Nov 08, 2022 City Council

LET US PRAY, PLEASE.

WELL, THE LORD AND OUR GOD, FIRST WE WANT TO TELL YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY THAT YOU'VE DISPENSED TO US JUST INSIDE OF THIS DAY.

AND THEN, FATHER, I WANT TO TELL YOU THANK YOU FOR THE LIBERTIES THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EVEN LIBERTIES THAT SOME ARE EXERCISING AS WE SPEAK TO YOU RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE VOTING THEN.

FATHER, I PRAY SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU WOULD HELP THIS LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT FOR OUR CITY OFFICIALS AS THEY DECIDE, HELP THEM TO MAKE GREAT DECISIONS, HELP THEM TO CONTINUE, LORD, TO WORK ONE WITH ANOTHER FOR THE GREAT CAUSE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

AND THEN LASTLY, FATHER, I WANT TO ASK YOU, WILL YOU HELP AND REMIND US THAT YOU ARE THE HIGHEST GOVERNMENT AND SHOW US AND TEACH US HOW TO LET YOU HAVE YOUR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN OUR LIVES TO THE GLORY OF YOUR SON JESUS, WHO IS THE CHRIST WE PRAY.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH HAS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL THE LIBERTY.

JUSTICE.

MAY I HAVE THE ROLE CALL PLEASE? MAYOR MUON.

PRESENT MAYOR PRO, TIM DIO, PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER GETZ PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL PRESENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL PRESENT.

AT THIS TIME I WILL BE READING A PROCLAMATION.

AT THE CLOSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 51 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO WHICH SPECIFICALLY PROJECT RIVERFRONT.

WE WOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERING MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATE OR PENDING LITIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 51 0 71 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, MICHAEL DANIELS JR.

VERSUS OF BEAUMONT CAUSE NUMBER 8 2 9 8 43 AND CALEB FIN VERSUS CITY OF BEAUMONT AND CHRIS S BOONE, CAUSE NUMBER B 2 10 24 4.

[Proclamations, Presentations and Recognitions]

WE HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION AND SEVERAL, SEVERAL RECOGNITIONS TODAY.

BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND BEGIN BY READING THE PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH.

WHEREAS NOVEMBER IS A TIME WHEN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TEAM UP TO BRING ATTENTION TO DI DIABETES, WHEREAS THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIABETES.

TYPE ONE DIABETES IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER IN WHICH THE IMMUNE SYSTEM DESTROYS CELLS WITHIN THE BODY THAT MAKES INSULIN A HORMONE THAT REGULATES BLOOD SUGAR TYPE TWO DIABETES, WHICH RESULT WHEN THE BODY IS NOT ABLE TO USE INSULIN PROPERLY TO REGULATE BO UH, SUGAR AND GESTATIONAL DIABETES, A CONDITION DURING PREGNANCY IN WHICH THE BODY DOESN'T USE INSULIN PROPERLY, WHEREAS ONE IN FIVE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WHO HAS DIABETES DOES NOT KNOW THEY HAVE IT.

ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION, THAT IS 7.3 MILLION PEOPLE OUT OF 34.2 MILLION, WHO ARE NOT AWARE THEY ARE LIVING WITH THE DISEASE AND ALL THE HEALTH RISKS THAT POOR, THAT'S POORLY MANAGED BLOOD SUGAR CAN POSE, WHICH CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE HEART, EYES, KIDNEYS, AND LIMBS WITHOUT PRODUCING

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ANY SYMPTOMS. WHEREAS DIABETES IS THE SEVENTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SIXTH IN TEXAS.

WHEREAS AN INCREASE IN COMMUNITY AWARENESS IS ESSENTIAL TO PUT A STOP TO THE DIABETES EPIDEMIC.

WHEREAS ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 2020, THE FOURTH ANNUAL FAITH AND STRENGTH TO ENDURE COMMUNITY DIABETES AWARENESS HEALTH FAIR WILL TAKE PLACE AT FREEZO THERAPY AT 9:00 AM AND THEREFORE, I, ROBIN MUON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER, 2022 AS NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH IN BELMONT AND ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT TO CONFRONT, FIGHT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, CHANGE THE FUTURE OF THIS DEADLY DISEASE.

ACCORDINGLY, I MAYOR ROBIN MUAN HAVE SET IN MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIX SIGN.

NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022.

MAYOR ROBIN MUON AND ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH IS TAMIKA CLARK, FOUNDER OF FAITH AND STRENGTH AND ENDURE DIABETES AWARENESS.

TAMIKA, IF YOU'LL PLEASE COME FORWARD AND ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I'M GONNA GIVE A LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF MY EVENT.

LIKE I SAID, EVERY YEAR WE DO THIS, UM, THIS IS THE FOURTH ANNUAL DIABETES AWARENESS EVENT THAT I HOST EVERY YEAR.

NORMALLY I DO A WALK, BUT THIS YEAR I'M GONNA DO A HEALTH AWARENESS FAIR.

I'M GONNA DO IT AT PHYSIOTHERAPY, 26 84 CULDER STREET.

UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A HOST OF VENDORS AND SPONSORS GONNA BE THERE.

I'M GOING TO HAVE LIFE SHARE BLOOD DRIVE, GONNA DO A BLOOD DROP THERE.

WE ARE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT HEALTHCARE FACILITIES GONNA BE THERE TO DO GLUCOSE AND BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS.

UM, WE ARE ALSO GONNA HAVE FOOD.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, THESE JAMAICAN JAMAICAN STYLE.

SHE'S GONNA DO HEALTHY TACOS.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE SMALL LITTLE SECTION.

WE'RE GONNA DO A 10 TO 15 MINUTE, UM, FITNESS WORKOUT BECAUSE OF COURSE WITH DIABETES, IT, IT, UM, IS GOOD TO WORKOUT AND IT'S GOOD TO MOVE.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO YOGA.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HOST OF DIFFERENT VENDORS AND DIFFERENT SPONSORS THAT'S GONNA BE THERE.

LIKE I SAID, THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY IS WELCOME.

IT'S A FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR FOR EVERYONE TO COME OUT IN SUPPORT, TO ADVOCATE, AND JUST TO GIVE OUT RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH.

I THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME MS. CLARK.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

A LOT OF PEOPLE, AS THEY SAY, HAVE DIABETES AND ARE NOT AWARE OF IT, SO IT'S ANOTHER SILENT DISEASE.

SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

NOW, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BEGIN OUR EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARD CEREMONY, AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT.

AMY PRICE AT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE ATTENDEES.

TODAY WE GET TO DO A REALLY SPECIAL, UH, EVENT TODAY.

WE GET TO RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE GAINING SERVICE AWARDS TODAY.

SO WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GO PROCEED WITH THE PROGRAM AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, A 25 YEAR SERVICE AWARD.

AND IT'LL GO TO, UM, MISS FREDDY WILLARD OF CVB.

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OKAY, I .

UH, OKAY.

NEXT, WHAT, 25 YEARS? CALL WHITEHEAD JUNIOR OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

OH, .

CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU .

COME ON PEOPLE SMILE.

CARRIE LOVES YOU.

DO ONE MORE.

SORRY.

WAIT, WHAT? HOLD ONT SECOND WAS I CONGRATULATIONS.

25 YEARS.

25 YEARS MAX MILLION WIN FROM E EMS. YOU'RE READY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HEY, THESE WIS HAVE EARNED THIS .

SHALENE HARDING FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE.

WELL, SHE WORKS IN OUR OFFICE.

SO , CONGRATULATIONS.

25 YEARS.

WAYLAND EVANS FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WAYLAND'S NOT HERE.

ALSO, ALSO FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

JERRY AIRS 25 YEARS ENERGY, THE FUTURE .

WHEN I RETIRED, I WANTED EVERYBODY.

SHE BURNED IT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

OKAY, WE'LL GO TO 30 YEARS.

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CHRISTIAN SINGLER FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

30 YEARS CAROL RILEY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S STILL CAROL.

SO DID YOU WE'RE REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE LONG TERM EMPLOYEES LIKE THIS.

UH, 30 YEARS.

JOAN PATILLO PLANNING AND FROM FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WILLIAM DEAN OLIVIER CONGRAT, THANK FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

JOHNNY MCMAHON, THE FOURTH FAVORITE.

I WAS A .

HEY BABY, THIS IS MY PART.

UH, UH, ONE MORE.

I'M SORRY.

DON'T MISS OUT.

YEAH, SHE'LL CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT'S MY GIRL, RIGHT? THIS .

AND THAT'S 30 YEARS.

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UM, ANOTHER 30 YEARS FROM ENGINEERING.

JIM LANCASTER, I COME CONGRATULATIONS.

AND NEXT ONE FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, UH, 45 YEARS, UH, FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DONNA JAVIER.

ONE MORE.

READY? YOU S OKAY.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR WHAT THEY BRING TO THE CITY.

THE DOOR IN, IN THE DOWN THE HALL IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA BREAK FOR RECEPTION OUT

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CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT AND STAYING WITH US WHILE WE RECOGNIZE OUR SERVICE, UH, EMPLOYEES AND I TOTALED UP, UH, ALL OF THE YEARS AND THAT WAS A TOTAL OF 290 COMBINED YEARS OF SERVICE.

THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO.

NOW'S

[Public Comment]

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE FILL OUT THE GREEN SLIP AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM HANDED TO THE CLERK AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.

SHE WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK.

THE THREE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON AT THE BEGINNING AND THE RED LIGHT WILL BE YOUR INDICATION THAT YOUR TIME IS UP.

EDDIE ALLEN, 96 95 GIRLS STREET BY MY TEXAS.

ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA.

GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL.

UM, THE QUESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO HELP ME WITH IS C AND OF COURSE WITH THE AIRPORT, I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED AND IT SAYS THAT, UM, ON THE, IN THE PACKET THAT THE FUNDING SOURCE IS, UM, THE BEAUMONT AIR, UH, BEAUMONT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT OIL AND GAS RESERVE REVENUE.

AND I DID NOT SEE THAT ON THE BUDGET.

WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN A BUDGETED ITEM? AND THE NEXT ONE IS, UM, NUMBER ONE.

IS THAT WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO GO NOW, THE REGULAR AGENDA, RIGHT? YOU CAN, YES, MA'AM.

ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, THE IN-CAR VIDEO, I'M SO HAPPY THAT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS SAYING SOMETHING TO SUGGEST, BUT I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE DOING THE IN-CAR VIDEO AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL HELP THE CITY.

WE'VE HAD SOME TRAGIC THINGS TO HAPPEN.

UM, SO BOTTOM LINE, WILL THAT BE IN EVERY CAR? AND WILL THEY BE REQUIRED TO KEEP 'EM ON ALL THE TIME? THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

AT THIS TIME I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSE THE MOTION? CARRIE,

[1. Consider approving the purchase of in-car video equipment and software from Axon Enterprise, Inc. of Scottsdale, Arizona for use by the Police Department ]

MAY I HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF INCAR VIDEO EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE FROM AXON ENTERPRISE INC.

OF SCOTTDALE, ARIZONA PRODUCED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A, A PROVIDER FOR INCAR VIDEO, WHICH IS MOTOROLA WATCHGUARD.

AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING A, A CHANGE TO AXON, UH, AXON, UH, SYSTEMS, WHICH IS A VERY REPUTABLE SYSTEM.

UH, AND QUITE FRANKLY, I BELIEVE WE WERE THE FIRST ONE TO USE AXON IN TEXAS IN BUTTA, UH, AS A PILOT PROJECT.

SO I AGREE WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION AND, AND HIGHLY RECOMMEND AXON, UH, SYSTEMS FOR INCOME VIDEO.

