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NOW COME TO ORDER IN REGULAR MEETING ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2024 AT 6:00 PM ROLL CALL.
ANY MANN HERE? TOMMY CONES? HERE.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PASTOR ZACH ASHLEY WITH BAY AREA CHURCH FOR OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING, NICK? YEP.
UM, YOU WANNA DO THIS FIRST? OH, I DO WANT TO DO THAT FIRST.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER, UH, LEAGUE CITY GOVERNMENT CORPORATION WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN IR REGULAR MEETING ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2024 AT 6:00 PM AND ROLL.
ALRIGHT, UH, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 8TH, 2024.
I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ALL IN FAVOR BY SHOW OF HANDS.
UH, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ELECTION OF CHAIR, VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
ANY NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR? NOMINATE COURTNEY CHADWELL.
SECOND ONLY PROBLEM IS THEN COURTNEY HAS TO DO THIS PART OF THE MEETING, AND THEN I HAVE TO DO THE OTHER PART OF THE MEETING.
BUT IF COURTNEY WANTS TO DO IT, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
I WILL, I WILL CHANGE MY NOMINATION TO BE MAYOR.
UH, LET'S, AND THEN WE'LL GO FOR NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR NOMINATE COURTNEY CHADWELL.
WE'LL VOTE ON, VOTE ON ME FIRST.
FOR NICK LONG FOR CHAIR OF THE LEAGUE CITY GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR COURTNEY CHADWELL AS VICE CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, IT'S POSSIBLY THE EASIEST JOB YOU'LL EVER HAVE.
TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT, UH, THERE IS NOTHING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND AT 6 0 2, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]
THE ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY TEXAS, AND A REGULAR MEETING ON DECEMBER 17TH AT 6 0 2.UH, WE ALREADY CALLED THE ROLE, AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, PASTOR ZACH ASHLEY WITH BAY AREA CHURCH SUPERIOR VERIFICATION SPEAKER.
FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY.
GOD THANKFUL FOR ALL YOUR PROVISIONS AND BLESSINGS.
GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS SEASON, THIS CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY SEASON.
GOD, WE'RE REMINDED OF SO MANY THINGS THAT MATTER SO MUCH.
GOD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE FOR US AND REMINDING US OF THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER OF THE BIRTH OF YOUR SON.
AND GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE CALL THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US, LOVE AND TO SERVE OTHERS AS HE DID.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY AND JUST FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO LIVE HERE.
GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF AND THE LEADERS WHO WORK AND SERVE THIS, THIS COMMUNITY.
GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNCIL AND THEIR LEADERSHIP, GOD, AND THE TIME THEY INVEST IN THE THINGS YOU HAVE BEFORE THEM.
AND WE PRAY FOR THIS MEETING TODAY.
GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT ALL OF US, GOD, THE WISDOM WE NEED AND THOSE WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS, GOD, TO GRANT THEM THE DISCERNMENT THEY NEED, FATHER, TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
AND GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS COUNCIL, BLESS OUR CITY, BLESS THOSE THAT ARE HERE.
AND WE ASK ALL THIS IN JESUS' NAME.
PLEDGE THE US FLAG PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
STRONG THAT FLAG, HONOR TEXAS, TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES THREE.REGULAR MEETING, THREE B, NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024.
COUNCIL MEETING, OUR COUNCIL WORK SESSION THREE C NOVEMBER 19TH, 2024.
THESE MEETING, THESE MINUTES STAND APPROVED.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL]
PUBLIC COMMENTS.UH, FIRST ONE IS, OKAY, 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.
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IS JONATHAN KEITH.UM, COMING TO VISIT WITH EVERYONE REGARDING THE PROPOSED WALKING PATH, UM, PROJECT IN OLD LEAGUE CITY.
UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF OLD LEAGUE CITY, BEEN THERE FOR 12 YEARS, BUT I GREW UP IN THE COMMUNITY AND PART OF THIS PROJECT, I BELIEVE IS GOING TO DEFACE THE NATURE OF THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND KANSAS STREET ON CORELLE, THE DESIRES TO MAKE IT A ONE-WAY STREET.
AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT, IT'S GOING TO ADD CERTAIN TRAFFIC FIXTURES THAT ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ON TOP OF THAT, I DON'T REALLY FEEL THAT THIS IS A, A GOOD CHOICE FOR SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AS THE CROSS STREETS THROUGH THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT, SECOND STREET, THIRD STREET, FOURTH CORELLE.
THOSE STREETS ARE VERY, VERY, VERY LOW TRAFFIC.
WE DO HAVE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS ON KANSAS AND WISCONSIN, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR AT LEAST MR. BAUMGARTNER PROBABLY ARE AWARE OF THE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS, BUT THOSE CROSS STREETS CONNECTING THE FEEDERS TOGETHER, YOU END UP WITH VERY LOW TRAFFIC FLOWS.
AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN RIDING THROUGH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A LOT OF YEARS WITH MY KIDS.
AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, TAKING SEVEN KIDS ON A BICYCLE RIDE, UM, I'M ONLY GONNA DO THAT WHERE IT'S SAFE.
AND THOSE STREETS DON'T NEED SIDEWALKS.
SO TO DEFACE THE COMMUNITY BY MAKING IT ONE WAY ON CORELLE, I THINK IS UNREASONABLE OR UNFORTUNATE.
UH, GIAN A IT'S JEAN AVAN FOR THE RECORD, BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, I'M, UH, AT, UH, 2102 CASTLE DRIVE, LAKE CITY.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, LA UH, THE LIBRARY PUT ON A FANTASTIC OPEN HOUSE.
UH, PEOPLE WERE JUST ABSOLUTELY STUNNED, AMAZED, UH, OVERJOYED TO SEE THE SWAT TEAM OUT THERE GETTING THE GRINCH AND THE KIDS WERE ALL EXCITED.
AND I ALSO, UH, WANTED TO SAY THE VIDEO THAT WAS DONE, UH, DOES, UH, THE LIBRARY A GOOD, A GOOD SERVICE.
UM, MY OTHER POINT IS, UM, I SINCERELY HOPE THAT, UH, THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACTS THAT YOU DO APPROVE IT.
I'VE BEEN A PATRON OF THIS LIBRARY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME NEW BOOKS IN THERE.
I'VE READ ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE GOT IN THERE, INCLUDED WEED ONES.
AND THE OTHER POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE FINALLY IS I AM GLAD TO SEE FINALLY THAT THE ESPLANADE ON 96, UH, THAT WE'RE FINALLY DOING SOME BEAUTIFICATION, UH, PROJECTS IN THIS CITY.
BECAUSE I HAVE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE, FRIENDS FROM OUTTA TOWN, WHEN WE GO UP TO FRIENDSWOOD AND THEN THEY COME, WE COME BACK DOWN HERE AND IT'S LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED TO LEAGUE CITY, UH, WHEN FRIENDSWOOD AND WEBSTER IS DOING THE, THE JOB.
SO KUDOS TO, UH, THE PLANNERS, UH, FOR DOING THE, THE, UH, LANDSCAPING ON THE ESPLANADE.
THANK YOU, SHEA AND KRISTEN SMITH.
HELLO, I'M, UH, SHA SMITH, UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK Y'ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.
UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK, UM, KINDA LIKE JONATHAN, UM, ON THE PROPOSED, UH, TRAIL, UH, THE HERITAGE TRAIL THAT'S GONNA CUT THROUGH, UH, THAT AREA OF CORELLE.
UH, MY WIFE'S GRANDPARENTS, MY GRANDPARENTS AS WELL, UH, THEY TOOK ME IN RIGHT JUST LIKE I WAS THEIRS, UH, EVEN BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED.
UH, BUT HER FAMILY GREW UP IN THAT AREA.
UM, MY WIFE AND I ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, BUYING THAT PROPERTY, UM, AND THEIR HOUSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO YOUNG BOYS.
UM, THEY'LL BE GROWING UP THERE.
AND OUR INTENT AS WELL AS, UM, THE FAMILY WAS ALWAYS THERE.
UH, WE HAD CHRISTMASES THERE, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATED ALL THE HOLIDAYS AND THOSE THINGS, AND WE WANNA CONTINUE THAT.
AND, UM, WITH THIS TRAIL CUTTING THROUGH THERE AND THE ONE WAY STREET AND SOME OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT'S PROPOSED, UM, ALSO THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY IS THAT WELL SPENT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT, UH, BUT ALSO DON'T THINK THAT, UM, IS IT WORTH IT IS KIND OF MY QUESTION.
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IF IT IS, WHERE'S THE PARKING GONNA GO? OR WHERE ARE PEOPLE GONNA COME TO TO USE THIS TRAIL? UM, AND SO THERE'S SOME, SOME MORE ELEMENTS, UH, THAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT IT.UM, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY EVEN THE COST AND, AND JUST DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, IT WAS JUST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION RECENTLY AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO SPEAK TO YOU.
UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, JUST FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PROPOSAL, UM, HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD USE OUR TAXPAYER MONEY, UM, IN A, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, THAN, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THAT IN RIGHT THERE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL DO FOR THE CITY.
I LIVE ON 29 20 MARLIN COURT HERE IN LAKE CITY.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT NINE F SUPPORTING SB TWO 40.
THAT IS SO APTLY NAMED TEXAS WOMEN'S PRIVACY ACT.
Y'ALL, FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE THEY DO DUMB S**T IN AUSTIN, DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO DO IT TOO.
NUMBER TWO, IT'S NOT PROTECTING ANY WOMEN.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS SHOWING BIGOTRY BECAUSE TRANS WOMEN AND TRANS MEN ARE NOT THE PROBLEM.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT TRANS MEN NEED TO BE USING THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM.
SO YOU ARE OPENING THE DOOR FOR ANY MAN BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS TRANS.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S STAMPED ON THE FOREHEAD OF TRANS PEOPLE.
AND WHY ARE WE TREATING TRANS PEOPLE LIKE THEY ARE THE SCARIEST THING ON EARTH.
IF THERE WAS ANY EVIDENCE OF TRANS PEOPLE COMMITTING ATROCIOUS CRIMES, YEAH, I MIGHT SUPPORT THIS, BUT THERE AREN'T, THERE ARE SERIAL EVIDENCE OF TRANS PEOPLE GOING INTO BATHROOMS AND COMMITTING CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
THIS IS JUST SHOWING BIGOTRY AND HOW WE WANNA OSTRACIZE A COMMUNITY THAT HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO ANYBODY HERE.
I IMPLORE EVERY ONE OF THIS COUNCIL TO THINK TWICE BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I LIKE CHAD TRESSLER, I DON'T WANNA SEE CHAD TRESSLER IN THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM.
I PREFER TO SEE DANICA SERMON IN THERE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HER.
PRETTY SURE FOR, FOR THIS TIME, I'M KELLY HUMPS.
UM, I AM JUST COMING TO SPEAK IN, UM, CONTEXT OF THE VAPE AND CBD SHOPS AND THE AMENDED ORDERS, I GUESS FOR THE CONDITIONAL PERMITS OR WHATEVER ARE GOING ON.
UM, I AM A CUSTOMER OF THESE BUSINESSES AND I GOT HIT IN A WRECK IN FEBRUARY.
UM, IT LEFT ME WITH A LOT OF ISSUES.
UM, I GO TO THIS BUSINESS OFTEN, I'D SAY AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK, UM, AND BUY THINGS THAT ARE COMPLETELY LEGAL, UM, IN ORDER TO HELP ME WITH MY PAIN OR THINGS.
UM, I'VE NEVER SEEN YOUNGER CUSTOMERS LIKE REALLY IN THERE.
UM, I THINK THE MISCONCEPTION IS THAT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THE KIDS ARE COMING INTO THESE SHOPS AND BUYING THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
IN MY OPINION, THESE KIDS ARE TRYING TO AVOID THEIR PARENTS AND NOT COMING INTO OUR PLACES OF BUSINESS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE BUSINESSES AND ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE NORMALLY, UM, WITH ALL THE PERMITS THEY NEED AND LEGALITIES.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THEY ARE FOLLOWING ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS.
ACTUALLY, UH, I WANT A CVD STORE IN LAKE CITY AREA FROM LAST TWO YEARS.
AND, UM, WE ARE DOING THE BUSINESS WITH, UH, ALL PERMIT AND EVERYTHING.
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UM, WE DON'T SELL ANY ILLEGAL THING.THE STATE OF, UM, TEXAS, WHATEVER THEY PERMIT US TO SELL, ACTUALLY WE ONLY SELL THOSE THINGS AND WE DON'T SELL THOSE, UM, VAPE OR C THINGS TO ANY MINOR OR ANYONE.
SO, UM, PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE ACTUALLY FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE SLEEPING PROBLEM AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE ANXIETY PROBLEM AND, UH, PAIN.
SO WE SELL THIS KIND OF THINGS ACTUALLY MORE, UH, TO THEM AND HELP THEM.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UH, A DISPENSARY KIND OF THING.
SO, UH, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY PROBLEM OR WE, WE, WE, UH, FACE ANY PROBLEM OR WE CREATE ANY PROBLEM FOR ANYONE.
I'M A RETIRED C-C-I-S-D INSTRUCTOR FOR MANY YEARS.
AND, UM, I'M SPEAKING FOR MARIANNE DELGADO TONIGHT, WHO COULD NOT BE HERE.
SO I WILL JUST READ HER SPEECH AND I THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR LISTENING.
THE HOUSE BILL SB TWO 40, THAT THIS COUNCIL IS DEBATING ON WHETHER OR NOT TO SUPPORT IS NOT REALLY ABOUT PROTECTING WOMEN.
IN FACT, WE DON'T NEED PROTECTION.
THIS BILL IS ABOUT TARGETING OUR TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY.
IN PREVIOUS DECADES, WE SAW HOMOPHOBIA.
WE SAW RACISM DICTATE WHO COULD USE PUBLIC SPACES.
NOW WE ARE SEEING A RETURN TO THE DISCRIMINATION AND THE CONTROL OF THAT.
THEY ARE ATTACKING THE COMMUNITY AGAIN.
THE TRANS COMMUNITY IS A SMALL POPULATION AND VERY VULNERABLE.
AND I FEEL THAT THEY'RE BEING ATTACKED AGAIN IN STATES WITH LAWS TARGETING THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY.
THE SCHOOLS THAT I HAVE CHECKED HAVE HATE CRIMES OUT OF CONTROL, WHICH IS REALLY SCARY.
AND I THINK SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
UM, I, I'M JUST THINK THAT IT, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXACTLY SAY THE DISCRIMINATION THAT I FEEL TODAY IS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FEELING IT, BUT I CERTAINLY FEEL DISCRIMINATED.
I'VE LIVED THROUGH DISCRIMINATION, I'VE LIVED THROUGH RACISM, AND I DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL RECONSIDER AND NOT VOTE IN THAT MANNER.
I DON'T WANT ANY OF YOU TO VOTE IN THE WAY YOU DO BECAUSE OF YOUR POLITICS.
AND THEN I JUST FEEL THAT YOU'LL BE SELLING YOUR SOULS.
THINK ABOUT WHAT I'VE SAID AND ABOUT WHAT YOU HEAR TONIGHT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME, EVE GAMMELL, I THINK ALMOST SHOCKED TO SEE ME TONIGHT.
