All right. The city council of the city of league c texas will now come to order in a regular
meeting on september 16th at six oh one.
uh, roll. Call of members. Uh,
mayor pro. Tim sean saunders. Here. Courtney chadwell?
here. Andy mann. Here. Tommy cos. Here. Tom cruise. Here.
scott higginbotham. Here. Chad tressler. Here. Alright. We have a unanimous thing
I would like to introduce pastor billy watson from the watershed watershed
church. We'll be our invocation speaker this evening. Ask,
let us pray. God
of grace, love and mercy. We pray your blessings upon us as we gather this
evening. Lord, for those whom you have placed in positions
of authority, we pray that you would grant your wisdom, that
they may discern what is good, what is right, and what is true.
lord, grant them courage to do it. Lord, we pray
that all of us would be mindful of every member of our
community, especially those who feel that they
are powerless or without voice,
or that they might know that they are precious in your eyes
and they are important to us and to who we are
or may all that we say in all that we do, be a blessing to all of our neighbors. We prayed in jesus'
name. Amen. The american flag,
flag. Flag the united states of america to the republic for
which it stands. One nation under god in invis
liberty, the injustice for all justice pledge the united states flag
or honor texas flag. P see the texas
one state under god. One indivisible
freaking head. Cole losing. Alright, approval of
minutes november 18th, 2025 if there's
no corrections, these minutes, stand approved, uh, proclamations and
presentations. Presentation by the texas tourism office designating
the city of league city as a tourism friendly certified community.
I just have a couple of words to highlight the achievement this evening of league city
joining the ranks of tourism friendly certified communities here in the state of texas.
on behalf of the office of the governor, economic development and tourism travel, texas, thank
you for joining, uh, me today in recognizing this accomplishment. It's
an honor to be here in this community, uh, and especially a community that understands
tourism is not just a visitor activity, but a powerful driver of
economic development, small business success and quality of life. Today
we are proud to officially designate league city as a tourism friendly texas community
and to recognize visit league city, uh, stephanie polk and her team
for completing the certification process with excellence. The program exists
to recognize communities that are doing the work, communities that invest in partnerships
take a strategic approach to destination marketing and management, and understand
how tourism supports broader economic and community goals. League city
exemplifies this vision. The impact of tourism here is real
and measurable. Over about 140 million in
direct travel spending in 2024, and almost 10 million of that
going into local taxes that were generated from that spend those dollars support
city services, infrastructure, public spaces, and community. Amen.
amenities while fueling local businesses, creating jobs
and strengthening the local economy. League city offers visitors
a destination experience that is both diverse and authentic. From water recreation
on clear lake, clear creek, and galveston bay to historic experiences at league
park and the one room schoolhouse to nearby iconic attractions like
space center, houston and akea. Boardwalk league city provides something for
every type of traveler. It's a location. Also, its location
also makes it ideal home base for exploring the greater houston and galveston regions.
that experience is made possible by strong accommodation partners, including south
shore harbor resort and conference center, along with local hotel and short term rentals
that welcome visitors year round and support leisure meetings and group travel.
equally as important are the restaurants, waterfront dining spots, local boutiques, attractions,
and event venues that give league city its personality and the parks.
cultural organizations and historic sites that help tell the city's story.
signature events like white linen nights, sip and sail cruises, and a growing lineup of music
festivals and live music events continue to bring people together and create
reasons to visit and live. It is fitting that league city is also a music
friendly certified community reflecting a commitment to arts culture
and the creative economy as part of the visitor experience.
visit league city also plays a key role beyond city limits leading
regional marketing efforts for bay area houston, and representing the region through partnerships
such as lone star coastal alliance around houston, texas travel
alliance and the texas forest trail. That regional collaboration strengthens league
city's visibility and competitiveness. Competitiveness in a crowded tourism marketplace.
tourism success, however, is never the work of one office alone. Today,
I also would love to recognize all the league city tourism stakeholders, the
hoteliers, the accommodation partners, restaurateurs, chefs, attraction
operators, event producers, artists, musicians, retailers, and small
business owners who welcome visitors every day. We also recognize the frontline
hospitality teams, the staff at hotels, restaurants, and visitor ies community
members who create the first impression and lasting memories that turn visitors
into repeat guests and ambassadors for league city. I wanna say a special thank
you to mayor nick long, the league city, uh, council, and
the cbb tourism advisory committee for their leadership guidance and
advocacy in support of the visitor economy here in league city. Your support
ensures tourism remains aligned with community priorities and position for long-term
suce success. Also, a special acknowledgement goes out to john orag
parks coordinator, whose collaboration with the league city cbb helps ensure
parks and public spaces serve as both community assets and visitor
destinations. Jose miranda of south shore harbor resorts and conference
center for your partnership and hosting visitors and groups, and also providing lec
letter recommendation on behalf of league city for completing the certification,
as well as amber murphy, owner of butler's courtyard for representing local businesses
that make league city so unique. Finally, I would like to
particularly highlight stephanie polks leadership and dedication and the work of that,
of her team through her service. Uh, she's pretty unique actually.
we're pretty proud of her here at the state. Um, she's served on the texas
association of convention and visitors bureaus destinations, texas, um,
board of directors completed her texas destination management
and certified tourism executive, and is an active involvement with organizations
like destinations, texas, texas travel alliance, and other main industry stakeholders
here in the state. As league city continues to grow, tourism,
advocacy and sustainable development will remain essential conversations. Today's
destination sends a clear message. Tourism is not separate from economic development.
it is a key part of it. League city is tourism friendly because it understands
that welcoming visitors strengthens the economy, supports local businesses, and
enhances quality of life for all of its residents. Congratulations
to league city, stephanie polk, her team, the cvb, and all the partners
and stakeholders who make league city a truly special place to visit. It's an honor
to officially recognize league city as a tourism friendly certified community. Congratulations.
I'd love to be able to present this, um, and maybe grab a picture with you
guys if that would be all
squeeze in a little.
all right. Public comments. Members of the public are invited to give comments at this
time, lasting not longer than three minutes. Comments may be general nature or may address
a specific agenda item. First person up is kevin berlin.
is this ? Yes, sir. Thank you very much.
do I hit the button or do y'all hit?
do I hit this button? Do y'all do the timer? We, is it when I start talking,
it's we'll give you, yeah. Okay, good. My name is kevin
dwayne bull, and I am here for the community of marina del soul that
was robbed by jm k five holdings in the last four and so years. They
have dismantled the marina and the boating life out here. I have seen the death
of sailors and honest men who love and honor and have a great opportunity
to be on this water, but we're being stole the working man, the vets,
the bill that's 87 years old as marina does. So
the, the mike who's a veteran from vietnam that's out there with his little boat and alls
he wants to do is have lights and be on his water and be happy.
and we have this opportunity because y'all gave it to us because we can't afford it.
but what we have done is we've respected y'all and we are being robbed right
now by jk five holdings, by jerome, by the corrupt people
that have came in here and brought the drugs where I've called the cops over and
over again, I begged to plead. And as we speak right now, there are drug boats in that marina
that have been brought in, not by us. We are the good residents and
these who I speak for, I'm talking to the seegers. I'm talking about captain
mikes. I'm talking about the good ones. Roger and I need your help, and I'm
asking you to save the marina today. The, the, the specifications, the regulations
that you're putting on us, these usc coast guards and the permits
and the building codes, and the people I know that's involved with this, it's not
gonna be pretty for us. We got people out there that have boats that are not running,
but they keep 'em in good working order and their septic systems work. If you wanna find
the guys that are destroying the arenas, take a walk out there, talk to us, the people that love this
place. But what you're doing tonight in this vote is unfair to the people.
and we're not prepared for it. I'm prepared for it, but the people that really
need the help aren't, I'm asking you to table this vote.
I'm asking you to look at the community like y'all ask.
I'm asking you to hold jmk five jerome, the,
the dirty management accountable. I'm asking you to get the drugs outta my
marina. All right? But at the same time, I wanna let you know
I am grateful to be here. I'm grateful to take my waters, my boats on the water.
I'm grateful to catch big old fish, and I'm grateful for helping the guys out there
that can't help theirselves. And we are a community out there, and alls
you're gonna do is break us apart and then we're gonna be shattered and we're gonna be running around
trying to find something else that we can't afford again.
so I'm, I'm begging you today to think seriously and deeply about
this vote and let me keep my boats and let the good sailors out there be good
sailors and protect y'all just as well as y'all protect us. But this demolishing
of boats and kicking us out is, it's not fair.
we're gonna go by the rules, permits, permits, permits, fees, fees, fees.
it's enough. We pay insurance. We, we pay registration. The marinas
that we're supposed to take care of that take care of the slips. Take care. We take care
of all the sewage. You, you hear where I'm coming from?
michelle s michelle slaughter.
well, good evening. Uh, I'm michelle slaughter, former judge and current partner
at the law firm of johnson associates here in league city. I proudly
represent david and carolyn reyes and, uh, they have a matter on your agenda.
nine c uh, they seek a minor repl to build one single
family home. And I trust that you will do the right thing and approve this
minor repl, uh, and uphold private property rights.
when we get to nine ci will be here to answer any questions you might have.
so thank you very much. Thanks eve. Gammel.
next up you can keep going, but next up after that would be cody and emily williams. So
if you guys want to move up after that, guys, I'm coming in in hot. No, you're good
citizens. Hello, city council. Nice to see you all.
merry alis, happy holidays. Happy plaza, happy you. Whatever we celebrate.
um, council and citizens. My name is y ml
and I am the galveston county precinct chair, democratic precinct
chair for district 3 54 where we all sit right now. I live
in league city as a proud transgender veteran and a community
volunteer. A year ago was the last time I spoke to this
council. Uh, I spoke in opposition to senate bill eight,
title. The women's privacy act are better known as a texas
bathroom bill. Then this council voted resolution of
support for that bill to, despite significant public protest. And
this month more on constitutional anti-trans
bigotry became texas law senate bill a
restricts access to bathrooms, and I'm quoting the law here and locker rooms and
governmental facilities, k through 12 schools, public
libraries, parks, universities, locker rooms,
anything that ties gender to biological
sex or sex assigned at birth. Uh, for
the first time, first violation. The facility where, where
this occurs is fine. $25,000. The second time
it's $125,000 for every subsequent violation.
so-called violation counted daily. Uh,
and, um, violations are reported to the's office. There is
zero penalty for those accused of violating this law. Zero
the boil. This boils down to state government finding
local government if they don't show enough bathroom bigotry
beyond this lobbying, ignorant, bigoted, unscientific,
and to say the least cruel towards transgender people. It's an
abomination to taxpayers. Why would you guys
want to see me in the men's room? I don't belong there
and you don't wanna see me there. It feels weird to me anyway, and I won't do it.
