May 27, 2025 Regular Meetings

UM, THE WEST SIDE PROPOSAL MASTER PLAN.

I THINK IT'S TERRIFIC.

UM, REALLY GOOD.

THE QUESTION THAT COMES UP TO ME IS HOW DOES IT GET ENFORCED? UM, IS IT JUST A SUGGESTION? BECAUSE, UH, APPARENTLY THE ZONING IS ALL RESIDENTIAL AND I'VE SEEN A FEW INSTANCES HERE WHERE PEOPLE TRIED TO CHANGE ZONING AND IT DIDN'T GO WELL, UM, TO GIVE EXAMPLES, UH, FOR SURE.

BUT, UM, IT, IT'S NICE TO HAVE A PLAN, BUT IF THERE'S NO WAY TO ACTUALLY ENFORCE IT, THE PEOPLE SELL IT.

THE DEVELOPERS DO WHAT THEY WANT AND, AND HOW DO WE MANAGE IT? THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED.

SO WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND, BUT THAT GUY RIGHT THERE WILL EXPLAIN HOW IT GETS ENFORCED.

BUT THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

ALRIGHT, AND

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SIX A THROUGH SIX H.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL CONSENT ITEMS EXCEPT SIX G.

ALL RIGHT.

SECOND SIX G.

I HAVE A, I'M JUST GONNA HAVE A QUESTION ON, ON SIX.

WE DON'T NEED TO SEPARATE IT.

UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, SIX G PULLED, SIX G PULLED WITH SAUNDERS AND TRESSLER.

SECOND, UH, COMMENT FIRST, TOM.

OKAY, PERFECT.

SO ON SIX C AS WE'RE PULLING ANOTHER ITEM OFF OF THE, UH, THE GO BOND PROJECT LIST, THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, UM, I KNOW THAT WE DIDN'T WANNA MESS UP PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS AND THE, WE HAD THE HOA, UH, COME OUT AND THEY WANTED US TO, TO GET RID OF IT AS WELL.

HOWEVER, I DID HAVE A HOMEOWNER COME UP AND HE ASKED ME WHAT THE STATUS WAS AND I SAID, WELL, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS.

AND HE SAID, SO A FEW PEOPLE PUT MY HOME AT RISK.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

AND I, AND I HAD ASKED MR. MR. DAVIS ABOUT THIS THIS AFTERNOON, AND HE WAS GONNA, HE, HE WAS GONNA GET ME THE NUMBERS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE DID WE TALK TO A ABOUT, ABOUT REMOVING THIS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE DID TALK TO SOME CITIZENS.

I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF WE GOT A SIGNIFICANT OR IF IT

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WAS JUST A FEW PEOPLE.

OKAY, SO THAT'S SIX.

SO YEAH.

SO I THOUGHT, SO RON DID, RON DID WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING AS WE LOOK TO TAKE, UM, RUSTIC OAKS OUT OF THE BOND PROGRAM? I KNOW THAT'S, CAN YOU COME EXPLAIN THAT OR ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER CRUZ'S QUESTION PLEASE.

WHY WALKING UP HERE? I, I DO, I THINK THAT'S A, A FAIR POINT.

THIS HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES NOW WITH VARIOUS PROJECTS AND I THINK, I MEAN, IT'S FINE, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANNA BUILD PROJECTS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T WANT, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T WANT TO DO THOSE PROJECTS BECAUSE THERE BOND, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE APPROVED ON THE BOND, BUT HEAR ABOUT IT.

THERE WERE, UM, PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THEN WE, WE ALSO HAD, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, UH, ESPECIALLY THE IMPACTED HOMEOWNERS MEETINGS.

SO THERE WERE SERIES OF MEETINGS THAT WE HAD.

WE ACTUALLY EVEN ALLOWED THE RESIDENTS TO COME INTO THE CITY HALL TO EXPLAIN IT FURTHER TO THEM.

AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WANTED WAS EVERY SWALE HAS BASICALLY TWO NEIGHBORS, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BOTH AGREE AND HAVE CONSENSUS ON PUTTING THE SWELL.

AND I THINK THE QUESTION WAS, DID WE HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS WHERE THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS MADE AWARE THAT THESE PROJECTS WEREN'T GOING TO HAPPEN? I BELIEVE THEY DID.

SO WE HAD SO SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO RUSTIC OAKS, DID WE HAVE A RECENT MEETING? WE, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT.

IT, IT SAYS IN THE PACKET, 90% OF THE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN.

YEAH, BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION IS THAT I, IS THAT 90% OF RUSTIC COKES? PROBABLY NOT.

IT'S PROBABLY 90% OF THE PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE QUAS.

RIGHT? I RECALL WE HAD A, UH, PUBLIC MEETING AT CIVIC CENTER AND PRETTY MUCH CONSENSUS WHAT THEY DID NOT WANT IT.

UH, THERE WERE JUST TWO PEOPLE THAT WANTED IT AND WE FOLLOWED UP WITH THEM.

UH, AND THOSE WERE THE LAST ONES.

FIVE.

AND WHO ALL DID WE INVITE? DID WE INVITE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OR DID WE ONLY INVITE THE PEOPLE ON THE TWO SIDES? THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IMPACTED? YEAH.

BUT, BUT NOT DOING THE PROJECT IMPACTS THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THOUGHT TO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS, ARE, ARE THERE FOLKS WHO ARE HOPING TO SEE DRAINAGE RELIEF TO PROVIDE FLOOD MITIGATION WHO AREN'T GOING TO SEE IT NOW? BECAUSE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS , I'M GONNA MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION TO THE, TO THE CONSENT AGENDA TO, UH, OKAY.

PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IS.

BUT PULL SIX E OFF OF THERE AS WELL, AND POSTPONE UNTIL LATER.

G, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH JORDAN IN ENTERPRISES LP FROM NORTH KANSAS AVENUE KAYAK LAUNCH PROJECT PK 1 9 1 0 A IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION NINETY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOUSAND FIFTY TWO CENTS, WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF THE DEDUCTIVE CHANGE ORDER, ONE FOR THE AMOUNT OF $413,789 AND 98 CENTS.

SO THIS IS THE, UH, MOTION TO AMEND.

YEAH, GET IT.

NOW WE GET TO VOTE TWICE.

ALRIGHT.

NOW THIS IS THE MOTION AS AMENDED.

SO THIS IS EVERYTHING BUT SIX E AND SIX G.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTIONS APPROVED, WILL GET THOSE NUMBERS KIND OF FIRMED UP.

BRING BACK SIX E AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

ALRIGHT, SIX

[6G. 25-0246 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a construction contract with Jerdon Enterprise, L.P. for the North Kansas Avenue Kayak Launch Project (PK1910A) in an amount not to exceed $1,095,653.52 which takes into account authorizing approval of deductive Change Order 1 for an amount of $413,789.98, and a Work Change Directive budget of $109,565.00, and authorizing a contract with Terracon Consultants, Inc. for material testing for an amount not to exceed $22,885, for a total construction budget of $1,228,103.52. (Executive Director of Capital Projects)]

AND A WORK CHANGE DIRECTIVE BUDGET OF $109,565 AND AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH TERRACON CONSULTANTS FOR MATERIALS TESTING IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $22,885 FOR A TOTAL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET OF $1,228,103 AND 52 CENTS.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM AND INSTRUCT STAFF TO RETURN THE PROJECT TO US WITH A FLOATING DOCK INSTEAD OF A FIXED DOCK.

