Dec 06, 2022 City Council

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SHE SAID DECEMBER THE SIXTH AND GIVING OUR INVOCATION TODAY WILL BE PASTOR JIM BORKING SABINE

[CALL TO ORDER]

YOUR LORD UPON THE THINGS THAT CONCERN EACH YOU NEVER WANTED THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS . DEAR LORD, WHAT I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE MALE MAYOR DEAR LORD AS THEY CONTEMPLATE CONTEMPLATE THE BEST THINGS TO DO FOR THE CITY DURING LARGE LARGE, INSTILL THEM WITH WISDOM, LEADERSHIP, GOD AND STEER LORD AND GIVE THEM THE BONUS STILL LARGE TO DO GREAT THINGS, EVEN FOR BEAUMONT , TEXAS, EVEN AS A SHINING SHINING, UM, SHINING LIGHT UPON THAT BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS. OH, GOD. LORD WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD LEAD AND GUIDE THEM BE THE ROCK THAT THEY'RE STANDING UPON WITH THE WAVES COME AGAINST THEM. LORD BE THEIR LEADER IN THEIR GUIDE HER WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THEMSELVES. GIVE THEM THAT WISDOM. O GOD AND LORD, GIVE THEM STRENGTH OR LORD LORD TO MAKE EACH AND EVERY DAY COUNT FOR THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS DEER LARGE. LORD AT THIS MOST BEAUTIFUL TIME OF THE YEAR, THE TIME OF THE BIRTH OF THAT, DEAR DEAR SON OF YOURS. JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH. THE CHRIST CHILD. DEAR LORD, LET THERE TRULY TRULY TRULY BE PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL TOWARDS MAN.

AMEN AMEN. AMEN JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE. I PLAYED CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, PASTOR BARGAINS FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL PRAYER. MAY I HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MOUTON PRESENT PROTEIN DURIO PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER GETS PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW, COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL

[Proclamations, Presentations and Recognitions]

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AND HE ISSUED ME A CHALLENGE. HE'S BEEN SO AWESTRUCK AT THE BEAUTY OF THE JEFFERSON AND THE ACOUSTICS OF THE THEATER. THAT HE SAID HE WANTED TO ENHANCE. THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE ORGAN.

AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HE GOES? I WANT IT TO BE WORLD CLASS. INSTRUMENT. I SAID, OKAY , WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND HE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO ADD 826 PIPES AND SAID, OKAY, IS THAT PERCENT OR IS AT 20% MORE, HE SAID. WE'RE DOUBLING THE CAPACITY OF THE ORGAN. AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE THE CITY ALL THE PIPES AND ALL THE WIND CHEST AND ALL THE ACCOMPANYING ELECTRONIC THAT MAKE THIS HAPPEN. BUT HE GAVE ME THE TASK OF RAISING AN EQUAL DOLLAR VALUE OF MATCHING GIFT WELL. TWO. PAY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE PARTS BALMONT AND THE INSTALLATION.

AFTER I LISTENED TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. I COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT YES, I'LL TAKE THE CHALLENGE. AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE ADDING THINGS LIKE ONE, TOO, BUT IS 73 PIPES TO MAKE SOUNDS THAT ONE INSTRUMENT WE'RE ADDING, UM CLARINETS VOX HUMANA THAT MAKES THE SOUND OF A SINGING VOICE. UM, TRUMPETS. FRENCH HORNS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS ON MARIMBA HARP.

AND THEY 49 ROSEWOOD BARS. AFTER I HEARD TOM TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT COULD DO FOR THE JEFFERSON, WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS THAT COULD BRING REACHED OUT TO CHRIS BOONE. AND JEANNE MONCLOA, AND WE SET UP A MEETING ON HOUSE PROCEED. AND IF THE CITY WOULD YOU KNOW, LET US DO THIS. CHRIS BROUGHT IN MILES HAYNES AND HE WAS OUR LIAISON AND MILES WROTE THE GRANT TO THE MCFADDEN AWARD FOUNDATION. AND WE BASICALLY SAID, LET'S ASK FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE DOLLAR I HAVE TO RAISE AND WHATEVER WE GET, THEN I KNOW HOW MUCH I HAVE TO GO RACE. IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, THE FAN WARD HERITAGE FOUNDATION. REACHED OUT AND TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD FUNDED THE ENTIRE REQUEST AND I HAVE NO MORE WORK TO DO SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE OF 10 ROBERT MORDEN ORGANS THAT ARE INSTALLED IN THERE. OPERATING IN THE THEATERS THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PUT IN. 10 IN THE WORLD. AND WHEN THIS IS DONE PROBABLY BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE'LL HAVE THE ONLY BORN IN ORGAN IN THE WORLD WITH THESE CAPACITY AND WE WILL REALLY HAVE AN INSTRUMENT THAT WILL BRING PERFORMERS FROM EUROPE TO COME HERE TO PLAY. AND IT'S GOING TO BRING IN ARTISTS AND SHOWS TO BEAUMONT THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE HANDLED AND NOW WE'LL HANDLE AND IT WILL BRING, UM TOURISM DOLLARS TO BALMONT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. EVERYBODY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR ALLOWING ME TO GET BACK INTO THE GUTS OF THE JEFFERSON AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I WANT TO THANK TOM HELMS , WHO'S NOT HERE. HE'S IN PENSACOLA. UM AND MAYBE MAKES ADDING AWARD FOUNDATION FOR ALLOWING THIS TO BECOME A REALITY YELLED ARE ABOUT TO GET A SPECTACULAR INSTRUMENT. CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR IT. THANK YOU, MR STEIN HAGEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE FOUNDATION. WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT. A PRICELESS GIFT. REALLY IT REALLY IS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THAT GREAT. WELL THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATIONS

[EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2) ]

[Public Comment]

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WE HAVE MULTIPLE SPONSORS, AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING MORE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DOUBLE UP AT THIS PRACTICE PRESENTED TO MR MISS MAYOR. MS MOUTAI. RIGHT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANKS Y'ALL DOING NAMES WRONG WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE TO THE TO THE COUNCIL CAME TO THE MEMBERS. I PASSED FROM SCRATCH, AND SHE'S NOT TOLD HIM. WHAT WHAT? WHAT? SCRATCH THAT SHE WAS ABOUT THAT WE WAS RAISING MONEY TO START UP. ARE YOU FOOTBALL TEAM? THE GUY AND GUYS AND GIRLS NEEDED TO PLAY AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PHONES . SO WE WERE STRUGGLING. SO WHEN I CAME TO THE MAYOR CAME TO MR A. J MR DUAL ROLE AND A COUPLE OTHER GUYS, MR SAMUEL, AND IT WOULD MAKE THE FIELD SO HE TOLD ME HE WAS GONNA GIVE UP DONATION, BUT I NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO GET BACK TO GET IT TO HIM. BUT MR DOURO, I'M BEAUTIFUL SENTENCES, PLAQUE, BROTHER AND I THINK YOU THE MAIL AND ALL THE CITY COUNCIL. WE APPRECIATE OUR JOB YOU ARE DOING, BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE YEAH, BUT HITTING US STARTED TEAM AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE MADE IT TO THE SUPER BOWL. WE LOST, BUT WE MADE IT TO TWO SUPER BOWLS, BUT THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. HOW YOU DOING? I'M BEING JOHNSON, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COWBOYS, JUST TOUCHING UP ON ONE, DEAN SAID.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR ORGANIZATION AND IT WAS STARTED TO TAILORED AFTER TAYLOR AFTER OUR LOWER INCOME KIDS THAT KIND OF MISSED OUT ON YOUTH SPORTS BECAUSE OF FUNDING, SO A LOT OF THIS WAS DONATED. IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR DONATIONS AND SPONSORS THAT CAME THROUGH LIKE YOU GUYS AND ALSO BEAUMONT HOUSING PARTNERED UP WITH US TO SPONSOR KIDS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. THIS PLAQUE IS GOING TO A J. TURNER AND ALSO ALL ONE SAMUEL SAMUEL AGAIN. THE COWBOYS DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU WITHOUT THE DONATION , IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE AGAIN WITH FIVE OR ONE C THREE NONPROFIT. SO EVERYTHING COMES FROM YOU GUYS AND OUR COMMUNITY , JUST HAVING FAITH IN US AND OUR KIDS. UM AGAIN. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO SUPER BOWL. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA WIN. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER ONE MOMENT HEY, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME OUT TO THANK Y'ALL. BECAUSE ONE THING WE DON'T HAVE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY TAKE TIME OUT AND VOLUNTEERS SPEND WITHOUT YOUTH.

