Aug 12, 2021 Regular Council

NOW, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS FOR THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD EXEMPT GOLF CARTS FROM THE SOME OF THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT.

COUNCILWOMAN ROBB, I ASSUME THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CHANGES FROM OUR WORKSHOP THAT IT READ AS IT READ PREVIOUSLY.

OK, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE.

ALL RIGHT, AND MARIE, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO EXPAND ON THAT, IF YOU COULD.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT WORKSHOP AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPAND ON THAT IN ANY WAY.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE GOLF CARTS AND MASTER PLAN WITH THE EXEMPTION AND MASTER PLAN, COMMUNITIES EXEMPTING THE EQUIPMENT, AS IT'S LISTED AND ARE YOU REFERRING TO REMOVING NO MORE THAN TWO MILES FROM MOVING THAT SECTION, AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO ASK A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT ALLOWS GOLF CARTS TO GO TO THE BEACH AND TO THE GOLF COURSE.

BUT FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THEY MAY BE RUNNING ON PUBLIC ROADS, IT WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO TRAVERSE IN THEIR MASTER PLAYING COMMUNITY.

THAT IS CORRECT.

OK, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON IT.

LET'S GET A SECOND ON THAT FIRST.

WE'VE GOT A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN QUIROGA.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE AUDIENCE AND FOR THOSE LISTENING WHAT THIS MOTION IS NOW THIS ALLOWS FOR GOLF CARTS THAT ARE IN A MASTERPLAN COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, AS THE NEXT ITEM COMING UP.

BUT IT ALLOWS FOR GOLF CARTS IN MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES TO TRANSIT IN THOSE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES AND ON DIRECT CONNECTOR STREETS TO GO TO THE GOLF COURSE AND TO THE BEACH.

IF THESE CARTS ARE RUNNING TO GO TO THE CONVENIENCE STORE OR TO A RESTAURANT, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THIS.

SO IF THAT.

WELL, THAT'S THAT'S NOT COMPLETELY TRUE.

OK, LET'S CLARIFY THAT, IN SEA ISLE FOR INSTANCE, THE SEA ISLE HAS IN THEIR MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE THE WEST END MARINA AND RESTAURANT AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT.

YEAH, GOOD.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY TO GO TO ON 3005 TO GO TO A CONVENIENCE STORE THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED OR IF, YES, THERE ARE CONVENIENCE STORES IN SAY, TERRAMAR OR SEA ISLE THAT ARE ACCESSED FROM THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND I LIVED ON THE EMPIRE BEACH WEST AS JARED MENTIONED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

THAT MEANS ALSO IF YOU LEAVE THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY TO GO DOWN STEWART ROAD FOR CONVENIENCE STORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT.

SO JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

BUT IT WOULD INCLUDE.

I HATE THIS NEW SYSTEM IT CAN GO ON THE RECORD IT WOULD INCLUDE THAT THEY COULD GO TO THE COUNTRY CLUB, CORRECT? THAT'S AT THE GOLF COURSE.

I'M SORRY CAN WE SAY THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE WE WERE PRETTY CLEAR THIS MORNING THAT STEWART ROAD IS NOT INCLUDED IN A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES.

SO THESE CARTS, UNEQUIPPED CARTS WOULD NOT BE LEGAL ON STEWART ROAD.

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BEACH DOES NOT HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.

CORRECT IF I'M WRONG ON THAT BECAUSE.

YOU KNOW, OUR SAFETY EQUIPMENT NOT REQUIRED FOR GOLF CARTS TRAVERSING STEWART ROAD.

I MEAN, TRAVELING ON STEWART ROAD.

THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT THIS MORNING, BUT IT'S STATE LAW, THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT IN THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT TO COUNCILMAN COLLINS QUESTION, IF YOU'RE LEAVING YOUR MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE GOING JUST TO DOWN STEWART ROAD TO GO TO A CONVENIENCE STORE OR SOMETHING, THIS DOES NOT ALLOW THIS.

I'M GOING TO CARRY MY PUTTER WITH ME ALL THE TIME.

SO I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS.

BUT THIS IS A THIS LEAVES A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT THERE ON WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE DONE STILL.

AND OUR NEXT ORDINANCE OR NEXT WHEN WE GOING TO LOOK AT HERE, IT'S GOING TO ADDRESS THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES AND THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY HAS TO ACTUALLY APPLY TO BE A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT WHOEVER APPLIES FOR THAT MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY TALK TO THEIR THEIR RESIDENTS AT THAT MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY AND TELL THEM WHERE THEY CAN AND CAN'T GO AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE RULES HERE, BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SURPRISED IF THEY GET A TICKET OUT THERE AND THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE ORDINANCE AND THEY THINK THEY ARE, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND BLAME US.

SO THIS IS THIS STILL HAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT THERE.

IT'S NOT CRYSTAL CLEAR BY ANY MEANS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THAT, A GOOD POINT, COUNCILMAN COLLINS, IF ONLY IN THE BEGINNING WHEN THIS CAME UP, WE HAD DONE WHAT I REALLY THINK WE INTENDED TO DO, AND THAT WAS REGULATE RENTAL CARS ON THE SEAWALL.

[APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, AND I'VE SAID IF WE GET THE RENTAL CARS TO THE RIGHT LANE, GET ADULTS DRIVING THEM, GET THE SEATBELTS ON, 98 PERCENT OF THIS PROBLEM GOES AWAY [APPLAUSE] REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE ORDNANCE.

I'M NOT EVER GOING TO TELL BRIAN THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE ENFORCING THE LAW.

I'M NOT EVER GOING TO TELL YOU YOU SHOULD NOT BE FOLLOWING THE LAW.

BUT THE CHANCES THAT WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP A MARSHALS FORCE THAT COME OUT TO SEA ISLE AND SEE THAT YOU'VE GOT THE LIGHTS ON YOUR GOLF CART ARE PRETTY SLIM.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE ENFORCING THIS ON THE SEAWALL AS IT IS.

I ALSO WANT SOME ENFORCEMENT DOWNTOWN BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING QUITE, QUITE AN ISSUE DOWN THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW MARIE RUES THE DAY SHE EVER BROUGHT THIS TOPIC UP.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS.

I YOU KNOW, I GIVE, I GIVE [APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, BUT CRAIG IS RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RULES ARE.

YOU'VE GOT TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND YOU REALLY NEED TO HELP US ENFORCE THIS, ESPECIALLY KIDS IN THE GOLF CARTS, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ONE FATALITY IN RECENT MEMORY AND THAT WAS A CHILD IN A GOLF CART IN A MASTERPLAN COMMUNITY ON THE WEST END.

SO, YOU KNOW, I GET THAT YOU GO TO YOU GET THE DOG AND YOU GO DOWN TO GET YOUR MAIL.

YOU GO TO THE YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU GO TO THE GOLF COURSE AND A LOT OF YOU GO TO THE BEACH.

I SEE THAT.

I REALLY DO SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT BUT WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION HERE.

JUST AS JOHN SAYS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A MASTERPLAN COMMUNITY APPLIES AND GETS A DESIGNATION AS A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THAT ENTAILS AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY.

AND YOU HAVE 45 DAYS TO GET YOUR APPLICATIONS IN AS FOR THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, AND I WILL OFFER MY ASSISTANCE TO HELP THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.

[APPLAUSE] LET ME MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS TOO FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS GOLF CART SITUATION, AND I KIND OF AGREE WITH MARIE I DREAD THE DAY WE STARTED THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION, BUT I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT IF THEY'RE ON PUBLIC ROADS, THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME SAFETY EQUIPMENT THAT IF YOU'RE ON THE WEST END OR THE EAST END AND I THINK THE MASTER PLAN, COMMUNITY CONCEPT, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD APPROACH ON THAT.

I DO.

I WOULD SAY THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON HERE.

THAT IS, IF YOU'RE IN A MASTERPLAN COMMUNITY AND YOU GET APPROVED BY THE CITY AS

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A MASTERPLAN COMMUNITY, THEN YOU CAN BE ON PUBLIC ROADS.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE BEACH OR THE GOLF COURSE, OTHER ACTIVITIES WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.

SO GOING TO OTHER LOCATIONS.

SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON HERE.

I'M VOTING.

I'M VOTING IT.

EXCUSE ME, DON.

I'M VOTING ON THIS ALSO THAT I WANT TO PUT THIS ISSUE TO BED.

I WANT TO GET THIS OVER WITH HERE, OK? BECAUSE I SOMEHOW I HAD SOMETHING.

CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING.

ALSO, IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS AND THE ABILITY TO GET THESE SAFETY FEATURES PUT ON YOUR GOLF CART, I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT GET IT REGISTERED, HAVE A LICENSE PLATE, THEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

YOU CAN GO DON'T GO ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT YOU CAN GO ON STEWART ROAD WHERE IT'S 35 OR LESS AND YOU WON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.

SO IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE THE SAFETY FEATURES ON YOUR CART AND I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT.

OK, DON, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I JUST WANT TO REAFFIRM WE'RE TAKING THE TWO MILE FROM THIS LOCATION OUT OF THIS DEFINITION IN THIS AMENDMENT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT'LL BE DONE.

YES, MA'AM.

[INAUDIBLE] OK, WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION.

I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE IS CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON HERE.

WE'VE KIND OF TIPPED OUR HAND.

SO YOU PROBABLY CAN SEE THE VOTES HOW THEY'LL COME OUT.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.

AND THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE.

WE'LL NEVER KNOW.

THERE WE ARE.

[APPLAUSE] LET ME LET ME SAY TO THE LET ME SAY TO THE WEST END YOU GUYS ARE QUITE A VOICE.

I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I APPRECIATE THE HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS I HAVE RECEIVED ON THIS ALSO.

AND MY WIFE ALWAYS ASKS ME WHAT I'M DOING UP SO LATE, AND I TELL HER I'M READING ABOUT GOLF CARTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.

APPRECIATE.

HAPPY GOLF CARTING.

AND LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 9E, IF WE COULD, PLEASE.

