Jun 09, 2026 Regular Meetings

THE LEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

IP PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.

UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH SPAN ONE NATION UNDER GOD.

INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE FOR ALL.

PLEDGE TEXAS FLAG ALL THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.

[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS, THESE MINUTES STAND APPROVED.

THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS.

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.

JOHN BUTLER SPEAKING.

HI, I'M JOHN BUTLER, 1, 1 1 7 MAGNOLIA TRACE.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE DANGERS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG PUBLIC BY E-BIKES, SCOOTERS, AND MOTORCYCLES.

BY DOING THIS, I HOPE TO ENCOURAGE SOME ACTION TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS AND LIABILITY OF PARENTS.

MAYBE EVEN PREVENT THE LOSS OF LIFE AS ONE PERSON HAS ALREADY DIED IN AN E-BIKE ACCIDENT IN HOUSTON.

RECENTLY BEING A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER WITH ALMOST 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND HAVING WORKED MANY ACCIDENTS, SOME FATAL.

I THINK I MAY HAVE A BETTER APPRECIATION OF THE DANGERS OF SPEED, EVEN LOW SPEEDS TO THE UNPROTECTED.

RECENTLY MY WIFE RUNS AT FIRST AID TO AN E-BIKE RIDER INJURED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.

HE'LL PROBABLY NEED SURGERY ALSO.

TWO BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE.

AN E-BIKE RIDER WAS INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY A CAR.

BESIDES THE EVENTS CAUSING INJURIES, I WAS SITTING ON MY GLIDER IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE ONE DAY ENJOYING A VIEW OF A LAKE.

51 E-BIKES, SCOOTERS, AND MOTORCYCLES RODE BY DOING WHEELIES, WAVING, STANDING UP, COVERING BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD, RIDING, RIDING VERY RECKLESSLY A LITTLE OF A ON A CUL-DE-SAC WITH A CURVY ROAD, MAKING IT A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION WITH JOGGERS, PEDESTRIANS, OLD FOLKS WALKING A BUS STOP, CHILDREN CROSSING THE STREET, WOMEN PUSHING BABY CARRIAGES, TRICYCLES AND SMALL BICYCLES, CARS BACKING OUTTA DRIVEWAYS, ET CETERA.

THE POINT IS, THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WAS HIGH.

I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS AN ORGANIZED EVENT, BUT THOUGHTLESS AFTER THE DANGER REPRESENTED TO BOTH THE RIDERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

ONE OTHER INCIDENT TO MAKE MY POINT, MY MAILBOX IS 30 STEPS FROM MY BACKYARD.

I GOT MY MAIL ONE DAY LOOKING AT MY MAIL AS I STOOD ON THE CONCRETE SQUARE THAT CONTAINED THE MAILBOXES, ONE STEP BACKWARD AND I'M ON THE SIDEWALK.

I HEARD SOMETHING TO MY LEFT, I LOOKED UP AND A YOUNG, MAYBE 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL ROUTING AN E SCOOTER WENT BY AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

IF I HAD STEPPED BACK, I WOULD'VE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED, AS WOULD SHE.

THEY'RE QUIET.

SHE CROSSED THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT LOOKING, OBLIVIOUS TO THE DANGER.

I DON'T THINK PARENTS KNOW THEIR CHILDREN REALIZE THE DANGER THESE DEVICES REPRESENT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.

I UNDERSTAND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON THIS AND I KNOW SERGEANT HENRY GONZALEZ IS DOING ALL HE CAN AS A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT.

BESIDES CITING VIOLATORS, TAKING THE DEVICES AND MAKING THE PARENTS PICK THEM UP AND PAY THE FINES.

WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? MAYBE AN EDUCATIONAL SAFETY PROGRAM BY THE SCHOOL, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHO PROTECTS THE SCHOOL IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO EDUCATE THE PARENTS AND THE OPERATORS ON SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND THE LAW.

AND ESPECIALLY TO PARENTS, THEIR LIABILITY AS A MOTHER IN CALIFORNIA, A MUCH MORE LIBERAL STATE ON TRIAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER RIGHT NOW, FACING EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR HER SON, RUNNING OVER AND KILLING AN 87-YEAR-OLD VIETNAM VET WITH HIS E MOTORCYCLE.

HE'D BEEN CITED AND BEFORE, I KNOW THERE ARE GOOD IDEAS OUT THERE AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEEK THEM OUT.

DOING NOTHING IS WAITING FOR A TRAGIC HEADLINE LEAGUE CITY.

NEITHER NEEDS NOR DESERVES.

AND REST ASSURE WE ARE WORKING ON IT.

AND THE CHIEF BACK THERE IS, UH, SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT SO FAR AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, BRIAN FRIEDMAN LOT TEED UP.

WELL, GOOD EVENING.

[00:05:01]

GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS BRIAN FRIEDMAN.

I LIVE AT 4 0 2 MEADOW GLEN ROAD.

I'M ALSO ALSO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAY AREA HOUSTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP.

UM, HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, ITEM NINE NINE C, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

BUT BEFORE I DIVE INTO THAT, DID WANNA SAY, MAYOR, THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON A NUMBER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATED ISSUES, INCLUDING THE BOAT ISSUE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF TIMES.

UH, MANY OF Y'ALL KNOW.

AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON CITY COUNCIL.

UH, THAT WE HOST THE LARGEST, UM, UH, SPACE CONFERENCE IN THE STATE AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY, ASCEND IN SOUTH SHORE HARBOR.

WE ALSO HOST OUR BANQUET HERE.

UH, AND SO HAVE A VERY VESTED INTEREST IN THE SUCCESS, UH, AND, UH, LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAPABILITIES OF OF LEAGUE CITY.

UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE, UM, UH, ONE OF THE PLANNING OR SEVERAL OF THE PLANNING MEETINGS FOR THAT COMMITTEE AND WANTED TO GIVE, UH, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO JOHN BAUMGARTNER, UH, TO RICK DAVIS, STRAY HICKS, AND CERTAINLY SCOTT LIVINGSTON FOR THE EFFORTS THAT WENT INTO THAT.

