City Council - Regular Meeting

Let me call to honor the one thousand eight hundred and ninety six meeting of the Deer Park City Council. We're gonna open up with our invocation by council and Georgette Ford, and the pledges are gonna be handled tonight by the scouts who are with us tonight. Right. Excellent.

Bow your heads with me, please. Father God, thank you so much. We realize all the blessings that we have here in this community. We thank you for bringing these scouts here tonight to learn about our community. We look forward to having many future leaders from all the children that we have, and we enjoy this big quality of life here in Deer Park. And we look forward to all of the blessings that you're going to bring to us in the future, God. We thank you so much. In your holy name, we pray. Amen. Amen.

Audience, will you please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America Honor the Texas I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one and indivisible. Thank you, guys, so much. Thank you. We Does anybody sign up to speak?

Yes, sir. We have one person. William Hannah. You'll come to the podium.

I think that's you. You were looking around like there was somebody else with that name in the room. She brought an e bike rider.

And you'll say your name, your address, and you'll have three minutes.

Right. My name is William Hanna, 1702 North Parkside Drive, Deer Park, Texas. I'd like to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to speak tonight. Just bringing up the electronic e bike regulations that are being proposed to consider tonight. First off, reading over them, it looks like you all put a lot of thought and consideration into it. So definitely appreciate that approach. Obviously, it's a lot easier just to say no and shut everything down, and that makes things easy. But I don't know how many of you all have teenage children,

children that are

coming up. But these e bikes, they're going to rapidly replace the normal pedal bikes that we all grew up with. I mean, they're here to stay, they're only going to become more the majority. So looking at the regulation, specifically rule number 10 about them not being able to ride their bikes or come into any of the city parks is we're just encouraged maybe the city council, you all to take a little bit more of a look at it, see if there's more solutions to be able to enable our children and those using the e bikes to be able to use the city facilities and parks. Because I think we can all agree that getting children out of the house, whatever way we got to do it, and using the parks is a huge step in the right direction.

We're getting them off electronics. We're getting them off video games. My son, Zane, he loves getting mean, he just likes going out and going for bike rides. And I mean, we love to see that. That they like to ride everything. And I mean, we got new phenomenal facility to that and other parks that cities built, provided for. And so I think it's very important just to be able to still give the kids, especially, the opportunity to use these e bikes. And then also, if gas prices keep on going like they have been, we all may be riding e bikes everywhere. We don't want to rule e bikes. They are.

But I don't know exactly what the answers are. There may be some sort of education that probably needs to be required because also, any of y'all that have teenagers know that common sense is not a factory issue item. It normally comes with them. Also, it's on back order. It seemed it's hard to get it ingrained in them.

So maybe some degree of education, whether it's a city program or maybe something cooperative with Deer Park Independent School District to start maybe pushing some driving education and rules of the road education a little bit younger. Because these e bikes, they do travel upwards of 30 miles an hour. And so

It's Okay. Go ahead. I'm Keep out

of time. I get a little bit long winded. Anyway, if they could just take a look at common sense approaches and maybe not just totally ban the e bikes from all the city parks. That way, children in the future of their park have opportunity to use them. Thank you.

Thank you.

Anybody else sign up?

No, sir.

Moving on to awarding and rejecting bids. We have agenda item number one, awarding the bid for the lease financing for a new Pierce Custom Velocity pumper truck, PUC fire truck from the recommendation from the Fire District Board to U. S. Bancorp Government Lease and Finance. What's your pleasure, counsel? Move for approval. Second. I have a motion by Councilman Haight, a second by Councilman Lee. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries consent calendar. Move for approval. Second.

I have a motion by Councilman Ginn, a second by Councilman Hague. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries. Moving on to new business. Agenda item number five. Consideration of an action on authorization to accept the fiscal year twenty four-twenty five annual audit.

Move for approval. Second.

