[3.A Clarification Of Consent And Regular City Council Agenda Items - This Is An Opportunity For City Council To Ask Questions Of Staff On Consent And Regular Agenda Items (1 Hour)]

ITEM THREE A CLARIFICATION OF CONSENT AND REGULAR CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY COUNCIL TO ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? COUNCILMAN.

I CALL ON EVERYBODY AND THEY WANT TO WAIT, SO.

OKAY. ALRIGHT, GO RIGHT AHEAD. SHARON. MY FIRST ONE IS 11 D OF D OR D D AS IN DOG. 11 D. YES. NO. THE ONE WHERE YOU SAID A, B AND WHATEVER NUMBERS YOU SAID. THAT'S NOT UNDER 11, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S UNDER TEN, 810, 11 D. YES, YES. I AM SO EXCITED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS A GREAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

AND I WANT YOU TO YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE DOES AND THE GRANT AREA FOR OUR CITY, THAT I HIGHLY RECOMMENDED HER TO COLLABORATE WITH VISION GALVESTON.

AND NOW THERE'S A GRANT, AND I'M GOING TO LET HER TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

APPLICATION. TESSA WROBLEWSKI, DIRECTOR OF DISASTER RECOVERY GRANTS.

THIS THIS GRANT APPLICATION IS GOING IN IN A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN VISION GALVESTON AND PARK, WHICH IS THE HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST IN A PHASE OF POTENTIAL GRANTS.

AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING IF THIS GRANT IS AWARDED, IS THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK THROUGHOUT GALVESTON TO SEE WHAT OUR POTENTIAL WOULD BE TO HARDEN SOME FACILITIES, MAKE SOME AGREEMENTS ON SOME FACILITIES THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE USED AS WARMING CENTERS, DISTRIBUTION CENTERS COMMUNITY CENTERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO FOR DISTRIBUTION, HOT YOU KNOW, WARMING, COOLING CENTERS, DISASTER RECOVERY, OR ANY TYPE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED.

SO THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS WILL BE TO STUDY WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN ALL OF THE PLANS, AND THEN WHAT POTENTIAL PARTNERS MIGHT BE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK WITH. AND THEN WHAT TYPES OF FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THROUGH GRANTS FOR GENERATORS OR HARDENING STRUCTURES FOR, FOR THE FUTURE. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN, ROBB AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ISLAND? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. EVERYWHERE. SO AS I UNDERSTAND, THE CONSULTANTS ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR, FIRST OF ALL A SURVEY FOR THE MOST RESILIENT SITES THAT IS HIGH GROUND AND THEN ALSO WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE IN SOME CASES, YOU CAN'T DRIVE YOUR CAR. THE STREETS ARE FLOODED.

SO FIRST FIRST THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT RESILIENCE OF EXISTING SITES, NOT NECESSARILY TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY, BUT LOOK AT EXISTING FACILITIES THAT MEET A LOT OF THIS CRITERIA THAT WILL QUALIFY IT FOR BEING RESILIENT.

AND THEN ONCE THEY IDENTIFY THAT THEN WE CAN USE THIS WORK AS THE BASIS FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH WHOEVER OWNS THESE BUILDINGS AND PROVIDE, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A GENERATOR OR, OR WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HARDEN IT AND MAKE IT USEFUL FOR RESILIENT.

THAT'S THE PLAN. YEAH. AND NO COST TO THE CITY.

EXACTLY. YEAH. JUST, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEE TIME THAT WE'LL WE'LL WORK WITH THEM.

YEAH. AND HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'LL TAKE? THIS FIRST GRANT, I BELIEVE, IS 12 MONTHS.

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SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS STUDY AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE END OF THE 12 MONTHS.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? NO.

THIS IS THE PLANNING STAGE. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION. I GUESS SOMEWHERE THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PHASE OF THIS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT. WOULD THAT BE IN THIS STAGE, OR IT WILL BE IN THIS STAGE, BECAUSE WE WILL REACH OUT TO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY FOLKS AND THE PUBLIC FOR INPUT ON WHAT THEY THINK IS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND HOW WE CAN MOLD THAT INTO SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND? YES. FOR EXAMPLE, CIO HAS A LOT OF SENIOR RESIDENTS, AND THEY ALSO DON'T HAVE NATURAL GAS.

SO IF THERE'S ELECTRICAL ADDING, I MEAN IT. WE SHOULD BE HAVING PUBLIC MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND.

NOT JUST THAT. WE'LL WORK WITH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TEAM.

THAT'S PART OF THIS GRANT WILL PAY FOR. TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC IS WELL AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND CAN PROVIDE ANY INPUT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHARON. ANYTHING ELSE? THE OTHER ONE IS 11. H IS IN THAT, I GUESS. 11 H YEAH.

WE HAVE OUR FIRE CHIEF WITH US. GOOD. GOOD MORNING CHIEF.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOU DO.

MY QUESTION IS, HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO THE 222 FULL SET? ARE WE? SO RIGHT NOW, JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PRICE OF BUNKER GEARS RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS ALMOST $5,000 FOR JUST COAT PANTS.

THE ONLY ONES THAT DON'T HAVE THE SECOND SET ARE GOING TO BE LIKE YOUR BATTALION CHIEFS WHO DON'T ACTIVELY GO INTO THE FIRES LIKE THAT.

SO AND THEN SOME OF THE ENGINEERS, THE PROMOTED DRIVERS, THEY JUST PUMP THE TRUCKS.

SO WE WAIT TO GET THEM THEIR SECOND SET UNTIL THEY'RE READY TO BE A CAPTAIN OR THEY GET PROMOTED ONE OR THE OTHER.

I WAS APPALLED AT THE PRICE OF WHAT IT COSTS FOR YOU ALL TO PROTECT US.

SO IT'S PROBABLY GONE UP SINCE 2000, ABOUT 40%.

SO. WOW. YEAH, I THINK WHEN I STARTED HERE, THESE WERE THOUSAND BUCKS, STUFF LIKE THAT 15 YEARS AGO.

THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, IT'S ALMOST $5,000 TO OUTSET ONE FIRE, ONE FIREFIGHTER ONCE WE HAVE TO BUY TWO.

YEAH. ABOUT 247. YEAH. SO AND THAT'S JUST CODE PANTS.

THAT'S NOT YOUR HELMET. THAT'S NOT YOUR MASK. THAT'S YOUR AIR PACK. IT'S NOT YOUR BOOTS. WOW.

WHAT'S IT COST TO FOR ONE PERSON FOR ALL OF THAT GEAR? OH MY GOD. YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $13,000 WITH THE BOTTLE.

AND THAT'S THE TALK FOR ANOTHER DAY. YEAH. HERE.

SOON. FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE EXPENSIVE. MIKEY. COUNCILWOMAN.

ROBB. WELL, AND WHAT WAS SURPRISING TO ME BECAUSE I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT, IS THE EXPIRATION DATE ON ALL THESE ITEMS. THAT'S CORRECT. THERE'S A TEN YEAR SHELF LIFE RIGHT HERE.

SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ON PURCHASING EXTRA GEAR BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE USED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER OR EXPIRES IN TEN YEARS.

AND IT'S ALSO EXPENSIVE TO CLEAN IT. YES THAT'S RIGHT.

WOW. EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO DO ADVANCED CLEANING BY THE COMMISSION.

AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE REPAIRS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AS WELL.

BUT IT'S ALMOST WORTH IT NOW TO TO MAKE SURE TO GET THE REPAIR DONE.

BECAUSE OF THE PRICE OF THE GEAR. RIGHT. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SHARON. THE LAST ONE IS OR 26, WHICH I THINK, OH GOD, MY NOSE JUST SAID 26. ALRIGHTY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT NUMBER IS THAT? D AND E.

OH, YEAH. YEAH. AND I JUST NEEDED YEAH. I THINK I WANTED TO GIVE MY INPUT ON THE POLLING LOCATIONS AND REMOVING THE WATER PUMP STATION FROM THAT, AND POSSIBLY LOOKING AT REMOVING ANOTHER ONE INSTEAD OF THE WATER PUMP STATION.

SO I'M THINKING G ISD IS WHAT'S KIND OF ON THE TABLE TO EXCHANGE THOSE AND LEAVE THE WATER PUMP STATION AS A VOTING PLACE.

SO IN JANUARY, COUNCIL APPROVED FIVE LOCATIONS THAT INCLUDED BOTH OF THOSE POLLING LOCATIONS, PLUS MOODY METHODIST, THE COURTHOUSE AND SEASIDE BAPTIST CHURCH.

SO WE HAD FIVE APPROVED LOCATIONS AFTER THE FILING DEADLINE, AND I RECEIVED THE ALL OF THE COUNTYWIDE LOCATIONS FROM THE COUNTY.

IT INCLUDED THE JUSTICE CENTER, WHICH WE WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT ONE BECAUSE DWIGHT SULLIVAN'S OFFICE IS THERE.

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AND SO THE COUNTY WAS THINKING, IF WE WANT TO STICK WITH FIVE, THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE PUMP STATION ON THE LIST.

SO IF COUNCIL WANTS TO KEEP ALL ALL OF THE LOCATIONS, MEANING SIX, YOU COULD OR IF YOU WANT TO KEEP FIVE AND YOU WANT TO HAVE THE PUMP STATION AS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS, YOU COULD ELIMINATE ONE OF THE OTHER SITES.

WHAT'S THE COST IF WE HAVE IT? SO THE COST FOR ONE LOCATION IS USUALLY RUNS AROUND 12 TO 15,000.

SO IF WE HAVE SIX, SIDES INSTEAD OF FIVE. IT'LL BE ABOUT AN EXTRA 12,000.

I THINK SO. OKAY. WE'VE BEEN RUNNING ABOUT 75,000 FOR AN ENTIRE ELECTION, SO YOU'D ADD ABOUT MAYBE 12,000 TO THAT.

GOTCHA. SO 80, 92, 82, 80, 72, 87.

SHARON, DID YOU HAVE A THOUGHT ON THAT OR A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT? WELL, MY THOUGHT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUMP STATION STAYED WITHIN THAT AS A VOTING PLACE BECAUSE THE RUMOR WAS THEY WERE GOING TO REMOVE IT. AND THIS IS STRICTLY A COUNCIL DECISION.

SO I JUST NEED TO KNOW, DO WE HAVE THE BUDGET, BRIAN, TO DO BOTH? NO. WHAT DO WE HAVE IN YOUR BUDGET? I THINK WE BUDGETED 75.

WE BUDGETED 75. YES, BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR SLUSH FUND, AND I THINK WE COULD DO BOTH.

NO, WE DON'T HAVE. WE DO NOT. I DON'T HAVE ANY EXTRA MONEY, BUT WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO. WE ALWAYS DO.

SHARON IS IS ARE THE PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT EXPECTING THAT TO BE A VOTING PLACE? YOUR LUNCHES MAY GET SMALLER. JUST GO AHEAD. I WAS ASKING SHARON IF THE IF THE PEOPLE IN THAT DISTRICT ARE USED TO AND EXPECT THAT TO BE A VOTING PLACE.

YES, IT WOULD BE A SHOCK. YES, YES. SO I'D LIKE FOR IT TO REMAIN.

THAT'LL BE BE HERE TONIGHT. SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AT THAT POINT.

YEAH I MEAN I'D LIKE TO SEE US KEEP BOTH BECAUSE WE WERE ALL SENT OUT YESTERDAY.

THE VOTING NUMBERS AT ALL THE LOCATIONS AND ESPECIALLY THAT MID PART OF THE CITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THE ADMIN BUILDING. AND A LOT OF TEACHERS RUN OVER THERE AND TALKING TO THE POLL WORKERS.

THE HIGHEST WALK UP IS USUALLY EITHER WALK UP PEOPLE WHO WALK OR IS THE PUMP AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MOODY CHURCH, A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK. MOODY CHURCH. YEAH, MOODY.

I GUESS I'M ONE OF THOSE. BUT THE BIG ONE OVER THERE.

JANELLE JUST A THOUGHT. THERE'S NOT ANOTHER ELECTION THAT GISD OR ADMIN BUILDING WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH THIS.

THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, THE COUNTY WIDE.

SO THIS IS OURS HERE. THIS IS OURS HERE. GISD ELECTIONS ARE IN NOVEMBER, SO IT WOULD BE THE ONLY ENTITY HAVING AN ELECTION AT THAT LOCATION AND AT SEASIDE BAPTIST, BECAUSE JAMAICA BEACH IS NOT HAVING AN ELECTION.

GOTCHA. I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH. I THOUGHT ON ALL RACES NOW PEOPLE COULD VOTE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK AT UTMB WHO WORK AT GUY THAT DO NOT LIVE ON THE ISLAND, AND THEY USE THE ISD. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE THEM BOTH.

I DON'T THINK EITHER SHOULD BE SHOT. OKAY, WE'LL HAVE THAT.

WE'LL ADDRESS THAT THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU.

SHARON. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. YES. ORDINANCE ALSO INCLUDES WEEKEND VOTING.

A COUPLE OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS REQUESTED THAT OF THE COUNTY.

SO WE WILL HAVE WEEKEND VOTING ON SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH AND SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH.

OKAY. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SHARON, ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK I'VE READ EVERYTHING. I GOT MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

WE'RE ALL GOOD TO GO. YEAH. YEP. 11 C, 11 C? NOPE. OKAY. YOU'RE SCARED? DO WE KNOW IF THEY HAVE GOTTEN THEIR PLANE FIXED YET? OH, IT'S NOT THEIR PLANE. THE PLANE IS RUNNING, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A PILOT.

NO, JOHN MARSHALL DID IT MY WHOLE LIFE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THEY HAVE FOR A BACKUP.

I USED TO HAVE A BACKUP. I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS NOW.

THEY HAVEN'T HAD A BACKUP. SO DOES THAT ADJUSTER.

I MEAN, THEY'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR A PILOT.

I'M 100% BEHIND US DOING IT. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE HOPEFULLY THEY'LL FIND A PILOT, BUT IF NOT, IT SHOULDN'T COST THE SAME BECAUSE THE GROUND ISN'T NEAR AS EFFECTIVE AS THE AIR.

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BUT 100% BEHIND IT. AND IF ANY PILOT IS INTERESTED IN DOING THE TRAINING, THEY ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR A PILOT TO DO THE MOSQUITO SYSTEMS ALREADY IN THE NEXT ITEM.

SHARON COVERED ONE OF MINE. THANK YOU SHARON.

AND THE NEXT IS JAY. REVEREND JAY. OKAY. THE IMPORTANT PARTS.

PART ONE AND TWO. ONE AND THREE. ONE AND THREE.

SO WHAT KIND OF WHAT KIND OF PARTS ARE THESE GOING TO BE? THE MOBILE ONES OR JUST. NO, THIS IS JUST REGULAR PORTLETS.

AND WHAT IS IN OUR CONTRACT ABOUT THEM REMOVING THEM.

WHEN A STORM IS COMING UP WE JUST CALL THEM AND THEY COME PICK THEM UP FOR SURE.

BECAUSE THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE WITH THE PARK BOARDS FOR THE PODS AFTER A STORM, WHEN I GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE BEACH THEY'RE SMASHED AGAINST THE DUNES. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW IN ADVANCE.

YES MA'AM. ACTUALLY THEY MOVE THEM TO MANOR PARK IN THE BACK OF THE LOT.

AND SO THAT WAY THEY'RE MOBILIZED THERE. IF WE DID NEED THEM IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, AND THEN THEY JUST MOVE THEM BACK.

OKAY, THAT WAS ONE QUESTION. MAYBE WE'LL MOVE THEM UP.

MOVE THEM OURSELVES IF NEED BE. IF SOMETHING JUST FLARES UP, YOU KNOW, 20 HOURS IN ADVANCE AND THEY CAN'T GET DOWN HERE, WE MOVE THEM. WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THESE PARKS EVERY DAY. SO IF THE TIDES COME UP, WE MOVE THEM. YEAH, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. I KNOW IT'S A CRAPPY SUBJECT, BUT SOMEBODY HAD TO DO IT.

BARBARA, WOULD YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF? OH, I'M SORRY, BARBARA SANDERSON, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT CHIEF IN CHARGE.

REPORT AGAIN. VERY GOOD. RESTROOMS. YEAH. STAY UP THERE.

THIS IS YOU, TOO? OKAY. 11 K. YES, MA'AM. THE SLIDING DOOR.

YES. ON THE. THAT'S ON THE BOOTH AT THE VERY FRONT OF.

REALLY EXPENSIVE. IT'S REALLY THICK AND IT'S ON A TRACK.

AND IT HAS TO BE, I GUESS YOU'D SAY STORM PROOF, IMPACT RESISTANT.

YEAH, IT'S MORE THAN THAT. IT'S US ON WINJE. AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, YES, IT'S WIND RATED.

AND SO THAT'S HOW BIG OF A DOOR. I MEAN, DID WE BUILD THIS OUT? YEAH, WE HAVE TO. IT'S ABOVE OUR LIMITS. WE HAD TO GET QUOTES ON. IT.

JUST SEEMS REALLY HIGH. WELL, I WILL SAY THIS TONIGHT THAT THE GUY DROVE THERE, THAT GOT THAT LADY WAS VERY HAPPY.

THAT DOOR WAS THERE AND SHE CLIMBED UNDERNEATH THE CABINET.

SO, YEAH, IT IS A VERY SECURE DOOR. OKAY, GOOD.

IT JUST SEEMED EXPENSIVE. I THINK IT'S JUST IT JUST WORE IT WORE OUT.

IT'S A HIGH PERFORMANCE DOOR. YEAH. IT IS. WHICH IS LIKE MOST OF OUR HOUSES, I JUST THAT'S WHY IT'S EVEN MORE THAN THAT.

IF YOU GO TO STARBUCKS, YOU EVER SEE THOSE SLIDING DOORS THAT OPEN A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY? THIS IS OF THAT SAME TYPE OF THING. YEAH. SO IT'S ACTUALLY COMMERCIAL.

IT'S AN ELECTRONIC TOUR. NO, NO, SHE'S GOT TO PULL IT BACK OR HE DOES.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S VERY, VERY COLD AND WINDY, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT TYPE.

YOU CAN'T COMPARE IT TO YOUR THE SLIDING DOOR IN YOUR HOUSE.

NO, NOT AT ALL. NO, NO, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT 150 WINDPROOF SLIDING DOOR USUALLY COST ABOUT TEN.

THIS COSTS 17. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK ABOUT A BANK WINDOW.

EXCEPT THAT YOU CAN WALK THROUGH. YEAH, YEAH.

ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. BUT I HAVE EL I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE GARAGE DOOR.

AND MY QUESTION IS, DID WE GET ANY LOCAL BIDS ON THIS? THE DOOR IS 11. WE DID NOT GET ANY. YES. ACTUALLY, THE OVERHEAD DOOR COMPANY, ONE OF THOSE TWO COMPANIES IS IS A LOCAL COMPANY. WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM ON SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS IN THE PAST, BUT ON THIS ONE, DID WE BID IT LOCALLY AS WELL? WE DIDN'T GET IT, BUT WE DID REACH OUT TO THREE DIFFERENT VENDORS.

AND ONE OF THOSE WAS THE LOCAL VENDOR THAT WE BID SCOTTY OVERHEAD DOORS BECAUSE HE DOES GREAT TOURS.

WELL, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WE DID REACH OUT TO SCOTTY OVERHEAD DOOR, BUT WE DID, DIDN'T YOU? THERE'S TWO OVERHEAD DOORS ON THE ISLAND, RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. RIGHT. AND DON'T WE TYPICALLY TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE LOCAL ONES FIRST? WE DO. AND SOMETIMES WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN WORD THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS OR THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED.

SO THESE ARE JUST THE THREE THAT WE FORMALLY GOT RESPONSES FROM.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE US IN THE FUTURE GO TO USE AS MANY LOCAL VENDORS AS WE CAN.

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ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT.

BEAU. PASS. PASS. DAVID. 11TH NOVEMBER, PLEASE.

11 IN. NOVEMBER. GOOD MORNING. AMBER.

GOOD MORNING. HI, MY NAME IS AMBER. I'M THE MANAGER OF THE ARCHITECTURE.

SPEAK UP, BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN HEAR YOU. YES, MA'AM.

MY NAME IS AMBER. I'M THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THE ARCHITECTURAL.

THANK YOU. YES. SO A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. ONE, BR IS THE GROUP THAT HAD DONE THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR THIS WORK AS WELL.

CORRECT. DID THE INITIAL RENDERINGS. AND THIS IS FOR THE COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

CORRECT? THIS IS ALL THE WAY THROUGH COMPLETION OF THE BUILDING. OKAY. INCLUDES CA AS WELL.

OKAY. SORRY. CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION. THE FEE THAT THEY GAVE YOU IS $316,000.

THAT'S ON A BUILDING THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 6400FT², I BELIEVE IS WHAT THEY SPECIFIED.

WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST THIS TIME? NO, WE DON'T, BUT IT'S OUR. WELL, SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY SIMPLE, WE'RE SHOOTING FOR AROUND 2 MILLION.

2 MILLION? 2 MEAN, IT DEPENDS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DRIVE REALLY HARD ON THIS ONE.

TO TRY TO KEEP THE PRICE DOWN AS BEST WE CAN BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT, AS IN, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PARK BOARD, AS SIMPLE AS WE CAN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A FOCAL POINT. IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BACK PART OF THE PARK. BUT IT HAS TO BE RESILIENT, RESILIENT.

SO WE THINK THE COSTS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GO UP.

WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH BRW. THEIR ESTIMATE WAS A LITTLE.

YEAH THREE 3 TO 4 MILLION. YEAH I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED.

SO SORRY. MY MAIN MY MAIN CONCERN QUESTION IS JUST VALIDATING THEIR PRICING.

YOU KNOW THE HISTORICALLY ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS HAVE HAD A RANGE OF PERCENTAGE OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

THEY'VE COME IN. GRANTED, THIS IS A RESILIENT BUILDING.

AND SO MY THOUGHTS WERE ONE. HOW DID YOU VALIDATE THAT PRICING? DID YOU USE HISTORICAL INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD.

WHAT IS IT TYPICALLY COME IN AT? I'M USED TO SEEING ABOUT 6 TO 8%.

YEAH. JUST IN A STANDARD ENVIRONMENT, NOT A BEACHFRONT ENVIRONMENT.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THOUGH, IS WE FEEL LIKE THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION THAT SPECT ON THIS, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF LOCAL BUILDERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS PROJECT THAT CAN PROBABLY DRIVE THIS PRICE DOWN QUITE A BIT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING THIS IS BASICALLY A 6400 SQUARE FOOT BEACH HOUSE.

YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A GIANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU'VE GOT A 6400 SQUARE FOOT BEACH HOUSE WITH A FEE OF $316,000 ON AN ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST OF 2 TO 2.5. THAT'S WELL OVER. WE THOUGHT THAT, TOO.

WE THOUGHT THAT, TOO. BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES ALL THE ENGINEERING, EVERYTHING. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, ALL RIGHT, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE HIGH TOO, BUT WE SHOPPED IT.

THAT'S THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT. WELL, I MEAN, YOU SHOPPED IT IN TERMS OF PRE-QUALIFIED FIRMS. YOU CAN'T SHOP FEE. YEAH. NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

BOB TO BE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, AT THIS STAGE IN THE GAME, THERE'S VERY LITTLE INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WOULD COST AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS FROM THE DIFFERENT DESIGN PHASES, SCHEMATIC DESIGN, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND SO ON. I EXPECT I EXPECT THAT WE'LL GET UPDATED COST ESTIMATES AT EACH PHASE.

SO WHEN SCHEMATIC DESIGN IS DONE, WE COME BACK TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH WHAT THEIR ESTIMATED COST IS.

WHEN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IS DONE BEFORE BIDDING, COME BACK COUNCIL AND SEE WHAT THAT ESTIMATED COST IS.

I MEAN THAT'S AN OPERATIONAL ISSUE. STAFF WILL BE ON TOP OF IT, BUT WE WILL BE AT EVERY LEVEL.

YEAH. ONCE WE GET THOSE NUMBERS IN, WE'RE HAPPY TO KEEP COUNCIL APPRIZED VIA A WRITTEN UPDATE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT THING TO DO TO BE ABLE TO CHECK IN WITH COUNCIL ON THE PER PHASE AS WHAT THE COST ESTIMATE IS AND AND THE SCHEDULE UPDATE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP A HANDLE ON THAT.

ANOTHER THING, WE DISCUSSED THIS PROJECT AT THE PARK BOARD ON TUESDAY, AND IN THE SCHEDULE THAT WAS PRESENTED FROM THE CONSULTANTS, THEY HAD NINE MONTHS DESIGN DOCUMENT BID AND ONE YEAR FOR PERMITS AND CONSTRUCTION.

THAT PUTS IT 21 MONTHS OUT. THAT'S THAT'S A THAT WOULD PUT IT THE PROJECT OCCUPIED IN NOVEMBER 2027 AND THE PARK BOARD WANTED AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC GOALS THAT THAT WAS JUST WHAT THE CONSULTANT ESTIMATE OF SCHEDULE WAS.

BUT THE PARK BOARD AND WANTED TO SET A GOAL, YOU KNOW, A DATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT FOR, FOR OCCUPANCY OF MUCH CLOSER THAN NOVEMBER 2027, SOMETHING LIKE MAY 2027.

SO WE HAVE THIS THING READY FOR SUMMER. SUMMER.

WE'RE GOING TO PEDAL AS FAST AS WE CAN. MY GOAL IS TO GET THEM OUT OF THE TRAILERS AS QUICK AS WE CAN.

WE'VE BEEN IN THE TRAILERS FOR WHAT, ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW? YEAH. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE PUSH THAT'S WE GOT TO GET THE LIFEGUARDS OUT OF THOSE TRAILERS INTO SOMETHING THAT'S FUNCTIONAL, THAT WORKS FOR THEM. AND IF WE CAN DO IT BY THE SUMMER OF 2027, I THINK WE'LL BE IN GOOD SHAPE.

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YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO WHEN WE ADDRESS THIS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SET A GOAL LIKE THIS.

SO THERE'S SOMETHING TO SHOOT FOR. THE WAY THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, BOB, IS. AND THIS IS A COUNCIL DECISION IF IF YOU WANT TO PUT AN INCENTIVE ON THE CONTRACT. I MEAN, THAT'S MONEY TO YOU, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU DO THAT.

WELL, MAYBE MAYBE WE DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW, WORKS WITH TEXDOT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T DO THAT ON 45.

JUST SAYING. WELL, THEY ALWAYS MIRACULOUSLY DID IT.

ARE THERE IN THE CONTRACT? IS THERE A LIQUIDATED DAMAGES CLAUSE? IN OTHER WORDS DISINCENTIVES FOR COMING IN LATE OR INCENTIVES FOR LIQUIDATED DAMAGES DRIVE UP YOUR UPFRONT COST.

INCENTIVE DOES NOT. OKAY, WELL, LET'S CONSIDER INCENTIVES THEN FOR FINISHING EARLY.

HOW DO YOU TECHNICALLY IF THAT MOVE THAT WAY COUNCIL.

HOW DOES THAT TECHNICALLY WORK? WE'RE GOING TO WORK.

WE'LL WORK. LET US WORK WITH THE ARCHITECTS TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, IF IF WE HAD THE BEST CONTRACTOR IN THE WORLD AND THEY HAD ALL MATERIALS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AND THERE WERE NO ISSUES OR HANG UPS, WHAT THE EARLIEST WOULD BE.

AND THEN WE'LL SET THAT. WE'LL SET THOSE INCENTIVES UP BASED AROUND THAT.

OKAY. OKAY, BOB. YEAH. I THINK THE MOTION COULD INCLUDE, A GOAL OF MAY 2027 BY WAY OF INCENTIVES TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL, BUT DON'T WANT TO. DON'T WANT TO STOP THE PROJECT FROM GOING FORWARD. WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONTRACT IS EXECUTED, BUT WITH SOME INCENTIVES THAT WE CAN DETERMINE LATER.

OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. YES. SHARON, I HAVE A QUESTION.

I'M NOT CLEAR. I THINK I HEARD CITY MANAGER SAY THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH THIS TO INSERT THE INCENTIVES.

