[Proclamations, Presentations and Recognitions ]
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HE T AWARD. AND WAS GIVEN ANNUALLY TO THE LAMAR UNIVERSITIES. TOP
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HITTER. MELORA ENJOYED AN OUTSTANDING MINOR LEAGUE CAREER THAT ACCUMULATED IN BEING NAMED MVP OF THE CLASS A EASTERN LAKE IN 1997. AS A MEMBER OF THE PORTLAND'S SEADOGS. HE MADE HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT A YEAR LATER. WITH THE FLORIDA MARLINS. MELORA WAS ACQUIRED BY THE BOSTON RED SOX IN 2003 ENJOYED HIS BEST SEASON AS A MAJOR LEAGUER AS HE POSTED CAREER BEST OF 25 HOME RUNS. IN 96 RUNS BATTED IN. IN 2000 AND FOUR MILORD HELPED THE RED SOX WIN THEIR FIRST WORLD SERIES TITLE SINCE 1918. HE PLAYED 12 SEASONS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. IN ADDITION TO THE MORELAND AND THE RED SOX. HE SPENT TIME WITH TORONTO BLUE JAYS AND THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES.HE HIT 0.274 FOR HIS TWENTIES FOR HIS CAREER. WITH 170 HOME RUNS 699 RUNS BATTED IN AFTER PLAYING CAREER. MILLER WENT ON TO BROADCASTING AS AN ANALYST FOR THE ML MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NETWORK AND NEW ENGLAND SPORTS NETWORK. NOW THEREFORE, MAYOR ROBIN MOVIETONE FOR THE CITY OF
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BEAUMONT HAS HERE ON TWO APRIL 26 2020 TO RECOGNIZE AND APPLAUD JIM GILLIGAN. DAVID BERNSEN AND KEVIN MILLER IN BEAUMONT AND CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR SAID HER HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BEING FIXED. THIS 26TH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF 2022 ACCEPTING THESE WE PLEASE ASK THAT FOR THE JERSEY RETIREMENT COACH GILLIGAN AND DAVID BERNSEN. AND WE UNDERSTAND MR MILLER COULD NOT BE HERE BUT PLEASE COME FORWARD. OKAY YEAH. YEAH, OKAY.Q. PLEASE COACH. TO LET PERSON STARTED OFF. THAT'S FINE. WHAT HAVE YOU LIKE FILLING THE BLANKS? WHATEVER YOU LIKE COACH OH, YEAH, I'M FEELING HE'S STILL COACHING. DO YOUR COACHING, UM. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL. THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE AND TELL YOU ALL THAT. I'M HONORED AND HUMBLED. TO BE HERE TODAY FOR THIS REASON. LAMAR BASEBALL HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MY LIFE. IN BASEBALL HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN IN MY LIFE EVER SINCE I GREW UP STARTED ON AVENUE C RIGHT OFF OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, THROWING A TENNIS BALL UP AGAINST HOUSE. THEN THE WEST END, LITTLE LEAGUE AND LEAD LAMAR, BUT, UH. IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WILL DAVIS. CURRENT COACHES HERE. PRE. SHE ATE HIM BEING HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. HMM. IT'S IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO STAND NEXT TO JIM GILLIGAN, WHO HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MY CAREER INSTRUMENTAL AND ESTABLISHING LAMAR BASEBALL AS A PREMIER PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY. HE'S DONE MORE WITH LESS OUT THERE AND HE'S ONE GAME AFTER GAME AFTER GAME AND HAS COME CLOSE. TO GO INTO THE WORLD SERIES, UH, COLLEGE WORLD SERIES BUT FAR BUT FAR FEW. CALLS BY THE UMPIRES IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND WE WON'T GO. WE WON'T GO PAST THAT. BUT BUT IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND TO STAND NEXT TO A MAN WHO, UH, RESPECT, HONOR AND LOVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, DAVID. UH, JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU THIS TOWN HAS BEEN SO GOOD. UM ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE FOR ME AND MY WIFE. UH DAVID, I'M SO GLAD THAT HE'S BEING RECOGNIZED AS A BASEBALL PLAYER. BECAUSE HE'S DONE SO MUCH. SINCE HE WAS A BASEBALL PLAYER, BUT YOU CAN SEE BY HIS RECORDS THAT HE WAS TRULY OUTSTANDING BASEBALL PLAYER, SO I GET TO START MY CAREER PITCHING, DAVID AND BACK THEN THEY WOULD WAS LIKE THE KING AND HIS COURT. HE PITCHED EVERY GAME. WE DIDN'T PLAY THAT MANY BALL GAMES WILL PRACTICALLY ALL THE BIG ONES FOR SURE. BUT IT WAS REALLY FUN WATCHING THAT PROGRAM. GET OFF TO A GOOD START BECAUSE WE HAD WARRIORS LIKE DAVID, AND THEN KEVIN COMES ALONG. BY THE WAY. KEVIN UH, SENDS HIS REGARDS. HE HAS A TV SHOW TONIGHT THAT HE CANNOT GET OUT OF UM, AND BUT HE WILL BE HERE ON THAT SATURDAY, BUT HE SENDS HIS REGARDS AND APPRECIATES EVERYTHING. THAT YOU WERE DOING FOR HIM. AND BUT TO HAVE KEVIN COME IN IN THE MIDDLE OF MY PROGRAM. AND IMMEDIATE TURNAROUND WHEN I HAD COME BACK FROM COACHING IN PRO BALL THAT WE HAD THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF WARRIORS LIKE KEVIN AND IT'S JUST BEEN A PRIVILEGE. UH TO CULTURAL TOGETHER AND I'VE COACHED HERE AT MY UNIVERSITY. WE NOT ONLY OUTSTANDING ON THE FIELD OFF THE FIELD TO AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE THANKS AGAIN AND HOPE YOU GET A CHANCE TO COME OUT TO THE BALLPARK ON THAT SATURDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COACH.
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MORE. COACH.THE NEXT PROCLAMATION WILL BE READ BY COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO. FOR FOUR HOUR PERIOD. MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE GATHERED TO PARTAKE IN A FRIENDLY COMPETITION DESIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH ONE GOAL. PUT CANCER ON THE RUN AND CELEBRATE. REMEMBER FIGHT BACK AND WHEREAS IN 1986, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ADOPTED RELAY FOR LIFE AS THEIR NATIONAL SIGNATURE EVENT. RELAY FOR LIFE IS A UNIQUE, CHALLENGING AND FUN CONCEPT DEVELOPED TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. WHILE RECOGNIZING CANCER SURVIVORS AND CAREGIVERS AND HEIGHTENING PUBLIC AWARENESS. AND WHEREAS IN 2021 AMID A GLOBAL PANDEMIC RELAY FOR LIFE RAISED 120,607. THIS YEAR'S RELAY FOR LIFE WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY. APRIL 29TH. 2022 AT SIX PM AND INCLUDE TEAMS FROM OF RUNNERS AND WALKERS WHO WILL ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL THE MOST MILES AROUND THE TRACK AND LAMAR UNIVERSITIES TIGHT ARROW TRACK COMPLEX WHILE TRAVELING OR PARTICIPANTS ARE CERTAIN TO HAVE A FANTASTIC TIME. SOCIALIZING AND LAUGHING WHILE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS AND FIGHT AGAINST A RUTHLESS KILLER. AND WE'RE ASKED. THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IS FORTUNATE. THERE ARE SO MANY DEDICATED AND COMPASSIONATE SOUTHEAST TEXANS WHO ARE WILLING TO DEVOTE TIME AND RESOURCES TO THIS WORTHY CAUSE. WHEN AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY PULLS TOGETHER TO WORK TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL. EVERYONE BENEFITS NOW. THEREFORE ROBIN MORTON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE MANY VOLUNTEERS AND PARTICIPANTS FROM AREA FAMILIES, CORPORATIONS. HOSPITALS CHURCHES AND CIVIC GROUPS AND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 29TH 2022 AS GOLDEN TRIANGLE CANCER A WELLNESS RELAY FOR LIFE DAY IN BEAUMONT AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS. TO SUPPORT THIS WORTHY ENDEAVOR.
ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HERE AND TO SET HER HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIXED SIGN. ROBYN MARTIN MIRROR APRIL 26TH. 2022. AND ACCEPTING WILL BE GALEN JONES, SENIOR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER OF AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, INCORPORATED.
MAYOR PRO TEM. COUNCIL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY AND RECOGNIZING THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE. I'M GIGGLING JONES. I'M ACTUALLY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BAPTIST REGIONAL CANCER NETWORK, AND I'M A LONG TERM VOLUNTEER WITH THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO US TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT. UM, WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE KATHY CHESTER, WHO WAS ACTUALLY THE SENIOR FIELD MANAGER FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, AND AMY SMITH, WHO IS A LONG TERM VOLUNTEER WITH OUR ORGANIZATION AS WELL. TRULY CANCER TOUCHES EVERYBODY'S LIFE , AND I THINK THAT MOST OF US ALWAYS HAVE KNOWN SOMEBODY. WE EITHER PERSONALLY HAVE HAD IT.
WE KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S HAD IT FAMILY FRIENDS, SO IT'S TRULY THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY GIVES US THE WAY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK IN. OUR COMMUNITY ENABLES US TO DO THAT. AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY. UM, TO BE ABLE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO GOOD THAT STAYS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THOSE THAT GO NATIONALLY. I KNOW LOTS OF
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TIMES, PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY ALWAYS GOES AWAY, AND WE NEVER SEE ANYTHING LOCALLY. BUT THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IS NOT LIKE THAT THE MONEY ACTUALLY DOES STAY LOCALLY , A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF IT. AND, UM, AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BAPTIST REGIONAL CANCER NETWORK , I CAN VOUCH FOR THAT. WE HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS STANDING NOW, BUT THIS YEAR WE WERE JUST RECEIVED A $15,000 GRANT FROM THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY FOR TRANSPORTATION. THAT MEANS THE WORLD TO OUR PATIENTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED PATIENTS THAT WE SERVE, AND FOR THEM. THEY CANNOT GET BACK AND FORTH TO THEIR TREATMENTS. THEY DON'T GET ACCESS TO CARE IF THEY DON'T GET TO SEE THEIR PHYSICIANS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND THIS GRANT. SO TRULY THE MONEY THAT WE RAISE AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE DONATING THEIR TIME VOLUNTEERING THEIR MONEY, UM AND RAISING MONEY AND PARTICIPATING WITH THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY , YOU TRULY ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE, AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. A MARTINI DOES GO TO RESEARCH WE DEFINITELY CANNOT TAKEN WILL NEVER FIND THAT CURE TO CANCER WITHOUT DOLLARS GOING TOWARDS RESEARCH, SO WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF HOSPITAL SYSTEMS WITHIN TWO STATE, THE TEXAS THAT GET A LOT OF FUNDING FROM THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY THROUGH THEIR GRANT PROGRAM, SO PLACES LIKE MD ANDERSON UM SCOTT AND WHITE ST LUKE'S BAYLOR. ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BENEFIT FROM THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY THAT DO RESEARCH BECAUSE THEY WANT AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY FUNDS.THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HOPE EVERYBODY COMING CAN COME AND JOIN US FRIDAY NIGHT. IT'S A GREAT EVENT . IT'S LOTS OF FUN. UM, THERE WILL BE A SURVIVORS ARE REALLY THE MAINSTAY OF OUR EVENTS, SO THERE WILL BE A SURVIVOR RECOGNITION ON THE OPENING CEREMONIES WILL START AT SEVEN, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL RECOGNIZE THE SURVIVORS. WE HAVE A LUMINARIA CEREMONY WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT HAVE FOUGHT THE BATTLE AND HAVE LOST IT. UM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT NINE. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO END THAT WITH AN AMAZING FIREWORKS SHOW. THERE'S A LIVE BAND IN BETWEEN. SO THERE'S SOMETHING THERE FOR EVERYBODY. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, SIGN UP TODAY , IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIGN UP, JUST BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND A LAWN CHAIR AND COME OUT AND JOIN US AT LAMAR UNIVERSITY AT THE THAI TRAIL TRACK. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EXCUSE ME BEFORE YOU LEAVE . I JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR FOR ME ABLE TO ME BEING ABLE TO READ THIS. I MYSELF AM A CANCER PATIENT. I'VE BEEN IN REMISSION FOR TWO YEARS. AND MY WIFE AND I WILL BE THERE FRIDAY NIGHT TO SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING A SURVIVOR AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU CONTINUE TO DO. NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER GET I'M REALLY THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION BECAUSE IT SIGNIFIES THE RETURN OF ONE OF THE MOST FUN TRADITIONS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN THE CITY AND ITS AH, THE ST MICHAEL'S MEDITERRANEAN DAY FESTIVAL. SO WHEREAS ON SATURDAY MAY THE 7TH 2022 SAINT MICHAEL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH WILL HOST ITS ANNUAL MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL ON ITS CHURCH GROUNDS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF NORTH AND 15TH STREETS. AND WE'RE AS THIS YEAR MARKS THE 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL, AND ST MICHAEL'S IS GRATEFUL TO THE SPONSORS AND EVERYONE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AND ELSEWHERE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEM THEIR SUPPORT. AND WHEREAS THE FESTIVAL WILL SHOWCASE DELICIOUS FOODS, PASTRIES. IRRESISTIBLE FOLK DANCING SHOPPING BAZAAR. AN OASIS OF CRAFTS MUSIC FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN, A DANCE TROUPES THAT WILL PERFORM THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AND WHEREAS THE FESTIVAL WILL RUN FROM 11 AM TO SEVEN PM , AND THE CHURCH WILL BE OPEN FOR TOURS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE RICH AND ANCIENT SPIRITUALITY. BUT THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH. AND WHEREAS ATTENDEES WILL SAMPLE CULTURES AND CUISINE THAT GO BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN A CHURCH FOUNDED IN BEAUMONT 120 YEARS AGO BY IMMIGRANTS FROM SYRIA, LEBANON AND GREECE. AND WE'RE AS EACH YEAR A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT IS GIVEN TO A LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND THIS YEAR A CONTRIBUTION WILL BE DONATED TO INDIAN SPRINGS CAMP. AND WHEREAS ST MICHAEL'S WISHES TO OPEN ITS DOORS AND SHARE THE RICHNESS OF ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE, CUSTOMS, FOOD, MUSIC AND DANCE WITH ITS FRIENDS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AND PROMOTE PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING FOR ALL IN KEEPING WITH ITS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH. FAITH.