UM, THEY REACHED OUT TO A VERY BROAD GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORLD, UH, BUT MANY WHO DIDN'T, FOLKS WHO WORKED IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND OTHERS TO GET A BROAD SET OF PERSPECTIVES.

AND I THINK WHAT YOU'LL FIND, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU DURING THE BRIEFING TONIGHT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

IT'S THOUGHTFUL, IT'S, UM, UH, EXTENSIVE AND I THINK REALLY HITS THE MARKS.

AND SO, UH, WANTED TO APPLAUD SCOTT AND HIS TEAM FOR WHAT THEY'VE PULLED TOGETHER AND, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR THAT.

AND VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE, UH, ADOPTING OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN NINE.

ITEM NINE C.

BEAUTIFUL, UH, COMMITTEE.

UH, JULIE MASSEY.

I, HI, MY NAME IS JULIE MASSEY AND I'M A LEAGUE CITY RESIDENT.

AND I JUST COMPLETED MY ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, UH, WITH LEAGUE CITY AND IT WAS THE MOST MARVELOUS EXPERIENCE.

AND I WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL FOR SUPPORTING PUBLIC ARTS IN LEAGUE CITY, UM, WITH THE, THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE.

I'M A, A FISH PRINTER, UH, UH, IT'S CALLED GOOEY TAKU.

IT'S, AND, UH, YOU TAKE A, A REAL DEAD FISH AND YOU APPLY PAINT AND, UH, YOU MAKE PRINTS AND IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR KIDS AND ADULTS TO START REALLY OBSERVING AT SPECIES ADAPTATION.

SO I USED IT IN MY WORK AS A MARINE BIOLOGIST, BUT I CAN ALSO APPLY IT WITH THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM.

AND IT WAS THE MOST MARVELOUS EXPERIENCE TO HAVE KIDS AND ADULTS COME AND, UH, PARTICIPATE IN OUR ART PROGRAMS. WE DID PROGRAMS AT THE LIBRARY.

WE HAD PROGRAMS. I DID PROGRAMS WITH THE LEAGUE CITY SUMMER CAMPS, AND, UM, WE DID THEM FOR ADULTS AND KIDS.

WE WERE AT THE KARATE HOUSE AT HERITAGE PARK, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION AND PEOPLE LOVED COMING THERE.

AND NOW I WAS PRINTING WITH DEAD FISH, SO I WAS PRINTING OUTSIDE.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD COME UP WHILE I WAS PRINTING AND WANNA KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING.

WE HAD HOMESCHOOLERS, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, I HAD PEOPLE IN THEIR EIGHTIES PRINTING, I HAD FOUR YEAR OLDS, EVERYONE COMING UP AND PRINTING WITH US AND EXPERIENCING ART.

ALL OF THEM.

VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT LEAGUE CITY HAS SUCH A STRONG ART PROGRAM IN OUR AREA.

SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE HAD GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, SARAH OSBORNE AND JOHN ORAGE.

AND, UM, WE GOT A LOT OF PUBLICITY.

WE WERE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE GALVESTON DAILY.

UM, MY FISH PRINT LOOKED MUCH BETTER THAN I DID, BUT, UM, BUT IT WAS A, A, A JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE, UH, FOR US AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.

UM, WE HAD A LOT OF DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE ATTENDING AND, UM, OFTENTIMES IT WAS AMAZING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE PARK WHO JUST, WHO WHO WON FIND HERITAGE PARK AND LAKE CITY PARKS SO ENTICING THAT THEY COME FROM OTHER CITIES TO OUR PARKS FOR PICTURE TAKING FOR PICNICKING.

UM, AND THEY WERE ALL TELLING ME, UH, THESE KIND OF THINGS THAT, UH, LEAGUE CITY MEANS A LOT TO THEM.

WE WERE MENTORED BY, UH, THE KEEP LEAGUE CITY.

UH, I LEARNED NEW ART TECHNIQUES, BUT I ALSO LEARNED THE BUSINESS OF ART AND I'M A A A FISH PERSON, SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS SINCE.

SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO HAVE THAT, UM, FROM THE KEEP LEAGUE CITY.

BEAUTIFUL.

UM, MENTORS, UM, LEAGUE CITY IS, UH, A LEADER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IN ARTS.

UM, YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, UM, WE REALLY ARE, I MEAN, FROM THE, UM, OUR UTILITY BOXES THAT ARE PAINTED TO THE MURALS, TO THE, UH, EVENTS LIKE WHITE LINEN NIGHT OR OUR MUSIC EVENTS, WE REALLY ARE, UM, A LEADER.

SO THANK YOU FOR CREATING THAT, UM, ENVIRONMENT FOR US AS CITIZENS.

OH, OH, OKAY.

I SAYS CITIZENS.

OKAY, I'M SO SORRY.

UM, UH, I WILL BE AT WHITE LINEN NIGHT ON, UM, UH, SATURDAY.

IF YOU WANNA COME PRINT A FISH.

I'M, I'LL BE AT THE KIDS ZONE.

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, NANCY MILLS.

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MY NAME IS NANCY MILLS.

I'VE BEEN A HOMEOWNER AND BUSINESS OWNER IN LEAGUE CITY SINCE 2009.

I'M IN THE HARBOR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, SO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT STRONGLY THE ADOPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

UH, LIKE MANY RESIDENTS, I CHOSE LEAGUE CITY BECAUSE OF OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, OUR SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS, OUR WATERWAYS AND PARKS AND TRAILS, AND THE STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE THE CITY SPECIAL.

AND WE NEED TO PROTECT IT.

SO BY PRESERVING THIS QUALITY OF LIFE, AND IT REQUIRES A STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC PLAN, AND I THINK WE ALL HAVE A COMMON INTEREST THAT WE DON'T WANNA SEE.

RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES GO UP.

AND THIS PLAN OFFERS A SMART AND PROACTIVE SOLUTION TO THAT.

AND IT LAYS OUT A CLEAR FIVE YEAR PLAN TO STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMIC BASE AND TO BALANCE THE TAX BURDEN.

BY ATTRACTING THE RIGHT KIND OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST AND INVESTMENT, WE CAN SHIFT MORE OF THE COST OF THE CITY SERVICES AWAY FROM HOMEOWNERS AND TO THE BROADER BASE, INCLUDING BUSINESSES.

