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[1. DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL MEETING TO ORDER]
IT'S MY HONOR TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF GALVESTON TO ORDER FOR JUNE 27TH.WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE, COUNCIL.
I WANTED TO THANK THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, THOSE FROM CITY STAFF THAT ARE HERE, AND ALSO THERE'S MANY PEOPLE WATCHING THIS IN THE COMMUNITY AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THEM THIS AFTERNOON.
WE DO HAVE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT.
GRACIOUS AND LOVING GOD, WE COME HERE GATHERED BEFORE YOU AS A UNITED COMMUNITY LORD.
PLEASE KEEP THEM UNDER YOUR WING, WHEREVER THEY TRAVEL, WHATEVER DECISIONS THEY HAVE TO MAKE.
AND LORD, ALWAYS BE WITH THEM.
LORD, BLESS THOSE THAT ALSO HAVE TO WAIT.
WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THOSE WHO LIVE HERE ON THE ISLAND WITH THEIR FAMILY AND AMONGST FRIENDS.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU PROVIDE THEIR DAILY PROVISION.
WE PAUSE AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LOVED ONES HERE ON THE ISLAND, IN THE WATERS OF THE GULF, OR IN ANY ACCIDENTS, OR BY ANY ILLNESS OR ANY OTHER SORT.
COMFORT THOSE WHO MOURN, THOSE WHO HURT.
WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH THOSE THAT ARE ANGRY AND NEED PEACE.
LORD, RECEIVE OUR PRAYERS BEFORE THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
SETTLE OUR MINDS AND QUIET OUR HEARTS.
HELP US TO DISCERN THE TASK BEFORE US.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR NEEDS FOR YOU, FOR YOUR LOVE, FOR YOUR PEACE AND YOUR GRACE.
RENEW US, LORD, SO THAT THE CITY CAN STAND FIRM AND KEEP US IN FOCUS OF YOU SO THAT WE LOVE ALL OF YOUR PEOPLE. WE ASK THAT YOU SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE THOSE GATHERED HERE TONIGHT AND GUIDE US TOWARDS GROWTH AND TRANSFORMATION AS A CITY.
AND LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU BECOME OUR ROCK.
THE SURE FOUNDATION HELP US TO ALIGN OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR ACTIONS TO YOU.
THE BIBLE REMINDS US IN PSALMS 5110 YOU TELL US TO ASK YOU TO CREATE IN US A PURE HEART.
OH GOD, RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN US.
WE PRAY FOR THIS IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES, IN OUR WORK LIVES, AND IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL TO COMPLETE THE GOOD WORKS THAT WE HAVE BEGUN.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AMEN. LET'S HAVE THE PLEDGE, PLEASE.
. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DECLARE? TOO MANY HOURS IN COUNCIL? THAT'S TRUE. HEARING NO RESPONSE.
[6. PRESENTATIONS/REPORTS OF COUNCIL, OFFICER BOARDS, AND CITY MANAGER]
LET'S MOVE ON. ITEM SIX, IF WE COULD PLEASE.NELLIE SIX PRESENTATIONS, REPORTS OF COUNCIL OFFICER BOARDS AND CITY MANAGER.
ITEM 6.A. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0415, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REPORT ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. THANK YOU. NELLIE.
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IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF HOURS SPENT BY MANY INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.AND TO READ THE PROCLAMATION IS SHARON.
WITHOUT THIS SHIRT, THAT IS TOO COLD.
HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YES. YOU SURE? OH. SHE'S THERE. OKAY.
NOW, YOU'RE DEALING WITH HALF THE AUDIENCE UP HERE.
CITY OF GALVESTON, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO THE TREE COMMITTEE FOR EARNING THE TREE CITY USA RECOGNITION SIX YEARS CONSECUTIVELY. THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE.
COMMITTEE FOR THEIR EXTENSIVE HARD WORK, AND FOR EARNING THE TREE CITY USA RECOGNITION FROM ONE OF THE OLDEST PROGRAMS OF THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON THIS 27TH DAY OF JUNE 2024.
JANELLE WILLIAMS, CITY SECRETARY.
THANK YOU. SOMEONE WANTS TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YES. SOMEBODY WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YEAH. TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE PICTURES.
NANCY, CAN YOU BE SEEN? YEP. COME ON.
NANCY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, INTRODUCE INDIVIDUALLY EACH OF YOUR MEMBERS THERE, PLEASE.
WE REALLY, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS, BUT I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT SIX YEARS AGO WHEN IT TOOK YOU COUNCIL SIX YEARS AGO, THEY HAD TO CHANGE SOME ORDINANCES IN ORDER FOR US TO QUALIFY FOR THIS DESIGNATION.
AND SO, WE'VE REALLY GONE A LONG WAY.
AND UNLESS I'M WRONG, WE'RE STILL THE ONLY ONE IN GALVESTON COUNTY THAT HAS THIS DESIGNATION.
AND SO, IT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL, AND IT DOES REQUIRE A LOT OF WORK.
SO BASICALLY, THE NET IS THAT THEY CALCULATE HOW MANY DOLLARS ARE SPENT.
IT'S NOT JUST HOW MUCH THE CITY SPENDS.
IT'S ALSO ALL THE GRANTS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER PER CAPITA.
AND THE REST OF US HERE ARE FROM THE GALVESTON ISLAND TREE CONSERVANCY.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHILE I'M HERE.
I WE KIND OF TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED NOW, BUT RECENTLY, ON JUNE 22ND, MIKE EVANS HELD HIS EIGHTH YEARLY FREE FOOTBALL CLINIC FOR THE CHILDREN HERE IN IN GALVESTON.
AND MIKE HAS HAD AN 11-YEAR CAREER WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, HAS A SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP.
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AND THIS YEAR, WITH HIS SPORTS CAMP, HE BROUGHT IN TWO OTHER GALVESTON TOUR GRADUATES THAT ARE NFL STARS, TWIN BROTHERS ZYON AND TRISTAN MCCLELLAN.ZYON IS FOR THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AND THE TRISTAN IS FOR THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES.
THIS IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
IT MIKE GIVES BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE WAY THAT HE DOES THAT.
LAST NIGHT, I AND I THANK THE FOOTBALL COACHES' BALL HIGH THAT WE HAVE HAD SO MANY PLAYERS THAT HAVE GONE ON TO THE NFL.
WITH OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS ALSO COMES TIMES OF SAD ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND I'M GOING TO CALL ON COUNCILMAN ROLLINS FOR SOME INPUT.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT SCOTT EDWARDS.
HE WAS AN ICON HERE ON THE STRAND AREA.
I HAD SEVERAL ART STUDIOS, AND WE LOST HIM THIS PAST WEEK IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT, AND HE WAS A MAIN PLAYER ON ART WALK AND ALL THINGS THAT HE ACCOMPLISHED THERE DOWNTOWN.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES, WE HAVE BRIAN.
MAYOR, IF I COULD, COULD I ASK THE FIRE CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF VARELA TO COME IN FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE? I THINK THEY'RE IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR.
THIS WILL. THIS MEETING MARKS THE END OF AN ERA.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES OR WILL BE THE LAST TIME IN DECADES THAT CHARLIE OLSEN WILL BE WITH US AS A FIREFIGHTER HERE IN GALVESTON. CHARLIE HAS CHOSEN TO DO WHAT HIS WIFE SAYS AND RETIRE.
I KNOW, I KNOW WHERE CHARLIE'S HEART IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
I HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH SEVERAL FIRE CHIEFS HERE IN GALVESTON.
AND CHARLIE CONTINUED THAT TRADITION AS OUR CHIEF AND TOOK IT TO EVEN FURTHER NEW LEVELS.
I CAN'T THANK CHARLIE ENOUGH FOR HIS HARD WORK.
I CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH FOR HIS SERVICE.
SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING'S BACKED UP, BUT WE'LL GO INTO THAT A DIFFERENT DAY.
BUT HE'S ALWAYS THERE TO HELP US.
NO MATTER WHAT, WHETHER IT'S A FIRE ISSUE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH CHARLIE.
AND I'M EVEN PROUDER TO SAY THAT CHARLIE IS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS AND WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO BE IN THAT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE TOO TERRIBLY SAD, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHARLIE IS VERY GOOD AT IS MENTORING, AND HE HAS BROUGHT FORTH SOMEBODY THAT I AM VERY PROUD TO HAVE KNOWN AND TO KNOW AND WORK WITH AS WELL.
AND I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT MIKE VARELA WILL BE OUR INTERIM FIRE CHIEF.
WHILE WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF CHARLIE LEAVING.
AND I KNOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS IN EXCELLENT HANDS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS. I'M SORRY.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO.
I ENJOYED WORKING HERE 33 YEARS OF MY LIFE.
AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL.
BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO.
BRIAN, Y'ALL ARE A GOOD FRIEND.
AND IN MY 33 YEARS WITH BRIAN AND DAN HAS DONE TO THIS CITY IN THE LAST TEN IS AMAZING TO ME.
AND HE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU GUYS MAKING THE TOUGH DECISIONS.
AND WE THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
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HERE'S A YOUNG GENERATION HERE.THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE IT.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT CHIEF OLSEN.
I'VE WORKED WITH HIM THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S PARADE FOR FIRE FIGHTERS.
4TH OF JULY PARADE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WE WERE ON THE BOARD TOGETHER.
I MEAN, WE'VE DONE A LOT TOGETHER, SO I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIM.
I KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME HUGE SHOES TO FILL.
IT DOESN'T MATTER. AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO THE BEST JOB I CAN DO FOR THE CITIZENS OF GALVESTON.
THANK YOU ALL. AND HOW EXCITING, HOW EXCITING THAT YOU GET TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS.
THAT'S JUST. IF YOU'D ASKED ME 23 YEARS AGO, I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO DRIVE A FIRE TRUCK.
NOW, SO HE'S LIVING HIS DREAM, RIGHT? DON'T SAY THAT TOO LOUD, BECAUSE HE MAY BE LISTENING, BUT YES THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, HE'S DONE GREAT.
