[CALL TO ORDER ]
[ Proclamations, Presentations and Recognitions]
[ Public Comments]
[CONSENT AGENDA]
[C. Approve a three-year contract with WorkQuest for grounds maintenance and litter removal at bus shelter locations for the Beaumont Municipal Transit System and for the Henry Dannenbaum Transfer Center]
[1. Consider a request to abandon a portion of a City street right-of-way located at 5555 College Street ]
[2. Consider approving a contract for the purchase of liquid chlorine for use in the Water Utilities Department]
[3. Consider approving the purchase of an Itron fixed network software upgrade from Republic Meter, Inc. of Dallas to be used for digitally reading the water meters]
[4. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 2, to the contract withPlaco, Ltd. for the Lift Station & WWTP Repairs Tropical Storm Harvey Group 2 Lift Stations Project ]
[5. Consider a request for a Driveway Permit to allow for a second driveway to serve 5770 Calder Avenue ]
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DRIVEWAY. AND. JUST HOPE THAT THE CITY WILL CONSIDER ALLOWING US TO GET THE DRIVEWAY THERE. IT
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WAS AN OVERSIGHT. WHERE AT THE STREET WAS LOW. WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M STILL TRYING TO[01:03:23]
FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COLLECTOR? AND COLLECT HEARING. WHAT'S THE[01:03:28]
DIFFERENCE? SO IS THAT WHAT THOSE COUNTERS THAT CITY PUT OUT.[01:04:05]
GOT A QUESTION BASED AFTER THAT, SAME COMMENTS. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS PORTION[01:04:09]
OF FEELING VERSUS OTHER PORTIONS OF. ARE YOU SAYING ANOTHER? AS IN THE PORTION OF I GUESS, WEST[01:04:21]
OF MAJOR BY WESTBROOK THE OTHER WAY. I MEAN, THERE'S OTHER TRAVEL LADIES THAT THERE.[01:04:28]
AMERICAN SEASON. THERE'S ONLY THERE'S NO OTHER RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS THAT COME OUT ON[01:04:34]
FEELING THAT'S NOT TRUE DOWN THERE BY WESTBROOK. HOME BUT MAJOR THE OTHER WAY. THERE'S NO[01:04:42]
OTHER DRIVEWAYS THAT COME OUT OF FEELING THAT A RESIDENTIAL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 79 50 FT ONE[01:04:48]
WITH PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. NO DRIVE THE HOUSES OR THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ACROSS FROM[01:04:54]
WESTBROOK, THEIR ONLY ACCESS FROM THEIR PROPERTY IS ONTO FEELING. THERE ARE MOST[01:05:02]
PROPERTIES BACK UP OR RAILROAD ROOM, AND THERE'S NO OTHER ACCESS TO THEIR LAND AT ALL,[01:05:06]
EXCEPT FOR FEELING AND FEELING DOWNSIZES AS WELL. ON THAT SIDE, IT'S NO LONGER A VIRUS. ROAD WITH THE MEAT. SO THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE DEAD. OKAY? QUESTION YOU SAID. WHEN YOU COMING IN WITH A TRAILER, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PULL ALL THE WAY OFF THE STREET BEFORE THE GATE OPENS, BUT YOU WON'T HAVE TO STOP IN THE STREET AT ALL. OKAY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.THERE'S A RECAP AND BACKGROUND SECTION AS FAR AS DATES OF WHAT'S OCCURRED. CALL PRETTY MUCH WENT THROUGH THIS BEFORE, SO I WON'T READ BACK OVER IT UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS.
BUT. I'LL REPEAT OR ECHO WHAT MR HAYES SAID EARLIER. THIS IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT IF IT WAS OUR PROPERTY, WE WANT ACCESS TO THIS BUILDING. UM IN WHAT ENGINEERING'S DOING IS LOOKING AT THE ORDINANCES THAT THE CITY HAS IN PLACE, QUOTED UNDER COMMENTS ON THE ON THE FIRST PAGE. WHICH IS TRYING TO PREVENT DRIVEWAYS ONTO ARTERIAL STREETS, SUCH AS FEELING FOR COLLECTORS FOR THAT MATTER, BECAUSE THOSE ROADS ARE INTENDED TO CHANNEL TRAFFIC SAFELY, NOT INTENDED FOR ACCESS FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES FOR SAFETY REASONS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE SAYING. WE DON'T WANT TO DROP DRIVEWAYS UNDER A ROADWAY LIKE FEELING. IN THE END, YOU TURN IT INTO SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE LUCAS. IF YOU ALLOWED THAT ALL THE TIME. WE. WE MET. WE LOOKED AT THIS THERE WE ANALYZED FEELING FROM MAJOR THE 23RD. THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS ON THE FEELING HE'S OF DALLIN ROAD. THERE IS THAT ONE PROPERTY IT'S 79 51. THAT DOES HAVE DRIVEWAYS ON IT. THE LONGER AERIAL PHOTO THAT I'VE DISTRIBUTED THAT'S CAPTURED FROM GOOGLE EARTH. THAT'S A 1938 AERIAL VIEW AND THE RED CIRCLES SHOW THAT DRIVEWAYS EXISTED TO THAT PROPERTY. WAY BACK THEN, SO PROBABLY EVEN PRIOR TO THE THIRTIES. UM AND YOU CAN TELL FROM THE ROAD THE ROAD WAS NOT DEVELOPED LIKE FEELING IS TODAY SO THAT IT'S JUST HISTORICALLY BACK THOSE THAT PROPERTY HAD DRIVEWAYS. IF YOU LOOK FROM MAJOR TO 23RD ON FEELING THERE'S 100 AND SIX RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT BACK TO FIELD ONE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER IS THAT IF YOU DO ALLOW DRIVEWAYS ON THE FEELING THERE'S 106 OTHER RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT COULD CAR DOORS AND ASK FOR DR LADIES ON THE FEELING AS WELL. OKAY, BUT ARE THEIR PROPERTY. IT IS THE PROPERTY GOVERNMENT CALLED HER TO FEELING ALL THE WAY THROUGH EITHER GO FROM CALDER TO FEELING AS THIS PROPERTY DOES, OR DO THEY GO FROM OTHER STREETS? TO FEELING THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT BACK ON THE FEELING AS WELL THAT ARE SERVED BY ANOTHER ROAD IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THE PROPERTY BACKS UP TO FEELING. AS WELL. THERE ARE OTHER INSTANCES WHERE YOU CAN GET ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES OR HOMEOWNERS THAT COME TO YOU AND WOULD ALSO LIKE ACCESS, UH, INTERNET AND PERMANENT BASES ON THE FEVER. SO WITH THIS BEING A MAJOR ARTERY, WE DISCOURAGE THE RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY USED. WE'RE LOOKING AT SAFETY CONCERNS THAT THE HIGHER SPEED TRAFFIC IT'S NOT AS EASY TO DETECT PRESIDENT FROM DRIVEWAYS. COMMERCIAL DRIVES USUALLY SIGNS ADVERTISING THE BUSINESS AND MORE OPEN. UM SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK.
