Jul 22, 2025 City Council

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GO AHEAD AND, UH, CALL THIS

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND CERTIFICATION OF A QUORUM]

MAYOR, TRAVIS LUM, PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNNY SIMPSON.

PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SEAN HOLT.

PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER MARK TOWNSEND.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT SCHRADER.

COUNCIL MEMBER BILL SCHICK.

HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN EDMONDS.

HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM.

UM, SO NUMBER TWO, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS ACTUALLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHICK CAME UP WITH A PRETTY AWESOME IDEA TO KIND OF PRODUCE SOME COMMUNITY, UH, INVOLVEMENT.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO INVITE, UH, THE SENIOR PASTOR AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST, BRIAN BROOKS, TO COME UP AND GIVE THE INVOCATION.

AND THEN IF COUNCIL MEMBER SHAKE, YOU CAN F UH, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

LET'S PRAY.

GRACIOUS, ALMIGHTY, LOVING GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS DAY AND FOR THE GIFT OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE CALL DICKINSON.

WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO OFFER THEIR TIME AND TALENTS AND WISDOM AND SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

AND FOR THOSE GATHERED HERE TONIGHT AND FOR THE MANY OTHERS WHOSE WORK OFTEN GOES UNSEEN, AS THE COUNCIL MEETS GRANT CLARITY OF THOUGHT AND UNITY OF PURPOSE, WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERING VIEWS, MAY THERE ALSO BE RESPECT WHERE THERE IS COMPLEXITY.

MAY YOUR WISDOM GUIDE EACH DECISION.

REMIND US THAT LEADERSHIP IS A CALLING.

GOVERNANCE IS A STEWARDSHIP, NOT JUST OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, BUT OF PEOPLE, OF NEIGHBORHOODS, OF HOPES, DREAMS, AND CONCERNS.

MAY THE CHOICES MADE HERE TONIGHT SERVE THE COMMON GOOD, AND MAY THIS ROOM BE FILLED WITH HONESTY AND HUMILITY AND A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION.

AND MAY EACH VOICE, WHETHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, CITY, EMPLOYEE, OR CONCERN CITIZEN, BE HEARD WITH CARE AND CONSIDERED WITH FAIRNESS.

WE PRAY FOR THE PEACE AND WELFARE OF OUR CITY, FOR THE SAFETY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF ITS PEOPLE, AND FOR THE STRENGTH TO MEET THE CHALLENGES BEFORE US WITH COURAGE.

COMPASSION, ALL IN YOUR GREAT HOLY NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

I PLEDGE TO LEAD GOOD FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

LET ALLEGIANCE OF THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR THAT.

UH, NUMBER THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS

[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS]

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH COUNCIL COMMENTS AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SIMPSON, AND WE'LL MOVE FROM MY RIGHT TO LEFT.

UM, IF YOU GOT ANYTHING, GO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, WELCOME TO EVERYONE IN PERSON AND ONLINE.

UM, GLAD TO BE HERE.

I DO WANT TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO REACHED OUT AND EXPRESSED CONDOLENCES, UH, FOR THE PASSING OF MY GRANDMOTHER.

UH, KAREEM BRUCE.

UH, SHE LIVED IN TEXAS, BUT WE, UH, TOOK HER REMAINS BACK TO ILLINOIS.

SO I, SO I'VE BEEN GOING THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS.

UH, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND SHE'S PROBABLY THE REASON I WAS INVOLVED IN POLITICS TO BEGIN WITH IN THE FIRST PLACE.

UM, SHE WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF A COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN ILLINOIS AND ALSO SERVED ON SOME CITY BOARDS.

UH, BUT I, UH, THE OUTPOURING OF, OF, UH, CONDOLENCES FROM THE STAFF WAS HEARTWARMING.

UM, SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE WHO REACHED OUT.

UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS, MAYOR.

WELCOME EVERYBODY.

CO COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.

WELCOME EVERYBODY THAT IS HERE TONIGHT.

AGAIN, I BROUGHT IT UP FOR THE LAST FIVE MONTHS.

I'LL DO IT AGAIN 'CAUSE I GOT A TEXT LAST WEEK WHILE I WAS AT FIRE SCHOOL.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING ON ONE OF THE BOARDS, YOU NEED TO GO ONLINE AND APPLY.

IF YOU'RE ON A BOARD, GO AHEAD AND APPLY.

SO THOSE THAT ARE MAKING APPOINTMENTS KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN STAYING ON THAT BOARD AND AGAIN, DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE LOSS OF YOUR GRANDMOTHER.

SO OUR CONDOLENCES TO YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WELCOME EVERYBODY TONIGHT.

UM, THANK YOU BRIAN FOR THE INVITATION.

IT WAS, UH, IT WAS WONDERFUL.

UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UH, GREG BONIN, UH, HANK DOOGIE AND THE, UH, TECH STAFF.

THERE WERE EIGHT MEMBERS THAT CAME.

WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION CONCERNING THE DEBRIS LEFT AFTER CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE I 45 BRIDGE.

SO WE'RE TARGETING, UH, DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET THAT OUT OF THERE OR TO MINIMIZE THE WATER RESTRICTION.

UH, WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF NEW ACCURATE CONTACTS FOR TXDOT AND, AND PLAN ON CONTINUING THESE MEETINGS.

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UH, I ATTENDED THE EDC MEETING, ATTENDED THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT MEETING, AND, UH, MONDAY OR YESTERDAY I MET WITH EDWARD WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

WE DROVE AN AREA OF DICKINSON AND SURVEY DITCHES AND DRAINAGE.

UH, JUST WANTED EDWARD TO KIND OF GET UP TO SPEED OF WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.

SHOWED HIM SOME, UH, DITCHES THAT YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET TO SEE OUT THERE.

UH, UH, THOSE THAT HAVE DRIVEN BY THE HIGHWAY THREE BOAT RAMP, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PARKING LOT IS COMPLETED.

THEY STARTED, UH, WORK TODAY ON THE COFFER DAM TO POUR THE NEW RAMP.

UH, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE DONE WITHIN A MONTH.

UH, I WANT TO GIVE OUT A SPECIAL THANKS TO, UH, ONE OF OUR CITIZENS, SHARON GRIBBLE, WHO BAKED, UH, BANANA NUT BREAD AND RAISED A LITTLE BIT OVER, UH, $600 FOR THE RELIEF EFFORT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO SHARON, AND ACTUALLY, I THINK THE NUMBER WAS RIGHT AROUND $515.

