[0:40] Good evening. It's now 6:41 and I call

[0:43] to order the

[0:45] regular meeting of the Victoria City

[0:46] Council. Please join us in the Pledge of

[0:48] Allegiance.

[0:50] >> I pledge allegiance to the flag

[0:52] » I pledge allegiance to the flag

[0:52] of the United States of America and to

[0:55] the republic for which it stands, one

[0:57] nation under God, indivisible, with

[1:01] liberty and justice for all.

[1:07] » The next item on our agenda this evening

[1:09] is announcements.

[1:10] Uh City Council is hosting a budget

[1:12] workshop on August 24th at 5:30 p.m. All

[1:15] are welcome to attend.

[1:17] As a reminder, all City Council meetings

[1:19] and workshops are open to the public and

[1:20] held in Council Chambers at City Hall

[1:23] unless otherwise noted. If you'd like to

[1:25] attend in person, we encourage you to

[1:27] contact our City Clerk in advance.

[1:30] In other announcements, the state

[1:31] primary election is tomorrow, August

[1:34] 11th. Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. till

[1:37] 8:00 p.m. across our five city

[1:39] precincts. If you are not sure of your

[1:41] polling location, please check the poll

[1:43] finder on the city website or contact

[1:46] the clerk's office for assistance. And

[1:48] please remember to vote.

[1:50] That concludes the announcements this

[1:52] evening. The next item of business is to

[1:55] adopt the final agenda. Council, can I

[1:57] get a motion to adopt the final agenda?

[2:00] >> Motion to adopt the final agenda.

[2:03] » Motion to adopt the final agenda.

[2:03] >> We have a motion. Can I get a second?

[2:05] » We have a motion. Can I get a second?

[2:05] >> Second.

[2:05] » Second.

[2:05] >> We have a motion and a second. All in

[2:06] » We have a motion and a second. All in

[2:06] favor signify by saying I.

[2:08] >> I.

[2:09] » I.

[2:09] >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Next item

[2:11] » Any opposed? Motion carries. Next item

[2:11] is our open forum. This is an

[2:13] opportunity for members of the public to

[2:15] address the council on items that are

[2:17] not on tonight's agenda or part of an

[2:19] active application that will come to the

[2:21] council at a future date. No one has

[2:23] registered to speak in advance and there

[2:25] is no one in the council chambers this

[2:27] evening. So, we will move on to the

[2:29] consent agenda.

[2:31] The consent agenda is routine

[2:33] administrative, do not require

[2:35] deliberation or housekeeping items that

[2:37] are required by law. They're approved

[2:39] with one vote unless someone requests an

[2:41] item to be considered separately. Ms.

[2:43] Hardy, does staff wish to pull any

[2:45] consent items for separate discussion

[2:46] and vote this evening?

[2:48] >> None from staff, Madam Mayor.

[2:49] » None from staff, Madam Mayor.

[2:49] >> Is there a member of the council wishing

[2:50] » Is there a member of the council wishing

[2:50] to pull anything for separate discussion

[2:52] and vote?

[2:54] Or and there's no members of the

[2:56] audience. So, we will be moving on. Can

[2:59] I get a motion to approve the consent

[3:01] agenda, please?

[3:03] >> Make a motion to approve the consent

[3:05] » Make a motion to approve the consent

[3:05] agenda.

[3:06] >> We have a motion. Can I get a second?

[3:07] » We have a motion. Can I get a second?

[3:07] >> Second.

[3:08] » Second.

[3:08] >> We have a motion and a second. All in

[3:10] » We have a motion and a second. All in

[3:10] favor signify by saying I.

[3:11] >> I.

[3:12] » I.

[3:12] >> Any opposed? Motion carries.

[3:14] » Any opposed? Motion carries.

[3:15] The We're moving on to our regular

[3:16] agenda and the first item on that agenda

[3:18] this evening is item 6.1, which is to

[3:21] consider a temporary noise permit for

[3:23] Floyd's Bar.

[3:24] This does This item does contain a

[3:26] public hearing, but before we do that,

[3:28] I'll ask our community and economic

[3:30] development director Jen Brewington to

[3:32] present her agenda report. Ms.

[3:34] Brewington, welcome this evening.

[3:36] >> Thank you, Mayor and members of the

[3:37] » Thank you, Mayor and members of the

[3:37] council. Some just background

[3:39] information before we begin here. At the

[3:41] June 8th, 2060 2026 council meeting, uh

[3:44] the council approved amendments to

[3:45] chapter 12, article 2, establishing a

[3:48] temporary noise permit process.

