Jun 25, 2026 Regular Council

LOOKS GREAT.

YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB.

PAUL CHURCH.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING UP.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO, THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? WE DID NOT.

SO WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A VOTE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? IT IS UNANIMOUS.

GREAT WORK, MR. CHURCH.

9B, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, DESIGNATING A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2922 BERNARDO DE GALVEZ AVENUE P AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[9.B Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Designating The Property Located At 2922 Bernardo De Galvez / Avenue P, As A “Galveston Landmark”, Property Is Legally Described As M.B. Menard Survey, West ½ Of Lot 12 & East ½ Of Lot 13 (3012-1), Southeast Block 64, Galveston Outlots, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas; Requesting The Historic Preservation Officer Record The Property's Landmark Designation In The Official Public Records Of Real Property In Galveston County, The Tax Records Of The City Of Galveston And The Central Appraisal District, And The Official Zoning Maps Of The City Of Galveston, Texas; Designating The Site As A Historically Or Archeological Significant Site In Need Of Tax Relief To Encourage Its Preservation; Planning Case Number 26P-019; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject (D. Lunsford)]

ITEM 9B, PLEASE.

PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS M.B.

BERNARD SURVEY, WEST HALF OF LOT 12 AND EAST HALF OF LOT 13, 3012-1, SOUTHEAST BLOCK 64, GALVESTON OUTLOTS, IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

REQUESTING THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER RECORD THE PROPERTY'S LANDMARK DESIGNATION IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF REAL PROPERTY IN GALVESTON COUNTY, THE TAX RECORDS OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON AND THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAPS OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, DESIGNATING THE SITE AS HISTORICALLY OR ARCHAEOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT SITE IN NEED OF TAX RELIEF TO ENCOURAGE ITS PRESERVATION.

PLANNING CASE NO.

26P-019.

MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.

DANIEL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

COMPLETED IN 1909, THIS CLASSICAL REVIVAL AND NATIONAL FOLK HOUSE WAS BUILT FOR FRANCIS OVERTON WILEY, A DESCENDANT OF PROMINENT GALVESTON REALTOR AND TEXAS RANGER JOHN OVERTON TRUEHEART.

DESPITE ALTERATIONS FROM A DUPLEX AND BACK TO SINGLE FAMILY, THE HOUSE RETAINS A HIGH DEGREE OF HISTORIC AUTHENTICITY, REMAINS A VALUABLE PART OF GALVESTON HISTORY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

LANDMARK COMMISSION, PLANNING COMMISSION, AND STAFF WILL RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.

QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS IS THE APPLICANT HERE FOR THIS ONE.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE SO WE'LL

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WILL THE CARING WOULD ANYBODY SIGN UP TO NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS ONE.

OKAY, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A MOTION I'LL SECOND MOTION A SECOND YOUR MOTION IN THERE WE GO SECOND.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS.

[9.C Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Designating The Property Located At 1616 Broadway / Avenue J, As A “Galveston Landmark”, Property Is Legally Described As Abstract 628, M. B. Menard Survey, Lot 11 And West Portion Of Lot 10, Block 196, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas; Requesting The Historic Preservation Officer Record The Property's Landmark Designation In The Official Public Records Of Real Property In Galveston County, The Tax Records Of The City Of Galveston And The Central Appraisal District, And The Official Zoning Maps Of The City Of Galveston, Texas; Planning Case Number 26P-026; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (C. Gorman)]

9C, PLEASE.

9C.

CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY AT 1616 BROADWAY AVENUE J AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK.

PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS ABSTRACT 628, M.B.

MENARD SURVEY, LOT 11 AND WEST PORTION OF LOT 10, BLOCK 196.

IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, REQUESTING THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER RECORD THE PROPERTY'S LANDMARK DESIGNATION IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF REAL PROPERTY IN GALVESTON COUNTY, THE TAX RECORDS OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON AND THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAPS OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

PLANNING CASE NUMBER 26P-026, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.

THIS IS THE SALLY TRUEHEART WILLIAMS HOUSE.

IT WAS BUILT IN 1928, AND IT'S A RARE EXAMPLE OF A HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT BY ARCHITECT CAMERON FAIRCHILD, WHO DESIGNED THE HOUSE IN THE SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE POPULAR AT THE TIME.

MR. FAIRCHILD BEGAN HIS ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE IN HOUSTON IN 1925.

OVER THE COURSE OF A LONG CAREER, HE BECAME NOTED FOR HIS ECLECTIC SINGLE-FAMILY COUNTRY HOUSES.

THE SALLY TRUEHEART WILLIAMS HOUSE RETAINS ALL ASPECTS OF HISTORIC INTEGRITY.

THE LANDMARK COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT FOR THIS CASE? PLEASE COME UP.

YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME.

CHRISTINE GLOVER, AND THANK YOU FOR APPROVING.

HOPEFULLY, WE HAVE STARTED OUR RENOVATION IN 2020.

IT TOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND WE LOVE BEING PART OF THE HISTORIC TREE.

TRUE HEART ESTATE.

GREAT.

I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS CASE.

IS THERE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR THIS ONE? NO.

NO? GREAT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING AND BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNSEL FOR A MOTION.

I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS.

I'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, CHRISTINE AND MIKE GLOVER.

[9.D Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Abandoning Approximately 11,265 Square Feet Of Right-Of-Way. The Commonly Known Address Is Adjacent To 10302 Seawall Boulevard; The Adjacent Property Is Legally Described As Hall And Jones Survey, Part Of Lots 344, 345, 360, 361, And 362 (344-1), Trimble & Lindsey, Section 1; In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas; Planning Case Number 26P-011; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject. (D. Lunsford)]

OKAY, 9D PLEASE.

ITEM 9D, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, ABANDONING APPROXIMATELY 11,265 SQUARE FEET OF RIGHT-OF-WAY.

THE COMMONLY KNOWN ADDRESS IS ADJACENT TO 10302 SEAWALL BOULEVARD.

THE ADJACENT PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS HALL AND JONES SURVEY, PART OF LOTS 344, 345, 360, 361, AND 362.

344-1, TRIMBLE AND LINDSEY, SECTION 1, IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

PLANNING CASE NUMBER 26P-011, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.

DANIEL.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.

SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR ABANDONMENT OF ABOUT 11,265 SQUARE FEET.

FEET OF RIGHT-OF-WAY DIRECTLY NORTH OF SEAWALL BOULEVARD AS SHOWN ASSOCIATED WITH PROPOSED SAX DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY SERVES NO PURPOSE FOR TRAFFIC OR UTILITY USE AND THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS BY THE REVIEW TEAM OF CITY STAFF AND OUTSIDE UTILITIES PLANNING STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ONE YEAH AND MR MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT FOR OUR PROJECT AND A BIG PROJECT IN GALVESTON TAX ON THE FUEL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT WE FROM THE ONE OR EVEN OUR PUD WHEN WE SUBMITTED THIS PART OF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO A BAND IS CONFLICT CAN MAKE CONFLICT WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT TO IN IN ORDER FOR US TO EXECUTE OUR PLAN THAT WE COULD APPROVE IN OUR PUD FOR THE UTILITIES AND ALSO FOR THE ROADS, TRAFFIC ROADS, AND MAKE THE TRAFFIC REALLY EASIER, THE TRAFFIC FLOW EASIER.

SO WE REQUESTED TO ABANDON THE

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ROAD AS IT DOES NOT GO ANYWHERE AND HAS NO BENEFITS FOR THE PUBLIC.

SO WE CONTINUE ALREADY DEVELOPING A PROJECT, AND WE ARE NOW IN PROGRESS, IN HIGH PROGRESS, IN ADVANCING PROGRESS IN ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECT WORK.

AFTER, OF COURSE, YOUR APPROVAL TO CONTINUE WITH OUR PUD APPROVAL AS PRESENTED BEFORE.

WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR THIS CASE? WE DO NOT.

OKAY, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE'LL BRING BACK TO COUNSEL FOR A VOTE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, CAST YOUR VOTE, OR JUST...

[9.E Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Creating A Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay Zoning District In A Zoned Residential, SingleFamily, Historic District (R-3-H) Zoning District, In Order To Use The Property As An “Office” Land Use On Property Commonly Known As, 902 16th Street, And Which Is Legally Described As M. B. Menard Survey, Lots 1 And 2, Block 195, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas; Planning Case Number 26P-021; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Providing For An Effective Date. (C. Gorman)]

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

9-E, PLEASE.

90.

CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, CREATING A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT IN A ZONED RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY HISTORIC DISTRICT, R3H ZONING DISTRICT, IN ORDER TO USE THE PROPERTY AS AN OFFICE LAND USE ON PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 902 16TH STREET, AND WHICH IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS M.B.

MENARD SURVEY LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK 195, IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

PLANNING CASE NUMBER 26P-021.

MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT IN ORDER TO USE THE PROPERTY AS AN OFFICE LAND USE THE PROPOSAL IS TO USE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE FOR A LAW OFFICE THE FIRST FLOOR WOULD BE USED AS RECEPTION COMMON AND CONFERENCE SPACE THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS WOULD BE OFFICE SPACE FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT STAFF MEMBERS THE PROPERTY IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY R THREE WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE OFFICE LAND USE.

THE PUD REQUEST IS TO DEVIATE FROM TABLE 2.201 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW FOR THE OFFICE LAND USE AND ALSO TO ALLOW FOR SIGNAGE WITH A MAXIMUM SIZE OF TWO SQUARE, I'M SORRY, TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE SIGNAGE.

LANDMARK COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING DENIAL.

THERE IS A REQUIREMENT OF A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE OF COUNCIL IN ORDER TO PASS THIS REQUEST.

AS OF JUNE 10TH, 2026, RETURN NOTICES IN OPPOSITION CONSTITUTE MORE THAN 20% OF THE LAND AREA WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA, WHICH IS 200 FEET FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

PER STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS, ONCE THE 20% THRESHOLD IS MET, THE REQUEST REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY THREE-FOURTHS OF THE MEMBERS VOTE TO PASS.

A SUPERMAJORITY OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IS SIX.

THANK YOU, CATHERINE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO QUESTIONS.

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT FOR THIS CASE? NO APPLICANT.

WE HAVE SOME.

WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK FROM CHRISTINE GLOVER.

CHRISTINE? I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE CONSIDERATION OF A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY ZONING FOR THE HOUSE AT 902 16TH STREET TO USE AS AN OFFICE, WHICH I HEAR WOULD BECOME A LAW OFFICE.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS 1907 NEOCLASSIC HOME WITH SOARING CORINTHIAN FRONT PORCH COLUMNS IS WITHIN THE EAST END HISTORIC DISTRICT.

THESE HOMES WERE CONSTRUCTED AS PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND HAVE SERVED THAT PURPOSE CONTINUOUSLY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

TO BEGIN OPENING OFFICES AND BUSINESSES WITHIN THE DISTRICT WOULD ESTABLISH A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT AS OTHERS WOULD SURELY FOLLOW SUIT BESIDES THE ADDED STREET PARKING AND SIGNAGE A BUSINESS WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE TRUE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WE CANNOT LET THIS BECOME ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IT WAS BUILT AND KNOWN TO BE I URGE YOU TO DENY THIS CONSIDERATION AS DID THE LANDMARK COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOTH VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO REJECT THE PROPOSED CHANGE THANK YOU VERY MUCH OKAY IF THAT'S THE ONLY ONE WE HADN'T SIGNED UP FOR THIS THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A MOTION I'M LIKE A MOTION TO DENY MOTION TO DENY AND SECOND OKAY REAL QUICK SO IF WE

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WANT TO DENY IT, DO WE VOTE YES OR NO? WE VOTE YES.

THE MOTION IS TO DENY.

SO YES, WOULD BE TO AGREE TO DENY.

GOOD QUESTION, JASON.

IT'S UNANIMOUS TO DENY THE REQUEST.

PLEASE, JANELLE.

[9.F Consider For Approval An Ordinance Of The City Of Galveston, Texas, Creating A Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay Zoning District To Establish A Mixed-Use Development In A Residential, Single-Family (R-1), Residential, Townhouse (R-2), And Resort/Recreation (Res/Rec) Zoning District, On Property Commonly Known As 17130, 171196, 17200 San Luis Pass Road / F.M. 3005 And Adjacent Vacant Parcels, And Which Is Legally Described As Abstract 121 Hall & Jones Survey; Tract 70, 67.093 Acres; Tract 71, 72.960 Acres; Tract 72, 10.700 Acres; Tract 72-2-1, 1.660 Acres; Tract 72-4, 4.000 Acres; Tract 72-5, 15.580 Acres; Tract 73, 24.641 Acres; Part Of Tract 73, 58.359 Acres; Tract 74, 4.5643 Acres; Tract 76 40.000 Acres; Tract 77, 4.725 Acres; And Gustafson Sub (2008) Abst 121, Lot 2, Acres 8.521, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas; Planning Case Number 26P-009; Making Various Findings And Provisions Related To The Subject; And Providing For An Effective Date. (T. Evans)]

9F, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, CREATING A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY R1 RESIDENTIAL, TOWNHOUSE R2, AND RESORT RECREATION RES REC ZONING DISTRICT ON PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 17130-171196-17200 SAN LUIS PASS ROAD, FM 3005, AND ADJACENT VACANT PARCELS AND WHICH IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS ABSTRACT 121 HALL AND JONES SURVEY TRACK 70 67.093 ACRES TRACK 71 72.960 ACRES TRACK 72 10.7 ACRES TRACK 72-2-1 1.660 ACRES TRACK 72-4 4 ACRES, TRACK 72-5 15.58 ACRES, TRACK 73, 24.641 ACRES.

PART OF TRACK 73, 58.359 ACRES.

TRACK 74, 4.5643 ACRES.

TRACK 76, 40 ACRES.

TRACK 77, 4.725 ACRES.

AND GUSTAFSON SUB 2008 ABSTRACT 121, LOT 2, ACRES 8.521 IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

PLANNING CASE NUMBER 26.

MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THE REQUEST IS FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO CREATE A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AT THIS LOCATION.

THE PUD DOES SOME THINGS, SO WE'LL JUST GO OVER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PLANNING AREAS AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW THE REQUESTED DEVIATIONS.

THE PUD ESTABLISHES THREE PLANNING AREAS.

PLANNING AREA 1, WHICH IS ALL LAND WITHIN 500 FEET OF BOB SMITH ROADWAY.

PLANNING AREA 2, ALL LAND WITHIN 600 FEET OF STATE HIGHWAY FM 3005.

AND PLANNING AREA 3, ALL AREA WITHIN THE PROPERTY THAT'S NOT LOCATED IN PLANNING AREAS 1 OR PLANNING AREA 2.

THE PURPOSE OF THE PUD IS TO ELIMINATE THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH, LOT DEPTH, FRONT SETBACK, SIDE SETBACK, AND REAR SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR THE R1, R2, AND RESREC ZONING DISTRICTS FOR PLANNING AREA 3.

AND TO ESTABLISH A MINIMUM LOT AREA OF 1,600 SQUARE FEET IN PLANNING AREA 3.

INCREASE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT IN PLANNING AREA 2 FROM 50 FEET TO 70 FEET FOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SCREENING.

INCREASE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT IN PLANNING AREA 3 FROM 50 FEET TO 120 FEET, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 20 FEET OF HEIGHT FOR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SCREENING.

TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL LAND USES IN THE R1, R2, AND RESREC ZONING DISTRICTS, AS DESCRIBED IN THE PUD PLAN EXHIBIT E, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PLANNING AREA 1.

ELIMINATE THE SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS IN ARTICLE 5, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PROHIBITION OF BILLBOARDS, AND REPLACE WITH PUD.

EXHIBIT G WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PLANNING AREA 1.

ELIMINATE THE PARKING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS IN ARTICLES 3 AND 8 AND REPLACE WITH PUTT EXHIBIT 5 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PLANNING AREA 1 AND TO ALLOW FOR PRIVATE STREETS.

ON APRIL 7, 2028, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

THE VOTE WAS FIVE MEMBERS IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION, AND ONE MEMBER ABSENT.

THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ARE LISTED.

FOR YOU IN YOUR STAFF REPORT AND THEY DETAIL THE DEVIATIONS THAT I JUST READ.

AND THEN ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS ARE THAT THE DEVELOPER APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE 15 WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS WITHIN THE PROPERTY, THAT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY SITE BE AT LEAST FIVE ACRES.

THE DEVELOPER SHALL ESTABLISH A CONSERVATION AREA AND ESTABLISH A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 1,600 SQUARE FEET IN PLANNING AREA THREE.

THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO THOSE.

RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES FOR YOUR REVIEW THE FIRST SLIDE IS A LOCATION MAP SHOWING THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN BLUE AND THEN WE HAVE THE PLAN

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THE YELLOW AREA IS WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS PLANNING AREA ONE THE RED AREA IS PLANNING AREA TWO THE REMAINDER OF THE SITE IS PLANNING AREA THREE SO IF IT'S NOT YELLOW OR RED THEN IT'S PLANNING AREA THREE THIS THIS SLIDE ALSO SHOWS THE PROPOSED CONSERVATION AREA THAT THE APPLICANT HAS DELINEATED IN THAT BLUE.

AND THEN WE HAVE A SLIDE THAT THIS INFORMATION WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO YOU BY EMAIL YESTERDAY AND IT DETAILS THE CHANGES OF THE REQUEST THROUGH THE VARIOUS REVIEWS.

THE REQUEST WAS HEARD TWICE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ONCE ON MARCH 3RD.

AT THAT POINT IT WAS DEFERRED WITH SOME ITEMS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON.

THE APPLICANT MADE SOME CHANGES RESPONDING TO THE COMMENTS THAT WERE HEARD AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THAT WAS REVIEWED ON APRIL 7TH, AND THEN HERE WE ARE TODAY AT JUNE 25TH.

THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT.

THANK YOU, CATHERINE.

QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY.

YEAH, GO AHEAD, BOB.

I DIDN'T SEE A LOT IN THE STAFF REPORT ABOUT THE WASTEWATER CAPACITY FOR THIS AREA.

HOW WE'VE ANALYZED THAT IF AT ALL AND CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? WELL, I'M AFRAID I CAN'T THAT'S NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT INCLUDING ROB WINNICKY THE CITY ENGINEER AND HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS WE JUST DON'T KNOW I GUESS FIRST-HAND ANYTHING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE ANY FIRST-HAND INFORMATION, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT ROB HAS REVIEWED THE PROJECT AND HE DID NOT HAVE ANY ANY CONCERNS THAT WOULD LEAD HIM TO HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.

YEAH, WOULD WE TAKE THAT AS THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT ON OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM? IF WE DIDN'T HAVE CAPACITY, THEN ROB WOULD HAVE NOTED THAT.

I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST APPROVAL OF A PROJECT.

THERE ARE MANY APPROVALS AND REVIEWS THAT COME AFTER THIS.

A PUD IS REALLY, IT'S THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF PERMITS.

SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T OCCURRED YET THAT WILL OCCUR LATER ON IN THE REVIEW PROCESS.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS.

THE CONSERVATION AREA YOU SHOWED IT THERE, DID THE APPLICANT HAVE ANY PLANS FOR MAINTENANCE OF THAT CONSERVATION AREA? ANY PLANS TO DO ANYTHING THERE? I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT.

AND THE DENSITY CALCULATION, I JUST NEED A LITTLE CLARITY ON HOW THAT WORKS.

I THINK IT WAS BASED ON 568 LOTS ON 170 ACRES.

IS IT JUST SIMPLY THE LOTS AND THE ACREAGE THAT IS IN THE CALCULATION OR SOME OF THESE LOTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR A HEIGHT OF 70 FEET, MAYBE A FOUR OR FIVE STORY BUILDING OR SOMETHING? IS THAT PART OF THIS CALCULATION OR IS IT SIMPLY LOTS AND...

IT'S SIMPLY LOTS AND AREA.

IT'S A VERY SIMPLE MATHEMATICAL EQUATION.

AND THE ACREAGE MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE WATER.

IT'S WHATEVER'S IN THAT ZONE.

RIGHT.

THE SUBJECT SITE CAN INCLUDE AREAS THAT ARE WATER.

AND WHERE THE APPLICANT SITES C, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, WHAT ZONE IS THAT? THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING IN PLANNING AREA 2, WHICH IS RED ON THE MAP, TO USE THE COMMERCIAL STANDARDS.

THE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN ARTICLE 3 FOR THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO USE IN THAT AREA.

ON THE SIGNAGE, IT APPEARS THAT...

SOME OF THIS VARIANCE IS GOING TO BE FOR MARKETING AND SALES SIGNAGE.

IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE LARGE.

DO WE HAVE ANY WAY OF LIMITING HOW LONG THAT CAN BE OUT THERE? BECAUSE, I MEAN, I ASSUME THAT HE WOULD WANT SOMETHING OUT THERE UNTIL EVERYTHING'S SOLD, WHICH COULD BE YEARS.

I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT.

YOU COULD.

THE COUNCIL COULD PUT IN A CONDITION THAT ANY MARKETING SIGNAGE COULD BE UP FOR X PERIOD OF TIME, OR YOU COULD DO IT ALSO SOMETIMES THOSE KINDS OF SIGNS ARE RELATED TO THE NUMBER PERCENTAGE OF UNITS OR LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD.

OKAY, THAT'S INTERESTING.

AN APPLICANT IS REQUESTING PRIVATE ROADS.

DOES THAT MEAN IT'S GOING TO BE A GATED COMMUNITY, NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC? IF THE PRIVATE STREETS MAY BE GATED, YES.

SO IT COULD BE.

I GUESS THAT'S AN APPLICANT QUESTION.

THE CURRENT SITE PLAN SHOWS SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE THAT WE SAW LAST TIME.

AND IT SHOWS ADDITIONAL LOTS JUST TO THE NORTH OF WHAT IS FUNCTIONALLY KINGSTON WAY IN JAMAICA BEACH.

IT'S ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR PLAN, RIGHT BEFORE THAT SECTION CURVES OFF RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S A BUNCH MORE LOTS THERE ON THAT PLAN THAN WE SAW ON THE LAST PLAN.

I WAS JUST WONDERING.

DID THEY ADD ANY LOTS OR HOW DOES THAT WORK IN THE CALCULATION? AS FAR AS I KNOW,

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THEY DIDN'T ADD LOTS.

MAYBE THEY'VE REARRANGED LOTS, BUT THE APPLICANT COULD CLARIFY THAT FOR US.

YEAH, THAT LITTLE NORTH PIECE RIGHT THERE WASN'T ON THE LAST PLAN.

IF IT'S ADDITIONAL LOTS, THAT WOULD CHANGE THE DENSITY REQUIREMENT, THE DENSITY CALCULATION, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE SIGNIFICANT.

ON BUILDING HEIGHT, THEY ALSO WANT A VARIANCE.

SO I THINK.

70, 60 FEET, AND THEN THEY SAY, BUT WE WANT AN ADDITIONAL 10 FEET FOR PARAPETS THAT COVER MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.

WHEN WE, IN OUR LDRS, IS THE CALCULATION, DOES IT INCLUDE THE VERY TOP, WHICH WOULD BE THE TOP OF THE PARAPET, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT BEING THE HEIGHT BEING THE TOP OF THE BUILDING WITHOUT THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT? THE MEASUREMENT WE TAKE IT IN THE LDR IS TO THE TOP OF.

THE BUILDING INCLUDING MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.

OKAY SO FUNCTIONALLY HE'S ASKING FOR NOT 60 FEET BUT 70 FEET BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE EXTRA 10 FEET SO LET ME JUST LOOK AT IT REALISTICALLY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

YES THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT IS PROPOSED FOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AND MECHANICAL SCREENING.

OKAY ALL RIGHT I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW THANKS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW WHILE CATHERINE'S GOT THIS? OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE DEVELOPER UP HERE, THE APPLICANT, TO PRESENT ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER, AND WE MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

JEFF BLACKARD, 401A DRATIC PARKWAY, MCKINNEY, TEXAS.

IF YOU CAN ADDRESS SOME OF BOB'S QUESTIONS OR TELL US KIND OF THE CHANGES, I GUESS, THAT HAVE GONE ON SINCE YOU FIRST CAME TO PLANNING COMMISSION OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.

AND...

CAN I JUST GO THROUGH THE SLIDES? OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I TRIED TO ADDRESS NOT ONLY QUESTIONS THAT HE HAS, BUT QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN ONLINE BY THE HOMEOWNERS GROUPS AND OTHER PEOPLE.

PERFECT.

SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO...

WALK YOU THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT I'VE LEARNED AND THE ZONING ITSELF AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE QUICK THANK YOU TODAY IT'S ABOUT THE EITHER WHAT THE PROPERTY IS EXISTING ZONING OR A PUD.

AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO.

LAST WEEK, I DROVE DOWN HERE ON THURSDAY AND MET WITH JOHN LUTOWSKI, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, AND I CAME DOWN HERE TO PULL MY ZONING CASE.

BECAUSE UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING, I CAN PRETTY MUCH DO EVERYTHING THAT I NEED TO DO, BUT I WANTED TO BE MORE CREATIVE.

AND THE WAY I ATTACK PROJECTS LIKE THIS THE FIRST THING THAT I DO IS I LAY OUT WHAT I THINK IT SHOULD BE AND I DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE ZONING WHATSOEVER ON THE SITE AND BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONTROVERSY THAT'S HAPPENED IN GALVESTON THEN I REALLY LOOKED AT THE ZONING THAT WAS EXISTING ON THE PROPERTY SINCE 1960S OKAY SO THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN ZONED SOMEWHERE 1964 OR 5 IN A PUD OR STRAIGHT ZONING BACK THEN.

AND SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ZONING ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THE EXISTING ZONING, AND THE PROPOSED PUD.

AND IF YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSE, YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE MUCH DIFFERENCE.

OBVIOUSLY, BOB SMITH ROAD, THERE'S LOTS ON THE EXISTING ZONING THAT YOU COULD GO ALL THE WAY DOWN BOB SMITH ROAD.

IF YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSE, NEXT SLIDE, THE REAL DIFFERENCE IS THE LAGOON, THE LARGE SWIMMING POOL THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.

THAT'S HOW I DESIGNED IT FIRST, WITH BUILDINGS AROUND IT, WITH ZERO SETBACKS ON A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS.