AND THIS WOULD BE FUNDED, FUNDED THROUGH THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND AND, UH, RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? OH, TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MAYOR PRO TIM DIA, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ON THE FUNDING.

UH, IT SAYS CONFISCATED GOODS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, UH, WHAT EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS WITH THE CONFISCATED GOODS? UH, TYPICALLY A CITY HAS A FUND FOR CONFISCATED GOODS.

THINGS THAT ARE CONFISCATED.

THEY CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON CERTAIN THINGS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE POLICE CHIEF.

AND MY GUESS IS THAT'S THAT FUND, IF IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT, PLUNKETT OR SO Y'ALL CAN TELL ME, BUT THAT'S WHEN IT COMES FROM CONFISCATED PROPERTIES.

SO THEY, THEY CONFISCATED AND THEN THEY SELL IT OR AUCTION IT OFF, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? GIVE ME CASH.

OH, OKAY.

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GOOD USE TO IT.

, COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHARP.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, IS THIS FOR EVERY CAR AND HOW LONG WILL THEY STAY ON? AND THIRD QUESTION IS, IT SAYS BY DOING THIS, THIS WILL GIVE LICENSE PLATE READERS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 50 CARS.

I'M JUST WONDERING, DOES THAT COMPLETE ALL OF OUR CARS OR WILL THERE BE SOME THAT DO NOT HAVE THE LICENSE PLATE READER? OKAY, HERE COMES CHIEF PLUNKETT AND HE'LL ADDRESS THAT COUNSEL.

SO THE FIRST QUESTION, HOW MANY CARS SHE ASKED MS. ALLEN ASKED EVERY CAR? NO, THIS WILL BE OUR FRONTLINE PATROL CARS.

SO IT DOESN'T OUTFIT THE WHOLE FLEET, BUT THE CARS THAT YOU SEE OUT RESPONDING TO CALLS, DOING TRAFFIC WORK, UH, AS WELL AS THE PATROL SUPERVISOR CARS, SHE ALSO ASKS, WILL THEY BE ON ALL THE TIME? UM, THE, WE HAVE A POLICY THAT DICTATES WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE HAVE TO BE RUN, TURNED ON, BUT THEY COME ON AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THE LIGHTS DURING EMERGENCY OPERATION.

ALSO, THERE'S A FEATURE WHERE WE CAN GO BACK AND GET, UH, UH, WHAT WE CALL SHADOW VIDEO IN THE EVENT THEY WEREN'T TURNED ON.

SO TECH, THE TECHNICAL ANSWER IS YES.

AND THEY LICENSE PLATE READER.

THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL 50 CARS.

SO THERE'S AN OPTION WITH THESE CAMERAS.

WE CAN, UH, TURN ON THE LPR OPTION WITH THOSE.

AND THAT'S SAY I BELIEVE A PER VEHICLE RATE.

BUT IT WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, REALLY AMPLIFY OUR LPR, UH, STOP.

CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF IN PLACE UNITS AS WELL AS, UH, I BELIEVE THREE OR FOUR MOBILE UNITS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, MA'AM.

LAN, UH, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO READ TEMPORARY LIGHTS AND PLATES WITH THIS READER? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION FOR THE AXON REP WHO'S HERE.

HELLO COUNSEL.

UM, ALEX WITHOUT ASHFORD, WITH AXON.

SO I AM THREE MONTHS IN WITH AXON , SO I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT TODAY, BUT I CAN GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU BY THE END OF TODAY.

ONE QUESTION, WE'LL BRING YOU BACK.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER, UH, I NOTICED THEY SAID THE WARRANTY WAS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR THE, BY THE VENDOR.

UH, HOW LONG IS THE WARRANTY ON THESE CAMERAS RIGHT HERE? SO THERE'S A FIVE YEAR WARRANTY, RIGHT? FIVE.

BUT THAT INCLUDES ALSO A ROTATION PROGRAM.

SO ON THE BODY CAMERAS, WHICH I BELIEVE IS INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE, WE'LL GET, AS THAT TECHNOLOGY NEWS, WE WILL GET NEW, UH, BODY CAMERAS INCLUDED WITH THIS PURCHASE.

, UM, OUR, OUR CAMERAS CAN PICK UP, UM, TEMPORARY LICENSE.

I JUST GOT MY, MY BOSSES LISTENING AND HE TEXTED ME.

SO THANK YOU BOSS.

OKAY, LAST, OKAY, ONE, ONE OF THE QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, WHEN YOU SAY IT CAN READ UP TO 50 CARS, DO YOU MEAN 50 CARS THAT ARE TRAVELING 50 CARS DEEP OR NO, MA'AM.

WE'LL COME WITH THIS PURCHASE GIVES US 50 UNITS, 50 LPR UNITS.

CAUSE EACH, EACH MOBILE CAMERA HAS AN LPR CAPABILITY.

SO WE'RE GONNA TURN THOSE ON IN 50 OF THE UNITS.

IN 50 OF THE UNITS.

AND THAT'S ONLY THE PATROL UNITS THAT ARE OUT PATROLLING? YES MA'AM.

THAT'S YOUR FRONTLINE THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.

WILL THAT COMPLETE OUR FRONTLINE, UH, VEHICLES ADDING THESE 50 MORE LICENSE PLATE READERS? WELL, ALL OF THE, CURRENTLY ALL OF THE FRONTLINE HAVE MOBILE CAMERAS.

THEY JUST DON'T COME EQUIPPED WITH AN LPR OPTION, RIGHT? AXON IS THE ONLY COMPANY THAT OFFERS AN LPR OPTION THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THEIR, IT'S ALL CONSOLIDATED IN ONE MOBILE UNIT.

RIGHT? RATHER THAN HAVING TO PURCHASE A $30,000 SEPARATE LPR SYSTEM.

SO I WAS JUST, I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS WILL THIS, THE FRONTLINE VEHICLES THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, WILL THEY ALL BE ABLE TO READ LICENSE PLATES WITH THIS PURCHASE? WITH THIS THEY WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITIES.

THIS WILL COMPLETE THAT.

THIS WILL BE HALF THE FLEET.

HALF ABOUT HALF OF THE IT'S YEAH, WE'RE TURNING IT ON AT ABOUT HALF, BUT, BUT ALL OF THEM WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY IF WE WANTED TO TURN IT ON AND ALL OF THEM, WE COULD.

YOU COULD, BUT THERE'S A PER UNIT CHARGE.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA DO CAPABILITY IN ABOUT HALF.

SO THERE'S A CHARGE PER YES SIR.

THERE'S FIVE MOBILE UNITS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? CAPTAIN PLUGIN.

WHEN I GUESS ONE THING WE SHOULD PROBABLY STATE, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.

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FOUR OR FIVE.

FOUR OR FIVE WE HAVE ALSO FIXED, RIGHT? SO RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT FIVE CARS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF DOING LICENSE PLATE RING CUZ WE BOUGHT IT SEPARATELY FROM THE VIDEO SYSTEM THAT ARE IN THE CARS.

THIS WILL MAGNIFY THAT BY ORDER OF 10.

SO NOW YOU'RE UP FROM FIVE TO ANOTHER 50.

SO YOU HAD FIVE TODAY, YOU'LL HAVE 55 AFTER THIS.

THERE YOU GO.

AND PURCHASING THOSE SYSTEMS INDEPENDENTLY, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S AROUND 30,000.

IT IS YES.

PER, SO IT WOULD BE VASTLY MORE EXPENSIVE.

THAT'S WHY WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT MANY LPR SYSTEMS. YEAH, THAT'S A BIG PIECE TO THE PUZZLE.

ONE QUESTION.

MAY I PRO TIM? D I SAID, UH, ON HERE MULTIPLE VENDORS WERE REVIEWED.

WHAT, DID ANYBODY ELSE TURN IN ANY BIDS FOR IT? THAT'S, COULD YOU COME TO THE PODIUM? THANK YOU.

WE LOOK AT SEVERAL, I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY GOT BIDS FOR.

OH, YOU KNOW, SOONER, LADY, YOU WERE GONNA HAVE TO COME UP HERE WITH ALL THESE QUESTIONS.

UH, WE ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BID.

UM, WE'RE PURCHASING IT UNDER A BUYING CONTRACT.

HOWEVER, WE DID REVIEW, UM, SEVERAL COMPANIES.

UH, WE HAVE TWO THAT WE LOOKED AT, UM, VERY DETAILED BECAUSE THEY'RE THE TWO THAT, UM, WOULD MEET OUR NEEDS THE MOST.

UM, HOWEVER, WE DID LOOK AT NINE OTHER COMPANIES, UM, AND THEY JUST WEREN'T, EITHER WEREN'T QUITE WHAT WE NEEDED FOR THE NUMBER OF FLEET WE HAD OR THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE, THE PIECES AND, AND PREFERENCES THAT WE NEEDED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? OKAY, WE'RE DONE.

I HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, CONSIDER RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE MAMI MCFADDEN WARD HERITAGE FOUNDATION, MANAGED BY HANCOCK WHITNEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 FOR THE RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE JEFFERSON THEATERS, ROBERT MORGAN, OREGON.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSE THE MOTION? CARRIE, MAY

[2. Consider approving a resolution accepting a grant from the Mamie McFaddin Ward Heritage Foundation, managed by Hancock Whitney, for the restoration and enhancement of the Jefferson Theatre's Robert-Morton organ]

AND THE CITY WAS APPROACH ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE THE JEFFERSON, THE ROBERT MORGAN, UH, ORGAN.

UH, WE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE ORGAN AND WHAT IT PROVIDE TO THE THEATER.

UH, HUNDRED $50,000 GRANT WAS PROVIDED TO THE CITY FOR THE PROJECT, FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND, UH, THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO SECURE AND INSTALL PARTS AND MATERIALS AND RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT.

UH, WONDERFUL ARGUING.

UH, AND WE APPROVED.

WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER.

YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENT? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSE THE MOTION? CARRIE, MISS

[Review and discuss an update from TxDOT regarding the I-10 Interchange project in general with a specific focus on the proposed removal of the onramp closest to Kenwood Drive ]

CITY MANAGER, WILL YOU PLEASE US INTO OUR FIRST WORK SESSION, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UH, WE'RE TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS AN UPDATE FROM TECH DOT REGARDING THE IT AND INTERCHANGE PROJECT IN GENERAL WITH THE, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE PROPOSED REMOVAL OF THE ON RAMP CLOSEST TO KENWOOD DRIVE.

UH, WE'RE ALL, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT US ALL WITH OUR 10, BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD A REQUEST FOR A RAMP CLOSED CLOSING THAT WE WANTED TO BRING THAT TO CITY COUNCIL AND MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT AND RECEIVE INPUT ON THAT.

SO TODAY WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE TO SPEAK TO US.

GOOD AFTERNOON CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, MAYOR, APPRECIATE INVITING US HERE TODAY.

UH, LET ME GO THROUGH A LITTLE PRESENTATION I PUT TOGETHER, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

LET'S SEE HERE.

SO, UM, WHAT I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS IT 10 INTERCHANGE.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT REMOVING THE SOUTHBOUND F ROAD RAMP, GOING TO IT, 10 EASTBOUND CONNECTOR.

AND FIRST WHAT I'D LIKE TO START OFF IS A LITTLE SAFETY MINUTE, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND.

UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT IN STREAK.

AND THEN IF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW, IN STREAK IS ABOUT 20 YEAR, 22 YEARS AGO FROM YESTERDAY WAS THE LAST DAY WE HAD A FATALITY, A NON FATALITY, OR WE DID NOT HAVE A FATALITY ON OUR HIGHWAY SYSTEMS. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE IS TRYING TO END THE STREAK.

