Sep 27, 2022 City Council

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AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOMENT CITY COUNCIL TODAY IS TUESDAY.

SEPTEMBER 27 7 AND GIVEN OUR INVOCATION TODAY WILL BE MR STEED M. WITH BEAUMONT SEVENTH DAY AT VENICE CHURCH, EVERYONE PLEASE, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG. YOU MAY COME FORWARD.

THANK YOU. TO PRAY FIRST? YES. LET'S PRAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN. FATHER VERY FIRST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GRACIOUSNESS THAT WE EXPERIENCE EACH DAY. AND TODAY AT THIS MOMENT WE SEEK YOUR GRACIOUSNESS AND YOUR MERCY. NOT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. BUT BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT'S WHO YOU ARE. AND SO WITHOUT RESERVATION. WE SEEK THIS BLESSING. WE ALSO PRAY FOR OUR CITY LORD. THAT NOT ONLY MADE PROSPER. BUT WE ASKED THAT WE AS THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY.

THAT WE MAY TREAT EACH OTHER WITH HONOR. WAS PATIENTS WITH GRACE AND WAS KINDNESS. FATHER WE ALSO LIFT UP THE WORKERS OF THE CITY. THAT WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES WITHOUT THANKS. THAT YOU MAY BLESS THEM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE EMERGENCY WORKERS THAT ARE HAND OF BLESSING THAT YOU PROTECTION WILL BE OVER THEM. OF COURSE, LAURIE, PRAY FOR OUR DEAR MAYOR AND THIS CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY CAN BE INSTRUMENTS IN YOUR HANDS TODAY. THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THEM. YOU WILL GRANT THEM HEAVENLY WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT. AND FATHER. WE PRAY THAT THAT TODAY THAT YOUR WILL BE DONE.

FATHER WE ALSO LIFT UP THE AGENDA FOR TODAY AND ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE ASKED THAT WOULD YOU PLEASE DIRECT THIS MEETING. MAY ALL THINGS BE DONE ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL. FATHER.

WE JUST THANK YOU TO HAVE YOU HEARD US. THAT YOU WILL BLESS US . WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS. YEAH. AMEN THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN US. SUPPLIERS START WITH NATIONS SQUAD. TO THE FLAG. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PUBLIC CHANCE ONE NATION. AND THEY GOT INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, PASTOR IN BEAUTIFUL PRAYER. MAY I HAVE THE WORLD CALLED PLEASE MR. MUTO PRESIDENT PRO TEM DURIO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW, PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS SAMUEL ABSENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL THANK YOU.

[Proclamations, Presentations and Recognitions ]

SEVERE INTIMIDATION INTIMIDATING OF A PARTNER. AND VIOLENCE CAN INCLUDE INSTANCES OF PHYSICAL ASSAULT. RAPE STALKING. THAT LEAVES VICTIMS WITH INJURIES, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND OTHER LASTING IMPACTS. WHEREAS THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS WIDE RANGING DIFFERENTLY AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES IN THE WORLD. AND WHERE IS RACISM? HOMOPHOBE. HOW MUCH PHOBIC. AGES AND DISCRIMINATION. AND TRANSPHOBIC BASED ON PHYSICAL ABILITY. NATIONALITY OR OTHER FACTORS HELPED TO PERPETUATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MAKE FINDING SAFETY EVEN MORE DIFFICULT. FOR SOME VICTIMS. WHERE IS THE NEED FOR SAFE HOUSE CONTINUES. TO RATE. AS SURVIVORS

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BUT IT CAN BE PREVENTED. PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REQUIRES THE COLLECTIVE VOICE AND POWER OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES INSTITUTIONS. AND SYSTEMS EACH OF US WHO SERVED AT TO TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITIES NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR ROBYN MARTIN OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2022. AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. HERE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE. IN THE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS SPONSORED BY FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS CORPORATION AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION. OH OF INTIMIDATION OF PARTNERS.

VIOLENCE ACCORDINGLY. I MAYOR ROBYN MARTIN. HAS CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY TO BE SET. OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. ON THIS DAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH 2022 SIGNED MAYOR ROB IN MEUDON AND RECEIVING THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY WILL BE DEBORAH. THOMAS AND ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. IF YOU WILL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND BRING ANYONE THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOU SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU . TO, UM BANGOR AND. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE. WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR MOVEMENT AND FOR JOINING US IN THE AWARENESS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THIS MONTH. UM, YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF PURPLE RIBBONS. YOU WOULD PROBABLY SEE OUR RED LADIES AROUND TOWN. SO WHEN YOU SEE THEM STOP BY AND, UM, LEARN THEIR STORY. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. DEBORAH THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO AND SUPPORTING OUR CITY. THROUGH FAMILY SERVICES, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO PLEASE FILL OUT THE SLIPPED TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM HANDED TO THE CLERK TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. AND SHE WILL CALL YOUR NAME TO COME TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR THREE MINUTES . THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES OR. I DON'T HAVE ANY ANY AT THIS TIME. I'M NOT SURE IF SHE WANTS TO SPEAK OR NOT. MARY YOU MIGHT WANT TO ALERT THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS FOR COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ITEMS 10 THROUGH 12, RIGHT. THIS IS COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND ALSO ITEMS 10 THROUGH 12. THEN I HAVE NONE MIRROR. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE

[CONSENT AGENDA]

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[1. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a tool rental store in the GCMD (General Commercial - Multiple-Family Dwelling) District located at 2484 West Cardinal Drive, Suite 1 ]

[2. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow an auto paint and body shop in the GC-MD (General Commercial - Multiple-Family Dwelling) District located at 5440 Highway 105 ]

LOCATED AT 54 40. HIGHWAY ONE. OH, FIVE. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE MOVE TO APPROVE WHAT EXISTING CONDITIONS HAVE EMOTION. WITH THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. IN THE OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES MAY I HAVE THE

[3. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a healthcare training facility in the RCR (Residential Conservation Revitalization) District located at 4570 Highland Avenue ]

[4. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a primary care facility in the GC-MD-2 (General Commercial - Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District located at 6480 Delaware Street ]

YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING TO DISTRICT LOCATED AT 64 80 DELAWARE STREET. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE APPROVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET ME CORRECT THAT MAYOR MOVED TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS. I HAVE EMOTION. WHAT CONDITIONS ON THE FLOOR AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SORRY, MAYOR I MISSED THE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER, SAMMY THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED. THE MOTION ALSO CARRIES

[5. Consider a request for Specific Use Permit to allow a Recreational Vehicle Park in the GC-MD (General Commercial—Multiple Family Dwelling) District located at 1580 W. Florida Avenue]

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WELL WE ALREADY HAD A MOTION SECOND THIEF. YOU WERE ASKING TO AMEND IT. IS THAT RIGHT COUNSELOR? YEAH. OKAY COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL ACTS TO AMEND THE MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER GETS YOUR SECOND CEMENT ITS AMENDMENT. ANY DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER FAILS. CHARLTON COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL. THIS IS AN RV PARKING, NOT A MOBILE HOME PARK. SO THIS IS A PARK WHERE PEOPLE COME IN AND TRAVELING OFF THE HIGHWAY COMING IN AND OUT. I THINK WE NEED TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GETTING CONFUSED ON RV PARK WITH A MOBILE HOME PARK WHERE THEIR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE IT IS. IT'S DEFINITELY AN RV PART. UM WHICH WOULD TEND TO INDICATE YEAH, IT WOULD BE MORE SHORT TERM. HAVING SAID THAT WE DO HAVE ALREADY PARKS. WE HAVE LONG TERM STAYS, BUT I DO THINK IT'S A VALID CONSIDERATION AS TO BUT TYPICALLY THE RV PARK. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY INDIVIDUAL METERS BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A HIGH TURNOVER CORRECT IN A MOBILE HOME PARK THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE RESIDE THERE. CORRECT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL. MAYOR YES . BEFORE I MAKE A DECISION WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME PROS AND CONS, UH, FROM STAFF. HOW IT IMPACTS HOW THE CHANGE WILL IMPACT OUR ABILITY, UH, TO ADEQUATELY SERVICE OUR CUSTOMERS. SO WE HAVE HAD OTHER PARKS IN THE CITY. THEY TEND TO BE WELL.

