Jul 22, 2025 Planning Commission

OKAY. READY? EVERYBODY READY? HEY, TOM. ALL RIGHT.

[1. Call Meeting to Order]

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AND WELCOME TO THE GALVESTON PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.

TODAY IS 7/22/25. THIS MEETING IS RECORDED AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

PLEASE BE CLEARLY AND DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE.

AND I MIGHT NOT BE DOING THIS. I'M GOING TO PULL IT DOWN. AND BY THE WAY, JUST EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M READING THIS FROM A SCRIPT.

SO IF I MAKE A MISTAKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY. NOTE THAT THE ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN TAKEN ON THE SIGN IN SHEET, WHICH WE DIDN'T, SO. OH, I GOT IT. YIKES. PEN.

YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE ATTENDANCE NOW.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND WE HAVE A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN ANY OF THE CASES? NOPE. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[4. Approval of Minutes]

EVERYBODY'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT, IF NONE, THE MINUTES, THE MINUTES WILL BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED.

PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. NOW, IT'S A PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.

SO IS THERE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AGENDA ITEMS WITHOUT PUBLIC HEARING ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? IF THERE ARE SPEAKERS, REMINDER. OH, YOU HAVE A THREE MINUTE LIMIT OR SIX MINUTES IF YOU'RE USING A TRANSLATOR.

SO IS ANYONE OUT THERE WANT TO SPEAK ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM? OKAY. GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. ALL RIGHT. SOLD.

[6.A.1. 25P-024 (1001-1021, 1101-1117, 1202-1210, 1301-1310, 1401-1426 Harbor View Drive; 1417, 1422, 1501-1521 Harbor View Circle, 1001 Marine) Request for a Change of Zoning in order to designate the Harbor View neighborhood as a Restricted Residential, Single-Family (R-0) zoning district. Properties are legally described as ABST 628, M B Menard Survey, Lot 1 Harbor View & ADJ SE Triangle, Lots 2-9 Harbor View, & UND 1/13 INT Tract 628- 150; Lots 14-18, 52-58, 50-63 Harbor View, Lot 59 Harbor View UND INT; Lots 64-67 Harbor View SEC 2 & UND 1/4 INT Tract 628-151; Lots 68-69, 70 Harbor View SEC 2; Lots 71, 73-75 Harbor View SEC 3 & UND 1/5 INT Tract, Lot 72 Harbor View SEC 3 & UND 1/5 Submerged TR & 0.7941 ACS out of GYB BLK 3; Lots 76-79, 80-83, and Lot 90 Harbor View SEC 3, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas Applicant: Development Services Department]

OKAY, SOMEBODY TAKE MY THING. ALL RIGHT. SO.

I GOTTA GET TO THAT. OKAY. CASE NUMBER 25P-024.

IT'S A CASE WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING RIGHT NOW. IN ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? MILBURN WILL DO THE STAFF REPORT. OH. STAFF REPORT FIRST.

OKAY. OKAY. CASE 20 5P-024 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING IN ORDER TO DESIGNATE THE AREA AS RESIDENTIAL.

I'M SORRY. AS RESTRICTED RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH IS R-0 ZONING DISTRICT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATIONS THAT WERE SENT.

WE WE SENT OUT A TOTAL OF 355. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 30 RETURNED.

IN 16 OF THOSE THAT WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR ARE FOR THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE WITHIN THE SUBJECT AREA.

AND THE OTHER 13 WERE FOR PROPERTIES THAT WERE WITHIN 200FT OF THE SUBJECT AREA.

AND WE HAD ONE RETURNED IN OPPOSITION. OKAY, I'LL GET INTO THE SUMMARY OF THE CASE.

THE AREA IS MAINLY ZONED RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY R-1, EXCEPT FOR TWO PARCELS THAT ARE ZONED RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY HISTORIC.

THE PRIMARY DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE R-0 AND R1 ZONING DISTRICTS IS THE ABILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO LEGALLY USE THEIR HOMES AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL DWELLING UNIT. THE SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE R-0 ZONING DISTRICT.

I POINT OUT IN THE STAFF REPORT THE CRITERIA FOR REQUESTING THE R-0 ZONING DESIGNATION AND THE CURRENT GALVESTON LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT THE SUBJECT AREA HAS 75% OF THE OWNER OCCUPIED OF THE OF OWNER OCCUPIED STRUCTURES.

