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YEAH, WE'RE READY.[Call to Order ]
GOOD AFTERNOON TO COUNCIL.GOOD AFTERNOON TO STAFF AND WELCOME TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY BE WATCHING THIS PARTICULAR BROADCAST.
SORRY FOR BEING LATE ON COMING ON.
WE ARE ADOPTING A NEW FORMAT TO MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR THE CONSTITUENCY AND HAD A LITTLE PROBLEMS COMING UP AT 1:15.
ON JANUARY TWENTY EIGHT TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
I AM OFFICIALLY CALLING THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF GALVESTON TO ORDER.
COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE, JANELLE? BEFORE WE START THE MEETING, JANELLE WE'VE HAD SOME REQUEST OF INDIVIDUALS WANTING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
COULD YOU GIVE SOME GUIDANCE TO THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING ON HOW THAT COULD BE DONE? YES, SIR.
ON THE AGENDA UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE WERE THREE WAYS THAT YOU COULD-- TWO WAYS THAT YOU COULD JOIN THE MEETING, AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE.
THERE WAS A LINK ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU COULD CLICK ON THAT TAKES YOU TO A REGISTRATION PAGE.
YOU PUT IN YOUR NAME, AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, AND THEN ZOOM SENDS YOU A LINK TO THE MEETING FOR YOU TO JOIN.
THE SECOND WAY THAT THEY COULD JOIN WAS DIALING IN ON THE TELEPHONE AND THE PHONE NUMBER AND THE MEETING IP AND THE PASSCODE ARE ALL ON THE AGENDA UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE THIRD WAY, OF COURSE, IS THEY COULD SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT USING THE FORM THAT WE'VE BEEN USING IN PRIOR MONTHS.
THOSE WERE THE THREE WAYS THAT THEY COULD JOIN TODAY.
AT THIS POINT, IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN, PROBABLY WOULD BE EASIER TO DIAL IN ON THE TELEPHONE.
COULD YOU GIVE THAT NUMBER? ITS ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF THEY GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, GO TO THE AGENDA CENTER, IT WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY AND IT'LL HAVE IT ON THERE THE INFORMATION ON WHERE YOU CAN DIAL IN TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE DECLARED COUNCIL? HEARING NO REPLIES.
BEFORE WE START ON THE BODY OF OUR MEETING, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON REVEREND JOHNSON COUNCIL MAN JOHNSON TO GIVE A PRAYER BEFORE WE START, REVEREND.
[INAUDIBLE] THE ONE WHO MAKES ALL THINGS POSSIBLE.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE BESEECH YOU IN YOUR WONDERFUL PRESENCE AS WE SHARE THIS MOMENT OF COMING TOGETHER ON THIS DAY AND SHARING THE MOMENT WHEN YOU ALLOW US TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL BLESS OUR MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY STAFF AND THOSE OFFICIALS WHO WILL BE JOINING IN WITH THOSE THOSE CITIZENS WILL BE JOINING IN WITH US.
BRING US ALL ON YOUR OWN ACCORD.
BRING FORTH AN EFFORT THAT WE WOULD ALL JOIN TOGETHER, JUST THIS MOMENT OF YOU BRINGING UNITY TO OUR CITY THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A WONDERFUL PIECE OF OUR GOD.
THIS WE ASK IN YOUR SON JESUS NAME.
[4. PRESENTATIONS/REPORTS OF COUNCIL, OFFICER BOARDS, AND CITY MANAGER]
ALL RIGHT.MOVING ON, WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS OF COUNCIL OFFICERS, OFFICER BOARDS AND CITY MANAGER.
WE DO HAVE A RECOGNITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL, ANGELO [INAUDIBLE].
AND BRIAN, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO YOU, SIR.
LET ME GET ANGELO TO COME STAND UP HERE.
HE REALLY ONLY WORKS ON THURSDAYS.
AND ANGELO HAS BEEN WITH US NOW FOR 42 YEARS.
WE'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION HERE FOR HIM, AMONG SOME OTHER THINGS.
I'M NOT GOING TO BOTHER TO READ THE ENTIRE THING, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT IT'S ANGELO [INAUDIBLE] DAY IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON.
SO EVERYBODY SHOULD CELEBRATE BY SENDING A VERY LONG E-MAIL WITH A LOT OF DETAIL TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ANGELO LIKES TO DO.
HE LIKES TO SEND EMAILS ON A DAILY BASIS.
LET ME SAY A FEW THINGS THAT I THINK ARE PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING I CAN PUT IN A PROCLAMATION.
I'VE KNOWN ANGELO FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, LONG BEFORE I EVER WORKED IN THE CITY.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HIM WHEN I WAS AT THE COUNTY.
AND OF COURSE, I WORKED WITH HIM SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
AND HIS WORK HERE KIND OF-- THERE'S NOTHING I CAN SAY ABOUT HIS WORK HERE THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T KNOW.
HE'S HARDWORKING AND TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS.
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HE'S ALWAYS ON TOP OF THINGS AND IS THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.BUT THE THING THAT MOST PEOPLE, I THINK, IN THIS WORLD SHOULD BE JUDGED BY THE TYPE OF PERSON YOU ARE.
HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ANGELO AT SCHOOL FUNCTIONS IN OTHER THINGS HERE IN TOWN.
I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, HE'S A FANTASTIC FATHER.
AND THAT SHOWS AND IS PROVED BY HIS FANTASTIC CHILDREN.
THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY GREAT KIDS.
AND THAT'S A CREDIT TO ANGELO.
I'LL ALSO TELL YOU, HE'S A FANTASTIC HUSBAND AND HE'S A FANTASTIC HUSBAND BECAUSE HE DOES EVERY SINGLE THING HIS WIFE TELLS HIM TO DO.
HE WILL NOT CROSS SUSAN TO SAVE HIS LIFE.
SO THAT MAKES HIM AN EXCELLENT HUSBAND, TOO.
BUT, ANGELO, THERE'S YOUR PROCLAMATION BEING ITS ANGELO [INAUDIBLE] DAY.
THIS IF YOU TAKE THIS HOME, SUSAN SHOULD COOK YOU DINNER TONIGHT.
SO IF YOU TAKE THAT HOME, THAT WILL PROVE THAT TO YOU.
IN ADDITION, BECAUSE OF ANGELO BEING ONE OF OUR LONGEST SERVING EMPLOYEES EVER GOING TO THE CITY, WE HAVE THIS FOR YOU TO DISPLAY AT HOME.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE 42 YEARS.
AND LASTLY, WE ALWAYS GIVE SERVICE AWARDS AT THE CITY.
AND THIS IS ANGELO'S SERVICE AWARD FOR THE CITY FOR FORTY TWO YEARS.
AND ANGELO ACTUALLY DECIDED TO STAY 42 YEARS, OUR POLICY, HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A 25000 DOLLAR CHECK, BUT BECAUSE HE LEFT FORTY TWO YEARS, HE GETS THE CERTIFICATE THAT WE PRINTED OUT, WHICH IS ALMOST AS CLOSE, AND WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT.
BUT ANGELO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS? FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF GALVESTON FOR ALLOWING ME TO WORK HERE.
IT'S BEEN QUITE AN HONOR TO WORK HERE.
BUT MOST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FELLOW CITY EMPLOYEES.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THEY ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE ME WITH INFORMATION, HELPING ME OUT AND EXCHANGING POINTS OF VIEW.
THAT'S THE WAY THINGS ARE TYPICALLY DONE.
AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THE HELP THEY'VE GIVEN ME.
IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO WORK FOR ME TO WORK WITH ANGELO, AND IT'S MADE MY LIFE A LOT EASIER HAVING SOMEBODY WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE AND HIS ABILITIES WORKING HERE.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE SCREEN AND I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, TRINO AND ROB, Y'ALL GOT SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL BECAUSE THIS GUY, HE SET THE BAR REALLY HIGH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS ANGELO IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE EXCEPT TO VISIT HIS KIDS.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM A WHOLE LOT.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[INAUDIBLE] ANGELO, THANK YOU.
AND IN GREAT THIS STUFF IS KIND OF HIDDEN HIMSELF.
IT'S KIND OF SAD TO SEE ANGELO LEAVE.
EVERY TIME I WOULD TALK WITH YOU IN THE YEARS PAST YOU GO, WELL, YOU KNOW, LET ME CHECK WITH ANGELO.
ANY PRESENTATIONS? ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AT THIS POINT? I'M HEARING NO RESPONSE.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM FIVE, PLEASE.
[5. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS Claims: 20-107 - Horst Krajenski; 20-108 - Michael, Lanie, and Devon Turner; 20-109 - Anthony Ball; 20-110 - Grace Morris; 20-111 - Hector Ventura; 20-112 - Ava Melason; 20-113 - Reginald Cummins; 20-114 - Ben Kaufman; 20-115 - Patricia Ann Parker; 20-116 - Dameon Crew; 20-117 - Todd C. Scott; 20-118 - Thomas Johnson; 20-119 - Janis Wedgeworth; 20-120 - Alfred Reed; 20-121 - Nik Enqvist; 21-001 - Bernard Smith; 21-002 - Tony Scofelia; 21-003 - Jonathan Herrera; 21-004 - Fernando Urias; 21-005 - Wallace Wade. ]
JANELLE.ITEM FIVE, COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITION CLAIMS 20 DASH ONE ZERO SEVEN THROUGH TWENTY ONE ZERO ZERO FIVE WERE FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JANELLE.
NOW MOVING TO OUR ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[6.A. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Abandoning A 300 Linear-Feet (Approximately 6,000 Square Foot) Section Of Right-Of-Way, On Property Commonly Located At The Mid-Block Alley Right-Of-Way Adjacent To 1128 Seawall And Its Adjoining Properties Legally Described Herein, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas; Planning Case Number 20P-046; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (D. Lunsford) ]
ITEM SIX A, CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, ABANDONING A THREE HUNDRED LINEAR FEET, APPROXIMATELY SIX THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT SECTION OF RIGHT OF WAY ON PROPERTY, COMMONLY LOCATED IN THE MID BLOCK ALLEY RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT TO ELEVEN TWENTY EIGHT SEAWALL AND ITS ADJOINING PROPERTIES LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN.IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, PLANNING CASE NUMBER 20 ZERO FORTY SIX, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.
DANIEL, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO COUNCIL? THIS IS CATHERINE.
I'M GOING TO BE DOING THE PRESENTATION.
SO AS JANELLE STATED THIS IS AN ABANDONMENT REQUEST.
IT'S FOR PROPERTY ADJACENT TO ELEVEN TWENTY EIGHT SEAWALL.
11 RETURNED, THREE IN FAVOR AND SEVEN IN OPPOSITION.
A SUMMARY WAS PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BY EMAIL YESTERDAY.
THE APPLICANT IN THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS ARE REQUESTING AN ABANDONMENT OF THREE HUNDRED LINEAR FEET OF MID BLOCK ALLEY RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTIES.
THE TOTAL AREA, THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE BEING REQUESTED IS 6000 SQUARE
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FEET, APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET WIDE AND THREE HUNDRED FEET LONG.IF THE ABANDONMENT IS APPROVED, THE 6000 SQUARE FOOT SECTION OF RIGHT OF WAY WILL BE PURCHASED BY THE APPLICANT AND REPLATTED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS SECTION OF ALLEY IS GENERALLY UNIMPROVED AND UNUSED.
PLANNING COMMISSION HAS REVIEWED AND IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
ON THE SCREEN, WE HAVE A SURVEY SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENT AND ALSO AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH AND ZONING MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS POINT BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? IT'S PRETTY.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 6A AND I THINK WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL ON LINE HERE, MR. [INAUDIBLE], THAT WANTS TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION I REPRESENT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE ABANDONMENT IS SO THAT THE PROPERTY CAN BE DEVELOPED.
MY CLIENTS HAVE OWNED THE PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ALLEY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
THEIR PREDECESSORS, ANCESTORS GOING BACK TO THE 1940S.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN TOTALLY VACANT, BOTH SIDES OF THE ALLEY, PROBABLY FOR ABOUT THE LAST 20 YEARS AT LEAST.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED.
AND WE BELIEVE THE DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY.
OBVIOUSLY, IT WILL INCREASE YOUR TAX BASE.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
A NEW STRUCTURE IN THAT AREA WOULD BE A FEELING OF [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE MR. [INAUDIBLE].
COUNCIL IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. [INAUDIBLE] AT THIS POINT? VERY GOOD.
JUST, IF YOU WOULD MIND, STAY ON THE LINE.
WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS COMING UP.
IS THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT OR JANELLE? AND WE SEE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
WE'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, BUT WE DO HAVE TWO OTHER PEOPLE ONLINE, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'D LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
AND ARE THEY UNMUTED, JANELLE? YES, SIR.
WE WELCOME THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS ITEMS 6A.