AND ALSO TO LOOK AT POSSIBLE PHASE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARKING LOT WHILE INITIALLY USING STREET PARKING UNTIL WE KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA BE ACTUALLY USED.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS FROM PUBLIC HEARING.

SO, MOTION TO POSTPONE WITH A COUPLE OTHER, UH, OPTIONS PRESENTED BACK, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0

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AGAINST, UH,

[7A. 25-0262 Hold a public hearing on the owner-requested annexation of approximately 80.45 acres located in League City’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (City Attorney)]

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE OWNER REQUESTED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 80.45 ACRES LOCATED IN LEAGUE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING STARTS AT SIX 10.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE ON HERE.

UH, LEONARDO GALINDO.

ANYBODY FROM THE GLENDO FAMILY? DID YOU WANNA SPEAK ON SEVEN A? OH, SYLVIA, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ON IT? OKAY, NO PROBLEM.

UH, YEAH, I THINK, DID YOU GUYS JUST SIGN UP THINKING YOU HAD TO SIGN IN FOR THE MEETING? OKAY.

HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

NO PROBLEM.

UH, OKAY.

SO THERE BEING NO FURTHER, UH, SPEAKERS, THIS MEETING CLOSES AT 6 11 7

[7B. 25-0254 Consider and take action on an ordinance annexing approximately 80.45 acres of land owned by Martron, LLC, J.A.C. Interests, Ltd., and Ellen Lloyd Cummins into the corporate limits of League City, Texas (City Attorney)]

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE ANNEXING APPROXIMATELY 80.45 ACRES OF LAND OWNED BY MATRON L-L-C-J-A-C, INTEREST LTD AND ELLEN LLOYD CUMMINS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF LEAGUE CITY.

MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

SEVEN C HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON OWNER REQUESTED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 130.9043 ACRES LOCATED IN LEAGUE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

7 4 1 AGAINST

[7C. 25-0263 Hold a public hearing on the owner-requested annexation of approximately 130.9043 acres located in League City’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (City Attorney)]

THIS HEARING WILL START AT SIX 11.

THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP.

THIS MEETING WILL CLOSE AT SIX 12.

OKAY, UH,

[7D. 25-0255 Consider and take action on an ordinance annexing approximately 130.9043 acres of land owned by BC-SB Baybrook JV LLC into the corporate limits of League City, Texas (City Attorney)]

SEVEN D, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE ANNEXING APPROXIMATELY 130.9043 ACRES OF LAND OWNED BY BCSB BAYBROOK, JV LLC INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS.

MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND.

IS THAT RESLER? MM-HMM .

OKAY, PLEASE VOTE.

7 4 1 AGAINST, THERE IS NO OLD

[9A. 25-0230 Consider and take action on a resolution supporting a No Wake Zone in and around the League City Clear Lake area on Friday, June 20, 2025 for the Texas Outlaw Challenge (Mayor Long)]

BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS.

CONSIDER TO TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A NO WAKE ZONE IN AND AROUND LEAGUE CITY, CLEAR LAKE AREA ON FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH, 2025 FOR THE TEXAS OUTLAW CHALLENGE.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

ALRIGHT, THESE ARE THE BOAT RACES ON CLEAR LAKE.

THIS VOTE.

MOTION PASSES EIGHT FOUR, NONE AGAINST NINE

[9B. 25-0238 Consider and take action on appointments to boards and commissions (Mayor Long)]

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

UH, MAYOR'S NOMINEE IS TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE POSITION THREE TERM EXPIRING 12 31 26.

CHRISTOPHER, LITTLE MOVE TO APPROVE.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

EIGHT FOUR.

NONE AGAINST

[9C. 25-0257 Consider and take action on a resolution directing city staff to increase the senior (65 years or older) and/or disabled residential homestead tax exemption from $100,000 to $125,000 in the upcoming property tax rate ordinance (Mayor Pro Tem Cones, Mayor Long and Council Member Crews)]

NINE C.

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO INCREASE THE SENIOR 65 YEARS OR OLDER AND OR DISABLED RESIDENT HOMESTEAD TAX EXEMPTION FROM 100 TO 125,000 IN THE UPCOMING PROPERTY RATE ORDINANCE.

MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND.

I MAY MOVE TO AMEND THAT.

WE, UM, IN LIGHT OF THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE STATE LEGISLATURES, THAT, UH, IS INCREASING THE, THE STATE, IN OTHER WORDS, A SCHOOL EXEMPTION TO A, UH, SUM OF $200,000 THAT WE DO THE SAME HERE IN LEAGUE CITY.

I'LL SECOND IT JUST ON SENIORS.

CAN WE HEAR 300? DO WE HEAR 300,000 SENIORS AND DISABLED, I WOULD ASSUME, RIGHT? YEAH.

TOM, CAN WE GET A ROUGH, SORRY.

CAN WE GET A ROUGH COST ON, ON UPPING IT THAT MUCH A COST TO GO FROM A HUNDRED TO 200 OR 125 TO 200? SO YEAH, A HUNDRED TO 200 WOULD BE, HOW ABOUT A COST PER 25,000 DOUBLE SO WE, WHATEVER IT COSTS.

WE, WE ESTIMATE FOR EVERY $25,000, FOR EVERY $25,000 OF EXEMPTION, IT'S ABOUT $200,000 OF TAX REVENUE THAT GETS DISPLACED.

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SO IF IT GOES UP A TOTAL OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THAT'S ABOUT $800,000 OF TAX REVENUE THAT GETS DISPLACED.

YES, SIR.

SO IT'D BE A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE, UH, R FROM A HUNDRED? FROM A HUNDRED TO 200 TO 800,800.

UH, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE NNR? SO THE WAY THAT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE WORKS, THE CITY WOULD STILL, UM, CALCULATE THE SAME REVENUE THAT THEY HAD THE CURRENT YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO IT WOULD JUST DISPLACE WHO PAYS THAT? OKAY.

SO IT DOESN'T IMPACT OUR N AND R CALCULATIONS, IT JUST SHIFTS THAT TAX AROUND BECAUSE WE WOULD REPORT THIS TO THE CAD, THEY'RE GONNA SHOW YOUR EXEMPTIONS GO UP.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT YOUR NO NEW REVENUE RATE WOULD BE HIGHER, BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE IN THIS THE SENSE THAT THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THAT REVENUE TO OTHER TAXPAYERS, NOT BECAUSE IT WOULD OVERALL INCREASE THE TOTAL REVENUE.

SO, YEAH.

SO TO SAY IT ANOTHER WAY, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY IMPACT THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT WHEN WE'RE GOING FOR IT.

IT JUST DEPENDS WHO WE'RE COLLECTING IT FROM.

SO THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

WOULD, WOULD ANYBODY BE OPEN TO, INSTEAD OF DOING THE FULL HUNDRED THOUSAND ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TO JUST GUARANTEEING THAT WE WOULD DO 25,000 PER YEAR TO THE NEXT FOUR YEARS? THAT WAY IT DOESN'T KEEP COMING UP.

WELL, WE CAN'T WAIT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND LEGISLATE THAT.

WORDS OF A POLITICIAN.

