>> [BACKGROUND] GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
[1. DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL MEETING TO ORDER]
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LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE HERE, STAFF AND COUNCIL, GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU AND EVERYONE THAT'S HERE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY AND OUR HONORED GUEST, WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.IT IS 5:00 PM AND I WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY CALL THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF GALVESTON TO ORDER FOR MAY 26, 2022.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, BUT COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MA'AM.
>> HERE >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHYSTER?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER [INAUDIBLE]?
>> VERY GOOD. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM HERE.
COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LITTLE LIBERTY WITH OUR AGENDA TODAY, AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR INVOCATION HERE, IF I COULD.
ON TUESDAY THIS WEEK, ONCE AGAIN, WE EXPERIENCED AN EVENT TOO HORRIFIC TO CONTEMPLATE.
THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE KILLING OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN UVALDE TEXAS.
THIS SENSELESS ATTACK ON SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE AND VALUABLE AMONG US.
ASSAULTS ARE VERY UNDERSTANDING OF THE WHY OF THIS SITUATION.
AS WE STRUGGLE WITH THIS UNBEARABLE TRAGEDY, LET US REMEMBER THAT OUR STRENGTH AND HEALING ARE ONLY AS DEEP AS OUR COMPASSION AND RESOLVE IN SEARCHING FOR AN ANSWER THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE.
TODAY WE PRAY FOR THESE FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY OF UVALDE.
TOMORROW WE MUST LOOK FOR ANSWERS, NOT JUST IN UVALDE, BUT IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
I WON'T PROFESS TO HAVE A SOLUTION BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS WHAT WE ARE DOING IS NOT WORKING.
IT IS TIME FOR ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER IN OUR OWN WAY TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD AS WE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS.
TODAY, OUR PRAYERS ARE FOR UVALDE, GOD, PLEASE WRAP THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN YOUR ARMS AND HOLD THEM SAFE.
MOVING BACK TO OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE HONORED TO HAVE HIS EMINENCE, DANIEL CARDINAL DINARDO FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON, HOUSTON, TO DO OUR INVOCATION TODAY.
>> LET US PRAY, GOD OF LIFE AND LOVE, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS, AND WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER THIS EVENING.
WE ASK YOU TO LOOK FAVORABLY UPON THE CIVIC LEADERS ASSEMBLED HERE AS THEY SEEK THE COMMON GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF GALVESTON.
WE ALSO ASKED YOU TO LOOK KINDLY ON THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON, HOUSTON IN OUR 175TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR, WHICH WE COMMEMORATE IN A SPECIAL WAY THIS EVENING.
IN SOLIDARITY AND CHARITY, WE LIFT UP TO YOU ALL WHO ARE IN NEED AND THOSE WHO SUFFER, ESPECIALLY IN UVALDE, ESPECIALLY ALL OF OUR FELLOW TEXANS IN THE COMMUNITY THERE.
MAY YOUR HEALING PRESENCE BE WITH THEM IN THEIR GRIEF AND STRENGTHEN THEM DAY BY DAY.
RECEIVE INTO YOUR ETERNAL LOVE THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE TAKEN IN TUESDAY'S TRAGEDY.
BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER THIS EVENING AND LEAD US SAFELY HOME AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR WORK.
WE ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF YOU WHO LIVE IN REIGN FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN.
A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEASE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR OF THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS,
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ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.>> ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST COUNCIL?
>> I HAVE ONE MAYOR ON ITEM TICKETS.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARED BY COUNCIL WOMAN ROB ON ITEM 10D, IS IN DAVID.
[6. PRESENTATIONS/REPORTS OF COUNCIL, OFFICER BOARDS, AND CITY MANAGER]
>> IT SEEMS LIKE PURSUING THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5.1.0145, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS.
>> VERY GOOD. WE'LL START THIS OFF.
IT'S MY HONOR TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON, HOUSTON.
[NOISE] [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] WHEREAS IN 1847, GOD GAVE STRENGTH TO A GROUP OF FAITH FILLED PEOPLE, INCLUDING FRENCH ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONARY, JEAN MARIE ODIN, FIRST BISHOP OF GALVESTON AND THE URSULINES AND ORDER OF SISTERS BOUNDED IN ITALY TO FACE ENORMOUS CHALLENGES AND HARDSHIPS TO BUILD THE CHURCH IN WHAT WAS THEN CONSIDERED FRONTIER.
WHEREAS FROM THOSE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, THE CHURCH SHIFTED IN 1959 TO THE NEWLY NAMED DIOCESE OF GALVESTON, HOUSTON AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CHANCERY SOON FOLLOWED TO HOUSTON IN 1963.
WHEREAS IN 1985, BEAUMONT-BORN BISHOP, JOSEPH FIORENZA, BECAME THE SEVEN BISHOP, THE FIRST NATIVE TO SHEPHERD THE DIOCESE, WHICH BY THEN HAD GROWN TO 1.2 MILLION CATHOLICS AND LATER BECAME ITS FIRST ARCHBISHOP.
WHEREAS IN 2004, POPE BENEDICT THE 16TH, ELEVATED THE DIOCESE OF GALVESTON, HOUSTON TO AN ARCHDIOCESE IN TEXAS JOINED CALIFORNIA AS THE ONLY SECOND STATE WITH TWO ARCHDIOCESE WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES.
WHEREAS IN 2007, POPE BENEDICT THE 16TH, ELEVATED ARCHBISHOP FIORENZA, SUCCESSOR ARCHBISHOP DANIEL DINARDO TO CARDINAL AND HE REMAINS THE ONLY AMERICAN CARDINAL IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES.
WHEREAS IN 2008, THE NEWLY BUILT CO-CATHEDRAL OF SACRED HEART IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON SHARES THE FUNCTION OF BEING THE BISHOP'S SEAT, ALONG WITH ST. MARY'S BASILICA IN GALVESTON, THE MOTHER CHURCH OF TEXAS.
WHEREAS SAINT MARY'S CATHEDRAL WAS DOCUMENTED BY THE HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY IN 1967, AND IN 1968, WAS NAMED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN GALVESTON AS THE ORIGINAL SEAT OF THE DIOCESE AND ONGOING LEADERSHIP AS THE CO-SEAT OF THE ARCHDIOCESE TODAY.
WHEREAS TODAY THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON, HOUSTON, UNDER CARDINAL DINARDO STEWARDSHIP, CONTINUES TO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST TO A FLOCK OF MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION FAITHFUL AND 10 COUNTIES SERVED BY IT'S 146 PARISHES, SEVEN MISSIONS, AND 43 SCHOOLS, AND THE MANY MINISTRIES PROVIDING CARE FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE.
THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF GALVESTON DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 4TH, 2022, AS THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON, HOUSTON.
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IN TESTIMONY WHERE I HAVE WITNESSED MY HAND IN THE SEALED GALVESTON, CRAIG BROWN, MAYOR OF GALVESTON, JANELLE WILLIAMS, CITY SECRETARY, CONGRATULATIONS.>> MAYOR TO YOU AND THE CITY COUNCIL, TO ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE OF GALVESTON, THIS IS ALSO A GREAT HONOR FOR US.
IN 1847, GALVESTON WAS 360,000 SQUARE MILES AND ONLY 15 PRIESTS.
TODAY WE'RE IN 10 COUNTIES, IT'S STILL BIG BUT NOT LIKE IT WAS BEFORE BUT WE NOW HAVE ABOUT 300 PRIESTS.
WE HAVE A MILLION 700,000 CATHOLICS.
WERE GLAD TO DO OUR WORK, AND YET WE STILL HAVE OUR ORIGINS BACK IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON, AND THEN THAT BEAUTIFUL BASILICA CATHEDRAL WHICH HURRICANE IKE ALMOST GOT.
IT TOOK US SIX YEARS TO REOPEN IT, BUT IT'S REOPENED.
NOW IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL AND AID.
I CALL IT THE LITTLE JEWEL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE.
WE'RE DELIGHTED, WE'RE GRATEFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, WE'LL BE IN OUR DIOCESE AND NEWSPAPER AND ALL AROUND IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
WE PRAY FROM THIS POINT ON IN GALVESTON EVERY YEAR IN OUR CHURCHES DOWN HERE NO STORMS. WE'LL DO OUR PRAYERS AGAIN THIS YEAR, WE HOPE THAT THEY WORK.
[LAUGHTER] MANY THANKS TO YOU FOR YOUR GREAT KINDNESS.
THANKS MIRA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.[APPLAUSE]
>> [BACKGROUND]WELL, THIS IS AN AFTERNOON OF BESTOWING MANY HONOREE STATEMENTS AND RECOGNIZING WONDERFUL INDIVIDUALS FROM GALVESTON, AND FOLLOWING THAT I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILWOMAN MARIE ROBB ON THE PRESENTATION AND PROCLAMATION HONORING OUR PAST COUNCIL MEMBER BILL QUIROGA.
>> WHEREAS ON FEBRUARY 14TH, 2022, THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BILL QUIROGA CAME SUDDENLY TO A CLOSE AND ENDED A LIFE FILLED WITH KINDNESS, COURAGE, LOVE FOR ALL FELLOW MAN, AND WHEREAS BILL WAS ELECTED IN NOVEMBER, 2020 TO SERVE AS DISTRICT 4 AS DISTRICT 4 REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY OF GALVESTON, AND WAS COMMITTED TO HIS ROLE OF SERVING THIS CITY, AND WHEREAS AS A MAN HE LEAVES BEHIND HIM A MEMORIAL OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP.