I LIVE ON WAKEFIELD DRIVE AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM NINE F ABOUT SENATE BILL TWO 40.
UM, AND I WANNA START WITH A QUOTE FROM THE AUTHOR OF THIS BILL.
SENATOR, UH, MAYS, UM, UH, MIDDLETON.
AND, AND HE STATES THAT THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE FORCIBLY EXPOSED TO MEN IN PRIVATE SPACES.
I JUST FILED THE TEXAS WOMEN'S PRIVACY ACT NET SENATE BILL TWO 40.
SAFETY FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IS COMMON SENSE AND CERTAINLY SHOULD NOT BE SACRIFICED FOR THE LEFT RADICAL EN GENDER IDEOLOGY.
AND I SAY SENATE BILL TWO 40 IS THINLY AVAILED ANTI-TRANS HATE.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A CONVICTION OF ANY TRANS WOMAN ACCOSTING ANYONE IN A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND IT NEVER HAS.
IT'S DESIGNED TO KEEP ME FROM BEING ME.
I GUESS IT'S UN-AMERICAN BIGOTED AND EXTREME.
WHY DOES THIS SIT A COUNCIL, CHOOSE TO BULLY TRANS PEOPLE? BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT IT IS.
AND FOR THE RECORD, I STAND UP TO BULLIES BECAUSE THAT'S WHO I AM AND THAT'S HOW I SEE THIS PARTICULAR CASE FOR YOU.
LONG TRANS, FOR THE RECORD, TRANSGENDER PEOPLE EXISTED, ARE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 1% OF THE POPULATION.
TRANS PEOPLE HAVE EXISTED IN EVERY CULTURE AND
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EVERY COUNTRY FOR YEARS ALWAYS HAVE AND ALWAYS WILL.ANTI-TRANS HATE IS RISING AS EVIDENCED BY THE FEAR-BASED BOOK BANS LIKE ARE POPULAR WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL AND TEXAS IS NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION FOR IT.
REPUBLICANS SPENT NEARLY 250 MILLION, $215 MILLION ON ANTI-TRANS NETWORK TELEVISION OPPOR, UH, VILIFYING ADS VILIFYING TRANS PEOPLE THIS ELECTION CYCLE.
WHY TOSSING THIS BILL ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF TRANS MEN USING THE THE MEN'S ROOM? WE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
IT'S DUPLICITY, UH, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T USE THE WOMEN'S ROOM, OBVIOUSLY.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT ONE TO ME.
SENATE BILL 20 OR TWO 40 IS, IS THINLY DISGUISED ANTI-TRANS HAY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE JIM CROW ERA.
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT PROTECTING WOMEN AND CHILDREN, LIKE IT WAS NEVER ABOUT WATER FOUNTAINS OR WHERE BLACK FOLKS SAT AT THE MOVIE THEATER ON THE BUS.
THIS BILL DISCRIMINATES DESPITE A COURT ORDER TO HAVE CHANGED MY NAME AND GENDER MARKER, DESPITE THE TEXAS DEPS CHANGING MY DRIVER'S LICENSE AND MY GENDER MARKER, DESPITE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, ALTERING MY MY MILITARY SERVICE DOCUMENTATION ON MY SOCIAL SECURITY, DESPITE THE STATE OF IDAHO ALTERING MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE, UH, I'M SUPPOSED TO BE USED SEEN IN THE MEN'S ROOM SO NO ONE IS OFFENDED BY MY HUMANITY.
IMAGINE ME USING THE MEN ROOM.
ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY I'LL GET BEAT UP.
THERE'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY I'LL BE RAPED OR MURDERED IN THE NAME OF PROTECTING WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN.
I HOPE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS UM, CONSIDER THIS WHEN YOU REVIEW THE MAYOR'S RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT.
THIS ISN'T TRANSPHOBIA BECAUSE TRANSPHOBIA IMPLIES FEAR.
THIS ISN'T FEAR, IT'S JUST BLATANT BIGOTRY.
MY NAME IS HEIDI GORDON AND I'M PROUD TO STAND BEFORE YOU AS A 20 YEAR LEAK CITY RESIDENT, A WOMAN AND AN AIR FORCE VETERAN.
I COME TO YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW THIS PROPOSAL TO BAN TRANSGENDER WOMEN FROM WOMEN'S RESTROOMS IS NOT ONLY IN PRACTICAL, BUT A WASTE OF PRECIOUS RESOURCES.
I ASK YOU WITH, I ASK THAT YOU WILL ALL VOTE AGAINST AGENDA ITEM NINE F THE MAYOR'S RESOLUTION FOR LEAGUE CITY TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT SB TWO 40, THE WOMEN'S PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT, AS IT WILL DO NOTHING TO PROTECT WOMEN.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SERVED THIS COUNTRY, I WAS TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE EFFICIENCY AND PRIORITIZE CRITICAL ISSUES.
INSTEAD, IT DEMANDS THAT WE POUR VALUABLE LAW ENFORCEMENT, JUDICIAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES INTO SOLVING A SO-CALLED PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
LET'S BE CLEAR, THIS ISN'T A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, IT'S A POLITICAL THEATER.
THE POPULATION, THIS POLICY TARGETS PREDOMINANTLY TRANSGENDER WOMEN, IS MINUSCULE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN ISSUE SO STATISTICALLY IRRELEVANT THAT IT DOESN'T EVEN MOVE THE NEEDLE.
AND YET WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DIVERT TIME, MONEY, AND ENERGY TOWARD ENFORCING SOMETHING THAT CAN'T REASONABLY BE REASONABLY BE ENFORCED.
ARE WE REALLY GONNA HAVE SOMEONE STATIONED IN THE BATHROOMS, CHECKING PEOPLE'S GENDER? WILL THERE BE ID CHECKS? HOW DO WE ENFORCE THIS? UM, IF PEOPLE MAKE COMPLAINTS, HOW ARE THEY GONNA PROVE THAT THE PERSON THAT THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT IS NOT, UM, TRANSGENDER OR IS TRANSGENDER? THIS ISN'T ABOUT WOMEN'S PRIVACY OR BATHROOMS. THIS IS ABOUT FEEDING AN OUTDATED FEAR OF PREDATORY BEHAVIOR.
BUT HERE'S THE TRUTH, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE.
ZERO OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE POSING A THREAT TO WOMEN IN PUBLIC RESTROOMS, NOT ONE DOCUMENTED CASE.
MEANWHILE, PREDATORS DON'T FOLLOW LAWS, AND THIS PROPOSAL DOESN'T MAKE WOMEN ANY SAFER.
WHAT CONCERNS ME JUST AS MUCH IS WHAT THE, THIS KIND OF RESOLUTION SAYS ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES AS A CITY COUNCIL.
WHEN TIME IS GIVEN TO FRIVOLOUS PROPOSALS LIKE THIS, IT MAKES THIS COUNCIL LOOK LIKE IT'S CREATING DISTRACTIONS, DIVERTING ATTENTION AWAY FROM WHAT IT ISN'T ACCOMPLISHING FOR THE PEOPLE OF LEAK CITY.
ARE OUR STREETS SAFER? IS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE BEING FIXED? IS TRAFFIC CONGESTION BEING ALLEVIATED? ARE WE ATTRACTING REVENUE AND JOB GENERATING BUSINESSES TO LEAK CITY? THESE ARE ISSUES FAMILIES LIKE MINE CARE ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WHEN OUR LEADERS SPEND TIME ON SYMBOLIC POLICIES THAT SOLVE NOTHING, IT RAISES REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER
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THEY'RE FOCUSED ON RESULTS OR RHETORIC.INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING REAL ISSUES LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THIS POLICY IS DESIGNED TO DIVIDE US SCORE POLITICAL POINTS.
IT'S A VIRTUE SIGNALING AT ITS WORST, USING THE GUISE OF PROTECTING WOMEN AND THEIR PRIVACY WHILE DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO ADDRESS REAL CHALLENGES WOMEN FACE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ACCORDING TO DPS, JUST LET ME PLEASE GET THIS IN.
ACCORDING TO DPS CRIME RECORDS IN 2023 IN LEAGUE CITY, THE LEAGUE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 757 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS.
UM, IF YOU WANNA PROTECT WOMEN, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT.
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 110 CALLS FROM 2022.
SO WHY DON'T WE DO THINGS, UM, TO PROTECT, REALLY PROTECT WOMEN AND TALK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, ELIZABETH PROTEST.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, I RISE IN OPPOSITION OF SB TWO FOUR OH.
ELIZABETH PROTI AND I'VE BEEN A PROUD RESIDENT OF A RESIDENT OF LEAGUE CITY FOR 25 YEARS.
I STAND HERE TONIGHT AS A MOTHER, A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL, AND SOMEONE WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND ITS CHILDREN.
I WANT TO SPEAK AGAINST LAWS AND POLICIES THAT DENY TRANSGENDER CHILDREN AND PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO USE BATHROOMS THAT ALIGN WITH WHO THEY ARE.
AS A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE STRUGGLES THAT TRANSGENDER YOUTH, YOUTH FACE.
THESE CHILDREN ALREADY DEAL WITH HIGH RATE, HIGHER RATES OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND BULLYING THAN THAN THEIR PEERS.
WHEN WE SINGLE THEM OUT AND DENY THEM DIGNITY, LIKE ACCESS TO A BATHROOM, IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT THEY ARE NOT WELCOME, THAT THEY DON'T BELONG.
NO CHILD SHOULD FEEL LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY NOT IN OUR SCHOOLS WHERE EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED AND SEEN.
AS A MOTHER, I THINK ABOUT THE KIND OF WORLD WE'RE DEAL, DEAL, UH, WE'RE BUILDING FOR OUR CHILDREN.
LAWS THAT BAN TRANSGENDER KIDS FROM BATHROOMS DON'T MAKE ANYONE SAFER.
WHAT THEY DO CREATE IS MORE FEAR, MORE SHAME, AND MORE DIVISION.
EVERY PARENT HERE KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR KIDS TO FEEL ACCEPTED AND SUPPORTED FOR WHO THEY ARE.
EXCLUDING TRANSGENDER CHILDREN ONLY MAKES LIFE HARDER FOR THEM AND TEACHES OUR CHILDREN THAT IT'S OKAY TO TREAT SOMEONE AS LESS THAN.
THAT'S NOT THE LESSON THAT I WANT MY CHILDREN TO LEARN.
AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LEAGUE CITY, I KNOW THE COMMUNITY IS STRONG, COMPASSIONATE, AND ROOTED IN FAMILY VALUES.
THOSE VALUES INCLUDE KINDNESS, RESPECT, AND TREATING OTHERS THE WAY WE'D LIKE TO BE TREATED.
TRANSGENDER KIDS ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR CHILDREN'S FRIENDS, AND MEMBERS OF OUR SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
THEY DESERVE THE SAME RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS AS ANYONE ELSE.
BATHROOM BANDS DON'T SOLVE ANY REAL PROBLEMS. THEY JUST HURT VULNERABLE KIDS.
I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF THESE LAWS ON OUR FAMILIES, ON OUR SCHOOLS, AND ON OUR HEALTH, HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO BE THEMSELVES IN A WORLD TO OFTEN MISUNDERSTANDS THEM.
LET'S CHOOSE COMPASSION OVER FEAR.
LET'S SHOW OUR CHILDREN THAT LEAGUE CITY IS A PLACE THAT, UM, WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SANDRA BLANKENSHIP.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A MEETING AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.
I DIDN'T HIT PREPARE ANYTHING.
I JUST WANTED TO COME AND TELL YOU SOMETHING FROM MY HEART WHEN I HEARD THAT Y'ALL WERE DISCUSSING THE CBD ISSUE.
UM, I'M A 68-YEAR-OLD RETIRED TEACHER.
I'M NOT A DRUG HEAD OR A POT HEAD OR WHATEVER YOU CALL 'EM, BUT WHAT I AM IS SOMEONE WITH SLEEP ISSUES AND I'VE BEEN TO MY DOCTOR ABOUT IT.
THEY ARE VERY WILLING TO PRESCRIBE SLEEP MEDICATION FOR ME, WHICH I HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY HESITANT TO DO SO.
I DO NOT LIKE TO TAKE MEDICINE.
I HAVE FOUND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE HERE IN LEAGUE CITY, UM, AND I HAVE BEEN IN THERE MANY TIMES.
IT IS THE MOST PRISTINE, CLEAN, FRIENDLY, GORGEOUS PLACE THAT I'VE BEEN IN.
IT'S BAHAMA MAMA RIGHT ON, UM, I 45.
I'VE TAKEN MY 93-YEAR-OLD MOTHER IN THERE TO JUST VIEW IT.
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UM, I GO IN THERE PERIODICALLY AND GET THE, UH, LITTLE CHEWABLES OR WHATEVER FOR SLEEPING.I TAKE ONE BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP AND I SLEEP ALL NIGHT.
I CAN SPEND MONEY AT THE DOCTOR.
I CAN GO THROUGH THE DRUGS AND THE, UH, WHATEVER THEY WANT ME TO DO, THE BIG PHARMA.
I CAN SUPPORT THEM OR I CAN SUPPORT A LOCAL BUSINESS AND I WOULD MUCH PREFER TO DO THAT.
SO PLEASE USE SOME COMMON SENSE HERE.
LET'S SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND NOT BIG PHARMA.
AND PEGGY SAYLER, YOU'RE NEXT.
AND JUST FOR CLARITY, IF YOU GUYS WANNA STICK AROUND FOR THE CBD AND, AND VAPE SHOP IT, THIS DOESN'T ACTUALLY BAN CBD SHOPS, SO WE'LL CLARIFY IT WHEN WE GET TO IT.
BUT PEGGY SAYLER 1802 RAMPART GOT TWO ITEMS I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, WHEN YOU POINTED ME TO THE CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED STEERING COMMITTEE AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, I PROMISED YOU THAT I'D COME BACK AFTER EVERY MEETING AND REPORT.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING NOW.
WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK, UH, VERY WELL ATTENDED.
UH, HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT REPORTED ON ALL OF THEIR PROJECTS.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AS I HAVE REPORTED ON THE PROJECTS, UH, THAT MOSTLY EMANATED FROM THE 2018 BOND, UM, WE ARE AT A POINT NOW TO WHERE THERE WE'RE, WE'RE EITHER CLOSING ON COMPLETION OR WE ARE FURTHER ALONG IN THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING IS UPSTREAM OF US.
SO WHATEVER IT IS THEY DO, IT IMPACTS US, GOOD OR BAD.
ADDITIONALLY, HARRIS COUNTY BLOOD PATROL DISTRICT TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THEIR PROP A THAT PASSED AND THAT IS THE, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND THEY TALKED IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'RE GONNA GATHER IDEAS FOR PROJECTS.
AND SO I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN THE ACTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND WHATEVER I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT TO EITHER THE MAYOR OR JB, I'VE ALWAYS PASSED THOSE ON.
SO I HOPE YOU FEEL LIKE I AM FULFILLING MY PROMISE OF WHAT I TOLD YOU I WOULD DO WHEN YOU APPOINTED ME.
SECOND, UM, AREAS I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SIX E AND SIX FI HOPE WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT THE PURPOSE OF A LIBRARY AND THE FOCUS IS THE COLLECTION.
THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THERE FOR AS A PUBLIC LIBRARY IS, IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR DIVERSITY AND RELEVANCE.
I, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND NONE OF MY BUSINESS EXCEPT I'M A TAXPAYER.
WHY? WE'RE CLOSE TO THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER AND WE HAVEN'T APPROVED MONIES TO ALLOW OUR STAFF TO AWARD CONTRACTS FOR NEW BOOKS.
WHY IS THAT? THAT'S WHAT WE ARE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY OUR PATRONS LOVE US BECAUSE OF OUR COLLECTION.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE THE LIBRARY WITH THE LARGEST COLLECTION IN THE COUNTY.
WHY? BECAUSE WE ARE PHENOMENAL LIBRARY.
I I WOULD ASK YOU, PLEASE, LET'S LEARN FROM THE PROCESS AND MISCOMMUNICATION THAT TOOK PLACE WITH THE FORMER INITIATIVE REGARDING RECONSIDERATION OF MATERIALS.
LET, LET'S BE DELIBERATE IN DISCUSSING WHAT OUR ISSUE IS.
IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE AND YOU HAVE NOT ALLOWED OUR LIBRARY STAFF TO SERVE OUR PATRONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, THAT THAT IS, THAT IS NOT WHAT I CONSIDER GOOD.
UM, GOOD DECISIONS FOR OUR CITIZENS.
OUR CITIZENS AND OUR PATRONS DESERVE TO HAVE THE MATERIALS THAT THEY WANT.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA SIX A THROUGH N.MAYOR, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ALL OF THEM.
[7A. 24-0618 Hold a public hearing on a request to rezone approximately 1.7 acres from “CG” (General Commercial) to “PS” (Public / Semi-Public) and a request for a Special Use Permit on the same property, MAP-23-0007 (Stella B.E.S.S.), to operate a Battery Energy Storage Station (B.E.S.S.), generally located along the east side of Caroline Street and south of Farm to Market Road 646 (Director of Planning)]
ALRIGHT.HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING TO REQUEST REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.7 ACRES FROM CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO PS PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC, AND REQUEST A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON THE SAME PROPERTY MAP.
DASH 23 DASH 0 0 0 7 STELLA BEST OPERATE A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE STATION BASS GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF CAROLINE STREET SOUTH TO FARM TO MARKET 6 46.
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ALRIGHT, FIRST PERSON IS BRIAN YARBOROUGH.WOULD YOU LIKE A PRESENTATION FIRST OR NO? WE'LL START WITH THE PEOPLE AND THEN WE'LL GO TO YOU.
THAT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE I, I KNOW A LOT OF THE PRESENTATION FROM MR. CARPENTER.
I'M THE HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DEVELOPER OF THE STELLA BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM.
UM, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT BACK IN 2023, I THINK IT WAS A, A SURPRISE THAT THERE WAS A ENERGY STORAGE SITE OPERATING HERE IN LEAGUE CITY.
I'M PROUD TO BE STANDING HERE, UM, A YEAR LATER WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S BEEN SPENT WITH STAFF, WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE NEW ORDINANCE, PUTTING SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE, UM, WE'VE BEEN, UH, VERY PLEASED WITH THE ATTENTION THAT THIS IS RECEIVED FROM STAFF.
UH, AND AS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE INDUSTRY THAT'S GROWN AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S NOT ONLY COMPLIANT WITH THE ORDINANCE, BUT EXCEEDING WHERE THE ORDINANCE, UM, HAD INTENDED.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT JUST MEETING THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD.
THIS IS A, A GREAT PROJECT THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED, ACTUALLY BUILT, ACTUALLY OPERATING CONNECTED TO TEXAS, TEXAS NEW MEXICO POWER, UH, WITHIN 2025.
SO IT HAS REAL BENEFITS TO THE TAX BASE.
UM, IT'S READY TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
WE'RE READY TO PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND WHEN WE CLEAR THE HURDLE FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, MOVE THROUGH BUILDING, AND OF COURSE, HAVE A GREAT, UH, SAFE PROJECT TO OPERATE HERE IN THE CITY OF LAKE CITY.
I'LL SEE MAYOR LONG COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'M PRESIDENT OF STELLA, WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT, THAT BRIAN TALKED ABOUT, THE DEVELOPER FOR THIS PROPOSED BATTERY PROJECT.
UH, FIRST I'M A, WELL, MY WIFE IS TEXAN.
I, UH, WAS NOT NATIVE, NATIVE BORN, BUT I'VE, I'VE ADOPTED, UH, TEXAS AND, AND ARE VERY FORTUNATE.
UH, WE HAVE THREE, UH, INCREDIBLE CHILDREN, UH, SIX, THREE AND SEVEN MONTHS.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE, HAVE NOT SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN, IN TEXAS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, I'M ALSO AGAINST BIG PHARMA, BUT, UH, WE ARE INCREDIBLY BLESSED WITH TEXAS CHILDREN'S.
I SPENT THANKSGIVING WITH MY SEVEN MONTH OLD IN TEXAS CHILDREN'S AND, AND THIS, THIS NETWORK IS AGAIN, BEST IN THE WORLD.
UM, MY MY POINT OF, OF BEING UP HERE IS TO SAY THAT OUR COMPANY, STELLA, IN THE, THE YEAR AND CHANGE THAT WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PROCESS HAS GROWN.
UH, 20% OF OUR TEAM, WE'RE 31 PEOPLE NOW.
WE'VE BEEN GROWING, I THINK THE LAST TIME THAT, THAT WE SPOKE, WE WERE IN THE, THE LOW TWENTIES.
AND, AND GROWING GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT.
UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO, TO BUILD IT, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO AND, AND BUILD, UH, WITHIN LEAGUE CITY.
IT, IT'S BEEN A, A FANTASTIC, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO WORK, UH, WITH EMS TEAMS AND, AND THE VARIOUS, UM, UH, LOCAL GROUPS AS, AS BRIAN MENTIONED.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND UH, GOD BLESS LEAGUE CITY.
FALCO 2118 EASTERN COURT MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITIZENS STAFF.
UM, I'D LIKE TO RETROACTIVELY AND OR PREEMPTIVELY DEBUNK CATCHPHRASES RELATED TO BEST SITE, THIS BEST SITE OR ANY OTHER, FOR THAT MATTER, UM, THAT ARE PLANNING TO COME IN.
LEAGUE CITY, UM, HEARD SOME OF THIS BEFORE AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND AND EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
ONE CATCH PHRASE, THIS BEST SITE FACILITY IS GOOD FOR THE GRID AND IT'S GOOD FOR LAKE CITY.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NO GRID ANYMORE WITH DEREGULATION FROM DECADES AGO IN TEXAS.
UM, THERE'S THE, IT'S SEGMENTED NOW.
YOU'VE GOT POWER PROVIDERS MOSTLY, UH, THEY'RE ALL PRIVATE.
UH, THERE MIGHT BE SOME COOPERATIVES, BUT THEY'RE GENERALLY PRIVATE.
UM, THERE'S THE WIRES, WHICH SOME PEOPLE MIGHT REFER TO THE GRID, BUT IT'S NOT ALL INTEGRATED ANYMORE.
LIKE HOUSTON LIGHTING POWER, THIS HUMONGOUS, MONOLITHIC, VERTICALLY INTEGRATED ENTITY.
YOU'VE, IT'S, IT'S, YOU'VE GOT VERY CLEAR DELINEATIONS OF CONTROL, GOOD FOR LAKE CITY.
UH, IF WE HAD A MORE ROLLING BLACKOUTS LIKE WE DID IN 2021, IF THIS BEST SITE HAD CHARGE, IS IT REQUIRED TO SEND POWER BACK TO THE GRID IN
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HL AND P BACK IN THE DAY? I'M SURE THEY WERE REQUIRED, BUT THIS IS A PRIVATE COMPANY.IT'S, IT'S IN EXISTENCE FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR ITS OWNERS, SECONDARILY FOR ITS CUSTOMERS.
UM, AND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE LEAGUE CITY.
YES, WE WANT TO PROMOTE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IN A SMART AND THOUGHTFUL MANNER.
UM, SO THERE IS SOME REVENUE FOR IN THE CITY FOR THIS.
I WON'T GO INTO THE DETAILS OF ALL THAT, UM, BUT I REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN ANY IMPRESSIVE DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR THIS OR ANY OTHER BEST, BEST SITE.
WE CAN'T STOP THIS BEST FROM BEING BUILT.
WE, THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE ORDINANCE FROM THE GET GO.
BEFORE THE ORDINANCE, WE HAD NO BASIS FOR DENYING BEST SITE LIKE THE ONE ON FLOYD STREET.
NOW WE DO ANOTHER CATCHPHRASE.
WE SHOULD STOP THIS BEST SITE FROM BEING BUILT.
UM, WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T STOP IT WITH A BIG HOWEVER.
UM, THE HOWEVER IS THEY MUST FOLLOW THE ORDINANCE THAT LEAGUE CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL SPEND A LOT OF TIME, MONEY, AND EFFORT ON.
THE DEVIL IS IN THE TECHNICAL DETAILS AND THE NEGOTIATION DETAILS ON THIS ISSUE.
AND THE PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THIS SITE ARE COUNTING ON Y'ALL TO GET IT RIGHT.
I LIVE AT 3007 MASSING GA LANE.
AND, UH, I ACTUALLY OWN THE THREE ACRES ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY.
AND TO BE HONEST, I'M NOT VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT BEING THERE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, OR I'M DEFINITELY AGAINST REZONING OF THAT 1.7 ACRES.
I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THIS IS GONNA DO FOR LEAGUE CITY IN THE LONG RUN.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE WE DO NEED THIS, BUT MAYBE WE DON'T NEED IT NOW.
I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT AND SPENDING AS MUCH TIME AS WE ARE ON THIS AND DEVELOPING RULES AND REGULATIONS.
AND I'M NOT SEEING WHERE IT REALLY IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO LEAGUE CITY, NOR ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY NOW.
I'VE LIVED IN LEAGUE CITY FOR 32 YEARS AND THINGS SEEM TO BE A LITTLE BIT CHANGING AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE'RE ABOUT IN LEAGUE CITY AND CREATING THE TYPE OF LIFESTYLE AND PLACE THAT WE ALL LIKE TO LIVE.
FIRST I WANNA THANK CHRIS CARPENTER.
I TRY TO STAY INFORMED AND A LITTLE BIT EDUCATED ABOUT PNZ, BUT I WILL TELL YOU IT'S OVERWHELMING.
THERE IS NEVER A TIME THAT I EMAIL HIM AND ASK HIM A QUESTION THAT HE DOESN'T RESPOND AND HE RESPONDS IN A WAY THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE SO PUBLICLY.
I WATCHED THE FEBRUARY, 2024 MEETING, THE PNZ MEETING ON THIS SUBJECT.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, I SPOKE BEFORE YOU, UM, REGARDING PRIOR, UM, REQUEST FOR PERMITS.
AND, AND WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW WITH THIS IS WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING ORDINANCE DUE TO OUR STAFF AND WE OWE A LOT TO THEM FOR DOING THAT FOR US.
BUT RIGHT NOW, EVEN IF THEY MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ORDINANCE, WE STILL HAVE A ZONING ISSUE.
AND SO IF, IF I HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING CHRIS HAS TRIED TO TEACH ME OVER THE YEARS, IT'S THAT IF I, IF I LOOK AT THE LINEAGE OF OUR, OF OUR ZONING, IT'S TIED INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT'S TIED INTO, UM, ANY DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE GOING FORWARD AS A CITY.
SO I'M THINKING THAT IF WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE HAVE PROPERTY ZONED A CERTAIN WAY, THEN I THINK OUR CITIZENS SHOULD EXPECT FROM THE CITY THAT UNLESS THERE IS AN OVERWHELMING NEED PUBLIC NEED A REQUIREMENT TO CHANGE ZONING, WE OUGHT TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE I AM TRUSTING THAT, UM, OUR CITIZENS DO THEIR HOMEWORK.
AND IF THEY ARE MOVING INTO AN AREA THAT HAS YET TO BE DEVELOPED, THEN I THINK IT'S PROBABLY REASONABLE
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FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TO OUR ZONING MAP AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE REVIEWED AS A CITY AND WHAT WE HAVE APPROVED.AND SO WHAT'S BEFORE YOU NOW IS A REQUEST FOR REZONING AND SUP.
AND I KNOW THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED THE, THE, THE PROJECT, UM, TO P-N-Z-P-N-C UNANIMOUSLY VOTED IT DOWN.
BUT IN, IN, IN MY MIND, EVEN IF THEY MEET ALL THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS, IS IT REALLY FAIR TO OUR CITIZENS TO, TO CHANGE THE RULES ON THEM? UNLESS WE HAVE A COMPELLING NEED? I DON'T THINK WE DO.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY ASK YOU TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE APPROVED.
AND WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN PLACE, SHOULD WE NOT EXPECT TO HAVE A SERIOUS DIALOGUE WITH THEM.
IF WE'RE GONNA CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE, THEY, THEY'VE INVESTED IN THEIR HOMES.
SO LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS ON THE RIGHT.
PUBLIC HEARING WILL CLOSE AT 6 46 7 B
[7B. 24-0619 Consider and take action on an ordinance: 1) rezoning approximately 1.7 acres from “CG” (General Commercial) to “PS” (Public / Semi-Public), 2) issuing a Special Use Permit on the same property, MAP-23-0007 (Stella B.E.S.S.), to operate a Battery Energy Storage Station (B.E.S.S.), generally located along the east side of Caroline Street and south of Farm to Market Road 646 and 3) authorizing a strategic partnership agreement (Director of Planning) Planning and Zoning Commission failed to recommend approval 0-7-0 with one member absent on February 19, 2024 (Prior to the creation of the B.E.S.S. Ordinance). City Council held a public hearing and postponed the item, 7-1-0 on April 23, 2024]
CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE REZONING APPROXIMATELY 1.7 ACRES FROM CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO PS PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC TO ISSUING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON THE SAME PROPERTY MAP DASH TWO THREE DASH 0 0 0 7 STELLA BEST OPERATE A BATTERY BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE STATION BEST GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF CAROLINE STREET AND SOUTH FARM TO MARKET ROAD 6 46 3 AUTHORIZING A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE, UH, FOUR CONDITIONS THAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDED.
UM, THE, UH, ONLY USES FOR THE PRIVATE UTILITY USE, UH, SITE DEVELOPED IN COORDINATES WITH THE CODE ORDINANCES, SITE LAYOUT SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS SHOWN IN THE RENDERINGS AND THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ALWAYS BE ACTIVE IN EFFECT FOR THE SUP TO REMOVE OUT.
OKAY, DID YOU GIVE THE PRESENTATION? YES, SIR.
BEFORE YOU GET INTO THE MEAT OF THE PRESENTATION, I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
UM, THE LANGUAGE HERE SAYS THAT IT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE, THE BEST ORDINANCE.
IS THAT THE CASE? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO WE, WE DID REVIEW IT FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE BEST ORDINANCE.
IT DOES MEET ALL THE CRITERIA, UM, OF THAT ORDINANCE THAT, THAT Y'ALL ADOPTED.
UM, SO WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE, UM, BEST SPIEL AGAIN ABOUT WHAT IS A BEST, UM, I'LL, I'LL JUST START WITH THE SITE ITSELF.
SO IT IS ZONE GENERAL COMMERCIAL, UM, WHICH DOES REQUIRE REZONING.