IT STILL IS AMAZING EFFORT AND, UM, PERSONALLY, UH, I'M GONNA MATCH THAT MONEY, UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WORK WITH CHASE TO GET THAT MONEY FORWARDED UP THERE TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT AND WHO CAN DISPERSE IT.

YES, SIR.

UM, SO, UM, ALSO I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. AMBER PHILLIPS, UM, OUR FIRE MARSHAL, SHE JUST, UH, COMPLETED HER T COLE.

UH, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, MA'AM, IF YOU'RE STILL HERE.

AND IF NOT, CHASE PASSED THAT ON, PLEASE.

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THAT'S IT, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

UM, I, THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD JUST ADD TO IS I WAS ALSO AT THE, UH, COM COMMIT, OR THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AND, UH, MAYOR DINNER.

UM, IT WAS A VERY, UH, AWESOME, I GUESS EVENT FOR MANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO GET IN, IN THE FACE OR GET INVOLVED WITH, UH, DR.

BONIN AND A FEW OTHER, UH, STATE AND, UH, LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I WAS ON VACATION, SO THAT'S WHY I'M SO TAN RIGHT NOW.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, IF WE CAN GO, JUST GO TO, UH, CHASE WHAT YOU GOT FOR US.

YES, SIR.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNSEL, CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY.

UH, I'M, I'M JUST GONNA MAKE IT PRETTY QUICK.

UH, ONE ITEM OF, UH, OF HIGHLY IMPORTANCE IS OUR BOND RATING.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE GREAT NEWS TO REPORT THAT OUR BOND RATING WAS REINSTATED AT THE RATE AT WHICH IT WAS WITHDRAWN, DOUBLE A.

SO WE HAVE, UH, BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THIS.

SARAH CLARK AND HER FINANCE STAFF, UH, ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO THEM.

UH, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ALL WHILE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET AND DEALING WITH ALL OF THESE MEETINGS AND GOING THROUGH S AND P GLOBAL AND THESE INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

IT WAS VERY, UH, TIME CONSUMING.

UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, UH, GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT GIVES US OPTIONS MOVING FORWARD.

GIVES US MOMENTUM, UH, SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BUILD UPON.

JUST BECAUSE WE RECEIVE OUR BOND RATING DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA GO OUT FOR DEBT, OBVIOUSLY.

SO IT JUST GIVES US OPTIONS MOVING FORWARD.

IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUILD UPON AND, AND SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF.

SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, AND THREE C DO WE HAVE WHAT? DEPART, DO WE HAVE ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT ARE GONNA COME UP TODAY? YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, WELL WE GOT JUST MOORE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

YES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR TRAVIS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, THIS IS TRAVIS MOORE.

I'M THE HEAD OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

UH, I DID WANNA TAKE A SECOND AND ECHO COUNCILMAN, UH, EDMONDS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. AMBER PHILLIPS.

UH, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH FIRE MARSHAL'S DEPARTMENT, SO SHE'S GONNA BE A GREAT ASSET, UH, TO THE CITY.

UM, SO AS FAR AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, I DID WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW ITEMS. YOU KNOW, WE ENCOMPASS CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS.

UH, SO, SO FAR WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE ARE WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW HIGH WEEDS AND GRASS ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

UH, THAT HAS BEEN A PROCESS, ONE PROPERTY AT A TIME.

UH, WE'RE TRYING TO KNOCK OUT THE HIGH WEEDS AND GRASS NUISANCE AROUND THE CITY.

UH, SINCE, UH, THE PASSING OF THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS CODE ENFORCEMENT TO ISSUE CITATIONS, WE'VE ISSUED 66 CODE ENFORCEMENT RELATED CITATIONS.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, SINCE THE MONTH OF APRIL, WE'VE REMOVED 250 SNIPE SIGNS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

EXCUSE ME.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, FOR OUR SUBSTANDARD BUILDING PROGRAM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 10 ABATEMENT ORDERS THAT ARE ACTIVE, UH, FOR PROPERTIES.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE TWO THAT WE RECENTLY TOOK BACK TO MUNICIPAL COURT AND HAD THE ABATEMENT ORDER REVERSED AS THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE WISHING TO REHAB THE PROPERTY AND

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SO THAT WENT THROUGH.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE, AT THIS TIME A LIST OF 10 SUBSTANDARD PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN PURSUING, UH, THAT DO NOT HAVE ABATEMENT ORDERS.

UH, THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT AS FAR AS PERMITTING, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF, UH, PROJECTS OF NOTE AROUND THE CITY.

UH, WE HAVE BODY LAKE SECTION FIVE, WHO IS CURRENTLY, UH, WORKING ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SECTION OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, THIS IS A PRETTY HOT TICKET ITEM.

ZIEGLER'S, UH, WE HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW.

THEIR PERMIT IS ISSUED AND I BELIEVE THEY INTEND TO START CONSTRUCTION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MEETING TOMORROW.

WE ALSO HAVE ON THE WEST SIDE A QUICK TRIP GOING IN AT HUGHES LANE AND FIVE 17.

UH, SO THAT PERMIT IS ALSO ISSUED.

THEY STARTED SITE WORK YESTERDAY WITH A PROPOSED OPENING DATE OF FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE THESE ARE, THESE ARE PROJECTS WITH A LONG TIME COMING.

WE HAVE THE JACK IN THE BOX.

THEY HAVE SUBMITTED, UH, FOR A REMODEL PERMIT.

IT'S BEEN THROUGH A COUPLE ROUNDS OF REVIEW.

UH, THEY HAD AN ASBESTOS REPORT.

THERE WAS SOME ASBESTOS.

THEY HAD THAT REMOVED.

AND WE HAD A MEETING EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WITH THEM TO DISCUSS.

JUST A COUPLE LINGERING ITEMS ON THEIR PLANS.

UH, SEEMED TO BE WORKED OUT, NO PROBLEM.

THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE US WITH THE FINAL PLAN SET AND THEY SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD THE PARKVIEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AT 6 46 AND, UH, FIVE 17.

WE HAD THEIR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVED AT P AND Z LAST WEEK.

UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF THEIR FIRST STEP.

