[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]
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THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY TEXAS WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A REGULAR MEETING ON MARCH 25TH, 2025 AT 6 0 2.
TOM CRUISE HERE ACCORDING CHADWELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE PASTOR STEVEN RHODES WITH BAY HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH TO BE OUR INVOCATION SPEAKER THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL AND NEIGHBORS FOR, UH, THIS HONOR.
WILL YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER? GRACIOUS LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU IN THIS MOMENT, UH, AND ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS US WITH YOUR WISDOM, COURAGE, AND GRACE FOR THE BUSINESS AHEAD.
DECISION MAKING'S NEVER EASY, BUT THE DESIRE FOR A BETTER LEAGUE, CITY AND COMMUNITY IS, IS THE PLAN AND THE GOAL, BUT WE KNOW IT CAN BE CHALLENGING.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US MINDS TO, TO UNDERSTAND.
LET US USE OUR ABILITIES AND OUR PASSION TO LEAD THIS COMMUNITY INTO A BETTER TOMORROW.
FOR EACH PERSON GATHERED HERE, THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL, CIVIL SERVANTS AND STAFF, THE CITIZENS, THE GUESTS, WE THANK YOU FOR EACH ONE OF THEM AND FOR THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WILL OCCUR.
AND SO, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US, UH, A SPIRIT TO ACT WHEN NEEDED.
A SPIRIT OF RESTRAINT WHEN CALLED UPON.
BUT ABOVE ALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS MOMENT.
PLEDGE OF THE AMERICAN FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NEXT FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS SOCIETY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE IN IS.
[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ALRIGHT, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.REGULAR MEETING IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS, THESE MINUTES, STAND APPROVED.
[4A. 25-0162 Flag presentation by Texas State Senator Mayes Middleton's Office to K-9 Regi and Deputy Robert Calderon with the League City Fire Marshal's Office in recognition of Regi's years of service as an Accelerant Detection Canine Officer (Mayor Pro Tem Cones and Mayor Long)]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FLAG PRESENTATION BY TEXAS STATE SENATOR MAYS MIDDLETON'S OFFICE TO CANINE REGGIE AND DEPUTY RO UH, ROBERT CALDERONE OF THE LEAGUE CITY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND RECOGNITION OF REGGIE'S YEARS OF SERVICE AS AN ACCELERANT DETECTION CANINE OFFICER, MS. LITTLE, SHE'S
MY NAME IS BREE LITTLE AND I'M THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR STATE SENATOR MAYS MIDDLETON.
UM, AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THE CERTIFICATE, UH, FROM THE SENATOR AND IT READS THIS CERTIFICATE THAT, OH, THIS CERTIFIES THAT THE TEXAS FLAG HERE WITHIN PRESENTED TO DEPUTY ROBERT CALDERON BY STATE SENATOR MAYS MIDDLETON WAS FLOWN AT THE CAPITAL OF THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF TEXAS AND REMEMBRANCE OF CANINE REGGIE, A BELOVED COMPANION AND HEROIC FIGURE IN THE LEAGUE CITY COMMUNITY.
AND THEREOF IN PURSUANT OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I HAVE HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.
THIS THE 19TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025.
SIGNED SAINT SENATOR MAYS MIDDLETON.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, SAY SOMETHING BRIEFLY ABOUT, UH, ROBERT CALDERON.
ROBERT AND I WENT THROUGH THE FIRE ACADEMY BACK IN 1983 TOGETHER AND JOINED INTO THE ARSON DIVISION.
UH, ROBERT HAS ALWAYS, HE'S A LITTLE BIT CHOKED UP TONIGHT ON REGGIE.
REGGIE PASSED AWAY THIS YEAR OF CANCER AND IF ANYBODY KNOWS THAT YOUR PET, ESPECIALLY A WORKING PET IS IS PART OF YOUR FAMILY, UM,
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BOBBY'S UH, REGGIE'S PASSED AWAY AND SHE, SHE WAS AN OFFICER.SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE BOBBY, AND WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND WITH REGGIE.
REGGIE WILL BE REMEMBERED IF ANYBODY, WE HAD A PICTURE WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO SHOW YOU, BUT, UH, UM, IT'S DEVASTATING WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.
UH, SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
BOBBY DID THIS AT HIS COST AND NO COST TO THE CITY WHATSOEVER.
