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CURRENTLY. CURRENT TOTAL DEVIATION IS 29.23% SO THERE'S A BIG ENOUGH GAP. THAT RECORD
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REQUIRES US TO DO THIS PROCESS AND ACTUALLY REBALANCED AWARDS. CURRENTLY WAR TWO HAS THE MOST[00:10:19]
POPULATION WITH 10.82 ABOVE THE IDEAL AWARD SIZE HAS STARTED 1925 PEOPLE, AND WARD FOUR, IS THE SMALLEST OF THE WARDS AT 23,502. THAT TOTAL DEVIATION IS 18.41 ITSELF. SO WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE YOU GET THAT NUMBER, WHICH IS SHOWN AS 29.23. SO WHAT WE STARTED OFF WAS OUR INITIAL ATTEMPT AT DRAFT MAP. A IS JUST WITH THE CRITERIA THAT COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED GOING IN AND JUST DOING A WELL PROBABLY THE MOST EASIEST OR CLEAN AS CUTS OR MOVES FROM DISTRICTS OR FROM WARTS. IN THIS DRAFT MAP. A THAT WE PRESENTED WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE TOTAL DEVIATION OF 4.4% THAT'S WELL UNDERNEATH THAT 10% MAXIMUM THAT YOU'RE NEEDING TO GET UNDER, UH WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE MAJORITY BLACK POPULATION AND IN WARDS THREE AND WARD FOUR. AND THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CHANGE AS FAR AS THE OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS IN EACH OF THE OTHER WARDS. BUT ONE THING WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS MAP MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED. WE OBSERVED IT AGAINST THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, STANDARDS AND PRINCIPLES AND THEN THE OTHER GUIDING LIGHTS IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS. WHAT CHANGED IN, UM, DRAFT MAP A AS COMPARED TO WHAT IS THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES MAP? YOU HAVE VOTING PRECINCT FIVE AND VOTING PRECINCT SEVEN. SO IF YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT IS THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES MAP, YOU'LL SEE VOTING PRECINCT SEVEN. WAS INITIALLY THERE AND WARD ONE. AND THAT WAS GIVEN TO WARD FOUR. THEN YOU HAVE VOTING PRECINCT FIVE COMING OUT OF WAR TWO AND GIVING THAT POPULATION INTO WARD FOUR THAT WAS ABLE TO BRING THE POPULATION OUT OF WAR TO MAKE IT SUBSTANTIALLY LESS AND EQUAL AMONGST THE WHOLE CITY. WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF WARD ONE BECAUSE THAT WAS ALSO A RELATIVELY BIG WARD. SO BRINGING THE VOTING DISTRICT SEVEN INTO WARD FOR ALLOWED US TO GET THAT SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSE POPULATION AS A SUBSTANTIAL CLOSE TO THE IDEAL AS WE CAN. SO JUST A BASIC OVERVIEW OF THE THINGS THAT CHANGED THE ONLY DISTRICTS THAT WERE REDRAWN AND BOTH OF THESE AMOUNTS WERE DISTRICTS, 12 AND FOUR DISTRICT THREE WAS RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THAT POPULATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AT 28,292, BUT DISH OR WARD ONE WOULD HAVE, UM 2544 LESS PEOPLE OR TWO TO 2569 LESS PEOPLE AND THEN WARD FORCE PICKING UP THE SUM OF THOSE TWO NUMBERS, WHICH IS 5113. THIS WAS A MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED AT LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND FROM THERE WE HAD ADDITIONAL CHANGES OR CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED HERE IN THE DRAFT MAP B. SO IN DRAFT MAP BE, IT'S VERY, UM I GUESS DIFFICULT TO TELL WHERE IT IS FROM, UH, HOLISTIC VIEW OR JUST FROM THIS MAP ITSELF. BUT WHAT I'VE DONE FOR THE COUNCIL IS HIGHLIGHT ON DRAFT MAP BE WHERE THE CHANGE OCCURS. SO INITIALLY WE HAD ALL OF PRECINCT FIVE COMING FROM WAR TO AND GOING INTO FOUR. IN THIS VERSION OF THIS DRAFT MAP, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE STREET THAT IS EAST CALDWELL. THAT IS NOW GOING BACK INTO WAR, TOO. SO EVERYTHING WEST OF EAST CALDWELL STREET GOING UP TO CALDER BELIEVE DOWN TO THE RAILROAD TRACK THAT WOULD THEN STILL REMAIN A PART OF WAR TO RATHER THAN GOING IN TOWARDS FOR AS PART OF THE WHOLE VOTING PRECINCT. SO THE CHANGE THAT THAT MADE AS COMPARED TO DRAFT MAP A WAS VERY MINIMAL. IT WAS LESS THAN 1% ACROSS THE BOARD, WHEREAS WE HAD A DRAFT MAP. TOTAL DEVIATION OF 4.4 IN DRAFT MAP A HERE IN DRAFT MAP B.YOU'RE HAVING A TOTAL DEVIATION OF 4.99. SO YOU'RE STILL MEETING THAT TOTAL DEVIATION STANDARD GETTING UNDERNEATH 10% WHAT HE ACTUALLY DID STRENGTHEN, UH, THE BLACK POPULATION IN WARDS FOR JUST SLIGHTLY AND YOU KNOW THE NUMBERS CHANGED VERY SLIGHTLY FROM WHAT WAS IN DRAFT MAP PAGE
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DRAFT MAP B. HERE WE TAKE A LITTLE CLOSER. LOOK AT THE CHANGES. UM ON THE RIGHT SIDE.YOU HAVE THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES AND ON THE LEFT. YOU HAVE WHAT'S PRESENTED IN DRAFT, MATT BE WHAT YOU'LL SEE THE SAME AS IN DRAFT MAP. A VOTING PRECINCT SEVEN STILL COMES OUT OF WARD ONE AND GOES INTO WARD FOUR. BUT WHAT CHANGES IS VOTING PRECINCT FIVE RATHER THAN THAT WHOLE PRECINCT . YOU'RE HAVING A SPLIT OF THAT PRECINCT AT THE EAST CALLED WOOD STREET LINE. AND RELATIVELY CLEAN, STRAIGHT DOWN SPLIT, BUT IT IS INDEED A SPLIT OF THAT VOTING PRECINCT. SO YOU HAVE THAT AREA THAT STARTING AT THE NORTHERN PART OF CALDER AVENUE AND GOING DOWN TO THE RAILROAD TRACK. NOW GOING BACK OR REMAINING INTO WAR, TOO. THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN DRAFT MAP A AND DRAFT MAP BE NO OTHER VOTING PRECINCTS WERE SPLIT. AS WE SAID THE TOTAL DEVIATION, THEN ROSE TO 4.99. DISTRICTS ANY AWARDS, 12 AND FOUR WERE REDRAWN. HE HAD ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEAVING WARDS ONE AND TO WARD FOUR GETS A LITTLE LESS PEOPLE THAN WHAT IS PRESENTED AND DRAFT MAP A, BUT IT STILL GETS US TO THOSE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL POPULATIONS TO BE ABIDING BY THOSE PRINCIPLES WE SET UP, SO THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIAL RETROGRESSION IN THE MINORITY VOTING POWER IN WARDS THREE AWARDS FOUR. AND ALSO PROPOSED MAP. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE REMAINING STEPS WOULD BE TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH HAS BEEN SET FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE THE ADOPTION AND FINAL VOTE IN WHICH YOU WILL DECIDE ON WHICH OF THESE TWO DRAFT MAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT AS YOUR CITY COUNCIL BOUNDARIES. THE LAST PRODUCT THAT YOU WILL BE GETTING FROM US IS THAT FINAL REPORT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE THE REPORT, WE WOULD HAVE PREPARED FOR PRECLEARANCE AND ESSENTIALLY JUST MAPS, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS. SO EVERY AGENDA EVERY MINUTE EVERY PRESENTATION ALL OF THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU IN A PHYSICAL AND A DIGITAL FILE. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S A ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY, BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS HOW THE WARDS HAVE CHANGED OR WHAT YOUR PREFERENCES ARE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GET THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO TO BE CLEAR. I ASKED THAT WE CONSIDER AT THE REQUEST OF SEVERAL MY CONSTITUENTS THAT HAD CONTACTED ME. TO DRAW THE REVISED MAP PROPOSED MAP B. AND SINCE THE TIME I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL I'VE ALWAYS REPRESENTED THE CALLED WOULD AREA WHICH IS PRECINCT FIVE HAVE ENJOYED REPRESENTING THE CALLED WOULD AREA WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DURING THE TIME THAT MEETS MONTHLY HAVE ATTENDED ALMOST ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS. UH FIRST UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT THE LATE EDDIE HALL.
AND THEN NOW UNDER THE PRESIDENT OF JERRY JEREMY GROGAN, WE CURRENTLY MEET, UH, EVERY MONTH AND IN FACT CALLED WHEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WISH ME HAPPY BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY ON FACEBOOK, SO I'VE GOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND THEY KNOW THEY CAN COUNT ON ME.