AND IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT IT BE 75% OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO INITIATE THE REQUEST BY PETITION AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR ZONING CHANGE REQUEST, 80% OF THE DWELLINGS ARE OWNER OCCUPIED AND 80% OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS INITIATED THIS REQUEST.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL, AND NOTE THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FINAL DECISION AUTHORITY AND WILL HEAR THE REQUEST AT THE AUGUST 28TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE SUBJECT AREA, AND THIS IS A PART OF THE FISH VILLAGE SUBDIVISION. AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE CURRENT ZONING AS WELL AS THE ZONING OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT SITE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? GO AHEAD. TOM.

DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S CURRENTLY ANY SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THAT AREA? FROM MY CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH THE WITH SOME NEIGHBORS THEY HAVE MENTIONED THAT THERE

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AND IF THAT'S CURRENTLY OPERATING AND IF THIS IS ZONED R-0, IT'LL BE GRANDFATHERED, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT HOW IT WORKS? THAT IS CORRECT. GRANDFATHERED IS THE TERM WE COMMONLY KNOW.

BUT WE SPECIFICALLY, IN OUR TECHNICAL TERMS, IT WOULD BE LEGALLY NONCONFORMING.

GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTION. YES. GO AHEAD.

WITH REGARD TO THAT COMMENT ABOUT IT BEING LEGALLY NONCONFORMING, WOULD THAT TRANSFER IF THE HOME WERE SOLD? CORRECT. YES. OKAY. SO WOULD STAY THE SAME FOR THAT AS LONG AS THE NEW OWNERS MAINTAIN THEIR REGISTRATION.

GOTCHA. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND THEN SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 50 PROPERTIES ON THIS MAP.

CORRECT. THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. ANY PARTICULAR REASON THAT THE REST OF THE MARINE JUST CURIOSITY OF MARINE DRIVE IS WAS IT JUST HARBORVIEW OWNERS? THIS IS THE MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. WELL THE 1-H. IS IT INCLUDED IN THIS REQUEST? IT IS INCLUDED IN THE SENSE THAT WHEN THE BASE ZONING, IF THIS IS APPROVED, THE BASE ZONING WILL GO FROM R-1 TO R-0. BUT THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION OVERLAY WILL REMAIN.

OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. YES, SIR. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I THOUGHT I THINK IT WAS INTERESTING. I HAVE A QUESTION. I LOOKED AT THE GOOGLE MAP FROM ABOVE, THE KIND OF BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF IT, TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING.

KIND OF CARVED OUT THESE LITTLE TWO HOUSES THAT WRAPPED AROUND, I THINK, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT.

LEFT SIDE. THEY LOOK TO BE TWO HOUSES OVER THERE ON THE VERY END.

IS THAT SO? WHEN THEY CARVE OUT THE MAP, THEY CAN CARVE IT ANY WAY THEY WANT TO WITH THE CURRENT REGULATIONS.

YES, THERE ARE, THERE IS, THERE AREN'T ANY SPECIFIC GUIDELINES OR REGS THAT WOULD CAUSE THEM TO DESIGN THE AREA ANY OTHER WAY. SO WHOMEVER WANTS TO GET ON BOARD WITHIN THIS DESIGNATED AREA, AS LONG AS 75% OF THE HOMEOWNERS AGREE, THEN IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY, HOW FAR IT GOES, AS LONG AS THEY CAN GET 75%. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY, GREAT. SORRY. JUST THAT KIND OF LEADS ME TO ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER WANTED, COULD THEY DO R-0, OR WOULD YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN LIKE THRESHOLD OF, YOU KNOW, FIVE HOUSES OR SOMETHING. WELL, PER THE STATE'S STATUTE, THERE'S A CERTAIN REQUIREMENT TO.

SO THAT IT WOULD NOT BE SPOT ZONING. GOTCHA. OKAY.

GOTCHA. SO IT WOULD AT LEAST HAVE TO MEET STATE LAW.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID ASK ANYONE HERE THEY WANT TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE NUMBER 25P-024. STATE YOUR NAME, WRITE IT, AND THEN SIGN IN. JOSEPH ROZIER, 1402 HARBOR VIEW DRIVE. LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND PUT THIS DOWN HERE.

