8.A. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Abandonment Of Approximately 4,800 Square Feet Of 13th Street Right-Of-Way; Adjacent Property Is Legally Described As M. B. Menard Survey, Lot 14, Block 732; In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas; Planning Case Number 23P-014; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (C. Gorman)

[8.A. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Abandonment Of Approximately 4,800 Square Feet Of 13th Street Right-Of-Way; Adjacent Property Is Legally Described As M. B. Menard Survey, Lot 14, Block 732; In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas; Planning Case Number 23P-014; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (C. Gorman)]

LET'S MOVE NOW TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, ITEM 8A, PLEASE.

ITEM 8A CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, ABANDONMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 4800FT² OF 13TH STREET, RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS MB MENARD SURVEY.

LOT 14, BLOCK 732 IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

PLANNING CASE NUMBER 23P-014, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MISS GORMAN FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

AS NELLIE STATED, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN ABANDONMENT OF 4800FT² OF 13TH STREET RIGHT OF WAY NORTH OF HARBORSIDE DRIVE.

STAFF FINDS THE ABANDONMENT WILL NOT IMPACT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

THE 13TH STREET RIGHT OF WAY EXTENDS NORTH FROM HARBORSIDE AND DEAD ENDS INTO PORT OF GALVESTON FACILITIES.

WE HAVE A DIAGRAM ON THE SCREEN SHOWING THE LOCATION.

PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

OKAY, THANK YOU, CATHERINE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. GORMAN, COUNCIL? HEARING NO REPLY.

IT'S 5:42 P.M.

I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM EIGHT A.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT IN THE AUDIENCE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? MAYOR I'M A PROPONENT.

COME RIGHT AHEAD.

COME RIGHT AHEAD, MR. HILL. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? GOOD EVENING. I SIGNED IN EARLIER.

MAYOR, AND COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JAY MARCUS HILL 3126, LAFITTE'S POINT 2116 CHURCH STREET.

THIS PARTICULAR ABANDONMENT IS TO HELP OUR ECONOMY WITH REGARD TO THE PARKING FOR THE NEW SUPER HUGE--THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT THEM; THEY'RE PRETTY BIGGER THAN MY MOTORBOAT--SUPER HUGE CRUISE SHIPS THAT ARE COMING IN.

THIS IS A TRACT OF LAND THAT, AS IT WAS MENTIONED THIS MORNING, DON'T CONFUSE RIGHT AWAY WITH OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY, AND IT'S NOT BEEN USED BY THE CITY.

IT'S DEAD END AND WE'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH AND WORKED WITH AND HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE WHARVES BOARD SUCH THAT ON THE ABANDONMENT, THE PROPERTIES GO TO THE MIDDLE AND THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY WILL GO TO THE MIDDLE OF THAT ABANDONED RIGHT OF WAY WHERE YOU SEE IT IN RED, AND THAT WILL ENHANCE AND ENABLE THE PORT TO OUR WHARVES BOARD AND PORT TO HAVE A BETTER SPOT FOR PARKING FOR THE CRUISE SHIPS.

I STAND READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. HILL.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HILL? NONE AT THIS TIME.

WE MAY HAVE SOME LATER.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. GLAD TO SEE YOU.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? HAVE WE HAD ANYTHING IN WRITING, JANELLE, ON THIS? OKAY, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 8A AT 5:54 P.M..

GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION.

YES, MA'AM. MOVE TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

COUNCILWOMAN ROBB SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI.

ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THAT.

THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

THANK YOU, SIR. YES, SIR, BY ALL MEANS.

THANK YOU, AND I DO WANT TO SAY I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE VOTE WAS OVER, SO YOU DIDN'T THINK I SAID IT AHEAD OF TIME ON THAT MATCH.

WE JUST LOST OUR [INAUDIBLE] OF 14 YEARS, 15 YEARS THIS MONTH, AND I'M GOING TO PUT A $1,000 ON IT.

THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. HILL.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, SIR.

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APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S HAVE ITEM 8B, PLEASE.

[8.B. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Designating The Property Located At 1416 Broadway/Avenue J, As A “Galveston Landmark”, Property Is Legally Described As M.B. Menard Survey, Lot 12 And West Half Of Lot 11 (12-0), In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas; Requesting The Historic Preservation Officer Record The Property's Landmark Designation In The Official Public Records Of Real Property In Galveston County, The Tax Records Of The City Of Galveston And The Central Appraisal District, And The Official Zoning Maps Of The City Of Galveston, Texas; Planning Case Number 23P-007; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (C. Gorman)]

ITEM 8B, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1416 BROADWAY AVENUE, J AS THE GALVESTON LANDMARK.

PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS MB MENARD SURVEY LOT 12 IN WEST HALF OF LOT 11 IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, REQUESTING THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER RECORD THE PROPERTY'S LANDMARK DESIGNATION IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF REAL PROPERTY IN GALVESTON COUNTY.

THE TAX RECORDS OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON AND THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAPS OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

PLANNING CASE NUMBER 23-007, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS GORMAN.

THIS IS 1416 BROADWAY.

IT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE CARL AND HILDA BEALE HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTED IN 1916 IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.

THE HOUSE IS DESIGNATED AS A RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK AND IS A CONTRIBUTING PROPERTY TO THE EAST END NATIONAL REGISTER, HISTORIC DISTRICT LANDMARK COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL, FOR MS. GORMAN ON THIS ITEM? IT IS 5:46 P.M.

I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 8B.

ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS? DO WE HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS? THAT'S A COOL HOUSE.

IT IS VERY COOL.

VERY, VERY COOL.

IT IS 5:46 PM.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 8B, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.

YES? MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.

OUR NEIGHBORS, GREG AND AJ ARE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY ARE SITTING RIGHT BACK THERE--HI GUYS--AND THEY HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF MAINTAINING THIS THIS PROPERTY AND BRINGING IT BACK FROM THE LAST TIME IT WAS EXTENSIVELY REMODELED AND I THINK IT WAS 1932.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU COULDN'T PUT MORE THAN A 20 WATT LIGHT BULB IN A SOCKET IN THIS HOME BECAUSE THE OLD WIRING WOULD BLOW THE SYSTEM, AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF REMODELING AND MAINTAINING THIS HOME AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT.

AS COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER SAID, SURPRISED THIS HADN'T BEEN LANDMARKED ALREADY.

SO THANK YOU.

I MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BOUVIER.

THERE YOU GO. VERY GOOD.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS.

[8.C. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The 2015 Galveston Land Development Regulations, By Amending Article 3: District Yard, Lot And Setback Standards’, “Urban Neighborhood (Un) Addendum”, To Modify The List Of “Corner Stores – Permitted Structures” In The Kempner Park Neighborhood By Adding The Property Address Commonly Known As 1902 31ST Street And Legally Described As M B Menard Survey, North Half Of Lot 1 And Part Of Lot 2 (2-1), Northwest Block 89, Galveston Outlots, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas; Planning Case Number 23za-001; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (A. Montalvan]

ITEM 8C, PLEASE NELLIE.

ITEM 8C, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE 2015 GALVESTON LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE DISTRICT YARD LOT AND SETBACK STANDARDS, URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD ADDENDUM TO MODIFY THE LIST OF CORNER STORES PERMITTED STRUCTURES IN THE KEMPNER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD BY ADDING THE PROPERTY ADDRESS COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1902 31ST STREET AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED MB MENARD SURVEY NORTH HALF OF LOT ONE AND PART OF LOT TWO NORTHWEST BLOCK 89 GALVESTON OUTLOTS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS PLANNING CASE NUMBER 23-001 MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.