THEY DO THE PRELIM PLAT, THEY'RE GONNA SUBMIT FOR THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE PERMIT AFTER THAT AND HOPEFULLY GET THAT DEVELOPMENT GOING.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU MUCH FOR THAT.

THANK YOU TRAVIS.

MR. CAREY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS OR IS THAT THE ONE FOR TODAY? NO, SIR.

AWESOME.

WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

ALRIGHT, SO NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, LASTING NOT LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.

COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL IN NATURE OR MAY ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM AND SHOULD BE DIRECTED AT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.

NOT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OR STAFF.

ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS OR USING VULGAR OR PROFANE LANGUAGE SHALL FORFEIT HIS OR HER REMAINING TIME AND SHALL BE SEATED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT DELIBERATE.

UH, AND ON GENERAL COMMENTS, WE HAVE, UH, MR. TRAVIS MCNEIL.

HI, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M JUST BACK TO, UH, SAY A LITTLE, SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE WITH THIS PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP.

UM, IT WAS PROMISED TO THE YOUNG ADULTS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

THE CITY SAYS IT'S NOT THEM THAT ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOCATING THE FUNDS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP, THAT IT'S THE DICKINSON MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

WELL, THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR AT LEAST AN EXPLANATION OF WHY THIS IS NOT HAPPENING.

IT'S, UH, THE PROMISE IS BEING RELIED ON FOR THE TUITION OF MANY YOUNG, NEW VOTERS.

AND HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THE VIEWPOINTS OF THE POLITICAL OPINIONS OF THESE YOUNG ADULTS ABOUT THE CURRENT, UH, ADMINISTRATION IN THIS TOWN AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH THE EDUCATION AND THE WELLBEING OF THOSE THAT ARE RELYING ON THIS SCHOLARSHIP? UM, I THINK ABOUT ALL THE CHILDREN THAT WERE PROMISED THIS SCHOLARSHIP.

UM, THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED.

HITCHCOCK, TEXAS CITY, LAMAR, SANTA FE, AND EVEN GALVESTON HAS A PROGRAM FOR THEIR GRADUATES TO ATTEND COLLEGE OF, OF THE GALVESTON COLLEGE.

AND IT'S JUST BEEN A MODEL THAT'S BEEN USED, YOU KNOW, IN OUR AREA.

AND WE SEEM TO BE THE ONLY ONES THAT AREN'T ABLE TO PULL IT OFF.

UM, WHAT IS THE DICKINSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION? A LARGE PORTION OF OUR TAX REVENUE IN THE CITY IS ALLOCATED TO EDUCATION.

UH, I THINK EDUCATION UTILITIES ARE THE BIGGEST EXPENSES, UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BUT THAT ARE USED, UH, FROM THE COLLECTED TAXES.

OUR CITY FINANCE OFFICIALS, UM, NEED TO STEP UP.

MATT OLA, UM, THE ASSISTANT MANAGER OF THE FINANCIAL, I, I, UH, HE BASICALLY TOLD MY KID THAT HE COULD COMPLAIN AND ARGUE AND TRY TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT THAT IT WAS POINTLESS.

IS THAT THE MESSAGE THAT, UM, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS PAID BY THE TAXPAYERS HAS TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AFFECTED, UM, BY THIS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM 'EM? UM, WE CAN'T GET THROUGH TO THE CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

THERE'S NO REPRESENTATIVE TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS.

UH, WE WANT SOME ANSWERS.

IT SEEMS THAT OUR

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I PROPOSE THERE BE A SPECIAL MEETING, WHICH I FOUND OUT YESTERDAY THAT THERE ACTUALLY IS A MEETING.

BUT LAST TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE, I DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL YESTERDAY.

THAT THEY, THAT THEY HAVE THESE MEETINGS.

UM, THEY SHOULD ADDRESS THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE US AN EXPLANATION, HOPEFULLY SOME SOLUTIONS TO THIS ISSUE.

LAST THURSDAY WAS THE MEETING AND Y'ALL DIDN'T LET US KNOW.

SO I DON'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA.

I'M BUSY 13 HOURS A DAY.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE TIME TO DIG INTO THIS ISSUE, BUT I WILL FIND SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL TAKE THE TIME TO TRY TO GET TO A BETTER SOLUTION THAN WHAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS JUST A A, AN EMPTY PROMISE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

AND, UH, UH, CITY ATTORNEY.

CAN, CAN I COMMENT ABOUT THIS? UH, YES SIR.

OKAY, AWESOME.

SO I WILL BRING THAT UP.

I WILL EXACT, UH, COMMENT ABOUT THAT SITUATION BECAUSE I DON'T WANT, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE JUST MENTIONED TO TAKE THE BRUNT FORCE OF IT.

UM, I ACTUALLY TALKED TO HIS SON FOR 30 MINUTES AT MY PERSONAL PRACTICE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH, HE DIDN'T BRING THAT UP.

UM, THE REASON, AND I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY, I'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY THE REASON WHY THE CITY OF DICKINSON CANNOT PAY FOR THAT ANYMORE.

THERE ARE FIVE COMMUNITIES THAT GO INTO THE CITY, THE DICKINSON SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS ILLEGAL FOR US TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS PAYING FOR OTHER, OTHER CITIZENS THAT DON'T LIVE HERE.

UM, THAT'S AGAINST THE LAW FOR THE DMD TO FUND THAT.

THE SECOND THING IS THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION'S MAIN MISSION IS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ZERO TAX PAYING DOLLARS THAT GOES INTO IT.

IT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDRAISED MONEY, A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDRAISED MONEY.

CALM IS THE REASON WHY THIS IS GETTING DEALT WITH.

COMM HAS EVERY ABILITY TO RUN THEIR OWN FOUNDATION AND FINRA FOR THEIR PROMISE THAT THEY MADE.

NOT THE CITY OF DICKINSON, NOT THE DMD, NOT THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

SO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PROMISE PROGRAM, LIKE I TOLD YOUR SON, WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO IS GO TALK TO CALM THEIR PRESIDENT AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY MISMANAGED THE FUNDS.

AND THAT'S WHY THE, THE PROMISE IS BEING LIED TO.

AND I, I TOLD THAT TO YOUR SON YESTERDAY, I WASN'T THERE AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE YOU.

NO PROBLEM.

I JUST WISH Y'ALL WOULD COMMUNICATE.

SO WE DIDN'T JUST HAVE TO RUB A VERY GOOD WORKER AND NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL MR. MATT MAGDALENO THROUGH THE MUD.

