* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. MAYBE INSIDE [00:00:01] THEIR GATE. AND SO NOBODY WORKS. ALL RIGHT. [1. Call to order and roll call of members] IT IS SIX O'CLOCK, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA IS THE, THE, UH, CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS. PAM ARNOLD IS ABSENT. FRANK DOMINGUEZ HERE. SCOTT HIGGINBOTHAM HERE. PAUL MAYS IS HERE. JOEL DICKERSON IS ABSENT. MATTHEW HYDE HERE. JAMES WABA HERE. AND RUTH MORRISON, PRESIDENT HERE. SO WE DO HAVE A, UH, QUORUM. WE WILL CALL A MEETING TO ORDER. THE FIRST THING [2. Approval of April 7, 2025 minutes] THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 7TH, 2000, 25 MINUTES, UH, MEETING. ANYBODY HAVE ANY CHANGES THEY WANNA MAKE? IT WAS A PRETTY SHORT MEETING EVEN WITH, UM, DOMINGUEZ HERE, , BUT, UH, NO CHANGES. THEN WE'LL JUST CONSIDER THOSE, UH, APPROVED AS SUBMITTED. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY, IS THAT GOOD OR BAD? WHATEVER. OKAY. THE NEXT [4. Public Hearing and Action Items] THING, UH, IS TO, UH, CALL A PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON THE LEAGUE CITY WEST SIDE MASTER PLAN. UM, CHRIS, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE. WELL, SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING? UM, UP TO YOU. I'M, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. YOU CAN OPEN IT WHEN I'M DONE IN CASE SOMEONE COMES IN LATE, YOU GIVE 'EM A CHANCE TO GET HERE. YEAH, SURE. WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR, YOUR THING, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND IF NOBODY'S HERE, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE. YES, SIR. UH, CLIFF NOTES, ISN'T IT? CLIFF NOTES? YES, SIR. THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR. HOPEFULLY I CAN GIVE YOU A SUMMARIZED VERSION THAT MAKES A LITTLE SENSE. UM, I, I ANTICIPATE THAT, THAT ALL OF YOU READ THE 700 SOME ODD PAGES EVERY PAGE OVER THE WEEK, OVER EASTER WEEKEND. THAT IS. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, BUT HOPEFULLY I CAN SUMMARIZE IT UP FOR YOU IF YOU DIDN'T GET TIME TO READ ALL, READ IT ALL. UM, SO THE MASTER PLAN, WHAT A MASTER PLAN IS, IS IT'S A GUIDE. IT HELPS US MANAGE AND CONTROL GROWTH, UM, AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH OF OUR CITY. AND SO, WHY DO WE NEED TO DO THIS? UM, WE'RE HAVING EXPLOSIVE GROWTH ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN ALREADY. WE HAVE THE GRAND PARKWAY COMING, UM, EXPECTED TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 2027 AND COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION IN 2031. SO SIX YEARS, YOU KNOW, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. FIVE SEVENTEENS BEING EXPANDED. YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF GROWTH ON THAT WEST SIDE. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET AHEAD OF A LOT OF THAT GROWTH, GET THIS IN BEFORE THE GRAND PARKWAY GETS GOING AND PLAN FOR THAT GROWTH. AND SO, UM, SOME OF THE GOALS, UM, OF COURSE, PRODUCTIVE LAND USE, UM, PLANNING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PLACEMAKING, HAVING THAT SENSE IN PLACE. UM, FOR WESTERN LAKE CITY, WE HIRED A CONSULTING FIRM, LJA IN 2024 TO HELP US WITH THIS EFFORT. UM, AND SO THEY'VE BEEN HELPING GUIDE US THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UM, AS WE'VE MOVED THROUGH IT. SO, AGAIN, UM, SOME OF THE GOALS, UM, LOOKING, WE LOOKED AT PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. WE CREATED A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. UM, WE LOOKED AT PLACEMAKING, CREATING SOME DISTRICTS IN, IN ON THE WEST SIDE. UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS OBVIOUSLY CRUCIAL, UM, TO ATTRACT COMMERCIAL GROWTH OVER THERE. AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING IS, IS, OF COURSE, UM, OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. SPECIFICALLY, UM, FLOOD PLAIN AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT. SO AGAIN, UM, PURPOSE OF MASTER PLAN. UM, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A BALANCED, RESILIENT COMMUNITY. YOU DON'T WANT A COMMUNITY WITH ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, NO COMMERCIAL. YOU DON'T WANT A COMMUNITY WITH ALL COMMERCIAL AND A FEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THERE'S A BALANCE THERE THAT YOU TRY TO MEET. UM, SO YOU'RE NOT ONLY MANAGING GROWTH, BUT YOU'RE ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS. UM, ONE WAY OF DOING THIS, AND THIS WILL BE A REOCCURRING THEME, UM, IF YOU READ THE REPORT AND THAT I'M GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, IS INTEGRATING PARKS AND TRAILS, UM, WITH OUR NATURAL AREAS THAT WE'RE BLESSED WITH ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. SO AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, UM, WE DID DO SOME PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. UM, FIRST WE STARTED BY CREATING TWO COMMITTEES. UM, THE FIRST ONE WAS OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT INVOLVED MEMBERS OF STAFF PLANNING, ENGINEERING, PARKS, COMMUNICATIONS, AS WELL AS, UM, OUR DRAINAGE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES FROM GALVESTON COUNTY, CONSOLIDATED DRAINAGE DISTRICT, AND AS WELL AS SOME COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS. AND WE, WE GOT THEM TOGETHER IN A GROUP, AND THEIR PURPOSE WAS FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PUTTING FORTH A PLAN THAT WAS REALISTIC AND VIABLE. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD THE DEVELOPERS IN THERE, AS WELL AS THE DRAINAGE FOLKS, AS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. MAKES SENSE. UM, AND, AND THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT IT DOES. UM, WE ALSO HAD A STAKEHOLDER STEERING COMMITTEE THAT WAS CREATED. UM, THIS WAS BASICALLY THE PROPERTY OWNERS. THERE'S FIVE MAJOR PROPERTY OWNERS OUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, [00:05:01] CONSTITUTE ABOUT 75% OF THE LAND. SO WE'VE INVITED ALL THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND BE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. AND SO THEY DID COME TO SEVERAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS WELL AS WE HAD TWO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE, ON THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOING IN THE DIRECTION, UM, THAT CITY COUNCIL WAS COMFORTABLE WITH. AND THAT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER SAUNDERS AND MANN. AND WE ALSO HAD MEMBERS OF THE GALVESTON COUNTY CONSOLIDATED DRAINAGE DISTRICT ON THIS COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY. SO FROM THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STANDPOINT, UM, WE PUT OUT TWO SURVEYS. UM, THE FIRST ONE KIND OF ASKED, HEY, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN? AND WE HAD OVER 1300 RESPONSES. SO QUITE A FEW RESPONSES FROM RESIDENTS OF LEAGUE CITY. UM, SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS SLIDE, IT HAS KIND OF WHAT, WHAT THEY RANKED AS WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE ON THE WEST SIDE IN ORDER. UM, IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT, UM, PARKS, UM, OPEN GREEN SPACE AND WATERWAYS WERE THE TOP THREE. UM, SO THE, THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE CANNOT BE COMPOSED OF JUST PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND WATERWAYS. SO FOLLOWED BY THAT WAS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. SO THEN CIVIC OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN MIXED USE IN COMMERCIAL. THE BOTTOM TWO WERE MULTIFAMILY AND INDUSTRIAL USES. UM, WE THEN HELD A PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE. UM, THIS IS WHERE WE PRESENTED TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. UM, WE KIND OF EXPLAINED HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE WERE, AND, UM, WE BROKE OFF INTO SMALLER SESSIONS AND KIND OF EXPLAINED THESE FUTURE LAND USE PLANS. AFTER THE MEETING, WE ASKED THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, PARTICIPATE IN A SURVEY, UM, TELLING US, HEY, WHICH PLAN DO YOU LIKE? WHY DO YOU LIKE IT? AND, UM, WE ALSO OPENED UP A SECOND SURVEY AFTER THAT, AND WE POSTED THIS PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE VIDEO ONLINE FOR ANYONE TO VIEW WHO WANTED TO ADVERTISE IT ON FACEBOOK, SOCIAL MEDIA, THE WEBSITE. AND SO THE IDEA WAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD VIEW THE VIDEO OF THE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE OF US EXPLAINING THESE DIFFERENT LAND USE PLANS, AND THEN TAKE THE SURVEY AND GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK. AND SO I'LL GET INTO THE RESULTS OF THAT, UM, HERE IN A MOMENT. UM, SO PART OF THE STUDY, UM, SO IN THE REAR OF THE, OF THE 700 PAGE DOCUMENT, YOU WOULD, IN THE APPENDICES, YOU WOULD FIND, UM, SEVERAL OF THESE STUDIES. UM, ONE WAS THE H AND H STUDY. UM, AND THIS WAS A HIGH LEVEL STUDY, AND NO DOUBT IT SAID THAT, HEY, THE GROUND IS FLAT AND WE NEED A LOT OF ATTENTION. UM, SO I THINK EVERYBODY KNEW THAT. BUT, UM, THAT WAS KIND OF THE RESULT OF THIS STUDY, AND IT SHOWED THAT THERE'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DETENTION NEEDED FOR THESE, UM, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT OUT ON THE WEST SIDE, UM, FROM INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY. UM, WE LOOKED AT MOBILITY FOR THE AREA AND HOW THE GRAND PARKWAY WILL AFFECT TRAVEL AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THIS AREA, TOWN, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PLAN FOR THAT. UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS TO ADDRESS STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND UTILITIES. UM, WE DID, WE DID A HIGH LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL ASSESSMENT AS WELL. UM, THIS INCLUDED A