I THINK THERE'S TWO ON THE LINE NOW.
HELLO? YES, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A THREE MINUTE COMMENT ON THIS? YES, SIR.
THIS IS A MORE FOR THE APPLICANTS.
I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MARY VILLAREAL WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] GROUP.
ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENT, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS ALLEY ABANDONMENT.
JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT WOULD HELP.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANNED CONVENIENCE STORE WITH BETWEEN 16 TO 20 MULTIPLE PRODUCT DISPENSERS OR AN [INAUDIBLE] SEAWALL BOULEVARD, A PARKING GARAGE AND APARTMENT CONDOMINIUMS IN [INAUDIBLE] APARTMENT CONDOMINIUMS. WE LOCATED ON FLOORS FOUR THROUGH SIX WITH APPROXIMATELY 18000 SQUARE FEET OF USABLE AREA.
APPROXIMATELY 20 PERCENT OF THE FLOOR AREA WILL BE FOR CIRCULATION AND REMAINING AREA WILL CONSIST OF UNITS.
THE UNITS WILL RANGE FROM APPROXIMATELY EIGHT HUNDRED TO TWELVE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET AND POSSIBLY LARGER FOR LUXURY UNITS.
THE DEVELOPMENT ALSO PLANS TO PROVIDE AMENITIES LIKE AN OUTDOOR PATIO AND POSSIBLY A POOL.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE EXISTING WATER AND SANITARY SEWER LINES THAT WILL NEED TO BE REROUTED AS WELL AS RECONNECTING ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT IS CURRENTLY UTILIZING THE FACILITIES AT THE DEVELOPER'S EXPENSE.
THE PLANS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR
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REVIEW AND APPROVAL FOR THESE REROUTING.WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A NEED TO TAKE NEIGHBORS CONCERNS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DESIGNING THIS DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR AREA.
WE ARE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF THE PROJECT AND INTEND TO FINALIZE SYSTEMATIC DESIGN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE WOULD WELCOME CONVERSATIONS WITH NEIGHBORS AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO COORDINATE A ZOOM MEETING TO DISCUSS SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH STANDARD COMMERCIAL CHARACTER FOR PROVIDING CONTEMPORARY STYLE LIVING SPACES, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL ATTRACT A BROADER RANGE OF POTENTIAL RESIDENTS AND PATRONS TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON.
WE ALSO BELIEVE THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL ENHANCE THE BOULEVARD BY THE OCEAN SEA AREA, CREATING JOBS AND LIVING SPACES TO BE ENJOYED BY RESIDENTS FOR YEARS TO COME, AS WELL AS AN ASSET TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON.
THE ALLEY, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, IS BORDERED BY LAND UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP.
THE ALLEY ABANDONMENT BEFORE YOU TODAY IS JUST THE FIRST STEP OF ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THIS LAND, AND ABANDONING THE ALLEY WOULD ASSIST IN CREATING A MORE PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS LOCATION FOR THE CITY OF GALVESTON.
WE'VE REVIEWED THE APPROVAL CONDITIONS AND WE WILL COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF AND ENGINEERING TO SATISFY THESE CONDITIONS.
SO WE HOPE THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL MEET WITH YOUR APPROVAL.
I'M ALSO GETTING A NOTICE THAT THERE'S A MRS. [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S ON THE LINE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE ON THE LINE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT PUBLICLY ON THIS ITEM.
[INAUDIBLE] IS ON THE LINE, BUT SHE--.
SHE JUST I JUST SEE A TEXT FROM HER.
SHE SAID SHE WOULD NO, THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE ON THE LINE FOR THAT? ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM SIX A AND BRING ITEM BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST.
ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION BACK COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI FOR APPROVAL.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER QUIROGA.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, JUST WHEN THESE ZOOM MEETINGS TAKE PLACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENING WITH THE APPLICANT OR WHATNOT.
I THINK MS. VILLAREAL IS STILL ON.
SO YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT THIS COUNCIL MEMBER SCHUSTER MS. VILLAREAL THAT REPRESENTS THAT LAND IN THAT DISTRICT WHERE THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT HIM AND INCLUDE HIM IN YOUR ZOOM.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT WERE TESTIFYING IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
LET'S MOVE TO ITEM SIX B, [INAUDIBLE].
[6.B. Conduct A Public Hearing And Consider For Approval The 2020 Community Development Block Grant-CV (CDBG-CV) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, And Economic Security (CARES Act) Third Round Supplemental Funding In The Amount Of $512,534. Authorize The City Manager To File A Grant Application (Amendment) With The U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development (HUD) And Execute All Necessary Contracts, Certifications, And Documents For The Programs. (A. Law) ]
ITEM SIX B, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL THE TWENTY TWENTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT KV [INAUDIBLE] CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY CARES ACT THIRD ROUND SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR DOLLARS, AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO FOLLOW GRANT APPLICATIONS AMENDMENT WITH THE U.S.DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY CONTRACT CERTIFICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS FOR THE PROGRAMS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S [INAUDIBLE] MS. [INAUDIBLE] FROM OUR GRANT AND HOUSING DIRECTOR.
ALICE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? HELLO.
OH, I MUST BE HAVING SOUND PROBLEMS. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? JUST BARELY.
[INAUDIBLE] IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT'S ON THE LINE, BRIAN? ANYONE ELSE THAT CAN ADDRESS THIS TOPIC?
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WELL, I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, I GUESS.BETTER WAY IS ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE GRANT MONEY, BRIAN? YES, SIR.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MAXWELL OR MS. [INAUDIBLE]? HEARING NONE.
I'M GOING TO-- IT IS NOW ONE FORTY THREE P.M.. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM SIX B.
IS THERE ANY JANELLE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM OR IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE THAT WANTS TO COMMENT ON THIS? SO NO WRITTEN COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED FOR THIS ITEM AND NO ONE ELSE IS ON THE LINE BESIDES MS. [INAUDIBLE] AT THIS TIME.
IT'S GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER CALL IF THERE'S ANY ONE ON THE LINE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, PLEASE SPEAK UP.
ANYONE ON THE LINE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT PUBLIC? NO, SIR, I'M JUST LISTENING TO YOUR MEETING.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION ON ITEM SIX D, IT'S ONE FORTY FOUR P.M.
BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION.
COUNCIL WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
A MOVE TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER QUIROGA.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAD SEVEN VOTES ALREADY IN FAVOR AND [INAUDIBLE] IS ALSO VOTING ON THIS THIS MORNING.
[7. PUBLIC COMMENT ]
WE ARE NOW MOVING TO PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.[INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S NOT ON LINE.
I'M JUST TALKING YOU, BRIAN? YES.
JANELLE, ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION, FIRST OF ALL, LET'S START OUT WITH THE WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT YOU READ.
EACH ONE OF THOSE, PLEASE, MA'AM.
THE FIRST ONE IS FROM DEBRA MCGRUDER.
THE SUBJECT IS TWENTY Z DASH TWENTY REQUESTS FOR APPEAL OF STAFF-DETERMINATION REGARDING LAND USE.
I SUBMITTED THIS REQUEST FOR THE APPEAL OF THE STAFF DETERMINATION.
I HAVE SENT SOME EVIDENCE THAT THE BUSINESS CONDUCTED ON THE PREMISES OF TWELVE TWELVE 13TH STREET IS AN INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRY.
IN MY COMMUNICATIONS WITH STAFF, A RESIDENTIAL LAUNDRY PERMIT WAS APPROVED.
THE CURRENT OCCUPANT DOES NOT CONDUCT ANY RESIDENTIAL SERVICES IN THIS URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE BUSINESS HAS BROUGHT UNWANTED HEAT, NOISE AND SMELL THAT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE UN DESIGNATION.
THE SUBJECT IS 12, 12, 13TH STREET, THE LINEN LAUNDRY PLANT.
BY ALLOWING LINEN LAUNDRY PLANT TO OPERATE UNDER COMMERCIAL RETAIL IN A [INAUDIBLE] WHICH IS DEFINED IN YOUR DEFINITIONS UNDER LIGHT, INDUSTRY AND ALL INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THE SAME BY THOSE STANDARDS.
NEXT IS [INAUDIBLE] STEWART, SUBJECT TIDY WHITE'S LAUNDRY FACILITIES PERMISSION TO OPERATE AT ITS CURRENT LOCATION.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF PLANNING'S INITIAL DESIGNATION TO ALLOW PRIVATE LAUNDRY FACILITY [INAUDIBLE] RIGHTS TO OPERATE.
I GUESS BOTH THE PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TURNED A BLIND EYE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN TRASH FOR TWO WEEKS AND WILL BE THREE WEEKS COMING THIS TUESDAY.
THE TRASH BELONGS TO [INAUDIBLE] APARTMENTS WHERE SOMEONE CLEANED THE APARTMENT.
THEY CLEANED THE RENTAL APARTMENT AND PUT THE TRASH ACROSS THE STREET AND IT WILL SIT THERE.
MUST I ALWAYS BE THE ONE TO COMPLAIN.
WHY CAN'T YOU ALL DO YOUR JOBS? I HOPE TO SEE MY NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANED UP AGAIN.
NEXT IS FROM DYLAN [INAUDIBLE], THE SUBJECT OF CHEMICAL SMELL ON THE SIDE OF OUR HOUSE AT NIGHT.
IT IS SO TOXIC AT NIGHT FOR SOME KIND OF CHEMICAL SMELL.
WE HAVE CALLED THE POLICE, BUT THEY DON'T COME OUT AND DO ANYTHING.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CRACK, METH OR WHAT.
THEY NEED TO COME OUT HERE AND CHECK.
NEXT IS JIM [INAUDIBLE], THE SUBJECT IS TWENTY ONE Z DASH ZERO ZERO ONE .
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I'M OPPOSED TO REQUEST A VARIANCE FROM THE GALVESTON LAND DEVELOPER REGULATION AT 6810 ON SEAWALL BOULEVARD REGARDING ARTICLE IN HEIGHT AND DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ZONE 5.AND THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK ONLINE, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE? NO, SIR.
IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A THREE MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS POINT? THERE ARE NO REPLIES.
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 8, ORDINANCE NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARING.
[8.A. Ordinance Extending The State Of Emergency And Disaster Related To The Covid-19 Virus (Legal) Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas; Extending The State Of Emergency And Disaster Related To The Covid-19 Virus Until April 31, 2021, Extending Certain Emergency Orders Ratified By City Council Relating To The Operation Of Electronic Amusement Machines, The Suspension Of Building Code And Flood Plain Regulations For Placement Of A COVID 19 Temporary Screening Facility At Scholes Airport; Requiring Commercial Entities Providing Goods Or Services Directly To The Public To Develop A Health And Safety Policy Mandating The Wearing Of Masks In Their Facility, Requiring The Wearing Of Face Masks In Public And Restricting Mass Gatherings; Discontinuing The Emergency Order Restricting Indoor Gatherings Of Five Hundred People Or More; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject, Providing For A Penalty And Providing For An Effective Date. ]
JANELLE, ITEM 8 A PLEASE.ITEM EIGHT A, ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY AND DISASTER RELATED TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS.
CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, EXTENDING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY AND DISASTER RELATED TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS UNTIL APRIL 30TH TWENTY TWENTY ONE, EXTENDING CERTAIN EMERGENCY ORDERS RATIFIED BY CITY COUNCIL RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC AMUSEMENTS MACHINES, THE SUSPENSION OF BUILDING CODE AND FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONS FOR PLACEMENT OF A COVID-19 TEMPORARY SCREENING FACILITY AT [INAUDIBLE] AIRPORT REQUIRING COMMERCIAL ENTITIES PROVIDING GOODS OR SERVICES DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC TO DEVELOP A HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY MANDATING THE WEARING A MASK IN THE FACILITY, REQUIRING THE WEARING OF FACE MASKS IN PUBLIC AND RESTRICTING MASS GATHERINGS.
DISCONTINUING THE EMERGENCY ORDER RESTRICTING INDOOR GATHERINGS OF FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE OR MORE.
MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
DON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS TO COUNCIL? YES, MAYOR I WILL.
THE LAST TIME WE ACTED ON THIS, I THINK IT WAS OCTOBER.
I WAS HOPING THAT WOULD BE THE LAST EXTENSION OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER THAT WE WOULD SEE.
AND I'M RECOMMENDING THAT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY BE EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL, THREE MONTHS.
AGAIN, PERHAPS NAIVELY, I HOPE THAT WE WON'T NEED AN EXTENSION IN APRIL, BUT WE'LL GET THERE WHEN WE GET THERE.
THAT DECLARATION IS PART OF THE PROCEDURE UNDER THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT.
THAT ACT PROVIDES FOR THE FUNNEL OF FUNDS THAT FLOW FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE STATE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
I AM NOT AWARE OF RIGHT NOW OF US GETTING ANY PARTICULAR FUNDS BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.