AND THAT'S WHERE I HAD TO STOP.

I'M NOT, I I HAD TO, I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING.

SO, AND IT'S NO, NO FAULT TO YOU BY ANY MEANS.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.

I HAVE TO STILL LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

SO, UM, I I I WILL AFTER THAT, LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS THOUGH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, NUMBER FIVE, CONSENT

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.

THERE WILL NOT BE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT, THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSSED AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO I GOT A SECOND? ALRIGHT, I GOT A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTION PASS.

SIX OLD

[6.A ORDINANCE NO. XXX-2025 - Consideration and possible action to approve an Agenda Council Regular Meeting Council Chambers 4403 State Highway 3 Dickinson, TX 77539 The presiding member and a quorum of the City Council will be present at the physical location shown above. Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM ordinance to amend the official zoning map from URBAN TRANSITION (DT) zoning district to DOWNTOWN (DT) on approximately 6.677 acres of property located at 4015 DICKINSON AVE and legally described as follows: ABST 78 R HALL E 166 FT BLK 305 ALL BLK 306 & 314 & PT E 166 FT LT 313 & ALL ADJ ALLEYS AND STREETS ACS 5.287 NICHOLSTONE (2nd Reading)]

SECOND READING.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

MOTION.

GOT A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED.

UH, SIX

[6.B RESOLUTION XXX-2025 - Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Dickinson, Texas, to approve an infrastructure improvement Project by the Dickinson Economic Development Corporation to promote or develop a new or expanded business enterprise in the City of Dickinson. ]

SO MOVED.

GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSIONS? SO, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON SIX B? UH, SIX B.

WE DO.

ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT PUBLIC COMMENTS ON SIX B.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UH, I GOT, UH, DONNA SANDERS AND, CORRECT, SORRY.

DR. DONNA SANDERS.

DONNA SANDERS.

I LIVE 2318 TIMBER DRIVE HERE IN DICKINSON.

AND, UH, OWN A BUSINESS ON FIVE 17.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT AND LISTENING TO ME.

UM, RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I WANTED TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP.

UH, JUST, SORRY, I'M VERY NERVOUS.

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I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE NAME OF WHO OWNS THE BUILDING AND THE PROPERTY, AND I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

WHEN I STARTED MY PRACTICE AS A CHIROPRACTOR DOWN IN GALVESTON IN 1991, WHEN I WAS 24 YEARS OLD AND HAD A HARD TIME PICKING A NAME FOR THE BUSINESS, I JUST NAMED IT, IT'S A SUB S CORPORATION, DR. DONNA S. SANDERS, DC AND IT WAS A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION THAT IS MY CORPORATE NAME.

WHEN I GOT WIPED OUT ON 61ST STREET BY HURRICANE IKE, I MOVED TO DICKINSON.

I MOVED UP HERE, LOVE IT.

MOVED MY HOUSE, EVERYTHING.

I'M GONNA LIVE UP HERE NOW.

AND I ENDED UP MOVING INTO THIS BUILDING AND THE WARRANTS RENTED IT TO ME UNTIL I COULD BUY IT FROM THEM.

2013, I WAS STILL CHIROPRACTIC THEN, AND I BOUGHT IT UNDER THAT CORPORATE NAME.

DOES THAT CLARIFY THE NAME PROBLEM THAT Y'ALL WERE HAVING LAST WEEK? SO IT'S NOT MY PERSONAL NAME ON THE DEED OR THE PROPERTY OR ANYTHING.

IT IS JUST A CORPORATE NAME.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP REAL QUICK.

IN JULY OF 22, I DECIDED I WANTED TO MEDICALLY INTEGRATE THE PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS LEGALLY.

FOR A CHIROPRACTOR TO DO THAT, WE HAD TO CREATE AN ENTIRE NEW ENTITY.

SO I HAD TO CREATE ALINE MEDICAL CENTER, PLLC, DOING BUSINESS AS WELLNESS FIRST MEDICAL CENTER.

THAT BUSINESS IS FUNCTIONING IN THE BUILDING THAT DR. DONNA S. SANDERS, DCPA OWNS ALL OF THAT.

CLEAR NOW ON THE LINEUP OF THE, OKAY.

SO WE, WE DID THIS SO WE COULD PROVIDE A HEALTHIER, UH, SOLUTION TO PAIN MANAGEMENT THAN WHAT WE WERE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

RIGHT? UM, NON-SURGICAL PAIN MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT OPTIONS.

OUR GOAL IS TO OFFER A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THAT HELPS PATIENTS AVOID RELIANCE ON PAIN MEDICATIONS AND WHENEVER POSSIBLE SURGERY.

IN 23, WE HAD A MASSIVE YEAR OF GROWTH BECAUSE WE ADDED THESE THINGS TO THE PRACTICE AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP MORE PEOPLE.

WE EXPANDED SERVICES.

I HIRED A NURSE PRACTITIONER WHO'S HERE WITH ME TONIGHT.

I HIRED A MEDICAL ASSISTANT, A PHLEBOTOMIST.

I STARTED ADDING PEOPLE TO THE BUSINESS TO OFFER THESE NEW AMAZING SERVICES TO HELP MORE PEOPLE.

THEN WE HIT A WALL, LITERALLY A WALL.

THOSE MEDIAS GOT PUT IN.

I KNOW TEX DID 'EM.

I, I UNDERSTAND.

AND NOBODY LIKES 'EM.

I HEAR ABOUT IT EVERY DAY FROM EVERY PATIENT WHO WALKS IN.

AND AS A RESULT, PEOPLE WITH CARS THAT ARE LARGER THAN AVERAGE CANNOT U-TURN RIGHT THERE.

YOU CANNOT TURN LEFT IN OR OUTTA MY PARKING LOT.

YOU CANNOT.

SO IT CUT OUT SOME BUSINESS DOWN, TURNING LEFT ONTO PABST.

THE U-TURN IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A LOT OF CARS.

YOU KNOW WHAT, EVEN THE POLICE BIG CRUISERS, WHEN THEY NEED TO MAKE A U-TURN THERE, THEY COME THROUGH MY GRASS.

THE PUBLIC HAS MADE A PATHWAY THROUGH MY YARD.

I WAS OKAY WITH THAT.

I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IN MY YARD HAS TO BE IMMACULATE.

