Nov 12, 2024 Regular Meetings

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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE

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

AND THE MAN WHO IS SOMEWHERE, I THINK TOMMY CONES HERE.

TOM CRUISE HERE.

COURTNEY CHADWELL.

HERE.

JUSTIN HICKS.

YEP.

CHAD TRESSLER HERE.

JOHN SAUNDERS HERE.

ALRIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE PASTOR MATT JONES FROM CITY MARK CHURCH, WHO WILL BE OUR INVOCATION SPEAKER THIS EVENING.

PASTOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE INCUMBENTS ON THEIR, ON THEIR BIG WIN.

CONGRATS.

WELL, LET'S PRAY.

LORD, WE LOVE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT CITY.

LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE THE GOD OF THIS CITY.

AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR WISDOM, HOLY WISDOM.

AND LORD, WE ALSO THANK YOU THAT JESUS IS THE PRINCE OF PEACE.

AND SO LORD, I THANK YOU FOR PEACE THAT RESIDES IN THIS MEETING.

I THANK YOU FOR DECISIONS, LORD, THAT AFFECT THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY.

AND WE KNOW, LORD, THAT YOU'RE IN CONTROL.

AND SO I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD THIS MEETING.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE WHERE TWO AND MORE ARE GATHERED.

HERE YOU ARE.

AND SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROTECTION ON EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM AND EVERY LEADER REPRESENTED IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

GOD BLESS YOU.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH IT STANDS.

AMEN.

NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL TO TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

ALRIGHT, UH, APPROVAL

[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

AND THREE B, OCTOBER 22ND, 2024, COUNCIL WORK SESSION.

IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS, THESE MINUTES STAND APPROVED, UH, PROCLAMATIONS AND

[4A. 24-0580 Presentation of a proclamation recognizing the Clear Creek Men's Water Polo Team (Mayor Long)]

SO IF YOU GUYS WANNA COME UP, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

COME ON, YOU GUYS ARE GETTING UP FRONT.

SO FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, CLEAR CREEK MEN'S WATER POLO TEAM WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AS A PROUD CLEAR CREEK, UH, ALUM.

I CAN TELL YOU WE DON'T WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A LOT OF THINGS.

SO, UH, IT WAS GREAT TO TO BRING THIS ONE HOME GUYS.

AND SO I'LL READ THIS.

UH, WHEREAS THE CLEAR CREEK HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WATER POLO TEAM CAPTURED THE STATE TITLE AFTER COMPETING IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, HELD AT JOSH DAVIS NATATORIUM IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND WHEREAS THE WILDCATS WON CONSECUTIVE MATCHES AT THE UIL STATE TOURNAMENT TO FINISH THEIR SEASON WITH AN OVERALL RECORD OF 32 0 AND ONE AND BECOME THE SCHOOL'S FIRST STATE CHAMPION IN A TEAM SPORT SINCE 1991.

AND WHEREAS WITH THIS BEING THE ONLY WATER POLO'S THIRD YEAR AS A UIL SANCTIONED SPORT, CLEAR CREEK WILL HAVE A STEADY FOUNDATION OF RETURNING PLAYERS NEXT YEAR WITH HOPES OF BECOMING THE FIRST EVER BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONS IN THE SPORTS YOUNG UIL ERA.

NOW, THEREFORE, I NICK LONG BY THE VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS THE 11TH MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY TO HEAR BY I PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024 AS CLEAR CREEK WILDCATS BOYS WATER POLO DAY IN THE GREAT CITY OF LEAGUE CITY AND CONGRATULATE THE TEAM AND COACHES ON THIS GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

BEST LUCK.

GET EVERYBODY IN.

GOOD.

CAN WE GET ONE MORE CELL PHONE, SOCIAL MEDIA? AWESOME.

CONGRATS.

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AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER, UH, PROCLAMATIONS AND AWARDS FOR THIS EVENING AS WELL.

SO EVERY YEAR WE HONOR TWO CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THEIR TIME, ENERGY, AND EXPERTISE TO MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE.

THESE MEN AND WOMEN GIVE COUNTLESS HOURS TO OUR CITY WORKING SIDE BY SIDE IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITH CITY STAFF.

THE AWARDS WE ARE PRESENTING TONIGHT ARE NAMED AFTER TWO MEN WHO DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO VOLUNTEERING FOR LEAGUE CITY ART HEWITT AND STEVE JONES.

TONIGHT WE'RE HANDING OUT THE ART HEWITT SPIRIT AWARD AND THE STEVE JONES INSPIRATION AWARD TO TWO VERY DESERVING INDIVIDUALS.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR DAVE LONDON.

DAVE WOULD, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP FRONT? WOULD DAVE FIRST BEGAN VOLUNTEERING WITH THE LEAGUE LEAGUE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2014 AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE LCPD CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, HE THEN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND HAS NEVER STOPPED.

HE HAS LOGGED OVER 2000 HOURS WITH THE VOLUNTEERS IN POLICING PROGRAM AND HOLDS THE HIGHEST VIP CERTIFICATION OF MASTER VIP.

HE HAS MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE VIP PROGRAM AS A TRAINER, USING HIS EXPERTISE AND PATIENCE AS A RETIRED HISTORY TEACHER AND PASTOR IN 2014, DAVE TOOK ON THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF SERVING AS THE OFFICIAL LCPD BLUE SANTA.

HIS REAL LIFE REAL FULL BEARD HAS GIVEN HIM A LEG UP ON THE COMPETITION AND HIS NATURALLY JOY JOLLY PERSONALITY MAKES HIM THE PERFECT SANTA.

FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, DAVE HAS HELPED ORGANIZE THE LCPD BLUE SANTA PROGRAM AND HAS BRIGHTENED THE LIVES OF MORE THAN A HUNDRED CHILDREN EACH YEAR.

PLAYING BLUE SANTA IS TRULY DAVE'S PASSION.

HE HAS EVEN BEEN RECRUITED HIS WI, HE'S EVEN RECRUITED HIS WIFE CAROL INTO BEING MRS. BLUE SANTA.

AND THE TWO NOT ONLY PARTICIPATE IN THE BLUE SANTA PROGRAM EACH YEAR, BUT ALSO VISIT OTHER CHRISTMAS SEASON COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ARE COMPANY WITH POLICE OFFICERS VISITING SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AT LOCAL, AT LOCAL FACILITIES.

DAVE HAS TRULY BEEN A BLESSING TO THE VIP AND BLUE SANTA PROGRAM AND TONIGHT WE NOT ONLY THANK HIM, BUT ALSO HONOR HIM FOR HIS SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

DAVE, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU THAT STEVE JONES INSPIRATION AWARD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YOU GOTTA COME UP TOO, RIGHT THERE.