WE WANT ANOTHER DAY WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE A FATALITY.

AND A WAY TO DO THAT IS, YOU

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KNOW, SPREAD THE WORD.

MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS, MAKE SURE, UM, YOU DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE, UH, MAKE SURE, UH, DESTRUCTIVE DRIVE, PUT YOUR CELL PHONE DOWN, UH, AND DO NOT SPEED.

SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE SPREAD THAT WORD AND WE WANT TO END THAT STREAK.

ALL RIGHT, SO, SO WE HAVE CARDINAL DRIVE, WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS.

UH, ONE PROJECT IS THE CARDINAL DRIVE.

IT LED IN MARCH OF 20 20 22.

IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 307 MILLION.

AND IT GOES FROM PRETTY MUCH 1 24 TO WALDEN ROAD HEADED NORTH UP TO U P P R HOLLYWOOD OVERPASS.

AND OUR ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE E SECTION THAT THE CARDINAL DRIVE IS THE ONE THAT JUST LEAD.

IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW.

UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EAST TECH SECTION.

ESTIMATED COST IS AROUND 400 MILLION AND THE LEAD DATE IS MAY 24.

AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE FROM HOLLYWOOD OVERPASS OF U P P R, HEADED NORTH, UH, U 69 AND WRAPPING AROUND TO 11TH STREET.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SCHEMATICS THAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE, EXCUSE ME, IT'S THE EAST OF THE PROJECT, UH, WEST OF THE PROJECT.

WE'RE STARTING FOR THE HOLLYWOOD OVERPASS.

UH, THERE'S LIBERTY LAUREL.

WE'RE PRETTY MUCH COMING UP, UP THERE.

WE'RE PER ALL BRIDGE STRUCTURES WE'RE.

THE PROJECT IS WIDENING FROM A FOUR LANE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY TO A SIX LANE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.

AND WE'RE WRAPPING AROUND HERE AS YOU SEE THE, THE, TO THE LEFT.

I KNOW IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING A LITTLE BIT, BUT 69 IS GOING GO OFF TO THE RIGHT AND I TEND TO KIND OF CURVE IT DOWN LIKE IT DOES BEFORE.

AND THIS IS A 69 HEADED UP TO WHERE DELAWARE IS.

AND I WANNA, OH, I GUESS I CAN'T DO THE MOUSE HERE, SO I'LL JUST KIND TALK ABOUT IT.

WHICH COLOR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THE PURPLE? YEAH, THE PURPLE IS THE, YOU DON'T SEE IT HERE RIGHT NOW.

UM, THIS IS THE DELAWARE STREET.

THIS IS THE PURPLE IS THE CONNECTORS.

YES MA'AM.

THE SOUTH WHERE THE PURPLE IS.

THE 69TH SOUTH TO THE I 10 EAST CONNECTOR.

BUT I, I'LL GO IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL WHERE YOU CAN SEE HERE.

I'M JUST KIND OF BRINGING UP THE SCOPE HERE.

AND THIS IS COMING BACK AROUND TO MLK AND 11TH STREET IN, IN AND UP, RIGHT THERE AT SEVENTH STREET, RIGHT BEFORE THE PLANTS.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE, UM, THE I 10 ON THE F ROAD IS THE GREEN.

I WISH I COULD DO THE MOUSE UP HERE.

LET ME SEE.

HANG ON A SECOND.

OH, THERE WE GO.

OKAY, SO HERE'S THE FURNITURE RIGHT HERE.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE I 10 COMING OFF HERE ON THE FURNITURE ROAD GOING 69 OR I, EXCUSE ME, 69 SOUTHBOUND F ROAD GOING TO I 10 EASTBOUND.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS CONNECTOR RIGHT HERE.

THIS CONNECTOR DOES NOT EXIST TO THIS DAY.

SO LET ME GO HERE.

THE LAST QUESTION.

OKAY, SO AGAIN, WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE, WE HAVE REALLY PROBABLY ABOUT THREE THINGS.

WE HAVE THE PEOPLE TRAVELING TO I 10 ON THE F ROAD AND THEY GOTTA MAKE A DECISION, OKAY, DO I WANNA STAY ON THE FURNITURE ROAD? DO I GO I UH, 69 SOUTH TO I 10 WEST? OR DO I WANT TO GO 69 SOUTH TO I 10 EAST? AND THIS IS THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REMOVING.

AND THE CONCERNS ARE ACCESS CONTROL, SCHEMATIC, GORE SPACING, AND THE SCHEMATIC RAMP DESIGN.

THIS IS OUR PROPOSED, LET'S SEE HERE.

INSTEAD OF THIS RAMP COMING HERE, TYING IN HERE, WE'RE TAKING THAT MOVEMENT AWAY.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY HERE.

SO WHEN SOMEONE'S DRIVING ON THIS FURNITURE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF KIND OF TY TO GET OPTION, OH MY GOSH, WHICH, WHERE DID I GO INSTEAD OF THREE? NOW THEY EITHER SAY I COULD EITHER STAY ON 69 SOUTH OR GONNA GOING IT 10 WEST AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

UH, SO WE'RE TALKING WHERE THE ACURA DEALERSHIP IS? NO, NO, WE'RE TALKING OLD AUSTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AUSTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THAT'S MY, THAT'S YOUR CHURCH RIGHT THERE ON 69 RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? YES.

YOU CAN STILL GET ON 69 GOING SOUTH.

YOU CAN'T GO EASTBOUND ON I 10.

YOU CAN'T GO EASTBOUND ON I 10 RIGHT NOW.

ANYWAYS, THAT'S, THAT IS CORRECT.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANYWAYS AFTER CONSTRUCTION.

NO, NO.

AFTER, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO UH, TO REMOVE.

YES, YES.

MAYOR, YOU CAN'T ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE.

I'M, OH, I'M SORRY.

SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

I'M VERY NEW AT THIS, SO PLEASE, THAT'S FORGIVE ME.

OKAY, NO PROBLEM.

WE'LL WORK THROUGH IT.

OF MAYBE TRYING TO GET THE CENTER BARRIER RIGHT HERE, TRYING TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

THANK YOU .

YEAH, SO THE REASON, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WE WANNA TO REMOVE THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAFETY ASPECTS OF THIS AS PEOPLE OF TRAVEL 60 DOWN SOUTHBOUND F ROAD.

THEY GOTTA MAKE THAT DECISION, OKAY, DO I WANNA STAY ON THE F ROAD? DO I WANNA GO TO I 10, UH, EAST OR DO I WANNA GO TO I 10 WEST AND REMOVE THAT ELIMINATION OF THAT RAMP? YOU KNOW, YOU WON'T HAVE THAT OPTION

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AND RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, THIS CONFIGURATION'S NOT IN, IT'S NOT TODAY.

I MEAN, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO REMOVE.

LIMIT ME FROM THE PLANT STATION.

SO I HAVE FRIENDS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY I HAVE FAMILY YES SIR.

THAT LIVE ON KENWOOD AND I CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEIR HOUSE.

SO , UM, YOU KNOW, THEY USE THIS TO GET ONTO THE FREEWAY SYSTEM.

ARE YOU PROPOSING SHUTTING THAT COMPLETELY DOWN SO THAT THEY HAVE NO ACCESS, UH, OFF OF KENWOOD, UH, TO GET INTO THE FREEWAY SYSTEM? UH, LET ME SEE HERE.

THERE'S GLADYS KENWOOD.

NO, BUT WE'RE STILL SHOWING ACCESS RIGHT HERE.

UH, THEY, THEY COULD STILL HIT IT SITTING DOWN ITSELF.

I CANNOT REMEMBER IF THIS GORE GOES FAR ENOUGH WHERE THEY HAVE TO GET HERE TO GET ON TO THE RAMP.

CAN'T REMEMBER.

I'M TRYING TO, I CAN'T REMEMBER KENWOOD, I DON'T THINK KENWOOD COULD STILL GET ON THE RAMP WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.

COUNCIL MCG GETS BETWEEN DELAWARE AND KENWOOD RIGHT NOW.

YOU CAN GET ON THE FREEWAY ON 69.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THEY PUT THOSE BARRICADES UP RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU CAN'T GO OVER AND TAKE THE I 10 EASTBOUND.

RIGHT.

THE LAST REVISION OF THE I 10 EXPANSION PROJECT, THEY HAD IT TO WHERE YOU COULD GO I 10 EASTBOUND RIGHT THERE AT KENWOOD.

BUT THEY'RE ELIMINATING THAT CUZ OF THE SAFETY CONCERN.

THAT IS CORRECT.

WHICH IS A TRUE CONCERN, I THINK FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S EVER DRIVEN THAT SECTION.

BUT THEY WILL STILL BE ABLE TO GET ON TO, ON 69, BUT NOT ON I 10 EASTBOUND.

THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TURNER, MR. MANAGER, THIS, THIS WORK ITEM WITH IT, WITH IT PUT ON ON THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL T.COM.

OH, I'LL YIELD THE PART.

BUT THEY, THEY CAME TO US WITH THE REQUESTS AND PARTICULARLY MYSELF TO CLOSE AND CHANGE THIS RAMP AND INTERCHANGE AND I KNOW HOW IT CAN IMPACT THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, I WANT TO CANCEL THE WAY IN ON IT FOR SURE.

BART CAN THAT, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY TECH DOT'S BEEN WORKING WITH US, UH, FROM THE BEGINNING OF PLANNING THE I 10 INTERCHANGE PROJECT AND, AND THEY'RE ASKING THE CITY WHETHER WE SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE TO THE DESIGN.

AND AS MR. WILLIAMS SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL SO THAT Y'ALL COULD SEE WHAT THE CHANGE WAS AND GIVE US THE, THE OPINION.

AND I ALSO NOTICED THAT IT SAID, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL AS WELL.

SO I ALWAYS WANNA KNOW IF IT WAS POSSIBLE COULD, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY KIND OF SEE A UPDATE AND PROJECT THE TIMELINE ON WHAT THE WHOLE PROJECT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.

BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING US OUTTA CONCERN, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, WHAT'S NEXT? UH, HOW LONG YOU THINK THIS WILL LAST? SO THOSE WERE THOSE FIRST TWO SLIDES HE, HE PUT UP, HE COULD BACK UP TO THE SURE CAN.

OOPS.

TO THE BEGINNING.

SO YOU KNOW, THE CARDINAL DRIVE, YOU KNOW IT LANDED MARCH OF 2022, ROUGHLY ABOUT, HAVE FOUR AND A HALF YEARS ON THAT PROJECT.

THAT'S ON THE SOUTHERN OR WESTERN SIDE OF BEAUMONT.

UH, EASTEX, WE'RE GONNA LEAD IN MAY, 2024.

THAT'S ABOUT ABOUT ANOTHER FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AROUND SOMEWHERE AROUND 2028, UH, TO HAVE THAT COMPLETE.

OH WOW.

SO BASICALLY SIX SEVEN YEAR PROJECT.

HE'S FAMILIAR.

YOU'RE, IS THIS, IS THIS ACCESSIBLE FOR ANYBODY TO SEE IT ONLINE OR OH YES.

WE HAVE A, YOU CAN GO TO TEXT.DOT GOV UNDER PROJECT TRACTOR.

IT TALKS ABOUT THE PROJECT AND WE ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED SITE, UH, THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

MR. CITY MANAGER, CAN WE ALSO ADD IT TO OUR WEBSITE? WE, WE CAN, THAT'S WHAT MR. BOONE WAS JUST WHISPERING TO ME.

WE CAN, WE CAN LINK FROM OUR PAGE OVER TO TECH DOT'S PAGE AND AND HIGHLIGHT THAT.