HOWEVER, IT IS BECOMING A PROBLEM BECAUSE WITH WEATHER AND WEAR AND TEAR, WE'RE GETTING HUGE HOLES.

I PERSONALLY MASHED THE FRONT OF MY CAR COMING THROUGH IT THE OTHER DAY AT IT'S THE WRONG ANGLE.

WHEN IT GETS WET, YOU CAN GET STUCK OUT THERE AND PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS SEE THAT THEY HAVE A CHOICE.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS TO MY PRACTICE, THE ELDERLY WHO ARE THE MAJORITY OF MY PRACTICE ARE UNCOMFORTABLE MAKING U-TURNS ON SUCH A BUSY STREET.

NOW, THEY'RE ALSO UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING THROUGH THE GRASS.

SO WE DID LOSE A LOT OF PATIENTS IN 2023, BEGINNING OF 24, I WAS SEEING 800 PLUS PATIENT VISITS A MONTH NOW 700.

SO WE LOST AN AVERAGE OF A HUNDRED PATIENT VISITS A MONTH.

AND IT'S HARD TO GET NEW TRAFFIC TO COME IN THERE BECAUSE HONESTLY, THE TRAFFIC ON THAT STREET HAS GOTTEN TO BE RIDICULOUS.

OH, SORRY.

I'VE EVEN HAD A FEW PATIENTS WHO, AS THEY TRIED TO MAKE THAT U-TURN, HIT THEIR TIRES ON THE CURBS OF EITHER THE MEDIAN OR COMING AROUND THAT CORNER TO U-TURN AND POP THEIR TIRES, CREATING HAZARDS.

WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW NEAR MISSES AND ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT OF IT AS WELL.

IT'S A HILL, IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD.

IT'S THIS REDUCTION HAS PLACED A SERIOUS FINANCIAL STRAIN ON THE PRACTICE.

I'VE HAD TO DELAY THE PLANNED EXPANSIONS.

I DID HAVE TO STOP WHERE WE WERE GROWING, WHERE WE WERE AT, AND TRY TO GET STABILIZED WHERE WE WERE.

TAKE PAY CUTS.

SEVERAL OF US TOOK PAY CUTS, INCLUDING MYSELF, SO WE COULD KEEP, I BELIEVE IN THE VISION OF THIS PRACTICE.

I THINK THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS IT.

I THINK OUR WHOLE COUNTRY NEEDS THIS SORT OF PRACTICE, AND I WANNA BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO'S AT THE FOREFRONT OF DOING IT.

SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE BUSINESS THOUGH.

IT IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

WE DO NEED THIS TYPE OF PRACTICE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE, DECREASE THE RISK OF OPIOID PROBLEMS, WHICH IS AT A HIGH ALL TIME HIGH AND UNNECESSARY SURGERIES.

BUT WE DON'T JUST SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE PART OF IT.

I PERSONALLY SERVE AS AN OFFICER AT THE ROTARY CLUB.

I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE AT THE ROTARY CLUB AND GIVING BACK TO MY COMMUNITY.

BUT WE ALSO SUPPORT A LOT OF CHARITIES IN THE AREA.

I DO FIVE BIG CHARITY DAYS A YEAR AT THE OFFICE, AND I'VE DONE THAT FOR 35 YEARS NOW.

UH, I, WE'VE

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WE JUST DID ONE FOR MI LEWIS CLOTHING DRIVES FOR THE GALVESTON COUNTY RESOURCE AND CRISIS CENTER, BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVES FOR DISD, FUNDRAISING FOR THE BAYOU ANIMAL SHELTER TOY DRIVES FOR THE DICKINSON POLICE DEPARTMENTS BLUE SANTA PROGRAM.

AND EVERY YEAR WE ADOPT TWO TO THREE FAMILIES OUTTA THAT PROGRAM AT CHRISTMAS TIME.

AND WE SUPPLY ALL THOSE CHILDREN WITH EVERYTHING ON THEIR WISHLIST PLUS THEN SOME AND SUPPLY DINNERS FOR THOSE FAMILIES FOR CHRISTMAS.

WE ALSO ADOPT A LOCAL NURSING HOME.

MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THOSE NURSING HOMES DON'T HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY.

SO WE SUPPLY BASIC NEEDS, CLOTHES AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR EVERY RESIDENT IN THE NURSING HOME.

SO WE'RE NOT JUST HERE AS A SMALL BUSINESS SAYING, GIVE ME SOMETHING.

WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

WE ACTIVELY ENGAGE.

MY TEAM IS WITH ME HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN THE MISSION VISION OF OUR PRACTICE, AND THEY WANT US TO KEEP GROWING AND EXPANDING.

SO THE EXPANSIONS THAT I HAD TO PUT ON HOLD, WERE HIRING ANOTHER NURSE PRACTITIONER, A PHYSICAL THERAPIST, AN ADDITIONAL CHIROPRACTOR, UH, MORE REHAB TECHNICIANS, AND OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE GROUND CREW FOR ALL OF THAT.

SO IT IS HOLDING UP THE PROGRESS OF THAT PRACTICE.

AND IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL IF Y'ALL COULD HELP US OUT WITH THIS DRIVEWAY AT THIS TIME THROUGH THE FORGIVABLE LOAN PROGRAM WITH THE DEDC.

I DID WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE PROPERTY, UH, OWNERSHIP CORRECTLY.

AND I WAS FORTHRIGHT DURING THE PROCESS OF FILLING THAT OUT, THAT IT WAS TWO DIFFERENT CORPORATIONS IN THE SAME PLACE.

SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT JUST GOT DROPPED AND IT WASN'T ANYBODY'S INTENTION TO DO THAT IF YOU WEREN'T GONNA DO THIS.

OKAY, BUT WHAT MESSAGE ARE YOU SENDING TO SMALL BUSINESSES? ARE YOU ASKING SMALL BUSINESSES TO COME TO THIS COMMUNITY? ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AS A COMMUNITY AND WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY? I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I REALLY THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN.

SO THANK MAY.

I ABSOLUTELY.

SO, UM, I'M THE ONE THAT BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF THE NAME DIFFERENCE.

AND IT, IT WASN'T BECAUSE, UH, YOU WERE NOT BEING FORTHRIGHT.

I, YOU KNOW, EVERY PROJECT IS PERCEIVABLY IN MY MIND ALONE.

YEAH, THAT'S FORGIVEN.

