>> QUORUMS SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
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PLEASE WILL CALL THIS WORKSHOP TO ORDER[1. Call Meeting To Order ]
AT 2:31 PM AND HOPEFULLY JEFF WILL JOIN US IN PROCESS.COULD WE TAKE ATTENDANCE, PLEASE?
[2. Attendance ]
MR. COLLINS?>> THANK YOU. WOULD YOU SAY ALOUD THEN, PLEASE, WHO'S NOT PRESENT AT THIS TIME?
>> ABSENT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER ANTONELLI, COMMISSIONER EDWARDS, AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER WALLA.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.
ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR THIS WORKSHOP? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
DISCUSSION ITEM, THE ONLY THING ON OUR AGENDA TODAY ARE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AWARDS.
[4. Discussion Items ]
TAKE IT AWAY STAFF.>> SURE. THIS IS THE THIRD ROUND OF PLANNING COMMISSION AWARDS AND YOU WERE PROVIDED WITH A LIST OF THE NOMINATIONS AND A POWERPOINT THAT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT EACH ONE AND A LINK TO THE SURVEYMONKEY SURVEY THAT WE'LL USE TO VOTE ON WHO THE WINNERS ARE.
IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINT AND YOU CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE NOMINATIONS.
>> I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE NICE JUST TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH THE POWERPOINT BECAUSE I THINK THAT EACH OF THESE NOMINEES, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WIN AN AWARD, DESERVES RECOGNITION FOR MAKING A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
CATHERINE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, PLEASE, AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DELIVER EACH POINT, BUT IF YOU WOULD PLEASE?
>> OKAY. GIVE ME ONE SECOND AND I'LL GET IT UP.
>> I SEE THAT WE'RE STARTING WITH, AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE BRUCE REINHARDT WHILE YOU PULL THAT UP.
BRUCE IS THE ONE WHO WAS THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS IDEA TO RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT TOWARD BEAUTIFYING, REDEVELOPMENT, AND INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO RECOGNIZE THEIR CONTRIBUTION IN DOING SO.
HONESTLY, THIS FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IS THE ONE WHO INITIATED THE WHOLE IDEA THE SALT WATER SOUL SHOP.
THIS WAS THE SITE THAT GAVE BIRTH TO THE IDEA OF DOING THESE PLANNING COMMISSION AWARDS.
IT IS A RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING.
IT WAS NOMINATED FIRST BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2019.
IT'S A BEAUTIFICATION OF A FORMER TRANSMISSION SHOP AND EXPANSION OF SMALL BUSINESSES.
THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THIS IN THE CATEGORIES OF BEAUTIFICATION, INVESTMENT, AND REDEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL BASILICA.
THIS WAS NOMINATED BY THE PUBLIC.
THE PUBLIC IS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE NOMINATIONS THROUGH SOME INFORMATION WE PUT OUT FROM OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE NOMINATION AND THAT WAS THIS ONE.
THIS WAS NOMINATED BY THE PUBLIC IN 2021.
ITS CATEGORY IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND INFORMATION WAS INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHED NOMINATION.
THIS IS THE JS BROWN AND COMPANY BUILDING.
IT IS A RECENT RENOVATION, INCLUDING AN EXTENSIVE REHABILITATION OF THE EXTRA STEREO FOR THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE CAST IRON, AND IT'S ALSO A PARTICIPANT IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON'S FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HISTORIC PROPERTY PROGRAM.
THE PROPOSED CATEGORIES ARE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OR PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
2127 STRAND, THIS IS THE GALVESTON ART CENTER.
THIS WAS NOMINATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2019.
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RENOVATION WAS COMPLETED IN 2018.IT'S COMPLETELY RESTORED, INCLUDING DAMAGE FROM HURRICANES IKE AND HARVEY.
IT IS NOMINATED IN THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION CATEGORY.
AT 2217 STRAND, WE HAVE THE JUNETEENTH MURAL.
THE MURAL IS TITLED ABSOLUTE EQUALITY.
IT WAS CONCEIVED BY THE JUNETEENTH LEGACY PROJECT AND COMMEMORATES THE DATE THAT SOME OF THE LAST ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN THE CONFEDERACY BECAME FREE TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER PRESIDENT LINCOLN SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
IT WAS PAINTED BY WELL-KNOWN PUBLIC ARTIST REGINALD ADAMS AND HIS TEAM.
NOMINATED IN 2021 IN THE CATEGORIES OF BEAUTIFICATION OR PARTICIPATION.
2519 MARKET, IS NOMINATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2021.
THE OWNERS RESTORED THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING WITH RESTORED STONE WORK AND A NEW PAINTING TILE.