HE'S ONE OF THE MOST ENGAGED FIRE CHIEFS WE'VE HAD.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HE'S DONE FOR ME, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY.
I RODE UP THE ELEVATOR WITH THE CHIEF.
FIRE CHIEF. BUT HE'S ALWAYS BEEN SO PERSONAL, AND I WAS JUST TELLING HIM YESTERDAY HIS FIREMEN WERE THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE EMS, WHERE A YOUNG MAN WAS DRIVING AND APPARENTLY HAD A SEIZURE.
AND A LADY RAN UP ON THEM, AND SHE IMMEDIATELY CALLED EMS. BUT THE FIRE TRUCK CAME RIGHT ALONG AND ASSISTED IN THAT GUY.
RIGHT NOW, HE'S AT THE HOSPITAL AND DOING BETTER.
SO, WHAT AN AWESOME FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A FIRE CHIEF THAT WE HAVE.
AND SECONDLY, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT REEDY CHAPEL, THE JUNETEENTH EVENTS WERE CANCELED FOR JUNETEENTH, BUT THOSE EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY AT REEDY CHAPEL, THEIR FESTIVAL, THEIR COMMUNITY ACTIVITY WILL HAPPEN AND THEIR MARCH THAT THEY NORMALLY DO FROM THE COURTHOUSE BACK TO THE CHURCH.
SO, IF YOU CAN MARK THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR 3 P.M.
AND ALSO, THE MAYOR WILL BE THERE WITH THE PROCLAMATION AND ALSO THIS FAMOUS ATTORNEY NAMED BEN CRUMP HE'S GOING TO BE THERE AS WELL.
VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN, PLEASE.
[7. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS]
JANELLE, I MEAN, NELLIE ITEM SEVEN COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS CLAIMS 24-0343 THROUGH 24-41 ARE ON THE SCREEN.APPRECIATE IT. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT, PLEASE, MA'AM.
[8. ELECTION OF A MAYOR PRO TEM]
ITEM EIGHT.VERY GOOD. I WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
WE HAD THIS ON OUR AGENDA LAST MEETING.
THIS IS A ONE-YEAR APPOINTMENT FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.
AND THEN WE WILL, ACCORDING TO OUR CHARTER, WE WILL APPOINT EVERY YEAR OR MAYOR PRO TEM.
BUT IN REVIEWING THE CHARTER IN 2016, THERE WAS A CHARTER CHANGE THAT WAS PASSED BY THE ELECTORATE HERE IN GALVESTON FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A SECOND MAYOR PRO TEM, ALSO TO BE A BACKUP IN CASE WE HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE DUTIES OF THE MAYOR OR THE MAYOR PRO TEM FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.
SO, ON OUR AGENDA FOR JULY, WE WILL HAVE A MEASURE TO APPOINT A SECOND MAYOR PRO TEM.
I'M GOING TO NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A MOTION FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MARIE ROBB AS MAYOR PRO TEM.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MARIE ROBB FOR.
MOTION FOR MARIE ROBB FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.
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GO AHEAD, BRO. YOU? YEAH, I'M WORKING ON IT.ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. DAVID FINKLEA HAD A SECOND.
LET ME MENTION, TOO, HOWEVER THIS VOTE TURNS OUT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE TWO, IN MY OPINION, TWO VIABLE, VIABLE CANDIDATES FOR THIS POSITION.
I KNOW INDIVIDUALS HAVE TALKED TO ME ABOUT SHARON LEWIS SERVING IN THIS POSITION.
IF FOR SOME REASON, MARIE IF MARIE IS APPOINTED AS MAYOR PRO TEM I'M GOING TO BRING BACK IN JULY FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND GETTING COUNCIL'S APPROVAL FOR SHARON LEWIS AS OUR SECOND MAYOR PRO TEM, IF THAT.
IF THE VOTE TURNS OUT THAT WAY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
LET'S MOVE FORWARD NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
[9. PUBLIC COMMENT]
THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS. FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE PARTICIPATED WITH THE WITH THIS PUBLIC COMMENT TIME YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.DON'T BE ALARMED IF COUNCIL DOESN'T RESPOND TO YOU IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THAT WE CANNOT RESPOND TO YOU ACCORDING TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
SO, WE ARE HAPPY TO GET YOUR INPUT, THOUGH IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING, MAKE REST ASSURED THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TAKING NOTES, AND OUR CITY MANAGER IS TAKING NOTES.
ALSO, I'M GOING TO CALL ON DONALD SMITH AS OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M KIND OF NEW TO THIS, BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND ON BEHALF OF EDDIE JANICK.
MY FAMILY HAS KNOWN HIM ALL MY LIFE.
I DIDN'T HAVE THE PLEASURE FOR PLAYING BASEBALL BECAUSE OF SOME MEDICAL ISSUES.
BUT EDDIE, OVER THE YEARS, I KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN YOU WORK HOURLY.
I WORKED 48 YEARS AS AN ELECTRICIAN, AND YOU WORK YOUR 40 HOURS A WEEK.
AND WHEN YOU TURN IT DOWN, YOU'RE MISSING MORE MONEY TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY.
YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS TO GO OUT AND PRACTICE, HELP YOUNG MEN PLAY BASEBALL.
AND ABOUT THE GAME OF LIFE PEOPLE.
ALTHOUGH HE NEVER DID IN A SELFISH WAY.
AND WHEN YOU, A SUSPICION OR FEEL LIKE YOU'RE NOT A TEAM PLAYER AND IT'S TIME FOR A LAYOFF OR A CUTBACK, NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU ARE, USUALLY THEY'RE ON THE LIST TO GET LAID OFF.
HE TURNED DOWN A LOT THAT COULDN'T PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY, AND HE DID THIS UNCONSCIOUSLY.
I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO REALIZE WHAT HE DID OVER THE YEARS.
TOMMY. COUNCIL, MY NAME IS TOMMY DEVRIES. I'M BORN ON THIS ISLAND.
I LIVE ON THE MAINLAND NOW, THOUGH.
BUT I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THIS CITY.
AND I LOVE THE THINGS WE GET DONE IN THIS CITY.
I JUST HAVE A LITTLE SHORT NOTE.
I HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN, OR I'LL FORGET.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EDDIE COMING FROM MY EYES.
I PLAYED BASEBALL FROM THE AGE OF EIGHT THROUGH MY TWO, AND THROUGH MY TWO YEARS WITH MR.
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EDDIE AT AGE 17 AND 18, AND MANY MORE YEARS AFTER THAT.I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MR. EDDIE JANEK.
AND WHO WILL ALWAYS, WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE BEST MEN I'VE EVER MET.
I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BESTOW THE HONOR UPON HIM THAT WE KNOW HE TRULY DESERVES.
I'M A BOY AND I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM TALKING ABOUT THIS MAN, EDDIE JANICK.
I'VE KNOWN EDDIE JANICK FOR 65 YEARS.
HE WAS A BASEBALL COACH IN LITTLE LEAGUE.
HE WAS A BASEBALL COACH IN PONY LEAGUE.
HE WAS A MANAGER IN COLT LEAGUE.
FINALLY, HE GOT TO PLAY WITH HIM IN AMERICAN LEGION BALL IN 1963.
BUT EDDIE'S BEEN A MENTOR TO ME FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND MENTOR TO MANY YOUNG MEN IN GALVESTON.
HE IS SELFLESS AND HAS TREMENDOUS INTEGRITY.
HE HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR THE YOUTH OF GALVESTON AND BASEBALL AND BASEBALL.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, BUT FOR THE CITIZENS OF GALVESTON.
AND IF YOU DO THIS, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK HE DESERVES IT, AND IT SHOULD BE DONE.
JOSH SAID. JUST GIVE HIM A NOD.
HE STOOD UP. HELLO, I'M A RESIDENT OF GALVESTON AND I ALSO AM SUPPORTING ENTHUSIASTICALLY, THE NAMING OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX THERE AT 53RD STREET IN MR. JANICK'S HONOR.
I PLAYED BALL WITH HIM UNDER HIM WHEN I WAS 17 AND 18 YEARS OF AGE, AND IT WAS REALLY QUITE ENJOYABLE IN MANY RESPECTS. HE AND BENNY HOLLAND WERE GREAT COACHES, BUT MORE THAN THAT, THEY WERE GREAT MENTORS.
AND NOW THAT I'M OLDER, I CAN UNDERSTAND JUST HOW WISE THEY WERE.
DARRYL TRAMUNTI IS A REAL SPARKPLUG.
AND ONE DAY HE WAS TALKING WITH MR. JANICK AND INNOCENTLY ASKED THE QUESTION, WELL, HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU COACH? HE COACHED FOR 34 YEARS OF PEOPLE.
AND THEN THE QUESTION WAS, WAS, WELL, DARRYL, BEING A PERSON WHO WAS A SENTIENT HUMAN BEING, SOMEBODY WHO CARES WHO'S IN WHO'S A GREAT GUY, HE BASICALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE OUGHT TO NAME A BALLPARK FOR YOU.
AND SO WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE STEPS THERE WITH THE CITY.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT HAVING BEEN A FORMER ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY HERE IN GALVESTON ON TWO OCCASIONS, THAT THAT PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS FANTASTIC.
I CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE TIME THAT I WAS HERE TO WHAT THESE LADIES AND PEOPLE PUT IN.
THEY ARE VERY, VERY HONEST, VERY, VERY CONSIDERATE.
THEY THINK ABOUT OTHER THINGS.
BUT IN THIS OCCASION, I THINK THAT IT IS DEFINITELY MEET AND JUST AND VERY, VERY APPROPRIATE AND VERY EFFICIENT THAT THE PARK BE NAMED FOR MR.
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JANIK. WE DON'T WANT A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S ANY CONFUSION AS TO LOCATIONS OF BALLPARKS AND PEOPLE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE ONE NAME FOR TWO LOCATIONS.BUT ANYWAY. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SOME OTHER TIME.
GOOD AFTERNOON. GALVESTON RESIDENT.
