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March 26, 2024 ·6:00 PM Final ·Regular Meeting

Council Chambers 200 West Walker Street

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Agenda — 85 items

  1. 1 The City Council of the City of League City, Texas, met in a regular meeting in the Council Chambers at 200 West Walker Street on the above date at 6:00 p.m.
  2. 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS
  3. 2 Mayor: Nick Long City Council Members: Andy Mann Tommy Cones Tom Crews Courtney Chadwell Justin Hicks Chad Tressler Sean Saunders City Manager: John Baumgartner Assistant City Manager: Rick Davis Assistant City Manger-CFO: Angie Steelman Interim City Attorney: Michelle Villarreal City Secretary: Diana M. Stapp Chief of Police: Cliff Woitena Executive Director of Capital Projects Ron Bavarian Executive Director of Development Services: Christopher Sims Director of Finance: Kimberly Corell Director of Human Resources/Civil Service: James Brumm Director of Parks & Cultural Services: Chien Wei Director of Public Works: Jody Hooks
  4. 2. INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE U.S. FLAG AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS FLAG
  5. 4 The invocation was given by Rabbi Yitzi Schmukler of Chabad of the Bay Area. Mayor Long led in the pledges of allegiance to the flags.
  6. 4 Mayor Long called the meeting to order at 6:04 p.m. and called the roll. All members of Council were present.
  7. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  8. 3A. February 27, 2024 Regular Meeting 24-0117
  9. 3B. February 27, 2024 Special Meeting 24-0120
  10. 3C. February 27, 2024 Council Work Session 24-0125
  11. 4. PROCLAMATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AWARDS, AND COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
  12. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL
  13. 11 Mayor Long asked if there were any corrections. He said hearing none, these minutes are approved.
  14. 12 Members of the public are invited to give comments at this time, lasting not longer than 3 minutes. Comments may be general in nature or may address a specific agenda item.
  15. 6. CONSENT AGENDA
  16. 6A. Consider and take action on a resolution to suspend the effective date proposed by Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (“CEHE”) for 90 days in its application to increase rates; authorizing the City’s continued participation in a coalition of cities known as the "Texas Coast Utilities Coalition of Cities;” authorizing participation in proceedings at the Public Utility Commission of Texas; authorizing the hiring of attorneys and consultants; requiring reimbursement of reasonable legal and consultant expenses; and requiring CEHE to provide proof of publication of notice (City Attorney) 24-0145 Approved Pass
  17. 6B. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with LJA Engineering, Inc. to develop a Regional Master Plan for League City’s undeveloped Western Area in an amount not to exceed $175,000 (Executive Director of Development Services) 24-0141 Approved Pass
  18. 6C. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing the purchase of windstorm and hail including flood and storm surge, property insurance through McGriff, in an amount not to exceed $1,598,021 (Director of Human Resources and Civil Service) 24-0122 Approved Pass
  19. 16 NAME ADDRESS SUBJECT Josephine Sullivan 400 S. Kansas Ave Sports Center & Research Craig Sullivan 400 S. Kansas Ave Sports Center & Research Will Pate Flags & Library Eve Gammill 311 Wakefield Library Don Johnson 810 Myrtlewood HGSD Katherine Swanson 1194 Rustling Wind Library Eloisa Perez-Lazana Library de Castelan Peggy Zahler 1802 Rampart
  20. 6D. Consider and take action on a resolution updating the schedule of fees pertaining to Planning related applications - Chapter 125 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of League City (Director of Planning) 24-0087 Approved Pass
  21. 6E. Consider and take action on a resolution amending the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) PY 2019 Annual Action Plan to reallocate $202,797 of CDBG-CV funds to Phase 2 of the Main Street Sidewalk Project RE2301 (Director of Planning) 24-0126 Approved Pass
  22. 19 PAGE BREAK
  23. 19 Approval of the Consent Agenda Approved the Consent Agenda Pass
  24. 6F. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a construction contract with Wilson Building Services, Inc. for the Main Street Sidewalk Improvements Project (RE2301A), in the amount of $324,461.00 and authorizing an additional $32,446 for a construction Work Change Directive budget, for a total construction budget of $356,907 (Executive Director of Capital Projects) 24-0133 Approved Pass
  25. 6G. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with Halff Associates for master planning phase, and Phase 1 design, bid and construction phase services related to the Lobit Park Redevelopment (PK2206) in an amount not to exceed $347,254 (Executive Director of Capital Projects) 24-0091 Approved Pass
  26. 6H. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a construction contract with G.W. Phillips Concrete Construction, Inc. for Bay Ridge Flood Reduction - Phase 1 (DR2004), in an amount not to exceed $919,283.45, authorizing an additional $91,928 for a Work Change Directive budget, and authorizing a construction material testing services contract with Terracon Consultants in an amount not to exceed $75,005 for a total construction budget of $1,086,216.45 (Executive Director of Capital Projects) 24-0131 Approved Pass
  27. 23 PAGE BREAK
  28. 6I. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with EHRA Engineering, to provide design and construction phase services related to the Maple Leaf and League City Parkway Traffic Signal Project (ST2403) in an amount not to exceed $161,250 (Executive Director of Capital Projects) 24-0132 Approved Pass
  29. 6J. Consider and take action on a resolution approving the submittal of a grant application to the Flood Infrastructure Fund of the Water Development Board (Executive Director of Capital Projects) 24-0135 Approved Pass
