[0:00] All right, we will call the Clear Lake
[0:03] Shores City Council meeting September
[0:05] 1st, 2026 to order at 6:30 p.m.
[0:08] Uh welcome back to the clubhouse,
[0:10] everybody.
[0:11] We will uh say the Pledge of Allegiance.
[0:19] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[0:21] United States of America, and to the
[0:24] republic for which it stands, one nation
[0:27] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:29] justice for all.
[0:31] Honor the Texas flag. I pledge
[0:33] allegiance to thee, Texas, one state
[0:36] under God, one and indivisible.
[0:48] » Okay, we have reports from Council, Ed
[0:51] Waters.
[0:54] » Uh a month or so ago, uh Chief uh put
[0:57] out a message about uh e-bikes, electric
[1:00] bikes, and all those scooters and
[1:01] things, what we could and what we could
[1:03] not enforce with them, and there's not a
[1:05] lot. We just keep it people informed how
[1:07] dangerous they are.
[1:09] So, a few weeks ago, we saw where in
[1:10] Spring,
[1:11] uh a little girl went straight through a
[1:13] stop sign and was hit by a pickup truck.
[1:16] And uh it's it's constant problem.
[1:19] It's a problem here, too.
[1:21] Uh in the mornings, I see men riding
[1:23] bikes just as fast as they can ride
[1:25] them. They'll go wide in the turn and
[1:26] come right on through both stop signs.
[1:28] I see it every morning. I got to work
[1:30] about 6:30.
[1:32] Uh this morning, I saw the same guy I
[1:34] see every day coming from Kemah across
[1:37] East Shore.
[1:38] He rides that electric bike and went
[1:39] straight through that East Shore and
[1:41] South Shore stop sign, 20 mph.
[1:44] So, we need to keep reminding people how
[1:46] really dangerous this is, and somebody's
[1:48] going to get killed sooner or later.
[1:51] » All right, thank you, Ed. Uh Rick
[1:53] Fisher.
[1:54] » No report tonight.
[1:55] » No report.
[1:58] All right, Terrell.
[1:59] » Uh nothing to report tonight.
[2:01] » All right, Councilwoman Susan Baker.
[2:04] » Nothing to report tonight. Thank you.
[2:07] » Okay, leaving it all up to me.
[2:10] Okay, well, welcome back to the
[2:11] clubhouse. You look around, they've
[2:13] they've done a great job at at putting
[2:15] this place back in order.
[2:17] Uh can't really tell anything happened
[2:19] to it, honestly. The floors look
[2:20] amazing.
[2:22] Um
[2:23] so we don't have to budget for that this
[2:24] year. We got that done already.
[2:26] Um I do want to thank Mike and Cheryl,
[2:29] uh actually thank Christie for
[2:31] the Monday morning after this happened,
[2:33] being on the phone with TML and getting
[2:35] this going pretty quickly. Um
[2:38] Mike got on top of it. He got on the
[2:40] phone.
[2:42] Somebody was here on Tuesday assessing
[2:45] it and they started working on it right
[2:46] away.
[2:47] Initially, they had mentioned that it
[2:49] might take several months. It didn't
[2:51] take nearly that long at all. Uh but I
[2:53] think some of that had to do with Mike
[2:55] being on top of them and
[2:56] letting them know that we were out of
[2:58] place having to go somewhere else and
[3:00] how badly we needed to be back in here.
[3:02] Um so I appreciate everybody's work on
[3:05] getting that started and getting that
[3:06] done. That helped get it done quickly.
[3:09] Um
[3:11] we
[3:12] The boat ramp is open, open for
[3:14] business.
[3:15] Uh
[3:17] been a long time coming, but it's there.
[3:20] I know there are still people who have
[3:21] some complaints about it. I can't help
[3:23] them. I'm just happy to see it. I'll be
[3:25] honest with you, I think that it's
[3:27] probably one of the nicest boat ramps in
[3:29] Galveston County right now. I mean, I've
[3:32] been to a lot of them to go look and see
[3:33] what kind of rules they had at them
[3:35] before
[3:36] uh we made our rules. So, um we get
[3:39] blessed with a really nice one and we
[3:41] don't have to pay for it.
[3:43] Um
[3:45] we're going to have a ribbon cutting
[3:47] this Friday at 9:30 a.m. down at the
[3:49] boat ramp.
[3:49] There's going to be several elected
[3:50] officials. We'll have some cold drinks
[3:52] down there.
[3:54] Uh we got a few giveaways that Amanda
[3:56] wanted to give to those who show up to
[3:58] that.
[3:59] Uh
[4:00] please come and help us celebrate the
[4:01] opening of that really nice boat ramp.
[4:04] It's been a long time coming.
[4:07] Uh last day for committee applications.
[4:11] So, that's this Friday.
[4:14] Uh as of right now, we don't have a
[4:15] whole lot of people applying for those
[4:17] committees. We got planning and zoning.
[4:19] We got openings on parks, ZBOA,
[4:22] waterfront compliance, and roads and
[4:24] drainage. So, if you want to get
[4:25] involved with the city, now's the time.
[4:28] Uh make sure you get your application in
[4:29] so that can be reviewed and uh those
[4:33] committees can visit with you about
[4:35] joining their committee.