BILL LOVED HELPING PEOPLE AND WAS AT ALL TIMES COURTEOUS AND CONSIDERATE OF THE WELFARE OF OTHERS.
HE PERFORMED FAITHFULLY AND EFFICIENTLY THE DUTIES OF HIS OFFICE, THEREFORE WE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON EXTEND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OUR DEEPEST REGRET IN THEIR LOSS AND TRUSTING THAT THEY MAY CONSOLE AND AS LAST THING AS EXAMPLE OF CIVIL LEADERSHIP IF REGARDS FOR THE NEEDS OF OTHER AND TESTIMONY WHERE I'VE WITNESSED BY THE HAND AND SEAL OF THE MIRROR AND JANELLE WILLIAMS, CITY SECRETARY.
I PERSONALLY JUST WANT TO SAY, I LOVED YOUR DAD, I LOVED YOUR GRANDFATHER.
HE WAS SUCH A GOOD MAN AND HE TRULY HAD SUCH A CONCERN FOR EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH GALVESTON.
ALL YOUR COMMENTS AT HIS MEMORIAL WERE SO TOUCHING, SO IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION AND I WILL MISS SEEING HIS HAPPY FACE AS I GO UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS.
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING?>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
I'M JASON QUIROGA, I'M BILL'S SON AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT HE WAS BORN HERE, HE PLAYED HERE, HE SHOPPED HERE, AND TILL HIS VERY LAST DAY HE WAS SO PROUD TO BE A GALVESTONIAN.
I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CONTINUE HIS WORK AND HAVE THE SAME VIGOR AS HE DID UNTIL HIS LAST DAYS.
HE WAS BORN HERE, DIED HERE, AND A TRUE SON OF GALVESTON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TAKE CARE GUYS, AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
>> NOW HAVE THE NATIONAL BEACH SAFETY WEEK PROCLAMATION COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAM SCHUSTER.
>> [BACKGROUND] WE HAVE NATIONAL BEACH SAFETY WEEK, SO WE AS THE BEAUTIFUL COASTAL AND INLAND BEACHES OF TEXAS REPRESENT A WORLD RENOWNED RECREATIONAL RESOURCE, AND WE AS THE TEXANS AND VISITORS ALIKE ARE DRAWN TO THESE BEACHES BY THE MILLIONS EACH YEAR FOR WATER AND BEACH ACTIVITIES, AND WE AS THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT HAS DANGERS THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY MANAGED THROUGH PUBLIC AWARENESS AND THE VIGILANCE OF PROFESSIONAL LIFE GUARDS, AND WE AS THE FOR REASONS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ANNUAL REMINDER OF THE JOYS AND HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT ARE APPROPRIATE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE BUSY SUMMER BEACH SEASON.
WE AS TEXANS AND VISITORS ALIKE MUST REMEMBER TO LEARN TO SWIM, WEAR A LIFE JACKET, ENTER WATER FEET FIRST, SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD, SWIM WITH A BUDDY, OBEY POSTED SIGNS AND FLAGS, CHECK WITH THE LIFEGUARDS, LEARN ABOUT RIP CURRENT SAFETY, USE SUNSCREEN, DRINK WATER, AND KEEP THE BEACH AND WATER CLEAN.
THEREFORE, WE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 23RD THROUGH MAY 30TH, 2022 AS NATIONAL BEACH SAFETY WEEK IN TEXAS AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS USING OUR BEACHES TO ENJOY THEMSELVES AT THE BEACH THIS YEAR WHILE TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN AND TESTIMONY WHEREOF WITNESS MY HAND IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON THIS 26TH DAY OF MAY, 2022.
I'M CRAIG BROWN, MAYOR AND [INAUDIBLE] CITY SECRETARY. THANKS PETER.
>> I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK OUT THERE.
>> [BACKGROUND] MAYOR-COUNCIL IF I MAY, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK YOU.
ON BEHALF OF GALVESTON, DESIGNATED LIFE GUARD SERVICE, AND OUR PARTNERS, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR.
I WOULD WITH YOUR INDULGENCE LIKE TO LIST OUR PARTNERS; THE ONES THAT'LL BE OUT THERE WORKING THE BEACHES THIS WEEKEND, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE SAFETY NET THAT GOES INTO KEEPING OUR VISITORS SAFE WHEN THEY COME TO YOUR BEACHES.
FIRST OF ALL OF COURSE, I HAVE TO MENTION GALVESTON MARINE RESPONSE WHICH IS GALVESTON'S LOCAL EMS FIRE PD, JAMAICA BEACH FIRE RESCUE, THE COUNTY, AND MORE, AND SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THEM BECAUSE THEY DO SO MUCH TO KEEP YOUR BEACHES SAFE.
I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE TWO SEARCH TEAMS WE WORK WITH WHICH ARE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS. ONE IS FOR GALVESTON COUNTY, AND ONE IS FOR PRECINCT, ONE IN HOUSTON.
THESE ARE LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS WHERE THEY COME DOWN ON HOLIDAYS AND GUARD, BUT MOSTLY KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER ON THE ENDS OF THE ISLANDS WHERE IT'S DANGEROUS TO SWIM BECAUSE OF THE STRONG TIDAL FLOWS AND SO THEY'LL BE DOWN HERE THIS WEEKEND AS WELL.
THEN THE TWO ONES THAT FALL UNDER THE BEACH PATROL UMBRELLA ARE THE SURVIVOR SUPPORT NETWORK WHICH I THINK YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY DO AND THE WAVE WATCHER VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT'LL BE OUT THERE DURING TIMES IN AREAS THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY THERE AND PRESENT.
THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THAT, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF PUBLIC SAFETY THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT WITH BEACH SAFETY WEEK THAT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW ABOUT TWO OR ONE IS THANK YOU ROTARY FOR THE REALLY BEAUTIFUL BILLBOARD THAT YOU SEE AS YOU COME ONTO THE ISLAND NOW THAT SAYS WHEN YOU ARE A LIFEGUARD.
THOSE MESSAGES ARE IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH AND THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUT EVERY TWO OR THREE WEEKS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. PRETTY AWESOME.
THERE'S ALSO A PBS SPECIAL COMING OUT THAT WE WORKED ON CALLED RIP CURRENT RESCUE THAT YOU'LL SEE.
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IT'S AVAILABLE ON VIMEO AS WELL, BUT IT'S REALLY HIGH-QUALITY DOCUMENTARY ABOUT RIP CURRENTS AND GALVESTON IS PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED IN THAT AS WELL.THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR AND I APPRECIATE.
>> PETER I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND THE BEACH PATROL, WHAT A WONDERFUL JOB YOU DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
IT'S SOMETIMES NOT RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT YOU DO, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS BUT THE VISITORS THAT COME HERE.
I WANT TO ALSO MAKE A COMMENT, PETER CAN PROBABLY OUTSWIM AND OUTRUN ALL THOSE LIFEGUARDS THAT ARE HALF HIS AGE.
>> THANK YOU-ALL FOR THE SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT. [APPLAUSE]
>> VERY GOOD. WE HAVE NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE BOUVIER.
>> CITY OF GALVESTON PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE NATIONAL SAFETY OR NATIONAL SAFE BOAT WEEK IS OBSERVED TO BRING ATTENTION TO IMPORTANT LIFE-SAVING TIPS FOR RECREATIONAL BOATERS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A SAFER, MORE FUN EXPERIENCE OUT ON THE WATER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WHEREAS THE BOATING SEASON BEGINS, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE RECREATIONAL BOATING.
WHEREAS SAFE BOATING BEGINS WITH PREPARATION, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF POTENTIAL LIFE-SAVING PROCEDURES BEFORE BOATING, INCLUDING CARRYING LIFE-SAVING EMERGENCY DISTRESS AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, WEARING LIFE JACKETS, ATTENDING SAFE BOATING COURSES, PARTICIPATING IN FREE BOAT SAFETY CHECKS, AND STAYING SOBER WHEN NAVIGATING.
THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON DO BY PROCLAIM MAY 21ST THROUGH MAY 27TH, 2022 AS NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON AND ENCOURAGE THE BOATERS TO BOAT RESPONSIBLE AND TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS THIS BOATING SEASON TO KEEP NOT ONLY YOURSELF, BUT OTHER BOATERS SAFE IN THE TESTIMONY, THEREFORE WITNESSED BY MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON THIS 26TH DAY OF MAY 2022.
DR. CRAIG BROWN, MAYOR, AND JANELLE WILLIAMS, CITY SECRETARY.
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANKS.
>> YOU GUYS WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS?
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS HONOR AND RECOGNITION.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT IF YOU GET IN TROUBLE OUT ON THE WATER WILL BE COMING TO GET YOU.
SO THESE GUYS HERE ARE FROM STATION GALVESTON AND WE ARE THE AUXILIARY FLOTILLA FOR STATION GALVESTON.
IF YOU GET IN TROUBLE ON THE WATER WE WILL BE THE ONES TO COME GET YOU.
[LAUGHTER]THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER ON OUR AGENDA.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR STRENGTHENING POLICE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
THAT HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO THE FALL.
THEY HAVE REARRANGED THAT MEETING AND MOVED IT TO THE FALL.
WE'LL HAVE THAT PROCLAMATION COMING UP SHORTLY ON THAT.
BEFORE WE LEAVE IS THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS COUNCIL YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE?
