Oct 14, 2025 City Council

ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S

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MAYOR TRAVIS MELO, PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNNY SIMPSON.

PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER SEAN HOLT.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARK TOWNSEND.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT SCHRADER.

HERE.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER BILL SCHICK.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN EDMONDS HERE.

AND WE HAVE A QUORUM.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO INVITE PASTOR DAVID BUCO FROM FAITH LUTHERAN, UH, TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION.

AND THEN FOLLOWING OUR INVOCATION, WE WILL, UH, DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UH, AND THEN, UH, THE TEXAS FLAG AS WELL.

SO EVERYONE PLEASE RISE.

THANK YOU FRIENDS, EVERYONE.

HEY, I WANNA START OFF WITH A READING FROM PSALM 121.

UH, JUST TO REMIND US, UH, WHO HAS GOT US THROUGH ALL THINGS.

AND IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PSALMS, SO BEAR WITH ME.

I LIFTED MY EYES TO THE HILLS.

FROM WHERE DOES MY HELP COME? MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH.

HE WILL NOT LET YOUR FOOT BE MOVED.

HE WHO KEEPS YOU WILL NOT SLUMBER.

BEHOLD, HE WHO KEEPS ISRAEL WILL NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP.

THE LORD IS YOUR KEEPER.

THE LORD IS YOUR SHADE ON YOUR RIGHT HAND.

THE SUN SHALL NOT STRIKE YOU BY DAY, NOR THE MOON BY NIGHT.

THE LORD WILL KEEP YOU FROM ALL EVIL.

HE WILL KEEP YOUR LIFE.

THE LORD WILL KEEP YOU GOING OUT.

AND YOU'RE COMING IN FROM THIS TIME FORTH AND FOREVERMORE.

AMEN.

AND SO LET US PRAY.

GOOD AND GRACIOUS.

GOD, WE GIVE YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS FOR OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.

WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE GIFT OF EACH OF THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

FOR TRAVIS AND JOHNNY, FOR SEAN AND MARK FOR SCOTT, FOR BILL, AND FOR KEVIN, FOR ALL THOSE ATTENDANCE TODAY WHO COME TO, TO, TO SHARE, UH, THEIR OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS AND WHERE THEY'RE AT, WE ASK THAT YOU GUIDE THIS MEETING AND JUST THE WORK THAT THIS COUNCIL GETS TO DO AND GUIDE, UH, THIS CITY AS WE GROW AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, THAT WE GET TO LOVE AND ECHO YOUR LOVE.

EXCUSE ME, TO EVERY PERSON.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING IN THIS PLACE.

AND WE ASK A BLESSING ON THE WORK THAT WE GET TO DO HERE THIS NIGHT.

ALL THIS WE PRAY IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS WHEN ONE NATION, GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS TO THE TEXAS, TEXAS, ONE STATE LEADER, ONE, UH, PASTOR BUCOY.

YOU'D LIKE TO, UH,

[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS]

SO I'D LIKE TO JUST, IF YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS REAL QUICK, ANYTHING YOU'RE DOING IN, AT YOUR CHURCH.

I KNOW Y'ALL JUST OPENED, SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY.

IT'S GOOD.

BE BACK IN DICKINSON.

WE WERE GONE FOR TWO YEARS, FOUR MONTHS, NOT THAT WE'RE KEEPING TRACK AND SO GOOD TO BE BACK HERE.

ROOTS HERE.

UH, NINE 30 WORSHIP IF YOU WANNA JOIN US.

UM, YEAH, THANK Y'ALL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO INTO OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL COMMENT.

SO IF WE WILL, UH, START OVER HERE WITH CA UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EDMONDS, AND WE'LL GO FROM MY LEFT TO RIGHT.

UH, UH, JUST THANK YOU, UH, TO EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE TONIGHT AND EVERYBODY'S ONLINE.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY HERE.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, A GREAT CROWD.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION.

SEPTEMBER 30TH, WENT THROUGH THE, UH, DICKINSON MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS OVER THERE.

UH, WENT TO THE BAY TREND MEETING, THE DRAINAGE MEETING, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT'S, UH, GONNA BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO, UH, DICKINSON.

UH, OCTOBER 2ND WAS AN EDC MEETING.

UH, THEN I ATTENDED THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER 7TH.

WE RAN INTO GREAT CROWDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ANOTHER FUN EVENT.

UH, HOPE WE MAKE IT BIGGER NEXT YEAR.

I WANNA ALSO CONGRATULATE MARJORIE FOR BEING NOMINATED ONE OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES OF GALVESTON COUNTY.

THANK YOU.

WELCOME EVERYONE.

SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES OUT THERE.

UH, Y'ALL TAKE IT EASY ON US, NOT OKAY, BUT WELCOME EVERYBODY ONLINE TOO.

THANK YOU.

COOL.

I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.

WELCOME EVERYBODY HERE AND ONLINE.

UH, WELCOME EVERYBODY.

THANKS FOR JOINING BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE.

GO AHEAD.

YEAH, UH, REMEMBER TO REMIND PEOPLE WE STILL HAVE SOME BOARDS THAT WE'RE FIXING TO HAVE TO PUT SOME PEOPLE ON.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, GO ONLINE, FILL OUT AN APPLICATION FOR THOSE, UH, FESTIVAL LIGHTS HAS STARTED.

THEY'RE WORKING AT PAUL HOPKINS PARK.

SO

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UH, YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND, AND, UH, THEY HAVE A F THE FACEBOOK PAGE OR YOU CAN GO DOWN THERE AND VOLUNTEER AND THEY'LL BE GLAD TO HAVE YOUR HELP.

ALSO, ON THE FOURTH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD THEIR ANNUAL, UH, A WARS BANQUET AND THEY PRESENTED THIS PLAQUE PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF DICKINSON MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND RECOGNITION, APPRECIATION, UH, FOR SUPPORTING AND SPONSORING THE DICKINSON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE GOT A PLAQUE TO GIVE TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO HANG SOMEWHERE.

THAT'S IT.

ALRIGHT, AND, UH, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE THINGS.