I MEAN, LET'S GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS AND THEN LET'S GET BACK TO THAT.

UP TO TOMMY.

I I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR, UH, MICHELLE REAL QUICK ON, ON THE LAW THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN TRESSLER IS REFERRING TO.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH IT AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT? YEAH, I'M SORRY.

CAN YOU YEAH, HE, IT'S SENATE BILL FOUR AND SENATE BILL 23.

NO, I'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION LETTER DATE, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU A SUMMARY AFTERWARDS.

IT RAISES THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

$200,000 ON YOUR, UH, SCHOOL TAXES, HOMESCHOOL SCHOOL.

9 0 1 BE BEHIND THE SCHOOL MUST BE.

SO IN MY OPINION, I THINK THE ADVANTAGE OF RAISING IT IS GRANTED, IT, IT IS SHIFTING SOME OF THE, IT'S SHIFTING THAT $800,000 RIGHT OFF OF THE SENIORS AND THE DISABLED SHIFTING IT BACK TO OTHER HOMEOWNERS AND COMMERCIAL TAXPAYERS, RIGHT? SO THAT IS WHERE IT STILL IS A NET DECREASE OVERALL TO THE TAXPAYERS AS A, TO THE TAX PAYING CITIZENS AS A WHOLE BECAUSE OF THAT ADDITIONAL SHIFT ONTO, ONTO THE, UH, COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL TAX BASE.

UM, I, THE REASON I WANNA DO THIS IS, IS A COUPLE, ONE, WE'VE SEEN THIS NOW, AT LEAST THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, AND I THINK THE YEAR BEFORE ON OUR AGENDA TO KEEP INCREASING IT.

SO, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY JUST, YOU KNOW, A A STUPID QUESTION, BUT IF WE DO, AS WE SHIFT THIS TO THE OTHER TAXPAYERS, HOW MUCH WOULD THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER, UH, WOULD THIS INCREASE THEIR TAXES AT ALL, JUST AS MOVE AT ALL? AND HOW MUCH WOULD THAT BE? I WOULD THINK WE'RE STILL AIMING FOR THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE STILL GONNA AIM FOR THAT REGARDLESS.

WHAT KIND OF AN IMPACT WOULD IT HAVE THAT 800,000? I GUESS YOU WOULD HAVE TO JUST BACK OUT HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS PAID BY COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AND THEN WHAT PERCENTAGE IS, IS ALSO PAID BY THE, UH, BY THE SENIOR AND DISABLED.

AND THEN THE REMAINING AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE BROKEN UP OVER THAT, UH, BROKEN UP FOR THAT.

SO IF YOU COULD PROBABLY, YOU COULD RUN THE NUMBERS.

I JUST DON'T HAVE IT WITH .

WELL, AND ALSO THE BUDGET'S COMING UP, WE CAN JUST LOOK FOR 1,000,006 IN CUTS.

OUR, UH, WHAT'S OUR TOTAL ADV ARM TAX REVENUE? I'M GOING 45 MILLION A YEAR.

IT'S 49 MILLION.

SO ALMOST SO, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT MORE, SO THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTIES THAT THIS WOULD AFFECT IS A LOT SMALLER PORTION OF THE POOL THAN THOSE THAT WOULD BE LEFT.

SO WE, SO THEN IT WOULD SPREAD THAT, YOU KNOW, PRETTY THIN AND ACROSS WHAT'S LEFT.

SO JUST, IT'S NOT VERY MUCH OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT COLLECTED, BUT THAT WOULD GET REDISTRIBUTED OVER THE OTHER TAXPAYERS.

AND SO WE'D HAVE TO RUN A CALCULATION TO GET YOU A PRECISE NUMBER, WHAT THAT MEANS.

IT, IT MIGHT MOVE THE FOURTH DECIMAL POINT BY ONE.

UM, YEAH, IT'S TWO THIRDS, TWO THIRDS OF A CENT.

SO,

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UM, AND I DON'T SEE A REASON TO SIT HERE AND TAKE VICTORY LAPS FOR SMALL INCREASES IF WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, LET'S GET IT TO WHERE IT'S SOMEWHERE MEANINGFUL.

UM, 200,000 IS, IS AT, AT THIS POINT, MORE OR LESS THE, THE LOWEST BARRIER OF ENTRY FOR A HOUSE IN LEAGUE CITY.

UM, SO THIS SAYS WE'RE NOT GONNA KICK GRANDMA OUT OF HER HOUSE, UH, FOR TAXES WHEN SHE'S LIVING ALREADY TIGHT TO STAY WITHIN OUR MEANS.

AND, AND THAT'S THE REASON TO JUMP IT UP THE FULL AMOUNT AT ONCE.

YOU CAN JUST JUMP IN.

AND I, I AGREE.

I, I THINK I'VE PLACED IT ON THE AGENDA FOUR YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL.

AND I THINK, UH, IT'S A GREAT ITEM THAT WE CAN TRY TO GIVE BENEFITS TO OUR SENIORS WHO REALLY NEED IT.

AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS ENOUGH FOR THEM TO PAY THEIR ELECTRIC BILL AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND SO FORTH.

SO I THINK ANYTIME WE CAN HELP THE SENIORS, IT, IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU COME ABOARD MR. MAY.

EVERYONE LOVES THE VIRTUE SIGNAL AND STUFF LIKE THIS, BUT WE ARE COMING RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER TO THE BUDGET AND WE CAN ACTUALLY FIND CORRESPONDING CUTS AND, UH, I'LL VOTE FOR IT, BUT I'LL BE LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO SACRIFICE.

SO, FY WHY? YOU'RE STILL ON THE AGENDA.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND TO 200,000.

THIS IS JUST A MOTION TO AMEND, PLEASE VOTE.

NINE D, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON RESOLUTION.

EIGHT FOUR NONE AGAINST, THIS IS THE MOTION AS AMENDED.

MOTION PASSES 8 4 0 AGAINST

[9D. 25-0248 Consider and take action on a resolution establishing the Community Green Space Irrigation Grant Program pursuant to Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code (Mayor Long, Councilmember Tressler, and Councilmember Saunders)]

ESTABLISHING THE COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE IRRIGATION GRANT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO CHAPTER THREE 80 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND, MR. CRUZ.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF AS, AS WE START TO BEAUTIFY MORE THINGS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT I, I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING AND TO SEE THAT WE'RE NOT LIMITING THIS TO WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING BETTER.

SO LEMME JUST START WITH THE, THE FIRST QUESTION.

UM, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COMES UP AS PEOPLE ARE HAVING A, UM, A NEED HAS ALREADY COME UP AND THAT'S THE REASON THIS WOULD START.

SO WE'VE GOT A PRICE LINE THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE GOT PUT ON INTO THIS.

HOW MUCH RIGHT NOW FOR THE GRANT DO WE HAVE FOR THIS PIPELINE? WHAT DO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COMING ON? I KNOW WHICH HOA IT IS, BUT HOW MUCH GRANT WOULD WE BE ASKED WOULD BE ASKED IMMEDIATELY OFF? SO THAT WOULD BE MY, MY FIRST QUESTION.

UH, IN THE SECOND, IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH, IT LISTS OUT PARK ROAD MEDIAN'S STORMWATER DETENTION.

IS THIS EVER APPLICABLE TO OUTSIDE OF A, UM, OF AN HOA? 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE PARKS AND THE MEDIANS ARE USUALLY BY THE, THE CITY.