>> WE DO NEED TO POINT OUT THAT CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY?
>> IT WILL BE. I WANTED TO MAKE JUST A COMMENT, ABOUT TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH IT WAS SAD THAT WE LOST COMMISSIONER KEN CLARK.
HE SERVED IN THAT POSITION FOR MANY YEARS AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH KEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS CONCERNING THIS PELICAN ISLAND BRIDGE PROJECT.
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KEN CLARK WAS DEVOTED TO THIS COMMUNITY, TO GALVESTON COUNTY AND HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED.SEND OUR CONDOLENCES AND SYMPATHIES TO HIS FAMILY.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED AND GIVEN THEIR LIFE, AS WELL AS ALL WHO ARE SERVING, AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MARIE. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 7 IF WE COULD, PLEASE, JANELLE.
[7. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS]
>> DO YOU THINK I COULD USE THE PODIUM MICROPHONE TO [INAUDIBLE]?
>> CLAIMS 22029 THROUGH 22039 WERE FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THOSE WERE POSTED.
>> YES, THOSE ARE ON THE SCREEN.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL, IF IT MET YOUR APPROVAL I'D LIKE TO
[11. CONSENT ITEMS]
ALSO CHANGE THE ORDER OF OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HERE TONIGHT AND SO IN HONOR OF MS. MAGGIO I'M GOING TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF OUR AGENDA IF THAT MET EVERYONE APPROVAL TO MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA UP.
FIRST OF ALL, COULD YOU READ ITEM 11, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, JANELLE.
WELL, JANELLE GO AHEAD AND READ IF YOU WOULD JUST ITEM 11, THE CONSENT ITEMS, AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THOSE OUT OF THE WAY, AND THEN WE'LL PULL THAT.
>> ITEM 11 CONSENT, THE FOLLOWING ITEM SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR ACTION AS A WHOLE UNLESS ONE OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS OBJECTS.
THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ON NECESSARY DOCUMENTS UPON FINAL APPROVAL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
>> I'M GOING TO REMOVE OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 11D FOR SEPARATE RECOGNITION.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS, COUNCIL, YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? [BACKGROUND] 10B, YEAH.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS FROM 11A TO SO MOVED.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ALL THE CONSENT ITEMS OTHER THAN 11D.
IS THERE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
>> WE NEED TO DO A SECOND. OKAY.
LET'S NOW, IF YOU COULD READ 11D, PLEASE. JANELLE.
[11.D. Consider For Approval The Acceptance Of A Donation Valued At Approximately $1,000,000.00 From Ms. Georgann Maggie, In Memory Of Marikate Georgann Maggio, For Physical Improvements To Lassie League Softball Complex At 2506 83rd Street. (B. Sanderson)]
>> 11D, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION DOLLARS FROM MS. GEORGIAN MAGGIO IN MEMORY OF MARY KATE GEORGIAN MAGGIO FOR PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LASSIE LEAGUE SOFTBALL COMPLEX AT 2506 83RD STREET.
BARBARA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THIS AND MS. MAGGIO DO THIS?
>> YES. JUST ONE LITTLE THING ABOUT MARY KATE THAT PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED, IT WAS IN MY STAFF REPORT.
MARY KATE WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST LIFEGUARDS THAT WAS HIRED OVER THE LASKER COMMUNITY POOL THE SUMMER WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.
IT WAS LATE IN AUGUST AND SHE STEPPED UP AND CAME TO WORK FOR US AND WAS A WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY.
TODAY WE HAVE MS. MAGGIO HERE, WE HAVE ERNEST, WERE YOU HER COACH?
>> SURE. ALSO ONE OF HER COACH, THERE'S TONY. TONY WAS HER COACH.
>> ONE OF HER COACH AND TONY PRATTS.
ERNEST WOULD LIKE TO READ THE LETTER FROM MS. MAGGIO IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT.
CITY OF GALVESTON, MAYOR GREG BROWN, CITY MANAGER MR. BRIAN MAXWELL, MISS.
BARBARA SANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND GALVESTON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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GREETINGS. IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR, TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO REALIZE A DREAM, I SHARED WITH MY DAUGHTER, MK MARY KAY DIMAGGIO, AND FULFILL THE PROMISE I MADE FOLLOWING HER DEATH, OF DONATING $1 MILLION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO UPGRADE THE LAST ELITE GIRL'S SOFTBALL ORGANIZATION SPORTS COMPLEX.THE DONATION, AS A MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTION TO HONOR MK'S MEMORY.
MARY KAY TRAGICALLY LOST HER LIFE IN A CAR WRECK, ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2018, ONLY FOUR MONTHS AFTER GRADUATING FROM BOHAI SCHOOL.
HER SENSELESS DEATH CAUSED BY AN 18 WHEELER TRUCKER, WHO WAS SPEEDING AND DROVE THROUGH A RED LIGHT COLLIDING WITH MARY KAY, RESULTED IN THE VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION, AND WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT.
PROCEEDS FROM THE LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT MAKE THE MEMORIAL DONATION POSSIBLE.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT MANY OF YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW MARY KAY.
SHE WAS THE QUINTESSENTIAL ISLAND AMBASSADOR.
MARY KAY WAS A PROUD CITIZEN OF GALVESTON, THAT CHERISHED THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND COMMUNITY, THAT NURTURED HER AND EMBRACED HER SO WARMLY THROUGH HER CHILDHOOD.
ALTHOUGH SHE WASN'T A BOI, MK CALLED GALVESTON HER HOME, ATTENDING API ELEMENTARY, ODYSSEY CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLE-SCHOOL, AND BOHAI SCHOOL, [NOISE] WHERE SHE EXCELLED IN BOTH ACADEMICS AND ATHLETICS.
SURPRISINGLY, A LITTLE KNOWN SECRET ABOUT MK, IS THAT THIS ROUGH AND TUMBLE ATHLETE WAS ALSO SOMEWHAT OF A GEEK.
SHE WAS A HARD WORKING AP STUDENT, AND BOHAI HIGHEST ENGINEERING STEM PROGRAM, ON THE AB HONOR ROLL, AND GRADUATED FROM BOHAI, WITH A DOUBLE ENDORSEMENT IN ENGINEERING AND FRENCH.
MARY KAY WAS ALSO A GOOD CITIZEN, AND HER STRONG TIES TO THE COMMUNITY WERE EVIDENCED BY HER COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE, BY MENTORING YOUNG SOFTBALL PLAYERS, AND TUTORING YOUNG STUDENTS.
SHE WAS A VOLUNTEER ON ELIMINATE DAY, AND FOR OUR [NOISE] AREA'S SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
SHE ALSO PROUDLY SERVED MANY GALVESTON FAMILIES AS A LIFEGUARD, AND A MEMBER OF THE OPENING TEAM AT OUR NEW LASKER CITY POOL.
MARY KAY WAS TRULY AN ISLAND GIRL.
MARY KAY WAS A TALENTED AND ACCOMPLISHED BOHAI STUDENT, WHO EARN MEMBERSHIP IN THE NATIONAL FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY, THE NATIONAL ENGINEERING HONOR SOCIETY, NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE HONOR SOCIETY, AND THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARS.
SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE KEY CLUB, AND PROUDLY REPRESENTED THE GALVESTON AT GISD, WINNING TOP CITY, COUNTY, DISTRICT, AND REGIONAL SCIENCE FOR HONORS, THROUGHOUT HER MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.
IN ADDITION TO HER ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SHE WAS ALSO A TALENTED SOFTBALL PLAYER, AND ACCOMPLISHED DEBATE TEAM COMPETITOR AS WELL.
DURING HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, MARY KAY WAS A LADY TOWARD VARSITY TEAM, STARTING CATCHER, A SEASONED UTILITY PLAYER ON FIRST AND SECOND BASIS, AND EXCELLED AS A RIGHT FIELDER, RECOGNIZED AS A TEAM TO OUR DISTRICT OUTFIELD HER SENIOR YEAR.
DURING HIGH SCHOOL, MK WAS ALSO CO-CAPTAIN OF BOHAI'S DEBATE TEAM.
JOINING THE TEAM DURING HER JUNIOR YEAR, AFTER TWO YEARS OF CONSTANT URGING BY MICHAEL MATT, BOHAI'S DEBATE COACH, WHICH AUTOMATICALLY PLACED HER TWO YEARS BEHIND MOST OF HER FELLOW TEAMMATES.
DESPITE OR DELAYED START, MARY KAY IMMEDIATELY EXCELLED IN DEBATE, WINNING MULTIPLE OVERALL DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS AND RESERVES, AND POETRY, AND PROSE, AND WAS RANKED NUMBER ONE OVERALL IN THE DISTRICT IN BOTH POETRY AND PROSE DIVISIONS.
SHE ALSO WON MULTIPLE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND RESERVES, COMPETING WITH A PARTNER AND DUO AND IMPROVE DEBATE DIVISION COMPETITION.
MARY KAY QUALIFIED TO COMPETE IN THE ANNUAL REGIONAL DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS HER JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR, BUT COULDN'T ATTEND DUE TO A CONFLICT WITH A UIL SOFTBALL SEASON, BOTH YEARS.
AT THIS POINT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADD, COACH MATT BELIEVED THAT MK WAS UNNATURAL, SOMEWHAT OF A DEBATE PHENOM, DUE TO HER POISE AND IMMEDIATE COMMAND, FROM HER VERY FIRST DEBATE COMPETITION, AND ON.
