# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Oppose Discovery Sands Development @ City Council Meeting- May 28, 5 PM
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: ❗❗THE PUD PROPOSAL HAS BEEN DEFERRED UNTIL THE MAY 28TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING ❗❗ We now have more time to rally opposition to this proposed West End Tourist Attraction!! Let's keep up the momentum! 

🚨 GALVESTON RESIDENTS — SHOW UP MAY 28 @ 5 PM 🚨

Share with your neighbors & friends!! 

The proposed Discovery Sands development on the West End is a 351-acre, high-density mixed-use project that would include homes, condos, commercial spaces, and amenities under a Planned Unit Development (PUD).

To make this possible, the developer is asking the City to:

🔺️Remove or reduce lot sizes, setbacks, and parking requirements
🔺️Allow 77 different land uses, many not permitted
🔺️Exceed height limits through exemptions
🔺️Replace existing rules with a flexible, manufactured “European village-style” plan

👉 In short: this project depends on rewriting the city’s development rules, puts the island at a higher flood risk, takes away the natural habitat of the Galveston ghost wolves, and the endangered Eastern Rail Bird, will cause MASSIVE traffic impacts to the west end & more.

⚠️ THE PROBLEM: KEY DECISIONS ARE BEING ASKED WITHOUT KEY DATA

This is not about opposing development.
This is about approving a massive project based on promises instead of facts.

❗ No stamped wetlands delineation — just a promise to identify wetlands later, even though areas are already labeled “UW” (underwater) 
❗ No drainage plan for a 351-acre site — only a statement that it will “comply” 
❗ No Traffic Impact Analysis — just an engagement letter, despite relying on FM 3005, our only evacuation route
❗ Nearly 14 acres of excavation planned on a barrier island for entry ponds & a lagoon 

⚠️ If approved as-is, this sets a precedent for future developments to bypass the rules.

For the safety and future of Galveston—show up, get informed, and make your voice heard.


📍 City Council Meeting
🗓️ MAY 28
🕔 5:00 PM
⚠️ Arrive early if you want to sign up to speak


📣 CAN’T ATTEND? TAKE ACTION HERE:

📝 Submit a public comment:
https://forms.galvestontx.gov/Forms/PublicComment

📧 Email City Council: (These will change before the May 28th meeting - I will update with new council emails after the election on May 2)

Craig Brown (Mayor): craigbrown@galvestontx.gov 

Sharon B. Lewis (District 1): sharonlewis@galvestontx.gov

David Finklea (District 2): davidfinklea@galvestontx.gov

Bob Brown (District 3): bobbrown@galvestontx.gov

Alex Porretto (District 4): alexporretto@galvestontx.gov

Beau Rawlins (District 5): beaurawlins@galvestontx.gov

Marie Robb (District 6): marierobb@galvestontx.gov 




A few articles to get informed: 
•	Galveston Daily News – Discovery Sands developers should respect Galveston’s rules, ecology
https://www.galvnews.com/opinion/guest_columns/discovery-sands-developers-should-respect-galvestons-rules-ecology/article_66e66a29-ef23-5483-a9b0-98a08c8c7a9d.html 

•	Galveston Daily News – Stewardship claims don’t match West End reality
https://www.galvnews.com/opinion/guest_columns/guest-commentary-stewardship-claims-don-t-match-west-end-reality/article_281800b1-3aa1-596c-bbe9-764a3970b602.html 

•	Galveston Daily News  – Discovery Sands a bad fit for Galveston’s West End
https://www.galvnews.com/opinion/guest_columns/guest-commentary-discovery-sands-a-bad-fit-for-galvestons-west-end/article_8a21727c-9ba3-45cf-a400-0e6e480aeaee.html 

•	Galveston Daily News – Planning commission recommends 170-acre development with caveats
https://www.galvnews.com/news/galveston-planning-commission-recommends-170-acre-west-end-development-with-caveats/article_dfd48565-55b9-4f8c-a354-40e186faba2f.html
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/galveston/oppose-discovery-sands-development-city-council-meeting-may-28-5-pm/200029972808217
- **Event Categories**: meetups, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 273

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029972808217?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=galveston-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Galveston
- **state**: TX
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Galveston City Hall
- **lat**: 29.300823184509
- **long**: -94.795025806755
- **full address**: Galveston City Hall, 841 25th St, Galveston, TX 77550-2103, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Oppose Discovery Sands Development @ City Council Meeting- May 28, 5 PM being held?
  - **A:** Oppose Discovery Sands Development @ City Council Meeting- May 28, 5 PM takes place on Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm at Galveston City Hall, 841 25th St, Galveston, TX 77550-2103, United States.

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