[I. COMMENCEMENT]
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF KLUTE, TEXAS WILL MEET IN A REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, 2026 AT 6:00 PM IN THE KLU CITY HALL COUNCIL.CHAMBERS LOCATED 1 0 8 E, UH, MAIN STREET, CLARK, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.
FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BELOW LISTED ITEMS, THE P AND Z RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME DURING THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY MANNERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SECTIONS FIVE 1.07.
ONE CON CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY, FIVE 1.072 DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY, 5 5 1 0.073 DELIBERATION ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS 5 5 1 0.087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED, SECTION 3 2 1 0.3022 SALES TAX INFORMATION.
THE AGENDA AND MEETING LINKS ARE POSTED ON CITYS WEBSITE@WWW.CLUTEXAS.GOV.
AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER INDICATION.
TONIGHT, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF PRAYER, AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU'LL BE WITH US TONIGHT AS WE DISCUSS THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
WILL WE ASK THAT YOU WILL GUIDE AND DIRECT US AND JUST FORGIVE SO SIN NOW.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NEXT ITEM IS ROLL CALL GERALD KENNY, PRESENT VAR.
[II. CONSENT AGENDA]
THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA.YOU HAVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING.
MAKE A MOTION AND EVERYTHING TO APPROVE.
GOT A MOTION TO BE APPROVED HERE.
[Ill. NEW AND OLD BUSINESS ITEMS]
NEW AND OLD BUSINESS.AND WELCOME NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBER BRANDON GARCIA.
YEAH, Y'ALL CAN TEACH HIM THE SECRET HANDSHAKE LATER.
ITEM B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO NOMINATE AND ELECTED CHAIRMAN AND OR VICE CHAIRMAN DUE TO VACANCIES.
DO I HEAR A MOTION BY CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT HY NOMINATE GERALD PENNY.
OPEN THE FLOOR FOR VICE CHAIRMAN.
I NOMINATE RONNIE TWE TWEEDLE.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT, I NOMINATE MY DISTINGUISHED PERSON TO MY RIGHT.
DISTINGUISH WHO NOMINATED RONNIE ADRIAN NOMINATED RONNIE SECOND.
AND RONNIE NOMINATED ADRIAN SECOND IT.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO READ ALL THAT STUFF.
YOU NEED TO, YOU NEED TO HOLD A VOTE ON THE FIRST MOTION.
WELL, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW IF I'M CONFUSED.
THIS WHAT YOU NO, YOU'VE GOT A, YOU'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, UH, FOR MR. TWEEDY.
DID YOU REJECT OR I HAVE A MOTION FROM ADRIAN.
FOR RONNIE, YES, BUT I NEVER GOT A SECOND FILE.
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AYE.CONSIDER AND CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO RECOMMEND THE SETTINGS OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR CHARITY.
LOCATED AT 10 33 DIXIE DRIVE, SUITE.
RECOMMENDED DATE WOULD BE THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD AT 7:00 PM MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE APP, THE APPLICANTS HERE, UH, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE.
WE PREVIOUSLY HAD A BINGO, UH, HALL AT THIS LOCATION, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO REPURPOSE IT AND, AND REINVIGORATE IT AS A BINGO HALL.
NOW, WE'VE HAD A A CHURCH BEFORE IN THAT COMPLEX, DIDN'T WE? YOU'VE GOT A, YOU, YOU'VE GOT, UH, GRACE FELLOWSHIP AT ONE END, AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, ANOTHER, UH, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION AT THE NEXT DOOR TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
IT, IT, THAT SPACE IS EMPTY RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT? I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE TAKING PART OF THE, PART OF ONE SECTION THAT'S CURRENTLY OCCUPIED AND THE OTHER SPACE IS EMPTY.
ONE TENANT'S GONNA SHIFT DOWN A DOOR, IF I'M CORRECT.
YOU'VE GOT ONE TENANT THAT'S GONNA SHIFT.
I GET REAL EMOTIONAL WHEN I TALK ABOUT BUSINESSES MOVING.
UH, YOU GET ONE BUSINESS THAT'S GONNA BE MOVING ONE SPOT OVER, AND THEN THESE GUYS ARE GONNA OCCUPY THAT SPACE PLUS THE UNOCCUPIED SPACE.
THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE'S IN THE STRIP CENTER RIGHT NOW.