SO ANYTIME WE HAD A FIRE, REGGIE WAS THERE AND INVESTIGATING IT WITH THE INVESTIGATORS.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL]
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NO LONGER IN THREE MINUTES.
COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL IN NATURE OR MAY ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM.
UH, FIRST ONE, LASLO NAISH, I THINK I GOT IT RIGHT.
HELLO, MAYOR, LONG CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LEAGUE CITY RESIDENTS.
MY NAME IS LASLO AND I'M CURRENTLY THE SECOND VICE OF THE AMERICAN LEGION F MIKE LACY, POST 5, 5 4 HERE IN LEAGUE CITY.
AND I'M TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE FAIRLY AN IMPORTANT EVENT.
THIS SATURDAY, OUR AMERICAN LEGION LOCATED AT 1650 HIGHWAY THREE.
JUST DOWN THE ROAD IS HOSTING VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY, ALSO REFERRED TO AS VIETNAM VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY.
STARTING AT 1:00 PM WE WILL BE HOSTING THIS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAY OF RECOGNITION.
50 YEARS AGO THIS SATURDAY, THE UNITED STATES PULLED OUT A SAIGON MARKETING INTO THIS PART OF OUR HISTORY.
OUR COUNTRY AS A WHOLE DID NOT WELCOME THESE VETS HOME AT THE TIME.
IT'S TIME FOR US, ALL OF US TO SAY THANK YOU AND WELCOME HOME.
IF YOU KNOW A VIETNAM VET, YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT'S A VIETNAM VET OR FRIEND OR NEIGHBOR, PLEASE INVITE HIM OR HER OUT TO THE LEGION THIS SATURDAY.
COME OUT YOURSELVES AND PAY YOUR RESPECTS.
THIS WILL BE A DAY OF CAMARADERIE.
I KNOW MAYOR LONG WILL BE THERE.
I HOPE ALL THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
WE'LL HAVE DINNER, WE'LL HAVE AN HONOR GUARD AND WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU AND WELCOME HOME TO OUR VETERANS.
UH, MARIKA FULLER MAYOR COUNCIL CITIZENS.
MY NAME IS MARIKA FULLER AND I LIVE ON 29 20 MARLIN COURT.
SO THE NOW DISGRACED FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER HERE.
HE, UH, USED TO QUITCH ONLINE ABOUT MY, UH, RESIDENT STATUS HERE IN THE US AND THERE WERE LOTS OF SPECULATIONS.
UM, I NEVER HAD THE FACT THAT I WAS AN LPR LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT UNTIL RECENTLY.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, I BECAME A UNITED STATES CITIZEN AND IMMEDIATELY REGISTERED TO VOTE.
AND SINCE THE ELECTION SEASON IS UPON US, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME I VOTE IN A US ELECTION.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD AN ELECTION THAT WHERE THE CANDIDATES FOCUSED ON WHAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE RATHER THAN SMEARING THEIR OPPONENTS.
BUT I HAVE FEW HOPES FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THAT FIELD.
ONE'S OWN ONE, ONE CAN CANDIDATE'S ONLY QUA QUALIFICATIONS SHOULD NOT BE HOW ONE VOTED IN THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS AND WHETHER ONE HAS FRIENDS ON THE DAY, BUT I'M ACTUALLY NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT RIDGE DRIVE IN BAY RIDGE AND THE CONTRACTOR THAT WERE DOING WORK, UH, THEY HAVEN'T DONE MUCH LATELY.
UH, NOTHING MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE.
THEY HACKED HOLES IN THE WATER LINE A COUPLE OF TIMES.
THEY CUT THE FIBER OPTICS A FEW TIMES AND LANDING A THIRD OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT WATER AND INTERNET SERVICE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
ARE WE GONNA FINISH IT? ARE WE GONNA LIVE WITH THIS MESS? THERE'S TWO FRONT YARDS THAT ARE DUG UP.
THERE'S CONES EVERYWHERE THEY KEEP FALLING OVER.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN EYESORE.
UH, DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HOW WE SELECT CONTRACTORS? MAYBE WE SHOULD SET, SELECT THEM BASED ON MERIT AND NOT PICK THE LOWEST BIDDER.
UM, A TIMEFRAME FOR WHEN THIS WILL BE COMPLETED WOULD BE REALLY NICE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF RIDGE.
1610 LANSING LANG AND LAST WEEK I HAD FILED TO RUN FOR POSITION FIVE ON THIS COUNCIL.
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TIME IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WOULD ONLY BE ONE CANDIDATE AND AS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE THE CASE AGAIN.I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT IN THIS INSTANCE MY CONCERN WAS COMPLETELY UNWARRANTED.