THANK YOU DAVE.

OUR SECOND VOLUNTEER AWARD GOES TO BROCK.

HOW BROCK WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP FRONT? BROCK HAS SPENT THE BETTER PART OF THE LAST 20 YEARS VOLUNTEERING FOR THE LC, UH, FOR THE LEAGUE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

DURING THIS TIME, HE HAS HELD EVERY POSITION, INCLUDING DISTRICT CHIEF AND CONSISTENTLY HAS DEMONSTRATED PROFESSIONALISM AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO STATION THREE AND THE BAY AREA COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE ARE IMMEASURABLE.

HE HAS EARNED THE RESPECT OF HIS PEERS AND THE CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY.

HIS ABILITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE, WHETHER IN DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OR DURING CRITICAL SITUATIONS, HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO ALL THOSE SERVE ALONGSIDE HIM, HIS VERSATILITY AND WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON ANY RESPONSIBILITY, MAKE HIM AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO HIS DEPARTMENT.

AND I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HOW MANY OF YOUR FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS SHOWED UP TODAY TO SEE THIS IN RECENT YEARS, BROCK HAS EXTENDED HIS LEADERSHIP TO THE CITY'S INTERNAL FIRE ACADEMY WHERE HE PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN TRAINING AND MENTORING NEW CADETS.

THIS TASK IS DEMANDING, REQUIRING NOT ONLY TIME AND EFFORT, BUT A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.

BROCK HAS EMBRACED HIS RESPONSIBILITY, WHOLEHEARTEDLY TAKING TIME TO SHARE HIS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE WITH OTHERS, ENSURING THAT NEW CADETS FEEL SUPPORTED AND EQUIPPED TO SUCCEED.

HIS MENTORSHIP HAS HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON MANY IN THE DEPARTMENT, HELPING TO BUILD A STRONGER, MORE UNIFIED TEAM.

IN ADDITION TO HIS ROLE IN HIS FIRE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, HE'S DEEPLY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT LEAGUE CITY, WHETHER IN PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY EVENTS, ASSISTING WITH FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION, OR SIMPLY LENDING A HELPING HAND WHERE NEEDED, BROCK IS ALWAYS READY TO STEP UP AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

TONIGHT WE PRESENT YOU WITH THE ART HEWITT SPIRIT AWARD.

THANK YOU.

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OKAY.

CAN I GET A PICTURE OF ALL THE FIREFIGHTER? OF COURSE YOU CAN.

OF COURSE.

HOW YOU DOING? HOW YOU DOING? HEY, HOW YOU DOING? GOOD, SEE YOU.

ALRIGHT.

BEEN ALRIGHT.

LET'S GO A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER TO THE CENTER.

PRETEND LIKE YOU LIKE EACH OTHER.

THAT'S WHY I CARRY CAMERAS.

I DON'T HAVE JUST ONE MORE GUY.

SORRY.

THAT WAY JAMES CAN GET IN.

OKAY.

HELLO, KIND SIR.

STILL TALKING.

WE'LL LET Y'ALL HAVE CALM NOW.

.

HI, THIS IS CHRIS SUMMER.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT ON THE

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL]

YES SIR.

YEAH.

OH MY TIME'S ALREADY STARTED.

MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.

UH, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER SUMMERS.

I'M A NEW MEMBER HERE IN IN LEAGUE CITY, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND THE QUARTER MILLION POPULATION THAT I BELIEVE WILL HAVE MOVED HERE.

UH, I, I'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE POLICIES, UH, HAVING COME FROM AUSTIN, AND I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE SOME CHANGES MADE, UM, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF WASTE MANAGEMENT.

UH, AUSTIN, AS YOU MAY KNOW, HAS A, A ZERO WASTE GOAL OF 2040, WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FOR A CITY OF CLOSE TO 2 MILLION PEOPLE.

UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR TRASH AND RECYCLING.

HOWEVER, WE DO NOT HAVE A MEANS FOR CURBSIDE COMPOST COLLECTION OF ITEMS THAT ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR BACKYARD COMPOSTING.

UH, AS AN EXAMPLE, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY STARTED A SURVEY OF SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS TO DETERMINE THEIR QUANTITY OF TRIMMINGS YARD AND GARDEN WASTE.

AND THEY STARTED A PILOT TO PROVE THE PROCESS IN THE SYSTEMS AND HAVE NOW IMPLEMENTED FOR ALL SINGLE FAMILY AND ALL MULTIFAMILY HOMES LESS THAN FOUR UNITS CITYWIDE.

THEY ALSO HAVE A CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING PROGRAM IN THE LARGEST CITY PARK WITH A GRINDER ON SITE AND OFFERING FREE MULCH, UH, PICKUP, ANY LEFTOVERS.

GO BACK TO THE PRIMARY ORGANICS RECYCLING SITE AND COMPOSTED WITH OTHER INDUSTRIAL GROUND COMPOST.

UH, THIS MULCH

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UH, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY ALSO HAS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAM, UH, ESTABLISHING A NETWORK OF ZERO WASTE BLOCK LEADERS TO BRING THE EDUCATION MESSAGING DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS.

UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE, UH, EXPANSION OF THE LEAGUE CITY ANIMAL CENTER BUDGET.

UH, I'VE BEEN A VOLUNTEER WITH AUSTIN PETS ALIVE FOR OVER 14 YEARS, AND I HAVE WORKED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS WITH, UH, AUSTIN PETS ALIVE, AND I'VE SEEN SOME CHANGES HERE, UM, THAT COULD BE DONE AND IMPLEMENTED FAIRLY EASILY AT THE LEAGUE CITY ANIMAL CENTER.

UH, THE, THE PRIMARY THING THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE HAPPENING THERE IS IN, IN THEIR BUDGET, IS BUDGETING FOR A LICENSED VET TECH.

RIGHT NOW, THERE ISN'T ONE.

UH, SO THEY NEED SOMEBODY ON SITE TO TRIAGE MEDICAL, UH, CONDITIONS AND REFER TO A LICENSED VET FOR DIAGNOSIS AND ADMINISTERING THESE MEDICATIONS.

UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CITY PROGRAMS, UH, THAT AUSTIN IMPLEMENTED QUITE SUCCESSFULLY IN ORDER TO HELP IN VOLUNTEERING, UH, WITH OTHER NONPROFITS, ESPECIALLY THE, UH, ANIMAL CENTER.

SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE ALLOWED CITY STAFF TO GO IN TWO HOURS A WEEK ON PAID TIME TO VOLUNTEER AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS, WHETHER IT'S MENTORING, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS OR VOLUNTEERING, UH, AT THE ANIMAL CENTER.

UH, AND AS THE ONLY MUNICIPAL NO KILL SHELTER IN GALVESTON COUNTY, I THINK THAT THE LEAGUE CITY ANIMAL CENTER SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD IN HELPING SERVE AS A HUB TO HELP FOSTER AND RECOVER, UH, ANIMALS THAT NEED HELP.

THANK YOU.

THANKS, JANICE.

HOUSEY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I GUESS, UH, HERE IN MY RED SHIRT, Y'ALL HAVE TO KNOW THAT I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE LEAGUE CITY PROUD ORGANIZATION AND HOLIDAY IN THE PARK.

AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF US OUT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.

SHERRY, I THINK YOU HAVE A GIFT THAT YOU CAN COME UP AND GIVE THEM WHILE I'M SPEAKING QUICKLY.

UH, YOU KNOW, THE WEEKEND IS COMING UP QUICKLY, ALWAYS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN DECEMBER, DECEMBER 6TH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH.

THIS YEAR OUT AT LEAGUE PARK, WE HAVE SO MUCH PLANNED IT'S GONNA BE INCREDIBLE.

FRIDAY NIGHT, WE'LL START OUT WITH ALL THE CLASSIC CARTOONS THAT'S FREE FOR EVERYBODY TO BRING THEIR FAMILIES OUT AND ENJOY HOT CHOCOLATE AND POPCORN.

AND THEN WE KICK OFF SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE CHILDREN'S PARADE.

HEY KIDS, WHY DON'T Y'ALL COME PARADE OVER HERE WITH ME.

ARE THEY NOT THE CUTEST? LOOK AT THEM, HAILEY AND CHASE.

HEY, HOW ARE Y'ALL? TOO CUTE FOR WORDS HERE.

WHY DON'T YOU GO SAY HELLO TO THE MAYOR RIGHT THERE IN THE BLUE COAT UP THERE.

FRONT .

ARE THEY CUTE OR WHAT? LIKE THE, LIKE THE REINDEER AND THE, THAT'S A VERY FORMAL SUIT.

I LIKE IT.

YES.

OUR GRAND KNIGHT PARADE THIS YEAR WILL BE LED BY MATTRESS MACK.

WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE HIM COME BACK INTO LEAGUE CITY, THE ROTC, OUT OF RESPECT FOR BEING THANK PEARL HARBOR NIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA HAND OUT APPROXIMATELY 4,000 AMERICAN FLAGS THROUGH THE CROWD, SO THEY'RE GONNA WALK DOWN AND TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR US.

OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS A TRIBUTE TO SANTA AND AS ENCHANTED WORKSHOPS.

SO WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO DRESS UP LIKE ELVES, PLEASE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF FUN.

UH, THERE'LL BE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT THE PARADE SHORTLY SUNDAY.

WE WILL START OFF EARLY AT 10 30 BEFORE THE PARK OPENS BECAUSE WE'RE DOING OUR SECOND ANNUAL EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE'S SPECIAL NEEDS PARADE.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY TIME THAT YOU'D LIKE TO COME OUT AND BE WITH THE KIDS AND THE GROWNUPS, PLEASE DO SO.

THAT'LL BE AT 10 30, UH, SHORTLY.

SHERRY WILL COME IN TALKING ABOUT HER PET PARADE.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WROTE IT DOWN BECAUSE I WANNA THANK HOMETOWN BANK.

THEY HAD JUST BEEN OVERLY GENEROUS AND THEY'RE FABULOUS SPONSORS FOR US.

AMACO, HEB METHODIST CLEAR LAKE, UTMB, GOLF CARTS OF CYPRUS.

AND NOW THIS YEAR HAS JOINED US AS AMERICAN NATIONAL.

THAT IS JUST A HUGE PLUS.

AND OF COURSE, WE ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY.

AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LIEUTENANT BROWN, CHIEF ALLEN, RYAN EDGEHILL, NICOLE SMITH, GEORGE CHOPPA SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, TODD YOUNG.

AND THEY HAVE JUST BEEN FABULOUS BECAUSE FUN IS IMPORTANT TO US, BUT SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROVIDE SAFETY KIDS.

Y'ALL WANNA PARADE BACK OVER AND SIT WITH YOUR MOM? THANK YOU FOR BEING SO GOOD.

OUR WEBSITE IS LEAGUE CITY PROUD ORG.COM.

OR YOU CAN VISIT OUR HOLIDAY IN THE PARK LEAGUE CITY PROUD, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE WITH ALL THE DETAILS.

DID I MAKE MY THREE MINUTES? YOU DID.

DIDN'T WANNA ANNOY ANYBODY, .

SO JOIN US.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU THANK YOU FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO TO HELP US PULL THIS OFF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SHERRY

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I'M SHERRY FERGUSON.

I'M WITH HOLIDAY IN THE PARK, UH, PET PARADE.

AND WE JUST PUT ON BY LEAGUE CITY PROUD ORGANIZATION AND FAITHFUL FRIENDS.

THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE UP FRONT ARE PART OF FAITHFUL FRIENDS, ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY, AND THEN WE TAKE OUR ANIMALS TO NURSING HOMES, HOSPITALS, AND WE READ WITH THE KIDS AT THE SCHOOLS UP HERE.

UH, WE ALSO GO TO THE COLLEGES TO HELP THE COLLEGE KIDS CALM DOWN BEFORE THEIR FINAL EXAMS. UM, OUR, OUR BIG PARADE ON SUNDAY IS OPEN FOR ALL CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY THAT WANNA BRING THEIR PETS.

UM, WE'VE HAD DOGS, WE'VE HAD CATS, WE'VE HAD BIRDS.

WE'VE EVEN HAD FISH IN THE PARADE BEFORE AND LAST YEAR WE HAD A LIZARD.

SO, UM, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO GET CREATIVE, UH, DECORATE YOUR PET UP AND COME BE IN OUR PARADE.

WE WE'RE AT LEAGUE PARK ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON OF THE BIG WEEKEND AND WE START THE PARADE AT ONE O'CLOCK.

SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT CAME UP TO HELP ME PUT THIS ON.

AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU.

AND LIBBY JOHNSON.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

I'M LIBBY JOHNSON.

I LIVE AT 4 0 4 AVONDALE STREET HERE IN LAKE CITY.

AND, UH, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT AND THE ART CONTEST.