AND AM I HEARING BOB SAY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE RESOLUTION? THAT'S NOT THE WORD FOR WORD VERBIAGE IN THE MOTION.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. ARE WE ARE WE JUST LEAVING THAT? I WOULD MAKE I WOULD PUT IT IN THE MOTION. I THINK THE BEST WOULD BE TO PUT IT.

PUT IT IN MOTION. IN MY OPINION, THAT GIVES THE FLEXIBILITY FOR STAFF.

WE DON'T WANT TO PUT DATES DOWN THERE AND ALL OF THAT, BUT PUTTING IT IN THE MOTION.

THEN WE GOT IT SO YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN THE MOTION.

WHAT? AND, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE THAT THE CONSULTANTS AND THE ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS COME BACK AND SAY, GUYS, THIS IS ABOUT AS QUICK AS IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, IN WHICH CASE YOU MAY NOT WANT TO DO THE INCENTIVES, BUT GIVE US THAT OPTION AND WE CAN WORK ON IT.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. HOW ABOUT WE PUT AT THE CITY MANAGER'S DISCRETION AT THE END OF THAT SENTENCE? I MEAN, OUR GOAL IS GET DONE QUICK. GET IT OFF THE BOOKS. I WANT I WANT TO BE DONE WITH THIS.

YEAH. VERY GOOD. DAVID. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THAT WAS IT.

ANY OTHER TOPICS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. AMBER.

THANK YOU. SHARON GOT ONE OF MINE, AND DAVID GOT THE OTHER ABOUT ONE MORE ON TEN.

A PARKING FEES DOWNTOWN UTPB. STAFF REPORT TALKS ABOUT PAYMENT COMPLETED FOR PARKING IN DOWNTOWN PAY PARKING DISTRICT UTILIZING FLOWBIRD PAY STATIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO TRANSACTION FEE.

WHAT IS THE FLOWBIRD? SO, HEATHER MORRIS, CITY MARSHAL.

SO THE PAY STATIONS IS THERE THEIR OWN BUFFALO BIRD.

SO WE PURCHASE THOSE BIRD, THEY CHANGE THE NAME.

SO ARRIVED. THAT MAY BE ANOTHER NAME THAT THEY FALL UNDER.

BUT THE BIRD PAY STATION, THAT'S THE PLAY STATIONS THAT WE OFFER.

OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE ONES THAT ARE PHYSICALLY SITTING THERE ON THE SIDEWALK, PHYSICALLY SITTING ON THE SIDEWALK THAT YOU CAN WALK UP TO. WE HAVE 17 OF THEM DOWNTOWN THAT YOU CAN WALK UP TO AND PAY FOR PARKING. I THINK THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS, WE WERE DISCUSSING PHASING THOSE OUT IN THE FUTURE AND GOING TO ALL PAY BY PHONE. CERTAINLY WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THAT.

WE RECENTLY BOUGHT THE PAY STATION, SO I BELIEVE THOSE WERE BOUGHT IN DECEMBER OF 2024.

SO THE NEWEST PAY STATIONS THAT ARE THERE WERE INSTALLED LATER THIS LATER LAST YEAR.

WE ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS, A WARRANTY CONTRACT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MAINTAINED.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A CONTRACT TO IN TERMS OF THE BACK OFFICE PIECE OF IT, TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE THE TRANSACTIONS AND SUCH.

SO THERE ARE COSTS TO THE PAY STATIONS AND BUT THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC TRANSACTION CHARGE EVERY TIME A CHARGE IS MADE.

SO THE PAY STATIONS, I BELIEVE THEY WERE ABOUT $170,000 FOR 17 OF THEM.

AND WE'RE JUST STARTING THE LIFE OF THOSE. SO WITH THE WITH THE BACK OFFICE AND WITH THE WARRANTY, THOSE ARE RUNNING ABOUT THAT'S ABOUT $49,000 A YEAR TO OPERATE THOSE.

SO THEN IF I PARKED IN A PAY STATION, I WOULDN'T PAY AS MUCH AS I WOULD IF I PARKED MY PHONE AND PAY THE TRANSACTION.

CORRECT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PAY A TRANSACTION FEE AT THE PAY STATION.

IN THE END, IT'D BE CHEAPER PARKING THERE FOR ME BY A FEW PENNIES.

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IT WILL BE CHEAPER FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO PAY AT THE PAY STATION BECAUSE THEY WON'T HAVE TO PAY THE TRANSACTION FEE.

YES. AND THE WARRANTY PERIOD IS. SO THE WARRANTY AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE IS I BELIEVE IT'S A THREE YEAR WITH TWO ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS, THE SAME AS THE BEAU BIRD BACK OFFICE.

SO WE COULD SHOOT FOR THE END OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD FOR THAT.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I GOT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND MARIE. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.

I HAVE NOT EVER BEEN DOWNTOWN WHERE I HAVEN'T SEEN SOMEONE USING A BASE STATION, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL ARE NOT COMFORTABLE. I MEAN, MAYBE EVERYBODY SITTING AROUND THIS TABLE IN THE ROOM ARE FINE WITH USING THEIR PHONE, BUT I ALWAYS SEE PEOPLE USING THE BASE STATION.

YEAH, WE HAD JUST OVER 39,000 TRANSACTIONS RIGHT.

LAST YEAR FOR THE BASE STATIONS. WHAT WAS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS? THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS FOR THE THAT WAS MADE AT THE PAY STATIONS FOR 2025 WAS.

OVERALL TOTAL. OH. OVERALL TOTAL WAS 314,000.

314,000. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BRANDON, BUT 314,000.

JUST OVER WITH THE PAY STATIONS. I MEAN THE PAY BY PHONE.

AND THEN THE 39,000 AT THE MACHINE. THE PAY STATION MACHINE.

SO HOW MANY DO WE HAVE THAT DIDN'T DO EITHER OF THOSE? HOW MANY TICKETS DID WE HAVE? SO TICKETS DOWNTOWN WAS THAT 11,000 TICKETS DOWNTOWN AND TWO DOWNTOWN FOR THE OVER PARK FOR THE DOWNTOWN WAS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN? OH, YEAH. WE LOOKED AT THESE NUMBERS YESTERDAY, SO IT'S.

YEAH, THERE'S OTHER CITATIONS BEING WRITTEN, BUT FOR THE OBOE PART WAS THE.

THAT'S ANNUALLY. THAT WAS 2025. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. VERY GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE. THAT'S IT. I HAVE ONE ITEM THAT'S A VERY QUICK ONE.

11 G IS IN. THIS IS ON THE INVESTMENT POLICY.

THIS IS THE IT'S IT'S LABELED 25. COME FORWARD TO.

GOOD MORNING. SHEILA. FINANCE DIRECTOR. IT'S LABELED 25.

THIS IS FOR THE 2526 FISCAL YEAR. IS THAT RIGHT? SO WE ADOPT THE POLICY AND IT'S GOOD FOR 12 MONTHS.

RIGHT. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADOPTED IN JULY.

WE ARE OPERATING UNDER IT. THERE WERE NO CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

RIGHT. AND IT'S CALLED 25 BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT'S ADOPTED.

BUT IT'S GOOD THROUGH JULY 20 OR 2026. AND THEN WE'LL BRING THE NEW ONE.

IT'S GOOD JULY OF ALIVE. 2026. AND THEN YOU'LL BRING A NEW ONE FOR.

CORRECT. THAT'S. THAT'S ALL I NEED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. VERY GOOD. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THOSE ITEMS. LET'S MOVE. AND I'M GOING TO MOVE ITEM THREE D.

[3.D Discussion of a Tourism Improvement District (C. Brown - 20 min)]

COULD WE MOVE THAT UP PLEASE? JANELLE. OKAY. ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION OF A TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

WE HAVE MARTY MILES, OUR CEO OF THE PARK BOARD, WITH US.

MARTY. COME ON UP. HAVE A SEAT. COUNCIL. THIS IS A TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN KICKED AROUND FORMALLY AND INFORMALLY HERE AT THE CITY FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

ESTABLISHING A TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.

I TALKED WITH MR. MILES ABOUT THIS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF COUNCIL.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF COUNCIL HAS AN INTEREST IN THIS AND GENERATES THAT.

AND THIS. AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, THIS HAS TO ORIGINATE FROM HOTELIERS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOES FROM HOTELIERS THEN MOVING FORWARD AND COMES TO US.

SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME, BUT I HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE OURSELVES ON THAT, GIVE INPUT. AND IF WE ARE KIND OF HAVE A THOUGHT THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, MARTY MILES WILL TAKE THAT FORWARD TO THE HOTELIERS AND THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED. MARTY, I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO AHEAD AND DESCRIBE THIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITE. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M ACTUALLY REPRESENTING NOLA TODAY, NOT THE CORPORATE. HOWEVER, THEY'RE VERY MUCH IN BOTH ROLES, SO THEY'RE VERY MUCH IN CONCERT ON THIS.

SO IT'S A TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

WE INVITED ALL OF YOU SIX MONTHS AGO TO A TRAINING WHERE WE BROUGHT IN STATE REPRESENTATIVES TO HELP US WITH THIS.

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AND A FEW OF YOU, I THINK, ATTENDED. SO YOU MIGHT KNOW, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT I'M GOING TO START AT 10,000FT. AND THEN LITERALLY, I'D LIKE TO JUST WALK THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTED NOTES WITH YOU SO WE DON'T GET TOO MUCH IN THE WEEDS, BUT THE IT IS A FEE THAT WOULD BE CHARGED ON EVERY OCCUPIED HOTEL ROOM, MUCH LIKE HOT, WHICH IS A TAX. THIS IS A FEE. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE 2%.

OKAY. ANOTHER INTERESTING THING WHICH WE'LL WHICH IS NOT IN HERE IS MY BEST GUESS IS THAT THAT WOULD GENERATE $3 MILLION.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 100 MILLION IN FULL SERVICE HOTEL REVENUE, 80 MILLION IN ECONOMY, LODGING REVENUE.

AND I'M GUESSING ABOUT 50% OF THE ECONOMY LODGING WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS.

BEST GUESS. AND YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE WHY IN A MINUTE WHY I GET THIS NUMBER.

SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS AT ALL.

THIS IS DESIGNED TO TO GENERATE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE TOURISM MARKETING, FOR SALES INITIATIVES IN THE HOTEL BUSINESS.

IT SHORT IT ALLOWS THE HOTELS TO MARKET THINGS THAT HOT CAN'T AS AN EXAMPLE INCENTIVES.

I USE THIS EXPRESSION. FOR EXAMPLE BMW IS DEBATING WHETHER TO COME HERE OR TO DETROIT.

OKAY. WE LITERALLY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY NOW TO WRITE THEM A CHECK FOR $300,000 TO COME HERE.

WE LITERALLY CAN BUY BUSINESS, WHICH WE CAN'T DO WITH HOT.

AND A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THIS DECK, YOU'LL SEE HOW SUCCESSFUL IT'S BEEN IN DALLAS.

IT'S INSANE HOW WILDLY SUCCESSFUL. NOT INSANE.

IT'S IT'S IT'S EXCITING HOW WIDELY SUCCESSFUL IT'S BEEN IN DALLAS.

ANOTHER PIECE YOU SHOULD KNOW UP FRONT IS THERE ARE TEN OF THESE NOW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE WOULD WE WOULD BE NEXT. IT'S BEEN ANALYZED IN THREE OTHER CITIES, BUT LIKELY WE WOULD BE NEXT.

THE WAY THE MONEY CAN BE SPENT, WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, IT WOULD BE TO ENHANCE MARKETING PROGRAMS, TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR SALES INCENTIVES AND FOR ADMINISTRATION AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.

I BELIEVE IT'S NOT DONE YET, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO YOU FOR APPROVAL, THE SERVICE PLAN, WOULD PROBABLY SAY THAT ABOUT 85% OF THIS WOULD GO TO SALES AND MARKETING, 10% WOULD GO TO ADMINISTRATION, AND 5% WOULD GO TO RESEARCH.

THAT'S MY BEST GUESS RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE THE HOTELIERS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND PRESENT IT TO YOU.

THAT'S IF YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM OF PAGE TWO. SO JUST A YES, SIR, PLEASE.

ANY EXPENDITURES THEY MAKE, WE WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE OR WOULD THAT BE UP TO THEM? BUT THEY WOULD INFORM US OF THOSE. THERE WILL BE A TEPID GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, AND THEY WOULD PRESENT TO COUNCIL A SERVICE PLAN TO BE APPROVED ANNUALLY.

WHAT YOU WILL REALLY BE LOOKING AT IS THE DOLLAR SPENT.

YOU WOULDN'T BE LOOKING AT LINE BY LINE, PROBABLY COULD, YOU KNOW, BE LIKE HALF A MILLION FOR INCENTIVES AS A LINE ITEM.

AND THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO THE GOVERNING BODY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF LIKE THAT 85, FIVE, 10%. WE GET LIKE A JUST BASIC EXPENDITURE BUDGET.

AND THE ADMIN FEE IS WHAT HELPS US COVER THE COST OF COLLECTING THIS TAX DISTRIBUTION.

PHE PHE PHE IS THAT A ONE TIME APPROVAL ANNUALLY WITH YOUR.

YES WE HAVE. WE WOULD BRING IT BACK. THEY WOULD BRING BACK A SERVICE PLAN AND WOULD BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WILL PROBABLY BE DELIVERED TO YOU IF YOU SAY KEEP GOING, MARTY.

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I STARTED ARGUING FOR AND AGAINST THIS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RESEARCH DONE BY THE TEXAS HOTEL ASSOCIATION.

SCOTT, JOSHUA. AND NO ONE, NO ONE IN THAT RESEARCH CAN PROVE THAT ANY BUSINESS WAS LOST BECAUSE OF THAT 2%.

OR WHATNOT. IT'S OFTEN ONE OF THE CITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

BOSTON'S LOOKED AT IT VERY HARD RIGHT NOW OKAY.

BUT I MEAN, IT'S IT'S I DON'T THINK IT WOULD AFFECT PEOPLE STAYING HERE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE A POSITIVE. OH THERE'S NO DOUBT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. LET ME TELL YOU THAT SOME OF THE TECHNICAL PIECES FOR US TO EVEN GET IT TO YOU, WE HAVE TO HAVE, WE HAVE TO DEFINE A THRESHOLD OF HOTEL ROOMS IN WHICH THE INN WHICH WOULD BE PARTICIPATING.

SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WE MIGHT SAY, I DON'T KNOW THIS YET, BUT WE MIGHT SAY THE MODEL IS ALL HOTELS WITH 80 OR MORE HOTEL ROOMS. LET'S JUST SAY I'M MAKING THIS UP AGAIN. LET'S JUST SAY THAT THERE'S 50 OF THOSE ON THE ISLAND.

WE HAVE TO GET 60% OF THEM TO AGREE BEFORE I CAN BRING IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW.

COULD THERE BE SOME MANIPULATION, LEGAL AND OBVIOUS MANIPULATION LIKE, WELL, IF WE DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE, THEN MAYBE WE'D GO HIGHER. MAYBE WE GO TO 98 ROOMS, BUT WE CAN GET TO A NUMBER THAT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? I BELIEVE IT'S PROBABLY BETWEEN 70 AND 80 ROOMS THAT WE COULD BE SUCCESSFUL.

ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW WELL, THE BIG BOXES ARE ALL IN WITH.

WELL, LANDRY'S IS IN, MOODY'S IN TREMONT IN. GALVEZ STILL HAS QUESTIONS, BUT I'M 90 I'M 90% SURE THAT MARK, THE OWNER, WILL COME AROUND. HE AND I HAVE MET TWICE RECENTLY, AND HE'S GETTING VERY CLOSE TO SAYING, OKAY, I'M IN. ONCE THAT HAPPENS AND WE GET WE ESTABLISH THE NUMBER OF HOTELS, THEN WE ESTABLISH WHICH WHICH THOSE HOTELS ARE AND 11 PERSON BOARD WOULD BE CREATED, ALL HOTELIERS.

IT COULD BE GM'S OWNERS, REGIONAL MANAGERS, MANAGEMENT COMPANY EXECUTIVES, BUT IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY REPRESENTED BY THEM, NOT US. AND NOT THE PARK BOARD. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT GET IT.

YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THEM TALK TO ME ALREADY.

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE DON'T WE'RE NOT IN THE POSITION AT THE PARK BOARD RIGHT NOW WHERE WE CAN SPEND ANY MONEY OR MUCH MONEY.

WE CAN'T PRIORITIZE IT TO THE POINT THAT WE COULD DO TELEVISION ADVERTISING.

ONE OF MARTY'S PERSONAL GOALS, BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED WHEN WE GET A BAD WEATHER REPORT, IS, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT THE LEADING NEWS STATION IN DALLAS AND IN HOUSTON ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY GALVESTON.

I WOULD LOVE THAT. THIS MIGHT HELP US PAY FOR THAT.

IF THOSE 11 PEOPLE AGREED THAT THAT THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT SHOULD BE PAID FOR, BUT THEY WOULD THEN TELL VISIT GALVESTON HOW THEY WANT THEIR MONEY SPENT. VISIT GALVESTON WOULD BE THE VEHICLE TO GET IT DONE, BUT THEY WOULD TAKE 100% OF THE DIRECTION FROM THIS BOARD.

11. HERE. TYPICAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE CONTIGUOUS, BUT A TP ID DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CONTIGUOUS.

HOTELS CAN BE ANYWHERE ON THE ISLAND. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRAW A LINE AROUND A CONTIGUOUS. THEY JUST HAVE TO BE ELIGIBLE ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS THAT THEY SET THEMSELVES. NUMBER OF ROOMS. IT'S ALL BASED ON ROOMS.

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I HAVE ONE QUESTION. WHEN YOU SAID THE 10% ADMINISTRATIVE FEE THAT STAYS WITHIN THAT GROUP.

RIGHT. I THINK IT'S TO BE DETERMINED, LIKE AS AN EXAMPLE, I THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD GET IT NEEDS TO GET PAID FOR THE COLLECTION.

IT WOULD BE COLLECTED JUST LIKE HOT. OKAY, OKAY.

AND I THINK THAT THE PARK BOARD SHOULD GET SOMETHING FOR DOING ALL THEIR MARKETING, YOU KNOW, FOR PLACING THEIR ADS AND CREATING ADS AND ALL THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY I CAME UP WITH THAT. WELL, AND I THINK THAT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK THAT IT REALLY NEEDS A FULL TIME EXECUTIVE POSITION.

SOMEBODY GOT TO RUN ALL THIS BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ON A BOARD, RIGHT? TO HAVE HOTELIERS ON A BOARD, YOU WON'T TALK TO THEM IN THE SUMMER.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A SENIOR LEVEL PERSON ON SALARY IN MY OPINION.

YEAH, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S MARTY'S OPINION. THE 11 PERSON BOARD WOULD MAKE THAT KIND OF DECISION.

TWO OTHER THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW. YOU DO, NOT YOU.

THE COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE. ANY ABILITY TO CHANGE THE WAY THE MONEY IS SPENT.

OKAY. AND IF AT ANY TIME. ALSO, ANY TIME THAT THE BOARD OR HOTELIERS FEEL AS THOUGH IT'S NOT WORKING, THEY CAN COME TO YOU AND YOU CAN SHUT IT DOWN.

STOP IT! ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT I REALLY MISSED WHEN I SAID THE FIRST.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY. IT ALSO SAYS THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CANCEL IMMEDIATELY.

IF COUNCIL OR ANYBODY ELSE CHANGES THE WAY HOT IS, IS DEFINED AND USED.

RIGHT. SO IF YOU SAID, OKAY, WELL, YOU'VE GOT TWO MORE POINTS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TWO OF THOSE POINTS AND PUSH IT OVER HERE.

THEN THIS IS ALL OFF THIS. THIS IS DONE INTENTIONALLY FOR ADDITIONAL NEED.

MAKE SENSE. RIGHT. THERE'S MORE. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE TO GET THIS IN PLACE? YOU CAN MOVE. IT'S A THAT'S A FABULOUS QUESTION.

AND I'VE REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THIS BECAUSE MY HOPE WAS THAT IF I READ THIS ROOM AND FELT LIKE I WAS GETTING WARM REACTION, WE'D MOVE VERY, VERY SWIFTLY TO TO TRY TO GET.

I'D LIKE TO GET IT IN WHILE THIS BEFORE ELECTION.

OKAY. THIS COULD MOVE VERY FAST. IF COUNCIL HAS A AND WE'RE GOING TO WALK AROUND, WE DON'T VOTE.

COUNCIL. BUT WE'LL WALK AROUND AND JUST GET A FEELING OF ALL THIS.

I WANTED TO SAY THIS, MARTY. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME FINISH, PLEASE.

YES. GO RIGHT AHEAD. AND I WAS GOING TO SAY, AND I'M GETTING COLD RECEPTION.

THEN I WOULD WAIT TO WHERE I THOUGHT I HAD A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING THIS DONE.

AND THAT'S CLEARLY WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO THE HOTELS.

I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR TWO AND A HALF DAYS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET DONE WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE TO GET TO YOU BY YOUR APRIL MEETING. AM I RIGHT? WE'D HAVE TO BE DONE BY, LIKE, MAYBE APRIL 10TH.

APRIL. APRIL. B APRIL 19TH. YEAH, YOU COULD DO IT.

APRIL 19TH. YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET 60 HOTELIERS OR HOTELIERS TO SIGN SOMETHING? THAT'S JUST THE START. YES, I CAN'T WAIT. SO MY GOAL IF TO WALK AROUND SAYS FEELS FAVORABLE, THEN WE'VE GOT TO ENACT IT. THE OTHER PROBLEM WE HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE MOST COMMITTEES IS NOBODY OWNS THIS.

MY BANDWIDTH IS PRETTY TAKEN UP. AND I'VE TOLD IN BOARD MEETINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'LL CONTINUE TO LEAD THE CHARGE, BUT I CAN'T DO ALL THE WORK. I DON'T BECAUSE OF WORLD CUP AND SALE 250 AND, AND SPRING BREAK AND SUMMER SEASON, ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. I DON'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN SPEND TIME.

I CAN'T DEDICATE SOMEBODY FOR A MONTH TO WORK ON THIS.

SO I DON'T KNOW YET HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL THIS DONE.

I'VE GOT FEELERS OUT TO MAYBE I CAN FIND AN INTERN TO HELP US GET IT DONE, OR THOSE KIND OF THINGS ANYWAY.

SO IF WE I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW TO UNLESS I HAVE SOMEBODY, A HOTEL GM OR OWNER THAT SAYS, I GOT THIS.

MARTY, I THINK I'VE GOT 5050 CHANCE OF GETTING IT BACK TO YOU BY APRIL 1915, 15, 15.

OKAY. A COUNCIL PERSON CAN PUT IT ON THURSDAY, RIGHT? WELL, BUT EVEN IF IT'S A DAY OR TWO, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THAT'S THE 19TH IS A SUNDAY.

OH. OKAY. ANY OTHER OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE MAYOR? GREAT IDEA. I WANT TO I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS IDEA 110%.

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MARTY. I THINK IT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I PLACED IT ON THE AGENDA.

I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THE HOTELIERS AND AND FOR THE ECONOMY IN GENERAL HERE IN GALVESTON.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT, WE GO THROUGH ALL THIS THE CITY DOESN'T PARTICIPATE WITH THE MANAGEMENT AND ALL OF THAT, WHICH IS SO WONDERFUL. AND THE STAKEHOLDERS DO THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DONE.

SECOND OF ALL, ALL OF THIS ENERGY THAT'S PUT OUT RACES ARE HOT.

SO WE HAVE MORE HOT COMING IN TO THE CITY AND TO THE PARK BOARD AND TO ALL THOSE OTHER FACTIONS AND SALES TAX AND SALES TAX AND RESTAURANTS AND EVERYTHING. EVERYONE BENEFITS. IT'S EXACTLY. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, MARTY.

SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE STATE GUIDELINES ON THIS.

IS THAT RIGHT? I'M NOT POSITIVE WHY, BUT I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MEET ANY THRESHOLD OF NUMBER OF ROOMS. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. GOOD POINT. THEY'VE NOT BEEN ALLOWED IN ANY I THINK I'VE SEEN THAT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

BUT I YOU DO HAVE TO GET 60% BUY IN. SO I'M NOT SURE THAT WITH THE NUMBER OF STARS HERE, THEY MAY YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THAT BATTLE. 3700 STARS. GO GET 60% OF THEM.

PLUS THE MINIMUM THRESHOLDS. GOT TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 70, 80, 90 ROOMS, SO IT WOULDN'T WORK.

I KNOW THAT SOME DO ADVERTISE A BIG ENOUGH CONVENTION HERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO PICK UP SOMETHING UP. MICHELLE, GRAB THE SEAT AND MOVE UP HERE AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF.

LOOK AT WHAT MICHELLE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.

NOW YOU'RE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA. I'VE CAMERAS.

THANK YOU. OH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DON. I TALKED TO MICHELLE ABOUT THIS, TOO, AS I WAS PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA TO KIND OF LET HER KNOW AND GIVE HER A HEADS UP, BECAUSE THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL.

ABSOLUTELY. FOR THE ISLAND. AND SHE MAY HAVE SOME INPUT, TOO.

MICHELLE, DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE WALK AROUND THE. THANK YOU. AND I DID DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IT IS ESSENTIALLY UNDER THE SAME LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AS THE PIGS.

SO IT FOLLOWS ALONG THE SAME PROCESS. I DO THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS WHICH NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT YES, DALLAS WAS THE FIRST ONE TO DO THIS AND LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

OTHER COMMUNITIES, SAN ANTONIO, I THINK FRISCO IS IS BRAND NEW AT THEY JUST DID THEIRS IN 2022.

SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DOING THIS.

TO ME. IT'S IF THE HOTEL INDUSTRY IS ON BOARD WITH IT AND IT COULD BE BENEFICIAL.

AND LET'S WALK AROUND THE COUNCIL. COUNCIL. LET'S JUST GIVE SOME BRIEF COMMENTS, KIND OF YOUR FEELINGS ON THIS.

BOB TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WE WOULD BE SHOOTING FOR APRIL FOR THE FIRST ONE, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WE WOULD DO IN MAY.

WE COULD DO THEM BOTH IN APRIL IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A JOINT MEETING.

THAT'S TRUE, I THINK. YEAH, I THINK THAT HE'S GOT TO GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND THEN GO FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AFTER.

HE'S GOT TO GET HIS BUY IN. YOU GOTTA GET BUY IN AND.

RIGHT. AND THEN PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTUALLY YOU YOU SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO BUT TECHNICALLY, IF YOU GET EVERYTHING IN A ROW, WHICH I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN YOU.

WE COULD DO THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS IN APRIL.

YEAH, THAT SOUNDS RIGHT. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. SO THEN AFTER THE PUBLIC, AFTER TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE HAPPENED AND EVERYTHING'S APPROVED, WHAT'S THAT STEP? NEXT STEP. YOU ESTABLISH THE FIRST MONTH THAT COLLECTIONS CAN START, AND YOU REALLY JUST SAY, WE'RE READY FOR JUNE. AND AT THAT, AT THAT, I GUESS WE WOULD SEE A SERVICE.

WE WOULD SEE THE SERVICE PLAN AT ONE OF THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS BEFORE THAT.

OKAY. SO WE COULD HIT THE GROUND BY SUMMER, MAYBE IN A TRADITIONAL HIT.

I KNOW THAT THERE IS A FEASIBILITY REPORT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, SO I DON'T I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND OUT YET WHETHER THAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR THIS, BUT THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD GET. I DON'T THINK THAT'S FROM WHAT I READ ABOUT IT.

IT'S NOT MENTIONED ANYTHING. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING. OKAY.

YEAH. I WAS TRYING TO READ THROUGH AND COMPARE, BUT.

I'M 100% IN ON THIS. THIS THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO HOW WE CAN, IN A KIND OF A ROUNDABOUT WAY, HOW WE CAN USE TOURISM TO HELP IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE BY INCREASING HIGH TECH, INCREASING THE AMOUNT THAT WE GET FROM THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.

VERY GOOD. DAVID, ANY COMMENT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

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MARTY. YOU PROBABLY KNOW MY BACKGROUND, SO I HELPED CREATE THREE TOURS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

SO MICHELLE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON 380 AGREEMENT LANGUAGE.