SPEAKING, I GUESS I WOULD BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE PARK AS WELL, BUT I'M A GREAT GALVESTON BASEBALL FAN, AND I APPLAUD APPROPRIATE RECOGNITION FOR THE MANY YOUTH BASEBALL COACHES AND PIONEERS OF YOUTH BASEBALL.
AND IN DOING SO, I WANT THE CITY TO REMEMBER THOSE BASEBALL PIONEERS OF ALL ETHNICS ETHNICS AS WE GO FORWARD IN NAMING OF FACILITIES OR STREETS AFTER BASEBALL ICONS, AS WE PAY HONOR TO THE GREAT BASEBALL FIELDS ON 54TH AND AVENUE S, I REMIND US THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THERE WAS A LITTLE LEAGUE ON 53RD AND AVENUE M, WHERE BLACK COACHES AND BLACK PLAYERS EXCELLED, BUT WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE ON THE SITE OF OUR CURRENT GREAT FACILITIES, IT IS SAFE TO SAY TO SAY THERE WERE EXCELLENT COACHES AS THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABORS PRODUCED.
THE ONLY GALVESTON PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AT CENTRAL IN 1962.
IN 1931, RAY T SHEPARD CAME TO GALVESTON AS AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND A FOOTBALL COACH.
SHEPHERD INITIALLY COACHED AND NURTURED ADULT BASEBALL CLUBS UNTIL 1949, AS THERE WERE NO HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM UNTIL 1949.
I REMEMBER IN 1952 BASEBALL HAD SUCH A FOLLOWING THE THAT THAT A NEGRO LITTLE LEAGUE WAS ESTABLISHED AT THE WRIGHT CUNEY PARK.
THAT LEAGUE OUTGREW THE WRIGHT CUNEY PARK, AND IN 1956 THEY MOVED TO PLAY AT THE NEW CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FIELD, BUT WERE ULTIMATELY DIRECTED TO PLAY AT THE ALAMO SCHOOL SITE ON 53RD AND AVENUE M.
THAT LEAGUE WAS INSPIRED BY COACH RAY T SHEPHERD AND HIS MANY STUDENTS, MOST NOTABLY A REVEREND JAMES B THOMAS AS A PRESIDENT AND GREAT COACHES LIKE O.B.
PARKER, LOUIS SIMPSON, JOSH WOODARD, ANDREW LAWS, POLICE OFFICER CHARLES LEMON, AND OTHERS AS THEY TAUGHT THE INTANGIBLES OF ATHLETICS, DISCIPLINE, WORK ETHIC, AND TEAM CONCEPT.
THEY WOULD ALWAYS SAY, YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOUR SITUATION.
IF YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOOD WORK ETHIC AND WORK HABITS.
YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD TO GET WHAT YOU WANT, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD TO KEEP IT.
AND YOU MUST HAVE THE TEAM CONCEPT.
TEAM CONCEPT YOU CAN ENCOURAGE, DO YOUR PART AND ENCOURAGE YOUR OTHERS TO DO THEIR JOB.
AND THESE INTANGIBLES ARE VERY PROMINENT FOR.
YOUR CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.
VERY. I THINK I'M SORRY YOUR TIME IS UP.
EDDIE. JANIC. EDDIE! COME FORWARD.
WELL, YOU SAID I HAVE THREE MINUTES.
IT TAKES ME TWO AND A HALF TO SAY HELLO.
EVERYONE KNOWS I HAVE A BAD SPEECH IMPEDIMENT, BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
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THANK BARBARA SANDERSON.AND MY GROUP, WHO'S LED BY DARRELL, OUR COACH FOR 34 YEARS.
I WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN LEGION COACH IN TEXAS WHO INCORPORATED BLACK PLAYERS. I TALKED TO COACH SHEPPARD AND HE SAID, YOU'RE ASKING FOR TROUBLE.
AND I SAID, THOSE YOUNG MEN BLEED RED AND THEY OUGHT TO PLAY BALL FOR AMERICAN LEGION TEAMS ALSO. AND THEY DID.
FRANKIE GIUSTI AND I WERE VERY, VERY CLOSE FRIENDS.
HE WAS MY ASSISTANT COACH FOR OVER FOUR YEARS.
I COACHED ALL THREE OF HIS SONS AND AMERICAN LEGION BALL, AND IT WAS A PLEASURE.
THEY WERE WELL VERSED BECAUSE THEIR DAD HAD PLAYED SEMI-PRO BALL AND WAS A GOOD BALLPLAYER AND A REAL GENTLEMAN.
I WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO CALLED HIM AND BESIDES HIS FAMILY AND WAS SO HAPPY FOR HIM.
IF THIS WHOLE THING WAS REVERSED AND HIS NAME WAS GOING TO BE ON THE FORT CROCKETT, I WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE TO TELL HIM CONGRATULATIONS.
I WAS ASKED ABOUT DOING DUAL NAMES.
EVERY PARK IN GALVESTON HAS A SINGLE NAME AND I DON'T KNOW WHY.
NAMES. AND I'M NOT BEING SELFISH.
I PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO IT AND WAS HAPPY DOING IT.
AND AS A YOUR HELP AND YOUR VOTE.
DARRYL. I'M DARRELL TREMAINE AND I'M A BOY.
BESIDES BEING HE WAS MR. YANNICK WHEN I WAS NINE.
I WAS TAUGHT YOU RESPECT YOUR ELDERS.
BUT FROM MY HEART I WANT YOU TO KNOW A FEW THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW.
EVERYBODY KNOWS MR. YANNICK WAS A BASEBALL COACH.
MY TWO OLDEST BROTHERS, WHO ARE NINE YEARS OLDER THAN ME AND I'M 74.
DO THE MATH. THE GUY IS JUST A CONTRIBUTOR.
HE COACHED LITTLE LEAGUE, PONY LEAGUE, COLT LEAGUE, AMERICAN LEGION, SENIOR, TEENAGE.
HE WON DISTRICT, HE WON REGION.
AND THE ONLY TEAM FROM GALVESTON IN THE HISTORY WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES WAS EDDIE JANNIK'S TEAM.
HOW CAN YOU COMPARE ANYONE ON THIS EARTH, LET ALONE FROM GALVESTON, TEXAS TO EDDIE JANICK? I'M GOING TO END UP ON ONE NOTE.
THIS IS PROBABLY FROM MY HEART TALKING.
YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT ABOUT BASEBALL.
YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING ABOUT POLITICS.
YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE, EDDIE JANICK IS 100% ALL IN AMBASSADOR FOR GALVESTON, TEXAS. THIS IS WHAT MY WIFE DREW.
THIS IS THE ENTRY TO THE BALLPARK THAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
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BEFORE I START, CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK? YES, SIR. MIKE GRAHAM, HE'S ONE OF MY TENNIS PLAYERS AT O'CONNELL, AND I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HIM.I'M SO PROUD OF HIM FOR FOR DOING THAT.
SO? SO THAT DIDN'T COUNT ON MY TIME, DID IT? ALL RIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, I'M A LITTLE OUTNUMBERED HERE, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO DETER FROM COACH YANNICK'S SPECIAL DAY.
I'M NOT HERE TO DETER FROM ANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE MAN HAS DONE.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE HERE THE SAME WAY MY FEELINGS WILL BE THE SAME ABOUT YOU, COACH, NO MATTER WHAT.
LITTLE LEAGUE, PONY LEAGUE, COLT LEAGUE, LEGION HIGH SCHOOL EVEN GALVESTON COLLEGE.
SO THIS MAN PEOPLE THAT KNOW GALVESTON BASEBALL KNOW FRANK GIUSTI JUST THE BALLPARK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
FOR 27 YEARS, HIS LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM WON THE WEST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT BUT SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE FRANK GIUSTI'S NAME NEEDS TO BE UP THERE.
HIM AND PAUL IVANOVIC DID SO MUCH FOR THOSE KIDS.
SO I DON'T AND SOME OF Y'ALL SEEM TO HAVE BEEN FOR THE IDEA OF WANTING A DUAL NAME, EITHER JANET GIUSTI BASEBALL COMPLEX OR OR VICE VERSA.
AND WE COULD DO THE SAME THING, LIKE, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE TENNIS, THE TENNIS CENTER.
I TURNED IN THIS LETTER ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO.
RECOMMENDING FRANK GIUSTI FOR THIS TO HAVE THE NAME BALLPARK NAMED AFTER HIM.
WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THAT TIME AND NOW? I HAVE NO IDEA.
BUT THIS THIS LETTER WAS SUBMITTED YEARS AGO.
AND I WAS EVEN THE SECOND TIME AFTER COACH GIUSTI DIED, I TURNED IN THIS LETTER AGAIN, AND I WAS EVEN TOLD THAT IF ANY KIND OF CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE FACILITY ITSELF, PHYSICALLY I AND WHOEVER ELSE WAS WANTING TO HAVE THIS DONE WITHOUT TO FORK OUT THE MONEY, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. SO BEFORE MY TIME RUNS OUT, I JUST HOPE YOU GUYS WILL RECONSIDER NAMING THE BALLPARK AFTER TWO BASEBALL COACHING LEGENDS, NOT JUST ONE. COACH DAN IS DEFINITELY IN THAT THAT BELONGS THERE, BUT SO DOES FRANK GIUSTI.
JUNIOR OR SENIOR? EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU.
THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT, MR. JANET. I LOVE YOU.
I RESPECT YOU. I THINK THE WORLD OF YOU.
I'M HERE BECAUSE MY GOOD FRIEND JEFF JUDY CALLED AND ASKED ME TO BE HERE.
AND BOTH MEN DESERVE TO BE ON THE PARK'S NAME.
MY DAD MR. SCHUSTER YOUR GREAT FRIENDS.
AND MR. GIUSTI LOOKS UP AND HE GOES, MAN, EDDIE, THAT IS A HIGH SKY.
MR. JANICH LOOKS AT HIM AND GOES, STARTS RIDICULING HIM.
JUICE, THAT SURE IS A HIGH SKY.
ISN'T THAT A HIGH SKY? THESE ARE GOOD FRIENDS.
THESE ARE. THESE WERE DEAR FRIENDS.
MR. GIUSTI COACHED ME WHEN I WAS 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 AND 18.
