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WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEAUMONT CITY COUNCIL.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 15TH.
GIVEN OUR INVOCATION TODAY WILL BE PASTOR CARLTON SHARP OF FAITH CHRISTIAN CENTER CHURCH.
IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND I WILL ASK IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
THANK YOU, PASTOR SHARP, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD, LET'S PRAY.
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE DO THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
GOD, AS WE APPROACH THIS SEASON OF THANKSGIVING, GOD, WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES AND EVEN AS OUR CITY GOD.
AND SO FATHER, WE JUST WANT TO COME AND SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US, ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, GOD, AND EVEN FOR HEALTH AND STRENGTH.
SO FATHER, WE COME THIS TODAY TO SP PRAY A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR OUR STAFF HERE AT THE CITY.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THEM, FATHER, LET THEM KNOW THAT THEIR WORK IS BEING APPRECIATED BY THE CITIZENS AND EVEN BY THIS COUNCIL, GOD.
AND SO FATHER, WE GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE FOR THEM, EVEN RIGHT NOW.
GIVE THEM THE WISDOM THAT THEY NEED.
GOD, AS THE PROJECTS COME UP ON THEIR, ON THEIR PLATE, GOD, SO THAT THIS CITY CAN BE BETTER IN THE NAME OF JESUS GOD.
AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY CITIZEN AND GOD, WE PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS OVER OUR CITY.
PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH YOU STAND ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FRAUD.
MAY WE HAVE THE ROLE CALLED PLEASE, MAYOR MUON.
COUNCIL MEMBER GOZ PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL PRESENT.
WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS AND NO, UH, PROCLAMATIONS OR RECOGNITIONS TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO READ AT THE CLOSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO THE DELIBERATION OF THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 51 0 72 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO, WITH TOLL PARK STABLES.
ALSO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATE OR PENDING LITIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 51 0 71 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, CALEB ENTNER VERSUS CITY OF BEAUMONT AND CHRIS S BOONE, CAUSE NUMBER B TWO TEN TWO FORTY FOUR.
AND BEFORE I MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS VETERAN'S DAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SALUTE TO ALL OF OUR NATION'S VETERANS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE FILL OUT THE GREEN SLIP AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM HANDED TO THE CLERK TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ONE AND TWO, IF YOU, UM, WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR THREE MINUTES AND THE RED LIGHT WILL BE YOUR INDICATION THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP.
I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME, MAYOR.
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YOU.AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAY AND I, UH, I'LL, YOU MAY OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIED.
[1. Consider authorizing the City Manager to award a contract to Barricades Unlimited, of Lubbock for the Citywide Pavement Markings, Phase II Project ]
MAY I HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLACEMENT CITY MANAGER.THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO A CONTRACT TO BARRICADES UNLIMITED OF LUBBOCK FOR THE CITYWIDE PAYMENT MARKINGS.
PHASE TWO PROJECT, UH, PHASE TWO PROJECT CONSISTS OF REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF PAYMENT MARKS ON, ON SEVERAL STREET MORE THAN SEVERAL STREETS IN, UH, THE CITY OF OF BEAUMONT.
THERE'S A BID FROM BARRICADES UNLIMITED FOR 699,000 6 71 52.
AND THIS FUNDING WILL COME FROM THE CAPITAL TWO PROGRAM, STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.
YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE MOVE TO APPROVE.
HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER GETS FOR YEARS WE HAD A LOCAL VENDOR, CRABTREE BARRICADES, THAT WOULD, UH, RESPOND TO THIS.
UH, ARE THEY STILL AROUND OR DID THEY THEY WERE BOUGHT OUT BY BARRICADES UNLIMITED.
SO THIS IS STILL WHAT YOU KNEW AS CRABTREE, UH,
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AS THE LOCAL OFFICE OF BARRICADES UNLIMITED DID.AND THEY STILL HAVE A LOCAL OFFICE, OKAY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AND I, AYE.