SPECIFICALLY THE USE THAT ENVELOPE PRIVILEGE. YOU NEED TO HELP SO TO YOUR BROTHERS, I WANT TO SAY THANK Y'ALL AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY AND PRIVILEGED TO SUPPORT YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM DURIO. I'M JUST GONNA PICK IT BACK ON. WHAT COUNCILMAN COLONEL SAID CAME UP HERE. Y'ALL SPOKE. IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE FOLKS LIKE YOU. THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP OUR KIDS AND LIKE COUNCILMAN SAM, YOU'RE ALWAYS LIKES TO SAY CLOSED MOUTH DON'T GET FED. OH, CAME UP AND SPOKE. Y'ALL GOT SPONSORSHIP AND WE SHOW APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT TO HELP NO KIDS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR WHAT WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. UM ISAAC JEFFERSON 47 TO 85 LUFKIN STREET FROM MY TEXAS. HE CHECKED PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. SO. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. I AM USES ISAAC AL JEFFERSON. MY HUSBAND IS SITTING LIKE THERE. BUT HE'S A LITTLE DISGUSTED ABOUT THIS SITUATION. I'M UP YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT. WE DO LIVE AT 47 85 LUFKIN STREET.

IN THE NORTH END HERE IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. OVER 20 YEARS AGO. WE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THAT SEWAGE OUT THERE. IF IT WILL BE THAT THE TALLEST WILL NOT FLUSH. A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. FOR SOME REASON I LIVE ON THE CORNER. AND FOR SOME REASON THAT SEWAGE BEGAN TO BACK UP

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BECAUSE AFTER SITTING DOWN AND ENJOYING A NICE MEAL NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE'VE WE'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU ALL TWICE. MY HUSBAND IS SO DISGUSTED NOW UNTIL HE DOES NOT WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK. BUT I FEEL THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. WE CALL THE PLUMBER. AND THEY HAVE INSISTED HE THAT'S NOT ON OUR PART. THIS. THE WATER DEPARTMENT HAS COME OUT. PUT A RAN A FILM OR SOMETHING. TOOK PICTURES. AND SEE IT THAT IT'S NOT ON OUR PART. THEY HAVE TRIED SEVERAL MEASURES. BUT IT'S A MESS AND I'M SO SCARED EVERY TIME IT RAINS. I GET NERVOUS BECAUSE HEY, HERE, HERE WE GO AGAIN. WE GOT TO DIG UP STUFF AND HEY, WE WERE SINGING CITIZENS. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PICK UP AND BUY SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS TOO EXPENSIVE. SO I'M HOPING NOW. THAT WE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS SO DISGUSTED. HE REALLY HE READY TO GO ON CNN IF YOU CAN GET THERE AND SHOWED THEM JUST WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUT HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR JEFFERSON. AND SO SORRY FOR YOUR TROUBLE. I'M CAROLINE. RIGHT? 23 35 ST ANTHONY BEAUMONT, TEXAS. THE COUNCILMAN. THE YEAR. HOW YOU DOING? I JUST WANT TO, UH, KIND OF PIGGYBACK ACTION. WHAT SHE WAS JUST SPOKEN UP. WE I KNOW I WAS HERE THE LAST TIME ABOUT THE DITCHES AND THE CREW THIS OVERFLOWING INTO THE AREAS IN THE SOUTH END. AND, UH, THANKSGIVING DAY. WELL THE NAY AFTER BECAUSE I WAS IN HOUSTON, BUT WHEN I COME BACK, IT WAS JUST ALL FLOODED. THE WELL.

START BACKING UP. THEY CAME, THEY STARTED CLEANING THE DITCHES ON ONE END OF THE STREET. ONE DAY THEY NEVER CAME BACK TO FINISH. I DO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE DISHES NEXT DOOR TO ME, AND IT'S SO FULL OF CRAP. WE TRASH. AND THEY JUST NEVER CAME BACK OUT TO FINISH THE WORK. BUT THEY DID HAVE THE CITY TO COME A COUPLE OF TIMES TWO HAVE TO DRAIN THE THING TO TRY TO GET MY TOILET'S THE FLESH. AND I'M STILL DEALING WITH THE SAME THING. BUT THEY NEVER CAME BACK. I THOUGHT THEY WOULD COME ONE DAY ONE PART OF THE DITCHES ON ONE END. NEVER FINISHED.

REPEAT YOUR ADDRESS FOR US AGAIN . 23 35 ST ANTHONY STREET, BEAUMONT. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU, MISS RIGHT? I'M DAVID THRASH 65 10. I THINK THAT'S CHRIS. I'M SORRY. CASWELL ROAD BY MY TEXAS I'M SORRY. THIS IS CONCERNING ULTRA LOUD NOISE FROM THE POOR. OH, ONE POOR OH, NINE BAR BEHIND. THAT'S SMART. MY WIFE AND I LIVE A MILE AND A HALF AWAY AS THE CROW FLIES. AND THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHEN IT'S SO LOUD. THAT WE DREAD THE WEEKENDS TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT WE WANT TO MOVE OUT OF BALMONT. THAT'S A GREAT GRANDPA'S HOUSE. UH, JOHN E. FRENCH. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT, BUT WE'RE THINKING OF IT BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO LOUD. ONE, BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE BASE A LOT OF THE TIME. IT'S THE BASE. BUT ONE TIME WE WERE ONE WEEKEND AFTER MIDNIGHT, HAD THE TV ON TRYING TO DROWN OUT THE NOISE AND WE HEARD SOMEBODY TALKING RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR DOOR.

I LOOKED AT HER. SHE LOOKED AT ME, SHE SAID. THERE'S SOMEBODY ON OUR PORCH. I GRABBED THE GUN AND LOOK NOBODY THERE. WHAT HAPPENED? WAS THAT THE POOR OH, NINE. IN BETWEEN MUSIC SETS.

SOME GUY PICKED UP A MICROPHONE . START TALKING TO THE CROWD, AND IT WAS TURNED UP SO LOUD.

THAT A MILE AND A HALF AWAY. IT SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS TALKING ON OUR PORCH. BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH THE NEXT DOOR APP THAT ARE SUFFERING THE SAME. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S FEAR OF COMING FORWARD. A LOT OF THEM THINK THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE. NOTHING WILL BE DONE. AND THEY JUST LIVE WITH THE MISERY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE DIMINISHES. EVEN A POLICEMAN NEEDS A WARRANT TO GO INTO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE UNINVITED. LIKE IN A BAR, INSERT THEIR MUSIC, UNWANTED MUSIC INTO SOMEBODY'S HOME ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT. IT'S A IT'S BECOMING A REAL

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DISCUSS THINGS WITH THEM, MONITOR THEM AND BE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THEM IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. THANK YOU, SIR. TERRY ROY 91, 50 SHEPHERD, BEAUMONT, TEXAS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND YELLING SCREEN BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MAD I WAS ON THANKSGIVING. I SUFFERED THE SAME FATE. AS THE PEOPLE BACK THERE. I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH IT, BUT IT'S BEEN 11 YEARS FOR ME.

AND I'M TIRED OF THESE TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE GIVEN. YEAH THE PERSON THAT'S OVER TRYING TO STOP THAT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. OH MY JOB. IF I DON'T DO MY JOB, I'M GETTING FIRED. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT CALLING FOR SAYING FOR ANYBODY'S JOB. BUT IF WE EVER TRYING TO GROW THIS CITY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GROW IT WITH SEWAGE CABINET TO PEOPLE'S HOMES. AND THAT TEMPORARY SPEAKS THAT THEY GAVE IT OUT IN TERROR PARK. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE. IF IT IS, IT WOULD SURPRISE ME. IF THAT'S AN ISSUE. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 11 YEARS. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T FOUND IT IN THE 11 YEARS YOU MIGHT NEED TO SWITCH JOBS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT FOR YOU.

BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF DEALING WITH IT. AND, UH, WELL THEM TO CALL IT, NOT A PUBLIC HEALTH.

YES, YOU THAT'S A CROCK. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LIVING IN YOUR HOUSE WITH FECES AND URINE IN YOUR TOILET BUT 12 HOURS I WOULD SAY THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND IF ANYBODY CONSIDERS THAT, NOT A PROBLEM.

SOMETHING'S WRONG. WITH Y'ALL. BECAUSE THAT THAT'S HORRIBLE. I HAVE A HOUSE FULL OF PEOPLE. AND IT'S EMBARRASSING. NOT ONLY TO ME IT'S A BE EMBARRASSING TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. BECAUSE I HAVE PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES AT MY HOUSE. SIN. THE IN MY TOILET FOR 12 HOURS. IMAGINE THAT. 2022.