BUT KEEPING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN EFFECT WOULD ALLOW US TO GARNER ANY FUNDS SHOULD THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, THAT WE QUALIFY FOR.
PART OF THE EXTENSION OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS ALSO THE EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EMERGENCY ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE ALL PASSED BY MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] AND THEY'VE BEEN CONTINUED BY COUNCIL UP UNTIL TODAY.
OUR CURRENT STATE OF EMERGENCY EXPIRES JANUARY 31ST AND WILL DO SO IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN BY COUNCIL TODAY.
THE THREE EMERGENCY ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN EXTENDED HAVE SENT YOU A MEMO YESTERDAY AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THEM.
FIRST IS AN ORDER REGARDING THE OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC AMUSEMENT MACHINES IN BUSINESS.
AND IT BASICALLY REQUIRED BUSINESSES TO UNPLUG AND DISCONTINUE ELECTRONIC AMUSEMENTS.
THE THOUGHT AT THE TIME WAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE-- THESE GAMES ARE CROWDED IN ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
THERE'D BE A CROWD OF PEOPLE AROUND THEM WHERE PEOPLE WOULD OTHERWISE BE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
AND IT DIDN'T PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY DISTANCING AND THAT WOULD PROVIDE A VECTOR FOR THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
WHILE THE VIRUS IS STILL SPREADING, IT IS MY THOUGHT THAT IF COUNCIL WERE OF A MIND, IT COULD AMEND THIS ORDER TO ALLOW THESE MACHINES TO BE USED, BUT REQUIRING A SEPARATION OF SIX FEET BETWEEN EACH ONE AND REQUIRING THAT ONLY ONE PERSON BE ALLOWED AT THE MACHINE AT THE TIME.
SO THAT WAY THERE COULD BE SOME OPERATION BY THE BUSINESS.
THE NEXT IS AN ORDER REQUIRING COMMERCIAL ENTITIES TO DEVELOP THE
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HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN.IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE GOVERNOR PASSED HIS FACEMASK ORDER, HE SIGNALED THAT HE WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT COULD PASS A FACEMASK ORDER.
AND HE USED THE ORDER IN A, OH, I FORGET WHICH COUNTY IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY IN WHICH IN BEXAR COUNTY.
HE HELD THAT COUNTY'S ORDER UP AND SAID THIS WAS ONE THAT HE WOULD ENDORSE.
AND WE, THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TOOK THAT EXECUTIVE-- THAT EMERGENCY ORDER AND WE ADOPTED IT IN TOTAL.
AND BASICALLY IT PROVIDED THAT BUSINESSES NEEDED TO ADOPT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN TO ENSURE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOCIAL DISTANCING, FOLLOWED BY PEOPLE IN THEIR FACILITY AND REQUIRING PEOPLE TO WEAR A MASK WHEN IN THE FACILITY.
AND I PROVIDED FOR A THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE IF THERE WAS A VIOLATION.
IT REQUIRED ALL PEOPLE TO WEAR A FACE MASK IN COVERING THEIR MOUTH AND NOSE IN PUBLIC PLACES, RESTRICTED ACCESS POINTS TO CITY HALL AND REQUIRED SCREENING FOR ALL PEOPLE ENTERING CITY HALL.
WE WOULD STILL FOLLOW THAT TODAY.
AND IT RESTRICTED GATHERINGS OF PEOPLE IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS UNLESS THE MAYOR APPROVED IT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE HEALTH AUTHORITY.
THIS WAS PASSED AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE WERE KIND OF BALKING AT THE IDEA OF WEARING FACE MASKS.
THEY'RE CERTAINLY MORE ACCEPTING TODAY.
AND I SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE SOME RELAXATION IN THIS ORDER, TAKING AWAY THE DUTY OF BUSINESSES TO HAVE A HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN.
I SUSPECT THEY ALREADY HAVE ONE.
AND I SUSPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO FINE THEM FOR NOT HAVING ONE.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT RELAXING.
THE LAST ORDER THAT'S IN EFFECT ALLOWS CITY STAFF TO SUSPEND BUILDING CODE AND FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONS OUT AT THE AIRPORT.
AND THAT ALLOWS PHI TO HAVE A TEMPORARY FACILITY THAT IT USES FOR SCREENING WORKERS GOING OFFSHORE FOR A RISK OF SPREAD OF COVID.
I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES ON THIS.
STAFF HAS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.
IF THERE'S A STORM OR ANYTHING COMING, IT CAN BE QUICKLY DISASSEMBLED.
BUT IT SEEMS TO SERVE A PRETTY GOOD PUBLIC HEALTH PURPOSE AND THEREFORE I WOULD SUGGEST IT COULD REMAIN AS IS.
WE HAVE AUTHORITY UNDER THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT TO IMPOSE FINES OF UP TO 2000 DOLLARS.
MOST OF THESE ORDERS DON'T HAVE A DEFINITE AMOUNT.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE THOUSAND FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY.
I WOULD SUGGEST WE COULD SET A FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR VIOLATIONS.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE CITY MARSHAL HAS USED THE THREAT OF VIOLATIONS TO GAIN COMPLIANCE WITH BUSINESSES FOR VIOLATION OF THESE ORDERS.
IT'S SIMPLY A TOOL THAT WE CAN USE.
I AM AWARE OF THE CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE HAVING ONLY ISSUED THREE OR FOUR TICKETS UNDER THESE EMERGENCY ORDERS AND REALLY, AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER, I THINK EACH OF THOSE TICKETS WAS WITHDRAWN.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE PUNITIVE.
WE DON'T WANT TO PUNISH THE CITIZENS.
BUT THESE ARE BASICALLY MEASURES WE TAKE IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE BY THE ISSUANCE OF A TICKET IS A USEFUL TOOL, AN OPTION TO HAVE.
I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP SOME KIND OF SANCTION.
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I THINK FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IS CERTAINLY ENOUGH.AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR [INAUDIBLE]? COUNCILMAN QUIROGA.
WHAT ARE THE DATA? WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT DATA IS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN IT ON THE ISLAND? WHAT IS THE SPREAD ON THE ISLAND VERSUS I THINK THE RESTAURANTS NOW ARE OPEN 75 PERCENT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
I BELIEVE THE RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN ROLLED BACK TO 50 PERCENT.
IS IT 50 PERCENT? [INAUDIBLE].
BUT WHAT IS THE DATA AS FAR AS THE CITIZENS IN GALVESTON CONTRACTING? I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING IT LIKE MARIE'S GOT IT, BUT HOPEFULLY SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO ANY KIND OF SICK MORE MEDICAL ATTENTION OTHER THAN BEING QUARANTINED AT HOME.
SO WHAT IS THE DEATH RATE IF WE HAVE A DEATH RATE? I KNOW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAD IT.
THEY WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY CAME BACK OUT AND QUARANTINED AT HOME.
I MEAN, THE HEALTH DISTRICT PUBLISHES ALL THOSE STATISTICS AND THEY POST THEM EVERY DAY ON THEIR WEB PAGE AND THAT YOU CAN BREAK IT OUT BY CITY ON THEIR IT SHOWS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES.
IT SHOWS TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES, TOTAL NUMBER OF RECOVERIES, TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS BY CITY.
AND IT SHOWS YOU THE POSITIVITY RATE BY CITY.
AND YOU HAVE THAT AVAILABLE, BRIAN? IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.
LET ME SEE IF THEY POSTED IT SO FAR TODAY.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY THIS ISSUE NOW, THIS IS A REQUEST ON THIS.
IF WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TO EXTEND THIS DECLARATION, IT'S MAINLY TO ALLOW US TO BE AVAILABLE FOR FUNDING IF FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF THIS PANDEMIC.
WHILE HE'S LOOKING THAT UP, MARIE YOU HAD A QUESTION.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY ORDERS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US LOOK AT IT ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS.
SO AS OPPOSED TO EXTENDING IT THROUGH THE END OF APRIL THAT WE EXTEND IT FOR ANOTHER MONTH AND THEN LOOK AT IT AGAIN, BECAUSE I THINK NATIONALLY WE'RE ALREADY SEEING A POSITIVE EFFECT FROM THE VACCINES.
SECOND COMMENT IS I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM WITH FINING A BUSINESS BECAUSE OF SOMEONE NOT FOLLOWING THE ORDER, LETTING THAT PERSON GET OFF, BUT THE BUSINESS IS PENALIZED.
SO I DON'T KNOW, DON, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT WE COULD WORK ON THAT LANGUAGE? BECAUSE I HAVE-- IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR TO ME THAT A BUSINESS SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR SOMETHING AN INDIVIDUAL IS DOING.
OH, IMAGINE WE COULD JUST ELIMINATE THE [INAUDIBLE] OF THE BUSINESS TO REQUIRE THEIR PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS SO THAT THEIR VISITORS.
I'M NOT SAYING TO DO AWAY WITH THE WEARING MASKS, BUT LET'S SAY JOE X, Y, Z WALKS INTO A BUSINESS.
THE BUSINESS HAS DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THE MASK FOLLOWING IS FOLLOWED AND THEY ASK THE PERSON TO LEAVE WHATNOT.
THE BUSINESS GETS FINED IF SOMEONE WALKS IN AT THAT MOMENT, THE PERSON WALKS AWAY SCOT FREE.
AND IN A TIME WHEN ALL OUR BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF COVID, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY WE CAN WORK WITH THAT LANGUAGE TO TAKE THE ONUS OFF THE BUSINESS.
I'M NOT SAYING DO AWAY WITH THINGS.
I'M JUST SAYING TAKE THE ONUS OFF.
AND APPARENTLY, ROSIE [INAUDIBLE].
I WILL SAY THAT I CANNOT IMAGINE CITY MARSHALL GIVING SOMEBODY A TICKET WHEN THEY
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HAVE DONE THEIR BEST TO GET A CUSTOMER TO WHERE A MASK AND THE CUSTOMER REFUSES.AND IF THE CUSTOMER IS TOLD TO LEAVE AND REFUSES, THAT CUSTOMER COULD BE CITED FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS.
SO, I MEAN, I JUST-- AND AS YOU SAID, THERE'S BEEN FOUR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN FINED AND ALL THOSE FINES HAVE BEEN RESCINDED.
WELL, MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO WORK ON THE WAY THE LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN TO MAKE IT A FAIRER ORDINANCE.
OH, IT'S THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL WHAT TO DO WITH THIS.
DON YOU KNOW WHEN WE INITIALLY APPROVED THIS ORDER, I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AT THAT TIME, TOO, AND IF IT REALLY PLACES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REQUIRING PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKED IN THE HANDS OF THE BUSINESS OWNER, BECAUSE THE WAY I READ THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT REQUIRES A BUSINESS OWNER TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.
IF A PATRON DOESN'T FOLLOW THAT PLAN, IT'S NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A BUSINESS OWNER TO TELL THAT PERSON THAT THERE ARE OR DO SOMETHING TO TO REQUIRE THAT PERSON TO WEAR A MASK.
I MEAN, AS LONG AS THE PLANS IN PLACE.
I AGREE WITH MARIE THAT THE BUSINESS OWNER SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE IF THEY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IF A PATIENT DOESN'T WEAR A MASK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW I GREET IT, I GUESS.
IF IT IS THE PLEASURE COUNCIL WE CAN REMOVE THAT FROM THE ORDINANCE.
AS I RECALL, EXCUSE ME, AS I RECALL, WE PUT THIS INTO PLACE TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD SO THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES IMPLEMENTING A MASK ORDER AND THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR SAYING WE DON'T NEED THOSE STINKING MASKS, THAT THIS REQUIRED EVERYBODY TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE MASK ORDER.
AND THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE GOVERNOR ISSUED THE MASK ORDER HIMSELF.
AND I'M HEARING THAT WE FINED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF BUSINESSES OVER THIS.
SOME TICKETS WERE GIVEN AND THE TICKETS WERE WITHDRAWN AFTER THE MARSHAL HAD A HEART TO HEART CHAT WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND IF YOU TAKE IT IF YOU REMOVE IT, THE FEW BUSINESSES THAT STILL DON'T THINK MASKS ARE A REASONABLE IDEA WILL JUST STOP REQUIRING IT AND THERE WILL BE NO ENFORCEMENT IN HALF THE BUSINESSES ON THE STREET.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH [INAUDIBLE] CORRECT? BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WE'VE BEEN HANDLING IT.
BUSINESS ASK THE PERSON TO LEAVE.
AND IT'S NOT ABOUT NOT WEARING THE MASK, ITS YOUR REFUSAL [INAUDIBLE].
AND SO I WOULD ASSUME THOSE FOUR BUSINESSES WOULD BE BUSINESSES THAT CHOSE NOT TO HAVE A PLAN OR ARE ASKED PEOPLE TO LEAVE OR WHATEVER AT ALL.