  30. 6K. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an amendment to the reimbursement agreement with ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, LLC. for the relocation of the existing 6” ExxonMobil Pipeline as part of the North Extension of Landing Blvd Project (ST1914) in the amount of $719,747.38 (Executive Director of Capital Projects) 24-0137 Approved Pass
  31. 27 END OF CONSENT AGENDA
  32. 7. PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS FROM PUBLIC HEARING
  33. 7A. Hold a public hearing on the League City 2023 Master Water Plan and 2023 Master Wastewater Plan as an element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of League City (Executive Director of Development Services) 24-0096
  34. 30 PAGE BREAK
  35. 7B. Consider and take action on an ordinance approving the League City 2023 Master Water Plan and 2023 Master Wastewater Plan as an element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of League City (Executive Director of Development Services) The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval, 8-0 on March 4, 2024. 24-0097 Approved on First Reading Pass
  36. 7C. Hold a public hearing on a request for a Special Use Permit, SUP-24-0001 (Bubbles and Barks Pet Grooming), for an Animal Sales and Services with no outdoor kennels or outdoor storage use for a dog grooming business on approximately 1.35 acres zoned “CN” (Neighborhood Commercial), generally located along the south side of East Farm to Market Road 518, east of Meadow Parkway and west of Chariss Glen Drive, with the address of 3311 East Farm to Market Road 518 (Director of Planning) 24-0129
  37. 7D. Consider and take action on an ordinance approving a Special Use Permit, SUP-24-0001 (Bubbles & Barks Pet Grooming), for an “Animal Sales and Services with no outdoor kennels or outdoor storage” use on property zoned “CN” (Neighborhood Commercial), generally located along the south side of Farm to Market Road 518, east of Meadow Parkway and west of Chariss Glen Drive, with the address of 3311 East FM 518 (Director of Planning) Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval, 6-1-0, with one member absent on March 4, 2024. 24-0130 Approved on First Reading Pass
  38. 8. OLD BUSINESS
  39. 34 Mayor Long made a motion, seconded by Mr. Tressler, to suspend the rule and move up item 10E for consideration. The motion passed by the following vote: For: 8 - Mayor Long, Mr. Mann, Mr. Cones, Mr. Crews, Mr. Chadwell, Mr. Hicks, Mr. Tressler and Mr. Saunders
  40. 9. NEW BUSINESS
  41. 10E. Consider and take action on an ordinance amending Chapter 74 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of League City entitled “Parks and Recreation” by amending Section 74-131, entitled “Alcoholic Beverages in City Parks” to clarify that alcohol is allowed at the Ballpark at League City (Formerly Big League Dreams) (City Manager) Staff requests approval on first and final reading. 24-0148 Approved on First Reading Pass
  42. 9A. Consider and take action on a resolution appointing Courtney Chadwell to the League City Local Government Corporation for a three-year term (City Attorney) Approved Pass
  43. 36 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending Chapter 74 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of League City entitled “Parks and Recreation” by amending Section 74-131, entitled “Alcoholic Beverages in City Parks” to clarify that alcohol is allowed at the Ballpark at League City (Formerly Big League Dreams) (City Manager) Staff requests approval on first and final reading. 24-0148 Approved First and Final Reading Pass
  44. 37 PAGE BREAK
  45. 9B. Consider and take action on a resolution designating an official flag of the City of League City (Mayor Long) 24-0149 Approved Fail
  46. 10. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES
  47. 10A. Consider and take action on an ordinance creating and appointing members to a City Council Subcommittee which will review the League City Ethics Ordinance (Mayor Long) 24-0123 Approved on First Reading Pass
  48. 10B. Consider and take action on an ordinance amending the City of League City, Texas, Governmental, Proprietary, and Capital Funds Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 by amending Ordinance No. 2023-28, Ordinance 2023-33, Ordinance 2023-47, Ordinance 2023-48, & Ordinance 2023-49 to adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures (Assistant City Manager - CFO) Staff requests approval on first and final reading. 24-0108 Approved on First Reading Pass
  49. 10C. Consider and take action on an ordinance: (1) amending the Solid Waste and Recycling Franchise Agreement with AmeriWaste to add two additional curbside household hazardous waste pickups per year and (2) updating the Solid Waste Services Fee Schedule to reduce the City monthly residential administrative fee by $0.08 and increase the AmeriWaste waste fee by $0.08 to account for the additional curbside household hazardous waste pickups per year (Director of Public Works) 24-0136 Approved on First Reading Pass
  50. 43 PAGE BREAK
  51. 10D. Consider and take action on an ordinance renaming the road (formerly Big League Dreams Parkway) that connects I45 to Calder Drive as Ballpark Way (City Manager) Staff requests approval on first and final reading. 24-0150 Approved on First Reading Pass
  52. 10E. Consider and take action on an ordinance amending Chapter 74 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of League City entitled “Parks and Recreation” by amending Section 74-131, entitled “Alcoholic Beverages in City Parks” to clarify that alcohol is allowed at the Ballpark at League City (Formerly Big League Dreams) (City Manager) Staff requests approval on first and final reading. 24-0148
  53. 11. ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA COMPLETED
  54. 12. REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS
  55. 48 Announcements concerning items of community interest. No action will be taken or discussed.