UM, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE PLENTY OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ALL THE ITEMS LATER ON, BUT WE HAVE, UH, WE DID NOT HAVE A DICKINSON, UH, FOOTBALL GAME LAST WEEK.

IT WAS A BI-WEEK, BUT THE DICKINSON GATOR BAND WENT TO THEIR, THEIR FIRST UIL COMPETITION.

THEY RECEIVED ALL ONES, WHICH MEANS THEY GO TO THE NEXT, THE NEXT, UH, COMPETITION.

UH, SO JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THEIR BUTTS OFF.

UH, THE OTHER BIG ONE, UH, BLACK TIE TEXAS, UH, IS, I THINK IT'S THIS SATURDAY, RIGHT? WE'RE ALL GONNA BE ALL LOOKING SPIFFY, UH, RAISING MONEY FOR ANIMALS.

UM, ONE THING, JUST KNOW THERE IS A MARERE FOR THE DAY, SO YOU CAN COME HANG OUT WITH ME FOR, UM, A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG AND HANG OUT WITH SOME OF YOUR CITY OFFICIALS.

SO, UH, PLEASE GO BID ON THAT SO WE CAN RAISE SOME MONEY FOR, UH, THE BAYOU ANIMAL SERVICES.

OTHER THAN THAT, WE WILL GET INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, OH, SORRY, I APOLOGIZE IF IT'S NOT ON HERE.

WE NEED YOU TO TALK NOW.

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SORRY ABOUT THAT.

CITY MANAGER.

IT'S NOT ON THERE.

YES, SIR.

NO, IT DON'T.

IT'S TRICKY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY.

UH, FIRST OFF, UH, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, UH, TO GIVE MY FATHER-IN-LAW BILL JONES SOME LOVE.

UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW, MY FATHER-IN-LAW'S BEEN STRUGGLING WITH HIS HEALTH FOR MONTHS NOW.

HOSPICE CARE WAS CALLED IN LAST WEEK.

I JUST ASK FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR PRAYERS.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TOUGH TIME FOR MY WIFE, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, BUT IF YOU'RE LISTENING, BILL, I'M THINKING OF YOU AS MANY OTHERS ARE RIGHT NOW.

REST EASY KNOWING THAT YOUR DAUGHTER AND YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF.

SIR, GOD BLESS YOU.

LET'S GET INTO SOME CITY BUSINESS.

UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, OUR BOARD MEMBERS, THOSE SERVING ON PLANNING AND ZONING, BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION, E-D-C-D-M-D-D-H-S-K-D-B-B-A-S-B-F-F.

THERE'S SO MANY LETTERS I'M GONNA GET MIXED UP.

SO, UH, BYE YOU FRIENDS FOREVER.

AND OBVIOUSLY OUR DICKSON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR TIME, YOUR ENERGY, YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE.

THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS, THE INCREASES FOR OUR STAFF HAD BEEN INPUT TO THE SYSTEM AND THEIR COMPLETED.

SO I WANNA THANK COUNSEL FOR APPROVING THIS 5% COLA FOR OUR STAFF DURING LAST MONTH'S BUDGET PROCESS.

A BIG THANK YOU TO SMITH SLOAN MIRANDA FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHILE SARAH CLEM WAS OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALSO, SARAH, IF YOU'RE, UH, WATCHING, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT YOU AND THE BABY.

HOPE ALL IS WELL.

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN DECEMBER.

SO, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EVENTS.

UH, OUR BELOVED HORSE THAT WE HAVE AT THE BAYOU RANCH, I'M GONNA SCREW UP THE NAME, IT'S ARU, I BELIEVE IS CURRENTLY SAFE, AND HE'S THRIVING AT THE DICKINSON BAYOU RANCH.

HE WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.

ALL OF HIS MEDICAL MEDICAL CARE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND HE'S IN GOOD HEALTH.

HE'S A SWEETENED GENTLE SOUL.

HE WAS ABANDONED IN OUR CITY FOR MONTHS, POSSIBLY YEARS.

BUT THANKS TO OUR COMPASSIONATE EFFORTS OF OUR INCREDIBLE TEAM AT BASS, HE WAS RESCUED AND GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE.

UH, WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE BAYOU FRIENDS FOREVER, BFF, WHO IS REIMBURSING THE CITY THROUGH THE STAR PROGRAM FOR THE MEDICAL COST OF ARU.

SO THANK YOU BFF FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

THAT GOES RIGHT INTO THE BLACK TIE EVENT FOR THIS SATURDAY ON OCTOBER 18TH, THE BLACK TIE EVENT IN SUPPORT OF OUR ANIMAL SHELTER.

BFF IS RAISING FUNDS TO PURCHASE A GENERATOR FOR THE SHELTER.

A CRITICAL NEED GIVEN OUR LOCATION ON THE GULF COAST.

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THOSE INVOLVED WITH THE BFF, INCLUDING COLIN COKER, JENNA SIMPSON, AMY ELEMENT, AMY ELLIOT, ELLIOT, ALEXIS, JOE GALVAN, AND SANDY YOUNG.

YOUR DEDICATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

SO THANK YOU.

I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE NINA BAKER AND HER AMAZING TEAM.

YOUR WORK IS CHANGING LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.

THERE ARE COUNTLESS STORIES LIKE THE HORSES, MANY OF WHICH GO UNHEARD, BUT YOUR EFFORTS DO NOT GO UNNOTICED.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE, THE HUGHES ROAD DRAINAGE PROJECT, WE ALL LOVE, LOVE, AND WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE

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IT'S, UH, 43% COMPLETED.

THERE'S A LANE CLOSURE ON FM FIVE 17 EASTBOUND JUST PAST THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

UH, THE ETA MR. MAGNO, WHAT IS ONE, ONE WEEK ON EACH SIDE? NOT ONE WEEK, JUST, OKAY, SO TWO WEEKS TOTAL.

OKAY? THE TRAFFIC IS ROUGH IN THE AREA.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL.

TAKE YOUR TIME, BE PATIENT, BE KIND.