SO YOU WANT TO BE THE BANK.

YOU GOTTA ACT LIKE THE BANK.

AND, UH, SO I FELT LIKE A PERSONAL GUARANTEE BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY ON THE WAY CAD HAS IT LISTED.

IT JUST SHOWS YOUR NAME.

AND SO ALINE MEDICAL IS THE ONE THAT APPLIED FOR THE BENEFIT AND THE NAME, BUT THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY TIED TO THE PROPERTY.

AND SO THAT'S I'M THE ONE THAT BROUGHT IT UP.

YES, SIR.

AND IT WASN'T TO INSIST THAT THERE WAS NO FORTHRIGHT NO, NO, NO.

AND I, I DIDN'T TAKE IT THAT WAY.

I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS A VALID POINT WHEN I HEARD YOU SAYING THAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFIED THE DIFFERENCES AND THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY, UH, CLARIFI STRAIGHTENED IT OUT ON THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT, WHICH BY THE WAY, IT IS A FORGIVABLE LOAN AND I HAVE TO PERFORM, RIGHT? YEAH.

IF I DON'T PERFORM, I OWE THE MONEY.

I UNDERSTAND.

I CAN ACCEPT THAT.

I'VE NEVER FAILED ANYTHING I TRIED TO DO THOUGH.

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 35 YEARS, ALMOST.

SO PRETTY DRIVEN.

YES, MA'AM.

ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS NOT ATTACK.

NO, AND PLEASE, I, I APOLOGIZE IF I, I CAME ACROSS LIKE I THOUGHT IT WAS, I DIDN'T.

I THOUGHT IT WAS INVALID ARGUMENT ACTUALLY.

YES, MA'AM.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DR. SANDERS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU'ALL.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, NEXT UP FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM WE HAVE, UH, MR. FRED LINTON.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL.

UM, I AM, UH, FRIENDS WITH DR. SANDERS AND I HEARD THAT SHE WAS, UH, GOING THROUGH THIS AND BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE ON COUNCIL, I THOUGHT I WOULD COME UP HERE AND, UH, TRY TO HELP, UM, CLEAR UP SOME THINGS.

WE'LL SEE IF I CAN CLEAR UP MY NOTES.

UH, MY NAME IS FRED LINTON.

I LIVE AT 4 2 0 6 PINE SHADOW STREET, DICKINSON, TEXAS.

THE EDC HAS A PROGRAM FOR LOCAL BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION, A FORGIVABLE LOAN UNDER $75,000 PER YEAR TOTAL FROM THE OVERALL BUDGET TO HELP APPROXIMATELY THREE BUSINESSES PER YEAR FOR UNDER $25,000 EACH.

ALSO, THE COST TO BRING IN NEW BUSINESSES APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN INVESTING IN EXISTING BUSINESSES.

IN THIS INSTANCE, WE HAVE A LOCAL BUSINESS WHO WAS JUST APPLYING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY OFFERED BY THE CITY, A-A-K-A-E-D-C TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE CAUSED BY TXDOT THE INSTALLATION OF THE MEDIANS, WHICH HAS CAUSED A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE BUSINESS FOR WHICH THE CITY HAS FAILED TO WORK WITH.

TXDOT PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SOLUTION.

I UNDERSTAND THIS DECISION INCLUDES THE FACTOR OF SUBJECTIVE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER AN INVESTMENT IS JUSTIFIED, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT IGNORE THE, THE

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FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS INSTANCE, WE HAVE A BUSINESS OWNER WHO NOT ONLY, UH, PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO PARTICIPATES IN ROTARY AND OTHER SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO MAKE AN POSITIVE IMPACT, PARTICULARLY IN SUPPORTING COMMUNITY SERVICE, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING OUR DICKINSON POLICE DEPARTMENT BLUE SANTA PROGRAM FOR WHICH IT ASSISTS CHILDRENS OF FAMILIES IN NEED.

THIS IS THE TYPE OF BUSINESS OWNER PHILOSOPHY WE NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

IN ADDITION, THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT FO THERE HAS BEEN RECENT FOCUS ON THE EDC BY SOMEONE COUNCIL, AND I NOW BELIEVE SOME OF THOSE SAME PEOPLE WERE USING THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE TO FURTHER THEIR AGENDA, REGARDLESS OF COLLATERAL DAMAGE AND SPECIFICALLY TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, MAYBE NOT INTENTIONALLY.

IN ADDITION, THEIR EFFORTS ARE NOT ONLY ANTITHETICAL TO THE MISSION OF THE A-D-C-E-D-C, WHICH IS BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION, BUT ARE CONCEPTS SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE EVEN EMBRACED THEMSELVES.

THIS CONCERNS ME SINCE, WHY WOULD A BUSINESS WANT TO STAY OR COME TO THIS COMMUNITY WHEN SOME OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES ARE EXHIBITING THIS BEHAVIOR? THIS BUSINESS WAS JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE BUSINESS FOR WHICH THE ROOT CAUSE TO THESE MEDIAN IS THESE MEDIANS.

THEY WERE USING AN EXISTING PROCESS OFFERED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY, A-D-E-D-C, FOLLOWING THE RULES AND PROCEDURES, AND THEREFORE, THEREFORE SHOULD NOT BE PENALIZED.

IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO APPROVE THIS AGENDA ITEM, THEN YOU SHOULD AT THE VERY LEAST, COMPENSATE THE BUSINESS OWNER FOR ALL THE TIME AND THE EFFORT THEY HAVE INVESTED AND WORK WITH THEM TO ADDRESS NOT ONLY THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE MEDIANS, BUT ALSO THE FAILURES IN THIS PROCESS TO AVOID SIMILARLY IMPACTING OTHER BUSINESSES.

IN THE FUTURE, I HOPE THAT THE RESULT IS BOTH APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND FINDING RESOLUTION TO THE ISSUES CAUSED BY THE MEDIANS THAT YOU CAN NOT ONLY SHOW THIS BUSINESS OWNER THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE, BUT ALSO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE FOR THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THESE MEDIAS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SORRY FOR THE SHAKING HANDS.

ANYWAY.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS? I'LL TAKE THE HIT.

OH, OKAY.

I GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID LAST TIME WHEN I MADE A MOTION TO DENY THIS, I HAD NO PROBLEM.

I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE PROBLEMS OUT THERE, BUT EVERY BUSINESS ON THERE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE MEETINGS.

