CITY OF CLEAR LAKE SHORES TEXAS MEETING MINUTES January 28, 2025 @ 6:30 PM These are the certified minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council for the City of Clear Lake Shores, County of Galveston, State of Texas, which was held on the above-mentioned date and time. 1. CALL TO ORDER & DETERMINATION OF QUORUM: Mayor Chronister called to order at 6:35 pm Present: Mayor Chronister, Councilman Waters, Councilman Fisher, Councilman Scanlon, City Admin. Mike Kramm, Finance Director Cheryl Hunter, City Secretary Christy Stroup Absent: Councilman Scanlon 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG: The mayor led the Pledge. 3. PROCLAMATION: Clear Creek ISD Board of Trustees Recognition Month Mayor Chronister recognized the Board of Trustees and presented them with a Proclamation. The mayor also stated the board members are finalists for the HEB Excellence Award. Board Members present: Arturo Sanchez, President Jonathan Cottrell, Vice President Jay Cunningham, Secretary Scott Bowen Jessica Cejka Board Members not present: Jeff Larson Jamison Mackay Mayor Chronister. revised the order of the agenda and allowed the Civic Club to give their report at this time. 7. CIVIC CLUB: Georgette South stated that they approved the 2025 Event Calendar; approved their 2025 budget; Feb. gth - Mancakes at the Clubhouse; Cajun Cook-Off is March 15t and they have are requesting sponsorship from EDC and the City. 4. REPORTS FROM COUNCIL: Councilman Ed Waters: Please wear reflective clothing if walking early morning or late evening in the dark; be prepared for cold weather = we still have the potential for another freeze. Councilman Rick Fisher: Appreciated the spirit of the island during the snow storm. Councilman Jeff Terrell: Communication from the city and police department through social media and other means was excellent. Councilman Alex. Scanlon: Absent Mayor Pro Tem Amanda Fenwick: No report Mayor Chronister: Ifinterested in putting your application in for Mayor or CityCouncil the deadline is February 14th. 5. STAFF REPORTS: Chief David Donaldson: Introduced Officer Locke and Officer Rawis who are fairly new to the police force; spoke on Driving While Intoxicated and Public Intoxications within the city limits. Chief stated that his officers are trying to maintain safety within our city limits despite the rumors that they are too much of a presence at the local establishments and on the streets in the front of the island. Statistics given for traffic stops made June thru December 2024 were 1,912 and less than 4% of the stops were D.W.I.'s and 1% were for P.L..; planning in the near future Pizza with the Police; will be holding a DWI Awareness townhall meeting sO the residents understand and can see what is involved when making these types of stops and arrests. City Administrator Mike Kramm: See report attached. 6. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Roads and Drainage: Thomas Haaland - waiting on results from bridge study Parks: Darlene Pettit spoke: the committee will be working on the parks when the weather clears; requests that residents put address numbers on their houses for identification especially for the emergency vehicles. WCC: No report P & Z: Patrick Michaelski reported that the Starfleet plat approved ZBOA: No report 7. CIVIC CLUB: Report moved to the top of the agenda 8. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: Mentioned funding for the boat ramp; there is an interested party for the Art Forum builiding located at 770 Marina Bay Drive. 8. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time, any person with city-related business may speak to the City Council. If the topic of discussion is related to an item on the agenda, the comments may be made now or at the time the agenda item is discussed. If the topic of discussion is not related to an item on the agenda, the City Council cannot deliberate or take any action at this time. Comments from the public should be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes per individual. No yielding of time is permitted. No comments 9. CONSENT AGENDA: a. Check Register: 01/02/2025 thru 01/15/2025 b. Council meeting minutes: 01/07/25 (regular) C. FY25 Q1 = Quarterly Investment Report for Qtr. ending 12/31/24 d. FY25 Q1 - Financial Reports for Qtr. ending 12/31/24 1st Motion: Mayor Pro Tem Fenwick made motion to approve consent agenda 2nd Motion: Councilman Waters MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS Council Meeting Min. 01.28.25 10. NEW BUSINESS: Discussion and Action may be taken on the following items: a. A request from Civic Club to provide a $2,500 sponsorship, using existing Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds, for the Cajun Cook-Off even scheduled for Saturday, March 1, 2025. 1st Motion - Councilman Fisher 2nd Motion - Mayor Pro Tem Fenwick MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS b. Approve the Galveston County Contract for Election Services. 1st Motion - Councilman Terrell 2nd Motion - Mayor Pro Tem Fenwick MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS b. Resolution 2025-01: A Resolution of the City of Clear Lake Shores, Texas designating the Galveston County Daily News as the official newspaper for the City of Clear Lake Shores, Texas and establishing an effective date of January 1, 2025. 1st Motion - Mayor Pro Tem Fenwick 2nd Motion - Councilman Terrell MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS d. Approve City Attorney filing Eminent Domain Annual Report for 2024. 1st Motion - Councilman Fisher 2nd Motion - Councilman Waters MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS 12. ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Chronister called for adjournment at 7:15 pm Approved: 2/415 (Date) Signature of Mayor * - Attest: 4 L / 9 Sighature of City Secretary Council Meeting Min. 01.28.25 City Administrator's Report January 28, 2025 I am meeting with Colliers and the contractor tomorrow to evaluate substantial completion and start a punch list for the East Parking lot. There have been delays in marking the lot as the thermoplastic specified in the plans cannot be applied on cement with an elevated moisture content. asked them today to give me a quote for painted markings instead. We are still planning to close the lot on a Monday for the application. Galveston County Commissioners Court is meeting tonight to discuss the road and bridge bond. We should know late tonight or tomorrow if the CLR bridge is in the packet and for how much. That will influence the schedule Roads and Drainage project schedule. Imeet with the committee on Thursday and should know by then if we will be able to commit the bridge monies to other projects and perhaps get them moving sooner. We were able to hire a very qualified candidate as the Police Chief's administrative professional. She has several years of experience as a legal assistant and has also worked in a justice of the peace court. That court experience will be helpful since our team supports each other sO often during lunches, absences, etc. We received notice from FEMA today that our subrecipient grant from Hurricane Beryl has been awarded for a little over $34,000. Seventy-five percent of that is Federally funded and twenty-five percent is State funded. However, the process is not yet complete. We must now work with TDEM to complete much of the same process we undertook with FEMA for supporting documentation and records before the State will send us the reimbursement.