Feb 23, 2023 Regular Council

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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY.

I'D LIKE TO OFFICIALLY CALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF GALVESTON TO ORDER FOR FEBRUARY 23RD, 2023. IT IS 5 P.M., AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.

COUNCIL, NICE TO SEE YOU BACK.

BRIAN NICE TO SEE YOU BACK.

AND STAFF THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE IN ATTENDANCE.

AND FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE WATCHING IN THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS AFTERNOON.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM HERE, BUT LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

MAYOR BROWN PRESENT.

MAYOR PRO TEM COLLINS.

PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER SCHUSTER.

COUNCILMEMBER BOUVIER.

COUNCILMEMBER LISTOWSKI HERE COUNCIL MEMBER ROBB.

PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS IS ABSENT TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOVING TO OUR INVOCATION, WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE FATHER THOMAS COLYANDRO HERE FROM THE CONSTANTINE AND HELEN ORTHODOX CHURCH.

FATHER COLYANDRO.

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

HEAVENLY GOD EACH OF US IN OUR OWN WAYS LIFTS UP OUR PRAYERS TO YOU, ASKING FORGIVENESS FOR OUR SINS, PLEADING FOR HELP IN THOSE THINGS THAT AFFLICT US.

AND ASKING FOR YOUR GRACES UPON OUR FAMILIES.

LET US REMEMBER AND HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, WE ARE ONE.

TO PRAY FOR EACH OTHER FROM THE LOWEST ON THE STREET TO THE HIGHEST IN GOVERNMENT AND IN BUSINESS.

WE ALL, WITH LOVE AND CARE AND FAITH AND PRAYER, CAN TAKE GOOD CARE OF EACH OTHER.

WE ASK YOU, OH LORD, TO BLESS THIS CITY AND THOSE THAT RUN IT AND THOSE THAT LIVE IN IT AND THOSE THAT VISIT IT.

AND WE ASK FOR THAT BLESSING SO THAT WE MAY BE OF GOOD AND OF SERVICE TO ONE ANOTHER.

HEAVENLY KING.

COMFORTER. SPIRIT OF TRUTH.

PRESENCE IN ALL PLACES AND FEELING ALL THINGS TREASURY OF GOODNESS AND GIVER OF LIFE.

COME ABIDE IN US.

CLEANSE US FROM ALL STAIN OF SIN AND SAVE OUR SOULS.

OH, GOOD ONE.

MAY ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR BEING HERE.

APPRECIATE IT. LET'S HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.

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 THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

ARE THERE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST COUNCIL THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO DECLARE ? HEARING NO RESPONSE.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT JUST OF SOME HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS CONCERNING OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.

ITEM 12 B 3 THE ITEM THAT IS TO CONSIDER THE INTERIM APPOINTMENT OF THE PARK BOARD APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA, SO WE WILL NOT BE ADDRESSING ITEM 12 B TONIGHT.

VERY GOOD.

[6. PRESENTATIONS/REPORTS OF COUNCIL, OFFICER BOARDS, AND CITY MANAGER (Part 1 of 2)]

PRESENTATIONS, REPORTS OF COUNCIL OFFICER BOARDS AND CITY MANAGER.

VERY GOOD. WE HAVE THIS TIME FOR EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE OR CONDOLENCES AND SO FORTH.

COUNCIL OR ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? COUNCILWOMAN ROBB.

BRIAN, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TOUCH OF TRUCK DAY? YES, I THINK THAT WILL BE THAT'S SUCH A COOL EVENT.

IT IS. IT'S MARCH 4TH, CORRECT.

HERE AT CITY HALL BEHIND THE BUILDING.

WE'LL HAVE ALL OF OUR ESPECIALLY OUR NEWER HIGH TECH EQUIPMENT HERE.

AND WE REALLY ARE ENCOURAGING THE FAMILIES OF GALVESTON TO COME OUT AND BRING THEIR KIDS AND LET THEM EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE DO.

AND LITTLE KIDS, BIG KIDS ALIKE.

I KNOW I PERSONALLY ENJOY ALL THE COOL STUFF THAT SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT DOES, AND SOME OF IT IS VERY UNIQUE NOT ONLY TO CITIES BUT TO GALVESTON IN PARTICULAR.

SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHARLIE OLSON FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK, PUTTING IT TOGETHER, AS WELL AS MARISSA AND ALL HER HELP.

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YES, FROM 11 TO 2 P.M.

ON MARCH 4TH THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS COUNCIL? VERY GOOD. WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS.

DO WE HAVE ANY PROCLAMATIONS FOR THESE JANELLE? I DO NOT NO MA'AM.

YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS HERE TODAY, ONE FOR ENGINEERS WEEK PROCLAMATION, AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW THAT ARE YOU BABY SMART MONTH PROCLAMATION.

AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

[7. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS ]

VERY GOOD ALRIGHTY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. NELLIE, I APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE ARE NOW MOVING TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS FOR ENGINEERS WEEK PROCLAMATION.

[6. PRESENTATIONS/REPORTS OF COUNCIL, OFFICER BOARDS, AND CITY MANAGER (Part 2 of 2)]

THAT'S RIGHT. WHEREAS ENGINEERS USE THEIR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AND CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO FULFILL SOCIETY'S NEEDS.

AND ENGINEERS FACE THE MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME FROM REBUILDING, EXCUSE ME, REBUILDING TOWNS DEVASTATED BY NATURAL DISASTER, CLEANING UP THE ENVIRONMENT AND ASSURING SAFE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT SOURCES OF ENERGY TO DESIGNING INFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT WILL SPEED OUR COUNTRY INTO THE FUTURE.

ENGINEERS ARE ENCOURAGING OUR YOUNG MATH AND SCIENCE STUDENTS TO REALIZE THE PRACTICAL POWER OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, AND WE WILL LOOK MORE THAN EVER TO ENGINEERS AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 19TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 25TH, 2023, AS ENGINEERS WEEK IN CITY GALVESTON, AND RECOGNIZE HOW ENGINEERS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN INNOVATING SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES THAT IMPACT FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND TESTIMONY WHERE OUR WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, SIGNED THIS 23RD DAY OF FEBRUARY BY MAYOR CRAIG BROWN AND CITY SECRETARY JANELLE WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE].

VERY GOOD. ARE YOU BABY SMART PROCLAMATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BOUVIER.

PROCLAMATION CITY OF GALVESTON PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE UNITED WAY OF GALVESTON HAS DEDICATED DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND EDUCATION AND THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF EVERY PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1923.

AND WHEREAS, TWG ASPIRES FOR THE ISLAND TO BE A CITY WHERE EVERY INFANT IS BORN LEARNING AND HAS THE MAGNITUDE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN 0 TO 3 IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND WHEREAS, THE UNITED WAY OF GALVESTON IS LAUNCHING A NEW COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM CALLED BORN LEARNING ON THE ISLAND AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEO CULTURAL CENTER, BETTER PARKS FOR GALVESTON AND THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY AND YOUTH BOARD OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON.

AND WHEREAS, THE RESIDENTS OF GALVESTON ARE INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO ENGAGE WITH THE NEWBORN, LEARNING THROUGH A SERIES OF OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES AND INTERACTING EDUCATION, INCLUDING A BORN LEARNING TRAIL AT ADOUE PARK AND THE ARE YOU BABY SMART QUIZ TO INFORM AND ENGAGE PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS FOR CHILDREN'S AGES 0 TO 6.

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WHEREFORE WITNESSED BY MY HAND AND SEAL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON THIS 23RD DAY OF FEBRUARY 2023.

SIGNED BY DR.

CRAIG BROWN MAYOR AND JANELLE WILLIAMS, CITY SECRETARY.

THANK YOU. MAY I SAY A BRIEF STATEMENT? OH, YEAH, MOST DEFINITELY. THANK YOU.

THE MIC IS YOURS. OH, WOW.

OK. IT'S SHORT, I PROMISE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS LINDSAY WHITE.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED WAY OF GALVESTON.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE BORN LEARNING GALVESTON PROJECT, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER THE UNITED WAY BORN LEARNING TRAIL KIT, WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR COMMUNITY PARKS.

PLUS THE ARE YOU BABY SMART QUIZ.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK NEO CULTURAL CENTER AND THE CITY OF GALVESTON FAMILY, CHILDREN AND YOUTH BOARD.

THESE ARE MY PEERS AND COLLEAGUES RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

AND FOR SEEKING A PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITED WAY FOR THE VERY FIRST BORN LEARNING TRAIL ON THE ISLAND.

THIS TRAIL WILL HELP ADULTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN EXPLORE AND LEARN TOGETHER.

IT OFFERS ACTIVITIES THAT BUILD LANGUAGE AND THINKING SKILLS THAT ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO A CHILD'S SUCCESS IN SCHOOL AND IN LIFE.

THROUGH A SERIES OF TEN GAMES THAT ARE PROMPTED BY SIGNS THE BORN LEARNING INITIATIVE HELPS PROGRAM HELPS PARENTS, CAREGIVERS AND COMMUNITIES SUPPORT EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH OUR OWN BORN LEARNING TRAIL HERE ON THE ISLAND, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE THAN JUST ENHANCE THE PARK WITH SIGNS AND INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE OUR IMPACT AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU HOW WE DID.

DURING MARCH WE'RE INSTALLING THE FIRSTBORN LEARNING TRAIL AT ADOUE PARK JUST NORTH OF ROSENBURG ELEMENTARY, AND WE'RE PROMOTING OUR BABY SMART QUIZ.

YOU'LL SEE SOME CARDS THAT LOOK LIKE THIS GOING AROUND WITH A LINK TO THE QUIZ AND THE SHORT ANONYMOUS QUIZ TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO ENHANCE YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH YOUR INFANT.

WITH THIS TOOL PAIRED WITH THE BORN LEARNING TRAIL, WE THINK WE'RE ON TO SOMETHING BIG.

IMAGINE IF EVERY CHILD HAD FIVE YEARS OF EDUCATION BEFORE KINDERGARTEN.

THAT'S WHAT UNITED WAY AND OUR PARTNERS ARE PROMOTING WITH BORN LEARNING.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

AND THERE YOU ARE.

OH, YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY GOOD. LET'S MOVE.

WE HAVE DONE ITEM 7.

IF YOU COULD JUST ANNOUNCE ITEM EIGHT, PLEASE.

NELLIE. ITEM 8 PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT THAT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 9.

[9. PUBLIC COMMENT]

YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO PRESENT.

AND ACCORDING TO THE STATE LAWS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND SO FORTH.

COUNCIL CANNOT RESPOND, SO WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR INPUT AND REST ASSURED THAT COUNCIL AND STAFF IS HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

I'M GOING TO CALL FIRST BROOKE LISTER.

BROOKE. HELLO.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BROOKE LISTER.

I'M A BLI GISD ALUMNI AND PROUD BALL HIGH GRADUATE.

I'M NOT ONLY A GISD TEACHER, BUT MY SON GOES TO OPPE ELEMENTARY HERE AT GISD.

EVERY DAY, WHILE I WAIT FOR MY SON TO GET OFF THE BUS, I SEE VEHICLES SPEED THROUGH OUR SCHOOL ZONES AT THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY THE ONE I TEACH AT WEIS, WHERE I WAIT FOR MY SON.

I NOT ONLY WITNESS IT AT THIS TIME WHILE I WAIT FOR HIM, BUT I ALSO WITNESS IT WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT VARIOUS SCHOOL ZONES AND I GET HONKED AT AND CUSTARD AND THROWN THE BIRD BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY GOING LESS THAN 20 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE.

HOWEVER, I'M NOT ONE TO JUST COMPLAIN.

I THINK THAT GISD POLICE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WRITE TICKETS AND PATROL THE SAFETY OF OUR SCHOOLS, NOT JUST INSIDE THE SCHOOLS AND ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, BUT THE AREAS AROUND THE SCHOOLS WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE.

IF GISD POLICE ARE NOT ALLOWED, THEN GPD SHOULD TAKE OVER.

THERE ARE ALSO THERE'S ALSO THE CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE THAT CAN WRITE TICKETS AND PATROL OUR SCHOOL ZONES.

IF GISD POLICE CANNOT ENFORCE THE LAW, THEN I PROPOSE AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN GPD AND GISD TO GIVE THEM THE AUTHORITY.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

VERY GOOD. SAM COLLINS.

SAM. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING.

I WAS WARNED PREVIOUSLY BY A CITY EMPLOYEE THAT I SHOULD NOT APPEAR IN THE PAPER WITH FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I WAS WARNED THAT I SHOULD NOT SEND EMAILS TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS, I WAS WARNED THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT COME TO PUBLIC MEETINGS AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.

BUT AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HERE.

WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT SUPPORT FOR JUNETEENTH EVENTS AND FOR THE MUSEUM.

GROWING UP, I USED TO WATCH CHARLIE BROWN.

LUCY WOULD HAVE A FOOTBALL AND EVERY TIME CHARLIE BROWN WOULD TRY TO KICK THAT FOOTBALL.

LUCY WOULD MOVE THAT FOOTBALL AND SHE'D SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO MOVE AT THIS TIME, CHARLIE.

BUT SHE MOVED IT.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUPPORT FOR JUNETEENTH AND ACTIVITIES HERE ON THE ISLAND, THE FOOTBALL KEEPS GETTING MOVED ON US.

WE WERE TOLD LAST YEAR IF WE WERE PATIENT, WE WOULD GET SUPPORT.

THE CITY GOT BACK OVER $400,000 FROM THE LIBRARY.

I SENT A REQUEST THAT A PORTION OF THAT BE USED FOR JUNETEENTH ACTIVITIES IN 2022.

WE GOT NOTHING.

WE APPLIED FOR $25,000 IN SUPPORT OF A CONCERT.

WE GOT $16,000.

WE WERE TOLD THAT $100,000 WAS SET ASIDE FOR 2023 ACTIVITIES.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THE CITY TOOK BACK THOSE FUNDS, WE HAD ALREADY SENT IN APPLICATIONS IN EXPECTATION THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS IN FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY HAS COME AND GONE.

THE MONTH IS ALMOST OVER.

WE'VE NOW BEEN TOLD THAT THAT MONEY MAY COME IN MARCH, BUT IT MAY ALSO COME APRIL 1ST.

THE FOOTBALL KEEPS GETTING MOVED ON US.

WE'RE ALMOST TWO YEARS PAST JUNETEENTH BEING A NATIONAL HOLIDAY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

GALVESTON IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF JUNETEENTH.

THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE A MORE PROACTIVE APPROACH OF SUPPORTING THESE ACTIVITIES.

I UNDERSTAND LYONS HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER AND YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION.

