[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY TEXAS WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A REGULAR MEETING ON JANUARY 14TH, 2025 AT 6:00 PM ROLL.JUSTIN HICKS WILL BE ABSENT TONIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PASTOR BRIAN YOUNG WITH WORD POWER CHURCH, WHO WILL BE OUR INVOCATION SPEAKER THIS EVENING.
PASTOR, CAN WE BOW OUR HEADS PLEASE? HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME.
WE COMMIT THIS MEETING TO YOU.
WE COMMIT THIS TIME TO YOU AND WE COMMIT THIS CITY TO YOU.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD HELP US WITH YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDE US AND DIRECT US IN ALL OF OUR AFFAIRS.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH HE STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE AND LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, FRAUD.
[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.SPECIAL MEETING IF THERE ARE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THESE MINUTES.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL]
COMMENTS.MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NO LONGER IN THREE MINUTES.
COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL NATURE OR SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS AN AGENDA ITEM FIRST PERSON IS CHRIS SUMMERS.
GOOD EVENING COUNSEL AND MAYOR.
TODAY, I WANTED TO THANK SPECIFICALLY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT THAT THEY'VE DONE ON, UH, LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY, AS WELL AS, UH, THE ONE THEY'VE STARTED ON FIVE 18.
IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
SO, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO PROPOSE, UH, AN EXTENSION TO THAT, UH, PROJECT.
UH, ONE THAT ACTUALLY WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF.
UH, IT'S CALLED THE SOLAR BIKEWAY.
UH, IN CONCEPT IT'S QUITE SIMPLE.
UH, INSTALL A NETWORK OF SOLAR PANELS ABOVE THE CROSSTOWN BIKEWAYS, STARTING WITH LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY.
AND IT SOLVES, UH, SEVERAL ISSUES ALL IN ONE FELL SWOOP FIRST.
FIRST IT PROVIDES SHADE, OF COURSE IN THE TEXAS SUMMER.
UM, BUT, UH, INSTALLING LED PANELS UP UNDERNEATH, UH, THE PANELS PROVIDE LIGHT FOR THE TWILIGHT AND, AND NIGHTTIME HOURS.
BEST OF ALL, THE SYSTEM PAYS FOR ITSELF.
SO IT'S SIMILAR TO THE ARTISTIC PROJECT THAT I DESIGNED FOR AUSTIN, UM, FOR THEIR CROSSTOWN BIKEWAY.
UH, THE SYSTEM WILL GENERATE BETWEEN 801,000 KILOWATTS PER MILE OF THE SOLAR PANELS.
UH, AND OF COURSE, THIS SHOULD BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO COVER ALL OF THE NEEDS FOR THE CITY'S, UH, NEEDS.
UH, AND THEN ANYTHING THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE THAT CAN BE SOLD BACK, UH, AT MARKET RATES, WHICH OBVIOUSLY PAYS FOR ITSELF, UH, IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH THE CITY ENGINEER, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT, UH, WOULD LIKE TO, UH, DISCUSS THIS PROJECT.
UH, YOU'VE GOT MY CONTACT INFORMATION THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO START MY COMMENTS BY SAYING I HOPE MY CONCERNS ARE NOT DISMISSED AND TRIVIALIZED BY THE COUNCIL.
IT'S TOO EASY FOR SOME TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO CITIZENS WHILE SITTING AT A KEYBOARD.
PROPOSITION G WAS PASSED TO GIVE COUNSEL THE OPTION TO AUTHORIZE LIMITED DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS TO AMEND THE FIREWORK PROVISION.
A SPECIAL MEETING WAS HELD ON DECEMBER 23RD AT 7:00 AM WHEN SO MANY CITIZENS WERE WORKING OR OUT OF TOWN RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
I'M CONCERNED THIS MEETING WAS CALLED AT THIS TIME TO PASS THE PROVISION WITHOUT INPUT FROM CITIZENS WHO MAY NOT HAVE AGREED WITH AMENDING THE FIREWORKS BAN.