SHOPPING, LITTLE SHOPPING, LITTLE SHOPS AND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU CAN SEE TRYING TO FIT THIS IDEA ON WHAT'S EXISTING YOU CAN SEE MY LAGOON IS STRAIGHTENED UP AND DOWN AND IT'S NOT AS PRETTY OR IT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD DRAW.

ALSO LET ME GO BACK ONE GO AHEAD YOU GO THE NEXT LINE.

SO THAT'S THE EXISTING ZONING TODAY AND SINCE LAST WEEK OR SINCE THE LAST ZONING HEARING.

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BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH CONTROVERSY ON R1, THE PIECE OF PROPERTY ON LONG BOB SMITH ROAD THAT PEOPLE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH OR MAYBE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO ALONG THERE.

BASICALLY WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING THAT EXISTS TODAY IN OUR PUD ALONG TRACK ONE THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE NEIGHBORS.

YOU KNOW I HEARD THE PROBLEM.

THE ISSUES WITH HEIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSES TODAY IN THE $400 A SQUARE FOOT RANGE WANT TO PUT AN ELEVATOR IN.

AND THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO GET THE EXTRA HEIGHT FOR SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO PUT AN ELEVATOR ABOVE THE ROOF LINE OR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.

BUT SINCE IT WAS TOO HARD TO EXPLAIN THAT ALL THEY THOUGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK OUT THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSE AND SEE A 70 FOOT.

STRUCTURE, I SAID, OKAY, WHAT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1964 IS GOING TO BE THERE TODAY.

AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS DOWN IN THAT CORNER, IN CASE I GET AN EMERGENCY CARE THAT THEY WANT TO BE ON THAT CORNER, OR WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE THEM GO TO THE OTHER END, WE ZONE THAT COMMERCIAL OR ASKING FOR COMMERCIAL OKAY NEXT ONE ONCE AGAIN THIS IS THE EXISTING ZONING TODAY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS USING THAT ZONING DESIGNING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THIS THE DISCOVERY SANDS WITHIN THE ZONING THAT EXISTS TODAY AND IF I KNEW WHAT I KNOW TODAY I WOULD JUST USE THAT ZONING AND STARTED IT EIGHT MONTHS AGO OKAY AND I JUST THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION I'M TRYING TODAY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO TODAY.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE PROJECT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PROJECT AND BE THE MOST CREATIVE INTERNALLY AROUND THE LAGOON AS I POSSIBLY CAN.

THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO DO.

NOT ADJACENT TO HOMEOWNERS, BUT TO MAKE IT AS SPECIAL AS I CAN.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE ASKING FOR A PUD.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ISSUES, NOT ALL THE ISSUES, BUT AS MANY TRAFFIC.

EXISTING ZONING, PUD.

I'VE HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AS I DID RESEARCH.

WHY IS NOT 3005 FOUR LANE DIVIDED ALL THE WAY THROUGH JAMAICA BEACH? WHY IS THERE A BOTTLENECK THERE? BASED ON MY RESEARCH.

IN THE 1960S, THE DEVELOPER WAS GOING TO DEDICATE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THEM TO EXTEND IT THROUGH THERE, BUT HE DIDN'T.

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY HE DIDN'T, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO EXTEND A FOUR-LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY THROUGH JAMAICA BEACH.

SO ABOUT TRAFFIC, SO EVERYBODY...

WE CAN'T CONTROL 3005, THE STATE DOES.

WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS, OUR TRAFFIC CONSULTANT, THEY STUDY 3005 EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT'S AN EMERGENCY EXIT.

WHEN THEY DEEM IT'S POSSIBLE, THEY WILL COME BY THE RIGHT OF WAY FROM JAMAICA BEACH AND THEY WILL EXTEND IT TO FOUR LANES DIVIDED.

I DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT.

IF I WANTED TO GO BUILD FOUR LANES DIVIDED THROUGH JAMAICA BEACH, I COULDN'T DO THAT.

THE WAY WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE STATE IS ONCE WE ENGINEER OUR DEVELOPMENT THEN WE'LL GO TO THE STATE AND GET APPROVAL FOR DECEL LANES OR ACCELERATION LANES ON THE 3005 AND IF THEY WANT ADDITIONAL RIGHT AWAY FROM OUR PROPERTY WE WILL HAVE TO GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL RIGHT AWAY.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE OH SANITARY SEWER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO I CAME DOWN AND VISITED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND ALSO PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING SANITARY SEWER FOR THIS SITE.

THE ANSWER TO THAT WAS TO BUILD A LIFT STATION AND I THINK PUMP IT BACK TO MUD 29.

WE ALSO VISITED WITH JAMAICA BEACH, THE MAYOR AT THE TIME AND THE CITY MANAGER, ABOUT POSSIBLY FIGURING OUT SOME RELATIONSHIP WITH JAMAICA BEACH.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND SO I'M GOING TO SAY SIX MONTHS AGO,

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MAYBE SEVEN MONTHS AGO, THE PUBLIC WORKS ASKED US, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN BUILDING A SEWER TREATMENT PLANT? OF COURSE, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ASKED US TO BUILD A SEWER TREATMENT PLANT, BUT THEY STATED THAT THERE'S AT LEAST 600 HOMES IN THIS DRAINAGE BASIN FOR THE SANITARY SEWER.

THAT ARE ON SEPTIC TANKS, ABOUT 600 UNITS TODAY, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2,000 UNITS THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED WEST OF US THAT NEEDS A PLACE TO SANITARY SEWER.

SO WE DID THE EXERCISE OF HOW BIG A TRACK DO WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT'S WEST OF US IN THAT DRAINAGE BASIN, BUT ALSO...

I ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL LAND THAT I COULD TAKE CARE OF MAYBE ONE DAY JAMAICA BEACH IF THEY EVER WANTED TO GET OFF THEIR SEWER.

OKAY, DON'T NEED TO DO THAT, BUT WE SIZED THE FIVE ACRES THAT YOU COULD DO THAT.

AND AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD, MAYBE OR MAYBE NOT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO RUN A LINE OVER THERE SO ONE DAY THEY DECIDE WE DON'T WANT SANITARY SEWER IN JAMAICA BEACH.

IS THERE SOME WAY GALVESTON CAN...

HANDLE OUR SANITARY SEWER.

ANYWAY, THAT'S WHY I LAID OUT FIVE ACRES.

THAT'S WHY I LAID IT OUT IN THAT LOCATION TO HANDLE THAT GHOST WOLF'S YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GHOST WOLVES.

OKAY, I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO ANSWER WHAT THE SOLUTION IS BECAUSE I'VE HEARD EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE BEACH FROM THE END OF THE, FROM CALVISON ALL THE WAY DOWN.

I MEAN, I'VE HEARD EVERYTHING ABOUT THE GHOST WOLVES.

BUT THE ONE THING WE DID, NOT INTENTIONALLY, BUT IT TURNS OUT INTENTIONALLY, IS WHEN WE LAID THIS PROJECT OUT, WHAT WE DID IS WE DID A PRELIMINARY DELINEATION.

AND ACTUALLY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS DONE A DELINEATION YEARS AGO.

AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A SLIDE, WELL MAYBE THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS AN INTERESTING SLIDE, ONLY BECAUSE IF YOU FAMILIAR YOURSELF WHERE YOU ARE, WE LEAVE THE SHORELINE ALONE.

AND AS YOU CAN TELL BY THE BACK OF OUR LOTS WHERE YOU SEE THE 181 FEET, FROM THE BACK OF THAT LOT TO THE WATER'S EDGE IS 181 FEET.

THOSE TWO, THE 346, THAT'S HOW FAR IT IS TO THE WATER'S EDGE.

SO IF THE GHOST WOLF SLASH COYOTES TRAVEL THROUGH JAMAICA BEACH, THEY HAVE...

AN AREA THAT'S UNDISTURBED THAT THEY CAN TRAVEL DOWN THE BEACH.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT JAMAICA BEACH WOULD TAKE A ROW OF HOUSES AND MAKE A, FROM THE STATE PARK ALL THE WAY TO THAT AREA RIGHT THERE SO THAT THE GHOST WOLVES COULD TRAVEL FREELY ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST END.

I JUST, SOME OF YOU KNOW, BUT FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS WHAT I'VE DONE, I CAME DOWN HERE, WE PURCHASED GEORGE MITCHELL'S PORTFOLIO IN PIRATES AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND TRYING TO BE THE MOST RESPECT RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPER I COULD BE WHEN I WAS ASKED.

I ALWAYS DID WHAT PEOPLE ASKED REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A QUICK HISTORY FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN JAMAICA BEACH TO KNOW MY HISTORY ON GALVESTON ISLAND.

FIRST PROJECT, GO AHEAD.

WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE FAST.

SO PART OF THE PORTFOLIO, I OWNED 80 LOTS IN LAFITTE'S COVE, APPROXIMATELY.

AND PEOPLE CAME IN AND BUILT THEIR BEAUTIFUL HOUSES.

BUT I NEVER LIKED THE BOAT DOCKS RIGHT BEHIND THE HOUSE.

I JUST THOUGHT WE COULD DO

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BETTER.

AND SO THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WE DID WAS CHRISTMAS TREE POINT.

AND I DIDN'T LIKE, IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT SIDE, I DIDN'T LIKE A BUNCH OF BOAT DOCKS DOWN A SHORELINE AND DOING A HARD EDGE ON THE SHORELINE.

SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD DO SOMETHING.

MORE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND WHAT WE DID IS WE PUT TWO HOUSES, TWO BOAT DOCKS TOGETHER PER HOUSE, AND WE BUILT EVERY ONE OF THOSE BOAT DOCKS AND WE RIP-WRAPPED THE SHORELINE.

NEXT SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE.

AND AS I GOT MORE EDUCATED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, HOW TO DEVELOP RESPONSIBLE DOWN THERE, I DIDN'T TOUCH ANY OF THOSE WETLANDS ALONG THERE.

THIS IS CHRISTMAS TREE POINT TWO.

WE DUG THAT CANAL INSIDE THERE ALL ON UPLANDS, NONE.

WE LEFT ALL THE GRASS ALONE AND THE MATERIAL THAT WE TOOK OUT OF THE LITTLE CANAL THAT WE BUILT, WE PUT A CANAL OUTSIDE OF THIS SO WE COULD PROTECT THOSE WETLANDS.

SO AS I GREW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, THIS IS LAFITTE'S POINT.

AND WHAT WE DID HERE IS LEAVE ALL THOSE WETLANDS ALONE, DUG ANOTHER CANAL, AND PUT THE BOAT DOCKS ON THE INSIDE OF OUR CANAL.

ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN THAT I MET BEING DOWN HERE AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME IS BOB MOORE, WHO IS ONE OF THE LEAD ATTORNEYS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE NATION.

AND HE WOULD COME TO ME AND ASK ME TO GIVE HIM LAND TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TRACTS THAT I GAVE HIM, BUT THEY'RE NOW PART OF ARTIS BOAT.

BUT BASED ON WHAT I LEARNED FROM HIM AND THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT THIS ISLAND, NEXT SLIDE, THAT ISLAND RIGHT THERE WAS 27 ACRES OF UPLANDS.

I DEDICATED TO CABEZA DE BACA, WHICH IS NOW ARTIST BOAT.

BUT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE DELHIDE COVE RESTORATION PROJECT, PEOPLE GOT ME INVOLVED IN.

AND WE PUT THE FIRST SEED MONEY TO GET PUT UP TO DO THAT PROJECT TO THE LEFT.

AND WE DONATED TWO OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO WORK ON IT FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THAT WAS A PROJECT WITH GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION, TEXAS FISH AND WILDLIFE, THE HOA OF PIRATES BEACH AND COVE.

AND THAT HAS SPURRED ON THOSE PROJECTS ALL THE WAY DOWN THE COAST.

ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THIS IS JUBILEE 1 AND 2 AND JAY COVE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SLIDE IN 1954, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.

IN THE 60S, WHEN JAMAICA BEACH WAS BUILT, THEY DESTROYED 170 ACRES OF PREMIUM WETLANDS AND TOOK THAT LAND, WHICH WILL BE IMPORTANT IN A MINUTE, TOOK THAT SAND AND PUT IT UP TO GET THEIR LOTS AT THREE, FOUR FEET ELEVATION.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESSION.

IN 2020, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WETLANDS GRASSLANDS THERE, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE DIMINISHING.

SO BOB, YOUR QUESTION WAS BEFORE ABOUT THE WETLANDS AND WHO'S, AND IF I COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY OVER THE YEARS IN CHRISTMAS TREE POINT ONE AND TWO AND LAFITTE'S POINT, I WOULD HAVE PUT IN MY HOA DOCUMENTS TO KEEP THOSE GRASSLANDS HEALTHY.

AND IN OUR HOA DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FIRST LIEN POSITION, AS YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A FUND AVAILABLE TO BE OUT THERE AND KEEP THOSE GRASSLANDS HEALTHY.

NOW, YOU KNOW HOW COMPLEX THAT QUESTION, WHAT I'M STATING IS.

I'VE GOT TO GET THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO AGREE, TEXAS FISH AND WILDLIFE, THAT WE CAN GO IN THERE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE WETLANDS BEAUTIFUL.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

THE FAMOUS SAND PIT.

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OKAY, ONLY REASON I BRING IT UP BECAUSE I SEE IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THE HISTORY ON THE SAND PIT, NEXT SLIDE, ONE OF THE TRACKS OF LAND, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, WAS A TRACK OF LAND THAT I BOUGHT FROM GEORGE AND IT HAD EVERYBODY'S HURRICANE DEBRIS ON THAT SITE WHEN I GOT IT.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 20 FEET, 30 FEET ON A LOT OF IT.

ALL THE DEBRIS WAS SITTING ON THAT SIDE.

I WENT IN AND CLEANED UP ALL THE DEBRIS, AND THEN SHERRY O'BRIEN, WHO IS WITH FISH AND WILDLIFE, I THINK SHE'S RETIRED NOW, SHE CAME TO ME AND SAYS, THE PROBLEM WE HAVE ON GALVESTON ISLAND, WE'RE LOSING ALL THE FRESHWATER SWELLS.

OKAY, AND I SAID, OKAY, WHAT CAN I DO? SHE GOES, WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE, IF YOU CAN BUILD FRESHWATER SWELLS, PLEASE DO IT.

AND THEN THE HOA FOR PIRATES AND GLO AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER AGENCIES CAME TO ME AND SAID, YOU HAVE BEACH QUALITY SAND.

WILL YOU DONATE IT OR REALLY INEXPENSIVE? WILL YOU GIVE IT TO US FOR OUR BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS? SO I DID.

AND THEN THEY CAME BACK AND ASKED FOR SAND FOR THEIR SAND SOCK PROJECT DOWN THERE.

AND I DID.

AND THEY CAME BACK FOR MORE BEACH NOURISHMENT.

80% OF THE SAND THAT CAME OUT OF THAT PIT WENT TO PROJECTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES OR BEACH RE-NOURISHMENT.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I HEAR IS FLOODING AND I HEAR, SOMEBODY SENT ME THIS PICTURE.

OF JAMAICA BEACH, I BELIEVE IT'S JAMAICA BEACH, AND THE POLICE CAR.

IF YOU LOOK AT ELEVATIONS IN JAMAICA BEACH ON THEIR ROADS, THEY'RE AS LOW AS THREE FEET, MAYBE EVEN BELOW.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE A STORM SURGE LIKE YOU HAD A WEEK OR SO AGO AT FOUR FEET, THOSE STREETS ARE GOING TO FLOOD, OKAY? SO THE QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP, WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO FLOOD US, OUR DEVELOPMENT, OKAY? OUR PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE AT SIX FEET ELEVATION.

SO THEN THE QUESTION IS, WELL, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO RUN ALL THEIR WATER TO US.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WORSE FLOODING.

ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.

AND I CAN'T LEGALLY DO IT.

I DON'T HAVE THE CITY ENGINEERS HERE.

ALL OF OUR PROPERTY HAS TO GO ON OUR PROPERTY.

IT'S STATE LAW.

SO WE'VE DONE LIDAR OVER JAMAICA BEACH, ALL UP AND DOWN THE BEACH TO UNDERSTAND THE ELEVATIONS UP AND DOWN THE BEACH, THE ROADS IN JAMAICA BEACH, WHY THEY FLOOD, WHY THEY DON'T.

THIS IS A GOOD SLIDE.

OUR CIVIL ENGINEER HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT.

OUR GOAL IS OUR STREETS TO BE AT SIX FEET, TO CARRY AS MUCH WATER IN THE STREET THAT WE CAN, AND TO GET IT IN A STORM SEWER PIPE, WHICH IS AT BASICALLY SIX FEET ELEVATION.

AND GET IT INTO THE BAY THROUGH CANALS AS FAST AS WE CAN.

NOW IF YOU HAVE A THREE FOOT ROAD ELEVATION LIKE A LOT OF PLACES IN JAMAICA BEACH AND YOU PUT A TWO FOOT STORM SEWER PIPE IN HERE IT'S GOING TO FILL WITH SAND.

YOU GOT TO GET THE SLOPE TO GET IT SO IT CAN FLUSH OUT AT THE END OF A STORM IF IT DOES HAVE ANY SAND IN IT.

SO WE WILL NOT FLOOD JAMAICA BEACH BECAUSE OUR ELEVATION IS HIGHER ALONG THAT EDGE RIGHT THERE.

ALL THE WATER FLOWS TO US.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

THE ONLY INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS SLIDE IS JAMAICA BEACH ON THE RIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DISCOVERY SANDS HAS NOT CHANGED BASICALLY ONE BIT OVER SINCE 1950 AND WE RESPECT WHAT IS THERE TODAY AND WE ARE NOT FILLING THE WETLANDS.

WE ARE NOT GETTING INTO THE GRASSES.

OKAY, THAT'S OUR PUD.

HERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ALSO THAT WERE PUT OUT.

THAT OUR FOUR ACRE OR THREE AND A HALF ACRE LAGOON SWIMMING

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POOL, IF IT FLOODS, WHICH OUR POOL IS AT SEVEN OR EIGHT FEET ELEVATION, IF YOU HAVE A STORM, THE 3005 IS AT EIGHT FEET ELEVATION BASICALLY.

SO IF YOU HAD A STORM SURGE THAT IS AT EIGHT FEET ELEVATION, MEANING PRETTY MUCH NO OTHER LAND ON THAT END OF THE ISLAND, FOR THE MOST PART, IS UNDERWATER.

AND IT GOT INTO OUR SWIMMING POOL.

IT VIRTUALLY WOULD HAVE ZERO EFFECT ON ANY GRASSLAND.

IN FACT, IT IS SO, WELL, IT HAS ZERO, I CAN'T SAY ZERO, BUT IT HAD, THE CHLORINE WOULD ALMOST HAVE VIRTUALLY ZERO EFFECT ON THE BAY.

NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE'S 2,000 SWIMMING POOLS THAT ARE 8 FEET ELEVATION OR LESS IN GALVESTON ISLAND.

ANOTHER QUESTION IS OUR SEWER TREATMENT PLANT.

IF YOU HAD A STORM SURGE, WELL HOW HIGH WOULD OUR SEWER TREATMENT PLANT BE AND WOULD THE SEWER END UP IN THE BAY? THE ANSWER IS IT COULD AND IT TERRIBLY CATASTROPHIC EVENT.

SO FAR YOUR HIGHEST STORM SURGE IS 17-18 FEET.

THE CITY SEWER SYSTEMS CURRENTLY ARE AT 24 FEET ELEVATION FOR THEIR DRY AND WE ARE GOING TO BE AT 26 FEET ELEVATION.

SO THERE'D HAVE TO BE A 26 FOOT STORM SURGE IN GALVESTON, TEXAS BEFORE OUR SEWER TANK WOULD GO INTO THE BAY.

THIS IS WHAT WE AGREED TO THE REGARDING WORKFORCE HOUSING USING THE SAME LANGUAGE AS THE CITY HAS FOR 15 UNITS.

A QUESTION CAME OUT ABOUT OUR PROJECT IN BERESE.

IT'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY WE PUT UNDER CONTRACT 12 YEARS AGO.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THE PROJECT.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ZONING.

INTEREST RATES, NOT INTEREST RATES, BUT VACANCY AND RENTAL RATES IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS JUST PLUMMETED.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY HAVE A WATER PROBLEM TODAY.

HOPEFULLY IT'S SOLVED PRETTY QUICK.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A&M ON SOME THINGS ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF.

SO YES, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO START IT 10 YEARS AGO.

BUT OTHER PROJECTS WE JUST COMPLETED IN CORPUS CHRISTI.

IT'S CALLED LIGHTHOUSE POINT.

WE JUST FINISHED THAT PROJECT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.

WHEN I TALKED ABOUT LIGHTHOUSE TO JAMAICA BEACH, THEY DIDN'T WANT A LIGHTHOUSE.

BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A LIGHTHOUSE I BUILT.

THERE'S 4 MILLION TONS OF STONE THAT I BROUGHT FROM GRANBURY, TEXAS, TO BUILD THAT LIGHTHOUSE, WHICH IS 137 FEET TALL.

SIX FOOT WALLS A SLAB THAT'S EIGHT FOOT THICK WITH NINETY FOOT PIERS I MEAN THAT'S A PIECE OF ART AND WE BUILT A SMALL CHAPEL OUT OF STONE RIGHT THERE SO THAT'S A PROJECT WE COMPLETED NEXT SLIDE EUROPEAN VILLAGE GALVESTON ORIGINALLY IS A EUROPEAN VILLAGE.

THE ARCHITECTURE AND STYLE FROM BACK THEN IS THAT.

LIGHT POLLUTION, YES WE WILL PUT THE MOST STRICTEST LIGHT POLLUTION STANDARDS ON OUR PROPERTY.

NO WE'RE NOT BUILDING THIS PROJECT HERE BUT THIS IS SOME OF OUR WORK.

WE, YOU KNOW, OUR CHAPEL WILL BE AS PRETTY HERE AS IT IS THERE.

I MEAN, THIS IS OUR WORK.

WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE DETAIL OF A PROJECT.

OUR GOAL HERE IS TO MAKE IT A CUTE SEASIDE VILLAGE COMMUNITY, BUT THIS IS SOME OF OUR WORK.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M JUST, IF WE DON'T GET ZONING, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.

IF WE DO GET ZONING, I CAN MAKE THAT AREA WHERE THAT LAGOON IS

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WHAT I WANTED TO DO.

THIS IS A RENDERING OF IT.

THIS SHOULD GIVE YOU A FLAVOR.

THAT THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL OR AN ECO VILLAGE THE WHOLE FOCUS IS AN ECO VILLAGE THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR BLOCKARD I DO MY QUESTION IS WE CAN CALL BLOCKARD UP AFTER WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, IF WE NEED TO GET ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ADDRESSED.

THANKS FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

THAT EXPLAINED A LOT OF STUFF, I THINK, THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT.

BUT I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED STAFF EARLIER THAT I NEEDED TO ASK YOU, I GUESS, IS THAT CONSERVATION AREA, HOW DO WE PLAN TO MAINTAIN THAT? YOU MENTIONED THAT.

COULD YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU MEAN BY MAINTAIN AND HOW THAT'S FUNDED AND WHAT SCOPE OF WORK IT IS? I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S A COMPLICATED ANSWER.

WHAT I CAN AND CAN'T DO, BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, AND IF I SAID I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND PLANT GRASS, THEY'RE GOING TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY YOU CAN'T PLANT GRASS UNLESS YOU HAVE A 404 PERMIT FROM THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, BUT I AM GOING TO PURSUE IT.

NO DIFFERENT THAN ME PURSUING WHAT I'VE DONE 20 YEARS AGO AND 25 YEARS AGO.

SO YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT SOME KIND OF FEE ON YOUR DEEDS THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS MAINTENANCE OF THAT CONSERVATION AREA.

YES, BECAUSE WHAT WE DO IN MY PAST, IN MY DEVELOPMENTS, WE PUT RESERVES FOR STREETS, LIKE PRIVATE STREETS, RIGHT? WE PUT A RESERVE UP EVERY MONTH IN CASE THE STREETS GO BAD THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK.

WE PUT A RESERVE FOR WHATEVER, SWIMMING POOLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT WE NEVER PUT A RESERVE OR I'VE NEVER PUT A RESERVE ON THINGS WE DO TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

SO I CAN'T TELL YOU IT'S $10 PER HOMEOWNER PER MONTH, OKAY, OR IT'S $50.

BUT I WANT TO DO THAT AND ESTABLISH THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO IT ON THE OTHER ONES HERE.

BECAUSE IN MY MIND, I THOUGHT IF YOU WENT AND PLANTED ALL THIS GRASS AND DID ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS, THAT THEY WOULD JUST TAKE OFF AND FLOURISH.

BUT THE BAY IS TAKING A BEATING, OKAY, AND WE'RE LOSING GRASSLAND.

AND I WOULD EVEN HOPE JAMAICA BEACH AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL DOES THE SAME THING, THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT THESE GRASSLANDS IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH, YOUR LETTER DESCRIBED IT.

THAT 100-ACRE, $10 MILLION RESTORATION PROJECT HAS DIMINISHED A BIT FROM WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY PUT IN.

SO, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME, AND WE DO HAVE SUBSIDENCE AND SEA LEVEL RISE, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME RUNOFF, SOME POLLUTANTS IN A RUNOFF THAT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEED TO MAINTAIN THAT SOMEHOW.

SO, I MEAN, WOULD YOU BE COMFORTABLE WITH PUTTING THAT AS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PUD IF THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY HAPPENS, TO PUT THAT IN YOUR DEED THAT YOU WOULD MAINTAIN THOSE? YOU HAVE A FUND TO MAINTAIN THAT AREA.

ANOTHER THING YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE GHOST WOLVES AND CORRIDORS AND ALL THAT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF SPECIES ARE OUT THERE OR IF THERE'S ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES OR WHAT, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THEIR HABITAT WILL GO AWAY.

BUT THE GHOST WOLVES KIND OF GO WHEREVER THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, AND SO, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM.

AND JUST LOOKING AT YOUR SITE PLANS THERE, YOU'RE ALMOST THERE BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE THIS CONSERVATION AREA THERE BY THE SHORELINE, THAT'S ONE QUARTER RIGHT THERE.

YOUR DRAINAGE IS, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT YOUR DRAINAGE.