THANK YOU, NELLIE. WE HAVE ADRIEL MONTALVAN.

ADRIEL, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO MODIFY THE LIST OF CORNER STORES PERMITTED STRUCTURES IN CAMDEN PARK TO ADD THE PROPERTY ADDRESS 1902 31ST STREET TO THE LIST OF PERMITTED STRUCTURES WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MONTALVAN? I WAS AMAZED THAT WAS LEFT OFF ORIGINALLY.

SO VERY GOOD.

I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:48 P.M.

ON THIS ITEM 8C.

ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS, NELLIE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:48 P.M.

ON THIS ITEM. BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION.

I'LL A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

VERY GOOD. COUNCILMAN, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

I WOULD SECOND THAT. GOT A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THAT.

THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[9. PUBLIC COMMENT]

LET'S MOVE TO ITEM NINE, PLEASE, NELLIE.

ITEM NINE PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA ITEMS AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. VERY GOOD. AS MENTIONED AT EACH TIME THAT WE COME TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, TIME WOULD MENTION THAT WE WOULD RESTRICT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.

WE HAVE A TIMER CLOCK HERE THAT WILL TIME YOU.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL ASK, WHY DON'T WE RESPOND TO YOU.

IT'S AGAINST THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO RESPOND TO YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT COUNCIL AND

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STAFF IS MONITORING AND LISTENING TO THESE COMMENTS, AND I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

I HAVE THREE FORMS HERE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO SPEAK.

IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE GET A FORM AND FILL THAT OUT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND ALL THAT SO WE CAN RESPOND TO YOU IF NECESSARY.

I'M GOING TO START, FIRST OF ALL, WITH BRUCE REDMOND.

HELLO, COUNCIL.

HELLO. I WAS HERE LAST MONTH AND WE SPOKE ABOUT AN INCIDENT, AND I KIND OF WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT IT IS THAT I DO AND WHAT IT IS THAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IN THE CITY WITH FILMING THE POLICE.

WE FILMED THESE ACTIONS BECAUSE IT'S BECOME APPARENT THAT SOME THINGS HAVE SLID THROUGH THE CRACKS AND AREN'T BEING VIDEOTAPED WITH THEIR BODY CAMERAS AND THEIR DASH CAMERAS, AND WE NEED TO STOP THE BAD POLICING AND PROMOTE THE GOOD POLICING, THE GOOD OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT HERE TRYING TO MAKE CHANGE AND TRYING TO BE A BENEFIT TO THE SOCIETY.

SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, LIKE THIS PUBLIC INTOXICATION THING THAT HAS BEEN USED AS BASICALLY A BLANKET ARREST.

IT REQUIRES NO EVIDENCE AND ALSO REQUIRES FOR SOMEBODY TO BE PUT IN JAIL BUT OFFERS THEM NO WAY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. I WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORTH A COUPLE OF THINGS IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CITIZEN COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE BODY CAMERAS, TO LOOK THROUGH THIS STUFF THAT'S ELECTED DISCERNED IN SOME WAY.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST THROWING THIS STUFF OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD BUT THIS UNREDACTED SO THAT WE AS CITIZENS CAN WATCH WHAT OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE DOING AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEING TAKEN CARE OF PROPERLY.

ARREST WAS RECENTLY TAKEN AND GOING THROUGH THE LIVE VIDEO, WE COUNTED OVER 42 POLICY VIOLATIONS IN ONE ARREST.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS, AND VIOLENCE TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO HAVE CLASS C MISDEMEANOR AND AN ARREST THAT BY POLICY SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO BEGIN WITH.

EQUIPMENT IS TAKEN, CELL PHONES.

YOU TAKE AWAY SOMEBODY'S CELL PHONE.

I CAN'T EVEN GET INTO MY SECURITY FOOTAGE AT MY PROPERTY.

I HAVE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS THAT I CAN'T EVEN SEE, AND SO FAR AS THE PIS ARE CONCERNED, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PUSH FOR IS PEOPLE HAVING THE ABILITY TO TAKE A BREATHALYZER WHEN ARRESTED FOR A PI, SIMPLE AS THAT, COST THE CITY A DOLLAR, BUT IT CREATES TRANSPARENCY AND MIGHT STOP AND SQUASH SOME OF THESE ARBITRARY ARRESTS.

THANK YOU, GUYS.

THANK YOU.

NICHOLAS GILMORE.

HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? FINE, THANK YOU.

Y'ALL DON'T KNOW ME, BUT I'M NOT NEW TO GALVESTON.

I HAD A GREAT AUNT AND UNCLE THAT LIVED DOWN ON THE WEST BEACH MOST OF THEIR LIFE.

IF YOU EVER GOT MEAT FROM RANDALL'S, HE WAS THE BUTCHER OVER THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

TONY CORSO.

I GREW UP DOWN HERE IN GALVESTON FISHING.

I HAD AN UNCLE THAT HAD A BEACH HOUSE AND TIKI ISLAND.

OKAY, I LOVE THIS PLACE, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT GALVESTON STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH SOME OF THEIR POLICE OFFICERS, THAT THEY HAD SOME REALLY BAD OFFICERS.

NOW, ME HAVING FAMILY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FRIENDS, I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY HEARING.

SO I CAME DOWN HERE PERSONALLY MYSELF, AND I WITNESSED FIRSTHAND WITH MY VERY OWN EYES THIS PAST FRIDAY MORNING

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THE TYRANNY, THE LIES, THE COWARDICE--I MEAN, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON--ALL OFF OF ONE OFFICER.

OKAY, THE CITIZENS OF GALVESTON DO NOT DESERVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS THAT KIND OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WITHIN HIMSELF PROTECTING THE STREETS OF GALVESTON ISLAND.

OKAY, THEY DESERVE BETTER.

THIS GUY IS LITERALLY ON BORDERLINE SOCIOPATH AND ALL THAT.

LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WOULD ACT AND BEHAVE THAT WAY, BUT LIKE I SAID, WHEN I WITNESSED IT FIRSTHAND MYSELF, I FELT THE NEED THAT I NEEDED TO COME AND BRING IT TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION.

YOU KNOW, LIKE BRUCE SAID, YOU KNOW, FALSELY ARRESTING SOMEBODY MESSES WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL'S MENTAL HEALTH.

PEOPLE RELY ON A GOOD BACKGROUND TO GET GOOD JOBS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

ME PERSONALLY, I HAVE MY LICENSE TO CARRY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY CONVICTIONS ON MY RECORD AND FOR ME TO BE TO HAVE BEEN TREATED THE WAY THAT I WAS TREATED BY SIMPLY WALKING OR STANDING ON A SIDEWALK WAS ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY RIDICULOUS.

THIS IS A TOURIST CITY.

PEOPLE ARE LINING THE STREETS ON FOR MARDI GRAS UP AND DOWN THE SEAWALL, AND I DON'T SEE GALVESTON PD ARRESTING EVERY SINGLE PERSON STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK, BUT THIS IS WHAT ONE BAD OFFICER WANTS TO DO.

Y'ALL NEED TO REMOVE HIM.

THANK YOU. BOBBY KENNEDY.