A COUNCIL MEMBER TOLD ME MY CONCERNS WERE IMMATERIAL TO THE CONSIDERATION OF WHAT IS A VALID ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND WHERE THE LINE IS CROSSED FROM REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS TO GOVERNMENT OVERREACH.
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SAME COUNCIL MEMBER SUGGESTED NOISE COUNSELING DEVICES.THE USE OF SUCH DEVICES RESTRICTS THE ABILITY TO HEAR OTHER IMPORTANT NOISES IN THE HOME, SUCH AS CHILDREN OR OTHER NO NOISES THAT MAY REQUIRE INVESTIGATION.
THE SAME COUNCIL MEMBER WENT ON TO STATE, ANYONE VOTING FOR THIS OPTION BECAUSE THEY WANTED FIREWORKS TO BE BANNED, FAILS TO DEMONSTRATE BASIC READING COMPREHENSION.
SINCE FIREWORKS WERE ALREADY BANNED, IT SEEMS CLEAR THE PROPOSITION WAS ONLY TO ALLOW THE OPTION TO AUTHORIZE LIMITED DISCHARGE.
I ALSO WANNA ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF PET OWNERS.
MANY HOUSEHOLDS HAVE PETS THAT ARE DISTRESSED BY FIREWORKS.
HAVING TO SEDATE PETS DURING THESE TIMES IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION.
POSTING CONCERNS ON FACEBOOK OR ADDRESSING THE ISSUES WITH NEIGHBORS WHO NOW FEEL THEY CAN DISREGARD HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE USE OF FIREWORKS IN NEIGHBORHOODS CAN QUICKLY ESCALATE AND BECOME OUT OF CONTROL.
LEADING TO ARGUMENTS THAT NOT, THAT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT.
I'M HOPEFUL THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE NEGATIVE RAMIFICATIONS THIS DECISION HAS HAD.
YEAH, AS YOU KNOW, MY NAME'S NOT BRIAN BOLTON, BUT BRIAN JUST GOT A CALL THAT HIS SON WAS IN AN ACCIDENT.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS REAL SERIOUS, BUT HE HAD TO LEAVE.
SO I'LL SPEAK AS CARL JOINER, CHAIRMAN OF THE LEAGUE CITY REGIONAL CHAMBER.
WE JUST WANTED TO COME TONIGHT AND SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AND THAT, UH, UH, WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING AS A CHAMBER AND, UM, REALLY, UH, ALL EIGHT CYLINDERS ARE WORKING WELL NOW.
WE GOT A GREAT STAFF AND UH, WE JUST WANT YOU TO FEEL FREE TO JOIN US WHENEVER YOU CAN.
OUR EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, ALSO, UM, WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CHAMBER AND, UH, WE WANNA KNOW HOW WE CAN SERVE YOU BETTER.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COMMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, OUR, UH, TREASURE THIS YEAR WILL BE JIM GOBEL AND TASIA PATEL WILL BE OUR SECRETARY.
THEY ACTUALLY SERVED IN THOSE POSITIONS THIS LAST YEAR.
OUR NEW CHAIR ELECT FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, DWAYNE BUSBY, UH, WITH WILL BE.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, AGAIN, UH, UH, WE REALLY WANT TO IMPROVE.
WE'VE EXPANDED OUR BOARD AND, UH, I THINK EVERYONE ON THE BOARD NOW IS ON THE SAME, SAME WAVELENGTH AS WE, UH, BUILD THIS CHAMBER BACK AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES THE BEST WE CAN.
AND THANK YOU MAYOR JOINER FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND THAT IS A THANKLESS AND TOUGH JOB.
SO THANK YOU FOR DIVING INTO IT.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, PEGGY SAILOR.
I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW, UM, I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO SERVE AS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE HELEN HALL LIBRARY.