  56. 13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS
  57. 50 Announcements concerning items of community interest. No action will be taken or discussed.
  58. 14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)
  59. 51 Consider and take action on an ordinance creating and appointing members to a City Council Subcommittee which will review the League City Ethics Ordinance (Mayor Long) 24-0123 Approved First and Final Reading Pass
  60. 14A. Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.087 Government Code - Deliberations Regarding Economic Development Negotiations Discuss the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect that seeks to locate, stay, or expand within the City of League City, Texas (City Manager) 24-0118
  61. 52 PAGE BREAK
  62. 14B. Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.072 Government Code - Deliberations about real property Discuss potential purchase or sale of real property interests (Executive Director of Capital Projects) 24-0142
  63. 54 PAGE BREAK
  64. 54 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending the City of League City, Texas, Governmental, Proprietary, and Capital Funds Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 by amending Ordinance No. 2023-28, Ordinance 2023-33, Ordinance 2023-47, Ordinance 2023-48, & Ordinance 2023-49 to adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures (Assistant City Manager - CFO) Staff requests approval on first and final reading. 24-0108 Approved First and Final Reading Pass
  65. 14C. Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.071 Government Code - Consultation with Attorney Consultation with the City Attorney regarding pending litigation, to-wit: T & C Construction, Ltd. vs. City of League City (City Attorney) 24-0146
  66. 15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)
  67. 56 PAGE BREAK
  68. 15A. Consider and take action on the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect that seeks to locate, stay, or expand within the City of League City, Texas (City Manager) 24-0119 No Action
  69. 15B. Consider and take action on discussion concerning potential purchase or sale of real property interests (Executive Director of Capital Projects) 24-0143 No Action
  70. 58 Consider and take action on an ordinance renaming the road (formerly Big League Dreams Parkway) that connects I45 to Calder Drive as Ballpark Way (City Manager) Staff requests approval on first and final reading. 24-0150 Approved First and Final Reading Pass
  71. 15C. Consider and take action regarding pending litigation, to-wit: T & C Construction, Ltd. vs. City of League City (City Attorney) 24-0147 Approved Pass
  72. 16. ADJOURNMENT
  73. 61 _______________________ NICK LONG MAYOR
  74. 11A. Consider and take action to accept the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the year ended September 30, 2023 (Director of Finance) 24-0116 Approved Pass
  75. 62 CERTIFICATE OF NOTICE
  76. 63 This is to certify that the above Notice of Meeting was posted on the bulletin board of City Hall of the City of League City, Texas, on or before the 22nd day of March, 2024 prior to 12:30 p.m. as well as the City's public internet webpage, www.leaguecitytx.gov and was posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Government Code.
  77. 64 The City Council of the City of League City, Texas reserves the right to meet in closed session on any of the items listed above should the need arise and if applicable pursuant to authorization by Title 5, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code: 551.071 Consultations with Attorney, 551.072 Deliberations about Real Property, 551.073 Deliberations about Gifts and Donations, 551.074 Personnel Matters, 551.076 Deliberations about Security Devices, and 551.087 Deliberations Regarding Economic Development Negotiations.
  78. 65 ________________________ DIANA M. STAPP CITY SECRETARY (SEAL) MINUTES APPROVED: April 9, 2024
  79. 66 _________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, this facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for special accommodations or interpretive services must be made at least 48 hours prior to this meeting. Please contact the City Secretary's Office at 281-554-1030 or by FAX 281-554-1020. _________________________________________________________________________
  80. 66 Mayor Pro Tem Justin Hicks – No Comments
  81. 67 Any invocation that may be offered during the ceremonial portion of the City Council meeting shall be the voluntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the Council and do not necessarily represent the religious beliefs or views of the Council in part or as a whole. No member of the community is required to attend or participate in the invocation and such decision will have no impact on their right to actively participate in the business of the Council.