AND SO I'M JUST NOT SURE IF, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS SIDE, UH, IS FOR THE HOAS.

UH, THE LAST QUESTION IS, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE NOT GIVING THIS WIDE SPECTRUM.

WHY WOULD WE WANT TO, WHY ARE WE NOT GIVING THIS TO THE NEW BUILDS? UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT FOR THE DOING IT, THE, HAVING IT GO THROUGH TO WHERE THE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS ARE STILL HAVING TO PAY THE IMPACT FEE.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, GROWTH PAYS FOR GROWTH.

HOWEVER, WITH THESE GREEN SPACES, THIS ADDITIONAL COST ISN'T JUST PUT ONTO THE DEVELOPER.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS ADDED ONTO THE HOMEOWNER, WHICH GOES INTO THEIR MORTGAGE.

SO THEY'RE PAYING FOR THIS SPRINT PIECE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

IT ALSO RAISES UP THEIR PROPERTY VALUES.

SO THEY'RE PAYING FOR THAT FOR E ETERNITY.

UM, SO, AND THE LAST QUESTION IS THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED.

I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S, YOU GET THE MONEY UP FRONT AND THEN YOU COME BACK AND YOU GET MONEY BACK.

UM, I MEAN, WE, YOU GET MONEY UP FRONT AND THEN ONLY IF YOU DIDN'T DO IT, DO WE THEN COME BACK AND CALL BACK? I THINK THAT THAT PUTS US IN

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A, IN A WORSE AREA THAN WE SHOULD FIND OURSELVES IN, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS A FAVOR.

AND THE LAST THING IS, SINCE THIS MONEY IS ACTUALLY COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S ACTUALLY TAKING MONEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PAID IN BY THE TAXPAYERS.

SO WE'RE NOT JUST, WE'RE NOT WAIVING, WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ANY NEW MONEY BY, BY WAIVING A, UH, A FEE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING EXISTING MONEY AND GIVING IT OUT.

SO I, I JUST, I JUST HAVE SOME OF THESE KIND OF QUESTIONS AND THERE'S JUST NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MEAT TO IT, SO I'M VERY EAGER TO HEAR HOW THIS COMES THROUGH.

WELL, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ANSWER JUST A SECOND.

SOME OF, JUST A SECOND.

JUST SECOND.

I WANNA ADDRESS THE WHY IT WORKS THAT WAY, JOHN.

WHICH, WHICH PIECE ON THE REIMBURSEMENT VERSUS, OR THE, YEAH, SO THE, SO WHEN WE, SO WE, I THINK AS I UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION, UM, TODAY, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES INTO DEVELOP AND THEY WANT TO IRRIGATE THEIR LAND, THEY HAVE TO PAY A CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE UPFRONT BEFORE THEY CAN DRAW.

SO BEFORE THEY CAN DRAW A PERMIT.

SO IF IN FACT SOMEONE COMES IN, THEY GET A GRANT UNDER THIS PROGRAM, WE, THE CITY THEN WOULD PAY THAT CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE TO THE CITY AND TO THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE.

IT WOULDN'T GO TO A DEVELOPER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IF FOR SOME REASON THEY NEVER WENT FORWARD WITH THEIR LANDSCAPE PROJECT, THEN UH, WE WOULD JUST SIMPLY GIVE THE MONEY BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO, SO AS YOU MEAN, AS YOU SAY, PAYMENT, THE PAYMENT GOES FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO CRF FUND.

THEY DIDN'T DO THE PROJECT, SO THERE'S NO IMPACT, SO THERE'S NO IMPACT FEE.

SO WE GET THE MONEY BACK.

SO THAT WAS REALLY THE KIND OF THE LAST QUESTION THAT YOU, THE CS SIT IN A SEPARATE BUCKET.

THAT'S THE FUNDAMENTAL PART OF IT.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, RATHER THAN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD DO IT BACKWARDS IN ANY OTHER CASE WHERE WE WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SEE THE WORK DONE, AND THEN WE WILL REIMBURSE YOU FOR THE YEAH.

OTHER, OTHER THAN SURE.

OTHER THAN WE REQUIRE THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE TO BE PAID A TIME OF PERMIT.

THAT YOU USE THE WORD FAVOR.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UH, OH, I'M SORRY, CHAD.

CHAD, I'M SORRY.

SO THERE WERE QUITE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS IN THERE.

UM, WHY WOULD WE NOT HAVE IT APPLICABLE UPFRONT? UM, THE POINT OF THIS IS, IS TO NOT TREAT HOAS AND MUDS THAT ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WITH THE AESTHETICS, WHICH INCREASES PROPERTY VALUES, WHICH BRINGS IN REVENUE.

UM, THAT'S THE POINT OF IT.

WE DON'T WANNA REIMBURSE DEVELOPERS FOR SIMPLY DOING THEIR JOB, WHICH IS WHY IT'S NOT AVAILABLE ON THE FRONT END WHEN THE HOAS AND MUDS COME BACK AND TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING NICE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

A LOT OF TIMES, AND THIS IS WHY IT'S THOSE SPECIFIC LIST OF THINGS, YOU, YOU WANNA LIMIT IT TO AREAS WHERE THERE IS PUBLIC BENEFIT, UM, TO WHERE THE, THE, IT BRINGS UP THE PROPERTY VALUES AS A WHOLE.

UM, SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE THE MEDIANS.

UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S CITY PROPERTY, THE HOAS DO WORK IN THERE, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS THAT HAVE AGREEMENTS TO DO THAT SORT OF THING.

UM, AS FOR THE, THE WHY IT'S BEING BROUGHT UP NOW.

I BROUGHT IT UP NOW, MY, UM, MUD BOARD AND HOA CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, THE MUD IS LOOKING AT DOING A BIG LANDSCAPING PROJECT.

IT'S ROUGHLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AND $80,000 OF THAT IS CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES.

AND I SAID THE, WHEN WE PASSED THOSE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES AT THE MAX, THE INTENTION WAS TO ENSURE DESIRABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE TRYING TO JAM UP, I BELIEVE WAS A PHRASE THAT, THAT A LOT OF US USE AT THE TIME.

UM, A MUD OR AN HOA FROM MAKING A NICER AMENITY OUT OF UNIMPROVED GREEN SPACE.

THAT WAS NEVER OUR INTENTION.

SO THIS IS TO ADDRESS THAT.

IT'S A PROBLEM THAT NONE OF US, AT LEAST I DIDN'T REALIZE EXISTED UNTIL THAT POINT.

WELL, SO THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED US TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT MUDS AND HOAS TO DO THIS WORK.

SO HOW DO WE FIX IT FOR EVERYONE? WHICH IS WHY THIS IS WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, NOT A ONE-OFF REQUEST TO WAIVE ANY FEES.

UH, WHICH IS WHY I THINK IT'S PARTICULARLY OBNOXIOUS

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THIS IS NOT A FAVOR, THIS IS TRYING TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AND IT'S FOLLOWING THE PATTERN THAT THE CITY HAS IN THE PAST FOLLOWED ON MANY OTHER THINGS WHERE THE HOAS AND MUDS UNDERTAKE PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE CITY.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE LAKES OF SOUTH SHORE WENT SIDEWALKS DOWN SOUTH SHORE BOULEVARD, WE SPLIT THAT COST, UM, WHEN, UH, WHEN CLEAR CREEK VILLAGE WENT INTO SAND WALL AND THE CITY ATE THE COST FOR THAT LAND, WE DIDN'T EVEN SPLIT THAT ONE.