NOT 1922. 2022 AND WE CAN NOT FIGURE IT OUT. SOMETHING DEEP IS TO CHANGE, BUT I'M TIRED OF COMING UP HERE. I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED OF ME COMING UP HERE. BUT I'M GONNA KEEP COMING. UNTIL IT HAPPENS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR ROCK. MARY WILLIAMS, 93 80 RIG STREET BUT MY TEXAS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. EVENING. HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE UM SO I'M GONNA KINDA. PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT MR ROY JUST SAID. I ALSO LIVE IN THE MILLION NEIGHBORHOOD. HOWEVER I LIVE ON THE OTHER END OF THE SUBDIVISION WHERE COMPARED TO WHERE MR ROY IS. I LIVE ON RIGS STREET, WHICH WAS THE LAST STREET THAT WAS BUILT IN THAT SUBDIVISION. WE DO HAVE DRAINS IN OUR ON OUR STREETS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT CRISIS OF THIS. THE DITCHES BACKING UP INTO OUR TOILETS. HOWEVER SINCE I AM, UMY NEIGHBORS. I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING. UM, I DON'T WANT IT TO KEEP FALLING ON DEAF EARS. I THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED ONCE AND FOR ALL. I DON'T THINK THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE MORE UM. I HATE TO USE THIS WORD, BUT FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, RICHARD NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS. I DON'T SEE THEM IN BELLE CHASE OR THOMAS ROAD OR IN THE WELL TO DO QUOTE NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY DON'T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. I PAID FOR MY HOUSE. THESE PEOPLE BACK HERE HAVE PAID FOR THEIR HOMES. WE SHOULD BE ABLE

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THANK YOU, MISS WILLIAMS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. OKAY, THANK YOU. NOW IS THE TIME FOR

[CONSENT AGENDA]

WHAT DOES IT START AND FINISH ON TODAY? IT'S A LOT OF STUFF ON HERE. JUST A AND B JUST THOUGHT SHE SAID. 14, OKAY? CLARIFY THE 14 THROUGH 25 WERE THE ONES THAT WORK PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC MEETING ITEMS ONE THROUGH 13 HAVE ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH MEANS THEY'VE ALREADY HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO COUNSEL ABOUT THOSE. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION

[1. Consider a request for a street dedication in honor of William "Boy" Brown]

YOU'VE HEARD THE ITEM. THE RIGGING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE. MAY I HAVE EMOTION? PLEASE MOVE TO A PROOF STICKING SECOND SECOND. HAVE EMOTION IN THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE? ALL IN FAVOR . PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES

[2. Consider a request for a Rezoning from RCR-H (Residential Conservation Revitalization-Historic) District to RCR (Residential Conservation Revitalization) District with a Specific Use Permit to allow a yoga studio located at 1890 Broadway Street]

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[3. Consider a request for a Rezoning from RM-H (Residential Multiple Family Dwelling-Highest Density) District to GC-MD-2 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District with a Specific Use Permit to allow a veterinarian clinic and kennel located at 2040 N. Dowlen Road ]

[4. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a gaming site in a GD-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District located at 2770 College Street ]

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SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I BELIEVE IT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO HAVE GAME ROOMS THAT CLOSE TO, UH, THOSE FACILITIES. REMEMBER NOW I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS. MOST OF THESE HAVE COME BACK. THEY SEEM LIKE THEY'RE EITHER NEXT TO CHURCHES OR SCHOOLS OR OTHER TYPE BUSINESSES. WHICH IS MOSTLY WHY THEY'RE BEING DENIED. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. TO MY UNDERSTANDING. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT CAN ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE GAME ROOMS LESS THAN FIVE WITHOUT IT COMING TO COUNCIL? IS THAT TRUE? YES SO IF IT'S IF IT'S FIVE OR FEWER MISS MACHINES THAT'S CONSIDERED AN ACCESSORY USE. AND IT WOULD BE EVEN THOUGH IT'S DIFFERENT. WE REALIZE IT'S BE SIMILAR TO AN ARCADE WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE PINBALL MACHINES OR ARCADE MACHINES, BUT THAT'S CONSIDERED AN ACCESSORY USE. AND AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE RESTRICTED ON SOME OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO BECAUSE THE STATE STATUTE WE DO ALLOW FIVE OR FEWER AS AN ACCESSORY USE WITHOUT THIS KIND OF APPROVAL. SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE , IF I LOOK AT IT, IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A WORKAROUND. SO WHEN WE SAY STATE STATUES THAT STATE LEGISLATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THE STATE LEVEL AS THAT, WHO WE AS A CITY WOULD NEED TO SPEAK TO IT. WE WANT TO ELIMINATE THAT CAME FROM THE STATE COMPTROLLER . WHEN WE FASHIONED THIS ORDINANCE, 2016 17 16 16. WHEN WE FASHIONED THE ORDINANCE, WE TRY TO GET IT AS CLOSE TO WITH THE STATE COMPTROLLER WOULD ALLOW IN TERMS OF RESTRICTIONS AND THAT THERE REGULATIONS STARTED AT FIVE. SO HIRAM OR CREATED A GAME ROOM FIBER LIST DID NOT. MAYOR PRO TEM DURIAN. SO, CHRIS SAY. RESTAURANT ALREADY OPENED SELL ALCOHOL THEY CAN DECIDE AFTER THEY'VE OPENED . THEY CAN JUST PUT FIVE GAMES GAMES IN THERE AND NOT EVEN TELL US ABOUT IT OR ASK FOR PERMISSION. YES SIR. RESTAURANT COULD DO THAT. YES, SIR. AND AGAIN. THAT DOES SEEM LIKE A LOOPHOLE OR WORK AROUND TO COUNCILMAN TURNER'S POINT, BUT IT IS WE'RE TRYING. WE'RE WE'RE STAYING WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE STATUTES. WE WISH THAT THOSE STATE STATUTES MIGHT BE DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. OKAY? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I? AH, ANY OPPOSE? THE MOTION CARRY AS A

[5. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow the expansion of an existing funeral home in a GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District located at 1225 S. 7th Street]

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[6. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow three duplexes on three adjacent lots in an RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) District located at 8325 Morgan Lane]

COUNCIL MEMBER GETS. SO, IN THIS CASE YOU GOT A YOU CAN LOOK AT THE MAP THAT WE'VE PROVIDED, AND IT'S NOTHING BUT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. IS THAT RIGHT? MR BOONE APPEARS TO BE YES. AND SO YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD BE CHANGING THE ENTIRE CHARACTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO START LETTING, UM NOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THERE, BUT DUPLEXES AND YOU KNOW , THAT'S WHAT NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THAT WILL AFFECT THEIR PROPERTY VALUE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER FIELD TO COUNCILMAN GETS HAVE YOU HEARD FROM SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? THINK COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL HAS YOU? HAVE YOU HEARD FROM SOME OF THEM? REMEMBER GETS SAID, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN IS THAT YOU HAVE HE'S QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE REFLEXES. RIGHT THERE NEXT TO IT, UM, BACK TO COMMENT.

THE COUNCILMAN RETURNER MADE ABOUT US STAYING CONSISTENT. THE LAST TIME I RECALL THIS COMING BEFORE COUNCIL WAS SEVERAL MONTHS BACK, AND THERE WAS ONE OVER, UM IN THE NORTH END. THAT WE DID THE SAME OR THE THERE WAS THE MOTION WAS TO DENY. AND THAT WAS NOT AS WELL. I DON'T RECALL ONE SINCE THEN. JUST COME BACK BEFORE US. AND THAT ONE WAS DENIED BELIEVE SO. YES, SIR.

COUNCILMAN RETURNER. I THINK ONE OF MY CONCERNS IF THAT'S THE IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING

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COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD OVER TIME IS WHEN YOU PUT IN DUPLEXES YOU NORMALLY TALKING ABOUT RENTAL PROPERTY. AND THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE JUST SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S WHERE IT HAS CONSISTENTLY COME BACK THAT IT WOULD ADVERSELY IMPACT THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING THOSE DUPLEXES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRY FOR

[7. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow two dwellings on one property in an RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) District located at 8325 Morgan Lane]

RAS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. OH, UTILITIES FOR THE SECOND STRUCTURE MUST EXTEND FROM THE EXISTING HOUSE. AND TO ALL THE STRUCTURES MUST MEET ALL BUILDING AND FIRE CODES AND RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THREE SECONDS STRUCTURE MUST NOT BECOME A RENTAL UNIT. THANK YOU, MR CITY MANAGER. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? MOVE TO APPROVE. WITH THE CONDITIONS. I HAVE A MOTION WITH THE CONDITIONS. IS THERE A SECOND? MAY I HAVE A SECOND? FINAL CALL. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? BILL. FOR LACK OF A SECOND. THANK YOU. MR CITY MANAGER. MAY I HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT BEFORE WE MOVE ON BEFORE YOU HAVE TO CALL TO SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER MOTION, UM, SO THAT IT'S NOT LET THIS UNFINISHED BUSINESS IF IT DOESN'T RECEIVE, BUT ANOTHER EMOTIONAL JUST COME BACK TO COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FINAL RESOLUTION MAYOR HAVE. THE FINAL MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. I HAVE A QUESTION . UH WELL, YOU TAKE THE MOTION ALSO MOVED. UM, MOVED THAT. IS DENIED. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION.