WETLANDS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES REPORT, AS WELL AS A, JUST A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL. UM, THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS ON THE THREATEN AND ENDANGERED SPECIES. THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME HABITATS OUT THERE. UM, BUT IT'LL NEED TO BE STUDIED A LITTLE FURTHER AS THESE AREAS DEVELOP. UM, FROM THE CULTURAL RESOURCE, UM, SURVEY, THERE WAS NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE OUTSIDE OF A BENSON CEMETERY, UM, LOCATED SOMEWHERE ALONG CEMETERY ROAD. UM, WHICH, WHEN THAT COMES IN TO DEVELOP, UH, WILL NEED TO BE STUDIED AS WELL. UM, THIS IS AN INTERESTING PART. UM, WE DID A MARKET STUDY. UM, THE MARKET STUDY WAS PERFORMED BY A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT, LOOKED AT DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS AND WHAT COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED WITH OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE COMPETITIVE MARKET AREA. AND THE COMPETITIVE MARKET AREA IS LIKE A NINE ZIP CODE AREA WHERE WE COMPETE, UM, FOR DIFFERENT LAND USES. UM, SO WE LOOKED AT TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. UM, THE BASELINE AND THE ASPIRATIONAL SCENARIO. BASELINE SCENARIO IS KIND OF, WE CONTINUE TO LET IT GROW ORGANICALLY. UM, AS, AS THE EAST SIDE HAS, YOU KNOW, YOU CONTINUE TO GET SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, YOU CONTINUE TO GET STRIP RETAIL, UM, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN LAKE CITY RIGHT NOW. WE THEN LOOKED AT AN ASPIRATIONAL SCENARIO. AND THE ASPIRATIONAL SCENARIO SEEMS SOME UPDATED ZONING AND THE CONSERVATIVE USE OF, UM, INCENTIVES FOR NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THIS IS MORE LIKELY TO GENERATE HIGHER REVENUE, HIGHER VALUE DEVELOPMENT THAT'LL HELP ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE, UM, FOR THE CITY. FROM A DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT, UM, WE, WE LOOKED AT THIS THROUGH A LOT OF IT'S LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW TO DESIGN INFRASTRUCTURE IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY. UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE REALIZE THAT DRAINAGE IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF MOST OF MOST RESIDENTS' MINDS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT AND HOW, HOW DO WE AFFECT DRAINAGE OR NOT AFFECT DRAINAGE IN A NEGATIVE ASPECT. AND SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT IN THIS STUDY IS THE [00:10:01] CONCEPT OF THE SPONGE CITY. AND THIS IS WHERE YOU, UM, YOU USE GREEN SPACE TO, TO ABSORB WATER RATHER THAN HAVING A CONCRETE JUNGLE, ESSENTIALLY. AND YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE, UM, OF A STREET SCAPE WITH SOME GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, HAVING THE BIOS SWES IN THE MIDDLE, HAVING TREES WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OR ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, UM, TO ABSORB THAT WATER RATHER THAN IT JUST BEING ALL CONCRETE. UM, THERE'S ALSO A SECTION ON PARK RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO THERE'S SOME DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT, UM, ARE PROVIDED AS APPENDIX AS WELL TO THE STUDY. UM, THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO THE CREATION OF A PARKS OVERLAY DISTRICT, IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA PROPOSE THAT WILL BE COMING, UM, SOON AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN. SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT SOON AND GETTING ONTO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, MY FAVORITE PART AS A PLANNER. UM, SO THIS IS A LONG-TERM PLANNING TOOL THAT HELPS OUTLINE THE DESIRED DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS OF THE COMMUNITY AND HELPS US GUIDE US ON FUTURE LAND USE DECISIONS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENTS ON THE WEST SIDE AND FUTURE POTENTIAL ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, UM, TO HELP THIS PLAN COME TO FRUITION. SO I MENTIONED EARLIER AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING, UM, THE TWO OPTIONS. AND SO I'LL, I'LL GO OVER WHAT THOSE WERE A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN I'LL SHOW YOU THE ONE THAT THE, THE PUBLIC, UM, AGREED THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH. SO OPTION A, UM, THIS ONE WAS A PRETTY TYPICAL FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. UM, EACH SITE ACCOUNTED FOR THEIR OWN DETENTION. IT WAS DEVELOPED AS WE'RE SEEING TODAY, COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTED FOR THEIR DETENTION, RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTED FOR THEIRS, UM, AND WAS A PRETTY, PRETTY STANDARD. WE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL, UM, COMPARED TO RESIDENTIAL, UM, BUT WAS PRETTY TYPICAL TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE TODAY, UM, FROM A DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT. OPTION B, WE TRY A MORE INTEGRATED AND HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT. UM, THIS ONE, I, I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON THE PICTURE OF THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN. I THINK IT DESCRIBES KIND OF WHAT WE WERE GOING FOR PRETTY WELL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, WE HAVE THE NATURAL WATERWAY OF DICKINSON BAYOU. IT KIND OF CUTS THIS AREA IN HALF. AND SO THE IDEA BEHIND OPTION B WAS THAT YOU UTILIZE YOUR GREEN SPACE, YOUR OPEN SPACE ALONG THE EXISTING DRAINAGE CANALS. UM, YOU UTILIZE DE TENSION ALONG THE EXISTING DRAINAGE CANALS. YOU PUT YOUR PARKS ALONG THE EXISTING DRAINAGE AREA. THE, THE AREA ALONG DICKINSON BAYOU THERE IS IN A FLOODWAY AND IN THE FLOODPLAIN. AND SO IT, THE FLOODWAY IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP IN FLOOD PLAIN. A LOT OF THE WEST SIDE'S IN THE FLOOD PLAIN A LITTLE EASIER, BUT STILL HAS CHALLENGES AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE DRAINAGE WAYS. AND SO THE IDEA IS TO UTILIZE PARKLAND DETENTION AND THE NATURAL FEATURES TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, AN AMENITY FOR THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO TO FUNCTION IN HIGH, HIGH RAIN EVENTS TOO. SO IT FLOODS UP AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE, UM, THERE'S A SIDEWALK DOWN LOW. WELL, OBVIOUSLY WHENEVER IT FLOODS THAT SIDEWALK'S GONNA GO UNDERWATER FIRST, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF STORAGE THERE. AND THEN IT GOES UP AND IT FLOODS THE PARK. AND SO THEN THE PARK FLOODS, BUT YOU'RE STILL GETTING ADDITIONAL STORAGE, UM, FOR THAT WATER. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING HOUSES THERE AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHT ALONG THE BAYOU, THAT WOULD FLOOD AND CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. YOU HAVE THIS DUAL PURPOSE, UM, DETENTION AND PARKLAND THAT SERVES AS AN AMENITY WHEN IT'S NOT IN RAIN EVENTS AND SERVES AS REALLY AN AMENITY WHEN THERE IS RAIN EVENTS. UM, SO IT'S NOT FLOODING PEOPLE'S HOUSES. AND SO THIS IS WHAT THE OPTION B ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE 45 DEGREE ANGLE. I'M GONNA WALK OVER TO HERE AND POINT TO IT SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. BUT THIS IS DIGGING SOME BAYOU HERE AS IT COMES UP. SO YOU CAN SEE THE WATERWAY IS KIND OF CENTERED AROUND IT. UM, THE FLOODWAY IS OUTLINED THERE IN RED, BUT BASICALLY EVERYTHING IN THE FLOODWAY IS, EVERYTHING IN THE FLOODWAY IS PARKS OR DETENTION OR OPEN SPACE. AND THEN AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE GRAND PARKWAY, YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE THAT IS A MIXED USE COMMERCIAL TYPE DEVELOPMENT. AND, UM, AND THEN ALONG FIVE 17 ALSO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR MIXED USE AND YOUR TYPICAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. SO, UM, SOME OF THE KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, A DIVERSIFYING LAND USE. RIGHT NOW, EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY OUT THERE IS ZONED RF SEVEN, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN BUILD A, UM, RESIDENTIAL LOT WITH A MINIMUM 7,000 SQUARE FEET. SO THE IDEA IS TO HAVE SOME MORE WALKABLE TYPE LAND USES, LIKE YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT WHEN YOU COMPARE THE VALUE OF, YOU KNOW, A MIXED USE AREA PER ACRE COMPARED TO A TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, IT, IT CAN GET UP TO 10 TO 15 TIMES AS VALUABLE PER ACRE. SO SOME KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN CONTINUING. UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TRYING TO ENHANCE CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE. UM, WE'RE FOSTERING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TAX BASE DIVERSIFICATION. UM, SO THIS PLAN, [00:15:01] I KNOW YOU HEAR, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS THROWN AROUND 80 20 COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL OR RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL, 60 40, WHAT SHOULD IT BE? UM, SO WE USED THE MARKET STUDY THAT WAS DONE TO SEE WHAT'S A REALISTIC AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE PRODUCT THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY GET HERE IN LAKE CITY. SO WE DIDN'T WANNA PUT UP A GAUDY NUMBER THAT'S NOT ATTAINABLE. AND SO WHAT IT CAME OUT TO BE, I THINK WAS ABOUT 65 35 RESIDENTIAL, TWO COMMERCIAL RATIO, WHICH GETS US CLOSER TO OUR 60 40 GOAL. BUT THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS THAT WE'RE REDUCING THE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL BURDEN ON LAKE CITY PROPERTY OWNERS, ON THE PEOPLE LIVING HERE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT COMMERCIAL BASE, UM, TO BOOST UP THE