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OF THE MOMENT CITY COUNCIL TODAY'S TUESDAY, MARCH EIGHT, AND THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY RABBI HOWEVER. ACCOSTED. A TEMPLE EMANUEL. THIS THERE WERE ABOUT HERE. HELLO. THANK YOU.
EVERYONE PLEASE VOLUNTEERS, CELLPHONES AND STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO FOR THE NATION'S ALLEGIANCE. NO ONE. WE KNOW THAT WE WHEN WE GATHER TOGETHER TO WORK FOR THIS COMMUNITY, WE SHOULD REMIND OURSELVES THAT IN ADDITION TO OUR OWN AGENDA WE KNOW THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE DIVINE AGENDA. AND SO HE PRAYED THAT WHAT WE HAVE PREPARED TODAY IS ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT. AND THAT YOUR BLESSINGS WILL MULTIPLY OUR EFFORTS. AND GUIDE OUR ATTENTIONS TO LINE WITH YOUR CONCEPTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
REMIND US THAT WE ARE PARTNERS IN YOUR CREATION, SO RESET OUR AGENDAS AS WE SIT IN YOUR PRESENCE AND WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND REMIND US WHERE TWO OR MORE GATHERED IN YOUR NAME. YOU ARE ALSO PRESENT. ALL OF THIS. WE CALIBRATE OUR INTENTION. AND WE FOCUS OUR HEARTS REGARDLESS FROM FRIED AND SELFISHNESS IN ALL OF OUR DECISIONS. ETERNAL WON AN EXTRA PRAYER AS WE WATCHED THE TERRIBLE SITUATION IN THE UKRAINE ESCALATES. KNOW THAT WE PRAY FOR THE WOUNDED, WHETHER THEY BE UKRAINIAN OR RUSSIAN. AND WE PRAY FOR THE RESTORATION OF NORMALITY. FOSSIL IN AMERICA COVERS WITH THE BLANKET OF YOUR PIECE. AND MAYBE WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO DENOUNCE VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTIVENESS. AND MAYBE BECOME LASTING PARTNERS IN BUILDING THAT SHELTER APIECE FOR ALL OF US AND LET US HELP ME. AMEN. THANK YOU. IS JONATHAN TO PLAY.
ABOUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAY I HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR MENTAL PRESIDENT PROTEIN SAMUEL COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER PRISON COUNCIL MEMBER FAILS SHOT ABSENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS. PROCLAMATIONS ARE RECOGNITIONS TODAY. BUT NOW IT'S THE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH THREE. YOU MAY DO SO. WANTS YOU FILL OUT THE GROUPS LIVED TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
FILL IT OUT, HANDED TO THE CLERK AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. SHE WILL CALL YOUR NAME. WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM AND THE RED LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I DON'T HAVE
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ANY AT THIS TIME THERE. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION. NO DISCUSSION ALL ON PAPER. A PROVEN CONSIDERED JENNIFER SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE. NO ONE OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRY MAY I[1. Consider amending the Collective Bargaining Agreement with Beaumont Firefighters' Local 399 related to pension contributions]
HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL ALLOWED NUMBER ONE IS TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH BEAUMONT FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 3 99. RELATED TO PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS. ON JANUARY THE 11TH OF THIS YEAR. CITY COUNCIL HELD A SPECIAL MEETING. IN THIS ROOM TO DISCUSS THE FUNDING STATUS OF THE PENSION PLAN. FOR THE BEAUMONT FIREFIGHTERS. AND A FIRM. NAMED GRS PERFORMED AN ACTUARIAL STUDY OF THE PLAN AND DETERMINED THAT IT PLANNED DESIGN WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO FULLY FUND THE PLAN WITHIN 30 YEARS, AS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE. CURRENTLY THE CITY CONTRIBUTES 16.5. OF EACH EMPLOYEE'S SALARY TO THE PLAN WHILE THE EMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTE 17.25. SO IF YOU'LL FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME IN THE MEMORANDUM TO FUND THE PLAN WITHIN 30 YEARS THE COMPANY GRS RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CHANGES NUMBER ONE. INCREASE THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO 18.25% BEGINNING OCTOBER, THE FIRST 2022. INCREASE THE CITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO 20. IN OCTOBER[00:05:11]
OF 2023. INCREASED RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY AGE FROM 50. 55. WE'RE ALL NEW EMPLOYEES HIRED AFTER JANUARY, THE FIRST 2022 AND, LASTLY, LOWER THE RETIREMENT BENEFIT ACCRUAL PERCENTAGE FROM 63.15. 60% FOR ALL NEW EMPLOYEES HIRED AFTER JANUARY 1ST 2022 SO THE FIREFIGHTERS HELD ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY. TO VOTE ON THE RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY AGE AND THEN RETIREMENT BENEFIT OF COOL PERCENTAGE. AS REQUIRED BY THEIR PLAN, AND IT PASSED BY VOTE OF 147. OR THE CHANGES TO 17 AGAINST. THEY'RE CHANGES TO THE PLAN OR CONTINGENT UPON CITY COUNCIL OF PROVING CONTRIBUTE CONTRIBUTION RATE CHANGES BEFORE YOU TODAY. THE ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE CITY. FISCAL YEAR. 2023 IS $250,000. AND THE ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL COST AND FISCAL YEAR 2024. IS $440,000. ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS PROOF. THANK YOU FOR THE READING OF EITHER NUMBER ONE. I HAVE EMOTION, PLEASE. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER? CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE CITIZENS WATCHING IN THE COMMUNITY THIS INCREASE? HOW WOULD IT AFFECT OUR BUDGET? YEAH, YEAH. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. YES. SO FOR THE CITIZENS WATCHING, UM BASICALLY EVERY 1% THAT WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE FIRE PENSION PLAN CALLS THE CITY $250,000. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO FROM OUR CURRENT RATE OF 16.5. UP TO THE 20, AS MENTIONED IN THE MEMO. SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS GOING FROM 16.5 TO 20% THAT'S AN EXTRA 3.5% AT 250,000. SO THE TOTAL COST FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY WILL PROBABLY ADD ANOTHER $875,000 TO THE BUDGET OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.ANY OTHER QUESTION. CUSTOMERS RETURNING. NO MA'AM, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NEW THE ALRIGHT SO THIS IS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST ONE. NO THERE. THEY HAVE NOT HIRED ANYONE SINCE JANUARY. 1ST YET THANK YOU. MY NEXT QUESTION. CHANGING THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE CONTRIBUTE IS ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE OVERALL FIX OF THE PENSION PROBLEMS. UM MORE IMPORTANTLY, IS GETTING MORE PERSONAL INTO THE PLAN. DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON? SO I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE BUT PROBABLY. I THINK, UM, BEGINNING OF JANUARY AND 2021 MAYBE CANCEL APPROVED AN EXTRA NINE POSITIONS IN THE FIREFIGHTERS. AND ALSO SINCE THEN, UM WE'VE DEDICATED TO BASICALLY MOVE RMS DIVISION FROM A CIVILIAN WORKFORCE TO FIREFIGHTER WORKFORCE THROUGH ATTRITION AS WE LOSE VMS EMPLOYEES THROUGH RETIREMENT OR JUST TERMINATIONS. THEY WILL BE HIRED ON AS FIREFIGHTERS SO PERIODICALLY WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND, UM , IN THE ORDINANCE TO INCREASE POSITIONS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT . SO THAT'S HOW WE PLAN TO GROW THE BASICALLY HEADS AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL AND TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. I NOTICED WHEN WE DID MEET THEY HAD A PLACE IN PLAYING FOR LOCAL RECRUITING LOCAL CAN WE KIND OF TALK TO THAT? WELL WE CAN KIND OF LET THE COMMUNITY OPPRESSED THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO HIGHER AND GO AFTER LOCAL. YEAH, I WISH SOMEONE ALMOST HERE TO MAYBE SPEAKING ON THAT. WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO. THEY HIRE THAT ARE ALREADY CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTER E M T. WHAT THEIR
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PLAN IS TO HIRE PEOPLE, CIVILIANS OFF THE STREET, HIRE THEM INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CERTIFIED AFTER THEY ARE HIRED. SO THAT ARE OPEN UP AS FAR AS THE POOL OF PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN HIRE, FOR EXAMPLE. YOUR LIFE WORKING FROM WHEN I WAS HIRED HAD 600 PEOPLE APPLIED AND TOOK THE TEST. 300 PEOPLE PASSED THE TEST, SO THOSE 300 PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY QUALIFIED TO BE HIRED NOW. I MEAN, IT MAY HAVE 35 PEOPLE TAKE THE TEST, AND MAYBE HALF OF THOSE WILL PASS IT AND THEN ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, YOU MIGHT END UP WITH SIX PEOPLE THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE HIRED AND HALF WAY OF 13 POSITIONS THAT YOU NEED TO FEEL, AND SO THEY HAVE TO START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. BY BEING ABLE TO HIRE CIVILIANS STRAIGHT OFF THE STREET. YOU CAN OPEN UP YOUR POOL. AND THAT BY DOING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES MORE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE HERE IN BHOLA ELIGIBLE SO IT'S KIND OF SAFE TO SAY THAT THEM NEW PROGRAM THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE LIVING HERE WORKING ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD INCREASE THAT SO, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THEY DID HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO INCREASE. YOU KNOW LOCAL PEOPLE WORKING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T REMEMBER GETS. THIS IS FOR TODD TODD RIGHT NOW BELIEVE THAT 61% OR SO OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT BEING POLICE FAR THE M S. IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO GOING FORWARD WITH THESE INCREASES TO PENSION FUNDING. IS THAT PERCENTAGE? AH EXPECTED TO STAY THE SAME OR IS IT EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND REALIZE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A FUNCTION OF WHAT OUR TAX RATES GOING TO BE? AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING IN REVENUES IN THE FUTURE, BUT DOING NOT TO BE AND ABOUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE GOING FORWARD OR OR HOW'S THAT GOING TO BE AFFECTED? DO YOU THINK SO? AND TALKING WITH THE ACTUARIES WERE HOPING THAT IT WOULD NOT NEED TO EXCEED THE 20% GOING FORWARD. A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON INVESTMENT RETURNS. THE FIRE PENSION PLAN HAS A LITTLE MORE LATITUDE ON TYPE OF INVESTMENT STRUCTURES SUPPOSED TO THE CITY. SO THERE AND THOSE ACTUARIAL STUDIES ARE USUALLY A YEAR OR TWO BEHIND WHERE WE ARE CURRENT DAY. SO THEY HAD SOME REALLY GOOD RETURNS FROM A CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE NOT REJECTED IN THIS LAST STUDY, SO A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON THE MARKET, SO IT'S HARD TO SAY, BUT WE'RE HOPING WE SHOULD NOT NEED TO EXCEED THE 20. COLOR. THANK YOU. REMEMBER JERRY? I JUST WANT TO SAY ONLY BITES OF THE TURNOUT PROVED MYSELF FROM THIS BOAT. OKAY? THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME. I'M ALL IN FAVOR FOR IMPROVING. I AM NEVER TO PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE. I DON'T I DON'T NUMBER ONE. I'M SORRY.ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE SIGNIFY THE SAME NIGHT. AH! IN THEIR POSE. I WANT EXTENSION AND AM HAS. HAVE THE REASON OF APARTMENT NUMBER TWO PLACE. COUNCIL VLADIMIR TO CONSIDER