OR STORMWATER DRAINAGE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE SOME STORMWATER EASEMENTS, YOU KNOW, SOME SWALES, I GUESS YOU MIGHT SAY, TO GET THAT WATER TO THE NORTH OVER TO THE BAY.

YOU MAY HAVE SOME NATURE TRAILS.

I THINK YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PUT THIS WILDLIFE CORRIDOR IN THERE, IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT DOING A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER WORK.

BUT IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO AT LEAST TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT YOU CAN ADAPT WHAT YOU HAVE.

OR WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THERE, BECAUSE THAT AREA RIGHT THERE ON 3005 IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON THE ISLAND FOR THOSE GHOST BULLS.

THAT'S WHERE THEY GET KILLED BY TRAFFIC.

SO YOU'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO IT, IS WHAT I'M SAYING, TO HAVING A WILDLIFE CORRIDOR THERE ALREADY.

AND BEFORE I LEAVE THAT, THERE'S ONE OTHER THING.

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I SAW IN YOUR SITE PLANS SOME OF YOUR PROJECT IS WELL OFF OF THAT WATER'S EDGE, BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW YET.

WHAT THE WETLANDS DELINEATION IS.

BUT WE'RE NOT, OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW HOW DELINEATION WORKS.

AND IT WAS DELINEATED SEVERAL OF THE TRACKS BEFORE.

AND THEN WE'VE SENT OUT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP TO DELINEATE AND THEY MATCH UP PRETTY ACCURATELY ON THE STUFF THAT WE HAD.

SO I KNOW WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE.

NOW YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE TO GO BACK OUT AND DO IT AGAIN.

WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THEN THEY COME OUT WALK IT AND THEY VERIFY AND THEN SO YEAH SO THAT WAS THE BLUE LINE I THINK YOU SHOWED RIGHT THAT WAS WAS MARKED AS WATER'S EDGE WAS THAT THE DELINEATION THAT YOU CURRENTLY ARE GOING ON NOT THE WATER'S EDGE THIS WAY INLAND YEAH 175 FEET AND SOME EVEN MORE WHERE THERE'S GRASSES ALONG THERE WELL YOU KNOW WE DON'T IN GALVESTON HERE WE WE IN OUR LDRS WE DON'T HAVE ANY REGULATION OF WETLANDS YOU KNOW WE DO REGULATE BEACHES AND DUNES AND EROSION PRETTY ROBUSTLY BUT WE HAVE NO REGULATION OVER WETLANDS WITH ONE EXCEPTION AND THAT IS THE HEIGHT AND DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ZONE.

THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A 50 FOOT WETLAND BUFFER AND THIS IS NOT IN THE HEIGHT AND DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ZONE BUT ALSO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE NATURAL RESOURCE ELEMENT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SECTION IT TALKS A LOT ABOUT WETLANDS PROTECTION AND BUFFERS.

IT RECOMMENDS A 50 FOOT BUFFER.

AND WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HAVE A 50-FOOT BUFFER FROM HARD SURFACES TO THE WETLAND DELINEATION ON YOUR PROJECT MINIMUM? NO.

AND THE REASON I SAY NO LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAIN EDGES OR CERTAIN POINTS THAT THERE'S ONLY 120 FEET FOR ONE OF THE ROADS IN THERE.

THE REST OF THAT ON THE WATER, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE NOT EVEN COMING CLOSE TO IT.

WELL, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LOOK AT A...

KIND OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE, I GUESS, OF A 50-FOOT BUFFER.

I CAN'T TELL YOU TODAY BECAUSE I'M NOT LOOKING AND DOING THAT MEASUREMENT AROUND THE ENTIRE PROJECT, BUT AS YOU CAN WELL SEE FROM THAT, WELL, THAT'S A RENDERING, I UNDERSTAND, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN, THAT'S PRETTY ACCURATE.

YOU CAN ALREADY SEE, YEAH.

SO WHERE DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A 50-FOOT BUFFER? ON THE PENINSULA THAT COMES UP OUT OF THERE.

WELL, I GUESS TO BE FAIR, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE WETLAND DELINEATION IS GOING TO BE ANYWAY.

CORRECT.

BUT JUST JUDGE ME FROM MY PAST.

I MEAN, I...

LET'S...

LET'S SEE, ONE OTHER THING ON THE WORKFORCE HOUSING, I APPRECIATE YOUR ADDRESSING THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT.

80 TO 120 PERCENT, YOU SAID AMI.

I GUESS JUST CONFIRM FOR ME THAT WHAT THAT TRANSLATES INTO IS WHAT IS AFFORDABLE BY WHAT MEASURE.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE GOING TO SELL THOSE OR RENT THOSE PROPERTIES AT SOME PRICE POINT THAT'S GOING TO CONFORM TO THAT 80 TO 120 PERCENT BY WHAT AUTHORITY OR WHAT BENCHMARK? ARE YOU BASING THAT ON? I MEAN, YOU'LL BASE IT ON SOME STANDARD, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, PUD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SOME RECOGNIZABLE STANDARD.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE SIGNAGE VARIANCE.

RIGHT.

IT'S REALLY MEANT TO BE INTERNAL.

BUT IT APPLIES TO THE BIG SIGN ON THE ROAD, I GUESS, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT WHY WE PUT THAT IN THERE.

IT'S INTERNAL SIGNAGE.

WELL, THE INTERNAL SIGNAGE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANY OF THE SIGNS WERE THAT BIG.

IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.

I MEAN, WHY WOULD YOU NEED TO INCREASE THE ACTUAL SIZE OF A PARTICULAR SIGN? PROBABLY PUT THAT IN THERE TO PUT A SIGN ON THE ROAD, BUT THAT'S NOT ONE OF OUR, NOT MY INTENTION.

OH, IT'S NOT.

OKAY, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING STAFF A LITTLE EARLIER THAT I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ON.

I ASKED THEM, YOU KNOW, IF THIS SIGNAGE VARIANCE HAS TO DO WITH THE MARKETING SIGN ON THE ROAD, IT MAY TAKE YEARS, I GUESS, TO SELL ALL THESE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, BUT CAN WE PUT A LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THAT

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SIGN WOULD BE? SURE.

SO, LIKE, PERCENTAGE OF...

PROPERTY SOLD OR YEAR, TWO YEARS OR A YEAR, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YES, YOU CAN.

YOU CAN PICK WHATEVER YOU WANT.

AND THE REASON I SAY THAT, THAT'S NOT HOW WE PLAN ON SELLING THE PRODUCT IN THERE.

WELL, IT'S NOT IMPORTANT IF YOU SAID A YEAR OR TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS.

IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.

THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, I GOT A COUPLE MORE JUST TO KIND OF TOUCH ON.

ALL RIGHT, WELL.

THE CONSERVATION AREA, HAVE YOU BEEN IN TALKS WITH ANY LAND TRUSTS TO TAKE AN EASEMENT ON THAT? WOULD YOU COMMIT TO PUTTING THAT IN AN EASEMENT AND WORKING WITH A LAND TRUST? I'M WORKING WITH ONE RIGHT NOW OUT OF DALLAS.

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP HAS A LAND TRUST, BUT NO, I HAVE NOT.

BUT WOULD YOU COMMIT TO PUTTING THAT IN AN EASEMENT? YES, AND THE ONLY REASON I HESITATE WHEN I SAY YES, BECAUSE WE MAY SET UP OUR OWN LAND TRUST PART OF OUR PROJECT TO PROTECT THOSE WETLANDS.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE WETLANDS, I THINK THE REASON THAT WE CONSIDER THIS 50-FOOT BUFFER IN SOME AREAS IS BECAUSE WETLANDS BY DESIGN ARE DESIGNED TO MOVE.

SO IF YOU COMMIT TO BUILDING RIGHT UP TO THE LEGALLY DEFINED TERM, THERE'S NO PATH TO MOVEMENT OF THAT WETLAND.

AND THAT'S MY CONCERN, AGAIN, NOT REQUIREMENT, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT'S THE POINT OF A WETLAND IS TO SHIFT WITH RISING TIDES, BLOWING TIDES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK GOING FORWARD, THIS IDEA OF THAT BUFFER IS IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO IT GIVES THAT OPPORTUNITY TO YOU.

AND SO WHEN RIGHT OFF THE BAT YOU SAY YOU WOULDN'T EVEN CONSIDER THAT BUFFER, THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING TO ME, JUST BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THE EFFICACY OF A WETLAND IN THE FUTURE.

AND THIS PROJECT OBVIOUSLY IS DESIGNED TO LAST INTO LONGEVITY, BUT THE WETLANDS REALLY NEED THAT PATH.

YOU SAID YOU'RE BUILDING OUT SOME OF THE AREAS ARE 181 TO 346 FEET AT WATER'S EDGE.

WHAT TIDE LEVEL IS THAT MEASURED FROM? I DON'T KNOW.

SO AT HIGH TIDES, YOU COULD BE FIVE FEET FROM THE WATER'S EDGE.

SO YOU'RE REALLY LOSING THE ABILITY FOR THOSE AREAS TO...

TO DO THEIR NATURAL STORM BUFFERING IF AND WHEN THESE NUMBERS ARE, SAY, AT LOW TIDE OR HIGH TIDE.

SO I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT RESILIENCY FACTOR OF THOSE AREAS.

YOU SAID YOU WORKED WITH A TRAFFIC CONSULTANT ON THE YOU'VE WORKED WITH THEM.

THEY'VE DONE LOOKED AT THE 3005.

HAVE THEY ACTUALLY DONE A TRUE TRAFFIC STUDY? BECAUSE THE STATE DOES IT, EVEN IF WE DID DO IT.

THEY WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT BECAUSE THE STATE'S DOING IT EVERY YEAR.

ONE OTHER THING ON, YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR ELEVATION IS GOING TO BE SIX FEET AS COMPARED TO THE NEIGHBORING JAMAICA BEACH IS THREE.

YOUR COMMITMENT IS YOUR DRAINAGE WON'T DRAIN ACROSS BOB SMITH ROAD.

THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT.

I COULDN'T REALLY TELL FROM THE MAPS.

DO YOU PLAN ON BUILDING OUT RIGHT UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE ON BOB SMITH ROAD? ARE YOU PLANNING ON PUTTING IN MAYBE A SWALE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH 3-5-5 ALL THE WAY TO GIVE THAT GAP, OR ARE YOU GOING TO BE PUTTING THAT SIX FEET UP RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY'S LINE? WELL, THE LOT LINE WILL COME RIGHT TO THAT PROPERTY LINE.

AT SIX FEET? YEAH.

BUT IF YOU STUDY THAT ROAD, SO YOU KNOW, THAT ROAD STARTS AT PROBABLY SEVEN FEET ELEVATION, BOB SMITH, AND IT GOES DOWN TO...

LIKE FOUR AND A HALF FEET OKAY AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT BOB SMITH RUNNING THEN GOES BACK UP WHEN I WAS TALKING EARLIER ABOUT JAMAICA BEACH THE INTERNAL ROADS DROPPED TO THREE FEET AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HAVING FLOODING I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION BOB I DIDN'T GET UM WE TALKED ABOUT THE WASTE TREATMENT PLANT UH I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR ON THAT.

IN THE STAFF REPORT IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IT WOULD BE FIVE ACRES IF IT IS BUILT, BUT ARE YOU PLANNING ON BUILDING A WASTE TREATMENT PLANT OUT THERE IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS, OR WHAT'S YOUR PLANS? WE HAVE A PLAN IN THE PUD TO DO THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS BEING HELPFUL TO THE CITY BY DOING THAT.

IT'S A LOT SIMPLER, AS YOU WELL KNOW, TO BUILD A LIFT STATION AND PUMP IT BACK TO MUD 29.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THAT FIVE ACRES?

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THANK YOU, MR. BLACKARD.

OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND SO, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, JANELLE IS GOING TO CALL YOU UP.

YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THOSE THREE MINUTES.

WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH TONIGHT, SO WE WANT TO RESPECT EVERYBODY'S TIME THAT'S OUT THERE.

AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START.

ALSO, ONE MORE THING, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS WHEN YOU COME UP, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START JANELLE.

KYLE VARDAMAN.

START ANYTIME? OKAY, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME.

THANK YOU ALSO, MR. BLACKARD.

I DO APPRECIATE YOU MAKING YOUR WAY OUT HERE TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND THE COASTAL POPULATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD WITHIN.

MY WIFE, MYSELF, AND OUR FOUR KIDS LIVE IN JAMAICA BEACH OFF OF DAVY JONES ROAD, WHICH GOES RIGHT UP AGAINST BOB SMITH.

I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RAISED THAT ARE VERY EFFECTIVE, THAT ARE SALIENT.

SO I'M GOING TO MAKE MINE PRETTY SIMPLE IN THE SENSE OF WE CHOSE AS NATIVE TEXANS TO COME TO GALVESTON.

IT WAS NOT JAMAICA BEACH, ACTUALLY, TO THE, MAYBE TO THE, I GUESS, DISAPPOINTMENT.

WE DID NOT SPECIFICALLY TARGET JAMAICA BEACH.

WE TARGETED GALVESTON.

AND WE CONSIDER GALVESTON THE GREATER GALVESTON COMMUNITY AS PART OF OUR...

WE ARE A GROWING FAMILY.

WE ARE AN INVESTED FAMILY.

AND SO WE ARE A FAMILY THAT WANTS TO GROW WITH GALVESTON.

WE UNDERSTAND DEVELOPMENT.

WE UNDERSTAND HOUSES.

THE RESORT-STYLE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, CALL IT EUROPEAN, CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT.

IT'S EXHAUSTING TO DO ALL THE LITTLE SEMANTICS OF IT.

IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE CHARACTER THAT WE UNDERSTAND.

AS BOTH TEXANS, AS COASTAL FOLKS, IF WE WANT THAT, WE HAVE FLORIDA.

WE CHOSE THIS AREA FOR THAT.

AND SO WHAT I AM ASKING IS THAT YOU TAKE A STEWARDSHIP PERSPECTIVE ON THE CHARACTER OF THE ISLAND.

CONSERVATION IS INCLUDED IN THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT HE CAN BUILD AS IS, BUT SOMETIMES WE FIGHT FOR CHARACTER.

IT GOES FAR BEYOND IT.

IT IS A SELLING POINT, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, FOR GENERATIONS TO COME TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THIS ISLAND.

AND SO HAD THIS BEEN UP WHEN WE CAME AND STARTED SEARCHING, THE WESTIN PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AN OPTION FOR US.

AND THAT WAS EVEN, FRANKLY, BEFORE WE KNEW ABOUT THE KIND OF ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING OFF THE ISLAND.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME MAJOR CONCERNS IN THAT REGARD.

ONE ANECDOTAL POINT, AFTER I SPOKE AT THE...

THE OTHER COMMITTEE THAT GAVE THE RECOMMENDATION, WHEN I WENT OUT TO MY CAR, A GENTLEMAN ACTUALLY FROM THE NORTH DALLAS AREA WHO IS LOOKING INTO BUYING, AND THIS ACTUALLY TOLD ME, HE SAID HE WAS LOOKING AT JAMAICA BEACH AND THE WEST END BECAUSE OF ITS OPENNESS AND THE MORE QUIET NATURE, AND HE SAID HE WAS NO LONGER LOOKING AFTER SEEING THE PLANS.

TAKE THAT FOR WHAT YOU WILL.

I DON'T HAVE ANY BS IN ME TO SPIN YOU, BUT THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENED, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT HAD WE GONE DOWN HERE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT GROWING OUR FAMILY INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAW, LIGHTHOUSE IN ALL THE ART THAT IT COULD BE, IT WOULD HAVE DRAWN US AWAY FROM IT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME.

HOWDY, MY NAME IS RON WOOTEN.

RON WOOTEN.

I LIVE HERE IN GALVESTON ON BAUDELAIRE CIRCLE.

I AM A MEMBER OF THE GULF COAST CANINE PROJECT GHOST WOLVES TEAM.

I AM SPEAKING THIS AFTERNOON ON THE TEAM'S BEHALF.

WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU DENY THE DISCOVERY SANDS PUD APPLICATION.

THIS PROJECT SEEKS SIGNIFICANT EXCEPTIONS TO THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, INCLUDING INCREASED HEIGHT AND DENSITY.

IN AN AREA CONTAINING SENSITIVE WETLANDS AND IMPORTANT WILDLIFE HABITAT.

THESE WETLANDS ARE ESPECIALLY VALUABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN RESTORED THROUGH SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC INVESTMENT.

THE DISCOVERY SAND SITES LIES WITHIN DOCUMENTED GHOST WOLF HABITAT BASED ON MORTALITY DATA COLLECTED BY OUR TEAM.

TXDOT HAS RECOGNIZED THE FM 3005 CORRIDOR FROM THE WEST TENNESSEE WALL TO SAN LUIS PASS.

AS IMPORTANT WILDLIFE HABITAT INSTALLED WILDLIFE CROSSING

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SIGNS DUE TO DOCUMENTED WILDLIFE VEHICLE COLLISIONS.

EXCUSE ME.

OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, OUR TEAM HAS DOCUMENTED APPROXIMATELY 75 GHOST-WALLED VEHICLE STRIKES ACROSS GALVESTON ISLAND.

MANY OF THESE INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED ALONG THE FM 3005 CORRIDOR, INCLUDING IN THE VICINITY OF JAMAICA BEACH IN THE PROPOSED DISCOVERY SANDS DEVELOPMENT.

RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT INCREASED TRAFFIC AND OUR RESEARCH INDICATES THESE CONCERNS WARRANT CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.

OUR WORK HAS ALSO FOUND THAT THE PACK USING THIS PROPERTY CONTAINS ONE OF THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS OF RED WOLF DNA IDENTIFIED ON GALVESTON ISLAND.

THEY LIVE ON THAT NARROW PLACE WITH A DEN WHERE YOU SAID NO REGARDING WETLAND SPACING.

THESE ANIMALS ARE PART OF A NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH RELATED TO...

TO RECOVERY OF THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED RED WOLF AND WE HAVE CURRENT VIDEO GPS AND VISUAL EVIDENCE DOCUMENTING THEIR CONTINUED USE OF THIS SITE.

AND MR. BLACKARD, MY FAMILY LIVED IN JAMAICA BEACH, CLOSELY BESIDE THAT BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENTAL GREEN SPACE FOR OVER 35 YEARS AND WE SHARED COUNTLESS SUNSETS WITH OUR FAMILY AND GUESTS.

AND I PROVIDED DOZENS OF PHOTOS TO KHOU CHANNEL 11 THAT WERE CONSTANTLY SHOWN DURING THE WEATHER BROADCAST OF ALL THE WETLAND SUNSETS, WILDLIFE, AND EVEN THE COWS ENJOYING THAT BEAUTIFUL HABITAT.

THIS DESTRUCTION WILL BE DEVASTATING.

GIVEN THAT, WE HAVE ALL HEARD THAT YOU STATE THAT YOU ARE A GREAT OR WONDERFUL DONOR OF WETLANDS AND HABITATS TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.

MAY SUGGEST THAT IF YOU TRULY WISH TO DONATE BEAUTIFUL WILDLIFE HABITATS AND WETLANDS, THAT YOU PROVIDE ALL THE DISCOVERY SANDS PROPERTY TO A NON-PROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP.

OKAY, NEXT.

JENNY ELSKY.

I LIVE IN PIRATES BEACH.

I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND SOME OF THEM REMAIN VERY CONCERNS.

AFTER HEARING MR. BLACKARD IS ON THE WAY.

A RENTAL PROPERTY THAT'S 70 FEET TALL, THEY COULD FIT 80 PEOPLE.

THEY DO 30 PEOPLE IN SOME OF THE BEACH RENTALS.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST YOU VOTE AGAINST THESE VARIANCES.

WE WANT STANDARD LOT SIZES TO PREVENT THE HIGH, HIGH POPULATION DENSITY.

ON THE WEST END, UNLESS ROADS EXISTED TO GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT.

HURRICANES.

MR. BLACKARD'S ANSWER, IT'S THE STATE'S PROBLEM.

THEY CAN FIX IT LATER.

THAT JUST IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS PANEL TODAY.

HI, BETHAN.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS TY BUTOW, ADDRESS 9535 JAMAICA BEACH ROAD.

NOT AN HOUR AGO, THIS PANEL CORRECTLY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SAFEGUARD AND TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTIAL QUALITY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD IN GALVESTON.

THOSE OF US WHO LIVE ON THE WEST END ARE ASKING FOR THE VERY SAME CONSIDERATION.

THIS PROPOSAL, AS ILL-CONCEIVED AND INCOMPLETE, AS IT IS, WILL FUNDAMENTALLY AND PERMANENTLY CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE WEST END OF GALVESTON ISLAND.

AND THERE ARE GRAVE CONCERNS I HAVE ABOUT THAT.

FIRST, CERTAINLY, AS THE ONLY HURRICANE EVACUATION ROUTE, 30.05 IS ALREADY STRESSED.

AND THOSE OF US WHO REMEMBER THE REAL FEAR WHEN IKE CAME, FOR EXAMPLE, AND OTHER HURRICANES, OF HAVING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GOT OUT IN TIME, SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TATTOO THEIR ARMS WITH THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, AS THE POLICE SUGGESTED, SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE BODIES IF THEY DIDN'T GET OUT IN TIME.

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AND THAT WAS BEFORE THERE WAS A 568 UNIT MULTI-USE DEVELOPMENT ON 3005.

AND IT'S RATHER GLIB, NO OFFENSE, TO SAY, WELL, I DON'T CONTROL THE ROAD.

TRUE, BUT THIS PANEL DOES CONTROL THE INPUTS TO THAT ROAD.

THIS PANEL IS CHARGED WITH PROTECTING THE CITIZENS ON THE WEST END FROM OVERFILLING AND OVERBURDENING THE ONLY HURRICANE EVACUATION ROUTE.

AND I ASK THAT IT DOES SO.

THIS PUD, WHICH IS REALLY, THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHETHER TODAY, THE ONLY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU GOING TO PERMIT THESE VARIANCES? I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU SHOULD NOT, AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT PERMIT THIS, I'M JUST GOING TO CALL IT A STRAW MAN, THIS ARGUMENT THAT SAYS, HEY, BECAUSE I COULD DO THIS OTHER THING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES, Y'ALL SHOULD LET ME DO THIS THING IN VIOLATION OF THOSE SAME RULES.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT HE'S ARGUING.

I COULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT SINCE I'M NOT, I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS OTHER THING WITH PRIVATE ROADS, PRIVATE POLICE.

IN MARCH, HE TOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSION ABOUT WANTING A PRIVATE BEACH.

HE WANTS AN EMERGENCY CARE CENTER.

HE WANTS ALL KINDS OF THINGS TOTALLY INCONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY OF THE WEST END IN GALVESTON.

SO I HOPE THIS COUNCIL WILL OFFER US THE SAME PROTECTION THAT IT OFFERED MS. GLOVER BY UNANIMOUS VOTE NOT AN HOUR AGO.

FINALLY, I WANT TO POINT OUT, UNDER THE TEXAS WATER CODE, IT IS...

UNLAWFUL TO DIVERT STORMWATER RUNOFF INTO YOUR NEIGHBOR'S LANDS.

THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

IN MARCH, THE DALLAS DEVELOPER PROMISED THAT HE HAD HYDROGEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND HE WOULD HAVE THAT.

IT'S NOT IN ANY PACKET I'VE SEEN.

TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF A FLOOD, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS, ALL OF JAMAICA BEACH, EVERYBODY ON THE WEST END, IN THE EVENT THIS HIGHLY ELEVATED, HE SAID 20, WHAT DID HE SAY, 26 FEET TODAY.

ELEVATED DEVELOPMENT WENT FORWARD WITH MORE CONCRETE, WITH A BIG LAGOON, WITH BASICALLY A NAKED PROMISE THAT I LOVE THE ENVIRONMENT.

OSCAR GONZALEZ.

GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS OSCAR GONZALEZ.

I COME HERE TO YOU AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE KARANKOA TRIBE OF TEXAS, A MEMBER OF THE FIVE RIVERS COUNCIL, AND THE NAKIA HAUBA OF THE COYOTE CLAN HERE IN THE HOUSTON AREA.

WE ASK YOU THAT YOU SIMPLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION NOT JUST THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE ON THIS LAND, BUT ALSO THE REMAINS AND ARTIFACTS THAT WILL BE FOUND.

UNDERNEATH THAT DEVELOPMENT.

IN THE EARLY 60S SEVERAL REMAINS AND ARTIFACTS WERE UNEARTHED IN JAMAICA BEACH DURING THAT DEVELOPMENT.

A YEAR AGO WE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM JAMAICA BEACH AND WE HAD A VERY BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY THERE IN THE AREA WHERE OUR REMAINS WERE FOUND AND ONCE DISPLAYED.

WE SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THESE REMAINS WILL BE FOUND THERE AND THESE ARTIFACTS WILL BE FOUND THERE.

THERE THERE'S A TEAM OF HISTORIANS, ARCHAEOLOGISTS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN THIS FIELD WHO HAVE TO DEAL WITH OUR TRIBE WHO ALSO AGREE AND THEY HAVE STRONG BETS THAT YOU WILL FIND THESE THINGS THERE.

THE OTHER THING WE ASK YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, BOTH COUNSEL AND MR. BLACKARD, IS PLEASE PUT INTO EFFECT SOMETHING THAT WHEN YOU FIND THESE REMAINS, YOU WILL DEAL WITH THEM PROPERLY BY EITHER CONTACTING THE KARANKAWA TRIBE OF TEXAS OR THE TEXAS HISTORICAL.

COMMISSION.

WHAT'S GOING ON IS YOUR DECISION.

WE DON'T LIVE HERE.

I LIVE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, BUT YOU AS GALVESTONIANS, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN JAMAICA BEACH AND ON THIS ISLAND, KNOW VERY WELL THE HISTORY OF OUR PEOPLE HERE AND THE CONNECTION THAT WE HAVE.

A YEAR AGO, YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE GHOST WOLVES.

A YEAR AGO, I'M SURE YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE KARANKAWAS, BUT JUST LIKE THE GHOST WOLVES WE ARE STILL HERE TO THIS DAY EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN CALLED I DON'T KNOW THAT WORD BECAUSE I'M STANDING RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

I'M NOT A VISION OF YOUR IMAGINATION.

PLEASE LISTEN TO MY WORDS.

I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON HERE.