AND SO THAT ALLOWS ME TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND TALKING TO OUR CITIZENS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR LIBRARY AND THE PART THAT IT PLAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A FOLLOW ON DISCUSSION OF, UH, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN DECEMBER.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COLLECTION TO THE LIBRARY IS PARAMOUNT AND, AND THIS IS A RESULT OF TALKING TO OUR CITIZENS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COLLECTION IS REALLY THE FOUNDATION OF OUR LIBRARY AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED, UH, WITH THE DELAY IN THE DECISION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT.
AND THIS ISN'T A CRITICISM, IT'S AN OBSERVATION, UM, THAT ALLOWED US TO GO TWO AND A HALF MONTHS INTO OUR FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SERVE OUR PATRONS WITH NEW BOOKS.
AND SO 20% OF OUR ADULT CIRCULATION IS TIED IN TO OUR NEW COLLECTIONS.
DURING THAT TIME, OUR ADULT PARTICIPATION IN THE COLLECTIONS WAS 17% DOWN.
AND IT WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE ME COULDN'T GET THE BOOKS THAT WE WANTED, THE NEW RELEASES.
SO WE WENT TO OTHER LIBRARIES, WHATEVER THE REASON WAS FOR THE DELAY.
WHAT I HOPE THAT WE TALK ABOUT GOING INTO THIS YEAR AND GOING FORWARD
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IS THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN SERVE, UH, THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.AND FOR SOMEBODY LIKE ME WHO REALLY ENJOYS LAKE CITY, WANTS TO SUPPORT LAKE CITY TO CAUSE ME TO HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER, UH, LIBRARY IN AN ADJOINING CITY TO GET THE READING MATERIALS I WANT, I'M NOT SURE.
I WANNA THINK THAT'S OUR STANDARD OF DOING BUSINESS.
SO A FOLLOW UP TO THE DISCUSSION IS I REALLY APPRECIATE THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ITEM.
IN DECEMBER, THERE WAS A, UH, A TOLL PAID BY OUR PATRONS BY NOT HAVING ACCESS TO NEW RELEASES.
AND I WOULD THINK WHAT WE'D WANT TO DO IS ENCOURAGE READING AND LITERACY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR LIBRARY CERTAINLY HAS DEMONSTRATED IT CAN SERVE THAT PURPOSE.
AND I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU TO SEE THAT WE DON'T ENCOUNTER DELAYS UNLESS IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
AND THEN IN CLOSING, UM, I WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN A PHOTO O EVENT AT THE LIBRARY TODAY, AND THAT IS, WE HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS A FAMILY PLACE LIBRARY.
AND WE WERE THE FIRST IN GALVESTON COUNTY TO SUCH RECEIVE SUCH A DESIGNATION.
SO THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WAS HERE FROM NEW YORK AND RECOGNIZED US APPROPRIATELY.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE THE CONSENT
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA.ITEM SIX A THROUGH SIX, I MOVE TO APPROVE.
[8A. Consider and take action on Ordinance No. 2024-53, 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 - Second Reading (Director of Planning) ]
OLD BUSINESS CONSIDERING.TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH FIVE THREE AND ORDINANCE REZONING APPROXIMATELY 1.7 ACRES FROM Z CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO PS PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC TO ISSUING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SAME PROPERTY MAP.
DASH TWO THREE DASH 0 0 0 7 STELLA BEST TO OPERATE A BATTER ENERGY STORAGE STATION BEST GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF CAROLINE STREET AND SOUTH TWO FARM TO MARKET ROAD 6 46 AND THREE.
AUTHORIZING A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
SECOND, READING, PLANNING AND ZONING.
FAILED AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL 0 7 0 WITH ONE MEMBER ABSENT ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2024.
CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE FIRST READING.