[2. Consider authorizing the City Manager to award a contract to Brystar Contracting, Inc., of Beaumont, for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Drying Beds Rehabilitation Project]
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO START CONTRACTING INCORPORATED BEAUMONT FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SLUDGE DRYING BEARS REHABILITATION PROJECT PROJECT CONSISTS OF WORK PERTAINING TO REPAIRING REHABILITATING THE EXISTING CONCRETE WALLS. THE WAR. OR SLUDGE, DRYING BEDS AND OTHER RELATED PERTINENCE IS THE CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $795,600. A TOTAL OF 120 CALENDAR DAYS ARE ALLOCATED FOR THE PROJECT. SONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS A FRUIT THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF EITHER NUMBER TWO. I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. SO MUCH IMPROVED HAVING MUCH IN IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.ALL IN FAVOR FOR PROVEN ITEM NUMBER TWO. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE
[3. Consider approving a three-year contract with WorkQuest for litter removal along City rights -of -ways and other specified areas throughout the City]
MOTION CARING AND GREEN HAVE NUMBER THREE. PLEASE REMEMBER THREE IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING A THREE YEAR CONTRACT. WITH WORK QUEST OR LITERAL REMOVAL ALONG THE CITY RIGHTS OF WAYS AND OTHER SPECIFIED AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. QUEST IS FORMALLY. TEXAS INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND AND HANDICAPPED. ONLINE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES LOCATED HERE IN BEAUMONT. WOULD BE PROVIDING THE[00:15:06]
SERVICES TO THE CITY ON BEHALF OF WORK QUICK. ON PRODUCTS AND SERVICES HAS BEEN ADDING GROUNDS , MAINTENANCE AND LITTLE REMOVAL SERVICES FOR THE CITY FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. THIS AGREEMENT RENEWAL ALLOWS FOR THE REMOVAL OF TRASH ALONG AGAINST THE RIGHT AWAY IN OTHER AREAS AS TURN BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DECISIONS. UNDER THE CURRENT BEING IN THE PAST THE CITY'S $17.20 PER PERSON. FOR OUR PERSON KNEW. PROPOSED CALLS TO $19.50. FOR OUR THAT'S A 13% INCREASE THE CURRENT CALLS, SO THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL CALLS TO 183,000. $709 SLEPT. PRICE COVERS ALL MATERIAL , LABOR AND EQUIPMENT. CONSERVATIVES IS WE THINK THEY DO CREATE BEHALF. THE CITY FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL FUND. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THANK YOU.WE'VE HEARD THE READING ABOUT THEM. NUMBER THREE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION SECOND? HAVE A MOTION INNOCENT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER? I NOTICED, IT SAYS, UH, REMOVE, UM, TRASH AND LITTER AND A RIGHT AWAY. THERE'S THIS THE WE BUY HOUSES, SIGNS THAT ARE KIND OF UP ALL OVER THE WORLD. BEAUMONT THIS KIND OF CONSISTS OF THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GETTING QUITE A FEW EMAILS AND CALLS AND COMMENTS ABOUT THESE SIGNS THAT ALL THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND THAT KIND OF STUFF TO GET CLUTTERED AND IT'S KIND OF BECOMING AN OFFICE OR TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. DATA REMOVED THE SANDS WE DO AND RIGHT. THERE ARE A LOT OF SIGNS OUT THERE WE'RE TARGETING. THOSE WERE PROBABLY STEP IT UP EVEN MORE AND ASK OUR EMPLOYEES AND SEARCHING DEPARTMENT TO GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES AND UM, CASES NEED TO RAKE BUT YOU KNOW, GO AND PULL THEM DOWN OFF OF UTILITY POLES SPECIFICALLY AND IN THE BACK, SO WE HEAR YOU AND THE PICKED SOME FOLKS IN THIS ROOM ROSE AND THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND WE'LL STEP IT UP. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COUNCIL MEMBER JULIA. I NOTICED THAT UNDER THE STATE OUTLINED BY THE TEXAS STATE USE PROGRAM THAT THE CITY IS EXEMPT FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS. WITH THIS VENDOR.
AND ORDINARILY, WOULDN'T WE WANT TO GO OUT AND COMPETITIVE VILLAGE IS THERE ANY REASON.
WHAT WE'RE NOT USING COMPETITIVE BIDDING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FROM THIS PARTICULAR KILLER. CAN WE CAN WE DON'T RECOMMEND THAT WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THEM. CLOYING. HAVE DIFFERENT DISABILITIES. SO WE BELIEVE GREAT PROGRAM AND SOMETHING THAT'S WORKED BETWEEN FIVE YEARS COUNCIL EVER WORKS AS WE COULD. I'M JUST LOOKING AT A 13% INCREASE AND. YOU KNOW, I REALIZED WE'RE IN VERY INFLATIONARY TIMES RIGHT NOW, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED.