[9.E. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending "The Code Of The City Of Galveston 1982, As Amended”, By Adding Chapter 27 To Read As, “Master Planned Community”; To Provide Definitions And Regulations Related Thereto; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Providing For An Effective Date. (Planning/Legal)]

ITEM 9E, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON 1982 AS AMENDED BY ADDING CHAPTER 27 TO READ AS MASTERPLAN COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND REGULATIONS RELATED THERE TO MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

I MOVE TO PROVE, ALL RIGHT, MOVE FOR APPROVAL, I'LL SECOND THAT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DON, DON GLYWASKY IS OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THIS SUBJECT.

DON, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS? YOU CITY COUNCIL CHARGED US TWO WEEKS AGO TO COME UP WITH A LIST OF THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES DONNA FROM MY OFFICE [INAUDIBLE] PLANNING GOT TOGETHER AND REALIZED IT WAS REALLY AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK TO DO WITHIN A REASONABLE NUMBER OF MONTHS.

SO WE CAME UP WITH THIS APPROACH TO HAVE THE COMMUNITIES THAT FELT THEY WERE MASTER PLAN SELF-IDENTIFIED, SEND THE DOCUMENTATION IN AND HAVE THAT DESIGNATION BE DETERMINED BY PLANNING.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS A FASTER WAY TO GO MORE COMPLETE AND I THINK IT WILL WORK WELL.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THAT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO THANK LEGAL FOR WORKING WITH ME AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS DEFINITION BECAUSE WE SPENT QUITE SOME TIME AND PLANNING.

THANK YOU, DON.

I WAS IN TOUCH WITH TIM [INAUDIBLE] AND WORKED WITH DONNA AND DON.

AND I THINK WE CAME UP WITH A GOOD DEFINITION OF A MASTER PLAN THAT FITS THE STATE LAW AS IT WAS INTENDED.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] VERY GOOD.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO FREE UP SEATING NOW FOR OUR OTHER ATTENDEES, IF WE COULD.

EVERYONE, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING.

TONY AND I SAW ROGER OUT THERE, TOO.

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TONY, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO ATTEND OR NOT.

SANTAMARIA FROM RBC CAPITAL OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES.

AND MARK MERCHISTON, THE CFO.

WE'RE HERE SIMPLY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WOULD YOU READ 9A, PLEASE NELLIE?

LET'S THANK YOU, TONY.

[9.A. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Authorizing The Issuance Of City Of Galveston, Texas, Wharves And Terminal Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2021a And City Of Galveston, Texas, Wharves And Terminal Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2021b (AMT); Authorizing The Redemption Prior To Maturity And Defeasance Of Certain Outstanding Obligations; Authorizing The Execution Of A Supplemental Trust Indenture; Authorizing The Execution And Delivery Of A Purchase Agreement Relating To The Bonds; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related Thereto; And Providing For The Effective Date Thereof. (M. Loftin)]

ITEM 9A CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL AN ORDNANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF GALVESTON TEXAS, WHARVES AND TERMINAL REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2021A AND CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS WHARVES AND TERMINAL REVENUE REFUNDING BOND SERIES 20 21 B AUTHORIZING THE REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY AND DEFICITS OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS.

AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE.

AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A PURCHASE AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE BONDS.

MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.

THANK YOU, NELLIE.

WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS THIS MORNING AT A WORKSHOP.

WE HAD PORT REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS SUPPORT THIS.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY ITEM 9A.

I'LL SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN QUIROGA.

I WOULD SAY THIS BECAUSE OF OUR CHARTER COUNCIL FOR THIS TO PASS IT REQUIRES SIX AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A ROLL CALL.

VOTE ON THAT JANELLE, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

YES, I MOVE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

I'M SORRY, I KEEP MISSING THAT.

[INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT, BROWN, IN FAVOR YES.

COLLINS, AYE.

SCHUSTER.

YES, QUIROGA, YES, LISTOWSKI IN FAVOR.

ROBB IN FAVOR, VERY GOOD, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, TONY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

MARK, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND THE YOUNG LADY FROM RBC.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

SURE.

IF THE PORT DIRECTOR IS HERE, HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR THE WAY THEY COORDINATED AND WORKED WITH US AND THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR IT WAS PRETTY MUCH SEAMLESS GETTING THERE AT THE END AND JUST MUCH APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER.

THANK YOU, TONY.

WELL, LET'S GO TO 9B, PLEASE.

[9.B. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending Ordinance No 16-004 Related To The Composition Of The Board Of Trustees For The City’s Self-Funded Health Benefits Plan Established By Chapter 172 Of The Texas Local Government Code, The “Texas Political Subdivision Employees Uniform Group Benefits Act”: And Specifying The Composition Of A Non-Voting Group Of City Officers And Employees Known As The “Staff Advisor To The Board”; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Providing For An Effective Date (K. Etienne).]

ITEM 9B CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 16-004 RELATED TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE CITY OF SELF-FUNDED HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN ESTABLISHED BY CHAPTER 172 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THE TEXAS POLITICAL SUBDIVISION EMPLOYEES UNIFORM GROUP BENEFITS ACT, IN SPECIFYING THE COMPOSITION OF A NON-VOTING GROUP OF CITY OFITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES KNOWN AS A STAFF ADVISER TO THE BOARD, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

DID SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT FROM LEGAL, THIS IS DOWN FOR KENT DID WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM STAFF ON THIS OR WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, MA'AM.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 9B, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS, KENT'S ONLINE, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR HIM.

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EXCUSE ME, KENT IS ONLINE, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR HIM.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU SWITCH TO THESE SCREENS, YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T ZOOM IN HERE.

THERE YOU GO.

NOW YOU GET.

THERE WE GO.

KENT CAN YOU HEAR? CAN YOU HEAR IT? YES, WE CAN, CAN'T WE'VE HAD A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND SECONDED.

DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO COUNCIL BEFORE WE VOTE? SURE THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS ITEM HERE IS REALLY JUST JUST A IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT BOARD STRUCTURE.

BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS THE WHARF BOARD MOVED BACK TO THE [INAUDIBLE] AND WE HAVE A VACANCY HERE.

SO THAT SEAT IS NOW BEING [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU KENT VERY MUCH ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? YES, MA'AM.

SO THE WHARF BOARD JUST TRANSITION FOR THE VACANCY IS BECAUSE OF THEY'RE NO LONGER PART OF OUR HEALTH PLAN.

I'M SORRY THEY TRANSITIONED OUT OF OUR HEALTH PLAN.

OK, THANK YOU.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.

AND THAT IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU 9C PLEASE.

[9.C. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The Code Of The City Of Galveston, Chapter 20, “Litter”, By Adding Regulations Prohibiting The Intentional Release Of Balloons Into The Atmosphere, Including Latex, And Mylar Balloons; Providing A Penalty Clause; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Providing For An Effective Date. (Schuster/Brown)]

CAN I MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE 9C, BECAUSE I WAS REMISS WHEN I HAD TO DO WITH TWO GOLF CART ISSUES, I THANKED OUR ATTORNEY'S AND I THANKED PLANNING.

BUT I SHOULD THANK THE CITY MANAGEMENT STAFF AS WELL.

THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING THIS DONE SO.

BRIAN, JUST TAKE THE COMPLIMENT AND JUST [LAUGHTER].

9C, PLEASE.

ITEM 9C, CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, CHAPTER 20 LITTER.

BY ADDING REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE INTENTIONAL RELEASE OF BALLOONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, INCLUDING LATEX AND MYLAR BALLOONS, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT YOU.

COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB.

GREAT, GREAT ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU FOR THIS AND YOUR WORK ON THIS AND THANK YOU LEGAL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE PLEASE.

WILLIAM.

VERY GOOD, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS, WILLIAM, AGAIN.

AND THANKS TO LEGAL FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER FOR US.

APPRECIATE IT.

ITEM NINE F PLEASE, NELLIE.

ITEM NINE F CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS,

[9.F. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending Chapter 15, “Garbage And Trash” Of “The Code Of The City Of Galveston 1982, As Amended” By Increasing The Monthly Fees To Be Charged For Garbage And Trash Collection To The Amounts Of $24.97 Per Unit Per Month For Residential Service; $27.84 Per Month For Service To A Church; $53.12 Per Month For Commercial Establishments; And Recycling Fee Of $2.79 Per Month; Effective October 1, 2021; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (B. Cook)]

AMENDING CHAPTER 15 GARBAGE AND TRASH OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON 1982 AS AMENDED BY INCREASING THE MONTHLY FEES TO BE CHARGED FOR GARBAGE AND TRASH COLLECTION TO THE AMOUNTS OF TWENTY FOUR DOLLARS AND NINETY SEVEN CENTS PER UNIT PER MONTH FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICE.

TWENTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND 84 CENTS PER MONTH FOR SERVICE FOR SERVICE FOR TO A CHURCH, 53 DOLLARS AND 12 CENTS PER MONTH FOR COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND RECYCLING FEE OF TWO DOLLARS AND 79 CENTS PER MONTH EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRANDON.

YOU WANT? GO RIGHT AHEAD, SIR.

I PREPARED A LITTLE HANDOUT FOR EITHER, START OFF I'LL LET JANELLE SWITCH OVER TO THE FIRST SLIDE.

THE SANITATION RATES HAVEN'T BEEN INCREASED SINCE 2012 AND RECYCLING RATES HAVEN'T BEEN INCREASED SINCE THEY WERE INITIALLY ESTABLISHED IN 2015, AND IT KIND OF LISTS THERE ON THE THE RESIDENTIAL RATES, THE CHURCH RATES, COMMERCIAL RATES.

I WON'T BELABOR THOSE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM THAT TIME IS INCREASES IN OPERATING EXPENSES.

EVERY YEAR WE'RE FACED WITH COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

USUALLY FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, THEY'VE BEEN ABOUT TWO PERCENT EVERY YEAR.

WE'VE ALSO HAD TO DO SOME MARKET DRIVEN ADJUSTMENTS, PARTICULARLY FOR CDL OPERATORS THAT WERE BEING PICKED AWAY BY.

FOR Y'ALLS INFORMATION.

THAT IS A VICIOUS CIRCLE BECAUSE WE GO UP A DOLLAR, THE SCHOOL

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DISTRICT GOES UP A DOLLAR TEN, THEN THE PRIVATE CARRIER GOES UP A DOLLAR TWENTY.