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THERE IS A AN AERIAL VIEW AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. IT OUTLINES THE PROPERTY. AND THE DIMENSIONS. AND YOU CAN TELL FROM THAT. IT ALSO SHOWS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUILDING AND A PROPOSED DRIVEWAY FROM THEIR PROPERTY AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S NO WAY TO PUT A DRIVE IN FROM CALLERS. FOR THEM. THEY'RE TOO TIME TO THE BORDERS. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL SO, UM. HAD ALREADY BEEN REMOVED. HE NOTICED THAT THE CURB HAD BEEN REMOVED ON JANUARY 27TH WHEN WE WHEN WE ISSUED THE STOP ORDER, OKAY, AND THERE'S BEEN NO NOS CONCRETE POURED FOR THE DRIVEWAY. NO, SIR. IS THERE. FROM THE STREET FROM FIELD. THERE'S AN EASEMENT. SURE, PRIOR TO GETTING TO THE STREET. BEING RIGHT AWAY. YES YES, WELL, YEAH, RIGHT AWAY ABOUT HOW WHAT'S THE FOOTAGE? UM IT'S 40 FT. 50 FT. FROM THE CURVE TO THE END OF OUR RIGHTS. YEAH. BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S FEET.SO. IN AN APPLICATION, SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO DO THAT FROM WHAT WE COULD NOT DO THAT. IF THEY PUT A PERMIT IN IT. WHEN THEY INITIALLY BROUGHT THE WORK TO THE CITY. IT DIDN'T HAVE A DRIVEWAY ON IT, HAVE A DRIVEWAY IN THE INITIAL SUBMISSION AND AT THE END OF DECEMBER WE WOULD HAVE COME BACK AND SAID NO, WE DON'T ALLOW DRIVEWAYS ON FIELD, OKAY? YEAH. FOR THEIR BEING.
WOULD IT BE IN VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE? TO HAVE COUNTRY. FROF THE. TWO FT. OFF OF THE YEAH.
THAT WOULD NOT BE A VIOLATION SO IT COULD BE. YOU COULD POUR A DRIVEWAY TO WITHIN TWO FT. OF THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH RUNS PARALLEL TO THE RIGHT AWAY AS LONG AS YOU HAD A GRADING PERMIT. OKAY AND THAT WOULD BE NO PROBLEM GETTING A GREAT IMPORTANCE. UM I WOULD NOT THINK SO. BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ENGINEERING REVIEW. SO THAT SIMPLY MEANS WE WOULD NOT BE SETTING UP PRESIDENT YEAH. THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO A DRIVE FROM THE GARAGE. UP TO THE TWO FT LINE. CORRECT THEY CAN POUR CONCRETE WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY. THAT'S NOT A VIOLATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THAT MEANS IT. LOCATION FOR THEM TO UTILIZE. AGGRESSIVE EGRESS FOR PULLING THE RV ONTO THAT PROBLEM. I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING. IF YOU POUR CONCRETE UP TO TWO FT OF THE PROPERTY LINE, AND THEN THEY PUT A GATE AND ON THE FENCE, AND THEY DRIVE OVER THE GRASS AND THE CURVE ON THE FIELD, AND I MEAN THAT'S WORSE THAN DRIVEWAY. BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO BE SLOWER COMING OUT OF THAT ONTO, UH, ARTERIAL THAT YOU'VE GOT TRAFFIC GOING. 40 45 MILES AN HOUR ON IT'S NOT ILLEGAL. AND TOAST, SIR. IT'S NOT A WEEK. ARE YOU MENTIONING COMING OUT OF THEIR PERSON, THEIR PRIVATE GATE? WOW. OKAY. SHE'S STILL STUCK COMES HERE NOW. MAYOR MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRIVEWAY.
A SECOND. OKAY WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. DO WE HAVE? DISCUSSION QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAM WOULD YOU CLARIFY YOUR MOST YOU JUST SAYING TO I CAN CUT THE CURB AND POUR CONCRETE. ALWAYS DID. QUESTION ONE NUMBER COUNCIL MEMBER HAS THE FLOOR WHILE I'M
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THINKING GOING ON HERE. AGAIN. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE UNDERSTOOD THE HOMEOWNER CORRECTLY. YOU TOOK THE FENCE, AND THERE'S AN OFFSET IS THAT CORRECT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY TRAFFIC COMING, AND THEN YOU WIDENED IT. AND YOU MADE A TURNAROUND. YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE. TO WHERE YOU CAN, YOU CAN ENTER AND EXIT THIS PROPERTY AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE. YEAH THEY PUT IT WHERE THEY CAN PULL UP TO THE GATE. NOBODY ALL THE WAY OFF. RIGHT AWAY. FAR OFF OF THE ROOM. I DO NEED TO MENTION THAT IF YOU WILL APPROVE THE VARIANCE WE DO NEED THE HOMEOWNERS OR THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE HOMEOWNERS TO PUT IN FOR A DRIVEWAY PERMIT AND A GRADING PERMIT, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN DONE TO THIS. OKAY, SO DO DOES COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL NEED TO MODIFY HIS? HE DOESN'T NEED TO MODIFY ITS JUST PROVE THAT THEY DO NEED TO PUT IN FOR THOSE PERMITS SO THAT WE CAN FINISH THAT PAPERWORK. OKAY. CAPTAIN MEMBER SAMUEL AT THIS POINT NOW.MY ADDRESS MY QUESTION TO LEGAL AH! THIS SENSE OF PRESIDENT. IT DOES. DOES IT? NOT SO. ONE AND I GUESS YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE VIEWING WHO ARE NOT ATTORNEYS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU KNOW WHEN WE SAY PRESIDENT LIKE WHAT THAT MEANS ESSENTIALLY. THE ORDINANCES ALLOW YOU GUYS TO OVERRULE OR HEAR AN APPEAL AND MAKE A DECISION BASED ON HEARING ALL THE EVIDENCE FROM BOTH APPLICANT IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, MORE THAN ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. HOWEVER IN THE