BUT OKAY? REMEMBER DIRTY WORD OF CUSTOM IN TERMS WAS FOUND BY THE SIGNS THAT WE ADDRESS THE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING THEM OUT. WE DO. OKAY, SO PEOPLE PICK THEM UP THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS LOTS TIME. MR PINS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE ROBOCALLS. THEY'LL SPECIFICALLY CALL THAT NUMBER OVER AND OVER TELLING HIM IT'S A VIOLATION. PLEASE REMOVE THEIR SIGNS IN SOME CASES.
OUTDOORS IN MUNICIPAL COURT. DEPENDS ON HOW REGIS SOME COMPANIES ARE. SO IT. IT ABSENT FLOWS. SOMETIMES IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SIGNS OUT THERE THERE WERE TRYING TO ADDRESS SOMETIMES WE GET THEIR ATTENTION AND LOOKS BETTER FOR A MONTH OR SO. SO IT'S NOT JUST ON TOP. MAN. COUNTER MURDERER, SAMUEL. THANK YOU. LIKE TO ASK LEGAL COUNSEL, UM. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME DIFFICULTY IN PROSECUTING WHEN IT'S NOT KNOWN EXACTLY WHO WAS PUTTING SIGNS UP. BUT. IF THE BENEFIT IS TO A CERTAIN VENDOR. WOULD THAT NOT BE POSSIBLE WAY OF ADDRESSING THAT CONCERN? STATISTICALLY I'M IN THIS BOOK WITH THE CHARGES ARE FILED AGAINST WHOEVER THE CONTACT PERSON IS WHAT YOU CALL THE NAME, SO THERE'S TYPICALLY AN
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AGENT OR SOMEONE ATTACHED TO PUTTING OUT THE SIGNS WHEN YOU IT WAS THE TIME WHAT WE DO IS WE ARE EMPLOYEES SUPPOSED TO PICK UP THE SIGNS. SOMEONE WILL COME PLAIN THEM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, TRASH AND SOUND. SOME PEOPLE WILL COME PICK UP. THEIR SIGNS HAVE BEEN WE'RE NOT JUST BEING THE CITY RIGHT AWAY, SO WHOEVER DOES THAT IT'S A REPEAT OFFENSE TO CONTACT ME TRY TO FILE THE CHARGES IS INDIVIDUAL AS OPPOSED TO A COMPANY. IT'S JUST THAT IN MOST CASES. DEFINE THERE'S AN OUTWEIGH THE BENEFIT OF THE ADVERTISING, SO IT'S NOT REALLY A DETERRENT. SO MAYBE WE NEED TO RAISE THE FINE. RIGHT, WELL. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT PERSON THAT'S BEING PAID. IS AN EMPLOYEE. AH AND TYPICALLY, IT'S NOT THE SAME PERSON THEY CAN CONTRACT OUT. UM SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS RIGHT? GOING UP TO THE AGENT. OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S PAYING FOR THAT ADVERTISEMENT. WE MIGHT NEED. NO. WORKSHOP ON THERE AT SOME POINT. IT'S BAD.DURING THAT TIME. WELL, THE BENEFITS IN THE FACTOR. TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ACTIONS THAT WHOMEVER THEY'RE CONTRACTING. SO I'D LIKE TO BE THANK YOU AND I'LL SECOND YOU. COUNTS. AMERICA CHINA GOOD BECAUSE I WAS SORT OF SECOND, BUT YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILMAN REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A ALL GOING CONCERN. WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS ABOUT AS GOOD TO SEE WHERE ADDRESSING IT AND TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD TO SHE HAS FOR US. YOU KNOW EXPERIENCE FROM THE PAST. SOME OF THESE FINES AND WHEN THEY GO TO COURT HAS HOW HOW HAVE SOMEONE BELIEVES OUTCOMES, MAN? TYPICALLY, THEY PAY THE FINES. SO IT'S NOT REALLY A BIG TRIAL. SET UP IN SCENARIO. THERE'VE BEEN FEW OCCASIONS WHERE THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS FOR THE MOST PART ME. I PAID THE FINE. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING AFTER THE AGENT OR PERSON THAT WE FEEL EMPLOYEE SEASON ONE PUT INSIDE AND RIGHT AWAY LIKE THEY WOULD HE COULD SIGN THEIR INDIVIDUAL, PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT VIOLATION ON HIS LEFT THERE. UNATTENDED. UM THAT I THINK.