YEAH, MATT.

YEAH, MY REASONS WERE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ASKING AND CONCERNED AND WANNA KNOW WHAT'S THE TIMELINES AND HOW LONG WE'LL PROBABLY BE, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH IT.

OF COURSE GROWTH IS GOOD BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S A FEW PAINS WITH IT, SO IT WILL BE A LONG TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL, THINKING ABOUT IT, I WAS JUST GONNA RECOMMEND THE SAME THING, LINKING IT BACK TO OUR WEBSITE CUZ THERE IS A PILE OF INFORMATION, UH, ON THE TEXT.WEBSITE THAT GOES THROUGH ALL THE DRAWINGS, ALL THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF IT, ELEVATION SHOT.

SO I MEAN THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THERE.

IT'S JUST A LOT OF DIGGING.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW AND MAYOR PRODU.

SIR, I'M GONNA COMMUNICATE TWO QUESTIONS TO YOU FROM A CITIZEN.

UH, THIS IS NOT COMING FROM ME.

UNDERNEATH AND IT TEN'S GONNA GO OVER A MORALE.

YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER 'EM, BUT CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE REMOVAL OF THE MA MEYER BRIDGE? NOT REALLY.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA FLIP THE STACK.

UH, MORE LIBERAL LAURELS GONNA GO

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I BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA KIND OF TRY TO KEEP THE SAME KIND OF ARCHITECTURAL COSMETICS, BUT I CANNOT TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE OR WHAT'S THE ACTUAL OUTCOME.

BUT THE MORI MARS BRIDGE IS GOING AWAY.

THAT'S, IF THAT'S THE QUESTION.

IT, THEY'RE ELIMINATING ANYTHING THAT GOES OVER I 10.

SO I 10 WILL GO OVER ALL OF OUR ROADS INSTEAD OF US GOING OVER I 10.

I DO KNOW THAT THE TWO PLACARDS ARE MORE, MORE MEYERS AS YOU GET APPROACH IT.

UH, THOSE ARE GOING TO STAY IN PLACE I BELIEVE.

AND TEXT DOT HAS, UH, HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MA MYERS FAMILY REGARDING THE ARCHITECTURE OF THAT PARTICULAR SECTION.

I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME MORE MEETINGS BEFORE THAT'S FINALIZED.

I BELIEVE SO.

I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THOSE SO I CAN'T REALLY COMMENT TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT.

BUT THE PLAQUES ARE GONNA REMAIN.

YEAH, THE BRIDGE AS YOU BRIDGES OFF OF LIBERAL LAUREL, THE, THE THE TWO END, UM, FOUNDATIONS THAT TALK ABOUT SHOWS MORA MEYERS, IT'S, IT'S GONNA STAY IN PLACE.

SECOND QUESTION.

UM, EVIDENTLY THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE.

I 10.

AS YOU HAVE HERE.

UM, AND HOW THAT WILL IMPACT, UM, WATER MITIGATION HANDLING, FLOODING ISSUES.

I, I DON'T SEE WHERE THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE, BUT, UH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? UH, THERE'S CONCERNS THAT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU ACTUALLY WIDENING I 10? YES.

SO WILL, WHETHER IT BE, UH, WILL YOU ADDRESS, UH, WATER RE RETENTION MITIGATION TO PREVENT ANY TYPE OF FLOODING IN THAT AREA? I, I BELIEVE SO.

THEY, THEY, THEY DID HAVE IT.

THEY ARE ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE.

THAT DD SIX HAS BEEN IN ON CONVERSATIONS ALONG WITH THE CITY AND AS PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, WE'LL WIDEN WHERE HILDEBRANT GOES UNDER I 10.

SO THAT SHOULD HELP, UH, QUITE A BIT WITH DRAINAGE.

AND WOULD THERE BE A WIDENING OF THAT BIG DITCH BEHIND CARRAS? DO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S, THAT'S A DD SIX DITCH? THAT WOULD BE A D SIX QUESTION.

WE'RE SPECIFIC TO THIS PROJECT.

CURRENTLY HILDEBRANT GOES UNDER I 10 AND IT GOES IN, I THINK THE DUAL CULVERT UNDER THERE NOW.

AND IT'S GONNA BE EXPANDED TO WHERE IT CAN CARRY MORE WATER UNDER AND NOT CHOKE IT BACK.

BUT IT IS BEING, YEAH, IT IS BEING ADDRESSED.

MAY I APPROACH HIM DUO? YEAH.

THIS, THIS PROJECT HERE, THE PARK I GUESS IS BROWN.

IF Y'ALL REMEMBER WILLIAMS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION WAS HERE ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO DO A LAY DOWN YARD ON FINET ROAD AND THIS IS THE, THE SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING.

AND I SPOKE WITH THEM AND THEY SAID BASICALLY THEY'RE, UH, ADDING LANES AND REPLACING EVERYTHING.

ALL THE OVERPASSES, I MEAN ALL THE ON RAMPS, OFF RAMPS HIGHWAY, ALL THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

ALL THE, ALL THE RED SECTION OR ORANGE SECTION.

I KIND OF GOT A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR BLINDNESS, BUT THAT IS CORRECT.

IT IS ALL GONNA BE RECONSTRUCTED.

AND ADDING LANES TO IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER.

AND A CONCERN FOR ME IS, UH, THE UN UNDER THE FREEWAYS TO GO UNDER THE UNDER SECTIONS, THE LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE SOME ARE FREEWAYS UNDERNEATH THE LIGHTING IS, ISN'T ANY LIGHTING, WILL THE LIGHTENING BE, WILL IT BE LIGHTING ADDED WHEN YOU GO UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY? I BELIEVE SO.

I MEAN WE HAVE THE HIGH MASS WITHIN THAT SECTION.

UM, AS WE GO WITH CONSTRUCTION, WE WILL LOSE SOME OF THE HIGH MASS DURING CONSTRUCTION THAT AREA.

BUT FOR THE UNDERCLASS LIGHTING, I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE UNDERPASS LIGHTING.

LET ME VERIFY THAT.

THERE SHOULD BE, IS THERE AN UNDERPASS THAT'S NOT LIT CURRENTLY? WE'VE WORKED WITH TECH DOT THAT IT WAS IN POOR REPAIR AND, UH, TECH DOT WENT THROUGH, REPAIRED A LOT OF THAT AND TURNED IT OVER TO THE CITY FOR MAINTENANCE.

BUT LAST I UNDERSTOOD, I THOUGHT WE HAD ALL OF THOSE, THE THE ONE GOING TOWARDS LAMONEY UNIVERSITY, NOT MLK, BUT THE ONE BEFORE THAT IS PRETTY DARK WHEN YOU MAKE THE TURNAROUND UNDER THERE.

RIGHT THERE BEFORE 24? YES SIR.

AND LASTLY, IF WE, WE WERE DOING THE, AND WE WERE MAINTAINING THE LIGHTING ON AN UNDERPASS AND A LOT OF OTHER CITIES SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, HOUSTON, THEY JUST DID ONE NEAR BAYTOWN.

THE UNDERPASS LIGHTING IS COLORED.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, STANDARD WHITE.

I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE MORE MODERN AND PROGRESSIVE AND THOSE KIDS KIND OF LIKE GOING UNDER THAT IF THAT'S AN OPTION THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY LOOK INTO.

ALL RIGHT.

I I DO KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME POWER ISSUES, UH, RIGHT THERE IN THAT SECTION BECAUSE WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH AND THEY PUT THE HIGH MA IN AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, SOME OF THE WIRING GOT MESSED UP TO THE UNDERPASS LIGHTS THAT WERE HAVING TO BE ADDRESSED.

SO THAT MAY BE WHY A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE LAGGING BEHIND CUZ THAT'S GOTTA BE FIXED.

BUT I'LL CHECK ON IT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WHEN YOU SAY HIGH MASS, THAT'S THE LIGHTS THAT YES SIR.

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WAY UP THERE.

GO DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY.

THIS IS DEFINITELY THE TIME ASKING TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

BUT WHEN THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE DONE, IF YOU HAVE REQUESTS LIKE LIGHTING, EVEN THE WAY THAT THE RAILING AND BRIDGES LOOK, YOU CAN'T MAKE THOSE REQUESTS STUFF TEXT OUT AS YOUR CITY.

YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT THE STANDARD DESIGN.

UH, YOU CAN GET THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE OR THINGS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO YOUR CITY.

YOU CAN PUT IN CITY EMBLEMS ON THE SIDE OF THOSE BRIDGES, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND, THERE ARE SOME REQUESTS YOU CAN MAKE OF TEXT OUT FOR THOSE BRIDGES.

HOW MUCH REQUEST CAN WE MAKE? A LOT OF IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FUNDING HERE.

LOT DEPENDS ON THE DISTRICT OR AIR ENGINEER AND, AND HOW CORPORATE THEY'RE GONNA BE WITH YOU.

UH, AGAIN, IT GOES WITHIN BUDGET, BUT YOU CAN GET MORE THAN JUST A PLAIN BRIDGE WHO ASK THE QUESTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER ATTORNEY.

WELL I DON'T MIND ASKING, YOU KNOW, WELL, SINCE WE'RE ON THIS TOPIC, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH EACH, CHRIS, CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK MORE INTO THE PROCESS? I UNDERSTAND YOU SAYING WE CAN DO IT, BUT WE WE DO IT THROUGH YOU OR WILL WE DO IT THROUGH TEXT DOT? WELL, WE WOULD DO IT THROUGH TO TEXT DOT THROUGH STAFF AND MORE THAN LIKELY, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE SOME WE PUT LIKE EMBLEMS OVER THE STATES SEAL LITTLE TEXAS ON 'EM OR, OR WE'D PUT EMBLEMS OR PUT YOUR CITY ON THE SIDE OF THEM.

YOU, YOU CAN JUST ON THE IDENTIFY WHAT YOU WANT AND YOU CAN ASK FOR IT.

SOMETIME THEY MIGHT ASK YOU TO CONTRIBUTE TO FUNDING OR IF THE BUDGET ALLOWS, THEY'LL FUND IT.

ON, ON THE, ON THE CARDINAL DRIVE SECTION, WE ARE PUTTING SOME OIL DERRICKS AND CARDINAL ON THE RETAINING WALLS.

SO MR. MANAGER, WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT IT BE WORKSHOPS AND REQUESTS? SO IT COULD BE WHAT THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE MAY WANT TO SEE OR WOULD YOU PREFER IF SOMEONE SEES SOMETHING OF INTEREST OF ANOTHER CITY WE DIRECT IT TO YOU? I WOULD, I WOULD WANT COUNCIL TO DISCUSS IT AS A WHOLE.

CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY VISIBLE AND WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S GONNA FEEL GOOD ABOUT TOO.

AND THE CARDINAL DRIVE SECTION IS ALREADY LET, YES, SO THAT'S DONE AS, AS DAVE MENTIONED, THE, THERE'LL BE A OIL DERRICK AND A CARDINAL EITHER SIDE OF THE UNDERPASSES THROUGHOUT THAT SECTION.

SO THAT PROJECT'S ALREADY BID AND AWARDED.

WELL IF, IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO WORKSHOP IT IF IT IS A SECOND OUT THERE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN GET THE COMMUNITY EXCITED ABOUT.

AND IT COULD BE SOME BUY-IN FROM THE COMMUNITY OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU LIKE TO SEE.

YOU KNOW, LET LAMAR UNIVERSITY AREAS A COLLEGE TOWN.

IT'D BE PRETTY COOL TO SEE MAYBE SOME RED LIGHTING WHEN YOU GET IN THAT AREA.

