[1. DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL MEETING TO ORDER]
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          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. IT IS 5 P.M., AND I WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY CALL THE CITY OF
GALVESTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER FOR JANUARY 23RD. WELCOME, EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE. 
          I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. I WE HAD A LONG WORKSHOP SESSION THIS MORNING. 
          FINISHED UP JUST NOT TOO LONG AGO BEFORE THIS MEETING. 
          SO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE BACK AND GLAD TO HAVE ALL OF THEM BACK. 
          FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY BE WATCHING THIS MEETING,
VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY. 
          WE DO HAVE OUR COUNCIL SEATED, BUT LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL,
PLEASE. 
          . VERY GOOD. ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR AND SEATED. 
          WE HAVE OUR INVOCATION. FATHER THOMAS COLYANDRO,
FROM THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH. 
          COME FORWARD. SIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. 
          IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
          OH, LORD JESUS CHRIST OUR GOD, WHO IN THY MERCY AND LOVING KINDNESS REGARDS THE PRAYERS OF
ALL WHO CALL UPON THEE WITH THEIR WHOLE HEART. 
          INCLINE THINE EAR AND HEAR OUR PRAYERS NOW HUMBLY OFFERED BEFORE YOU. 
          BE MINDFUL, O LORD, OF THY HOLY CHURCHES. CONFIRM AND STRENGTHEN THEM. 
          INCREASE THEM. KEEP THEM IN PEACE AND PRESERVE THEM FOREVER. 
          BE MINDFUL, O LORD, OF EVERY ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN,
OUR CATHOLIC BRETHREN, AND ALL RIGHT, BELIEVING CHRISTIAN CLERGY EVERYWHERE WHOM YOU HAVE CALLED TO FEED THE FLOCK OF THE WORD. AND BY ALL THEIR PRAYERS HAVE MERCY UPON ME AND SAVE
ME A SINNER. 
          BE MINDFUL, O LORD, OF ALL MEN AND WOMEN, AND CHILDREN OF FAITH WHO EXUDE LOVE,
SHOW MERCY, ACT PATIENTLY, FORGIVE GENEROUSLY, AND PROVIDE HOPE. 
          ALWAYS BE MINDFUL, O LORD, OF ALL CIVIL AUTHORITIES,
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR ARMED FORCES, AND EVERYONE IN THIS CITY IN WHICH WE DWELL,
AND OF EVERY CITY AND LAND, GRANT US PEACEFUL TIMES THAT WE MAY LEAD A CALM AND TRANQUIL LIFE IN ALL GODLINESS AND SANCTITY. BE MINDFUL,
O LORD, OF OUR PARENTS, OUR CHILDREN, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, OUR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, AND ALL WHO ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO US. 
          GRANT THEM MERCY, LIFE, PEACE, HEALTH, SALVATION AND VISITATION AND PARDON AND REMISSION
OF SINS, THAT THEY MAY FOREVER PRAISE AND GLORIFY YOUR HOLY NAME. 
          BE MINDFUL, O LORD, OF THOSE WHO TRAVEL BY LAND AND BY SEA AND AIR,
OF THE YOUNG AND THE OLD, ORPHANS AND WIDOWS, THE SICK AND THE SUFFERING,
THE SORROWING AND THE AFFLICTED, ALL CAPTIVES AND THOSE IN NEED UPON THEM ALL. 
          SEND FORTH THY MERCIES, FOR THOU ART THE GIVER OF ALL GOOD THINGS. 
          BE MINDFUL, O LORD OF ME, THY HUMBLE SERVANT. 
          GRANT ME THY GRACE, THAT I MAY BE DILIGENT AND FAITHFUL,
THAT I MAY AVOID EVIL COMPANY AND INFLUENCE, AND RESIST ALL TEMPTATION, THAT I MAY LEAD A GODLY AND RIGHTEOUS LIFE,
BLAMELESS AND PEACEFUL, EVER SERVING YOU. THAT I MAY BE ACCOUNTED WORTHY AT THE LAST DAY TO ENTER IN YOUR KINGDOM. 
          BE MINDFUL, O LORD, OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP IN THE HOPE OF RESURRECTION UNTO
LIFE ETERNAL. 
          PARDON ALL OF THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS, BOTH VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY,
WHETHER IN WORD OR DEED OR THOUGHT. 
          SHELTER THEM IN A PLACE OF BRIGHTNESS, A PLACE OF VERDURE,
A PLACE OF REPOSE. 
          WHENCE ALL SICKNESS, SORROW, AND SIGHING HAVE FLED AWAY. 
          AND WHERE THE SIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE CAUSES REJOICING AMONG ALL THY SAINTS FROM ALL THE
ANGELS. 
          GRANT THEM THY HEAVENLY KINGDOM, AND A PORTION OF YOUR INEFFABLE AND ETERNAL BLESSINGS,
AND THE ENJOYMENT OF THINE UNENDING LIFE. 
          HEAR MY PRAYER, O LORD, FOR THOU ART MERCIFUL AND COMPASSIONATE,
AND LOVES MANKIND. 
          AND TO YOU ARE DUE ALL GLORY, HONOR, AND WORSHIP TO THE FATHER,
AND TO THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, NOW AND EVER, AND UNTO THE AGES OF AGES. AMEN. 
          AMEN. THANK YOU FATHER. APPRECIATE IT. LET'S HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE,
PLEASE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
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ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. 
          TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO
DECLARE? HEARING NO RESPONSE. WANT TO HOUSEKEEPING CHORE BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR BUSINESS THIS
AFTERNOON? IF BY CHANCE YOU'RE HERE TO WATCH AND SEE WHAT THE ACTION IS ON ITEM 11.Z. 
          ON OUR AGENDA THAT IS BEING PULLED FROM THE AGENDA,
IT'S THE ITEM THAT REVOLVES AROUND WORKING WITH THE LIBRARY ON A WARMING CENTER. THAT ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED OFF THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING. 
          VERY GOOD. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 6.A, PLEASE, MA'AM. 
          [6. 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. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THIS IS THE TIME FOR WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND FROM RECOGNITION OF ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY AND EVENTS IN THE
COMMUNITY. 
          I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREIRA. 
          THIS IS JUST AN ITEM. I KNOW WE ALL ARE GETTING OVER BARREL. 
          AND THIS LAST COUPLE DAYS WAS, YOU KNOW, COLD COUPLE OF DAYS,
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF FOR CASHING THE CHECK THAT WE TOLD THEM TO WRITE ABOUT KEEPING THE PUBLIC INFORMED WHEN WE HAVE THESE,
YOU KNOW, INCLEMENT WEATHER DISASTERS. 
          I THINK I COUNTED ABOUT TEN PHONE CALLS. THE,
YOU KNOW, MY CONSTITUENTS THAT SAID THEY WEREN'T INFORMED LAST TIME. 
          YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT SAME KIND OF SENTIMENT. 
          I THINK WE HAVE A I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED,
THE PUBLIC, AND NOT ONLY US AS WELL. 
          I MEAN, I FELT LIKE WE DID A BETTER JOB THIS TIME THAN WE DID DURING BERYL. 
          AND I'M LOOKING TO SEE PROGRESS MOVING FORWARD. 
          I THINK WE'VE BUMPED UP THE NUMBER ALMOST ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE FROM WHO WERE SIGNED UP LAST
TIME. 
          AND I'M GOING TO DO MY OWN PERSONAL JOB TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO AREN'T
INFORMED AND GET THEM ON THE LIST. 
          AND I CHALLENGE MY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO THE SAME. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL AND WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND THE CONSTITUENTS AND VOTERS APPRECIATED BEING INFORMED AS WELL. 
          I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THAT THOUGHT. WE HAD GREAT COMMUNICATION IN MY MIND FROM THE CITY. 
          IT ALMOST GOT TO A POINT, I THOUGHT MY WIFE KEPT SAYING,
WHO IS PINGING MY PHONE CONSTANTLY? AND THAT WAS THE CITY GIVING US UPDATES ON THE STORM. 
          SO BRIAN, PLEASE PASS THAT ON. AS COUNCIL MEMBER PERRETTA MENTIONED. 
          THANK YOU TO STAFF ON THAT. IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED TO RECEIVE NOTICES FROM THE CITY VIA
TEXT OR PHONE CALLS, PLEASE REGISTER. YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND REGISTER FOR THAT,
AND YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS THAT ARE GOING OUT. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LOST THREE GREAT GALVESTON LEADERS. I THINK ALL THREE ACTUALLY SERVED ON COUNCIL. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR US TO DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          WE LOST JOHN SULLIVAN ROLAND BASSET AND JEAN LUCAS. 
          IT WAS A TOUGH, HARD WEEK FOR LOSING SOME GREAT LEADERS IN OUR CITY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE CONDOLENCES TO THEIR FAMILY AND LET FAMILIES AND LET THEM
KNOW OUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH THEM. 
          THANK YOU, MARIE, FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. THESE THREE PEOPLE MARIE MENTIONED WERE
GIANTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CITY. 
          I'M SORRY TO HEAR THEM PASS ON. WE SEND OUR CONDOLENCES FROM THE CITY AND SYMPATHIES TO
THEIR FAMILY. 
          MOVING ON TO ANOTHER TOPIC. SHARON, I'M GOING TO CALL ON YOU. 
          IT WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY HERE NOT TOO LONG AGO. 
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JUST LAST WEEKEND. LAST WEEK. LAST MONDAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? AND WE DID RECEIVE MARTIN LUTHER KING GREETING FROM SENATOR CORNYN. 
          THAT IS POSTED ON OUR AGENDA. BUT DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON THAT? ONE CELEBRATION WE HAD WAS THAT THE SAINT VINCENT HOUSE OR IS YOUR MICROPHONE ON? IT'S ON. AM I NOT TALKING LOUD? ONE MAJOR CELEBRATION WE HAD FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
WAS AT THE SAINT VINCENT HOUSE, AND WE HAD REVEREND PAUL. I FORGOT HIS NAME. SLIP MY NAME THERE. 
          QUICK! WHO RECITED THE FULL I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH? SO IT WAS AWESOME. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE THERE WHO GAVE THEIR THOUGHTS ON WHAT THAT DAY
WAS ABOUT, WHICH WAS ABOUT SERVICE. SO EVERYONE IN THAT ROOM,
WE WERE EXCITED BECAUSE ALFREDA HOUSTON HAS STARTED THE CIRCLE PRAYER, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT IN HER HONOR. AND HER SON IS HERE TODAY ONE OF HER CHILDREN IF
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ALFREDA HOUSTON, SHE WAS LIKE THE HEAD HONCHO AT THE SAINT VINCENT PLACE. 
          I ACTUALLY WOULD GO OVER THERE AND PLAY, AND IT WAS ONE LITTLE BUILDING WHEN I WOULD GO
OVER THERE. 
          SO THAT CELEBRATION FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS AWESOME. 
          BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL COMING UP ON FEBRUARY THE 1ST,
WHICH IS THE UNVEILING OF THE FIRST OR ARE NOT FIRST, BUT UNVEILING OF THE RECOGNITION OF THE BLACK LIFEGUARDS HERE IN GALVESTON. 
          THAT IS ON FEBRUARY THE 1ST AT 10 A.M., OUT ON THE BEACH ON 27TH IN BOULEVARD. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING EVERYBODY IF THEY WOULD COME OUT AND JOIN US. 
          IT'S ANOTHER PLACE FOR ME. MY MOTHER WOULD TAKE US AFTER CHURCH,
AND WE SIT UP THERE IN THAT ONE BLOCK ON THE BEACH. 
          SO QUITE A GREAT MEMORY. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. 
          SHARON. APPRECIATE IT. MOVING TO SOME OF OUR RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS,
WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH A PROCLAMATION HONORING THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR PORT OF GALVESTON HERE. 
          IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PORT OF GALVESTON THAT IS HERE? I'D LIKE TO READ THIS FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION. 
          WHEREAS THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT DESIGNATED THE DESIGNATED THE PORT OF GALVESTON AS A
PROVISIONAL PORT AND CUSTOM ENTRY PORT. 
          ON OCTOBER 17TH, 1825, WHEN THE REGION WAS UNDER MEXICAN RULE AND WHEREAS THE. 
          PORT HAS PLAYED A VITAL COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY ROLES THROUGHOUT HISTORY. 
          OF GALVESTON, TEXAS IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS BY 1899,
THE DEEPWATER PORT WAS THE WORLD'S FOREMOST COTTON PORT IN A MAJOR U.S. COMMERCIAL CENTER. 
          AND WHEREAS IN 1940, THE CITIZENS OF GALVESTON VOTED TO BUY THE PRIVATELY HELD PORT
PROPERTIES TO BECOME A SELF-SUSTAINING CITY ENTITY, WHICH IT REMAINS TODAY. 
          AND WHEREAS THE 840 ACRE PORT IS THE FOURTH MOST POPULAR US CRUISE PORT AND A THRIVING
COMMERCIAL CENTER WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSETS TO SERVE GROWING CRUISE CARGO AND COMMERCIAL
BUSINESS. 
          THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON,
DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE YEAR 2025 AS PORT OF GALVESTON 200TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON,
WITH A FULL YEAR OF ACTIVITIES TO CELEBRATE THE PORT'S HISTORY, AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE PORT AND ITS PORT PARTNERS TO A STRONG AND VIBRANT
COMMUNITY. 
          AND THE PORT WILL HAVE ON OCTOBER 17TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          THEY WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR THOSE VISITORS TO HONOR
OUR PORT. 
          SO YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT COMING UP HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          MOVING ON NOW WE HAVE Z CREW PROCLAMATION AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROLLINS WILL BE READING THAT. 
          VERY GOOD. I WANT TO THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. CITY OF GALVESTON. PROCLAMATION. 
          WHEREAS Z CREW ORGANIZED IN 1944, HERE ON OUR BEAUTIFUL ISLAND CALLED GALVESTON,
IS CELEBRATING ITS 29TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. 
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AND WHEREAS THE Z CREW IS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CONTINUED GOOD WORK AND GOODWILL IN THIS
COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEREAS THE Z CREW IS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THEIR MISSION TO
PERPETUATE THE SPIRIT OF MARDI GRAS EVERY YEAR. 
          THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF GALVESTON,
TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 1ST, 2025 AS THE OFFICIAL Z CREW DAY IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON AND ENCOURAGE EACH CITIZEN TO
ENJOY THE TRADITIONS, FUN, AND MERRIMENT OF THE MARDI GRAS. GALVESTON,
2025. 
          IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON,
THIS 23RD DAY OF JANUARY 25TH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCIL, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. OH! COME FORWARD. 
          YES, SIR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. AND WE'RE 31. 
          MY FAVORITE MEETING. OH, BURNT ORANGE BEADS THOUGH. 
          OH, WE HAVE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS. I AM THE ROYAL BLACK ZOOT FOR THIS YEAR. 
          OH, WELL, THANK YOU. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IS MY THEME. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. AND YOU ARE THE KING. I AM THE KING THIS YEAR. 
          OH, WELL. THANK YOU. HAPPY MARDI GRAS. THANK YOU. 
          SAME TO YOU. HAPPY MARDI GRAS. MY FAVORITE, MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OOH, LOOK AT YOU. 
          THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. WOW. YEAH. YEAH,
EXACTLY. 
          I LOVE THAT. OH, WELL. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. 
          HEY. HELLO. HELLO. YOU KEEPING MY BUDDY ROLAND IN LINE? YEAH, THAT TAKES MORE THAN ONE PERSON. YES, IT DOES. 
          THANK YOU. ARE YOU IN ANY OF THE PLAYS THIS TIME? YEAH. OKAY. WELL, I KNOW ROLAND SAID WE WANTED TO GO,
SO I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, SO. 
          ALL RIGHT. YOU BET. WELL, THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. 
          I ALWAYS ADMIRE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO KEEP ALL THESE UNTANGLED. 
          OH. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO. 
          OH, YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WHY THANK YOU. 
          OH, NICE. THANK YOU. WELL. THANK YOU. OH, THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL. 
          THANK YOU. Y'ALL ALWAYS HAVE THE NICEST BEADS. 
          THANK YOU. IT'S WRITTEN IN OUR CONSTITUTION. YEAH. 
          IT IS. OH. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. ABSOLUTELY. I HOPE NOBODY ROBS ME. 
          APPRECIATE IT. NOBODY ROBS ME. THANK YOU. AND. 
          THANK YOU, BROTHER. VERY NERVOUS. WE HAVE KINGS AND QUEENS IN NEW YORK. 
          OKAY. THAT'S TRUE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OH, SURE. 
          YOU GUYS. AMEN. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD,
COME ON UP. 
          WE'LL GET A PICTURE OF ALL OF YOU BEHIND COUNCIL HERE. 
          OKAY. COME ON UP. 
          HAPPY MARDI GRAS. THANK YOU. 
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FOR ILA 20 FAMILY SERVICE CENTER AND BETTER PARKS FOR GALVESTON. 
          THOSE HAVE BEEN DEFERRED TO OUR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. 
          SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING THOSE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION THEN. 
          WE NOW HAVE THE HAVE THE RECOGNITION OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON 2024 SMART 20 AWARD. 
          BRYAN, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? GO AHEAD. FORWARD, PLEASE. WELL, WE THIS IS AN AWARD THAT WAS GIVEN BECAUSE OF OUR
INVOLVEMENT WITH THE BADGER SYSTEM OF AUTOMATIC AUTOMATED METERS. I WILL SAY THAT CAME INTO PLAY THIS WEEK AGAIN,
WE USED THE BADGER SYSTEM TO TURN OFF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AROUND THE ISLAND TO PREVENT THE WATER LOSS THAT WE'VE HAD IN PREVIOUS
FREEZES, AND I DON'T THINK WE FROZE THAT HARD, BUT IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXERCISE
THAT OPTION, AND IT WORKED REALLY WELL. SO WE HAD NO WATER ISSUES THIS TIME. 
          AND THE CITY RECEIVED A NATIONAL AWARD FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THIS SMART WATER SYSTEM. 
          AND IT'S FROM THE SMART COUNCIL OF THE OF THE NATION. 
          YES. SO, IT WAS QUITE A RECOGNITION. THE CITY OF GALVESTON HERE,
THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS. 
          AND MAYOR PRO TEM MARIE ROBB IS GOING TO PRESENT THAT. 
          I'D LIKE TO INVITE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE TO COME UP. 
          I AM VERY PROUD TO SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THIS GROUP. 
          SO WE CUT IT DOWN. CITY OF GALVESTON PROCLAMATION. 
          WHEREAS BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS GULF COAST IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON
FOSTERING POSITIVE MENTORSHIP RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN YOUTH AND THE ADULT MENTORS IN GALVESTON COUNTY
SINCE 1975. I THINK, STEVE, YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD THAT LONG,
RIGHT? WHEREAS THE ORGANIZATION IS AN AFFILIATE OF BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA,
THE NATION'S OLDEST AND LARGEST ONE ON ONE MENTORING PROGRAM, WHICH HAS SERVED OVER 2 MILLION CHILDREN IN THE PAST DECADE. 
          AND WHEREAS JANUARY, MARKING NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH ALIGNS WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S 50TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION THE ANNIVERSARY SERVES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT OF MENTORSHIP
HONORING VOLUNTEERS, STAFF, AND SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ORGANIZATION'S SUCCESS OVER
THE YEARS. THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON,
DO HEREBY PROCLAIM I'M GOING TO SAY THE MONTH OF JANUARY,
WHERE THIS SAYS JANUARY 23RD AS BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS, GULF COAST 50TH ANNIVERSARY, THE CITY OF GALVESTON. 
          THE IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON AND CONGRATULATES THE ORGANIZATION ON THE MILESTONES THAT
HIGHLIGHT THE TRANSFORMATION POWER OF MENTORSHIP, WHICH BENEFITS BOTH YOUTH LITTLES AND ADULTS BIG AS WELL AS THE
BROADER COMMUNITY. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, AS WITNESSED BY MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF
GALVESTON, ON THIS DAY, THE 23RD DAY OF JANUARY 2025. CRAIG BROWN,
MAYOR AND JANELLE WILLIAMS, CITY SECRETARY. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JESSICA YELLIN TO COME UP. 
          SHE IS OUR AMAZING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO COME UP AND SAY A WORD ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND
THE FACT THAT WE ALWAYS ARE LOOKING FOR BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS AND MENTORS THAT HAPPEN
IN BOTH OUR GRADE SCHOOLS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE ACTUALLY SERVE ALL OF GALVESTON COUNTY. 
          SO GO AHEAD, JESSICA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WORK. 
          WE ALSO HAVE TWO BIGS HERE, BUT ALSO INTRODUCE THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE. 
          I WILL THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR. 
          IT IS REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE AMAZING CITY OF GALVESTON AND GALVESTON COUNTY FOR THESE
50 YEARS OF DEDICATION TO OUR 
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MISSION AND COMING TOGETHER. IT IS. WE DON'T DO THIS ALONE. 
          WE DO THIS WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS,
WITH A DEDICATED BOARD, WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS, WITH OUR STAFF, WITH OUR TEAM, AND OF COURSE,
OUR VOLUNTEERS AND BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS, WHICH WE ARE. LIKE MARIE SAID, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DEDICATED PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY
CHANGES THE LIVES OF OUR YOUTH, BUT IT CHANGES OUR OWN LIFE TO BE A MENTOR AS WELL. 
          AND SO IT IS A BEAUTIFUL COLLABORATION THAT THEN EXTENDS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND
TRANSFORMS THE TRAJECTORY OF YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO YES, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS,
PAMELA GABRIEL, STEVE CONNOR, AND THEN SOME OF OUR TEAM, CORA MOORE AND MONICA MCCULLUM. 
          AND WE HAVE TWO BIG BROTHERS. MY SON MATT YELLIN,
WHO'S HERE, AND THEN MICHAEL MARTIN, WHO'S GOING TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AS A BIG BROTHER HERE WITH US. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO LET YOUR SON
COME UP, TOO, BECAUSE ONE IS A LONG TIME. YOU FIRST. OH,
OKAY. 
          I WAS A LONG TIME BIG BROTHER. AND THE OTHER AS A NEWER BIG BROTHER. 
          YEAH. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY SPEAK ABOUT MALIK. 
          MY LITTLE. HE GOES TO CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M ACTUALLY MISSING HIS BASKETBALL GAME
RIGHT NOW. SO I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MENTORSHIP, BUT. AND I'M MISSING HIS BASKETBALL GAME. BUT I'LL HEAR ALL ABOUT IT WHEN I'M DONE HERE. 
          SO I TALKED TO MY LITTLE EVERY OTHER DAY. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE OUT
THERE THAT THEY CHANGE OUR LIVES JUST AS MUCH AS WE CHANGE THEIRS. SO I WROTE A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT MALIK BEING A MENTOR TO MALIK THROUGH BIG
BROTHERS. 
          BIG SISTERS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE. 
          I STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I MET HIM. I SAT IN MY TRUCK IN THE PARKING LOT FOR A
MOMENT, JUST WATCHING HOW HE INTERACTED WITH HIS CAREGIVER,
WHO WAS HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR. 
          I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY HOW MUCH HE HELPED AND SHOWED KINDNESS. 
          IT WAS CLEAR FROM THE START THAT MALIK WAS SOMEBODY SPECIAL,
AND I KNEW I WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN A MEANINGFUL JOURNEY WITH HIM. 
          AND THAT'S TRUE STORY. I SAT IN MY TRUCK, AND I WATCHED HIM LITERALLY PUSH HIS GRANDMOTHER
UP A RAMP TO 2 OR 3 DIFFERENT LEVELS BROUGHT SOME TEARS TO MY EYES AND WENT IN THERE. AND I DON'T EVEN THINK THE INTERVIEW WENT THAT. 
          I MEAN, WE JUST KIND OF HIT IT OFF RIGHT AWAY AND KNEW IT WAS A MATCH. 
          BUT WHAT MALIK MAY NOT REALIZE IS HOW MUCH HE'S TAUGHT ME IN RETURN. 
          HE'S REMINDED ME OF THE IMPORTANCE OF RESILIENCE,
PATIENCE, AND SEEING THE WORLD WITH FRESH EYES. 
          EVERY SMALL STEP FORWARD HE TAKES IS A BIG WIN FOR BOTH OF US. 
          AND KNOWING I GOT TO BE A PART OF HIS JOURNEY IS SOMETHING I JUST DON'T. 
          I JUST DON'T TAKE FOR TAKE FOR GRANTED. BEING A MENTOR IS ABOUT IS MORE THAN JUST SHOWING
UP. 
          IT'S ABOUT BUILDING TRUST, FORMING A BOND, AND CHEERING ON SOMEBODY'S SUCCESS. 
          WITH MALIK, IT'S ALSO ABOUT HELPING HIM SEE THE GREATNESS I KNOW HE ALREADY HAS INSIDE
HIM. 
          I'M GRATEFUL EVERY DAY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT HIM AND FOR THE LESSONS HE CONTINUES
TO TEACH ME ALONG THE WAY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          I AM ONE OF THE BIG BROTHERS AT BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS,
AND IT'S JUST BEEN A HUGE HONOR AND REALLY A PRIVILEGE THERE. 
          SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE MARQUAND WHO IS MY LITTLE. 
          SOMETIMES HE MENTORS ME, AND HE INSPIRES ME EVERY DAY. 
          AND THERE'S NOT A SECOND THAT GOES BY THAT THAT I DON'T FEEL THAT. 
          IT IS ONE OF, PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS THAT YOU CAN DO TO DEVELOP SOMEONE,
TO MENTOR SOMEONE JUST TO BE THERE. 
          AND THAT KINDNESS REALLY DOESN'T TAKE MUCH. RIGHT? IT'S AMAZING JUST TO WATCH THEM GO DO THEIR THING EVERY DAY,
WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, ACING EXAM OR CATCHING THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN IN A GAME OR JUST TO REALLY JUST TO BE THERE. 
          AND MARQUAND, HE'S IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE'LL BE IN HIGH SCHOOL HERE PRETTY SOON. 
          AND IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST AN HONOR, YOU KNOW? AND IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING TIME WITH THIS ORGANIZATION. 
          AND JUST TO SEE ALL THE HARD WORK THEY PUT IN AND HOW THE COMMUNITY RALLIES AROUND. 
          IT'S0 PRETTY REMARKABLE. SO, GOOD JOB. VERY GOOD. 
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HUG YOUR MOM FOR CRYING. SO, WE DON'T HAVE BEADS,
BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION. 
          SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANKS,
MAUREEN. 
          YOU BETCHA. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBERS. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM SIX B, PLEASE,
MA'AM. 
          ITEM SIX B, PRESENT THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31ST,
2024 AS PART OF THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. 
          VERY GOOD. WE HAVE SHEILA LADANYI, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR,
WITH US ON THIS ITEM. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT,
AS REQUIRED BY THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY. IN YOUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO. 
          ON PAGE FIVE, YOU WILL SEE THAT AT DECEMBER 31ST,
2024, THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO INCLUDED $167 MILLION. 
          THIS IS DOWN ABOUT 13.6 MILLION FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER,
AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TIMING OF PROPERTY TAX. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE GET A BIG TRANCHE OF THAT IN JANUARY,
AND WE SPEND IT DOWN FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER. 
          OF THAT, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES MADE UP ABOUT $28.9 MILLION OF THE TOTAL PORTFOLIO OF THE
PORTFOLIO, ABOUT 88% OF IT, 88.22% WAS OVERNIGHT INVESTMENTS. 
          AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGH OVERNIGHT INVESTMENT RATES,
AND THAT'S SERVED US VERY WELL IN THE LAST YEAR. 
          THE REMAINING PORTFOLIO IS INVEST. ABOUT 11.78% IS PERCENT IS INVESTED IN TREASURIES AND
AGENCIES. 
          THE MATURITY LADDER IS LADDERED THROUGH OCTOBER 2025,
SO IT'S A FAIRLY SHORT LADDER LESS THAN 12 MONTHS. 
          THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY IS 4.683%, WHICH IS LOWER THAN IT WAS AT THE END OF
SEPTEMBER. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE PORTFOLIO GAINED ABOUT $1.8 MILLION IN INTEREST IN THE QUARTER ENDING
DECEMBER. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS LADONNA? YES, BOB. I WAS WONDERING IN THE IN THE STAFF SUMMARY THAT WAS TO GO DOWN,
WE WERE DOWN 13.6 MILLION THIS QUARTER FROM LAST QUARTER. 
          CORRECT. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CITY RECEIVES MOST OF ITS FUNDING IN THE
BEGINNING OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR. 
          PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH IS OUR HIGHEST FORM OF REVENUE. 
          THE MOST MONEY WE RECEIVE IS MAINLY COLLECTED JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. 
          AND SO ALL OF THAT MONEY IS INVESTED. AND IN THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER IS WHEN
WE RECEIVE THE LEAST REVENUE. 
          AND SO THEN WE'RE SPENDING DOWN FROM OUR INVESTMENTS TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS. 
          AND THAT'S JUST THE NORMAL CASH FLOW OF THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SHEILA,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN, PLEASE. ITEM SEVEN COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS. 
          [7. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS]
CLAIMS 2489 THROUGH 25 003 WERE FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. 
          [8.A. Consider for approval an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Galveston, Texas, declaring a Planned Unit Development Overlay (PUD) in a residential, Single Family-One (R-1-PUD) base zoning district on property commonly known as 2018 60th Street, and which is legally described as Lot 8R (8-18), of Two West, replat of Lots 8 and 9, Garretts Subdivision, in the city and county of Galveston Texas as expired; revoking, terminating, repealing or otherwise cancelling ordinance No. 22-065; planning case number 24P-045; making various findings and provisions related to the subject and providing for an effective date. (C. Gorman)]
ITEM 8.A, PLEASE. EIGHT A CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, DECLARING A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY IN A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ONE
BASE ZONING DISTRICT ON PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2018 60TH STREET AND WHICH IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS DESCRIBED AS LOT
EIGHT ARE OF TWO WEST REPLAT OF LOTS EIGHT AND NINE GARRETT SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON,
TEXAS, AS EXPIRED. 
          REVOKING, TERMINATING, REPEALING OR OTHERWISE CANCELING ORDINANCE NUMBER 22-065. 
          PLANNING CASE NUMBER 24-045. MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU. JANELLE. WE HAVE KATHERINE GORMAN FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          KATHERINE. THANK YOU. THIS WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2022. 
          IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT AN OFFICE IN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING CATEGORY WITH THE
CONDITION THAT IT THAT THE CONSTRUCTION BEGIN WITHIN TWO YEARS. 
          THAT DATE HAS EXPIRED. SO, WE ARE REVOKING THE PUD. 
          VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS GORMAN COUNCIL? YES, DAVID. WAS THERE ANY PRESENTATION OR COMMENTS FROM THE OWNER OR THE ORIGINAL
APPLICANT AS TO THIS. WE WERE IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNER. 
          WE SENT THEM EMAILS. WE TYPICALLY DO A SIX MONTH REMINDER THAT YOUR PUD IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE
AND THEN A NOTIFICATION THAT IT HAS EXPIRED AND WE'RE GOING TO BE 
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REVOKING THE POD. AND WE DID NOT GET A RESPONSE TO THOSE COMMUNICATIONS. 
          VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. JUST FOR MY CLARIFICATION AS A HOW,
WHAT IS THE TERM OF A POD? I'M SORRY. IT'S A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. SO,
THE TERM NOT THE VERBAL TERM, BUT YEAR, TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS, AND IT COMES BACK TO HERE FOR APPROVAL. 
          OR IF THEY JUST WANT TO RE-APPROVE IT, IT GOES TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          IF THEY WANTED TO EXTEND THAT TIME PERIOD, IT COMES BACK THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION AND
CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND IN THIS CASE, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMMUNICATION. 
          IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. SO WE'RE JUST REVOKING IT. IT'S
JUST CLARITY FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU. THIS ITEM OF COURSE, IS FOR THE REVOCATION IF WE APPROVE THAT OF THIS
PARTICULAR PUD. 
          IT IS 5:35 P.M. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? HEARING NO RESPONSE, IT'S 5:36 P.M. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          BRING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ANY ACTION. MAYOR,
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEM 8.A, CASE 24P-045. OKAY. CAN WE VOTE ELECTRONICALLY? JANELLE. I'LL SECOND THAT. WE CAN. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FINKLEY. 
          SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PERRETTA. LET'S SEE IF COUNCIL MEMBER YOUR MOTION. 
          I'M SORRY. THERE YOU GO. VERY GOOD. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. 
          ITEM 8.B PLEASE. ITEM 8.B CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON,
TEXAS. 
          [8.B. Consider for approval an ordinance of the city of Galveston, Texas, creating a Planned Unit Development (PUD) overlay zoning district in a Central Business (CB) zoning district to construct a “Restaurant, Drive-In/Through”, “Parking Lot, Commercial Surface Parking Area”, and “Electric Vehicle Charging Station”, on property commonly known as 101 14th Street, 1405-1415 Harborside Drive, and which is legally described as M.B. Menard Survey, Lots 4, 5, 6, and the north 70 Feet of Lot 7 (7-1), Block 674, in the city and county of Galveston, Texas; Planning Case Number 24P-042; making various findings and provisions related to the subject; and providing for an effective date. (C. Gorman)]
CREATING A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CENTRAL
BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICT TO CONSTRUCT A RESTAURANT, DRIVE IN THROUGH PARKING LOT, COMMERCIAL SERVICE PARKING AREA AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGING STATION ON PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 101 14TH STREET. 1405 THROUGH 1415 HARBORSIDE DRIVE WHICH IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS M.B. 
          MENARD SURVEYED LOTS FOUR, FIVE, SIX, AND THE NORTH 70FT OF LOT SEVEN. 
          BLOCK 674, IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON,
TEXAS. 
          PLANNING CASE NUMBER 24P-042, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE
SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          VERY GOOD, MISS GORMAN. THIS REQUEST IS FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO ESTABLISH AND TO
ALLOW FOR THE LAND USES OF RESTAURANT, DRIVE THRU PARKING LOT, COMMERCIAL PARKING, PARKING LOT,
COMMERCIAL SURFACE PARKING AREA WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICT TO DEVIATE FROM THE MINIMUM DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
STIPULATED BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. LAND USE SHALL NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN 200FT OF THE RESIDENTIAL USE OR RESIDENTIAL
ZONING. 
          DISTRICT BOUNDARY. THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION IS
LOCATED ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL USES AT 107 AND 111 14TH STREET. REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES FROM 8 TO 7. 
          ELIMINATION OF THE VISUAL SCREENING FROM RESIDENTIAL USES. 
          REQUIREMENT AND ELIMINATION OF THE INTERIOR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT. 
          PLEASE NOTE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN YOUR STAFF REPORT. 
          STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED PUD REQUEST DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE CRITERIA OF APPROVAL,
THE USES AND CHARACTER OF CHARACTER OF DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PROPOSED OR NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE PROPERTIES IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS ZONING
DISTRICT SHOULD BE DENSE, MIXED USE, AND ORIENTED TO THE PEDESTRIAN. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS CAR CENTRIC,
WITH A DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT, ELECTRICAL VEHICLE, CHARGING STATION AND COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT. 
          PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS REQUEST ON THE JANUARY 7TH
MEETING AND VOTED TO RECOMMEND DENIAL, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE STAFF REPORT. THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE MEMBERS PRESENT. 
          WE HAVE SOME PICTURES. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. THIS IS ALSO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. 
          SUBJECT PROPERTY AGAIN ALONG HARBORSIDE. AND THEN THIS IS THE PROPOSED PLAN. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. CATHERINE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS GORMAN? WE DISCUSSED THIS AT OUR WORKSHOP THIS MORNING. 
          IT IS 5:39 P.M. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 8.B IS THE APPLICANT OR IS
REPRESENTATIVE HERE. AND THEN WE'LL CALL ON OTHER PEOPLE. COME FORWARD SIR,
AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT. 
          HEY, FOLKS. I'M GOOD. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. COUNCIL MAYOR. 
          WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, A LITTLE SHORT PRESENTATION,
THEN I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 
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PROJECT. AND THE COMMENTS IN HERE, MR. MAYOR. THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT, FOLKS. 
          JASON HAYES HERE. CITY COUNCIL. THIS VIDEO IS HERE TO SHOW YOU GUYS THE REASON WHY. 
          I THINK IT'S THE BEST PLACE TO PUT A TEA COMPANY AND ADD A COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT TO THAT
TEA COMPANY, BECAUSE THIS CORNER IS A PARKING LOT CORNER. YOU HAVE TO THE EAST OF ME,
YOU HAVE ANOTHER PARKING LOT. 
          THIS IS 100% CREWS PARKING LOT. THEY SERVICE ONLY CREWS,
VEHICLES. 
          THIS PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET TO THE NORTHEAST IS A 100% CREWS PARKING LOT. 
          THIS PARKING LOT HERE TO THE WEST. THAT IS ANOTHER PARKING LOT. 
          IT'S PARKING TRAILERS. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S USED FOR. 
          THIS RIGHT HERE WOULD BE THE CORNER. THIS IS WHERE THE TEA COMPANY WOULD BE. 
          THEY WOULD HAVE A LITTLE AWNING HERE FOR CUSTOMERS TO SIT OUT HERE. 
          DON'T GET ME WRONG, IT'S PRETTY LOUD. THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT COVERED. WHO KNOWS? AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT. WE'RE GOING TO PUT A TEA COMPANY AND A COMMERCIAL PARKING
LOT. 
          THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THAT'S IT. BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS LAST TIME,
WE'VE ADDED THE COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT TO THE PLAN, AND THEN WE PUT THE LANDSCAPING IN. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, I'M HERE FOR. I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS OVER
AND OVER. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I HAVE. 
          I WANT TO START SOME QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL,
THE LANDSCAPING. 
          YOU'VE REMOVED, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE OF THE INTERNAL LANDSCAPING,
IS THAT RIGHT? THE INTERIOR LANDSCAPING? YES. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL SCREENING? YOU'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE FROM THAT ALSO? YES. 
          RIGHT THERE ON THE BACK OF THE ALLEY. THERE WILL BE A FENCE THERE. 
          THERE WILL BE A FENCE THAT THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH OR CAN'T SEE THROUGH. 
          WROUGHT IRON FENCING IS GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND. 
          OKAY. I KNOW THAT CATHERINE, IF THAT'S A PROVISION YOU GUYS WANT TO PUT IN THERE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S NOT IN THE PLAN, BUT WROUGHT IRON FENCING IS WHAT'S GOING TO GO AROUND IT. 
          JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WITH CATHERINE. CATHERINE. 
          IF THEY WEREN'T REQUIRING IF THEY WEREN'T ASKING FOR A VARIANCE OF THE SCREENING FOR FROM
RESIDENTIAL, WHERE WOULD THAT SCREENING BE? IT WOULD BE ALONG THE. 
          IF I CAN USE THE MOUSE. THANK YOU. OKAY. IT WOULD BE REQUIRED ALONG HERE. 
          THIS PROPERTY LINE HERE. BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO HOUSES THAT FACE ON TO 14TH STREET. 
          WOULD THAT BE ON THE WEST SIDE AND THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY? THIS IS EAST. THIS IS 14TH STREET. AND THIS IS HARBORSIDE. 
          SO THAT'S NORTH. AND THIS IS EAST. SO, IT'LL BE ALONG THIS EASTERN PROPERTY LINE. 
          IT WOULDN'T BE ALONG THAT AREA. THIS TO THE NORTH PART OF THAT PROPERTY THAT IT GETS THE
EAST SCREENING. 
          NO, IT WOULD ONLY BE REQUIRED RIGHT HERE. BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE. 
          IT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL. OKAY. THERE'S CURRENTLY FENCING RIGHT THERE
ALREADY. 
          OKAY. YES, SIR. THAT. IT'S A WOODEN FENCE CURRENTLY. 
          SO. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COUNCIL? YES, SIR. IF WE DID PUT A REQUIREMENT FOR LANDSCAPING THERE ALONG WITH THE FENCING WOULD
THAT DISSUADE YOU OR RUIN ANY PART OF THE PROJECT? NO, I LOVE JAPANESE YEW. I WOULD PUT SOME JAPANESE YEW. 
          THEY GET TEN FOOT TALL. IT'D BE FINE. AND THEN ONE OF THE ISSUES LAST TIME WAS THE LONG
TERM PARKING. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THIS MORNING WAS THERE'S NO RESTRICTION ON IT. 
          WOULD YOU BE OPPOSED TO US PUTTING A RESTRICTION ON YOUR OR LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT OF
PARKING, LET'S SAY 30 SPACES? OKAY. OKAY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THE QUESTION HERE SO THAT I
UNDERSTAND RESTRICTING FOR LONG TERM PARKING 30 SPACES AS A CONDITION UNDER HIS PUD. 
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SO IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE LOT. AND HE'S ONLY RESTRICTED TO 30 SPACES FOR USE FOR LONG TERM
PARKING. 
          AND I MEAN, I'M SURE IT'S MOSTLY GOING TO BE CHARGING. 
          OKAY. SO THE CHARGING SPACES. HOW MANY CHARGING SPACES WILL YOU HAVE THERE? 41. AND YOU ARE SAYING THAT 30 OF THOSE COULD BE USED FOR LONG TERM. 
          30 OF THOSE WOULD BE USED FOR LONG TERM PARKING. 
          ALL RIGHT. I PERSONALLY HAVE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE VISUAL SCREENING PUT BACK IN PLACE ON
THAT ON THAT PROJECT. 
          BUT THAT'S JUST ME ON THAT. LET'S HAVE OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH. ON THE ON THE PLAN IT SAYS ON THE, ON THE TEA LOCATION,
1000 SQUARE FOOT DRIVE THRU COFFEE OR TEA SHOP OR SIMILAR. SO I GUESS WHETHER A TEA SHOP GOES THERE OR NOT IS NOT KNOWN. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S NO CONTRACT WITH THE TEA SHOP. I HAVE AN LOI RIGHT NOW WITH NOBILITY. 
          I SENT OFF THE DEED TODAY TO JEFF HUNT, THE CEO. 
          THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A YEAR AND A HALF FOR THIS DEAL. 
