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February 13, 2024 ·6:00 PM Final ·Regular Meeting

Council Chambers 200 West Walker Street

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Agenda — 69 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 Vacant 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 Director of Engineering: 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 Baha’I Faith Community. Mayor Long led in the pledges of allegiance to the flags.
  6. 4 Mayor for the Day Caiden Navarro joined Mayor Nick Long in calling the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and called the roll. All members of Council were present.
  7. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  8. 3A. January 23, 2024 Regular Meeting 24-0060
  9. 3B. January 23, 2024 Special Meeting 24-0063
  10. 3C. January 23, 2024 Council Work Session 24-0074
  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 in support of the application for a continuation grant from the Office of the Governor of Texas, Criminal Justice Division, to benefit the League City Police Department’s Crime Victims’ Assistance Program (Chief of Police) 24-0059 Approved Pass
  17. 6B. Consider and take action on behalf of the League City Youth Sports Organization, to grant a variance to Chapter 110, Article I, Section 110-5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of League City entitled "Parades and Processions Generally" for partial lane closures and to waive City costs associated with traffic control for the “League City Youth Sports Opening Day Parade” to be held March 2, 2024 (Chief of Police) 24-0072 Approved Pass
  18. 6C. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a purchase of medical equipment from Stryker Medical for a total amount not to exceed $123,385.94 for FY 2024 (Fire Chief) Approved Pass
  19. 16 NAME ADDRESS SUBJECT Dave Bowman 310 Seabreeze Ct Bayridge Projects Marika Fuller 2920 Marlin Ct Bayridge Park Ange Mertens 2501 Robin Crossing Ln Council Peggy Zahler 1802 Rampart CCWSC
  20. 6D. Consider and take action on a resolution ratifying the submission of a grant application to the FY2024 Houston Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) for the purchase of replacement radio equipment for public safety/first responders and authorizing City Manager John Baumgartner to accept such grant if awarded (Fire Chief and Director of Information Technology) 24-0038 Approved Pass
  21. 18 PAGE BREAK
  22. 6E. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing the annual internal audit plan for the City of League City for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 (City Auditor) 24-0058 Approved Pass
  23. 19 Approval of the Consent Agenda Approved the Consent Agenda Pass
  24. 6F. Consider and take action on a resolution approving the City of League City’s Investment Policy, Investment Strategies, List of Authorized Broker/Dealers and Safekeeping/Custodial Agents for the City of League City (Director of Finance) 24-0054 Approved Pass
  25. 6G. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing the submission of applications to the 2024 Harris County Precinct 2 Partnership Projects Program (Executive Director of Development Services) 24-0075 Approved Pass
  26. 6H. Consider and take action on a resolution approving the utility conveyance and security agreement with Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 36 for water, sanitary sewer, paving and drainage facilities associated with the Westland Ranch Subdivision, Section 7 and Muldoon Parkway, Phase 2 (Executive Director of Development Services) 24-0068 Approved Pass
  27. 6I. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a one-year renewal agreement with Semper Striping, LLC for roadway markings on-call in an amount not to exceed $174,470 (Director of Public Works) 24-0061 Approved Pass
  28. 24 PAGE BREAK
  29. 6J. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a Work Change Directive #2 to the construction contract of C4 Partners, LLC related to the Bay Ridge Flood Reduction - Phase 2 (DR 2005), in an amount not to exceed $247,363.75 (Executive Director of Capital Projects) Approved Pass
  30. 6K. Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with Kimley-Horn for design and construction phase services related to the Newport Park Redevelopment (PK2401) in an amount not to exceed $113,300 (Executive Director of Capital Projects) 24-0073 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 revisions to Chapter 125 of the Code of Ordinance of the City of League City, to remove Appendixes B, C, D, and E (Director of Planning) 24-0064
  34. 7B. Consider and take action on an ordinance revising Chapter 125 of the Code of Ordinance of the City of League City, to remove Appendixes B, C, D, and E (Director of Planning) The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval, 8-0-0 on January 22, 2024. Staff requests approval on first and final reading. 24-0065 Postponed Pass
  35. 31 PAGE BREAK
  36. 7C. Hold a public hearing on a request to rezone approximately 1.67 acres from “RSF-7” (Residential Single-Family 7) to “CG” (General Commercial), MAP-23-0006 (2309 19th Street), generally located four blocks west of Highway 3, three blocks south of FM 646, along the north side of 19th Street with an address of 2309 19th Street (Director of Planning) 24-0070
  37. 7D. Consider and take action on an ordinance rezoning approximately 1.67 acres from “RSF-7” (Residential Single-Family 7) to “CG” (General Commercial), MAP-23-0006 (2309 19th Street), generally located four blocks west of Highway 3, three blocks south of FM 646, along the north side of 19th Street with an address of 2309 19th Street (Director of Planning) The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval, 6-2-0 on January 22, 2024. 24-0071 Approved on First Reading Pass
  38. 8. OLD BUSINESS
  39. 9. NEW BUSINESS
  40. 10. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES
  41. 11. ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA COMPLETED
  42. 12. REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS
  43. 39 Announcements concerning items of community interest. No action will be taken or discussed.