UH, THE ART CONTEST IS BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE HOPING, UH, THAT IT CONTINUES TO GROW SO THAT WE CAN GIVE BACK TO THESE ART STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE SCHOLARSHIP MONIES.

OUR ENTERTAINMENT STARTS AT 6:00 PM ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A MOVIE FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE PARK WITH HOT CHOCOLATE AND POPCORN PROVIDED BY THE CITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THEN, UH, IT'S RUDOLPH AND FROSTY THE SNOWMAN.

AND THEN WE PROCEED TO THE NEXT MORNING WHERE WE HAVE THE CHILDREN'S PARADE.

THAT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

IT GETS BIGGER EVERY YEAR AND THE CHILDREN GO STRAIGHT TO SANTA AND GET THEIR CANDY.

SO THEN WE START WITH ALL THE ENTERTAINMENT IN THE PARK, UH, BEGINNING WITH, UM, OUR FIRST ONE THAT IS VICTORY LAKES ORCHESTRA.

AND WE END THAT EVENING WITH RALPH PARR CHEERLEADERS AND DANCERS.

AND THEN, UH, DURING THE DAY WE HAVE ZUMBA AND WE HAVE, UH, HAND BELLS FROM THE LOCAL CHURCHES.

SO, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE ISTS THAT ARE IN THE SKY DANCING AND DOING, UH, SCARF ROUTINES.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE GRAND KNIGHT PARADE.

AND THEN ON SUNDAY WE START BACK WITH WHAT THEY SAID, THE EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS PARADE, AND THEN THE PET PARADE.

AND THEN WE OPEN UP WITH, UM, CLEAR FALLS TROUBADOURS, AND THEN WE HAVE STEEL DRUMS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE MARIACHIS.

THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR TO HAVE THEM.

SO WE TRY TO TAKE ENTERTAINMENT AS MUCH AS WE CAN GET.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE RESULTS FROM THE ART CONTEST AND THEN OUR RAFFLE FOR A WREATH THAT HAS ABOUT $4,000 WORTH OF GIFT CARDS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR FUNDRAISERS AND A PENDANT FROM DIAMONDS DIRECT.

AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE Y'ALL OUT THERE.

AND, UM, YOU ALL KNOW THAT IF I SEE YOU, YOU'RE GONNA BUY RAFFLE TICKETS, AREN'T YOU? THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH.

ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, THAT'S ALL WE GOT, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST QUICK SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMAN COONES AND ANGIE MERTENS.

I GOT A CALL FROM A FRANTIC LOCAL, VERY SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, UH, THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED AND THEY COULDN'T GET INTO TO GET A BOOTH AT THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PARK.

AND SHE WAS THE NEW MANAGER AND SHE WAS AFRAID THAT, OH MY GOSH, I MIGHT LOSE MY JOB BECAUSE IT IS THE BIGGEST WEEKEND OF THE YEAR FOR THAT LITTLE SMALL BUSINESS.

AND THAT'S HOW MUCH THAT, THAT THAT EVENT IN THE PARK MEANS TO THEM.

AND YOU GUYS STEPPED UP, GOT 'EM A PLACE.

I KNEW IT MEANT THE WORLD TO THEM THAT YOU WERE SO ACCOMMODATING, BUT IT'S ALSO A TESTAMENT TO HOW MUCH THAT THAT EVENT MEANS TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND TO KIND OF KICKSTART THEIR CHRISTMAS, UH, SALES AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THEN THE CONSENT AGENDA, SIX A THROUGH K.

YES, ANGIE, I JUST MOVED HIM SWITCH TO WELL, ANGIE, CERTAINLY.

AND I MISSED IT.

THAT WAS MINE.

THAT WAS MY FAULT.

I SAW THE ARROW AND FORGOT TO COME BACK.

NOPE.

DOGS NEED TO GET THE DOGS.

I, I CAN UNDERSTAND.

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UM, WE HAVE OF COURSE ALL THE THINGS, THE FOUR PARADES, THE EXCITING VENDORS, ALL THE STUFF, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE DOING A VETERAN'S WEDDING IN THE PARADE.

UM, IT IS PEARL HARBOR DAY, DECEMBER 7TH IS THE GRAND NIGHT PARADE.

AND, UM, WE BEGAN SEARCHING FOR A VETERAN, UM, IN TOWN TO HONOR.

AND, UM, WE WERE NOT GETTING AS MUCH AS WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD GET.

SO WE, WE WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD COMPETITION.

SO WE OPENED IT UP AS WELL TO OTHER HEROES THAT LIKE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND, UM, SO WE FOUND A COUPLE, AND THEY ARE A VETERAN AND FIRST RESPONDERS, SO WE GET TO HONOR THEM BOTH WAYS FOR HEROES.

UM, I GOT A CALL FROM, UM, CHIEF CLIFF OVER AT, UM, THE FIRE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND HE SAID, OKAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WHAT Y'ALL EXACTLY WANT, BUT I THINK IT'S SO ROMANTIC.

SO THIS COUPLE, UM, THE HUSBAND HAD, OR THE, THE GROOM HAD, UM, WAS GOING TO BE DEPLOYED AND THEY WERE AN ENGAGED COUPLE.

AND SO THEY RAN DOWN TO THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND THEY GOT MARRIED, UM, SO THAT THEY COULD GET MARRIED BEFORE HE WENT AWAY TO WAR.

WELL, UM, HE PROMISED HER THOUGH, WITH HIS WISH BEFORE HE LEFT, I WILL GIVE YOU A WEDDING OF YOUR DREAMS WHEN I GET BACK.

AND HE DID NOT, LIFE GOT IN THE WAY AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HAVE THAT DREAM WEDDING THAT THEY ALWAYS WANTED.

SO THEY APPROACHED, UM, CHIEF FORTINA AND SAID, I KNOW THIS MIGHT NOT BE WHAT THEY WANT, BUT DO YOU THINK THEY'D CONSIDER GIVING US A WEDDING? AND, AND WE DID.

SEE, I'M ALREADY CHOKED UP BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL THAT HE PROMISED HER A WEDDING AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT TO THEM.

SO HE IS, UM, MILITARY AND HE IS NOW A POLICE OFFICER IN LEAGUE CITY.

UM, HIS NAME IS TYLER CARTILAGE AND, UM, AND MACY, UM, IS IS HIS BRIDE.

AND SO THEY ARE RECEIVING, UM, UH, A GOWN FROM DRESS GALAXY WEDDING RINGS FROM DIAMONDS DIRECT, UM, A WEDDING CAKE FROM, UH, RUSTICA.