AGAIN, I HAVE BEEN SENT AS A REPRESENTATIVE BY MY TRIBE JUST SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR OUR WORDS.

AND THAT IS OUR MAIN CONCERN, IS THE ARTIFACTS AND REMAINS THAT YOU WILL FIND THERE.

THERE IS NO DENYING IT.

AND YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE THERE.

I SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I HOPE YOU DECIDE WELL.

[01:35:03]

TERRY FARMER.

HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE NEW MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TERRY FARMER AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS PROJECT BRIEFLY BECAUSE I WAS PART OF ANOTHER PROJECT THAT MR. BLACKARD HEADED UP IN THE BEETS COVE.

AND FOR THE MOST PART IT WAS AN UPHILL BATTLE MOST OF THE TIME, JEFFREY, BUT IT AGED AND SOME OF THE THINGS HAVE TURNED OUT REALLY.

FIND THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN AT THE BEGINNING.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STILL HEAR FROM MY FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY IS THAT WE WERE SOLD SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT QUITE RIGHT.

THE DIGGING OF THAT POND WAS SUPPOSED TO TURN INTO HOUSES ALL THE WAY AROUND IT WITH SKI LAKE BEING A JET SKI KIND OF LAKE TO HAVE.

FUN FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE SAND WAS SOLD, AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO HE SOLD IT TO, BUT THE EDGES OF THE POND THAT WAS BUILT, THE SAND WOULD NOT HOLD THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY.

THE LAKE WOULD NOT HOLD THAT ACTIVITY, SO IT'S TAKEN YEARS AND YEARS FOR THINGS TO SETTLE OUT.

THERE MAY BE SOME CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

TWO YEARS AROUND IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT NONE OF IT WILL BE DONE AS WAS PRESENTED IN THE BEGINNING TO EVERYONE.

SO I JUST THINK THAT LOOK AT THE LAND IN JAMAICA BEACH.

IT'S GALVESTON'S LAND.

WE HAVE JAMAICA BEACH RIGHT BESIDE US, BUT WE NEED TO BE GOOD STEWARDS TO BOTH SIDES.

AND I DO FEEL THAT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED WILL NOT BE BENEFICIAL TO JAMAICA BEACH, NOR WILL IT BE BENEFICIAL TO GALVESTON AS A WHOLE.

THAT HIGHWAY IS PACKED.

I LIVE IN LAFITTE'S COVE.

THE TRAFFIC DID NOT GET TO US SO BAD.

NOW IT IS STACKED ALL THE WAY FROM POINT WEST UP TO THE NEW DIAMOND BEACH CONDOS.

IT IS A MESS TO TRY TO GET OUT IN AN EMERGENCY IN HIGH TIMES OF TRAVEL.

AND AS FAR AS BEING A BENEFIT, I JUST DON'T THINK WE'RE QUITE READY FOR IT YET.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND PLEASE LOOK HARD AT WHATEVER IS BROUGHT TO YOU.

HELLO, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ALL OF US SPEAK.

WE APPRECIATE IT IMMENSELY.

I'M TRICIA WOOTEN AND I CURRENTLY LIVE AT 7713 BAUDELAIRE CIRCLE.

HOWEVER, MY HUSBAND AND I STILL OWN A HOME IN JAMAICA BEACH.

WE'VE OWNED A HOME THERE SINCE 1990.

WE MOVED HERE BECAUSE IT WAS QUIET AND A SAFE COMMUNITY WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND VAST NATURAL AREAS WITH BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS.

THE FOLLOWING MAY BE WORDS YOU DON'T RECALL.

OVER JUST THE LAST NINE YEARS, HANNAH, DELTA, BETA, NICHOLAS, MARIA, LAURA, ALBERTO, MARCO.

MAYBE YOU'LL RECALL SOME THAT ARE MORE MEMORABLE.

BERYL AND HARVEY.

MAYBE YOU DIDN'T LIVE IN GALVESTON OVER THOSE 10 YEARS.

MAYBE YOU DID.

MAYBE YOU WEREN'T IMPACTED BY THESE WORDS.

MAYBE YOU THOUGHT, IT'S NO BIG DEAL, IT'S JUST ANOTHER TROPICAL STORM, MILD HURRICANE.

EVERY ONE OF THOSE STORMS AND MORE HAVE CAUSED FLOODING ON THE STREETS OF GALVESTON ON THE EAST END.

AND JAMAICA BEACH.

EVERY ONE OF THESE STORMS HAD ADDITIONAL NAMES ATTACHED TO THEM.

KYLE, MARK, KATHY, JERRY.

THEY'RE HOMEOWNERS WHO WERE CLEANING OUT THE DOWNSTAIRS OF THEIR PROPERTIES, WHO WERE MUCKING DIRT AND MUD AND DISGUSTING THINGS.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T GET OUT BECAUSE THE ROADS WERE SO FLOODED.

THOSE HOMEOWNERS CLEARED OUT.

JUST LAST WEEK, ARTHUR STRUCK THE COAST OF TEXAS.

YOU MAY HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS A BLIP.

AND DID NOTHING TO OUR ISLAND.

I ASSURE YOU IT DID.

THERE ARE NO WAKE SIGNS ON THE MAIN STREETS IN JAMAICA BEACH.

STREETS.

NO WAKE SIGNS BECAUSE THE FLOODING IS SO VAST THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING FIVE MILES AN HOUR AND CREATING A WAKE

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ON OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH SALT WATER IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF THEIR HOMES.

CONCRETE IS NEVER A SOLUTION TO FLOODING ISSUES.

BUILDING UP PROPERTIES THAT SURROUND AREAS THAT TRADITIONALLY FLOOD WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL HARM TO THESE HOMES, STREETS, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT WATER, SEWER, AND POWER HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED IN JAMAICA BEACH OVER THE RECENT PAST IS SHOCKING.

THE EFFORT AND MONEY PUT FORTH BY THE CITY OF JAMAICA BEACH TO BAND-AID ANTIQUATED SYSTEMS IS STAGGERING.

I IMPLORE YOU TO DENY ALL VARIANCES REQUESTED BY THIS DEVELOPER, AND I BEG YOU TO BE THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT SETS STANDARDS FOR ALL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE STANDARDS IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR SMALL ISLAND AND ITS NATURAL HABITATS.

PLEASE CREATE CODES THAT REQUIRE WILDLIFE CORRIDORS, MANDATE ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS THAT PARTNER WITH SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS, NOT HARM THEM.

HI, MY NAME IS SHIREEN QUINTERO AND I'M A FULL-TIME GALVESTOR IN TRANSPARENCY.

SHARON QUINTERO.

THE DISCOVERY SANDS PLANS KEEP CHANGING, BUT THEY STILL DON'T MATCH.

THE UPDATED PUD PLAN NOW SHOWS ADDITIONAL HOMESITES BEYOND TAHITI WAY, EXTENDING TOWARD THE BIRD SANCTUARY.

BUT THAT STILL DOES NOT MATCH THE DISCOVERY SANDS WEBSITE RENDERING, WHICH SHOWS HOMES CONTINUING MUCH FURTHER, ALL THE WAY TOWARD SANDPIPER.

SO MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE.

WHICH VERSION ARE WE SUPPOSED TO RELY ON? THE ARTICLE IN THE 1839 MADE AN IMPORTANT POINT.

COUNCIL IS NOT JUST VOTING ON PICTURES OR PROMISES.

YOU'RE VOTING ON A PUD, A RULE BOOK FOR THIS LAND.

AND IF THAT RULE BOOK IS APPROVED, EVERYTHING BUILT LATER WILL BE MEASURED AGAINST THAT DOCUMENT.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHY THE PLAN NEEDS TO BE CLEAR.

IT NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT AND ENFORCEABLE BEFORE APPROVAL.

A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IS NOT JUST A CONCEPT.

IT BECOMES A GOVERNING DOCUMENT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY.

IF THERE ARE INCONSISTENCIES TODAY, THOSE INCONSISTENCIES CAN BECOME PROBLEMS FOR THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC TOMORROW.

I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT THESE NEWLY ADDED HOME SITES APPEAR TO BE ADJACENT TO OR POTENTIALLY AFFECT AREAS IDENTIFIED AS INTERDENTAL WETLANDS ON THE U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE WETLANDS MAPPER, AND I BELIEVE THAT DESERVES CLEAR CLARIFICATION BEFORE ANY PUD IS APPROVED.

BEFORE GRANTING FLEXIBILITY THROUGH A PUD, I RESPECTFULLY ASK COUNCIL TO REQUIRE ONE ACCURATE PLAN.

CLEAR WETLAND PROTECTIONS, BONDED DRAINAGE, AND NO VAGUE LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS MAJOR CHANGES LATER WITHOUT PUBLIC REVIEW.

THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF WHAT IS BEING APPROVED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THE LONG-TERM INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

GABRIELA ESTRADA.

MY APOLOGIES, MY SISTER WENT OUT FOR A MEETING SO I WILL BE SPEAKING FOR HER.

SO WE LIVE AT 3222 PINE STREET IN GOBLISON AND WHILE THAT'S MORE TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE ISLAND, WE STILL FEEL THE IMPACT OF THE WEST END TRAFFIC EVERY SINGLE DAY.

TO GET OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I TAKE STEWART ROAD OR JONES DRIVE AND BOTH ARE ALREADY BACKED UP BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC COMING OFF THE SEAWALL AND THE WEST END.

THIS ISN'T JUST A WEST END PROBLEM.

IT AFFECTS ALL OF US WHO SHARE THESE SAME ROADS.

I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO DENY PUD 26P-009 DISCOVERY SANDS.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT ASKING FOR BETTER CONDITIONS ON A PROJECT I'M OPEN TO.

I AM AGAINST THIS PROJECT.

ADDING HUNDREDS MORE LOTS, CONDOS, AND A MARINA TO THAT END OF THE ISLAND MEANS EVEN MORE TRAFFIC.

FUNNELING THROUGH THE SAME CHECKPOINTS THE REST OF US ALREADY FIGHT THROUGH DAILY.

ARE WE EVEN PREPARED FOR THAT? OUR ROADS ARE ALREADY IN POOR CONDITION AND FM3005 IS THE ONLY EVACUATION ROUTE FOR THE ENTIRE WEST END, INCLUDING SOME PEOPLE LIVING IN JAMAICA BEACH.

RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS SITE, WE DON'T EVEN GET A BOAT ON THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE OUTSIDE GALVESTON CITY LIMITS.

IF WE CAN'T MOVE DURING A NORMAL WEEKEND, WHAT HAPPENS DURING A STORM?

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I ALSO WATCHED THE WEST END'S GROWTH PUSH WILDLIFE FURTHER INTO NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE.

WE'RE SEEING MORE GULF SWIFTS AND FALCONS BECAUSE THEIR HABITATS KEEP SHRINKING.

THIS PROPERTY SITS NEXT TO MARSHLAND THAT WAS RESTORED WITH PUBLIC MONEY, WITHOUT A REAL MAD WILDLIFE CORRIDOR REQUIRED IN THIS PUD, NOT JUST PROMISE.

THAT HABITAT CONNECTION IS GONE.

THIS PROJECT IS ALSO RELIANT ON VARIANCE AFTER VARIANCE INSTEAD OF MEETING THE STANDARDS EVERY OTHER DEVELOPMENT HAS TO MEET.

THAT'S NOT A FAIR PROCESS, AND IT SETS A PRECEDENT FOR THE NEXT DEVELOPER TO ASK FOR THE SAME THING.

I'M ASKING YOU TO DENY THIS POD.

GODWINSON DOESN'T NEED A TRADER RHODES, OUR SAFETY, AND OUR WILDLIFE FOR THIS.

MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS.

HEATHER OWENS.

HELLO.

MY NAME IS HEATHER OWENS.

I LIVE AT 16716 DAVIE JONES, GALVESTON, TEXAS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IS ON MY LICENSE.

I'VE LIVED AND WORKED ON THIS ISLAND FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.

I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE NO ON DISCOVERY SANDS PUD AS WRITTEN OR SEND IT BACK FOR REVISIONS THAT BETTER REFLECT THE CHARACTER, REALITIES, AND THE FUTURE OF GALVESTON'S WEST END.

THE WEST END IS NOT DEFINED BY STADIUMS. BIG BOX STORES OR LARGE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IT IS DEFINED BY NEIGHBORHOODS OPEN SPACE WETLANDS WILDLIFE HABITAT AND A COASTAL WAY OF LIFE YET THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ALLOW 77 LAND USES ON A SINGLE SITE PLEASE LOOK AT THIS LIST AND ASK WHETHER THESE BELONG ON THE WEST END THE LDR TABLE 2.201 SAYS THAT THEY DO NOT THESE USES WERE EXCLUSIVES FOR EXCLUDED FOR A REASON AND IF THEY WERE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PROPERTY THEY WOULD ALREADY BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT WITHIN THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS.

THE CONCEPT PLAN BEFORE YOU TODAY IS NOT NECESSARILY THE BUILD-OUT RESIDENTS WILL LIVE WITH TOMORROW.

THIS PUD ALLOWS DENSITY TO SHIFT ACROSS PROPERTY OVER TIME.

BEFORE GRANTING THAT FLEXIBILITY, REQUIRE A CURRENT WETLANDS DELINEATION AND A CLEAR ACCOUNTING OF HOW MUCH OF THIS PROPERTY CAN ACTUALLY BE BUILT ON.

WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION, YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE A PROJECT WITHOUT KNOWING ITS FULL SCOPE.

SCALE BACK THE HIGH-INTENSITY RESORT AND ENTERTAINMENT COMPONENTS.

FOCUS INSTEAD ON A COASTAL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE AMENITIES THAT COMPLEMENT THE SURROUNDING AREA RATHER THAN OVERWHELM IT EVERY RESIDENT HOMEOWNER AND SMALL BUSINESS ON THIS ISLAND IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THESE STANDARDS A PROJECT OF THIS OF THIS SIZE SHOULD NOT RECEIVE A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES BECAUSE PROMISES ARE NOT CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL PROMISES ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE IF PROTECTIONS MATTER THEN PUT THEM IN WRITING REQUIRE COMPLETE TRAFFIC, DRAINAGE, UTILITY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE STUDIES BEFORE GRANTING EXCEPTIONS.

PROTECT WETLANDS AND CONSERVATION AREAS THROUGH ENFORCEABLE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

TIE DEVELOPMENT PHASES TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT ROADS, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, AND UTILITIES CAN KEEP PACE WITH THE GROWTH.

THE WEST END CAN'T EVEN KEEP THE LIGHTS ON WHEN THE WIND BLOWS.

SO BEFORE APPROVING ONE OF THE LARGEST DEVELOPMENTS THAT THIS AREA HAS EVER SEEN, THE CITY SHOULD REQUIRE PROOF THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN HANDLE IT BECAUSE HOPE IS NOT AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES NEARLY 14 ACRES OF EXCAVATION FOR ENTRYWAY LAKES AND A LAGOON ON A SINKING BARRIER ISLAND WHERE ROADS NEIGHBORHOODS AND LAND CONSISTENTLY FLOOD CREATING ARTIFICIAL ARTIFICIAL LAKES SHOULD PROMPT SERIOUS QUESTIONS AND NOT AUTOMATIC APPROVAL YOU ARE DECIDING WHETHER GALVESTON STANDARDS ARE MEAN MEANINGFUL SAFEGUARDS OR SIMPLY STARTING POINTS FOR NEGOTIATION BECAUSE EVERY EXCEPTION YOU ALLOW TONIGHT WILL BECOME AN EXAMPLE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY COME AND ASK FOR THE SAME TREATMENT.

THE WEST END DESERVES THOUGHTFUL GROWTH AND NOT GROWTH AT ANY COST.

PLEASE NEGOTIATE FOR SOMETHING BETTER.

NEGOTIATE.

EMILY EVANS.

HEY, GUYS.

MY NAME IS EMILY EVANS.

WELCOME NEW FACES AND OLD.

I'M AT 1662 HENRY MORGAN.

I'VE ALREADY KIND OF GIVEN UP ON THIS ISLAND.

I HAVE PURCHASED PROPERTY FAR INLAND CLOSER TO AUSTIN SO I'M NOT HERE WITH THE NIMBY STORY.

I HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN THE ONE THAT IS ALL ABOUT PROTECTING WETLANDS BY PROVIDING WETLAND EDUCATION TO OUR KIDS.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BUT STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE IN GALVESTON DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A WETLAND IS OR WHAT IT DOES.

WITH CURRENT CHANGES, OKAY, SORRY, I KIND OF SCRIPTED THE REST OF IT WHILE I WAS HERE.

THE WETLANDS ARE DEFINED BY SECTION 404.

THE DEFINITION OF WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES, HOWEVER, CAN CHANGE WITH DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS.

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OUR WETLANDS ARE NOT FULLY AS REGULATED AS THEY WERE PRIOR TO 2023 SUPREME COURT SACKETT VERSUS THE EPA.

THOSE ARE THE WETLANDS THAT ARE NOT CONTINUOUSLY CONNECTED TO THEIR SOURCE OF WATER, WHICH IS A BIG, LARGE AMOUNT OF THE ONES THAT WE HAVE ON THE WEST END.

I THOUGHT ALL HOPE WAS LOST BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THAT REALLY COMING INTO THIS.

UNTIL I LOOKED INTO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REVISION OF THE FEMA AND HE PLACED GOVERNOR ABBOTT ON THE REVISIONARY COUNCIL TO START TO TAKE AWAY THE FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY OF FLOOD, NOT PROTECTION, BUT CLEANING UP AFTER HUGE FLOODS AND HUGE HURRICANES INTO THESE STATES.

HE WANTS TO GIVE OUR STATE PRIMACY OVER THAT.

I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR ORDINANCES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SINCE 2018 WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR FLOODPLAINS.

A FLOODPLAIN IS A PLACE THAT CAN BE INUNDATED BY ANY SOURCE, AND WE'VE SEEN THESE WATERS BE INUNDATED.

I ALSO FOUND IN THE ORDINANCES THAT WE WOULD TALK TO A FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR.

WITHOUT A CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT PROTECTS OUR WETLANDS, I COULDN'T FIND WHO THE...

FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR IS FOR THE CITY OF GALVESTON.

BUT I DID HEAR OUR COASTAL RESOURCE DEPARTMENT IN ONE OF THE COMMISSIONER MEETINGS SUGGEST TO APPROVE THE PERMIT FOR A CONCRETE CANVAS, WHICH IS BASICALLY CONCRETE ON A BAYSIDE PROPERTY, AN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY.

HE WANTED THAT TO BE OKAY TO USE.

THAT'S TO STOP EROSION THAT'S ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO ERODE THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.

AND IN THE SAME MEETING, HE APPROVED THIS MOTION TO BE SEEN AHEAD OF YOU GUYS.

I KNOW THAT GALVESTON HAS BEEN SLOW TO REACT TO SOME MAJOR FEDERAL CHANGES IN OUR LONG HISTORY AND ALSO IN THE FACE HAS IGNORED PENALTIES.

LET'S NOT LET IT GET TO THE POINT IN FLORIDA.

LET'S PROACTIVELY PROTECT OUR WETLANDS.

THANK YOU GUYS.

APPRECIATE YOU.

TERESA ELLIOTT.

WELCOME TO THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE RE-ELECTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS YOUR ONE CHANCE TO MAKE EVERYBODY ON THIS ISLAND HAPPY.

YOU CAN DO THIS.

YOU KNOW I WROTE A PRETTY LONG LETTER TO YOU GUYS AND HOPEFULLY YOU READ IT ONLY A COUPLE OF YOU RESPONDED THANK YOU MAYOR AND JASON BOTTOM LINE IS I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD ALLOW ALL OF THESE REQUESTS FOR LOT STEP SETBACKS I MEAN THERE'S TONS OF THEM IF THE DEVELOPER CAN'T DEVELOP UNDER THE CURRENT REGULATIONS THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM HE BOUGHT THIS LAND KNOWING WHAT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS WERE.

AND IT'S HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO DEVELOP WITH THOSE.

THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS I WANT YOU ALL TO REMEMBER, AND I'VE SERVED ON A FEW COMMITTEES HERE, ONE OF THEM WAS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION.

SOME OF THE MAIN FOCUSES WERE TO MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPMENTS REALLY FOCUSED ON LONG-TERM RESIDENTS AND GREEN SPACE.

THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT FOCUSED ON THAT AT ALL.

SHORT-TERM RENTALS, CONDOS, SECOND HOMES, AND CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO HELP OUR GREEN SPACE.

AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP UNDER THE CURRENT REGULATIONS, BUT AS SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID, IF YOU START ALLOWING ALL THESE VARIANCES, WE'RE JUST SETTING THE FRAMEWORK FOR THAT.

SO THERE'S LOTS MORE REASONS THAN I CAN PUT FORTH HERE.

I HOPE THAT YOU READ MY LETTER BECAUSE IT EXPLAINED A LOT OF THEM.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE MINUTES LONG TOO.

IF YOU WOULD, THOUGH, PLEASE USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAPPY, MAYBE A COUPLE, BUT WE REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH US AND KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS PROTECTED UNDER THE LDRS.

AND AGAIN, IF THEY NEED TO BE REVISED, I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE OUTDATED, I REMEMBER, BUT LET'S REVISE THOSE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM, BUT NOT MAKE EXCEPTIONS TO THEM.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

AARON RENNICK.

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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS AARON RENNICK AND I SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM OF JAMAICA BEACH.

I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TONIGHT AS AN INDIVIDUAL ELECTED OFFICIAL AND RESIDENT.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY UNLESS AND UNTIL OUR COUNCIL TAKES FORMAL ACTION.

AS MAYOR PRO TEM OF JAMAICA BEACH, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK, IF GALVESTON RECEIVES THE TAX REVENUES AND DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS, BUT JAMAICA BEACH HAS TO ABSORB A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, EVACUATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACTS, HOW IS THAT EQUITABLE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT I HAVE TO REPRESENT? I WANT TO BE CLEAR.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT.

THE ISSUE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS NOT WHETHER THIS PROPERTY SHOULD BE DEVELOPED.

THE ISSUE IS WHETHER THIS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT SERVES THE PUBLIC INTERESTS AND WHETHER THOSE IMPACTS HAVE BEEN FULLY UNDERSTOOD BEFORE THIS EXTRAORDINARY ZONING FLEXIBILITY IS GRANTED.

ALTHOUGH THIS PROPERTY LIES WITHIN GALVESTON'S JURISDICTION, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DECISION EXTEND WELL BEYOND THE PROJECT BOUNDARIES.

THE PROPOSED DENSITY AND INTENSITY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE SURROUNDING CHARACTER OF THE WEST END AND WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL DEMANDS ON ROADS, UTILITIES, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, AND PUBLIC SERVICES.

PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS PROJECT RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING HURRICANE EVACUATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

EVERY ADDITIONAL VEHICLE ADDED TO THE WEST END ROADWAY NETWORK INCREASES CONGESTION DURING TIMES WHEN RESIDENTS MAY NEED TO LEAVE QUICKLY TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES AND PROPERTY.

THESE ARE NOT THEORETICAL CONCERNS.

THEY ARE REALITIES THAT COASTAL COMMUNITIES MUST CONSIDER WITH EVERY MAJOR DEVELOPMENT DECISION.

THERE ARE ALSO LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS REGARDING LONG-TERM IMPACTS ON WATER, WASTEWATER, ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD MAINTENANCE.

POLICE SERVICES AND FIRE PROTECTION.

MANY OF THOSE IMPACTS WILL BE EXPERIENCED BY JAMAICA BEACH RESIDENTS DESPITE OUR COMMUNITY HAVING NO VOICE WHATSOEVER IN THIS APPROVAL PROCESS.

BEFORE GRANTING THIS EXTRAORDINARY ZONING FLEXIBILITY, I ASK THE COUNCIL TO ANSWER ONE QUESTION.

IF GALVESTON RECEIVES THE BENEFITS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WHILE JAMAICA BEACH BEARS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE COSTS AND RISKS WHAT MECHANISM EXISTS TO MAKE THE RESIDENTS OF JAMAICA BEACH WHOLE? IF THAT QUESTION CANNOT BE ANSWERED TONIGHT, THEN THE PUD IS NOT READY FOR APPROVAL.

I IMPLORE YOU TO VOTE TO DENY THE PUD AND WORK WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE ESTABLISHED REGULATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

MARCY KURTZ-HOFFMAN.

HELLO, COUNCIL.

ALSO AN ALDERMAN IN JAMAICA BEACH.

SO MY NAME IS MARCY.

I'VE CALLED GALVESTON HOME FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

I'M OPPOSED TO THE PUD FOR MANY REASONS.

MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE REQUEST OF THIS PROPOSAL.

I UNDERSTAND THIS LAND IS LIKELY TO BE DEVELOPED.

I DON'T LIKE IT TO BE THREATENING TO SAY, WE COULD DEVELOP IT THIS OTHER WAY THAT'S WATER YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PUT 900 HOMES ON WATER UM REGARDLESS UM WE DON'T NEED SOMETHING LIKE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS TO BE PUTTING OUT PUT TO PUT GALVESTON ON THE MAP I'M SORRY UM SO THIS IS YOUR LDR NUMBER FOUR DOES IT FIT WITH THE CHARACTER AND THE LANDSCAPE OUT THERE NO WE DON'T NEED TOURISTY LANDMARKS WE DON'T NEED A DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS IMPACTS WE CAN'T EVEN COMPREHEND TRAVELING ON THE WEST END AS YOU'VE HEARD AND I PROBABLY EXPERIENCE ON ANY GIVEN SUMMER WEEKEND IS ALREADY CHALLENGING.

SO HOW CAN IT BE ADDING MORE CARS WOULD THAT BENEFIT THE SITUATION? IT SEEMS INSANE FOR A PLACE THAT MUST BE EVACUATED EVERY FEW YEARS TO TRY TO PUT HIGH DENSITY OF PEOPLE IN A SPACE WITH TWO LANES.

LDR NUMBER THREE.

DO YOU HAVE THE POLICE FORCE TO HELP OUT THERE? WE ALREADY HAVE WEST END POLICE FORCE ISSUES.

THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH.

OUR COPS ARE ALWAYS HELPING.

I KNOW IT GOES BOTH WAYS, BUT THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH STAFFING.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE MAIL OUT THERE? NOBODY WANTS TO GO OUT THERE.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE ENERGY? CAN YOU PROVIDE THE ELECTRICITY

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THAT WE NEED? WE ALREADY KNOW IT'S CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE AND THAT CAN BE BAD, BUT THIS IS EXPONENTIALLY WORSE AND WE SHOULD LEARN FROM OUR HISTORY.