  44. 13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS
  45. 41 Announcements concerning items of community interest. No action will be taken or discussed.
  46. 14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)
  47. 42 PAGE BREAK
  48. 14A. Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.071 Government Code - Consultation with Attorney Consultation with City Attorney on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter, to-wit: Big League Dreams (City Attorney) 24-0066
  49. 14B. Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.071 Government Code - Consultation with Attorney Consultation with the City Attorney regarding pending litigation, to-wit: (1) Joseph B. Rothchild vs. City of League City; 23-CV-2349, (2) Affinity Bayview I. Ltd. vs. League City; 3:23-CV-235 (City Attorney) 24-0077
  50. 11A. Consider and take action on a resolution updating existing fees for recreational programs, membership fees and non-resident fees. (Director of Parks & Cultural Services) 24-0055 Approved Pass
  51. 14C. 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) 24-0056
  52. 15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)
  53. 15A. Consider and take action regarding consultation with City Attorney, to-wit: Big League Dreams (City Attorney) 24-0067 Approved Pass
  54. 15B. Consider and take action regarding pending litigation, to-wit: (1) Joseph B. Rothchild vs. City of League City; 23-CV-2349, (2) Affinity Bayview I. Ltd. vs. League City; 3:23-CV-235 24-0078 No Action
  55. 15C. Consider and take action on discussion concerning potential purchase or sale of real property interests (Executive Director of Capital Projects) 24-0057 Approved Pass
  56. 49 Mayor Pro Tem Justin Hicks – No Comments Tommy Cones – Just very brief, Mayor. I wanted to tell the public real quick and Council also to inform them that myself and Andy Mann a couple of weeks ago went to the H-GAC Transportation Policy Council. What was so important about that council meeting was, what this council does, basically, is if there’s any funding coming for Galveston County and for League City and so forth, we have a say in where that money may go to. The City of Houston, because they passed Proposition B a couple of years, the City of Houston wanted to have a new voting matrix. Basically, right now they have three votes, Harris County has two, and every other city has one. With this new voting matrix that they tried to pass in a bylaw, it was going to give the City of Houston 13 votes, and Harris County 12. So you can kind of see the kind of sway on the voting pattern when it came to traffic and transportation issues in Galveston County.
  57. 16. ADJOURNMENT
  58. 50 Myself and Andy made the meeting. We just wanted to relay to Council that it failed by 20 to 6 votes, so that means that we’re probably going to go back to probably the board and back to the same way to vote for traffic and transportation improvements for this area. Just kind of bring the council up to speed on that. It was kind of a unique vote that day. It was crazy going to the meeting. Mayor Long – Thank you guys, for going and needless to say, if we would have given Harris County and Houston the majority of the votes, none of the money would have came down here anymore, none of the money would have gone to any of the other suburban cities. They already have more votes than we do and probably rightfully so, but thank you for preserving our right to get some of that money down here. Tom Crews -Thank you, Mayor. I’ll be really brief. First, the governor came this weekend and quite a few more people showed up than was anticipated. I just really wanted to thank staff and the facilities people who really stepped up when we had at least over 100 people who were not planned on being there. They opened up the doors and then they just took care of everything. They did a wonderful job. I just wanted to thank them. The other thing was people have been asking about the cones blocking a lane on Marina Bay Drive starting over there by the South Shore hotel. The reason they are there is the uneven lanes, one car had come through and it blew a tire there. The Texas state said that could have been really bad, so they shut it down but they have moved up construction. Just be patient and it will be getting worked on starting in March. So, be patient with us. Chad Tressler – No Comments Sean Saunders – No Comments Andy Mann – No Comments Mayor Long – I wanted say thank you to the Navarro family, I had a good time showing them around everywhere. We’re going to try to expand that program out. Those fall carnivals are a really big way that a lot of these elementary schools raise money for their PTA and do a bunch of different things for it. This was our first time doing it. He was the guinea pig, but we’ll look to expand that in the fall to the other elementary schools in League City both in CCISD and DISD.
  59. 51 _______________________ NICK LONG MAYOR
  60. 51 PAGE BREAK
  61. 52 CERTIFICATE OF NOTICE
  62. 53 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 9th day of February, 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.
  63. 53 At 6:28 p.m. Mayor Long announced the City Council will now go into executive session to discuss the following items:
  64. 54 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.
  65. 55 ________________________ DIANA M. STAPP CITY SECRETARY (SEAL) MINUTES APPROVED: February 27, 2024
  66. 56 _________________________________________________________________________ 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. _________________________________________________________________________
  67. 57 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.
  68. 57 At 7:19 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.
  69. 63 At 7:20 p.m. Mayor Long said, there being no further business this meeting is adjourned.