Jun 23, 2026 City Council

US NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

AND THAT'S GONNA LEAD

[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS]

UH, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH COUNCIL COMMENTS AND WE'LL START WITH MS. DAWN KING FIRST AND GO FROM MY RIGHT TO LEFT.

WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME.

I WANT TO TALK TO, I'M DRESSED RED, WHITE, AND BLUE BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE'LL SEE YOU OFFICIALLY BEFORE OUR, UH, 4TH OF JULY FESTIVITIES DOWN NEAR THE VILLAGE GREEN.

AND, UH, OUR PARADE, WHICH YOU'RE GONNA GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I WANTED TO JUST, UH, INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME TO THOSE FESTIVITIES ON 4TH OF JULY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH ALL OF US.

AND I WANT TO ISSUE A CHALLENGE TO YOU.

THERE'S A FACEBOOK PAGE CALLED VISIT DICKINSON, TEXAS.

AND I'M GOING TO PUT A PICTURE OF THE OUTSIDE, THE FOYER HERE OF CITY HALL.

AND SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT DOESN'T COME HERE, HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS.

AND I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO RESPOND TO PUT A COMMENT DOWN FOLLOWING THAT OF A PICTURE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO DECORATE YOUR HOME, OR IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS, WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO DECORATE YOUR BUSINESS.

AND PUT IT ON THAT FEED.

AND LIKE DICKINSON AND FOLLOW DICKENS, VISIT DICKINSON.

AND WE'LL HAVE A FUN TIME THAT WAY, SHARING ALL OF THE, SOME OF THE FESTIVITIES.

SO PLEASE DECORATE YOUR HOME.

YOU HAVE ONE MORE WEEK, DECORATE YOUR BUSINESS, UH, AND UM, COME OUT FOR THE PARADE AND THE MARKET.

AND WE'LL HAVE A GREAT TIME ON 4TH OF JULY.

AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME EVERY TO HERE AND ABROAD.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY.

AS DAWN SAID, THIS IS OUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO SEE YOU GUYS BEFORE THE FOURTH.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY AT THE FESTIVITIES.

WELCOME EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE AND ONLINE.

WE PASSED A, UH, NEAR FIREWORKS ORDINANCE, I THINK JUST FOR THE FIRST OF YEAR OVER THERE IN THE INTERURBAN RIGHT OF WAY.

KIDS WERE PLAYING FIREWORKS, SET OFF TWO GRASS FIRES.

I STEPPED ON ONE OF 'EM, PUT IT OUT.

THE OTHER ONE, SOMEBODY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND I DIDN'T SEE IT BURNING BEFORE I COULD GET DOWN THERE THIS PAST WEEKEND.

ALL THESE SAME KIDS PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS AGAIN, WHICH YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE POPPING THIS TIME, AND THREW IT INSIDE.

ONE OF THEM FENCED IN COMPOUNDS THAT RUN ALONG THE INNER URBAN RIGHT OF WAY.

WE DON'T HAVE GAS LEAKS IN THERE, THANK GOODNESS.

BUT IF WE DID, SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE GOT BURNT.

WE'RE GONNA POP THE FIRECRACKERS.

LET'S BE RESPONSIBLE AND JUST KEEP AN EYE ON OUR KIDS GRANDKIDS WHEN THEY'RE POPPING 'EM.

WELCOME EVERYBODY, BOTH HERE AND ONLINE.

AND I'M WISHING ALL OF YOU A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT CELEBRATION.

BUT IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT EVEN WITH THE RAIN.

WELCOME EVERYBODY HERE.

LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A GOOD CROWD.

HOPE EVERYBODY GETS TO SPEAK.

SIGNED UP.

, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

UH, GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE WHO ARE HERE AND ONLINE AND I JUST WANT TO, UM, WISH ALL THE FATHERS A HAPPY BELATED FATHER'S DAY AND, UH, ALSO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO, UH, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THE FIRST ONE I'D LIKE TO GIVE A, UH, SHOUT OUT TO A, UM, ONE OF OUR OWN, HIS NAME IS MICAH BARNETT.

HE WAS A STANDOUT FOOTBALL PLAYER HERE IN DICKINSON.

HE ACTUALLY JUST GRADUATED FROM RICE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL.

UM, BUT HE CAME BACK TO DICKINSON LAST WEEKEND AND, UH, OFFERED A FREE FOOTBALL CAMP TO ANYONE THAT WANTED TO SIGN UP.

THAT'S FROM DICKINSON.

HE HAD ABOUT 180 KIDS THAT SIGNED UP, UH, MYSELF, UH, MY OR MY, MY, UH, MY BUSINESS.

WE WERE ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THE EVENT AS WELL AS AMACO AND A FEW OTHERS.

UM,

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UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A HIGHLIGHT TO SOMEONE THAT HAD NO REASON THAT HE HAD TO COME BACK AND DO THIS.

UM, BUT HE'S GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HE IS GIVING KIDS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO SHOW HOOK TO A FOOTBALL CAMP.

AND, UH, IT, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD A HECK OF A TIME.

SO I JUST WANNA GIVE A KUDOS TO HIM.

IT'S AWESOME TO SEE YOUNG, YOUNG MEN COME BACK TO THEIR CITY AND GIVE BACK EXACTLY WHAT GAVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN.

I WANTED TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MR. CHASE CAREY.

UM, MOST OF YOU WON'T KNOW THIS, BUT I HAD PROBABLY 47, UH, TEXT MESSAGES FOR OVER THE LAST PROBABLY FIVE DAYS BETWEEN HIM AND OUR OEM GUYS AND ANYONE DEALING WITH THE FLOOD WATERS THEY WERE WATCHING EVERY WHICH WAY WHEN WE HAD THE STORMS COMING IN, THE NAME STORMS, HE WAS AT CITY HALL.

UM, SO THAT'S THE INDIVIDUAL THAT Y'ALL HAVE RUNNING THE CITY.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE A KUDOS TO HIM.

THAT'S THE STUFF THAT NO ONE WILL EVER SEE AND I'M NOT GONNA LET THAT GO UNKNOWN.

UM, BUT THE OTHER ONE IS I DROVE AROUND IN MY GOLF CART AFTER THE RAIN STOPPED AND I JUST WANNA LET YOU, I LIVE RIGHT OFF OF, UH, HUGHES ROAD IN CAMP ALLEN, UH, THOSE BOXES THAT THEY PUT IN THE $39 MILLION PROJECT, IT'S DOING A HECK OF A JOB.

UM, THE GIANT DITCH BEHIND ME WAS NOT HOLDING ANY WATER 'CAUSE ALL THE WATER WAS FLOWING INTO THE BOXES.

UM, SO BASICALLY THIS IS OUR FIRST REAL TEST WE'VE HAD SINCE THOSE BOXES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF RAIN IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

UM, SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A POSITIVE AND WE STILL GOT MORE TO COME.

OBVIOUSLY WE GOT HIGHWAY THREE COMING.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, UH, I'M GONNA PASS IT TO YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, WHAT YOU GOT? YES SIR.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

UH, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, MAYOR, YOU REQUESTED THAT THE OHIO STREET PROPERTY TO BE PLACED ON THIS AGENDA AND IT IS NOT.

AND THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S A DMD MATTER, UH, THAT THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED BY THEIR BOARD.

AND I'LL GIVE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT.

THIS WAS THE CHURCH PROPERTY, LFO'S PROPERTY THAT WAS SOLD TO THE DICKINSON LITTLE LEAGUE.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 31 0 1 OHIO STREET THAT WAS PURCHASED BY THE DICKINSON LITTLE LEAGUE FROM LFO CHURCH USING THE DMD GRANT LOAN, WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT.

IT IS NOT EDC PROPERTY AND THERE WAS NO PROPERTY SWAP INVOLVED.

THE EDC OWNED PROPERTY AT 32 0 2 OHIO STREET WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE STATE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS ONE OF OUR DMS DEBRIS MANAGEMENT SITES FOR NATURAL DISASTERS.

JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IN CASE ANOTHER HARVEY COMES THROUGH, WE HAVE A LOCATION TO WHERE WE CAN TAKE ALL THE DEBRIS.

BASICALLY THIS IS A DMD MATTER TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS AND THE TERMS OF THIS LOAN FOR DICKINSON LITTLE LEAGUE, A FACILITY, A QUICK FACILITY UPDATE, THE DEPOT, THE HVAC SYSTEM IS FULLY REPAIRED AND BACK UP AND RUNNING.

WE ARE NOW WORKING ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS FOR ANY ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD LIKE TO USE CITY OWNED PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE.

UH, JUST A QUICK REMINDER, AS COUNCILWOMAN KING SAID EARLIER, WE GOT OUR 4TH OF JULY FESTIVITIES UPCOMING ON SATURDAY, JULY 4TH.

THE PILOT CUB CLUB SAID CUB PILOT, THE PILOT CLUB PARADE WILL KICK OFF AT 9:00 AM AND IT WILL GO AND IT WILL END AT CITY HALL WHERE THE MARKET ON THE BAYOU AND OTHER FESTIVITIES WILL BE UNDERWAY.

I HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE OUT THERE.

ALSO, THE MARKET ON THE BAYOU AGREEMENT IS BEING DRAFTED BY MR. DO SO, MRS. NAVA, WE WILL BE IN TOUCH SHORTLY, UH, ON AGENDA POSTING REQUIREMENTS.

AND THIS IS JUST A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE 'CAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ASKED ABOUT THIS, BUT THE LAW CHANGED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025 FROM 72 HOURS TO THREE BUSINESS DAYS.

THAT MEANS FOR A TUESDAY EVENING MEETING, LIKE TODAY, WE HAVE TO POST THE AGENDA BY WEDNESDAY AT MIDNIGHT OR TUESDAY AT MIDNIGHT IF THERE'S A HOLIDAY ON FRIDAY, JUST AS THERE WAS LAST WEEK.

THIS HAS INCREASED THE WORKLOAD FOR STAFF, FOR MR. OLIVER, FOR MR. DOME, MYSELF, ESPECIALLY DURING AGENDA POSTING WEEKS.

BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED AN INTERNAL DEADLINE.

ITEMS ARE DUE ON MONDAY BEFORE THE POSTING, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE JULY 14TH MEETING.

THAT DEADLINE WILL BE JULY 6TH.

THIS WILL GIVE US A PROPER TIME TO REVIEW DOCUMENTS, CONTRACTS AND ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS READY TO BE POSTED.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COOPERATION WITH THE MATTER.

AND FINALLY, BUDGET.

WE HAVE COMPLETED BUDGET, BUDGET MEETINGS WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, AND WE HAVE BUDGET WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED WITH COUNSEL ON THE 14TH AND THE 28TH OF JULY.

NOW I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MR. MAGDALENO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE THE HUGHES ROAD DRAINAGE PROJECT UPDATE?

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THANK YOU SIR.

HUGHES ROAD PROJECT.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, WE'RE GETTING THERE.

92% DONE.

UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ALSO THANK MY PUBLIC WORK STAFF, MR. UH, VENABLE, HIS GUYS DID A LOT OF WORK.

UH, THAT WAS, AGAIN, AS THE MAYOR SAID, THAT'S BEHIND THE SCENES YOU DON'T SEE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT THE BOXES ARE WORKING.

AS THE MAYOR SAID, I'VE GOT PLENTY OF VIDEO.

WE'VE BEEN WATCHING IT, AND THAT WATER IS ABSOLUTELY MOVING.

SO, UM, THAT'S GREAT.

FOR INSTANCE, NICHOLS NICHOLS ROAD, JUST TO THE NORTH OF FIVE 17.

IS IT CINNAMON COVE, I THINK IS THAT LITTLE, THE LITTLE STREET THAT GOES IN THERE.

