Jul 23, 2024 Regular Meetings

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ALRIGHT.

THE CITY

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

UH, MR. MAYOR.

I SEE YOU.

UH, ANDY.

HERE.

TOMMY HERE.

TOM? HERE.

COURTNEY? HERE.

I'M HERE.

CHAD HERE.

AND SEAN HERE.

OKAY.

UM, UH, INDICATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE REVEREND KYRA, BEAR OF UNITY BAY AREA, HOUSTON, WHO WOULD BE OUR INVOCATION SPEAKER.

AND I INVITE YOU TO STAND.

ALL RIGHT.

I INVITE YOU TO FIND THE PLACE WHERE YOU, UH, CONNECT AND FEEL THE POWER OF THAT DIVINE SOURCE.

THAT ONE GOD THAT IS RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDST OF ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND WE FEEL THAT POWER AND PRESENCE AS IT IS MOVING THROUGH AND SAY THANK YOU GOD.

THANK YOU GOD, FOR SUPPORTING AND NURTURING AND FULFILLING YOUR GOOD IN THE MIDST OF THIS COMMUNITY.

IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT TRANSPIRES, THAT KEEPING OUR BEAUTIFUL, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS SAFE AND TAKING THEM FORWARD AND LIFTING UP THIS COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE, TO KNOWING THAT AS WE COME TOGETHER, WE COME TOGETHER BETTER.

AND WE SAY THANK YOU, GOD.

BECAUSE WE KNOW YOUR PRESENCE IS PROTECTING US NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCE.

WE FEEL THE POWER OF YOUR LOVE AND YOUR WISDOM.

MOVING THROUGH OUR CITY COUNCIL, BRINGING US TO THE GREATEST COMMUNITY AND THE GREATEST SENSE OF PURPOSE AND THE FULFILLMENT OF OUR HIGHER PURPOSE.

AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WAYS THAT WE ARE BLESSED.

AND WE BLESS THIS COMMUNITY.

WE BLESS ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE SERVING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT ROLES TO MAKE THIS WHAT IT IS.

AND WE SAY WE ARE GRATEFUL GOD TO BE IN SERVICE TOGETHER AND SO IT IS.

AMEN.

AND, UH, YES IS IT, UH, PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.

LIBERTY.

LIBERTY STRONG.

NOW THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

ITEM THREE.

[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THESE MINUTES? HEARING NONE THESE MINUTES.

STAND APPROVED.

UH, ITEM FOUR, UH, PROCLAMATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND AWARDS.

WE HAVE NONE.

AND ITEM FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.

COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL IN NATURE OR MAY ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM.

OKAY, NO ONE SIGNED UP.

UH, CONSENT

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

ANY COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

ITEM PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST.

ALRIGHT, ITEM SEVEN,

[7A. 24-0359 Conduct a public hearing on the proposed Outdoor grant application to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) for development of amenities within Bay Colony Park, a portion of which is located within a floodplain and may include construction within a wetland area (Director of Parks and Cultural Services)]

SEVEN.

A, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED OUTDOOR GRANT APPLICATION TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AMENITIES WITHIN BAY COLONY PARK, A PORTION OF WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN A FLOODPLAIN AND MAY INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A WETLAND AREA.

WE'LL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 0 3.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY? OKAY.

WE WILL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 0 4

[7B. 24-0360 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an agreement with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for a 50% State - 50% City matching grant supporting the proposed Bay Colony Park Project (PK2001), authorizing the acceptance of any awarded funds and authorizing the City Manager to sign any documents pertaining to the grant (Director of Parks and Cultural Services)]

GRANT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE LER CRUZ.

ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST.

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[8A. 24-0357 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing Task 2 of Amendment #8 to the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with TBG Partners of Houston (TBG) to provide additional services related to the Bay Colony Park-Master Plan and Park Design Project (PK2001) in the amount of $48,965 (Mayor Long) Council approved Task 1 of Amendment #8 in amount of $75,250 on July 9, 2024.]

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TASK TWO OF AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TBG PARTNERS OF HOUSTON TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE BAY COLONY PARK MASTER PLAN AND PARK DESIGN PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $48,965.

ANY MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND CHAD.

SO THIS WAS PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA DESPITE FAILING AND NOTHING CHANGING, UM, THE LANGUAGE IS INTERESTING IN THAT IT'S TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

THOSE ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE PARK.