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WHICH HAS ENDURED FOR OVER 2000 YEARS. NOW THEREFORE, ROBIN MORTON, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY MAY 7TH 2022. AS ST MICHAEL'S MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL DAY IN BEAUMONT AND URGES ALL CITIZENS TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THIS FUN FILLED EVENT, ACCORDING TO THE MAYOR HAS HERE INTO SENT HER HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIXED THAT ACCEPTING THIS IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THIS EVENT NICOLE TARABAY AND NICOLE IF YOU COME UP WITH BARBARA AND, UH, FATHER, PLEASE COME UP AND ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. OKAY? YOU KNOW THIS IS GOING FREEZE. THANK YOU, BARBARA. SPORT.THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GETS FOR THE WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION FOR OUR CHURCH. AS MR GETZ SAID. MY NAME IS NICOLE TARABAY, AND I'M , THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE 2022 ST MICHAEL'S MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL. A LOVELY BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF OUR CHURCH WAS JUST GIVING. BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW. ST MICHAEL'S ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH, IS THE SECOND OLDEST EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. THE OLDEST ONE IS IN NEW YORK. SO WE HAVE A UNIQUE PIECE OF HISTORY RIGHT HERE IN BEAUMONT. THE MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL STARTED IN 2000 AND NINE AS A WAY TO SHARE OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE, MUSIC, DANCE AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, AUTHENTIC HOMEMADE FOOD. DUE TO COVID 19. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HOLD OUR FESTIVAL SINCE 2019. AND THIS YEAR WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO INVITE YOU TO OUR 13TH ANNUAL ST MICHAEL MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL. ON MAY 7TH FROM 11 AM TO SEVEN PM AFTER YOU GO TO THE LAMAR BASEBALL EVENT COME ON OVER TO THE FESTIVAL. PLEASE ENJOY THE HOMEMADE GREEK MILA MACARONI COOKIES. FIND AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, OUR PRIEST OF ST MICHAEL'S ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THE VERY REVEREND FATHER, MICHAEL PARVEZ. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT ALL THESE YEARS. ON THE FESTIVAL BECAME SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY HERE IN BOMBING AND WE ARE VERY PROUD TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. WITH SOME OF THE PURSUED THE FESTIVAL. WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SOME MICHAEL ALSO DOCTORS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 120 YEARS AND WE ARE AWARE PART OF THIS FAMILY. SO GOD BLESS YOU AND COME OVER WHEN IT VOLUNTEERS TO YEAH, OKAY. EACH YEAR. OUR FESTIVAL SPONSORS OF CHARITY IN THIS YEAR ST MICHAEL MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL IS PROUDLY DONATING A PORTION OF OUR PROCEEDS TO INDIAN SPRINGS CAT CREEK CAMPGROUND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, MR RONNIE STOCKHOLM, THE CHAIRMAN OF INDIAN SPRINGS CAMPGROUND. WELL, LET ME FIRST START TO TELL YOU THAT HOW THANKFUL WE ARE, TOO. BE A PART OF THIS FESTIVAL. IT'S VERY HONORING. IT'S A VERY HUMBLED PARTICIPATION, TOO. UM OUR CAMPGROUND. WE STARTED BACK IN 1985. MY MAINLY WHAT WE DID STARTED DOING WAS WORKING WITH UNDER PREVIOUS KIDS, VOICE HAVEN
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BUCKNER'S KIDS AND SOME OF THE WEST END WISE AND, UM MILTON Y M. C. A GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO BE BACK. GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO BE OUT IN NATURE. AND THAT WAS WHAT OUR PURPOSE WAS BACK IN THOSE DAYS. IT DEVELOPED INTO DIFFERENT THINGS AND DIFFERENT. PROGRAMS THAT WE INITIATED. AND I STARTED BACK IN PROBABLY LATE EIGHTIES. EARLY NINETIES, WE STARTED BRINGING THE BUCKNER'S KIDS OUT AS WELL AS THE BOYS HAVING KIDS OUT AND TAKE THEM SQUIRREL HUNTING WITH A BOY WITH THE LOCAL GAME ORANGE AND A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS AND THEN THAT DEVELOPED IN SOME DEER HUNTING.AND THEN THAT DEVELOPED INTO THE DISABLED KIDS AS WELL AS THE DISABLED VETERANS. I COME FROM A FAMILY OF VETERANS. MY OLDER BROTHER, WHOM I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS KILLED IN WORLD WAR TWO. GOT ANOTHER OLDER BROTHER THAT WAS IN THE MARINE CORPS, ALONG WITH FOLLOWED IN THIS FOOTSTEPS. AND SO WE KIND OF HAVE A PASSION ABOUT OUR VETERANS. AND OVER THE YEARS WE'VE PROBABLY SERVICED PROBABLY WELL INTO THE HUNDREDS , UH, THAT WE'VE HAD OUT THERE TO OUR CAMP. EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GOT OUT THERE IS A D A OLIVER FACILITIES ALREADY A OR CABINS RADIATE BATHHOUSE.
EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE AT INDIAN SPRINGS CAMP, ESPECIALLY PORTION IS 88. RIGHT NOW WE'RE BUILDING A BIG PEER THROUGH THE HARDENED COUNTY ROTARY CLUB. BE A 80 ACCESSIBLE APPEAR. THAT WILL BE ABLE TO FISH ON FISH OFF OF, I SHOULD SAY. AS WELL AS SHOOT SKEETO. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A CERTAIN SERVING A TWO PURPOSE. UM, PROBABLY SOME OF YOU KNOW, SOME VETS. THEY LIKE TO SHOOT SKEET KIND OF FELL INTO THAT PURE DESIGN. AGAIN UM, THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS FESTIVAL AND IT'S AN AMAZING EVENT. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES AS AS KIND OF AGHAST IF YOU WILL OR PARTICIPANT. EATING THEIR FOOD LOOKING AT THEIR DIFFERENT CULTURES. AND IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION TO BE PART OF, AND IT'S VERY HUMBLING. HUMBLING TO BE A PARTICIPANT AS FAR AS THE DONATIONS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY WE'LL PROBABLY HOPEFULLY GET RECEIVED. FROM FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THIS. SO AGAIN. THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US BE APPEARED TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES AS THE CAMPGROUND. AND I SHOULD SAY WE'RE MORE THAN CAMPGROUND, BUT PART OF THE CAMPGROUND THAT WE DO WITH THE VETERANS AND THE KIDS IS SOMETHING THAT BENEFIT PASSION OF MINE SINCE THE LATE EIGHTIES. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. AND ANYBODY HAS ANY PROBLEMS WITH QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I'M GOING TO LEAVE SOME FLOWERS BACK ON THIS DESK BACK IN THE BACK, IF ANY OF Y'ALL OR ANYBODY CONGREGATION OUT HERE WOULD LIKE TO PICK UP ONE KIND OF TELL YOU WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. WHEREAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR MANAGING GROWTH TO REVITALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOODS, FOSTERING LOCAL PRIDE AND MAINTAINING COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CHARACTER WHILE ENHANCING LIVABILITY. WHERE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS RELEVANT FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION, BOTH URBAN AND RURAL AND FOR AMERICANS OF ALL AGES, ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND ALL ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE THE ROLE OF HISTORY IN OUR LIVES AND TO CONTRIBUTE. AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE. BY DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS FROM HELPING TO PRESERVE TANGIBLE ASPECTS OF HERITAGE THAT HAS SHAPED US AS PEOPLE. WHEREAS BEAUMONT MAIN STREET OF THE PROJECT OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION BUILDING AND HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO REDIVIDE ALIVE IN THE RESTORATION IN BOTH MONTHS HISTORICAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FOR OVER 30 YEARS BEAUMONT MAIN STREET ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PLACES IN PARTNERS WITH THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND WHERE IS PEOPLE SAVING PLACES IN THE THEME FOR NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH HISTORIC PLACES, SAVERS AND PRESERVATION IS POOR TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY INTO PROTECTING PLACES. MOST CARED ABOUT, OFTEN WITHOUT RECOGNIZE ATION. A NATIONAL HIGH FIVE TO EVERYONE DOING A GREAT JOB AND WORK SAVING PLACES IN WAYS BIG AND SMALL AND INSPIRING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. AND WHEREAS BEAUMONT MAIN STREET WILL BE CELEBRATING 30 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY GALA ON MAY 7TH 2022 AT JEFFERSON THEATER, OFFERING GUESTS A FUN AND INTERESTING WAY TO LOOK AT THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS. BEAUMONT MAIN STREET WILL ALSO HOST AN OPEN HOUSE FREE TOUR DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT ON MAY 18 2022 FROM FOUR O'CLOCK P.