UH, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE SO MUCH INTEREST IN THIS RACE AND SO MANY PEOPLE WILLING TO ENGAGE.
IT REALLY REFLECTS A HEALTHY COMMUNITY.
UM, SINCE THIS COUNCIL REALLY DOES NOT NEED ANOTHER OLD WHITE GUY, I INTEND TO FORMALLY WITHDRAW MY CANDIDACY LATER THIS WEEK.
I LOOK, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE REMAINING CANDIDATES AND HOW THAT THEIR CAMPAIGN IS NOT, UM, THE END, BUT A BEGINNING OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT REGARDLESS OF THEIR ULTIMATE SUCCESS THIS TIME.
UH, MEANWHILE, KIRSTEN GARCIA IS A CANDIDATE THAT I KNOW AND SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED AND ENGAGED AND I WOULD DEF AND WOULD DEFINITELY BE AN ASSET, UH, TO THIS COUNCIL.
UH, SINCE I'M SURE MANY OF YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO I AM AND I'VE A COMMON NAME, IT MAKES ME HARD TO SEARCH FOR.
UH, I'M TO GIVE YOU, UH, MY QUICK ELEVATOR PITCH.
I WRITE A SMALL MEDICAL SUBSTACK TIMOTHY BROWN MD.SUBSTACK.COM AND MANAGE MY OWN PRACTICE.
FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, I'VE SERVED ON MULTIPLE CHURCH BOARDS IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH WE CALL VESTRIES, UH, AND MY AND AS WELL ON MY LOCAL HOA BOARD.
I WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE CITY ETHICS REVIEW BOARD UNTIL IT WAS ELIMINATED, UH, AND ITS MEMBERS TRANSITION TO THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION PANEL.
I REMAIN AVAILABLE, WILLING AND INTERESTED TO SERVE LEAGUE CITY IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP LEAGUE CITY AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE, RAISE A FAMILY AND RETIRE.
UH, KIRSTEN GARCIA, I WOULD THINK AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, YOU MIGHT GET IT RIGHT, BUT IT'S STILL KIRSTEN, SORRY.
I AM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE MY CANDICE CANDIDACY FOR POSITION FIVE IN THE UPCOMING MAY 3RD SPECIAL ELECTION.
LIKE MANY OF YOU, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR SOME FRESH FACES ON OUR CITY COUNCIL FACES THAT REPRESENT THE TRUE INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.
LEAGUE CITY HAS BEEN MY CHERISHED HOME SINCE I WAS 11 YEARS OLD.
MY HUSBAND, OUR TWO CHILDREN AND I HAVE WATCHED THIS COMMUNITY GROW OVER THE LAST 24 YEARS.
I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR CITY AND I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE THE QUALITIES NEEDED TO SERVE YOU EFFECTIVELY ON THE COUNCIL.
THROUGHOUT MY TIME HERE, I HAVE DEMONSTRATED A STRONG COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH VARIOUS LEADERSHIP ROLES AS A DEDICATED ADVOCATE FOR OUR LIBRARY, SERVING AS TRUSTEE AND BOARD SECRETARY UNTIL I WAS NOT REAPPOINTED, I WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY.
MY VOLUNTEER WORK AT MY CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS HAS ALLOWED ME TO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND FOSTER A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
ADDITIONALLY, I'M FINISHING MY MBA ON MAY 17TH, WHICH HAS EQUIPPED ME WITH VALUABLE SKILLS IN MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.
CRUCIAL FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE.
I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AS A BOARD MEMBER OF MY HOA AND THE GALVESTON ARTS CENTER.
I PROMISE TO RUN MY CAMPAIGN WITH INTEGRITY, RESPONSIBILITY, AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I WON'T MAKE PROMISES I CAN'T KEEP, BUT I WILL ALWAYS STRIVE TO REPRESENT YOUR INTEREST AND WORK TIRELESSLY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF BLE CITY.
I WILL KEEP MY FOCUS SQUARELY ON THE ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY WITHOUT DISTRACTION.
I READ RECENTLY THE SINGLE MOST IMPACTFUL RESPONSIBILITY OF A COUNCIL MEMBER IN A COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS TO REVIEW, EDIT, AND APPROVE THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
THIS PROCESS TRANSFORMS WORDS AND PROMISES INTO ACTIONS AND EXPENDITURES, SHOWCASING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ADDRESSING COMMUNITY CHALLENGES.