HOW MANY, UH, NIGHTS A WEEK AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE PROPOSING IN EVERYTHING TO YES, SIR.
UH, I'LL BE THE, UH, SOLE OWNER OF THE VAULT, UH, PROVIDING THE SPACE FOR THE, UH, CHARITIES TO COME AND CONDUCT THE BINGO, UH, UNDER THE LOTTERY COMMISSION.
UM, MY GOAL WOULD BE A SAFE PLACE TO, UH, TO DO THAT.
UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECT, WE ARE LOOKING TO START WITH SIX NIGHTS AND KIND OF FILL THAT OUT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SEVEN, BUT, UH, REALISTICALLY WE'D LOOK AT PROBABLY SIX AND ALL THE SLOW NIGHTS WE'D BE LOOKING TO TAKE OFF.
UM, MY WIFE WHO IS SITTING TO MY LEFT OVER HERE WITH MY DAUGHTER IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED WITH ANOTHER BINGO HALL THAT IS IN BRAZORIA COUNTY.
AND THE SLO NIGHTS ARE WEDNESDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
UH, BUT IT IS HARD TO GAUGE DUE TO THE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BEING CONDUCTED.
WE WOULD CONDUCT OURSELF A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, TRY TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE, UH, TO MAXIMIZE OUR OUTPUT FOR THE CHARITIES, UM, UH, CONTRIBUTION THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE WANT, THAT OBVIOUSLY ARE IN FOR.
SO, UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE SHOOTING FOR SIX, UH, SHORT ANSWER, UH, HOPE FOR SEVEN, BUT, UH, REALISTICALLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX NIGHTS.
NOW, IF I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT, UH, THERE WAS A PREVIOUS BUILD, UH, OWNER OR OCCUPANT IN, AND YOU'RE SPLITTING IT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
THERE WAS A, SO WE HAD THE OTHER BINGLE HALL AND THEY RENOVATED THE FACILITY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
UHHUH, THEY CLOSED UP, ANOTHER TENANT MOVED IN AND OCCUPIED PART OF THIS SPACE.
THAT TENANT IS NOW GONNA MOVE DOWN ONE SLOT SO THAT THEY CAN OCCUPY THE FULL SPACE.
IT'S IS NOT, NOW I'M REALLY CONFUSED.
DOES THE BUILDING STILL HAVE REAR EXIT AND ALL? YES.
EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF FIRE CODE, SAFETY CODE, EVERYTHING'S STILL THERE.
SO TO, TO, JUST TO ADD TO THAT FOR CLARIFICATION, MS. BRENDA, WHICH IS THE, UH, PREACHER'S WIFE WHO CONDUCTS EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE, UH, HER CONGREGATION IS ROUGHLY 34 TO 40 PEOPLE, AND SHE'S OCCUPYING A SPACE THAT'S ROUGHLY 11,000 SQUARE FEET THAT IS, UH, OVERSIZED FOR HER.
UH, HER PLACE, UH, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY TOOK, WAS LOOKING TWO DOORS DOWN IN A, UH, SHE NATURALLY CAME DOWN AND, AND SAID HI AND WAS AS FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE, UH, AS, AS SHE NORMALLY IS.
AND, UH, GOT INTERESTED IN EVERYTHING WE WERE DOING.
AND WE WOUND UP, UH, TEAMING UP WITH HER AND ADOPTING HER AS ONE OF OUR CHARITIES TO, UH, HAVE THAT MONEY GO TO.
UM, IT WAS HER IDEA ALONG WITH THE BUILDING OWNER TO MOVE DOWN TO SPACES, TO A, TO WHERE WE CAN OCCUPY THE PREVIOUSLY, UH, THE SPACE THAT WAS IN PREVIOUS BINGO HALL, BECAUSE IT, IT'S ALREADY SET UP AS SUCH.
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IS NEEDED IS PO.UH, THAT IS THERE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT MR. BERRY, THE BUILDING OWNER, IS GOING TO ACCOMMODATE HER NEEDS.
MY ONLY, UM, THING ON THAT WAS, IS THAT I WAS NOT GONNA DISPLACE A CHURCH.
WE BELIEVE IN HELPING CHURCHES, NOT DISPLACING THEM, UH, SO THAT THE, THE AGREEMENT HAD TO BE BETWEEN THEM AND ONLY UNDER THE PRESUMPTION THAT SHE'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OKAY WITHOUT PERSUASION FROM US.