I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN VARIOUS FORMS AND HOW THEY OVERLAY EFFECTIVELY WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT'S, IT'S WITH A SPECIFIC TYPE OF BUSINESS ENTITY.

RIGHT. JUST HOTELS. THOSE ARE THE ONES. AND I THINK IT'S RIGHT TO KEEP SHORT TERM RENTALS OUT OF THIS.

THE OTHER THING, I'LL TELL YOU THAT IN TERMS OF SUCCESS SETTING IT UP FOR SUCCESS, I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT YOU IN HAVING A FULL TIME ADMINISTRATOR FOR THIS, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COORDINATING YOUR EXPENDITURES EFFECTIVELY WITH VISIT GALVESTON AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S RUN EFFECTIVELY. WHERE THESE DON'T SUCCEED IS WHERE THEY'RE NOT ADMINISTERED CORRECTLY.

THE OTHER ONE IS WHERE THEY'RE NOT SET UP PROPERLY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE, AS MICHELLE SAID, A FEASIBILITY STUDY. IT MAY NOT BE REQUIRED, BUT I THINK FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE, IT WOULD BE VERY PRUDENT FOR US TO SEE WHAT YOUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST IS. HOW IS THIS THING GOING TO BE OPERATING RUN, YOU KNOW, LOOK GOALS CHANGE AND I UNDERSTAND IT.

BUT IF WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A POLICY DECISION, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS OF THAT POLICY ARE.

I BELIEVE THE SERVICE PLAN WILL COVER ALL OF THAT.

OKAY, GREAT. OTHER THAN THAT, YES. FANTASTIC.

AND I THINK THIS IS TO BOB'S POINT IT HAS LONG TERM INDIRECT BENEFITS IF YOU'RE SPENDING ARE GOING TO BE ON MARKETING TO PROMOTE HOTELS.

THAT HAS AN INDIRECT IMPACT ON INCREASED SALES TAX, SALES TAX REVENUE, WHICH THEN GOES TOWARDS HELPING TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANKS, DAVID. YEP.

BEAU NOTHING OTHER THAN I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE THE BUY IN.

BUY IN IS THE KEY. YOU FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO THAT QUITE A BIT LATELY, SO.

MARIE 150% ON BOARD. JUST LIKE GOING THROUGH MY HEAD, ALL THE HOTELIERS.

AND I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE THAT WILL BE RESISTANT.

AND I SAY GO GET EM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALEX.

I'M NEVER SANGUINE ABOUT ADDING A FEE, BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT IT IS SELF REGULATED WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE EITHER I DON'T SAY OPT OUT, BUT IF YOU DON'T SEE THE NUMBERS, YOU CAN ADJUST IT TO THE BIGGER HOTELS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE DO HAVE, THAT IF THEY MEET THE THRESHOLD AND THEY BECOME IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE, THEY WOULD BE ASSESSED THAT FEE. OR DO THEY HAVE TO BUY IN AFTER THE FACT? IT WOULD BE REQUIRED THE DAY THEY OPEN THEIR DOORS.

THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. IF THEY NEED THAT. YEAH. 100 ROOMS OR WHATEVER YOU PUT IN.

RIGHT. FOR, FOR THE AND THE FUNDS FROM THIS, LET'S SAY THERE'S A INTERESTED DEVELOPER THAT WANTS TO BUILD A HOTEL. WOULD THIS BE ABLE TO INCENTIVIZE THEM COMING TO AND BEING AND BUILDING IN GALVESTON? NO, THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. THIS IS ABOUT BRINGING HOTEL ROOMS SPECIFICALLY TOGETHER.

IT WOULD NOT BE OKAY. THANK YOU. ALEX. SHARON.

DEFINITELY A GREAT IDEA. I LIKE THE LONG TERM BENEFITS, BUT I ALSO THINK ABOUT THOSE WHO WORK WITHIN THAT INDUSTRY.

AND MAYBE MORE MONEY COULD BRING THEM MORE WAGES, RIGHT? I THINK STAFF'S ALL ON BOARD WITH THIS. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T INCUR ANY EXPENSE BECAUSE THERE IS AN ENFORCEMENT PART OF THIS. THERE'S AN AUDIT PART OF THIS.

THERE'S A COLLECTION PART OF IT. SO THE CITY WILL INCUR COSTS.

WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THOSE COSTS ARE COVERED. VERY GOOD.

CAN YOU MAKE IT WORK WITHIN 4%? WE'LL TALK MORE.

BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS UP, BOB, REAL QUICKLY. YOU MENTIONED A FULL TIME EXECUTIVE LEVEL STAFF TO MANAGE THIS.

I GUESS THAT WOULD. AND THAT WOULD BE PAID FOR BY THIS PIT.

BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. RIGHT. SO AT SOME POINT WE GOT TO GET THAT PERSON ON BOARD.

I GUESS THAT WOULD BE AFTER THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED IN THE SECOND HEARING.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE LATER UNLESS IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WHEN THEY HAVE SOME MONEY TO DO IT.

YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YEAH, THEY'D HAVE TO, THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE COLLECTIONS. WE MIGHT INCUR SOME MANAGEMENT COSTS BEFORE WE GET TO THAT. THERE'S QUITE A LAG. IF YOU IMPLEMENTED IT TOMORROW, YOU DON'T START. SO YOU WON'T SEE THAT MONEY FOR 60, 90 DAYS, RIGHT? WELL THANK YOU. ONE ONE OTHER PIECE THAT BECAUSE HOTELIERS, HOTELIERS PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING POINT AND THAT IS THAT ANY BUSINESS CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS, THE DAY THAT IT STARTS IS EXEMPT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE SOMEBODY SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WHEN THEY BOOKED. RIGHT.

CONVENTION. RIGHT. CONVENTION SOUNDS GOOD. YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, WE'VE TALKED A LOT AT BUDGET TIME ABOUT ALTERNATE REVENUE SOURCES THAT COULD

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BENEFIT THE CITY, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS RESTRICTIONS BEING HOT.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT COULD BENEFIT THE CITY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS HERE THAT BENEFIT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE PARTIALLY FUNDED BY HYDE. SO THIS IS A THIS IS A GREAT MOVE FORWARD.

AND MARTY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

AND THESE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO THE BEACH. MAYOR. THESE ARE CONVENTIONS AND THINGS. AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO SPEND MONEY IN OUR BUSINESS. THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF INCOME RATHER THAN A 1 OR 2 SHOT.

CORRECT. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. THANKS, MARTY. IF YOU'LL STAY THERE PLEASE.

[3.B Update on Economic Development Efforts/Projects (M Hay - 15 min)]

THREE B, PLEASE, MA'AM. THREE B ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

WE HAVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, MICHELLE.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE.

WE HAVE ONE EFFORT IN PARTICULAR THAT I WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE OF SO THAT WE ARE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

AND THAT IS, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD, THEY ARE GETTING READY TO OPEN UP THE NEXT ROUND OF NOMINATIONS FOR OPPORTUNITY ZONES.

OPPORTUNITY ZONES 2.0. AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, IN THE PREVIOUS ROUND, WE DIDN'T REALLY GET VERY MUCH INPUT.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAVE INPUT MOVING FORWARD THERE.

THE EXISTING OPPORTUNITY ZONES THAT ARE DESIGNATED NOW WILL BE, WILL NOT JUST CARRY OVER.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR LOW INCOME CENSUS TRACTS.

THAT WILL BE THE DRIVERS. AND WE'LL SELECT FROM THOSE ANTICIPATED TO ONE PAGER HERE THAT MAY BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO. TAKE A LOOK AT THE.

MAP IS A I WAS GOING TO SAY I CAN GET YOU THAT'S.

THIS TOP. MAP IS GOING TO BE THE CURRENT ZONE.

OH, KEEP THE WHOLE PACKET. THE WHOLE PACKET. OH, YOU GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT. THERE IS THE CURRENT AND POTENTIAL.

SORRY, I SHOULD'VE STAYED. SORRY. THAT'S EASIER.

CAN YOU KEEP THE MORE. YEAH. I NEED ONE MORE.

ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE. AN OFFICE SPACE.

OKAY. THAT'S IT. YOU GOT IT. SO THIS FIRST ONE WITH THE PURPLE ONE IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY OUT THERE. YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND PAGE HERE, AND THESE ARE OUR CENSUS TRACKS THAT ARE THERE. SO THE NEW CENSUS TRACKS WILL COME OUT SOMETIME THIS SPRING, AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AND COME UP WITH OUR LIST OF PRIORITY SITES. HOWEVER THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TOOK THE CURRENT AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY CENSUS AND PUT OUT WHAT ARE LIKELY CENSUS TRACTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS LAST DARKER PURPLISH BLUE MAP IS.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE PELICAN ISLAND, NORTH SIDE OF BROADWAY, GOOD BIT OF THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE ISLAND IS IN THE POTENTIALLY LIKELY TO BE OPPORTUNITY ZONE.

SO, SO THE CENSUS TRACK DETERMINES WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES CAN BE? YEAH. THE KEY IS THAT YOU WANT INVESTMENT IN THOSE IN THOSE LOWER INCOME AREAS.

SO YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT PRIVATE INVESTMENT. THE PREVIOUS ONE HAD THIS ALL OF ALL THESE THEN IN THE FLAT AND ALL THAT.

YEAH, MOSTLY ALONG THE SEAWALL. A LITTLE BIT IN AT TWO.

YEAH. TWO CENSUS TRACKS, 72, 41.01 AND 72, 48 ACCORDING TO.

I DON'T KNOW HOW. YEAH. YEAH, I KNOW THEY WERE.

YEAH. YOU CAN SEE IT VERY CLEARLY. SO THE THE REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRINGENT IN WHAT WILL.

SO THIS THE PREVIOUS ONES DON'T MATCH THE STATE'S REQUIREMENTS FOR CENSUS TRACT.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS WERE THE SAME BACK THEN.

SO THEY TIGHTENED UP THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS THIS NEXT ROUND THE CENSUS TRACTS CHANGED.

YES, YES. AND SO I'M ASSUMING IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO THIS.

BUT WE WILL HAVE THE NEW CENSUS TRACTS COMING OUT IN THE SPRING MAY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WILL CHANGE MY BLOCKS NOT BY AM I HEARING YOU RIGHT, THAT THE CURRENT TEXAS OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE MOST LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE IN THE FUTURE?

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UNLESS THEY FALL WITHIN A CENSUS TRACK GUIDELINE, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OVERLAP.

THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A TWO YEAR OVERLAP WITH THE 1.0 VERSUS THE 2.0 STARTS.

BUT THAT WILL BE COMING. AND WHAT WE NEED TO JUST BE PREPARED FOR IS WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS LIST, PRIORITIZE IT, AND THEN WE CAN SUBMIT IT TO THE THE COUNTY JUDGE IS THE HOLDER OF, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY SENDS THEIR ENTIRE LIST OF THEIR CITIES UP TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

AND THEN THE GOVERNOR TAKES ALL OF THOSE, AND THEN THEY SEND THAT LIST OUT.

SO WHEN IS THIS ONE EXPIRE? THE 28 END OF 28, 2028? OKAY. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE WE'RE HOPING AGAIN IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO WE'RE GOING TO GET SINCE THIS PRESS RELEASE IS COMING FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A LIST, PRIORITIZE IT. IT LOOKS LIKE BASED UPON THEIR WHAT, THE COUNTIES ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT, THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS SUBMITTING 100% OF OUR SITES.

BUT WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND JUST PRIORITIZE, JUST IN CASE.

I LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE TRACTS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY, AND I THINK I COUNTED MAYBE 26.

SO THEIR LITTLE CHART HERE SAYS IF WE HAVE BETWEEN 1 AND 50, IF THE COUNTY HAS BETWEEN 1 AND 50, THEY CAN SUBMIT 100% TO BE ELIGIBLE. SO THIS ONE WOULD HAVE WOULD START WHEN THE NEW ONE, THE NEW ONE WOULD START IN 27. AND THEY'RE GOOD FOR TEN YEARS. SO WHATEVER WE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER GETS SELECTED IS THERE FOR TEN YEARS CAN'T ADD ANY CHANGE, ANYTHING. SO I WAS HAPPY TO SEE, BASED UPON THE MAP, THAT IT'S HITTING A LOT OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR OUR STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AREAS.

AND WHAT IS THE BEING AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE DO FOR US? WHAT DOES IT QUALIFY YOU? YEAH. WHY DOESN'T QUALIFY AS BUT IT QUALIFIES PRIVATE INVESTOR FOR TAX BREAKS FOR STATE STATE LEVEL.

SO IT INCENTIVIZES THEM TO INVEST IN THESE AREAS.

OKAY. SO THIS THE ONLY THING WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR NO THAT'S THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT. THE DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BEFORE I YEAH.

YOU MADE YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT YOU WERE INTENDING TO POTENTIALLY SUBMIT 100% OF THE ELIGIBLE TRACKS FOR CONSIDERATION TO THE COUNTY JUDGE, IS THAT CORRECT? IF THAT IS THE WHAT THE COUNCIL WISHES, WHAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN THE COUNTY JUDGE'S VIEW OF APPROVAL OF OPPORTUNITY ZONES IN OTHER IS. AND THIS IS ONLY ROUND TWO.

YES. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THE IT WAS THE SAME.

I MEAN, WE LITERALLY I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE HAD ANY REAL PRIOR KNOWLEDGE.

IT WAS A PRETTY QUICK PROCESS. SO PREVIOUSLY I'M JUST TRYING TO LOOK FOR THE PROCESS BECAUSE IF THE COUNTY JUDGE HAS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES, THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT DO YOU SUBMIT 100%? DO YOU SUBMIT JUST THOSE THAT YOU THINK HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF SUCCEEDING? WHAT WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR APPROACH? AND WE SUGGESTED WE WE SUBMIT A PRIOR PRIORITIZED LIST JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SUBMIT THEM ALL. BUT HERE'S THE ONES WE FEEL MOST.

YOU SUBMIT THEM ALL, BUT IN A PRIORITIZED FASHION.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL. I GUESS YOU CAN FOR THE THE MAP OF JUST THE CENSUS TRACTS, BUT CENSUS TRACT 7240, WHICH INCLUDES PELICAN ISLAND.

THE BOUNDARY IS THE CAUSEWAY, BROADWAY. I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY EXTENSIVE IT'S HUGE TAX INCENTIVES FOR DEVELOPERS OR BIG AND ABSOLUTELY HUGE PROJECT YOU KNOW,. AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT.

THEY'VE ASKED ABOUT WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO INCLUDE PELICAN ISLAND IN THERE, BECAUSE THEY ARE DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

AND I SAID, WELL, JUST SO HAPPENS THAT IT IS.

YEAH, ONE OF THE CENSUS TRACKS. SO I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A SORRY.

YEAH, JUST I WANTED I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT PRIORITIZATION JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PORRETTO SAID.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT 7240. THAT ONE HAS GOT TO BE YOUR NUMBER ONE PERIOD IN THE STORY.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF IF IT COMES DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, CUTTING OTHERS, YOU KNOW, I ASSUME THE STAFF WILL PRIORITIZE THINGS.

WHEN DOES THIS OPPORTUNITY ZONE EXPIRE? THE THE ONE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN THE 2028.

YES. THERE'S OVERLAP OF ONE YEAR. YEAH. TWO. MICHELLE, WILL YOU NEED AN ACTION ITEM FROM COUNCIL ON THIS? SORRY, NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'LL COME TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE.

WE'RE HOPING THAT AGAIN, WE NEED THEM TO COME OUT WITH THE MOST RECENT CENSUS TRACK SO THAT WE CAN.

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BRING IT BACK TO YOU. ALL IN ACTION. I'M HOPING I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THEM WITH A PRIORITIZED LIST.

THAT WOULD BE NICE. WE WILL HAVE THEM ASK FOR EVERYTHING.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTY, I WAS VERY SURPRISED.

IF YOU GO IN AND LOOK AT THE COUNTY MAP, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE IN THERE OR NOT.

SO IT KIND OF ALERTED ME TO, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR FOLKS THAT ARE COMMUTING HERE EVERY DAY TO GO TO WORK AND WHERE THEY MIGHT BE LIVING, AND IT KIND OF SHOWS YOU THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CENSUS TRACK? WHAT QUALITY OF EACH CENSUS TRACK MAKES IT ELIGIBLE OR OR ATTRACTIVE TO TO QUALIFY FOR RAWLINS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. IT'S IT'S KIND OF A MIXTURE OF EVERYTHING.

YES, BUT IT WAS IT'S NICE THAT IT IT GAVE US WHEN THERE'S A NOMINATION, I GUESS PACKET THAT THE THE COUNTY JUDGE OR THE GOVERNOR WILL SUBMIT AND LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF ITEMS WHEN THE COUNTIES THAT DO HAVE TO CHOOSE AND WHAT THE LOCAL SUPPORT IS, WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR THOSE AREAS ALREADY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PELICAN ISLAND AS A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AREA THAT WE HAVE IN OUR IN OUR POLICY.

AND THEN JUST THE VIABILITY OF PROJECTS THERE.

HOW HOW DEVELOPMENT READY ARE SOME OF THESE SITES THAT ARE IN THOSE CENSUS TRACTS.

SO THEY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT REALLY HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT.

VERY GOOD. YES. AND THESE DISTRESSED AREAS AND WHERE SOME LET'S SEE PROJECTS HAVE FAILED.

ARE THEY STILL ALLOWING LIKE SOMEONE TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THAT FALSTAFF AREA OR BECAUSE IT'S GONE THROUGH A IT WILL THAT IS NOT IN IT NOW? YEAH. IT'S NOT NOT PRETTY NOW. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT IF IT NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE NEW, IT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE NEW ZONE. OKAY, OKAY.

AND THERE WAS A FOURTH ON HERE. IT TRACKS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY DECLARED DISASTERS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SO OBVIOUSLY GALAXY HAS ANYTHING. LET'S MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM THERE.

SO OUR OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE POLICY AND PROGRAM, TREVOR AND I ARE WORKING ON REVISING AND UPDATING THE ORDINANCE THAT WE NEED TO SUBMIT TO YOU ALL SO THAT YOU CAN APPROVE THAT POLICY.

AND YOU CAN. HAVE THAT. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THREE 80S? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? A COMBINATION OF IT ALL. BASED UPON THAT POLICY.

I'LL SEND THAT BACK AROUND FOR YOU ALL. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DO A COMBINED 380 COMBINED.

YES. I MEAN, AT THIS RATE, WE KIND OF BREAK DOWN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE HAVE IN EACH PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THEM AND GO, OKAY, FOR THIS ONE, THESE WILL WORK.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? THE TIMELINE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR LIKE A YEAR, TWO YEARS.

TREVOR AND I ARE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER THAT ORDINANCE. AND I DRAFTED AN APPLICATION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE FILL OUT AN APPLICATION.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY BROACHED WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AN APPLICATION FEE FOR THAT, LIKE A HUD APPLICATION HAS A FEE.

WE REALLY HAVEN'T BROACHED THAT. SO WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT COUNCIL MEMBER.

ROBB IS TALKING ABOUT OUR TOTAL ECONOMIC INCENTIVE POLICY.

WHEN DOES THAT COME TO US? THIS ORDINANCE DRAFTED, WE'LL PUT IT ON FOR ACTION, SO WE'LL SHOOT FOR NEXT MONTH.

OKAY. PROJECT UPDATES. WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I CAN SHARE AT LEAST WITH IN THE OPEN MEETING.

BUT WE DO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROJECT YOU KNOW, ON PELICAN ISLAND.

I KNOW YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE DAVIS WAS AWARDED THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE FUND GRANT.

I KNOW, CAN'T WE JUST CALL IT DAVIS? I KNOW, I KNOW, I EVERYBODY KNOWS I THINK IT'S KIND OF OPEN NOW, BUT THEY WHEN THEY SEND ME STUFF, THEY SEE THIS PROJECT. SO I TRY TO KEEP THAT CONSISTENT.

AND WE HAVE HAD A PREDEVELOPMENT WITH THEM WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE ON PELICAN ISLAND. SO WE HAVEN'T FORMALIZED THAT YET.

BUT I DO SEE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY FINISH ALL THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.

WE'VE HAD A LITTLE STALL ON ONE OF THE OTHER PROJECTS ON BROADWAY, ON THE COUNTY PROPERTY.

SO WE MAY BE NEEDING TO REVISIT THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TALK THROUGH SOME THINGS THERE, BUT OTHERWISE WE'RE STAYING BUSY. MY OMBUDSMAN HAT IS STAYS ON QUITE OFTEN, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

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SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL THOSE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF REVENUE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SPACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT MICHELLE. APPRECIATE THAT. VERY GOOD.

SO IT'S 1034. I WAS THINKING THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND GET THE STUART BEACH ITEM OUT OF THE WAY, AND THEN WE COULD TAKE A BREAK, IF YOU'D LIKE.

LET'S MOVE TO ITEM THREE C, PLEASE. ITEM THREE C, DISCUSSION OF AMENDING THE RFP FOR STUART BEACH TO ADDRESS DRAINAGE.

[3.C Discussion of amending the RFP for Stewart Beach to address drainage (Rawlins/C. Brown - 20 min)]

COUNCILMAN. RAWLINS YOU HAD HAD SOME TOPICS, SOME INPUT ON THIS, AND WE THIS IS LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. I KNOW, BEAU YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND SEE HOW WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE RFP AND ALL OF THAT, SO. WELL, WE'VE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR SOME TIME.

AND WHEN WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS OVER THE PAVILION AND CREATING THAT PROPERTY AS A BLANK CANVAS TO DEVELOPERS IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE MADE THE DECISION TO DEMO THE PAVILION.

AND THEN WE'VE DONE NOTHING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE AND DONE NOTHING ABOUT THE PRESENTATION OF THAT PROPERTY TO A POTENTIAL DEVELOPER OF SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I CONSIDER IS GOING TO BE A FOCAL POINT OF GALVESTON AND WE NEED TO TREAT IT AS SUCH.

I WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE THAT IS AS FAR AS WHAT ACTION WE'VE TAKEN, NOT WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, BUT WHAT ACTION IS BEING CONSIDERED TO BE TAKEN TO TAKE CARE OF THAT DRAINAGE AND TO CLEAN THAT PROPERTY UP.

I, I DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OR ABILITY TO GO OUT THERE AND DO ANYTHING WITH THAT DRAINAGE.

AS I SAID IN THE LAST MEETING, COUNCIL HAS TO DIRECT THE PARK BOARD TO DO IT, OR YOU NEED TO TAKE THE PARK BACK FROM THE PARK BOARD AND WE CAN ADDRESS IT. BUT UNDER THE UNDER THE GUIDELINES THAT YOU HAVE FOR THAT PARK, THAT IS THEIR BABY.

AND THEY HAVE TO DO THAT BEFORE. I KNOW MARIE AND BOB WANT TO SPEAK.

I WANT TO GET SO WE GET IT OUT ON THE TABLE. AMBER, IN THE RFP THAT WE HAVE, THERE'S A SENTENCE OR TWO CONCERNING THIS DRAINAGE.

YES. WOULD YOU READ THAT TO D'AMBRA COUNCIL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT NOW HAS BEEN INSERTED INTO THIS ORDER.

I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT DEVELOPED. I DON'T THINK SO EITHER.

BUT ANYWAY, SO IT'S ON PAGE 37 AND IT'S UNDER SITE DRAINAGE.

THE STORAGE SITE REQUIRES DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT ALL LONG TERM OPERATIONS, RESILIENCE AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

AT THIS TIME, THE CITY HAS NOT DETERMINED WHETHER THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE DELIVERED DIRECTLY BY THE CITY OR INCORPORATED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT SCOPE.

ACCORDINGLY, RESPONDENTS ARE REQUESTED TO IDENTIFY A PRICE ON SITE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AS A DISCRETE ADD ALTERNATE TO THEIR PROPOSAL. SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING THE DEVELOPER IS THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING OUT THERE.

IT COULD BE THE CITY, BUT IF THEY WANT TO PUT THAT INTO THEIR BID, THEY CAN DO THAT.

CORRECT. MARIE. WELL, MY QUESTION IS TO WHAT BRIAN JUST SAID.

WE'RE DOING THE STORM BEACH MASTER PLAN. HOW DOES IT NOT FIT IN THERE? BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GIVE THE CONTRACTOR A CLEAN SLATE.

MY QUESTION IS, HOW DOES WHAT NOT FIT IN THERE THAT WE HAVE NO SAY OVER THAT? I DON'T HAVE ANY I DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDS TO GO OUT THERE AND DO THAT. MARIE THEY CONTROL 100% OF THE FUNDS THAT WOULD MANAGE AND OPERATE THAT BEACH.

THEY ALSO HAVE COMPLETE MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF THAT BEACH ISSUED BY YOU GUYS.

SO I CAN'T JUST GO OUT THERE AND START CONTROLLING THE MASTER PLAN.

COUNCIL HAS ASKED TO DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THAT GOES ONCE IT'S DONE.

I MEAN, THE MASTER. WELL, THERE'S REALLY NOT A MASTER PLAN. WE'VE GONE OUT FOR AN RFP TO BRING PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPMENT.

MASTER PLAN IS PART OF THE RFP DESCRIBING TENSIONS.

BUT I MEAN, I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO THINGS.

THE DRAINAGE IS THE DRAINAGE. WE DIDN'T CREATE THE PROBLEM.

IF YOU WANT THE CITY TO SOLVE IT THAT'S FINE.

BUT YOU HAVE TO CREATE THAT PATH TO DO IT. EITHER YOU HAVE TO TELL THE PARK BOARD TO GO FIX IT, OR YOU HAVE TO TELL THE CITY TO GO FIX IT AND TAKE THE PARK BACK AND RELINQUISH THEIR CONTROL AND GIVE US CONTROL OF THE BEACH USER FEES THAT THEY USE TO CREATE THE PROBLEM THAT'S OUT THERE NOW. ALL RIGHT. BEAU I KNOW THE BEAU.

GO AHEAD. I KNOW WE ALL LOOK IN THE AI AND USE IT HERE AND THERE.

JUST A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH ON AI STEWART BEACH DRAINAGE ISSUE IN GALVESTON.

THIS IS OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE. ANYBODY LOOK AT IT.

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IT'S EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE AND IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. NOTHING TO DO WITH THE YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S BLACK AND WHITE STEWART BEACH IN GALVESTON.

THIS IS FOR ANYBODY, ANY DEVELOPER ANYBODY TO TYPE THIS IN.

IT'S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT. THIS IS WHAT HE SEES.

SEWER BEACH IN GALVESTON CONTINUES TO FACE SIGNIFICANT.

AND THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED NOT BY ME. SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE AND FLOODING CHALLENGES THAT AFFECT BOTH THE PARKS PARKING AREAS AND THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.

AS OF EARLY 2026, THE GALVESTON PARK BOARD AND LOCAL RESIDENTS REMAIN DIVIDED OVER THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RECENT MITIGATION EFFORTS.

KEY PROBLEMS AT THE PARK PARKING LOT FLOODING, HEAVY RAIN AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES ROUTINELY FLOOD THE PARKING LOTS AT STEWART BEACH, OFTEN FORCING THE PARK TO CLOSE FOR DAYS AT A TIME.

DEEP SCOURING, UNCONTROLLED RUNOFF FROM THE PARKING AREAS HAS ENOUGH VELOCITY TO FORM DEEP TRENCHES AND LOCALIZED RIP CURRENTS THAT DRAIN INTO THE GULF, MAKING THE BEACH POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FOR VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS.

STAGNANT WATER AND ODORS. DRAINAGE CATCHMENTS INTENDED TO SLOW WATER FLOW HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS FULL OF ALGAE AND STAGNANT WATER.

NEIGHBORS REPORT THESE MOATS IN QUOTATIONS, CREATE A BREEDING GROUND FOR MOSQUITOES, AND EMIT A FOUL STENCH.

MUCH OF THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS.

IT GOES ON TO. TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY TIMELINE OF THE DRAINAGE PROJECT STATED IN 2022, A PROJECT INVOLVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CATCHMENT AREAS, ELEVATION OF ROADS AND CREATION OF DRAINAGE WELLS WAS INITIATED TO DIRECT AND SLOW WATER FLOW SO THE PARKING LOT COULD REMAIN USABLE AFTER RAIN.

CITYWIDE DRAINAGE INITIATIVES. IT GOES ON ABOUT THAT PROJECT.