BUT I'M JUST GONNA THROW IT OUT THERE.

BUT ANYTHING PASS FINET ON 69 ON THAT SECTION THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO, UM, I'LL JUST NEED TO DISCUSS, I DON'T KNOW IF TEXT DOT HAS COLOR REQUIREMENTS ON THAT OR NOT.

OH, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU HAVE TO GET WITH, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULE MEETING WITH US.

WE COULD TALK BART AND LOOK AT IT.

WELL, AJ, COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER, WE'LL SEE IF WE COULD GET YOUR DISCO LIGHTING UNDERNEATH THAT FREEWAY , BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE HAVE TIME.

WE HAVE UNTIL WHAT, 2028? UH, WELL THE, THE REALLY WE NEED TO DO REAL QUICKER ON THE EAST TEXT BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO LET 2024, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S ABOUT FUNDING.

UH, IF IT GETS REALLY, I GUESS DIRECT WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT AGREEMENTS AND OF COURSE LIKE THE LIGHTING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO, BUT, UM, BUT UH, THAT'S, WE NEED, IF YOU WANT CERTAIN TYPE OF COSMETICS, IF YES, PLEASE REACH OUT, GET WITH US.

UH, WE ARE LETTING THAT IN 2024, SO SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK ON IT RIGHT NOW.

WELL, AND ANOTHER MONEY, IT'D BE 2023, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT VERY FAR AWAY.

IT'S JUST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BRAND YOUR CITY AND THAT'S VERY VISIBLE TO, TO PEOPLE.

SO I'M, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A SECOND FOR, FOR YOUR IDEAL.

YEAH, THAT'S THE BLUE SECTION RIGHT HERE.

THAT, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE LED IN 2024.

SO IS IT TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE, FROM WALDEN ROAD TO, UH, FINE TO HOLLYWOOD? I, I WOULD SAY YES, WHERE WE, UH, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE KNOW THINGS GONNA GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET BETTER.

YES, THEY HAVE TO.

COULD CALL YOU INSTEAD OF US AS THEY GET IRRITATED OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS? I MIGHT DO THAT AFTER THE MEETING .

AND WE'LL REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT TECH.IS DOING, BUT COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND GIVE OUT YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER SO ALL OUR CITIZENS

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WELL, BUT IT, IT'S JUST NOT BOWMAN.

I MEAN IT'S CONSTRUCTION ALL THE WAY CLEAR UP TO SAN ANTONIO.

YEAH, I MEAN I TEND ALL THE WAY THROUGH, BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN'T FIX IT UP UNTIL YOU MESS IT UP.

THAT THAT'S TRUE.

JUST BEAR WITH US FOR A FEW MORE YEARS.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE 6 MILLION HIGHWAYS FROM ALL THE WAY FROM HOUSTON GOING TO LOUISIANA AND, UH, AND OF COURSE THE INTERCHANGE BEING BUILT AND, AND AROUND 2028, UH, THIS WILL BE A WONDERFUL INTERSTATE GOING THROUGH.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

WELL, IS THERE ANYMORE DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU ALL.

AND THEN MANHOLE INVESTIGATION.

SO I GUESS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS WORK SESSION AND IT, THE CITY MANAGER, IF YOU COULD TAKE US INTO WORK

[Review and discuss the final report from Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) for the Sanitary Sewer Overflow Initiative Phase 2 ]

SESSION NUMBER TWO.

YES MA'AM.

COUNSEL WORK SESSION TWO IS REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FINAL REPORT FROM LOCKWOOD ANDREWS AND NEW NEWUM INC.

WHICH IS A N FOR THE SENATOR.

SO OVERFLOW INITIATIVE PHASE TWO.

AND I'M GOING TO YIELD TO MR. BAK, LISA LATU AND CHARLES SCHUMATE FROM WILL BE PRESENTING.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.

WE ARE TALKING TODAY ABOUT THE SECOND PHASE OF THREE THAT ARE PLANNED FOR A SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM OVERFLOW INITIATIVE, UH, PROJECT.

SO, UH, TO CONTINUE THE INTRODUCTIONS FOR A MOMENT, OUR LOCAL PARTNER, UH, CHIEF AND ASSOCIATES IS HERE.

I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS ANDY.

SO, SO QUICK AGENDA TODAY, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT AND TO THE POINT.

UH, REALLY BRIEF OVERVIEW.

IT, IT WAS, I WANNA SAY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO PROBABLY.

WE WERE HERE TALKING A LITTLE ABOUT THE END OF OUR CONCLUSION OF PHASE ONE.

UH, THEN JUMP INTO PHASE TWO AND, AND WHAT THAT ENTAILED.

AND THEN TALK JUST, UH, A LITTLE ABOUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING FORWARD.

SO PHASE ONE, UH, THERE WERE FOUR AREAS OF INTEREST THERE.

FOCUS REALLY, UH, WAS ON I'D SAY THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AND THEN, UH, OPERATIONS AND RECORD SUPPORT SIDE OF THINGS.

THOSE INVOLVED A LOT OF GIS, UH, SUPPORT IN THAT AREA.

SO LOOKING FOR THOSE SOURCES OF I AND I, LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY PERHAPS, UH, NOT KNOWING BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE HERE, UH, WHAT WE MEAN BY I AND I OR YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN OUR DII, SO THAT'S RAINFALL DERIVED INFLOW AND INFILTRATION.

SO, UH, THAT FLOW THAT ENDS UP IN THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM WHERE IT DOESN'T BELONG FROM A MULTITUDE OF SOURCES, INFLOW TENDS TO BE WHAT HITS THE SYSTEM RAPIDLY.

YOU KNOW, QUICKLY IN THE RAINFALL EVENT INFILTRATION IS WHAT HAPPENS A LITTLE MORE SLOWLY OVER TIME.

UH, MORE SUBSURFACE FLOW THROUGH THE SOILS.

IT IT FINDS ITS WAY INTO THE, THE PIPES AND THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.

OKAY? AND, UH, PHASE TWO THEN.

SO THE, THE FOLLOW UP WORK THEN TO THAT WAS, UH, BUILDING AGAIN A MODEL OF THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM.

SO PHASE TWO COMPLETES ABOUT HALF OF THAT WORK.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS SOMEBODY DEEPLY INVOLVED IN HYDRAULICS AND, AND HAVING DONE A LOT OF MODELING IN MY CAREER BECAUSE IT, IT GIVES A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, HOW THE SYSTEM IS WORKING.

UH, A BIG FIRST STEP IN THAT PROCESS IS FLOW MONITORING.

SO WE TEAMED WITH, UH, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH ADSS, THERE'S A HANDFUL OF THOSE KIND OF FIRMS OUT THERE THAT GO OUT INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM AND INSTALL FLOW MONITORS OR FLOW METERS.

THEY MEASURE DEPTH, UH, INTO CONJUNCTION WITH THAT.

THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF RAIN GAUGES OUT IN THE SYSTEM.

WE ALSO TOOK DATA FROM, UH, DD SIX RAIN GAUGES.

YOU KNOW, THEY PUBLISHED THEIR RAINFALL DATA.

SO THAT'S ALL INCORPORATED INTO THIS MODEL.

AND SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS AD'S FINAL REPORT.

THE RED CIRCLES ON THE, UH, GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT ARE THE LOCATIONS IN THE SYSTEM OF THEIR FLOW MONITORS.

NEXT SLIDE.

UH, THE GRA LET ME JUST TURN TO THE GRAPHIC HERE FIRST.

SO THESE ARE THE MAJOR TRUNK LINES.

UH, AND LIKE I SAY, PHASE TWO LOOKED AT ABOUT HALF OF THE CITY SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.

SO, UH, SWATH ALONG THE WEST EDGE OF THE SYSTEM AND THEN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST.

AND THE, THE REASON FOR THOSE AREAS HAS TO DO WITH THE MAJOR TRUNK LINES THAT COME INTO THE CITY'S TREATMENT PLANT.

SO YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ENTIRE PORTIONS OF THE

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SYSTEM FROM THAT POINT UPSTREAM.

AND THE MODEL BUILDING BEGINS UPSTREAM BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH SMALLER AREAS.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO, I USE THE TERM CALIBRATE THIS MODEL TO MAKE SURE THE RESULTS IT'S PRODUCING REPLICATE, UH, THOSE RESULTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN, UH, PRODUCED BY THE FLOW METERS OR FLOW MONITORS.

SO THEY SHOW A TIME HISTORY OF FLOW RISING WITH RAINFALL AND THEN TRAILING OFF OVER TIME.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT THE MODEL RESULTS TO SHOW.

AND SO THERE'S THIS CALIBRATION PROCESS WHERE YOU ADJUST THE INPUTS AND THE PARAMETERS THAT AFFECT THOSE, THAT TIMING AND VOLUME OF, OF, UH, STORM OR RAINFALL THAT ENDS UP IN THE SANITARY SYSTEM.

SO THE, THE FIELD DATA WE TALK ABOUT THERE, UH, OF COURSE WE START WITH RECORD DATA, UH, INFORMATION THE CITY HAS FROM THE GIS SYSTEM, FROM RECORD DRAWINGS.

WE PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER, PUT THESE, UH, PIPE DIAMETERS, LENGTHS, ELEVATION INFORMATION, SO PIPE SLOPES, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT GOVERN THE HYDRAULICS INTO THE SYSTEM OR INTO THE MODEL.

AND THEN WE SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH, UH, WHERE THERE MAY BE GAPS IN SOME OF THAT DATA, ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY GOING OUT AND, UH, SURVEYING MANHOLES, GETTING ELEVATIONS FOR LINES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

UH, ANOTHER HELPFUL PART OF ALL THIS IS TREATMENT PLANT FLOWS.

SO SOMETHING AT THE END OF OUR MODEL THAT WE CAN MATCH UP WITH PLANT FLOWS AGAIN, SEE IF THERE'S AGREEMENT THERE AS PART OF THAT CALIBRATION PROCESS.

UH, DESIGN STORMS. SO DESIGN STORMS ARE, ARE KEY TO THEN LOOKING AT OTHER CONDITIONS.

UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR RAINFALL EVENTS, UH, OBSERVED IN THE FIELD OVER, YOU KNOW, SAY 30 DAYS OR 60 DAYS, YOU MAY ONLY GET AN INCH OF RAINFALL, BUT YOU WANT TO ANALYZE IN THE SYSTEM EVENTS THAT ARE MUCH LARGER TO KNOW HOW THE SYSTEM RESPONDS TO THOSE, HOW IT MAY BE FUNCTIONING IN RESPONSE TO THOSE LARGER RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

SO WE SETTLED AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, REASON BEHIND THIS OF COURSE, BUT A FIVE YEAR, SIX HOUR EVENT THAT'S ABOUT 5.6 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THAT TIME PERIOD.

SO IT'S PRETTY INTENSE.

YOU KNOW, A RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION IS A PART OF THAT ANALYSIS AND THAT RAINFALL CAN BE CONCENTRATED IN THE EARLY HOURS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT OR AT THE END OF THOSE HOURS.

UM, SO SOMETHING OF COURSE WE SEE IS THAT ALWAYS ADDITIONAL FLOW MONITORING WOULD BE HELPFUL.

YOU WANT TO CAPTURE THOSE BIGGER EVENTS SO THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO EXTRAPOLATE THAT DATA OUT TO APPLY TO YOUR, YOUR MODEL AND YOUR SYSTEM.

UH, AND OF COURSE, OVER TIME TOO, UH, AS THE THE SYSTEM IS MAINTAINED, OTHER CHANGES ARE MADE IN THE SYSTEM.