WE'VE HAD SOME EXAMPLES WHERE THEY'VE BEEN MORE MOBILE HOME PARKS WHERE WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH PAYMENT. SO I THINK THAT'S MAYBE WHERE SOME OF THIS DISCUSSION IS COMING. BUT AGAIN , THIS IS AN RV PARK AS OPPOSED TO A MOBILE HOME PARK SO. I THINK IT IS A VALID POINT THAT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THEORETICALLY, YOU COULD HAVE FOLKS COMING IN AND STAYING IN EACH SPOT FOR MAYBE A COUPLE OF DAYS, MAYBE A COUPLE OF WEEKS IT COULD BE LONGER. UM BUT THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF TURNING ON AND TURNING OFF METERS IF THEY WERE INDIVIDUALLY METERED. JUST THINK ABOUT THE PRACTICALITY OF IT, TOO. IF THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE POSSIBLY COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY JUST FOR A NIGHT OR TWO OR A WEEK OR TWO. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT A WHILE BEFORE THEY EVEN GET WATER, SO IT'S NOT REALLY PRACTICAL IN THIS SITUATION, HAVE INDIVIDUAL METERS BECAUSE BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF SECURITY DEPARTMENT TURN IT ON. IF THERE WERE INDIVIDUAL METERS AND WE MAKE WHOEVER'S YOU KNOW, OCCUPYING THAT THAT PROPERTY AT THE TIME, THEY'D HAVE TO DO THE SAME PAPERWORK AS ANY OTHER CUSTOMER APPLY. DEPOSIT THERE'S A THERE'S WORK ORDERS THAT HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED BEFORE THE WATER IS TURNED ON. JUST NOT PRACTICAL IN THIS SITUATION. OKAY COUNCIL MEMBER GETS COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL SECONDED COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL'S MOTION BECAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR DISCUSSION. AND AFTER HAVING HERE AT THOSE COMMENTS, I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY SECOND AND SO FOR SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO SECOND IF THEY CAN, BUT I KIND OF KNOW WHERE I'M AT NOW. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS COUNCIL MEMBER DIARRHEA JUST WANT WHAT'S THE COST? DIFFERENCE ON, UH, INSTALLING ONE M AND HAVING TO INSTALL 60? LOT PROBABLY WE'D HAVE TO WORK THE NUMBERS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE TO PUT INDIVIDUAL METERS. THE OTHER THING IS THAT WITH THE MASTER METER OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS AT THAT MASTER METER, SO IF WE PUT INDIVIDUAL METERS IN THE PARK, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER TO RUN ALL OF THE LINES, ACCORDING TO CITY STANDARDS BY ORDINANCE. AND THEN WE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE LINES WITHIN THE PROPERTY, WHICH UP TO THE METERS, WHICH WE AREN'T NORMALLY IN A IN AN RV PARK WITH A MASTER METER. ALL THE PIPING WITHIN THE PARK IS THERE'S AND MOST OF THE MAJORITY OF I GUESS RV PARKS IN THE AREA IN BEAUMONT, ONE M. HAVEN'T WE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM? I MEAN, IS THAT A PROBLEM? AGAIN AGAIN.

IF THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD ARE MORE , UM, WITH MOBILE HOME PARKS THAT ARE BASICALLY LONGER STAYS

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AND THEY CAN'T. UH, MIXED THE TWO. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. YOU CANNOT. YOU CANNOT PUT A MOBILE HOME. IN THIS PART, BUT A COULD'VE RV GO INTO A MOBILE HOME. YES, VICE VERSA, OK. BUT THIS IS R V. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. YES, CHRIS. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE HAD SITUATIONS WITH THE MOBILE HOME. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING FOR CLARITY. BUT I THINK YOU HELP EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. LIKE CLARITY ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR. THERE WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. AS IS, COUNCILMAN, UM IT WAS SECOND AND THEN THERE WAS A MOTION TO AMEND BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR. THAT WAS SICK. SORRY NEIL. THAT WAS SECONDED BY GUESS WHO'S DOWN, WITHDRAWN IT SO IF WE WANT TO, JUST FOR PURPOSES OF THE MINUTES, JUST MAKE A FRESH MOTION. I THINK THAT WILL BE IN ORDER. SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'M MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT AND APPROVED THE REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC USE, RESULTING AS PRESENTED SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY CN.

I OPPOSED THE MOTION CURES. THIS IS CITY MANAGER MAY HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SIX,

[6. Consider a request for a Rezone from RS (Residential Single-Family Dwelling) to PUD (Planned Unit Development) with a Specific Use Permit to allow a church camp, retreat and youth center located at 7855 Tram Road]

[7. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a garage apartment in an RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) District located at 1050 Avalon Street ]

YOU'VE HEARD THE READING ABOUT IT IN NUMBER SEVEN. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MOVED TO APPROVAL CONDITIONS. HAVE EMOTION. WHICH CONDITIONS IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDS. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER CONDITIONS WAS THE GORGE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT BE LEASED. HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO MONZA OR NO IF IT'S LEAST OR IF IT'S SOMEONE LIVING, THERE WOULD BE BE BY COMPLAINT OR REQUEST. UM THAT WOULD BE HOW WE WOULD MONITOR IT. THE OTHER DAY IS WE HAVE A SECOND CONDITION WHEREBY THE THERE SHOULDN'T BE A SECOND WATER METERS. SO SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO CONTROL BY ISSUING NEW WATER, METERS AND ELECTRICAL METERS SO THAT'LL THAT'LL HELP US CONTROL AS WELL. THANK YOU. MARY. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIA IN THE FUTURE IF THE OWNER DECIDED THAT THEY DID WANT TO LEASE THIS PLACE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE PLANNING, ZONING AND ACTS FOR A REASON. YES, SIR. QUESTION MR BONE. THE GARAGE APARTMENT IS

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[8. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a fuel and convenience store with a washateria and general retail in an GC-MD-2 (General Commercial - Multiple-Family Dwelling - 2) District located at 4320 N. Major Drive ]

[9. Consider a request for a Rezone from LI (Light Industrial) to RS (Residential Single-Family Dwelling) with a Specific Use Permit to allow the expansion of a mobile home park located at 6650 Broadoak Street ]

MAY I HAVE EMOTION, PLEASE? TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION CONDITIONS. I'M SORRY CONDITIONS IS THEIR SECOND HAVE EMOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. YOU NEED DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER THAN COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL SO, MR BOON FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. WOULD IT BE MORE SUFFICE TO FOR THEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE METERS? WE'RE GONNA RUN INTO INSTANCES LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST. YES SIR. AND IN FACT, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IS TO, UM LET ME READ YOU. THE RECOMMENDED CONDITION. CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL CITY STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES. BUT TO YOUR POINT, YES, IT WOULD. IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO HAVE A SINGLE METER FOR THIS. THIS, UM THIS USE. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL ANSWERED MY QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES MR CITY MANAGER MAY HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 10,

[10. Consider approving the purchase of two added modules to the software solution for city council video management (Swagit) from Rock Solid, Inc of Dallas, Texas ]

[11. Consider approving the write-off of uncollectible water accounts ]

THANK YOU, MR CITY MANAGER. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 11. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MOVED TO APPROVE. THE MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL WAS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, POSE. THE MOTION CARRIES. HAVE NUMBER 12. MAY I HAVE THE READING, PLEASE? REPEAT OKAY REVIEW AND DISCUSS

[12. Consider a resolution approving the creation of an ad hoc Downtown Planning & Development Advisory Committee ]