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SORRY, GUYS.ADVOCATING FOR BOTH OF THESE GREAT MEN.
THEY BOTH DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR PARKS NAMED AFTER THEM.
BOBBY. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? NICE TO SEE YOU, BOBBY.
THANK YOU. BOBBY KENNEDY. I'M A RESIDENT HERE AT GALVESTON SAN LUIS BOATYARD.
BEEN BY MY HOUSE. SO Y'ALL BOTH KNOW I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT NON-AGENDA ITEMS. FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE A COUPLE OF SHOUT OUTS.
I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO OFFICER MCMILLAN WITH GPD, WHO IS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN, HANDLING OUR NEWFOUND CITIZEN, ROBERT HARVEY, WHO GOES BY HARVEY FREEBIRD ON YOUTUBE.
HE'S EXCELLENT AND HE'S DONE IT.
TEXTBOOK. SO THAT'S HOW Y'ALL SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE, THE WAY OFFICER MCMILLAN HAS DONE.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROFESSIONAL ARREST BEING CONDUCTED PROFESSIONALLY VERSUS ONE THAT BY POS WITH A BADGE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE A BADGE, JUST GO TO GALVESTON MOVING FORWARD AND WATCH ANGRY CITIZEN VERSUS THE PEACE OFFICER.
SHE GOES BY CAROLINA FORT WORTH, WHAT THAT OFFICER DID THERE.
YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROFESSIONAL AND ONE THAT DOESN'T DESERVE TO HAVE THE BADGE.
OKAY, BUT I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT A RECENT EVENT THAT HAPPENED WITH MR. HARVEY AND BRUCE REDMAN BACK HERE, WHO GOES TO GALVESTON ISLAND.
TRANSPARENCY. THEY WAS DOING THEIR LIVE VIDEOS, DOING THEIR THING, THEIR, THEIR CITIZEN JOURNALISM.
AND THEY WAS WALKING UP TO LIKE, A FIRE SCENE.
AND THEY WALKED PAST THIS FIRE TRUCK.
AND AS THEY WALK PAST THIS FIRE TRUCK, THE GUY INSIDE THE FIRE TRUCK BLARED A SIREN.
WHOA, I JUMPED, I REMEMBER I'M AT HOME WATCHING THE TV SCREEN.
I WASN'T EVEN THERE AND IT SCARED ME.
I JUMPED AND THE WAY THEY TURNED AROUND AND THEY REACTED.
HAD I BEEN ON THE SCENE, I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS REALLY BAD AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY.
AND HE DID, IN FACT USE HIS TRUCK TO ASSAULT HARVEY FREEBIRD.
THERE'S NO WAY OF GETTING AROUND IT.
OKAY, I REALLY HATE TO SAY IT, BUT HE DID.
OKAY, BUT I WAS WATCHING, AND THE FACT IS, I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET ON THE SIDEWALK NOT BOTHERING NOBODY, AND THEY PASSED THIS FIRE TRUCK AND HE BLARED THAT SIREN. WHEN HE DID, I JUMPED AND THEIR NATURAL REACTION WAS TO TURN AROUND, YOU KNOW, AND DO THEIR THING THE WAY THEY ARE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY, VERY SMART.
ALECS. BUT WHAT THE FIRE CHIEF DID, THE MAN DRIVING THAT FIRE TRUCK, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT.
AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS WHERE ONE OF OUR OFFICERS ON THE SEAWALL PULLED UP A UTMB PROFESSOR, AND THEY ARRESTED HER, AND THEY HELD HER FOR 3 OR 4 HOURS BEFORE THEY GAVE HER THE BREATH TEST. AND THEN THEY LET HER GO.
AND THEY BLEW THE TEST RIGHT AWAY.
BOBBY, I'M SORRY YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR.
Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL A GOOD DAY NOW.
OKAY. IS THERE A RICKY BOBBY? ALL RIGHT. CLAUDIA.
I WASN'T SURE IF YOU GUYS HAD HEARD YET THAT THE FIRE CHIEF TRIED TO RUN ME OVER THE OTHER NIGHT, BUT I GUESS THIS MAN BOBBY, JUST ADDRESSED IT, BUT, YEAH, WE WERE WALKING DOWN THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK, AND WE WERE FIXING TO LEAVE BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT THE POLICE WEREN'T THERE PRETTY QUICKLY.
BECAUSE WE NORMALLY FILM THE POLICE WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.
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WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE POLICE OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T EVER VIOLATE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.SO THAT'S WHY WE MAINLY FILM THE POLICE.
AND YES, I WAS UPSET, I TURNED AROUND.
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? YOU KNOW, THERE'S THREE OTHER OPTIONS THAT HE COULD HAVE CHOSE TO DO BEFORE BLOWING MY EARDRUM OUT WITH AN AIR HORN.
HE COULD HAVE A GOT HIS LAZY ASS OUT OF THE TRUCK AND SAID, HEY, WE NEED YOU TO MOVE.
CAN YOU MOVE, PLEASE? AND WE WOULD HAVE MOVED.
HE COULD HAVE ROLLED HIS WINDOW DOWN AND ASKED US TO MOVE OR HOLLERED AT US.
BUT HE DIDN'T CHOOSE ANY OF THOSE OPTIONS.
HE CHOSE TO BLOW OUR EARDRUMS OUT.
I THINK IT WAS FOUR TIMES, BRUCE.
AND WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHY THE VIDEO IS CLEAR.
THIS WAS AN ASSAULT BECAUSE IT WAS INTENTIONAL.
AND I WANT TO KNOW, WHY HASN'T HE BEEN ARRESTED? WHY WASN'T HE ARRESTED ON THE SCENE? WE SHOWED THE OFFICERS THE VIDEO WE TOOK.
TWO OF US WERE LIVE STREAMING IT.
IT LIVE STREAMED DIRECTLY TO THE INTERNET.
AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT WHY HE WASN'T ARRESTED.
AND I THINK ABOUT SERGEANT MCNEIL.
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN HE WAS FLYING DOWN BROADWAY? NO LIGHTS AND NO SIRENS, AND HE HIT A WOMAN AND KILLED HER.
AND HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED, BUT HE WASN'T CHARGED.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHO ARE THE REAL SOVEREIGN CITIZENS? IS CHIEF ROY GOING TO BE A SOVEREIGN CITIZEN LIKE MCNEIL, OR IS HE GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? AND THAT'S A QUESTION.
IF YOU GUYS DON'T ARREST HIM OR CHARGE HIM, YOU'RE PUTTING THE MESSAGE OUT THAT HE'S A SOVEREIGN CITIZEN AND HE'S ABOVE THE LAW THAT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY, CITY EMPLOYEES ARE ABOVE THE LAW, AND PEOPLE LIKE ME DON'T MATTER.
THAT WILL BE THE MESSAGE THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING OUT IF NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT HIM.
AND OKAY, THE NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE MY TIME RUNS OUT IS, WHY DON'T THESE GALVESTON POLICE OFFICERS HAVE PORTABLE BREATH TEST IN THEIR VEHICLES? WE'RE SEEING ALL THE TIME PEOPLE GETTING DUIS AND GETTING ARRESTED, THEIR CARS TOWED, GETTING TAKEN TO THE POLICE STATION, AND THEN THEY PASS THE BREATH TEST, AND THEY'RE NOT DRUNK LIKE THIS WOMAN RIGHT HERE.
THEY NEED TO HAVE PORTABLE BREATH.
SHE WAS ON CHEMO FOR A MONTH AND THEY GAVE HER A DUI BECAUSE THE CHEMO HAD HER BALANCE MESSED UP.
THEY TOOK HER TO THE POLICE STATION.
I JUST OBTAINED THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE COOPERATIVE AND YOU TELL THE.
THEY DO YOU LIKE THEY DID HURT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CLAUDIA. HI, I'M DOCTOR OOPS, I'M DOCTOR HILTON.
I'M A PROFESSOR AT THE UTB, AND I'M NOT A BIG DRINKER.
LAST TIME I WAS DRUNK WAS PROBABLY 25 YEARS AGO.
I WAS ARRESTED BY DOCTOR BY OFFICER CALDERON AT 63RD STREET, AT SEAWALL AT 1 A.M.
AND, YES, I WAS OUT PAST MIDNIGHT.
BECAUSE I HAD FINISHED CHEMOTHERAPY.
I WAS ON IT FOR FIVE MONTHS, NOT ONE MONTH.
AND I HAD SURGERY BECAUSE OF BREAST CANCER.
I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO DRINK ALCOHOL.
I HAD NO FEELING OF ANY ALCOHOL EFFECT ON ME.
OFFICER CALDERON STOPPED ME AND ASKED ME IF I HAD ANYTHING TO DRINK.
I TOLD HIM YES, I HAD THREE DRINKS OVER SIX HOURS.
HE ASKED ME TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND DO THE WALK ON THE STRAIGHT LINE TEST.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT ONE.
THE STAIN ON YOUR ONE FOOT TEST.
SO THEN HE ASKED HE HANDCUFFED ME AND HE PUT ME IN THE BACK OF HIS CRUISER, AND HE HAD ME SIT THERE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES WHILE HE PROCEEDED TO SEARCH MY CAR AND HAVE IT TOWED, AND I, I ASKED FOR WATER.
IT SAID LIKE GLASSES, CDS, CHILD CAR SEATS.
THIS IS A YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IF THINGS WERE STOLEN.
HE SAID IT WAS SO PEOPLE WOULDN'T STEAL STUFF WHEN THEY TOWED IT.
WELL, THAT'S NOT A GOOD INVENTORY.
SO HE FINALLY TOOK ME TO THE JAIL.
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I WAS TOLD NO.THEY GAVE ME THE BREATHALYZER TEST AND I WAS 0.02.
THE LEGAL LIMIT, 0.08, I GUESS IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT AND I DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW IT.
AND I ENDED UP SITTING IN JAIL ABOUT THREE HOURS, GOT HOME AT 5 A.M.
AND HAD TO PAY $215 FOR MY CAR TO BE TOWED.