LAST MEETING, WHEN THE ALLIANCE GROUP CAME UP TO TAKE A PICTURE, NOT EVERYONE TOOK A PICTURE WITH THEM.

THAT'S NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION.

THAT TELLS YOU WHERE THERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF SUPPORT.

THE CITY NEEDS TO EVALUATE THAT.

I GOT 45 SECONDS AND I DON'T WANT TO FORGET THESE TWO THINGS.

ON MARCH 3RD, STUDENTS FROM TEXAS A&M WILL BE BACK IN GALVESTON, CONTINUING THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT OLD CENTRAL CULTURAL CENTER FROM 6:00 TO 7:30.

ON MONDAY, MARCH 6TH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS EFFORT TO DESIGN A STATE OF THE ART MUSEUM FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE COMMITTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SUPPORTING JUNETEENTH ACTIVITIES.

WE WILL NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A NATIONAL MUSEUM LIKE FORT WORTH, BUT GALVESTON IS A MAJOR PORT CITY WITH AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE, AND WE SHOULD HAVE A GALVESTON ISLAND INTERNATIONAL JUNETEENTH MUSEUM.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SAM [APPLAUSE].

STEVEN PENA. STEVEN.

GOOD EVENING. STEVEN PENA, I COME TO YOU TODAY AS A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER AND PRESIDENT OF THE CONGREGATION OF FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH RIGHT OVER HERE ACROSS THE STREET.

I'M COMING WITH CONCERN FOR OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS AND FOR OUR DOWNTOWN CENTRAL BUSINESS NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'RE FACING A DIFFICULT SITUATION.

THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIVING ON OUR SIDEWALKS, ON OUR PROPERTY AND ON OUR NEIGHBORS PROPERTIES AT NIGHT.

WE'RE COMING AND WE'RE WAKING UP AND COMING TO WORK TO FIND TRASH STREWN CLOTHING, WASTED FOOD, AND MOST NOTABLY, FECES AND URINE ON OUR PROPERTY. THIS IS A SEVERE SANITATION ISSUE AND IS UNACCEPTABLE.

AT OUR CHURCH, WE RECENTLY HAD A WINDOW BROKEN TO OUR LYCEUM BUILDING.

FORTUNATELY, IT WAS NOT THE STAINED GLASS, BUT A PROTECTIVE WINDOW THAT WAS OVER THAT.

BUT WE'LL STILL INCUR CHARGES TO TO HAVE THAT REPAIRED.

WE FULLY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS ON THE STREET.

WE WANT TO SEE THEM HUMANELY CARED FOR AND RESPECTFULLY HELPED.

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WHAT DO WE DO? THIS ISN'T AN EASY ISSUE.

A POLICE PRESENCE WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BUT FOR HOW LONG? WE SEE THIS COME IN WAVES.

IT GETS DRAMATICALLY BETTER FOR A WHILE, BUT THEN KIND OF COMES BACK AND BUILDS BACK UP.

OUR DAILY BREAD SERVES A NOBLE MISSION, BUT THEY ARE ALSO CREATING AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE IN THE EVENINGS AND ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN THEIR SERVICES ARE NOT OPEN AND AVAILABLE. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS OVERWHELMED AND NEEDS HELP.

OUR NEIGHBORS AND HOMELESS NEIGHBORS ON THE STREET NEED HELP.

WE ASKED THE CITY TO EXPLORE SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND RESOURCES OF HOW YOU ALL CAN HELP ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DISCUSSION EARLIER TODAY IN WORKSHOP.

AND I HOPE THAT SOME SOME ACTION DOES CONTINUE TO TO EVOLVE AND COME OUT OF THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, STEVEN.

APPRECIATE IT. OH, DID I MISS MY 2 SECONDS? THINK ABOUT THE BOAT RAMP.

THINK ABOUT HOW IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING AND HOW THE THE BOAT RAMP IN THE FOR THE PARKS, HOW IT WILL AFFECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MARIA SARAH [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.

CITY HALL COUNCIL MEMBERS OF GALVESTON.

SORRY. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MARIA SARAH [INAUDIBLE].

I AM A PROUD MOTHER OF A TEXAS A&M C AGGIE.

SHE'LL BE GRADUATING THIS YEAR.

VERY PROUD OF HER. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF WEIS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I'M A CROSSING GUARD THERE.

I WORK IN THE MORNINGS AND IN THE AFTERNOONS.

THE TIMES THAT I'VE BEEN THERE ON AS A CROSSING GUARD, I'VE HAD WHEN I'M THERE IN THE MORNINGS.

I'VE HAD THIS HERE IN THE MIDDLE, THE ISLAND FULL OF PALM TREES FULL OF PALM TREES THERE AND THE CARS COMING OUT.

THEY CANNOT SEE CARS COMING, COMING FROM SEAWALL.

SO I HAVE TO DIRECT THE TRAFFIC.

I WOULD LIKE A TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE.

THAT WAY, THE PEDESTRIANS COMING OUT OF THE THE APARTMENTS AND STUDENTS COMING WHEN WE'RE NOT THERE, IT WILL BE SAFE FOR THEM.

HERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A SIDEWALK FOR THE STUDENTS SO THAT WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO STEP ON THE WET GRASS WHEN IT'S RAINING.

HERE WHERE ALL THIS PALM TREES ARE AT THIS NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A COVERING.

REMOVE ALL THIS, PUT A COVERING A [INAUDIBLE] COVERING FOR THE STUDENTS.

SO DURING THE HARSH WEATHER, THEY WILL NOT GET WET.

AND Y'ALL CAN DO A NICE, BEAUTIFUL GARDEN HERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE LIKE POLLINATORS TO COME ON THERE.

HERE THERE IS AN IRON GRID DRAINAGE GRID THERE.

SO I HAD SEVERAL PEDESTRIANS AND STUDENTS THAT ALMOST TRIPPED OVER THAT.

THAT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT'S VERY DEEP.

VERY STEEP. THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

IF THEY CAN PUT LIKE, LIKE A RAMP SMOOTHED IN WITH THE GRID, THAT'LL BE GREAT.

HERE THERE NEEDS TO BE A SIDEWALK COMING FROM FROM THE APARTMENTS GOING TOWARDS PARKER.

I HAD PEDESTRIANS WALKING THEIR DOGS AND STUDENTS COMING FROM FROM WEIS GOING TO PARK OR GOING HOME.

AND THE WET GRASS WHEN IT'S RAINING, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THEM TO WALK ON THAT SIDE OF THE GRASS.

SO MOST OF THEM, THEY HAVE TO WALK WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS AT.

THAT IS ALL MY CONCERNS.

AND HERE ON THE CROSSWALK, I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE FOR THAT.

I HAD CARS DRIVE IN THE MIDDLE INTERSECTION LIKE ABOUT 50 TO 80 MILES PER HOUR.

I HAD TWO INCIDENTS.

I'VE HAD ROAD RAGE DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS, BUT I WOULD LIKE POLICE TO BE THERE AS MS. LESTER HAS MENTIONED, AT EVERY SCHOOL, BECAUSE OF ROAD RAGE AND BECAUSE OF PEOPLE SPEEDING THROUGH THERE THROUGH THE MIDDLE INTERSECTION.

AND THAT'S NOT SAFE.

THAT'S NOT SAFE AT ALL.

BUT THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTENING TO ME.

Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. EUGENE LEWIS.

EUGENE. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. SOME OF YOU I KNOW, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME.

I'M A BORN ON ISLAND.

PROUD GRADUATE OF BALL CLASS OF 75.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, NOW, I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR OF THE GETHSEMANE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH HERE IN GALVESTON.

BEFORE THAT, I SERVED AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN THIS CITY FOR SOME 25 YEARS BEFORE MOVING ON TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE STATE.

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I WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE JUNETEENTH ACTIVITY BACK IN THE LATE 70S AND EARLY 80S.

AND I WORKED WITH REVEREND THOMAS AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE AL EDWARDS AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE DOUG MCLEOD TO GET THINGS DONE.

BACK THEN, WE DIDN'T HAVE FUNDING.

WE'D RAISED MONEY. I PUT UP MY OWN MONEY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN THIS ISLAND.

I THINK IT'S A SHAME THAT BECAUSE GALVESTON IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE JUNETEENTH, THAT GALVESTON HAS DONE THE LEAST. I GET CALLS TO GO TO OTHER CITIES, OTHER COMMUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT JUNETEENTH, NEVER GALVESTON.

WE USED TO HAVE A JUNETEENTH PARADE.

WE'VE HAD A JUNETEENTH BLUES FESTIVAL.

WE USED TO HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES.

I BROUGHT IN NATIONAL FIGURES JULIAN BOND, BEN HOOKS, PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

I EVEN EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO PRESIDENT BUSH WHEN HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT.

BUT THE CITY WAS NOT FORMALLY INVOLVED.

AND I THINK IT'S TIME THAT YOU BEGIN TO HONOR THE RICH HISTORY OF GALVESTON AND THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

YOU KEEP DOING THINGS, KEEP PUSHING PEOPLE OF COLOR OFF OF THIS ISLAND, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE HERE.

IT'S TIME FOR THAT TO STOP.

I WOULD THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS.

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IS DRAWING THOUSANDS, LITERALLY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO THAT MUSEUM.

THERE ARE OTHER MUSEUMS AROUND THE STATE, NOT GALVESTON, WHERE IT ALL STARTED.

BUT THEY ARE DOING THINGS TO ENHANCE THE HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED TO BUILD THIS COUNTRY, TO HELP TO MAKE TEXAS THE PLACE IT IS, AND IN PARTICULAR, GALVESTON DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, BEING AS MEANINGFUL AS IT WAS ECONOMICALLY.

AND SO I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF WHAT SAM COLLINS IS ATTEMPTING TO DO.

AND HE'S NOT ONLY TRAVELING AROUND THE STATE, HE'S TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY SPREADING THE NEWS ABOUT GALVESTON, TEXAS AND JUNETEENTH.

AND I THINK YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO GET ON BOARD.

BRIAN, YOU NEED TO GET ON BOARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS. APPRECIATE IT.

JACKIE KO. JACKIE.

I DO NOT SEE ANY BENEFIT FOR THE CITY OF GALVESTON AND ENDORSING SB 434, NOT FOR THE CITY, NOT FOR THE RESIDENTS, NOR FOR OUR VISITORS.

IT SAID THAT SB 434 WON'T CHANGE THE OPEN BEACHES ACT, BUT NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THAT SAID DOESN'T MAKE IT SO BECAUSE THIS WILL CHANGE IT. IF IT WOULDN'T, WHY IS IT FILED? THE OPEN BEACHES ACT WAS PASSED IN 1959, BUT HAD TO BE AMENDED IN 1991 TO ADDRESS FRICTION BETWEEN BEACH GOERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.

THE 1991 TEXAS STATE LAW CODIFIED THE EASEMENT BOUNDARIES.

THE BOUNDARIES WERE BASED NOT ON POLITICS, NOT ON WEALTH, NOT ON DEVELOPERS DESIRES, BUT ON MOTHER NATURE, ON TIDE LINES AND THE LINE OF VEGETATION.

THEN IN 2010, OVER 75% OF THE VOTERS IN THE STATE ADDED THE OPEN BEACHES ACT TO THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.

ALL OF THE COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS EXCEPT ONE VOTED IN ADDITION TO I MEAN, VOTED WERE INCLUDED IN THAT VOTE TO ADD IT.

THE CONSTITUTION ARTICLE INCLUDED THE EASEMENT BOUNDARIES OF THE TIDE LINES AND THE LINE OF VEGETATION, NOT JUST THE RIGHT OF USE EASEMENT.

THE CITY OF GALVESTON AGENDA MIRRORS SB 434.

DOES THE CITY CONSIDER IT A PRIORITY TO HAVE TO SUE A PROPERTY OWNER TO PROVE THEY'RE IN A PUBLIC EASEMENT? WHY DOES THE CITY OF GALVESTON WANT TO MAKE THE PASSAGE OF THIS A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY? THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID THIS MORNING THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY OPEN THE CITY TO LIABILITY WITH PERMITTING ISSUES.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY, WE REMEMBER, A CANCELLATION OF A $40 MILLION RENOURISHMENT PROJECT AFTER THE SEVERANCE DECISION

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I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT COUNCIL MISSED IT AS WELL.

A VAGUELY WORDED AGENDA ITEM NOT HIGHLIGHTED BY DISCUSSION.

SO I'M ASKING THAT NOW THAT YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS ITEM IS, THAT YOU PLACE IT BACK ON THE AGENDA IN THE NEXT MONTH TO VOTE AGAIN, VOTE ON WHETHER THIS IS TRULY A PRIORITY OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON.

YOU WOULD NOT BE VOTING ON SB 434 [INAUDIBLE] AND IF IT WAS A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY IN THE FACE OF ALL OUR NEEDS AT THE STATE LEVEL. THANK YOU.

I HAVE FOR YOU THIS IS A COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT AS WELL AS AN ARTICLE THAT WAS GIVEN THAT HAS A HISTORY OF THE OPEN BEACHES ACT.

SO THERE'S A COPY FOR EACH OF YOU.

ONE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JACKIE.

VINOD PATEL.

MR. PATEL? OH, YES, SIR.

MY NAME IS VINOD PATEL.

I LIVE IN HARBORVIEW DIVISION, NEAR BARELY QUARTER MILE FROM THE FERRY PARKING LOT.

FIRST OF ALL, I WISH TO THANK YOU, MR. DAVID COLLINS, FOR TALKING TO ME ON THE PHONE.

YOU GUIDED ME.

YOU PUT ME ON THE RIGHT PATH HOW TO TACKLE MY PROBLEM.

STATE OF TEXAS IS BUILDING A TWO CAR, I MEAN, TWO STORY CARPORT IN THE FERRY PARKING LOT.

IT'S A STATE OWNED PROPERTY.

WHEN I QUESTIONED THREE WEEKS AGO THAT OUR HOME, WHICH SITS ON THE WOODEN [INAUDIBLE] IS SHAKING UP AND DOWN, NOBODY LISTENED TO ME.

FOUR DAYS AGO I WALKED OVER THERE AND TALKED TO THE CONTRACTOR AND HE SAYS HE'S GOT WORK ORDER.

HE'S GOING TO GO ACCORDING TO WORK ORDER.

AND I'M SAYING TO MYSELF, I HAVE DONE MY JOBS ACCORDING TO THE WORK ORDER ON THE [INAUDIBLE] SUBMARINES, BUT I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I CAN AND THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

I'M SORRY. I'M NOT GOING TO INSULT ANYBODY AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE VIOLENT.