          THEY'RE ALL IN. THE BANKS APPROVED THEIR LOANS. 
          THEY'RE WAITING ON CITY COUNCIL. ANOTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE WORKSHOP TODAY
WAS THE TRAFFIC AT 14TH AND HARBORSIDE IS GOING TO GET A LOT WORSE THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW,
AS NOW. 
          AS SOON AS THAT CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL IS THERE AND OPERATING. 
          JUST BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE CRUISE SHIP,
AND WE WERE WONDERING ABOUT TRAFFIC STUDY OVER THERE THAT WOULD VERIFY THAT HAVING THAT CURB CUT, YOU KNOW, THAT CLOSE ON HARBORSIDE THAT CLOSE TO THE CORNER WOULD CAUSE A
PROBLEM OR NOT. 
          AND YOU KNOW, ALSO ABOUT PEDESTRIANS GOING BACK AND FORTH AROUND IN THAT AREA. 
          HAVE YOU ALL DONE A TRAFFIC STUDY? SO, WE'VE REVIEWED THE TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THE PORT OF
GALVESTON. 
          SO, WE'RE GOING TO BE LESS THAN 3% ON 14TH STREET. 
          SO, YOU GOT A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 2500 CARS PER HOUR. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT AROUND 350 CARS PER DAY. SO WE'RE AROUND 30 CARS PER HOUR GOING THROUGH. 
          SO WE'RE AT LESS THAN 3%. AND THEN WE'RE WAY LESS THAN 1% ON HARBOR SIDE. 
          I GUESS MY POINT WAS NOT SO MUCH THAT, BUT WHAT KIND OF CONGESTION WOULD IT CAUSE TO HAVE
A CURB CUT THAT CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF HARBORSIDE DRIVE IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF MOVING PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THAT CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL AND UP AND
DOWN HARBORSIDE AND 14TH AND THAT KIND OF THING. 
          THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY WE WOULD HAVE TO GET UPON GETTING A BUILDING
PERMIT. 
          OKAY. COUNCILMAN PERETTA. I GUESS THAT WAS YOU BOUGHT THE AFTER YOU CAME BACK,
YOU BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. 
          IT'S CLEAR AND TITLE UNDER YOUR NAME. CORRECT? OKAY. AND FOR THAT, THAT TRAFFIC STUDY. THIS MIGHT BE CLARIFICATION FOR CATHERINE. 
          IF THAT'S ALREADY A REQUIREMENT. RIGHT? LIKE,
WE DON'T WE WOULDN'T NEED TO PUT THAT IN. 
          IF WE APPROVE THIS PUD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WOULD SEE,
HE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT TRAFFIC STUDY ANYWAY. 
          YES. SO, A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY ANYWAY. 
          AND IT'S A CONDITION OF THE PUTT. SO, WE'RE COVERED. 
          ALL RIGHT. LET'S WE MAY CALL YOU BACK UP JASON. 
          AND. OH, WE'VE GOT. I'M SORRY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS IS, LET'S SAY THAT TRAFFIC STUDY CAME BACK WITH SOMETHING ADVERSE EFFECT
OR SOMETHING, AND SOME ADJUSTMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE TO THE PROJECT. 
          I GUESS THAT WOULD COME BACK TO US, I GUESS IF IT CAUSED A CHANGE TO THE PROJECT. 
          YES. IT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU ALL IF IT CHANGED THE SITE PLAN. 
          IF IT WAS REQUIRING SOME CHANGES IN THE ROADWAY,
THEN THOSE WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPER. 
          I MEAN, I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER, BUT THEY'RE MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE IN THE LEFT LANE
TURNING LEFT GOING INTO THE PORT. 
          AND THOSE TWO LANES WOULD PRIMARILY BE. TRAFFIC THAT I MEAN,
I'M NO CIVIL ENGINEER AGAIN, BUT I WOULD JUST TURN IN FROM THE RIGHT HAND LANE. 
          I GUESS MY REALLY THE ISSUE IS THERE'S NO STACKING GOING INTO THAT DRIVEWAY RIGHT THERE. 
          SO ANY 1 OR 2 CARS COULD, COULD CLOG UP 14TH STREET HEADING EAST. 
          WELL, WE HAVE YOU CAN ACTUALLY YOU COULD STACK TWO CARS IN THERE AT THE TIME. 
          WELL, IF THAT NEEDED TO BE I THINK WE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THAT MICHAEL MADE A
COMMENT. 
          YOU CAN, MOST PLACES LIKE THAT THEY WHEN THEY DESIGN IT,
THEY YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT ANOTHER VEHICLE. 
          SO, YOU COULD STACK TWO CARS. IT LOOKS LIKE DONALD'S BEHIND THOSE HANDICAPPED SPACES
THERE. 
          YES, SIR. AND THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD TO SERVE THE ACTUAL BUILDING RIGHT THERE. 
          THE STRUCTURE YOU HAVE FOR FOUR PARKING SPACES,
TWO HANDICAP AND TWO NOT HANDICAPPED. 
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AND SO THE REST OF THEM ARE ALL LONG TERM. YES,
SIR. 
          CHARGING PARKING? NO, SIR. 30 IS ONLY LONG TERM. 
          THE OTHER THERE WILL BE 16 SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE THIS. 
          THERE'LL BE. IT'LL BE SHORT TERM. OH, THE FACILITY ITSELF WILL HAVE. 
          OKAY. ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. OKAY? YES. SHARON,
CAN YOU SHOW ME WHERE THE CURB CUT WOULD BE? THERE ARE TWO CURB CUTS. ONE IS RIGHT HERE. 
          THIS IS ON THE HARBOR SIDE. AND THAT'S ENTERING. 
          THIS, I BELIEVE, IS TWO WAY THE DEVELOPER CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,
BUT ONE WAY, ONE WAY OUT THE BACK. 
          I'M SORRY. IT SAYS IT RIGHT HERE. ENTRY ONLY. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE ONE WAY IN. THIS IS EXIT ONLY. 
          SO, ON 14TH STREET, THIS IS ONE WAY OUT. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO BE ACCESS INTO THE ALLEY. 
          OKAY. AND MY SECOND QUESTION WOULD YOU POINT TO ME AGAIN WHERE THE PARKING SPACE IS. 
          HE SAID 30. WE'RE GOING TO BE FOR. EXPLAINING THE PARKING,
THE AWNING, THE L-SHAPED AWNING AND THE BACKSIDE OF THAT AWNING IN THE MIDDLE WILL BE THE 30 JUST AND THEN THE AWNING RIGHT
THERE IN THE FRONT AND ON THE SMALL AWNING. AND THE FOUR SPACES IN THE FRONT WILL BE THE SHORT TERM TEA COMPANY PARKING. 
          SO IF I WANTED TO GO AND BUY TEA, I WOULD PARK THERE. 
          YES, MA'AM. AND IT WOULD BE AN EV CHARGING THERE. 
          THERE WOULD BE, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE THE SERVICE. 
          THE TEA COMPANY. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE,
YOU KNOW, SPACES FOR THE TEA COMPANY, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. ARE YOU GOING FOR TEA AND NEED YOUR CAR CHARGED? YOU COULD DO THAT. YES,
MA'AM. 
          RIGHT. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE MY EV CAR YET. 
          BUT YOU HAVE YOUR TEA. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT HERE? COUNSEL, AT THIS POINT, JASON, WE MAY CALL YOU BACK UP. 
          JUST A SECOND HERE, SIR. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON
THIS ITEM? COME FORWARD. NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY. FRANK THOMAS MACEIO. 
          I'M AN EAST END RESIDENT AT 1201 MARINE. I KNOW I DRIVE PAST THIS EVERY DAY DROPPING MY
BOY OFF. 
          ANYTIME I LEAVE MY HOUSE, I DRIVE PAST THIS CORNER RIGHT HERE. 
          AND MAN, I THANK YOU FOR DOING SOMETHING WITH IT. 
          I ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THIS AND GET THIS DONE. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE EAST END,
ESPECIALLY THAT. 
          AND LOOK, THIS IS WHAT GOES THERE. DON'T TRY TO FIT A CIRCLE. 
          YOU KNOW IN A SQUARE HOLE. THIS IS WHAT GOES THERE. 
          SO FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          COME FORWARD PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS THERESA GREEN. 
          I OWN A PROPERTY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ALLEY. 
          SO WHAT I WAS READING WAS THAT THE ALLEY WAS GOING TO BE PAVED AND THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE
A ONE WAY EXIT. 
          IS THAT STILL CORRECT, OR DID IT CHANGE OR. I DON'T THINK THE ALLEYWAY WAS ADDRESSED IN
THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION. 
          WAS IT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FROM PUBLIC WORKS IS THAT THE ALLEY BE PAVED? BUT I BELIEVE IT WILL REMAIN TWO WAY. SO THE ONLY CONCERNS THAT I HAVE IS FOR EVERY I
MEAN, I AM FOR THE PROJECT, SO REST ASSURED, I MEAN,
IT'S A GOOD PROJECT. 
          IT'S JUST THAT MAIL SERVICE GOES THROUGH THAT ALLEY AND SO DOES TRASH SERVICE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH SIDE OF THE ALLEY THEY PICK UP BECAUSE MY LOT IS VACANT. 
          BUT I HOPE THAT THAT'S TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHENEVER YOU'RE DOING THE TRAFFIC
ANALYSIS. 
          AND THEN SOMEBODY MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE BATTERY
RUSTING OR STORAGE OR WHATEVER. 
          IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT A CONTINGENCY PLAN IN CASE THERE'S A BATTERY FIRE. 
          IT'S NOT VERY LIKELY THAT IT'LL HAPPEN, BUT JUST FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT,
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE THAT IN THE DOCUMENTS. 
          OKAY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER INPUT? COME FORWARD. 
          YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. HEY. GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR SERVING US I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I AM JIM NONIS AND I'M PART OF THE LAFITTE SOCIETY. 
          I'M A CO-FOUNDER. IT'S A 30 YEAR OLD GROUP THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          OUR CONCERN IS THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR AND THE OVAL. 
          WELL, THAT PREDATES ANY OTHER MAN MADE STRUCTURE ON THIS ISLAND. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD SHOT IN THE ARM FOR THAT CORNER. 
          I THINK IT WILL HELP THE OWNERS OF THAT LAFITTE PROPERTY TO GET INTERESTED IN MORE
LANDSCAPING AND FENCING IN THEIR OWN RESPECT 
          [00:55:06]
AND PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT FOR GALVESTON,
SO I HOPE IT HAPPENS. 
          THANK YOU, JIM. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS COME FORWARD. 
          ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT ANYMORE? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. COME FORWARD. JASON. THAT EXIT ON TO 14TH STREET. 
          YES, MA'AM. IT LOOKS REALLY TINY. IT'S ACTUALLY CLOSER TO 16 FOOT FROM WHERE THEY. 
          IT'S PRETTY WIDE. SO HOW BIG IS THE OTHER ENTRANCE,
THEN? THAT ONE'S 20 FOOT. MY ONLY APPREHENSION ON THIS IS THE CONGESTION IN THAT AREA. 
          AND I OFFICED OUT OF THAT YELLOW BUILDING FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 
          AND IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT GETTING IN AND OUT WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT'S THERE NOW. 
          AND THAT WAS WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE CRUISE BUSINESS. 
          AND I THINK IT'S TOO MANY PARKING SPOTS FOR THE LOCATION. 
          WHAT WAS THE? IT'S A GOOD PROJECT. IT'S A GREAT PROJECT FOR GALVESTON. 
          THIS WILL BE GREAT FOR THAT CORNER. THE TRAFFIC WILL. 
          YOU'LL HAVE YOUR HOT TIMES IN THE MORNING AND BEFORE PEOPLE GO TO WORK AT 7:30,
GOING TO UTMB. 
          YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE PORT OF GALVESTON WILL COME OVER AND GET SOME TEA.
THEN YOU'LL HAVE YOUR TIMES. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON,
THAT'S WHEN A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE GET THEIR ENERGY DRINKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S A SLOWER TIME OF THE DAY. THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL HAVE A,
IT'LL BE AN UPTICK IN PEOPLE GETTING THEIR DRINKS. 
          SO, IT KIND OF WORKS OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES,
MA'AM. 
          SO, KATHERINE, WHAT WAS PLANNING'S COMMENTS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION? YEAH. THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGREED WITH STAFF'S DETERMINATION ABOUT THE APPROPRIATENESS
OF THE PROJECT AND RECOMMENDED DENIAL AND STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL BECAUSE IT'S ZONED CENTRAL BUSINESS, AND CENTRAL BUSINESS IS REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE
A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED AREA. 
          AND THESE PROPOSED LAND USES ARE REALLY VERY CAR CENTRIC. 
          THAT WAS THE KIND OF MEAT OF OUR RECOMMENDATION. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR. YES, SIR. CAN YOU, JASON, COME UP JUST FOR ONE SECOND? SORRY. IT SOUNDS LIKE CATHOLIC CHURCH STANDING UP. 
          SITTING DOWN. BUT CAN YOU DO CAN YOU JUST EASE THE CONCERNS OF YOUR NEIGHBOR THAT ABOUT TO
JUST SPEAK ABOUT THE CHARGING STATIONS AND WHAT KIND OF CAPACITY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING? SO, I'M NOT ELABORATING BECAUSE WE'RE DOING 20 AMP CHARGERS ON THE 30 CARS. 
          SO THAT'S NO IT'S A 20 AMP 220 PLUG. IT'LL LITERALLY TAKE SOMEONE FOR LONG TERM A DAY OR
SO TO CHARGE THE TEN CHARGERS THAT WILL BE ON THE FRONT SIDE FOR SHORT TERM WILL STILL BE ONLY
40 AMP. 
          NO, NO DIFFERENT THAN YOUR RANGE AT YOUR HOUSE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS, IT SAYS CHARGING STATION,
BUT WE'RE NOT DOING I WOULD LOVE TO GET APPROVED FOR A 100 AMP CHARGING STATION GOING FORWARD. TESLA IS GOING TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE FOR ME TO PURCHASE IN 2025,
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST IS. 
          AND IF IT'S $150,000, I'M NOT PUTTING IT THERE. 