[4:37] Uh we do rely on
[4:39] uh involvement from the citizens to keep
[4:41] those things going. Uh if we don't get
[4:44] enough, we're going to have to extend
[4:46] that, I guess.
[4:47] Um
[4:48] but please get involved if you're not
[4:49] involved.
[4:50] Or if you have been involved, get back
[4:52] involved.
[4:53] Uh but a lot of a lot of good things
[4:55] happen in the city through our volunteer
[4:57] committees, so please join one and help
[4:59] us out.
[5:01] Uh
[5:01] that's all I got. I don't want to steal
[5:03] all of Mike and David's thunder, so
[5:05] uh that's the end of my report. We'll
[5:07] move on to uh Police Chief David
[5:09] Donaldson.
[5:11] » Councilman, we addressed the stop sign
[5:13] issue. We're through with the warnings.
[5:14] We've issued citations for these stop
[5:16] signs.
[5:17] Uh what it sounds like from what you're
[5:18] saying now, I had saying them. I get
[5:20] here 7:15 in the morning. Sounds like
[5:22] maybe they moved their time up earlier,
[5:24] but we are addressing it and we have
[5:26] issued citations for that. Happens
[5:29] often. So, we are addressing it as well
[5:31] as the uh
[5:32] Depot Park,
[5:34] the parking situation, city ordinances.
[5:37] Um I myself I'm out there a lot and I've
[5:39] noticed a cleaner parks, which has
[5:42] helped the public work guys.
[5:44] Um
[5:45] you know, we're done we're done with the
[5:47] warnings, so we're addressing it, towing
[5:49] vehicles. So, we towed one earlier
[5:51] today.
[5:52] So, we're going to continue with what
[5:53] we're doing till we get the parks
[5:55] totally cleaned up and and
[5:57] and uh
[5:58] get a good direction to go in.
[6:01] That's all I got. Thank you.
[6:05] » Thank you, David. City Administrator,
[6:07] Mike Cram.
[6:09] » Thanks, Mayor.
[6:11] Uh boat ramp, we are
[6:14] still waiting on CenterPoint to replace
[6:16] the pole,
[6:18] the the light pole that does have the
[6:19] mast arm light on it, um
[6:22] right at the entrance.
[6:24] They're going to put a bigger pole in
[6:25] there that's a little beefier, and once
[6:26] they do that, then they're going to hook
[6:28] up our lights for the parking lot, so we
[6:30] will actually have lights in that
[6:31] parking lot.
[6:32] Um and I expect if there are the wrong
[6:35] directions, I will hear from people
[6:37] right afterwards.
[6:40] Uh narcissus,
[6:43] some projects just don't go as planned.
[6:45] Um
[6:47] Lucas Construction is the general
[6:49] contractor for that project.
[6:53] And what we're doing with that, for
[6:55] those of you who aren't aware,
[6:57] uh TexDOT has recently, well, not really
[7:01] recently, but it's relatively new in the
[7:02] industry, approved a reinforced asphalt
[7:05] construction style that they actually
[7:08] use for airport runways.
[7:10] So, it's supposed to last basically the
[7:12] same time as concrete, just about, but
[7:15] not cost as much as a full depth
[7:17] concrete roadway.
[7:19] And it consists of an underlayer on
[7:23] about a four and a four and a half inch
[7:24] mill, which we had in places,
[7:26] two inches of the first layer of
[7:30] asphalt, and then after that cures for a
[7:32] couple of days, they come in, uh apply a
[7:34] substance to it, and put this fiberglass
[7:37] uh reinforced mesh down before the next
[7:40] layer.
[7:42] Well, it's still new enough in the
[7:44] industry that
[7:45] sometimes it's hard to get the one-off
[7:47] sizes of that mesh. And Lucas was
[7:50] guaranteed
[7:52] uh
[7:52] the week before last that they would
[7:54] have that mesh on site last Tuesday.
[7:57] Uh
[7:58] Lucas came out, mobilized all their
[8:00] stuff, milled that road down on Monday.
[8:03] And when I checked by with their foreman
[8:04] on Monday afternoon, he was getting off
[8:06] the phone with the supplier who said,
[8:08] "We won't have it for a couple weeks."
[8:11] And at that time we didn't know if
[8:14] you leave that first layer down too
[8:16] long, if it's going to cause adhesion
[8:18] problems when they go to put the layer
[8:20] the second layer and all that stuff on.
[8:21] So, Lucas had to cancel the asphalt
[8:24] laying for the next day.
[8:27] And
[8:28] basically the way asphalt is right now,
[8:30] it's under high demand and they can only
[8:31] keep it for a certain number of
[8:33] certain amount of time once they get it
[8:35] to the right mixture consistency and all
[8:36] these
[8:37] uh constraints. So,
[8:39] they had to reschedule the asphalt.
[8:41] Unfortunately, for those on the north
[8:42] end of Narcissus, that didn't come in
[8:44] until yesterday, but they finally got
[8:47] that bottom layer down.
[8:50] And right now they're telling us that
[8:53] next week after Labor Day, we should be
[8:55] able to get the uh
[8:57] the mesh.