FUTURE WHEN SOMEONE WHEN ENGINEERING DENIES THAT DRIVEWAY PERMIT. FOR IT, NOT JUST FEELING BUT ANY WHAT WE CONSIDER ARTERIAL ROAD THAT DOESN'T NORMALLY ALLOW FOR A DRIVEWAY. THIS CASE. AT THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE WILL COME UP. UM AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME DISTINGUISHING FACTORS IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. THEY MAY NOT EXIST IN OTHER CASES, UM, BUT THIS ONE WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. SUCH AS, UH THE KNOWLEDGE OF. THAT ORDINANCE WHEN PURCHASING THE PROPERTY AS OPPOSED TO ALREADY PURCHASING THE PROPERTY WANTING TO DO IT. THOSE TYPE OF THINGS WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YES, I LIKE AND I THINK THE APPLICANT AWARE THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WHEN THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, THEY YOU KNOW. WANT TO WHERE THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO AND THEY PURCHASED IT WITH THE UNDERSTAND I'M SURE THEY HAD A CONVERSATION THAT REALTOR THEY WEREN'T YOU KNOW, A WEIRD THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BACK UP TO CLEVELAND, UM, YOU KNOW, USE IT AS A AS AN ACCENT POINT. THEY ALSO HAVE A CONTRACTOR WHO, YOU KNOW, LICENSE INVOLVED IN THE CITY OF MOMENTS WHO THEY ASSUMED. NEWT PULLED APART PERMIT AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT DID NOT HAPPEN. SO, UM, THE REALITY IS THAT ALL THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I DIDN'T WORK IN THEIR FAVORITE HAVE OR SOMEONE ELSE CAN HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SITUATION.
RIGHT? UM I PULLED APARTMENTS CAN DO EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY TO DO AND COME TO YOU SAY I STILL WANT TO PUT IN THE DRIVEWAY. EVEN I'M NOT IN. I GUESS THEY'RE KIND OF SEMI AND HARDSHIP. THIS IS I WANT TO USE THIS CASE STILL CAN CAN BE USED, FOR EXAMPLE. WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT IF WE CHANGE. FOR ONE EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT IN THE COURT. WE WILL HAVE TO JUSTIFY YES. EACH APPLICANT HAS THEIR OWN TONE, LUMPY JUSTIFICATIONS CORRECTLY, AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT, UH, THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN HESITANT TO DO THINGS THAT SAID PRESIDENT THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE BECAUSE IF YOU ALLOW ONE PERSON TO GO BEYOND THE ORDINANCE, THEN IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR THAT TO HAPPEN WITH OTHERS, HOWEVER. WE STILL CAN JUSTIFY. OUR DECISION BASED ON A DIFFERENT SET OF FACTORS. AND THAT'S. WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS TO BE IS THERE IS A RECOGNITION THAT THERE IS A UNIQUE SITUATION THAT OCCURRED AND BECAUSE OF THAT UNIQUE SITUATION. A DECISION IS BEING MADE. UH SO.
CITY ATTORNEY. I HAVE A QUESTION CAN LANGUAGE BE ADDED TO STATE THAT. SO IN THE FUTURE THAT BECAUSE WE WILL BE SET IN A PRESIDENT THAT BECAUSE OF AND I SEE COUNCILMAN SAMUELS SHAKING HIS HEAD. NO. AND I I'M JUST GONNA SAY THIS. I DON'T REALLY LIKE THE TERM PRESIDENT. I JUST I FEEL LIKE AGAIN. THIS WAS A SPECIAL SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE UNIQUE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT BACK E MINUTE THEY ALL CHOSE TO PUT OUR
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REASON THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD YOU KNOW? MAYBE BE CONSIDERED WHEN SAYING NO, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE. UM AND SO I FEEL LIKE EACH THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. THIS PARTICULAR APP APPLICATION IS UNIQUE AND SPECIFIC TO THEM. UM AND SO THERE ISN'T A NEED FOR ANY SPECIAL LANGUAGE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE RENEWING OR THE PREVIOUS THE NEXT COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE. BE REVIEWING ANY APPEAL OF NECESSARY JUST LIKE THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WILL BE EACH INDIVIDUAL PERMITTING PROCESS INDIVIDUALLY BASED ON THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AND NOT THIS PARTICULAR CASE, OKAY, THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL QUESTIONS FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER DIARRHEA I JUST WANT TO SAY IF WE APPROVE THIS, IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN THAT ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO DRIVEWAY ON FEELINGS COME UP TO AND WE HAVE TO AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED. IT'S GOING TO BE A CASE BY CASE BASIS THAT THEY HAVE A SPECIAL SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. YES IT WOULD MEAN THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD RELY ON A PREVIOUSLY THAT'S WHAT PRESIDENT IT RELIES ON A PREVIOUS DECISIONS. SO IF THEIR SITUATION WAS, YOU KNOW, UNIQUELY SITUATED AS WELL. THEY WOULD RISK WOULD EXPECT THAT COUNCIL WITH OUR PREVIOUS DECISIONS, BUT WE'RE NOT BEHOLD. HAVE TO MOVE JUST BECAUSE WE APPROVED THIS IT COULD COST NO, WE DON'T. TO ANSWER. UH. YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU DEVIATE