[00:00:06] ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. [1. Call Meeting To Order] WE'LL GET THE WE'LL CALL THE CITY OF GALVESTON PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. AND WE TOOK A ROLL CALL WITH OUR. WE ALL SIGNED IN. COMMISSIONER EDWARDS AND COMMISSIONER HUMPHREYS ARE NOT WITH US, BUT WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST? SEEING NONE, WE'LL APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 18TH AND THE JUNE 8TH. [4. Approval Of Minutes] JUNE 18TH. WE HAD MINUTES FROM THE WORKSHOP AND MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING. WILL APPROVE BOTH THOSE SAME TIME. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS? DELETIONS FOR EITHER ONE OF THOSE. THEN WE'LL APPROVE THE WORKSHOP AND THE AND THE REGULAR MEETING. MEETING MINUTES FOR JUNE 18TH. THIS IS A TIME FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU'RE HERE ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK. SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. [6.A.1. 24P-025 (3418 Beall / 7 1/8 Mile Road) Request For A Minor Plat To Reconfigure One Lot Into Two. Property Is Legally Described As Abstract 121 Hall & Jones Survey, Part Of Lot 440 (440-2), Trimble & Lindsey Section 1, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: April C. Beall Property Owner: April C. Beall] FIRST ITEM IS 20 4-025. DANIEL. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO 24-025. THIS IS AT 3418 BELL. AND THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A REPLAT. THERE WERE 19 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT. SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING REPLAT IN ORDER TO SUBDIVIDE ONE PARCEL INTO TWO. AND A R-1 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT. AND OF COURSE, THIS REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A MINOR PLATS. INCREASING LOT DENSITY. EXISTING PARCEL CONSISTS OF A 6.07 ACRE TRACT LOCATED SOUTH OF STUART ROAD. NORTH OF FM 305 WITH FRONTAGE ON STUART ROAD AND BELL ROAD. CONTAINS A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE AND SOME OTHER STRUCTURES, ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY, PROVIDED THE EXISTING PARCELS APPROXIMATELY 717FT LONG AND 330-FOOT WIDE SUBJECT PARCEL AND PARCEL TO THE EAST AND WEST ARE ZONED RESIDENTIAL. SINGLE FAMILY PARCELS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH ARE ZONED COMMERCIAL, AND THE AREA INCLUDES A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LAND USES. ACCORDINGLY. PLEASE NOTE THE ZONING AND LAND USE ALSO IN THE STAFF REPORT. AND THE MINIMUM LOT AREAS FOR NEW LOTS IN R-1 ZONING ACCORDING TO THE SITE PLAN SUBMITTED, THE PROPOSED LOT TO LOCATE THE FAR SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE MAJOR TRACT WILL BE 75 FOOT WIDE, 100 FOOT LONG AND 7500 SQUARE FOOT, WHICH MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE CITY MINIMUMS FOR NEW LOTS IN R1 ZONING. AND OF COURSE, THE REMAINDER TRACK WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER STILL. DEPARTMENT REVIEWS AND COMMENTS. PUBLIC WORKS REQUESTS THAT THE EXISTING UTILITIES TO EXISTING STRUCTURES BE LOCATED AND UTILITY EASEMENT PROVIDED AS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE NEW LOT HAS ACCESS TO UTILITIES. AND I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON THAT AT THE MOMENT. PLEASE NOTE THE PLAT APPROVAL CRITERIA IN YOUR STAFF REPORT. CASE 24P-025 WILL BE APPROVED WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ONE TWO AND STANDARD CONDITIONS THREE THROUGH FOUR. AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS HERE. SO HERE WE HAVE THE KIND OF A AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND THEN A VICINITY MAP. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND HERE WE HAVE SOME MORE PHOTOS. OBLIQUE ARROWS FROM DIFFERENT VIEWS, ANGLES SHOWING THE SAME PARCEL. BELL ROAD IS A PRIVATE DRIVE, SO STAFF WAS JUST ABLE TO GET KIND OF THIS GENERAL OVERALL VIEW. AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE THE PROPOSED LOT IS THAT LITTLE AREA THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND HERE ARE THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH TO THE EAST. TO THE WEST. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU, DANIEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I GOT SO THE LOT MEETS OUR MINIMUM STANDARD. IT FRONTS ON BELL ROAD, SO IT HAS PUBLIC ACCESS. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ONLY. IS THAT CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING THEY'RE NOT HERE. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 24P-025. SO OUR NEXT ONE IS 24. [6.A.2. 