WE DID NOT WANT ANY, ANY PART OF THAT.
IF SHE WAS WILLING TO MOVE TO ALLOW US TO HAVE 11,000 SQUARE FEET, AND HE WAS GOING TO BUILD OUT A SMALLER SPACE TO, UH, MEET HER NEEDS AND ALSO HELP HER FINANCIALLY, THEN WE WERE, UH, WE WERE OKAY WITH THAT, BUT ONLY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD WITH THAT, AND THE DECISION WAS MADE SOLELY BY HER.
SO, UH, FAST FORWARD, SHE DID AGREE.
WITHOUT HESITATION, SHE WAS MORE THAN HAPPY AND IS NOW, UM, WAITING FOR Y'ALL'S APPROVAL TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO TALK THROUGH, UH, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR US.
AND IF WE BELIEVE BY PROJECTIONS, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE 11,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO HERE IT SAYS, USE OF ADJOURNING PROPERTY, ADJOURNING MEANS NEXT DOOR.
SO A AND B, SO IT SAYS VACANT.
SO A AND B IS, UH, ONE BIG SPACE.
UH, THERE IS A FIREWALL WHERE THE, UM, WHERE THE BAIT AND TACKLE USED TO BE, WHICH IS ORIGINALLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE.
UH, MR. BERRY DID MAKE A, UH, PROMISE TO EXTEND THAT OUT, THE FULL FOUR TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET WITH THE APPROPRIATE FIREWALL.
I DON'T WANNA SPEAK NECESSARILY ON HIS BEHALF, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE, UH, FOR THE SPACE BETWEEN A AND B, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE SPACE THAT DIVIDES US A, B, AND C.
SO, B WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY BE VACANT UNLESS THE CHURCH TAKES IT OVER OVER AND THEY MAKE A, A DIFFERENT DEAL.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT WAS THE GAME PLAN.
THE ONLY REASON I KNOW THAT WAS BECAUSE I WAS, UH, THEY, THEY ALLOWED ME TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
I GUESS I'M CONFUSED BY THE PICTURES.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE PICTURE, SIR? I GUESS WHEN I LOOK AT THE FIRST ONE IN MY PAMPHLET, SHE HASN'T.
YEAH, SO, SO THE SPACE THAT SHE'S CURRENTLY OCCUPYING, THAT WAS THE CHURCH.
THAT'S WHERE SHE'S CURRENTLY OCCUPYING THE FIRST HALF WITH CARPET, IS THE, IS THE SPACE THAT, THAT HER CONGREGATION UTILIZES.
SHE DID HAVE A VISION TO BUILD OUT THE OTHER HALF.
SO ROUGHLY HER CONGREGATION IS ONLY INHABITING ABOUT 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
OF THAT 11,000 SQUARE FEET, THE BACK HALF THAT YOU SEE THAT IS NEEDING CONSTRUCTION IS THE OTHER HALF OF THAT 11,000 SQUARE FEET THAT WE ARE WANTING TO BUILD OUT AND UTILIZE AS A WHOLE SPACE.
THAT ANSWER, ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR.
THAT SHOULD BE WHICH PICTURE IS THE, YEAH, SO ALL THE PICTURES ASSOCIATED ARE THE ONES ONLY STRICTLY FOR THAT SPACE, WHICH IS A C THE NEXT CENTER.
SO ALL THE PICTURES THAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM THE FRONT TO A BLACK CURTAIN IS THE SPACE THAT SHE'S ACTUALLY UTILIZING BEHIND THE BLACK CURTAIN.
SO IF YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS FROM THE, FROM BASICALLY THE SIDE REFLECTING TO THE BLACK CURTAIN.
THAT'S THE FIRST HALF OF THE, OF THE SPACE BEHIND THE BLACK CURTAIN.
MA'AM, IF YOU KEEP, UH, GOING DOWN PLEASE, A LITTLE BIT MORE, PLEASE, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THERE SHOULD, SHOULD BE, RIGHT.
SO THIS IS, THAT IS THE BLACK CURTAIN TO YOUR RIGHT.
I'M STANDING IN THAT FAR FRONT CORNER FACING BACK TOWARDS THE BATHROOMS AND THE EMERGENCY EXIT TOWARDS THE BACK.
SO THAT IS THE SECOND HALF OF THAT 11,000 SQUARE FEET.
THAT'S ALL ONE BIG SPACE THAT WE ARE WANTING TO BUILD OUT.