CORRECT? I DON'T RECALL THE INSTANCES OF THOSE TICKETS.
DAVID, I WASN'T TRYING TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO REMOVE THE MASK ORDINANCE ALTOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S WORKING WELL.
I MEAN, I THINK ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE FOLLOWING THE REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS.
YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST KIND OF RECAPPING THE POINT THAT I BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST.
I DIDN'T WANT TO PLACE THE BURDEN OF HAVING THE BUSINESS OWNER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT THEY TELL TO LEAVE.
NOW THE RESPONSIBILITY FALLS BACK ON THE BUSINESS OWNER AND THEY GET FINED.
I THINK THAT OVERALL, I THINK EVERYTHING THAT I'M SEEING, EVERYBODY IS COMPLYING WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND IT'S WORKING WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PUT THE POINT OUT THERE THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH TRYING TO FINE THE BUSINESS OWNER FOR THEM, HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, BEING RESPONSIBLE.
AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO THEM THAT THIS GUY WAS ON YOUR PROPERTY WITHOUT A MASK ON AND YOU TOLD THEM TO LEAVE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY LAW SAYS THAT YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE.
I CANNOT IMAGINE THE MARSHAL GIVING A TICKET IN THAT INSTANCE.
BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS GOING TO GET THE FINE AND THE ORIGINAL WHAT WE REALLY TALK
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ABOUT THIS AND I THINK THERE STILL IS REALLY, EVEN THOUGH NO ONE HAS GOT THE FINE.I WOULD AGREE WITH THE COUNCILMAN.
I HAVE THE NUMBERS COUNCIL MEMBER QUIROGA WAS ASKING FOR.
GALVESTON PANDEMIC TO DATE, THE CITY ONLY HAS HAD FORTY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX CASES.
CURRENTLY THERE'S A THOUSAND SIXTY FOUR ACTIVE.
THE CURRENT POSITIVITY RATE ON THE ISLAND IS EIGHTEEN POINT SIX PERCENT, MEANING EIGHTEEN POINT SIX PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE MOST RECENT TESTS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE.
AND THAT POSITIVITY RATE IS PRETTY HIGH.
THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO AS HIGH AS IT'S EVER BEEN.
LET'S GO TO COUNCILWOMAN ROBB, THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCILMAN QUIROGA, THEN COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
TO CONTINUE WHAT JOHN PAUL WAS SAYING, THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, IT ACTUALLY SAYS IT IS CONSIDERED A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR.
SO, AGAIN, YOU'RE PUTTING THE BUSINESS OWNER AT THE RISK OF HAVING A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE ISN'T FOLLOWING THE RULES.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE US-- I DON'T WANT TO DISCONTINUE THE MASK.
I DON'T WANT TO JUST CONTINUE WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT IS WORKING.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SEE US TAKE THE ONUS OFF THE BUSINESS AND DON YOURSELF YOU SAID EVERY BUSINESS HAS A PLAN, SO MAYBE WE CAN WORK WITH THE LANGUAGE AS IT'S WRITTEN.
BUT THAT'S PRETTY STEEP LANGUAGE SAYING IT CAN BE A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR TO THE BUSINESS OWNER WHEN THEY'RE ALL STRUGGLING NOW ANYWAY.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE US WORK WITH THAT LANGUAGE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY SCIENCE BACKGROUND.
I LOOKED AT WHAT BRIAN JUST SAID.
BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO THROW THIS OUT.
I EAT OUT EVERY DAY BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER.
I GO SHOPPING TO GET SNACKS AT HOME.
NOW, WHAT I'M [INAUDIBLE] IS THIS.
EVEN THOUGH I GO TO THESE GROCERY STORES AND I GO TO THESE RESTAURANTS, YES, THEY DO HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE WHERE YOU WALK IN AND YOU WEAR YOUR MASK.
ONCE YOU SIT DOWN AND YOU START TO EAT, I HAVE PEOPLE NEXT TO TWO TABLES DOWN, SNEEZE AND COUGH.
I'VE BEEN IN GROCERY STORES AND PEOPLE PICK UP VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
AND AGAIN, IF VIRUS IS ON THEIR HANDS IT'S BEING SPREAD.
SO THIS THING IS VERY, VERY HARD TO PIN WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
IN CITY HALL, YOU HAD PROBLEMS. SO WHERE'S THAT COMING FROM? IF YOU BLOCK THE CITIZENS FROM GOING IN, ARE THE EMPLOYEES THEMSELVES BRINGING IN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE? SO IT'S A VERY HARD DECISION TO MAKE BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
SO YOU CAN HAVE A 50 PERCENT, YOU CAN HAVE A TWENTY FIVE PERCENT, YOU CAN SHUT EVERYBODY DOWN.
IS THAT GOING TO HELP? I DOUBT IT, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO OUT AND SHOP.
PEOPLE CAN GO OUT AND COMMUNICATE.
RIGHT NOW, I DON'T VISIT MY RELATIVES BECAUSE FOUR OF THEM HAVE THE VIRUS.
THEY'RE AT HOME IN QUARANTINE AND GETTING OVER IT.
BUT AS FAR AS DEATH, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN MY FAMILY.
NEPHEW OF MINE PASSED AWAY, BUT HE HAD PRECONDITIONS.
SO NO MATTER WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT, IT'S VERY HARD BECAUSE THE SPREAD YOU CAN'T TELL ME IF IT'S DONE BY TOUCH OR IF IT'S DONE BY PENETRATING SOME OF THESE MASKS THAT ARE BEING WORN.
AND ALL I'M SAYING IS IT'S GOING TO BE A HARD DECISION TO MAKE.
AND WE HAVE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
OF COURSE, ONCE AGAIN, THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS EXTENDING HIS ARMS AT THIS POINT.
THIS IS WHAT WE THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION IS.
AND SO I'M JUST KIND OF REFERRING BACK TO THE COMMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN IN THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE, THOSE VENDING
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MACHINES, THOSE GAMING MACHINES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE [INAUDIBLE] UNPLUGGED AND NOT IN USE.AND SO THEN I'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL PLACES WHERE THOSE GAMES HAVE NOT BEEN UNPLUGGED AND THERE ARE PEOPLE PLAYING THOSE PARTICULAR GAMES.
SO, UH, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE ON THAT ENFORCING THAT ASPECT OF IT.
BUT I DO KNOW I'M GOING INTO SEVERAL PLACES WHERE THOSE GAMING MACHINES WERE IN THERE AND THOSE GAMING MACHINES WEREN'T UNPLUGGED BECAUSE THAT WAS THE INDIVIDUALS ON THOSE MACHINES PLAYING THOSE MACHINES.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CERTAINLY ADDRESS THAT.
OF COURSE, THAT'S UP TO THE BUSINESS OWNER TO DO THAT.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT IN CASES THAT WE WERE TOLD BY SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE SEE THAT SOME INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES.
SO, I MEAN, I'M IN FAVOR OF EXTENDING THIS IN SOME KIND OF COURSE, ONCE AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHAT THE ATTORNEY SAYS, THAT WE COULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT SINCE WE'RE NOT REALLY GOT A WHOLE LOT OF THOSE ENTITIES OF BEING FINED FOR THIS PARTICULAR FORM.
SO I'M AFRAID THAT POSSIBLY REDUCING THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE THAT WOULD KEEP US WANTS TO GET IN LINE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE SOME FUNDS THAT COMES AVAILABLE FROM THIS, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THOSE FUNDS.
COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, SIR? NO, I AGREE WITH WHAT REVEREND JOHNSON JUST MENTIONED.
YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE VOTING TO EXTEND THIS ORDINANCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE LANGUAGE GOES AND THE SPECIFICS, CAN WE NOT OBTAIN THAT OR MAKE THAT MAYBE A WORKSHOP ITEM NEXT MONTH? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THE BIGGEST ITEM IS JUST EXTENDING THIS, YOU KNOW, AND HAVING IT AS A TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL AGAINST COVID.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST MY COMMENTS.
SO I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION BEFORE WE HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION MARIE.
I MOVE THAT WE EXTEND THE EMERGENCY RULES FOR AN ADDITIONAL MONTH AND LOOK AT IT ON A MONTH BY MONTH BASIS.
OK, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT FOR A MONTH EXTENSION AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN IN ONE MONTH.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? I SECOND IT.
WE HAVE COUNCILMAN QUIROGA SECONDING THAT.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I WILL PUT IN THE DATE THIS IS EXTENDING ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILWOMAN ROBB, WE ALSO WE ARE REDUCING THAT FINE AMOUNT OR WE JUST GOING TO STICK WITH THE THOUSAND DOLLARS? WELL, I LIKED YOUR IDEA OF BRINGING THE FINE A BACK TO A WORKSHOP, BUT I'D BE WILLING TO AMEND IT TO REDUCE THE FINE.
WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE? I THINK ATTORNEY SAID FIVE HUNDRED WAS HIS AMOUNT.
IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO SINCE NO ONE'S BEING FINED IN ANY WAY.
SO I AMEND MY MOTION TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY ORDERS FOR ONE MONTH AND TO REDUCE THE FINE TO FIVE HUNDRED AND TO LOOK AT IT ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS.
IN THAT COUNCILMAN QUIROGA, WE HAD AN AMENDMENT BY TO THE MOTION.
I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT.
EXTEND IT FOR ONE MONTH TO REDUCE THE FINE TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
AND WE'LL LOOK AT IT AGAIN AT THAT POINT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
[8.B. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The Procedures Of The Arts And Historic Preservation Board For Awarding Funds On A Percentage Basis, Reverting From A Fixed Dollar Basis; Clarifying When Certain Meetings Must Be Held; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject And Providing For An Effective Date (M. Jadidi) ]
MOVING NOW TO ITEM 8 B, PLEASE JANELLE.OK, ITEM EIGHT B CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE PROCEDURES FOR THE ARTS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD FOR AWARDING FUNDS ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS, REVERTING FROM A FIXED DOLLAR BASIS, CLARIFYING WHEN CERTAIN MEETINGS MUST BE HELD, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WILL YOU BE INTRODUCING THIS OR MEHRAN? MEHRAN.
I CAN I CAN SPEAK TO THAT IF WHAT EXACTLY THIS IS.
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IT'S A MODIFICATION TO THE ORDINANCE TO SORT OF JUST WHAT IT SAYS, THE WAY ARTS HISTORIC AWARDS AMOUNTS NOW, THEY'RE DOLLAR AMOUNTS BASED ON THE REQUEST FROM THE PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATION.WHAT THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO DO IS BEGIN IS TO SET A MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED AND THEN GENERATE FROM THAT PERCENTAGES OF THAT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION.
THE REASON BEING THAT IN THE PAST THEY'VE COME TO COUNCIL AND SET A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
WE'VE APPROVED THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
WELL, BRYCE AND FRAZIER'S OFFICE AT PARK BOARD ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTES THOSE FUNDS.
THEY'VE DISTRIBUTED BASED UP TO THIS MAXIMUM AMOUNT, BUT BASED ON WHAT COMES IN TO THAT FUND AND HOT TAX EVERY MONTH.
SO AS A CONSEQUENCE, THEY WHEN THEY GET THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THEY CONVERT IT TO DOLLAR OR PERCENTAGE AMOUNT ANYWAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WORK OFF OF.
THIS WILL JUST SHORT CIRCUIT THAT ALLOW THE ARTS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE TO COME TO COUNCIL WITH AN ESTIMATE OR RATHER A RECOMMENDATION ON PERCENTAGE OF THIS FUND THAT WOULD BE GIVEN TO EACH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEN WE'LL GIVE THAT DIRECTLY TO THE PARK BOARD.
DAVID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET THIS MOVING? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO THAT? I SO MOVE.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND SECONDED.
WELL, I HAVE TO SAY, I'VE READ THROUGH THIS AND GRANTED I HAVE NOT A CLEAREST MIND, SO BEFORE IT WAS A LUMP SUM OF MONEY AND NOW IT'S LIKE 6/8TH PERCENT OR SOMETHING.
MAYBE THAT'S WHERE I'M HAVING SOME CONFUSION.
SO IF X, Y, Z WAS GETTING IT, ARE YOU.
SO IS A LUMP SUM OF MONEY FROM THE HOT TAX? AND YOU WANT TO LOWER THAT AMOUNT TO 6/8TH OR.
NO, IT DOESN'T [INAUDIBLE] THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT PEOPLE GET.
IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS THAT THEY WILL BE PAID.
IT'S JUST THAT RIGHT NOW, 6/8 OF A CENT OF HOT TAX COMES THROUGH TO THE ARTS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, AND THERE'S SOME REDUCTIONS IN MONEY THAT GOES TO CULTURAL ARTS.
BUT A FINAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT IS SET.
BUT THESE ARE ESTIMATES BASED ON THE VALUE OF THE PENNY THAT GETS SET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE.
YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WAS DRAMATICALLY LOWER, OF COURSE, THAN THAN WHAT THE ESTIMATE WAS.
SO THEY TAKE WHAT THAT ESTIMATED AMOUNT IS.
THEY'VE GOT A RATHER ARCANE FORMULA THAT DETERMINES THAT, YOU KNOW, LEGRAND GETS THIS AND THE [INAUDIBLE] GETS THIS MUCH IN THE [INAUDIBLE] GETS THIS MUCH IT'S JUST IT'S RATHER A COMPLEX FORMULA.
BUT THEY WERE THEY WERE ASSIGNING DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO IT.
THAT ADDED UP TO WHAT THAT TOTAL SIX EIGHT OF A CENT WAS GOING TO BE.
SO NOW THEY WANT TO JUST SAY, OK, WHATEVER COMES IN, INSTEAD OF GETTING, YOU KNOW, EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, YOU GET EIGHT PERCENT OF WHAT COMES IN, BECAUSE THAT'S IN REALITY, WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT GETS CONVERTED TO A PERCENTAGE OUT OF BRYSON'S OFFICE WHEN HE'S WHEN HE'S WRITING CHECKS TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
IT'S CONVERTED TO A SCHEDULE OF PERCENTAGES OVER THERE ANYWAY.
IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE AMOUNT THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS GET IN ANY WAY.
IT'S JUST SORT OF FINANCIAL HOUSEKEEPING.
SO THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING OFF.
WE'RE ALL WORKING OFF THE SAME PAGE.
HOW DOES THAT EQUATE TO THE ADVERTISEMENT OF HOTEL AND TOURISM? WELL, WHAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE THE RECEIVING THESE FUNDS FOR TO SUPPORT THEIR PROMOTIONAL BUDGETS, THE IDEA BEING THAT THESE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS CREATE A NET OF ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT VISITORS CAN DO.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF THIS MONEY GOES TO THE GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION, WHICH [INAUDIBLE] FOR THEIR PROMOTIONAL BUDGET.
AND, OF COURSE, THEY'RE GREAT CONTRIBUTORS TO THE AMOUNT OF TOURISM.
THE SAME FOR THE LEGRAND, THE SAME AS FOR, AS I SAY, THE NATURE TOURISM COUNCIL, ARTIST BOAT, THE BRYAN MUSEUM, THEY'RE ABOUT TWENTY FIVE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THE IDEA IS THESE ARE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT GET THESE MONIES TO HELP WITH THEIR PROMOTIONAL BUDGETS, TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE ISLAND, GET PEOPLE TO STAY ANOTHER NIGHT .
[INAUDIBLE] EXCUSE ME BILL BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MAYBE TOO FROM A PROMOTIONAL STANDPOINT, THIS IS FOR INDIVIDUAL GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS, AS DAVID MENTIONED, TO PROMOTE THEIR PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION OR EVENTS THAT THEY MAY SPONSOR.
THE PARK BOARD ALSO GIVES SEPARATE HOT HOTEL TAX MONEY OR PROMOTION OF THE ISLAND
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THAT GOES TO THE CPP.I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I READ A WHILE BACK IN AN OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT IS STRICTLY GOES TO HOTEL ADVERTISING, ANYTHING TO PROMOTE TOURISM.
NO, IT'S WHAT WILL WHAT WILL SUPPORT AND BENEFIT TOURISM AND OVER AND ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT STAYS.
AND THAT'S ALSO ADVERTISED ON EACH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE HOT TAX MONEY.
THIS IS THIS IS TO SUPPORT THEIR PROMOTIONAL BUDGETS FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT MAYBE I'M MISSING THE BOAT HERE, I'M SEEING TRYING TO SEE THE RELATIONSHIPS ON THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO PROMOTE TOURISM AND THE HOTEL INDUSTRY.
WELL, THEY DON'T PROMOTE A SPECIFIC HOTEL NECESSARILY, THEY PROMOTE AN EVENT OR AN ACTIVITY THAT DRAWS INDIVIDUALS TO THE ISLAND WITH THE INTEREST, WITH THE HOPE OF THEM SPENDING THE NIGHT HERE.
NOW, THE HOT TAX IS NOT NECESSARILY RESTRICTED TO ADVERTISING HOTELS.
IT'S DESIGNED TO BOOST TOURISM.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, BILL, ON THAT? NO, I'LL JUST HAVE TO GO BACK AND REREAD THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND SECONDED FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, ITEM 8B.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
WE HAVE EVERYONE VOTING FOR AN COUNCILMAN QUIROGA HAS ABSTAINED.
WE NOW ARE NUMBER NINE, PLEASE JANELLE.
[9. CONSENT ITEMS ]
ITEM NINE, CONSENT ITEMS. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR ACTION AS A WHOLE UNLESS ONE OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS OBJECTS.THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS UPON FINAL APPROVAL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AS WE KNOW, COUNCIL, WE CAN YOU OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE ITEMS. WE CAN PULL ITEMS SEPARATELY OUT OF THIS CONSENT AGENDA TO LOOK AT THEM INDEPENDENTLY.
IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PULL OUT TO DISCUSS INDEPENDENTLY? YES, MARIE.
I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE THEM FOR ITEM NINE U AND MOVE IT TO OUR NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE INFORMATION PROVIDED.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO, MARIE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE CAN ACT ON THE CONSENT ITEMS OTHER THAN 9U.
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND MAKE A MOTION FOR A DEFERRAL ON 9U.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THESE ITEMS, WANTING TO PUT AN ITEM FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION OR NOT? YEAH, I LIKE TO PULL NINE W AND NINE X.
LET ME MAKE SURE IT WELL IT'LL BE NINE V ANYTHING WITH THE STAFF REPORT.
THAT'S WHERE I LIKE TO LOOK AT AND TALK ABOUT THAT'D BE NINE V, W AND X.
ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED IN SEPARATELY FOR DISCUSSION.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS. ITEM 9A THROUGH 9T AND THEN.
CONSENT ITEMS Y FOR APPROVAL, IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT.
IT WAS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ROBB, COUNCILWOMAN ROBB.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? HEARING NONE.
NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED
[9.U. Consider Prequalifying Jacobs Engineering To Develop The Detailed Scope And Fee For Updating The City’s 2003 Drainage Master Plan For The West End, East End Including Downtown, And Mid-Town, 2007 34th To Ferry Drainage Report And Recent Hydrology And Hydraulics Modeling Developed During Designs And Grant Applications For Areas East Of 61st Street. (D. Christodoss) ]
FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.ITEM 9U, MARIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION ON.
I LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE DEFER ITEM 9U TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
THERE'S MOTION FOR DEFERRAL OF 9U TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE IN FEBRUARY.
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I'LL SECOND THAT.I'D LIKE TO ASK BRIAN OR SOMEONE ON CITY STAFF WHAT THE IMPACT OF DEFERRING THESE THIS ITEM IS GOING TO BE? BRANDON, ARE YOU ON? YES, SIR.
IT'LL JUST DELAY THE SCOPE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CONSULTANT FOR ANOTHER MONTH OR SO.
OUR PLAN WAS TO START THIS WITHIN THE NEXT START THE SCOPING MEETING AFTER COUNCIL GAVE US THE AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED.
AND THEN THAT'S USUALLY A PROCESS THAT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO SIX MONTHS UNTIL WE CAN HAVE OUR IRONED OUT SCOPE READY FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL.
YOU KNOW, IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW COMPLICATED THE PROJECT IS.
BUT SO IT WOULD JUST DELAY THE PROJECT FOR ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE WE COULD ACTUALLY GET STARTED ON THE SCOPE.
MARIE, CAN I ASK WHAT YOUR CONCERN IS ABOUT ABOUT THIS? EXPLANATION ABOUT THAT WAS GIVEN TO US IN THE WORKSHOP AND TALKING ABOUT THIS COMPANY HAS THE BEST EXPERTISE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO THAT COMPANY.
AND I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY SPEED THINGS UP IF WE GET MORE CLARITY IN THE FUTURE.
SO I WOULD I DON'T THINK IT WOULD DELAY IT AS MUCH AS BRANDON MIGHT BE SAYING IT WOULD DELAY IT, BECAUSE I THINK IF WE COULD CLARIFY THINGS IT MIGHT ACTUALLY SERVE TO PROGRESS THE PROCESS.
AND IT'S VERY MUCH A CONCERN FOR MY DISTRICT.
SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO GO ALONG WITH MY MOTION.
YEAH, I GUESS I WOULD SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE WE'RE UPDATING THE TWO THOUSAND THREE MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN.
WE'RE GOING TO LIVE WITH THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT FROM ONE COMPANY TO THE OTHER IN THE CONVERSATION THIS MORNING AS WELL.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM 9U TO OUR FEBRUARY MEETING.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
WE'RE MOVING TO ITEM NINE V IS NINE V I THINK IT IS, AS IN VICTOR.
[Items 9V - 9X]
AND BILL.YOU HAD QUESTIONS UNANSWERED, YOU HAVE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND SKIP NINE V.
WE NEED TO HAVE A [INAUDIBLE] ON THAT.
OK, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS THE IF JANELLE CAN BRING UP THE STAFF REPORT.
WERE THERE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ON THAT BILL? YEAH, I WAS LOOKING BASICALLY ON MOST OF THESE STAFF REPORTS WHEN THEY ASKED FOR MONEY AND ALL THAT IS THEY'RE NOT BASICALLY SHIFTING IT TO AN ACCOUNT LIKE AN EXAMPLE, X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS GOING TO A CO ACCOUNT, WHICH THE OLD ACCOUNT WE HAVE TWO CO ACCOUNT.
SO IT'S NOT BEING DRIVEN TO THAT ACCOUNT.
PREQUALIFY THE ENGINEERS, FOR US TO START DEVELOPING SCOPE OF WORKS WITH THE ACTUAL ENGINEERING FIRMS. AND SO THERE'S NO DOLLARS ACTUALLY TIED TO THESE AT THIS POINT.
IT ISN'T UNTIL COUNCIL PREQUALIFIES THEM.
THEN THE NEXT STEP IS FOR US TO DEVELOP A SCOPE AND ACTUAL TIE A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THAT SCOPE OF SERVICE.
AND THEN WE ACTUALLY PIGEONHOLED THE MONEY AT THAT POINT.
THIS PARTICULAR ONE I'M LOOKING AT, I AGREE WITH YOU THERE IS NOT THERE.
JUST GETTING A ALMOST LIKE A FEASIBILITY TYPE SITUATION.
THIS IS TO HAVE A FEASIBILITY STUDY PERFORMED ON THE VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
TO HAVE ONE ENGINEERING FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN DOING THIS FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, DANIEL BELIEVES THAT ONCE YOU HAVE AN ENGINEERING FIRM THAT HAS BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY'S UTILITIES AND ITS CONDITIONS OF THE SOIL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND THE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE NEED TO EMPLOY DOWN
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HERE TO DO THE SUBSURFACE UTILITY LOCATION, THEN THE BETTER TYPE OF STUDY WE CAN PERFORM IN ADVANCE AND BE ABLE TO CATCH ISSUES BEFORE THEY ARISE WHEN WE START DIGGING.OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE ISSUES ONCE YOU START DIGGING INTO THOSE.
BUT BY DOING IT THIS WAY AND, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING ONE FIRM FOR THIS PARTICULAR, HAVING A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT THERE, THEN WE CAN KIND OF MITIGATE THOSE RISKS GOING FORWARD.
SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS DOING IS NOT IT'S JUST GOING TO THE COMPANY TO GET AN ESTIMATION OF THE COST OF WHAT YOU'RE GIVING TO THEM.
SO THEN WE WILL THEN BEGIN TO FORMULATE A SCOPE, DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT.
EVERY YOU KNOW, EVERY PROJECT WILL REQUIRE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
WHENEVER YOU'RE DESIGNING THE WATER LINE THAT STRETCHES FOR MILES, THE SUBSURFACE UTILITY INVESTIGATION AT THAT POINT IS GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT.
IF YOU'RE JUST DESIGNING A PUMP STATION THAT'S LOCATED ON A ON A LOT OR SO THERE.
SO WE WOULD STRUCTURE THOSE SCOPES OF WORK DEPENDING ON THE ACTUAL PROJECT ITSELF.
AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF HOW MUCH IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED, THEN WE CAN FORMULATE A SCOPE AND THE ENTIRE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
IT WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
BILL WE HAVE ITEMS 9V, W AND X.
I THINK ALL OF THEM FALL UNDER THAT YOUR CONCERNS THERE DON'T THEY.
I THOUGHT I SEEN ONE WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THIS GENTLEMAN THAT WE'RE TALKING TO CAN ANSWER THAT I THINK.
YEAH, ALL THE ALL OF THE ONES THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THERE, V, W AND X, THOSE ARE ALL PRE QUALIFYING THE ENGINEERING FIRM AS WELL AS YOU AS WELL.