HOWEVER SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS IN THE COLD WOULD AREA DID CONTACT ME AND EXPRESS THEIR PREFERENCE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE ME AS HER COUNCILMAN AND WANTED TO KNOW IF WE COULD WE DRAW THE MAP SO THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BE INCLUDED IN WAR TO REMAIN IN WAR, TOO. SO YOU DID THAT AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT . AND WHAT I WISH WE WOULD HAVE IS A COMPARISON SIDE BY SIDE OF DRAFT DAY AND DRAFT BE AH, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS REALLY ONLY TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AND NOT VERY MANY HOUSEHOLDS, AND THAT'S WHY THE NUMBERS DON'T CHANGE VERY MUCH. SO MY REQUEST WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE ON IT. I KNOW IT'S NOT TODAY, BUT MY REQUEST WILL BE FOR US TO CONSIDER, UH, MATT BE OVER MAP A AH AND AGAIN JUST FOR THE PUBLIC WHAT THAT IS. IF EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE LINDBERGH OVERPASS. BUT YOU TAKE OFF OF COLLEGE TO KIND OF CUT THROUGH CALLED WOOD TO GET INTO THE WEST END. ONCE YOU COME ACROSS THE LINDBERGH OVERPASS AND YOU GET INTO THE CALLED WOULD EDITION THAT STREET BECOMES EAST COLD WOULD AND.
WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT EVERYTHING TO THE WEST OF EAST CARD WOULD REMAIN IN WAR, TOO,
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AS IT HAS HISTORICALLY. AND EVERYTHING TO THE EAST OF EAST CALLED WOULD WOULD GO INTO.COUNCILMAN DURING THOSE WAR WOULD LOVE TO KEEP ALL THE CALDERWOOD. THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE, AND IT'S A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT BECAUSE OF REDISTRICTING.
EVERY DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME POPULATION OR REASONABLY CLOSE.
AND THAT'S WHY COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL HAS TO GIVE UP SOME OF HIS WARD. THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO GIVE UP SOME OF MY WARD. AND AS I SAY , MY WORD, I MEAN WAR TO THE WORD I REPRESENT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO CHANGE. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE PURPOSE I HAD HAD CONSTITUENTS. CONTACT ME ASKED ME TO DO THIS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO ASSURE EVERYBODY IN CALLED WOULD EVEN IF THEY GO INTO WAR FOUR AND I'M COMPETENT COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO WILL BE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR NEEDS. THEY CAN STILL CALL ON ME AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO THEIR NEEDS AS NEEDED. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUELD VISIT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GETS WITH HIS CONCERN, PARTICULARLY FROM HIS CONSTITUENTS. BUT SINCE WE'RE HERE WE'VE ALWAYS WE REPRESENT CITIZENS. EVERY CITIZEN OF BEAUMONT COLLECTIVELY AS A BODY, AND I DO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEIR CONCERN, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE OUR DECISION NOT BASED ON PERSONAL FEELINGS OR PERSONAL BIASES, AND THE STATISTICAL DATA IS IMPORTANT AND ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS AND I DID EXPLAIN TO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS, UM THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IF WE WERE TO GO WITH MAP BE. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE GOTTEN AWAY AND SPLIT A PRECINCT. UH WE'VE NEVER SPLIT PRECINCTS AND THAT'S WHAT MAP A AS I UNDERSTAND. HEY, MOVES THE ENTIRE PRECINCT INTO ANOTHER WAR IF WE WERE TO GO WITH MATT B. PART HALF OF THE PRECINCT WOULD BE IN ONE AREA. ONE WAR AND THE OTHER HALF WOULD BE IN THE OTHER . AND UM, THAT SETS A PRECEDENT THAT WE MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON FEELINGS ARE BASED ON, UH, OUR IDEAS, BUT I JUST THINK THAT IT'S BETTER TO FOLLOW SOME STATISTICAL DATA OR SOME SCIENTISTS, SCIENTIFIC DATA AS A BASIS OF WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.
SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING DO THAT TO MY INTENTION. COUNCIL MEMBER. THERE. SURE I WANT TO SAY ONE THING. IT DOESN'T BUT HALF THE PRECINCT FIVE AND MORE TO IT. PUTS A SLIVER OF PRECINCT FIVE AND WAR TWO AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IF ALL A PRECINCT FIVE WENT INTO WAR BEFORE IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE MORE RICHER, AGGRESSIVE. THEN, IF THAT SLIVER REMAINED IN WAR TWO IS THAT CORRECT COULD SAY IS THAT THE BLACK POPULATION IF IT WERE TO TAKE ALL OF PRECINCT FIVE INTO WARD FOR IT WOULD DIMINISH SLIGHTLY, BUT IT'S SO MUCH OF A MINIMAL GAIN OR MINIMAL DIFFERENCE THAT IT WON'T MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, BUT THE WHOLE 60% TO 59.65 RIGHT IN THE WHOLE POINT OF DOING. THIS, OF COURSE, IS TO COMPLY WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE RETROGRESSION THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GERRYMANDER WARDS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE MINORITY COMMUNITY IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR VOICE CUT OUT, AND THAT'S THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. BY GOING TO MAP BE IT ACTUALLY. MAKES THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES VOICE AND WAR FOR A LITTLE BIT LOUDER, NOT A LOT, BUT A LITTLE BIT LOUDER THAN IT WOULD BE IF THE WHOLE PRECINCT WENT INTO WARD FOUR. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIA. MR PAUL, UM, SOMETHING YOU'VE DONE THIS. I'M PRETTY SURE MANY TIMES THAT OTHER CITIES. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S NORMAL. WE HAVE A REQUEST LIKE THIS AND MOVING LINE A FEW BLOCKS, WHICH, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE, YEAH, AND , UH, YOU KNOW, THE CRITERIA IS ACTUALLY CONTEMPLATES THAT IT SAYS, WHERE POSSIBLE. WE'LL MOVE THE WHOLE VOTING PRECINCTS. BUT YOU KNOW, IN THE INSTANCE LIKE THIS OR AT THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL WE CAN GO IN AT THAT SMALLER CENSUS BLOCK LEVEL AND THEN MOVE STREETS ACCORDING TO HOW YOU KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS INTEL OR MAKING THE NUMBERS WORK AND
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OTHER CITIES WE'VE WE'VE STARTED AT THE CENSUS BOX LEVEL AND, YOU KNOW, HAD TO GO FROM THERE RATHER THAN THE PRECINCT LEVEL BECAUSE IT WAS EITHER JUST TOO BIG OR IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. IT WASN'T A FULL PRECINCT. IT WAS TOO SMALL OF A CITY, SO WE'VE WORKED IN THIS LEVEL BEFORE.WITH THE CENSUS BLOG AND MOVING STREETS ONLY, AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO DO SUCH THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS. MR PULLUM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FINAL PRESENTATION SO THAT WE COULD TAKE THE VOTE. THANK YOU. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UM, ON OUR MAKEUP, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH FOUR. PLEASE COMPLETE THE GREEN SLIPPED TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM. PHILADELPHIA GIVE IT TO THE PARK TO THE EYE, RIGHT? YOUR LEFT WILL CALL YOUR NAME. WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK . GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON AT THE END OF YOUR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME THERE. OKAY
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THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR EMOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. SURE YOU MAY.JUST BEAR WITH US WHILE SHE FILL OUT.
OKAY PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO AGAIN AT THIS TIME, I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED A MOTION AND A SECOND MAYOR BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT. DISCUSSION I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT ITEM E ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. BE TABLED SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AUTUMN. FURTHER IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. REQUEST EVER REQUEST FOR ITEM E TO BE PULLED.
MOTION AND A SECOND. QUESTION BEFORE WE WITH IT. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER JUST TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. THIS ITEM IS ON THEIR LIST OF IT'S JUST SOMETHING PERSONAL THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO DISCUSS FURTHER. SO YOU HAVE TIME. BUT IT IS, UH, PENDING LITIGATION. SO I MEAN, THERE IS WE'RE ON A COURT SCHEDULE. SO THAT IT'S NOT IMMEDIATE. CANCER MEMBER SAMUEL DID SHE OKAY. THE DOCKET AS OF YET, SO IT'S IN. UM IT'S A FEDERAL CASE. SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WE ENTER INTO DUCKETT SCHEDULE. SO, UM IT'S IN JUDGMENT. KALI'S COURT WHO DOESN'T NINE MONTH TRIAL SCHEDULE, SO IT'S SEPARATE TRIAL. SO CAN WE AMEND THE MOTION, THEN? YES. I CAN AMEND MOTION TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT IT BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSION. NO, WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO EXCLUDE ITEMS E. NOT YET THERE'S STILL DISCUSSING DISCUSSING. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT FORGET THAT, OKAY? YES. SO, UH, YOU WERE SAYING DELAY IT FORWARD TO THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY? YES. TYPE TYPE IMPACT THE TRIAL DOCKET. WE CAN DISCUSS IT WITH OPPOSING COUNSEL, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE TO AGREE GIS. I THINK IT'LL BE A PROBLEM. IT WON'T BE A PROBLEM. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. OKAY? DON'T WITHDRAW MY SECOND.