IT'S NOMINATED IN THE CATEGORIES OF BEAUTIFICATION OR PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
WE HAVE 2828 MARKET IT'S THE STAR STATE COMPANY NUMBER 3 FIRE STATION.
IT WAS NOMINATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE PHASE RESTORATION THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2021.
THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1903 AND OPERATED AS A FIRE STATION UNTIL THE 1960S.
IN 1959 THE STATION BECAME THE FIRST IN THE CITY TO BE INTEGRATED AND THE WORK INCLUDED BRACING AND STABILIZATION OF THE FRONT FACADE, AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STEEL FRAME AND THE ORIGINAL FOOTPRINT.
NOMINATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THE CATEGORIES OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION OR REDEVELOPMENT.
THEN WE HAVE 320 20TH STREET, THE ANICO PARKING GARAGE, AND SKYBRIDGE.
THE NEW PARKING GARAGE AND SKYBRIDGE SERVE THE EMPLOYEES OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
THE PARKING GARAGE WAS THE FIRST MAJOR STRUCTURED PARKING CONSTRUCTED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA SINCE THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANSIT TERMINAL.
IT ALSO INCLUDED IMPROVED LANDSCAPING IN THE 20TH STREET MEDIAN.
NOMINATED BY STAFF IN 2021 IN THE CATEGORIES OF DEVELOPMENT OR PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
THIS IS THE TURNING POINT CHURCH OF GALVESTON.
THAT IS AN EXTERIOR RENOVATION OF A CHURCH BUILDING, INCLUDING A NEW PAINT SCHEME AND THE INSTALLATION OF MURALS.
NOMINATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THE CATEGORIES OF BEAUTIFICATION OR PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
THIS IS 823 26TH STREET FIRE STATION NUMBER 1.
THIS IS NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS COMPLETED IN AUGUST OF 2019.
WELL-DESIGNED BUILDING, INTENDED TO MATCH THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND REPLACE THE CITY HALL ANNEX WHICH HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED.
IT WAS NOMINATED BY STAFF IN 2020 IN THE CATEGORIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT.
THEN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, WE HAVE THE CITY HALL PLAZA AT 823 ROSENBERG.
THIS HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED AND IT REPLACES THE CITY HALL ANNEX.
IT'S THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 14,000 SQUARE-FOOT PLAZA, INCLUDING LANDSCAPING AND PUBLIC ART PIECE.
NOMINATED BY STAFF IN 2021 IN THE CATEGORIES OF DEVELOPMENT OR PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
THEN AT AVENUE R AND 39TH STREET, WE HAVE THE ABE AND ANNIE SEIBEL STUDENT RESIDENCES.
THIS IS NEW STUDENT HOUSING THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY GALVESTON COLLEGE.
IT WAS NOMINATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ALSO THE PUBLIC LAST YEAR IN 2020 IN THE CATEGORIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT.
NEXT, WE HAVE THE BABE'S BEACH RENOURISHMENT.
THAT'S THE RENOURISHMENT OF THE AREA KNOWN AS BABE'S BEACH WHICH IS WEST OF 61ST STREET.
IT WAS FIRST NOURISHED IN 2019, WHICH CREATED BABE'S BEACH WHICH BEFORE IT DID NOT HAVE ANY BEACH WHATSOEVER AND IS CURRENTLY BEING RENOURISHED YET AGAIN.
NOMINATED BY STAFF IN THE CATEGORIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL, PARTICIPATION, OR PUBLIC INVESTMENT.
WE HAVE BEACHTOWN AND BEACHSIDE VILLAGE.
THESE WERE NOMINATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR BEACH MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES IN THE CATEGORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL.
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GALVESTON ISLAND STATE PARK, THE LOST BIRD PROJECT.THIS WAS NOMINATED, I THINK BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST YEAR.
IT IS A SIX-FOOT PERMANENT SCULPTURE OF THE ESKIMO CURLEW, WHICH IS PART OF THE LOST BIRD PROJECT AND INSTALLS A MEMORIAL NEAR THE LAST SIGHTING OF EXTINCT BIRDS.
IT WAS NOMINATED IN THE CATEGORY OF BEAUTIFICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL, OR PARTICIPATION.
POCKET PARK 2, THE TIPSY TURTLE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PORTION OF THE POCKET PARK BUILDING UTILIZED FOR A BAR AND GRILL, AND ONE OF THE FEW COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS ON THE BEACH.
NOMINATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2020 IN THE CATEGORIES OF INVESTMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT.