WELL, SECOND. OKAY DISCUSSION. IS THIS CONSIDERED TO BE LIKE, UH AND IN LAWS HOUSE AS THEY CALLING THIS IS WHERE ONLY A FAMILY MEMBER WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE. IT WILL NOT NECESSARILY

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AND THIS IS THE CONTRACTOR COMING IN DOING EVERYTHING THE RIGHT WAY. CORRECT. TRYING TO RESOLVE IT YESTERDAY. YEAH AND ONE ADDITIONAL DISTINCTION. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, EVERY ONE OF THESE HAS TO BE LOOKED AT INDIVIDUALLY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE VICINITY MAP ITS OWN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WELL, THERE ARE SOME SINGLE FAMILY HOMES JUST TO THE EAST. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD THAN WHAT WE SAW IN THE PRIOR PRIOR CASE. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS. SO DO WE WANT TO GO BACK TO MY MOTION THAT I ORIGINALLY MADE THAT FAILED FOR LACK OF A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS BECAUSE IT WAS TRUE EMOTIONS SO WELL, WELL AGAIN REORDER MY MOTION TO, UH, PASS THIS REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WITH THE CONDITIONS SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES. MAY I HAVE THE RAIDING OF ITEM

[8. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow the parking of vehicles with a rated carrying capacity in excess of two tons on undeveloped property in a GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District located at 5457 Fannett Road]

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YOU'VE HEARD THE RATING OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT WITH CONDITIONS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE MOVE TO APPROVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR FOR PROVING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES

[9. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a duplex in an RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) District located at 867 Ewing Street ]

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[10. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a loan business in an RCR (Residential Conservation Revitalization) District located at 2880 Concord Road ]

HAVE EMOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THEIR 2ND 2ND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, STARING ANY DISCUSSION. THE QUESTION. MAYOR PRO TIM MR. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN FOR MYSELF AND THE AUDIENCE? WHAT EXACTLY IS A RESIDENTIAL CONSERVATION REVITALIZATION DISTRICT. YES SO , UM, RESERVATION OR YES, RCR DISTRICT IS ESSENTIALLY A. ZONE THAT ALLOWS MIXED USE SO RESIDENTIAL BUT ALSO LIMITED COMMERCIAL USES. AH! SO PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, LIGHT RETAIL. UM AND THE IDEA AS THE NAME IMPLIES AS REVITALIZATION, SO IT ALLOWS A MIX OF USES TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS. SO UM, AGAIN, IT IS, IN THIS CASE, IT REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THIS USE. BUT THAT'S THE INTENT IS TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT BY ALLOWING MIXED JUICES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE POSE. THE MOTION CARRIES HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 11 PLACE. 11

[11. Consider a request for an abandonment of the alleyway in Block 57 of the Van Wormer Addition]

WARMER ADDITION AND ALL OF THE REQUIRED FOR CONDITION HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE. UH APPROVED APPLICANTS CHILL, OBTAINING APPRAISAL AND TITLE COMMITMENT FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE ABANDONED AT THEIR EXPENSE. APPRAISAL AND TITLE COMMITMENT MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING OFFICE , ALONG WITH PROOF THAT PAYMENT HAS BEEN ARRANGED PRIOR TO THE ITEM BEING PLACED ON CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING. ITEM NUMBER 11. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? UH, PROOF. SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MAYOR PRO TEM DIARRHEA? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THESE ABANDONMENT REQUESTS. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY TO ABANDONED? PROPERTY THAT THEY OWN SO. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS CASE THIS ALLEYWAY WAS PROBABLY PLANTED. I'M THINKING MAYBE MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO, AND SO. YOU CAN IMAGINE. YOU HAVE TO LAY OUT AND DELINEATE WHERE? STREETS UH GO. AND MOST OF THOSE STREETS END UP GETTING CONSTRUCTED, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. SOMETIMES THERE'S ALLEYWAYS GET USED, ESPECIALLY IN THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T SO

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ANY OTHER JUST COUNCIL NEVER GETS THIS IS MORE OF A PROCEDURAL MATTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE, BUT ITS OUTLOOK THROUGH THIS MATERIAL. THAT'S OUR PACKET. I SEE. THIS MANY PAGES THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TITLE COMMITMENT AND THE APPRAISAL REPORT OF THIS PROPERTY AND YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THIS BEFORE THAT PROBLEM NOT GOING TO. I JUST WONDER IF WHEN WE'RE MAKING UP THEIR PACKETS WE CAN CONSIDER NOT PUTTING. YOU KNOW, SUPERFLUOUS MATERIAL THAT PROBABLY IS NOT GOING TO BE. NECESSARY FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS. IT'S JUST KILLING A LOT OF TREES FOR NOTHING. NO OFFENSE, MADAME CLARK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO DO THIS OR NOT JUST TRYING TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL THANK YOU. MR GETS. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIED MAY I HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 13, PLEASE. 13 OR 12. 12 12 12.

[12. Consider a request for an abandonment of a portion of the alleyway in Block G, Southerland Addition]

[13. Consider a request to abandon a portion of Sabine Pass Avenue between Blanchette Street and Emmett Avenue]

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THANK YOU, MAYOR, PRO TEM DIARRHEA. WITH THIS ABANDONMENT HAVE ANY EFFECT. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THAT THE BRAVE MUSEUM PARK RIGHT THERE. ROAD RUNS RIGHT DOWN THE SIDE. PART OF THE ROAD THAT WERE ABANDONED RUNS, RIGHT ? I MEAN, IT SITS ON THAT ROLE THAT IS THAT ONE OF THE CITY PARKS THE BRAVE MUSEUM PARK. YES. SO THE TEMPLE OF THE BRAVE THAT IS MAINTAINED AND OWNED BY THE CITY, BUT THIS WILL NOT IMPACT THAT. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC, UM.

FOR I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL COULD SPEAK TO IT. A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN I CAN, BECAUSE I BELIEVE FOR THE PAST 20 TO 30 YEARS, THE CITY HAS BEEN TRYING TO OBTAIN. THE RAILROAD TRACK CROSSING, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE TRACKS REMOVED, BUT FIVE FROM ALL THAT ONE OF THE SICK OF THE SIX. WE GOT ALL THAT ONE, BUT ONE THAT ONE TRACK WAS NOT ALLOWING US TO PROGRESS FORWARD. WITH THE EXPANSION FOR RIVERFRONT PARK. AND SO THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU'RE HEARING AND THE COMMENTS THAT ARE BEING SAID IS, UM. WE'RE DOING A LANCE

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[14. Consider an ordinance denying Entergy Texas, Inc.'s proposed rate increase]

[15. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 2, accept maintenance, and authorize final payment to Elite Contractors and Equipment LTD for the Fleet Management Parking Lot Reconstruction Project Phase II]

YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 15. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? MOVE TO A PROOF SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF A PROVEN ITEM NUMBER 15 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE. AH OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIED WE

[16. Consider authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Helms Pipe Organ Builders to upgrade the Jefferson Theatre Robert-Morton Organ located at 345 Fannin Street ]

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID. ON THIS GRANT WORD FORGETTING, UM, FOR HELPING TO GET THIS GRANT. SO THAT BOWMAN COULD HAVE A ONE OF A KIND MORGEN ORGAN IN THE COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. WE APPRECIATE THAT. MIRROR. PROTEIN? YES. APPRECIATE THAT MILES, AND I'M PRETTY SURE WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE WORK FOR YOU TO DO FIND SOME MORE BRANDS FOR US. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, RIGHT,

[17. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an Industrial District Agreement with Slamback]