UM. NO MEMBER NEIL MADE THE SECOND FOUR. OH YOU GUYS WILL VOTE ON THE TABLE AND THEN, UM THEN THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ENGINE THAT AUTOMATICALLY DIES AND SO THAT YOU HAVE TO DO A NEW MOTION FOR ITEMS A THROUGH D, RIGHT. SO AGAIN, I MOVE THAT WE TABLE OUT OF ME. UH UNTIL THE NEXT EXECUTIVE SESSION WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT THAT. THAT REQUEST OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND FLOOR. DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIA. I'M NOT AWARE OF WE DISCUSSED THIS ALREADY. AND I THOUGHT WE WAS ALL MOVING IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION. AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT WILL MAKE ME CHANGE OR TO
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UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE TABLE IN THIS AND NOT VOTING ON IT. WE WE HADN'T HAD ANOTHER MEETING.SINCE THEN. NOBODY'S TOLD ME ANYTHING. COUNCILMAN DURIO. I WAS CONTACTED BY COUNCILMAN GETS, AND HE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THAT THAT INFORMATION AND I GUESS A MEMO AND IN WRITTEN FORM TO COUNSEL, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COUNCILMAN GETS AND COUNCILMAN NEIL WANTED THAT INFORMATION TO BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO COUNSELING AND EXECUTIVE SESSION SO IT COULD BE DISCUSSED. UM COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IF IT'S NECESSARY THAT IT'S INTENDED FOR ANYONE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE. BUT IT'S JUST SO THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN BE PRIVY TO THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY ALL IN FAVOR OF TABLING ITEM NUMBER E. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSE NO NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH DEAN. APPROVE ITEMS A THROUGH D. HAVE EMOTION. MAY I HAVE A 2ND 2ND MOTION IN A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE. JUST CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.
[1. Conduct an election for Mayor Pro Tempore ]
I'M NUMBER ONE IS TO CONDUCT AN ELECTION FOR MAYOR PRO TIM, ACCORDING TO THE CITY CHARTER, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL ELECT ONE OF ITS MAYOR PRO TEM. FOR ONE YEAR TERM, THE MAYOR PRO TEM SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE MAYOR IN CASE OF THE ABSENCE OR INABILITY, THE MAYOR TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE AND IF A VACANCY OCCURS, SHALL BECOME THE MAYOR FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. UM, FOR CHRIS TERRIO TO BE APPOINTED AS THE NEW MAYOR PRO TOO. I HAVE A SECOND PLACE SECOND. HAVE EMOTION IN THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ANY DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER ONE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE. AH POSE. THE MOTION CARRIES.CONGRATULATIONS CHRIS. THANK YOU . MAY HAVE THE READING INVITED NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM.
[2. Consider authorizing the Interim City Manager to submit an application to the Texas General Land Office (GLO) for Community Development Block Grant -Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program funding related to drainage improvements along Phelps Road and authorize the Mayor and Interim City Manager to act as the City's executive officer and authorized representative in all matters pertaining to the city's participation in the CDBG-DR Program ]
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE OR GLOW FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM FUNDING RELATED TO DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG PHELPS ROAD. AND AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR AND INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO ACT AS THE CITY'S EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION. IN THE CDP GDR PROGRAM. TROPICAL STORM OF MELDED SEVERELY IMPACTED THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND THE CITY'S DESIRES TO INCREASE RESILIENCE TO DISASTERS AND REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE LONG TERM RISK OF LOSS OF LIFE. INJURY DAMAGE TO AND LOSS OF PROPERTY AND SUFFERING AND HARDSHIP BY LESSENING THE IMPACT OF FUTURE DISASTERS. THE PROJECT'S DETAIL WITHIN YOUR AGENDA, ITEM AND APPLICATION WILL ADDRESS MAJOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. ALONG PHELPS ROAD. WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED AS AT RISK DUE TO DURING TROPICAL STORM IMELDA THE CDBG D. R APPLICATION REQUEST AMOUNT TO BE FILED. WILL BE $1 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION ACQUISITION AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. THE APPLICATION WILL REQUIRE CAST CASH MATCH. BASED ON CDBG, D R APPLICATION AMOUNTS AND REQUEST AMOUNT AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $55,479.06. FOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES COMMITTED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FROM THE GENERAL FUND. THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS 1,055,479. AGAIN TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. GRANTED THE GRANT IS AWARDED FUNDING WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. RECOMMENDS APPROVAL SHOULD POINT OUT THAT AND LOOKING AT THIS AREA AFFECTED BY TROPICAL STORM IMELDA. IN THE GENERAL AREA WE SAW ABOUT, UH IN EXCESS OF 200 HOMES AFFECTED DURING THAT DURING THAT STORM AGAIN, THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? TO APPROVE HAVE EMOTION. MAY I HAVE A 2ND 2ND? I HAVE A[00:35:01]
MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR . IN THE DISCUSSION, COUNCIL MEMBER GUESTS AND COUNCIL MEMBER TURNING BART WE HAD PREVIOUSLY PREFER HAD PREPARED FOR US, UH, A COMPREHENSIVE FLOOD DRAINAGE STUDY AND IT RECOMMENDED MANY, MANY PROJECTS, AND THEY PRIORITIZE SOME KIND OF ON A COST BENEFIT BASIS WAS THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT ONE OF THOSE LISTED IN THERE? NEITHER OF THESE WERE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT IN THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO SMALL A SCALE IF YOU REMEMBER THE MASTER DRAINAGE STUDY CALLED OUT, RATHER LARGE PROJECTS, UM THEY I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE SMALLEST WAS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM WERE A MILLION DOLLARS OR UNDER ATTENDED MANY ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE GREATER. SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, WE WERE MADE AWARE OF IT, UM, IN THE SPRING OF 2020 BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED FOR OUR ABILITY TO APPLY FOR IT . A MAXIMUM AWARD UNDER THIS GRANT WAS MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WE MAXED OUT IN THIS CASE. UM WE WERE REQUIRED TO FIND A PROJECT AREA THAT MET THE L A, MY, UM GOAL FOR IT. AND SO WE LOOKED FOR AREAS IN THE CITY THAT WERE VICTIMS OF REPETITIVE FLOODING BASED ON OUR DOCUMENTATION OF THE PAST, AND THEY WERE A CONCISE, SMALL ENOUGH AREA FOR US TO BE EFFECTIVE WITHIN. THE AWARD AMOUNT SO THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GONNA OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, COUNSELOR. RETURN MR MANAGER THROUGHOUT THE REST OF OUR AGENDA, I NOTICED, IT SAYS A LOT OF THESE GRANTS ARE ASKING FOR MATCHES. FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND CITIZENS WATCHING CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN TO THEM? THE MATCH PROCESS. AND WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF? BECAUSE I GOT A FEW PHONE CALLS TO MAKE SURE I GAVE THEM ACCURATE INFORMATION. I WANT TO VERIFY. YES, SIR. SO AS YOU CAN TELL FROM TODAY'S AGENDA. WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN IN OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS LOOKING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, DEPENDING UPON WHERE THOSE GRAND OPPORTUNITIES ARE COMING FROM. SOMETIMES THEY'RE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SOMETIMES THEY'RE FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT, SOMETIMES OR EVEN FROM PRIVATE SOURCES. EVERY GRANT IS DIFFERENT, AND SO, UM, SOMETIMES THERE IS NO MATCH. BUT USUALLY THERE IS AND THE REASON BEING IS, UM, THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS THAT, UH, A APPLICANT HAS SOME SKIN IN THE GAME. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING FINANCIALLY IN IN THE GRANT APPLICATION, SO PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT, YOU KNOW, APPLYING HERE AND THERE AND THEY DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE SO MOST GRANT AGAIN DO HAVE MATCH MATCHES AGAIN. IT VARIES SOMETIMES IT'S 5% SOMETIMES 10 SOMETIMES 20 FOR 25% YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE AGENDA. THERE'S A 50% MATCH. THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS SOMETIMES IT'S A CASH MATCH WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SUBMIT CASH OR SOMETIMES IT'S IN KIND. SOMETIMES IT'S FORCED LABOR. SO THERE'S A VERY THERE'S VARIOUS WAYS AGAIN, DEPENDING ON HOW THE GRANT IS WRITTEN AS TO HOW YOU ACHIEVE THAT MATCH. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. OKAY ALL IN FAVOR.PROVEN ITEM NUMBER TWO. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES THE