[8:58] So, I was reluctant to put that out. I
[9:00] didn't actually share it. Um
[9:03] the Lucas Construction representative
[9:05] shared that online.
[9:07] Um but I I'm reluctant to do that at
[9:09] that point because I don't feel like I
[9:10] can tell somebody in the group, "Hey,
[9:12] we're really sure that these are the
[9:14] dates we're going to use." I'm not
[9:15] confident in that yet, but we will keep
[9:17] you informed of any more hiccups that
[9:19] will
[9:21] Clubhouse, um
[9:23] does look good. This is the last time
[9:26] we'll be able to redo the floor.
[9:27] Luckily, I think I'll be dust by the
[9:29] time we have to redo it again.
[9:31] Uh
[9:32] but it looks great. The contractors did
[9:34] a bang-up job. They got in and out fast.
[9:37] Um the chief did remind me it still
[9:39] smells like we had a barbecue in here if
[9:41] you catch the air just right, but um
[9:44] it it looks good. We've got
[9:46] quotes coming for
[9:48] um
[9:50] some painting and addressing some needs
[9:53] for repair on the stairs.
[9:55] And then possibly doing something about
[9:57] that eyebrow over the kitchen serving
[10:00] area to make it look more like the rest
[10:02] of the
[10:03] uh clubhouse interior.
[10:05] Uh pool, we're getting quotes to replace
[10:08] the non-working pool lights. Uh we have
[10:10] seven lights in the pool, only two of
[10:11] them are functional.
[10:13] Um they are the old mercury vapor type
[10:16] no halogen type um pool lights that
[10:18] nobody even makes anymore.
[10:20] So, we're getting quotes to replace
[10:22] those with the LED lights.
[10:24] Uh Grove Park,
[10:27] getting quotes to um install pavers
[10:29] between the roadway surface and the
[10:32] fence line at Grove Park.
[10:35] That
[10:36] Thanks [clears throat] to Jay Fenwick,
[10:37] who is on roads and drainage, he and
[10:40] Jorge and Odie went out there.
[10:42] The the drain all of that drains forward
[10:45] towards the roadway from the park.
[10:47] That
[10:49] right of way area
[10:50] we continually have been filling with
[10:53] crushed limestone, which during heavy
[10:55] rains washes down into the storm sewer
[10:57] system, which completely occluded the
[10:59] drain box.
[11:01] And there was only about a 2-in
[11:03] clearance of the entire
[11:05] um
[11:06] pipe that crosses under the road there
[11:09] from the north side to the south side of
[11:12] Grove. So, we have we need to do
[11:14] something to solidify that. So, we're
[11:15] looking at paving that with some sort of
[11:18] design. I've been working with Mary. Saw
[11:20] Mary here this year.
[11:21] Um we're getting quotes on that and
[11:23] there's going to be some sort of design.
[11:25] Call it, you know, kids park, Grove
[11:26] Park, something like that to where it
[11:28] also has some nice
[11:30] um
[11:31] nice appeal to it. So, it's not just a
[11:32] slab of nameless concrete, faceless
[11:35] concrete.
[11:36] But, it also keeps some of the drainage
[11:38] problems at bay.
[11:39] And then, uh, a couple weeks ago, as I
[11:41] mentioned during our budget works out
[11:43] earlier, one of our officers was struck
[11:45] while patrolling the Target parking lot
[11:48] area.
[11:49] And, uh,
[11:51] patrol cars don't hold up well to an
[11:52] F-450 pickup. And so,
[11:55] they're still dismantling it to find all
[11:57] the damage. It may end up being a total.
[11:59] So, that may be an expense we have to
[12:01] And for those of you in the audience,
[12:03] um,
[12:05] because of all the equipment that goes
[12:07] inside those cars, my last time to buy
[12:10] them was about 5 years ago, and we were
[12:12] paying over 75 grand for a fully loaded
[12:15] car within that's a base model with just
[12:17] the equipment that goes in it.
[12:19] So, uh, it's a big chunk of change
[12:20] whenever something like that happens.
[12:22] So, we'll hope that if it is totaled, we
[12:24] get a good check at least from our
[12:26] insurance company.
[12:28] That's all I have.
[12:31] » All right. Thank you, Mike.
[12:33] Anybody got any questions for Mike or
[12:35] David?
[12:37] Okay, we'll move on to, uh, committee
[12:39] reports, roads and drainage.
[12:54] » Good evening. Uh, roads and drainage, we
[12:58] settled on our budget that at at the
[12:59] last meeting.
[13:01] Um,
[13:02] yeah, it may look like we have a lot of
[13:04] money, but everything has also gotten a
[13:05] lot more expensive.
[13:07] So, some of our projects going to be
[13:08] pushed further out in time. So, our next
[13:12] one to update you is going to be
[13:15] in preparation for the new bridge. We're
[13:16] going to do Clear Lake Road up to
[13:18] Forest.
[13:19] And then, the next one after that is
[13:21] going to be Oak, but we only going to do
[13:23] from Ivy North, because that's the worst
[13:26] portion.
[13:27] We may wait for the southern part
[13:29] because yeah, we do
[13:32] spend our money wisely.
[13:34] Uh other than that, we have three open
[13:37] positions coming up.