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WELL WE DO CORRESPOND WITH THEM EACH YEAR WHEN WE SEND THEM THERE, BILL. THERE'S USUALLY CORRESPONDENCE A LITTLE BACK AND FORTH. AND THEN WE, UM THERE. THERE'S ALSO CORRESPONDENCE WHEN YOU RENEGOTIATE THESE THESE AGREEMENTS EVERY SEVEN YEARS. SO UM, THE AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN PRETTY STANDARD. BEFORE THE 18 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN SEVEN YEAR CONTRACTS WITH THESE CERTAIN PERCENTAGES IN HERE. UM THE ONLY THING WE DID DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IS THAT SOME OF THE AGREEMENTS HAD MAYBE 12 SECTIONS IN THEM. SOME HAD EIGHT SECTIONS IN THEM, SO WE PICKED THE MOST, UH IMPORTANT SECTIONS AND TRIED TO MAKE THEM ALL STANDARD SO THEY WOULD ALL BE THE SAME. I THINK EXXON HAS, UM MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL STANDARD AND THEIR CONTRACT THAN ANYONE ELSE, BUT YOU KNOW THEY THROUGH THIS NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT OF THIS BACK AND FORTH WITH THAT ALLOW YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR CAPITAL, OR MAYBE EVEN THE CREATION OF A CITY PARK CAPITAL FUND. WE COULD DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WORK ON THAT EFFORT GOING FORWARD. AND IF YOU KNOW IF COUNSEL WANTS TO HEAR THE VALUES AS WE GO THROUGH THESE TONIGHT AND THEN I'LL PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER NINE NEXT WEEK. HOPEFULLY AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE IT. WE HAVE 25 INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENTS ALTOGETHER. WE'VE ALREADY UM SO AFTER TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE DONE 14 OF THEM AND SO MAYBE ANOTHER 11 TO COME BACK TO YOU. BUT IF THE IF THE COUNCIL DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR THE VALUES I'M PREPARED TO GO THROUGH THOSE ONE AT A TIME. UM AS AS WE READ THEM, BUT FOR INSTANCE, FOR LIKE, SLAM BACK UM, LAST YEAR, THEY PAID US $5800 THIS YEAR.

WE'RE ESTIMATING THEM. TO GET PAYMENT OF $6400. I'M GUESSING EXXONMOBIL'S MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIGGER QUITE A BIT. GO AHEAD, COUNSELOR. YEAH, I THINK IT'S IN MHM. I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT.

BUT. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THE WAY WE DEAL WITH INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENTS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO. IT'S NOT QUIT PRO CROW. WHAT YOU DO FOR US WHAT WE DO FOR YOU. UH WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT. IN MY OPINION, AND I'D LIKE TO GET SOME. UNDERSTANDING FROM SO DEFINITELY WE CAN'T SAY THAT WE WILL PROVIDE BIGGER TAX INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE DONATIONS TO THE PARK.

IT'S THE THEME THAT THEY WOULD BE GAINING A BENEFIT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A WRITE OFF FOR THEM. UM SO IF INDIVIDUAL CORPORATION WANTED TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE PARK, UM THEY COULD DO THAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE THAT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW. THEIR TASK THEIR TAX RATE, POSSIBLY BUT NOT IN IN LIEU OF OR IF YOU DON'T DO THEN WE WON'T GRANT TYPE OF THING. SO I THINK THAT THE PROCESS JUST NEEDS TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THE COUNCIL ISN'T OR SHOULD NOT BE RECOMMENDING. OR NOT CONSIDERING A INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT AT THAT. INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AND WILLING

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EVERY DAY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT. WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE DEAL WITH INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENTS. AND THEY'RE NOT TIRED TO THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR GENERAL FUND. CANCEL MEMBER TURNING TO MAKE IT CLEAR SO THE COMMUNITY ISN'T MISINTERPRETED MISUNDERSTANDING? THERE WASN'T THE INTENT. AT ALL LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID EXXON MOBIL DOES GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. BUT ONCE AGAIN , I DO WANT TO REITERATE, IF NOT IN EXCHANGE, BUT AS THE CITY OF THE STAFF, IT DOESN'T HURT TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WE DO BUSINESS WITH TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY AND REFERENCE TO THINGS SIMILAR LIKE PARK IMPROVEMENTS. MAYOR PRO TEM DURIO. I WENT THROUGH ALL THESE AND I NOTICED ON ALL OF THEM. IT SAYS THE 2023 PAYMENT WILL BE CALCULATED ON 80% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE. EXCEPT FOR NUMBER 20 AND NUMBER 22. WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE BACKGROUND IT SAYS 80% BUT YOU LOOK AT THE EXTRA RESOLUTION THAT, SAYS 75. CAN WE ADDRESS 20 AND 23 WHEN THOSE ITEMS ARE RED? THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WON'T FAVORITE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING NINE AH OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIED WE

[18. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an Industrial District Agreement with Goodyear]

ABSOLUTELY SO. LAST YEAR, GOODYEAR MADE A PAYMENT TO THE CITY OF A LITTLE OVER 840,000.

THIS YEAR. WE EXPECT THAT PAYMENT TO BE 924,000. THANK YOU. FOR 2023 MRS SEMINAR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, AYE

[19. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an Industrial District Agreement with Energy Transfer Spindletop LLC]

[20. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an Industrial District Agreement with DCP Southeast Texas Plant LLC ]

DO YOU SEE THAT ON? PAGE TWO. UNDER ARTICLE ONE. LITTLE BOX AT THE BOTTOM. OKAY THESE DID GO

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ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MHM BECAUSE WE READ IT RIGHT. ALWAYS FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOST CARRY MAY HAVE THE RATING OF ITEM NUMBER 21 PLACE. COUNCIL

[21. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an Industrial District Agreement with Chemtrade Refinery Services]

[22. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an Industrial District Agreement with Centana Intrastate Pipeline LLC]

PLEASE MOVE TO PERUSE THE RESOLUTION. MOTION IS THEIR 2ND 2ND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? LAST YEAR'S PAYMENT WAS $272,000. THIS YEAR'S PAYMENT IS ESTIMATED TO BE $299,000, AND WE'LL MAKE THAT OTHER CORRECTION ON PAGE TWO.

75% TO 80. THANK YOU, MR SEMINAR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 22. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES HAVE

[23. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an Industrial District Agreement with Exxon Mobil]

IT'S UPSTATE. ALL IN FAVOR OF A PROVEN ITEM NUMBER 23 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY

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[24. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an Industrial District Agreement with Entergy]

[25. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an Industrial District Agreement with IBEW ]

[Review and discuss Economic Development Concepts, Alternatives and Implementation]

WE HAD A REQUEST BY CITY COUNCIL IN PARTICULAR COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER, UH, FOR DISCUSSION ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SOME OF THAT CAME FROM A PROUD DISCUSSION AT COUNCIL HAD AS A GROUP AND YOU WANTED TO HEAR ON THIS TOPIC, SO I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH. A BIT OF SOME SLIDES TO WHERE I GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL CAN CAN DISCUSS HIS NEEDED OR YOU MAY FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT. THAT'S THE PRESENTATION GOES.

THE AGENDA IS OVER SEVERAL TOPICS AND A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WHAT? ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONE. OH, ONE MIGHT BE EVEN A LITTLE TOO, TOO MIXED IN THERE. UH JUST A FEW TERMS TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THIS AS WE TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS, THEN WE'LL GO A COUPLE OF CONCEPTS AND ALTERNATIVE AND THEN A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BEAUMONT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE WE ARE BETTER IN A IN A BIT OF A UNIQUE SITUATION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. NEXT. UH AND YOU GO TO WORK. THE NEXT SLIDE IS IT'S ABOUT WEALTH CREATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

YOU CAN GO NEXT SLIDE. IT'S BASICALLY ABOUT WEALTH CREATION. IT'S ABOUT. THE COMMUNITY AND BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT COMMUNITY. DEVELOPMENT IS TO YOUR SIN, ANOTHER SLIDE IT'S AND IT'S NOT A JOBS PROGRAM ALL THE JOBS OR AND IT'S ESSENTIAL PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. A LOT OF THE INCENTIVES OF TIED TO JOB CREATION SO BUT IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN YOUR ECONOMY AND YOUR GRAND ECONOMY. AND THEN IT HAS TO PROSPER AND QUALITY OF LIFE. ALL RESIDENTS AH, AGAIN, CONTINUING AND WHAT IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A DELIBERATE ACTION BY A COVENANT GROUP TO, UH STIMULATE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR BUSINESSES TO LOCATE OUR OUR STAY IN YOUR COMMUNITY, UM, GOVERNING BODIES AND CITIES COUNTY, SAYING FLU INFLUENCED DIRECTION, THEY HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON THE DIRECTION. OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR. WHAT'S GOING ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? SO, UM YOU AS A GROUP. YOU AS A GOVERNING GROUP HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. AGAIN UH, WHILE IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT JOB THAT DOES INFLUENCE INCOME LEVELS ALSO THERE ARE BENEFITS TO THE CITY LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, MORE TAX REVENUES AND THEN FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS JUST A BOOST TO THEM NEXT LIFE. AS I SAID, IT'S NOT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS MORE ABOUT A PLACE TO LIVE. IT'S MORE ABOUT SOCIAL PROGRAMS. WE'RE TALKING MORE ABOUT THE WEALTH