MY FORMER EMPLOYER LAST FEW DAYS HAS BEEN COMING EVERY DAY.

AND I TELL I TOLD THEM, DON'T CALL ME COMING FROM THE HOUSE, NOT HONK YOUR HORN IF I WANT TO TALK TO YOU, I'LL TALK TO YOU.

OTHERWISE I'M NOT GOING TO TALK.

THEY HAVE COUNSELED ME AND THEY'VE TOLD ME CLEARLY, NO VIOLENCE.

DON'T TAKE ANY DON'T TAKE ANY PRECAUTIONS.

DON'T TAKE ANY DRASTIC DECISIONS AGAINST THE STATE OF TEXAS OR THE FERRY.

YES. I'M GOING TO FOLLOW WHAT MY FORMER EMPLOYER TELLS ME.

BUT MY PROBLEM IS THIS.

I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE CITY.

I'VE BEEN TALKING TO VARIOUS OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES.

AND WHAT I FOUND WAS FOUR DAYS AGO, TWO POLICEMEN CAME IN MY HOUSE.

I TOLD THEM, COME ON IN.

I WANT A DOCUMENT.

I WANT A REPORT.

OF THE TWO ONE NEARLY FELL DOWN AND HE SAID, I CAN HEAR I CAN SEE THE HOUSE SHAKING.

THE HOUSE SHAKES EVERY TIME THEY'RE DRIVING THE PYLONS IN THE GROUND.

WHEN MY HOUSE WAS BEING BUILT WAY BACK IN 2010, I HAD MADE TURN THE CORPORATION, DRILL THE HOLES, POUR THE CONCRETE AND THEN PUT THE PYLONS. I WAS THERE FOR TWO YEARS AND I GOT THEM THE HOUSE BUILT ACCORDING TO THE WAY I WANT IT.

WHY CAN'T TEXAS STATE DO THAT? NUMBER TWO, DID THEY PULL ANY PERMITS? THEY KNEW VERY WELL THAT WHEN THEY PUSH PYLONS IN THE GROUND, THEY'RE GOING TO HURT WITHIN QUARTER MILE OR THREE FOURTHS OF A MILE AROUND THERE.

THE HOMES CANNOT SHAKE THE WHAT YOU CALL THE FOUNDATIONS HAVE STARTED CANCER MAYBE WITHIN TWO WEEKS OR THREE WEEKS OR WITHIN TWO OR THREE YEARS.

THOSE FOUNDATIONS ARE GOING TO CRACK.

THOSE HOMEOWNERS ARE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS. I'M JUST HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.

THEY SHOULD HAVE PULLED THE PERMIT.

THEY SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE LOCAL RESIDENTS IN MY AREA, I TALKED TO EVERY ONE OF THEM AND THEY SAY, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S A LESSON.

LET'S GO WITH A CLIPBOARD AND SIGN A PETITION.

I SAID, NO, LET'S WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE CITY.

THANK YOU, MR. PATEL.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

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YES, SIR. MR. PATEL, OUR CITY MANAGER, HAS TAKEN THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT.

FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME ABOUT THIS AGAIN.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AGAIN ABOUT THAT SEPARATE ISSUE, PLEASE.

I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.

MR. PATEL. MR. PATEL.

PATEL. EXCUSE ME.

OUR COUNCIL MEMBER FOR YOUR DISTRICT THERE AND OUR CITY MANAGER HAVE TAKEN THAT TO HEART.

THEY WILL FOLLOW UP? YES, SIR.

PATEL, WE'LL NEED TO MOVE ON, SIR.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE CHULA ROSS SANCHEZ CHULA.

CHULA. IS IT ON? IS IT ON NOW? OKAY.

CHULA ROSS SANCHEZ, 9111 TEICHMANN ROAD.

WELL, FOLLOWING JACKIE IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT THING TO DO, BUT I'M HERE FOR THE SAME THING ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND THE WORDING.

AND I REALIZED THAT THE WORDING WAS INCLUDED ACTUALLY BEFORE THE SENATE BILL GOT ITS NUMBER 434.

SO WE WERE AHEAD OF THE PRESENTATION OF THAT BILL TO THE COMMITTEE, AND IT'S IN THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE NOW.

AND I WAS AT THE I LISTENED TO THE WORKSHOP THIS MORNING AND I WROTE SOMETHING OUT.

I GUESS I'M NOT STICKING TO MY SCRIPT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S SUCH A CONFUSING BILL AND I THINK THAT VERY FEW OF US REALLY UNDERSTAND IF ANY OF US AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IT SINCE, I DON'T KNOW, FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW, BUT I JUST CAN'T SEE THAT IF IT'S NOT GOING TO DO HARDLY ANYTHING TO THE OPEN BEACHES ACT, WHY DO IT? WHY STICK OUR NECKS OUT FOR IT? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'LL DO TO THE CITY.

WE CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'LL DO FOR BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS.

IT'S NOT CLEAR.

IT COULD BE A LIABILITY.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

AND WHAT I DO FORESEE IS IT'LL CHANGE A RELATIONSHIP WITH BEACHGOERS, A FEW FRONT LINE HOMEOWNERS, OUR TOURIST INDUSTRY, THE STATE, THE CITY OF GALVESTON, THE WHOLE ISLAND.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SENATOR WHO INTRODUCED THIS, SENATOR MIDDLETON INTRODUCED BILL 4034 AND HIS CAMPAIGNING AROUND STATE, HE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, WELL, GALVESTON SUPPORTS IT, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT TOUCHING OPEN BEACHES ACT, OF WHICH BOTH OF THEM ARE GO AGAINST ME MY GRAIN AND MY THOUGHTS AND MY BELIEFS.

BUT I DON'T LIKE IT THAT, YOU KNOW, GALVESTON'S BEING TALKED ABOUT OUT IN WEST TEXAS, DOWN THE COAST, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THE OTHER MAYORS, TALK TO THE OTHER LEADERS ON THE COAST.

YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? WHAT DO THEY THINK GET TOGETHER? I DON'T KNOW HAVE A CONVERSATION, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST STILL OUT THERE.

AND SO I SUGGEST YOU PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

LET THE PEOPLE COME TALK.

IT'S MORE INFORMATION MAYBE OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE.

ASK OTHER PEOPLE AND GET IT ON THE AGENDA SO IT CAN BE A FULL FLEDGED, OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

STEVE SHILL STEVE.

IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW THEM.

I KNOW THEM BOTH.

THEY'RE GOOD SPEAKERS.

WHICH IS ON THE PICTURES YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE FOUR LOTS DOWN FROM THE BRIDGE ON THE CANAL THAT GOES INTO [INAUDIBLE].

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WHAT HAPPENED AND I GAVE YOU THE PICTURES FIRST IS ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS SAID, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE BULKHEAD UNDER THE BRIDGE WAS FAILING OR IT APPEARS TO BE FAILING? I SAID, SEND ME SOME PICTURES.

I GAVE THE PICTURES TO MARIE SINCE SHE'S OUR COUNCIL REP, ASKED HER TO CHECK ON IT.

WHILE WE WERE IN THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO CHECK ON THAT.

SHE MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME CONVERSATION ON THE PROPOSED BOAT RAMP NEXT TO THAT BRIDGE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO THROW HIM UNDER THE BUS, BUT I'M GOING TO THROW HIM UNDER THE BUS ALL AT ONCE.

WHEN IT CAME TO LIGHT, BRIAN CAME, AS WE ALWAYS ASKED EVERY YEAR AT OUR ANNUAL MEETING, TO HAVE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR, POLICE CHIEF COME AND TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON WITH RESPECT TO OUR AREA.

BRIAN SAID THAT'S BEEN APPLIED FOR AND IT'S ONLY FOR NON MOTORIZED WATERCRAFT.

SEPTEMBER 25TH, I THINK OF 2022.

BRIAN AND I EXCHANGED EMAILS THERE.

THERE HE SAYS, WELL, THE GRANTED BOAT RAMP AND I USED THE AIR QUOTES.

IT'S GOT TO BE FULL SERVICE.

I SAID, WELL, WHAT'S FULL SERVICE? FULL SERVICE MEANS MOTORIZED CRAFT THAT SPIT OIL AND GAS IN THE WATER THAT'S GOING TO COME INTO OUR SUBDIVISION.

AND AS I SAY, I LIVE FOUR DOWN FROM THERE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE GENTLEMAN THAT LIVES NEXT TO THE BRIDGE WHO GETS IT.

I DO WANT TO SAY ONE GREAT THING.

WE WERE HAVING SQUATTERS BUILDING STRUCTURES UNDER THE BRIDGE AND POLICE CHIEF GOT RID OF THOSE.

WE APPRECIATE IT, BRIAN GOT RID OF THOSE.

WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU NOT APPROVE TAKING MORE MONEY FROM THE STATE FOR A BOAT RAMP THAT WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THERE UNLESS IT'S NON-MOTORIZED.

WE WERE FINE WITH THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WAS REPRESENTED TO US.

WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU INSTALL THAT IF YOU WANT.

WE DO NOT WANT THIS.

IT SHOULD GO ON OPEN WATER.

TALK TO COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI.

THERE'S.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ELLIS PICKET. ELLIS.

HERE YOU GO. THAT'S A LETTER TO THE COUNCIL FROM JERRY PATTERSON.

OKAY, HERE WE GO. I'M ELLIS PICKETT.

I'M THE FOUNDING CHAIRMAN OF SURFRIDER FOUNDATION IN TEXAS.

WE STARTED WITH ONE CHAPTER.

WE ENDED UP WITH FIVE CHAPTERS SCATTERED AROUND THE COAST AND ALSO IN AUSTIN.

WE ALL OPPOSE SENATE BILL 434.

EVEN THOUGH MAYS MIDDLETON SAYS THAT IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING TO PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS, IT ACTUALLY DOES.

SO NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES HE SAYS IT, HE'S STILL WRONG.

BECAUSE IF YOU LEAVE A HOUSE OUT ON THE BEACH AND YOU DON'T ENFORCE THE PROHIBITION AGAINST PRIVATE STRUCTURES ON PUBLIC BEACH, YOU END UP WITH SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT'S TAKEN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE SHOULD BE, WHERE THE TEXAS OPEN BEACHES ACT SAYS THEY SHOULD BE, AND THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION NOW SAYS THEY SHOULD BE.

I'M GOING TO READ THIS LETTER FROM FROM JERRY PATTERSON.

HE SAID, DEAR GALVESTON MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WHILE I DON'T REMEMBER IT.

I WAS TOLD THAT MY FIRST GALVESTON BEACH TRIP TO THE GALVESTON BEACH WAS 1948.

I WAS 2. THERE WERE MANY MORE FAMILY TRIPS.

AFTER 1948, MY DAD WOULD SURF FISH AND THE KIDS WOULD BUILD SAND CASTLES AND SWIM.

WE WOULD GET DINNER IN GALVESTON ON THE WAY HOME.

I CAN EVEN REMEMBER THE SEGREGATED BEACHES IN GALVESTON, THE COLORED BEACHES.

IT WAS KNOWN ON THE END OF THE SEAWALL.

TEXAS. FAMILIES OF ALL ETHNICITIES, INCLUDING TEXANS OF LESSER FINANCIAL MEANS, LOOKED UPON TEXAS BEACHES AS THEIR BEACHES.

SO DOES THE CONSTITUTION.

SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE MADE HUNDREDS OF TRIPS TO ENJOY GALVESTON AND NOT JUST THE GALVESTON BEACHES, AS HAVE MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

SOMETHING UNIQUE TO TEXAS BEACHES IS THAT THEY'RE OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC FROM THE LINE OF VEGETATION TO THE MEAN LOW TIDE LINE, EVEN IF IT'S IN FRONT OF SOMEONE'S BEACH HOUSE.

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INSTEAD OF PERSON SEEKING ACCESS TO THE BEACH, MAY HAVE TO SUE THE PROPERTY OWNER TO REESTABLISH THEIR LONG EXISTING RIGHT TO ENJOY THE TEXAS BEACH.

SB 434 ALSO REMOVES THE AUTHORITY OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO DETERMINE THE LOV, THIS IS IMPORTANT RIGHT HERE.

VERY IMPORTANT. FRANKLY, THERE IS NO OTHER STATE AGENCY OR ENTITY THAT HAS SURVEY EXPERTISE, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, LIDAR DATA AND TIDAL DATA OVER THE MANY YEARS THAT MAKE THE COASTAL BOUNDARY DETERMINATIONS.

REMOVING THE GLS DISCRETION TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION AFTER A HURRICANE COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT BEACHFRONT PROPERTY OWNERS.

AS LAND COMMISSIONER, IT WAS MY POLICY TO DELAY POST STORM LOV DETERMINATION IN ORDER FOR THE LOV TO REESTABLISH ITSELF FURTHER SEAWARD INSTEAD OF WHERE IT EXISTED, AS IN UNDER A BEACH HOUSE.

IN SOME CASES SHORTLY AFTER A STORM, SURFRIDER FOUNDATION SUPPORTED THAT LEGISLATION TOO TO CREATE A TWO YEAR MORATORIUM AFTER A STORM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE EXPERTS AT BEG CLAIMED SAID, OKAY, I WILL.

PLEASE CONTACT ME BY EMAIL AND CELL PHONE.

THANK YOU, ELLIS.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

THESE ARE ALL THE FORMS THAT I HAVE, BUT I'M GOING TO CALL FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE AUDIENCE HERE.

SO ANYBODY ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

YES, SIR. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

I WAS WORKING LATE ONE EVENING AND NOTICED A POLICE OFFICER WAS PARKED IN THE PRIVATE ACCESS AT THE END.

WE'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH VANDALISM AND THEFT IN THE BACK IN THERE.

SO I WENT TO ASK HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I ALWAYS VIDEOTAPE MY INTERACTIONS WITH THE POLICE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN GALVESTON.

AS I APPROACHED, LIEUTENANT CALDWELL OPENED THE DOOR TO HIS CAR AND MACED ME IN THE FACE WITHOUT SAYING A SINGLE WORD.

I ASKED HIM WHY HE THEN TASED ME TWICE.

I TURNED MY BACK TO HIM FOR PROTECTION AND HE KICKED MY LEGS OUT FROM UNDERNEATH ME AND POUNDED MY HEAD INTO THE CRUSHED ASPHALT THAT I PAY FOR AND MAINTAIN WITH MY EQUIPMENT AND TIME.

AFTER THE ASSAULT AND BEING THROWN INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR, HE INFORMED ME THAT I WAS PUBLICLY INTOXICATED ON MY PROPERTY WITH ONLY HE AND I PRESENT . ON FEBRUARY 14TH A SIMILAR INCIDENT OCCURRED AND REASONABLE, ARTICULABLE SUSPICION DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN IMPRISONING PEOPLE.