ANY OPPOSE? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[2. Consider approving a resolution appointing members to the ad hoc Downtown Planning & Advisory Committee ]
YOU HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE.MAYOR COUNCIL, APPROVE OF RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE AD HOC DOWNTOWN PLANT AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AS YOU REMEMBER, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, UH, APPROVED THE, THE, THE CREATION OF A DOWNTOWN PLANNING AND AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UH, STAFF WAS CHARGED GOING BACK AND GETTING SOME NAMES IN PLACE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
UH, THIS WAS A PART OF A FULFILLMENT OF A CONTRACT THAT THE CITY HAD ENTERED INTO WITH THE PROSPECT, WITH THE BUYER, WITH, WITH AN OWNER.
SO THIS IS FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, UH, ACTION.
AND THIS IS ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND CREATION OF THE, UH, APPOINTING OF MEMBERS TO THAT HOT DOWN TOP PLANNING AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
YOU'VE HEARD THE READINGS OF ITEM NUMBER TWO.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVE TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER GETS, UH, I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD LIST, BUT I, I THINK THAT THE DESCRIPTION IN THE BACKGROUND IS, IS NOT QUITE ACCURATE IN THE WAY THAT WE, UH, ARE COMING UP WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE LIST.
UH, THIS WAS NOT, UH, WHERE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTED A MEMBER AND THE MAYOR APPOINTED THREE MEMBERS.
THIS WAS A LIST MOSTLY PUT TOGETHER BY, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION.
IS THAT RIGHT? THE SLATE WAS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO CORRECT THAT LANGUAGE IN THE BACKGROUND OR JUST LET IT RIDE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD THAT THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT LIST WAS PUT TOGETHER AS DESCRIBED IN THE BACKGROUND.
COUNCIL MEMBER GOETZ, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT ALSO.
SO DOES THE RECORD NEED TO REFLECT THE BACKGROUND CHANGE? UM, THE MINUTES WILL REFLECT THAT COUNCILMAN GETS HIS MADE A CORRECTION TO THE MEMO.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A CORRECTED MEMO.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, SOMEBODY CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT JIM BRUCE HART IS NOT ON THE BEAUMONT MAIN STREET BOARD EITHER, UH, THAT JIM BRUCE HART IS AN ADVISORY MEMBER OF BEAUMONT MAIN STREET.
HE IS NO LONGER AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY C I.
ANY OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES.
MAY PLEASE BEFORE YOU ADJOURN, THIS ITEM ALSO REQUIRES THAT YOU APPOINT A CHAIRMAN FOR THE MEETING, UM, FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD.
AND DO I NEED TO DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN REFLECT IT IN THE RESOLUTION? DO I NEED TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT NOW? IF YOU'RE PREPARED TO, I'M NOT PREPARED TO, BUT I CAN MAKE IT THIS AFTERNOON AND I DIDN'T, EXCUSE ME.
SHARAY, WHAT DID YOU SAY SHE NEEDS TO DO? APPOINTED CHAIRMAN FOR THE BOARD.
OH, FROM THE, ONCE YOU APPROVE THE LIST, IF THAT'S THE LIST THAT THE COUNCIL IS APPROVED, THERE HAS TO BE A CHAIRMAN SELECTED FROM THE LIST.
IT'D BE ALMOST THE SAME AS THE BOARD.
SO IF SHE APPOINTS AS CHAIRMAN, WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO REFLECT IT IN THE RESOLUTION THAT THAT PERSON WAS APPOINTED.
SO IF WE DIDN'T DO IT TODAY, IF SHE MADE IT LATER, THEN IT WOULD JUST COME BACK AS A SEPARATE CONSENT ITEM OKAY.
WELL THEN WHY CAN'T WE JUST GIVE HER TIME TO DO IT THIS WEEK AND LET SHOW UP NEXT WEEK ON THE CONSENT? THAT'S WHAT SHE REQUESTED? YES.
WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UM,
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THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UH, AGENDA FOR TODAY.AND AT THIS TIME, UM, I WILL ASK IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS TODAY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, FILL OUT THE GREEN SLIP TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM, HAND TO THE CLERK, TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.
SHE WILL CALL YOUR NAME IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
UH, I HOPE THAT I DON'T MISPRONOUNCE THE FIRST NAME.
I THINK IT'S HOMEA AEN, 1740 THOMAS ROAD, BEAUMONT, TEXAS.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DR.
AND THE REST OF HIS FAMILY IN THE AUDIENCE.
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YOU FOR BEING HERE.MADAME MAYER, RESPECTIVE CITY COUNCILMAN.
I HAVE COME HERE TO TALK ABOUT A SERIOUS ISSUE BEATING ON MY STREET THOMAS ROAD.
SOMEBODY WAS HIT ON THOMAS ROAD.
GOD FORBID, I LIVE ON THOMAS ROAD, AND BEAUMONT IS CONSIDERED THE SECOND MOST DANGEROUS CITY IN TEXAS FOR DRIVERS.
UM, WITH THESE DANGERS, SPEEDING IS ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES THAT CAUSE MANY ACCIDENTS.
EVERYBODY SPEEDS IN EVERY CITY, BUT THE MASS VOLUME OF CARSS AND THE LENGTH OF MY NARROW STREET CREATE ISSUES.
IN 2016, THE ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC WAS 1,865 CARS, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
ON TOP OF THAT WITH THE APPROXIMATE WIDTHS ON MY STREET IS 28 FEET AND THE LENGTH OF AROUND 6,430 FEET, SERVING AS A GATEWAY FROM, FROM DELAWARE TO CULVER FOR, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO WORK.
UM, PEOPLE SEE MY STREET AS A CUTAWAY AND THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
MY DAD STARTED TO WALK ON THOMAS ROAD FOR EXERCISE AND DUE TO THIS SPEED, HIM AND OTHER RESIDENTS SOON STOPPED.
UM, THIS, THIS ISSUE DOES NOT JUST APPLY TO WALKERS, BUT TO CAR ACCIDENTS AS WELL.
THERE HAS BEEN MANY CAR ACCIDENTS, UH, AND COLLISIONS AT THE GLADYS AVENUE AND, AND THOMAS ROAD INTERSECTION.
UM, PEOPLE RUNNING RED LIGHTS AND SPEEDING ARE THE ROOT, ROOT CAUSES OF THESE ACCIDENTS.
MY MOM AND I WERE IN THE CAR ONE TIME AND WE WERE AT THE SAME INTERSECTION WHEN OUR LIGHT, WHEN OUR LIGHT TURNED GREEN.
MY MOM DID NOT GO RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE SHE, LOOK, SHE WAS LOOKING AT ANOTHER CAR.
BUT AS WE WERE ADVANCING A GO TO GO, A RED JEEP SPED RIGHT THROUGH THE RED LIGHT.
AND IF MY MOM WOULD NOT HAVE HESITATED AND LOOKED BOTH WAYS, WE WOULD'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS COLLISION.
ALSO, MY BROTHER AND A LOCAL PLASTIC SURGEON WERE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WHERE SOMEONE RAN THE GLADYS LIGHT, WHICH CAUSED HIS CAR TO BE DAMAGED.
SPEEDING IS AN ACTION THAT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY, AND THE CITY SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER.
MY FIRST PROPOSAL FOR THIS ISSUE IS SPEED, THOUGH, LIKE YOU TAKE IN CONSIDERATION IS SPEED CUSHIONS.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY ALLOW EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO PASS AND THEY, UM, AND THEY HAVE THE SAME EFFECT.
UM, UM, HOWEVER, UM, MR. NE HAS CONFIRMED WITH ME THAT THIS GOES AGAINST THE CODE OF ORDINANCE AND, UM, GO AHEAD AND FINISH.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
ALSO, I BELIEVE A SPEED COP ON THOMAS WOULD ALSO BE A VERY EFFECTIVE MEASURE AS, AS JUST ONE COP WOULD WOULD PULL OVER MANY, MANY CARS ON THE STREET AND IT WOULD AT HIGH POINTS OF THE DAY AND GET MANY SPEEDING TICKETS, MAKING PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE HESITANT TO SPEED.