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THIS ONE. HAVE ALL THOSE HAVE ALL THOSE CITIZENS BEEN CONTACTED? NO, NO, SIR. AND I GUESS MY FINAL QUESTION IS I KNOW WE'RE CALLING IT THE AD HOC . BUT WHY ARE WE NOT SETTING IT UP LIKE THE OTHER COMMITTEES FOR THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES? SO AGAIN. THE COUNCIL COULD CREATE A MORE FORMAL BOARD OR COMMISSION. UM THE CITY ORDINANCES WHERE THE CITY ORDINANCE SETS OUT HOW THAT IS DONE, AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT PROCESS IS A TERM I THINK THERE ARE TWO YEAR TERMS. UM. AND SO WITH THIS BEING A TEMPORARY AD HOC COMMITTEE, THE AND NOT A BORDER COMMISSION, THE THINKING WAS, IT WOULD BE MORE INFORMAL. THAN THAT. BUT AGAIN, THE COUNCIL COULD COULD CREATE SOMETHING MORE LONG STANDING AND MORE FORMAL. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEMBER TURNER. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. AND THEN I'LL GO TO YOU, MR GIBBS, AND THEN I'LL GO TO YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TELL SHAW AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL SO IF COUNSEL WANTS TO WANTED TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION, IT WOULD TAKE COUNSEL TO MAKE THAT DECISION. CORRECT. IT'S JUST THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF. CORRECT THAT'S RIGHT. AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS TIMELINE. I KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE LIST AND YOU DID ALSO STATE IF WE WANT TO UTILIZE SOMEONE OUTSIDE A LIST THAT IS FINE. WHAT IF WHAT? WHAT TIMELINE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, CHRIS, WHERE YOU WANT TO SEE WHO THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE. CURRENTLY THE PROPOSED TIMELINE IS TO BEGIN THE PLANNING PROCESS IN OCTOBER AND COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY MARCH , SO THAT'S THE APPROXIMATE TIMELINE. AS AS WE STAND TODAY, BUT THAT'S SUBJECT SUBJECT TO CHANGE. MR BOONE EXPLAIN, UH. JUST HOW ALL OF THIS CAME ABOUT AND WHY IS IT ON THE AGENDA TODAY? SO AGAIN? THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE KIND OF THERE'S KIND OF TWO THINGS GOING ON AT ONCE. ONE IS AS THIS JUST DISCUSSED. WE ARE TRYING TO UPDATE THE PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT. AS WE KNOW WE'VE GOT RIVERFRONT PARK THAT'S GOING TO HOPEFULLY START CONSTRUCTION TO BE REPAIRED HERE IN THE COMING MONTHS. UM WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON DOWNTOWN. I THINK THERE'S AN INTEREST IN TRYING TO REDEVELOP THE RIVERFRONT. AND SO WE HAVE NOT HAD A DOWNTOWN PLAN IN THE LAST ONE WAS 2008. SO WE FEEL LIKE NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO REFRESH THAT PLAN. AH BUT IT'S PART OF THAT PLANNING PROCESS. WE THINK WE NEED TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY. AH HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW PUBLIC MEETINGS TO GET INPUT. GET IDEAS, UM, BUT ALSO HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT WOULD GUIDE THAT PLAN. UM AND THE SECOND FACTOR, WHICH WAS IN YOUR PACKET IS RELATES TO 5555 MAIN, WHICH AGAIN IS ALSO PART OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE PLAN AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE IN CONSIDERATION. AS PART OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS, SO AS PART OF THAT, AS WE KNOW THE WHEN THE CITY ACQUIRED THAT BUILDING.

THERE IS A CONDITION WHEREBY THE CITY WOULD DEMOLISH THAT BUILDING. UM AS WE ALL KNOW, WE WERE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT THERE WAS SOME INTEREST SHOWN IN PURCHASING THE BUILDING AND DEVELOPING IT FOR RESIDENTIAL SOME OTHER USES. AND SO, OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS PAUSED.

BUT IN ORDER TO AT LEAST EVEN ENTERTAIN AND ALTERNATIVE TO DEMOLISHING THAT BUILDING, WE

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THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS COUNCIL MEMBER SAM YIELDING COUNCIL MEMBER FIELD, SO REMEMBER GET VICTORIA SO AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT ACTUALLY MEANS WHAT IT SAYS ALL I CAN DO IS GIVE ADVICE. DECISIONS ARE GOING TO ULTIMATELY HAVE TO BE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

CORRECT CORRECT? AND FOR MANY YEARS NOW. THE CITY OF BEAUMONT HAS HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION CALLED BEAUMONT MAIN STREET. CAN YOU.

HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS OF WHAT BEAUMONT MAIN STREET TRIES TO DO AND WHAT THIS PROPOSED AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD BE TRYING TO DO.

SURE SO BEAUMONT MAIN STREET IS A THAT PROGRAM STARTED NATIONWIDE BACK IN THE 19 EIGHTIES UNDER THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION , SO IT CAME OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND THE IDEA IS, YOU WOULD HAVE LOCAL NONPROFIT GROUPS THAT WOULD ADVOCATE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN AND SO WHAT MAIN STREETS DO IN CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. YEAH IS PROMOTE HISTORIC PRESERVATION SO TRYING TO PRESERVE THE BUILDINGS PROMOTE REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN SO TRYING TO ATTRACT THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BRINGING TENANTS TO THOSE BUILDINGS. DOING EVENTS. I THINK MAIN STREET HAS A DOG TO PROFESSED COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO EVENTS TO BRING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN, SO IT'S REALLY IT IS. THAT GROUP IS A SET ORGANIZATION WITH A BOARD THAT PROMOTES DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT.

AND WHAT THIS IS. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. TODAY IS AN AD HOC STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS TEMPORARY. UM FOR THIS PLANNING PROCESS. HAVING SAID THAT THERE'S A GOOD BIT OF OVERLAP, OF COURSE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN THAT'S WHAT THIS GROUP IS CHARGED WITH SO AGAIN, AND JUST OUR RECOMMENDED LIST OF NAMES FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER. WHICH DON'T HAVE TO BE DECIDED TODAY THAT CAN BE DECIDED AT A LATER TIME. WE'VE INCLUDED A COUPLE OF THE MAIN STREET BOARD MEMBERS AS RECOMMENDED NAMES BUT AGAIN. WHO SITS ON THAT WHO SITS ON THIS COMMITTEE, IF CREATED IS UP TO THE COUNCIL. WELL I DID LOOK AT THE LIST OF NAMES THAT YOU PROPOSED, AND IT'S AN OUTSTANDING LIST OF NAMES AND ALMOST WELL, I THINK ALL OF THEM HAVE SOME INTEREST IN PROPERTY DOWNTOWN. UH IT'S DIVERSE, BOTH IN GENDER AND RICE AND ETHNICITY. SO YOU KNOW? AH LIKE THAT LIST OF NAMES, BUT NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN CONTACTED TO SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO SERVE SO I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE REALLY AT WITH THAT RIGHT NOW, THEN. AND AGAIN THE FINALIZED LIST CAUSE LIST. WE PROPOSED THE MAYOR HAVING THREE SELECTIONS, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAVING ONE AGAIN THAT WAS BASED OFF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WE DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR RECYCLING. THAT'S WHERE THAT MODEL CAME FROM. THE LIST. WE AGAIN. IT'S JUST A DRAFT LIST OF NAMES WE SUGGESTED FOR CONSIDERATION IS LONGER THAN THAT TOTAL NUMBER. SO IF AGAIN IT CAN BE ADDED TO, BUT, UM, WELL FOR MY OWN. IT'S JUST ME. BUT IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE HAVE AS A COUNCIL PROPOSING NAMES, AS OPPOSED TO GOING OFF WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING THEN I THINK IT SHOULD BE A MORE FORMALIZED PROCESS THAN WHAT WE DID. BACK. BEFORE I EVEN WAS ELECTED ON COUNCIL WITH THAT RECYCLING COMMITTEE. WE SHOULD PROBABLY IN MY VIEW. FOLLOW WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY DUE TO ESTABLISH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS , EVEN IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT IN THAT HOT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA BE FINISHED. MY FAVORITE THINK IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT LASTS A LONGER DURATION THAN THAT. CHRIS, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT ACCORDING TO THE ADDENDUM, UH, WE HAVE TO FARM THIS COMMITTEE HAVE THIS COMMITTEE CEDED BY OCTOBER 31ST CORRECT. WAS IT? YOU THINK MAYBE THE FIRST? THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE'VE GOT 30 DAYS TO APPROVE THIS CALL THE PEOPLE GET THEM SEATED AND IN PLACE. WE'VE GOT A MONTH TO DO THAT. SO THE WAY WE DID IT LAST TIME WAS AGAIN IT CAN CHANGE.