24P-027 (2221 Grover) Request for a minor plat to reconfigure one lot into two. Property is legally described as Abstract 121 Hall & Jones Survey, Lot 6 Block 6, Hollywood Heights Subdivision, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Jordan Alcocer, Tricon Land Surveying Property Owner: Pura Vida Properties, LLC. ] DASH 027. ALRIGHTY. SO THIS IS AT 2221 GROVE ROAD IS ONCE AGAIN A REPLAT OF ONE LOT INTO TWO IN R-1 ZONING. THERE ARE 30 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT IN THIS CASE. CITY DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATIONS WERE SIMPLY THAT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH BILLING DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE RESOLVED. BUT THAT'S SOMEWHAT SEPARATE FROM THE REPLAT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING REPLAT IN ORDER TO SURVIVE ONE PARCEL INTO TWO AND R-1 ZONING DISTRICT. AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. BECAUSE OF THAT, EXISTING PARCEL CONSISTS OF 6300 SQUARE FOOT TRACT LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF AVENUE R BETWEEN GROVER AND 63RD STREET. [00:05:04] CURRENTLY CONTAINS A PRIMARY DWELLING AND AT THE TIME OF THE STAFF REPORT AN ACCESSORY DWELLING WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN DEMOLISHED. THE NEW DWELLING WILL BE BUILT THERE. AND THAT'S ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE EXISTING LOT RESPECTIVELY. OF COURSE OFF STREET PARKING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE NEW THE NEW HOUSE THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THAT WILL BE REVIEWED DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT PHASE. PLEASE NOTE THE SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USE AND THE STAFF REPORT. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN INTERESTING LOT BECAUSE THIS SUBDIVISION ACTUALLY MEETS THE CRITERIA IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR A MINIMUM 2500 SQUARE FOOT LOT. THOSE DON'T EXIST A LOT WEST OF 61ST. THIS IS KIND OF UNUSUAL. BUT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY GR ZONING PRIOR TO THEIR CURRENT LDR. IT ABUTS PRIVATE PUBLIC STREETS, AND THE SUBDIVISION WAS ACTUALLY PLATTED AND RECORDED IN 1941. SO THIS ALLOWS THIS LOT TO ACTUALLY BE 2500 SQUARE FOOT, YOU KNOW, OR MORE IN THIS AREA. VERY INTERESTING. THE ONLY COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED WERE FROM BUILDING, NOTING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME BUILDING PERMIT ISSUES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE RESOLVED AT SOME POINT. PLEASE NOTE THE PLAT APPROVAL CRITERIA IN YOUR STAFF REPORT. THIS PLAT WILL BE APPROVED WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS, ONE THROUGH THREE, STANDARD CONDITIONS FOUR THROUGH FIVE. AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS. SO HERE WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHOWING THE MAIN HOUSE AND THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNDER CONSTRUCTION BEHIND IT TO THE WEST, AND OF COURSE A VICINITY MAP THERE IN THE HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE THE SURVEY ON THE TOP. ON THE BOTTOM, A OVERLAY OF THE AERIAL SHOWING WHERE THE PROPOSED DIVISION WOULD BE. AND OF COURSE, THE AERIAL SHOWS THE OLD STRUCTURE THAT HAS SINCE BEEN DEMOLISHED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN WE HAVE PHOTOS TO THE EAST, THE SOUTH AND THE WEST. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DANIEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. [7.A.1. 24P-017 (12215 Hershey Beach Drive, Lots 5 & 6, Galveston) Request for Beachfront Construction Certificate and Dune Protection Permit as well as an exemption for two new single-family residences. The properties are legally described as Abstract 121, Hall & Jones Survey, Lot 5, Hershey Beach; and Abstract 121, Hall & Jones Survey, Lot 6, Hershey Beach; in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Suresh Shah Page 1 of 2 Property Owner: Graniti Vicentia Realty LLC c/o Suresh Shah] SO FIRST NEW BUSINESS 24P-017. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THIS IS A REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH UNREINFORCED FIBER CRETE UNDER THE HABITABLE STRUCTURE AND PAVER DRIVEWAYS AND DRIVEWAYS. THE ADDRESS IS 12215 HERSHEY BEACH. LOT FIVE AND LOT SIX. THE PROPERTIES ARE LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS ABSTRACT. 1-1. HALL AND JONES SURVEY, LOT FIVE HERSHEY BEACH AND ABSTRACT 121 HOLLAND JONES SURVEY, LOT SIX HERSHEY BEACH, A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN HERSHEY BEACH SUBDIVISION. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ARE LOCATED TO THE NORTH, EAST, AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AND A DUNE, A BEACH AND DUNE SYSTEM IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, THE AREA IS ERODING A RATE OF 6 TO 7FT PER YEAR. STAFF HAS PREPARED SOME PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR YOUR VIEWING. THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS THE FARM AND BEG MAP. THIS IS A SURVEY OF THE OF THE LOTS. THIS IS MORE SURVEY OF A LOT. JUST THE STRUCTURE DESIGNS FOR THE FOR THE BEACH FOR THE STRUCTURES. HERE'S JUST A CROSS SECTIONS. GO AHEAD, KARINA. GO AHEAD. THIS IS LOT SIX SURVEY LINE AND LOCATION OF THE HOUSE. GO AHEAD. JUST THE CROSS SECTIONS OF THE HOUSE. WE HAVE PHOTOS HERE OF THE LOT. THIS IS LOOKING EAST. LOOKING SOUTH. THIS IS LOOKING WEST. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, OR. I'M SORRY, LOOKING EAST. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THAT'S THIS DUNE. THAT'S THERE. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU ALL. THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS BROUGHT IN LAST YEAR. THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH THE BUILDING LINES AND HOA, AND THOSE GOT RESOLVED. [00:10:02] WE CAME BACK TO BUILD THESE AUTHORIZED THESE TWO STRUCTURES. THIS NEW REQUEST IS THAT THE REQUEST WAS FOR SOME WORK OVER THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA. SO THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IT, YOU KNOW, HAVE A NEW ACTION HERE REQUESTING THAT, YOU KNOW, AN EXEMPTION AND APPROVAL FOR THESE, FOR THESE STRUCTURES OVER THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA, SOME CANTILEVERED DECKS. THE REASON I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF STOP. AND BEFORE WE MOVED ON TO OUR NEXT PHOTOS IS THIS DUNE THAT WAS BUILT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WAS IMPACTED THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BY TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO AND HURRICANE BERYL. SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR WHERE THIS HOUSE IS THESE STRUCTURES ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED IS ENHANCED CONSTRUCTION ZONE. YOU KNOW, HAVE TO BUILD EITHER SOME TYPE OF DUNE OR PAY INTO AN [INAUDIBLE]. PROGRAM. LIKE I SAID, THIS DUNE HAS BEEN THERE YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS. SO IT WAS IN PLACE WHEN WE RECEIVED THIS APPLICATION. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON AND KIND OF SHOW WHAT'S LEFT OUT THERE OF THE DUNE. AND THEN KIND OF OUR BRIEF KIND OF WHAT OUR POSSIBLE PLANS ARE MOVING FORWARD. GO AHEAD KARINA. WELL, THIS IS JUST A LINE OF VEGETATION ON THE DUNE BEFORE THE. FOR THE THINGS. THERE'S JUST ANOTHER. ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE LINE OF VEGETATION. SO THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT OUT THERE. THE DUNE. ABOUT. PROBABLY ABOUT A QUARTER OF IT. THIS IS THIS IS FACING IT. I THINK THAT'S ALL OF IT. JUST TO KIND OF A SIDE VIEW. SO BEFORE THE PACKETS WERE, WERE SENT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY EMERGENCY PERMITTING FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. WE DO WE RECEIVE SOME EMERGENCY PERMITTING FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE ON FRIDAY FOR DUNE RESTORATIONS. SO ONE IF THIS IS APPROVED BY THIS AUTHORIZATION IS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TODAY, WE WILL BE ADDING A SPECIAL CONDITION THAT THIS DUNE MUST, YOU KNOW, MUST BE REPLACED. AND THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, SUBMIT FOR AN EMERGENCY PERMITTING FOR DUNE RESTORATION UNDER THE HURRICANE BERYL AND TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO RULES THAT THE [INAUDIBLE] PASSED. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE, A SPECIAL CONDITION THAT WE WILL BE ADDING IF THIS, IF THIS IS APPROVED TODAY. ON THIS ON THE CURRENT PLANS AND THE CURRENT DUNE. BECAUSE I SAW THAT YESTERDAY AND IT'S A MESS. BUT HOW AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TELL FROM, FROM THESE DRAWINGS. HOW CLOSE IS THE STRUCTURE TO THAT DUNE THAT'S THERE, THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE? I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR IT IS TO THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE, BUT THE ACTUAL FOOTPRINT OF THE RESIDENCE, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IS OUTSIDE, 25FT NORTH OF THE DUNE. OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR HOW, HOW FAR IT IS FROM THAT. THE CANTILEVER DECK IS THE EXEMPTION THAT WE REQUESTED. AND APPROVAL IS 15, 16FT ON ONE OF THEM AND 17FT 17 TO 20 SOMETHING FEET FROM THE FROM THE OTHER ONE. SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S RIGHT ON TOP OF IT. OKAY, I GUESS I'M ASKING BECAUSE WHEN I, WHEN I DROVE OUT THERE AND TOOK A LOOK, IT LOOKED LIKE THE HOUSES ON EITHER SIDE, ESPECIALLY THE ONE ON THE EAST SIDE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH LINED UP WITH THAT DUNE. SO IT'S I MEAN, IT'S CLOSE. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING MY QUESTION. IT'S HARD TO TELL FROM THESE DRAWINGS HOW WELL, THIS. SO OUT THERE, WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS THAT IF YOU'RE IN THE ENHANCED CONSTRUCTION ZONE, YOU MUST BUILD A DUNE OR, YOU KNOW, PAY INTO THE IN-LIEU FEE. AND SO THERE MAY BE HOUSES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DUNE THAT THAT REQUIREMENT WAS NOT PUT INTO PLACE. THIS IS FAR ENOUGH BACK THIS DUNE WAS IN PLACE. LIKE I SAID, THIS DUNE WAS IN PLACE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE THAT WE'VE WORKED ON THIS. SO IT'S TALL, I KNOW THAT, YEAH. YES, SIR. IT'S JUST THE FRONT OF IT HAS BEEN. YES, SIR. IT'S GONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO GO AHEAD PLEASE. WELL, THE DUNE MITIGATION OR RESTORATION PERMITTING. HOW WILL THAT WORK WITH CONSTRUCTION SO CONSTRUCTION BEGIN BEFORE THE DUNE IS REPLACED? OR WHAT'S THE ORDER OF EVENTS WITH THIS? WELL, THE DUNE RESTORATION THEM FOR THE EMERGENCY HAS A SIX MONTH WINDOW. SO WE ISSUE A PERMIT. IT HAS TO BE DONE WITHIN SIX MONTHS. WE CAN SINCE THERE IS SOME DUNE THERE, OUR NORMAL PROCESS WOULD BE. YOU MUST BUILD THE DUNE BEFORE YOU CONSTRUCT, YOU KNOW, DO ANY CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE. [00:15:01] SINCE THERE'S A PARTIAL DUNE THERE, WE CAN SAY IT EITHER NEEDS TO BE DONE CONCURRENTLY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT NEEDS TO BE. WE CAN PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE AFTER WE TALK TO THE, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH APPLICANT. LIKE I SAID, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO EVEN TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. WE JUST GOT IT ON FRIDAY AND BEEN COORDINATING OTHER THINGS, BUT WE WILL HAVE A CONDITION IN THERE. BUT OUR RULES JUST SAY THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING CONSTRUCTED OUT THERE PRIOR TO YOU CONSTRUCTING THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. GO AHEAD. AND IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS FOR A SAND RENOURISHMENT PROGRAM FOR THIS SECTION OF BEACH ANYTIME. COMING UP? YES, THERE'S SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT'S IN THE WORKS FOR NEXT YEAR, 2025 FOR THIS SECTION. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO, CARL, I'M. WE APPROVED THIS PREVIOUSLY. SO NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK, AND IT JUST FORGET ALL THE DUNE STUFF FOR NOW. I'M TRYING TO GET MY HANDLE ON MY HANDS AROUND WHY WE'RE BACK. AND WE'RE BACK BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO A CANTILEVERED DECK THAT GOES INTO THE DCA. CORRECT. SO IT'S CANTILEVERED. IT'S RAISED ABOVE, BUT IT'S DECK ONLY. CORRECT. IT'S NOT COVERED DECK. IT'S JUST IT'S COVERED BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT IT COVERED. THEY'VE IT'S TO HELP TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A FEW OF THESE PROJECTS WHERE SOME OF THEM ARE CANTILEVER AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT. SO IT'S COVERED. SO YOU KNOW THEY HAVE GUTTERS ON THERE. THEY HAVE THINGS THAT WE'VE APPROVED IN THE JOB APPROVED IN THE PAST FOR AN EXEMPTION GOING OVER TO THE DCA. SO WE WENT THROUGH THE EXEMPTION PROCESS WITH THEM. THEY'VE ACTUALLY REDUCED THE SIZE WHEN THIS WAS INITIALLY BROUGHT INTO US WORKING WITH THEM, THEY'VE ACTUALLY REDUCED THE SIZE ON BOTH OF THESE, ONE OF THEM BY 48%, AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER ONE BY 52. SO, THE WAY THAT THE DUNE LINE RUNS, YOU KNOW, IT'S AT ONE END OF IT, IT'S SIX FEET OVER THE INTO THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA. AND THEN IT GOES, YOU KNOW, UP TO 17FT. SO BUT WE WORKED WITH THEM ON REDUCING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THE ENGINEERS SAID, YOU KNOW INFORMED US THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING IT COVERED TO HELP WITH THE, YOU KNOW, STABILIZE IT FOR SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE ADDED, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THERE, THE CONDITIONS ABOUT HAVING THE RAIN GUTTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOR THESE DECKS OVER THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA. SO IT'S 17FT INTO THE DCA. NO, NO, NO, NO, IT'S 17FT FROM THE NORTH TOE OF THE DUNE. I GOT YOU, I GOT YOU. BUT IT'S IT LOOKS LIKE THE ENCROACHMENT INTO THE DCA AT THE MAX IS ABOUT NINE FEET. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, I THINK SO, YEAH. OKAY. BUT SO WHERE EVEN THOUGH IT IS COVERED, THERE ARE PROVISIONS FOR THE FOR THE GUTTERS AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO, THAT'S WHEN WE FIRST DID ONE, THESE WERE THE ONE, THE FIRST ONES THAT WE DID, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION. THEY PUT GUTTERS SO THE RAIN'S NOT FLOWING INTO THAT. SO THAT IS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HUNTER AND I REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, IF POSSIBLE FOR THE FOR THE APPLICANT TO PUT ONTO THESE, THESE STRUCTURES. OKAY. SO WHEN WE DO DUNE CROSSOVERS. DUNE CROSSOVERS HAVE A HEIGHT ABOVE THE DUNE THAT THEY NEED TO BE. HOW HIGH IS THAT TYPICALLY. IT'S USUALLY IF IT'S FOUR FEET IT'S GOT TO BE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FOUR FEET ABOVE THE TOP OF THE DUNE. SO THIS IS I'M JUST TRYING TO COMPARE THE TWO. SO IF YOU WANTED TO PUT A DUNE CROSSOVER, YOU CAN PUT A DUNE CROSSOVER UNCOVERED. BUT YOU GOT TO BE FOUR FEET ABOVE THE TOP OF THE DUNE, WHEREAS THIS IS COVERING THE DCA, BUT IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD 10 TO 12FT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. CORRECT WAY ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE REASON THE DUNE WALKOVER HAS TO BE, IT HAS TO BE THAT HEIGHT, IT'S GOING OVER THE TOP OF THE DUNES. RIGHT? IS MIGRATING OKAY? IT CAN BE MIGRATING. IT CAN BLOW SAND. IT COULD BE. IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY BUILDING AND HEIGHT. THIS IS 25FT AWAY FROM THAT. AND SEE, I THOUGHT THAT IT ALSO WOULD HAVE SOME TO DO WITH YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE HAS TO BE CERTAIN SPACING IN THE DECK BOARDS. I THOUGHT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE LIGHTING SO THAT THE GRASS WOULD GROW IN THESE AREAS. IT'S THAT, BUT NOT REALLY. THE SPACING ON THE FOR THE DUNE WALKOVERS IS TO KIND OF LET THE, YOU KNOW, THE WATER GO THROUGH AND YOU KNOW, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A COVER, YOU GOT WATER GOING TO BE BLOWING IN, UNDERSTOOD. THROUGH THE THROUGH THE DECK AND EVERYTHING. SO OKAY. ON THE DUNE WALKOVER, THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT YOU TO PUT LIKE PLYWOOD AS YOUR WALKWAY AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING. [00:20:04] AND ONLY, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY ONLY BE A COUPLE OF FEET ABOVE IT. IF YOU'RE A FOOT, YOU KNOW, TWO FOOT WIDE WALKOVER, YOU ONLY HAVE TO BE TWO FEET ABOVE THE DUNE. WALK OVER. I GOT YOU. BUT THE REQUEST IS WOULD BEEN FOR THE EXEMPTION OF THEIR CANTILEVER DECK INTO THE DCA OF ABOUT. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY NINE FEET IN ROUND NUMBERS, EXCLUDING ALL THIS OTHER DUNE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON. SO THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. ANYBODY? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO, SO THE CASE BEFORE US TODAY HAS IS KIND OF TWO PRONGED. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S LIKE WHAT RUSTY HAD SAID. BUT ALSO ARE WE CONSIDERING THAT THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO THE DUNE. NO, NO, NO, NO OKAY. I'M JUST SEPARATE. THAT WAS A THAT WAS A QUESTION OKAY. POSED TO US YESTERDAY. WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE. BECAUSE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE PHOTOS OF A DUNE IN THERE. AND THAT IS A REQUIREMENT IN THERE THAT ENHANCED CONSTRUCTION. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS A, YOU KNOW, A QUESTION BY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS YESTERDAY. SO WE JUST WANTED TO UPDATE Y'ALL. HERE'S WHAT'S OUT THERE. HERE'S NOW THAT WE HAVE THE EMERGENCY RULES, WE WILL BE ADDING A CONDITION IN THERE. IF THE DUNE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, WE WOULD NOT BE ADDING ANY SPECIAL CONDITIONS ABOUT BUILDING A DUNE AND THE ENHANCEMENT CONSTRUCTION ZONE OR ANYTHING, BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY THERE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT THEN WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? YES, I'M HERE. SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ARCHITECTS ON THERE AND CANVAS HERE AS WELL. WE CAN GO NOW OR AT THE END. I'M HERE. YES. COME ON NOW. ALL RIGHT. I'M ON THE SCREEN. YES. YOU'RE UP ON THE SCREEN. SO THIS IS THE ARCHITECTS ON THE SCREEN. YOU'RE ON THE LEGAL WILL. THIS? I SUPPOSE I'M JUST, I SUPPOSE, LEGAL, SOMETHING I CAN'T PASS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME. GUESS I, YOU KNOW, AS THANKS FOR BEING HERE. OF COURSE. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. AND AS I TELL PEOPLE, I WENT TO A&M TOO. SO I JUST AM THE SUBJECT OF ALL OF THE JOKES. SO JUST I KNOW IT'S NOT REALLY WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED TODAY, BUT WE SAM IS HERE. HE'S HEARD THE THAT THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL CONDITION ABOUT THE DUNE REPLACEMENT. HE'S FINE WITH THAT. THAT'S ACCEPTABLE. SO AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. SO. OKAY. BUT SO SAM IS HERE TODAY ASKING TO BUILD A DECK OVER THE DUNE, AS KYLE HAS SAID, AND I BELIEVE IT'S COMING COME OUT THROUGH Y'ALL'S QUESTIONS AS WELL. THERE WILL BE NO GROUND LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA. THIS. THE ONLY ENCROACHMENT INTO THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA IS EARLY. PLANNING COMMISSION HAS APPROVED THOSE IN THE PAST. AS KYLE HAS SAID, THOSE HAVE BEEN APPROVED WITH THESE STANDARD CONDITIONS. ALL OF WHAT WITH GUTTERS AND SUCH, ALL OF WHICH TO FLOW WATER AWAY FROM THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA. SO THAT'S NOT NEW. WE'VE HEARD WE'VE HEARD KYLE'S CONCERNS AND YOUR CONCERNS AS WELL. AND PUT THOSE INTO THE PLANS. WE BELIEVE WE'VE, WELL, STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. WE BELIEVE WE'VE MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL IN THAT WE'VE SHOWN THAT THERE'S NO PRACTICAL, PRACTICABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A DECK OTHER THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. WE BELIEVE IT'S THE MINIMUM IMPACT, AS KYLE HAS SAID THE PROPOSAL HAS SHRUNK FROM WHAT IT WAS. ONE DECK HAS SHRUNK, I BELIEVE 48%. THE OTHERS SHRUNK 54% OF THE ENCROACHMENT. SO AND THEN AGAIN, WE'RE UTILIZING THE EXISTING BUILDING PRACTICES ON THE ISLAND AND THE SCIENTIFIC VISIBLE SITE. SCIENTIFIC VIABILITY. WHAT? THE ISLAND AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE REQUIRED IN THE PAST. WHICH IS? WHICH ARE THESE GUTTERS, THE CANTILEVER, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO GROUND DISTURBANCE TO THE DUNE. AND AS I SAID, OF COURSE, THE RECONSTRUCTION WILL OCCUR SEPARATE AND APART FROM THIS UNDER THE GLO'S RULES. SAM, OF COURSE, IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE. THE ARCHITECTS HERE, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS I WOULD NOT HAZARD TO OTHER THAN TO SAY YOU SHOULD ASK AN ARCHITECT. SO BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ARCHITECT OR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. [00:25:01] THANK YOU. GUS. ARE THERE ANY. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING THIS BACK TO COMMISSION FOR ACTION. I'LL MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE. 20 4P-017. AS WRITTEN. AS WRITTEN. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 24-017 WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? QUICK QUESTION THOUGH THAT THE ENHANCED CONSTRUCTION THAT THAT'S SOMETHING SEPARATE THAT'S COMING THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE TACKED ON TO THIS HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES, JOHN. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT I DROVE BY THE PROPERTY ON THE WAY HERE. IT'S A IT'S A TOUGH SITUATION. ONE THAT I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN. I HATE TO SEE ANYBODY LOSE THE USE OF A LOT OR TWO LOTS. BUT WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT'S TAKING PLACE WITH THESE LAST TWO STORMS, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, I CAN'T. I CAN'T SAY THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY I ASK ABOUT THE RENOURISHMENT. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE SITUATION WILL CHANGE DOWN THE ROAD WHERE THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND DO SOMETHING. BUT THIS, IN MY OPINION, DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. UNDERSTOOD? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. YES, MA'AM. THE APPLICANT. THE APPLICANT DOES GET A COPY OF THE GLO LETTER, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, JUST DOUBLE CHECK IT. YEAH, YEAH. I WOULD JUST COMMENT THAT THESE ARE HARD, AND IT IS. YOU LOOK AT THAT, AND THE DAMAGE IS SUBSTANTIAL, AND IT'S NOT AS BAD AS IT CERTAINLY COULD BE. THESE ARE THESE ARE TOUGH. I MEAN, HE'S PUT HIS DUNE THERE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT HE HAS CHANGED HIS PLAN MORE THAN ONCE. THE CANTILEVERING WE'VE DONE THAT AND APPROVED IT INTO THE DCA. AND IT'S, I THINK WE'VE EVEN APPROVED THEM WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN FURTHER THAN 8 OR 9FT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE IT. I THINK IT IS KIND OF A ROUND PEG GOING IN A ROUND HOLE, THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIKE IT. SO THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL? THOSE OPPOSED? SO WE HAVE FOUR APPROVED FOUR FOR AND ONE AGAINST. SO THAT WOULD BE AN APPROVAL FOR 24P-017 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE ON TO 24ZA-005. [7.B.1. 