WE HAVE NUMEROUS, WE HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE RAILROAD IN THAT, THAT AREA.

SO WE, UH, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF IT NOW.

SO THIS PAST COUPLE WEEKS, WE HAD SOME UN UNSCHEDULED OUTAGES.

UH, THE WATER LINE WAS RUPTURED AND A POWER LINE WAS HIT BY A DUMP TRUCK.

THESE WERE NOT PLANNED FOR.

LET ME BE CLEAR.

IF THERE IS A SCHEDULED OUTAGE, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED AT LEAST 48 HOURS BEFORE AN OUTAGE TAKES PLACE.

I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT WE WILL NEVER JUST CUT THE UTILITIES OR, UH, UH, LET THE LIGHTS GO OUT WITHOUT NOTIFYING YOU.

I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ACCIDENTS THAT OCCUR ON EVERY JOB SITE.

THIS WASN'T AN ACCIDENT.

BUT THE THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED, MR. MAGNO HAS ADDRESSED IT WITH THEM.

TRUST ME, THEY, THEY, THEY KNOW WE ARE, WE ARE NOT HAPPY.

BUT, UH, EVERY ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AND RESOLVED.

YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT IS A MASSIVE STRAIN ON OUR TIME AND OUR RESOURCES.

SO THANK YOU MR. MAGDALENO, FOR YOUR EFFORTS GOING INTO FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH, THE BIRCH DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO RECENTLY, A CITIZEN BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CLARIFY IT FOR EVERYONE HERE.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, MAYOR, YOU SPOKE ABOUT IT AND HE SPOKE ABOUT IT EARLIER.

THE CHURCH WAS TRAGICALLY SET ON FIRE BY A ARSONIST AROUND TWO YEARS AGO.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CHURCH LEADERSHIP, MR. RUBECK, THROUGHOUT THE REMODELING, PLANNING, REVIEW, PROCESSING, CONSTRUCTION, DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE CHURCH AND THE COMMUNITY.

SO DECADES AGO, WHEN THE CHURCH WAS CONSTRUCTED, IT WAS CONSTRUCTED RIGHT ALONG OUR RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT ON OUR PROPERTY.

SO THE PARKING LOT WHERE EVERYONE, WHERE THEY PARK ON THE SIDE OF BIRCH STREET IS THE CITY'S PROPERTY.

A COUPLE OF OUR CITIZENS WENT BY TAKING PICTURES AND THEY SAY, LOOK, Y'ALL ARE FIXING THEIR DRIVEWAY.

Y'ALL ARE FIXING THEIR PARKING LOT.

AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE AT A CITY PROPERTY.

THERE'S A DRAINAGE PIPE THAT RUNS RIGHT BELOW IT THAT FEEDS INTO FIVE 17.

I TOLD THE CHURCH ELDERS AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT, HEY, ONCE Y'ALL GET CLOSER TO FINISHING THE REMODEL, THAT WE WILL REPLACE THE DRAINAGE PIPE AND WE WILL RESET THE PARKING CITY PROPERTY.

SO THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING.

THEY THINK THAT WE'RE IMPROVING THEIR PARKING LOT JUST TO DO THEM A FAVOR.

TECHNICALLY, IT'S CITY RIGHT AWAY, BUT THAT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, ONE OF OUR CHURCHES AND, AND WHO'S VITAL IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAD A ARSON, A VICTIM OF ARSON.

SO, UH, PLEASE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A CHURCH TO WORSHIP ON SUNDAYS, GO CHECK OUT THE NEWLY REMODELED FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH.

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ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE YEAR.

OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON FINISHING STRONG BUILDING UPON THE FOUNDATION WE'VE LAID AND CONTINUING TO TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD.

PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT FOR ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, IDEAS, REQUESTS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY THAT INCLUDE.

THAT CONCLUDES THE CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE.

MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

AND WE GOT, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE FOR CALL UP T BEARSON.

YEAH, THERE IS CHIEF BEARSON.

COME ON UP.

ALRIGHT.

YEP.

SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, SERGEANT TRENTHAM HAS, UH, LEFT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JOINED THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

AND I THINK IT'S QUITE FITTING TO, UH, PRESENT HIM A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE INSCRIPTION ON THE AWARD THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO PROVIDE HIM.

STATES PROUDLY PRESENTED TO SERGEANT GREG TRAUM IN RECOGNITION OF 25 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE DICKINSON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AN UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THE CITIZENS AND THE COMMUNITY.

YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR INTEGRITY, AND THE COMMITMENT TO DUTY HAVE LEFT A LEFT, A LEGACY OF SERVICE AND HONOR.

SO IT'S OUR HONOR COMMISSIONED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

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ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL GO ON

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

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, UH, 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.

UM, ALRIGHT, SO FOR THE GENERAL COMMENTS WE HAVE MS. ANN BRAGG.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO COME AND TALK TO YOU.

UH, I AM A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE WE AND WISH GARDEN CLUB AND THE WE AND WISH CORPORATION.

THE WE AND WISH CORPORATION WAS THE ENTITY THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING AND REPAIRING THE RAILROAD, THE DICKINSON AND LEAGUE CITY RAILROAD DEPOTS, WHICH WE CALL THE RAILROAD MUSEUM CENTER IN, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY.

IN 1969 WITH 185 MEMBERS, THE GARDEN CLUB VOTED TO TAKE THE DICKINSON RAILROAD DEPOT AND MAKE IT A RAILROAD MUSEUM.

WE HAD 185 MEMBERS LATER, THE LEAGUE, CITY DEPOT BECAME AVAILABLE.

AND IT WAS THEN OBVIOUS TO US THAT WE HAD NOT PLANNED A PLACE FOR OFFICES TO MANAGE THE MUSEUM.

AND WITH THE LARGE SIZE OF THE LEAGUE, CITY DEPOT, IT WOULD BE A GREAT COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO THE CLUB VOTED TO ACCEPT THE LEAGUE CITY, UH, DEPOT.