[13:39] Um
[13:41] two guys are going to reapply and
[13:43] Richard after 18 years in service for
[13:45] climate shores,
[13:47] he's uh saying thank you.
[13:51] So, thank you, Richard.
[13:53] That's all I have for the drainage.
[13:58] » All right, thank you, Thomas. Uh Parks
[14:00] Committee?
[14:02] » [snorts]
[14:05] » Hello. Um I just have three things.
[14:09] Uh one, I wanted to say thank you for
[14:11] the police department for um supporting
[14:14] us on the parks. We really appreciate it
[14:16] and I definitely agree with what you
[14:18] said. I've noticed um
[14:20] a lot cleaner, especially at Depot. We
[14:22] did a cleanup last week. Um we were
[14:24] actually more for weeds, like we do, but
[14:27] we also pick up trash and there was so
[14:29] much less trash. So, um I do agree and
[14:32] I've seen them out there and so we
[14:33] greatly appreciate that help. Um
[14:36] and then the other thank you was for the
[14:38] boat ramp. Just everyone that works on
[14:40] that project, super appreciative um from
[14:43] the community and from Parks Committee.
[14:45] It looks wonderful.
[14:47] And uh clubhouse, we're honestly just
[14:50] waiting for it to get a little bit
[14:53] cooler and rain um
[14:55] before we start working on the bed out
[14:57] here. So, it's just kind of
[15:00] would not be wisely to plant right now
[15:02] and potentially lose all the plants due
[15:05] to no rain. So, that's all I have right
[15:07] now. Thank you.
[15:10] » Thank you, Mary. And thank you for all
[15:12] that you do for the Parks Committee, by
[15:13] the way. I see you working hard all the
[15:15] time out there.
[15:17] Um Waterfront Compliance?
[15:20] Just spoke to uh Doug Whitmarsh, the uh
[15:23] chairman for the park the waterfront,
[15:26] and they're in the process of replacing
[15:28] the missing
[15:30] numbers on all the bulkheads.
[15:33] Said that
[15:34] the bulkhead for our friend Dottie's
[15:38] on on North Shore had been replaced,
[15:42] wasn't up to compliance, so they're
[15:43] having to go back in and redo part of
[15:45] it. So, he said that should be done
[15:47] shortly. So, that's all I have.
[15:50] » All right.
[15:51] Planning and Zoning.
[15:57] » I have no report tonight, but I would
[16:00] also like to say that we have four out
[16:02] of five positions open on our committee,
[16:06] and I just submitted mine today, so
[16:10] that's one.
[16:13] » Okay, thank you. Anybody from Zoning
[16:15] Board of Adjustments?
[16:18] None?
[16:20] All right, we'll move on to Economic
[16:22] Development.
[16:25] Thomas, you need to get you a closer
[16:26] seat to that podium.
[16:29] » [laughter]
[16:32] » And they left you one right there.
[16:36] » Um EDC has
[16:40] We have a little bit of different
[16:41] schedule compared to the rest of the
[16:42] committees, but we have, let me see now,
[16:45] one, two,
[16:47] three,
[16:48] three positions coming, uh, no, one,
[16:51] two, four positions coming open.
[16:54] Um
[16:55] The deadline to apply is the end of
[16:58] September.
[17:00] And the procedure's going to be a little
[17:02] bit different going going forward.
[17:05] There's a different form, and then
[17:07] there's going to be an interview process
[17:09] just to, you know, do it a little bit
[17:11] little bit better.
[17:12] Hopefully. That is that that's the aim.
[17:16] » [clears throat]
[17:16] » Uh
[17:17] our next meeting is Tuesday next week,
[17:19] the 8th.
[17:20] We're going to uh do finalize our
[17:22] budget. That's the main thing now on the
[17:23] agenda.
[17:25] Um
[17:26] there is
[17:28] the main thing that we are, you know,
[17:30] going forward with, which is also on
[17:31] your agenda for today,
[17:33] is marketing to see if we can drive help
[17:36] our businesses drive more sales tax.
[17:39] We need to increase the base to make
[17:40] sure we don't add up for the city tax.
[17:45] That's about what we have for That's
[17:46] what we're going to do for next year.
[17:49] Thank you.
[17:51] » All right. Thank you, Thomas.
[17:52] Uh we'll move on to the Civic Club
[17:54] report. Anyone from the Civic Club?
[17:56] » Yes, sir.
[17:57] Bruce Stettler, president of Civic Club.
[17:59] Um kind of slow month we had last month.
[18:02] Um
[18:04] and this month we have Thursday night uh
[18:06] one of our mix and mingle, so if you
[18:08] like pizza from Center Court Pizza,
[18:11] we'll have about 15 pizzas, so come out
[18:13] eat free pizza.
[18:15] Um the back to school thing we had to
[18:17] cancel. We haven't been able to get a
[18:19] committee person to run it, so we
[18:21] canceled it. Um but they ended up having
[18:24] one at Galveston Bay Brewery, so I think
[18:26] the kids were served properly, I think.
[18:29] Uh next month's going to be a busy
[18:30] month. Um
[18:32] we've got some elections. Uh the the VP
[18:36] uh comes up and the treasurer comes up.