UM, THEY, THERE'S, THERE'S A WHOLE SLEW OF AWARDS THAT THEY'RE ARE NOT AWARDS GIFTS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE GIVEN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PARADE.

AND I KNOW IF Y'ALL COME TO THE PARADE, YOU KNOW HOW BEAUTIFUL THE DANCING HORSES THAT EDWARD WHITE PROVIDES? WELL, THOSE DANCING HAR HORSES WILL BE DANCING IN FRONT OF THE BRIDE AND GROOVE'S CARRIAGE AND THEY'LL COME DOWN THE PARADE IN THE, UH, THE BRIDAL CARRIAGE WITH EDWARD WRIGHT'S HORSES.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.

LOTS OF FLOWERS, LOTS OF, UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU EXPECT FROM A WEDDING.

SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS WEDDING.

TO HONOR, WE REALLY WANNA HONOR ALL VETERANS.

IT IS PEARL HARBOR DAY AGAIN, AND WE JUST WANT, WANNA THANK ABOUT ALL THE HEROES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LAKE CITY AND, UM, FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND, UM, FOR OUR MILITARY.

SO WE'RE HAVING A MILITARY WEDDING.

WE HOPE Y'ALL ALL COME OUT.

UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I'M THE MC OF THE PARADE AND THIS YEAR I'M GONNA BE MCING WITH DARBY DOUGLAS AGAIN.

UM, AND WE'VE HAD HIM A FEW YEARS IN THE PAST.

HE'S A LOT OF FUN.

UM, USED TO BE THE, THE TRAFFIC GUY AT CHANNEL 11.

AND SO COME OUT, HEAR US WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE IT A FUN NIGHT FOR YOU.

AND Y'ALL SHOULD BE HAVING A BIG PARADE FOR THE CITY AND I'LL BE ON THE FLOAT.

RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN AND ENJOY THE WEDDING TO REMEMBER, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT.

VERY COOL.

I'M, THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE A GOOD STORY, UH, THAT THEY CAN TELL THAT IS UNIQUE.

UH, , MARRIED MAN.

ALRIGHT, CONSENT AGENDA SIX A

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE 'EM ALL.

SECOND MR. VEER, I'D LIKE TO PULL SIX G.

OKAY.

ANY OTHERS? YOU SAID GG AS IN GUY.

ALRIGHT, TO, UH, SPOKE TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER.

MOTION PASSES EIGHT FOUR, NONE AGAINST SIX G.

[6G. 24-0432 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. (Halff) for the design, bid, and construction phase services related to the Heritage Signature Trail (PK2302) in the amount not to exceed $270,160 (Executive Director of Capital Projects)]

[00:30:04]

OH, SORRY.

NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO, UH, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT ACTUALLY IN THIS AND WE'RE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE CHANGING SOME ROADS TO, TO ONE WAY AND I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL OF THESE MEETINGS AT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KINDA GET THE, IF YOU COULD KIND OF JUST GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN I MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT MOVING THAT ONE STREET THE ONE WAY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES RIGHT HERE ON THE, UH, ALL THE MOST, THE ONLY STREET THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING THE TRAIL ON IS ON CORELLE.

AND THAT WENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC MEETING I THINK YOU ATTENDED.

YES SIR.

THOSE MEETINGS BASICALLY WOULD BE EASTBOUND ONE WAY.

THAT'S THE PLAN.

JUST GETTING THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT.

SURE.

I THINK IT'S MIGHT EASTBOUND, UH, ONE WAY.

AND THEN BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANNA GO ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES FOR TRAILS, SO, UH, WE ARE BASICALLY TAKING ONE OF THE LANES, THE WESTBOUND AND MAKING THE TRAIL.

THE REST OF THE TRAILS ARE OFF STREETS, BUT WITHIN, DIDN'T RIGHT AWAY.

SO CORELLE IS THE, THE STREET AT THE TOP RIGHT? OR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MAP? DO YOU HAVE A MAP CO IS BASICALLY FROM MICHIGAN TO KANSAS IS THE ONE THAT BECOMES ONE WAY.

DO YOU HAVE A, A BETTER MAP? UM, YES.

NO, JUST KEEP GOING.

YEAH, SO THE, JUST LET ME JUST, SO THE TRAIL STARTS IN LEAGUE PARK GOES DOWN, RAILROAD STREET GOES DOWN AL, WHICH IS NORTH, AND THEN AL GOES EAST, WEST ACROSS TO KANSAS AND THEN IT SPLITS.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE WRESTLE WITH, WITH HOW TO SEGREGATE THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, THE BIKE TRAFFIC FROM THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC.

AND WE HEAR DIFFERENT INPUTS ON CAN WE MIX ALL THREE AT THE SAME TIME? AND THERE'S BEEN SOMEWHAT, I MEAN THERE'S BEEN SUPPORT TO HAVE A SEPARATE TRAIL FOR THOSE FOLKS.

AND I THINK WHAT WE WRESTLE WITH IS DO WE MOVE THE TRAIL INTO THE YARDS EVEN THOUGH IT'S RIGHT AWAY IN TACKLE WITH THE DRAINAGE AND THE OAK TREES.

AND SO PART OF THE DECISION PROCESS AND WHAT'S ON THIS IS TO DESIGN A TRAIL FROM, I'M GONNA GET THE STREET WRONG, COLORADO OR MICHIGAN? MICHIGAN.

SO FROM MICHIGAN TO KANSAS IS TO MAKE CORELLE ONE WAY.

THERE'S THREE OR FOUR HOUSES ALONG THAT TRAIL.

AND SO HALF OF THE ROAD WOULD BE DESIGNATED PEDESTRIAN BIKE TRAFFIC AND HALF OF THE ROAD WOULD BE ONE WAY TRAFFIC TO THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.

AND WE THINK THAT WORKS, UM, BECAUSE IT HAS A SERIES OF SHORT BLOCKS AND PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, WRAP AROUND.

OBVIOUSLY IF YOU LIVE THERE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET USED TO, HOW DO I GET HOME OR HOW DO I LEAVE MY HOUSE? 'CAUSE IT'LL BE ONE WAY TRAFFIC.

AND AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO SEGREGATE THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC WITHOUT TAKING FRONT YARDS OR TREES THAT ARE ALONG THAT ROUTE.

ARE WE TAKING, UM, A GOOD BIT OF THIS IS JACKSON ROAD.