THIS WAS NOMINATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2020.
IT INVOLVES 70 GALVESTON SEAWALL BEACHES TRANSFORMED INTO EDUCATIONAL WORKS OF ART FROM 6TH TO 61TH STREET.
NOMINATED IN THE CATEGORIES OF BEAUTIFICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL, OR PARTICIPATION.
THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ART PROJECT, TURTLES ABOUT TOWN.
THIS IS A PROJECT OF THE TURTLE RESTORATION NETWORK AND THE CLAY CUP STUDIO.
THE MISSION IS TO BRING TOGETHER ART AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY.
NOMINATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2019 IN THE CATEGORIES OF BEAUTIFICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND PARTICIPATION.
THAT CONCLUDES THE LIST OF NOMINATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, CATHERINE. I KNOW THIS IS A TON OF WORK FOR YOU ALL.
I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE IT.
I KNOW THAT KAREN PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT IN THE PAST AND YOU AND OUR ST. PATRICK THIS YEAR AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL PUT INTO IT.
NOT THAT THIS SHOULD BE FACTORED GREATLY INTO OUR DECISION-MAKING, BUT WHAT PROJECTS ARE IN THEIR SUNSET YEAR.
I KNOW IN THE PAST AND ONE OF OUR CRITERIA WAS FIVE YEARS, WHO'S IN THEIR FIFTH YEAR?
>> LET'S SEE. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME.
I WAS THINKING THE ART CENTER, BUT THAT'S IN 18.
COULD BE THAT SALTWATERSOUL IS IN ITS LAST YEAR.
>> I WAS THINKING IT WAS TOO BUT I DIDN'T SEE A DATE ON IT.
>> I'M THINKING IT IS, AND THEN THE OTHERS WOULD HAVE AT LEAST TWO OR THREE MORE YEARS.
>> I THINK THE PROJECT S.I.T IS IN ITS LAST YEAR, ISN'T IT CATHERINE? THE BENCHES?
>> I'M LOOKING HERE. WE DON'T HAVE A DATE ON WHEN IT STARTED, SO IF IT'S COMING UP ON FIVE YEARS, THEN YEAH, IT WOULD BE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.
THEN CATHERINE, DO WE WANT TO GO THROUGH THE GALVESTON COLLEGE NOMINATION DOCUMENTS? DID THEY SEND IT IN IN THE ST. MARY'S DOCUMENTS? DID THEY SEND IT IN SEPARATELY? COMMISSIONERS, DID YOU ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THOSE DETAILED DOCUMENTS ON YOUR OWN?
>> I DID, TOO. STEVEN, BOB, DID YOU ALL GO THROUGH THOSE ON YOUR OWN.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THOSE IN DETAIL.
COMMISSIONERS, OH, I DON'T HAVE TO BE SO FORMAL, IT'S WORKSHOP.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE NOMINEES? COMMISSIONER HOLLOWAY.
>> I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THE CATEGORIZATIONS WERE MADE BECAUSE WE SEE SOME THAT ARE REPETITIVE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO THROW OFF OUR VOTING.
CAN STAFF TELL US, NOT WHO TO VOTE FOR, BUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS IN VOTING? I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED BECAUSE ALL OF THE NOMINEES ARE LISTED UNDER EVERY CATEGORY, SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO PICK OUR OWN PARTICULAR FAVORITE AND NOT HAVE A WINNER.
>> WELL, SO WE DO CLASSIFY THEM INTO THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES WITH THE THOUGHT THAT
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THEY DO QUALIFY IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND THE COMMISSION MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA ABOUT WHICH CATEGORIES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM FROM STAFF.MY THOUGHT IS THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH AN INITIAL ROUND OF VOTING USING THE SURVEYMONKEY AND THEN IF WE FIND THAT THERE ARE REPETITIVE WINNERS OR IF THERE'S SOME ANOMALY, THEN WE CAN JUST DO A REGULAR VOICE VOTE.
>> BASICALLY CAROL, AS YOU RECALL, I THINK IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD MAYBE SOME PROJECT THAT'S WON IN TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, AND WE JUST DECIDE WHICH CATEGORY WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN AND WE LOOK AT WHICH ONE CAME SECOND ON THAT OR HAD THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN THAT CATEGORY AND DECIDED THAT'S THE ROUTE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE.
I WAS THINKING TODAY WHEN I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE MAYBE SIX OF OUR PEOPLE HERE, AND NOW WE HAVE FOUR.