UM, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITY.

AND THE CITY WANTS TO BE A GOOD PARTNER.

UM, THE, THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES, WERE NOT MEANT TO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

MR. MA'AM, AREN'T YOU DESCRIBING WHAT A HOA DOES? WHAT A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION DOES? I MEAN, OR I GUESS I, LET ME ASK IT ANOTHER WAY.

WILL MAGNOLIA CREEK BE REIMBURSED FOR, UH, THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY TAKE CARE OF THIS? SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT PAYING FOR THE, THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF ANY OF IT.

IT'S JUST THAT NO, IT'S THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE.

TO TAP IN.

IF YOU HAVEN'T TAPPED IN AFTER WE RAISE THE CAPITAL, THAT'S, IT'S NOW A COST.

AND SO I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW I, I'M ALL FOR IT.

LOOK, IF YOU, IF YOUR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION NEEDS A DK, UH, WE GOT A BUDGET COMING UP, WE CAN DO IT IN A LINE ITEM.

WHY DO YOU NEED A WHOLE PROGRAM FOR THIS? JUST ASK FOR IT IN THE BUDGET.

I MEAN, ARE THERE ANY OTHER HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY JACKED UP BECAUSE, UH, THEY CAN'T TAP IN? IT JUST SEEMS TO BE ONE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION THAT'S ASKING FOR THIS.

THERE'S OTHER, SOME HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION STICK TO THE QUEUE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT RULES WOULD PREVENT THAT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE ONCE AGAIN, WE COULD JUST PLAY, PLAY THE GAME AT THIS POINT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I, I GOT A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH IT NOW.

I, I THINK THE, THE INTENT IS PROBABLY GOOD, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IF THE INTENT IS TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY AND, AND ALLOW HOAS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR ANYBODY ELSE TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY THROUGH, UM, MAKING THE MEDIANS AND THE PARKS AND EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL, THE DEVELOPERS DO THAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

AND THEN THEY TRANSFER THE LAND TO THE HOA.

SO I'M SOMEWHAT CONFUSED WHY THE DEVELOPERS DON'T GET A LITTLE BIT OF CUT ON THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES FOR THE SAME THING.

NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT, MOST OF THEM CAN, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT BEAUTIFICATION.

UM, MY OTHER QUESTION, READING THE DOCUMENT, I SEEN NOWHERE IN THERE THAT AN HOA COULD COME TO US THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE TIMES IN THE SAME YEAR AND ASK FOR, UH, BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS AND THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE BEING, UM, GIVEN BACK TO 'EM OR THAT COST BE GIVEN BACK TO 'EM.

UH, ALSO SEEING HERE THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO APPROVE ALL PROJECTS.

I I THINK HE'S PROBABLY VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN DOING SO, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT $80,000.

WE APPROVE THINGS UP HERE FOR $1,500 AND IT HAS TO COME TO COUNCIL.

SO I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT FLAWED, UM, BEFORE A FINAL VOTE ON IT.

UM, BECAUSE OF THEM, THEM ITEMS THAT I JUST SPOKE OF TONIGHT, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT, I WAS THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE, IF YOU REMEMBER, VOTED AGAINST CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES BECAUSE TO ME, THEY WERE EXTREME.

AND I KNEW THAT HOAS AND, AND DIFFERENT AREAS ARE GOING TO, I MEAN, HOMEOWNERS JUST A SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNER THAT COMES TO BUILD A HOUSE IN THIS SUBDIVISION.

SCOTT, YOU BUILT A HOUSE, I THOUGHT, I THINK, OR MAYBE THE MAYOR.

UM, UH, ON DAVIS ROAD, THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES ARE EXPENSIVE FOR A SINGLE PERSON, $80,000.

THEY EVEN GO UP TO ABOUT A HUNDRED FOR A TWO INCH METER.

SO THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

BUT I JUST THINK THAT THIS ONE HERE, I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST IT.

'CAUSE WE NEED TO WORK ON IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

UM, AND THAT'S MY THOUGHTS FOR TONIGHT TO THANK YOU.

SO I'M JUST KIND OF BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION IS IF THIS IS FOR THE HOAS, WHY WOULDN'T CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS JUST WAIT, UM, UNTIL THEY'VE PASSED THIS OWNERSHIP OVER TO THE, UM, TO THE HOA AND THEN THE HOA WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY AND, AND BYPASS IT?

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UM, YOU KNOW, AS FOR WHEN I USE THE WORD FAVOR, I HONESTLY DON'T.

SO YOU GET UP HERE AND JUST KIND OF TALK.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE WORD FAVOR CAME IN, BUT IN SOME WAYS THIS COULD ABSOLUTELY BE VIEWED THAT WAY.

NOW WHILE H OAS, UM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT INCREASES THE TAX RATE AND WE GET MONEY BACK THAT WAY, BUT THIS ONLY BENEFITS THE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE THE STREETS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY USING THAT LANDSCAPE, IF THEY'RE USING THAT PARK.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T GO INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I DON'T DRIVE OUT THERE TO USE YOUR PARKS.

I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE NOT EVEN PUBLIC, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION PIECE OF IT.

SO, BUT THAT'S THE REASON I USED THE TERM FAVOR.

SOMETHING.

MY SPACE PRESENTLY IS PROBABLY FROM HERE TO THE ROAD OUT THERE LONG MAYBE, AND MAYBE FROM HERE, PROBABLY THE WIDTH OF THIS BUILDING, MAYBE WIDE.

UM, IF, IF YOUR ARGUMENT AGAINST IS THAT YOU WANNA GIVE A BENEFIT TO DEVELOPERS TO VOTE AGAINST IT, UM, THAT THAT'S ENTIRELY WITHIN YOUR RIGHT TO DO SO.

UM, BUT I'LL SAY THIS, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO NOT CHARGE A FEE.

WE IMPLEMENTED THIS IS NOT GIVING SOMETHING AWAY.

WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM THE METERS FOR FREE.

UM, I ALSO SAY IT'S NOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF IMPACT FEE FOR A TWO INCH METER.

UM, JOHN, CAN YOU GIVE US A BALLPARK NUMBER ON THAT? UH, CHRIS CARPENTER CAN GIVE US A BALLPARK NUMBER ON IRRIGATION METERS.

AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT IS THERE'S SOME STRATEGIES ON HOW BIG THE METER SHOULD BE.

AND MAYBE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANNA LOOK AT YOUR PLANS BEFORE WE SAID IT'S $80,000.

YEP.

SO WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE PROPOSED A TWO INCH METERS, WE MIGHT THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH AN INCH AND A HALF AND THEREFORE LOWER THE, AND THAT'S, WE HAVE Y'ALL REVIEW ALL THIS CORRECT.

TO, TO APPROVE IT.

YES, SIR.

UM, A TWO INCH IRRIGATION METERS, $48,391 PLUS TAPPING IN METER FEES.

YEP.