BUT WE ESTABLISHED THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED THE COMMITTEE AND THEN ESSENTIALLY AT A POINT

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NO BUT WE DO NEED TO. SO WE DO HAVE 30 DAYS TO GET THIS SETTLED. CORRECT LET ME CLARIFY , I THINK IN THE AGENDA ITEM GOING BACK TO JULY 19. YEAH, I THINK IT WAS OCTOBER 31ST. WE HAVE, ACCORDING TO THE PAPERS I HAVE WE HAVE TO OCTOBER 31ST JUST TO SEEK THIS COMMITTEE. YEAH, ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO MOVE ALONG. THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL. HI AM IN FAVOR OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. I TEND TO BIG TO DIFFER. WITH THE COMMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE ABOUT THERE BEING NO PLANS FOR DOWNTOWN BUMA. HAVE BEEN PLANS FOR DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT FOR YEARS. THE DIFFERENCE IS ACTING ON THEM AND MOVE THEM. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS IS NOT CREATING AN ADDITIONAL UM. THIS APPEARS TO ME TO POLITICIZED THE PROCESS.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE STAFF FOR. STAFF IS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON HOW WE MOVE IN DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE BEAUMONT MAIN STREET. THEY'RE ACTIVE. AND THEY'RE WILLING TO, UH, EVALUATE PROCESSES. SO I'M JUST I'M NOT CERTAIN HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE CREATING ANOTHER COMMITTEE. THAT CREATES ADDITIONAL TIME FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. WHEN WE'VE HAD PLANS FOR YEARS, ALL IT MEANS IS TO ACT ON THE PLANS. WE'VE NOW BEEN SITTING ON THE 18 80 T BUILDING. FOR MONTHS. ACTION WAS TAKEN, BUT NOW IT'S STILL SITTING THERE ANS ELECTED TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON. THE INFORMATION PRESENTED.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE STAFF FOR. WE'RE NOT THE ADMINISTRATORS WE ARE THE LEGISLATOR'S STAFF IS TO DO A JOB. SO I'M JUST WONDERING, WHY ARE WE CONTINUING? WHY DO ARE WE PUTTING ANOTHER LAYER THERE? MOST OF US KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE DOWNTOWN IN ORDER FOR US TO PROGRESS. SOMETIMES WE DON'T WANT TO SAY IT, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS. AND WE JUST NEED TO DO OUR JOBS. SO UNLESS SOMEBODY HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND. HOW THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BENEFIT. THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT WHEN WE VOTED OR WHEN YOU GUYS VOTED TO DO ACCEPT THIS CONTRACT AMENDMENT THAT WAS A CONDITION OF THE CONTRACT ONE OR TWO. CONDITIONS THAT WERE PLACED IN THE CONTRACT SO THAT THE IDEA OF CREATING THIS COMMITTEE HAS ESSENTIALLY ALREADY BEEN DECIDED BY COUNCIL STAFF IS JUST NOW. GOING TO EXTRA STEP TO PRESENT THAT HOW THAT SHOULD BE CREATED . AND SO THIS CONTRACT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS WHAT COUNTRY AND T AMENDMENTS. SO WHEN WE WHEN WE AMENDED THAT CONTRACT, THIS IS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT THE AMENDMENT AND STAFF IS JUST ATTEMPTING TO FULFILL THAT AGREEMENT, SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE. IT'S HOW COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO FORM THAT COMMITTEE. IT'S REALLY WHAT'S AT ISSUE TODAY. CAN. AND IF THIS COMMITTEE COMMITTEE I'M SORRY, MAN. THIS COMMITTEE IS NOT FORMED BY OCTOBER WHEN 31ST WHAT HAPPENS. COUNCIL WILL BE IN BREACH OF THEIR AGREEMENT. AND THAT WOULD MEAN. THAT WOULD MEAN MR FLANAGAN COULD REPURCHASES BUILDING HE COULD FOLLOW

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YOU STILL NEED TO FEEL THIS LOT. THE COUNCIL NEVER GET. SO THE ADDENDUM TO THE SALES CONTRACT.

RAIDS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO FORM AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. EMPOWERED WITH THE PURPOSE OF FORMULATING A LONG TERM MASTER PLAN. FOR THE RE BATTLE IZATION OF DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. NO LATER THAN OCTOBER.

31ST 2022. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED. AND I KNOW THAT MR BOONE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF CRITERIA ARE WE LOOKING FOR? AND MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND CHRIS. YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THAT TO SOME EXTENT, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN DOWNTOWN. BUT ARE WE GOING TO REQUIRE THEM TO BE PROPERTY OWNERS IN BEAUMONT. OR LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY ON THAT LIST IS OR IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, UM ARE WE GOING TO REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE DOWNTOWN PROPERTY. AT LEAST YOU KNOW THAT? I THINK FROM WHAT I COULD SEE. ALMOST WELL, NO, NOT EVERYBODY ON THAT LIST HAS THAT EITHER SO THE CRITERIA NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED AND FRAMED A LITTLE BETTER, I THINK. THEN THE QUESTION IS BECAUSE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. ARE WE GOING. TO LET THE ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPED AND SEAT THIS LIST, OR ARE WE GOING TO PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF COUNCIL, WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER, SAMUEL, I THINK CORRECTLY ALLUDED TO STARTS UP. AH POLITICS AND THE POLITICALIZATION OF THIS WHICH CAN CERTAINLY DRAG ON AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ABOUT A MONTH. SO UM, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT BEING THE BEST WAY TO GO. UM. THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO SAY. SURE, I'LL THINK OF IT. YOU COME BACK TO ME, BUT YOU KNOW IT AT THIS TIME, I WOULD SAY THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR CRAFT AREA IS GOING TO BE. AND I WOULD LEAN MORE. TOWARDS LETTING THE ADMINISTRATION TAKE CARE OF GETTING THIS LIST. AND GETTING

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IT'S JUST GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. I THINK FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE TAKE THIS OFF.

NEXT I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER THAN COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL CHRIS. I NOTICED TWICE.

WE UH WE BROUGHT UP OVERLAPPING WITH BEAUMONT MAIN STREET WITH BEAUMONT MAIN STREET CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW. HOW MUCH IS THE CITY FUNDING TOWARDS THEIR INITIATIVES? I BELIEVE WE FUND THEM 85,000 YEAR. AND WE'RE SAYING WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS, AND I, YOU KNOW, I JUST RATHER SHOOT IT STRAIGHT. SO WE FUND ROUGHLY 85,000 YEAR. LIKE AND ALL WE LIKE MONITORING. SUCCESS OF WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THIS BOARD. WE DO TRY TO ATTEND MEETINGS PERIODICALLY. STAFF DOES. AND TRY TO PARTICIPATE WHEN WE'RE ABLE YES. SO OUTSIDE OF THE DOCK, TOBER FEST. UH, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU MAY BE AT A POINT OUT? UM I THINK PERIODICALLY THEY'LL DO TOURS OF THEM DOWNTOWN. I'M AWARE OF THAT. THEY, UM YOU KNOW, COMPONENT OF WHAT THEY DO AGAIN IS MARKETING AVAILABLE PROPERTIES SO THEY DO HAVE A GOOD WEBSITE THAT THEY KEEP UP IN TERMS OF MARKETING AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. BUCKET ADD ON UM. THE FUNDING FOR THEM WAS APPROVED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND USUALLY AFTER THE BUDGETS APPROVED WILL BRING THESE THESE ITEMS FORWARD TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. UM IN AN UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETING PRIDE OCTOBER 11TH. YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF THESE FUNDINGS FOR LIKE THE ART MUSEUM, TEXAS ENERGY MUSEUM MUSEUM, MAIN STREET. SO THEY USUALLY COME TO THESE MEETINGS. THANK COUNCIL FOR THE FUNDING AND WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH ALL OF THEM AND IN THEIR CONTRACTS, THEY HAVE TO TELL US WHAT THEY'RE DOING. FOR THOSE FINES, AND SO WE'LL GET AN ANNUAL REPORT FROM BEAUMONT MAIN STREET. AND THEN ALSO, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE HERE TO TELL YOU IN PERSON WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE CITY. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL OKAY, LET US NOT BE, UH SIDETRACK. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE HABIT HOC COMMITTEE PER SE. THIS IS ABOUT A CONTRACT. WE'RE TRYING TO SATISFY. IS IT THE FORMATION OF THE COMMITTEE? THAT MEETS. THE ELEMENT OF THE CONTRACT, OR IS IT AN ACTION BY THIS COMMITTEE? THAT MEETS THE ELEMENT OF THE CONTRACT. I BELIEVE IT'S SIMPLY THE FORMATION IS THAT CORRECT? SO. IT'S TWO PARTS. WE CAN'T JUST FORM A COMMITTEE THAT NEVER MEETS AND NEVER ASKED. WE HAVE TO FORM A COMMITTEE AND IN THAT COMMITTEE NEEDS TO ACTIVELY MEET AND ACTIVELY PROVIDE GUIDANCE. THE COUNSELORS RELATED DOWNTOWN . BUT IS IT THE ACTION OF THAT COMMITTEE OR IS IT THE FORMATION OF THAT COMMITTEE THAT SATISFIES THAT CRITERIA? AGAIN I BELIEVE THAT IT'S BOTH. I BELIEVE IT. FIRST YOU HAVE TO FORM THE COMMITTEE. NOW THE COMMITTEE IS NOT ACTIVE. IT WOULD BE ON COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE THEY'RE MEETING AND IF THEIR APPOINTMENTS OR WHATNOT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT MR BOONE PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT IT'S AN ADVISORY COMMITTEES. THEY'RE ONLY GONNA CONTRACT IS THERE AN ACTION THAT HAS TO COME FROM THAT COMMITTEE TO SATISFY THAT? NO, OKAY. SO IT'S THE FORMATION OF A VALID COMMITTEE. CORRECT THAT COMMITTEE BE THE COUNCIL ITSELF. NO. WHY I THINK. THE LANGUAGE, SAYS FORM AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE EMPOWERED WITH THE PURPOSE OF FORMULATING A LONG TERM MASTER PLAN FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. SO LATER THAN OCTOBER 31ST. SO THE COUNCIL ALREADY BEING FORMED? I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU IT'S MORE THAN THAT COUNCIL, ISN'T IT? IT ISN'T, AN ADVISORY BODY COUNCIL IS A GOVERNING BODY. SO COUNCIL MAKES DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY SO YOU CAN'T BOTH ADVISED YOURSELF AND THEN ACCEPT YOUR ADVICE, ADVISEMENT AND INACTION SO YOU'D HAVE TO CREATE A SEPARATE BODY. WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE WOULD BE TO ADVISE, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY WERE PERMITTED. PRESENT A PROPOSAL TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE ALMOST LIKE OUR CAT BOARD WHERE THEY COME