I'm a trans woman. I I saw a trans woman in the lobby ladies room tonight, right here in
this building. This has a governmental facility, isn't it?
um, I didn't see any bathroom police to report it to. Uh,
who should I complain to? Does lee said he have the cash handy to
pay $25,000 for a person like me to relieve themselves?
is he? Or just to pay off the attorney general for a citizen
complaint? It could happen, but $25,000 seems a lot
of money for me to relieve myself. Next time it's $125,000.
I am, but what of about a hundred thousand trans texas women who
will not follow this law because it's bigoted
and out of our personal safety and concern for my constitutional
and civil rights. You see where this is going?
uh, I'm almost done. All right. See where this going. Middleton's bill was never about
protecting women. It was more about creepy cis men controlling
where women p and persecuting trans women.
this terminally flawed law will fail because it's ridiculous. And unenforceable
texas is for all love us and trans people will not be erased.
the mere existence of transgender people hurts no one. And
I reject that. You are all really sort of small minded as to
tolerate this kind of thing. I reject it. Instead of focusing on
the gender identities of 1%, maybe you could focus on our
common humanity. All right. Trans people will not be erased.
we will not be sidelined. I will not be sidelined. And
if you'll excuse me, I need to use the ladies room and if anyone
wants to file charges, this is a good time to do it.
thank you. Alright. Uh, cody and emily williams.
okay, that'd be great.
do I have to hit the button up here? No, they'll turn it on. Okay. My name
is emily and I'm speaking on my concerns on subject 10 a regarding
the liverboards and anchored outs. I'm 24 years old and have been married for
four years. I served in the army as a forward observer in the artillery field, classified
as a 13 fox trot. My husband and I have had our taiwanese
sailboat and have been restoring her to perfection for a little over the entirety of our marriage,
working towards building a life together. I'm a waitress.
in fact, some of you here may recognize me because I've worked at many of the businesses in this wonderful
area, and I've served you. I've loved serving you.
the keah lake city area is my home away from home because I was
not born here. But this again, is my home. Away from home, I have deeply
grown to love the people, the food, the lifestyle, and the culture. But I
suppose such feeling was never mutual. My
husband, cody williams, has worked on private jets, cirrus planes, motorcycles,
the boats of this area for four years, jet skis and many other land,
air, and sea crafts. He has probably even worked on your boat.
now. We cannot afford a house or an apartment, but we have poured our hearts into our home, the
boat for four and a half years now. And now right as she's
ready for sale. All right, to the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness
is going to be stripped away. If this is passed, the golden age
of sale is dying. The rich are eating the poor into deeper levels of
poverty without any remorse. The dehumanizing us with labels
such as homelessness on the water, derelicts and
criminals. As someone who moved here, we were not met with friendliness
out on the water as the original woman said that this city was labeled
as a friendly place for tourists. I being one that decided to live here
did not feel the same personally. When we were anchored out
in beautiful, clear lake years ago, large speedboats waked us as forcefully
as they could. Knocking me over whenever I hit my head, while I was folding laundry, they didn't know I
was home. There was online banter
about attacking us with punt guns, sinking the ugly boats,
blocking their view and cutting anchor lines with their props. All of this can be
proven with the screenshots and videos I have collected over the years as a silent
spectator. We are people created
by jesus christ, our lord and savior as you are. We bleed red as you
do. We are not criminals. We are not animals or filthy. We are civilized.
we are americans trying to pursue the american dream.
many families, possibly including ourselves, will be displaced
veterans, women, children, honest,
hardworking, blue collar men that create this country, the
american people. All I ask is that you show us the mercy god has
shown you in your pursuit and your long happy life to
build a life with your family.
thank you.
I am cody williams. Uh, sorry. I have a very sore throat.
um, I've lived aboard sailboats for six over six years now.
uh, I've worked as a mechanic and painter on hundreds of boats here locally. Um,
my great-grandfather developed the tower life building in san antonio. Fa
smith, the smith young tower. My grandmother was in
daughter of the amer daughters of the american rev revolution
and traced our blood all the way back to the mayflower and the original pilgrims.
my blood has been in america since the mayflower,
the privacy invasion and the regulatory requirements
that are entirely detached from reality. In this, in
bill 10 a or, uh, the liverboard one, uh,
are what the original pilgrims came to america to escape from.
I've worked on a lot of boats.
the time limits set on correcting unseaworthy conditions
and on demonstrating seaworthiness are completely detached
from reality. I took two and a half years
to rebuild the engine in my boat. It was unseaworthy
for two and a half years with a inoperable engine. When I
crane the engine out into the cockpit, put it on a harbor freight stand
in the cockpit, rebuilt it there between there and the place that I worked at
the time, uh, as a mechanic on corporate aircraft.
and
I know so many boats around here, uh,
with similar stories. Even the big fancy rich people's
boats. You can't even get parts in 10 days or
whatever. A lot of
the people that live aboard are mechanics. The people that live aboard
treat, uh, sailing and marine activities
as a lifestyle that tends to attract people with expertise
in, uh, boat repair. Those people
are the kinds that are being pushed out. People like me and my friend. Um,
I particularly, I can, I can meet the requirements
of this bill with my vote, but it is a slippery slope
and, uh, this is going to end up pushing out
a lot of people like I've already seen that it has. You're
gonna lose the expertise for marine repair
that you find in liverboards and your
boats are gonna end up not able to be repaired.
alright, uh, michael sample
or michelle sample.
good evening. Thank you very much for having me today. I wanted to
touch base regarding the proposals for the liverboards
and the requirements that you've, uh, set forth with those that are liverboards.
my wife and I, lemme correct that 'cause she will say I'm wrong. I've been a liverboard
now for a little over five years. This has been by choice. I just
left a recent very well paying career in the people are gonna think this is wonky
in the parking industry, the parking technology industry. I've had a great career. I
gave that up last december. I'm now a small business owner in league city. Don't
make anywhere near the money that I used to, but that's because I do it because it's my passion.
I'm gonna live aboard on a boat because that's my passion. My wife was a former
manager at marina del. So, which I know is one of the targets
that, that y'all are, are having trouble with and rightfully so.
it was touched upon that jerome, the owner of that marina, he is just what he
was described. My wife did everything she could to improve that place. And I think if you
talk to everybody that lived there and all the surrounding residents, they will tell
you that she did the best that she could with what she had to work with. She hired
armed security to be over there. She pursued those that were not paying their
bills and had dilapidated votes. She did everything that she
could. It does not stem stem from the people that live there. It does not
stem from the boaters. It stems from the owners of these marinas that choose not
to enforce the rules that they already have in place. That's where your ir needs to
sit, is with the people that own these marinas. Jerome is
a prime example of somebody that is not following the very rules that
he put in place are what were in place with marina del soul.
as far as some of these guidelines that you are setting forth for an example,
the transportation code I've read on that. I don't see how you can reach to
the transportation code and try to apply that to boats that are moored inside
of marinas. The transportation code, as far as boats go,
applies to boats that are being towed. Those are on public roadways. We
live in public waterways and when our boat is moored in a marina,
we are granted rights to inhabit
that small amount of water. We have permission to do that.
that's granted by the state. The marinas have permission to have their marinas
and have their property in the marina based on permits that are granted by the state.