UM, AND THEN AS FOR THE NUMBER OF TIMES A YEAR, AN HOA COULD COME BACK, I DON'T CARE IF THEY COME BACK ONCE, TWICE, THREE, FOUR OR FIVE TIMES OR ONE THING, THEY'RE NOT GONNA IRRIGATE THE SAME PLACE MORE THAN ONCE.

UM, SO IF THEY HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS AND, AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE, THE FEES TO BE WAIVED FOR THAT METER, THEN I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

SO I DON'T SEE A NEED TO CAP THAT.

UM, AS FOR WHICH HOAS, UM, I KNOW THAT MR. SAUNDERS MENTIONED HIS MUD HAD LOOKED INTO THIS A FEW YEARS BACK AND HELD OFF ON PROJECTS BECAUSE OF FEES.

UM, SO THAT'S WHY, AS FOR MAG CREEK, IF THEY WANNA UNDERTAKE A PROJECT, PLEASE COME IN AND ASK FOR IT.

UM, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE THEY DID PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS PUT IN BEFORE THE IMPACT FEES EXISTED, UM, HAD, HAD THE DEVELOPER OF HIDDEN LINKS DONE THE PROJECTS, UH, WHEN IT WENT IN, UM, THEY WOULD'VE NOT PAID THE IMPACT FEES.

SO TO ARGUE AGAINST THIS, NOW BECAUSE OF THAT IS, IS SAYING, LET'S PUNISH THESE HOMEOWNERS FOR THE FAILURES OF THE DEVELOPERS.

AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

MS. SUMMER, AS COUNCILMAN TRESSLER SAYS, YES, THE MUD'S FIXING TO, TO INSTITUTE A NEW TRAILS PLAN THAT THEY'RE FIXING TO OUR HOAI CAME TO JOHN PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OUR HOA HAS SEVERAL GREEN SPACES.

THE DEVELOPER DID NOT IRRIGATE.

WHY? I HAVE NO IDEA.

IRRIGATED OTHERS, BUT HE DIDN'T IRRIGATE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES.

I CAN'T ADD CERTAIN LANDSCAPING OR ANYTHING TO THOSE AREAS BECAUSE IT NEEDS IRRIGATION.

WHENEVER I START LOOKING AT IT.

IT WAS COST PROHIBITIVE FOR THE HOA AND MOST OF YOUR HOAS RUN ON A SHOULD RUN ON A BUDGET THAT COVERS THEIR, THEIR, UH, RESERVED FUND FOR MAJOR ISSUES AND TO COVER THEIR EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR.

THEY SHOULD NOT BE A PROFIT MAKING ENTITY.

THEY SHOULD BE RUNNING WHAT I LACK OF A BETTER TERM, AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T A GOOD ACCOUNTING TERM, SO PLEASE DON'T SHOOT, UM, BEAT ME FOR THIS.

THEY SHOULD RUN ON A ZERO BUDGET.

THEY SHOULD RUN THAT THEIR YEAR.

THE ASSESSMENTS THEY BRING IN COVERS THEIR YEARLY COST PLUS THEIR, THEIR RESERVE FUNDING.

THEY SHOULDN'T BE CHARGING THEIR HOMEOWNERS A BUNCH OF MO BUNCH OF MONEY TO MAKE A PROFIT.

SO WHEN THIS CAME UP, I WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT, BUT I LET IT GO.

BUT THE COST WAS TOO PROHIBITIVE FOR US TO PUT A METER IN JUST FOR, TO COVER.

THE ONE AREA I NEED TO LAY THAT NEEDS TO BE IRRIGATED IN

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THIS ROOM ACTUALLY WIDE.

AND THE METER WAS GONNA COST.

I FORGOT HOW MUCH MONEY TO INSTALL THE IMPACT FEE.

EXCUSE ME.

AND WE WASHED OUR HANDS OF IT.

WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT.

THIS IS AN AREA THAT THE DEVELOPER SHOULD HAVE LAND, SHOULD HAVE IRRIGATED WHENEVER HE DEVELOPED THE SECTION OUT, BUT HE DIDN'T.

SO IT, IT, IT'S, I'M NOT SAYING, MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THE HOA SHOULD BE HOMEOWNER CONTROLLED AND DEVELOPED OUT BEFORE THIS IS APPROVED.

WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS IF THE DEVELOPER'S STILL ON BOARD WITH IT BECAUSE HE'S STILL MAKING MONEY BY SELLING HIS LOTS.

THIS SHOULD BE MORE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.

MS. MAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE AMERICAN LEGION, UH, DEBATE THAT WE HAD.

AND FOR, FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, UH, YEAR HALF AGO, UH, A CONSTITUENT CAME TO ME AND WANTED TO PUT UP A COUPLE OF WAYFAIR SIGNS THAT POINTS TO THE AMERICAN LEGION AND I, IT WAS A STATE PROGRAM.

WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

AND, UH, WE WERE TOLD BY MR. TRUSSLER THAT, UH, HE DIDN'T WANT MONEY GOING TO SOMEONE'S BROTHER-IN-LAW.

AND RIGHT HERE ON THE DA, NICK AND I WROTE CHECKS OR WE COMMITTED TO WRITING CHECKS TO PAY FOR THE SIGNS.

YOU CAN DRIVE DOWN 69 AND SEE THOSE SIGNS.

I THINK EVERY NUMBER OF, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE TAKEN PICTURES NEXT TO THOSE SIGNS, IRONICALLY, EXCEPT FOR ME AND NICK, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD GIVE COUNCILMAN TRESSLER THE SAME DEAL, YOU KNOW, AND THAT IS, HEY MAN, I'LL KICK IN 2000.

I'M SAYING THAT FACETIOUSLY, HERE'S THE REAL DEAL.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM HELPING OUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU DON'T NEED TO START A PROGRAM FOR THIS.

YOU DON'T, BECAUSE I'M GUESSING YOU ARE THE ONLY HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AT, WITH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, OF, UH, MR. SAUNDERS WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, IS BEING PINCHED BY THIS.

SO I'M GONNA VOTE NO ON THIS AND, BUT I'M WILLING TO HELP OUT BUDGET'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND WE CAN JUST BE HONEST ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JUST GO AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, LET ME CLARIFY A FEW WORDS UP HERE.

MY COLLEAGUES LIKES TO TAKE WORDS AND TWIST 'EM A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT I SAID ABOUT DEVELOPERS IS THE DEVELOPER DOES THE SAME IDENTICAL THING TO AN HOA WHEN THEY BUILD A, BUILD A SUBDIVISION.

IT'S NOT, IF YOU LIKE DEVELOPERS, ARE YOU DOING FAVORS FOR DEVELOPERS.

BUT IF THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO BEAUTIFY MEETINGS AND SO FORTH, WHY DON'T WE GIVE THE DEVELOPERS SOME TYPE OF BREAK FOR DOING THE SAME THING? THEY TURN EVERY MEDIAN, EVERY PARK OVER TO AN HOA AND THEN THAT HOA HAS TO, UM, CARE FOR IT AND MAINTAIN IT.

JUST LIKE MR. SAUNDERS SAID WHILE AGO, HE WISHED HIS DEVELOPER WOULD'VE DONE THAT IN HIS SUBDIVISION.

UM, SO WHAT HE SAID WAS ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT WITH, WITH THE FUNDING OF IT.

IT'S THE HO A'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT AREA TO DO LANDSCAPING ABOVE ANYTHING.