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WELL, YOU'VE ALREADY TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS COMMITTEE IS NOT FORMED BY OCTOBER, 31ST.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT SPECIFIES HOW THIS COUNCIL SHELL FORM THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE CORRECT. NO.

EACH COUNCIL MEMBER COULD APPOINT AN INDIVIDUAL TO THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND AMERICA A POINT TO THREE. PARDON I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THREE. OKAY, WELL, THREE AND THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO MOVE FORWARD. IN ESTABLISHING THIS COMMITTEE, WHICH SATISFIES THAT CONTRACT.

CORRECT. OKAY? COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL. FOR THE CONTRACT. THE CAPTAIN SAMUEL, I THINK THIS COMMITTEE HAS TO PROVIDE A LONG TERM MASTER PLAN. IT DIDN'T KNOW . SO LET ME READ IT ONE MORE TIME. SO LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION THOSE OKAY? INITIALLY WHEN. WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED. WHAT DATE WAS THAT? BUT THEY WAS THE PROPOSAL MADE. FOR THE DAY. AND, UM TO THE REVISION, SO THIS WENT TO COUNCIL. AND SHALL I BELIEVE JULY 19TH 2022. JULY, 19TH. TO DO THAT, 2022. BY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS? THIS IS THE SAME. THIS JULY. THIS IS JULY THIS YEAR. JULY. SO THE JULY JULY OF 1920 22 WAS COUNSELORS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN ADDENDUM TO THE SALES CONTRACT AT 555 MAIN STREET. AND THAT OUTLINE. THE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, WHICL SELLER AND THE CITY AGREED TO IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING. PER FOR THE ORIGINAL SALES AGREEMENT. FURTHER ORIGINAL SALES AGREEMENT. AND THAT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM PLACED ON JULY 19TH 2022. YES. SO THE ORIGINAL SALES AGREEMENT WAS JULY 29 2021.

THAT'S WHEN THE CITY BOUGHT THE BUILDING. OKAY THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONFUSED ME. I STARTED JULY 29 21. THAT'S THE ORIGINAL AND THEN JULY 19TH 2022. IT WAS PLACED BACK ON THE IT WAS PROPOSED ADDENDUM PLAYS BACK ON THE AGENDA. FROM THE ORIGINAL CELL ON 2022. JULY 19TH OF 2022. THE ORIGINAL WAS JULY 29 2021. YES. OKAY? BEAR. COUNCIL MEMBER GETSE QUESTION. UM I GUESS IF WE WANTED TO WE COULD TASK. BEAUMONT MAIN STREET HAS BEING OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. AND WE'VE MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CONTRACT IDENTITY IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE'VE KIND OF. DISCUSS THAT IDEA AND BECAUSE IT SAYS TO CREATE A FORM, THAT'S A BOARD THAT'S ALREADY AN EXISTING AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET BOGGED DOWN IN TECHNICALITIES.

AND SO THE I GUESS SUGGESTION WAS TO JUST HAVE SOMEONE FROM BOWEN MAIN STREET. UM, SERVE. ON THE COMMITTEE. CORRECT YOU KNOW , WE'VE GOT A NEW CITY MANAGER HERE WITH A NEW SET OF I LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS, MR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK FIRST OF ALL, YOU'VE GOT A REQUIREMENT YOU NEED TO SATISFY YOU SHOULD SATISFIED BASED ON BEING A CITY MANAGER BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT HAVING A CONTRACT TO PERFORM THIS COMMITTEE. SO I THINK YOU SHOULD DO THAT THEN TOO. I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROCESS. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? YOU KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA BE THROUGH WHICH FORM WHICH FORMAT WHETHER THE AD HOC OR WHETHER THAN WHAT YOU'RE ESTABLISHED. CITY OF CODES ALLOWED FOR THEIR AND THEN WHAT'S THE MAKEUP OF IT? UM I, UH I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND FORM THE COMMITTEE. UM, I MEAN, THERE ARE

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SO WITH THAT I SO MOVED THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ALLOWING STAFF TO RECOMMEND AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO COME BACK TO US FOR APPROVAL. AND I SECOND THAT I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY THANK YOU. GOT THAT DONE. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO PLEASE FILL OUT THE GROUND SLIPPED TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND IT TO THE CLERK TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. SHE WILL CALL YOUR NAME AT THE BEGINNING OF THREE MINUTES. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON AT THE END OF THREE MINUTES. THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON. MAYOR. FOR CLARITY. AND FOR THE MINUTES YES, OPENWORK SESSION. WE NEED TO CLOSE THE WORK SESSION. SORRY NUMBER 12 RED FOR THE MINUTES

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EXCEPT THAT PROVEN OF THE LIST, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. YES, OKAY. SECOND PLACE WITH THAT CITY CLERK. DO YOU HAVE THAT? YES, MA'AM, OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH! ANY OPPOSED. THE MOTION CURING. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THE CORRECTION. AT THIS TIME, IT IS NOW TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T

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BONNIE BROOKS, 40 75 LAUREL BEAUMONT, TEXAS. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE, TOO. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO AND REVITALIZING THIS TOWN AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 30TH. IT IS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS STAND DOWN FOR HOMELESS VETERANS AND OTHER PERSONS IN NEED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS THAT REALLY HELPS, UM THIS EVENT. IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO USE THE CIVIC CENTER. THE BEAUMONT CIVIC CENTER, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM NINE AM TO TWO PM WITH A PRELIMINARY PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD BEGINS AT 8 30. I WANT TO THANK MAYOR MARTIN AND CHRIS STORIA FOR AGREEING TO BE PART OF THAT PROGRAM AND FOR HELPING US WE HAVE 25,000 VETERANS, APPROXIMATELY IN THE AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, AND NOT ALL OF THEM ARE HOMELESS OR NEAR HOMELESS, BUT THEY DO REQUIRE SERVICES. THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM DON'T KNOW ARE HERE AND SO WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE 76 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE CIVIC CENTER ON FRIDAY TO SHOW VETERANS AND OTHERS. WHAT ARE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TO OFFER SO I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME BY BETWEEN NINE AM AND TWO PM BUT ESPECIALLY, I WANT MAYOR MARTIN AND CHRIS TERRIO TO BE THERE AT 8 30, BUT ALL OF YOU TO COME BY TO OUR EVENT AND I THANK YOU. I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH FLYERS THAT YOU CAN CERTAINLY PASS AROUND AND TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR VETS THAT WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. AND I'LL BE THERE AT 8 30. WE'LL SEE YOU AT 8 30. ROBERT HAVE A LOOK. NO LAST NAME, NO ADDRESS NEAR SIR. PLEASE TAKE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ROBERT BENOIT. I NEED TO SAY MY ADDRESS. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

DON'T COUNT AFRAID TO BECAUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARREST ME SO MUCH 35 TIMES KICKING THE DOES IN WITHOUT A SEARCH WARRANT. OKAY SIR, I NEED YOU TO STATE YOUR ADDRESS BECAUSE YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT IT ON THE FORM. THAT'S IT'S STILL HAVE TO SAY YES, SIR . I'M 75 YEARS. SEVEN OKAY.