BOBBY. ALL RIGHT, FIRST, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT I'M PLEASED TO STAY ON.

IT'S GONNA STING. IT'S GOING TO HURT OR Y'ALL GOING TO HATE ME WHEN I GET DONE HERE.

OKAY, BUT I GOT TO SPEAK WHAT I FEEL IS THE TRUTH.

OKAY, THIS IS MY DISCLAIMER.

IT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION AND MY SPECULATION OF THE TRUTH.

OKAY, MY NAME IS BOBBY J.

KENNEDY. I'M A CITIZEN OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON SO LONG NOW I ACTUALLY ATTENDED GOLIAD ELEMENTARY.

WELL, IT USED TO BE ON 31ST AND AROUND AVENUE K AND THROUGH AVENUE M.

I WAS HERE BEFORE THE SAN LUIS HOTEL ON FORT CROCKETT WAS HERE.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS MY HOME LONG BEFORE THE MAJORITY OF YOU EVEN CAME HERE FROM OTHER PLACES SUCH AS NEW YORK, TO USE YOUR MONEY TO GAIN ACCESS TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BECOME OUR MAYORS, COUNCILMAN, MAYOR PRO TEM, SO THAT YOU COULD IMPLEMENT THE SAME TYPE OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND ORDINANCES LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE IN NEW YORK.

NOW, WHAT I'M SEEING SITTING THERE ON OUR CITY GOVERNMENT OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, BY USING THE COLOR OF LAW, YOU HAVE ALL CONSPIRED TO VIOLATE THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF THOSE OF US WHO HAVE HAD THIS AS OUR HOME FOR OUR ENTIRE LIVES.

IT IS AND HAS BEEN YOUR POLITICAL AGENDA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR CRAIG BROWN AND OUR CITY MANAGER, BRIAN MAXWELL, TO USE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDINANCES TO VIOLATE THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE LIFELONG WORKING CLASS CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE US TO SELL OUT TO THE FILTHY RICH, TO GET RID OF WHAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE, IN YOUR MINDS, THE UNDESIRABLE, TO CREATE A FILTHY RICH PLAYGROUND FOR THE FILTHY RICH AND THE TOURISTS ONLY.

YOU WANT THE WORKING CLASS TO WORK FOR UNDER $28,000 A YEAR TO LIVE ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY ON THE MAINLAND, AND YOU ARE USING YOUR PEACE OFFICERS AND POLICE OFFICERS THAT YOU START OUT AT $58,000 ON UP TO $120,000 A YEAR TO FURTHER THAT POLITICAL AGENDA.

NOW, WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A GESTAPO? OKAY, NOW, YOU ACTUALLY WENT AS FAR AS FIRING WHAT I THINK WAS ONE OF THE BEST CHIEFS THAT THE GALVESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS EVER SEEN, CHIEF HAYNES, BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR POLITICAL AGENDA BY ENFORCING UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDINANCES.

WHAT YOU FIRST HIRED WAS BUTCH STROUD TO DO, AND HE DID, BUT HE NO LONGER DOES BECAUSE HE DON'T NEED TO, BECAUSE YOU NOW HAVE HIRED CHIEF DOUG BALLI, WHO NOT ONLY AGREED TO ENFORCE THESE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDINANCES, BUT HE'S ACTUALLY ORDERING AND ALLOWING HIS COMMANDING OFFICERS AND HIS OFFICERS TO ENFORCE THESE ILLEGAL ORDINANCES.

YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE WORKING MAN THAT WORKS FOR A LIVING CAN'T REALLY AFFORD YOUR COURT SYSTEM, SO THEY USUALLY JUST PAY THE FINES AND END UP SELLING AND MOVING ON, GIVING YOU ALL WHAT YOU WANT.

NOW, THE ARREST MADE BY LIEUTENANT CALDWELL ON 3/17/2023 AT OR ABOUT 1:45 IN THE AM IS A PRIME EXAMPLE.

LET'S JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE REST OF MR. BRUCE REDMAN.

OKAY, WHOM I KNOW 100% WAS NOT DRUNK, NOR HAD HE HAD A DRINK OF ALCOHOL THAT ENTIRE DAY.

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SO HE IS DOING NOTHING MORE THAN STANDING ON A SIDEWALK ENGAGING IN A CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED ACTIVITY WHEN HE WAS ASSAULTED AND ACCOSTED BY ONE LIEUTENANT JOE CALDWELL OF THE GALVESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR DOING NOTHING.

LIEUTENANT CALDWELL ILLEGALLY ORDERED MR. REDMOND TO LEAVE FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN THE FACT THAT LIEUTENANT CALDWELL WANTS NO TRANSPARENCY, AND HE WAS BEING FILMED IN THE COURSE OF HIS DUTY TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND SAFETY FOR ALL, NOT JUST FOR THE COP, BUT FOR THE CITIZEN AS WELL.

YOU SAY BLUE LIVES MATTER.

WHAT ABOUT OUR LIVES? WHO IS PROTECTING WE THE PEOPLE? THE ONLY PROTECTION THE CITIZEN HAS FROM THE MURDEROUS POLICE OFFICER IS THE CIVILIAN CAMERA AND THE HANDS OF THEM, LIKE MR. REDMOND, BUT I DIGRESS, AND I AM SORRY.

AT THE TIME, LIEUTENANT CALDWELL UNLAWFULLY ORDERED MR. REDMOND TO LEAVE.

MR. REDMOND REPLIED BY SAYING, SIR, I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING.

I'M JUST STANDING HERE ON THE SIDEWALK.

AT WHAT TIME LIEUTENANT CALDWELL REPLIED WITH AN EVIL, WICKED GRIN ON HIS FACE.

THAT IS RIGHT, MR. KENNEDY. [INAUDIBLE]. MR. KENNEDY EXCUSE ME WE EXPIRED THE THREE MINUTES, BUT GO AHEAD.

CAN YOU FINISH? GO AHEAD AND WRAP THAT UP IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, SIR.

I GOT JUST A FEW SECONDS HERE REAL QUICK.

ALL RIGHT, OKAY, SO ANYWAY THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU JUST STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR IMPEDING THE SIDEWALK.

THIS IS WHAT THE MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR.

OKAY? HE THEN GOES ON AND MAKES UP LIES AND FALSELY ACCUSES MR. REDMOND OF BEING DRUNK.

WHAT CALDWELL HAS DONE AND BEEN DOING MANY TO MANY OF OUR CITIZENS, HE IS A LIAR AND HE HAS VERY LOW MORAL TURPITUDE AND HE HAS NO BUSINESS BEING A POLICE OFFICER, MUCH LESS A SUPERVISOR AND A LIEUTENANT, AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THEM TRYING TO STOP THE HARASSING OF OUR CITIZENS, BEING BULLIES WITH BADGES IS NOT GOING TO CUT IT.

HE WAS TOLD TO GET OFF THE SIDEWALK AND HE DIDN'T DO IT, SO HE WAS ARRESTED, BUT IF YOU STAND IN THE STREET, YOU GET ARRESTED.

WHERE IS THE FREEDOM OR EVEN THE LOGIC HERE? CALDWELL IS OUT OF CONTROL AND HE NEEDS TO BE FIRED.

LAST MONTH, NOT NEXT WEEK, NOT TODAY, NOT NEXT YEAR.

HE NEEDS TO BE FIRED LAST MONTH.

