Several residents used the public-comment period at the Jan. 14 League City council meeting to propose projects and raise concerns about recent local policy changes.

Chris Summers proposed a "solar bikeway" concept that would place solar panels above cross-town bikeways beginning with League City Parkway. Summers said the elevated panels would provide shade, power LED lighting beneath the panels for twilight and nighttime hours, and could generate electricity to cover city needs and sell surplus power back to the market. He described production estimates in the presentation as "between 80-1000 kilowatts per mile of the solar panels" and offered to meet with the city engineer and Department of Transportation to discuss the idea further.

Cynthia Vasek addressed the council to express concern about Proposition G, which the speaker said amended a fireworks prohibition to allow the council discretion to authorize limited discharge of fireworks. Vasek said a special meeting was held on Dec. 23 at 7 a.m., a time she said would have limited citizen participation, and she expressed concern that the amendment had negative effects on pets and neighborhood relations. Vasek urged the council not to trivialize opposing viewpoints and asked the council to consider the ramifications of the amendment.

Peggy Zaylor, identifying herself as Community Engagement Representative for the Friends of the Helen Hall Library, said a delay in approving a contract prevented the library from receiving new books for about 2 months of the fiscal year, reducing adult circulation and access to new releases. She said new collections account for roughly 20% of adult circulation and described a 17% decline in adult participation tied to the delay. Zaylor asked the council to seek ways to avoid delays that prevent timely library acquisitions and noted the library had received a designation for Galveston County in a recent event.

Speakers made clear these remarks occurred during the public-comment portion of the meeting; no formal council action on the solar bikeway or the fireworks concerns was recorded during the meeting. The library contract delay was described by Zaylor as a consequence of postponed council action; council members subsequently approved agenda items related to boards, policies and ordinances as recorded elsewhere in the meeting.