I BELIEVE THAT I EMBODY THESE PRINCIPLES AND AM COMMITTED TO THOROUGHLY READING AND QUESTIONING EVERYTHING WHILE ACTIVELY SEEKING AND CONSIDERING INPUT FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS, FROM CITY STAFF TO CITIZENS THAT I DO AND DO NOT AGREE WITH.
I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COUNCIL WORKING AS A COHESIVE TEAM TO MAINTAIN THE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES AND AMENITIES THAT DEFINE OUR COMMUNITY.
WITH A LONG HISTORY OF COLLABORATING WITH DIVERSE TEAMS AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER AND WORKING IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, NOW I HAVE BUILT A REPUTATION FOR ACHIEVING RESULTS EVEN AND ESPECIALLY IN IN CHALLENGING SITUATIONS.
I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF PUTTING SERVICE ABOVE SELF AND MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON THE COMMUNITY'S BEST INTEREST FREE FROM PERSONAL BIAS.
ALTHOUGH I AM NOT ALIGNED WITH ANY POLITICAL PARTY, I UPHOLD CORE CONSERVATIVE VALUES AS I UNDERSTAND THEM.
PRIORITIZING PERSONAL FREEDOM, ADVOCATING FOR SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT, AND ENSURING THE BEST USE OF OUR EXISTING TAX DOLLARS.
PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MY POSITIONS AND HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT MY CAMPAIGN TOGETHER.
I THINK WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SEBASTIAN LA FARRO, MY APOLOGIES.
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SEBASTIAN LAFA ONE TO THREE, CORAL BAY DRIVE.I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU FOR A MOMENT ABOUT SCOTT HIGGINBOTHAM.
IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE'S SOME VERY UNJUSTIFIED ATTACKS BEING LIVING AGAINST SCOTT AND I WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.
THESE A ATTACKS BOIL DOWN TO TWO ACCUSATIONS.
THE FIRST BEING THAT HE IS SOMEHOW THE MAYOR'S PUPPET.
AND THE SECOND ACCUSATION IS THAT HE RAN A NASTY CAMPAIGN.
FIRST, I'LL ADDRESS THE ACCUSATION OF SCOTT BEING SOME SORT OF PUPPET.
THIS ACCUSATION IS TOTALLY UNFOUNDED.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM.
SCOTT IS NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS WITH THE MAYOR, BUT THAT IS THE EXTENT OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
SCOTT HAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OWNER WHO HAS MADE A GREAT LIFE FOR HIMSELF.
HE ALSO HAS AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL FAMILY.
WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY COUPLED WITH FINANCIAL STABILITY, YOU HAVE IT ALL.
THE MAYOR COULD DANGLE IN FRONT OF SCOTT TO CONTROL HIM, NOT THAT HE WOULD.
ANY SELLOUT OR PUPPET BEHAVIOR ON SCOTT'S PART WOULD ONLY SERVE TO JEOPARDIZE THE WONDERFUL LIFE THAT HE HAS AND MAKES NO SENSE.
I WOULD ALSO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WHEN SCOTT SERVED ON P AND Z, HE VOTED AGAINST THE MAYOR ON THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM FACILITY.
A CONTROVERSIAL VOTE AT THE TIME.
THIS IS NOT THE BEHAVIOR OF A PUPPET.
SO LET'S PUT THAT ACCUSATION TO REST.
NOW MOVING ON TO THE EGREGIOUS ACCUSATION THAT SCOTT IS SOME KIND OF MEAN GUY THAT RAN A NASTY CAMPAIGN.
THIS COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
SCOTT PUT ON ONE NEGATIVE MAILER.
IT WAS A POLITICAL, UH, SATIRE PIECE.
HE SOON CAME TO REGRET IT AND APOLOGIZED OF COURSE, UH, COURSE CORRECTED AND MOVED ON.
SCOTT'S OPPONENT, ON THE OTHER HAND, ENGAGED IN MANY UNDERHANDED, NASTY POLITICAL TACTICS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FILING MULTIPLE BOGUS ETHICS COMPLAINTS WITH THE TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION.
THEN RAN TO THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS TO HAVE A MEDIC RIDICULOUS HIT PIECE WRITTEN UP AND FEATURED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER.
THIS HIT PIECE WENT WAY OUT OF BOUNDS.
