GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. [1.DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL MEETING TO ORDER] [00:00:09] SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE THIS AFTERNOON AT. WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND COUNCIL GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SPENDING MANY DAYS TOGETHER, BUT IT'S ALL BEEN GOOD. AND THOSE THAT MAY BE WATCHING IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET'S MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS TO GET THROUGH, AND BEFORE WE START OUR BUSINESS, LET'S DO OUR ROLL CALL. AND THEN I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE. GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WANT TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? SOME HOUSEKEEPING CHORES. BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. THESE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE AGENDA. SO, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IS ITEM 8.A. THAT IS ITEM EIGHT F AS IN FRANK AND THAT IS ITEM 8.G, AS IN GREEN, THAT'S THE ITEM THAT WAS FOR THE PUD PROCESS ON THE EAST END OF THE ISLAND. HERE THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA, SO THERE WILL NOT BE ANY PUBLIC HEARING AT ALL ON THESE PARTICULAR CASES. JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. SO, IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THOSE THEY HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON. VERY GOOD. LET'S NOW MOVE TO THE INVOCATION WE HAVE WITH US, REVEREND KANAKA DOUGLAS FROM MOODY METHODIST CHURCH. HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING. WOULD YOU ALL JOIN ME IN PRAYER? ALMIGHTY AND GRACIOUS GOD, AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, WE PAUSE TO SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE AND BLESSING UPON THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE TRUST PLACED IN THE COUNCIL BY THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS. GRANT THEM THE WISDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE JUST AND FAIR, AND MAY THEIR ACTIONS BE A REFLECTION OF THE VALUES OF INTEGRITY AND COMPASSION. HELP THEM TO BE MINDFUL OF THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF ALL THE GALVESTON'S RESIDENTS STRIVING TO CREATE A BETTER, MORE INCLUSIVE CITY FOR EVERYONE. LORD, WE ASK THAT YOUR GUIDANCE AND THEIR DELIBERATIONS THAT YOU WILL BE WITH THEM TO FIND COMMON GROUND AND COMMON WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. GRANT THEM THE STRENGTH TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES AND THE HUMILITY TO ADMIT WHEN THEY ARE WRONG. MAY THIS MEETING BE A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH OF OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM, WHERE DIVERSE VOICES COME TOGETHER TO SHAPE THE FUTURE. BLESS THE WORK THAT LIES BEFORE THEM AND HELP THEM TO BE INSTRUMENTS OF UNITY, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS IN THIS GREAT CITY. WE OFFER THIS PRAYER IN YOUR NAME, SEEKING YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, REVEREND DOUGLAS. APPRECIATE IT. LET'S HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MOVING TO ITEM FIVE IS CONFLICT OF INTEREST. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. HEARING NO RESPONSE, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM SIX, PLEASE NELLIE. [6.PRESENTATIONS/REPORTS OF COUNCIL, OFFICER BOARDS, AND CITY MANAGER] ITEM SIX PRESENTATIONS. REPORTS OF COUNCIL OFFICER BOARDS AND CITY MANAGER. LET'S START. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROCLAMATIONS AND THEN I'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE PROCLAMATIONS. BUT LET'S START WITH OUR PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, OR I SHOULD SAY AN AWARDING OF A DONATION FROM BETTER PARKS FOR GALVESTON. ARE THOSE HERE FOR THE PARKS FOR GALVESTON? PLEASE COME FORWARD. OH, HERE WE GO. BIG CHECK, BUT THERE MUST BE. WE CAN WAIT ON THE BIG CHECK. [00:05:01] WELL, DID YOU NEED TO. DID YOU NEED TO WAIT OR. LET'S. LET'S SCROLL BACK. BACK. CHARLOTTE. I'D BE WORRIED. YEAH, YEAH. WELL. VERY GOOD. MAYOR. THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL. CHECK IS IN MAIL. WE HAVE AN ITEM ON HERE FOR BETTER PARKS IN GALVESTON. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A. I THINK THEY ARE HERE TO GIVE A DONATION TO THE CITY. BUT THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY DONATIONS THAT BETTER PARKS FOR GALVESTON HAS GIVEN THIS CITY. WE COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY PARTNER. THERE'RE SO MANY THINGS IN OUR PARK SYSTEM THAT HAVE BEEN IMPROVED BECAUSE OF PERSONAL INPUT AND DONATIONS FROM BETTER PARKS FOR GALVESTON. SO, UNTIL WE GET OUR CHECK, I WANTED TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. VERY GOOD. LET'S MOVE TO BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. WE HAVE SOME STATEMENTS FROM DONNA FAIRWEATHER DONNA. HELLO, COUNCIL, THIS IS YEAR FIVE FOR ME. WOO HOO! ALL RIGHT. SO THOSE THAT HAVE EVER BEEN TOUCHED BY CANCER RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT FIVE YEARS OF BEING CANCER FREE ARE. SO HENCE I KNOW PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU GET TO THIS MILESTONE, IT'S AWESOME AND I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY ABOUT IT. SO, CONGRATS TO ME! YAY! BUT BACK TO THE AGENDA ITEM. SO, OCTOBER IS RECOGNIZED AS A SPECIAL MONTH TO INCREASE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN THE COMMUNITY. FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY BREAST CANCER OR BREAST CANCER, AWARENESS IS NOT SIMPLY 31 DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR FOR THOSE SURVIVORS, THRIVERS AND FIGHTERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, CANCER IS ALWAYS EVER PRESENT. MOST OF YOU KNOW MY JOURNEY. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TRIPLE NEGATIVE STAGE THREE BREAST CANCER AND EARLY DETECTION SAVED MY LIFE. KNOWING THE SIGNS LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE. AND I'M THANKFUL TO REACH THIS ANNIVERSARY AND FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND TEN AND 20 AND SO ON. TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THANK YOU. IT'S REALLY NOT ENOUGH, BUT THAT IS ALL THAT I CAN GIVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THEY KNOW HOW I FEEL, AND MY FRIENDS KNOW HOW I FEEL. MY SUPPORTERS KNOW HOW I FEEL, AND I THANK YOU AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL, FOR RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE ALONG WITH ME. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE SOME MISCOMMUNICATIONS, AND SOME FOLKS COULDN'T BE HERE, BUT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THOSE FOLKS AS WELL. WE'RE NOT ALONE. THE NUMBER ONE KEY FACTOR TO SURVIVAL IS EARLY DETECTION. KNOWING THE WARNING SIGNS. WHAT TO LOOK FOR. AGAIN, THANKFUL EVERY DAY TO BE CANCER FREE. I WILL BE HERE NEXT YEAR, AS I ALREADY SAID, AND ANY OTHER YEAR THAT I'M WORKING FOR THE CITY. SO, THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE SURVIVORS. THANK YOU, DONNA, VERY MUCH. MOVING TO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH. AND THAT WILL BE DELIVERED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LISTOWSKI. CHECK HERE. IF YOU WANT TO JUST LET METROPARKS COME UP AND SAY WHEN YOU'RE DONE. YEAH. NO, COME ON UP. COME ON UP. BETTER PARKS. COME ON. FORWARD CHIROPRACTOR. LET'S DO THAT REAL QUICK. OH, OKAY. SO, MY WIFE OWNS A CROSSFIT GYM, AND I'M AN AVID CROSS-FITTER, SO I KNOW ABOUT CHIROPRACTORS AND I'M GLAD THEY'RE AROUND TO HELP US OUT. SO THE CITY OF GALVESTON PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS ABOUT 20% OF ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1 IN 5 EXPERIENCED CHRONIC PAIN, WHICH IS LASTING MORE THAN THREE MONTHS, AND DOCTORS OF CHIROPRACTIC PLAY A KEY ROLE IN HELPING PATIENTS MANAGE PAIN AND LESSEN THEIR RELIANCE ON PRESCRIPTION PAIN MEDICATIONS WITH THEIR PATIENT CENTER OF NON-DRUG APPROACH. WHEREAS WITH THE THEME CHIROPRACTIC RELIEF RESTORE RESUME, NATIONAL CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH 2023 REMAINS REMINDS CITIZENS OF OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, THAT NONDRUG TREATMENTS FOR LOWER BACK, NECK AND JOINT PAIN SUCH AS SPINE MANIPULATION AND OTHER CHRONIC CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES CAN HELP RELIEVE PAIN AND RESTORE JOINT FUNCTION, HELP PEOPLE TO RESUME THEIR LIVES AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT MATTER [00:10:02] MOST. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL, OFFICIALLY JOINS WITH THE AMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION, ACA AND THE TEXAS CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION, TCA IN PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023 AS CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH AND THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023 AS CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF WITNESS MY HAND, THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, THIS 26TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2023, SIGNED DR. CRAIG BROWN, MAYOR, AND JANELLE WILLIAMS, CITY SECRETARY. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. OH, SURE. TOTALLY SURE. I'LL MAKE SURE. AND THERE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. STUNNING PHOTOS. THAT PROCLAMATION COMES WITH A FREE ADJUSTMENT FOR COUNCILMAN. I NEED IT. VERY GOOD. BARBARA, DID YOU WANT BETTER PARKS FOR GALVESTON? SO. SOME OF THESE LADIES HAVE SERVED ON THE BOARD, BUT THEY REMAINED AS PARTNERS AND THE OTHER LADIES ARE ON THE BOARD. AND WOULD ONE OF YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE 50,000? CYNTHIA. COME ON. I'M REALLY NOT PREPARED. BUT IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE CITY OF GALVESTON $50,000 TO GO TOWARD A COOLING DECK AT THE LASKER POOL. FANTASTIC. WE'RE GOING TO. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRUST ME ON THE CHECK, BECAUSE THE CHECK PERSON HAS COVID BRAIN. AND IT HAPPENS. IT HAPPENS, BUT WE'RE GOOD FOR IT, I PROMISE. IT'S IN THE BANK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S ITEM 11 C ON OUR AGENDA. AND THANK YOU. BETTER PARKS FOR GALVESTON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HOLD ON I HAVE PHOTOS. YEAH. READY? I THINK YOU. NOW HAVE. NOW WE HAVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. COUNCIL MEMBER. ROBB. AND WEAR THE PINK FOR YOU, DONNA. WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A GROWING CONCERN IN OUR COMMUNITY, STATE AND NATION AND NEEDS TO BE NOTED AND ADDRESSED. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS NO BIAS REGARDING GENDER, AGE, ECONOMIC STATUS, ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENT, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR SOCIAL STATUS. AND WHEREAS GALVESTON RESIDENTS RELY ON THE RESOURCE AND CRISIS CENTER OF GALVESTON COUNTY, INC PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE A RANGE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AN WHEREAS, GALVESTON CITIZENS JOIN WITH ALL AMERICANS IN SUPPORTING THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND BELIEVE A MONTH-LONG OBSERVATION SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR CITY AND COUNTY AND NATION, HELPS REINFORCE A LOUD AND CLEAR MESSAGE TO ABUSERS THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. AND THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. IN THE TESTIMONY, WHEREAS WITNESSED BY THE HAND AND SEAL OF THE CITY MAYOR CRAIG BROWN AND JANELLE WILLIAMS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. ON BEHALF OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MS. CECILY HENDERSON, THE RESOURCE CRISIS CENTER WILL THANK YOU FOR BEING A PARTNER IN THE CONTINUOUS FIGHT AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, [00:15:07] CHILD ABUSE, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THIS IS AN ONGOING BATTLE. AND IT'S NOT ENDS BECAUSE THE MONTH IS OVER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WE NOW HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BOUVIER. THIS IS KIND OF A DEAR THING TO ME. AS 2003 WE ADOPTED OUR YOUNGEST SON. SO, IT IS A KIND OF A BITTER TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY CHILDREN OUT THERE THAT NEED FOREVER HOMES, AND THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO COME THROUGH. WHEREAS NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND IS A COLLECTIVE NATIONAL EFFORT TO FINALIZE THE ADOPTIONS OF CHILDREN PLACED IN FOSTER CARE THROUGHOUT THE CHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICES. AND WHEREAS THERE ARE MORE THAN 117,000 CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND THE NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY HELPS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE NEED OF THE NEED FOR MORE FOREVER HOMES OF THIS MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION. AND WHEREAS GALVESTON COUNTY ADOPTION DAY FOUNDATION COORDINATES AN EFFORT OF ATTORNEYS, COURT STAFF, CPS, FOSTER CARE AGENCIES AND CHILDREN ADVOCATES TO FINALIZE ADOPTIONS OF CHILDREN PLACED IN RELATIVE OR NON-RELATIVE FOSTER CARE HOMES. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES THESE VOLUNTEER SERVICES TO ALLOW ADOPTIONS TO TAKE PLACE FOR LITTLE OR NO COST TO THE ADOPTIVE FAMILIES, AND WHEREAS GALVESTON COUNTY ADOPTION DAY FOUNDATION ORGANIZED ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED IN 2004 THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF DISTRICT JUDGE JANICE L YARBOROUGH AND ASSOCIATE JUDGE SUZANNE RADCLIFFE. THIS NOVEMBER IS THE 20TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTING IN ADOPTIONS OF CHILDREN PLACED IN FOSTER CARE, AND WHEREAS, TO COMMEMORATE THIS WONDERFUL EVENT AND ANNIVERSARY, THE FOUNDATION CORDIALLY, CORDIALLY INVITES THOSE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PAST ADOPTIONS, ADOPTEES, SUPPORTERS AND FRIENDS TO CELEBRATE THEIR ANNIVERSARY ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2023, AT 10:10 A.M. IN THE DISTRICT COURT LOCATED AT 659TH STREET. JUDGE ANN B DARLING WILL AGAIN PRESIDE OVER THOSE ADOPTIONS TAKING PLACE IN AND THERE WILL BE FESTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE EVENT AND THEREFORE WE, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF GALVESTON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 18TH, 2023 AS NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN AND COMMEMORATING THE DEDICATION, DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS OF THE GALVESTON COUNTY ADOPTION DAY FOUNDATION IN HELPING THE CHILDREN OF GALVESTON COUNTY JOIN THEIR FOREVER FAMILIES IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF WITNESS BY THE HAND AND SEAL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, THIS 26TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023, SIGNED BY CRAIG BROWN AND JANELLE WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. ALREADY SPOKE. YOU GET TO SPEAK. I ALREADY SPOKE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS DOREEN GLENN. I'M TREASURER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE EVENT CHAIR FOR OUR ADOPTION DAY FOUNDATION. AND MISS DONNA FAIRWEATHER IS HERE WITH ME WITH ANOTHER HAT ON. HOW MANY HATS DOES SHE HAVE, GUYS? ANOTHER HAT IS ANOTHER MEMBER OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. EACH YEAR, YOU ALL TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUR VERY SPECIAL FOUNDATION, AND BY DOING SO, YOU HELP PROMOTE OUR MISSION. YOU HELP SUPPORT US. [00:20:01] YOU HELP TO GET US TO 20 YEARS. SO WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE US EACH YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU WERE THE ONE THAT WROTE. IT WAS PERFECT. THAT IS ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS WE HAVE. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT I FEEL IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND ONCE THE FOLLOWING THIS STATEMENT, WE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL COME UP AND MAKE SOME COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS. RECENTLY, WORLD EVENTS IN ISRAEL HAVE ONCE AGAIN FOCUSED OUR ATTENTION ON TERRORISM AND THE HUMAN SUFFERING THAT ACCOMPANIES IT. TERRORISM IN ANY FORM IS UNCONSCIONABLE, AND THESE WORLD EVENTS HAVE SHAKEN ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. INSTRUMENTAL IN THE REBUILDING OF OUR ISLAND FOLLOWING THE 1900 STORM, AND THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HERE IN GALVESTON HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TOWARDS THE GOAL OF IMPROVING GALVESTON FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. FROM RABBI HENRY COHEN TO RABBI JIMMY KESSLER, OUR JEWISH BRETHREN HAVE PLAYED AN INTEGRAL PART IN FOSTERING A COMMUNITY WHICH IS INCLUSIVE AND RESPECTFUL OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS. OUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND SUFFERING FROM THE 911 TERROR ATTACKS ON AMERICAN SOIL HAVE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON OUR SOCIETY AND HAS HARDENED OUR RESOLVE IN REJECTING TERRORISM IN ANY FORM, NO MATTER WHERE IT OCCURS. AS MAYOR OF GALVESTON, I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN SAYING THAT THE CITY OF GALVESTON PRAYS FOR THE FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THIS HORRIFIC VIOLENCE AND DENOUNCES THE RECENT ACTS OF TERRORISM, AND MOURNS THE LOSS OF INNOCENT LIVES ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS CONFLICT. SAYING THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE PODIUM. JASON LEVY IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. JASON. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS JASON LEVY. I LIVE IN AND HAVE A BUSINESS ON THE ISLAND. I'M A THIRD GENERATION ESTONIAN. I'M ALSO JEWISH AND A MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL. A BOARD MEMBER AND PAST CHAIR OF THE ADL SOUTHWEST REGION. HOWEVER, MY COMMENTS ARE MY OWN. I WANT TO THANK MAYOR CRAIG BROWN FOR HIS SUPPORT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AS IT WAGES WAR AGAINST HAMAS IN RESPONSE TO THEIR VICIOUS ATTACK ON OCTOBER 7TH. ON THAT DAY, THE TERRORISTS RECORDED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ALL TO SEE THE KIDNAPING OF CIVILIANS, THE RAPING OF WOMEN, THE MURDER OF SENIORS, TEENAGERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN, SOME IN FRONT OF THEIR PARENTS. ON THAT DAY, OVER 1400 ISRAELIS WERE MURDERED, 3300 INJURED AND 200 TAKEN HOSTAGE. AND SINCE THEN, OVER 7000 ROCKETS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED BY HAMAS AND ITS ALLY HEZBOLLAH AGAINST ISRAEL. FOR MANY JEWISH AMERICANS, INCLUDING MYSELF, TEN SEVEN FEELS LIKE 911 AND MAYOR BROWN'S CONDEMNATION OF HAMAS'S ATROCITIES AND SUPPORT OF ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITS CITIZENS AND ITSELF TELLS US HE IS COMMITTED TO THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF GALVESTON'S JEWISH COMMUNITY. MAYOR BROWN IS SAYING GALVESTON EMBRACES DIVERSITY, INCLUDING PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS AND NO FAITH, AND IS COMMITTED TO JUSTICE AND THE RULE OF LAW. ISRAEL MUST PROTECT ITS CITIZENS, ATTEMPT TO FREE THE KIDNAP AND ELIMINATE HAMAS FROM THE GAZA STRIP. THE TERRORISTS INTENTIONALLY EMBED THEIR MILITARY AND WEAPONS AMONG CIVILIANS, USING THEM AS HUMAN SHIELDS AND BATTLING HAMAS. TRAGICALLY, HAS AND WILL RESULT IN THE DEATH AND INJURY OF CIVILIAN AND INNOCENT PALESTINIANS. AS IT'S DONE IN THE PAST, ISRAEL WILL GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO MINIMIZE CIVILIAN DEATHS AND CASUALTIES. [00:25:03] IN MY CONGREGATION, WE'RE PRAYING FOR THE SAFETY OF ISRAEL'S CITIZENS, FOR ITS LEADERS TO BE WISE AND ITS SOLDIERS TO BE STRONG, BRAVE AND PURE. HAMAS IS NOT THE PALESTINIANS. IT IS NOT ISLAM. WE ARE ALSO PRAYING FOR INNOCENT PALESTINIANS AND FOR PEACE IN THE REGION. THANK YOU, MAYOR BROWN, FOR YOUR SUPPORT DURING THIS TERRIBLY DIFFICULT TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JASON, VERY MUCH. WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER ROBB WANT TO SAY INDEED PRAY FOR ISRAEL. BUT IT WAS, I GUESS, IN THE BEGINNING WHEN ALL THIS STARTED HAPPENING AND I THINK IT WAS ON NIGHTLY NEWS, AND IT WAS SO INTRIGUING TO ME. HOW MANY JEWISH AMERICAN YOUNG PEOPLE WENT BACK TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY TO FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM AND THIS HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE TERRORISM? TRAGEDY. TRAGEDY. TRAGEDY THAT IS GOING ON. AND I JUST SAY YOU'RE IN MY PRAYERS. YOU'RE IN MY HEART. AND I ASK YOU, EVERYONE, TO PRAY FOR ISRAEL. AND I'LL JUST SAY ECHO MAYOR BROWN'S COMMENTS. AND WE HAVE SUCH A RICH JEWISH HISTORY OF OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY HERE IN GALVESTON. AND MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO EVERYONE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AROUND THE WORLD, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, JASON. AND WE HAVE RABBI KESSLER WITH US HERE ALSO. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND YOU HAVE YOUR LOVELY WIFE, JASON, WITH YOU. CARLA, MY LOVELY WIFE. YES. CARLA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE IT. VERY GOOD. LET'S NOW MOVE TO ITEM SIX B, PLEASE, MA'AM. ITEM SIX B PRESENTATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S PLANNING AND DESIGN AWARDS. WELL, CATHERINE, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE JUST DID THIS NOT TOO LONG AGO. BUT IT WAS A YEAR AGO. IT'S AMAZING HOW TIME FLIES. IT DOES. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THE PRESENTATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AWARDS. TODAY I WILL INTRODUCE RUSTY WALLACE, WHO IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIR, AND STEVEN PINA, WHO'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION VICE CHAIR, AND THEY WILL BE DOING THE PRESENTATIONS. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN. SO OUR FIRST AWARD, THE CITY PLANNING AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE GALVESTON BOOKSTOP. I THINK WE HAVE SOME PICTURES OF. AND THEIR AWARD IS FOR BEAUTIFICATION. IT IS PUBLIC ART. THIS IS PAINTED PAINTED BY ARTIST AND I HOPE I GET THIS NAME RIGHT. ALI GROSS AND BECKY MAJOR. BECKY IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL HOTEL ARTIST LOFTS. THE MURAL FEATURES SUCH LITERARY CLASSICS AS AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, TOLKIEN'S THE HOBBIT AND CHARLES DICKENS GREAT EXPECTATIONS. THIS WAS FUNDED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER AND AND ALSO THROUGH LOCAL PRIVATE DONATIONS. IT WAS COMPLETED IN 2021, SO THE 2023 PLANNING AND DESIGN AWARD FOR BEAUTIFICATION GOES TO THE GALVESTON BOOKSTOP 3117 TREMONT. AND I DON'T KNOW IS ANYBODY HERE PRESENT WITH THEM? WE'RE HERE. COME ON UP HERE. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU. AND THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HI. HI. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING TO TALK TO, PLEASE? OH, I'M BECKY. YOU'RE BECKY. BECKY MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, STEP UP. HI, EVERYBODY. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK CATHERINE GORMAN FOR NOMINATING US. CITY COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY WHO VOTED FOR THIS. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DAVID COLLINS. DURING THE PROCESS, HE WAS VERY HELPFUL IN HELPING US GET PERMITS AND GUIDING US THROUGH THIS. AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO DALE FOR TRUSTING US TO PAINT HIS WONDERFUL SHOP. WE FEEL VERY CONNECTED AND HAVE DONE A LOT. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANY OF OUR OTHER ARTWORK GETTING READY FOR THE MISFITS BALL RIGHT NOW AT THE SCOTTISH RITE, HENCE THE PINK CLOTHES. BUT THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL. YOU'RE GOOD. THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. OUR SECOND AWARD GOES FOR DEVELOPMENT TO THE ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE TERMINAL. THIS IS THE FIRST LEED ZERO ENERGY FACILITY OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, GENERATING 100% OF ITS ENERGY THROUGH ONSITE SOLAR PANELS. [00:30:09] THIS $125 MILLION INVESTMENT IS EXPECTED TO SERVE AS MANY AS 630,000 VACATIONERS EACH YEAR. THIS OPENED IN NOVEMBER 2022 AND THE AGAIN THIS DEVELOPMENT AWARD IS GIVEN TO ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE TERMINAL GALVESTON CRUISE TERMINAL, LLC, BRIMELOW, AJAMIL AND PARTNERS AND HENSEL PHELPS IF THEY ARE HERE. THE ONLY ONE THAT MADE IT. GREAT JOB MIKE. DID YOU GET ALL THREE? THANK YOU. GLAD TO BE BACK. PICTURE REAL QUICK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS, MIKE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG. THE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD IS PRESENTED FOR A TREE PLANTING PROJECT THAT IS ADJACENT TO 3916 WINNIE. THE TREE PLANTING PROJECT WAS SPEARHEADED BY THE GALVESTON ISLAND TREE CONSERVANCY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MOODY FOUNDATION, ETEX GROUP, WAGNER TREE FARM, AND AQUIFER. LESS 76 TREES WERE PLANTED ALONG APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET IN THE RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE TREES ARE A MIX OF LIVE OAKS, BALD CYPRESS, AND MUSKOGEE CRAPE MYRTLES. IRRIGATION WAS INSTALLED TO ENSURE ADEQUATE WATERING, AND THE TREES THAT THEY PLANTED WERE 30 GALLON SIZE, 8 TO 10FT TALL, AND THEY WERE PLANTED AT A COST OF $78,000. SO THE AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IS PRESENTED TO THE GALVESTON ISLAND TREE CONSERVANCY. YAY! YEAH! WE'RE HERE. ALL RIGHT. SAY A FEW WORDS. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU GUYS WITH ALL THE TREE T SHIRTS WITH THE TREE CONSERVANCY. TAKE A PICTURE REAL QUICK. THANK YOU FOR. I'M SURE YOU ALL CAN RECOGNIZE THAT I'M NOT PRISCILLA, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GALVESTON ISLAND TREE CONSERVANCY AND THE DRIVING FORCE OF MONITORING ALL OF THESE TREES AND THE WATERING AND EVERYTHING. SHE IS AT ANOTHER EVENT TODAY WHERE SHE'S LEARNING ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO RAISE MONEY FOR ORGANIZATIONS. AND SHE SENT ME. I'M ALLISON O'DONNELL, AND I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TREE CONSERVANCY. PRISCILLA WANTED ME TO JUST REMIND THE AUDIENCE THAT THE MOODY FOUNDATION FUNDED THIS $75,000 AND WAGNER TREE FARM, WHO HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANTING SO MANY TREES OF OUR PROJECTS. MOST RECENT IS THE WEST END DOG PARK. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT AND HOW WONDERFUL THEY ARE? THIS WAS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT. SHE WANTED ME TO JUST GIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO ROBERT WATSON, WHO WAS THE PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR THE THE PLANNING AND AND HOW HELPFUL HE WAS. WHEN YOU COULDN'T PUT A TREE HERE, YOU COULD PUT IT THERE. I JUST WANT THE AUDIENCE TO KEEP IN MIND, DRIVE DOWN CHURCH STREET, AND WHEN YOU GET TO 38TH STREET, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND TREES ARE PLANTED ON THREE SIDES OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. I TOOK A TRIP COMING IN TODAY AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY THAT LOOKED UNHEALTHY, SO IT'S A MIRACLE SO FAR. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THIS AWARD. OKAY. RIGHT. THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD GOES TO THE JS BROWN AND COMPANY BUILDING ON 2111 STRAND. THIS BUILDING WAS DESIGNED BY NICHOLAS CLAYTON AND HAS RECENTLY BEEN REHABILITATED BY NEW OWNERS. THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED REPOINTING THE BRICK WALLS, REPAIRS TO BRICK STUCCO WINDOWS, AND CAST IRON MISSING CAST IRON ELEMENTS [00:35:06] WERE RECREATED. THIS BUILDING WAS ALSO PARTICIPANT IN THE GALVESTON CITY OF GALVESTON FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HISTORIC PROPERTY PROGRAM. THIS AWARD IS GIVEN TO TWO PETE AND TARYN VAN HAGSTROM MANNING. MASONRY. DENNIS YOUNG AND R.A ELECTRIC. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU ALL. OH, I'M JUST HANDING THEM OUT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD. THERE WE GO. OKAY. TAKE A PICTURE REAL QUICK HERE. OKAY. YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. LET ME GET OVER HERE. ALL RIGHT. MAN, I FEEL SMALL. I GO BACK, SAY A FEW WORDS. YEAH, SURE. GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW, DURING COVID, WHEN MOST PEOPLE BOUGHT PUPPIES, WE BOUGHT THAT DILAPIDATED BUILDING ON THE STRAND, YOU KNOW, TO EACH FALL IN LOVE WITH THEIR OWN RIGHT. MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT. SEVERAL ARCHITECTS, MANY SPECIALTY SUBCONTRACTORS. AND PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK, YOU KNOW, HOW HARD WAS IT? YOU KNOW, THEY NEVER ASK ABOUT THE CONTRACTORS VERSUS SAYING, HOW HARD WAS IT TO GET A PERMIT? AND THANKS TO CATHERINE AND A LOT OF GOOD FOLKS AT THE CITY, PERMITTING, ACTUALLY WAS PRETTY EASY. I THOUGHT, IN GRAND SCHEME, NOTHING'S TO CODE, OF COURSE, IN THESE OLD BUILDINGS. BUT OF ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAVE HELPED IN THIS PROJECT, TODAY I SHARE THIS AWARD WITH THREE CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US THROUGH THIS ENTIRE JOURNEY. AND AND THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MOVED THE TROWEL, MOVED THE HAMMER, AND ACTUALLY SNIP THE ELECTRICAL WIRES. THE FIRST THING YOU ADMIRE WHEN YOU SEE THAT BUILDING IS THAT IRON AND THE BRICKWORK, AND THAT'S A PUZZLE WITH NO INSTRUCTIONS TO PUT BACK TOGETHER. THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE WAS PROVIDED BY DENNIS AND GARY MANNING OF MANNING MASONRY, WHO HAVE A GREAT REPUTATION ON THIS ISLAND. THEY'VE ALSO EXTENSIVELY WORKED ON THE HENLEY BUILDING DURING ITS RESTORATION. THEY'VE ALSO DONE WORK ON THE THE ASTON VILLA, THE CRAFTSMANSHIP, THEIR CRAFTSMANSHIP SAVED THIS BUILDING. ABSOLUTELY. AND NOT JUST REPOINTED IT. EVERY SINGLE BRICK THAT YOU LOOK AT, THEY PHYSICALLY TOOK OFF THE WALL. THEY USED A WIRE BRUSH WITH THEIR TEAM TO TAKE OFF THE OLD MORTAR AND THEY REORDERED IT BACK. THAT BUILDING WILL STAND FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS. I'M JUST A STEWARD. THE SECOND THING IS, WOULD THESE OLD BUILDINGS OTHER THAN BRICK AND MORTAR, IT'S WOOD. AND FOR FOUR YEARS, DENNIS YOUNG HAS BEEN WITH ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. POST GIRDERS. AND ONE DAY, IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN THERE, THERE ARE 3000 OR 3200FT² OF PERFECTLY RESTORED LONGLEAF PINE THAT IS ORIGINAL TO THAT BUILDING. AND IT'S AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE DAY IS. IT FIRST WAS INSTALLED AND THE LAST IS THE ELECTRICAL. I HAD SEVERAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS THAT CAME ON THAT BUILDING, AND BETWEEN THE KNOB AND TUBE AND 50 YEARS OF NEGLECT, NOBODY WANTED TO TOUCH IT. IT WAS JUST NOT WORTH THEIR TIME. BUT I JUST SO HAPPEN TO FIND A FATHER AND SON TEAM AT A AND H ELECTRIC, SHANE AND JARED BEAL, THAT DECIDED THAT THIS WAS THE KIND OF PROJECT THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD WITH ME. SO AFTER THESE FOUR YEARS, THESE THREE PEOPLE DEFINITELY DESERVE THIS AWARD. AND THE OTHER FINAL QUESTION THAT EVERYONE ASKS IS AFTER FOUR YEARS NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU WERE GETTING INTO, WOULD YOU DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN? AND I SAY, WHAT'S FOR SALE? ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT AWARD IS FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO THE GALVESTON ISLAND BREWERY. EXPANSION. THE BREWERY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2014 AND RECENTLY COMPLETED A 4400 SQUARE FOOT EXPANSION AT ITS STEWART ROAD FACILITY. THE EXPANSION ALLOWS FOR AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTION FROM 4000 BARRELS PREVIOUSLY TO ABOUT 7 OR 8000 A YEAR CURRENTLY, SO THERE'S 30 GALLONS IN A BARREL OF BEER, SO THAT'S 250,000 GALLONS OF BEER. MY KIND OF PLACE ANYWAYS. ULTIMATELY, THE ADDITION WILL ALLOW THEM TO PRODUCE UP TO 12,000 BARRELS A YEAR. SO THE AWARD FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT GOES TO GALVESTON ISLAND BREWERY AND BRAX EASTERWOOD. WHAT'S GOOD JOB? THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. DEFINITELY GOT TO THANK BRAX RIGHT HERE. MORE THAN JUST THIS BUILDING. BRAX WAS WITH ME FROM BASICALLY MY GARAGE. SO TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE THE PERMITS AND THE PROCESS FROM TAKING A BUSINESS FROM YOUR GARAGE TO BEING ON STEWART ROAD AS A LARGE, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, WHICH IS LIKE MY BABY, IT'S PRETTY BIG. IT'S BEEN A TEN YEAR ROAD. SO I APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE I THINK THEY SAW PAST WHAT WAS BASICALLY A NEW METAL BUILDING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THEY SAW THE VISION THAT BRAX AND I HAD OR THAT I HAD THAT BRAX CREATED, WHICH WAS TO CREATE AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE AND SMALL FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING. AND I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN THAT. LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM, THERE'S THERE'S PEOPLE THAT CREATE FOOD AND BEVERAGE BAR AND RESTAURATEURS HERE THAT HAVE SUPPORTED ME FROM DAY ONE. [00:40:07] AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MAKING A PINT OF BEER, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT THAT AMAZING BEVERAGE AND ABOUT THAT BEAUTIFUL PLATE OF SNAPPER AND ON THE EXPERIENCE THAT BOTH LOCALS HAVE BY LIVING HERE. AND TOURISTS COME BACK FOR EVERY TIME BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT FOOD AND BEVERAGE EXPERIENCE. SO, I THINK REALLY THAT'S WHAT THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR AS WELL. IT'S NOT JUST BORROWING A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS AND CROSSING YOUR FINGERS. SO CHEERS TO GALVESTON. GOOD JOB. LET ME LET ME JUST GIVE SOME PROPS BACK TO BACK TO MARK AND HIS TEAM, CHAD AND DAVE. THEY WERE A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH. AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY IT IS MORE THAN A BUILDING. I'M HAPPY TO BE THE ARCHITECT ON IT. I'M PROUD OF IT. BUT REALLY WHAT MARK'S DOING IS CREATING MORE COMMUNITY. AND SO I REALLY I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING INVOLVED IN THAT. ALL RIGHT. CHEERS. RIGHT. RIGHT. NEXT IS A CATEGORY OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT. THIS IS PRESENTED TO THE RESTORATION OF THE TROLLEYS AFTER BEING DAMAGED IN THE HURRICANE OF 2008, HURRICANE IKE. THE TROLLEYS WERE RESTORED BY THE GOMACO TROLLEY COMPANY, LOCATED IN IDA GROVE, IOWA. THEY STARTED RUNNING AGAIN IN THE FALL OF 2021. THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON AND GOMACO TROLLEY COMPANY FOR THEIR. AND NOW. DAVID. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEE YOU. THIS AWARD IS REALLY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THE CITIZENS AND THE STAFF OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON WHO PUT THESE THINGS TOGETHER. THE STAFF OF ISLAND TRANSIT, AS WELL AS JAMES OLIVER, WHO HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB KEEPING THEM RUNNING OUT THERE. UNFORTUNATELY, JOHN KERR WAS A BIG PART OF PUTTING THESE TROLLEYS IN 1976, AND HE AND I SPENT MANY HOURS IN THE SNOW WORKING ON THESE, GETTING THEM BACK IN SERVICE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE PASSED AWAY A YEAR AGO. BUT RECOGNITION NEEDS TO GO TO JOHN CARRIER AND THE GOODMAN CORPORATION AS WELL. SO AGAIN, WE THANK YOU. THE CITY OF GALVESTON THANKS YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DAVE. NO. OKAY. THE NEXT AWARD IS FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND THE PROJECT IS CALLED THE PAINTED LADIES ON THE 2300 BLOCK OF AVENUE P. IT'S AN INFILL DEVELOPMENT. ORIGINALLY THERE WAS AN OFFICE BUILDING THAT WAS THERE AND IT WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE SITE WAS REDEVELOPED INTO SEVEN SINGLE FAMILY UNITS ON A HIGHLY VISIBLE CORNER OF TREMONT AND 23RD STREET AND BERNARDO AND AVENUE P. THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE FOR THE SEVEN HOUSES SIX, $6.5 MILLION, AND IT WAS COMPLETED IN MAY OF 2022 TO MARCH OF 2023. THE AWARD IS PRESENTED TO ALPHA SHIRA, TED SHOOK, AND CREOLE DESIGN. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE AWARD AND I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING, ESPECIALLY CATHERINE AND ADRIEL HELPED ME PUSH THIS THING THROUGH. I'M GLAD Y'ALL SEE MY VISION. I THINK WE REALLY CLEANED UP THE CORNER, AND I THINK THE PROJECT CAME OUT REALLY NICE. AND IT'S A DOUBLE SIDED COIN BECAUSE THIS IS MY 50TH OCTOBER, MY 50TH YEAR FOR OF BUILDERS BEING IN BUSINESS. AND, YOU KNOW, MY GOAL IN LIFE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY DAD TOLD ME, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD, LEAVE IT BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT. AND THAT'S BEEN MY WHOLE GOAL TO LEAVE GALVESTON BETTER THAN I FOUND HIM. WE'VE BUILT MANY LANDMARKS HERE AND WE'RE NOT FINISHED YET, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK A FEW PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN ITS HOMETOWN BANK, SCOTT GOOSENECK AND VIJAY TRUMAN, TRUMAN REALTY AND KAREN FLOWERS. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A TEAM YOU HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED IN FLOODS, WE'VE WORKED IN HURRICANES, AND NOW WE'VE WORKED IN VIRUSES. AND HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T GET ANY WORSE. BUT IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU. I'LL GIVE YOU TIPS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. RIGHT. LAST AWARD IS FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITION, AND THAT GOES TO LOCAL BARS THAT HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED AND IMPROVED. [00:45:06] GALVESTON HAS SEEN A TREND OF LOCAL BARS BEING RENOVATED AND UPDATED. SOME HAVE NEW OWNERS, OTHERS HAVE BEEN UPGRADED BY THE CURRENT OWNERS. BARS ARE LOCATED ON AVENUE S AND STEWART ROAD CORRIDOR AND TEND TO SERVE THE LOCAL POPULATION. POSITIVE INDICATOR IS THAT ALL THESE BUSINESSES WERE ABLE TO MAKE RECENT UPGRADES. THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO THE OWNERS OF BAR 43 THE CORNER POCKET. GLORIA'S LOUNGE, MIDTOWN TAVERN, THE ROLLING BAR, AND TO EASTERWOOD ARCHITECTS. YOU SEE HERE. GOD. I'M SORRY DEAR. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ROLLING. YEAH. THAT'S US. YEAH, YEAH. THERE YOU GO, GUYS. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. GET BRAX'S. YEAH. HE'S FAMOUS. YEAH. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. IF I WAS SAFE. YEAH. COME ON, COME ON. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR RECOGNIZING THE HARD WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO TRY TO CLEAN UP TOWN. AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE NOT DONE YET. SO WITH BRAX HELPING US AND MY GENERAL MANAGER HERE, NICK. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO CLEAN UP WHAT WE CAN CLEAN UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU. TAKE A PICTURE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND CATHERINE, THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM SIX C, PLEASE. NELLIE. ITEM 6.C SISTER CITIES PROGRAM COMMITTEE REPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LEAH TUTON. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE SISTER CITIES COMMITTEE. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T MET ME YET MYSELF, ALONG WITH CO-CHAIR JOE CAPPADONA, MEMBER SHERRY ROOKS, PAM WILLIAMS AND STEPHEN DUNCAN HAVE BEEN WORKING TO BRING CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENT STRENGTHS THAT MAKE OUR CITY SO GREAT. ALONG WITH OUR ADVISORY MEMBERS BOB PHILPOTT AND ALEX THOMAS, WE HAVE JOINED TOGETHER WITH MANY OF OUR LOCAL ATTRACTIONS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CREATE A SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS WITH THE AMAZING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE OF NELLIE, DE LA FUENTE AND THE CITY. WE HAVE CREATED A MEMORIAL DEDICATED TO THE RELATIONSHIPS WE CURRENTLY SUPPORT ACROSS THE GLOBE. AT THE CORNER OF 69TH AND STEWART, YOU WILL SEE A NEWLY ERECTED CRESCENT OF FLAGS. THE CRESCENT CURRENTLY GIVES REPRESENTATION TO THE FOLLOWING SISTER CITIES. NIIGATA, JAPAN. VERACRUZ, MEXICO. STAVANGER, NORWAY. AND MACHARAVIAYA, SPAIN. WE ARE NOT FINISHED WITH THAT CRESCENT YET. WE HAVE HOPES OF ADDING ADDITIONAL SISTER CITIES, INCLUDING ONE FROM AFRICA. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S ROOM FOR MORE. WITH THE AMAZING SUPPORT, THESE CITIES HAVE MADE INNUMERABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY OVER THE LAST 60 PLUS YEARS, INCLUDING DONATIONS OF TREES AFTER HURRICANE IKE, LIFEGUARD EXCHANGES, AND SEVERAL CULTURAL EXCHANGES. CURRENTLY, OUR LOCAL OIL MUSEUM HAS PARTNERED WITH STAVANGER, NORWAY TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES AROUND RENEWABLE ENERGY. WE'LL BE HOLDING A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY NOVEMBER 14TH AT 10 A.M. TO COMMEMORATE OUR CRESCENT OF FLAGS. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL TO JOIN US AS WE STAND ALONGSIDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM NIIGATA, JAPAN THAT WILL BE IN TOWN THAT DAY. OVER THE YEARS, THIS COMMITTEE HAS INCREASED RELATIONS AND FOSTERED A CONNECTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, WHICH I BELIEVE FACILITATES A MORE PERSON TO PERSON REALIZATION OF THE WORLD AROUND US. ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2023, WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE SISTER CITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS GALVESTON'S ISLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, WHICH I DO HAVE SOME FLIERS HERE IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE. I HAVE THEM IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH. IF. THIS FREE EVENT IS BEING MODELED AFTER A BOOK WRITTEN BY FELICIA FRENCH, ADVENTURES WITH MY AUNTIE, AND WILL GIVE AREA LOCALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET VISITORS FROM NIIGATA, JAPAN AND EXPERIENCE SEVERAL OTHER CULTURES AND REPRESENTATION OF LOCAL ATTRACTIONS THAT HELP MAKE UP OUR GREAT CITY OF GALVESTON. THE SISTER CITIES OF GALVESTON ARE AT THE CORE OF THIS EVENT AND WERE HIGHLIGHTED AS BEING A REPRESENTATION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS I MET WITH MANY OF THE DIRECTORS AND MANAGERS OF OUR AREA ATTRACTIONS, IT HAS BECOME CLEAR THAT THE DIVERSITY THAT MAKES GALVESTON IS WHAT MAKES US STRONGER AND EVEN MORE [00:50:01] EMPATHETIC TO THOSE AROUND US. THIS EVENT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE MANY DONORS THAT HAVE JOINED WITH US. WE HAVE JOINED WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY AND EVEN OUTSIDE THE CITY TO CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY THAT IS GALVESTON ISLAND. SOME OF OUR DONORS MAY INCLUDE MCCORMACK, BARON NICKLAUS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BUILDING THE OLEANDERS AND ON BROADWAY, XFINITY, KIWANIS, MOODY GARDENS, RESTAURANT GROUP, GF TARGET, GALVESTON FARMERS MARKET, AND MANY MORE. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THIS AN ANNUAL MULTI DAY EVENT TO DRIVE OVERNIGHT TRAFFIC TO OUR ISLAND AND MAKE EVEN MORE PEOPLE AWARE OF SISTER CITIES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATING THE PEOPLE AROUND US. SO IN THE SPIRIT OF OF STRIVING FOR INCLUSIVITY, THIS EVENT IS FOR ALL AGES, ALL PEOPLE AND WE INVITE YOU ALL TO ATTEND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M ALEX THOMAS. I'M THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER. I TOTALLY, I WAS GOING TO LET HER DO ALL THE TALKING TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE'S OUR CHAIR. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED OUT OF THIS, WE STARTED MEETING WITH ALL THE ATTRACTIONS BACK IN JANUARY. AND WHEN THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK AND BEING ABLE TO HOST THIS EVENT, IT GREW FROM BEING JUST AN EVENT SPONSORED BY THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, BUT ALL THE ATTRACTIONS WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT, AND WITH ME BEING A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I IMMEDIATELY REACHED OUT TO LEE AND SAID, THIS IS A WAY THAT WE NEED TO BRING IN OUR SISTER CITIES. AND THANK YOU TO NELLIE FOR REALLY STEPPING UP AND HELPING US GET THINGS OFF THE GROUND, GETTING THE FLAGS. BEING ABLE TO PUT THE CRESCENTS OUT THERE. AND SO NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR CITIZENS COMING FROM NAGATA, IT HAS JUST TURNED INTO A HUGE EVENT. AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED. WE DID A ZOOM CALL, I GUESS, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND THEY KEPT SAYING, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE INTERNATIONAL WEEK. AND SO THEY'VE SET THE STANDARD FOR US. WE WE HAVE TO HELP THIS GROW FROM JUST BEING A ONE DAY EVENT, LIKE LEAH SAID, TO BEING AN INTERNATIONAL WEEK HERE IN GALVESTON. WE HAVE THE FOUR FOUR SISTER CITIES AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GROW EVEN MORE. BUT I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR SO MUCH PARTNERSHIP ON THE ISLAND. AND AS SHE MENTIONED, THE INCLUSIVE PART OF IT, HAVING THESE RELATIONSHIPS, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS VERACRUZ, MEXICO, AND HOW THE BEACH PATROL HAS A GREAT LIFEGUARD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, ALSO WITH HAVING THE OIL MUSEUM WORK WITH STAVANGER. SO, THERE ARE SO MANY CONNECTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO, AND WE WANT TO GROW THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SHOWCASING GALVESTON IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE AND GETTING THOSE TOURISTS HERE TO THE ISLAND. SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOUR COMMITTEE, TOO. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN, PLEASE. [7.COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS] NELLIE. ITEM SEVEN COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS. CLAIMS 23-082 THROUGH 23-089 ARE ON THE SCREEN. AND WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. ITEM 8.A OF OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS BEEN DEFERRED. SO, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT B PLEASE. [8.B.Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Changing The Zoning From Urban Neighborhood (UN) To Commercial (C) Height And Density Development Zone, Three (C-HDDZ-3) Zoning District On Property Commonly Known As 1128 Seawall Blvd. And Which Property Is Legally Described As “Katie’s On Seawall,” Replat Of The Northeast Block Of Outlot 48 And Intermediate Right-Of-Way Of Avenue N, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Planning Case Number 23P-072; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (A. Montalvan)] ITEM 8.B CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, CHANGING THE ZONING FROM URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMMERCIAL HEIGHTENED DENSITY. DEVELOPMENT ZONE THREE ZONING DISTRICT ON PROPERTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1128 SEAWALL BOULEVARD, IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS KATIE'S ON SEAWALL. REPLAT OF THE NORTHEAST BLOCK OF OUTLET 48 AND INTERMEDIATE RIGHT OF WAY OF AVENUE N IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS. PLANNING CASE NUMBER 23-072, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT. THANK YOU. NELLIE, ANDREW. THIS IS 1128 SEAWALL. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A PARTIAL CHANGE OF ZONING FROM A UN TO COMMERCIAL WITH THE HEIGHT AND DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ZONE. ZONE THREE OVERLAY. IN AN EFFORT TO CREATE A CONSISTENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND ZONING BOUNDARY. ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2023, THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND VOTED TO RECOMMEND DENIAL. IN THIS CASE, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING BE APPROVED. THANK YOU ANDRIEL. APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MONTAVON? YES, DAVID. WHY DID PLANNING DENY IT? DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WAS PLANNING'S REASONING ON THIS? I THINK MOST OF THE COMMISSIONERS FELT THAT WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEING PRESENTED FOR THE RESTAURANT, THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO WITHIN THE CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS. AND I THINK THAT WAS THE BIGGEST PART AS TO WHY THEY RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT. SO, THE ADDITION TO THE OVERLAY ZONE, THAT'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, OR IS THAT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT? [00:55:06] THAT'S I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT. WELL, AS WE DISCUSSED THIS MORNING IN THE WORKSHOP, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO INCLUDE IT IN THE? IF THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION GIVES THEM FREEDOM TO DO WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO. WELL, IT'S NOT A COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION. IT'S A SPLIT ZONING PARTIAL, WHICH IS, WHICH IS NOT COMMON THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND. SO, THE UN ALLOWS FOR A PARKING LOT INCIDENTAL TO THE MAIN USE, IN THIS CASE BEING THE RESTAURANT. BUT ANY OTHER TYPE OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT'S ALLOWABLE. OKAY. BUT THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE PROPOSAL THAT WOULDN'T. DOESN'T FIT WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID AS PROPOSED? THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? VERY GOOD. IT IS 5:56 P.M. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM EIGHT. B I'M GOING TO INVITE THE DEVELOPER UP OR THE APPLICANT UP. ARE THEY HERE? YES. COME FORWARD. I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SOME SLIDES YOU WANT IT TO PRESENT? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S NOT IT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS KAYLA LEE WITH LJ ENGINEERING. I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF, BUT I KNOW THAT PLANNING PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND DENIAL. AND THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS, WAS AT THAT MEETING, WHY DO YOU WANT TO REZONE IF YOU CAN ALREADY DO WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING? AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE'LL LEAVE BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AFTER. SO, MOVING ON. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED OFF OF SEAWALL BOULEVARD IN BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH STREET. IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE CAN ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT AND WE CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY COMPLETELY VACANT. YOU CAN SEE IN THE AERIAL THAT URSULINE STREET CUTS THROUGH THAT FRONT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. THERE'S ALSO AN ALLEYWAY THAT CUTS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY. THOSE HAVE BEEN VACATED AND THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN RE-PLATTED INTO ONE ENTIRE PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE. SO, TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE SITE, THERE WERE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY IN THE 50S UP UNTIL THE EARLY 2000. YOU CAN SEE THEM IN THAT OLD AERIAL THERE. THAT IS. YOU KNOW WHY I'M GUESSING THAT THAT PROPERTY WAS OWNED WHEN IT WAS, SINCE THE EARLY 2000S IT HAS BEEN MOSTLY VACANT. SO, IT'S BEEN ABOUT 20 YEARS SINCE THOSE LOTS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON. AND SINCE 2015. THAT'S WHEN IT THAT LAST BILLBOARD, LAST STANDING BILLBOARD WAS TAKEN DOWN. SO MOVING ON TO THE REZONING REQUEST, WE CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY SPLIT ZONED. THE REAR PORTION IS ZONED UN, AND I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKSTORY AND HISTORY AS TO HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY. SO IN JUNE EARLIER THIS YEAR, OUR ENGINEERS HAD A PREDEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH STAFF AT THAT MEETING. THAT WAS WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE INFORMED THAT IT WAS SPLIT ZONED AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY NEEDED TO REZONE. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS ALSO WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WAS AN NCD OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT ON THAT REAR PORTION THAT HAS THAT IS ZONED UN. THAT NCD OVERLAY WOULD WOULD HAVE BEEN A FOURTH OVERLAY ZONE THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED DEVELOPMENT DUE TO LIKE DRIVEWAY REGULATIONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OUR ENGINEERS BROUGHT OUR PLANNING TEAM INTO THE PICTURE. WHENEVER WE DID SOME HISTORY AND SOME RESEARCH, WE MET WITH STAFF AGAIN, AND WE FOUND THAT THAT NCD OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT WAS NO LONGER A FACTOR, SO THAT NCD IS NOT ACTUALLY APPLIED TO THAT REAR PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. AND THAT WAS ONE BARRIER TO DEVELOPMENT THAT WE LIKE ELIMINATED AT THAT POINT. SO WHENEVER WE WERE LOOKING INTO OUR OPTIONS, DO WE NEED TO REZONE OR CAN WE CONTINUE WITH JUST THE UN ZONING DISTRICT? AT THAT POINT WE WERE ALSO RE-PLATTING. SO WE WERE TOLD THAT THE THAT ALLEYWAY THAT USED TO BE RUNNING ACROSS THE PROPERTY HAS WATER LINES AND SEWER LINES. SO WHEN YOU'RE DEVELOPING PROPERTY, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT ANY STRUCTURES OVER UTILITY EASEMENTS LIKE THAT. SO WE BASICALLY WERE LAYING OUT THE SITE AND WE DETERMINED THAT THE BUILDING WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BE TOWARD THE FRONT. [01:00:09] THE HDC ALSO REQUIRES THAT I BELIEVE IT HAS TO BE PUSHED TOWARD THE FRONT WITH PARKING IN THE BACK. SO, WE ALREADY KNEW THAT PART. THAT REAR PORTION WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR PARKING. WHEN WE MET WITH STAFF, WE WERE DISCUSSING OUR OPTIONS, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED FROM STAFF THAT WE REZONE THE ENTIRE PROPERTY SINCE WE HAD JUST RE-PLATTED AND WE WOULD NEED. IT WOULD BE BEST PLANNING PRACTICES TO HAVE A CONSISTENT ZONING DISTRICT ACROSS THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. AND YOU KNOW, IT WOULD ELIMINATE ANY BARRIERS THEY MAY COME UP. IF WE'RE MOVING ON TO PLAN, REVIEW, BUILDING PERMITS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, WHENEVER WE WERE ANALYZING WHAT DIRECTION TO TAKE, WE DID DECIDE TO GO WITH THE REZONING. IF YOU LOOK ALONG SEAWALL BOULEVARD ON THE ZONING MAP, WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE SHORTER BLOCKS WHERE COMMERCIAL IS ENCROACHING OR NOT ENCROACHING. BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE PROPERTIES ARE ZONED COMMERCIAL. SO, WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS OUT OF CHARACTER FOR GALVESTON, ESPECIALLY ALONG SEAWALL BOULEVARD. WE, YOU KNOW, ARE CONTAINING OUR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN OUR OWN BLOCK. WE'RE NOT DIRECTLY ABUTTING A PROPERTY THAT'S ZONED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UN IS A MIXED-USE ZONING DISTRICT. SO, YOU KNOW, MANY ZONING, I MEAN, MANY COMMERCIAL USES ARE ALLOWED WITHIN UN. A LOT OF THEM ARE LIMITED USES. BUT IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET WANTED TO CONVERT INTO A RETAIL LIKE COMMERCIAL USE, WOULD THAT THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. AND THEN WHENEVER WE WERE LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE DID FEEL LIKE IT MET GALVESTON'S ECONOMIC GOALS, SOME LAND USE GOALS, WHICH ARE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST AS A QUICK REFERENCE. BUT THAT IS BASICALLY WHY WE ENDED UP GOING DOWN THIS ROUTE TO REZONE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD JUST. WE HAVE A CLEAN SLATE WITH A REPLAT. IT'S A SINGLE PROPERTY, AND HAVING A CLEAN ZONING DESIGNATION FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY WOULD BE BEST TO MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS POINT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COUNSEL, WE MAY CALL YOU BACK. IF NOT. DAVID, I HAVE