EVERYBODY, THAT A LOT OF 'EM ARE MAKING U-TURNS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT NO MORE.

AND I GO OUT THAT WAY.

I SEE 'EM MAKING THE U-TURNS IN THE PARKING LOT.

I GET THE POINT.

THE POINT IS THOUGH, IS WE SHOULDN'T BE IN, WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO IS BUILD A PARKING LOT.

THAT'S IT.

AND WE'RE NOT IN THAT BUSINESS.

WE'RE NOT, I DON'T SEE WHERE IT'S, I SEE THE POINT OF VIEW, BUT TO BE TOLD THAT YOU'D HAVE TO LAY OFF THREE EMPLOYEES IF THIS WASN'T PASSED.

SO YOU COULD BUILD A PARKING LOT.

I'M NOT BUYING THE STORY, SO I'M SORRY.

EVERYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT YOU GOT.

I HAD TO PULL IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT TO MAKE A U-TURN JUST SO I COULD GO ACROSS THE STREET THE DAY I WENT AND TALKED TO THE MAYOR.

SO I GET IT.

IT'S MADE A, THE WAY THEY PUT THE MEETINGS IN, THEY MADE A BIND FOR ME TO PULL IN THE JJS TO GET A CAR WASH.

MY WIFE TOLD ME LAST NIGHT, I'M GONNA GET A TICKET FOR IT.

I SAID, WELL, MAYBE SO, BUT I, IT'S EITHER THAT OR I HAVE TO TURN BY YOUR BUSINESS AND THEN DRIVE IN FRONT OF TWO, TWO BUSINESSES JUST TO GET TO JJS OR GO DOWN TO THE DOLLAR GENERAL, WHATEVER IT IS, TO MAKE A U-TURN IN THEIR PARKING LOT.

EITHER WAY, EVERYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE MEDIANS.

AND I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS.

NOTHING AGAINST YOU OR YOUR BUSINESS.

I'VE BEEN TO A CHIROPRACTOR BEFORE.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DO, BUT I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT THIS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I AM.

YEP.

I, I'VE GIVEN THIS A LOT OF THOUGHT AND HONESTLY, I HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE THE BEST UTILIZATION OF THOSE DOLLARS THAT THEY WERE ALREADY SPENT WOULD BE TO WORK WITH TXDOT TO REMOVE THE MEDIANS.

AND THAT WOULD SERVE MORE THAN ONE BUSINESS TO DO SO.

AND I DON'T, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, I THINK I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, COLIN, THAT T THERE HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION WITH TEXDOT ABOUT SUCH A THING.

IT'S JUST THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR IT.

IT WOULD BE THE CITY TO DO IT.

IF THE CITY WAS TO SPEND THAT KIND OF DOLLARS, I THINK THE BEST UTILIZATION OF THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE SECTION OF THE MEDIAN TO SERVE MORE THAN ONE BUSINESS IN THE AREA.

ANY OTHER, UH, GO AHEAD.

YES.

OKAY.

UM, ALTHOUGH I WOULD WISH THAT TXDOT WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE REMOVE THE MEDIAN.

I'M NOT FOOLISH ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN MY LIFETIME.

ONCE TXDOT MAKES THEIR MIND UP ON DOING SOMETHING, THEY PRETTY WELL DO IT.

IT'S THERE FOREVER.

UH, THIS IS A, THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE

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AND THE WORST THING THAT WE COULD DO IS TURN DOWN THIS FOR A LOCAL BUSINESS.

'CAUSE IT DOES SEND A MESSAGE TO ANY OTHER LOCAL BUSINESS THAT MIGHT NEED HELP.

WE HAVE HELPED OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

THEY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH NOT TO BE BEHIND THE MEDIAN, BUT WE HAVE HELPED THEM WITH STARTUP CAPITAL AND, UH, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.

I THINK THIS IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF A BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO GROW IN DICKINSON.

UM, MR. CAREY, DO YOU HAVE A, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS FOR A ROAD? AND LINEAR FEET IS LIKE, IF WE WANTED TO DO A, A ROAD IN A, UH, DOWN TEXAS, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GONNA REPAVE TEXAS WITH SOME CONCRETE, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST PER YARD OR PER FOOT? DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS OR, I DO NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, MA'AM.

OKAY.

I'D HAVE TO GET THAT FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S MAYOR.

VERY EXPENSIVE NOW.

MAYOR.

YEP.

LAST TIME I ASKED, I WAS TOLD A MILLION DOLLARS A MILE FOR CONCRETE.

A MILLION DOLLARS A MILE.

THAT'S FOR CONCRETE.

YEAH.

YEAH, FOR CONCRETE MILLION A MILE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO ASPHALT OVERLAY.

NOT TOO EXPENSIVE, BUT YEAH.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO LET'S SAY WHAT, WHAT ABOUT, YEAH.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT AN ASPHALT OVERLAY FOR A ROAD IS FOR NOT OFF THE I DON'T WANT GUESS LET.

ALRIGHT, THE REASON WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CITIZENS COME IN HERE AND STAND RIGHT THERE AND TELL US WE NEED TO FIX ROADS.

I DO NOT DISAGREE WITH YOU.

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU.

AND WE NEED TO PUT ALL THIS MONEY TO ROADS.

HOWEVER, GO DOWN MOST RESIDENTIAL ROADS THAT YOU SEE HERE IN DICKINSON AND TELL ME HOW MANY HOUSES ARE ON EACH ONE OF THOSE ROADS.

HOW MANY CITIZENS BENEFIT FROM THOSE ROADS? SO LET'S SAY A A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A MILE.

SO I SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A MILE.

AND LET'S SAY THERE'S 25 HOMES ON IT, 30 HOMES ON IT, MAYBE MORE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT A CONSTRUCTION GUY.

UM, THAT DOLLAR VALUE, PERCENTAGE WISE DOES NOT CORRELATE TO THE $21,000.

WE'RE TRYING TO INVEST IN A BUSINESS THAT I AM HER NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.

I COULD BENEFIT FROM ASKING FOR A, I HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUSINESS.

I DO A LOT OF STUFF REMOTELY NOW BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY.

SHE HAS TO MANIPULATE YOUR BODY WITH HER HANDS.

SHE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THEM COMING TO HER.