THANK YOU KICKED MY DOES IN AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE GONNA FIX MY DOOR. WHICH IS JANUARY, 2020 TOLD ME I HAD 30 DAYS REPORTED, BUT THEY INCARCERATED FOR NINE MONTHS OR SOMETHING NOW DIDN'T DO SO. I HAD NOWHERE ELSE, YOU KNOW? DOING A 30 DAYS, SO I WENT TO MR ARSENAULT, WHICH IS DOWN HERE. AND SHE SAID SHE TOLD ME THAT, UH, RESULT. THAT I HAD PAIRED STATUTE OF LIMITATION . WHERE? HOW COULD I, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT INCARCERATED FOR NINE MONTHS OR SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T DO. THEY DROPPED THE CHARGES. BUT BESIDES THE DOOR THEY TORE DOWN. ONE OF MY HOME, WHICH I HAD SOMEONE LIVING IN AND I AM AFFECTED HER OUT, AND I BELIEVE HER MOTHER

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THERE'S BEEN SOME EXTRAORDINARY UNETHICAL THINGS. ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED WITH MY CASE SINCE MY LAST MEETING HERE. WEDNESDAY THERE WAS ANOTHER JUDGE WHO RECUSED THEMSELVES FROM MY CASE. AND HE HAD ONLY HAD MY FATHER LIKE TWO DAYS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MISINFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH MY CASES FOR US HANDPICKED DOCUMENTS. WHICH I DID RESUBMIT TO THE NEW COURT THAT HAD MY CASE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS NEW JUDGE RECUSING HIMSELF AFTER A FEW DAYS. BETWEEN BEFORE. THIS JUDGE PILLS TRYING TO FORCED ME TO DO AN ARBITRATION WITH HIS FRIEND. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY HIS NAME. THEY HAVE A 30 YEAR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP ADMISSION THIS ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA. UM PROFILE NAME IS NATASHA BRONSON. NOT GOING TO SAY THE TWITTER NAME, BUT ANYWAY. IT EXPLAINS THIS WHOLE FRAUDULENT SCHEMES. I JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT LAST WEEK THAT MY ATTORNEY, ERIC DICK, AND I DON'T EVEN SAY HIS NAME. HE'S ALREADY SO FAR EXTORTING ME FOR CLOSE TO $40,000. UM THE DEFENDANT'S SEEM LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO BE REASONABLE WITH ME TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. THEY DID PUT HIM ON BLAST TWO WEEKS AGO EXPORT AS THE MONEY THEY PAID OUT, IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY PAID OUT IN APPRAISAL WHICH WAS THE INTEREST ON MY CASE, WHICH IS PROBABLY ABOUT I WOULD ESTIMATE ABOUT 45,000 SINCE THE LAST MEDIATION FROM TWO YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS THE ONLY MEDIATION WE HAD. AND HE'S GOT TO KEEP IT FROM ME. HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO EXTORT ME FOR THAT AMOUNT AS WELL. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, MY HOUSE IS NOT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. I'VE SENT EMAILS AND LETTERS TO THE DEFENDANTS. AND THE ALTERNATIVES . THEY'RE TRYING TO STOP ME FOR MY MONEY. I TOLD THEM THEY COULD SEND ANOTHER INSPECTOR RIGHT TO MY HOME AND RE ASSIST THE DAMAGES. BECAUSE THEY HAVE MULTIPLIED WITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT THIS SCHEME HAS BEEN GOING ON. HELL FIRE COMING OUT OF MOST OF MY ELECTRICAL OUTLETS NOW. AND, UM. RESPECTED FROM MY

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALSO HAVE A TATE NO LAST NAME, NO ADDRESS. TIGHT WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE INTO THE MIC, PLEASE? OR THANK YOU HAVE A ROLE. YOU KNOW, JUST ME STAY. AND HERE. WE NEED HIS ADDRESS. MAYOR. WE NEED YOUR ADDRESS, SIR. HEAVY ROAD. OH EVERY ROAD YES. YES. THAT'S ME YOUR LOAD. 80 HEAVY ROLLED FROM 1 24. THANK YOU. WE HAVEN'T YOU MAY PROCEED. THANK YOU. EDDIE ALLEN 96 95 GROWTH BEAUMONT, TEXAS. EDDIE ALLEN 9695 GROSS. UM MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I MIGHT HAVE SAID BEFORE. BUT I NOTICED THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO ADDRESSES AND I NOTICED IN ALL OF THE MOST 50% OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMITS IN THE PACKET. IT LACKED THE OWNER'S NAME AND SOMETIMES THE OWNER'S NAME AND ADDRESS. SO I DON'T KNOW. IF THAT'S AN OVERSIGHT, OR IT'S ON PURPOSE. AS YOU SIGN IN.

IT'S HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. THAT YOU USE A MASK. AND I DON'T SEE ANY LEADERS. EXERCISING THAT RECOMMENDATION. AS THE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED TO DO. BUT TO FIVE THANKS A LOT OF TIME.

AND EACH MEETING. I'M GLAD THERE'S SOME RESOLVE. BUT WE NEED A CITY PLANNER. THE PLAN IS SO REFRESHING MR CITY MANAGER. TO HEAR YOU SAY STRATEGIC PLANNING. BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN STRATEGIC PLANNING DONE. BEFORE ALL OF THIS MONEY WAS SPENT. AND SUCCESS IN YOUR POSITION AND WELCOME TO BELMONT. AND THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT HAS MONEY THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED AND OF COURSE, IT'S YOU KNOW, AIRPLANES ARE FLYING ALL TIMES OF THE NIGHT. I KNOW THAT ALL CITY UM FACILITIES. I HAVE BUSINESS HOURS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT DOES NOT. AND I KNOW THAT JEFFERSON COUNTY DOES BECAUSE I'VE FLOWN IN. THEY HAD TO TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND LET US COME IN. SO I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF UH, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH THE AIRPORT. THE CITY GAVE JEFFERSON COUNTY.

AUTHORIZATION TO DO MOSQUITO SPRAYING. AND THAT WAS FOR LOW. FLYING PLANES. BUT WE HAVE.

LITERALLY LEAR JETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE COMING IN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. IF I'M WRONG, I STAND TO BE CORRECTED. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DOLLARS GOING ON IN THIS CIVIL AIRPORT. MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE STREETS WHERE WE HAVE TO, LITERALLY ABOUT TO LET EACH OTHER PAST SO I DON'T WANT TO RING WE WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, EVEN LIGHTING. I GOT STOPPED. I GOT A

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UH UM. I'M GOING TO PLAY SOMETHING FOR THE COUNCIL AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.

AH IT HAS MY NAME AND MY NAME ONLY I'VE CHECKED INTO IT. I HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO. IT JUST DOESN'T. YOU KNOW, I HAD HAD A SUPERVISOR THAT USED TO WORK WITH YOU A WHILE BACK. YOU MUST NINE TIMES. SEND HIM OFF, MAN. I THINK SO. A LONG TIME, MAN. I AIN'T NO SENIOR ADVANTAGE AND UPSET SOMEBODY. I'M WRONG. SHOW YOU HOW MANY CONTROL I GOT AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON RIGHT NOW . YOU CAN ALSO I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT. REMEMBER ALL I'M TELLING YOU, SOMEBODY DID EVERYTHING WRONG. I NEVER SEEN THAT MAN ACT LIKE THAT. HOW MUCH SHOULD I AIN'T NEVER HEARD OF THAT MAN ACTING LIKE THEY DIDN'T. BUT THESE PEOPLE. EVERYTHING ON THIS SIDE ALMOST STOPPED THERE. LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE. THERE'S THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF THIS KIND OF CONTENT.