YOU GOTTA KEEP THAT MODEL IN THE, UH, IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT'S REALLY IN THE SYSTEM.

AND I WILL SAY IT'S, UH, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IT'S 20 PLUS YEARS I THINK SINCE THERE WAS A COMPLETE HYDRAULIC MODEL OF THE ENTIRE CITY SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S, UH, AGAIN, PART OF WHAT'S EXCITING TO ME IN, IN THESE THINGS IS, UH, BEING ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER THAT MODEL AGAIN FOR THE CITY.

COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR? COULD YOU TELL US, UM, THE AREAS THAT ARE MARKED? WHERE ARE THEY? SO YEAH, SO THE MODEL AGAIN, RIGHT NOW COVERS ABOUT THE, SAY THE WESTERN HALF OF THE SYSTEM, AGAIN DICTATED BY, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MAJOR SIZE ARE, THE BIGGER LINES THAT BECOME THE TRUNK LINES THAT, THAT REACH THE TREATMENT PLANT.

YOU SEE THE WWTP THERE TOWARD THE BOTTOM CENTER OF THE SCREEN.

MM-HMM.

, UH, THERE'S THE TREATMENT PLANT.

SO THERE'S A BRANCH TO THE SOUTHWEST AND A BRANCH TO THE EAST IN ADDITION.

SO THAT COVERS, I THINK IT'S THREE OF THE MAJOR TRUNK LINES COMING INTO THE PLANT.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UH, WHERE'S THE WWTP FOR THE UPPER PORTION? WELL, THE BLANK AREA THERE.

I'LL SAY BETWEEN THE, THE BLUE LINES, THAT'S THE UNMODELED PART OF THE SYSTEM.

RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S THE FOCUS OF PHASE THREE WORK IS OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION MOVING FORWARD.

AND THE SCOPE OF THE WORK IN PHASE THREE.

SO GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH A HANDFUL OF SLIDES NOW LOOKING AT RESULTS AND MODELING OF THIS DESIGN STORM.

IN MANY WAYS, SOME OF THEM LOOK VERY SIMILAR.

I THINK WE ONLY SHOW A COUPLE OF, I'LL CALL 'EM PROFILE VIEWS AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AND EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS AS WE TALK ABOUT EACH OF THESE AREAS.

SO IN THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT, UH, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT OR, OR FILL IN, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

AND SO AREA ONE HERE FROM ALONG FAN ROAD TO THE VERONE LIFT STATION IS WHAT'S SHOWN IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THERE ON THE RIGHT.

SO THE ORANGE LINE RUNNING UP TO FROM NEAR THE PLANT TO THE NORTHEAST IS THE MAIN TRUNK LINE SERVING THAT AREA WITH, UH, THE VERONE AND HARRIET LIFT STATIONS TOWARD THE UPPER END OF THAT.

AND AT THIS POINT I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM LISA, WHO'S BEEN A BIG PART OF

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THE PROJECT AS WELL.

SO CHARLES HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT BUILDING OF THE MODEL FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE SYSTEM.

AND THE GOAL OF ONCE THE COMPLETE MODEL IS AVAILABLE IS TO BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SYSTEM TO TRY TO TRACE DOWN SOME OF THE INTERCONNECTS BETWEEN DIFFERENT BASINS AND TO ALSO USE IT AS A TRIAL TO, TO SEE DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE ADDITIONS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, CAN THEY CLEAN UP EVERYTHING UNILATERALLY OR DOES IT JUST SORT OF MOVE THE PROBLEM DOWNSTREAM? AND THIS FIRST AREA IS A HYPOTHETICAL.

IF WE REALLY MAX OUT THE SYSTEM WITH THIS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RAIN AND SHOWS THAT THAT SORT OF ORANGE LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OR HEAVY, THE THICK DARK LINE, THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE TRUNK LINE BECOMES SURCHARGED.

AND SO THEN THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE UPSTREAM END STARTS AND THE WATER IS FLOWING THROUGH THAT PURPLE LINE.

AND THEN AS YOU GET INTO THAT NEXT PART, THE WATER GETS HIGHER AND HIGHER.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S TRYING TO COME BACK OUT OF THE GROUND.

AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE RAINFALL AND THE IN EYE, WHICH LETS THE STORM WATER INTO THE SANITARY SYSTEM AND, AND OVERLOADS IT.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO RUN EXAMPLES ON TO SHOW THE SYSTEM UNDER EXTREME STRESS TO HELP IDENTIFY PLACES WHERE WE'RE SUSPECT THAT THERE ARE CONTINUED TO BE BROKEN PIPES OR BROKEN MANHOLE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND FIX AND TIGHTEN UP TO KEEP THE SYSTEM AS WATER TIGHT AS POSSIBLE.

YEAH, AND I DON'T THINK I MENTIONED IT, BUT THIS WORKS WELL, SO NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

AND THEN AREA SEVEN, WHICH AGAIN HAS GOT SOME SURFACE FLOODING.

SO YEAH, THE, THESE OVERHEAD OR PLAN VIEW IMAGES HERE AS WELL AS THE PROFILE WE JUST SAW ARE MODEL OUTPUT.

THAT'S PART OF THE PRODUCT THAT YOU'RE GETTING OUT OF THE MODEL TO, TO VISUALIZE WHAT HAPPENS.

AND OF COURSE WE'RE SHOWING ONE TIME STAMP OR A ONLY THE MAXIMUM FLOWS OR HYDRAULIC GRADES IN THE SYSTEM.

YOU KNOW, THE, THE MODEL IS TIME BASED AND SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT, IT TRACES OR TRACKS THROUGH, UH, ON A MINUTE TO SECOND BASIS THIS RAINFALL EVENT AND APPLYING RAINFALL, SIMULATING OR MODELING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ENTRY INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, IT'S FLOW DOWNSTREAM TO THE PLANT.

SO YOU GET THAT VIEW THEN OF THAT HYDRAULIC GRADE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF HYDRAULIC GRADE MAKES SENSE TO EVERYBODY BUT THAT WATER SURFACE AND YOU COULD SEE ALONG THAT PROFILE WHERE IT BREAKS GROUND ELEVATION, THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A TENDENCY TO HAVE OVERFLOWS OUT OF THAT SYSTEM.

AND, AND WHAT WE'RE COMBATING THEN.

AND SO THEN THE NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES LIKE THIS ONE JUST SORT OF SHOW AGAIN WITH THAT EXTREME CONDITIONS.

UH, THE, THE AREAS OF THE SYSTEM THAT ARE STRESSED AND, AND MOST OF THEM ARE THE LARGER TRUNK LINES, YOU KNOW, AS THE WATER DRAINS IS A, IS COLLECTED, THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM COLLECTS THE WATER, WASTE WATER AND, AND IT COLLECTS INTO THE TRUNK LINES BIGGER AND BIGGER UNTIL IT REACHES THE TREATMENT PLANT.

SO AGAIN, FOR THIS AREA TOO, WHICH IS THAT SORT OF JUST IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION AND IT IS CARRIED NORTH TOWARDS THE TREATMENT PLANT AND THIS AREA, UM, IS GOT A LOT OF SPACE, I SUPPOSE IT'S NOT AS STRESSED, BUT THERE IS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN THIS AREA.

SO IT'S, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON.

AND AGAIN, IT'S THE TRUNK LINES THAT AS THE WATER IS COLLECTED FROM THE BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENCES, IT, IT FLOWS TO THE TRUNK LINE AND THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS TO BE PINCHED.

AND THEN, AND I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL, UH, HANDFUL MORE OF THESE SO, WELL THAT LAST AREA TOO, UH, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH, UH, CITY ENGINEER, THERE'S ROOM FOR DEVELOPMENT OR INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA AND IN SEWER CAPACITY THEN, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE MODEL CAN HELP ADDRESS, UH, AS WELL.

AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S OLD SEWER THAT'S BEEN LINED ALREADY, SO IT'S ERS REDUCED, ITS CAPACITY IS REDUCED A LITTLE BIT OVER WHAT IT ORIGINALLY MAY HAVE BEEN.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT DO WE NEED TO REPLACE OR PARALLEL AND IN SOME WAY INCREASE CAPACITY THROUGH THERE MM-HMM.

AND AS THE AREAS COME TOGETHER AND THE TRUNK LINES ARE SHARED, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE ONE PROBLEM IT CAN AFFECT THE OTHER AREAS AS WELL.

THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THIS AREA FIVE IS WHAT WE'VE CALLED IT.

IT'S SORT OF IN THAT BRIGHTON STREET, WASHINGTON BOULEVARD AREA AND THERE'S A LOT OF SURFACE WATER FLOODING HERE ALREADY.

IT CAN BE IN HEAVY RAINS AND THAT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY THAT THE WATER CAN ENTER INTO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKED AT AND THE, WE GOT TWO AREAS LEFT, SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

UH, WALDEN STATION AGAIN AS IT FLOWS TO THIS LARGER 72 INCH LINE, WHICH CROSSES SEVERAL OF THE AREAS ON THE WAY TO THE PLANT.

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SO THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE WERE STARTING TO LOOK AT WITH THIS MODEL THAT WAS BUILT FOR JUST HALF OF THE CITY SO FAR.

AND TO LOOK AT SOME DRY WEATHER DATA AND SOME WET WEATHER DATA AND THEN TO PUT ON THIS DESIGN STORM OR EXTREME CONDITIONS TO SEE WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.

AND THEN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS WHERE WE ARE FOR THE END OF PHASE TWO, THAT REALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THAT CONTINUED EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE IN I FROM GETTING INTO THE SYSTEM IS, IS THE KEY.

THAT'S OPERATIONS, THAT'S MAINTENANCE, THAT'S REHA REHAB REPAIR.

IT KEEPS YOU FROM HAVING TO BUILD A MONSTER SYSTEM BIG ENOUGH TO CARRY ALL OF THE STORM WATER AND THE WASTE WATER.

WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO ASSIST THE CITY WITH MOVING FORWARD ON THE REST OF THE MODELING AND SOME ADDITIONAL FLOW MONITORING.

AND THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE A TOOL THAT YOU CAN REALLY USE, AS CHARLES SAID, FOR LOOKING AT NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE SYSTEM, YOU CAN HELP TO SEE IF IT COULD BE CAUSED ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, IF IT'S SOMETHING WITH SOMETHING IS UNDERSIZED OR, OR MAYBE AS A BLOCKAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED OR, OR SOMEPLACE WHERE, WHERE SOME OF OUR GREAT CITY LEADERS HAVE RETIRED AND THE SYSTEMS ARE INTERCONNECTED AND, AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T REMEMBER THAT FROM THE OLDER PLANS.

AND THEN THESE ARE JUST SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND I SEE HERE ONE OF THE BULLETS POINT WE DIDN'T MENTION WAS, YOU KNOW, OF THE MANY SOURCES OF I AND I, SOME OF 'EM ARE REALLY TOUGH TO TACKLE.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM OCCUR ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND WHERE YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY OR CAN'T GO TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THOSE THINGS AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, UPDATE REGULARLY.

SO, YEAH, UH, I KNOW THE CITY, I THINK ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS HAS FLOW MONITORING GOING ON, UH, IN AREAS OF INTEREST, BUT A MUCH LOWER OR A SMALLER SCALE.

IT'S NOT NEARLY, YOU KNOW, HALF SYSTEM WIDE.

UM, AND THEN WANT TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT, LIKE, LISA'S TOUCHED ON SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL O AND M SCENARIOS.

YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE LIFT STATION OPERATION? IS IT JUST A MATTER OF PUMP TIMING LEVELS THAT PUMPS TURN ON AND OFF? THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, HAVE ALREADY TOUCHED ON DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH.