THIS PROPOSAL HAS A HIGH DENSITY OF HOMES AND CONDOS AND A RESORT COMMUNITY THAT WE SIMPLY CANNOT NEED.

THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION I ASKED WHEN MR. BLACKER CAME TO OUR COUNCIL.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHY WE NEED THIS? WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE MISSING THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THIS NECESSARY FOR US? THERE'S PLENTY OF HOMES FOR SALE ON THE WEST END, LDL NUMBER 5.

SO IT DOES NOT MATCH UP WITH 03, 4, OR 5.

WE DON'T NEED TO FIND OUT THE FLOODING OR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT IT WILL HAVE ON OUR DELICATE ECOSYSTEM.

THE DEVELOPMENT IS ASKING TO BUILD HIGHER BUILDINGS, LESS SETBACKS.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? IT'S WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR EVERYONE AROUND THAT LOCATION.

IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE WILDLIFE.

THE UNDEVELOPED LAND OF GALVESTON ARE WHAT MAKES GALVESTON UNIQUE, AND THESE HABITATS ARE CRUCIAL FOR MANY SPECIES, MOSTLY BIRDS.

THERE IS AN ENDANGERED BIRD SPECIES THAT IS KNOWN TO INHABIT THAT.

I LIVE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES.

PLEASE DON'T LET THEM ALL GO AWAY.

FROM ONE OFFICE HOLDER TO ANOTHER, CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU AND BE SURE YOU CAN JUSTIFY THE RISKS OF THESE UNCERTAINTIES BEFORE YOU PUT OUR ISLAND'S LAST CRUCIAL HABITATS UNDER CONCRETE.

SARAH HANCOCK OH, AND I HAD LIKE FOUR SINGLE PAGE LINES AND I HAD TO DITCH IT BECAUSE THEY SAID I WAS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

SO, OKAY, YOU CAN HIT THE BUTTON.

YOU CAN GO.

THANKS FOR HAVING US OVER HERE.

I LIVE IN JAMAICA BEACH, JEAN LAFITTE.

FIRST, THANK YOU ALL AND THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR LISTENING TO US.

SO, IN THE HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I HAVE A TENDENCY TO MOVE.

SO, IN THE HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT, THERE HASN'T BEEN A BIG OUTCRY LIKE THIS ONE HAS.

SO, PLEASE LISTEN TO US.

WE'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE EXTRA TIME ON OUR HANDS.

WE ACTUALLY JUST WANT TO BE HEARD.

REGARDING THE VARIANCES, IF ANY OF THE VARIANCES, OR ACTUALLY ALL OF THEM, GET DEVELOPED OR APPROVED, THEN THAT DOES SET A STANDARD FOR FUTURE DEVELOPERS.

THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY YES HERE AND NO THERE.

IT WOULD SET A STANDARD.

REGARDING THE MARKET, SINCE 2001 TO MAY 2026, AVAILABLE HOUSING BETWEEN CONDOS, SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, MULTIFAMILY HOMES, CONDOS, THAT'S CONTINUED TO GROW AND AS OF MAY 2026 IT CURRENTLY SITS AT APPROXIMATELY 16,000.

SO THE ADDITIONAL HOMES WOULD ADD TO THAT FLOODING OF THE MARKET.

REGARDING THE WILDLIFE, THE WETLANDS, THERE DOES NEED TO BE CLEAR ENFORCEABLE RULES AND ALSO CLEAR BOUNDARIES AND WHO IS GOING TO ENFORCE THOSE BOUNDARIES TO MAKE SURE THOSE BOUNDARIES DON'T GET MOVED.

AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SIR, THERE ARE TWO ENDANGERED BIRDS OUT HERE, A PIPING PLOVER AND A WHOOPING CRANE.

AND THEN AND THE WALLS...

I'VE SEEN THEM ALL THE WAY TO 61ST STREET AND EVERYWHERE ELSE.

SO YOU KNOW THAT THE WOLVES ARE EVERYWHERE.

SO THEY NEED TO BE PROTECTED.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE.

AND WE HOPE THAT YOU LISTEN TO US BECAUSE WE KNOW DEVELOPMENTS HAVE TO HAPPEN OR THEY COULD HAPPEN, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE IN A BETTER WAY.

OKAY, THE KIM HYATT.

MY NAME'S KIM HYATT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, AVERY.

THERE'S A STRUGGLE GOING ON, NOT JUST ON THIS ISLAND, BUT ACROSS THE NATION BETWEEN...

DEVELOPMENT AND CORPORATIONS AND THE WORKING PEOPLE.

AND THE CORPORATIONS ARE WINNING.

WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE THEM ANY MORE TOOLS.

WE DON'T NEED TO HELP THEM.

PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP ON THIS ISLAND ARE THE WORKING PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING TO GO ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO LIVE ON THE ISLAND.

AND WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS TALKING ABOUT ISN'T GOING TO CREATE ANY HOMES FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

PEOPLE.

WE NEED YOUR HELP.

THAT'S WHY ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE.

THAT'S WHY WE ELECTED YOU.

THE CORPORATIONS DON'T NEED YOUR HELP.

THEY'RE DOING JUST FINE.

THE DEVELOPERS ARE DOING GREAT.

THEY DON'T NEED YOUR HELP.

WE DO.

HI, MY NAME IS SYDNEY FANNING.

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SYDNEY FANNING.

I LIVE ON 1515 AVENUE L.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN GALVESTON.

AND GREW UP IN JAMAICA BEACH.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME COMING TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND I WAS VERY MOTIVATED TO COME REGARDING DISCOVERY SANDS.

IF THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, I AM ASKING THAT IT INCLUDES CLEAR AND ENFORCEABLE REQUIREMENTS.

THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR SHOULD BE CLEARLY DEFINED AND CONTINUOUS FROM THE BAY TO FM 3005.

AND INCLUDE IT AS A REQUIREMENT IN THE PUD, NOT OPTIONAL.

WASTEWATER AND BUILDING HEIGHT IS ANOTHER CONCERN.

GALVESTON IS SO SPECIAL BECAUSE OF OUR ACCESS TO NATURE.

GROWING UP IN JAMAICA BEACH, WE WOULD KAYAK TO THE BAY SEARCHING FOR TREASURES AND JUST BE IN NATURE.

I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW SPECIAL OF A PLACE IT WAS TO GROW UP UNTIL HURRICANE IKE DISPLACED MY FAMILY.

AND WE WERE PLOPPED INTO SUBURBIA OFF ISLAND.

THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SUNSET SPOT IN THE ENTIRE WORLD AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE TRAVELED A LOT AND IT'S ALSO A PHOTO FROM MY CHILDHOOD BEDROOM AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S THE LOCATION OF DISCOVERY SANDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

SEAN PERSHEY.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HEARING US OUT AND CLEARLY I HOPE YOU'RE GETTING THE MESSAGE AND I HOPE YOU'RE GETTING THE MESSAGE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT WANTING THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

I LIVE IN SEA ISLE AND EVERY SUNDAY IT TAKES ME TWO HOURS TO GET TO JAMAICA BEACH.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO CHALLENGE YOU ALL, SUNDAY OF JULY 4TH WEEKEND, WHY DON'T YOU GO TO THE WEST END AND WHY DON'T YOU TRY TO DRIVE THIS WAY BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO PUT PEOPLE'S LIVES AT RISK.

IF YOU PUT TOO MUCH MORE OUT THERE, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A HOME HERE OR THERE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUGE DEVELOPMENT FULL OF PEOPLE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT PEOPLE'S LIVES AT RISK, AND WHEN THEY DIE BECAUSE OF YOU, I HOPE YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

ALSO, THE POWER INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE IS STILL EXTREMELY UNSTABLE.

WE HAD A MINUSCULE WIND OUT THERE LAST WEEK, AND I WENT 12 HOURS WITHOUT POWER ON WHAT SEEMED LIKE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR.

THERE IS NOTHING STABLE ABOUT OUR POWER OUT THERE.

IT GOES OUT EVERY TIME THE WIND BLOWS.

AND SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING MORE TO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

AS FAR AS SIGNAGE, I OWN BUSINESSES ON THIS ISLAND AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN'T PUT A LEGAL SIGN ON THE WEST END ANYWHERE.

THERE'S LIKE ONE SIGN THAT'S BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN ON THE ENTIRE WEST END.

I CAN'T PERMIT A SIGN FOR MY OWN BUSINESS SO THAT I CAN DO BUSINESS ON THIS ISLAND.

AND SOME JOKER FROM DALLAS IS GOING TO COME PUT A SIGN FOR HIS BIG DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S JUST SICKENING.

AS FAR AS THE HIGH TIDE, ON A HIGH TIDE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN EVEN TELL WHERE THAT WATER LINE IS.

BECAUSE I DRIVE PAST THAT PROPERTY EVERY SINGLE DAY, MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.

AND ON A HIGH TIDE, THAT WATER COMES ALL THE WAY UP 3005 PAST JOLLY ROGER.

AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING HOMES DOWN.

THERE AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING GHOST WOLVES AND WILDLIFE IN THE BACK PART WHAT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN THE TIDE COMES UP AND IT FLOODS THERE'S NO CLEAR BARRIER FOR WILDLIFE THERE'S NO CLEAR PATH TO WIDEN THE ROADWAY THERE'S NO CLEAR PATH TO MAKE OUR POWER BETTER YOU'RE JUST TAXING SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY TAXED AND I REALIZE THAT MOST OF YOU PROBABLY NEVER EVEN DRIVE TO THE WEST END BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT LIVE OUT THERE LIKE ME, AND WE DON'T, I MEAN, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS IS TOO MUCH.

OUR SYSTEM CAN'T HANDLE IT, AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO

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ACCOUNT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

SYDNEY SHOWED US THE WAY WE DIDN'T KNOW THE DIRECTIONS IN THE HALL.

SARAH BURGESS.

HI EVERYBODY THANKS FOR HAVING US MY NAME IS SARAH BURGESS I'M A RESIDENT OF GALVESTON ISLAND I'M THE CHAIR OF SURFRIDER FOUNDATION GALVESTON CHAPTER FORMED IN 2011 AND PROUDLY BUILDING MEMBERSHIP FROM HERE ON THE ISLAND ALL THE WAY NORTH THROUGH HOUSTON AND UP THROUGH THE DFW CORRIDOR TO PRESENT DAY WE HAVE OVER 160 MEMBERS CURRENTLY OUR NATIONAL NONPROFIT IS 42 YEARS OLD AND IN 2025 FOR ALL THE CHAPTERS ACROSS THE COUNTY COMBINED WE HAD OVER THE COUNTRY COMBINED WE HAD OVER 65,000 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATE IN SURFRIDER HOSTED PROGRAMS SUCH AS DUNE RESTORATION WETLAND PROTECTION BEACH CLEANUPS PLASTIC POLLUTION REDUCTION AND OPEN BEACH ACCESS LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS AT LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS OUR MISSION AT SURFRIDER INCLUDES CLEAN AND HEALTHY WATER FOR ALL PEOPLE.

FOR US IN GALVESTON, THIS STARTS AND ENDS WITH OUR ISLAND'S LIMITED RESOURCE FOR FRESH WATER AND OUR DUTY TO RESPONSIBLY STEWARD OUR SALTWATER AND ITS ECOSYSTEM.

SEVERAL TOPICS INTRODUCED BY THE DEVELOPER TONIGHT SHOULD INVITE MAJOR PAUSE UNTIL A FINALIZED AND FULL PLAN IS SET FORTH BY THIS DEVELOPER.

WHY IS A LAGOON IN THIS PLAN? WHAT SPECIFICS OF BUILDING THE WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE COULD BECOME CHALLENGES THAT END UP BEING SHORTCUT.

HOW WILL YOU ENSURE THE CONSERVATION AREA IS ACTUALLY MAINTAINED? HOW WILL YOU PROHIBIT LAWN CHEMICALS FROM GOING INTO THE WETLAND? THE DEVELOPER HIMSELF SAID HE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THE WETLAND DELINEATION IS GOING TO BE.

THE UNKNOWNS ARE NOT A COMPROMISE WE BELIEVE SHOULD BE TAKEN LIGHTLY BY THIS COUNCIL AS YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM ABOUT THE PUD.

MR. BLACKARD IS RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING.

THE BAY IS TAKING A BEATING.

DISTURBING, REMOVING, ALTERING EVEN THE LAND SURROUNDING NATURAL WETLANDS IS SUREFIRE WHERE GOING TO UPEND OUR BEST NATURAL DEFENSE FOR FLOOD CONTROL, FILTRATION OF WATER, AND THE HABITAT THAT REMAINS.

A LOT OF COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED ABOUT WHAT MAKES THIS ISLAND HOME SPECIAL.

WATER IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL THINGS ABOUT THIS ISLAND.

NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE BAY AND WETLANDS IN THIS PROJECT FOOTPRINT WILL HAVE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS ON THE GULF WATERS RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

I'LL BORROW FROM...

IN CLOSING, I'LL BORROW WORDS FROM ONE OF OUR CURRENT SURFRIDER GALVESTON MEMBERS, WHO WROTE THE MAYOR ON THIS VERY SUBJECT.

GALVESTON CAN GROW WITHOUT SACRIFICING WHAT MAKES THIS ISLAND SPECIAL.

LET'S REWARD DEVELOPERS WHO NOT ONLY FOLLOW OUR REGULATIONS, BUT GO IN ABOVE AND BEYOND THEM, AND PUT IT AS FIRMLY IN WRITING AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.

DAVE HEDGEPETH GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS DAVE HATCHPATH.

I LIVE IN, I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT PER SE, I AM AGAINST VARIANCES.

IN MY FORMER LIFE, I WAS INVOLVED IN A LOT OF CHANGE PROCESSES FOR PROJECTS, AND WHEN IT CAME TO ME, IT WAS ALWAYS NO.

AND I'VE COME UP WITH A PLAN, AND THEY TALKED.

FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT, AND I STILL SAID NO.

AND FROM WHAT I SEE HERE, AND I'VE BEEN TOLD FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT IT THAN I AM, THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING COMPREHENSIVE OR EXTENSIVE PLANS FOR THIS VARIANCES.

FRANKLY, BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT I SAW TONIGHT, MY IMPRESSION WOULD BE TO SAY, WINGING IT.

AND SO THAT'S MY OPPOSITION TO THIS PARTICULAR PUD. THANK YOU.

MAYOR CITY COUNCIL TREATS

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MODIFIED PARKING AND SIGNAGE STANDARDS DIFFERENT SETBACKS HEIGHTS RULES AND DENSITY BE SHIFTED WITHIN THE PROPERTY RATHER THAN TIED TO ONE FIXED LOCATION THIS IS A BROAD ENTITLEMENT FRAMEWORK THAT CAN SHAPE HOW MUCH DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, WHERE IT OCCURS, AND HOW IT'S CONFIGURATED ACROSS THE PROPERTY OVER TIME.

THIS PLAN ALLOWS FOR UP TO SIX DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE ACROSS THE PROPERTY CALCULATED USING THE GROSS LAND PROPERTY OF THE PROPERTY AND STATE'S DENSITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED BETWEEN PORTIONS OF THE SITE WITHOUT A PUD AMENDMENT SO LONG AS THE OVERALL CAP IS NOT EXCEEDED.

A CONSERVATION PLAN IS NOT CLEARLY DEFINED.

COUNCILMAN MUST ASK WHERE ARE THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS AREA? WILL THE AREA BE BE ATTRACTED FULLY BY DEED RESTRICTIONS? AND FOR HOW LONG WHAT ACTIVITIES WILL BE PROHIBITED AND HOW MUCH WILL PROTECTION AND HOW WILL THIS PROTECTION BE ENFORCED? THE PACKET DOES NOT INCLUDE A COMPLETE REVIEW OF THE AQUATIC AND WETLAND FEATURES ON THE SITE WHAT AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FEDERAL PERMITTING? HOW DOES THIS DEVELOPMENT HOW HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL IMPACT MARSHES? HYDROLOGY, HABITAT, AND RESTORATION AREAS IS NOT CLEAR.

COASTAL MARSHES ARE CONSIDERED AMONG THE MOST PRODUCTIVE ECOSYSTEMS ON THE EARTH YET ARE CONSTANTLY UNDER THREAT FROM DEVELOPMENT AND SEA LEVEL RISE.

CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL FOR SECTION 13601C OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION STATES THAT THE USE AND CHARACTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT MUST BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE IMMEDIATE PROPERTIES AND WITH PROPERTIES IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.

HUDS ARE TOOLS THAT ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO MODIFY ESTABLISHED CITY STANDARDS, STANDARDS PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, AND LONG-TERM RESILIENCE.

THIS PROJECT ONLY WORKS BY ELIMINATING LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS, INCREASING HEIGHT, AND REDUCING SETBACKS.

PERHAPS IT NEEDS TO BE REDESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH OUR EXISTING RULES.

OUR REGULATIONS EXIST TO SAFEGUARD THE ISLAND, ITS RESIDENTS, AND OUR NATURAL SYSTEM.

IF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PRESENT, PERMITTED IT WOULD STRESS THE ECOSYSTEM WITH THESE INCREASED RUNOFF AND THREATEN THE LONG-TERM STABILITY OF THIS AREA OF THE ISLAND AND UNFORTUNATELY PLEASE CONSIDER WOULD THE DEMAND FOR CITY SERVICES OUTSTRIP THE TAX REVENUE GENERATED FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR THESE REASONS I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE THIS PUD FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE MELISSA JOSEPH THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR BEING HERE.

I'M MELISSA JOSEPH, AND I LIVE ON CAPTAIN HOOK OFF OF BOB SMITH ROAD IN JAMAICA BEACH.

NOT ONLY AM I A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF JAMAICA BEACH, BUT I ALSO PROUDLY SERVE AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF JAMAICA BEACH IN MY SECOND TERM.

THANK YOU, MR. BLACKARD, FOR MAKING THIS MEETING.

WHAT I FIND DISAPPOINTING IS A COUPLE OF ITEMS OF INFORMATION YOU GAVE TO THE GALVESTON COUNCIL THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO OUR JAMAICA BEACH CITY COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THE ELEVATION WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD OF US THAT IT WOULD BE NINE FEET AND NOT SIX FEET.

THE BARISI DEVELOPMENT IN CORPUS CHRISTI WE WERE TOLD WAS IN 18 YEARS, NOT 12 YEARS, AND WHEN I ASKED WHAT THE REASON WHY THIS PROJECT HASN'T TAKEN SHAPE, HE GAVE ME ONE WORD, LITIGATION.

COUNCIL, PLEASE CONSIDER THE RAMIFICATIONS OF YOUR DECISIONS FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE GALVESTON WEST END.

ALSO CONSIDER THE CITY OF JAMAICA BEACH.

WE SHARE THIS ISLAND WITH YOU ALL.

OUR JAMAICA BEACH RESIDENTS CONTRIBUTE TO GALVESTON'S SMALL BUSINESSES AND REVENUES THAT SUPPORT THE CITY OF GALVESTON.

I FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO MY JAMAICA BEACH RESIDENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE, AS OUR GOVERNMENT, REPRESENT THEM IN THE PROTECTION OF OUR CITY THAT WILL BE IMPACTED.

BY THIS DISCOVERY SANDS DEVELOPMENT.

OUR JAMAICA BEACH MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE WITH YOU ALL ON THE DECISION FOR THIS VOTE.

THE LONG-TERM EFFECT OF THE DECISION YOU MAKE ON THIS PUD WITHOUT PROTECTION PLANS IN PLACE, AT LEAST IN NOT ANY THAT I'VE SEEN, THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CERTAINLY CREATE A PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR ISLAND.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME SPEND SOME TIME WITH US IN JAMAICA BEACH AND THE FAR WEST END OF GALVESTON, AN EXPERIENCE WHAT WE ARE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT.

YOU'VE HEARD EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS TONIGHT ON EVERYBODY'S EXPERIENCES OF WHAT WE LIVE WITH ON THE WEST END.

I'LL EVEN BRING YOU THE COFFEE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SO

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MANY HOUSES FOR SALE IN JAMAICA BEACH AND ON THE WEST END.

SEVERAL OF GALVESTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS ARE STILL TRYING TO SELL LOTS TO BUILD ON.

AND ASK ANY BUSINESS OWNER ON THE WEST END THEIR CHALLENGES TO HIRE AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THE ADDITION OF MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

IF YOU KNOW THAT SECRET SAUCE, MR. BLACKARD, I WISH YOU WOULD SHARE IT WITH OUR BUSINESS OWNERS.

I AM AGAINST THIS DISCOVERY SANDS PUD AND THE DEVELOPMENT PRESENTED TO YOU AS IS, AND I PRAY THAT YOU ALL, THE GOVERNMENT OF GALVESTON, MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MADE GREAT COMMENTS AND THEY ALL HAVE VALID POINTS.

IN MY OPINION, I WAS HERE AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND WHEN WE LEFT, WE HAD ALREADY VOTED, EXCEPT FOR ONE GENTLEMAN, TO PUSH THIS THING FORWARD.

BUT AS MS. OWENS SAYS, WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE...

ANSWERS WRITTEN DOWN.

EVERYTHING SHOULD BE, WE SHOULD HAVE ANSWERS FOR EVERYBODY TO READ.

INSTEAD, WE HAVE LITTLE CIRCULAR CONVERSATIONS HERE, NO REBUTTAL AND NO CONCRETE ANSWERS.

WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE GOING TO BE INSTEAD OF I DON'T KNOW OR I'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.

THAT WAS THE SAME THING THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH LAST TIME.

BUT AGAIN, AS THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE THE WILDLIFE, THE WOLVES, THE FISH, AND THE FISHERIES.

I GREW UP AS A HUNTER AND FISHER, AND I CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO THIS DAY.

I FISH THOSE MARSHES WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS, THE PENINSULA THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE THE DEVIATION ON.

I KNOW THAT PENINSULA.

HALF THE TIME IT'S UNDERWATER, BUT YET THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A ROW OF HOUSES AND A ROAD ON THAT PENINSULA.

BOTH SIDES OF THAT PENINSULA, THERE'S SHELL, THERE'S SEAGRASSES THAT ARE JUST NOW ON THE COMEBACK.

IN THE NORTH-SOUTH RUNNING CANAL THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING HOUSES WITH BOAT DOCKS, YOU CAN'T GET A BOAT BACK THERE.

SO IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE MARSH, LIKE I DO, I KNOW IT FROM THE POINT OF JAMAICA BEACH, WHERE MY HOME IS, ALL THE WAY TO OSTERMEYER, EVERY INCH OF IT.

I KNOW WHERE ALL THE SHELL IS, ALL THE GRASS IS.

ALL THE OYSTER BEDS, ALL THE BIRDS, ALL THE NESTING BIRDS.

THAT NORTH TO SOUTH SECTION OF HOMES WHERE THE BOATHOUSES ARE GOING TO BE, THEY'LL HAVE TO DREDGE THAT.

BUT IN THAT AREA THERE, THERE IS NO WAY TO GET BACK IN THERE UNLESS YOU HAVE A KAYAK OR A CANOE.

I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN BACK IN THERE.

BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DRAWINGS, HIS RENDERING, NOW I KNOW.

HE WILL DESTROY CRITICAL HABITAT THERE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND THE PENINSULA THAT HE DOESN'T, AGAIN, THE ONE THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE THE VARIANCE ON, OR WHATEVER IT IS, THE DEVIATION, THERE'S GOING TO BE BULKHEADS.

THERE'S GOT TO BE BULKHEADS ALONG THAT WALL.

WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO, COVER UP THE OYSTER SHELLS AND THE GRASS THAT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO GROW, THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO REBUILD, TO BUILD THOSE LITTLE ISLANDS FOR THE FISHERIES BACK THERE? JACOB HUPP.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JACOB HUPP.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION, WHICH IS AT 1725 HIGHWAY 146.

THE GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION IS HERE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ON WEST GALVESTON ISLAND.

WHILE THE PROPERTY MAY HAVE THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON PAPER, THE SITE'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS MAKE IT AT BEST IMPRACTICAL TO ACHIEVE THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURES FROM THE CITY'S STANDARDS IF THE APPLICANT WERE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE EXISTING LDR IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW APPROXIMATELY SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY UNITS COULD REALISTICALLY BE CONSTRUCTED THE PUT IS BEING REQUESTED PRECISELY BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THE APPLICANT TO CONCENTRATE MORE DEVELOPMENT INTO THIS HIGHLY CONSTRAINED COASTAL ENVIRONMENT THAN WOULD OTHERWISE BE FEASIBLE I WANT TO

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MAKE ONE THING CLEAR THAT THE CONSERVATION COMPONENT OF THIS PUD IS OVERSTATED.

HABITAT ISOLATED BY ROADS, DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, LIGHTING, AND OTHER HUMAN ACTIVITY DOES NOT FUNCTION LIKE AN INTACT COASTAL ECOSYSTEM.

AS DEVELOPMENT INTENSIFIES AROUND THESE AREAS, THEIR ECOLOGICAL VALUE DECLINES SUBSTANTIALLY.

PRESERVING FRAGMENTED REMNANTS SHOULD NOT BE PRESENTED AS EQUIVALENT TO PROTECTING FUNCTIONING COASTAL HABITAT.

AND IT IS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER A CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION WOULD ULTIMATELY BE WILLING TO ASSUME STEWARDSHIP OF THIS LAND WITH SUCH LIMITED CONSERVATION VALUE ONCE DEVELOPED.

THE WETLANDS AROUND THE SITES HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INVESTMENT BECAUSE OF THE CRITICAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN PROTECTING BOTH GALVESTON ISLAND AND GALVESTON BAY.

INCREASED BOAT TRAFFIC, SHORELINE DISTURBANCE, AND ADDITIONAL NON-POINT SOURCE RUNOFF YOU WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THESE WETLANDS AND THE SURROUNDING MARSHES WHILE DOING NOTHING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF GALVESTON'S COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

FOR THESE REASONS, THE GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION RESPECTFULLY URGES YOU TO DENY THIS PUD.

SANDY SCHREBE HELLO, MY NAME IS SANDY SHRY, AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND HAVE YOU LISTENING AND TO HAVE THE INPUT FROM THE DEVELOPER TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS SITUATION.