SO WITH THE GRANT FROM THE MOODY FOUNDATION AND MONEY THAT THE GARDEN CLUB HAD RAISED WITH THEIR, UH, TOUR, CHRISTMAS TOUR OF HOMES, WE STARTED DOING THE REPAIRS.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE MEETING ROOM READY WITH THE LEAGUE CITY DEPOT, BECAUSE WE DID A LOT OF THE WORK OURSELVES.

WE PAINTED, WE STOOD ON LADDERS AND WE DID A LOT OF THE WORK OURSELVES, AND WE WERE PROUD OF THAT.

WE ALSO STARTED THE WORK WITH, UH, WITH THE DICKINSON MUSEUM.

WE WANTED TO MAKE IT LIKE IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING.

SO THAT TOOK A LOT OF ADDITIONAL EFFORT IN RESEARCH.

BUT AS THE YEARS WENT ON AND WE HAD NOT ACCOMPLISHED OUR GOAL AT THE DICKINSON RAILROAD AS, UH, DEPOT AS A MUSEUM, WE AT THAT STAGE HAD ONLY 40 MEMBERS IN OUR CLUB.

AND WE REALIZED WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO EARN ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH WHAT WE WANTED.

SO THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY.

AND AT THAT TIME, THE AGREEMENT WAS THAT THE CLUB WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE TO MEET FREE IN THE LEAGUE.

CITY DEPOT, THE CITY WITH THE HELP OF OUR GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS APPLIED FOR A GRANT AND RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH ENABLED THE DICKINSON DEPOT TO BE COMPLETED AND TO OPEN AS A RAIL ROAD MUSEUM.

AND SO REALLY THE CITY HAD NOT SPENT MUCH MONEY AT ALL TO GET THE DEPOT IN ITS ORIGINAL SHAPE, OPENED AND RUNNING.

AND Y'ALL, THE DICKINSON DEPOT AND LEE CITY DEPOT ARE SUCH A PRIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S SOMETHING NOT EVERY LITTLE SMALL TOWN.

WE'RE A SMALL TOWN.

WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, UH, THINGS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT, BUT THE RAILROAD MUSEUM CENTER HAS DONE A LOT FOR OUR TOWN.

AND, UH, YOU JUST NEED SOME CLOSING REMARKS.

I'LL LET YOU

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IT GOT, WE GOT THREE MINUTES.

THE CITY, WITH THE HELP OF THE GARDEN APPLIED, WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT AND GOT IT.

BUT RECENTLY WE WERE TOLD WE CANNOT MEET IN THE LEAGUE CITY DEPOT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN CONDEMNED, BECAUSE THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ISN'T WORKING.

SOME HANDRAILS ARE MISSING AND FLEAS ARE UNDER THE BUILDING.

WELL, Y'ALL, THOSE ARE NOT MAJOR REPAIRS.

WE CAN DO THAT AND WE CAN KEEP OUR LEAGUE CITY DEPOT OPEN BECAUSE WE NEED IT.

DICKINSON NEEDS A PLACE FOR CLUBS TO MEET FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER PLACE LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP IT FOR US.

SO IF ANYONE ELSE THAT IS ALSO IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, TO TALK ABOUT SEVEN H, WE'RE I'M MOVING IT TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU'RE GOING, IF YOU'RE IN GENERAL COMMENTS AND YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, I DID SIGN UP ON THE GENERAL.

THAT'S FINE.

YOU CAN IF I HAVE.

THAT'S FINE.

UH, AND YOUR NAME IS JOAN.

OKAY.

YOU'RE WELL, YOU'RE, YOU ARE NEXT UP.

OKAY.

SO COME ON UP AND I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT TOO.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, SO MY NAME IS JOAN MELROSE.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

GOOD EVENING TO YOU ALL.

UM, YES.

UM, I LIVE AT 27 16 FROST WOOD CIRCLE IN DICKINSON.

UM, SO FIRST I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO REESE ACROSS AMERICA AGAIN, BOTH AT THE HISTORICALLY BLACK MAGNOLIA CEMETERY AND THE CITY CEMETERY ON DECEMBER 13TH.

THIS IS TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE VETERANS THAT WE'RE BURYING IN THOSE GRAVEYARDS.

UM, IT'S A VERY NICE EVENT.

I KNOW BILL HAS COME BACK IN, COME IN THE PAST, THE ROTC FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATE AS WELL AS THE SCOUTS.

UM, SO THAT IS DECEMBER 13TH.

IF YOU WANNA DONATE A WREATH, THEY COST $17 GO GO OUR WEBSITE.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS, WE'RE HAVING A POTTERY SHOW AND, UM, SALE ON NOVEMBER 14TH.

WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE IT AT THE DEPOT.

I THINK WE'RE ALL THE REPAIRS WE CAN KIND OF MANAGE THE PEOPLE.

BUT, UM, WE SUPPORT THE LOCAL POTTERY GUILD, THE SALT GRASS GUILD MADE HERE IN DICKINSON.

SO, UM, AND THAT'S ALWAYS A FUN EVENT.

NOVEMBER 14TH IS FOR THAT.

AND THEN I DID WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE IN THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS REALLY MAKE THIS CITY RUN, AND I LIKE THAT.

I LIKE THAT.

BUT, UM, DUE TO SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT I'VE HAD, UM, I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE LOOP.

SO I HEARD THIS RUMOR THAT THE CITY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE DEPOT OR MAYBE EVEN STOP MAIN MAINTAINING IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS JUST BREAKS MY HEART.

UM, I JUST, I, I AGREE AT THIS POINT THAT THE DEPOT IS NOT REACHING ITS POTENTIAL.

UM, I THINK MORE CAN BE DONE.

I THINK WE NEED A PLAN TO KIND OF TAKE CARE OF IT.

UM, AND I'M WILLING TO HELP OUT AND I KNOW MY MEMBERS OF MY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARE WILLING TO HELP OUT TOO.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

CAN I GIVE IN THREE MINUTES? ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I HAVE IN GENERAL COMMENTS IS, UH, MS. MARY DUMBBELL.

THANK YOU.

AND GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS MARY DUNBAR.