HISTORICALLY KNOWN TO PONDING.

AND, UH, WE'VE HAD A, A, A, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF RAIN AND THERE WAS ZERO PONDING.

THAT WATER'S MOVING, THAT WATER'S IN THOSE BOXES.

IT'S HEADING SOUTH AND IT'S ACTUALLY GOING OUT INTO THE BAYOU RIGHT THERE BEHIND, UH, PANCO OR THE OLD, UH, OTHER FACILITY.

SO WITH THAT, SOME BAD NEWS, I GUESS, IF YOU WANNA SAY THAT, RIGHT? WE HAVE THREE, UM, CONSTRUCTION ZONES THAT ARE CREATING SOME DETOURS.

WE HAVE ONE THAT'S ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.

WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN NICKELS, RIGHT SOUTH OF DEETS, AND THAT'LL REMAIN SHUT DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

WE'VE POSTED IT, WE'VE SHOWN THE DETOUR.

THE DETOUR IS VERY MINIMAL.

IT'S ONE BLOCK OVER.

IT HAS MINIMAL EFFECT ON OUR, UH, RESIDENTS, BUT I ASK 'EM TO BE PATIENT.

WE GOT A WEEK OF THAT.

WE HAVE A SECOND DETOUR THAT'S GONNA BE IMPLEMENTED, UM, ON JULY 6TH.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WELL, LEMME SAY THIS, LEMME BACK UP.

THE CITIZEN SPOKE AND WE LISTENED.

THAT 15 MINUTE DETOUR THAT WE HAD, THAT WAS A PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WAS DESIGNED AND APPROVED BY THE ENGINEERS AND STAFF FOR THAT WENT OUT TO WETZEL ON HUGHES ROAD.

THAT DIDN'T GO WELL.

AND WE LISTENED.

AND SO WE MADE THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MAKE A CORRECTION.

SO AS WE, AS THE BOXES GET CONNECTED FROM THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, WHICH IS EAST OF HIGHWAY THREE TO THE WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY THREE AT HUGHES ROAD, THERE'S CLEARLY GOING, WE'RE GONNA BE DIGGING UNDERNEATH HIGHWAY THREE.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE A MESS WHEN THAT OCCURS.

WE'RE GONNA START THAT ON JULY 6TH WHEN THAT OCCURS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A ONE-WAY DETOUR RIGHT THERE AT HUGHES ROAD THAT IS GOING TO TURN SOUTH ON.

I BELIEVE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LABELED SAGE ROAD, BUT I THINK IT'S KNOWN AS ROBINSON STREET.

OKAY? THERE'S A, THERE IS A CUL-DE-SAC THERE THAT TERMINATED JUST TO THE EAST OF HIGHWAY THREE.

AND WE ARE, UM, WE'RE CONNECTED AT TO HIGHWAY THREE.

WE GOT A TDOT APPROVAL, UM, A WHILE BACK, GOT THAT RUSHED THROUGH SO WE COULD GET THIS DONE, SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF OUR CONTINGENCY MONEY SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT DONE.

AND SO, UM, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THE 15 MINUTE DETOUR.

THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A DETOUR THERE, BUT IT'S ONLY GONNA BE A, A, A SLIGHT, UH, CHANGE, UM, FROM YOUR NORMAL TRAVEL.

NOW, THE MOST EXCITING PART TO ME IS THIS PROJECT WAS NOT A FULL MILL AND OVERLAY OF HUGHES ROAD.

AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE ADDRESSED AND SAID, I THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING A WHOLE STREET.

WELL, THE, THE PROJECT HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THE EASTBOUND SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE OF HUGHES ROAD, WHICH IS THE PART THAT HAS THE BOXES UNDER IT.

UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE CONTINGENCY FUND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MILL AND OVERLAY HUGHES ROAD FROM HIGHWAY THREE ALL THE WAY WEST TO MET GOALIE.

THAT IS LOOKING TO START AS EARLY AS THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

THAT'S A TWO PHASE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

WE'LL DO EASTBOUND FOR THREE WEEKS AND THEN WESTBOUND FOR THREE WEEKS.

THE ESTIMATED TIME IS THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, BUT WITH GOOD WEATHER, IF WE CAN GET IT DONE IN THREE WEEKS, THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DONE STARTING NEXT WEEK.

WE'LL BE DONE IN SIX TO SEVEN WEEKS.

WHAT DOES ALL THAT MEAN WITH GOOD WEATHER AND GOOD TIMING? WE'LL GET IT DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS AUGUST, UH, LIKE THE SECOND WEEK OF AUGUST I BELIEVE.

AND IT'LL HAVE NO IMPACT IF WE GET A WEEK LATE.

WE MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT OF SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.

I THINK THAT IT, UH, IT'LL BE MANAGEABLE.

WE'LL TALK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS WORK.

THE GOOD NEWS IS HUGHES ROAD WILL HAVE ALMOST LIKE A 90%, UH, MILL IN OVERLAY.

AND I SAY 90 BECAUSE, UH, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THE MATH, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA EXTEND THE NORTH SIDE OR WESTBOUND SHOULDERS AS WIDE AS THEY WERE BEFORE.

BUT YOUR TRAVEL LANE IS GONNA BE FRESH.

AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I GUESS BEFORE I WALK OFF? YES.

HIGHWAY THREE TO THE RAILROAD TRACK.

SO ON THE DETOUR ON THE ROBINSON ROAD, SO WHEN YOU TEAR UP, WHEN YOU GO FROM UH, HIGHWAY THREE TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS YES SIR.

IS IT GONNA BE ONE LANE JUST GOING WESTBOUND OR EASTBOUND OR NOT AT ALL? JUST THOSE THAT LIVE IN THE HOUSES.

WELL, THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE HOUSES ARE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK WITH THE, UH, WITH THE FLAGGERS ABOUT GETTING IN AND OUTTA THEIR HOUSE.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ONE WAY EASTBOUND FROM

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AND IF YOU WANT TO GO WESTBOUND, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TURN SOUTH AND GO DOWN SAGE STREET TO ROBINSON STREET, TO THE CULDESAC, THE HIGHWAY THREE WHERE Y THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.

CUT IN THE, UH, THAT'S CORRECT.

IN CORRECT.

SO IF YOU'RE HEADED WESTBOUND ON HUGHES ROAD, YOU GET TO THAT CONSTRUCTION RIGHT THERE, YOU COME OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS, YOU GET TO THE CONSTRUCTION, YOU NOW HAVE TO TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO DETOUR, YOU'RE GONNA TRAVEL SOUTH ON ROBINSON STREET, GO THROUGH WHERE THE OLD EXISTING CUL-DE-SAC WAS, GET ON HIGHWAY THREE TRAVEL NORTH, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

JUST IT'S GREAT COMPARED TO THE 15 MINUTE DETOUR TO WETZEL, WHICH WAS THE ALTERNATIVE, WE WERE GO GET FIRE TRUCKS AND AMBULANCES, SIR.

SO WE CAN GO EASTBOUND.

EASTBOUND.

EASTBOUND WAS DESIGNED FOR TO, TO SPEED UP THE, THE EMERGENCY TRAFFIC VERSUS TRAFFIC IN AS OPPOSED TO TRAFFIC OUT.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S FINE.

ANY OTHER QUESTION? QUESTIONS FOR MR. MAGNO? AWESOME.

I APPRECIATE YOU, SIR.

ANY OTHER, UH, UPDATES? UH, MR. CARE? THAT IS ALL MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, SO NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

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, AND WE HAVE UP FIRST IS MR. JESSE LEE ROBBINS, UH, SORRY.

JESSE LEE RAWLINS JR.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY, UH, COMMENT IS ABOUT MY FENCE AND UH, I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE PARKING ON MY PROPERTY EVEN BEFORE I EVEN, UH, BUILT THE FENCE.

PEOPLE WERE PARKING FOR THE FOOTBALL GAMES BECAUSE CARS PARKED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE DITCH.

AND THEN ONCE I BUILT MY HOUSE, THEY STILL WAS PARKING.

SO EVERY, EVERY FENCE AROUND THAT, I'M IN BETWEEN.

AND THE ROOM, THAT STREET IS EIGHT FEET HIGH.

AND I READ UP THIS, UH, COMMENT, I MEAN THIS HILL, UH, UH, UH, ORDINANCE.

AND IT WAS BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE, THE CORNER LOTS.

AND I'M NOT ON THE CORNER LOT.

I'M, I I'M IN THE MIDDLE.

I ON TWO ACRES AND ANYBODY CAN SEE IN THE PROPERTY COMING DOWN THE STREET.

AND, UH, THEY STOPPED ME FROM, UH, PUTTING A FENCE UP AND UH, I'M JUST TRYING TO PROTECT MY PROPERTY LIKE ANY ONE OF YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DO.

AND UH, SO, UH, I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IF I COULD BE ABLE TO GO ON, FINISH MY FENCE.

THEY CAME OUT AND TAGGED ME WITH, UH, WITH, UH, FINES WHEN THE, WHEN THE, UH, WHEN THE SAFETY GUY, THE ONE STOPPED THE JOB AND THE JOB NEVER WAS FINISHED.

SO, BECAUSE I HAD NEEDED TO COME DOWN HERE AND SEE WHAT Y'ALL WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT HE TAGGED ME WITH THAT.

AND THEN HE SAID I HAD TRASH IN MY YARD.

I AIN'T NEVER HAD TRASH IN MY YARD.

I ALWAYS KEPT THAT PROPERTY FOR 30 SOMETHING YEARS CLEAN.

SO I'M GOING THROUGH A DEAL ON THAT.

SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, IN JULY TO SEE IF THE JUDGE GONNA THROW IT OUT, THE FINES AND STUFF.

BUT I WOULDN'T BEEN, THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN NO TRASH OUT THERE IF HE HADN'T STOPPED THE JOB.

SO THAT'S MY PUBLIC COMMENT ON TRYING TO FIND OUT IF I CAN FINISH MY FENCE.

I GOT MY FENCE BUILDER RIGHT HERE.

WE TRYING TO JUST FINISH THE FENCE.

I'M TRYING TO PROTECT MY PROPERTY JUST LIKE EACH ONE OF Y'ALL WOULD DO.

THEY KEEP PEOPLE FROM, UH, THE KIDS WHEN THEY IN SCHOOL, THEY GO RIGHT DOWN THE SIDE.

IF I HAVE THREE, THREE FEET, THEY CAN EASILY JUMP OVER THAT.

WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS, SIR? 32 12 BAKER DRIVE.

I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU, SIR.

I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.

WE'LL REACH, I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU AND SPEAK TO YOU.

I AIN'T, I AIN'T TRYING TO CAUSE NO PROBLEM.

I'M RETIRED.

I'M TRYING TO, TRYING TO, OKAY.

THANK YOU SIR.

I APPRECIATE IT, SIR.

THANK YOU ALL.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

HOW MANY YEARS OF MY TIME SINCE HE GONNA CALL ? I CAN, I CAN GO.

UH, NEXT UP I GOT MR. ALLEN JONES.

OF COURSE.

OH YEAH, YOU DO? YEAH.

WHAT WAS YOUR NAME, SIR? MR. ROBIN? NO, UH, THE OTHER ONE.

BUSH .

OH, STEVEN.

OH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I, I KNOCK HIM OFF HERE SO I DON'T WANNA MISS ANYBODY IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT.

SO.

ALRIGHT,

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GREETINGS.

MY NAME'S ALLEN JONES.

I LIVE AT 45 0 1 LINEER LANE.

I'VE OWNED MY HOME THERE FOR 33 YEARS.