I'm trying to figure out how you guys are reaching that. You can somehow regulate that and come over
and try to tell us how we need to keep our boats. What condition are boats
need to be kept that you wanna be able to come on and inspect our boats? I see a lot of
constitutional issues here. The fourth amendment right? I mean, y'all wanna be
able to come on to our boat. You also read in there, you want us to be able to pre-sign a document
that says that you can come and, uh, take our boat. You want us to give you pre-authorization
to come take our boat. Think about the overreach that you guys are embarking
on. People that that choose to be a liverboard. My wife and I, we
could go buy a house, we could go live in an apartment, but we choose to
be liverboards 'cause we live on the water. And that is our passion. And if you do
this, you're, you're infringing on our passion to be liverboards on the water. Thank you.
alright, uh, josh
middleman.
good evening. Uh, thank you for, uh, allowing us the opportunity. I'm captain
josh. Uh, I am a coast guard certified captain of a boat.
uh, and I'm here to talk about 10 a um, eight years
ago when I bought my boat, it was what you would consider derelict. It was abandoned over
in waterford marina by its, uh, owner when I bought it. And it has taken
me about eight years to rescue that boat. That boat would've been
in the lake, uh, causing an eyesore all those years ago if
it wasn't rescued. But it takes time to rescue
a boat. That's not something that can be done in 10 days. Like what's being proposed here?
it takes time. It's already been mentioned that parts can't even get here in
10 days. It takes weeks to get parts. It takes months
to get labor done. Our boat was in the yard getting painted for two
months. How is somebody supposed to fix a boat in 10 days if it takes months
just to get something fixed?
or any of you? Marine surveyors is anyone that is working for
the city, a marine surveyor. Do you know how to judge a boat's
seaworthiness? Does the city employ anyone who knows how
to judge a boat's seaworthiness? I doubt it.
the other point that I wanna touch on is one day notice to evict
if somebody is selling drugs out of their apartment, do they have one day to
get out their apartment? If somebody is abusing their child in their home,
do they have one day to get outta their house? It's absolutely ridiculous.
the last point I want to touch on is that an empty marina will go bankrupt.
what do you think a bankrupt marina is going to do to the derelict boat
situation in the lake? All those boats that are in that marina are gonna go
somewhere. They're gonna go right into the lake. All right. If you want to solve the derelict
boat problem in the lake, you need to make the marinas accessible to everyone.
that's all I have to say. Alright, courtney tucker.
sorry. , my husband signed me up. I didn't, I was gonna talk today.
all right. Um, my name is courtney tucker. I'm also a liverboard and
I want to just say a few things about 10
a over the actions they're taking on liverboards.
um, people become a liverboard
for different reasons. It's a passion. It's a is, uh,
can you hear me better now? Okay, cool. Um, it's a passion for some people.
it's a dream for some people. Uh, we all have different
incomes, right? My husband and I, we can't afford to buy a house. If we wanted
to, we could, but it's something that we really are passionate about, right? We're members of two different yacht
clubs. We, we have multiple degrees between the two of us. We're
very educated. That being said,
there's many people who have their concerns, who are pouring their heart onto
this issue. And for whatever reason, it's just as valid, right?
I think you should take a walk in the marinas. Look at the boats, right? Talk to
the people. Come meet the liverboards, right? I don't know what your perception is of
a liverboard, but I feel like,
I feel like a lot of people have a negative, negative, uh, view on what it means
to be a liverboard. What it's like to be liverboard, who the liverboards really are. Okay? And I don't
think you understand our community as liverboards. We are kind of like the watchdogs
in the neighborhoods, right? Like we see who comes in and out. We watch people, we help people. We,
we tend to people who if they need something for hurricane season, people who have boat, who
just kind of leave them and they're not necessarily derelict, but they might be outta town or they might be outta state and they might
have a boat in the marina and they don't ever come down and maintain it. And we like jump on and help, right?
we help a lot of people and that's just a little bit more community. Just who we are as, as
people. Okay? Um, what my husband was mentioning
about the permitting situation and the limited amount of time we had our
boat in the yard, or we have two boats. We have one of the boats in the yard. Uh, and it took a couple months for
repairs, right? And that's what the crew, an entire team that we are paying professional have repainted
a bottom job. Everything else done right? Just like you're redoing a house. How long does it
take to get your roof done? How long does it take to get your flooring done? Right? Um,
I also maybe
pass the control more into the marinas itself. Like in order to
have a boat in a marina, you have to have insurance. And in order to, to
have a boat in marina, you have to have meet certain requirements. Right? Now, there's a lot of people who
don't go to their boat. There's a lot of people who just leave it there. They get dirty, they look delic, but they're not necessarily
maybe the engine run, maybe it doesn't, right? And they might, like I said earlier, they might be from outta state. They might not be
in town all the time. They might have just busy life, right?
um, there's also a lot of boats that get dumped
that are the derelict boats that get kind of like towed out and dumped in the water. And
to pass an ordinance like this would possibly add more
boats to that issue, right? And that, that is an issue.
sorry, one second. Um, that does become another issue that's,
that's bad for the environment, the water life, the marina life around there, right? So
just something to consider. Meet the people, come out, watch, walk the marinas. Look at the boats. I don't, if you don't
own a boat, you don't actually understand the concept of it, right? So, thank you
scott hyman.
scott hyman. Alright,
mary y oh, you come.
good evening. Uh, mayor, long
city council members, city manager is here now.
yes. Um, my name is scott hyman and I have been a resident
of league city since 2008. I'm a retired
navy ship builder, uh, residing here.
uh, but it's not related to these issues that have come up. I
live in an older section of league city. It's was known as
marshall edition, one pecan grove merchant edition.
that that neighborhood has been in existence since the galveston county poor farms
established the first building. There was 1899.
we have had struggles with trying to maintain, uh, preserve,
improve our neighborhood, and we have asked the city for assistance
in that. And they have come through in the spectacular way.
uh,
as 2025 comes to a close, I'd like to bring to your attention
act of conscious decision as several property owners to reverse the savages of
time neglect. And we have
reconstructed over 12 homes in that neighborhood. In,
in this last two years. It took the assistance
and cooperation of the four b's disaster response network.
fema, texas general land office, galveston central appraisal district, city
of league city public works department. Jody hooks league city arborist,
heather mcknight league city code enforcement department, headed by joe gonzalez
and mr. Diplomacy himself, philip meadows,
uh, league city building department was instrumental in
assisting us. Chief building official ralph blanco, whose accessible
leadership and staff development and cultural empowerment has, is clearly
evident in the form of his timeliness, accuracy, thoroughness, attention to detail.
he helped us accomplish the goals that we are achieving.
with that said, what I would like to do is convey on behalf of
the people that have come together to improve that neighborhood,
to thank the chief of police, chief ana, assistant
chief steven antley for getting rid of the drug dealers,
the drug houses, and helping us accomplish the goals ralph blanco, especially
in helping us rebuild these houses in accordance with the strong code.
thank you. Thank you. Uh, maryanne
delgado.
I maryanne delgado. Uh, I live in 6 0 1 enterprise avenue
league city. I'm here, um, council members
and others, um, to talk about the texas senate
bill sb eight, known as the texas privacy act,
or the bathroom bill, which is now a state law. And
it requires people to use bathrooms and other six
segregated facilities like changing rooms, shelters,
prisons matching the sex on their birth certificate, not their
gender identity. This is in public schools,
universities, and government buildings. However, it does not provide
specific guidelines on how to verify a person's biological
sex. How do you council members plan
on instructing the city staff to enforce this without violating
the privacy and dignity of residents? Some cities like
austin have passed resolutions to replace multi
occupancy restrooms with single person gender neutral
facilities in order to circumvent the laws
restrictions. Perhaps since this council supported
this awful bill that is all but one of you, you could invest
in similar renovations for city owned buildings to ensure inclusivity,
noncompliance, we know, um, can real
noncompliance we know can result in massive fines for
the city. $25,000 for a first defense and $125,000
per day for subsequent violations. Can
you present a us a clear report
on the expected costs of compliance, including
new signage and security personnel? We all know how this
law might lead to the harassment of any individual who does not fit
certain stereotypes regardless of their gender identity.
since all but one of you voted in favor of this bill, now let's
see what the monetary costs of it will be
for the citizens of league city. Thank you for your, the
attention to this matter. Okay. Uh, bj
buchanan.
good evening, mayor. Council miners. Uh, my name is bj buchanan
and my wife susan and I are here representing concerned residents of our
waterfront community. Before I start, I want to acknowledge, uh,
some of the homeowners are here tonight who have come out to show support
for the initiative and we're currently living with the consequences of these unregulated
conditions. If you'd like to stand up, please feel free.
thank you. We are not here to oppose boating
or marinas. We are here because unregulated liv a boards have
created serious public health, safety, environmental issues in league city neighborhoods.
we with clear city regulations,
marinas are allowed, or I'm sorry, without clear city regulations,
marinas are allowed to prioritize slip revenue over
basic standards. There is little accountability for the condition
of vessels where their waste is managed
or who is living full time on these vessels. In marinas, my
wife and I have lived in this community for over seven years, and many of our neighbors far longer.
we have personally witnessed and documented repeated problems, things you simply
can't make up, and events that you see from our own homes leaving
us utterly speechless. Illegal dumping of sewage directly into the
water, drug activity and criminal behavior occurring in the marinas and its parking
lots. Domestic disturbances requiring police response and interference intervention,
unsafe living conditions, including people living in vehicles because lack of heat,
air conditioning, operable bathrooms, and basic running water
boats that sink in the marinas are reloaded and quickly
reoccupied repeated instances of guests
and tenants using marina parking lots in place of proper bathroom facilities,
furniture engines, appliances and boat debris being discarded
directly into the water and abandoned vessels in the all over in the area.
these are not isolated incidents. They are reoccurring issues
that impact water quality, public safety, property values,
and quality of life. We are asking the city to implement reasonable
enforceable regulations, health and safety standards for
vessels, proof of functional waste systems oversight
or registration of liverboard occupants. Clear
accountability requirements for marina
operators. This is not about removing people
unfairly. It's about establishing basic standards, accountability
and safety for everyone who lives works. Recreates along
the waterfronts, we love league city and we want to protect
what makes it so special. We respectfully ask the council
to take action. Thank you. Thank you brad.
scott.
hello. I'm a 15 year liv aboard at
waterford harbor marina. Uh, at waterford,
we do it right. I've got insurance on my boat. I've got
receipts for 15 years of
pump out, um, sewage, um, removal.
um, we do things right in a lot of marinas. You
have one or two marinas around here that have given us given level boards a
really black eye. Now I understand these people with boats in their
backyards and they, that might not be a great thing. But
the bigger deal is, is when they cleaned out those marinas, all those boats
ended up as junk in the middle of the lake. Um,
one thing I need to say is I've gotta thank you for the 30 minutes I
spent on the phone with you and the fire chief, uh,
talking about the fact that when it comes to
the, uh, cleaning up the waste, uh, and derelict
boats and whatnot, there's a marine debris program from noah
that talks about the general land
office that has a program for derelict vessels
and structures. Section 40.108 of the
national resources code, the state of texas. Um,
the state should be taking care of the junk in the lake.
um, I was told that the city reached out to the, reached
out to the state and the state basically told y'all to go pound salt,
that they were too busy and had two big, bigger fish to fry and to deal with
it yourself. Well, that's not
the way this works. I mean, people are elected or given a job to do their
job and they don't get to pick what rules they're going to enforce and what
they don't. Um, some things
up. I, I feel that we're being unfairly targeted.
um, I've got more insurance than what
I need on my boat. I'm doing stuff the right way. Uh,
and I think I'm getting ready to end up having to pay for people that don't. And there's
already enough welfare in the world. I don't think we need any more of it. That's
my piece. Uh, jay thatcher,
my name is jay thatcher. I served in the army for 13
years. 13 years of my life for this country.