AND MANY BEFORE ME HAVE ALREADY RAISED VERY VALUABLE POINTS.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT...

I RETURNED TO GALVESTON, WHICH THE FIRST TIME I MOVED HERE, IT FELT LIKE HOME, AND I WISH I HAD NEVER LEFT.

AND I CAME BACK FIVE YEARS AGO, AND I CAME BACK FOR THE HISTORIC THINGS ABOUT THE ISLAND AND THE NATURE OF THE ISLAND.

AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT IT TOOK ABOUT A MINUTE FOR YOU TO MAKE A DECISION ON HISTORIC HOME VALUE AND TO BE HAPPY TO...

TO STEWARD THAT RESOURCE FOR THE FUTURE.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO THINK OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE SAME WAY.

AND IF YOU THINK OF THESE GHOST WOLVES OR THE COYOTES THAT CARRY THE SPECIAL TREASURE OF DNA OF A SPECIES THAT USED TO INHABIT THIS AREA, THAT HISTORY IS EQUALLY VALUABLE.

AND IT ISN'T JUST THE COYOTES.

THE COYOTES ARE AN APEX PREDATOR, AND THAT'S ALWAYS VALUABLE TO LOOK AT THEM AND THEIR PLACE IN A HABITAT BECAUSE IF THEY'RE DOING WELL, EVERYTHING ELSE BENEATH THEM WILL DO WELL.

SO THE CALL TO PROTECT THE COYOTES OR THE GHOST WOLVES IS VALUABLE, AND PROTECTING THOSE RESOURCES IS...

JUST AS IMPORTANT AS OUR HISTORIC HOMES.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DENY THIS PUD AND THAT MOVING FORWARD, NOT ONLY IN THIS DECISION, BUT AS A COUNCIL GUIDING GALVESTON AND THE DECISIONS ON THIS ISLAND, THAT YOU WOULD THINK ABOUT WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ARE STEWARDING? WHAT ARE YOU PROTECTING? BECAUSE WE NEED YOU TO PROTECT AND STEWARD ALL OF THE LIVING RESIDENTS, THE HUMAN BEINGS AND THE ANIMALS AND THE PLANT LIFE THAT MAKES UP THAT HABITAT.

MY NAME IS SASHA FRANCIS.

SASHA FRANCIS.

OKAY, I'M FIVE FOOT ONE.

HELLO EVERYONE.

SORRY, I RAN HERE.

I'M A LITTLE BREATH.

I'VE BEEN WORKING IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS AND WAS THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF GALVESTON CHAPTER OF NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS.

AS A PLACE WITH VERY LIMITED UNTOUCHED LAND REMAINING, IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE THOROUGHLY EVALUATE ALL POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT AND AVOID GRANTING EXEMPTIONS TO REGULATIONS THAT EXIST FOR A REASON.

WE HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF HOTELS, CONDOS, APARTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR VISITORS, AND WE DO NOT NEED DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE, PERIOD.

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WHEN WE LOOK AT SATELLITE IMAGERY OF OUR ISLAND, OUR PRAIRIES, WETLANDS, AND GREEN SPACE CONTINUE TO SHRINK WHILE SO MANY PROPERTIES LAY EMPTY.

THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ON TOP OF PUBLICLY FUNDED RESTORED MARSH, AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY POINTED OUT.

THE REMAINING GREEN SPACE WE HAVE IS IMPERATIVE FOR OUR ISLAND TO WITHSTAND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THE PRESSURES OF OUR EXISTING POPULATION AND VISITOR VOLUME.

THESE ISSUES INCLUDE FLOODING, CHEMICAL AND WASTE RUNOFF, SEA LEVEL RISE AND EROSION, WHICH ARE ALL IMPROVED BY NATIVE PLANTS IN THE GREEN SPACE THAT WE PRESERVE, WHILE MADE EXPONENTIALLY WORSE BY DEVELOPMENT.

WE MUST BE VIGILANT.

AND DEMAND AS MINIMAL IMPACTS AS POSSIBLE GOING FORWARD.

IMPACTS TO IMPORTANT AND RARE WILDLIFE, WHOSE PRESENCE AND MOVEMENT IS PROVABLE BY EXTENSIVE DATA, ESPECIALLY GHOST WOLVES AND BIRD SPECIES.

AND HABITAT FRAGMENTATION, VEHICLE STRIKES, HABITAT LOSS AND POLLUTION WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THESE SPECIES.

A LOSS OF HABITAT DRIVES WILDLIFE INTO URBAN AREAS, WHICH IS ALREADY A CONCERN.

AND ESPECIALLY WITH GATED SECTIONS AND PRIVATE ROADS, HABITAT FRAGMENTATION WOULD BE WORSE.

THE EXISTING PLAN ADDS BARRIERS FOR WILDLIFE MOVEMENT FROM BAY TO BEACH AND WILL REDUCE HABITAT AND SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION.

IN ADDITION, THE ISLAND AND ESPECIALLY WESTERN RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE ALREADY AT RISK DURING STORMS AND EVACUATIONS.

THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL MOST CERTAINLY STRAIN THIS MORE SIGNIFICANTLY AS OTHERS HAVE POINTED OUT.

AT MINIMUM, THE PRESERVATION OF A HABITAT HIGHWAY WITH A SIGNIFICANT STRETCH OF UNINTERRUPTED GREEN SPACE FROM BAY TO BEACH FOR FREE MOVEMENT SHOULD BE REQUIRED.

WITH NO PRIVATE ROADS DISRUPTING FLOW WITH GATES FOR ANIMALS TO GET BACK AND FORTH.

ALSO, JUST SIDE NOTE, 15 UNITS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING IS A JOKE.

WE NEED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THAT ON THIS ISLAND FOR PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE AND WORK HERE AND PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESSES TO OUR ISLAND.

THE COMMUNITY AND WILDLIFE DESERVE MORE RIGOROUS EVALUATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS TO THE LITTLE GREEN SPACE WE HAVE LEFT BEFORE IT ALL DISAPPEARS.

DANA TRAYLOR BALDWIN ALINKA CARDENAS.

ALINKA CARDENAS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ALANKA CARDENAS AND I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF BAYOU CITY WATERKEEPER TO VOICE OPPOSITION TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DISCOVERY SANDS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

MY TESTIMONY HIGHLIGHTS THREE KEY ISSUES.

FIRST, THE DENSITY FRAMEWORK IN THE PUD.

SECOND, THE LACK OF CLARITY AROUND THE PROPOSED CONSERVATION AREA.

AND THIRD, THE UNRESOLVED WETLANDS AND PERMITTING CONSTRAINTS REFLECTED IN THE APPLICATION MATERIALS.

FIRST, THE CURRENT PACKET DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE LIMITED TO THE 368 LOT CONCEPT PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC.

THE STAFF REPORT DESCRIBES 568 LOTS ON 170 ACRES, BUT THE PUT ALSO STATES THAT RESIDENTIAL DENSITY MAY BE CALCULATED ACROSS THE PROPERTY IN AGGREGATE UP TO SIX DWELLINGS PER ACRE BASED ON GROSS LAND AREA OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THAT DENSITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED BETWEEN PORTIONS OF THE SITE WITHOUT A PUD AMENDMENT SO LONG AS THE OVERALL CAP IS NOT EXCEEDED.

THERE IS NOT A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF HOW USING THE GROSS ACREAGE OF THE FULL PROPERTY FOR DENSITY CALCULATIONS COULD ALLOW DEVELOPMENT TO BE CONCENTRATED MORE INTENSELY ON PORTIONS OF THE SITE THAT ARE ACTUALLY BUILDABLE.

THERE IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WETLANDS AND HABITAT CONSTRAINTS ON THE SITE BUT DOES NOT SHOW HOW THOSE CONSTRAINTS HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE DENSITY FRAMEWORK NOW BEFORE COUNCIL.

SECOND, THE APPLICATION MATERIALS REFERENCE A PROPOSED CONSERVATION AREA BUT FAIL TO ESTABLISH WHAT LEGAL PROTECTIONS WOULD APPLY TO IT.

THE MATERIALS INCLUDE A MAPPED CONSERVATION AREA, BUT THEY DO NOT CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE ACREAGE, LEGAL BOUNDARIES, OR ANY BINDING PROTECTION MECHANISMS. IF THE CONSERVATION AREA IS BEING PRESENTED AS A MEANINGFUL PUBLIC BENEFIT, COUNCIL SHOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT LAND WOULD BE PROTECTED, HOW THE PROTECTIONS WOULD BE ENFORCED

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AFTER APPROVAL AND WE SEEK TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THE PROPOSED CONSERVATION AREA REFLECTS A COMMITMENT TO THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE AND RESTORATION EFFORTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THIS SITE OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS VERSUS SETTING ASIDE LAND THAT IS ALREADY CONSTRAINED DEVELOPMENTALLY BY WETLANDS OR OPEN WATER.

THIRD, THE PROPOSED PUD REFLECTS THAT WETLANDS AND FEDERAL PERMITTING WORK REMAIN ONGOING RATHER THAN RESOLVED.

THEIR OWN SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL STATES THAT AQUATIC FEATURES ARE BEING DELINEATED AND WORKED ON BY THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TOWARDS AN APPROVED JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION AND THAT A SECTION 404 PERMIT APPLICATION MAY STILL BE REQUIRED THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WETLANDS AND PERMITTING CONSTRAINTS AFFECT WHAT IS ACTUALLY DEVELOPABLE ON THE SITE YET COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO APPROVE PROPERTY WIDE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK BEFORE SHOWING HOW THOSE CONSTRAINTS LIMIT THE BUILDABLE FOOTPRINT OF THE PROPERTY THESE ISSUES GO TO THE CORE OF WHAT CITY COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO APPROVE HOW MUCH DEVELOPMENT THE PUD COULD AUTHORIZE, WHAT CONSERVATION IS ACTUALLY BEING SECURED, AND WHETHER THE SITE'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS HAVE BEEN MEANINGFULLY ACCOUNTED FOR BEFORE APPROVAL.

FOR THAT REASON, BAYOU CITY WATERKEEPER RESPECTFULLY ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL TO DENY THE DISCOVERY SANDS PLANNING.

HELLO, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US ALL TO SPEAK.

SUSIE HINSDALE.

MY NAME IS SUSIE HINSDALE.

I LIVE IN TARAMAR BEACH.

FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE ROOM WHO DON'T KNOW, TARAMAR BEACH IS AROUND SEVEN MILES PAST THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, 17 MILES FROM 61ST STREET.

IN THE SUMMER IT ALREADY TAKES CLOSE TO 40 MINUTES FOR ME TO GET TO KROGER.

THE CITY NEEDS TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE ROADS AND POWER BEFORE ALLOWING ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

THE POWER IS FRAGILE ON THE WEST END.

SINCE THE STORM LAST WEEK, OUR INTERNET AND POWER HAVE NOT WORKED WELL.

THERE HAVE BEEN XFINITY CREWS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSTANTLY, AND THEY SAY IT'S A POWER ISSUE, NOT AN ISSUE ON THEIR END.

NEVERTHELESS, IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO LIVE OUT THERE AT CERTAIN TIMES.

WE HAVE MORE THAN OUR FAIR SHARE OF POWER ISSUES.

OUR HOUSE IS SECOND ROW DRY LAND, AND THE GLO WON'T ALLOW US TO DISTURB THE SOIL BY BUILDING A POOL IN OUR BACKYARD.

SO I RESPECT THAT BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT OUR ISLAND.

AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN DISTURB WETLANDS WHEN I CAN'T EVEN HAVE A POOL.

AND IT'S NOT ABOUT MY POOL, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

WE SEE EMERGENCY VEHICLES FROM SAN LUIS PASS RACING EAST DOWN 3005 MANY TIMES A DAY.

THEY REACH A CHOKE POINT IN JAMAICA BEACH AND AGAIN AT THE DIAMOND RESORT BEFORE THE SEAWALL.

I WAS IN AN AMBULANCE WITH MY 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AT 2 A.M.

AND IT TOOK AN ETERNITY TO GET OUT TO UTMB WITHOUT ANY TRAFFIC SINCE IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

IT WAS VERY SCARY.

I ASK FOR YOU TO VOTE AGAINST APPROVING ANY VARIANCES FOR THE DEVELOPER FROM MCKINNEY.

ACTUALLY, I THINK HE MADE MORE CASES AGAINST HIS PROJECT THAN FOR HIS PROJECT WHEN HE SPOKE.

PLEASE VOTE NO.

JEFFREY HILL.

BRINGING UP THE REAR AS USUAL.

I'M JEFFREY HILL.

I LIVE ON LAFITTE'S POINT IN GALVESTON.

PREVIOUSLY SERVED SIX YEARS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

I AM FIRMLY OPPOSED TO THIS PUD.

LET ME FIRST STATE THIS IS NOT A JAMAICA BEACH PROBLEM, NOR IS IT A WEST END PROBLEM.

THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THIS PROJECT IMPACT ALL PARTS OF GALVESTON ISLAND.

OVERALL, IT SEEMS THE FOCUS TODAY IS TENDING TOWARD THE DESPICABLE CLAYTON WILLIAMS THEORY OF INEVITABILITY.

WILL THIS TRACT EVENTUALLY BE DEVELOPED? PROBABLY.

BUT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO JUST LIE BACK AND ENJOY WHATEVER MR BLACKARD AND HIS POSSE HAVE COOKED UP I THINK NOT THE ECONOMICS SIMPLY DON'T BEAR OUT ANOTHER STRAIGHTFORWARD CONFORMING DEVELOPMENT HERE WITHOUT THE SUPER AMENITIES AND DISNEYESQUE VIBE THIS PUD ALLOWS A DEVELOPMENT HERE COULD END UP AN ECONOMIC ALBATROSS LIKE BAYSIDE AT WATERMAN'S BUT THE DEVELOPER'S ECONOMIC VIABILITY OR SUCCESS IS NEITHER THE CITIZEN'S RESPONSIBILITY NOR BURDEN.

IF HE WANTS EXCEPTIONS TO THE

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CITY'S ESTABLISHED RULES OR REGS WHICH ARE THERE TO SATISFY AND SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC, HE SHOULD PROVIDE AN OFFSETTING PUBLIC BENEFIT.

THIS PUD APPLICATION DOES NOT SOLIDLY OR SPECIFICALLY ESTABLISH ANY SUCH BENEFITS.

ALL SUPPOSED BENEFITS, WORKFORCE HOUSING, POTENTIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT ARE VAGUE AND ILL-DEFINED.

I SEE NO MEASURABLE BENEFIT AND ONLY DOWNSIDE TO PUBLIC SAFETY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND QUALITY OF LIFE WHILE PROVIDING A PRIVATE CITIZEN WITH MASSIVE RELIEF FROM DENSITY, HEIGHT, SETBACK, SIGNAGE, AND PARKING REGS.

ALL OF THIS IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH CURRENT LDR STANDARDS.

IF IT IS INDEED INEVITABLE THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO OCCUR ON THIS TRACT, THEN I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER.

YOU CAN DO BETTER FOR THE CITIZENS OF GALVESTON, OUR NEIGHBORS IN JAMAICA BEACH, AND THE ECOSYSTEM THAT SUSTAINS AND PROTECTS US.

THIS COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE MORE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT ON OUR ISLAND.

RATHER THAN ALLOWING AN AMUSEMENT PARK RUN AMOK, I HOPE AND TRUST YOU WILL DO WHAT THE VOTERS WHO JUST ELECTED ALL OF YOU ARE ASKING YOU TO DO.

WHAT A CROWD, HONORABLE MAYOR, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.

BEEN A LONG DAY OUT ON THE WATER.

IF YOU SMELL SOMETHING FISHY, I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME AND SHOWERED YET, SO I KNOW I STINK AND IT WON'T BE MY TESTIMONY.

IT'S FISHY, IT'S JUST THE CLOTHES I'M WEARING.

CAPTAIN SCOTT HICKMAN, RESIDENT OF GALVESTON 3531 TORREY WAY.

40-YEAR PROFESSIONAL FISHERMAN HERE ON THE ISLAND, BAY FISHERMAN, COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN, FEDERALLY PERMITTED CHARTER BOAT CAPTAIN.

BEEN ON THE FLOWER GARDEN BANK SANCTUARY COUNCIL FOR A LONG TIME.

WAS VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR FOR THE UNITED STATES IN 2016.

I'M THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE TEXAS SEA GRANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE UNDER THE A&M SYSTEM.

WE DEAL WITH WATER, WE DEAL WITH FISH, WE DEAL WITH WETLANDS.

I HELPED FOUND ONE OF THE LARGEST CHARTER BOAT ASSOCIATIONS, IF NOT THE LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES, CALLED THE CHARTER FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION.

I AM STILL A BOARD MEMBER.

A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS ARE HERE IN GALVESTON.

ALL THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THEM.

I AM SPEAKING FOR THE CHARTER FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION AND OUR MEMBERS.

OUR MESSAGE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

I RESEARCHED THIS THING MONTHS AGO, SAT DOWN WITH MR. BLACKARD, LOOKED AT WHAT HE WANTED TO DO.

THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT'S CAUSING AN ISSUE WITH WETLANDS IN WEST GALVESTON BAY, OYSTERS, SHRIMP, CRABS, FISH, WATER QUALITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S COSTING US THE MOST MONEY IN GALVESTON TO THE BLUE ECONOMY, HOTEL, OCCUPANCY, TOURISM, IS EVERY TIME IN HOUSTON YOU TURN THE TV ON AND THEY'VE GOT A FECAL LEVEL AMOUNT ON THE BEACHES, ALL THE WAY TO THE JETTIES.

WE'VE GOT A WATER QUALITY PROBLEM HERE.

WE'VE GOT A SEPTIC ISSUE.

IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.

THESE HOMES WERE DESIGNED FOR WEEKEND USE.

NOW THEY'RE SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

THESE SEPTIC SYSTEMS ARE OVERWHELMED.

THEY LEACH INTO THE BAY.

THE CITY'S BUILT ON A SANDBAR.

SAND IS POURED.

WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A PUTT INTO PLACE, AND THIS GENTLEMAN WILL GIVE US THE CAPACITY TO GET OFF THOSE SEPTIC SYSTEMS, CLEAN OUR WATER UP, NOT HAVE HOUSTON NEWS STATIONS TALKING ABOUT, DON'T GO TO GALVESTON, THERE'S POOP IN THE WATER.

THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.

WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY THAT'S WILLING TO WORK WITH US.

IT'S A GOOD PLAN.

WE CAN CLEAN THE WATER UP.

THIS BAD WATER IS THE BIGGEST THREAT WE HAVE TO OUR ESTUARIES, TO OUR SUBMERGED SEAGRASSES, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THE CHARTER FISHERMEN, THE FISHERMEN, SUPPORT THIS.

WE WANT TO CLEAN OUR WATER UP.

I WANT MY TROUT FISHERY BACK LIKE IT USED TO BE.

I WANT MORE SHRIMP.

I WANT TO REBUILD OUR OYSTER REEFS.

WE'VE LOST 80% OF OUR HISTORIC OYSTER REEFS IN TEXAS BECAUSE OF WATER QUALITY.

WATER QUALITY IS THE MAIN THING.

AND THAT'S WHERE OUR FISHERIES COME FROM.

BLUE ECONOMY, NO MORE NASTY POOP NEWS ON THE HOUSTON NEWS STATIONS, WHICH SHUTS OUR TOURISM DOWN.

IT'S COSTING US A TON OF MONEY.

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I WANT TO THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

WE DEFINITELY WERE LISTENING TO THEM.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF Y'ALL STICKING TO THOSE THREE MINUTES.

IT'S RARE THAT I'VE SEEN IN A MEETING WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO STOP SOMEBODY FROM SPEAKING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY'S TIME.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I'M GOING TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.

WE NEED TO DO THAT IN THE...

IN THE PUBLIC HEARING? INTO YOUR MICROPHONE.

COME ON, DONNA.

I WAS SAYING THAT NOT TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU CAN ALLOW FOR A SMALL RECESS.

IF THE APPLICANT DOES NOT WANT TO PRESENT ANYMORE, YOU CAN ASK HIM THAT QUESTION, AND THEN YOU CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I PROBABLY DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.

I CAN DO THAT OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THOUGH.

NO, IT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? IT'S ALL PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WELL, OKAY, OKAY.

DON'T CLOSE IT.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

JUST FOR FIVE MINUTES OR HOWEVER LONG.

SO WE'LL KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN, AND WE'LL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS, AND THEN WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS UP HERE FOR THE APPLICANT, HAVE THE APPLICANT, HE'S ABLE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A REBUTTAL, AND THEN WE'LL...

CARRY ON FROM THERE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO WORK HERE.

IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO TAKE THEIR SEATS, WE WILL CONTINUE ON.

MR. BLACKARD, I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE JUST TO HAVE A REBUTTAL OR IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.

CROCO INDIANS, I'M VERY FOCUSED ON THAT ONE.

WE OWN PIRATE SPEECH AND CODE, WE OWN THE STEWART MANSION, AND WE DIDN'T DEVELOP ANYTHING AROUND THE OAK TREE.

TREES BECAUSE WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WAS A BURIAL GROUND THERE.

SO VERY FOCUSED WE WILL DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO REGARDING THE CARACO INDIANS.

VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT.

I KNOW THAT WASN'T PROBABLY A QUESTION.

FLOODING, BASED ON OUR DESIGN, ALL THE WATER IS GOING INTO OUR CANALS AND INTO THE BAY WITH THE TENSION ON THE ON THE CANALS IN OUR PROPERTY.

THEY'RE NOT CANALS FOR BOATS, THEY'RE CANALS FOR WATER STORAGE DETENTION.

SO IT WON'T OVERBURDEN BECAUSE OF THE CONCRETE THAT WILL BE LAID.

IT WON'T OVERBURDEN OR RELEASE THE WATER PROPERLY INTO THE BAY ITSELF.

AS FAR AS FLOODING ON JAMAICA BEACH, BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE GOT UP HERE AND TALKED ABOUT JAMAICA BEACH AND FLOODING, I CAN'T RAISE THEIR ROADS.

THEY'RE BASICALLY AT THREE FEET ELEVATION.

THEY NEED TO BE AT SIX FEET ELEVATION.

IT WOULD COST TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BRING THOSE ROADS UP TO A ELEVATION THAT WOULD STOP THEIR FLOODING WHEN THE TIDE GOES OVER THREE FEET.

I HEARD A LOT ABOUT DENSITY AND TO BE MORE LIKE JAMAICA BEACH.

JAMAICA BEACH IS 350 ACRES.

IT HAS 2,000 HOME SITES.

WE'RE 350 ACRES ALSO.

WE WILL BE AROUND 600 OR 700 HOME SITES.

SO TO COMPARE US, 350 ACRES TO 350 ACRES, WE WANT TO BE A LOT LESS DENSE THAN JAMAICA BEACH.

I DON'T KNOW, MY FINAL COMMENT PROBABLY IS JUST ABOUT THE WETLANDS.

WHEN I LAID THIS THING OUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN THEY ASKED ME TO PARTNER WITH STEVE MAY, I SAID I WASN'T INTERESTED BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE WILDLIFE AND THE WETLANDS

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ON GALVESTON.

A YEAR AFTER THAT, HE ASKED ME AGAIN.

AND I SAID I WILL DO IT AS LONG AS I LAY IT OUT THAT I DON'T TOUCH THE WETLANDS BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN YOU SAY WETLANDS IN GALVESTON I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.

AND I'VE ILLUSTRATED IT.

ONE THING MAKES ME A LITTLE FRUSTRATED ALL THE THINGS I DID THEY JUST THROW IT IN THE TRASH BUT I GUESS THAT JUST COMES WITH THE TERRITORY BUT ALL THE HABITAT.

I MEAN GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION WAS PART OF THAT.

ALL THE HABITAT WE DID ALL THE WAY DOWN THE ISLAND.

YOU KNOW, I SHOULD HAVE, BUT THAT'S NOT ME.

LAID OUT SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE WETLANDS, THEN WE GET IN THE NEGOTIATION, THEN WE PULL IT OUT.

THAT'S JUST NOT ME.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT TO DO.

AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE VIRTUALLY NO HARD EDGES ON THIS PROJECT.

I THINK YOU LEAVE THE COASTLINE ALONE.

IN LAFITTE'S POINT, CHRISTMAS TREE LEAVE THE COASTLINE A LIVING EDGE.

AND YOU KNOW, FOR THAT PLAN, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY OR PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LAYOUT IS.

PROBABLY THE BEST ECO-FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT I COULD EVER THINK ABOUT.

AND SO I TRIED MY BEST.

TO DO IT THAT WAY, KNOWING THAT ONE DAY MAYBE I WOULD BE HERE OR I'D BE IN FRONT OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

SO THAT PLAN, I AM PROUD TO GO TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

I AM PROUD TO GO TO TEXAS FISH AND WILDLIFE.

I'M PROUD TO GO TO EVERY AGENCY AND SAY, THIS IS THE WAY RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE SHOULD DEVELOP.

NOT TRYING TO GET EVERY LOT, NOT TRYING TO PUT BULKHEADS AND BOATHOUSES.

YOU DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT THERE.

YOU SEE BOAT STORAGE ON SHORE.

OKAY? ANYWAY, THAT'S THE BEST JOB I CAN DO.

AS FAR AS THE PROJECT, DESIGNING A PROJECT THAT IS ECO-FRIENDLY TO THIS ENVIRONMENT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BLACKETT BEFORE I HAVE HIM LEAVE THE PODIUM? MS. LEWIS.

THAT'S IT.

COULD YOU TALK INTO YOUR MIC, MS. LEWIS? YOU MENTIONED THE GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION.

TELL ME HOW YOU COLLABORATED WITH THEM AND THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE PROJECT.

ON BOB MOORE ISLAND, THEY GOT THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON BOB MOORE ISLAND, AND THE CABEZA DE BACA GOT THE LAND ITSELF, THE 27 ACRES.

NOW WE'RE TO THE POINT WHERE THE DENSITY IS LESS.

YOU'RE GOING BY THE STANDARD LDR FOR THE CITY FOR BUILDING THE HOUSES.

YOU HAVE A WAIVER FOR THE LIGHTING.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? I KNOW.

I HAD A WAIVER.

I'LL FOLLOW THE DARK.

FOLLOW WHATEVER.