I ALSO APPRECIATE HOW INTENTIONAL THE PLAN IS ABOUT HOW WE GROW.

NOT JUST THAT WE GROW, IT PRIORITIZES HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT RESPECTS NATURAL BEAUTY, PRESERVES OUR GREEN SPACES AND MAINTAINS THE HOMETOWN CHARACTER THAT DREW US HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE FOCUS ON SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT HERE IN LEAGUE CITY SO THAT WE RESIDENTS CAN WORK AND LIVE AND ENJOY OURSELVES, ALL RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

SO IT EMPHASIZES THIS AND ITS THOUGHTFUL GROWTH.

ITS BALANCED GROWTH.

I'M ESPECIALLY IMPRESSED THAT THE PLAN STRIKES A BALANCE BETWEEN VISION AND EXECUTION.

IT IS ROOTED IN COMMUNITY INPUT AND OTHER QUALITY DATA, BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.

IT INCLUDES CLEAR, MEASURABLE BENCHMARKS TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND REAL PROGRESS.

IT REFLECTS NOT JUST A SHARED VISION, BUT A PRACTICAL ROADMAP TO ACHIEVE THAT LEAGUE CITY IS TRULY SOMETHING SPECIAL.

AND THIS PLAN HELPS ENSURE THAT WE PROTECT IT WHILE ALSO PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY WITHOUT PLACING UNNECESSARY STRAIN ON HOMEOWNERS.

I'M PROUD TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT IS PLANNING AHEAD WITH THIS LEVEL OF CARE AND DETAIL AND FORESIGHT.

I RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADOPT THIS PLAN AND TAKE THIS IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD KEEPING LAKE CITY STRONG, VIBRANT, AND SUSTAINABLE FOR YEARS TO COME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND SOMETHING THAT I'M, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU'VE, UM, FUNDED AND, UH, YEAH.

AND FOR YOUR SERVICE.

NOAH ULTI.

HI Y'ALL.

UH, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE OF THESE IS PRETTY COOL.

UM, MY NAME'S NOAH NOLE.

I'M UH, ALSO GONNA YAP ABOUT THE ARTIST AND RESIDENCE PROGRAM HERE.

I WAS ONE OF THE ARTISTS AND RESIDENCE FOR OUR PILOT PROGRAM.

AND, UH, I JUST WANNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE STUFF THAT JULIE ALREADY MENTIONED.

BUT, UM, FOR ME, THE ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM, I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT BECAUSE MY MOTHER SENT ME A LINK ON FACEBOOK THAT Y'ALL WERE APPLYING FOR THIS.

AND, UH, I JUST KIND OF BLEW IT OFF AND I WAS LIKE, MOM, LIKE STOP BUGGING ME.

I'M AN ADULT NOW.

CHILL OUT .

AND UH, THEN I APPLIED JUST TO KIND OF ON A WHIM AND PUT MY PORTFOLIO UP.

UM, I'M A PROFESSIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGNER.

I GOT A DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND THEN THAT JUST KIND OF LIKE WHIPPED ME AROUND 'CAUSE I'M LIKE AN ARTIST INTO DESIGN 'CAUSE THEY KIND OF LIKE, THEY'RE THE INTERSECTION OF BUSINESS AND ARTS AND STUFF.

AND, UM, SO I APPLIED FOR THE PROGRAM WITH MY PORTFOLIO GOT IN, WHICH WAS AWESOME.

AND THEN I, UH, I BASICALLY MADE IT MY HOME FOR LIKE A YEAR.

THE LAST YEAR.

UH, I'VE JUST KIND OF EVERY DAY WORKED THERE OTHER THAN GOING TO WORK, I JUST GET OFF OF WORK.

I GO THERE FOR SIX, SEVEN HOURS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND I'VE BEEN REALLY ABLE TO PUT IN THE TIME AND MAKE A SPACE AND MAKE A BUNCH OF COMMUNITY, A BUNCH OF FRIENDS THROUGH THIS BECAUSE, UM, LIKE JULIE SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

ON ALL OUR OPEN HOUSE NIGHTS.

WE'VE HAD LIKE, LIKE A HUNDRED, LIKE A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE POTENTIALLY SHOW UP.

I'M NOT, I DIDN'T COUNT THEM OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UM, FELT LIKE A COUPLE HUNDRED.

THEY ATE A LOT, UM, AND DRANK A LOT.

AND, UH, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME.

IT WAS REALLY FUN.

UM, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, HUNGER FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS.

MOST PEOPLE WOULD KIND OF COME OUT AND BE LIKE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

I'M NOT REALLY LIKE AN ARTIST MUCH.

BUT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT AN ARTIST'S STUDIO LOOKS LIKE AND THE WORK IN PROGRESS.

AND, UH, THEN IT, IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY NETWORK AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING COMMISSIONS.

LIKE THESE ARTISTS ARE GETTING COMMISSIONS, OTHER ARTISTS THAT ARE, THEY APPLIED, BUT THEY DIDN'T QUITE GET IN.

THEY'RE STILL ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND UH, IT'S JUST A GOOD SPACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING A UNIQUE THING THAT I THINK IS VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF LEAGUE CITY AND WHAT LEAGUE CITY'S IDENTITY IS SOMEWHAT AFFILIATED WITH, WITH LIKE THE PARK AND TRAIN AND JUST KIND OF MURALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY TO LIKE, SOLIDIFY THAT IDENTITY AND CEMENT IT

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ANYWAYS.

THANKS.

Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

OH, UH, MR. HIGGINBOTHAM, I, YOU GOT A COOL LOGO FOR YOUR BUSINESS.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS, BUT IT'S A SPECIFIC NAME.

ANYWAYS, THANKS Y'ALL.

ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, CONSENT AGENDA

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

SIX A THROUGH L.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE SIX D REAL QUICK FOR DISCUSSION SIX D.

YES.

AND JUST PULL SIX A ALSO PLEASE.

SIX A SIX D.

CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THE REMAINDER? YES.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT.