WHEN THEY COME IN HERE AND DO A PLAN FOR THIS CITY, THEY HAVE TO DO A LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN.

AND IT HAS TO HAVE SO MANY PARTS AND SO MANY, UH, MEETING AND AREAS AND SO MUCH BEAUTIFICATION.

YOUR SUBDIVISION, HIS SUBDIVISION.

BOTH WERE WITHIN THAT TIMELINE OF OUR CODES.

SO THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL, THAT MAY BE, I, I'M NOT FOR SURE WHAT YOUR MUD'S TRYING TO DO, BUT YOU KNOW, FOR US TO GO IN HERE, LIKE I SAID, WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT IS WRITTEN NOW, Y'ALL CAN COME IN HERE FIVE OR SIX TIMES, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU GOT FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT AREAS AND ASK FOR AN APPLICATION TO BE APPROVED, WHICH I THINK COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE SOME APPROVAL ON THAT REQUEST.

NOT JUST THE CITY MANAGER SAYING, I APPROVE ALL FIVE OF THESE.

THAT'S E EVEN IF WE'RE TALKING 50 OR 60,000, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SITTING HERE APPROVING.

UM, I I, AND I ALSO PERSONALLY BELIEVE IF YOU SIT ON AN HOA, YOU SHOULD ABSTAIN FROM THIS 'CAUSE IT DOES AFFECT YOU.

SO FIRST, FOR THE RECORD, I WILL NOT CHIP BACK IN ON THIS ONE , BUT, UH, UH, BUT I, I DO, I DO AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ON, UH, UH, COUNCIL

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OR MAYOR PRO TEM CONES ON, I THINK THIS IS A SEPARATE ISSUE, BUT I WOULD SUPPORT SOMETHING WHERE WE DO LOOK AT REDUCING THOSE IMPACT FEES FOR ENHANCED BEAUTIFICATION.

UH, THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND BECAUSE I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, UH, TO MAKE IT AN AFFORDABLE WAY TO DOING THIS.

I MEAN, THE HONEST TO GOODEST TRUTH IS RIGHT, THERE IS AN IMPACT THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE WATER SYSTEM IN GENERAL THAT IS BORNE BY EVERYBODY ELSE BY PUTTING IN A METER, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHATEVER WE'VE PAID FOR THESE CRF ANALYSIS AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS, IT'S GONNA BE $50,000 OR WHATEVER.

IT'S, SO THEN THE IDEA IS, IS THERE A PUBLIC, UH, BENEFIT THAT'S CREATED OUT OF IT? I I WOULD ARGUE THAT YES, THERE IS A PUBLIC BENEFIT OUT THAT'S CREATED OUT OF IT.

AND THEY'RE PAYING 50% OF IT IN THIS CASE, OR IN ANY CASE, THE SUBDIVISION IS GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFICATION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL THAT.

THE CITY PORTION OF THAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE WATER SYSTEM.

AND SO WE ARE WAIVING THAT FEE AS A WAY TO KIND OF SPUR THESE PROJECTS ON BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS VALUE TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

THE HOA IS PAYING THE MAJORITY OF THE COST BECAUSE THE HOA IS WHO'S GONNA ENJOY THAT PROPERTY THE MOST.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE'RE DRIVING AROUND TOWN OR WE'RE GOING TO PLACES, THERE IS CERTAINLY A VALUE OF EVERYTHING JUST BEING AN ENHANCED LOOK THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE CITY CHIPPING IN A PORTION OF THAT.

I WILL ALSO AGREE THAT I THINK THESE PROJECTS NEED TO COME TO COUNCIL, UH, EVERY SINGLE TIME, UH, TO BE APPROVED.

I MEAN, WE COULD SET A DOLLAR LIMIT ON WHATEVER IT'S GONNA BE, BUT IF IT'S OVER $10,000 OR ANY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY IT NEEDS, I I DO AGREE THAT IT NEEDS TO COME TO COUNCIL, UH, TO BE DISCUSSED.

AND THEN REALLY THAT'S WHERE THE COUNCIL WOULD LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WHO'S GETTING, ARE WE GETTING, IS THE CITY AS A WHOLE GETTING THE BENEFIT OF THIS PROJECT IN ANY WAY? ARE WE SEEING A $50,000 BENEFIT TO THE GENERAL, UH, CITIZENS OF LEAGUE CITY? IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THEN THE PROJECT SHOULDN'T BE APPROVED.

IF THE ANSWER IS YES, THEN WE CAN INVEST IN THAT PROJECT.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IS WE'RE CITY IS MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN THE PROJECT.

SO IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, I THINK THE PROJECTS NEED TO COME ONE AT A TIME TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT AMENDMENT IN THE FUTURE.

MS. TRESSLER? YEAH, I JUST WANNA CALL THE QUESTION.

WELL, YOU SPOKE LIKE NINE TIMES.

, CAN WE LET MR. CHADWELL SPEAK? MAYOR I TO, I FIND OUT IF I HAVE ANY OTHER GRIEVANCES I WANT TO AIR WHILE WE'RE MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT EACH AND EVERY PROJECT COMES TO A COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S FAIR.

'CAUSE IT'S ALL, HE'S GONNA BE HIRED 10 GRAND PROBABLY ANYWAY, BUT, SO I'LL SECOND THAT.

HEY, UH, JOHN, IS IT POSSIBLE BY LEAVING THIS, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S ON THIS SLIDE, BUT, UH, WE ARE NOT GOING TO APPROVE THESE APPLICATIONS UNTIL 90% BUILD OUT, RIGHT? MS. MICHELLE SHAKES HER HEAD.

YES.

BUT YOU WOULD, IT HAS TO BE HOMEOWNER CONTROLLED OA, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

IT'S EITHER HOAS OR A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR A NONPROFIT.

AND THAT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT IT HAS TO HAVE A 90% BUILDUP, BUT IN INDIVIDUAL SUBDIVISION SECTIONS.

SO, SO WITH THAT, IT'S UNLIKELY.

IT'S UNLIKELY THAT, UH, DEVELOPERS COULD USE THIS, YOU KNOW, CONTRARY TO THE INTENT TO BENEFIT, RIGHT? UM, I WOULD, IT'S UNLIKELY.

I THINK THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BRING FORWARD THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES IN THOSE, THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE LANDSCAPED AND IN SOME AREAS, I THINK THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE I USE FOR DEVELOPMENTS IS LIKE THE, LIKE THE DETENTION PONDS WE BUILT HERE OUT FOR CENTER POINT.

YOU KNOW, TODAY THEY'RE NOT LANDSCAPE, POTENTIALLY WOULD A HOA OR A MUD COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO LANDSCAPE THAT TO BEAUTIFY THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE INTENT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? WE'VE TRIED TO GET BETTER WITH EVEN THE DETENTION PONDS TO REQUIRE SOME SORT OF A MAGNETIZATION AS THEY'RE DEVELOPED.

AGAIN, WE DON'T NECESSARILY DICTATE IRRIGATED OR NON IRRIGATED, YOU KNOW, WE PUSH FOR ZERO ESCAPE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS PUSH FOR IRRIGATED.

AND CERTAINLY WE COULD CHANGE THAT IN OUR CODE TO MAKE THAT MORE CLEAR.

THANKS.

ALRIGHT, SO WE, THIS IS THE MOTION TO AMEND TO REQUIRE APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT.

IS THERE A SECOND COUNTS? I SECONDED IT.

MOTION PASSES 6 4 2 AGAINST.

8 4 0 AGAINST, THIS IS THE MOTION AS AMENDED.

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ALRIGHT.

UH, 11 A ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA COMPLETED.

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON RESOLUTION RIGHT OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH OPEN EDGE, A GLOBAL PAYMENTS COMPANY FROM MERCHANT CREDIT CARD SERVICES.

RATIFYING PRIOR EXPENDITURES.

MAYOR, DID WE MISS 10 A? YEAH, I WROTE MY THING DOWN ON THE WRONG SIDE.

[10A. 25-0261 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending the City of League City, Texas, Governmental, Proprietary, and Capital Funds Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 by amending Ordinance No. 2024-30, Ordinance No. 2024-43, and Ordinance No. 2025-07 adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures (Assistant City Manager - CFO) Staff requests approval on first and final reading.]

ALL RIGHT.

FIRST READING ORDINANCES 10 A, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF LAKE CITY, TEXAS GOVERNMENTAL PROPRIETARY AND CAPITAL FUNDS.

BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 BY AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 30, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 43 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH OH SEVEN.

ADJUST THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ACTUAL AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES.

STAFF REQUEST FIRST AND FINAL MOVE TO APPROVE.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

EIGHT FOUR.

NONE AGAINST FIRST AND FINAL MOTION.

NOW ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA COMPLETED 11 A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ARE RESOLUTION RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH OPEN EDGE, A GLOBAL PAYMENTS COMPANY FOR MERCHANT CREDIT CARD SERVICES, RATIFYING ALL PRIOR EXPENDITURES MADE UNDER THE AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING CONTINUED PAYMENT FOR SUCH SERVICES SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASS PASSES.

SIX TO TWO.

BARELY, BARELY PASSES.

, I'M SORRY, MY NOTES GOT ALL MESSED UP.

ALRIGHT,

[11. ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA COMPLETED ]

NONE AGAINST 11 B CONTINUED.

THEY, THEY'RE ASKING FOR FIRST AND FINAL.

I'LL MAKE MOTION FIRST AND FINAL.

I'M OFF 11 B, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 24 TO EXPAND THE LIMITED FRANCHISE OF UNIVERSAL NATURAL GAS TBA UNIVERSAL NATURAL GAS INC.

TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORT, DISTRIBUTION AND OR SALE OF GAS TO CUSTOMERS IN LEAGUE CITY THROUGH THE USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

THIRD READING, COUNSEL APPROVED FIRST READING, 7 0 0 ON APRIL 22ND, 2025.

THANK YOU MR. DO WE KNOW JOHN, HAVE THEY MOVED THE TRAILER OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION YET? DIDN'T THEY HAVE, WASN'T THIS, THIS WAS THE ONE THAT HAD THE GAS TRAILER OUT THERE.

WE TOLD 'EM FIVE MONTHS.

FIVE MONTHS? HOW ARE WE LOOKING TO GET A MONTH LATER? FOUR MONTHS AGO.

ARE THEY MOVING FORWARD? I DROVE BY YESTERDAY.

IT'S STILL THERE.

THEY'RE STILL THERE.

IT'S STILL OF EM.

WERE THERE, IS THERE ANY UPDATE FROM THE GAS COMPANY? COULD WE ASK FOR AN UPDATE TO BE PROVIDED TO COUNSEL? YES, SIR.

ACROSS SOMETHING AND GET EASEMENT.

UH, AND THEN RELATIVE TO THE TRAILER, I THINK IF YOU RECALL THE PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT GETTING SERVICED BY THE TRAILER IS THE SAMARA SIDE AND THE SIDE THAT'S WESTLAND RANCH AND FURTHER WEST HAS A DIFFERENT TAP POINT.

SO THIS DOESN'T FURTHER EXACERBATE THAT, BUT NONETHELESS, THEY DID COMMIT TO GETTING THE TRAILER OUT OF THE SAMARA.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IS WHAT I'M MY QUESTION AND I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

THIS IS THE THIRD, THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL READING.

IF WE TABLE THIS TO GET OUR ANSWER, I I WOULDN'T MIND TABLING IT AND HAVING THEM COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT GIVES A PENALTY.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GIVE US SOME DATES.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TABLE.

MOTION SHALL NEXT MEETING, SECOND TABLE.

AND I WOULD SAY NOT ONLY TO THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I WOULD EXPECT NOT ONLY THEIR OPINION THAT IT'S GONNA BE OUTTA THERE FIVE MONTHS, BUT SOMETHING IN WRITING AS THAT SAYS IT'S GONNA BE OUT THERE ON THE DRUG.

IT'S NOT IN THEIR CONTROL THOUGH, RIGHT? YES.

THE THE HOLD UP ON WHY THE TRAILER IS, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

IT'S LAYING THE PIPELINE.

THEY HAD TO LAY A LINE

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THEY TRANSFER.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IT WAS, IT WAS E YEAH.

WAS THAT STAFF? I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S ANSWERS ON THIS.

WELL, LET'S POSTPONE IT TO NEXT MEETING.

THERE YOU GET US THE ANSWERS, THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

SOUNDS GOOD.

THIS IS THE MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL NEXT MEETING.

FROM COUNSEL MAYOR PRO TEM.

EIGHT FOUR.

NONE AGAINST, UH, REPORTS FROM STAFF ALL YOU HAVE MY TIME REPORTS

[13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS]

I HAVE NOTHING, MAYOR.

THANK YOU MR. RESLER.

YO, MY TIME.

MR. SAUNDERS.

YO, MY TIME MR. MANN.

I WOULD JUST, UH, WE WENT OUT TO, FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE ON MONDAY.

UM, MOST OF US ATTENDED AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS THE LONGEST RUNNING SINGLE CITY EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.

I MEAN, IF YOU CAN, THERE'S PICTURES OF THEM DOING IT, LIKE WITH COVERED WAGONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, THERE'S A HUGE ATTENDANCE, BUT IF YOU GUYS CAN THINK ABOUT IT NEXT YEAR, I KNOW IT'S ONE OF THOSE HOLIDAYS WHERE A LOT OF FAMILIES TRAVEL, BUT, UM, IT WAS, IT'S ALWAYS SPECIAL.

I MEAN, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT WE'RE DOING UP HERE IS A PRODUCT OF THAT SACRIFICE AND THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.

SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO, UH, POINT OUT.

THANK YOU MR. CRUZ.

YOU HAVE MY TIME.

MR. CHADWELL YIELD MY TIME.

MR. HICKEN.

BOB? YEAH.

I'LL SECOND WHAT ANDY SAID.

THE CEREMONY AT FAIRVIEW WAS, IT WAS A SPECIAL DEAL.

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO, PLEASE PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR.

UH, ALSO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, RECOGNIZE A, A CLEAR SPRING SOFTBALL FOR MAKING THE STATE FINAL, UH, THIS NEXT WEEKEND.

THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

I DON'T BELIEVE A, A SOFTBALL TEAM FROM OUR DISTRICT HAS EVER ONE STATE OR BEEN TO THE FINAL.

UM, SO, UH, GOOD LUCK TO THEM.

I HOPE THEY BRING IT HOME AND FINISH THE JOB, BUT I CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.