IT EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TO THROW THE MAYOR'S WIFE UNDER THE BUS.
SCOTT NEVER DID ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO THIS.
SCOTT, ON THE OTHER HAND, ALSO HAD AN ETHICS COMPLAINT FILED ABOUT HIS OPPONENT, BUT YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T GO TO THE PRESS ABOUT IT.
YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT AFTER THE ELECTION, SCOTT REACHED OUT TO HIS OPPONENT TO MEET FOR COFFEE SO THEY COULD BURY THE HATCHET.
SCOTT BASICALLY APOLOGIZED FOR A NEGATIVE ACTIONS TAKEN BY HIS CAMPAIGN TO THE EXTENT HE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
HE SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE IT AND THAT'S NOT WHO HE IS.
NOW, YOU NEVER HEARD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE SCOTT DIDN'T DO THIS AS SOME SORT OF PR STUNT.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IF HIS OPPONENT HAD SAID SOMETHING TO CALL UP THE ATTACKS ON SCOTT, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
BEFORE I RUN OUT OF TIME, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT SCOTT HIGGINBOTHAM.
SCOTT IS A PERSON WHO CANNOT BE BOUGHT, BRIBED, INTIMIDATED, OR MANIPULATED IN ANY WAY.
SCOTT IS AN INCORRUPTIBLE PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
FOR THIS REASON ALONE, SCOTT IS AN INVALUABLE CANDIDATE FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT POSITION, BUT IT GOES MUCH FURTHER THAN THAT.
SCOTT HAS ACQUIRED GREAT EXPERIENCE WHILE SERVING ON CITY ETHICS BOARD REVIEW BOARD PNZ, CAPITAL AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.
ON TOP OF THAT, HE HAS ALSO COACHED OUR YOUTH SPORTS FOR OVER A DECADE.
JUST ABOUT EVERYONE I KNOW WHO HAS EVER CROSSED PATH WITH SCOTT LOVES HIM.
I THANK GOD ALL THE TIME FOR GREAT SELFLESS PEOPLE LIKE SCOTT HIGGINBOTHAM.
IT IS TRULY A BLESSING THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT HIS NECK ON THE LINE AND DO SUCH A TAXING THANKLESS JOB.
I'LL BE DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP SCOTT FROM NOW UNTIL THE ELECTION AND I ASK AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE SAME.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
THE CONSENT AGENDA, SIX A THROUGH J, MOVE TO APPROVE.NONE AGAINST THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[9A. 25-0153 Consider and take action on appointments to boards and commissions (Mayor Long) ]
BUSINESS.NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UH, THE ONE THAT I HAVE IS JANICE STRU.
LEAGUE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE MOVE TO APPROVE.
[9B. 25-0161 Consider and take action on a resolution directing the City Manager to develop options for a memorial garden to honor the lives of Heidi Fye, Laura Miller, Audrey Cook and Donna Prudhomme (Mayor Long, Councilmember Chadwell and Councilmember Saunders)]
NINE B.CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION.
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVELOP OPTIONS FOR MEMORIAL GARDEN TO HONOR THE LIVES OF HEIDI FI FAY, UH, LAURA MILLER, AUBREY COOK, AND DONNA PERDOME.
SO THE, UH, THE ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF, UH, THROUGHOUT THERE, SINCE THIS IS WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, ASKING THE, THE STAFF TO, TO START PULLING THINGS TOGETHER AND I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE AND COMPARING IT TO THE, UH, SOME OF THE EXISTING THINGS IN OTHER PARTS.
I JUST WANTED TO THROW THE IDEA OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE THIS TO WHERE, TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO WHERE IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO JUST, UM, THESE FOUR LADIES, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE CITY CAN ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE IN.
AND THERE'S SOME LOGISTICS TO IT.
BUT THE GIST OF WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE AN OAK TREE, A LARGE OAK TREE THAT WE WOULD PLANT AND WE CAN HAVE IT TO
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WHERE SOMEBODY CAN COME AND ACTUALLY PUT SOME OF THE ASHES OF SOME OF THEIR, SOME OF THEIR LOVED ONES SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY COME AND THE MEMORY ACTUALLY GROWS INTO THE, WITH THE TREE SO THEY CAN SIT THERE AND THE LOVED ONES ARE NEVER REALLY GONE.THIS MAKES IT MORE OF A CELEBRATION OF LIFE RATHER THAN A MORE OF A SOMBER PARK, UH, MEMORIAL THAT WE HAVE NOW.