I'm also from texas and I'm very shocked that
we're coming back to this kind of stuff. Uh, it's,
it ain't right. Um, I own three boats.
I have two of them in waterford harbor. Both fully insured
have half a million dollar liability on both of them fully
covered. I have a third one over at legends point. Fully covered
half a million dollars, you know, so they float,
they don't, you know, they don't take one any water. Um,
if this rule passes, you're going to, you're gonna destroy
a very famous boat. One that was in a movie captain
ryan boat. That's my boat. Okay? I bought
that boat. It sat there for 13 years doing nothing.
I bought it. I put the mass back on it, fully
rigged it, put the engine back on it, put the transmission back on it.
I mean, right now I can't go anywhere 'cause the previous owner ripped
out all the fuel tanks, water tanks. I mean it's a clean build, you know,
uh, I mean, I've been accused of dumping fuel, but I ain't even got fuel on the boat.
got no possibility. I have a 65 gallon black water tank
that, you know, once every three weeks I have a pump out. Come
over there and pump it out, you know, so yeah,
you guys are gonna destroy that boat. Y'all passed this 'cause right now can't
go anywhere. That ain't right. You know, like this one
dude said that's uh, that's some serious constitutional
violations. You know, I'm living my dream. I sold my house
so that I could do this. You know, I didn't have to. I did it 'cause I wanted
to. This is what I want to do. You know, nobody
told any of y'all that y'all gotta live, you know, x, y, and
z. Y'all followed your dreams and you're right here where you're
at. 'cause this is where you want to be. Well, this is where I want to be. This
is where all these people want to be. They're living their dream. Each and
every one of them might not be pretty, but it's their choice, you know, that's
what we all entitled to. This is a choice to follow our dreams.
that's all I got. Alright.
consent agenda six a through l.
move to approve second.
all right, please vote.
motion passes. Eight four. None against
public hearings. Hold a public hearing on ordinance chapter 1 25
of the code of ordinance of the city of league city entitled unified development code related
to signs adjacent to overpass. Public hearing starts at 6 51.
there's nobody signed up, so it closes at 6 51.
seven b. Consider and take action on ordinance amending chapter 1 25 of
the code of ordinances of the city of lake city, entitled unified development
code related to signs adjacents to overpass, uh, planning and zoning commission
recommended approval of 5 0 0 on december 1st, 2025.
move to approve. Second.
all right, we got a motion a second. Anybody. Alright,
please vote.
motion passes. Eight four. None against seven c.
hold a public hearing on ordinance amending chapter 1 25 of the code of
ordinances of the city of league city entitled unified development code related to
golf cart parking on grass surfaces. Move to a proof second.
oh, this is the public public hearing. I'm sorry nobody signed up. It
starts at 6 52. Jump right, it closes at 6 52.
consider and take action. Our ordinance amending chapter 1 25 of the code of ordinances of the city of league
city entitled, unified development code related to golf carts, parking on
grass surfaces, move to approve planning and zoning. Commission recommended
approval for one zero on december 1st, 2025.
I'll second it I guess. . Okay.
anybody? Alright, please vote.
motion passes. Eight four. None against seven e hold
a public hearing on a special use permit application sup dash 25 dash
0 0 6 I 45 u-haul self storage
or request to allow expansion of existing self storage facility on property
zoned cg general commercial generally located along the west side of south
gulf freeway I 45 with the address of 3 5 1 south gulf freeway.
public hearing starts at 6 54.
there's nobody it closes at 6 54 7
f consider and take action on ordinance approving a special use permit app application
sup dash 25 dash zero six I 45 u-haul
self storage request to allow the expansion of existing self storage facility on
properties zoned cg general commercial generally located along the west side
of self gulf freeway I 45 with an address of
3 5 1 south gulf freeway planning and zoning commission recommended approval 5 0 0
on december 1st, move to approve. Second.
alright, please vote.
motion passes eight four none against old
business eight a consider and take action on ordinance 2025 dash four
nine amending chapter 1 25, article seven of the unified development
code entitled tree preservation, mitigation and maintenance. Second reading counsel
approved first reading five three on november 18th, 2025.
mr. Mayor, I move to approve ordinance 2025
dash 49 amending chapter 1 25, article seven, the unified development
code entitled tree preservation, mitigation and maintenance with amendments to section
with 25 dash 7.7 entitled offenses and restitution
to cap total in lieu fees and restitution at 100%
on the unimproved land value when a site is cleared in whole or
in some substantial part without authorization and cap total
in lieu fees and restitution at 50% on unimproved land value in
all other cases. Second,
I just, I noticed that the amendment came out today and I, I
know sometimes we do that, but it's kind of hard when, when you're, uh, going through
all of this and trying to get ready for a council. But can you explain
a little bit to me in in the reasoning for it?
yes, sir. Um, my considerate my issue with this is
developers, and it's happened already once on calder, where the developer
just basically told the city, I don't need your permission. I got the relevant permission and clear cut
the whole thing. That's not right. That that's, that's
not right at all. And this is not to go after the people who are doing it the right
way. This is meant to go after the people who are doing it the wrong way, like
that developer did there and making the penalty stiff on them so
that hopefully they, they don't look at it and go, well, it's only gonna cost me a hundred, a couple hundred thousand
here, so I'll just pay the penalty. Is it, uh, maybe chris
can or you can answer, I guess. So is it a hundred percent of the
appraised value of the property, of the unapproved value? That's the maximum the penalty can go
to. It was either 50% or a hundred percent. I felt like I wanted
to make this as stiff as possible to just weed out the ones that do wrong.
yeah. And my only concern is I'll probably vote for it because it sounds
good. I mean, we don't want developers out there just not doing their right,
their due diligence when it comes to getting permits and so forth. But my problem
is what happens to the single family or the single
person that does something without intent
and we're gonna charge 'em. I mean, if you're talking about a hundred percent of the appraised
value of their vacant lot, could be 500,000,
could be much more, could be a lot. 50,000. Yeah,
I I think 50% is quite a bit. Um,
I mean I just, that's the only thing I'm having struggles with on,
on that. And I understand. My main thing here is the developers who
come in and don't wanna abide by the rules. No, I agree. And, and
I'm not anti developer, but I'm anti developer using and abusing our city. Well,
I agree with you, but I'm looking at the other avenue where people I understand come in without the intent
of cutting trees down and, and getting
fined a hundred percent of their appraised value of the vacant land is the only thing. And
that's, I didn't have much time to look at this or even call you on it, but that's,
that's the only thing I had. Thank you. Go ahead. Yeah, I had it. It's,
it's, if you don't mind just one second, councilman. So prior to doing
this, this isn't something that I just threw wording or asked michelle to, to write up
prior to this. I actually reached out to, uh, assistant a manager, rick davis, talked
to him, discussed the terms with it, also talked to michelle about it.
this wasn't just something I threw up here and the, like I said, the biggest concern I had
was just the developer who's gonna come in here and
thumb their nose at the city and say, I don't care what the city says, I'm gonna do it anyways.
I wanted to make the penalty as stiff as possible for 'em. And I understand where you're coming from on a single resident home,
but where do we go? I mean, I wanna make it as
punitive as possible for these developers not to break our rules. Does that make sense?
yeah. Thank you mr. Ba.
we had a situation like this on calder about yes, sir. Seven
or eight months ago. Can how much did that developer end up
paying? I, I remember us going round and round on this and uh,
and then primarily can you refresh my memory on that incident?
but secondarily, is there the, is there an appeal process in this,
um,
that's beyond, you know, the, if there ever is another one of these
situations? Uh, so I can, I can speak, and michelle can correct me
if I'm wrong. I can talk about the, the case history. Yeah. The, the calder
road property. Um, it was a cleanup from texas road
commission from some old sludge pits. And they just clear cut the whole property
basically. And the fines that our current ordinance levied
on them was two to three times the amount, the value of the land
itself. Um, so the outcome of that, I think it went to the courts.
michelle can probably speak better to the outcome. Yes. That
case, um, it had a couple of, I think the developer was under
the impression that if he got one, okay, he didn't need to come and ask for the city's
permission. We certainly had a disagreement. Um, there was some litigation
involved. Certainly there was some, um, city attorney updates that kind of include some of that information.
ultimately the case was settled. Um, we entered into the settlement agreement where the, the plaintiff
in that case, um, agreed to replace the trees, pay the restitution or
some combination of both where the city would be made whole ultimately. And that
was made, um, as part of deed restrictions on his property. So he voluntarily
agreed he was going to comply with the city's ordinance, um, in order for
the property to continue on its path and development whenever that happened. But
did you just say that actually it was two or three times
what the value and improved value of the, the land was? 'cause it
sounds like you're capping their, so there's,
so the, instead of, so it's, it's it's 100%
the opposite of what you're saying is in this situation,
we stuck them for three times. All right. So and
you're saying we don't wanna stick it for three times. We're, if we have the situation again,
the max is 100% the original reading capped it at 50%. Yeah, and the thing is,
I believe there's, so the existing ordinance as it is now
has no cap. The first reading proposed a cap
at 50% of the appraised value. Um, this amendment if approved,
would raise that cap to a hundred percent. Well, why would we con,
if you want to maximize it, why would you cap it at all? All right.