THAT ONE DIDN'T HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT QUALIFIED TO IT OR TIED TO IT UNTIL WE GET THESE FIRMS PREQUALIFIED BY COUNCIL AND THEN WE'LL START DEVELOPING SCOPES AND THEN BRING BACK AN ACTUAL PROPOSAL WITH THE FEE ATTACHED TO IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO, BILL, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION ON VW NEXT AT THIS POINT? YES, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THEM.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
THAT'S WE FINISHED OUR CONSENT ITEMS. WE'RE NOW MOVING TO ACTION ITEMS.
[10.A. Discuss And Consider For Action Alternate Times For City Council Meetings. (Schuster/Collins) ]
AND I'M GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM TEN A, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE JANELLE.ITEM TEN A DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR ACTION ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATE TIMES FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND YOU WERE MENTIONING SOME THINGS THIS MORNING.
AND I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE THIS.
WELL, I GUESS I'LL JUST CUT TO THE CHASE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GO WITH OUR WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST MONTH AND TALKING TO THE CONSTITUENTS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE'RE READY FOR EVENING COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CHANGE OUR WORKSHOP TIMES TO 1:15 AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS START AT 5:30.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR WORKSHOP TIMES TO BEGIN AT ONE FIFTEEN AND OUR REGULAR MEETINGS TO START AT WHAT TIME, WILLIAM? THAT'S FIVE THIRTY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT? ALL RIGHT, THERE'S NOT A SECOND AT THIS POINT, WILLIAM, ON THAT, LET'S COME BACK AND SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER THOUGHT ON THAT FROM AN MOTION.
DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION STRAIGHT OUT OR CAN WE DISCUSS? LET'S OPEN UP TO A LITTLE DISCUSSION.
I DON'T WANT TO GET [INAUDIBLE] ON THE LINE.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MOVING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO THE EVENING.
BUT I MEAN, WE'VE DONE THIS PREVIOUSLY AND I THINK STARTING THEM AT FIVE
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THIRTY, THAT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE.I THINK THAT ACTUALLY COULD BE SEMI INTRUSIVE ON PEOPLE THAT YOU BECAUSE MEETINGS CAN GO A LONG TIME.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE EVENING TO LOOK MORE LIKE FOUR O'CLOCK, WHICH HAS WORKED REALLY WELL.
AND THEN YOU HOLD THE PUBLIC COMMENT TO START AT 5:00.
BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RESPECT, RESPECTFULLY GO ALONG WITH WHAT BRIAN SAID.
I THINK THE WORKSHOPS WORK BEST FOR THE STAFF TO HAVE THEM IN THE MORNING.
THEN THEY CAN GET THEIR WORK DONE IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEN WE GO TO AN EVENING MEETING.
ONE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE US TO CONTEMPLATE IS ACTUALLY MOVING OUR MEETINGS TO THE SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
SO THEN THIS WAY, IF WE NEEDED TO HAVE A SECOND MEETING, WE WOULD HAVE THE FOURTH THURSDAY AVAILABLE, BECAUSE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT CONSENT ITEMS, WHEN I KNOW I WAS WATCHING ONE MEETING OF I DON'T KNOW IT WAS SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND THERE WAS LIKE 72 CONSENT ITEMS THAT I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MUCH.
SO I GUESS THAT'S MY THOUGHTS ON THE MEETING AGENDA.
OR I MEAN, DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE A MOTION OR CAN WE JUST DISCUSS? LET'S HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE HAVE MOTIONS, DAVID.
YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH SOME OF WHAT MARIE JUST SAID.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING THE WORKSHOPS AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE SENSE OF COUNCIL.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WILLIAM'S MOTION DIDN'T GET A SECOND.
THAT THAT'S THE MAIN THING WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS, THAT IF WE HAVE THE WORKSHOP IN THE MORNING, WE WILL HAVE AND WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE COUNCILMAN QUIROGA WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STAFF REPORTS HERE, YOU GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THE AFTERNOONS.
AND WHEN WE COME BACK IN THE EVENING, WE DON'T HAVE TO HOLD STAFF OVER TO GET TO GET ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND YOU KNOW MARIE YOU SAY IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, BUT I WILL POINT OUT THAT WE'VE BEEN IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR LESS THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF.
SO EVEN IF WE STARTED AT FIVE, WOULD ONLY BE SIX FORTY, SIX FORTY FIVE RIGHT NOW.
SO THE LONG DAY, A LONG DAY FOR ME, SEEMS TO HAPPEN ACROSS LUNCH.
WE TEND TO START AT NINE, WE SAY 15, 20 MINUTES ON ALL THESE ITEMS, YOU KNOW, BULLWINKLE, THAT TRICK NEVER WORKS.
IT'S ALWAYS WELL INTO LUNCH OR LATER BEFORE WE GET AROUND TO IT.
SO MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO START AT 9:00 FOR THE WORKSHOP AND THEN SCHEDULE THE EVENING MEETINGS AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
I DON'T, FOUR O'CLOCK WOULD BE FINE, BUT I'D PROBABLY PREFER FIVE O'CLOCK TO GIVE US THAT EXTRA TIME.
THAT WAY, WE DON'T KEEP SO MUCH OF STAFF OVER SOME OF THE SOME OF THE EXECUTIVE STAFF WILL HAVE TO STAY OVER FOR MOST PART OF THE HOURLY STAFF WILL NOT.
SECONDLY, I DON'T THINK I SEE WHAT DIFFERENCE SECOND THURSDAY OR FOURTH THURSDAY MAKES, GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO VERY, VERY SELDOM EVER RUN UP AGAINST ANYTHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE THE END OF MONTH.
IT YOU KNOW, THINGS AS A RULE GET TO US BEFORE THAT.
SO I'M NOT SURE I SEE WHAT THE WHAT THE NECESSITY FOR THAT WOULD BE.
LET'S HAVE A FEW OTHER COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I DON'T LIKE TO HOLD MEETINGS LATE IN LATE IN THE EVENING TIME BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH MR. COLLINS SAYS, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE IS PRETTY SHORT, THERE'S TIMES WHEN I'D WATCH THESE MEETINGS.
THEY GO THREE, FOUR, FIVE HOURS BECAUSE ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER.
I'D MUCH RATHER LEAVE IT AS IS THEN TO GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, HAVING A MEETING SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT, YOU KNOW THAT FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY, I WOULD SUPPORT WHATEVER THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO.
I DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR DESIRE ON THIS.
THE ONLY PARTICULAR THOUGHT I HAVE, THOUGH, IS HOW EVER WE STRUCTURE IT, EVEN IF WE KEEP IT THE SAME WE DO IT NOW.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IN COUNCIL IS DOING.
I THINK WELL, WITH THIS NUMBER ONE, YOU VISIT WITH STAFF AND IF YOU SEE ITEMS COME UP ON THE AGENDA BEFOREHAND AND NEED TO HAVE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THAT TO GET WITH STAFF BEFORE THE MEETING AND GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
THE SECOND THING IS, IS DURING OUR WORKSHOP TIME, IF WE AS WE REVIEW THE CONSENT
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ITEMS THAT TIME IS RELEGATED FOR QUESTIONS, FOR THOSE TOPICS THAT PERTAIN TO THE THE MOTIONS THAT MAY COME OUT ON THOSE TOPICS, THAT TIME IS NOT NECESSARILY DELEGATED TO FINDING OUT MINUTE DETAILS ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE TOPICS.THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE WITH STAFF BEFORE WE COME TO THE MEETING.
SO AS LONG AS WE FOLLOW THOSE THAT CRITERIA, WHICH I THINK COUNCIL IS GOOD ABOUT DOING THAT WILL MAKE THOSE REGULAR MEETINGS WELL, VERY, PRETTY EFFICIENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO KIND OF FOLLOW THOSE THOUGHTS TOO.
WE, I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION AT THIS POINT? MAYOR? YES, MA'AM.
CAN I JUST PUT ON THE RECORD THAT WE DID RECEIVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM BROOKE DENNIS ON THIS ITEM? YES, MA'AM.
IT'S PRETTY LONG, BUT IF YOU LIKE ME TO READ THE ENTIRE THING, I'LL GO AHEAD.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR BROWN AND EVERYONE ELSE.
MY NAME IS BROOKE DENNIS AND I'M A PROUD BLI, CURRENTLY LIVING IN DISTRICT THREE.
I WAS THRILLED TO HEAR COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER'S PROPOSAL TO MOVE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO THE EVENINGS.
THIS ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS INPUT FROM RESIDENTS IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
I'VE HEARD THAT THIS HAS BEEN SUGGESTED BEFORE, BUT THAT THE PROPOSAL DID NOT PASS.
WHEN ASKED WHY, I WAS TOLD THAT THE REASON WAS THAT RESIDENTS MIGHT HAVE THINGS LIKE SOCCER PRACTICE OR MEETINGS IN THE EVENINGS THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM ATTENDING, THAT IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN EXCUSE.
IT IS A LOT EASIER TO GET OUT OF AN EVENING EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITY THAN IT IS TO GET OUT OF WORK DURING THE DAY, NOT TO MENTION THAT WE WORK EVERY WEEKDAY, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE EVENING MEETINGS EVERY WEEKDAY.
ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT THOSE WOULD BE LONG DAYS AND IT WOULD COST MORE.
AND THINGS LIKE OVERTIME FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
AGAIN, ANOTHER EXCUSE THAT IS CONCERNING.
WE ARE NOT ASKING THAT YOUR DAY BE EXTENDED.
WE ARE ASKING THAT YOUR DAY BE SHIFTED SO THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY BE INVOLVED IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THAT MEANS THAT INSTEAD OF WORKING, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM 8:00 A.M.
TO 5:00 P.M., WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU WORK FROM 12:00 P.M.
I STRONGLY QUESTION ANY CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE WHO MAKES EXCUSES FOR LISTENING TO HIS OR HER OWN RESIDENTS.
IT'S ALSO QUITE SUSPICIOUS IF ANY OF YOU WOULD RATHER CONDUCT CITY MATTERS DURING THE DAY WHEN THERE'S LITTLE INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND AS IF YOU REALLY NEEDED TO GO.
ANOTHER REASON, CONSIDER THIS.
WE ARE THE ONLY CITY SOUTH OF HOUSTON THAT THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS DURING THE WORKDAY, I LOOKED THEM ALL UP.
SANTA FE, DICKINSON, LEAGUE CITY, [INAUDIBLE], ALVIN WEBSTER AND FRIENDSWOOD ALL HAVE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THE EVENINGS JUST TO NAME THOSE CITIES CLOSE TO US.
AND FOR AN ISLAND THAT TYPICALLY LEADS THE WAY, THIS IS EMBARRASSING.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE IN ANY CITY COUNCIL THAT MEETS DURING THE DAY IS NOT IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO NAVIGATE VIEWING THIS MEETING AS WELL AS TRYING TO SUBMIT A COMMENT.
ACCESS NEEDS TO BE EASIER FOR RESIDENTS.
AND THAT'S THE END OF HER COMMENT.
AND BRIAN, BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION HERE, WOULD YOU I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED COMMENTS IN THE WORKSHOP.
I WANT YOU TO JUST KIND OF CLARIFY THOSE AGAIN WITH STAFF.
NO, I'M JUST TO JUST TO CLARIFY, WE SUPPORT EITHER TIME ON THE WORKSHOPS, THE AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS WORK FOR US JUST AS EASY AS THE MORNINGS DO, AS LONG AS THE BIG KEY FOR THE STAFF IS, IS THAT WE HAVE THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO ANSWER AGENDA QUESTIONS AND WE REALLY NEED TO DO THAT.
IF YOU IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ALL YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE MAIN AGENDA THEN AND YOU DO THE MEETING AT NIGHT, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE US TO SHIFT STAFF HOURS AROUND A LOT.
WE'RE GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF PRODUCTIVITY BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND.
WHILE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CITIZEN COMMENTED ON, BUT IF WE'RE DOING THAT, THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE TO HELP THE CITIZENS THAT COME IN THE BUILDING ALL DAY LONG.
SO IF WE SHIFT EVERYBODY TO BE HERE AT NIGHT, CITIZENS ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN DURING THE DAY AND THE PERSON THEY NEED TO TALK TO IS GOING TO BE TIED UP OR NOT HERE OR WHATEVER ELSE, SO WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK IN AN EASY MANNER.
AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, DAVID.
THE EXECUTIVE STAFF WILL BE HERE WHENEVER YOU NEED US TO BE HERE AND WE'LL BE OUR DO OUR BEST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IN THE EVENING.
BUT IF WE CAN GET AGENDA QUESTIONS ANSWERED, IDEALLY, EVEN BEFORE THE MEETING, STAFF IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE BEFORE THE MEETING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU WANT TO DO IT TO WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS, WE'RE AVAILABLE.