M TO SEVEN O'CLOCK PM AND WHERE IS THE CITY OF BEAUMONT ALSO RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR NOW BEFORE ON BEHALF OF ROBIN MERRIN MUTINY IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.WE HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 20TH 2022 NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH AND BEAUMONT AND CALLED UPON ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN US ACROSS THE NATION AND RECOGNIZING PARTICIPANTS IN THE SPECIAL OBSERVANCE AND COMMEND BEAUMONT MAIN STREET AND ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND THERE ARE MANY VOLUNTEERS FOR THE HARD WORK TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND PROMOTE REVITALIZATION DOWNTOWN BEAUMONE VACATED DIRECTOR TOM BELL. CALGARY TO DIRECTED THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AT BEAUMONT, MAIN STREET, PLEASE COME FORWARD. YEAH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FOR LETTING US COME OVER THIS AFTERNOON. ACCEPT THIS AWARD. WE APPRECIATE IT. AH! MR TURNER. YOU DID, UH, PRETTY MUCH A REAL GOOD JOB OF EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, CAROL CAROL IS GIVING ME GOOD NOTES. BUT I THINK SHE WROTE THAT THING SO I'M GONNA REPEAT THEM, BUT IT WILL BE A LITTLE SHORTER. AH I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THEY ARE 90 CITIES IN THE HISTORICAL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS THAT ARE TEXAS HISTORICAL. BUT CITIES JUST LIKE WE ARE IN THERE WERE 89 JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
SO I THINK WE'RE ADDING THEM AS WE GO, SO MAYBE WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY IN TEXAS IN THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT BUSINESS BEFORE IT'S OVER. WE HAVE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN HERE. THAT'S 85 BEFORE 92 FOR A FEW YEARS BUILDING, BUT WE OFFICIALLY BECAME, YOU KNOW, MAIN STREET CITY AND 1992 BECAUSE THEY OPENED IT UP TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAD MORE THAN 50,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY, SO WE'RE IN URBAN, SAYS MAIN STREET TOWN. AH, AND WE'VE BEEN THAT WAY EVER SINCE. OH, MY CONTINUES TO PROMOTE AND INVEST IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. WE HAVE INVENTORY PROPERTIES THAT WE KEEP UP WITH KEEP TRACK OF THEM. WE YOU KNOW , HAVING INCREDIBLE WEBSITE THAT THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. PUTS ON FOR US, THAT'S VERY, VERY NEAT. IT'S GOT DIFFERENT LAYERS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT TELL YOU A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THE CITY AND ABOUT THE BUILDINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IT'S CALLED DOWNTOWN TEX. DOT ORG. SO WHEN YOU ALL HAVE A CHANCE IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER BEEN ON THE SITE, CHECK IT OUT. IT'S A PRETTY SOPHISTICATED DEAL AND IT IT'S DONE US A LOT. WE GET A LOT OF ENQUIRIES ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR DOWNTOWN FROM NOT ONLY ALL OVER THE STATE BUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND, UH, THAT'S A GOOD THING. MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME NEW FOLKS TO COME IN AND BUY SOME BUILDINGS AND DO SOMETHING WITH THEM. WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY THAT I HAVE SOME OF MY LADY FRIENDS WITH ME HERE TODAY. I'VE GOT A WHOLE HERD HERE. JUST JUST JUST WE GOT ROBIN MEUDON, WHO'S OUR SECRETARY, AND SHE'S ON OUR BOARD. HAVING TROY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE NOT SHOOT LISTEN. SORRY ABOUT THAT, WHEN WE ALSO HAVE TO QUIT A WALKER. SHE'S UH, DO BOARD MEMBERS. SHE'S WITH NANCE INDUSTRIES AND SHE'S DOING US A GREAT JOB. AND CAROL IS OUR NEW YOU KNOW? PERSON THAT'S THAT'S RUNNING EVERYTHING IN THE OFFICE AND KEEPING ME IN LINE AND SHE'S SHE'S A GOOD RIGHT HAND TO DO EVERYTHING BUT CAROL GARY IS OUR NEW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. UH AND SHE'S GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP THAT ALL MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN AND I'M GONNA HURT MYSELF RIGHT BACK OVER HERE RIGHT NOW. GET OUT OF THE WAY. THANK YOU, TOM ON BEHALF OF MAIN STREET AND OUR BORDER DIRECTORS, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, TOM AND I WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO
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STOP AND RECOGNIZE PRESERVATION MONTH. AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT. SO WE JUST THANK YOU AND THANK THE CITY ABOUT MY CAR, MANY YEARS OF SUPPORT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU. TO IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL PRESERVATION POLICIES AND INCENTIVES THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY PROTECT OUR HISTORIC ASSETS. WE NEED SOME OF THOSE, SO WE'RE DEPENDING ON YOU GUYS TO HELP US MOVE FORWARD IN THAT IN CELEBRATION OF PRESERVATION MONTH. IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE PROCLAMATION, BUT WE ARE HAVING A GALA AT THE JULIE ROGERS THEATER ON MAY 7TH. SO AFTER YOU GO TO THE BASEBALL GAME, AND AFTER YOU GO TO THE MEDITERRANEAN FEST YOU CAN COME DOWNTOWN TO THE JULIE ROGERS THEATER STARTING AT FIVE. AND YOU CAN AT THE JEFFERSON. I'M SORRY, I SAID JULIE, JUST CRAZY HERE TODAY. SO YOU COME TO THE JEFFERSON AND THEY'LL BE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF RELIVE WHAT IT WOULD BE AN EXPERIENCE TO GO TO THE THEATER IN THE EARLY 19 TWENTIES. WILL HAVE A SELECTION OF BIG SELECTION OF VINTAGE LUXURY CARS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT IN.HAGGERTY INSURANCE HAS PARTNERED WITH US ON THAT. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT. AND I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL HEARD THAT THE LITTLE ROBERT MORTON THEATER HAS BEEN RESTORED. IT WILL PLAY AGAIN AND WE'RE BRINGING IN AN AMAZING ENTERTAINER JIM CONNORS, WHO WAS THE ORGAN PLAYER FOR THE HOUSTON ASTROS FOR OVER 10 YEARS. HE'LL BE HERE AND I HEARD HE WILL SING IF YOU ASK HIM TO, IN ADDITION TO PLAYING THE ORGAN, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE GONNA IN ADDITION TO THE CAR SHOW IN THE ORGAN WILL HAVE OUR ROLE DANCERS IN PERIOD COSTUMES , AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE GREG RILEY, WHO WAS THE CO AUTHOR OF FROM WHAT IS THAT BLUEGRASS TOO? THE BLUEGRASS. I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT I'VE READ THE BOOK SEVERAL TIMES AS AMAZING STORY OF THE YOUNG FAMILY AND THEIR CONNECTION TO THE SPINDLETOP ERA. AND SO HE'LL BE THERE NOT ONLY TO TALK ABOUT THE VINTAGE VEHICLES, BUT ALSO TELL THE STORY OF THE YACHT FAMILY, SO COME DOWN AND HAVE A PICNIC DINNER WITH US AT THE THEATER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ADULT BEVERAGES AND SOME SURPRISE DESSERT, SO WE HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT. BUT IF YOU CAN'T WE UNDERSTAND, BUT WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO GET THOSE TICKETS BEFORE FRIDAY AT THE LATEST, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PUT IN OUR FOOD ORDER WITH CATHERINE. SO CATHERINE COMPANY IS GENEROUSLY HELPING US WITH THE FOOD IN ADDITION TO THAT ACTIVITY, BUT AT THAT EVENT WE'VE GOT GOING ON TO. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT OUR FREE OPEN HOUSE AND OUR IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES TOUR THAT WILL BE STARTING AT OUR OFFICE AT 505 MAIN, WHICH IS THE FIRST CITY BANK BUILDING AT FOUR O'CLOCK. WE'LL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE, AND WE'LL HAVE LIKE THREE DIFFERENT TOURS. WE'RE GOING TO WALK AND TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THERE. WE'VE PICKED OUT A SPECIAL BLOCK. AND IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT WE POSTED THE EVENT TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. SO WE ASK THAT YOU FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND KEEP UP WITH US. WE ARE NOW DOING INSTAGRAM AND WE'RE REALLY OUT THERE TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND GETTING A LOT MORE PEOPLE FOLLOWING US IN A LOT, SEEING A LOT MORE INTERESTING DOWNTOWN AND WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN HERE. SO WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND PLEASE TALK TO US ON FACEBOOK OR GIVE US A CALL AT OUR OFFICE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAROLS ARE REALLY GOOD. COOK, BY THE WAY, WILL BRING SOME SNACKS NEXT YEAR. GREAT GREAT GREAT. THANK YOU GUYS. WENT TO THREE. OKAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER FAILED SHOW. THANK YOU. MAYOR HOTEL, WHEREAS LEMON LEMONADE DAY IS FREE FUND PROGRAM DEDICATED TO TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO START ON. AND OPERATE THROUGH ON BUSINESS THROUGH THE SIMPLE AND TIME HONORED ACT OF BUILDING AND RUNNING, ELIMINATE STAND. AND WHEREAS THE GREATER BOMA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH DELTA PAPA DISTRIBUTING COMPANY BSD ENTER GE EXXON MOBIL LEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH HOW FURNITURE URBAN AIR BEAUMONT, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, JOINED FORCES TO BRING THIS INNOVATIVE PROGRAM TO BEAUMONT. AND WHEREAS CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE LEMONADE DAY PROGRAM OR ENCOURAGED TO SPEND A LITTLE SAVE A LITTLE AND SHARE A LITTLE BY DONATING A PORTION OF THEIR PROFITS TO LOCAL CHARITY OF THEIR CHOICE. AND WE'RE AS LEMONADE DAY IS A DAY OF LEARNING, CELEBRATING BOMBERS FUTURE OR MAY 1ST 2020 TO THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT ARE ENCOURAGE TO SHOW SUPPORT BY SIMPLY PURCHASING A CUP OF LEMONADE. FROM ONE OF THE YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM TO DEMONSTRATE HOW OUR COMMUNITY CARERS FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUTH AND FOR BOWMAN'S YOUNGEST ENTREPRENEURS, AND WHEREAS ALL VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZERS PARTICIPATING OR PARTICIPANTS AND SPONSORS ARE COMMENDED FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THIS EVENT,
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AND BEST WISHES ARE EXTENDED FOR A SUCCESSFUL AND REWARDING OBSERVANCE. NOW THEREFORE, I ROBIN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, HEREBY PROCLAIM SUNDAY MAY 1ST 2022 AS LEMONADE DAY IN BEAUMONT AND ENCOURAGING ALL CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HERE AND TO SET HER HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE AFFIXED ROBIN MU 10 APRIL 26 2022, ACCEPTING AS KRISTA HUNTER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GREATER BEAUMONT CHAMBER. OF COMMERCE.THANK YOU. UM I JUST WANNA TOUCH BACK ON WHAT COUNCILMAN VULTURE HAD DEAD LEMONADE DAYS OF FREE PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER TO ALL AN. JUST STUDENTS HAD TO OWN AND OPERATE A BUSINESS BY RUNNING A LEMONADE STAND, AND THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO SPEND SOME OF THEIR PROFITS AND SAVE SOME OF THEIR PROFIT AND THEN ALSO SHARE SOME OF THEIR PROFIT WITH OUR LOCAL NONPROFIT AND SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO OUT AND I HAVE FLYERS ON THE BACK, AND THEY'RE ALSO WHEN YOUR BAGS AND THEY HAVE A Q R CODE, UM, WHERE YOU CAN, OR YOU CAN VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND FIND WHERE ALL THE LEMONADE STANDS WILL BE. SO THERE'LL BE ACROSS THE COUNTY. SO WE HAVE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS OLDER ADULTS IN BEAUMONT OR THE ROOTS FROM WHICH OUR COMMUNITY GROWS. WHO BESTOW GIFTS OF WISDOM AND INSIGHT UPON YOUNGER GENERATIONS AND STRENGTHEN BONDS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS TO CREATE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. AND WHEREAS THE OLDER ADULTS IN BEAUMONT SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR ROLE IN CREATING AND BOLSTERING THE FATHER OVER OUR COMMUNITY AND NATION AND WHEREAS WE WISH TO JOIN TOGETHER TO EXTEND ASSISTANCE TO THE OLDER ADULTS IN BEAUMONT BY INCREASING THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO REMAIN IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AS ACTIVE ENGAGED CITIZENS, WHEREAS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH IS SPONSORED BY NUTRITION AND SERVICES FOR SENIORS. A NONPROFIT AGENCY DEDICATED TO PROVIDING INNOVATIVE, EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS THAT ASSIST OLDER ADULTS AND LEADING QUALITY LIVES WHILE MAINTAINING DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE. AND WHEREAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS INITIATIVE IS THE PUBLICLY RECOGNIZED THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DIVERSITY, STRENGTH AND UNITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO MAKE THEIR LIVES COMFORTABLE AND RESPECTABLE. AND WHEREAS TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COMMUNITY ECONOMICALLY, SOCIALLY , CULTURALLY AND OTHERWISE IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN BEAUMONT, NUTRITION AND SERVICES FOR SENIORS IS HOSTING THE 11TH ANNUAL DELIVER THE DIFFERENCE, BENEFITING MEALS ON WHEELS TO HONOR ELAINE SHALLENBURGER. THURSDAY MAY 5TH 2022 NOW THEREFORE, ROBIN MUTINY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2022 IS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH IN BEAUMONT. AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT BEAUMONT.
OLDER AMERICANS WHO ARE MAKING A TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HERE UNTO, SET HER HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIXED SIGN ROBIN MUTINY. APRIL 26TH 2022 ACCEPTING TODAY IS JESSE KIMBALL, CEO OF NUTRITION AND SERVICES FOR SENIORS.