UH, EVERYTHING BUT SIX A AND D PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

SEVEN FOUR, NONE AGAINST SIX

[6A. 26-0205 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement between the City of League City and City of Houston related to the FIFA World Cup Grant Program (Fire Chief and Chief of Police)]

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY LEAGUE CITY, CITY OF HOUSTON, RELATED TO THE FI O WORLD CUP GRANT PROGRAM.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND, WE'D JUST LIKE TO HEAR THE OVERVIEW OF, OF WHAT THE, UH, ITEM INCLUDES.

SO THE, THE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF IT IS, UH, THE BOMB SQUAD AND ONE INDIVIDUAL FROM FIRE HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO ASSIST WITH HAZMAT OPERATIONS.

SO ULTIMATELY THIS ALLOWS FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO REIMBURSE US FOR OUR COSTS OF THOSE PERSONNEL BEING THERE.

ULTIMATELY THEY'RE, THE ASSIGNMENTS ARE STILL YOUR PRIMARY FOCUS OF LEAGUE CITY.

YOU'LL DO YOUR TIME IN LEAGUE CITY FIRST AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE AFTER THAT ESSENTIALLY BE OVERTIME FOR THEM.

BUT IT'LL BE ON THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S DOLLAR, UH, FOR FIFA.

OKAY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I READ ALSO.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

[6D. 26-0196 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc. in the amount of $712,010 for the Water and Wastewater Master Plan and Capital Recovery Fee Update (Executive Director of Development Services)]

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION.

OUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FRIES AND NICHOLS FOR THE AMOUNT OF $712, $712,000 AND $10, UH, TO THE WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN AND CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE UPDATE.

UH, THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS UP IS I THINK EVERYBODY REMEMBERS, I GUESS I, I THINK IT WAS IN 23 THAT WE, YES, SIR.

WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ON THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES AND WE APPROVED IT IN 24.

SO I'M SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GOING OUT SO EARLY FOR ANOTHER STUDY.

I KNOW IT'S THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

THAT WE DO ANOTHER STUDY BY STATE STATUTE, I GUESS.

YEARS TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS THIS TIME.

BUT, UM, IT SEEMS AWFUL EARLY THAT WE'RE SPENDING ANOTHER $710,000 FOR THAT STUDY.

CAN YOU GIMME A TIMELINE? IF WE APPROVE THIS, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TAKE AND WHEN WILL WE APPROVE THE NEW CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES? YES, SIR.

SO, KIND OF LIKE WE DID LAST TIME TO BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, WE, WE, WHEN WE UPDATED LAST TIME, WE WENT THROUGH THE CRF PROCESS FIRST.

SO WE ADOPTED THEM, I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW IF IT WAS LATE, UH, 22 OR EARLY 23.

AND THEN A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, SEVERAL MONTHS LATER IS WHEN THE, UH, MASTER PLANS WERE ADOPTED.

SO WE WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME SCHEDULE LIKE THAT THIS TIME, CRFS FIRST, THEN THE MASTER PLANS TRAILING.

WE WOULD BE RIGHT AT THE THREE YEAR TIMEFRAME.

UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CHANGES THROUGH THE STATE LAW THAT IMPACT THIS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

THE BIGGEST CHANGE, UM, AND, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THIS FORWARD PROBABLY AT THE SECOND MEETING IN JULY, BUT THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS HOW OUR, UM, CAC COMMITTEE WILL BE STRUCTURED.

YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST WE'VE SAID IT'S OUR PNZ OR IT'S OUR TRAFFIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEY'VE CHANGED THAT A LOT, UH, NOW AND IT'LL ALMOST HAVE TO BECOME ITS OWN SEPARATE ENTITY.

UM, AND IT IS A REQUIREMENT NOW TO HAVE, UH, DEVELOPERS, ENGINEERS, UH, FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE, SO TO SPEAK, ON THAT COMMITTEE.

UH, SO THAT WILL HAVE TO BE STRUCTURED.

THERE'S ALSO AN AUDIT THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE WITH THE WHOLE PROGRAM.

UM, YOU HAVE TO GET THROUGH ALL OF OUR ANALYSIS BEFORE THE AUDIT GOES INTO PLACE.

SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE NEW CHANGES, IT'S ADDING, THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST TIME THROUGH IT.

WE FEEL LIKE IT'S ADDING SOME, AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, MAYBE AS LONG AS NINE MONTHS TO THE PROCESS.

YOU COULD SEE THIS, UH, TAKING ALMOST A FULL TWO

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YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S ALMOST BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE THAT TIME? YES, SIR.

BUT THREE YEARS IS THE MINIMUM.

FIVE YEARS IS, IS THE MAXIMUM.

SO IS THERE A REASON THAT WE DON'T WAIT TILL THE FOURTH YEAR OR SO TO, TO MOVE FORWARD OR WE HAVE TO HAVE IT APPROVED BY THE FIFTH YEAR? DONE.

DID YOU WANT YEAH.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN SINCE THE LAST CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE UPDATE WAS DONE IS AN INCREDIBLE INCREASE IN COSTS OF PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY THE MAJOR PROJECTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR US IS WE NEED TO DOUBLE OUR WATER SUPPLY.

AND THAT REQUIRES THE EXPANSION OF THE WATER PLANT THAT'S IN HOUSTON.

I THINK WE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED THAT AS $175 MILLION.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S CLOSER TO $250 MILLION AND THAT'S FOR ALL GROWTH.

BUT THE FOR FOR GROWTH, THE WATER TREATMENT EXPANSION, AS WELL AS THE WASTEWATER EXPANSION, THOSE NUMBERS ARE HUGE.

AND SO IF WE GET, IF WE GET BEHIND AND THOSE NUMBERS DON'T KEEP UP, THEN THOSE PROJECTS GET SUBSIDIZED BY ALL THE RIGHT PAYERS.

UN UNDERSTANDABLE TO A CERTAIN POINT.

BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN TOO, AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS I HEAR FROM MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO MOVE IN SMALL BUSINESSES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE COST OF CFRS.

AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ON THE HIGH END, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN HAVE A CONSULTANT TELL YOU'RE AT THE AVERAGE LEVEL, WE COULD ALL DO THAT IN ANY KINDA STUDY, BUT I THINK WE'RE ON THE HIGH END AND I THINK WE HURT OURSELVES VERY MUCH, UM, TRYING TO GET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CITY BECAUSE OF THE HIGH END OF CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO JUST THE THOUGHT WHEN WE DO PASS THIS, 'CAUSE IT'LL PROBABLY PASS, OF COURSE, I DON'T WANT TO SUBSIDIZE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, HOUSING TO SUBSIDIZE OR THE TAXPAYERS THAT SUBSIDIZE THE COST.

BUT I CERTAINLY, I THINK WE DRIVE OUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF THE COST OF CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES.

SO JUST MY THOUGHT, I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT UP AND, AND, UH, HAVE SOME EXPLANATION ON WHY WE'RE GOING OUT FOR THREE YEARS AND NOT WAIT TILL THE FIVE YEARS.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT COMPLETED BY FIVE YEARS OR CAN WE GO OUT AT FIVE YEARS? IT'S, SO IN THE PAST, WE'VE TRADITIONALLY DONE IT IN THAT FIVE YEAR WINDOW.

SO WE'RE ADOPTING EVERY FIVE YEARS, STARTING AT ABOUT EVERY FOUR YEARS, SO TO SPEAK.

OR, UH, ON THAT FOURTH YEAR AND THEN ADOPTING ON THE FIFTH WITH THE STATE LAW CHANGE.

IT'S, IT LIMITS YOU.

I THINK SOME CITIES WERE ACTUALLY DOING IT ON A YEARLY BASIS AND WHAT THEY DID WITH THE STATE LAW CHANGES, THEY SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO GO THREE YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN UPDATE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

CHRIS.

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES AND, UH, BOARD BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

AND CHRIS, WHAT'S THE RATIO LOOK LIKE NOW IN SAC WITH, UH, DEVELOPER TO NON-DEVELOPER? I BELIEVE IT'S STILL A 50 50 SPLIT.

IT'S JUST STRUCTURED.

A LITTLE DIFF NOT STRUCTURED, UH, FROM A MEMBERSHIP STANDPOINT, BUT, UH, SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET, UH, SOME OF THE MEETINGS, THERE'S QUARTERLY UPDATES THAT HAVE TO BE PROVIDED, THINGS LIKE THAT.

NONE AGAINST, THANK YOU.

THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THERE ARE NO OLD BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS.

[9A. 26-0215 Consider and take action on appointments to fill vacancies on boards and commissions (Mayor Long)]

[9B. 26-0219 Consider and take action on a resolution expressing support for the widening of Farm-to-Market Road 270 (FM 270) and requesting the Houston-Galveston Area Council and Texas Department of Transportation continue advancing the project for future funding and implementation (Councilmember Tressler & Mayor Pro Tem Saunders)]

CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION.

OUR RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE WIDENING OF FM TWO 70 AND REQUESTING HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONTINUE ADVANCING THE PROJECTS FOR FUTURE FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION.

SO, SO MOVED.

SECOND.

MR. COMBS, JUST A EXPLANATION I GUESS FROM CHRIS ON THIS A LITTLE BIT.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF TELL US WHAT'S HGAC AND TDOT'S DOING TO US ? YEAH.

YEAH.

SO I I, THIS DECEMBER WILL BE MY 11TH ANNIVERSARY WITH LAKE CITY AND ALL 11 YEARS LAKE CITY PARKWAY HAS BEEN ON THE 10 YEAR PLAN THROUGH HJC , IT, IT HAS NOT MOVED, UH, ONE IOTA.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL, UM, GET SOME, SOME MOVEMENT AND, AND ALLOW US TO GET THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT, AT THE DATA THERE, YOU KNOW, 18,000 VEHICLES A DAY, THAT'S A FOUR-LANE

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ROAD VOLUME.

WHAT WAS THE REASON THAT TEXTILES NOT FUNDED? SO IT, IT'S JUST HASN'T BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THEM.

IT'S NOT, UM, THEY RECOGNIZE THE GROWTH.

I MEAN IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE JUST SAYING NO, NO, BUT IT'S, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO WHERE THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY, IT SEEMS TO BE NORTH, MORE NORTH.

WORSE, WORSE, WORSE THAN FIVE 17.

I'VE BEEN HERE 14 YEARS AND BEEN TRYING TO GET TDOT'S ATTENTION ON IT.

YEAH, I, I THINK GOING THROUGH THE HGAC, WHICH I'VE STAND ON THE TRANSFER TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, IT UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CUTTING A LOT OF PROJECTS AND RIGHT.

AND OF COURSE WE HAD THREE OF THEM THAT WE HAD PUT BACK ON, UH, WITH CHRIS AND JOHN'S AND MY HELP, I GUESS TRYING TO GET IT BACK ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU FOR THAT TO, UH, FUND.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

[9C. 26-0209 Consider and take action on a resolution adopting the Economic Development Strategic Plan (Director of Economic Development)]

ACTION.

OUR RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

SECOND MOVE.

YOU WANNA GET A LITTLE OVERVIEW? GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACILITATES WITHIN LEAGUE CITY A SUPERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE THAT ENABLES ALL CITIZENS TO AFFORDABLY, CONVENIENTLY AND SUSTAINABLY LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND STAY FOREVER.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES MANY, MANY BENEFITS TO THE CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY.

HERE ARE FIVE EXAMPLES.

THERE ARE 16 MORE EXAMPLES IN THE BACK OF THIS PRESENTATION.

THE PURPOSES FOR UPDATING THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, OR THAT THE LAST STANDALONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN WAS UPDATED ABOUT A DECADE AGO.

ALSO, WE WISH TO BRING GREATER FOCUS AND ENERGY TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO WISH TO PROVIDE GREATER, MORE BENEFICIAL RESULTS FOR OUR CITIZENS.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR APPROVAL, AND OF COURSE YOUR SUPPORT AND PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PLAN.

IT'S TAKEN OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.

STAFF UTILIZED COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIC PLANNING TO SOLICIT AND INCLUDE FEEDBACK FROM LEAGUE CITY CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS.

THIS INCLUDED 600 CITIZENS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM SIX DIFFERENT FOCUS GROUPS.

IT ALSO INCLUDED TWO ROUNDS OF REVIEW WITH CITY STAFF AND SIX DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION.

SORRY.