SO WHAT I GUESS I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IT'S, YOU KNOW, TO ME, IF I WAS THE DEVELOPER, IF I WAS A PERSON THAT WOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT, IF I WAS A RESIDENT OF GALVESTON, I WOULD DEPEND ON US AS A COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WHETHER IT'S ACTION THROUGH THE PARKS BOARD, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR I KNOW JUST ME.

I KNOW Y'ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR LONGER, BUT FOR ME, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR TWO YEARS.

AT WHAT POINT IN TIME ARE WE GOING TO NOT LOOK LIKE WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW? OKAY, COUNCIL, LET'S DO THIS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CLARIFY SOME THINGS.

AND, ALEX, ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT PARTICIPATING WITH THIS DISCUSSION? SIR? I'M JUST NOT GOING TO. I'M NOT GOING TO.

I'M JUST NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. THE ITEM IS THE DRAINAGE FOR THE RFP.

ADDING THAT TO THE RFP. STICK TO THAT ACTION.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE. HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

ARE YOU SAYING WHAT I WAS SAYING IS NOT STICKING TO THAT? OH, NO. NO, NO. YOU WERE STICKING TO. OKAY, YOU WERE FINE.

OKAY. BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO COUNCIL. BECAUSE WE BOTH.

RIGHT? WE'VE TALKED THIS BACK AND FORTH SO LONG.

I WANT TO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. WE KNOW WE HAVE A CONCERN AND ALL OF THAT.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ACTION AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO KEEP OUR OUR DISCUSSIONS THIS MORNING, SENATOR.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I DON'T WANT TO GET OFF ON ALL THE THE DETAILS OF WHY THAT'S THERE AND ALL OF THAT.

YES. WELL, I THINK I'M GOING TO BEG TO DIFFER WITH YOU ON THAT, BECAUSE ANYONE WHO HAS LIVED HERE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, KNOWS HOW THE ISSUES CAME TO BE. AND HAVING AT THE TIME.

AFTER IKE FOR MULTIPLE MONTHS I LIVED IN PALISADES PALMS, AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS CAME FROM THE SCRAPING OF THE BEACH AND MOVING SAND TO OTHER AREAS AND ACTUALLY LOWERING THE PROFILE.

I HAVE MULTIPLE PICTURES IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN SEEING THEM, BECAUSE I USED TO PHOTOGRAPH IT ON A DAILY BASIS, AND ANYONE WHO LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME COUNCIL I THINK, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING, BUT I THINK WHAT THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE IS AND THE ITEM IS DISCUSSION OF AMENDING THE RFP FOR STUDENT NEEDS TO ADDRESS DRAINAGE. I IT IS DIFFICULT TO GO INTO A HISTORY OF HOW THE DRAINAGE ISSUE CAME ABOUT.

WE ARE AWARE THERE'S A DRAINAGE ISSUE. THE ITEM IS ARE WE GOING TO DO AN RFP? ARE WE GOING TO AMEND THE RFP THAT'S ON THE TABLE? I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE THE FOCUS.

OKAY. BUT DONNA, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CONCERN IS.

OR IS THE COUNCIL HOPING TO GIVE DIRECTION TO THE PARK BOARD TO GET THIS DONE? WELL, THAT IS THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MEANING OF MEANING.

IT'S PART OF THAT RFP CONVERSATION. I WOULD THINK THAT IS THE CONVERSATION, THE RFP AMENDMENT,

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WHETHER OR NOT TO ADDRESS A DRAINAGE ISSUE. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING HISTORICALLY, WE'RE GOING WITH HOW THE ISSUE CAME ABOUT.

THAT'S NOT A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. IT'S AMENDING THE RFP.

ALL RIGHT, DONNA, WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

DONNA, I'M GOING TO TAKE WHAT I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE IN THIS ITEM, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

IN MY MIND, AMENDING THE RFP ON DISCUSSING THAT.

AND SHOULD WE DO THAT INVOLVES ALSO LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY TAKE.

AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH POSSIBLY AMENDING RFP, SHOULD WE DO THAT, OR IS THERE ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS THAT COULD BE TAKEN THAT WOULD CHANGE OUR FEELING ABOUT AMENDING THIS RFP? I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THIS ITEM IN MY MIND, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT.

GO GO AHEAD, JOHN. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY CONCISE.

OKAY. I'M FINE. I'M OKAY WITH CONCERNS. AGAIN, AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE RELATED TO THE RFP.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO START THIS OFF. WE'VE READ AMBER HAS READ WHAT'S IN THE RFP ON THAT? I DON'T THINK ANY DEVELOPER IS GOING TO KIND OF WEIGH IN ON THAT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN AND SO FORTH.

DO WE WANT TO CHANGE THE RFP IN SOME MANNER? IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE? I THINK RFP, AS IT'S WRITTEN, ALLOWS THE DEVELOPER, IF THEY WISH TO WEIGH IN ON THE ON THE DRAINAGE AND TAKE IT AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEY CAN. OTHERWISE, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE NEGOTIATION AT THE END OF THE DEVELOPMENT AS TO WHO WOULD CORRECT THE ISSUE BEFORE THEY BEGAN DEVELOPMENT.

AM I CORRECT ON THAT? CORRECT. OKAY. THE THE RFP SAYS IN ADDITION TO WHAT AMBER SAID, IT GOES ON.

THAT WASN'T THE WHOLE PART OF IT. IT GOES ON. IT SAYS THE AT AND SHE TALKED ABOUT AN ADD ALTERNATE.

ADD ALTERNATE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE PROPOSED SCOPE OF DRAINAGE WORK ASSUMPTIONS, ESTIMATED COSTS, AND ANY IMPLICATIONS FOR PHASING CONSTRUCTABILITY OR ONGOING OPERATIONS.

THIS APPROACH ALLOWS THE CITY TO EVALUATE PROPOSALS BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT DEVELOPER DELIVERED DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, WHILE MAINTAINING FLEXIBILITY AS FINAL IMPLEMENTATION DECISIONS ARE MADE.

SO I MEAN, IT GOES ON, BUT I THINK YOUR TO YOUR POINT IS A VERY GOOD ONE.

WE SHOULD WE SHOULDN'T STOP OR SLOW DOWN IN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STUART BEACH DRAINAGE.

WAITING ON A DEVELOPER TO DO IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO GUARANTEES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT DONE.

ANY DEVELOPER, ANY DEVELOPER THAT DOES A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE DRAINAGE IS JUST PART OF THE WAY HE DESIGNS THE THING.

SO. BUT THAT'S SEVERAL YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. AND THE BOSE POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

WE'VE GOT TO WE NEED WE NEED TO WE NEED TO. THESE ARE SEPARATE THINGS. IN MY MIND, GETTING STUART BEACH DRAINAGE CORRECTED IS ONE THING.

WE NEED TO JUST GO ON, GO ON. AND THIS RFP IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE NEED TO PUSH ON.

THEY'RE KIND OF TWO SEPARATE THINGS. BUT YOU KNOW, THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS RFP RIGHT NOW, I'M SURE IS GOING TO GENERATE QUESTIONS FROM POTENTIAL OF PROPOSALS.

AND I THINK HOW WE GRADE THIS IS GOING TO THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE HOW THEY RESPOND TO IT, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW, IS THIS GOING TO HURT MY GRADE OR NOT? THAT'S WHY WE DID IT AS AN ALTERNATE. SO IT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE GRADE. SO THEY CAN ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS AND THEY CAN THEY CAN GIVE US THEIR PROPOSALS WITH OR WITHOUT THIS AND THEY'RE FINE.

SO I THINK THAT THAT INCUMBENT ON US TO TAKE SOME ACTION, DIRECT THE PARK BOARD TO DO SOMETHING.

I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY. WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY I DON'T KNOW HOW ANY DEVELOPER COULD SUBMIT A PLAN WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE DRAINAGE BECAUSE IT CONSUMES SUCH A LARGE AREA.

SO I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU ADDED IT IN, BUT DOES IT NEED TO BE AN ADD ON BECAUSE IT TAKES UP SUCH A LARGE AREA? THE THE REASON I'M SORRY, I.

I UNDERSTOOD THE REASON WHY IT WAS IN THAT ALTERNATE WAS BECAUSE THEY COULD EITHER MITIGATE IT OR REQUIRE THE CITY TO MITIGATE IT PRIOR TO THEM STARTING THE DEVELOPMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S AN ALTERNATE IF WE FORCE THEM TO HAVE THAT AS THEIR BASE SCOPE.

I THINK IT I THINK THAT PUTS I THINK THAT PUTS THE, THE PROCESS IN A SLIGHT DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO WRAP IN THE COST OF THAT TO THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. TURN IT INTO A BLACK BOX, THEN WE DON'T GET TO SEE IT.

WHEREAS IF IT'S AN ADD ALTERNATE YOU'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A SEPARATE BID.

RIGHT. TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT DOES. AND ONE, IT ALSO GIVES US A BASELINE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY SAYING IT'S GOING TO COST US

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THIS MUCH TO MITIGATE IT. WE CAN THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS BEST TO HAVE THE DEVELOPER DO THAT, OR IF THE CITY IS, IS IS THE RIGHT PERSON OR THE RIGHT GROUP TO DO THAT.

MY $0.02. IN MY MIND, IT NEEDS TO BE AN ALTERNATE.

AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, IT MENTIONS THAT IN THAT I LIKE THE LANGUAGE FROM THAT STANDPOINT THAT THE CITY POSSIBLY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

AND THAT HAS A BEARING ON YOU KNOW, HOW WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED AND TO, TO TO TO ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RAWLINS HAS SAID.

YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED THAT THERE IS NO RESPONSE TO ANY DRAINAGE ISSUE AS PART OF THIS.

I AGREE. AND WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? THAT. EXACTLY. I'M GETTING SWIM. SO PROBABLY MORE LIKE IT.

BUT I MEAN, IT'S JUST YOU GUYS HAVE GOT TO, I THINK I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE RFP, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD NOW, CONSIDERING HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT. WE NEED TO HAVE.

HAVE YOU TALKED TO MARTY MILES ON THIS. BRIAN BRIEFLY AROUND THE EDGES.

WHAT THEY ARE DOING MAYOR IS THEY ARE MAINTAINING THE SYSTEM THAT'S OUT THERE. AND IF THAT'S NOT WORKING, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHETHER IT IS OR NOT. I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO OTHERS.

THEN YOU GUYS NEED TO TELL THEM WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO.

YOU GOT TO TELL THEM. YEAH. WELL, SORRY. GO AHEAD.

SO I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE DIRECTION WE GO WITH THE RFP PROCESS, BECAUSE I.

I'D LOVE FOR IT NOT EVEN TO BE AS PART OF OUR RFP BECAUSE I THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY JUST DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH.

I FOUND OUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY GLOW.

THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BACK IT UP WAS ALSO FUNDED BY THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BY THE CITY OF GALVESTON.

THIS IS COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE GLOW CLOSEOUT WEBSITE.

SO I BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT. I BELIEVE THE IDC CONTRIBUTED FUNDS.

WHEN MR. SHAUN CAME OVER AND ASKED FOR MONEY FOR THAT PROJECT, I BELIEVE IT CAME FROM THE BEACH.

THE BEACH? IT CAME FROM GO MESA, GULF OF MEXICO ENERGY SECURITY ACT, AND THERE WAS A MATCH THAT CAME FROM THE IDC WAS THERE AT THE REQUEST OF THE PARK BOARD FROM THE BEACH SIDE AT THAT TIME.

OKAY. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THERE WAS AT THAT TIME THAT OUR CURRENT THEN COUNTY, THEN CITY ENGINEER ALSO ADVISED AGAINST THE CURRENT PLAN, BUT THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING. SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME, BEING THAT A GRANT COVERED THIS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF GETTING THE BEST DEVELOPER THAT CAN CREATE THE BEST PLAN AND AND FINISHED PRODUCT, I THINK THAT WE OPENED THE DOORS TO HAVING A LOT MORE OPTIONS THAN WHEN THEY LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, THAT'S GOING TO GET A LITTLE HAIRY. SIGNING ON TO THAT AND BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS A WHOLE LOT OF RISK AND UNKNOWNS FROM DEVELOPERS. DEVELOPERS? YEAH I AGREE.

BIG TIME. YEAH. SO TO TO YOUR POINT THOUGH, AND TALKING ABOUT AND LISTENING TO BRIAN, IF WE HAVE A RISK THAT DEVELOPERS MAY NOT EVEN RESPOND ON THAT AD ALTERNATE TO THAT. YOU'VE SAID THAT ONE COURSE OF ACTION IS TO HAVE COUNCIL DIRECT THE PARK BOARD TO RECTIFY THE ISSUE.

RIGHT. AND THEN THE THIRD OPTION WAS TO CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE BACK THAT LAND AND THE BEACH USER FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

THAT'S I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE MORE A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT. BUT I'M JUST SAYING THOSE ARE YOUR OPTIONS RIGHT NOW. SO IN ORDER TO KIND OF STREAMLINE THIS, WOULD IT BE PRUDENT TO HAVE ACTION BY COUNCIL DIRECT PUTTING PARK BOARD ON NOTICE ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE RFP, SUCH THAT WHEN WE GET BACK PROPOSALS, WE CAN IMMEDIATELY THEN SAY WE DIDN'T GET ENOUGH, OR WE HAVE A SORT OF A STREAMLINED PROCESS IN ORDER TO TELL THE PARK BOARD TO GO REMEDIATE THE PROBLEM. SO WE'RE NOT STUCK WITH ANOTHER THREE MONTH DELAY WHILE WE IN THE FUTURE SEND THEM THE DIRECTION TO MITIGATE THE PROBLEM.

RIGHT. DID THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. OKAY. IT MAKES SENSE, BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEED IT UP EVEN MORE.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN WAIT TILL APRIL 9TH FOR THIS.

NO. YOU CAN'T. NO. WELL, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BRIAN GET WITH THE CEO OF THE PARK BOARD AND COME OUT WITH A THOUGHT ON HOW WE CAN MANAGE THIS AND BRING AN ACTION ITEM BACK TO US IN MARCH.

THAT'S WHAT I. YEAH. A STRATEGY TO CORRECT THE DRAINAGE.

WE NEED TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT. I'M HAPPY TO VISIT, AND IT'S ONLY BECAUSE MARTY'S SUCH A GOOD GUY THAT HE'LL DO THAT WITH ME.

WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST WITH PRIOR PARK BOARD LEADERSHIP AND WENT NOWHERE.

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I WILL DO MY BEST. THIS IS. THIS IS A NEW DAY.

I WANT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. I WANT THIS THING ON THE AGENDA FOR FOR MARCH.

GREAT. AND I WANT I WANT TIME FOR BRIAN TO GET WITH THAT GIVES YOU TIME TO GET WITH MARTY, COME BACK WITH THE PLAN, AND IF POSSIBLE, EVEN HAVE AN ACTION ITEMS FOR US TO DISCUSS AT THAT MEETING.

DO MY BEST. I LIKE IT. SOUNDS GOOD. OH, YES. OKAY.

I'M SORRY. NO. IT'S OKAY. YOUR FATHER IN LAW WOULD SAY WHEN WE.

WHEN EVERYBODY WOULD ARGUE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO EAT TONIGHT. JUST DO SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT'S WRONG.

THAT'S NOT TRUE. COUNCIL WOULD YOU LIKE? I'M SORRY.

NO, NO, NO. I THINK WE'RE JUST. I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW.

DOES THIS PAUSE THE RFP UNTIL THIS HAPPENS? NO NO, NO.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE IS IS IF WE DON'T GET ANY IF WE DON'T GET ANY BITE ON THIS.

THEN ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO AWARD THE RFP WITHOUT THIS BEING DONE, BECAUSE ISN'T THE CLOCK TICKING ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO? WE I THINK I THINK THAT IS I THINK THAT IS HIGHLY FLEXIBLE ENOUGH IN THE RFP FOR US TO DEAL WITH IT.

IF WE DON'T, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL SEE HOW.

WELL, LET'S JUST I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO JADE THE RFP. WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AN RFP ON THE STREET, AND I THINK THAT MAY BE A LITTLE COUNCIL. I, I HOPE I'M SPEAKING THIS RFP NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY. SO I'M NOT AMENDING IT. KNOW THAT. WE'RE JUST MOVING IT FORWARD.

YES, MA'AM. AS WRITTEN. OKAY. AND BRIAN WILL BRING BACK INFORMATION AS OUTLINED TO US AT THE.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE I'M NOT SAYING I'M GOING TO BRING YOU PLAN B, I'M GOING TO BRING YOU PLAN A TO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BRIAN. YES. AMBER. THE NEXT STEP FOR THIS RFP IS TO PUBLISH IT.

OKAY. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE OVER THAT RESOLUTION, THAT COUNCIL IS 1056, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK UNTIL 1110.

AND 23 AT 1110. BUT THE NUMBER OF WE ARE THE BENEFIT. IT IS 11:10 A.M.. IT IS 11:10 A.M..

WE ARE RECONVENING OUR WORKSHOP FROM THIS MORNING.

IT IS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH. AND LET'S MOVE TO ITEM THREE, PLEASE, MA'AM.

[3.E Discussion of Drainage Issues (Robb/C. Brown - 15 min)]

ITEM THREE DISCUSSION OF DRAINAGE ISSUES. ONE SPANISH GRANT TO COVER THESE.

THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCILWOMAN ROBB.

YOU HAVE SOME PHOTOS. GO GET HER. YES, MA'AM.

GOOD. WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS. WE'LL HAVE PHOTOS ON BRIDGE. AND WE'LL HAVE SOME PHOTOS ON 3G ALSO COMING AT 15. I THINK YOU SAID 1115. NO, I SAID 1110.

SO 1115. AND I WAS SHOCKED. WHAT'S FIVE MINUTES? BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S. NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. LET'S JANELLE WE SHE HAS READ THE TOPIC ON THE DRAINAGE.

YOU HAD PHOTOS? MARIE. YEAH. AND I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF ON SPANISH GRANT RIGHT NOW.

ALTHOUGH I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO SPANISH GRANT HAS AN ISSUE WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY THE WAY THE DEVELOPER DID IT, BUT THEIR MAIN STREET ENTRANCE BASICALLY DRAINS TO NOWHERE.

AND I KNOW ROBB HAS LOOKED AT IT. AND THERE'S TWO OPTIONS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.

AND I WOULD EVENTUALLY LIKE TO GET THIS ON OUR PLAN BECAUSE SPANISH GRANT IS A FULL TIME NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY HAVE NO SHORT TERM RENTALS. A LOT OF POLICE LIVING THERE.

A LOT OF FIRE. A LOT OF TEACHERS, A LOT OF NURSES.

AND WHEN IT RAINS, THEY CAN'T COME IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE ARE TWO SOLUTIONS THAT COULD BE DONE. ONE WOULD BE RUNNING A DRAINPIPE TO AN OUTFALL TO THE CANAL. THE OTHER WOULD BE DOING A DRAINPIPE TO OUR EXISTING OUTFALL, WHICH HAPPENS TO RUN THROUGH ARTIST BOAT LAND, WHICH WE REALLY NEED TO GET SOMETHING STRAIGHTENED OUT.

WHEN ARTISTS BOAT PURCHASES A PROPERTY, THEY RESTRICT US FROM GETTING TO OUR OUTFALL.

SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT AFFECTS QUITE A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS.

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THEY ARE EASEMENTS. THEY'RE UTILITY EASEMENTS.

THEY ALLOW THEM TO OVERGROW, AND THAT PRESENTS A PROBLEM.

SO I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD AND FINISH. I MEAN, I HAVE A QUESTION.

IS WHAT WHAT'S THE POLICY SOLUTION HERE? IS THIS AN OPERATIONAL ISSUE THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE STAFF LEVEL, OR WHAT ARE YOU ASKING OF COUNCIL? I'M NOT ASKING ANYTHING OF COUNCIL OF SPANISH GRANT.

I'LL PUT IT ON A FUTURE. I'M JUST PRESENTING THE SITUATION THAT EXISTS.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET IT ON. ON WHATEVER WOULD BE THE EASIEST, LEAST EXPENSIVE PROJECT BECAUSE IT SEVERELY AFFECTS ALL THE RESIDENTS AND HIGHLY DENSE AREA OF FULL TIME RESIDENTS.

GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY CAN'T ACCESS IT WHEN IT RAINS.

SURE. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A THIS IS SORT OF A STAFF LEVEL TRYING TO FIND IT WITHIN THE CIP, TRYING TO RESOLVE IT THAT WAY. BUT YOU DID MAKE MENTION TO SOMETHING THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE IF YOU'RE CLAIMING THAT THAT ARTIST BOAT IS NOT MAINTAINING THEIR EASEMENTS CORRECTLY. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE STATING? WELL, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWING US TO OUT TO EVEN ACCESS OR EASEMENTS.

IS THAT IS THAT IS THAT TRUE? WELL, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S TRUE.

YOU CAN ASK. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS, THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE GOING DOWN TO A STAFF LEVEL FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT ENFORCEMENT OF EASEMENT MAINTENANCE AND ACCESS.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT ON PIRATE SPEECH. AND YOU HAD I'M NOT TALKING I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT DO YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON PIRATE SPEECH AS WE COME TO THAT THAT TOPIC? YEAH, I THINK THE PICTURES WILL BE SELF EXPLANATORY.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND WHEN YOU SEE THE PHOTOS IT.

BUT LET'S FINISH SPANISH GRANT. THERE WAS A COMMENT MENTIONED THAT ABOUT THE EASEMENTS.

I WAS JUST I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE I CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ROBB CLAIMING THAT THE EASEMENTS AREN'T BEING MAINTAINED PROPERLY, OR WERE NOT ALLOWED ACCESS TO THEM BY A BY A PROPERTY OWNER.

SO I HAVE NOT TALKED WITH ARTISTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR EASEMENT, BUT I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON THE EASEMENTS THAT ARE OFF OF 305.

I'VE HAD NO OPPOSITION. WE JUST HAVE NOT SCHEDULED THE WORK.

WE'VE GOT A PLAN TO PRESERVE. WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SO FROM BASICALLY 11 MILE ROAD TO SEVEN AND A HALF OR EIGHT MILE ROAD.

THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS THE PERSON WHO IS THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY OWNER.

I APPROACHED THEM AND I SAID, CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE WE HAVE PERMANENT ACCESS TO OUR EASEMENT? SO THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SITUATION. WELL, THE ACCESS IS.

YEAH, BUT THE ACCESS IS WRITTEN INTO IT ON PREVIOUS PURCHASE THAT ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH OFF OF STEWART ROAD, OFF OF THE PROPERTY NEXT TO SPANISH GRAND BAY SIDE AND SO FORTH. SO THAT PROPERTY IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE I TALKED TO BOTH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PROPERTY OWNER ABOUT MAKING SURE THERE WAS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE THAT WE WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO ACCESS OUR EASEMENTS.

WELL, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT STATEMENT. TYSON, THE STATEMENT IS MADE.

ARE NOT ALLOWING US TO ACCESS THOSE. WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR EASEMENT YET.

THEY'RE WORKING WITH US ON ROBB MAY HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST.

NO. OKAY. OKAY. ALL I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THAT I.

I DON'T GET THE FEELING THAT WE WOULD HAVE ANY DIFFICULTIES GETTING ACCESS BASED ON MY INTERACTIONS WITH THEM.

SOUNDS GOOD. THE 7 OR 8 AREAS ALONG 305. YEAH, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, IS THERE? I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE DEALING WITH ALL PARTIES, I MADE SURE THE LANGUAGE WAS EXPLICIT THAT WE WOULD ALWAYS BE ALLOWED TO ACCESS OUR EASEMENT. THIS WOULD REQUIRE A NEW EASEMENT.

IS THIS SOLUTION? NO, NO, THIS IS AN EXISTING ONE.

WHAT LANGUAGE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THIS IS IN THEIR DEED.

THE DEED AND SO FORTH. THAT WAS DONE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE ORIGINAL OWNER, AND THEY SAID NOTHING.

THIS THIS HAD TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE WHO. YEAH.

FOR THE RECORDING. TYSON, COULD YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND BRANDON, WOULD YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF,

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PLEASE? YES, SIR. TYSON ARNOLD, DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL UTILITIES.

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. ANY MORE ON SPANISH GRANT? NO. ALL RIGHT. BUT I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY DIFFERENCE.

YEAH, YOU CAN CALL ME OFF OFFLINE AND WE'LL SHARE.

WE GOT YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SPEECH. I JUST FIRST WANT TO SHOW SOME PHOTOS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO ME BY CITIZENS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PHOTOS I TOOK LAST NIGHT.

SO THESE ARE. THE CURRENT DRAINAGE AND THIS IS UNDER THE PILOT PROGRAM DIP. THESE POINTS HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS SINCE KIND OF LAURA BETA DELTA AND THEN FURTHER AFFECTED BY YOU CAN JUST RUN THROUGH THEM.

AND THIS IS A SITUATION THAT PEOPLE LIVE WITH EVERY DAY.

THIS IS ONE OF THE DRAINAGE. STAY ON THIS ONE FOR A SECOND ON THE SIDE OF SEA EAGLE.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR DRAINAGE DITCHES THAT PROBABLY HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED IN CLEANED IN FIVE YEARS, I WOULD SAY. AND IT HAS SINCE IT GETS TO THIS LEVEL OFTEN.

AND AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, OUR DRAINAGE GOES TO THE BAY.

PRETTY HARD FOR WATER TO RUN THROUGH THAT TO THE BAY.

YOU CAN SWITCH TO IT. THAT STORY. THAT WAS JUST A BAD BIRD PICTURE.

THIS IS THE END OF BUCCANEER. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE INTO PIRATES, AND YOU CAN GO BACK ONE.

SO THE LONGER THIS SITUATION CONTINUES, THE MORE ROADS WE CONTINUE TO LOSE.

ANOTHER ONE OF THE STREETS IN PIRATES. THIS. ACTUALLY, I WAS WRONG.

THE OTHER ONE IS ANOTHER STREET. THIS IS THE MAIN STREET IN PIRATES.

YOU CAN SEE TO THE LEFT. THERE'S ACTUALLY A BLACK PIPE THAT IS BURIED.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE ROAD IS CAVING IN, IT IS CAUSING A MAJOR ISSUE ON THE BEACH AS WELL.

IS AS A IT'S A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IS IS THAT A ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THAT SLIDE? IS THAT A CONCRETE SWALE BOTTOM THAT'S ALL EXPOSED OR WHAT IS THAT THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THAT'S A, THAT'S THE THE GUTTER.

YEAH. OH AND THAT THE WHOLE ROAD IS JUST SIMPLY CAVING IN.

AND THIS IS THIS IF YOU GO BACK. SO THIS WILL BE SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS ON CRAZY WEEKENDS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TEENAGERS, PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY DRIVEN OFF THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO BOLLARDS I MEAN DEFINITION OF STUPID.

BUT IT HAS HAPPENED. BUT NEXT. ANOTHER CONCRETE.

THE BLACK TUBE. AGAIN CAUSING MORE ISSUES ON THE BEACH.

OKAY, BUT. SO THESE. THESE WERE SENT TO ME FROM MULTIPLE CITIZENS.

THESE THESE ARE AFFECTING PEOPLE'S PROPERTY VALUES.

THESE ARE WHAT THEY HAVE LIVED WITH. WELL, THE CONCRETE AND THE TUBE.

WHEN DID THEY GO? IN AUGUST OF 24, I BELIEVE.

OKAY. 24. WHICH IS REALLY. WELL, NO, THE THE PIPES WERE THERE.

THE PIPES, THE DRAINAGE PIPES HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT THE CONCRETE HEAD WALLS WERE INSTALLED WITH FEMA BARREL MONEY IN AUGUST OF 24, I BELIEVE. YEAH. THEY WERE REQUESTED THOUGH. WELL BEFORE THAT.

YES. FEBRUARY. LAST YEAR. OKAY. SO WE APPLIED.

SO WE PUT THOSE BACK. HOW THESE WERE PREVIOUSLY IN THERE.

THEY WERE IN WOOD FRAMES, WHICH IS CERTAINLY MORE BEACH FRIENDLY.

FRIENDLY USE USER FRIENDLY VERSUS THE CONCRETE THAT IS REALLY CAUSING SIGNIFICANT EROSION ON THE BEACH. AND MORE SO RUTTING AND SO FORTH.