VALUE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY COUNCILS, UM, OVER THE YEARS HAS TRIED TO LOWER PROPERTY TAX FOR THE CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY, AND THIS HELPS OBTAIN THAT GOAL. UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE MASTER MOBILITY PLAN, AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE A MASTER MOBILITY PLAN, BUT THIS ONE TOOK A CLOSER DIVE INTO THIS WEST SIDE OF TOWN, MAKING SURE WE HAD ALL THE CONNECTIONS, WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE GRAND PARKWAY, AND ALL OF OUR MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY WORKS BASED ON EXISTING CONDITIONS OUT THERE. AND SO, AGAIN, JUST SOME MORE OBJECTIVES OF THIS FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. UM, YOU KNOW, I TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER, MAINTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL AND RECREATIONAL SPACES. THIS WAS, UM, REALLY HARPED ON, ON THE SURVEYS THAT WE DID WITH THE CITIZENS. THEY WANT THE ENVIRONMENT TO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF 'EM WOULD RATHER NOTHING HAPPEN, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE OPEN SPACE THAT WE HAVE AND TRY TO PRESERVE THE GREEN SPACES AS RECREATIONAL AREAS AS WELL. AND SO THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMPLEMENTED BY PUBLIC PARKS, GREENWAYS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND AGAIN, IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH THE DUAL PURPOSE DETENTION THAT I EXPLAINED. UM, WHENEVER WE WERE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. SO DISTRICTS, ANOTHER GOAL OF THIS PLAN WAS TO KIND OF COME UP WITH SOME PLACEMAKING IDEAS. AND SO WE CAME UP WITH FOUR DISTRICTS OVER HERE, UM, AND I, I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH 'EM EACH RIGHT NOW. UM, THE GATEWAY DISTRICT, THIS IS THE GATEWAY INTO LEAGUE CITY. SO THIS KIND OF HUGS THE GRAND PARKWAY ON THE EAST AND WEST. UM, THE, THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE ENTERING LEAGUE CITY, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING ALVIN AND YOU GET INTO LEAGUE CITY, AND THERE'S, YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH A NUMBER OF WAYS. UM, PUBLIC ART INITIATIVES, SPECIAL SIGNAGE PROGRAMS. UM, AND SO IT'S, IT'S TO CREATE THAT SENSE OF PLACE. UM, SO YOU HAVE THAT CLEAR INDICATION OF, HEY, I'M NOW IN LAKE CITY, THE PRESERVE, THIS IS THE AREA ALONG THE BAYOU. UM, SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE PRESERVING AS MUCH NATURAL SPACE AS WE CAN, PUTTING OUR PARKS, OUR DETENTION, OUR WALKWAYS. AND SO THE IDEA HERE IS TO, UM, SHOW THAT THERE IS A NATURAL AREA IN LAKE CITY AND, AND SHOWCASING THAT THAT PRESERVED AREA. WE HAVE THE GROVES. UM, THIS, THIS AREA'S IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE GREEN, UM, THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. UM, WE NAMED IT THIS BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT LAND USES THE TREE FARM. UM, SO JUST KIND OF PAY HERITAGE TO THAT AS THAT WILL LIKELY EVENTUALLY REDEVELOP INTO SOMETHING. UM, THIS AREA IS CHARACTERIZED MOSTLY BY RESIDENTIAL AS WELL AS SOME PARKS. AND THEN, UM, COMMERCIAL ALONG FIVE 17. AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE THE QUARRY. UM, WE NAMED IT THIS BECAUSE OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS, UM, WE'VE SEEN SANDPITS BEING DUG OUT THERE, UM, STARTING IN THE SEVENTIES. AND SO THERE ARE EXISTING SANDPITS, HUNDREDS OF ACRES BIG. AND SO, UM, THIS ONE'S MAINLY RESIDENTIAL AS WELL. UM, BUT WE, WE COULD FORESEE IT, UM, UTILIZING THOSE SAND PITS AS AN AMENITY TO THE RESIDENTS THAT WILL LIVE OUT THERE. SO, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, UM, THERE ARE ACTIONABLE STEPS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE. THERE'S A WHOLE CHAPTER ON IMPLEMENTATION AND SOME SUGGESTIONS OVER WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE DO ALL OF IT LIKELY NOT. UM, BUT IT GIVES US A FRAMEWORK OF WHAT WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD TO BRING THIS PLAN TO FRUITION. UM, SO WE'VE GOT THE ZONING AND LAND USE. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S POTENTIAL TO DO REZONINGS OUT THERE TO CREATE OVERLAY DISTRICTS WITH POTENTIAL STANDARDS. UM, IF NOT, THEN THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS AS A TOOL WHEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AS THEY COME IN. TRADITIONALLY, WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE DO PUDS, LARGE LOT DEVELOPMENTS. THEY BUY UP A LOT OF LAND A THOUSAND ACRES, AND THEN THEY DO A BIG SUBDIVISION OVER IT. AND SO THIS WILL BE OUR GUIDING TOOL WHENEVER WE'RE NEGOTIATING AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY WANNA DO HERE IN LEAGUE CITY. UM, FROM POLICY REVISIONS, THIS, THIS COULD INVOLVE, UM, CREATING DESIGN GUIDELINES OR DISTRICT GUIDELINES, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS COULD BE POTENTIAL MUD TURS THREE 80, UM, TO HELP, UM, GET SOME OF THESE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENTS, UM, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. I MENTIONED, UM, CREATING PARK OVERLAY DISTRICT. UM, HOPEFULLY IF THIS IS ADOPTED, THAT'LL BE, UM, SOON THEREAFTER. WE ALL BE SEEING THAT. AND, UM, HAVING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO ENSURE THE DRAINAGE NEEDS ARE MET AND WE CAN CREATE THAT SENSE OF PLACE ALONG THE BAYOU THERE. AND THEN BRANDING, UM, OF COURSE THIS WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE DISTRICTS THAT I JUST [00:20:01] MENTIONED, HAVING A SPECIFIC BRANDING AND WAY FINDING IN THOSE DISTRICTS. UM, THIS PLAN IS NOT STAGNANT. UM, YOU KNOW, AS CONDITIONS CHANGE, WE WOULD WANT TO UPDATE IT, AND SO LIKELY, YOU KNOW, IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS WE'D REVISIT IT AND SEE IF IT NEEDS ANY UPDATES OR ADDENDUMS MADE TO IT AT THAT TIME. SO NEXT STEPS. UM, WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL ACTION PLANNED ON MAY 13TH. UM, SO THAT'LL BE THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE WOULD, UM, REQUEST A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM Y'ALL TONIGHT. UM, SO I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. UM, CHRISTOPHER SIMS HAS BEEN, UM, HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL. HE'S HERE, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY STREETS OR DRAINAGE QUESTIONS AND, UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CARPENTER? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL JUMP IN. UH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO PAGE 19? SLIDE 19. WE, WE, WE SEE YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW DICKINSON BAYOU FLOWS THROUGH AND, AND JUST A, A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DETENTION THERE. AND, AND I, I, I WAS A LITTLE CURIOUS THE THOUGHT PROCESS ABOUT HOW THAT RELATES TO FUTURE DRAINAGE ISSUES, HAVING ALL THE DETENTION IN THE BAYOU, AND ALSO WHAT PORTION OF THAT IS GONNA BE, UM, STRICTLY DETENTION OR RECREATIONAL MIXED USE TYPE DETENTION, YOU KNOW, KAYAKS, PADDLE BOARDS, THAT TYPE OF THING. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A POPULAR THING PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR SURE. SO AS FAR AS RECREATION, HARD TO TELL RIGHT NOW. UM, YOU KNOW, AS THESE, PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE PARKS OVERLAY IS TO GIVE INCENTIVES TO DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO UTILIZE THEIR DETENTION AREAS AS OPEN SPACE AND ACT AS THAT DOUBLE DIPPING OF, HEY, YOU CAN HAVE OPEN SPACE AND DETENTION AS WELL AS PARKLAND. SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE THE DEVELOPERS TO DO THAT. UM, AS FAR AS PUTTING THE DETENTION ALONG THE BAYOU, AND CHRIS CAN COME UP HERE AND, UM, SMACK ME IF I'M SAYING THIS WRONG, BUT ALL OF THE DRAINAGE THERE IS GONNA HAVE TO FUNNEL OUT THAT WAY ANYWAYS. AND SO FUNNELING IT TO THESE DETENTION PONDS, THE DETENTION PONDS WON'T NECESSARILY BE IN THE BAYOU OR AN EXPANSION OF THE BAYOU. THEY'LL BE ADJACENT TO THE BAYOU AND THEY'LL EVENTUALLY OUTFALL INTO IT, WHICH WILL TAKE THE WATER OUT OF THE CITY. OKAY. UH, YEAH, ONE MORE THING. UH, SAME, SAME SLIDE. I NOTICED HERE, UH, YOU KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT ON THE LEFT SIDE, THERE'S A CLUSTER OF A MIXED USE AND THEN A LITTLE ON THE RIGHT, UH, A CLUSTER OF COMMERCIAL. WHAT WAS, UH, A BIT OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS, BUT BETWEEN HOW THOSE TWO AREAS WERE LAID OUT, THAT THIS WOULD BE A MORE MIXED USE, THIS WOULD BE A MORE OF THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. SURE. SO, YOU KNOW, THE MIXED USE, WE, WE TRIED TO CENTER AROUND, UM, THE GRAND PARKWAY CORRIDOR THERE. AND SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT YOU'LL SEE THERE, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD ALSO BE GOOD TO HAVE IT ALONG THE DRAINAGE CORRIDORS AND HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, MIXED USE WITH THE WALKABILITY WHERE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, WALK OUT OF THE RESTAURANT AND THEN WALK DOWN THE CORRIDOR, UM, THE DRAINAGE CORRIDOR THAT IS DICKINSON BY YOU. AND SO WE WANTED TO MIX IT UP A LITTLE AND NOT JUST HAVE YOUR TRADITIONAL COMMERCIAL, UM, ALL THROUGHOUT THIS. OKAY. GOOD. AND, UH, ONE MORE THING. UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE RATIO, UH, TRYING TO GET MORE IN THE 65, 35 AREA. UM, IS THAT RATIO STRICTLY THIS WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT OR IS THAT CITYWIDE? AND IF THAT, IS THAT, IF THAT GETS THE RATIO TO CITYWIDE, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT, UM, OBVIOUSLY MORE OF THE COMMERCIAL WOULD'VE TO BE BASED IN THIS AREA MM-HMM . AS OPPOSED TO, SO THAT RATIO IS JUST FOR THIS AREA, IT'S NOT CITYWIDE. THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF PROBABLY THE TOP END OF COMMERCIAL THAT WE COULD REALISTICALLY GET OUT HERE. SURE. UM, WITH THE MARKET STUDY INFORMATION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. SO YOUR, YOUR ZONING PROPOSALS, YOUR CHANGES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE PLACE, IS IT JUST FOR THIS PROPERTY OR IS IT GONNA BE YEAH, SO EVALUATED CITYWIDE. THERE, THERE COULD BE THINGS THAT SPILL OVER CITYWIDE, YOU KNOW, THE FOCUS ON THIS WAS GIST OF THIS AREA, AND SO THE FOCUS ON OUR CHANGES WERE, ARE REALLY KIND OF SPECIFIC TO THIS AREA, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME BLEED OVER WHERE WE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, WE'RE LIKE, WELL, THIS MAKES SENSE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY. SO IT'S JUST GONNA DEPEND ON, ON THE STEPS MOVING FORWARD. SO I ASSUME THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO PRIORITIZE EVERYTHING ONCE IT'S ALL APPROVED TO GO FORWARD WITH, I MEAN, I, I PERSONALLY THINK THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE DRAINAGE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ON THIS WHOLE PLANT, CONSIDERING THE, THE LAND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I MEAN, IT'S ALL RICE FIELDS OUT THERE AND IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T BUILT TO ABSORB, IT WAS BUILT TO HOLD WATER MM-HMM . SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, SOME MAJOR CHANGES OUT THERE. YEAH. THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME CHALLENGES. AND [00:25:01] THIS IS ALL IN THE DICKINSON, IOWA WATERSHED, RIGHT? IT IS. NOTHING FLOWS OVER TO CLEAR CREEK, CORRECT, CHRIS? UM, THERE'S A VERY SMALL PIECE, THE L FOUR L FIVE AREA, THAT'S CLEAR CREEK. SO THIS LITTLE CORNER RIGHT HERE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS STICK BITE. I GOT YOU. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL PRETTY OVERWHELMING, BUT I THINK PERSONALLY, I THINK IT WAS WELL DONE. IT, UH, IT'S, IT'S A MAJOR UNDERTAKING. IT, IT'S KINDA LIKE THE OLD ADAGE OF HOW DO YOU EAT A, AN ELEPHANT? IT JUST ONE, ONE BITE AT A TIME. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S UH, IT'S A MAJOR DEAL. UH, YES SIR. BUT A YEAR'S WORTH OF WORK WE'RE, BUT IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YES, SIR. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, THE, THERE'S SO MUCH EMPHASIS ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT HERE, THIS EV EVER, EVER HOW MANY ACRES IT IS AS IT'S DISCUSSED AND AS ACTION IS TAKEN ON IT, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO MAKE THE REST OF THE CITY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE STEPCHILDREN, IF YOU WILL. YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, OF COURSE, MAYBE THAT'S A BAD TERM. I, ANYWAY, YEAH. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO GET AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PLAN TO HELP GUIDE US, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE CITY. WE, WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THAT THAT DOES FOCUS ON, UM, DEVELOPED AREAS AND HAS STRATEGIES FOR THAT. BUT THIS WAS SPECIFIC TO GET AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS UNDEVELOPED AREA. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO AFTER THIS GETS PASSED, UM, AT WHAT POINT DO YOU DECIDE WHAT KIND OF, OF COMMERCIAL GOES WHERE? SO THAT WON'T REALLY BE DECIDED UNTIL WE START TO SEE DEVELOPMENT OUT HERE AND WE'RE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED, WE HAD, LIKE I SAID, WE HAD THE FIVE MAJOR LANDOWNERS THAT OWN 75% OF THIS LAND IN THESE MEETINGS WITH US. SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE VISION, THEY UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, AND, UM, THEY ALL SEEM TO BE ON BOARD WITH IT. UM, SO IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST GONNA SIT OUT THERE AS RICE FIELD STILL. UM, BUT WHEN THEY START TO DEVELOP, THIS IS OUR GUIDE TO SAY, WELL, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT OUR PLAN SAYS AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS A CITY. OKAY. I THINK I SAW IT HERE SOMEWHERE THAT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING THE, THE, UH, GRAND PARKWAY TO BE COMPLETE AND HAVE CARS ON IT IN, IN SIX YEARS. IS THAT WHAT IT IS? 2031? YES, SIR. IT'S COMING UP. QUICK, QUICK, KINDA OPTIMISTIC. UM, WELL, WE, WE THINK IT IS REALISTIC, I WILL SAY. DO YOU THINK SO? WELL, GOOD FOR YOU. I'LL LOOK AT CHRIS, BUT WE HOPE IT'S REALISTIC. THERE WON'T BE THIS BOARD'S PROBLEM. SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GOOD. I HOPE SO, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT IS, SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING AND WHAT YOU HAVE LAID OUT HERE IS DEPENDENT ON THE GRAND PARKWAY. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, UH, A MAJOR, A MAJOR THING. IT WAS FOR THE WEST SIDE, UH, UH, WEST SIDE OF HOUSTON. AND, UH, BUT THIS, THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS ONE THAT IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE AND IT, YOU KNOW, DEAD ENDS INTO 2 88 AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THAT NEXT SECTION CONNECTED TO? WHENEVER THEY HIT IT. YEAH. YEAH. SO AT SOME POINT IT'LL ALL BE CONNECTED SOMEDAY IT'LL WILL, YEAH. RIGHT. YES SIR. OKAY. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING AND OPTIMISTIC THAT IT'LL BE OUR, OUR SECTION, UH, WILL BE COMPLETED. THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE IN 2031. THAT WOULD BE GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, BUT JUST MORE OF A COMMENT. I MEAN, WE, I GUESS OVERALL, LEAGUE CITY IS ABOUT AN 80 20 COMMERCIAL TO RESIDE OR RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE LAYING OUT ABOUT A 60, 40 ISH ON JUST THAT SIDE. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO, YOU COMBINE 'EM, THAT RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL IS STILL GONNA BE DILUTED DOWN TO MAYBE, MAYBE A 70 30. WHEN YOU LOOK AT LEAK CITY AS A WHOLE, NOT SO MUCH AS A QUESTION, JUST A, A COMMENT. I MEAN, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE AS A CITY TRYING TO GO TO THAT 60 40 MIX SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA START LOOKING AT SOME OTHER COMMERCIAL WITHIN OR WITHOUT THIS. YEAH. AND I THINK WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ZONING REQUESTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, ON THE EAST SIDE OR ON THE NORTH SIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS KEEPING THAT IN MIND AS WELL, THAT HEY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KEEP OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND, UM, KEEP THOSE, UM, FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 'CAUSE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, 90% OF THE TIME COMMERCIAL'S GONNA FOLLOW RESIDENTIAL, SO THE ROOFTOPS COME AND YOU DON'T GET THE COMMERCIAL TILL YEARS AFTER, AFTER YOU HAVE THAT, THOSE ROOFTOPS THERE TO SERVE IT. RIGHT. ONLY HAD ONE, ONE MORE THING. AND THAT, I JUST HAPPENED TO THINK ABOUT [00:30:01] IT. THE, UH, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES THAT YOU POINTED OUT IN HERE, THAT AS FAR AS THE, UH, WHAT YOU CAN OFFER TO DEVELOPERS AND, AND, UH, INVESTORS IN THE, IN THE, UH, AREA. WHO, WHO CONTROLS THAT? IS IT, I I ASSUME THAT THERE ARE CONTROLS OVER THAT. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO YEAH, NO, IT'S NOT JUST A FREE, YOU CAN GIVE, GIVE, GIVE AWAY ALL, AT THE END OF THE DAY, COUNCIL HAS THE DECISION WHETHER A PROJECT IS WORTHY OF ANY FINANCIAL, UM, INCENTIVES THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A REAL GOOD TRACK RECORD OF MAKING GOOD DECISIONS FINANCIALLY AS FAR AS FINANCIAL PACKAGES ARE CONCERNED. AND, AND I KNOW OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, DIRECTOR IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, THAT HE PLANS TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL IN THE COMING MONTHS. UM, SO I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT. UM, SO BY NO MEANS DOES, DO ANY INCENTIVES HAVE TO HAPPEN? IT'S JUST IF YOU'RE GONNA GET THOSE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENTS, UM, THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THEM. OKAY. ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THAT'D BE THE CASE. WE HAVE ONE COUNCIL, ONE, UH, PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE. WE, DO YOU WANNA TALK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO, SIR. I'M GOOD. OKAY. WELL, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN AT 6 31 AND THERE DOESN'T APPEAR THAT ANYBODY HAS SIGNED IN TO, UH, TO SPEAK. SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 31. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, OF, UH, MR. CARPENTER? WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR REFERRAL TO, UH, THIS ITEM TO, UM, TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR, UH, EVALUATION AND APPRAISED. I MOVE, WE, UM, APPROVE A REFERRAL TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE LEAGUE CITY WEST SIDE MASTER PLAN AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY. MS. MORRISON HAS MADE A MOTION. UH, IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND WE HAVE A SECOND. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? THEN WE WILL CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. SO THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT. UH, STAFF COMMENTS, [5. Staff Comments] UM, NO COMMENTS TODAY OTHER THAN, UM, JUST KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN AT MAY 13TH, UM, FOR THIS ITEM TO GO BACK AND FORTH. CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. STAFF? NO SIR. NOT REALLY THAT BE THE CASE. THEN WE'LL TAKE OUR NEW GAVEL AND WE'LL GO. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.