YOU KNOW, WHAT IS SEWER CAPACITY? HOW MUCH DEVELOPMENT DO WE ANTICIPATE AND CAN WE ACCOMMODATE? AND THEN WE CAN DO SOME BEFORE AND AFTER MEASUREMENTS TO SHOW HOW THE EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, ARE REDUCING THIS INFILTRATION INTO THE SYSTEM.

AND I, SO, SO AGAIN, THE PHASE TWO WAS SORT OF AN INTERMEDIATE PHASE BETWEEN LOOKING AT THE MANHOLE AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE IN THE EYE AND I WAS COMING FROM TO BEGIN BUILDING THIS MODEL TO GET SOME INITIAL FLOW DATA TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

AND, AND THE NEXT PHASE WILL BE TO, TO CONTINUE THIS WORK TO FINISH BUILDING THE HYDRAULIC MODEL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

AND THEN, THEN THE TOOL CAN BE USED FOR EVALUATIONS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OR NOT HAPPENING.

AND, UH, THEN CAN BE UPDATED, YOU KNOW, AS NEW THINGS ARE BUILT OR, OR FACE OUT OF SERVICE PERHAPS.

MY LAST COMMENT, AND IT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF MODELING, AND IT IS TOUCHED ON HERE WITH INTERCONNECTED AREAS.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE AREAS OF THE SYSTEM THAT ARE MODELED AS OPPOSED TO THOSE AREAS THAT ARE NOT YET MODELED, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE AT PLACES CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE AREAS AND THAT'S WHERE THE HYDRAULICS ARE FUZZY.

THAT'S WHY THE MODEL REALLY NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED TO UNDERSTAND HOW EVERYTHING WORKS TOGETHER.

OTHERWISE, IT'S UNCERTAIN WHAT THAT INFLUENCE IS OF THAT PART OF THE SYSTEM.

YOU'RE NOT YET MODELING MAY BE ON WHAT YOU ARE MODELING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER FLOW IS LEAVING THE AREA THAT YOU'RE MODELING, YOU KNOW, OUT TO THAT OTHER AREA, PROVIDING SOME RELIEF TO THAT PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, OR IF THAT FLOWS THE OTHER WAY, THEN IT'S MAKING THE PROBLEM WORSE IN THE PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN DETAIL.

AND, AND THAT'S WHERE COMPLETING THE MODEL IN PHASE THREE REALLY TACKLES THOSE CHALLENGES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKES THE HYDRAULICS OF THE SYSTEM MUCH CLEARER.

SO WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE CONCLUSION.

MM-HMM.

, ANY QUESTIONS OR, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL PRESENTATIONS AND THE PRETTY PICTURES, UM, I GUESS THE BIG QUESTION IS, IS WHAT DO WE DO AS A CITY WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE? UM, AND JUST LOOKING AT THIS PRESENTATION, THIS IS PROBABLY YEARS AND YEARS WORTH OF WORK, UM, TO FIX THE ISSUES THAT THESE FIRST TWO, UM, PHASES HAVE GIVEN US.

SO, UH, RATHER THAN JUST PUTTING THIS ON THE SHELF AND PULLING IT OUT ANOTHER 10 YEARS, I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW WE CAN DEVELOP SOME TYPE OF PLAN TO GET DONE WHAT WE, UH, WHAT WE KNOW NEEDS TO BE DONE.

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FROM PHASE ONE, WE'VE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED ALL THE MANHOLE REPAIRS.

WE'VE GOT THREE REALLY DEEP ONES THAT HAD BID OUT AND THE PRICING CAME BACK A LITTLE HIGH, SO WE'VE GOTTA GO PUT THAT BACK OUT AND FIX THOSE THREE.

AND WE'VE GOT A FEW RAIN STOPPERS FROM THE REPAIRED MANHOLES THAT GOT SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

BUT SINCE WE'VE REPAIRED THE MANHOLE, THEY'RE NOT THAT, UM, ESSENTIAL.

SO SUBSTANTIALLY WE'VE DONE THE REPAIRS FROM PHASE ONE.

UM, PHASE TWO AS THEY HAD MENTIONED IS HALF THE MODEL.

SO, UH, WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADDRESS ANY INFILTRATION WE FIND INTO THE SYSTEM.

WE FOUND THAT ONE BREAK ON THE DD SIX DITCH THAT'S BEEN REPAIRED, WE'RE CONTINUING TO PIPE BURST TO THE EXTENT OF FIVE TO 6 MILLION A YEAR THAT REPLACES LINES IN THE CITY.

IT REDUCES THAT INFILTRATION IN.

SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES WE FIND OUT THERE IN THE SYSTEM.

ARE YOU STARTING TO SEE A BENEFIT FROM PHASE ONE? IT'S HARD TO SPECIFICALLY, YOU GET INFILTRATION FROM SO MANY AREAS, THAT'S HARD TO POINT TO ANY ONE.

CAUSE ON THERE, THE, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE QUITE HONESTLY WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IS TO GET ALL OF THE PUMPS AT THE SEWER PLANT OPERATIONAL AFTER HARVEY.

THAT'S MADE THE MOST DIFFERENCE IN OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS RAINWATER DURING EVENTS.

UM, BUT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DO, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATE ANY SOURCE OF INFILTRATION WE CAN FIND IN THERE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I GUESS YOU CAN'T MOVE FORWARD ON PHASE THREE UNTIL YOU, UNTIL YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, PHASE ONE, BUT YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE PHASE TWO TO PRETTY MUCH SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH PHASE THREE.

THAT PHASE TWO IS COMPLETE.

I, WE'RE READY TO BEGIN PHASE THREE.

OH, OKAY.

IT'S AN EXTENSION, LIKE I SAY, VERY SIMILAR WORK.

THE, YOU KNOW, SCOPE'S NOT COMPLETELY DETAILED OUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK WITH STAFF ABOUT THAT AND, AND WHERE SOME OF THE INTERESTS ARE.

BUT, UH, AS FAR AS MODEL WORK, WE KNOW THE CITY'S DATA PROCESS.

MM-HMM.

THOSE THINGS NOW.

SO WE'RE READY TO, TO GO.

GOOD.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

THAT COMPLETE, UH, OUR WORKSHOPS AT THIS TIME.

NOW IS THE

[COMMENTS ]

TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE FILL OUT THE GREEN SLIP TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND HAND IT TO THE CLERK.

SHE WILL CALL YOUR NAME AND YOUR THREE MINUTES WILL BEGIN WHEN THE GREEN LIGHT COME ON AND YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP WHEN THE RED LIGHT COME ON.

ADDIE ALLEN, 96 95 GRO STREET.

MY TEXAS ALREADY HAVE GREETED THE OFFICIALS THERE.

UM, THE CITY OF ORANGE WAS USED AS AN EXAMPLE FOR RAISING THE WATER BILL, SO I'M JUST INQUIRING, UM, THEY INCREASED THEIR WATER BILL, HOWEVER, THEY SENT OUT A NOTICE TO THEIR CITIZENS ABOUT THE INCREASE.

SO I'M ASKING WHETHER THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WILL DO THE SAME.

THE OTHER ISSUE, UH, AND OF COURSE I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS NOTIFICATION IN THE EVENT OF A HURRICANE, AND OF COURSE WE'VE HAD IT IN TEXAS HERE LATELY.

THERE ARE TWO COMPANIES, ACTUALLY FOUR THAT I'VE SEEN.

THERE'S ACS OUT OF MILWAUKEE AND THERE'S OUTDOOR SIRENS.

AND I AM NOT QUESTIONING THE VALIDITY OF HOW WELL OUR CITY HAS BEEN EMPTIED AND HOW WE ADDRESS, BUT I AM ASKING IF POSSIBLY, UM, A WARNING, A SIREN.

I ALWAYS SAY AUDIBLE, AUDITABLE HORN, BUT A SIREN.

OKLAHOMA USES IT.

UH, UM, ARLINGTON OR DALLAS COUNTY USES IT.

I DON'T THINK THAT HOUSTON DOES.

BUT CAN WE THANK YOU.

I GUESS TWO, TWO MINUTES AGO WE HAD THAT YOUNG MAN COME HERE AND TALK TO YOU.

UH, KENNETH EARL'S, 1265 CONDO, BEAUMONT, TEXAS,

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DID WE HAVE A CIVIL ENGINEER HERE FOR THE CITY THAT WOULD, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS, HE WAS HERE.

UM, THE FIRST THING, UH, THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS DUE PROCESS, THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, THE SPENDING OF THE MONEY.

ARE WE GOING TO COMPLY WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS GOING THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM AND THEN SPENDING THE MONEY? BECAUSE BALTIMORE, NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA IS RIGHT NOW GOING THROUGH LAWSUITS, DEALING WITH THAT VERY SAME THING.

POLICE SPENDING MONEY THAT THEY'VE GATHERED.

AND NOW WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT'S NOT DUE PROCESS.

MOST MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW THAT RULE.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SPEND, GET INTO A LAWSUIT THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY REACH INTO OUR BACK POCKETS.

I'M A TAXPAYER.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANY MONEY THAT WILL GET ME INTO A LAWSUIT AND IT'S GONNA COUNT AGAINST ME.

AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HELP US TO CURTAIL THE FOURTH AMENDMENT LAWS THAT THAT ARE OUT THERE.

BUT GOING BACK TO THE FIRST THING I TALKED ABOUT, UM, WE, WE SEEM TO ALWAYS GO BACK TO HARVEY OR, OR THAT INCIDENT, IF YOU'RE NOT STUDYING FOR THE END IN, IS COMING TO BEAUMONT AND MAYBE GREATER.

WE KNOW THE CLIMATE CHANGES HERE.

YOU HAVE TO START UPGRADING YOUR THOUGHTS FROM 125 MILES AN HOUR TO 170 MILES AN HOUR OR MORE, SO THAT WE ARE PROTECTED.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MSS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

NOW'S THE TIME FOR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COMMENT.

AND I WILL START WITH YOU MAYOR PROTE, DIO, UM, MAYOR, UH, JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE, UH, ALL THE EMPLOYEES ON THEIR SERVICE AWARDS FOR TODAY.

UM, ALSO, UH, LET Y'ALL KNOW WE HAD A MEETING WITH B I S D LAST NIGHT AND, UH, IT WAS PRETTY, I THINK WE GOT A LOT ACCOMPLISHED.

WE DISCUSSED A LOT OF THINGS.

TALKED TO THE MANAGER ABOUT ACTING ON THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED, AND THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT AND, AND UPGRADE US.

I MEAN, UPDATE US AS THEY GO ALONG.

AND OTHER THAN THAT, UH, IT WAS JUST BEEN A BUSY, BUSY WEEK.

WE WENT TO A LOT OF MEETINGS, DONE A LOT OF WELCOMING SPEECHES AT THE, UH, JUST BEEN BUSY AS USUAL.

THANKS EVERYBODY FOR COMING.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM.

COUNCIL MEMBER, GO AGAIN.

UH, ECHOING THE COMMENTS TO CONGRATULATE OUR CITY EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR LONGEVITY AND SERVICE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HOUSTON ASTROS FOR BRINGING US A WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP.

UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER.

YES, MAYOR, MR. MANAGER, IF WE CAN, UH, SOON CAN WE GET AN UPDATE ON PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FUNDING AND PLAN FOR OUR PARKS? YOU KNOW, WE PASS THAT BUDGET, WE JUST WANNA KIND OF SEE WHERE WE AT AS FAR AS EVERYTHING WITH THAT.

MAYBE A PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING TO THAT MAGNITUDE.

AND ALSO, UH, WE DISCUSS A CLEAN CITY CAMPAIGN.