I mean it sounds great until you
actually lay it against actual experience. I
mean, and which at the time I
remember thinking that's a bit punitive, but it actually worked out in our favor.
sorry. So dropped it. Um, I,
hey, it was a great idea. And um, but
I, I don't know, what do we do three times, cap it at three times? Or do we just say
that anyway, I'm gonna vote against this. Sorry.
suggesting an amendment. Well, but that's just it. So
game this out in the future, the next time this comes up,
you know, there are, there are other considerations.
whenever we're taking a look at an ordinance, anytime there's any sort of penalty or
restitution, we wanna make sure that we are staying within constitutional requirements.
and certainly we wanna, we don't want to be so punitive that it becomes an issue.
well, no, but it sounds like not having a cap
actually worked out in our favor. Am I right? I mean,
if I'm, if this is crazy talk, please correct it. No, I agree with you.
the mayor agrees with me,
but I don't wanna discourage sean 'cause he's, you
know, he's in there with a, you know, so
let's go around. I just, yeah, let's let someone else talk. I'm sorry. I'm sorry to ruin this for
you dude. I'm sorry for me. Thank
you ms. Mayor. So I had, I had not even thought that this could affect,
uh, individual homeowners. So are there any protections that, let's just say the average citizen
goes out and has trees cut down from his yard.
does does this come in and affect him? Do we have, um,
is this something that the tree cutters the businesses that they should have,
um, be aware of or how does that work? Sure. So the,
the tree ordinance, um, as presented and as it currently reads, um,
does, is not, it does not require a residence of
a single family home to get a permit to remove a tree. They're exempt from
the ordinance if they have a home on the property. Now, if they clear cut the property to build a
home, they are subject to this. But an existing single family home that takes
down a tree on their property's not subject to this ordinance.
um, mr. Mann, I'd like to remind
you that that what was approved on the first reading lowered
it to 30%. 50 50. Yeah.
and, and councilman saunders's amendment that you said you're gonna vote against
takes it back up to a hundred percent. So,
so my suggestion would be if, if you wanna keep it as high
as possible, is vote yes on the amendment. No, on the main, when we come back to it.
just a suggestion. Um, as, as to,
um, councilman cohen's point and, and how
it affects an individual homeowner, if they're gonna clear,
cut the property and put up a house where they don't have one. If
that process, at what point would they come in
for some request with the city,
um, along the way? Is it fairly standard they're
going to come in for some sort of platting or permit
or something before they would consider clear cutting? It really
varies, um, pretty greatly on the situation. Um, you know, if
you're coming into an existing neighborhood, you don't have to pla um, so you're just pulling a permit.
most of the time the developers handle the clear cutting at that point. If you're coming into
an older area of town like moore's addition, shell side somewhere over there
or there may be some trees you don't necessarily have to plat 'cause it's already a subdivision.
um, so you can potentially pull a permit without platting. And so the first
time we see a lot of those people is either when they come for a pre-development meeting
asking us questions of what do I need to do to get a permit here, just a cold call or
they're pulling a permit, um, to build a home. And then one of the comments
on that permit, if they don't have a tree removal request, is tell
us what trees you're gonna remove with this house. But, but what if they've already done it?
um, then they would be in violation of the ordinance. Okay. And if you owned
property, you were, you were land banking, um,
and it got overgrown, um, and you, you
cleared it, are you subject to this potentially? Um, yes. You would
be and, and are, are the,
the commercial outfits that handle clear cutting, are they familiar with this ordinance?
I would say most of them are. And all of them should be? Yes, sir. Okay.
all right. Thank you. So
I will probably let people just clear cut their lot if they wanted to because they
own the lot. But I understand that's not a very popular, uh,
opinion in league city. So I think that, you know, at least
having some kind of, I mean a hundred percent of the land value is still a very significant
penalty. Yeah, I mean that is a, that is an insane penalty. I'm surprised
that we were ever went up to 300 or, or higher than that of the percent of the land.
so, uh, recognizing that I will, I will vote with
you on this because at least it lowers it to something. I mean, a hundred percent still unreasonable,
but at least it lowers it from being completely punitive, limitless.
right.
my thought process was to make it as punitive as possible while not taking it in
excessive, making a potential lawsuit against the city to where we would fail
in the long run. That was my concern. If we took it too high and we got sued on it,
could we potentially lose? And then the glands clear cut and we're
out the money. That was my concern. And I thought maybe I
misunderstood that there, that there has been some lawsuits or legislation that
kind of made it to where we couldn't go too high on it.
am I correct, michelle? Yes. There's always concerns. Anytime you have
any sort of regulatory scheme where there's penalties or there's restitution
involved, you have to make sure it's not so high that it's considered unfairly.
and the courts, it's not a bright line rule. I can't tell you x amount is what's too far.
it's generally you gotta consider things, you've gotta consider factors. I
think staff has kind of put together some suggestions on that and they've come up with those,
these percentage thresholds. And one other question, I have the
land off calder. He's supposed to plant trees correct. To offset what he, to tore
down plant trees or give payment in lieu or a combination thereof.
okay. He's done nothing there. It's still a bare piece
of ground out there. So we still got the money from
him, but he hasn't done, if he was supposed to plant trees, he hasn't done anything. Uh, we haven't gotten any money
or any trees yet. We haven't gotten any money. Correct me, correct me if I'm wrong. Wasn't
it tied to a time of development of that track? Yes. He can't move forward with development until
that particular issue is made, made whole. Okay.
thank you, andy. All right. So last, I'm not gonna beat a dead horse on
this. Obviously, when we okayed this at our last meeting,
I don't gonna blame staff. Staff put this in as 50%.
none of us did. Right? All right. So
sean is correcting what he sees in as an error
by doubling that, which is
I 100% agree with. The question I have is,
would it, would it provide, because we
have situations, we've already documented situations like this in the past,
would it be better? And then procedurally, I wanna know what I need to do, um,
to just delete the cap. Like have it like it was
before, no cap, so that it runs
in much the same way as the last conflict that we had. So,
um, and, and then b,
procedurally, when do I make, when do I offer an amendment? Do
I, do we have to vote on his? Then I can offer the amendment and then we vote on the main, make
the amendment right now. Huh? All right. I then
that's the amendment I'd like to make to remove the cap completely. Um,
ah, look at that, courtney. That's
very uncomfortable when you make an amendment and no one else second it. So, .
all right. This is the motion to amend.
the motion to amend dies. Jesus. Back to
the original freaking resler. It's always tressler
. Back to sean's. Back to sean's. Now to sean's motion,
please vote.
attempted to vote now on this one. No, I'm not gonna,
I was about to vote. You should have voted against it. All right. Alright.
motion passes. 8 4 0 against eight b. Consider and
take action on ordinance 2025 dash five two abolishing the galveston county
municipal utility district number 14. Second reading. Counsel
approved first reading. Seven one on november 18th, 2025.
so move. Second. Second.
alright. It's always good day to get rid of the mud. So let's
vote. Vote somebody on it. Yeah,
sorry. I was too slow on the button. Go ahead. I just wanted to ask, uh,
last time there was one vote against and I wanna make sure we're not missing
something. So I believe it was mr. Cruz,
can you explain why you were a no, I can. Absolutely.
the buttons there are fairly close and I hit the wrong one.
and, uh, that was what, that was correct.
we're not missing anything. Democracy except the, the vote.
we could have changed the, we could in the future. We could change the vote afterwards if that ever
happens, but, alright. Please vote.
motion passes. Eight four. None against, uh,
eight c. Consider and take action on ordinance number 2025 dash
five. An ordinance approving a special use permit, sup dash 25 dash
0 1 3. Home to suites hotel. A request to
allow a residence hotel use on approximate 2.2 acres
of property zone cm commercial mixed use. Generally located on the north side of
pinnacle park. Drive approximately 250 feet east of brook port drive.
second, reading, planning and zoning commission recommended approval six zero
on october 20th. Counsel approved first reading six two on
november 18th. Move to approve. Second.
alright, please vote.
saunders is absent. You wanna hang tight?
alright, motion passes. Seven four. None against
saunders' shirking his duties. Uh, eight d, consider and
take action on a resolution authorizing change order five to the construction
contract with gw phillips concrete construction, inc. For bay
ridge flood reduction fa phase one dr 2 0 4
in the amount not to exceed $86,779.
move to approve. Second,
mr. Coes. Mayor, just an explanation, I guess from the city manager on
on what happened.
if it pleases the council, I'd like ron to explain what happened. Thank you.
the, excuse me. And the particular change order consists
of three items. One is for, um,
asphalt transition between concrete and existing asphalt.
the second one is to fix a, um,
less than desirable cover over storm sewer. So we have to do additional,
um, asphalt towards highway 96. And
then that one is around 53,000. The third
one is a driveway that the, the, the slope is too steep
and it also will have some negative drainage issues. So we need to fix
that. And that's about 24,000. And we have discussed all of
this. We did design engineer as late as this afternoon
and they're trying to provide us some explanation for why some of these happened.
okay, thank you. Sure.
that's it. That's it. Okay. I'm sorry. Come in here.
okay, ready? Both go.
