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Short Term Rental Ad Hoc Committee adopts meeting calendar, plans town hall and online public comment

5590905 · August 15, 2025
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Summary

The Galveston Short Term Rental Ad hoc Committee set a five‑meeting schedule through Oct.–Nov. and agreed to a mix of an online survey, city-hosted public comment portal and at least one town hall for public input on a draft ordinance.

The Short Term Rental Ad Hoc Committee voted to adopt a five-meeting calendar and to gather public input on its draft ordinance through a city-hosted online comment portal, a structured survey and at least one town-hall-style meeting.

Committee chair Christine (first name only in meeting transcript) opened the Aug. 15 meeting by proposing an accelerated timetable so the committee’s recommendations could be ready for city council workshops and votes this fall. “We sunset on Friday 12/12,” she told members, noting the committee’s goal to have recommendations considered at council workshops in October or November and for final council action no later than December.

Members agreed on a sequence of…

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