SO THE KIND OF GRAY WALL THERE WITH THE, SIR, THE GRAY WALL IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CHURCH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT? NO, SIR.
ON IT'S IN FRONT TO, TO THE, TO THE RIGHT WHERE THAT BLACK CURTAIN IS, THAT BLACK CURTAIN AND EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAW, THAT WAS CARPET.
LOOK AT THAT BLUE LINE IS A WALL.
THAT, THAT GRAY WALL THAT YOU SEE THAT'S AT THE TOP PART OF THAT PICTURE, THAT IS A TEMPORARY STANCHION THAT THEY PUT SO THEIR MEMBERS CAN WALK ON A CARPET PAST ALL THE CONSTRUCTION AND BACK TO THE BATHROOMS, WHICH IS BEHIND THAT PETITION.
AND HE'S PROPOSING TO TAKE OVER ALL THAT PART THERE.
THE AGREEMENT THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE WITH MR. BERRY, IF, IF Y'ALL ALLOW ME TO, UH, THE ZONING ON THIS AND TO MOVE FORWARD WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD INHABIT, WE WOULD INHABIT THE ENTIRE 11,000 SQUARE FEET WITH A BUILD OUT OF THIS BACK HALF AND MAKE IT ALL ONE PIECE.
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THE BLACK CURTAIN WOULD BE GONE AND THAT THAT WOULD HAVE, UH, EITHER STAIN OR CARPET ON IT, DEPENDING ON IT.HOW, UH, WHAT IS THE, UH, OCCUPANCY LOAD IN A HUNDRED? YOU'RE PARTICIPATING? SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING AT ROUGHLY 150 TO 200 ON, ON OUR, OUR MOST BUSIEST NIGHTS.
UH, I KNOW THAT MR. ROCKY AND MR. JERRY, YES.
UM, FIGURED IT FOR JUST SLIGHTLY OVER JUST IN CASE WE DO FLUCTUATE AND THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A CEASE TO, TO ASSIST, TO STOP.
UM, BUT WE WOULD, UH, WE WOULD BE MONITORING THAT THROUGH OUR ONSITE SECURITY.
UH, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, SECURITY PERSONNEL BECAUSE PART OF THAT AGREEMENT FOR OUR, UM, CHARITIES IS HAVE A SAFE LOCATION, UH, FOR NOT JUST, UH, PERFORMING BINGO AT THIS LOCATION.
BUT FOR WHEN INDIVIDUALS LEAVE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO KIND OF WATCH THEM LEAVE AS WELL.
NOT JUST THE WINNERS, BUT ALL TYPES, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT WALK IN THAT AREA.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING FOR, WHAT DID YOU SAY? ABOUT 150.
200 WAS THAT AVERAGE FROM BEFORE? YEAH.
AND IT'S CUR CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS RIGHT NOW IT SEARCH IES.
SO IT SAYS, IS THE CURRENT CLASSIFI CLASSIFICATION IS A C ONE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE SLASH COMMERCIAL? ARE WE, ARE WE, I MEAN, I GUESS, ARE WE TRYING, ARE WE WANTING TO CHANGE THAT TO SOMETHING ELSE OR NO, NO, NO, BUT BECAUSE OF THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, HE'S GOTTA GET AN UNDER THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS OR ACTUALLY ALSO FOR CHURCHES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WITHIN A COMMERCIAL ZONE.
OKAY, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, SO THIS IS GONNA BASICALLY TRIGGER HE'S, HE'S GETTING HIS SUP MS. GEORGE IS GONNA HAVE TO RE REDO HER SUP BECAUSE SHE'S TECHNICALLY CHANGING ADDRESSES.
BASICALLY WE'RE WANTING TO SAY YES OR NO THAT THEY CAN DO THIS OR CAN'T DO THIS.
WELL, THIS IS, YOU'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL TO HOLD A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THE DECISION WILL GET MADE.
BUT THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO VET THE PROJECT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH ZONING AND STAFF BELIEVES IT'S IN REC IN COMPLIANCE WITH ZONING.
IS THERE GOING TO BE ANYTHING LIKE A, UH, SNACK BAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ALSO INTO IT?
AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, WE HAD BEEN SPEAKING WITH OUR INDIVIDUALS WITH, UH, THE HEALTH, YOUR HEALTH DIVISION.