7, 4, 0 hands.
you got your speaker on, so I'm not sure. There we go.
alright,
new business. Consider and take action on appointments and reappointments
to city boards and commissions. See list four appointments.
have the list. Uh, yeah. Um, just a quick question for the
city attorney here. Are any of these ones that we have to take individually or no?
no, sir. Alright. They'll move to approve. Do I have a second? No,
as a group. Second. Mr. , move to approve. Second.
ms. Chad. Bill, any discussion? No discussion.
ready to vote?
motion passes. Eight four. None against.
alright, consider and take action on the appointment
to the civil service commission. City manager's nominee position number three.
david madden term expires 12 31 20 28.
object second.
alright, please vote.
motion passes. Eight four. None against
nine c. Consider and take action on a resolution appealing the decision of the planning and
zoning commission to affirm the denial of a plat reyes estates
plat dash two five dash 0 0 9 1.
due to the plat not meeting the minimum requirements of chapter 1 25 of the code of
ordinance of the city of league city planning and zoning commission denied the request
1 5 2 on november 3rd, 2025. Move
denial. I move to overturn the planning and zoning commission denial
of the ra's estate plat, uh, application authorizing
a waiver of the drainage easement requirement and authorizing final
plat approval upon the application sat satisfaction
of all remaining plaid application requirements. I'll second tommy's,
I'll reread it if you need me to or give you a copy,
mr. Tressler,
you might as well go ahead and stand up. Um,
so my first concern, I see p and z's boat
was pretty strong in denial. My second concern,
the amount of issues we identified
with drainage in this city after harvey. Um, and that
not being the first time we've had issues. Um,
the thing holding this plat request up is that there is an
existing drainage ditch running through
the property that the, um, owner
does not want to grant an easement to the city for. Is that
a fair summary? That is correct, yes, sir. Okay. And
when I look at our, um, master drainage
map, it appears roughly everything
from this property to the intersection
of hewitt, and I believe that's dickinson, um, on
south to the city's line repair facility and possibly
crossing, uh, dickinson ave to the, uh,
uh, rv park. There all have drainage that
flows through that ditch towards this property
to get to robinson's bayou. Is that a fair summary? I believe john,
john, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it flows the opposite way. It flows south.
so this somewhere up there on dickinson avenues, a drainage divide.
certainly the property immediately south on dickinson avenue
on hewitt street appears to drain to the north into robinson bayou
in the ditches along hewitt street, maybe as far as texas avenue
flow into this ditch. Okay. So is once you get to the
city facility, I believe that flows under the railroad of benson's bayou. Okay. So
everything down to lime repair, but not including lime
repair. Mm-hmm . So there's roughly a dozen houses or so in
that little triangle? Yeah, I can't, I can't be sure of that. Some
of them. Okay. At, at least that's how our, our map showed it.
um, I don't
understand I why there
would be an opposition to, um,
continuing to convey drainage waer as it's always
been. In fact, isn't that something you're, you're required to,
to not modify? That is correct.
yes, sir. Okay. Um, and I drove by the property,
um, on my way to lunch on friday.
um, and I noticed that there's already a blockage
put in on this ditch, um, in that the,
the wire fencing has been extended down all the way to
the ground in the ditch, which already would
cause a problem if say, in the fall we had a heavy rain
event after all the leaves are down. Does that sound reasonable?
could possibly, yes, sir. Okay. And all we're asking
to grant the pla is the easement to be able to
maintain this ditch to protect all those properties from flooding. Am
I correct? Yes, sir. The easement will grant us the ability to access
it if we need to make improvements to it in the case of an issue with it.
okay. And if we don't have an easement, there's nothing
that guarantees that will be maintained, is that correct?
the easement is our guarantee to be able to access the property.
okay. Alright. Um, then I see
no reason to, um, allow the plat without that easement.
yeah, so I think, uh, the, the ditch is needed. Um,
and I, and I think the landowner agrees with that. Uh,
and so from what I've seen, he has been maintaining it better than it had been maintained
previously. And so the way I kind of look at this
is we have no projects right now
slated to improve that ditch or do anything to that ditch. And
we would be better off not having the easement and doing anything with it.
if in the future it becomes an issue and he fills it in or
does something like that and then it is needed, then we'll have to eminent domain
it, we'll have to go take it. And if that happens, I'm sure
that would not be a great process for him, but then it would be very quite easy to see why we're
doing it. So at this point, I mean, could we extract it
from platte? Probably, probably have a legal right to do it, but that doesn't mean
we should do it. And so as long as the ditch is maintained and it's also in
his best interest to maintain that ditch 'cause it prevents his own house from flooding, uh,
I see no reason that we need to control it or, or access the property. So I'll
vote for it, uh, because of that. Thank
you mayor. I just wanna clarify, uh, a little bit of confusion for mr.
tressler. First of all, the map I have right here shows
two watershed, uh, areas, drainage basins.
one of them is benson's, the other one's robinson's, uh, where
mr. Reyes's house is, is in the benson
basin. Drainage, uh, consideration. The dish
was put there in 1964 by a handshake from
mayor arao, the very first mayor of this city and the woods
family. And it was considered just as a, a,
a small ditch to drain some areas around there when it was nothing but farmland.
it has never been, uh, cleared. It has never
had any improvements by the city. Uh, we've never
done anything to this ditch until mr. Reyes bought the
property after the wood sold it to him. And
in fact, there is no easement on the property whatsoever. There's nothing that shows an
easement. It was simply a handshake from mr. Arao
and, and, uh, the woods family. The drainage is only
draining mr. Reyes's property. If you listen to
what mr. Baumgarten said on the north side
of hewitt road, it is draining north a little bit
on the south side. I would agree it's stopped up, but
it's draining to the south. So there
is no problem with this property draining to the south flooding anybody.
so first of all, I, I've always valued myself
on property rights of texas. And when you own a piece of property,
you shouldn't be taking it from people just because the city government
has that right to do so. In the eminent domain. We have no projects,
we have no, um, intent of any projects
for the last 60 years or, or plus.
uh, we have never done anything to this ditch. In fact, mr. Reyes,
if you look at the google earth, he's the one that cleaned the ditch, not the city.
and he did it because he wants to build a single family home, one
home on six acres. Now, if you're gonna tell me that six acres is not enough
land to drain water, he could dig, dig a pond there and drain
all that water in the six acres into the pond and problem solved. But
mr. Mr. Reyes did in fact say that he was not going to
mess with the ditch. He would maintain it, he would clean it, and
he would keep it as it is. The city does not have a right to imminent
domain. I think there's some legality issues. We could debate that issue later
on if we decide to condemn it. But I don't even think mr. Reyes
falls in the udc code, the unified development code because he is
a single family home in the united or in the unified development
code. It states very clearly you fall under that code if you're
a subdivision. He is not a subdivision. It also says
if he's a developer, he is not a developer. So I have some great concerns
about the code itself, and I think we'll probably go back and try to clarify what
a single family dwelling and a development intent
is. Um, even if we got this
easement right there, the property behind is dr.
gorman's property, guess what? We don't have an easement either on dr. Gorman's
property. So we're going to have to condemn that one too to get to
the diversionary canal that's on the north side of it.
um, you know, I, I'm not gonna spend a lot of time debating this.
I, I've worked on this for a year. Uh, mr. Tru was going to come back
and try to dispute all of this again, but he is a single family dwelling.
he is a resident of this, uh, of this city for many, many years.
he's a business owner. He's asked him to build one house on this piece of property.
and we should allow him to do it. We should not extort
a easement until he can get a, I mean, um,
extort a building permit until he gives up an easement. That
is wrong. And to me, that is taking of the property and I don't
like it and I don't appreciate it. But I know staff is driven by other motives,
um, and other things. But this man wants to build a house
for him and his family, one house on six acres. And for us
to sit here and take that drainage or that ditch, it's not
even a drainage ditch 'cause it's flowing the opposite direction. And there is
no, every, every plan that I looked at, um, I have
maps after maps in front of me. It doesn't affect
any other property around there. So, uh, I'll leave it with that and I'll
probably rebuttal mr. Tressler here again,
mr. Tressler call question. Yeah. Um, I agree we
shouldn't take it, but the mayor's solution, if we ever need
to have an issue with this ditch is to take
it by eminent domain. But, but what I'm saying
is we get an easement and all the easement gives us is a right to access
it, to maintain it. It doesn't take it, and it still enables
him to build a house. Um, so
to, to keep throwing out the word taking, taking is the solution.
if we have a problem down the road and to say we have his word,
he'll, he'll maintain it. Well,
that's not good in court. Sorry. Um,
and, and I'm not doubting his work. Uh, this isn't personal.
I don't know the guy. Um, what I do know is the amount
we've invested in drainage solutions for everyone in this community
to, to abandon
a drainage canal on word of mouth
is irresponsible for representing
the good of all the citizens of this city in the interest of one
person. And I have a problem with that.
joe, if mr. Reyes decided to, uh, build
other single family dwellings on that property in the future, would he have to repl?
he would have to repl at that time. He could build up to two technically on one
lot. One is an accessory dwelling unit. But if he wanted to build more than that, he would've to repl and
we would have an opportunity to go through this again at that time. Yes, sir.
just, just to be brief, mayor. Um, it is a taking, number
one. Number two, you're splitting his property in two with this
ditch. It's not a drainage ditch, it's a small ditch. I did walk it from front to back
on a very pretty day and it was dry. Um,
what mr. Reyes' concern with is if we give him an
easement to the city, which I wouldn't do it as a, as a, as
a citizen, then the city can come in thereafter. We're all gone from this diocese
or the mayor's not here. The city manager's not here. And somebody can go
in there and put a 30 foot culvert, uh, or uh, yeah, a
30 foot culvert all the way down the piece of property and, and pave over it.