IT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS MINORITIES. WHEN I ADDRESSED IT. I WAS FIRED. I WAS SET UP. I KNOW HOW THEY DID IT. IT WILL BE SHARED. YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE ME FROM HERE ON OUT BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO MORE BARKING. IT'LL BE ALL BITE FROM HERE ON OUT AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HANDS OR IN A COOKIE JAR, AND NOBODY'S GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN WHAT'S COMING. IT WAS COMING , BUT I WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY CORRUPT FEDERAL JUDGES. THAT WILL NOT BE CONTEMPT INTIMIDATED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGES WHO ARE BEYOND AIDING AND ABETTING THERE, ASSISTING THE CORPORATIONS IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO THE MINORITIES IN THIS COUNTRY. I MEAN IN THIS CITY UM THE REASON WHY I'M SO ADAMANT IN ADDRESSING THIS IS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS HAS TWO POTENTIAL TO AFFECT OVER 200 MINORITIES AND ANOTHER 400 MAJORITIES, AND IT COULD CAUSE ANOTHER DYNAMIC IMPACT BECAUSE IT DIRECTLY LED TO THE OUTAGE OF THE 600 PEOPLE, WHICH WAS LIED TO THE MEDIA AND THE COMMUNITY AS UM, SENIORITY AND SAFETY AND IT MAKES NO SENSE. BUT I WILL MAKE SENSE OF IT FOR YOU. LIKE I SAID, NO MORE BARKING. IT'LL BE BY FROM NOW ON THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. CHRISTOPHER MET MATTHEWS, 38, 75, NORTH MAJOR BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. UM I WANT TO START OFF WITH SAYING I WENT TO THE TORTURED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING YESTERDAY. AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY SANITATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR FOR COMING HE SHARED A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION. I WANT TO THANK THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SHOWING UP IN THE CHIEF. THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL. UM A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION WAS VERY GOOD MEETING LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS HAPPEN.

UM, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO THE CITIZENS THAT ARE IN THAT. NEIGHBORHOOD AND. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT THEM WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO BETTER THEIR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEIR COMMUNITY. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE THINGS LIKE THIS, UM I HAD A JUST A THOUGHT ABOUT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT YOU WERE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT CONTINENT OF WORKFORCE SAID AS FAR AS. THE PERSONNEL THAT SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM AND ALSO WANT TO ECHO WITH THE CITY MANAGER SAID IT IT NEEDS TO BE DIVERSE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WAR TWO BROUGHT UP WAS THE CURRENT RECOMMENDED LIST. YOU SAID THAT IT HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAD INTERESTS IN, UM PROPERTY DOWNTOWN BOWMAN AND I THINK YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. SO I'D RECOMMEND THE STAFF. WHEN YOU ARE COMPILING THAT THAT LIST. UM THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK

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IT'S RIGHT ACROSS RIGHT HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER. FROM A NINE. IT STARTS AT NINE O'CLOCK FRIDAY MORNING. I WAS GLAD I GET TO GO AND SPEAK. I'M ACTUALLY DEAL THE ONLY VETERAN ON COUNCIL. SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY HAPPY ABOUT DOING ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THE REAL MEN WEAR PINK LAUNCH PARTY. IT WILL BE THIS THURSDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK. AT THE UM, FIVE UNDER GOLF CENTER ON COLLEGE STREET, ACTUALLY, OF A LOT OF US ON COUNCIL LEARNER THAT ARE AMBASSADORS FOR THAT, SO WE'RE COLLECTING MONEY FOR HIS WITH THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY WILL KNOW I'M I'M ALSO CANCER SURVIVOR. SO I'M PARTICIPATING IN. I WANT Y'ALL COME ON OUT.

IT'S GONNA BE FOOD AND DRINKS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND RAISING MONEY. SO Y'ALL COME ON ON THURSDAY AT FIVE. AT THE 500 GOLF CENTER ON COLLEGE STREET. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THIS LADY TANNER LAFLEUR IN LESS THAN A YEAR, SHE'S OPENED UP TO UH UM, NURSES TRAINING FACILITIES IN MY WARD, ONE ON BROADWAY, AND NOW SHE'S OPENING UP ONE ON HIGHLAND. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMEONE YOU KNOW, NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT SHE'S DOING SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY TRAIN THESE FOLKS YOU KNOW, TO GET THEM JOBS. OH AND LET'S PRAY FOR THE FOLKS IN FLORIDA. UH I WOULD JUST THERE YESTERDAY. I LEFT TEMPLE FLORIDA 6 30 YESTERDAY MORNING, SO I GOT OUT JUST IN TIME, I GUESS. BUT LET'S PRAY FOR HIM BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE HURRICANE IN. IT'S GOING TO BE A SERIOUS EVENT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MIRROR. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBER GETS THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TODAY TALKING ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THIS AT HOC DOWNTOWN. ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THAT IT'S TIME TO REFRESH A PLAN AND THANK MR BEING MENTIONED THAT THERE IS LAST PLAN IN 2008. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A PLAN IT'S LIKE A THREE LEGGED STILL. YEAH, FIRST, YOU GOTTA HAVE. I WOULD LIKE THAT SHOWS WHAT IT IS TRY TO PUT IT ON PAPER. BUT THE SECOND PART OF THAT. IS YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH THAT'S GONNA COST. AND THE THIRD PART OF THAT IS HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FUND IT? SO IT'S EASY TO PUT SOMETHING DOWN ON PAPER, BUT THAT'S NOT A PLAN. IF YOU DON'T HAVE COST. SPECIFICATIONS. AND FUNDING MECHANISMS. IT'S NOT A PLAN. IT'S JUST SOMETHING ON PAPER. IT'S AN IDEA. SO IT IS TIME. TO REALLY GET DOWN INTO THE WEEDS. AND DEVELOP A PLAN. BUT IT'S GOT TO BE MORE THAN JUST PICTURES ON PAPER. THAT WAS THE PROBLEM I ALWAYS HAD WITH THE AT AND T BUILDING. THERE WAS NEVER A PLAN. IT'S JUST PICTURES ON PAPER. THERE IS NO COST UNTIL LATER ON. WE'RE TOLD IT'S GOING TO COST $5 MILLION OR MORE. AND YOU KNOW THE FUNDING WILL THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND. SO I'M GLAD THAT THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL HAS GONE OUT NOW. 4555 MAIN. HOPE THAT INVESTORS SEE THE POTENTIAL OF THAT BUILDING AND COME FORWARD WITH SOME IDEAS THAT COULD ACTUALLY PUT THAT BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS AND GENERATE, UH, SPUR OF GROWTH DOWNTOWN. THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE FOR THAT. SO LET'S KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED ON THAT ON ANOTHER. UH THIS, UH MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE JEWISH NEW YEAR HEBREW YEAR. 57 83. I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND IN OUR RELIGION. THIS IS A TIME WHERE YOU BEGIN INTROSPECTION AND CONTEMPLATION , MUCH LIKE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION DOES DURING THE EASTER HOLIDAYS, AND YOU'RE ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS. AND YOU THINK ABOUT , UH WHAT YOU'VE DONE WRONG IN THE PAST YEAR AND WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO BETTER, AND, UH, IT'S ALL INTO THE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT CONCLUDES WITH YUM KIPPUR. WHICH IS THE