[3:50] The amendments provide a clear process

[3:52] for those requesting outdoor amplified

[3:53] music beyond 10:00 p.m. while balancing

[3:56] economic activity with the quality of

[3:58] life by nearby residents.

[4:00] The temporary noise permit process

[4:02] establishes 10:00 p.m. as a standard

[4:04] ending time for outdoor amplified music

[4:06] within the central business district.

[4:08] Businesses or organizations seeking to

[4:10] extend amplified music beyond that time

[4:13] must apply for a temporary noise permit.

[4:15] Each request is reviewed individually

[4:17] through a public hearing and requires

[4:18] city council approval, providing the

[4:20] flexibility for special events while

[4:22] ensuring transparency and consideration

[4:24] of potential impacts on nearby residents

[4:26] and businesses.

[4:28] Floyd's Bar has submitted a temporary

[4:30] noise permit application requesting

[4:31] approval to extend outdoor amplified

[4:33] music until 11:00 p.m. on the eight

[4:36] dates listed on the screen.

[4:38] And with that, I have a sample motion on

[4:39] the screen. I can answer any questions.

[4:41] >> This item contains a public hearing

[4:44] » This item contains a public hearing

[4:44] uh for a

[4:45] a temporary noise permit for Floyd's Bar

[4:47] at 1758 Arboretum Boulevard. I will now

[4:50] open the public hearing and anyone who

[4:52] wishes to speak to this item, please

[4:54] step forward.

[4:56] Anyone wishing to speak to this item can

[4:58] step forward.

[5:01] And last call.

[5:02] There's no one um

[5:04] who has opted to step forward, so I will

[5:07] I close the public hearing and open the

[5:09] floor for discussion among the council

[5:12] members. Council, any further discussion

[5:14] on this motion?

[5:18] » I'm assuming we have not we did not

[5:20] receive any complaints or anything with

[5:23] the previous temporary noise permits

[5:25] permits.

[5:25] >> Councilmember Robert, that's correct.

[5:27] » Councilmember Robert, that's correct.

[5:27] Thank you.

[5:28] >> I guess I would just say

[5:32] most of the time this is intended for

[5:34] special events and

[5:38] basically letting them do this every

[5:41] weekend night of the summer is more than

[5:44] a special event, I think. It's just

[5:45] regular and like listen, I want them to

[5:48] succeed. I want them to do well.

[5:50] But, um

[5:51] I also think it's a bit of a an

[5:53] annoyance to the people around them

[5:55] every weekend of the summer to have to

[5:57] deal with it. So, um

[6:00] I'm a

[6:01] like I'm sure it's going to get approved

[6:02] again, but if it does, I think we should

[6:04] still put in the same

[6:07] restrictions that we did the last time

[6:08] that if if they have one

[6:11] instance of

[6:13] going over 11,

[6:15] it's the rest are gone.

[6:18] So, that would just be my two cents.

[6:20] >> Okay.

[6:20] » Okay.

[6:21] Council, any other comments, questions

[6:23] on this item?

[6:26] » I would agree with Council Member

[6:28] Roberts on that. I think putting that

[6:30] same stipulation in makes a lot of sense

[6:33] due to some of the history here and um

[6:37] uh

[6:38] I think it just we owe it to the

[6:39] residents

[6:40] in that city.

[6:42] >> Very good.

[6:42] » Very good.

[6:42] >> Well, I'm supportive of Council Member

[6:44] » Well, I'm supportive of Council Member

[6:44] Roberts and Council Member Rice's

[6:47] proposed amendment to the the city of

[6:50] Victoria with respect to this temporary

[6:52] noise permit as

[6:54] as a zero tolerance policy on going past

[6:57] 11:00 in any given night. And then any

[7:00] given violation that is duly noticed and

[7:05] has the the complaint process that we've

[7:07] previously laid out that you know, that

[7:10] we've

[7:11] uh

[7:11] cuz we have to give the applicant due

[7:14] process.

[7:15] Uh it has to be

[7:17] um

[7:18] met to the standard that we've set

[7:19] before. And then if if the standard if

[7:22] the if there's a violation and it meets

[7:24] the standard of uh

[7:26] compliant non-compliance

[7:28] uh

[7:31] determination, then we would go and we

[7:33] would revoke those further down the

[7:35] schedule from that point forward.

[7:38] >> Yeah, Miss Hardy, please.

[7:39] » Yeah, Miss Hardy, please.

