* 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. MAYOR, [00:00:01] IF YOU WOULD HIT, IF [1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS] YOU WOULD HIT THE GAVEL AGAIN. NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE MAYOR FOR THE DAY. ABBY THOMPSON FROM HYDE ELEMENTARY. AND ABBY, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF MAYOR FOR THE DAY SO FAR? MY FAVORITE PART OF BEING MAYOR WAS, UH, GOING TO THE VETERINARIAN AND PETTING ALL THE DOGS. . WELL, FANTASTIC. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH ME? MM-HMM . ALRIGHT, LET'S STAND UP. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND TO THE TEXAS FLAG ON THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE INDIVISIBLE. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING MAYOR FOR THE DAY AND WE WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, ALLOW YOU TO NOT HAVE TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THIS MEETING. . THANK YOU. THEY WELCOME. THANK YOU MAYOR. AWESOME. ALRIGHT. AND THEN, UH, WE'LL JUST DO THE ROLL CALL REAL QUICK. UH, ANDY MANN HERE. TOMMY COS. HERE. TOM CRUISE. HERE. COURTNEY CHADWELL? HERE. SCOTT HIGGINBOTHAM. HERE. CHAD TRESSLER. HERE. SEAN SAUNDERS HERE. ALRIGHT, WE GOT EVERYBODY. AND AN APPROVAL [3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] OF MINUTES. FEBRUARY 24TH, 2026. REGULAR MEETING. IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS, THESE MINUTES, STAND APPROVED. UH, THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS, UH, PUBLIC [5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL] COMMENTS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES. COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL NATURE OR ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM. UH, FIRST PERSON ON HERE IS, UH, HASSAN, UH, GOMAN. YES, SIR. YEAH, JUST RIGHT UP THERE. UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? ALRIGHT. UH, THANK YOU GUYS. I'M HERE TO, UH, TALK AS PART OF A, AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF THE AUSTIN PARK SUBDIVISION, OF THE, OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THAT CORNER OF THAT SUBDIVISION AND HIGHWAY TWO 70 OR EGRET BAY. UH, I HAD INITIALLY SOME CONCERNS AFTER HEARING QUITE A LOT OF THE CO A LOT OF THE, UH, UH, MEETING ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT THE GENERAL MEETING JUST TO KIND OF GET TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY WITH THE POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, UH, DEVELOPER. AND SOME THINGS REALLY, REALLY CONCERN ME IN THAT THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF KIDS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ARE ON AROUND ON BIKES, ENJOY LIFE AS I DID WHENEVER I WAS A KID GROWING UP, BEING OUTSIDE LIKE ANY NORMAL KID. GRANTED, THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY NORMAL TIMES, BUT HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE A GAS STATION THAT IS OPEN WHERE THERE ARE LOTTERY TICKETS, ALCOHOL, TOBACCO BEING SOLD, AND ALSO BEING CLOSED TO A VERY WELL REPUTABLE SCHOOL AND DISTRICT IS INCREDIBLY CONCERNING. AND WHEN I ASK THE QUESTION OF WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO AS PART AS, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT INCREASED CRIME, INCREASED TRAFFIC'S GONNA HAPPEN REGARDLESS. HURRICANES HAPPEN, EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENS, BUT WAS HE TRULY GONNA DO ABOUT CRIME OR TO HELP MITIGATE CRIME? AND THE ANSWER WAS VERY, VERY GENERIC. AND AS SOMEBODY WHO IS A PARENT OF CURRENTLY AN 18 MONTH OLD, REALLY, REALLY PUT, PUT A LOT OF FEAR IN ME GIVEN THAT I'VE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY WERE PLAYING OUT ON THEIR, PLAYING OUT ON THEIR BIKES, FELL AND HAVE BEEN RUN OVER IN THE PAST AND ENDED UP IN THE ICU. I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO ANY KID IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. NEVERMIND THE FACT THAT WITH ADDITIONAL, WITH WITH GAS STATIONS THERE ARE, AND ADDITIONAL ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO AND LOTTERY SALES, YOU GET A LOT MORE CRIME AS WELL. SO BEING FOR THEM TO, TO WANT TO BE PART OF THAT COMMUNITY AND AT THE SAME TIME TO SAY, OH, WE'RE JUST GONNA INCREASE OUR OWN PERSONAL SECURITY, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT'S STANDARD ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO AS A CONCERNED PARENT, AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, I STRONGLY AND TRULY URGE A RECONSIDERATION OF WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE. I'M NOT SAYING DON'T DO THE, DON'T DO A DEVELOPMENT ALTOGETHER, BUT JUST DON'T DO IT WHERE YOU KNOW THERE'S GONNA HAVE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF CRIME. THAT'S [00:05:01] REALLY ALL THAT I CAME HERE TO SAY, GIVEN THAT WE JUST HAD A MS. ABBEY THOMPSON BEING MAYOR OF THE DAY, AND GIVEN AGAIN THE CRAZY TIMES WE'RE IN, LET'S REALLY LOOK OUT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH ARE THE ABBEYS OF THAT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND REAL QUICK, I'M SORRY, WITH, UH, EVERYTHING GOING ON, I FORGOT THE INVOCATION AND IF WE COULD DO THAT REAL QUICK AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE LIST. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, I'LL BE HONORED AND INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN ME AT THIS TIME TO FIND THE PLACE WHERE YOU COMMUNE WITH THE GOD OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING. OPEN YOUR HEARTS AND LET'S PAUSE TOGETHER AND TAKE A GENTLE BREATH. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MOMENT AS SACRED IN ITS PURPOSE AND SACRED BECAUSE IT IS DEVOTED TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE SAY THANK YOU, GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE AND RESPONSIBILITY AND THE CARE FOR THE HAM. GOOD THAT IS GENERATED HERE. WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE CITY OF LEAGUE, CITY, FOR ITS PEOPLE, ITS NEIGHBORHOODS, ITS HISTORY, AND ITS UNFOLDING FUTURE. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL WHO LIVE, WORK, SERVE AND CALL THIS COMMUNITY HOME. WE PRAY TOGETHER KNOWING THAT WISDOM GUIDES EACH CONVERSATION, THAT CLARITY INFORMS EACH DECISION THAT RESPECT SHAPES EVERY INTERACTION, EVEN WHEN PERSPECTIVES DIFFER. AND WE INVITE A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION, LISTENING, AND SHARED PURPOSE TO PRESENT IN THIS ROOM AND MAKE CREATIVITY ARISE WHERE CHALLENGES EXIST AND SOLUTIONS EMERGE THAT REFLECT FAIRNESS, COMPASSION, AND LONG-TERM VISION, BRINGING FORTH THE HIGHEST GOOD FOR ONE AND ALL. WE HONOR ALL THOSE WHO SERVE ON THIS COUNCIL AND SAY, THANK YOU, GOD, FOR SERVING THROUGH THEM AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT ITS WORK AND ALL WHO PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC LIFE. MAY ALL CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY FEEL SUPPORTED, GROUNDED, AND ALIGNED WITH WHAT BEST SERVES THE WHOLE. WITH GRATITUDE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER, TO SERVE. WE BEGIN THIS MEETING IN A SPIRIT OF UNITY, INTEGRITY, AND HOPE. AND WE SAY THANK YOU GOD. AND SO IT IS. AMEN. AND, UH, YES, THANK YOU, UH, DAVID FLOYD. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE, TALK ABOUT ALL THE POLLUTION IN THE MARINAS. I'VE GOT PICTURES RIGHT HERE OF A FOUR FOOT PIPE IN DIAMETER. WHEN IT RAINS, OIL COMES OUT OF IT, AND THEN GRAY WATER COMES OUT. IT LITERALLY THE COLLAR GRAY. UH, AND AS FAR AS EVERYTHING ELSE IS CONCERNED, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY EVER COMING ON MY BOAT WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. I BELIEVE THAT'S AGAINST COAST GUARD RULES. IT'S AGAINST THE US GOVERNMENT RULES. IT'S AGAINST, UH, UH, THE MARINE LAWS. AND YET YOU PEOPLE WANNA IMPOSE ON THE VOTERS THESE RIDICULOUS SITUATIONS. WOULD THE PROBLEM IN THE BOAT POLLUTING THIS AREA? THE PROBLEM IS COMMUNITIES THAT'S DRAINING INTO THE LAKES AND THE MARINAS. AND I JUST WANTED TO OPEN EVERYBODY'S EYES UP TO THAT, THAT YOU SHOULDN'T JUST SAY THE BOATS ARE DOING ALL THE POLLUTION WHEN THEY'RE NOT DOING ALL THE POLLUTION. ARE THIS SOME BAD APPLES? YES. NOT MANY. IT JUST 6 1 0 2. AND I WOULD REPORT ANYBODY DUMPING IN AND HAVE IN OUR MARINA FROM A BOAT. BUT TO HAVE THE LAW THAT KEEPS YOU FROM LIVING FREE WITHOUT SOMEBODY TRYING TO GET ON YOUR BOAT WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. NOW, ACCORDING TO MY UNDERSTANDING, MARITIME LAW, IF YOU STEP ON SOMEBODY'S BOAT WITHOUT ASKING PERMISSION TO COME ON BOARD AND THEY DON'T GRANT YOU PERMISSION, THEY CAN SHOOT YOU IF YOU STEP ON BOARD THAT BOAT. AND THAT'S ALL FACTS. AND IT'S A SHAME THAT'S COME DOWN TO THIS, THAT I FEEL A BUNCH OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE BOATS, DON'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOATS. BUT WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY ALSO. WE SHOP IN ALL YOUR STORES, WE PAY THE TAXES. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE PICKING ON VOTERS. PICK ON THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS WHO'S POLLUTING THE LAKE ALL OVER THE LAKE. NOW WE'VE GOT THREE OF THESE IN MARINA DELEO. THERE'S ANOTHER CREEK THAT FEEDS INTO MARINA DELEO WITH A BIG HOUSING PROJECT. I KNOW THERE'S ONE BIG PLACE THAT COMES IN, MAKES THAT CREEK. AND THERE'S PROBABLY SEVERAL OTHERS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY'RE ALL DUMPING EVERYTHING INTO CLEAR LAKE, AND YET YOU'RE BLAMING IT ON THE BOATERS. AND I'VE HEARD THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE, AND IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT. I HEAR YOU PRAY TO GOD, JESUS WAS A FISHERMAN. I'M AGAINST POLLUTION A HUNDRED PERCENT. IT CANNOT BE ALLOWED, BUT YOU CANNOT JUST PICK ON THE BOATERS AND LEAVE THE RICH PEOPLE OUT OF IT. AND I'M NOT A POOR PERSON, BY THE WAY. I LIVE ON A BIG YACHT AND I HAVE A 22 [00:10:01] FOOT SAILBOAT ALSO THAT I PLAY ON CONSTANTLY. THERE'S GONNA BE TIMES YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIGH PRESSURE WASH THAT BOAT. THERE'S GONNA BE TIMES YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT AND PAINT AND DO THE BOTTOM JOBS IN THAT BOAT. THAT'S ALL MONEY GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND I, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. BEN HARDEN. BEN HARDEN. GOOD E GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BEN HARDEN. I LIVE AT 25 36 ROYAL FIELD LANE IN FRIENDSWOOD. I'M TALKING ABOUT ITEM EIGHT C 26 DASH OH OH OH 112. THE REZONING APPLICATION FOR MAP 25 0 0 0 9. UH, LIKE I SAID, I LIVE IN FRIENDSWOOD, SO I'M A PROUD, UH, NEIGHBOR OF THIS COMMUNITY WITH MY WIFE AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, AGES FIVE AND THREE. MY BACKYARD FENCE IS ON THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THIS PARCEL, AND MY FAMILY HAS ENDURED TWO YEARS OF 6:30 AM LAND CLEARING ON THIS SITE. AND NOW THE ASK IS TO EXPAND COMMERCIAL ZONING INTO OUR BACKYARD. I'M ASKING YOU TO DENY THIS REZONING. YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ALREADY REJECTED THIS FIVE TO ONE. THIS COUNCIL POSTPONED IT WITH A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ONE AND IT KEEPS FAILING BECAUSE IT'S A BAD PROJECT IN THE WRONG LOCATION. THE STEADMAN WEST PUD ALREADY ENTITLES COMMERCIAL DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT ON THIS SITE, AND THE DEVELOPER HAS FOUR AND A HALF ACRES OF COMMERCIAL USE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS MORE TAKING AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT ACRES FROM RESIDENTIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL SO THEY CAN BUILD A BIGGER PROJECT AND CAPTURE MORE VALUE. THE SURROUNDING HOMEOWNERS GET NOTHING EXCEPT MORE NOISE, MORE TRAFFIC, MORE LIGHT AND LOWER PROPERTY VALUES. THIS IS NOT A TRADE THE COUNCIL SHOULD MAKE. CAMPBELL ELEMENTARY IS APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET FROM THIS PARCEL, INC. KLINE ELEMENTARY, WHERE MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD WILL GO NEXT YEAR IS A HALF MILE AWAY. FAST FOOD DRIVE-THROUGHS A CAR, WASH, A CONVENIENCE STORE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BACKING DIRECTLY ON FAMILY HOMES. WOULD YOU WANT THIS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR BACKYARD FENCE? THIS EXPANSION ISN'T NECESSARY. THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE WEST SIDE MASTER PLAN LAST MAY DESIGNATING 725 ACRES FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 7 2725 ACRES SITTING UNDEVELOPED RIGHT NOW. THE DEVELOPER ALREADY HAS COMMERCIAL ENTITLEMENTS. THEY DON'T NEED EIGHT MORE ACRES REZONED UNLESS THE GOAL IS TO LET DEVELOPERS KEEP PUSHING COMMERCIAL ZONING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS UNTIL EVERY BACKYARD FACES A DRIVE THROUGH. AND I, I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT'S THE IDEA OF A COMMUNITY. IF THIS COUNCIL OVERRIDES, UH, A FIVE TO ONE PLANNING AND ZONING REJECTION TO EXPAND COMMERCIAL ZONING INTO RESIDENTIAL LAND, YOU'RE TELLING EVERY HOMEOWNER ON THE WEST SIDE OF LEAGUE CITY THAT THEIR ZONING IS NEGOTIABLE EVERY TIME A DEVELOPER ASKS. AND I THINK, UH, YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT PRECEDENT THAT SETS. SO IN MY OPINION AS A NEIGHBOR, SOMEBODY THAT LIVES RIGHT ALONG THIS PARCEL, ADMITTEDLY PLANNING AND ZONING ALREADY GOT THIS RIGHT. PLEASE DE PLEASE DENY THIS REZONING REQUEST. THANK YOU, ANGELA. RICHIE. RICHIE, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH A DEVELOPER, UM, OF THE, SORRY, , PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT EGRET BAY AND AUSTIN. UM, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM DURING THIS MEETING AND HE MAY HAVE INFORMATION THAT COULD BE HELPFUL TO US. I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE HE COULD GO FIRST. THESE ARE ALL IN ORDER. THERE'LL BE AN ITEM AND THEN HE, PEOPLE CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE ITEM LATER, BUT SO HE MAY, HE MAY SPEAK DURING THAT TIME. OKAY. I WAS JUST THINKING IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM HIM. WHEN WE MET WITH HIM, WE VOICED OUR CONCERNS. UM, HE LISTENED PATIENTLY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA IF ANYTHING HAS HAPPENED. UM, FOR THAT REASON, MY ASK WOULD BE TO AT LEAST, UM, TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL HE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS YOU REQUESTED OF HIM, MAYOR. UM, BECAUSE OUR CONCERNS REMAIN THE SAME. UM, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME, AND, AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED. UM, IN HIS DEFENSE, HE ONLY HAD A MONTH. SO, UM, THOSE ARE OUR CONCERNS. THEY'RE UNCHANGED, UNFORTUNATELY. UM, AND I [00:15:01] WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE, WE REALIZE THAT THE PROPERTY WILL BE DEVELOPED. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. UM, THE ONLY REASON WE'RE HERE, THE ONLY REASON ON THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WE'RE HERE IS THE GAS STATION. UM, OUR CONCERNS ARE STILL THE SAME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ROBERT OSBORNE. MY NAME IS ROBERT OSBORNE. I LIVE AT SIXTY FIVE TWENTY CES LANE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I'M THE HOMEOWNER WHO PURCHASED MY PROPERTY FIVE YEARS AGO AT THE PREMIUM BECAUSE IT BACKED UP TO WHAT WAS CLEARLY DESIGNATED A RESIDENTIAL ZONE. THAT DESIGNATION MATTERED. IT WASN'T JUST A LINE ON A MAP, IT WAS A PROMISE ABOUT THE CHARACTER SAFETY AND STABILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE SHOWN UP IN GOOD FAITH. WE'VE ATTENDED MULTIPLE MEETINGS, LISTENED CAREFULLY TO ALL THE PARTIES, AND IMPORTANTLY MADE REASONABLE CONCESSIONS. WE AGREED TO CONSIDER NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING ALONG WITH A SOUND WALL AND A 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THOUGHTFUL GROWTH GROWTH CAN BENEFIT EVERYONE. BUT WHAT WE DID NOT AGREE TO IN WHAT WAS NOT TRANSPARENTLY COMMUNICATED TO US UNTIL JUST YESTERDAY, IS A FULL SCALE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, 24, 12 TO 24 PUMP GAS STATION, A CONVENIENCE STORE, MULTIPLE FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, A CAR WASH, A DENSE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IS NOT WHAT WE WERE TOLD AND IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE INVESTED IN. IN EACH MEETING, WE REPEATEDLY ASKED WHY THE NEED FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL OVER NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL UP UNTIL THE LAST 24 HOURS. WE WERE REPEATEDLY TOLD THAT THAT SHIFT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL WAS SIMPLY TO MAKE DEVELOPMENT EASIER. THAT WAS NOT THE FULL TRUTH. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, MANY OF US NOW FEEL MISLED AND SOME OF US EVEN FEEL MANIPULATED. THAT UNDERMINES THE TRUST, NOT JUST IN THIS PROJECT, BUT IN THE PROCESS ITSELF. THAT SAID, I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, DESPITE HOW THIS HAS UNFOLDED, WE ARE STILL HERE IN GOOD FAITH. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO STOP DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE ASKING FOR BALANCE, FOR COMPATIBILITY, AND FOR THE CITY TO UPHOLD THE EXPECTATIONS THAT HOMEOWNERS HAVE RELIED ON WHEN MAKING ONE OF THE BO BIGGEST INVESTMENTS OF THEIR LIVES. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING ACHIEVES THAT BALANCE. IT ALLOWS FOR THE SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES, THE COFFEE SHOPS, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, AND COMMUNITY SERVING RETAIL BUSINESSES THAT WE WERE PROMISED AND WE WOULD WELCOME WITHOUT INTRODUCING THE NOISE, TRAFFIC AND INTENSITY OF UNLIMITED COMMERCIAL USE ADJACENT TO OUR HOMES TONIGHT. I RESPECTIVELY RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO REJECT THE REQUEST FOR THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING AS PLANNING AND ZONING, AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID, AND INSTEAD APPROVE THIS PROJECT UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WITH THE REASONABLE CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED AND AGREED TO. THAT'S A FAIR OUTCOME, THAT'S A TRANSPARENT OUTCOME, AND THAT'S THE OUTCOME THAT RESPECTS BOTH THE RESIDENTS AND RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION ON THIS, SANDRA, I BELIEVE JUDGE, GOOD EVENING FELLOWS AND PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY ARE HERE THIS EVENING. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I AM A RESIDENT AT 1 0 0 9 RED RIVER STREET. I AM OPPOSING THIS GAS STATION ON THE CORNER OF AUSTIN AND EAGLE BAY. I AM A RESIDENT, I'M AN OWNER, I'M A VOTER, I'M A LEGAL CITIZEN. I'M EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW, HAS A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE WE'RE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE AGAINST THAT. THIS IS A RESIDENT COMMERCIAL. WE WANT SOMETHING TO GO THERE. WE DO NOT WANT A SPECIAL, UH, SUP GOING IN AND OVERTAKING AND BECOMING TOO COMMERCIAL FOR THIS LITTLE COMMUNITY. WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU GO THROUGH AND REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE ASKED THE COMMUNITY TO COME UP HERE TO SUPPORT. MY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HERE FOR EVERY SINGLE MEETING. WE ALSO ARE ASKING THAT THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN VOTED IN THAT WE VOTE YOU IN AND TRUST THAT YOU WILL MAKE THE DECISIONS WHEN WE'RE NOT HERE. AND WE HAVE BEEN MAKING THE EFFORT TO SHOW UP THAT YOU HEAR OUR VOICE. WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU TAKE DEEP CONSIDERATION ON THIS PROPOSAL FOR THE SUP, FOR THE GAS STATION. I CAN'T ASK ANY MORE THAN THAT, BUT WE HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE ASKING. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, VIRGINIA FELD. [00:20:08] GOOD EVENING. I'M VIRGINIA SEAFIELD. I LIVE AT SIX 40 HEWITT STREET IN LAKE CITY. UM, I DID USED TO BE A RESIDENT IN AUSTIN PARK AND I STILL STILL HAVE CLOSE TIES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE GAS STATION THAT IS PROPOSED. UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM WAS EXPLAINED TO US THAT IT IS UNDER THE PROPERTY. OKAY, MY QUESTION IS, IS IT JUST A SERIES OF TANKS AND PIPES THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY GO INTO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT IS EXISTING? AND AS WE LEARNED FROM HARVEY, AND I KNOW THERE'VE BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS, THAT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY TIGHT OVER THERE. THE, UM, WATER WITH HARVEY CAME UP OVER THE BANKS RIGHT BEHIND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHY ISN'T A RETENTION POND REQUIRED? IT CERTAINLY WARRANTED A RETENTION POND WOULD ALLOW THE WATER TO CA BE CAPTURED AND SLOWLY BE ABSORBED INTO THE GROUND. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, FIRST OF ALL, IT, IT HELPS WITH ANY FLOODING. SECOND OF ALL, IT IS A GREEN SPACE. IT MAKES IT MUCH MORE APPEALING. SO THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. THE OTHER ONE, IT WAS, IT WAS MADE, UH, VERY CLEAR THAT EVERYONE'S GUNG HO FOR THE GENERATOR. AND THAT WAS A GOOD SELLING POINT WITH TODAY'S MEDIA AND ALL THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE WITH THE CITY ALERTING THE CITIZENS AND KEEPING THEM UPDATED WITH THE ANY HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. TO ME, A GENERATOR. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. IT'S NOT A SELLING POINT TO ME. THERE'S NO NOTHING. SO THAT SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT IS CONSIDERED, UH, ON THE POSITIVE SIDE VERSUS THE NEGATIVE SIDE. TO ME IT'S WASH. UM, EVERYBODY THAT LIVES HERE IS MADE AWARE OF THE POTENTIALLY HAZARD WEATHER. UM, I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT ALL THAT I HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. UH, STEVEN SCOBEL. GOOD EVENING. I'M STEVEN SCOBEL FROM 65 22 CES LANE. MY PROPERTY SHARES A LARGE BOUNDARY WITH THE EIGHT ACRE TRACT Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING LATER TONIGHT. AND AGENDA ITEM EIGHT C FOR REZONING TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. SO I'LL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS DECISION. I'M HERE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT Y'ALL DENY THE REQUEST TO CHANGE IT FROM RESIDENTIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THE PURPOSE OF ZONING IS TO PLAN AND PROTECT CITIZENS' PROPERTY VALUES FROM CASES JUST SUCH AS THIS. THERE ISN'T A NEED CURRENTLY TO CHANGE THE PLAN FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL. I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE LAST MEETING THAT THE WEST SIDE MASTER PLAN HAS THIS TRACKED AREA BEING DEVELOPED AS COMMERCIAL. BUT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE MASTER PLAN ACTUALLY HAS THE TRACKED CADDY CORNER ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL. EVEN THOUGH THE MASTER PLAN HAS A RESIDE OR THE MASTER PLAN HAS THAT ONE AS RESIDENTIAL, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ZONED COMMERCIAL. SO AS THE ZONING SITS TODAY, THE BALANCE BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ALREADY LINES UP. WHAT WITH THE INTENT OF THE MASTER PLAN FOR OUR AREA. CHANGING THIS SUBJECT TRACK TO COMMERCIAL WILL PUSH OUR END OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOO HEAVILY IN COMMERCIAL DIRECTION. I ALSO BELIEVE IN THE FREE MARKET WHEN IT OPERATES WITHIN THE RULES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. BUT THIS ISN'T A CASE OF THE MARKET DECIDING WHAT IS DEVELOPED. THIS IS A DEVELOPER WHO BOUGHT RESIDENTIAL LAND AT A LOWER PRICE THAN COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE A LAND NEARBY. AND THEY'RE HOPING THIS WILL INCREASE THEIR RETURN ON INVESTMENT. AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME AND MY NEIGHBORS, IT WOULD BE AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES. THEIR DEED IN PUBLIC RECORDS SHOWS HOW MUCH THEY PAID. I'D BE MORE OPEN TO THIS CHANGE IF THERE WAS A CLEAR NEED FOR MORE COMMERCIAL LAND. BUT THE MARKET DOESN'T SUPPORT THAT RIGHT NOW. THE EVIDENCE IS IN THE AMOUNT OF UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL LAND AT ALMOST EVERY CORNER OF OUR WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THE COMMERCIAL TRACK JUST ACROSS THE STREET. CAT CORNERED TO THIS PROPERTY ISN'T FULLY DEVELOPED YET AND THERE IS A FOR SALE SIGN ON IT RIGHT NOW. ANOTHER POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THIS PROPERTY CAN STILL BE RESIDENTIALLY DEVELOPED IF THE MARKET WERE GIVEN FAIR TIME TO PLAY OUT. AT FIRST GLANCE, SOMEONE MIGHT SAY IT'S TOO SMALL AND NO ONE WOULD WANNA LIVE RIGHT THERE OFF 96, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ARBOR SUBDIVISION ONLY TWO MILES EAST DOWN 96 FROM THIS TRACT, IT'S A COZY ONE STREET SUBDIVISION RIGHT OFF 96 WITH 26 HOUSES IN IT. IT'S ON A TRACTOR LAND THAT'S EVEN SMALLER THAN THIS TRACT WE'RE DISCUSSING. AND IT'S TUCKED IN BETWEEN 96 AND BIG POWER LINES. THAT STREET IS CALLED COTTONWOOD [00:25:01] CREEK LANE. PLEASE LOOK IT UP. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, THE RESIDENTS ARE PROBABLY HAPPY TO LIVE THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO HOUSES FOR SALE. A SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT WOULD FIT NICELY HERE. LASTLY, I UNDERSTAND COUNSEL ASKED THE DEVELOPER TO REACH OUT TO US NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS. THAT BOARD OF THE PROPERTY, I WAS NOT CONTACTED DIRECTLY, BUT I DID HEAR ABOUT A MEETING SECONDHAND FROM A NEIGHBOR. I WAS OUTTA TOWN FOR WORK. I HAD TO REACH OUT TO THE DEVELOPER LAST FRIDAY TO GET AN UPDATE MYSELF. AND I FEEL IF THEY WANTED TO BE CONSIDERATE OF US, THEY WOULD'VE REACHED OUT TO EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY. THERE'S ONLY FIVE OF US ON CES LANE, NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. I JUST THINK THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT APPLICATION FOR IT. MICHAEL, I'M SORRY. IT'S, I THINK IT'S MICHAEL STEELMAN. T ONE MICHAEL MAYBE. MICHELLE ALMAN. PO BOX 1 9 9. ALRIGHT, LANCE HICKS. GOOD EVENING. I'M ALSO SPEAKING OUT AGAINST ITEM EIGHT C. UH, MY NAME IS LANCE HICKS AND I'M ON 6 5 1 7 CONES LANE IN THE CUL-DE-SAC ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED SITE. I'M NOT HERE TODAY TO OPPOSE PROGRESS, BUT I AM HERE TO OPPOSE IRRESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROJECT, AS CURRENTLY DESIGNED, REPRESENTS A FUNDAMENTAL MISMATCH BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AMBITION AND RESIDENTIAL REALITY. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WERE ENGINEERED FOR RESIDENTIAL PEACE, NOT THE HIGH VOLUME COMMERCIAL TRANSIT AND CONSTANT VEHICULAR TURNOVER THAT A SHOPPING CENTER DEMANDS. THIS ISN'T JUST AN INCONVENIENCE, IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD FOR CHILDREN WHO WALK TO SCHOOL. IN THIS AREA, WE PURCHASED OUR HOMES WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS AREA WAS DESIGNED AS RESIDENTIAL AND WOULD PRESERVE THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. A MULTI COMMERCIAL BUILDING AREA LOOMING OVER SINGLE FAMILY BACKYARDS IS AN A COMPLIMENTARY ADDITION. IT'S AN ENCROACHMENT, IT BRINGS LIGHT POLLUTION AND WILL, UH, PIERCE THROUGH BEDROOMS AT MIDNIGHT AND NOISE LEVELS THAT STRIP AWAY THE VERY REASON WE CHOSE TO INVEST OUR LIFE SAVINGS IN THE CITY. IF THE CA, IF THIS COUNCIL APPROVES THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE CURRENT FORM, YOUR SENDING A MESSAGE THAT THE SHORT TERM TAX REVENUE OF A SINGLE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER OUTWEIGHS THE LONG TERM STABILITY OF ESTABLISHED TAX PAYING CITIZENS, I URGE YOU TO DENY THIS APPLICATION. OR AT THE VERY LEAST, SEND IT BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD PRIVACY ADDITIONS SUCH AS SOUND WALLS, ADOPTING COMMUNITY DARK SKY POLICIES AND ADDING WATER FEATURES THAT MAKE THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MORE INVITING AND NOT SUCH AN EYESORE. PROTECT OUR HOMES, PROTECT OUR SAFETY, AND PROTECT THE CHARACTER OF OUR WARD. THANK YOU. TAYLOR ADAMS. TAYLOR ADAMS. I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS LAST TIME, SO I'M JUST GONNA READ THIS TIME. , I TALK IN FRONT OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY. I DON'T GET NERVOUS. UH, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME'S TAYLOR ADAMS. I LIVE AT 6 5 2 4 CES LANE. I DIRECTLY BACK UP TO THIS PROPERTY BEING DISCUSSED IN EIGHT C. UM, I'M HERE TO RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THE REQUEST TO REZONE THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DIRECTLY BEHIND MY HOME TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. WHEN MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, A KEY FACTOR IN THAT DECISION WAS THE PRICE WE, AND THE PRICE WE PAID WAS THAT IT BACKED UP TO RESIDENTIAL LAND. THAT EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY, STABILITY AND COMPATIBILITY IS EXACTLY WHAT ZONING IS INTENDED TO PROTECT. REZONING. THIS PROPERTY, GENERAL COMMERCIAL FUNDAMENTALLY BREAKS THAT EXPECTATION. THIS TYPE OF ZONING ALLOWS FOR HIGH INTENSITY USES, SUCH AS FAST FOOD AS WE SAW YESTERDAY, DRIVE-THROUGHS, AND NOW WE RECENTLY LEARNED A GAS STATION WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT THIS STUFF AND THAT WAS NOT TALKED ABOUT AT ALL. THESE BRING EXTENDED HOURS, INCREASED TRAFFIC, LIGHT NOISE, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT FROM MY NEIGHBORS. AND THAT'S ALL DIRECTLY BEHIND US AND IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR HOMES, INCLUDING MINE AND THE REST OF THEIRS. WHILE BUFFERS ARE GREAT, NO AMOUNT OF BUFFER CAN FULLY MITIGATE THAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC AND THAT TYPE OF NOISE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET AND THAT TYPE OF 24 HOUR SERVICE THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE ON TOP OF THAT, I ALSO WANT TO JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE PROCESS BECAUSE THAT MATTERS. IN EARLIER DISCUSSIONS, DEVELOPER PRESENTED A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND A DIRECTION MAKING CONCESSIONS INTENDED TO REDUCE THE IMPACT ON THE NEARBY HOMES. HOWEVER, THE CURRENT REQUEST REFLECTS VERY FEW OF THOSE CONCESSIONS AND COMMITMENTS MORE CONCERNING. THAT CONCEPTUAL PLOT PLAN WAS NOT PROVIDED TO US UNTIL YESTERDAY WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT IT THAT PLAN. AND WHEN WE DID GET IT, THAT PLAN DID INCLUDE A GAS STATION, WHICH WAS AGAIN, IT WAS NOT TALKED ABOUT PRIOR TO THIS. WE ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE MEETING. WE CAME IN GOOD FAITH, SAT DOWN AND DISCUSSED IT. THERE WAS NO MISSION OF A GAS STATION AT ALL [00:30:01] IN ANY OF THAT. THAT KIND OF LAST MINUTE CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THAT INTENSITY OF THE PROJECT AND RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST. IF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THIS PROJECT ARE ONLY BEING REVEALED AT THE LAST MINUTE, IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE RESIDENTS OR THIS COUNCIL TO FULLY EVALUATE THE TRUE IMPACT OF THIS REZONING. AT THE SAME TIME, THIS REZONING IS NOT NECESSARY. WITHIN ROUGHLY A MILE, THERE ARE APPRO, THERE ARE ABOUT A HUNDRED ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL LAND BETWEEN LAKE, LAKE, CITY AND FRIENDSWOOD. THIS LAND'S ALREADY APPROPRIATE AND AVAILABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. SO INSTEAD OF USING EXISTING COMMERCIAL LAND, THIS REQUEST SHIFTS THE BURDEN ONTO ESTABLISHED HOMEOWNERS. THIS BEGINS TO LOOK A LOT LESS LIKE THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND A LOT MORE LIKE SPOT ZONING, BENEFITING THAT SINGLE PARCEL AT THE EXPENSE OF ALL OF US SURROUNDING HOMEOWNERS AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES. I WANNA BE CLEAR, I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. I WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT DOES DEVELOPMENT EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT I AM AGAINST, UH, IRRESPONSIBLE GROWTH AND IRRESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIGHT POSITIONS, THE RIGHT PLACES, THE RIGHT LOCATIONS. ONCE THIS CHANGE IS MADE, IT CANNOT BE UNDONE AND THE IMPACT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE PER PERMANENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ASHLEY ADAMS? HI, I AM ASHLEY ADAMS. UM, I LIVE AT 6 5 2 4 COS LANE. AND, UM, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE VERY GOOD, LIKE, THOUGHTS PUT TOGETHER. MY MIND'S KIND OF SPINNING RIGHT NOW. UM, AND JUST IN A LOT OF PLACES, I, WE APPRECIATED YOUR, UM, SUGGESTION TO MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER. OF COURSE, INITIALLY WHEN THIS ALL CAME UP, UM, WE'RE LIKE, ABSOLUTELY, WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING BACK THERE, RIGHT? IT SHOULD BE RESIDENTIAL. AND OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE OUR IDEAL, UM, END OF THIS SITU. SORRY, I'M NOT FEELING WELL. UM, BUT WE REALIZE THAT DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY INEVITABLE TO HAPPEN. UM, WE TOOK YOUR SUGGESTION AND WE MET WITH THE, UM, DEVELOPER. WE FEEL LIKE THEY'S, LIKE THEY'RE JUST WANNA SAY THEY'RE SAYING THINGS THAT THEY JUST THINK WE WANNA HEAR, RIGHT? UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT LIKE THE FIRST, UH, NOTIFICATION THAT CAME OUT IN THE MAIL FOR US TO EVEN COME TO A MEETING DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE DATE OF THE MEETING ON IT. UM, ANYWAY, IN THAT MEETING, UM, I'M SORRY, I'M SUCH A HOT MESS AND I, AND I HATE THAT THIS IS LIKE A PUBLIC THING, . UM, I JUST WANT TO, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T YOU'RE FINE. FINE. YOU'RE FINE. THERE'S LIKE 15 PEOPLE TO WATCH. I'M, I DON'T THINK IT'S, I'M, I WANTED TO MEET WITH THESE DEVELOPERS WITH LIKE A MUTUAL RESPECT. I THINK THIS DECISION REALLY NEEDS TO BE MET WITH MUTUAL RESPECT AND INTEGRITY, RIGHT? UM, WE COME FROM, WE DIFFERENT GAINS AND, AND LOSSES, RIGHT? THEY, THEY STAND TO GAIN A GOOD FORTUNE FROM THIS, WE STAND TO LOSE, MAYBE NOT A GOOD FORTUNE, BUT TO US OUR, A GOOD PORTION OF OUR HOME VALUE. I THINK I GOT NOTHING. I'M SORRY, I'M EXHAUSTED. . OKAY. KIM SPEAR THE 22ND. SURE. WILLIAM. OKAY. UH, DON MATTHEWS, YOU ADD. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DON MATTHEWS. I'M A MARINE, I'M A JOURNALIST AND I'M THE MAN YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THREATENED WITH ARREST FOR SAYING GOD BLESS OUR HOMELESS VETERANS ON A PUBLIC SIDEWALK ON MARCH 10TH. LEMME TELL YOU WHAT THE CITY DID. YOUR LIBRARY STAFF EMPLOYEES PAID BY TAXPAYER DOLLARS APPROACHED ME TWICE TO INTERROGATE MY SI MY, OH MY SIGNAGE, MISCHARACTERIZED MY CONDUCT AND MANUFACTURE A LEGAL PRETEXT TO SILENCE ME. WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK, THEY ESCALATED TO SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK, THEY PUT A SERGEANT ON SPEAKERPHONE TO DELIVER A THINLY VE VEILED ARREST THREAT. NOT BECAUSE I BROKE ANY LAW, BUT BECAUSE SOMEONE IN THE BUILDING DIDN'T LIKE MY MESSAGE. THAT IS NOT POLICY ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS RETALIATION AND IT'S ON VIDEO. NOW I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU, THE ELECTED BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF EVERY EMPLOYEE WHO CAME OUT THAT DOOR. [00:35:01] AND I WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS. CLEARLY. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO WHAT YOU DID. NOT LEGALLY, NOT CONSTITUTIONALLY, NOT UNDER ANY ORDINANCE THIS CITY HAS EVER PASSED. YOUR NO SOLICITATION SIGNS ARE NOT A FIRST AMENDMENT WAIVER. YOUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR DOES NOT OUTRANK THE SUPREME COURT. AND YOUR SERGEANT'S PHONE CALL DOES NOT SUPERSEDE 250 YEARS OF SETTLED CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. YOU THREATENED A VETERAN WITH ARREST FOR SEVEN WORDS AND YOU SAT UP HERE IN THESE COMFORTABLE CHAIRS SAYING NOTHING AT THE LAST MEETING DID NOTHING. 'CAUSE THIS IS WHAT LEAGUE CITY DOES. WEAPONIZES PROCESS. IT DISPATCHES UNIFORMS AND IT BURIES THE VIOLATION IN PAPERWORK BEFORE ANYBODY NOTICES. WELL, I NOTICED THE FOOTAGE IS PUBLISHED. WE, THE PEOPLE NEWS, THE DOCUMENTATION IS PRESERVED AND EVERY INTERACTION YOUR EMPLOYEES HAD WITH ME THAT DAY IS GOING INTO A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS FILING. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CITY DECIDES ITS ORDINANCES OVERRIDE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. I WANT THE CITY MANAGER'S WRITTEN RESPONSE ON THE RECORD. I'VE CALLED AND I'VE LEFT MESSAGES. I WANT THE NAME OF EVERY SUPERVISOR WHO AUTHORIZED THAT REMOVAL. AND I WANT THIS COUNSEL TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING THAT APPARENTLY HASN'T PENETRATED YET. I DON'T BACK DOWN. I DON'T GO AWAY AND I DON'T FORGET YOU PICK THE WRONG VETERAN TO F**K WITH. SO DO WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING. HEY, NO. ALRIGHT. HEY, I'LL GIVE YOU, IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER, I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL AND TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW. IT'S ON, IT'S ON THE SHEET, MAYOR. GOT IT. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. UH, NAALI, ALMOST VETERANS NAVI LEE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALSO THE RESIDENTS TO GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO DISCUSS THE CONCERNS AND ALSO TRYING TO FIND, UH, SOLUTIONS FOR THEM. UH, I KNOW YOU WANTED ME TO SPEAK AND, UH, ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. WE DO HAVE A NEW INFORMATION PACKET FOR EVERYONE AND WE'LL GLADLY, UH, UH, HAND THAT OUT. UH, BUT I, BUT I BELIEVE EVEN THE DRAINAGE, UH, WAS DEALT WITH AS WELL INTO THE, THE PLANS AND IS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEET IN ORDER TO GET THE PERMIT APPROVED. UM, BUT I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM THE HEART. WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO, UH, DEVELOP THIS, UH, THIS C STORE I THINK GETS A BAD REP JUST FOR THE GAS, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THE KROGER, EVERYBODY SELLS THE SAME ESSENTIAL ITEMS. UM, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE. SO IN THAT PARTICULAR LOT, IF YOU JUST AVOID THE GAS, EVERYTHING IS ALREADY PRETTY MUCH APPROVED. UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO GET THE SUP, BUT I WANT TO NOT ONLY JUST WORK NOW, BUT ALSO IN THE FUTURE WITH THE RESIDENCY, WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EVERYONE ELSE. YEAH. JAMES BROCKWAY. UH, JAMES BROCKWAY, 2366 CALYPSO LANE IN LAKE CITY. UH, I REPRESENT THE GROUP THAT IS SELLING THE LAND TO, UH, NAVEED. AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF TIMES. THE, UH, THE DETENTION ISSUE, THE, THE, UM, DETENTION IS UNDERGROUND. UH, IT IS A SERIES OF PIPES, BUT THE WHOLE INTENT OF IT IS TO DRAIN JUST AS FAST AFTER CONSTRUCTION AS IT DID WHEN IT WAS STILL GREEN LAND. SO, UH, AND IT IS DRAINING TO TWO 70 AS WELL. SO THERE'S NOT, AND THE ENGINEER WILL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT LATER, HE CAN CLARIFY 'CAUSE I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MISCONCEPTION OF WHAT, HOW IT'S GONNA DRAIN AFTERWARDS. THOSE, THOSE SERIES OF PIPES TAKES THE FLOW OF IT IN SUCH A, AT SUCH A PACE THAT IT DOES DRAIN OFF AT THE SAME RATE THAT IT [00:40:01] DID BEFORE DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I'M A BIG FAN OF THE GENERATOR JUST LIVING HERE. THERE'S NOT A GENERATOR ATTACHED TO A A, A, UM, FUEL STATION ANYWHERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF LEAGUE CITY THAT I'M AWARE OF. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE THE NEXT ICE STORM, WE HAVE THE NEXT, UM, HURRICANE, UH, WE WILL HAVE A PLACE TO GO TO GET GAS AT LEAST ONE PLACE. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANKS. UH, AND I'M SORRY I HAVE TOUGH TIME READING THIS ONE. I THINK IT'S, IS IT GRACE RAMS 2 1 4? UH, SORRY. HI, GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS JOURNEY LINS WITH DIMENSIONS ARCHITECTS. SO I LEAD THE DESIGN TEAM WORKING ON THE ANCHOR AND BAY PROJECT, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE ADDRESSED, UH, BETWEEN THE CITIZENS AND NAVEED AND HOW THEY WERE RESOLVED. AND THESE ARE NOT JUST THINGS THAT WE'RE SAYING, THESE ARE ACTUALLY DOCUMENTED. THEY'RE PART OF THE SUP. SO THE CITY HAS ALREADY DOCUMENTED THAT THESE ARE ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MET. AND THIS REVISED PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES THE ENGINEER DRAWINGS THAT SHOWS THAT WE WOULD ACCOMPLISH THIS. SO REGARDING THE DRAINAGE, WHAT WE DID WAS THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT WAS DESIGNED EXCEEDS THE CITY OF, UH, LEAK CITY STANDARDS BY 40%. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HOLDING 40% MORE WATER THAN THE CITY REQUIRES BECAUSE WE ARE ABIDING BY TECH DOT STANDARDS, WHICH IS A WHOLE LOT HIGHER. ON TOP OF THAT, WE WENT FOUR 5% ABOVE TXDOT STANDARDS. SO WHAT WE'RE HOLDING IS WE'RE HOLDING OVER 140,000 CUBIC FEET OF WATER UNDERGROUND. AND WITH THE SYSTEM, REALLY WHAT IT DOES IS IT COLLECTS THE FAST MOVING WATER OF RAIN HOLDS, IT SLOWS IT DOWN, AND IT ALLOWS IT TO NATURALLY FLOW OUT SO THAT IT DOESN'T CAUSE ANY PREMATURE FLOODING OR RUNOFF FROM WHAT MIGHT BE EXISTING THERE. NOW, UM, AS FAR AS THE LINING GOES, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS REGARDING PHOTOMETRICS. WE HAD INITIALLY MET THOSE, BUT AFTER MEETING WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, WITH RESIDENTS AND ALL THAT, WHAT WE DID BEYOND THAT IS NOT ONLY ARE THE FIXTURE SCREEN RE REMOVED SOME OF THE ONES ALONG THE BACK, BUT THEY'RE ALSO SET ON A TIMER WHERE, UM, DURING NON-BUSINESS HOURS, THEY WILL DIM DOWN TO 50% TO REDUCE THE, THE INTENSITY OF THE GLARE. ANOTHER ITEM THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE SUP IS THAT THE BUSINESS HOURS WILL BE LIMITED FROM 5:00 AM TO 12:00 PM I MEAN TO 12:00 AM. SO BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND FIVE O'CLOCK THE BUSINESS WILL BE CLOSED. ALL THE LIGHTS WOULD DIM DOWN TO 50%. UM, THE PERIMETER WALL WHERE THE CITY REQUIRES A SIX FOOT WALL, WE ARE CALLING FOR A 10 FOOT WALL, ALSO DOCUMENTED, UM, WHERE THE MINIMUM CALIBER SIZE FOR THE TREES IS ONE AND A HALF INCH, WE CALL FOR TWO INCHES ALSO DOCUMENTED. SO WE TRY TO ADDRESS AS MANY OF THE CONCERNS AS POSSIBLE BY DOING A LITTLE BIT EXTRA. AND LIKE I SAID, ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE EXTRA EVENTUALLY COST MORE MONEY. AND, AND VID IS WILLING TO INCUR THAT COST, LIKE I SAID, TO BE A GOOD PARTNER AND TO KINDA SHOW THAT HE'S PUTTING GOOD FAITH INTO NOT JUST BUILDING, YOU KNOW, UM, A RUNDOWN SHOPPING CENTER OR A GAS STATION. HE REALLY WANTS IT TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S A CORNER PIECE THAT'S NICE. AND YOU KNOW, HE'S EVEN TALKED TO THE CITY ABOUT INCORPORATING SOME KIND OF PUBLIC ART AND ALL THAT SO THAT IT'S ALSO, UM, NO, JUST NOT ANOTHER COMMERCIAL PROJECT, BUT HE'S TRYING TO BEAUTIFY BY MAYBE INCORPORATING SOME KIND OF LOCAL ART AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ELIZABETH WELLS? CAN I WAIT? YES. UH, KITTY, UH, NY SHEIE. I GOT IT. WOW. THANKS. MY NAME IS KIT AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND I APPRECIATED THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY AND THE SAFETY OF THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE HERE. I, UM, HAVE A FEW CONCERN AND QUESTION REGARDING THE, UH, PROPOSED GAS STATION. FIRST, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY EXPERIENCE, [00:45:01] UH, REGULAR TRAFFIC AND MANY FAMILIES, CHILDREN'S AND PALESTINIANS LIFE NEARBY. WHAT PACIFIC PLANS ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE TRAFFIC SAFETY? IF THE GAS STATION IS BUILT HERE, HOW WILL YOU PREVENT INCREASE, UH, CONGESTION AND ACCIDENTS IN THIS AREA? SECOND GAS STATION BRINGS ACCIDENT, ACCIDENTAL RISK AND SUCH AS FUEL SPILLS, POLLUTIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL, HAZARDOUS, WHAT SAFETY MEASURE WILL BE IM, UH, IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTED TO PROTECT NEARBY HOMES, THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY FROM THESE, UH, POTENTIAL RISKS. THIRD, THEY ARE CONCERNS ABOUT INCREASED ACTIVITY LATE AT NIGHT. WHAT PLANS ARE IN PLACE, UH, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, REGARDING LIGHTNING CRIME PREVENTION AND NOISE. LASTLY, UM, HAS THE IMPACT ON THE, UH, SURROUNDING RESIDENTS BEING FULLY, UH, EVALUATED. MANY OF US MOVE TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT IS A QUIET, UH, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREA. HOW WILL BE THIS PROTECT, UH, THIS PROJECT? PROTECT THE QUALITY OF THE LIFE, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE? WE ARE AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT BY, UH, BUT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT IN, UH, IMPORTANT TO THE SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UH, OKAY. I THINK IT'S RUSSELL REMER. RAYMOND RUSSELL REIMER. OH, I KNOW YOU. THANKS FOR COMING. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UH, MY NAME IS RUSS BYNUM. I AM THE DEVELOPER, UH, OF LEGACY, WHICH IS A HILLWOOD COMMUNITY. WE JUST OPENED LAST NOVEMBER, AND I THINK WE'VE OPENED WITH A LOT OF FANFARE. I THINK EVERYONE IS REALLY ENJOYING, UM, THE, THE ADDED BENEFITS OF HAVING THE COMMUNITY THERE AND THE OPENED ROAD, UH, THAT CONNECTS, UH, LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY ON OVER, UH, FURTHER TO THE WEST. I WANNA TELL YOU THAT I AM, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THE, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR REZONING TONIGHT, THE 7.982 ACRES. UM, UH, WANT TO STRESS A FEW THINGS, UH, TO, TO, TO TELL YOU WHY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT ONE. UM, WHILE WE'RE NOT THE DEVELOPERS, UH, AND WE DIDN'T SELL THE LAND, WE KNOW THE, UH, BUYERS, UM, FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE, THE BUYERS THAT ARE GONNA DEVELOP THE PROPERTY. WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM MANY TIMES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WE THINK THEY DO FIRST RATE, UM, DEVELOPMENT. UM, THEY BUILD QUALITY, CONVENIENT NEIGHBORHOOD USES IN DEVELOPMENTS AND WE WORK VERY WELL WITH THEM. UH, WANNA ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE THE PROPERTY GETS ZONED COMMERCIAL, WE AS THE, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPER, UM, WILL RESTRICT FURTHER USES ON THE PROPERTY AS PART OF OUR PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, THE USES WITHIN THAT PROPERTY ARE IN HARMONY WITH WHAT WE DESIRE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AREA AROUND US. UM, HILLWOOD, UH, WILL ALSO REVIEW ALL OF THE SITE PLANS, UH, TO MAKE SURE IT CONFORMS TO OUR SPECIFIC GUIDELINES, MAKING SURE AGAIN, IT'S IN HARMONY AND PROVIDES GOOD SYNERGY WITH OUR PLANT PALETTE, OUR BRICK COLOR, STONE STYLES AND, AND SO FORTH. LANDSCAPING IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO US. UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DEVELOPING WITHIN THE LEGACY UMBRELLA ALSO PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD. SO WE HAVE A CURATED PLANT PALETTE THAT WE'VE ALREADY DESIGNED AND THEN THAT WE WILL PASS ALONG TO THE, UH, PROPERTY DEVELOPERS. UM, WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY SELECT PLANTS THAT ARE, UH, HARMONIOUS TO THIS, UM, THIS CLIMATE, UH, AND THE SOIL, UM, UM, THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE IN. I WANNA ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT DRAINAGE WAS CAREFULLY AND THOUGHTFULLY PLANNED FOR THIS SITE. UM, [00:50:01] WE KNEW AT SOME POINT THIS WOULD PROBABLY GET DEVELOPED AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALLOCATED PROPER DRAINAGE FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE. AND IT'S ALL GOING THROUGH THE LEGACY DETENTION SYSTEM. WE'RE LOOKING FOR GOOD COMMERCIAL USES, UM, THAT WILL PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS AND OTHERS NEARBY WITH VARIOUS CONVENIENCES. WE FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE PROPOSED USES, UM, WILL, WILL PROVIDE THOSE CONVENIENCES. THE PROPOSED USES WILL NEED TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AND WILL PROVIDE PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY AND THEY'LL ALSO PROVIDE GOOD SALES TAX BASE FOR THE CITY AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, CONSENT [6. CONSENT AGENDA] AGENDA SIX, EIGHT THROUGH Q. THE MOTION TO APPROVE DOWN THERE. SECOND? YEAH. ALRIGHT, SEEING NOBODY ON THE LIST, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. EIGHT FOUR, NONE AGAINST, UH, ITEM SEVEN, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS. PUBLIC HEARING, THERE ARE NONE. OLD BUSINESS EIGHT [8A. 26-0110 Consider and take action on a request for a Special Use Permit, SUP-25-0014 (Anchor Bay Gas Station), to allow for an Automobile/Vehicle Fueling Station use on approximately 2.8 acres zoned “CN” (Neighborhood Commercial), generally located at the northeast corner of South Egret Bay Boulevard (FM 270) and Austin Street (Director of Planning)] A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUP DASH 25 DASH 0 0 1 4 ANCHOR BAY GAS STATION TO ALLOW AN AUTOMO AUTOMOBILE VEHICLE FUELING STATION USE ON APPROXIMATELY 2.8 ACRES. ZONE CN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH EGRET BAY BOULEVARD, FM TWO 70 AND AUSTIN STREET, MOVE TO PER SECOND. UH, I KNOW WE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS. YES. ACTUAL ITEM, UH, WHY DON'T YOU GO FIRST AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE, UH, CITIZENS THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT. YES, SIR. SO, UM, I'M NOT GONNA REHASH THE PROJECT. I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT IT'S A GAS STATION, UM, AT THIS CORNER OF TWO 70 IN AUSTIN. WHAT I AM GOING TO GO OVER, AND WE CAN GO BACK TO ANY OF THESE EXHIBITS IF Y'ALL WANNA SEE 'EM, IS THE ITEMS THAT WERE AGREED TO SINCE THE LAST MEETING AND THAT WE'VE CODIFIED IN THIS ORDINANCE. UM, SO THE FIRST ONE IS RELATED TO DRAINAGE AS, UM, THEIR ENGINEER MENTIONED, THEY ARE GOING TO DETAIN AN EXTRA 5% WATER VOLUME OVER WITH A TEXTILE DRAINAGE STANDARD. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE CODIFIED AS CONDITION OF THE ORDINANCE IF IT IS APPROVED. THE SECOND IS LANDSCAPING. UM, OUR ORDINANCE REQUIRES ONE AND A HALF CALIPER INCH TREES TO BE PLANTED. THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THE MINIMUM SIZE THEY'LL BE PLANTING IS TWO CALIPER INCHES. THAT GIVES YOU ABOUT TWO YEARS MORE OF GROWTH ON THOSE TREES. UM, SO THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT THEY'VE CONCEDED TO SINCE THE LAST MEETING. HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BE LIMITED. UM, SO 5:00 AM TO MIDNIGHT, UM, ARE THE, THE HOURS THAT IT WILL BE OPERATIONAL AND SO IT WILL NOT HAVE 24 HOUR ACTIVITY AGAIN, CODIFIED IN THE CONDITION OF THE ORDINANCE. THEY WILL BE INSTALLING A 10 FOOT TALL FENCE. THE ORDINANCE DOES REQUIRE A SIX FOOT FENCE ON THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE. UM, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY, UM, DIRECTLY TO THE EAST, THEY HAD AGREED TO A 10 FOOT TALL FENCE. THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS IN AGREEMENT, UM, THAT HE WAS OKAY WITH THAT. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY REMOVED ALL POLE LIGHTS FROM THE EASTERN PROPERTY AS WELL. SO OUR ORDINANCE DOES REQUIRE THAT YOU HAVE ZERO LIGHT TRESPASS ON ANY ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD BE ADHERED TO NO MATTER WHAT'S THERE. BUT THEY DID HAVE SOME POLE LIGHTS OVER THERE, WHICH STILL WOULD HAVE TO SHOW ZERO LIGHT TRESPASS, BUT THEY WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED THOSE AND JUST PUT WALL PACKS ON THE, ON THE BACKSIDE THAT'LL BE FULLY CUT OFF. AND SO AS MENTIONED, THOSE CONDITIONS WERE ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE AND IF IT IS APPROVED, THEY'LL BE ADOPTED AND ENFORCEABLE IS LAW. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU WANT, UH, BEFORE COUNSEL GOES, IF YOU WILL CALL UP THE CITIZENS AND WHAT CITIZENS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS. YES MA'AM. YOU CAN JUST COME RIGHT UP HERE. YEP. YOU, UM, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KIM AND I'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE LAST MEETING. UM, MY INPUT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO PROTECT MY PROPERTY OF 20 YEARS. SO FORGIVE ME FOR READING FAST TO GET THIS ALL MY THOUGHTS TO YOU. THESE ARE THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE DIRECTED TO US GAS STATION NUMBER ONE, GAS STATIONS ARE NOT DESTINATION VENUES WON'T CREATE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY PASSING BY. THAT'S NOT TRUE. THE IMPACT OF A GAS STATION COMES FROM VEHICLE TURNING MOVEMENTS, ENTERING AND EXITING THE PROPERTY. EVERY VEHICLE ENTERING THE STATION MUST SLOW DOWN, TURN ACROSS LANES, INNER SITE REER TRAFFIC. THAT'S WHAT CAUSES CONGESTION AND INCREASES ACCIDENT RISK FOR OUR FAMILIES. NUMBER TWO, THE PUMPS WOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE TRAFFIC COMPARED TO HAVING A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT. WRONG. RETAIL CUSTOMERS PARK FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME, WHICH SPREADS OUT TRAFFIC. GAS STATIONS GENERATE VERY HIGH TURNOVER TRAFFIC TRANSPORTATION STUDIES SHOW THAT FUELS FUEL STATIONS GENERATE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TRIP COUNTS PER SQUARE FOOTAGE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. NUMBER [00:55:01] THREE, IF YOU WANT TO CONTROL IT, YOU SHOULD BUY IT. THAT'S ABSURD. AND MISUNDERSTANDS THE PURPOSE OF ZONING AND SPECIAL USE PERMITS. CITIES CREATE ZONING REGULATIONS SO THAT LAND USES ARE EV EVALUATED FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. THIS PROJECT REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT BECAUSE FUEL STATIONS MAY NOT ALWAYS BE APPROPRIATE IN EVERY LOCATION. RESIDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS ARE NOT TRYING TO CONTROL PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE EXACT REVIEW PROCESS THE CITY ESTABLISHED TO DETERMINE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. NUMBER FOUR, PROPERTY RIGHTS. TEXAS IS INDEED A PROPERTY RIGHT STATE, BUT PROPERTY RIGHTS EXIST ON BOTH SIDES. THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS RIGHTS, BUT SO DO THE FAMILIES WHO PURCHASE THEIR HOMES NEARBY BASED ON THE ZONING THAT THE CITY PROVIDED AND EXISTED WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOMES. LAND USE PLANNING EXISTS TO BALANCE THOSE RIGHTS. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. NUMBER FIVE, SORRY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. IT WAS SUGGESTED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM GASOLINE ARE REGIONAL AND THEREFORE ONE STATION WILL NOT MATTER. BUT ENVIRONMENTAL RISK IS SITE SPECIFIC. GAS STATIONS HAVE UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE TANKS AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS THAT ARE REGULATED BECAUSE SPILLS AND LEAKS DO HAPPEN. AND THESE CAN AFFECT OUR LOCAL SOIL AND GROUNDWATER. SIX, WILDLIFE AND DEVELOPMENT. THERE WAS A STATEMENT SUGGESTING THAT WILDLIFE DISPLACEMENT WAS SIMPLY THE RESULT OF DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S TRUE. DEVELOPMENT DOES CHANGE ECOSYSTEMS, BUT DIFFERENT USES CREATE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACTIVITY. LIGHTING, NOISE, AND 24, CLOSE TO 24 HOUR OPERATIONS. THE RULE FIELD COMMENT WAS NUMBER SEVEN. THE ISSUE BEING RAISED BY RESIDENTS IS COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN NEW COMMERCIAL USES AND EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR BOTH. THIS IS WHY ZONING REGULATIONS DESIGNED FOR THE PROPERTY IS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR SEC, NOT SECTION, NOT UNRESTRICTED. COMMERCIAL NUMBER EIGHT, SOMETHING WILL GO THERE ANYWAY. YES, WE KNOW THAT IS TRUE. THE QUESTION IS WHAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THAT LOCATION? THIS VESSEL USE PERMIT PROCESS EXISTS SPECIFICALLY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. NUMBER NINE, GAS STATIONS ARE NOT HIGH MARGIN BUSINESS. IF THAT'S TRUE, IT RAISES AN IMPORTANT POINT. IF THE ECONOMIC UPSIDE OF THIS GAS STATION IS LIMITED, THEN WHY APPROVE THE HIGHEST IMPACT USE NEXT TO AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND CLOSING RESIDENTS ARE NOT ASKING THE CITY TO STOP DEVELOPMENT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROPERTY WILL BE DEVELOPED. WE ARE ASKING THAT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS BE USED FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS PARTICULAR USE IS THE BEST FIT FOR THIS LOCATION. AND MANY RESIDENTS BELIEVE THERE ARE OTHER DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS THAT WOULD BETTER SERVE BOTH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS WILLIAM SPEAR, SPELLED S-P-E-E-R FOR THE NEWSPAPERS, I GOT IT WRONG LAST TIME. ZONING LAWS EXIST TO EXIST TO PROTECT SAFETY AND TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS. I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY REFERENCING LEAGUE CITY UDC SECTION THREE POINT 14 POINT 10. THIS SECTION INCLUDES A 600 FOOT SEPARATION REQUIREMENT BETWEEN PROPOSED FUEL PUMPS, STATIONS, AND STRUCTURES USED FOR PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. THE APARTMENT BUILDING AND SEVERAL HOMES IN AUSTIN PARK ARE WITHIN THAT 600 FOOT RANGE. THESE STANDARDS EXIST FOR A REASON TO ENSURE THAT HIGHER IMPACT USES ARE APPROPRIATELY SEPARATED FROM WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. LAST MEETING WE HEARD THAT THIS STATION WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY DURING EMERGENCIES BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE A GENERATOR. BUT IF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WERE TRULY THE GOAL, THE CITY WOULD ENCOURAGE AND REQUIRE ANY OF THE FIVE EXISTING STATIONS WITHIN A MILE OR OTHERS ACROSS THE CITY TO INSTALL GENERATORS. AND THAT ALL ASSUMES THAT COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND CREDIT CARD SYSTEMS ARE STILL FUNCTIONING DURING A WIDESPREAD OUTAGE, WHICH IS OFTEN NOT THE CASE. WE'VE ALSO HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT BECOMING MORE AUTOCENTRIC THAT ARE LAUGHABLE AND LEAGUE CITY LOST ITS RURAL FIELD DECADES AGO. BUT IF DEVELOPMENT, IF DEVELOPERS CAN BUILD WHATEVER THEY WANT, THEN WHY DOES THE UDC REQUIRE A 10 FOOT MASTER TRAIL SIDEWALK ALONG MAJOR ROADWAYS AND TREES AND LANDSCAPE BUFFERS ALONG PARKING AREAS? WHY NOT JUST MAXIMIZE PARKING AND WIDEN ROADWAYS BECAUSE THE CITY IS CLEARLY TRYING TO BALANCE GROWTH WITH LIVABILITY AND REDUCE THE RELIANCE ON CARS AND PROTECT CHARACTERS OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS. SO THE UDC RULES PROVE THAT LEAGUE CITY IS NOT TRYING TO BE BE AUTOCENTRIC. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT RESIDENTS USED A SHOTGUN APPROACH AND THAT THERE WERE NO VALID CONCERNS. TRAFFIC, DRAINAGE, LIGHTING, ENVIRONMENTAL RISK, SAFETY, HOME VALUES, NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, OVERSATURATION. IF THOSE CONCERNS ARE NOT VALID, THEN WHY DOES THE UDC ADDRESS NEARLY EVERY ONE OF THESE REGULATIONS AND AND DESIGN STANDARDS? IT'S NOT RANDOM, IT'S NOT NIMBY, IT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PROJECT CREATES MULTIPLE OVERLAPPING IMPACTS AT ONCE. IT'S CALLED CUMULATIVE IMPACT. AND AT THE LAST MEETING, 15 DIFFERENT FAMILIES SHOWED UP TO ADDRESS HOW THIS AFFECTS OUR HOMES. WE WERE TOLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ARE REGIONAL, BUT UNDERGROUND TANKS SIT IN ONE PLACE. STORM WATER RUNOFFS FLOW IN ONE DIRECTION [01:00:01] AND SPILLS HAPPENS AT ONE ADDRESS. THAT'S NOT REGIONAL. THAT'S AUSTIN STREET, THAT'S 600 FEET FROM OUR HOMES. AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO ASK, WOULD ANY OF THESE CONCERNS BE VALID IF IT WERE 600 FEET FROM YOUR FAMILIES OR FROM YOUR HOMES? WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT IF WE WANT TO CONTROL THE LAND THAT WE SHOULD BUY IT. BUT THAT'S NOT HOW ZONING WORKS. IF PROPERTY RIGHTS WERE ABSOLUTE IN THIS FREE MARKET, THEN A VAPE SHOP COULD OPEN UP NEXT TO A SCHOOL. ADULT BUSINESSES COULD OPEN UP NEXT TO HOMES AND INDUSTRIAL USES COULD MOVE INTO SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THEY CAN'T BECAUSE COMPATIBILITY MATTERS. APPROVING THIS SETS A PRECEDENCE. IT TELLS RESIDENTS THAT PROXIMITY TO OUR HOMES DON'T WEIGH HEAVILY ON SPECIAL USE PERMIT DECISIONS. AND ONCE THAT LINE MOVES, IT'S VERY HARD TO MOVE BACK. SO THE QUESTION HERE IS SIMPLE. IS THIS USE IN THIS LOCATION COMPATIBLE WITH THE UDC, THE EXISTING SURROUNDING HOMES AND THE EXISTING NUMBER OF GAS STATIONS WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS? THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH WELLS AND I LIVE IN AUSTIN PARK. UH, I'D FIRST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE DEVELOPER FOR, UH, MEETING WITH US AND DISCUSSING BASICALLY THE SAME THING THAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THE MEETING. UM, BUT HE WAS VERY NICE AND I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM AFTER BECAUSE THE MAYOR ASKED US TO, UH, BE OPEN-MINDED. UM, WE WERE GIVEN THE SAME INFORMATION, SO IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO BE OPEN-MINDED ABOUT WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES COULD BE. UM, MY NEIGHBORS AND I ATTENDED THE, THE MARCH 9TH MEETING AND RECEIVED NO NEW INFORMATION, BUT HAD CONCERNS ABOUT FLOODING, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, TRAFFIC AND CRIME. DEVELOPERS STATED THAT HE WOULD NEED TO REQUEST THE INFORMATION. I WOULD WONDER WHY HE WOULD NOT THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HIS NEIGHBORS AND GET THAT AHEAD OF TIME. UH, I I WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE A DECI AN INFORMED DECISION REGARDING THE PROPOSED GAS STATION WITHOUT HAVING ACCESS TO THE ESSENTIAL DETAILS. THE LACK OF ANSWERS AND CONCERNS ABOUT FLOODING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS TRAFFIC CRIMES MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO FULLY EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. AS REPRESENTATIVES, WE RELY ON YOU TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS AND INTEREST FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES. I'M ASKING THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST BUILDING A GAS STATION ON THIS PROPERTY. AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I DID OFFER A OUTCOME, UH, OR A, UH, SUGGESTION TO THE GAS STATION OWNER. I TOLD HIM THAT THERE'S SOME PROPERTY DOWN AT TWO 70 AND 6 46. THERE'S TWO SIDES OF THAT THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR A GAS STATION AND THAT THAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR A GAS STATION. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE? GO TO. OKAY. AND THEN AFTER THIS, COUNSEL WANTS TO SIGN UP FOR QUESTIONS. UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. UH, MY NAME IS MATTES KIX. I AM WITH LJ LINDSAY CIVIL ENGINEERING. UH, I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER WHO'S DOING THE SIDE DRAWINGS AND MAKING SURE EVERY, ALL THE TRAFFIC, DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS BEING APPROPRIATELY ACCOUNTED FOR FOR THE GAS STATION, UH, AT AUSTIN. AND, UM, FM TWO 70. UH, KIND OF WANNA TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT. SO, UH, WE ARE, WE'VE DONE A BIG TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT NOT ONLY, UH, LOOKS AT THE VOLUME OF 2026, BUT IT ALSO LOOKS AT THE 2035 VOLUME. UH, AND WITH THAT, UH, I CAN, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO REACH OUT, UH, I CAN DEFINITELY SHARE THE TIA. UH, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE DONE A LOT OF MITIGATION, UH, FOR THE TRAFFIC. WE WE'RE PROPOSING A 300 FOOT DECELERATION LANE ON TWO 70 TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UH, GIMME A SEC, UH, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING A BIG DECELERATION LANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT 2035 VOLUME, UH, IS PROPERLY ACCOUNTED FOR. THAT WE REDUCE AS MUCH CONGESTION AS POSSIBLE. AND FOR DRAINAGE, THE BIGGEST THING, UH, FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS IS DRAINAGE. AND THE MAIN THING THAT WE NEVER WANNA DO IS MAKE SURE THAT NO NEIGHBORHOOD IS FLOODING. WE DON'T COST ANYTHING, UM, ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT. AND LIKE WE, LIKE ERNESTO MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE PROVIDING ABOUT 40% EXTRA OF WHAT THE CITY OF LAKE CITY REQUIRES. UH, IN TERMS OF DETENTION, UH, WE'RE PROVIDING ALMOST, UM, OR A LITTLE BIT OVER A MILLION GALLONS OF WATER TO BE [01:05:01] DETAINED FOR AND TO BE RELEASED ABOUT 48 HOURS, UH, AFTER THE STORM, UH, PEAK TIME. SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IF THERE'S ANY BIG CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC OR DRAINAGE, EVERYBODY CAN REACH OUT TO ME AND THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO JUST EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AS EVERY, UH, FOR EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO, SORRY ABOUT THE SHAKING A LITTLE BIT. . ALRIGHT, UH, COUNSEL COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, I GOT ONE MORE. OH, GO AHEAD. THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE. THANK YOU MAYOR. MAYOR. AND COUNCIL. COUNCIL PERSONS. UH, YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THE FACT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I TOOK, I SAID LAST TIME I MOVED INTO THIS AREA. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? YES. AND, UH, THE REASON I KINDA LIKED IT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GOT THE BERATING BY, UH, COUNCILMAN TRESSLER, PRETTY MUCH CALLING US ALL DUMB, ESPECIALLY A 50 YEAR PHYSICIAN THAT WAS HERE. UH, YOU KNOW, HE SAID ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE COMMENTS I MADE IS THE FACT THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE AREA IS, IS PRETTY RURAL, YOU KNOW, OR IT LOOKS RURAL TO ME. AND HE SAID, WELL, IT'S NOT RURAL, IT'S A CITY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY, BUT IF YOU LOOK, THIS IS US HERE AND ALL AROUND HERE, OR, OR PROPERTIES WITH LAND OF ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO 20 ACRES. SO IT'S KIND OF A RULE IN OUR, IN OUR OLD OWN LITTLE AREA, WHICH WOULD, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT FEEL MORE LIKE HOME TO US. AND, AND WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE COUNTRY, YOU DON'T WANT A GAS STATION, YOU KNOW, AND WE ARE KIND OF IN THE COUNTRY WITH THIS, AND YOU CAN TELL I'M A COUNTRY BOY WITH MY ACCENT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF, WE KINDA LIKE THE, THE, THE FEEL OF THE AREA. IT'S, IT'S REALLY NICE AND QUIET AND CALM AND, UH, AND IT'S, IT DOES HAVE THAT RURAL FEEL THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THAT. AND THE WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS KEEP, KEEP THE, UH, GAS STATION NOW. THANK YOU. COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL MR. SAUNDERS? I'D LIKE TO THE DEVELOPER, I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR HIM. DEVELOPER, CAN YOU COME UP HERE PLEASE? YES, COUNCILMAN? SO THE QUESTION, UH, REAL BASIC, WHY DON'T YOU FLIP THE SITE PLAN AND PUT THE GAS STATION ON THE OTHER SIDE. SEEMS LIKE THE AUSTIN STREET ENTRANCE NEEDS TO BE ELIMINATED BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONCERN ABOUT THE TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH THERE ALSO, BUT ALSO THE GAS STATION ISSUE, WHICH WOULD PUT IT A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY THAN EVERYTHING ELSE. I, I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. IN THE DETENTION, YOU'RE PUTTING THE, THE THINGS UNDER THE GROUND HOLD MORE WATER ABOVE WHAT WE EXPECT. BUT WHY DON'T YOU FLIP THIS WHOLE SLIGHT PLAN OVER AND PUT THE GAS STATION ON THE OTHER END. I KNOW THAT WAS MENTIONED, UH, UH, ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS, UH, THE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY GAVE US, UM, WE, I DISCUSSED IT WITH MY ENGINEER AND HE CAN ELABORATE ON IT FURTHER. UH, BUT WE HAVE, WE WOULD HAVE TO REDRAW, REDREW, REDRAW THE PLANS ON THAT PARTICULAR PORTION. SO, UH, AND I'LL, IF, IF HE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL LET HIM ANSWER SO THAT WAY HE CAN GIVE YOU THE TECHNICAL DETAILS ON IT. OKAY. ATTORNEY. THANK YOU. SHOULD PROBABLY, YOU PROBABLY JUST STAY UP . YEAH, RIGHT. YOU, YOU'RE GONNA GET ASKED MORE QUESTIONS. YOU SHOULD PROBABLY STAY UP. YOU MIGHT AS WELL STAY OVER HERE. YEAH, THEY SHOULD. UM, SO NAVID DID, DID MENTION THAT, THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY. UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO DOING IT. I THINK THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T AGREE TO IT INITIALLY IS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO GET TO THIS STEP WHERE WE ARE NOW, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE DRC PROCESS. SO THIS SIDE PLAN HAS BEEN REVIEWED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE CITY ENGINEERING AND ALL THAT. SO FOR US TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA FLIP THE, THE WHOLE SIDE, MOVE IT OVER, WE'D HAVE TO START THAT WHOLE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PARKING, THE LANDSCAPING, ALL THAT JOHN IS COMPLIANT. SO, I'M SORRY, GIMME A SECOND. JOHN. DO THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN OR CAN THEY JUST REDESIGN LAY, I MEAN, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THE DETENTION THERE, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT EVERYTHING SET UP. YOU'RE JUST MOVING THE PUMPS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. YEAH. WHAT, WHAT WOULD CHANGE IF THEY JUST FLIP IT? JUST TAKE THIS DESIGN AND FLIP IT OVER? I MEAN, THAT'S UPSIDE DOWN. YEAH. LIKE I SAID, YEAH. NOT, NOT UPSIDE DOWN. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS WAY. SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO IT, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS, IT'S A TWO WEEK PERIOD TO REDESIGN EVERYTHING TO SHOW THE CITY OR THE, THE ENGINEER DRAWING TO SHOW THE UNDERGROUND ATTENTION, [01:10:01] THE LANDSCAPING, THE LIGHTING, THE PHOTOMETRICS, IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S TOO MUCH TO DO IN TWO WEEKS. SO THAT'S WHY WE SAID AT THIS POINT WE'RE TOO FAR ALONG TO BE ABLE TO, TO JUST EASILY JUST TO SAY WE'RE GONNA FLIP IT. NOW, IF YOU SAY THAT FLIPPING IT IS PART OF THE CONDITION FOR APPROVAL, THEN YES, WITH TIME, AS LONG AS WE'RE GIVING AMPLE TIME TO FLIP IT AND THEN DEMONSTRATE TO THE CITY THAT WE'RE STILL MEETING THE SAME STANDARD TO SEE REQUIREMENTS, THE LIGHTING, THE FENCING, EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME. WE COULD DO SO, BUT WE JUST, WE WOULD JUST NEED THE TIME TO DO SO. MAKE THE MEETING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE TWO WEEKS THAT CLARIFIES IT. THAT CLEAR? YEAH. THANK YOU. WAIT, WE WERE, WE WERE HAVING A SIDE CONVERSATION. CAN YOU REPEAT? THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET IT READY FOR THE MEETING. RIGHT. IT'S NOT THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TIME IN THE FUTURE TO DO IT, AND I, I, I WOULD SAY LOOK AT ELIMINATING THAT AUSTIN, AUSTIN STREET ENTRANCE ALTOGETHER. SO, BUT OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD. I'M, GO AHEAD. WE'RE IN ORDER. OH, SORRY. YOU GOOD? YES, SIR. MR. CRUZ, I, UH, MY, MY QUESTION'S ACTUALLY FOR CHRIS. CHRIS, WHEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE, UH, ABOUT THE LIGHTING. SO WHEN, WHEN WE SAY THAT THERE'S, UM, WE, WE HAD THE TERM UP THERE LIKE ZERO LIGHTING POLLUTION. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO KIND OF WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WHAT THAT MEANS. SO IF, IF THE PODIUM THAT YOU'RE STANDING AT WAS THE GAS STATION, LOOK AT THE PICTURE. SO, SO WHAT, WHAT OUR ORDINANCE REQUIRES IS ZERO FOOT CANDLES, LIGHTS MEASURED BY A MEASUREMENT CALLED FOOT CANDLES. AND THAT'S THE LEVEL OF ILLUMINATION AT A CERTAIN LOCATION. AND SO OUR ORDINANCE SAYS THAT ANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MUST HAVE ZERO FOOT CANDLES, SO ZERO LIGHT MEASURED AT THAT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. AND SO EVERYTHING HAS TO BE FULL CUTOFF DIRECTED TOWARD THE GROUND. SO THERE'S NOT ANY LIGHT THAT EMANATES FROM THE PROPERTY ONTO THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. OKAY. SO THE WAY IT LOOKS IS WHAT MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE. SO IF, IF YOU DROPPED YOUR KEYS BESIDE THE PODIUM, YOU'D HAVE TO GET OUT A FLASHLIGHT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT IT THAT STRICT, I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE'S STILL SOME AMBIENT LINE OUT THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE AT NIGHT, BUT, UM, THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY PHYSICAL LIGHT ILLUMINATION FROM THAT SITE ONTO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, AND THERE'LL ALSO BE A 10 FOOT FENCE AND LANDSCAPE IN BETWEEN AS WELL. JUST A LITTLE FOLLOW UP ON, ON WHAT MR. CRUZ SAID. SO THAT, UH, THAT LANDSCAPED BUFFERED AREA THERE, THAT'S ON THEIR PROP, THAT'S ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES, SIR. THERE'S 30 FOOT OF AREA BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND THEN THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND THEN 300 FEET TO AUSTIN PARK AND TAKING OUT THE POLE LIGHTS OBVIOUSLY MAKES A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THAT. YES, SIR. OKAY. MR. MANN OR, UH, MR. TRESSLER, SORRY. UH, MY QUESTION'S ACTUALLY FOR STAFFING MAY NEED TO GO UP TO JOHN, BUT I'LL SEE, UM, IF WE WERE TO PUT ON, SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE A LIST