THE ONLY ZONING DISTRICTS THAT BEST SITES ARE ALLOWED IN IN THE CITY ARE PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC, OPEN SPACE AND LIMITED INDUSTRIAL.
UM, IN THIS AREA, UM, THE, YOU HAVE A PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT'S ZONED DOWN THE STREET, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL SUBSTATION.
UM, BUT IN THIS GENERAL AREA YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL ALONG, UM, THE 6 46 CORRIDOR.
SO IT WOULD NEED TO REZONING ALONG WITH THE SUP.
SO THE SITE ITSELF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, UM, FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, THE ORDINANCE SAYS WE GIVE PREFERENCE TO SITES THAT ARE OVER 300 FEET AWAY FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, WHICH 6 46 IS.
AND THAT'S TO ALLOW FOR SUFFICIENT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN FRONT OF IT.
THIS SITE DOES MEET THAT CRITERIA AND IT'S A GOOD 700 FEET AWAY FROM CAROLINE AS WELL.
SO THE SITE ITSELF, UM, YOU'LL REMEMBER THE PEREGRINE SITE OBVIOUSLY, UM, THAT Y'ALL APPROVED A FEW MEETINGS AGO.
UM, THIS SITE IS A 10 MEGAWATT FACILITY, UM, OPERATING ON 1.7 ACRES COMPARED TO THE PEREGRINE SITE, UM, WHICH WAS 150 MEGAWATT FACILITY OPERATING ON, UM, 16 ACRES.
SO THIS, THIS SITE IS MORE CLOSER TO THE, TO THE EXISTING FLOYD ROAD FACILITY AND SIZE.
AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S PRIMARY ACCESS WILL BE FROM CAROLINE STREET RATHER THAN 6 46.
THEY ARE MEETING THE LANDSCAPE CRITERIA OF THE ORDINANCE.
THEY HAVE A MASONRY WALL THAT'S GONNA SURROUND THE FACILITY ON THE NORTH, THE EAST AND WEST SIDES, ALONG WITH A CONTINUOUS HEDGE, A BUFFER YARD, FOUR EIGHT TREES PER HUNDRED LINEAR FEET CONSISTING OF ABOUT 60 TREES ON THE SITE.
SO IT WILL BE SCREENED FROM VIEW.
HERE ARE SOME ILLUSTRATIONS LOOKING FROM CAROLINE STREET AT THE FACILITY AND THEN, UM, VIEWING IT FROM 6 46 AS WELL.
WHY IS IT CHAIN LINK ON THE ONE SIDE? SO IT'S CHAIN LINK ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UM, DUE TO THAT BEING THE HIGH POWERED POWER LINE CORRIDOR AND NOT BEING VISIBLE FROM LAKE CITY.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT IT HERE, THIS IS THEIR ONSITE UTILITY POLE.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT, UM, ABOVE GROUND CONNECTION TO THE FM 6 46 SUBSTATION.
UM, THE POLES ON SITE WILL BE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO
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EXISTING ABOVE GROUND POLES, UM, IN THAT HIGH POWERED UTILITY, UM, CORRIDOR.AND THEN THE POLES ON CAROLINE, THERE'S A VIEW FROM THE SITE LOOKING NORTH ON CAROLINE.
THEY'RE EXISTING WOODEN POLES.
THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE AND REPLACE UM, THREE OF THESE EXISTING WOODEN POLES WITH CONCRETE POLES.
AND THEN WE'LL BE ADDING, UM, SEVERAL OTHER CONCRETE POLES HERE AS WELL.
AND THEN CONNECTING INTO THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE ON 6 46 TO GET TO THE SUBSTATION.
UM, THIS IS LOOKING BACK INTO THE SITE LOOKING EAST ON THE ACCESS ROAD.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING LINES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, THE CITY LIMIT LINE IS ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE, UM, AT THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THIS PROPERTY.
SO, REAL QUICK ON THIS, YES SIR, YOU SAID SOMETHING A MINUTE AGO, CHAIN LINK FENCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT FACING LEAGUE CITY.
WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T THEY DO THE MASONRY WALL AROUND THE WHOLE FACILITY LIKE THE OTHER FACILITY'S DOING THAT.
THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO SAY, WELL YOU'RE NOT LEAGUE CITY, WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT, MAKE THEM DO THE WALL IN THAT FRONT.
AND THAT MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER AND WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL.
IF, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO, THAT'S JUST WHEN YOU SAID THAT, THAT MADE NO SENSE TO ME ON THAT.
BELIEVE IT'S, I'M SORRY, I, I I THINK IT OKAY.
AND WE CAN CONFIRM THAT IF, IF Y'ALL CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT, WE CAN CONFIRM THAT WITH THE CONDITION ON THE SEP THAT IT'D BE COMPLETELY SCREENED WITH A MASONRY WALL.
I'LL, UH, I'LL MODIFY MY MOTION TO, TO MAKE IT BE MASONRY ON ALL FOUR SIDES.
SO AS WILL YOU UPDATE YOUR SECOND? YEAH.
SO AS PART OF THE SUP ALSO WE REQUIRE THE HAZARD MITIGATION ANALYSIS.
UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY OUR THIRD PARTY, UM, SAFETY EXPERT, UM, WHO'S ALSO ON THE LINE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
UM, AND THE, THE RESULTS OF THAT ARE THAT THE STELLA ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM CAN BE SAFELY DEPLOYED IN THE COMMUNITY.
CURRENT STANDARDS AND APPLICABLE CODES ARE STRINGENTLY ENFORCED.
THAT'S WHY WE HIRE THESE THIRD PARTY PEOPLE TO ENSURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
UM, THE PLUME MODELING WAS DONE AS WELL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE.
UM, AGAIN, THIS LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT THEY PROVIDED.
UL 99, 95 40 TESTING AND FPA 69 REPORTS THE SITE LAYOUTS AND WIND DATA FROM NEARBY WEATHER STATIONS.
UM, WHAT IT SHOWED IS IN THE 99TH PERCENTILE, UM, IT LOOKED AT THREE CATEGORIES, WHICH IS THE IDLH, WHICH IS DO NOT GO IN THERE 'CAUSE YOU WILL DIE IN THAT GENERAL AREA.
UM, AND THAT'S FULLY CONTAINED WITHIN THEIR SITE.
THE A GL THREE, WHICH IS LIFE-THREATENING EFFECTS, ALSO FULLY CONTAINED WITHIN THEIR SITE.
UM, THE A EGL TWO LEVELS, WHICH IS POSSIBLE SERIOUS HEALTH EFFECTS ON A 30 MINUTE, UM, EXPOSURE IS CONTAINED ENTIRELY WITHIN THEIR SITE AND WITHIN THE HIGH POWERED POWER LINE CORRIDOR.
UM, IF THERE WERE TO BE AN EVENT, SOMEBODY COULD SIMPLY WALK AWAY FROM IT.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND IMAGE HERE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL PLUME.
AGAIN, THIS IS WITH A, OUR, OUR PREVAILING WIND AND IT SHOWS THE ACTUAL WIDTH OF THE PLUME.
IT'S ABOUT 30 FEET IN WIDTH, UM, GOING IN A SINGLE DIRECTION.
SO IT WOULD NOT ENCOMPASS THAT ENTIRE, UM, RADIUS THAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT MAP.
UM, YOU'RE OVER 700 FEET FROM CAROLINE OVER 300 FEET FROM 6 46 OVER 1200 FEET FROM THE CLOSEST HOUSE IN LAKE CITY, UM, ABOUT 900 FEET FROM THE NEAREST HOME IN DICKINSON.
IT DOES MEET ALL OF THE SETBACK CRITERIA.
IT'S NOT WITHIN, UM, 1500 FEET OF ANOTHER BEST FACILITY.
SO IT MEETS ALL OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE DID ESTABLISH IN THE ORDINANCE AND THE PLUME MODEL DID NOT, UM, DEEM ANY ADDITIONAL SETBACKS NECESSARY.
UM, SO TO SUMMARIZE, THERE'S SUFFICIENT ROOM, UM, ALONG THE FRONTAGES FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS SITE.
UM, THE REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE BEST SITE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THE ELECTRICAL GRID.
UM, THE EXHIBITS SCREEN THE FACILITY FROM ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE WEST, NORTH AND EAST AND NOW SOUTH WITH THE MOTION, UM, WITH A MASONRY WALL AND LANDSCAPING.
THIS PROVIDES NO DISCERNIBLE EFFECT ON TRAFFIC.
THEY HAVE ABOUT ONE TO TWO TRIPS A MONTH AND THE PROPOSED FACILITY DOES MEET ALL CRITERIA OF THE BEST ORDINANCE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING SEVEN CONDITIONS.
HAPPY TO EXPAND ON ANY OF 'EM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND AGAIN, OUR PLUME MODELING FOLKS THAT DID THE PLUME MODEL AS WELL AS OUR THIRD PARTY SAFETY EXPERT ARE BOTH ON THE LINE.
IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THEM.
FIRST I, SORRY, I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION.
THERE'S MORE NOTES HERE THAN THERE WERE IN THE PACKET.
SO SUBJECT TO ALL THOSE CONDITIONS PLUS THE MASONRY WALL IS MY MOTION AND I'LL SECOND.
AND, UM, I HAD SOME OTHER QUESTIONS TOO.
UM, THE FIRST I'M TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE
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MADE.UM, MR. DEFALCO, YOU MENTIONED THE, UH, THAT THERE IS NO GRID AND YOU REFERENCED DEREGULATION.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GRID, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT VERTICAL INTEGRATION FROM, FROM BILLING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INTERCONNECTED NATURE OF THE LINES THAT GET POWER FROM WHEREVER IT'S PRODUCED AND OR STORED TO THE END USER.
UM, IN THAT SENSE, WE DO STILL HAVE A GRID, UM, ARGUABLY NOWHERE NEAR THE DESIRABLE LEVEL THAT WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE AT.
UM, AND THIS DOES SUPPLEMENT THE, THE, UM, HARDINESS OF THAT TO SOME EXTENT.
AGAIN, NOT TO THE LEVEL THAT WE WOULD LIKE AND NOT TO WHERE IT'S GONNA SAY YOU'RE NEVER GONNA LOSE POWER.
UM, BUT WE NEVER DID MAKE THAT CLEAN.
UM, AS FOR THE ZONING, UM, BROUGHT UP BY MS. SAILOR, UM, CURRENT ZONING IS COMMERCIAL GENERAL THAT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THESE PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC DOES, BUT THE INTENT OF COMMERCIAL GENERALS TO HAVE PROPERTY THAT GENERATES COMMERCIAL REVENUE, UM, THIS WILL DO THAT.
UM, WHETHER WE UPDATE OUR, OUR ZONING TO ALLOW FOR THESE WITH AN SUP UNDER COMMERCIAL GENERAL OR UPDATE THE ZONING OF THIS PATCH TO PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC AND, AND DO THE SAME THING IS GONNA BE THE SAME END RESULT.
UM, AS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE IN THE, THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES DEAL WITH, I THINK WE SAW ON THE MAP THERE, UM, UNTIL YOU ZOOM WAY OUT, THERE'S REALLY NO NEIGHBORING PROPERTY EXCEPT FOR A GAS STATION.
UM, SO FROM THAT EXTENT, I, I HIGHLY, I DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE FROM THE GAS STATION.
UM, DIDN'T HEAR FROM ANYONE FROM THE GAS STATION TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE ZONING CHANGE.
SO THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ZONING CHANGE IN THIS CASE.
UM, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
IN TERMS OF A TAX REVENUE GENERATION, UM, IS THERE A PILOT AGREEMENT IN PLACE FOR THIS ONE? YES SIR.
I, MICHELLE MAY BE ABLE TO SPEAK A LITTLE MORE TO IT THAN I CAN, BUT THERE IS A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT THAT IS, HAS BEEN EXECUTED BY THEIR PARTIES.
UM, AND THAT'S READY TO BE EXECUTED BY US.
ALRIGHT, YOU'RE NOBODY ELSE, PLEASE VOTE.
5 4 3 AGAINST HICKS CONES CRUDE.
[7C. 24-0620 Hold a public hearing on a request for a Special Use Permit, SUP-24-0003 (Skyway Towers), to allow a cell tower (Communication Towers and Structures use) to be constructed on approximately 0.14 acres zoned “CG” (General Commercial), generally located along the west side of Tuscan Lakes Boulevard and along the north side of Farm to Market Road 646 (FM 646) with the cell site located approximately 1,200 feet north of the intersection of Farm to Market Road 646 (FM 646) and Tuscan Lakes Boulevard (Director of Planning)]
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.SUP DASH 24 DASH 0 0 0 3 SKYWAY TOWERS TO ALLOW A CELL TOWER COMMUNICATION TOWERS AND STRUCTURE USE TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON APPROXIMATELY 0.14 ACRES.
ZONE CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF TUSCAN LAKES BOULEVARD AND ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 6 46 WITH THE CELL SITE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 6 46 AND TUSCAN LAKES BOULEVARD.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING STARTS AT 6 58.
UH, FIRST PERSON IS VINCENT AND THEN I CAN'T READ YOUR LAST NAME.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS VINCE HEER WITH VINCENT GERARD ASSOCIATES REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT, THE LANDOWNER, UH, TRYING TO BRING BETTER CELL SERVICE TO NORTH TUSCAN LAKES.
UM, I ONLY HAVE A FEW MINUTES SO I'M GONNA TRY TO RUN THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK, UH, LOCATION, UH, FM SIX, FM 6 46 IN TUSCAN LAKES ON A LARGE COMMERCIAL TRACK.
YOU CAN SEE THE, BASICALLY ON THIS VICINITY WE'RE STUCK IN THE NORTH CORNER OF MR. CLEMENS TRACK, UM, RIGHT NEXT TO A GAS PIPELINE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE BEST LOCATION.
NOT A PERFECT LOCATION, IT'S THE ONLY LOCATION, BUT IT'S THE BEST LOCATION ON THIS TRACK AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY.
UM, ZONING IS COMMERCIAL, THE WHOLE ENTIRE TRACK, NOT ALL OF IT IS OWNED BY MR. CLEMENTS, BUT IT'S A LARGE, LARGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE REQUEST.
UM, HE WAS THE ONLY VIABLE OPTION IN THIS AREA AND, UM, HE'S SHORT OF THE SEARCH RING UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, UH, IN A FEW MINUTES.
THE SITE PLAN IS HEAVILY LANDSCAPED WITH THE WOOD DECORATIVE FENCE PAVED DRIVEWAY.
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IS 175 FEET AWAY FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL USE.TYPICALLY THESE SITES MONOPOLES HAVE AROUND A 30 TO 25% FALL ZONE WHERE THEY'RE MANUFACTURED TO WHERE THEY DON'T FALL LIKE A TREE, BUT THEY BREAK, BREAK, BREAK.
SO THIS IS ABOUT A 50 FOOT FALL ZONE.
UM, IT'S 150 FOOT BON POLE TO MAKE UP FROM THE SEARCH RING TARGET AREA, WHICH WE'RE SOUTH OF AND I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
HERE'S THE EXISTING VERIZON SITES, THIS IS FOR VERIZON WIRELESS.