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IT'S A COMPETITIVE PROCESS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A DOG EAT DOG TECH PROCESS. YOU COMPETED NOT ONLY AGAINST THE LOCAL PEOPLE, YOU COMPETING INTERNATIONALLY, YOU KNOW, BEAUMONT, FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PORTRAIT OF BEAUMONT, WHICH BUT ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE AND LIKEWISE NATIONAL WHEN THE COMPANY'S LOOKING TO LOCATE THERE, LOOKING ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, THEY'RE JUST NOT LOOKING AT ONE PLACE. SO WE ARE COMPETING AGAINST THE CHARLOTTE AND THE NEW YORK'S AND THE AUSTIN, TEXAS AND ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE IN TEXAS, BUT NOT JUST TEXAS NATIONALLY, WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S A 24 7 OPERATION. YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE THERE AND MIGHT NOT BE THERE. VOLUNTEERING AND ALL THE TIME THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A POINT OF CONTACT SOMEONE WHO THEY CAN CONTACT CONSTANTLY , UH, WHEN THEY'RE SEARCHING AND LOOKING FOR LOCATED IN YOUR COMMUNITY, SO WE HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE. WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY DESIGNATED AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTITY, ARMED PERSON. TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT, UM THOSE, UH CONTACTS FROM THE PUBLIC. AND THEN IT'S PROTECTING YOUR OWN INTEREST. YOU KNOW, YOU GET A LOT OF LOOKS. YOU GET A LOT OF UH, INTEREST FROM COMPANIES, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK OUT FOR YOUR OWN INTERESTS BECAUSE DEVELOPERS AND OTHER PEOPLE WILL LOOK OUT FOR THEIR INTERESTS. SO YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED. YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WELL VERSED AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BE ABLE TO TALK TO LANGUAGE. KNOW THE RULES AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES. YOU NEED GUIDELINES ALREADY DEVELOPED FOR MUNICIPAL DISTRICT UNIQUE, ALAS, DEVELOPED TOURS ALL OF THAT BEFORE PEOPLE START KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR. OF COURSE, WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE THAT.

BUT YOU NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT THOSE GUIDELINES AND HELP HOW THEY'RE GONNA LOOK BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT. BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S COMING, THEY'RE COMING TO YOUR TOWN. AND IT'S UP TO YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE BEST DEAL YOU CAN GET FROM THE CITIZENS OF YOUR CITY. NEXT TIME. COUPLE OF APPROACH IS SIMPLE ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONE. IT'S ABOUT BUSINESS RETENTION, YOU KNOW, ENHANCE EXISTING BUSINESSES WHERE YOU OFTEN OFTEN FORGET ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RETAINING WHAT WE HAVE, AND WE'RE BUSY OUT LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND WE NEGLECT THAT WAY EXISTING BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE IN OUR TOWN WHO OPERATED FOR DECADES. SO YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IS TO WORK TO RETAIN HIM THAT EXISTING BUSINESS AND THEN YOU BUSINESS EXPANSION. ENHANCING EXISTING BUSINESS, BUT YOU ALSO ATTRACTED NEW BUSINESS OUT THERE , SO IT'S KIND OF A TWOFOLD THING. YOU'VE GOT TO COVER IT ALL. AH JUST A LITTLE TOUCH ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CREEK CORPORATIONS, YOU KNOW THEY'RE CREATED BY VOTING TO PEOPLE WHERE YOU CAN DESIGNATE US PORTION OF YOURSELVES TAX. TO THEM. IT COULD BE THREE QUARTERS OVER 70 80% QUARTER SENT HAVE SENT SALES TAX AND, UH, WE'RE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ONLY CAN GET A TOTAL OF TWO CENT AND TYPICALLY YOUR TWO CENTS OF WHERE THEY SPOKEN FOR. AND AS I CASE HERE IN BEAUMONT, WE'RE MAXED OUT ON OUR TWO CENT SALES TAX, SO WE DON'T HAVE, UH, AND AMOUNT TO USE OF SALES TAX TO DEDICATE JUST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALL THE WAY YOU CAN DO THAT IS HAVING AN ELECTION TO RECENT SOME OF YOUR WHAT YOU HAVE DESIGNATED FOR NOW OF SOME YEARS AGO, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN THAT WAS AN ELECTION HELD TO, UH, DESIGNATED PORTION OF THAT SALES TAX FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. AND SO THAT TOOK UP THE REST OF IT SO IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORT. YOU HAVE PROBABLY WOULD NOT CONSIST OF A CORPORATION UNLESS YOU RE

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YOU HAVE 48 CORPORATIONS FOR BIG CORPORATIONS AND THEN THE LAVA COST. WHETHER IT'S A FOYER FOUR B, THOUGH THE THIRD COLUMN A LOT BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS YOU CAN SPEND ON BOTH OF THEM. THEY HAVE TO BE THERE FOR THAT ACQUISITION OF LAND CONSTRUCTION COST SHARING THEIR EQUIPMENT, ETCETERA, BUT THE FORAY AND FOR BEING DIFFERENT FOR AGES OF MOSTLY DUE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TYPE PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, MACHINERY, UH, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE MANUFACTURING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AND THOSE THINGS AND FOREST THAT REVENUES COME FROM SALES, TAX GRANTS, BUS LOANS AND FEES. FOR BEES ARE ARE THE SAME AS FORCE REVENUE SOURCES YOU GET THE MONEY IS ABOUT THE SAME AS BEFORE. HEY BUT YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING THAT'S HELD BEFORE BEFORE A BUT ALSO THE OTHER THINGS LISTED UNDER THERE AND AFFORD BE. IT'S MORE EXPANSIVE. YOU CAN SPEND MONEY ON PARKS MUSEUMS. UH, SPORTS FACILITIES, TOURISM.

ENTERTAINMENT CONVENTION FACILITIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO FOR BIG CORPORATIONS ARE MUCH MORE EXPANSIVE, AND YOU CAN DO A LOT MORE DEVELOPMENT WITH THEM. IF YOU HAVE THE DOG SHOULD DO IT NEXT TIME. ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS . FEW WE'RE GONNA TOUCH ON THE THAT WON'T GO INTO THEM A LOT.

TAX AND COMMAND REINVESTMENT ZONES TOOL THAT'S USED BY MANY CITIES. US CALLED THE TOURS CREATED BY CITY COUNCIL CREATED TO ATTRACT NEW INVESTMENTS IN YOUR AREA. YOU KNOW, IT ESTABLISHES THE UH, BASED TAX RATE. SAY, IF YOU HAVE A PIECE OF PROFIT, IT IS FORCED $100.

WHEN YOU CREATE A TERRORIST, YOU CONTINUE TO COME COLLECT THAT TAX ON THAT $100, BUT THAT'S THE ASSESSED VALUES GO UP INCREASED VALUES TO DEVELOPER WHO WAS DOING THE PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TAX ON THAT INCREASED VALUE UNTIL THE TOURISTS ENDS, WHETHER IT'S 20 OR 25 YEARS. AT THE END OF THAT 25 YEARS. JUST QUIT PAYING TO GET THE WINDFALL . THEY GET THEIR TAX BREAK OVER THAT TIME PERIOD. UM YOU HAVE TO CREATE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION CREATED. YOU HAVE TO CREATE IT.