WE'RE JUST SECTIONING OFF KIND OF LIKE A BIKE LANE, BUT WE'RE WALKING.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO WE'LL TAKE CORELLE FROM MICHIGAN TO KANSAS AND WE'LL MAKE IT HALF PEDESTRIAN BIKE AND HALF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.

RIGHT.

SHARED USE PATH TYPE, SHARED USE PATH.

SO IT'LL BE SEPARATED WITH SOME SORT OF BARRIER.

I'M, I'M PAST MY LEVEL OF DETAIL.

YEAH, THE DETAIL HAVE NOT BEEN WORKED OUT, BUT DEFINITELY FROM THE, FROM THE TRAFFIC IT WOULD, THERE WOULD BE, UH, SIGNAGE MARKINGS.

YEAH.

SOME KIND OF MY YEAH.

SIGNAGE AND BARRIERS, BUT NOT TALL ONES, SHORT ONES.

CAN CAN YOU POINT OUT WHERE THAT IS? IS IT THAT TOP OF THAT SQUARE OF THE SMALLER SQUARE OF THE BO THE BOTTOM OF IT I GUESS BOTTOM OF THE TOP SQUARE ON.

YEAH, IT'S ON, IT'S ON THAT.

I KNOW, BUT I'M TRYING TO POINT IT ON THIS, ON THIS MAP.

MAP.

SO THIS MICHIGAN IS ONE BLOCK OFF OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

THE RAILROAD TRACKS ARE THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THAT BOX.

THIS THE SMALLER SQUARE YOU POINTED TO IS HERITAGE PARK.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE THE UM, WALTER HALL HOUSE IS.

SO IT STARTS OVER HERE IN LEAGUE PARK? YEAH, IT WAS UP THE RAILROAD AND COMES ACROSS.

RIGHT.

WHERE IS THE, WHERE'S CORIO? THIS THIS IS PARKED, PARKED THAT STREET.

OKAY.

JUST TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR PEN.

I NOBODY ELSE CAN THIS ONE.

SEE HE'S ACTUALLY GOT A PICTURE THAT'S BETTER IN THE AL RUNS ACROSS THE STREET IN THE PROPOSAL.

THERE IS, BUT MAYBE NOT IN AL IS THIS STREET.

THIS STREET? OKAY.

THIS STREET.

RIGHT.

SO THAT'S THE PART THAT'S BEING CLOSED OFF? NO.

SO IT'S BETWEEN, HERE'S THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

MM-HMM.

.

HERE'S MICHIGAN, HERE'S KANSAS.

SO IT'S ALREADY CUT OFF UP HERE AND ALREADY

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AND THEN IT'S CUT OFF AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

SO IT'S RIGHT IN HERE.

MM.

TWO BLOCKS WOULD BE THE ONE WAY BETWEEN, SO IT'S LITERALLY ONLY THE PEOPLE ON THAT STRETCH SHOULD BE DRIVING THERE ALREADY.

INTERESTING.

YEAH.

OKAY.

TWO BLOCKS.

YEAH, WE CAN, IF EVERYBODY, IF WE GENERATED ENOUGH INTEREST AS TO WHAT'S ONE WAY AND WHAT HAVE YOU, WE CAN ALWAYS BRING THIS BACK IN A MONTH.

I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO UH, POSTPONE TO THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN GET BETTER PICTURES OF WHAT EXACTLY THIS LOOKS LIKE.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO FOR THAT.

YEAH, THERE'S, OKAY.

OKAY.

SURE.

WE CAN'T PULL, UH, GOOGLE MAPS UP ON THE FLY.

WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE, THERE'S A GRAPHIC IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PACKET.

IN THE PACKET.

BUT IN, IN FAIRNESS TO EVERYBODY THAT'S, WE'LL, WE'LL EMAIL YOU SOMETHING SEPARATE AND RE RE-EXPLAIN IT AND THEN COUNSEL CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY PERHAPS TO DRIVE THE ROUTE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

MOTION TO POSTPONE TO THE NEXT MEETING.

PASSES.

A TO ZERO THANK YOU.

PUBLIC HEARINGS HOLD

[7A. 24-0566 Hold a public hearing on a request for a Special Use Permit, SUP-23-0002 (Storage King), for a “Self-Storage” use, on approximately 8.4 acres zoned “CG” (General Commercial), generally located along the west side of State Highway 3 (SH 3) and approximately 1,500 feet north of Farm to Market Road 646 (FM 646), with the address of 2615 State Highway 3 South (Director of Planning)]

SUP DASH 23 DASH 0 0 0 2 STORAGE KING FOR A SELF STORAGE USE ON APPROXIMATELY 8.4 ACRES.

ZONED CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY THREE SH THREE AND APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET NORTH TO MARKET ROAD 6 46 WITH THE ADDRESS OF 26 15 STATE HIGHWAY THREE SOUTH OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 37.

IS THERE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? CLOSE IT AT 6 37 7 B, CONSIDER AND

[7B. 24-0569 Consider and take action on an ordinance adopting a Special Use Permit, SUP-23-0002 (Storage King), for a “Self-Storage” use, on approximately 8.4 acres zoned “CG” (General Commercial), generally located along the west side of State Highway 3 (SH 3) and approximately 1,500 feet north of Farm to Market Road 646 (FM 646), with the address of 2615 State Highway 3 South (Director of Planning) Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval, 7-0-0, on November 4, 2024, subject to conditions with one member absent.]

ZONE CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL LOCATED, GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY THREE S SH THREE AND APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET NORTH OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 6 46 FM 6 46 WITH THE ADDRESS OF 2 6 1 5 STATE HIGHWAY THREE SOUTH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 7 0 0 ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024.

SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS WITH ONE MEMBER ABSENT, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SECOND IN THE PACKET PROVIDED BY STAFF TO, UH, QUICK QUESTION IS, IS THIS THE PROPERTY THAT IS THAT HAD ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES BEFORE? UM, I'M UNAWARE OF ANY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RELATED TO THIS.

OH, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA BE REALLY HAPPY, BUT THANK YOU.

I WANNA THANK STAFF FOR HOW THIS WAS WRITTEN UP IN OUR PACKET.

UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE SENTENCES THAT REALLY HELPED.

UM, I DON'T PARTICULARLY ENJOY STORAGE UNITS, BUT THE EXPLANATION THAT IT'S JUST ADDING ON TO AN AREA WHERE WE EXPECTED IT TO BE ADDED ON TO WHEN THAT FIRST PART WAS APPROVED REALLY HELPED ME, UH, FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO ON THIS.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

EIGHT FOUR NONE AGAINST OLD BUSINESS EIGHT

[8A. 24-0555 Consider and take action on Ordinance No. 2024-49 updating land use assumptions and the capital improvement plan for roadway facilities and updating roadway impact fees for League City pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 - Second Reading (Executive Director of Development Services) Council approved first reading, 7-1-0 on October 22, 2024.]