          I KNOW I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND I'VE GOTTEN PRICE FOR A SUPERCHARGER AT 20TH AND
HARBORSIDE BEFORE WE DEMOED THE LOT AND IT WAS 300 GRAND, $75,000 FOR THE TRANSFORMER. 
          ANOTHER $100,000, 120,000 FOR THE UNITS. AND THEN YOU HAD ALMOST ANOTHER 100,000 ON LABOR. 
          SO, IT WAS CLOSE TO 300,000 FOR THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE BIG NOW,
BIG DC SUPERCHARGERS THAT ARE BYPASSING THE INVERTER, GOING DIRECTLY IN THE BATTERY WITH DC POWER THOSE COST,
THAT TYPE OF MONEY. 
          AND THE ROI ON THAT IS NON-EXISTENT. I MEAN,
YOU'RE JUST NOT GETTING YOUR MONEY BACK. 
          YOU GOT TO HAVE A REASON. SOMEONE HAS TO SUBSIDIZE YOU PUTTING THAT IN. 
          AND I CAN'T AFFORD YOU KNOW, I NEED PEOPLE TO CHARGE AND COME THERE TO THE DESTINATION,
WHICH IS TEA SHOP. 
          I NEED TO GIVE THEM THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT LIKE THIS TEA SHOP. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE TESLA DRIVERS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE EV DRIVERS,
ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE, TOO. SO I'M JUST FUTURE PROOF IN THIS PARKING LOT. 
          THAT'S ALL IT IS. I KNOW WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE CAUGHT UP ON THE EV STUFF AND ALL THAT. 
          I'M JUST FUTURE PROOFING THE PARKING LOT AND YOU KNOW,
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN COME TO GALVESTON. 
          YOU CAN'T RESERVE, A DESIGNATED EV SPOT. THERE'S NO WARM AND FUZZY. 
          [01:00:03]
IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE IT'S PARKING LOT OPERATORS. WE
CAN'T AFFORD TO SPEND THE MILLION DOLLARS TO PUT. 
          IF I GOT A 500 CAR PARKING LOT, I CAN'T SPEND THE MILLION DOLLARS TO PUT CHARGERS IN
EVERY, EVERY SPOT SO THAT YOU HAVE A GUARANTEED SPACE BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF,
IT'S HARD LOGISTICS TRYING TO SAVE THOSE SPACES. 
          AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T SAVE THE SPACE,
AND YOU HAVE SOMEONE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE SPACE? IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          YES. BO, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT'S THERE? THERE'S ACTUALLY A PICTURE. THERE WE GO. SO I WENT AND ONCE. 
          THE LAST TIME THAT WAS PRESENTED. IN LOOKING AT,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT COMING DOWN 14TH, I GUESS IT IS COMING TOWARDS HARBORSIDE. IS THAT RIGHT? OR IS THAT OKAY? I MEAN, AS IT CURRENTLY SITS YOU KNOW,
JUST LOOKING AT A PRACTICAL SENSE AS IT CURRENTLY SITS, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE TRAFFIC COMING EAST. JUST BECAUSE OF HOW FAR THE BUILDING'S FOOTPRINT
IS TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION. 
          SO THAT WAS ONE JUST A PRACTICAL POINT THAT I WAS LOOKING AT THAT,
YOU KNOW, IF NOTHING ELSE, IT'S ACTUALLY OPENING UP THE LOT TO A POINT TO WHERE TRAFFIC WILL BE LESS CONGESTED,
COMING ON TO HARBORSIDE, AND YOU ACTUALLY CAN SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO GET T-BONED OR NOT. THAT WAS ONE
OF MY BIGGEST THINGS. 
          SO, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU PRESENTED THIS TODAY. 
          STRICTLY WITH, YOU KNOW, FORWARDLY. SO THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS THE ONLY CONCERNS I HAD. 
          AND THAT WAS A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE TEA COMPANY. 
          I SAID, YOU COULD MAYBE REHAB THIS, BUT YOU'D BE RIGHT ON THE EDGE. 
          IT'S A GREAT VISUAL. IF YOU'RE SITTING ON THAT SECOND FLOOR,
IT'S GREAT, BUT ONCE YOU PUT A NEW BUILDING THERE, YOU'LL HAVE TO SET BACK. AND THAT WOULD BE. YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE CORNER. SO, YOU CAN SEE LEFT. 
          VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OH, I JUST THOUGHT OF ONE. I THINK IN THE STAFF REPORT,
I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT THE ARCHEOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF THAT SITE BASED ON THE LAFITTE'S PROPERTY NEXT DOOR. AND THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THERE WOULD BE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE SITE WHEN YOU WERE DOING SITE WORK, IN CASE ANY ARTIFACTS WERE TO COME UP, WE COULD PROTECT IT. 
          IS THAT IS THAT AM I THINKING ABOUT THAT? RIGHT,
CATHERINE? THAT'S CORRECT. SO THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WERE MAKING. 
          I FIND THAT FOR YOU. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE CONDITION NUMBER NINE IN THE STAFF REPORT. THE DEVELOPER SHALL RETAIN A QUALIFIED ARCHEOLOGIST TO
MONITOR ALL GROUND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES AT THE PROJECT SITE FOR ANY CULTURAL MATERIALS ENCOUNTERED DURING CONSTRUCTION. THE ARCHAEOLOGIST SHALL PREPARE A WRITTEN REPORT
DETAILING THE FINDINGS OF ANY AND SUBMIT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER FOR REVIEW WITHIN 60 DAYS OF COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. 
          AND I GUESS YOU'RE PERFECTLY WILLING TO DO THAT. 
          HAVE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST ON SITE AS YOU'RE DOING THE SITE WORK. IF THAT'S A PROVISION,
THAT'S A PROVISION. 
          IF I MAKE THAT, I MEAN, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,
THE JEAN LAFITTE WOULD LIKE THAT ENCAPSULATED NOT REALLY MESS WITH. 
          SO, WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE THE TOP OFF AND PUT EVERYTHING DOWN. 
          BUT YEAH, IF THAT'S IF THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU GUYS,
THEN WE HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT? YOU. 
          YEAH. THEY DON'T WANT THEY WANT IT ENCAPSULATED. YEAH. 
          THEY DON'T WANT US DIGGING AROUND MESSING WITH STUFF. YOU MAY FIND SOMETHING EVEN JUST
RIGHT UNDER THE GROUND. 
          WHO KNOWS? YOU KNOW, JIM, WON'T YOU COME FORWARD? YOU WON'T SEE ME EVER AGAIN, IF THAT. CATHERINE. 
          THAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS A PART OF THE PUTT,
OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE OR THAT YOUR STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE ADD ON TO IT? SO, WHEN STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL, WE RECOMMEND DENIAL. 
          BUT THEN WE PROVIDE A SET OF CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO GIVE COUNCIL SOME SOMETHING TO GO ON
IF, IF THEY CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT. SO IT'S IN THE CONDITIONS THAT STAFF HAS PRESENTED IT. 
          JIM, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT? WELL,
I THINK I THINK TO ANSWER COUNCILMEMBER [INAUDIBLE], THOSE ARE SUGGESTIONS FROM STAFF. 
          COUNCIL OBVIOUSLY HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT. IT'S, I THINK, THE TEXAS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY WOULD BE VERY PLEASED
TO GET INVOLVED. 
          I THINK THE LESS YOU DISTURB WHAT IS THERE IS BETTER. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU TELL YOU WHY. IT WILL LAST ANOTHER 200 YEARS,
MAYBE BEFORE IT'S EVER TOUCHED AGAIN. 
          SO, IF YOU SIMPLY PRESERVE THAT, BUT WITHIN TEN BLOCKS IN ANY DIRECTION EXCEPT INTO THE
BAY, 
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AND POSSIBLY THERE ARE ARTIFACTS FROM THE LAFITTE COMMUNE,
IT EXISTED IN THE ENTIRE AREA WITH THE RAISING GRADE RAISING OF THE ISLAND. SOME OF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BURIED WITH EVERY HURRICANE. 
          YOU BURY IT DEEPER. AND DURING THE HURRICANE OF 1818,
WHICH CAME IN ON THE VERY SAME DAY AS HURRICANE IKE IN SEPTEMBER, YOU HAD THE ENTIRE AREA DEVASTATED AND ALL OF THEIR BELONGINGS BROADCAST THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE AREA, JUST LIKE IT DOES WITH HURRICANE CARLA IN TEXAS CITY IN OUR HOUSE AND WHAT IT HAS DONE IN
IKE DOWNTOWN. 
          SO I KNOW THAT EVERY TIME YOU ENCOUNTER A NEW HURRICANE,
YOU NOT ONLY SPREAD EVERYTHING OUT, BUT YOU ADD A LAYER OF MUD ON TOP OF IT. SO,
I THINK AT THIS POINT, IF YOU WERE GOING TO GO DIGGING, YOU WOULD DO IT IN THE LOTS BEHIND IT OR FURTHER AWAY THAT ARE VACANT. 
          BUT THIS LOT HAS HAD BUILDINGS ON IT. THERE ARE CISTERNS UNDERNEATH THOSE HOUSES,
SO THOSE JUST NEED TO BE COVERED UP AND KEPT FOR PROSPERITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. 
          YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT IF THE DEMAND ISN'T THERE FOR THE EV CHARGERS? ARE YOU GOING TO RENT TO JUST REGULAR CARS OR. 
          IT'S A COMMERCIAL. WE'RE ASKING FOR COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT. 
          THAT'S WE'VE CHANGED WHEN YOU KNOW YOU. SO THE PARKING SPACES ARE THERE NOW. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUILDING IT FOR EV. OKAY. VERY GOOD. 
          ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? JASON,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. IT'S 6:06 P.M. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. 
          I THINK COUNCILMAN PEREIRA HAD A THOUGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH
THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS UNDERNEATH THE PUD FROM STAFF. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO ADD A RESTRICTION FOR 30 DAYS,
LIMITING LONG TERM PARKING FOR 30 DAYS OR FOR 30 SPACES ON THIS PUD. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT ADJACENT TO THE
RESIDENTIAL LOT NEXT TO OR ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT. THE VISUAL SCREEN THE JAPANESE USE. 
          IF HE SAID THAT, WE CAN EVEN PUT IT AS SPECIFIC AS JAPANESE USE ON THERE BUT GO AHEAD AND
KEEP THAT ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL LOT. AND THAT'S THE FINISH END OF MY MOTION. VERY GOOD. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. COUNCILMAN ROLLINS SECONDS THAT. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL? YES, BOB. I GOT A QUESTION FOR KATHERINE. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER RESTAURANT DRIVE THRUS IN THE CBD? YES. THE JACK IN THE BOX ON BROADWAY IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS. 
          OH, NO, NOT IN CENTRAL BUSINESS IS GENERALLY FROM 26TH STREET TO 19TH STREET. 
          HARBORSIDE TO BROADWAY. SO, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY. 
          BUT I COULD BE MISSING SOMETHING. YEAH, THERE'S THE JACK AND BOX ON BROADWAY WAS A PUD. 
          THAT WAS A PUD. YEAH. IN THE COUNCIL. WELL, IT'S A,
YOU KNOW, I KIND OF AGREE WITH STAFF THAT A DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT DRIVE THRU IN THIS PART OF THE CBD MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE. 
          ONLY BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THERE. 
          THE PUD WOULD REMAIN WITH THE PROPERTY WHETHER THIS PARTICULAR OWNER IS THERE OR NOT. 
          RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO, YOU KNOW, I'D HATE TO SEE ANY MORE DRIVE THRUS IN THIS AREA AS
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPS AND EXPANDS IN THIS AREA. I'D ALSO, I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT HAVING MORE SURFACE PARKING LOTS IN
THE CBD. 
          COMMERCIAL SURFACE PARKING LOTS IN THE CBD. ONLY,
ONLY I'M THINKING ABOUT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS IS A REALLY NEAT PROJECT. I THINK IT'S JUST IN THE WRONG PLACE. 
          ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR CATHERINE IS THERE'S THAT 200 FOOT I GUESS MINIMUM DISTANCE FROM
RESIDENTIAL FOR EVS. 
          COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS? IT'S TO LESSEN THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF AN EV
CHARGING STATION. 
          WE HAVE THIS SIMILAR RESTRICTION ON THINGS LIKE AUTO FUELING STATIONS AND AUTO SERVICE
STATIONS. 
          SO IT'S A STANDARD REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE DANGEROUS OR SOMETHING. 
          [01:10:01]
IT COULD BE THINGS LIKE NOISE. IT COULD BE THE RISK OF FIRES. 
          IT COULD BE THE NUISANCE OF, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND THE LIGHTS FROM THE VEHICLES,
THAT SORT OF THING, REVVING THEIR ENGINES. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY,
ANY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF THESE CHARGERS EVER CAUSING ANY HAVOC OR TROUBLE WITH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER. 
          OTHER PLACES HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS. BUT WE HAVE VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS HERE. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT CONCENTRATED LIKE THIS ONE. THEY'RE USUALLY JUST A FEW. 
          I DON'T KNOW OF ANY COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THEM. OKAY,
THANKS. 
          COUNCILMAN ROLLINS. ACTUALLY, MR. NUNEZ BROUGHT THIS SUPPORTED THIS QUESTION,
BUT ARE WE REQUIRING THE PORT TO HAVE AN ARCHEOLOGIST DURING THEIR CONSTRUCTION OF THE PIER 16? NO. WE'RE NOT. THEIR PROJECT IS PERMITTED BY. 
          RIGHT. AND SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE IT BECAUSE THIS IS
A SPECIAL APPROVAL FROM CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE CAN MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION OR THAT REQUIREMENT. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN? RIGHT. PERMITTED BY RIGHT IS IT'S WHEN SOMETHING IS ALLOWED ACCORDING TO
THE ZONING REGULATIONS WITHOUT REQUIRING A SPECIAL APPROVAL FROM CITY. 
          YEAH. BASICALLY, IF YOU HAVE TO ASK US PERMISSION FOR A CHANGE,
THEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD CERTAIN FUNCTIONS. 
          IF IT'S DONE BY RIGHT OR BY ALLOWED BY ZONING,
THEN YOU DON'T. 
          THEN THEY CAN JUST BUILD IT ACCORDING TO YOUR CODE. 