WE'LL MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE AT LENGTH DURING THE WORKSHOP, BE IT MORNING OR AFTERNOON TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO IN THE EVENING, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IDEALLY, AND THIS IS WHERE I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROBB, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MEETINGS DO HAVE A TENDENCY TO RUN LONG
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SOMETIMES.BUT IF YOU CAN HAVE ALL YOUR DISCUSSIONS DURING THE WORKSHOP MEETING, DURING THE DAY WHERE YOU'RE HASHING IT OUT, YOU'RE GETTING YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, IN THE EVENING, YOU CAN GET PUBLIC INPUT, MAKE YOUR DECISIONS AND VOTE FAIRLY RAPID FASHION SO AS NOT TO INCONVENIENCE BECAUSE THE OTHER THING TOO IS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU HAVE YOUR MEETING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OR 8:00 AT NIGHT.
IF YOU RUN TOO LONG, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THE ABILITY TO HAVE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING WHAT YOU'RE DOING ANYWAY.
SO IN MY MIND, THE MORE EFFICIENT YOU ARE IN YOUR IN YOUR ACTION MEETING, THE BETTER PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN, THE BETTER THEY CAN GET THEIR INPUT IN AND YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DECISIONS.
MORNING OR AFTERNOON, AS LONG AS STAFF HAS HALF A DAY ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS THING TO BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN THEIR REGULAR WORK WITH THE CUSTOMERS, WHICH ARE THE CITIZENS WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT.
WE HAD MARIE HAD YOUR HAND UP.
WELL I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE OUR WORKSHOPS AND IN THE MORNING, WE MOVE OUR MEETINGS TO FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.
BUT I'M GOING TO ADD IN THERE THAT WE MOVE OUR MEETINGS TO THE SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
AND I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE A LITTLE EXPLANATION FOR THAT ONE.
IT WORKS BETTER WITH THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
IT ACTUALLY WORKS BETTER WHEN WE'RE IN BUDGET SEASON.
SO MY MOTION IS MORNING WORKSHOP, FIVE O'CLOCK MEETINGS AND WE MOVE OUR MEETINGS TO THE SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
IS THERE A SECOND TO IT? JOHN, GO AHEAD.
I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION FOR DISCUSSION, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THAT.
I MEAN, I LIKE THE WORKSHOP IN THE MORNING AND A MEETING AT FIVE O'CLOCK WOULD BE FINE WITH ME AFTER SEEING THE LIST OF SURROUNDING CITIES THAT HAVE THEIR MEETINGS IN THE EVENING.
I THINK WE ARE A LITTLE BEHIND IN THE TIMES ON THAT, EVEN THOUGH I LIKE THE MEETINGS WHERE THEY ARE.
BUT IF IT IF IT PROVIDES MORE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC, I'M ALL FOR YOU KNOW, I COULD I COULD REALLY GO EITHER WAY ON THE THURSDAY, THE SECOND THURSDAY OR THE OR AS IT IS NOW, IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO KIND OF CHIME IN ON THAT AND GIVE ME MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE SECOND THURSDAY, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
MAYOR, COUNCIL, OF COURSE, SECOND THURSDAY.
WOULD NOT WORK WELL FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE SEVERAL ALREADY IN THE AFTERNOON BOARD THAT I SIT ON AND [INAUDIBLE] THAT I'M A PRESIDENT OF.
SO WE TYPICALLY ON THE SECOND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS, MY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
SECOND THURSDAYS IS NORMALLY FILLED SO IT WOULDN'T WORK.
THE SECOND THURSDAY WOULD WORK WELL FOR ME.
YOU KNOW, MAIRE I WOULD SUPPORT YOUR MOTION IF WE COULD REMOVE THE AND KEEP IT ON THE ON THE WAY.
WE HAVE IT ON THE FOURTH THURSDAY, I THINK IT IS OF THE MONTH.
A LOT OF MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED AROUND THAT CUZ IT'S BEEN TRADITIONAL FOR COUNCIL TO MEET THEN AND LOT OF OTHER LI MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED AROUND THAT.
I'D LIKE TO JUST KEEP IT AT THAT THURSDAY.
I'LL AMEND MY MOTION, I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO KEEP IT ON THE FOURTH THURSDAY OF THE MONTH .
COUNCILMAN [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU THAT.
THAT SOLVES MY PROBLEM RIGHT THERE.
WE HAVE MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI AND THE MOTION IS THAT WE WOULD, GO AHEAD AND STATE THAT ONE MORE TIME, MARIE IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.
MY MOTION IS THAT WE KEEP THE WORKSHOPS IN THE MORNING AND THAT WE MOVE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TILL FIVE O'CLOCK, CONTINUING ON FOURTH THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
WE HAVE AND WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL? IF I COULD POINT SOMETHING OUT? YES.
IN DECEMBER, YOU PASSED AN ORDINANCE SETTING OUT THE ACTUAL DATES THAT YOU WOULD MEET.
THOSE WERE FEBRUARY TWENTY FIFTH, MARCH 25ST.
I MEAN, THE INTENT IS TO ADHERE TO THAT SCHEDULE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
OK, AND COUNCILMAN QUIROGA, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
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SIR.YEAH I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. MAXWELL.
IF WE HOLD THESE THINGS LATE AT FIVE O'CLOCK AND WE HAVE TO SHIFT SOME OF HIS STAFF OVER.
IS THAT PAID OVERTIME OR IS IT TIME OFF OR HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT? IT DEPENDS IF IT'S EXECUTIVE STAFF THEY'RE EXEMPT.
BUT IF THERE'S SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T INVOLVE EXEMPT EMPLOYEES, WE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP THEM OVER TO GIVE THEM COMP TIME OR OVERTIME.
BUT I THINK THAT'S AN EASY FIX.
COUNCIL MEMBER WE JUST GET YOU GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THE MORNING AT THE WORKSHOPS ON THE EVENING EXECUTIVE STAFF HERE TO HELP WITH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WOULD COME UP.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS IN THE AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE THE MOTION'S BEEN STATED.
WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND WILLIAM, WERE YOU? SAY THAT AGAIN.
WE'RE JUST SO I'M CLEAR WE'RE VOTING ON THE MORNING WORKSHOP AND THE FIVE O'CLOCK MEETING, CORRECT? YES, SIR, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN OUR WORKSHOPS GO TILL FIVE O'CLOCK.
[LAUGHTER] WELL, I WOULD HOPE NOT.
I THINK I THINK I THINK MAYOR YOU CAN ACTUALLY POST YOU CAN POST AN END TIME ON AN AGENDA TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
AND I THINK THAT WAS DONE BY MARIE.
THAT MAY HAVE EVEN BEEN DONE WHEN YOU WERE ON COUNCIL THE LAST TIME WE HAD AN END TIME CERTAIN ON THE AGENDA.
I THINK THAT WAS THE COUNCIL BEFORE ME.
I REMEMBER BEING AT A COUNCIL MEETING UNTIL ONE THIRTY IN THE MORNING.
MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] USED TO PUT AN END TIME OF SEVEN PM ON THERE WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE.
[LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MENTOR MAYOR [INAUDIBLE].
MAYOR, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO IS YOU CAN ALWAYS PUT AN END TIME.
AND IF SOMETHING IF IT'S GOING TO BE LONGER THAN THAT, WILL DEFER TO ANOTHER MEETING.
AND IF WE WANT TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH ON HOW TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THOSE MEETINGS, OTHER CITIES DO HAVE RULES IN PLACE MANAGING THEIR TIME AND CERTAIN RULES TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN THAT MANNER.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE WANT TO LOOK AT IN MORE DETAIL AND AVOID THOSE LONG MEETINGS, AND THERE ARE THERE IS INFORMATION OUT THERE FOR HOW TO CONDUCT THEM IN THAT MANNER.
SO WE COULD ALWAYS TURN TO THOSE AND I'LL GET JANELLE AND WE'LL RESEARCH WHAT THEY'RE DOING SO WE CAN HAVE THAT NEVER HURTS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.
SO THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AND WE'LL DO THAT.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO RUN LAPS WITH YOU, COACH, IF WE DO SOMETHING WRONG.
AND JUST TO ADD ON TO MY COMMENT IN THE MEETINGS THAT I WAS THERE UNTIL ONE THIRTY, IT WAS BECAUSE OF PUBLIC COMMENT, NOT BECAUSE OF COUNCIL COMMENT.
AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT MARIE, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME ITEMS FOR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THERE MAY BE SOME ITEMS WE'LL HAVE TO TWO AND A HALF HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF GETTING INFORMATION OUT EARLY.
AND TRYING TO GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
SO IF WE START HAVING IF THAT STARTS HAPPENING, THAT MEANS WE'RE PROBABLY NOT DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
WE NEED TO BE DOING A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING.
WE HAVE A CONTROVERSIAL ZONING CASE.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME OUT AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY.
[10.B. Discuss And Consider Appointments To The Following City Boards, Commission, And Committees:]
TRY NOT TO HAVE THOSE.[LAUGHTER] JANELLE, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
OK, ITEM 10 B DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.
FIRST IS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, SECOND IS ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS.
AND THEN THIRD IS EX OFFICIO APPOINTMENTS THE CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.
IF YOU DID, COUNCIL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE COULD.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE EX OFFICIO APPOINTMENTS FIRST IF THAT MET EVERYBODY'S APPROVAL? OK, WHAT I HAVE DONE IS ALL OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED, I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF YOU PERSONALLY AND SOME OF YOU HAVE SENT IN IN RESPONSE TO AN EMAIL THAT WENT OUT YOUR PRIORITY LIST OF YOUR LIAISON CHOICES.
WHAT I HAVE DONE IS GONE THROUGH THOSE.
YOU HAD AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT TO YOU THIS MORNING WITH THOSE THAT LIST.
BUT I'M GOING TO GO OVER THAT AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO JUST TO GET THE BALL ROLLING, THIS IS NOT ETCHED IN STONE UNTIL COUNCIL EITHER APPROVES OR AMENDS.
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WHAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE.I WANTED TO GO OVER THESE LIAISON POSITIONS THAT SEEM TO BE FALLING INTO PLACE WITH THE REQUEST THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD.
AND WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY IS THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS COUNCILWOMAN ROBB.
THE ARTS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD WAS COUNCIL MEMBER COLLINS.
THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION IS MYSELF, MAYOR BROWN.
THE FAMILY, CHILDREN AND YOUTH BOARD WAS COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER.
THE FINANCE PHYSICAL AFFAIRS AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE IS COUNCILMAN QUIROGA.
GALVESTON [INAUDIBLE] BOARD IS MYSELF.
LANDMARK COMMISSION COUNCILMAN COLLINS.
WE DO HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER COLLINS AND ROBB, VERY INTERESTED IN THE PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SO WE WE'LL ADDRESS THAT IN A SEPARATE MANNER IN JUST A SECOND.
PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD COUNCILMAN JOHNSON PLANNING COMMISSION COUNCIL MEMBER LISTOWSKI.
RECYCLING COUNCIL MEMBER SCHUSTER AND ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER QUIROGA.
TRADE COMMITTEE I'VE BEEN SERVING IS THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE AS THE LIAISON.
I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
BUT IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTED TO ASSUME THAT POSITION, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU DO THAT.
ANY COMMENTS ON THOSE RIGHT NOW? AS I MENTIONED, THE PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES WE'LL COME BACK.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THEM BUT THE PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, WHATEVER THOSE WOULD BE.
AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND LET'S TALK ABOUT PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
ANY COMMENTS ON THIS LIST THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE? I WAS GOING TO SAY I MOVE TO APPROVE, AS YOU PRESENTED WITH ADDING YOU AS THE CONTINUING PERSON ON THE TREE COMMITTEE.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR ALL OF THESE AS LISTED OTHER THAN THE PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.
OK, DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT? I SECOND IT.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NEW LIAISON MEMBERS.
AND NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST, LET'S LET EACH COUNCIL MEMBER KIND OF GIVE AN IDEA OF WHY THEY WOULD LIKE TO SERVE WITH WHAT THEIR WANTS AND DESIRES, THEIR VISION IS.
AND THEN COUNCIL CAN THEN WE CAN ENTERTAIN MOTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THEM.
COUNCILWOMAN ROBB, YOU HAD AN INTEREST IN THAT POSITION.
I AM INTERESTED IN SERVING I HAVE SERVED PREVIOUSLY ON THE PARK BOARD, I HAVE WITH BEACHES BEING A BIG PART OF WHAT THE PARK BOARD DOES.
I DO HAVE EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF BEACHES.
I HAVE WORKED WITH THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND I THINK MY BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE WOULD BE WELL TO THAT COMMITTEE.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN COLLINS.
I AM CURRENTLY THE EX OFFICIO TO PARK BOARD.