PENALIZED. SEEN SOMEONE WHO'S JUST, YOU KNOW. PUTTING OUT WEDDING WE'RE TOLD TO PUT IT OUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TOM WAS ALWAYS A TEACHING MOMENT WHEN THEY COME IN, AND THEY YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY PUT IT ON THE RIGHT AWAY. WHERE CAN THEY PUT THEM? YOU KNOW IF IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THESE ARE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN PUT STAFF ON AND SO FORTH, YOU KNOW? EDUCATIONAL BUT MOST OF THE TIME THEY HAVE INDIVIDUALS AND THEY SAY YOU HAVE 50 POSTERS 50 SIGNS AND I NEED THEM PUT OUT STRATEGICALLY IN PLACE IN THE CITY, AND THEN I GIVE HIM THE MANY DIRECTION OF WHERE THEY NEED TO GO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. IN OVERWHELMINGLY. WHAT YOU SEE IS, YOU KNOW IN THE CITY'S RIGHT AWAY IN A VERY HIGH TRAFFIC AREA, AND THEY GET 10 CALLS AND THAT COULD LEAD TO, YOU KNOW FIVE SALES PAYING A FINE, YOU KNOW, $200. THIS ISN'T $500 ORIGIN PLANS. THE TURNING. I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. I'M THINKING THAT WE MAY NEED TO LOOK BEYOND JUST THE AGENT THAT'S BEING PAID TO PUT THE SIGNS. MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE COMPANY THAT'S RECEIVING IN A FIELD. THAT'S WHEN WE FOLLOW US. WE DON'T FOLLOW AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAS BEEN A STANDOUT THEY CONTACT WE CALL WE CONTACT WHO OWNS THE SIGN? THERE'S ALWAYS A PHONE NUMBER OF CONTACTS, SO AND SO THAT'S WHO WE GO AFTER. WE DON'T MISS SOON GO AFTER LIKE DAD. I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS PERSON PUTTING OUT THE SOUND BUT THE PERSON WHO'S THE OWNER OF THE SIGNS, AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT OTHER CITIES MIGHT TWO AND ISSUES WHEN THEY HAVE LIKE THAT. LOOKING I CAN TELL YOU THAT SIGN IN AND SIGN LITIGATION IS A VERY HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW FOR A LOT OF CITIES. SO CAN LOOK AT IT, ISN'T IT? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DURING YEAH. ARE THE FINES COVERED BY STATE STATUTES? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADDRESS AND RAISED, SO IT'LL BE MORE OF A DETERRENT. SO IN MUNICIPAL COURT WERE ABLE TO STEP FIND SPACE ON ACCORDING TO STATE LAW ARE HIGHEST FINDS. STILL WITH OUR HIGHER FINDS TWO WITH THINGS THAT DEAL WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS KIND OF THE LOWER IN SO YOUR
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HEALTH CODE VIOLATIONS CAN EXCEED. IN FACT, VIOLATIONS CAN GO UP TO $2000. BUT THOSE OVER HERE BUT FOR THE MOST PART ARE AVERAGE FIND. THE MUNICIPAL COURT IS ANYWHERE FROM 100 TO $500. THANK YOU. ANY OF THE DISCUSSION. THERE IS A QUESTION IS THAT PERSON. PER VIOLATION.EACH TIME WE REPRESENTED VIOLATION. OKAY, THAT'S IT. ALL IN FAVOR OF A PROVEN ITEM NUMBER THREE. POLICE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING
[DISCUSSION ITEM]
TO PULL THE DISCUSSION ITEM TO DISCUSS PLANES FOR THE CITY 2022 JUNE TINK CELEBRATION. DUE TO THE FACT THAT, UM THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT, UM, INFORMATION FOR US TO DISCUSS IT TODAY. SO NOW[COMMENTS]
IT'S TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU FILLED OUT THE GREEN SLIPPED TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM HANDED TO THE CLARK. TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. BRING LIGHT WILL COME ON. WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK. THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS , 38 75 NORTH MAJOR DRUG BY MY TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. UM IT IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, SO I WANT TO CELEBRATE YOU AND A CITY ATTORNEY. YELLOW ARE MAKING HISTORY OF BEAUMONT CONTINUE TO DO A GOOD JOB. MM. I KNOW YOU JUST PULLED THE DISCUSSION ITEM. BUT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE NEXT MEETING WHEN THAT IS TALKED ABOUT, SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ON IT. UM JUNETEENTH IS. HERE IN BEAUMONT , UH, HISTORICALLY BEEN CELEBRATED MOSTLY IN TEAR APART.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME GREAT CELEBRATIONS. PEOPLE OF MY AGE DEMOGRAPHIC HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN ABLE TO APARTHEID AND PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE CELEBRATIONS IN THE PAST, SO I KIND OF I'M NOT ABLE TO CARRY AS MUCH SENTIMENT. YOU KNOW, FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO PARTAKE IN IT, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT IS. JUNETEENTH IS A HOLIDAY THAT DOES NEED TO BE CELEBRATED. FOR EVERYONE. AND IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE LIKE AND EXCLUSIVELY BLACK HOLIDAY. UM SO MY THOUGHTS ARE AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS KIND OF COME UP. AS A KIND OF A DEBATE BETWEEN SHOULD WE DO IT IN TERROR PARK OR SHOULD IT BE DONE AT THE EVENT CENTER? MY IDEAS OR IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO MAYBE DO BOTH. JUST BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF OUR CAUCASIAN CITIZENS SHOULD BE ALLOWED OR IT SHOULD BE HELD AT MORE OF A NEUTRAL SITE. THAT THEY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE CELEBRATING ITS HOLIDAY WITH US. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS HISTORY STATES. HANDS. IT'S TRUE THAT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF CAUCASIANS THAT DID DIE FOR OUR RIGHT TO BE FREE, SO THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY JUST AS MUCH AS US AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A WAY TO BRING ABOUT THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION. BEAUMONT THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. UM I JUST WANT TO MOVE Y'ALL TO CONSIDER. POSSIBLY CHINA CELEBRATED THE BOAT PARK, SO THAT WAY SOME OF THE OLDER DEMOGRAPHIC OF BLACK SET HAD THE HOLIDAYS AND TERROR PARK ARE STILL ABLE TO, UH, RELIVE SOMEONE IN NOSTALGIA, YOU KNOW? BUT THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS AND Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. THE LINE. HENDERSON 60 TO 60. REGINA LION BEAUMONT, TEXAS. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK TO DAVID HAD BEEN SITTING BACK THERE CONTEMPLATING DECIDE I'M GONNA I'M JUST GONNA SAY SOMETHING FOR RIGHT NOW. UM FIRST OF ALL, UNDERNEATH ALL OF OUR BEAUTIFUL INTERSECT AND OVERPASSES. LOOK GORGEOUS. THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