WE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WITH SOME OF THE TUSCAN FOLKS, UH, IN JULY AND THEY'RE ALL IN SUPPORT OF THIS 'CAUSE APPARENTLY THERE'S REALLY BAD COVERAGE IN THEIR, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE LEFT SIDE CIRCLE, YELLOW BOTTOM, CIRCLE YELLOW, AND THEN TOP LEFT CIRCLE YELLOW IS WHERE THE VERIZON SITES ARE.
NOW, NORMALLY IF YOU'RE GONNA TRIANGULATE WHERE YOU WANT THAT CELL TOWER, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE RED CIRCLE WOULD BE THE TARGET ZONE, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY ALL RESIDENTIAL WITH A LITTLE PIECE OF AMAZON.
SO YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE JUST SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF THAT SEARCH RING IN THE TARGET AREA.
WE CAN'T GO INTO THE RESIDENTIAL.
SO THIS IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THIS SEARCH RING PERIOD.
WHAT ABOUT THE RF MAPS? OKAY, WE WILL PLAY.
UM, WHAT I HAD IN THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU, THE RF COVERAGE MAPS, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THESE THREE RINGS WHERE VERIZON IS, THEY, HE'S THE ONLY ONE ON THERE.
THAT'S THE, OKAY, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SINCE YOU'RE NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER, WE'LL GO BACK TO YOU IN A MINUTE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 0 2 AND SEVEN D CONSIDERING
[7D. 24-0621 Consider and take action on an ordinance adopting a Special Use Permit, SUP-24-0003 (Skyway Towers), allowing a cell tower (Communication Towers and Structures use) to be constructed on approximately 0.14 acres zoned “CG” (General Commercial), generally located along the west side of Tuscan Lakes Boulevard and along the north side of Farm to Market Road 646 (FM 646) with the cell site located approximately 1,200 feet north of the intersection of Farm to Market Road 646 (FM 646) and Tuscan Lakes Boulevard (Director of Planning)]
TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUP DASH 24 DASH 0 0 0 3 SKYWAY TOWERS ALLOWING FOR A CELL TOWER OR COMMUNICATIONS TOWER AND STRUCTURE USE TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON APPROXIMATELY 0.14 ACRES.ZONE, ZONE CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF TUSCAN LAKES BOULEVARD AND ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 6 46 WITH THE CELL SITE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 6 46 PLANNING AND ZONING.
RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 4 2 0 ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024 SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS WITH TWO MEMBERS ABSENT.
MAYOR, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE IT.
UM, FOR THE FOLKS PUTTING THIS IN, IF HE'S HERE, UM, IT MENTIONED IN HERE THAT UH, VERIZON'S A PRIMARY BUT THERE'S TWO OTHER POTENTIAL THAT THAT MAY GO ON THE TOWER.
UM, WHAT THEY DO, SKYWAY TOWER IS ACTIVELY MARKETS THEIR, THEIR SITES TO OTHERS.
SO 150 FOOT VERIZON IS A PRIMARY CANDIDATE CARRIER ON THIS SITE, BUT THEY WILL TRY TO GET AT AND T AND T-MOBILE ON IT AS WELL.
MY REQUEST IS PLEASE ASK M TO GET T-MOBILE ON THERE BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY THAT COVERAGE THERE IS ALSO TERRIBLE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW, WHAT THE DISTANCE IS BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE TOWER'S GONNA BE BETWEEN THE HOUSE? I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A 10 FOOT REAR YARD SETBACK.
SO THE ONLY REASON, WELL LET ME ASK A DIFFERENT QUESTION.
HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT FROM, FROM THOSE HOUSES AFFECTED TO THE UM, TO THE MEETING? YEAH, LET STAFF ANSWER THAT.
SO WE'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATION EITHER IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO WERE NOTICED.
THE, THE ONLY REASON, UM, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT IS UM, JUST A QUICK RESEARCH AND UM, YOU KNOW, GOOGLE'S NOT THE MOST RELIABLE BUT I'VE LOOKED AT IT A COUPLE TIMES ON THE NATIONAL REALTORS AND IT SAYS THAT THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THE HOMES WITHIN 1500 FEET DROP BETWEEN TWO POINT A QUARTER TO 7.6%.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE HOMEOWNERS KNEW WHAT MAY BE COMING.
SO THEY WERE ALL NOTICED OF THIS REQUEST.
EVERYONE WITHIN THAT LITTLE SEARCH RING THERE, UM, IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 2025, UM, HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
GOT NOTICE AND, AND NOBODY CAME, STAFF DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM ANY OF THEM.
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UH, OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND GOT WITH THE HOA AND THEY SENT OUT NOTICE WE HAD IT UH, AT A CHURCH IN JULY AND THERE WAS ABOUT 16 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP PRETTY SOLID UNANIMOUSLY SAYING THAT WE DO NEED BETTER COVERAGE.THEY HAVE IN VEHICLE COVERAGE BUT NO IN KITCHEN COVERAGE.
WE DID THAT AND WE PROVIDED MINUTES THAT TO THE CITY.
[7E. 24-0622 Hold a public hearing on a request for a Special Use Permit, SUP-24-0004, (KSSGH Gas Station/C-Store), to allow a gas station with a convenience store (Vehicle Fueling Station use) on approximately 2.363 acres zoned “CG” (General Commercial), generally located along the west side of the Gulf Freeway South (Interstate Highway 45), with the address of 2261 Gulf Freeway, League City, Texas (Director of Planning)]
A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.S DASH 24 DASH 0 0 0 4 KSSG GAS STATION SLASH CONVENIENCE STORE.
TO ALLOW A GAS STATION WITH CONVENIENCE STORE, VEHICLE VEHICLE FUELING STATION USED ON APPROXIMATELY 2.363 ACRES ZONE CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF GULF FREEWAY, SOUTH INTERSTATE 45 WITH THE ADDRESS OF 2 2 6 1 GULF FREEWAY LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS PUBLIC HEARING WILL OPEN AT 7 0 6.
THERE'S NO SPEAKERS WE'LL CLOSE AT 7 0 6.
[7F. 24-0623 Consider and take action on an ordinance adopting a Special Use Permit, SUP-24-0004, (KSSGH Gas Station/C-Store), to allow a gas station with a convenience store (Vehicle Fueling Station use) on approximately 2.363 acres zoned “CG” (General Commercial), generally located along the west side of the Gulf Freeway South (Interstate Highway 45), with the address of 2261 Gulf Freeway, League City, Texas, 77573 (Director of Planning)]
TAKE ACTION ON AN ORD SEVEN F CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SEP DASH 24 DASH 0 0 4.UH, K-S-S-G-H GAS STATION SLASH CONVENIENCE STORE TO ALLOW A GAS STATION WITH CONVENIENCE STORE VEHICLE FUELING STATION USE ON APPROXIMATELY 2.363 ACRES ZONE CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF GULF FREEWAY, SOUTH INTERSTATE 45 WITH THE ADDRESS 2 2 6 1 GULF FREEWAY LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS 7 7 5 7 3.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SEVEN OH OH ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2024 SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS WITH ONE MEMBER ABSENT MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE.
OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.
[8A. 24-0542 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending section 125-3.12.7, entitled “Zoning (Historic District)”, section 125-3.13, entitled “Use of Land and/or Buildings”, and Appendix A, entitled "Definitions" of Chapter 125, entitled “Unified Development Code”, to update and consolidate provisions related to permitted uses (Director of Planning)]
OLD BUSINESS CONSIDERING.TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 2 5 3 2 7 ENTITLED ZONING HISTORIC DISTRICT SECTIONS 1 2 5 DASH 3 1 3 ENTITLED, USE OF LAND AND OR BUILDINGS AND APPENDIX, A ENTITLED DEFINITIONS OF CHAPTER 1 25, ENTITLED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO UPDATE AND CONSOLIDATE PROVISIONS RELATED TO PERMITTED USE.
AND I HAVE, DO I HAVE THE LANGUAGE? IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR AGENDA, SIR.
OH, IT WAS, IT WAS ALREADY THERE.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT A WITH AN AMENDMENT TO ALLOW SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR OFFICE USES IN RSF DISTRICTS.
SECOND, AND, UH, REAL QUICK, I'LL, I'LL EXPLAIN THAT.
SO MY, MY AMENDMENT, UH, I THINK RECENTLY WE'VE SEEN, UH, A COUPLE PLACES IN SEVERAL OUR, SEVERAL OF OUR STREETS.
SO WE SEE IT DOWN IN, UH, WE SEE IT ON CALDER, WE SEE IT ON HIGHWAY THREE.
A COUPLE OTHER PLACES IN TOWN ALSO HAS HAPPENED FOR YEARS ON FIVE 18, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THESE OLD HOUSES DOWN THE STREETS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME THEY WERE KIND OF SLEEPY STREETS AND NOW THEY'RE KIND OF MAJOR STREETS, AND SO THEY WANT TO CONVERT THESE HOMES INTO OFFICES.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE NO ACTUAL WAY OF, OF DOING THAT, SHORT OF TAKING IT TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND MAKING THAT CHANGE.
SO THIS WOULD ALLOW ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO MAKE THOSE RESIDENTIAL TO OFFICE CONVERSIONS, THEY CAN GET THE SUP AND BRING THAT TO CITY COUNCIL.
THAT'S THE THE REASON THAT ADDED THAT IN THERE.
HEY, THANKS FOR BEING UP HERE, CHRIS.
I JUST WANTED TO, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION OR YOU MAKE A CLARIFICATION.
UH, BY THE WAY, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE MEASURE AND THE SHIFTING ROUND OF, OF THE SUVS, BUT THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON ANY CURRENT BUSINESS THAT'S OPERATING, NOT ONE SINGLE BUSINESS.
SO WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS MAKES THOSE USES NON-CONFORMING, WHICH MEANS THEY CAN CONTINUE INDEFINITELY, UM, IN, IN THEIR CURRENT OPERATIONAL STATE.
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UM, IF THEY WANTED TO EXPAND, SO LET'S SAY THEY HAVE SUITE 100, THEY WANT TO EXPAND A SUITE 200, THAT WOULD TRIGGER AN SUP REQUIREMENT.BUT AS THEY ARE, THEY CAN CONTINUE, UM, INDEFINITELY.
BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE WAS PRETTY HEAVY ON WHAT WE HAD LUMPED INTO, UH, TOBACCO USE.
AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IT WAS, THAT IT EXPANDED OUTSIDE OF THERE.
LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY RUNNING AN EVENT CENTER THAT WE DON'T GO BACK TO THEM AND SAY, UH, HEY, OH BY THE WAY, COUNSEL, CHANGE THE RULES HERE.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO APPLY FOR AN SUP AND START OVER.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY.
SO, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN HERE AND SPOKE IN FAVOR OF, UH, CBD BUSINESSES, I'M, I'M ALSO A SUPPORTER I OF THE USE OF CBD, ESPECIALLY FOR VETERANS WHO GET RELIEF, UH, FROM THE PRODUCT.
AND SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR.
THIS IS JUST A RE LUMPING OF WHO'S REQUIRED TO USE AN SUP AND WHO ISN'T.
AND, UH, IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE BUSINESSES, THE ONE ON MAIN STREET OR THE HANDFUL OF OTHERS WE HAVE IN TOWN.
NONE AGAINST, I'LL MOVE FOR THE FIRST AND FINAL SECOND.
7 4 1 AGAINST MR. COS IS CONSISTENT.
UH, NO, THAT'S, OH, IT WAS CRUZ.
OH, WELL THEN YOU'RE NOT CONSISTENT BLAMING ME NOW.
UH, TOM, I GUESS A TOM ALWAYS DOES IT.
YEAH, THEY, THEY TRADE OFF ALL, UH, EIGHT B
[8B. 24-0591 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)]
CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HALF ASSOCIATES FOR THE DESIGN BID AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES RELATED TO HERITAGE SIGNATURE TRAIL IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 270,160.AND SO, I'M I'M GENERAL, OH, GO AHEAD.
I'M GENERALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE TRAIL.
UH, THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE, UH, PORTION OF, UH, CORELLE THAT'S, THAT'S GETTING BLOCKED AND TURNED INTO A ONE WAY.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IT STAYED AS NORMAL, NORMAL ROAD WITH, WITH MARKERS ON IT, BUT NOT MAKE IT A ONE-WAY ROAD.
AND SO I WOULD MAKE THAT AS AN ALTERNATE PROPOSAL, AN ALTERNATE MOTION.
SO THE MOTION AS IT STANDS WITH THE ALTERNATE OF, UH, OF NOT MAKING CORELLE A ONE WAY STREET.
SO AMENDMENT, THERE WAS A MOTION TO AMEND.
SO I'VE, SAUNDERS DID, SO I'VE BEEN WITH THIS EVER SINCE IT FIRST STARTED.
UM, I'VE GONE TO JUST ABOUT EVERY MEETING THEY'VE HAD, THEY, THEY'RE USUALLY AT BUTLER'S COURTYARD.
THE THING THAT'S KIND OF CONSISTENT IS EVERYONE THAT'S THIS CAME MOST OF THE, UH, MOST OF THE CITIZENS WEREN'T INTERESTED IN THIS AT ALL.
THEY SAW THAT THERE WERE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS AND THEY, AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE THEY HOW MUCH USAGE THIS WILL BRING WHEN IT CAME UP.
AND HOW THIS CAME ABOUT WAS THEY HAD THE CITIZEN SURVEYS AND THEY CAME BACK AND THEY WERE RECEIVED.
AND THE, WHAT THEY SAID WAS, WHAT THE CITIZENS HAD SAID WAS, HEY, THIS WOULD BE THE PART, WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS.
BUT THERE WAS ONLY FOUR OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME BACK AND SAID THAT.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS THE MONEY, UH, BEST SPENT.
I DO LIKE NICK'S PROPOSAL TO KEEP CORELLE, UH, FROM, FROM BECOMING MORE COMPLICATED.
HOWEVER, I JUST THINK THAT THIS, WE'VE GOT OUR MONEY BETTER.
WE CAN USE OUR MONEY BETTER TOWARD SOMETHING LIKE, UM, STREETLIGHTS RATHER THAN A, UM, RATHER THAN THIS, RATHER THAN THIS RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T THINK VERY MANY PEOPLE WANT THIS.
SO WHAT, SO, UH, SO ANYWAY, I WOULD HOPE THAT, THAT WE CAN POSTPONE THIS OR JUST, UH, CANCEL THIS ONE.
SO I, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE MOTION AS AMENDED, WHICH WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL WAS TO CONNECT LEAGUE PARK TO HERITAGE PARK AND THAT WE WOULD USE MARK RAILROAD STREET AND AL'S BIKE ROUTES AND THEN BUILD THE OFF-ROAD TRAILS FOR THE REST OF IT.
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COURTNEY.YEAH, SO I'M ALSO GENERALLY IN FAVOR FOR THIS AS LONG AS WE CAN LEAVE, UH, CORELLE TWO WAY IN THE EVENT WE CAN'T DO THAT.
JEFF, YOU WANT, I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
UH, WERE YOU CONSULTED WITH, WITH THE, THE TRAFFIC CHANGE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AT ALL? NO.