IT'S INTERESTING. I WAS TALKING TO CATHERINE. I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THIS BUILDING ABOUT TEN YEARS. I WAS SITTING WHERE YOU ARE. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID TEN YEARS AGO WHEN WE PULLED ALL THESE REGULATIONS TOGETHER INTO ONE DOCUMENT, WAS TO GIVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THEIR ZONING DESIGNATION.

WE ALSO WENT IN AND ASKED FOR NEIGHBORS TO COME OUT AND GIVE THEIR INPUT AT THE TIME.

AND AT THE TIME, R-1 WAS A MAJORITY OF WHAT THE HOMEOWNERS WANTED.

BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE AT THE TIME, SHORT TERM RENTALS WERE STARTING TO POP UP IN 2015 AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS AN AVENUE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD TO SAY, NO, WE DON'T WANT SHORT TERM RENTALS. AND SO R-0 WAS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.

MISS TARLTON, TERRELL AND TARLTON WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE MAP.

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AND I THINK WE'VE COME UP WITH A STREET THAT'S CONSISTENT.

MOST OF THE ADDRESSES ARE EITHER ON HARBORVIEW DRIVE OR CIRCLE.

THERE MIGHT BE ONE THAT FACES MARINE, BUT MOST OF THE ADDRESSES ACTUALLY HAVE A HARBOR VIEW CIRCLE OR DRIVE ADDRESS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR ME? I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE THIS, OR MAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL AS APPROVAL, SO THAT I'LL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE GOOD OR BAD, BUT THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THEM.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THOSE KIND OF DETAILS, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF? DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE? HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? I'M CAROLYN TARLTON SHANNON.

I LIVE AT 1105 HARBORVIEW DRIVE. I JUST, I WANT TO ASK, LIKE TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

I SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THE RO DISTRICT.

I ALSO SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION PRIOR TO THAT.

WE ALSO WENT THROUGH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT. WE WENT THROUGH A WHOLE ARRAY OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN SHORT TERM RENTALS COME INTO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ZONED RESIDENTIAL, IT CAN CHANGE THE WHOLE DYNAMICS OF WHAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALL ABOUT.

FOR INSTANCE, WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, I HAD TWO NEIGHBORHOODS.

COLONY PARK WAS ONE OF THEM, AND THEY WERE THEY HAD TWO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE, I MEAN, TWO HOUSES THAT WERE PARTY HOUSES THAT WERE SLEEPING UP TO 18 TO 20 PEOPLE THAT WERE PARTYING INTO A FOUR AND FIVE IN THE MORNING THAT WERE PUTTING TRASH ALL OVER THE FRONT, THAT WERE PUTTING PARKING ALL IN THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, SPEEDING.

AND IT CHANGED THE DYNAMICS OF COLONY PARK, BECAUSE COLONY PARK, AS YOU GO IN AND YOU COME OUT AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE ARE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE KIDS THAT ARE RUNNING THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE, LIKE A REAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND OLDER RETIREES.

AND SO WHEN YOU CREATE HAVOC, THAT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE A PLACE WHERE YOU PARTY AND YOU DO ALL THESE TYPE OF THINGS, A NEIGHBOR SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, WE SUPPORT SHORT TERM RENTALS, ALL FOR IT. AND I DO, AND I HAVE, BUT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS MEANT TO BE JUST FOR RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE FAMILY OR SENIOR CITIZENS THAT HAVE WORKED THEIR WHOLE LIVES, THAT LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY'RE NOT AROUND THIS PARTYING ATMOSPHERE, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.

THIS EVEN WENT THROUGH THE STATE HOUSE AND SENATE, AND IT PASSED THAT.

IT WAS APPROVED BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST 50% IS 75, AND WE HAVE OVER 80% THAT HAVE SIGNED.

THERE'S ONLY EIGHT REMAINING. ONE IS A SHORT TERM RENTAL, OF COURSE.

THEY SAID NO. OF THE EIGHT, THERE ARE TWO LONG TERM RENTALS, WHICH WE ARE FINE WITH, THAT THEY'RE GREAT NEIGHBORS, BUT THE OWNERS DON'T LIVE THERE, SO THEY DON'T GET TO HAVE A SAY IN THAT PROCESS.