[18:39] And then we're going to We're going to
[18:40] move the island cleanup to November, I
[18:43] think, cuz Ed Cooney, who's in charge of
[18:45] it, is having surgery on his shoulder.
[18:47] And he really wants to do it, so
[18:49] give him a chance to heal.
[18:51] Um
[18:53] and let's see what else we got. We'll
[18:55] have the National Night Out in October.
[18:58] We'll have the block party.
[19:00] And we'll do the witch witches ride.
[19:02] We've kind of decided to do the witches
[19:04] ride.
[19:05] Uh we're going to do it earlier because
[19:07] we think it's kind of dangerous at night
[19:09] when it's dark and kids are out running
[19:11] after golf carts, you know,
[19:13] chasing after candy and stuff. So, we're
[19:14] going to try to do it earlier.
[19:16] And then we probably will do it uh down
[19:18] at Jarboe instead of Galveston Bay cuz
[19:21] it just gets so congested down there.
[19:23] Um and then we postponed the uh
[19:27] the uh Italian feast because we didn't
[19:29] know
[19:30] uh uh
[19:31] if the clubhouse would be available. So,
[19:33] we'll do that next year. I For it if
[19:35] Reagan and Sam will do it.
[19:36] Anyhow, [clears throat] that's all I
[19:37] got.
[19:38] » All right. Thank you, Bruce.
[19:41] We will move on to public comments. At
[19:43] this time, any person with city-related
[19:45] business may speak to the city council.
[19:47] If the discussion concerns an item on
[19:49] the agenda, comments may be made now or
[19:51] when the item is discussed. If the topic
[19:54] of discussion is not related to an item
[19:55] on the agenda, the city council cannot
[19:57] deliberate or take action at this time.
[20:00] Comments from the public should be
[20:02] limited to a maximum of 3 minutes per
[20:04] individual and there will be no yielding
[20:06] of time. Uh would anyone like to address
[20:08] the council?
[20:09] » Yeah. Ronnie Richards, 131 East Shore. I
[20:12] just want to uh
[20:13] acknowledge the great job that you guys
[20:16] did, staff and Randy and council and
[20:18] Mike, getting the clubhouse back
[20:20] together so rapidly and having a a
[20:22] process for that and the good condition,
[20:24] how we were able to preserve it so it's
[20:26] pretty much the way it was before. And
[20:28] it's uh pretty impressive. So, it's
[20:30] going to this this clubhouse means a lot
[20:33] to all of us because we have so many
[20:35] functions here as you can hear tonight.
[20:36] So, I want to thank you guys for getting
[20:38] that done so quickly.
[20:40] » It's going to look good for the 100th
[20:42] anniversary.
[20:46] Would anyone else like to address the
[20:47] city council?
[20:50] Don't everybody run up there at once.
[20:52] Going once, going twice. I will say it's
[20:54] nice to look out to the crowd and see
[20:57] more than
[20:58] 10 open chairs. There's I mean less than
[21:01] 10 open chairs. There's only a couple of
[21:03] them that are empty. So, thank you all
[21:05] for coming out.
[21:07] All right. We will close the public
[21:08] comments if we don't have any more
[21:10] and we will move on to the consent
[21:12] agenda.
[21:13] We got consent agenda item A through E.
[21:17] Do we have any motions on that or any
[21:20] changes to that?
[21:23] » I'll make a motion to approve consent
[21:25] agenda
[21:26] items A through E
[21:28] as published.
[21:29] » Okay, got a motion from Rick.
[21:31] » I'll second.
[21:31] » Got a second from Jeff.
[21:33] Uh any discussion on those items?
[21:36] All in favor?
[21:38] The motion passes unanimous. We'll move
[21:40] on to new business item 10. Discussion
[21:43] and possible action may be taken on the
[21:45] following items. Uh consideration and
[21:47] possible action to approve
[21:50] the authorizing the city administrator
[21:52] to negotiate a contract for an amount
[21:54] not to exceed $25,000
[21:57] with Tailored Visual
[22:00] for digital marketing and businesses
[22:03] with the city of Currituck Shores, Mike
[22:05] Cram.
[22:06] » Thank you, Barry.
[22:08] Uh this has been a long process going
[22:10] through EOC. There have been several
[22:12] iterations of different presentations
[22:15] from [snorts] different companies that
[22:16] do digital marketing campaigns.
[22:19] Uh
[22:20] this one clearly stood out from
[22:24] everyone in attendance
[22:26] uh on multiple occasions with the way
[22:28] they go about it and the volume of
[22:30] followers they have. These guys have, I
[22:32] believe Thomas is at over 2 and 1/2
[22:34] million
[22:35] or roughly that.
[22:36] » At the middle of two, yeah.
[22:38] » Yeah, so
[22:39] um some of our
[22:41] local entities have used them before and
[22:43] had great success with it
[22:45] um based on feedback from their clients.
[22:48] So, this is just asking the city for
[22:50] authorization for me to enter into
[22:54] contractual negotiations with them for
[22:56] an amount not to exceed what they gave
[22:57] us for the presentation with this.
[23:00] We will get over 30 videos that will
[23:03] remain ours to use for perpetuity.