          SO BASICALLY, BY ASKING FOR AN EXEMPTION, THEY'VE OPENED IT UP TO HAVE OTHER SUGGESTIONS
AT THAT POINT WILL BE REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT OF AN ARCHEOLOGIST. YES, YOU CAN. 
          WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT ON YOUR MOTION? I DON'T THINK HE INCLUDED IT. 
          I MEAN, I PUT IT THE REASON WHY I DID IS MR. [INAUDIBLE] SAID,
YOU KNOW, THE TEXAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE TEXAS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. JIM. JIM. COME,
JIM. 
          COME FORWARD, IF YOU WOULD. YES. THANK YOU. YES,
BECAUSE TEXAS HISTORICAL ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SORRY. THE TEXAS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY HAS CONDUCTED THREE DIGS ON THE LAFITTE PROPERTY
THAT I'M AWARE OF, AND THEY HAVE FOUND ARTIFACTS. AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN USE RADIO PENETRATION AND
ROLL OVER THE TOP OF THE PROPERTY AND IDENTIFY WHAT'S UNDER, JUST LIKE THEY DID AT THE ALAMO RECENTLY. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
YOU CAN. 
          AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT IN THE EVENT THERE'S A POT OF GOLD. 
          AND THERE COULD BE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO ADD FENCING
AND LANDSCAPING TO DO THAT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIG DEEP ENOUGH TO DISTURB ANYTHING. 
          BUT THEY'RE REALLY THOSE ARTIFACTS ARE SO MUCH FURTHER DOWN THAN THE SURFACE THAT I DON'T
THINK THIS WOULD EVER BE A PROBLEM. 
          AND EVEN WHEN WE DID THE ARCHEOLOGICAL DIGS ON THAT PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THIS,
THEY HAD TO GO VERY, VERY DEEP. EVEN DOWN AROUND THAT, THAT FOUNDATION THAT EXISTS,
WHICH DATES BACK TO POST-CIVIL WAR, UNDERNEATH, THEY WENT DEEP ENOUGH TO FIND THE BURNT TIMBERS FROM THE LAFITTE FOUNDATION,
WHICH MATCHED THE PERIMETER OF THAT FOUNDATION. 
          SO WE ARE CONVINCED THAT'S WHERE THE MAISON ROUGE WAS. 
          BUT THE ONLY ARTIFACT THERE, THE WELL, THE OVAL WELL BEHIND THAT PROPERTY,
BEHIND THAT FOUNDATION IS VERY NOTEWORTHY. IT'S STILL FURTHER DOWN. WE EVEN WENT DOWN INTO IT TO FIND ARTIFACTS,
AND WE HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE WATER TABLE TO GET THE NEAREST ARTIFACTS THAT DATED BACK TO THE LAFITTE PERIOD. 
          OKAY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY. SO, YOU HAD YOUR MOTION. 
          DO YOU WANT TO AMEND THAT AT ALL? OH, I'D LIKE TO AMEND IT TO REMOVE THE ARCHEOLOGICAL
REQUIREMENT IF IT'S GOING TO BE ENCAPSULATED AND NOT LARGELY DISTURBED. I'LL SECOND. THAT'S MEET YOUR APPROVAL. 
          COUNCILMAN ROLLINS WILL SECOND. SO, WE HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THIS FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT
WERE PRESENTED BY STAFF. 
          IF THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL BUT REMOVING THE NEED FOR THE,
OKAY, FOR THE RECOMMENDATION NINE FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECOMMENDATION NINE. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THEN THERE WAS A AND THE SCREENING. 
          OH, YES. THE LANDSCAPING SCREENING ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL AND LIMITATION TO LONG TERM
PARKING OF 30 SPACES. 
          [01:15:05]
VERY GOOD. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, DAVID? YEAH,
JUST A COMMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ONE TO HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION BECOME AN ECHO CHAMBER,
NOR TO ABSOLUTELY, JUST COMPLETELY IGNORE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF. 
          OUR ELDERS ARE THERE FOR A REASON. WHAT THIS DOES SIGNIFY IS THAT IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE,
AND THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE SOME OF THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS IN THE AREA. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE COMP PLAN,
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GET THERE TODAY. 
          BUT I DO WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, JASON, THAT LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN SAID,
IT'S A GOOD PROJECT AND SOMETHING'S BETTER THAN NOTHING BECAUSE NOTHING'S GOING TO OCCUR THERE IF NOT FOR YOU. 
          SO I APPRECIATE IT. I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY CONCERNS THAT I DON'T EVER WANT THE PLANNING
COMMISSION TO BECOME AN ECHO CHAMBER, AND TO FEEL LIKE THEIR COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ARE COMPLETELY IGNORED. 
          SO THIS WILL GET YOU GOING FOR A WHILE, AND MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE IN THE FUTURE. 
          AS WE DEVELOP THAT AREA BETWEEN UTMB AND DOWNTOWN,
MAYBE WE FIND SOME OTHER SOLUTIONS THAT ARE MORE PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED AND ORIENTED. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. 
          CAST YOUR VOTES, PLEASE. 
          IT DOES PASS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE FORWARD. 
          [9. PUBLIC COMMENT]
PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. ITEM NINE PUBLIC COMMENT A AGENDA ITEMS AND B NON-AGENDA ITEMS. VERY GOOD. THIS IS A TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          WE GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES. AS YOU KNOW WE CANNOT RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          BUT WE WILL TAKE THEM AND GIVE THOSE TO THE APPROPRIATE INDIVIDUALS AT THE CITY. 
          WE START WITH I'M SORRY, IS THAT BEN WILLOUGHBY? WILLOUGHBY. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK. 
          OH! SHE'S COMING. OH, THERE YOU ARE. I'M SORRY. 
          YES, MA'AM. OH, BUT IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT. MY PROBLEM IS THE COYOTES IN GALVESTON. 
          YOU HAVE NOT LIVED UNTIL YOU PICKED UP TWO DOGS AND HAD A $5,000 MEDICAL VET BILL. 
          BECAUSE THE COYOTES, THEY JUMP OVER THE FENCE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO RUN FREE. 
          THEY. THEY HAVE MORE FREEDOM THAN ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM DOES. 
          THEY JUST KEEP GOING. DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO,
DOO. 
          AND AS GALVESTONIANS, THIS IS NOT MY GALVESTON. 
          I GREW UP 1927 BROADWAY. NEVER SAW A COYOTE UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          AND NOW THEY'RE EVERYWHERE I GO DOWN YOU. THEY'RE ON YOU. 
          I GO ON S 1/2. THEY'RE ON S 1/2. DAYTIME. NIGHTTIME. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER. THERE, THERE. AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO CORRAL
OR AT LEAST LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF COYOTES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. 
          GREG WEST DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU BACK THERE. GREG. 
          OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YOU SHAVE THAT BEARD,
WE DON'T RECOGNIZE YOU. 
          GREG. HOW YOU DOING, MAYOR BROWN? I'M FINE. ALRIGHT. 
          Y'ALL KNOW WE HAVE A COYOTE PROBLEM. CARTEL. COYOTE PROBLEM IN GALVESTON. 
          A BIG CARTEL COYOTE PROBLEM IN GALVESTON. I TALKED TO A LOT OF CITIZENS. 
          I'M ALL OVER THIS ISLAND. I TALKED TO MANY, MANY,
MANY PEOPLE. 
          THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS YOU HAVE SPECIAL INTEREST PEOPLE ON THE EAST END AND THE WEST END
THAT ARE NOTHING BUT GRANT WRITERS. 
          AND Y'ALL ARE LETTING GRANT WRITER DESTROY OUR CITY WITH THE CARTEL COYOTES RUNNING ALL
AROUND THIS TOWN, KILLING OUR PETS WITH HIGH DOLLAR VET BILLS AND NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT. 
          PERIOD. Y'ALL KEEP LETTING THEM MULTIPLY YEAR AND YEAR AND YEARS AND IN AND OUT OF THE
YEARS. 
          ME AND MAXWELL HAD TO TALK ABOUT IT. ME AND MAYOR BROWN HAD TO TALK ABOUT IT MANY TIMES
OVER THE YEARS. 
          IT'S NOT SOMETHING I JUST CAME OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND STARTED BRINGING UP ABOUT COYOTES. 
          I TALKED TO BO ROWLAND LAST WEEK AND RITA MARIE ROBB. 
          I DON'T CARE HOW MANY PEOPLE DOG, HOW MANY DOGS DO PEOPLE HAVE? 
          [01:20:01]
I WANT SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THE OVERPOPULATION OF THE CARTEL,
COYOTES RUNNING AROUND THE TOWN AND KILLING OUR PETS. 
          AND I CALLED A TOWN HALL MEETING, THE FAKE NEWS PROPAGANDA TOWN HALL MEETING FOR CARTEL
COYOTES. 
          BECAUSE THEY'RE LYING TO THE PEOPLE. THEY DON'T TAKE BIG DOGS,
THEY DON'T JUMP FENCES, THEY DON'T DO THIS AND DO THAT. 
          THAT IS A TOTAL LIE. I HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE WHERE THEY'RE JUMPING OVER FENCES AND
ATTACKING 7,080 POUND DOGS. 
          WHAT ARE Y'ALL GOING TO DO WHEN THEY ATTACK A KID? IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ONE DAY. IT HAPPENS ALL AROUND AMERICA AND EVERY CITY,
BECAUSE THE CITY OFFICIALS DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE COYOTES RUNNING AROUND KILLING OUR PETS. I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THIS TOWN. 
          I'VE BEEN FISHING ALL OVER THIS ISLAND. FOUR WHEEL DRIVING ON A SAND DUNE BACK IN THE 80S. 
          90S. AND Y'ALL GOING TO SIT HERE AND SAY, WELL,
THESE COYOTES WERE HERE FROM WAY BEFORE WE WERE. 
          THAT IS NOT TRUE. NOT TRUE TO ANY OF Y'ALL. IT'S FALSE. 
          FAKE NEWS. ANOTHER THING IS EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE 3040 FEMALES THAT HAVE 4 TO 6,
SEVEN BABIES A YEAR. AND YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THEY'RE NOT MULTIPLYING OVER THE YEARS? MAYOR BRIAN, YOU TOLD ME LAST YEAR WHEN WE WHEN WE TALKED AROUND THIS TIME,
THERE WERE ONLY 50-60 COYOTES. 
          THAT IS A TOTAL FALSE LIE. THERE'S OVER 2300 COYOTES IN THE TOWN. 
          MAYBE MORE. AND Y'ALL AIN'T DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. 
          IT'S GETTING RIDICULOUS THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR DOG ON A LEASH IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. 
          THAT IS RIDICULOUS. IT'S TOTALLY, TOTALLY RIDICULOUS. 
          Y'ALL NEED TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, NOT BE PART OF THE PROBLEM,
BECAUSE THE CITY OF GALVESTON IS PART OF THE PROBLEM, AND Y'ALL ARE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION. AND THE CITIZENS ARE GOING TO STAND UP. 
          WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT AND START SHOOTING AND KILLING THEM COYOTES OURSELVES. 
          OR Y'ALL GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE COYOTES. I AM SICK OF IT. 
          AND PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THEM GETTING THEIR PETS KILLED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING
ABOUT IT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREG. JOHN VIGANO. VIGGIANO. 
          VIGGIANO. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I LIVE AT 1718 35TH FIFTH STREET. 
          AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 24 YEARS NOW. AND SHORTLY SOMETIME AROUND SEPTEMBER OF 2023, AND IT WAS ABOUT MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER OF 2023,
ONE OF MY DOGS WAS ATTACKED. 
          WE TOOK THE DOG TO THE VET. IT COST US $2,600 IN VETERINARY BILLS IN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS
WORTH OF TAKING CARE OF THE DOG AT HOME ON OUR OWN. 
          I FIRST NOTICED THE COYOTES SOMETIME SHORTLY AFTER HURRICANE IKE. 
          AND THE PIER NINE AREA OR THE OLD GRASSO FUEL DOCK AREA. 
          THEY WERE THERE WAS A THERE WAS A BARRIER, THE CONCRETE BARRIERS,
AND THEY WERE CLIMBING OVER THE CONCRETE BARRIERS. 
          WE THINK THEY HAD A DEN BACK THERE SOMEWHERE BY THE SHRIMP BOATS. 
          AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED THEM. AND LIKE GREG SAID,
I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE. 
          I'VE BEEN OVER ALL OVER THE EAST, EAST END, WEST END AND NEVER SAW A COYOTE. 
          NEVER HEARD OF A COYOTE. TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED WAY OUT WEST. 
          NEVER SAW THEM. NEVER HEARD OF THEM. SO THE CITY IS,
I GUESS, BURYING THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND AND HOPING THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY ON ITS OWN. BUT YOU WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO HAVE A PACK OF DOGS AS A AS A PROPERTY OWNER IN
THE CITY OF GALVESTON. 
          LET THEM RUN FREE AT NIGHT AND DO THE DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION THAT THEY DO. 
          SO I'D BE THEY'D BE THE ANIMALS WOULD BE IMPOUNDED,
TAKEN TO THE VET, DESTROYED. 
          WHATEVER YOU DO WITH THEM I'D BE TAKEN TO JAIL,
FINED. 
          WHATEVER YOU DO WITH THE CITIZEN, WITH A DOG,
THAT BECOMES A NUISANCE. 
          SO I KNOW THAT NOBODY OWNS THE DOGS, BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THAT SHOULD FALL ON THE BACK OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON. 
          WE'VE GOT A ANIMAL CONTROL. THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS GET THEM TO COME UP WITH A
PLAN OF, IF NOT, MINIMIZE MINIMIZING IT. ERADICATING THE POPULATION. 
          WE'VE GOT WE NEED A HEAD COUNT. SOMEBODY TO START DOING A,
YOU KNOW, AN ESTIMATE OF WHERE THE POPULATIONS ARE. 
          THEY'RE LIVING UNDER HOUSES IN EVERYBODY'S NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS OUGHT TO BE CITED OR AND FINED FOR ALLOWING THAT TO,
YOU KNOW, HAVE A DEN THERE AND THEY'RE ON THEIR PROPERTY. 
          I WOULDN'T YOU WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO HAVE RABID DOGS RUNNING THE STREET. 
          SO WHY SHOULD YOU ALLOW ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR . FRANK. MACEO. FRANK. 