THERE ARE THREE THAT THE OWNERS HAVE JUST RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.

ONE HAS BEEN IN A MEMORY FACILITY THAT IS TAKEN AWAY.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF SIGNING THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

I JUST RECENTLY AND MY HUSBAND JUST RECENTLY MOVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND IT IS AN INCREDIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

EVERYONE IS WONDERFUL TO EACH OTHER. THEY TALK TO YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE? COME ON. BE SURE TO SIGN IN.

ERNIE. I LIVE ON HARBORVIEW DRIVE, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK BECAUSE I HAVE WITNESSED WHAT'S GOING ON AT THAT HOUSE.

I'M NOT SAYING EVERY TIME, BUT I'M SAYING A COUPLE OF TIMES SPECIFICALLY.

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AND THEY COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE'S IN THE HOSPITAL.

HER HUSBAND'S AT MD ANDERSON. SO I'M SPEAKING FOR THEM BECAUSE I WAS IN THEIR HOUSE WHERE I WITNESSED THE YOUNG LADIES LEAVING AND GOING OUT ON THE PIER NAKED. AND I'M STUNNED.

THAT'S ONE WORD. THERE ARE A LOT OF WORDS THAT GO TO IT, BUT I'VE NEVER WE'VE NEVER WITNESSED THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

PEOPLE DON'T DO THOSE THINGS. THE HOUSE SITS ALSO NEXT DOOR WITH THE YOUNG CHILDREN.

THEY DON'T EVEN LET THEIR CHILDREN OUT TO PLAY ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY'RE SO AFRAID OF WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO SEE.

WHATEVER THAT MAN THAT OWNS THE HOUSE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO, I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM FOR TWO SECONDS, BECAUSE EVERY TIME HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO SOMETHING BETTER, IT FALLS APART.

WE HAVE WITNESSED AND HEARD LOUD MUSIC TILL 3:30 AND 4:00 IN THE MORNING.

THEY DON'T. HE'S NOT THERE. HE LIVES SOMEWHERE ELSE.

MISSOURI CITY, I THINK IT IS. SO HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND WE ARE THE NEIGHBORS THAT PAY A WHOLE LOT OF TAXES, NOT ONLY TO THE CITY, BUT THE COUNTY.

AND WE'VE LOST. WE'VE LOST OUR PRIVACY. WE'VE LOST OUR, WE'VE LOST OUR WHOLE FEELING OF JUST BEING COMFORTABLE IN OUR OWN HOME.

NAKED. I WILL NEVER GET OVER WHAT I WITNESSED.

OH, IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT THEM, THEY HAVE A WEBSITE YOU CAN GO ON AND LOOK AT ALL THEIR FILMS. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN OUT THERE FILMING ALL OF IT.

PLEASE, THINK ABOUT IF IT WAS YOU. IF IT WAS YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN OR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND THEY WALKED OUT IN THE BACKYARD TO PLAY IN YOUR HOME. AND THERE, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAW.

NAKED GIRLS. I THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DONNA, PLEASE SIGN IN.

YES. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE? GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS TJ CULBERSON.

MY WIFE AND I LIVE AT 1305 HARBORVIEW DRIVE. MY WIFE GREW UP IN GALVESTON.

MORE IMPORTANTLY ON HARBORVIEW. SHE LIVED IN 1106 AND 1113 SINCE SHE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.

WE BOUGHT OUR HOME IN 2013 WHEN MY WIFE OPENED A RESTAURANT FOR THE GIRLS.

AND AT THAT TIME, OUR HOUSE HAD BEEN HIT BY IKE.

IT HAD PLYWOOD ON THE SIDE. IT WAS A SAILBOAT THAT HAD WENT THROUGH ONE OF THE ROOMS. SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME BUILDING THAT HOME.

WE PUT A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS MAKING THAT FOR OUR FOREVER HOME.