MR. KENNEDY, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY; YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, I TOLD YOU, Y'ALL WERE GOING TO HATE ME WHENEVER I'M DONE.

[INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A FORM FILLED OUT.

THERE'S NO NAME. IT JUST SAYS GOOD CITIZEN HERE.

I'M NOT SURE.

ARE YOU THE GOOD CITIZEN, SIR? YEAH. OKAY, HELLO, MY NAME IS AUSTIN LEWIS.

I'M THE OWNER OPERATOR OF GOOD CITIZEN NEWS AND I'M THE OWNER OF THE [INAUDIBLE].

LAST MONTH, I SUMMARIZED HOW CALDWELL ATTACKED, TAZED, AND MACED BRUCE REDMOND.

I ALSO INFORMED YOU OF MY ARREST BY LIEUTENANT JOEL CALDWELL FOR INTERFERENCE ON SEPTEMBER 14TH OF 2022.

ON MARCH 17TH, 2023, LIEUTENANT JOEL CALDWELL ARRESTED ME FOR IMPEDING A SIDEWALK AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

ALL WE DID WAS PHOTOGRAPH AND VIDEO THE POLICE.

WE ACTUALLY WERE THREATENED BY A MAN ACROSS THE STREET WHO THREATENED TO COME "WHOOP OUR ASS." [MUMBLING] WHEN CALDWELL ARRESTED ME, HE TWISTED THE CUFFS TO CAUSE PAIN.

I HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE JAIL.

HE ALSO BROKE MY RECORDING EQUIPMENT.

AFTER CUFFED AND COMPLIANT, HE DRAGS ME ACROSS THE STREET TO ORDER THE ARREST OF ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHER.

THAT WAS NICHOLAS GILMORE OUT THERE.

IT WAS AT THIS POINT, I TELL CALDWELL TO KEEP TO NOT KEEP TWEAKING MY WRIST UPWARDS, CAUSING EXTREME PAIN AT THE TRUCK.

I AM THROWN AGAINST THE HOOD TO BE FRISKED AND ANOTHER CAMERAMAN STARTS TO VIDEO ME.

YEAH. THROWN UP AGAINST THE HOOD AND FRISKED, AND AS THE OTHER CAMERAMAN, ANOTHER CAMERAMAN STARTS TO VIDEO IT, CALDWELL GRABS ME BY MY HAIR AND DRAGS ME AROUND THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, STILL APPLYING UPWARD PRESSURE ON MY WRIST AND HANDS IN PAIN.

HE THROWS ME UP AGAINST THE BED OF THE TRUCK, KICKS MY LEGS REPEATEDLY OUT FROM UNDERNEATH ME.

HE REPEATS.

HE PROCEEDS TO THEN SMASH MY HEAD DOWNWARDS AGAINST THE BED OF THE TRUCK, AND AS THE CAMERAMAN COMES ACROSS SO YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CAB AND YOU CAN SEE OVER THE BED, HE THEN LIFTS MY HEAD BACK UP, SHOVES ME IN THE CRACK BETWEEN THE TOOL BOX AND THE CAB, AND THEN THROWS ME INTO THE VEHICLE.

I CAN'T EVEN GET MY LEGS IN THE VEHICLE BEFORE HE SLAMS MY FOOT IN THE DOOR, CAUSING EXTREME PAIN AND NUMBNESS TWICE BEFORE HE FINALLY GETS MY FOOT OUT OF THE DOOR AND CLOSES

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IT. OR I'M ABLE TO GET IT IN, I SHOULD SAY.

[MUMBLING] I REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

NONE EVER CAME.

PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE WHO SAW THIS HAPPEN LIVE REQUESTED MEDICAL.

CALDWELL CALLED IT OFF.

I WONDER WHY.

MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT PICTURES TAKEN OR THE EVIDENCE OF THE QUARTER INCH GOUGES IN BOTH OF MY WRISTS AND ARMS. MAYBE IT WAS FOR MY NUMB FOOT OR MAYBE HE JUST DOESN'T CARE.

WELL, HERE ARE SOME FACTS THAT WE COUNTED AT LEAST 30 TO 40 DIFFERENT POLICY VIOLATIONS BY OFFICER--WELL, LIEUTENANT CALDWELL, OUT OF THE GPD POLICY MANUAL.

SOME ARE CITY REGULATIONS, SOME ARE CONTROLLED BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS.

SO CALDWELL DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY GOOD. DID WE HAVE SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS, JANELLE? WE DO. WE HAVE 12, I BELIEVE.

IF YOU COULD READ THOSE, PLEASE.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM JACKIE COLE, AND IT'S REGARDING 11E LIGHTS AT HOOPER FIELD.

I WRITE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL FOR LIGHTING AT HOOPER FIELD.

THERE ARE MANY LIGHTS IN THAT PART OF TOWN THAT DO NOT FOLLOW THE LIGHTING ORDINANCE AND SHINE AT ALL HOURS ONTO NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES.

HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED LIGHTS AT HOOPER FIELD ARE PLACED SO THAT THE LIGHT IS DIRECTED ONTO THE FIELD WITHOUT BLEED OVER ONTO ADJACENT AREAS.

THEY WILL BE ON AN AUTO TIMER SAVING POWER AND PREVENTING DISTURBANCE IN THE NIGHT.

THEY CARRY FREE MAINTENANCE FOR 25 YEARS.

REALLY IMPORTANT IN OUR SALT AIR.

NEXT IS ALFREDO FIGUEROA AGAINST PROPOSAL FOR NO MORE CARS ON SUNNY BEACH.

OUR FAMILY'S BEEN VISITING SUNNY BEACH FOR YEARS.

WE LIVE IN HOUSTON IN THE HEIGHTS AREA.

WE VISIT SUNNY BEACH REGULARLY DURING THE YEAR.

AS LONG AS THE WEATHER PERMITS, WE DRIVE IN FOR THE DAY, HANG OUT AT THE BEACH AND USUALLY EAT AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT.

WHILE WE ARE THERE, WE ALSO STOP AT CONVENIENCE STORES AND SHOPS.

IF WE CANNOT PARK ON SUNNY BEACH, OUR TRIPS TO GALVESTON WILL BE LIMITED TO ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR WHEN WE CAN RENT A PLACE TO STAY.

LEVI DAYE, SUNNY BEACH CLOSURE.

GROWING UP ON THE WEST END OF THE ISLAND, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU COULD DRIVE FROM JAMAICA BEACH TO THE PASS.

SLOWLY BUT SURELY, EVERY SINGLE BEACH HAS BEEN CLOSED OFF, MINUS THE COUPLE OF HUNDRED FEET OF PUBLIC ACCESS.

THESE HOLD A MAXIMUM OF 15 CARS.

BEACHES SHOULD NOT BE PRIVATE.

WHEN PEOPLE BUY THE LAND NEAR THE BEACH, BEACH SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED.

BEYOND SUNNY BEACH GOING WEST, THERE ISN'T A DECENT ACCESS UNTIL 25.

THAT'S SAD. AROUND 14 MILES OF BEACH, ALMOST UNUSABLE BY THE AVERAGE PERSON.

STEVE BOWEN PROPOSED SUNNY BEACH CLOSURE.

I'M OPPOSED TO ANY FURTHER BEACH CLOSURE.

THIS IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE TEXAS OPEN BEACHES ACT.

SOMEHOW THE CITY OF GALVESTON HAS ALREADY CLOSED NEARLY ALL VEHICLE ACCESS IN THEIR JURISDICTION.