WHILE IN CUSTODY I SPOKE WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR PI WHO WERE, IN MY OPINION, NOT INTOXICATED, BUT ALSO NOT GIVEN A BREATHALYZER, A BLOOD TEST, BOTH OF WHICH I HAVE ASKED FOR AND BEEN DENIED.

WHEN GOING TO JAIL, YOU'RE WHEN RELEASED, YOUR COURT DATE IS SET WITHIN LIKE FOUR DAYS IT'S THE NEXT THURSDAY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO GET OFF.

THEY DON'T LET YOU RESCHEDULE, AT WHICH POINT YOU CAN EASILY END UP WITH A WARRANT AND TAKING TIME OFF OF WORK AT THAT POINT.

YOU'RE JEOPARDIZING YOUR JOB.

AND NOW YOU'VE ALREADY PUT OUT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS TO GET OUT OF JAIL.

SO PEOPLE ARE PLEADING GUILTY TO THINGS THAT THEY HAVEN'T DONE FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT SETTING UP A SYSTEM WHERE THEY CAN EVEN DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST THIS.

WE'VE SEEN WITH THE SWAT TEAM AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE THAT THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE LETTING THINGS GO AND NOT STICKING UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT OR HONORING THEIR OATH.

I'D REALLY LIKE FOR US TO GET TOGETHER AND START LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF REIN SOME OF THIS STUFF BACK IN.

WHEN ASKED TO IDENTIFY MOST GPD WONT.

AS FOR 1027.8 OF THEIR CODE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAND YOU A BUSINESS CARD, WHICH I THINK IS COMPLETELY REASONABLE.

PLEASE LOOK AT GALVESTON ISLAND TRANSPARENCY ON YOUTUBE.

YOU CAN SEE MY ARREST AND SOME OF MY WORK IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND REACH OUT TO ME.

LET'S FIX SOME THINGS.

THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.

ARE THERE ANYONE, ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? YES. COME FORWARD.

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IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE.

A PLEASURE. I WAS NOT BORN ON THE ISLAND, BUT DON'T BLAME THAT ON ME.

THAT WAS MY PARENTS DECISION.

I SPENT AS MUCH TIME AS I CAN ON THE ISLAND THESE DAYS, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.

TWO WORDS STOOD OUT TO ME IN FATHER THOMAS PRAYER.

THOSE WORDS ARE LOVE AND CARE.

AS A FORMER COUNCIL PERSON IN A SMALL CITY A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF YOU, I KNOW THAT COUNCIL PEOPLE PUT A LOT OF LOVE AND CARE INTO THE THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOMETIMES DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

SO THANK YOU. THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT, I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF 11 A AS A CONSENT ITEM.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE.

I AM THE ELECTED COUNTY TREASURER IN GALVESTON COUNTY.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I RAN VERY OPENLY AND TRANSPARENTLY ON THE MERITS OF ELIMINATING THE OFFICE.

BUT IN ORDER TO DO SO, IT TAKES A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

SO WE HAVE GALVESTON COUNTY, KEMAH, LAKE CITY, CLEARLAKE SHORES, FRIENDSWOOD DICKENSON, SANTA FE, HITCHCOCK, BAYOU VISTA, JAMAICA BEACH, TIKI ISLAND AND LAMARCK HAVE PASSED THE SAME OR SIMILAR RESOLUTION AT THEIR COUNCIL LEVEL, CALLING ON THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO ALLOW THE VOTERS TO DECIDE ON THE ISSUE ONCE AND FOR ALL. IF SUCCESSFUL AT THE STATE LEVEL THIS SESSION, IT WILL GO ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER AND THEN VOTERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE TO DECIDE ON IF WE WANT TO BE THE 10TH COUNTY IN TEXAS TO DO AWAY WITH THE ELECTED COUNTY TREASURER.

I THINK DOING SO WILL SAVE COUNTY TAXPAYERS MONEY, WHICH CAN BE PUT TOWARDS PROJECTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM.

AND I THINK IT WILL ALSO STREAMLINE OUR SERVICES AND MAKE US SAFER AND LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO MONEY BEING MISAPPROPRIATED.

WE ALREADY HAVE OUR STATE SENATOR, MR. MIDDLETON, HAS FILED THE BILL ON THE SENATE SIDE.

OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE GREG BONNEN WILL BE FOLLOWING THE BILL ON THE HOUSE SIDE.

MY WIFE AND I DECIDED NOT TO TAKE THE SALARY.

WE HAVE OUR FIRST CHILD ON THE WAY.

EXPECTED TO BE HERE THIS SUMMER.

SO SHE HAS ASKED ME TO WRAP THIS UP AND GET RID OF THE OFFICE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO I'M BEGGING YOU TONIGHT, PLEASE PASS 11A AND ALLOW MY WIFE TO BE HAPPY WITH ME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. VERY GOOD.

ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? COME FORWARD, SIR.

I JUST START TALKING? YES SIR YOU YES SIR GO RIGHT AHEAD.

HOW'S IT GOING? MY NAME IS AUSTIN LEWIS.

I AM A JOURNALIST.

A CITIZEN JOURNALIST. I'M HERE AS BACKUP FOR BRUCE, MY GOOD FRIEND HERE.

ONE THING HE DIDN'T GET TO SAY ABOUT HIS JANUARY 1ST ARREST IS NOT ONLY WAS HE BEATEN, TASED AND MACED FOR NO REASON, LIEUTENANT CALDWELL STOLE HIS CELL PHONE, TOOK HIS FLIP FLOPS AND STOLE HIS BELT.

HE HAD TO WALK HOME BAREFOOT WITH NO PHONE AND HAD NO BELT.

SO HIS PANTS WERE FALLING DOWN.

THEY HAD TO CUT HIS SHIRT OFF BECAUSE THE MACE HAD CONTAMINATED HIS SHIRT.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

WE HAVE TO WORK ON THIS, GUYS.

AND WITH ME, I'VE BEEN ARRESTED ON GALVESTON BEFORE FOR INTERFERING.

THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME ORDINANCES THAT DO NOT EVEN APPLY TO THE STATE LAW.

THEY'RE TOO OVERLY BROAD.

THERE'S A REASON WHY IN THE CONSTITUTION THINGS ARE NARROWLY DEFINED.

THERE'S A REASON WHY WE HAVE NARROWLY DEFINED LAWS SO THAT YOU CAN'T JUST OBJECTIVELY GO AROUND AND SAY, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT GUY IS PLAYING MUSIC WHILE I'M ON A TRAFFIC STOP, I'M GOING TO ARREST HIM FOR, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING ARREST HIM FOR INTERFERENCE, OR THAT GUY IS WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK, AS BRUCE DID ON THE 12TH OF FEBRUARY.

HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK, VIDEOING NOTHING, STOPPING HIM FROM WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK OTHER THAN A COP SAYING, STOP, BACK UP.

AND WHEN THEY SAID STOP AND BACK UP, HE DID, BUT HE WAS WALKING DOWN AN OPEN PUBLIC SIDEWALK.

THIS IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH POLICING NOWADAYS.

WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND AS PEOPLE AND REIN THESE OFFICERS IN.

BECAUSE I WAS DOWN IN THE STRAND LAST WEEKEND, THE LAST WEEK IN THE MARDI GRAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS SATURDAY AT ABOUT 3:00 IN THE MORNING, THERE WAS A BAR FIGHT, A HUGE BAR FIGHT, AND ABOUT 15 PEOPLE WENT TO JAIL FOR PUBLIC INTOX.

THERE WAS A PROBABLY 120 POUND YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT ASSAULT, HAD SEVERAL TEETH KNOCKED OUT TWO GROWN OFFICERS AFTER TELLING HER TO CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN.

SHE JUST GOT THE CRAP BEATEN OUT OF HER AND TEETH KNOCKED OUT OF HER HEAD, USE PAIN COMPLIANCE AND ARREST HER FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD FEEL, BUT IF THAT WAS MY DAUGHTER, I WOULD NOT BE DOING I WOULD NOT BE HERE RIGHT NOW.

I'D BE DOING SOMETHING BAD BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HURT MY DAUGHTER AFTER SHE JUST GOT BEATEN.

ALL RIGHT. AND I ASSUME MOST OF Y'ALL ARE PARENTS UP HERE?

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HIS NAME IS ZAYN. HE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE IS HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION.

WHEN HE DROPPED HIS BIKE, HE THOUGHT HE KICKED HIS KICKSTAND OUT, DROPPED HIS BIKE TO GO RUN AND STOP PEOPLE FROM BEATING ON EACH OTHER AS THIS SPILLED OUT INTO THE SIDEWALK.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

CHECK OUT MY CHANNEL GOOD CITIZEN NEWS ON YOUTUBE.

YOU WILL SEE THE BAR FIGHT AS IT SPILLED OUT AND AS IT HAPPENED.

GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.

MY EMAIL IS GOOD CITIZEN NEWS 01 AT GMAIL.COM.

GOOD CITIZEN NEWS 01 AT GMAIL.COM.

THAT WAY YOU CAN GET AHOLD OF ME AND I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN IN GALVESTON AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. VERY GOOD.

ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? YES, MA'AM. COMING.

WELL. [INAUDIBLE] WE HAD A LADY BEHIND YOU.

AND LET'S HAVE LAWANDA GO FIRST, AND THEN YOU CAN COME RIGHT UP, MA'AM.

YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CRAIG BROWN.

I AM COMING UP HERE.

SAM COLLINS AND EUGENE LEWIS, WHO GOT UP AND SPOKE IN 2016 THEY WERE NOMINATED AS MEN OF PURPOSE.

I STAND BEHIND THEM.

I STAND BEHIND WHAT THEY STOOD UP AND SAID TO YOU LAST MONTH.

I SAID SOME THINGS AND I ASKED THE COUNCIL, MARINATE ON IT.

I DID SAY SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE PICTURE.

SO I'M PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT EUGENE AND SAM SAID ABOUT THE GALVESTON INTERNATIONAL JUNETEENTH MUSEUM BEING BUILT HERE WHERE JUNETEENTH BEGAN.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING AN INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM HERE ON THIS ISLAND.

BUT LIKE SAM SAID, THE BALL KEEPS GETTING MOVED.

YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

BRIAN MAXWELL EUGENE BROUGHT OUT WELL, SAM BROUGHT OUT SOMETHING ABOUT A PHOTO OP THAT TOOK PLACE LAST MONTH.

THERE WAS A GROUP HERE, MARDI GRAS GROUP HERE, AND THEY CAME BEHIND ALL OF YOU AND TOOK A PICTURE.

WHEN SHARON LEWIS GROUP CAME UP TO TAKE A PICTURE.

I DIDN'T NOTICE IT, BUT SOMEBODY BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION AFTER I LEFT HERE THAT MR. MAXWELL GOT UP AND MOVED TO THE SIDE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE.

SO JUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THERE ARE SOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITIZENS HERE ON THIS ISLAND THAT DO WANT TO SEE A GALVESTON INTERNATIONAL JUNETEENTH MUSEUM HERE.

IT'LL BRING TOURISM, IT'LL BRING MONEY, IT'LL BRING JOBS.

SO THINK ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

LET IT MARINATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAWANDA [APPLAUSE].

YEAH, MA'AM.

YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.

DID YOU WANT TO COME AND SPEAK OR.

WELL GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

COUNCIL OF GALVESTON.

MY NAME IS SABRINA YOUNG.

I'M THE DAUGHTER OF MARIA [INAUDIBLE], WHO'S ALSO WHO IS A CROSSING GUARD AT WEIS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY AND ABOUT THE STUDENTS THERE, TOO.

THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT MY MOM FORGOT TO MENTION.

EVERY TIME WHEN MY MOM GOES, GOES TO WEIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, LIKE, AROUND, LIKE, 6:30 IN THE MORNING.

ONCE IN A WHILE, SHE WOULD SEE, LIKE, RED WOLVES.

MAYBE LIKE, MAYBE LIKE ONE OR TWO OF RED WOLVES WANDERING AROUND WEIS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND SHE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE SHE TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THEM WAS LIKE INJURED OR SICK.

AND THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS WANDERING AROUND.

SHE WAS ALSO AFRAID THAT IF THE RED WOLVES WERE TO BE SPOTTED AROUND AROUND WEIS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SHE'S AFRAID THAT THAT THAT SOMEONE COULD GET ATTACKED OR HURT BECAUSE BECAUSE SUMMER WOLVES, THEY MAY CARRY THE RABIES DISEASE AND WE

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AND MY MOM THINKS THAT THEY NEED TO BE CONTROLLED OR MAYBE MONITORED BY THEIR POPULATION NUMBERS.

AND ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS IS THAT ONCE IN A WHILE I'LL GO WITH MY MOM AT WORK WHENEVER THE KIDS GET OFF AT SCHOOL.

EVERY TIME WHEN I SEE MY MOM HELPING THE KIDS OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF PASSENGERS GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE APARTMENTS AND WEIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, THERE WERE LIKE NUMEROUS TIMES OR MAYBE OFTEN OR A FEW TIMES WHERE I WOULD SEE PEOPLE LIKE ALMOST GET RUN OVER BY CARS OR TRUCKS, BY DRIVERS WHO REFUSE TO STOP.

SO I REALLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF GALVESTON TAKE THE SAFETY ON BOTH THE PASSENGERS AND THE DRIVERS SERIOUSLY FOR MAJOR SAFETY CONCERNS, BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER HAVE SOMEONE GET ACROSS THE STREET SAFELY THAN TO EXPERIENCE A ROAD RAGE DRIVER WHO HAS NO INTENT OF STOPPING AND JUST RUN OVER THAT PERSON.

I'D RATHER HAVE THE CITY OF GALVESTON SAVE A LIFE THAN HAVE SOMEONE BE KILLED AND HAVE A BROKEN CHORDATA AND BY CHORDATA I MEAN PREVENT BACK BONE PAIN AND DEATH.

AND ALSO FOR THAT I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT THAT THAT WE TAKE THE SAFETY FOR CROSSING GUARDS AND FOR THE POLICE TO BE MORE INVOLVED INTO THE SAFETY FOR FOR ALL SCHOOLS.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT [APPLAUSE]. VERY GOOD.

ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE? YES, SIR. COME RIGHT FORWARD.

HOW YOU DOING? I'M JEFF [INAUDIBLE] SLIMER FROM TIKI ISLAND.

I'M A FIFTH GENERATION BLI WHO HAPPENS TO BE A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE LOCAL SURFRIDER FOUNDATION CHAPTER.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE SENATE BILL 434.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR COUNTLESS HOURS OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY TO GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT MARDI GRAS.

BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN GALVESTON.

MY NIECE WAS A MOMUS DUCHESS.

I DID EVERY OR TWO BLACK TIE BALLS, EVERY PARADE THAT OTHER THAN THE ONE DURING THE MOMUS PARADE AND EVEN MARCHED IN THE UMBRELLA PARADE.

SO ANYWAY, THIS MORNING'S ADDED WORKSHOP AGENDA CONCERNING THE SENATE BILL 434 WAS FOR QUOTE UNQUOTE CLARIFICATION.

AND THAT MEETING, MY FRIENDS, WAS FAR FROM A CLARIFICATION.

YOU COULDN'T CLARIFY THE BILL OR THE CITY'S POSITION ON THE BILL.

ONE THING IT DID CLARIFY FOR ME CAME RIGHT FROM THE MAYOR'S MOUTH.

THE BILL IS WORDED UNBELIEVABLY COMPLICATED.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT QUOTE WAS FROM COUNCILMAN COLLINS, STATING THAT THE WAY IT'S DESCRIBED TO HIM NOW IS NOT WHAT HE THOUGHT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE, SIR.

TO WHICH COUNCILMAN ROBB REPLIED, I KNOW WHAT WE THOUGHT.

HE ALL MADE EXCUSES FOR WHY THE BILL DIDN'T PASS THE HOUSE LAST SESSION.

AND YOU SPECULATED OVER WHETHER THE SENATE WOULD HAVE EVEN TAKEN UP A SIMILAR BILL.

IT ENDED UP SO UNCLEAR THAT YOU DECIDED TO MOVE IT BACK UNTIL YOU DO MORE RESEARCH.

YOU DID, HOWEVER, AGREE THAT UNDER THE STATUS QUO, THE PRACTICAL MATTER IS THE PROPERTY OWNER IS FREE TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT OUT THERE.

SPEAKING OF THE WEST END, DUE TO THE SLOW GLO RESPONSE TO NEW LINES DRAWN AFTER STORMS, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

WE'VE ALL SEEN THE BOOTLEG NO TRESPASSING SIGNS AND THE NO PARKING SIGNS THAT PROPERTY OWNERS PUT UP TO INTIMIDATE BEACHGOERS.

HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW UNDER THE NEW BILL, CONSTRUCTION WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.

NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD ANY DIFFERENTLY.

AND EVEN IF THAT WERE THE CASE, YOU STILL HAVE THE ISSUE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER STAKING CLAIM TO UNIMPROVED AND UNMARKED REAL ESTATE.

THIS BILL EMBOLDENS THEM.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SAY, THE LAW SAYS YOU HAVE TO SUE ME TO PROVE THIS IS NOT MY PROPERTY.

EVEN IF THEY DON'T TRY TO IMPROVE A FENCE, A SECTION IT'S JUST ASKING FOR TROUBLE.

IT WON'T BE A GOOD LOOK FOR THE CITY.

UM. THE PUBLIC EASEMENT CHANGES WITH AVULSION FROM STORMS. THAT'S JUST A GEOGRAPHICAL FACT.

THIS LEAVES YOU WITH THE AGE OLD PROBLEM OF THE FRONT ROW PROPERTY OWNERS.

SOONER OR LATER, THAT PROPERTY WILL MAY VERY WELL END UP IN THE PUBLIC EASEMENT.

YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

THE SHORELINE AND THE PRIVATE PROPERTY LINE DON'T MOVE PARALLEL.

SO COMMON SENSE AND BASIC MATH TELLS YOU THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL HAVE TO BE THE ONE TO GIVE AT SOME POINT.

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VERY GOOD. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? JANELLE, WE HAVE SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS.

GO RIGHT AHEAD, PLEASE, MA'AM.

WE DO. WE HAVE 7.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM JEFFREY HILL.

AT WORKSHOP EARLIER TODAY, MAYOR BROWN GENERALLY CHARACTERIZED THIS BILL AS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.

I AGREE.

IT SEEMED OBVIOUS FROM THE DISCUSSION THAT MOST COUNCIL STRUGGLED WITH IT AS WELL.

I URGE YOU TO PUT THE MATTER ON THE MARCH AGENDA AND SEPARATE IT FROM THE BROAD LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE AT THAT TIME.

THE CITIZENS OF GALVESTON DESERVE THIS TRANSPARENCY AND A THOROUGH EXPLANATION.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS FROM CAROL HOLLOWAY.

PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR ENDORSEMENT OF SENATE BILL 434.

ENDORSEMENT OF THIS BILL IS A THREAT TO THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH TEXAS TOURISTS WHO VISIT OUR BEACHES AND SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY AND JOBS.

REGARDLESS OF THE UNCERTAIN NATURE OF THE BILL'S INTENT THE CITY WOULD DO WELL TO RESCIND ENDORSEMENT OF A BILL THAT FEW UNDERSTOOD AND ITS PROPONENTS STRUGGLE TO DEFEND. NEXT IS JONI STEINHAUS.

I LISTENED TO THE COUNCIL WORKSHOP THIS MORNING AND IT WAS NOT CLEAR IF THE COUNCIL WILL BE REVISITING THEIR APPROVAL OF THE LANGUAGE IN SENATE BILL 434.

I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHY IS THIS BILL NEEDED? THE CITY ATTORNEY STATED A HOMEOWNER COULD SUE THE CITY REGARDING EASEMENT IF THEY EXPERIENCED EROSION ON THEIR PROPERTY, SO THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO ENSURE IT IS ADDED AS AN AGENDA ITEM.

THE RIGHT TO PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS IS GUARANTEED IN THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.

NEXT IS FROM ROBIN POLZIN.

I'M OPPOSED TO THE CREATION OF A PUBLIC BOAT RAMP AT 2326 SKYMASTER ROAD.

THIS IS ON A NARROW CANAL ADJACENT TO A VERY NARROW BRIDGE CREATING A DANGEROUS WATERWAY.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS CANAL AND THE WATER QUALITY IS ALREADY STRESSED BY THE SEWER PLANT DISCHARGE.

I COMPARE A PUBLIC BOAT RAMP AT THIS LOCATION TO SHORT TERM HOUSE RENTALS WITHIN A DEVELOPED SUBDIVISION.

GALVESTON NEEDS MORE BOAT RAMPS.

TRY WEST OF MOODY GARDENS OR PELICAN ISLAND.

NEXT IS FROM SHAWNA GRABER.

I'M OPPOSED TO ACCEPTING FUNDS TO BUILD A BOAT RAMP AT SKYMASTER ROAD.

THIS AREA IS NEITHER PATROLLED OR CONTROLLED.

A RAMP NEEDS TO BE IN A MORE OPEN AREA WITH MUCH MORE PARKING.

I ALSO CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THE AMOUNT BEING OFFERED IS ENOUGH TO PROVIDE A FIRST CLASS BOAT RAMP FOR THE PUBLIC.

ALSO, THAT AREA HAS A SEWER PLANT THAT IN THE PAST HAS CONTAMINATED THE WATER AND TESTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RUN.

WE HAVE RECEIVED NO REPORTS THAT I'M AWARE OF.

NEXT IS FROM JIM DUVALL.

WE LIVE, WE LIVE IN THE FIRST HOUSE NEXT TO THE JONES ROAD BRIDGE, AND WE OPPOSED THE INSTALLATION OF THE PROPOSED BOAT RAMP FOR POWERED WATERCRAFT.

IN THE TIME WE'VE LIVED HERE.

WE'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED AN OVERABUNDANCE OF WATERCRAFT, OFTEN OPERATED AT UNSAFE, EXCESSIVE SPEEDS IN AN UNSAFE MANNER.

MORE POWERED WATERCRAFT WILL CERTAINLY INCREASE THE RISK TO SAFETY, POLLUTION AND DAMAGE TO THE ECOLOGY OF THE CANAL AND LAKE.

WE WERE TOLD THE BOAT RAMP WOULD BE FOR NON MOTORIZED WATERCRAFT.

AND LAST IS FROM MARY BRANHAM.

I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE APPOINTMENTS TO THE ARTS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD IN ORDER TO PROCEED WITH THE RECEIPT REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF 2023 APPLICATIONS.

THANK YOU, JANELLE.

ANY OTHER STAFF, ANY OTHER JANELLE, ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED? VERY GOOD. WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION NOW.

WE'RE MOVING TO ITEM 10 ORDINANCE NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[10.A. Consider An Ordinance Amending The FY 2023 Budget Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The Total Operating Budget For Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2023, By Adjusting Various Budget Accounts In The Amount Of Five Million Three Hundred Nineteen Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight Dollars ($5,319,998) To Properly Record Expenditures Related To The Carryover Of Vehicles And Comprehensive Plan From Fy2022; Disbursement Of Civilian Compensation Adjustments Including Nine Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Nine Dollars ($983,249) Transferred From One General Fund Department To Another General Fund Department Without Increasing The General Fund Budget In Total; And Correct Amount Of Property Tax Levy And Delinquent Tax Amount For The Rosenberg Library As Required By The City Charter And Interlocal Agreement; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Providing For An Effective Date. (M. Loftin) ]

ITEM 10 A CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

AMENDING THE TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 BY ADJUSTING VARIOUS BUDGET ACCOUNTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,319,998 TO PROPERLY TO PROPERLY RECORD EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE CARRYOVER OF VEHICLES AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM FISCAL YEAR 2022.

DISBURSEMENT OF CIVILIAN COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS INCLUDING $983,249 TRANSFERRED FROM ONE GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENT WITHOUT INCREASING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IN TOTAL AND CORRECT AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND DELINQUENT TAX AMOUNT FOR THE ROSENBERG LIBRARY, AS REQUIRED BY

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MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MIKE LOFTIN, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, MIKE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE'S THREE SIMPLE PURPOSES BEHIND THIS AMENDMENT TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

FIRST HAS TO DO WITH EQUIPMENT THAT WAS BUDGETED LAST YEAR, SOME OF IT EVEN THE YEAR BEFORE, AND THE FUNDS HAD TO BE CARRIED OVER BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT DELIVERED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.

THERE'S NO GENERAL INCREASE IN THE BUDGET AS A RESULT OF THIS.

IT'S SIMPLY REALLOCATING FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED IN A PREVIOUS PREVIOUS YEAR.

SECOND PURPOSE FOR THE ORDINANCE IS TO TRANSFER MONEY THAT WAS SET UP IN A SINGLE ACCOUNT FOR GENERAL FUND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE RAISES THAT SINCE HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AND APPROVED, AND THIS ALLOCATES THE RAISED BUDGET TO DEPARTMENTS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.

THE THIRD REASON IS TO CORRECT A PROCEDURAL ERROR MADE WHEN THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOCUMENT WAS PUT TOGETHER THAT DID NOT REFLECT WHAT THE TOTAL TAX LEVY WAS THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE ROSENBERG LIBRARY.

THEY AGREED WITH COUNCIL LAST YEAR TO ACCEPT A RAISE EACH YEAR.

THAT WAS EQUIVALENT TO THE PERCENT INCREASE IN THE OVERALL PROPERTY TAX BILL.

THIS DOES THAT.

IT DID NOT REFLECT THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS BUDGETED AS A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE LIBRARY TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.

SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THIS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU, MIKE.

COUNCILOR, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LOFTIN? I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED BUDGET AS OUTLINED IN ITEM 10A . SECOND PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE.

[10.B. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending Ordinance Nos. 22-073 And 22-074, Regarding The Times Of Transfer Of Hotel Occupancy Taxes (Hot Tax) From The Galveston Park Board Of Trustees (Park Board) To The City Of Galveston; Clarifying The Timeframe Of Presenting A Negotiated Contract Regarding The Same To City Council; Providing For An Effective Date; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (Legal) ]

THANK YOU, MIKE. ITEM 10B CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBERS 22-073 AND 22-074 REGARDING THE TIMES OF TRANSFER OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX HOT TAX FROM THE GALVESTON PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON, CLARIFYING THE TIME FRAME OF PRESENTING A NEGOTIATED CONTRACT REGARDING THE SAME TO CITY COUNCIL, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT. DON, YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS? I HAVE RECEIVED A COMMUNICATION FROM THE PARK BOARD THROUGH YOU MAYOR THAT THEY WERE HAVING THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE TIMEFRAMES FOR DELIVERY OF FUNDS COLLECTED BY THE PARK BOARD FOR HOT AND TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE DUE DATES THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THE ORDINANCE, WHICH I BELIEVE I BELIEVE IS FOR THE 3RD AND 23RD.

AND THAT'S THAT'S FINE.

IT'S JUST A FINANCIAL PROCEEDING.

MIKE SPOKE WITH YOU ABOUT IT.

HE'S HAPPY WITH IT, AND THAT SHOULD MAKE THEIR LIFE A LITTLE EASIER.

VERY GOOD. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GLYWASKY ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? YES, SIR. SO TWO THINGS ARE CHANGING HERE.

CITY THOSE TWICE A MONTH.

AND THEN THE WHEN WE WILL SEE THE CONTRACT? THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTS, THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE SAID MARCH 1ST.

THAT WAS PROBABLY AN ERROR ON MY PART TO BRING IT BACK FOR THE ACTION OF CITY COUNCIL FOR THE MARCH MEETING.

AND THAT'S FINE. BUT THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT.

WHAT IF THAT CONTRACT DOESN'T? WHAT IF WHAT IF WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT BY MARCH? WHENEVER OUR MEETING IS IN MARCH, MARCH 23RD.

SORRY, DO WE DO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AGAIN? I MEAN, AND THE ONLY REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WE WON'T SEE THAT CONTRACT AGAIN UNTIL IT COMES TO US AT THAT MEETING.

WELL, AND RIGHT.

AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO GET THAT CONTRACT.

I'VE TALKED WITH STAFF AT LEAST A WEEK BEFORE THAT MEETING.

YES, SIR, TO REVIEW.

AND SO WE REVIEW THAT CONTRACT.

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RIGHT. YES MIKE HAS THAT IN THERE AND SO.

FUNDS WHICH UNDER THE STATUTE.

HOT FUNDS HAVE TO STAY SEGREGATED.

RIGHT. BUT BUT WE ARE MY QUESTION HERE IN WORKSHOP WAS WHETHER THOSE FUNDS WE CLASSIFY THEM AS RESTRICTED OR NON RESTRICTED.

WELL I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. NO, NO, I INTERRUPTED.