AND SHE HAS TOLD US THAT WE CAN GO UP TO CERTAIN ITEMS, UH, BEFORE WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT VENTING.
AND OTHER I AND OTHER, UH, SITUATIONS.
SO SHE HAS, UH, GONE OVER US, GONE OVER EVERYTHING WITH DETAIL ON, UH, WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.
AND WE WERE, WE WERE WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE WOULD LIKE A SNACK BAR, UM, AND BE ABLE TO USE UP TO THOSE RECOMMENDED, UH, THINGS LIKE THE CROCKPOTS AND MISCELLANEOUS THINGS THAT DO NOT EXHAUST, UH, OBSESSIVE FUMES OR ANYTHING THAT IT, THAT TRIGGERS A, UM, EVENT HOOD BRING IT INTO, UH, CODE REGULATIONS AND STUFF.
YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN, UM, SPEAKING WITH ASHLEY EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT THAT.
I, I BELIEVE SHE'S PREPARED TO, TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
IF I, IF I HAD TO GUESS, DID WE TALK ABOUT HOURS OF OPERATION? YEAH, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, I'M SORRY, HOURS OF OPERATION.
YEAH, SO OUR HOURS OF OPERATION TYPICALLY WOULD BE BETWEEN FIVE AND 10:00 PM UNLESS IT IS AN EXTENDED, UH, ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS, ON BIG NIGHTS, WE WOULD ADVERTISE THAT AND MAYBE GO TO 11 TO MIDNIGHT ISH, AND THAT WOULD BE ON OCCASION.
BUT OUR HOURS OF OPERATION TYPICALLY ARE FIVE TO 5:00 PM TO 10:00 PM ON A, ON A NORMAL NORMAL NIGHT.
SO WHAT HAPPEN IF AT THIS ON OCCASION, WHAT'S HAPPENING EVERY DAY?
IT WOULD BE BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE, WE, WE WOULD PARTNER UP WITH OTHER BINGO HALLS AND THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR SUCCESS.
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WOULD PARTNER UP WITH, LIKE TRIPLE CROWN, OTHER PLACES IN HOUSTON THAT DO BIG MONEY NIGHTS.AND TYPICALLY WHERE YOU WOULD FIND THOSE IS LIKE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE OFF AND AVAILABLE.
UM, WE WOULD NOT WANT TO ALLOW THAT TO GET OUT OF HAND AND UPSET PEOPLE THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY PROMOTE US.
LIKE WE'RE PROMOTING THEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SHARED, UM, SHARED MONEY NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT GUARANTEED BIG MONEY TO BRING PEOPLE IN FROM HARRIS COUNTY, UH, THAT DO THIS FOR, UH, THEY, THEY DO THIS FOR FUN AND THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE DEDICATED TO DO.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING POSSIBLY HOW MANY TIMES A MONTH? SO HOW IT WORKS IS APPROACH.
SORRY, I KNOW THERE'S MORE TO IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW TO, HI, UH, MY NAME IS CASSIE TERRY AND, UM, WITH THE BINGO LICENSE, SO THE CHARITIES ALL HAVE TO HAVE A BINGO LICENSE AND THE TEXAS LOTTERY IS NOW THE LICENSING AND REGULATIONS DEPARTMENT, AND EACH CHARITY HAS AN OPERATING TIME AND IT'S USUALLY A TWO HOUR TIME.
SO SAY A DOORS OPEN AT FIVE, WE USUALLY GIVE THEM TWO HOURS TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR DRINKS, SETTLE DOWN, GET THEIR COMPUTERS, GET THEIR INVENTORY.
WE DO POOL TABS, DO SOME GAMES, THEN BINGO WILL START AT SEVEN.
WE CAN HAVE UP TO THREE SESSIONS A NIGHT.
SO WE CAN START EARLIER IN THE DAY.
SAY WE DO FIVE, SEVEN, AND NINE AND THEY GET TWO HOUR BLOCKS.
SO IF WE DO A THIRD SESSION, WE COULD, UM, CAP IT OFF AT A CERTAIN TIME.
SO SAY IF WE DO FIVE, SEVEN, AND NINE, THE CAP OFF WOULD BE 11:00 PM SO IT JUST DEPENDS.
WHEN WE START OUR TIMES DURING THE WEEK, OUR TIMES ARE GONNA BE FIVE AND, UM, SO OPEN AT FIVE, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR NORMAL TIME OPENING UP AT FIVE.