IT'S TO REMOVE THE BASEBALL FIELDS FROM THE PARK, UM, TO TREAT THEM AS A SEPARATE PIECE THAT MAYBE SOMEDAY WILL GET BUILT LATER.

WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF BALL FIELDS IN THIS CITY CURRENTLY.

THE ONLY ARGUMENT THAT I HEARD AGAINST IT AT THE LAST MEETING OR IN SUPPORT OF REMOVING THEM WAS TO KEEP POTENTIAL OPTIONS OPEN FOR THE FUTURE.

I FIND THAT TO BE A BIT OF A MIS CATEGORIZATION OF THE SITUATION BECAUSE THE FACT IS WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE BALL FIELDS, EVEN WITH THESE BALL FIELDS, SO TO SAY, WE'RE KEEPING OPTIONS OPEN, WE'RE GONNA NEED THOSE OTHER OPTIONS AS WELL.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PREVENTING THE ABILITY TO BUILD ENOUGH BALL FIELDS BY BUILDING THESE.

AND THE FACT IS, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO BUILD ANY BALL FIELDS AS CHEAP AS THESE.

I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE DESIGN FOR THESE BALL FIELDS.

WE ALREADY HAVE THE LAND FOR THESE BALL FIELDS.

TAKE THEM OUT HERE AND BUILD THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

YOU HAVE TO ACQUIRE LAND, YOU HAVE TO DO A DESIGN.

YOU'RE ALSO KICKING THE CAN A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYONE AT HOME KNOWS WHAT INFLATION IS LIKE.

SO THERE'S NO LOGICAL REASON TO TAKE THESE OUT IN HOPES OF SOME OTHER THING.

AND I HOPE THAT THE CITIZENS WHO ARE ALREADY STUCK DRIVING EVERYONE FROM THE WEST SIDE ALL OVER IN BAY COLONY AND ELSEWHERE IN LEAGUE CITY, ALL HAVING TO DRIVE TO THE SPORTS PLEX CURRENTLY KEEPING IN MIND HOW PEOPLE VOTE ON THIS.

TAKING THESE BALL FIELDS OUT MEANS AT A MINIMUM, A DELAY ON GETTING SUPPLEMENTAL FIELDS TO FIX OUR CURRENT SHORTFALL.

THAT'S THE BEST IT CAN MEAN.

IT ALSO MEANS PAYING 50 THOU NEARLY $50,000 TO DESIGN CONSULTANTS TO REDO DRAWINGS, TO TAKE OUT BALL FIELDS.

WE'VE ALREADY SPENT, I WANNA SAY OVER $300,000 ON THE DESIGN OF THIS.

I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S WAY MORE THAN THAT.

THE, WE ALREADY ACCEPTED THIS LAND WHEN BAY COLLEEN WAS BUILT IN LIEU OF PARKS DEVELOPMENT FEES AND THE MONEY TO BUILD THESE BALL FIELDS ARE NOT COMING OUT OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS.

THEY'RE COMING OUT OF FOUR B TAXES, WHICH ARE A SALES TAX.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED AND THEY'RE COMING OUT PARKS DEVELOPMENT FEES, WHICH WERE PAID BY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DIDN'T OPT TO GIVE US CRAPPY LAND.

WE'VE ALREADY SUNK THE COST ON THE DESIGN.

WE'VE ALREADY SUNK THE COST TO GET THE MITIGATION OF THE LAND TO BE ABLE TO, TO USE IT.

AND, AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT GETTING THE U UTILIZATION OUT OF IT THAT WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO.

I, THIS IS JUST SILLY AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE WHO HAS TO DRIVE THEIR KIDS TO PRACTICE IN PASADENA OR SANTA FE OR TEXAS CITY REMEMBERS THIS EVERY TIME THEY'RE MAKING THAT DRIVE AND REMEMBERS WHO VOTES AGAINST THIS.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION YEAR.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

UH, CHAD MADE A LOT OF GOOD POINTS.

UH, HOWEVER, I THINK HIS POINTS WERE PRETTY MUCH THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE WAS INTENDING TO SAY.

SO HE KEPT SAYING, WE'VE SUNK A LOT OF COST INTO THIS.

WE'VE SUNK A LOT OF COST INTO BAD DESIGN.

WE'VE SUNK A LOT OF COST INTO BAD LAND, AND WE'VE INHERITED CRAPPY LAND, ALL OF WHICH ARE TRUE.