OF CONDITIONS, IF WE WERE TO PUT ON A CONDITION OF, OF FLIPPING IT, UM, AND LOOKING AT, UM, ELIMINATING THE, THE AUSTIN STREET DRIVEWAY, COULD WE PUT THOSE IN AS CONDITIONS, UM, WITHOUT IT HAVING TO REVERT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN, IF WE SOLD THE CHOOSE TO DO MO MOVED, I THINK THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL, WHETHER THEY WANTED TO DO THAT AND EMPOWER STAFF TO MAKE THOSE APPROVALS. AND THAT OBVIOUS, OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD STILL REVIEW THEIR, THEIR PLANS AND MAKE SURE THERE'S NO LIGHT TRESPASS AND MAKE SURE THE DRAINAGE IS STILL THE SAME AND THAT KIND OF THING. MAKE SURE THEIR CIRCULATION STILL WORKED. SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A TECHNICAL REVIEW THAT STILL WOULD TAKE PLACE AS THEY, BUT THAT WOULD NOT COME BEFORE US ANYMORE. I'M SORRY. IT IS THIS POSSIBLE DOESN'T START THE PROCESS. IT, IT WOULD RESTART PROCESS. IT'S THAT'S UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL. DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. THEN WOULD, WOULD YOU CONSIDER MODIFYING YOUR MOTION TO, TO INCLUDE THOSE? ALL RIGHT, MICHELLE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HELP ME WITH THIS. HOW? YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO MODIFY MY MOTION TO, I MEAN, HOW WOULD YOU EVEN SAY THIS? ESSENTIALLY? WHO WAS THIS? WHO WAS THE SECOND ON THAT? UH, IT WAS ME. IF YOU BOTH AGREE, THEN THAT'S SUFFICIENT. WE'RE GONNA, YEAH, WE WANT TO GRANT THE NEW MOTION IS TO, TO GRANT THE, UH, THE, THE SUP SUBJECT TO ALL THE CONDITIONS IT WAS BEFORE, AS WELL AS FLIPPING, UH, SO THAT THE, UH, GAS, GAS STATIONS ON THE NORTH END STATION IS ON THE NORTH END AND ELIMINATING THE AUSTIN DRIVEWAY. AND THEN YOU WOULD EMPOWER THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE ALL APPROPRIATE TECHNICAL DETERMINATIONS TO EFFECTUATE THAT CHANGE. ABSOLUTELY. AND ALSO OUT ON ONE LITTLE OTHER THING, THERE'S WOULD BE NO COST BEYOND TO THE DEVELOPER, EXCEPT FOR OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE TO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REDRAW IT. THAT'S IT. ARE Y'ALL OKAY WITH THAT? YES. YOU ALL RIGHT WITH THAT? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO MOVED. YEP. SECOND'S GOOD WITH THAT. Y'ALL COOL WITH THIS [01:15:01] FOR THE HOMEOWNER? MR. COLS, JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, CHRIS, COULD YOU BRING UP, YOU'RE SAYING THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL HOME IS 300 FOOT FROM THE BACK FENCE. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A RESIDENTIAL HOME DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO IT. IT WHERE AT? SO IS, IS THAT THE PROPERTY? NO, I'M GONNA POINT AT THE SCREEN. SO YEAH. IS THAT NOT A BUSINESS? THAT'S A, THAT'S A HOUSE. NO, SIR. IT WAS KIKI'S PROPERTY IN THE PAST. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. UM, AN INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER, HIS, HIS LETTER WAS ATTACHED TO THE REPORT. WE ACTUALLY MET WITH HIM SEPARATELY WITH THE DEVELOPER, DISCUSSED ALL THESE CONDITIONS, AND, UM, THEY DID NOT HAVE AN OBJECTION AFTER THE DISCUSSION. OKAY. WITH THE APPLICATION. SO THE CLOSEST HOUSE IS 300 FOOT FROM, FROM THIS PROPERTY, THE CLOSEST HOUSE IN AUSTIN PARK? YES, SIR. GOT YOU. YES. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS THE FIRST READING, UNLESS COUNSEL APPROVES ON FIRST AND FINAL. UH, YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S, THAT'S NOT HAPPEN. NO. STRING THIS . OKAY. WE GET THE VOTES FIRST. OKAY. ALL. SO THERE'S A MOTION MADE WITH ALL THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE UP THERE BEFORE. WOULD YOU PUT THE RESTRICTIONS BACK UP WITH THE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTION TO FLIP THE PROPERTY OFF OF, UH, AUSTIN DRIVE AND ELIMINATE AUSTIN ENTRANCE AND ELIMINATE THE AUSTIN ENTRANCE? REALLY SPLIT THE BABY HERE. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. THIS IS THE, THIS IS, NO, NO, THEY CHANGED IT ALREADY. THERE IS NO AMENDMENT. THERE IS NO AMENDMENT. THEY DROPPED THEIR, THEY DROPPED THEIR, THEY DROPPED THEIR, THEY DROPPED THEIR ORIGINAL MOTION. THIS THE ORIGINAL MOTION. ALL. ALRIGHT, WE GOT ACTUALLY, OH, MOTION PASSES. 6 4 2 AGAINST. THERE YOU GO FIRST. AND, UH, CAN I MAKE A MOTION FOR FIRST AND FINAL? YOU CAN, BUT THAT WON'T PASS. BUT LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT. OKAY. COME ON, GET A SECOND. OR DO I, I GET A SECOND. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR FIRST AND FINAL PLEASE VOTE. COME ON GUYS. MOTION FAILS. NO, THAT WASN'T GONNA . NO, THAT WAS GONNA PASS. NO PROBLEM. ALRIGHT, EIGHT [8B. 26-0111 Consider and take action on an ordinance approving a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Amendment, PUD-25-0002 (Duncan PUD Amendment), to amend the Duncan PUD to permit 3-phase overhead power lines along Ervin Street, generally located north of Muldoon Parkway and west of Hobbs Road; subject to certain property owner commitments (Director of Planning)] B, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT. PUD DASH TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 2 DUNCAN. PUT AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE DUNCAN PUD TO PERMIT THREE PHASE OVERHEAD POWER LINES ALONG, ALONG IRVIN STREET. GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF ING PARKWAY AND WEST OF HOBBS ROAD. SUBJECT TO CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNER COMMITMENTS, I MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. GOING ON TO MAKE IT, HEY, UM, KIND OF FOLLOWING CHRIS' LEAD, I'M GONNA JUMP TO THE SLIDES THAT, UH, CHANGE. SO AFTER, UM, WE'RE DIRECTED TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE WEEDS, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. UH, WE WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPER, UH, OVERHEAD IN THE STRETCH THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $150 PER FOOT. UNDERGROUND WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $400 PER FOOT. UM, THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT $1.5 MILLION, UH, IN SAVINGS TO THE DEVELOPER. UH, IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE FOUND SOME CONSTRAINTS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY DIDN'T IDENTIFY. UH, THE BIGGEST ONE BEING, WELL, TWO BIG ONES, THE BIGGEST ONE BEING PIPELINES. UH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE UNDERGROUND. SO WHERE YOU HAVE PIPELINE CROSSING URBAN ROAD, YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO GO UP AND OVER. UM, SO THAT WAS A MAJOR ONE. THE OTHER ONE IS HOW TXDOT IS TREATING THE GRAND PARKWAY RIGHT OF WAY. UH, YOU NOTICED IN THE ORIGINAL PUT OVERHEAD WAS ALONG THE GRAND PARKWAY CORRIDOR. UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BASICALLY LIMIT ACCESS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY ONCE THAT CONTRACT LETS, UH, EVERYTHING WILL HAVE TO BE COORDINATED THROUGH THEIR CONTRACTOR. WE'RE NOT GIVEN THE RIGHTS TO ENTER THERE. UM, THAT POTENTIALLY COULD DELAY SEVERAL HOMES FROM HAVING POWER. IF YOU WANTED TO SAY WORST CASE SCENARIO, IF'S ABOUT 860 HOMES. UH, WORST CASE THAT WOULD GENERATE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 1.1 MILLION A YEAR IN PROPERTY TAXES, ASSUMING ALL EIGHT 60 WERE WERE BUILT. UM, SO THOSE WERE A COUPLE OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE FOUND. UM, BENEFITS. WE STARTED LOOKING AT, UH, THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THIS DEVELOPER ON. DEVELOPERS AGREED TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, DETENTION LAND AND A WATERLINE EASEMENT FOR OUR HOBBS ROAD EXTENSION PROJECT. UH, WE GOT THE APPRAISALS BACK ON THAT, EXCUSE ME. SO THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY. THE LAND FOR THE DETENTION POND AND THE WATERLINE EASEMENT CAME OUT TO BE RIGHT AT 1.13 MILLION. [01:20:03] UM, CONSTRUCTING HOBBS ROAD FROM IRVIN TO BUCKEYE, IT'S ABOUT 2100 SQUARE FEET, TWO LANES IS ABOUT EIGHT $780,000. YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 1.9 MILLION IN BENEFIT TO THE CITY, UH, VERSUS THE 1.5 MILLION IN BENEFIT TO THE DEVELOPER FOR GOING OVERHEAD. MR. TRUS? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER FOR GETTING THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER FOR US. UH, I'M DOING NOW QUICK TURNAROUND. IT HELPS US MAKE THE DECISION. APPRECIATE IT. JUST ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION. YES SIR. HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM THE FIRST, THE FIRST, WE DID NOT HAVE THE HARDCORE NUMBERS, SO NOTHING, NOTHING CHANGED. WE JUST DIDN'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF PRESENTING WHAT THE ACTUAL BENEFITS WERE. SO WE GOT NOTHING ELSE THAT IN THIS DEAL. THIS IS THE SAME DEAL. THIS IS THE SAME DEAL. FURTHER CLARIFIED. YES SIR. ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 1 AGAINST EIGHT C. [8C. 26-0112 Consider and take action on an ordinance approving a Rezoning Application, MAP-25-0009 (League City Parkway and Legacy Drive), a request to rezone approximately 7.982 acres from “RSF-7” (Residential Single-Family 7) to “CG” (General Commercial), generally located along the north side of West League City Parkway and west of Cones Lane (Director of Planning)] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE APPROVING A REZONING APPLICATION MAP DASH 25 DASH 0 0 9. LAKE CITY PARKWAY AND LEGACY DRIVE A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 7.982 ACRES FROM RSF SEVEN RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN TO CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST LAKE CITY, PARKWAY, AND WEST OF CONES. LANE MOTION. YEP. FOR THE SAKE OF DISCUSSION, I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MISTRUST. UM, MY QUESTION IS FOR, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S FOR ONE OF Y'ALL SITTING OVER THERE RIGHT NOW. UM, I'M NOT GOOD WITH, WITH GENERAL COMMERCIAL HERE. UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S IN A, AN APPROPRIATE THING TO, TO PUT NEXT TO, RIGHT NEXT TO, TO THE SUBDIVISION. UM, MY QUESTION IS CAN WE, UM, PROPOSE MAKING IT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL INSTEAD OR IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO US WITH A SEPARATE REQUEST THERE, A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND, AND FURTHERMORE WHAT IN THEIR PROPOSAL COULDN'T BE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL? YEAH, PULL UP THE, THAT WE ACTUALLY DID DISCUSS THIS EARLIER AND WE'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU DO ANY TYPE OF ZONING ISSUES, YOU DEAL WITH MATTERS LIKE VESTING AND PROPERTY RIGHTS. AND ALSO NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT WAS NOTICED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WAS NOTICED SPECIFICALLY FOR COMMERCIAL MM-HMM . WE WOULD ASK THAT WE, IF IF THAT'S A PATH COUNSEL WANTS TO EXPLORE THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND LET STAFF RE-NOTICE. OKAY. SO, SO THE PROCESS THEN WOULD BE TO VOTE IT DOWN NOW AND AS Y'ALL DO THAT? YEAH. AND CERTAINLY WHERE WE CAN HELP EXPEDITE THINGS. WE WE WILL, WE WILL DO SO. THANK YOU MR. MANN. I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS AND I'LL, I WENT TO BOTH MEETINGS, UH, WHENEVER THE NEIGHBORHOODS CAME OUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND YOU HAD ONE DEVELOPER WHO IS OBVIOUSLY LIVES HERE, WHO, UH, IS TRYING TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WHILE THEY STILL ARE MAKING A DOLLAR. UM, AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER DEVELOPER WHO SEEM TO BE A BIT LESS TRANSPARENT AND UH, THESE ARE JUST, I THINK THE FUNNY THING ABOUT BEING A CITY COUNCILMAN IS THAT A LOT OF IT IS REALLY JUST COMES DOWN TO YOUR GUT IN THESE SITUATIONS. IT'S THE SAME QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO, UH, WITH THAT I JUST WANNA STATE MY OPPOSITION TO THIS AND WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO VOTE AGAINST IT. THANK YOU. MR. COS, CAN YOU PULL UP THE MAP FOR US, CHRIS, REAL QUICK? UH, PUT THE, DO YOU HAVE THE MAP WITH THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL? I DO NOT HAVE THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN ON. LET LET ME ASK YOU, AT ONE TIME, THIS USED TO BE FRIENDSWOOD PROPERTY OR YEAH. THANK YOU. WE GOT, WE GOT IT IN. THANK YOU ROBERT. UM, WHAT WAS, WHAT PART OF THAT WAS IN FRIENDSWOOD? WASN'T THIS PART PARTLY IN FRIENDSWOOD WHERE WE TRADED SOME OF THE PROPERTY. SO THE PORTION THAT YOU SEE ABOVE THE STRIPE PORTION USED TO BE IN LEAGUE CITY AND WE ACTUALLY GAVE THAT BACK TO FRIENDSWOOD. OKAY. UM, THE PORTION YOU'RE THINKING OF, I THINK IT'S FURTHER WEST ON THE WEST SIDE OF LEGACY WHERE THERE WAS A DETENTION POND AND IT KIND [01:25:01] OF JUTTED OUT AND WE GAVE A PORTION OF THAT IN A LAND SWAP TO THEM, BUT IT'S NOT DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND THIS WAS ZONE RESIDENTIAL BEFORE? IT WAS ZONE RESIDENTIAL? YES SIR. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH, I, UM, SO I GUESS I'LL GO LAST BEFORE WE VOTE. UM, I ACTUALLY THINK IT SHOULD BE COMMERCIAL IN SOME WAY. I DON'T THINK GENERAL COMMERCIAL MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. UH, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE RESIDENTIAL RIGHT ON, UH, LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OR EVEN A REALLY A PRACTICAL USE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GET DENIED TONIGHT AND COME BACK WITH A, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL USAGE WITH SOME MORE RESTRICTIONS. I THINK THE, THE PROBLEM WOULD BE GENERAL COMMERCIAL, ONCE YOU ZONE A GENERAL COMMERCIAL, IT, IT OPENS IT UP TO ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS, UH, BEYOND THAT AND INTO THE FUTURE. SO TEND TO AGREE. SAY SOMETHING I LATE. YEAH, IT'S TOO LATE NOW, BUT WHAT, JUST GO AHEAD. WE'VE UH, IT'S ALREADY TURNED INTO A MEETING ANYWAY. YEAH, WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY FLIPPED SITES, SO I'M SORRY. YEAH, I JUST WANNA COMMENT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE PROPOSING COMMERCIAL GENERAL, WE'VE ALSO PROPOSED NUMEROUS USE RESTRICTIONS THAT GO BEYOND COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, SUCH AS PROHIBITING ANY AUTOMOTIVE USES ANY DRIVE THROUGH USES OR ANY DAYCARES WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE RESIDENCES. SO IT IS, I MEAN, I THINK WITH THOSE USE RESTRICTIONS AND OUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK, CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE NOTHING GETS PUT WITHIN THEIR IMMEDIATE BACKYARD THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANT TO HAVE THERE, I THINK THAT WE CAN STILL MEET THE NEEDS AND THE, THE IDEA OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND EVEN GO BEYOND THAT, UM, A LITTLE BIT BETTER IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. YEAH, AND I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT AND I THINK, UH, A LOT OF THOSE USES COULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL INTO THE FUTURE. AND THAT'S KIND OF MY, MY POINT ABOUT IT. BUT MR. SAUNDERS, UM, ME AND ECHOING PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU JUST SAID, I MEAN YOU'RE, YOU'RE PUTTING ALL THESE RESTRICTIONS IN, BUT IF YOU GO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL THAT'S ALREADY THERE, YOU'RE, I I HEARD SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH SUVS. IT WAS ONE OF Y'ALL'S REASONS FOR WANTING TO GO GENERAL COMMERCIAL RATHER THAN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. I MEAN, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. SORRY, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. YOU'RE GOOD, YOU CAN SIT DOWN. WAS THAT YEAH, THAT'S FINE. WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING IS THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA DO EVERYTHING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WOULD DO ANYWAYS, SO I I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND Y'ALL'S POSITION ON IT. THE ONLY POINT I WANNA MAKE TO YOU, I GUESS IS IF IT'S A GENERAL COMMERCIAL, YOU COULD PUT A HOTEL THERE TOMORROW AND ONCE, AND I KNOW RUSS IS A VERY GOOD GENTLEMAN THAT, UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF PROPERTY DOES SELL OR OWNERSHIP DOES CHANGE OR MANAGEMENT DOES CHANGE, IT'S A GENERAL COMMERCIAL PIECE OF PROPERTY AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT AFTER THAT POINT. SO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL SHOULD BE THE BEST USE FOR THAT. PROPERTY SCREWS, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE DEVELOPER THAT WAS JUST UP HERE. CAN YOU ANSWER A QUICK QUESTION FOR ME? SO WAS IT, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT IS THE REASON FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL THAT, YOU KNOW, I I I UNDERSTAND I WANTED TO DO SUVS, BUT WAS THERE ONE THING THAT WAS DRIVING THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL? UM, WELL, TO BE QUITE HONEST, THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL WAS, WAS, UH, RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING STAFF AFTER WE MET WITH THEM GOING WAY BACK SEVERAL MONTHS AND HAD OUR PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S JUST BASED ON IF YOU READ THE ZONING REGULATIONS THAT, THAT DESCRIBE COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL VERSUS GENERAL COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IS USUALLY SMALLER, UM, SMALLER FOOTPRINTS THAN THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. IT'S, IT'S LESS AUTO ORIENTED, MEANING IT'S MORE FOOT TRAFFIC GOING TO THE SITE, SMALLER ACREAGE SITES. SO I THINK JUST IN GENERAL, LIKE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT DROVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO GO OF COMMERCIAL GENERAL. PERFECT. THANK YOU MS. RESER. YEAH, I JUST WANNA REMIND FOLKS NO, NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. SORRY, WE'RE NOT JUST RUNNING UP HERE ANYMORE. JUST WANNA REMIND FOLKS THAT, UH, WHILE I MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, IT WAS PURELY FOR THE SAKE OF DISCUSSION. I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS TONIGHT AND REMIND EVERYONE SINCE IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE MADE THE MOTION THAT IF YOU DON'T WANT A GENERAL COMMERCIAL, YOU NEED TO VOTE. NO. ALRIGHT. , PLEASE VOTE. YOU SAID BOTH. YES, CORRECT. MOTION'S DENIED. ZERO TO EIGHT, UH, [9A. 26-0086 Consider and take action on appointments to city boards and commissions (Mayor Long)] NINE A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL MEMBERS. SECOND. OKAY, PLEASE VOTE. [01:30:04] MOTION APPROVED EIGHT TO ZERO. FIRST READING OF [10A. 26-0096 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending the City of League City, Texas, Governmental, Proprietary, and Capital Funds Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 by amending Ordinance No. 2025-31 to adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures (Assistant City Manager - CFO)] ORDINANCES. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS GOVERNMENTAL PROPRIETARY AND CAPITAL FUNDS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 BY AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 31 TO ADJUST THE OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ACTUAL AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES. STAFF REQUEST FIRST AND FINAL, UH, A TAXPAYER INCOME IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIRED PER HB 1522. EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2020 5, 20 24, ADOPTED TAX RATE OF 0.369 WITH AVERAGE HOMESTEAD TAXABLE VALUE OF 351 138 EQUALS A TAX RATE OF TAX EQUALS A TAX OF $1,295 AND 70 CENTS. 20 20 25. NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE OF 0.36355 WITH AVERAGE HOMESTEAD. TAXABLE VALUE OF 362,634 EQUALS A TAX RATE OF $1,318 AND 36 CENTS 2025. PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.36355 WITH AVERAGE HOMESTEAD TAXABLE VALUE OF 362,634,000 EQUALS A TAX OF $1,318 AND 36 CENTS. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. I JUST GOT A QUICK QUESTION. YES, SIR. I TRIED READING THROUGH THE, THE ATTACHMENTS. IS THIS A RECALCULATION BASED ON INCOME THAT CAME FROM GRANTS OR, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF THIS AMENDMENT. UM, ONE OF THEM, AND POSSIBLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS WE DO HAVE INCREASED REVENUE AND INCREASED EXPENSES TO DO WITH ITEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL. SO THIS FORMALIZES THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED IN, UH, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, OR I'M SORRY, THE BUDGET ORDINANCE WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET. AND THAT IS THE 25 ROLLOVERS. SO ITEMS THAT WE HAD ON ORDER, UM, SPECIFICALLY MAINLY VEHICLES, THEY'RE ON ORDER. THEY DON'T GET RECEIVED BY NINE 30. SO THE PURCHASE ORDER IS STILL OPEN, THE BUDGETS, UH, ROLL, UH, BASED ON THE BUDGET OR THE ADOPTED BUDGET ORDINANCE, AND THIS FORMALIZES THOSE AMOUNTS AS WELL. AND THEN ONE OTHER ITEM IS, UH, IN OUR BUDGET EACH YEAR WHEN WE DO THE ADOPTION, WE, UH, PUT FUNDING IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL AND THAT'S FOR MERIT INCREASES, UH, COLA INCREASES AND SOME MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, UM, TO SPECIFIC POSITIONS. THOSE ARE ALL ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN THE BUDGET, BUT WE PUT THOSE IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL AND THEN WE WAIT UNTIL JANUARY WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED AND WE DETERMINE HOW MUCH FUNDING EACH DEPARTMENT NEEDS AND WE MOVE IT FROM NON-DEPARTMENTAL, NON-DEPARTMENTAL TO EACH OF THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS BASED ON WHAT WAS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED. AND THOSE GET IMPLEMENTED IN JANUARY. AND SO WE INCLUDE THEM IN THE FIRST QUARTER BUDGET AMENDMENT. AND SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE THREE TYPES OF ITEMS WE HAVE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. IS, IS THERE ANY REASON FOR FIRST AND FINAL ONLY IF THE COUNCIL WISHES. OKAY. IF, IF YOU'D TO SEE IT AGAIN, WE CAN BRING IT BACK. NO, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING. THERE'S NOTHING PRESSING CURRENTLY. THANK YOU. OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. EIGHT FOUR. NONE AGAINST MOVE. FIRST AND FINAL SECOND. Y'ALL BETTER VOTE AGAINST THE PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7 4 1 AGAINST, THERE ARE NO ITEMS AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA REPORTS FROM STAFF. I YIELD MY TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER [13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS] COMMENTS. MAYOR PROTO YIELD MY TIME. SCOTT HIBA YIELD MY TIME. CHAD TRESSLER YIELD MY TIME. ANDY MANN, JUST A QUICK NOTE THAT THE, THE MAYOR ASKED THAT, UH, WE RECONVENE THE SUNSET COMMISSION FOR SOME BUSINESS, SO IT'S MORE FOR STAFF THAT ARE MEMBERS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A GOOD TIME TO MEET. THANK YOU. UH, TOMMY COLS YIELD MY TIME. TOM CRUISE YIELD MY TIME ACCORDING TO CHADWELL. UH, JUST WANT TO PLUG THE, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT'S OPEN HOUSE THIS WEEKEND. UH, SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH OVER AT, UH, THE DRILL FIELD IN NORTH KANSAS. THIS'LL BE THE THIRD ANNUAL. UM, IT KEEPS GROWING EVERY YEAR. UH, F FIRST YEAR IS JUST AN IDEA, YOU KNOW, TO, TO INVITE THE PUBLIC OUT TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THE UH, APPARATUS LOOK LIKE. HAVE SOME KIDS TOUCH TOOLS, HAVE A CAR FIRE DEMO OUT THERE AND IT, IT GOT A GOOD RESPONSE. IT, IT GREW [01:35:01] LAST YEAR AND BACKED BY POPULAR DEMAND. IT'S THIRD YEAR, THEY'LL BE BACK OUT THERE AGAIN ON SATURDAY. SO, UM, IT'S FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT. HOPE EVERYBODY CAN COME OUT AND, UM, MEET SOME OF YOUR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS. AND THEN ME LAST, UH, AND JUST FOR CLARITY ON THE SUNSET, IT IS TO LOOK AT THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION. UH, IT WAS, THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY ON WHAT THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION CAN DO IN THE LAST SESSION. AND SO THE CITY ATTORNEY IS GONNA WORK WITH THEM TO UPDATE THAT AND TO MAKE IT, UH, EFFECTIVE. 'CAUSE CURRENTLY WE CANNOT ENFORCE THE, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD CANNOT ACTUALLY ENFORCE BUILDING STANDARDS BY LAW. SO, UH, WE'LL LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. ALRIGHT. UM, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS AT SIX OR 7 36 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.