I LIVE AT 27 0 1 COLONIAL DRIVE IN DICKINSON.

AND I'VE BEEN AFFILIATED WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY SINCE IT WAS ORIGINATED BACK WHEN WE GOT THE, THE, UH, THE BUILDINGS FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY GAVE THEM TO THE CITY.

THAT KIND OF IS HOW THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY GOT STARTED BACK THEN.

UM, WE HAVE USED THE, UH, FACILITY OUT THERE UP UNTIL COVID WITH MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.

WE'VE HAD, UM, FUN RUNS OUT THERE.

WE'VE HAD ART, ART SHOWS, WE'VE HAD, UH, POTTERY SHOWS, WE'VE HAD SEED SOAPS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.

WE'VE TAKEN KIDS THROUGH THE MUSEUM FROM THE SCHOOL.

WE'VE WORKED WITH THE FIFTH GRADE, UH, TEACHERS THAT TEACH TEXAS HISTORY.

SO OUR KIDS LEARN ABOUT THEIR CITY'S HISTORY AND, UH, WE ARE PRETTY ACTIVE.

THE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK TO WITH JOAN SAID IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE

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I THINK THIS IS ONE THING THAT WAS LEFT OUT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN EVERYBODY IN THE CITY.

WE THOUGHT WE, THE MONEY WOULD JUST BE THERE.

IF, HOWEVER IT ISN'T.

SO WE NEED TO PUT, CONSIDER PUTTING AN ORDINANCE IN OUR BOOKS ABOUT A HISTORY PRESERVATION FUND AS A LINE ITEM IN THE CITY'S BUDGET AND HOW MONEY CAN BE GIVEN TO IT AND USED FROM IT.

AND I'LL BE GLAD TO HELP ANYBODY WITH A COMMITTEE TO FROM THE CITY AND FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE FUTURE.

AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, SO I WILL GO TO, UM,

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

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

THERE WILL NOT BE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION, UH, 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? SHALL VOTE SECOND? I GOT A MOTION.

I GOT A SECOND.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED.

ALL RIGHT.

SO CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION ON THAT? I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT PULL IT, BUT YEP.

WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, THE GETTING THE FOUR POLICE CARS, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ONE FOR EMS THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET? WE GETTING THAT NOW OR LATER? I I CAN ANSWER THAT.

I CAN ANSWER THAT.

GO AHEAD MR. MA.

I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ANSWER AT THIS TIME, BUT I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING AND THAT THAT MONEY WAS USED FOR TWO ACTUALLY, MR. ROBBINS, WOULD YOU COME UP HERE? NEVERMIND.

THAT'S FOR THE I KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

NEVERMIND.

NEVERMIND.

OKAY, SO NOW'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME.

YEAH, YEAH.

BUT THERE IS AN EXPLANATION FOR THAT MONEY.

AND IT WAS APPROVED EDS OR THE MODEL.

YES SIR.

YEAH.

ALRIGHT, SO LET'S GO TO SIX OLD

[6.A ORDINANCE NO. XXXX-2025 - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance to amend the official zoning map from Auto-Centric Commercial (AC) zoning district to Urban Transition (UT) zoning district for a parcel of land of approx. ±0.459 acres. The subject property consist of one parcel (163404) and registered address is 3532 Elm Dr. (2nd Reading) (Community Development)]

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE PARCEL AND REGISTERED ADDRESS IS 3 5 3 2 ELM DRIVE.

SECOND READING.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS, CONCERNS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED.

SIX B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE

[6.B ORDINANCE NO. XXXX-2025 - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance to amend the official zoning map from Auto-Centric Commercial (AC) zoning district to Neighborhood Conservation (NC) zoning district for a parcel of land of approx. ±1.336 acres. The subject property consists of one Parcel (375913) and located at the corner of Gum Dr. and FM 517 E. (2nd Reading) (Community Development)]

SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE PARCEL AND LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF GUM DRIVE AND FM FIVE 17 E.

SECOND READING.

APPROVE THAT.

A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? GOT A SECOND.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED.

ALRIGHT, SO GETTING INTO NEW BUSINESS, WE

[7.H Discussion and possible action concerning an Administrative Service Agreement with the users of Dickinson Historic Rail Road Depot (Schick) ]

UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE MUCH BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN HANG OUT WITH ME ALL NIGHT.

UM, SO SEVEN H DISCUSSION, UH, AND POSSIBLE ACTION CONCERNING AN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE USERS OF DICKINSON, HISTORICAL RAILROAD DEPOT.

I ASKED, I WAS, I KNOW, UH, MR. SCHICK AND MYSELF BOTH ASKED FOR THIS TO BE ON THIS AGENDA.

I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND I HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF CLOSING DOWN THE, THE RAILROAD DEPOT.

I HAVE NO INTENTIONS PERSONALLY, RIGHT? SO THE REASON WHY I ASK, SO LET, LET ME WAIT A SECOND BEFORE YOU START CHEERING.

HOLD ON.

, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE LIKE EVERYTHING I HAVE TO SAY .

UM, THE, THE THING I WANTED TO KNOW IS WHAT IS IT THAT OUR CITIZENS VALUE? BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, UM, YES, WE MAKE THE DECISIONS, BUT REALISTICALLY, I CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY CITIZENS WANT WITH IT.

THIS IS TOO TOUCHY OF A SUBJECT FOR US TO A SEVEN AS A COLLECTIVE TO JUST, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

SO WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE BASICS AND SAYING, I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

THIS IS NOT THE INTENTIONS.

BUT I ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS.

FOR INSTANCE, WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS? THAT IS THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR EVERYONE THAT DECIDES TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT WITH, 'CAUSE I'M ABOUT TO OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT? BECAUSE REMEMBER, WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, WE HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF TAX PAYING DOLLARS.

AND I ABSOLUTELY HAVE MY OWN PLAN.

ONCE AGAIN, MY DAD

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SO I HAVE A SOLUTION.

BUT IF WE'RE DOING IT AT THE CITY, THEN THAT'S A PROBLEM, RIGHT? IF WE HAVE A HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WE HAVE THESE NONPROFITS THAT COULD HELP DO IT.

SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY PARTNER TOGETHER.

I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST SOLUTION WITH COUNCIL'S OPINION, YOUR GUYS' OPINION.

'CAUSE I ACTUALLY WENT THERE THIS MORNING AND I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY WE HAVE A VERY, VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

HOWEVER, IT MIGHT NOT BE EXACTLY HOW IT IS TODAY IS I GUESS THE THING THAT IT KEEPING OPEN MIND GOING INTO IT.

SO PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE HAVE A LOT OF 'EM.

SO LET'S, UH, WE GOT CINDY, UH, MISS CINDY DEL PALMERO, PALERMO, GOD BLESS.

I'M SO SORRY.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M CINDY D PALERMO.

AND UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME ADDRESS YOU ALL THIS EVENING.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH FROM MY CHILDHOOD, BUT ONE THING I DO REMEMBER WAS THE TIRELESS WORK.

MY MOTHER, THE LAKE GWEN NUGENT, UM, PUT INTO SAVING THE DICKINSON RAILROAD DEPOT, HER, ALONG WITH JOANNE STANSFIELD.

AND THE REST OF THE WE AND WISH GARDEN CLUB WENT OVER AND BEYOND TO SEE THIS PROJECT THROUGH, BACK IN 1965, THE DEPOT WAS SET FOR BEING DEMOLISHED AND THE GARDEN CLUB ASKED IF THEY COULD PLEASE HAVE IT, AND THEY SAID, YES, YOU CAN HAVE IT AS LONG AS YOU MOVE IT.

SO THE LADIES WENT TO WORK AND RECEIVED A DONATION FROM THE NERS FOR THE HALF ACRE THAT THE DEPOT SITS ON TODAY.

AND THEN CAME THE PART OF MOVING THIS DEPOT.

AND THESE LADIES TOOK THIS PROJECT ON, AND I CAN REMEMBER COUNTLESS HOURS OF MY MOM ON THE PHONE AND LADIES IN OUR KITCHEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND THE LOVE AND PASSION THAT THEY HAD FOR IT, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I REMEMBER WATCHING THE DEPOT COME DOWN THE ROAD AS A CHILD AND REACH ITS DESTINATION, WHICH WAS NO EASY FEAT.

AND I ALSO REMEMBER WHEN MY MOM GOT A CALL FROM LEAGUE CITY OFFERING THE, THE LEAGUE CITY DEPOT TO THE CLUB.

AND AGAIN, MEMBERS WENT TO WORK AND GOT IT DONE.

AT THIS POINT, THE LADIES HAD TO RAISE THE MONEY TO RENOVATE IT IN WHICH THEY DID WITH THE HELP OF THE COMMUNITY.

A GRANT FOR $25,000 WAS, WAS GRANTED TO THEM, ALONG WITH A $2,500 MATCHED DONATION FROM, UM, THE KEPPNER GROUP AND THE CLUB'S SUCCESS, UH, WAS THE CLUB'S SUCCESS WAS TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF DICKINSON AND CREATE A COMMUNITY CENTER AND A GARDEN CENTER FOR THE WHEATON WISH GARDEN CLUB.

AND I'M JUST ASKING Y'ALL TODAY TO NOT LET THE WORK, THE PASSION, THE DEDICATION AND SUCCESS OF THESE WOMEN BACK IN 1966, ALL THE WHOLE, WHOLE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID GO TO WASTE.

UH, WE NEED TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF DICKINSON AND RECOGNIZE THE HEROIC SUCCESSES THAT THESE LADIES CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE TWO OF THE LADIES WITH US TODAY, UM, MILDRED AND HELEN, THAT ACTUALLY, UH, WITNESSED ALL THIS AND THEIR, UM, THEIR PASSION FOR IT AS WELL.

AND SO I JUST ASK THAT YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND.

I ALSO HAVE, AS FAR AS THE WAY FUNDING HAPPENED BACK THEN IS I HAVE A NEWSPAPER HERE AND IT TALKED ABOUT ALL THE BUSINESSES WISHING THE WE AND WISH GARDEN CLUB LUCK IN, UM, GETTING THE MONEY THAT THEY NEEDED TO RENOVATE, UM, THE MUSEUM.

AND SO I'M GOING TO, UM, TO SAY THAT MRS. DUNBAR'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL I BACK THAT.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I KNOW WE NEED A SOLUTION, BUT I'M ASKING YOU THIS EVENING TO PLEASE PRESERVE THE RAILROAD MUSEUM.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT I HAVE MISS, UM, JULIE, UM, MASTERS.

MASTERS.

OH, MASTERS .

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HOW IT'S ACTUALLY SPELLED, BUT UM, WE'LL CALL IT THAT.

I HAVE TERRIBLE HANDWRITING.

I ADMIT IT.

WELL, YEAH.

SO YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

UH, SO NOW YOU'LL HEAR FROM KEITH DICKINSON BEAUTIFUL.

WHO OFFICES AT

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I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME OF YOU UP HERE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN THE CITY.

SO BEAR WITH ME AS I READ THIS.

UM, KEEP DICKINSON BEAUTIFUL.

WAS FARMED IN 1987 AT THE SUGGESTION OF A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAD ATTENDED A TML CONFERENCE WHERE HE HEARD ABOUT AND SPOKE TO THE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL STAFF.

HE APPROACHED SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH THE IDEA OF STARTING AN AFFILIATE TO HELP CLEAN UP DICKINSON AND THEY GOT TO WORK.

ONE OF THOSE MEMBERS WAS MISS MARY AUGH.

KDB APPLIED FOR A 5 0 1 C3 STATUS IN 1989 AND INCORPORATED IN 1990.

I WANNA READ YOU FROM ONE OF THEIR RECORDS.

FROM 1989, UH, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP.

OUR CITY DOES NOT HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS OR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

THE MAYOR, CITY ADMINISTRATORS, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE ON THE BOARD OR ARE MEMBERS OF DICKINSON.

BEAUTIFUL.