FIVE THREE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
FIVE FOUR TO AGAINST, UH, NEW BUSINESS
[9A. Consider and take action on appointments to boards and commissions (Mayor Long) ]
CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENT, UH, APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.THE NOMINEES, UH, ARE HISTORIC COMMISSION TERM EXPIRING 12 31 26.
MOLINE SWEENEY, UH, SUNSET COMMISSION TERM TO EXPIRE.
UH, WE JUST GOT EVERYBODY THERE.
WE HAVE CORAL BROWN, MANN, WILLIAMS ROACH.
UM, JUST ON THE SUNSET COMMITTEE, UH, I REALIZE THAT I ASKED THIS TO BE DELAYED LAST TIME TILL WE COULD GET MORE CITIZENS.
SO THERE IS ONE, BUT COULD WE AT LEAST HAVE IT TO WHERE ONE MEMBER OF STAFF, UM, CAN'T, UH, VOTE CAN ONLY COME IN AND A TIE BECAUSE THAT WAY I HATE TO SEE IT TO WHERE WE'VE GOT, UH, ONLY TWO CITIZENS AND THEY'RE STILL OUTNUMBERED BY, UH, BY COUNCIL AND AND STAFF.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'D HAVE TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE THAT CREATED THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE CAN'T DO THAT TONIGHT, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YEAH, BUT WE'LL GET IT CHANGED.
I MEAN, WE CAN, YEAH, I GET IT.
WE'LL VOTE 'EM ALL TOGETHER IF NOBODY HAS ANY ISSUE WITH THAT.
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NINE B.[9B. Consider and take action on appointments to the Clear Creek Watershed Steering Committee (Mayor Long) ]
CONSIDERED TO TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS TO CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED STEERING COMMITTEE.UH, THIS IS KIND OF A CLEANUP FROM LAST TIME.
THE REPRESENTATIVE PEG WOULD BE PEGGY ZALAR AND THEN THE ALTERNATE WOULD BE TOM CRUZ.
NONE AGAINST, UH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT ALREADY, UH, ASKED TO SURF AND THERE'S STILL A COUPLE OF SPOTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AS WELL.
SO I THINK, DO WE HAVE THAT POSTED SOMEWHERE? OR MAYBE WE CAN REPOST, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE SPOTS FOR, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT ARE STILL OPEN AND WE CAN DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
[9C. Consider and take action on appointments to the Bay Area Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors (Mayor Long) ]
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS TO BAY AREA HOUSTON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU BOARD OF DIRECTORS.NONE AGAINST CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION
[9D. Consider and take action on a resolution adopting a merit-based employment policy (Mayor Long, Councilmember Chadwell and Councilmember Saunders) ]
ON A RESOLUTION ADOPTING MERIT-BASED EMPLOYMENT POLICY.I JUST, UM, THIS YEAR I, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD HAD, AND THIS IS JUST FOR ME KIND OF, UH, IF, IF ANYBODY'S LISTENING, THEY DON'T KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING LEAGUE CITY ALREADY DOES, BUT FOR, FOR SOME REASON WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IT IN WRITING NOW.
SO THIS IS, UH, I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUE WITH THIS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY'S ALREADY DONE AND I'VE CONFIRMED THAT WITH HR.
AND UH, YEAH, I THINK WE'VE UH, CERTAINLY TRIED TO DO THIS AND HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AT IT, BUT THE POLICY IS WORTH WRITING DOWN AND SIMPLIFYING AND MAKING IT CLEAR THIS IS THE STANCE WE'RE GONNA TAKE.
AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN CFO KIND OF TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
[10A. Consider and take action on a ordinance prohibiting the overnight parking of commercial vehicles along Constellation Blvd. north of Marina Bay Drive between the 10pm and 6am (Mayor Long)]
VERSE READING OF ORDINANCES CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE PROHIBITING OVERNIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ALONG CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD, NORTH OF MARINA BAY DRIVE BETWEEN 10:00 PM AND 6:00 AM MOVE TO APPROVE.MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE.
