercial), generally located along the south side of East Farm to Market Road 518, east of Meadow Parkway and west of Chariss Glen Drive, with the address of 3311 East Farm to Market Road 518 (Director of Planning)] SEVEN C. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SEP DASH 24 DASH 0 0 0 1 BUBBLES AND BARKS PET GROOMING FOR AN ANIMAL SALES AND SERVICE WITH NO OUTDOOR KENNELS OR NO STORAGE USE FOR DOG GROOMING BUSINESS ON APPROXIMATELY 1.35 ACRES ZONE CN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL GENERALLY LOCATED AROUND THE, ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF EAST FARM TO MARKET FIVE 18 EAST OF MEADOW PARKWAY AND WEST OF CHARS GLEN DRIVE FOR THE ADDRESS OF 3 3 1 1 EAST FARM TO MARKET FIVE 18. OPEN THIS HEARING AT 7 0 4. THERE'S NOBODY ON THERE. WE'LL CLOSE AT 7 0 4 AND [01:00:01] I WILL REREAD THE WHOLE THING AGAIN. [7D. 24-0130 Consider and take action on an ordinance approving a Special Use Permit, SUP-24-0001 (Bubbles & Barks Pet Grooming), for an “Animal Sales and Services with no outdoor kennels or outdoor storage” use on property zoned “CN” (Neighborhood Commercial), generally located along the south side of Farm to Market Road 518, east of Meadow Parkway and west of Chariss Glen Drive, with the address of 3311 East FM 518 (Director of Planning)] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUP DASH 24 DASH 0 0 0 1 BUBBLES AND BARKS. PET GROOMING FOR ANIMAL SALES AND SERVICES WITH NO OUTDOOR KENNELS OR OUTDOOR STORAGE USE ON PROPERTIES ZONE CN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD FIVE 18 EAST OF MEADOW PARKWAY AND WEST OF CHARS GLEN DRIVE THE ADDRESS 3 3 1 1 EAST FIVE FM FIVE 18. PLANNING AND ZONING. RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. SIX ONE WITH ONE MEMBER ABSENT ON MARCH 4TH. MOTION TO APPROVAL. I WILL SECOND SO LONG AS IT'S SUBJECT TO THE SAME CONDITIONS AS THE, UH, PNZ PUT ON THE, UH, FROM THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THEY'RE UP ON YOUR SCREEN NOW. WOULD Y'ALL LIKE AN EXPLANATION OF THIS? YEAH, SO IT'S FAIRLY BASIC. UM, AS MENTIONED IN THE TITLE LINE, UM, IT IS A DOG GROOMING FACILITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. UM, ANIMAL SALES AND SERVICE USES REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. AND SO A DOG GROOMING FACILITY IS CLASSIFIED AS THAT ANIMAL SALES AND SERVICE. THEY'RE LOOKING TO OCCUPY ONE OF THE TENANT SPACES IN THIS EXISTING BUILDING. UM, PNZ RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. UM, WE'VE RECEIVED NO COMMUNICATIONS OF ANY OF THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS IN OPPOSITION OF THE REQUEST AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS WELL. UM, THE TWO CONDITIONS THAT WERE APPROVED BY PNZ ARE LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN HERE. MR. MAYOR, I'M GONNA ALTER MY MOTION, UH, AS TO, UH, BASED ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ONE AND TWO. THANK YOU. THEN MY SECOND STANCE, MR. GUM, JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION. UH, YES SIR. IT MAY BE THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION. IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, ANIMAL SALES AND SERVICE. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CELLS HERE AND WE'RE NOT BREATHING BREEDING ANY ANIMALS. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE USE CLASSIFICATIONS, THEY KINDA LUMP MULTIPLE DIFFERENT USES INTO A GENERAL CLASSIFICATION. IN THIS CASE, UM, ANIMAL SALES AND SERVICE COULD INCLUDE A MULTITUDE OF THINGS OF PETSMART AND A NUMBER OF THINGS. IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE JUST REQUESTING A DOG GROOMING FACILITY. COULD THEY DO IT SINCE THEY HAVE THE CLASSIFICATION UNDER THIS ORDINANCE? OR WILL HE HAVE TO COME BACK TO? SO THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA BE APPROVED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS USE THE DOG GROOMING FACILITY. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT. SEEING NOBODY ELSE, LET'S VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 8 4 0 GA. CONGRATULATIONS. NO OLD BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS. CONSIDER [9A. 24-0007 Consider and take action on a resolution appointing Courtney Chadwell to the League City Local Government Corporation for a three-year term (City Attorney)] AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPOINTING COURTNEY CHADWELL TO THE LEAGUE CITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION FOR A THREE YEAR TERM. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. I GUESS I'LL SECOND. YOU SHOULD VOTE AGAINST IT. COURTNEY . ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST [9B. 24-0149 Consider and take action on a resolution designating an official flag of the City of League City (Mayor Long)] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY. UH, SO I WILL, I'LL JUST KICK IT OFF. UH, LET'S, UH, I MAKE A MOTION. CAN WE PUT THE FLAGS UP THERE SO I CAN CALL A NUMBER? UH, I MAKE A MOTION FOR THREE C, THE PRIMARY COLORED. I'LL SECOND TOM, IF, IF WE HAVE TO PICK ONE OF THE 12, I THINK 3D IS THE RIGHT CHOICE. 3D. YEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE C I'VE HAD, I'VE HAD, BUT I'VE HAD THREE A TWO PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THREE A IS ONE THEY WANT. OKAY. TOMMY, MAYOR, I HATE TO BE THE PERSON TO SAY THAT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT FOR THE, THE ARTISTS THAT DONE THIS, NONE OF THESE FLAGS REPRESENT THE CITY. AND I, I WOULDN'T VOTE FOR ANY OF THEM. I THINK THAT WE HAVE A CITY ORDINANCE UNDER, UH, ORDINANCE 20 14, 28, AND BACK IN 1986 WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE, THE OAK TREE, UH, I THINK THAT WAS THEIR INTENT TO DO SO. UH, 2014 DASH 28 TALKS ABOUT THE OFFICIAL FLAG FROM FEBRUARY 27TH, 1986, WHICH WAS THE LAKE CITY SYMBOL AND THE OAK TREE. AND I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY STICK WITH THAT. I DON'T MIND NEW BRANDING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. UH, BUT THAT WAS IN OUR ORDINANCE. IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1976 WHERE THEY DISCUSSED IT. I JUST THINK THIS DOESN'T REPRESENT THE CITY. I I PROBABLY RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS TODAY AND PHONE CALLS, UH, ABOUT THIS ONE ISSUE THAT, UH, I, I DON'T THINK A FLAG HAS TO BE, [01:05:01] YOU KNOW, MEETING THE CRITERIA OF, UH, THAT ORGANIZATION. I FORGOT WHAT THE ORGANIZATION WAS, BUT OLOGISTS, YES, TO, UH, TO, FOR US TO HAVE A FLAG. I THINK FLAGS SHOULD BE A FLAG THAT REPRESENTS LEAGUE CITY. AND IF IT'S DIFFICULT OR IF IT'S, UM, HAS SEVERAL COLORS, I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT. BUT I THINK NONE OF THESE REPRESENT THE CITY. AND THIS, TO ME IS PRETTY MUCH A, A DISGRACE . I, I JUST HATE TO SAY THAT. I, I I, I, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE TO THE ARTIST, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T REPRESENT THE CITY. AND I THINK WE'VE ALREADY CHANGED OUR BRAND. WE'VE CHANGED OUR LOGO. UH, CHANGING OUR FLAG NOW WOULD BE, UH, I, I THINK WE'RE GETTING RID OF ALL THE HISTORY IN OUR CITY AND WE'RE TAKING EVERYTHING AWAY THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY OUR EARLIER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND REPRESENTING THE CITY. THE OAK TREE REPRESENTS LAKE CITY AND, AND, UM, I, I THINK THIS DOESN'T REPRESENT LAKE CITY BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER. OKAY. UH, JUSTIN, UH, I'M GONNA VOTE NO TOO, BUT IT'S FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT ON THIS ISSUE. UH, IT'S, MR. PATE WAS UP HERE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS EARLIER THERE. THE CITIZEN FEEDBACK ON IT WAS NOT GREAT. AND I DON'T WANNA BE UGLY EITHER. MY PERSONAL TASTE DOESN'T MATTER. I, I REALLY DON'T CARE AT THE END OF THE DAY. BUT, UM, YEAH, CALL IT MOB RULE, IF YOU WILL. I DON'T KNOW. UM, IT'S JUST ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, I, I'M JUST, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND VOTE NO. SO I'M NOT A HUGE FLAG GUY. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FLAG RULES, BUT I, I THINK MR. PATE SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS, I MEAN, NO OFFENSE. WELL, IT WAS KIND OF SILLY WHEN YOU SAID IT DIDN'T REPRESENT THE CITY BECAUSE IT WASN'T INITIALLY OBVIOUS. WELL, I MEAN, CERTAINLY THE AMERICAN FLAG, IF IT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED TO YOU, WOULD NOT BE OBVIOUS THAT THE 13 STRIPES MEAN SOMETHING AND THE 50 STARS MEAN SOMETHING. AND THE COLORS ALL STAND FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE TEXAS FLAG, RIGHT? IT'S NOT IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT THAT IS. AND SO, I, I DON'T BELIEVE FLAGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE JUST SYMBOLS THAT YOU JUST LOOK AT AND YOU HAVE TO BE READ TO AND SAY, UH, YEAH, THAT IS LEAGUE CITY, BECAUSE IT SAYS LEAGUE CITY ON IT, AND THEY HAVE A TREE. 'CAUSE THERE'S A TREE ON IT. SO I BELIEVE FLAGS ARE GENERALLY INTERPRETIVE, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE POINT OF A FLAG AS OPPOSED TO A BANNER OR A SEAL. AND WHY I PICK THREE C I'LL, I'LL JUST KIND OF LAY OUT MY REASONS FOR IT. I COULD ALSO BE SWAYED TO THREE A POSSIBLY TO INCLUDE THE OAK LEAF, BUT REASON I PICKED THREE C AND I, I THINK WHEN I READ THROUGH HIS EXPLANATION OF WHY IT MADE SENSE TO ME, FIRST OF ALL, IT KIND OF ROUGHLY, UH, MIRRORS THE TEXAS FLAG AND THE LONE STAR DESIGN THERE. AND THEN THE TWO BLUE LINES COMING TOGETHER. THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT HE SAID, THE INTERPRETATION OF CLEAR CREEK AND DICKINSON BAYOU WITH THE STAR BEING LAKE CITY IN THE MIDDLE, THE GREEN REMINISCENT OF THE GREEN AND THE OAK TREES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO, THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY CLEVER DESIGN. THINK IT WOULD LOOK PRETTY GOOD. UH, HAVE SEEN A LOT OF OTHER CITY FLAGS. UH, NOW THAT I, I RESEARCH THIS, I'VE SEEN OTHER CITY FLAGS AND, UH, IT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO ME. I'M NOT TOTALLY, AGAIN, I MEAN, I'M NOT TOTALLY SOLD ON ANYTHING EITHER WAY. WON'T BE BROKEN HEARTED IF IT DOESN'T PASS. BUT I DO THINK THAT IS ATTRACTIVE FLAG WITH LOGICAL, UH, SYMBOLISM BUILT IN. UM, I TOO READ FACEBOOK. UM, I'VE READ A LOT OF THE COMMENTS. UM, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE CAMPS THAT HAVE WEIGHED IN HEAVILY ON IT. UM, AND I'M NOT DISCOUNTING THEIR OPINIONS, THEIR THOUGHTS ON IT. UM, I, I DO THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR HISTORY. UM, I DON'T THINK THAT OUR FLAG WAS WIDELY USED ENOUGH TO TRULY BE A PART OF OUR HISTORY. UM, WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE HAD AS FLAGS FLYING IN FRONT OF HOMETOWN HEROES, WHICH I THINK FOR MANY FOLKS IS ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES IN THE TOWN WHERE YOU SEE OUR CITY FLAG FLY. UM, FIRST WE HAD THE ONE WITH THE DOUBLE RED BORDERS AND THE, THE SEAL IN THE MIDDLE. UM, I'VE LIVED OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE FLAGS THAT NOBODY KNOWS, AND NOBODY KNOWS 'EM BECAUSE THEY'RE COMPLEX, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SEAL IN 'EM. UM, I DOUBT THERE'S ANYONE IN THIS AUDIENCE WHO COULD IDENTIFY A PENNSYLVANIA FLAG. UM, I GREW UP THERE, I'M PRETTY SURE I COULDN'T TELL IT FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE OR A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER STATES THAT HAVE A SEAL ON THE FLAG. UM, BUT OUTSIDE OF CONFUSING WITH THE FLAG OF CHILE, [01:10:01] PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD CAN IDENTIFY THE, THE TEXAS FLAG. WHY? BECAUSE IT'S SIMPLE. THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT TEXAS THAT'S SPLIT INTO THREE FIELDS. I DON'T SEE A PART OF TEXAS THAT'S RED, MANY THE RIVER . I DON'T SEE A PART THAT'S CLEARLY, UH, BOLD BLUE, CLEARLY. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S MUCH, UM, I, I'M PRETTY SURE I'VE SEEN MORE THAN ONE STAR IN TEXAS, BUT THERE'S MEANING BEHIND ALL OF THEM ON THE FLAG. AND IT'S QUICK AND EASILY IDENTIFIABLE. AND THAT'S ALL THAT WAS BEING SOUGHT HERE. WASN'T TO ELIMINATE HISTORY. IT WASN'T TO REPLACE ANYTHING, WASN'T TO TAKE AWAY OAK TREES. UM, WE'RE STILL PROTECTING OATS IN THIS CITY. WE STILL CARE ABOUT 'EM, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAKE ME SNEEZE ALL THE TIME. UM, I ALSO SAW THE COMMENTS TALKING ABOUT MONEY, AND I REALLY WANNA ADDRESS THOSE FLAGS ARE SOMETHING THAT GET REPLACED ON A REGULAR BASIS. THEY'RE OUTDOORS, THEY'RE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS THEY WEAR OUT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO REPLACE THEM WITH SOMETHING AT SOME POINT ON A REGULAR BASIS. ANYWAY. AS FOR THE DESIGNS THEMSELVES, THEY WERE DONE BY OUR IN-HOUSE GRAPHIC ARTISTS. AND TO ADDRESS MR. PATE'S COMMENT, NO OFFENSE, OR OUR GRAPHIC ARTISTS, I DON'T WANT THEM WORKING OUR DRAINAGE OR TRAFFIC ISSUES. UM, SO FROM THE FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO DO THIS. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S PURELY A MATTER OF, OF PREFERENCE AND WHAT YOUR FLAG DOES. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FLAG FLYING THAT WHEN WE SEE IT, WE KNOW IT'S LEAGUE CITY. AND FRANKLY, HAVING LOOKED AT THE DOZENS OF OTHER CITIES IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGION, THEY HAVE AN OAK TREE ON THEIRS. AND THE HUNDREDS, WHEN YOU PULL IN THE ENTIRE GULF COAST, ALL THE WAY OVER TO SOUTH CAROLINA, UM, OURS DOESN'T CURRENTLY, UNLESS YOU GET UP CLOSE ENOUGH TO READ THE LETTERS ON THE SEAL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE'RE VIOLATING. UH, SO I'M IN FAVOR OF LITERALLY ANY OF THESE FROM THREE A TO 3D JUST 'CAUSE I LIKE THE BOLD COLORS. UM, IF I HAVE A VOTE, I VOTE FOR ANY OF THEM. I'M NOT GONNA VOTE NO FOR ANY OF THREE A TO 3D THINGS. AGAIN, LOOKING AT THESE, THESE FLAGS REPRESENTS WHEN I LOOK AT 'EM, IT DOESN'T REPRESENT ANYTHING EXCEPT SOMEBODY. SOME, SOME DESIGN GRAPH, GRAPHIC PERSON WENT OUT AND STARTED DOING SOME THINGS. AND I SEE THE SYMBOLS WITH THE, WITH THE STAR AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, THIS SYMBOL RIGHT HERE HAS STOOD IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER SINCE THE EARLY EIGHTIES. THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. AMEN BROTHER. IT STOOD HERE BEHIND THE MAYOR'S DESKS FOR 20 TO 30 YEARS. EVEN ON OUR, OUR DATA SHEETS THAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT IS THE OAK TREE SYMBOL. YOU ARE TAKING AWAY HISTORY. YOU'VE DONE IT ALREADY THIS YEAR BY TAKING AWAY THE, THE, UH, THIS SYMBOL, UM, WITH THE LEE CITY TX AND THE, THE, THE REBRANDING, WHICH I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. YOU'VE DONE IT ON SOME LOGOS. EVERYTHING ELSE. WE WENT FROM THAT TO SOMEBODY CHANGED IT TO THE SAILBOATS. WE CONTINUE TO TAKE AWAY OUR HISTORY IN THIS CITY, AND I'M GONNA FIGHT AS MUCH AS I CAN TO KEEP IT. 'CAUSE I THINK THIS WAS THE FOUNDING FATHERS DREAMS WAS THE OAK TREES AND THE CHARTER OF THIS CITY AND TAKING IT AWAY FROM OUR, FROM OUR CITY ORDINANCE OR TAKING IT AWAY COMPLETELY IS, IS OF DISGRACE TO OUR FOUNDING FATHERS. AND I THINK THAT STANDS FOR SOMETHING. IF YOU CANNOT READ CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS, I'LL GET YOU SOME GLASSES. AND THIS DESIGN HERE DOES NOT REPRESENT ANYTHING IN THIS CITY. UM, AND I THINK IT'S, AGAIN, A DISGRACE. AND I'LL FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO, TO STOP IT. YOU KNOW, TOMMY, YOU KNOW, TOMMY, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANNA SEE THAT LOGO THAT STOOD UP THERE FOR 30 YEARS, YOU GOT IT. I GOT IT IN MY STUDY. WELL, I'LL TAKE IT, . AND YOU KNOW WHERE I GOT IT FROM? . THIS STOOD OUT OF THE TRASH CAN I, I, I WOULDN'T DOUBT THAT. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. I SENSE A WOKE AGENDA. I'LL VOTE NO FOR FIVE MINUTES. GO AHEAD. I I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CONES THAT YOU'RE FACTUALLY INCORRECT. WE DID NOT CHANGE THE SEAL. WE'RE NOT PROPOSING CHANGING THE SEAL. THAT WILL STILL BE THE SEAL THAT'S NEVER BEEN TALKED ABOUT BEING CHANGED. OH, A QUESTION PEOPLE. YEAH, I MEAN, [01:15:01] I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A FUN, THERE'S A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SEAL AND THE FLACK, RIGHT? THE SEAL IN THE UNITED STATES HAS THE BALD EAGLE ON IT THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. SO THEY'RE JUST, ARE JUST TWO DIFFERENT THINGS COMPLETELY. BUT, UH, SO THE PROPOSAL IS THREE C, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION FAILS. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO, UH, PROPOSE THREE A MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. OH, I'M SORRY, THERE WASN'T A SECOND ON THAT. SECOND. SECOND ON THAT SECOND. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE, THE SIL OF THE GREAT CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, THE ONE THAT'S IN THE CITY ORDINANCE NOW AS THE, UH, SEAL FOR THE FLAG. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON? THE AMENDED MOTION. MOTION. YOU JUST MADE THE MOTION EVERY SECOND. DIDN'T THE MOTION TO AMEND. WELL, HOLD ON. SO, TOMMY, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR MOTION, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE SEAL IS GONNA GO ON THESE FLAGS, OR THAT WE'RE GONNA NOT HAVE ANY OF THESE FLAGS. IT'S JUST GONNA BE THE SEAL. THE SEAL WILL BE THE FLAG JUST LIKE WE HAVE NOW. SO IS IT GONNA BE ROUND OR SQUARE? NO, THE FLAG WILL BE SQUARE WITH THE FLAG WITH THE SYMBOL IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE. JUST QUARTER THE OLD FLAG. OR ARE YOU MAKING A NEW ONE WITH YOU? MAYOR, I'VE GOT A MOTION ON THE TABLE, PLEASE. I THINK THEY'RE ASKING CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. WELL, THAT'S FINE, BUT I'M NOT GONNA LISTEN TO THE, THE, THE SMART COMMENTS UP HERE. I'M TRYING TO BE, UM, HONEST IN MY OPINION UP HERE. AND I'M, I'M LISTENING TO OTHER COLLEAGUES AND THEIR SMART ATTITUDES, WHICH I DON'T APPRECIATE. WE HAVE A FLAG NOW. IT'S A WHITE FLAG WITH A CITY OF, UH, LEAGUE CITY SYMBOL IN THE OAK TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. IT'S THE SAME FLAG THAT WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS. WELL, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FLAG THAT IS WHITE WITH BLACK LETTERING ON IT THAT SAYS LEAGUE CITY TX ON IT. SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE. SO I THINK YOU DO NEED TO CLARIFY WHICH FLAG. WE, WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE. MAYOR, I THINK WE DO YOU HAVE A SEAL NOT FLAG? I THINK THE ORDINANCE WAS BACK IN 1976. I WAS THAT SENT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY? YES, SIR. OKAY. UH, IN 1976, THERE WAS THE JCS VOTED ON THAT FLAG. THEY BROUGHT IT TO CITY COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL PASSED IT IN 2014 AGAIN. AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE OFFICIAL ADOPTION OF THE OFFICIAL CITY FLAG CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGN IS PROVED IN 1976. IT'S RIGHT HERE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2014 DASH 2018. I THINK IT WAS THE INTENT OF CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THAT ON OUR FLAG. THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT ASKING FOR. THAT COLOR RIGHT THERE, THAT IDENTICAL INSIGNIA. IT'S A BROWN AND GREEN, BROWN, GREEN AND WHITE, I GUESS. WHATEVER COLORS THAT REPRESENT IN THERE. OKAY. IS THE MOTION TO AMEND? WE VOTING TO BE, WE'RE VOTING, WE'RE VOTE FOR THE ONE TRUE FLAG. WE'RE VOTING TO. WE'RE VOTING ON WHETHER TO AMEND THE MOTION. IF IT PASSES, THEN WE WILL VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION. THIS IS JUST A VOTE TO AMEND. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION FAILS. SO NOW WE GO TO THE, UH, THREE A PLEASE VOTE. MOTION VEILS. ANY MORE MOTIONS? HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON. UH, SO NO FLAGS. UH, CONSIDER [10A. 24-0123 Consider and take action on an ordinance creating and appointing members to a City Council Subcommittee which will review the League City Ethics Ordinance (Mayor Long)] AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE. YEAH. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE CREATING AND APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH WILL REVIEW THE LEAGUE CITY ETHICS ORDINANCE. AND THOSE MEMBERS ARE CHAD TRESSLER, TOMMY COH, SEAN SAUNDERS, COURTNEY CHADWELL, MOVE TO APPROVE TOM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHILE, WHILE I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET OUR ETHICS KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, TONGUE TIED HERE, UM, CORRECTED, HOWEVER, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE HAVING THE FOX GUARDING THE HIN HOUSE HERE. I I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, WE WOULD ALMOST DO BETTER TO HAVE A CITIZEN COMMITTEE COME UP AND LET THE CITIZENS TELL US WHAT THEY EXPECT OF OUR BEHAVIOR. SO [01:20:01] I WAS, I THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMITTEE. EACH COUNCIL MEMBER IS ABLE TO NOMINATE A, A CITIZEN TO BE PART OF THE COMMITTEE. WE WOULD ASK FOR PRIOR COUNCIL MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE IN WHAT WE CAN OR WE CAN'T DO IF WE'RE NOT, UH, OPEN TO THAT. I, I REALLY THINK WE COULD JUST GET THIS DONE RIGHT HERE ON THE, UM, ON THE DIOCESE. I MEAN, BASICALLY WHAT WE NEED TO SAY IS, ONE, DON'T LIE. TWO, PUT THE CITY AHEAD OF ALL POLITICAL AGENDAS. AND, AND THREE, LET'S HELP THOSE WHO ARE LESS FOR FORTUNATE. IF WE FOLLOW THOSE THREE, I THINK OUR ETHICS ARE ABSOLUTELY FINE. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE POSTPONE THIS VOTE NO, WE JUST TABLING IS JUST TO GET RID OF IT. RIGHT TABLE. SO I SAY WE TABLED THIS VOTE AND LET'S CON AND LET'S PUT SOMETHING ON THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A CITIZEN BASED RATHER THAN US DECIDE HOW WE SHOULD ACT. LET THE CITIZENS TELL US WHAT THEY HAVE, THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF US. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. PLEASE VOTE PLEASE. SECOND, NO, LEMME SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS ON THE, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL MOTION. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT, MAYOR? I'M SORRY. THE MOTION IS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE, TRESSLER COHEN SAUNDERS CHADWELL EXIT . MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST, UH, MOTION FOR FIRST AND FINAL. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE SEAN. I GET IT. I SWEAR. MOTION PASSES 7 4 1 AGAINST CONSIDER [10B. 24-0108 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending the City of League City, Texas, Governmental, Proprietary, and Capital Funds Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 by amending Ordinance No. 2023-28, Ordinance 2023-33, Ordinance 2023-47, Ordinance 2023-48, & Ordinance 2023-49 to adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures (Assistant City Manager - CFO)] AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF LEAGUE C, TEXAS GOVERNMENTAL PROPRIETARY AND CAPITAL FUNDS BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2024 BY AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH 28, ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 33, ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 47, ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 48 AND ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 49 TO ADJUST THE OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ACTUAL AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES. STAFF REQUEST FIRST AND FINAL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST MOVE FIRST AND FINAL SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 1 AGAINST [10C. 24-0136 Consider and take action on an ordinance: (1) amending the Solid Waste and Recycling Franchise Agreement with AmeriWaste to add two additional curbside household hazardous waste pickups per year and (2) updating the Solid Waste Services Fee Schedule to reduce the City monthly residential administrative fee by $0.08 and increase the AmeriWaste waste fee by $0.08 to account for the additional curbside household hazardous waste pickups per year (Director of Public Works)] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE ONE, AMENDING THE SOLID WASTE RECYCLING FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH A MARI WASTE. ADD TWO ADDITIONAL CURBSIDE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDS WASTE PICKUPS PER YEAR. AND TWO, UPDATING THE SOLID WASTE FEE SCHEDULE TO REDUCE THE CITY MONTHLY RESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE FEE BY 8 CENTS AND INCREASE THE AMERAL WASTE FEE BY 8 CENTS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ADDITIONAL CURBSIDE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE PICKUP PER YEAR MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, TOM. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, I JUST WANTED TO, SO THAT IF, IF ANYBODY IS LISTENING OUT THERE, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL THING. UM, IT'S, YOU HAVE TO, LIKE, THIS YEAR WE HAD TO CALL AHEAD. YOU TELL THEM, HEY, I'VE GOT THESE TVS TO COME PICK UP. THEY SCHEDULE IT, THEY COME PICK IT UP. SO ACTUALLY HAVING MORE OF THESE AND NOT HAVING THESE TVS AND MICROWAVES GOING INTO THE TRASH IS FANTASTIC. THIS IS SOMETHING I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE HAPPEN. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK IT'S GREAT. GREAT WORK TO THE STAFF. AND THEN, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS 8 CENTS RIGHT NOW IS BEING IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEED AND IT'S GOING TO PAY FOR A, A DROP OFF PLACE IN PEARLAND. YOU, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, IT WAS JUST TOO FAR AWAY. PEOPLE WEREN'T USING IT. SO YOU REDEPLOYING THAT MONEY TO BE USED FOR CURBSIDE, UH, I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA. SO GOOD WORK WITH THE STAFF. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. EIGHT FOUR NONE AGAINST ATTENDEE. [10D. 24-0150 Consider and take action on an ordinance renaming the road (formerly Big League Dreams Parkway) that connects I45 to Calder Drive as Ballpark Way (City Manager)] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE RENAMING THE ROAD, FORMERLY BIG LEAGUE DREAMS PARKWAY THAT CONNECTS I 45 TO CALDER AS BALLPARK WAY STAFF REQUESTS FOR SOME FILE MOVE TO APPROVE [01:25:05] MYSELF. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. EIGHT FOUR NONE AGAINST MOVE FOR A FIRST AND FINAL SECOND. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. EIGHT FOUR NONE AGAINST ALREADY DISPENSED WITH 10 E, UH, [11. ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA COMPLETED] 11. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 SUPPLEMENTAL. NEED A MOTION AND I'LL, I'LL MOVE TO A PERMIT SECOND. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, YOU BE CALLED TOGETHER PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. EIGHT FOUR NONE AGAINST REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS. I YIELD MY TIME. [13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS] COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR PRO TEM TRUSS HICKS. OH, WE YIELD MY TIME THIS WEEK. ACCORDING TO CHAD, WELL YIELD CHAD T TRUSS YIELD MY TIME. SEAN SOFTERS. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I DO HAVE SOMETHING I WANNA BRING UP TONIGHT. I SPOKE WITH, UH, CHIEF TINO IN THIS SITUATION ALREADY. UH, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF MY HOA AND I HAD A HOMEOWNER WHO CONTACTED ME THE OTHER DAY 'CAUSE I TRY AND KEEP APPRAISED OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE HAD A MAN THAT CAME UP TO HIS HOUSE BEATING ON HIS DOOR, TRIED TO GET IN HIS HOUSE, TELLING HIM, LET HIM IN, IT'S HIS HOUSE. UH, TRIED TO GET IN THE CAR SAYING IT'S HIS CAR. UH, WHEN HE TRIED TO TALK TO THE GUY, THE GUY TRIED TO ATTACK HIM ALMOST, AND HE CALLED THE COPS. UM, I CONTACTED CHIEF JUANA TO FIND OUT WHO THE OFFICERS WERE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS. AND I WANTED TO COMMEND THE ACTIONS OF OUR OFFICERS. EDWIN, I'M GONNA MURDER THIS LAST NAME AND I'M SO SORRY. T-U-R-C-I-O-S CHIEF, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M HORRIBLE WITH LAST NAME. SOMETIMES ROY BANNER, GARRISON MITCHELL, AND LAUREN HUDGINS, THEY CAME OUT, TOOK A REPORT FROM HIM AND INSTEAD OF JUST MAKING A BLOCK AND SAYING, HEY, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING, THEY ACTUALLY FOUND THE GUY. THEY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. MY HOMEOWNER GAVE HIM A FULL REPORT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DISPOSITION OF HIM AFTER THAT POINT WAS, BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF ACTIONS THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES TO OUR, FOR OUR CITIZENS. UH, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THEM GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP CITIZENS OUT. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I BROUGHT THIS UP TONIGHT AND PUT IT ON THE RECORD THAT I COMMEND THEIR ACTIONS AND TAKING CARE OF OUR HOMEOWNERS AND OUR RESIDENTS LIKE THEY DO. THANK YOU, CHIEF. FANTASTIC. UH, ANY MADAM. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE LIBRARY SCANNING, UH, SITUATION. YOU KNOW, I, I'VE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF CALLS AND EMAILS FROM CITIZENS AND WHILE I SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S, UH, AND, AND THIS COUNCIL'S INITIATIVE TO MATCH COSTS WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH CITIZENS VERSUS NON-CITIZENS, I THINK HONESTLY THAT THE SCANNING MIGHT BE A, A BRIDGE TOO FAR. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, WHO ARE KIND OF, DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN MUNICIPAL STUFF, USUALLY STUFF WILL KIND OF DIE DOWN AFTER A WHILE. AND THIS KIND OF FEELS LIKE WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE FIRST AND SECOND PUNCHES ON THIS AND IT'S KIND OF GONNA DIE DOWN. BUT, UH, I JUST PERSONALLY CAN'T IMAGINE, UH, US GOING THIS FAR WITH THIS SITUATION, EVEN THOUGH I VOTED FOR IT. SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE WILL FIND SOME, SOME WAY TO, UH, ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED, UH, IN A LESS HEAVY HANDED MANNER. UH, AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOTTA SAY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. SENATOR COLS. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, AGAIN, THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, UH, BOARD MEETING AND TRANSPORTATION MEETING WAS THIS, UH, MONTH, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF KEEPING EVERYBODY ABREAST HERE ON COUNCIL, UH, CITY OF HOUSTON IS STILL TRYING TO MANIPULATE THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT. UH, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MET, UH, LAST FRIDAY AND LAST TUESDAY THE BOARD MET AND WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE BYLAW CHANGES, BUT IT STILL APPEARS THAT WE HAVE THE VOTES TO, TO SQUASH THE, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE VOTING OF, OF, UH, A LOT OF THINGS IN IN [01:30:01] HGAC. SO JUST KIND OF KEEP Y'ALL ABREAST OF EVERYTHING. THERE IS A COUPLE GRANTS I'M GONNA GIVE JOHN TO LOOK AT AND, UH, I THINK, UM, UH, WE MAY HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT AND STAYING ON TOP OF IT. IT'S, UH, BIG DEAL, TOM. THANK YOU. UH, JUST, JUST TWO THINGS. UH, ONE, IF PEOPLE WEREN'T AWARE THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO TWO, WE HAVE THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT. UH, I THINK IT'S CALLED AN EXPO. AND WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO, IT ALLOWS ANY CITIZEN OR ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING TO COME AND SEE ALL THE, UH, NOT-FOR-PROFITS THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA SO THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY THINK THEY WOULD FIT IN AND WHERE THEIR TIME WOULD BE MOST VALUABLE. MY MY, MY SECOND THING IS, IT TOO IS GONNA BE ON THE LIBRARY. UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE, THE LADY AT THE FRONT, THE LIBRARIANS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THE FRONT TABLES ARE REALLY TAKING KIND OF A BERATING. UM, AND SO, AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT THEY'RE DOING. SHE JUST HAS TO BE THERE CHECKING IN THE CARDS AND SHE'S LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I'VE CHALLENGED ARE ANY FELLOW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO LET'S GO AND SIT AT THE TABLE BESIDE 'EM SO THAT THE, THAT THE LIBRARIAN IS NOT THE ONE BERATING IT, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CAUSED IT ARE THE ONES TAKING THE, UH, TAKING THE HEAT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AND THEN SINCE YOU GUYS STAYED AND ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE LIBRARY, I WILL ANSWER IT. SORRY I COULDN'T ANSWER IT AT THE TIME. YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUILD A WEST SIDE LIBRARY, UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE WEST SIDE MASTER PLAN TONIGHT. UH, AND SO AS THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPS OUT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PUT THAT LIBRARY AND HOW TO BEST SET IT UP. IS IT, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNITY CENTER SLASH LIBRARY? DO WE PUT IT WITH A PARK? WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO TO MAXIMIZE THE UTILITY OF IT? AND UH, AND WHERE'S THE BEST LOCATION FOR IT? AND THEN IN TERMS OF PAYING FOR IT, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S EXPENSIVE. I MEAN, IT'S THE PROJECTIONS FROM 70 TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. AND SO FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I MEAN, IT HAS TO GO TO A BOND AND IT HAS TO GO TO A VOTE OF THE CITIZENS AND PUT IT OUT THERE. AND SO THEN IT'LL BE DETERMINING WHEN, WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR THAT. AND YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, WE OBVIOUSLY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO FINISH OUR CURRENT BOND BEFORE WE COULD EVEN REMOTELY ASK THE CITIZENS FOR ANOTHER BOND. SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT LINES UP. AND SO I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS FINISH THE PROJECTS THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE ALREADY VOTED ON AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHERE, UH, WHAT AND WHERE THAT LIBRARY OR COMMUNITY CENTER OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UH, SHOULD BE LOCATED. UH, CREATE A WHOLE KIND OF BOND COMMITTEE THAT GOES WITH THAT. 'CAUSE PROBABLY IF YOU'RE GOING OUT FOR A BOND, YOU'RE GONNA WANNA PUT OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ON THERE AS WELL. AND THEN FIND A TIME TO DO THAT. UH, SO IT WILL BE, I MEAN, JUST ALL THE THINGS I JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DID IT REALLY FAST, IT WOULD BE THREE TO FIVE YEARS. SO IT'S, UH, CERTAINLY A WAYS OFF, BUT IT HAS TO BE PLANNED AND, UH, AN EXPENSE THAT LARGE, UH, NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT. SO. ALRIGHT. AND [14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)] NOW WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO CHUBB SUB CHAPTER D THE OPENING MEETINGS ACT SESSION 5 5 1 AT ALL OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE ON THIS 26TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024 AT 7 37. OH, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS COMPLETED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS 26TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024 AT 8 0 5. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. THERE HAS BEEN NO FINAL ACTION DECISION OR VOTES WITH REGARDS TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERING EXECUTIVE SESSION JUST CONCLUDED. 15 A [15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION AND OFFER FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT SEEKS TO LOCATE, STAY, OR EXPAND IN LEAGUE CITY. THERE IS NO ACTION. 15 B, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION CONCERNING POTENTIAL PURCHASE OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS. NO ACTION. UH, OKAY. I THOUGHT THERE WAS CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARD. WE'RE, WHAT ARE WE NEGOTIATING? WHAT ARE WE ON THIS WE'RE GONNA BRING FORWARD? WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD AN AGREEMENT LATER. YES. OKAY. YES. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING PENDING LITIGATION TO WIT TNC CONSTRUCTION CITY LEAGUE CITY, NO. ACTION. OH, THERE IS ACTION IS ACTION ON ACTION ON THAT ONE. I NEED TO DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED AS DISCUSSING EXECUTIVE SESSION. OH, THAT WAS GREAT. UM, OKAY. , SUCK IT. ALL RIGHT. AND, UH, LET'S VOTE. VOTE. YOU GOT ME . ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST [01:35:01] AND AT 8 0 7 THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * 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.