I'M NOT TRYING TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MEMORIAL, I THINK THAT HAS CELEBRATION OF LIFE SHOULD BE INCLUDED INTO THIS RATHER THAN IT BE MORE OF A SOMBER PIECE THAT'S MORE DARKER AT A PARK.
THIS RESOLUTION IS ESSENTIALLY TO FORMALIZE SOME INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF TO GO OUT AND START LOOKING AT OPTIONS.
UH, AND, AND THAT'S, IT'S NOTHING MORE.
UH, WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE PARTICULAR VICTIMS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE LOCATION OF, OF THE PARK, UH, AND, UH, A MEMORIAL GARDEN.
WE THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST SHORT OF NAMING THE ENTIRE PARK AFTER THEM WOULD, UH, WOULD BE, WOULD BE FITTING.
UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A PROCESS.
RIGHT? AND, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS TOO.
UH, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME OPTIONS.
I THINK JOHN'S GONNA COME BACK WITH SOME OPTIONS PRETTY SOON THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
HE'S ALREADY SENT SOME TO COUNCIL VIA EMAIL.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE ON IT JUST YET.
I DON'T THINK JOHN, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, POSSIBILITIES LIKE THAT.
TOM, NO, NO ISSUES FOR ME ON THAT.
BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW THE RESOLUTION IS JUST YES OR NO TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF TO START PUTTING SOME THINGS TOGETHER.
I JUST WANNA GO THAT I, I WANT THIS MEMORIAL NOT TO BE JUST SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE JUST EASILY WALK BY.
I WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS PROMINENT IN THIS PARK THAT WHEN YOU GO INTO THIS PARK, YOU CAN SEE IT.
THAT IT, IT'S, IT CATCHES YOUR EYE THAT IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY'S GONNA WALK PAST.
AND WHAT WAS THAT TYPE THING? I WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT THAT'S MEANINGFUL, NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S JUST THERE.
YEAH, I THINK THESE WERE ALL GOOD SUGGESTIONS AND MAYBE WE COULD INCLUDE THE LEAGUE CITY GARDEN CLUB AND THE, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AS WELL.
'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'VE DONE A LOT AT HELEN'S GARDENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO.
[10A. 25-0147 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending Chapter 125, Section 5.9 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of League City entitled, “Improvement plans and acceptance of the subdivision improvements” regarding streetlight ownership on public roadways within the City (Executive Director of Development Services) ]
ITEM TEN FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES.CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1 25, SECTION 5.9 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY ENTITLED IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND ACCEPTANCE OF SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS REGARDING STREETLIGHT OWNERSHIP ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE JUST TUNING IN FOR THIS MEETING, MISSED OUR WORKSHOP EARLIER.
UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO SAVE A GOOD BIT OF MONEY, UM, ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING COSTS ON STREET STREETLIGHTS, AS WELL AS ENSURE WE HAVE, UM, INCREASED SAFETY BY HAVING A BRIGHTER COMMUNITY AT NIGHT.
UM, AND, AND FRANKLY, THE ONLY DRAWBACK I SEE IS THAT, UH, I WISH WE HAD FOUND THIS FIVE OR 10 YEARS AGO.
YEAH, THE HATS OFF TO, TO STAFF AND THE ELEVATE PROGRAM AND DAVID AND EVERYBODY, THIS IS PRETTY AMAZING.
SO THE NUMBERS, IT'S, IT'S 13 ISH MILLION DOLLARS SAVED FOR THE CITY OVER 20 YEARS.
UH, THAT'S SUBSTANTIAL AND EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, IMPROVING SERVICE AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE LIGHTS AND THE LIGHTING AND, AND JUST THE SAFETY.
SO REALLY IT, IT TICKS EVERYTHING.
QUALITY, SAFETY, AND IT COSTS LESS.
LOOKING FORWARD TO PUSHING THIS FORWARD.
SEVEN FOUR, NOT AGAINST, TAKE IT A FIRST AND FINAL.
NONE AGAINST, THERE ARE NO ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS.
[13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS]
REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM TOM KOMA.UM, JUST WANTED TO THANK JOHN AND HIS STAFF FOR A, UH, WONDERFUL 2025 YOUTH WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC ON MARCH 13TH AT THE BALLPARK IN
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LEAGUE CITY.UH, I REPRESENTED THE CITY THERE WITH A SMALL SPEECH AND, AND REPRESENTED THE CITY, UH, THROWING OUT THE FIRST BASEBALL, SO YOU MISSED THAT MAYOR.