[7:39] >> Uh

[7:40] » Uh

[7:40] Mayor, and of the council, I just want

[7:42] to clarify that um

[7:45] that for the I don't remember the exact

[7:48] wording, but um

[7:50] you had empowered the city manager for

[7:54] the last round of temporary noise

[7:57] permits um for Floyd's that if they were

[8:02] to be in violation of that temporary

[8:04] noise permit, either observed by a city

[8:07] official, a city council member, or the

[8:09] deputies that the city manager could

[8:11] revoke any subsequent um

[8:14] times. So, that um if we're talking due

[8:18] process generally um

[8:22] that I um

[8:23] I just want to make sure that if you're

[8:26] that

[8:27] you're if if you're going to go down

[8:29] that path, if you want to do what you

[8:32] did before um that that language would

[8:35] be

[8:36] similar language would be incorporated

[8:37] into this motion, but if you wanted a

[8:39] different process or due process for

[8:42] them where they would hold another

[8:44] public hearing and have an opportunity

[8:47] um

[8:48] to come before council, that that

[8:50] process that motion might look different

[8:52] than what you did before. So, I just

[8:54] wanted to um note that as you're

[8:58] discussing.

[8:59] >> Madam city manager, thank you for making

[9:01] » Madam city manager, thank you for making

[9:01] that clarification. I

[9:03] it wasn't clear to that specific point

[9:06] that uh but that is the spirit of what I

[9:08] was trying to go to with saying that to

[9:11] adopt that what we had adopt previously

[9:14] um empowering the city managers to

[9:17] engage in the um

[9:19] enforcement action. I I think that

[9:21] that's

[9:22] certainly where my mind is at. Um and

[9:25] you bring up an excellent point that

[9:27] that source can come in from a a number

[9:29] of different um

[9:32] avenues as to where that

[9:35] um infraction notification comes. It is

[9:39] also acceptable which is what we had

[9:41] before is that correct is very okay

[9:44] okay thank you

[9:47] » All right any further conversation

[9:49] comments

[9:51] discussion

[9:54] with that I will entertain a motion

[9:58] » I'll make a motion to

[10:01] uh

[10:02] grant the temporary noise permit to

[10:05] Floyd's Bar to allow amplified outdoor

[10:07] music till 11:00 p.m. subject to the

[10:09] conditions approval for the dates as

[10:12] presented in this evening's meeting

[10:15] >> Okay and then is that

[10:17] » Okay and then is that

[10:17] and you understand the

[10:19] fantastic we have a motion can I get a

[10:21] second

[10:22] >> second

[10:23] » second

[10:23] >> We have a motion and a second all in

[10:24] » We have a motion and a second all in

[10:24] favor signify by saying I

[10:26] >> I

[10:26] » I

[10:26] >> I

[10:27] » I

[10:27] >> any opposed

[10:27] » any opposed

[10:27] >> nay

[10:28] » nay

[10:28] >> motion carries

[10:31] » motion carries

[10:31] do you have the dissension noted clerk

[10:33] >> I do thank you

[10:35] » I do thank you

[10:35] >> All right

[10:36] » All right

[10:36] there are no more items on our regular

[10:37] agenda this evening so moving on to

[10:39] reports and emerging issues attorney

[10:40] Vose do you have any reports this

[10:42] evening

[10:43] >> Good evening mayor council

[10:45] » Good evening mayor council

[10:45] no I wish I did but I don't I don't have

[10:46] anything to add

[10:47] >> All right very good Miss Hardy anything

[10:49] » All right very good Miss Hardy anything

[10:49] from you this evening

[10:50] >> nothing from staff this evening mayor

[10:53] » nothing from staff this evening mayor

[10:53] >> and members of the council anything to

[10:55] » and members of the council anything to

[10:55] share this evening

[10:57] All right seeing none there are no more

[10:59] items to come before the body this

[11:01] evening so I will entertain a motion to

[11:02] adjourn

[11:03] >> motion to adjourn

[11:04] » motion to adjourn

[11:04] >> We have a motion can I get a second

[11:06] » We have a motion can I get a second

[11:06] >> second

[11:07] » second

[11:07] >> We have a motion and a second all in

[11:08] » We have a motion and a second all in

[11:08] favor signify by saying I

[11:10] >> I

[11:10] » I

[11:10] >> I

[11:10] » I

[11:10] >> any opposed motion carries and we stand

[11:13] » any opposed motion carries and we stand

[11:13] adjourned

Regular Council Meeting - Aug 10 2026

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