THEY'RE CLEAR. WHERE DID THEY GO? THEY WENT THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, NOT JUST THE WEST AND NOT JUST THE NORTH AND NOT JUST THE EAST AND NOT JUST THE SELF, AND THEY'RE EVERYWHERE AND THEY'RE ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, THEIR OWN PEOPLE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY THERE ON IT. THEIR BUSINESSES ARE BEHIND BUSINESSES. AND WHEN FOR THOSE, I GUESS I SHOULD CLARIFY . I KNEW THAT MS MARTIN KNEW THE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM. UM AND WHAT GOT ME INVOLVED BECAUSE I'M INVOLVED IN SO MANY THINGS, AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. I KNOW WE HAVE A COMMISSION WORKING ON THIS, BUT MY SON IS
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PUTTING IN A BUSINESS THAT INVOLVES CHILDREN, AND HE HAD SOMEBODY WALK UP THE OTHER DAY.COME IN WITH CHILDREN THERE. WANTING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND HE WAS HOMELESS. HE WAS ALSO ON DRUGS. UM AND MY SON TOLD HIM YOU NEED TO LEAVE. I HAVE KIDS HERE. YOU DON'T YOU DON'T BELONG HERE. AND HE SAID, OH, I CAN'T BE AROUND CHILDREN. OH GREAT. NOT ONLY YOU'RE HOMELESS. YOU'RE A CONVICTED PEDOPHILE LIVING WHO KNOWS WHERE AROUND THE CORNER OF MAJOR AND FEELING. SO I'M JUST PLEADING AND WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS NOT ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING AND I KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON. UM AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S AVENUES FROM THE STATE THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US. BUT WE EDUCATE OUR CITY. OUR CITIZENS. WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS? WHAT DO I MEAN? JAKE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW TO CALL THE POLICE. I MEAN, GEE, WE HAVE FIVE POLICEMEN IN OUR FAMILY. CALL SOMEBODY HE'S TRESPASSING.
HE DOESN'T BELONG THERE. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO EDUCATE BECAUSE NOW WE'VE NOT REALLY DEALT WITH IT. STARBUCKS YOU KNOW SOME STARBUCKS SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS WE'VE HAD, BUT NOT THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE CITY, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO DO A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. SOME EDUCATION.
TWO IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS AT YOUR HOUSE OR IN THE BACK OF YOUR BUSINESS OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE EITHER THAN CALL THE POLICE. EXCUSE ME. AND OUR POLICE ARE STRAPPED. I MEAN , WE ALREADY KNOW THEY'RE OVERWORKED. WE'RE IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS OVER. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE, BUT THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THEM WHAT TO DO. IN WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE. THAT'S ALL I ASK. THANK YOU.
LEELA CORMIER, 57 70. CALDER AVENUE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HELLO TO THE MIRROR IN COUNCIL MEMBERS. I. PUT IN VARIANTS. FOR RESIDENT RESIDENT AT 57 70 CALDER. UM WE NEEDED ACCESS TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY FROM ELLEN BOULEVARD AND I SENT IN A VARIANCE TO MY COUNCILMAN OF WAR, TOO. MY GUESS, AND I'LL ALSO SEND IT TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. AND I'VE WHILE WE HAVE ALSO MADE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY HAD RECESSED AREAS SO THAT WHEN WE PULL IN OFF OF FEELING BOULEVARD THAT IT WOULD NOT STOP TRAFFIC UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS VARIANTS. BEING THAT FEELING IS SUPPOSED TO BE IS CONSIDERED A COLLECTOR STREET SO THAT THERE SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE STREET FROM A RESIDENCE, BUT I'VE ALSO LOOKED UP. AND OUR FEELING, AND THERE IS A RESIDENT ON FEELING THAT HAS ACCESS. TO A RESIDENTIAL. HOME THAT HAS ACCESS REGULAR WHICH MEANS THAT EVERY DAY THAT THEY WOULD PULL INTO THIS DRIVEWAY, WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR TEMPORARY ARE TEMPORARY, BUT ONLY ACCESS TO THE REAR FOR PERSONAL. USE OF OUR RV. AH! AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, WHICH WON'T BE USED ALL THE TIME. SO I AM NOT ABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION OR HEAR FROM ANYONE TO SAY YES OR NO ONE THIS AND IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH, SO I DECIDED TO COME HERE AND TALK TO Y'ALL TODAY. THE ACCENT THIS VARIANTS BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY. AND DISCUSS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE BACK OF OUR PROPERTY. THERE IS NO ACCESS FROM THE FRONT. TO GET TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY SO WE WOULD NEED TO AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO JUMP OVER A CURVE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS BEING TOLD SO FAR THAT YOU COULD DRIVE OVER THE CURB. WELL THIS OTHER HOUSE THAT'S ON FEELING THERE'S NOT DRIVING OVER THE CURVE. SO UM AND I LIKE I SAID, I WALKED UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND FOUND A HOUSE ON 15 SWEET. IT IS. 79 50 FEELING. HAS ACCESS TO THE FRONT OF THIS HOUSE. SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER GIVING US ACCESS TO THE REAR BY PROPERTY. OKAY AFTER THE MEETING, IF YOU WILL CONTACT MR BOONE MHM.