[3. Consider authorizing the Interim City Manager to submit an application to the Texas General Land Office (GLO) for Community Development Block Grant -Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program funding related to drainage improvements in the Laura Addition and authorize the Mayor and Interim City Manager to act as the City's executive officer and authorized representative in all matters pertaining to the city's participation in the CDBG-DR Program ]
READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. MARRIED COUNCIL ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE. G L O FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY OR CDBG DDR PROGRAM FUNDING RELATED TO DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LAURA EDITION. AND AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR AND INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO ACT AS THE CITY'S EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE AND ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CDBG DDR PROGRAM. AGAIN SIMILAR TO THE PRIOR ITEM. THIS GRAND OUT APPLICATION. WE'LL ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS MAJOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LAURA EDITION SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. THE CDBG ARE CDBG D . R APPLICATION REQUEST AMOUNT TO BE FILED WOULD BE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. THE APPLICATION WILL REQUIRE CAST CASH MATCH BASED ON THE C D B G D R APPLICANT APPLICATION AMOUNTS AND THE AMOUNT OF 398,365 CONSTRUCTION. ACTIVITIES WITH THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS BEING 1,398,003 IF APPROVED. AGAIN FUNDING FOR THE MATCH IS AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM. THE ADMINISTRATION DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. SECOND MOTION IN THE[00:40:03]
SECOND ON THE FLOOR IS THERE IN THE DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER KIDS? JUST A QUESTION. WHAT KIND OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ARE LOOKING AT DOING OVER THERE? UH, BOTH THE PREVIOUS PROJECT IN THIS ONE IS GOING TO REGRADE THE DITCHES AND REPLACE THE EXISTING CULVERTS WITH NEW PIPES THAT ARE LARGER. UM IN A LOT OF THESE AREAS THAT WE'RE DITCHING. CURRENTLY THE CULVERTS ARE ARE THE PROBLEM THAT WE RUN INTO THE MORE CULVERT SOME MORE EXPANSE. UM IF YOU LOOK AT THIS HANDOUT TRADE, WHICH MIGHT PASSING THAT DOWN YOU'LL SEE THIS EXAMPLE STREET THAT WILL SHOW YOU A PROFILE OF THE DITCH LINE AND THE CULVERTS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT GOES UP AND DOWN AND IMPEDING THE FLOW. SO BOTH THE SIZE OF THE CULVERTS CAN CAN BE A CULPRIT AND HAVING THE CAPACITY BUT ALSO JUST THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT ON GRADE. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM PROFILE.YOU KNOW, AFTER THE PROJECTS FINISHED NOT ONLY WILL THE COLBERT BE INCREASED IN SIZE, BUT THE GRADE WILL BE LINED OUT TO WORKFLOWS PROPERLY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER, DORIA BOY, THIS , UH, THESE TWO PROJECTS HERE THEY'RE SEPARATE PROJECTS FROM THE CITYWIDE DITCHING THAT WE'RE DOING. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS MAYOR I DIDN'T GET. I DIDN'T GET TO HEAR WHO'S SECOND, UM, ON THAT ITEM, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. OKAY THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION OR WHEN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER THREE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES YOU HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
[4. Consider authorizing the submission of an application to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department for the Non-Urban Outdoor Recreation Grant with a representative from staff to carry out the process of the grant on the City's behalf ]
PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR THE NON URBAN OUTDOOR RECREATION GRANT. IN ORDER TO, UH, IN ORDER TO, UM LET'S SEE NON ORBIT. EXCUSE ME. NON URBAN OUTDOOR RECREATION GRANT WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM STAFF TO CARRY OUT THE PROCESS OF THE GRANT ON THE CITY'S BEHALF. AS YOU'RE AWARE OF THE CITY HAS 36 PARKS ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY THAT IT MAINTAINS YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT IMAGINATION STATION AT CENTRAL PARK IS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT UPDATES AND MAINTENANCE MADE ON THE EQUIPMENT AT IMAGINATION STATION , BUT WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE REQUIRED ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT MAY PROVIDE THE CITY AND OPPORTUNITY THROUGH FUNDING TO REPLACE THE IMAGINATION STATION.THE GRANT PROGRAM AWARD AMOUNT IS UP TO $750,000 WITH A 50% MATCH. IN THIS CASE, THE MATCH FLEXIBILITY ALLOWS IN HOUSE LABOR EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS AS WELL AS CASH. THE FUNDING AGAIN WOULD BE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, NON URBAN OUTDOOR GRANT, ALONG WITH THE LOCAL MATCH FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. I HAVE EMOTION. PLEASE MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR AND THE DISCUSSION. REMEMBER KIDS COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO AND TURNER . IF WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE THIS GRANT, DO WE HAVE TO GO BACK IN WITH EXACTLY WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE. DO WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO PUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS ON THAT SITE? NO, SIR. WELL, WE HAVE. WE'LL HAVE FLEXIBILITY. SO AS YOU ALL MAY BE AWARE, THESE WOODEN PLAY STRUCTURES LIKE LIKE IMAGINATION. STATIONS WERE KIND OF VERY POPULAR BACK IN THE NINETIES, AND YOU SEE THEM. IN CITIES REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY . THE ISSUE WITH THESE STRUCTURES, OF COURSE, IS EVEN WITH THEM BEING TREATED LUMBER.
LIKE YOU KNOW, LIKE A PRIVACY FENCE OR A DECK AT YOUR HOME. YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY IT HAS TO BE REPLACED. AND SO CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY OR HAVING TO FACE THE SAME ISSUE AND SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. WE'RE NOT . WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY RECOMMENDING THE EXACT REPLACEMENT OF THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE, BUT WE HOPE TO PROVIDE SOMETHING EVEN BETTER.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIA QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. ON THIS GRAPH IS THAT IF WE GET WITH IT JUST BE FOR THE IMAGINATION STATION. PRENEURS ENOUGH MONEY IN THIS GRANT TO DO OTHER PARKS PROJECTS IN THE CITY. FOR THIS GRANT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF IMAGINATION STATION AND AGAIN, I THINK PEOPLE ARE VERY SENTIMENTAL BECAUSE LOT OF FOLKS WERE INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT. THEY TAKE THEIR KIDS THEIR THEIR GRANDKIDS THERE FOR REALLY DECADES NOW IT NEEDS TO BE, I THINK SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. I THINK THIS GRANT WOULD ONLY COVER IMAGINATION STATION. OKAY ONE OTHER QUESTION . CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU SAID
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MATCH FLEXIBILITY AND WE COULD USE IN HOUSE LABOR EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS AS A MATCH? IS THERE A FORMULA THAT YOU FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH THAT LABOR IS WORTH, AND YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER FOR THE MATCH? YES OR SO WHAT? IF IF AWARDED, WE WILL HAVE TO REPORT BACK UP TO TEXAS PARKS, AND PART OF THAT WOULD BE IS IF WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT, YOU KNOW AGAIN, LET'S SAY FORCED LABOR AS PART OF OUR MATCH. YES WE WILL HAVE TO DOCUMENT HOW MANY HOURS WHAT THE RATE OF PAY IS ETCETERA. IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY THAT TO THE STATE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M A BIG QUALITY OF LIFE, GUYS, SO I WANT TO COMPLIMENT STAFF ON ACTUALLY MOVING TOWARDS LOOKING AT GRANTS AND DOING THINGS THAT IDENTIFY OUR PARKS. ME PERSONALLY. THE MEDIAN AGE IN BEAUMONT IS ROUGHLY 33 YEARS OLD, AND THIS IS A FAMILY CITY, SO I THINK PARTS ARE ESSENTIAL WHEN IT COMES TO QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND FURTHERMORE, I JUST LIKE US TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE. HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PROACTIVE APPROACH. I AM APPRECIATIVE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING IMAGINATION STATION, BUT THE REALITY IS WE GOT A LITTLE NEGATIVE PRESS ABOUT IMAGINATION STATION. THERE WAS LITERALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD PARKS WHEN I WAS A KID, LITERALLY 30 YEARS AGO, SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO STRATEGICALLY, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS OR AT LEAST HAVE ON FILE SOME OF THE ISSUE IS GOING ON OUT OF PARKS. YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. BUT I WILL SAY I WANT TO COMPLIMENT