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THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TERRIER, MIKE, YOU FEEL GOOD TO SEE YOU GOT THIS SIDE IN YOU, MAN. BUT YEAH , I WANNA THINK TAYLOR NEIL AND HIS WIFE FOR CHEERING THAT CANCER. THE CANCER SOCIETY, THE REAL MAN WOULD PEAK COMMITTED TO BEING AMBASSADOR FOR YOU AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. MUCH RESPECT AND MAKE SURE Y'ALL DONATE TO ME. NOT CHRIS ARREOLA, RANDY. UH IN MY WE GOT THE ELECTRICAL CHARGERS OVER THERE, CROSSING THAT NEW SHOPPING STRIP ACROSS FROM PAPA THOSE. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY ELECTRIC VEHICLES MAKES YOU LET THEM KNOW, I KNOW THE WORLD IS GOING IN THAT DIRECTION, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT UP IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. I WANT TO THANK CHRIS DURIO FOR LETTING ME FILL IN FOR HIM. IT IS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, MEETING THE PARENTS ARCHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING AND IT WAS ALMOST STANDING ROOM IN THERE AS WELL. LET YOU KNOW COMMUNITY CAME OUT. YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND MIKE AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. BU AND WESTBROOK. THEY HAVE A ROBBERY VOLLEYBALL GAME TONIGHT , SO THE COMMUNITY CAN GET OUT AND SUPPORT THOSE KIDS THAT WOULD BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED THE GAMES TO ASSESS SEVEN O'CLOCK P M. BOOMER UNITED. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND THE PATIENTS AND MR WILLIAMS, I TRULY APPRECIATE YOU WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I UNDERSTAND. PLANS HAVE BEEN GOING FOR A WHILE. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD ON TO WHAT MIKE SAID AS WELL. YOU GOTTA HAVE PLANS FUNDING, BUT YOU ALSO GOT TO HAVE THE EXECUTION BOARD. BECAUSE WITHOUT THE MONEY, THE PLAN THE FUNDING THE VISION YOU DON'T EXECUTE IT. YOU JUST WASTED A LOT OF TIME. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW COMMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL, UM, I'M JUST LIKE TO THANK, UM CHIEF SINGLETARY AND CHIEF WHITE, UH, FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE BEAUMONT CHAMPIONS PROGRAM. RANDOM COUNCIL MEMBER FELLA SHOW, AND I MADE IT OUT TO THAT IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE NEW COLOR ON THE NEW FIRE TRUCK AND THOSE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE. I GUESS CEREMONY OF INSTALLING A NEW TRUCK INTO THE CITY. IT WAS THE PUSHIN CEREMONY WILL BE TOMORROW WILL BE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH AT 9:30 A.M. AT 13 01 WEST LUCAS , UH, YOU'LL SEE NEW COLOR IN THE FIRE TRUCK, BUT IT WAS GOOD AND AGAIN. I THINK IT'S THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DOING THE BEAUMONT CHAMPIONS. THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF EDUCATING, UM, CITIZENS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BEAUMONT. THE FUNCTION HOW THINGS FUNCTION IN BEAUMONT.

THEY'VE DONE FIRE THEY DEALT WITH FIRE. POLICE AND THEIR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THEY DO EACH DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY. IS THAT CORRECT? THEY COVER MOST , BUT THEN THEY'LL ALSO BRING IN WORKFORCE. UH SOME L I T LAMAR COMPONENTS B I S D SO THEY TRY TO POUR SO THEY TRY TO COVER IT WIDE VARIETY THAT SECOND CITY. IT WAS A GOOD SHOWING YESTERDAY . GOOD EVENT, AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB PRESENTING. SO THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. CANCER MEMORY, NEW. CITY ATTORNEY CITY MANAGER. YES, COUPLE OF THINGS BETTER ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. UH, WE? WE IT'S SOMETHING WE MUST DO. WE HAVE TO GET DONE AS A PART OF THAT PLAN THERE WILL WILL IDENTIFY THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OR SOLUTIONS. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT'S IDENTIFIED BY THIS GROUP AND OTHER MEMBERS THAT HOLDERS OF THE COMMUNITY BUT NOT ONLY THAT . IT ALSO IDENTIFIES HOW IT'S GONNA GET DONE AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING GETTING IT DONE, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO IDENTIFY. FUNDING SOURCES FOR THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE, SO IT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL OF THAT INFORMATION YOU KNOW, IN THE YOU KNOW THE PROBLEM. YOU KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT? HIDE GETS PAID FOR IT, SO THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE PLAN. BASED UPON

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NORMALLY THEY'RE HERE, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT, UH CREATING A LITTLE MORE. UH L YOU FRIENDLY STUFF AROUND HERE? WELL THIS IS WHEN WE MISS OUR FORMER COUNSELOR. W STILL HERE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIM NOW WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. RIGHT L U WEEKEND GO L U THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, SAMUEL. WELL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO COME OUT SUPPORT. UM STAND DOWN 2022. UM MYSELF AND MAYOR PRO TIM DURIO. WE HAVE OUR ORDERS TO BE THERE FOR 8 30. THE REST OF THE PUBLIC. THE DOORS WILL OPEN FROM 9 TO 2. AND IT IS TO SUPPORT AND BENEFIT OUR HOMELESS VETERANS AND NOT EVEN, UM, HOMELESS VETERANS. JUST VETERANS. UM AS A WHOLE, THERE'S SO MANY BENEFITS AND SO MANY OTHER, UM SERVICES THAT I BELIEVE SO MANY OF THEM MISS OUT ON AND I SEE MISS WILLIAMS IN THE BACK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND MAYOR PRO TIM DARIO . THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ANY OTHER SERVICE. REMEMBER THAT'S OUT IN THE AUDIENCE. UM BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THOSE THAT FOUGHT FOR US AND FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND SO IT WILL BE HELD AT THE CIVIC CENTER NEXT DOOR ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH LUNCH AND DOOR PRIZES WILL BE PROVIDED. AND UM AS STATED. DUFFEL BAGS ARE GIVEN AWAY. UH SHOES, WINTER CLOTHING, PROBABLY BLANKETS AND PILLOWS. AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE JUST WELL DESERVED FOR OUR VETERANS. SO WE WILL SEE YOU ON FRIDAY MORNING. ALSO THE RICE FESTIVAL STARTS TOMORROW. AH MR WILLIAMS. YOU PROBABLY HAVE NEVER ATTENDED THE RIGHTS FESTIVAL. BUT IT ISN'T WINNIE, WHICH IS ABOUT 15. 20 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD, OUR NEIGHBORS AND, UM WE WANT THEM TO MAKE SOME MONEY, TOO. SO GO OUT AND SUPPORT THE WINNING RICE FESTIVAL. UM, IT'S JUST A TRADITION. UM THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. ALSO PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY. FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND, UM ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES. WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE, UM JUST, UM I PRAY THAT THE STORM JUST DIE OUT BECAUSE IT COULD TAKE A TURN. FOR THE WORST, AND WE COULD BE IN THEIR SHOES PREPARING FOR STORM SO CONTINUED PRAYER FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE PATH. OF, UM THE HURRICANE. AND HOPE AND PRAY THAT IT JUST DISSIPATE. UM, ALSO, UM. I ALSO WANT TO COMMUNE IN MISS LAFLEUR. UM, IT HAS OPENED UP TO BUSINESSES AND LIKE YOU SAID. IN WARD FOR AH TRAINING NURSING TRAINING FACILITY, AND THAT'S MY NEIGHBOR . MR DORIA LIVES RIGHT. OUR BACKYARDS MEET UP A NEW NEIGHBOR THAT MOVED IN ABOUT 78 MONTHS AGO. AND, UM SHE'S DOING, UH. A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PUTTING PEOPLE TO WORK. SO I

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AND. YOU'RE ALLOWED. YOU'RE THREE MINUTES TO COME UP AND STATE YOUR OPINION AND STATE YOUR CONCERNS. UH WE JUST HAVE RULES THAT WE ACT THAT THEY'RE GOVERNED. AND UH SO THAT WE ARE NOT BEING UNFAIR TO ANYONE IN PARTICULAR WE AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY RED, UH, THOSE ARE PART OF OUR CHARTER. WE DON'T MAKE THEM UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL. THEY'RE PART OF THE CITY CHARTER . AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. WITH THE CITY CHARTER, BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE, AND, UH, HER NAME IS MISS MARGARET AND I MISS MARGARET, AND I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU WOULD STAND UP. THIS LADY IS A NATIVE BEAUMONT ER THAT NO LONGER LIVES IN BEAUMONT, BUT SHE CONTINUES TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING. FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. I THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO COME TO BEAUMONT AND YOU'RE STILL VOLUNTEERING HERE AND YOU'RE STILL WORKING FOR YOUR CITY THAT YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED IN. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS MARGARET. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TODAY AND GO OUT AND SPREAD THE LOVE. THANK YOU. WE ARE JOINED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.