Remarks by David K. Leigh
244 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 10
- Play at 32:33
“Do we have a second? We have a motion to amend the motion to just fund the initial year's portion from Hotel Motel. Any comments or questions on that amendment?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, all this does is just change the funding amount from 85 to 40 for this year. Okay. All right. All in favor of the amendment, say aye. Aye. Those opposed? All right. Now we will go back into the amended motion. The amended motion is to... To partially fund the request from the county for 40,000 dollars to allow for the envelope study structural assessment, and that the other funds would come at a later date. Um, and with the caveat that we need to start looking at a tourism strategic plan, any comments or questions about the amended motion.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“No, I think, honestly, Stephanie, the bully pulpit, the pressure of the council with staff is going to be the time frame. How much pressure do we put? And so I think the fact that it's coming to a council and not a... I think that's probably a decent amount of pressure. So I think that that would be...”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, it would have to be published. So it's just a recommendation. Yeah. Okay. All right. Any other comments or questions on our amended motion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed. Right passes unanimously bridge over troubled waters. There we go.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 36:29
“All right. Thank you, Tina. Before we start jumping into our questions and comments, this is a public hearing, so I would like to close our deliberation and open the floor. If anyone wishes to speak in favor or against this item, now is your chance to use your three minutes that somebody's taxes paid for and discuss this item. If there's no one who wishes to speak. Okay, here we go. Name and address for the record.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Anyone else wish to speak in favor or in opposition to this item? All right. There being none, we will close the floor and reopen deliberations.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, I think that I think honestly, the biggest concern, at least for me, is a lot of times people say about council or political action. It's like, why did they do that? And right now we have a proposal that is not a final design that's taking Popeye's. Asko and Taco Bell, those are underneath the highway. If I look at the jug handle, it's really you can't get two way traffic into the jug handle is only one way traffic that loop that's around. So inside the jug handle, that little teardrop looking thing, I don't think there's going to be much development. I think if you look at the numbers,…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“We understand. But those are also residences that then they start complaining about all the things. And so typically what you want is multifamily. Like you've got a gas station. I don't know. Let's say along 14, you've got a gas station who wants to put some kind of restaurant or maybe sell alcohol in it. And then you have residences behind them. And even then, you get some people that are upset, even with the buffer. And so I'm just saying, there would be no buffer.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“They're pre-existing in Shirttail Bend prior to. There's also an existing Popeyes and an existing Taco Bell that will not be. Sure. Any other comments or questions on the zoning requests?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, the ingress-egress for everyone in this neighborhood is going to be difficult during construction because every road will be touched. And that's a 10-year plan.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Right Thomas questions or chair would entertain motion.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Second. We have a motion and a second to approve the zoning change with the amendment of five units, ten, or five structures, ten dwelling units. Any comments or questions on the motion? All right. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Aye. All right. Passes, I believe, five to two. She voted aye. Stephanie, did you vote aye? Yeah. She voted aye.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right item 12, hold a public hearing and consider zoning change from plan development, commercial highway to plan development, commercial highway with specific user use permit for a package store on approximately point. 039 acres. That's not very approximate. That seemed pretty exact. 039 acres located at 7379 West us highway 190 suite. 1 0, 1 is Tina.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right, again, this is a public hearing, so we will close our deliberations and open the floor. If anyone wishes to speak in favor or against this zoning change for this specific use permit for package store.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you name and address for the record.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 47:59
“Thank you. Any other comments? All right, there being no other comments on this item, we will close. Mr. Mayor? Oh, I'm sorry.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. Any others for or against?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 48:43
“Now we will close the floor and reopen deliberations for this item. Council's turn.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 51:01
“I think parking lots included in those places, you can't consume alcoholic beverages in parking lots.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 51:39
“Just timing. I think the complaint was about the loud after hours. I think the concern was when it goes to 1 a.m. in the morning, not with it. And that was the complaint, I think, that came forward, is that they were in violation of our ordinances.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Any other comments, questions, or the chair would entertain a motion.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 52:19
“We have a motion a 2nd to approve item 12. Any other comments before we vote? I will, I will make a comment. I think. Times change. Some of us are old enough to remember. Belton was dry until I was a senior in high school, and so no alcohol. We allowed for alcohol purchase at one point where we allowed for restaurants to do it. We actually had the former pastor from the Church of Christ who actually voted for it. He said, I'd be a hypocrite if I voted against it because I go to Chili's and they serve alcohol there. So anyway, so we've seen a change in the demographic. I think the challenge…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 54:13
“I've played that game and it's always delayed and it's hard and it is hard. Sorry, Stephanie. I'm sorry.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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City Council · Aug 25, 2026