STAFF BECAUSE YEAH, ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY. LISTEN TO THE CRIES AND Y'ALL WENT AGGRESSIVELY AND MADE MOVES TOWARDS REACHING THE GOAL. AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALSO, UH, CITY MANAGER, BUT ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU AND STAFF FOR AGGRESSIVELY GOING OUT BECAUSE WE DID WE GOT, UM A COUPLE OF BAD REPORTS AND, UM OVER IMAGINATION STATION, BUT THEY WERE LEGITIMATE. UH REPORTS THERE WERE SOME AREAS THAT WEREY DANGEROUS TO CHILDREN. AND SO AGAIN, THEY REPORTED IT TO US. WE CONVEYED IT TO STAFF STAFF HAS MADE A MOVE AND, UM WE SEE NOW THAT IT WILL BE FIXED AND IT WILL BE REPAIRED. I'M SURE WITH NEW EQUIPMENT. AND, UM EVERYTHING GETS OLD. EVERYTHING NEEDS A FACELIFT. EVERYTHING NEEDS A LITTLE TOUCHING UP EVERY NOW AND THEN. SO IT'S GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S GREAT, UM, FOR EVERYONE THAT GO OUT THERE. OF COURSE I WASN'T THAT FORTUNATE TO PLAY THEIR, UH, AJ . BUT FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT DO GO OUT AND USE THE PARK QUITE FREQUENTLY. EVEN THE EMPLOYEES AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT THERE WALKING ON THEIR LUNCH BREAKS AND, UM THE PARK IS REALLY, REALLY UTILIZED . SO THAT'S A GREAT THING AND LIKE SAYING ANOTHER GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE EFFORT THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT AREA, SO THANK YOU, WITH ALL OF THAT SAID ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES. THIS[COMMENTS ]
TIME IT IS NOW FOR UM. COMMENTS PUBLIC COMMENTS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY FILLED OUT THE GREEN SLIP AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM, PLEASE DO SO HAND IT TO THE CLERK TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.YOUR NAME WILL BE CALLED. WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO COME UP AND SPEAK. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR THREE MINUTES AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON AT THE END OF YOU THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. JD ROBERTS 54 75. LANDRY LANE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. JERRY MAYER COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. MY DAUGHTER TELLS ME AND SHE SAYS, DAD, YOU NEED TO WRITE STUFF DOWN BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING OLD. SURE I REALLY DOWN. FIRST OF ALL I LIKE TO GIVE THANKS TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. FOR SHOWING UP TO KNOW YOUR COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND SPEAKING TO THE KIDS. AND A SIX YEAR OLD THAT WAS LISTENING TO HER ONE A LAPTOP, SO HE WANTED ME TO TELL YOU THANK YOU FOR THE LAST TIME. SECONDLY I LIKE TO THINK CONGRESSMAN TELLING NEIL FOR SPONSORING S O. C ONCE AGAIN. AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU MIGHT GET FOR SHOWING UP FOR THE 10TH YEAR. THAT WAS OUR 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. AND MIKE SHOWED UP AGAIN, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. I KNOW THE OTHER CITY COUNCILOR MIGHT HAVE BEEN BUSY, BUT I HAD TO GIVE Y'ALL Y'ALL PROPS, BUT I'M HERE TODAY. TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT MYSELF AND SOME OF THE CITIZENS HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO SELECTING OF A NEW CITY MANAGER. AND THE GREAT MAJORITY
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OF THOSE CITIZENS WHO I'VE TALKED TO BELIEVE THAT HIND WITHIN THE RIGHT IF SOMEONE.IT'S QUALIFIED IS BETTER THAN STARTING OVER AGAIN THE SAME AS SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT DO. I STAND HERE TODAY, ASKING YOU AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOME OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HIRING FROM WITHIN THE RANKS. YOU HAVE WORKED WITH CHRIS BOOM. AND I'M SURE THERE'S NO QUESTION IN YOUR MIND THAT HE IS CAPABLE OF NOT ONLY DOING THE JOB BUT DOING A GREAT JOB. FOR YOU. AND THE CITIZENS OF OBAMA. TEXAS. TODAY WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR ME TO SEE JUST HOW WILL MACHINE WORKED. YOU GUYS WORK TOGETHER? I MEAN, I'M I'M APPLAUD. I LIKE THEM BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME I'VE COME HERE. NO ARGUMENT, NO BITTER. I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST PLEASING. TO SEE HOW Y'ALL COMMUNICATED. AND DEAL WITH Y'ALL DID TODAY. SO PLEASE LISTEN TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY. UM CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. CONTINUE DOING THE GOOD WORK AND WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RODERICK J. BROWN 23 10 SUNNY PERKINS, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MOVED ON, MR SAMUEL DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RODERICK JAMES BROWN. I AM THE SON. OF A NOUN. RADIO PERSONALITY. BOY BROWN. WHO IN 1972. WAS SAVAGELY. AND UNJUSTLY. BEATEN.
AND PARALYZED FROM THE NECK DOWN PERMANENTLY. BY MEMBERS. THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
EXCUSE ME FOR A MINUTE. OBVIOUSLY. YOU REALIZE AND UNDERSTAND THAT NO ONE HERE TODAY IN THIS ROOM. WAS OF AGE. AND 72. SO I FOLLOWED UP. BLAME NO ONE HERE. WITH THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT. WE WERE ALL OF IT OUT OF THERE SINCE AGE HOW WAS THE ONLY 12 AT THE TIME? WITH MY LIFE WAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED. IT AFFECTED ME BOTH MELLIE. EMOTIONALLY. SOMETIMES PHYSICALLY, AND IT STILL DOES TO THIS DAY. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. WAS EVER DONE. TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT ACCOMMODATE MY FAMILY. YOU KNOW THE FUTURE. REALITY. HERE WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THEM. NOW, ONCE AGAIN. IT'S HAPPENING. RIGHT HERE IN BEAUMONT. SO WE WORK IN AND IT'S OPENED OLD WOUNDS. I AM CALLING FOR JUSTICE. CHRISTOPHER SHAW. IN THE NAME. FOR MY FATHER. BOY BROWN. LOOK, YOU ALL IN THE EYES OF THE ACTION. DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
RICKY, JASON 10, 77 MAGNOLIA, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING BOARD. FIRST OF ALL, I THANK AND PRAISE GOD, I'M COMMUNITY ACTIVIST RICKI JASON, THE PROTEGE OF THE LATE DICK GREGORY. AND I WANT TO TAKE YOU ALL BACK TO 1972. WHEN MR FAME. THE TITLE. MR BOYD BROWN WAS
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BEATEN. HIS BODY WAS SWOLE. HE LAID ON THE CONCRETE POLICE OFFICERS LET HIM LAY ON THE CONCRETE FOR 15 TO 20 HOURS, JUST LIKE THEY DID, CHRISTOPHER. SURE. THEY COULDN'T TAKE HIS PHOTO BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T HOLD HIS HEAD UP. AND IT'S SAD AND THEY GOT SOME GOOD POLICE OFFICERS DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT THEY GOT SOME BAD ONES, TOO. THIS POLICE OFFICER. MR JAMES GILLUM. WHAT YOU DID TO CHRISTOPHER SHAW. PICKED HIM UP IN THE JAILHOUSE. SLAMMED HIM, DROPPED HIM ON HIS HEAD AND PARALYZED. THERE WAS EVIL THAT WAS HATEFUL. THAT WAS MEAN AND DON'T MATTER WHAT COLOR YOU ARE. THAT WAS RACIST. AND I SAY TO EVERYBODY THAT THAT MAN COULD BE ANY ONE OF Y'ALL CHILD IN HERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO RISK IT ALL BECAUSE BEAUMONT, TEXAS IS FIXED AND EXPLODE. WE'RE GONNA RISK IT ALL FOR ONE CROOKED, BAD COP. WE WANT TO SEE THE AUDIO TAPE. AND WE WANT TO SEE IT NOW, AND I AGREE WITH THE BROWN FAMILY. THIS HAS WAKEN UP MR BROWN AT HIS GRAVE. THIS TOUCHED THE FAMILY. THE WORLD IS WATCHING BEAUMONT, TEXAS. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE AUDIO TAPES. THE WORLD NEED TO SEE IT. MISS XENA STEVENSON SEEN IT. AND IT'S A LOT OF CORRUPTION GOING ON OUT THERE. THE JAILHOUSE THAT PEOPLE THAT JUST GOT TICKETS I NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT. MAY I BEG YOU IN THIS BOARD? HUMBLE MYSELF AND BEG YOU TO PLEASE LET US SEE THE AUDIO TAPES. I BEG YOU TO PLEASE PLEASE LOOKING. LET US SEE. WE NEED TO SEE THE TAPE. THE HIS LAWYER SWORD. WITH THE WITH WITH MS XENA. BUT THE WORLD HAVEN'T SEEN AND WHAT ARE WE HAD? ARE WE GONNA PROTECT ONE BAD POLICE OFFICER AND MESS UP BEAUMONT LIKE JASPER, TEXAS HEELS BECAUSE JASPER IS RUINED BECAUSE OF GIANTS BIRD AND THEY CORRUPTION IF IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOR DICK GREGORY AND I'M COMING DOWN HERE WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERING IT UP. I WORKED ON THAT WITH DICK GREGORY NAIL. SO I HUMBLE MYSELF AND I ASKED YOU ALL TO PLEASE SHOW THE AUDIO TAPE. AND I AGREE WITH THE BROWN FAMILY BY REOPENING A FATHER'S CASE, BECAUSE BACK THEN THEY HAD KLANSMEN THREATENING PEOPLE AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF. CHRISTOPHER SHAW CAN'T WALK NO MORE IMAGINE YOU CAN'T WALK NO MORE BECAUSE OF POLICE SLAM YOU ON YOUR HEAD WHILE YOU WAS HANDCUFFED AND HAD OTHER OFFICERS STANDING BY HIM. THAT WAS HATRED. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. VIRGIL BROWN, 23, 10 SUNNY PARKINS BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HOW YOU DOING TODAY? COUNCIL, MEN AND WOMEN, LADIES. MAYOR.YES UH, VIRGIL BROWN IS MY NAME BOY BROWN SON. AND, UH, I WANT TO JUST SEE SOME OF THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. BY REOPENING MY DAD'S CASE. JUST THINGS GOT TO HAPPEN RIGHT HERE.