L G C A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION WITH YOU AS A COUNCIL AUTHORITY TO CREATE UH, FOR IMPLEMENTATION FOR A TERRORIST. AND YOU CAN OFFER INCENTIVE PROPERTY, PROPERTY SALES TAX AND HOT TAX INCENTIVES TO PRIVATE INVESTORS. COUNTIES MAY PARTICIPATE TO THINK I HAVE A PICTURE OF CABELA'S HERE. CABELA'S BEAUDO WAS A TOURIST. IT WAS CREATED. WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE CREATED A TOURIST, BUT YOU ALSO HAD NOT ONLY THIS ON THERE YOU HAD HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND OTHER THINGS ON THIS ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE UH, HOPE THERE WERE TEXTBOOK TO WORK ALL FOR IT FOR A PERIOD OF 25 YEARS. BUT AT THE END OF THAT THE CITY GETS ALL OF THE TAX FROM THAT NEW CREATED. INFRASTRUCTURE BUT ALSO THE DEVELOPER. BUILT NEW WATER LINES, ELEVATED WATER TANK STREETS, ETCETERA WITH THE PART OF THE PROJECT. AND THE CITY ACTUALLY PAID FOR A BUILT A MUSEUM INSIDE OF THAT PLACE. IF YOU GO IN THERE, THERE'S A MUSEUM AND THERE THIS BAIT BY THE CITY EXCELLENT. HOW TO CREATE A TERM THAT I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS FLOW CHART SO MUCH WITH THIS JUST KIND OF LAYS OUT THE THINGS TO DO, YOU KNOW, TO CREATE ATTACK TERRORISTS, YOU KNOW THAT'S CURRENTLY CREATIVE, AND THAT'S DONE BY YOU AS A COUNCIL. CREATIVE PRELIMINARY FINANCING PLAN. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN YOU APPOINTED BOARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT WILL OVERSEE THAT AND YOU HAVE SET BOUNDARIES. NAME FOR THE ZOMBIE, ETCETERA.

IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT. IT'S JUST A LITTLE CHAMPION ZOOMING. YOUSEF SUBMIT THE REQUIRED FORMS TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER. THERE'S A LOT OF REPORTING TO THE STATE CONTROLLER WITH WITH THESE TOOLS. AND THAT'S REQUIRED THAT YOU DO IT FOR A WHILE, AND THEN YOU DO IT SO MANY YEARS EVEN AFTER IT ENDS. YOU DO THAT. AND, UH, SO IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO IMPLEMENTATION AT SOME POINT NEXT TIME. AND UH, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS LADDER. UH REALLY DIDN'T DO JUSTICE TO IT, BUT IT KIND OF GIVES AN IDEA OF HOW TURDS WORKED. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM LINE THAT WAS PURPLE. LAVENDER OR WHATEVER. THAT'S THE BASE TAX RATE. IF YOU WIN, YOU

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UM, WITHIN A DEFINED AREA. THE. THE GOAL OF A OF A PERIOD IS TO OFFER SERVICES ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVED IN A CITY WE PROVIDE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICE AND MANATEES.

IF SOMEONE MOVED INTO A PIT THAT CAN EXPECT MORE, THAT CAN EXPECT BETTER SERVICES. BETTER ROLE TRAILS. WALKING TRAILS, SWIMMING POOLS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. BUT THEY PAY A COST BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING ADDITIONAL TAX. THEY WOULD. IF IT'S AN INTERCITY PIT , THEY WOULD PAY THE AMOUNT THAT THEY PAY WITH THE TAX RATE FOR US NOW, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 69 CENTS OR SO. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WHATEVER TEXT THE PIT PUT ON IT, THEY PAY THAT TAX, TOO. AND THAT'S MADE CLEAR TO A PURCHASER. MOST OF THE TIME. IT'S GOOD TO PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY. THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY AN INCREASED PROPERTY TAX. FOR THESE SERVICES WHEN THEY MOVE INTO THAT AREA, BUT THEY'RE DOING SO BECAUSE THEY HAVE BETTER SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE A LAZY RIVER AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE BUYING MORE SO THEY DO THAT. AND THESE CAN BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE CITY OF COUNTY COMMISSION AND CITY. PETER CAN BE COUNTY PIT. IF IT'S A COUNTY WHEN YOU KNOW THEY THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SET IT UP AND THEY CAN SET HIM UP RIGHT OUTSIDE OF YOUR YOUR, UH, CITY BOUNDARIES OR IT CAN BE IN CITY, SO IT'S UP TO THE WHOEVER IS DOING THE PROJECT. MURDERED THE NEWS, TOO. BUT DISTRICTS AGAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF STATE OF TEXAS WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE MUD? THIS SPORT UTILITY DISTRICT IS THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE DESIGNATED SET ABOUT T CE QUE THEY CAN GIVE APPROVAL FOR HIM, AND THERE'S A UTILITY DISTRICT TO BE CREATED. UH THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE. THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE CAN APPROVE THE MOVE WITHIN THE EAST TO CITY OF BEAUMONT OR THE COUNTY. UH, WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL. BUT THEY CHARGE THEIR OWN TAX RATE. THEY PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S ROADS, DRAINAGE WATER WAS SO WORLD WHATEVER. WITH THOSE TAXES. THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT COURSE THEY HAVE A BOARD. AND THEY COULD ISSUE BONDS. BUT WHATEVER BONDS THE ISSUE FOR THAT FOR THAT THOSE PROJECTS IF IT'S IN THE CITY, YOU WOULD HELP TO ALSO APPROVED THOSE BONDS IS THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE NBA SHOULD HAVE. DID YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT REIMBURSEMENT? AND EITHER T C Q. IT'S OTHER CITY.

OKAY AND FOR IT BEING COUNTED. I JUST HAD THEM ON THERE. THEY HAVE A TON A MUDS AND 14 COUNT.

THANKS. HOTEL MOTEL TAX IS ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS TO BE USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT USED FOR TERRORISM. HOTEL CONVENTION INDUSTRY CAN BE HEAVILY BRACKETED. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CREATE A YES. HOTEL MOTEL TAX. YOU CAN SAY WE CAN USE IT ON ANY PROJECT THAT HAS A CITY HALL BESIDE THE CONFERENCE CENTER WITH A LIBRARY ACROSS THE STREET. YOU CAN. YOU CAN WORD IT THAT DEFINE IT. THAT SUCCINCTLY. AND GET IT PASSED IN THE LEGISLATURE AND BEAUTY. WE HAD

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EXCELLENT. AH IT'S KIND OF A FOUR LEGGED STOOL HERE. YOU KNOW , WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC PLAN. UH DEVELOPMENT. BUT THIS GOES HAND IN HAND. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS JUST SITTING WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOUR LEGGED STUPID. YOU GOT ECONOMIC PLAN. WE'VE GOT A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN DOWNTOWN PLAN AND THE PARKS PLAN TO REALLY ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. IN BEAUMONT NEXT TIME. AS I WRAP IT UP. UH JUST SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO WITH THAT HAVING GREAT ME AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION , WHICH WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO THIS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE TEXT. ALSO THREE TO HEAVEN, 3 80 AGREEMENT. THOSE ARE THE ABILITY TO USE PROPERTY. AND SALES TAX DIRECTLY FOR IT. SENATE FOR PROJECTS GET HIM TO COME TO TOWN. 3 81 AGREEMENT.

THE INCENTIVES THAT COMES DIRECTLY THEY COME DIRECTLY FROM THE COUNTY. 3 13 AGREEMENTS, UH , WHEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO GET AND SENTENCED TO FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT A LOT FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT WHEN 3 13 GOT PUT INTO PLACE THAT DID ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PARTICIPATE. MORNING BECAUSE THEY HAVE MOST OF THE TECHSTARS SO BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. AND THEN TO INCENTIVE WE CAN OFFER AS A CITY THAT, YOU KNOW. WE DON'T HAVE THE ECONOMIC DOING TEXTBOOK CAN'T DO SPECIALIZED, PERMITTING , EXPEDITED PERMIT AND THEN REVIEW FOR PROJECTS. SOME COMPANIES SAY THAT AS MUCH IMPORTANCE GETTING A DOLLAR INCENTIVE HOW FAST WILL YOU GET? MY PROJECT APPROVED HOW TO PASS . SO YOU GET THE PLANS REVIEWED AND GUESS INTO CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF COMPANIES, THEN ANNEXATION YOU KNOW, ANNEXATIONS HAS BEEN REDUCED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE . BUT WHAT THE APPROVAL OF A PROFIT I DON'T KNOW YOU STICKING THEIR NECKS, PROPERTIES IN AND DO SOME GREAT THINGS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE. AND FOURTH BEAUMONT. AND THANKS FOR ABOUT THAT AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THE SALES TAX AVAILABLE, SO NO CORPORATION WILL BE REALLY DIFFICULT.

AWESOME THINGS WE COULD DO WITH POSSIBLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YOU CAN CREATE A CITY DEPARTMENT. I SEE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APARTMENT TO OVERSEE IT. BUT WHAT? WE, UH. WHAT PROBABLY MY JESUS FOR US RIGHT NOW IT'S COLLABORATED WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS HAD A MEETING TODAY WE HAVE STEVE AND AUDIENCE. CHAMBER. PRESIDENT.