WE'VE SUNK A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF BAD CHOICES THAT HAVE MADE ON THIS ALREADY, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE BETTER OPTIONS TO LOOK AT.

AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GETTING THE BALL FIELDS BUILT THE FASTEST, THERE'S SIMPLY ARE BETTER OPTIONS.

ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WALTER HALL.

WALTER HALL, I DIDN'T DO IT.

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THE, UH, THE LAND IS ALREADY AVAILABLE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE LAND.

EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE LAND IS ALREADY READY TO GO.

SO WE CAN PUT THOSE PARKS BACK IN BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT'S LIVED HERE LONG ENOUGH KNOWS THEIR BALL FIELDS ON THERE.

ORIGINALLY, WE CAN PUT THOSE BALL FIELDS BACK IN WITHOUT HAVING TO BUILD ROADS, WITHOUT HAVING TO INCREASE TRAFFIC ON CALDER ROAD, PUTTING US ALL DOWN HIGHWAY THREE.

THERE'S ALREADY EXISTING FACILITIES THERE, AND WE CAN DO THAT MUCH, MUCH QUICKER.

AND SO THE OTHER PART WHICH I WANT TO CORRECT HERE IS THIS IS NOT PAYING $47,000 TO REMOVE THE BALL FIELDS.

WE'RE NOT REMOVING THE BALL FIELDS RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE DESIGNING THIS IN SUCH A WAY THAT IF WE FIND A BETTER PLACE TO PUT THESE BALL FIELDS IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT SCRAPPING THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND WITHOUT IMPACTING THE SOFTBALL AND THE OTHER STUFF THAT GOES IN IT.

WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, BAY COLONY IS THE ONLY POSITIVE, LIKE CHAD SAID, IS THAT WE GOT THIS CRAPPY LAND FOR FREE.

OTHER THAN THAT, UH, IT HAS A LOT OF NEGATIVES.

IT IS SURROUNDED BY HOME.

IT IS A A, A SINGLE ENTRANCE ONTO CALDER.

IT HAS A LOT OF ISSUES.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT PARK AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE WITH AS FEW OF IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS POSSIBLE.

THIS $47,000 ALLOWS US TO DESIGN THE PARK IN SPECIAL WAY THAT WILL GIVE US OPTIONS.

IF WE RUN OUT OF ALL OTHER OPTIONS AND WE SIMPLY CANNOT PUT THE BALL FIELDS ANYWHERE ELSE, THEN WE PUT THE BALL FIELDS AT BAY COLONY.

UH, BUT WE NEED TO PRESERVE OUR OPTIONS AT THIS TIME AND LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE CITY THAT WE CAN PUT PARKS AND, AND THEN CREATE A PLAN THAT'S GONNA WORK FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

SO IT'S NOT GETTING RID OF THE BALL FIELD, IT IS ALLOWING US TO HAVE MORE OPTIONS TO PROVIDE A BETTER PLAN FOR EVERYONE.

ONE SECOND.

TOM, YOU WERE ON THE QR.

DID YOU MEAN TO, DID YOU MEAN TO CUE BACK? YEAH, CHAD .

I WAS JUST GONNA SEE IF HE COVERED WHAT, OKAY.

OKAY.

TOMMY, UH, THEY JUMPED BACK.

THEY WANT ME TO TALK FIRST, I GUESS.

UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT THIS IS A BAD LOCATION TO PUT THIS MANY BALLPARKS.

WE GOT SEVERAL HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE AREA OF BAY COLONY HERE, PROBABLY WITHIN JUST A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FEET OF THE BALLPARK.

AND TO PUT A SPORTS PLEX OR, UH, A LARGE SPORTS PLEX IN THIS AREA, I THINK WOULD BE DOING SOME INJUSTICE TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BUILT HOUSES THERE.

WE HAD BIG DISCUSSION JUST A WHILE BACK ABOUT, UH, CHALLENGER MEMORIAL PARK AND, UH, LAND WE WERE DEVELOPING OVER THERE WITH HOUSES AND SO FORTH.

AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS HAVING A PARK AND HAVING A STADIUM NEARBY HOME.

SO THIS IS THE SAME THING.

I I HAVE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE IN, IN SEDONA AND, AND FRANKLY THEY'RE KIND OF NOT AWARE OF THE SITUATION THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS BAY COLONY.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH SOME BALLPARKS, A COUPLE OF THEM.