FROM THE NORMAL THERE NEEDS TO BE A VERY DISTINCTIVE REASON FOR DEVIATING IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE A SOUND RATIONALE, SO THIS PARTICULAR DEVIATION FROM WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO. DEPARTMENT AND WE WOULD NORMALLY NOT ALLOW RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY ON VILLAIN IS A DEVIATION FROM WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO, BASED UPON A UNIQUE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NO OTHER ACCESS. TO THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR THEIR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. BUT FOR THIS, UH, THIS THIS ADDITIONAL DRIVEWAY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE CASE. FOR AN ADDITIONAL PURPOSE PERSON APPLYING FOR APPLICATION FOR A DRIVEWAY. I'M I'M FEELING, HOWEVER, IF IT WAS UM, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT IN THIS CASE WOULD BE THE PREMIERE EXAMPLE ALSO TO SPEAK FOR THAT. OKAY COUNCIL MEMBER FEEL SEAN. I THINK EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN SETTING PRECEDENTS AND YET DOING WHAT THIS BODY IS CALLED TO DO, AND THAT IS AN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES TO MAKE VARIANTS OR TO ALLOW FOR VARIANTS. AND KNOWING THAT IT SHOULD BE DONE SPARINGLY, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT'S NECESSARY. AND THAT EVERY CASE IS JUST MINUTES ALL MERIT. WE LOOK IN EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS COUNCIL IS TO MAKE THOSE HARD DECISIONS WHEN THERE ARE EXTENDED WAY CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THERE'S A BALANCE BETWEEN UNDERSTAND PRECEDENTS AND ALSO TRYING TO LOOK AT EACH CASE INDIVIDUALLY AND LOOKING AT EXPLOITING CIRCUMSTANCES. OKAY THANK YOU CAN'T REMEMBER TURNING SOMETHING I'M SAYING. THE FIRST ORDINANCE. CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THAT THE AUDIENCE WAS ACTUALLY PUTTING IN PLACE IN WRITTEN. I DON'T KNOW. HARDEST 26.3002. THE FIRST ONE. OH, YEAH. THE ONE THAT SAYS THE STREETS SUCH AS SPEEDING BULLHORNS SHOULD NOT BE DEVELOPED WITH DIRECT DRIVEWAY ACCESS A PARKING WHEN, WHEN WAS THE ORDINANCE CAME ABOUT THAT'S THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. THE LATEST ITERATION WAS 2000 AND 33. THE EARLIEST. VERSION. THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS WAS THE MID 19 FORTIES. AND JUST WITH THAT, BEING STATED, WOULD HAVE BEEN 2022 WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT MAY NOT BE BAD TO REVISIT THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS READING. IT'S JUST MY PREFERENCE. MY OPINION, NOT I WOULD NOT MAKE IT IN GENERAL. A RULE THAT WILL JUST SAYING. I UNDERSTAND, GENERAL, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC REGION SPECIFIC TIMES. YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LANGUAGE IN THIS IS SAYING IT, BUT TODAY WE'RE SAYING FOR CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WERE BOYS , BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE VARIANCE PROCESS IN PLACE. THE ORDINANCE STATES THAT IF YOU'RE DEVELOPING IT SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO DEVELOPERS. IF YOU'RE DEVELOPING AND ARTERIAL STREET. DON'T PUT RESIDENTIAL DROP PRESENTED. I THINK THAT'S STILL VERY VALUABLE FOR SAFETY AND AESTHETIC. THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T FOR INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS JUST GOES. THIS LANGUAGE IS IN PLACE FOR DEVELOPERS. AND AGAIN LIKE YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED BUILDING, YOU KNOW, SUBDIVISIONS, HOMES THAT WAS FOR THEIR PURPOSE, NOT TO KIND OF HAPPEN. STREETS FACING MAJOR SOME OF THOSE ARE THERE? YEAH OKAY. REMEMBER ENCOUNTER MEMBER SAMUEL ALRIGHT . ONE QUESTION. BAR BARTON OF IMPROVE THIS, THE OTHER TWO PERMITS THAT THEY NEED. SAYING[01:25:02]
IT WAS. THEY NEED TO PUT IN FOR THE DRIVEWAY PERMIT, WHICH HASN'T OFFICIALLY BEEN DONE, AND THEY NEED TO PUT IN FOR A GRADING PERMIT, BUT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM GETTING PERMISSIBLE, BUT WE JUST WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THOSE. THOSE PROCESS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.MY SAMUEL. WELL I SIMPLY WANT TO THANK YOU COMMUNISTS FOR BEING STRAIGHTFORWARD AND TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. IS SAYING. EXTENDED TALENT, AND THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR DESIRE FOR WHAT THEY PUT INTO THIS IT'S ALSO ABOUT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OPENING CHANGING ORDER TALKING ABOUT LIABILITY IF SOMEONE COMES ALONG THAT, AND THERE'S ACCIDENT THERE AS A RESULT OF ALLOWING THEIR TYPE. THAT'S THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT SO I DON'T REMEMBER AGAIN. FOR DID YOU START? THIS WAS FROM 1938. DANCE THIS PORTS TO PICK WHERE 79 50 BILLION IS LOCATED, AND IT'S JUST DRIVEWAYS THERE, WHICH 1938 PREDATES THE SUBDIVISION ORGANS THAT YOU JUST REFERENCED. SO PEOPLE COULD PUT DROP OFF WITHOUT VIOLATING AN ORDINANCE BACK. YEAH WHAT THE ROADWAY WAS AT THAT POINT COULD HAVE BEEN ON APPROVED. DEPENDS.