HOWEVER, ALMOST ALSO ADD HER WINNING SELF-CONFIDENCE AND INTREPID SPIRIT CAN ONLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO HER BACKGROUND WITH LASTLY LEAGUE AND EXPERIENCED PLAYING SOFTBALL,
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IN FRONT OF LARGE CROWDS DURING HER CHILDHOOD.THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT MARY KAY LOVED COMPETING.
HOWEVER, IT SHOULD ALSO BE SAID, THAT HER TRUE PASSION WAS ALWAYS SOFTBALL, A SPORT THAT FRAMED HER YOUTH, AND ENRICHED HER LIFE IN COUNTLESS AND VALUABLE WAYS.
SOFTBALL, THE SPORT, THE GAMES, THE FRIENDSHIPS WITH THEIR TEAMMATES, THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR COACHES, WAS THE ANCHOR THAT KEPT MARY KAY ON TRACK, AND CARRIED HER THROUGH LIFE'S EVERYDAY CHALLENGES, AS SHE BEGAN HER JOURNEY TO ADULTHOOD.
MUCH LIKE MARY KAY, MANY OTHER YOUNG GIRLS SOFTBALL PLAYERS HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE SISTERHOOD OF SOFTBALL TEAMMATES, AND FAMILY OF SOFTBALL COACHES AND TEEN PARENTS, THAT THE LESS ELITE ORGANIZATION IN GALVESTON SOFTBALL PROGRAM PROVIDES.
NOT ONLY NOW IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT WITH OUR HELP AND SUPPORT, AND THE FUTURE, FOR MANY MORE YEARS AND MANY MORE GENERATIONS OF YOUNG GIRLS TO COME.
THEREFORE, I CANNOT THINK OF A MORE WORTHY, OR THE FITTING MEMORIAL TO HONOR MARY KAY'S PAST AND CELEBRATE HER DREAM FOR THE FUTURE, THAN TO OFFER MY SUPPORT TO MAKE IT A MEMORIAL DONATION, TO HELP ENSURE ITS SUCCESS.
THE PLANS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS DONATED BY THE MK MEMORIAL PROJECT AT LASTLY, LEAGUE SOFTBALL PARK ARE, NUMBER 1 IS UPGRADE THE SOFTBALL FIELDS WITH INSTALLATION OF ARTIFICIAL TURF IN THE INFILL AREAS AT CARTER, GODNICHE AND WATSON FIELDS.
TWO, UPGRADE THE BLEACHER AREAS AND DUGOUTS BY REPLACING THE AGING CORRUGATED METAL ROOFING, WITH A MORE DYNAMIC AND BETTER SUITED WITH CELL FABRIC ROOFING SYSTEM, EXTENDED BEHIND THE BACKSTOP, ADDING MORE SPECTATOR VIEWING AREA BY CONNECTING THE HOME TEAM AND VISITING TEAM DUGOUTS AND BLEACH OR AREAS WITH ONE CONTIGUOUS ROOFING SYSTEM, EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE FIELD TO THE OTHER.
THREE, UPGRADE THE EXISTING CONCESSIONS AREA, BY COVERING THE LOCATION OF THE PICNIC TABLES WITH WIND CELL, ROOFING AND THE SOLID CONCRETE FLOORING, MAKING THE POPULAR PICNIC AND GATHERING SPOT, A MORE ENJOYABLE ALL-WEATHER DESTINATION, FOR TEAMS, FAMILIES, AND THE SPECTATORS AROUND.
FOUR, UPGRADE PUBLIC AREAS AROUND THE MAIN BUILDING, AND FILLS WITH INSTALLATION OF A CONCRETE CONCOURSE AT THE MAIN BUILDING, AND CONCRETE WALKWAYS TO AND BETWEEN THE THREE SOFTBALL FIELDS, AND ALONG OTHER TRAFFIC AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX.
FIVE, UPGRADE THE EXISTING FENCING WITH REPLACEMENT USING NEW COATED WIRE FENCING, AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY, AND ASIDE THE PHYSICAL PLANT, PENDING BASED ON BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.
IN ADDITION, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF AN ARCHITECTURALLY DESIGNED MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE PARK, WITH NEW DECORATIVE IRON ENTRANCE GATES, AND ENGINEERED COLUMNS WITH DECORATIVE IRON FENCING PANELS ON EACH SIDE, AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE COMPLEX.
ADDITIONALLY, A MEMORIAL ROSE GARDEN, WITH A MEMORIAL MARKER WILL BE CONSTRUCTED NEAR THE ENTRANCE GATES.
I ALSO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST, THE NAME OF THE LESSER LEAGUE SOFTBALL PARK, BE CHANGED TO, THE MARY KAY GEORGIA MODULE MEMORIAL SOFTBALL PARK.
HOME OF THE LAST ELITE GIRL'S SOFTBALL ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED DONATION OF IMPROVEMENTS AT THE LAST ELITE GIRLS SOFTBALL COMPLEX.
YOUR APPROVAL OF OUR IMPROVEMENT PLANS WILL BE THE ANSWER TO MANY PRAYERS, THROUGHOUT THE SOFTBALL COMMUNITY DURING THE PAST THREE AND HALF YEARS.
FOR ME, IT WILL FULFILL A HEARTFELT PROMISE AND MAKE THE DREAM OF A ONETIME YOUNG GALVESTON GIRL COME TRUE.
SINCERELY, THE MARY KAY MODULE MEMORIAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
CONTRACTOR JOHNNY MICHAEL, LIAISONS, CITY OF GALVESTON.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL, OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS GENEROUS GIRL FROM DIMAGGIO FAMILY, AND THAT'S A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN ROB.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL? I WANT ON THE BEHALF OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON TO THANK DIMAGGIO FAMILY, WITH A FITTING MEMORIAL TO YOUR DAUGHTER MARY KAY,
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AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, THAT PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR. [APPLAUSE]
>> RETURNING BACK TO OUR AGENDA,
[8A. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The 2015 Galveston Land Development Regulations, By Amending Article 2: Uses And Supplemental Standards, And Article 14: “Definitions”, Related To Golf Carts, In Order To Reduce Confusion And Provide More Uniform Regulation Of Golf Cart Businesses; Planning Case Number 22ZA-002; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (C. Gorman)]
MOVING INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING, THAT'S ITEM 8.LET'S HAVE 8A IF WE COULD PLEASE, JANELLE.
>> EIGHT A, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE 2015 GALVESTON LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING ARTICLE 2 USES AND SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS AND ARTICLE 14 DEFINITIONS RELATED TO GOLF CARTS IN ORDER TO REDUCE CONFUSION AND PROVIDE MORE UNIFORM REGULATION OF GOLF CART BUSINESSES.
PLANNING CASE NUMBER 22Z A 002 MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CATHERINE?
>> AS JANELLE STATED STAFF IS PROPOSING SEVERAL TEXT AMENDMENTS REGARDING RELATED TO GOLF CARTS IN ORDER TO REDUCE CONFUSION AND PROVIDE MORE UNIFORM REGULATION OF GOLF CART BUSINESSES.
THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN LAID OUT FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF REPORT.
THE CHANGES INCLUDE MODIFYING THE GOLF CART SALES AND SERVICE LAND-USE TO INCLUDE RENTALS, ESTABLISH A NEW LAND USE OF GOLF CART SERVICE, ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THE GASOLINE POWERED GOLF CARTS BE CLASSIFIED AS AUTO USES, ALIGN THE LIMITED USE STANDARDS, ESTABLISH NEW LIMIT, NEW STANDARDS FOR THE GOLF CART SERVICE LAND-USE AND REMOVE GOLF CARTS FROM ARTICLE III NOTE 12 WHICH INCLUDES GOLF CARTS, IS AUTO RELATED BUSINESSES.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL PLANNING.
COMMISSIONERS REVIEWED AND ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
>> THANK YOU, CATHERINE. WE DISCUSSED THIS QUITE A BIT AT OUR WORKSHOP THIS MORNING.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS? HEARING NO RESPONSE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:42 PM AND BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER OF SCHUSTER FOR APPROVAL.
>> SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLLINS. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
[8B. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Changing The Zoning From Residential, Single-Family (R-1) Zoning District To Restricted Residential, Single Family (R-0) Zoning District On Various Properties As Provided In The Attached Map, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Planning Case Number 22P-021; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (P. Milburn)]
>> EIGHT B, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, CHANGING THE ZONING FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY R1 ZONING DISTRICT TO RESTRICTED RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY R0 ZONING DISTRICT ON VARIOUS PROPERTIES HAVE PROVIDED IN THE ATTACHED MAP IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
PLENTY CASE NUMBER 22 P 021, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THIS SUBJECT.
>> THANK YOU. THE REQUEST IS TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTIES ON THE MAP AS RESTRICTED RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY R0 ZONING DISTRICT, THE AREA IS CURRENTLY ZONED RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, R1.
THE PRIMARY DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE R0 AND R1 ZONING DISTRICTS IS THE ABILITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS TO USE THEIR HOMES AS SHORT-TERM RENTAL DWELLINGS.
SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE R0 ZONING DISTRICT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS REVIEWED AND ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COUNCIL? VERY GOOD. IT IS 5:44 PM.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 8B.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS? HEARING NO RESPONSE.