ALSO, WE SENT THIS PLAN OUT FOR REVIEW TO 12 PROFESSIONAL PEERS.

WE ANALYZED THE DATA WE BENCHMARKED AGAINST OURSELVES AND AGAINST FIVE PEER COMMUNITIES.

AND WE ALSO DID A SURVEY OF BEST PRACTICES TO PUT TOGETHER THIS ROBUST PLAN.

THE INTENTIONS OF THIS PLAN ARE TO PROVIDE A FIVE YEAR RESULTS ORIENTED BLUEPRINT THAT PROVIDES GREATER FOCUS AND ENERGY ON OUR MOST CRITICAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES.

ALSO, WE WISH TO USE THIS PLAN TO EFFECTIVELY EXPLAIN HOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS LEAGUE CITY.

WE ALSO WISH TO USE THE PLAN TO DEFINE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTIVES AND INITIATIVES.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WISH TO PRESCRIBE HOW WE WILL DEFINE AND MEASURE FUTURE SUCCESS.

THE PLAN IS COMPRISED OF ONE PRIMARY DIRECTIVE AND FOUR STRATEGIC DIRECTIVES.

THE PLAN ALSO HAS 40 KEY INITIATIVES.

BASICALLY WAYS THAT WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.

THE PLAN ALSO ENCOMPASSES CRITICAL OUTCOMES.

IN OTHER WORDS, DESCRIPTIONS REGARDING HOW WE KNOW THAT WE'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL, AND THEN PERFORMANCE METRICS.

MAYBE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL, BUT HOW DO WE KNOW? HOW CAN WE NUMERICALLY PROVE THAT WE'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL? OUR PRIMARY DIRECTIVE IS TO CREATE A MORE VALUABLE AND FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE LEAGUE CITY.

THIS IS THE AIM AND THE AMBITION OF OUR UPDATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.

THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS OUR PRIMARY DIRECTIVE IN THE CENTER IS SUPPORTED BY FOUR STRATEGIC DIRECTIVES.

I'LL VERY BRIEFLY GO OVER EACH STRATEGIC DIRECTIVE.

STRATEGIC DIRECTIVE.

NUMBER ONE, TO ATTRACT QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THAT REFLECTS AND ENHANCES LEAGUE CITY'S NATURAL BEAUTY.

HERE ARE THE PROPOSED CRITICAL OUTCOMES.

IN OTHER WORDS, DESCRIPTIONS.

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS? HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL IN CARRYING OUT AND ACHIEVING THIS

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STRATEGIC DIRECTIVE? THESE ARE THE PROPOSED PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT INDEPENDENTLY AND OBJECTIVELY ACTUALLY MEASURE THAT PROGRESS.

THIS IS STRATEGIC DIRECTIVE NUMBER TWO, TO FACILITATE COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT THAT BALANCES THE TAX BURDEN.

THESE ARE THE PROPOSED CRITICAL OUTCOMES.

THESE ARE THE PROPOSED PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR THAT STRATEGIC DIRECTIVE.

STRATEGIC DIRECTIVE.

NUMBER THREE, TO CREATE DESIRABLE, HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCES.

THESE ARE THE ASSOCIATED CRITICAL OUTCOMES.

THESE ARE THE PERFORMANCE METRICS.

STRATEGIC DIRECTOR NUMBER FOUR, TO SUPPORT NEW AND EXISTING BUSINESSES.

HERE ARE THE CRITICAL OUTCOMES.

HERE ARE THE PERFORMANCE METRICS.

IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION.

IT IS PROPOSED THAT WE WOULD DOCUMENT PROGRESS QUARTERLY.

THAT WE WOULD REPORT TWICE A YEAR TO THE CITY MANAGER.

WE WOULD BENCHMARK AGAINST OURSELVES IN FIVE PEER COMMUNITIES ANNUALLY.

AND WE WOULD UPDATE THIS PLAN IN FIVE YEARS.

THESE ARE THE APPENDICES IN THE BACK OF THE PLAN.

AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ENTER, ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

I GOT ONE.

MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

YES SIR.

SCOTT, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS AND WITH LIMITED TOOLS TO REALLY DO YOUR JOB IN, IN A SENSE.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE, GOING TO THE ITC AND SO FORTH.

UM, YOU KNOW, TO BRING IN BUSINESSES, YOU HAVE TO TREAT 'EM LIKE A BUSINESS.

YOU, YOU HAVE TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE 'EM TO GET HERE.

A LOT OF TIMES THE CITY DOESN'T LIKE TO GIVE INCENTIVES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TOO.

BUT I, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE A WAY TO BRING BUSINESSES INTO THE CITY.

AND WHEN A PERSON, LIKE A GROCERY STORE THAT WANTS TO COME IN, FIRST OF ALL THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UM, ROOFTOPS IF THERE'S ENOUGH HERE TO SUPPORT IT, NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, WHAT IS THE CITY GOING TO DO TO 'EM? OR FOUR OF THEM I GUESS IN, IN REFERENCE TO GET A, UM, THEIR BUSINESS HERE.

AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THEM TOOLS LIKE WEBSTER.

UM, BUT ONE THING THAT READING OVER THIS PLAN THAT I'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT THAT I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED WITH AND MAYBE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE USING THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION THROUGH THE, UM, BUILDING DEPARTMENT, I GUESS TO COMPARE HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE COMING INTO THE CITY.

CORRECT.

WITH THAT SAID, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE NEW BUSINESSES COMING IN.

THEY ARE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT DO NOT HAVE A BUSINESS REGISTRATION ON FILE.

UH, WHEN I WAS WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, WE CAME ACROSS A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT JUST NEVER FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE DEFINED IF IT'S A NEW BUSINESS THAT COMES INTO THE CITY, HOW MANY ARE COMING IN PER MONTH? 'CAUSE IT'S HARD TO TRACK.

IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO SAY WE'RE GETTING A HUNDRED BUSINESSES, 200 BUSINESSES A A YEAR.

SO IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO, TO CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS MAY NOT BE THE ANSWER UNLESS WE HAVE NEW OR EXISTING OR A RENEWAL OF A BUSINESS.

RIGHT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES.