I JUST WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF GET TO START WORKING TOWARDS THAT CLEAN CITY CAMPAIGN AND PARTNERSHIP WITH BISD AS WE DISCUSSED ON LAST NIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SHAW.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

YOU STILL HAVE TIME? IF YOU HAVEN'T, PLEASE GO VOTE.

HAD CONCERNS ABOUT OUR DUE PROCESS, UH, USING, UM, COMPENSATED FUNDS, THE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A VERY STRENUOUS, UH, PROCESS THAT THEY GO TO BEFORE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL JUST LIKE TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES, UH, THAT RECEIVED THEIR RECOGNITIONS TODAY.

JUST BRIEFLY, UH, TO CLARIFY FOR THE CITIZEN WHO

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UM, WE INITIATE THE PROCESS.

AND SO I JUST WANNA ENSURE THAT THAT PROCESS IS BEING ACCOUNTED FOR AS WELL.

UM, ALSO, NOT TO STILL BART THUNDER, BUT, UM, THE CITY DOES HAVE EMPLOY SEVERAL ENGINEERS.

UH, MOLLY BERE, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE, IS ALSO A CIVIL ENGINEER.

UM, SO OUR, OUR CITY AS WELL AS STAFFED AND ACCUSTOMED TO, UH, TO HANDLE THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.

AND WE DO, UH, AT TIMES WORK WITH, UH, OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERTISE OR SPECIALIZED IN CERTAIN AREAS.

BUT THAT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT CAPABLE OF DOING IT OURSELVES.

AND MR. BARKOV, NO COMMENT.

THANK YOU MR. BOONE.

UH, NOTHING.

UH, CITY CLERK, JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT RECEIVE SERVICE AWARDS TODAY.

AND MR. CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, UH, TWO.

I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR SERVICE AWARDS.

THE JOB THAT THEY DO IS IMMEASURABLE AND THEY'RE THE REASON FOR OUR SUCCESS AS A CITY.

CAUSE THEY EXECUTE WHATEVER COUNCIL IDENTIFIES AND THE MANAGER ASKING TO DO.

SO, THANKS.

UH, TWO, I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL, UH, FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION LAST NIGHT IN THE JOINT MEETING WITH B I S D.

I THINK IT WAS A, A REALLY GOOD, GOOD STEP IN, IN WHAT WE WANT TO WORK TOWARD AS A CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND, AND, UH, ABILITY TO BE OPEN-MINDED AND DISCUSS SOME, SOME TOUGH ISSUES.

UH, LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO PROUDLY ANNOUNCE AS WE GO FORWARD AT THE CITY, AND I BEGAN TO GET THINGS IN PLACE WITH THE ORGANIZATION TODAY, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE ADDITION OF, UH, TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS FOR POSITIONS, UM, IT'S GONNA BE CRUCIAL THAT WE GET THESE POSITIONS AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.

UM, IT HELPS WITH PRODUCTIVITY IN THE ORGANIZATION.

IT HELPS TO HAVE A MORE EFFICIENT ORGANIZATION.

AND, AND LASTLY, IT HELPS IN SUCCESSION PLANNING.

YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS GO THROUGH THINGS AND PEOPLE CHANGE.

AND WHEN PEOPLE CHANGE, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO BE, UH, NIMBLE, LAND ON YOUR FEET, AND CONTINUE AS AN ORGANIZATION.

SO PUTTING THESE POSITIONS IN PLACE REALLY HELPS BEAUMONT INTO THE FUTURE AND, AND THOSE ACTIVITIES AND HAVING GOOD EXPERIENCED PEOPLE CARE FORWARD.

I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE TWO OF THEM.

ONE, ONE OF THEM'S WITH US TODAY PROUDLY, I'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE MR. CHRIS BOONE.

CHRIS .

CHRIS HAS WORKED, UH, WITH THE CITY FOR SOME YEARS.

I, I WON'T SAY 15, 16.

I WAS CLOSE YEARS.

UH, HE RECENTLY SERVED AS THE CITY MANAGER, SO HE, HE KNOWS THE HEADACHES OF THE POSITION QUITE WELL.

UH, HE'S ALSO BEEN OVER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO CHRIS IS GONNA BE THE, UH, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OVER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, IN AN ORGANIZATION.

AND SO WELCOME CHRIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH CHRIS IN THE ORGANIZATION.

THANKS, CHRIS.

AND, UH, THE OTHER PERSON'S NOT HERE TODAY.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIM TO HIM.

HIS NAME IS JUNE ELLIS.

MR. JUNE ELLIS.

HE'S CURRENTLY THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR OR MANAGER OF THE CITY OF HIGH SCHOOL, TEXAS.

I'VE HAD, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH JUNE FOR FIVE YEARS.

HE WAS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR ME IN, IN BETA FOR FIVE YEARS.

HE'S WORKED WITH THE CITY OF PEARL LAND, UH, SUGARLAND, UH, MISSOURI CITY.

AND HE'S SPENT 10 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HE HAS A VARIED AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE FOR DIFFERENT CITIES, LARGE CITIES, LARGER THAN BEAUMONT THAT CAN BRING TO THE TABLE AND HELP US WITH SOME OF OUR ISSUES.

HE HAS A, UM, BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.

UM, HE'S CERTIFICATED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, WORKING WITH THAT.

SO I, HE'LL BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

I THINK HE'LL WORK WELL WITH THIS ORGANIZATION, WITH THE PEOPLE OF THIS ORGANIZATION, UH, TO, TO PUT US IN A, A GREAT POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO BRING THOSE TWO PEOPLE FORWARD AND, AND ANNOUNCE 'EM TO YOU.

AND WE WILL BE COMING FORWARD WITH AN OVERALL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.

UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

I, I WANT THESE TWO GENTLEMEN TO SIT DOWN WITH ME AND, AND, AND PUT THAT TOGETHER.

I, I CAN PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT I WANT THEIR INPUT ON IT TOO.

SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO COUNCIL IN THE ADVERT FUTURE.

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THANK YOU MISS, CITY MANAGER, AND CONGRATULATIONS, CHRIS.

APPRECIATE IT.

HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE, WE HAD BATTLE OF THE BANDS, UM, UH, EXTREME WEATHER CONFERENCE AT LAMAR UNIVERSITY, LAMAR UNIVERSITY, EXTREME WEATHER CONFERENCE.

SO, UM, THERE WAS AN OVERSIGHT ON MY PART AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECTIFY FOR, UM, OUR CITY, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF SINGLETARY.

THEY HAD TRUNK OF TREAT, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION IT ON LAST TUESDAY, BUT THEY HAD OVER 3000 KIDS THAT CAME OUT, UH, FOR CANDY ON LAST SUNDAY, LAST SUNDAY.

AND THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.

AND I JUST WENT BLANK.

BUT I WANNA THANK, UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND ALL OF THE STAFF, A JOB WELL DONE.

AND AS ONE OF MY AUNTS WOULD ALWAYS SAY, CHARGE IT TO MY HEAD, NOT MY HEART, BECAUSE YOU DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.

AND I WAS CALLED AWAY, UM, TO HOSPICE FOR A, A FAMILY DEAL.

AND, UH, IT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS THERE AND I MISSED IT ON LAST SUNDAY.

BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ALSO TO ALL OF OUR, UH, SERVICE AWARD WINNERS AND EMPLOYEES.

UM, AGAIN, 290 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

THAT'S A, UM, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

AND NOT TO MENTION LONGEVITY, BUT, UH, WE HAVE TO REALIZE WITH PEOPLE CELEBRATING 40, 45, 30, 35 YEARS OF SERVICE, UH, HR GET READY BECAUSE I'M SURE, UH, SOME PEOPLE WILL BE EXITING REAL SOON AND SOME JOB OPENING.

SO LISTENING OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, PAY ATTENTION TO, UH, THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

I'M SURE WE'LL BE HIRING SOON WITH THAT TYPE OF SERVICE.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU HATE TO LOSE THAT BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

UH, PEOPLE WORKING 35 AND 40 AND 45 YEARS, UH, THAT WILL NOT BE THE NORM IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

ALSO, UM, GO ASTROS.

I AM NOT A BIG BASEBALL FAN, BUT I WATCHED THE WORLD SERIES AND THAT WAS SOME OF THE BEST BASEBALL I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HOUSTON ASTROS.

AND, UM, AS, UM, MAYOR PRO TIM DUO SAID, IT'S BEEN SO BUSY, A LOT OF EVENTS.

UM, ON YESTERDAY, UH, TEXAS ROADHOUSE OPENED UP AND THEY SERVED HOT ROWS RIGHT OUT OF THE OVEN.

I MEAN, EVEN IF YOU DON'T EAT NOTHING ELSE, YOU WILL EAT THE ROSE.

THEY HAVE THE BEST ROWS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO NEDERLAND ANYMORE.

WE HAVE OUR OWN TEXAS ROADHOUSE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT FOR COMING TO BEAUMONT.

AND THEN, UH, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING ON LAST NIGHT, UH, WITH B I S D, VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.

UH, WE WERE GLAD TO SIT AND COLLABORATE TOGETHER, COME TOGETHER BECAUSE THE CITY CANNOT WORK WITHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CANNOT WORK WITHOUT THE CITY.

AND IT WAS SO SURPRISING.

WE DID, UH, A FEW, UH, LITTLE EXERCISES WHERE WE WERE TO WRITE DOWN IDEALS ON A STICKY PAD AND THEN POST THEM ON A BIG PAD.

AND ALL OF THE IDEALS WERE THE SAME.

AND I BELIEVE, UM, EVERYBODY THINKING ALIKE AND, UM, HAVING THE SAME IDEALS, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND STOP GOING ON THE MERRY-GO-ROUND AND COME TOGETHER AND PUT SOME OF THOSE, UH, IDEALS INTO ACTION.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE HAD, UM, A CARDINAL THIS SATURDAY.

UH, ARCHBISHOP GREGORY WAS HERE IN TOWN THROUGH THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE.

UH, HE HAD A LOT OF BIG CITIES HE COULD HAVE CHOSEN TO VISIT, BUT HE DECIDED TO VISIT BEAUMONT, TEXAS, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT HE DID.

IT WAS AN HONOR TO MEET HIM.

UH, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT A CARDINAL HAS BEEN IN OUR CITY.

AND SO, UM, THAT WAS, UM, A REAL TREAT FOR OUR CITY AND OUR AREA.

MANY PEOPLE TRAVELED, UH, FROM HOUSTON AND SURROUNDING CITIES TO COME AND GREET THE CARDINAL.

SO I TRULY, TRULY ENJOYED THAT.

AND, UM, WE HAD CRIME STOPPERS, WE

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I COULDN'T BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONE TIME.

SO THE MAYOR PRO TIM, UH, DID THAT WELCOME.

AND SO IT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN BEAUMONT AND, UM, SO HAPPY TO SEE THE PROGRESS AND THINGS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD.

VERY, VERY EXCITING.

AND, UH, ONE OTHER THING IS THIS CITY MANAGER.

UM, I WOULD LOVE TO GET AN UPDATE ON OUR BEAUTIFICATION AND CLEAN CITY, UH, COMMUNITY PROJECT.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE CREATED A, A NEW DEPARTMENT AND SO, UH, I SAW TODAY COMING IN DOWNTOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ARE GOING UP AND IT'S, UH, ABOUT TIME FOR THAT SEASON TO BEGIN.

AND, UH, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE CLEANING OUR CITY AND BEAUTIFYING OUR CITY BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND WITH THAT SAID, UH, WE WILL ADJOURN.

AND AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND GO OUT AND SPREAD THE LOVE.