IT IS 5:44 PM, I'M GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
COUNCIL MEMBER LISTOWSKI, SECONDED BY COUNCIL WOMAN ROBB. ANY DISCUSSION? [NOISE] PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[8C. Sightseeing And Tour Franchise - Baywatch Island Tours Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Council Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Granting To Baywatch Island Tours , The Right, Privilege, And Franchise To Use All Streets, Avenues, And Other Public Highways In The City Of Galveston For And During The Period Of Ten (10) Years For The Purpose Of Operating And Maintaining A Sightseeing And Tour Franchise For Transporting Passengers For Compensation In Said City; Providing Compensation To The City; Requiring Indemnity And Insurance; Requiring Payment Of Ad Valorem Taxes; Providing For Forfeiture Of This Franchise; Requiring Written Acceptance By Grantee; Finding The Public Convenience And Necessity Requires Such Transportation Service; Providing A Savings Clause; Providing A Severability Clause; Declaring Findings Of Fact; Providing An Effective Date. (A. Montalvan)]
>> EIGHT C, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
GRANTING TO BAYWATCH ISLAND TOURS THE RIGHT PRIVILEGE AND FRANCHISE TO USE ALL STREETS, AVENUES, AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON FOR AND DURING THE PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING AND MAINTAINING
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A SIGHTSEEING AND TOUR FRANCHISE FOR TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS, FOR COMPENSATION AND SAID CITY.PROVIDING COMPENSATION TO THE CITY, REQUIRING INDEMNITY AND INSURANCE, REQUIRING PAYMENT OF AD VALOREM TAXES.
PROVIDING FOR FORFEITURE OF THIS FRANCHISE, ACQUIRING WRITTEN ACCEPTANCE BY THE GRANTEE.
FUNDING THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY REQUIRES SUCH TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEPARABILITY CLAUSE, DECLARING FINDINGS OF FACT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JANELLE. ANDREW.
>> THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT OPERATORS SIGHTSEEING INTO A FRANCHISE.
THE TWO OPERATIONS WILL CONSIST OF MAJOR GALVESTON STREETS, INCLUDING THE STRAND, 24TH AND 25TH STREET.
SEE WHAT BOULEVARD IN A HARBOR SIDE DRIVE.
ON PAGE 2 OF YOUR REPORT, YOU'LL FIND THE PROCEDURE FOR GRANT AND A SLICE HERE INTO A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AND SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL FIND THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE WILL BE SERVED BY THE ISSUANCE OF THIS SIGHTSEEING TOUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS LISTED AS ONE THROUGH FIVE ON YOUR REPORT AND STANDARD CONDITIONS LISTED AS 6-15 WILL APPLY TO THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.
>> THANK YOU ANDREW. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MONTEBON? [NOISE] VERY GOOD.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 8C.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS? VERY GOOD.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:46 PM AND BRING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
>> MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER.
>> SECONDED COUNCILMAN COLLINS.
ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
LET'S MOVE NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENT IF WE COULD.
[9. PUBLIC COMMENT]
WE HAVE THREE MINUTES ASSIGNED FOR EACH PERSON TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.WE WILL TAKE A COURSE AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS ON THIS.
I WILL START WITH RANDALL RUBENSTEIN.
>> HELLO, I NEEDED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED TO ME.
ON MARCH 24TH OF THIS YEAR, I WAS ASSAULTED ON THE GALVESTON PUBLIC MASS TRANSIT BUS BY ANOTHER PASSENGER.
AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MIDDLE AGE MAN WALKED UP BEHIND ME AS I WAS SEATED AND HIT ME ON MY ARM.
HE ALSO STATED HE WAS ABOUT TO BREAK MY JAW.
HE STATED HE THOUGHT I WAS TALKING BAD ABOUT HIM AND HIS MOTHER.
THIS WAS ALL CAUGHT ON THE BUS VIDEO.
I GOT OFF THE BUS AND WENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE POLICE STATION.
I THEN WENT TO THE BUS DEPOT DOWNTOWN AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT.
SUPERVISOR WASHINGTON PULLED THE VIDEO AND GAVE IT TO THE SAFETY OFFICER KENNETH KIRKLAND.
I LATER SPOKE TO KENNETH TO FIND OUT THAT THE DRIVER OF MY BUS IDENTIFIED THE MAN THAT ASSAULTED ME AS A REGULAR PASSENGER.
THIS MAN HAS NOT BEEN BANNED FROM THE BUS AT THIS TIME AND HE COULD AT ANYTIME DECIDE TO HARM OTHERS SO I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THIS.
OFFICER KIRKLAND STATED HE TRIED TO INTERVIEW THIS PERSON, BUT FOUND THIS PERSON TO BE QUIET WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE INCIDENT.
I TOLD OFFICER PUGA THE VIDEO WAS BEING HELD FOR HIM TO PICK UP.
OFFICER PUGA STATED HE HAS SO FAR BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL AT SECURING THE VIDEO.
I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE DETECTIVE HE'S SUPPOSED TO TURN IT OVER TO A DETECTIVE PRETTY SOON BECAUSE I TALKED TO THE SAFETY OFFICER AND HE STILL HAS THE VIDEO.
I WOULD LIKE TO PRESS CHARGES SO I CAN FEEL SAFE RIDING THE BUS AGAIN.
THE DRIVER WAS TOLD HE DIDN'T FOLLOW A PROTOCOL WHEN HE DIDN'T GET ME A SUPERVISOR OR THE POLICE.
WHEN I TOLD HIM I WAS JUST ASSAULTED, HE JUST KEPT DRIVING.
I FEEL FORTUNATE THAT THIS PERSON DECIDED TO GO BACK TO HIS SEAT AND NOT BREAK MY JAW.
I SPOKE WITH SERGEANT BARILLA ABOUT MY CONCERNS OVER OFFICER PUGA'S DELAYS ON GETTING MY CASE TO A DETECTIVE.
I WANTED THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE AWARE OF MY FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS AFTER BEING ASSAULTED AND FEELING A LACK OF URGENCY BY THE BUS STAFF AND POLICE ON GIVING ME MY DAY IN COURT, SINCE MY LIFE WAS THREATENED AN ELEVATED CHARGE ABOVE SIMPLE ASSAULT AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.
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RON RUBENSTEIN.>> HELLO EVERYBODY. THAT'S MY TWIN BROTHER THERE.
I'M RON AND I MOVED HERE FROM DALLAS FOUR YEARS AGO.
FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR BROWN.
>> FOUR YEARS AGO, I ASKED FOR BUS SCHEDULES.
WHAT I DO IS I RIDE MY BIKE A LOT, I WALK A LOT, I DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE.
FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN I ASKED FOR BUS SCHEDULES, THEY SAID DOWN AT THE DEPOT THAT THEY WERE CHANGING THE TIMES ON THE ROUTE TIME SO THEN THEY'LL PRINT SOME SCHEDULES.
NO SCHEDULES EVER WERE PRINTED.
ONE MONTH AGO, SO THIS IS FOUR YEARS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN I ASKED WHERE ARE THE SCHEDULES, THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE TIMES [LAUGHTER] SO THEY CAN'T PRINT THEM YET TILL THEY CHANGED THE TIMES ON THE ROUTES.
HOW CAN I RIDE A BUS ESPECIALLY IN THE HOT SUMMER WHEN IT COMES ONCE AN HOUR BETWEEN SCHEDULES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE COMING, WHAT TIME THEY'RE COMING, IF THEY'RE LATE.
IT JUST WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM THERE.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, PRESIDENT BIDEN, IN HIS PAST INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, LOTS OF MONEY FOR EACH STATE AND EACH CITY TO FUND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
I'M WONDERING WHEN THIS MONEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO GALVESTON OR WHY CAN'T WE BECAUSE THAT'S NO MONEY GALVESTON HAS TO PUT OUT FOR THIS.
IT'S FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN, HIS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN TO HELP PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT USED TO INCREASE THE BUS TIMES AND MORE FREQUENCY.
RIDERSHIP IS LOW BECAUSE THE BUS IS NOT CONVENIENT AND THEY SAY THEY CUT BACK ON CONVENIENCE ONCE AN HOUR BECAUSE RIDERSHIP IS LOW.
NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE A BUS ONCE AN HOUR.
WHEN I LIVED IN SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, EVERY 10 MINUTES THE BUS CAME.
I'M CONSIDERING MOVING TO SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA BECAUSE FOR ME IT'S TOO HOT IN GALVESTON.
[LAUGHTER] THEIRS COMES EVERY 30 MINUTES.
A COUPLE OF OTHER QUICK COMMENTS.
THERE'S A NEW LARGE BATHROOM ON THE SEAWALL AT 45TH IN THE SEAWALL.
WHEN ARE WE GETTING MORE BATHROOMS? I LIVE AT 69TH IN THE SEAWALL AND I JUST HAVE TO GO UP TO VALLEJO IF I'M SITTING OUT THERE ENJOYING THE BEACH.
ALSO, I HEARD ABOUT BETTER LIGHTING COMING INTO THE SEAWALL. WHEN IS THAT COMING? ALSO, THE TROLLEY RUNS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY.
WHY CAN'T WE JUST DO IT EVERY DAY? I REALIZE THAT THE HOTELS ARE PAYING FOR THAT, BUT WHY CAN'T THESE FANCY HOTELS PAY FOR THE TROLLEY TO RUN.
IT WOULD HELP THEM TO RUN ONCE EVERY DAY OR MORE OFTEN EVERY DAY. IS MY TIME UP?
>> YES, SIR. UNFORTUNATELY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST WIND THINGS UP QUICKLY IF YOU WOULD, SIR?