SECOND READING COUNSEL APPROVED FIRST READING 7 1 0 ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2024.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

SEVEN FOUR WON AGAINST NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERING

[9A. 24-0574 Consider and take action on a resolution casting a ballot for the election of members to the Board of Directors of the Galveston Central Appraisal District for 2025 (Mayor Long)]

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

LEMME GRAB MY PAPERWORK REAL QUICK.

I THINK IT WAS TO APPROVE ALL OF THE MEMBERS WITH ONE VOTE EXCEPT FOR ROBIN COLLINS SCOTT, UM, BLASER AND CHAD SCOTT BRASS.

BLAS.

YES.

[00:40:01]

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE EACH OF THEM 96 VOTES.

AND MR. TRESSLER 94 SECOND.

OKAY.

COMES TRUST CHAD.

YEAH, I'M, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION AT THE END OF MY STATEMENT HERE, BUT IF WE SPLIT OUR VOTES UP, WE DIMINISH OUR ABILITY TO INFLUENCE, UM, THE MAKE OF THE BOARDS.

I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, THAT WE GIVE ONE VOTE EACH TO EVERYONE EXCEPT FOR MYSELF AND ALL THE OTHERS TO MYSELF.

I SECOND, UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN IT? WE GET VOTES ALLOCATED TO THE, TO THE TAXIING ENTITIES BASED ON THE, THE SIZE OF THE TAXIING ENTITY.

SO WE HAVE, I FORGET THE NUMBER TWO IRON SUM VOTES, 300 SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE GET TO ALLOCATE.

AND WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE IS GIVEN ONE AT LEAST TO EVERY NOMINEE, SO THAT WAY WE CAN INITIATE A RECALL PETITION SHOULD THERE BE ANY ISSUES.

YOU CAN'T INITIATE A RECALL WITHOUT HAVING SUBMITTED ONE VOTE FOR SOMEONE.

UM, AND THEN WHAT I ADDED ON WAS THAT IF WE DISTRIBUTE OUR VOTES AMONGST MULTIPLE FOLKS, THEN WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE WHO ENDS UP ON BOARD.

SO YOU, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE VOTES SIT THAN ME, BUT I I THE REASON I WOULD SUPPORT SPLITTING THEM BETWEEN YOU, ROBIN COLLINS, SCOTT BRAS, FIRST OF ALL, SCOTT'S ALSO FROM LEAGUE CITY ROBIN.

UH, OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR OF KEA IS THE COUNTY WILL BE THE THE LAST TO ACT.

THEY HAVE THE MOST VOTES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THREE OF YOU GET ON THE BOARD.

UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE VOTES SIT, HAVE NO IDEA.

UM, SO I'M WILLING TO TALK ABOUT IT IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THREE OF YOU GUYS GET ON THERE.

UH, I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE LEAGUE CITY TAXPAYERS, BUT MR. HILTONS.

YEAH, I I THINK ALSO HAVING ALL THREE WOULD BE, WOULD BE A GREAT THING.

THAT'S, THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON FOR ME TO, UH, NOMINATE ALL THREE OF THEM.

'CAUSE I THINK PEOPLE LIKE ROBIN COLLINS BEING A SMALLER CITY, UH, THEY HAVE A LESS NUMBER OF VOTING, UH, BALLOTS AND SO FORTH.

BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THE COUNTY AT THE VERY END WILL MAKE UP THE VOTES TO GET EVERYBODY THEY WANT ON THE, ON THE BOARD.

YEAH.

UM, I I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE EARLIER ONES THIS TIME, RIGHT? GETTING RS IN.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT HAS HISTORICALLY HAPPENED.

UM, GALVESTON, ISD GALVESTON COLLEGE, SEE A GALVESTON COUNTY OF VOTE AS A BLOCK, THEIR PERSON WILL GET ON REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE COUNTY DOES.

SIMILAR WITH TEXAS A, TEXAS A ISD OFTEN LINKED UP WITH DICKINSON, ISD AND SOME OTHERS.

UM, THEIR PERSON WILL GET ON.

UM, SAME THING WITH A LOT OF THE SMALLER ENTITIES LINKING UP WITH THE, UH, COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND, WHICH ENDS UP WITH A BIG NUMBER OF VOTES AND SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEIR PERSON WILL GET ON.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, UH, TWO FOLKS WILL GET ON FROM THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY.

UM, ONE IS USUALLY PUT UP BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND THEN IF WE SHARE INFLUENCE WITH THE COUNTY, WHICH WE HAVE IN RECENT PAST, UM, GET ONE, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF OF BRASS COLLINS AND MYSELF BEING ON THERE IS VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT.

THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.

SEAN, I, SORRY, THE NUMBERS WEREN'T REALLY ADDED UP IN MY HEAD.

WHY WOULD WE GIVE OUR OWN COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WE'RE SELECTING LESS VOTES THAN WE'RE DESIGNATING TO THE OTHER PEOPLE? WHY WOULD WE NOT? IF WE'RE GONNA EITHER A, DO IT AS COUNCILOR TRUSSLER SAID, OR B MAKE 'EM EVEN ACROSS THE BOARD.

I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE SPLITTING THE VOTES, HOW HE WAS DE BECAUSE IT'S 290 VOTES AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY ONE.

SO SOMEBODY'S GOTTA BE ODD OUT.

I DON'T CARE.

WE CAN GIVE CHAD 96 AND TAKE 94.

IT WAS JUST THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE WERE ON THE TOP OF THE BALLOT HERE.

I MEAN, IT'S STILL, YOU STILL GOTTA GIVE ONE VOTE TO EACH PERSON.

MM-HMM, .

AND WE SPLIT IT WITH, UH, THAT MANY PEOPLE.

I JUST DIDN'T, I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY

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THERE JUST NUMBERS WEREN'T ADDING IN MY HEAD.

WHEN ARE THESE DUE? DECEMBER 15TH, I BELIEVE.

AND OUR COUNCIL MEETING IS 17TH.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO ACT EARLIER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE, HUH? MM-HMM, , I MEAN, I DON'T CARE.

I I JUST WAS TRYING TO GET THREE PEOPLE ON IT FROM THE NORTH COUNTY, UH, IS MY ULTIMATE GOAL.

BUT I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WANT CHAD ON THERE, SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO ME.