10 A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 70 DASH TWO TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY, OF LEAGUE CITY TO PROHIBIT GAMBLING DEVICES AND GAMBLING PLACES WITHIN THE CITY AND DECLARE VIOLATIONS THEREOF.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR THE HARD JOB.

MM-HMM .

I KNOW YOU GOT ARGUMENT.

AND TO THAT END, IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE TRACKING HOW MANY NEW BUSINESSES ARE PAYING SALES TAX.

RIGHT? BECAUSE NOT EVERY BUSINESS IS CREATED EQUAL.

RIGHT? SOME OF 'EM DON'T, DON'T PAY SALES TAX.

SO KNOWING WHAT WE'RE GENERATING FROM THE SALES TAX FRONT WOULD BE BOTH IN A DOLLAR AND IN A NEW REGISTRANT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

NONE AGAINST, UH, FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES

[10A. 26-0225 Consider and take action on an ordinance adding Section 70-2 to the Code of Ordinances of the City of League City to prohibit gambling devices and gambling places within the City and to declare violations thereof a public nuisance (Mayor Long)]

A PUBLIC NUISANCE MOVE LIEUTENANT SECOND.

ALRIGHT, I'LL, I'LL JUST TELL YOU WHY I PUT THIS ON THERE.

UH, IN THE LAST SESSION, THE TEXT LEGISLATURE ALLOWED CITIES AND COUNTIES TO, UH, PROHIBIT GAMING, UH, GAME ROOMS FROM COMING INTO THE CITY.

WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THESE AND A COUPLE INSTANCES ACROSS THE COUNTY, UH, IN THIS LAST YEAR OBVIOUSLY HAD A, A BIG PROBLEM IN HITCHCOCK, BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD A, UH, A RAID HERE IN LEAGUE CITY.

IN THE PAST, YOU COULD BRING THESE GAMING PLACES IN AND SAY THEY WERE JUST FOR ENTERTAINMENT VALUE AND THEY'RE PAYING OUT STUFFED ANIMALS AND, AND TOKENS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT IN REALITY, THEY'RE JUST, UH, ILLEGAL GAMBLING PLACES AND ALL THE ISSUES THAT COME WITH THAT FROM ARMED ROBBERY TO MONEY LAUNDERING AND JUST THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT THAT COMES WITH THAT.

SO NOW THAT WE CAN REGULATE

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THAT, I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE ADDING TO OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES AND DECLARING THEM, UH, PUBLIC NUISANCE.

NONE AGAINST, THERE ARE NO ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA.

UH, REPORTS FROM STAFF.

I YIELD MY TIME BOARD FROM COUNCIL

[13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS]

MAYOR PRO TEM.

I YIELD MY TIME.

MR. CHADWELL.

UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UH, THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE, THERE WAS A POST, UH, ABOUT A COUPLE OF ENCAMPMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND CLEANED UP.

AND, UH, THE, THE RESPONSE FROM THE CITIZENS WAS PRETTY, PRETTY POSITIVE AND OVERWHELMING.

I JUST WANT TO COMMEND STAFF SPECIFICALLY, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKING TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

SO APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU MR. HICKEN.

YEAH.

I JUST WANNA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, CONGRATULATE OUR CHIEF OF STAFF DRE HICKS AND HIS WIFE ANNA, ON THE BIRTH OF THEIR, UH, THEIR SON PIERCE, UH, THE FOURTH SIBLING IN THE HICKS FAMILY.

UM, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THEM AND I'M SURE THAT, UH, YOUNG PIERCE WILL GROW UP TO BE AN OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANT LIKE HIS FATHER.

UH, JOHN, I KNOW HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO HAVE DRE AND I HOPE YOU'RE NICE TO HIM WHEN HE COMES BACK REALLY EXHAUSTED IN A FEW DAYS.

DID DRE WRITE THIS? AND BEFORE ANYONE ASKED, BEFORE ANYONE ASKED, THERE'S A PROCLAMATION COMING, I'M SURE I'M NOT DONE.

AND BEFORE ANYONE ASKED, DRE ABSOLUTELY DID NOT ASK ME TO SAY THIS , HE'S LISTENING.

MR. MANN.

WELL, SINCE NO ONE'S YIELDING, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TAKE A MOMENT TO, UH, TO THANK THE MAYOR AND FOR COUNCIL AND FOR THE TOP LEVEL STAFFERS OUT THERE WHO, WHO IDENTIFIED A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE SORT OF A, A TIGHTENING UP OF THE OVERALL SYSTEM.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST IT FELT LIKE, UH, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF RESISTANCE, BUT EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER.

AND I THINK THROUGH THE ORDINANCES THAT WE'VE TIGHTENED UP RECENTLY AND SOME ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES THAT HAVE MADE, BEEN MADE, UH, YOU CAN FEEL, UH, KIND OF A RETURN TO ORDER THAT MAYBE YOU WERE, WERE THERE WAS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF FRAYING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

A FEW OF US MIGHT HAVE, UH, BEEN DETECTING.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHIEF POLICE AND JOHN BAUMGARTNER AND NICK, YOU KNOW, UH, I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL 12 YEARS AND, UH, I I'VE SEEN A LOT OF LEADERS AND THE BEST, SO THANK YOU.

I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THANK YOU, MR. COLS.

I CAN'T FOLLOW THAT, SO I'LL JUST .

UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A LITTLE MORE OF A, A SERIOUS NOTE HERE.

AND SO FOR SOME TIME NOW WE'VE BEEN DANCING AROUND AN ISSUE THAT, UH, BUT NOW IT'S TIME I HAVE TO ADDRESS IT DIRECTLY.

AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS AFTER THE LAST ELECTION, THERE'S BEEN A, UM, AN AGREEMENT AMONG CITY COUNCIL THAT THE, IN ANY INITIATIVE THAT I BRING WILL NOT BE BACKED AND THE CAUSES THAT I SUPPORT COULD BE IN DANGER.

AND WHILE THE AMOUNT OF FLATTERY THAT THAT PUTS UPON ME, THAT KIND OF A FEAR IS, IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

BUT IT HAS JUST NOW CAUSED THIS COUNCIL TO STOP DOING ITS CHRISTIAN DUTIES.