THE ADDRESS IS BASICALLY SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF COUNTRY CLUB ESTATE TO BIO BEND AND MARINERS MOORING.

TONIGHT, I'M, UH, NOT GONNA ADDRESS THE RAW SEWAGE THAT LEAKS INTO THE DRAINAGE DITCH ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE AND HAS FOR YEARS.

I'M NOT GOING TO ADDRESS, UH, THE QUESTION OF HOW MANY TIMES YOU CAN PATCH ASPHALT PATCHES ON BIO BEND DRIVE.

UH, WITH MY THREE MINUTES, I'M FORCED TO ADDRESS A HIGHER PRIORITY AND THAT'S THE DRAINAGE AT MY, MY HOME.

DRAINAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE, UH, SOMEWHAT OF AN ISSUE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

MARINERS MOORING IS FLOODED MANY TIMES.

THE LEVEL OF THE ROAD IS APPARENTLY LOWER THAN OR EQUAL TO THE LEVEL OF THE BIO.

UH, THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED WITH A PUMPING SYSTEM THAT PUMPS THE BIO, UH, PUMPS THE WATER LEVEL BACK INTO THE BIO.

UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THE PUMPING SYSTEM IS, UH, LESS THAN SUCCESSFUL AND, UH, HAS POOR RELIABILITY.

WHEN MARINERS MOORING FLOODS, IT'S IMPASSABLE.

ALL THE RESIDENTS PARK IN MY YARD AND FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

ACTUALLY, THE FLOODING OF THE STREET IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME.

I LIVE ON A LITTLE OVER ONE ACRE, UH, AND A LARGE PORTION OF IT GOES UNDERWATER ALONG WITH THE STREET, BUT USUALLY DOES NOT AFFECT MY INGRESS AND INGRESS.

I'VE HAD FOUR FEET OF WATER IN MY LIVING ROOM AND HURRICANE IKE, HURRICANE HARVEY.

AND AFTER THOSE STORMS AND OTHER RAINS, IT WOULD EVENTUALLY DRAIN.

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THE CITY DECIDED THAT THE BEST SOLUTION TO THIS DRAINAGE ISSUE WOULD BE TO FILL UP THE DRAINAGE DITCHES WITH DIRT AND COMPLETELY COVER THE DRAINAGE CULVERTS, EXCUSE ME, LET ME REPEAT THAT.

THE CITY DETERMINED THAT THE BEST SOLUTION TO THIS DRAINAGE ISSUE WOULD BE TO FILL THE DRAINAGE DITCH WITH DIRT AND COMPLETELY COVER THE DRAINAGE CULVERTS.

I'M NO ENGINEER, BUT I STOOD IN MY YARD AND WATCHED THEM DO THIS.

AND I COULD ONLY STAND THERE AND SCRATCH MY BALD HEAD AND TRY TO FIGURE THE REASONING.

WELL, I SAID TO MYSELF, LET'S SIT BACK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED.

SOME ENGINEER SOMEWHERE THINKS THIS WILL IMPROVE THE SITUATION.

LET ME ASSURE YOU, IT IS A DISASTER.

WITH OUR RECENT FLOODING LAST WEEK, IT SHOWS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.

AS BY NOW, WATER SHOULD HAVE DRAINED.

OF COURSE IT HAS NOT AND IT IS NOT GOING TO.

SINCE THE DITCHES WERE FILLED AFTER RAINS, I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS LARGE PONDING TO EVAPORATE.

IT DOES AFFECT THE INGRESS, INRE EGRESS OF MY REAR ENTRY AND OF COURSE A BREEDING HAVEN FOR THE M WORD.

AND BELIEVE ME, THEY ARE HORRIBLE AT MY HOME.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CITY MANAGER CHASE CAREY, AND HE IS AWARE OF THE STREET PROBLEM AND IS CONTINUALLY ADDRESSING IT AND SHOWING VERY MUCH INTEREST TO TRY TO RESOLVE IT.

AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WILL, IT WOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL I CAME TONIGHT TO ASSURE MYSELF OF THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE AWARE OF ANY ACTIONS GOING FORWARD AS I NEED THIS DRAINAGE OF MY PROPERTY TO BE ADDRESSED WHILE RESOLVING THIS OVERALL ISSUE.

I'LL FOLLOW UP AND HOPEFULLY IT BE AGGRESSIVE ACTION FOR THIS ISSUE SO THAT I MAY APPROACH THE OTHERS THAT I HAVE MENTIONED.

IT IS JUST A LOT OF WATER.

HAS, HAS NOWHERE TO GO.

YEP.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WHEN WERE THOSE, WHEN WERE THOSE INLETS COVERED? SIR, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN THOSE INLETS, WHEN THE, THE DIRT WAS PUT IN THE DITCH AND WHEN THOSE WERE COVERED? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN IT WHEN? YES SIR.

I'M GONNA GUESS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.

LIKE THAT.

BUT IT JUST, THE COVERT COMPLETELY COVERED.

I MEAN, I'M, IT'S GONE.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

THAT WATER IN MY PROPERTY, IT HAS NO, IT IS DAMNED IN, SO IT HAS NOWHERE TO GO.

THANKS FOR LISTENING.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE GOT MS. SUSAN WILCOX.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS SUSAN WILCOX.

I'VE LIVED AND OWN A HOUSE ON 36 11 CALIFORNIA STREET SINCE 1963.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE PILOT CLUB OF DICKINSON.

A LITTLE HISTORY.

WE ARE THE OLDEST PILOT CLUB IN TEXAS.

UM, WE ARE HAVING A PARADE

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ON JULY THE FOURTH.

THIS WILL BE AROUND OUR 50TH PARADE.

WE STARTED, UH, ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO WITH MARY MARTINO, UH, WHO'S ABOUT 90 YEARS OLD NOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

A LOT OF YOU KNOW HER.

SHE LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, WE HAVE HOSTED THIS PARADE, LIKE I SAID, FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU ALL COME.

WE'LL HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE.

WE'LL HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

WE WILL HAVE THE DICKINSON, UH, HIGH SCHOOL BAND THERE.

AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO COME, UH, EITHER ON YOUR BICYCLES, YOUR GO-KARTS, YOUR SKATEBOARDS, YOUR ROTOR SKATES, YOUR GOLF CARTS, YOUR, UH, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE? UH, TRICYCLES, UH, WALKERS, IF ANYBODY NEEDS ONE.

OUR PARADE IS GOING TO BE VERY SHORT.

IT STARTS AT THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE THAT IS ON HIGHWAY THREE.

WE'VE HAD A STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL THERE FOR NINE, ABOUT 90 YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE.

UH, AND IT GOES DOWN HIGHWAY THREE, UH, SOUTH TO THE, UH, VFW HALL.

AND THERE WE WILL HAVE CAKE AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

WE HAVE A BALLOON MAN, OR TWO, TWO OF 'EM I THINK THAT COME THAT WILL COME.

AND THEY MAKE BALLOON ANIMALS AND STUFF FOR THE KIDS, WHATEVER THEY WANT.

UH, THIS IS OUR 250TH ANNIVERSARY.

I WISH I COULD BE HERE FOR THE 300TH TO CELEBRATE, BUT THIS IS A GREAT OCCASION FOR AMERICA RIGHT NOW.

AND WE, I'M ENCOURAGING YOU AND THE PILOT CLUB ENCOURAGING ALL OF YOU TO COME.

UH, WE WANNA SEE YOUR HAPPY FACES AND, UM, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, YOU JUST HAVE TO SHOW UP AT THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

WE DON'T HAVE TO PRE-SIGN ANYTHING.

YOU JUST COME AND WHATEVER YOU WANT TO GO DOWN TO THE VFW HALL IN AND PLEASE WAVE.

AND, AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU THAT DO COME AND I HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP I GOT MR. GARLAND COPELAND.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME'S GARLAND COPELAND.

I LIVE AT 37 17 NER DICKINSON.

UM, YOU PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME UNDERSTAND THAT IF I FIND PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S CORRECT, UH, LIKE A RUMOR, I TEND TO WANT TO DIG INTO IT TILL I FIND OUT IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT.

AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT, I HAD OCCASION TO GO TO THE MEN DIS DICKENSON MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, UH, WHERE THEY POST THEIR, UM, NOTICES, THE MINUTES AGENDAS AND THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING.

AND I NOTICED THAT, UH, APPARENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR, 25, FOR SOME REASON THEY QUIT POSTING THE MINUTES ON THAT SITE.

AND SO MY QUESTION IS WHY.

I'VE SPENT $4,000 ON SOUNDPROOF GLASS, SOUNDPROOF INSULATION, UH, SOUND BREAK XP SHEET.

ALRIGHT, NEXT UP I GOT MR. DAVID HOGAN.

HOW YOU DOING? UM, I LIVE AT, UH, 4 0 6 SERENITY DRIVE.

AND MANY OF YOU KNOW THE SITUATION WE'VE HAD WITH STARBUCKS.

UH, WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR 24 YEARS, SEVEN YEARS AGO THEY BUILT IT.

AND WHEN THE PR GUY WAS HERE, THEY SAID, WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY NIGHTTIME BUSINESS AFTER NINE O'CLOCK.

WELL SINCE THEN, EVERY FEW MONTHS, FEW WEEKS, SOMETIME, IT WAS TWO TIMES THIS LAST WEEK, THEY HAD POWER SPRAYERS OUT THERE WITH 20 HORSEPOWER ENGINES.

AT LAST WEDNESDAY.

IT WAS 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, 10 30 WENT FOR 30 MINUTES.

POLICE WERE CALLED.

I ASKED HIM TURN OFF HIS CRUISER.

HE DID.

HAD THE DECIBEL METERS, 75 DECIBELS.

THE CITY ORDINANCE, AS YOU KNOW, IS 58 DECIBELS.

TWO NIGHTS LATER.

SAME GUY SHOW UP AT TWO IN THE MORNING.

POWER SPRAYING AGAIN, SAID, WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING OUT HERE? AND THE POLICE ASKED HIM, WHY ARE YOU HERE? I SAID, WELL, STARBUCKS UH, TOLD US DON'T COME DURING WORKING HOURS.

AND WE ASKED THE STARBUCKS MANAGER THE NEXT DAY, THEY SAID, WELL, IT'S A THIRD PARTY VENDOR.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL WHEN THEY COME.

SO IT'S LIKE, NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE THE BUCK.

THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY CITATIONS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

I TALKED TO THE POLICE CHIEF.

HE'S INVESTIGATING THAT.

THE ONLY WAY IT'S GONNA GET RESOLVED, IN MY OPINION, IF COUNSEL, WHEN WE, I HAVE VIDEO OF IT, I HAVE AN INCIDENT NUMBER FROM THE POLICEMAN IS PULL THEIR PERMIT FOR A DAY OR TWO UNTIL THEY CAN CONTACT THEIR VENDORS AND SAY, DON'T COME AFTER 10 OR 10 30.

WE'RE TRYING TO SLEEP.

MY WIFE HAS MS. WHEN I TURN OFF THE ALARM TO GO OUT THERE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND WAKES HER UP, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.

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I GOT THREE LAYERS OF SHEET ROCK ON THE THING.

I CAN STILL HEAR THE ENGINES.

MAYBE I HAVE SUPERSONIC HEARING.

I DON'T KNOW.

AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TROUBLE HEARING.

MINE SEEMS TO BE GETTING BETTER.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I I WE NEED Y'ALL TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE THE POLICE WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL.

HE WAS NICE.

HE WAS TRYING TO BE NICE TO BOTH OF US.

AND THEY WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US THOUGH.

THEY KEPT SAYING, GIMME FIVE, 10 MORE MINUTES, I'M ALMOST THROUGH.