DICKINSON BEAUTIFUL IS A LINE ITEM ON THE CITY BUDGET.

THE CITY PROVIDES SIGNS FOR HIGHWAY AND SCHOOL AND ADOPT A SPOT GROUPS.

THEY PROVIDE SECRETARIAL SUPPORT, OFFICE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, AND A MEETING ROOM FOR KEEP DICKINSON BEAUTIFUL ACTIVITIES.

AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO.

I JOINED THE BOARD OF KDB IN 1999.

THEIR MEETINGS WERE HELD HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND WELL IN THE OLD CITY HALL.

AND WE HAD AN OFFICE IN CITY HALL ALONG WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

I SERVED AS PRESIDENT IN 2001 AND WAS HIRED AS THEIR EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR IN 2003.

THE DECADES OF SUPPORT BY THE CITY HAS SHOWN THIS ORGANIZATION AND NUMEROUS OTHER DICKINSON NONPROFITS THAT THEIR EFFORTS WERE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY THE LEADERS AND ADMINISTRATORS OF THE CITY.

I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY SOME WHAT HAS KDB DONE FOR THE CITY? KDB HAS BROUGHT APPROXIMATELY $1.5 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR PROJECTS TO THE COMMUNITY.

HERE ARE SOME OF OUR LARGER ONES.

THE GCAA, WHICH IS THE GOVERNOR'S COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IS A TXDOT FUNDED LANDSCAPE AWARD.

IT'S OFFERED TO ALL KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATES THAT APPLY AND WIN 10 AWARDS ARE GIVEN.

EACH YEAR AMOUNT IS BASED ON POPULATION.

NO ORGANIZATION IS ELIGIBLE TO WIN, BUT EVERY SO MANY YEARS, THE TWO AWARDS KDB WON WAS 19 93, 19 96, OR $65,000 EACH.

SO DIGGING SOME BEAUTIFUL COMBINE, THE WINNINGS USE THE AWARD TO HAVE THE CRATE MYRTLE PLANTER BOXES BUILT AT ALL THE BIO CROSSINGS AS WELL AS THE ENTRY SIGN ON HIGHWAY THREE NEAR 20TH STREET.

THE CITY HAS NEVER HELPED WITH MAINTAINING THOSE BOXES EXCEPT TO CHANGE THE BATTERIES IN THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. BUT THAT STOPPED WHEN PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR KELIS GEORGE RETIRED FROM THE CITY SOME 10 YEARS AGO.

OH, SORRY, JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THEY DID PRUNE THE, UH, CRATE MYRTLES WAY, WAY BACK.

I CALL THAT CRE MURDER, BUT THEY LOOK, LOOK GREAT.

SO ALL IS FORGIVEN.

UH, WE WON THE GCAA AGAIN IN 2003, 2007, 11 15, 19 AND 23.

THE AWARDS ARE FOR $180,000 EACH FOR LANDSCAPE PROJECTS.

2003, IT WAS USED IN 2005.

THE GRANT WAS USED TO BUILD AND INSTALL THE TXDOT AND DICKINSON SIGN OF LANDSCAPING AT THE CVS AT 45 AND THE SHELL STATION AND THE TREES AND SHRUBS ON THE FREEWAY SLOPES AT THE I 45 OVERPASS.

THE 2000, UH, GRANT WOULD JUST NEED A CLOSING.

WE'RE AT LITTLE PAST THREE MINUTES.

YOU GOTTA HEAR ME.

OH, I, THE, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE THREE MINUTES.

I THINK THIS ONE YOU GET LONGER.

NO, I'M SORRY, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

.

WE HAVE TO GET READY TO HAUL ME OUT HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

2000, THE 2000 RE WAS USED IN 2009.

NO, EXCUSE ME.

SO PLEASE, IF THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE GONNA, YOU CAN COME IN HERE AND TRY AND TELL ME THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING WITHOUT ME GETTING THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW TO EXTEND YOU USED TO BE THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S PROTOCOLS.

SO WE, WE HAVE THIS BECAUSE OF REELS AND I SAID WE NEED CLOSING STATEMENTS.

AND YOU JUST TOLD ME TO EXTEND IT.

I'M ASKING YOU TO EXTEND IT AND, AND I HAVE TO GET THE, AND I, I ALLOWED OTHER PEOPLE TO, I EXTENDED AND I HAVE TO GET THE VOTE, MA'AM.

AND THEN I WILL LET YOU.

RIGHT.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS IT.

CAN I ALL IN FAVOR FIRST I MADE THE MOTION.

YES.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

SO IN 2007, THE GRANT WAS USED IN 2009, TDO PLANTED THE TREES AND THE L LANDSCAPING AT THE NEW CITY HALL COMPLEX.

2011 TDOT BUILT AND INSTALLED THE DICKINSON SIGN AT GUM BAYOU AND STREET TREES FRONTING MOUNT CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH IN MOORE'S EDITION ALONG FIVE 17 AT PAUL HOPKINS PARK IN THE FRONT OF ZIEGLER'S THAT ARE NO LONGER THERE IN 20 15, 20 19, 20 23, THE AWARDS HAVE NOT BEEN ACCESSED AS WE ARE

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WHEN CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED, THE CITY WILL OF COURSE BE SHOWN THE PLANS, HAVE COMMENTS AND APPROVE THAT PLAN.

BEFORE WE COMMENCE WITH CONSTRUCTION.

IN 2012, WE WERE AWARDED AN SEP GRANT FROM THE TCEQ FOR $54,479 TO DO A BIO CLEANUP IN DE SNAGGING.

THE BUDGET WENT OVER BY $10,000.

I REACHED OUT FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE GALVESTON COUNTY, DD ONE AND DD TWO WITHOUT SUCCESS, AND THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT STEPPED UP TO RECOVER TO COVER THE REMAINING COST.

WE RECEIVED $25,000 GRANT FROM DOW TO ASK AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE COUNTY PUTTING THE PLAYGROUND IN PAUL HOPKINS PARK.

WE WERE APPROACHED BY HGAC IN PARTNERING WITH THE CITY.