MY THIRD PROPOSAL IS TO PUT SIDEWALKS ON OUR ROAD TO ALLOW MORE, UM, PEOPLE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WALK AND MAKE IT SAFER TO PEOPLE TO WALK, BE.
AND WITH OUR, UM, WITH OUR, UM, STREET AND ITS RESIDENTS PAYING THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT IT DOES, I BELIEVE THAT SIDEWALKS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED INTO OUR STRAIGHT IN ORDER TO, TO ENACT BETTER SAFETY AND, AND TO, FOR DRIVERS AND CITIZENS.
I WAS VERY HONORED TO SPEAK HERE.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
UM, ADDIE ALLEN, 96 95 GRO BEAUMONT, TEXAS.
GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR, CITY COUNCILS CITY MANAGER, AND ALL OFFICIALS.
UM, I'M STANDING HERE JUST FOR A POINT OF INFORMATION.
I KNOW THAT ON THE LAST AGENDA, UM, I DID NOT SEE WHERE THERE WAS AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE TWO CITY MANAGERS.
SO I'M WONDERING, I KNOW THAT WE ADVERTISED FOR A CITY MANAGER.
THERE DOES NOT NEED, OR THERE SHOULD NOT BE OR WILL
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NOT BE AN ADVERTISEMENT, IT'S AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE TWO CITY, UH, ASSISTANT MANAGERS.I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, THREE, UH, PERSONNEL, UH, COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED FOR THE CITY.
SO, UH, THERE IS THE BOTTOM LINE, THE QUESTION, THOSE POSITIONS DO NOT HAVE TO BE ADVERTISED.
CAN WE GET AN ANSWER OR CAN I GET AN ANSWER FOR THAT? THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT AND I WILL START WITH YOU.
I'D LIKE JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, MR. AINE AND THE ENTIRE AR FAMILY FOR SHOWING UP.
I'VE ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DIALOGUE WITH YOU, UH, AS YOU WORK THROUGH THIS PROJECT.
SO APPRECIATE YOU, UH, YOU SHOWING UP AND COMING TO ADDRESS US TODAY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, SAMUEL? YES.
UH, THANK YOU MR. ARFE FOR BEING HERE.
UH, WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE DOING VERY WELL, SO THANK YOU.
UM, I'M, I'M GONNA ASSUME SOMEONE WILL ADDRESS THE ASSISTANCE AT SOME POINT I'LL, I'LL ALLOW, I I'LL CONTACT MS. ALLEN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER.
PHIL SHALL, AS OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS, CHRIS MATTHEWS PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY MORNING, 2:00 AM WELL, THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT 2:00 AM BUT HE PASSED AWAY AT, UH, LATER ON OCTOBER THE 30TH.
THE FUNERAL WAS HELD THIS LAST SATURDAY, NOVEMBER THE 12TH, OUR COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THIS YOUNG MAN, UH, WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE, THE COMMUNITY JUST TO BE IN PRAYER FOR CORELESS AND THE FATHER CHRISTOPHER AND THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, IT'S DIFFICULT TO LOSE A YOUNG MAN LIKE THIS, AN UNTIMELY DEATH, UH, MUCH TOO EARLY AND SUCH A TRAGIC DEATH AND TO LOSE HIM.
AND NOW WITH THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS GONE, THIS IS WHEN THE REAL GRIEVING BEGINS WHEN THEY'RE ALL ALONE AND THEY HAVE NOTHING BUT THEY'RE MEMORIES OF HIM.
SO I JUST COVE THE PRAYERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE MATTHEWS FAMILY AND THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.
COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER? YES, MAYOR, UH, JUST THE STAFF.