UH, BUT I THINK WE, WE NEED TO FIND A BETTER AREA.

CHAD HAD ALRIGHT, FIRST TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BUILD BALL FIELDS ELSEWHERE WITHOUT PUTTING IN THE ROADS AND THE PARKING AND ALL THAT.

WELL, THAT WOULD BE WELL AND GOOD IF YOU WERE SCRUBBING THIS PARK COMPLETELY.

BUT WE'RE STILL BUILDING THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, THE SOCCER PRACTICE FIELDS, THE, THE DISC GOLF COURSE AND A WALKING TRAIL.

SO YOU'RE BUILDING ALL THOSE THINGS WHERE THESE BALL FIELDS WOULD BE AT BAY COLLEEN PARK.

ANYWAY, SO THAT WAS A, A FLAWED ARGUMENT.

UM, AS FOR WALTER HALL PARK, YOU CAN'T FIT FOR BALL FIELDS AT WALTER HALL PARK.

I I KNOW THE LAYOUT OF IT.

YOU CAN'T.

UM, SO MAYBE YOU GET TWO THERE.

I BELIEVE YOU CAN FIT, I BELIEVE YOU FIT SIX ACTUALLY, SO YOU CAN FIT, UH, TWO, TWO FULL FIELD SIZED BASEBALL AND THEN FOUR SOCCER AND FOOTBALL.

YEAH, I, I'M TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE TAKING OUT FOUR BASEBALL FIELDS AT BAY, COLLEEN PARK.

YOU CAN'T FIT FOUR BASEBALL FIELDS IN WEGER HALL.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

SO, UM, IT'S ALSO A MYTH THAT WE CAN DO ONE OR THE OTHER.

THE THE MONEY'S THERE IN THE FOUR B FUND.

WE CAN DO BOTH.

WE PROBABLY NEED BOTH.

UM, DELAYING IT MEANS $50,000 UPFRONT IN DESIGN FEES AND INCREASED COSTS OF BUILDING THOSE FIELDS WHENEVER WE GET AROUND TO IT BECAUSE OF INFLATION.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

UM, AS FOR THAT LOCATION AND THE TRAFFIC AND THE IMPACT OF THE NEIGHBORS, THE SOFTBALL'S GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT TO 'EM THE SAME AS THE BASEBALL FIELDS WOULD.

SO UNLESS WE WANT TO BE HONEST AND JUST CANCEL THE WHOLE THING, THEN, BECAUSE APPARENTLY WE CAN'T BUILD A PARK NEXT TO A SUBDIVISION WHEN THAT PARK'S BEEN ZONED AND OWNED BY THE CITY LONGER THAN

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I MOVED TO POSTPONE THIS SO THAT WE CAN PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA TO SCRUB THE PART COMPLETELY.

IT IS THAT A, THAT'S A MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY.

I REALLY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN, BUT, OKAY.

I'LL, I'LL SECOND GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO POSTPONE.

ALL RIGHT.

PLEASE VOTE.

OKAY.

UH, MOTION FAILS.

UH, TWO TO SIX.

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, TO, UH, APPROVE AS IS.

UH, GO AHEAD, TOM.

OH, THANK, THANKS JUSTIN.

UM, SO BEFORE I RAN, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I SAT OUT, I SAT OUT HERE AND, YOU KNOW, PAT HALLEY WAS, WAS LEAVING AND IT WAS A, A PRETTY BIG DEAL.

THE LEAGUE, THE, UH, LITTLE LEAGUE PEOPLE CAME AND THEY GAVE HIM A, A HAT AND THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT HE HAD DONE FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUE.

AND THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL PARTS AT THAT TIME.

AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY HAD TO SIGN UP.

SOME OF 'EM WERE GOING TO, UH, TO SEABROOK AND I, I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE EXACTS OF THE CONVERSATION, BUT WE WERE SHORT THEN.

AND SO WE'RE STILL SHORT NOW.

SO WE HAVE THIS ALREADY READY, IT'S DESIGNED AND IF WE PULL THESE PARKS OUT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALWAYS SAY, HEY, THERE'S A LOT BETTER PLACE THAT WE COULD PUT THINGS SOMETIMES SOMEDAY, BUT THAT'S, BUT WE HAVE IT READY TO GO NOW.

AND SO IF WE GO AHEAD, I THINK WE GO AHEAD AND BUILD THEM.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK.