OFFICER CALDERON WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL.
I DID NOT I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW MY RIGHTS.
I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I COULD DO, WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO, HOW TO HANDLE THE SITUATION.
IT WAS VERY COMPLICATED FOR ME.
BRUCE REDMAN WAS VERY HELPFUL.
THEY CAME AND THEY VIDEOTAPED A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENED.
SO MY SUGGESTIONS ARE I HAVE FIVE THINGS ONE.
I'VE REPEATING WITH WHAT BOBBY SAID ABOUT BREATHALYZERS AND THE CRUISERS WOULD BE GREAT.
I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO BE TOWED.
THERE I HAVE AN ARTICLE FIELD TEST.
THAT TEST I TOOK, IT'S NOT VALID ON PEOPLE OVER 40 AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE, BUT I AM OVER 40.
THERE SHOULDN'T BE A LEGAL CAR.
TRAINING FOR THE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CLAUDIA.
I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW.
EVERY MEETING, YOU COME IN TOGETHER, AND WE TOGETHER PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS.
AND TO THE REPUBLICS FOR WHICH THEY STAND.
AND HOW TO BEST USE IT FOR THE CITY.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT OUR CITIZENS AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.
AND WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
IS STREET FLOODING AN ISSUE? YES, IT IS AN ISSUE, BUT SO IS GETTING YOUR ASS BEAT BY OFFICER.
BUT THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES.
ALL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF YOUR CONSTITUTIONALLY IGNORANT CITY ATTORNEY.
WE NEED CLEAN STREETS AND WELL TIMED LIGHTS, BUT WE ALSO NEED THE POLICE AND OUR OTHER GOVERNMENT ACTORS TO ABIDE BY THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS IN OUR BEST INTEREST.
NOT USE US AS SIMPLY A REVENUE STREAM TO SUPPORT THE MACHINE THAT WE CALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SOMEBODY HAS TO STAND UP AGAINST THESE OVERREACHES AND THE ARBITRARY $400 TICKETS.
SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR AN ATTORNEY TO NOT JUST DEFEND AGAINST THESE VIOLATIONS, BUT TO SUE THE PEOPLE SUPPORTING THE ILLEGAL ACTIONS AND BEHIND IT.
VERY GOOD. THAT'S ALL THE WELL.
WAIT A MINUTE. HERE. WE'VE GOT SHEILA BELL.
FORWARD. I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO PUT ONE IN.
MAYOR, YOUR WIFE IS DELIGHTFUL.
SHE'S JUST AS SWEET AND FRIENDLY AND HONEST AS YOU ARE.
GOD WANTS YOU ALL TO KNOW THIS CITY IS GOING TO FLOOD AGAIN.
BUT DON'T. HE DIDN'T SAY THAT.
TO FEAR IT, NOT TO SCARE YOU, TO PREPARE YOU.
THIS IS KIND OF OLD HAT WITH US.
WHEN YOU SEE THE GULF TURN DEEP BLUE TEAL, WHICH IS LIKE A GREENISH BLUE OR BLUISH GREEN, YOU NEED TO GRAB YOUR LIFE JACKETS, FLOTATION DEVICES, BOATS, WHATEVER YOU GOT.
HELP EACH OTHER GET TO HIGHER GROUND.
NOW. RIGHT NOW IT MEANS NOTHING.
WELL, WHAT'S SHE TALKING ABOUT? BUT THE DAY THAT.
THAT THE GULF TURNS BLUE AND DARK BLUE AND GREEN, EVERYBODY GOING.
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WHAT'S GOING ON? SHEILA BELL TOLD YOU WHAT GOD TOLD HER.IT'S GOING TO FLOOD AT LEAST TWO STORIES HIGH THAT DAY.
SO EVERYBODY GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR LIFE JACKETS, GET NELLIE.
GO GIRL. OKAY, GET THOSE LIFE JACKETS.
CAN WE HAVE A LIVE NEWS STATION ON THIS ISLAND? I'M SITTING IN MY HOUSE.
AND THEN IT'S FLOODING EVERYWHERE.
AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WHERE IS IT FLOODING? WE HAD TO GO HERE. SOMEBODY ELSE GOT TO GO THERE.
I HAVE TO WATCH IT A WEEK LATER AND FIND OUT THE WHOLE CITY.
OH MY GOSH, IT WAS FLOODING EVERYWHERE.
HOW COME I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I'M A GAL BOSTONIAN? I LIVE HERE, I WANT TO KNOW FIRST, AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO RELY ON HOUSTON FOR NEWS.
LIVE NEWS. THAT'S MY HOMETOWN.
I GOT NOTHING AGAINST HOUSTON. I LOVE HOUSTON, BUT I LOVE GALVESTON, TOO.
AND WE DESERVE TO HAVE LIVE NEWS WHEN ALL ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON ALL OVER THE WORLD.
ALL KIND OF STUFF IS HAPPENING.
SIRENS WILL WARN EVERYBODY AT THE SAME TIME.
OKAY. ACCORDING TO DANIEL TWO AND 24.
I'M GOING TO TELL Y'ALL WHAT THE WHAT? THE SCIENTISTS WON'T TELL YOU.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE.
REVELATION 1612 1618 GLOBAL DARKNESS.
ZEPHANIAH, ZEPHANIAH ONE AND 15 A NATIONAL FLOOD.
AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE US.
ISAIAH 51 AND 42, HE THAT SCORCHES PEOPLE.
REVELATION 16 AND EIGHT A GREAT BLAST ONCE THE SUN GOES OUT.
STARS ARE GOING TO FALL. THEY'RE GOING TO FALL.
NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A SCHOLAR TO READ.
READ WHAT I TOLD YOU. LOOK AT.
I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHERE ELSE COULD YOU GO AND HAVE SO MUCH FUN? I'M TELLING YOU WE HAVE ALSO JOSH HENDERSON.
HE'S BRINGING IN A SPECIAL GUEST, I THINK.
Y'ALL HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WATER SAFETY, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO MY LITTLE FRIEND.
HE IS A 97 POUND CUDDLE MONSTER.
AND SO HE'S HERE WITH HIS LIFE JACKET TODAY AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT FLOODING.
BUT IN SUPPORT OF OUR UPCOMING EVENT, JULY 20TH IS SURF DOGS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, YOU HAVE TO COME.
WE DO STILL HAVE SOME SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE.
AND, HEY, HOW'S HOW'S ESTELLA DOING? AS MUCH AS THIS MAN HAS DONE FOR THE CITY.
HE CAME OUT NOT TOO LONG AGO AND ADOPTED ONE OF OUR 100 CLUB.
THIS GUY IS SPOILING THAT PUPPY ROTTEN.
AND IN ADDITION TO OUR SURF DOGS, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE.
WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR AVAILABLE ANIMALS LISTED THERE.
WE HAVE ALSO JUST OPENED UP REGISTRATION AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PAWS GALA.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, YOU HADN'T SEEN IT BEFORE.
CHECK IT OUT. WE'VE GOT AN EXCITING LINEUP THIS GO ROUND.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I'M GOING TO GET THIS MY SECOND LITTLE CUDDLE MONSTER BACK.
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COME ON. THAT IS ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS I HAVE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.[10.A. Consider For Approval Ordinance Authorizing The Issuance, Sale And Delivery Of City Of Galveston, Texas, Wharves And Terminal First Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2024a (Amt), And City Of Galveston, Texas, Wharves And Terminal First Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2024b (Non-Amt); And Providing For The Security Thereof; Approving The Form And Substance, And Authorizing The Execution And Delivery Of A Second Supplemental Amended And Restated Trust Indenture; Approving And Authorizing The Execution And Delivery Of Related Transaction Documents; Approving The Use And Distribution Of A Preliminary Official Statement And Official Statement; And Making Certain Findings With Respect Thereto And Containing Other Provisions Relating To The Subject. (C. Ludanyi)]
ITEM TEN ORDINANCES NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS.ITEM TEN A CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS WHARVES AND TERMINAL FIRST LIEN REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2020 FOR A AND CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
WHARVES AND TERMINAL FIRST LIEN REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2024 B AND PROVIDING FOR THE SECURITY THEREOF, APPROVING THE FORM AND SUBSTANCE AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL, AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST INDENTURE.
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF RELATED TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS.
APPROVING THE USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND OFFICIAL STATEMENT, AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS WITH RESPECT THERETO AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
VERY GOOD. WE HAVE SHEILA LADANYI, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, HERE, TO PRESENT THIS SHEILA.
OKAY. ONLY IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHEILA? BOB, I THINK YOU MEANT $160 MILLION.
OH, YES, I DID MEAN 160 MILLION.
THANK YOU. NOT 160,000, MAYOR.
YEAH. BUT BOB BROWN HAD A QUESTION FOR SHEILA.
IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. SHEILA THIS IS JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, I THINK.
BUT THESE THESE REVENUE BONDS ARE PAID FOR FROM PROJECT OPERATIONS.
RIGHT. AND SO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF YOU COULD CLARIFY FOR US, HOW ARE HOW IS THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS PROTECTED IF, SAY, THE OPERATIONS GO SOUTH, IF IT'S A PANDEMIC OR A HURRICANE OR SOMETHING IN THE IN THE AGREEMENT.
SO THESE ARE REVENUE BONDS THAT ARE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE PORT.
AND THE CITY HAS NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION RELATED TO THIS ISSUANCE.
CERTAINLY THERE'S ALWAYS THE COURT OF PUBLIC INTEREST, WHICH WE CONSIDER.
AND IT'S WE HAVE NO OBLIGATIONS TO PAY ANY DEBT.
GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TEN, A FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $160 MILLION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB AND COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS? IT LOOKS LIKE SO VERY GOOD.
LET'S OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION.
ORIGINALLY, THIS WAS REQUESTED BY FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN LISTOWSKI AND MYSELF IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE THE COMPLETED REPORT BY THE END OF 2023.
HOWEVER, THE THE STUDY PROCESS BEGAN WITH THE SCOPING MEETING WITH THE PORT AND THE CITY IN FEBRUARY AND CONCLUDED IN MAY AND WAS DELIVERED TO THE CITY A WEEK PRIOR TO TODAY'S MEETING.