  82. 67 Courtney Chadwell – No Comments Chad Tressler – No Comments Sean Saunders – Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I do have something I want to bring up tonight. I spoke with Chief Woitena on this situation already. As most of you know, I am the president of my HOA, and I had a homeowner who contacted me the other day because I try to keep appraised on what’s going on in the neighborhood. He had a man that came up to his house, beating on his door, tried to get into his house, telling him let him in, it’s his house. Tried to get into his car, saying it’s his car. When he tried to talk to the guy, the guy tried to attack him almost, and he called the cops. I contacted Chief Woitena to find out who the officers who were involved in this, and I want to commend the actions of our officers Edwin Turcios, Chief, I’m sorry about that, I’m horrible with last names sometimes, Roy Banner, Garrison Mitchell and Lauren Hudgins. They came out, took a report from him, and instead of making a block and saying hey, I can’t find anything, they actually found the guy. They took him into custody, the homeowner gave them a full report, and I don’t know what the disposition of him is after that point was. This is the kind of actions that our police department does for our citizens. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen them go above and beyond to help citizens out, and I wanted to make sure that I brought this up tonight and put it on the record that I commend their actions and taking care of our homeowners and our residents like they do. Thank you, Chief. Andy Mann – I just wanted to speak to the library scanning situation. I’ve received a number of calls and emails from citizens. While I support the mayor’s and this council’s initiative to match costs with citizens versus non-citizens, I think honestly that the scanning might be a bridge too far. For those of you who don’t spend a lot of time in municipal stuff, usually stuff will kind of die down after a while. This kind of feels like we’ve already got the first and second punches on this and it’s going to die down. I just personally can’t imagine us going this far with this situation, even though I voted for it. Hopefully, we will find some way to enforce the ordinance that we passed in a less heavy-handed manner. That’s all I’ve got to say about that. Thank you. Tommy Cones – Thank you, mayor. Again, the Houston-Galveston Area Council board meeting and transportation meeting was this month again. Just kind of keeping everybody abreast here on Council. City of Houston is still trying to manipulate the numbers a little bit. The transportation committee met last Friday, and last Tuesday the board met. We’re still working through the bylaw changes, but it still appears that we have the votes to squash the City of Houston, Harris County, trying to take over the voting of a lot of things in H-GAC. Just kind of keep y’all abreast of everything. There are a couple of grants I’m going to give John to look at. I think we may have some opportunities for that. Tom Crews – Just two things. One, if people weren’t aware, this Saturday from 10-2, we have the not-for-profit I think it’s called an expo. What that’s going to do, it allows any citizen or anybody who is interested in volunteering to come and see all the not-for-profits that we have in the area so that they can see where they think they would fit in and where their time would be most valuable. My second thing is, it too is going to be on the library. If you haven’t gone, the librarians that they’re talking about at the front tables are really taking kind of a berating. It’s not anything that they’re doing, she just has to be there checking the cards and she is listening to the citizens. What I would like to see, and I’ve challenged any fellow city council members, to let’s go and sit at the table beside them, so that the librarian is not the one berated but the actual people who caused it are the ones taking the heat. Thank you. Mayor Long – Since you stayed and asked a question about the library, I will answer it. Sorry I couldn’t answer it at the time. We’re going to have to build a west side library. We talked about the west side master plan tonight. As the west side develops out we’re going to have to figure out where to put that library and how to best set it up. Is it a community center/library? Do we put it with a park? What do we do to maximize the utility of it and where’s the best location for it. Then in terms of paying for it, it’s expensive, the projection is from $70-to-$100 million. For something like that, it has to go to a bond and it has to go to a vote of the citizens and put it out there. Then it will be determining when is the right time for that. Personally, I believe we have to finish our current bond before we could even remotely ask the citizens for another bond. I think that’s kind of how it lines up. I think the first step is finish the projects that the citizens have already voted on and then figure out what and where that library or community center or what have you should be located, create a whole kind of bond committee that goes with that, because probably if you’re going out for a bond you’re going to want to put other infrastructure projects on there as well and then find a time to do that. It will be, just all the things I just said, if you did it really fast, it would be 3-5 years. It’s certainly a ways off, but it has to be planned and an expense that large needs to be taken seriously and really thought about.
  83. 69 At 7:37 p.m. Mayor Long announced the City Council will now go into executive session to discuss the following items:
  84. 73 At 8:05 p.m. Mayor Long reconvened the regular meeting and announced there was no final action, decision or vote with regard to any matter considered in the executive session just concluded.
  85. 79 At 8:07 p.m. Mayor Long said, there being no further business this meeting is adjourned.