IT'S, IT IS EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S NEEDED AND TO JUST PULL OUT HALF OF IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, UH, THE HOUSES THAT ARE BEING BUILT AROUND THEM THAT THEY MAY NOT WANT THIS AT THAT POINT, BUT IF YOU DRIVE BY IT, THERE'S THESE BIG BILLBOARDS SAYING LIGHTED PARK COMING SOON.

SO THERE'S NO REALLY BIG SURPRISE TO THEM.

SO TO ME IT KIND OF DOES GO BACK TO THE CHALLENGER STADIUM HOUSES.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WHEN YOU BOUGHT IT, YOU KNEW, YOU KNEW IT WAS COMING.

UH, AND THE OTHER, ONLY OTHER COMMENT I HAVE IS ABOUT THE WALTER HALL IS DID THE CITY TAKE THAT OVER OR ARE WE PLANNING ON BUILDING PARKS ON COUNTY, UH, BUILDING BALLPARKS ON COUNTY, ON COUNTY PARKS.

THAT JUST SEEMS A GOOD OLD ODD, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NORMAL.

THANK YOU CHAD.

ALRIGHT, SO EVERYONE, ONCE THIS PARK, THAT'S WHAT THE BOAT JUST SHOWED YOU.

TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT TO BAY COLONY.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE LIGHT NOISE IMPACT TO SEDONA, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IT BECAUSE OF THE SOFTBALL FIELDS.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IT BECAUSE OF THE SOCCER PRACTICE FIELDS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH NOISE AND LIGHT YOU GET FROM A DISC GOLF COURSE.

SORRY, I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THOSE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

SO RIGHT NOW THE CHOICE IS WITH OR WITHOUT THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND WITHOUT 'EM MEANS KICK THE CAN.

MAYBE WE GET FEWER, MAYBE THEY COST US MORE.

MAYBE WE GET SOME SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT WE'RE JUST PLAYING KICK THE CAN FOR WHAT YOU'RE NOT PRESERVING AN OPTION.

YOU STILL HAVE THOSE OPTIONS.

WE ARE IN A SHORTFALL.

I, THIS IS SILLY SAUNDERS.

I I'VE LIVED, I USED TO LIVE IN THE SUBDIVISION DIRECTLY BEHIND WHERE THIS IS GOING IN PARKSIDE, MOVED IN THERE IN 2003, AT NO TIME DID ANY OF US THERE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A BALLPARK COMING IN THERE.

NEVER.

SO WE COULDN'T HAVE VOICED OUR OPPOSITION.

I NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS BALLPARK UNTIL I CAME TO THAT COUNCIL MEETING AND ALL THE PEOPLE FROM LITTLE LEAGUE SHOWED UP.

I 100% AGREE WE NEED MORE PARK BALLPARKS.

BUT I THINK, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE HERE, I'VE SAID IT ON THE, ON THE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I SAID IT ON THE PODIUM

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BY REDUCING THESE AMOUNT OF FIELDS, YOU'RE GONNA REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON CALDER.

INSTEAD OF HAVING NINE FIELDS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FIVE.

SO YOU'RE GONNA REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON CALDER.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GET RID OF THE ROAD GOING OUT TO CALDER AND JUST HAVE THE ONES COMING OFF OF URBAN.

THAT'D BE SOME COST CUT THERE.

UH, LIGHTING, WHEN WE GO TO PUT THIS PARK IN, I WANT US TO LOOK AT LIGHTING AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT THE LIGHTING FROM GOING INTO THE HOMES ALONG CALDER ROAD.

SEDONA.

SO, SO I, I JUST THINK THERE'S BETTER PLACES FOR SOME OF THESE BALLPARKS IN MY PERSONAL OPINION.

THANK YOU TOMMY.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR .

THE MAYOR .

YEAH.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WHAT IS THE FOREST IS TO BE TOWED UP HERE TONIGHT THAT FOUR B'S GONNA PAY FOR THIS.

IN FACT, IT'S $39 MILLION THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT FOR FUTURE BONDS IN 25.

UM, SO FOUR B IS NOT GONNA PAY FOR THIS BY NO MEANS.

THEY MAY PARTICIPATE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CIP BUDGET SHEET RIGHT NOW, IT'S $39 MILLION THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR 25.

SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, ONCE WE BUILD THE PARK, THEN WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PRICE AND THE, AND THE MAINTENANCE OF EVERYTHING.