MAYBE LET'S GO THROUGH AND IF ONE PARTICULAR CATEGORY HAS THREE VOTES, DO WE WANT TO DECLARE IT A WINNER RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IF ONE GETS THREE OUT OF THE FOUR VOTES DO WE WANT TO DECLARE IT A WINNER OR DO WE WANT TO DO A PRELIMINARY VOTE AND THEN SEE THE TOP THREE IN EACH CATEGORY AND VOTE AGAIN. CAROL.
>> I JUST THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD DO THIS ITERATIVELY, WE GO THROUGH ONE VOTING SESSION.
PATRICK COMES UP WITH THE ONES THAT PEOPLE VOTED FOR, AND THEN WE WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN SO THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT 18.
>> BASICALLY THE TOP THREE IN EACH CATEGORY ARE THE TOP, HOWEVER MANY IN EACH CATEGORY.
>> RIGHT, BECAUSE AS IT IS SET UP ON SURVEYMONKEY, EACH OF US COULD VOTE FOR SEPARATE PROJECTS.
IF WE DID THAT, THEN JUST THOSE COME UP FOR THE SECOND ITERATION.
THEN WE KEEP DOING IT UNTIL WE WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ONE SELECTION, OR IF WE DUPLICATE IT THEN WE CAN DEFAULT TO THE SECOND.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF SURVEYMONKEY WOULD DO THAT.
>> CATHERINE, DOES THAT SOUND DOABLE?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO IT THROUGH SURVEYMONKEY.
LET'S DO THE FIRST ROUND AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> I JUST LOOKED IT UP, SEAWALL INTERPRETIVE TRAIL, IT WAS ADDED TO THE GALVESTON SEAWALL BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM IN 2016.
THAT MEANS THIS IS IT'S LAST FIFTH, AND LAST YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY.
IT HAS 47 PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, 600 AND LOCAL STUDENTS, AND 55 INDIVIDUALS SPONSORS TO DO ALL THE BENCHES, SO 70 CONCRETE BENCHES.
>> WE'VE GOT TWO PROJECTS IN THEIR SUNSET YEAR, SALTWATERSOUL AND S.I.T. CORRECT?
>> TASKMASTER SAYS, TO YOUR VOTING, EVERYBODY HIT THE SURVEYMONKEY.
>> DO WE DO THAT NOW? WE DO IT NOW?
>> UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANOTHER QUESTION.
>> WAIT, WHERE'S THE LINK FOR THE SURVEY?
>> IT IS NOT IN A SEPARATE DOCUMENT.
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>> PATRICK LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'VE GOT THEM ALL IN.
>> I'M GOING TO BE DOING THE SURVEY MONKEY, SO WISH ME LUCK.
RUSTY [INAUDIBLE] DID COMPLETE HIS BEFORE THE MEETING, SO HIS INFORMATION IS IN.
>> WELL, WE'RE ON A BREAK, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT STAN HUMPHREY IS A NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONER WHO WAS JUST NOMINATED TO THE BOARD OF THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND HE IS ATTENDING THE MEETING BOTH TODAY, I THINK THIS AFTERNOON, BOTH THE WORKSHOP AND THE REGULAR MEETING AS AN OBSERVER, SO HE IS ON THE LINE.
YOU GET TO SEE A REALLY INFORMAL WORKSHOP HERE.
>> CHAIRPERSON HILL, MR. HUMPHREY HAS RAISED HIS HAND, SO MAYBE AT THE END OF THE WORKSHOP, YOU CAN GIVE THEM A MINUTE TO SAY HELLO.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, CATHERINE.
WE EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO MR. FINKLEY ALSO CATHERINE, CORRECT?
>> WE DID BUT HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE TODAY.
>> WE'RE ALSO GLAD THAT STEPHEN IS BACK.
>> YES. HE WAS ALSO REAPPOINTED.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT ALL THE NOMINATIONS IN.
LET'S SEE IF ANYONE'S A CLEAR WINNER.
FOR THE FIRST NOMINATION, WE HAVE, IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO LOOK AT THIS OKAY.
THERE ARE FOUR THAT GOT VOTES.
>> 101953 STREET, WHICH IS THE SALTWATERSOUL, GOT ONE VOTE.
THE JUNETEENTH MURAL GOT TWO GALVESTON ISLAND STATE PARK GOT ONE AND SIT GOT ONE.
WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE, C. IN THE CATEGORY OF REDEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE ONE WITH THREE VOTES AND THAT IS THE STUDENT HOUSING AT GALVESTON COLLEGE.
>> IS THAT DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT? THAT'S DEVELOPMENT.
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>> OKAY, SO THAT'S THREE OUT OF FIVE?