YEAH NUMBER SAMUELS POINT ABOUT BEING CAREFUL ABOUT CHANGING THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSES TO THE EAST OF ME THAT HAVE BACKYARDS. THAT BACK UP TO FEELING. AND WITH WITH ALLOWING THIS. ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE. MIGHT WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT A DRIVE AWAY TO BACK ABOUT INTO THEIR BACKYARD. AND THE PROBLEM WITH DOING THIS. WOULD BE THAT YOU KNOW? HOW DO YOU SAY NO TO THEM WHEN YOU HAVEN'T SAID NO TO THE CORNERS, AND I THINK THAT'S THE POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS SAMUEL WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SO I GET THIS SITUATION IS WHAT IT IS AND YOU KNOW. I'M STILL LIKE THE BOAT BECAUSE MY HOUSE BEING USED AS AN EXAMPLE. BUT, UM I UNDERSTAND YOUR SITUATION IF IT COMES UP AGAIN, AND THEY HAVE ANYWAY TO GAIN ACCESS. OTHER THAN TO CONNECT THE FEELING. HOLD ASK THAT WILL PUSH THEM TOWARDS THOSE AVENUES. BUT YES, YOU'RE CORRECT ANY OTHER PROPERTY THAT ALSO ONLY HAS ABILITY, ACCESS SOME PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY FROM FEELING IT WOULD BE A SUPERMARKET. OKAY MR BOONE JUST REAL QUICKLY. I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ONE OF THESE APPEALS IN THE LAST 16 YEARS THAT I RECALL IF THIS INDEED OPENS THE DOOR FOR FOLLOW UP APPEALS. YOU KNOW AGAIN, I THINK. SOME OF THE DISCUSSION HERE. WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT HIGHER ENOUGH ORDINANCE TO I MEAN, A LOT OF CITIES HAVE WORKED ALL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND THEY TRY TO, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO LOCATE DRIVEWAYS. IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
COURAGE TO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES TO SHARE DRIVEWAY. SO YOU DON'T HAVE DRIVEWAYS, EVERY 50 FT. AND WE HAVE SOME OF THAT NOW. BUT AGAIN, IF IT BECOMES AN ISSUE, WE CAN LOOK AT MAKING CHANGES TO THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS. YEAH THAT'S WHAT I WAS ALLUDING TO ACTUALLY TIGHTEN UP PARTNER SO IT COULD BE MORE SPECIFIC TO SITUATIONS SUCH AS THIS. NOT JUST DOING WHAT HE WAS ALREADY EXISTING. SO APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY WE HAVE EMOTION AND SECOND ON THE FLOOR ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE. IT LAUGHING AND I POST THE MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS. AND NOW PROCEED TO GET YOUR PERMIT. OKAY NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING
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. I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMENT. AND COUNCIL OF ANYTHING COMMUNITY ELOPEMENT STAFF ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THEY HOST PUBLIC HEARINGS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE PROCESS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE 2022 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ATTACHED IN YOUR PACKET. IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE 20. 22 PROGRAM YEAR. WE WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN TO RECEIVE COMMENTS. AND THE PUBLIC SERVICES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, IMPROVEMENTS LINE ATOMS OF THE CONSOLIDATED GRANT PROGRAMS 2022[01:30:06]
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK? ON BEHALF. DON'T HAVE ANY MIRROR. OKAY THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK ON IT. I WILL NOT CLOSE THE FLOOR. TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. QUESTION ON IT THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL. SO THERE'S TWO ITEMS ONE'S PUBLIC SERVICE, WHICH IS A PERCENT OR $200,000.01 OF THE MINISTRATIONS , 19% OR $263,118. AND. YES. SO UNDER THE CDBG REGULATIONS, THERE ARE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS. AND SO, UM , THERE IS A 20% CAP ON ADMINISTRATION. AND SO WHAT THAT IS YOU CAN IMAGINE IT'S MOSTLY STAFF. FOR THE PROGRAM. HOWEVER UM, BECAUSE OUR STAFF EXCEEDS THAT HER DOES ALLOW US TO CHARGE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE, TOO. THE HOUSING PROGRAMS LIKE THE MINOR REPAIR. AND SO IF YOU SEE THE REHAB, BAD MEN THAT IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM, SO AGAIN. IT JUST ALLOWS US TO COVER THOSE INDUSTRIES HAVE COST BUT STILL STAY WITHIN THE RULES OF THE CDBG PROGRAM. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION. THAT'S IT. I WILL[COMMENTS ]
NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO PLEASE FILL OUT THE GREEN SLIPPED TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM HANDED TO THE CITY, CLARK THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. THE LIGHT. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN IT'S AT THE START OF YOUR THREE MINUTES AND AT THE END OF YOU THREE MINUTES. THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON. PLEASE RESPECT THAT THREE MINUTES. RIGHT BUTTON WARNING. AND WE HAVE ANYONE THAT JUST EDDIE EDDIE ALLEN 96 95 GRASS BY MY TEXAS.MANAGER COUNCIL CITY, APPARENTLY CITY MANAGER AND MAYOR. I'M STANDING HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO GET KUDOS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON MAJOR STREET. JESSE RACIAL CASEY SANDERS, ALTENBERG AND JONATHAN BODY. I HAD A SITUATION . IT'S REALLY FUNNY. UH, THERE WASN'T A FIRE AT MY HOUSE. AND I HAD A RING ON MY FINGER. MY FINGER WAS TURNING BLUE AND NEVER DO WHAT? I HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE A PROCESS CALLED BRING RISK YOU SO IF ANY OF YOU GET A RING THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO SMALL FOR YOUR FINGER AND YOU WEAR IT ANYWAY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN HELP YOU WITH THE SMALL JAWS OF LIFE. SO TO THOSE GENTLEMEN, THANK THEM VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE CITY EMPLOYEES DO GOOD THINGS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE SAID WHEN THEY DO. AH I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY NAME TAKEN OFF OF A SITUATION THAT I DIDN'T AGREE WITH. AND I DID CALL THE CITY CARD, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS PROBABLY DO. BUT WHEN THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF 5 55 MAIN, I DID NOT STAND UP HERE AND HAVE AN OPINION. I HAVE A LOT OF OPINIONS, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPINION OF THAT. AND IT'S IN THE RECORD WHERE I AGREE. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR COUNSELOR TAKE STEPS BECAUSE I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THAT . I HADN'T EVEN STUDIED THAT DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DAY.
