CITY OF PALACIOS, TEXAS  REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING  MINUTES December 15, 2022  REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING  A regular City Council meeting was held by the City Council oft the City ofPalacios on December 15, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., in Council Chambers located at 311 Henderson, Palacios, Texas 77465.  CALLTO ORDER  Mayor Jim Gardner called the City Council meeting to order at 6:01PM.  CERTIFICATION OF A QUORUM MayorJim Gardner certified a quorum was present. ATTENDANCE ROLLCALL Mayor; Jim Gardner; Present  Councilmember Place 6, Michael Dotson, Present Councilmember Place 5, Raylynn Samora, Present Councilmember, Place 4, Troy Lewis, Present. Councilmember Place 3, Chip Woolf, Present Councilmember; Place 2, Sharon Trainor; Present Councilmember Place 1, Lary Glenn, Present CITY STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Cynthia Raleigh, City Manager Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney Tobie. Bias, Police Chief Aleigha Galvan, City, Secretary Ryan. Adams, Code Compliance INVOCATION & PLEDGES Texas, and Palacios Flags.  Councilmember Dotson led the Council, Staff and Citizens inj prayer and pledges to the U.S.,  CITY OF PALACIOS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGI MINUTES-DECEMBER 15, 2022    ANNOUNCEMENIS:  Mayor's Announcements a Mayor Gardner announced he would be increasing discipline in meetings for precise record keeping and asked those speaking at  citizen' 's forum to keep their time to the 3 minutes allowed.  ii. Councilmember's, Amnouncements- None CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FORUM: - Public Comments  i. Edith Gower - spoke about the. Luther Hotel andi requested more time toj findawin- win solution between all parties involved in the demolition process. ii. Susan Summers - spoke about the Luther Hotel and asked for more time toj prevent iii. Mark Garrett - stated he hates to see the Luther Hotel go, but he doesn't want to iv. Stuart Lynn a Engineer/Bulder, Stuart Lynn Construction a Spoke about his experience remodeling the BayTex Hotel in Bay City, TX. Lynn talked about his tour of the Luther Hotel when he considered purchasing the building. He told Council he believes it wouldnot bej fnanciallyfeasible to remodel the Luther. Hotel. V. Garth Luther a Spoke about the history of the Luther Hotel, memories, and his grandparents who ran the hotel. He told Council it didn' 't make sense to get rido of  the hotel from being demolished. see, the City meddle in aj private matter.  unique building that could bring ini revenue for the city.  PRESENTATIONS:  i. HIF (Highly Innovative Fuels) - James Outtrim 2 Gave aj presentation on the plans for the future operations oft the largest plant ofi its kind ini the world to be built near STP. There was much discussion between Council and the audience. ii. EDC Board Member Application Update 2 City Manager, Cynthia Raleigh 2 Raleigh announced there were no applications turned in at that point ini time. iii. Planning and Zoning Yearly Activity Report -1 Planning and Zoning Chairman, Joe Monk - Monk gave a verbal report on current activities and meeting stats.  REPORTS AND DISCUSSION  Performance Indicators for October and November 2022 a City Manager, Cynthia Raleigh. Raleigh gave a brief report on each department's accomplishments for these two months. Council had: no questions or need for clarification. ii. November 2022 Financials a City Manager, Cynthia Raleigh a Raleigh gave a report on financials for the month ofNovember. Council had no questions or need  for clarification.  CITY OF PALACIOS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - DECEMBER 15, 2022  2    DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS:  City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 2 December 01, 2022, 2 discuss and consider approving the minutes from the December 1st regular council meeting. PASSED BY MOTION. MOTION: COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. SECONDED: COUNCILMEMBER ii. Support of Chamber of Commerce - Mayor Gardner - Discus and consider HOT Tax support for the Chamber of Commerce. Council discussed guidelines to support the Chamber and decided more information would be needed to go forward. COUNCILMEMBER GLENN MADE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM. SECONDED BYCOUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, iii. First Reading Vacant Buildings Ordinance No. 2022-0-13 -] EDC President Dannielle Krouse- Discuss and considerapproving: first reading ofVacant Building Ordinance. THIS  WOOLF. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.  