[23:06] But then they will do the digital
[23:07] marketing platform for it as well. So
[23:11] that
[23:11] If you have any questions about it, I'd
[23:12] be more than happy to address them. We
[23:14] don't have any business.
[23:17] » So this is actually a EDC It's going to
[23:19] be a Funateria EDC though, correct?
[23:22] » Correct.
[23:22] » Okay.
[23:23] » And EDC has approved this
[23:25] before it can be used.
[23:27] » EDC has approved it and then it's open
[23:28] in our current year's budget. Okay.
[23:36] » Okay. We have a motion on that item.
[23:38] » I'll make a motion
[23:40] for council to approve
[23:42] the amount of 25 not to exceed $25,000
[23:47] with I always mispronounce it Tech
[23:50] Tech Visual for our digital marketing
[23:53] through the EDC and in support of our
[23:55] Clear Lake City businesses.
[23:57] » Okay, got a motion by Susan.
[23:59] » I'll second.
[24:00] » Okay, got a second by Ed. Any discussion
[24:03] on that item?
[24:05] » Just like to add I mean again, we've had
[24:07] a lot of great work from many of our
[24:10] members on EDC some pretty robust
[24:14] discussions
[24:16] and it's not an easy thing to come up
[24:18] with what we think is going to be the
[24:20] right thing to support the businesses,
[24:21] but I want to mention that this will be
[24:24] one of the first major marketing
[24:27] campaigns that EDC has ever supported
[24:30] our businesses with and this truly I
[24:33] think it's going to open the door for
[24:34] them to see that the EDC can support
[24:37] them and drive more taxes to the city.
[24:40] So I encourage approval of it.
[24:43] » Okay.
[24:44] Any more discussion?
[24:46] All in favor?
[24:47] Okay, motion passes unanimous.
[24:49] Item B um
[24:52] approve and adopt the Clear Lake Shores
[24:54] Police Department electronic control
[24:56] device policy section 7 of the Currituck
[25:00] Shores Police Department policy manual,
[25:01] Mike Cram.
[25:04] » This is a
[25:05] an updated policy for tasers.
[25:08] The Police Department recently had to
[25:10] upgrade their tasers that would been old
[25:12] and outdated weren't supported uh
[25:14] anymore for maintenance.
[25:16] Uh that was in this past year's budget.
[25:17] We made that investment and this is just
[25:19] to update the policy
[25:21] of use and care and maintenance and
[25:23] reporting to actually reflect on the
[25:26] current model they have.
[25:28] » Okay.
[25:29] We have motion on that item?
[25:30] » I'll make a motion we approve item B
[25:33] uh
[25:34] to approve and adopt the Currituck
[25:35] Shores Police Department electronic
[25:37] control device policy.
[25:39] » Okay. Got a motion by Jeff.
[25:41] » I'll second it.
[25:42] » And second by Rick. Any discussion on
[25:44] that item?
[25:46] All in favor?
[25:47] Okay. Motion passes unanimous. We'll
[25:49] move on to uh
[25:51] item C. Approve an interlocal agreement
[25:53] for dispatch and communication services
[25:55] between Galveston County Sheriff's
[25:57] Office and Currituck Shores Police
[25:58] Department for an amount of $15,000
[26:00] annually, Mike Cram.
[26:03] » This is a new one. Um
[26:05] our Police Department doesn't have its
[26:07] own dispatch center. We don't house our
[26:09] own
[26:11] records management software or
[26:13] computer-aided dispatch software.
[26:15] Um we actually
[26:17] piggyback off a different system through
[26:19] Galveston County.
[26:20] And uh
[26:22] they are
[26:25] basically raising their prices to
[26:27] everybody cuz they just went to a new
[26:29] Motorola platform
[26:31] that they have significant investments
[26:33] in and uh
[26:36] for me, this is not a big chunk
[26:38] to be able to pay for our computer
[26:41] systems and our dispatch system.
[26:43] Um
[26:45] we did have some discussion back and
[26:46] forth with one of the
[26:48] the brass at county
[26:50] to bring this amount down 25,000 that
[26:53] they originally wanted.
[26:54] But, uh we need it. I mean, we can't
[26:57] operate without it.
[26:59] » Okay.
[27:01] You have a motion on that item?
[27:02] » I'll make a motion that uh we approve an
[27:05] interlocal agreement for the dispatch
[27:07] and communication services between
[27:08] Galveston County Sheriff's Office and
[27:10] the Clear Lake Shores Police Department
[27:12] for the amount of $15,000 annually.
[27:15] » Okay, we've got a motion by Ed.
[27:16] » I'll second the motion.
[27:18] » And a second by Susan. Any discussion on
[27:20] that item?
[27:21] Okay, all in favor?
[27:23] Okay, motion passes unanimously. We'll
[27:24] move on to item D, approving agreement
[27:27] with High Tide Land Surveying LLC in the
[27:30] amount of $11,600
[27:32] for a topographical survey of Clear Lake
[27:34] Road from Birch Road to Northshore
[27:36] Drive. Mike Tram.
[27:38] » Uh this is the survey portion for the
[27:41] design
[27:42] uh and engineering of
[27:45] Clear Lake Road.