I APOLOGIZE. AND SO IF IF WE ARE SAYING THAT WITHIN [INAUDIBLE] AND I HAVEN'T READ THE CONTRACT, SO I'M JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO PREEMPT A PROBLEM IN OUR NEXT MEETING, IF WE IF THAT'S IN THERE AND THE LANGUAGE SAYS THAT ALL THESE FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED, I COULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT IF IT COMES TO US WITH THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE.

AND I DID ALONG THOSE LINES, JOHN, I'VE TALKED WITH LEGAL COUNCIL, HAS THE ABILITY TO AMEND THAT CONTRACT IN THE MANNER THAT COUNCIL FEELS THEY WOULD WANT TO DO THAT.

WELL, LET ME CLARIFY THAT, TOO, IS IF THE CONTRACT IS WRITTEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH CITY CITY POLICY, WELL, CORRECT. BUT THE CITY POLICY, WHICH THEN IMPACTS THE CONTRACT, I SUPPOSE YOU COULD DO THAT.

BUT BUT FOR ITEMS SUCH AS THE NON RESTRICTED FUNDS AND SO FORTH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL COULD MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT CONTRACT TO MOVE IN A DIRECTION THEY FELT APPROPRIATE.

REMEMBER, THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT'S NEGOTIATED BETWEEN TWO PARTIES AND IF YOU MAKE AN AMENDMENT AT A MEETING AND IT HAS TO GO BACK TO BE APPROVED BY THE OTHER SIDE.

WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP.

I DON'T WANT TO GET A CONTRACT THAT I MAY OR MAY NOT VOTE FOR AND THEN HOLD UP THIS WHOLE PROCEEDING.

SO I DON'T YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK THIS RESTRICTED NON RESTRICTED ISSUE IS A BIG A BIG ISSUE.

AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT HOW I VOTE FOR A CONTRACT IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT'S IN IT.

I WANT TO I WANT TO GET THIS PUSHED THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A CONTRACT COME TO US NEXT MEETING WHERE WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS IT'S THAT'S GOT A DEADLINE IN THERE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE ACCUSED OF HOLDING THINGS UP.

RIGHT. SO I'M JUST PUTTING ALL THAT OUT THERE NOW.

THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD POINT, MARIE.

THOUGH, THE PARK BOARD HAS ALREADY STALLED ON NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT.

THEY SAID LAST WEEK THEY HADN'T RECEIVED IT.

AND WE GOT RECEIVED IN THE MAIL CLEAR EVIDENCE YESTERDAY THAT THEY RECEIVED IT ON THE 31ST.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO HOLD THINGS UP.

I MEAN, IF WE HAVE IF WE NEED ANOTHER MEETING OR WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET IT DONE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO COME A MONTH, GO BY AND THEN THIS HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING.

AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THE CITY THAT WE DIDN'T.

I DON'T I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT ARGUING THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, SO.

WE HAVE DAVID.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ALSO TO APPROVE.

DAVID HAD ONE COMMENT.

YES. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? I WOULD SECOND IT. LET'S MOVE THIS FORWARD.

DAVID [INAUDIBLE].

OH, SORRY. YEAH.

WELL, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

CONCERNS. ONE, I.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE.

[INAUDIBLE] I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT THIS.

REALLY. WHAT? WHAT'S.

WHY WOULD ONE NOT VOTE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON THIS? WHAT WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THESE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS YOU'RE SO DEDICATED TO KEEPING THEM IN THE PARK BOARD'S HANDS? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT.

RESTRICTED. UNRESTRICTED.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT NECESSARILY KEEPS THEM IN THE PARK BOARD'S HANDS.

BUT IF IF THAT'S THE CONCERN, LET'S BRING FORWARD AN ORDINANCE OR A PAIR OF THEM TO DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESTRICTED AS HOT RESTRICTED NOT AS HOT OR SOMETHING WAS BROUGHT UP THIS MORNING THAT IT CAN STILL BE HOT TAX.

IT STARTS OUT RESTRICTED FOR A PARTICULAR SILO AND THEN WINDS UP IN THE IN THE FINAL RESULT STILL BEING HOT BUT NOT PARTICULARLY FOR THAT SILO.

OH I'M SORRY. WELL, NO.

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THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST NOT OUR PURVIEW.

I MEAN, THE CHARTER SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS US FROM NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS, BUT IF WE WANT TO SET THAT POLICY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THAT'S THAT'S CERTAINLY WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO DO SEPARATE FROM THE CONTRACT.

IF I UNDERSTAND IT, WE'RE HERE TO SET POLICY.

THAT'S YOUR JOB. WHETHER YOU SET POLICY MAKING THIS ALL RESTRICTED OR WHETHER WHAT I UNDERSTAND STATE LAW IS, IS THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME NON RESTRICTED FUNDS HERE.

WHICH OTHER WHICH OTHER CITIES DO I MEAN, IS A POLICY ISSUE.

I'M NOT TRYING TO HOLD THIS UP.

NO, I GET IT. I'M NOT HOLDING THIS UP AT ALL.

BUT MY POINT IS MY POINT IS LET'S LET'S LET'S SET THIS POLICY BY ORDINANCE AND THEN THEN DIRECT STAFF TO FOLLOW THAT IN THE NEGOTIATION OF THE CONTRACT. I'M FINE WITH THAT.

BUT AND I HAVEN'T READ THE CONTRACT BECAUSE WE JUST GOT THIS THE OTHER DAY.

I JUST DON'T WANT THERE TO BE SOMETHING IN THERE IN THAT CONTRACT THAT IS SETTING POLICY, SETTING POLICY IN THE SENSE THAT ALL OF THOSE FUNDS ARE RESTRICTIVE, RESTRICTIVE. IT REFLECTS THE POLICY THAT THE CITY HAS FOLLOWED, NOT IF YOU WISH TO CHANGE IT, THAT IS WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW AS LONG AS YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE HOT STATUTES AND TO ENSURE THAT IT NOT BE HELD UP.

YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE A WORKSHOP IN, SAY, TWO WEEKS AND GRAPPLE WITH THIS ISSUE.

WHATEVER IT TAKES. ALSO, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR BECAUSE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS COULD BE USED BY THE CITY.

I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE PARKS BOARD SHOULD KEEP THESE OR NOT KEEP THEM.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE ALL THIS MONEY RIGHT NOW.

I'M NOT.

WHICH IS THE WAY IT WAS ALWAYS DONE.

AND I'M NOT ARGUING WITH THAT AT ALL.

I'M JUST WE HAVE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NON RESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED FUNDS.

THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION HERE OR SOME AMBIGUITY OR WHETHER THEY ARE RESTRICTED, WHETHER THEY'RE NOT RESTRICTED.

I'M JUST TRYING TO CLEAR THAT UP AND SET CITY POLICY.

I PERSONALLY WANT THEM TO BE UNRESTRICTED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF THE CONTRACT STATES THAT.

THE DON WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS, IF COUNCIL PASSES THIS AND WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THE FLOOR, THEN A HOT CONTRACT WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR OUR MARCH 23RD MEETING.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AND AND THAT CONTRACT, I THINK AT THE WORKSHOP, COUNCILMAN BOUVIER MENTIONED THAT THEY WILL BE SENDING OVER THEIR COMMENTS ON THE CONTRACT FEBRUARY 27TH.

IS THAT RIGHT, MIKE? YES.

OKAY, VERY GOOD.

MAY I PROPOSE THAT WE DO PRECISELY THAT, THAT WE HAVE A WORKSHOP BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO GET CLEAR ON THESE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE AS I SAY, THERE'S A PAIR OF ISSUES HERE, NOT ONLY WHAT IS HOT, WHAT'S NOT HOW YOU CLASSIFY IT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S NOT BLACK AND WHITE.

I THINK THERE ARE SHADES OF GRAY IN HERE.

AND AS JOHN JUST POINTED OUT, IT AFFECTS BOTH THE PARK BOARD AND THE CITY.

ONE OF THE REASONS I'VE ALWAYS LIKED DOING THESE THINGS BY ORDINANCE IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU WRITE A CONTRACT WITH A PARTICULAR ENTITY THAT COVERS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT ENTITY, THAT DOESN'T COVER YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL ENTITIES, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES IN GALVESTON BESIDES THE PARK BOARD THAT WE WE GIVE HOT FUNDS TO, TO DO VARIOUS AND SUNDRY THINGS.

SO I WOULD I WOULD I THINK I'D SUPPORT HAVING A SEPARATE WORKSHOP BETWEEN NOW AND THEN SO THAT THE CONTRACT YOU BRING US COMPORTS WITH WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED AS POLICY.

WELL, I WANT TO BE I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS.

IF WE HAVE A WORKSHOP, WE WILL NOT BE VOTING ON ANYTHING AT THAT POINT.

NO, BUT IF WE CLEARED IT UP IN THE WORKSHOP AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, THE MARCH 23RD AGENDA TO GO ALONG WITH THAT CONTRACT, I THINK THAT.

BUT. BUT, BUT. BUT IF WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IT, IT'S NOT FAIR TO ANYBODY.

CITY PARK CITY STAFF, PARK BOARD STAFF BE THE ONE TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN MARCH, LOOK AT THE CONTRACT, SAY NO, WE'D LIKE TO CHANGE SOME POLICY, WHICH WOULD THEN I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO DO BY ORDINANCE AS OPPOSED TO REWRITE THE CONTRACT ON THE FLY.

WE'D HAVE TO DO THAT BY ORDINANCE.

I THINK IN MY MIND, TO BE FAIR TO THE ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, THE CITY AND THE PARK BOARD, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS WORKSHOP, THEN WE NEED THE WORKSHOP.

WE NEED TO BE SPECIFIC ON WHAT WE WANT TO WORKSHOP AT THAT.

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I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHERS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

WELL, THE REASON I SAY TWO TWO ITEMS IS IS ONE IS WHAT'S RESTRICTED, WHAT'S NOT RESTRICTED.

AND AS I SAY, AGAIN, IT'S NOT BLACK AND WHITE.

IT'S NOT JUST A YES OR NO QUESTION.

THERE ARE SHADES OF GRAY HERE AND THAT'S THE FIRST.

AND SECOND IS ESSENTIALLY NOT TO PUT TOO FINE A POINT ON IT, BUT IF THERE IS UNRESTRICTED MONEY, WHOSE MONEY IS IT? I THINK WE NEED TO GET THAT SETTLED AS WELL.

I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE OBVIOUS.

IT IS NOT. AND ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE TO COMMENT THAT HOT MONEY BY ITS NATURE IS RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN USES CONTAINED IN THE STATUTE.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS INCOME DERIVED FROM THE USE OF HOT.

AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, I SAID IT THIS MORNING.

IT'S NOT JUST THE INCOME.

I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY THE LESSER OF TWO ISSUES.

ONE OF THEM, THE PRIMARY ISSUE IS HOW IT GOES FROM BEING HOT TO NOT HOT THROUGH INTER FUND TRANSFERS AND SO FORTH.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT HEAD ON.

AND PROBABLY BEFORE WE SEE THAT CONTRACT ON THE TABLE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD A FLURRY OF EMAILS HERE AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT IS COUNCIL SAYING WE'VE RECEIVED THIS HOT CONTRACT WITH THE COMMENTS FROM THE PARK BOARD COUNCIL HAS? I THINK FROM JUST FROM CITY.

NO DAN SENT IT OUT YESTERDAY.

I SENT IT.

AND WHEN DID THAT WHEN WAS THAT SENT JANELLE, TODAY? YESTERDAY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

WELL. WELL, I THINK PERSONALLY, I THINK JOHN BRINGS UP A VERY GOOD QUESTION HERE.

AND I THINK HAVING A WORKSHOP TO TO DISCUSS THAT MORE AND TO TO KIND OF SORT THESE ISSUES OUT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

MIKE SO.

IN THE WORKSHOP, IT WAS SAID THAT WHAT I'M REFERRING TO HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT THE ORDINANCE OR THIS ADDENDUM TO CHANGE THAT FIRST ORDINANCE HAD.

SO LIKE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WAS THAT WHAT I WAS PROPOSING WAS TOTALLY SOMETHING SEPARATE FROM WHAT THE ORDINANCE ALREADY HAD IN IT.

WE WERE PROPOSING A THE INTRODUCTION OF A METHODOLOGY THROUGH WHICH THE PARK BOARD PERSONNEL COULD MAKE FUNDING REQUESTS TO THE CITY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.

RIGHT. AND THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE MOVEMENT OF THE DATE THAT YOU RELEASED.

I DON'T SEE HOW THAT COULD BE.

THE DATE WAS MARCH 1ST.

AND NOW IT'S ANY TIME IN MARCH.

WELL, NO, IT'S FOR ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE SET THE AGENDA.

WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT? THAT'S COMMON PRACTICE HERE.

WE HAVE OUR AGENDA ONE WEEK PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

I HAVE TO HAVE IT COMPLETED FOR SUBMISSION.

SECTION FIVE STATES THAT IT WENT FROM MARCH 1ST WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS GOING TO BE HERE.

NOW IT JUST SAYS IN MARCH.

SO THAT'S A VERY BROAD STATEMENT.

WELL AND ALSO SAYS NOTHING ELSE IN THE ORDINANCES ARE CHANGED.

AND LET ME SEE SECTION.

I CAN COMMENT ON LEGAL DEFENSE.

PROVIDED THAT THE CONTRACT TO BE ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE CITY AND CITY AND THE GALVESTON PARK BOARD TRUSTEES BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023.

RIGHT. I THINK WHAT WE SAID AT THAT ORIGINAL WORKSHOP WAS WE NEED TO SEE THIS IN MARCH.

AND YOU MANAGED TO INTERPRET THAT AS MARCH 1ST WITHOUT ALL OF US THINKING THAT THERE'S THE MARCH 1ST IS NOT IS AS ARTIFICIAL A DEADLINE AS ANY . WELL, IT'S NOT AN ARTIFICIAL DEADLINE BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO FUND THEM FOR THE THIRD QUARTER THAT BEGINS ON APRIL 1ST, IMPRACTICAL DEADLINE.

YES, BECAUSE WE NEED TO SEE THIS AT A COUNCIL MEETING.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON THE 23RD, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE MONTH OF MARCH AT A COUNCIL MEETING.

YES, YOU COULD DO IT THAT WAY IF YOU WANTED.

EXCUSE ME. WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? I MEAN, YOU. I MEAN, YOU PRESENTED A WEEK IN ADVANCE SO THAT IT'S ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT WE COULD HAVE THAT MEETING WHENEVER.

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BUT GETTING THIS FINALIZED BY ONE WEEK AHEAD OF THE 23RD.

IT SEEMS A BURDEN.

BURDEN ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ORDINANCES THAT MAY AFFECT THE WRITING OF THIS CONTRACT.

YES. ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS.

TODAY IS FEBRUARY 23RD.