UH, AND AS FAR AS MR. TRESSLER SAYING THAT EVERYBODY VOTED FOR IT TONIGHT, NO, I'M STILL VOTING AGAINST IT.

I JUST, IN THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION, I WOULD VOTE FOR A SMALLER PARK MAYBE, BUT NOT THE SPORTSPLEX IN THIS BIG OF A PARK BECAUSE THIS PARK WAS NEVER BEEN GIVEN OPPORTUNITY FOR SEDONA PEOPLE TO, TO VOICE THEIR OPINION ON.

THERE IS A SIGN OUT THERE, BUT IT'S A VERY SMALL SIGN.

IT'S NOT A BILLBOARD, BUT IT'S A SMALL SIGN.

IF YOU PASS BY IT REAL QUICK, YOU WON'T SEE IT.

BUT AGAIN, $39 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY TO BE PAYING WHEN WE HAVE FIRE STATIONS THAT NEED TO BE BUILT.

CHAD.

SO MR. SAUNDERS, WHAT'S THE MAGIC NUMBER OF FIELDS AT THE TRAFFIC ON CALDER CAN HANDLE? IS IT, IS IT 5, 6, 7 NINES, 2 MILLION FIVES? NOT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT'S JUST FRANKLY A I YOU'RE A BETTER TRAFFIC GUESSER THAN THE PROFESSIONALS WE PAY TO DO IT.

I'M IMPRESSED.

UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THE FACT THAT THIS IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, DESPITE NO MATERIAL CHANGE TO THE PROPOSAL TELLS ME THAT SOMEBODY KNOWS THAT THERE'S SOME VOTES THAT HAVE CHANGED.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION TILL THIS WAS HERE.

SO I EXPECT A FULL ANSWER FROM ANYONE WHO VOTES DIFFERENTLY TONIGHT ON THIS THAN THEY VOTED AT THE LAST MEETING.

JUSTIFYING YOUR CHANGE IN POSITION AND WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT TONIGHT THAN TWO WEEKS AGO BECAUSE SOMETHING STINKS.

TOM, THANK YOU.

I'LL, I'LL BE REALLY SHORT HERE.

UM, SO IT, THE, JUST TWO QUICK THINGS.

THE WALTER HALL PIECE, YOU KNOW, IF WE START INCREASING TRAFFIC IS ALREADY TERRIBLE ON HIGHWAY THREE.

SO ARE WE JUST MAKING ONE TRAFFIC ISSUE FOR, FOR LEAGUE CITY? JUST TRANSPOSING IT TO ANOTHER.

AND THE, UM, AND THE SECOND ONE WAS IF, IF IT'S NOT ON THIS PARCEL OF LAND THAT WE HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED ACRES.

WHERE WHERE ELSE ARE YOU GONNA PUT IT? BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN ANYTHING ELSE THAT I KNOW OF THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR A PARK.

WE'VE GOT ALL THIS GROWTH COMING OUT TO THE WEST SIDE, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE FOR, FOR US TO PUT IT BALL FIELDS CLOSE TO ALL THE WEST SIDE RESIDENCE RATHER THAN HAVE THEM DRIVE OUT TO WALTER HALL IF THAT IS THE ANSWER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S FEWER PARTS.

BUT THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANDY.

I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA, I I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING AND I THOUGHT NO, THAT'LL JUST GET US GOING AGAIN THEN I WON'T BE ABLE TO CALL THE QUESTION.

UM, HAS EVERYONE SPOKEN OR ARE WE GOOD? ARE WE GOOD? ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S, LET'S VOTE.

OKAY, LET'S VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 6 4 2 AGAINST

[9A. 24-0364 Consider and take action on a resolution continuing the Mayor's declaration of a local state of disaster for Hurricane Beryl within the City of League City, Texas (City Manager)]

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CONTINUING THE MAYOR'S DECLARATION OF A LOCAL STATE AND DISASTER FOR HURRICANE BARREL WITHIN THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY.

SO MOVE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST ITEM

[10A. 24-0367 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, Ordinance 2024-12 and Ordinance 2024-20 to adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures (Assistant City Manager - CFO) Staff requests approval on first and final reading.]

UH, 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 NUMBER 2023 DASH 28 20 23 DASH 33 20 23 DASH 47, 20 23 DASH 48, 20 23 DASH 49, AND 2024 DASH 12 20 24 DASH 22.