HAVE, HAVE YOU TAKEN A LOOK AT THE CROSS SECTION OF THAT, OF THAT ROAD? CAN WE PULL THAT UP? SO FROM AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSPECTIVE, MAKING THIS THING ONE WAY, DO YOU SEE ANY ISSUES WITH, WITH THAT IN TERMS OF, UH, GETTING THE PUMPERS DOWN THERE, THERE, THERE COULD BE SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT SMALL DIAMETER ROADWAY OF CLEARING THAT GIVEN, IF IT'S A SMALL SPEED HUMP, ESSENTIALLY THAT SEPARATES THE TWO, THE TRUCKS WILL BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT WITH THAT, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE ADEQUATE CLEARANCE WITH USING THAT SIDE OF THAT WALKING AREA AS THE PART OF THAT ROADWAY.
SO WHEN WE SAY NOBODY WANTS THIS, UM, OR ONLY FOUR PEOPLE WANT IT, I, I THINK THAT'S A MISNOMER.
UM, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT LINKS TWO OF OUR PARKS THAT ARE A WALKABLE DISTANCE APART, BUT DON'T HAVE A GOOD PATH TO WALK BETWEEN THEM.
AS WAS POINTED OUT BY THE RESIDENTS, YOU DON'T REALLY NEED A SPECIFIC WALKING PATH FOR A RANDOM THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
BUT THE TIMES WHEN YOU WOULD HAVE BOTH OF THESE PARKS BOOKED, WHICH IS WHAT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. WE, UM, WE'RE THINKING OF EVENTS LIKE WHITE LINEN KNIGHTS, UM, FARMER'S MARKETS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT OUTGROW USING ONLY ONE OF EITHER LEAGUE PARK OR HERITAGE PARK.
SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPLIT PROGRAMMING BETWEEN THE TWO, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT EXPANDING MORE FURTHER UP ALONG THE CREEK, DOWN KANSAS AVE, UM, WITH OTHER CITY PROPERTY, MAKING IT MORE OF A USEFUL PARK FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY.
WHEN WE SAY THAT, THAT ONLY FOUR PEOPLE ASKED FOR THIS OR, OR THAT THE FOLKS HAVE, OKAY.
BUT THE, THE INTEREST MEETINGS THAT WE HELD ON THIS WERE ONLY HELD AND REALLY COMMUNICATED WITH THOSE IMMEDIATELY NEARBY IN THAT PORTION OF TOWN.
AND THE TYPE OF EVENTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PULL PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE TOWN AND HOPEFULLY FROM OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN.
UM, THE REASON YOU WANT WALKING TRAILS, UM, AS OPPOSED TO JUST WALKING ON THE STREET, WHICH IS WHAT FOLKS IN OLD LEAGUE SAY, DO NOW FOR THESE EVENTS, IS THAT YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY GONNA HAVE FOLKS WHO DON'T TYPICALLY DRIVE THOSE STREETS DRIVING AROUND LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PARK.
AND YOU WANT A SAFE PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE TO WALK BETWEEN THE TWO PARKS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT DRIVING BETWEEN THEM.
THEY'RE PARKING LOTS, TRAVELING BETWEEN THEM.
UM, IT'S ALSO A GREAT BOOST FOR THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE, UM, HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE WALK ALONG, SEE IT AND GO, HEY, THAT LOOKS GOOD.
LIKE THE COFFEE SHOP OR, OR THE, THE MAIN STREET BISTRO.
UM, AS PER THE, THE SPECIFICS ON CORIO, UM, I'M TAKING IT, UM, I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS TO HAVE A DEDICATED SECTION OF THAT ROAD TO WALK ON AND FOR IT TO BE ONE WAY.
I ALSO THINK IT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PROPERTIES WHO WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THAT ROAD BEING ONE WAY.
UM, IT'S NOT AN ARTERY, UM, IT'S NOT, UM, A GOOD PATH TO CUT THROUGH TO GET FROM ANYWHERE TO ANYWHERE BECAUSE CORAL YELL'S ALREADY TRUNCATED AT TWO LOCATIONS FURTHER UP AND CUT OFF BY THE RAILROAD TRACK JUST TO THE SOUTH.
HAVING SAID THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT IS LOW TRAFFIC AND WOULD EVEN BE LOW TRAFFIC IN THAT SITUATION, LIKE I SAID, I'M TAKING IT OR LEAVE IT.
WHAT I DON'T WANT IS FOR CONCERNS OVER CORELLE TO GET US TO THE POINT WHERE WE ABANDON THE CONCEPT OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY WRONG.
AND TO SAY NOBODY WANTS THIS IS, IS IMMENSELY WRONG.
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IF YOU LOOK AT OUR GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST SURVEYS, TWO OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUALLY SEE BEYOND OUR STANDARDS OF KEEP PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, WHERE IT IS OR, OR EVEN IMPROVE, UM, ALTHOUGH THAT'S HARD TO DO WITH HOW HIGH WE ARE ON ALL THE RANKINGS AND FIGHTING TAXES, UM, TWO OF THE THINGS THAT FOLKS ASK FOR ARE GREATER CONNECTIVITY WITH TRAILS, UM, AND MORE ACCESS TO THE NATURAL AMENITIES THAT MAKE LEAGUE CITY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL.UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GETS US MOVING OFF OF MAIN STREET BACK INTO, UM, HERITAGE PARK AND ULTIMATELY TO WHATEVER THAT BIGGER SCALE PARK IS THAT THAT SPREADS THERE ALONG THE WATERFRONT, ALONG KANSAS KILGORE TRACK, UM, WHICH IS GIVING THE CITIZENS WHAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR.
UM, NOW IF WE CAN DO IT IN A WAY TO MINIMIZE IMPACT TO THE RESIDENTS, FANTASTIC.
SO, LIKE I SAID, I'M TAKING OR LEAVE IT ON THE, THE, THE WALKING PORTION OF CORELLE, BUT THE, THE REST OF THE TRAIL THAT'S GOING IN IS BENEFICIAL AND THAT WALKING PATH IS, FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK THE MAJORITY OF IT IS GETTING BILLED ALONG SET SUMA, UM, BORDERING THE CITY, UH, SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.
SO IT'S NOT, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S TAKEN OVER THE DITCH FROM THE RESIDENCE.
UM, SO PLEASE DON'T LET COMMENTS THAT I THINK WERE LARGELY, UM, CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF CORELLE ON A FEW HOUSES.
AND ADMITTEDLY TO THEM IT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
UM, DON'T LET THAT BE A WAY TO, TO SAY LET'S NOT DO THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE EVERY, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, UH, MR. TRESSLER COMMENTS HERE.
HOWEVER, I STILL, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE SAYING THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT OR WHAT THEY DON'T WANT, ALL I CAN DO IS SAY AT THE MEETINGS WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAME THERE HAD BEEN, I HAVEN'T HEARD OPINIONS FROM ANYBODY ELSE.
I'M NOT WANTING TO GET INTO A HUGE DEBATE HERE OVER, OVER THIS.
I'M JUST BRINGING THAT I THINK THAT THESE ARE BETTER, THAT THEIR TAX PAYER DOLLARS ARE BETTER SPENT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND THAT'S FOR THE WHITE LINEN KNIGHTS AND THE SUCH, THE ROADS ARE CLOSED FOR THOSE, THE, SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW THIS WOULD HELP.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT THOSE DONE, BUT LIKE AGAIN, I'VE ALREADY, I SAID MY PIECE ON IT AND I HOPE THAT WE JUST, UM, SCRAP THIS ONE.
SO I, I, UH, I DON'T KNOW, I SUPPORT THE PLAN AS IT'S DESIGNED, BUT I'M SENSITIVE TO THE CONSTITUENTS THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT.
AND MY QUESTION IS, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS CORE YELLOW PART, UH, IT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST Y'ALL ADDING, UH, PAINTS AND ARMADILLOS TO THE ROAD, RIGHT? SO IF WE APPROVE IT AS IS AND WE BUILD IT 12 MONTHS FROM NOW, IF PE IF IT IS A DISASTER, THE COST TO TURN THIS BACK IS ESSENTIALLY GETTING SOMEONE OUT THERE AND PULLING UP THE ARMADILLOS AND THEN CHANGING THE PAINT.
ISN'T THAT CORRECT? AND SOME SIGNAGE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN THIS BUSINESS IT'S VERY EASY TO SAY NO, AND IT'S VERY HARD TO ACTUALLY BUILD ANYTHING.
AND SO ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS FOR THE CONSTITUENTS THAT CAME HERE TONIGHT, UM, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND TO ME IT'S $270,000.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE IT A SHOT, BUT COME NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT AND IF IT, IF IT IS HORRIBLE, WE'LL CHANGE IT AND IT'S NOT GONNA COST MUCH AT ALL TO DO THAT.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THE MAYOR WOULD ALSO, UH, I DON'T KNOW, WITHDRAW HIS, HIS, UH, NO, NO, HE'S NOT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU RON.
IS THERE ANY IMMINENT DOMAIN OR TAKING OF PROPERTY? NOT THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH.
WE DO GET ON CITY'S PROPERTY, UM, ALONG, UH, ZUMA AND ALONG THE FIRE TRAINING AREA.
WE GO INTO THE CITY PROPERTY BY MOVING THE FENCES FURTHER IN.
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LET'S WAIT ON THE AMENDMENT.SO THE AMENDMENT IS THE, ON THE MOTION TO AMEND.
SO DOES THE, CAN I ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION? YES.
WAS THE MOTION TO AMEND TO JUST INCLUDE IT AS AN ALTERNATE SO WE HAVE BOTH DESIGNS OR TO ACTUALLY SWAP? SO IT WAS JUST REMOVING THE CORY L PIECE.
UH, THEY'RE STILL GONNA HAVE THE SIGNAGE AND ALL THAT.
IT JUST WILL BE A TWO-WAY ROAD ON CORELLE.
THAT IS TO, IF YOU WANNA BUILD IT AS IS, YOU'D VOTE NO.
YOU WOULD VOTE NO ON THE SUPER ADMIT.
AND FOR CLARITY, IF YOU'RE GONNA VOTE NO LATER, BUT YOU WOULD PREFER THIS OPTION, YOU VOTE YES ON THIS OPTION, THEN FEEL FREE TO VOTE NO LATER.
UH, SO VOTING YES, JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR OR
KEEPS IT TWO LANE ROAD VOTING YES.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS THE MOTION TO AMEND, PLEASE VOTE.
AND NOW WE CAN VOTE ON THE MOTION AS AMENDED
SO NOW NOTHING BECAUSE, UH, PERFECT.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL, UH, COME UP WITH ANOTHER IDEA TO BRING BACK.
[9A. 24-0561 Consider and take action on the selection of Mayor Pro Tem (City Secretary)]
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON THE SELECTION OF MAYOR PRO.MR. MAYOR, I'LL NOMINATE TOMMY CONES.
ALRIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES 7 4 1 AGAINST, UH, NINE B.
[9B. 24-0482 Consider and take action on an appointment to the Civil Service Commission (City Manager)]
AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.UH, CITY MANAGER'S NOMINEE IS MIKE SANDERS FOR POSITION TWO.
OH, WHAT? WE DON'T TRADE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
HE WANTS YOU OUT PRETTY QUICKLY.
[9C. 24-0626 Consider and take action on appointments to non-city organizations (Mayor Long)]
C, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS TO NON-CITY ORGANIZATIONS.UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES TO YOUR LIST? I HAVE ONE CHANGE.
I'M GOING TO, UH, NOT APPOINT THE CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED STEERING COMMITTEE.
UH, BUT I WILL ALSO, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BE ON THAT, LET ME KNOW.
IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE ON IT, I'LL DO IT.
TOM, TOM IS NOT ON ANYTHING ELSE, SO WE'LL LET TOM JUMP ON THAT.
SO THE ONE CHANGE WILL BE, UH, CRUZ INSTEAD OF CONES ON THAT.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE, MOVE, APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE LIST.
[9D. 24-0602 Consider and take action on appointments and reappointments to City boards and commissions (Mayor Long)]
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS REAPPOINTMENTS TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.THERE'S STILL, AND I'LL JUST PUT THIS OUT THERE, THERE'S STILL, UH, VACANCIES ON SOME OF THESE BOARDS, SO WE COULD STILL USE SOME MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME MORE APPLICATIONS IN ON SOME OF THEM.
SO WE CAN OF COURSE PUT THE NEW ONES UP THERE NEXT MEETING.
UH, DID YOU WANNA MAKE IT MOVE TO APPROVE? I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.
DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? NOW? IS, IS THIS, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS THE TIME.
SO, UH, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO NOT SEAT THE SUNSET COMMISSION AT THIS POINT.
IT'S, IT'S ONLY ONE CITIZEN AND THE RE FORCE OF IT IS STAFF OR COUNSEL.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO NOT SIT THIS COMMITTEE UNTIL WE CAN HAVE MORE APPLICANTS.
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YEAH, I'LL SECOND.I TEND TO AGREE, UM, WE SIMPLY RAN OUT OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE.
SO I THINK WE GOT SOME NEW APPLICATIONS IN IN THE LAST WEEK.
AND THEN I'LL SAY WE HOLD IT OPEN OVER THE HOLIDAYS AND WE'LL LOOK TO FILL IT WHEN IT'S COMPLETE AT THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY.
SO WE'RE POSTPONING ALL JUST, JUST SUNSET.
ALRIGHT, I'LL SECOND TOM'S MOTION.
AND SO THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THE REMAINDER.
[9E. 24-0606 Consider and take action on a resolution in support of SB 239/HB 309, "restricting the use of taxpayer funds for certain lobbying purposes" proposed for the 89th Texas Legislative Session in 2025 (Mayor Long, Mayor Pro Tem Hicks, and Council Member Cones)]
E CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SB 2 3 9, HB 3 0 9, RESTRICTING THE USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS FOR CERTAIN LOBBYING PURPOSES.PROPOSED FOR THE 89 TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION 2025.
MR. MERRILL, MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND CHAT.
I'VE, UH, I'VE BEEN CONSISTENT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL UNLESS, UH, THE LEGISLATURE IS, IS LOOKING TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES ON LOCAL ISSUES TO FIND OUT IF WE SUPPORT SOMETHING.
UM, I PREFER TO LET THE LEGISLATURE DO THEIR JOB AND WE'LL DO OURS.
SO I'LL BE A NO ON, ON ALL THREE OF THESE FOR THAT REASON.
THE, UH, AND I I HAD MENTIONED THIS THIS LAST TIME THIS CAME UP.
MY, MY PROBLEM WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE WORD TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYIST IS JUST GOT SUCH A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION TO IT.
HOWEVER, IT'S A NECESSARY THING.
UH, THE CITIES LIKE HOUSTON, UH, SAN ANTONIO, THEY HAVE A BIG ENOUGH BUDGET WHERE THEY CAN HAVE A GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MEMBERS ON IT.
AND SO THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT REPRESENTING THE CITY, UM, REPRESENTING THEIR CITY'S INTEREST UP AT AUSTIN.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU HAVE SMALLER CITIES INCLUDING, UH, LEAGUE CITY, WE DON'T HAVE A PERSON ON BUDGET WHOSE JOB IT IS TO JUST HANDLE THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND TO HANDLE THE, UM, THE LOBBYING FOR US.
SO THAT IS WHY WE HAVE, UM, THAT THAT IS WHY IT'S NECESSARY FOR SOME OF THESE SMALLER CITIES TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO CAN GO UP TO AUSTIN AND REPRESENT THEM WITHOUT HAVING TO FILL THEIR PAYROLL.