BASED ON WHAT MY NEIGHBORS SAID ABOUT THE SHORT TERM RENTAL, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE CONCERN WHEN WE TAKE OUR KIDS OUTSIDE AND WE WITNESS INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR ON THE DOCK. I HAVE A FIVE YEAR OLD AND A SIX YEAR OLD, AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE MOMENT MY SON LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, DADDY, WHAT ARE THOSE GIRLS DOING DANCING ON THE ON THE DOCK? WHY ARE THEY NAKED? OR MY DAUGHTER FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN LOOKING ON THE DOCK, AND ALL HE DID WAS STARE AT HER WHILE SHE WAS PLAYING IN HER BACKYARD IN THE SPRINKLERS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

THEIR CHILDREN SEEING INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR FROM THE BACKYARD, LET ALONE NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO BLOCK THE VIEW FROM THE NEIGHBOR'S PIER.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I SERVED 12 YEARS AN OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

I WAS TRAINED TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS QUICKLY, OFTEN WITH LIMITED INFORMATION.

NOW, I COMPLETED THREE TOURS OVERSEAS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

WE WERE TRAINED TO OBSERVE, ASSESS, PLAN, AND ACT SKILLS THAT I HOPE THAT I WOULDN'T NEED TO USE TODAY, ESPECIALLY NOT IN MY OWN HOME. BUT ONE DAY I SAW MULTIPLE CARS PARKED OUT FRONT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MORE THAN USUAL.

THROUGHOUT THE DAY, I OBSERVED A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE PARTYING, DRINKING. AND FINALLY, AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING, THE NOISE BECAME SO INTENSE THAT IT WAS RATTLING OUR WINDOWS.

MY WIFE IS ADVISED ME TO CALL THE POLICE, REPORT THE SITUATION AND TRY TO GET THE PARTY SHUT DOWN.

BUT GIVEN HOW LARGE AND INTOXICATED THE GROUP WAS, I CHOSE NOT TO ESCALATE THE SITUATION THAT NIGHT.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THEY MIGHT RESPOND. I WASN'T ABOUT TO RISK THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY MUCH MORE, THE PROPERTY POSSIBLY BEING VANDALIZED. WE MOVED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT WAS KNOWN AS A SAFE, WELL-RESPECTED NEIGHBORHOOD. WE NOW FEEL LIKE WE LIVED DIRECTLY NEXT TO MOTEL ON ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER STREETS IN THE ISLAND.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER CHANGING THE ZONING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FACE THESE KINDS OF UNSAFE, DISRUPTIVE SITUATIONS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. PLEASE SIGN IN. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE? OKAY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE. ANYONE ELSE ON THE RIGHT? WAIT, WAIT. I'M SORRY. HOLD ON. LET'S. LET'S FINISH ONE SIDE.

YES. COME ON. SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON.

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WE'RE BOTH RETIRED, SO WE MOVED TO GALVESTON.

THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO SPEND OUR GOLDEN YEARS.

SO THIS IS OUR FOREVER HOME UNTIL WE CAN'T BE INDEPENDENT ANYMORE.

AND WE LOVED HARBORVIEW FISH VILLAGE BECAUSE IT'S A FAMILY ORIENTED VERY QUIET, VERY SERENE UNTIL ONE OF THESE PARTY HOMES HAS TOO MANY CARS AND NOISE.

AND IT WAS REALLY A SURPRISE. SO THEY DO DISRUPT OUR QUIET LIFE.

SO I HOPE YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON HARBORVIEW ARE LIKE US AND ARE LOOKING FOR THE QUIET, SERENE LIFE SO THAT R-0 WILL GRANT US THAT AND WILL HELP US DEAL WITH JUST THE 1 OR 2 HOMES THAT ARE CAUSING THESE ISSUES.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DON'T FORGET TO SIGN IN.

ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM OKAY. GO AHEAD SIR.

AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DAVID BEASLEY AND MY WIFE EMMA IS HERE WITH ME.

I WON'T SPEAK FOR HER. I'M SURE SHE'LL COME SPEAK FOR HERSELF.

WE LIVE AT 1405 HARBORVIEW. I'VE LIVED IN GALVESTON A LITTLE BIT OVER 25 YEARS.

I HAVE A FOREIGN ACCENT. I'M AN AUSTRALIAN ALSO, NOW AN AMERICAN.

WE'VE LIVED IN THE FISH VILLAGE AREA THE WHOLE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. I WORK AT UTMB.

WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE TO HARBORVIEW AND BUILD A HOUSE.