AND THERE'S JUST A LIMITED NUMBER OF THESE CDL OPERATORS AND WE JUST CHASE THEM AROUND.

SAME THING WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS AS WELL.

YEAH, YEAH.

AND THE OIL REFINERY CONTRACTORS OVER THERE ARE NOTORIOUS FOR DOING THAT AS WELL.

AND OF COURSE, INSURANCE COSTS CONTINUALLY RISE.

OUR LANDFILL COSTS, THEY'RE ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO INFLATION EVERY YEAR.

AND THIS LAST YEAR WITH FUEL PRICES HAVE SKYROCKETED.

SO RIGHT NOW, JUST LOOKING AT THOSE COMPOUNDED EXPENSES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD A 22 PERCENT INCREASE JUST ON OPERATING EXPENSES ALONE FROM 2012 TO 2022.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, NOW, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE OUR FLEET, WHICH IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.

AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME AT THE WORKSHOP, OUR FLEET IS SUBJECT TO SOME VERY HARSH CONDITIONS JUST GIVEN THE CLIMATE HERE.

I THINK, BRIAN, HE LIKES TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN PLASTIC RESTS ON THE ISLAND.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF SUBJECTED TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY HARSH WEATHER.

AND THEN IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN HAVING STORMS EVERY OTHER YEAR.

LAST YEAR, A FEW OF THEM THAT WEREN'T EVEN NAMED STORMS. BUT WE STILL WERE SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THAT.

AND SO THAT PUTS A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR DEPRECIATION, ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION ON OUR OUR FLEET.

OUR CURRENT PLAN UP TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN WE REPLACED TWO TRUCKS A YEAR.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE WITH THE WEAR AND TEAR ON TRUCKS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THEN WE ACTUALLY SUSPENDED OUR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE BUTTONED DOWN FOR COVID AND IT KIND OF PUT US IN THE HOLE THERE LAST YEAR.

SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.

RIGHT NOW IN THE BUDGET THAT'S THAT'S BEFORE YOU, THAT MIKE JUST PRESENTED, WE HAVE THREE AUTOMATED THAT ARE BEING REPLACED THIS VEHICLE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.

WE WORK WITH DAVID SMITH TO COME UP WITH.

HE HAS A SOFTWARE THAT ANALYZES OUR MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND EXPENSES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DATA AND SERVICE MILEAGE.

ALL THESE THINGS DUMPS IT INTO AN ALGORITHM AND IT COMES OUT WITH A PROJECTED DATE ON WHEN THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE REPLACED.

SINCE WE LAST TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE WORKSHOP MEETING IN LAST MONTH IN JULY, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR TRUCKS JUST SMOKED.

AND SO NOW WE'RE DOWN TWO TRUCKS INDEFINITELY.

AND SO WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TODAY AS WELL THE PURCHASE OF THREE AUTOMATED AND BUT THIS WHOLE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS JUST BASED ON WHAT THE COMPUTER IS PROJECTING RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE.

OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE CONTRACT GARBAGE SERVICES, THEY CONTRACT WITH MUCH LARGER COMPANIES, IF ONE OF THEIR TRUCKS GOES DOWN, THEY CAN PULL TRUCKS FROM OTHER CITIES, OTHER REGIONS THEY HAVE YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF TRUCKS.

WE SERVICE JUST GALVESTON.

WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TRUCKS TO SERVICE GALVESTON.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A COUPLE OF RESERVES, WHEN THEY GO DOWN, WE RUN SHORT IN A HURRY.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS.

AT SOME POINT, I MEAN, WE DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF IT'S REALLY MAKING SENSE FOR US TO CONTINUE THAT OR? I BELIEVE.

A CHARTER AMENDMENT.

AND SEE.

I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT TO IT.

WE PICK UP A LOT OF STUFF.

WE PICK UP WE PICK UP A LOT OF STUFF THAT IF YOU LIVED IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAD A CONTRACT SERVICE, DOESN'T PICK UP.

PART OF THE REASON THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE CURBSIDE RECYCLING IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CONTRACT SERVICE.

NOW, ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES TO THE CONTRACT SERVICES, AND IT WAS THIS WAS BROUGHT UP TO COUNCIL HERE AND IT WAS TURNED DOWN, IS THAT THEY HAVE ONE COMPANY.

SO IF YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL DUMPSTER IN ONE OF THESE CITIES, YOU HAVE TO USE THE CITY'S CONTRACTOR.

AND IF YOU HAVE A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, YOU HAVE TO GET THE ROLL OFF FROM THAT COMPANY.

THAT'S HOW THEY SUBSIDIZE AND KEEP THE RESIDENTIAL RATES CHEAPER BECAUSE THEY PAY MORE FOR THOSE DUMPSTERS.

SO THERE'S TRADE OFFS WITH IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE TRADE OFFS IS, IS THAT THEY DON'T PICK UP STUFF AT THE CURB THAT WE PICK UP YOU.

IF YOU THROW YOU THROW CRAIG TO THE CURB, WE'RE GOING TO PICK HIM UP.

THAT'S HOW THAT GOES.

SO OTHER CITIES MAY NOT DO THAT.

THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT IF YOU DO THAT AND TO DO IT CORRECTLY, YOU'RE GOING TO LIMIT YOUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS TO WHOEVER THE CITY SELECTS IN THEIR BID.

AND THAT COULD TYPICALLY NOT COULD IT TYPICALLY HAS AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THEIR RATES.

I MEAN, I WAS I WAS THE MAIN PERSON WHO DIDN'T LIKE GOING TO ONE CONTRACTOR.

SO I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE DIRECTING THAT.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, I'M NOT.

I'M JUST SAYING

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AND IT'S IT'S NOT A BAD THING BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE WE PROVIDE AN EXEMPLARY SERVICE HERE ON THE ISLAND, BUT IT'S IN THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ONE.

YEAH, YEAH.

YOU KNOW, IT COSTS WHAT IT COST.

IT DOESN'T I CAN'T IT DOESN'T COST THEM ANY LESS TO PICK UP THE TRASH AND IT COSTS ME TO PICK UP THE TRASH.

BUT THEY CAN SPREAD THEIR COST OUT OVER A MUCH DIFFERENT DIVERSE DIVERSITY THAN I CAN.

I HAVE TO I'M STRICTLY PICKING UP GREEN CANS AND I GOT TO SPREAD MY COST AMONG GREEN CANS.

BUT TO GO TO GO BACK TO MY POINT IS, DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AT SOME POINT? WE CAN DO THE ANALYSIS ON THAT TO TELL YOU.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD OVERALL BE CHEAPER FOR YOU.

I REALLY, REALLY DON'T.

THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, IF IT'S A CHEAPER WAY TO DO IT THEN I MIGHT TAKE THAT OPTION.

BUT IF I DON'T HAVE THAT.

ALL, YOU'RE DOING IT.

THE COST IS THE COST, IT'S JUST SHIFTING THE COST, IT'S JUST GOING TO SHIFT IT FROM YOUR GREEN CARD HOLDERS TO TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

NO, I MEAN, THEY DO THEY HAVE SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN THAT THEY OPERATE MUCH LARGER FLEETS.

THEY HAVE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LANDFILLS.

THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO THEY COULD DO THINGS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO.

SO COULD IT BE A LITTLE CHEAPER? QUITE POSSIBLY.

BUT OVERALL, YOU'RE GOING TO SHIFT A LOT OF THE COST.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS BURDENING OUR TRASH LOAD IS SHORT TERM RENTALS.

AND YOU KNOW, I HATE RAISING RATES ON ANY SERVICE ON THE CITY BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A FORM OF A TAX, BUT IF WE'RE REGISTERING OUR SHORT TERM RENTALS, TYPICALLY THEY HAVE FOUR CANS.

AREN'T THEY REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CANS? WHY COULDN'T WE CHARGE THEM AS A COMMERCIAL OPERATION? MORE MONEY.

I MEAN, IT WOULD GIVE US MORE REVENUE TO BUY MORE TRUCKS.

THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED A BUSINESS, SO THEREFORE NOT COMMERCIAL.

THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT I MEAN, THERE HAS TO BE THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS A BURDEN.

I MEAN, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY COMPLAINTS I GET ABOUT TRASH AT SHORT TERM RENTALS, THAT IF THERE WAS SOME WAY WE COULD, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE RAISING THIS RATE.

BUT THEN ON OUR RENTAL PROPERTY, THEN THEY PAY MORE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE TO STOP PUTTING FEES ON OUR RESIDENTS.

WELL.

ALL THE TIME.

THAT'S TRUE.

BUT IT'S ALSO PART OF THE I MEAN, AS I'VE GIVEN THIS TALK BEFORE, THIS IS PART OF THE DIRECTION THAT THE STATE WANTS YOU TO GO.

THEY WANT YOU TO WEAN YOURSELF FROM AD VALOREM TAX, WHICH WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE DROPPING THE RATE CONSIDERABLY.

AND OVER TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO ALL IT'S GOING TO BE LEFT IN YOUR AD VALOREM TAX RATE IS PUBLIC SAFETY, MAYBE PARKS, MAYBE IF WE DON'T SHIFT PARKS TO ANOTHER THING.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE TO A CONSUMPTIVE TYPE ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU HAVE USER FEES AND YOU CAN'T CHARGE LESS THAN IT COSTS YOU TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE.

SO THERE'S ABSOLUTELY.

LET ME CLARIFY FOR ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO TAX MONEY INVOLVED.

NO GENERAL, NO AD VALOREM TAX OR SALES TAX MONEY INVOLVED IN SANITATION.

SANITATION IS AN ENTERPRISE.

IT WAS SET UP THAT WAY.

IT HAS TO IT HAS TO EAT WHAT IT KILLS.

AND WE HAVE SEVERAL AREAS THAT DO THAT.

WATER, SEWER, RECYCLING SHOULD EAT WHAT IT KILLS, BUT IT'S EATING A LOT OF WHAT.

SO AS WE MOVE ON AND AS WE EVOLVE, THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS THE DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING YOU'RE GOING TO GET BECAUSE IT'S WHAT YOU USE.

SANITATION KILLS.

AND THE MORE YOU USE, THE MORE YOU PAY.