THE DELAY IN STARTING THIS STUDY AFTER IT WAS DUE TO BE DELIVERED TO THE COUNCIL IS UNACCEPTABLE.
A CITY UTILITY SHOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS ANY OTHER DEVELOPER.
WHILE I APPRECIATE THE WHARVES BOARD PASSING A RESOLUTION TO FUND AND INSTALL THE RECOMMENDED TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT HARBORSIDE AND 16TH BEFORE THE OPERATIONS, OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS WERE INCLUDED IN THAT STUDY AND ALSO NEED TIMELY COMPLETION.
THE WHARVES BOARD SHOULD COMPLETE THESE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS CONCURRENTLY, AS WELL AS ANY ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR CITY ENGINEER, ROBB WINNIK, AS HE COMPLETES HIS REVIEW REGARDING THE IMPACT ANALYSIS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CITY'S NETWORK.
VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS SUBJECT AND FURTHER DISCUSSION, BOB? WELL, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT DAVID SAID, WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION WITH ROGER REES ABOUT THIS VERY TOPIC.
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AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ADDED TRAFFIC, OBVIOUSLY, FROM THE NEW CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL.AND THE CONCERN WAS SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC MAY BE GOING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO I THINK THE MEASURES THAT ARE TAKEN ARE REALLY GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE TO MAKE THAT THAT MOST EFFICIENT AS IT CAN BE GETTING THE CARS COMING DOWN. HARBORSIDE 14TH AND 16TH STREET TO THE CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL WITHOUT WITHOUT INTERRUPTING ANYTHING.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WASN'T COVERED IN THAT STUDY WAS, WAS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE INTERSECTIONS THERE AT HARBORSIDE, 14TH AND 16TH.
AND SO WE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT WORKING WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS WHERE THESE CARS ARE COMING THROUGH WILL WILL BE PROTECTED BY A SAFE PASSAGE FOR PEDESTRIANS.
SO THE PORT IS GOING TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO HELP US DO THAT.
BOB. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THIS REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE HERE AT COUNCIL.
THAT MEANS TO PASS THIS, WE NEED SIX VOTES IN APPROVAL.
SO JANELLE, LET'S WORK OUR WAY DOWN, AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER INDIVIDUALLY WILL CAST THEIR VOTE.
THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM TEN B.
[10.B. Consider for action an ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas, adopting the homestead, elderly, and disabled ad valorem tax exemptions for Tax Year 2024, pursuant to Chapter 33, Section 33-24 of the Code of the City of Galveston 1982, as amended; maintaining the minimum homestead exemption of $60,000 or 20% of the appraised value whichever is larger; maintaining the additional exemption in the amount of $15,000 be available for those age 65 and older; maintaining the additional exemption of $10,000 for those who are disabled; making various findings and provisions related to the subject; and providing for an effective date. (C. Ludanyi)]
ITEM TEN B CONSIDER FOR ACTION AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.ELDERLY AND DISABLED AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR TAX YEAR 2024 PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 33, SECTION 33, DASH 24 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, 1982, AS AMENDED.
MAINTAINING THE ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE AGE 65 AND OLDER, MAINTAINING THE ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION OF $10,000 FOR THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE SHEILA LADANYI.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL ORDINANCE AND IT IS A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM FOR THE MOST PART.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES THIS YEAR OVER LAST YEAR.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS LADANYI? VERY GOOD. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO. MOTION TO APPROVE.
COUNCILMAN PERRETTA SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BROWN.
ANY DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR MOTION AND SET THE.
SCREEN. JUST PRESS YOURS AGAIN AND.
WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PERRETTA AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ROLLINS.
AND COUNCILMAN BROWN HAD A SECOND ON THAT TWO.
IT'S NOT WORKING. IT'S NOT WORKING.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS MANUALLY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU. DO WE NEED TO VOTE MANUALLY ON ALL THE OTHERS? OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM TEN C, PLEASE.
[10.C. Budget Amendment Ordinance Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The Total Operating Budget For Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2024, By Adjusting Various Budget Accounts In The Amount Of Six Million Seven Hundred Fifteen Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six Dollars ($6,715,686) To Properly Record Expenditures Related To Repairs To 25th Street Lighting Project ($50,000), Funding For Sandhill Crane Lighting Project ($40,000), Funding For Mardi Gras Expenditures ($285,853), Funding For Stewart Beach Masterplan/Pavilion And Beach Patrol Housing ($1,013,800), Carryover Of Trolley Style Buses And Refurbishing Of Trolley Car #503 ($2,637,230), Funding For Park Board Tourism Special/Capital Projects ($1,879,103), Funding For Arts And Cultural Coordinator ($105,000), Increase In Cultural Arts Contracts ($180,950) As Approved By City Council, Increase In Arts Preservation Contracts ($323,750) As Approved By City Council, Funding For The Airport Improvement Fund For Capital Needs In Anticipation Of Grant Reimbursements ($200,000); Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Providing For An Effective Date. (C. Ludanyi)]
ITEM TEN C, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.AMENDING THE TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, BY ADJUSTING VARIOUS BUDGET ACCOUNTS IN THE AMOUNTS OF $6,715,686 TO PROPERLY RECORD EXPENDITURES RELATED TO REPAIRS TO 25TH STREET LIGHTING PROJECT FUNDING FOR SANDHILL CRANE LIGHTING PROJECT, FUNDING FOR MARDI GRAS EXPENDITURES, FUNDING FOR STEWART BEACH MASTER PLAN PAVILION AND BEACH PATROL HOUSING.
CARRYOVER OF TROLLEY STYLE BUSSES AND REFURBISHING OF TROLLEY CAR NUMBER 503.
FUNDING FOR PARK BOARD TOURISM.
FUNDING FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL COORDINATOR.
INCREASE IN CULTURAL ARTS CONTRACTS AS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
INCREASE IN ARTS PRESERVATION CONTRACTS AS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
FUNDING FOR THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR CAPITAL NEEDS IN ANTICIPATION OF GRANT REIMBURSEMENTS.
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MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE WORKSHOP, MOST OF THESE ITEMS ARE RELATED TO HOT FUNDS AND THEY ARE ITEMS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL AS PROJECTS. BUT WE ARE JUST REALLOCATING THE FUNDS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE EXPENDITURES.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK THE QUESTIONS FOR MISS LADANYI.
IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR TENNESSEE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL, COUNCILMAN FINKLEA.
I. WE HAVE SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THAT.
NOT WORKING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU. ITEM TEN D, PLEASE.
[10.D. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The City Code Of The City Of Galveston, Multiple Sections Of Chapter 34, “Traffic”, Regarding Parking Along The Avenue S Corridor And Seawall Boulevard, And In The 31st And 32nd Street Blocks; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Providing For An Effective Date. (R. Winiecke)]
ITEM TEN D CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.AMENDING CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON.
MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 34 TRAFFIC REGARDING PARKING ALONG THE AVENUE S CORRIDOR AND SEAWALL BOULEVARD AND AND IN THE 31ST AND 32ND STREET BLOCKS, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
VERY GOOD. WE HAVE ROB WINNICK, OUR CITY ENGINEER, WITH US.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TONIGHT WE HAVE A REQUEST TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE TRAFFIC ORDINANCES.
WE RECENTLY COMMITTED OR COMPLETED THE AVENUE S RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AND WE GOT SOME COMPLAINTS FROM SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS, THAT THERE WERE SOME PARKING ISSUES AND WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE CITY CODE, FOUND THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT SECTIONS THAT KIND OF OVERLAPPED AND WERE INCONSISTENT.
SO WE'RE CLEANING THAT UP HERE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WINNICK? COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CAN WE TRY ONE MORE? ALL RIGHT. LET'S MAKE A MOTION.
A MOVE. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD AND PLACE THE.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT.
YOU HIT IT THIS TIME. SEE? IT'S NOT WORKING FOR YOU.
OH, THERE WE GO. THERE WE ARE.
AND THE BUTTONS, NOT. OH, THERE WE GO.
HEY, THERE'S THE BUTTON. ALRIGHTY.
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THAT.
APPRECIATE IT. LET'S MOVE TO TEN E, PLEASE.
[10.E. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Declaring A State Of Disaster And Emergency In The City Of Galveston Related To The Impact Of Tropical Storm Alberto To The City Of Galveston; Extending The State Of Emergency Ordered By Mayor Brown, Extending Various Emergency Orders Issued By The Mayor; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject, And Providing For An Effective Date. (Legal)]
ITEM TEN E CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, DECLARING A STATE OF DISASTER AND EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON RELATED TO THE IMPACT OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON.EXTENDING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY ORDERED BY MAYOR BROWN.
WHAT? THIS INVOLVES IT? WITH WITH THE TROPICAL STORM ROBERTO THAT CAME THROUGH HERE, I DECLARED I SIGNED A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR THE CITY. THAT STAYS INTO EFFECT FOR ONE WEEK UNTIL CITY COUNCIL CAN MEET AND CONFIRM THAT.
AND TO SEE IF WE NEED TO EXTEND THAT.
I HAVE TALKED WITH STAFF AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AT CITY STAFF LEVEL, AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THIS DOES NOT NEED TO BE EXTENDED. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM TEN E FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE DECLARATION, BUT NOT TO EXTEND IT BEYOND TODAY.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? I'LL SECOND. WELL.
IF I COULD CLARIFY, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE DECLARATION.
THANK YOU. THE ONLY QUESTION BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW IS WHETHER YOU WISH TO EXTEND IT.
IF YOU DO NOT EXTEND IT, IT EXPIRES BY OPERATION OF LAW.
SO DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS? DONE. I THINK WE DO.
LET'S LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE VOTING.
THE MOTION IS TO NOT EXTEND THE DECLARATION.
SHARON'S IS NOT WORKING, SO WE HAVE A SECOND.
I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT MOTION.
THERE IT IS. OH, THERE WE ARE.
CAN WE CAST OUR VOTE? SO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO VOTE FOR THIS OR WE'RE VOTING.