I mean, they could do anything. That's why you don't give easements to the city.
just not knowing if there's a project or anything
else. I do agree with the mayor, if we want go out and imminent domain this property
later on and we see a need for it. But at the last resort, we should
be, uh, uh, forcing this person to give us an easement. There's
other ways around this. We could drain the water the other direction. I went out there and I'm not any
engineer, but I'll tell you right now, there, uh, it's, it's very easy
to correct without taking a man's property. And I'm, I'm totally against
it. Thank you. Just real quickly,
'cause I I think we got the votes on this one. So I if you're on the bubble though,
uh, to deny, to deny a man the right
to build his house, um, and, and almost it, it,
it feels almost like staff was trying to do something political in this
situation. Like, hey, we're not gonna do this 'cause we want that,
we want that ditch. All right? And to me,
shouldn't go that route. You just shouldn't, you know, it's, uh,
predecessors really sought political
solutions to technical problems. And uh,
um, I would discourage that personally,
if you need that land, you should go through imminent domain,
otherwise let the guy build a house and kind of
short taking kind of a shortcut in the situation. And that's what it felt like to
me. You know, uh, it's,
that's why I'm gonna vote to grant. Grant. Thank you.
so anytime that's worded, like affirm the
denial. So what is a yes vote with
the way the motion was made? Yes. Mayor, would you explain please? Yeah. Yes, yes. Vote would
allow the permit. So I'll read it because it is long. Uh, the motion was
I moved to overturn the planning and zoning commission's denial of the
res estates plat application, authorize a waiver of the drainage
easement requirement and authorize final plat approval upon the applicant's
satisfaction of all remaining plat application requirements. And to that end, there was
two or three yes. That that wasn't out there. Yes. And so we're saying that those have to get met.
the only part that we're talking about is this ditch, essentially.
alright, call the vote.
motion passes seven four one against first
reading of ordinances 10 a consider and take action on an ordinance amending
chapter 70 of the code of ordinances of the city of league city, texas, by
adopting article five entitled vessel residency and nuisance vessel abatement
related to liv aboard vessels, abandoned vessels, and derelict vessels.
and I'm requesting first and final on it, move to approve.
second,
I don't wanna punt this to the no , mr. Cruz.
thank you, mayor. Um, I
was always surprised when, uh,
we get such a big crowd that comes out on this. So
I'm just gonna kind of go briefly over. Um, I'll
just get started. So there's a whole lot going on in, in this
ordinance, and there's, um, and so just kind of fundamentally, it
does three things. It creates a liverboard permit system. It imposes
strict marina limits and responsibilities, and it expands the city's power over
abandoned and derelict boats. When it creates a liverboard permit
system, it does that by requiring annual permits, requires inspections
by the us coast guard, and the mseo requires insurance
plus towing assistance requires daily logs, gives the city power to revoke
permits and remove vessels under certain conditions and requires consent to
background checks in some cases, vessel removal.
when we impose the strict marina limits and responsibilities, the
liverboard occupation is capped at 15% per marina. And
marinas must assist the city with identification and compliance. Unauthorized rentals
will be prohibited when we're talking about the abandoned
and derelict boats. Uh, we, it gives the definition
and enforcement and allows the seizure, the towing disposal, the cost
recovery and liens. It allows for emergency removal.
I had, um, well, I actually gave to michelle and michelle
had provided out to, to all of counsel here, uh,
a a red line, um, for all the different changes here. But
before I, I read that, I'd like to just kind of continue. So the changes that
I'm asking for are, it's one to clarify who is actually a
liv aboard, uh, I'm tightening. The definitions of the casual or
temporary users don't accidentally trigger enforcement. This helps
us to, um, focus on real cases and not gray areas.
I wanna protect the existing residents and give a transition period. People already
living aboard shouldn't be displaced overnight by a new rule. I'm adding a transition
and a grandfather provision.
I wanna focus inspections and logs on safety, not daily life.
I'm limited inspections and logs to sanitation and safety. I'm not tracking people's
daily lives. Fourth, replace
it. Replace costly mandates with practical safety standards. Instead
of requiring paid towing contracts, I'm proposing a simple standard. The vessel must
be able to move in an emergency.
and lastly, to make revocation and appeals proportional
permits should be revoked only for real health and safety issues, not minor paperwork
mistakes. And people shouldn't be displaced while appealing unless there's a real danger.
so these are in summary, the five things that
are in the red line. And so mayor and
council, I have previously requested a list of ordinance edits, which have been
provided to council in order to implement those changes. I have made the following,
I make the following motion. I move to amend this ordinance to adopt
the following changes to change the definition of liverboard to 20 days
in a 30 day period. Uh, grandfather existing liverboard occupants
create 180 day transition period, allow six month old
inspections, ease the towing requirement to reasonable means
remove the daily log requirements, require consent or warrant for
administrative inspections, limit revocations to health and safety issues
with a cure period for minor violations. Allow continued occupancy
during appeals and cap minor fines at $50 with a notice to
cure.
that is a motion. I'll second for discussion.
okay, we have a motion to amend. And a second,
I just want to say, mayor, real quick. I, I believe that we do need some regulations for
these marinas, um, especially the one on davis
road. And, and, um, we, we've had some major issues out
there. Um, I do have some concerns, like I called you
today and talked, talked to you. I do have some concerns with some of the definitions.
I do have concerns with central harbor, um,
in some of the language. I do know that after our talk,
you, you spoke about the urgency, which I I understand that too, because
we do have a problem. Um,
I I hope, and maybe if I could have your, your blessing on
this, that, um, mr. Fulcher is here. If you don't mind, when
every everybody gets through, let him just say a piece, uh, about,
uh, south sho harbor. 'cause it affects a lot of people in this city
and in, in the liverboards also. But I, I plan to support the regulations,
but I would like to make some future amendments to it,
uh, with you having a meeting with mr. Fulcher and, and maybe with
tom and myself or any other council member that wants to, to sit and, and
talk about it because I, I do think we have some issues with some of the definitions,
just like I said, what marina, um, definition, I
don't think that's a, that's a good definition, but that's all I got right now, ma'am.
yes. And I'm certainly willing to, to meet, go over that. And, uh,
in no way would I imagine that this is perfect right out the gate, right?
we've worked on it since november of 23. That's
the first time we got on the boats and went around and counted up the derelict
boats in the lake. And I think that day there was 28 of 'em or something like that. There
was, there was a significant amount of derelict boats floating around the lake at
different stages of, uh, being sunk some all the way, sunk some,
the mass sticking up, some on the way to being sunk. Uh,
and those are obviously are incredible hazards for navigation in
the lake. They're incredible hazards, uh, during a storm because
if they get up and then blow into, uh, uh, bulkheads and such. And then
there are also incredible environmental hazards. They were leaking oil, leaking,
gas leaking, all kinds of things into the lake. And so it, it
kind of started there. And then in the middle of just dealing with the derelict
boats, we realized where they were coming from. They were being pushed out from some of the marinas. And it's
definitely not all the marinas, but it's some of them in town. And we kind of got into this
a little bit more. And then following on top of that, two murders
in the maritas, two murders in under an 18 month period. And murders
are not exactly commonplace in league city. And to have them concentrated in
such a small area, it was eye-opening, put on
top of that, a couple of overdoses, and then open drug
dealing as well. And then quality of one of the larger marinas,
marinas just falling down completely due to a lot of
the things that, that everybody talked about today. Uh, and that was
eye-opening in the fact that we had no
real structure at all to prevent derelict boats. We had no real
structure to enforce, uh, basic health and safety
standards in the marinas. Uh, and we didn't have anything that
would prevent us, or, or that would allow us to regulate any of this. If
this was, uh, on land, we would not tolerate it at all. Right?
our code enforcement people would be in there. They wouldn't allow you to
rent a boat to somebody that, you know, that is an unsafe vessel for
them to be on, or it doesn't have the sanitation, uh, systems on board.
so it, we would never let somebody rent a house in some of these conditions.
but, but because we didn't have any kind of regulations, we were
allowing it on the water and it was impacting the people that were renting them.
and then it's impacting the people around them as well. And we can see what's happening.
and it actually got much, much worse at some of the marinas extremely
quickly. I was actually surprised I had toured the marinas at the beginning of this.
so in november of 23 had been to, uh, all of them seeing the condition
and just coming back a year later. It had fallen completely
downhill in, in a year. Uh, so
I don't think, and we heard from a lot of people today talking about live aboard lifestyle, and I understand
that I grew up here, grew up with people who lived on boats their entire life, and I've, you know, been
on the lake my entire life. And I understand the appeal of it. And for
the most part, it's not a problem. It's not a problem in waterford, it's not a problem in south shore.
it used to not be a problem in some of these other marinas as well, but it became one.
so I think what we need to do is we have to get control of it, and we have to do something to prevent
open drug use, uh, open drug markets, uh, and
murders and just general, uh, falling down of
safety and health standards. So I don't think
we can limit it to 20 days outta 30, because that would be almost impossible
to enforce. I think 10 days outta 30 will allow people to use their
boats and, and, uh, and, and live aboard them in the, in the harbor,
in marina del soul and, and wherever it happens in, in south shore when they come down
for the weekends and not really have too many, too many problems with it. So I
do not think this is perfect today, and rarely things are, and
it will need to get updated as we move through and, and, and learn
more about these regulations, just like we updated regulations all the time. Uh,
but I do think it's important to put our foot down and get on top of this immediately.
and so we have a motion to amend,
please vote.
motion fails. 2 4 6 against,
now we have the motion as presented.
mayor could, I'm sorry. Oh, okay. Let's kill that. Yes.
um, could, could we have mr. Folster just come up and say a a moment?
uh, sure. Because we, we hadn't finished it yet. He just, uh, had a quick
question. He came in late. I'm sorry. Thank you. Council mayor,
city attorney. Uh, first of all, I represent, um, uh, south
shore harbor marina and, uh, waterford harbor mar to the largest marinas in the city.