I WILL MAKE THIS VERY SHORT, BUT I COULDN'T SAY IT BETTER THAN COUNCILMAN NEIL. JUST DID. WE HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS, AND WE HAVE ONE SINGULAR MISSION AND THAT IS TO IMPROVE
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THE LIVES OF OUR OLDER ADULTS. OFTEN FORGOTTEN DEMOGRAPHIC. WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE BUILT OUR CITY TO WHAT IT IS TODAY STAYS VIABLE AND THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT AND IN THEIR HOME. CURRENTLY OUR MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM IS SERVING ABOUT 2000 MEALS A DAY TO THESE PEOPLE, AND THE DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES CONTINUE TO RISE. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE PROCLAIMED THE MONTH OF MAY OLDER AMERICANS MONTH. BUT WE NEED TO REMEMBER EVERY SINGLE MONTH. SHOULD BE OLDER AMERICANS MONTH. THESE ARE THE SHOULDERS UPON WHICH WE STAND. AND WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO WALK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH YOU TO ENSURE THAT OUR SENIOR CITIZENS HAVE A QUALITY OF LIFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YEAH, SHOOT. SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH IS ESSENTIAL TO EVERYONE'S OVERALL HEALTH AND WELL BEING. AND WHEREAS ALL AMERICANS EXPERIENCED TIMES OF DIFFICULTY AND STRESS IN THEIR LIVES THE STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND REPORT BY MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA STATES THAT 45 MILLION ADULTS IN AMERICA ARE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS AND 4.3% ARE EXPERIENCING A SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS. AND WHEREAS INCREASING AWARENESS IS ESSENTIAL, UH, IN THE WAY OF STAKEHOLDERS IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE TO LEVERAGE THE INFLUENCE AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL. AND WHEREAS THERE IS A STRONG BODY OF RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS SPECIFIC TOOLS THAT ALL AMERICANS CAN USE TO BETTER HANDLE CHALLENGES AND PROTECT THEIR HEALTH. AND WELL BEING. AND WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE REAL AND PREVALENT IN OUR NATION AND WHEREAS WITH EFFECTIVE TREATMENT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS CAN RECOVER AND LEAD A FULL, PRODUCTIVE LIFE. AND WHEREAS EACH BUSINESS SCHOOL GOVERNMENT AGENCY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATION AND CITIZENS SHARE THE BURDEN OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH, WELLNESS AND SUPPORT PREVENTION EFFORTS. AND NOW THEREFORE ROBIN MUTINY ON THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT DOES HERE, BRIAN PROCLAIMED. MAY 2020 22 AS NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN BEAUMONT AND CALL UPON ALL OF THE CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH WITH THE APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY.
ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HEARING TOO, AND SET OUR HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIXED ON THIS 26TH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR, 2022 ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION WE HAVE EMILY ROSS , DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND CULTURE AND CERTIFIED CLINICAL TRAUMA PROVIDER. WITH NEW PATH THERAPY AND WELLNESS AND AARON NINO REYNOLDS NICHOLS, PARDON ME , PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING SPECIALISTS WITH SPINNING TOP CENTER PLEASE COME FORWARD AND ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. OKAY? YEAH. SO. THE SHE ATE YOU.
SO I AM EMILY ROSS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND CULTURE AT NEW PATH THERAPY AMONG US AND JOINING ME IS ONE OF OUR THERAPISTS HERE. BRIDGEWATER FLANAGAN AND AARON AS WELL, UM I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ISSUING A PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGING MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE IDEA OF DEDICATING ENTIRE MONTH TO THE ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH WAS ORIGINATED IN 1949 IN AMERICA. SINCE THAT TIME, THE GOALS OF THE MONTH HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH IT IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO RESOURCES INTO FACILITATE ADVOCACY FOR APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION. MHM. ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS IS STILL AFFLICTED WITH A MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS. IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. SUICIDE IS LISTED AS THE 11TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH.
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THAT STATISTIC JUMPS TO THREE NUMBER THREE IN OUR YOUTH AGES, 15 TO 24. I CAN'T FIND STATISTICS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS OR FOR BEAUMONT SPECIFICALLY, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED THE NUMBERS TO AFFIRM FOR US THAT MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IF EACH ONE OF US THINKS ABOUT IT FOR A MOMENT, WE CAN IDENTIFY SOMEBODY IN OUR LIVES WHO HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES. A COWORKER AND NEIGHBOR, A FAMILY MEMBER, PERHAPS EVEN OURSELVES. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEAN INTO THIS NEXT MONTH AND TO CHANGE THIS CONVERSATION, TRANSFORM IT FROM A CONVERSATION AND ACTION NEW PATH LAST WEEK KIND OF INITIATED THIS BY UH, HOLDING OUR THIRD ANNUAL SIGNS OF STRENGTH EVENT. LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE CROWD WERE THERE. I HOPE THAT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE NOTICED THOSE ENCOURAGING SOUNDS AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE THAT THEY'VE OFFERED INSPIRATION OR ENCOURAGEMENT WHEN YOU MIGHT HAVE NEEDED IT. UM. NEXT NO, NOT NEXT. MAY 14TH AT 10 A.M. WE WILL BE HOSTING A RIBBON CUTTING AT OUR BEAUMONT LOCATION. WE HOPE TO SEE SOME OF YOU THERE.WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND LOOK FOR OTHER EVENTS THAT WILL HOST AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS, STAKEHOLDERS AND MENTAL HEALTH. WE WILL PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH MINUTES. UM BLOG POSTS AND OTHER EVENTS COMING UP TO HONOR THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SENDING THE MESSAGE TO BEAUMONT THAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IF YOU WERE HERE FOR ANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS, AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE WELCOME TO REMAIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TODAY.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. YOU MAY MAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE CONSIDERED GENDER OR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX. WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE COMPLETE A GREEN SLIP AND HAND IT TO THE CITY CLERK. THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO SPEAK, AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME. OKAY? IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO. OKAY AT THIS TIME, UH,
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WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO PROVE THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND MAYOR PRO TEM? I ASKED THAT ITEM NUMBER OR EXCUSE ME. ADAM H. BE EXCLUDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECUSAL. OKAY WE WILL REMOVE AGE FROM THIS MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL. CHRIS I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY DO WE NEED TO ADD? NAMES FOR THE TWO INVESTMENT PROGRAM. OKAY, SO. IF YOU NOTICE A COUPLE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA RELATE TO RETURNR EXAMPLE, ITEM C IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CHANGING AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE TEXAS RANGER INVESTMENT PROGRAM. SO THE CITY UM AS YOU KNOW, UM, HAS QUITE A CASH FLOW AND WE DO REGULARLY INVEST IN A VARIETY OF LOW RISK INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ORDER TO GAIN REVENUE. UM HOW AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE AND C IS TO SIMPLY ADD THE NAME OF CHERYL RAYE. UM TO THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TEXAS RANGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM. CURRENTLY TODD SIMINO, THE CFO AND MYSELF ARE NAMED AS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES FOR THAT PROGRAM. SO ITEMS SEE IS[01:00:04]
SIMPLY TO ADD CHERYL RAY, WHO IS OUR NEW COMPTROLLER TO THAT LIST. WAS THERE ANOTHER ONE? I WAS JUST ASKING. IS IT NORMAL TO HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON IT? OR SOMEONE ON IT. YES OUR CFO MIGHT BE ABLE TO BETTER ANSWER. BUT YOU ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE MULTIPLE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING. ONE OF THESE IS, FOR EXAMPLE, AN A. C H, UM, AUTHORIZATION. SO YOU WANT TO HAVE MULTIPLE, UM PEOPLE INVOLVED. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL DRAWS. YOU WANT TO HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENTS. SO YOU YOU, YOU KNOW IT IS IT IS CERTAINLY IN SOME CASES REQUIRED, BUT CERTAINLY RECOMMENDED. I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT THE PRIOR CONTROLLER FOR THE CITY WAS KRISTEN FERGUSON. SHE WAS AUTHORIZED AND ALL OF THESE CONSENTED GIANT CONSENTED GENDER ITEMS THAT YOU ARE VOTING ON TODAY. SO KRISTEN HAD LEFT THE CITY. SHE WAS REPLACED BY CHERYL RAYE, WHO'S THE NEW CITY CONTROLLER, SO WE'RE GIVING HER THE SAME AUTHORIZATION AND ACCESS TO THE PRIOR CITY CONTROLLER. WHAT ONE OTHER QUESTION. CAN YOU EXPLAIN , OR ITEM G D SECONDARY CONTRACT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? I MEAN, IT'S BOTH OF THESE COMPANIES RECEIVED PARTS OF THE BEARD OR HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH HAVING FIRST HAVING REWARDING BASICALLY LIKE TWO BIDS. OKAY RIGHT. SO ITEM G IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACTS TO SUPPLY US FAULTED CONCRETE BY USE BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. AND SO. WE DID BID IT OUT AND YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S IN TWO PARTS. THE PRICING IS EITHER FOR, UM THE CITY, PICKING IT UP AT THE ASPHALT PLANT OR FOR DELIVERY, SO YOU'LL SEE TWO DIFFERENT PRICES. UM BUT WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING AWARDING 22 DIFFERENT COMPANIES IN CASE ONE COMPANY CANNOT PROVIDE THE ASPHALT WHICH WAS NEEDED IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE WOULD HAVE A BACKUP. SO THE BACKUP COMPANY, I GUESS WOULD BE L D CONSTRUCTION AND THEY'RE THEY'RE ONLY COMING INTO PLAY AT THE FIRST COMPANY CAN PROVIDE EVERYTHING THAT'S CORRECT. CONTRIBUTED MANY WELL YEAH, MINE WAS ON G TWO. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. I THINK THAT THIS IS A SMART MOVE ON THE CITY'S PART BY ISSUED A CONTRACT TO BOTH OF THESE COMPANIES. OKAY. COUNCILMAN RETURN. UH, WITH THE INVESTMENT POOL. WITHIN A SPECIFIC INTEREST RATE WITH SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS. WE HAVE MULTIPLE FORMS OF INVESTMENTS.WE HAVE POOLS. WE HAVE MONEY MARKET CDS, US AGENCY SECURITIES . WE ALWAYS TRY TO TRACK THE WHATEVER GAINING THE MOST INTEREST AT THE TIME, BUT WE ALSO LIKE TO KEEP IT, UM IN MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS RATHER THAN HEAVILY INVESTING IN JUST ONE FUN OR ONE ASSET. PHOTO THE TWO THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY THAT THE PACIFIC INTEREST SPECIFIC INTEREST RATE FOR ONE OF THE TWO WE JUST KINDA SHOCKED TO SEE THE LOWEST DAILY. OKAY, THANK YOU. ZERO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION IN THE SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM H, UH ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. SAY AYE AYE, ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES
[H. Authorize the Interim City Manager to execute Change Order No. 3, to the contract withPlaco, Ltd. for the Lift Station & WWTP Repairs Tropical Storm Harvey Group 2 Lift Stations Project ]
ON ITEM H IS THEIR MOTION FOR APPROVAL. AGE ON THE CONSERVATIVES APPROVE H SECOND.IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERTY SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM AGE? WITH NO DISCUSSION MOVE. FOR APPROVAL ALL IN FAVOR . SAY AYE, ANY OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTION. ONE, OKAY? THAT TAKES US TO THE MOTION CARRIES. UH MR MANAGER. OH, LET ME READ THIS. AT THE CLOSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATE IT OR PENDING LITIGATION IN THE CORNERS WITH SECTION 551.71 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. CLAIM OF DANIEL MICHAEL JR. AND TO DISCUSS AND ARE DELIBERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.87 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TWO, WHICH SPECIFICALLY PROJECT DEEP BLUE AND PROJECT MERCURY. OKAY MR. MANAGER WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE US IN THE ITEM
[1. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a religious organization in the GC-MD-2 (General Commercial - Multiple-Family Dwelling-2) District located at 1610 S. Major Drive]
ONE? YES SIR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEM NUMBER ONE IS TO CONSIDER A REQUEST. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THE ORDINANCE. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN ORDINANCE IN THAILAND ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A REGULAR PLACE OF WORSHIP IN A GCM D TWO. GENERAL COMMERCIAL, MULTI FAMILY DWELLING TO DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 16 10 SOUTH MAJOR DRIVE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE SIKH CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS REQUESTING A[01:05:02]
REVISED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION AT THIS ADDRESS. AT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON APRIL 18TH 2022, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 6 TO 0 TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR THE REVISED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION NUMBER ONE IS THAT LANDSCAPING REQUIRED TO MEET, UH, CITY ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS.ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE SAME CONDITION. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM ONE IS THEIR EMOTION. MOVED TO APPROVE WITH CONDITION ONE. HAS IT BEEN EMOTION AND SECOND FOR ITEM ONE. UH, ANY DISCUSSIONS ON ITEM ONE. THERE BEING NO DISCUSSIONS ALL IN FAVOR. ITEM ONE APPROVAL. SAY I, UH, POLLS MOTION CARES. ITEM TO MR MANAGER, SIR. ITEM NUMBER
[2. Consider a request for a Revised Specific Use Permit to allow a convenience store and gas station in the GC-MD-2 (General Commercial - Multiple-Family Dwelling-2) District located at 4050 Magnolia Avenue ]
TWO IS AN ORDINANCE IN TITLED AN ORDINANCE ISSUING AN AMENDED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION IN A GCM D TWO. GENERAL COMMERCIAL, MULTI FAMILY DWELLING TO DISTRICT LOCATED AT 40 50 MAGNOLIA AVENUE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, RAHEEL MERIDIA IS REQUESTING A REVISED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION AT THIS LOCATION. AT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON APRIL 18TH 2022, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 6 TO 0 TO APPROVE THE REQUEST WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. NUMBER ONE LANDSCAPING REQUIRED TO MEET CITY ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS NUMBER TO SHOW EDGE OF PAVEMENT AT LEAST TWO FT FROM ADJOINING PROPERTY LINE AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY PARKING SPACES. AND NUMBER THREE. CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY'S BACKFLOW PRE TREATMENT AND OR FOG PROGRAM. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING AND EXPLANATION OF ITEM TWO. IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL TO APPROVE WITH THE THREE CONDITIONS TICKET, EMOTIONAL AND THE SECOND? IS THERE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY, UH, PHONES. MOTION PASSES MR. MANAGER. ITEM THREE. YES SIR. ITEM NUMBER[3. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a brewpub in the GC-MD (General Commercial - Multiple-Family Dwelling) District located at 6280 Phelan Boulevard ]
THREE IS AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A BREWPUB INEGI CMD GENERAL COMMERCIAL, MULTI FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 60 TO 80 HIGHLAND BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. GABRIELLE BLANCO IS REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A GROUP OF AT THIS LOCATION. AT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON APRIL 18TH 2022 , THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 6 TO 0 TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITION. NUMBER ONE.CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR ANY WATER IN SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS. OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW AND OR PRE TREATMENT PROGRAMS. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE SAME CONDITION. YOU'VE HEARD THAT READING OF ITEM THREE. IS THERE A MOTION MOVED TO APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT? SUCK IT SECOND. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THIS ISLAND? COUNCIL MEMBERS. ONE QUESTION THIS. UM BREWPUB IS IT ISN'T IT BY WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A NEW LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL? YES SIR. SO YOU MAY RECALL JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WAS APPROVED FOR A SCHOOL JUST TO THE NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY. UM HOWEVER, THAT SCHOOL IS NOT YET OPEN AND SO ANY DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FROM THAT SCHOOL WOULD NOT BE IN EFFECT UNTIL IF AND UNTIL THAT SCHOOL IS OPEN. HMM. YES, SIR.
