Good evening. It's now 6:41 and I call
to order the
regular meeting of the Victoria City
Council. Please join us in the Pledge of
Allegiance.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag
» I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America and to
the republic for which it stands, one
nation under God, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all.
» The next item on our agenda this evening
is announcements.
Uh City Council is hosting a budget
workshop on August 24th at 5:30 p.m. All
are welcome to attend.
As a reminder, all City Council meetings
and workshops are open to the public and
held in Council Chambers at City Hall
unless otherwise noted. If you'd like to
attend in person, we encourage you to
contact our City Clerk in advance.
In other announcements, the state
primary election is tomorrow, August
11th. Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. till
8:00 p.m. across our five city
precincts. If you are not sure of your
polling location, please check the poll
finder on the city website or contact
the clerk's office for assistance. And
please remember to vote.
That concludes the announcements this
evening. The next item of business is to
adopt the final agenda. Council, can I
get a motion to adopt the final agenda?
>> Motion to adopt the final agenda.
» Motion to adopt the final agenda.
>> We have a motion. Can I get a second?
» We have a motion. Can I get a second?
>> Second.
» Second.
>> We have a motion and a second. All in
» We have a motion and a second. All in
favor signify by saying I.
>> I.
» I.
>> Any opposed? Motion carries. Next item
» Any opposed? Motion carries. Next item
is our open forum. This is an
opportunity for members of the public to
address the council on items that are
not on tonight's agenda or part of an
active application that will come to the
council at a future date. No one has
registered to speak in advance and there
is no one in the council chambers this
evening. So, we will move on to the
consent agenda.
The consent agenda is routine
administrative, do not require
deliberation or housekeeping items that
are required by law. They're approved
with one vote unless someone requests an
item to be considered separately. Ms.
Hardy, does staff wish to pull any
consent items for separate discussion
and vote this evening?
>> None from staff, Madam Mayor.
» None from staff, Madam Mayor.
>> Is there a member of the council wishing
» Is there a member of the council wishing
to pull anything for separate discussion
and vote?
Or and there's no members of the
audience. So, we will be moving on. Can
I get a motion to approve the consent
agenda, please?
>> Make a motion to approve the consent
» Make a motion to approve the consent
agenda.
>> We have a motion. Can I get a second?
» We have a motion. Can I get a second?
>> Second.
» Second.
>> We have a motion and a second. All in
» We have a motion and a second. All in
favor signify by saying I.
>> I.
» I.
>> Any opposed? Motion carries.
» Any opposed? Motion carries.
The We're moving on to our regular
agenda and the first item on that agenda
this evening is item 6.1, which is to
consider a temporary noise permit for
Floyd's Bar.
This does This item does contain a
public hearing, but before we do that,
I'll ask our community and economic
development director Jen Brewington to
present her agenda report. Ms.
Brewington, welcome this evening.
>> Thank you, Mayor and members of the
» Thank you, Mayor and members of the
council. Some just background
information before we begin here. At the
June 8th, 2060 2026 council meeting, uh
the council approved amendments to
chapter 12, article 2, establishing a
temporary noise permit process.
The amendments provide a clear process
for those requesting outdoor amplified
music beyond 10:00 p.m. while balancing
economic activity with the quality of
life by nearby residents.
The temporary noise permit process
establishes 10:00 p.m. as a standard
ending time for outdoor amplified music
within the central business district.
Businesses or organizations seeking to
extend amplified music beyond that time
must apply for a temporary noise permit.
Each request is reviewed individually
through a public hearing and requires
city council approval, providing the
flexibility for special events while
ensuring transparency and consideration
of potential impacts on nearby residents
and businesses.
Floyd's Bar has submitted a temporary
noise permit application requesting
approval to extend outdoor amplified
music until 11:00 p.m. on the eight
dates listed on the screen.
And with that, I have a sample motion on
the screen. I can answer any questions.
>> This item contains a public hearing
» This item contains a public hearing
uh for a
a temporary noise permit for Floyd's Bar
at 1758 Arboretum Boulevard. I will now
open the public hearing and anyone who
wishes to speak to this item, please
step forward.
Anyone wishing to speak to this item can
step forward.
And last call.
There's no one um
who has opted to step forward, so I will
I close the public hearing and open the
floor for discussion among the council
members. Council, any further discussion
on this motion?
» I'm assuming we have not we did not
receive any complaints or anything with
the previous temporary noise permits
permits.
>> Councilmember Robert, that's correct.