WITH THIS, WITH THESE POSITIONS, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT NOT ONLY ARE THE LARGER CITIES HAVING THE LOBBYISTS, BUT ALSO THE CORPORATIONS AND THE OIL COMPANIES AND THE STUFF, THEY'RE ALSO HAVING THE LOBBYISTS SO THEY HAVE THE EAR OF THE, UH, LEGISLATORS.
SO WE CAN BIND OURSELVES IN A SPOT TO WHERE THE LEGISL WHERE OUR LEGISLATORS DO NOT HAVE THE FULL SIDE OF THE PICTURE.
WE COULD FIND OURSELVES WITH GROUNDWATER ISSUES.
WE COULD FIND OURSELVES WITH OIL WELLS IN THE BACK.
WE COULD FIND OURSELVES WITH LEGISLATORS MAKING BAD DECISIONS ON THINGS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THESE CITIES COULD NOT AFFORD TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO GO UP THERE.
IN ADDITION, MOST OF OUR, UH, LAW THAT WHEN WE'RE SUED, IF, IF THE PLAINTIFFS DO NOT ASK FOR MONEY, THEN TML, WHICH IS A TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, IS OUR LAWYER FOR THAT.
AND THAT IS A TYPE OF LOBBYING GROUP RIGHT THERE.
SO THAT IN ITSELF IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
SO WE ARE NOT HAVING TO GO OUT AND FIGHT THESE LAWSUITS ON OUR OWN.
SO THESE REASONS HERE ARE THE ONES THAT I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST A BAD WAY IT PUTS THE SMALLER CITIES IN A, UH, SPOT TO WHERE THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE.
SO I, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ON THAT, BUT I GUESS I FUNDAMENTALLY KIND OF DISAGREE AND MOSTLY BECAUSE OF, OF WHAT TML HAS DONE AND WHERE THEY'VE CROSSED THE LINE A COUPLE TIMES.
AND I THINK TML DOES SOME GOOD WORK WHEN THEY STAY TO WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING.
UH, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, TML TOOK MONEY FROM LEAGUE CITY RIGHT THROUGH OUR DUES AND OUR SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR VARIOUS THINGS AND OUR INSURANCE AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
REDEPLOYED THAT WITH LOBBYISTS TO ACTIVELY ATTACK SOME OF THE TAX DECREASES AND SOME OF AN HB TWO, WHICH PUT THE TAX CAPS IN PLACE, ALL THINGS THAT OUR VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT.
AND IF YOU WANNA TAKE IT DOWN TO EVEN A MORE LOCAL LEVEL, UH, ATTACK TAX ASSOCIATION COUNTIES SENT IN A FULL TEAM OF LOBBYISTS TO LOBBY STATE LEGISLATORS AGAINST GALVESTON COUNTY BEING ABLE TO VOTE ON REMOVING THEIR TREASURER.
AND WHEN THE G THE CITIZENS OF GALVESTON COUNTY WANTED TO GET RID OF THEIR TREASURER, UH, IT
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WAS, IT PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY.HOWEVER, WE HAD LOBBYISTS THAT WERE PAID FOR BY OUR TAX DOLLARS, LOBBYING AGAINST WHAT THE CITIZENS HAD ALREADY VOTED ON AND LOBBYING PEOPLE FROM LUBBOCK TO TELL THEM THAT, NO, THE PEOPLE OF GALVESTON COUNTY DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE KNOW BETTER THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
SO I THINK IT'S, IT JUST CREATES THE TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING CREATES THESE KIND OF PER PREFER PERVERSE INCENTIVES WHERE WE'RE SOMETIMES WORKING AGAINST OURSELVES AND WORKING AGAINST THE VOTERS WITH THE VOTER'S OWN MONEY.
AND SO THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT I HAVE A, A PROBLEM WITH AND WHY I SUPPORT THE RESTRICTING TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING.
BUT ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL THE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES SIX FOUR TWO AGAINST NINE
[9F. 24-0607 Consider and take action on a resolution in support of SB 240/HB 239, "Texas Women's Privacy Act" for the 89th Texas Legislative Session in 2025 (Mayor Long, Mayor Pro Tem Hicks, and Council Member Cones)]
F CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SB TWO 40, HB 2 39, TEXAS WOMEN'S PRIVACY ACT FOR THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN 2025.SO FOR THESE, UM, AND SO JUST KIND OF BEAR WITH ME WHEN WE SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SB 2 48, THESE, IS THIS COMING FROM SAYING THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT THE LEAK CITY IS IN SUPPORT OF IT? OR ARE WE SAYING THAT JUST OUR CITY COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL IS JUST IN, IN FAVOR OF THIS? SO THIS ONE HERE IS DEFINITELY A LITTLE COMPLICATED FOR ME BECAUSE I'M STILL AM STILL A LITTLE CONCERNED, UH, MORE CONCERNED WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT CAME ON.
AND SO, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF, IF WE'RE JUST SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GONNA PASS SUPPORT FOR IT, IS THIS A TIME TO WHERE WE ADD ONTO IT LIKE AN AMENDMENT TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE IN FAVOR OF IT, HOWEVER, I THINK THESE CHANGES CAN MAKE IT BETTER.
OR IS THIS JUST A YES OR NO? WE'RE IN FAVOR OF IT AGAINST IT.
YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT? I THINK YOU COULD CERTAINLY MAKE A, UH, AMENDED MOTION OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS, IS A LETTER IS WRITTEN IN SUPPORT AND IT GOES IN WITH THE BILL SPONSOR, UH, AS A PIECE OF EVIDENCE, UH, TO HIS ARGUMENT.
MOTION PASSES 7 4 1 AGAINST NINE G.
[9G. 24-0608 Consider and take action on a resolution in support of SB 395/HB 530, "banning mandated universal income programs by political subdivisions" for the 89th Texas Legislative Session in 2025 (Mayor Long, Mayor Pro Tem Hicks, and Council Member Cones)]
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SB 3 95.HB FIVE 30 BANNING MANDATED UNIVERSAL INCOME PROGRAMS BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FOR THE 89 TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN 2025.
[9H. 24-0584 Consider and take action on a resolution establishing a Legislative Program as a part of the City of League City’s Advocacy Program (City Manager)]
CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION.OUR RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM AS PART OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY'S ADVOCACY PROGRAM.
SECOND, CHAD, I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS ONE BECAUSE I FEEL IT'D BE A HIT BIT HYPOCRITICAL AFTER WE JUST SUPPORTED A BILL TO AND TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING.
AND EVEN IF IT'S JUST AN EMAIL THAT'S BEING SENT THAT SAYS, WE SUPPORT THIS, THERE'S SOME COST ASSOCIATED, I MEAN, DISTRIBUTE OUT THE, THE POWER FOR THE COMPUTER AND PROVIDING THE EMAIL.
UM, AND THIS AMOUNTS TO, DESPITE THE LETTER OF THE LAW NOT BEING TAXPAYER FUNDED, LOBBYING, TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING.
WELL, OF COURSE, THE TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING BILL DOES NOT RESTRICT EMPLOYEES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION FROM DIRECTLY LOBBYING LEGISLATORS.
SO WHAT IT ACTUALLY, IT'S, IT'S THE THIRD PARTIES IN WHICH IT ACTUALLY RESTRICTS.
SO IT WOULDN'T RESTRICT ME OR, OR, UH, THE CITY MANAGER FROM GOING TO AUSTIN AND TALKING DIRECTLY TO LEGISLATORS.
IT ACTUALLY IS THE THIRD PARTIES THAT IT DOES, THAT'S PAID FOR BY THE CITIZENS FUND.
SO, UH, NICK, CAN YOU GO OVER THAT AGAIN BECAUSE I MUST HAVE MISSED, CAN YOU KIND OF GO OVER WHAT THIS IS DOING? YEAH.
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SO WE, EVERY YEAR WE, OR EVERY OTHER YEAR WE COME UP WITH A LIST OF PRIORITIES THAT WE GO IN FRONT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND TO OUR LEGISLATORS, OR WE'RE GONNA SEND TO DR.BONIN AND MAYS MIDDLETON AND EVERYBODY ELSE AND SAY, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO HELP US WITH AND FOCUS ON IN THE NEXT SESSION.
AND THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY BLAND STUFF HERE.
IT'S A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
HEY, WE NEED FUNDING FOR THE GRAND PARKWAY.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FLOOD MI, THESE FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS ADDRESSED.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS, THIS, AND THIS.
AND SO IT BASICALLY LETS OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN AUSTIN, UH, KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT AND WHICH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR WE, WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO FOCUS ON.
AND SO THEN HOPEFULLY THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY READ IT AND DIGEST IT.
AND THEN WHEN WE GO UP THERE FOR GALVESTON COUNTY DAY OR BEHE DAY OR WHATEVER, WE GO UP THERE AND TALK TO 'EM ABOUT, OR WE CALL 'EM UP SIX MONTHS LATER AND WE ASK 'EM FOR HELP WITH THIS THAT THEY KNOW IT'S COMING, THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR THAT HELP.
MOTION PASSES 7 4 1 AGAINST NINE.
[9I. 24-0571 Consider and take action on a resolution determining that land is needed for the construction and improvements associated with the SH 3 & FM 518 Intersection Improvements (ST2003), in the City of League City, Texas, specifically: 1) Parcel 7- a 0.0770 acre parcel of land, 2) Parcel 8- a 0.1228 acre parcel of land; and authorizing the institution of eminent domain proceedings (Executive Director of Capital Projects)]
I CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THAT LAND IS NEEDED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH STATE HIGHWAY THREE AND FM FIVE 18 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ST 2 0 0 3 IN THE CITY OF LAKE CITY, TEXAS, SPECIFICALLY ONE PARTIAL SEVEN A 0.0770 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND TWO PARTIAL EIGHT A 0.1228 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND AND AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS.MR. MAYOR, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND MICHELLE, IS THAT UH, SUFFICIENT ENOUGH OR DO, DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A MOTION TO BRING IT BACK OVER SECOND? SORRY.
SHOULD HAVE WAITED FOR A SECOND.
MOTION IS TO TAKE IT UP AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES EIGHT FOUR NONE AGAINST FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE.
[10A. 24-0593 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending Section 46-153 of the Code of Ordinances for the City of League City to allow limited fireworks during the New Year's Holiday and Independence Day Holiday (Mayor Long, Council Member Tressler, Council Member Chadwell, Council Member Saunders)]
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 46 DASH 1 53 OF THE DAKOTA ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY TO ALLOW LIMITED FIREWORKS DURING NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAYS AND INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAYS MOVE TO APPROVE.MICHELLE, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT LIMITED FIREWORKS ARE BY DEFINITION? YES, SIR.
I'M PULLING THAT UP RIGHT NOW.
THE WAY WE HAVE CHOSEN TO DEFINE THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS WE'VE SAID THAT LIMITED FIREWORKS, UM, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THEM AS, AS GENERALLY 4G, WHICH IS THE CONSUMER GRADE.
SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE FULL ON COMMERCIAL GRADE THAT YOU SEE SOME OF THE BIG MORTAR SHELLS IN SOME OF THE BIG SHOWS.
THIS IS JUST THE, THE SMALLER ONES THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT ARE MORE FOR CONSUMER AND PERSONAL USE.
SIR, THAT'S ANY FIREWORK THAT'S LEGAL BY THE STATE OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW FOR CONSUMERS, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
THIS DOES NOT SUPPLANT STATE LAW.
STATE LAW STILL CONTROLS AND SO WE STILL HAVE TO COMBINE, UH, COMPLY WITH THOSE RULES.
DOES IT ALLOW FOR FIREWORK STANDS IN OUR CITY? NO, SIR.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE DISTRICT? NO, WHATSOEVER.
I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT I'M PROBABLY ON THE, UH, MINORITY SIDE ON THIS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, BEING A FIREMAN, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T APPROVE FIREWORKS FOR THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO DO A LOT OF THINGS TO US.
NUMBER ONE, THE FIRST THING IT'S GOING TO DO IS OUR ISO RATING RIGHT NOW IS A ONE, THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE STATE BOARD OF INSURANCE MANDATES THAT YOU HAVE A CITY ORDINANCE AGAINST FIREWORKS POPPING FIREWORKS OFF IN, IN THE CITY OR DISCHARGING THEM.
WITH THAT SAID, IF WE DO NOT HAVE A ORDINANCE, THEN OBVIOUSLY SOME OF OUR ISO RATING WILL GO UP.
NOW, YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR SOME THINGS UP HERE TONIGHT THAT IT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT US.
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RIGHT NOW.THAT'S THE BEST YOU CAN BE ON THE INSURANCE PREMIUMS. IF WE PASS THIS TONIGHT ON THE NEXT ISO RATING FOR THE CITY, WE'RE GOING TO GET DINGED AT LEAST A POINT OR LESS, A HALF A POINT FOR NOT HAVING A FIREWORKS ORDINANCE AND ALLOWING FIREWORKS IN THE CITY.
THE OTHER THING IT'S GOING TO DO IS IT'S GOING TO INVITE EVERYBODY FROM EVERY SURROUNDING CITY TO COME TO LEAGUE CITY TO POP POP FIREWORKS ON 4TH OF JULY AND NEW YEAR'S BECAUSE IT'S LEGAL IN LEAGUE CITY.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO CHAD'S HOUSE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE POPPING FIREWORKS 'CAUSE IT'S LEGAL TO DO SO.
UM, NOT TO EVEN TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE OF INJURIES TO KIDS AND, AND FAMILY MEMBERS, NOT TO EVEN TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PDST FOR VETERANS ANIMALS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
SO I'M A, I'M A FLAT NOTE ON THIS.
I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE 45 YEARS.
I'M, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST LUDICROUS ORDINANCE THAT I'VE EVER SEEN TO ALLOW FIREWORKS IN THE CITY TO BE LEGAL.
I'M SORRY IF IF OTHER PEOPLE DON'T FEEL THAT WAY, BUT I, YOU KNOW, IF WE ENFORCE THE FIREWORKS ORDINANCE AND WE WROTE CITATIONS, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT.
YOU CAN PROBABLY HAMPER SOME OF THE PEOPLE SHOOTING FIREWORKS IN THE CITY, BUT TO LEGALIZE IT IS LIKE LEGALIZING SPEEDING.
JUST 'CAUSE WE CAN'T CATCH ALL OF THEM.
TWO, TWO POINTS TO, TO ARGUE THERE.
ONE, UM, WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT UP LAST SUMMER, CITY ATTORNEY MADE IT CLEAR TO US THAT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE THE ISO RATING STATE THAT WE MUST HAVE A FIREWORKS ORDINANCE.
NOT THAT WE MUST HAVE ONE THAT BANS FIREWORKS.
WE STILL HAVE A FIREWORKS ORDINANCE.
UM, IT'S JUST ONE THAT HAS AN ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN TIMES.
ITEM TWO IS FOR ATTRACTING FOLKS FROM NEIGHBORING AREAS TO ALLOW 'EM, I BELIEVE THE CITY OF DICKINSON PASSED LAST NIGHT OR, OR IS WORKING THIS MONTH TOWARDS APPROVING FIREWORKS.
AND THE FACT IS, THEY HAVE BEEN ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE LEGAL IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY.
AND YET NOBODY FROM LEAGUE CITY DROVE OUT TO THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF THE COUNTY TO SET 'EM OFF ON ALL THESE PAST HOLIDAYS.