MAYBE WE'LL GET THE RED LINES ON THE 27TH, BUT.

I WOULD SUGGEST WE NEED TO MOVE THIS ALONG.

JOHN? GO AHEAD, MIKE.

MIKE, ARE YOU CONCERNED WITH THE SPECIAL EVENT FUNDS.

WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? THAT'S. THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

I'M THERE HAS BEEN NO MECHANISM FOR THEM TO MAKE A WITHDRAWAL.

SO, BRIAN, YOU KNOW, COULD YOU SEND THEM AN EMAIL SAYING, HEY, IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THESE FUNDS, PLEASE SEND US A REQUEST? AND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN AGREED UPON BETWEEN BRYCE AND FRAZIER AND MIKE LOFTIN AND.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S BEEN QUITE A FEW THINGS GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES, YOU KNOW.

COULD YOU SEND THEM AN EMAIL TELLING, OUTLINING IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SEND ACROSS IT AND MAYBE WHAT HOW HOW THEY SHOULD DO THAT? WHO THEY SHOULD SEND THAT TO? SO THEY'VE ALREADY RECEIVED.

CORRECT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO MOVE THIS ALONG.

YEAH, I AM TOO. I MEAN, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT IF IT'S BUDGETED, IT'S BUDGETED.

IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US.

I DON'T THINK THAT SOME OF THESE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE.

I DON'T THINK THEY'VE BEEN FUNDED HALF OF THEIR FUNDS ON THE SPECIAL.

ON THE SPECIAL.

WELL, ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WE HAVE COUNCIL WE HAVE A MOTION.

FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT A POTENTIAL WORKSHOP COMING UP PRIOR TO OUR MARCH 23RD MEETING.

THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK HAS MERIT AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR HERE THAT WAS MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS FOR APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM 10B. YES, MA'AM.

SO COULD I AMEND MY MOTION TO ADD TO MAKE IT MARCH 15TH, WHICH WOULD BE EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING.

THE COUNCIL MINUTES ON THE 23RD.

THANK YOU. YOU WON'T BE HERE, MIKE.

THE MEETING WILL BE ON THE 23RD, AS IT ALWAYS WAS.

RIGHT. THAT.

LET'S CLARIFY MARCH 15TH.

WHO PRESENTS WHAT, WHERE? THAT WE'RE CHANGING THE DATE.

WE'RE CHANGING THE DATE FROM MARCH 1ST TO MARCH.

HE JUST DON MADE IT MARCH.

I'M SAYING MAKE IT MARCH 15TH, WHICH WOULD BE EIGHT DAYS BEFORE OUR COUNCIL MEETING.

AND AND THAT IS THAT THAT WHAT WOULD OCCURS ON MARCH 15TH? WE HAVE THE CONTRACT BY THEN.

AND IT'S SENT TO COUNCIL? RIGHT. AND WE COULD DO A WORKSHOP EARLY AND EARLIER IN THE MONTH WHEN EVERYONE IS AVAILABLE TO, TO TALK ABOUT RESTRICTED AND NON RESTRICTED.

DOES DOES THAT, DOES BRIAN DOES THAT GIVE STAFF TIME TO GET THIS..

IF YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE A RED LINE CONTRACT FROM THE PARK BOARD ON MARCH 15TH AND IT'S DUE ON NO, NO, NO.

FEBRUARY 27TH OF THIS MONTH.

I MEAN, DON HAS TO DO THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THIS.

SO IF HE'S FINE WITH IT, I'M FINE WITH IT.

AND MARCH 15TH IS IS STAFF'S DEADLINE TO PLACE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

WHAT DAY DID YOU SAY? 15TH AT NOON. IS THAT THAT NOW I WANT TO BE.

THEN THE CONTRACT WILL BE GIVEN TO COUNCIL ON MARCH 15TH.

SENT TO COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

IS THAT WHAT YOU INTENDED MARIE? OKAY. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED ITEM WITH THE ADDITION OF THE 15TH ADDED ON MARCH, AS A DELIVERY DATE FOR THE, AS THE DELIVERY DATE FOR THE CONTRACT.

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AND SO ARE YOU JUST GOING TO ADD THAT IN THERE SOMEWHERE WELL, IT'S REPLACING MARCH 1ST.

THAT WAS JUST REPLACED WITH MARCH.

WELL, IT'S IN SECTION THREE.

THE LAST SENTENCE WILL BE MARCH 15TH.

IT WOULD BE THAT ANYWAY, BECAUSE IT'D BE IN OUR PACKET MATERIAL.

BUT ANYWAY. YEAH.

YEAH, IT DIDN'T REALLY MATTER, BUT OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

IS, IS COUNCIL CLEAR ON THIS NOW? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? VERY GOOD. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE AS A YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 10 C, PLEASE.

[10.C. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending "The Code Of The City Of Galveston 1982, As Amended”, Chapter 19, “Licenses, Permits And Business Regulations”, By Adding Article Viii. “Long Term Paid Parking”; Imposing A Fee To Be Paid By Operators Of Vehicles Parked In Excess Of Forty-Eight Hours In Certain Long Term Parking Facilities; Providing For The Collection Of The Fee By Operators Of Long Term Parking Lots And Delivery Of The Funds To The City; Providing For Penalties For Failure To Comply; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Providing For An Effective Date. (Brown) ]

CHAPTER 19 LICENSES, PERMITS AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS BY ADDING ARTICLE EIGHT LONG TERM PAID PARKING, IMPOSING A FEE TO BE PAID BY OPERATORS OF VEHICLES PARKED IN EXCESS OF 48 HOURS IN CERTAIN LONG TERM PARKING FACILITIES, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE FEE BY OPERATORS OF LONG TERM PARKING LOTS AND DELIVERY OF THE FUNDS TO THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

I MOVE TO APPROVE.

VERY GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 10C I'LL SECOND THAT.

IS THERE. LET ME DO THAT.

MARIE, GO AHEAD.

NOW, TREVOR, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

YES, SIR. GO RIGHT AHEAD.

THIS IS THE LONG TERM PARKING ORDINANCE, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHICH ARE IT APPLIES AFTER 48 HOURS FOR PAID PARKING.

IT INCLUDES EXCLUSIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTUAL PARKING AND PRIVATE LOTS.

IT INCLUDES THE RV CAMPING EXCEPTION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION ARE ACCEPTED AS WELL AS HOTELS INCIDENT TO THE RENTAL OF A ROOM.

IT IS A RATE PER DAY OF $1.15 10% OF WHICH THE OWNERS OF THE LOT OR WHOEVER IS ADMINISTRATING THE FEE CAN CAN RETAIN. TREVOR I THINK IT'S IN THIS, BUT WHEN DOES THIS START? WHEN DOES THIS BEGIN? THIS IS IN THERE TO GO INTO EFFECT IN THE NEXT QUARTER, I CAN'T.

OH IT'S BLANK RIGHT NOW.

BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON BLANK.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE THAT I'M SORRY IT'S BLANK RIGHT NOW SO WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION HERE.

WELL, THAT WAS THAT WAS MY QUESTION ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD GO INTO EFFECT APRIL 1ST? I MEAN, WHAT IS I WANT TO.

[INAUDIBLE] I WANT TO BE CLEAR.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO IMMEDIATELY START RECEIVING MOST OF THIS MONEY BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE PREPAY FOR THEIR PARKING.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD SUGGEST TO GIVE THESE OPERATORS SOME TIME TO GET USED TO IT.

AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING WE NEED TO CLEAN UP NO SOONER THAN APRIL 1ST, I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY GOAL.

MAY 1ST. MAY 1ST.

MAY 1ST. MAY 1ST WOULD BE FINE.

THAT'S FINE. YOU WOULD ASK ME EARLIER FOR A REVENUE ESTIMATE.

WE VISITED WITH MARK MURCHISON THIS AFTERNOON, DAN AND MIKE LOFTIN DID, THEY OPERATE ROUGHLY 50% OF THE PARKING SPOTS FOR ALL CRUISE LINES.

WE DID IT ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCUPANCY LEVELS, 80, 60, 50%.

I THINK THE CITY WANTS EVERYBODY IS INTO IT AND PAYING.

SO PROBABLY NOT THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR WE CAN PROBABLY EXPECT ANYWHERE BETWEEN $1.2 AND $1.4 MILLION FROM THIS ON THE LOW SIDE, THAT'S FROM BOTH PRIVATE AND AND PORT LOTS? OKAY, VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WE HAVE A BEGINNING DATE OF MAY 1ST WITH THIS MOTION HERE.

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THAT IS UNANIMOUS FOR ALL THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE.

THANK YOU, TREVOR.

APPRECIATE IT. LET'S MOVE TO CONSENT ITEMS, PLEASE.

[11. CONSENT ITEMS]

UNLESS ONE OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS OBJECTS, THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS UPON FINAL APPROVAL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

CONSENT ITEMS 11A THROUGH 11W ARE ON THE SCREEN.

COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO PULL OUT FOR DISCUSSION? YES. YES, I THINK I'D LIKE TO PULL 11ARESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE.

ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCILMAN COLLINS IS PULLING ITEM 11A FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

ANY OTHERS COUNCIL? I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ITEMS FROM 11 B TO TO 11 W, AND THERE IS A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN ROBB.

ANY DISCUSSIONS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THOSE.

WELL, LET'S SEE.

MAKE THE MOTION.

AND PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS.

IF YOU COULD READ ITEM 11 A, PLEASE, MA'AM.

[11.A. Consider For Approval A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, In Support Of The Abolition Of The Office Of County Treasurer In Galveston County; Directing The City Secretary To Forward A Certified Copy Of This Resolution To Local Texas Legislators, The Texas Speaker Of The House, The Texas Lieutenant Governor, And The Texas Governor; Providing For Findings Of Fact And Providing For An Effective Date. (Brown) ]

THE TEXAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, THE TEXAS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND THE TEXAS GOVERNOR PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS OF FACT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

YES, SIR. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.

I HAVE A SECOND MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

AND SECOND. YES, I SEPARATE I PULLED THIS OUT BECAUSE MR. DUGAS IS WITH US TODAY.

HE AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

I THINK HE'S TALKED WITH MOST OF US.

I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING BY BY APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION.

AS I SAID TO MR. [INAUDIBLE], I DON'T THINK I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT TO SAY YES NO TO THIS.

BUT I'M I HAVE ZERO PROBLEM WITH PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT AND LETTING THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS DECIDE WHETHER THIS IS A STEP THEY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE.

SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF OUR APPROVAL OF THIS MOTION, AND THAT IS THE RESOLUTION BASICALLY OF APPROVING FOR THIS TO MOVE FORWARD, TO BRING FORWARD TO THE VOTERS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS YOU MENTIONED.

YES. WITH THAT SAID.

BEAR WITH ME FOR A SECOND, DON.

I'LL PUT YOU TO WORK.

WOULD YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THIS RESOLUTION, OR IS THAT DOABLE AT THIS TIME? I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE IDEA OF SECTION 3.

THE CITY COUNCIL RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASS A JOINT RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT TO THE VOTERS OF GALVESTON COUNTY A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER IN GALVESTON COUNTY.

I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT IDEA TO YOUR FOURTH.

I'M SORRY. YOUR SIXTH WHEREAS WHERE IT SAYS WHEREAS THE ABOLITION OF THE COUNTY TREASURY IN GALVESTON COUNTY IS SUPPORTED BY LOCAL, COUNTY AND STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS, I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, WHEREAS THAT WE SUPPORT THE IDEA OF A CONSTITUTION, A VOTE FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR THE EVOLUTION EVOLUTION OF THE OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER.

IN REPLACEMENT OF.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTIONAL THE VOTE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AGAIN IN THE NEXT WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT VOTE, A VOTE FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE COUNTY TREASURER IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST OF THE GALVESTON COUNTY.

AND THEN BEAR WITH ME ONE MORE TIME IN SECTION TWO.

SORRY [INAUDIBLE] ONE MORE TIME AND I'LL GO THROUGH IT AGAIN IN SECTION TWO WHERE IT SAYS THE GALVESTON COUNTY CITY COUNCIL.

I'M SORRY. THE CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSED ITS UNQUALIFIED SUPPORT FOR A VOTE FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE COUNTY TREASURER.

BASICALLY, WHAT I DID IS I TOOK OUT COUNCIL'S OUTRIGHT SUPPORT FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE AND SHOWED OUR SUPPORT FOR A VOTE FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN THE COUNTY TREASURER.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DON

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AND I WANT TO BEFORE WE TALK WITH DAVID ON THAT, I WANT TO I WANT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DON READS THAT BACK TO US SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON HERE.

HANK. YOU OUGHT TO BE BE GRATEFUL, THOUGH THIS DOESN'T INVOLVE THE PARK BOARD IN ANY WAY.

MADE BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS AND SECONDED BY JOHN LISTOWSKI.

SO IF YOU COULD READ BACK THOSE CHANGES SO THAT WE'RE.

THIS IS A LAME DUCK MOTION.

IT'S A RACE TO SEE WHO GOT IT FIRST.

SO COLD IN HERE.

I'M JUST MENTIONING.

DON, COULD YOU READ THE CHANGES? WHEREAS ARE YOU AT.

DON, CAN YOU TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE? [INAUDIBLE] YEAH.

HEY, THIS IS WHERE YOU GET THE BIG BUCKS FOR.

THAT'S IT. [INAUDIBLE] BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I THINK THAT FITS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SAYING.

OKAY. AND JOHN, I SECOND.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO DO A MANUAL VOTE ON THIS.

WE HAVE A MOTION. I THINK COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THAT.

AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

IT IS UNANIMOUS HANK.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

JUST [INAUDIBLE] PART OF THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE DAVID SAID.

I MEAN, I'VE GOT TO GET MYSELF INFORMED A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TEXT AND REACHING OUT, SO I'M SURE WE'LL TALK MORE.

BUT WHETHER I AGREE WITH IT OR NOT, YOU DID A HELL OF A JOB GETTING TO PRESENT IT.

YOU'RE A MAN OF YOUR WORD.

YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT TO THE PEOPLE.

AND I THINK IT'S ULTIMATELY THEIR DECISION.

YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS WORKS IN TEXAS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS ON THAT WHOLE SITUATION.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT ON DOING THIS AND BRINGING IT TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON.

THANKS. AND OUR BEST TO MRS. DOUGIE. YEAH. VERY MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR WIFE.

COMING UP HERE. BOTH.

BOTH OF YOU? YEAH, VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 12 A PLEASE, MA'AM.