HAVE WE EVER DONE A TRAFFIC STUDY ON THOMAS ROAD? HAS THAT EVER BEEN DONE? I BELIEVE IT HAS, YES.
IF POSSIBLE, CAN YOU JUST EMAIL ME THE FINDINGS? COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL, WHERE WE CAN SHARE IT WITH THE AR FAMILY.
UH, AND, AND SECONDLY, EVEN WITH RFD AND 1 0 5, I KNOW WE VISITED THAT MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT YOU KNOW, WE KEEP GETTING CALLS FROM CITIZENS IN THAT AREA AND I KIND OF AGREE THAT THAT TRAFFIC IS GONNA INCREASE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE APARTMENTS AND THE GROWTH IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
IF ANY WAY WE CAN KINDA GET TEXT OUT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE WITH THAT INCREASE IN VOLUME IN THAT AREA, UH, YOU THINK IT'S GONNA STILL BE THE SAME RESULTS? I CAN ASK HIM TO GIVE AN UPDATE.
AND I SPOKE TO COUNCIL MEMBER SAMMY, WITH THIS ONE ON 11 21 22 AT 65 25 BIG ROAD IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS AT 6:30 PM THAT'LL BE THE FIRST NORTH END NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN THAT NORTH END AREA.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR FAMILY, THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT.
THAT'S THE ADDRESS, THAT'S THE DATE.
AND THAT'LL BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THE NORTH END IN THAT AREA AT 6:30 PM AND KATHERINE CAMPBELL IS THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
AND ANOTHER BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, I THINK THE ENTIRE CITY SHOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT THE MAYORS.
I MEAN, THE YOUTH COUNCIL WILL HAVE HIS FIRST MEETING ON TOMORROW AND THAT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6:00 PM AT THE LAKESIDE CENTER.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL, UH, MILES HAYNES AND MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE.
AND HIS YOUTH COUNCIL WILL HAVE STUDENTS FROM BEAUMONT, UNITED, WESTBROOK, HARMONY EARLY COLLEGE, KELLY ANN LEGACY, ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE CITY AND GIVE US ADVICE FROM A YOUNGER PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS THAT THAT TYPE OF DEMOGRAPHIC WILL BE CONCERNED WITH.
SO I WANNA THANK THE ENTIRE COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE.
IT IS NOW OFF THE GROUND AND I WELCOME YOU ALL TO COME TO THE FIRST MEETING TOMORROW AT 6:00 PM YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THAT, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK Y'ALL.
WE HAVE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN BEAUMONT.
I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO KEEP GOING AND BE SUPPORTIVE AND I'M APPRECIATIVE.
I WAS OUTTA TOWN THIS PAST WEEKEND, OR I WOULD'VE BEEN OVER AT THE BEN ROGERS VISITOR CENTER TO PARTICIPATE IN
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THE VETERANS DAY ACTIVITIES.AND, UH, I THINK THEY ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB OF, UH, SALUTING OUR VETERANS AND APPRECIATE ALL THAT OUR VETERANS HAVE DONE, UH, IN SERVICE OF THIS COUNTRY.
UH, I ALSO WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE FOOD TRUCK EXTRAVAGANZA THAT MEN DAY, UH, DID I PRONOUNCE THIS LAST DAY? IS THAT RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THAT AS WE PUT TOGETHER THIS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, UH, ADVISORY BOARD, WE CAN CONSIDER.
UH, THE, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS, UH, WITH REGARD TO OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER GUIDELINES AND THE DECOR POLICIES THAT WE HAVE, IT'S BEEN SOME TIME SINCE WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT, AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, REQUEST A WORKSHOP ON THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME BEST PRACTICES THAT OTHER CITIES ARE USING THAT WE MAY WANT TO, UH, INCORPORATE INTO, UH, WHAT WE DO HERE IN BEAUMONT.
AND IF, UH, ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO, UH, SECOND THAT, I WOULD, UH, APPRECIATE THAT A WORKSHOP ON THAT.