ADJUST THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ACTUAL AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES.

WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE RESLER.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL SECOND.

YEAH, SAUNDERS, GO AHEAD ANDY.

SINCE WE HAD SUCH A INTERESTING DEBATE ABOUT A $45,000 CHANGE ON A DESIGN CONTRACT, JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD GET THE PITCH ON THIS IF YOU DON'T MIND.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO TONIGHT IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

IT ADDRESSES, UH, FORMALIZING CHANGES, UH, PREVIOUSLY MADE BY COUNCIL ACTION.

THERE'S A FEW INCREASES FOR SPECIFIC EXPENSES AND FORMULATION OF THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR HURRICANE BURLE.

IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BEST SITES.

ONE IS AN INCREASE TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR $30,000.

IT'S FOR THIRD PARTY REVIEWERS FOR BEST SITES AND IT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE OFFSET BY, UH, REVENUE FROM THE, UH, DEVELOPER AS A REIMBURSEMENT.

THERE'S A SECOND ITEM THAT HAS ALREADY HAD COUNCIL APPROVAL.

UH, AT THE LAST MEETING.

IT IS AN INCREASE FOR THE PLUME MODELING AND THAT WAS THE $75,000 IN 24 ALSO TO BE OFFSET BY ANTICIPATED REVENUE THROUGH REIMBURSEMENT IN THE UTILITY FUND FOR LINE REPAIR.

THERE IS AN INCREASE TO UTILITY SYSTEMS AND REPAIRS ACCOUNT 281,000 EMERGENCY REPAIRS AT SMITH LANE LIFT STATION.

THIS ACTION WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL ALSO ON SEVEN NINE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ANIMAL CONTROL DONATED FUND, UH, ON, UH, MAY 14TH.

COUNCIL APPROVED, UM, ACCEPTING A GRANT THROUGH MADDIE'S FUND.

IT WAS $10,000 AND THIS JUST FORMALIZES THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE EXPENSE.

IN ORDER TO USE THE GRANT FUNDS AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY FUND, ALSO KNOWN AS THE GRID, WE HAVE AN INCREASE REQUESTED OF 50,000 PURCHASE, A REPLACEMENT FIREWALL FOR THE GRID.

THE CURRENT FIREWALL IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND IS UP FOR REPLACEMENT.

THERE IS CASH AVAILABLE IN THIS FUND.

UM, STAFF ACTUALLY, UM, BUDGETS AND BILLS.

EACH OF THE PARTICIPATING ENTITIES EACH YEAR, A TOTAL OF $25,000 ACROSS ALL ENTITIES FOR THIS TYPE OF EXPENDITURE.

SO THERE IS MONEY IN THE FUND TO COVER IT.

FLEET A DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING AN INCREASE OF $220,000.

THIS IS BASED ON YEAREND ESTIMATES FOR VEHICLE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.

AND THERE IS CASH IN THE FUND BALANCE TO COVER IT.

FORMULATION OF HURRICANE BURL, UH, THIS WOULD CREATE A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE FUND STAFF'S REQUESTING AN INCREASE OF 1.5 MILLION.

THIS WOULD JUST BE INITIAL CASH FLOW.

THE FUND WILL TRACK ALL EXPENSES RELATED TO THE HURRICANE THAT WE BELIEVE, UM, WILL BE REIMBURSABLE AT SOME EXTENT BY FEMA AND WILL ASSIST US IN THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR FEMA.

THE FUNDS WILL COME FROM CIP CASH.

THEY WILL NOT CAUSE ANY DELAY IN THE PROJECTS FOR 2024.

THE LARGE PORTION OF THE EXPENSES ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE REIMBURSED THROUGH INSURANCE AND FEMA AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UM, THAT AT THE END OF THE FUND'S NEEDS THAT WE WOULD, UH, RE TRANSFER THE MONEY BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION.

AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF HOW THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT AFFECTS THE OVERALL OPERATING NUMBER AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET HAS NO CHANGE.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANGIE? OKAY, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST.

DOES

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OKAY.

TRISLER ERS ALRIGHT ON THE QUEUE PLEASE VOTE.

IS THAT IT? MOTION PASSES.

7 4 1 AGAINST.

OKAY.

UM, ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA WAS COMPLETED.

THERE ARE NONE REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS.

OH, YOU HAVE MY TIME.

OKAY.