BUT, UH, IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME AND I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE, THE STAFF MEMBERS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE, EMS PUBLIC WORKS, UH, FOR DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
IT, RYAN SMITH, UH, I CANNOT TELL YOU IF HE'S OUT THERE.
THE, THE PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE EVENT THROUGHOUT THE, UH, WEEKEND, WE HAD AN ESTIMATE OF 30,000 PEOPLE, 500, 30,000, 500, UM, INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE THAT CAME THROUGH THE GATES.
WE HAD 127 BASEBALL GAMES IN THE THREE DAYS.
WE RAISED ABOUT 223,000 IN REVENUE.
SO I REALLY CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER SPORTS EVENT OR AREA THAT WE RAISE THAT MUCH MONEY.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE DEBT, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE CAN RAISE THAT MUCH MONEY WITH AN EVENT.
UM, THANK, UH, JOHN METTER FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THE LAND FOR PARKING ACROSS THE STREET.
IF YOU WENT BY THERE TO LOOK AT THE EVENT, UM, THE PARKING WAS FULL, BUT THE OFFSITE PARKING WAS ALSO, UM, HAD SEVERAL, SEVERAL CARS OUT THERE FOR THE THREE DAYS.
SO AGAIN, JUST A A A THANK YOU, JOHN FOR YOUR STAFF AND FOR EVERYBODY THAT PUT THIS ON.
I WAS SO AMAZED TO, UH, GO OUT THERE AND SEE DUSTY BAKER, JOSE CRUZ, BRANDON BACKY.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE, THE, THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'VE SEEN OUT THERE AND THE KIDS, UH, JUST LOVED IT.
WE HAD AN AMERICAN TEAM OUT THERE.
UM, WE TOOK SOME PICTURES WITH THEM, SO IT JUST A GREAT EVENT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT COME TO LEAGUE CITY, BUT THANK YOU DOUG.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE, THANKS TO ALL THE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE STEPPED UP IN THIS SPECIAL ELECTION.
UM, IT CAN BE A TOUGH RIDE, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE STAY TRUE TO YOU ARE, UM, AND BEST OF LUCK TO ALL YOU GUYS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, CONGRATULATE, UH, ALL OF THE C-C-I-S-D SUPERINTENDENT SCHOLARS THAT ARE GETTING AWARDED TONIGHT.
MY DAUGHTER, GRACE IS ONE OF THEM, SO REAL PROUD OF HER AND, AND ALL OF THE, UH, STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE THE ONES IN LEAGUE CITY, C-C-I-S-D.
SO CHAD, UH, KIND OF TOUCH ON THE SAME NOTE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES.
I WOULD LIKE TO TO RECOGNIZE THE, THE ONES THAT SHOWED UP HERE TONIGHT.
UM, NOT EVERYBODY'S FREE ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY, UM, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE, IF YOU WANNA DO THIS.
UM, SO THE ONES I SAW HERE TONIGHT, UM, I'M GONNA GO IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER SO NOBODY THINKS I'M PLAYING FAVORITES.
UH, DR. BROWN, UH, KIRSTEN GARCIA AND SCOTT HIGGINBOTHAM.
IF I MISSED ANY, RAISE YOUR HAND.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT A FULL QUALIFICATION, BUT IT'S AT LEAST SHOWING SOME, UH, DEDICATION TO, TO WHAT YOU'RE PURSUANT.
I WENT OUT TO BOOKS AT THE BALLPARK TODAY.
SO ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING OVER THERE AT, AT, UH, BALLPARK IN LEAGUE CITY, I ALMOST SAID THE OLD NAME.
UH, THEY HAD SONGS AND STORY TIME AND DRAWING AND PLAYS AND GAMES AND PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF CROWD KIND OF FILTERING IN AND OUT.
NEAT THING TO USE THAT FACILITY FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S CERTAINLY NOT BEING USED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
UH, YOU COULD TELL A LOT OF THE LITTLE KIDS, IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME THERE AND TO THEM, YOU KNOW, IT FELT LIKE FENWAY PARK.
SO THEY, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY COOL.
THANK YOU FOR THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR SETTING THAT UP.
ALRIGHT, AND THEN WE HAVE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND SO AT SIX 30 THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.