>> YEAH. JUST ONE LAST THING WAS MY TWIN BROTHER HERE WAS RIDING THE BUS COMING HOME FROM THE BUS DEPOT AND HE WAS COMING HOME AND IT CHANGED ROUTES.
THEN HE HAD TO JUST GO BACK TO THE DEPOT AND TRY AGAIN.
JUST A TERRIBLE THING SO I'D LOVE SCHEDULES. THANK YOU
>> GREETINGS COUNCIL. I REPRESENT GALVESTON YELLOW CAB AND MY NAME IS MAX ORBIS.
WE'VE BEEN OPERATING IN GALVESTON FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CHAPTER 35, SECTION 121 OF THE CITY ORDINANCE.
I WONDER IF THERE'S A FOUR DOLLAR PORT FEE FOR ALL TAXIS TO ACCESS THE PORT.
I WANT TO ADD AN ITEM TO PASS THAT FEE TO THE PASSENGERS TO OFFSET SOME COSTS FOR THE DRIVERS.
I'D LIKE TO REQUEST TO ADD THAT.
THEN POTENTIALLY A METER HIKE INCREASE TO OFFSET THE COST OF GAS AND COST FOR THE DRIVERS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. TED [INAUDIBLE].
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>> THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT IT'S JUST AN HONOR TO SIT HERE AND WATCH.
I THINK THE BEST THAT WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.
WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO COME FROM AN ILA BACKGROUND AND HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WITH MRS. LEWIS AND MR. SCHUSTER.
THEY COME FROM THE SAME BACKGROUND SITTING ON THE COUNCIL THAT I SPENT 41 YEARS AND I BEG TO DIFFER.
I HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE BEST DISTRICT, BUT I THINK DAVID COLLINS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN OUR DISTRICT.
I CONSIDER IT MY DISTRICT ALSO.
I KNOW FOUR YEARS AGO I WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS OPPONENT.
IT TOOK ME ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO GET ON HIS BANDWAGON AND I REALLY COMMEND HIM ON THE JOB THAT HE'S DONE AS THE REPRESENTATIVE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH NEW COUNCIL MEMBER MR. BOUVIER.
I'VE MET WITH HIM AND TALKED TO HIM, BUT I THINK YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT COUNCIL, GREAT STAFF, GREAT CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
I WON'T TRY NOT TO GET REAL EMOTIONAL.
I THINK EARLY ON, I LOST MY BEST FRIEND AND THE PERSON THAT KEPT ME ALIVE.
BUT I'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH LAWRIE YUES AND SPENDING TIME WITH THE YUES FAMILY.
BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, THERE WAS NEVER A FINER PERSON IN THIS LADY, ON THIS ISLAND AND WHAT I'VE ASKED HIM, WHAT I'M OPEN FOR AND I PUT IN FRONT OF YOU IS A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING OF A MEMORIAL.
I'VE MET WITH THE COURT AND I'VE MET WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
NICOLE HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO DEDICATE NET PROPERTY TO BUILDING A BIKE TRACK OUT THERE AND A MEMORIAL.
I KNOW IT BECOMES QUITE COMPLICATED AND I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND TAKE OUR TIME TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT AND AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO NAME ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME FORWARD TO WANT TO HELP WITH THE MEMORIAL AS FAR AS CONCRETE AND SHRUBBERY AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE THERE.
LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BALLPARK.
IF YOU NOTICED ACROSS TED FARMER PUT THAT CROSS AND I GOT TO SEE IT ACTUALLY IN-PERSON.
THE STAINLESS STEEL CROSS IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
BUT LIKE I SAID, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, I'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH.
I'LL WORK WITH THE CITY AND I WILL WORK WITH WHOEVER NEED TO WORK TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, 1.9 MILES OF A BEAUTIFUL TRACK.
ONE OF THE NUMBER 1 THINGS THAT I'VE FOUND OUT, AND I HATE TO USE THE WORD FATALITY, IS THAT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE PUT IN THERE JUST FOR THAT.
IF THERE'S A FATALITY, YOU'D MAKE CHANGES AND MAKING THAT CHANGE OF HAVING PEOPLE ON THAT SIDEWALK AND HAVING PEOPLE IN THAT ROAD, YOU SEGREGATED FROM AUTOMOBILES, IT WILL BE SOMETHING TO COME BACK IN HISTORY AND IT WOULD REFLECT REALLY GOOD ON THIS COUNCIL TO AT LEAST CONSIDER TRYING TO HELP WITH JUST AGAIN.
I THANK YOU ALL [INAUDIBLE]. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
WE HAND DOWN FOR TORRES WOODS.
I THINK TORRES MAY HAVE LEFT TO SPEAK.
JANELLE, WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT CAME IN IN WRITINGS.
>> TORRES? [LAUGHTER] YES, SIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL DAN AND BROWN.
MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING THAT I KNOW THAT YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ALSO REACH OUT TO THE VICTIMS THAT INSTANTLY LOST THEIR LIFE IN THAT BUFFALO, NEW YORK, AT THAT SUPERMARKET AND WHEN YOU GOT READY TO HEAL THE PROCLAMATION A FEW MINUTES AGO AND YOU STARTED WITHOUT THE LORD'S PRAYER AS WELL, LORD FORGIVE HIM.
I WANTED TO ALSO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
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[NOISE] I WANT TO TAKE A STEP FURTHER ON THIS FLOOR AGAIN.BUT AS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER, YOU AND I WERE SITTING TOGETHER SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE WHEN WE HAD THE KILLING, I BELIEVE WAS IN FLORIDA MANY YEARS AGO.
HOPEFULLY, SOLVE THAT, I WANTED TO TAKE A STEP FURTHER BY SAYING THAT I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT THE CONGRESS HAS SOMEONE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BACKGROUND CHECK.
NOW, I'M GOING TO HOLD IT OUT.
IT MIGHT STEP ON SOME PEOPLE TOES ABOUT A BACKGROUND CHECK, BUT I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP OUR LIVES.
NOW, AS I WAS HERE DYING WITHIN THAT I FELT MY PRESENCE, I WANT TO SEE IF I CAN GET IT TO BE A LITTLE TROUBLESOME THE DAY THAT I PASSED OUT FROM [INAUDIBLE] SEEING YOU GUYS EARLIER.
THIS IS, AM I TALKING TOO LOW? CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS, DID YOU RECEIVE THE DOCUMENT? YOU HAVE THIS DOCUMENT?
>> THIS IS THE CONTINUATION, MAYOR, REGARDING THE PUMP STATION.
INSIDE THOSE DOCUMENTS, IN 2013, A YEAR BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL IN 2014, AN ORDINANCE WAS PASSED MAYOR, FROM THE LAND LAW COMMISSION DESIGNATING THIS BUILDING, THE ENTIRE BUILDING AS A LANDMARK DESIGNATION, INCLUDING THE OFFICE SPACE INSIDE THE BUILDING THAT USED TO BE USED BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE COUNCIL PASSED THIS ON THIS.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, ON THIS BASIS, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO A LOCAL LOUD.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WRAP IT UP.
BUT DID YOU PUSH IT BACK? [LAUGHTER]
>> UNFORTUNATELY NOT. NO, SIR.
>> YEARS AGO WHEN I [INAUDIBLE] SAID GOOD AFTERNOON [INAUDIBLE] WAS YOUR TIME.
[LAUGHTER] YOU GUYS HAVE THE DOCUMENT AND I WILL TALK TO ANYBODY CONCERNING THE DOCUMENT.
I SINCERELY WANT TO GET ON COUNCIL AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION ACTION ITEMS. IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS NOW AND I THINK WE PROCRASTINATED ENOUGH.
KEEP YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM THAT BUTTON.
>> THANK YOU, TARRUS. ALL RIGHT.
VERY GOOD. WE HAVE SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS, JANELLE.
>> THE FIRST ONE IS FROM LINDA GRACE.
"NEW PALMS NEED TO BE WATERED FOR THE FIRST YEAR OR THEY WILL DIE OFF.
THE ONES THE CITY HAS PLANTED ON THE FAR WEST END OF THE SEAWALL REPEATEDLY HAVE DIED OFF AFTER PLANTING BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BEING WATERED FOR THE FIRST YEAR AFTER BEING PLANTED.
I'VE LIVED HERE 28 YEARS AND HAVE A MINOR IN BOTANY, MAJORED IN GEOLOGY FROM UT AUSTIN, BUT MAINLY KNOW THIS FROM MY 28 YEARS LIVING HERE ON THE ISLAND AND PLANTED MANY PALMS OVER THE YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR BEAUTIFYING GALVESTON." THE NEXT ONE IS FROM HOLLY FORBES.
"HELLO. WE'VE BEEN VISITING GALVESTON FOR YEARS AND OUR DAUGHTER LIVES HERE ON MARKET IN 25TH.
WE LOVE THAT THE TROLLEY IS BACK IN SERVICE, BUT THE TROLLEY HORN SOUNDS LIKE SQUEALING BRAKES.
IT IS QUITE EAR-PIERCING AND ANNOYING ALL DAY LONG.
A PLEASANT DING WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER.
I'VE HEARD OTHER VISITORS AND LOCALS COMPLAIN TOO.
WHEN YOU ARE RIGHT BY THE TROLLEY, IT IS INCREDIBLE SCREECHING."
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE?
>> NO PERSON ONLINE IS AVAILABLE TO SPEAK.
>> ALL RIGHT AND WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT.
I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON DRIFTWOOD.
I APPRECIATE YOUR BEING WITH US ON THE NEED TO BAN PARTY HOUSES.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO COMMENT ON IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY GO FOR A BIGGER PICTURE IN ATTRACTING FAMILIES.