REPORTS FROM,

[13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS]

UM, I HAVE A NOTE HERE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A NEW ADDITION TO OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

LETITIA FUR.

IS THAT HOW WE SAY IT? YES.

LET F HAS RECENTLY JOINED LEAGUE CITY AS ONE OF ITS ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS WITH OVER TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AS A DEDICATED PROSECUTOR, BEGINNING IN 2001 AT THE GALVESTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THEN WORKING ACROSS MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES IN GALVESTON AND MISSOURI COUNTY AREA.

LETITIA HAS PROUDLY SERVED THOSE COMMUNITIES UPHOLDING JUSTICE.

UM, ALONGSIDE HER LEGAL CAREER, SHE CHERISHES HER ROLE AS A DEDICATED SPOUSE TO LOCAL LEAGUE CITY ATTORNEY RICK FUR AND MOM, AND TO THREE RATE KIDS AFTER TWO STINTS AS A PART-TIME MUNICIPAL COURT PROSECUTOR FOR LEAGUE CITY, SHE IS EXCITED TO MOVE INTO HER NEW ROLE AS A FULL-TIME ASSISTANT ATTORNEY.

AND DO YOU WANNA STAND UP TO BE RECOGNIZED? AND, UH, I GOT ANOTHER THING.

I THINK ANDY'S BIRTHDAY'S IN TWO DAYS.

YEAH.

YEP.

AND, UH, ALSO MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY IS THE SAME EXACT DAY.

SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO Y'ALL AND, UM, THE AMERICAN LEGION, UH, TEXAS TOURNAMENT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA SAY, DON'T YOU? TEXAS TOURNAMENT.

IT'S, UH, GONNA START TOMORROW.

AND, UH, I HAVE BEEN, UH, ASKED THE HONOR OF THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GO TO SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL AND WATCH ME EMBARRASS MYSELF, PLEASE GO AT ONE O'CLOCK TOMORROW, TWO O'CLOCK AT ONE O'CLOCK TOMORROW.

UH, SEAN, ARE YOU ON MY TIME? ANDY? JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF.

I KNOW I WAS WEARING JOHN OUT DURING THE STORM AND THEY'VE BEEN, UH, SO RESPONSIVE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH, TOMMY.

YEAH.

AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE EMPLOYEES, STAFF AND, AND JOHN AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORKED OVERTIME, ESPECIALLY AT FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU LISTEN TO THE RADIO AND YOU, YOU HEARD THEM GOING OUT JUST CONSTANTLY FOR POWER LINES DOWN.

SO WE THANK ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS, POLICE, FIRE AND EMS TOM, JUST, UH, JUST ECHOING THOSE COMMENTS.

I, I THINK THAT, UM, THIS CITY REALLY CAME TOGETHER AND JOHN JUST DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND, UM, I JUST, I THANK EVERYONE FOR, FOR PULLING TOGETHER AND MAKING IT GO SO MUCH SMOOTHER FOR THE CITIZENS.

THANK YOU TOM.

UH, COURTNEY, YOU CHAD? UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO CORRECT ONE FACTUAL STATEMENT THAT WAS MISSPOKEN, UH, IN THE ARGUMENT ABOUT THE, THE BAY COLLEEN PARK.

WHILE THE SIP PAGE LIST BOND FUNDING, THAT'S A BOND THAT WAS GONNA BE SERVICE WITH FOUR B MONEY.

SO IT IS NOT A BOND THAT'S PAID OUT PROPERTY TAXES JUST FOR EVERYONE'S INFORMATION, BUT I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT NOW SINCE WE'RE DOING THE PARK HALFWAY.

I THANK YOU CHAD.

MR. MAYOR, DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? WELL, NO.

I GUESS THE THING I'LL CORRECT IS THAT WE DIDN'T VOTE TO DO THE PARK HALFWAY.

WE ACTUALLY VOTED TO GIVE OURSELVES THE OPTION TO DETERMINE IT IN THE FUTURE, WHICH WAY WE'RE GONNA BUILD IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THE, UH, THE STAFF DID DURING THE STORM.

IT WAS EXCELLENT.

I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT RATE REVIEWS FROM, FROM THE CITIZENS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UH, ITEM 14, EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

UH, THOSE WERE BOTH PULLED.

ITEM 15 HAS BEEN PULLED.

SO AT 6:34 PM BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESSES, MEETINGS ADJOURNED AND A RECORD.