I represent over a thousand, uh, slips. Um, and
we appreciate the opportunity to be able to, to, to work with council in,
in, in the city and come up with a viable ordinance.
uh, quite frankly, we welcome it. Um, when we have problems with
boat in our marinas, it can be a real pain for the, is to get
the boats out. Um, so this ordinance, I think will be a positive impact
on the city as a whole. Um, but that being said, and like you, you
mentioned earlier, um, being able to, to tweak the language,
we, we would have some minor suggestions, but they're important. And it really just kind
of delineates the legal responsibilities of the parties involved. You have the
vessel operator, you have the vessel owner, and you have the marina. Um, and
so being able to clarify those legal responsibilities,
to put the liability and responsibility on the parties at
fault. So for instance, if there's illegal activity going on a vessel in the
marina currently, the way it reads, theoretically the city could enforce
fines and, you know, other things against the marina, even though the marina has no control
over that. Um, I know in our, our, our client's perspective,
we have, uh, marina rules can't, can't pump out illegally.
if we catch you, you're out, or at least your slip agreement's gonna be terminated. And if they refuse
to to leave, then we have to go through a very long civil legal process.
that's why we, we we're in favor of this ordinance to a large degree because
it gives the city some police authority. Y'all can go take it out. Um, so,
you know, I would urge the city to, to, or the council to,
um, consider allowing additional time for this language.
but if it does pass this evening, you know, continue to work with the marinas, or
at least my clients to, to, to tweak this further, to, to make sure that the
legal responsibility's falling where it needs to. Understood. Thank you'all, glad to meet. Thank
you. Any questions? No, thank you. No, but I'd be glad to meet with you. Thank
you. Thank you. Alright, motion as
presented.
motion passes 7 4 1 against
motion for first and final second,
mr. Cruz. Thank you, mayor.
this is these people's homes and we are making
a big change. And if it, it sounds like,
you know, there's a lot of bad out there, but it sounds like there's
also a lot of good, and I don't think that
if we pass this first and final where they don't have another chance to come back, or they don't
have time to go back and talk to, to their friends, to their attorneys, whatever it is
our, that we're, we're cheating them of this,
this is, you know, this is gonna be christmas next week. And so
I don't see a whole lot of, um, enforcement or anything happening.
so I don't see why we can't let this come back at the
next council meeting. It's in two weeks, maybe it's three. And
let's give everyone time to
take another look at it. We can take what mr. South, like the, uh, gentleman from south
shore said, uh, gives us time to meet and go over it. I know that this has been going
around for a while, but don't first send final this. Let's, let's give them
a chance to come back and have a say in this. Thank you.
you know, none of us are getting rich up here. I
I make like 500 bucks a month doing this. And
whenever, whenever something, whenever something like this comes up,
uh, you always have to look at our motivation.
I've listened to some of y'all tonight and I think that y'all see it
as some sort of attack on your life or something like that. And,
uh, that's not what this is at all. Uh,
I got on council because, and I've told this a million
times. I'm from port arthur, texas, and I got to watch a city
devolve, okay, over about a 10 or 15 year period.
um, I'm just not gonna let that happen here. And I know y'all don't see
that as, you know, y'all might think, uh,
you know, since you've never seen a city go from being a perfectly great
place to live, to a place where you
honestly can't even plan a, a city a, a function for your old friends.
uh, you, you, you just aren't aware of how fast
a really nice city can become something other than that. So
tonight I'm gonna, I'll vote for this and I'll do it first and final, even though I'm really not feeling it
either because the mayor is moving on
a problem that is a real issue and that would be very easy
for us to ignore. Having said that,
we wanna work with you guys. Um, if you're
law abiding and your goal is to have a safe place for
league city where you can raise your kids, you aren't, at
the end of the day, we'll get through this and there, and this, it will be a
stronger city because of it. But if you aren't,
if you're slinging drugs or if you're doing things
that threaten the community,
I'm sorry, you're gonna have to take that somewhere else or we're
gonna have to introduce you to our, our police department. Thank you. And,
uh, yeah, I think you said that pretty well. And, uh, in the,
in the first conversation that we had about this in the, uh, in the workshop,
code enforcement talked about it and the fire chief talked about it. We're not going to jam up
people that are trying to do the right thing and need time to do it.
we are going to jam up the people that are
selling drugs and that are doing what they're not supposed to be doing on there.
uh, it's much like mr. Heman at the beginning of the meeting said, and that was
a a very good example. We had a portion of town, the older part of town
where they had derelict homes that were being used as,
as drug dens and with code enforcement, with the police department,
with the building department, we worked with the neighbors, we got on top
of all of those things. We rehabbed all those homes into nice new
like livable spaces and turn that neighborhood around,
uh, by flushing out the bad actors and not allowing,
uh, and just, just not putting up with it anymore. Uh, so
I think you have my, uh, you know, my guarantee and I, I know, uh, the chief
over already said it in the open meeting that it's not here to jam people
up over minor engine problems or, or, you know, backlog on
parts or anything like that. It is to make sure that we are trying
to go the right direction and getting these things livable and getting these things sanitary
and getting them safe. So I'll alternative to this. Thank
you mayor. And this will be the last comment from me. Um, I, I'm also, I think there
was a gentleman out here earlier that said he was a, a marine, uh, captain.
I'm, I'm one also. And, uh, I got the certification many years
ago. Um, we understand your concerns. You may have
a engine that needs to be repaired. We're not gonna go out there and
say, I, we got you, you got 10 days to do something. But these
boats that are just sitting there falling apart, you know, we have to take action
on it. And it's just like a junk vehicle in a, in
a, uh, driveway or at your house, behind your house of side
of your house. We have regulations that enforce that. So we're not gonna, we're not gonna do that.
I heard y'all's concerned tonight when we meet with the mayor, there may be some
new language in reference to if you're working on a, a, a
vessel as the other gentleman said about, uh, uh, the antique
vessel or whatever, we're not gonna, we're not gonna tell you to move it out and, and go
from there. So I, I think a lot of times when you see the city ordinance
come about you, you, you look at the numbers and it says 10 days,
we have to give you certification or certified mail by 10 days
to, to comply with it. That doesn't mean that the fire marshal, fire chief
or the code enforcement is not gonna say, okay, you got 60 days to
complete your pumping system or something. So we're, we're gonna try to work with you.
thank you. Alright, please vote first
and final
motion passes 7 4 1 against.
alright, uh, number 12 reports
from staff members. Oh, you have my time reports from council
members. Mayor pro tam, sean saunders, you time,
chad tressler. You have my time. Any man, do you have my time? Time cones? Yes. Real
quick. I just wanna say merry christmas to everybody. I'd like to thank the staff
for the nativity scene and the christmas display out front.
um, it, it, I know they worked very hard and very fast trying to get that
put up before christmas. Um, and we certainly do appreciate
the staff working on that, but having the nativity scene back in front of city hall
is a great thing. Again, thank you tom cruise.
courtney chadwell yield my time. Scott higgin yield my time and uh, I'll
say, hey, really great job with all the staff work that went into holiday in
the park and of course the volunteers that went with it, but the staff, I mean it is just a
ton of work that they put in with traffic control and all that and it was remarkable
probably, I mean it seemed like 15 minutes after it was done, they had the road cleared and
it was open, it was going again. So that takes a heck of a lot of work to do that. So,
and also thank you to, uh, to everybody that worked, sarah, her staff, everybody that worked on the
activity scene. It is, it is great and, and to tommy for spirit leading that as
well. So, um, city council city
league city will now go into executive sessions pursuant to sub chapter d, the open meetings
act section 5 5 1 et all the texas government code. The 16th day of december, 2025
at 7 57
executive session on the 16th day of december, 2025 at 8 37
city council will now reconvene an open session. There was no final action,
decision or vote with regards to any matter considered an executive session just concluded.
15 a consider and take action on discussion concerning potential purchase or sale
of real property interests. I move to authorize staff to proceed with
the acquisition of parcel two 16,000 wire 21 square feet
to support the hobbs road extension project, zip number st 2 1 0 1
from the property owner as discussed in executive session. Second.
alright, we got a motion and a second, please vote.
motion passes. Eight four none against 15 b considering take action regarding
pending litigation to witt city of league city, texas versus jrtm
holdings, llc, allegiance, bank of vertex community bank cause number
cv 0 0 9 2 8 1 1. I move
that we proceed is discussing executive session. Second,
please vote.
motion passes eight four none against 15 c. Consider and take action
regarding consultation with city attorney to witt unauthorized occupancy
of public or private property. There is no action right,
no action needed.
uh, and at 8 38 there being no further,
uh, action. This meeting is adjourned. Business business action.