          GOT TO SAY WHO I AM AND WHERE I LIVE AGAIN. FRANK. 
          THOMAS. MACEO. I'M AT 1201 MARINE. IT'S IN THE EAST END. 
          THERE WAS AN ITEM PULLED OFF THE AGENDA TODAY,
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO ALL YOU COUNCIL REPS UP HERE AND STAFF ALSO. 
          [01:25:05]
AND CITY ATTORNEY RIGHT THERE. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT
WE'RE DOING HERE. 
          I'M HERE TO HELP YOU OUT. I'M HERE TO EDUCATE YOU. AND I'M HERE TO PREVENT OTHER PEOPLE
FROM PULLING THE WOOL OVER YOUR EYES. 
          OKAY, SO I'M GONNA BE HERE AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 
          IF Y'ALL WANT TO TALK, I'M AVAILABLE. THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. FRANK. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? VERY GOOD. WE HAVE NOW GONE THROUGH OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. 
          IT'S 6:25. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 10.A, PLEASE. ITEM TEN A CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF GALVESTON, 
          [10.A. Ordinance amending the total operating budget for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024]
TEXAS, AMENDING THE TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH,
2024, BY ADJUSTING VARIOUS BUDGET ACCOUNTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 03,682,826 TO PROPERLY RECORD EXPENDITURES. GENERAL FUND AMENDMENTS TOTALING $80 RELATED TO PERSONNEL COSTS IN STREETS, TRAFFIC,
PARKS AND RECREATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE $744,000. 
          SUPPLIES AND SERVICES IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS $702,600. 
          TRAFFIC CAPITAL OUTLAY $31,000. HURRICANE BERYL DISASTER RECOVERY $28,020 AND OPERATING
TRANSFERS OUT TO SEPARATION PAY FUND 700,000 AND WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND 196,000. 
          SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AMENDMENTS TOTALING 980,000 989,146. 
          RELATED TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT COSTS $32,196. CAPITAL OUTLAY IMPROVEMENTS $92,066. 
          FIXED ASSET STUDIES $158,718. SEPARATION PAY FUND $666,517. 
          AND VARIOUS SERVICES $39,649. THE WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND IS AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR
INCREASED EXPENDITURES OF $292,000. THE AMENDMENT INCLUDES OPERATING TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS TOTALING $1,566,624, TO FACILITATE THE FUNDING OF THE DETAILED EXPENDITURE ADJUSTMENTS,
MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. JANELLE. SHEILA, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO. I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THIS IS THE THIRD BUDGET AMENDMENT,
THIRD AND FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 THAT ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT REFLECTS THE INFORMATION OR THE RESPONSE TO THE INFORMATION THAT WAS
PRESENTED IN YOUR FOURTH QUARTER REPORT LAST MONTH. 
          THIS AMENDMENT WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR AUDIT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ACKNOWLEDGE THE
EXPENSES THAT HAVE BEEN INCURRED AT THE LEGAL LEVEL OF AUTHORITY, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND AS FAR AS THE GENERAL FUND IS CONCERNED,
BECAUSE THAT'S EVERYONE'S BIGGEST CONCERN, THE INCREASES IN EXPENDITURES ARE OFFSET BY DECREASES. 
          AND SO, THERE IS NO NET IMPACT IN THE GENERAL FUND WITH THIS AMENDMENT. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS LADONNA? I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          IT'S ITEM TEN A. I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS. 
          YES. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT COUNCIL? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THAT. 
          THAT'S UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          [10.B. Consider adopting Ordinance 25-__ amending the code of the City of Galveston 1982, as amended, Chapter 34, “Traffic”, Article III, “Vehicle Operation”, Section 34-59, “Decrease of State Law Maximum Speed”, “Speed Limit 20 Miles per Hour”, by adding the “Spanish Grant Bayside Subdivision”; Making various findings and provisions related to the subject and providing for an effective date ; Authorizing the City Secretary to execute all necessary documents upon final approval by the City Attorney. (R Winiecke)]
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 10.B, PLEASE. ITEM 10.B CONSIDER ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, 1982, AS AMENDED. CHAPTER 34 TRAFFIC ARTICLE THREE VEHICLE OPERATION. 
          SECTION 3459 DECREASE OF STATE LAW. MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT 20MPH BY ADDING THE SPANISH GRANT
BAYSIDE SUBDIVISION, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT,
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY SECRETARY TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS UPON FINAL APPROVAL
BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. 
          VERY GOOD. WE HAVE ROB WINICKI. ROB. GOOD EVENING. 
          COUNCIL. WE GOT A REQUEST FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION OUT IN SPANISH GRANT
BAYSIDE, ASKING TO MAKE ALL THE STREETS OUT THERE 20 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMITS. 
          THE WESTERN HALF OF THE SUBDIVISION OFF OF SPANISH MAIN BOULEVARD,
ALREADY HAS 20 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT SIGNS. 
          BUT CAMINO REAL, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SUBDIVISION,
DOES NOT. 
          ACTUALLY, GOING BACK THROUGH OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES,
IT DOESN'T HAVE 20 MPH FOR ANY OF THE STREETS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAN THAT UP HERE. VERY GOOD. 
          [01:30:01]
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WINNICK AT ALL? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. MARIE ROBB, SECONDED BY BOB BROWN. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? YES, SIR. ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF. 
          ROBB. CURRENTLY, THE FUNDING IS IDENTIFIED IN THE TRAFFIC MAP BUDGET FOR FY 25,
IN THE AMOUNT OF $185,000 TO ACCOMMODATE THIS REQUEST. 
          CORRECT. YEAH. IT'S NOT THAT IT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT GENERAL LINE ITEM. IT'S GOING
TO COME OUT OF THE GENERAL LINE ITEM. OKAY. HOW MUCH IS IN THAT LINE? THAT'S JUST WHAT'S IN THE LINE. OH, THAT'S WHAT THE TOTAL LINE BUDGET. 
          I WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THOSE ARE SOME. 
          I WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THOSE SIGNS,
MAN? WE GET GOLDEN STUFF, THOUGH. I MEAN, READ THE SIGN. 
          THANK YOU. I YEAH. SO YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY. 
          YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 
          VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET'S CAST YOUR VOTE,
PLEASE. 
          UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. THANKS, ROBB. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 10.C PLEASE. 
          [10.C. Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Amending The Code Of The City Of Galveston, Galveston 1982, As Amended, By Sunsetting The “Families, Children And Youth Advisory Board, And The Provisions Thereof, Under Chapter 26, “Parks And Recreation”, Article V.; And Amend Chapter 2, “Article Iv. – Boards, Commissions And Committees’, Division 2., As Applicable; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; Providing For An Effective Date. (B. Sanderson)]
ITEM 10.C CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON,
TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, 1982, AS AMENDED BY SUNSETTING THE FAMILY'S CHILDREN AND YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD AND THE
PROVISIONS THEREOF UNDER CHAPTER 26, PARKS AND RECREATION, ARTICLE FIVE AND AMEND CHAPTER TWO,
ARTICLE FOUR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. 
          DIVISION TWO, AS APPLICABLE. MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          VERY GOOD. BARBARA EVER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION HERE. 
          GOOD EVENING. ACTUALLY, DONNA AND I BOTH WORKED ON THIS THIS BOARD. 
          IT STARTED OUT AS A REALLY LARGE BOARD, LIKE 28 PEOPLE,
25 PEOPLE. 
          AND THEN IT HAD TO DWINDLE DOWN, AND WE JUST CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE A QUORUM. 
          THE MISSION HAS KIND OF CHANGED. AND SO, AFTER MEETING WITH DONNA AND SEVERAL OF THE BOARD
MEMBERS THAT ARE LEFT. 
          THAT WERE ATTENDING, WE DECIDED THAT THIS BOARD POSSIBLY COULD MERGE WITH ANOTHER BOARD. 
          AND I THINK WE ONLY HAD TWO PEOPLE THAT PUT IN FOR THE BOARD. 
          SO, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHEN WE HAVE AN OPENING TO PUT THEM ON,
LIKE THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, IF IT FITS THEIR SCHEDULE. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, THIS IS ITEM IS TO REMOVE THE FAMILY CHILDREN YOUTH BOARD FROM OUR LIST OF COMMITTEES. 
          IF I MAY WE CREATE COMMITTEE SOMETIMES AND YOU WONDER WHAT THEY DO. 
          BUT THIS IS A COMMITTEE THAT WORKED REALLY HARD. AND IT'S KIND OF WORKED THEMSELVES OUT OF
A JOB. THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF THINGS THEY REALLY DO. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A SUCCESSFUL COMMITTEE. AND WE DON'T GET THOSE VERY OFTEN. SO FIRST OF ALL,
THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT PUT IN SO MUCH EFFORT, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE LIKE KATHY AND OTHERS THAT DID THAT. BJ HURST, BJ HURST THEY KILLED THEMSELVES WITH THIS STUFF. 
          BUT WE'VE GOTTEN TO WE'VE GOT TO GOT TO THE PLACE WE WANTED TO BE. 
          SO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SIGN. AND ACTUALLY,
MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ON THAT BOARD AT SOME FORM OR FASHION HAVE HELPED BETTER PARKS FOR GALVESTON, BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANTED TO FUNDRAISE FOR THE PARKS. 
          AND REALLY, A CITY BOARD DOESN'T FUNDRAISE FOR THE CITY. 
          SO IT KIND OF HAS ALL WORKED OUT. AND YOU'RE RIGHT,
THEY WORKED THEMSELVES OUT OF A JOB. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY HAD SOME VERY ACTIVE PEOPLE, AS YOU MENTIONED ON THERE. 
          AND GOSH, I CAN THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THEY'VE KIND OF MOVED TO A POSITION. 
          WE HAD CINDY ROBERTS GRAY, WE HAD KATHY TIERNAN,
A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WORKED VERY HARD ON THAT BOARD. 
          AND ACTUALLY, I REMEMBER WHEN MRS. LOUIS WAS OVER AT CENTRAL AND WE DID THE RENAISSANCE
ZONE, AND SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH US CLEANING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          YEAH. VERY GOOD. WELL, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS COUNCIL,
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, AND I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 10.C BY COUNCILMAN BOB BROWN,
SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN SHARON LEWIS. 
          ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THAT'S UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. 
          THANK YOU. BARBARA. THANK YOU. BARBARA, TELL DAVID THANK YOU FOR HIS HARD WORK TODAY,
TOO, PLEASE. CONSENT ITEMS. 
          [11. CONSENT ITEMS]
11.A OR 11, CONSENT ITEMS. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR ACTION AS A WHOLE,
UNLESS ONE OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS OBJECTS, THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS UPON FINAL APPROVAL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY IN COUNCIL. 
          IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO PULL OUT? YES, BOB, I'D LIKE TO PULL 11 .P. 11.P? 11.P HAS BEEN PULLED OUT. 
          ANY OTHERS? WELL, DIDN'T YOU PULL ONE OUT? EXCUSE ME? ONE WAS TAKEN OFF THE AGENDA. YEAH, 11.Z WAS TAKEN OUT. 
          I WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT IN THE MOTION. BUT ANY OTHER ITEMS? WHAT WAS THAT? IT JUST WAS SAYING Z. THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS REMOVED. 
          OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER ITEMS, COUNCIL? I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF
ITEMS 11.A 
          [01:35:06]
THROUGH 11 .T EXCLUDING ITEM 11.Z AND 11.P. 
          IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRETTA. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. 
          THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. ITEM 11.P, PLEASE. 
          [11.P. : Consider for approval awarding Bid# 25-01 to R. Alden Marshall & Associates LLC. in the contract amount of $54,930.00 for the restoration of the Sydney Sherman Monument authorizing the City Manager to sign all documents upon the review and approval of the City Attorney. (C. Kenworthy)]
11.P, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL. AWARDING BID NUMBER 25-01 TO R ALDEN MARSHALL AND ASSOCIATES, LLC IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $54,930 FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE SIDNEY
SHERMAN MONUMENT, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS UPON THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE
CITY ATTORNEY. 
          YES, BOB, YOU WANTED THAT? YEAH. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE RESTORATION OF THE SIDNEY
SHERMAN MONUMENT. 
          THERE'S A SCOPE OF WORK. SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ON THE SWORD AND SCABBARD PART OF
THEIR SCOPE OF WORK. 
          WHICH SWORD'S GONE, AND THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A MOLD OF THE SWORD. 
          BUT SCABBARD, THE SWORDS INSIDE THE SCABBARD,
IT WAS BROKE OFF. 
          SO, WHENEVER THEY'RE MOLD AND RECAST THIS, IT'LL RESEMBLE EXACTLY WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE. 
          OKAY. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO GET SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL THING THERE TO
MAKE A MOLD OF, THEY'LL GET SOMETHING THAT'S APPROPRIATE. YES,
SIR. OKAY. 
          THE OTHER I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE FURTHERANCE OF THE STAFF REPORT,
IT INDICATES THAT WE DON'T. 
          THE STAFF HAD DETERMINED THAT WE DON'T OWN THE TEXAS HEROES MONUMENT. THAT IS CORRECT. AND
SO, BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN IT, WE CAN'T USE THE FUNDS TO DO THE RESTORATION LIKE WE INTENDED. WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS THIS BECOME PART
OF THIS MOTION, DIRECTING STAFF TO CONTACT THC OR THE APPROPRIATE STATE AGENCY TO DETERMINE IF THE STATE
IS WILLING TO MAINTAIN THE TEXAS HERO MONUMENT. 
          AND IF SO, WHAT'S THE PROCESS AND SCHEDULE? AND FOR HOW LONG WILL THEY DO THAT? AND NUMBER TWO, DETERMINE IF THE STATE WILL TRANSFER OWNERSHIP TO THE CITY. 
          THIS IS EITHER OR PROPOSITION. DETERMINE IF THE STATE WILL TRANSFER OWNERSHIP TO THE CITY. 
          AND WHAT'S THE PROCESS AND THE SCHEDULE ON THAT. 