SO THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESSES IT CONSIDERED MOTHERBOARD TYPE OF NIGHTCLUB AND ONE OF THE RESTAURANT. IT'S DESCRIBED AS MORE OF A RESTAURANT SO THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A RESTAURANT COMPONENT AND A BREWPUB. SO IT WOULD BE IT WOULD. IT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A, YOU KNOW, A FULL BAR DRINKING PLACE, BUT MORE OF A GROUP WITH WITH FOOD FOR SURE. THANK YOU, TIM AND ALSO CHRIS AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING. THEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT THERE WOULD BE A SEPARATION.
BETWEEN THE PART OF IT BREWING THE BEER AND THE RESTAURANT. JUST ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE THAT BEING A FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT THERE WAS A STATEMENT MADE THEIR P AND SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE A SEPARATION. CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AND ESTABLISHMENT JUST SELLING BEER VERSUS ONE SELLING BEER AND ALCOHOL? THERE'S A DIFFERENT LICENSE. IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH FOOD THEY'RE SERVING. SO UM IF IT'S 51% OF THEIR SALES ARE JUST BEER AND WINE OR LIQUOR, THEN IT'S A DIFFERENT CATEGORY. BUT THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A TROOPER. OKAY? CATTLEMEN WE GET IS THIS THE SAME SORT OF THING IS POOR BROTHERS AND STRUGGLE STREET WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BROOKE
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PROBE. YES, SIR. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. SAY AYE, ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES ITEM FOUR, PLEASE. COUNCIL ITEM[4. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a drinking place in the GCMD (General Commercial - Multiple-Family Dwelling) District located at 10425 Eastex Freeway, Suite 100 ]
NUMBER FOUR IS LET'S SEE AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A DRINKING PLACE IN A GCM, D. GENERAL COMMERCIAL, MULTI FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 42 5 EAST TEXAS FREEWAY SUITE, 100. IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, TAMMY SCOTT IS REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A DRINKING PLACE AT 104 TO 5 EAST TEXAS FREEWAY SUITE 100. AT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON APRIL 18TH 2022. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 6 TO 0 TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SUBJECT SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. NUMBER ONE IS PROVIDED EIGHT FT SOUND BARRIER ALONG THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE OF THE OUTDOOR PATIO AREA. AND NUMBER TWO THAT THE LAYOUT AND DESIGN IN THE DRIVE THRU AND PATIO PATIO NEEDS TO BE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO THE PEDESTRIANS AND PATRONS FROM ERRANT VEHICLES SUCH AS COLUMNS, BOLLARDS PAVEMENT MARKINGS. AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE. FINAL APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE CITY ENGINEERING. US THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS. HEARD THE READING MY ITEM FOR AS WELL AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS. IS THERE A MOTION WITH THE CONDITIONS TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS? MOTION 2ND 2ND IS THAT DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE OF MM MATERIAL, CAN YOU. TELL ME WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A DRINKING PLACE? SO WHEN YOU. WHEN YOU'RE SELLING A WHEN, WHEN THE MAJORITY OF WHAT YOU'RE SELLING IS ALCOHOL, SO 51% OR MORE IS ALCOHOL. THEN IT BECOMES A DRINKING PLACE, AND SO DRINKING PLACE IS REALLY MORE. IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU THINK OF AS A BAR, NOT JUST BEER AND WINE OR FROZEN DRINKS IS A BAR IN THE ZONING AUDIENCE. WE DEFINE IT AS A BAR. NOW, THE T. ABC MAY HAVE SOME DIFFERENT RULES. WE HAVE A SEPARATE CITY ORDINANCE, BUT IN TERMS OF ZONING WE TREATED AS A DRINKING PLACE. UM, WHEN YOU SELL ALCOHOL, BUT YOU HAVE. WHEN YOU SELL MORE FOOD THAN ALCOHOL , THEN IT'S THEN IT BECOMES PERHAPS JUST A RESTAURANT. BUT IF IT'S A MAJORITY OF ALCOHOL, THEN IT'S A DRINKING PLACE. SO HOW ARE THEY GOING TO ADDRESS THE HAZARD WITH THE PATRONS HAVING ACROSS THE DRIVE THRU LANE TO GET TO THE PATIO? CORRECT THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING. AND THAT WAS A CONCERN BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE BUILDING. THEN YOU HAVE A DRIVEWAY AND THEN YOU HAVE WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BE THIS OUTDOOR SEATING PATIO AREA. AND SO, UM, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS THAT THEY HAVE A SIMILAR SETUP IN ANOTHER CITY THAT SEEMS TO WORK WELL, THE CONCERN WAS STILL THERE. BUT THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SUBJECT TO FINAL DESIGN REVIEW BY CITY ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC, SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT. MAKE SURE THAT IT YOU KNOW, HAS BOLLARDS. IT HAS STRIPING HAS MARKINGS. WHATEVER WE THINK WE THINK IT NEEDS TO HAVE TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF, UH , YOU KNOW, CONFLICT BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND THE TRAFFIC. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IS IN THERE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN RETURN. THANK YOU.THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IS IT BY AND THEN A NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE I NOTICED WE SAID SOUND BARRIER, CAN YOU KINDA EXPLAIN WHAT A SOUND VERY IS. AND HOW WOULD THEY KIND OF PROTECT THE RESIDENTS FROM HEARING? YOU KNOW THE MUSIC OR THE ENTERTAINMENT RIGHT? SO IT'S LOCATED ROUGHLY WELL. IT'S LOCATED BETWEEN EAST TEXAS HIGHWAY AND OLD, BOTH ROAD. TO THE WEST OF THIS PROPERTY ACROSS, ALTHOUGH THROWED ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES , AND SO WITH THERE BEING DISCUSSION OF OUTSIDE OUTSIDE MUSIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT UM. THERE WAS A CONCERN TO TRY TO MITIGATE THAT IMPACT ON THOSE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ON THE OTHER OTHER SIDE OF OLD, BOTH ROADS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONDITION OF THE SOUND BARRIER COMES IN. SO, UM WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THAT SOUND BARRIER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE OF THE PATIO TO TRY AND MITIGATE THAT IMPACT? COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL SHOW THANK YOU IS TAMMY SCOTT IN THE ROOM? UM YOU KNOW? WE KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE THIS SOUND WITH AN EIGHT FT WALL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S HARD TO CONTAIN MUSIC WHEN IT'S JUST AND THEN WE END UP WITH PHONE CALLS FROM CITIZENS, SAYING YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH THIS THIS NOISE PROBLEM, SO I WAS JUST
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CURIOUS IF THE IF TAMMY WAS HERE, AND HER WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE AND THE RESIDENTS TO TRY TO HANDLE THIS SOUND WHERE IT DOESN'T GET OUT OF HAND. BUT SHE'S NOT HERE SO YOU CAN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION CANNOT THANK YOU. CUSTOMER MATERIAL. DID THEY HAVE ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS WHEN YOU SENT OUT THE LETTERS ANY AGAINST NURSE. I DON'T LET ME LOOK REAL QUICK, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE SO. NO, SIR. NO AGAINST. THE OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS.THERE'S BEEN EMOTION IN THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF MOTION. UH, ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARERS.
AH MR MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER SIX. FINE ITEM FIVE. OKAY NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN
[5. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a commercial strip center including a laundromat, retail and office space in a GC-MD-2 (General Commercial - Multiple-Family Dwelling - 2) District located at 2855 N. Major Drive ]
ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A COMMERCIAL STRIP CENTER. INCLUDING A LAUNDROMAT, RETAIL AND OFFICE SPACE IN A GCM D TWO. GENERAL COMMERCIAL, MULTI FAMILY DWELLING TO DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 28 55. NORTH MAJOR DRIVE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. AARON WARD FAUST ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING HAS REQUESTED THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE COMMERCIAL STRIP CENTER INCLUDING RONDY, LAUNDROMAT, RETAIL AND OFFICE SPACE AT THIS LOCATION. AT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HELD APRIL 18 2022, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 6 TO 0 TO APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. US WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS NUMBER ONE MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR ANY WATER AND SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS , INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW. AND OR PRE TREATMENT PROGRAMS. NUMBER TWO INSTALL LANDSCAPING TO MEET CITY OF BEAUMONT REGULATIONS AND NUMBER THREE ACQUIRED TECH STOP PERMISSION FOR A SIDEWALK ALONG MAJOR OR CONSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM FIVE, ALONG WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIFIC IS PERMANENT? AS EMOTION SECOND AND THE SECOND AND WITH THE CONDITIONS WITH THE CONDITIONS. THERE ARE OTHER DISCUSSIONS. BUT MY PROTEST.
COUNCIL MEMBER FAILS Y'ALL CHRIS , I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP THAT YOU PROVIDED EXHIBIT B. IS THAT A CANAL? THAT THIS PROPERTY IS SETTING RIGHT ON TOP OF YES, WELL, THERE'S DEFINITELY A DRAINAGE DITCH THAT RUNS THROUGH THIS PROPERTY. I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT IS AWARE OF IT, AND THEY ARE WORKING TO DESIGN AROUND IT. UM BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. YES, SIR.