MOVED IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO PREVIOUSLY. AND WHEN WE LIVED IN FISH VILLAGE, WE REGULARLY WALKED AROUND THAT STREET.

THAT'S WHERE WE'D GO AND WALK OUR DOGS. AND IT WAS AN ASPIRATION TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AND HAVE THE VIEW OF THE HARBOR AND, AND LIVE IN THAT OTHER PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND AS YOU'VE HEARD ALREADY IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AS WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF SHORT TERM RENTALS OPEN, IT'S DEFINITELY HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE STREET. WE LIVE TWO, TWO HOUSES, DOWN FROM ONE OF THE SHORT TERM RENTAL HOUSES ALSO AFFECTING THE OTHERS THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT. I DON'T WANT TO BE WOKEN UP AT 3 OR 4 IN THE MORNING WITH LOUD MUSIC AND HAVE TO CALL THE POLICE.

I DON'T WANT MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER TO BE ABLE TO WALK OUR DOGS DOWN THE STREET AND NOT BE HARASSED BY DRUNK PEOPLE IN THE FRONT YARD OF A SHORT TERM RENTAL, YOU KNOW, ASKING THEM, CAN THEY PAT THE DOG? AND CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, INTOXICATED AND LEAVING INAPPROPRIATELY? I DON'T WANT MY KIDS TO HAVE TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOWS. I DON'T WANT TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOWS AND SEE PEOPLE FILMING ADULT VIDEOS ON, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBOR'S DOG BEHIND THE BACK OF THE HOUSE IN FULL VIEW OF, YOU KNOW, LITTLE KIDS, TEENAGERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE. I DON'T HAVE TO WALK DOWN THE STREET AND PICK BAGS OF TRASH OUT OF THE STORMWATER DRAIN THAT WERE LEFT THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE GROUP WAS THERE, OR THEY HAD PEOPLE COME AND MOW THE LAWN AND CLEAN UP THE YARD.

SO I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE REDESIGNATION TO R-0 AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THAT AND RECOMMEND IT TO THE CITY.

HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. YOU SAID, IT. THERE'S SEVERAL VACATION RENTALS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A SECOND ONE FURTHER AROUND ON THE OTHER END OF HARBORVIEW DRIVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. DON'T FORGET TO SIGN IN. YEAH.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE? HI. MY NAME IS EMMA.

I'M HIS WIFE, AND I SECOND WHAT HE SAYS. EVER SINCE THE SHORT TERM RENTAL HAS BEEN RENTING, IT'S BEEN VERY UNPLEASANT. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.

AND IT'S BEEN KIND OF A NIGHTMARE. WE'VE BEEN WOKEN UP MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

MUSIC. LOUD MUSIC UNTIL THREE, 4 OR 5 IN THE MORNING.

WE HAVE TO WORK DURING THE WEEK. I HAVE TO OPERATE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET REST. AND YOU CAN'T WHEN THERE'S LOUD MUSIC GOING ON.

OUR DAUGHTER GETS WOKEN UP. SO AND LIKE HE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET, YOU CAN'T EVEN WALK DOWN THE STREET ANYMORE WITHOUT YOU CAN HEAR INTOXICATED PEOPLE YELLING ABOUT YOU DOWN THE STREET.

YOU KNOW, THEY COME UP TO YOU WHEN YOU WALK BY.

LUCKILY, MY DOG WAS LIKE AND NOW IT'S BECOME KIND OF A BIT OF A NIGHTMARE.

SO I DO HOPE THAT YOU WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE DESIGNATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE QUESTION. AND I JUST JUST CAME TO MIND.

I COULD HAVE ASKED ANYBODY, BUT DO YOU RECALL HOW MANY, HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON?

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OKAY. AND SO THIS YEAR WAS THE. YES. THE YEAR THINGS CHANGED FOR EVERYBODY.

OKAY, THANKS. YEAH. WE'RE TWO HOUSES DOWN AND WE STILL CAN HEAR EVERYTHING.

I UNDERSTAND. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT LIKES TO SPEAK? WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY.

OKAY. PERFECT. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED ON CASE NUMBER 25P-024.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 25P-024, AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.

SECOND. OKAY, NOW WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? WELL, THE COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE AND THIS YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS HAPPEN A WHILE BACK WHERE THERE WAS A REQUEST TO GO R-0. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THEM AS TO WHY THEY WEREN'T INCLUDED IN IT.