OH, THAT SITUATION. AND I WAS LOOKING AT FURTHER WHERE 5 55 NOW HAS TO HAVE OR THE PROVED TO HAVE MONITORING AND SOME OTHER SITUATION BECAUSE OF ASBESTOS. AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT LIKE MY NAME TO BE ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT BUILDING SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT STUDY. BEFORE THE CITY BOUGHT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND UM YOU KNOW, WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY AND FOR THE UKRAINIANS AND THAT WE ALL GET THERE. TO HEAVEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE WON'T HAVE SO MANY EXCESS. MORE CHICKS BARRED NAME THAT WE DID A GOOD SERVICE FOR THE CITIZENS FOR OUR BROTHERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RONALD KILLING 22 95 ANGELINA BY MY TEXAS. NO. I'M HERE TODAY. TO
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EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS AND SAFETY OF CHILDREN. I LIVE IN 29 95 ANGELINA RIGHT ACROSS STREET FROM BACK CLEAN PARK. AND I OBSERVED THIS WEEKEND CHILDREN. OPERATING THOSE SCOOTERS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID AROUND THE CITY. WHEN I SAY CHILDREN I'M TALKING ABOUT 10. 11 12. AND THEY MISUSING THEM. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ONLY NOT ONLY ON THE SCOOTER. BUT THEY'RE NOT OTHER CHILDREN ON THE SCHOOL OF WITNESS. AND AS I'M SITTING THERE, OBSERVING THIS, I'M LIKE I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ACCIDENT. I KNOW IT BECAUSE I'M WATCHING THEM. RUN THE STOP SIGN. DISREGARD THE STOP SIGN. AND SURE, NO A CHILD FELL OFF THAT SCHOOL. INTO THE STREET.AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS YOU ALWAYS INTENTION. WHEN YOU ALL APPROVED FOR THESE SCHOOLS TO BE PLACED I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO. PERHAPS WE THINK THIS OR AT LEAST GO BACK AND EXAMINE IT TO PUT SOME PARAMETERS IN WHILE CHILDREN CAN BE PROTECTED. CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY HEAD GIRL ON. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ELBOW GEAR ON. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY KNEE PADS OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A TRAVESTY. SOME CHILD IS INJURED WITH SOME CATASTROPHIC HEAD INJURIES OR EVEN DEATH. BECAUSE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE THOSE SCOOTERS. I ASKED THE YOUNG KID WHO'S PROBABLY ABOUT 12 OR 13. HOW DO YOU OBTAIN THESE SCOOTERS? WELL, WE JUST GET THE APP. AND WE USED THE CREW RC COLD AND WE PAY FOR IT. AND WE OPERATE. AND SO I WOULD REALLY HOPE IT'S SOMETHING GOING TO BE DONE. THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CHILD GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE THEY ARE OPERATING THOSE SCHOOLS AND THEIR IMPROPERLY OPERATING THEM ON ANGELINA STREET. IT'S A LOT OF UNEVEN SERVICES AND PATCHES AND ALL THIS STUFF, SO AS I'M SEEING THEM RIDING THOSE SCOOTERS, I'M SEEING HIM HIT THE BUMPS. AND IF ONE KID JUST MISHANDLES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LAYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT STREET. I EVEN SAW AN ADULT WHO UNFORTUNATELY PUT A TODDLER ON THAT WITH AND THAT TYLER FELL OFF. SO I'M CONCERNED. AND EXPRESSING IT TO YOU GUYS. I'M SURE THAT HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE CONCERNED. AND THIS CAN POSSIBLY BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT. AH THOSE SCOOTERS BEING OUT THERE. BOY INTENDED. FOR THOSE AGE GROUPS TO BE OPERATING A SCHOOL. AND SO I JUST WANT TO COME AND EXPRESS THAT TO YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GARY TAYLOR 87. I THINK THAT'S 25.
BRAEBURN THOUGHT TEXAS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU AND I HAVE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO MAKE A PETITION. TO EACH ONE OF YOU HERE THIS THIS EVENING. ANDI DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THIS MY THREE MINUTES INTO SOMEWHAT OF A SHOW AND TAIL. I COME HERE. REPRESENTING THE MILLION AREA. IN OUR CITY. INTO INFORMED YOU PEOPLE HERE ON CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. AND THE CITY MANAGER. WHICH HE ALREADY KNOWS. WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SEWER. WITH SEWER LINES. WHERE IN OUR HOMES, WE HAVE PROBLEMS. FLUSHING OUR TOILETS. WHEN THERE'S AN ABUNDANCE OF RAIN.
AND I HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER. IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND THE AKRON ASSOCIATION. IT'S CALLED AND WE HAVE BROUGHT THIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SOC ATION MEETINGS SEVERAL TIMES. SEVERAL OF YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE BEEN AT OUR MEETING SOMETIME. AND YOU KNOW, I'M A CHRISTIAN. AND I THINK THAT. YOU THAT ARE CHRISTIANS KNOW THAT DIVINE APPOINTMENTS HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE, AND SO I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BACKUP TODAY BECAUSE MOLLY SITTING HERE.
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YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT STARTED ON THE SEWER LINES. WHEN THEY BUSTED OUT ALL THE OLD SEWER LINES AND RE PIPED THEM WITH THE PLASTIC OR WHATEVER IT IS. AND THEN THE DRAINAGE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER. LET ME SAY THIS. IT DID WORK. FOR A WHILE. BUT NOW WE HAVE RE OCCURRING PROBLEMS. ON OUR STREET. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARY FOR ME AS A CITIZEN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. TO GO DOWN IN MY STREET AND GET A PETITION. ACTIVATED SO THAT WE CAN AS A NEIGHBOR HOOD CAN BRING THAT BEFORE Y'ALL. TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR SEWER LINES. WE HAD A TOWN HALL MEETING FOR THE MEETING WAS HELD. HOW SAYS THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED MONEY SET ASIDE IN THE CITY BUDGET. TO TAKE CARE OF. SEWER PROBLEMS. IN EFFECT.GO COULD I DO A SHOW AND TELL TO SHOW YOU. I WAS IN HOUSTON TODAY, AND I JUST GOT BACK HOME.