» Councilmember Robert, that's correct.
Thank you.
>> I guess I would just say
most of the time this is intended for
special events and
basically letting them do this every
weekend night of the summer is more than
a special event, I think. It's just
regular and like listen, I want them to
succeed. I want them to do well.
But, um
I also think it's a bit of a an
annoyance to the people around them
every weekend of the summer to have to
deal with it. So, um
I'm a
like I'm sure it's going to get approved
again, but if it does, I think we should
still put in the same
restrictions that we did the last time
that if if they have one
instance of
going over 11,
it's the rest are gone.
So, that would just be my two cents.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
Council, any other comments, questions
on this item?
» I would agree with Council Member
Roberts on that. I think putting that
same stipulation in makes a lot of sense
due to some of the history here and um
uh
I think it just we owe it to the
residents
in that city.
>> Very good.
» Very good.
>> Well, I'm supportive of Council Member
» Well, I'm supportive of Council Member
Roberts and Council Member Rice's
proposed amendment to the the city of
Victoria with respect to this temporary
noise permit as
as a zero tolerance policy on going past
11:00 in any given night. And then any
given violation that is duly noticed and
has the the complaint process that we've
previously laid out that you know, that
we've
uh
cuz we have to give the applicant due
process.
Uh it has to be
um
met to the standard that we've set
before. And then if if the standard if
the if there's a violation and it meets
the standard of uh
compliant non-compliance
uh
determination, then we would go and we
would revoke those further down the
schedule from that point forward.
>> Yeah, Miss Hardy, please.
» Yeah, Miss Hardy, please.
>> Uh
» Uh
Mayor, and of the council, I just want
to clarify that um
that for the I don't remember the exact
wording, but um
you had empowered the city manager for
the last round of temporary noise
permits um for Floyd's that if they were
to be in violation of that temporary
noise permit, either observed by a city
official, a city council member, or the
deputies that the city manager could
revoke any subsequent um
times. So, that um if we're talking due
process generally um
that I um
I just want to make sure that if you're
that
you're if if you're going to go down
that path, if you want to do what you
did before um that that language would
be
similar language would be incorporated
into this motion, but if you wanted a
different process or due process for
them where they would hold another
public hearing and have an opportunity
um
to come before council, that that
process that motion might look different
than what you did before. So, I just
wanted to um note that as you're
discussing.
>> Madam city manager, thank you for making
» Madam city manager, thank you for making
that clarification. I
it wasn't clear to that specific point
that uh but that is the spirit of what I
was trying to go to with saying that to
adopt that what we had adopt previously
um empowering the city managers to
engage in the um
enforcement action. I I think that
that's
certainly where my mind is at. Um and
you bring up an excellent point that
that source can come in from a a number
of different um
avenues as to where that
um infraction notification comes. It is
also acceptable which is what we had
before is that correct is very okay
okay thank you
» All right any further conversation
comments
discussion
with that I will entertain a motion
» I'll make a motion to
uh
grant the temporary noise permit to
Floyd's Bar to allow amplified outdoor
music till 11:00 p.m. subject to the
conditions approval for the dates as
presented in this evening's meeting
>> Okay and then is that
» Okay and then is that
and you understand the
fantastic we have a motion can I get a
second
>> second
» second
>> We have a motion and a second all in
» We have a motion and a second all in
favor signify by saying I
>> I
» I
>> I
» I
>> any opposed
» any opposed
>> nay
» nay
>> motion carries
» motion carries
do you have the dissension noted clerk
>> I do thank you
» I do thank you
>> All right
» All right
there are no more items on our regular
agenda this evening so moving on to
reports and emerging issues attorney
Vose do you have any reports this
evening
>> Good evening mayor council
» Good evening mayor council
no I wish I did but I don't I don't have
anything to add
>> All right very good Miss Hardy anything
» All right very good Miss Hardy anything
from you this evening
>> nothing from staff this evening mayor
» nothing from staff this evening mayor
>> and members of the council anything to
» and members of the council anything to
share this evening
All right seeing none there are no more
items to come before the body this
evening so I will entertain a motion to
adjourn
>> motion to adjourn
» motion to adjourn
>> We have a motion can I get a second
» We have a motion can I get a second
>> second
» second
>> We have a motion and a second all in
» We have a motion and a second all in
favor signify by saying I
>> I
» I
>> I
» I
>> any opposed motion carries and we stand
» any opposed motion carries and we stand
adjourned