RECEIVED TWO HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE GRANTS, OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH TO HOST COUNTYWIDE COLLECTION AT THE GULF GREYHOUND PARK.

WE HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS SMALLER GRANTS FOR A VARIETY OF PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HGAC AND THE TEXAS CONSERVATION FUND AND PUBLIC WORKS, WE HOST A HUGE ANNUAL BAYOU AND COMMUNITY CLEANUP THAT HOSTS BETWEEN 100 AND 300 VOLUNTEERS, REMOVING 440,000 POUNDS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY STREET RIGHT AWAY AND DICKINSON BAYOU.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE RECEIVED A $30,000 GRANT TO PUT A HUNDRED TREES BACK IN DICKINSON AND HOST A CELEBRATION OF WHICH YOU ALL ARE INVITED, LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP PLANT.

WE HOPE SOME OF THESE IN THE AUDIENCE WILL VOLUNTEER TO HELP US PLANT THESE 100 TREES ON NOVEMBER 8TH.

AND ALL ARE WELCOME TO CELEBRATE WITH US AFTER THE PLANTING WITH LUNCH AND MUSIC AT THE DEPOT.

WE STEPPED UP TO ORGANIZE THE CITY'S 200TH ANNIVERSARY WITH HELP FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.

AND MR. SCHICK ON THE DIOCESE, KDB BOARD MEMBERS, OPTIMIST CLUB MEMBERS LANDSCAPE, THE DEPOT.

ALONG FM FIVE 17, WE INITIATE ADOPT A BOX, ADOPT A STREET, ADOPT A VALUE PROGRAMS, MANY OF WHICH ARE ADOPTED BY LOCAL YOUTHS.

AND A SIDE NOTE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE ADOPTEES.

WE PUT THE RAIN GARDEN IN AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH WAS REMOVED LAST YEAR.

WE GOT A GRANT REPLACING A HUGE DEAD OAK TREE AT THE GAZEBO WITH SMILE AND OWL CARVED FROM THE TRUNK OF THE DEAD TREE.

WE PLANTED TWO TREES THERE, LANDSCAPED THE GAZEBO NUMEROUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WHICH AGAIN, IS IN NEED OF THE SAME THING.

MOST RECENTLY, THE KDB BOARD MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS LANDSCAPED THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE DEPOT LEADING INTO THE COMMUNITY ROOM AND OFFICES OVER A YEAR AGO.

CITY STAFF TOLD US THAT THERE COULD BE NO MORE RENTALS AT THE DEPOT OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN OUR MEETINGS, UH, DUE TO THE ROTTEN WOOD STAIRS, RAMPS AND HANDRAILS.

SO WE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO GET THOSE REPAIRS TAKEN CARE OF.

THANKS TO $10,500 IN FUNDING ASSISTANCE FROM THE EDC, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE 11,500 REPAIRS TO THE RAMP STAIRS, HANDRAILS IN THE CEILING IN THE MUSEUM THAT WAS DAMAGE DAMAGED BY THE LEAK FROM THE AC.

SO NOW THE CITY CAN OPEN THE COMMUNITY ROOM AND THE MUSEUM AGAIN TO VISITORS COMMUNITY GROUP MEETINGS AND EVENTS AND RENTALS AND JUSTIFICATION OF ALLOWING LOCAL NONPROFITS TO USE THE FACILITY AND COMMUNITY ROOM AT NO CHARGE AND HOST EVENTS ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY.

FOOD AND BEVERAGES, MUSIC ARE PROVIDED BY LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WHEN NECESSARY, THE DPD IS HIRED AS EXTRA JOB FOR SECURITY.

I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN CLEANING TOILETS, EMPTYING TRASH CANS, VACUUMING, MOPPING FLOORS, DUSTING AND WIPING SURFACES, AND PULLING, PULLING WEEDS ALONG WITH MY TREASURE.

MARY YOUNG.

THE CITY HAS BEEN SAVING ON HOUSEKEEPING AT THE DEPOT FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT KDB HAS INITIATED IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE HELPED CLEAN AND BEAUTIFY THE CITY OVER THE PAST 38 YEARS.

SO NOW YOU HAVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON KEEP TAKING SOME BEAUTIFUL, LET'S GET TO WHY WE ARE HERE.

THE CITY HAS ANNUALLY REIMBURSED A PORTION OF KDB EXPENSES FOR MANY YEARS, UP TO $7,500 ANNUALLY WITH THE LAST ADMINISTRATION UPPING IT TO 8,500, WHICH HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN HELPING US DO WHAT WE DO AS WELL AS GENEROUS AND VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO STOP THE EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT CONTRIBUTION TO OUR EFFORTS, I ASK THAT YOU DO THAT BEFORE HOLDING US RESPONSIBLE FOR RENTING OFFICE SPACE OR PAYING UTILITIES OR INSURANCE OR MAINTENANCE OF THIS PUBLIC FACILITY.

I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT I SEE THAT MANY IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT.

SEE ALSO THAT THIS FACILITY IS A HUGE ASSET TO THIS COMMUNITY.

NO LESS IMPORTANT THAN THE LIBRARY OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY.

WE GIVE THANKS TO THOSE THAT TOOK THE INITIATIVE, INITIATIVE AND PERSEVERED TO PURSUE THIS PRECIOUS PIECE OF OUR HISTORY THAT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

FOR KDB, THE DEPOT IS FOR TOURISM, FOR QUALITY OF LIFE, A PLACE TO MEET AND WORK WITH OUR YOUTH, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TOWARD A CLEANER, MORE BEAUTIFUL DICKINSON.

AND TO LEARN TO SHARE, CELEBRATE, AND PRESERVE OUR HISTORY AS GALVESTON COUNTY'S OLDEST MAINLAND SETTLEMENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND IF I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL

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ABSOLUTELY.

UH, WHO ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS TO GET US STARTED AS AN OPINION OR AN OFFER ABOUT FUNDING? UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COSTS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR UTILITIES ARE OUT THERE.

UM, LAST YEAR WAS WHAT, 45,000, 40,000? SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE ANNUALLY.