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[4.A. Annual Planning Commission Awards - Planning Commission Review And Finalize Recipients.]
IF THE IF CITY HALL HAS ONE MORE YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY, IF Y'ALL WILL JUST REMEMBER THIS DISCUSSION LAST YEAR, NEXT YEAR, IF Y'ALL WILL, JUST IN YOUR LITTLE ELEPHANT MEMORIES, REMEMBER THIS, WE'RE PUTTING THE DIVE BARS IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION.RIGHT. I JUST WONDER IF THERE WAS SOMEPLACE ELSE WE COULD PUT IT.
NOW, Y'ALL WILL ALSO HAVE STATE PARKS IN THERE AGAIN NEXT YEAR WITH THEIR BRAND NEW.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE STATE PARK COULD ALMOST BE REDEVELOPED.
DEFINITELY. YOU'VE GOT PLENTY, THOUGH, COMING UP ON REDEVELOPMENT, TOO.
BUT ANYWAY, I COULD BE SWUNG TO TROLLEYS.
NO. RIGHT. LET'S GO WITH THAT.
I KNOW. BEFORE SOMEBODY CHANGES THEIR MIND.
THE PAINTED LADIES ARE AHEAD WITH THREE VOTES.
ONE VOTE FOR MARMO, ONE VOTE FOR THE CHURCH.
IF THE CHURCH VOTE WAS NOT MY VOTE, I COULD.
I'M THE ONE WHO NOMINATED THE CHURCH.
IT WAS A CORRUGATED METAL BARN WITH A GRAVEL PARKING LOT.
AND THEY REDID THE PARKING LOT.
REDID IT IS IF IT DOESN'T GET.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR IT'S BEEN ON THERE.
AND HOW LONG DID THEY WORK ON THAT? BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GO TO THAT CHURCH.
SWEAT AND COMMITMENT MADE ON THAT.
AND IT HAS A LONG HISTORY IN GALVESTON THAT I HADN'T BEEN AWARE OF.
LOOKING AT THEIR WEBSITE, IT WAS FOUNDED IN THE 1960S, I THINK.
OH, WOW. IN A LITTLE SHOTGUN HOUSE.
AND THEN THEY MOVED OUT. WE'RE IN A TENT FOR YEARS.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING, THAT INSTITUTION THAT SURPRISED ME WHEN I STARTED WATCHING THEM REDO IT BECAUSE AS RUSTY SAID, WE GO BY THERE ALL THE TIME, DRIVING, YOU KNOW, TO AND FROM OUR HOMES.
THEN YOU START SEEING THEIR BUMPER STICKERS ON ON SO MANY.
THEY HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION, TOO, ON BROADWAY.
THEY DO. OH, IS THAT THEIR THE ONE WITH THE WOOD? THE WOOD. IT'S THE ISLAND IS PAINTED ON THERE.
IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE CEMETERY.
RIGHT. THAT'S THE ONE WITH THE WOOD.
THEY HAVE THAT WOOD. THOSE WOOD AND BLACK ONE.
IT'S REALLY NOT. THEY DO A LOT OF STUFF THERE, TOO.
I SEE. WHEN I PASS BY THERE, THE FOOD BANK.
THEY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN THAT BECAUSE I REMEMBER.
AND NOT THAT I DON'T THINK THERE'S.
WHEN THEY WERE DOING THEIR DETENTION.
THEY HAD THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT.
DIDN'T THAT WAS THAT A PLANNING CASE? I WANT TO SAY I SAW THAT OR IT COULD HAVE EVEN BEEN WHERE THEY WERE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH SOME OF THEIR GETTING SOME OF THEIR PERMITTING DONE.
THEY HAD TO DO A SPECIAL PARKING STUDY.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS TO EXPAND THEIR PARKING.
SO THAT'S AN UNUSUAL PLANNING THING THAT PEOPLE DON'T USUALLY DO.
AND SO, I MEAN, THEY THERE WAS THAT WAS NOT A LAY DOWN FOR THEM AT ALL.
I MEAN THEY AND PLANNING, YOU KNOW.
WE SEE THAT CASE HAVE SEEN IT.