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW EACH ONE OF YOU. WHAT WE'RE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR HAVING TO CONTEND WITH MY CATANZARO MEETINGS. HE'S OUR REPRESENTATIVE. FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH HIM. MANY, MANY TIMES. AND SHOW HIM PICTURES. OF SEWER LINE PROBLEMS. SO IF I MAY AND CAROL , IF YOU WANT TO COME AND GO WITH ME, I'D LIKE TO GO AROUND. AND SHOW EACH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO CONTEND WITH, BECAUSE I HAVE A SEWER LINE PROBLEM. I HAVE A MANHOLE IN THE NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARD THAT CALL ME SAID THAT HE CAN'T BLESS HIS TOYS BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. WE CALLED IT 311 NUMBER AND THEY CAME OUT TODAY. SUPER PROBLEM WITH THEM. AND THEIR EXPLANATION TO US HE IS THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO ABOUT. SO AT THIS POINT. I WOULD LIKE TO IF I COULD ONE MAMA, SIR , I'M GONNA I WOULD SUGGEST WE APPRECIATE MR TAYLOR. BEING HERE WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE SET UP WITH CRISPIN BARTEL. PARCO, WE ACT MY PEARSON, THE BACK OVER WATER AND SEWER OPERATIONS MODEL, THE REAL SIT DOWN AND PERSON WITH MR TAYLOR AND DISCUSS THIS AND SHOW YOU THE WORK. THAT WE HAVE DONE AND YOU'RE RIGHT. SHOW YOU THE WORK WE'RE PLANNING TO DO, ALL RIGHT, AND WE NEED TO DO BUT I THINK THAT WOULD SERVE A BETTER PURPOSE AND WE NEED YOUR HELP, AND THEY CAN LISTEN TO YOU AND TELL YOU AGAIN LOOK AT LOOK AT THEIR ALL WHERE THEY'RE PACKING, LOCATED IN AND SO FORTH, AND SO THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT, AND WE WANT TO DO IT. AND WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. YES MR TAYLOR. NO DISRESPECT TO YOU. IT'S JUST THAT IF YOU IF YOU SHOW IT TO ME. I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT, ANYWAY. WELL, YOU CAN SEE IT. IF YOU LOOK AT IT. I'VE GOT A PICTURE. THREE MINUTES. YEAH AND THEN I'VE EXTENDED RIGHT EXTENDED YOUR THREE MINUTES. BUT REALLY IF THE CITY MANAGER AND MR HARRIS, WHO'S OVER THAT DEPARTMENT. HE'S IN THE BAG THEY CAN GET WITH YOU . AND I THINK THE EFFORTS OF THEM LOOKING AT IT WOULD BE BETTER SERVED. OKAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, AND I'M SORRY FOR THE TROUBLE LATER AROUND. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAPPEN HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS AND I WILL START WITH YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DIARRHEA. OH, SHE REALIZED. I STARTED WITH TWO LESS, UM ONE THING SATURDAY. 3 TO 6 AND THEN HAVE A CELEBRATION AT THE CENTRAL MYSTERY WILLINGNESS CENTER. BEAUMONT UNITED BASKETBALL TEAM. FREE FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT THINGS LIKE THAT. Y'ALL COME ON OUT. ALSO IF YOU LOOK ON THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE, THERE'S A SURVEY FOR BROAD OPINION. AS MY THAT'S A
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COMMITTEE SET UP FOR THIS. THERE'S MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THIS IMPROVE BROADBAND IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY, NOT JUST IN BEAUMONT SO AND IT HELPS IF YOU CAN GO ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE, GO AND FILL OUT THIS SURVEY ETERNITY AND IT WILL REALLY HELP OUT A LOT. ALSO UM, SPENT LAST WEEKEND NATIONAL CITIES CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D. C. REALLY LEARNED A LOT DID A LOT OF NETWORKING IDEAS TO IMPROVE BEAUMONT OFF ABOUT TO HEAR PRESIDENT BIDEN SPEAK SO THAT WAS PRETTY NICE, AND THEY HAVE A KID'S SUMMER CAMP. THAT WOULD BE JUNE 6TH JULY 29 AT THE STARTED TO ITS CENTER MOST OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND LOOKED AT A AND JUST REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT VIETNAM VETERANS CELEBRATION TUESDAY MARCH 29 11 A.M. AT THE ROGERS REGIONAL VISITORS CENTER. THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, AND WE REALLY WAS NICE. GOT TO HAVE THE BLANKS. ELEMENTARY. UM STUDENT COLLEGE BECOMING OBSERVED COUNCIL LEARNING STUFF AND THE OTHER. BEAUMONT UNITED BASKETBALL TEAM AND BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS IN MY WARD. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. CANCER MEMBER GETS CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. BEAUMONT UNITED FOR THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WE HAD A VERY NICE MEETING OF THE MEADOWS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LAST NIGHT WITH DOCTOR SENT ALONG, GIVING A PRESENTATION ON LIKE THIS ADVANCEMENTS AND CARDIOLOGY AND. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO COMBINE THE ALLEN WEST AND THE MATTERS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND, UH WELL, NOT KIND OF MODERATE AND SEE HOW THAT GOES. THANK YOU, MARY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR RETURNER. I'VE ATTENDED SOME OF THOSE ACORN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS. I THINK YOU GUYS DO A GOOD JOB. JUST JUSTIN. I KNOW MIKE RUNS IT, BUT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO MAYBE GET SOME STUFF PRESENT. IT ONE OF THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN KIND OF DISCUSS SOME OF THESE ISSUES ON OPENING COME WITH SOME POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. WE KNOW THAT AREA IS A OLDER AREA AND I TOWNS INFRASTRUCTURE, SO YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND GET SOME STOP PRESIDENT, THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING. ONE IN THE FUTURE. WHEN EVERYONE'S AVAILABLE, I THINK WE CAN HAVE BETTER DIALOGUE WITH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY INVOLVED POSITIVE WAY. AH ABOUT THE BOARD AND RECENTLY, UH, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE FIRST BASKETBALL STATE TITLE, THERE WAS ONE FOR BEAUMONT UNITED. UH DISCUSS SOME WATER TOWERS AND I SEE ANOTHER TOWN SOMETIMES. YOU RIGHT THROUGH AND YOU SEE, YOU KNOW THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ON WATER TOWERS, AND I JUST ASKED, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES IT NORMALLY WORK? AND HE EXPLAINED IT TO ME AND POSSIBLY THERE COULD BE SOMETHING WE EXPLORE ON OUR NEXT PROJECT.MAYBE PARTNER WOULD BE S D AND SEE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH FUN. AND ALREADY THE FUNDING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE KIDS RECOGNIZED THAT SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF, AND I THINK THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WOULD BE AND SUPPORT OF IT. EITHER THE CITY OR RAISING THE FUNDS A PARTNERSHIP? YES, THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THE NEXT TIME WE DO DO WORK ON REPAINT WHEN I WATER TOWERS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER FELL SHORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS COUNCIL MEMBER CHEERIO MENTIONED WE WERE IN D. C. THE NATIONALIST YOUR CITIES, AND THERE WAS A MEAT GREAT FOR ALL THE CITY'S FROM TEXAS AND I DO BELIEVE THAT BEAUMONT HAD THE LARGEST REFERENCE REPRESENTATION IN THAT MEETING, AND SO YOUR COUNSEL WAS THERE REPRESENTING YOU WILL I WAS THINKING. I KNOW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESSED THE CONFERENCE AND ONE OF THE GENERAL SESSIONS AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE CONSIDERING THE UKRAINE AND WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. ECONOMY AND INFLATION. WE ALL NEED TO PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS. NO. FROM THE PRESIDENT DOWN. THE MAYOR FOR OUR LEADERS WERE LIVING IN CHALLENGING TIMES. THURSDAY SOUTH TEXAS STATE FAIR STARTS TO CHILDREN YOUR GRANDCHILDREN. AND LET THEM SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY.
MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO BEAUMONT, UNITED STATE CHAMPION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NEW MAYOR. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN SAY CONGRATS TO BOMB THAT YOU NOT IT. UM BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, VERY TALL CLASSICAL ACADEMY THAT COMPETED IN THE STATE. FOR MOCK TRIAL AND DALLAS LAST WEEKEND CAME IN A SENSE, THAT'S BETTER LOCAL LAW SCHOOL, RIGHT? THANK YOU. THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST MEETING WITH CITY MANAGER HASTE. I JUST WANT TO NO, YOU CAN BACK YOU COME BACK. ARE WE LIVING IN
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THE HOUSE? YEAH. OKAY? CITY MANAGER. WHAT WILL SAVE IT FOR NEXT WEEK. OKAY UM, IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY CONTINUE TO KEEP UKRAINE IN YOUR PRAYERS. AS THE UKRAINIANS SAY, IT'S THEM TODAY AND IT COULD BE US TOMORROW. SO CONTINUE TO LIFT THEM UP IN PRAYER. ALSO UM AGAIN SATURDAY. UM SARAH STRAIGHT WELLNESS CENTER. I WILL BE CELEBRATING THE MOMENT UNITED ON THEIR VICTORY. ON SECOND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. FORGET TO BRING YOUR LUNCH EARS. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD TO THAT ALSO IN REFERENCE TO THE COMMENT THAT WAS SAYING ABOUT THE SCOOTERS. UNFORTUNATELY SOME ADULTS THINK THAT THAT SCOOTER IS SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH, AND IT IS NOT. IT IS A MOTOR ON THAT SCOOTER, AND THAT'S WHY I REFUSED TO GET ON IT. BECAUSE I DON'T NEED ANOTHER SCRATCHING ME. HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO USE A CREDIT CARD. TO PURCHASE THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY EIGHT OR 10 YEAR OLDS THAT ARE PACKED IN DEBIT CARD OR CREDIT CARDS, SO THEREFORE THEY'RE USING AN ADULT. UM FORM OF PAYMENT. AND SO THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE ADULTS ARE NOT USING OR THE LACK OF. IT IS SAD, BUT THANK YOU FOR EVEN SPEAKING ABOUT IT. BUT I BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE IF I WERE TO SEE THAT I WOULD PROBABLY CALLED THE POLICE ARE 311 TO NOTIFY SOMEONE THAT CHILDREN OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE.BECAUSE IT COULD BE VERY, VERY SERIOUS AND VERY DANGEROUS, AND UNFORTUNATELY AS YOU STAYED IN, THERE WAS AN ADULT WITH A TODDLER ON IT. AND IT'S SO I MEAN, IT'S SERIOUS AND YOU COULD BE SERIOUSLY HURT. BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION AND HOW TO LEAVE PEOPLE. NOT PLAY WITH THAT AND RESPECT. NOT ONLY THEMSELVES, BUT EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THAT. BECAUSE THAT WAS NEVER THE INTENTION OF THE COUNCIL. THE INTENTION WAS JUST TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE SOMETHING THAT OTHER CITIES ARE USING AND OTHER CITIES. UM. HAVE FOR RECREATIONAL, AND I BELIEVE IT IS SERVING THE PURPOSE THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO SERVE. IT'S ALL A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT ON SCOOTERS DURING SPRING BREAK. AND I WOULD JUST HOPE EVERYBODY WOULD PUT SAFETY FIRST. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A CONSTITUENT THIS MORNING THAT WAS VERY DISTURBED. THEY WERE AT KROGER'S LAST NIGHT SHOPPING.
AND HER 11 YEAR OLD GRANDSON. LET'S GRAB BY. A CITIZEN THAT WAS SHOPPING ON FEELING AND KROGER'S AND HE BROKE AWAY FROM THE MAN. AND WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM HIM RUN TO THE CAR.
AND TODAY THE CHILD IS DEVASTATED. SO I'M I'M SAVING IT BECAUSE I BELIEVE PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE. THAT THERE ARE PREDATORS OUT THERE THAT UM AND IT WAS A MALE. SO REGARDLESS OF A FEMALE OR MALE PREDATORS OUT THERE, PLEASE BE AWARE JUST MAKE SURE THAT. YOU LOOK AROUND YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND TO BE CAREFUL, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PREDATORS KIER. THERE WAS A TIME WHERE THEY WOULD ABDUCT A YOUNG FEMALES, BUT NOW THEY ARE ABDUCTING MALES. AT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME RATE THAT THEY ARE ABDUCTING FEMALES. SO IT WAS JUST A CAUTION AND A NOTE THAT I JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT AND MAKE CITIZENS AWARE. AND ON. ANOTHER NOTE. DON'T FORGET THE SOUTH TEXAS STATE FAIR IT WILL OPEN ON THURSDAY AND. IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WENT ON THIS MORNING , YOU WOULD NEVER BELIEVE WE HAD THE RING THAT WE HAD. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE A FLOODED BACKYARD RIGHT NOW. AND SO ON, JUST AND PEOPLE SAY WHEN IT RAIN
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FORESTS AND THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU CAN HAVE FROM MY HEART BRAIN. BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL.EXPECTED TO BE BEAUTIFUL THE REST OF THE WEEK, SO PLEASE GET OUT SUPPORT. UH THE UAE MBL ON ANOTHER YEAR. I THINK IT'S THE 74TH YEAR. OF THE TEXAS STATE FAIR. AND IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO SAY I SAW THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STORY, UM, A FOUR YEAR OLD NAMED AUSTIN IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. GOES OUT ONCE A WEEK, AND HE FEEDS THE HOMELESS. AND I WAS ALSO AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IN WASHINGTON, D. C. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT GOING TO CONFERENCES LIKE THAT.
YOU GET TO MEET OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. SHE GETS MEET OTHER MAYORS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS FORMED RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS ACROSS THE STATE AND. I DO HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE ON COUNCIL IN BIRMINGHAM. AND I'M GOING TO CALL DOWN THERE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE SWEETEST STORY FOR A FOUR YEAR OLD TO BE OUT. FEEDING THE HOMELESS AND HE SAID THAT WAS JUST THE START OF HIS LIFE. TO FEED THE HOMELESS. AND EVERY TIME HE GIVES SOMEONE A SANDWICH IN THE DRINK. HE LEAVE THEM BY SAYING SPREAD THE LOVE. SO I'M GONNA STAY SPREAD THE LOVE. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. AND WE WILL RETURN. THANK YOU.
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