>> YES. I THINK WE DECIDED THAT THAT WOULD BE THE NOMINATION FOR THAT CATEGORY.
>> YES. THAT GIVES US A WINNER ON THAT ONE OR ONE THAT WE WILL PRESENT TO THE FULL COMMISSION AT OUR MEETING.
THIS WILL BE OUR PROPOSED WINNER WHEN WE MAKE OUR FORMAL VOTE ON THIS AT OUR FULL BETTER MEETING. OKAY, GOOD.
>> ENVIRONMENTAL IS SPLIT, BABES BEACH GOT TWO.
GALVESTON ISLAND STATE PARK GOT ONE, SIT GOT ONE, AND TURTLES ABOUT TOWN GOT ONE.
>> NEXT WE HAVE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
WE HAVE A FOUR-VOTE WINNER HERE WITH ST. MARY'S.
>>A PARTICIPATION OF TWO VOTES FOR TURTLES ABOUT TOWN, AND THEN ONE EACH FOR THE JUNETEENTH MURAL BABES BEACH AND SIT.
PRIVATE INVESTMENT; TWO VOTES FOR SALTWATERSOUL, TWO VOTES FOR AINAKOA, AND ONE VOTE FOR TIPSY TURTLE.
PUBLIC INVESTMENT, THREE VOTES FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION.
THEN IN RE-DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE TWO VOTES FOR SALTWATERSOUL, TWO FOR THE OLD FIRE STATION AT 2828 MARKET, AND ONE FOR POCKET PARK.
>> THE POCKET PARK IS THAT TIPSY TURTLE?
>> THAT MEANS CATHERINE WE'VE GOT ONE, TWO, THREE OF OUR CATEGORIES WHERE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF, DEVELOPMENT, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT, CORRECT?
>> NOW, FORGIVE ME IF YOU WOULD REPEAT YOURSELF, PLEASE ON BEAUTIFICATION, WOULD YOU GIVE ME THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN, PLEASE?
>> BEAUTIFICATION WAS TWO VOTES FOR THE JUNETEENTH MURAL, ONE VOTE FOR SALTWATERSOUL, ONE VOTE FOR THE GAUSS ISLAND STATE PARK LOST BIRDS, AND ONE FOR THE SEAWALL INTERPRETIVE TRAIL.
>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING SALTWATERSOUL APPEAR IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES.
WE'RE SEEING SIT APPEAR IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES.
WE'RE SEEING BABES BEACH APPEAR IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES, RIGHT?
>> YES, THERE'S DEFINITELY REPETITION THERE.
>> COMMISSIONERS, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN, AND WE'RE SEEING THE JUNETEENTH MURAL APPEAR IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES, CORRECT?
>> CAN WE SEE IF WE CAN WORK THIS OUT WITH THOSE IF WE CAN FIND THE CATEGORY FOR THOSE THAT WE SEEM TO AS A GROUP, WANT TO GIVE AN AWARD TO, AND FIGURE OUT WHERE WE MIGHT BEST PLACE THOSE AWARDS, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> BEAUTIFICATION WE HAD TWO FOR JUNETEENTH MURAL AND THEN WE ALSO SAW JUNETEENTH WITH ONE IN PARTICIPATION, AND THEN WE DIDN'T SEE JUNETEENTH IN ANY OTHER CATEGORIES.
SO JUNETEENTH THEN GOT THE MOST VOTES ON BEAUTIFICATION.
LET'S TENTATIVELY LOOK AT THAT,
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THAT JUNETEENTH IS FALLING UNDER BEAUTIFICATION.ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? WE'RE JUST IN DISCUSSION PHASE HERE.
>> I'M SORRY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE IT OUT OF PARTICIPATION THERE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING?
>> YES. WE'RE JUST IN DISCUSSION NOW TO SEE [OVERLAPPING] WHERE SOME OF THESE MIGHT FIT.
WHAT WE SAW THEN WAS, WE SAW THEN TWO VOTES FOR TURTLES IN PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS MORE VOTES THAN WE SAW FOR TURTLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL.
LET'S LOOK AT MAYBE TURTLES IN PARTICIPATION.
LET'S THINK ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION, JUNETEENTH, LET'S THINK ABOUT TURTLES IN PARTICIPATION.
LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT WE SAW IN ENVIRONMENT WERE MORE VOTES FOR BABE'S BEACH.
[BACKGROUND] WE SAW ONE FOR TURTLE'S, ONE FOR LOST BIRDS, ONE FOR SIT, AND TWO FOR BABE'S BEACH.
LET'S THINK ABOUT BABE'S BEACH FOR ENVIRONMENT, JUST KICKING IT AROUND HERE.