I THINK PLANNING TOOK THAT TOOK CARE OF THAT INTERNALLY IT WAS YEAH.
WHAT HAVE THEY GOT LEFT? IT'S THEIR FIRST YEAR, ISN'T IT? FIRST YEAR? YEAH. I'M I DO LIKE THE PAINTED LADIES.
I MEAN, FOR IN TERMS OF REDEVELOPMENT STARTING WITH THEY DIDN'T START WITH A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER.
AND IT'S A HOUSING DEAL, WHICH IS WE NEED THAT.
I MEAN, WE NEED A CHURCH, TOO.
BUT IN MY VIEW OF REDEVELOPMENT, THAT THING FITS
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THE T, THEY DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB WITH THAT.I MEAN, JUST HOW MANY UNITS ARE THERE? 6 OR 8, MAYBE EVEN EIGHT.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, I THINK.
VERY SIMILAR TO THE PAINTED LADIES DOWN IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
I THINK PAINTED LADIES IS NICE AND IT'S A GOOD BEFORE AND AFTER AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS NICE.
IT IS A VERY GOOD BEFORE AND AFTER.
I WOULD TELL YOU THAT'S A GOOD IF YOU SAW BEFORE THAT CHURCH, IT WOULD MAKE ONE, TOO.
SO BUT SO WE COULD GO IF Y'ALL WANTED TO.
WE COULD GO WITH PAINTED LADIES AND THEN SAVE PUT THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD ON NEXT YEAR.
CARRY IT OVER. I THINK THAT'S.
YEAH, I THINK I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
I THINK WE CAN ALL I CAN I CAN VOTE FOR THAT.
OKAY. SO THEN THE ONLY THING LEFT IS DIVE BARS.
SO I HAVE CLUB 43 WHICH USED TO BE TESTED EVERY ONE OF THESE BARS BEFORE TO MAKE SURE, JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WAS WORTHY DEDICATION. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I DIDN'T KNOW.
NO, I DIDN'T. BUT I THINK THAT.
THEY'RE ALL PRETTY STINKING GOOD FROM WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE.
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT PRIVATE INVESTMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SOME OF THEM ARE NEW OWNERS, BUT THEN SOME OF THEM ARE PEOPLE WHO OWN THEM FOR YEARS AND THEY'RE JUST SPIFFING THEM UP.
SO I THINK. ARE WE PICKING ONE? NO, IT'S A GROUP.
THAT IS SUCH A TRANSFORMATION.
I'VE NEVER BEEN INSIDE, BUT THAT WAS GREAT.
THEY DID DO A GOOD THEY DID A GOOD JOB REDOING THAT.
YEAH, I WOULDN'T HAVE DREAMT OF GOING TO THE CORNER BAR BEFORE.
NO, I KNOW. I'VE BEEN TO THE CORNER.
DO YOU? I HAVEN'T. I'VE BEEN WANTING TO GO AND I HAVEN'T BEEN.
IT'S REAL CUTE INSIDE. AND THEY DO SANDWICHES.
I DO LOVE THE ORIGINAL NAME OF CLUB 43 OR BAR 43, WHICH IS HARD TIMES AND MISERY.
YEAH. I WISH THEY'D KEPT THAT NAME.
AND THE GLORIOUS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES, PROBABLY.
AND THEY'VE SPIFFED UP AND GOTTEN A NICE NEW SIGN.
THE ALABAMA LOUNGE IS NOW THE MIDTOWN TAVERN.
I'VE BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES.
THE LANDSCAPING IN THE BACKSIDE IS REAL NICE.
AND THEN WHEN MIDTOWN CAME AROUND, IT'S LIKE, OH MAN, THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER.
SO, GUYS, I KNOW, RIGHT? I DIDN'T EVEN GO THERE.
IT WAS VERY VAGUE, WASN'T IT? I LEFT IT RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT IT.
I DIDN'T GO THERE TO SCOPE OUT GIRLS OR DRUNK AND FALL OFF THE STOOL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE LUCKIE LOUNGE IS IN A NEW SPOT.
AND THEN THIS IS PROBABLY NOT FAR ENOUGH ALONG BECAUSE THAT'S A PICTURE I TOOK JUST THE OTHER DAY.