I'LL SECOND THAT REQUEST, MAYOR.
JUST LIKE, SAY AFTER FOUR VERY TIRING DAYS AND I'M NOW OFFICIALLY A BEAUMONT
SO, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO LIVE, LIVING, WORKING, AND PLAYING IN A GREAT CITY AT BEAUMONT.
THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. IT'S NO FUN MOVING.
MAYOR, REAL BRIEFLY, I'VE SET OUT IN FRONT OF YOU A, UH, PROPOSED DRAFT SCHEDULE FOR THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AS WE KICKED THAT OFF.
SO, UM, PROBABLY HAVE TO PUSH THE START DA DATE BACK A COUPLE WEEKS, BUT I DID WANNA SHARE THAT WITH Y'ALL.
APPRECIATE THAT MR. SIMINO AND OUR CLERK.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, MR. AR, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING FORWARD.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE SOMEONE BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME FORWARD TO SPEAK, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUTH.
AND IT IS, IT'S A SERIOUS SITUATION.
AND, UH, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW LIVED, UM, OFF OF GLADYS AND I WOULD, I OFF FROM CALDER TO THOMAS ROAD TO GLADYS.
AND IT IS, IT'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THAT STREET.
I'VE SEEN IT SEVERAL, SEVERAL TIMES AND I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE BECAUSE I LIVE OFF OF WASHINGTON RIGHT AT I 10 AND IN THE AFTERNOONS I, I CAN'T EVEN MAKE A LEFT TURN.
SO I MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND GO BY SAM'S TO AVOID THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I DO SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU ALONG WITH 1 0 5 AND THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE OFF OF RFD ROAD AND WITH ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, WE HAVE, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF CALLS BECAUSE IT'S JUST THE TRAFFIC IS JUST GONNA INCREASE.
AND SO WE WILL BE, UH, LOOKING AT THAT AND HOPEFULLY GET BACK TO YOU WITH THE STUDY.
BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
ALSO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY LAST NIGHT WE ATTENDED, UH, WARD FOUR, A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING.
AS YOU KNOW, UM, THERE WAS, UH, A MAJOR, MAJOR INCIDENT IN WARD FOUR OFF OF FONVILLE STREET.
THOSE NEIGHBORS DID COME OUT ON LAST NIGHT, UM, TO GET SOME ANSWERS TO THE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ON THEIR STREET TWICE IN ONE WEEK.
BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET SOME GREAT FEEDBACK.
UM, I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR SHOWING UP AND FOR THE NEIGHBORS THAT DID COME OUT RIGHT AS THE MEETING WAS STARTING, UH, THE RAIN STARTED TO DOWNPOUR, BUT NEVERTHELESS, UH, THE MEETING WENT FORWARD.
IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE IN ORDER THANK MR. WILLIAMS FOR, UH, COMING OUT AND MAYOR PROAM DUO WHO WAS THERE LAST NIGHT AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER, UM, THE NEIGHBORS AND THE CITIZENS, UM, GOT THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
SO IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
ALSO ON, UM, THIS FRIDAY IT'S THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GODFATHER.
SO THEY WILL BE SHOWING THE GODFATHER AT THE JEFFERSON THEATER WITH THE ORGAN PLAN
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AND UM, YEAH, CUZ YOU'RE NOT EVENSO, UM, COME OUT ON FRIDAY NIGHT, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT NIGHT TO GET OUT, UH, WONDERFUL WEATHER AND GET OUT TO SEE A CLASSIC MOVIE AND HEAR THE OREGON PLAY GONE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, AGAIN, UM, VETERANS DAY, UH, WAS THIS WEEKEND AND IT WAS A GREAT CELEBRATION AT THE ROGERS, UM, VISITORS CENTER.
AND AS ALWAYS, THINK OUR VETERANS FOR, UH, THE JOB, UH, THAT THEY'VE DONE AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO SALUTE TO THEM
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AND WITH NOTHING ELSE, UM, WE WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY.