Apr 23, 2024 Regular Meetings

ALRIGHT, NOW WE WILL GO INTO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ]

UH, THESE ARE BOTH ABOUT THE BEST.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE BEST UP, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THIS NOW OR DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO, MS. LAURA HEWORTH WILL, DO YOU WANNA DO YOURS NEXT OR DO WE DO IT DURING THE, OKAY.

GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS LAURA TEITSWORTH, FIVE 17 SMALL CEDAR DRIVE, LAKE CITY.

TONIGHT, AS CITY COUNCIL FACES THE CONVERSATION OF THE INSTALLATION OF LITHIUM BATTERY STORAGE FACILITIES, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE THREE CHOICES, ONE PAST THIS AND NOT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.

TWO, VOTE IT DOWN AND BE OVERWRITTEN BY THE STATE WHEN THEY GO TO THE LEGISLATURE AND STRIP YOUR ABILITY TO REGULATE IT OR THREE, POSTPONE IT AND COME UP WITH A SET OF STANDARDS.

IF YOU RECALL THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO YOU, I ASKED YOU TO GET YOUR DUCKS IN ORDER.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN.

POSTPONE THIS AND COME UP WITH A SET OF STANDARDS.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF LITHIUM BATTERIES THESE ARE? LITHIUM, NICKEL, LITHIUM COBALT, LITHIUM, IRON PHOSPHATE.

THERE ARE SIX TYPES OF LITHIUM BATTERIES.

WHICH ONES, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, HOW CAN YOU VOTE FOR THIS? DO YOU KNOW WHAT SAFETY MEASURES ARE IN PLACE TO HANDLE EMERGENCIES? SHOULD THEY OCCUR? WHO WILL TRAIN, WHO WILL SUPPLY SAFETY EQUIPMENT NOT ONLY TO OUR LEAGUE CITY VOLUNTEER

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FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT TO THE NEIGHBORING FIRE DEPARTMENTS WHO TYPICALLY ASSIST IN OUR EMERGENCIES? THIS NEEDS TO BE IN ORDER PRIOR TO APPROVING INSTALLATIONS.

DO YOU KNOW WHO OWNS THESE COMPANIES? WHO REALLY OWNS THESE COMPANIES? ARE THEY FOREIGN BORN DISGUISED AS AMERICAN COMPANIES? I ASK YOU TONIGHT TO POSTPONE ANY DECISION REGARDING LITHIUM STORAGE INSTALLATIONS UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED.

QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, AND YOU FORM MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF LITHIUM BATTERY STORAGE AND SECURE SAFETY MEASURES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ABSOLUTELY.

PRETTY GOOD COMMENTS.

THOSE MIGHT COME BACK LATER.

UH, MR. PATE.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING.

UH, WILL PATE 2209 BENGAN STREET.

UM, SO FIRST BEFORE I GO INTO BESS, UH, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND COMMENT ON THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA RELATED TO THE DRAINAGE, UM, PLANS FOR BRITTANY BAY, NEWPORT, THOSE AREAS.

UM, I AM A RESIDENT OF THE BRITTANY BAY SUBDIVISION, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE BEING REMOVED, UM, AND THE FUNDING REALLOCATED DUE TO, UM, A LACK OF AGREEMENT FROM SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN THOSE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THAT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IT'S GONNA IMPACT THEIR BACKYARDS.

BUT ALSO I HOPE THAT A DECISION THAT IMPACTS THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT BEING MADE BASED UPON THE OPINIONS OF A FEW HOMEOWNERS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCONVENIENCE.

THE GOOD OF THE MANY OUTWEIGH THE NEEDS, THE FEW, UH, SO TO SPEAK.

SO, UM, JUST ONE THING TO CONSIDER THERE, THE NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY CONVERSATIONS AT THE HOA LEVEL, BUT APPARENTLY THAT WAS COMMUNICATED, UM, WITH THE BEST, UH, I READ ALL OF THE SAFETY ANALYSES FOR THIS.

UH, CAN IT BE DONE SAFELY? ABSOLUTELY.

EVEN THE, THE REPORT THAT YOU ALL COMMISSIONED IN THAT AREA SAYS IT CAN BE DONE.

UH, I LOOK AT THINGS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF RISK.

THAT'S WHERE, WHERE I MY DAY JOB IS, IS RISK MANAGEMENT, RISK CONTROL.

UH, I, I LOOK AT THINGS AS YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO DIE DRIVING TO THE STORE THAN MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HERE WITH THIS, THIS ISSUE.

UM, BUT I, I THINK GOING BACK TO STANDARDIZATION IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING AND THAT THERE'S REALLY LACK OF, UH, OR A NEED FOR THE CITY TO PUT FORTH SOME GUIDELINES THAT WOULD BE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY SO THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL WITH, YOU KNOW, IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS AND PLUME MODELS AND THINGS THAT REALLY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE BEFORE, CONSIDERING WE ALREADY HAVE ONE OF THESE, THESE SYSTEMS HERE IN OUR CITY.

UM, TAKING THE TIME TO THOUGHTFULLY ANALYZE, LOOK AT WHAT BEST PRACTICES ARE, WHAT ARE THE NFPA CODES, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, PUT FORWARD SOME, SOME ORDINANCES THAT WOULD HELP TO GUIDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE FACILITIES INTO THE FUTURE.

BECAUSE THE REALITY IS WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP THEIR CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE, AS WAS SAID, IF WE DECIDE TO TAKE A HARD LINE, THEY'RE GONNA FIND A, A LEGISLATOR WITH A OPEN EAR AND SOON YOU WON'T HAVE THE CONTROL OVER THIS.

SO, UH, TAKE A REASONED APPROACH, GO FORWARD AND PROVIDE WAYS TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IT'S GONNA HELP TO IMPROVE THE STABILITY OF OUR ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU WERE WITHOUT POWER DURING THE GREAT FREEZE, BUT YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S COMPLAINING ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE A MORE STABLE POWER GRID.

UH, THIS IS A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MICRO NUCLEAR REACTORS IN EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S REALLY THE SAFEST LONG TERM.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE UP IN ARMS ABOUT THAT IF THAT EVER HAPPENS.

BUT, UM, TAKE, I WOULD RECOMMEND TAKE THE TIME TO, TO PUT THIS ON PAUSE, UH, GET SOME SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TOGETHER TO DEVELOP SOME STANDARDIZED GUIDELINES TO HELP GUIDE YOU IN THESE DECISIONS GOING FORWARD.

SO AGAIN, ALSO THESE PROPERTY OWNERS KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED WHEN THEY TRY TO COME FORWARD WITH THESE PROPOSALS IN THE FUTURE.

THAT'S IT ON THE, UH, THE PUBLIC

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

COMMENTS.

WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, SIX A THROUGH SIX F I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE ENTIRE CONSENT TO AGENDA.

SECOND, SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING.

I WAS JUST GONNA DO A PUBLIC COMMENT.

I THOUGHT I HAD MY NAME ON THE LIST, BUT THAT YOU MAY BE ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE BEST, WHICH IS A SEPARATE SET, AND WE'LL GET YOU THERE.

YEP.

UH, MR. RICH, YOU MADE THE MOTION.

SEEING NOBODY ON THE Q, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

EIGHT, FOUR, NONE AGAINST MR. MAYOR.

I'LL MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND BRING FORWARD ITEM 11 B AND C PLEASE.

ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS TO MOVE, UH, TO SUSPEND THE RULES

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AND MOVE AHEAD B AND C.

THAT WOULD PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES EIGHT FOUR, NONE AGAINST, UH,

[11. ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA COMPLETED (Part 1 of 2)]

11 B.

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.7 ACRES FROM CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO PS PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC, AND REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON THE SAME PROPERTY MAP.

DASH 23 DASH 0 0 7 STELLA.

BEST TO OPERATE A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE STATION, OR BEST GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF CAROLINE STREET IN THE SOUTH OF FARM TO MARKET 6 46.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING STARTS AT SIX 10.

YOU WANNA GIVE A SHORT SNIPPET, THEN WE WILL, UH, CALL THE PEOPLE THAT WANNA COMMENT ON THIS.

DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, UTILITY USES LOCATING IN THEM.

SO AGAIN, UM, THIS IS FOR A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THIS USE TO OPERATE HERE.

UM, SO JUST IN A GENERAL SENSE OF WHAT IS A BEST SITE.

UM, SO IT'S A GROUP OF BATTERIES THAT, UM, STORES ENERGY FROM THE ELECTRICAL GRID AND THEN RELEASES THAT ENERGY AT A FUTURE DATE.

AND SO THIS SPECIFIC SITE IS LOCATED ALONG 6 46, AND DURING TIMES OF LOW DEMAND OF THAT ENERGY, IT STORES THE ENERGY IN THE BATTERY CELLS, AND THEN DURING TIMES OF HIGH DEMAND, IT RELEASES THAT ENERGY BACK INTO THE ELECTRICAL GRID.

THE IDEA IS THAT THIS STABILIZES THE ELECTRICAL GRID AND REDUCES THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS, UM, THAT YOU SEE IN THE DEMAND.

SO FROM AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION STANDPOINT, IN LEAK CITY, WE HAVE SIX.

UM, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF, UM, SEVERAL SITES WANTING TO LOCATE A ADJACENT TO SEVERAL OF THESE SUBSTATIONS.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN ON 6 46.

UM, SO THE SITE ITSELF IS CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

UM, THERE WILL BE A REZONING NEEDED ALONG WITH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

UM, THESE PRIVATE UTILITY USES ARE ONLY ALLOWED WITH THE SUP AND SEVERAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

THE ONE THEY'RE REQUESTING IS PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, OTHER UTILITY TYPE USES ARE LOCATED IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT.

UM, IT'S SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

AND, UM, THE CITY LIMIT LINE IS EVERYTHING TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY IS IN GALVESTON COUNTY.

UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROXIMITY TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UM, YOU GET YOUR FIRST HOUSE AT ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET FROM THE SITE.

UM, AND THAT'S IN THE HIDDEN LAKES SUBDIVISION.

UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU GET OUT TO 2000 FEET, YOU HAVE 129 HOMES IN HIDDEN LAKES AND THE WHISPERING LAKES RANCH SUBDIVISION.

THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS THE ENTIRE PROPERTY THAT, UM, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS UNDER CONTRACT.

UM, THE SITE IN RED IS THE ACTUAL SITE THAT WILL BE REZONED.

THE REMAINDER WILL BE LEFT FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ABOUT 700 FEET, UM, FROM THE BEST SITE TO CAROLINE THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED WITH COMMERCIAL IN THE FUTURE, ABOUT 330 FEET, UM, FROM 6 46, WHICH WOULD ALSO HAVE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE.

THIS IS THEIR, UM, PRELIMINARY LANDSCAPE AND SITE PLAN.

UM, SO STAFFS REQUESTED A BUFFER YARD SURROUNDING THE SITE, UM, THAT CONSISTS OF THE EIGHT TREES PER HUNDRED LINEAR FEET, UM, TO HELP SCREEN THE FACILITY AS WELL AS A CONCRETE WALL AROUND THE ACTUAL BEST FACILITY THAT WILL BE AT LEAST THE HEIGHT OF THE, OF THE CONTAINERS.

SO WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT THE SITE, UM, YOU WOULD SEE A CONCRETE WALL AND LANDSCAPING RATHER THAN THE ACTUAL, UM, CONTAINERS THEMSELVES.

AND SO AS A RESULT OF THIS, THERE WILL BE SOME, UM, PROPOSED UTILITY POLES ON THE SITE.

THERE'LL BE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, UM, AGAIN, ALONG THE CITY LIMIT LINE AND DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A HIGH POWERED POWER LINE CORRIDOR.

UM, AND THEN HERE'S SOME ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SITE.

THIS WOULD BE LOOKING FROM CAROLINE, WHAT YOU SEE.

AND THEN THIS IS THE VIEW FROM 6 46.

OBVIOUSLY, AS TIME PROGRESSES, THIS VIEW WOULD CHANGE WITH COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, EVENTUALLY COMPLETELY SCREENING THE SITE FROM VIEW.

UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ALSO ABOUT THE VALUE OF THESE SITES AS WELL AS DEPRECIATION.

UM, SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE SEVERAL SITES IN GALVESTON COUNTY, UM, WE HAVE FOUND THAT THERE WAS ABOUT A 1.6% DEPRECIATION RATE YEAR OVER YEAR.

UM, THE APPLICANTS DID PROVIDE SOME DATA, WHICH, UM, PREDICTED A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER DEPRECIATION RATE ON THESE SITES.

UM, BUT FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN PRACTICAL, UM, GALVESTON COUNTY EXAMPLES, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT HIGH DEPRECIATION RATE.

SO AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT A 1.6% RATE SINCE 2021.

SO, UM, JUST ROUNDABOUT SOME GENERAL FACTORS WE LOOK AT WHENEVER WE'RE CONSIDERING THESE.

UM, WE LOOKED AT THE LOCATION, UM, SO FOR THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION, IT'S NOT ADJACENT TO A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.

IT'S KIND OF BACKED OFF THE ROAD OUT OF SIGHT AND DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A HIGH POWERED POWER LINE CORRIDOR, UM, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR USE.

UM, FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT, UM, THEY ARE LEAVING SUFFICIENT ROOM FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO SURROUND IT.

AND THE PUBLIC SEMI-PUBLIC

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UM, FROM A LIFE SAFETY STANDPOINT, I KNOW THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN OF CITIZENS AND OF COUNSEL.

UM, SO THE CITY HAS PROCURED SERVICES FROM A THIRD PARTY, UM, EXPERT IN LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND SAFETY, UH, OF THESE FACILITIES.

THEY PROVIDED A SAFETY REPORT FOR THIS SPECIFIC SITE, UM, THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.

AND, UM, WE HAD SOME CONDITIONS ADDED, UM, SINCE PNZ THAT, UM, WERE A RESULT OF THIS REVIEW AS WELL.

UM, FROM A, AND I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

FROM A VISUAL AND NOISE IMPACT, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH NOISE IMPACT.

WE DID A DECIBEL READING AT ONE OF THE EXISTING SITES AND IT'S BASICALLY AMBIENT NOISE, UM, ONCE YOU GET ABOUT 50 FEET AWAY FROM IT.

UM, SO THERE'LL BE NO REAL IMPACT THERE.

THE VISUAL IMPACTS, UM, WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF WITH THE SCREENING OF THE WALL AND THE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING WE'RE REQUESTING.

UM, DECOMMISSIONING, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT DECOMMISSIONING AS WELL, AND WHAT HAPPENS 20 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN THESE BATTERIES ARE NO LONGER IN SERVICE AND THE COMPANY JUST LEAVES TOWN AND NOW WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, BUNCH OF BATTERIES JUST SITTING THERE.

UM, SO AS PART OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE SUP, WE ARE REQUIRING A DECOMMISSIONING BOND.

SO THAT WILL REQUIRE A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER GIVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE COST TO TAKE THE LAND BACK TO, UM, THE STATE IT'S IN TODAY.

AND THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO POST A BOND FOR THAT AMOUNT.

IT WILL INCREASE BASED ON INFLATION OVER THE 20 YEAR LIFE.

SO THAT WAY, EVEN IF THEY DO ABANDON IT, UM, WE'LL HAVE A WAY TO BRING THAT SITE BACK TO ITS CURRENT STANDARDS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, THERE ARE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE FACILITIES AS WELL.

I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A $5 MILLION POLICY.

UM, SO AS FAR AS THE SAFETY EVALUATION GOES, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY DID CONTRACT WITH A THIRD PARTY EXPERT, WE'RE NO EXPERTS IN LITHIUM ION BATTERIES.

UM, SO THIS GENTLEMAN IS, AND, UM, I JUST HIGHLIGHTED SOME MAIN POINTS, UM, OF HIS REVIEW.

THE, THE FULL, UM, REPORT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, BUT, UM, SOME, SOME BULLET POINTS.

IF THE BATTERY DOES ENTER A THERMAL RUNAWAY, THE EVENT WILL NOT PROPAGATE TO OTHER UNITS.

UM, IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE SHOULDN'T BE ANY WATER USED IN ATTEMPT TO EX EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES, THE ONLY WATER SHOULD BE USED TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER SPREAD OF THE FIRE.

UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAD IN OUR CONDITIONS FOR THE SUP, UM, HE INDICATED WERE REDUNDANT AND ADDRESSED IN CURRENT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE NFPA AND IFC.

UM, BUT, UM, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE WANTED THOSE CONDITIONS TO REMAIN JUST FOR PURE SAKE OF CLARITY.

WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER THE 2021 VERSION.

THE 2024 VERSION ACTUALLY HAS SOME MORE STANDARDS RELATED TO THESE.

AND SO WE PUT A CONDITION ON THIS SUP THAT IT'LL BE REGULATED TO THOSE 2024 STANDARDS AS WELL AS THE NFPA 8 55, 20 23 STANDARDS.

AND THEN, UM, THEIR CONCLUSION WAS, OUR CURRENT CODES AND STANDARDS PROVIDE FOR THE SAFE DEPLOYMENT OF THIS BEST FACILITY AT THIS LOCATION.

UM, SO FROM A GENERAL STAFF FINDING, UM, WE FOUND THAT THE LOCATION IS APPROPRIATE FOR, UM, THE SURROUNDING.

IT, IT LEAVES APPROPRIATE ROOM FOR SURROUNDING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THE PROPOSED REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UH, THE BEST WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE LOCAL ELECTRICAL GRID.

UM, THE, THE FACILITY WILL BE SCREENED WITH THE MASONRY WALL AND LANDSCAPING THAT WAS MENTIONED.

UM, THERE'S NO REAL EFFECT ON TRAFFIC.

THEY HAVE ONE GENTLEMAN THAT WILL COME SERVICE THE SITE, UM, ONCE A MONTH FOR ABOUT EIGHT HOURS.

SO THERE'S NO TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE USE.

AND, UM, THE TAXABLE VALUE OF, OF THE PROPOSED FACILITY IS COMPARABLE TO THAT OF OTHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON A PER ACRE BASIS.

UM, SO WE PROVIDED SEVERAL, UM, CONDITIONS THAT I'VE MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.

I CAN GO THROUGH THEM IF YOU'D LIKE, UM, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

ARE THIRD PARTY CONSULTANTS ACTUALLY ON A ZOOM LINE AS WELL? IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I KNOW THE APPLICANT'S HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AS WELL.

I THINK WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT FOR RIGHT NOW.

MAYBE AFTER, UH, EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO SPEAK, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY THAT CHANCE TO SPEAK.

DON'T WANNA JUST TO KINDA TELL YOU WHAT I, WHAT I THINK IS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT OR WHAT I'M GONNA PROPOSE NEXT.

I'M GONNA PROPOSE MUCH LIKE WAS DISCUSSED BY THE, BY THE PREVIOUS, UH, OR BY THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS THAT WE SIT BACK AND WE ACTUALLY CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF ORDINANCES MUCH, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WHEN DRILLING STARTED HAPPENING IN LEAGUE CITY, RIGHT? SO FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DRILL AND YOU ARE PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW.

HOWEVER, WE ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE REASONABLE SAFETY ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE LAW.

AND WE HAD TO SPEND, WE HIRED A CONSULTANT.

IT TOOK, IT WAS, IT WAS A LONG PROCESS.

IT, IT TOOK LIKE EIGHT MONTHS TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW, WHAT WE CAN DO IN STATE LAW, WHAT WE CAN'T DO, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT THE SAFEST POSSIBLE WAY TO FORM A DRILLING ORDINANCE.

SO I LOOK AT THIS EXACTLY LIKE THAT.

WE NEED TO SPEND TIME CREATE THE SAFEST POSSIBLE LITHIUM ION BATTERY ORDINANCE.

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WE CAN, I CERTAINLY SEE WHAT THE, UNLIKE DRILLING, I I, I SEE MORE OF A BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY FOR HAVING THESE, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE DONE RIGHT.

WE ALSO NEED TO SPEND TIME EDUCATING AND PREPARING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

UH, THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY UP TO SPEED ON WHAT TO DO WITH THESE.

AND SO, REALLY, FOR BOTH THOSE REASONS, I'M GONNA PROPOSE THAT WE, WE POSTPONE THIS, BUT LET'S STILL GET EVERYBODY UP HERE AND, UH, AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.

AND THE FIRST PERSON UP TO HERE IS MR. CHUCK FALCO.

I CHUCK FALCO 2118 EASTLAND COURT.

I DON'T LIVE VERY NEAR THIS PROPOSED FACILITY, BUT THERE WERE SOME ISSUES RELATED TO THIS THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.

NOT NECESSARILY GOOD, BAD, AND UGLY, BUT MAYBE GOOD, WEIRD AND UGLY.

UH, FIRST THE GOOD, MY FAVORITE THING IS THE BOND UPFRONT FOR, FOR DECOMMISSIONING AND OTHER ATTENTION TO SAFETY STANDARDS.

UM, ONE POINT, I DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD BE REZONED TO PUBLIC OR SEMI-PUBLIC.

IT'S NOT IN MY MIND REALLY A PUBLIC OR SEMI-PUBLIC.

ANY OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE SIMILAR.

THIS SHOULD NOT BE EITHER.

THIS IS A PRIVATE FACILITY GENERATING POWER.

UM, GONE ARE THE DAYS OF HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER, WHICH IS A REGULATED UTILITY.

THIS, OUR GRID IS A SEMI-PUBLIC, UM, PROVIDER, UH, TEXAS NEW MEXICO POWER FOR US, BUT NOT THE POWER GENERATION FACILITIES.

UM, I, I GUESS SOME OF THE WEIRD, SO, UH, I WAS READING THE PLANNING AND ZONING MINUTES RELATED TO THIS ISSUE, AND THEY DENIED IT SEVEN TO ZERO, AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION AS TO WHY I WOULD'VE LIKED TO KNOWN JUST FOR, UH, CONTEXT EDUCATION, BUT BE NICE TO KNOW WHY.

UM, AND I, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYBODY SAYING IS THAT NOBODY COMPLAINED ABOUT ANY OF THESE THINGS BEFORE.

LIKE THE ONE THAT IS NEAR ME AT THE END OF FLOYD, UH, WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR THE LANDING, UM, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

UH, I HEARD IT ON, I READ IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN I, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE GAVE THAT REMARK.

WELL, NOBODY COMPLAINED ABOUT IT THEN.

IT WAS LIKE, WELL, I'M COMPLAINING ABOUT NOW.

SO NOW, NOW I'M ON, UH, UH, IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.

AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN, IN IN JUST A SECOND AS TO WHY I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, WITH, UM, THESE FACILITIES.

SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS SAFETY AND ALL THESE SAFETY STANDARDS, WHATEVER YOU, YOU MIGHT JUST THROW ALL THAT OUT THE WINDOW.

I MEAN, IT'S GOOD THAT THERE'S SOMETHING, BUT EVERY 500 YEAR EVENT THAT HAPPENS EVERY 10 YEARS HERE RE JUST INVALIDATES ALL THOSE.

UM, HURRICANE IKE, UM, REWROTE EVERYTHING ABOUT STORM SURGE IN THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA.

HURRICANE HARVEY REWROTE EVERYTHING ABOUT FLOODING.

SO I, WHAT WOULD HA AND I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT FLOODED DURING HARVEY AT THIS LOCATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT IF YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT IT IS AND PROVE IT, FOUR FEET OF WATER FOR A DAY, NO POWER FOR A DAY.

AND IT SEEMS WEIRD SAYING, WELL, WHAT IF A POWER GENERATION FACILITY TOWARDS IL DOESN'T HAVE POWER THAT HAPPENED DURING THE FREEZE IN 20 20 21, UM, ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, POWER GENERATION FACILITIES SHUT DOWN FOR LACK OF POWER, ELECTRIC POWER, ACTUALLY.

SO, UM, I WANT TO HEAR THE WORST CASE AS I'VE DESCRIBED IT, NOT AS SOME THEORETICAL THING THAT GETS INVALIDATED IN THE NEXT BIG STORM.

THANK YOU, MARK YOUNG, MARK YOUNG.

I'M, UH, I LIVE IN ONE OF THE 129 HOMES THAT ARE PRESENTED IN THAT GRAPH.

I WANNA FIRST SAY THANK YOU, MAYOR LONG FOR YOUR COMMENTS THERE AND, AND SUGGESTING THAT MORE, UH, RESEARCH IS NEEDED IN THIS ALL RISK AND NO REWARD.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

UH, AND SETTING ASIDE THE RISKS, THERE IS NO REWARD, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR THIS SPECIFIC UNIT.

UM, LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING I APPLAUD THE CITY STAFF FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THEY'VE DONE, THE DILIGENCE IN COMING UP WITH SO MANY MITIGATION FEATURES FOR THIS VERY SMALL GROUP OF BATTERIES THAT SHOULD TELL US SOMETHING THERE.

UM, BUT LET ME BEGIN BY POINTING OUT THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY APPOINTED BY THIS COUNCIL ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST THIS AFTER A PRESENTATION FROM THE OWNER.

AND AFTER MANY MUCH INPUT FROM, FROM CITIZENS CONCERNED CITIZENS, NOW I'M KEENLY SUPPORTIVE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS

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AND LIKE THE OWNER OF THIS, SO-CALLED BEST.

I KNEW BEFORE I CAME INTO LEE CITY THAT I WAS GONNA BE SUBJECT TO THE ORDINANCES HERE.

I KNEW I WAS GONNA BE SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATIONS AND COVENANTS IN THE PARTICULAR ZONING.

I MADE THE CHOICE TO PURCHASE PROPERTY.

SO ANY ARGUMENT THAT WE'RE DENYING PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY WERE GONNA HAVE THIS, I THINK FALLS FLAT.

UH, I ALSO WOULD ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL NOT TO BE, UH, HEALED BY AUSTIN'S INCREASING ASSAULT ON HOME RULE AND LOCAL CONTROL.

UH, WE HAVE TO TAKE A STAND FOR OUR CITIZENS.

THAT'S WHY WE CAME HERE AND WE LIVE HERE.

I SPENT 25 YEARS IN THE MILITARY FIGHTING AND DEFENDING OUR FREEDOM TO MOVE HERE.

AND I EXPECT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE AMERICA TO PREVAIL.

YOU KNOW, AND WE, WE EXPECT PUBLIC SAFETY TO BE AT THE HALLMARK OF THAT.

UM, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.

I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE REWARDS? WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T KNOW THE END OF LIFE ISSUES HERE.

25 YEARS IS WHAT'S BEEN SUGGESTED BY THE OWNER OF THIS PARTICULAR UNIT.

OKAY? SO WE'RE GONNA HINDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT FOR 25 YEARS BECAUSE OF THINGS WE DON'T KNOW.

AND BY THEIR OWN ADMISSION, THESE BATTERIES COULD SUSTAIN MAYBE 200 PLUS HOUSES IN THIS, THE LEAGUE CITY STORM THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT FOR MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO.

LET'S BE REAL AT BEST.

THAT'S A BANDAID ON TWO BROKEN LEGS OR MORE DIS GENUINELY.

WHAT THAT REALLY IS, IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S AN ARBITRAGE.

IT'S AN ARBITRAGE FOR THESE GUYS TO MAKE MONEY.

THEY BUY IT AT NON-PEAK HOURS.

THEY SELL AT PEAK HOURS.

AND YEAH, IT MAY PROVIDE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A BANDAID ON, ON TWO BROKEN LEGS.

UM, AND BECAUSE THE STATE'S REFUSAL TO ENCOURAGE OTHER WAYS OF ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM, LIKE INCREASING ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, DOESN'T MEAN I SHOULD FACE THAT ANSWER WITH A SMALL ANSWER IN MY BACKYARD.

SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO ADOPT IT.

UM, IN ADDITION, LOOK AT THE SE 4,000 UDMV THAT'S BEING PUT IN PLACE.

LOOK AT THE LIQUID COOLING ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM DESIGNED IN CHINA.

ENGINEERED IN CHINA, BUILT IN CHINA BY CHINESE OWN COMPANY.

UM, THAT'S IN THEIR OWN, WE'RE GONNA PUT THIS ON THE TEXAS GRID.

DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

UM, FINALLY, UH, I WOULD JUST, OH, I'LL JUST CLOSE THERE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND, AND LISTEN TO ME TONIGHT.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE, PUT A FACE ON AGAIN, WHO, WHO ACTUALLY IS, IS BEHIND THIS, BEHIND IT.

ABSOLUTELY, DON CHURCH GETTING READY FOR YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH.

I KNOW, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

UH, MARK PUT THIS SO ELOQUENTLY.

UH, SO I'M JUST GONNA ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THERE, UM, ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES.

THAT'S THE CONCERN.

I'M ONE OF THE 129 HOMES THAT ARE IN THIS AREA.

UM, THE SAFETY CONCERNS ARE SURE, YOUR EXPERTS SENT YOU THEIR LITTLE THING SAYING, HEY, THIS IS GREAT.

IT CAN WORK, WHATEVER, THAT'S FINE.

BUT THEN WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BEST FIRES IN THE WORLD? AND IN THE US THERE'S A WEBSITE YOU CAN GO TO AND THESE THINGS ARE CONSTANT.

THEY HAVE TO SHUT DOWN ROADS, THEY HAVE TO EVACUATE NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SAFE AND IT ONLY TAKES ONE TIME, RIGHT? THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA MOVE IT SOMEWHERE IN A SUBSTATION THAT'S OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD, LIKE OFF OF 1 46 DOWN THERE, OFF 6 46 AND 1 46, SURE, THERE'S A HUGE SUBSTATION DOWN THERE WITH NOTHING AROUND IT, WHATEVER, PUT IT IN, UH, AN AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE CITIZENS IN THE AREA.

BUT MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT, AND THESE THINGS ARE NASTY, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN VIDEOS ON THESE THINGS WHEN THEY CATCH FIRE, COBALT, MAGNESIUM, AND THEY AREN'T CONTAINED TO JUST ONE CONTAINER.

THEY JUST HAD ONE LAST YEAR IN IDAHO, AND IT BURNED TWO OR THREE CONTAINERS AND IT LASTED FOR THREE DAYS.

SO, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE AS THAT.

UH, I VOTE , I DON'T VOTE, BUT I HOPE YOU GUYS VOTE NO ON THIS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, ALAN.

GROSS.

HEY, GUYS.

UM, ALAN GROSS.

UH, I OWN THE COMPANY, MA'AM.

YOU MENTIONED, WHO, WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? ARE THEY SOME CHINESE COMPANY? UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR HAVING ME.

UH, I OWN STELLAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS.

I'M A DISABLED VETERAN.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UH, NINE AND A HALF YEARS IN THE COAST GUARD, WE HAD A, AN OVER FLIGHT WITH A, UH, MH 65 DOLPHIN, MY BEST FRIEND'S, A HELICOPTER PILOT, STILL ACTIVE DUTY.

UM, I GOT OUT, UH, IN 2011, JOINED GE.

I WAS A, A SMALL BOAT GUY, UH, VERY, UH, JUST OPERATIONAL, THEN WENT TO GENERAL ELECTRIC AND THEN WENT TO A BATTERY STORAGE INTEGRATOR, THE FLOYD ROAD, UH, PROPERTY, UH, BATTERY PROJECT.

I WAS THE GUY THAT, THAT BOUGHT THE BATTERIES FOR THAT PROJECT BACK IN ACTUALLY 2020.

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UM, WE'VE DEVELOPED THIS, UH, MY LIVELIHOOD IS ON THE LINE FOR THIS.

WE EMPLOY 23 PEOPLE, MOST OF WHICH ARE, ARE BASED HERE, UM, IN THE, THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA.

UH, WE EMPLOY LOCAL, UH, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS THAT ARE, ARE THE, THE FOLKS, THE SAME FOLKS THAT BUILT THE, THE PREVIOUS PROJECT.

UM, I, I WOULD SAY IN TERMS OF, THERE WERE A COUPLE COMMENTS.

UH, THIS PROJECT, THIS, UH, SOME OF THE CHEMISTRIES, THIS IS A LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE, UH, PROPOSED SOLUTION, WHICH HAS NOT CAUGHT ON FIRE.

THERE IS NO COBALT, THERE IS NO MANGANESE, UH, NO MAGNESIUM.

UM, AND AGAIN, ALL THE FIRES THAT HAVE OCCURRED, FOR THE MOST PART HAVE BEEN, UH, NCM AT AGAIN, DIFFERENT CHEMISTRY.

UM, SO I JUST FLAGGED THAT.

UH, I, I THINK THE, THE KEY POINTS ARE WHO'S BEHIND IT.

UH, BUT AGAIN, OUR TEAM, THE, THE GENTLEMAN OVER HERE, BRIAN, WITH THE BEST BEARD IN THE, IN THE BUSINESS, AS I LIKE TO SAY.

UH, HIS DAD WAS A, A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER FOR MANY YEARS.

HE'S, UH, CONTINUING, UH, AND DOES HAVE A FABULOUS BEARD.

UH, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AGAIN.

UH, UH, I, I AM NOT A TEXAN ORIGINALLY.

I GREW UP IN SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT I MARRIED A TEXAN AND TEXANS LOVE TEXAS, WHICH MEANS WE WILL NEVER NOT LIVE IN TEXAS.

MY WIFE WOULD BE HERE AS WELL, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING A BABY IN TWO WEEKS.

AND SO, UM, AGAIN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT CHINESE.

IT IS BEING PACKAGED IN CHINA BECAUSE IT'S MORE COST EFFECTIVE.

IT ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY BUILD, UH, THESE THINGS.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHY, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S MORE HYBRID CARS.

WE BENEFITED FROM THE, THE DECREASE IN THE, THE TOTAL COST OF BATTERIES, WHICH IS WHY, AGAIN, YOU'RE SEEING MORE OF THESE THINGS COME THROUGH.

UH, THIS CHEMISTRY, THIS, THIS BOX THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE TRIED TO BUILD IT IN HOUSTON, UM, IN 20 16, 17 AND 18 UNSUCCESSFULLY, UH, 2018.

WE, WE PUT THE VERY FIRST ONE OF THESE 9.9 MEGAWATT PROJECTS IN, OUT IN WEST TEXAS.

SO THEY'VE BEEN AROUND, THERE HAS BEEN TRACK RECORD OF DOING THEM SAFELY AGAIN, THE PROJECT AT FLOYD ROAD HAS BEEN, UM, UH, UH, DEPLOY SINCE 2021 WITHOUT ISSUE.

SO, OKAY.

THANK YOU ALL.

LAURA.

UH, AND I'M SORRY I CAN'T READ THE LAST NAME, BUT ANA, SORRY, ANA COMMENT.

DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT.

NO PROBLEM.

UH, SHARON NZI NOY, SORRY.

IT'S THE WORST PART OF THIS JOB.

I AM SHARON NEWSY.

I LIVE AT 30 58 TRADING HOUSE CREEK LANE, AND I LIVE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THIS PROPOSED SITE.

WELL, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM.

HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY KNOW AS COUNCIL MEMBERS? HOW MUCH DO ANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT THE STELLA PROJECT ITSELF? THIS PACKAGE LOOKS LIKE A HAIL MARY, OR IN THIS CASE, A PUSH OF INFORMATION AS THE LAST MINUTE FROM STELLA ENERGY TO CITY COUNCIL.

I DARE SAY, IF YOU RECEIVED IT WHEN I DID, WHICH WAS JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, IT'S QUITE LARGE AND A LOT TO READ AND COMPREHEND AND EVALUATE.

FRANKLY, THEIR PLANS HAVE NO SO MANY HOLES IN THEM.

IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE SWISS CHEESE.

LET ME PROPOSE SOME QUESTIONS TO YOU, AND I'LL LEAVE A COPY WITH THE CLERK ATTACHED.

ATTACHMENT SIX HIDDEN LAKES BEST EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.

DOES NOT HAVE A DATE ON, IT DOES NOT SHOW WHO WROTE IT, DOES NOT HAVE A VALIDATION SOURCE TO BACK THE PLAN UP.

WHY IS THIS JUST A BOILERPLATE DOCUMENT? NOT SITE SPECIFIC.

TWO.

DO YOU KNOW THERE IS NO MENTION OF HOW TO RESPOND TO THERMAL RUNAWAY IN THIS DOCUMENT? WHY DO YOU KNOW THAT THESE UNITS ARE ABLE TO WITHSTAND HURRICANE TIMES 15 RATED WINDS? WHERE WAS THIS TESTED AND WHERE WAS IT VERIFIED? DO YOU KNOW THAT THESE CONCRETE, THESE BATTERIES ARE NOT ON A CONCRETE PAD, THEY ARE ON CONCRETE STOOLS.

ARE THEY TESTED AND VERIFIED TO KEEP THE UNITS FROM BLOWING AWAY IN A HURRICANE? DO YOU PLAN TO GIVE THIS COMPANY A TAX ABATEMENT, EITHER IN THE CONTRACT OR BY OTHER MEANS? WHY IS THE LAKE CITY TECH, NEVERMIND, I'M GONNA SKIP THAT ONE.

CONSTRUCTION BIDS FOR WIDENING 6 46 ARE GOING OUT IN MAY.

DID YOU CONTACT TDOT DANNY PEREZ TO INFORM HIM AND GET APPROVALS FOR A HAZARDOUS SITE TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME TIME THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION'S GOING IN FOR THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS? DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A HURRICANE EVACUATION ROUTE ACCORDING TO TXDOT? IT'S A SECONDARY ROUTE, BUT IT IS.

HURRICANE IS TONIGHT.

SINCE WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, THIS IS THE ONLY PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN YOU'D HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND READING SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.

AM I CORRECT? OKAY.

UM, IS, THERE'S NO CITY ORDINANCE, AM I CORRECT? THERE'S NO CITY ORDINANCE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW

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FOR COVERING BEST OPERATIONS, CONSTRUCTION AFTERWARDS, MITIGATIONS, AND ALL OF THAT? CORRECT.

IN THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERYONE, I RECOMMEND THE CITY SHOULD POSTPONE THIS PROJECT UNTIL SUCH TIME SAFETY AND ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.

GRAY MEYER.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME'S GRAY MEYER.

I'VE BEEN A LEAGUE CITY RESIDENT FOR 30 YEARS.

UH, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE APPROVAL OF BUILDING ANY LITHIUM ION BATTERY STORAGE FACILITIES IN LEAGUE CITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

UH, IT'S MY CONTENTION THAT THESE FACILITIES HAVE NOT BEEN TIME TESTED.

UH, WHILE THEY, OKAY, WHILE THEY DO HAVE, UH, A CURRENT, UH, PRETTY GOOD SAFETY RECORD, UH, NATIONWIDE, THERE HAVE BEEN 73 INCIDENTS OVER SINCE 2018.

MOST OF THEIR DATA ON SAFETY GOES BACK NO FURTHER THAN 2018.

IT'S ALSO MY CONTENTION THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE SODIUM ION BATTERIES WILL BE USED IN THESE TYPE OF FACILITIES.

SO I THINK THE CITY AND THESE DEVELOPERS ARE JUMPING THE GUN FOR A PROFIT MOTIVE, UH, AND GETTING AHEAD OF BOTH FIRE AND CITY REGULATION IN DEVELOPING THESE FACILITIES HERE NOW IN POPULATED AREAS AROUND SCHOOLS.

UM, THE CITY STAFF, UH, THEMSELVES JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO, STATED THAT THIS FACILITY IS NOT BEING HELD TO THE 2001 CODES, BUT TO THE 2000, UH, EXCUSE ME, 2021 CODES, BUT TO THE 2024 CODES, THAT SHOULD TELL YOU RIGHT THERE NOW THAT CODES AND, AND, AND, UH, FIRE REGULATIONS ARE STILL BEING DEVELOPED ON THESE FACILITIES.

UH, AND JUST UNTIL THESE FACILITIES ARE TIME TESTED, I JUST DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD BE LOCATED CLOSE TO SCHOOLS IN RESIDENCE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CURRENTLY FRENCH.

AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO, TO CALL UP MR. GROSS AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD.

I THINK, I THINK SOMETHING YOU SAID KIND OF, UH, WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING TO ME, AND I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING TO MOST EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS.

I SO YOU OPERATE THE OTHER SITE THAT'S IN LEAGUE CITY? NO, WE BUILT IT .

THE, THE BACKGROUND IS THAT COMPANY IS OWNED BY CURRENTLY NNG, WHICH IS A LARGE FRENCH UTILITY.

THE GROUP BEHIND THAT WAS, UH, THEY'RE NOW, THEY WERE ACQUIRED.

IT WAS BROADREACH POWER, WHICH IS BASED IN HOUSTON.

AND THEY GOT ACQUIRED BY NNG LAST YEAR.

UM, UH, SO WE, WE DON'T, BUT I WAS, OKAY.

I WAS THE ONE THAT, THAT HELPED TO DO THE DESIGN WORK.

AND I GUESS IT'S, IT'S GOING OKAY.

THE SUPPLIER CORRECT.

HASN'T, YEAH, THERE'S BEEN NO, HASN'T BLOWN UP, NO ISSUES, HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL FOR OVER THREE YEARS.

SO I THINK THE, THE REAL PROBLEM I HAVE WITH IT IS I'VE BEEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 10 YEARS.

MM-HMM.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT EXISTED UNTIL THIS ONE CAME UP.

AND THERE WAS NO SEP, THERE WAS NO TALKING ABOUT IT UP HERE.

I ACTUALLY LEARNED ABOUT IT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WHICH IS MAYBE NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO AND TO FIGURE OUT WHY AND HOW GOT I, THIS IS THE PROCESS APPROVED, ISN'T IT? THE FLOYD RED ONE NEVER HAD AN SEP.

SURE.

THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE THAT IS THE PROCESS.

I HEAR YOU.

AND SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN SEP, HOW'D THEY BUILD IT? WHO GAVE 'EM THE SEP? WHY? HOW'D IT HAPPEN? THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT.

WE EVEN HAD ONE OF THESE UNTIL YOU CAME FORWARD AND DID THIS, AND I'M, I'M GLAD YOU DID IT PROPERLY.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S A REAL BIG PROBLEM.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK THE STAFF THAT WE LOOK INTO THAT AND FIGURE OUT HOW THIS THING GOT APPROVED, HOW THE OTHER ONE GOT APPROVED.

UH, YOU CAN TALK TO STAFF ABOUT IT GOING THROUGH.

I MEAN, I'M, I'M PROBABLY DON'T EVEN REALLY WANNA KNOW THE ACTUAL REASON OF HOW IT GOT APPROVED WITHOUT, WITHOUT IT GOING TO CITY COUNCIL.

BUT, UH, I HAVE AN ANSWER.

YEAH, I WOULD LOVE, OKAY, LET'S DO IT.

SORRY.

YEP.

SO, UH, MY NAME'S BRIAN YARBOROUGH.

I, I WORK WITH, UH, WITH ALAN AT STELLA ENERGY.

I'M THE HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT.

SO I WAS THE DEVELOPER FOR THE FLOYD FLOYD ROAD SITE.

SO ALAN DID, BOUGHT ALL THE BATTERIES, DID THE DESIGN WORK, INTEGRATED THE BATTERIES.

IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THE SITE WAS IN A TEXAS NEW MEXICO, UH, ENERGY EASEMENT.

AND WE APPLIED FOR A BUILDING PERMIT.

NO, IT'S JUST, THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER TO WHAT THE MAYOR'S ASKING.

BECAUSE THE ANSWER TO WHAT THE MAYOR IS ASKING IS THAT WE DID NOT REQUIRE SUVS AT THE TIME BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW THEY EXISTED.

THEY ASK FOR 'EM.

AND WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THEM, WE IMPLEMENTED THE REQUIREMENT OF AN SUP.

CLASSIFIED AS A MINOR UTILITY, WHICH IS ALLOWED IN THESE, IN THE OPEN SPACE PUBLIC SEMIPUBLIC AND THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT, THAT FLOYD ROAD SITE, UM, WAS ZONED TO, UM, WHENEVER THESE CAME BACK UP IN 2023.

SO WHEN THE ORIGINAL ONE CAME UP, UM, AND, AND IT WAS LOOKED AT, AT THAT TIME IN 2020, IT WAS

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UM, AND I WAS DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, I REASSESSED IT AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS, SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A PRIVATE UTILITY USE AND WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THIS ONE HERE TODAY.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE, WE, WE DROPPED THE BALL ON THE FIRST ONE AND NOW WE'RE NOT GONNA DROP THE BALL GOING FORWARD, I THINK IS KIND OF WHAT I'M, SO YOU DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.

WE DROPPED THE BALL.

LET'S NOT CONTINUE TO DROP THE BALL GOING FORWARD.

UM, ALRIGHT.

AND SO WE'LL GO ON.

AND SO I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT SIX 40, UH, 11 C CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE REZONING APPROXIMATELY 1.7 ACRES OF CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO PS PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC, AND APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON THE SAME PROPERTY.

M MAP P DASH 23 DASH 0 0 0 7.

STELLA.

BEST TO OPERATE A BATTERY ENERGY STORE STATION BESTS GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF CAROLINE STREET AND SOUTH OF FARM TO MARKET 6 46.

MAYOR, I'M GOING TO MAKE A VERY LENGTHY MOTION TO POSTPONE.

UM, I THINK IT LINES UP WITH WHAT OUR SPEAKERS HAVE ASKED FOR AND WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED.

UM, BUT I DID PUT SOME TIME WRITING IT DOWN EARLIER IN THE WEEK, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THE POINTS.

UM, IT'S A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL STAFF CAN BRING THIS BACK TO US IN A WORKSHOP SO THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH OUR LEAD CITY GUIDELINES FOR LITHIUM BEST FACILITIES, MUCH LIKE WE HAVE, UH, FOR OIL ROOTS.

UM, TO GET TO THAT POINT, I HAVE A LIST OF NINE THINGS I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO DO.

SORRY, IT'S A MOTION TO POSTPONE, UH, TILL WE CAN HAVE OUR LEAGUE CITY, UH, GUIDELINES FOR BEST FACILITIES TO GET TO THAT.

THERE'S A LIST OF NINE THINGS I WOULD LIKE US TO DO.

SOME OF IT MAY JUST BE A MODIFICATION OR A REWORKING AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US TONIGHT.

UM, PART OF THAT, THAT SAFETY ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE SAID A PLUME ANALYSIS IS INEFFECTIVE, UH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO FACTOR IN CONDITION X, CONDITION Y, CONDITION ZI WANT THE PLUME ANALYSIS DONE UNDER WORST CASE ASSUMPTIONS, WHETHER THAT'S HIGH TEMP OR LOW AIR TEMP, WHETHER THAT'S HIGHER, LOW DEW POINT, WHETHER THAT'S HIGHER, LOW WIND, OR IF IT'S A ENVELOPE WHERE YOU NEED TO CHECK IT AT MULTIPLE POINTS.

I WANT IT DONE THAT WAY.

UM, WE SAW WITH THE ONE THAT WENT TO PNZ, UM, THAT THE, THE PLUME ANALYSIS SHOWED A DISTANCE, UM, BECAUSE I THINK A PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET TO IS A SETBACK REQUIREMENT FROM A NEIGHBORING STRUCTURE.

UM, SO A PLUME ANALYSIS, EVEN IF THAT SAFETY CONSULTANT SAID IT'S NOT NEEDED, UM, IS A PART OF THAT DECISION, IT JUST MAY BE CHALLENGING TO DO.

AND I GET THAT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

UM, AGAIN, IF YOU ASSUME WORST CASE SCENARIOS FOR WEATHER FOR THIS AREA, COME UP WITH THAT DISTANCE WITH THE PLUME ANALYSIS, UM, WE NEED A SAFETY ANALYSIS FOR TEMPERATURE FROM A FIRE.

UM, THERE WAS A MENTION IN THERE THAT THE, THE, UH, FIRE FIGHTING, UH, FACILITY TO BE LOCATED NEAR IT BE AT LEAST 300 FEET FROM IT.

CAN YOU MAKE THE, CAN YOU MAKE THE, UH, THE MOTION AND THEN WE'LL WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT POINTS AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS EACH POINT JUST SO WE HAVE IT IN THIS FORM OF A MOTION.

THEN I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO, UM, OUR LEGAL CAPABILITY, WHAT WE CAN RUN INTO THESE AGREEMENTS TO PREVENT REQUESTING THAT LEAGUE CITY, UH, FORGO OUR SHARE OF PROPERTY TAXES ON IT.

SO IT'S, IT'S THE PLUME, THE WORST CASE PLUME ANALYSIS, A SAFETY ANALYSIS OR DISTANCE FROM TEMPERATURE, A PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT, IDENTIFYING THE ODDS FOR VARIOUS TYPE OF INCIDENTS, WHETHER THAT'S THERMAL RUNAWAY, WHETHER THAT'S FLOODING AND SO FORTH.

UM, AND WE NEED A, UH, STUDY FROM OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR AND OUR FIRE CHIEF AND FIRE MARSHAL, UH, THAT ESTABLISHES AN INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN.

UM, IDENTIFIES LISTS OF ALL POSSIBLE NEED AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT TRAINING FOR THAT EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TRAINING FOR OUR, OUR FIREFIGHTERS REQUIRED.

UM, AND A, A BILL ON THE UPKEEP FOR THIS BECAUSE I WANT THE DEVELOPERS TO PAY FOR IT.

UH, NEXT ITEM.

WE NEED TO, UH, ESTABLISH A MINIMUM BOND INSURANCE AMOUNT.

UM, MUCH LIKE WAS ALREADY PROPOSED FOR THIS ONE, BUT I WOULD LIKE A STANDARDIZED ONE FOR ALL OF THEM, UH, THAT IDENTIFIES ALL THE SCENARIOS, UM, INCLUDING RESPONSE TO AN INCIDENT AS WELL AS DECOMMISSIONING.

UH, THEN WE NEED TO HAVE THE, UH, A STUDY DONE ON THE IMPACTS OF WATER, UM, FOR THE EVENTS OF FLOODS, UM, AND IDENTIFY A SAFE HEIGHT ABOVE BASE FLOOD ELVIS ELEVATION FOR THESE BATTERIES.

UM, AND

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UM, AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK INTO, UM, THE PERIMETER REQUIREMENTS, UH, FROM A SAFETY AND AESTHETIC STANDPOINT.

UM, MUCH LIKE WE DON'T ALLOW ANYTHING BUT MASONRY FENCE AROUND A LANDSCAPING LOT.

CAN WE THROW IN ONE MORE RESEARCH BEST IN BEST IN CLASS, BEST ORDINANCES FROM AROUND THE STATE OR ON YEP.

I 10.

AND, UH, ARE YOU'RE DONE ? YES.

AND I WILL SECOND HIS MOTION TO, UH, CAN YOU RESTATE THE MOTION FOR ME, MR. NO, .

I WILL SECOND MR. TRESSLER MOTION TO POSTPONE, UH, TO THE TERMS, UH, THAT HE'S LISTED OUT HERE.

AND YOU MAY WANT TO EMAIL THAT.

I'M NOT SO SURE THEY GOT THAT ALL, BUT YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

FROM HOUSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAN THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS TALKED.

THANK YOU MR. RESSLER.

I, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

MR. CRUZ.

UH, THANK, THANKS MR. MAYOR, AND, UH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAD.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS WHY DON'T WE JUST, RATHER THAN BUILD A, A LARGE TO-DO LIST OF THINGS THAT, UM, WE WANT TO HAVE, WHY DON'T WE JUST VOTE THIS DOWN AND THEN HAVE AN INTERNAL TO-DO LIST, AND WE'LL GET THAT DONE.

WE'LL BUILD OUR, UM, WE'LL BUILD OUR ORDINANCES AND THEN WE CAN BRING THINGS BACK UP.

WHY, WHY DO WE WANT TO POSTPONE RATHER THAN JUST VOTE IT DOWN AND DO THIS OUTSIDE? SO MY OPINION ON WHY WE'D POSTPONE INSTEAD OF JUST VOTING IT DOWN IS, I MEAN, I THINK IN GENERAL THESE THINGS CAN BE FINE IF THEY CHECK ALL THE BOXES.

UH, AND IT'S NOT REALLY THE APPLICANT'S FAULT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BOXES TO CHECK.

SO I THINK WE, AND JUST LIKE WE'VE SEEN, THERE'S FIVE MORE OF THESE THINGS COMING RIGHT BEHIND IT, RIGHT? SO I THINK WE NEED TO, BEFORE WE DENY THEIR APPLICATION, UH, WHICH WOULD BE KIND OF UNFAIR BECAUSE THEY DID ACTUALLY CHECK THE BOXES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, THAT WE GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO ADDRESS THE NEW THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE COMING UP WITH.

NOW, IT IS A SHAME THAT WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AHEAD OF THESE EARLIER, AND NOW WE NEED TO TAKE THAT APPLICATION, UH, THIS, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THOSE IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT'S WHY I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT BE DENIED, BUT TO, UH, TO FULFILL OUR NEW REQUIREMENTS ONCE THEY'RE CREATED.

MR. MANN? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SECOND THAT.

UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY, IF YOU'RE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE HOT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, AND YOU FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU, HAVING SERVED ON COUNCIL FOR 10 YEARS NOW, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF TIMES WHERE A DEVELOPER CAME IN WITH AN IDEA.

UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS INCREDIBLY UPSET, UM, AND A POSTPONEMENT LIKE THIS ACTUALLY GAVE THE DEVELOPER TIME WHILE THE CITY WAS CREATING THEIR ORDINANCES TO ALLAY ANY CONCERNS.

UM, I CAN REMEMBER THE GUYS DEVELOPING, OH MAN, IT WAS OVER THERE RIGHT OFF OF A ENTERPRISE.

LAKESIDE.

YEAH, LAKESIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, ONE WEEK EVERYONE COMES WITH, UH, TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS, AND THE NEXT WEEK EVERYONE'S BACK BEGGING US TO, OKAY, THIS GUY'S, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT.

SO HOPEFULLY THE DEVELOPER WILL TAKE THAT AS A, UM, I GUESS A KIND OF INSTRUCTION A LITTLE BIT.

AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR THE CITY TO WORK OUT THE RULES.

THANK YOU MR. DRESSER.

YEAH, I THINK, UH, POSTPONING IT SENDS A MESSAGE OF, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET GUIDELINES IN PLACE.

WE ARE LOOKING NOW FOR THE CITIZEN SAFETY, BUT WE ALSO DO VALUE PROPERTY RIGHTS.

UM, AND I THINK THAT MESSAGE NEEDS TO BE SENT TO, TO ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY, WHY I WANT IT TO BE A, A POSTPONEMENT.

SO IF THESE GET DONE, THEY GET DONE RIGHT, AND WE TAKE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO JUST BE A NO.

AND THEN THE NEXT ONE COMES IN AND THE NEXT ONE COMES IN, AND WE DON'T HAVE A REASON TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING TILL WE HAVE THIS, SO WE CAN TELL YOU HERE'S THE, HERE'S WHAT THOU SHALT DO.

UM, AND, AND THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION TO POSTPONE.

UM, AS FOR THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARGUMENT OF IT, UM, I AM A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I DOUBT I'M ONE OF THE ONES IN THE THOUSAND FEET.

I'M AT THE, THE, UH, FARTHEST POINT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THIS LOCATION.

UM, BUT I AM, I AM FAMILIAR, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND ONE THAT'S BEEN TALKED NEAR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FURTHER

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UM, THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS TALKED WAS RIGHT OUT SOMEBODY'S BACKYARD ALMOST.

UM, THIS IS A DIFFERENT SCENARIO THAN THAT ONE.

UM, BUT I CANNOT AT THIS POINT LOOK AT MY NEIGHBORS IN THE EYE AND TELL THEM, 200 FEET IS SAFE, 400 FEET IS SAFE, 800 FEET IS SAFE, 5,000 FEET IS SAFE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, UM, UNTIL I'M THERE, UM, I'M A NO.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE A BLANKET.

NO.

UM, I WANT TO DO WHAT'S GOOD FOR OUR CITIZENS.

UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WAS STUCK AND POSTPONED.

MR. CHADWELL.

I APPRECIATE US CONSIDERING POSTPONING THIS TONIGHT.

I, I AGREE WITH IT.

WE NEED TO DEVELOP SOME BETTER STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT CONCERNS ME AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW IS WE ALREADY HAVE ONE AND WE HAVE NO TRAINING, NO FIRE MITIGATION STRATEGY.

SO I'M GONNA ASK THE CITY STAFF BEGINS WORKING ON THAT IMMEDIATELY.

NOT NEXT WEEK, NOT NEXT MONTH.

WE GOTTA PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER RIGHT AWAY, NO DOUBT.

SIX.

UM, YEAH, I'LL BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT.

I WALKED IN AS A NO TODAY.

MM-HMM.

UM, BUT I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MR. TRESSLER MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS KIND OF SEIZES AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE LIKE, UH, THE MAYOR SAID THAT THERE'S MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE OF THESE THINGS COMING, AND I'VE HEARD OF SOME PROPERTIES WHERE WE MAY NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER IT.

SO I, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GET THIS RIGHT FOR THE ONES THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO STOP OR, OR HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER.

MS. CONES.

CHRIS, UM, WHEN DO WE EXPECT TO ADOPT THE 2024 CODES AS FAR AS THE 2024 IFC? UH, THAT I DON'T KNOW.

ALL OF BUILDING CODE AND EVERYTHING, YOU DON'T KNOW? NO, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

ANY TOP.

MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

ALSO.

EXCUSE ME.

LOOKING AT TRYING TO ADOPT THE 2024 CODES.

BUT YES SIR, WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NFPA 8 55 IS, IS, IS, UH, ADHERED TO DURING THIS ABSOLUTELY.

WHATEVER.

SO WE, WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE NFPA 55, UH, COMMISSION HERE PRESENT.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONABLE, YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS MORE OF A GENERAL COMMENT FOR JUST ALL OF OUR BUILDING CODES.

UH, BUT WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU GUYS WERE GONNA FOLLOW IT.

I THINK IT'S MORE FOR THE OTHER FIVE COMING AND JUST GENERAL, LET'S GET WITH THE TIMES.

NO, I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE, WE DID HAVE A MEMBER OF THE, THE COMMISSION HERE TO ANSWER IF, IF THERE ANYTHING.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS.

ALRIGHT.

SEEING NOBODY ELSE ON THERE, THIS IS A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE, UH, VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS WERE SATISFIED BY STAFF.

SECOND, IT ALREADY HAS BEEN MOTION PASSES 7 4 1 AGAINST, OH, SORRY.

7 4 1 AGAINST CRUZ IS AGAINST SEVEN, UH, GOING BACK TO SEVEN A.

AND SO ONCE THOSE ARE ALL, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE GUIDELINES, WE WILL CREATE A WORKSHOP.

AND OBVIOUSLY YOU, YOU HEARD THE LIST.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE, UH, SOON.

SO WE'LL DO A WORKSHOP, MAKE SURE THAT WORKSHOP IS WELL PUBLISHED.

BY, BY MONDAY.

UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, UH, WELL PUBLISHED AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT AT THAT TIME.

WE'LL GO BACK TO SEVEN A HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE READOPTING STANDARDS OF CARE FOR THE LEAGUE CITY YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAMS TO ADJUST STAFFING RATIOS, HEALTH STANDARDS, AND STAFF QUALIFICATIONS.

UH,

[7A. 24-0203 Hold a public hearing on an ordinance re-adopting standards of care for the League City Youth Recreation Programs to address staffing ratios, health standards and staff qualifications (Director of Parks & Cultural Services) ]

UH, THIS MEETING STARTS AT 6 53.

THERE'S NOBODY ON THE LIST.

SO WE WILL CLOSE AT 6 54.

[7B. 24-0204 Consider and take action on an ordinance re-adopting standards of care for the League City Youth Recreation Programs to address staffing ratios, health standards and staff qualifications (Director of Parks & Cultural Services)]

UH, SEVEN B, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE READOPTING STANDARDS OF CARE FOR THE LEAGUE CITY YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAM TO ADDRESS STAFFING RATIOS, HEALTH STANDARDS, AND STAFF QUALIFICATIONS.

[7C. 24-0188 Hold a Public Hearing and take action on a resolution authorizing an amendment to the General Land Office Contract 20-065-141-C780 for the purpose of decreasing the scope by removing the proposed The Landing, Newport and Ellis Landing, and Brittany Bay Subdivision Drainage Improvements from the North League City Drainage Improvement Project (Executive Director of Capital Projects) (Part 1 of 2)]

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE CONTRACT, 20 DASH SIX FIVE DASH 41 DASH C SEVEN 80 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DECREASING THE SCOPE BY REMOVING THE PROPOSED LANDING NEWPORT AND ELLIS LANDING AND BRITTANY BAY SUBDIVISION DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE NORTH LEAGUE CITY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THIS

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HEARING STARTS AT 6 55.

MR. CHUCK DEFALCO.

CHUCK DEFALCO, 2118 EASTLAND COURT.

I, I LIVE IN BRITTANY BAY, SO I DO LIVE NEAR WHERE THIS, UM, UH, UH, DRAINAGE PROPOSED DRAINAGE, UH, WOULD BE GOING.

UM, I I I, I'M WELL AWARE THAT IT'S NOT A HUGE DRAINAGE PROJECT, UM, BUT I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT IT'S BEING CANCELED ANYWAY.

UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, IT DOESN'T SAY IN, IN THE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO THIS ITEM WHY IT'S BEING CANCELED.

IT JUST SAYS THAT THIS IS THE PROPOSAL.

SO WHY CONTEXT, CONTEXT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WOULD BE GREAT HERE.

UM, THE PROBLEM WITH CANCELING THIS IS THAT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BRITTANY BAY FLOODED TERRIBLY DURING HARVEY AND I I I COULD TELL ABOUT 40 SOMETHING HOUSES HAD WATER IN THEM.

'CAUSE THE, THE NEXT TRASH DAY, I COULD TELL BY THE TYPE OF TRASH WHICH ALMOST FLOODED.

THERE WERE SHEET ROCK AND ALL THAT KINDA STUFF.

AND IN THE PROJECT, JUST JUSTIFICATION FOR THE BRITTANY BAY, UM, UH, FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT, UM, AS, AS CURRENTLY GRADED, THE EXISTING DRAIN DRAINAGE EASEMENTS DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT CA UH, CAPACITY.

UM, UH, THERE'S BLOCKAGE OF THE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS BY FENCES OR OTHER VEGETATION CAUSES EXCESSIVE PONDING IN THE STREET DURING EXTREME EVENT RAINFALL.

UM, BUT IF YOU CANCEL THE PROJECT, WHAT YOU'RE STILL IN THE, YOU'RE BACK IN THE SAME BOAT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A FLOODING PROBLEM THE NEXT TIME ANOTHER HARVEY HITS.

SO WHAT IS PLAN B? AND IF THERE'S NOT, THAT'S CONCERNING.

NOW, I DIDN'T FLOOD DURING HARVEY, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF HOMES IN MY SUBDIVISION DID.

SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? AND SILENCE IS NOT A GOOD ANSWER.

MR. BAUMGARTNER, WOULD YOU, UH, ADDRESS THAT? YEAH, I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE INCLUDED AS AN EFFORT TO, UM, MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL FLOODING FROM STORM EVENTS.

UH, SEVERAL OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS EITHER DIDN'T, WEREN'T BUILT WITH DETENTION OR INSUFFICIENT DETENTION, AND THEY ALSO CREATED A BULL LIKE EFFECT FROM HOW THE WATER GETS FROM THE STREETS BACK TO THE MAJOR DITCHES.

AND SO WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED WAS TO, WAS TO CUT OVERFLOW SWALES BETWEEN THE STREETS BACK TO THE DITCHES.

AND I THINK STAFF'S EFFORTS TO, UH, FOLLOW UP AND TO OBTAIN EASEMENTS PAY FOR EASEMENTS HAS MET, BEEN MET BY RESISTANCE FROM ALL OF THE IMMEDIATE, IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS.

I KNOW STAFF HAD A NUMBER OF PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WITH THE HOA TO TRY TO DEVELOP CONSENSUS ON THE PROJECT, AND WERE UNABLE TO DO THAT.

AND SO HAVE, UH, BROUGHT THEM FORWARD, UH, TO COUNSEL THEM RATHER THAN MOVE FORWARD.

THEY'RE IN, UM, MR. DECO'S CORRECT.

THERE'S NOT A SECONDARY PLAN AT THIS TIME.

SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECT FROM WHAT WAS IN THE PACKET, WHAT YOU SAID, THE, THE OPTIONS THAT WE FOUND, WE DIDN'T FIND SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY BUY-IN.

CORRECT.

SO WE, AND FOR THAT COORDINATION, WHO DID WE TALK TO? UH, I, I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET RON ANSWER THAT.

BUT I, I THINK WE TALKED TO EVERY NEIGHBOR WHERE THERE WAS A SWALE TO BE PROPOSED.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE GREATER NEIGHBORHOOD CONVERSATIONS, THAT'S A, THAT'S A RON QUESTION.

THAT IS CORRECT.

UH, AND THERE IS ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND THERE'S A TIMELINE THAT, AND THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH AND, UH, I, I DON'T WANNA HOLD TIMELINE.

RIGHT, THERE ARE ACTUALLY EXISTING EASEMENT THAT THE STORM SEWER GOES THROUGH IT, THESE SWES WOULD GO ON TOP OF THE GROUND, UH, THEY WOULD BE ABOUT 18 INCHES DEEP.

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD DID YOU TALK TO? DID YOU ONLY TALK TO THE FOLKS WHO WERE GONNA HAVE THE SWALES? DID YOU TALK TO THE HOA BOARD? WHO, WHAT DID WE DO? COMBINATION OF BOTH.

WE DID TALK TO, UM, THE HOA BOARD AND THEN THE AFFECTED, UH, BUT WE DIDN'T TALK TO THE AFFECTED FOLKS FROM THE FLOODING.

THE HOA WOULD BE REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE CAN'T DEFAULT OUR DUTY TO THE CITIZENS, TO THE HOAI DON'T, I MEAN, SOME OF THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN PUBLIC MEETING BEFORE I JOINED THE CITY.

ONE, ONE PIECE ABOUT THAT, SO WE ASKED THE PEOPLE FOR AN EASEMENT, RIGHT? THERE ARE,

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AND SO THEY DID NOT WANT THEM, THEY DID NOT WANT, WHAT COULD WE DO THEN IS ACTUALLY WE HAVE, CHRISTOPHER ACTUALLY HAS THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO MORE NEIGHBORHOOD WIDE STUDIES AND WE HAVE FULL FUNDING FROM, BUT THAT'S NOT THE WHAT I ASKED.

SO IF THEY DON'T WANT THEM AND WE DON'T HAVE THE GO OVERGROUND EASEMENT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD WE HAVE TO DO TO DO IT? ANY, WE WOULD JUST DO IT ANYWAY.

OR WOULD WE HAVE TO EMINENT DOMAIN THE LAND THAT WOULD BEEM DOMAIN.

AND SO WE'D HAVE TO EMINENT DOMAIN THE LAND NEXT BE THE OPTION.

THAT WAS MY, THAT WAS MY POINT OF THIS.

WE'D HAVE TO EMINENT DOMAIN THE LAND RIGHT NEXT TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE.

THAT'S, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.

I, I'M JUST, I'M NOT GOING TO EMINENT DOMAIN LAND ON SOMEBODY'S H HOUSE AND I I DOUBT YOU COULD FIND THE VOTES UP HERE FOR THIS.

SO WHILE I, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE UNFORTUNATE THAT SOME NEIGHBORS DON'T VALUE IT AND WANT TO KEEP THEIR LAND THE WAY IT IS.

IT JUST, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EMANATE DOMAIN THE LAND TO FORCE THE PROJECT DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S THROAT.

SO THE EASEMENTS WE HAVE ARE UNDERGROUND.

WE CAN'T DO THE S SWALES.

THE, THE EXISTING EASEMENTS ARE STORM SEWER EASEMENTS.

THEY'RE 10 FOOT WIDE BETWEEN TWO HOMES.

AND THIS, THE SWALE WILL GO ON TOP OF THE GROUND, WILL BE OKAY.

SO BECAUSE THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT PALATABLE TO ANYBODY UP HERE.

SO THEN WHAT WE THINK WE DO NEXT IS AS WE'RE CANCELING THIS PROJECT, WE'RE GONNA DO THE STUDIES TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ELSE WE CAN DO THAT WON'T HAVE US IN IMMINENT DOMAINING PEOPLE'S LAND AT THEIR HOUSES, MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND MAJOR PROJECTS.

JUST CAN, IF I CAN ASK ONE MORE QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOU OR CHRISTOPHER, BUT AFTER WE MET RESISTANCE TO GET THE SWES APPROVED, WE HAD A MEETING WITH NOT THE HOA BOARD, BUT THE HOA, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, BOTH.

SO WE, WE HAD AT ANNUAL MEETINGS AND THEN WE HAD MEETINGS STRICTLY WITH THE HOA.

UH, WE SENT OUT INDIVIDUAL LETTERS TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS ASKING FOR, UH, CONVERSATION.

UH, THE, THE EASEMENT IMPACTED HOMEOWNERS NOT ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND WE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IF WE GOT TWO HOMEOWNERS IN ONE OF THE OVERFLOWS THAT BOTH AGREED THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A PARTIAL PROJECT AND WE WERE UNABLE TO DO THAT.

NOT EVEN THAT YOU WEREN ABLE TO GET.

NO, SIR.

I, I LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 13 YEARS, I THINK, OR FOR 10 AT LEAST.

AND I RAN BY THERE EVERY DAY.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS PROJECT ARE THE PEOPLE WHO IT WOULD HELP THE MOST.

I MEAN THAT BACK THE NORTHWEST SIDE, BECAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WHERE THE WATER RUNS TOO.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE THE NORTHWEST SIDE AND IT GOES UNDER IN A, IN A HARD RAIN.

I MEAN, IT, I WOULD RUN THROUGH THERE AFTER A HARD, YOU KNOW, GOOD ONE AND IT WOULD RISE UP.

I CAN'T IMAGINE, UNLESS THEY'RE JUST NEW AND DON'T REALIZE, BUT ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, I, I ALMOST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS RECORDED SO THAT WHEN THE NEXT STORM DOES COME THROUGH AND THAT PART OF BRITTANY BEGA IS UNDER, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHO TOLD THEM, NO, I DON'T DO IT, YOU KNOW? ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S AMAZING.

D CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REMOVING THE LANDING SUBDIVISION DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT DR TWENTY TEN FIVE FROM THE MAY, 2019 GO BOND PROJECT LIST AND FY 2024 DASH 2028 CIP.

AND WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING AT 7 0 3 7

[7D. 24-0186 Consider and take action on a resolution removing The Landing Subdivision Drainage Improvements project DR2105 from the May 2019 GO Bond project list and the FY2024-2028 CIP (Executive Director of Capital Projects)]

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

PAINTS ME TO DO IT, BUT I'LL SECOND IT.

LIKE MR. BAUMGARTNER SAID, WE BUILD THE PROJECTS PUBLIC COMMUNITY SUPPORT, BUT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS.

I'M MR. QUOTA.

SORRY, WILL OF THE PEOPLE .

LET'S VOTE.

MS. COHEN 8 4 0 AGAINST SEVEN

[7E. 24-0185 Consider and take action on a resolution removing the Newport & Ellis Landing Subdivision Drainage Improvements project DR 2104 from the May 2019 GO Bond project list and the FY2024-2028 CIP (Executive Director of Capital Projects)]

E CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REMOVING NEWPORT AND ELLIS LANDING SUBDIVISION DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT DR 21 0 4 FROM THE MAY, 2019 GO BOND PROJECT LIST AND THE FY 2024 DASH 2028 CIP MOVE TO APPROVE.

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REMOVING THE BRITTANY BAY SUBDIVISION DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT DR 2 0 0 9 FROM THE MAY, 2019 GEO BOND PROJECT LIST AND THE FY 2024 DASH 2028 CIP MOVE TO APPROVE.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST SEVEN F

[7F. 24-0187 Consider and take action on a resolution removing the Brittany Bay Subdivision Drainage Improvements project DR2009 from the May 2019 GO Bond project list and the FY2024-2028 CIP (Executive Director of Capital Projects)]

[01:05:01]

SECOND PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST MAYOR MAYOR LONG.

I KNOW WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEVEN C, BUT IT WAS POSTED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

IT ALSO HAS AN ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTION.

OH, IT MUST BE 11 A SEVEN OR, OR NO, SEVEN C.

IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING AND REQUEST ACTION ITEMS. IT'S POSTED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, SO IF COUNSEL CAN VOTE ON THAT AS WELL OR TAKE ACTION.

ACTION SPLIT OUT.

IS TEF THOUGH AHEAD? UM, NO, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY DIFFERENT.

UM, SEVEN C IS THE REMOVAL FROM THE GLO CONTRACT.

AND THE D THROUGH F IS JUST THE REMOVAL FROM THE BOND PROJECT LIST AND FROM THE CIP MICHELLE.

SO WHICH ONE IS IT? SEVEN.

WHICH ONE DID WE NOT VOTE ON? SEVEN C.

WHAT? OH, YOU DON'T HAVE AND OI SEE WHAT YOU, IT'S HOLD UP AND TAKE ACTION.

OKAY, WELL, UH, DO WE NEED TO, I JUST READ WHAT'S PUT IN FRONT OF ME SO IT'S KINDA LIKE ANCHORMAN.

SO YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA SPELL IT OUT ON THE SHEET.

MR. MAYOR,

I'LL SUSPEND THE RULES TO BRING BACK UP.

SEVEN C SECOND.

ALRIGHT, UH, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

ALRIGHT, UH, SO WE WILL BE HELD THE HEARING, BUT TAKE ACTION ON RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE CONTRACT 20 DASH 65 DASH 1 41 DASH C SEVEN 80 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DECREASING THE SCOPE BY REMOVING THE PROPOSED THE LANDING NEWPORT ELLIS LANDING AND BRITTANY BAY SUBDIVISION DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE NORTH LAKE CITY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE ACTION.

I DON'T.

THANK YOU CHAD.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST, UH, OLD BUSINESS EIGHT A NINE A NINE B HAVE ALL BEEN PULLED.

UH,

[10.A. 24-0201 Consider and take action on an ordinance approving a 2023-24 annual service and assessment plan update for the League City Public Improvement District No. 5 (Park on Clear Creek) (Director of Finance) ]

NUMBER 10, FIRST READING ORDINANCES.

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE APPROVING 2023 DASH 2024 ANNUAL SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN UPDATED FOR THE CITY, FOR LEAGUE CITY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, PARK ON CLEAR CREEK, MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST APPROVE.

FOR FIRST AND FINAL SECOND PLEASE VOTE 7 4 1 AGAINST MR. ES CONSISTENCY.

UH, 11

[11. ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA COMPLETED (Part 2 of 2)]

A CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK AGREEMENT WITH CSA CONSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES FOR SOUTHWEST WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY EXPANSION WW 2 2 0 1 IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $683 DOLLARS $683,440.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

FROM COUNCIL MAYOR PRO, TIM JUSTIN HICKS.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST 11 B AND C HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISPENSED WITH, UH, REPORTS FROM STAFF, UH, YIELD.

HAVE MY TIME REPORTS

[13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS]

I HAVE NOTHING TODAY.

MR. MAYOR.

SEAN SAUNDERS, YOU YIELD MY TIME AND DEMAND.

JUST REAL QUICK, UM, JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT STAFF.

LAST WEEK, MAG CREEK HAD A, A SITUATION THAT, UH, REQUIRED THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE POLICE CHIEF.

THEY BOTH RESPONDED QUICKLY AND IN A WAY THAT I DID NOT EVEN HAVE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE CITIZENS THAT SOMEONE HAD RESPONDED.

AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS GOING BACK TO THAT.

I'VE BEEN UP HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND IT IS SUCH A JOY TO HAVE A CHIEF LIKE OUR CURRENT CHIEF,

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UH, TO, TO WORK WITH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS JOHN FOR PICKING HIM AND THANKS FOR SERVING.

CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SUB CHAPTER D OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 5 51 ET ALL THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

MR. CONES.

DON'T COMMENT MR. CRUZ.

THESE KIDS DESERVE THIS ONE, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, SO, SO WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S GREAT HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES IN TEXAS, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED ATHLETES RIGHT HERE IN LEAGUE CITY.

SO, UH, LAST WEEKEND THEY HAD THE, UH, REGIONAL, UH, REGION THREE SIX, A TRACK AND FIELD MEET NUMBER AND WE HAVE TWO C-C-I-S-D STUDENTS THAT, THAT WON THEIR EVENTS.

YOU GOT LIKE TWO OF THE FASTEST MILER GUYS.

UH, ONE'S A, ONE'S A GIRL, ONE'S A GUY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE ENTIRE STATE RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.

THEY'RE BOTH JUNIORS.

CHRIS CREON, CLEAR CREEK RAN A MILE IN 4 4 4 4 14.

GONNA MOVE ON TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

UH, THE STATE MEET SATURDAY, MAY 4TH IN, UH, NICK'S HOMETOWN OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

AND THEN THERE WAS CATHERINE VALENTINE FROM CLEAR FALLS.

UH, SHE RAN THE MILE 4 55.

UH, ALSO HAD NOT A LEAGUE CITY RESIDENT BUT A-C-C-I-C STUDENT.

CAMERON MCCLURE FROM BROOKE.

GOT THIRD PLACE IN THE GIRLS' HIGH JUMP, FIVE FOOT EIGHT JUMP.

SHE'S ALSO GONNA BE MOVING ON TO STATE, UM, IN AUSTIN COMING UP A WEEK FROM NOW.

I GUESS MAY 4TH.

WE WE, NOT THIS WEEKEND BUT THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.

SO, YEP.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

AWESOME.

I DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY FROM CLEAR SPRINGS THERE MR. MAN.

UH, CHAD TRESSLER.

I DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY UP HERE VOLUNTEER HOW LONG IT TAKES US TO RUN A MILE EITHER.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THERE.

TRUE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE ELIGIBILITY.

ALRIGHT, I, UH, YIELD MY TIME AS WELL AND THE

[14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)]

THIS 23RD DAY OF APRIL, 2024 AT SEVEN 12 CITY COUNCIL HAS COMPLETED ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE 23RD DAY OF APRIL, 2024 AT 7 37

[15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)]

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.

THERE WAS NO FINAL ACTION, DECISION OR VOTE WITH REGARD TO ANY MATTER OR CONSIDERATION OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

JUST CONCLUDED.

15 A AND TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT OR EVALUATION OF PUBLIC OFFICER TO WITT CITY AUDITOR.

IT WAS AN UPDATE.

THERE IS NO ACTION.

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION CONCERNING POTENTIAL PURCHASE OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS.

I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE SALE OF 522 SQUARE FOOT RIGHT OF WAY ALONG FM 6 46 TO SUPPORT TDOT'S FM 6 46 WIDENING PROJECT AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.