AND I GUESS MAYBE, UH, OH, I'M SORRY, TOM.
NO, I, I LET'S SEE WHAT YOU, YOU MAY ASK THE SAME QUESTION.
I GUESS THIS IS FOR JOHN ON THE TIME.
I NOTICED WE'RE STARTING AT 10 IN THE EVENING.
IS THERE, WAS THAT THE REQUEST OR CAN WE GO EARLIER? I THINK THAT WAS THE REQUEST, WASN'T IT, SIR? I, I THINK, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE IT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK, UH, IF WE COULD MOVE IT A LITTLE EARLIER THAT WOULD, THE SUBDIVISION WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
IF, IF WE WANNA MOVE IT TO EIGHT OR EARLIER, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION THEN TO MOVE THE TIME FROM UH, 10 O'CLOCK, UH, STARTING TIME TO, UH, 8:00 PM SECOND MS. CRUZ.
SO JUST WHAT, WHAT CAUSED THIS? YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, IT'S WORTH DESCRIBING.
SO, UH, FOR PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR NOW, UH, THERE'VE BEEN ISSUES ON CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD WITH 18 WHEELERS, PARKING ACRO ON, ON CONSTELLATION AND THE SUBDIVISION.
AND, AND A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT LIVED DOWN THERE, UH, EXPERIENCED FRUSTRATION WITH IT.
'CAUSE IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN CONSTELLATION, FAIRLY NARROW CURBED ON BOTH SIDES.
AND SO THE 18 WHEELER KIND OF JUST TAKES UP ONE WHOLE LANE CAUSING SOMEBODY TO HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND IT.
AND ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, HAVING TO ONE PERSON STOP THE OTHER PERSON GO AROUND IT.
AND SO I'D RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ON A WEEKLY BASIS KIND OF UPDATES FROM PEOPLE DOWN THERE.
UH, THIS IS THE ISSUE AND THE ISSUE THEY'RE HAVING.
SO THEY'RE REALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT, DO IT TODAY ANYWAY.
UH, HOWEVER, THE WAY THE LAW READS IS THAT THEY HAVE 24 HOURS TO PARK THERE AND THEY WERE JUST KIND OF ROTATING A SERIES OF 18 WHEELERS, UH, FROM THE SAME COMPANY THROUGH THERE.
SO IT WAS DIFFERENT TRUCKS EVERY NIGHT, BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS ONE PARK THERE.
UH, SO TECHNICALLY, I GUESS FOLLOWING THE RULE AT THE TIME, UH, BUT CERTAINLY NOT FEELING,
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UH, FOLLOWING THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW.UH, SO THIS WOULD CLEAN THAT UP AND JUST COMPLETELY PROHIBIT PARKING 18 WHEELERS ON THAT STREET OVERNIGHT.
IS THAT, I MEAN THE, THIS IS JUST NEW TO ME.
SO THE 18 WHEELERS, SINCE THEY'RE SEPARATE DIFFERENT COMPANIES, IS, ARE THERE WORK THEY'RE DOING OR IS THIS PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE THERE? I MEAN, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR WHERE THEY'RE ROTATING OUT ONE 18 WHEELER A DAY ALMOST EVERY DAY.
SO I, I IT'S NOT A, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT IT'S SOMETHING HAULING IN, UH, YOU KNOW, MATERIALS.
I THINK IT'S SOMEBODY THAT LIVES THERE AND THEY'RE JUST PARKING AN 18 WHEELER ON THE STREET EVERY DAY OR A DIFFERENT ONE THAT THEY GET EVERY DAY.
UM, LOOKING AT GOOGLE MAPS, 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN CONSTELLATION IN A WHILE, UM, LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE HOUSES THAT FRONT THAT ROAD FOR A STRETCH.
WILL THIS BAND CAUSE AN ISSUE WITH LIKE AN AMAZON DELIVERY VEHICLE THAT, THAT MAKES, RUNS LATER AT NIGHT? THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN I HAD ABOUT THE EIGHT PMM NO.