WE ARE VOTING NOT TO EXTEND OUR DISASTER DECLARATION.
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SO VOTE FOR YES IS NOT YES IF YOU DO NOT WANT US TO EXTEND IT.WE'LL DO IT. CAN WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE? JANELLE? THE SYSTEM'S LAGGING.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S THE WEATHER.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
LET'S MOVE TO CONSENT ITEMS, PLEASE.
[11. CONSENT ITEMS]
ITEM 11 CONSENT ITEMS. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR ACTION AS A WHOLE, UNLESS ONE OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBER OBJECTS.CONSENT ITEMS 11 EIGHT THROUGH 11 Q ARE ON THE SCREEN.
I. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO MOVE OUT AND ADDRESS SEPARATELY FROM THE CONSENT? I'D LIKE TO MOVE OUT 11 F, PLEASE.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUT 11 F TO ADDRESS SEPARATELY.
VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER ITEMS? NOT HEARING ANY OTHER RESPONSE.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS 11 A THROUGH 11 Q, EXCLUDING THE ITEM 11 F.
I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB.
ANY DISCUSSION? OH, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THIS.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT ONE MORE TIME.
[11.F. Consider for approval naming the collective baseball fields at Crockett Park, the "Eddie Janek Sr. Baseball Complex at Crockett Park" in accordance with Sec. 26-31 and 26-32 of Chapter 26 "Parks and Recreation" of "The Code of the City of Galveston 1982, as amended," Article II "Park and Recreation Board" and sections thereunder, as recommended by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. (B. Sanderson)]
NELLIE 11 F PLEASE.ITEM 11 F CONSIDER FOR APPROVING NAMING THE COLLECTIVE BASEBALL FIELDS AT CROCKETT PARK, THE EDDIE JENKS SENIOR BASEBALL COMPLEX AT CROCKETT PARK, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 26, DASH 31 AND 26 DASH 32 OF CHAPTER 26, PARKS AND RECREATION OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, 1982, AS AMENDED.
VERY GOOD. BARBARA, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AT ALL? WHAT I CAN SPEAK TO IS, IS THAT WE FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURE.
IT IS UP TO COUNCIL TO VOTE FOR THIS.
THANK YOU BARBARA. APPRECIATE IT.
COUNCILMAN. PERETTA YOU, I WILL SAY THIS.
THE BOARD, SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE APPROACHED ME.
IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO KICK THIS BACK TO THEM, THEY WILL ACCEPT THAT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING WOULD CHANGE FROM IT.
BUT THEY ARE WILLING TO HEAR IT AGAIN IF THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL DO.
COUNCILMAN PERETTA YOU ASKED THIS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DISCUSS.
FINE. DEFER. YOU MEAN NO DISCUSS? TO DISCUSS? I GUESS WE'RE DISCUSSING.
I TAKE ABSOLUTELY NO PLEASURE IN TALKING ABOUT THIS.
MR. GIUSTI ARE OF THE SAME CLOTH AS MY GRANDFATHER AND SEEING.
THE AMOUNT OF THE VISION THAT THIS HAS CAUSED.
WE NEED MORE MEN LIKE MR. JANICK. AND MR. GIUSTI. AND MY GRANDFATHER OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I WAS TOLD THIS ITEM WAS GETTING REMOVED.
I WAS. I MEAN, I'M AWARE OF THESE LETTERS.
AND. THE WAY THIS WAS HANDLED, I THINK.
AND THIS IS NOT ANYTHING AGAINST MR. YANNICK OR MR. GIUSTI. I THINK IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE HOW THIS WAS HANDLED.
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VERY, VERY TORN INSIDE BECAUSE.I SEE WHAT MEN LIKE THIS GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I WANTED TO JUST PUT ON THE RECORD.
AND I THINK THAT WE OWE MR. JANEK AND GIUSTI'S FAMILY AN APOLOGY FOR HOW THIS WAS HANDLED.
AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.
SO THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS.
SO, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE ALEX IS COMING FROM.
IS THERE OTHER BALL FIELDS THAT COULD BE NAMED? FOR FOR MR. GIUSTI. THERE ARE THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.
OUR CITY MANAGER HAS HAD A DISCUSSION WITH CITY FAMILY ON THAT.
BRIAN, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT? WE'VE EXTENDED THAT TO MR. GIUSTI. AND HE WAS DISCUSSING IT WITH HIS FAMILY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES, SHARON.
THE SAME QUESTION I HAD THIS MORNING WAS THE PROCEDURE FOLLOWED? YES, MA'AM.
YES, WE DID FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE, THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE SET FORTH.
THEN I THINK AS A COUNCIL, WE NEED TO SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE IF THAT FAMILY OR THOUGH THEY WENT THROUGH THAT APPLICATION PROCESS, IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC OR TO THE BOARD AND IT WAS VOTED ON.
I WOULD THINK OUT OF ALL DUE RESPECT FOR BOTH MEN, THE PROCEDURE IS WHAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WAS IT DONE CORRECTLY? YES IT WAS. SO I SEE NO FAULT IN THAT.
OKAY. MR. YANNICK, I WANT TO TELL YOU.
THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW YOU, AND I DIDN'T KNOW FRANK GIUSTI.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MY BLOOD IS HERE, AND THIS MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE.
BUT THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE VOTE, I'M GOING TO SAY I DID NOT GROW UP ON THE ISLAND HERE.
I CAME ON THE ISLAND ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO.
BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPORTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ON THE ISLAND HERE, THERE WAS ONE NAME THAT CAME UP CONSTANTLY, AND THAT WAS EDDIE JENNING. AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, MR. JANIK, AND SAYING THAT.
LET'S CAST OUR VOTES, PLEASE, SIR.
BOW. AND I CAN'T TURN ON MY CORNER.
MR. YANNICK, I HAVE HIGH HONOR FOR YOU.
AND IT WAS HARD FOR ME LAST NIGHT AT THE PROPELLER CLUB.
AS YOU KNOW, I LOST MY FATHER YOUNG AND TO HAVE.
FRANK GIUSTI'S SONS REACH OUT TO ME TODAY.
WITH THE PASSION THAT THEY HAD AND TRYING TO MAKE THEIR MOTHER HAPPY.
WAS BOTH AN HONOR AND A CURSE BECAUSE.
NEVER WOULD. I WANT TWO MEN LIKE YOURSELF PUT AGAINST EACH OTHER.
WHEN I SAW THESE LETTERS, WHEN I SAW THESE LETTERS THAT WERE THAT WERE ISSUED IN 2018 AND 2022 FOR MR. JUICY, ONE LETTER WAS ISSUED WHILE HE WAS ALIVE.
ONE LETTER WAS ISSUED AFTER HE PASSED.
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IT MADE ME QUESTION OUR POLICY THAT I'D LIKE TO VISIT LATER, JUST SO THAT WE NEVER RUN INTO THIS SITUATION AGAIN, OF PUTTING TWO FINE YOUNG MEN, FINE YOUNG MEN, AGAINST EACH OTHER LIKE WE HAVE THIS EVENING.MIKE. MIKE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S OTHER THINGS NAMED AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS NAMED AFTER MR. YANNICK AS WELL, BESIDES THIS BASEBALL FIELD.
I'M SUPPORTING THIS FIELD BEING NAMED AFTER YOU, MR. JANICK. NO ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
EVERYBODY SUBMITTED IT CORRECTLY.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE, MR. JANICK. VERY GOOD.
ANY MORE INPUT? COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
CONGRATULATIONS. APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE. AND I REALLY.
YOUNG MAN. AND IT IS REALLY PAID OFF AS FAR AS I'M.
SEE ALL THESE YOUNG MEN WHO PLAYED BALL FOR ME.
HELP ME. CONGRATULATIONS AND I THANK YOU ALL.
LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS 12 A PLEASE.
[12.A. Discuss and consider for action an amendment to the City Auditor’s FY2024 Audit Plan to include the Audit of the Park Board concerning alleged fraud.]
ITEM 12 A DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR ACTION AND AMENDMENT TO THE CITY AUDITOR'S FISCAL YEAR 2024 AUDIT PLAN TO INCLUDE THE AUDIT OF THE PARK BOARD CONCERNING ALLEGED FRAUD. THE CITY AUDITOR HAS DETERMINED A CONCERN REGARDING FRAUD OR ILLEGALLY ILLEGALITY AT THE PARK BOARD.THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE COUNCIL THAT THE CITY AUDITOR BELIEVES THE CONCERN IS MATERIAL, AND WILL CONDUCT AN AUDIT TO LOOK AT ALL PARK BOARD'S BEACH PATROL DISBURSEMENTS. THIS AUDIT WILL BE CONDUCTED UNDER THE 2024 AUDIT PLAN AND WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
COUNCIL. AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK IN THE PAST, THIS ITEM IS TO AMEND THE AUDIT PLAN FOR OUR CITY AUDITOR FOR THE YEAR 2024. THIS WILL ALSO IT SAYS THAT THIS THE RESULTS OF THIS AUDIT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL IN THREE MONTHS, WHICH WOULD BE THE SEPTEMBER TO.
FOR THE RESULTS OF THIS AUDIT, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THAT.
[12.B. Discuss and consider appointments to H-GAC's 2024 General Assembly and Board of Directors. (Brown)]
12 B, PLEASE.CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE H.
JAX 2024 GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MARIE ROBB TO BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE TPC COMMITTEE FOR HGH GAC.
AND I HAVE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF GAC, AND DUE TO SOME COMMITMENTS, I CANNOT ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS REGULARLY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MARIE ROBB AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR GAC.
ALSO JANELLE, WHO ARE OUR ALTERNATES ON THOSE? JOHN MARKOWSKI WAS MY ALTERNATE ON TPC.
OKAY. AND DAVID COLLINS WAS YOURS.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE FOR TPC AND AN ALTERNATE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I'M HAPPY TO SERVE IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE.
IS THE ALTERNATE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS? I WOULD THOUGH, LIKE TO SEE IF ANY OTHER COUNCILPERSON WANTED TO SERVE AS THE ALTERNATE FOR THE TPC COMMITTEE.