24ZA-005 Request for a text amendment to the Galveston Land Development Regulations, Article 2: Uses and Supplemental Standards to amend the permitted uses on Broadway and Article 3: Yard, Lot, and Setback Standards to amend the Broadway Design Standards. Applicant: Development Services Department ] THIS IS A TEXT AMENDMENT. IT'S A REQUEST FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE GALVESTON LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. ARTICLE TWO AND THREE. ARTICLE TWO IS USES AND SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS, AND ARTICLE THREE IS YARD LOT AND SETBACK STANDARDS. TO AMEND THE BROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS. WE SAW THIS FIRST BACK IN MAY. I WHEN WE WERE CODIFYING THE TEXT AMENDMENTS THAT WE DID AS PART OF OUR BROADWAY PROJECT WE NOTICED A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE. THE FIRST CHANGE IS PASSENGER MOTOR. MOTOR VEHICLE SALES OR RENTAL? THE CURRENT REGULATION PROHIBITS PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE SALES ON SEAWALL AND BROADWAY. FROM SIXTH STREET TO 59TH STREET. BUT THE THE LAND USE TERM INCLUDES BOTH SALES AND RENTAL. BUT THE WORDING AND THE LIMITED STANDARDS ONLY MENTIONS THE VEHICLE SALES AND IS SILENT ON RENTAL. THE INTENT WAS TO PROHIBIT BOTH SALES AND RENTAL ON BROADWAY, SO STAFF IS JUST RECOMMENDING THAT WE ADD IN PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AND RENTAL TO CLARIFY THAT BOTH ASPECTS OF THAT USE ARE PROHIBITED ON BROADWAY. THEY FUNCTION IN A VERY SIMILAR WAY. SALES AND RENTAL THE BROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS. THERE IS A SECTION IN THE STANDARDS THAT REQUIRES. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT THAT AUTO RELATED USES BE LOCATED WITHIN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE. AND WE HAD PUT INTO THE LIST PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE SALES OR RENTAL, BUT WE ALSO PROHIBITED IT. SO THERE'S NO REASON FOR IT TO BE IN THAT LIST OF CLASSIFICATIONS. IT'S PROHIBITED. CAN'T BE ON BROADWAY ANY LONGER. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW THAT IT HAS TO BE WITHIN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALLOWED. OKAY. AND SO THEN THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT YOU SAW, THE TWO CHANGES YOU SAW IN MAY. [00:30:03] AND THEN WE TALKED AT THAT TIME ABOUT THE LIMITED STANDARDS FOR RESTAURANT DRIVE IN OR DRIVE THROUGH THAT THE LIMITED STANDARDS, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN PART OF WHAT WE WERE REVIEWING WHEN WE DID OUR BROADWAY WORK, THEY LIMITED STANDARDS FOR THAT LAND USE OF RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH RESTRICTED CURB CUTS ON BROADWAY. SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE IS TO DELETE THE REFERENCE TO BROADWAY. AND THEN THIS WILL ALLOW FOR RESTAURANTS WITH A DRIVE THROUGH TO GO UNDER THE SAME REGULATIONS AS ANY OTHER BUSINESS ON BROADWAY REGARDING CURB CUTS. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE. THE NEW ONE ABOUT DRIVE THRUS. AND THEN AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE'LL PICK UP THE CONVERSATION AGAIN ABOUT AUTO SERVICE, FUELING STATION AND SELF-STORAGE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AT OUR LAST MEETING. SO, CATHERINE, REMIND ME, PLEASE, ON THE CURB CUTS. SO IF YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE THAT LANGUAGE SO THEY'LL BE UNDER THE CURB CUTS WOULD BE YOU'RE LIMITED TO ONE ON EITHER SIDE. RIGHT. LET ME GET THAT IN FRONT OF ME SO I CAN ANSWER THAT. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DENSE, BUT I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. OH, IT GETS CONFUSING. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. REMEMBER WE DID WE THE BROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS, RIGHT? RIGHT. HAD YOU COULD DO 125 OR YOU COULD DO 212. ONE END OR RIGHT WITH DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE AND ALL THAT, BUT THE LIMITED USE STANDARD. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON ANY OF THIS, BUT THE LIMITED USE STANDARDS KIND OF TRUMPED WHAT WE CHANGED. SO THIS IS A TEXT CHANGE. SO THEY ALL KIND OF THE SAME. YEAH. SO ONE SAYS YOU CAN DO IT AND THE OTHER SAYS YOU CAN'T. SO THIS IS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE IT TO WHERE THEY BOTH SAY THE SAME THING. THAT IS RIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO THE REGULATIONS AS CHANGED BY PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL WAS TO MAKE SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY ON BROADWAY FOR CURB CUTS. AND YOU'RE A NEW CONSTRUCTION IS ALLOWED TO HAVE. OKAY, SO IF YOU ARE ON A CORNER, IF THE PROPERTY IS ON A CORNER, THEN THE PROPERTY CAN HAVE TWO ONE WAY ENTRANCES ON BROADWAY. OR ONE TWO WAY ENTRANCE. OKAY. ON BROADWAY. SO YOU SO YOU CAN HAVE TWO ONE WAY OR ONE TWO WAY. OKAY. ON BROADWAY. ON BROADWAY. OKAY. WHICH STREET? THEY COULD DO WHATEVER THEY WANT ON THE SIDE STREET. THERE'S NO REGULATION. OKAY. AND THEN IF THE PROPERTY IS IN A MID-BLOCK AND DOESN'T HAVE CORNER ACCESS. THAT'S THE SAME. IT'S THE SAME. YEAH. AND THEN WHERE DOES THE OTHER OR THE OTHER PART ABOUT LANDSCAPING PLANTER BOXES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT PRETTY UP THE STREET THAT'S IN THE DESIGN THAT'S IN THE DESIGN STANDARDS, WHICH AND ALL THAT REMAINS THE SAME. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALSO, BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE SEAWALL. THIS IS BROADWAY, RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO TO FIX IT WE'RE JUST TAKING THE LIMITED USE STANDARDS AND JUST TAKING BROADWAY OFF. YEAH. OKAY, THAT SOUNDS SIMPLE. RIGHT. IT IS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. THAT'S. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. IS THIS? WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. YES. OKAY. ANYBODY HERE? WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM? ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING THIS BACK TO COMMISSION FOR ACTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 24ZA-005 AS SUBMITTED BY STAFF, I WILL SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 24ZA-005 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THAT'S UNANIMOUS. 24 ZA DASH 005 IS APPROVED. SO AUGUST, IT'LL GO TO CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 22ND. [00:35:06] THE OTHER I'M SORRY. YES. AND THEN THE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE GOING TO BE PART OF OUR REGULAR MEETING OR PART OF A WORKSHOP. WE'LL COME BACK AT A REGULAR MEETING AS CASES. GOT IT. OKAY, GOOD. AND THEY'LL BE BACK. THEY'LL BE WITH YOU ALL IN TIME TO GO ALSO TO AUGUST 22ND. SO WE'LL PACKAGE ALL THOSE TOGETHER. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I JUMPED AHEAD AND JUST GOT RIGHT TO BUSINESS WHEN WE STARTED, AND I FAILED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW EX OFFICIO MR. BEAU ROLLINS. SO THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING TO JOIN US. MORE FUN THAN. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S FUN HERE ALL THE TIME, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST KIND OF TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF, MAYBE SOME OF YOUR BACKGROUND. I THINK YOU'RE IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS OR SO IF YOU JUST KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND, IF YOU DON'T MIND. AND WE'D LOVE TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. NO, NO. SO I'M BEAU ROLLINS. I'M REPRESENTING DISTRICT FIVE, CITY COUNCIL. I HAVE A BACKGROUND OF 22 YEARS OF A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HERE IN GALVESTON. I'VE DONE A SMALL DEVELOPMENT OUT WEST, AND SO LOOKING I'M LET'S SEE, SIXTH GENERATION BORN ON THE ISLAND. I'VE GOT ONE. MY OLDEST BOY WORKS AS A PROJECT MANAGER FOR ZI6. MY YOUNGER ONE IS A REAL ESTATE AGENT THAT WORKS UP IN THE WOODLANDS, CONROE AREA, AND MY DAUGHTER IS GETTING HER MARINE BIOLOGY DEGREE AT GALVESTON A&M, SO REPRESENTED WELL HERE IN GALVESTON. MY OLDEST ACTUALLY PLAYED FOR A&M FOOTBALL AND GRADUATED THERE WITH A DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE. SO AWESOME DOING WELL. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. CERTAINLY. WELCOME. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW WHO ALL WE ARE ANTHONY, DO YOU WANT TO. SURE. ANTHONY RIOS BOE BALL HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1980. OH MY GOD. MY FAMILY USED TO OWN JOE AGUIRRE TILE COMPANY HERE IN GALVESTON. WE CLOSED UP SHOP IN 2016, AND SO I'M MAKING MYSELF USEFUL. AWESOME. I'M RUSTY WALLA. I LIVE OUT WEST. HAVE OWNED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES HERE, AND YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERED ONE DAY, AND HERE I AM. SO. STEPHEN PEÑA BOE BALL HIGH, CLASS OF 2001. YEAH. YEAH. 76, 70 SOMETHING AROUND THERE, GIVE OR TAKE A FEW, 20 YEARS. 30 YEARS? YEAH. ANYWAY I'VE GOT CLEAN SUPPLY DOWNTOWN BUSINESS HERE, AND YEAH. THANK YOU. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US, THOUGH. WELCOME. YOU'LL HAVE SOME FUN ON OUR ON OUR COMMITTEE HERE. I'M MARY JAN LANTZ. I'M RECENTLY RETIRED FROM GALVESTON COLLEGE. I WORKED THERE 20 YEARS AS HR DIRECTOR AND RISK MANAGER, AND I'VE BEEN THE CENTER OF THE ISLAND, AND WE LOVE IT HERE AND PLAN TO ALWAYS STAY HERE. OKAY. I'M JOHN LIGHTFOOT. I THINK I'M THE NEWEST. I CAME ALONG AT THE SAME TIME ANTHONY DID, AND I RETIRED LAND DEVELOPER AND HOMEBUILDER. I LIVE OUT ON THE FAR WEST END AND ENJOY BEING ON THE COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GUYS. WELL, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER BUSINESS, WE'LL BE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.