THERE IS A DRAINAGE DITCH THAT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH IT. SO THERE THEY'RE READY TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE. YES, SIR. OTHER QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. IT'S BEEN EMOTIONAL SECOND ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. AH! ON THE POLLS. MOTION CARERS. ITEM NUMBER SIX. MAYOR COUNCIL ITEM NUMBER SIX IS
[6. Consider authorizing the Interim City Manager to execute Change Order No. 1 to the contract with Vortex Companies for the repair of the 72" Threadneedle Outfall storm line located within the ExxonMobil Refinery]
TO AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT WITH VORTEX COMPANIES ON JANUARY 11TH 2022. BY RESOLUTION, CITY COUNCIL AWARDED A CONTRACT TO VORTEX COMPANIES OF HOUSTON IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,652,012. FOR THE REPAIR OF THE 72 INCH THREAD. NEEDLE OUTFALL STORM LINE LOCATED WITHIN THE EXXON MOBILE REFINERY. PROPOSED CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,204,500. IS REQUIRED TO ADJUST THE AMOUNT OF CHEMICAL GROUTING IN THE AMOUNT OF $828,006.13 USED TO FILL IN AND STABILIZE THE SOILS AROUND THE TOP OF THE 72 INCH STORM LINE. AND TO INCREASE THE LENGTH OF THE POINT REPAIR TO BRING THE 72 INCH PIPE TO GRAY. NO ADDITIONAL DAYS WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONTRACT FOR THE ADDITIONAL WORK . IF APPROVED, CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE WOULD RESULT IN A NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $4,000,856 584. DOLLARS AND TWO CENTS. WE SHOULD NOTE THAT DURING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SURVEY OF THE STORM LINE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE POINT REPAIR WAS PERFORMED.SECOND SURVEY OF THE REMAINDER OF THE LINE WAS LATER CONDUCTED BY THE CONTRACTOR, WHICH
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IDENTIFY THE SUBSURFACE VOIDS IN THE SOILS AROUND THE 72 INCH STORM LINE. THESE VOIDS, IF NOT FILLED AND STABILIZED, COULD HAVE DAMAGED AND REHABILITATED THE PIPE IN THE FUTURE.SURVEYING OF THE GRADE AND CONDITION OF THE PIPE WAS PERFORMED DURING THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE CONTRACT. HOWEVER SOME OF THE AREAS WERE STILL INACCESSIBLE UNTIL CONSTRUCTION BEGAN. IT WAS THEN FOUND THAT 35 OR A 53 FT, RATHER FOOT SECTION OF THE PIPE IS DRAINING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. REQUIRING THE PIPE TO BE EXCAVATED AND SET TO PROPER GRADE. FAILING TO DO SO WOULD DECREASE THE DRAINAGE CAPACITY OF THE 72 INCH LINE. AND WITH THAT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM . THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. HEARD THE READING OF ITEMS SIX AND THE RECOMMENDATION. UM IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? HAS BEEN EMOTIONALLY 2ND 2ND. ARE THERE DISCUSSIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER OF DURIO.
COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL THANK YOU. CHRIS WHEN THE CITIZENS ARE LISTENING, AND THEY NOTICED, AND WE'RE SAYING THREADNEEDLE PROJECT AND EXXONMOBIL REFINERY AND IT'S ENORMOUS. PRICE TAG LIKE THIS, CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN TO THEM EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON SO THEY CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WHY WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS. YES AND MR BARR, KODIAK PROBABLY JUMP IN AND HELP ME OUT HERE. BUT THIS THIS LINE WAS WE THINK ESTABLISHED, BUT WE HAVEN'T EASEMENT GOING BACK TO 1927. AT THE TIME. I THINK IT WAS MAGNOLIA REFINERY, AND THIS BASICALLY DRAINS THAT AREA AROUND THREADNEEDLE AND BEYOND SOUTH PARK AREA OUT THROUGH THIS PROPERTY, UM, YOU KNOW, INTO BASICALLY A WAY WHERE IT CAN DRAIN AND SO THERE IS QUITE A HISTORY ON THIS. EXXON MOBIL BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION. UM AND SO I THINK WITH IT BEING BARKED, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK THE LINE IS MAYBE 20 FT DEEP AND SO ANY TIME YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A STRUCTURE OF THIS SIZE THAT DEEP. IT'S TOUGH TO GET AN EXACT ENGINEERING ESTIMATE OR AN EXACT CONTRACT ESTIMATE TO MAKE THE REPAIRS UNTIL SOMETIMES YOU YOU KNOW YOU GET INTO IT. DO EXTRA SCANNING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT IS AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO DRAIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT DOES GO THROUGH EXXON MOBIL PROPERTY. WE HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO REROUTE THAT DRAINAGE, BUT IT'S I THINK THE ESTIMATES WERE BUMPING AROUND 80 $80 MILLION PLUS, SO AS AS HIGH A NUMBER AS THIS IS YOU KNOW, IT'S BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE. COUNCILMAN TURNER'S QUESTION THEY THREADNEEDLE OUTFALL IS THE PRIMARY MEANS OF DRAINING A LITTLE OVER 484 ACRES OF THE CITY AND THAT AREA SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. FOR THE DRAINAGE TO MAINTAIN IT, AND THEN IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THE LINE HAS INTEGRITY THROUGHOUT THE SPAN THAT IT GOES THROUGH THE EXXON MOBILE REFINERY SO WE DON'T CAUSE PROBLEMS THERE. TWO QUESTIONS.
WHAT EXACTLY IS CHEMICAL GROUTING? BASICALLY FORMER CONCRETE, UM, THIN ENOUGH FOR THEM TO PUMP IT IN AND FILL THE CAVITIES. WITH I GUESS THE WAY THAT THIS PARTICULAR DRAIN WAS BEFORE WOMEN ADDRESSED IT AND STARTED WORKING ON IT WITH THAT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE FLOODING THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST WITH IT NOT BEING SICK THE PROPER WAY AND I SEE ONE OF THE SECTIONS OF PIPE WAS DRAINING THE WRONG WAY. UM IT DOES HAVE SOME SOME ISSUES. UM WE DO NOT HAVE A FIRM ESTIMATE OF THE EXACT FLOW THROUGH THE PIPE, BUT WE FEEL THAT POST REPAIR IT SHOULD FUNCTION. BETTER THAN IT HAS AT THE PRESENT TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU.
CONSTANTLY. VANILLA THANK YOU, MARY. I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS ITEM. OKAY? ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION IN THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. SAY AYE, ANY OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTIONS. ONE. OKAY AT THIS TIME. WE DO HAVE. HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. MR
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MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE US INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES, SIR. WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING HERE IN A MOMENT BEFORE I DO. I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE ACTION ITEM. SO AGAIN. THE REQUEST IS FOR COUNSEL TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC SERVICES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENT LINE ITEMS OF THE CONSOLIDATED GRANT PROGRAMS . 2022 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND CONSIDER APPROVING A RESOLUTION. ADOPTING THE 2022 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, AND WITH THAT I'D ASK THAT YOU OPENED THE HEARING. AT THIS TIME. ON THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN[01:25:09]
FOR PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY NAMES THAT'S PRESENTED TO SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC HEARING? I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME. IS THERE ANYONE THAT CAME TO SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC HEARING OF SO WE NEED YOU TO SIGN UP. THERE BEING NONE. UH I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND I ASKED FOR A MOTION ON DO WE HAVE TO READ THE CAPTION OF ITEMS? SEVEN NO, SIR. JUST TO PROVE THE ITEM, OKAY? I ASKED FOR A MOTION ON ITEM SEVEN. SO MOVED TO ACCEPT HAS BEEN MOVED AND THEN A 2ND 2ND AND THE SECOND TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ITEM SEVEN AND IT DISCUSSION. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER GET. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD FOR THEIR DILIGENCE AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATION. AS TO HOW SOME OF THESE CDBG FUNDING SHOULD BE SPENT. AH THEY SPENT SEVERAL. MANY HOURS AND SEVERAL MEETINGS CONSIDERING THIS, AND I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS. THANK YOU. CAN'T REMEMBER DURIO AND COUNCILMAN RETURNING. I JUST NOTICED ON THE LIST THAT THERE WERE THREE REQUESTS THERE WEREN'T GRANTED ANYTHING AND EVERYBODY ELSE. GOT SOMETHING. ANY EXPLANATION. WHY THOSE THREES? DIDN'T GET ANYTHING OR THEY'RE JUST PROCESS. SO I DO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE APPLICATIONS WAS WELL ABOVE THE MAXIMUM REQUESTED. AND THE OTHER AGAIN. I THINK THE CDA SPEND SPEND A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME EVALUATING THE APPLICATION AND JUST DETERMINED THAT THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND FUNDING IT AT THAT TIME. HEY, GRIFF. TURNER. THANK YOU. ON THE HOUSING AND MINOR REPAIRS. I NOTICED, WE SAY, UH, WHAT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, APPROXIMATELY 12 HOMES. MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW THOSE 12 HOMES ARE DETERMINED? SO WITH THEM ADMINISTERING IT. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SELECTING IT AND DOING INTAKE ELIGIBILITY. SO BASICALLY, THE APPLICANTS GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY ADMINISTER THAT PROGRAM FOR US SO WE CAN ALWAYS REFER CLIENTS TO THEM NOW. OKAY THAT'S WHAT I WANTED CLARITY ON OTHERS. I HAVE I HAVE A FEW, MIKE, OKAY? THE SECOND ONE. I SEE THE ADMINISTRATION FEE AT THE 19. CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN IT TO ME? YES SO WITH CDBG RULES FROM HUD, THERE'S CERTAIN LIMITS ON HOW MUCH WE CAN SPEND ON CERTAIN CATEGORIES . SO IF YOU SEE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, PUBLIC SERVICES, UM WHICH THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THE C D. A C RECOMMENDING THERE'S A 15% CATS. SO OF THE TOTAL ALLOCATED AMOUNT TO THE CITY. WE CAN ONLY SPEND 15% ON ON THAT CATEGORY. GOING BACK TO ADMINISTRATION AGAIN. THERE'S A 19% ADMINISTRATIVE CAP. UM. SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR COSTS ARE, THAT'S WHAT SAYS WE CAN USE. AND TWO MORE WERE PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. IT SAYS SPECIAL PROJECTS TO BE DETERMINED LIKE THE VIETNAM NO. WE JUST KINDA HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO AGAIN WITH THOSE CAPS AND CONTROLS, UM IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, UM, WE HAVE DONE A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. ONE WAS WE HAD DONE SOME STREET REHAB. RECENTLY WE HAD A SEWER LINE REPAIR PROGRAM, WHICH IS STILL STILL ACTIVE AND PRIOR PROGRAM YEARS. UM BUT THE QUESTION IS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GONNA USE THAT FUNDING TO YOU FOR THIS PROGRAM? YOU'RE COMING UP. THE PLAN IS TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO GET SOME MORE GUIDANCE ON THAT. IN MY LAST ONE IS THE DEMOLITION. I NOTICED WE IS THIS WHAT? WE USED THE LAST FOR RED TAG HOUSING. YES SIR. UH THE DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RED TECH HOUSING THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE? UM SO WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST RED TAG PROGRAM. UH AH. THE CHALLENGES, UM, WITH IT BEING THAT AMOUNT HOOD HOOD. HOW SHOULD I PUT THIS HOUSE DOESN'T WANT US TO USE TOO MUCH FOR DEMOLITION BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO SEE REPLACEMENT WHEN YOU DO TOO MANY GAMAL DEMOLITIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY START TO WANT TO SEE HOUSING GOING BACK, WHICH WE DO THROUGH OUR HOME PROGRAM AND VARIETY OF OTHER SOURCES. BUT UM , PROBABLY IN SUMMARY, HEARD KIND OF LIMITS US ON HOW MUCH WE[01:30:01]
WANT TO DO NOW, WE'LL SAY WE ALSO WE SPEND SOME GENERAL FUND MONEY FOR DEMOLITION AS WELL. SO THAT THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THIS ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL THEN COUNCIL MEMBER GETS THIS, UM, ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE ONE WHAT IS IN FUNGAL TI PRONOUNCED IT RIGHT? OKAY? SO NUMBER 14. LET'S SEE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FINAL PAGE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, YOU'LL SEE, UH, FUNDING WILL BE USED TO PAY FOR A LEASE SPACE THAT WILL BE USED FOR MULTIPURPOSE NEEDS OF YOUNGSTERS THAT WILL PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM. THAT WILL TEACH THEM DANCE, KINETIC YOGA, AEROBICS, ENTREPRENEURIAL WORKSHOPS, GRANT WRITING WORKSHOPS, HEALTH AND WELLNESS.ETCETERA IS SHE OR HE OR IS THIS PROGRAM IN BEAUMONT NOW? UM, YES, YES, IT IS. AND THAT'S FOR LEASE OF THE SPACE. YES, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER. GETS, BUT THANK YOU, UM CHRIS. I SEE THAT. AS FAR AS THESE NONPROFITS THAT ARE SEEKING CDBG FUNDING. THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATIONS ACTUALLY. EXCEED SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOME INSTANCES FROM THE C D A UH, I'M SORRY, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT. WHAT WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF AS REPORT? NOT ALLOCATE ALL OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDS OR HOW IS THAT WORKING THERE? SO WE STARTED OUT WITH THE $200,000 CAP FOR PUBLIC SERVICES AND THAT THAT'S WHAT THE C D A C WAS LOOKING AT. UM HOWEVER, AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, UM. YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT A LOT OF OUR NONPROFITS HAVE, YOU KNOW BEEN AFFECTED AFFECTED NEGATIVELY BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC AND DONATIONS ARE DOWN STEP DID GO BACK, AND WE DETERMINED THAT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE APPLICATOR APPLICANTS HAD MADE WOULD ACTUALLY ALSO FALL UNDER NOT JUST PUBLIC SERVICES, BUT ALSO, UM UNDER PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS A SEPARATE LINE ITEMS. SO ESSENTIALLY, WE WENT BACK AND WE ALLOCATED SOME PUBLIC FACILITIES FUNDING. SO THAT ESSENTIALLY.