PULLED BACK FROM EVERYTHING YOU STARTED WITH AND COME BACK TO THE LDR OF THE CITY STANDARDS FOR BUILDING.

THE CITY.

SO YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH.

GENERALLY, AND ONE THING I DID IS BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL THE NEIGHBORS UNDERSTOOD ALONG BOTSMITH ROAD, THAT TRACK OF LAND THAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED, R1.

I SAID, OKAY, WHATEVER'S IN R1, THAT'S WHAT IT'LL CONTINUE TO BE.

BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, HAD THE EXTRA HEIGHTS FOR SPHERES AND ELEVATOR SHAFTS.

BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS TOO COMPLICATED AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN A HOMEOWNER WANTS TO BUILD AN ELEVATOR THAT GOES BEYOND THE ROOF LINE, THEY CAN COME BACK AND GET A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FROM THE CITY.

SO I TRIED TO MAKE IT SIMPLER.

THAT'S WHAT THEY HAD SINCE 1965 OR SOME DATE LIKE THAT.

THE ZONING, ANYBODY THAT BOUGHT IN JAMAICA BEACH SINCE 1965, THE ZONING IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT IS TODAY.

BUT NOTHING'S CHANGED FOR THEM.

OKAY, I THINK THAT'S IT.

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MR. NIEBUHR? IT SEEMS LIKE THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO...

PUT INTO THE PROPERTY IS KIND OF FLUCTUATING.

DO YOU EXPECT OR PLAN ON IF THE WETLAND DELINEATION DEFINES MORE WETLANDS THAN YOU ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, DO YOU PLAN ON LOOKING INTO A 404 PERMIT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD ON WHAT YOUR SCOPE IS, OR DO YOU PLAN ON CONSOLIDATING THAT DEVELOPABLE AREA TO AVOID THAT? GENERALLY LEAVE IT JUST LIKE IT IS BUT IF WETLANDS COME IN THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO ADJUST TO THAT.

SO YOUR QUESTION REALLY IS IF IT COMES IN SIGNIFICANTLY AM I GONNA GO FILL IT AND TRY TO GET A PERMIT? THAT'S NOT MY INTENTION BUT THERE MAY BE AN AREA THAT COMES IN THAT WE MAY DO THAT.

I'M TALKING FEET NOT...

SO IF IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT...

IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T CHANGE THE DENSITY TOO MUCH, BUT WOULD YOU STILL PLAN ON KEEPING THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF BUILD, OR WOULD YOU TRY TO KEEP THAT SAME WHATEVER YOU'RE, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S KIND OF 568 TO 600 TO 700 UNITS.

DO YOU STILL PLAN ON USING THAT MANY UNITS? IF YOU HAVE A SMALLER FOOTPRINT, YOU'LL JUST MAKE THEM A LITTLE MORE DENSE, OR WOULD YOU JUST DO LESS UNITS? STICK TO THE R6 ZONING.

THE WAY WE MAY HAVE MORE UNITS THERE.

WE'RE BUILDING AGE-RESTRICTED UNITS BECAUSE THERE'S A DEMAND DOWN THERE, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW DEEP THAT MARKET IS, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE WEST END.

THAT ARE ASKING US TO DO AGE RESTRICTED AROUND THE LAGOON AREA, NOT ADJACENT TO ANY NEIGHBORS IN THE CENTER OF THE PIECE.

GOOD, THAT LEADS TO THE NEXT QUESTION.

DO YOU HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF HOW MANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES YOU PLAN, HOW MANY CONDO UNITS, HOW MANY OF THE DIFFERENT STYLES? DO YOU HAVE A PERCENTAGE THAT YOU WANNA BREAK IT DOWN TO OR IS THAT KIND OF STILL OPEN TO? STILL OPEN, BUT IN THOSE AREAS.

YOU MENTIONED BULKHEADS.

OR LACK THEREOF, DO YOU PLAN ON HAVING ANY BULKHEADS ON THIS PROPERTY? THE ONLY BULKHEADS THAT I WOULD HAVE IS AROUND THE BOAT STORIES, AROUND THAT ONE LITTLE AREA INLAND.

AND I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE, WE'RE GOING TO CREATE MORE WATER AND MAYBE PUT A CHAPEL ON AN ISLAND, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO BULKHEAD THAT.

BUT UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP MORE NATURAL LIVING SHORELINES ALONG THAT DESIGN? CORRECT.

AND THEN THAT GOES MY NEXT QUESTION, YOU DO PLAN ON DREDGING, CORRECT? THE ONE AREA THAT THE FISHERMEN SAID WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE IT SIX FEET WIDE OR SOMETHING.

DO YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT MATERIAL? TO GO ON THE SITE? YEAH, PROBABLY GO ON THE SITE.

AND WOULD THAT BE THE SAME THING WITH DIGGING OUT THE LAGOONS THAT BILL WOULD GO ON SITE? YES.

BECAUSE THAT GETS US TO OUR SIX FEET ELEVATION.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I MISREAD THE WORDING.

BECAUSE OF THIS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, ARE YOU 100% COMMITTING TO THAT, OR IS THAT STILL A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT DO? THE NEXT STEPS HERE IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY.

SO YOU WILL DECIDE THAT.

IF YOU COULD...

IF I SAID YES AND YOU SAID NO, THEN THERE WON'T BE ONE THERE.

YOU ABSOLUTELY WANT ONE.

YES, YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP ON MICHAEL.

HE SAID YOU WEREN'T GOING TO DO ANY BULKHEADS EXCEPT AT THE BOAT STORAGE OR THE CHAPEL, I THINK, RIGHT? ANY BULKHEADS EXCEPT IN THOSE AREAS.

GENERALLY THAT AREA WHERE THE LAGOON IS THE SWIMMING POOL IN THAT REGION RIGHT THERE SO THAT LITTLE AREA NEAR BOB SMITH ROAD WHERE THAT PENINSULA KIND OF GOES OFF RIGHT THERE IT'S QUITE NARROW THAT'S NOT GOING TO REQUIRE ANY BULKHEADS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT'S INTERNAL DRAINAGE DITCHES WE MAY DO SOME STUFF THERE WHEN I WHEN WHEN I TALK ABOUT THAT, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE EXISTING WETLANDS THAT EXIST TODAY.

I DON'T WANT TO BULKHEAD ANY OF THAT.

BUT IF I BUILD THOSE TWO DITCHES, OKAY, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT, I'M NOT SAYING I WOULDN'T BULKHEAD THOSE, BUT THOSE ARE UPLANDS CURRENTLY.

FOR DRAINAGE PURPOSES?

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AGAIN, I'M LIKE MIKE, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ON THE NUMBER OF LOTS.

I'VE SEEN 568, AND THEN I HEARD 600 TO 700 HOME SITES.

I'M NOT CLEAR.

I ASKED THE STAFF A QUESTION THAT THEY COULDN'T ANSWER EARLIER.

ON THE LAST APPLICATION WE SAW A MONTH AGO, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THAT SITE PLAN AND THE ONE WE SEE TODAY ON BOB SMITH ROAD RIGHT THERE NORTH OF...

YEAH, WE ADDED THOSE, WHATEVER IT IS, 15 LOTS IN THERE.

YOU ADDED 15 LOTS, OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 15, WHATEVER IT IS RIGHT THERE.

DOES THAT CHANGE THE TOTAL LOTS THAT WERE? WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A DENSITY.

WE'RE ASKING FOR A ZONING.

SO THERE MAY BE FEWER LOTS OR THERE MAY BE MORE LOTS.

BUT IT FITS WITHIN THE.

CITY'S REGULATIONS OF R6.

SOMEWHERE AROUND SIX TO SEVEN.

BUT ON THOSE LOTS, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LIKE JAMAICA BEACH.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I GUESS THERE MAY BE CONDOS OR TOWNHOUSES, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR STORIES TALL, I GUESS, RIGHT? IN WHAT YOU CALL THAT COMMERCIAL AREA.

THAT MIDDLE PART RIGHT THERE.

SO THAT COULD BE TOWNHOUSES OR CONDOS OR HOTELS, I GUESS, RIGHT? RIGHT.

HOTELS ARE...

AND THEN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES ALONG BOB SMITH ROAD, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT, RIGHT? OKAY, SO I GUESS IT'S REALLY HARD TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT UNLESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS YET.

BUT I GUESS YOUR TRAFFIC STUDY, YOU'RE COMMITTING TO A TRAFFIC STUDY, RIGHT? CORRECT.

WELL, 3005 WILL JUST GET THE STATE'S TRAFFIC STUDY.

YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT WE WILL HAVE TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY ON INGRESS-EGRESS, WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE INGRESS-EGRESS IS.

RIGHT.

AND FOR THAT, YOU'LL HAVE TO CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS.

AND FOR THAT, YOU'LL NEED THE NUMBER OF CARS.

AND FOR THAT, YOU'LL NEED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, I'M ASSUMING, I GUESS.

YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME GUESS AT THAT AT SOME POINT.

IS THIS GOING TO BE A GATED COMMUNITY WITH NO ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC? IT IS A GATED COMMUNITY.

WILL IT BE OPEN DURING THE DAY? MOST LIKELY, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING NOT TO DO HERE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PUT RESTAURANTS AND MAKE IT LIKE A NEW LOCATION.

DOWNTOWN NEEDS TO BE HEALTHY.

WE WANT OUR PEOPLE TO GO DOWNTOWN TO EAT.

THERE WILL BE A RESTAURANT IN THERE.

WHICH WE SHOW A RESTAURANT IN THERE.

THERE MAY BE A LITTLE SANDWICH SHOP, BUT THAT'S OUR FOCUS.

SO IF IT'S GATED, THAT MEANS IT'S OPEN DURING THE DAY, AND THEN I GUESS THEY CLOSE THE GATES AT NIGHT OR SOMETHING? YEAH.

AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE KARANKAWA OR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARTIFACTS, AND I REMEMBER THAT HAPPENING OVER AT PIRATES BEACH.

IS THERE SOME FEDERAL REGULATION THAT REQUIRES YOU TO MONITOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? YEAH, IF THEY BELIEVE.

YES, THE ANSWER IS YES.

THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER.

I'VE NEVER DONE THAT PER SE BEFORE ON A PROJECT, AN INDIAN BURIAL GROUND.

WE JUST STAYED AWAY FROM PIRATES, STAYED AWAY FROM THAT WHOLE LITTLE AREA RIGHT THERE THAT WE FELT LIKE IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PLACES ON THE WEST END.

I JUST WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT CLEARER ABOUT SOME THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU MAY NOT EVEN NEED THAT SIGNAGE VARIANCE IF, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE.

NOT TOTALLY COMMITTED TO THAT GREAT BIG SIGN ON THE 3005, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THEN I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO A 50-FOOT SETBACK FROM WETLANDS ONCE THE DELINEATION.

NOT ON THAT STRIP BECAUSE IT'S THIN ALREADY.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO IF THE DELINEATION COMES BACK AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF YOUR LOTS ARE OVER THAT DELINEATION LINE OR SOMETHING, DO YOU PLAN ON...

IF IT'S SMALL, I MEAN IF IT'S A SHORT DISTANCE, THEN WE WOULD MAYBE SUBMIT FOR A 404 TO HAVE THAT LITTLE AREA FILLED.

FILLED, OKAY, AND THEN MITIGATED SOMEWHERE ELSE.

IF IT'S A SMALL, BUT IF IT'S A LOT, I GUESS YOU WOULD RECONFIGURE YOUR SITE PLAN.

CORRECT.

AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT...

YOU ARE OKAY WITH A COMMITMENT TO A FUNDED WETLANDS MAINTENANCE PROGRAM OF SOME TYPES THAT WOULD HELP MAINTAIN THAT CONSERVATION AREA AND THOSE...

WHAT I COMMIT TO IS IN THE HOA DOCUMENTS, THERE WILL BE A PROVISION AND A

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FUNDING ITEM THAT WILL GO TOWARDS RESTORATION OF JUBILEE 1 AND JUBILEE 2 AND MAYBE EVEN JACOB.

OKAY, THOSE ARE THE RESTORED WETLANDS OUT THERE.

AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT A WILDLIFE CORRIDOR A LITTLE BIT AGO, AND IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME THAT YOU COULD ALMOST HAVE ONE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT DOING MUCH MORE.

GOOD.

WOULD YOU COMMIT TO HAVING A WILDLIFE CORRIDOR OUT THERE OF SOME TYPE, MAYBE CONSULTING WITH A GHOST WOLF TEAM OR SOMEBODY REPRESENTATIVE FROM THEIR TEAM? THAT'S REALLY DANGEROUS.

YEAH, I MEAN, OVER THE LAST MONTH I'VE MET WITH JOSH.

JOSH, YEAH.

AND TRIED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND GHOST WOLVES AND THEIR TRAVEL PATTERNS.

AND HE TOLD ME THERE'S 11 PACKS ON GALVESTON ISLAND.

AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT GOING DOWN THE BEACH.

AND HE SAID THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LEAVING THAT BEACH ALONG BECAUSE THEY'LL TRAVEL THAT CORRIDOR.

BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO GET THROUGH.

JAMAICA BEACH IN ORDER TO GET THERE THAT THEY TYPICALLY DO THAT ROUTE AND OR THEY DO THE BEACH ROUTE YEAH, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS LOOKING AT YOUR SITE PLAN YOU ALREADY HAVE SOME WHAT LOOKS LIKE NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDORS AND SOME OF THAT AREA AND YOU WILL PROBABLY IN ALL LIKELIHOOD IF YOU'RE DRAINING THAT SITE SOUTH TO NORTH YOU'LL ALL LIKE IN ALL LIKELIHOOD HAVE SOME DRAINAGE EASEMENTS SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? YES.

AND MAYBE SOME...

THE OTHER REASON, I'M SORRY THAT THEY...

BUT IT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN YOU SAY NORTH-SOUTH, I MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR NORTH-SOUTH.

WHEN YOU SAY THAT.

IT RANGES FROM 3005 TO THE BAY.

YOU SEE THOSE CORRIDORS THAT ALREADY GO THROUGH THERE, YES.

YES, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M ALLUDING TO.

IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A CONVERSATION GOING WITH JOSH, HE'D BE A REALLY GOOD ONE TO JUST REVIEW HOW THAT MIGHT WORK.

YEAH, BECAUSE WHEN I MET WITH JOSH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE GHOST WOLVES, YOU KNOW, BUT WHEN I WAS DONE.

WITH MY HOUR AND A HALF MEETING WITH JOSH, I REALLY CAME TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THEM AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE, JUST COYOTES IN GENERAL TO GALVESTON ISLAND, THAT THEY EAT A THOUSAND RATS A YEAR PER COYOTE AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY WERE AND HOW THEY TRAVEL AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO YEAH, SO THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT CONDITION FOR ME, I THINK, IS TO WORK THAT OUT WITH JOSH OR WHOEVER.

ONE OF THE THINGS I...

WE BROUGHT UP IS COULD I CREATE HABITAT FOR THEM IN THAT 365 FEET ALONG THAT SHORELINE? AND HE SAID YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH ELEVATION BECAUSE THEY DON'T BED DOWN IN 3 FEET ELEVATION.

THEY BED DOWN IN 6, 7 FEET ELEVATION.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

RIGHT NOW, I THANK YOU FOR, I THINK YOU'VE GONE TO GREAT EFFORT TO TRY TO, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR BACKGROUND, YOU'VE GONE TO GREAT EFFORT TO TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I UNDERSTAND IT.

SO I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CRITICAL.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT HEARD FROM 165 PEOPLE, I GUESS, AND FIVE CONSERVATION NON-PROFITS AND EVERYTHING.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.

AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND TRY TO GET SOME ANSWERS.

THANK YOU, BOB.

ANYBODY ELSE? I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS, BUT VERY BRIEF QUESTIONS.

WE TALKED ABOUT DENSITY A COUPLE TIMES ALREADY.

YOU'RE CALLING IT THE PLANNED AREA ONE NEXT TO BOB SMITH.

THAT'S ALL SINGLE FAMILY EXCEPT FOR THE CORNER THERE AT 3005 AND BOB SMITH.

WHICH IS IN PLANNED AREA TWO, WHICH GETS A COMMERCIAL.

IF THAT WAS A BIG HEARTBURN IN THAT LITTLE CORNER, THEN TAKE IT OFF.

IF THE E-CARE, EMERGENCY CLINIC, IF IT WANTS TO GO THERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY WANT TO GO, I WANT AN EMERGENCY CLINIC DOWN THERE.

PROBABLY SERVE THE WEST END WELL.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT ZONING.

CATEGORY THERE.

CATHERINE, YOU MIGHT HELP ME HERE A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT IS THE DENSITY IN THAT R1 CATEGORY?

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IT'S SIX UNITS PER ACRE.

SIX UNITS.

SO HE'S WITHIN THE LDRS IN THAT HE MEETS ALL THE STANDARDS IN THAT PLANNED AREA ONE.

THE ENTIRE SITE MEETS THE SIX.

UNITS PER ACRE.

THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY DEVIATIONS FOR DENSITY.

AND SO WHAT IS IT IN RESREC AND R2? IT'S THE SAME.

SO SAME.

SO SIX UNITS PER ACRE.

AND THAT'S REGARDLESS WHETHER IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY? IT'S SIX UNITS PER ACRE.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GUIDANCE ON HOW YOU CALCULATE IT.

SO WE CALCULATED ON A UNIT PER ACRE, ONE UNIT PER LOT.

HOW DO YOU CATEGORIZE A MULTIFAMILY TYPE OF UNIT? WE WOULD STILL CONSIDER THAT JUST ONE UNIT.

ONE UNIT, OKAY.

BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE RES REC AND YOU'RE ALLOWED WITHIN THE ZONING CATEGORY TO DO MULTIFAMILY, THEN THERE'S NOT REALLY A DENSITY CALCULATION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

CORRECT.

SO THE CITY HAS NOT OFFERED TO PROVIDE THIS PROPERTY SEWAGE TREATMENT THROUGH ONE OF OUR EXISTING PLANTS, HAVE THEY? IN THE PAST, THEY OFFERED TO GO TO MUD 29.

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.

AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO BUILD A LIFT STATION AND GO THERE? BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

IS THAT A REQUIREMENT? PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A SEWER TREATMENT PLANT IS NOT FUN.

SO, I MEAN, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO RUN IT UP THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A CITY MANAGER OR TYSON OR...

OR WHOEVER IT WAS REALLY ASKED ME WOULD I DO THAT BECAUSE THE CITY REALLY NEEDS IT AND I'M LIKE YEAH I'LL DO THAT YOU KNOW IT'S A BIG ASK BUT BECAUSE THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT IT COULD ABSORB THAT YEAH THE SMALL PROJECT COULDN'T ABSORB THEY JUST DO A LIFT STATION AND AND THAT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE PUD DO WE HAVE THAT IN THERE AS A REQUIREMENT OF THE BUD OKAY.

HE'S AGREED TO DO THAT.

THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO DO THAT.

SUBJECT TO YOU, THE COUNCIL HERE, APPROVING IT.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

AND PUBLIC WORKS.

AND THEN, LAST QUESTION, ELEVATION.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING THAT PROPERTY UP TO ABOUT A SIX-FOOT ELEVATION.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT BOB SMITH GOES FROM SEVEN-ISH UP NEAR 305.

PROBABLY AT A LOW POINT, FOUR.

AND SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT ELEVATION OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY? THE CURRENT GOES FROM 7.5 TO, I MEAN, ALL THE WAY DOWN.

IT BASICALLY SLOPES TOWARDS THE BAY.

AND SO ALONG BOB SMITH, YOU'LL BE ELEVATING THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY TWO FOOT ABOVE BOB SMITH.

RIGHT, SO WE CAN GET THE WATER TO DRAIN TO THE STREET IN FRONT.

AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BULKHEADS, I THINK THERE WERE SOME ALSO, MAYBE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME RETAINING WALLS AS WELL, WHICH IS DIFFERENT.

BUT YOU MAY HAVE TO PUT SOME TYPE OF RETAINING WALL ALONG BOB SMITH TO KEEP YOUR WATER ON YOUR PROPERTY.

I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A MOTION.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

MY MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT THERE IS A FUND.

TO MAINTAIN THE CONSERVATION AREA, THAT THERE'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL COORDINATION, AND THAT WE REMOVE THE OFF-PREMISE BILLBOARD REQUIREMENT AT 50% OF HOMES BEING SOLD.

SAY THAT AGAIN, CON.

REMOVE THE OFF-PREMISE BILLBOARD REQUIREMENT AT 50% OF

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HOMES BEING SOLD.

BILLBOARD SIGN REQUIREMENT OR EXCEPTION AT 50% OF HOMES SOLD, 50% OF THE HOME SITES SOLD, OR CALL IT SIX MONTHS.

IF IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL, WE'LL CALL IT SIX, WE'LL CALL IT A MONTH, WE'LL CALL IT 30 DAYS.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

JUST CLARIFY THAT.

I'M MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WITH A FUND TO MAINTAIN THE CONSERVATION AREA, ARCHAEOLOGICAL COORDINATION, AND TO REMOVE THE EXCEPTION FOR OFF-PREMISE SIGNS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF APPROVAL OF THE PUT.

MR. BLACKER SAID THAT HE WOULD...

HE'S OKAY WITH NOT EVEN GOING FOR THE SIGNAGE.

I SAID 30 DAYS.

IT'S CALLING HIS BLUFF.

30 DAYS.

HE CAN PUT A SIGN UP FOR 30 DAYS.

LEAVE IT UP THERE.

30 DAYS.

IF IT'S GOING TO GIVE HIM HEARTBURN, IT'S GOING TO GIVE HIM HEARTBURN.

IT OBVIOUSLY SEEMS LIKE HE'S CALM, COOL, AND COLLECTED.

THAT'S MY MOTION.

AND I BELIEVE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT MAINTAINING THE WETLANDS IN A CONSERVATION EASEMENT, AND HE CLARIFIED THAT THAT WOULD BE AN HOA.

DOCKS TO RESTORE THOSE RECENTLY RESTORED WETLANDS THAT WERE OUT THERE TO MAINTAIN THOSE I THINK AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT SO UH I MEAN I'M JUST TRYING TO BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE INTENT THERE I AGREE WITH I AGREE WITH THAT PART OF THE MOTION FOR SURE I MEAN QUITE HONESTLY IF HE SELF-FUNDS THE PLAN I I DON'T I DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE IF IT COMES FROM HOA DUES OR FROM MR BLACKARD'S POCKET THIS IS IT'S THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE IS COMPLETELY UH WHAT WE CALL SUSTAINING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY, WHERE WE ARE REQUIRING MONEY TO BE PUT BACK INTO THE ENVIRONMENT, INTO THE CONSERVATION AREA THAT WILL BE HOA, INDEED, RESTRICTED.

THE OTHER BIGGER THINGS TO ME ARE THE FACT THAT WE'RE GETTING A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO REMOVE THE OTHER WEST END PROPERTIES OFF OF SEPTIC, WHERE THEY ARE ALREADY UNDERSERVED, AND THE FACT THAT THAT HALF OF THE ISLAND IS STILL ON SEPTIC, WHERE WE HAVE STORMS, WE HAVE HIGH TIDES.

YOU KNOW, MR. HICKMAN WAS RIGHT.

FECAL MATTER IS IN THE WATER.

WE HAVE TONS OF THAT.

THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH WATER QUALITY AND OUR SEAGRASSES.

WETLANDS AND IT CAUSES EROSION AND IF MR BLACKARD IS GOING TO PUT A FUND WHETHER IT BE HIS OWN MONEY OR THE HOA'S MONEY IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO ME TO HAVE JUST THE FACT THAT THERE IS A FUND TO TO GO BACK TOWARDS THE CONSERVATION AREA IT'S THAT'S THAT'S MORE THAN WE'VE PROBABLY EVER DONE AND YEAH THESE LDRS ARE OVER OUTDATED AND WE CAN'T CHANGE THE LDRS TO MAKE BLACKARD'S PROPERTY, MR. BLACKARD'S PROPERTY PROJECT NOT WORK.

IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT.

AND IF IT'S TOO CUMBERSOME FOR HIM TO HAVE AND GO FOR A 404 PERMIT AND THE WETLANDS ARE SO GREAT THAT HE CAN'T OVERCOME IT, HE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO HIS PROJECT.

I THINK THE CORE WILL BE THE DETERMINANT OF THAT FACTOR.

WE CAN REGULATE MAYBE THE 50-FOOT BUFFER ZONE FOR WETLANDS, BUT WE HAVE A HARD TIME REGULATING WETLANDS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SO MUCH OVERHEAD ENFORCEMENT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE ONE WHO REGULATES WETLANDS.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES A 404 PERMIT.

IT WOULD BE OVERLY REDUNDANT FOR US TO HAVE A 404-TYPE PERMIT OR SOME KIND OF STRUCTURE, AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US TODAY, AND THIS IS WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US TODAY.

YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH MY POINT ABOUT THE CONSERVATION AREA WAS THAT WE SPECIFY A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WETLANDS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THAT CONSERVATION AREA, THE BLUE PART I SAW ON THE MAP THERE, DOESN'T REALLY INCLUDE THOSE RECENTLY RESTORED WETLANDS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, BUT YOU'RE OFFERING TO MAINTAIN THOSE.

SO, I MEAN, I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT.

JUST FROM A PRACTICAL...

PRACTICAL STANDPOINT HE CAN GO OUT FOR THE WITH THE GOODNESS OF HIS HEART AND GO AND EXCEED WHERE HE WANTS TO GO WITHIN THIS PUD I CAN'T GO OUTSIDE OF THE PUD ON ON STATE OR STATE OR OR FEDERAL OR WHATEVER PROPERTY IT IS TO TO IT'S NOT GERMANE TO WHAT IS IN THE PUD DON YOU HAVE A QUESTION JUST POINT OF POINT OF ORDER IS THAT IT'S A DISCUSSION

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AMONGST THE UM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I SEE A LOT OF QUESTIONS OR QUESTIONING EYES STILL BEING DIRECTED TOWARDS THE APPLICANT IF COUNCIL MEMBERS STILL HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED CLARIFICATION THEN YOU HAVE TO OPEN IT UP BUT THIS IS IT NEEDS TO BE SECOND AND SECONDED THE MOTION AND THEN DISCUSSION I SECONDED IT I MEAN, JUST THIS IS DISCUSSION.