LET'S GET THIS THING STRAIGHT. THAT BOMB ARE DO THE RIGHT THING. THAT'S ALL. I'M ACTUALLY DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DAVID RICHMOND, 36 35 AGUSTA DROPPED BY MY TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DAVID REDMOND. I'M A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE OF 26 YEARS I WORKED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. WHEN I SUPERVISED SCHOOL CROSSING PROGRAM PREPARED BUDGETS FOR SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS, INCLUDING STREETLIGHT PROGRAM. LIKE TO THANK OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER, KYLE HES, MY GOOD FRIEND FOR GIVING ME THAT OPPORTUNITY. IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS WHILE KEEPING OUR SCHOOL KIDS SAFE. BY THE WAY, COUNCIL MADURA, SO MOTHER IN LAW WAS ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES AS A SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD. WELL, LET ME START BY SAYING I LOVE LIVING IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. I BELIEVE THAT GOD IS ONE OF THE BEST CITIES TO RAISE FAMILIES. I BELIEVE I'LL PRESENT LEADERSHIP . ALL YOU GUYS ARE DOING SUCH AN OUTSTANDING JOB. I ALSO BELIEVE UNDER THE PRESENT LEADERSHIP OF OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER CHRIS BOOM, OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW. AND IT'S HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AS A CITY EMPLOYEE. I'VE WORKED WITH CHRIS BOONE AND THE BUILDING CODES DEPARTMENT. WHILE WE WERE HAVING
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NEW CONSTRUCTION BUSINESSES. WITH THEIR DRAWINGS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTED. ALSO WITNESSED MANY OCCASIONS. CHRIS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS.CHRIS IS A MAN OF INTEGRITY. HE'S KNOWLEDGEABLE. CARES ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES. AND BELIEVE AND LOVE THIS CITY AS MUCH AS WE ALL DID. I'M A STRONG BELIEVER IN PROMOTING WITHIN. REWARDING EMPLOYEES WHO JUST WHO'S DESERVING. I BELIEVE CHRIS HAS PROVEN IN HIS ACTING ROLE THAT HE CAN DO THE JOB. LET ME CLOSE BY SIN. OUR RESPECT. AND SUPPORT. WHATEVER DECISION YOU GUYS MAKE. BUT I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS OLD SAYING. IF IT AIN'T BROKEN. DON'T FIX IT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JESSICA LAMBETH TO 32 WEST CALLED WOULD BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HI I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. THIS IS MY FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UM I CAME HERE TO BE A PART OF BEAUMONT TO TRY TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN MY CITY. UM I THINK THE PARKS THAT HE IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE RADIO 15. MAKE A COMMENT ON IT MIGHT GET SAID SAID THAT HE WOULD WISH THAT ALL OF CALLED WOULD WOULD BE IN ONE DISTRICT. AND I LIVE IN THE COLD BOY. AREA AND WE DO HAVE A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THERE.
UM WE HAVE A MEETINGS. WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE. WE ALL GATHER TOGETHER AND IT'S A VERY CLOSE KNIT. NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR? I BELIEVE THE GENTLEMAN IS FROM OUT OF TOWN.
THAT REDISTRICTING DISTRICT, RIGHT? UM AND HE, UH. POSSIBLY DOES NOT KNOW HOW TIGHT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ENDS. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD STAY IN ONE DISTRICT. WHICHEVER DISTRICT IT GOES TO BUT I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT GET THIS DONE A GREAT JOB RISING US. I KNOW I CAN EMAIL HIM AND I CAN COUNT ON HIM. I'M SURE I COULD COUNT ON ANYBODY HERE. BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER BECAUSE WE ARE A VERY CLOSE KNIT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT'S ALL THANK YOU. COME BACK. CHRIS CHRISTOPHER JONES, 10 45 DO SET AVENUE, BELMONT, TEXAS.
GOOD AFTERNOON MARY IN COUNCIL. TODAY I COME TO YOU WITH HEAVY CONCERNS ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT COLLECTIVELY I KNOW WE THAT WE CAN RESOLVE. VOLUNTEERING ACROSS THE CITY. I'M NOTICING A TREND.
THAT I CAN NO LONGER SIT BY AND SAY NOTHING ABOUT ESPECIALLY WHEN MANY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS ACCESS. UH, WITH THIS CURRENT COUNCIL. MANY NEIGHBORS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO BIASES WHEN IT COMES TO THE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF. SOME OF THE DEPARTMENT LEADERS. SOME OF THE CREWS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.
ONE OF THE BIASES I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION TODAY IS RESTRICTIVE IN NATURE. AND HAVE BEEN NOTICED AND EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO ENDURING THIS CURRENT MANAGEMENT AND STAFF. RESIDENTS SUPPORTERS AND ARE CONFLICTED ON HOW PLANS AND POTENTIAL PROPOSALS WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE COUNCIL ONLY BE VERBALLY DISCUSSED. TO SOME EXTENT. TWO MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT AND OR DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY. WITHOUT NOTICE THE CONVERSATION IN PROGRESS. JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE STORED IN OR HALTED UNTIL THE IDEA OR ONE LIKE IT POPS UP OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY. OR THE PROPOSED AREA.
ONE OF THOSE CLONED IDEAS. IS THE LONG AWAITED SOUTH END CHARLTON POLLARD. GREATER COMMUNITY. GARDEN AND ORCHARD. UM. ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHARMING POLITEST, OR ICAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. MOST. IF NOT ALL OF YOU HAVE. SOME OF THE SAME PASSIONS TO RESOLVE ISSUES THAT PLAGUE OUR COMMUNITIES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT MANY OF THE COMMUNITY IS LOSING HOPE NOT JUST IN YOU, BUT BELIEVE THE CAPABILITY OR EVEN THE DESIRE AND WILL TO RESOLVE ISSUES FROM THE CITY MANAGEMENT AND SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION IS NOT IN YOUR FAVOR OR HOURS.
MANAGEMENT AND DEPARTMENT LEADERS UNWILLINGLY ON WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US IS
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WHAT MANY PERCEIVED TO BE A DIRECTOR FROM OUR ELECTED. BUT I CAN ATTEST. WE HAVE NOTICED.THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR FIVE YEARS NOW HAVE BEEN AWAITING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROPOSE A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND ARGENTO COUNCILS STRANGELY IDENTICAL TO THE PROPOSED PRESENTATION YOU ARE RECEIVED IN RECENT WEEKS AGO. IRONICALLY AN OUTSIDE ENTITY PRESENTED TO USE SIMILAR IDEAS. THAT WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING AND PLANNING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THE REST OF WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. KEVIN ALLEN 23 90 PARK STREET BY MY TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON. INTO THE CITY COUNCILMAN TO EVERYONE THAT'S HERE. I THOUGHT I HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM HERE WITH MY CAR BEING TAKEN TODAY. BUT I REALLY DON'T CONSIDERING WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. ABOUT THE INJUSTICES PERSON BEING UM, HANDCUFFED AND HEAT ON THE HEAD. BUT I REALLY DON'T. MY CAR. THIS IS THE SECOND FAMILY THAT CAME HERE. AND THE FIRST TIME I THINK I NOTICED THAT I CALLED THE LAW ISN'T ANY. MY NEIGHBORHOOD 23 90 PARK STREET. THEY NEVER SHOWED UP. HE NEVER CALLED. SO THIS PAST THE DAY AFTER MY BIRTHDAY, WHICH IS THE 19TH AND 20TH. I GOT A STICKER ON MY CAR. I'M GONNA MAKE A SHORT BECAUSE I'M COMING BACK. I GOTTA STICK ON MY CAR, SO I CAME DOWN TO THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THEY GAVE ME THE NAME OF THE PERSON. THEY TOLD ME TO CALL THIS NUMBER BECAUSE HE'S ON DUTY. HE NEVER CALLED. SO TODAY WHEN I WOKE UP MY NEIGHBORHOOD THANK YOU. CAR IS GONE. SO THE CORE IS GONE. AND IT DRIVES BUT HE CALLED, BUT THEY SAY IT'S ABANDONED. I DRIVE IT. SO HERE IT IS. I THOUGHT I HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THAT CARBON GONE, BUT I REALLY DON'T . I'M REALLY PRAYING FOR Y'ALL GUYS. Y'ALL GOT A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND WHATSOEVER. A MAN SWORD. THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOING TO READ. I KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL MAY GO TO CHURCH AND SOME OF Y'ALL MAY NOT LIVE ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD THAT THAT'S BEING HELD UP AS MUCH FOR ITS TRUTH. BUT YOU WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. NO MATTER WHAT NO MATTER HOW MANY ARE SARG ISSUE. YOU WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT. WE HAVE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT FOR THE THINGS THAT WE DO. IT'S NOT ON YOUR CHILDREN. IT'S ON US. IN THE WAY THE WORLD SEE YOU THE WAY THE WORLD SEE YOU HAVE YOU MAY SMILE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S BACK AND YOU AGREE WITH UNRIGHTEOUS NOUS GOING ON. THAT'S GONNA BE ON YOUR GUYS INDIVIDUALLY SOLD COLLECTIVELY SOLD BECAUSE YOU'RE AGREEING ON THIS HERE. BUT MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE BROWN FAMILY 20 SOME OTHER GUY. THAT'S BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME THINGS THAT HAS INJUSTICE FELL UPON HIM. BECAUSE CITY COUNCILMAN IT'S ON YOU. AND I'M EMPLOYING YOU THE CHORUS NOTHING THAT CONSENT CONSIDERING THAT IT WAS TAKEN THE DAY I GET THAT BACK LATER ON. BUT IT WAS IT WAS SOMETHING DEEP FOR ME RIGHT NOW, BUT BUT HERE AND ALL THIS THAT'S GOING ON. IT'S REALLY, REALLY SMALL TO HUMAN LIFE. IT'S REALLY, REALLY SMALL FOR TELLING PEOPLE THE TRUTH AND DOING THE RIGHT THING. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE HERE FOR GIVING, ALLOWING ME TO TIME MIRROR TO STAND BEFORE YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EDDIE ALLEN 96 95 GROSS. BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.