WOULDN'T APPLY TO DELIVERY VEHICLES? NO SIR.
UH, MR. CHADWELL WITH THAT QUESTION, UH, HOW, HOW GENERAL IS COMMERCIAL NEEDLE DIVIDED? YES, PER THE ORDINANCE? WE ACTUALLY REFER BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION CODE THAT HAS A VERY SPECIFIC STATUTORY DEFINITION FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.
IT'S NOT JUST, WE DIDN'T JUST LEAVE THE PHRASE UNDEFINED, WE ACTUALLY TIE IT BACK TO THE STATUTE.
SO IF SOMEBODY WERE TO HAVE A PLUMBING ISSUE, UH, AND JUST BECAUSE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THIS RIGHT, WOULD THEY, IF IT'S BETWEEN THOSE HOURS, IT'S AN EMERGENCY THING, WOULD THEY BE AGAINST THE LAW IF, FOR THEIR, THEIR TRUCK, IF IT'S A TEMPORARY THING, KIND OF LIKE THE AMAZON OR UPS OR FEDEX TRUCKS, WE WOULD CONSIDER IT.
IF THAT WAS A PLUMBING TRUCK, LIKE YOU JUST DRIVE WHERE THEY'RE PARKING THERE UNTIL THEIR JOB IS DONE, MAYBE A COUPLE HOURS.
UM, I SAY IT WOULD KIND OF BE THE JUDGMENT CALL OF OFFICERS.
WE WOULD PROBABLY ERR ON THE SIDE OF YOU NEED TO NOT PARK ON CONSTELLATION DRIVE AND POINT THEM TO THE ORDINANCE.
BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME DISCRETION WHEN OFFICERS LOOK AT SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.
CERTAINLY IF IT'S THERE AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND IT'S THERE UNTIL SIX WE'RE, IT'S PROBABLY NOT JUST A SIMPLE REPAIR PROCESS, IT'S PROBABLY SOMEONE WHO'S LIVING THERE AND JUST PARKING THEIR, THEIR WORK VEHICLE THERE.
UH, SO WE'LL VOTE ON THE MOTION TO, TO AMEND.
UH, NOW THE MOTION AS AMENDED.
MOTION PASSES SEVEN FOUR NONE AGAINST AND FOR RECORD.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY SIX ONE THE FIRST TIME.
AND NOW WE'LL VOTE ON THE, UH, FIRST AND FINAL.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR VOTING ON FIRST AND FINAL.
UH, THERE ARE NO ITEMS AFTER THE ELECTRONIC AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED.
PORT FROM STAFF MEMBERS ALL YOU HAVE MY TIME PORTS FROM
[13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS]
COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM JONES.JUST WANTED TO, UH, I THINK WE GOT AN EMAIL TODAY FROM DIANA ABOUT, UH, MALCOLM DAILEY PASSED AWAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
I NOT FOR SURE IF ALL OF YOU KNOW MALCOLM, BUT HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CITY FOR PROBABLY 35 YEARS.
HE WAS A ADVOCATE FOR THE CHILDREN LITTLE LEAGUE FOR FOUR B AND ALL THE SPORTS, UH, VENUES THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN.
SO JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU.
WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA MISS YOUR EXPERTISE ON THE, ON THE COMMITTEES.
AND ON ANOTHER NOTE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH, UM, TO MY BROTHER WHO IS NOW A LEAGUE CITY RESIDENT OF LEAGUE CITY RETIRED, TODAY'S HIS OFFICIAL DAY OF RETIREMENT AND BEING A CITIZEN FOR, UH, LEAGUE CITY.
SO MAYBE HE MIGHT RUN FOR COUNCIL TOO.
WE'LL HAVE TWO OF US UP THERE.