And a motion by Councilman Garrison and a second by Councilman League. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries. Agenda item number six, consideration of an action on accepting completion of the 2026 manhole rehabilitation project. Move for approval. Second. The councilman again, a motion by councilman again and second by councilman Martin. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries agenda item number seven, consideration of and an action on accepting completion of the new Fire Station Number 1 and approval of the release of the retainage.

Move for approval. Second.

Any motion by Councilman Ford, a second by Councilman League. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries agenda item number eight, consideration of an action on accepting the completion of the Avon Elevated Water Storage Tank Repairs.

Move for approval.

Second.

I have a motion by Councilman Martin, and I'm not sure who

Georgia. It was Councilwoman Garrison.

Okay. Well, we're going go with what No, I didn't hear I didn't hear you. Yeah, well, we heard over here. So we have a second by Counselor Garrison. Any discussion? I didn't hear her. No discussion? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries Agenda item number nine, consideration of an action on amendment to extend the contract between the city of Deer Park and Emergicon LLC through 03/10/2029. Move Second. For Motion by Councilman League, second by Councilman Ginn. Any discussion? All in favor?

Aye. All opposed? Motion carries agenda item number 10, consideration of an action or resolution suspending the 04/18/2026 effective date of the Centerport Energy Resources Corp requests rate change for the maximum suspension time allowed. Mister Fox.

Resolution by the city of Deer Park, Texas suspending 04/18/2026 effective date of proposal by CenterPoint Energy Resources Corporation doing business at CenterPoint Energy Intex and CenterPoint Energy Texas Gas Houston, Texas Coast South Texas, and Beaumont East Texas geographic gray areas to implement interim grip rate adjustments for gas utility investments in 2025 and requiring delivery of these resolution to the company and legal counsel.

Move for approval. Second. I have a motion by council again and a second by councilman Ford. Any discussions? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries. Attend to item number 11, consideration of an action on ordinance amending chapter 62, section 60 two-one 192

to

194 regulating motor assistance scooters, self balancing transporters, I want one of them things, whatever that is, and e bikes. They're dangerous. Mr. Fox.

An ordinance of the city of Deer Park, Texas, admitting Article seven regulations for motor assisted scooters, self balancing transporters and e bikes, chapter 62, section 60 two-one 192 through 60 two-one 194, Offenses, miscellaneous, placing restrictions on the use and operations of motor assisted scooters, self balancing transporters and e bikes by limiting or prohibiting the operation of motor assisted scooters, self balancing transporters and e bikes on certain streets, highways, alleys, providing for penalty for adults, custodians, and children for the use of motor assisted scooters, self balancing transporter, or e bike in a restricted or prohibited area. Requiring that children wear a protective helmet while operating or riding a motor assisted scooter, self balancing transporter, or e bike, providing repealing severability savings clauses, providing for new penalty for the violation of this ordinance, or providing an effective date.

Move for approval. Second.

Can you reread that? I didn't catch that.

With You

really want me to? No,

please don't do that. Why would you ask him that? We've got a motion by Councilman Lee, a second by Councilman Martin. Any discussion? Nobody else wants a second reading, do we? I don't. Yeah. Bring your hearing aids up. Any more discussion? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries. Agenda item number 12, consideration of an action or recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission and a proposed ordinance from the request of Melissa Martin with liberty Christian classical academy for a specific use permit to operate a school at 4325 West Pasadena Boulevard. Mr. Fox.

An ordinance grading of specific use permit to the Liberty Christian Classical hundred Academy to hold school on a site located at 4025 West Pasadena Boulevard, Deer Park, Texas.

Any thoughts, favor? Second.

I've made a motion by Councilman Ford and second by Councilman Hague. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries. Agenda item number 13, consideration of an action on of splash pad recoating and repairs for Dow Park Splash Park from Craftsman Commercial Playground and Water Parks via the Byboard contract.

Move for approval. Second.

I have a motion by Councilman Ginn and a second by Councilman Lee. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carried. That's all the items we have here tonight. This meeting is adjourned.