CHRISTIAN TOO. YOU'RE RIGHT. HE WILL BE ABLE TO AH, SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL I HAPPEN HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. BRINGING A MOVE INTO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS AND I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU. THE MEMBER DURING NO COMMENT. MAYOR THANK YOU. CAN'T REMEMBER GETS.
I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CBB FOR COLLABORATING WITH POOR NINE FOR THE MURAL FEST THAT TOOK PLACE
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THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND IF YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT DOWNTOWN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF ART HAS BEEN CREATED ON SEVERAL WALLS. FELLOW YOU KNOW, I HAD JUST A FEW MINUTES TO GO BY, AND AH DID SAY A LOT OF FOOD TRUCK VENDORS PLAYER KIDS THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF A NEAT THING. SO I THINK THESE TYPES OF EVENTS OR NEEDED IN BEAUMONT AND WHEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DOING A PUBLIC PRIVATE COLLABORATION LIKE WE'LL GET WITH MERYL FAST, SO WELL DONE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. LET US SHOUT OUT TO CBB . JUST WHEN I READ THEY WERE GOING OUT TO SOME GREAT GRANT FUNDING KYLE STAFF. I THINK IT'S GREAT. EVERY TIME I SEE THE CITY TAKE ADVANTAGE ANY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. I'M DEFINITELY ADVOCATE FOR IT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WORKING TOGETHER. GOING AFTER THAT. ANOTHER THING I REALIZED WHEN YOU GUYS DID MARDI GRAS NOT ONLY DID OUR CITY OF BEAUMONT COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT CBB AND EMILY'S DEPARTMENT Y'ALL CAME TOGETHER AND WORKED AT EVENTS TOGETHER, AND I LOVE SEEING THAT. YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF MADE MY HORSE SMILE, SAYING EVERYBODY WORKING HAND IN HAND TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS. AND YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB. ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS OR WHOEVER ELSE PARTICIPATED WERE MIGHTY GRAS AS WELL AS THE MURAL FISH, SO THANK Y'ALL. UM THE NEXT THING IS, I KNOW, I ASKED ON LAST WEEK. UH, ABOUT THE TRANSIT UPDATE, AND I KNOW TODAY OUT TODAY OR SOMETHING, POSSIBLY WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE EIGHT IF HOPEFULLY I CAN GET WE CAN SEE WELL CAME ABOUT, ALTHOUGH SOME POSITIVE NEWS OTHER THAN THAT YOU KNOW, JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL. YES, UM. AGAIN IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT MURAL FESTIVAL. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THE ARTS. UH IT'S SUPPORTING THE ARTS AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. AND I ALSO WANTS WELCOME, MR INGRAM. ABOARD THE NEW IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. GOOD TO SEE YOU AT CITY HALL INSTEAD OF COUNTY COURTHOUSE. AH! AND ALSO, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY DEAN AND HIS STAFF ALONG WITH POOR OH, NINE GREAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. AND IT REALLY HELPED THEM MY INSURANCE . SO THANK YOU, DEAN. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL. CITY ATTORNEY. SURE SAMUEL KIND OF STOLE A LITTLE BIT OF MY THUNDER. BUT YES, MR INGRAM IS NEW TO OUR OFFICE. HE'S GOING TO BE A WELCOMING EDITION, UM TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM. THANK YOU. TEMPLE YOU GET. I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE AND I TALKED TO AH , THERE. FORMER MENTOR JAMES WHITE WHEN YOU WORK FOR HIM IN THE BUILDING, AND HE HAD GLOWING THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU. SO WELCOME ABOARD. AND I WILL SEE ME THROUGH. THANK YOU. MR BOOM. THANK YOU. WELL, IT'S ON ME. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TODAY IS, UH , WOMEN'S DAY AND TO ALL WOMEN. AH, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY. CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT WOMEN DO, UM TO EVERYONE THAT. HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF, BUT THAT THE ATTORNEY FREE UH, AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS FOR ALL OF THE WORK. THAT EVERY WOMAN DOES EVERY DAY. ALSO BEING. OF COURSE, WHEN YOU'RE THE LAST ONE TO SPEAK, BUT YOU JUST GET TO HEAR IT AGAIN. WONDERFUL WONDERFUL ARTISTS. MURALS WERE PAINTED. AND WE, UH , MET LAUREN AND BEING ON ORLEANS AND FANNIN STREET BECAUSE THE LEGENDARY BARTERING THE END. IT'S PAINTED ON ONE OF THE MURALS FROM FOR 1960. TWO. 1962 ALBUM COVER. AND THE ARTIST WAS FROM MICHIGAN, AND SHE WAS ALSO A GUITAR PLAYER, AND SHE SAID, I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS RELEVANT. TO THE CITY. AND SHE SAID, BEING A GUITAR PLAYER HERSELF, THE BOMA PEOPLE FROM MY MIND, AND SHE FOUND BARBARA LYNN AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AND THINK THAT THEY DID THAT WITH KANSAS SPRAY HANG, IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. AND SO. UM DEAN AND I WERE OUT THERE WITH[00:40:10]
