City Council - Regular Meeting

All right, it is 645 and we have a quorum. Welcome to this workshop session of the Louisville City Council. We're going to go briefly through the regular session agenda. First up, I have invocation with our Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lonnie Tipton, followed by the Pledge to the Flags by Council Member Green. Item C1 is a public hearing for consideration of an ordinance of the Louisville Council zoning ordinance granting a special use permit for a smoking establishment on a portion of 1.28 acres. This is the Marhava Lounge. We do have a request to go into closed hearing, so if we move through this qu

I had a question about this one. Did we have some of these in our base budget?

Item 12, approving the 26-27 annual service plan update and the assessment roles for the public improvements for Josie Lane Public Improvement District.

And then we do have some reports. We've got our director of Parks and Rec and our director of neighborhood and inspection services. And then return to workshop if necessary, which we do not have. Any questions or comments on the agenda? If there are none, we are going to go into closed session. Texas section 551.071, consultation with attorney. session good evening and welcome to the Louisville City Council we have a quorum and it is Monday August 17th first up on tonight's agenda we have the invocation with our deputy mayor pro tem Lonnie Tipton

Please join me in the pledges. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for

All right, first up on tonight's agenda is item C1. This is a public hearing. It's a continued public hearing, consideration of an ordinance of the Louisville City Council amending the zoning ordinance by granting a special use permit for Spokane Establishment on a portion of approximately 1.828 acre track legally described as High Point Oaks, addition lot 3R1 block C located at 2680 Denton Tap Road and zone light industrial district, providing for a savings clause, repealer, severability, penalty, and an effective date. As requested by Naheed Villani and Irfan Shah, the applicants on behalf o

Mayor, I move to close the public hearing.

I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing. Council, if you would please vote. Motion passes 5 to 1 to close the public hearing. All right. Council, next up I'll entertain a motion on the ordinance.

I have a motion and a second. Did we click the wrong button? Is that what we had?

Do you want to take a second and we'll go back, walk it back? Yeah. For the record, Councilmember Tipton would like to vote in favor of closing the public hearing, not against. All right. With that, we'll go ahead and move in second the actual vote on the ordinance. So all those in favor signify by clicking yes. That's five to nothing to pass the ordinance as presented. Thank you very much. Is it six or five? It's six, six up. Sorry, click came late. Good times. Perfect. Now that we're past that bucket of clicking, we'll go on to item two, continue public hearing. In accordance with Chapter 21

All right. Council, any questions? All right. Since this is a reopen of this particular public hearing, we'll go ahead and entertain a motion to close the public hearing.

We're going to have to do them one at a time. One at a time.

Okay. Okay. Well, I move to close the public hearing. Second.

I have a motion and a second. Council, please vote. Item passes six to nothing. There we go. Item 3, continue public hearing in accordance with Chapter 214 of the Local Government Code and Article 7, Chapter 4 of the Louisville City Code. Public hearing is required so the City Council consider whether the structure located at 2304 South Eager Lane, a 1.5-acre track, track 14, in the El Bourgeois Survey, abstract 52A, should be declared a substandard structure and whether the structure must be secured, vacated, repaired, removed, or demolished. Public hearing is now open. Same comments from Mr.

Second. I have a motion to second. All those in favor signify by saying aye or clicking yes. There we go, six to nothing. And item five, it passes six to nothing, so that one is now off the table. Item five, continue public hearing in accordance with Chapter 214 of the Local Government Code and Article 7, Chapter 4 of the Louisville City Code. A public hearing is required so the City Council can consider whether the structure located at 2328 South Euchre Lane 1.58 track, track 16 on the El Bourgeois survey, abstract 52A, should be declared a substandard structure and whether the structure must

there we go motion to close public hearing second motion a second to close public hearing council please vote motion passes six to another um the all since all four of these uh there is no further action to be taken because the owner has demolished the structures and the removal of any remaining debris will be handled through code enforcement. Therefore, we won't see these come back. So thank you for bearing with us on that. And Mr. McGinn, thank you so much for simplifying that process. Item D, visitors forum. Speakers must address their comments to the mayor rather than to individual council

Thank you very much. Item E, consent agenda. All the following items on the consent agenda are considered to be self-explanatory by the council and be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member or a member of the public so requests. For a member of the public to request removal of an item, Speaker Carter, e-comment must be filled out and submitted by the city secretary. Council, I'll entertain a motion.

Move to approve the consent agenda as presented.

I have a motion and a second. Council, if you'd please vote. Consent agenda passes 6-0. Item F, regular hearing 12, consideration and ordinance of the city of Louisville approving the 2026-2027 annual service plan update to the service and assessment plan and assessment role for public improvements for the Josie Lane Public Improvement District in accordance with Chapter 372 Texas Local Government Code as amended. On October 6, 2014, the city created the Josie Lane Public Improvement District for the construction of street and water wastewater improvements in a designated area located along Jo

Item G, reports. Reports about items of community interest regarding which no action will be taken. We have our City Council and staff reports. Do have a report from our Director of Parks and Recreation, Ms. Stacey Anaya, reminding everyone about Thrive.

Thank you very much. Our Director of Neighborhood and Inspection Services, Mr. Chris McGinn, has a report on mega adoptions.

It's great to hear. Thank you very much. Council Member Kelly? No report, Mayor. Council Member Green?

I was just going to say how much I really, really enjoyed watching... Facebook yesterday and actually all weekend and seeing the pictures of all the the dogs getting adopted it was adorable and Just made my heart happy So but it sounds like there's still some really good ones that at the shelter. So go get your friend Councilmember Tipton.

I just would like to say my report is Claire's got the perfect dog.

Rulani's my mother. Councilmember Meredith? No report. No report. Councilmember Kuykendall, thank you very much. You know what else would make your heart happy? A second dog.

That's right. That's right. Hey, I do want to let people know, however, that our Old Town Business Association has a new event coming up on September 12th, I think, which is called Second Saturdays. They're moving First Fridays. I know there's still some details to be worked out on that, but we're excited to see some events. Hopefully the weather will cool down a little bit as we move into that September time frame. There is nothing further on tonight's agenda, so you know what that means. We're adjourned.