SO ALONG YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT IN THAT RESPECT.

AND WE SHOULD WE SHOULD TARGET HIGHER USERS FOR MORE FEES ARE NOT MORE FEES, BUT AN INCREASED COST BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE COST OF SERVICING THOSE.

AND I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS PART OF THIS DEAL.

BUT I THINK OVER TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE THIS.

THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING GALVESTON'S DOING.

IT'S SOMETHING EVERY CITY IS GOING TO DO BECAUSE THIS IS THE DIRECTION THE STATE'S CHOSEN TO GO.

AND I PERSONALLY DON'T DISAGREE WITH IT.

I LIKE NOT PAYING FOR THINGS I DON'T USE.

I DON'T WANT BUT WHEN IT COMES TO RENTALS OR EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO LANDLORDS AND EVICTIONS, I KNOW WE ALL RECEIVED EMAIL FROM SOMEONE WHO HAD OBVIOUSLY EVICTED BECAUSE EVERYTHING THEY OWNED WAS LAYING OUT ON THE CURB.

AND WE GO OUT AND WE PICK THAT UP.

THAT'S TAXING OUR TRUCKS.

I MEAN, THAT'S PUTTING EXTRA BURDEN ON OUR EQUIPMENT.

THAT WAS THAT THAT WAS THAT'S ACTUALLY A HOMEOWNER THAT DID THAT.

ONE YOU GET THE EMAIL ON.

THAT'S NOT A RENTAL.

UNFORTUNATE.

I MEAN, IF THERE WAS SOME WAY THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, CHARGE MORE TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING MORE OF OUR SERVICES.

I MEAN, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

BUT I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE US TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE COULD PUT COSTS ON PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUSING MORE BURDEN.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD DO.

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I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DISAGREES WITH THAT.

I THINK I THINK THAT THERE'S A BASELINE THAT WE HAVE TO ACHIEVE AND I THINK THIS DOES THAT BASELINE.

BUT I THINK GOING FORWARD AND I'VE TALKED TO COUNCIL MEMBER COLLINS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE HE HAS THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL AREA IN HIS DISTRICT THAT WE NEED TO LOOK STRONGLY AT HOW WE'RE HANDLING COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS.

AND WE CAN CERTAINLY FACTOR IN REGISTERED SHORT TERM RENTALS INTO THAT STUDY AS WELL AS WE GO FORWARD.

SO THAT WAY, IN THE FUTURE, AS COST ESCALATE, WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT THE COSTS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DO, BUT WE CAN DO THAT.

AND I WOULD WAIT TO DO THAT UNTIL WE GET OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL REGISTRATION WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF SHORT TERM RENTALS OUT THERE THAT AREN'T REGISTERED.

AND WE'RE WE'RE SUCKING THAT UP.

YES SIR, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

FIRST COMMENT.

IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO? AND I AGREE WITH MR. MAXWELL.

WE BROUGHT THIS MULTIPLE TIME WHERE OUR TRUCKS ARE BEING ABUSED BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING.

YOU KNOW, LUMBER INSIDE THE THE CONTAINERS, THEY'RE PUTTING CARPET, HAVE SOME PROPERTY WHERE I HAD TO HELP THE SANITATION PERSON PULL OUT A CARPET OUT, BECAUSE ONCE IT GOT [INAUDIBLE], IT'LL SCREW UP.

IT JUST GUMMED IT UP.

I MEAN, IT JUST TIED IT ALL UP THERE.

ANYTHING WE CAN PUT IN LIKE IN THE WATER BILLS WITH BRIGHT RED LETTER SAYING CAUTION, DO NOT PUT THESE OUT HERE? I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL IGNORANT OF THE FACT.

YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND AND WE'RE OUR OWN WORST ENEMY IN THAT WE WE AS WE DON'T LIKE TO LEAVE STUFF SITTING OUT IN THE STREET BECAUSE, ONE, IT CAUSES US WITH OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

IT CAUSES US DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. TWO.

IT'S JUST UNSIGHTLY.

AND THREE, OUR CITIZENRY HAS NOW HAS THE EXPECTATION THAT, HEY, SOMEBODY DUMPED ON THE STREET.

I KNOW MY TRASH DAY IS NOT MONDAY.

CAN YOU COME GET IT? AND WE DO THAT.

AND BUT I AGREE.

AND ONE WAY WE CAN HEAD THAT OFF COUNCIL MEMBER QUIROGA IS WOULD BE ADDING SOMEBODY IN AN INSPECTION.

AND YOU'VE SEEN IT NOW YOU SEE A TRUCK THAT RUNS AHEAD OF THOSE TRUCKS LIFTING UP YOU.

HE'S NOT A CREEPER.

HE'S LOOKING IN YOUR GARBAGE CAN TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO BATTERIES IN THERE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT WE GOT TO PUSH THAT TOWARDS THE PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL LOOK AT.

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAY WE DON'T THAT'S AN EXPENSE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO PASS THAT COST RIGHT BACK TO THE RESIDENTS.

AND I VISITED WITH MARISSA ON THIS ALREADY.

AND THERE'S SOME OTHER CITIES THAT RUN WHAT'S IN THE CAN CAMPAIGN AND THEY SHOW YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T PUT IN THE CAN.

AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT IT ON THE STREET.

WE TELL THEM WE DON'T PICK IT UP.

NEXT TIME WE GO, GUESS WHAT? IT'S IN THE CAN.

AND SO AND THAT'S THAT'S THE ONE DOWNSIDE TO AUTOMATED IS THAT YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE CAN UNTIL IT'S IN THE TRUCK.

SO BUT WE CAN AND THAT'S WHY WE RUN AN INSPECTOR TRUCK.

YOU'LL SEE IT RUNNING AHEAD OF SOME OF OUR GARBAGE TRUCKS, LIFTING THE LIDS AND LOOKING AT THEM.

IT'S USUALLY A SUPERVISOR DOING THAT.

BUT I AGREE THAT I AGREE WITH YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT'S A GOOD ONE.

ONE LAST QUESTION, DON.

I HOPE I DON'T OPEN A BUCKET OF WORMS, BUT SINCE SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE NOT CLASSIFIED AS BUSINESS.

WHY ARE THEY BEING CHARGED HOTEL/MOTEL TAX ? YOU'VE NEVER BEEN AFRAID OF OPENING A CAN OF WORMS. [LAUGHTER] THE REASON IS UNDER THE TAX CODE, A PERSON WHO RENTS A ROOM TO AN OCCUPANT FOR LESS THAN 30 DAYS IS REQUIRED TO COLLECT THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX LEVIED BOTH BY THE STATE AND BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND REMIT THOSE TAXES TO EITHER THE STATE OR THE CITY.

WHAT ABOUT PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX? YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO THAT YET.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO AND THAT WOULD GENERATE A WINDFALL.

POSSIBLY.

YEAH POSSIBLY.

BRANDON, DID YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND FINISH? ARE YOU ALMOST THROUGH WITH YOUR PRESENTATION, SIR? YES, SIR.

YES, I'M I'M ALMOST FINISHED.

JUST ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASES AND WE JUST TIE THIS TO A TWO PERCENT INFLATION RATE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.

AND THIS IS WHAT THE RATE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF WE WOULD HAVE JUST TWO PERCENT EVERY YEAR AND BUMPED IT UP ACCORDING TO INFLATION.

WE WOULD HAVE COME UP WITH THESE RATES THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN WITH AND THIS IS THE PROJECTED REVENUE INCREASE, ONE POINT THREE THERE.

AND THEN FOR RECYCLING, THAT'S A DIFFERENT RATE THAT ONE JUST COVERS THE PURE OPERATING EXPENSE COSTS A BREAK IN EVEN AMOUNT.

IT'LL BE 88 CENTS MORE THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY CHARGED ON PEOPLE'S BILLS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

BRANDON.

SO THIS RATE INCREASE ON RECYCLING WILL COVER THE SHORTFALL OF OUR RECYCLING CENTER ALSO? YES.

IT'S OPERATING ABOUT TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS UNDER THE REVENUE THAT IT'S BRINGING IN.

YES, IT'LL BRING IT UP.

AND THIS WILL BRING IT UP.

SO WHERE IT FUNDS ITSELF.

AND SO WE'RE NOT SUBSIDIZING RECYCLING WITH THE SANITATION RATE AND KIND OF HIDING THOSE

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COSTS.

WE'RE PUTTING A STANDALONE OPERATION.

HEY, IT'S IT'S A GOOD SERVICE.

IT DOES GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AND SCOTT'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF INCREASING THE REVENUE.

WE'RE PROJECTED MAYBE THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE IN THIS BUDGET THAN WE DID LAST BUDGET ON REALLY GETTING TIGHTENING DOWN ON THE CONTRACTS AND EVERYTHING THAT.

THAT IS IMPORTANT.

I THINK FROM A TRANSPARENCY PERSPECTIVE, WHENEVER WE DO THESE FEES, AS YOU TRANSITION TO CONSUMPTIVE TYPE USE FEES AND CONSUMPTIVE TYPE.

I HATE TO USE THE WORD TAX BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT A TAX BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING IT.

IT'S A [INAUDIBLE].

BUT AS YOU MOVE INTO THESE CONSUMPTIVE MEASURES, WE HAVE TO WHEN YOU GO OUT TO EAT, YOU WANT AN ITEMIZED RECEIPT.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE RECYCLING.

WE I'M A BIG USER OF THE RECYCLING CENTER, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT IT COST US TO DO RECYCLING.

AND THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT ITEMIZE AND TO KEEP IT TO KEEP PACE WITH THAT.

AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NEW TO ME AS I READ WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR SENIORS AS FAR AS CURBSIDE RECYCLING.

SO RIGHT NOW, WE DO OFFER A SERVICE, IT'S THERE'S ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY PEOPLE THAT WE CURRENTLY SERVICE, THEY ARE ELDERLY AND DISABLED THAT SIGN UP FOR A CURBSIDE TYPE RECYCLING SERVICE.

AND ONE DAY OUT OF THE WEEK, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GUYS THAT GO OUT AND AND HIT THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE ISLAND.

BUT IT'S NOT A WEEKLY SERVICE.

NO, NO.