BARBARA LYNN. SHE SIGNED HER MIRROR ALS, AND SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY A GREAT WEEKEND WAS 80 DEGREES. PERFECT WEATHER. SO IT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND AND AGAIN. AT KUDOS BEING FOR A GREAT GREAT FESTIVAL. KUDOS. ALSO, UM. SATURDAY NIGHT. UM THE LADIES OF MOTOWN WAS WITH SOUTHEAST TEXAS SYMPHONY. AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY IF YOU DID NOT ATTEND. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT. IT WAS. YOU MISSED IT, AND I DIDN'T SEE THERE. SO I'M TELLING YOU, IT WAS AWESOME. I HOPE THAT AS SYMPHONY BRING IT BACK, AND IT WAS JUST A FABULOUS NIGHT. I HAD ANOTHER EVENT THAT, UM I WAS INVITED TO, BUT PARENTS STICK IS THAT I HAD ALREADY PURCHASED AND YOU HAD THREE TICKETS PURCHASED MINE AND WAS HAPPY TO DO SO. BUT IT WAS A FABULOUS NIGHT AND AGAIN. THANK YOU SOUTHEAST TEXAS SYMPHONY. AND ON FRIDAY NIGHT I WAS IN HOUSTON AT UM, BUT WHEN UNITED PLAYOFF GAME AND THEY ARE HEADED TO. THURSDAY SAN ANTONIO SEVEN O'CLOCK, THEY WILL PLAY SEVEN O'CLOCK IF THEY WENT ON THURSDAY NIGHT. THEY WILL PLAY SATURDAY AT THREE O'CLOCK. AFTER A GREAT THE GIRL SCOUTS ON SATURDAY MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK I PLAN TO BE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THREE O'CLOCK. NO GO BY MY UNITED GOOD LUCK. UM HOPEFULLY WE'LL BRING ANOTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BACK HOME. TWO LISTED OREOS AWARD FOR AND TO CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND JUST A LITTLE COMMENT ON THE HOMELESS. OF COURSE THE UNDERPASSES DO UM THEY LOOK GREAT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND WORRY ABOUT ANYBODY RUNNING UP TO YOUR CAR. HOWEVER THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE UNDERPASSES ARE SAME SPOTS THAT THEY WERE. HOWEVER IF PEOPLE HAVE PRIVATE PROPERTY, THEY ARE ALLOWING THEM AND YOU CAN'T ON THEIR PROPERTY. UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IT'S NOT A FAVORABLE THING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. BUT WHEN IT'S YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND YOU'RE GIVEN PERMISSION FOR THEM TO STAY SO MANY LEGAL. PARTS THAT WE CAN AND CANNOT CROSS. BUT IT'S SEPTEMBER. 1ST HOUSE BILL 1975 ALLOWED US TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THEM. FROM UNDER. THE INTERSTATES. AND SO THAT'S WHY LEGALLY, WE REMOVE THEM FROM THE INTERSTATES. BUT THEN WHEN YOU HAVE PRIVATE PROPERTY UM, THAT'S YOUR PROPERTY, AND YOU'RE ALLOWED TO ALLOW WHAT YOU WANT ON YOUR PROPERTY. I WOULD SAY WITHIN GOTTEN LINES OF THE LAW.HOWEVER IF SOMEONE APPROACHES YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND YOU DO NOT WANT THEM ON YOUR PROPERTY, BUT ALL MEANS, PLEASE CALL 911. AND CALL THE POLICE. AND ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE CHILDREN INVOLVED IN YOU ARE REGISTERED PEDOPHILE. YOU SHOULD NOT BE WITHIN SO MANY FEET. AND SO THAT IS THE LAW. AND THE HOMELESS COALITION MEAT. THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THE MEETINGS. AND AH, WE MEAN AT THE MOMENT VINCE CENTER 1ST 13 OF EVERY MONTH. AND MAYBE THAT'S UM INFORMATION THAT YOU COULD COME AND FIND OUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. AND TO HIM. JUNETEENTH AGAIN. THAT WORKSHOP WAS FULL BECAUSE REALLY, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DISCUSS TODAY. HOWEVER EVERY PARK IN THIS CITY IS A PUBLIC PARK ALLOWABLE FOR EVERY CITIZEN TO WALK IN AND ATTEND. ANY YET. WHEN YOU'RE IN A CITY PUBLIC PARK. EVERY CITIZEN IS WELCOME. BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP AND ASK IF YOU'RE
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NOT EVEN FROM THIS CITY. SO IT'S A PUBLIC PARK. A PUBLIC PARK IS THE CITY AMENITY. AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT ANY EVENT IN THIS CITY THAT EVERYONE WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO ATTEND.REGARDLESS OF WHAT PARK IT'S IN. ARE WHAT THE EVENT IS, BUT I THINK, UM. EVERYONE WILL BE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH SOME OF THE IDEALS THAT ARE COMING ABOUT. FOR JUNETEENTH AND. IT WOULD BE A GREAT CELEBRATION IN THE CITY DOES PUT ON SOME GREAT EVENTS, SO TWO STATING. SO WE'D LIKE TO EAT. UM THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY. AND IT'S 2 17, AND
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