DO YOU WANT TO SERVE AS ALTERNATE FOR TPC? ALL RIGHT. I WILL AMEND MY MOTION THAT THE MOTION IS FOR COUNCILWOMAN ROBB TO BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE AT HJC FOR THE
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TPC TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMISSION, AND ALSO FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FOR THE ALTERNATE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WOULD BE MYSELF AND FOR THE ALTERNATE FOR TPC WOULD BE COUNCIL MEMBER FINKLEA.IS IT SO I MAKE THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND THAT.
BOB BROWN, HE'S FAST ON THE BUTTONS THERE.
THANK YOU MARIE. ALL RIGHT LET'S MOVE FORWARD 12 C PLEASE.
[12.C. Discuss and consider appointments to the following City boards, commissions, and committees]
ITEM 12 C DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO MANY OF OUR COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD.
I DO NOT AFTER CHECKING, I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE AT THIS TIME.
WE ALSO HAVE FINANCE, FISCAL, FISCAL AFFAIRS AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE.
THIS IS FROM DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO.
I HEARD ONE. DO YOU? I HAVE I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR DISTRICT TWO.
YES, SIR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AND NOMINATE JOHN CURRE FROM DISTRICT TWO.
EXCELLENT CANDIDATE. VERY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, SO IF WE COULD PUT DOWN FOR DISTRICT ONE TO NOT FOR AN APPOINTMENT NEXT TIME WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN FINKLEA FOR A NOMINATION FOR DISTRICT TWO.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? I'LL SECOND IT SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU. GALVESTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU THAT THAT'S A MAYORAL APPOINTMENT.
I AM REAPPOINTING TO THE GALVESTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, BETTY MASSEY.
I AM ALSO REAPPOINTING BRAX EASTERWOOD TO THE GALVESTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND ALSO, WE HAVE A TERM LIMIT INDIVIDUAL.
AND I WILL BE MAKING THAT APPOINTMENT NEXT MONTH.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF INTERVIEWS I WILL BE DOING.
THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE COUNCIL VOTE, BUT I AM REAPPOINTING BOTH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE WAY THAT IS.
THE GUIDELINES FOR THE EDC COMMITTEE WE HAVE NEEDS TO THE, THE INDIVIDUALS SERVING ON THAT NEEDS TO BE THE MAYOR AND THREE COUNCILMEN.
ON THAT I'M HAPPY TO RE CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE IDC COMMITTEE.
AND I'M GOING TO OPEN UP I'M GOING TO NOMINATE MARIE ROBB TO SERVE ON THE IDC COMMITTEE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? ALL RIGHT. SECOND EACH ONE.
SO I'M GOING TO NOMINATE THE MAYOR AND MARIE ROBB TO SERVE ON THAT.
IS THAT RIGHT FOR YOU, DAVID? YES. OKAY.
THERE WE GO. THAT IS UNANIMOUS.
THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBER POSITIONS STILL TO FILL.
WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAD GENERATED AN INTEREST.
WE HAD COUNCILMAN PERRETTA HAD AN INTEREST IN SERVING WE HAD COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER FINKLEA ALSO INTERESTED IN SERVING. WE NEED TO MAKE TWO OTHER APPOINTMENTS FROM THAT.
I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN MOTIONS FOR THAT.
I'M. I'M GOING TO NOMINATE AND REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF SHARON MANUALLY.
I'M GOING TO REQUEST THE NOMINATION OF SHARON LEWIS TO FAIL ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT SECOND? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SHARON LEWIS IN SECOND.
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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS.NOW WE HAVE ONE OTHER POSITION TO FILL.
YES, MA'AM. HAVE ALEX PEREIRA NOMINATED.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? BEAU ROLLINS HAS SECOND.
THAT ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS.
CAN WE REAPPOINT THE OTHER POSITIONS? THE PARK BOARD, THE CHAMBER AND GEP.
WE CAN. AND COULD YOU READ THE NAMES FOR ME, PLEASE? JASON HARDCASTLE FOR PARK BOARD, FOR CHAMBER, KEITH BASSETT AND FOR GEP, IT'S BILL COLTER.
AND ALL THREE ENTITIES HAVE RECOMMENDED THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBERS.
VERY GOOD. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE THREE REPRESENTATIVES.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. SHARON LEWIS IS SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.
LET'S MOVE TO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.
HOW MANY OPENINGS DO WE HAVE ON THAT? WE HAVE ONE OPENING, AND IT IS FOR POSITION THREE.
AND THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THE THE APPLICANT MUST BE AN OWNER OF A HISTORIC STRUCTURE LOCATED IN A HISTORIC ZONING OVERLAY.
ALL RIGHT. AND IS THERE A NOMINATION FOR THAT? DOES ANYONE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR THE LANDMARK COMMISSION? WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY APPLICATIONS ON FILE.
OKAY, IF WE COULD PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH, THEN PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I DO NOT HAVE THE LIST, SO. THANK.
EXCUSE ME. I MADE A COPY FOR EVERYONE.
OUR FIRST NOMINEE FOR THE PARK BOARD WE HAVE DOWN.
IS THAT CORRECT? JANELLE? I NOMINATE ROBERT QUINTERO TO SERVE ON THE PARK BOARD.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VERY GOOD.
THE SECOND NOMINEE WOULD BE BILL CLEMENT.
IS THERE A I NOMINATE BILL CLEMENT FOR THE PARK BOARD.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY MARIE ROBB.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VERY GOOD.
OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS JASON HARDCASTLE.
VERY GOOD I APOLOGIZE, IT'S CARLOS GUERRA.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. I'M GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THAT.
NOTHING AGAINST MR. GUERRERO, THOUGH.
SO PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES FOR CARLOS GUERRA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
SO THAT IS APPROVED FOR MR. GUERRERA. AND WE DO HAVE THE AND JASON HARDCASTLE AS THE NEXT APPOINTMENT.
I'LL NOMINATE JASON HARDCASTLE I'LL SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VERY GOOD. SO, WE NOW HAVE JASON HARDCASTLE, BILL CLEMENT, CARLOS GUERRERA AND ROBERT QUINTERO. ROBERT QUINTERO IS OUR NEW MEMBERS OF THE PARK BOARD.
VERY GOOD. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS.
WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE TREE COMMITTEE.
MR. ROLLINS, ANYBODY YOU'D LIKE TO POINT TO THE TREE COMMITTEE? I THINK WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF APPLICATIONS THAT I SENT TO COUNCIL.
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YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK? YES. LET'S BRING THIS BACK.AND THAT'LL GIVE COUNCIL MEMBER ROLLINS TIME TO REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
VERY GOOD. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 12 D, PLEASE.
[12.D. Discuss and consider Ex Officio appointments to the following City boards, commissions, and committees]
ITEM 12 D DISCUSS AND CONSIDER EX OFFICIO APPOINTMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.AND I HOPE THAT I GET THIS CORRECT.
I HAVE REVIEWED ALL OF THE INTERESTS THAT COUNCIL HAS FOR THESE DIFFERENT POSITIONS, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE MOTION.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE OUT OF THAT MOTION THE FAMILY, CHILDREN AND YOUTH BOARD, THE FINANCE, FISCAL AFFAIRS AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE, AND THE PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THOSE TO DO THOSE INDIVIDUALLY.
BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCILWOMAN ROBB TO THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
COUNCIL MEMBER FINKLEA TO THE ARTS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD.
TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER FINKLEA TO THE CALVERT GALVESTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION PROPERTY FINANCE AUTHORITY BOARD.
I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER BOB BROWN TO THE GALVESTON ISLAND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND COUNCIL MEMBER ROLLINS TO THE GALVESTON WHARVES BOARD.
MAYOR BROWN, TO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROLLINS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROBB TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THIS IS A BIG, BIG VERY BUSY COMMISSION.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROLLINS.
I'M GOING TO NOMINATE FOR THAT.
SISTER CITIES COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS.
AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE TREE COMMITTEE OUT.
AND FOR ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
OR IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? YES, SIR. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU.
WE NOW HAVE THE FAMILY, CHILDREN AND YOUTH BOARD.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE RANKED BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS THAT LIAISON? WHEN DO THEY MEET? BARBARA, AS THE LIAISON AT STAFF, THEY MEET THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 430.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS THAT WANTED TO MEET WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT THAT, SOME CONCERNS.
IT USUALLY LASTS ABOUT AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF.
BARBARA. FINANCE, FISCAL AFFAIRS AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE IS ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THAT? COUNCILWOMAN ROBB I NOMINATE TO SERVE ON THAT.
IS THERE A SECOND? SOMEBODY ELSE LIKE TO BE ON FINANCE COMMITTEE.
IT IS. I'LL SECOND THAT FOR COUNCILWOMAN.
ROBB. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VERY GOOD. WE HAVE THE PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND I'M GOING TO NOMINATE BOB BROWN AS THE PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEE LIAISON. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. VERY GOOD.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS.
IN OUR LAST ONE IS THE TREE COMMITTEE.
ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE TREE COMMITTEE? IT'S A GREAT COMMITTEE.
VERY ACTIVE IN A DYNAMIC COMMITTEE.
COUNCIL, I NOMINATE COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS TO BE THE TREE COMMITTEE LIAISON IS SECOND.
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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VERY GOOD.[13.A. Letter from Senator John Cornyn - Juneteenth]
IF YOU'LL READ THE RECEIVING FILE, PLEASE.VERY GOOD. WE HAD A LETTER FROM SENATOR JOHN CORNYN CONGRATULATING GALVESTON ON JUNETEENTH.
THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET MATERIAL.
COUNCIL, I WANT TO I THINK WE MADE SOME GREAT APPOINTMENTS TO THESE BOARDS.
AND I THINK THE LIAISON APPOINTMENTS ARE SUPERB.
SO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY BUSY AND PRODUCTIVE YEAR.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS. IT IS 650.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. YES, I WAS I JUST WANT TO WE HAD ALL SO MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT BASEBALL.
OUR GALVESTON LITTLE LEAGUE 12 TEAM IS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
THERE YOU GO.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.