IT'S MONTHLY SERVICE.

RIGHT.

BECAUSE THEY DO IT ONCE A WEEK THAT THEY HIT THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE ISLAND.

IT'S SINGLE STREAM.

SINGLE STREAM YES.

SINGLE STREAM.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SORT IT.

IT JUST ALL GOES IN THE TUB.

AND THE [INAUDIBLE] KIND OF.

[LAUGHTER] IS THAT AN EXTRA CHARGE BRANDON? NO, SIR.

NO, THAT'S NOT.

FREE OF CHARGE.

IT'S PAID FOR WITH THE EXISTING REVENUES.

OF THE RECYCLING PROGRAM.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND BUT THOSE GUYS DO OTHER THINGS AS WELL.

SO YOU COULDN'T NECESSARILY JUST.

YOU KNOW.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE'D HAVE TO BRING BACK TO YOU IF IT STARTS GETTING SO POPULAR THAT WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT, WE'D HAVE TO MAKE FURTHER ADJUSTMENT.

COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER.

AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RECYCLING, THE RECYCLING COMMITTEE HAS ONE MORE MEETING.

THEN WE'LL BRING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.

BUT WORKING WITH SCOTT.

HIS NAME WAS THROWN OUT.

HE'S DONE PHENOMENAL WORK FOR THE CITY OF GALVESTON.

AND A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SCOTT'S GOT A PRETTY GOOD GRASP ON.

AND I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED JUST WORKING ON WORKING WITH HIM THROUGH THE COMMITTEE.

SO THAT WAS A GOOD HIRE.

SO THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST WITH NO RATE INCREASE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ASSUMES THE PURCHASE OF THE THREE AUTOMATED THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND IT WILL REALLY WIPE OUT OUR FUND BALANCE.

YOU SEE, WE STARTING THE YEAR OFF WITH ONE POINT SIX MILLION OF FUND BALANCE.

IT'LL DRAW THAT FUND BALANCE TO LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO YOU KIND OF WANT TO KEEP YOUR FUND BALANCE AT AROUND THAT 90 DAY RESERVE TARGET BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FUND THINGS LIKE STORMS AND EVENTS LIKE THAT THAT POP UP HAVE TO PAY OUT LIKE QUITE A FEW OVER TIME, EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND ASSUMING WE GET REIMBURSED FROM FEMA, BECAUSE NOW, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE STORMS LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T EVEN GET REIMBURSED FOR.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

IN THIS REIMBURSED WHEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE REIMBURSABLE, BUT IT'S NOT REIMBURSABLE IN 30 DAYS OR 90 DAYS AND SOMETIMES YEARS BEFORE YOU GET YOUR MONEY.

AND SO THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST WITH THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASES.

WE'RE LOOKING AT FINANCING THE VEHICLES THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

BUT STAGGER THE PURCHASES OUT AND THIS EVENT WILL FUND THE FULL ONE POINT FIVE MILLION THAT OUR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PLAN CALLS FOR.

AND WE'LL SLOWLY START PAYING THAT DEBT OFF OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND WE'LL SATISFY THAT OBLIGATION.

IN 2026 STILL WITH A FUND BALANCE AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME.

ALL RIGHTY.

AND I THINK YOUR NEXT ONE IS QUESTIONS, SO QUESTIONS STAFF FOR FOR BRANDON, I MEAN, COUNCIL.

BRANDON, ONE QUESTION.

AM I INCORRECT? WHEN YOU PRESENTED THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS INCREASE AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, IT SEEMS LIKE THE FEES THAT YOU WERE THROWING OUT THERE WERE A LITTLE MORE EVEN THAN WHAT WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT.

IS THAT? AM I INCORRECT ON THAT? MORE EVEN.

I'M SORRY.

WELL, WHEN YOU TALK WHEN YOU PRESENTED THIS LAST TIME, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU THREW OUT SOME POSSIBLE FEES FOR SANITATION.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE MORE THAN WHAT I'M SEEING.

WE SHARPENED OUR PENCIL ON IT.

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THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.

SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT.

WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC.

THERE'S NO FLUFF OR EXTRA IN THIS.

THIS IS PURE THIS IS LINING EXPENSES WITH REVENUE.

AND IT'S ALSO DIRECTLY TIED TO INFLATION.

THIS WAS THE RATE 10 YEARS AGO IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, 2012 DOLLARS, BUT NOW IT'S IN TERMS OF 2022 DOLLARS.

AND I REALLY WISH COST HAD ONLY GONE UP TWO PERCENT ALL THESE YEARS.

BUT I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY 15 OR 20 PERCENT INCREASE JUST IN THE COST OF THE TRUCKS THIS YEAR.

WELL, I THINK IT'S REALLY AMAZING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET BY 10 YEARS WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THIS.

I MEAN, FRANKLY, IT'S IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT.

BUT IT'S I WOULD SAY THIS IT'S STARTING TO SHOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE DOWNTURN IN OUR SANITATION BECAUSE OF THIS.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE IT'S WE GET AND IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S IT'S A DOWNWARD SPIRAL.

WE LOSE A TRUCK, WE GET BEHIND AND IT JUST, YOU KNOW, AND IF IT HAPPENS ON A MONDAY, IT THROWS US OFF FOR THE WHOLE WEEK.

THE BEST THING WE CAN HOPE FOR IS A TRUCK BREAKS ON A THURSDAY.

WE CAN GET IT OUT OF THE SHOP BEFORE THE NEXT WEEK.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS IF WE COULD TO MOVE FORWARD.

I SO MOVE.

A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM COUNCILMAN COLLINS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN QUIROGA.

ALL RIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? I GOT ONE QUESTION REALLY QUICK.

WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE RAISED WITH THE INCREASE? OH, WE'RE PROJECTING ONE POINT THREE.

ONE POINT THREE.

FOR THE SANITATION RATE AND FOR THE RECYCLING RATE, 220,000.

JUST BY THIS INCREASE.

YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO BRING IN ANOTHER [INAUDIBLE].

RIGHT.

TO FUND THE CAPITAL, AND ALSO THE DEFICIT THAT'S RUNNING ON ALL OPERATING EXPENSES.

ALRIGHT COUNCIL, LET'S CAST OUR VOTE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

THAT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NINE G, PLEASE NELLIE.

[9.G. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending Chapter 36, “Water, Sewers, And Sewage Disposal” Of “The Code Of The City Of Galveston 1982, As Amended” By Increasing The Water Meter & Tap Fees, And By Increasing The Sewer Tap Fee To $3,395; Establishing A Sanitary Sewer Clean Out Installation Fee In The Amount Of $100; Providing For An Effective Date Of October 1, 2021; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (B. Cook)]

ITEM NINE G, CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE.

SO THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 36 WATER, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON 1982 AS AMENDED BY INCREASING THE WATER METER AND TAP FEES AND BY INCREASING THE SEWER TAP FEED THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE DOLLARS, ESTABLISHING A SANITARY SEWER CLEANING OUT INSTALLATION FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRANDON, [INAUDIBLE].

YES, SIR, TRINO WORKSHOPPED THIS WITH THE COUNCIL AT ITS LAST MEETING, AND I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

HE'S OUT SICK RIGHT NOW ON THERE, BUT REALLY, THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE ON IT.

THESE ARE ACTUAL EXPENSES THAT WE'RE INCURRING RIGHT NOW FOR OUR METER AND TAP FEES, LIKE ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S NO FLUFF IN THERE, NO OVERHEAD OR EXTRA ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES.

I THINK HE INDICATED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY VERY DEVELOPER FRIENDLY BY THERE'S NO IMPACT FEES ASSOCIATED WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON, OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HE'S WORKED AT.

THERE HAVE BEEN TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS BEFORE YOU EVEN PAY, YOU KNOW, FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF TAP FEES.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT THAT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

IT'S REALLY JUST A ON A BREAK EVEN KIND OF BASIS FOR THE WATER AND SEWER FUND.

GRANDPARENTS, WHOEVER ELSE HAS HAS WATER AND SEWER IS BASICALLY SUBSIDIZING THESE NEW TAPS.

ANY QUESTIONS OF BRANDON OR? YES, JOHN.

THANK YOU, BRANDON.

WELL, MY ONLY QUESTION IS THAT [INAUDIBLE] THIS IS IS THIS ENOUGH? I MEAN WE'RE STILL SUBSIDIZING THIS.

TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.

I MEAN, THIS YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT A METER COST FOR A [INAUDIBLE].

BUT WE'VE GOT, SO BASICALLY IF I CALLED IN THE METER AND I ALREADY HAVE TAP, I PAY TWO HUNDRED AND TWO DOLLARS PLUS [INAUDIBLE] A BOX.

I'M NOT PAYING FOR [INAUDIBLE].

BUT I WILL I'LL TELL YOU, I LOOK AT THE METER A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

EVERY TIME THAT METER TURNS, YOU'RE THAT'S LIKE THE LIGHT COMPANY PUTS A METER ON YOUR HOUSE.

THAT'S PART OF THE SERVICE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

THE TAP IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

THAT'S A CONSTRUCTION COST.

IN BABY STEPS AND SEE WHERE THIS GETS US, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BURDEN EVERYBODY TOO MUCH WITH THIS.

I MEAN, I'M SURE PEOPLE ARE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE GOING TO END UP PAYING [INAUDIBLE] MORE AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE THAT.

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YEAH, AND WE'LL KNOW BETTER.

I WOULD I WOULD EVEN SHUDDER TO TELL YOU WHAT A METER COST IS NOW UNTIL WE GET OUR AMI PROJECT IN, BECAUSE THESE AUTOMATED METERS ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT COST FACTOR TO THEM THAN WHAT WE'RE USING NOW.

THE BOAT ANCHORS WE USE NOW.

SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO LOOK AT AND UPDATE IT ONCE WE WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON EXACTLY THE ROUTE WE'RE GOING WITH THOSE METERS.

AND ACTUALLY THERE ARE COSTS.

WELL, I'M HOPING THEIR COST COMES DOWN WITH THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TRUCK DRIVING AROUND.

VERY GOOD, DAVID.

OK, I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED.

WE'RE RAISING THIS FROM WHAT TO WHAT? IT WAS.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE [INAUDIBLE].

RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE THE ORDINANCE, YEAH RIGHT BEFORE ME, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS RIGHT NOW FOR.

[INAUDIBLE] SIX FIFTY.

YES, SIX SIX.

SIX FIFTY FOR A TAP.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE METER THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO.

JUST YOUR SANITARY SEWER IS GOING TO BE A FLAT, YOU KNOW.

THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

AND THAT INCLUDES I THINK THE COST OF THE CLEAN OUT THAT'S BEING ASSOCIATED WITH.

ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR CLEANUP FEE.

RIGHT.

AND SO, SO THAT'S JUST FOR YOUR SEWER.

BUT ON THE WATER TAPS, IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE METER THAT'S BEING INSTALLED BECAUSE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE METER AND ALSO THE WORKS DIFFERENT WHENEVER YOU'RE PUTTING IN A LARGER TAP.

AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO, THOUGH, IS ON THE REALLY LARGER DEVELOPMENTS, THE THREE INCHES AND EVERYTHING WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT COMMERCIAL OR OR, YOU KNOW, SUBDIVISIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE THE DEVELOPER PROVIDE THOSE.

SO THEY WON'T HAVE TO PAY US FOR IT.

THEY DO IT THEMSELVES.

WE'LL JUST INSPECT IT AND.

VERY, VERY GOOD.

YES, DAVID.

THAT WAS IT [INAUDIBLE].

I'M A MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM.

GREG I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ROBB HAD.

I'M SORRY.

THAT WAS MINE, YOU COVERED PART OF IT ON A LARGER DEVELOPMENT OR SOMEONE'S PUTTING IN.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO LET THEM SUPPLY THE EQUIPMENT AND THEN WE INSPECT IT.

ALTHOUGH I BET WE HAVE DEVELOPERS ASKING US TO DO IT JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE STILL CHEAPER THAN WHAT THEY CAN.

[INAUDIBLE] NOT AT THIS PRICE.

YOU'D BE SURPRISED IF PRICE IT NOW.

THAT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME.

SOME KICKBACK OR SOME KICKBACK ON THIS IS WHEN SOMEBODY TRIES TO REPLAT A LOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEN THEY'RE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THIRTY FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A METER TO GO IN THAT LOT WHERE BEFORE THEY WERE ONLY PAYING SIX HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS [INAUDIBLE] A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND REPLAT IT INTO ONE PROPERTY TO THREE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS.

ALRIGHT I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NINE G.

UNDERSTOOD.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND.

SECONDED COUNCILMAN QUIROGA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

VERY GOOD IS UNANIMOUS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND APPROVED.

[10. CONSENT ITEMS]

ITEM 10 CONSENT ITEMS NELLIE IF YOU'LL READ THAT HEADING.

ITEM 10 CONSENT ITEMS, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR ACTION AS A WHOLE.

UNLESS ONE OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBER OBJECTS.

THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS UPON FINAL APPROVAL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

CONSENT ITEMS TEN A THROUGH TEN P ARE ON THE SCREEN.

AND COUNCILWOMAN ROBB HAD REQUESTED THIS MORNING TO PULL ITEM TEN O.

IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL AS SEPARATE DISCUSSION? [INAUDIBLE] OK, 10E AND 10P.

10E AND 10P.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

THE CONSENT ITEMS 10A THROUGH 10P.

BUT EXCLUDING OR 10, I SHOULD SAY O, AND WE'RE EXCLUDING ITEMS 10 O, EXCUSE ME, I'M, GOODNESS.

10A THROUGH 10N, AND WE'RE EXCLUDING ITEM 10 O, 10P AND ALSO 10 E IS AN EGG WE'RE EXCLUDING.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE? SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE OR AGAINST.

[01:35:08]

IT'S STILL NOT UP THERE.

HERE WE GO.

GOT IT.

AND PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

[INAUDIBLE] VERY GOOD.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS.

ITEM 10, 10E IF WE COULD, PLEASE.

[10.E. Consider Approval Of Change Order #1 To The Contract With Main Lane Industries, Ltd. For The Downtown Pedestrian Transit Improvements Project Decreasing The Contract By $33,452.90 From The Amount Of $897,240.00 To The Amount Of $863,787.10. Authorizing The City Manager To Execute All Necessary Documents Upon Final Approval By The City Attorney. (D. Anderson)]

I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

WE HAVE A.

WELL, EXCUSE ME BILL, NELLIE WOULD YOU READ 10E, PLEASE, MA'AM? SURE.

ITEM TEN E CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT WITH MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES LTD FOR THE DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, DECREASING THE CONTRACT BY THIRTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY TWO DOLLARS AND 90 CENTS FROM THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS TO THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN AND 10 CENTS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS UPON FINAL APPROVAL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU NELLIE.

COUNCILMAN QUIROGA.

I JUST [INAUDIBLE] YOU CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS UNLESS [INAUDIBLE] ON THE LINE.

JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE MAIN LANE DOWN SAYS IT.

WHAT WHAT COMPANY IS DOING IT? MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES.

I SEE MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES SLASH MC SQUARE TWO WHY WE USE TWO DIFFERENT NAMES FOR THE SAME COMPANY? SO ARE WE SAYING NOW MAIN LANE INDUSTRY IS A DIFFERENT COMPANY FROM MC SQUARE? OR MAIN LANE IS THE PARENT COMPANY? POSSIBLY, YEAH.

AND THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS, I [INAUDIBLE], YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S MC SQUARED OR MAIN LANE.

IT'S NICE TO GET THE MONEY BACK, BUT.

HOW THEY DOING THEIR BIDDING PROCESS TO MAKE CLOSERS SO WE WON'T HAVE THIS OUTSTANDING MONEY, OR IS IT PAID OUT? YOU NEED SOME ANSWERS ON THAT, BILL? CAN THAT BE DONE THIS AFTERNOON, BRIAN? WE'LL NEED TO DEFER THIS ITEM? BE UP TO YOU, BILL.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD BECAUSE I LIKE THE ANSWER AND I LIKE THE DETAILS ON IT.

10E I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING.

MAYBE WE CAN DO THIS 22ND.

BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT COMPANIES ARE THEY THE SAME OR THE SUBSIDIARIES ARE DOING BUSINESS AS, THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO OUR BIDDING PROCESS.

WE HAVE MOTION FOR A DEFERRAL OF ITEM 10E TO OUR NEXT MEETING ON AUGUST 23RD, I THINK IT IS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? I'LL SECOND THAT.

OK.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE OR AGAINST.

EXCUSE ME.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET'S MOVE TO ITEM TEN O IF WE COULD PLEASE.

[10.O. Consider For Approval An Economic Development Grant Agreement Between The City Of Galveston, Texas And The Industrial Development Corporation Of The City Of Galveston, Texas Approving As A Project Of The Corporation Downtown Pedestrian Improvement Project Focused On 23rd Street Project, Authorizing Expenditures Required Or Suitable For Infrastructure Necessary To Promote Or Develop New Or Expanded Business Enterprises; Develop And Maintain Recreational Or Community Facilities; Promote New Or Expanded Business Enterprises That Create Or Retain Primary Jobs. (M. Hay)]

ITEM 10 O CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AND THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, APPROVED AS A PROJECT OF THE CORPORATION DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOCUS ON TWENTY THIRD STREET PROJECT AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES REQUIRED OR SUITABLE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO PROMOTE OR DEVELOP NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.

DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN RECREATIONAL OR COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

PROMOTE NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS BUSINESS ENTERPRISES THAT CREATE OR RETAIN PRIMARY JOBS.

THIS HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB, MARIE.

WE WANT TO DISCUSS IT BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

EXCUSE ME? WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT OR HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

WELL, I WAS GOING TO SEE IF MARIE WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT BEFORE WE OR SHE MAY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.

NO, I MEAN, I HAD I MEAN, I VOTED FOR THIS IN IDC BUT AT THE TIME, I DON'T KNOW THAT

[01:40:01]

I REALIZED THAT DOWNTOWN WAS A LOW TO MID INCOME AREA.

SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A DISTRICT, JOHN HAS A DISTRICT WHERE WE NEED A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND WE'RE USING OUR IDENTIFIED THREE MILLION DOLLARS, IN MY OPINION, KIND OF LOOSELY ON USING IT DOWNTOWN.

AND IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T SUPPORT IMPROVING DOWNTOWN, IT'S JUST DOWNTOWN QUALIFIES FOR A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT FUNDS, SUCH AS CDBG GRANTS AND OTHER GRANTS THAT COULD BE USED.

WHERE OUR DISTRICTS OR PARTS OF OUR DISTRICTS OR ALL OF MY DISTRICT DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR WHAT MIGHT BE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SILO.

DOWNTOWN WOULD QUALIFY FOR CDBG PER SAY, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOW INCOME COMPONENT OF THE, IT'S COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW FOR A FACT, BUT I'D HAVE TO CHECK THAT OUT.

[INAUDIBLE] JUST BECAUSE IT'S LMI IN THE CENSUS TRACT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT WOULD QUALIFY.

THERE'S MORE FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT.

AND I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

WELL, AND WHEN I GO BACK TO AND I GUESS I CAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY ON THE TABLE AT IDC BEFORE I WENT ON IDC, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT SHADE STRUCTURES AND SO FORTH WHERE A LOT OF THOSE ALREADY EXIST.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO PUT IN ONE AREA WHEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF STREETS THAT COULD BE OVERTOPPED WITH ASPHALT IN OUR DISTRICTS WITH ONE POINT FIVE MILLION, IT JUST MAKES ME PAUSE.

SO.

WOULD YOU, MARIE WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OF SOME SORT OR JUST? WE USE IT, WE COULD USE, IT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS, SILOS.

BUT YOU HAVE TO THERE HAS TO BE TIED TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PRIMARY JOBS.

PRIMARY JOBS OR QUALITY OF LIFE OR.

I DON'T KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY, OTHERWISE.

WE'D HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME AGO, TRUST ME.

BUT WE COULDN'T.

WE TRIED.

I JUST THINK IT'S A LOT OF FUNDS TO BE PUTTING ON ONE STREET.

WHEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF GRANTS THAT ARE TIED TO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CIP, WE HAVE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY THAT'S GOING INTO TWENTY THIRD STREET.

SO THAT'S WHY I ASK FOR THE ITEM TO BE PULLED.

WELL, LET'S LET'S GET A MOTION COUNCIL AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO DISCUSSION THEN.

I MOVE APPROVAL.

MOVE APPROVAL FOR COUNCILMAN COLLINS, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? OH, GOOD, THANKS.

WE'RE WORKING AGAIN? COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER HAS SECONDED THAT IT'S NOT ON THE SCREEN, BUT THERE WE GO.

NOW LET'S.

DAVID? IT'S A LITTLE LATE IN THE GAME, IT SEEMS TO ME, TO COME BACK AND SAY, CAN'T WE FIND CDBG FUNDS TO TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT DOWNTOWN? I MEAN, TO OPPOSE THIS STRIKES ME AS ANTI BUSINESS, THE POINT OF THIS WAS WAS TO MAKE A MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT DOWNTOWN.

WE WANTED TO DO ALL OF DOWNTOWN.

THERE'S SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS KIND OF THING IS EXPENSIVE TO DO, AS WE ALL KNOW.

SO WE CHOSE TWENTY THIRD STREET.

AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND THE WHAT'S IN 23RD STREET AND THE CIP BUDGET, THE STREET'S JUST HAPPEN SAME TO BE THE SAME NUMBER STREET.

IT'S TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DISTRICTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN.

THIS IS FOR DOWNTOWN.

WE'RE NARROWING LANES TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

WE'RE INCREASING FLOOD CONTROL.

WE'RE MAKING LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT, SHADE IMPROVEMENTS.

WE'RE MAKING A GREAT NUMBER OF ADA COMPLIANT ISSUES RIGHT.

THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF THAT MISSING DOWN THERE.

THEY'RE ALL ESSENTIALLY PRO-BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING DOWN THERE.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS ANYWAY TO THERE.

IT'S IT'S TO MAKE THIS A MORE SMALL BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE POINT OF IT IS.

AND WE SET IT AT THREE DOLLARS MILLION BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT'S ALL GOING TO COST BEFORE IT'S OVER, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS DOWN THERE AS THIS GOES.

SOME OF THIS MAY EVENTUALLY GO AROUND ON TO THE STRAND.

YOU KNOW, BY CONTRAST, THIS IS, YES, THREE MILLION DOLLARS IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD A SOCCER FIELD OUT OF IDC.

YOU KNOW, THIS THIS WILL ENHANCE THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.

IT WILL HELP US ADD BUSINESS DOWN THERE, ADD JOBS, PRIMARY JOBS.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE COME TO THIS CONVERSATION THIS LATE IN THE GAME.

THIS IS REALLY MEANT TO BE KIND OF A PRO FORMA MOTION HERE.

[01:45:03]

IDC HAS ALREADY EXTENSIVELY REVIEWED AND APPROVED THIS THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, AND IT JUST COMES TO COUNCIL FOR A STAMP OF APPROVAL.

SO I DON'T, TO OPPOSE THIS AT THIS POINT.

I THINK SEEMS KIND OF SENSELESS.

AND TO OPPOSE IT AT ALL STRIKES ME AS ANTI BUSINESS.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? I DO.

YES, MARIE? CONTRARY, I AM.

LET ME MAKE SURE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS BEFORE.

OK, GO AHEAD.

I AM DEFINITELY PRO-BUSINESS, BUT THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN AND WHAT YOU JUST SAID, WELL, WE COULD TAKE PART OF THIS AND APPLY IT TO THE STRAND.

WELL, WE COULDN'T IN THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN, IT CAN ONLY BE USED ON TWENTY THIRD STREET.

AND THAT'S PART OF MY COMMENT IS WE'RE RESTRICTING A LARGE SUM OF MONEY.

THREE MILLION IS A LARGE SUM OF MONEY TO ONE STREET.

AND I JUST.

QUESTION THAT.

YOU COULD SPEND IT.

YOU COULD SPEND A NICKEL ON EVERY STREET IN TOWN, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THREE MILLION ON ONE STREET.

YEAH, WE ARE.

WE SPENT MORE ON THAT.

WE'RE SPENDING 12 MILLON ON 18TH STREET RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF IT ON 59TH STREET.

WE'RE SPENDING.

I'VE NEVER SEEN IT [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH, WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES IN IDC.

[INAUDIBLE] I UNDERSTAND.

IT'S NEVER BEEN BROUGHT UP TO COUNCIL.

WELL, THE WAY IT FLOWS, THIS IS THE TIME FOR IT TO COME TO COUNCIL.

OK, BUT MY POINT IS I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DOCUMENTATION OR THE PLANS OR WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

YOU'VE GOT THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

WE'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR X, Y AND Z, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT X, Y AND Z IS.

SO I COULD MAKE A BETTER DECISION EITHER TO VOTE FOR IT OR NOT VOTE FOR IT.

THAT'S MY POINT.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? WE ENTERTAIN DEFERRING THIS SO FULL BOARD, BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE HERE SITS ON THE IDC.

ARE YOU SUGGESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THIS OR YOU'RE GOING TO PUT OUT AN ALTERNATE MOTION IF THIS FAILS? OK, CONSIDER DEFERRING IT TO THE NEXT MEETING SO A PRESENTATION COULD BE GIVEN SO THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR CITIZENS AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL, HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING.

I WOULD NOT.

WE HAVE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

AND A SECOND.

YES, SIR, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

I THINK MARIE BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT.

I LIKE THE PROJECT, AND AT THIS [INAUDIBLE] I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT.

IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION.

I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DEFERRING IT.

I THINK WHEN THESE THINGS GET BROUGHT TO COUNCIL, THEY PROBABLY DO NEED TO GET RIGHT TO COUNCIL IN A MORE OF A FORM THAT SHOWS WHAT THE PROJECT IS.

AND THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THIS ONE.

BUT THERE IS A MOTION ON THE TABLE NOW [INAUDIBLE].

I SUPPORT COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI'S FEELING ON THIS FOR INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS COUNCILMAN QUIROGA THAT'S NOT ON IDC AND COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER.

I THINK IT WOULD BE TO HAVE MORE EXPLANATORY AND ESPECIALLY GRAPHICS AND OTHER OUTLINES AND DESIGNS OF THESE PROJECTS ON THE AGENDA WHEN WE BRING THIS FORWARD IN THE FUTURE FOR IDC.

SO JUST JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 10 O.

IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? LET'S GO AHEAD AND CAST OUR VOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST.

WAIT IS THIS TO VOTE FOR OR TO DEFER? THIS IS THE VOTE FOR IT, WHICH IS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.

TO VOTE.

ALREADY SECONDED IT.

AND I AM VOTING AGAINST THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO BRING MORE INFORMATION TO OUR CITIZENS AND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO DO NOT SIT ON THE IDC.

AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD KEEP OUR PUBLIC IN THE DARK.

AND I AM CERTAINLY PRO-BUSINESS.

IT DOES PASS WITH FOUR TO TWO, COUNCILMAN QUIROGA AND COUNCILWOMAN ROBB, ROBB VOTING AGAINST.

WE HAVE VOTES.

WE HAVE ITEM P, 10 P, PLEASE NELLIE.

[10.P. Consider For Approval Renewal Of An Interlocal Agreement Between The City Of Galveston, Texas And American National Insurance Company For Temporary Emergency Operations Facility Use And Data Center Space Usage. (H. Dean)]

ITEM TEN P.

CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL RENEWAL OF AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AND AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY FOR TEMPORARY

[01:50:02]

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, FACILITY USED AND DATA CENTER SPACE USAGE.

COUNCILMAN QUIROGA [INAUDIBLE].

MY CONCERN, AS I TALKED A LITTLE BIT WITH DAN ABOUT THIS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO THIS, THIS THING IS SECURE, THAT ONLY THE CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONTRACT READS OR.

I'D BE GLAD TO ADDRESS THAT.

THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT WE ENTERED INTO IN LATE 2017 AND BECAME ACTIVE IN 2018, SO IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR THREE YEARS.

THIS IS A LEVEL FIVE DISASTER SITE THAT [INAUDIBLE] HAS FOR ITS SYSTEMS IN LEAGUE CITY, IT IS FLOOD PROOF.

IT IS WINDPROOF.

IT HAS MULTIPLE BACKUP SYSTEMS. [INAUDIBLE], AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR, HAS ALLOWED LEAGUE CITY AND THEY STARTED ALLOWING GALVESTON TO.

WE HAVE TWO RACKS THERE WHERE WE REPLICATE OUR DATA.

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS HERE IN OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM IS REPLICATED, LEAGUE CITY GIVES US GREAT BACKUP CAPACITY AND IT PROVIDES US TO HAVE A REDUNDANT SYSTEM.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY SECURE.

CITY OF GALVESTON STAFF CAN'T GET INTO IT UNLESS THEY'RE THERE TO INSPECT THE SITE AND OUR RACK SITS SECURED IN THEIR DATA CENTER.

THE [INAUDIBLE] HAS AGREED IN THE EVENT OF A STORM, THE CONTRACT IS SPECIFIC TO THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE CAN HAVE THERE.

THEY'LL PROVIDE US A ROOM.

WE HAVE TO BRING OUR OWN COTS.

WE HAVE TO BRING OUR OWN FOOD.

WE HAVE TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

WE WILL RIDE OUT.

THE EMPLOYEES CAN RIDE OUT THE STORM THERE.

WHEN THE STORM'S OVER, YOU GO.

WE CAN OPERATE THE CITY FROM THAT FACILITY IF NEED BE ON OUR DATA SYSTEMS. IT IS A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM AMERICAN NATIONAL TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON BECAUSE TO STORE TWO RACKS, IF WE WENT OUT COMMERCIALLY ABOUT BE ABOUT 2000 DOLLARS A RACK PER MONTH.

SO BE FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH, WHAT WE PAY IS OUR COMMUNICATION COSTS, WHICH WE PAY ANYWHERE TO SEND THE DATA THROUGH FIBER TO LEAGUE CITY.

IT'S A GREAT DEAL FOR US.

MY JUST CONCERN WAS THE SECURITY OF IT AND PEOPLE WHO CAN ACCESS.