IF YOU GO AND JUST WATCH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND OUT OF THAT, UH, PARKING LOT EVERY DAY, IT'S WELL OVER A HUNDRED RIGHT? CARS.

NOW SOME OF THOSE MIGHT BE PEOPLE JUST PASSING THROUGH.

SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE PATIENTS, BUT A HUNDRED CARS A DAY MINIMUM THAT I'VE SEEN GO THROUGH THAT PARKING LOT.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BENEFIT TO THE CITIZENS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS SPENT, IT DOESN'T THAT OUR, OUR IDEAS DON'T MESH UP.

SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE WANNA SPEND MONEY ON THIS FOR THIS, AND IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A MILE COMPARED TO $21,000 FOR SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS A HUNDRED PEOPLE, RIGHT? A DAY COMPARED TO 25 HOMES, 30 HOMES, 40 HOMES.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO PUT A HUNDRED HOMES ON A MILE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BENEFITING CITIZENS, JUST LOOK AT THE SHEER NUMBER OF CITIZENS, NOT THE BUSINESS OWNER, THE CITIZENS THAT ARE GOING TO UTILIZE THE ROAD.

THAT IS A ROAD THAT WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP IN A PARKING LOT.

WELL, WE AREN'T.

SHE IS.

WE'RE GIVING HER A LOAN TO DO IT.

UM, I DO AGREE THAT THIS IS NOT SHOWING A GREAT MESSAGE.

THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, DR.

SA SANDERS DID NOT APPROACH THE EDC.

DR. SANDERS DID NOT ASK CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS.

THERE IS A CITY, CITY COUNCIL APPROACHED HER BECAUSE OF OUR COMPLAINTS, MYSELF INCLUDED.

'CAUSE I WAS APPROACHED AS WELL, MY COMPLAINTS AS WELL ABOUT THE MEDIAS.

WE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT 'EM.

WE WERE LIKE, SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING.

I BOUGHT MY BUILDING IN, UH, DECEMBER OF 23.

THEY WENT IN DEC UH, JANUARY OF 24.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY.

'CAUSE I WALKED OUTSIDE, I'D SAID SOME CHOICE WORDS AND WALKED BACK IN AND SAID, WELL, GUESS I'M SCREWED DOWN.

UM, HOWEVER, WE CAN HELP AT LEAST ANOTHER BUSINESS OWNER THAT HAS TO HAVE SOMEONE COME INTO THEIR HOUSE, SHE CANNOT DO HER JOB.

HER HER EMPLOYEES CANNOT DO THEIR JOB UNLESS THEY COME IN.

SHE HAS ALSO BENEFITED MULTIPLE DOCTORS THAT I KNOW OF FROM TALKING WITH HER ON THE REFERRALS THAT SHE HAS SENT TO MULTIPLE SURGEONS.

UM, BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT FIX THE SITUATION.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE SHE'S JUST SOME AVERAGE CHIROPRACTOR.

THIS WELLNESS P GO TALK TO HER.

GO, GO.

I, I DID.

YOU HAVE TO GO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE AND UNDERSTAND THEIR PRACTICE.

A CHIROPRACTOR AND HER ARE NOT THE SAME THING.

JUST LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, STARBUCKS AND DUTCH BROTHERS ARE NOT THE SAME THING.

THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT MODELS.

SO GO TALK TO HER.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE YOU FOCUS ON THE DOLLARS WE'RE SPENDING AND WHO BENEFITS FROM IT.

HOW MANY PEOPLE BENEFIT IF I HAVE A, A ROAD THAT'S GONNA COST ME $800,000 AND THERE'S FIVE HOUSES ON IT, THAT DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE ON SPENDING

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AND THAT'S THAT, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO BRING UP.

OTHER, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? MAYOR, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FROM AN ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT'S AROUND 300 GRAND.

THERE YOU GO.

A MILE.

OKAY.

SO ANY OTHER, ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE? ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYE.

MOTION PASSES.

NEW

[7.A Consideration and possible action to approve board member nominations for the Dickinson Management District No.1. ]

NUMBER ONE, WALLACE DEETS, POSITION FOUR.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? APPROVE.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO I HAVE A SECOND? OH, I DID.

YEAH, SORRY.

UH, SO I GOT A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SO I THOUGHT THERE WASN'T A SECOND.

I GOT NERVOUS.

, .

ALL RIGHT, ANY, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

A.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED.

SEVEN B.

[7.B Conduct a public hearing to amend the official zoning map from Mixed-Use (MU) zoning district to Auto-Centric Commercial (AC) zoning district for a parcel of land of approx. ± 8.813 acres. The subject properties consist of four individual parcels (163214, 163340, 163,366, 163371) and registered addresses are 3401, 3429 and 3535 Gulf Fwy. The legal descriptions of the four subject properties are as follows: ABST 19 PERRY & AUSTIN SUR PT OF LOT 102 (0- 1) DICKINSON ADDN D AKA TRACT II ABST 19 PERRY & AUSTIN SUR PT OF LOTS 131 & 137 (0-2) DICKINSON ADDN D AKA TRACT 1 ABST 19 PERRY & AUSTIN SUR PT OF LOT 137 (0-2) DICKINSON ADDN D AKA TRACT 1-A ABST 19 PERRY & AUSTIN SUR PT OF LOT 137 (0-5) DICKINSON ADDN D]

THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES CONSIST OF FOUR INDIVIDUAL PARCELS.

1, 6, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1, 6, 3, 3, 4, 0, 1, 6, 3, 3, 6, 6, 1, 6, 3, 3, 7, 1.

AND REGISTERED ADDRESS ARE 3 4 0 1 3 4 2 9 AND 3 5 3 5.

GULF FREEWAY STAFF PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

SO THIS IS A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.

IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN ONES YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE BECAUSE THERE IS NOT NECESSARILY ANY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

THE APPLICANT FOR THIS HAS EXPRESSED THAT THE USE IS PERMITTED IN HIS CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT.

MIXED USE, UH, DOES NOT NECESSARILY JIVE WITH WHAT HIS TENANTS OR PROPOSED TENANTS WOULD BE IN THE ALLOWED USES IN MIXED USE.

SO ON THIS SLIDE WE PROVIDED THE DESCRIPTION FROM THE UDC OF BOTH DONING DISTRICTS, THE CURRENT DISTRICT BEING MIXED USE, AND THE PROPOSED BEING AUTOCENTRIC COMMERCIAL, UH, GO.