MAYOR CITY ATTORNEY AND ALL OTHERS. AH, I'M ISSUE BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE AWHILE, BUT I KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. AND TODAY THERE'S SO MUCH, THREE MINUTES WON'T HOLD IT, SO I HAVE TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK. AH. HOWEVER I STAY IN AMELIA. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GOING TO BE A TOWER OUT THERE. UM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, PIPER OR PIPER? COUNCILMAN NEIL WOULD KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, AND I CESSNA COLLIDED IN NORTH VEGAS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE A TOWER OR A NON TOWERED AIRPORT. BUT I'M STILL CONCERNED BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE LITTLE BABY PLANES OUT THERE IN EMILIA, BUT WE HAVE PASSENGER PLANES THAT'S COMING THROUGH AND IT RECORD SPEEDS. SO OUR FINEST BEAUMONT. POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN'T KEEP UP WITH GIVING THEM A
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TICKET. THEN THEIR FLIGHT PATTERNS ARE REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO I'M WONDERING EVEN IF THIS IS GONNA BE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND YOU'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MINISTER'S MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. WHO'S TAKING NOTES. LEAVE THAT ALONE. WE HAVE A STREET THAT WAS REPAIRED BECAUSE THERE WAS SORE OVER. ON THE END OF LANDIS, AND AS A RESULT, WE GOT THE STREET FIXED. BUT SOMEBODY FORGOT THE CHILDREN OVER AT A MILLION THAT THEY HAVE TO WALK IN THE STREET. AND THE STREET IS SO SHORT. I SAW KIDS ON MY WAY HERE RIGHT IN THEIR BIKES IN THE STREET, AND WHEN THE CARS COME, THEY HAVE TO GET IN THE DITCH. THE WALKERS. WE HAVE TO GET IN A DITCH. WHEN A CAR PASSED BY AND LAST OCTOBER. THE CITY CAME OUT. THEY DID.NUMBERS ON ALL THE PIPES BECAUSE WE ARE A DITCHED STREET. AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. SO SUBSEQUENTLY, WHEN IT RAINS, THE WATER GOES UNDERGROUND. SO I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE BEEN TOTALLY GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM. EVERY TIME THAT IT RAINS HARD. I HAVE WATER BACK UP IN MY BATHTUB, SO THE CITY HAS COME OUT. NO PROBLEM. THEY HAVEN'T FOUND THE ISSUE. SO, UM. I ASKED WHEN YOU DID THE UM. EVACUATION PLAN ARE THE SAFETY PLAN ABOUT A REGIONAL WARN. AND I WAS TOLD IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. THAT'S IN THE NOTES. DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA HAS IT IN OCTOBER. WE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF DISASTER IN A MILLION AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE CITY. SO WHERE IS THE PARODY? WHERE IS THE CONCERN OTHER THAN INDUSTRIAL? THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE AND WE NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, AND BY CONDOLENCES TO THE BROWN FAMILY THAT HAVE TO, YOU KNOW EXPERIENCE. WHAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH, WITH THINGS CONSISTENTLY HAPPENING. I'M GONNA SIT DOWN. THANK YOU, MISS ADDIE. YOU KNOW YOUR THREE MINUTES OR ANOTHER MINUTE, MA'AM. IF NATURAL SAYS THAT I CAN. I THINK I HAVE SEEN THAT DONE THAT YOU AND I ALLOWED TO HAVE ALLOWED YOU TO CONTINUE EVEN AFTER THE BUZZER WENT OFF, OKAY, ACTS FOR RESPECT OF THE THREE MINUTES RESPECT YOU. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MIRROR. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBER UH TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I WILL START WITH YOU TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO MHM. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MIRROR COUNSEL FOR THE MIRACLE TUNE APPOINTMENT. UH, APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE. AMEN. AND DO A GOOD JOB. WELL I APPRECIATE YOU ACCEPTING AND THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER GETS THANK YOU, MAYOR. I PRACTICED LAW IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FOR 30 YEARS.
PARTICIPATED IN MANY, MANY JURY TRIALS AND I RESPECT THE JURY SYSTEM. THAT DOESN'T MEAN I ALWAYS AGREE. WITH THE VERDICT THEY DELIVER. AND THAT WAS THE CASE IN A VERDICT. IN JEFFERSON COUNTY YESTERDAY. ONE OF OUR YOUNGEST AND FINENESS. POLICE OFFICERS. HAD HER LIFE TAKEN FROM HER. BECAUSE A 19 YEAR OLD KID. DECIDED TO DRINK. MORE THAN TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT. DECIDED TO DRIVE HIS CAR THE WRONG WAY. ON THE HIGHWAY. CRASHED INTO THE POLICE UNIT. KILLING THE POLICE OFFICER AND SERIOUSLY INJURING HER PARTNER. JURY CAME BACK. WITH 20 YEARS. YEAH HE'S ALREADY BEEN IN JAIL FOR TWO. HE'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PERFORATION, APPROPRIATION, PAROLE AND EIGHT MORE. SO AT THE AGE OF 28. HE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. PAROLE IS GRANTED. TO HAVE HIS LIFE BACK.