IT IS ILLEGAL.

WE WANT OUR BEACH BACK.

LET'S SEE. ERIKA TORIBIO.

KEEP SUNNY BEACH OPEN TO CARS.

WE GO THERE TO ENJOY THE BEACH WITH OUR KIDS AND AT TIMES, WITH THE ENTIRE FAMILY, ABOUT 35 PEOPLE.

WE ALSO LOVE THE RESTAURANTS AND THE FRIENDLY PEOPLE THAT WE GO TO MEET.

THE LAST TIME WE WERE AT SUNNY WAS THE BEGINNING OF SPRING BREAK AND THE BEACH WAS FULL OF CARS, HUNDREDS OF THEM, AND EVERYONE WAS ENJOYING THEMSELVES IN A HEALTHY WAY.

I LOVE PARKING MY VEHICLE CLOSE TO THE BEACH BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO SET UP AND HAVE EVERYTHING IN HAND, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN , AND GARCIA KEEP SUNNY BEACH OPEN TO CARS.

PLEASE KEEP THE SUNNY BEACH OPEN TO CARS.

WE FREQUENTLY GO THERE TO ENJOY THE GALVESTON PUBLIC BEACH AND WE SEE NUMEROUS CARS DOING THE SAME THING.

DO NOT LET THESE DEVELOPERS PROHIBIT CARS FROM OUR BEAUTIFUL BEACHES IN GALVESTON.

NEXT IS [INAUDIBLE].

CAN GALVESTON FINALLY GET RID OF DUPLICATE ADDRESSES.

I HAVE TWO OFFICIAL ADDRESSES.

ADDRESS NUMBER ONE 6505 HEARDS LANE.

ADDRESS NUMBER TWO 6505 AVENUE P.5.

I'VE LOST MAIL DUE TO THIS, AND THIS HAS CAUSED CONFUSION WITH THE IRS, SOCIAL SECURITY, BANKS, GALVESTON TAX OFFICE.

AS AN EXAMPLE, MY GALVESTON COUNTY TAX OFFICE LETTER COMES WITH BOTH OF THESE ADDRESSES.

SOME BANKS CREDIT COMPANIES DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE SLASH SYMBOL THAT LEADS TO THE ADDRESS AVENUE P 12.

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THAT IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ADDRESS.

CAN YOU PLEASE DECIDE ON ONE GALVESTON ADDRESS PER PERSON? MORGAN BRADLEY.

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH 2023 PROCLAMATION RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE AND THE TEXAS COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

I REQUEST THAT THE CITY OF GALVESTON FORMALLY RECOGNIZE MARCH AS THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH 2023.

AS STATED BY THE RECOGNITION OF GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION.

THE DOCUMENT CAN BE SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL.

I SERVE AS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM MANAGER SERVING COUNTIES ACROSS TEXAS, INCLUDING GALVESTON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF GALVESTON.

PATRICIA FODOR PASS A LAW TO KEEP THE FIRST AMENDMENT AUDITORS FROM HARASSING PEOPLE.

HI, CAN YOU PASS A LAW IN YOUR STATE TO KEEP THE FIRST AMENDMENT AUDITORS FROM GOING INTO POLICE STATIONS AND FEDERAL BUILDINGS AND CITY HALL AS ALL THEY DO IS HATE ADS, THE GOOD, HARD WORKING PEOPLE FOR VIDEOS SO THEY CAN MAKE MONEY ON YOUTUBE.

NEXT IS FROM MAD AMERICAN.

ON MARCH 17TH, LIEUTENANT CALDWELL MADE THREE ARRESTS ON LIVE STREAMS. THE ARRESTS WERE MADE AS IMPEDING A SIDEWALK WHILE PEOPLE WERE WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS OFFICER WAS THINKING, BUT HE VIOLATED THE RIGHTS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.

HE USED EXCESSIVE FORCE ON ONE CITIZEN, INJURING HIS HEAD, WRIST AND FOOT.

DID HE FILE PAPERWORK FOR USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE? HOW DESPICABLE THIS OFFICER IS TO ARREST INDIVIDUALS PRACTICING THEIR RIGHTS ON A PUBLIC SIDEWALK.

THESE ARE RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

UNREAL. NEXT IS FROM FIRE CALDWELL.

CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS BY GPD LIEUTENANT CALDWELL.

FIRE LIEUTENANT CALDWELL.

LIEUTENANT CALDWELL IS A MENACE TO SOCIETY.

FIRE LIEUTENANT CALDWELL.

LIEUTENANT CALDWELL IS OPENING UP THE CITY OF GALVESTON TO MULTIPLE LAWSUITS.

FIRE LIEUTENANT CALDWELL.

LIEUTENANT CALDWELL SEEMS TO BELIEVE HE HAS CARTE BLANCHE TO DO AS HE WISHES WHEN INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC.

FIRE LIEUTENANT CALDWELL.

LIEUTENANT CALDWELL IS A WALKING CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATING SOCIOPATH.

FIRE LIEUTENANT CALDWELL.

LIEUTENANT CALDWELL VIOLATES GPD POLICIES BY HIDING PEOPLE HE ARRESTS IN A JUVENILE HOLDING CELL AT GPD.

FIRE LIEUTENANT CALDWELL.

NEXT IS FROM WE THE PEOPLE.

REGARDS TO OFFICER CALDWELL, CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO IMMEDIATELY REMOVE AND CHARGE CALDWELL FOR MULTIPLE EXCESSIVE FORCE ARRESTS, ILLEGAL DETAINMENTS AND VIOLATIONS OF CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER THE COLOR OF LAW.

WE THE PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS PUBLIC SERVANT HARASSING AND ABUSING US ANYMORE, AND THE LAST ONE IS FROM CAROLYN RODRIGUEZ.

MAYOR, I SPOKE TO HER ON THE PHONE EARLIER TODAY, AND SHE WAS GOING TO BE HERE AFTER 6:00.

I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S HERE YET, BUT SHE--OKAY, CAROLYN RODRIGUEZ, COME ON UP. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? OKAY, SO I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, AND ANYTHING I MIGHT SAY PROBABLY WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING, BUT AT LEAST IT'LL BE ON RECORD FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT UNIFORM ON, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE THE GOOD GUYS.

SO I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR DATA AND YOU CAN LEARN A LOT BY DATA.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS READ DATA, BUT YOU CAN JUST INFER A LOT FROM IT.

SO HERE YOU HAVE 141 OFFICERS AND THAT'S 30 COPS PER 10,000 PEOPLE.

SO THAT'S MORE THAN 96% OF ALL OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN TEXAS.

SO WHAT CAN YOU INFER FROM THAT NUMBER BEING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SO MANY.

WHAT CAN YOU INFER FROM THAT? WHAT CAN YOU INFER FROM THAT? IF 98% OF THE PEOPLE WALK IN HERE WITH UMBRELLAS, WHAT CAN YOU INFER? THAT IT'S RAINING OUTSIDE.

WELL, WITH THIS NUMBER, I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, THAT MEANS YOU'RE SPENDING A LOT ON THE BUDGET FOR THEM.

SO THEY'RE MAKING TONS OF SALARY.

THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF LITTLE TOYS THAT THEY CAN PLAY WITH.

YOU'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON THEM, BUT WHAT YOU'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY ON IS LIKE EXTRA EDUCATION FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DEESCALATING THE SITUATIONS.

