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Crockett council approves minutes, authorizes Christmas lighting closure and updates amusement-machine distance rules; moves to executive session on property
Summary
The council approved minutes, passed a resolution to temporarily close a state right of way for downtown Christmas lighting, adopted an amendment to Chapter 13 clarifying 300-foot distance restrictions for amusement redemption machines, and then entered executive session on specified real-property matters under Texas Government Code.
At the Nov. 3 City of Crockett meeting, the council completed several routine but consequential items.
The council approved the meeting minutes after a motion and second; the mayor declared the motion carried. Staff then presented a resolution at the request of the Downtown Crockett Association to temporarily close the east side of the square for the annual Christmas lighting at 6 p.m.; the motion to approve the temporary closure was moved, seconded, and the mayor said, "Motion carries." No roll-call vote totals are recorded in the transcript.
Council members next considered an ordinance amendment to Chapter 13 (licenses and business regulation) to clarify and modernize distance and location restrictions for amusement redemption machines. Staff told the council the changes reflect state statute updates and add or clarify sensitive locations (including religious establishments, government offices, public libraries, parks, and day-care facilities), limit amusement redemption machine establishments to one per parcel, and specify that the 300-foot residential-distance restriction should be measured from property lines (including church property lines) rather than just a front door. After questions from council members about mixed-use zoning and how the 300-foot rule would apply at zone edges, a motion to approve the amendment was made, seconded, and the mayor declared the motion carried; the transcript records no roll-call tally.
Finally, the mayor announced the council would move into executive session under Texas Government Code sections 551.071 (consultation with attorney) and 551.072 (deliberation regarding real property) to discuss the value/recapture and potential purchase/exchange/lease of identified parcels, including Pocket Industrial Park Phase 1 (parcel number 29760) and a parcel described as portion number 16374. That executive session was called without further public action recorded in the transcript.