[12.A. Discuss And Consider Providing Guidance To The Parks And Recreation Department Regarding A Texas Parks And Wildlife Grant For The Design Of A Boating Access Ramp At 2326 Skymaster Road. (B. Sanderson) ]

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AND, BRIAN, IS THAT GOING TO BE YOU? I KNOW BARBARA WAS IN THE OTHER ROOM.

I HEARD THE PATTER OF LITTLE FEET.

I KNEW SHE WAS COMING. WELL, SHE'S WALKING.

I'M JUST GOING TO POINT OUT THAT I GAVE YOU ALL A COPY OF THE AMENDMENT.

I MEAN, OF THE PETITION THAT WAS DONE BY THE LAKE MADELINE LAKE VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND GRANTED, IT'S KIND OF IN A STRANGE POSITION, BUT IT'S AT LEAST IT'S MORE THAN 50% OF THE PEOPLE ARE OPPOSED TO IT . ACCORDING TO TO THEIR SOURCES IT'S LIKE 68%, 70%.

BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS RECEIVED.

SO I DID MY BEST TO PRINT IT OFF SO YOU WOULD HAVE THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, BARBARA.

GO RIGHT AHEAD. OKAY.

WE BROUGHT THIS TO CITY COUNCIL BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019 TO DO A RESOLUTION FOR OUR PLANNING GRANT FOR THIS BOAT RAMP.

LET ME JUST EXPLAIN SOMETHING.

PARKS AND RECREATION IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE WAYS TO HAVE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.

SO WHEN WE FIND A LITTLE SLIVER OF LAND THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY PUT A BOAT RAMP OR BUILD A PARK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE LAND.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST US.

WITH COVID THAT YEAR, EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING AT WAYS TO DO MORE OUTDOOR RECREATION.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE OTHER THAN OUR SEAWALL OR DOWN AT OUR SOCCER COMPLEX, WHICH IS SMALL WALKING TRAILS.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A TRAIL.

WELL THE STATE PARK HAS TRAILS.

SO WE HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE CAN GET.

AND WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER ACCESS AND ANOTHER WAYS AND MEANS FOR FOLKS TO GET ON THE WATER.

BECAUSE IN GALVESTON, WHAT DO YOU COME HERE FOR? TO GET ON THE WATER USUALLY, EVEN OUR RESIDENTS.

SO WE DID RECEIVE THE GRANT.

TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE'S WORK VERY WELL WITH US.

WE'VE NEVER WE IN THE CITY, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, HAS NEVER HAD A BOAT ACCESS PLANNING GRANT.

WE'VE HAD PARK IMPROVEMENT GRANTS AT THE SOCCER COMPLEX.

WE'VE HAD IT AT THE SWIMMING POOL AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM.

AND SO WE JUST LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THIS DOES COME INTO OUR MASTER PARKS PLAN FOR NATURAL RESOURCES.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING.

MARIE. WELL, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND YOU KNOW, I'M TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING BUT THIS I HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW THE PEOPLE WHO PUT ME IN OFFICE FEEL ABOUT THIS.

AND I HAVE TO SAY IN THIS CASE, I AGREE WITH THEM.

IT'S NOT A HUGE CANAL.

IT IS A CANAL.

AND BOATS GOING INTO THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY WHERE IT GOES AND MEETS THE BAY, IS SHALLOW.

SO IT WILL DRIVE MORE PEOPLE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN ANYWHERE.

THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH WATER QUALITY THERE, EITHER CAUSED BY THE WASTEWATER PLANT, VARIOUS OTHER THINGS.

I MEAN, IT IS I DON'T KNOW.

I CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER EAT A FISH FROM LAKE MADELINE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING.

I THINK OUR THOUGHT PROCESS WAS THEY WOULD BE GOING THAT WAY.

THEY WOULD GO THE OTHER WAY INTO THE OPEN BAY.

WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, WITH THE ISSUES THEY HAVE NOW, THAT ISN'T THE CASE BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE MULTIPLE REQUESTS TO GET NO WAKE BUOYS AND SO FORTH.

NOT TO MENTION WITH BOAT RAMPS COMES SPILLED GASOLINE THAT WOULD FLOW DOWN.

THEY ALREADY HAVE A TRASH ISSUE.

SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO PROVIDE YOU THE DIRECTION THAT WE WITHDRAW THE GRANT APPLICATION OR WE FIND ANOTHER LOCATION.

I GET SO MANY CALLS FOR A BOAT RAMP FURTHER WEST.

AND RECENTLY WE'VE WE'VE HAD THE SPORTSMAN ROAD, THE BOAT RAMP.

CAN'T WE LOOK AT SOMETHING? THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME SLIVER OF LAND FURTHER WEST.

AND YOU HAD SAID AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT WE COULD MOVE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION.

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AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER EXPENSE AND WE'D HAVE TO WELL, MAYBE MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AREA, THAT COUNTY PARK AREA.

WHERE WE COULD WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT.

I MEAN, I'D CERTAINLY BE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU.

MAYBE I MEAN, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SCHUSTER, WE HAVE A MOTION COUNCILWOMAN ROBB HAS MADE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? OH, SORRY. ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD, JOHN.

YOU WANT. YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO.

JUST. I'LL JUST PUT IT OUT THERE FOR ANYBODY ELSE TO COMMENT ON.

YES, DAVID, I AM SYMPATHETIC TO THE WATER QUALITY ISSUES AT LAKE MADELEINE.

I'M SURPRISED IT'S GOT WATER IN IT AT ALL.

WELL, I DON'T I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW IT'S FED, YOU KNOW AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT HAS A VERY NARROW OUTLET.

BUT BUT JUST I WOULD POINT OUT TWO THINGS.

THE FIRST IS WHEN THIS CAME TO COUNCIL IN 2019, I RECALL IT.

I RECALL VOTING ON IT.

I RECALL UNDERSTANDING AND SAYING TO PEOPLE WE WAS A FULL SERVICE BOAT RAMP.

I'M SORRY IF PEOPLE HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD THIS AT SOME POINT TO BE KAYAK ONLY OR SOME NON-MOTORIZED WATERCRAFT.

THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT.

NOT MY MEMORY OF IT.

I THINK WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING TODAY IS PRECISELY WHAT I RECALL YOU BRINGING FORWARD.

AND SECOND, AS FOR THE PETITION, YOU PASSED THIS PETITION.

FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, 394 HOMES IN LAFAYETTE.

THIS PETITION HAS SIGNATURES FROM 21 OF THOSE HOMES.

THERE'S 230.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

NONETHELESS, I SEE 21 DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS REPRESENTED ON THIS.

SO 10%, 78% DIFFERENT THINGS.

I'M JUST I'M JUST JUST READING WHAT I WAS GIVEN.

VERY GOOD, MIKE.

I BECAUSE I LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THERE.

WE WE BOAT OVER THERE QUITE OFTEN ONCE A WEEK.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY TRAFFIC OR ANYTHING DOWN THOSE CANALS.

WE NEVER GO OVER THE WAKE ZONES IN LAKE MADELINE.

I MEAN, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY SKIING IN THERE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF THINGS OVER THERE.

BUT BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

I THINK WHEN PEOPLE COME OFF THAT BOAT RAMP, THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE MOODY GARDENS AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO OVER TO THE SANDBAR, BECAUSE THAT'S THE AXIS WHERE THEY CAN GET TO, BECAUSE THE OTHER BOAT RAMP THAT'S OVER OFF OF 61ST STREET.

IF YOU'RE NOT THERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, IT'S PACKED AND YOU CAN'T GET A PARKING SPOT.

AND SO THIS WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER AVENUE FOR THEM TO COME OUT AND GO OVER THERE.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S MY TWO CENTS.

OKAY. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? ANY DISCUSSION, BRIAN? I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO MR. [INAUDIBLE]. I CALLED I WAS LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE TIME I SPOKE AND I WAS ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY OFF YOUR BOARD.

AND I ASKED THE NEIGHBORS THAT WENT WITH ME AND THEY RECALLED THE DISCUSSION.

AND I BELIEVE WHERE THE CONFUSION CAME IN IS I WAS ASKED VERY SPECIFICALLY, AND I BELIEVE I CAN ACTUALLY I'M NOT GOING TO NAME HIS NAME BECAUSE I WANT TO CALL HIM OUT.

BUT THE GENTLEMAN THAT ASKED ME, IS THIS GOING TO BE A KAYAK RAMP? AND I SAID, YES, IT WILL HAVE KAYAK ACCESSIBILITY AT THE RAMP.

SO I APOLOGIZE IF THERE WAS CONFUSION AT THE AT THE DEAL.

BUT I CHECKED WITH SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT WERE THERE THAT NIGHT, AND THAT'S AS THEY RECALL IT.

BUT I DO APOLOGIZE TO STEVE IF THAT'S THE WAY IT CAME ACROSS.

OKAY. VERY GOOD.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? YES, JOHN. YES, SIR.

SO THIS GRANT IS FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING? CORRECT.

WHAT HAPPENS IF IT COMES BACK AND THE DESIGN'S NOT ADEQUATE? OR WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T DO IT ONCE WE RECEIVE THIS MONEY? FIRST OF ALL, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMES OUT AND REVIEWS THE LOCATION.

IF THEY DON'T THINK IT'LL MAKE IT, WE NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A PLANNING GRANT, CHANCES ARE.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FOLKS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO PUT BOAT RAMPS IN BECAUSE THERE'S A CRY THERE ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR FISHERMEN OR JUST BOATERS OR BIRDWATCHERS, PEOPLE WHO SKI, OF COURSE, TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE WATER, FREE ACCESS.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE AROUND THE WHOLE STATE.

SO THEY'RE LIKE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING IN YOUR LOCATION.

[02:00:07]

I HAVE A QUESTION, BARBARA.

YOU'VE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE STAFF REPORT HERE THAT THAT STAFF HAS CONCERNS THAT IF THE GRANT WERE TO BE RESCINDED, IT WOULD BE MORE DIFFICULT TO BE AWARDED GRANTS? THERE'S THAT POSSIBILITY.

THERE'S ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY.

AND THAT'S BASED UPON PAST EXPERIENCE OR IS BASED UPON JUST WHAT YOU? JUST THE AMOUNT OF TIME STAFF HAS TO SPEND TO WRITE THE GRANT AND THE THINGS WE HAVE TO PULL TOGETHER TO GET A POSSIBILITY TO RECEIVE A GRANT IS TIME CONSUMING.

AND THERE'S ALWAYS THAT TIME WHEN THE STATE PULLS THE MONEY AND SAYS, OH, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT THIS YEAR.

BUT THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH ANY OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANTS, NOT JUST BOATING ONES.

IT CAN HAPPEN WITH PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

IT CAN HAPPEN WITH OTHER SERVICES.

OKAY. BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT FUNDED, THEY CAN'T DO THEM.

RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT, RESCINDED? WELL, WHAT THAT MEANS THE GRANT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO. THE MOTION THAT COUNCILWOMAN ROBB HAS MADE IS TO BASICALLY TELL TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE WE DON'T WANT THIS GRANT.

THEY MAY SAY WE HAVE TO REAPPLY.

THAT'S A POSSIBILITY SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION RIGHT NOW.

WHEN YOU RESCIND A GRANT, I MEAN, I HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER PROPOSAL ALMOST INSTANTLY SAYING WE WANT TO RESCIND THE GRANT ON SKYMASTER AND MOVE IT TO WHATEVER, WHEREVER, YOU KNOW, SEATTLE OR WHATEVER.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION BEFORE AS WE RESCIND U., BARBARA.

JUST LEAVE THEM LINGERING.

RIGHT. BARBARA, HAVE YOU HAVE YOU DID HAVE YOU DONE A SEARCH FOR OTHER BOAT RAMPS? YES. THE CITY MANAGER AND I AND THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER SAT DOWN AND START LOOKING AT TRACTS OF LAND ALL OVER.

TO FIND ONE WHERE WE OWN.

BECAUSE IN ORDER TO IF WE HAVE TO PURCHASE LAND, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. VERY GOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? CAST YOUR VOTES, PLEASE.

THIS IS FOR RESCINDING.

AND THERE ARE FOUR YESES AND TWO NO.

SO THIS DOES DOES PASS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, BARBARA. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 12 B, IF WE COULD, PLEASE.

[12.B. Discuss And Consider Appointments To The Following City Boards, Commissions, And Committees: 1. Arts and Historic Preservation Advisory Board 2. Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals 3. Interim appointment to the Park Board of Trustees to fill the vacated seat of Will Wright (Collins/Robb)]

AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE ARTS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD.

WE THIS BOARD HAS AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, JANELLE HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS.

THERE ARE THREE VACANCIES THAT ARE THERE AND ONE REAPPOINTMENT. THE VACANCY IS SAM EXCUSE ME, THE REAPPOINTMENT IS SAM MALCHAR, AND HE'S UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT. AND THEN WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES.

WE DID HAVE SIX INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE GIVEN APPLICATIONS FOR WANTING TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.

COUNCIL IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOARD? I HAVE LOOKED THROUGH THESE APPLICATIONS, RESEARCHED THEM.

FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION AND SEE IF COUNCIL WOULD WE CAN DO THESE ALL AT ONCE OR ALTOGETHER.

I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF SAN MALCHAR TO THE ARTS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE CORA LEE JACKSON.

MACKENZIE [INAUDIBLE] FINKLEY AND ELIZABETH CAWTHORN TO THE ARTS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD.

YES, I MOVE TO APPROVE OR SECOND OR WHATEVER I'M SUPPOSED TO DO AT THIS POINT.

ALL RIGHT. YES.

VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THAT?

[02:05:03]

THAT IS UNANIMOUS FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE HERE.

VERY GOOD. SAYING THAT WE ARE NOW AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA HERE.

WE DO HAVE A RECEIVE AND FILE.

NELLIE IF YOU'LL JUST READ THAT VERY QUICKLY.

WE HAVE ONE MORE APPOINTMENT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I FORGOT. I APOLOGIZE.

WE HAVE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, I THINK WILLIAM AND HE'S GOING INTO AN ALTERNATE POSITION.

AND I'LL SECOND THAT.

MAY I ASK FOR A QUICK DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN AN ALTERNATE POSITION THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO THE THE FULL BOARD? WE ALWAYS SKIP THAT PART.

THE ONLY POSITION THAT'S OPEN RIGHT NOW IS AN ALTERNATE.

OKAY. I GOT YOU.

VERY GOOD. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS ALSO.

THANK YOU. AND WE ARE NOW TOWARDS THE END.

[13. RECEIVE AND FILE (Non-Action Items) ]

AND YOU CAN READ THAT COUNCIL.

WE HAVE NOW GONE THROUGH ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:06 P.M.. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.