BINGO STARTS AT SEVEN, AND THEN THE SECOND SESSION STARTS AT EIGHT 30 AND THEN THEY HAVE UP TO ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK TO FINISH.
SO THEY HAVE A DESIGNATED TIMEFRAME ON WHEN WE CAN PLAY BINGO.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHEN THE PERMIT STARTS AND UM, HOW MANY SESSIONS WE'RE GONNA DO THAT DAY.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THESE SPECIALTIES WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE EXCEPTION FOR THE THIRD.
SO THE, SO EACH CHARITY CAN ONLY OCCUPY, THEY ONLY CAN RUN THREE SESSIONS A WEEK.
SO WE'RE, WE CAN GET UP TO SEVEN CHARITIES, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY DOING FOUR BECAUSE THE LESS CHARITIES WE HAVE, THE MORE MONEY EACH CHARITY CAN GET.
SO WE'RE WANTING TO DO FOUR CHARITIES AND MAX OUT THEIR THREE SESSIONS FOR SIX DAYS A WEEK.
AND THEN THEY DO HAVE TEMPORARIES.
SO EACH CHARITY CAN GET A, THEY CAN GET UP TO 48 TEMPORARIES TO WHERE WHEN WE HAVE ONE WANT TO HAVE A SPECIAL OCCASION ON A SATURDAY NIGHT OR A FRIDAY NIGHT AND DO AN EXTRA SESSION FOR THEM, WE CAN DO THAT.
AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE SPECIAL OCCASION NIGHTS, LIKE HE'S SAYING.
SO LIKE A BIG MONEY NIGHT, IF WE WANNA DO LIKE A $10,000 NIGHT, WE'RE GONNA ADVERTISE AND TRY TO GET MORE PEOPLE IN FOR THOSE CHARITIES TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
AND DEPENDING ON WHAT PERMIT WE CAN GET FOR THEM, DEPENDS HOW LONG WE CAN RUN THAT EVENING, BUT IT'S ONLY ON A SPECIAL OCCASION AND ONLY IF WE CAN GET THAT EXTRA PERMIT FOR THEM.
TO, TO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MORE DIRECT, UH, THE TEMP, WE ARE LIMITED ON OUR TEMPORARY PERMITS ON WHAT WE CAN OPERATE.
'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE DOWN TO THREE, UH, PER CHARITY, AS SHE HAS SPOKEN.
THE TEMPORARY WOULD HAVE TO BE FILED, UH, BASICALLY APPROVED AND ALLOWED.
AND, UH, YOU CAN ONLY DO THAT SO MANY TIMES.
SO TYPICALLY MOST BINGO HALLS WILL ONLY DO IT ONCE A MONTH.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD.
SO WE WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT DOWN TO ABOUT ONCE A MONTH AND WE WANNA STRATEGICALLY PLAY THAT WITH ALL THE OTHER BINGO HALLS THAT ARE ALIKE, WHERE A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE WOULD GO AND SUPPORT ON THE BIG MONEY NIGHTS.
AND WE WOULD HELP PROMOTE THAT IN GOOD FAITH THAT THEY WOULD DO THAT, THAT WITH US.
AND WE WOULD WORK WITH THEIR SCHEDULE TO TRY TO MAKE THAT AND MAXIMIZE THAT OUTPUT TO WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT THEIR CHARITIES WITH OUR PEOPLE AND THEY CAN SUPPORT OURS AS WELL.
THERE'S SOME, UM, BINGO HALLS IN HOUSTON THAT LIKE EVERY FIRST SATURDAY IS THEIR BIG NIGHT.
SO EVERY FIRST, WE MAY NOT USE THE FIRST SATURDAY, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER ONE THAT DOES IT EVERY THIRD SATURDAY.
SO WE MAY WANNA WORK WITHIN THEIR CALENDARS AS WELL TO WHERE WE WON'T.
THE CITY
OH, SPECIFIC CODE THAT REQUIRES THEM TO PAY US A FEE.
YEAH, AND THERE'S, THERE'S MULTIPLE AVENUES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON.
UH, BINGO'S GONNA BE THE BIG ONE.
FOOD, UH, WE'LL HAVE AN ATM, OTHER REVENUE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON, LIKE, UH, ANY TYPE OF PURCHASE ITEMS. UH, WE CALL IT SWAG, BUT YOU KNOW, OUR SHIRTS, OUR BINGO, DABBERS, ALL THAT STUFF.