THEY'RE JUST MAKING THEM WORSE, AND HOW DO I KNOW THAT? BECAUSE 79, 80 I'M SORRY, 80% OF YOUR ARREST HERE WERE FOR LOW LEVEL OFFENSES, WHICH MEANS THAT DE-ESCALATION COULD HAVE BEEN USED, BUT PROBABLY WASN'T BECAUSE THAT NUMBER IS REALLY, REALLY HIGH.

SO AT THE ACADEMY, THEY'RE TAUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR SUBJECT COMPLIES, AND THEY THINK THAT JUST BY WALKING UP TO THE

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SITUATION THAT THEN WEARING A UNIFORM SHOULD MAKE PEOPLE COMPLY.

RIGHT, BUT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO USE ANY KIND OF FORCE TO MAKE THAT PERSON COMPLY.

THEY CAN TASE THEM. THEY CAN PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE, THEY CAN KNOCK THEM DOWN, THEY CAN PUT THEIR KNEE ON THEIR NECK, ALL SORTS OF FORCE TO MAKE THAT PERSON COMPLY.

SO THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.

ANOTHER THING I NOTICED WAS THAT 17% OF THE GALVESTON POPULATION IS BLACK BUT 36% OF YOUR ARRESTS ARE DONE ON BLACK PEOPLE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT COULD YOU INFER FROM THAT? COULD YOU INFER THAT MAYBE BLACK PEOPLE COMMIT MORE CRIMES? COULD THAT BE? I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF RACISM GOING ON AROUND HERE JUST BY THAT NUMBER.

YEAH, CAN CALL ME CRAZY, BUT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, YOU HAD TWO FELLOWS THAT WERE FILMING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ONE WAS BLACK, ONE WAS WHITE, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE BOTH DOING THE SAME CRIME, FILMING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ONLY THE BLACK GUY GOT ARRESTED.

I WONDER WHY THAT HAPPENED.

OKAY, AND THEN THOSE OFFICERS GOT IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THAT PERSON DID NOT HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHO HE WAS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE REASONABLE, ARTICULABLE SUSPICION OF A CRIME.

SO HE DIDN'T IDENTIFY HIMSELF, BUT WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY TOOK HIS LITTLE CLICKER OUT OF THE STUFF THAT THEY HAD COLLECTED OFF OF HIM AND THEY WENT AROUND MA'AM, EXCUSE ME.

WE HAVE THREE MINUTES, AND YOU'VE.

IT JUST WENT OFF? YES, MA'AM. [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE, JANELLE? NO, THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, AND LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 10A, PLEASE, MA'AM.

[10.A. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending “The Code Of The City Of Galveston 1982, As Amended,” Chapter 26, “Parks And Recreation”, Article III, “Park Board Of Trustees”, Amending The Appointment Terms To Begin On May 1 And Appointment Terms To End On April 30 Of Each Term, Respectively; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Providing For An Effective Date. (Brown)]

ITEM 10A, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, 1982 AS AMENDED.

CHAPTER 26 PARKS AND RECREATION.

ARTICLE THREE PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES AMENDING THE APPOINTMENT TERMS TO BEGIN ON MAY 1ST AND APPOINTMENT TERMS TO END ON APRIL 30TH OF EACH TERM.

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

OKAY, VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WAS PUT ON.

WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT IN THIS MORNING AT OUR WORKSHOP.

DON, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? [INAUDIBLE] DON, WE NEED TO GET YOUR.

YEAH.

[INAUDIBLE] VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. I'M ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM COUNCIL ON THAT.

I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL.

I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF MOVING THE APPOINTMENT TO THE APPOINTMENT DATES TO MAY 1ST FOR THE PARK BOARD SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? YEAH, I HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS.

SO WE'RE WRITING AN ORDINANCE FOR THE OLD REGIME BEING THE COUNCIL THAT SITS ON THE WHO'S PRESENT NOW OR GOING TO BE PRESENT TO PICK A BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE UP AND COMING COUNCIL AS IT CHANGES WHEN A NEW ELECTION COMES UP, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY DIDN'T APPROVE.

IT JUST SEEMS BACKWARDS TO ME, AND THEN ALSO WITH THIS ORDINANCE, IT'S STATING THAT WHOEVER IS FILLING THE NEW SEAT IS NOT QUALIFIED.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS PERSON IS.

HOW CAN WE MAKE A STATEMENT THAT THE PERSON THAT IS COMING IN HAS NO QUALIFICATIONS TO PICK A PERSON, TO BE ON A COUNCIL OR TO BE ON A BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THE SYSTEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHERE IT IS, IS NOT BROKEN.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHY WE'RE EVEN CHANGING THIS.

ALL RIGHT, JOHN. I AGREE.

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I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS POLICY IS EVEN BEFORE US.

I THINK OUR CURRENT SYSTEM WORKS WELL.

I THINK THOSE DATES WORK WELL, AND I WOULD AGREE THAT AS NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS GET ELECTED, THEY SHOULD HAVE A VOTE ON WHO GOES ON THIS BOARD, AND SO I WOULD I WOULD VOTE AGAINST THIS AND I WOULD.

AGAIN, I JUST DON'T SEE THE NEED TO CHANGE THIS POLICY.

ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SHARON? I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE DATE.

I WANT TO KEEP IT CURRENTLY AS IT IS.

OKAY, SO IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN TAKE MY VOTE BACK? LET ME MAKE SURE, SHARON, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

YOU HAVE VOTED, BUT YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE? I WASN'T CLEAR AS TO WHAT THE DATE WAS.

I WANT IT TO REMAIN LIKE IT IS.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE NEW DATE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO VOTE ON, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THE MOTION IS TO MOVE IT FROM WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING TO MAY 1ST.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY, SO CAN WE, IF MARIE IS ABLE TO SECOND.

MARIE WAS THE SECOND ON THAT.

I HAVE A COMMENT. OKAY, EXCUSE ME.

SO WE HAVEN'T VOTED AS YET.

IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY, YEAH.

TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE BOARD THAT SOMEBODY ELSE APPOINTED.

BEAR IN MIND THAT HALF OF THE PARK BOARD TRUSTEES ARE APPOINTED.

MINUTES, DAYS, SOMETIMES MINUTES AFTER A NEW COUNCIL ELECTION.

IF A COUNCIL MEMBER TAKES A SEAT IN A RUNOFF, WHICH WON'T BE THE CASE THIS YEAR, BUT SOMETIMES SOME YEARS IT IS AND FOR INSTANCE, YOU, JOHN PAUL WERE ELECTED IN A RUNOFF AND WERE ASKED TO VOTE ON APPOINTING COUNCIL TRUSTEES THAT VERY DAY, THE DAY YOU TOOK YOUR SEAT, THE FIRST TIME.

HALF OF THEM ARE VOTED ON, ARE NOMINATED AND APPOINTED IN THE OFF YEAR.

SO WHOEVER IS ELECTED NEXT YEAR HAS TO LIVE WITH THEM TOO AND WE VERY SELDOM APPOINT ALL FOUR OR ALL FIVE OF TRUSTEES IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, AND IT'S VERY SELDOM THAT COUNCIL IS FULLY CHANGED EVERY TWO YEARS.

SO THIS WORKS.

IT WORKS OUT.

THIS GIVES THE EXISTING COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY.