EVERYONE WHO ASKED FOR FUNDING GOD, EXCEPT FOR THOSE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED EARLIER. AND I'M ALSO LEARNING THAT THERE'S IN THE PAST BEEN SOME CAUSE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING THAT NEVER GOT USED, BUT IT'S STILL OUT THERE AND IS AVAILABLE AND IS MY CORRECT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD IS GOING TO TRY TO MEET AND MIKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO VARIOUS PROJECTS ON HOW THOSE FUNDS COULD BE SPIRIT. YES SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS C D. A C GRANT CYCLE, THE C D. A C MET AND THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD ABOUT YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE ROLE OF THE C D. A C SHOULD BE EXPANDED. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ESSENTIALLY THE ROLE THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PLAY AS OUTLINED IN THE ORDINANCE, IT'S A PRETTY BROAD, PRETTY BROAD SCOPE. ASSUMING THE C D A C YOU KNOW, WANTS TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD AND SO IT WAS DECIDED AT THAT MEETING THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS OF ALEX. MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALLOCATE THE CD CDBG FUNDS BUT AT THE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS, WHICH WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY THAT THE D A C WOULD RECONVENE IN THE COMING MONTHS AND THEN TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, TO WHAT EXTENT DO THEY FEEL LIKE THE C D. C NEEDS TO EXPAND ITS ROLE, BUT PART OF THAT CONVERSATION IS TO LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THESE UNUSED FUNDS AS TO WHAT WHAT TO DO, AND WE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL. WE'LL WORK WITH THE C D. A. C BECAUSE WE HAVE WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME MAYBES THINGS WE HAVEN'T DONE IN THE PAST. UM THE USES OF THE FUNDS AGAIN, KNOWING THAT THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO MEET THE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF HUD, BUT SO THIS DANCER YOUR QUESTION? YES, WE ARE GOING TO START THAT CONVERSATION HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS SUPPORTING THAT BECAUSE WE, UH, WE HAVE ALL OF US THE ABILITY AND HAVE EXERCISED THAT ABILITY TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD, BUT IN ESSENCE, THE WAY IT'S WORKED FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IS THEY MEET FOR MAYBE THREE MONTHS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL AS TO HOW THOSE FUNDS SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO THE VARIOUS NONPROFITS THAT APPLY, AND THEN THEY SIT DORMANT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. BUT ACTUALLY, THE WAY THE ORDINANCE READS IS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A TRUE ADVISORY BOARD AND BY COUNCIL. ANY NUMBER OF THINGS
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FROM PARK IMPROVEMENTS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING AND IT IS ALL ADVISORY . AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MEMBERS ON THE ADVISORY BOARD THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE AND ARE WILLING TO DO MORE. SO, UH, I SUPPORT THAT. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ONE OF THE APPLICANTS THAT COUNCILMAN MATERIAL MENTIONED EARLIER. THE ONE THAT RECEIVED NOTHING. WAS IT AM I CORRECT IN UNDERSTANDING THAT THEIR REQUEST WAS FOR HEY, UM, FOR SOME THINGS TO HAPPEN IN THE PHASE TWO PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE BUILDING. YES SO ONE OF THE ONE OF THE APPLICANTS THAT WAS NOT FUNDED. UM YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE VERY WORTHWHILE PROJECT THE WILLIAMS CENTER. WE WORK WITH MR WILLIAMS. WE'VE ACTUALLY HE'S BEEN ALLOCATED CDBG FUNDS I KNOW IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A YOU KNOW FACILITY OF THEIR OWN. THE ISSUE WE HAD AGAIN WAS THE REQUEST WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN OUR MAXIMUM. UM, BUT THE OTHER CONCERN IS THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY HOOD HAT, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE TO HUD DIRECTLY. HOW THESE DOLLARS BENEFIT. UM YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE LOW TO MODERATE INDIVIDUALS, AND SO WITH THEM LOOKING AT TRYING TO ACQUIRE A CENTER THAT THEY HAD NOT HAVEN'T PURCHASED YET. UM, I THINK THERE'S A REQUEST WAS FOR ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL. IF THAT DID NOT COME TO PASS, THEN IT'S PROBLEMATIC FOR THE CITY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SHOW WHAT WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND. THAT'S THE PROCESS. WE CAN'T SHOW HUD THAT THERE WAS A DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE INDIVIDUALS AND SO THAT WAS THE CONCERN WITH THAT PROJECT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH MR WILLIAMS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS, BUT THAT'S WHY AT THIS POINT WE CAN'T. WE DIDN'T RECOMMEND FUNDING THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. AND I WOULD JOIN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GETS. THAT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE PAST YEARS IN HELPING TO DEAL WITH ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT MANY TIMES , IT CAN BE VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE MANY TIMES THEY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS. UH AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THE COUNCIL EXACTLY WENT WENT SO THAT CAN BE VERY FRUSTRATING IN SPINNING ALL THE TIME WORKING ON MAKING ALLOCATIONS THAT YOU FEEL WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME AH, SOMETIMES IT'S REJECTED SO YOUR WORK IS NOT IGNORED. IT'S APPRECIATED. YOU MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE DECISIONS. SO I JOINED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GETS AND SAYING THANK YOU. TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE. YES COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, MA'AM PRO TIM CHRIS, OUT OF CURIOSITY FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS. THIS LOAD OF MODERATE INCOME DOES THIS INCLUDE OUR FACILITIES WERE NOT INCLUDED. IS THAT JUST JUST MAKING SURE I ASKED CLEAR. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE LIKE WE CANNOT USE CITY CDBG FUNDING FOR, SAY, A CITY YOU KNOW, CITY HALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS POSSIBLE PARK IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN A PART MAY BE POSSIBLE BUT COULD NOT USE ONE FOR, SAY, CITY BUILDING FOR NORMAL CITY FUNCTION. NOW I JUST WANT A SPECIFIC SONG. WHAT COULD BE USED CITY WISE AND WHAT COULDN'T BE USED RIGHT SO WE CAN USE IT FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES LIKE WE DID THE STREET. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND THE LAST YEAR EARLIER THIS YEAR. BUT IT HAS TO BE IN A LOW MODERATE INCOME AREA, RIGHT? UM BUT WE CANNOT USE IT FOR CITY. ESSENTIALLY, CITY FUNCTIONS. OKAY LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WHAT ABOUT LIKE A FACILITY LIKE THE RECREATIONAL FACILITY NOW GULF STREET. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS TO SEE TO WHAT EXTENT WE COULD, UH, USE SOME OF THESE FUNDS FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN LOW LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREAS. YES, THANK YOU. WOULD, UH, THE. MUNICIPAL ATHLETIC COMPLEX FALL WITHIN THAT CENSUS TRACT. DON'T BELIEVE SO. IT'S GOT THAT LOW INCOME HOUSING. WE CAN LOOK AT THE MAP, BUT MY RECOLLECTION IS IT'S NOT IN A LOW MOD, SO IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN 50% LOW MOD INCOME, AND I THINK I THINK THAT DOES NOT. THAT AREA IS NOT INCLUDED, BUT I'LL CAN DOUBLE CHECK. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE DISCUSSION ON ITEM SEVEN. THERE'S BEEN EMOTION IN THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. SAY AYE, ANY OPPOSED OKAY. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A I DON'T KNOW OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS DO WE HAVE WOULD WOULD
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YOU PLEASE REMEMBER WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM? YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES WHEN THE RED LIGHT GOES, GOES OFF YOUR TIME WILL BE UP. FROM MICHAEL FENNELL, 30 TO 55 CARTWRIGHT BY MY TEXAS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MICHAEL FUNNEL. AND ON[01:40:20]
APRIL 28TH WOULD BE A NATIVE OF BEAUMONT FOR 48 YEARS. I WORKED AT EXXON MOBIL FOR 16 YEARS. UM I'VE COME HERE BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S OUT OF YOUR JURISDICTION. BUT I WANT TO SEE THE TO KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING HAPPENING IN BEAUMONT. UH THERE WAS A LOCKOUT RECENTLY OF 600 PEOPLE AT THE LOCAL REFINERY. IT WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF SENIORITY AND SAFETY REASONS. THAT WAS NOT THE TRUTH. IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I WAS ATTACKED. I WAS ACCOSTED. I WAS ABUSED. AND WHEN I REFUSED TO CHANGE MY STORY, THEY KICKED EVERYBODY OUT OF THE REFINERY. I AM CURSED WITH THE PERSONALITY OF AN IMPACT. THAT MEANS THAT YOU. THINK OF OTHERS BEFORE YOURSELF AND IN IN EXCHANGE YOU HURT YOURSELF. EXXON MOBIL. ATTACKED MY FAMILY. THEY EMPLOYED PEOPLE. THEY. BOTTLE OF MY DOCTORS THEY BOUGHT OFF MY ATTORNEYS. UM, I'VE HAD DEATH THREATS. I'M DEALING WITH A JUDICIAL SYSTEM AS PROCESS A LITIGANT. UM THE JUDGES THAT ARE APPOINTED ARE DEFINITELY IN COLLABORATION WITH EXXONMOBIL. THEY HAVE HIDDEN MY, UM DOCKETS FROM THE PUBLIC WITHOUT PURCHASE. THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE AND THE THINGS THAT I HAVE A SO EGREGIOUS SO NASTY THE HISTORY AND CULTURE. OF THIS CITY. I INTEND TO USE TO HOPEFULLY. REVAMP A LAW THAT IS 58 YEARS OLD, THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. THIS LAW. IS PREVENTING ME AND OTHERS FROM GETTING JUSTICE IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. IT'S DIFFICULT TO STAND HERE. WHEN I WAS SEPARATED FROM MY CHILD. DOING THIS EVENT. THE EMOTIONALLY MENTALLY. AND.JUST ABUSE ME AND SO MANY OTHER AFRICAN AMERICANS. I HAVE A WEBSITE. THAT'S LOCATED ON TWITTER IS MICHAEL FUNNEL, M I C H E L L E N E L L THE NUMBER FIVE IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMELINE OF THESE EVENTS IN WHICH I'M ADDRESSING THESE THINGS, YOU WILL SEE THE CORRELATION WITH HOW THIS THING PAYING THAT WITH THE EXXON MOBIL LOCKOUT. THE DATE THAT THEY SINGLED ME OUT.