BOB, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE? YEAH.

MR. BLACKHEAD AND I TALKED ABOUT A FEW CONDITIONS THAT HE AGREED TO, AND ONE OF THEM WAS TO COORDINATE WITH JOSH OR THE GHOST WOLF REPRESENTATIVE TO ESTABLISH THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR.

HE AGREED TO THAT.

I WOULD ADD THAT TO YOUR MOTION IF YOU AGREE.

I DON'T AGREE.

I ALSO HEARD A COMMITMENT TO A STUDY IN COOPERATION WITH A CITY.

CITY OF THE TRAFFIC ON 3005.

NOW THAT'S A BIGGER PROBLEM WE REALLY HAVEN'T DISCUSSED MUCH BUT AND IT'S NOT IN WITHIN MR. BLACKARD'S POWER TO TO MAKE CREATE NEW LANES IT'S NOT IN THE CITY'S POWER TO DO IT BUT IT WE ALL I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S A BIG PROBLEM RIGHT NOW AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER BY ADDING 700 LOTS ON THAT SITE SO I THINK WE NEED TO COMMIT.

TO GET SOME RESOLUTION ON THAT PROBLEM.

FINDING OUT, ARRIVING AT A PLAN, GETTING A STUDY, SEEING WHAT THE DEFICIT IS, ARRIVING AT A PLAN, AND COMMITTING TO IT.

OR ELSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS DEVELOPING ANY OF THE REST OF THE WEST END RIGHT NOW.

THE PROBLEM'S ALREADY HERE.

IT'S NOT AS THOUGH I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE DENY THE APPLICATION BECAUSE OF THE 3005, BECAUSE WHATEVER FIX THAT'S COMING TO 3005 IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS.

BUT WE HAVE TO COMMIT.

AS A CITY TO GETTING THAT PROBLEM FIXED BECAUSE IDEALLY IT'D BE DONE RIGHT NOW BUT IT'S NOT.

BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE DEVELOPMENT COMING AND 3005 IS GOING TO BE RIGHT BACK IN THE CONVERSATION.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS PART OF A MOTION OF ANY KIND.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT HIS COMMITMENT TO A TRAFFIC STUDY IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY SO WE CAN GET A BETTER IDEA OF THE IMPACT OF THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.

BUT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, FROM A CITY COUNCIL, THAT WE NEED TO GET ON THE BALL AND GET A PLAN FOR THAT 3005 AND STICK TO IT IF WE EXPECT TO HAVE ANY MORE DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE AT ALL.

SO I GUESS, ALEX, WHAT I'M ASKING IS...

COULD WE ADD A COMMITMENT TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND A COOPERATION WITH THE CITY? BEFORE I DO THAT, CITY MANAGER MAXWELL, WHEN WE COORDINATE, WHEN WE DO THESE, WHEN LET'S SAY MR. BLACKARD DOES HIS INTERNAL ROAD STUDY, HE LOOKS AT THE ENTRANCE AND EGRESS OF THE PROPERTY INTO THE PROJECT.

WHEN WE GO UP AND DOWN 3005, DO YOU OR THE CITY AND THE CITY ENGINEER, I GUESS ROB, WOULD HE BE IN COORDINATION WITH THE APPLICANT? OR TXDOT FOR THAT PARTICULAR ADDITION ONTO FOR THE ENTRANCE AND EGRESS ROADS.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET ON.

AND YOU ALREADY WILL BE JUST BY VIRTUE OF HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS IN THE PROCESS.

OKAY, THEN SORRY, BOB, I'M NOT GOING TO ADD ANY MORE ADDITIONAL.

CONDITIONS THAT AREN'T GOING TO BE REQUIRED IN THE FUTURE.

LET ME ASK BRIAN SOMETHING.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TO LOCATE CURB CUTS.

DOES THAT STUDY CONSIDER HOW MANY CARS WILL BE COMING OUT OF THAT SUBDIVISION? THAT'S PART OF THE DATA THAT I BELIEVE THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE TO TXDOT, AND TXDOT WILL MAKE THAT DECISION.

ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, SIGHT LINES.

I THINK TXDOT LOOKS AT ALL OF THAT.

BUT ROB IS ACTUALLY THE BETTER DISCUSSER OF ALL THIS THAN I AM.

MY WHOLE CONCERN IS THAT WE DO GET AN ACCOUNTING OF THE ACTUAL LOAD THAT 700 UNITS IS GOING TO PUT ON THAT ROAD RIGHT THERE.

DOES THAT COME INTO PLAY WHEN THE TXDOT DOES THEIR ANALYSIS? I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT DATA, HE WILL, TO TXDOT IN ORDER TO GET HIS RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT EXIT ON THE...

OKAY, SO THAT'S PART OF STANDARD.

AND IF THAT DATA SHOWS THAT A LIGHT IS NEEDED THERE OR OTHER TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS NEEDED, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? WELL, TEXT THAT'S NOT, I CAN ASSURE YOU.

NO, I KNOW THAT.

WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR SIGNALIZATION.

AND THAT PROCESS HAPPENS ONCE, IF THIS DOES GET APPROVED, MR. BLACKERT WOULD SUBMIT ENGINEERED PLANS TO ROB, CITY ENGINEER.

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SO.

THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THAT.

WE WOULD NOT ISSUE A PERMIT.

THE PERMITTING PROCESS WOULD SAY YOU HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM TXDOT TO DO THIS.

AND, OF COURSE, IF A SIGNAL COMES UP, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF BITES ON THIS APPLE STILL TO COME.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

YOU'D HAVE TO.

AND I BELIEVE IT REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PUD AT THAT POINT.

IT HAS TO DO WITH WHATEVER MANY HOUSES THAT END UP GOING ULTIMATELY ON THAT PROPERTY AND HOW MANY EXCESS ROADS HE HAS COMING ON TO 3005.

AND WHAT THE LOAD ON THOSE ROADS ARE.

I'M SURE TXDOT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT ALL INTO CONSIDERATION.

AGAIN, ROB COULD PROBABLY BE MORE CLEAR THAN I AM ON IT.

I USUALLY DON'T GET TO ME UNTIL IT'S ALL BEEN SQUARED AWAY.

THAT WAS MY CONCERN, REALLY, OUTSIDE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO 3005 SOMEWHERE IN THIS WHOLE THING.

AND THEN MR. BLACKARD WAS NOT WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH THE 50-FOOT BUFFER.

I HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE CONSERVATION FUND WITHOUT ANY GUARANTEED CONSERVED LAND AND A MECHANISM FOR USING THAT FUND.

WITHOUT A GUARANTEED EASEMENT, YOU COULD HAVE A CONSERVATION FUND, BUT YOU HAVE NO LAND TO WORK ON, NO CONSERVATION LAND.

AS WAS EXPLAINED, YOU PROBABLY CAN'T JUST HAVE RESIDENTS WALK OUT THERE AND PLANT GRASSES IN THE MARSH.

SO IF YOU REQUIRE A CONSERVATION FUND WITHOUT A MECHANISM TO...

TO USE THAT FUNDS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MONEY JUST GOING TO BE SITTING THERE AND OR BE CONSERVED OFF SITE, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS STILL HELPFUL, BUT IT'S NOT BENEFICIAL TO THE IMPACT OF THE LAND ON SITE.

SO I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT MY MOTION WAS TO FOR THE APPLICANT TO ESTABLISH A FUND TO MAINTAIN THE CONSERVATION AREA WITHIN THE PROJECT OF THE PUD THAT IS LISTED IN OUR DOCUMENTS FOR THE PUD.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THE CONSERVATION AREA IS GUARANTEED FOREVER? BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T HAVE AN EASEMENT ON IT, IT'S AN ARBITRARY...

IT'S AN EASEMENT.

I MEAN, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHO'S VOTED DOWN ON MUCH LESS THAN ASKS, ASKED TO PUT IN A CONSERVATION AREA, AND MR. BLACKARD OBLIGED, AND WE HAVE A CONSERVATION AREA.

IF WE COULD PULL IT UP ON THE SCREEN, IF WE WANT TO DO THAT, WE CAN.

BUT IT IS CLEARLY DEFINED IN THE PUD, AND IT IS LISTED IN LIGHT BLUE, AND IT SAYS CONSERVATION AREA.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THAT'S AN EASEMENT, THOUGH.

OH, IT SAYS CONSERVATION AREA.

I'M STICKING WITH INSIDE OF THE PUD BECAUSE I CAN'T, IF I GO OUTSIDE OF THE PUD, WHAT IS IN OUR DOCUMENT, IT IS NOT GERMANE TO THE ITEM ON HAND.

SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.

ROBERT WINNEKE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.

YES, SO ALL THE STUFF THAT BRIAN MENTIONED, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND DO ENGINEERING DESIGN.

THERE'LL BE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS DONE TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED THERE ON 3005.

THAT'LL HAVE TO GO TO TXDOT, THEY'LL HAVE TO BUY OFF ON IT BEFORE WE CAN EVER APPROVE A PERMIT.

SO, ROB, MY SPECIFIC QUESTION WAS PART OF THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO BE MODELING EXACTLY HOW MANY CARS, WHAT THE LOAD IS GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT ONTO 3005.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'LL BE PART OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WHERE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SEE IF A SIGNAL IS WARRANTED AT WHAT STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT MAY NOT BE WARRANTED ON DAY ONE.

IT COULD BE DAY 200.

LET ME ASK YOU, DOES THAT ANALYSIS CONSIDER THE KIND OF LOADS THAT SHUT? 3005 DOWN LIKE HIGH TOURIST SEASON ON WEEKENDS, EVENTS THAT GO ON OUT THERE, EVACUATION.

DOES IT CONSIDER ANY OF THAT? THOSE ARE CONCERNS THAT WE CAN HAVE ANALYZED AS PART OF THAT STUDY, YES.

OKAY, THEY DO CONSIDER THAT? YEP, THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.

I JUST GOT A COMMENT, I GUESS.

IN OUR STAFF REPORT, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY GRANT APPROVAL OF A REZONING REQUEST IF IT'S DEMONSTRATED THAT.

THERE'S FIVE OF THEM.

ONE OF THEM SAYS THE ZONING IS PREFERABLE TO EXISTING ZONING

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IN TERMS OF ITS LIKELIHOOD OF ADVANCING THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICY OF THE 2011 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR OTHER PLANS AS APPLICABLE.

IN READING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE NATURAL RESOURCES SECTION AND THE LAND USE SECTION, SEEM TO CONFLICT WITH THAT ESPECIALLY THE INCONSISTENT WITH THE PAGES 100 THROUGH 115 OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES ELEMENT AND PAGE 63 OF THE LAND USE AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER ELEMENT AND THESE FOCUS ON PROTECTION OF WETLANDS NUMBER THREE SAYS PROPOSED CHANGE IS CONSISTENT WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF EXISTING OR PENDING PLANS FOR PROVIDING STREETS WATER WASTEWATER AND OTHER UTILITIES AND DELIVERY OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND I THINK WE KIND OF ESTABLISHED THAT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT IS GOING TO BE HANDLED AND NUMBER FOUR SAYS THE RANGE OF USES AND CHARACTER OF DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE ALLOWED BY THE PROPOSED ZONE WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE PROPERTIES IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.

WELL I THINK WE GOT ABOUT 165 LETTERS AND AND FROM INDIVIDUALS AND AT LEAST FIVE DIFFERENT LOCAL CONSERVATION NONPROFITS THAT SAY IT'S NOT.

THIS PROJECT IS A DIFFERENT CHARACTER FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ON IT IN SCALE OF BUILDINGS IT'S GOT MORE OF A DESTINATION RESORT CHARACTER TO IT THAN THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.

SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S CONSISTENT EITHER.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS I'M USING THE STAFF REPORT TO DESCRIBE WHY I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS PROJECT.

I THINK THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT, AND I THINK IT'S GOT GREAT INTENTIONS.

I'M JUST NOT SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT.

WE LIVE IN A DIFFERENT TIME IN THE DAYS OF JAMAICA BEACH AND PIRATES BEACH, AND EVEN 15 YEARS AGO WHEN THE LDRS, WHICH WERE OPERATING UNDER AND OUT, WERE CREATED.

PEOPLE ARE FAR MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS THAN IN THE PAST.

THERE'S A GREATER CONCERN FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ISLAND IN THE FACE OF RISING SEA LEVELS, STORMS, EROSION, LOSS OF WETLANDS, WILDLIFE AND HABITAT, AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER.

THERE'S A MORE ROBUST AWARENESS OF THE FRAGILITY OF THE ISLAND AND OUR PLACE IN IT.

PROTECTION OF THESE FEATURES HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN AN ISSUE AT ODDS.

WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH.

THESE DAYS, PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS INCREASINGLY SEEN AS A TOOL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS REQUIRES THAT WE BE MORE DILIGENT IN STRIKING THAT BALANCE IN THIS PROJECT'S FRAGILE AND IMPORTANT LOCATION.

SO I JUST THINK IF WE HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD DO SOME MORE COORDINATION AND BUILD, WORK A LITTLE BIT ON BUILDING TRUST IF WE HAD MORE TIME, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT.

MAYOR, I CALL THE QUESTION.

WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WE WILL TAKE A VOTE.

WE WANT TO READ THE MOTION AGAIN.

THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE.

TO APPROVE WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT FUND TO MAINTAIN THE CONSERVATION AREA, PROVIDE ARCHAEOLOGICAL COORDINATION, AND REMOVE THE OFF-PREMISE.

EXEMPTION WITHIN 30 DAYS 30 DAYS OF ISSUANCE OF THE OF THIS PUD SO FOUR TO THREE IT PASSES OKAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF AGENDA LEFT HERE.

SO 10A, WHEN WE WANT A 10A, PUBLIC COMMENT OF AGENDA ITEMS OR NON-AGENDA ITEMS. I HAVE THREE FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY, WE'LL WAIT JUST A MINUTE FOR THE ROOM TO CLEAR OUT AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE ON.

[10. PUBLIC COMMENT]

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WHAT WAS THE NAME AGAIN? TANYA APPLIN NORWOOD.

TANYA APPLIN NORWOOD.

ANYBODY? HE'S NEXT.

REVEREND LAWSON.

REVEREND LAWSON, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

CONGRATULATIONS, FIRST OF ALL, AND THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE OUR AGENCY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH GAVESTON FOR HOMES TO BE REIMBURSED.

AND WE STARTED, WE STARTED, WE WAS AWARDED IN JUNE, THEN WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT IN DECEMBER, AND WE WAS THE ONLY AGENCY THAT LET OUT.

EVERYBODY KNOW THE TRUTH, BECAUSE WE ARE THE OUTREACH OF GAVESTON.

AND WE DID THE WORK AND THEN WE HAD AN INVESTIGATION, SOME ALLEGATIONS.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO PICK UP THE CHECK THE NEXT DAY SO THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T PAY US.

I WANT TO PASS THIS OUT BECAUSE IT ALSO SHOWS THE PAPERS AND THE RULES.

BUT ACCORDING TO HUD, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, IF IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT PARTICULAR ONE, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

WE SPENT OUR MONEY IN GOOD WILL TO BE REIMBURSED.

THAT MONEY THAT WE TOOK FROM WAS HOW WE...

FEED THE HOMELESS, HOW WE TAKE CARE OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE HOUSES, HOW WE DO THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL BACKPACK, AND WE CAN'T DO NONE OF THAT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THE FUNDING HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN TO US.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, LET US KNOW WHAT IT IS, THE REASON WHY WE CANNOT GET THE FUNDING, AND EVEN WITH THE INVESTIGATION, THEY'RE STILL LOOKING.

I LEFT THEM IN THERE.

I SAID, I'M TRANSPARENT.

I DO NOT TAKE MONEY JUST LIKE I DID WITH GAVESTON.

FIRST I SPEND MINE AND THEN I GIVE IT TO Y'ALL AND THEN Y'ALL SAY, OKAY, THIS IS RIGHT, THIS IS RIGHT, NOW WE'LL PAY YOU WHAT YOU SPENT.

AND MS. ANDERSON, I DO NOT BLAME HER BECAUSE SHE'S CAUTIOUS BECAUSE SHE KNEW, SHE CAME TO MY OFFICE TWICE, LOOKED AT THE FOLDERS, WE CAME DOWN HERE AND LOOKED AT THEM, SHE GAVE IT BACK.

AS YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS, SHE EVEN RECOMMENDED US ON THE GOODWILL THAT WE DID.

I HAVE BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE GULF COAST HOMELESS COALITION FOR SIX YEARS.

BEFORE I STEPPED DOWN, WHEN IT WAS THE PANDEMIC, THE CHOSEN ONES WAS THERE TO FEED THE HOMELESS.

WHENEVER THERE WAS A STORM, WE WAS THE ONE TO HELP WITH THE RED CROSS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO LEAD THE AGENCY TO HELP.

WHENEVER GAVISDEN CALLED FOR ANYTHING, IT WAS ALWAYS THE CHOSEN ONES.

LOOK AT YOUR BOOKS, LOOK AT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

BUT TO SAY THAT WE TOOK SOME MONEY, I'M TRANSPARENCY.

I DON'T EVEN GET A SALARY.

THIS IS MY MINISTRY.

THIS IS MY VOLUNTEER.

ALL I WANT TO DO IS GET THE MONEY BACK SO I'LL BE ABLE TO FEED THESE PEOPLE, HELP THE SENIOR CITIZEN, DO THE GIVEAWAY BACKPACK FOR THE KIDS THAT'S LOW INCOME.

AND THOSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WHO ESCAPED, WE HELP THOSE AS WELL.

I THANK YOU.

CAN WE PASS THIS TO EACH ONE TO GET ONE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS.

JORDAN CANOVE.

GOOD EVENING, HOW ARE Y'ALL? MY NAME IS JORDAN CANOVE.

JORDAN MUFFLER IS MY ACTUAL LAST NAME.

YOU CAN SEE THE REASON WHY I DON'T GO WITH THAT AS A PROFESSIONAL NAME.

EVERYBODY THINKS I HAVE A MUFFLER SHOP.

I AM THE OWNER OF HOLY WAVES JET SKI RENTALS.

I HAVE RELOCATED MY BUSINESS FROM DFW DOWN HERE TO THE GALVESTON COASTAL AREA.

I'M HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO BEGIN A CONVERSATION ABOUT MODERNIZING GALVESTON'S PERSONAL WATERCRAFT PROHIBITION FROM 1982.

IT'S OVER 40 YEARS OUTDATED, AND IT DOESN'T REFLECT TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY, TODAY'S SAFETY STANDARDS, AND TODAY'S TOURISM ECONOMY.

I'M ALL IN SUPPORT OF CONSERVATION.

I'M ALL IN SUPPORT OF GETTING PEOPLE MORE MEMORABLE.

AND A MORE INTIMATE CONNECTION WITH NOT ONLY NATURE, GOD'S CREATION, AS WELL AS EXPANDING THE TOURISM, THE HISTORY, AND THE ONE-ON-ONE PERSONALIZATION WITH CHESKY RENTALS IN THE GALVESTON BAY AREA.

GALVESTON HAS BECOME ONE OF THE PREMIER DESTINATIONS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST.

IT WAS JUST LABELED AS THE NUMBER ONE FISHING PLACE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING HERE TO ENJOY OUR BEACHES, HISTORY, HARBOR.

RESTAURANTS, FISHING, CRUISES, AND UNIQUE COASTAL CULTURES.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THOUGHTFULLY EXPAND THOSE EXPERIENCES.

PERSONAL WATERCRAFT HAVE EVOLVED TREMENDOUSLY OVER THE YEARS.

I HAVE GPS.

THERE'S BEEN RIDER EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE, GUIDED EXPERIENCES, OPERATING BOUNDARIES, SOPS,

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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ACTION PLANS, ACCOUNTABILITY, STUFF THAT SIMPLY DIDN'T EXIST IN 1982 WHEN JET SKIS WERE FIRST RELEASED IN THE MARKETS.

VISITORS WILL EXPERIENCE GUIDED DOLPHIN TOURS, HARBOR HISTORY TOURS, WATERFRONT EXPLORATION, AND LOCAL BUSINESSES FROM AN ENTIRELY NEW PERSPECTIVE, BRINGING BUSINESSES TO EXISTING MARINAS, WATERFRONT BARS, WATERFRONT RESTAURANTS IN A WAY THAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.

I WANT TO ADOPT NEW NO-WAKE ZONES IN THE BAYOU THAT DON'T EXIST.

I KNOW THAT THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOME COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN THAT MAY BE UPSET WITH THAT.

BUT I FEEL AS FOR SAFETY FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH THE INCREASE IN STAND-UP PADDLE BOARDS, KAYAKS, AND NON-MOTORIZED WATERCRAFT, THAT THOSE ADDITIONS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL NOT ONLY FOR THE SAFETY, BUT ALSO FOR EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED THAT IS PARTAKING ON THE WATER.

I ALSO BELIEVE THIS CONVERSATION CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE MARINE RECREATION INDUSTRY THROUGH EVENTS, DEMONSTRATIONS.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND COLLABORATIONS THAT FURTHER STRENGTHEN GALVESTON'S REPUTATION AS A PREMIER COASTAL DESTINATION.

I KNOW THAT SEADOO AND OTHER LARGE CORPORATIONS SUCH AS YAMAHA AND KAWASAKI HAVE BEEN WORKING AND TRYING TO GET THEIR FOOTHOLD DOWN HERE IN GALVESTON FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

BECAUSE OF THIS PROHIBITION, MOST CORPORATIONS HAVE BEEN STANDOFFISH AND HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEBODY LIKE ME TO COME DOWN HERE AND PUT FORTH THE EFFORT AND THE GROUNDWORK TO EXPAND THAT FOR OUR TOURISM.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, SAFETY SHOULD REMAIN THE FOUNDATION OF ANY FUTURE DISCUSSION.

I TAKE SAFETY VERY SERIOUSLY, AND I TAKE...

[11.A Consider for action an ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas, adopting the homestead, elderly, and disabled ad valorem tax exemptions for Tax Year 2026, pursuant to Chapter 33, Section 33-24 of the Code of the City of Galveston 1982, as amended; maintaining the minimum homestead exemption of $60,000 or 20% of the appraised value whichever is larger; maintaining the additional exemption in the amount of $15,000 be available for those age 65 and older; maintaining the additional exemption of $10,000 for those who are disabled; making various findings and provisions related to the subject; and providing for an effective date. (C. Ludanyi)]

OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO 11A.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

11A, CONSIDER FOR ACTION AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS...

ADOPTING THE HOMESTEAD, ELDERLY, AND DISABLED AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR TAX YEAR 2026 PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 33, SECTION 3324 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON 1982 AS AMENDED.

MAINTAINING THE MINIMUM HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF $60,000 OR 20% OF THE APPRAISED VALUE, WHICHEVER IS LARGER.

MAINTAINING THE ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE AGED 65 AND OLDER.

MAINTAINING THE ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION OF 10,000 FOR THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES YEAR OVER YEAR.

IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

[12. CONSENT ITEMS]

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR ACTION AS A WHOLE UNLESS ONE OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS OBJECTS.

THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS UPON FINAL APPROVAL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY MOTIONS? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, MAKE A MOTION OR MAKE A...

[13.A Discuss and consider appointments to the following City Boards, Commissions, and Committees: 1. Industrial Development Corporation 2. Park Board of Trustees 3. TIRZ 13 4. Wharves Real Estate Committee]

SHARON? OH, SORRY, I WAS READING.

THANKS.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS.

13A.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TERS 13, AND WHARVES BOARD REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR THE VACANT SEAT ON THE NUMBER TWO POSITION.

ON THE IDC UH TO COUNCIL MEMBER HARDCASTLE OKAY YOU'LL TAKE THESE ONE AT A TIME OR DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL FOR ALL WELL MINE I DON'T KNOW IF I I MEAN I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF BUT YOU CAN BUT I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON AS THE NUMBER THREE MEMBER AND NOMINATE COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS FOR THE NUMBER FOUR POSITION FOR IDC.

SECONDS YOUR MOTION.

CAN YOU INCLUDE THE PARK

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BOARD, GEDP, AND...

AND, WELL, OKAY, PARK BOARD CHAIR WILL BE CHAIRMAN WILSON, AND CHAMBER IS KEITH BASSETT, AND GEDP REPRESENTATIVE IS JOE ROZIER.

SECOND THAT.

I GUESS WE VOTE HAND.

NO, YOU CAN DO IT UP HERE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT.

THERE WE GO.

PARKS BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SO I'M GOING TO NOMINATE...

THE WAY WE DO THESE IS WE RANK THESE IN ORDER AND THEN WHOEVER GETS THE LOWEST NUMBER IS WHO GETS NOMINATED FIRST.

AND THAT NOMINATION IS KIMBERLY GUIDO, SO I WOULD NOMINATE KIMBERLY GUIDO TO THE PARKS BOARD.

ALL OF THEM? I COULD GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.

SO KIMBERLY GUIDO IS RANKED IN THE FIRST SPOT.

BILL CLEMENTS IS IN THE SECOND SPOT.

ROBERT QUINTERO IS IN THE THIRD SPOT.

AND CARLOS GUERRERO IS IN THE FOURTH SPOT.

I'LL SECOND THAT NOMINATION.

MAYOR, PUT YOUR MOTION IN.

SORRY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CLEMENTS? SO WE'VE GOT TWO, I KNOW WE HAVE TWO PARK BOARD APPLICANTS THAT ARE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE HERE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL BOTH FOR TURNING IN Y'ALL'S APPLICATIONS.

AND WE, WHEN THE NEXT VACANCY FOR PARKS BOARD IS? NEXT YEAR.

THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO SUBMIT AGAIN.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WILL BE COMING UP AS WELL.

BUT Y'ALL, Y'ALL, VERY IMPRESSIVE.

YOUR INTERVIEW, SCOTT, AND I KNOW SHANE, SO I HOPE YOU ALL SUBMIT FOR OTHER BOARDS OR SUBMIT AGAIN FOR THE PARK BOARD THIS COMING YEAR.

YEP, ABSOLUTELY.

I DO WANT TO SAY APOLOGIZE TO SHANE FOR THE CONFUSION WITH THE TIMING IN THE INTERVIEW.

I KNOW YOU FELT LIKE YOU WANTED TO BE IN THE ROOM, AND I THINK THAT WITH THE CONFUSION THAT WE HAD, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE THAT THAT HAPPENED TO YOU.