UM, I EXPECT, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE.
I TOLD YOU SO WHEN, UH, THE HOLIDAY COMES AND GOES, AND IT'S THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR, MR. MANN WILL OF THE PEOPLE BABY, THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.
AND SO
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA GO AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
HOWEVER, I DON'T WANT THE FIRST AND FINAL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITIZENS EXPECTED IT TO COME THIS QUICKLY.
AND WITH THESE WE'RE ONLY A FEW WEEKS AWAY FROM THE, UM, I THINK 10 DAYS FROM THE HOLIDAYS.
SO THE VETS, VETERINARIANS ARE, ARE CLOSING DOWN.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE, UH, PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE TRAVEL CHANGES OR IF THEY HAVE TIME TO GET WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR VETS.
SO, UM, SO, SO ANYWAY, UH, I I I'M JUST GOING TO, I WANT TO GIVE THEM TIME TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND IT'LL ALSO ALLOW FOR THE CITIZENS TO COME BACK WHEN WE DO THE SECOND READING SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE THEIR INPUT.
JUST ONE MORE COMMENT ON THE ISO RATING AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOUR, UH, YOUR HOME INSURANCE.
IT'S JUST ONE SMALL FACTOR IN, UH, IN, IN YOUR HOME INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND THE FIRE ORDINANCE, WHICH S-F-F-M-A IN, IN THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS THAT WE'VE GOTTA HAVE, UH, DOESN'T SAY WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO SAY, RIGHT? UH, YOUR ISO RATING, THE COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION IS ALSO JUST ONE VERY SMALL PART, ONE COMPONENT IN THE ISO ONE RATING.
UH, A LOT OF YOUR HOME INSURANCE COMPANIES DON'T EVEN LOOK AT YOUR ISO RATING.
UM, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA GO OUT THERE AND SAY WHICH ONES DO AND DO NOT, YOU KNOW, UH, STUDENTS HAVE TO DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH, BUT NOT
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EVERY INSURANCE COMPANY LOOKS AT YOUR ISO ONE RATING WHEN DETERMINING YOUR, UH, YOUR PREMIUMS MR. SONS.MICHELLE, IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, HOW MANY CITATIONS HAVE WE ISSUED? DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER ON THAT ROUGHLY? YES.
I THINK WE, WE JUST RAN A CALENDAR JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY TO SEE HOW MUCH OF THIS WAS A PREVALENT ISSUE.
AND I THINK OUR NUMBER WAS AROUND IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AROUND 50.
SO IN FIVE YEARS, 50 TICKETS AVERAGING 10 TICKETS PER YEAR, AND THE CITY LITERALLY SOUNDS LIKE A WAR ZONE EVERY YEAR.
EVEN WHEN WE'RE STILL WRITING THE 10 TICKETS PER YEAR, IT DOESN'T NOTHING TO, TO CURB THE FIREWORKS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
THIS ORDINANCE WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW THAT, THE FIREWORKS TO BE DISCHARGED TWO NIGHTS OUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
OUR OR FIRE MARSHALS STILL BE GOING AROUND TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT FIRING OFF AND NOT VIOLATING THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE, THE DISTANCES FROM THE RESIDENCE AND OTHER STUFF.
THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE UP TO THEM.
BUT I WOULD SEE THEY WOULD STILL BE ENFORCING WHAT IS IN THIS ORDINANCE.
AND, AND WE OBVIOUSLY STILL HAVE OUR NORMAL TYPE OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE.
BUT FIREWORKS ITSELF, THE DISCHARGE ON THIS IN UNDER THESE PARTICULAR PARAMETERS WOULD BE LEGAL IN LAKE CITY.
CHAD, WITH REGARDS TO THE FIRST AND FINAL, THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM THE NON REFERENDUM REFERENDUM, SINCE IT WAS A CHARTER AMENDMENT, UM, THEY'VE BEEN PUBLIC FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
FOLKS KNEW THIS WAS COMING TO, TO SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S ON COUNCIL AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE FIRST FOLKS ARE HEARING ABOUT IT.
IN FACT, I WOULD WAGER FAR FEW PEOPLE ARE HEARING ABOUT IT TONIGHT BECAUSE OF US, BECAUSE MR. JOHNSON AND MS. SAILOR AND MR. DE FALCO ALREADY KNEW ABOUT IT.
UM, AND, AND LET'S BE REAL, THERE'S MAYBE TWO FOLKS AT HOME WATCHING, UH, SO MR. SCHOFF, IN, IN CASE YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF IT BEFORE, UM, WE'RE DOING THIS.
UM, SO THAT, THAT TO ME IS IMPORTANT REASON TO VOTE NO ONE FIRST AND FINAL.
UM, THE, THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE ANTICIPATING THIS BECAUSE OF THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION ARE GONNA BE FAR MORE UPSET WITH ANYONE WHO VOTES NO ON FIRST AND FINAL, ESPECIALLY IF THEY GET A CITATION.
IN FACT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ASK, EVEN IF WE DON'T PASS ON FIRST AND FINAL, THEN WE NOT ISSUE CITATIONS BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE, UM, AN ABSOLUTE ABUSE OF POWER.
SO, ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA OKAY, TOM AND THEN TOMMY AND THEN WE'RE GONNA VOTE.
YOU, SO MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS, I AGREE THAT THE, IT, THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS COMING BECAUSE THEY, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE IT PASSED.
HOWEVER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN THIS, THIS WEEK TO BE, UH, RIGHT AROUND THE QUARTER.
WE ALSO DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE TO COME IN AND GIVE US THEIR SIDE OF IT TO GIVE THEM ONE LAST CHANCE TO, TO SPEAK TO IT.
SO THAT'S THE REASON I'M ASKING.
THAT'S THE REASON I'M GONNA BE NO ON FIRST AND FINAL.
UM, AND I'M OKAY WITH THE CITATION PIECE, TOMMY? YEAH.
JUST ONE LAST THING JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
MYSELF AND CHIEF WARREN WORKED ON THE ISO RATING WHEN I WAS A FIRE MARSHAL HERE.
SO I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU WITH EXPERTISE INSTEAD OF JUST SHOOTING OFF THE, UH, AT THE HIP HERE WITH COMMENTS.
UH, ISO FIREWORKS ORDINANCE IS AN ORDINANCE AGAINST HAVING FIREWORKS SHOOT OFF IN THE CITY.
THERE, THERE IS NO DOUBT IN THAT.
UM, I, I THINK COURTNEY MENTIONED SOMETHING HERE ABOUT HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE.
NOT ALL HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE, UH, LOOKS AT ISO GRADING, BUT THEY LOOK AT THE SAME GRADING CRITERIA TO JUDGE YOUR PREMIUM.
THEY JUST DON'T USE ISO AS THEIR, AS THEIR CORPORATION.
SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I KNOW IT'S GONNA PASS TONIGHT AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU MY THOUGHTS REAL QUICK.
WILL THE PEOPLE, AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE OUT THERE WORRYING ABOUT DRUNK DRIVERS MORE THAN, UH, SHOOTING OFF FIREWORKS.
SEVEN OR, UH, 6 4 2 AGAINST MOTION FOR FIRST AND FINAL SECOND.
SHOULD WE WANNA REHASH THOSE ARGUMENTS AGAIN?
WHAT THE, THE MARGIN OF VICTORIES.
IT'S THE CHARTER REQUIRES A FOURTH, FIFTH MAJORITY, WHICH MEANS SINCE THERE'S EIGHT PEOPLE HERE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE VOTE IN FAVOR OF A FIRST AND FINAL READING.
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NO MORE THAN ONE PERSON CAN VOTE NO.[10B. 24-0625 Consider and take action on an ordinance formally adopting the various charter amendments that were approved by a majority of qualified voters during the November 5, 2024 charter election (City Attorney) Staff requests approval on first and final reading.]
B, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE FORMALLY ADOPTING VARIOUS CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE MAJORITY OF QUALIFIED VOTERS.THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 CHARTER ELECTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE BOND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY SECRETARY.
SEVEN FOUR WON AGAINST WHY DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE? OKAY, I WILL CHANGE IT.
NONE AGAINST, UH, FIRST AND FINAL.
YEAH, I'LL SECOND FIRST AND WELL, THAT'S, YOU'RE MAKING THE FIRST TIME.
I WAS ASKING IF ANYBODY WANTED DO IT.
YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FIRST.
UH, I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS GONNA DO IT.
A FOUR, NONE AGAINST TENNESSEE CONSIDERING
[10C. 24-0624 Consider and take action on a ordinance amending the City of League City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Article IV. Animal Advisory Committee to align with the State requirements outlined in Chapter 823 of the Texas Health and Safety Code (Chief of Police)]
TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES.CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE FOUR, ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ALIGN WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN CHAPTER 8, 2 3 OF THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.
NONE AGAINST, THERE ARE NO SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS. REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS.
[13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS]
MAYOR PRO TEM TOMMY CONES.I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE COLLEAGUES UP HERE FOR, FOR THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AND I WILL DO MY BEST JOB UP HERE AND TRY TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY.
YEAH, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG ONE.
UM, JUST WANTED, THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING UNTIL LIKE MID-JANUARY OR SOMETHING.
SO JUST WANNA SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY.
AND THEN ALSO GIVE, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE TO, UH, LEAGUE CITY PROUD AND CITY STAFF FOR, UH, A WELL EXECUTED WHAT, 26, 27, 28 YEARS IN A ROW FOR A HOLIDAY IN THE PARK.
SO ANYWAYS, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S ONE OF YOU AND, UH, WELL WE DUNNO IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
WANT ME TO TELL YOU WE'RE GONNA TRY TO APPROACH HALLMARK BECAUSE TO COME AND DO A PRODUCTION OF WHAT WE DO AT HOLIDAY IN THE PARK SOMEHOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN BEAT IT MORE OF THEIR MOVIES, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT COME FROM ALL OVER AND THEY GET THIS FLOW ABOVE THEIR FACE AND THEY TALK TO US.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO DO YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, AND THEN ALSO, UH, TO ALL THE NICE HOMES THAT ENTERED THERE WAS LIKE, WHAT, 24 42 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
HOUSES THAT ENTERED INTO THE, UH, HOLIDAY LIGHT FIGHT.
HEY, WHAT'S UP WITH THAT CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY VOTES THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW? WHAT? NO, IT'S LIKE REALLY A THING.
LIKE THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF BOT ACCOUNTS VOTING IN THE, UH, SO THEY CARE ABOUT OUR ELECTIONS AND OUR HOLIDAY LIGHT STUFF TOO, SO.
ONE, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A BIG THANKS TO FIRE STATION THREE.
MY, UH, MY WIFE WAS STUCK IN THE ELEVATOR, UH, IN BETWEEN FLOORS AND THEY CAME OUT AND HELPED HER AND THEY DID IT PRETTY FAST.
SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY LONG LASTING MENTAL FEARS THERE.
UM, THE SECOND ONE, A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS NOTE TO THE MEMBERS OF, OF THE TRANS COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS WAS A DIFFICULT VOTE FOR ME.
I'M NOT REALLY, I REALLY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL LIKE I DO NOT REPRESENT THEM.
I CARE VERY HEAVILY FOR ALL OF THE CITIZENS.
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THIS ONE HERE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF, A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIONS, UH, THE WAY THIS THING IS WRITTEN.
BUT I THINK THE REAL KEY IS IF YOU DON'T LIKE HOW THIS IS GOING, WE NEED TO GO WITH OUR STATE, UH, LEGISLATORS.
SO THAT'S WHERE THIS NEEDS TO GO.
BUT I HOPE THAT THE CITIZENS DON'T FEEL THAT THEY'VE BEEN, UM, NEGLECTED OR NOT HEARD BECAUSE THEY, UM, THEY'RE IMPORTANT PART OF THE SOCIETY HERE AND OUR CITIZENS.
UH, JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM CONES AND, UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL THE CITIZENS OUT THERE.
CHAIR, WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO SET OFF FIREWORKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LEGAL ON A SECOND READING, BUT TECHNICALLY AREN'T ON NEW YEAR'S EVE THIS YEAR, UM, OR NOT.
UM, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE KEEPS IN MIND SAFETY DURING NEW YEAR'S EVE THIS YEAR.
UM, AS AM MAYOR POINTED OUT, UM, THIS IS A HOLIDAY WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMED.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST SAFETY ISSUE GOING ON THAT EVENING.
UM, DON'T LET YOUR FRIENDS DRIVE WHEN THEY'VE BEEN DRINKING.
SECOND OF ALL, UH, NOBODY'S REALLY SAID THAT CHRISTMAS, WE WILL NOT MEET AGAIN BEFORE CHRISTMAS, OF COURSE.
AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO PLEASE REMEMBER THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE OUT THERE WHO ARE NOT WITH THEIR FAMILIES FOR CHRISTMAS NOR NEW YEAR'S, PARTICULARLY CHRISTMAS.
REMEMBER, THE FIREFIGHTERS, THE POLICE OFFICERS, THE PARAMEDICS THAT'LL BE ON DUTY PROTECTING Y'ALL ON THESE HOLIDAYS BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
I WILL BE ON DUTY THAT DAY AND WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BE THERE WHEN WE'D LIKE TO BE WITH OUR FAMILIES TOO.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR MIND.
KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS THAT THEY FINISH THEIR SHIFT AND THEY GO HOME SAFE AND SOUND TO THEIR FAMILIES AND THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MILITARY THAT ARE PROTECTING THAT THEY COME HOME SAFE FROM WHEREVER THEY'RE AT.
AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE DAUGHTERS IN THE AMERICAN, UH, REVOLUTION.
WHO DID THE WREATHS OVER AMERICA, UH, THIS WEEKEND.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A PRETTY NEAT EVENT.
UH, MAYBE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HOTTER THAN IT NORMALLY IS OUT THERE, BUT THEY DECORATED THE FAIRVIEW CEMETERY WITH A BUNCH OF WREATHS AND IT WAS A, A PRETTY WELL DONE EVENT.
[14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)]
NOW WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SUB CHAPTER D, THE OPENING MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 5 5 1 AT ALL THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE THIS 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2024 AT 8 0 3.
WOULD YOU BE HERE ON MONDAY? I WILL BE MONDAY, MONDAY, SATURDAY, SATURDAY.
[15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)]
COUNCIL HAS COMPLETED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2024.AT NINE 12, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION WHERE THERE'S NO FINAL ACTION, DECISION OR VOTE WITH REGARD TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION JUST CONCLUDED.
15 A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION CONCERNING POTENTIAL PURCHASE OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS.
I MOVE TO PROCEED AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MOTION PASSES EIGHT FOUR, NONE AGAINST 15 B.
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT OR EVALUATION OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
TO WIT MUNICIPAL JUDGE, I MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING KATHLEEN MCCUMBER AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD IN THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY AND AUTHORIZED AN AGREEMENT WITH KATHLEEN MCCUMBER FOR VARIOUS JUDICIAL SERVICES.
AND MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ASK FOR FIRST AND FINAL AS WELL SINCE IT'S AN ORDINANCE SECOND.
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT SEEKS TO LOCATE, STAY, OR EXPAND WITHIN THE JURISDICTION.
15 D CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY TO WITT HARRIS COUNTY VERSUS CLEAR CREEK SHORES.
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14 THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.