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Meeting Minutes
Island Strategic Action Committee
Tuesday,April 12,2022 5:30 PM Padre Island Baptist Church
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A. Call To Order
Chair Jay Gardner called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm and City Staff Bonnie
McLaughlin called roll.
B. Roll Call
C. Public Comment
Marvin Jones, 15313 Beauford Court
New PIPOA representative to ISAC appointed today (Bob Corbett), City Council meeting
today said that the PIPOA would be maintaining bulkheads in the new projects, but much
of the land is not within the PIPOA boundaries.
D. Approval of Minutes and Action on Absences
1. ISAC Minutes for 3/1/22 Meeting
Attachments: 3.1.22 ISAC Meeting Minutes Legistar TBI 4.12.22
Motion by Committee Member Robert Pruski to approve.
Second by Committee Member Dotson Lewis.
Motion carried by unanimous vote.
G. Unfinished Business
2. Ex-Officio Member Updates
Watershore & Beach Advisory Committee (Terry Palmer)
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Meeting last Thursday, overview of the parks master plan from Dante, broad but
informative, talked about the ultra-lights on the beach, had some problems but they seem
to have been sorted out, Darren spoke to them individually. Not directly related to ISAC
but got a briefing on the floating debris skimmers along Ocean Drive and the marina,
construction to start anytime (maybe June). No update on Packery Channel monitoring
from staff, been pushing for it for a while now. Didn't really talk about erosion, asking staff
for plans but have not received any, followed up with Councilman Smith and he said he
will report back.
Parks & Recreation (Twila Stevens)
Public Comments made by Chair Jay Gardner at PRAC: Talked about filling in the
boundary with the TIRZ (Commodores and Riley P. Dog Park specifically), need
comprehensive erosion plan. Preapplication due in June, Parks and Rec. also looking at
multimodal plans.
PRAC meeting: Jan and Dale Rankin attended to discuss the Riley P. Dog Park, need a
little support from the city, hitting some roadblocks because they are on water department
property, tons of sticker burrs, followed the city's model but need a way to modify the
agreement to ensure some support with water, mowing, irrigation, etc. Kevin Johnson
says TCEQ agreement has been signed. Will reapply for adopt-a-park.
Brought forward the items ISAC discussed previously and will bring up Commodore Park
at the next meeting.
Nueces County (Bryan Gulley)
Not in attendance
Nueces County Water Control & Improvement District#4 (Keith McMullin)
Not in attendance
Convention & Visitors Bureau (Brett Oetting)
Not in attendance
3. Parks Update
Parks Updates (Darren Gurley)
Beaches are drying out from all of the wind, trying to stay on top of it. Spring break was
good, no problems on his end, $50,000 worth of permits sold but the first and third weeks
had bad weather, lifeguards getting ready for summer, still hiring for beach and the pools,
16 years old minimum, $13.48/hr.
Hoping to be able to take care of Bob Hall Pier,job open for gulf beach supervisor, still
open, interviews the following week or so.
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Kevin Johnson: currently working on Commodores Park, beach maintenance plan and
master plan for the park, trying to put it into Bond 2022, have to wait until the project list is
approved before he can share the list. No engineering firm hired yet to collect preliminary
costs.
4. Engineering & Bond Updates
Engineering not in attendance, no updates.
5. TIRZ#2 & Subcommittee Updates
Chair Jay Gardner: No subcommittee meeting yet.
Heather Hulbert: preliminary presentation went to TIRZ board in February, discussed
steps for the TIRZ, what things to include, running the financial modeling to see what the
contribution rate needs to be, currently is 100% contribution on the increment, would like
to change to 75% or 50%, talking to Del Mar about rejoining the TIRZ (they are open to it),
planning on (in May) to reconvene the board and discuss what they would like to consider
in the new project/financing plan, top of the list is ongoing maintenance and dredging for
Packery Channel, working with engineering for annual commitments, will continue
working through that, looking at the financing plan, will be different this time because the
last one was really focused on the Packery Channel, but this time will have more
opportunities to create a living document that will change with the evolving needs of the
island.
JG: Six pack projects that still need to be completed, were on hold with the Packery
Channel repairs, but now around the corner and can get back to what we are supposed
to be doing.
HH: proposing a 20-year TIRZ, geography/boundaries will not change, may be
addressed in the future, Commodore park not in the boundaries, but money can be used
for things that benefit the area regardless of the boundaries. TIRZ board also seems
supportive of moving forward with the mobility plan sooner rather than later.