AND THE 75%, ISN'T IT 75% YOU GOT TO HAVE THAT BECAME A PART OF THE FACTOR.

SO IT'S JUST INCUMBENT. IF ANYBODY IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE STARTING TO SEE MAYBE AN ISSUE WITH IT, GET THE WORD OUT, THEY NEED TO GET AHOLD OF THEIR GROUP, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY NEED TO MAKE A BLOCK SO THAT THEY CAN GO R-0 IN THAT WAY, MAYBE KIND OF JUST KIND OF TAMP DOWN SOME OF THIS ISSUE.

ANYBODY ELSE? GO AHEAD. OH YEAH. I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT.

YOU KNOW, I, I'M VERY SYMPATHETIC TO, YOU KNOW, THE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD.

I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS IS REALLY OUR ONLY TOOL TO TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SO YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY ONE DAY YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS HAPPENS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME BETTER TOOLS FOR THIS SORT OF THING.

BUT UNTIL NOW, I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE GOT, SO.

OKAY, I LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT AS WELL, I THINK UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP YOU GUYS SITUATION.

I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING R-0 IT'LL, GET YOU'LL GET THE R FROM US.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'LL ALL VOTE FOR R-0. BUT IF YOU JUST GOT A NEW SHORT TERM RENTAL, THAT WHATEVER SITUATION YOU'RE IN, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THAT SITUATION. THE R-0 REALLY WON'T MAKE AN IMPACT ON TODAY'S RULING.

WON'T MAKE AN IMPACT ON THAT. I'M NOT ALWAYS FOR R0.

ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY PAYS TAXES AND THERE'S TAXES TO BE HAD FOR EVERYBODY.

SO I'M NOT ALWAYS FOR IT. BUT IN THIS CASE, I CAN REALLY SEE WHERE IT WOULD BENEFIT YOU GUYS TO HAVE IT.

SO JUST A QUICK QUESTION MR. MILBURN IF COUNCIL VOTES TO APPROVE THIS, DOES IT TAKE IMMEDIATE EFFECT? YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I GOT TO DO THE LAST PART.

NOW I GOT TO FIND OUT. OKAY. SO WE WANT TO TAKE A VOTE RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF 25P-024.

RAISE YOUR HAND. ANYBODY AGAINST. SO THE AYES HAVE IT.

CONGRATULATIONS. YOU KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE FINAL VOTE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR. YEAH. THE FINAL VOTE IS.

YES, THE FINAL VOTE IS WITH CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SINCE WE HAVE OLD BUSINESS, THERE'S A DISCUSSION ITEM.

[7.A 2025 Planning Commission Planning and Design Awards (Staff)]

I'M LOOKING FOR IT, SO I DON'T SEE WHAT IT IS.

THE CASE. I DON'T HAVE THE CASE NUMBER. OH, THE DESIGN AWARDS.

OH, OKAY. OH, BUSINESS. THE DESIGN AWARDS. OKAY.

YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO. WE KEEP THIS TOPIC ON THE AGENDA A COUPLE OF TIMES DURING THE SUMMER.

JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT NOMINATIONS ARE STILL OPEN.

SO IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING, JUST SEND IT TO ME.

EMAIL IT TO ME. FOR POSSIBLE NOMINATIONS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AWARDS, I MET WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED TO TO BE INCLUDED. SO THEY'RE GATHERING POTENTIAL NOMINEES FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS CATEGORY.

SO WE'LL BE SEEING THOSE AT IN SEPTEMBER. NICE.

OKAY. AND THEN I HAVE A NOTE ON MY CALENDAR. WE WILL BE RELEASING THE PUBLIC NOMINATIONS PORTION STARTING IN AUGUST.

OH, EXCELLENT. NEXT MONTH. OKAY. DID YOU SEND OUT THE WHAT YOU DID LAST TIME WITH THE CRITERIA FOR US TO LOOK AT? YEAH, I CAN SEND IT OUT AGAIN. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, PROBLEMS, ISSUES.

OH, YEAH. OKAY, WELL, I'LL CLOSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AT 3:33.

THREE DOLLARS Y'ALL. 3:59 P.M.. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

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