AND YEAH, OF COURSE IN EVERYTH HANG, I KNOW FOR ALL CHARITY ASPECTS YOU'LL HAVE RESTRICTIONS IN THEIR HANG AS FAR AS FOOD BEING BROUGHT IN OR ANY, UH, BEVERAGES ARE BEING BROUGHT IN AND STUFF WENT THERE ALSO, RIGHT? YES.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF PINGED ASHLEY AND
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TOLD HER AND, AND THE OTHER, UH, GENTLEMEN THAT WERE WITH US, WITH THE CITY, HEY, WHAT IF WE WANTED TO HAVE LIKE A, UM, A FOOD TRUCK NIGHT? YEAH.MAYBE LIKE A TACO TRUCK, UH, COME IN FOR CINCO DE MAYO FOR SPECIALTY FOODS THAT WE JUST DON'T PRODUCE OR NOR CAN WE, BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT EQUIPPED FOR IT.
AND THEY SAID THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THROUGH Y'ALL.
IT IS A FOOD TRUCK THAT HAS A PERMIT AND ABLE TO WORK WITHIN THAT AREA.
UH, WE CAN, WE CAN GET A PERMIT, LIKE A ONE NIGHT PERMIT WITH Y'ALL AND, AND WORK THROUGH THAT OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINES.
I BELIEVE THERE'S MORE TO THAT, BUT I JUST HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THAT YET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST ONE.
ON THIS APPLICATION IT SAYS SWEET C.
SO WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ORIGINALLY.
SO DOES THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED TO NO, BECAUSE BECAUSE THE WAY I WAS, THAT KINDA GETS BACK TO OUR ADDRESSING QUESTION.
SUITE C IS WHERE THEY WILL BE LOCATED.
SUITE C WILL BE EXPANDED TO ENCOMPASS PART B, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THEY WILL HAVE A AND A I THOUGHT THEY SAID THEY WAS TAKING A AND B.
UH, SO THE CURRENT CHURCH RIGHT NOW IS SITTING, I BELIEVE IN SUITE C AS IN CHARLIE.
SO IT ADDED SOME CONFUSION AND WE ASKED FOR SOME CLARIFICATION FROM MR. JERRY.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
I WAS STARTING TO LOOK AT THOSE AND I'M LIKE, THERE'S NO NUMBERS ON.
WE WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE THE SPACE THAT THEY'RE TAKEN IS CLEARLY LABELED A.
THERE'S A VACANT SPACE NEXT TO IT.
THAT WAS ALL ONE SPACE, CORRECT.
THAT WE ASSUME WOULD BE B AS IN BRAVO AND THE CHURCH.
SO WE WERE ASKING JERRY AND, AND THOSE, THOSE GENTLEMEN THAT WERE WITH US TO PLEASE VERIFY TO WHERE WE WEREN'T MESSED UP ON OUR, OUR ON OUR PERMIT PROCESS.
SO I THINK WE'RE STILL AWAITING THAT ANSWER.
BUT YOU SHOULD BE, HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN BACK IN CONTACT WITH YOU.
'CAUSE I BELIEVE YOU ARE CORRECTED AS C, SO, OKAY, COOL.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE A LETTER ON THE DOOR, BUT OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JOE'S PLEASURE MAKE MOTION TO HAND ACCEPT HANG AS FAR AS THE PROPOSAL FOR THE, UH, TO BRING TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL AS APPROVAL FROM THE, UH, THE BOARD.
AND IF YOU COULD CLARIFY THE DATE.
CLARIFY THE MARCH FOR BINGO? NO, FOR THE, FOR THE DATE.
AND THAT DATE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S PRINTED OUT FOR APRIL 23RD.
WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION SECOND THAT WE RECOMMEND TO SEND THIS TO CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOMMENDED DATE OF THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2026 AT 7:00 PM ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
HEY, UH, JUST, I'M, I'M SO SORRY.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO ABOUT PREPPING FOR THAT AND ANYTHING WE MIGHT NEED TO BRING FOR THE MEETING? FOR THE MEETING? BASICALLY YOU'RE, WHATEVER, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TONIGHT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WHEN YOU GET TO COUNSEL.
ARE THE PICTURES OKAY OR DO WE NEED TO MAKE MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT? IF WE COULD GET MAYBE A FEW BETTER PICTURES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ADJOURN.
I MOVE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.