WELL I COULD NO LONGER GET A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BECAUSE IT WAS 200 AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT WAS AFFECTED BY THIS WAS THE DATE THAT THEY DECIDED TO RETURN TO WORK. I HAVE THIS INFORMATION. CAN I CONTINUE? UM I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S WE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. AND BORROWING AND NEAT FELL. 34 15 LAUREL BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON PROTEIN MAYOR COUNCIL. UM I WANTED TO SAY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND MOST TO SEE THAT ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WAS TO BE ALLOCATED WAS ALLOCATED NUMBER ONE AND THAT THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE FOUND IN OTHER AREAS TO SUPPLEMENT THE REQUEST AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN, SO THAT'S A THAT'S GOOD NEWS. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO FINISHING OUT. AH THE REMAINDER OF THE FARLOW ARE DORMANT YEAR WITH A NEW TASK THAT THIS IS GONNA BE NEW TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION OF UNALLOCATED FUNDS FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS. I DON'T WANT TO DISCLOSE THE NUMBER OF PUBLICLY BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION, BUT IT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU GUYS AND I WOULDN'T REQUEST, I SUPPOSE, IS THE RIGHT WORD OR ENCOURAGE YOU AS A COUNCIL TO MAYBE MEET AS A WORKING SESSION TO COME UP WITH A FEW IDEAS ON TOP OF OUR OWN TO KIND OF LEAD US AND GIVE US SOME DIRECTION. WHICH WAY YOU GUYS TO LIKE US TO GO, AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY THE DIRECTION AS FAR AS THE ABOUT ITEMS THAT WE JUST HEARD A MINUTE AGO. LIKE WHAT SPECIFIC AREAS CAN WE TALK ABOUT UTILIZING THESE FUNDS IF IT HAS TO BE OVER 50% OF LETTER MODERATE INCOME SPECIFIC AREAS GEOGRAPHICALLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE JUST NEED TO KNOW AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTION BEFORE WE START COMING UP WITH IDEAS THAT MAY NOT BE VIABLE OR, YOU KNOW IN HERDS DIRECTIVE AND SO I'LL LEAVE THAT WITH YOU, CHRIS TO GET BACK WITH US, AND MR AND MRS B. THANK YOU. BYE.
THANK YOU. CHRISTOPHER JONES, 10 45 DO SET AVENUE BEAUMONT, TEXAS.
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GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR PROTIUM AND COUNCIL TODAY I'M ADDRESSING YOU REGARDING A MATTER OF DISCRIMINATORY, DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES. A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. EXCUSE ME AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS HERE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. WE ARE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING SAFE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIAN WALKERS, BIKE RIDERS AND CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES AND ASSISTIVE DEVICES. AS PRESIDENT OF THE CHARMING POLITEST ORACLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MANY RESIDENTS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY, THE SOUTH AND SHORTENED POLLARD PART OF THE CITY, THE AVENUES DOWNTOWN SOUTH PARK, BRICKYARD AND NORTHERN COMMUNITIES. WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST YOUR SWIFT ACTIONS TO RESOLVE AN AGE OLD PROBLEM OF PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL FOR ALL. THE ISSUE OF HAVING SAFE SIDEWALKS. UM AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT ALL RAILROAD CROSSINGS THROUGHOUT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ASSOCIATION AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES OF OUR CITY. OUR NEIGHBORS. THAT SHOES. TO WALK AND CYCLE OR MUST USE WORLD AND EXCESSIVE ASSISTIVE DEVICES HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CROSS RAILROADS IF PROVIDED THE SIDEWALK IS NOT COMPLETE. UM. IN ITS CONNECTION TO THE OTHER SIDE, LEAVING US RESTRICTED. UM, TO COMPLETE. LEAVING US RESTRICTED TO A COMPLETE AND SAFE PUBLIC ACCESS. UM WASHINGTON BOULEVARD WAS RECENTLY RECONSTRUCTED AND NONE OF THE RAILWAY CROSSINGS ALONG GATE. UM IS COMPLETE. WITH THE NEW PROJECT THAT JUST, UH, CO INSPIRED UM. THIS ISSUE IS ALSO RESTRICTING COMMUTERS MENTIONED FROM, UH FROM ACCESS TO THE SERVICES AND RESOURCES LOCATED IN AND AROUND THESE OFFICES. AFTER CLOSING AND DISCONTINUING THE MAIN STREET AND THE PEARL STREET ACCESSES. MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS OF THE ASSOCIATION FIND IT DIFFICULT TO GAIN ACCESS INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS AND WERE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES. WITH THESE TYPES OF UNPREDICTABLE CLIMATE ISSUES AND BEING SURROUNDED BY UNDERPASSES . WE ALSO ASKED THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO PERFORM A STUDY WITH TEXT DOT TO MAKE ACCESSIBLE ACROSS WHERE THAT CAN BE ELEVATED. AH AND ACCESSIBLE BY VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS, COMMUTERS. THERE IS MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, ALONG WITH PERSONAL TESTIMONY AND RESIDENTS FROM RESIDENTS AND COMMUTERS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, RESPECTFULLY YOURS, THE CHARMING PARLOR HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR JONES. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MORE PROTEIN. OKAY AT THIS TIME.WE ASKED THAT I'LL START ON THIS SIDE. COMMENTS BY OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MR DURIO. THANK YOU . MAYOR, PRO TEMP SAMUEL. JUST TWO THINGS JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE 311 SYSTEM AS SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE USED ANY TYPE OF PROBLEMS YOU MAY HAVE. YOU CAN CALL IN THE 311. THEY'LL HAVE A RECORD OF IT. AND THEY GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE RIGHT, FOLKS. ALSO ONE LAST THING I WAS RIDING MY BICYCLE THIS MORNING AND I NOTICED SOME PEOPLE WHEN THEY PUT OUT THEIR HEAVY TRASH, THE ESPECIALLY LIMBS AND BRANCHES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING THEM IN THE DITCHES. I DON'T WANT TO PUT HIM IN A DITCH, WANT TO PUT IT BETWEEN THE DITCH AND THE STREET? PUT THEM IN THE DITCH, THEN IT AFFECTS DRAINAGE. YOU KNOW? THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COUNCILMAN GETS THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY NEAT ABOUT TO HAPPEN THIS SATURDAY. IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, AT THE JEFFERSON THEATER. AND. I GUESS MOST OF US KNOW, BUT IN CASE YOU DON'T WHEN THE JEFFERSON THEATER WAS CONSTRUCTED. IT WAS AT A TIME WHERE THEY DID NOT EVEN HAVE MOVIES. THAT HAD SOUND THAT WENT WITH THEM. IT WAS DURING THE ERA OF BARTLESVILLE. AND YOU HAD SOLID MOVIES AND IN ORDER TO HAVE ENTERTAINMENT AUDIO ENTERTAINMENT, ALONG WITH THE VISUAL THEY IMPORTED THE ROBERT MORTON WONDER OREGON. WHICH WAS DAMAGED DURING SOME OF OUR STORMS, BUT HAS NOW BEEN RESTORED. SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING
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TO DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY THE 1925 MOVIE. ORIGINAL MOVIE OF PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. WHICH IS A SOLID MOVIE. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE FULL SCORE ON THE ROBERT MORTON WONDER OREGON, WHICH CAN MAKE EVERY SOUND KNOWN TO MAN IT'S AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO COME SEE THIS. AH ORGAN AND I THINK BEAUMONT MAIN STREET TALKED ABOUT ANOTHER EVENT COMING UP IN MAY WITH THE ROBERT MORTON WONDER ORGANS, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND LOOK FOR TICKET INFORMATION FOR THAT. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND. I THINK YOU'LL BE FASCINATED BY THE SOUND THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE WITH THAT ORGAN. IT'S TRULY AMAZING. THE OTHER THING. I WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, AND IT'S IN ALL YOUR PACKETS IS WE'VE GOT TWO MORE LETTERS FROM ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS COMING TO BEAUMONT. WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE BENJI ROGERS VISITOR'S CENTER AND FROM THE BEAUMONT HERITAGE SOCIETY, WHICH JOINS OVER HALF A DOZEN THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT ARE ENCOURAGING THE BATTLESHIP TO BE BROUGHT TO BEAUMONT. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE IS SOME MOMENTUM PICKING UP WITH THIS. I'VE LOOKED AND INQUIRED ABOUT WHETHER SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT THE BATTLESHIP WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE PROCESS, AND AS IT TURNS OUT, THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY EVEN PURSUING IT, EITHER. THEY HAVE NOT. SUBMITTED A RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. I KNOW THE BATTLESHIP TAXES FOUNDATION WOULD LIKE TO BE IN BEAUMONT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD CONCERN EXPRESSED ABOUT IS WITH THE SHIP BLOCK THE VIEW OF THE WATER. WHEN YOU GO DOWN THERE AND LOOK AT CITY STREETS, TEVIS AND ELIZABETH THAT'S TWO CITY BLOCKS LONG AT 600. FT. THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS IS 586 FT, SO IT'LL FIT RIGHT IN THERE WITHOUT BLOCKING ANY OF THE VIEW FROM THE A T AND T PARKING LOT SITE. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS. LOOK AT THIS, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MOMENTUM OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANTS THIS TO HAPPEN. UH, I SAW I GUESS TONY LEFT, BUT TONY RUNS A PODCAST. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH LAST WEEK AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS OF THE BATTLESHIP ALABAMA. OUTSIDE OF MOBILE ON I 10 AND THEY WERE SAYING WELL, YEAH, BUT MOBILES GOT BEACHES AND CASINOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WELL, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE CASINOS HERE IN BEAUMONT. BUT WE DO HAVE A 10. AND IF YOU CAN'T BE THE DESTINATION PLACE, THE NEXT BEST THING IS TO BE ON THE ROUTE TO A DESTINATION PLACE. AND IF THEY CAN DRAW FORWARD AND 50,000 PEOPLE A YEAR TO THE BATTLESHIP ALABAMA. I THINK WE CAN DO SIMILAR NUMBERS BECAUSE THE US HAS TAXES IS EVEN MORE MORE HISTORIC AND HAS MORE TO OFFER THAN THAT SHIP. SO I ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE TO LOOK IN THAT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN MY TIME.THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. AH! CHRIS ONE THING I LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN LOOK INTO MAYBE STAFF OR MAYBE SOME TYPE OF EVENT. MAYBE WHEN OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS IS WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH OUTBIDS. SO I THINK MAYBE IF WE KINDA DID SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM OF CITY OF GOMA, WHERE WE OPEN IT UP AND INVITE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES TO KIND OF LEARN ABOUT THE BID PROCESS AND EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW TO GO ABOUT IT, HOW TO GET ON THE LIST. I THINK THERE WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE PEOPLE SOLICITED TO DO OUR BIDDING PROCESS. ANOTHER THING WITH CDBG . I THINK IT ALSO BE GOOD TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR. AS A GROUP TO THE COMMUNITY. LET THEM KNOW HOW TO COME OUT THERE AND APPLY FOR SOME OF THESE AH MONIES AND FINANCES WE HAVE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, JUST EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON THE PROCESS AND HOW THEY CAN ACTUALLY APPLY. BECAUSE IF WE'RE HAVING MONEY LEFT OVER, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE APPLIES AND KNOWS HOW TO PROPERLY. YOU KNOW, GO AFTER THOSE THINGS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT CONCERNED, MR BOONE. THE WATER METERS IN THE GRASS, PARTICULARLY IN THE FRONT YARDS.
YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE DAMAGED, THEY AUTOMATICALLY GO ON THE BILLS. PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AH LITERALLY ON MY WAY TO COUNSEL. IT THAT I SPOKE TO, AND SHE LITERALLY BROKE DOWN IN TEARS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD YOU KNOW THE BILL INCREASE BECAUSE THE GUY WHO CUT THE YARD CLEARLY DAMAGED YOUR METER. AND IT ULTIMATELY FALLS ON THE RESIDENTS. SO I MEAN, I JUST WANNA SEE IF IT'S SOME KIND OF WAY WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT, SPECIFICALLY WITH SENIORS IN THAT SITUATION. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CAN GET OUT THERE AND CUT
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THEIR OWN YARDS. SO I WANT TO SEE IF IT'S A WAY WE CAN ADDRESS THAT ARE LOOKING TODAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW. THANK YOU TODAY WE HAD SEVEN PROCLAMATIONS. AND. IT WAS OBVIOUS THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR CITY THAT ARE SERVING OUR CITIZENS AND DOING THE BEST THEY CAN TO MAKE BEAUMONT BETTER. AND SO JUST A QUICK WORD TO THOSE OF YOU HEAR THOSE WATCH ONLINE LATER. I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE PROUD OF BEAUMONT. AND WE NEED TO BEGIN TO DROWN OUT THE NEGATIVITY WITH THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND TO SIMPLY SAY YOU KNOW, I AM PROUD OF MY CITY, AND I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT. SO THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. NO COMMENT. MAYOR THANK YOU. MADAM ATTORNEY. MANAGER. STAND. OKAY.AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RESET IN THIS MEETING AND WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU FOR
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