WE ARE A DESTINATION NOW, LET'S GO FOR THE FAMILIES AND TRY AND AVOID AS MUCH OF THE PARTY CROWD AS POSSIBLE.
I'VE BEEN TAKING SOME MINIATURE SURVEYS WHEN I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE FROM OUT-OF-TOWN.
[01:05:05]
THE PIRATE MUSEUM IDEA IS A BIG HIT.I DID BRING UP WITH A FAMILY FROM MISSOURI, IT WAS THREE TEENAGE GIRLS AND THEIR MOTHER ABOUT THE SLAVERY ISSUE THAT GOES WITH PIRACY, SIR FRANCIS DRAKE WAS EVEN IN THAT CATEGORY.
THE MOTHER STEPPED IN AND SAID, "WE'RE A MULTI-RACIAL FAMILY, WE KNOW IT HAPPENED JUST GO ON WITH IT." THAT WAS HER COMMENT.
I REALIZE THAT IF WE USE THE JEAN LAFITTE, WHAT IS IT? BASICALLY A FOUNDATION AND REBUILD THE PLACE, THERE WOULD BE A PARKING PROBLEM.
BUT ANYWAY, A WOODEN SAILING SHIP THAT PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY GO OUT AND SAIL ON AN OLD-TIME SAILING SHIP WAS ANOTHER SUGGESTION I RECEIVED.
MY OWN THINKING IS WE NEED SOME RAINY DAY EVENTS FOR CHILDREN LIKE THE BRYAN AND PAINTING CLASSES AND THE PARENTS CAN THEN GO SHOPPING WITH THE KIDS BEING, YOU KNOW AND BRYAN IS SET UP FOR CAMPS ANYWAY.
BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS I'VE GOTTEN AND MY THINKING DO WITH IT WHAT YOU WILL, BUT I THINK WE CAN GROW.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUSAN, VERY MUCH.
ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? HEARING NO RESPONSE.
LET'S MOVE TO THOSE ITEMS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE PUBLIC COMMENTS 10A, PLEASE.
[10.A. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending Chapter 32, “Streets, Sidewalks And Public Places”, Article I. “In General”, Section 32- 5, “Placement Of Items Within The City Right-Of-Way” And Chapter 34, Article V, Division 1, Section 34-116 “Passageways And Parking Area; Blocking And Monopolizing”, Of "The Code Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, 1982,” To Increase Consistency Among Regulations Regarding Golf Carts And Neighborhood Electric Vehicles; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Planning Case Number 22PA-004. (C. Gorman)]
>> 10A, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 32, STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND PUBLIC PLACES.
ARTICLE 1, IN GENERAL, SECTION 32-5, PLACEMENT OF ITEMS WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY.
CHAPTER 34, ARTICLE V, DIVISION 1, SECTION 34-116, PASSAGEWAYS AND PARKING AREA, BLOCKING AND MONOPOLIZING.
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, 1982, TO INCREASE CONSISTENCY AMONG REGULATIONS REGARDING GOLF CARTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
MAKING VARIOUS FUNDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT PLANNING CASE NUMBER 22PA004.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CATHERINE.
>> STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE DISPLAY OF GOLF CARTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON A SIDEWALK IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE CHANGES ARE TO CHAPTER 32 TO INCLUDE GOLF CARTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THE LIST OF ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE TO USE AND PROVIDE FOR PLACEMENT STANDARDS.
CHAPTER 34, TO EXEMPT GOLF CARTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES FROM THE PROHIBITION OF PARKING MOTOR VEHICLES ON THE SIDEWALK IN THE CASE WHEN AN LTU, A LICENSE TO USE, HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING SOME HOUSEKEEPING CHANGES.
THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. GORMAN? GOOD. TO MOVE THIS ALONG.
I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 10A.
>> MOTION FOR APPROVAL, COUNCILMAN COLLINS, SECONDED BY [NOISE] COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER.
ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL? WE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT THIS MORNING IN WORKSHOP.
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE [NOISE].
[10.B. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending Chapter 34, "Traffic" Of "The Code Of The City Of Galveston 1982, As Amended" Section 34-119 (H) “ Parking On Private Property”; Updating The Section And Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject And Providing For An Effective Date. Planning Case Number 22PA-003. (C. Gorman)]
ITEM 10B, PLEASE.>> 10B, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 34, TRAFFIC OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, 1982 AS AMENDED.
SECTION 34-119(H) PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UPDATING THE SECTION, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CATHERINE.
>> STAFF IS RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW FOR PARKING IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WHEN THE LOT IS LOCATED WITHIN A TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD TEA AND ZONING DISTRICT AND THE LOT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A LOT UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP THAT HAS A HOUSE CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED ON IT.
IN THOSE CASES, A PARKING PAD WOULD BE ALLOWED ON THE SECOND LOT AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE STANDARDS OUTLINED IN THE CODE.
STAFF IS ALSO MAKING JUST A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ADJUSTMENTS.
>> ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
>> SECOND, THAT COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS.
ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[01:10:06]
THAT IS UNANIMOUS.[10.C. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The Code Of The City Of Galveston, Galveston 1982, As Amended, By Amending Chapter 2, “Administration”, Article IV. – “Boards, Commissions And Committees”, “Division 7. Civilian Review Board”, In Its Entirety; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Providing For An Effective Date. (Legal)]
>> 10C, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON 1982 AS AMENDED BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE IV, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, DIVISION 7, CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD IN ITS ENTIRETY.
MAKING VARIOUS FUNDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THIS IS TO BRING THE [INAUDIBLE] AS MECHANISM TO REVIEW CERTAIN CASES INVOLVING THE CITY MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
THIS COMMITTEE ALREADY EXISTS REGARDING THE POLICE AND FURTHER THOUGHTS OF COUNCIL AND MARSHALL HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO-
>> THIS WAS ANOTHER ITEM WE DISCUSSED THIS MORNING IN WORKSHOP.
ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS COUNCIL.
>> MOTION FOR APPROVAL, COUNCILWOMAN ROB.
COUNCILMAN COLLINS SECONDS THAT.
ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[10.D. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Approving A Pipeline Easement Agreement For Property Commonly Located At 5202 Old Port Industrial Road, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas; Designating The City Manager Upon Approval Of The City Attorney, To Execute Those Documents Necessary To Implement The Agreement; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (R. Winiecke)]
>> 10D, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, APPROVING A PIPELINE EASEMENT AGREEMENT FOR PROPERTY COMMONLY LOCATED AT 5202 OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ROAD, IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER, UPON APPROVAL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY TO EXECUTE THOSE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE AGREEMENT, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY? WE HAVE REQUESTS FROM TEXAS INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS TO BUILD AN UNDERGROUND PIPELINE.
THEY'RE GOING FROM TEXAS CITY TO THEIR SITE THERE AT OLD PORT INDUSTRIAL ROAD WITH A CRUDE OIL OR A PETROLEUM PIPELINE BACK-AND-FORTH AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING UNDERNEATH THE WATER UNDERGROUND, 37.5 FEET DEEP, AND THEIR QUARTER IS JUST CLIPS A COUPLE OF THE CORNERS OF OUR PROPERTY AT THE MAIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THERE.
WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND BEEN WORKING BACK AND FORTH NEGOTIATING AN EASEMENT WITH THEM.
I THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A ORDINANCE FOR THIS.
MR. GORSKI HAS SAID THAT THAT IS NOT REQUIRED.
TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE CITY MANAGER MAXWELL, TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WEINEKIE? THANK YOU, ROB. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 10D. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT APPROVED OF AN ORDINANCE BECAUSE AN ORDINANCE IS NOT REQUIRED.
>> IN THIS SITUATION, AN ORDINANCE IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE EASEMENT SO THE STAFF REPORT, IT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED.
THERE WON'T BE AN ORDINANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE NUMBER.
>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE STAFF REPORT THEN.
ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
THAT IS UNANIMOUS AND COUNCILWOMAN ROB HAS DECLARED A CONFLICT, SO SHE IS [INAUDIBLE] LET'S MOVE TO OUR ACTION ITEMS, IF WE COULD.
[12.A. Consider For Action Accepting The Recommendation Of The City Attorney To Appoint Trevor Fanning As An Assistant City Attorney (D. Glywasky)]
PLEASE JANELLE, 12A PLEASE.>> 12A. CONSIDER FOR ACTION ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY TO APPOINT TREVOR FANNING AS AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
>> DON, I GIVE YOU THE HONORS ON THIS.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. THE TALENTS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS RATED.
ONCE AGAIN, WHEN EVERYBODY'S PLANS WAS TRANSFERRED TO BECOME THE [INAUDIBLE] OF THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST.
YOU NEED TO TELL US THE POSITIONING.
COINCIDENTALLY [INAUDIBLE] WHOM I BELIEVE LIKELY YOU ALL KNOW WAS AVAILABLE AND THE POSTING WAS PUT OUT.
I RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL THAT HE BE HIRED.
THE ADVANTAGE OF HIRING TREVOR IS HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THE CITY AND HOW IT OPERATES, SO BRINGING IN SOMEBODY CALLED [INAUDIBLE] A GOOD ADDITION TO COME BACK HOME TO [INAUDIBLE] WHERE HE WANTS TO BE.
>> THANK YOU, DON. SO GOOD TO HAVE IF THIS IS APPROVED, TO HAVE TREVOR BACK.
I'D MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
[01:15:01]
>> SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ROB.
>> SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ROB.
>> SECOND THAT MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ROB.
WELL, IT'S NOT WORKING, JANELLE.
LET'S HAVE A SHOW OF HANDS, IF WE COULD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO TREVOR.
>> HE'LL CERTAINLY BE HERE BY THE END OF JUNE.
THEY'RE BRING IN A NEW CITY ATTORNEY THERE.
WE WILL NEED TO TRANSFER SOME WORK OVER DURING THE WEEKENDS [INAUDIBLE]
[12A.5 ELECTION OF A MAYOR PRO TEM]
>> WE HAD AN ADDENDUM ITEM ON FOR OUR AGENDA AND I'M GOING TO INSERT THAT AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S FOR THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM.
THIS WILL BE FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THAT UP TO COUNSEL.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE DAVID COLLINS FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION FOR NOMINATION OF DAVID COLLINS FOR MAYOR PRO TEM BY COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN LOUIS.
>> [LAUGHTER] THAT IS UNANIMOUS, THANK YOU.
LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 12B, PLEASE.
[12.B. Discuss And Consider The Possible Removal Of Commission Members For Failure To Attend The Required Number Of Meetings Within A Twelve-Month Period. (J. Williams)]
>> 12B. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE POSSIBLE REMOVAL OF COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR FAILURE TO ATTEND THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITHIN A TWELVE MONTH PERIOD.
ONE, REJONE EDWARDS, PLANNING COMMISSION, TWO, MILTON ALBERTSTAT, LANDMARK COMMISSION, AND THREE, TONER KIRSTEN, LANDMARK COMMISSION.
>> JANELLE, OR DON, WOULD YOU GIVE US JUST A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF WHY THIS IS BEFORE US HERE?
>> COUNCIL HAD ACCORDED THAT [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE ATTEND AT LEAST 75 PERCENT OF THE MEETINGS.
IF THEY DON'T MEET THAT AGENDA [INAUDIBLE] THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE REPLACED, [OVERLAPPING] UNLESS WHAT WE HAVE IN R3.
>> LET'S START WITH MISS REJONE EDWARDS.
MISS EDWARDS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT TO THE COUNCIL TO CLARIFY YOUR SITUATION, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I WAS ON COUNCIL, I STARTED IN APRIL 2021.
MY MOTHER GOT A BRAIN CANCER DIAGNOSIS IN MAY 2021, AND THAT CAUSED ME TO JUST MISS MY MOM, HAD TO HAVE TWO CRANIOTOMY, I'M NOT SAYING IT RIGHT.
BUT SHE HAD TO HAVE TWO BRAIN SURGERIES, ONE IN THE FRONTAL LOBE AND THEN ONE IN THE CEREBELLUM, AND THEY WERE DEVASTATING, NO MORE THAN THAT.
I HAD TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME TAKING MY MOM TO CHEMO AND DOING THE THINGS THAT YOU DO FOR YOUR PARENTS, AND SO I MISSED SEVERAL MEETINGS IN 2021.
MY HUSBAND HAD COVID, SO I WASN'T ALLOWED TO GO TO MEETING IN 2022 ON 2/8, AND ON 3/22, I GOT STUCK IN BOSTON AND COULDN'T GET BACK.
I HAVE TALKED TO JEFFREY ABOUT IT, EACH AND EVERY TIME, I DID NOT SHOW THE MEETING, THAT WASN'T WHAT I DID.
AFTER I EXPLAIN MY SITUATION, MY MOM REALLY JUST HAD ANOTHER VEIN SURGERY FOR HER CANCER.
BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT I CAN DO MY MEETINGS BY ZOOM AND I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THOSE BEFORE.
BECAUSE I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO THEM BEFORE, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO MISS.
[01:20:01]
I LIKE MY JOB ON PLANNING COMMISSION, I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT.IF I FIND LATER THAT BECOMES TOO MUCH, I WILL RESIGN FROM COUNCIL IF I DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO COME.
I THINK I BRING A VERY BENEFICIAL THING TO THE COUNCIL.
I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND I WANT TO BE THERE.
I'M A CITIZEN AND I WANT TO SUPPORT MY COMMUNITY FULLY, AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MISS EDWARDS, I APPRECIATE THAT.
JEFFREY, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I KNOW YOU WERE. YOU COULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF IN YOUR SITUATION WITH PLANNING COMMISSION.
>> I'M JEFFREY HILL, AND I HAVE A MASK ON BECAUSE MY HUSBAND HAS COVID.
[LAUGHTER] I'M CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I JUST HAD AN EMAIL AND I THINK YOU ALL GOT IT.
REJONE DID LET ME KNOW EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE ABSENT BEFORE SHE WAS ABSENT.
MY MOM HAD CANCER FOR 27 YEARS, AND I TOLD REJONE TO PUT HER FAMILY FIRST.
I WOULDN'T CHANGE A MINUTE OF THE TIME I SPENT WITH MY MOM SUPPORTING HER THROUGH HER ACTIVE CANCER TREATMENT.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A 75 PERCENT RULE AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT FOR A REASON.
SHE'S GOING TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT SHE CAN TO BE THERE.
I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE HER PERFORMANCE IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
>> THANK YOU, JEFFREY. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO REINSTATE REJONE EDWARDS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
>> WELL, A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN LOUIS.
MISS EDWARDS, FIRST OF ALL, OUR BEST WISHES ON YOUR MOTHER, ON HER TREATMENT.
SECOND OF ALL, I APPRECIATE YOU SERVING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION.
MY MOTHER WENT THROUGH SOMEWHAT OF A SIMILAR SITUATION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR OFFER, IF THAT BECOMES TOO MUCH FOR YOU, YOU'LL LET YOUR CHAIRPERSON KNOW AND COUNCIL WILL THEN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT THAT POINT.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT?
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I SUPPORT THAT 100 PERCENT.
I SERVED WITH REJONE ON ANOTHER BOARD, BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, AND SHE'S CERTAINLY A DEDICATED PERSON, AND SHE'S CERTAINLY AS A GOOD MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
>> ARE WE WORKING NOW? [BACKGROUND] PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
SECOND, MILTON ALBERSTADT ON LANDMARK COMMISSION.
MILTON, COME FORWARD, PLEASE, SIR.
>> HEY, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE.
I RECENTLY TAKEN A NEW JOB, AND MY SCHEDULE AT THAT JOB HAD GOTTEN AWAY FROM ME.
I MISSED MORE MEETINGS THAN I HAD PLANNED ON.
I'VE NOW GOT THE SCHEDULE UNDER WRAPS AND PLAN ON ATTENDING ALL THE MEETINGS MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MILTON. APPRECIATE IT.
VERY GOOD. ANY ACTION BY COUNCIL?
>> YES, MAYOR FOR ME, I MOVE THAT WE WOULD TAKE SIMILAR ACTION AS FAR AS THAT IS CONCERNED, IF WE COULD DEFER THIS FOR SIX MONTHS AND TAKE A LOOK AT ATTENDANCE FIGURES, AT THE END OF THAT TIME.
AGAIN, WE'VE DONE THAT A NUMBER OF TIMES FOR MEMBERS.
[OVERLAPPING] BECAUSE THEY PARTICIPATE LESS THAN REGULAR COUNCIL MEMBER OR REGULAR COMMISSION MEMBERS.
IT CAN BE A LITTLE MORE DISJOINTED.
[NOISE] I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE A SIMILAR APPROACH TOO.
BOTH MR. ALBERSTADT AND MR. KERSTING, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE SEPARATELY, BUT I STILL MOVE.
>> WE HAVE MOTION FOR [INAUDIBLE], THAT'S FOR SIX MONTHS. IS THAT RIGHT, DAVID?
>> I MOVE THAT WE DEFER THIS ACTION ON THIS ITEM FOR SIX MONTHS AND REVIEW ATTENDANCE AT THE END OF THAT TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT?
>> I WILL SECOND THAT. [NOISE].
>> SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCHUSTER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[01:25:09]
THERE WE ARE.[LAUGHTER] MILTON, WELCOME BACK TO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION, SIR.
>> NO, HE IS NOT. HE WORKS IN HOUSTON AND WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT, BUT I'D MAKE A SIMILAR MOTION REGARDING MR. KERSTING THAT WE DEFER THIS FOR SIX MONTHS.
I'LL GET ANOTHER CHAT WITH THEM AS WELL ABOUT ATTENDANCE.
>> HAS HE TALKED WITH YOU, DAVID?
>> I HAVE SPOKEN TO HIM ABOUT THIS.
I FAILED TO SUGGEST THAT HE BE HERE TONIGHT, MY BAD.
>> SO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION FOR MR. KERSTING?
>> I MOVE THAT WE DEFER THIS FOR SIX MONTHS AND WE'LL REVISIT IT AGAIN AT THAT TIME.
>> COUNCILWOMAN LOUIS, SECONDS THAT.
ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
[13. RECEIVE AND FILE (Non-Action Items)]
>> ITEM 13, WE HAVE TWO LETTERS THAT ARE UNDER RECEIVE AND FILE.
ONE IS FROM SENATOR JOHN CORNYN FOR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, AND ONE IS CORRESPONDENCE FROM ADMIRAL PERRY ELLIS.
>> THANK YOU. THESE ARE JUST FOR RECEIVE AND FILE.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS, COUNCIL.
THIS WAS A GOOD COUNCIL MEETING, HAD A LOT OF HONORARY GUEST, AND I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS 6:26 PM.
THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.