SO THEY PULLED AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

IT STILL CAME IN AT 60 DECIBELS.

IT WAS 75 AGAINST MY FENCE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO.

IT IS UP TO Y'ALL BECAUSE IT COMES TO MONEY.

IF YOU PULL THE PERMIT FOR A DAY OR TWO AND LOCK THE DOORS AND SAY YOU'VE BEEN, I I I, I DON'T LIKE BOTHERING THE POLICE.

THEY GOT OTHER THINGS TO DO.

THEY DON'T HAVE A MILLION PEOPLE WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT.

BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU THREATEN THEIR PERMIT, THEN THEY'LL WAKE UP AND CONTACT THESE VENDORS AND SAY, STOP COMING.

OR THEY NEED TO TALK TO EACH OTHER.

I GUESS COMMUNICATE AND SAY STOP COMING AFTER 10 OR 10 30, WHATEVER IT IS.

IF SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITH THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

'CAUSE I HAD TO WORK THE DAY AFTER THE HOLIDAY.

I GOT, I WAS UP FROM TWO IN THE MORNING TO, I COULDN'T SLEEP THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

SO I WAS ABOUT TO FALL ASLEEP DRIVING, DOING MY JOB.

MR. HOGAN, EXCUSE ME.

ARE THEY CLEANING THE, THE SEWER, THE SEPTIC TANK? NO, THEY HAD A POWER SPRAYER ON THE PARKING LOT.

THE PRESSURE WASHING UNIT.

THE PRESSURE WASHER.

IT WAS A 20 HORSEPOWER ENGINE AND THEY WERE, THEY HAD A BUFFING MACHINE AND THEN A SPRAYER DOING THE PARKING LOT.

AND I GUESS WHEN THE POLICE TOLD 'EM THEY HAD TO STOP AFTER 11, THEN THEY CAME BACK FRIDAY NIGHT AT TWO IN THE MORNING AND FINISHED IT.

AND I SAID, POLICE ARE ON THE WAY.

AND THEY WRAPPED EVERYTHING UP AND DROVE OFF.

AND THE TIME THEY GOT THERE, THEY WERE GONE.

I FEEL LIKE I'M BABYSITTING THE PLACE.

AND THEY TOLD US THEY WEREN'T GONNA, YOU KNOW, BE NOISY.

SO THEY BASICALLY LIED TO COUNCIL LIED TO US AFTER NINE AND WE MOVED IN 24 YEARS AGO.

THEY SAID IT WAS JUST GONNA BE ZONED FOR PROFESSIONAL BUSINESSES, DOCTORS, LAWYERS, CHIROPRACTORS, WHATEVER.

AND WE GOT A FOOD PLACE.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, WE'D APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE MY WIFE'S TIRED OF ME WAKING HER UP.

FUSSING AT HIM.

AND I'M TIRED OF BOTHERING THE POLICE.

THEY GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO.

ALRIGHT, NEXT UP I GOT, UH, MS. SARAH NAVA.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

I LIVE AT 42 12 KANSAS AVENUE.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO COME AND REMIND YOU ALL ABOUT OUR 4TH OF JULY FESTIVITIES.

SO, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT 20, 25 VENDORS COMING OUT.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WATERMELON EATING CONTEST AND WE HAVE MEDALS FOR THAT.

WE'VE ALREADY GOT PARTICIPANTS SIGNED UP FOR IT.

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WATERMELON CRAWL.

WE NEED A FEW MORE PARTICIPANTS.

TRAVIS, COME ON OUT.

, I'M KIND OF DIGGING THE WATERMELON EATING CONTEST MORE THAN THE CROSS.

UH, WE GOT, UH, WE HAVE MEDALS ON THE WAY.

I GOT MEDALS ORDERED FOR FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PLACE.

SO WE'LL HAVE MEDALS FOR, UM, EACH COMPETITION.

AND WE'LL BE OUT THERE UNTIL ONE O'CLOCK AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

YEAH, WELL I HAVE TO GET INVOLVED IN AT LEAST ONE OF 'EM.

I WON THE, UH, KEG TOSS DEAL AND I ALSO WON THE BOCCE BALL TOURNAMENT.

SO I GUESS I GOTTA KEEP IT GOING.

BUT YOU GOTTA GET ON YOUR GROUND WITH YOUR HAY FOR THE WATERMELON CRAWL.

THAT'S ALL FOR THE CURRENT PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I DO HAVE ONE MORE.

UH, SEVEN D DON'T LET ME FORGET.

I DO HAVE ONE FOR THAT ONE.

UM, NUMBER FIVE, CONSENT

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

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, IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSSED AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

YOU GOT A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO MUNI CAP INCORPORATED FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY OF DICKINSON.

SIX

[6.A ORDINANCE NUMBER XXX-2026 - Consideration and possible action to approve an ordinance of the City of Dickinson to amend certain sections in Ch. 12 of the City’s Code of Ordinances related to the use of electronic smoking devices and smoking in city buildings and vehicles. (Administration)(2nd Reading)]

A O OR OLD BUSINESS SIX.

A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DICKINSON TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS IN CHAPTER 12 OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES AND SMOKING IN CITY BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES.

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

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED.

UM, ALRIGHT.

SIX B

[6.B RESOLUTION NUMBER XXX-2026 - Consideration and possible action to award a contract to Municap, Inc., for management and administration services for public improvement districts within the City of Dickinson and authorize execution of a contract for same. (Administration)]

AUTHORIZED EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT FOR SAME.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A DISCUSSION.

MAYOR.

MAYOR, BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THIS ONE, I'D LIKE TO, UH, TO, TO START THIS OFF.

I WAS GOING TO PULL THIS ITEM, POSTPONE THIS ITEM BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT.

THE DATE IS WRONG THERE.

UH, WE RECEIVED IT LAST MINUTE AND, AND AS I, YOU KNOW, STATED EARLIER, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO REVIEW IT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS IN IN ORDER.

MRS. JENNIFER SLOAN FROM MUNI CAP IS HERE.

SHE DROVE FROM DALLAS.

SO INSTEAD OF POSTPONING THIS ITEM COMPLETELY, I THINK IT'S BEST

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WE LET HER COME UP, HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH HER.

I CAN BRING THE CONTRACT BACK AT A LATER DATE WITH THE CORRECTIONS IF NEED BE.

SLOAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH? SO I DO HAVE A THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE DID GET A MOTION TO, UH, FOR DISCUSSION JUST BEFORE LIKE YOU STOPPED IT.

SO DO, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

SECOND THE MOTION.

ALRIGHT, COOL.

MAKE MOTION MR. ALRIGHT.

IF YOU WANNA COME ON UP AND GIVE YOU PRESENTATION, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A, OR IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER QUE IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR, UH, WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN? I'M JENNIFER SLOAN AND I'M WITH MUNI CAP.

THERE YOU GO.

SO IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS FOR THIS MEETING, UM, WHAT MR. CAREY SAID, WE'LL GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION.

I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.

UM, THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A SET COST TO THIS.

I WOULD, I WOULD GUESS.

RIGHT.

WHAT IS AN AAV WHAT IS AN AVERAGE COST FOR YOUR SERVICE? SO FOR OURS WE PUT LIKE WHAT WE PUT IN THE CONTRACT FOR OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

UM, ABOUT 292,000 FOR FIVE YEARS.

UM, THAT WILL COVER, UM, ANY CONSULTING RELATED COSTS FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO A SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN.

IT ALSO COVERS, UM, OUR ADMINISTRATION COSTS, UM, FOR THAT PIT, UM, OR FOR A PARTICULAR LEVY OVER THE LIFE OF, OF ITS, UM, OR FOR THAT YEAR.

AND FOR THE, THE SERVICES YOU, YOU DO NOW FOR OTHER CITIES, I SUPPOSE YOU DO SERVICES FOR OTHER CITIES NOW, RIGHT? YES SIR.

UH, HOW MANY PIS ON AVERAGE ARE AT OTHER CITIES THAT YOU, THAT YOU HANDLE? UM, WELL WE HAVE SOME CITIES THAT WE HAVE AS MANY AS 30.

UM, SOME CITIES HAVE AS FEW AS ONE.

SO, UM, WE, WE RANGE IN DOING ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR SMALL CITIES AS, AS YOU KNOW, WELL AS LIKE CITIES, LAKE, FORT WORTH, LARGER CITY.

SO.

I, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO GET THE FINANCE DIRECTOR UP HERE.

IS THAT A PROBLEM? MRS. CLARK? WOULD YOU APPROACH? MRS. CLARK, WILL YOU SPEAK TO THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLANS AND, AND BY CHARTER THEY OR THEY HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL? CORRECT.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THEY EVER HAVE.

EVERY YEAR A SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FOR EACH PI AND THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE.

WHO'S BEEN HANDLING THIS? WE'VE BEEN HANDLING INTERNALLY.

IS IT YOU? YES, ME AND MY TEAM.

I JUST NEED TO ASK YOU A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS ABOUT, ABOUT PAYROLL.

IF YOU DON'T MIND.

YOU, YOU TAKE CARE OF ALL THE PAYROLL, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

AND, UH, I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MAKES OR, UH, WHAT THE MANAGER MAKES.

COULD YOU, COULD YOU GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE EXACT, OF WHAT THE CITY MANAGER MAKES A YEAR ESTIMATE? UH, 200 OR AROUND 200 LOW.

TWO HUNDREDS.

WHAT ABOUT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER? UH, ONE 60, I BELIEVE.

WHAT ABOUT THE CITY SECRETARY? 100.

AND WHAT ABOUT YOU? ONE 16.

AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT Y ARE THE, WOULD THAT BE THE TOP LAYER IF I DOES THAT COVER ALL THE TOP LAYER? OUR, OUR, OUR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY? WHAT YOU YES SIR.

ATTORNEY? UH, TWO 20 I BELIEVE.

TWO 20.

SO WE HAVE WHAT, FOUR OR FIVE PS RIGHT NOW? FIVE.

ONE IS A P NUMBER ONE IS AGING OUT.

WE'RE HITTING THE END OF THAT ONE.

SO, SO THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT.

IT'S GONNA BE YOU, I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BE DONE CORRECT.

SO CORRECT.

IT'LL BE BACK TO FOUR, CORRECT? YES.

IT'LL BE FOUR AND FIVE HAS NOT STARTED YET.

AND HOW MANY HOURS, HOW MANY HOURS WOULD YOU SAY IF YOU WERE TO DO THIS JOB, IF YOU WERE TO DO THIS JOB? 'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT RIGHT? WELL, I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLANS.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THIS THAT WE HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T BEEN FULFILLING, BUT YES SIR.

IF YOU DID, IF YOU DID AND YOU REQUIRED MORE MONEY, JUST SAY THAT, THAT WE WERE TO GIVE YOU MORE MONEY MM-HMM .

TO HANDLE THIS ADDITIONAL WORK, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TAKE THAT ON? I DON'T THINK I'M QUALIFIED TO DO THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLANS.

THAT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE, WE GOTTA SPEND ANOTHER 50,000 OR $60,000 A YEAR TO TAKE CARE OF SOMETHING.

SO IT WOULD, IT COULDN'T BE YOU OR ANYBODY THAT WE HAVE WORKING? NOT THAT I, I BELIEVE EVEN TALKED TO THE CITY ENGINEER THAT WE CONTRACT WITH AND HE WOULDN'T EVEN BE WILLING TO DO IT.

SO IT IS DEFINITELY NOT A FINANCE JOB, I WOULDN'T SAY CORRECT.

I MEAN, SO WE'VE BEEN HANDLING, LIKE TRACKING THE ASSESSMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

HOW WOULD WE GET BY WITH IT ALL OF THESE YEARS AND, AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE TO HAVE IT? I GUESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING.