I JUST WOULD'VE LIKED TO SEE MULTIPLE PEOPLE FROM NORTH COUNTY GET ON THERE INSTEAD OF IT BEING CONSISTENTLY CONTROLLED.

UM, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF, OUTSIDE OF LEAGUE CITY AND, AND THE NORTH COUNTY.

SO WE DON'T HAVE, DID I MESS UP ON MY CALENDAR? WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING ON THE 10TH OF DECEMBER.

NO, SIR.

THE SECOND TUESDAY'S TO THE 10TH AND BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS WE SPACED IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND BE ABLE TO PUT AN AGENDA TOGETHER OVER THANKSGIVING WEEK IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.

SO WE MOVED IT TO THE 17TH.

I DON'T HAVE IT CHANGED ON MY CALENDAR.

19TH OF NOVEMBER.

CANVASSING IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 19TH, NEXT TUESDAY.

YOU BRING IT BACK THEN IF WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU, YOU COULD BRING IT BACK THEN IF YOU DESIRED.

I DUNNO, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD.

THE MATH AIN'T GONNA CHANGE .

WELL THE MATH IS BASED ON TAX, ON THE, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR TOTAL TAX VALUE.

AND SO THE COUNTY AND LEAGUE CITY, I MEAN, DO HAVE ENOUGH TO OVERWHELM A LOT OF THESE OTHER AREAS.

UH, BUT I GUESS WE CAN LET THE COUNTY MAKE THE DECISION ON WHAT THEY WANNA DO FROM THERE.

SO WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION TO AMEND, UH, AND THAT WOULD BE TO ONE VOTE FOR EVERYBODY REMAINING, UH, VOTES TO JUST TRESSLER.

SO VOTE MOTION PASSES 5 4 3 AGAINST NINE B.

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN GALVESTON COUNTY.

MISS SIR, I THINK THAT WAS A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO AMEND.

NOW WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL MOTION THAT'S CORRECT.

OR AMEND MOTION AS AMENDED PLEASE.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

KNOW I CAN SWITCH MY VOTE.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

, UH, STILL PASSES.

SIX TWO.

YOU IMPROVED ON THE RECOUNT NINE B, CONSIDER AND

[9B. 24-0558 Consider and take action on a resolution to authorize an Interlocal Agreement between the Galveston County Municipal Utility District #82, and the City of League City for a drainage easement and long-term mowing maintenance of said easement (Executive Director of Development Services)]

MAINTENANCE OF SAID EASEMENT.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

OH, MR. TRESSLER.

OH, YOU GOT IN THERE UNDER THE WIRE.

SORRY.

I JUST HAVE A REAL QUICK QUESTION ON WHY WE'RE DOING IT AS AN EASEMENT AS OPPOSED TO GRANTING THEM, UM, ACCESS.

IS THIS OUR ONLY WAY TO GRANT THEM ACCESS? SO THIS ALLOWS US TO BOTH USE THAT AREA.

OKAY.

AND THEN THE FOLLOW ON TO THAT IS WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THE DETENTION VOLUME TO COUNT TOWARDS ANY OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MUD, ARE WE? NO, THE, THE SITE DEVELOPMENT FOR LEGACY WILL HAVE ITS OWN ON SITE DETENTION.

THIS IS JUST THE OFFSITE PORTION.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

EIGHT FOUR.

NONE AGAINST, THERE ARE NO FIRST READINGS, THERE ARE NO SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS FROM STAFF.

I YOU HAVE MY TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBER

[13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS]

MAYOR PRO TEM JUSTIN HICKS.

I YOU HAVE MY TIME TONIGHT, SIR.

SEAN SAUNDERS.

REAL QUICK, MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK, UM, CHIEF ALLEN AND, UH, CHIEF KEESLER, WHATEVER DIXON BAND LEFT OUT THE OTHER DAY.

I HAD A, WE DID AN ESCORT FOR THEM FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL TO THE FREEWAY.

IT INVOLVED FOUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, ABOUT 10 APPARATUSES CHIEF, 10 OR 12 APPARATUSES, AND WE GAVE THE KIDS ONE HECK OF A SENDOFF.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DIDN'T MAKE FINALS, BUT THEY DID DO AN AWESOME PERFORMANCE OUT THERE.

AND I WANNA, I WANNA THANK CHIEFS FOR

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JUST, THEY, THEY COULDN'T BRING IT HOME LIKE CLEAR CREEK DID .

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I WILL SAY THEY TRIED THEIR VERY BEST.

MR. MAYOR.

JUST KIDDING.

THEIR VERY BEST.

THEY, THEY PLAYED THEIR HEARTS OUT.

ANDY, YOU ABOUT THAT.

TOMMY S THINGS ARE BEING THROWN AROUND HERE.

, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE, UH, JUSTIN HICKS AND ALSO TOM CRUISE FOR THEIR, UM, GETTING BACK ON COUNCIL.

UH, I GUESS THAT'S, CONGRATULATIONS.

I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TIME A LOT OF TIMES TO, TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU AND TO THE OTHER CANDIDATES THAT, UH, RAN ALSO.

BUT I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT COURTNEY'S CHANCES FOR THIS ONE.

SO MAKE SURE YOU CONGRATULATE YOU TOMMY.

CONGRATULATE ME.

YEAH.

CONGRATULATIONS COURTNEY.

THAT'S A, THAT'S AN ABSOLUTELY BEST YOU DID NOTHING.

THAT'S RIGHT.

TOM CRUISE.

SORRY.

YIELD MY TIME.

COURTNEY CHADWELL.

UH, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CHIEF ALLEN, CHIEF JEFF ALLEN ON, UH, HIS NEW APPOINTMENT AS, UH, FIRE CHIEF HERE IN LEAGUE CITY.

HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR QUITE A WHILE AND DONE SOME GREAT THINGS.

LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM TO CONTINUE DOING THAT.

UH, ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE JUSTIN AND, UH, AND TOM AND MYSELF, RIGHT? BUT, UH, I'D ALSO REALLY LIKE TO THANK THE, THE CANDIDATE OR THE, UM, CHALLENGERS FOR THROWING THEIR NAME IN THE HAT AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

IT'S NOT EASY TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE.

UH, SCOTT HIGGINBOTHAM AND JOE AND ANO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS STEPPING UP AND FIGHTING HARD.

CHAD, SINCE HE CONGRATULATED HIMSELF, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR. CHADWELL ON HAVING THE LARGEST UNDERVOTE OF ALL THE COUNCIL RACES.

ONLY DIRECT MAIL UNDER VOTE EVER, EVER SINCE.

I LOVE IT.