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SO THIS HAS BEEN YEARS. PARTS OF IT. AND IT'S DEFINITELY ENHANCED BY STORMS. WE COMMITTED A LOT OF MONEY TOWARDS THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE DEP PILOT, THROUGH THE EDC AND RECTIFYING THIS SITUATION. AND PEOPLE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE FIXED.

SO WELL, NUMBER ONE ON THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN.

YES. THERE ARE KNOWN DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN PIRATES BEACH AND THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN REFLECTS THAT.

HOWEVER, IT SAYS THAT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES AND PIRATES BEACH AND PIRATES BEACH WEST, YOU NEED SOMETHING TO THE TUNE OF $20 MILLION TO ADDRESS ALL THE DRAINAGE ISSUES OUT THERE.

THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN CALLED FOR TWO SEPARATE CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS.

IT WAS ONE ON A HIGH LEVEL TYPE PROJECTS WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SOME GRANT MONEY OR SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT BE LOCALLY FUNDED.

AND THEN YOU HAD WHAT WE CALLED THE LOWER LEVELS OF SERVICE TYPE OF PROJECTS, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY JUST MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.

AND THOSE ARE TO USE LOCAL FUNDS, JUST KIND OF HOT SPOT KIND OF DRAINAGE ISSUES.

SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIXING THE DRAINAGE ISSUES IN PIRATES BEACH, WE NEED $20 MILLION.

IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AT EVERY STREET, AND THERE ARE SOME STREETS THAT ARE JUST LITERALLY FALLING INTO THE SEA. HOPEFULLY SOON IN THIS NEXT YEAR, WE'LL HAVE THE NOURISHMENT THAT WILL BE THERE THAT WILL GIVE US MORE ROOM TO WORK WITH.

BUT A SITUATION THAT IS CAUSING SO MUCH ROAD DAMAGE AND SO MUCH OTHER DAMAGE WE NEED TO ADDRESS SOONER THAN LATER.

AND I'M INTRIGUED. I'M ALWAYS INTRIGUED THAT PIRATE'S BEACH WEST IS INCLUDED IN THIS, BECAUSE PIRATE'S BEACH WEST HAS VERY LITTLE DRAINAGE ISSUES. MATTER OF FACT, PIRATE'S BEACH DRAINAGE COULD BE RESOLVED BY ONE.

WHAT WAS DONE ON THE WEST SIDE OF WHAT'S THE SWASHBUCKLE? THAT SAME EXACT APPROACH, WHICH WAS NOT EXPENSIVE ON SILVER REEF.

I MEAN, GOD BLESS JERRY MOON, WHO HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH A FLOOD OF WATER IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE SINCE IKE.

AND WE FIXED THAT PROBLEM VERY SIMPLY. WHY WE CAN'T JUST DO IT ON THE OTHER SIDE, I DON'T KNOW.

I HAVE THE MAIN DRAIN BEHIND MY HOUSE. THE ONLY ISSUE THAT EXISTS BETWEEN, LIKE WHAT'S IT CALLED? TURKS POINT TO THE MAIN DRAIN IS TURKS POINT IS MISSING.

JUST ONE ONE, ONE DITCH. THAT'S IT. OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING FLOWS WELL.

PIRATES BEACH, ON THE OTHER HAND. I MEAN, IF YOU BLOW BACK THROUGH THOSE JANELLE PICKING SOME OF THE WORST. MEAN TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH SOME OF THESE AND THERE'S FULL TIME PEOPLE.

THIS IS NOT SECOND HOMEOWNERS. THERE HAPPENS TO BE, ESPECIALLY ON BUCCANEER, A LOT OF FULL TIME HOMEOWNERS.

AND TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS ON A DAILY BASIS.

YEAH. IN THAT VIDEO AND THIS LIKE WHERE IS THIS? THAT'S OURS. IT'S RIGHT OFF OF THE EAGLE SIDE OF SEA EAGLE.

WELL, AND PIRATES BEACH WAS DESIGNED THIS WAY TO DRAIN TO THE BEACH.

EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THAT. YEAH. AND SO IN ORDER TO WE HAVE RECTIFIED THAT EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST BLOCK.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO, TO, FOR DRAINAGE TO FLOW THROUGH THAT.

AND THAT IS A CITY EASEMENT. WE, WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE PROVISIONS IN THE PROJECT TO ADDRESS PIRATES BEACH.

AND WE CAN MAKE LOCALIZED IMPROVEMENTS TO IT.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCY.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN'T BE ADDRESSED UNTIL ONE WE HAVE THE NOURISHMENT, AND TWO, IT'S ONLY CERTAIN STREETS THAT ARE LITERALLY ERODING AWAY.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING. CAN YOU GO BACK TO ONE OF THE PICTURES I TOOK YESTERDAY?

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SO I THINK THEY'RE TOWARDS THE END. I THINK IT'S THIS ONE.

I'M JUST INTRIGUED ON HOW ANYONE THINK THAT DRAINAGE CAN FLOW UP AND THEN DOWN. WELL, IT WASN'T INSTALLED THAT WAY. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN SOME SETTLEMENT.

THERE'S BEEN A YEARS WORTH OF STORMS THAT HAVE CAUSED ADDITIONAL EROSION FROM THE STREETS.

AND THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN PRETTY BLESSED. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY STORMS OR FREAKISH.

PERHAPS WE CAN JUST GO OUT AND RECTIFY BECAUSE WATER DOESN'T FLOW UPHILL.

THE BEACH IS A VERY DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT. AND IT CHANGES.

WE ALL KNOW THAT WE LIVE ON AN ISLAND BASIS. I REALIZED, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER IT WAS INSTALLED, IT MAY VERY WELL HAD THE PROPER ELEVATIONS ON THERE.

BUT AS SAND BLOWS AROUND AND CHANGES AND EVERYTHING OUT THERE ON A DAILY AND WEEKLY BASIS, THEN ELEVATIONS CHANGE, WE CAN DEFINITELY GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND RESET IT.

IT'S DEFINITELY IN THE DIP. PROJECT. I KNOW WE BOUGHT A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE PROJECT, BUT I HAVE TO BE HONEST, AT LEAST I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF ACTUAL PROJECTS.

WELL, ASIDE FROM WE DID NOT STAFF UP TO DO THIS PILOT, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR COST ESTIMATES.

SO ALL OF OUR CREWS ARE NOW WORKING THE WEEKENDS ON THE PROJECT, THE PILOT PROJECT REALLY JUST TO MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO STAFF UP TO LEVEL. BUT A LOT OF THE WEEKEND CREWS I SEE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT ARE LIKE WORKING IN PIRATES BEACH WEST, WHICH MAKES NO SENSE TO ME, OR WORKING IN INDIAN BEACH WHERE ALL THE DITCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DUG.

SO WE'RE PAYING WE'RE PAYING WEEKEND CREWS. WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE MOST SERIOUS ISSUES.

I AGREE THE PROJECT INCLUDED FIVE SPECIFIC SUBDIVISIONS, AND PIRATES BEACH WEST WAS NOT RANKED TO BE UP THERE.

IT WAS CHOSEN. WHY ARE WE WORKING? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BUT IT'S IN THE PROJECT.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING ON IT. THIS WAS CHOSEN BY YOUR FORMER PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND HE BROUGHT THAT TO COUNCIL.

HE BROUGHT IT TO THE IDC WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. NO, ACTUALLY THE RANKINGS REREAD YOUR THING THAT YOU GAVE US A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

WHAT WHAT TYSON JUST SAID WAS CORRECT. YEAH. SO THE, THE THE SUBDIVISIONS INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE REASONING WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT RANKED TOP FIVE OF ALL THE SUBDIVISIONS BASED ON THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN.

SO I CAN'T ANSWER WHY THOSE ARE THERE, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. WE CAN DEVIATE, BUT I THINK THAT REQUIRES FORMALLY CHANGING THE MODIFYING THE PROJECT SCOPE. IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE THIS IS THE STAFF REPORT THAT YOUR FORMER PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BROUGHT TO COUNCIL AND GOT APPROVED.

IF YOU'LL LOOK ON THERE, PIRATES BEACH WAS ABSOLUTELY INCLUDED AS PART OF THE ROUTINE ASSESSMENT, MAINTENANCE OF DITCHES. AND AND IT'S THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE OF THING THAT HE PROPOSED ON THERE.

20. WHICH WAY? I'M ASKING YOU ALL IF WE CAN ADDRESS THESE SITUATIONS.

ONE THAT WE CAN GET ON FIRST IS THIS DEAL ON SEAL CLEANING THAT DITCH OUT.

AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO LOOK AT THAT A BIT FURTHER. WE'VE WE'VE COMPLETED ALL OF THE ROUTINE ASSESSMENT AND MAINTENANCE ASPECT OF THE PROJECT FOR PIRATES BEACH EAST.

AND I'M ACTUALLY REALLY BOTHERED. THE MAJOR DITCH ALONG SEA EAGLE WAS DEFINITELY ADDRESSED.

BUT THIS ONE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT GOES ANYWHERE.

IT DOES. IT GOES OUT TO THAT ONE, AND THERE'S A SMALL SECTION THAT APPEARS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.

AND THAT'S AND THAT GOES TO THE OUTFALL. SO IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING TO THE SOUTH OF IT.

SO THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED. COULD COULD I RECOMMEND MARIE.

CAN YOU GET THIS IS VERY OPERATIONAL. MAYOR. NOT AT ALL POLICY.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER. RIGHT. BUT I JUST THINK PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT.

AND I AM CONSTANTLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING PICTURES, WHATNOT, GET WITH STAFF.

IT'S NOT A POLICY DISCUSSION. MARIE. WELL, IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF.

AND I DISAGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU, SO THAT'S FINE.

NEXT TIME, BRING POLICY ISSUES TO THIS TABLE, PLEASE.

WELL, NEXT TIME WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS. WE GOT IT WITH US, MARIE.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM THREE.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THREE F, PLEASE UPDATE AND DISCUSSION OF THE STATUS OF THE CITY MOBILITY PLAN.

[3.F Update and discussion of the status of the City/Port Mobility Plan (B. Brown/C. Brown - 15 min)]

VERY GOOD. BOB, YOU HAD HAD THIS ON THERE. I HAVE GIVEN SOME INPUT.

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WE TALKED ABOUT IT. GO RIGHT AHEAD. YEAH, THIS THIS IS THIS IS A REALLY A EFFORT TO KEEP THE COUNCIL UPDATED ON THE WORK OF THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE, THE JOINT COMMITTEE, THE WORK BOARDS AND THE CITY COUNCIL, AND ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE WAS THIS CITY, JOINT CITY AND PORT MOBILITY PLAN. AND WE DISCUSSED IT LAST TIME WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE PORT, AND THEY DISCUSSED IT, I BELIEVE, AT YOUR LAST MEETING AND THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AN RFQ TO GET THIS PLAN DONE.

THAT IS LET'S LET'S GET SOME REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR FOR CONSULTANT TO DO THIS.

AND THAT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS WENT OUT ON FEBRUARY 17TH AND IT'S DUE BACK ON MARCH 17TH.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST AN UPDATE. THAT'S ALL I REALLY WANTED TO UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS OTHER FANTASTIC UPDATE.

MAN I HAVE A QUESTION. YES MA'AM. SO WOULD THE PORT'S MOBILITY PLAN AND WHAT THE CITY LIVABLE CITIES PLAN.

HOW MUCH ARE WE COORDINATING BETWEEN THE WE ARE WE ARE COORDINATING QUITE A BIT.

WE HAD A MEETING ACTUALLY THIS WEEK WITH TEX-DOT IN THE PORT COLLECTIVELY ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE. JEFF THOMAS WORKS WITH OUR GUYS REALLY WELL.

SO I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN MONITORING THAT MARIE.

AND THE CITY IS WORKING HAND IN GLOVE. AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST CLIP LAURA FROM THE PORK WAS ON THE CALL AS WELL.

YEAH, YEAH. THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER. WE'RE ALL ON IT.

WE GOT A LOT OF MONEY THERE, SO WE'RE. WELL, YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE TO JOIN YOUR EFFORTS TOGETHER AND NOT DUPLICATE EFFORT, RIGHT? RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE OR CONFLICT, WHICH IS EVEN WORSE BECAUSE THEN NOTHING GETS DONE, RIGHT? YEAH. IT'S THAT'S BEEN ONGOING. THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ON THAT.

[3.G Update and discussion of th Pier 19 proposed changes as they relate to the Port's Master Plan (B. Brown/C. Brown - 15 min)]

ITEM THREE G PLEASE. ITEM 3G I'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION OF THE PIER 19 PROPOSED CHANGES AS THEY RELATE TO THE PORT'S MASTER PLAN.

BOB, DO YOU HAVE SOME? YEAH. THIS IS ANOTHER UPDATE ON THE WORK OF THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE.

WE WERE CHARGED WITH DEVELOPING A PILOT PROJECT FOR THAT WOULD ILLUSTRATE HOW THE LARGER PLAN THAT CALLED THE PLAN, WE I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT IT WAS IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT THE PLAN, IS A PLAN THAT TAKES IN THE AREA OF THE WATERFRONT WORKING WATERFRONT FROM THE EAST END OF CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL 25, NOW ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TO WHERE THE BATTLESHIP IS GOING TO BE AT PIER 15 AND AND EVEN THE CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL TEN TO CONNECT THAT WHOLE AREA TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE WATER, WITH SOME CASES, A BOARDWALK IN SOME PLACES PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES MORE COMMERCIAL MORE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THERE.

AND IT'S A LARGE THE PLAN WAS A PRETTY HUGE PROJECT.

SO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS TRYING TO DO A SMALLER VERSION OF IT, JUST A PILOT PROJECT TO SEE HOW THIS MIGHT WORK.

SO REALLY, THIS PROJECT IS HOPING TO PROMOTE THE HISTORY OF SHRIMPING AND FISHING IN THE PIER 19 LOCATION, MAKE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCESS TO THE AREA, AND CONNECT PIER 19 TO OTHER ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE WORKING WATERFRONT WITH A NEW CRUISE SHIP TERMINALS AT PIER 16 AND TEN, AND THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS COMING TO PIER 15.

WE NEED A PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE COMING TO THE WATERFRONT.

THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING PIER 19 INFRASTRUCTURE ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE SAFER AND CONVENIENT ACCESS AND ACCOMMODATE MORE CUSTOMERS FOR THE PIER 19 TENANT OPERATIONS, WHILE FEATURING THE MOST HISTORIC WATERFRONT AREA IN GALVESTON.

THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD HAS REVIEWED, PROVIDED COMMENTS, AND APPROVED THIS CONCEPT TO GO FORWARD TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION, STUDY AND TEST FEASIBILITY. THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IN THE PORT AUTHORIZED HIRING A CONSULTANT TO WORK IN MORE DETAIL WITH TENANTS TO REVIEW CONCEPTS, REVISE AND ESTABLISH A PLAN THAT WORKS FOR THEM.

THE CONSULTANT WILL WORK WITH THE TENANTS AND THE PORT TO DEVELOP A SCHEMATIC LEVEL CONCEPT, WITH PRELIMINARY PLANS THAT DESCRIBE THE WORK IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL TO GET AN ESTIMATED PRICE AND TEST FEASIBILITY.

IT MAY BE THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE NOT FEASIBLE OR THEY COST TOO MUCH.

THAT'S POSSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

IT HAS TO WORK FOR THE TENANTS AND THE PORT. THE CONSULTANT WILL BASE HIS WORK ON THIS CONCEPT, AND I'VE MET WITH THE TENANTS A FEW TIMES TO REVIEW THEIR OPERATIONS AND HEAR THEIR CONCERNS.

AND THOSE CONCERNS AND OTHER IDEAS FROM THE TENANTS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE PROJECT DESIGN BY THE CONSULTANT.

THEY HAVE TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS. THEY KNOW HOW THE PLACE WORKS BETTER THAN ANYBODY.

AND JUST BRIEFLY, THEY HAD SEVERAL CONCERNS THAT WE DISCUSSED.

BUT THE TOP THREE, I WOULD SAY ARE THAT STOOD OUT ARE PARKING FOR CUSTOMERS, SAFETY OF OPERATIONS AND ACCESS FOR LARGE TRUCKS LIKE FUEL TANKERS, RESTAURANT SUPPLY TRUCKS AND SEAFOOD TRUCKS THAT GO IN AND OUT OF THERE.

AND AND WHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HERE DOESN'T CLAIM TO SOLVE ALL OF THOSE PROBLEMS.

[02:05:02]

WHAT THIS IS, IS A IS REALLY A IT REPRESENTS A STARTING PLACE FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE TENANTS, A REALLY HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTION OF IDEAS AND POSSIBILITIES.

SO KEEP IN MIND TENANTS WILL BE ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS TO HELP DESIGN THIS IN A WAY THAT WORKS FOR THEM.

THAT'S THE WORK OF THE CONSULTANT THAT WE'RE HIRING.

AND IN ADDITION, NO PORT OR CITY FUNDS ARE BEING USED IN THIS IN THIS PROJECT.

SO BOB, BEFORE WE GET INTO ALEX, IF YOU WANT TO FINISH.

WELL, I WAS GOING TO I WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS DESCRIPTION, BUT IF YOU GOT QUESTIONS, YOU GOT GO AHEAD. OKAY. WELL, THIS THIS IS JUST AN ORIENTATION SLIDE HERE TO TELL YOU WHERE THE PROJECT IS.

YOU PROBABLY RECOGNIZE THE PIER 19 SHRIMP FLEET, AND IT'S ABOUT A TWO ACRE AREA ABOUT THE SIZE OF A CITY BLOCK OWNED BY THE GALVESTON WARS.

ON ON A TRIANGULAR SHAPED PARCEL. IT LIES WITHIN THE AREA PROTECTED BY THE CITY OF GALVESTON CHARTER.

AND BOTH THE CITY AND THE WAR BOARD ATTORNEYS HAVE VERIFIED THAT THE PROPOSAL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARTER.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN AREA IS THAT TWO ACRE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND JUST ACROSS WHARF ROAD IS A SEALY AND SMITH PROPOSED PARKING LOT THAT WILL HAVE OVER 400 SPACES OF PARKING.

AND THEN JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THAT IS PORT PARKING.

IT GOES ON BEYOND THE SLIDE BOUNDARIES, BUT THERE'S PORTS, SURFACE PARKING RIGHT THERE.

THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE. AND ALSO TO THE UPPER RIGHT HAND PART OF THE SLIDE IS IS THE NEW SEVEN LEVEL PARKING GARAGE THAT'S THERE ALREADY WITH A WALKOVER THAT THAT COMES DOWN AND CONNECTS TO THAT GREEN AREA RIGHT THERE.

SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS THIS IS INTENDED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE CONTEXT OF WHERE WE ARE.

YOU SEE, THE THE STARS THERE ARE INDICATING SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC RESOURCES.

SO THE PIER 19 MOSQUITO FLEET IS BEEN ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SINCE 1975.

AND IT'S REALLY THERE BECAUSE IT'S PROTECTED BY AND IT'S PROTECTED BY CITY CHARTER, BECAUSE IT'S A HISTORIC SITE WORTH PROTECTING TO THE PEOPLE OF GALVESTON IN 1975. AND THEN FURTHER WEST, YOU GOT THE 1877 TALL SHIP, A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.

YOU GOT THE STRAND MECHANIC DISTRICT ADJACENT, WHICH IS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.

TEXAS NAVY MONUMENT IS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO HARBOR HOUSE.

AND THEN UP AT THE TOP IS, OF COURSE, THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS, WHICH IS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.

AND YOU'VE GOT ONE, TWO, THREE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS WITHIN THIS WHOLE CONTEXT AREA.

AND THAT'S VERY RARE. GALVESTON HAS PROBABLY MORE OF THOSE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE STATE.

IT'S ONLY 3% OF ALL NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTIES ARE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS.

SO THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST, MOST UNDERTOLD STORIES OF HISTORIC AREAS IN GALVESTON.

IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET YET ANOTHER STORY OF GALVESTON'S MARITIME HISTORY OUT THERE.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF THE I CALL IT A NAPKIN SKETCH.

IT'S JUST ME IN POWERPOINT AND GOOGLE EARTH KIND OF OVERLAYING IDEAS.

SO THE GREEN SPACE THERE IS EXACTLY THAT. THAT'S THAT WOULD BE A LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE FOR GATHERING AND EVENTS.

SHADE BENCHES AND JUST BRING SOME GREEN SPACE INTO THIS AREA.

THE THE BLUE LINE WOULD BE A NEW BOARDWALK. AND SO WHAT IS A BOARDWALK? WELL, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A BUNCH OF WOODEN BOARDS.

IT'S A BOARDWALK. WOULD BE RESILIENT. PROBABLY BE RESILIENT.

CONCRETE WITH CONCRETE WITH SLIP RESISTANT TEXTURE, CLEARLY MARKED AND LIGHTED TO PROVIDE SAFE AND CONVENIENT ACCESS TO THE WORKING WATERFRONT FOR OPERATIONS AND FOR PEOPLE. AND IT HELPS CONNECT TO ALL THE OTHER ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE WATERFRONT, INCLUDING CONVENIENT ACCESS TO AND FROM CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL.

16 SO THAT'S THE BLUE BLUE LINE THERE. AND THEN THE YELLOW LINE IS EXISTING PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT THIS WHAT THIS PROJECT IS MEANT TO DO, AMONG OTHERS, IS DEMONSTRATE HOW WE CAN CONNECT ALL THE ALL THE AMENITIES AND ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE WATERFRONT. SO GOING OFF TO THE RIGHT WOULD YOU WOULD HEAD TO THE BATTLESHIP AND TO CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL TEN AND THEN GO INTO THE LEFT.

OF COURSE, YOU GOT THE SHRIMP FLEET. AND THEN OFF TO THE LEFT OF THAT, YOU'VE GOT THE EXISTING APRON APRON AT PIER 21.

AND THEN FURTHER ON DOWN TO THE RESTAURANTS, MUSEUMS AND ALL THAT.

THIS IS JUST A AND AGAIN, THIS IS TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THIS MIGHT WORK.

THE CROSS-HATCHED AREA RIGHT THERE IS JUST LABELED TO PROTECTED WORK AREA.

AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE. SO THE BLUE LINE AGAIN IS LIKE A TEN FOOT WIDE BOARDWALK FOR FOOT TRAFFIC BICYCLES.

WE ANTICIPATE IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR THAT BOARDWALK TO RELOCATE OR BUILD NEW TWO NEW PARTY BOAT FACILITIES,

[02:10:07]

UPDATED AND MODERNIZED FOR THEIR OPERATION, AND THEN PUT A DROP OFF TURNAROUND AREA SO THEIR CUSTOMERS CAN DROP OFF ALL THEIR GEAR, THEIR ICE CHESTS, FISHING GEAR, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND THEN A TRUCK TURNAROUND AREA BETWEEN THE GREEN SPACE AND KATIE STORAGE THERE, THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SLIDE, THAT'S WHERE KATIE'S HAS THEIR OFFICES AND THEIR AND A LOT OF THEIR STORAGE.

AND THAT THAT PROTECTED WORK AREA RIGHT THERE IS, IS ADJACENT TO SAMSON'S AND KATIE'S MARKET.

AND THEN KATIE'S SEAFOOD STORAGE AREA, WHERE THEY OPERATE FORKLIFTS AND WHERE PEOPLE PULL UP TO RUN IN, BUY SHRIMP AND GO. SO THAT AREA IS SHOWING IS BEING PROTECTED BECAUSE AND SOME OF MY MEETINGS WITH KATIE'S GUYS, THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY AND ACCESS TO THAT AREA.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. SO AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT PARKING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AT THE PROPOSED PARKING FOR THE SMITHS, AND THEN ALSO SURFACE PARKING FOR FOR THE PARKING LOT.

OKAY. LET'S GO. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS WOULD BE WHERE THE TEN FOOT WIDE BOARDWALK WOULD BE LOCATED.

THE PARKING THAT'S THERE NOW WOULD BECOME PARALLEL PARKING.

SO YOU'D STILL HAVE PARKING IN FRONT OF THE FRONT OF THE BOATS THAT PULL UP THERE.

AND THEN THESE, IF THEY'D BE LIGHTED RESILIENT, HEAVY DUTY CONCRETE SURFACE FOR PEOPLE AND FOR OPERATIONS FOR BOAT LOADING AND SO ON. AND IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE THE TENANTS WANTED, WE COULD HAVE SECURITY AT THE FINGER PIERS, MUCH LIKE YOU SEE AT THE GALVESTON BASIN. OKAY.

THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS THIS IS LOOKING EAST.

OH, YEAH. LOOKING EAST. THERE'S PARTY BOATS RIGHT THERE.

THAT PARKING ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WOULD WOULD REMAIN, BUT IT'D BE PARALLEL PARKING.

AND IT'S KIND OF DEMONSTRATES THAT THE CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL PARKING GARAGE IS REALLY A LOOMING PRESENCE ON THIS WHOLE SITE.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WAYS TO ACTUALLY INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE PROJECT.

AND THEN THE PARTY BOAT SHEDS, YOU SEE, RIGHT THERE WOULD BE RELOCATED WOULD BE NEW PARTY BOAT SHEDS RELOCATED.

SO WITH THE PARKING GARAGE IN MIND AND HOW TO INCORPORATE IT, LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS IS I'M GOING TO GIVE ROGER REES CREDIT FOR THIS.

HE HIS IDEA WAS PUT A A LARGE SCREEN VIDEO SCREEN ON THE SIDE OF THE PARKING GARAGE THAT YOU COULD HAVE ROLLING MESSAGES OF SOME KIND, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PUT ON THERE AND INCORPORATE THAT GARAGE MASS INTO THE PARK.

I MEAN, YOU COULD YOU COULD ALSO DO A MURAL. ONE OF YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF MURALS GOING UP AROUND TOWN.

SOME SOME WAY OF MAKING IT PART OF WHAT THIS IDEA IS.

CAN I CAN I INTERJECT SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE LIKE, AWESOME DURING FIFA? OH, MAN. YOU KNOW, HAVE THE GAME ON 4TH OF JULY SHOWING PEOPLE CAN'T GET IN.

THEY CAN COME DOWN TO BEAUTIFUL GALVESTON, HAVE A WONDERFUL STAY AND WATCH THE GAME ON.

THAT WOULD BE I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. OKAY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS THIS IS THIS IS KATIE'S OFFICE.

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, AND THAT BIG WHITE THING IS A FUEL TANK.

THERE'S A LINE THAT GOES UNDER THE ROAD OVER TO THE SHIPS OR THE BOATS OVER THERE.

THIS WOULD BE THE. BETWEEN THIS AND THE PARK WOULD BE THE TRUCK PULL THROUGH AREA THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER.

SO. BUT THE EQUIPMENT THERE IS REALLY NOISY. IT'S A COUPLE OF AT LEAST TWO COMPRESSORS, THEIR FUEL TANK AND SOME ELECTRICAL STUFF.

KIND OF NOISY AND KIND OF NOT. NOT THAT ATTRACTIVE FOR AN OPEN SPACE CONCEPT.

SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO ONE IDEA AND AGAIN THESE ARE IDEAS.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE JUST A BASIS FOR TALKING WOULD BE A A STAGE SOUND ATTENUATING BARRIER BETWEEN THAT AREA AND THE PARK SOMEPLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD MITIGATE THE NOISE AND ALSO PROVIDE A WAY TO ACTIVATE THE SPACE FOR GALVESTON'S FOR LOCALS AND TOURISTS ALIKE. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS.

THIS IS JUST AS MUCH FOR LOCALS AS IT IS FOR TOURISTS TO PROVIDE AN AMENITY AND SOME ACCESS AND GREEN SPACE TO THE WORKING WATERFRONT AREA.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS THIS IS A SLIDE I JUST ADDED SKETCH TO ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF WHEN I MET WITH NICKY AND RICKY. WHEN DID YOU STAMP THIS, BOB? NO. OKAY. SUE ME. THE YELLOW ASKED ME TO. THE YELLOW IS INDICATING THE THE BOARDWALK

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AREA, AND THAT GREEN IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS PROTECTED WORK AREA BY KATIE SAMPSON AND KATIE'S SEAFOOD STORAGE AREA.