THEN REDEVELOPMENT, WE SAW TWO FOR 2828 MARKET, AND TWO FOR SALTWATERSOUL.
THEN WE ALSO SAW TWO FOR SALTWATERSOUL IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT, WHERE WE ALSO SAW TWO FOR ANA CODE.
WE HAVE A TIE, THAT TWO AND TWO WITH 2828 MARKET, AND SALTWATERSOUL, AND REDEVELOPMENT.
TWO FOR SALTWATERSOUL AND TWO FOR ANA CODE IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
REDEVELOPMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT. WHO'S GOT A THOUGHT? WERE YOU HOLDING UP YOUR HAND, COUNCIL MEMBER? OKAY. CAROL.
>> WELL, I'M JUST THINKING THAT IN THE INTEREST OF FAIRNESS TO ALL OF THE CATEGORIES, THAT WE JUST TAKE THE ONES THAT PEOPLE VOTED FOR REGARDLESS OF IF IT WAS TWO VOTES OR ONE VOTE, THROW THEM BACK OUT THERE.
[LAUGHTER] WE CAN JUST DO IT WITH A HAND VOTE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BEAUTIFICATION, [OVERLAPPING] YOU'RE JUST GOING TO WINNOW IT DOWN TO THE [OVERLAPPING] NOMINEES THAT GOT A VOTE.
YOU JUST HAVE THOSE NOMINEES VOTED FOR THIS TIME AND SEE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS [OVERLAPPING] RATHER THAN MAKING THE ARBITRARY KINDS OF DECISIONS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S GOOD WITH ME. THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
ON BEAUTIFICATION, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE BETWEEN, [NOISE] KATHERINE CALL THEM OUT, OR I WILL AND YOU TELL ME IF I'M WRONG.
LOST BIRD, SALTWATERSOUL, AND JUNETEENTH.
>> WE CAN START WITH SALTWATER SOUL.
YOU WANT TO JUST RAISE YOUR HAND TO INDICATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR SALTWATER SOUL? OKAY. SEEING NONE.
THE JUNETEENTH MURAL? TWO THERE. GALVESTON ISLAND STATE PARK, LOST BIRDS, AND SIT.
>> [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS AWKWARD.
[LAUGHTER] NOW WE HAVE A TIE BETWEEN MURAL AND SIT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE] NOW, AND VOTE BETWEEN MURAL AND SIT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] WAIT, ARE YOU COUNTING RUSTY'S VOTE?
>> BECAUSE CAROL VOTED FOR LOST BIRD.
IF WE JUST COUNTED THE FOUR, WE'VE GOT TWO JUNETEENTH, ONE LOSS BIRD, ONE SIT.
>> OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. I WROTE THAT DOWN WRONG.
ARE WE SAYING THE MURAL WON THAT ROUND?
>> I DON'T THINK I CAN SEE WHO VOTED FOR WHAT.
>> THAT'S FINE. ON THAT ONE, THEN JUNETEENTH?
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>> THEN JUNETEENTH WINS BEAUTIFICATION.
JUNETEENTH IS GOING TO COME OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE ONE-ONE.
NOW WE'VE GOT SIT, TURTLES, AND BABE'S BEACH.
>> SORRY, ARE WE IN ENVIRONMENTAL?
>> OH, NO. WE CAN BE THERE THOUGH IF YOU WANT TO BE THERE.
DO YOU WANT TO BE [OVERLAPPING]
>> DEVELOPMENT HAD A CLEAR WINNER.
>> WHERE ARE WE GOING [OVERLAPPING]
THAT WAS BABE'S BEACH, NELSON ISLAND STATE PARK, SIT, AND TURTLES ABOUT TOWN.
>> BABE'S BEACH, SIT, TURTLES [BACKGROUND], THE LOST BIRDS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE'LL START WITH BABE'S BEACH.
SHOW OF HANDS FOR SUPPORT FOR THAT ONE? OKAY. GALVESTON ISLAND STATE PARK, LOST BIRDS? ONE.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD IN OUR MEETING.
>> THEN HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WE'VE GOT A CLEAR CUT.
>> WE HAVE PARTICIPATION WHERE WE CAN REMOVE THE MURAL [NOISE] [OVERLAPPING] AND TURTLES.
SO THAT LEAVES US WITH BABE'S BEACH AND SIT.
>> CAN I SAY SOMETHING HERE ABOUT THIS ONE?
>> THIS IS THE LAST YEAR FOR SIT, AND I WAS NOT CLEAR AND THAT WAS A MINUTE AGO.