[27:47] Uh
[27:48] we're going to go ahead and do the
[27:49] engineering design for the entire length
[27:51] of it, but we want to the plan is to
[27:53] build the road in sections, first to
[27:55] Forest,
[27:56] then the next budgeted section would be
[27:58] from Forest to Ivy, and then
[28:01] moving down north from there. Uh but, we
[28:04] want to go ahead and get the design done
[28:05] for the complete length so that those
[28:07] costs don't go up because the road
[28:09] shouldn't be changing between now and
[28:11] the time that we're building it.
[28:14] » Okay.
[28:17] A motion on that item?
[28:20] » I'll make a motion that uh
[28:22] we uh approve the agreement with High
[28:25] Tide Land Surveying for the amount of
[28:27] $11,600 for a topographical survey of
[28:30] Clear Lake Road from uh Birch to uh
[28:31] Northshore Drive.
[28:33] » Okay, we've got a motion by Rick.
[28:34] » I'll second.
[28:35] » And a second by Jeff. Any discussion on
[28:37] that item?
[28:38] » Just uh so, when they do the survey, are
[28:39] they also going to be doing um
[28:43] I I guess I was I was looking through
[28:44] there that we'd do it like just, you
[28:46] know, everything that's in there in the
[28:47] right away, drainage pipes, culverts,
[28:49] everything. So, this is also going to be
[28:50] showing the flow for drainage as far as
[28:52] how the rainwater will be, you know,
[28:54] flowing out flowing out and uh diverting
[28:56] through uh all the culverts and ditches.
[28:58] » Correct.
[28:59] » So, we'll be uh updating all that from
[29:00] uh the old stuff again.
[29:01] » What I asked them to consider in their
[29:03] design
[29:05] was anywhere we might have the ability
[29:08] to
[29:09] increase volume
[29:11] either with larger conduit or an open
[29:14] ditch since there is no parking on Kuel
[29:16] Lake Road.
[29:18] Uh
[29:18] that they consider adding that to their
[29:20] design that
[29:22] Kuel Lake Road drains such a big portion
[29:24] of this island that it's it's really
[29:26] important that we make sure we're
[29:27] maximizing what we can get out of it.
[29:30] Right now we have one pipe
[29:33] coming all the way down
[29:35] from Forest
[29:36] that goes under this road to drain this
[29:38] entire side, basically, and halfway east
[29:41] on the island.
[29:43] And that's why Mary sent you pictures
[29:45] when we have a deluge of rain of
[29:47] her yard is completely full after 30
[29:49] minutes. She's got ducks bathing in her
[29:52] backyard.
[29:53] And we
[29:55] it hasn't been addressed in the past, it
[29:56] needs to be. The pipe is clear, it's
[29:58] just not enough volume to drain the
[30:00] city.
[30:04] » Okay.
[30:06] Any motion on that?
[30:09] » You already got it in.
[30:10] » Oh, I'm sorry. Any more discussion?
[30:13] Okay. All in favor?
[30:14] Motion passes unanimously.
[30:16] Um we'll go down to item E.
[30:20] Uh approving agreement with High Tide
[30:21] Land Surveying LLC in the amount of
[30:23] $11,600 for a a topographical survey of
[30:26] Kuel Lake Road.
[30:28] Um
[30:29] » Okay.
[30:30] » Okay.
[30:31] » Of Kuel Lake Road of Oak Road.
[30:34] » No, they're the one below it.
[30:37] E is Oak Road from Southshore
[30:40] Drive to Northshore Drive.
[30:41] » Okay. it's just worded it's just worded
[30:44] differently.
[30:45] That's the typo on me.
[30:47] Y'all wanted me to mess up, huh?
[30:50] You send me the new paperwork. Okay.
[30:53] Hey.
[30:54] Okay. From Southshore Drive to
[30:56] Northshore Drive.
[30:58] Do we have a motion on that item?
[31:03] » Okay, Randy. For your eyes. Uh yeah,
[31:05] I'll make a motion that we also approve
[31:07] into the agreement with High Tide Land
[31:08] Surveying for the amount of 11,600 for
[31:10] topographic survey of uh
[31:13] Quick Road from Oak Road
[31:16] uh
[31:16] Oak Road from Southshore Drive to
[31:18] Northshore Drive.
[31:19] » I'll second that.
[31:22] » Okay, got a motion by Rick, got a second
[31:23] by Ed. Any discussion on that item?
[31:27] Okay, all in favor?
[31:29] Motion passes unanimous. Item F,
[31:32] approve contract amendment with Gray and
[31:34] Gray uh PC Attorneys at Law
[31:38] regarding legal services for the City of
[31:40] Clear Lake Shores.
[31:43] » Uh I Do we get to ask you questions
[31:45] about this one? Make you defend it?
[31:47] » Sure.
[31:49] » Now, this is
[31:50] we get our attorneys
[31:53] Attorneys are expensive. They're not as
[31:54] expensive as engineers and we get ours
[31:56] cheaper than the market rate.
[31:57] This is basically just an annual
[32:00] adjustment to bring
[32:02] what we pay Dick up to something closer
[32:04] to what the current market is.