SO THIS IS TAMPICO, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN, AND IT'S BEING RENOVATED.
THEY HADN'T NAMED IT YET WHEN THEY CAME IN FOR PERMITS.
SO THAT'S WHY IT SAYS NAMELESS BAR.
IT'S JUST NOT IT'S LIKE A TBD.
THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS WHAT IT WAS.
LEFT. THE LEFT IS TAMPICO TROPICAL.
WHAT'S THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM? RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT IT IS TODAY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT THAT DRAWING IS.
BUT IT'S NOT FINISHED YET. SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN REALLY.
THESE ARE FOR GALVESTONIANS AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.
THAT'S FINE. IT'S JUST A TREND THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AFTER.
WE ARE SURE, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT WE HAVE OUR SLATE KIND OF IDENTIFIED.
IF WE MAY, SIR, ACCORDING TO MY NOTES, WE DO HAVE OUR SLATE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO RUN THROUGH THEM? YES, PLEASE. OKAY.
BEAUTIFICATION. WE HAVE THE BOOKSHOP DEVELOPMENT, ROYAL CARIBBEAN ENVIRONMENTAL, THE TREES PLANNING PROJECT, HISTORIC PRESERVATION 2001 11 STRAND PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
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THE GALVESTON ISLAND BREWERY.PUBLIC INVESTMENT. THE TROLLEYS.
NOTHING IDENTIFIED FOR PARTICIPATION OR PLANNING.
REDEVELOPMENT. PAINTED LADIES AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION THE DIVE BARS.
WHAT YOU GOT? NOW FOR PARTICIPATION.
AND BASICALLY IT CAN DRIVE THINGS LIKE PARKS AND WHATEVER.
IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHURCH AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR OTHER LOCATION AND THE FOOD BANKS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HUGE ADDITION TO GALVESTON ISLAND WITHIN THE LAST YEAR IN THE FORM OF THE BEACON OF HOPE MARKET, WHICH IS A CATHOLIC CHARITIES DRIVEN PROJECT, WHICH IS IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT 4700 BROADWAY.
BUT IT IS ONE WHERE CLIENTS GET TO GO AND SHOP.
SO IT'S A FOOD BANK, BUT WITH DIGNITY.
SO THEY GET TO GO IN AND MAKE THEIR OWN SELECTIONS.
IT'S THEY HAVE NUTRITION CLASSES.
THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL SERVICES.
AND THERE'S WICK IN THAT BUILDING.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL SERVICES AVAILABLE.
BUT THAT'S WOULD THAT BE ANYTHING THAT WOULD EVER COME UNDER THE FORM OF PARTICIPATION? BECAUSE IT'S A REAL AD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK WITH PARTICIPATION, YOU WANT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AROUND A PROJECT.
SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IT WOULD QUALIFY.
YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD PARTICIPATION? BUT I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL YOU JUST EXPLAINED IT.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY TURN PAPERWORK IN NEXT YEAR.
WE DIDN'T GET ANY NOMINEES FROM THE PUBLIC THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS A BIT OF A DISAPPOINTMENT.
SO WE DIDN'T ADVERTISE ENOUGH.
YEAH, PROBABLY KEEP IT IN THE WATER BILL.
HAVE WE GONE AND SOLICITED THE PUBLIC IN THE PAST THROUGH PRESS RELEASES SO WE COULD DEFINITELY DO MORE TO GET IT OUT? I'LL MAKE SURE ONE GETS IN ON BEACON OF HOPE.
THANK YOU. AND WE'LL PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS IN NOW FOR NEXT YEAR.
OKAY. THANK. A FILE EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
OKAY. ON THE PREVIOUS THEN THE ONES THAT ARE FALLING OFF ON THE PREVIOUS ONES, WHICH ONE ON THIS? THESE LIST. THIS LIST? YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I THINK THE ONLY ONE THAT IS EXPIRING THAT WON'T BE BACK IS THE 2111 STRAND.
OH, WOW. WE IDENTIFIED THEM AS A WE GOT THEM HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
OKAY. WELL, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
OKAY, SO OUR WORK HERE IS DONE.
COOL. THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.