ITEM WASSKIPPED. CITIZEN'S FORUM CONTINUED:  vi. Sarah Retzloff a Retzloff spoke about the historical significance of the Luther Hotel and vii. Margaret Doughty 2 Doughty spoke about the Luther Hotel and requested more time before the demolition is set to come up with a plan to save it. She asked Council to vote viii. Donna Schulman 2 Schulman asked Council to vote "no" to the Moratorium Ordinance. She said it was her right as a tax paying citizen to demolish 01 remove any structure that is on her property. Schulman stated the agreement with the Luther Hotel is between the buyer and the. seller, not the City. She asked Council not to get involved. ix. Gail Purvis - Purvis spoke about a time the Cily of Palacios filed a lawsuit to keep the hospital open to the public 22 years ago and won. She urged Council to approve the x. Roman. McAllen - ThankedCouncil, for volunteering to. serve. McAllen said he was inj favor ofthe Moratorium Ordinance with some amendments. MeAllenrequesled: the Luther Hotel  her desire to, prevent demolition. "yes" on the Moratorium Ordinance.  extension ofdemolition ofthe Luther Hotel. be deconstructed instead of being demolished.  DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS:  iv. First Reading Demolition Moratorium Ordinance No. 2022-0-20 a Councilmember Mike Dotson and Councilmember Sharon Trainor - Discuss and consider approving first reading Demolition Moratorium Ordinance. Mayor" announced his stance on the matter. Councilmember Glenn announced this item will not return to the agenda again and the matter" lies with the attorneys. Councilmember Dotson requested Mayor Gardner make the motion. Councilmember Samora stated her concerns about this coming to Council too late, the situation was very sad, and the decision would be a hard one to make. Councilmember Wolfstated. he has watched the hotel decline for) years. Woolfdoes not want the City to be responsible for preventing money. going to the heirs ofthe  CITY OF PALACIOS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES- - DECEMBER 15,2022  3    estate. Woolfstated. he didi not think it was ini the City' 's best interest to get involved. Councilmember Lewis requested that no action be taken. Mayor Gardner did not recommend. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS MADE A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM. NOSECOND. MOTION. REJECTED FOR. LACK OFAS SECOND. MAYOR GARDNER MAKESA MOTIONTO. APPROVE O:DMACENO202O2PON FIRST READING. SECONDED: COUNCILMEMBER DOTSON. VOTING YEA: COUNCILMEMBER DOTSON. VOTING NAY: COUNCILMEMBER WOOLE, MAYOR GARDNER, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, COUNCILMEMBER V. Final Reading Golf Cart Ordinance No. 2022-0-14 2 Ryan Adams, Code Compliance a Discuss and consider approving final reading of Golf Cart Ordinance. Suggested amendments have not been turned in at this time. MAYOR vi. Final Reading Street Vendor Ordinance No. 2022-0-15 2 Ryan Adams, Code Compliance a Discuss and consider approving final reading of Street Vendor Ordinance. Suggested amendments have not been turned in at this time. MAYOR vii. Final Reading RV Ordinance No. 2022-0-19 - Ryan Adams, Code Compliance Discuss and consider approving final reading of RV Ordinance. Adams and Council discuss recommended amendments. MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER GLENN TO APPROVE SECOND/FINAL READING. SECONDED: COUNCILMEMBER WOOLF. COUNCILMEMBER WOOLF MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT AS EXPLAINED BY CITY ATTORNEY GWOSDZ. SECONDED: COUNCIMEMBER GLENN. MMOTION PASSED. 6/1 VOTE. VOTING AYE: COUNCILMEMBER GLENN, COUNCILMEMBER WOOLE, MAYOR GARDNER, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, COUNCILMEMBER SAMORA, COUNCILMEMBER DOTSON. VOTING NAY:  COUNCILMEMBER  GLENN,  COUNCILMEMBER  TRAINOR,  SAMORA. 3/4 VOTE. MOTION FAILED.  GARNER SKIPPIED THISITEM.  GARNER SKIPPIED THISITEM.  COUNCILMEMBER TRAINOR. MOTION/PASSED.  CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION:  Pursuant to Texas Government Code $551.071(1) to discuss pending litigation styled Cause No. 22-F-0245, in the 130th Judicial District Court of Matagorda County, Texas, Joseph Monk and Mark Rusk, Contestants V. James L. Gardner as Mayor and City of  Palacios, Contestees. Council went into Executive Session at 7:49p.m.  RECONVENE TO OPEN/R REGULAR SESSION  City Council shall reconvene in Open Session and may discuss, consider, and take possible action on any item listed above that was considered and discussed in Executive/ Closed Session (If necessary). Executive Session ended at 7:57 pm. Council resumed Regular Session at 7:58 p.m. Legal Council presented. Resolution No. 2022-R-16. for consideration by Council to settle lawsuit regarding election contest. COUNCILMEMBER WOOLF  CITY OF PALACIOS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES- - DECEMBER 15, 2022    MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION NO. 2022-R-16. SECONDED:  COUNCILMEMBER GLENN. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.  ADJOURNMENT  Meeting Adjourned by Mayor Gardner at 8:02PM.  ah Jim Gardner, MAYOR  Galyan,  OF.  N  hlas  TEXAS  CITY OF PALACIOS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - DECEMBER 15,2 2022  5