I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY KNOWS THIS, BUT WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARTICIPATION, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT HAD 47 PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, THE CITY OF GALVESTON, 600 LOCAL STUDENTS, AND 55 INDIVIDUALS SPONSORED TO DO THE ARTWORK AND LAY THE TOWER OF 170 CONCRETE BENCHES.
I THINK THIS ONE HAS GREAT QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS CATEGORY.
>> YOU HAVE MY VOTE. [LAUGHTER]
>> THAT'S MY SALES PITCH TO YOU GUYS.
>> WE'LL START WITH BABE'S BEACH.
SHOW UP SUPPORT FOR THAT ONE AND FOR SIT.
>> HE HAS THE SECOND CAREER AS A USED CAR SALESMAN.
>> THERE YOU GO. [LAUGHTER] [NOISE]
>> THE NEXT CATEGORY IS PRIVATE INVESTMENT THAT WE HAD TWO VOTES FOR SALTWATER SOUL, TWO VOTES FOR ANIKA AND ONE VOTE FOR THE TIPSY TURTLE POCKET PARK.
WE'LL START HERE WITH SALTWATER SOUL.
OKAY. ANIKA AND THEN POCKET PARK.
ONE OR TWO? NO VOTES, SO THREE VOTES FOR ANIKA.
I ALSO THINK IT'S NICE TO RECOGNIZE ANIKA THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR YEARS TO COME, BUT THEY'RE SELLING THE BUILDING AND SELLING THE COMPANY.
IT'D BE NICE TO NOMINATE AND RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WORKED ON IT.
>> [NOISE] WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY LISTENED TO THE PUBLIC.
FINALLY, IT TOOK A WHILE, BUT THEY DID.
>> OKAY. PUBLIC INVESTMENT, WE HAD THE WINNER OF THE FIRE STATION AND THEN REDEVELOPMENT.
REDEVELOPMENT, EVERYONE IS STILL A CONTENDER.
WE HAD TWO VOTES FOR SALTWATER SOUL, TWO FOR 2828 MARKET, AND ONE FOR THE POCKET PARK.
2828 MARKET, THREE VOTES, AND POCKET PARK.
TWO THE TIPSY TURTLE ONE VOTE.
[NOISE] WE'VE GOT 2828 MARKET.
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WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RUN THROUGH THESE?>> OKAY. [NOISE] FOR BEAUTIFICATION, WE HAVE THE GIN GENES MURAL.
FOR DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE GALVESTON COLLEGE, STUDENT HOUSING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TURTLES ABOUT TOWN.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL.
PARTICIPATION MOVES THE SEAWALL INTERPRETIVE TRAIL, WHAT WE'VE BEEN CALLING SIT.
PRIVATE INVESTMENT, WENT TO ANIKA, PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO THE NEW FIRE STATION, AND THEN REDEVELOPMENT TO THE OLD FIRE STATION AT 28 28 MARKET. THAT'S A NICE FIT.
>> CAN I PROPOSE SOMETHING GANG? MAY I PROPOSE AN INSPIRATION AWARD OR SOMETHING? WE NEED TO GIVE SOMETHING TO SALTWATER SOUL.
[LAUGHTER] THEY INSPIRED THIS WHOLE IDEA.
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE A LOVELY GESTURE AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY THE COMMISSION CAN'T ADD IN A SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
>> MAY WE GIVE SALTWATER SOUL SPECIAL RECOGNITION?
>> DOES ANYONE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? CAROLL SAID SURE. BOB, STEPHEN CAN YOU ALL GIVE THAT AN OKAY?
I THINK THAT THESE AWARDS ARE MEANINGFUL.
COUNCIL MEMBER LIST I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT Y'ALL GIVE US TIME AT COUNSEL TO PRESENT THESE.
THEY ARE MEANINGFUL TO THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE THEM.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT WITH THE UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY TAKE WHEN THEY ACCEPT THEM.
[NOISE] I HONESTLY THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO RECONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT YOU GIVE THEM TIME TO SPEAK AFTER THEY RECEIVE THEIR AWARDS, THEY APPRECIATE IT, BUT I THINK THAT THIS WILL MEAN A LOT.
I DEFINITELY THINK SALTWATER SOUL SHOULD GET RECOGNITION BECAUSE THEY WERE THE INSPIRATION FOR THESE AWARDS. THANK YOU.
[NOISE] THANK YOU ALL FOR AGREEING TO LET THEM HAVE AN AWARD.
I HONESTLY THINK BRUCE REINHARDT SHOULD GET TO COME BACK AND GIVE THE AWARD TO SALTWATER SOUL [LAUGHTER] IF HE WANTS TO.
>> RANDOM THING JUST GET SOMEBODY OFF THE STREET.
ANY THING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO [NOISE] DO BEFORE WE TAKE A BRIEF RECESS? [NOISE] BEFORE OUR 3:30 MEETING. KATHRYN.
>> WE WERE GOING TO LET MR. HUMPHREY [OVERLAPPING].
>> SAY HELLO. MR. HUMPHREY I WILL GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOU, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
YOU JUST NEED TO UNMUTE ON YOUR END.
>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT WAS VERY GOOD INFORMAL MEETING.
I'LL LIKE THOSE KIND, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE AVOCATIONS.
>>SURE. OUR WORKSHOPS ARE ALWAYS MUCH MORE INFORMAL.
THEY ARE A FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AS OPPOSED TO OUR FORMAL OR REGULAR MEETINGS WHICH ARE CONDUCTED USING ROBERT'S RULES AND ARE A LITTLE MORE FORMAL AND IT ALLOWS US TO BE A LITTLE MORE OURSELVES IN WORKSHOPS.
I'M GLAD YOU GOT TO SEE US WITH OUR HAIR DOWN ON AS IT WERE.
>> SOME OF US HAVE MORE HAIR THAN OTHERS.
>> SOME OF US WEAR HATS TO PREVENT FROM BEING NOTICED ON HOW MUCH HAIR THEY HAVE THEY HAVE.
>> SINCE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BEFORE WE RECESS AND GO INTO OUR NEXT MEETING, DO YOU WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? I'VE WATCHED YOUR INTERVIEW, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS DID.
>> [NOISE] BASICALLY JUST WE'VE HAD A PLACE DOWN HERE SINCE THE EARLY '90S AND MOVED DOWN HERE IN 2006 AFTER MY WIFE RETIRED FROM TEACHING AND THEN SHE RESUMED TEACHING DUTIES AT TRINITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND SHE HAS JUST RETIRED AGAIN.
I RETIRED IN 2019, AFTER A LONG, WONDERFUL CAREER WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AND SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE AS MY AVOCATION BUSINESS AIRPLANES AND HANGARS.
I'M PRETTY MUCH OUT AT THE AIRPORT, QUITE OFTEN, BEEN A MEMBER OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD [NOISE] SEVERAL TIMES AND ALSO AS REMEMBER THE CHERISHFUL TEAM.
THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE SERVING.
I JUST FEEL VERY HAPPY TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY.
STAN, WHAT DID YOU DO AT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES?
>> I WAS AN AIRLINE PILOT. I WAS A PILOT.
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>> MY COUSIN TRAINS THE AIRLINE MECHANICS.
>> AWESOME. MY FAVORITE PEOPLE.
[INAUDIBLE] THEY SAY IT CAN GO.
>> [LAUGHTER] YEAH. I APPRECIATE THAT.
AS A PASSENGER, I APPRECIATE THAT. [LAUGHTER].
>> YEAH. THERE'S A SAYING IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT, IF IT AIN'T FIXED, DON'T FLY IT.
>> MY DAD WAS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER.
I WAS IN THE AIR FORCE AND MY HUSBAND'S RETIRED AIR FORCE AND MY FATHER-IN-LAW IS RETIRED, AIR FORCE.
>> COMMONALITY. I WAS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER IN THE AIR FORCE.
THERE YOU GO. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ABOARD.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU BEING HERE IN OCTOBER.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO OVERLAP WITH COMMISSIONER HOLLOWAY AND SO WAVE TO HER WHILE YOU CAN.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. [LAUGHTER]
YOU'RE GOING TO STICK WITH US FOR THE REGULAR MEETING?
>> YES. I AM, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW THAT TRANSPIRES.
>> GREAT. COMMISSIONERS, LET'S TAKE A BREAK.
KATHRYN, DO WE STAY LOGGED IN ON THIS ZOOM?
>> IF YOU STAY LOGGED IN, YOU CAN TURN YOUR CAMERAS OFF AND THEN TURN THEM BACK ON WHEN WE'RE READY TO START AT 3:30.
>> OKAY. YES, SIR. [OVERLAPPING].
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK KATHRYN IF THEY COULD TELL ME HOW TO GET THIS THING TO SHOW VIDEO.
>> YOU WON'T GET VIDEO UP UNTIL YOU'RE A FULL-FLEDGED MEMBER.
>> GREAT. THE WORKSHOP IS ADJOURNED AT 3:18.
THANK YOU. SEE YOU BACK HERE IN 12 MINUTES.
>> THANKS, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.