SO IT DIRECTS THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AROUND THAT AREA, BUT THEN CONTINUES TO CONNECT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN ANY ANY REPAIRS TO THE BULKHEAD, THE FINGER PIERS THAT ARE NEEDED WOULD ALSO BE PART OF THIS.

THIS IS THIS IS A WAY TO BRING SOME INVESTMENT INTO PIER 19.

WHILE WE WHILE WE SHOWCASE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT AREA TO GALVESTON'S HISTORY AND CULTURE.

THAT'S ABOUT WHAT I HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? LET ME MAKE SURE I. SO YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD.

YOU'VE BEEN VISITING WITH THE OF FORCE, THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE THERE AND WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS THERE.

YOU'RE COMING UP WITH TAKING THEIR INPUT AND HAVING STAFF PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM OR A PLAN FOR THIS, AND THEN YOU WILL BE MEETING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AGAIN TO KIND OF SEE WHERE WE NEED TO HEAD, ANY FINAL TWEAKS OR SOMETHING. YEAH. THIS THIS IS NOT A PLAN OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

THIS IS THIS IS A FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS THAT GOES INTO THE DEPTHS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS FOR THE TENANTS.

AND, AND GET A PRELIMINARY PRICE, THE COST ESTIMATE FOR WHAT THIS MIGHT COST.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THERE AT NO COST TO THE ORDER OF THE CITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL.

THAT'S VERY GOOD. ALEX, YOU HAD SOME SO I'VE SPOKEN TO A LOT OF THOSE PEER 19 FOLKS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME, AND THEY'RE NOT TOO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS IDEA.

AND I'M, I'M CONCERNED, TOO, ABOUT HOW IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY CHARTER AMENDMENTS TO ADD SOME OF THE USES.

AND WOULD YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WHAT AREAS ARE LEASED AND WHAT ARE NOT LEAST.

YEAH, THE PORT HAS ALL OF THAT. YOU KNOW, THE AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER AT THE TOP THE CITY ATTORNEY AND ALSO THE BOARD ATTORNEY HAS LOOKED AT THE CHARTER AND LOOKED AT THIS PLAN AND DETERMINED THAT THERE IS THEY'RE CONSISTENT.

SO JUST FOR, I GUESS, THE PUBLIC'S, YOU KNOW, IDEA OF WHAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS, AFTER ALL, THE METES AND BOUNDS OF PIER 19 WHICH IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF GALVESTON AND IS UNDER MANAGEMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS AND IS DEDICATED TO BE USED, RENTED OR LEASED EXCLUSIVELY AS BOAT SLIPS, BERTHS OR DOCKS FOR SHRIMP BOATS, PARTY BOATS, FISHING BOATS, RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL FISHING OUTLETS AND FUEL DOCKS AND PUBLIC PARKING RELATED TO ALL SUCH USAGE USES, INCLUDING EXISTING RAILROAD USE. THE TENANTS HAVE SAID PIER 19, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, SHALL HAVE FREE AND FULL ACCESS TO SUCH DEDICATED AREA, NOT RENTED OR LEASED, ON AND OVER 20TH STREET, NORTH OF THE STRAND, AND ON AND OVER RIGHT OF WAY.

EASEMENT FOR VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC BEING 20 FOOT WIDE.

STARTING AT THE INTERSECTION OF 20TH STREET AND THE SOUTHEASTERLY SIDE OF PIER 19.

CONTINUING THROUGH PIER 19. AREA EXISTING AT THE POINT OF PORT INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD.

EXITS FROM PIER 19 AREA. I DON'T I JUST DON'T SEE AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT IF WE TOOK OUT PARKING AREA WHICH IS GENERALLY ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST CONCERNS ANYWAY, WHERE THEY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PARKING TO PUT GREEN SPACE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED I MEAN, THIS A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD BE THAT PORT INWARDLY FACING TOWARDS THE CITY, BUT WITH THE PIER 19 PARTICULARS. I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THAT WOULD GO WITHOUT DOING SOME SORT OF CHARTER AMENDMENT.

YEAH, WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY PARKING. JUST PARKING WILL STILL BE THERE.

THERE'D BE THERE'D STILL BE SOME LIMITED PARKING ON THE SITE, BUT THEY'LL BE ACTUALLY THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO WAY MORE PARKING CLOSER THAN THEY HAVE NOW BECAUSE THAT PARKING LOT IS OPEN TO ANYBODY. IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN TO ANYBODY OVER 400 SPACES.

THE SURFACE PARKING FOR THE TO THE EAST OF THAT IS OPEN TO ANYBODY.

THE PARKING GARAGE COULD BE OPEN TO ANYBODY. TENANTS.

TENANTS. TOURISTS OR LOCALS OR ANYBODY. SO THE THE THE TWO CONCERNS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED WOULD BE YOU KNOW, MORE THAN 80, 90% OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE THE LEASE AGREEMENTS, WHO HAVE THE BOAT SLIPS, WHO HAVE THEIR BUSINESSES DOWN THERE AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE OR SIGN ON TO SOMETHING AND THEN THE OTHER THING WOULD BE IF THERE IS A TRADE OF PARKING FOR GREEN SPACE OR ACCESS, HOWEVER, THAT WOULD WORK.

IT NEEDS TO BE MADE UP. AND I WOULD LIKE AT LEAST A REVIEW FROM OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT IF WE DO NEED TO MAKE A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO TO MAKE THAT

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HAPPEN. AND FROM THE PORTS SIDE, THE METES AND BOUNDS OF ALL THE LEASES, SO THAT WE'RE NOT ABRIDGING ANY, ANY LEASE OR RENTAL AGREEMENTS TO THE TENANTS OF, OF PIER 19.

YEAH. AND PART OF THAT AGREEMENT IS TO PROVIDE PARKING. AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HEARD WAS WE NEED GUARANTEED PARKING FOR CUSTOMERS.

YEAH. YEAH, THAT THAT WILL BE PART OF THIS PROJECT.

YOU KNOW THAT. AND DON, LET DONNA SPEAK TO HER REVIEW OF THIS THE CHARTER.

SO WHEN THE PLAN WAS PRESENTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ALONG WITH TONY BROWN, THE PLAN AS IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS REPORTED IN THE CHARTER. IT DIDN'T SEEM TO ABRIDGE WHAT THE USES WERE.

I CAN DO IT AGAIN. I CAN. WHAT I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE IS ANY DISGRUNTLED OR LEASEHOLDERS, RENTAL, RENTAL, RENTERS OR LEASEHOLDERS ON THAT PROPERTY COME FORTH AND HAVE A ISSUE WITH THE WAY WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH THE WRITTEN CHARTER LANGUAGE.

THAT'S MY ONLY AND THAT'S THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT.

AND I THINK THAT'S YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I'VE TAKEN THIS ABOUT AS FAR AS I CAN.

WE NEED TO GET SOMEBODY WHOSE JOB IT IS AND GETS A FEE PAID TO DO THIS, TO SPEND A LOT MORE TIME WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE TENANTS AND WITH THE PORT. AND REALLY, THEY THEY WILL HAVE GOOD IDEAS, YOU KNOW, AND WE WANT WE WANT THEM TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.

IF IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THEM, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. YEAH. THAT'S WHY THAT'S THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THEM NOT BEING AS HOPEFUL THAT IT WOULD WORK FOR THEM. AND THE PRACTICALITY OF, YOU KNOW, WATERFRONT BUSINESSES ON THE FRONT GIVEN, YOU KNOW, MOVING FISH AROUND AND FUEL AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO IMPROVE THEIR OPERATIONS, MAKE IT SAFER AND HAVE BRING MORE CUSTOMERS IN A MORE ORDERLY FASHION.

BECAUSE IF WE DON'T START LOOKING AT THIS, BY THE TIME WE GET ALL THESE CRUISE SHIP TERMINALS OPERATING, WHEN YOU ADD ANOTHER CRUISE SHIP, WE GET A BATTLESHIP. THERE'S GOING TO BE TONS OF TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN HERE, AND WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MANAGE IT AND MAKE IT WORK.

SO THIS THIS THIS IS THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK UNLESS IT WORKS FOR THE TENANTS.

VERY GOOD. MARIE I WAS GOING TO ECHO WHAT ALEX SAID BECAUSE I'M HEARING THE SAME CONCERNS.

SO AM I, AND ESPECIALLY FROM ALL THE STORES, THE SHRIMP STORES, FISH STORES.

BECAUSE IF I'M RUNNING IN TO PICK UP 10 POUNDS OF SHRIMP FROM KATIE'S.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WALK FROM A FARAWAY LOT.

I WANT TO PULL UP, GET MY STUFF AND GET OUT OF THERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT GREEN AREA IS RIGHT THERE.

THAT WON'T CHANGE. THAT'LL BE EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS.

YEAH. WHAT ABOUT THE AREA YOU SHOWED IN THE OTHER DRAWING WHERE IT HAD THE BOARDWALK ACTUALLY TAKING OVER A PART OF.

OH, THAT'S THAT'S WHY I SHOWED THIS SLIDE, BECAUSE THIS IS A LATER SLIDE THAT I ADDED AFTER MY DISCUSSION WITH NIKKI AND RICKY ON, ON ON ALL THIS. SO THIS CONSIDER THIS AN UPDATED VERSION OF THAT.

I DIDN'T GO BACK AND CHANGE EVERYTHING ELSE. I JUST ADDED A NEW SLIDE TO REFLECT THEIR CONCERNS. BUT YOU CAN DRIVE A CAR BOB DOWN.

YEAH, PARK INTO THAT. YEAH. OKAY. VERY GOOD. BOB, KEEP US UPDATED ON THAT.

YOU BET. THANKS. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL ON THAT COUNCIL WE HAVE IT IS ALMOST NOON.

WE HAVE LUNCH IS HERE. WE DON'T HAVE TO BREAK AT THIS POINT.

FOR THAT. I'D LIKE TO BREAK DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LUNCH, IF WE'RE DOING THAT.

COUNCIL. I'M OPEN TO CONTINUE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE ITEMS BEFORE WE BREAK OR WE CAN BREAK.

AT THIS POINT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? GO, GO, GO.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM THREE H, PLEASE.

[3.H Discussion of Development and Permitting challenges on Galveston Island (Robb/Rawlins 20 min)]

ITEM THREE H DISCUSSION OF DEVELOPMENT AND PERMITTING CHALLENGES FOR GALVESTON ISLAND.

COUNCILWOMAN. ROBB. WELL, EVERYONE IS WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE FACING.

YOU KNOW, OFF SITE WHAT HAWAII BENTLEY WENT THROUGH WITH GETTING HIS SIGNAGE PERMITTING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HE WENT THROUGH. BUT I CONTINUE, I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE CONTINUE TO GET COMPLAINTS FROM DEVELOPERS ABOUT THE SPEED OF GETTING A PERMIT. MOVING PROJECTS FORWARD.

AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE VERY MUCH NEED TO ADDRESS BECAUSE IT IS HAVING A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON DEVELOPMENT, AND ESPECIALLY IF WE AS WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND SO FORTH.

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GALVESTON IS NOT KNOWN AS A FRIENDLY PLACE TO USE BUSINESS.

LIKE I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE DENNY'S PEOPLE WEREN'T TOLD TO GO THROUGH PLANNING VERSUS THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TO DO A PIT TO BE ABLE TO REBUILD ON THEIR CONCRETE SLAB.

HENCE, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY WERE TOLD THEY CANNOT BUILD ON THAT LOCATION.

THEY'RE OUT OF HERE. WE JUST THERE ARE SO MANY OBSTACLES THAT ARE PRESENTED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO DO GOOD PROJECTS, DO GOOD INVESTMENT INTO THE ISLAND.

AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO POLICY WISE TO HELP EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS.

BEAU. WELL, OF COURSE, GIVEN MY BACKGROUND, I SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING AND INSIGHT AND OPINION ON THIS OVER THE LAST 23 YEARS OF HAVING A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HERE IN GALVESTON.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE CHANGED, THAT HAVE BEEN FOR THE BETTER.

AND THEN I FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN THINGS THAT ARE NOT SO GOOD.

IF YOU GAUGE IT THE LAST SEVERAL CAMPAIGNS, LOCAL ELECTIONS.

YOU CAN KIND OF HAVE A GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF WHERE WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND WHERE WE'RE NOT.

AND WHEN MULTIPLE CANDIDATES OVER THE LAST FIVE ELECTION CYCLES TALK ABOUT OUR BUILDING OUR PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE OBSTACLES AND HOW HARD IT IS TO NAVIGATE WHAT WE HAVE IN WHAT WE HAVE IN LINE. IT'S IT IT'S A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE.

AND, I MEAN, WE WOULDN'T HAVE MULTIPLE CANDIDATES CAMPAIGNING ON THE SAME ISSUE IF IT WASN'T AN ISSUE.

THE WAY THAT I LOOK AT OUR OUR IT STARTS KIND OF TO ME, IT STARTS WITH OUR WEBSITE.

AND MY COMPANY PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON RENOVATIONS, REMODELS, ADDITIONS NOT MUCH NEW CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL RENOVATIONS.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE, OUR WEBSITE IS VERY HARD TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT.

YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST INITIAL PAGE, IT IT GIVES A PRESENTATION, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE A DIRECTION.

AND IN MY LINE OF WORK WITH RENOVATIONS, I'M ABSOLUTELY IF I DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO TO GO STRAIGHT TO TO TINA OR LINDSAY, WHO I'VE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH IN THAT THEY'RE AT THE FRONT OFFICE FOR MANY YEARS.

IT HELPED ME. AND WITH THAT DIRECTION, I WOULD BE JUST AS LOST AS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST ARE DOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WE HAVE A GREAT TO ME, WE HAVE A VERY CONDENSED AND AND AND WELL PUT TOGETHER GENERAL BUILDING APPLICATION NOW I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF ELIMINATING 4 OR 5 PAGES OFF OF IT.

BUT THE ABILITY FOR ANY CUSTOMER RESIDENT TO KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE PERMITTED, WHAT NEEDS TO BE INSPECTED. I THINK THAT WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF OVERKILL WHEN WE HAVE STATE LICENSED ENGINEERS THAT ARE BASICALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGN INSPECTIONS AND SIGNING OFF ON TAKING THE RISK FOR THAT STRUCTURE.

TO ME, IF IT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN WADE THROUGH ALL THE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ZONES THAT WE HAVE, IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIND THAT MAP AND UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT AND IT'S NOT EASY TO GET THROUGH, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A FIRST TIMER. SOLUTION WISE.

I THINK THAT IT'S THAT IT KIND OF STARTS WITH THE PRESENTATION.

IT STARTS WITH A WEBSITE AND IT STARTS WITH EDUCATING.

YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE CAN ELIMINATE SOME OF THE NEED FOR REVIEWS, REVIEWS ARE NOT DEFINED.

I DON'T SOME THINGS I KNOW NEED TO BE REVIEWED, BUT THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS AFTER BEING HERE, 20 BEING HERE IN MY LIFETIME, BUT WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION 24 YEARS, I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT TO TELL PEOPLE, WHAT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED, WHAT ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE PERMITTED.

AND I THINK THAT WE WE MAKE IT KIND OF HARD ON OURSELVES.

IF WE'VE GOT AN ENGINEER THAT'S SIGNING OFF ON SOMETHING AND IT MEETS THE GUIDELINES AS FAR AS A SITE SURVEY,

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WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM AS FAR AS ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOW REPLACEMENTS, THINGS THAT A STATE APPROVED ENGINEER THAT'S GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH TEXAS WINDSTORM, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT.

THAT SHOULD BE BETWEEN THE CUSTOMER AND THE ENGINEER.

BUT YET WE GET INVOLVED IN A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT IT MAKES IT A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS.

SO. TO ME, IT WAS JUST MORE OF WHEN MARIE BROUGHT IT UP WITH US HAVING THE ABILITY SOON TO REINVENT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I THINK THIS PART OF IT, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T DO HARDER WORK THAN WE REALLY HAVE TO.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT EASIER WAY. AND THERE'S A EASIER, A BETTER WAY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT'S REQUIRED, WHAT SHOULDN'T BE REQUIRED. YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALLOWS US TO TO CREATE A MORE BASIC MAP FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO DEVELOP OR WANTING TO IMPROVE. AND I THINK IT GIVES THAT AN ADVANTAGE OR IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T TOUCH HOMES THAT CONTINUE TO, TO FALL INTO DILAPIDATION BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T WANT OR DON'T KNOW HOW TO PULL A PERMIT OR HOW TO GET SOMETHING DONE THROUGH THE CITY. SO THEY JUST LET IT GO AND THEN TURN.

OTHER RESIDENTS ARE AFFECTED BECAUSE THEY DON'T REPAIR OR MAINTAIN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT GOING AND PULLING PERMITS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I GOT. SO I'M HOPING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REALLY HELPS US, YOU KNOW, PAY SOME ATTENTION TO THAT.

YOU KNOW, I JUST SOME COMMENTS I HAVE. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD RELY UPON SOMEONE LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER RAWLINS WHO DEALS WITH THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON THE ON THE THE DETAILS OF THE PERMITTING AND WORKING, BRINGING FORTH SOME IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT MORE STREAMLINED, WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW THAT IS, AND I THINK YOUR INPUT, BEAU IS INVALUABLE AND HELPING US STREAMLINE THAT MORE AND MORE.

I WOULD SAY A SECOND THING HERE IS OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN DOING EXTREMELY WELL.

I THINK WE NEED MORE INPUT ON THAT PROGRAM, AND I THINK MICHEL NEEDS ASSISTANCE ON THAT.

IF ANYTHING FROM A CLINICAL STANDPOINT TO ASSIST.

BUT THAT OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL HERE IN THE CITY, AND I THINK WE NEED TO EXPAND ON THAT.

THE THIRD THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS I GET A LOT OF THOSE COMPLAINTS TO ON, YOU KNOW, PERMITTING AND SO FORTH.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU LOOK INTO THE ISSUE, IT REVOLVES AROUND ORDINANCES.

AND THAT COUNCIL PUTS IN THERE THAT IRRITATES THE COMMUNITY SO MUCH.

AND I'M GOING TO IN A LOT OF THESE ARE NOT DONE ON PURPOSE.

I'M GOING TO USE THE THE ISSUE OF THE ICE MACHINE THAT HAPPENED NOT TOO LONG AGO.

THAT WAS WHAT STAFF WAS DOING IS WAS SUPPORTING THE ORDINANCE.

THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO BE PUNITIVE TO THAT INDIVIDUAL, BUT THEY WERE.

SO WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO IS COME BACK AND CHANGE THAT ORDINANCE, WHICH WE DID.

AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE THAT ARE LIKE THAT.

AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT MAYBE CLEANING UP THROUGH THE LDR, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE CAUSING ROADBLOCKS AND, AND CAUSING THESE THIS WHOLE PERMITTING TO SLOW DOWN.

AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO HERE AT COUNCIL BY REVIEWING THE ELDERS AND WHAT IT REALLY IS REQUIRED.

AND I WOULD AGREE 100% WITH THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE CASE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HOLLY BENTLEY DEALT WITH. BUT. HE WAS OR HIS ENGINEER WAS NEVER TOLD GO TO COUNCIL.

THEY CAN HELP. YOU KNOW, FINALLY SOMEBODY SAID TO FOR HIM TO CALL ME AND WE WERE ABLE TO RECTIFY IT IN THREE WEEKS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT KEEPS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER.

AND ALTHOUGH I THINK MICHELLE DOES A GREAT JOB, A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE WOULD SAY, THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE STILL HAVING THESE ISSUES.

AND THEN SOMETHING THAT WAS A VERY OLD ISSUE SEEMS TO BE NEW AGAIN.

WAS THAT GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS? AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AT THE LAST MINUTE, YOU'RE TOLD, OH, YOU DON'T HAVE X, Y, Z. AND NOW THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER THREE MONTHS.

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I MEAN, WE ARE JUST NOT KNOWN AS A FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT CITY.

WE HAVE A REPUTATION OF IT BEING VERY DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS? I THINK I'VE BEEN LUCKY IN THE AUDIENCE.

STAFF IS TAKING NOTES OF THIS, AND AND I'D BE GLAD TO WORK WITH BEAU TO WORK WITH STAFF, BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE GALVESTON AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND BRING IN GREAT BUSINESSES THAT OUR RESIDENTS WILL LOVE, WE NEED TO MAKE IT SIMPLER. I WOULD SAY THIS AND I WOULD AGREE MARIE I WOULD SAY THIS WE DID HAVE AN ARCHITECT.

NOT TOO WELL, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE BACK COME TO CITY COUNCIL THAT WORKS IN THE CITY A LOT, AND WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF AND THE CITY OF GALVESTON FOR BEING SO EASY TO WORK WITH ON PERMITTING AND SO FORTH.

HE WORKS IN A LOT OF CITIES, AND HE SAID, GALVESTON BY BY FAR IS THE EASIEST TO GET AROUND.

I'M DOING SOME PROJECTS UP IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW, AND I CAN TELL YOU THEY COMPLAIN CONSTANTLY ABOUT PERMITTING ON THAT.

IT'S A MAJOR, MAJOR ISSUE FOR THEM. SO. WELL, GOOD.

ANY OTHER INPUT THAT WE HAVE? ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM THREE PLEASE.

[3.I Discussion of the minimum lot size, setbacks, and other issues in Urban Neighborhood (Robb/Rawlins - 20 min)]

DISCUSSION OF THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE SETBACKS AND OTHER ISSUES IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.

VERY GOOD. SO THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT I AM GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, AND IT'S THE NEW SMALL BOX STRUCTURES THAT ARE GOING UP THAT ARE HAVE NO SETBACKS, HAVE NO SETBACKS BETWEEN THEM, HAVE NO SETBACKS IN THE BACK OF THEM. I RECEIVED A PICTURE FROM ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ISLAND, NOT FROM MY DISTRICT, BUT OF ONE OF THOSE TRIANGLE BOXES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THEM. THAT'S WHAT I CALL THEM.

BOX DEVELOPMENTS. WHERE LITERALLY, WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR BACK DOOR, IT BLOCKS THE ALLEY.

THEY ARE SET RIGHT ON THE ALLEY. SO WHEN THEY THEIR WAY TO GET IN AND OUT, IT BLOCKS THE ALLEY. PART OF THE REASON THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE STRUCTURES, WHICH PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHO HAVE HAD THESE BOXES BUILT FEELS LIKE, AND I AGREE WITH THEM, IT'S DESTROYING THE FABRIC OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THE ISSUE COMES FROM WHEN I THINK IT WAS BACK IN 2015 OR 16 THAT THERE WAS A DECISION TO MAKE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN AN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD 2500FT².

AND THE THOUGHT WAS, OH, THAT'LL MAKE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WELL, WE NOW KNOW IN TEN YEARS LATER IT HAS NOT HAPPENED.

AND PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT IT BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IN THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NOTHING LIKE HAVING A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS BOX GOES UP.

SO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE STATE REGULATIONS ARE AND THE FACT THAT IN ANY, IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHATEVER OUR MINIMUM LOT SIZE, WE DON'T EVEN GET A SAY.

OKAY, SO HERE'S THE PROCESS. SAY SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TAKE A CITY LOT THAT HAPPENS TO BE 5000FT².

LET'S JUST SAY THAT WOULD BE RARE IN THIS CITY.

BUT THEY COULD TAKE THAT AND THEY COULD ACTUALLY THROUGH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE LACK OF SETBACKS, PUT FOUR STRUCTURES ON ONE LOT. AND WHAT'S INTRIGUING ABOUT SOME OF THESE BOXES THAT ARE GOING UP IS THERE'S MAYBE A FOOT BETWEEN THEM. WELL, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN FIVE YEARS WHEN THEY HAVE TO DO SIDING? YOU CAN'T EVEN FIT A PERSON BETWEEN THEM, LET ALONE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN FROM ABOVE.

I JUST THINK SO. WHEN IT GOES TO PLANNING, THERE'S A HEARING.

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PLANNING HAS NO SAY IN IT BECAUSE BY STATE LAW, WHATEVER OR MINIMUM LOT SIZES, THERE'S A HEARING AND IT JUST GOES THROUGH. SO IN KNOWING THAT I AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD IT ON THE AGENDA, I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS.

BECAUSE THE REASON IT WAS MADE THAT WAY HAS IS NOT WORKING.

I SEE SHARON IS SHAKING HER HEAD. AND IT'S HURTING THE FABRIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE IT BACK UP TO 3000. YOU KNOW SOMETHING.

AND HOW THESE PLACES ARE GETTING BUILT. AND MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS WITH NO SETBACKS WHATSOEVER IS. YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S IN THE LDR. SO WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS, IS, IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE LDR, WHICH WOULD BE FINE. I JUST NEED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION? MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE 3000. IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT, 3000 WITH NO SETBACKS? NO. I THINK WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE SETBACKS. OKAY.

SO WELL, TO MY QUESTION. HOW IS SOMEONE GOING TO PREPARE THE SIDE OF A WALL WHEN THERE ISN'T EVEN ROOM TO PUT A LADDER BETWEEN PROPERTIES? SO I GUESS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED ONE EVIDENCE THAT WHAT IS IN THE LDR IS NOT WORKING RIGHT. SO MAYBE MAYBE WE DIRECT STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING THREE YEARS OF APPROVED PLANNING COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR THIS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THE ELDERS.

I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING WE'RE GETTING PRODUCT OUT THERE THAT DOESN'T FIT IN OUR URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. SO BUT THE THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE CAN'T SIT HERE AND SIMPLY SAY, LET'S CHANGE IT TO 3000FT², A MINIMUM LOT SIZE, AND THEN A FIVE FOOT SETBACK ON ALL SIDES WITHOUT HAVING SOME EVIDENCE TO THAT PROBLEM.

AND SO, WELL, IF WE DON'T, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

IF WE DON'T BRING IT UP, IT WILL NEVER GO TO DISCUSSION.

I'M TRYING TO GO FROM THIS DISCUSSION OVER HERE.

I KNOW, BUT I HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY PROBABLY 30, MAYBE MORE PEOPLE ACROSS THE ISLAND ABOUT SAYING, HEY, CAN CAN YOU HELP US WITH THIS? IT'S IT'S AFFECTING NEIGHBORHOODS. MORE AND MORE PROPERTIES ARE BEING BUILT.

WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT IN THE LDR. WE NEED TO WORK WITH STAFF AND WE NEED TO PUT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

BUT JUST SAY, WELL, LET'S NOT EVER TALK ABOUT IT.

I MEAN, THAT'S THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS SAYING.

NOT AT ALL. WHAT I WAS TRYING TO WAS GET INTO A DISCUSSION TO HOW CAN WE DIRECT STAFF TO PROVIDE US WITH THE DATA THAT SAYS THAT THESE ARE THE TYPES OF STRUCTURES THAT ARE BEING BUILT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE NOT INTENDED, THAT ARE THE ELDERS ARE NOT PERFORMING THE WAY THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET US TO SAY. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE HONESTLY, THAT DISCUSSION AND HAVING STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AHEAD OF GOING INTO YOUR COMP PLAN, WHICH WE'RE GETTING READY TO MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

YEAH I AGREE. OKAY. AND IF WE DON'T ADDRESS IT NOW IT WON'T BE I MEAN, NOW'S THE RIGHT TIME TO ADDRESS.

AND WITH ALL THE STATE REGULATIONS THAT EXIST THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT TIES OUR HANDS.

SURE. THESE THESE ARE TOPICS THAT I THINK THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULD HAVE A WORKSHOP ON AND REALLY RESEARCH BECAUSE I DON'T WANT A SHOTGUN. THIS IDEA THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE DON'T WANT SETBACKS.

I MEAN, WE WE WANT TO DO AWAY WITH ALL THE MINIMAL WE ARE DOING AWAY WITH THEIR UNDOING.

THEY'RE NOT DOING SETBACKS IN. AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THE MAIN CHANGE IN THE SETBACKS WHERE THEY WENT TO LOCK LINE ALMOST WAS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND THOSE HISTORIC DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW WHERE I LIVE, THEY DON'T HAVE HISTORIC HOMES ARE RIGHT UP NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN SOME PLACES, BUT SO NOT NEW PROPERTIES THAT ARE COMING. AND THESE ARE NEW BUILD PROPERTIES THAT ARE EVEN BEING PLACED IN HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT'S WHAT. AND THEY'RE RUINING THE FABRIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WELL WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT CLOSER. I JUST DON'T WANT TO, LIKE, I'M A LITTLE PLANNING, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE AT 5000FT², I THINK. MINIMUM LOT SIZE.