WELL, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HAVING IT ALL THESE YEARS AND I GUESS NOBODY EVER REALLY BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION THAT IT HADN'T BEEN BEING DONE UNTIL WE DUG INTO IT AND REALIZED THIS SHOULD BE AN ANNUAL THING THAT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL MM-HMM .

SO EVER.

WE'VE NEVER, EVER DONE IT THERE.

I THINK WE FOUND ONE THE VERY FIRST YEAR OF PI THREE, BAYOU MAISON CAME THE VERY FIRST YEAR.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I WAS ABLE TO FIND.

I JUST, I, IT'S JUST ODD TO ME

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I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS, UM, PAID FROM THE ASSESSMENTS AND IT'S NOT TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

SO IT'S ONLY THE HOMEOWNER ASSESSMENTS THAT PAYS FOR THEIR SERVICES.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT, THAT ASSESSMENT WOULD COME STRAIGHT TO THE CITY THAT YOU COULD USE FOR SOMETHING ELSE, CORRECT? NO, NO.

THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

IT GOES BACK TO THE DEVELOPER.

IT WOULD GO TO THE DEVELOPER.

SO IT, THE DEVELOPER THEMSELVES ARE GONNA PAY FOR THIS TO BE PRESENTED.

IT'S NOT MONEY THAT WE LOSE NO.

COMING BACK TO THE CITY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE, HUH? YES.

POSITIVE.

IT'S A HUNDRED.

IT'S A, IT, WELL THAT SURE MAKES ME FEEL BETTER.

IT'S FIDUCIARY FUND, SO WE JUST HOLD THE MONEY.

WE, IT'S NOT TAXPAYER DOLLARS, IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CITY.

WE JUST HOLD IT INTO A TRUST.

THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

CORRECT.

WELL, I I, I'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT BETTER FEELING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW THAN I DID 10 MINUTES AGO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

SO I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, I WAS THE ONE WHO HAD THE CONCERN ABOUT THE DATE NOT BEING RIGHT, NOT MATCHING, UM, AND IT BEING A RETROACTIVE DATE.

BUT ALSO I HAD A, A, A CONCERN AS I WAS LOOKING INTO THE DOCUMENT, THERE WERE EXHIBITS THAT WERE, UM, ATTACHED AND PAGES IN THOSE EXHIBITS WERE MISSING QUITE A FEW OF THOSE SPACES.

SO BECAUSE THEY WERE EXHIBITS TO THE CONTRACT, THAT CONCERNED ME A LITTLE BIT THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE COMPLETE INFORMATION.

SO THAT I, NOW, LET ME JUST SAY BEFORE I CONTINUE, I'M IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF THIS.

I BELIEVE IT'S NEEDED AND I, YOU KNOW, AND I SUPPORT IT 100% AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE FOUND STAFF FOUND THIS AND WANTS TO MAKE IT RIGHT, BUT IN THE VOTING FOR IT AND, YOU KNOW, IT, I JUST FELT LIKE THE INFORMATION WAS NOT COMPLETE FOR ME TO MAKE A REALLY GOOD DECISION.

UM, AND SO I JUST, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHY THOSE WERE MISSING OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

WELL, IF I CAN, IF I CAN SPEAK TO THAT MA'AM.

UH, AND, AND REGARDING THE, THE DATE ON THERE, UH, AS I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE IN OUR CONVERSATION, THAT DATE WAS, UH, BASED UPON THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA DATE, WHEN WE THOUGHT THAT THIS AGREEMENT WOULD GO ON, IT WAS NOT OUR INTENTION THAT THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, APPROVED.

IF IT WERE APPROVED TODAY'S DATE, THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT JUNE 9TH DATE REMAIN, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT DATE IS PUT THERE JUST SO THAT THERE'S NOT A BLANK FOR A STARTING DATE.

BUT THE COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THIS CONTRACT TO START AUGUST 1ST OR SEPTEMBER 1ST.

IT'S NOT SET IN STONE WHATEVER DATE THAT GETS PLUGGED IN THERE, THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZES, YOU KNOW? SO, SO THAT IS, IS AN EASY CHANGE AND A CHANGE THAT I WOULD EXPECT TO MAKE.

UH, NOW IN REGARDS TO THE CONCERN ABOUT THE MISSING PAGES TO THE EXHIBITS, I TOOK A LOOK AT THOSE AS WELL AFTER YOU RAISED THE, UH, THE CONCERN, MA'AM, AND ACTUALLY IT IS SIMPLY A, UH, AN ISSUE WITH PAGINATION.

THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PAGE THAT'S MISSING IT, IT IS JUST, IT'S VERY WONKY.

UH, HOW THE PAGE NUMBERS, BECAUSE IT'S THE WAY THAT THE, THE PAGE NUMBER IS WRITTEN IS PAGE ONE OR PAGE PAGE X OF Y.

SO THE CONTRACT, THE BODY OF THE CONTRACT IS SIX PAGES.

UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF, OF THOSE, THE, THE, THE CONTRACT PAGES, YOU'LL SEE UM, PAGE TWO OF 10.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY GOT THE PAGE NUMBERS FROM, BUT THOSE NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP.

SO IT'S SIX PAGES FOR THE ACTUAL CONTRACT, AND THEN FOUR PAGES FOR THE COVER OF EXHIBITS A, B, C, AND D.

SO THAT'S FOUR PLUS THE SIX MAKES 10.

SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT, UM, WE SENT THEM OUR STANDARD CONTRACT FORM THAT HAD THOSE 10 PAGES, AND THEN UNICAP ADDED IN ADDITIONAL PAGES OF THEIR INFORMATION REGARDING SCOPE AND, AND PRICING STRUCTURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THOSE PAGES ADDED TO EACH OF THE EXHIBIT PAGES.

BUT THE NUMBERING AT THE BOTTOM OF THOSE EXHIBIT PAGES DID NOT GET DONE TO MATCH UP.

BUT WHEN, BUT ON EACH OF THE COVER SHEETS OF THE EXHIBITS, IT'LL SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, EXHIBIT A WILL SAY, UH, THERE ARE TWO PAGES TO THIS EXHIBIT MM-HMM .

INCLUDING THIS PAGE MM-HMM .

AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT AND COUNT OUT THE PAGES, IT MATCHES.

SO ACTUALLY I THINK EXHIBIT A WAS 14 PAGES TOTAL.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO, UH, THE PAGE THAT SAYS EXHIBIT A WAS PAGE ONE MM-HMM .

AND THERE WERE 13 ADDITIONAL PAGES ADDED BY UNICAP FOR A TOTAL OF 14.

AND THEN EXHIBIT B WAS, THIS EXHIBIT HAS A TOTAL OF TWO PAGES, INCLUDING THIS PAGE, MEANING THE PAGE, IT SAYS EXHIBIT B, AND THEN THERE WAS ONE PAGE THAT MCAP PROVIDED AT, UH, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THAT SAME THING WITH EXHIBIT, UH, C AND EXHIBIT D.

SO WHEN YOU COUNT ALL THOSE OUT, IT ADDS UP TO PRECISELY THE NUMBER OF PAGES IN THE DOCUMENT THAT IS IN MM-HMM .

THE, UH, PACKET MM-HMM .

SO ALL THE PAGES ARE THERE, IT'S JUST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGES THAT MUNI CAP ADDED.

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BUT I SAT THERE AND I COUNTED THROUGH EACH ONE AND YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT SAID, HEY, THERE ARE 14 PAGES TO THIS EXHIBIT, INCLUDING THIS COVER PAGE.

IT DID IN FACT HAVE 14 PAGES.

AND SO IT ALL JIVES, JUST THE NUMBERING IS OFF AND IT'S CONFUSING.

SO THERE WAS ONE DOCUMENT THERE THAT STARTED, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NAME OF THE DOCUMENT WAS DOCUMENT WAS, BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE FIRST PAGE, BUT THE FIRST PAGE THAT YOU SEE, IT STARTS AT, THERE WAS A NUMBERED INFORMATION, RIGHT.

AND STARTS AT NUMBER THREE.

I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT SAYS IT'S PAGE 16 AND THEN IT GOES TO PAGE 22.

AND I, AND I, AND I RAISED THIS QUESTION MONDAY MORNING AND THE LAST I HEARD IT WAS GOING TO THE, IT WAS A PROBLEM AND THAT, THAT WE WERE GONNA PULL IT.

AND NOW I'M HEARING, AND, AND I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

SO THOSE PAGES IN THAT PART, THAT PARTICULAR EXHIBIT THAT STARTED AT THREE, THOSE WERE PULLED DIRECTLY FROM THE RFP THAT WE SUBMITTED.

UM, SO THOSE ARE ACTUAL DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAD ALREADY PROVIDED TO THE CITY AS PART OF OUR PACKET MM-HMM .

TO, UM, FOR THE, UM, PROPOSAL.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THOSE PAGE NUMBERS, UM, ARE DIFFERENT.

AND THAT'S WHY IT STARTED AT THREE.

WE ONLY NEEDED TO INCLUDE THE SCOPE AND OUR FEES.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THAT'S ALL YOU, IT DOESN'T HAVE OUR FULL, UM, PROPOSAL IN THE, IN THE CONTRACT.

SO THE PAGE 17, 18, 19, 20, AND 21, YOU FEEL LIKE WE DIDN'T NEED TO SEE, THE COUNCIL DIDN'T NEED TO SEE THAT EITHER.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEE THE, THE RFP THAT WE PROPO THAT WE PROVIDED, WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO SUBMIT.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THAT ON FILE ALREADY.

SO IT'S, IT'S ALREADY SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS.

THE STAFF STAFF HAS IT ON FILE, BUT COUNSEL DIDN'T GET TO SEE IT.

THIS RFP THAT WAS SENT OUT, RIGHT, MS. CLARK? YES.

SO YEAH.

SO WHAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION MR. CLARK.

WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR, UH, OUR SAP AGREEMENT? DO I JUST SAY, IS THAT IN SEPTEMBER? SO THE, THE GOAL IS TO GET, UM, THE TAX OFFICE THE, UM, AMOUNT, THE, UM, ANNUAL INSTALLMENT AMOUNT SO THAT THEY CAN BILL IT ALONG WITH THE TAX BILLS.

SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING OUT WHEN THAT DATE IS, LIKE WHAT, WHAT IS THE LAST DATE THAT GALVESTON COUNTY WILL ALLOW US TO SUBMIT THOSE, UM, INSTALLMENT, UM, AMOUNTS.

AND ONCE WE KNOW THAT, THAT WE CAN THEN COME BACK TO YOU WITH A, WE NEED TO COME TO COUNCIL BY A CERTAIN DATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE APPROVED SO THAT THEY CAN BE PROVIDED TO GALVESTON COUNTY TO BE BILLED.

YES, MA'AM.

IF WE BROUGHT THIS CONTRACT BACK ON THE 14TH, WOULD THAT GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME? IF WE MADE THESE CORRECTIONS, MAKE SURE THE DATE AND EVERYTHING IS ACCURATE, WOULD THAT GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO TAKE CARE OF THE ASSESSMENTS? UM, IT WILL BE TIGHT, BUT YES, IT, IT COULD BE DONE.

BUT, BUT TO, TO CLARIFY, THE ONLY CHANGES THAT WOULD BE MADE TO THE DOCUMENT THAT IS IN THE COUNCIL PACKET IS JUST GOING TO BE CHANGING THAT DATE.

WHICH IS SOMETHING WE WERE GONNA DO ANYWAY.

AND THEN CHANGING THE NUMBERING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGES, WE COULD DO THAT.