I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE GLAD TO GET WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO GIVE YOU A TOUR OF IT.

I THINK YOU WOULD BE EXCEED IMPRESSED.

I'M HARD TO IMPRESS.

I'VE SEEN A LOT OF DATA CENTERS AROUND THE UNITED STATES IN MY YEARS AS AN AUDITOR.

AND THIS IS BY FAR THE THE NICEST AND MOST SECURE, IF YOU IF YOU LIKE TO HAVE A TOUR.

WE CERTAINLY FACILITATE THAT.

I THINK YOU WOULD BE TERRIBLY IMPRESSED.

WORKFLOW JUST AGAIN, SECURITY IS WHAT.

I KNOW IT'S VERY SECURE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, DAN.

COUNCILMAN QUIROGA, DID YOU WANT TO.

WELL, ALRIGHT.

WE HAVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 10P.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

WELL.

ALL RIGHT, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU.

ITEM 11 A ACTION ITEMS PLEASE, NELLIE.

[11.A. Consider A Motion To Call A Public Hearing On September 9, 2021 On The FY 2022 Proposed Budget As Required By State Law. (M. Loftin)]

ACTION ITEMS 11A.

CONSIDER A MOTION TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2021, ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

MIKE, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? THERE'S REALLY NO EMBELLISHMENT TO IT.

THE SUBJECT CAPTION TELLS IT ALL, WE JUST NEED THE PUBLIC HEARING SET SO WE CAN COMPLY WITH STATE LAW.

I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 11A.

IS THERE A? SECOND THAT.

WE NEED TO STATE THE TIMING THERE, MAYOR? THAT'S GOING TO BE 5:00 P.M.

SO MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF A MOTION TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:00 P.M.

ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.

THAT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 11B AND ITEM 11B COUNCIL WILL BE A ROLL CALL VOTE.

[11.B. Consider A Motion To Propose A Property Tax Rate Of $0.4985 Per $100 Of Taxable Value For 2021 And Call A Public Hearing On September 9, 2021 To Receive Public Comment On The Rate.]

ALSO, GO RIGHT AHEAD, NELLIE.

11B, CONSIDER A MOTION TO PROPOSE A PROPERTY TAX RATE OF ZERO POINT FOUR NINE EIGHTY FIVE PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF TAXABLE VALUE FOR 2021 AND CALL A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER NINTH, 2021 TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE RATE.

AND THIS WILL BE A ROLL-CALL VOTE.

IT ONLY DOES NOT REQUIRE SIX VOTES.

ONLY A SIMPLE MAJORITY, MIKE GO RIGHT AHEAD.

JUST HAVE TO EMPHASIZE, ALL YOU'RE DOING HERE IS CLEARING THE WAY TO CONSIDER THE BUDGET THAT THE TAX RATE IS BASED ON.

THE TAX LEVY, THE TAX RATE, THE BUDGET ARE ALL JOINED AT THE WAIST.

[01:55:03]

AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT THIS SCHEDULE GOING WHERE WE'LL HAVE THESE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON SEPTEMBER THE 9TH AND YOU'LL HAVE THE OPTION TO TAKE ACTION ON ONE OR THE OTHER THAT DAY.

AND THE RATE THAT YOU THAT YOU PROPOSE WE'RE RECOMMENDING BE WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES THAT YOU WANT TO DROP THE RATE, YOU CAN DO IT FROM THAT POINT.

BUT IF YOU TRY TO DROP THE RATE NOW WITHOUT HAVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DISCUSSION, YOU CAN'T GO BACK UP.

THIS IS A NOT TO EXCEED.

WHAT'D YOU SAY, BRIAN? NOT TO.

THIS IS A NOT TO EXCEED RATE.

WE COULD LOWER ON REVIEW OF THE BUDGET.

SURE.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF ON ITEM 11B COUNCIL.

I SO MOVE.

MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COUNCILMAN QUIROGA SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS.

IF NO DISCUSSION, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE, PLEASE.

IT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM ELEVEN.

MAYOR.

CAN I CALL THE ROLL? I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU, JANELLE, APPRECIATE THAT.

ITEM 11C, PLEASE.

[11.C. Discuss And Consider The Board Structure, Mission And Organizational Flowchart For The Galveston Island Redevelopment Authority, Galveston Housing Finance Corporation And Galveston Property Finance Authority. (M. Hay)]

ITEM 11C, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE BOARD STRUCTURE, MISSION AND ORGANIZATIONAL FLOW CHART FOR THE GALVESTON ISLAND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, GALVESTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND THE GALVESTON PROPERTY FINANCE AUTHORITY.

THIS ITEM IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST MEETING THAT WAS IN OUR PACKET OF THESE THREE ITEMS WERE VOTING ON, MICHELLE? HELLO.

I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING TIRED OF SEEING ME AND DISCUSSING THIS, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE SOME DECISIONS TODAY AND THEN COME BACK WITH YOU ONE MORE TIME FOR SOME ARTICLES.

BUT I'D LIKE TODAY TO DISCUSS AND GET SOME ACTION ON THE BOARD STRUCTURE FOR THE RDA AND THE GALVESTON HOUSING FINANCE AND THE GALVESTON PROPERTY FINANCE AUTHORITY.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE UTILIZE THE SAME BOARD MEMBERS FOR ALL THREE ENTITIES.

BUT TODAY I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER MAKING THE RDA SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS TO START WITH.

RIGHT NOW THERE ARE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD STRUCTURE.

THAT WAY IT WILL MATCH THE OTHER, THE GALVESTON PROPERTY FINANCE AND GALVESTON HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER QUALIFICATIONS SUCH AS HAVING AT LEAST ONE MEMBER WITH SOME FINANCIAL BACKGROUND AND MAYBE ONE MEMBER WITH A CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND JUST BECAUSE IT FITS WELL WITH THE PLAN OF WORK THAT THEY USUALLY WILL BE CONSIDERING.

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE EACH? WELL, IT'D BE I'M PERSONALLY I THINK WE COULD VOTE ON ALL OF THEM AT ONE TIME, I'M FINE TO DO THAT.

BUT BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE BOARD STRUCTURE MISSION AND ORGANIZATIONAL FLOW CHART FOR THE GALVESTON ISLAND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE GALVESTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND GALVESTON PROPERTY FINANCE AUTHORITY.

ISN'T THE RDA HAVE TO BE HANDLED SEPARATELY BECAUSE IT'S BY STATE? THEY REGULATED THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER TWO? WELL.

STATUTE, THE STATE STATUTE.

THIS THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT STRUCTURE FROM COUNCIL.

I'M NOT SURE.

NOW, WHEN YOU GET BACK TO THE OPERATION OF THOSE ENTITIES, I WOULD THINK A SEPARATE VOTE WOULD BE.

NO.

BUT I THINK THE STATE STATUTES SAYS IT HAS ITS FIVE MEMBERS, NOT SEVEN, WHEREAS THE OTHER TWO ARE UNDER STATE STATUTE.

LET'S DO THIS FIRST.

I'VE GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.

[INAUDIBLE] WE GOT A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS NOW, DON.

COUNCIL HAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD OF THE RDA WHEN IT ADOPTED THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR THE AMENDED ARTICLES AND SENT THEM TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE REJECTED THOSE AND WE SENT THEM BACK AND WE MADE SOME CHANGES.

WHEN WE PREPARED THE CHANGES AND THE ORDINANCE THAT NEEDS TO GO UP WITH THEM,

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THERE WAS SOME PAUSE BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO TO ADDRESS SOME.

QUESTIONS THEY HAD ABOUT THE CONSTRUCT OF THE RDA, BUT BY ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE WHAT I THINK WE WOULD CALL A DE FACTO BOARD OF SEVEN AS OPPOSED TO A DE JURE BOARD.

WE NEED TO AMEND THE.

WE NEED TO.

SUBMIT THOSE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND AND BALANCE THEM OUT.

I DO NOT THINK THEY NEED TO BE ACTED ON SEPARATELY.

OK WE NEED TO VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY, THEN? I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO, BUT IT'S PROBABLY CLEANER FOR YOU TO DO IT.

BUT WE CAN WITH THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR, IS THAT APPROPRIATE, DON? YES.

OK.

I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF ALL THREE OF THESE ITEMS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

[INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE YOU JUST SAID IT WOULD BE BETTER TO VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY, BUT IT'S OK TO VOTE ON THEM TOGETHER.

IF YOU IF THERE'S ANY CONFUSION OR QUESTIONS RELATED TO ONE SPECIFICALLY, THEN.

THEN DO THEM SEPARATELY, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS REPORT THEN YOU'RE FINE.

OK.

VERY GOOD, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

PLEASE CAST OUR VOTE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT IS UNANIMOUS.

AND ITEM 11D.

[11.D. Consider For Approval A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Galveston, Texas Amending Resolution No. 21- 026, Related To The Awards Of Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenues From Fiscal Year 2022 And Fiscal Year 2023, And The Distributions Of Fiscal Year 2022 And Fiscal Year 2023, Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenues To Eligible Artists Or Artist Organizations Under Two-Year Contracts; Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Contracts With Such Recipients; Directing The City Secretary To Send A Certified Copy Of The Resolution To The Park Board Of Trustees; Providing For Findings Of Fact And Providing For An Effective Date. (Legal)]

ITEM 11D, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 21-026 RELATED TO THE AWARDS OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUES FROM FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND FISCAL YEAR 2023 AND THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND FISCAL YEAR 2023.

HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUES TO ELIGIBLE ARTIST OR ARTIST ORGANIZATIONS UNDER TWO YEAR CONTRACTS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS WITH SUCH RECIPIENTS.

DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO SEND A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE RESOLUTION TO THE PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS OF FACT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

DON? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE LAST TIME THIS WAS PASSED, THERE WAS A MATH ERROR THAT HAD GONE UNDETECTED RATHER THAN DO IT PIECEMEAL, WHERE WE'RE ADOPTING THE ENTIRE AWARDS.

I WANT TO COMPLIMENT COUNCILMAN COLLINS FOR HAVING DISCERNED THAT.

AND THIS SHOULD CLEAN THIS UP TO YOUR SATISFACTION.

AND FIX THE PROBLEM.