A QUESTION ACTUALLY, BACK TO ADRIEL. IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF WE CAN PUT THAT THE COLORED ZONING MAP BACK ON THE SCREEN. NOW THE OTHER ONE. THAT ONE. THE 1000 BLOCK THERE IS THAT IS ALL OF THAT PINK IN THE. THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST. RED COMMERCIAL. IT'S NOT THE, THE PINK COLOR THAT'S UN AND NCD. THE DARKER COLOR IS THE HGC CORRECT? CORRECT. THE RED DARK COLORS. RED. PINK. YEAH. SO SO REDOING THIS BLOCK WOULDN'T BE OUT OF CHARACTER. IT WOULDN'T BE INTRUDING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD EVEN AS ANY FURTHER THAN THE NEXT BLOCK. IT'LL BE A FIRST STATEMENT. I WOULD SAY OKAY THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN ROBB, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I HAVE A COMMENT. I'M A FAN OF YOUR SEAFOOD, YOUR RESTAURANT. BUT WHAT I WORRY ABOUT IS THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGE, AND CHANGING THE ZONING ON THIS WHEN IT ISN'T NECESSARY JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. EVEN WITH YOUR EXPLANATION, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. AND CONFORMITY AND SO FORTH. EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO, YOU CAN DO WITH THIS ZONING. SO, I STILL DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR REZONING THIS PROPERTY AND THE FEAR OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN 50 YEARS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. IF I SPOKE TO THAT. YES, SIR. LET'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. COME FORWARD. WE HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR, FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, THIS IS THE APPLICANT. I'M SORRY. YES, SIR. BUDDY GLENNON, I'M THE OWNER OF K2 SEAFOOD. THIS IS MY WIFE AND MY SON. HE RUNS A RESTAURANT AND MY WIFE RUNS A RESTAURANT. I FISH, SO HAVING A CONSISTENT ZONING WOULD BE IMPORTANT IF THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT THAT I WANTED TO DO. I HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING THAT. BUT AS THINGS GO FINANCIALLY, IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH THE PROPERTY AND IT IS A BIG PIECE OF PROPERTY [01:05:06] AND SEAWALL NEEDS A LOT OF PARKING. SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, I THINK MY NEIGHBORS WERE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR VIEW OF THE OF THE WATER FROM THEIR FROM THEIR AIRBNBS THAT THEY HAVE BEHIND ME. I HAD ONE GUY IN HERE TALKING ABOUT THAT. AND WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE THAT'S NOT ON THE SEAWALL, YOU SHOULDN'T EXPECT TO HAVE THAT VIEW OF THE SEAWALL FOREVER. SO I THINK WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO IT AND HAVE TO DIG INTO THAT PARKING LOT AND PUT IN WATER RETENTION AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THERE MAY BE A REASON THAT I'VE DONE A DEVELOPMENT IN GALVESTON FOR THE CITY OF GALVESTON AT PIER 19 FOR MY FISH HOUSE. WHEN WE STARTED OUT, IT WAS A $1.4 MILLION PROJECT, AND I WAS HAPPY WITH THAT. AFTER I GOT THROUGH THE THINGS I HAD TO CHANGE, IT WAS A $2.4 MILLION PROJECT, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CONSISTENCY HERE COULD ALLEVIATE MY STRESS OVER THINGS THAT MAY COME UP THAT NOBODY I MEAN, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS BECAUSE THEY FEEL CONSISTENCY IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. IN 50 YEARS, NONE OF US WILL BE HERE. SO, LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN 50 YEARS. LET'S WORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TODAY. LET'S WORRY ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TODAY AND GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU I'M NOT GOING TO BUILD A MONSTROSITY IN FRONT OF THESE PEOPLE. I'M GOING TO BUILD A RESTAURANT THAT THE PEOPLE OF GALVESTON WILL ENJOY, AND THE TOURISTS THAT COME DOWN TO THIS CITY WILL ENJOY. AND I THINK MY ENGINEERING COMPANY IS RIGHT ON THE MARK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE CONSISTENT ZONING, AND THERE'S NO REASON TO DO IT, APPARENTLY, BUT THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO DO IT. BECAUSE ONCE I LAY DOWN ABOUT, WHAT, THREE QUARTERS OF $1 MILLION OF CONCRETE RIGHT THERE, I WON'T WANT TO TEAR THAT UP FOR A WHILE, AT LEAST NOT IN MY LIFETIME. AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A PERSON OF MY WORD. WHEN I SAY I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING, I DO IT, AND I'M GOING TO BUILD A RESTAURANT WITH A PARKING LOT. THAT'S IT. SO GIVE ME A CONSISTENT ZONING. SO, MY ENGINEERING COMPANY AND I CAN FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT MOVING AHEAD ON THIS, ON THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY BE 7 TO $10 MILLION PROJECT WHEN WE'RE DONE. SO VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NOW THE OPEN OPENED UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT ALREADY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS PROJECT? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DO THAT. YES, SIR. HI. YEAH, MY NAME IS RICHARD DENSON. I LIVE HERE ON THE ISLAND, AND I HAVE SEVERAL LONG TERM RENTALS ON M AND A HALF DIRECTLY BEHIND THERE. ACTUALLY, THERE'S SOME OF THEM RIGHT THERE. AND, AND I THINK THE, THE APPLICANT HIMSELF JUST STRESSED MY BIGGEST FEAR WHEN HE SAID THERE'S A LOT OF LAND THERE AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF LAND THERE. AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. AND IF YOU TURN IT INTO A COMMERCIAL PIECE, YOU'RE TAKING AWAY A LOT OF LEVERAGE THAT ALL OF THE HOUSES THAT GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THAT PROPERTY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WHAT GOES THERE BY TURNING THAT INTO A COMMERCIAL INSTEAD OF AN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN I BOUGHT THOSE HOMES, ACTUALLY BACK IN THE 90S, THERE WAS A WHOLE GROUP OF PROPERTIES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT. THERE WAS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, A COUPLE OF HOUSES, ANOTHER HOUSE DOWN AT THE END. IT WAS REALLY NICE. THEN ONE DAY THEY TORE THEM DOWN SEVERAL YEARS LATER. BUT I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT IF HE CAN BUILD HIS VISION, WHICH IS VERY NICE AND I LIKE IT, AND I WANT HIM TO BUILD IT JUST LIKE HE'S PROPOSED, THEN, THEN HE CAN DO IT WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. THEN THERE'S NO NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES AND TAKE AWAY OUR FUTURE OF WHAT COULD BE ON THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE FOR ALL I KNOW, IT CAN GO TO THE BANK AND THEY CAN SAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST ON INTEREST. AND HE GOES, WELL, I THINK I'LL JUST SELL IT. THEN I'M STUCK. OR IN 15 YEARS HE MAY GO, I'M MOVING TO FLORIDA. I'M TIRED OF COOKING FISH AND BOOM, THE GUY BUYS IT AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, I GOT ALL THIS LAND. FORGET THIS. I'M GOING TO MOW THIS DOWN AND BUILD A CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX. WELL, YOU'VE TAKEN AWAY EVERYTHING WE HAVE AS NEGOTIATING POWER ON THAT. WHEN YOU TURN AROUND AND YOU TAKE AWAY THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT WAS, WAS WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT PROPERTY THERE. SO ANYWAY, I HOPE HE BUILDS IT JUST LIKE THAT. IF HE WANTED TO BUILD IT JUST TO A PERFECT STANDARD, HE COULD HAVE DONE A PUD ON IT, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REAL EASY WAY TO DO IT. [01:10:04] AND BUT HE DECIDED TO DO IT THIS WAY, AND THAT'S FINE TOO. BUT I WOULD JUST HOPE YOU ALL KEEP IT AS IS, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? IT IS SIX. YES, SIR. COME FORWARD IF YOU WOULD PLEASE. HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DEREK GUTIERREZ. I'M BUDDY'S SON, PRIOR SERVICE MARINE. GIVE ME A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO. I WORKED OVERSEAS AT EMBASSIES, WORKED PRIVATE SECURITY, AT EMBASSIES OVERSEAS. I'VE COME HOME. I'VE REALLY HELPED MY DAD WORK THIS BUSINESS. I GOT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS BUSINESS. I HAVE OVER 130 EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW. I HAVE NO MALICIOUS INTENT TO DO ANYTHING CRAZY. I REALLY LOVE MY EMPLOYEES. I REALLY LOVE MY STAFF. I HAVE PROBABLY THE HIGHEST RETENTION RATE IN GALVESTON, I'D SAY AS A RESTAURANT HERE. I BRAG ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'M HERE TO DO. I'M HERE TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, I REALLY DO. I DO BELIEVE THAT I'M HERE TO HERE TO TRY TO TRY TO HELP MY FELLOW MAN. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT HE'S GIVEN ME TO RUN THIS RESTAURANT AND TO TO DO SOMETHING GREAT. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE. I LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON RECORD THAT I HAVE NO INTENT OF SELLING THAT PROPERTY EVER IN MY LIFETIME WHILE I'M OPERATING THAT. AND AND I WOULD LIKE TO HELP MY DAD BUILD FINISH HIS LEGACY OFF. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? IT IS 6:12 P.M. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM EIGHT B, BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ANY TYPE OF ACTION. COUNCIL. MAYOR. YES, SIR. I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. ABOUT. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILMAN COLLINS. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOUVIER. OH, YEAH. I GOT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. RIGHT? YEAH. DID. I DID GET IT, DIDN'T I? I THOUGHT SO. GOT YOURS. VERY GOOD. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL? VERY GOOD. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT DOES PASS 5 TO 1. THERE WE GO. WITH ONE ABSTENTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. POWER OF THE POWER OF THE CRAB. THANK YOU. THE CRAB. VERY GOOD. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 8.C, PLEASE. [8.C. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Designating The Property Located At 1211 Church/Avenue F, As A “Galveston Landmark”, Property Is Legally Described As M.B. Menard Survey, Lot 5 And East Half Of Lot 4, Block, 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-071; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (C. Gorman)] ITEM 8.C, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1211 CHURCH AVENUE AS THE GALVESTON LANDMARK PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS MB MENARD'S SURVEY LOT FIVE AND EAST HALF OF LOT FOUR BLOCK IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, REQUESTING THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER TO RECORD THE PROPERTIES. 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, DASH 071, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT. VERY GOOD. CATHERINE. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE ALEXANDER AND MARY CATHERINE EVERETT HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1893 AND EXPANDED IN 1880 AND 1888. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN AN ESTABLISHED AND FAMILIAR VISUAL FEATURE OF THE EAST END HISTORIC DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 150 YEARS. THE GALVESTON ARCHITECTURAL GUIDEBOOK MENTIONS THE PROPERTY AND CALLS ATTENTION TO THE HOUSE FOR THE BUILDING'S DISTINCTIVE VICTORIAN ROCOCO STYLE TRIM. THE EVERETT FAMILY MAINTAINED OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY FOR OVER 100 YEARS, AND AS A RESULT OF THE FAMILY'S LENGTHY OWNERSHIP, VERY FEW CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE BUILDING LANDMARK COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THANK YOU. CATHERINE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS GORMAN? IT IS 6:14 P.M.. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM EIGHT. C ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS? YES. HEY. GOOD AFTERNOON. HI, BRIAN, I'D LIKE TO COMPLIMENT CITY ADMINISTRATION FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT TO HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS FOR THE CITY. IT REALLY IS WONDERFUL. I ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITY STAFF, WHO WERE WONDERFUL GETTING US THROUGH LANDMARK AND PLANNING, ESPECIALLY CATHERINE, AS YOU WELL KNOW, GREAT, GREAT STAFF ALL THE WAY THROUGH [01:15:09] AND WE WERE HAPPY TO GET THE HOUSE FROM THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF, THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF MR. EVERETT WHO BUILT IT. AND IT'S BEEN FUN TO KEEP IT AND SAVE IT. AND LIKE THAT GUY SAID, YOU JUST DO IT AND YOU JUST YOU'LL DO IT AGAIN. SO WE REALLY THANK YOU ALL. WE ALSO WANT TO THANK JAMIE DURHAM AND THE GALVESTON HISTORIC FOUNDATION FOR HER REALLY EXCELLENT EFFORT AT PUTTING TOGETHER THE APPLICATION. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU KATHY. BEAUTIFUL HOME. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? IT IS 6:15 P.M. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM EIGHT C I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. OH PLEASE. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILWOMAN ROBB SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN LOUIS. WE'LL GET THAT UP ON THE SCREEN. THERE WE GO. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. HANG ON, HANG ON. OH, NO. NO. STUCK. TRY ONE MORE TIME. COUNCILWOMAN ROBB MOTION, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS. THERE. THERE WE GO. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THAT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY ALL THOSE THAT ARE HERE. MAYOR, DO YOU MIND? THANK YOU. KATHY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. DO YOU MIND IF WE DO THE PRESENTATION OF THE PLAQUE? YEAH, BY ALL MEANS. SURELY. THANK YOU. YOU. THANK YOU. MY PEDIATRICIAN. OH, THAT'S SO GOOD. YOU'RE A PEDIATRICIAN. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DR. ROBINSON'S BEEN TELLING ME TO LOSE WEIGHT SINCE I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. YEAH. I KNOW. WELL, YOU DID. YOU DID. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 8.D, PLEASE. [8.D. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Designating The Property Located At 3427 Avenue O, As A “Galveston Landmark”, Property Is Legally Described As M. B. Menard Survey, Lots 1 & 2 (1011-1), Northwest Block 62 Galveston Outlots, 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-067; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (D. Lunsford)] ITEM 8.D CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3004 27 AVENUE O AS THE GALVESTON LANDMARK PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS MB MENARD SURVEY LOTS ONE AND TWO, NORTHWEST BLOCK 62, GALVESTON. OUTLOTS. AND IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON 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, P-6067, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT. VERY GOOD. DANIEL. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS THE POWHATAN HOUSE, WHICH IS KIND OF A WELL KNOWN BUT NOT WELL KNOWN. THIS IS PART OF THE POWHATAN HOUSE. ORIGINALLY FROM VIRGINIA. JOHN SEABROOK SYDNOR AND WIFE SARAH FIRST CAME TO GALVESTON IN 1840. SYDNOR OWNED THE J. S SYDNOR AND COMPANY, BUILT TWO STEAMSHIPS USED AROUND GALVESTON, AND ALSO SERVED AS CITY ALDERMAN AND MAYOR. THE SYDNOR HOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY NEAR THE BRYAN MUSEUM'S CURRENT LOCATION, WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS, AND MOVED AROUND 1894. THIS LANDMARK REQUEST IS FOR THE MAIN PORTION, WHICH IS THE ONE HERE AT 3427 AVENUE O. LANDMARK COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, AS DOES STAFF. AND HERE WE HAVE THE PHOTO OF THE QUOTE UNQUOTE MAIN PORTION. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LUNSFORD? COUNSEL? HARD TO BELIEVE THIS HADN'T ALREADY BEEN LANDMARKED. YEAH, VERY MUCH SO. IT IS 6:18 P.M. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 8.D. IS THERE ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS? HEARING NO RESPONSE. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:19 P.M. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM EIGHT D. I'LL SECOND. HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS. I WANT TO THANK THE GALVESTON GARDEN CLUB. THEY HAVE BEEN THE STEWARDS OF THIS STRUCTURE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, AND I APPRECIATE THEM BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO LANDMARK, THIS STRUCTURE. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT STRUCTURE FOR FOR GALVESTON. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO COMMENT. IT'S A LOVELY, LOVELY HALF A HOUSE OR A THIRD OF A HOUSE, HOWEVER MUCH IT WAS. IT'S ODD HOW THIS HOUSE WAS DECONSTRUCTED, SHIPPED HERE, PUT BACK TOGETHER. AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT THIRD PIECE FOR A LONG TIME. BUT I THINK BUT I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT IT'S UP FOR LANDMARK. AND THIS WAS THE SYDNOR HOUSE, WHICH, AS I UNDERSTAND HIS SON'S NAME WAS SEABROOK SYDNOR. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. AFTER WHOM? THE CITY OF SEABROOK IS NAMED? [01:20:01] I BELIEVE SO, YES. SAME FAMILY. THE RESEARCH ON THIS THAT YOU DID REVEAL THAT, AND I WAS FASCINATED BY THAT. SO GLAD TO SEE THIS HAPPENING. VERY GOOD. LET'S CAST OUR VOTES, PLEASE. THAT IS UNANIMOUS. FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE. [8.E. Landmark Designation - 3716 Avenue O 1/2 - Planning Case Number 23P-070 Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Designating The Property Located At 3716 Avenue O 1/2, As A “Galveston Landmark”, Property Is Legally Described As M. B. Menard Survey, West 19-5 Feet Of Lot 11 And East 32-1.5 Feet Of Lot 12 (1011-1), Northeast Block 60 Galveston Outlots, 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; Designating The Site As A Historically Or Archeological Significant Site In Need Of Tax Relief To Encourage Its Preservation; Planning Case Number 23P-070; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (D. Lunsford)] ITEM 8.E, PLEASE. ITEM 8.E. CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3716 AVENUE O AND A HALF AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS MB MENARD SURVEY WEST 19 FIVE FEET OF LOT 11 AND EAST 32 1.5FT OF LOT 12, NORTHEAST BLOCK 60, GALVESTON. OUTLOTS 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, DESIGNATING THE SITE AS A HISTORICALLY OR ARCHEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANT SITE IN NEED OF TAX RELIEF TO ENCOURAGE ITS PRESERVATION PLANNING. CASE NUMBER 23, P070, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT. DANIEL. GO RIGHT AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE KIRK ROBINSON HOUSE, ORIGINALLY FROM NORTH CAROLINA. THOMAS AND BESSIE KIRK HAD THIS TWO STORY, L-PLAN QUEEN ANNE STYLE HOUSE BUILT IN 1899. THOMAS KIRK WAS AN EDUCATOR AND SERVED AS PRINCIPAL OF THE DENVER RESURVEY SCHOOL CAMPUS WHILE HE WAS IN GALVESTON. LATER, THE HOUSE WAS OWNED BY HOWARD ROBINSON, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SANTA FE RAILROAD, ALONG WITH HIS WIFE, MAUDE. THEY OWNED THE HOUSE FOR 69 YEARS AND THE CURRENT OWNER IS THEIR DESCENDANT. THE HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY CHARLES BULGER, A WELL KNOWN ARCHITECT WHO PRACTICED IN GALVESTON FROM 1891 TO AROUND 1906. BULGER DESIGNED A NUMBER OF GALVESTON LANDMARKS AND HISTORIC PROPERTIES WHICH STILL STAND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ONCE AGAIN, LANDMARK COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, AS DOES STAFF. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE A PHOTO HERE OF THE HOUSE. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU. DANIEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LUNSFORD? IT IS 6:22 P.M. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 8.E. AND IS THERE ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? YES, SIR. COME FORWARD. MY NAME IS JIM FOSBURY. MY WIFE IS NANCY. HER HER GREAT GRANDPARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND HER AND HER MOTHER LIVED IN THIS HOUSE DURING THAT 70 YEAR PERIOD, PLUS AUNTS AND UNCLES. WE'VE HEARD A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER FOR DIFFERENT TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER DURING DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. WELL, NETTIE MAUDE DURING THIS PERIOD LOST HER SON TOM, TO TUBERCULOSIS. AND TUBERCULOSIS WAS RAMPANT DURING THAT PERIOD. SHE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTIVE OF PROTECTING THE CHILDREN FROM TUBERCULOSIS DURING THAT PERIOD. IT'S KIND OF FORGOTTEN AT THIS POINT, BUT IT WAS A BIG ISSUE THEN HER MOTHER AND IN HER LATER DAYS WHEN SHE WAS REALLY HAVING A TOUGH TIME, SHE SAID, I WANT TO GO HOME. AND NANCY SAID, WHERE IS THAT? AND SHE SAID, GALVESTON. SO VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THE APPLICATION. YOU'RE WELCOME VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. VERY GOOD. IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? IT'S 6:23 P.M. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 8.E FOR MOTION COUNCIL MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. MOTION FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILWOMAN ROBB. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN LOUIS. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT. THERE WE ARE. THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THOSE THAT ARE HERE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. MAY WE GET A QUICK. YES, SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WANT TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON ITEM EIGHT F THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE MEETING? ITEM EIGHT F AND ITEM 8G8F BEING A PUD ON THE WESTERN END OF THE ISLAND AND EIGHT G BEING THE PUD ON THE EASTERN END OF THE ISLAND. BOTH OF THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. WE WILL NOT BE RECEIVING ANY PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS. MOVING TO ITEM NINE, PLEASE, MA'AM. [9.PUBLIC COMMENT] ITEM NINE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE JUST SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR AGENDA ITEMS. [01:25:03] NON AGENDA ITEMS. I'M GOING TO START WITH E HENDERSON. OKAY. READY? HELLO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I'M OUTRAGED BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS INCOMPETENT, INEPT AND CORRUPT. LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET IT IN THREE MINUTES. I DIDN'T LIE ABOUT SUING ANTONIO SMITH AND HIS ACCOMPLICES. I WON THE CASE AND WAS GIVEN COURT ORDERS. I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THESE SAME PEOPLE AND THEIR ACCOMPLICES. BECAUSE THE COURT ORDERS WERE REMOVED AND THEIR CRIMINAL RECORDS WERE EXPUNGED, AND THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THEY ARE ADULTS, THEY'RE REPEAT OFFENDERS. AND MORE THAN ONE STUFF WAS NOT A MISDEMEANOR, MORE THAN ONE CHARGE. THESE CULPRITS HAVE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED MINORS AND MANY OF THEM HAVE STDS. I'M FURIOUS. THEY LIED BY SAYING I AM INVOLVED, SO DON'T HELP ME. THIS IS BS BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE A PENIS AND I AM NOT A MEMBER OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY. EVERYBODY WAS PENETRATED WITH PENISES YOUNG, YOUNG AND OLD, MALE AND FEMALE BODY SEX OFFENDERS. SO EVEN THE GOVERNMENT WORKERS THAT ARE INVOLVED DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL. BECAUSE THESE ARE BASIC THINGS YOU LEARN IN SCIENCE CLASS. AND IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE HAD SEX BECAUSE THEY'RE DISGUSTING WHORES, INCLUDING THE GOVERNMENT WORKERS THAT SLEPT WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED. YOU KNOW, LIKE, I THINK YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THEY DID NOT INVESTIGATE. I'M NOT INVOLVED BECAUSE I'M A FEMALE. I WAS BORN A FEMALE. I'M NOT A TRANNY OR ANYTHING. I'M NOT LGBT. THEY WERE PENETRATED WITH PENISES, EVEN THE MALES. DON'T BLAME ME FOR THIS. I'M FURIOUS BECAUSE I AM A VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT AND FRAUD. THEY STOLE FUNDS FROM MY BANK ACCOUNT, PILFERED FUNDS AND EMBEZZLED FUNDS BECAUSE THEY STOLE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION. I'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ONE MORE THAN ONCE TO Y'ALL, THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE POLICE. THE GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO FIND MY MONEY AND THE BANK REFUSED TO FIND MY MONEY EITHER. AND THEY WILL NOT CLEAR EVERY SINGLE RECORD THEY HAVE ON ME. I TOLD THEM MY PERSONAL INFORMATION WAS STOLEN. THEY USED IT AND GOT CHARGES. Y'ALL NEED TO FIND MY MONEY THEY STOLE FROM MY BANK ACCOUNT. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THIS NIGGER WORKS. I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE AND I'VE HAD MORE THAN ONE JOB. DON'T STEAL FROM ME, I AM LEGIT. I'M NOT THE ONE THAT'S A DRUG DEALER AND A PIMP AND A PROSTITUTE. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE I SUED THAT, YOU KNOW, ALSO RAPED PEOPLE. AND I WON MY CASE AS WELL. YOU EVIL SINNERS ALSO GOT ME BLACKBALLED. SO WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO? Y'ALL STOLE FROM ME BECAUSE Y'ALL COMMITTED IDENTITY THEFT AND FRAUD. Y'ALL WON'T FIND THE MONEY THEY STOLE FROM MY BANK ACCOUNT. I CAN'T GET A JOB BECAUSE Y'ALL BLACKBALLED ME WHEN I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE AND WORK VERY HARD, AND I AM LEGIT. SO I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE ANGRY ABOUT THAT. I HAVE BILLS TO PAY, SO FIX IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF COMPLAINING. I'VE BITCHED ABOUT THIS MORE THAN ONCE. Y'ALL CONTACTED PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO DATE ME BECAUSE THE SEX OFFENDER GOT MAD AND SAID, YOU KNOW, DON'T DATE HER, DON'T MARRY HER. I'M FURIOUS BECAUSE I DO WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN AND GET MARRIED. I'M PISSED OFF Y'ALL HELPED THAT PERSON. THIS IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT INVOLVED BECAUSE I REPORTED THESE PEOPLE, PEOPLE COMPLAIN PRIOR TO THE YEAR 2000 ABOUT THESE SEX OFFENDERS. DON'T BLAME ME. I'M NOT INVOLVED. THANK YOU, MS. ANDERSON. SETH JONES, SETH JONES. YEAH, WELL. SETH JONES, EXCUSE ME. LIVE ON 1628 MARKET STREET IN GALVESTON ON THE EAST END. AND I'M HERE. SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF ITEM TEN F CONSIDERED PROPOSAL PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BEACH ACCESS PLAN. THE CITY SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE BEACH ACCESS PLAN DATED JUNE 16TH. THIS IS THE RESPONSE FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. IT SAYS THE CITY PROPOSES TO DECREASE THE SIZE OF THE RESTRICTED USE AREA FROM 2640FT TO 1640 LINEAR FEET, AS STATED IN THE GLOW'S DECEMBER 19TH, 2022 INFORMAL REVIEW LETTER. THE PLAN. THE ENTIRE LINEAR FOOTAGE OF THE RESTRICTED USE AREA MUST BE PRESERVED AND OR RELOCATED TO ANOTHER AREA OF EAST BEACH TO ENSURE CONTINUED ACCESS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SALTWATER FISHERMEN AND THE LAUNCHING OF NON-MOTORIZED PERSONAL WATERCRAFT, AND THE GLO IS REQUIRED TO MAKE AN AFFIRMATIVE FINDING THAT IT PLANS PROPOSED CHANGES TO VEHICULAR ACCESS AND BEACH PARKING WOULD PRESERVE OR ENHANCE THE PUBLIC'S CURRENT EXISTING USE AND ACCESS OF THE BEACH. [01:30:02] THIS PROPOSAL, DATED 10/26/2023, DOES NONE OF THAT, AND ACTUALLY IT GOES THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. SO. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU, HOW MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE PUSHED A LOVED ONE'S WHEELCHAIR OR CARRIED 50 POUNDS OF FISHING KAYAK GEAR, OVER 1000FT OF PARKING LOT, DUNES AND BEACH, AND 98 DEGREES DEGREE SUMMER HEAT? THE ELIMINATION OF THE STUART BEACH SPECIAL USE AREA TAKES AWAY THE LAST HALF A MILE WHERE THE HANDICAPPED, DISABLED, VETERANS AND LICENSED ANGLERS HAVE THE EFFECTIVE AND CONSISTENT ACCESS TO THE BEACH AND WATER. RESIDENTS REJECT THE PROPOSAL TO REDUCE THE RESTRICTED USE AREA. TEXANS REJECT REJECTED IT. THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM REJECTED IT IF THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS REJECTING IT, WHY DOES THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS ITEM? IS IT BECAUSE, IN THE WORDS OF CITY STAFF, THAT THE MARGARITAVILLE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT CHAIN SAID THEY WOULDN'T DEVELOP THE BEACH HOTEL UNLESS IT WAS ELIMINATED? IS THIS THE KIND OF NEIGHBORS WE WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY? THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM OUT THERE FOR SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP ON THAT BEACH SINCE THE 70S AND KNOW IT VERY WELL AND HAVE SEEN THE CONSTRICTED, GRADUAL CONSTRICTION AND ELIMINATION OF PUBLIC ACCESS ON THAT BEACH AREA. THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM. ASK YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD JIMMY DO? MAYOR BROWN, YOU'RE ON PUBLIC RECORD STATING THAT THE WAY THE PRIOR PROPOSAL WENT THROUGH COUNCIL WAS NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, AND THAT THIS NEW WAY WOULD BE FOLLOWING PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THE RECENT PROPOSALS OF STAFF SIGNED BY COLIN CLARK ON TEN. SO, TO QUOTE, I'LL END IT HERE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. TO QUOTE TODAY'S INVOCATION, MANY MAY COUNCIL'S DECISIONS. TO BE JUST AND FAIR FOR ALL CITIZENS OF. WHO AMONG YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO ADMIT? THE ELIMINATION WAS. THANK. THANK YOU, MR. JONES. SHEILA. BELL. SHEILA. HI, Y'ALL. HI. EVERYBODY. DOING? WE'RE DOING FINE, SHEILA. ALL RIGHT, NOW, LET'S GET THIS THING ROLLING. SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. THANK THE LORD FOR OUR ILLUSTRIOUS MAYOR. AND I FORGOT TO MENTION WANTED TO MENTION THIS FOR A LONG TIME. YOU GAVE ME THE BIGGEST SMILE. COUNCILWOMAN LOUIS, YOU BLESSED ME. SO THAT DAY I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WAS PAYING NO ATTENTION TO SHEILA BAIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS YOU ALL DO, Y'ALL ARE VERY CORDIAL. GOT A LOT TO SAY. OKAY, WHERE AM I AT 239. ALL RIGHT. FOUR. SIX SAYS MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. NOT KNOWING SOME STUFF CAN GET YOU IN A LOT OF TROUBLE. FOR INSTANCE, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, ASSEMBLY OF NATIONS IS GOING TO ATTACK AMERICA. EZEKIEL. NO. EXCUSE ME. JEREMIAH 50:9, THE EAGLE AND DANIEL IS IN DANIEL SEVEN FOUR. THAT'S US. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH DANIEL CHAPTER SEVEN IS CHINA, RUSSIA AND TEN MIDDLE EASTERN NATIONS ARE GOING TO ATTACK AMERICA. ALSO, THE EAGLE, THE ONLY ONE BEING ATTACKED. SO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO BACK AND READ DANIEL 7:7. AND THERE'S ALL GOING TO BE ALSO GOING TO BE AN ATTACK BY THE NORTH COUNTRY. JEREMIAH 50:9. THERE IS ONE ON THE NEWS. SO, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS ALL THIS CORRELATES WITH OUR CURRENT WORLD EVENTS. OKAY. AND DANIEL SEVEN AND FIVE IT TALKS ABOUT A BEAR. THAT BEAR REPRESENTS CHINA. IT'S A PANDA BEAR. NOW THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT GOD TOLD ME. NOW THE BEAR ECONOMY AND THE FAMINE IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. WHICH IS WHY, SHEILA, I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU, Y'ALL TO GET FOOD, STOCK UP LIKE CRAZY. BECAUSE A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON, WHAT Y'ALL DON'T KNOW AND WHAT AMERICA DON'T KNOW IS IT COINCIDES WITH BIBLE PROPHECY. THE LORD COULD BE COMING THROUGH THE CLOUDS BASED ON WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN ISRAEL. IT'S A BAD SIGN. IT'S NOT GOOD. AND GOD'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ISRAEL AND IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. BUT A LOT OF OTHER STUFF GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE THAT. NOW, IN ONE VISION GOD GAVE ME, CHINA IS GOING TO PUT A LOT OF CHEMICALS IN THE AIR. HE GAVE ME THIS IN 2012. PART OF IT HAPPENED. BUT THE THE OTHER PART IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE A FAMINE. FAMINE MEANS NO FOOD. THAT BEAR IS EATING RIBS. RIBS DON'T HAVE MEAT ON THEM. THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS PROPHETICALLY. SO YOU GOT TO SHOP. NOW THEY WANT TO STARVE AMERICANS INTO COMPLIANCE. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON TV IS A RELIGIOUS WAR PLAYED OUT THROUGH NATURAL MEN. AND SO, WHAT THEY'RE GOING AFTER IS RELIGIOUS SUPERIORITY. REVELATION CHAPTER 13. EVERY TIME YOU SEE THE WORD WORSHIP, THAT'S WHAT THAT MEAN. IT MEANS THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE WANT TO KILL YOU IF YOU DON'T SERVE THEIR GOD OR THEIR RELIGION. [01:35:05] NOW, WHAT GOD GIVES ME TO DO IS EXPLAIN WHAT THE PROPHECY HARD TO DISTINGUISH. IT'S HARD UNLESS GOD REVEAL IT TO YOU. AND HE REVEALED IT TO ME. SO, WHAT I TRY TO DO IS SHARE WITH YOU, GET YOUR LIFE JACKETS, GENERATORS, WALKIE TALKIES. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME PROGRAMS. Y'ALL ARE IMPLEMENTERS. Y'ALL GET STUFF DONE. Y'ALL HELP PROTECT THIS CITY BECAUSE WE GOING TO NEED IT. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. SHEILA RICHARD DENSON, HE HAD TALKED BEFORE. I THINK HE'S ALREADY SPOKEN. VERY GOOD. CHULA. ROBB. SANCHEZ. CHULA. HELLO, EVERYBODY. HELLO, CHULA ROBB SANCHEZ. I LIVE ON 9111 TEICHMANN. I CAME TO SPEAK ABOUT TEN F, AND I GUESS I WAS SOMEWHAT TAKEN ABACK BY ORDINANCES NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS BECAUSE NOTHING COULD WARRANT A PUBLIC HEARING MORE THAN BEACH ACCESS. IT'S ABOUT THE PUBLIC BEACH. SO, I HAVE HERE IN FRONT OF ME IT'S A BOOK. SOME OF YOU I THINK THREE OF YOU KNOW ABOUT. IT'S THE BEACH ACCESS AND DUNE PROTECTION PLAN REVIEW. I CO-CHAIRED THAT WHILE I WAS WITH JERRY MON, AND WE WERE CHARGED WITH FINDING ALL THE INADEQUACIES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT WE WERE NOT COMPLYING WITH FOR THE GLO AND TOOK US OVER A YEAR. AND IT'S HERE IN THIS REPORT, AND I KNOW I SEE SOME OF YOU THAT WERE THERE, MR. COLLINS, THE MAYOR, AND JOHN PAUL. AND SO I GAVE YOU A LIST. I ASKED HIM TO PRINT OF THE TOP TEN PRIORITIES. AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US TODAY. I ASK YOU TO NOT VOTE FOR IT, TO REJECT IT, BECAUSE IT IS THE ANTITHESIS OF WHAT OUR COMMITTEE HAD RECOMMENDED. I MEAN, IT REALLY CONSTRICTS PUBLIC USE IN MYRIAD WAYS, AND I CAN'T GO INTO THEM. I HAVE A MINUTE AND 40S LEFT. BUT NUMBER ONE, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PIECE OF PAPER, IS RESTORE POCKET PARKS, NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE, AND DEVELOP POCKET PARK NUMBER FOUR TO ALLEVIATE PRESSURE ON NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO, WHAT WE'RE DOING BY CONSTRICTING PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON BEACH. ET CETERA. ET CETERA IS PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND IT'S NOT IN HERE. BUT WE EXPLICITLY IN OUR LETTER TO THE MAYOR AT THE TIME, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL WAS TO HIRE A COASTAL MANAGER WHO WAS FAMILIAR WITH COASTAL POLICY, COULD WORK WITH THE GLO AND COASTAL POLICY AND MORPHOLOGY, MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY. AND SO THEY COULD WRITE GRANTS. AND WE WERE SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT. WRITING GRANTS TO DEVELOP, REDEVELOP WHERE MY FAMILY AND MY KIDS PLAYED AT THE POCKET PARKS SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD GO THERE INSTEAD OF PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THE PLAN THAT WE'RE RESUBMITTING THE AMENDMENTS DO EVERYTHING BUT ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. AND BRIEFLY IN A FEW SECONDS. I'M TIRED OF THIS DOCUMENT BEING USED AND PICKED OVER AND MISQUOTED BY BOTH COASTAL MANAGERS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRUE. AND I'VE LET THEM KNOW. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T A GROUP OF RENEGADE BEACH PEOPLE ON THIS LIST. LET ME TELL YOU WHO THE MEMBERS WERE. JOHN, BRYCE, RHONDA, GREG, CAROL HOLLOWAY, JERRY MOAN, BARBARA REILLY, BRUCE REINHART, MYSELF, PAUL SAVON, RUBEN TREVINO, AND JONI STEINHOUSE. SO IT WAS A GREAT MIX OF PEOPLE WHO CAME UP WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BEHOOVE ALL OF YOU TO HAVE A COPY OF THIS. AND READ, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT. AND NOT PASS THESE AMENDMENTS. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. TRULY APPRECIATE IT. JACKIE KO. JACKIE. GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE ISLAND, JACKIE. THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. THE SANDHILL CRANES ARE BACK AT THE AIRPORT IN. THE SCISSOR TAILED FLYCATCHERS ARE FLYING. CAN YOU START MY TIME OVER AGAIN, PLEASE? THE. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BEACH ACCESS PLAN REVISIONS TEN F. THIS ITEM, I THINK, HAS BEEN PRESENTED PRETTY MOSTLY AS HOUSEKEEPING. YOU WANT TO CLEAN, BRING THE PLAN INTO COMPLIANCE AND MAKE IT MATCH TO WHAT'S ON THE GROUND AND SO FORTH. AND SOME OF THESE CHANGES ARE INCONSISTENT, INCONSEQUENTIAL, BUT OTHERS ARE NOT. AND I'M GOING TO ADDRESS POCKET PARK NUMBER THREE. AND THIS THE TRUE LOSS OF PUBLIC ACCESS AT THAT POINT WHEN IT WAS OPEN. NOW OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW IT WAS DESTROYED OR DAMAGED IN IKE, AND THEN IT WAS USED AS THE STAGING GROUNDS FOR 305 AND SO FORTH. [01:40:04] BUT WHEN IT WAS OPEN, IT WAS ALLOCATED A MINIMUM OF 273 SPACES WITH AN ADA WALKOVER. YOUR REQUESTED PLAN DESIGNATES THAT TO BE CLOSED AND ONLY 350FT OF BEACH PARKING AND 300FT OF BEACH PARKING FOR ADA. IF YOU MATCH THAT UP WITH THIS GLO'S 15FT PER PARKING SPACE, THAT'S 43 CARS, 20 CARS ADA AND 23 REGULAR, A 15% OF WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE PREVIOUSLY. THIS IS COMPLETELY INADEQUATE. NOT TO MENTION THAT YOU'RE TRYING, YOU KNOW, THE HYPOCRISY OF CLOSING THE BEACH AT SUNNY BEACH TO PROTECT THE BEACH AND TO PROTECT THE TURTLES, THE DUNES. AND YET YOU'RE MOVING THIS PERMANENTLY ONTO ON BEACH PARKING. I RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO NOT CEMENT THIS LOSS OF A PARKING ACCESS. WITH THIS PROPOSAL, YOU NEED TO REOPEN THAT PARKING LOT. OR BARRING THAT, NOT CARING ABOUT THE BEACH. YOU EXTEND THE BEACH AREA ANOTHER THOUSAND FEET THE OPEN WHERE THE BOLLARDS ARE BECAUSE. BUT EVEN THAT WOULD ONLY GIVE YOU HALF THE PLACES, HALF OF THE PARKING SPACES. THAT WAS AT BEACH POCKET PARK THREE. PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU JACKIE. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT? I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND WE'RE MOVING TO ORDINANCES NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS. 10.A, PLEASE. [10.A. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending “The Code Of The City Of Galveston, Texas 1982, As Amended,” Chapter 28 “Pensions,” Article I “In General” By Adding Section 28-12 “Amendment No. 11”, To Increase The Employer Contribution Rate To The City Of Galveston Employees' Retirement Plan For City Employees; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Providing For An Effective Date. (B. West)] ITEM 10.A CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, 1982, AS AMENDED. CHAPTER 28 PENSIONS ARTICLE ONE ENGINE IN GENERAL BY ADDING SECTION 28-12, AMENDMENT NUMBER 11, TO INCREASE THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATE TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT PLAN FOR CITY EMPLOYEES, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE BEVERLY. BEVERLY, COME. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. BEVERLY WEST, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. WE BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO YOU BECAUSE THE NON CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE PENSION BOARD VOTED TO INCREASE THE MULTIPLIER ON THEIR PENSION FROM 2.55 TO 2.65%. AND THIS WILL HELP THE EMPLOYEES, I BELIEVE, IN THE SHORT RUN AND HELP THEM WITH THE. WITH THE CAP THAT WE HAVE ON THE PENSION PLAN. IN ORDER TO INCREASE THIS MULTIPLIER, IT REQUIRES THAT WE MOVE 1.2% OR HAVE A 1.2% INCREASE IN THE CONTRIBUTION BY THE CITY, BRINGING IT FROM 12.15 TO 13.35%. ALL RIGHT. WE DISCUSSED THIS THIS MORNING. I KNOW IN WORKSHOP. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL FOR MISS WEST. THANK YOU, BEVERLY. APPRECIATE THAT. I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION COUNCIL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER LISTOWSKI. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED FOR ALL THAT ARE HERE. THANK YOU. BEVERLY. [10.B. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The Code Of The City Of Galveston, As Amended Chapter 9, “Bicycles”, To Amend Regulations Regarding Lighting Requirements On Motor Assisted Scooters; To Provide Definitions And Make Clarifications, As Applicable; Providing For Penalities And Fees As Applicable; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Providing For An Effective Date. (Finklea/Brown)] PLEASE. ITEM TEN. BE CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS. AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, AS AMENDED. CHAPTER NINE BICYCLES TO AMEND REGULATIONS REGARDING LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS ON MOTOR ASSISTED SCOOTERS. TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND MAKE CLARIFICATIONS AS APPLICABLE. PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES AND FEES AS APPLICABLE. MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. VERY GOOD. THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCIL MEMBER BOUVIER AND COUNCIL MEMBER FINKLEY. MIKE, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? YES. SO I WAS APPROACHED BY ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHERE HE WAS AT NIGHTTIME, PICKING UP ONE OF HIS CHILDREN AT A CERTAIN AREA AND ALMOST HAD A COLLISION WITH WITH ONE OF THESE SCOOTERS. AND IT WASN'T THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING INTENTIONAL. IT WAS JUST LIKE HE COULDN'T SEE IT. THEY WERE WEARING A DARKER SET OF CLOTHES. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS. AND HE AND THEN HE WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE HIS CHILDREN HAVE SCOOTERS LIKE THIS. AND SO, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROPOSAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE SCOOTERS ARE SEEN [01:45:09] AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT IT. YEAH. SO, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF 10.B. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. GO RIGHT AHEAD MARIE. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN. ROBB. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THAT'S UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [10.C. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending Multiple Sections Of Chapter 34, "Traffic" Regarding Parking; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Providing For An Effective Date. (R. Winiecke)] ITEM 10.C, PLEASE. ITEM 10.C, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 34 TRAFFIC REGARDING PARKING, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WELL, ROBB GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL TONIGHT. HAVE CONSIDERATION FOR YOU TONIGHT. MAKING SOME PARKING CHANGES AT POST OFFICE STREET BETWEEN 12TH AND 14TH STREET. COUNCILMAN COLLINS BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES LOCATED RIGHT THERE AT 14TH STREET THAT ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH PARKING. SO THEY'VE MADE A REQUEST TO DO OUR PARKING WITH RESIDENTIAL PERMIT EXEMPTED. AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT THE CORRIDOR, WE FOUND THAT THE BLOCK BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH STREET WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE. SO WE'RE CLEANING THAT UP AS WELL IN THIS ORDINANCE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WENIG? VERY GOOD. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM COUNCILMAN COLLINS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS. VERY GOOD. ANY DISCUSSIONS? COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. ROBB. STAY RIGHT THERE. ROBB, WE'RE COMING BACK. ITEM 10.D, PLEASE. [10.D. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending Chapter 34, “Traffic”, Section 34-111(B), Limited Parking Between 8:00 A.M. And 6:00 P.M.; Regarding The Two Hour Parking Time Limit In The Area Of Winnie Street And 24th Street; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Providing For An Effective Date. (R. Winiecke)] ITEM 10.D, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS. AMENDING CHAPTER 34 TRAFFIC. SECTION 30 4-111 LIMITED PARKING BETWEEN 8 A.M. AND 6 P.M. REGARDING TWO HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT IN THE AREA OF WINNIE STREET AND 24TH STREET, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. OKAY. VERY GOOD ROBB THANK YOU. SO, I RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM A PROPERTY OWNER THAT OWNS THREE LOTS ADJACENT TO THIS INTERSECTION AT 24TH AND WINNIE. THAT USED TO BE AN OLD DAIRY. THEY'RE LOOKING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN A NEW BUSINESS IN THAT LOCATION, A NEW COFFEE SHOP. AND THERE'S BEEN VEHICLES MONOPOLIZING THE CURB FOR LONGER THAN TWO HOURS. SO THEY REQUESTED TWO HOUR PARKING IN THIS AREA SO THAT CAN HAPPEN. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT. MR. GRAHAM GEORGE. AND THEN I ALSO HAVE VALERIE GREEN HERE AS WELL, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ROBB. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WINNICK? ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM AS WELL. I HAVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILMAN COLLINS, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. I HAVE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THIS. YES, SIR. THE REQUIREMENT, THE REQUEST TO CHANGE THIS TO OUR PARKING, I THINK, DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE'S BUSINESS MOVING. THE DOWNTOWN FOOTPRINT IS GROWING. WE'RE GETTING MORE BUSINESS IN THIS IN THIS AREA. THAT'S WHY THIS IS NEEDED. THIS LENGTHY MEETING DEMONSTRATES THE NEED FOR COFFEE. AND I'LL MAKE A COMMENT TOO. AS AS A BUSINESS OWNER THAT I HAD A BUSINESS DOWN ON POST OFFICE NINTH STREET, THAT WAS A STRUGGLE DOWN THERE TO HAVE PARKING. I MEAN, IT WAS A NIGHTMARE. SO, I'M GLAD THESE BUSINESSES ARE GETTING SEEN TO WHERE THEY HAVE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN PARK AND PROVIDE A SERVICE TO THEM. SO VERY GOOD. WE HAVE VOTED, SO IT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. ROBB. THANK YOU. ITEM 10.E. AND LET'S TAKE 10.E.1 FIRST PLEASE MA'AM. ITEM 10.E.1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, AS AMENDED. [10.E.1. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The Code Of The City Of Galveston, As Amended, Chapter 15, “Garbage And Trash”, Article II. ‘Rates And Charges” By Increasing The Monthly Fees Charged For Garbage And Trash Collection To The Amount Of $129.00 Per Month For Commercial Accounts; Decreasing The Days Of Service And Providing For Additional Carts; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Providing For An Effective Date. (D. Bender)] CHAPTER 15 GARBAGE AND TRASH. ARTICLE TWO RATES AND CHARGES. BY INCREASING THE MONTHLY FEES CHARGED FOR GARBAGE AND TRASH COLLECTION. BY REFLECTING THE COSTS TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NUMBER OF CARTS ASSOCIATED TO THE COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT, DECREASING THE DAYS OF SERVICE AND PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL CARTS. MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE MR. BENDER WITH US. THANK YOU. AND WHEN YOU DISCUSS THIS OR MENTION THIS, DUSTIN, IF YOU WOULD ALSO IF IT INVOLVES E2 AND E3, FEEL FREE TO MENTION THAT. YES, SIR. SURE. WELL E.1 IS A REVISION OF WHAT WE WORKSHOP TODAY ABOUT OUR COMMERCIAL RATE. SO WE WENT BACK AND AND LOOKED AT IT. AND WE CURRENTLY PROVIDE TWO CANS A MONTH FOR 5312. [01:50:04] AND AT YOUR DIRECTION WE PUT THIS RATE TOGETHER WHERE ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL CANS WOULD BE AT THE PER CAN RATE OF 2652. ALL RIGHT. AND THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO GIVE US THE ABILITY TO TO HANDLE HANDLE SOME ONE OFFS. SO IF THERE'S A SIX PLEX THAT'S JUST BURIED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CANNOT, CANNOT GET A DUMPSTER, THEN IT GIVES US SOME, SOME FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO PIGEON PIGEONHOLE OURSELVES WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T ASSIST THE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'RE RECOMMENDING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, SAY YOUR RECOMMENDATION. AGAIN, I RECOMMEND THAT THAT WE ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE, A REVISION OR ORDINANCE AND CHARGE THE COMMERCIAL RATE AS DESCRIBED IN WITH DEPARTMENT. FLEXIBILITY. CITY FLEXIBILITY TO TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT IF A SITE IS CONFINED AND A DUMPSTER ISN'T PRACTICAL. OKAY, SO THE WAY IT'S IN THE PACKET MATERIAL, YOU'RE SUPPORTING THAT. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO, THAT'S I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE. JUST TO CLARIFY, MAYOR. BASED ON THE WORKSHOP AND THE COMMENTS MADE AT THE WORKSHOP, OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE RATE SHOULD BE FOR THE TWO CARTS FOR EACH COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT AND A CHARGE PER 26. WHATEVER THE CHANGE IS FOR EACH ADDITIONAL CART, THAT WOULD BE THE RATE FOR THE COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS. THE ORDINANCE REFLECTS THAT THE NEW ORDINANCE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO COUNCIL REFLECTS THAT CHANGE. THE ORDINANCE REMAINS THE SAME IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CARTS THAT A COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT CAN HAVE WOULD BE FOUR. BUT WHAT MR. BENDER IS REFERRING TO IN SITUATIONS WHERE, DUE TO MAYBE JUST THE LOCATION OR WHAT'S AROUND THE COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GET A DUMPSTER IN, THEN THE DIRECTOR HAS THE ABILITY TO SAY, YOU CAN HAVE FIVE CARTS. ET CETERA. BUT BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED, THAT HAS BEEN REFLECTED IN THE NEW ORDINANCE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU PRIOR TO THE, IT'S ON OUR ON THE TABLE NOW. YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THAT'S WANTED TO CLARIFY AND VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. JOHN. WHEN DOES THIS GO INTO EFFECT? PROBABLY PROBABLY NOVEMBER 1ST FOR FOR THIS FOR THIS REVISION, WE DO NEED TO GIVE THE DOWNTOWN CUSTOMERS AMPLE TIME TO, TO SHIFT THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS. WELL, THAT'S LIKE I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT'S FIVE DAYS AWAY. I MEAN, WELL, NO, I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR FOR NOVEMBER. I GUESS I'M A MONTH BEHIND NOVEMBER 1ST, DECEMBER 1ST, PROBABLY FOR THE COMMERCIAL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE DOWNTOWN CUSTOMERS. OF JANUARY 1ST. JANUARY 1ST WOULD BE GREAT. IS THAT GOOD? OKAY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. JUST SOME TIME TO COMMUNICATE. YEAH. WE WANT TO DO THIS. WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE IT BOTH THROUGH OUR NORMAL CHANNELS AND POSSIBLY EVEN THROUGH THE BILLING CHANNELS. WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT. OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. VERY GOOD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THIS MOTION. SO LET'S GET THIS RESTATED. JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO US HERE AT COUNCIL AND TO BEGIN THE AND TO BEGIN THE ORDINANCE STARTING JANUARY 1ST, 2024. ALL RIGHT. WELL, MAYOR, IF I CAN JUST MAKE A QUICK CLARIFICATION. THE ORDINANCE WILL BE IN EFFECT ONCE IT'S PUBLISHED BECAUSE IT'S BEING ADOPTED TODAY, BUT YOU CAN START ENFORCEMENT OF IT JANUARY 1ST. YEAH. I'LL GET YOUR APPROVAL, JOHN. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A SECOND. BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB. THAT'S SECONDED. SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED TO US AT OUR POSITIONS HERE TONIGHT. AND TO START, THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE THE ORDINANCE WILL GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY, BUT ENFORCEMENT WILL NOT START UNTIL JANUARY 1ST. OKAY. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THAT. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S DO E.2, PLEASE. [10.E.2. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The Code Of The City Of Galveston, As Amended, Chapter 15, “Garbage And Trash” By Providing For Incidental Service Costs To Include Return Trip Costs, Additional Waste Costs, And Bulk Waste Disposal Costs; Providing Definitions; Providing A Penalty Violation; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Providing For An Effective Date. (D. Bender)] MA'AM, ITEM 10.E.2. CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, AS AMENDED. CHAPTER 15 GARBAGE AND TRASH BY PROVIDING FOR INCIDENTAL SERVICE COST TO INCLUDE RETURN TRIP COSTS, ADDITIONAL WASTE COST AND BULK WASTE DISPOSAL COSTS. PROVIDING DEFINITIONS, PROVIDING A PENALTY VIOLATION. [01:55:03] MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. VERY GOOD, MR. BINDER. SO, THIS ORDINANCE WAS KIND OF THE IMPETUS OF THIS WAS FROM SOME FEEDBACK WE GOT AT THE INITIAL WORKSHOP WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE RATE MODEL FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY AMENDMENTS TO IT. IT STILL SITS AND IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM. SO, IT REALLY KIND OF ALIGNS THE CITY WITH BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, IF YOU WILL. IT HAS YOU KNOW, IT HAS IT HAS THE INTENTION OF KEEPING THINGS IN CARTS AND MINIMIZING THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY WITH LITTER AND VECTORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND IT ALSO DRIVES EFFICIENCIES IN THE DEPARTMENT. THE MORE GARBAGE THAT WE HAVE IN A CART, THE THE LESS LABOR, THE LESS WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR EQUIPMENT WE HAVE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND IT ALSO IT ALSO ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET AN EXTRA CART OR TO NOT PRODUCE SO MUCH GARBAGE. IT ALSO MAKES US, IT ALSO MAKES US WHOLE ON SOME OF THE, THE, THE INCREDIBLE PILE WORK THAT WE DO. SO THERE'S YOU'VE ALL SEEN IT. WE'LL SEE. THEY'RE BEING ENTICED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND REALLY GOOD TRASH. SO JUST LIKE I SAY, IT'S KIND OF JUST PRACTICING WHAT REALLY EXISTS THROUGHOUT GALVESTON COUNTY AND DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. STAFF, GENERALLY, HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE. YARD DEBRIS, THE LIMB PICK UP, THE CLAW STUFF. WELL, THE PILES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN NOTED TO BE THREE BY THREE BY FIVE. SO, WE'LL CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT. SO THE BRUSH WILL STILL BE PICKED UP ONCE A WEEK AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. AS LONG AS THE PILE IS COMPLIANT. THAT'S THAT'S KEY THAT THAT'S NOT GOING THE RATE FOR THAT. NO. WE'RE STILL ABLE TO DO THAT. THIS IS TO GET A HANDLE ON ALL THAT EXTRA DEBRIS, THE SOFAS, THE THINGS THAT APPEAR RIGHT, EVICTION CLEAN OUTS, THAT THAT SHOW UP ON THE ON THE CURB OVER THE WEEKEND, THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU. YES, JOHN? AND SO, THAT WHAT YOU JUST SPOKE OF ABOUT BUNDLING PILES OF LIMBS AND BRUSH. LOOKS LIKE IT'S NEW TO THIS ORDINANCE. WAS THAT IN THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE? IS THAT IN OUR ORDINANCE CURRENTLY THAT LANGUAGE EXISTS IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, IT'S DEFINED. OKAY. WHY IS IT IN YELLOW? IT'S IN YELLOW BECAUSE IT'S BEEN PUT IN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT BULK TRASH. AND SO, WE FELT THAT FOR EASE OF SOMEBODY LOOKING AT THE CODE, FOR THEM TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ALL THAT WAS, WAS WHAT IT WAS, WHAT IT MEANT. THE SIZE LIMITS ARE ELSEWHERE IN THE GARBAGE AND TRASH OR CODE AS WELL AS I BELIEVE IN THE LITTER PORTION AS WELL. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS. I MEAN, I THINK YOU NEED SOME TYPE OF REGULATIONS TO NOT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM PUTTING BAGS OF TRASH BY THEIR CANS. MY, ONLY MY ONLY REAL CONCERN HERE IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A BIT IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT HARD TO MANAGE THIS. AND BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CHARGING BY THE CUBIC YARD. SO HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU MEASURE THAT? I MEAN, IT REALLY IS A DIFFICULT AND IT REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING THAT'S UNCOMMON ANYWHERE. I MEAN, I WORKED FOR A TOWN WITH 70,000 ACCOUNTS, OKAY. AND THAT IS HOW THE FEE STRUCTURES WERE. I MEAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE GOING TO DUMP AND YOU HAVE A 40 CUBIC YARD DUMPSTER, IT'S EASY. OH, THAT THING'S FULL. IT'S 40YD³. IT'S I MEAN, YOU CAN VISUALIZE THREE BY THREE BY THREE FAIRLY EASILY, AND WE CAN EQUIP THE GUYS WITH TAPE MEASURES IF NEED BE. AND WE HAVE CAMERAS THAT. OKAY, WE CAN WE CAN TAKE PICTURES OF. AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE DRACONIAN. NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I MEAN WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE OVERWHELMED BY PEOPLE COMPLAINING OR, YOU KNOW, SAYING, HEY, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T. YOU'RE CHARGING ME FOR TWO CUBIC YARDS, AND I ONLY HAD ONE, OR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND IT COULD BE JUST LABOR SOME. YEAH. I MEAN, WE HAVE WE'LL HAVE SOME SOPS TO PUT INTO PLACE, OKAY. AND WE'LL HAVE SOME PROTOCOLS AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE A LEARNING CURVE. WE'LL PROBABLY BE WAIVING A FAIR AMOUNT OF THESE FEES AS, AS WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY STEEP PRICE. I MEAN, THIS IS NOT A $45 PER CUBIC YARD, AND YOU'RE PAYING $26 A MONTH FOR YOUR TRASH CAN, AND NOW YOU'VE GOT A $45 [02:00:01] CHARGE ON YOUR BILL. IT'S INTERN, THOUGH WE DO AS A CITY, OFFER A 1,000 POUNDS OF THE TRANSFER STATION FOR EVERY. YEAH, YEAH. NO, I THINK WE WE ARE FAIR ON THAT. THERE'S NO DOUBT. I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW? AND THE WAY I SEE IT HERE, I HOPE YOU ALL CAN IMPLEMENT THIS SMOOTHLY. YEAH, YEAH. IF, MR. BINDER, IF THIS DOES PASS, EDUCATION IS GOING TO BE THE KEY HERE. WE'LL NEED TO GET THINGS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WORKING WITH MARISSA. THEY NEED TO BE INFORMED OF ALL THIS. AND WHEN WILL THIS BEGIN? I THINK OUR TARGET, OUR TARGET REALLY IS FEBRUARY 1ST. I THINK THAT GIVES US TIME TO GET OUR OUR INTERNAL SYSTEMS IN PLACE AND CERTAINLY EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS AND AND BUILD, BUILD THAT WELL, THAT OUTREACH IS RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. IT'S BOTH. YES. AND THAT GETS US IN PLACE. WE GET HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO EDUCATE BEFORE PEOPLE REALLY START TRIMMING AND PRUNING AND WORKING IN THE YARDS IN THE SPRING. AND THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT DONNA SAID. IT GOES INTO THIS ORDINANCE IS APPROVED, GOES INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY, BUT WOULD NOT BE ENFORCED UNTIL FEBRUARY 1ST. IS THAT CORRECT? I HAVE A QUESTION. I KNOW WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT IF THERE WAS A HURRICANE, DEBRIS WOULD BE EXCLUDED, BUT WHAT IF WE HAD A FREEZE AGAIN? OH YEAH, WE RAN. WE RAN BULK LAST YEAR AND IT WAS AT NO CHARGE. WE DID IT, YOU KNOW, AS A DISASTER AND ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING. BUT WE WOULD DO THAT. I'M SORRY. GO RIGHT AHEAD, SIR. WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING ABOUT ACTUALLY ADDING THAT INTO THE ORDINANCE THAT THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A WEEK BECAUSE WE DO THIS CURRENTLY. YOU WANT US TO ADD THE CLEAN GALVESTON, THE SPRING EVENT. YEAH. COULD WE ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN THE ORDINANCE. SO SO IT'S IN WRITING AND PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THAT IS NOT IN THIS ORDINANCE, NOT IN THIS ORDINANCE ISN'T LET'S DO MORE ORDINANCES. IT WASN'T CAPTIONED THAT WAY OKAY. SO AGAIN YOU HAVE TO LET FOLKS KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE. BUT AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED, DUSTIN AND I WILL BE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE CHAPTER AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE HEARD ALL THE COMMENTS AND WE CAN BRING THAT TO YOU ONCE WE'VE REVIEWED IT AND, AND OR SOONER. IF YOU JUST WANT TO ADD THAT PORTION TO I FEEL THIS WILL BE BACK TO US. I'LL JUST, I'LL QUIET UP. I'M GOING TO. LOOK TOWARDS THE COUNCIL SANITATION CONSULTANT, JOHN FOR A MOTION. I'LL MOVE. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN. ROBB IS OUR CONSULTANT FOR APPROVAL AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LISTOWSKI. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. SHARON. IT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW, 10.E.3. [10.E.3. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The Code Of The City Of Galveston, As Amended, Chapter 15, “Garbage And Trash”, Article II. “Rates And Charges” By Increasing The Monthly Fees To Be Charged City Customers For Garbage And Trash Collection To The Amount Of $31.15 Per Month; Decreasing The Days Of Service To One Day A Week; Providing For Additional Carts; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Providing For An Effective Date. (D. Bender)] DO WE NEED TO? THAT'S NOT EVEN PART. WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO CONSIDER THAT NOW. BE DEFERRED INDEFINITELY. ALL RIGHT, SO I MAKE THE MOTION TO DEFER TEN E THREE INDEFINITELY. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? DID I GO SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. NOPE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MAYOR, WHILE WE'RE WAITING TO VOTE, IF I COULD COMMENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? IT IS UNANIMOUS. WHILE YOU'RE WAITING TO VOTE, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS ABOUT OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR, AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT ABOUT DUSTIN, TOO. THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST OPPORTUNITIES GALVESTON'S HAD TO HIRE SOMEBODY THAT'S TRULY A PROFESSIONAL IN THIS FIELD. WE'RE SEEING IT NOW IN THE DATA COLLECTION. WE'RE SEEING IT NOW IN OUR EQUIPMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK DUSTIN FOR HIS HARD WORK AND LET THE CITIZENS KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN GOOD HANDS WHEN IT COMES TO SANITATION. NOW, WE DO HAVE A TRUE PROFESSIONAL RUNNING THAT DEPARTMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT DOESN'T HAVE 50 OTHER TASKS TACKED ON TO HIM EITHER. HIS JOB IS SANITATION. SO, THANK YOU, MR. BENDER. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO 10.F, PLEASE. [10.F. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The Code Of The City Of Galveston, Chapter 29, “Planning – Beach Access Dune Protection & Beach Front Construction”, Article II. Appendix A: Beach Access And Parking Plan, To Modify Regulations Related To Access Point (AP) 2: Stewart Beach; AP 3: Stewart Beach Urban Park; AP 6: Pocket Park #1; AP 8: Beachside Village Subdivision; AP 9: Pocket Park #2; AP 12: Bermuda Beach; AP 13: Pocket Park #3; To Authorize The City Manager And Or Their Designee To Submit The Requested Amendment To The Texas General Land Office For Certification And To Execute All Necessary Documents Related To The Same; Planning Case Number 23PA-009; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (K. Clark)] ALL RIGHT. TEN F. CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON. CHAPTER 29 PLANNING, BEACH ACCESS, DUNE PROTECTION, AND BEACHFRONT CONSTRUCTION. ARTICLE TWO, APPENDIX A BEACH ACCESS AND PARKING PLAN TO MODIFY REGULATIONS RELATED TO ACCESS POINT TO STEWART BEACH AP THREE STEWART BEACH URBAN PARK AP SIX POCKET PARK NUMBER ONE AP EIGHT BEACHSIDE VILLAGE SUBDIVISION AP NINE POCKET PARK NUMBER TWO AP 12 BERMUDA BEACH AP 13 POCKET PARK NUMBER THREE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER OR THEIR DESIGNEE TO SUBMIT THE REQUESTED AMENDMENT TO THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE FOR CERTIFICATION AND TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SAME PLANNING CASE. NUMBER 23-009, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT. [02:05:02] MR. CLARK? YES, SIR. GO RIGHT AHEAD, SIR. THANK YOU. YES. IN 2019, THE CITY OF GALVESTON WAS ADVISED BY THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE THAT WE WERE IN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH SOME OF OUR PARKING AT OUR BEACH ACCESS POINTS. THAT KIND OF KICKED OFF A THREE YEAR EFFORT TO GET BACK INTO COMPLIANCE. SO THE CATHERINE GORMAN, TIM AND PREVIOUS COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGER WORKED WITH THE GLO ON TRYING TO ADDRESS OUR PARKING INADEQUACIES AND MANY EFFORTS WITH WORKING WITH LOCAL HOAS AND THE CITY AND PARK BOARD TO COME UP WITH THOSE. SO EARLIER THIS YEAR, IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, WE WERE ACTUALLY GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WERE BACK INTO COMPLIANCE WITH OUR PARKING WITH THE THE PLAN THAT WE CAME UP WITH. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO ANY AMENDMENTS ON OUR BEACH ACCESS PLAN OR DUNE PROTECTION PLAN UNTIL WE WERE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE WERE TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THREE PLANS THAT WE SENT UP IN JUNE THAT YOU ALL VOTED ON IN APRIL AND MAY COULD BE SENT UP TO THE GLO AS SOON AS WE WERE BROUGHT BACK INTO COMPLIANCE. WE DID NOT HAVE TO SEND THESE AMENDMENTS UP WITH THOSE THREE AMENDMENTS. ONCE WE SUBMITTED THAT PACKET IN APRIL, GLO NOTIFIED US THAT NO, THOSE SHOULD ALSO BE ADDRESSED WITH THOSE OTHER THREE AMENDMENTS. SO, WHAT THIS IS, IS ADDRESSING THE PARKING ORDINANCES TO GET THEM INTO COMPLIANCE IN OUR DUNE PROTECTION AND BEACH ACCESS PLAN. THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE IS ACTUALLY TRACK CHANGES THAT THE GLO MADE ON OUR PACKAGE THAT WE SENT UP IN JUNE. SO, THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE PUT IN OUR PLAN, THE MAPS IN THE PACKET OR MAPS THAT WERE CREATED FROM THE PREVIOUS COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGER TEAM AND THE GLO. SO THAT'S WE'RE ASKING IS TO GET THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE SO WE CAN SEND IT, SEND THE PACKET BACK UP THERE WITH THESE CHANGES AND THE OTHER THREE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE VOTED ON BACK EARLIER THIS YEAR. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CLARK MIKE. THAT'S OKAY ON PARK POCKET PARK NUMBER THREE YOU HAVE HERE SHORT TERM CONFIGURATION. WHAT IS THE LONG TERM CONFIGURATION. SO THAT POCKET PARK USED TO HAVE ALL OFF BEACH PARKING. IT GOT DAMAGED. AND THE LONG TERM CONFIGURATION IS TO HAVE OFF BEACH PARKING. WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVE A GRANT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH GLO TO REPAIR IT BACK TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE IT GOT DAMAGED BY HURRICANE IKE. SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE THE OFF-BEACH PARKING, GLO HAS SAID YOU HAVE TO OPEN THAT BEACH BACK UP TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. SO RIGHT NOW A SHORT TERM IS ALLOWING THE VEHICLES BACK ON THE BEACH. BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH GLO TO REESTABLISH PARKING IN THAT AREA. SO ONCE WE GET THAT IF IT'S NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER, WILL WE BRING THEM BACK? ANOTHER ORDINANCE CHANGE SAYING AT POCKET PARK. THREE. THIS IS WHAT THE OFF-BEACH PARKING WILL BE CHANGING THE ORDINANCE. BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE THAT'S SHORT TERM. THAT'S WHERE IT IS. BUT LONG TERM WE'RE WANTING TO REESTABLISH THAT OFF BEACH PARKING AND WALK OVERS AND THINGS THAT WERE DAMAGED IN PREVIOUS STORMS. SO WHEN YOU DO THE OFF BEAT PARK OR THE OFF BEACH PARKING, DOES THAT MEAN THE HANDICAPPED PARKING IS GOING TO BE OFF BEACH? WE CAN SO THE WE CAN LEAVE THAT ON THERE DESIGNATED AS A SPECIAL. AND WHAT WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING WITH THESE HANDICAPPED ADA ACCESSIBLE AREAS ARE DESIGNATING THOSE WITH BOLLARDS JUST LIKE IT WOULD BE ON A REGULAR PARKING LOT. SO IT WILL BE DESIGNATED WITH BOLLARDS PAINTED BLUE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DESIGNATING THIS IS JUST AN ADA AREA ONLY. SO WE CAN WE GET THE POCKET PARK THREE REESTABLISHED. WE CAN HAVE THAT IN OUR ORDINANCE. WE CAN GO TO GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO ESTABLISH ADA IN THIS AREA ONLY, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE BE OFF BEACH OKAY. JOHN. HOW MUCH ON BEACH PARKING DO YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW AT POCKET PARK THREE. ALL. ALL ON BEACH. HOW? WHAT'S THE LINEAR FOOTAGE? 300FT. CURRENTLY, THERE'S 300FT THERE. THREE. 350 I APOLOGIZE. 350. CURRENTLY THERE'S 350. [02:10:02] YES, SIR. SO HOW DO YOU DESIGNATE 300 OF THE 350? YOU JUST YOU JUST PAINT THE AREA. WELL, WE'LL BE WE'LL BE ESTABLISHING, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE ESTABLISHING, YOU KNOW, A BOLLARD LINE. AND I SAID PUTTING UP THE SIGNS SAYING, YOU KNOW, ADA ACCESS ONLY AND IT'S ONLY FOR LINEAR, IT'S NOT FOR THE ENTIRE WIDTH. SO OTHER PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, DRIVE ON. WE'RE ONLY GOING TO MAKE IT WIDE ENOUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN GET IN THERE AND AND TURN AROUND, SELF-REGULATE IT. THERE'S NOBODY OUT THERE THAT'S. NO, IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ACCESS. IT'S ALL SELF REGULATED. AND THERE'S ONLY THREE CURRENTLY YOU CAN DRIVE ON THAT BEACH, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND THERE'S ONLY 300FT. 350FT. YES. BUT POCKET PARK THREE IS REOPENING, SO POCKET PARK THREE, THAT WAS DESTROYED AND ALSO THEN BECAME THE WHATEVER SETUP AREA FOR TXDOT. AND PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THAT WAS THEN BLACKTOPPING IT SO THAT THAT WOULD SAVE US THE COST SO WE COULD GET IT BACK OPEN. AND THEN THERE IS ALSO OTHER PARKING AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING PLANNED THAT WILL ALLOW FOR MORE PARKING THAN AND GET CARS OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT AREA. THIS POCKET PARK IS OWNED BY THE COUNTY. YES, WE MANAGE IT. WE? YEAH. WE MAKE THE CITY OWNED BY THE COUNTY, THOUGH. DO WE NEED ANY APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY TO DO ANY OF THIS WORK? I BELIEVE WE I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OR AGREEMENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT. YEAH. I MEAN, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY, WITHOUT APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY TO GO OUT THERE AND PUT A PARKING LOT DOWN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YES. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE AND OPERATE IMPROVE IT. OKAY. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE GLO THROUGH A GRANT TO REDO IT. WE'RE DOING THE ENGINEERING AND GETTING EVERYTHING SET UP TO GO BACK OUT THERE AND START WORKING ON IT AND, AND JUST GIVE ME A, YOU KNOW, A VERY BASIC TIMELINE ON. WE'VE GOT A MEETING WITH GLO NEXT WEEK TO GO OVER 75% ENGINEERING GET THEIR COMMENTS. AND OUR GRANT, I BELIEVE IS UP IN THE END OF 2024. SO WE'RE MOVING AGGRESSIVELY TO START POSSIBLY MOVING ON, MOVING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. NEXT YEAR. YOU HAVE A MEETING TO GO OVER 75% ENGINEERING. YEAH, YEAH. SO OUR ENGINEERS YEAH, OUR ENGINEERS REDESIGNED AND THE THE PARKING AND THE DRAINAGE AND STUFF OUT THERE FROM THE, FROM THE DAMAGES AND STUFF. SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT WITH GLO NEXT WEEK AND THAT'S 75% IS DONE. YES, SIR. OKAY. GREAT. YEAH. DAVID. YEAH I WANT TO I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME MISCOMMUNICATION OR LACK OF CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE THE 1000FT OF SPECIAL USE AREA WE'RE LOSING ON THERE. WE'RE CLOSING ON THE, THE EASTERN EXTENT OF STEWART BEACH. AND WE'RE SPREADING THAT DOWN THE BEACH, INCLUDING 500FT THERE ON THE WESTERN END OF STEWART BEACH. BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE AN ADA AREA. IT'S ONLY 15 CARS AT THE WESTERN EXTENT OF APPLE PARK. AND, YOU KNOW, JOHN CAN EXPRESS A CONCERN ABOUT ENFORCEMENT FOR THIS. YOU PUT UP BOLLARDS, YOU PUT UP SIGNS. THAT'S ONE THING. BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES WITH MARSHALS, THE COORDINATE WITH THE BEACH PATROL TO DO BETTER ENFORCEMENT OF THESE SPOTS, BECAUSE THE ONE, THE ONE AT APPLE PARK, IT'LL HAVE 200 CARS IN IT, NOT A NOT A HANDICAPPED PLACARD IN THE BUNCH. YOU KNOW, IT IS DESIGNATED IN THE PLAN, AS I UNDERSTAND IT FOR HAVE THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S PARKING THERE. BUT THE ON BEACH PARKING IS SUPPOSED TO BE RESTRICTED TO ADA PARKING. I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US ENFORCE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE BECAUSE AS WE MOVE WE NEVER ENFORCE IT ON THE THE THE SPECIAL USE AREA. YES, SIR. I DON'T THINK IT WAS EVER ENFORCED THERE. BUT AS WE SPREAD IT OUT FURTHER DOWN THE BEACH, INCLUDING THAT PART ON STEWART BEACH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MUCH STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF THAT THAT'S CHANGED THE CULTURE ABOUT WHAT THESE ADA COMPLIANT AREAS ARE FOR. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN BOUVIER. SO NOW I'M CONFUSED. SO ARE YOU SAYING THE SPECIAL USE AREA THAT IS EAST OF STEWART BEACH IS NOT THERE ANYMORE? NO, NO, WE WENT FROM 2600 TO 1600 FEET, CORRECT? YEAH. WE'RE WE'RE MOVING. IT'S STILL A SPECIAL USE AREA. YES, 1600 FEET OF IT. WE'RE REDUCING THE SIZE FROM 2600. WE'RE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE SIZE FROM 2600 TO 1600. THE GLO SAYS WE THEIR LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED SAID IT MUST ALL BE MAINTAINED ON THE EAST END. [02:15:01] BUT SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GLOBE COMMISSIONER AND SUBMITTING THIS INFORMATION UP TO GLOW IS THE PLAN THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH. SO WE'VE HAD SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS SINCE THAT LETTER. WE'VE RECEIVED THAT LETTER AND MEMO BACK IN AUGUST, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY ON THE WEST SIDE, PROVIDING MORE THAN 100FT, 500FT, 1000. AND WE'RE PUTTING IN STATE OF THE ART HANDICAPPED PARKING AND ACCESS ON EAST BEACH, STEWART BEACH, STEWART BEACH. EXCUSE ME. AND I DO I DO THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA TO MOVE SOME ADA PARKING TO THE WEST END OF THE ISLAND. I MEAN, IT'S IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO GO OUT THERE, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THE PARKING OUT THERE. I WAS I'M SURPRISED, THOUGH, THAT THE GLO IS LETTING US TAKE A 350 FOOT BEACH AND PUT THE 300 FOOT OF ADA PARKING ON THAT 350. I MEAN, IT'S THERE'S LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING THE ENTIRE WIDTH SO PEOPLE CAN STILL PEOPLE WILL STILL ACCESS IT. PEOPLE WILL STILL GO THROUGH THERE. PEOPLE CAN. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH I GUESS THE ADA CARS GET FRONT ROW. IT'S GOING TO BE HANDICAPPED PARKING. YEAH. AND THE GLOW IS REALLY PUSHING TO HAVE WATERSIDE WATER WATER ACCESS FOR ADA. SO THAT'S WE ARE YES. WE ARE PROPOSING ON OUR AREAS OF STARTING AT THE WATER'S EDGE, MOVING UP LIKE I SAID, NOT THE ENTIRE WIDTH, BUT TO. TO START ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE GLOBE HAS HAD A COASTWIDE OF HAVING WATER ACCESS FOR ADA. YEAH. QUESTION ON THIS COUNCIL. I'M CLEAR ON THIS POCKET. PART THREE. CURRENTLY, THERE'S 350 LINEAR FEET THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND TO THE TO THE GLO HERE. 300FT OF THAT WILL BE ADA. YES. ALL RIGHT. CURRENTLY IN THE PARKING LOT ITSELF THERE'S NO PARKING. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. THERE'S NOT ANY DESIGNATED. WE'VE SAID THAT THERE'S NO PARKING THERE. THAT'S WHY WE'VE OPENED IT BACK UP. OKAY. OUR GOAL IS THOUGH TO GET THIS BACK OPEN ON THE PARKING LOT THERE AT POCKET PARK THREE. WHEN WE DO THAT, THAT WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT WE HAD BEFORE. YES, SIR. OKAY. WHAT HAPPENS THEN WHEN WE OPEN THAT PARKING LOT? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 300FT OF ADA? WE CAN PROPOSE TO LEAVE IT AS ADA ACCESS ONLY. AND AS COUNCILMAN COLLINS SAID, ENFORCE IT. IF WE HAD MORE ENFORCE IT. BUT WE COULD. YEAH, WE CAN RECOMMEND LEAVING IT AS AN ADA ACCESSIBLE. ONLY HAVE OFF BEACH PARKING OF 240 SPOTS AND HAVING THIS 300FT IS ADA ACCESSIBLE ONLY. OKAY. AND MY THE WHAT'S OUR TIMELINE AGAIN ON GETTING THAT PARKING LOT BACK OPEN. I KNOW YOU SAID TXDOT, MARIE HAD SAID THEY WOULD BLACKTOP. THAT WOULD BE THE BETTER. NO, WE'RE ABOUT WE'RE AT 70% OR 75% ENGINEERING ON IT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A GRANT WITH THE GLO TO TRY TO GET THIS BACK OPEN AGAIN. SO, HE'S MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW. BUT WE'RE OUR GOAL IS TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THIS NEXT YEAR EARLY NEXT YEAR. OKAY, DAVID, ARE WE NOT SHORT CIRCUITING THE CONVERSATION ON THAT AREA CLOSE TO POCKET PARK THREE? BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY POCKET PARK THREE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AP 13 AND 14 OR JUST 13 BECAUSE AP 14 IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT. SO, WHEN YOU SAY 350FT, IT'S BASICALLY 350FT EITHER SIDE OF IT. BUT WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE 350 ON THE AP 13 SIDE. WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO AP 14, THE 350FT OR WHATEVER THAT IS, IS SOMETHING THAT'S THAT REMAINS AP 14 AND THAT THAT THAT STAYS THERE. CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY. SO, I MEAN IT'S NOT IT'S NOT 350FT TOTAL. IT'S 700FT TOTAL. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I ASKED. WELL, I KNOW BUT THE TROUBLE IS THAT AP 13 FRONTS POCKET PARK THREE. AP 14 IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. SO YOU KIND OF GOT TO LOOK AT THE PICTURE TO RECOGNIZE WHAT IT IS. AND THERE ARE THERE ARE HANDICAPPED RAMPS AND HANDICAPPED PARKING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WEST END. IT'S LIKE HOW EVERY SO MANY. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN DRIVE ON TO THE BEACH, BUT THEN WE ARE ACTUALLY INSTALLING MOBILE MATS AT ACCESS AT POCKET PARK FOUR. WE GOT FROM THE GLO AND WORKING WITH SOME OF THE HOA'S OUT THERE THAT HAVE THEIR OWN PRIVATE WALKOVERS, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH ADA, SO WE'RE STARTING TO WORK WITH THEM ON THEIR DUNE WALKOVERS. SO, WE'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUSHING THAT ON THE WEST END ADA ACCESS TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT GLO HAS. I ALSO WANT TO COMMENT THAT THAT IT IS OUR INTENTION IN THE LONGER TERM TO REESTABLISH BOTH THREE AND FOUR AS ACCESSIBLE, USABLE AREAS AND BUILD THOSE OUT. [02:20:03] THAT'S JUST IT'S JUST A LONGER PROCESS THAN WE WISH IT WAS. CORRECT. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM I MOVED TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF 10.F BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS? ANY DISCUSSION? UH, I DO, I'M SO CONFUSED ON THIS SUBJECT THAT I CANNOT VOTE FOR THIS THING. THIS IS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE WHOLE FRIGGIN PLAN, BUT THAT'S JUST ME. NO, I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. I JUST WANT TO SAY, IF THIS DOESN'T, THIS IS. THIS IS WHAT GLO SAYS WE HAD TO DO TO BE BROUGHT BACK INTO COMPLIANCE. SO IF WE HAD TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO GLO TO ADDRESS OUR OUR PARKING SHORTAGES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. YOU DID NOT GET YOUR SECOND BUT IS MENTIONED BY SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS. CAN WE VOTE FOR. I THINK OUR SYSTEM IS FROZEN, SO LET'S DO MANUAL. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT, THAT DOES PASS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [10.G. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston Approving The 2023-2024 Annual Service Plan Update To The Service And Assessment Plan And Assessment Roll For Public Improvements For The Bayside At Waterman’s Public Improvement District In Accordance With Chapter 372, Texas Local Government Code, As Amended; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Providing For An Effective Date. (M. Hay)] ITEM 10.G, PLEASE. ITEM 10.G. CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON APPROVING THE 2023-2024 ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT RULE FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE BAYSIDE AT WATERMAN'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 372, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. VERY GOOD. WHEN I READ THIS ITEM, IT BRINGS BACK THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS PUSHING THIS INITIALLY WAS COUNCIL MEMBER NORMAN PAPPAS. SO WE'RE STILL WRESTLING WITH THIS SUBJECT. MICHELLE, GO RIGHT AHEAD. SURE. GOOD EVENING. THIS, OF COURSE, IS AN ANNUAL OCCURRENCE FOR THE COUNCIL. IT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 2014. BUT THIS IS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL OF THE 2023-2024 SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR THE BAYSIDE AT WATERMAN'S PID, AND APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE THAT IS SET TO GO WITH IT. SO, ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS.? HEY. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION COUNCIL. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 10.G. I HAVE A SECOND. OKAY. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT IS UNANIMOUS. COUNCILWOMAN ROBB HAS STEPPED OUT. SHE IS NOT PRESENT. I WANT TO THANK MICHELLE. THIS IS HISTORICALLY BEEN DONE BY MISTER LOFTON. BUT MICHELLE HAS STEPPED UP AND DONE THIS NOW. AND THIS IS HER BABY FROM HERE EVER AFTER. SO AT LEAST UNTIL 2044. YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MICHELLE. DON'T FORGET THAT. APPRECIATE THAT. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 11 PLEASE. [11. CONSENT ITEMS ] 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 ARE ON THE SCREEN. VERY GOOD. ON THIS ITEMS AND THE CONSENT. AS YOU REMEMBER FROM THIS MORNING, ITEM 11.H HAS BEEN DEFERRED. IT IS NO LONGER ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR ACTION. IF THERE'S ANY, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY PARTICULAR ITEMS THEY'D LIKE TO PULL INDIVIDUALLY? I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 11.A TO ADDRESS INDIVIDUALLY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. HEARING NO OTHER RESPONSE. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF LIGHT ITEMS 11.B THROUGH 11.M. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. COUNCILWOMAN LOUIS, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. [11.A. Consider For Approval A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Galveston, Texas Recognizing The Second Saturday In May As World Migratory Bird Day And The Upcoming May 11, 2024 As World Migratory Bird Day; Authorizing The Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council To Continue Pursuit Of Certification In The “Bird City Texas” Program; Supporting The Application Of The Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council Application For The Certification; Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Those Documents Necessary In Regard To The Request; And Providing For Findings Of Fact And Providing For An Effective Date. (Brown)] ITEM 11.A, PLEASE. ITEM 11.A CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS. RECOGNIZING THE SECOND SATURDAY IN MAY AS WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY AND THE UPCOMING MAY 11TH, 2024 AS WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY, AUTHORIZING THE GALVESTON ISLAND NATURE TOURISM COUNCIL TO CONTINUE PURSUIT OF CERTIFICATION IN THE BIRD CITY, TEXAS PROGRAM SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION OF THE GALVESTON ISLAND NATURE TOURISM COUNCIL APPLICATION FOR THE CERTIFICATION. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THOSE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY IN REGARD TO THE REQUEST, AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS OF FACT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. VERY GOOD. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ON THIS ITEM, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF 11.A. [02:25:06] IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND COUNCILWOMAN ROBB WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS. THIS IS AN ACTION THAT IS SUPPORTED BY THE GALVESTON ISLAND NATURE TOURISM COUNCIL. THEY HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN SUPPORTING THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. THIS IS MOVING US FORWARD AGAIN FOR CERTIFICATION FOR OUR BIRD CITY, TEXAS CERTIFICATION. AND SHE HAS SAID THROUGH THIS, I WANT TO THANK JULIANNE BROWN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GALVESTON ISLAND NATURE TOURISM COUNCIL, FOR HER CONTINUAL EFFORTS. THIS BRINGS A LOT OF ATTENTION TO GALVESTON, AND IT STANDS FOR WHAT WE STAND FOR, AND THAT'S THE RECOGNITION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECTION OF OUR OF OUR WILDLIFE HERE. SO, JULIANNE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GROUP DOING THIS. APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING NOW TO TOWARDS THE END OF OUR AGENDA. LET'S HAVE OUR ACTION ITEMS 12.A, PLEASE. [12.A. Discuss And Consider Appointments To The Following City Boards, Commissions, And Committees] ITEM 12.A DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SOME APPOINTMENTS. AND I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM COUNCILMAN FINKLEY, WHO HAS SUGGESTED SOME INDIVIDUALS FOR SOME OF THESE POSITIONS AS THEY COME UP. WE HAVE ON THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THAT IS A DISTRICT TWO APPOINTMENT. COUNCILMAN FINKLEY HAS RECOMMENDED JAMIE DONLON AS AN INDIVIDUAL HE WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT FOR POSITION ON THE TWO OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I NOMINATE JAMIE DONLON. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? COUNCILMAN COLLINS HAS SECONDED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. THAT IS UNANIMOUS. MOVING TO BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. COUNCILMAN FINKLEY HAS RECOMMENDED TOM HALL AS AN APPLICANT. AS A NOMINEE. BLESS YOU. AS A NOMINEE FOR THE BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. I KNOW, MR. HALL. HE WOULD BE A FANTASTIC PERSON ON THAT. HE'S A RETIRED GENERAL CONTRACTOR. DOES THAT POSITION REQUIRE PARTICULAR? IT DOES, BUT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WILL FIT INTO THAT. OH GOOD. SO, HE WOULD FIT INTO THAT. I NOMINATE MR. HALL FOR THAT POSITION ON BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS AND LEWIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VERY GOOD. WE HAVE THE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD. THAT IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT I HAVE. I APOLOGIZE, I DO NOT HAVE SOMEONE AT THIS POINT, SO I'LL COME BACK AND ADDRESS THAT CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD. BUT THE REVIEW BOARD. ALL RIGHT. GOOD WORK, BRIAN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HAVE SOME POSITIONS ON THE FAMILY, CHILDREN AND YOUTH BOARD. THERE'S THREE HERE. ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? COUNCIL? I HAVE ONE. BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. I HAD ONE THAT I HAD TURNED IN TO JANELLE. I HAVE A LIST. THIS IS FROM THE FAMILY. FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND YOUTH BOARD NOMINATING COMMITTEE. AND I THINK I COPIED COUNCIL MEMBER BOUVIER ON THIS. THEY HAVE FOUR MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT YOU RECOMMENDED. DEVENDER JEET SINGH, LISA SHAW, SHARON HALL AND JULIA HATCHER. WELL, WE HAVE THREE POSITIONS TO FILL FOUR POSITIONS AND WE'LL GO BACK TO CULTURAL. WE HAVE FOUR POSITIONS TO FILL. WE HAVE FOUR APPLICANTS. YES, SIR. DID YOU WANT TO NOMINATE THOSE, MIKE? YEAH. I DON'T HAVE THE LIST IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THE ONES I JUST SAID. YES, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE THOSE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. IF WE COULD GO BACK TO CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION ON THE LIST. OH, I WENT PAST THAT ONE. YEAH, YEAH, I THINK I THINK BOTH. THAT IS AN OPEN POSITION. CULTURAL ARTS. I THINK MISS LEWIS HAS A NOMINEE. ALICE WATFORD. OH THAT'S RIGHT. [02:30:01] THANK YOU. OH. I'M SORRY. APOLOGIZE. ALICE WATFORD FOR THE POSITION THERE ON THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. SHE'LL BE VERY GOOD. AND WE HAD A SECOND COUNCILMAN COLLINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE ETHICS COMMISSION. WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT. I THINK WE'RE BOTH GOING TO DEFER THAT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. NOW, COUNCILMAN FINKLEY HAD GIVEN A NAME. THIS IS UP TO YOU, BENJAMIN HERNDON, FOR THE ETHICS COMMISSION. BUT IF YOU WOULD RATHER JUST COME BACK AND MAKE NOMINATIONS, THAT'D BE FINE. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FAMILY, CHILDREN AND YOUTH. WE HAVE FINANCE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. AND ANY NOMINATIONS ON THAT? THAT IS DISTRICT ONE. SHARON. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO. EXCUSE ME. COME BACK ON THAT. SURE. BY ALL MEANS. WE'LL PUT THAT JANELLE ON THE NEXT AGENDA. WE HAVE THE GALVESTON HOUSING FINANCE GROUP AND THE GALVESTON ISLAND REDEVELOPMENT GROUP. I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE ANYONE AT THIS TIME. DOES ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE. AND PENSION, FIREFIGHTERS, PENSION BOARD. THAT'S A MAYORAL POSITION. I'M KEEPING WAYNE BROWN STILL ON THAT. SO, I'M GOING TO, IT'S NOT A REAPPOINTMENT, BUT I WILL COME BACK AND MAKE A NOMINATION HOPEFULLY AT THE NEXT MEETING. PENSION. POLICE. PENSION. POLICE. PENSION FUND. COUNCILMAN FINKEL HAS RECOMMENDED MARCI HANSEN FOR THAT POSITION. AND THAT IS OPEN. I'M FINE WITH MS.. HANSON. I NOMINATE HER AS THEIR SECOND. I SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. DEWITT SACHSE AND SAID ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VERY GOOD. AND THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. ANY NOMINATIONS THAT REQUIRES A SPECIALTY. IS THERE A REQUIREMENT FOR THAT ONE? THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR THIS ONE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER FINKEL HAS A SUGGESTION. HE HAS A SUGGESTION OF BECCA SCOVILLE. SHE IS A RETIRED COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AGENT. ON THAT BOARD, THIS WILL BE FOR THE ALTERNATE POSITION. I'M SORRY. THIS WILL BE FOR THE ALTERNATE POSITION. IT ALWAYS PROMPTS THE QUESTION; DO WE HAVE A REGULAR AN ALTERNATE MEMBER THAT NEEDS TO BE ELEVATED? NO, WE DID THAT LAST TIME. WE ALWAYS FORGET THAT THIS WILL BE FOR THE ALTERNATE. I NOMINATE MISS SCOVILLE FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. ALTERNATE POSITION. IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SECOND COUNCILMAN COLLINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 12.B, PLEASE. [12.B. Discuss And Consider Appointments To H-GAC's 2024 General Assembly And Board Of Directors. (Brown)] ITEM 12.B DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO HGAC'S 2024 GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS IS. WE HAVE TO SUBMIT EACH YEAR TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I HAVE, TOO. HGAC, I'VE BEEN SERVING AS THE AS THE NOMINEE FOR THAT COUNCILMAN COLLINS HAS BEEN THE SECOND ON THAT. DAVID. YEAH, I WOULD ASK MARIE, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN FILLING IN A SECOND ON THIS? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY DEMANDING. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'VE DONE I THINK YOU'VE DONE A FINE JOB ON TPC. AND THE TWO DOVETAIL SOMEWHAT KNOWING THE FOLKS UP THERE. SO, IF YOU'D BE WILLING TO DO THIS, YOU KIND OF KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THERE, YOU'RE IN GREENWAY AND GREAT LUNCH OPPORTUNITIES THERE. SO BUT AND SHOPPING I WOULD I WOULD I WOULD RECOMMEND MARIE FOR THE ALTERNATE AND THE MAYOR FOR CONTINUING ON THE BOARD OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE HAVE A NOMINATION FROM COUNCILMAN COLLINS FOR THE MAYOR TO CONTINUE AS THE MAIN DELEGATE REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNCILWOMAN ROBB AS THE ALTERNATE ON THAT SECOND, THAT SECOND, IT FROM COUNCILWOMAN LOUIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. WE HAVE OUR RECEIVING FILE. [13.A. Section 2-73 Of The City Charter Requires That The Council Members Are To Be Informed Of Auction Sales That Exceed $1,000. This Staff Report Represents The Receiving And Filing Of All Auction Sales For The Fiscal Year 2022-23. (D. Smith)] IF YOU COULD READ THAT. PLEASE, MA'AM. 1373 OF THE CITY CHARTER REQUIRES THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TO BE INFORMED OF AUCTION SALES THAT EXCEED $1,000. THIS STAFF REPORT REPRESENTS THE RECEIVING AND FILING OF ALL AUCTION SALES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 DASH 23. [02:35:06] VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL OF OUR ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. IT IS 7:35 P.M. WE ARE ADJOURNED. EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AND WE AT SOME POINT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.