I DON'T CLAIM TO BE A BIBLICAL SCHOLAR HERE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, THIS IS PRETTY CRYSTAL, CRYSTAL CLEAR.

JESUS SAID THAT THE COMMANDMENT, THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT IS THAT WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR LIKE OURSELVES.

AND THEN HE GAVE US THE PARABLE, UH, THE GOOD SAMARITAN TO TELL US, WELL, WHO IS OUR NEIGHBOR? WELL, OUR NEIGHBOR IS NOT NECESSARILY SOMEONE THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE US.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO US.

OUR NEIGHBOR IS ANYONE WHO'S IN NEED.

WE'RE ALSO GIVEN THE STORY OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS.

IT SHOWS HOW DAILY THE RICH MAN WOULD STEP OVER LAZARUS, IGNORING HIS SICKNESS, HIS POORNESS.

AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT WAS ETERNAL FOR THE, FOR THE RICH MAN.

AT OUR LAST MEETING, I PROPOSED

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A SIMPLE SOLUTION THAT WE ALLOW CHURCHES OR PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO, WHO WOULD BE TO BE ALLOWED TO LET SOMEONE STAY ON THEIR PROPERTY NO MORE THAN TWO DAYS.

THE POLICE COULD STOP BY AND DO WELFARE CHECKS ON THESE INDIVIDUALS.

AND THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT WEAKEN AT ALL THE HEALTHY SPACES INITIATIVE THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN PATTING, UH, JUST KIND OF BEEN PATTING OURSELVES ON THE BACK ABOUT COULD.

BUT IT SIMPLY ALLOWS, UH, PEOPLE TO DO WHAT THEY MAY FEEL IS THEIR CHRISTIAN DUTY WITHOUT FEAR THAT THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW.

ALL WITH THIS, NO ONE'S BEING REQUIRED TO OPEN THEIR PROPERTY, NO ONE'S BEING FORCED TO PARTICIPATE.

THIS PROPOSAL MERELY PROTECTS THE FREEDOMS OF THOSE WHO FEEL THE NEED TO HELP SOMEONE.

LET'S SET ASIDE OUR FRUSTRATIONS, OUR POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS, THESE PAST ELECTIONS.

STOP TREATING THIS AS A PERSONAL ISSUE.

WE WILL DISAGREE AND WE DO DISAGREE ON MANY THINGS, BUT I THINK WE CAN AGREE THAT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SHOW COMPASSION TO THEIR NEIGHBORS SHOULDN'T BE AGAINST THE LAW.

YEAH.

AND GLAD I GET TO GO NEXT.

AND I, I THINK YOUR, YOUR QUOTING OF THE PARABLE WAS, WAS EXTREMELY APT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN THAT PARABLE AND THE CALL TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, OFTENTIMES, UH, LOVE DOES NOT MEAN ALLOWING SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN THEIR BEST INTEREST.

WE ALL HAVE KIDS UP HERE AND I THINK WE KNOW, OFTENTIMES YOU HAVE TO TELL YOUR CHILDREN, HEY, THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.

AND YOU GOTTA SHOW TOUGH LOVE.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHY.

ALLOWING SOMEBODY TO SLEEP ON THE STREETS AND STEPPING OVER THEM, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD DONE IN THE PAST, AND WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO IN THE FUTURE WAS NOT THE BEST WAY.

THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS OFTENTIMES VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME CAUSED BY MENTAL ILLNESS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE, IS TO INTERCEDE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY TO GET THESE EXTRA BEDS.

THAT'S WHY WE'VE INVESTED IN MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS WITH PROPER TRAINING TO THEN GET THEM TO HELP.

THAT IS REAL HELP.

NOT JUST ALLOWING THEM TO SLEEP BY THE DUMPSTER, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD DONE IN THE PAST, OR SLEEP IN THE WOODS.

AND IF YOU SAW THE PICTURES OF THE CAMPS, WHICH WERE CLEANED UP, THEY WERE HORRIFIC.

THE TRASH WAS SPREAD, YOU KNOW, A FOOT, FOOT DEEP IN A HUNDRED YARDS ON ALL SIDES.

THAT'S HOW THESE PEOPLE WERE LIVING.

AND SO INSTEAD OF TURNING A BLIND EYE AND PRETENDING IT'S NOT A PROBLEM, THIS IS MEANT TO ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM HEAD ON, GET THEM THE MENTAL HEALTH THAT THEY NEED, GET THEM THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE THAT THEY NEED, UH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT THAT THEY NEED INSTEAD OF JUST FEELING GOOD ABOUT OURSELVES BY ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.

AND THE REASON YOUR AMENDMENT DIDN'T RECEIVE A SECOND, AT LEAST THE REASON I DID NOT SECOND IT IS BECAUSE IT WAS SUPERFLUOUS AND WOULD'VE JUST ENDED UP CREATING PERMANENT HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.

INSTEAD, WHAT THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS, AND YOU CAN, ANY CHURCH OR ANY ORGANIZATION OR ANY PERSON CAN DO IT, IS WITH PERMISSION, WITH WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THAT PERSON.

THEY CAN CAMP THERE.

SO IT DOES NOT COR CURTAIL ANY CHURCH'S RESPONSIBILITY OR ANY CHURCH'S, UH, ABILITY TO, TO SERVE THEIR DUTY IF THEY SEE FIT TO DO THAT ON THEIR, ON THEIR PROPERTY.

SO THEY CAN ALREADY DO IT.

SO THERE JUST WAS NO REASON TO CREATE PERMANENT HOMELESS CAMPS IN LEAGUE CITY.

THEY CAN STILL DO IT.

THE OUT ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR IT.

AND NOW WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO COMPEL PEOPLE TO GET TO THE TREATMENT THAT WILL BEST SERVE THEM INSTEAD OF TURNING A BLIND EYE AND ALLOWING THEM TO SLEEP IN THE DUMPSTER.

MAYBE I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, THIS IS NOT AN OPEN DEBATE THOUGH, AND THAT'S FINE.

IT'S NOT, BUT I'M JUST ALL, SO NOW IT JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT AN OPEN DEBATE, BEEN PAID ATTENTION THAT YOU WOULD'VE SEEN IT.

WHATEVER YOU SAID IS JUST EXACTLY WRONG.