I'VE ENJOYED BEING THAT IN THAT ROLE.
AND I THINK IN THE YEAR AND A HALF TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT I'VE BEEN ON IN THAT POSITION, WE'VE MADE SOME GREAT STRIDES IN IMPROVING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PARK BOARD.
I THINK STAFF WILL BACK ME UP ON THIS IF THERE WERE SOME ROCKY TIMES BEFORE WE GOT THE [INAUDIBLE] SETTLED.
WE WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TOWARD SMOOTHING OUT THOSE WRINKLES.
AND THIS HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT DURING THE GREAT THE GREAT ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH COVID AND THE BIG CROWDS WE HAD OVER THE SUMMER.
THERE'S BEEN JUST GREAT COOPERATION BETWEEN PARK BOARD AND THE CITY, AND I'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO FACILITATE THAT.
AND I JUST VERY MUCH LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN MOTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF EITHER COUNCILMAN COLLINS OR COUNCILWOMAN ROBB ON THIS?
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HEARING NONE, I'M GOING TO START THIS OFF AND COURSE IT'S UP TO COUNCIL HOW WE WANT TO PURSUE IT.I'M GOING TO NOMINATE FOR APPROVAL, COUNCILMAN COLLINS, FOR THE PARK BOARD.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT FOR DISCUSSION? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER LISTOWSKI, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE IN JUST A SECOND, IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SUPPORT COUNCILWOMAN ROBB ON THIS, YOU CAN EITHER ABSTAIN OR VOTE AGAINST THIS MEASURE.
AND IF IT DOES NOT PASS, THEN WE'LL MOVE IN AND ENTERTAIN AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN COLLINS FOR THE PARK BOARD.
CONGRATULATIONS DAVID AND MARIE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD AN INTEREST IN THAT.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS APPOINTMENT IS FOR I FORGET HOW LONG THIS LIAISON APPOINTMENT IS FOR TWO YEARS.
IS THAT CORRECT, FOR THE TERM OF YOUR OFFICE, DAVID? IS THAT RIGHT? YOU'D HAVE TO ASK JANELLE OR JOHN ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE FOUR POSITIONS TO FILL ON IDC.
THEN WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBER POSITIONS FOR IDC.
AND ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THAT, OF COURSE, WE CAN ENTERTAIN THAT THOUGHT AND MOVE FORWARD.
BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT AN INTEREST IN SERVING ON IDC.
YES, COUNCILMAN COLLINS OR ROBB, QUIROGA, AND THEN WE HAVE LISTOWSKI .
YEAH, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE LEGAL TO CLEAR UP, IN YEARS PAST WE HAVE NOMINATED THE MAYOR AND ELECTED MAYOR.
BUT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE IS IT JUST THE BYLAWS OF THE IDC THAT MAKE THE MAYOR AUTOMATICALLY A MEMBER OF THAT, DOES COUNCIL HAVE TO TAKE THAT ACTION? SO THAT'S JUST A QUESTION THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR SHOULD BE A MEMBER OF IDC.
AND I THINK COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI HAS DONE A GOOD JOB ON IDC IN YEARS PAST.
I WOULD I WOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT HIS CONTINUING PARTICIPATION IN THAT.
IF HE'S WILLING YOU KNOW FURTHER IN LOOKING AT EVERYBODY, NOT CASTING ASPERSIONS ON ANYBODY I DON'T NAME HERE, BUT THE TWO PEOPLE I THINK WOULD ALSO SERVE VERY WELL IN THAT POSITION ARE MYSELF AND COUNCILWOMAN ROBB.
SHE'S CORRECT ABOUT HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE BEACH AND THE SAND AND THERE'S A SAND SILO.
THAT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS WE GO FORWARD.
I'M NOT I'M NOT PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ALL OF THOSE RIGHT THIS SECOND, UNLESS YOU'RE READY TO ENTERTAIN THAT, MR. MAYOR.
WELL, WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS WELL, WE COME BACK TO THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I'M INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE AND I DO THINK MY KNOWLEDGE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND BEACHES SERVES WELL AS WELL AS I WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL PART OF THE TEAM WHO ACTUALLY GOT THE FOUR B SALES TAX APPROVED WHEN IT WAS APPROVED AND NOT.
AND I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS COMMENT AGAIN, NOT THAT I DON'T THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBER COLLINS WILL DO A GREAT JOB AND HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN THE PAST.
BUT HE'S HE IS SERVING RIGHT NOW ON A LOT OF COMMITTEES.
BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT THAT THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE.
WELL, I LIKE TO BE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD.
I THINK I HAVE QUALIFICATIONS AND THE BACKGROUND, HAVING A MINOR IN ECONOMICS AND FINANCE.
I WAS A FOREMAN FOR THE COUNTY ALMOST SIX YEARS.
SO I DO KNOW THE OPERATIONS OF BEACHES.
AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK MY EXPERIENCE IN TECHNOLOGY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH WOULD BE
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A BETTERMENT FOR THE IDC.ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO CONTINUE MY ROLE IN SERVING ON THE IDC, AND I THINK I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT MAKE UP THERE WITH THE CURRENT MEMBERS AND MARIE WOULD BE A GOOD PERSON ON THAT BOARD AS WELL.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I'LL GO WITH.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION? ALL RIGHT.
IS THERE MOTIONS FOR THE IDC? DAVID.
I WOULD MOVE THAT IN ADDITION TO THE MAYOR, WE SELECT MYSELF, COUNCILWOMAN ROBB, COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI TO SERVE ON THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER ON THAT.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I LIKE TO JUST SAY ONE THING IS.
WHETHER YOU FOR AGAINST BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO CONCUR WITH MAIRE ROBB SAYS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE ONE COUNCILMAN ON SO MANY BOARDS, IT'S KIND OF IRREGULAR, IN MY OPINION.
ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION POINTS? ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE HAD REVEREND JOHNSON WHERE YOU? I'LL ABSTAIN.
WE HAVE, LET'S SEE, FOUR, FIVE MEMBERS IN FAVOR.
WE HAD AN ABSTENTION FROM REVEREND JOHNSON AND WE HAD A VOTE OF NO FROM COUNCILMAN QUIROGA.
WELCOME TO THE NEW IDC MEMBERS.
WE ARE NOW AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
WE HAVE COVERED EVERY ITEM THAT HAS BEEN ON OUR AGENDA.
MR. MAYOR, YOU I THINK [INAUDIBLE] LOOK BACK YOU MENTIONED ZBA WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EX OFFICIO OR PARDON ME, JANELLE, YOU'RE TALKING NOT APPOINTING AN EX OFFICIO BUT APPOINTING A REGULAR MEMBER TO THE ZBA.
WHEN I MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED IT.
DID YOU SEND OUT THOSE APPLICANTS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THE ZBA? I THINK SO.
I'D HAVE TO I NEED TO LOOK BACK AT MY EMAILS.
I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED.
DO YOU DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THOSE NAMES RIGHT OFF? YES.
BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE YOU DID, BECAUSE THERE WAS A NAME ON THERE THAT I THOUGHT WOULD SERVE WELL.
BARBARA [INAUDIBLE], CHRISTOPHER [INAUDIBLE], SUSAN [INAUDIBLE] AND LYDIA [INAUDIBLE].
I THINK JOHN HALL, YOU APPOINTED HER TO BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, BUT SHE ENDED UP NOT QUALIFYING FOR THAT BOARD.
WHEN I POINTED TO THE BOARD, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS WHETHER OR NOT SHE WAS SHE MET THE QUALIFICATIONS.
BUT THIS BOARD, THE ZBA, WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT IF SHE DID WORK ON THAT, THAT BOARD, SHE'D BE A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
HOW MANY POSITIONS DO WE HAVE OPEN JANELLE ON THAT BOARD? WE HAVE THREE POSITIONS OPEN.
AND GUIDE ME ON THIS [INAUDIBLE] THAT YOU USED TO BE THE LIAISON THAT DO THEY HAVE REQUIREMENTS TO BE IN THOSE POSITIONS FOR ZBA? THAT'S NOT A BETTER QUESTION FOR JANELLE.
I DIDN'T I DIDN'T THINK SO, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN ON THAT.
WE HAVE THREE OPEN SLOTS FOR THAT.
DAVID? I WOULD NOMINATE BARBARA [INAUDIBLE].
OK, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHERS? YOU WOULD WANT TO? [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, I WOULD DEFER TO COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI.
I BELIEVE HE JUST SAID SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW.
SO I'D, HELP ME WITH PRONUNCIATION OF HER NAME.
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JANELLE.I BELIEVE IT'S LYDIA [INAUDIBLE].
DID YOU FREEZE UP AGAIN, JOHN PAUL, I THINK HE DID.
DAVID, WOULD YOU WE CAN DO THIS IN ONE GROUP OR WE CAN DO IT INDIVIDUALLY ON THAT.
ON THIS, IF NO ONE ELSE HAS A STRONG CANDIDATE, WOULD BE SUSAN [INAUDIBLE].
OK, SO YOU'RE MAKING A NOMINATION FOR THREE INDIVIDUALS FOR THOSE THREE SLOTS FOR ZBA.
AND BARBARA [INAUDIBLE], LYDIA [INAUDIBLE] AND SUSAN [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE] I HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NOEN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MAYOR I DID HAVE A QUESTION.
THE APPOINTMENT TO THESE PARTICULAR BOARDS ARE THEY UNIFORM AT A CERTAIN POINT OF TIME OF THE YEAR OR ON.
I KNOW SOME OF THE TERMS OVERLAP ONE ANOTHER, BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN TIME FRAME OF THESE APPOINTMENTS OF THESE PARTICULAR BOARDS.
THEY BASICALLY ARE IN TO START WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS OCTOBER 1ST.
WE USUALLY MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS IN SEPTEMBER.
THESE APPOINTMENTS WE'RE MAKING LIKE TO THE ZBA.
THESE ARE APPOINTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING VACANT.
AND WE HAVE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FILL THOSE.
WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO FILL THOSE JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IN SEPTEMBER, YOU'LL SEE ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THESE COMMITTEES AND BOARDS COMING BACK FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS OR REAPPOINTMENTS.
SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
SO WE'RE NOMINATING THESE FOLKS TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERMS AND WE'LL BE REVISITING ALL OF THESE IN SEPTEMBER.
WE ARE NOW AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PATIENCE, MARIE.
AND I WOULD SAY THIS, MARIE, I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN THAT YOU HAD COVID.
[INAUDIBLE] WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY I HOPE EVERYONE STAYS SAFE AND WELL.
BUT PART OF THE REASON I'M I THINK DOING BETTER IS EVERYONE SHOULD BE TAKING ZINC AND VITAMIN D.
VITAMIN D IS CRUCIAL, CRUCIAL FOR KEEPING YOUR RESISTANCE UP ARE COVID.
AND IF YOU DO GET IT, WHICH IS CONTRARY TO WHAT I TYPICALLY DO, ASPIRIN AND TYLENOL SEEM TO BE KEY.
NOT THAT I'M TRYING TO SUPPORT ANY PRODUCTS, BUT TAKE YOUR VITAMINS.
I DIDN'T WANT TO EARLIER WHEN WE HAD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITION OF PEOPLE, I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ANY LIMELIGHT AWAY FROM MR. GRASSO AND ALL THE GREAT WORK HE DID.
BUT WE DO HAVE A BOI AND A BALL HOG GRADUATE WHO WILL BE PLAYING IN THE SUPER BOWL NEXT WEEK.
SO I WISH HIM GOOD LUCK AND REPRESENT THE ISLAND LIKE I KNOW HE WILL.
WHAT COLLEGE DID HE GO TO? COACH? [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE] I'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR MY, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF HONOR HIM.
NETWORKS ON TOMORROW WITH DIFFERENT INTERVIEWS.
[LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] IS GOING UP.
WELL, I SUPPORTED HIM IN THE LEAGUE.
THE COACH THAT HE PLAYED FOR, MR. [INAUDIBLE], HE PLAYED FOR HIS PARTICULAR BASKETBALL TEAM.
AND THOSE ARE ONE OF THE TEAM THAT I SPONSORED PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR, SPONSORED THEM GOING TO THE DIFFERENT TOURNAMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THAT'S HOW I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE CONNECTION WITH HIM, WATCHING HIM GROW UP.
AND, OF COURSE, BEING A PART OF THAT YOUTH ORGANIZATION THAT [INAUDIBLE] HAD.
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FOOTBALL WAS NOT MIKE'S FIRST SPORT.IT WAS THE BASKETBALL TEAM THAT THEY WERE SPONSORING.
I'LL BE I BET YOU HE'S GOOD AT ANY SPORT.
TO THE PUBLIC THAT HAS BEEN WATCHING.
WE ENJOYED HAVING YOU HERE, IT IS THREE EIGHTEEN P.M.
AND WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.