AND WE CAN ALSO JUST ADD THE, MAKE THE SCOPE, JUST START WITH OUR SERVICES AS OPPOSED TO STARTING WITH NUMBER THREE, WE CAN REMOVE THOSE NUMBERS.

CD REMOVE, JUST CLEAN UP THE PAGE NUMBERS AND MAKE IT ALL FLOW.

AND MAYBE WE WON'T HAVE THESE OBSTRUCTIONS.

GOING TO, UM, INFORM THE, UM, ANNUAL INSTALLMENT AMOUNTS FOR EACH, UM, LOT BECAUSE THOSE AMOUNTS CAN CHANGE MM-HMM .

ALRIGHT, SO, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FOR DISCUSSION IF, UH, MR. BER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN, UH, AMENDING IT TO POSTPONE FOR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

WELL, RIGHT, YOU'RE PULLING IT, RIGHT? NO, WE HAVE TO ASK, WE, WE ALREADY HAD A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SO WE'RE ALREADY HERE.

SO IF I MAY ASK THIS EXACTLY, WHAT ARE Y'ALL GONNA DO WHEN, WHEN WE GET THE APPROVAL TO GET STARTED? WE'RE GONNA FIRST KIND OF GET WITH, UM, SARAH, WE'RE GONNA, UH, LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCUMULATED FOR THE, UM, PIS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.

THE FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA DO IS START THAT ANNUAL STAFF UPDATE PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE DOCUMENTS DONE AND, UH, APPROVED BY COUNSEL AND THEN GET THOSE INSTALLMENTS SENT TO THE GALVESTON COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR SO THAT THEY CAN BE BILLED TO THE, UM, HOMEOWNERS.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE ITEM THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S THE ONLY REASON FOR IT BEING A LITTLE BIT CRUCIAL BECAUSE THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE DUE, YOU KNOW, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AT THE LATEST.

BUT ISN'T THE COUNTY ALREADY COLLECTING, UH, PAID FEES? YES.

SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO DIFFERENT THAT NOT ALREADY BEING DONE? WE'RE GONNA DO THE ANNUAL, UH, UM, AS SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN UPDATE, WHICH IS A DOCUMENT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET FOR THE EACH PI.

IT'S ALSO

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AND, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE REVISITED EVERY YEAR.

SO, SO, SO PIS, UH, KIND OF BROADLY SPEAKING, IT IS KIND OF A FINANCING MECHANISM FOR DEVELOPMENT.

UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT A PIT IS.

WELL, IT'S, AND YOU SET 'EM UP FOR 20 YEARS AND THEY GO AWAY WHERE A MUD DISTRICT CAN SET UP AND THEY CAN EAT THEIR SELF AND RUN TILL THE GOOD LORD COMES AGAIN.

SURE.

BEST WAY TO PUT IT, THE, THE, THE ASSESSMENTS ARE SET BASED UPON THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE DONE, LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUCH.

AND WHILE THE ASSESSMENTS CAN NEVER GO UP, THEY COULD GO DOWN.

THAT'S WHY THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE REVISITED EVERY YEAR.

IT'S PRETTY COMMONPLACE ACT, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT CITIES WILL HAVE DEVELOPERS COME IN, PROPOSE A P BE CREATED, AND THE CITIES DON'T KEEP UP WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE STAFF, EVEN THE LARGEST CITIES.

I MEAN, THERE'S A REASON WHY MEDIA CAP, YOU KNOW, DOES WORK FOR FORT WORTH.

YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T KEEP UP WITH ALL THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE WITH A PIT.

AND A PIT IS NOT A SEPARATE ENTITY, UH, FROM THE CITY.

UNLIKE A MUD IS WHERE THE, THE CITY INK JUST WASH ITS HANDS OF THE MUD AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN GOVERNING BODY.

A PIT IS NOT LIKE THAT.

YOU GUYS MANAGE THE PIT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY COMMON TO HAVE A CONSULTANT, UH, HANDLE THOSE DUTIES.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE COSTS ASSESSED AGAINST THE ASSESSMENTS, YOU KNOW, AND NOT PAID FOR BY, UH, TAXPAYERS.

AND IF YOU MESS IT UP, THERE CAN BE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.

I MEAN, I, I CAME FROM LAKE CITY, WE HAD PIT ISSUES THERE, HAD A BIG LAWSUIT THAT RAN UP FOR YEARS AND YEARS BECAUSE ASSESSMENTS WERE OVER COLLECTED.

AND THEN YOU HAD TO GO DEAL WITH A REFUND.

REFUND TO WHOM? REFUND TO THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER, A REFUND TO THE FOLKS IN THE CHAIN OF TITLE.

ALL SINCE THE TIME THE PAY GOT CREATED.

IT WAS A BIG MESS.

JUST ONE MORE QUESTION.

THE, UH, THE ASSESSED VALUE, WILL THAT GO, WILL THAT GO, UH, DIRECTLY AGAINST THE HOMEOWNER? IS THAT ANOTHER TAX TO THE HOMEOWNER? IT'LL, IT'LL STRICTLY COME OUT OF THE PEOPLE COLLECTING THE P RIGHT? CORRECT.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BY THE DICKINSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PROMOTE OR DEVELOP A NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN THE CITY OF DICKINSON.

AND IT'S NOT A TAX, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE THE, THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE ANNUAL INSTALLMENT AMOUNT.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL THE WAY FROM DALLAS TO TALK TO US.

AND SARAH, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

LET, ALL RIGHT, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? WHAT'S THE ACTION? UH, WELL I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL NEXT.

COUNCIL MEETING THE 14TH, MR. PERRY? YES, CORRECT.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASS.

SIX C

[6.C RESOLUTION NUMBER XXX-2026 - Consideration and possible action to adopt a Resolution approving 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. (DEDC)]

I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO PUSH THIS AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH, ACTUALLY, UH, I THINK, UH, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR THIS ITEM TO BE PUSHED INTO NEXT TIME 'CAUSE UH, MR. FUNK IS NOT HERE.

TO HELP DISCUSS, THIS'LL POSTPONE, UH, JUST A MOTION TO POSTPONE? YES, YES.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

WELL THEN WE'LL JUST PULL IT.

WE DON'T EVEN NEED IT, SO WE'LL JUST THANK IT.

CAN, IS THERE NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ITEM THAT IS, IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE FOR US TO CONSIDER ON THIS ITEM BESIDES WHETHER WE SHOULD APPROVE IT OR NOT? UH, THIS IS THE COLLABORATE DEAL.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WE'VE BEEN FLOATING AROUND THIS FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS.

I, I AM NOT A, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING NEW, BUT I HAVE NOT SPOKEN, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO MR. FUNK ABOUT IT.

I CAN ANSWER THAT.

SO, WELL, I CAN ANSWER THAT.

WAIT, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO, I'M ASKING BECAUSE I'M READY TO VOTE ON IT.

IF SO, STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO GATHER INFORMATION, INFORMATION WAS GATHERED AND HE'S NOT HERE TO PRESENT IT.

THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN GATHERED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THAT Y'ALL, A LOT OF YOU WANTED TO HAVE ANSWERED THAT HAS BEEN, WANTED TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS OR THAT'S WHAT WAS ASKED FOR IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO WE'RE GONNA PULL THAT ONE TILL NEXT TIME.

I THINK THAT REQUIRES A VOTE ALSO.

I THINK IT DOES.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION WITHOUT MOTION.

, WE GOTTA START TONIGHT.

YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER IS.

IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING IT DOESN'T MAKE IT, I MAKE A MOTION VOTE.

D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

WELL THEN I, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO, UH, POSTPONE.

[6.D Consideration and possible action on the appointment of one regular member and two alternate members to the Board of Adjustment. (Administration)]

UH, ON THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE REGULAR MEMBER AND TWO ALTERNATE MEMBERS

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TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? THIS IS FOR ONE ALTERNATE MEMBER? YES.

IT'S FOR TWO ALTERNATE MEMBERS, I THINK.

NO.

ONE ALTERNATE.

TWO, ONE.

AND AND IT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, IF I MAY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, THE, AN APPOINTMENT FOR A REGULAR MEMBER AS WELL.

UH, THE LAST TIME THAT THE COUNCIL TOOK THIS UP, THE COUNCIL, UH, APPOINTED DAVID BLACKSHEAR TO THAT REGULAR POSITION.

UH, THAT APPOINTMENT, UH, OCCURRED BECAUSE WHEN MR. BLACKSHEAR, A LONG TIME AGO FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION TO BE APPOINTED TO A CITY BOARD, UH, HE LISTED DMD, UH, AS WELL AS BOA.

BUT THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

SO AFTER THE COUNCIL VOTED TO APPOINT HIM TO THE BO OA, UH, MR. OLIVER AND I REACHED OUT TO MR. BLACKSHEAR TO LET HIM KNOW, HEY, THIS ACTION HAS HAPPENED, UH, SURPRISE.

AND UH, DO YOU WANT IT? AND I ALSO LET HIM KNOW THAT, UH, IF HE, IF HE ACCEPTED IT, THAT ACTUALLY WOULD, UH, CONSTITUTE AN AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION OFF OF THE DMD.

AND SO HE WAS VERY SURPRISED ABOUT GETTING APPOINTED.

HE REJECTED, HE SENT IN A LETTER REJECTING THE APPOINTMENT TO BOA SO AS TO NOT LOSE HIS SEAT ON DMD, WHICH IS WHY, UH, THE COUNCIL SUE NEEDS TO APPOINT SOMEONE FOR THE REGULAR SEAT.

SO WE NEED A, UH, MOTION FOR ONE REGULAR MEMBER AND TWO ALTERNATIVE MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION FOR WHO? FOR WHO? I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST FOR DISCUSSION.

I'M SORRY.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, BUT I DON'T WELL, I NEED A MOTION OF WHO WE'RE GONNA APPOINT.

UM, OH, WELL I CAN'T HELP YOU WITH THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

YOU WHAT? SINCE THERE WAS NOTHING IN OUR PACKET.

YEP.

I'M GONNA MOVE TO TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING.

SECOND POSTPONE.

THE MOTION TO POSTPONE, HE EXCHANGE IT TO POSTPONE.

NO, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.

UH, I, I DID WANT TO ADD, 'CAUSE I DID, UH, TALK TO MR. OLIVER ABOUT IT.

UH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS.

GOT IT.

FOR SOMEONE SEEKING APPOINTMENT TO THE BO OA, SO, SO, I MEAN, EVEN IN A, A POSTPONEMENT TO THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY FINE.

UH, UNLESS WE GET MORE APPLICATIONS IN, WE NEED THE SAME EXACT, I'D LIKE TO MO I'D LIKE TO, UH, PROPOSE THAT WE POTENTIALLY AMEND THE MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL WE HAVE APPLICANTS.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

WELL, I'LL JUST CHANGE MY MOTION.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.

THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.

AS IN, I'LL CHANGE MY MOTION.

SHE'LL SECOND.

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE AN APPLICANT OUT HERE.

IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME.

AND, UH, YESTERDAY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT BOARD MEETING, WHICH I THINK I'M STILL ON .

AND, UH, IT WASN'T, UM, DONE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET A QUORUM.

AND THE LACK OF GETTING A QUORUM HAS AFFECTED US, HAS AFFECTED PLANNING AND ZONING AND MM-HMM .

IT SEEMS TO BE, WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING FOLKS TO ATTEND WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT Y'ALL GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF.

GET THE PEOPLE APPOINTED AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO BE HERE WHEN IT HAPPENS.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE FIVE 17 ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND REQUESTING THAT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EXPEDITE THE PROJECT TIMELINE ALSO MOVE.

THAT'S ALL.

BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A ISSUE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND THAT HOMEOWNER IS JUST OUT THERE IN LIMBO RIGHT NOW.

WELL, AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS WE CANNOT FORCE PEOPLE TO WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS OR PUT AN APPLICATION IN AND WE DON'T HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAN GO AND JUST SIGN UP.

'CAUSE WE'VE, I'LL GOT RID OF IT.

SO IN, IN MY CASE, I THINK I'M STILL ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

YOU ARE? YES, SIR.

THE, UM, I PUT IN AN LAP APPLICATION YEARS AGO AND I EXPECT THE CITY SHOULD STILL HAVE THAT AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PUT IN ANOTHER APPLICATION IF I WANT TO STAY ON MM-HMM .

EVERYBODY KNOWS.

I'M WILLING, IF MY TERM EXPIRES AND YOU WANT ME TO HOLD IT OVER, FINE.

BUT I'M NOT GONNA TURN IN ANOTHER APPLICATION.

THIS IS MORE OF FINDING, UH, MORE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE INVOLVED IS THE, IS THE DIFFICULT PART FOR THE CITY RIGHT NOW.

ALRIGHT, SO THAT MAKES SIX D UM, SEVEN A

[7.A RESOLUTION NUMBER XXX-2026 - Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution expressing support for the FM 517 roadway improvement project and requesting that the Texas Department of Transportation expedite the project timeline. (Townsend)]

GOT A MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

FOLLOW UP, UH, BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT LAKE CITY AND I THINK SANTA FE'S GONNA PASS THIS AND THEY KEEP PUTTING THAT FIVE 17 WIDENING OFF AND, UH, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE SUPPORT OUR SISTER CITIES AND TRY AND TRY TO GET THIS ROAD DONE TO LEAVE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC ONCE YOU GET PAST 6 46 OUT THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS FROM COUNCIL? JUST A

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ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS JUST OUR GOING AFTER TRYING TO GET THAT WEST SIDE OF FIVE 17.

FOUR OTHER CITIES.

BECAUSE IT'S WHAT, 2030 IS WHAT THEY'RE POSTPONING IT TO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I KNEW THEY RAN OUTTA MONEY FOR, UH, LAND ACQUISITION IS WHAT THEY CITED THE LAST TIME I WAS IN THE MEETING.

UM, ALRIGHT, ANY, UH, ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASS.

ALL

[7.B Discussion of a proposed ordinance to regulate battery energy storage systems. (Townsend)]

RIGHT.

SEVEN B, DISCUSSION OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO REGULATE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? IT IS JUST A DISCUSSION.

THERE'S NONE FOR A MOTION.

OH YEAH, THERE IT IS.

YEAH, IT'S A DISCUSSION.

I APOLOGIZE.

WERE YOU ABLE TO GET THE ORDINANCE FROM LAKE CITY? UH, YES, SIR.

UH, UH IS THAT, IT'S, THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS BECAUSE, UH, I WANTED TO RECEIVE CLEAR GUIDANCE ON WHAT SORT OF ORDINANCE TO DRAFT.

NOW IF YOU WANT, UH, LEAGUE CITY'S ORDINANCE KIND OF COPIED THAT, THAT'S EASY ENOUGH.

UM, LEAGUE CITY'S APPROACH TO REGULATING THESE, THEY'RE CALLED BEST BESS, UH, BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, UH, TO REGULATING THAT.

UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO IT THAT WAY.

UM, THERE ARE ALSO OTHER APPROACHES THAT CITIES AND TEXAS HAVE TRIED, UH, SAN MARCUS ACTUALLY IMPOSE AN OUTRIGHT BAN.

I WOULD HAVE SOME, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THAT SURVIVING A ILLEGAL CHALLENGE.

UH, SAN MARCUS' OUTRIGHT BAN ONLY RECENTLY GOT APPROVED, SO IT'S NOT BEEN CHALLENGED.

I DUNNO IF IT WILL BE, BUT IF IT WERE, I I WOULD NOT PICK, UH, THE CITY TO WIN THAT.

UH, THE CITY OF KERRVILLE ALSO HAS, UH, ANOTHER WAY, ANOTHER APPROACH OF REGULATING, UH, THESE FACILITIES AND THE WAY THEY DO IT, RATHER THAN AN OUTRIGHT BAN IS THEY HAVE SOME PRETTY ONEROUS, LIKE A LONG LIST OF REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT ARE PLACED ON SUCH FACILITIES PROPOSING TO, UH, COME INTO TOWN, LIKE DISTANCE, UH, REQUIREMENTS FROM CERTAIN, LIKE RIGHT RESIDENCES AND SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND SO BY THE TIME YOU ADD ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS TOGETHER, IT JUST MAKES IT A VERY HIGH BURDEN, UH, FOR SUCH A FACILITY TO LOCATE IN THE CITY.

UH, SO THAT'S ONE WAY OF DOING IT.

LAKE CITY'S, UH, FORMULA FOR DOING IT IS KIND OF A COMBINATION OF REGULATIONS SIMILAR TO, BUT NOT AS EXHAUSTIVE AS CURVILLE LISTING OF REQUIREMENTS.

BUT, UM, LAKE CITY DOES NOT ALLOW A BEST BY RIGHT IN ANY ZONING DISTRICT.

UH, THEY ONLY ALLOW IT BY SUP.

BUT LITHIUM ION APPARENTLY IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT, UH, COMPOSITION OF THESE, THESE BATTERY CELLS.

AND, AND THE REASON WHY THEY DO IT THAT WAY, AND IT REALLY KIND OF SPEAKS TO WHY THE WHOLE SUP UH, PROCEDURE, YOU KNOW, EVEN EXISTS IS SO THAT, UH, ANY SUCH FACILITY, ANY SUCH USE HAS TO COME IN AND GET THAT ADDITIONAL, UH, APPROVAL, WHICH IS THAT SUP, SO THAT, UH, THE SCRUTINY AND FOCUS CAN BE SITE SPECIFIC AND ANY REQUIREMENTS OR CONDITIONS CAN ALSO BE CRAFTED TO FIT THAT PARTICULAR SITE.

SO, UM, ACTUALLY, MY, MY INTERN HALEY THAT Y'ALL MET, UH, LAST TIME, SHE HAS PREPARED A VERY EXHAUSTIVE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE MEMO THAT I WOULD DISTRIBUTE.

SHE SENT IT TO ME THIS MORNING.

I'LL SEND TO THE COUNCIL FOR Y'ALL TO, TO READ UP ON.

UM, BUT, BUT HEARING WHAT YOU SAID, SIR, UH, WE WILL PREPARE BASICALLY A COPY OF LAKE CITY'S ORDINANCE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA NEXT TIME.

AND THEN, UM, THE DISCUSSION THE NEXT TIME CAN BE INFORMED BY Y'ALL'S REVIEW OF THAT MEMO TO SEE IF YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE ANY OTHER CHANGES AND STUFF.

I WILL WARN YOU NOW IS A MEMO THAT'S LIKE ALMOST 13 PAGES LONG SMALL PRINT, UM, A VERY IMPRESSIVE MEMO WRITTEN BY A SOMEONE WHO'S CLEARLY VERY SCHOLARLY.

SO, UM, SO WHAT IS THIS SCOPE OF THE CONCERN? IS IT SIDE, IS IT BIOHAZARD? LIKE WHAT? WELL, THE, THE CONCERN IS COMBUSTION, RIGHT? SPAR.

WE DON'T HAVE NO WAY OF REGULATING THEM.

LEAGUE CITY REGULATING THEM.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY PUT 'EM IN THE COUNTY, BUT IT'S IN OUR FIRE TERRITORY, SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM.

SO IT'S, I THINK TODAY FIRE HAZARD MORE THAN ANYTHING.

WELL, IT REGULATES WHERE THEY CAN GO AND, AND I HAVEN'T THAT FIRE HAZARD'S A BIG ONE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THE WHOLE GUTS OF IT, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING FOR IT, BUT I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT THE DRAWBACKS ARE.

YEAH, YEAH.

APPARENTLY THESE, THEY'RE MAINLY LITHIUM ION, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DIFFERENT OTHER, UH, CHEMICALS THAT COULD BE USED INSTEAD.

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BUT APPARENTLY THOSE THINGS CAN CATCH FIRE AND LIKE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A MELTDOWN.

THE DARN THING.

THERE'S NO STOPPING IT.

AND THEY WILL LIKE CATCH OTHER THINGS ON FIRE AND YOU THINK YOU PUT 'EM OUT AND THEY'LL STILL, LIKE, THEY'LL REIGNITE AND JUST A PRETTY BAD, BUT SARAH, TO YOUR POINT, YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE IS, UM, A PROPOSED FACILITY IN THE COUNTY.

NOW, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN, THE CITY CAN, UH, ADOPT ANY ORDINANCES ONCE IT'S NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THAT OUTSIDE OF THE, THE COUNTY.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WE CAN UNDERSTAND.

WE'VE GOT ONE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN OVER HERE BEHIND THE BANK.

THERE'S ONE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT BEHIND THE OLD HALLS BANK, AM BANK, WHATEVER YOU WANT CALL IT.

THERE'S ONE SITTING HERE THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE CALLED ONE OUT THERE ON 6 46 THAT SAYS THAT'S OUR FIRE TERRITORY.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PUT ANOTHER ONE OUT THERE AT 6 46.

AND CAROLINE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ONE'S BEEN, UH, THAT ONE'S BEEN, UH, SHELVED, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BUILD ANOTHER ONE SOMEWHERE ELSE AROUND SO WE CAN CONTROL WHAT THEY DO IN OUR CITY WITH THESE KINDA ORDINANCES.

SO I TALKED TO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT HELPED DRAFT THE LAKE CITY, UH, ORDINANCE.

UH, SHE'S ACTUALLY IS A TEACHER AT ONE OF THE DICKINSON MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

AND, UM, BASICALLY THAT WAS THE PUTTING IN THE SETBACK SO THAT THEY CAN'T BE WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DISTANCE FROM OUR PRO OUR CITY LINES.

SO EVEN IF THEY'RE IN THE COUNTY, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SETBACK FROM OUR PROPERTY LINES.

AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, THE FIRE AND LIKE NOTHING BLOWS UP AND YOU'RE WITHIN A THOUSAND YARDS OR METERS, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

SO THAT WAS WHAT SHE WAS EXPLAINING OF WHY THEY TOOK IT SO SERIOUSLY.

UM, THAT WAS, I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT ABOUT A YEAR AGO FROM HER.

SO THE, UH, TAXABLE VALUE OF, OF ONE OF THOSE STATIONS, I THINK THEY'RE BUYING ABOUT FIVE ACRES.

UH, AND THEY'RE GIVING ABOUT $7 A SQUARE FOOT THAT'S ABOUT $300,000 AN ACRE, ALL ADD TO THE, UH, VALUE ADD TO THE TAX ROLLS.

I'M JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BATTERIES ARE.

I WOULD SUSPECT PROBABLY IN THE $2 MILLION RANGE.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PROBABLY A $5 MILLION, UH, VALUE ADD TO THE, TO THE LOCAL, UH, CAD VALUE, I WOULD THINK.

DO THESE FACILITIES HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION STORE? DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT, IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO HOW THEY HAVE TO BUILD THIS? WE'VE BEEN TRAINED ON, WE'VE BEEN TRAINED ON WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY CATCH ON FIRE.

YEAH, BUT HOW ABOUT THEM BUILDING IT? DO THEY HAVE ANY REQUIREMENTS? ANY BUILDING CODES THAT WE, THEY'VE GOT REQUIREMENTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.

'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN OUTSIDE, THEY'VE BEEN OUTSIDE OURS.