          AND FINALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE CITY HAS A LOT OF THESE MONUMENTS
AND SCULPTURES AROUND TOWN THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, WITH NO REAL POLICY FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE. AND SO,
THE THIRD PART OF THIS WOULD BE WORK ON A POLICY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL CITY OWNED MONUMENTS AND SCULPTURES AND ART. AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WAS THAT IT MAY BE
APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY ARTS AND CULTURAL COORDINATOR TO ADDRESS THIS. 
          AND SO THOSE THREE ITEMS RIGHT THERE ARE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO A MOTION. 
          WHERE ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SIDNEY SHERMAN
RESTORATION WITH ALL THOSE STUFF I JUST SAID. 
          YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER. I ASKED CATHERINE. WELL,
EXCUSE ME LET'S GET A SECOND TO THAT. 
          IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? PUT YOUR MOTION IN. 
          CAN YOU GET THEM ON THE AGENDA? IS SIDNEY SHERMAN CORRECT? WE CANNOT. YOU'RE SAYING WE CANNOT ADD SOMETHING TO. 
          YEAH. YEAH, BUT, WELL, REST ASSURED, WE GOT YOUR COMMENTS,
AND WE'LL BRING YOU BACK SOMETHING. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO, LET'S CLARIFY THE MOTION THEN. 
          OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT CAN'T BE PART OF THE MOTION RIGHT. 
          OKAY I HAD TO REWATCH LAST MEETING BECAUSE THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT,
AND I SAID WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS WE GO DO THE RESEARCH AND WE FIND OUT WE DON'T OWN THE MONUMENT. WE DID THE RESEARCH. 
          WE DON'T OWN THE MONUMENT. GRANTED, THAT'S FAIR,
RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. WE GOT SOME CLARITY ON THAT,
THAT ISSUE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS A GOOD THING TO GET DONE. 
          NO ONE'S DOING IT EXCEPT THE CITY. I DON'T WANT ANYTHING IN THE MOTION THAT'S GOING TO ADD
ON TO THIS. 
          AND I THINK WE COULD JUST PUT IT ON AN AGENDA ITEM FOR A WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY AND NOT PUT
ANYTHING MORE ON MR. KENWORTHY'S PLATE. AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MOVE FORWARD,
AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT AN AGENDA ITEM. 
          BUT, I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE A PREMONITION. I'M,
YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, PRESERVING OUR HISTORY. 
          I MEAN, IT'S IMPORTANT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THOSE WHO SERVED. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO A MOTION THAT IS GOING TO
OVERCOMPLICATE SOMETHING THAT HAS TURNED INTO A BIGGER DEAL THAN NOT. 
          ALTHOUGH CLARITY, FOR ME, IT'S A GOOD THING. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO GET GOOD CLARITY. 
          [01:40:05]
YOU GOT OUR COMMENTS, BRIAN. SO THAT'S FINE WITH ME. 
          WE ACHIEVED WHAT WE I ACHIEVED WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR. 
          THE MESSAGE WAS DELIVERED. WE CAN JUST TAKE ALL THE REST OF THAT STUFF I JUST SAID OFF THE
MOTION AND JUST APPROVE THE. 
          JUST APPROVE THE ITEM. £0.11 INCLUDE THAT WE CALL ALEX KARNAK FROM NOW ON. 
          SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF 11.P. 
          AND THAT SECOND IS STILL BY COUNCILMAN FINKLE. 
          IS THAT RIGHT AS IT'S WRITTEN? CORRECT. IT'S WRITTEN AS WRITTEN. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. WEREN'T WE JUST TOLD TODAY THAT THIS IS OWNED? IT'S NOT OWNED BY US. IT'S OWNED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND NOT THE HISTORIC FOUNDATION HAS
PUT IN FOR A GRANT. 
          NOT NOT. THIS IS THE SIDNEY SHERMAN. THIS IS THE ONE AT THE VERY END OF BROADWAY DOWN
THERE BY SEVENTH AND BROADWAY. 
          SEVENTH TEXAS HEROES IS THE ONE WE HAD DISCUSSED. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE I GUESS WE CAN'T FIND OUT WHO OWNS IT. 
          BUT THE STATE WAS THE LAST ONE TO DO A TOTAL RESTORATION. 
          THE CITY WAS THE LAST ONE TO DO A TOTAL RESTORATION IN 2014 BY RAISING MONEY. 
          NO, SIR. WE HANDLED THAT. WE FUNDED IT THROUGH AND THROUGH CITY THROUGH CITY. 
          FUNDING IN THE 1996 WAS THE ONE THAT WAS DONE THROUGH THE FUNDRAISER. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR HERE. AND FOR THIS ITEM,
11.P. 
          YES, SHARON. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO, WE JUST TOLD BOB TO X OUT ALL HIS THREE SUGGESTIONS. 
          SO, ARE YOU GOING TO IN THE FUTURE? LOOK AT THOSE. 
          SO, WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT TODAY. SUPPOSE IT COMES WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM
THE STATE. 
          MAYBE IF THE STATE DECIDES THE SIDNEY SHERMAN MONUMENT,
WE CAN USE HOT FUNDS TO RESTORE THAT. 
          BUT WHAT THE STAFF REPORT WAS ALLUDING TO THE TEXAS HEROES MONUMENT,
BECAUSE WE HAD A WE HAD A PROPOSAL TO RESTORE THAT. 
          BUT WE WE'RE GOING TO GET WE'RE GOING TO GET SIDNEY SHERMAN DONE. AND WE'VE RECEIVED BOB'S
COMMENTS AND WE'LL BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS IT WHEN COUNCIL IS READY TO. 
          I'VE GOT IT RECOMMENDED TO BE AS A WORKSHOP ITEM. 
          WE CAN PUT THAT ON OUR WORKSHOP AND MAKE IT ITEM 101 FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. 
          SO, IT SOUNDS GOOD. LANDMARK IT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR 11.P AND SECONDED. 
          YES. ALL THOSE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ON THAT. 
          THERE WE GO. THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. ITEM 12.A,
THANK YOU. 
          [12.A. Consider For Approval A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Related To The Disposition Of L.A. Morgan School; Expressing Support For The Galveston Independent School District Trustees To Consider Alternative Use Plans For The L.A. Morgan School Site; To Reach Out To Various Community Groups To Solicit Proposals For That Site, Which Could Include A National Juneteenth Museum, And/Or A Community Park; Providing For Findings Of Fact And Providing For An Effective Date. (Lewis/C. Brown)]
THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ITEM 12.A CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, RELATED TO THE DISPOSITION OF LA MORGAN SCHOOL. 
          EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE GALVESTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          TRUSTEES TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE USE PLANS FOR THE LA MORGAN SCHOOL SITE. 
          TO REACH OUT TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR THAT SITE,
WHICH COULD INCLUDE A NATIONAL JUNETEENTH MUSEUM AND OR A COMMUNITY PARK PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS OF FACT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS, DID YOU HAVE A THOUGHT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? DID WE WERE WE SUPPOSED TO REMOVE IT? YOU WERE GOING TO DEFER THAT TO NEXT TO THE NEXT
MONTH. 
          DEFERRED UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. 
          AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FINKLEY. THE MOTION WAS BY COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? YOU GOT YOURS. I GOT MINE. 
          PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT IS. SHARON HAS TO VOTE. 
          I JUST TURNED HER MIC OFF. THAT'S UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. 
          [12.B. Discuss and consider appointments to the following City Boards, Commissions, and Committees: Finance, Fiscal Affairs and Investment Committee Short Term Rental Ad Hoc Committee]
ITEM 12.B, PLEASE. ITEM 12.B, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING CITY
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. ONE FINANCE, FISCAL AFFAIRS AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE AND TWO
SHORT TERM RENTAL AD HOC COMMITTEE. 
          VERY GOOD. WE HAVE FINANCE FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IS DISTRICT FIVE. 
          COUNCILMAN ROLLINS, DO YOU HAVE A NAME, SIR? YES. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO DESIGNATE DR. ZAMPA AS MY PERSON ON FINANCE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS. 
          DR. ZAMPA FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE. I WILL SECOND THAT. 
          GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, LIVES IN YOUR DISTRICT BUSINESS IN MIND. 
          GO AHEAD. ARE WE READY? A MOTION IN. YOU PUT YOUR MOTION IN. 
          NO, MA'AM. I DIDN'T SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT. LET'S DO IT. 
          OH, OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. 
          THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. SHORT TERM RENTAL AD HOC COMMITTEE. 
          THIS WAS B1 APPOINTMENT FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER. 
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WE ALSO JANELLE DISTRIBUTED THE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS,
AND I'LL PUT THAT. 
          OR WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION. WHAT WE COULD DO IS GO DOWN THE LINE. 
          WE COULD HAVE IN ONE MOTION IF WE WOULD LIKE ALL OF THE APPOINTEES TO THIS COMMITTEE. 
          WE COULD START COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS; DO YOU HAVE A HAVE A RECOMMENDATION. 
          SHORT TERM RENTAL. FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. 
          I DO. I HAVE A LARRY MURPHY. LARRY MURPHY. WHO? LARRY MURPHY. LARRY MURPHY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN FINKEL. 
          YES. I HAVE MISS DEBORAH BUCKLEY. BERKELEY. SORRY. 
          THERE'S AN R IN THERE. BERKELEY. MISS DEBORAH BERKELEY. 
          BOB, I HAVE SHEILA LIGHTSTONE. SHEILA LIGHTSTONE. 
          COMMITTEES. SHE CAN SERVE ON ONE REGULAR COMMITTEE AND ONE AD HOC COMMITTEE AT THE SAME
TIME. 
          YES. THAT'S CORRECT. I'M GOING TO MAKE A NOMINATION OF CLAIRE REISWERG. 
          MY TURN. YES, SIR. MR. DAVID BLUME. OKAY. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. 
          THERE IT IS. JOSEPH SPENCER. OKAY. AND COUNCILWOMAN ROBB. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TED SHOOK. WHO WAS THAT? TED SHOOK. OKAY. TED SHOOK. AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS I WOULD LIKE TO BE EX-OFFICIO ON
THIS, SINCE SHORT TERM RENTALS AFFECT MY DISTRICT MORE THAN OTHER DISTRICTS. 
          WOULD WE OUGHT TO DO. LET'S. WE'LL VOTE ON THE. 
          IF THIS MET COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. WE VOTE ON THIS,
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE LIAISON POSITION SEPARATELY. 
          IF WE COULD IN THE MOTION OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT'S MENTIONED,
I'M GOING TO ALSO SAY MR. ROBERT ZON IS EX OFFICIO MEMBER FROM THE GALVESTON ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. 
          CHRISTINE BRYANT FROM THE VISION GALVESTON, FROM SHORT TERM RENTAL OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF
GALVESTON, LINDSEY GARZA, AND FROM GALVESTON ASSOCIATION OF VACATION RENTAL MANAGERS,
WHICH IS GARM WOULD BE LIZ OVERTON THAT THEY HAD SUGGESTED. THAT'S ALL IN ONE MOTION. 
          DOES THE RESOLUTION ALSO INCLUDE A STAFF MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER? DON, I'M READING IT. IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER FROM AMONG THE CITY STAFF. 
          THIS MEMBER SHALL BE A NON-VOTING MEMBER, NOT AUTHORIZED TO MAKE OR SECOND MOTIONS,
BUT WILL BE PRESENT TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE. 
          I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND IT BE TIM TIETJENS. 
          THAT WOULD BE TIM TIETJENS. TIM TIETJENS WOULD BE THE THAT. 
          SO, THE MOTION I'M MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THOSE FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER,
THEIR APPOINTEES, PLUS THE EX OFFICIOS THAT I READ AND TIM TIETJENS FROM THE CITY OF GALVESTON. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT. TIM, DON'T SAY I NEVER GAVE YOU ANYTHING. 
          OH, BOY. HERE WE GO. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. 
          ALL RIGHT. MARIE. VERY GOOD. NOW, LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE LIAISON FOR
THIS SHORT TERM RENTAL COMMITTEE. I WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS LIAISON. 
          WELL, WE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS LIAISON. AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE MYSELF. 
          OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. YOU KNOW THAT PERSON WELL? SOME DAYS. I'LL SECOND HER MOTION. ALL RIGHT,
SO WE'VE HAD A MOTION FOR MARIE ROBB TO SERVE AS THE LIAISON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ROLLINS ON THAT. BO, IF YOU'LL PRESS YOUR THING THERE. 
          VERY GOOD. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I JUST LIKE TO SAY MY REASON FOR WANTING TO BE
THE LIAISON IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE MAY. I GUESS SINCE I GOT ELECTED AND HAVE A LOT OF HOURS BEHIND THIS AND A LOT OF
LOT OF WORK PUT TO IT. 
          SO, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW THROUGH. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR MISS ROBB TO BE THE LIAISON. 
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PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THAT. OKAY. THAT DOES NOT PASS. 
          CALL] ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PLACE BOB BROWN AS LIAISON. OKAY. HAD A MOTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS FOR BOB BROWN AS LIAISON. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. OH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER ROLLINS. 
          ROLLINS I'M SORRY. IT'S LONG DAY. ATTEMPT TO BEAT ME. 
          OKAY, SO WE HAD ROLLINS FOR THE MOTION. WE HAVE ROLLINS. 
          WE HAVE. BEEN A LONG DAY. YEAH. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ROLLINS. SPELL THAT PLEASE. OH, MY GOODNESS. AND WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS SOMEWHERE. 
          SNUCK IN THERE AS THE SECOND. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THAT IS THAT IS UNANIMOUS FOR BOB BROWN. 
          VERY GOOD. WE HAVE OUR LIAISON WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED ON THE WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE
SCHEDULED. 
          SO I CAN BE THERE TO REPRESENT. YOU'LL NOTIFY ALL OF COUNCIL. 
          JUST SEND THAT NOTICE. WE SEND IT TO ALL OF COUNCIL. YEAH. 
          YEAH. EXCELLENT. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH. 
          WE'RE NOW AT RECEIVE AND FILE. IF YOU COULD READ THAT,
PLEASE. 
          [Items 13.A. & 13.B.]
JANELLE. 13. A LETTER FROM SENATOR JOHN CORNYN,
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY AND 13 B GULF COAST AUTHORITY NOTICE OF LEGISLATION RELATED TO THE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GULF COAST AUTHORITY. 
          VERY GOOD. THIS IS JUST FOR OUR KNOWLEDGE. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR
AGENDA. 
          IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.