PEOPLE WHO'VE WORKED WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE PARK BOARD AND UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES, THE ABILITY TO VOTE AND NOMINATE PEOPLE WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN OFFICE. BEAR IN MIND THAT A FEW YEARS AGO WE CHANGED ALL ALL APPOINTMENTS USED TO BE IN JUNE AND WE MOVED EVERYTHING TO SEPTEMBER FOR EXACTLY THIS REASON WAS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TIME TO BE ON COUNCIL LONG ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUES WERE AND WHO THEY WERE LOOKING AT BEFORE THEY MADE APPOINTMENTS.

WE COULDN'T DO IT FOR THE PARK BOARD BECAUSE OF THE STATUTE AND BECAUSE OF THE STATUTE, I THINK WE CAN ONLY MOVE IT BACKWARDS.

SO WE GO FROM JULY 1ST TO MAY 1ST.

SO IT'S CLEANING UP SOMETHING WE COULDN'T DO THREE YEARS AGO.

SO I DON'T SEE ANY REASON NOT TO MOVE IT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OBJECTION IS AT ALL.

ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, THE MOTION IS TO CHANGE IT FROM WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING NOW TO MOVE WHERE THE APPOINTMENTS WOULD TAKE OFFICE JULY 1ST.

THE MOTION IS TO MOVE IT UP TO MAY 1ST ON THIS.

IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF MOVING IT, PLEASE VOTE YES.

IF YOU'RE AGAINST IT, PLEASE VOTE NO.

THERE IS FOUR NO VOTES THERE.

IT DOES NOT PASS.

[10.B. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending Ordinance No. 23-003, Regarding The Designated Polling Places For The Special Election To Be Held In The City Of Galveston On The 6th Day Of May, 2023, For The Purpose Of Electing A District Council Member For District Two, For A Term Ending In May 2024; Making Other Provisions And Findings Of Fact; And Providing For An Effective Date. (Legal)]

ALL RIGHT, ITEM 10B, PLEASE.

10B CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 23-003 REGARDING THE DESIGNATING POLLING PLACES FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON ON THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY 2023 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT TWO FOR A TERM ENDING IN MAY 2024, MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS AND FINDINGS OF THE FACT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

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DON, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? [INAUDIBLE] WE HAD TO ELIMINATE ONE POLLING LOCATION BECAUSE OF SOME CANCELLATIONS WITH ELECTIONS UP IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. THERE CAN ONLY BE SO MANY POLLING LOCATIONS PER COMMISSIONER PRECINCT.

SO COUNCIL HAD VOTED ON THE POLLING LOCATIONS ON THE ISLAND.

YOU LISTED THOSE ONE THROUGH FIVE IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE, AND SO NUMBER FIVE WAS GISD ADMIN.

SO THAT WAS ELIMINATED FOR ELECTION DAY ONLY.

YOU STILL HAVE ALL LOCATIONS FOR EARLY VOTING IN THIS ORDINANCE ALSO ADDS THE LOCATIONS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY TO OUR LIST. ALL RIGHTY.

MAYOR. YES, MA'AM.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER.

ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

IT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

ITEM 10C, PLEASE.

[10.C. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending Ordinance No. 23-004 Regarding The Designated Polling Places For The Special Election To Be Held In The City Of Galveston On The 6th Day Of May, 2023, For The Purpose Of Submitting To The Qualified Voters Of The City Of Galveston, Texas A Proposition To Determine Whether The City’s Existing One-Half Of One Per Cent Sales And Use Tax Be Extended; And As Authorized By Chapter 505 Of The Texas Local Government Code, The Types Of Projects To Be Funded With The Sales And Use Tax; Making Other Provisions And Findings Of Fact; And Providing For An Effective Date. (Legal)]

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

AMENDING AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 23-004 REGARDING THE DESIGNATING POLLING PLACES FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON ON SIXTH DAY OF MAY 2023 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, A PROPOSITION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CITY'S EXISTING ONE HALF OF 1% SALES AND USE TAX BE EXTENDED AND AS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER 505 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

THE TYPES OF PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED WITH THE SALES AND USE TAX, MAKE OTHER PROVISIONS AND FINDINGS OF FACT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

VERY GOOD, DON, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? DON'S MICROPHONE IS NOT WORKING.

SO IT'S THE SAME SITUATION ON THIS ORDINANCE.

THIS IS JUST TO REMOVE GISD ADMIN FROM THE LIST OF POLLING LOCATIONS AND THEN TO ADD THE COUNTYWIDE LOCATIONS.

OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN ROBB HAS GOT HER FINGER OUT.

YEAH, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM COUNCILWOMAN ROBB, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS.

ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THAT.

I DIDN'T DO IT. I KEEP PRESSING IT TO.

COME ON. DID Y'ALL ALREADY FIRE ME? [CHUCKLING].

[INAUDIBLE] THERE WE GO.

UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

THANK YOU. ITEM 10D, PLEASE.

[10.D. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending “The Code Of The City Of Galveston 1982, As Amended,” Chapter 20.5 “Mardi Gras” Clarifying The Timeframe For Overnight Parking And/Or Overnight Camping On Seawall Blvd., During The Preceding Monday Through Thursday Of The First Weekend Of Mardi Gras And The Following Sunday Through Thursday Of The Final Week Of Mardi Gras; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Providing For An Effective Date. (D. Smith]

ITEM 10D CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, 1982 AS AMENDED.

CHAPTER 20.5 MARDI GRAS CLARIFYING THE TIME FRAME FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING AND OR OVERNIGHT CAMPING ON SEAWALL BOULEVARD DURING THE PRECEDING MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY OF THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MARDI GRAS AND THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY OF THE FINAL WEEK OF MARDI GRAS, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? DONNA, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS OR DON? THIS IS JUST A CORRECTION OF SOME VERBIAGE FROM [INAUDIBLE] OF THE DAYS THAT ARE IN THE ORDINANCE.

THE REST OF THE ORDINANCE REMAINS THE SAME.

OKAY, THANK YOU, DONNA.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SCHUSTER.

VERY GOOD. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THAT.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS.

IT IS APPROVED.

ITEM 10E, PLEASE.

[10.E. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Adopting A Policy For The Receipt Of Revenues Received By The Park Board Of Trustees Derived From Hotel Occupancy Taxes Distributed By The Park Board; Pronouncing That Such Revenues Shall Be Considered Unrestricted Funds To Be Delivered To The City; Affirming That Funds Received By The City From The Operation Of The Galveston Convention Center Shall Be Considered To Be Hot Restricted Funds; Providing For Payment Of Such Revenues Received By The Park Board To The City; Making Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (Legal)]

ITEM 10E CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, ADOPTING A POLICY FOR THE RECEIPT OF REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES DERIVED FROM HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES DISTRIBUTED BY THE PARK BOARD, PRONOUNCING THAT SUCH REVENUE SHALL BE CONSIDERED UNRESTRICTED FUNDS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE CITY, AFFIRMING THAT FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE CITY FROM THE OPERATION OF THE GALVESTON CONVENTION CENTER SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE HOT RESTRICTED FUNDS

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PROVIDED FOR PAYMENT OF SUCH REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE PARK BOARD TO THE CITY MAKING FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.

VERY GOOD. OKAY, THANK YOU.

DON, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? WELL, WE DISCUSSED IT THIS MORNING AND YOU ASKED ME TO WORK ON SOME LANGUAGE AND BRING IT BACK FOR CONSIDERATION NEXT MONTH REGARDING WHAT'S RESTRICTED THE GROSS VERSUS THE NET ARGUMENT.

SO THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE TINKERED WITH A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL STAFF FEELS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL.

I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? DON WOULD THIS BE FOR NEXT MONTH? I'D LIKE TO GET IT DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, IF WE CAN DO IT BUT, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT.

DON. SIR? WOULD THAT COME BACK WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE THAT WAS FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD? THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

YES, SIR. OKAY, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.

VERY GOOD. WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, ALL APPROVALS, BUT FOR COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 10F, PLEASE.

[10.F. Consider 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 Twenty Million Four Hundred Ten Thousand Two Hundred Two Dollars ($20,410,202) To Properly Record Expenditures Related To The Disbursement Of Hot Budget Requests To The Park Board For Beach Cleaning, Beach Patrol, Nourished Beach And Tourism Development For The Period Beginning April 1 Through September 30, 2023; As Required By Ordinance 22-074; Establish Funding For Cultural Arts Contracts, Hot Debt Service And Convention Center Operations; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Providing For An Effective Date.]

ITEM 10F CONSIDER FOR 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 $20,410,202 TO PROPERLY RECORD EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE DISBURSEMENT OF HOT BUDGET REQUESTS TO THE PARK BOARD FOR BEACH CLEANING BEACH PATROL NOURISHED BEACH AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING APRIL 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023, AS REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE 22-074.

ESTABLISH FUNDING FOR CULTURAL ARTS CONTRACTS, HOT DEBT SERVICE AND CONVENTION CENTER OPERATIONS, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MIKE MAYOR COUNCIL.

SINCE ALL HOT FUNDS COME THROUGH THE CITY, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE BUDGET AUTHORITY NOW TO PAY THE PARK BOARD AS REQUIRED BY THE CONTRACT THAT YOU WILL HOPEFULLY PASS LATER IN THE MEETING PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND PASSAGE OF THAT ORDINANCE ENSURE THAT WE CAN BEGIN THE QUARTERLY DRAW PROCESS.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LOFTON, COUNCIL? YES. YES, SIR? WHAT IF WE PASS THIS AND WE DON'T PASS THE CONTRACT? YOU HAVE TO HAVE LEGAL APPROVAL AUTHORITY.

I'M SORRY? YOU HAVE TO HAVE BOTH.

THE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT.

IF WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT, WE CANNOT PAY THEM.

BUT THE CONTRACT ALONE HAS TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY FISCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE SPENDING AS WELL.

VERY WELL. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR HERE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DID WE HAVE A MOTION? I'M SORRY. WE DID NOT.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS IS APPROVAL FOR 10F.

I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY, SECOND.

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS, COUNCIL? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THIS.

THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS, PLEASE.

[11. CONSENT ITEMS]

ITEM 11, CONSENT ITEMS. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR ACTION AS A WHOLE UNLESS ONE OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS OBJECTS, THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS UPON FINAL APPROVAL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

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

VERY GOOD. IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO PULL AND DISCUSS INDIVIDUALLY? HEARING NO REPLY.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS 11A THROUGH 11O.

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

[01:35:01]

COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

[INAUDIBLE] IT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

ITEM 12A HAS BEEN DEFERRED.

SO LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 12B.

DO WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE ON THAT? VERY GOOD.

[12.A. Resolution - Juneteenth (Lewis/Brown) Consider For Approval A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Expressing Its Support For Juneteenth And The Concept Of A Museum Within The City Commemorating Juneteenth; Expressing Its Support For Community Leaders To Examine Various Ideas And Approaches By Which That Goal Could Be Realized; Designating The Galveston United Juneteenth Alliance (G.U.J.A), Operating Under The Old Central Cultural Center Inc., As The Lead Organization For The Purposes Of Organizing, Implementing And Producing All Associated Activities Toward The Annual Celebration Of Juneteenth; And The Lead Organization To Evaluate And Develop A Process For The Development Of A Juneteenth Museum In Galveston; Directing The City Manager To Designate A Staff Member To Be The Liaison Between The Group And The City; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To This Subject; Providing For An Effective Date.]

LET'S READ ITEM 12A FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

ITEM 12A CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT FOR JUNETEENTH AND THE CONCEPT OF A MUSEUM WITHIN THE CITY COMMEMORATING JUNETEENTH, EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS TO EXAMINE VARIOUS IDEAS AND APPROACHES BY WHICH THAT GOAL COULD BE REALIZED.

THIS DESIGNATING THE GALVESTON UNITED JUNETEENTH ALLIANCE OPERATING UNDER THE OLD CULTURAL CENTER CULTURAL CENTER, INC.

AS THE LEAD ORGANIZATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ORGANIZING, IMPLEMENTING AND PRODUCING ALL ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES TOWARD THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH AND THE LEAD ORGANIZATION TO EVALUATE AND DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A JUNETEENTH MUSEUM IN GALVESTON, DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DESIGNATE A STAFF MEMBER TO BE THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE GROUP AND THE CITY, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SHARON, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS DEFERRAL AT ALL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DEFER THIS UNTIL THE APRIL CITY COUNCIL.

UNTIL WHEN? TO OUR APRIL MEETING.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL UNTIL OUR APRIL MEETING.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

IT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

ITEM 12B, PLEASE, MA'AM.

[12.B. Consideration Of Approval Of Contract Between The City Of Galveston And The Park Board For Funding Of Hotel Occupancy Tax To The Park Board For The Remainder Of FY 23. (Legal)]

ITEM 12B CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF GALVESTON AND THE PARK BOARD FOR FUNDING OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX TO THE PARK BOARD FOR THE REMAINDER OF FISCAL YEAR 23.

COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEFORE US HERE A AMENDED VERSION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US THIS MORNING.

THAT COUNCIL MEAN THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS CHANGED; IT'S ON ITEM EXCUSE ME, ON PAGE THREE TO REMOVE THE WORDING THAT IS CROSSED OUT HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO US, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT AS WRITTEN AND AS AMENDED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU WANT TO SECOND THAT, SHARON? VERY GOOD. LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.

WELL, I STILL HAVE A STICKING POINT, AND IT'S THE 50/50 SPLIT ON THE UNRESTRICTED, SO I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THAT.

UNLESS YOU'RE WILLING TO AMEND YOUR MOTION TO MAKE IT EITHER A 80/20 OR A 0/100% TO THE CITY.

I THINK I'M APPALLED TO HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT IT'S INCENTIVIZING THE PARK BOARD.

ALL THE PEOPLE AT THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU FROM THE DIRECTOR ON DOWN MAKE EXTRAORDINARY SALARIES AND TO SAY WE HAVE TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO DO THEIR JOB WHEN THIS UNRESTRICTED MONEY COULD BE USED FOR OUR CITIZENS AND OUR CITIZENS TAKE THE BRUNT OF TOURISM, AND I SIMPLY CANNOT SUPPORT IT WITH A 50/50 SPLIT BECAUSE THAT UNRESTRICTED MONEY SHOULD STAY AT THE CITY.

OKAY, YES, WILLIAM? I AGREE. I AGREE WITH MARIE.

I DON'T BELIEVE WITH THE 50/50 SPLIT THAT'S SPELLED IN THE CONTRACT.

I THINK IT DOES SET A PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE CONTRACTS THAT MAY BE CREATED.