I WAS ON COUNCIL WHEN WE DECIDED TO MOVE IT TO 2500.

I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK HOUSTON, I COULD BE WRONG.

IT'S MOVED IT TO 1200 OR SOMETHING. YEAH, THEY MOVED IT DOWN LOWER AND EVEN LOWER THAN THAT.

I'M NOT MOVING THERE TOO. WAS IS AFTER HURRICANE IKE, AND THEY WERE BUILDING THE DISASTER HOMES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE RIGHT.

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I DON'T WANT TO CALL THEM STUPID BECAUSE THEY'RE NECESSARY, BUT THEY'RE HARDLY FUNCTIONAL. THOSE LIPS AND EVERYTHING ON THE HOUSES, WE ABANDON A SECOND MEANS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS AND INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM THESE HOMES.

WE WENT ZEROED OUT LOT LINES. WE DID A WHOLE LOT TO ACCOMMODATE THESE DISASTER HOMES THAT WERE, I CALL THEM, THERE'S PROBABLY A BETTER NAME THAT WERE BEING BUILT RIGHT AFTER IKE.

AND THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THESE CHANGES CAME IN.

AND THEN THEY WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE LDR IN 15.

YEAH, WE NEED TO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. I GARIN AND BEAU AND I'M SORRY, BOB.

SHARON, BOB AND BOB, JUST QUICKLY WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT IT.

AND IT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THAT LOOKED AT THAT FOR YEARS.

BUT NOT ONLY DID THEY CHANGE, BUT SOME OF THOSE HOMES WERE BUILT WITHOUT BACK DOORS.

AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. DANGER.

YEAH, THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL. I WANT TO SAY THAT WAS.

OH, GOD. WHEN WHEN THAT FIRST CAME UP AFTER IKE.

AND IT WAS DONE SO BECAUSE FOR THESE VERY REASONS THAT THEY COULDN'T DO THE LANDING.

AND REMEMBER, WE WE ALL OF A SUDDEN TOOK A HOUSE THAT WAS SITTING FLAT ON THE GROUND THAT HAD A BACK DOOR AND A LITTLE FRONT PORCH, AND WE SAID, OKAY, NOW YOU'RE PUTTING A 21FT IN THE AIR OR 18 WHATEVER, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE BUILDING IT, AND YOU NEED A BACK DOOR.

IT'S GOT TO HAVE A LANDING, IT'S GOT TO HAVE RETURN STAIRS, WHICH THEN DIDN'T FIT ON THE LOT ANYMORE.

SO COUNCIL SAYS HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO ZERO LOT LINES. ONLY ONE MEANS OF EGRESS OR INGRESS BELOW A CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE.

AND I'M PROBABLY GETTING WAY ABOVE MY PAY GRADE ON WHAT THIS IS.

AND THIS IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE TOO LONG AND I REMEMBER THIS AND THAT, THAT WE DID THAT.

AND I BELIEVE STAFF AT THE TIME SAID, BUT WE DID IT ANYWAY BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO GET THESE HOMES FINISHED BECAUSE THEY WERE UNDER PRESSURE FROM BEAU WAS RUNNING. YOU RAN FOR MAYOR AT THAT TIME. IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS, THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THESE HOMES ON THE GROUND TO MEET WHATEVER DEADLINES WERE IMPOSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO WE MET. WE CHANGED A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT OF STUFF TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE HOUSES, WHICH I GUESS ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSES. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN AFFORD THEM NOW BECAUSE THEY GO FOR SALE FOR BIG BUCKS, BUT WE DID ALL THAT THEN.

I'M NOT SURE IT'S NECESSARILY ALL TIED TO URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CULPRIT WHERE IT'S ALLOWED AND WHERE YOU HAVE THE MOST DEVELOPABLE SPACE. BUT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK ACROSS ALL THESE ZONING DISTRICTS TO SEE, BECAUSE I THINK YOU LIFTED IT IN SEVERAL OF THEM.

IT WAS. YEAH. WELL, THEN I JUST I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN CORRECT THAT.

AND IF IT'S GOING BACK TO PLANNING OR WHATEVER GOING THROUGH THE ELDERS AND WE NEED TO DO THAT, WE NEED BECAUSE YOU HAVE. YEAH, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN HOMES WITH NO BACK DOORS.

AND THAT IS JUST NOT AN EXCUSE AT ALL. AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHETHER THEY WERE AFFORDABLE OR WHATEVER.

THAT'S A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE. THAT IS A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE.

WHAT BRIAN WAS TALKING ABOUT IS, I THINK WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IS WE NEED TO WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THE ELDERS NOW AND WHAT DAVID WAS TALKING ABOUT.

LOOK AT THE ELDERS NOW. THEY APPARENTLY THERE'S A LOT OF THIS THAT WAS PUT IN THERE FOR EMERGENCY REASONS OR SOMETHING.

SO HOW HOW ARE THEY? HOW IS IT WORKING NOW? AND ALSO I LOOKED AT THE MINUTES, MEETING MINUTES.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS SUPPOSED TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS BACK IN JUNE OF 2024.

SO THIS THAT ALREADY CAME UP SOME POINT IN THE PAST.

SO. AND NOTHING HAPPENED, I GUESS. BUT MAYBE LIKE TO YOUR POINT, MAYBE THE PLANNING COMMISSION SHOULD REVIEW THESE CONDITIONS THAT BRIAN'S TALKING ABOUT THAT HAVE LED TO SOME OF THESE HOUSES. AND MURRAY'S POINT, I'VE HAD COMPLAINTS, TOO, ABOUT SOME OF THESE LONG, TALL, SKINNY BOXES GOING UP IN INAPPROPRIATE PLACES.

NOT IN NOT IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT SET OF RULES FOR BUILDING, BUT AND THEY AND I AND I KEEP HEARING, WELL, WHY ARE WE ALLOWING THEM TO DO THAT? AND THEY ARE MEETING ALL OF THE LETTERS OF THE, OF THE, OF THE PERMIT PROCESS. BUT THERE ARE SOME CASES THAT ARE JUST UGLY.

AND WITHIN A HISTORIC DISTRICT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE GUIDELINES THAT PRESCRIBE ESTHETICS TO SOME DEGREE, BUT NOWHERE ELSE, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT ESTHETICS.

BUT WE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS FOR REQUESTS FOR VARIANCES.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IN REVIEW IS, YOU KNOW, ARE THESE HOMES THAT ARE THAT ARE PUT ON THE 2500, 2500 SQUARE FOOT, I MEAN, AND WE GOT LESS THAN 5000 OR MORE, I GUESS, IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING, 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. MOST, MOST OF OUR LOTS GOING BACK HISTORICALLY ARE 50 BY 100.

AND THUS HALF OF THAT LOT IS 2500 SQUARE FOOT.

AND PROBABLY WHERE WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE. SOME OF THE YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF THE CONCERNS ARE MOST OF THESE ARE DONE AS GARAGE APARTMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, GUEST QUARTERS IN THE BACK OF HOMES THAT BACK UP TO THE ALLEYS AND PROBABLY,

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YOU KNOW, SAFETY WISE, A IT'S HARD TO EVEN GET A CAR TURNED INTO THOSE HOUSES THAT ARE ELEVATED THERE FROM THE ALLEY.

BUT B AS FAR AS HOW CLOSE THOSE HOMES ARE TO THE ALLEY, WE ALSO BROUGHT IN THE CONCERN OF OF SAFETY VEHICLES, FIRE TRUCKS, AMBULANCES, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH THERE.

SO I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON THE TOES OF, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS WHO HAVE PURCHASED HOMES OR PURCHASED LOTS WITH THESE RULES IN PLACE TO SAY WE PLAN ON PUTTING TWO HOME SITES HERE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF UP AGAINST OUR RULES ON THAT ONE, JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE EARLIER. I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TO HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY LIKE IF THEY'RE LOCATED IN THE ALLEY, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN RADIUS WHICH MEANS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SET FURTHER BACK TOWARDS THE PRIMARY HOME IN THE FRONT TO HAVE THAT TURNING RADIUS.

I THINK THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE RULES AND DISCUSSION POINTS AND THUS EVENTUALLY SOMETHING WE PUT INTO ORDINANCES THAT ADDRESS ALL THAT, THAT CAN A THAT ADDRESS THE SAFETY ISSUES, B ADDRESS THE COMMON SENSE ISSUES THAT I THINK SOMETIMES WE DON'T INCLUDE. AND AGAIN, WE, WE CAN'T WORRY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T WE CAN'T KNOCK THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE INVESTED IN PROPERTY WITH THE RULES IN PLACE, EVEN THOUGH WE THINK THEY ARE UGLY.

WE WE CAN'T WE CAN'T HAVE THAT OPINION. THEY THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY THEY MET ALL THE RULES.

THEY PUT THEIR PROPERTY UP. AND SHAME ON US FOR NOT HAVING SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT SAYS THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER, BUT ALSO DON'T WANT TO AFFECT THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

I DON'T THINK OF COURSE, I DON'T THINK WHEN COUNCIL PASSED THAT TO GET THOSE DISASTER HOMES BUILT. THEY ANTICIPATED THAT HAPPENING. NOT AT ALL.

AND THEY WERE ALSO BUILDING THEM IN 28 TO 35 DAYS.

SO YEAH, THIS IS A LITTLE OFF THE TOPIC, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MINIMUM LOT SIZES, SETBACKS AND OTHER ISSUES IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS I MAY OR I AGREE THAT THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR RECOMMENDATION.

THE OTHER THING THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AT THE SAME TIME IS THE PROLIFERATION OF PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST, I'D SAY FIVE YEARS OR SO, BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE GO FORWARD WITH A HOST OF VARIANCES WRAPPED UNDERNEATH A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT THAT TELLS YOU, IT TELLS YOU THAT YOUR ELDERS AREN'T WORKING.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE ASKING FOR VARIANCES IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THEIR ROI, WHICH IS COMPLETELY WITHIN THEIR RIGHT. BUT AS A AS A PLANNING ENTITY AND AS A POLICY MAKING ORGANIZATION, WE SHOULD BE CHALLENGING WHETHER OR NOT THOSE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE.

AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 15 YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

I THINK WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT 15 YEARS.

SO BUT I THINK. YOU ARE OFF TOPIC. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, MAYOR TO, TO COME BACK AND PUT THIS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE ON THAT.

WHAT I WOULD REQUEST. EXCUSE ME, BOB, AND COMING TO YOU.

WHAT I REQUEST THE COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS WITH ISSUES, AS MARIE'S BROUGHT UP WITH LOT SIZE AND SETBACKS AND PUDS AND WHATEVER. LET'S GET THOSE TO STAFF AND THEY CAN RET THAT, BRING THAT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SET UP A WORKSHOP FOR THAT. LET'S GO THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE, AS I MENTIONED, I DON'T WANT TO SHOTGUN THESE IDEAS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF RAMIFICATIONS. YOU DON'T WANT TO YOU DON'T WANT TO CREATE NEW PROBLEMS SOLVING.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. YOU DON'T WANT A SHOTGUN? ALL SHOTGUN HOUSES. OKAY. WE ONLY SHOT. YOU ALREADY HAVE.

YOU KNOW I THINK THAT'S THE ANSWER TO THIS. IF THERE IS AN ANSWER IS NOT SIMPLY LOT SIZES.

IT'S UP TO A LOT OF THINGS LIKE SETBACKS AND A LOT OF OTHER LOT OF OTHER CRITERIA.

AND A LOT OF I LIVE IN THE EAST END HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF LOTS 2500 SQUARE FOOT AND LESS.

I LIVE ON ONE OF THEM. THAT'S LESS THAN 2500 SQUARE FOOT, AND IT WORKS JUST FINE FOR ME, AND I THINK IT MAKES A PROPERTY MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO GET INTO EXACTLY HOW YOU BUILD ON THEM IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.

YEAH, I WOULD AGREE. I'M JUST GOING TO ALSO FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WHILE WE'RE ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN HOUSTON RIGHT NOW THAT'S STARTING TO PICK UP LEGS.

AND THAT IS THEY'RE BUILDING HOMES ON ON THE PROPER LOT SIZE AND EVERYTHING, BUT HAVE TEN BEDROOMS AND ONE KITCHEN

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AND ONE UTILITY ROOM. IT'S A BOARDING HOUSES.

AND THAT IS TAKING OFF IN HOUSTON, REALLY. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND BE PROACTIVELY ADDRESSING THAT COMING FORWARD.

THAT'S INTERESTING. YOU'RE SAYING WE NEED TO LOOK AT PUTTING BOARDING HOUSES. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING SO IT DOESN'T. SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND BE PROACTIVE IN OUR ELDERS TO ADDRESS THAT.

BECAUSE I SEE THAT COMING NOW. OKAY. YEAH. GOOD.

BOB, YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY? NO. THAT'S. SCOTTY.

SCOTTY. SORRY, DUDE. OH, GOD BLESS YOU. I DOUBT THEY'D BE BOARDING HOUSES.

[3.J Discussion of Code Enforcement issues related to dilapidated structures (Robb/Porretto/Rawlins - 15 min)]

LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, J. PLEASE DISCUSS THE ISSUES RELATED TO DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES.

I WOULD SAY THIS TOPIC CAME THE COUNCIL NOT. I WAS ON COUNCIL AND WE PUT TOGETHER AN ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS THIS.

SO THIS HAS WE WE WENT THROUGH A SIX MONTH DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC.

SO I'M ANXIOUS TO BRING IT UP AGAIN. AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE WE HAVE.

ONCE AGAIN I HAVE PICTURES BECAUSE I THINK A PICTURE SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS.

THIS IS A HOUSE. I THINK IT'S 15TH STREET. JANELLE IS THAT WHAT I SIT IN THAT WAS SENT TO ME.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE VIEWS OF OUR SPEECH. THIS IS 15TH STREET.

ACTUALLY. PULL IT UP NOW. ACTUALLY, THERE'S ONLY ONE EMPIRE SPEECH.

THIS THESE, LIKE, PRETTY GOOD. I WAS LIMITED ON TIME, SO I ACTUALLY JUST USED PHOTOS THAT WERE SENT TO ME BY PEOPLE. THESE. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO OUT AND TAKE PICTURES OF ALL THE OTHER DILAPIDATED PROPERTIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. THESE WERE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SENT ME, AND THEY'RE LIKE, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THIS? SO YOU HAVE MORE PICTURES OF THIS? YES. WE'LL SEE.

NOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY ON 27TH STREET. 1106 AND 1108 27TH STREET.

AND THIS HAS BEEN LIKE THIS I THINK, SINCE LIKE.

SO WE HAVE ORDINANCES THAT ADDRESS DILAPIDATED HOUSES AND WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING OUR ORDINANCES.

AND THEN WE HAVE MY FAVORITE BIG BLUE THAT IS ACTUALLY LITERALLY FALLING APART. NOW IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS A MAJOR ISSUE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO WHEN I LOST MY HOUSE IN IKE, AND I HAD A PROPERTY THAT WAS LESS THAN 50% DAMAGED, THE CITY MADE ME PUT A CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND IT BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SAFETY HAZARD.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS FENCE PROTECTS ANYTHING.

THEY'VE BEEN TOLD MULTIPLE TIMES TO PUT A FENCE AROUND THIS.

THEY'VE BEEN TOLD MULTIPLE TIMES TO CLEAN THE PLACE UP.

I HAVE REQUESTED LIKE OVER THE PAST. THIS HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE LAURA ADA DELTA.

SO THAT WAS IN 2020, AND I HAVE REQUESTED THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN AND THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND NIL OR NONE AND SOMEBODY GOOD. THIS IS BEACHFRONT. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET KILLED.

BECAUSE WHEN KIDS SEE THINGS LIKE THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT DRAWS THEM TO IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CONTINUES FOR ALL THE MANY YEARS THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU GO BACK.

LIKE THAT WHOLE SECTION FELL OFF THE HOUSE. SO YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT'S LIVABLE.

YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT AN ENGINEERING GROUP SAID IT'S FINE WHEN LITERALLY SECTIONS ARE FALLING OFF.

YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE IN BERMUDA BEACH.

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THIS HOUSE, WHICH NOW HAS WINDOWS MISSING AND SO FORTH.

AND APPARENTLY THERE'S EVEN A PERMITTING THING SOMEWHERE ON IT, HAS BEEN LIKE THIS SINCE HURRICANE IKE, BECAUSE THE HOUSE THAT I LOST, I LIVED IN BERMUDA BEACH, AND THIS HOUSE HAS NEVER CHANGED EXCEPT FOR GETTING WORSE SINCE HURRICANE IKE.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST THREE HOUSES THAT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ISLAND SENT TO ME.

THAT DOESN'T COUNT. I'M SURE EVERYONE IN THEIR AREAS HAVE HOUSES THAT HAVE SAID THEIR DILAPIDATED, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE ANTIGUA. I WAS SO INTRIGUED WHEN IT WAS LIKE FINALLY OR, YOU KNOW, THE ORDINANCE OR BUILDING, PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO WE'RE GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN.

WELL, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL IN 2012 TELLING THE OWNER TO HIS FACE BECAUSE HE WAS A SLUMLORD.

AND AT THE POINT WHEN I TURNED IT IN MULTIPLE TIMES, THEY WERE RUNNING EXTENSION ELECTRIC CORDS UP TO THE PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW.

AND FINALLY, SOMETHING'S BEING DONE ABOUT THIS.

BUT LIKE, BIG BLUE. THE ONE ON SPOONBILL AND PIRATES.

LIKE, I DON'T GET WHY. NOTHING. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE ISN'T EVEN A LEAD.

THE LAST TIME I PULLED ALL THE INFORMATION. HOW DO THESE PROPERTIES.

IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO SPOONBILL. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE AREN'T DOING SOMETHING, AND THIS IS PROBABLY A SMIDGE OF ALL THE OTHER DILAPIDATED HOUSES THAT ARE SITTING THROUGH THE CITY THAT HAVE BEEN.

THERE ARE SO MANY HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN THAT WAY SINCE.

AND THERE'S JUST IT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THEIR NEIGHBOR? THERE'S FULL TIME PEOPLE WHO WHO LIVE ON THAT STREET AND THEY'RE THEIR NEIGHBOR.

SO ON THIS PARTICULAR RESIDENCE. I MEAN, THERE WAS A FINAL JUDGMENT BACK FROM AUGUST OF 2024.

BUT I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MORAN TO, HEY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MOVE THIS FORWARD LIKE WE NEED.

THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE LIKE THIS. WELL, THAT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE.

EXACTLY. THE FENCING AROUND IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

THE CONDITION THAT IT'S IN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

AND SO WE'VE WE'VE YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ITEMS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO GET THIS RESOLVED.

WELL, WHY? IT'S IN THERE. CHAIN LINK. WHAT WHY DID I HAVE TO PUT A CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND MY HOUSE? THAT AT THAT POINT WAS I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY BEACHFRONT METAL CHAIN LINK FENCE.

I THINK THEY HAVE TO PUT CONSTRUCTION FENCING AROUND IT. BUT YOU REALLY THINK THAT'S PROTECTING ANYONE? NO, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE POTENTIAL. THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED IN THE GLOW AND WHAT THEY REQUIRE AND WHAT THEY DON'T REQUIRE, BUT WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS WE HAVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING HOW WE CAN PROCEED ON AT LEAST THE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO US.

SO I WASN'T AWARE OF, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY PROCEED TO SEE HOW WE CAN RECTIFY THOSE ISSUES AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF THESE PROPERTIES.

WELL, LET'S GET BACK TO THE ONE ON 27TH STREET.

OKAY. WE CAN WE NEED AN EVEN MORE IN-DEPTH. AND I CAN GLADLY DRIVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY AND SURVEY OR COUNCIL PEOPLE.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PROPERTIES AND YOUR AREAS, BECAUSE THESE KIND OF EYESORES ARE ALL OVER, AND WE MAY ALREADY HAVE A CASE ON THIS ONE. THESE CASES MOVE VERY SLOW.

I'M NOT TAKING UP FOR IT, BUT THEY SHOULD KNOW. BUT EVERY TIME I REQUEST ANY INFORMATION ON ALL THE HOUSES AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AT THE ONE POINT. WELL, I GUESS THAT WAS BEYONCE'S HOUSE.

BUT ON THIS HOUSE, I MEAN, I'LL REQUEST WHAT'S BEEN DONE.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LAST THING WAS 24.

IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS SINCE 2020. IT MORE AND MORE FALLS OFF IT.

IT'S A STRUCTURAL HAZARD. ARE WE GOING TO WAIT TILL SOMEBODY DIES? WELL, AND WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT ADDRESSES THIS.

WE PASSED THAT. WE WORKED WITH DON WHEN HE WAS HERE.

GLYWASKY IS THE DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE OR BUILDING.

YOU WANT TO TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT THIS ONE ON 27TH STREET.

GO THROUGH THE PICTURES. THAT ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND WHEN WE ENACTED IT, WE STARTED ENFORCING THAT.

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AND A LOT OF THESE WHEN WE ENFORCED IT, A LOT OF THESE HOMES WENT UP FOR SALE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO REPAIR THEM.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO THIS. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S BEEN THERE.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT ORDINANCE THAT'S ON THE BOOKS NOW AND SEE HOW WE CAN BRING THAT BACK UP.

WE WE PUT EMPHASIS ON HEALTH AND SAFETY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T ENFORCE SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S UGLY.

AND SO WE PUT IT ON HEALTH AND SAFETY. BUT SOFFITS THAT WERE OPEN SIDING NOT THERE, THAT BECAME A STRUCTURAL AND STORM ISSUE.

AND WE STARTED SITING THOSE HOMES. AND PLUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS HOUSE IS, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR. BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE HOUSES, AS WE KNOW, THE ONE THAT WAS ON DOMINIQUE HOMELESS, GET INTO THEM AND THEY'RE WANTING TO KEEP WARM.

THEY SET A FIRE. WELL, ALL THE STRUCTURES AROUND THIS ARE WOOD, AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF LOSING THEIR HOUSES.

PROBLEM IS, STATE LAW HASN'T KEPT UP WITH OUR DILIGENCE ON OUR ORDINANCE, EITHER.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT DON AND MYRON HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS WELL.

YES, BUT PROPERTY RIGHTS. YES, SIR. SO IF MY TEAM IS NOTIFIED EITHER THROUGH A COMPLAINT OR EVEN JUST SELF-INITIATED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS. SO SO WE WOULD YEAH, WE MAY VERY WELL HAVE A CASE ON THIS.

AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY UPDATES THAT YOU'VE REQUESTED.

SO CERTAINLY I PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON ANY LOCATION THAT YOU NEED.

AND BUT YEAH, I'LL LOOK AT THESE ADDRESSES AND SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THEM.

AND BECAUSE IT IS TRUE, THOUGH, THAT THESE CASES CAN BE VERY SLOW MOVING, BUT WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING MY TEAM IS WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING THEM FORWARD.

SO JUST BECAUSE WE HIT A SNAG DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE KIND OF TAKE A BREAK AND WE STOP.

WE JUST GOT TO KEEP GOING AND PICK IT UP. I AGREE.

SO ALL RIGHT, SO BRIAN, WHAT ARE AS FAR AS IF SOMETHING IS NOT SUPPLIED WITH WATER OR LIKE IN THIS PICTURE HERE, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THEY HADN'T HAD AN ELECTRIC METER IN A REALLY LONG TIME.

OR IF IT'S CUT FROM THE TRANSFORMER DOWN, THE CODE THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE ELECTRICITY TO YOUR HOUSE. I GUESS WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK IS IF THERE WAS A TIMELINE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAVEN'T HAD ELECTRIC SUPPLY FOR OR WATER SUPPLY FOR 4 OR 5, TEN YEARS.

ARE THERE ANY IS THERE ANY WAY FOR US TO SET LIKE TO THAT TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE FOR, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO, TO IDENTIFY THIS AS NOT A LIVABLE STRUCTURE? WELL, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT, NOBODY'S LIVING IN IT. THERE'S NO WE HAVE NOTHING IN OUR CODE THAT PROHIBITS A HOUSE FROM SITTING THERE WITHOUT WATER AND ELECTRICITY. YOU CAN KEEP THAT PROPERTY LIKE THAT. WE HAVE IT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, SOMEBODY WILL COME IN AND YOU GET.

THESE ARE SOME MORE COMPLAINTS YOU GET. WE'LL COME IN AFTER THREE YEARS.

THEY TURN THE WATER OFF BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS SET AND THEY'RE EMPTY. AND THEN THEY WANT TO TURN THE WATER BACK ON AND WE SAY, GREAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT A NEW TAP IN, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO WATER RUNNING THROUGH THIS TAP FOR SO LONG THAT THE TAP IS DETERIORATED AND THEN THAT HOMEOWNER HAS TO COME UP WITH 3 TO $4000 TO PUT IN A NEW TAB.

SO THE REST OF US DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. AND SO THAT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR LOCAL REGULATIONS.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT EVEN STATE LAW WOULD ALLOW US TO, QUOTE UNQUOTE, CONDEMN A HOUSE BASED ON LACK OF NOW.

IT'S CONDEMNABLE AND THAT NOBODY CAN LIVE IN IT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. YEAH. NOW WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY LIVING IN A HOUSE WITHOUT WATER AND SEWER.

ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A CONDEMNED HOUSE, AND WE DO THAT.

THEN THERE'S OTHER STATE LAWS THAT SAYS IF THERE IS SOMEBODY LIVING IN THAT HOUSE AND WE CONDEMN IT FOR THAT, THEN THE CITY IS ON THE HOOK FOR PROVIDING THEM A PLACE TO LIVE. SO CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID? I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE'S STILL ONE PERSON LIVING IN ANTIGUA.

IS THAT TRUE? NO, IT'S NOT TRUE. OKAY. I MOVED IN.

SO, I MEAN, BUT. AND THAT'S WHERE I. THAT'S WHAT I SAY.

THERE'S A THERE'S A BIG DISCONNECT BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE TEXAS IS VERY STRONG PROPERTY RIGHTS.

AND IT IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO US BECAUSE THERE'S BIG DISCONNECTS IN THAT WE GO CHASING DOWN THESE THINGS.

WE'LL CHASE THEM AS HARD AS YOU GUYS WANT US TO CHASE THEM.

BUT WE THEY ULTIMATELY END UP IN A STATE COURT.

AND OF COURSE, THAT TAKES THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS A MASSIVE.

SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES AS BEST WE CAN TO GET THEM TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES PRIOR TO GOING TO COURT, BECAUSE ONCE IT GOES TO COURT, WHO KNOWS AND WHO KNOWS WHEN.

SO THAT'S BEEN THAT'S WHAT HEATHER'S WHOLE PURPOSE HAS BEEN, IS TO TRY TO GET COMPLIANCE.

MORE SO THAN THAN THAT. BUT WE STILL DON'T STOP THE THE COURT SIDE OF IT.

NOW, THAT'S THE WORD. I WAS THINKING COMPLIANCE FROM THE HOMEOWNER BECAUSE THIS IS BEGINNING TO SOUND SUBJECTIVE.

IF SOMEBODY SEES A HOUSE OVER HERE THAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, WELL, IT'S UGLY OR WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

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IF WE GO THROUGH COMPLIANCE AND YOU TALK TO THE OWNERS, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE PATH TO TAKE.

INSTEAD OF DRIVING AROUND LOOKING AND TRYING TO POINT OUT HOUSES TO IDENTIFY THEM AS WHATEVER, WELL, RESIDENTS ARE COMPLAINING THAT THIS IS THE RESIDENTIAL.

WE RESPOND TO EVERY ONE OF THOSE. I GUARANTEE YOU, IF WE HAVE A COMPLAINT FROM A RESIDENT, THERE'S A CASE ON THIS HOUSE. YEAH. SO IF WE GET A COMPLAINT OR SOMETHING WE IDENTIFY ON OUR OWN, WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY. AND IF THERE ARE NO VIOLATIONS, JUST BECAUSE IT'S UGLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DONE. LIKE, IF IT'S JUST UGLY, WE'RE DONE. IF THERE ARE VIOLATIONS, THEN WE'LL IDENTIFY THOSE AND WE'LL NOTIFY THE OWNER IN ORDER TO GET COMPLIANCE. AND LET'S SAY THAT DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE DAMAGE AND THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE THEM TIME TO FIX IT. AND EVEN AFTER THAT, LET'S SAY WE SAY, HEY, FIX THIS WITHIN 30 DAYS.