UH, UH, ONCE, DON'T YOU JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE THE LIBRARY
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ON THE, ON THE AWARD THAT THEY GOT TODAY.AND JUST ON A QUICK SERIOUS NOTE, UM, I HAD, WE HAD A CLIENT WHO, UM, WHO RECENTLY PASSED DUE TO COLON CANCER AND COLON CANCER WAS WHAT KILLED MY FATHER.
AND SO I PUT OFF, UM, THE COLONOSCOPY AND ALL THAT UN UNTIL JUST RECENTLY.
AND SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OR ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO'S AT THAT AGE TO, TO JUST GO AHEAD AND GET IT DONE BECAUSE IF YOU WAIT TOO LONG, IT'S, UH, IT CAN BE REALLY LIMIT YOUR OPTIONS.
UM, NEXT TUESDAY WE'LL BE GRADUATING LAKE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE GRADUATING AND THEIR, UH, THEIR MOST RECENT CLASS OF CADETS, UH, OVER THE CIVIC CENTER.
THERE'LL BE A BADGE PINNING CEREMONY IF, UH, YOU GUYS WANNA COME OUT AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO IT.
UM, ALSO A LITTLE PSA LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER, ANOTHER COLD SPELL COMING NEXT WEEK.
UH, JUST REMEMBER THE FOUR PS YOUR PEOPLE, PIPES, PLANTS, AND PETS GET EVERYTHING BROUGHT IN, WRAPPED UP.
UH, IT'S SUPPOSED TO DROP INTO THE SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR, YOU KNOW, OVERNIGHT.
UM, BUT UH, COULD BE ONE OF THOSE PIPE BURSTING DEALS.
UH, AND THEN I'LL KIND OF, UH, SECOND WHAT MAYOR PRO TIM CONE SAID ABOUT MALCOLM DALEY.
SO HE, UH, JUST FOR A LITTLE TALK ABOUT HOW LONG HE'S BEEN DOING IT.
HE WORKED WITH THE PONY LEAGUE WHEN I PLAYED PONY LEAGUE HERE, UH, AND HELPED COACH MY TEAM.
AND THEN HE DID ALL THE WAY TILL, UH, HE GOT TOO SICK.
HE WAS COACHING TEAMS THAT MY SONS PLAYED ON.
UH, AND THEN ALL THAT TIME IN BETWEEN WAS SERVING ON THE FOUR B AND THE PARS BOARD AND A VARIETY OF THINGS.
AND, AND HE DID A LOT AND PULLED, YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF YEARS WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE VERY FEW PEOPLE DOING ANY WORK IN THE, IN THE PONY LEAGUE KEEPING PONY CULT BASEBALL ACTIVE HERE IN LEAGUE CITY.
AND HE HELPED REVIVE IT BACK IN THE LATE EIGHTIES.
SO, UH, REALLY DID A LOT FOR THE CITY AND, AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND DEDICATION HELPING KIDS, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR FREE COACHING TEAMS AND, AND DOING ALL THAT.
SO HE'LL, UH, CERTAINLY BE MISSED.
[14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)]
THIS TIME WE'LL GO.UH, CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SUB CHAPTER D, THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT SECTION 5, 5, 1, ET ALL THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE ON THE 14TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 AT 6 27.
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14TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025[15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)]
AT 7:24 PM THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION.THERE WAS NO FINAL ACTION, DECISION OR VOTE WITH REGARDS TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION JUST CONCLUDED.
15 A CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION CONCERNING POTENTIAL PURCHASE OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS.
TEAM B, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN OFFER OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT SEEKS TO STAY LOCATED OR EXPAND IN THE CITY OF LUKE CITY.
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NO ACTION ON THAT ONE.UH, 15 C, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY TO WITT CITY OF LEAGUE CITY VERSUS CLEAR CREEK SHORES.
15 D CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY TO WHIT GALVESTON COUNTY CONSOLIDATED DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO ACTION.
AND AT 7 25 THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.