[32:08] » [clears throat]
[32:09] » So, you've been operating on what you've
[32:11] been doing the whole time you've been
[32:12] here, right? This is your first
[32:14] increase.
[32:15] » Okay.
[32:16] Okay, do we have a motion on that item?
[32:18] » I'll make a motion to approve contract
[32:20] amendment with Gray and Gray uh PC
[32:23] Attorneys at Law regarding legal
[32:24] services for the City of Clear Lake
[32:26] Shores.
[32:28] » Okay, got a motion by Ed, a second by
[32:30] Jeff. Any discussion?
[32:32] All in favor?
[32:34] Okay, motion passes unanimous.
[32:36] Uh we'll move on to item G, approve a
[32:39] general retention agreement from legal
[32:40] services for legal services as requested
[32:44] or assigned by the city with the law
[32:46] firm Lewis
[32:48] Brisboy
[32:50] Bisgaard and Smith LLP
[32:53] as special legal counsel, Mike Cram.
[32:58] » This came about because of a ZBOA action
[33:03] um
[33:04] on a zoning violation declaration
[33:06] and the ZBOA is being sued
[33:11] with the plaintiff wanting that
[33:14] decision to be overturned in court
[33:17] but they're not suing for
[33:20] an amount. They're suing for a reversal
[33:22] of the judgment by ZBOA.
[33:25] Therefore
[33:26] TML, our insurance provider and legal
[33:30] counsel for
[33:31] uh
[33:32] this type of thing
[33:35] won't cover it because there's not a the
[33:37] a monetary amount tied to it. So, they
[33:39] said basically we're out. Our contract
[33:41] doesn't cover that or our insurance
[33:43] doesn't cover that. So
[33:45] uh
[33:46] we are retaining who they would retain
[33:49] basically to represent us in district
[33:51] court.
[33:52] » Okay.
[33:54] Well
[33:54] » Yeah, that and this law firm currently
[33:56] represents the city in one litigation
[33:58] that uh TML where there's a claim
[34:01] through TML. So, the reason that it's
[34:03] called a retention agreement um is that
[34:07] they've already retained the city's
[34:10] already retained uh Lewis Brisboy
[34:13] uh Bisgaard and Smith to represent the
[34:15] city and this is just be a continuation
[34:19] of that agreement not only for the ZBOA
[34:22] but there if is if is if as and when
[34:25] there's litigation that's in the future
[34:27] that the council decides to go ahead and
[34:29] assign to them litigation matters that
[34:32] it would cover that as well.
[34:36] » Okay, we have a motion on that or not?
[34:40] » I just have a quick question. Is there a
[34:41] dollar amount attached to
[34:44] uh retaining him or was it just
[34:46] uh something we have to do is say that
[34:47] we want to retain them?
[34:48] » It's an hourly amount.
[34:50] » It's So, for the actual retaining him,
[34:52] we don't pay anything. It's just if we
[34:53] use them, uh we go with the hourly
[34:55] amounts that they have listed here on
[34:56] the uh
[34:59] on the uh uh
[35:00] paperwork thing here.
[35:01] » That's that's correct. There is no down
[35:04] payment. It's just hours that are
[35:06] accrued, they bill according to that
[35:08] based on whatever services
[35:11] um that they provide.
[35:13] » Correct.
[35:14] » All right. Well, I'll make a motion to
[35:16] uh
[35:17] approve the uh general retention
[35:18] agreement for legal services requested
[35:20] or assigned by the city to the law firm
[35:22] of Lewis, Brisbois, uh Bisgaard, and
[35:25] Smith LLP as uh special legal counsel.
[35:28] » Okay, motion by Rick.
[35:31] » I'll second.
[35:31] » And second by Jeff. Any discussion on
[35:33] that?
[35:35] » Yes.
[35:36] » Susan, your microphone's on. You got a
[35:37] question?
[35:37] » The only thing that I would add to that
[35:39] is that you go ahead and assign to them
[35:42] the matter with the zoning
[35:44] uh the appeal of the zoning ruling from
[35:47] the zoning Board of Adjustment.
[35:50] That you're authorizing them to
[35:52] represent the city on that on behalf of
[35:54] that particular litigation as well.
[35:59] » Do we do that
[36:00] uh right now?
[36:01] » Well, we'll wait a minute.
[36:03] » Okay, well, I'll amend my motion then uh
[36:06] as previously stated, but also to
[36:07] include allowing uh
[36:11] uh
[36:12] the Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard, and Smith
[36:15] to represent the city in the ongoing
[36:16] litigation um
[36:18] with uh
[36:19] » Zoning Board of Adjustment.
[36:21] » With who?
[36:22] » The Zoning Board of Adjustment.
[36:23] » With the uh ZBOA.
[36:28] » Okay.
[36:29] We got a minute of motion by Rick.
[36:31] Will somebody have a second?
[36:32] » I'll second.
[36:33] » Okay, we have a second by Jeff. Is there
[36:35] any more discussion on that? All in
[36:37] favor? Okay, motion passes unanimous.
[36:40] We will move on to item H, executive
[36:43] session. We'll we'll go upstairs for a
[36:45] few minutes and then uh
[36:48] we'll be back. So, we will go to
[36:49] executive session.