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THAT POLICE OFFICER FAMILY WILL NOT HAVE HER BACK. I AGREE WITH THE JURY SYSTEM. BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNEY NOTES FOR THE DAY. THE REALITY IS IT IS A LITTLE NEGATIVE ENERGY IN THIS ROOM TODAY. SO TO THE FAMILIES, YOU KNOW IF I CAN MR MATTER, JUST GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH EVERYTHING. I REFUSED TO ACT LIKE I DIDN'T HEAR IT AND IGNORE IT. I JUST LIKE TO HAVE UPDATE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH EVERYTHING. BUT TO KIND OF CHANGE TONES BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIKE TO BE IN A GOOD MOOD AND THE POSITIVE PERSON, BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THAT THE ENERGY IS KIND OF NEGATIVE AND MR CHRIS, IF YOU CAN. WHATEVER GORDON PLANS, YOU HAVE GONE. I WOULD LIKE TO SIT WITH YOU BEING A COUNCILMAN FOR A YEAR AND TWO MONTHS. I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM SO I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PROPOSE FOR THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, UH, PASTOR JD ROBERTS SAY ABOUT CHILDREN. CHILDREN KNOW YOUR COUNTY COURTHOUSE. I'M A HUGE BELIEVER. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. CONTRARY TO ANYBODY SAY, I SEE YOU MOVING WITH ACTIONS AND YOU ARE DOING THINGS CONSISTENT WITH THE KIDS , AND I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AND LET YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE YOU. FORTUNATELY I WAS OUT OF TOWN THAT PARTICULAR DAY, BUT I'M GONNA GO ON THE RECORD. I WANT YOU TO KNOW I APPRECIATE YOU IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY. RIGHT? THE NEXT THING I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON TO TALK ABOUT IT.WE HAVE SEVERAL BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVES COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. WE KNOW OUR KIDS ARE GEARING UP GETTING READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE THE COMMUNITY. LET THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON. SO I KNOW ON JULY THE 30TH, WHICH IS THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY AT SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT'S IN THE NORTH END. SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS STARTED EIGHT O'CLOCK AM UNTIL SUPPLIES LAST, SO PLEASE GET THERE EARLY. I'M PRETTY SURE THEY HAVE A LOT, BUT IT IS LIMITED SUPPLIES AND THEN FOLLOWING SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, WHICH IS WORLD FOUR AT OLDHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU HAVE ANOTHER BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE START AT NINE O'CLOCK A. M. AND IT SAYS UNTIL NOON, BUT THE REALITY IS YOU WANT TO GET THE EARLY BECAUSE SOMETIMES THOSE LINES ALONE. AND I DO ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE , AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND THIS IS MAKES MY EIGHT YEAR AND I PARTNERED WITH THE NONPROFIT GROUP CALLED WADI A IS GONNA HAPPEN TO ALICE. KEEP PORK, AND WE DON'T DO THE TYPICAL BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE. WE HAVE WATER ACTIVITIES OUT THERE FOR THE KIDS. WE HAVE GAMES. WE HAVE FOOD. WE DO FREE HAIRCUTS. THE BEAUTICIANS DO THE LITTLE GIRL'S HAIR. BECAUSE THE REALITY IS A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE AND UNFORTUNATE SITUATIONS AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THESE BACK TO SCHOOL STARTED. SO I WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO ALICE. KEEP PORK THIS SUNDAY FROM 3 TO 7 P.M. AND WE DON'T WE DON'T ONLY LET THE PEOPLE GO TO THE LINE AND GET THINGS THAT THEY NEED, BUT WE ENGAGED WITH THE CHILDREN AND WE GET THEM THINGS THAT WE NEED AND WE KNOW THEY NEED GOING FORWARD TO GO TO SCHOOL. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW THE ENERGY FELT THAT WAY. BUT I DO. I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT BEAUMONT IS MOVING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. AND I'M BIG ON POSITIVITY. SO YEAH, WE HAVE SOME THINGS AT THE PODIUM TODAY, BUT I WANT TO ACT LIKE THEY'RE GOING UPON DEAF EARS. WE HEAR Y'ALL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW. THANK YOU. AMERICAN RACHAEL ATIONS TO COUNCILMAN DURIO AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COUNCILMAN GETS YESTERDAY WAS HIS BIRTHDAY, PROBABLY 39 40 ISH . SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM, AND OUR PRAYERS DO GO OUT WITH THE FAMILY OF OFFICER YARBROUGH POWELL, CONSIDERING THE VERDICT THAT CAME DOWN OUR PRAYERS, DEGREE. DO GO OUT TO THAT FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, SAMUEL TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR PRO TEM DURIO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER , NEIL MAYOR. CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILMAN. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON YOU MADE A PROTEIN AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THAT POSITION, KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER, TURNER SAID. THANK THE CITIZENS FOR COMING OUT TODAY AND INVOICING YOURS OPINIONS AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
YEAH SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S BEEN KIND OF HEAVY ON MY MIND. AND I NOTICED HUSBAND PHIL SHOW AND KATZMAN GETS MENTIONED THAT TODAY. UH BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WE LISTEN OR WATCH SOMETHING ON THE NEWS, IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING NEGATIVE IS HAPPENING TO ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS. BETWEEN THE VERDICT YESTERDAY OR YOU BACK UP ONE DAY EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE HAD A POLICE CAR THAT WAS SHOT AT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. WE HAD SOME OFFICERS THAT WERE DRY FIRED ON. AND IT'S UP TO US AS A COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE WE HOLD OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE PUT THEM UP ON THE PEDESTAL. THEY DESERVE TO BE ON. EVEN RICKY JASON TALKED TODAY ABOUT THE GOOD OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE IN BEAUMONT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW. WE'RE THE
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CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UP FOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. AND I THINK THAT WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO OUR PART TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE THESE GUYS A FAIR CONTRACT. SO WITH THAT I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE GET AN UPDATE ON THAT NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU. MISS CYD MANAGER. YES MARY JUST REAL QUICKLY LIKE TO ECHO. I THINK WHAT WAS SHARED EARLIER. I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO DEAN CONWELL , FREDDIE WILLARD AND THE TEAM FOR BRINGING BEAT BASEBALL TO BEAUMONT, THE WORLD SERIES. THE INFORMATION I HAVE IS 37 TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, TAIWAN AND CANADA, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ALL COMING TO OUR CITY. AND I THINK THE ESTIMATED IS 1700 ROOM NIGHTS. SO THAT'S GREAT FOR THE ECONOMY, OF COURSE , AND THEN JUST LIKE TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR PRO TEM DURIO. THANK YOU AND IT'S CITY ATTORNEY. CONGRATULATIONS.MAYOR PRO TOO. THANK YOU PART. TWO GRAND THANK YOU. TODD. OKAY? AND TINA. OKAY? THANK YOU. UM AGAIN, UM. I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN CONGRATULATE YOU, CHRIS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU . BE READY. IT'S A BUSY SCHEDULE. SOMETIMES I'M NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE. THERE'S TIMES WHERE I'M EXPECTED TO BE IN TWO LOCATIONS AT ONE TIME. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF ME, BUT IT'S NOT THAT MUCH THAT I COULD SPREAD MYSELF IN TWO PLACES AT ONE TIME. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ACCEPTING AND TO MY MAYOR PRO TEM. THAT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST APPOINTMENTS TO APPOINT AMERICA PROTEIN. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL. FOR STEPPING UP AND.
BEING ONE OF MY VERY FIRST APPOINTMENT FOR HAVING MY BACK THIS ENTIRE YEAR. BEING THE FIRST TIME AND A NEW MAYOR. AND WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE, UM IT WAS SO REWARDING TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU TO KNOW THAT I WAS ABLE TO DEPEND ON YOU AND ALSO DEPEND ON YOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF BEING HERE. SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU. IN ADDITION, UM YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT B BALL. I DID A RESOLUTION TODAY ABOUT DEEP BALL. AND WHAT IT IS. IT IS BASEBALL FOR THE BLIND. THE BASEBALL ACTUALLY BEEPS. SO THAT WHEN THEY HEAR THE BEEP, THEY CAN BAT THE BALL AND AGAIN. UH LIKE A CITY MANAGER CHRIS BOWEN SAID THAT THERE'S UH, TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES HERE, UM, ENJOYED BEING OUT THERE YESTERDAY, WALKING THE FIELD MEETING. ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. UH IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BEAUMONT. TO SUPPORT THIS ACTIVITY, NOT A LOT OF CITIES WILL STEP UP AND EVEN AH, SUPPORT AND ACTIVITY LIKE THIS. SO TO DING CONWELL AND FREDDIE WILLARD. AH I TRULY TRULY APPLIED THE CVB AND THAT STAFF FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE BRINGING THAT EVENT HERE BECAUSE AS A MATTER OF FACT, AH ABC NATIONAL NEWS IS HERE IN TOWN, AND THEY'RE ALSO, UH, RECORDING IT AND MAKING NEWS OF IT SO AH, THANK GOD THAT BEAUMONT WILL BE SHOWN IN A BRIGHTER LIGHT. AND UH, FOR DOING SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY GREAT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND SO AGAIN, HATS OFF TO BEING COME WELL, FREDDIE WILLARD, AND THAT ENTIRE STAFF IT CVB. UM. TO THE BROWN FAMILY AND TO, UM THE CASE OF CHRISTOPHER SHAW CHRISTOPHER SHARK CASE IS IN LITIGATION. IT IS UM, A LEGAL MATTER THAT WE CANNOT MAKE ANY COMMENT ON AS TO WHAT HAPPENED IN 1972 WITH THE BROWN FAMILY, AS J. BROWN SAID. WE MOST OF US WERE CHILDREN. WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE FACTS. WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE MATERIAL. MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT HAPPENED HERE IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. AH WE DID HEAR WHAT YOU SAID. UM WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE THE MORAL OBLIGATION OF DOINGTO DO AS A CS ALL I WILL SAY ON THOSE SUBJECTS. HMM. ALSO TO UM. THE BEAT BALL AGAIN. IT'S AT THE CHRIS QUINN SOCCER FIELD. THEY
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WILL BE PLAYING ALL WEEK. EVEN IF YOU COULD GO OUT THERE. PLEASE GO OUT AND SUPPORT THIS.UM AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME TO VOLUNTEER UM, THEY LOST A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS. THEY WERE ASKING FOR ABOUT 500 VOLUNTEERS PER DAY. BECAUSE AGAIN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PLAYING OR BLIND AND SO THEY NEED EVERY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE THAT THEY CAN BUT I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HOMEWOOD SUITES HOTEL. AND ONLY BECAUSE I HAD SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE.
LITERALLY WALKED UP TO ME AND SAID THAT WAS THE BEST STAFF THAT THEY HAVE EVER DEALT WITH.
IN ACCOMMODATING ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS. THEY SAY THEY LITERALLY LABELED ALL OF THEIR, UH, HYGIENE PRODUCTS. PRODUCTS. IN THE ROOMS WITH BRAILLE LABELING. AND SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A SPECIAL POINT TO GET OVER TO THAT HOTEL. BY THE END OF THE WEEK TO THANK THEM PERSONALLY.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR VISION, AND YOU CAN SEE AND YOU'RE NOT DEPENDENT ON SOMEONE ELSE, THEN BRAILLE IS THEIR LIFELINE, AND IT'S EVERYTHING TO THEM THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR SITE.
SO AGAIN, I JUST HAD TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO HOMEWOOD SUITES AND I WILL GET OVER THERE. TO PERSONALLY THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE, SO I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR COMING AND AGAIN SPREAD THE LOVE AND WE'LL SEE YOU
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.