EVEN AT THAT 30 DAYS, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE CHECKING IN AND SEEING, OKAY, WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN DONE.

AND IF WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS, WE'RE NOT GOING STRAIGHT TO VOLUNTARY CHARGES AT THAT TIME.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, HOW DO WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND GETTING THINGS DONE? AND THEN WHEN THERE'S A STALEMATE, WHEN NOTHING ELSE IS BEING DONE, THAT'S WHENEVER WE WE'RE KIND OF DONE WITH GETTING COMPLIANCE IF WE'RE NOT GETTING.

AND A BIG PROBLEM TOO, IN GALVESTON IS WE HAVE A LOT OF MULTIGENERATIONAL ESTATES WHERE THIS HOME IS NOW PASSED THROUGH TO THROUGH, AND IT'S BEEN SPLIT UP. SO WE'RE DEALING WITH 14 PEOPLE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, 14, 14 UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE HOUSE.

AND YOU KNOW, WE WE DO EVERYTHING FROM REPORTING FOR DELINQUENT.

I MEAN, WE CHECK TO SEE IF THEY'RE DELINQUENT ON TAXES. DO WE NEED TO MOVE UP A FORECLOSURE ON THIS? DO WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO COURT? BUT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN WHILE IT'S GOING TO COURT, BECAUSE GOING TO COURT COULD EASILY TAKE 2 TO 5 YEARS.

YEAH, EXACTLY. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF IF YOU'VE READ THE ITEM, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH UGLY.

THIS IS PURELY DILAPIDATED. IS THERE A REASON YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE A PICTURE OF THE MARTINI? PETER I KNOW WELL, AS I SAID, IF PEOPLE SENT, PEOPLE SENT ME THESE PICTURES.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL ORDINANCES, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS THAT AS LONG AS THE HOUSE IS SECURE AND THE GRASS IS MOWED, IT'S A HEALTH AND SAFETY. IT'S NOT A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE THAT WE RUN OUT OF OPTIONS IN A BIG, BIG HURRY. EXACTLY. I WOULD RECOMMEND, THOUGH.

BRIAN, COULD WE RESURRECT DONNA? LET'S PULL THAT DILAPIDATED.

YEAH. NO, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, WHILE THAT'S VERY ENFORCEABLE IN MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THESE RULES THAT WE MAKE HERE, MAYOR, THEY'RE REALLY FOR GOOD, HONEST LANDLORDS.

BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE WHERE WE LOSE IS THE WHIP, WHERE HEATHER LOSES THE WHIP AND WHERE RON LOSES.

IT WAS WHEN WE END UP GOING TO STATE AND DISTRICT COURT AND BECAUSE AGAIN, I JUST EXPLAINED TO YOU, PRETTY MUCH THE LITMUS TEST AT THE STATE LEVEL IS, IS THIS BUILDING SECURE IN THEIR DEFINITION OF SECURE IS DIFFERENT THAN OURS BECAUSE WE ARE MORE HURRICANE FOCUSED HERE. I BELIEVE THAT IF THERE'S AN OPENING IN THE BUILDING ENVELOPE, THIS IS A DANGEROUS BUILDING. THAT'S THE WAY THE DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE.

RIGHT? I'M NOT NECESSARILY 100% SURE THAT'S ENFORCEABLE IN COURT, BUT WE DO OUR BEST.

OKAY. LET'S GET. IF YOU HAVE STRUCTURES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, GET THE NEIGHBORS OR SEND THOSE TO TURN THOSE IN AND THEY'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

AND CAN WE GET THAT ORDINANCE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? YES, IT WAS DONE IN 24 COUNCIL, MAYBE 22 JANELLE IS MAKING A NOTE OF THAT.

JANELLE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THREE K PLEASE. OKAY. INSTALLATION OF BLOCK.

[3.K Update of the installation of Flock Cameras (Robb/Porretto - 10 min)]

CAMERON. YES. MARIE. WELL, I KNOW WE APPROVED 30 SOME BLOCK CAMERAS, AND WHEN THE KIDNAPING HAPPENED, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED ME HOW IS IT THAT THEY CAN'T TELL HOW LONG THE GUY WAS ON THE ISLAND.

IF WE HAVE ALL THESE FLOCK CAMERAS. AND SO I DID SOME INVESTIGATION.

AND APPARENTLY OF THE 30 SOME FLOCK CAMERAS WE BOUGHT, ONLY FIVE ARE INSTALLED SO FAR.

WE HAVE WE HAVE NINE INSTALLED. ONE IS CURRENTLY FAILING AND WE HAVE A SUPPORT TICKET IN FOR THAT. THEY. I CAN TELL YOU THE LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE UP ARE 81ST AND STEWART, 45TH AND R AND A HALF, 40TH BROADWAY, 81ST AND STEWART WHICH IS THAT THERE'S TWO THERE SO THAT YOU CATCH JONES AND AND STEWART.

AND THEN GOING BOTH DIRECTIONS. THE OTHER AT 45TH AND BROADWAY.

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45TH AND SEAWALL. TWO SO THAT YOU CATCH BOTH DIRECTIONS.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE UP. I HAVE EMAILS FROM OUR REP AT FLOCK.

THIS IS. FROM C DATED.

FEBRUARY 18TH. CHECKED IN PERMITTING TEAM FROM FEEDBACK.

OR THEY RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM TEXDOT PERMITTING TEAM NEEDING SOME CORRECTIONS AND RESUBMISSION OF PAPERWORK.

FROM FLOCK TO THEM. THEY HAVE THAT AND THEN ALSO UPDATING US US THAT THE OTHERS THAT ARE THAT ARE NOT CONNECTED TO TEXDOT PERMITTING REQUIRED A STRONGER POLE SYSTEM.

THE ONES I BELIEVE THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED WERE ON EXISTING STRUCTURES OR OR POLES THAT THE CITY HAD.

BUT CITY ENGINEERING REQUIRED A HIGHER THRESHOLD FOR WIND.

AND SO THEY ARE HAVING SPECIALIZED POLES BROUGHT IN FOR THOSE.

AS SOON AS THEY GET THEM, THEN THEY WILL INSTALL THE REST OF THE CITY.

SO WHAT ABOUT THE CAUSEWAY AND STANLEY BRIDGE? THOSE ARE ALL TEXDOT RELATED ISSUES, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WAIT ON TEXDOT APPROVAL.

AND WE MAY NOT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE ON THE BRIDGE ITSELF.

BUT AS LONG AS WE'RE IN AN AREA WHERE WE CAN AT LEAST GET MOST OF THAT TRAFFIC.

SO WE'RE WE'RE STILL PLAYING THE WEIGHT GAIN.

WE HAVE SUPPORTERS TOO, DON'T WE? WE DO. AND SO THE I MEAN, FOR ONE, THE.

WELL, YEAH, THEY HAVE BEEN OUT. THERE'S SOME THINGS BEING COVERED THAT WE DON'T HAVE PERMANENT CAMERAS ON, BUT WE'VE GOT TEMPORARIES OUT. AND IF I CAN HELP YOU WITH TECH STOCK, BECAUSE I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, I'D BE GLAD TO HELP YOU. ANYTHING THAT WOULD ASSIST IN EXPEDITING OF THE PERMITS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THIS PROJECT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE IT WAS A GREAT QUESTION WHEN PEOPLE ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, HOW IS IT WE CAN TELL HOW LONG THE KIDNAPER WAS ON THE ISLAND FROM FLOCK CAMERAS? AND I'M LIKE, GEE, I DON'T KNOW. AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT ALL OF THOSE FROM THE CAR VEHICLE HE WAS DRIVING.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE DOING WELL WITH THAT INVESTIGATION.

WE ANTICIPATE EIGHT ADDITIONAL CHARGES ON THAT SUSPECT FROM BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL, FROM OTHER GOOD, OTHER AREAS WHERE HE HAS DONE VERY SIMILAR THINGS, UNFORTUNATELY.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY GOOD. ALEX, YOU HAVE A SECOND ON THIS? DID YOU HAVE THIS WAS JUST A UPDATE ON WHERE WE WERE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

[3.L Discuss the City of Galveston’s ordinances applicable to electric scooters and the electric scooter ordinance recently approved by the City of Houston (Legal - 15 min)]

YES, SIR. LET'S MOVE THAT THREE OUT, PLEASE. ITEM THREE GALVESTON'S ORDINANCES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SCOOTERS AND ELECTRIC SCOOTER ORDINANCE.

HOUSTON, THE ELECTRIC SCOOTER EXPERT IS TREVOR FANNING WHO'S JOINING US FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

AND DAVID, YOU THIS WAS A THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE.

YEAH. I'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO SINCE THE CITY OF HOUSTON PASSED THEIR ELECTRIC SCOOTER ORDINANCE LAST YEAR, AND SO THE THESIS OF THIS WAS, IS A POLICY CHANGE WORTHY IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON, IF A CITY IS LARGER THAN THE CITY OF HOUSTON GOES THROUGH AND MAKES A GLOBAL CHANGE THAT LIMITS THE TIME OF SCOOTERS IN THE CITY.

AND SO TREVOR AND I SPENT SOME TIME ON THIS. HE'S DONE SOME DATA COLLECTION, SO I'D LIKE FOR HIM TO KIND OF START.

I'LL PASS IT AROUND AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU MY ENDING SUMMARY.

HOW ABOUT THAT, TREVOR? SO I'LL DO AT THE STATE LEVEL, THEY THE ONLY REAL REGULATION ABOUT ELECTRIC SCOOTERS ARE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ON ROADS UNLESS THE SPEED LIMIT IS 35MPH OR LESS.

AND THEN IT FURTHER ADDS THAT MUNICIPALITIES CAN PROHIBIT THEM FROM STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IF THEY DETERMINE THAT IT'S NECESSARY IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST OF SAFETY. WE REGULATE SCOOTERS IN A FEW WAYS.

WE REQUIRE PEOPLE TO GET A PERMIT IF THEY'RE GOING TO RENT SCOOTERS, AND WE REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE LIGHTS.

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THE WHITE LIGHT IN THE FRONT AND THE RED LIGHT IN THE BACK. AND WE ALSO REQUIRE THOSE RENTAL AGENCIES THAT THEY CAN ONLY RENT THEM TO AN 18 YEAR OLD OR OLDER, OR A 16 YEAR OLD IF THEY'RE ACCOMPANIED BY AN 18 YEAR OLD.

THOSE ARE THE ONLY REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE ON ELECTRIC SCOOTERS.

WHAT HOUSTON DID WAS THEY CRUNCHED A BUNCH OF DATA AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN TIMES IN PLACES WHERE THEY HAD THE MOST SCOOTER ACCIDENTS. THEY HAD THOSE RENTAL AGENCIES DOWNTOWN.

THEY WERE HAVING POP UP RENTAL AGENCIES WHERE PEOPLE WOULD JUST SET UP A TEMPORARY BOOTH AND RENT SCOOTERS OR THE SCOOTER DROP OFFS THAT WE HAD SOME YEARS AGO WHERE PEOPLE JUST DROP A BUNCH OF SCOOTERS YOU CAN RENT RIGHT THERE ON THE SIDEWALK.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT PROBLEM IN A WHILE. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WENDY AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST TO SEE WHAT OUR SCOOTER DATA WAS, AND SHE SENT ME WHAT SHE COULD FIND. BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

HER SEARCH. SHE SEARCHED SCOOTER IN THERE. ACCIDENTS.

AND THAT WILL ONLY FIND SCOOTER ACCIDENTS THAT IF THEY ENTERED THE WORD SCOOTER IN A FEW SELECT BOXES.

BUT MOST OF THESE ARE BEING RECORDED AS AUTO PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS WHEN THEY OCCUR, AND THAT WON'T BE CAPTURED.

AND SO THE ONLY WAY FOR HER TO GET AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF WHAT? OF WHERE WE'RE HAVING THE SCOOTER ACCIDENTS, WHEN WOULD BE TO LITERALLY GO THROUGH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACCIDENT CASES? SO SHE'S BEEN DISCUSSING WITH MOTOROLA BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING A NEW SYSTEM, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BETTER COLLECT THIS DATA GOING FORWARD.

AND THEY'RE WORKING ON A SOLUTION TO THAT RIGHT NOW.

BUT THEY SAID MOST LIKELY IT WOULD INVOLVE OFFICERS CHANGING A METHOD THAT THEY DO AT THE SCENE.

BUT THERE'S ALSO THINGS THEY CAN DO TO MAKE IT EASIER TO COLLECT THIS DATA.

ROBB MARIE. WELL, JUST GLANCING AT THIS SO IT'S UNLAWFUL TO RENT OR OTHER RENT. SO WHAT IF IT'S SOMEBODY THAT OWNS THEIR OWN SCOOTER? BECAUSE I'VE SEEN KIDS WHO WORK IN RESTAURANTS AND OR HOTELS AND THEY RIDE A SCOOTER TO AND FROM WORK. AND IF WE SAY, OH, YOU CAN'T DO IT FROM 8 P.M.

AND THEY WORK FROM FIVE, THE VERY LAST BULLET POINT.

LOOK AT THE LAST BULLET POINT. AND HOUSTON, THEY DID MAKE THAT AN EXCEPTION.

YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE ANY LAW AGAINST THAT. RIGHT.

CAN'T YOU JUST CAN'T RENT IT TO THEM IF THEY'RE UNDERAGE.

YEAH. IT'S I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS.

IF YOU DRIVE AROUND GALVESTON LIKE THESE SCOOTERS ARE, THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE JUST IN SEARCH OF A WAY TO BECOME A HOOD ORNAMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THEY'RE INVISIBLE. INVISIBLE? YOU CANNOT SEE THEM, OF COURSE. SO WHAT? TREVOR AND I SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND THE ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO WAS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO A CHANGE OF ORDINANCE IF I DIDN'T HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT IT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE WAY THAT WE COLLECT THE DATA WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO, TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

TREVOR'S COMMENT WAS THAT MAYBE WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM, THEY CAN THEY CAN BACKFILL INFORMATION TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S IF THERE'S ENOUGH INFORMATION. THE OTHER THING IS, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THEY CLAIMED THAT THERE WERE OVER 500 INCIDENCES BETWEEN 2021 AND 2025 FROM EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. SO THEY ACTUALLY HAD DATA TO DO SOMETHING WITH.

AND SO THAT WAS THE FIRST ISSUE THAT WE HAD. THE OTHER THING THAT I FOUND IN THE RESEARCH WAS THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON WAS ADDRESSING MORE OF A SOCIAL BEHAVIOR ISSUE.

THEY WERE HAVING GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS GATHER IN LATE HOURS TAKING OVER EITHER PARKS OR SCOOTER SCOOTERS.

SCOOTER. THAT'S GREAT, I LOVE IT. AND SO WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WAS TRYING TO CHANGE SOME BEHAVIOR.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT OCCURRING.

SO ABSENT THAT DATA, IT'S REALLY HARD OUTSIDE OF MAYBE, MAYBE MAKING A COMMENT ON HIS SECOND BULLET POINT ON TEXAS STATE LAW THAT SAYS WE COULD PROHIBIT THEM FROM SIDEWALKS AND PUT THEM IN THE STREET.

MAIN CONCERN. RIGHT. BECAUSE WHY? WELL, SEAWALLS COMPLETELY.

I LOOKED AT THAT AS A DIFFERENT SORT OF WELL, WE MOWED WE BUMPED THE SPEED LIMIT DOWN TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

SO IT WOULDN'T PRECLUDE THEM FROM STATE LAW FROM BEING ON SEAWALL.

I KNOW, I KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALK SIDEWALKS.

WELL, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT, BUT IF YOU PROHIBIT THEM FROM SIDEWALKS AND THEN YOU MOVE THEM TO.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS I KNOW IT'S THAT'S THE ISSUE.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN. IT SAYS WE CAN PROHIBIT THEM ON STREETS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN BE SPECIFIC ENOUGH, BUT I'VE GOTTEN THE COMPLAINTS.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A WE'RE IN WE'RE ABOUT TO START, IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY, A MASSIVE MOBILITY PLAN THAT GOES FROM BODECKER LANE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SAN LUIS PASS ALONG THE SEAWALL IN 305.

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MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS IS BEING DONE. I WOULD I WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET DATA ON WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC IS ON THE SEAWALL, SIDEWALK AND ANYWHERE ALONG THERE. THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY, I THINK, TO TO GET THAT DATA, TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CASE IS AND MAKE A CASE FOR SOME REGULATORY ACTION, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

ELECTRIC BIKES, CONSIDER SCOOTERS. NO, NO. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS AND MARIE TOUCHED ON THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT THAT USE IT TO GO TO AND FROM WORK.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT WORK AT BARS. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OFF AT 3 OR 4 SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GOT TO CLOSE EVERYTHING.

AND, YOU KNOW, I GET THAT THE AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.

BUT. TO ME THAT WAS A BIT OF A RESOURCE ALLOCATION WHERE WE'RE WE'RE ASKING GPD TO FOCUS ON DUI ENFORCEMENT, WHICH I THINK THEY'VE BEEN REALLY I THINK THEY'VE IMPROVED A LOT ON THAT, ON THE DUI ENFORCEMENT. BUT TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL STOPPING STOPPING YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIANS ON OR I GUESS THE PEOPLE ON ELECTRIC SCOOTERS LATE AT NIGHT I FEEL LIKE IT KIND OF DOUBLE DIPS IN THAT RESOURCE BUCKET.

AND I JUST WOULD NOT WANT TO BE AN UNNECESSARY BURDEN.

RIGHT. WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE THAT'S THE ONE. THE ONE THING I MEAN DAVID BROUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BRING THIS UP LAST TIME, AND I SHARED WITH HIM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE WE CAN ENFORCE HERE THAT WE SHOULD DO A BETTER JOB OF WHICH IS THE I CAN I CAN RENT A SCOOTER ONLINE ON AN APP WITHOUT HAVING FACE TO FACE.

AND THAT'S NOT THAT'S THAT BARRED FROM OUR OUR CODES.

SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS I THINK WE COULD TAMP DOWN ON AND AND, YOU KNOW, YOU STILL WOULD HAVE TO.

I THINK WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE ROBUST IN HOW WE SAY YOU HAVE TO BE 18 OR 16 WITH AN ADULT TO RENT, RENT A SCOOTER, BECAUSE I STILL SEE YOUNG KIDS, YOU KNOW, RENTING SCOOTERS AND AND DOING THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

AND I THINK MAYBE I THINK WE COULD CERTAINLY ADD THE LIGHTING AND SO FORTH, LIKE WE DID ON BICYCLES, TO SCOOTERS, ON PERSONAL SCOOTERS. IT'S ALREADY REQUIRED.

DOES IT SAY THAT LIKE TO RECORD. BUT BUT IT'S REQUIRED ON THE RENTALS AND THE WHAT ARE THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THAT LIGHT? I MEAN, A LITTLE BITTY FLASHLIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCOOTER IS NOT GOING TO DO ANY GOOD. IT MIGHT BE LEGAL. MY FAVORITE ARE THE ONES THAT RIDE WITH THAT LIGHT ON THERE.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I MEAN, LIKE LIKE A, LIKE ANY MOVING VEHICLE.

THERE'S A SPECIFICATION FOR HOW THAT LIGHT IS.

THE ONES THAT HAVE A SEAT CAN HAVE A LIGHT UP HIGHER.

THE ONES YOU STAND ON, THEY CAN HAVE THE WHITE LIGHT UP HIGH WHERE THE HANDLEBARS ARE, BUT THE RED LIGHT IS GOING TO BE DOWN, DOWN AT THE WHEEL. YEAH. YEAH. BUT ARE YOU. DAVID, WERE YOU LUCKY? YOU AND TREVOR. WHAT? WE WANTED TO PUT IN AN ORDINANCE.

OR ARE YOU RECOMMENDING WE GET DATA? YEAH, WE DO THE DATA FIRST.

WE THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH GPD ON THEIR DATA COLLECTION AND REFINEMENT TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

I THINK THAT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME DISCUSSION LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER PORRETTO MENTIONED IN TERMS OF MAYBE WE LOOK AT ENFORCEMENT AND SEE IF THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN INCREASE SAFETY ENFORCEMENT AROUND IT.

SO I, YOU KNOW, NOTHING AT THE MOMENT. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU START SOMETHING AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST IT'S GOING TO DIE FOR A LITTLE BIT. BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE YOU JUMP INTO THESE THINGS AND REALIZE THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY'RE THE WAY THEY ARE, RIGHT? BUT I THINK, I THINK RAISING THE ISSUE OF SAFETY OF PEDESTRIAN AND SCOOTER SAFETY, I THINK CONTINUE, WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION.

SO THAT'S MY ONLY RECOMMENDATION IS JUST STICK WITH TREVOR AND GPD ON DATA COLLECTION FIRST.

ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. I GOT A QUESTION FOR BRIAN.

THE MULTIMODAL STUDY WE'RE DOING ON THE SEAWALL AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WOULD THAT BE IN THEIR SCOPE TO COLLECT DATA ON THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOBILITY ON THE SEAWALL AND WHAT THE. YEAH, BRANDON'S DOING THAT THIS YEAR AS PART OF THAT STUDY, LIKE ON SEAWALL AND EVERYTHING.

I KNOW THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE OUT THERE COUNTING PEOPLE ON SCOOTERS, BUT THERE'LL BE THERE'LL BE SOME SOME LOOK INTO THAT.

YES, SIR. OKAY, WELL, THAT OUGHT TO HELP WITH THE DATABASE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH, WE'D HELP.

BEAU YOU HAD A COMMENT. WHAT ABOUT THE THE ONES LIKE LIME? THE THE ONES THAT YOU CAN JUST KIND OF RENT ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE AIR.

WE HAD ANY HEATHER STILL HERE? I MEAN, IF WE KNOW ABOUT THEM, WE GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE WE REQUIRE EVERYBODY TO HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR STORE.

AND WE DID THAT TO STOP THIS. DUMP YOUR SCOOTER ANYWHERE YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT TYPE THING.

LIKE LIKE THE BARS UP AT A&M. WELL, I MEAN, BUT IT'S WEIRD.

SO THERE'S SOME I MEAN, YOU CAN GO I FORGET AUSTIN A&M HAD THE PROBLEM WITH THE DUMPING OF THE SCOOTERS.

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AUSTIN HAD THE DUMPING OF THE BIKES. A&M WAS BUT NO, A&M WAS REALLY GOOD ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE KEEPING THEIR BIKES IN PLACE.

AND THEN AUSTIN WAS REALLY GOOD ABOUT KEEPING THE SCOOTERS IN PLACE. SO IT'S JUST IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S WEIRD. THERE'S THAT SOCIAL KIND OF IF WE KNOW ABOUT IT, WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO.

WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO STOP IT. WE'VE STOPPED SEVERAL ALREADY.

I KNOW, I KNOW, THERE'S ONE UP ON 45TH AT THAT CONVENIENCE STORE.

I JUST, I JUST BUT IF THEY'VE GOT A, IF THEY'VE GOT A BRICK AND MORTAR.

YEAH. I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE THEY ORDERED IT ONLINE, IT HAS TO.

AS LONG AS IT'S PICKED UP FROM AND RETURNED TO A BRICK AND MORTAR STORE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT PREVENTS ONLINE RENTAL.

THEY NEED A PERMIT. YEAH, BUT THEN HOW DO WE CHECK THE AGE REQUIREMENT? LIKE. I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S MUCH LIKE ALL OF OUR RULES HERE.

THERE'S A HIGH DEGREE OF TRUST. IT'S HARD. I MEAN, WE'D HAVE TO GO OUT AND PRETTY MUCH AUDIT ALL OF THEM.

YEAH, IF YOU WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS. PERSONALLY, THE WHAT WE SEE IN ONE OF THE LARGEST PROBLEMS WITH THE SCOOTERS ON THE SIDEWALKS, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SEAWALL AND YOU ARE HEADING EAST AND A CAR IS COMING FROM THE WEST AND TRYING TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THAT PERSON OR THAT.

AND IT'S IT'S SOMETIMES PROBLEMATIC WITH BICYCLES AS WELL.

WE'RE HAVING COLLISIONS. THE MAJORITY OF COLLISIONS ON THE SEAWALL, THAT'S WHY.

YEAH, IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS SCOOTERS WHEN IT'S ALSO A PROBLEM ON THE SIDEWALK SIDE OF SEAWALL BOULEVARD WHEN YOU GOT TOURISTS AND PEDESTRIANS WALKING.

AND THEN. AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING COMING BEHIND YOU. 20, 30 MILES AN HOUR. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S COMING. AND THERE'S A REAL CONFLICT IN TYPES OF MOBILITY ON THAT SEAWALL SIDEWALK. MY KIDS GOT SCOOTERS FOR CHRISTMAS, AND THEY HAVE THE TWO MODES, ONE WHERE IT MAXES AT EIGHT MILES AN HOUR THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO USE ON A SIDEWALK.

AND THEN I THINK IT'S 20 MILES AN HOUR OF THE STREET BOAT, SO I'M SURE THAT'S SCARY.

THERE YOU GO. I'M SURE IT'S NEVER. IT WAS THERE.

THE KIDS DON'T EVER PUT IN STREET, THOUGH, LIKE KATIE, DON'T YOU? YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU JUST SAID, RIGHT? YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. NOTHING ELSE. I, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT COME BACK AT A LATER DATE ONCE I'VE TALKED TO COUNCIL MEMBER, PORRETTO AND TREVOR AND SOME STAFF ON MAYBE TWEAKING IT.

I JUST THINK THAT AS SUMMER APPROACHES, THIS DOESN'T NEED TO GO AWAY, THAT WE NEED TO BE DILIGENT IN HOW WE ENFORCE THIS, THE EXISTING REGULATIONS, AND SEE IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED.

SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO GALVESTON.

NO IT'S NOT. I THINK SOME OF THE RENTAL COMPANIES WOULD WOULD BE OKAY WITH NOT RENTING BETWEEN LATE, LATE HOURS. I MEAN, THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE MOST OF THEM CLOSE UP ANYWAY UNLESS THEY DO AN OVERNIGHT RENTAL OR SOMETHING.

YES. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM THREE, PLEASE.

[3.M Follow-up discussion of parking enforcement practices, including citation issuance, notice to violators, and the collection of parking fines (Lewis/C. Brown - 15 min)]

PARKING ENFORCEMENT PRACTICE. REGULATIONS THAT.

COUNCILWOMAN. LEWIS. YES, MA'AM. JUST IN OUR LAST CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, I WANTED TO.

I JUST KIND OF DID SOME RESEARCH AND WANTED TO COME BACK TO ASK COUNCIL.

COULD WE DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK AT WHERE ARE MY NOTES? ALRIGHT. THERE'S SOME CLOUD BASED ONES OUT THERE SO THAT THERE 24 OVER SEVEN AUTOMATED SAFETY STICK SOLAR POWERED HD CAMERAS. AND THIS COULD POSSIBLY INCREASE THE COLLECTION.

I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN. ABOUT WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF COLLECTION OF TICKETS POSSIBLY ELIMINATE THE PAPER TICKETS.

SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO.

ACTUALLY, HEATHER IS ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE RFP FOR THE PARKING STUFF, SO THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT PAY BY PHONE CONTRACT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, ALL SOLUTIONS, WHETHER THEY'RE CLOUD BASED OR SOLAR BASED.

SO SO I PREPARED AN RFP, WHICH SHOULD GO OUT NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER.

AND BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE IS THE CONTRACT WITH OUR PAY BY PHONE, WHICH IS PAYING FOR THE PARKING THROUGH THE APP.

THAT CONTRACT IS EXPIRING AT THE END OF JUNE.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT OBVIOUSLY A REPLACEMENT, BUT ANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS? YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE LOOKED AT VERY GENERAL, BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. AND YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THERE'S SOME THAT I KNOW THAT SIGNAL EMPTY SPOTS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. THERE ARE THINGS THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT HAS THOSE I THINK.