THAT ONE GOT BUILT OVER THERE FOUR OR FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO OR LONGER.

PROBLEM WITH THEM IS, AND, AND IN A NUTSHELL FOR US, LET'S SAY THIS IS ONE THAT'S ON FIRE AND YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN IS COMPUTER SCREEN.

WE KEEP EVERYTHING COOL, LET THAT ONE BURN.

IF WE LET IT BURN ITSELF OUT, IT BURNS ITSELF OUT IN MAYBE 10, 12 HOURS.

IF WE PUT WATER ON IT, WE JUST SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN AND MAKE IT GO 18, 20 HOURS.

RIGHT.

SO I MEAN, WE'RE LEARNING.

WE'VE BEEN TO, I KNOW I'VE BEEN TO SCOTT'S BEEN TO THE TRAINING ALONG WITH US.

WE WENT, WE WENT OUT TO THE 1 0 6 46 THE OTHER DAY, UH, FOR A TRAINING DEAL.

I'VE BEEN TO THE ONE THAT'S ON HIGHWAY THREE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL OUT THERE, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 96.

WENT TO THAT TRAINING ON THAT ONE IN AROUND DECEMBER I THINK IT WAS, OR NOVEMBER.

IT WAS AROUND THE HOLIDAY.

SO EVERY TIME WE GET A CHANCE TO GO TO ONE, WE GO TO 'EM.

SO WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INPUT ON 'EM AND EVERYTHING.

DID YOU EVER THINK TAKE A BLOWTORCH TO IT? LITERALLY FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE? I HAD GOT TROUBLE THE OTHER DAY FOR WALKING UP THERE AND LOOKING AT A STICKER ON IT BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING 10 FOOT AND I DIDN'T HAVE A HARD HAT ON.

LIKE A HARD HAT WAS GOING TO SAVE ME, BUT I GOT IN TROUBLE FOR, 'CAUSE I WALKED UP THERE AND LOOKED AT IT .

SO.

WELL, SHE DON'T WANT YOU REAL CLOSE TO HIM.

GOOD INFORMATION.

SO DOES, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, GUIDANCE FROM COUNSEL FOR, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO KIND OF DR.

GIVE US A, TO GET A START WITH THE DRAFT? NO, I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE THE DOCUMENTARY LEAK CITY ONE.

UM, IS THERE ANY SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IF THERE IS A FIRE? YES.

I'LL, I'LL ADOPT LAKE CITY'S ORDINANCE FOR OUR PURPOSES.

UH, ONE NOTABLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAKE CITY AND AND DICKINSON, IT'S GONNA BE THAT DICKINSON DOESN'T HAVE ITS OWN WATER SERVICE.

OKAY? AND SO, UM, BECAUSE OF THE FIRE HAZARD POTENTIAL, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL NEED TO BE, UH, STRENGTHENED FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SUCH A FACILITY PROPOSES TO LOCATE IN TOWN, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN, UH, APPROVAL FOR THE WATER COMPANY, WATER DISTRICT, THAT THEY CAN GET ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY TO FIGHT A FIRE SHOULD THAT HAPPEN.

SO JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

THIS IS ACTUALLY MORE FOR MR. TOWNSEND, BUT A, ASSUMING THAT THERE IS A FIRE, IS THERE, UH, HAZARDS OF MATERIALS CONCERN AFTER A FIRE?

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THERE'S THERE, UH, IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE, THERE ARE, UH, DANGEROUS GASES THAT COULD BE RELEASED.

UH, ONE, ONE COMMENT.

UH, COUNCILMAN EDMONDS HERE JUST PULLED UP THE VALUE OF THE ONE OVER HERE BY, BY THE BANK, AND THEY'VE GOT IT DOWN AT 93,000.

WE ALL KNOW THAT'S FICTITIOUS.

UH, I MEAN, IF IT'S, UH, NOT A VALUE ADD FOR THE CITY, AND IF WE CAN'T TAP INTO THAT DURING EMERGENCY, UH, I'M, I'M WITH COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND.

UH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO COMMUNITY, UH, VALUE WISE OR, OR THAT WE CAN TAP IN DURING EMERGENCY, I, I, HEY, LET 'EM GO SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE DANGER OF IT.

BUT MAN, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WHEN THE SYSTEM GETS HEAVY, SAY AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK, WHEN EVERYBODY GETS ON, THEY CHARGE DURING THE NIGHT.

BUT THEY, THEY FEED BACK INTO THE SYSTEM, BUT THEY'RE ONLY GOOD FOR A COUPLE HOURS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY'RE ONLY GOOD FOR SO LONG ONCE THEY RUN OUT OF PI, THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THEY RECHARGE.

IF IT'S NOT A VALUE ADD, I'M OFF FOR LETTING 'EM GO.

AND I THINK, UH, MR. WIL BRINGER ON THE RIGHT, THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE RIGHT TRACK ON THAT ONE BECAUSE WE'RE VERY LIMITED ON THE AMOUNT OF REAL ESTATE WE GOT HERE IN THE OLD DICKINSON, TEXAS.

SO YEAH, LIKE YOU SAID, IF IT'S $93,000 VALUE, YOU KNOW, ADDED VALUE TO THE CAD, THAT'S NOT A NO NOT WORTH THE RISK OF LIVES AND HAZARD AND FIRE AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF.

SO MAYBE THIS KID COULD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LEAGUE CITY ORDINANCE KIND OF MAYBE THESE KIDS WITH FIREWORKS SHOULD GO PLAY OVER THERE.

SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S IT FOR SEVEN C UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER, UH, REMAINING ISSUES, IF NOT.

SEVEN C CONSIDERATION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ELECT A PRO MAYOR, PRO TEM.

SEVEN D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT A REP SEVEN,

[7.C Consideration and possible action to elect a Mayor Pro Tem. (Administration)]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I NOMINATE MARK TOWNSEND.

ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS.

I GOT A NOMINATION FOR MR. MARK TOWNSEND.

SECOND THAT YOU GOT A SECOND THAT ANYONE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

YOU ARE NOW AGAIN OUR MAYOR PRO TIM.

THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING.

THAT WAS WHY I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO JUMP THE GUN TO IT.

I HAVE IT CIRCLED.

UH, ALRIGHT.

70 D

[7.D Consideration and possible action to appoint a representative for the Dickinson Bayou Watershed Steering Committee. (King)]

CONSIDERATION.

POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE DICKINSON BAYOU WATERSHED STEERING COMMITTEE.

AND BEFORE WE GET A MOTION, I GOT MR. JOHN DUGAN, UH, SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND SAME THING.

JOHN DUGAN, 1009 ROYAL OAK DRIVE.

SO, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I PUT AN APPLICATION FOR YEARS AGO.

UM, I I'M USED TO THE APPLICATIONS BEING OUT IN THE LOBBY.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT I AM INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I DID ATTEND, UM, AS FAR AS THE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD IS SOMETHING THAT I DO CARE ABOUT.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I GOT INVOLVED IN DICKINSON YEARS AGO WAS BECAUSE OF HARVEY.

UM, HAD FOUR FOOT OF WATER IN MY HOUSE.

UM, I STAYED CONNECTED WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THAT, UM, WATERSHED STEERING COMMITTEE.

AND, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO ATTEND THOSE THINGS.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY I'VE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN THE MEETINGS HAPPEN.

UM, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT AND CARE ABOUT AND WOULD LIKE TO THROW MYSELF IN THAT POOL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO I HAVE A MOTION? DO WE ONLY NEED ONE REPRESENTATIVE SO FAR? MM-HMM .

IF SO, I'LL, I MEAN, IF HE'S INTERESTED, I WILL.

WE HAVE TWO SPACES THERE.

I THINK ON, ON THAT BOARD WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE THAT I THINK CHASE CAREY I ATTEND.

SORRY, SORRY.

UH, MR. CAREY IS, UM, THE ALTERNATE FAILING.

I'M, I'M ALL FOR SOMEONE WHO'S PASSIONATE ABOUT BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE, SO, OKAY.

UM, I KNOW MR. DUGAN PERSONALLY, BUT I, HE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE MY SUPPORT IF HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT GOING THERE.

ACTUALLY, WE WILL SHOW UP TO THE MEETINGS.

GOT A MOTION.

SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MR. DUGAN.

I'LL SECOND.

I GOT A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS FROM COUNSEL? ALL? ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT WANNA SERVE ON THAT? YEP.

NO, I, YOU, I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, I, THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATION WAS, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE, ON THE BAYOU WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE IF THERE WAS OTHERS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN DOING SO.

UM, CURRENTLY OUR MEMBER IS BILL

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SCHICK.

BILL SCH LIVES ON THE BAYOU.

SO HE SEES IT EVERY DAY.

AND I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE CONCEPT OF, OF PART OF THAT DISCUSSION IS SOMEBODY WHO SEES THAT BY YOU EVERY DAY IS KNOWING, KNOWS WHAT GOES ON ON THE BAYOU EVERY DAY AND WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.

MR. SCHICK STILL ON THE COMMITTEE? YES.

HE'S CURRENTLY SERVING.

SO HE'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL OR NO, HE'LL BE REPLACING MR. SCHICK.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS MR. DUGAN.

ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS FOR VOTE? ALRIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED.

YOU ARE NOW OUR REPRESENTATIVE.

UH, AND NOW WE WILL CLOSE

[8. EXECUTIVE (CLOSED) SESSION(S)]

IT DOWN AT EIGHT 15 AND GO INTO CLOSE SESSION FOR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.01071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND, UH, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, UH, ITEMS FOR ANY OF NUMBER NINE.

SO FUTURE AGENDA

[10. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WE'D LIKE TO PLACE? UH, THAT WE CURRENTLY, UM, NOPE.

I WOULD LIKE THE TOPIC THAT I DISCUSSED TO COME UP IN EX NEXT MEETING IF POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

UH, THE THE CIVIC POOL.

CAN YOU ADD IT TO THE YEAH, I'D LIKE TO.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE WAITING AROUND ANYTHING ELSE.

LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UH, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, FORECLOSURE ON THE LIENS LIKE THAT TO BE, WE'RE GOING, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL DO THAT ACTION ITEM.

I'LL BRING THAT BACK NEXT TIME.

AND THEN MR. EDMONDS, UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN YOUR REQUEST REGARDING A DEBTOR ORDINANCE.

SO I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND PULL SOME SAMPLES SO I CAN HAVE THAT A PROPOSED ONE ON THE NEXT AGENDA IF YOU'D LIKE.

AND THEN DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM PLANNING AND ZONING? LIKE WHEN THEY COULD, WE COULD POSSIBLY MEET AGAIN? UH, I MEAN WE, WE LITERALLY GOT WHAT, THREE INCHES ON OUR MAP FROM OUR PLANNING AND ZONING JOINT MEETING.

UM, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE, IS THERE A TIMELINE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT OF EITHER ONCE SCHEDULING A SPECIAL MEETING THAT IS DEDICATED SO WE CAN SPEND MORE THAN AN HOUR PLANNING AND ZONING HAS NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, THEY HAVE NOT, THEIR LAST MEETING, THEIR LAST MEETING WAS CANCELED.

I WOULD ADVISE GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS, IS IT MORE PRUDENT TO LIKE MAYBE HAVE A WHOLE SEPARATE DAY AND NOT TRY TO ADD THAT AS IT, LIKE THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE NEED TO HAVE JUST A SPECIAL MEETING ONCE THEY'RE READY TO GO BECAUSE THAT, THAT WASN'T, THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN AN HOUR.

WE'RE, WE WERE LIKE 45 MINUTES IN ON ITEM TWO.

WE CRAWLED AS FAST AS THEY DID AT THE BEGINNING.