Member Melanie Salinas: does the TIRZ extend to businesses on the island?
HH: talked to the board about including this, TIRZ funds need to be used for a public
purpose, like creating jobs/infrastructure or activating vacant spaces. Current TIRZ
extension due by December 31 st but will have ongoing projects to complete.
6. Short-Term Rentals Update
Daniel McGinn: Working with our ACM and multiple departments on this project.
Wrapped up our fourth stakeholder group meeting last Friday, all the materials on the
project website www.cctexas.com/str. Different information from ISAC, PIPOA, public
comments, etc. all on the website.
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Discussing best practices here in Texas, what areas could we exclude? Heard loud and
clear that the island is not an area where STRs should be allowed in single-family areas.
Also, a smaller area of Flour Bluff that could be excluded. No other areas in the city that
should be excluded so far.
Current registration numbers (as of 4/11/22): 327 registrations, 8 denied.
Heather Hulbert: anticipate the registrations to continue to rise, starting to see those
larger management companies start to register (registration went live during Spring
Break).
Member Robert Pruski: a few of the larger complexes, consider themselves hotels, are
they required to register?
HH: those that operate as a hotel but operate separate units, they are still considered
STRs so they all have to register.
Melanie Salinas: How long is the permit good and is there anything that would make
people unqualified to register?
DM: Annual permit, anyone in single-family and hit a certain number of violations,
registration revoked.
Michael Dice: three confirmed violations within a year will result in your permit being
revoked, then you cannot register for a full calendar year between your permit year which
is similar to other cities.
7. Island ADP Committee Update
Meeting ad hoc with the city and parks, will continue with that schedule, waiting on Bond
2018 updates, will determine what they prioritize next.
8. Off-Road Vehicle Presentation by CCPD
Member Michael Pittman: ISAC assembled subcommittee to discuss off-road vehicles
on the island, first meeting held 3/15/22 at the boathouse. Attendees: Captain Moss,
Randy Wilbanks, Michael Pittman, Robert Pruski, Dan Watkins, and Matt Werkhoven.
Document supplied by Captain Moss concerning the laws and how everything will play
out moving forward. Group wants to focus on education by using the document Captain
Moss supplied. (attached at end of minutes)
Spoke with Nueces County, out of tags, ordered another thousand, overall when we
looked at it, the biggest thing is education, distribute to every avenue possible,
PIBOA/PIPOA newsletter, would like to put signs up around to help the tourists stay off
the roads, spoke to Kevin about doing a mobile tag place on the island but have to be
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connected in a way that doesn't allow it.
Discussed limiting new rentals to a 25-mph speed limit. Challenge: when a UTV is sold it
can take up to 60 days for a tag, want to use a bill of sale in the meantime, temp tags
more expensive ($28 vs. $14). Concern with the validity of the tags out there since some
don't have a bill of sale, also concern about stolen golf carts being registered without
proper proof of ownership.
Spoke with the tax accessors office, Port A is a little different, they are registering and
issuing tags for golf carts with the make and the model but the UTVs you need a bill of
sale and title to issue a tag.
JG: suggests a public subcommittee meeting since there is a lot of concern to collect
public comment. Need a system to identify golf carts and UTVs, most people behave but
some do not, need rental companies to self-police. What are the options in lieu of license
plates?
Audience Comments (lots of discussion at once, difficult to discern who is speaking):
concerns about raising the tag fee, comment about posting rules but no one is following
them, comment about money from the tags coming back to the city (no, this is a state
ordinance that is propagated by the city), lots of county concerns, concerns about
enforcement (specifically concerning license plates), and concern about information
being posted on Facebook.
Matt Werkehoven: Captain Moss did tell us that the usage of golf carts and side by sides
is a privilege, it is not guaranteed, and if it becomes too large of an issue, they can shut it
down. If it gets too loud of an issue, it becomes something that the city then starts to
wonder if it requires too many resources to police it. Would like to educate all operators
about the rules to follow since it takes so many resources for the city to police it.
H. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action
I. Future Agenda Items
Keep current agenda.
J. Adjournment
Meeting Adjourned at 6:30 pm
Motion made by Committee Member Tommy Kurtz to adjourn.
Second by Committee Member Melanie Salinas.
Motion carried by unanimous vote.
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