AND, UH, THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIRD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UH, ACTIVITY. SO WE COULD PROVIDE SOME FUNDING FOR THE CHAMBER TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN PLAN IS WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY START WITH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND GO FAR WITH YESTERDAY AS THEY IMPLEMENT THE REST OF THE ACTIVITIES WITH THAT, BUT UH, CIVIC. IT POSSIBLY PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE, IS IT. THAT'S THE LAST SLOT. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COME INTO, OR DISCUSS THAT SHE WISHED COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. UH MR WILLIAMS. I LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION, JUST EDUCATING EVERYBODY ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY COULD OFFER. BUT THE REALITY IS SOME OF THESE THINGS . LET'S JUST MONEY. THINGS YOU SEE IS A D. C S. YOU SEE THEM ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES OF TEXAS, AND WE'RE ONE OF THE CITY'S DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE 2% MAXED OUT. WE CAN'T DO IT. SO I KIND OF WANT TO GO OVER EVERYTHING WITH OUR COUNCIL. THE SHOW WE NEED TO ACTUALLY GET A LOT MORE SERIOUS ABOUT NDC AND I'M NOT E D C BUT A LOT MORE SERIOUS ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND UTILIZE THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE EXISTED TO MOVE FORWARD. I THINK RIGHT NOW.

THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. YEAH, WE'RE IN A GREAT PLACE. WE HAVE A STEADY POPULATION THAT'S SLIGHTLY DECREASING, BUT WITHOUT WITHOUT US HAVING THINGS LIKE ADCS. WE HAVE TO GET A LOT MORE SERIOUS ABOUT LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE. SO YOU KNOW ME PERSONALLY, I DO AGREE WITH MR WILLIAMS. YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN OR BLUEPRINT, SO I DO THINK IT WOULD BE SMART TO UTILIZED ARM VERSUS CREATING SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW THAT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF TIME. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CHAMBER. THAT WE HAVE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH, BUT WE HAVE TO MY OPINION NAVIGATE SPECIFIC DIRECTION. WE GAVE FUNDING BUT NEVER SPECIFIC DIRECTION OF THE WHAT WE WANT. SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A PARTNERSHIP TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD AS FAR AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AH WHAT'S YOUR

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FACILITIES AND THE POOR. LAMAR AND MEDICINE. THAT'S THE BIGGEST SECTORS. AH! DIVERSIFICATION. I THINK OF TECH. I THINK MAYBE BRINGING A SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRIES SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND LOOK AT LOOKING AROUND TO SEE WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MIGHT BE MISSING THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE IN BEAUMONT AND THEN HELPING TO DEVISE A PLAN TO GET THERE. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A REASONABLE PATH TO TAKE? YES YES, YOU'VE GOT TO IDENTIFY THOSE. THOSE THINK THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU. MEETING TODAY WITH THE CHAMBER AT FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING OF VERY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP. I THINK IT'S BEING REFORMED AND ONE OF THE THINGS EXERCISES THEY WENT THROUGH WAS IDENTIFYING THE GOALS AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER WAS AT THAT MEETING, TOO.

AND WE ALL WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT. THERE WAS A GREAT CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AT THAT MEETING. OUT THERE. WOODSON'S GREAT FEEDBACK. BUT YES WHAT YOU HAVE AS A COUNCIL TO SAY WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU. IT'S DEFINITELY WILL BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF SUCH A PLAN. UM.

STEVE OUR PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS IN THE AUDIENCE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND JUST SPEAK ON? SOME OF THE COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M REALLY EXCITED. UM YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I TOOK THIS JOB HERE IS I JUST SAW A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES OR WHAT I CALL WHITE SPACE WHERE THERE WAS, WASN'T IT THINGS HAPPENING AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THAT DIRECTION AND LIKE WHAT MR WILLIAMS SAID. THERE'S REALLY CAPITALS FOUR STOOLS OR LEGS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS. BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, INDUSTRIAL RECRUITMENT, BUSINESS RETENTION. STARTUPS AND I WANT, YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES. STARTUPS GET PASSED OVER. BUT THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS TO CREATE NEW JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH STARTUPS WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WORKFORCE AND HOW WE BRING ALL THESE ELEMENTS TOGETHER. IT'S KIND OF A SECRET RECIPE, RIGHT? EVERY COMMUNITY

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AND I THINK ONE OF THE KEY THINGS AS WE MET TODAY WAS THIS IDEA OF BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER MOVING THE SAME DIRECTION BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE THROWING BOMBS AT YOU AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AND IT ENDS UP HURTING THE COMMUNITY'S IMAGE. YOU WANT PEOPLE PULLING TOGETHER WORKING THE SAME DIRECTION TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE. I WAS EXCITED ABOUT ABOUT THE READOUT THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT. THAT MEETING LAST WEEK. IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE SOME OF THOSE FOLKS AND THE IDEA IS COMING OUT, AND I THINK WE CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SO VERY EXCITED AND WANT TO JUST WORK WITH WITH THE COUNCIL. THINK COLLABORATION IS THE KEY IS WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE OUR SUCCESS. IF WE DON'T HAVE COLLABORATION. WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST THROWING ROCKS AT EACH OTHER. WELL THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH ON YOUR INSIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. I SAW MR WILLIAMS. I KNOW HE WENT THROUGH THIS, BUT I KIND OF DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THINGS UNDONE. AH! WHAT WHAT IS YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT STEPS? IS IT SOMETHING COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, LIKE, WHAT DO YOU DO AFTER DISCUSSION OR PRESENTATION LIKE THIS? WELL IT'S GOOD TO KNOW WHAT COUNCIL WANTS TO DO A CONSENSUS OF THE GROUP, YOU KNOW. IS IT SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN? IS IT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO PURSUE? DO YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD? AND HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT IS DO YOU WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CHAMBER, ETCETERA. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT BEAUMONT IS, I BELIEVE THE ONLY CITY OF OVER 100,000. PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS THAT LOST POPULATION IN THE LAST DECADE. AND YOU COMBINE THAT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE A 3 80. WE'VE NEVER DONE IT TURNS. WE'VE NEVER YOU KNOW, YOU START BICKERING OUT. WELL, WAIT A MINUTE. WHY? WHY IS THIS AND WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP HERE? SO ABSOLUTELY . WE NEED TO GET ON BOARD. WITH SOME OF THESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED HERE TODAY, AND WE NEED TO IDENTIFY AS I SAID BEFORE WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, AND THEN USE THESE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE SO THE CHAMBERS ALREADY HELPING BUT HAVING THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IDENTIFY THINGS THAT THEY WANT. I WOULD BE INTERESTED. UH IN HEARING HOW THAT MEETING WENT TODAY AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY THAT THEY CAME UP WITH. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE ALL COUNCIL BY IN ALL THAT AND MAYBE AT OUR OWN, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ONCE WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED SOME PLACES TO GO. THEN YOU PULL OUT THE MAP AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THERE, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. AND, UM. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS THE FUND FUNDING OF THE PLANE. UH, WE CAN GET THAT DIRECTION. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A FANTASTIC VOTE.

COMING OUT OF HERE. AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT, UM FOR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TOURS, AND YOU'VE SEEN IT, UM AT WORK. IF YOU GO, I TEND TOWARDS MOUNT BELFIELD. A LOT OF THE EXPANSION THAT THEY'RE DOING. IT'S DUE TO ERRORS AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A WHILE YOU LEAVE FROM BEAUMONT. YOU DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING UNTIL YOU ALMOST GOT TO THE 16 LOOPS. BUT NOW ALL OF THAT SPACE IN BETWEEN HMM. ON BOTH SIDES OF OUR 10 DROVE ON 10 ON YESTERDAY AND THEY'VE CLEARED OUT ALMOST THE WHOLE EAST SIDE OF I T N. IT'S BEING CLEARED OUT RIGHT NOW. AND SO A LOT OF THAT

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AND ONCE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE COULD CONSIDER THAT AS A COUNCIL, BUT I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF PUTTING SOME MORE MONEY OUT THERE. THAT'S WHAT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST ATMOSPHERE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND I WOULD SAY I RESPECT FOR THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL . WE HAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETING, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE RESULTS FOUND FROM THAT MEETING CAN BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BECAUSE I THINK IN CHICAGO FOR ALL COUNCILS BY IN AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON, SO IT'S COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. SO IF THE FINDINGS OF THAT MEETING WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE STEVE COME UP AND DO A PRESENTATION. AND ONCE WE GET THAT PRESENTATION, SAID, I THINK COUNCIL WILL BE MORE ACCEPTING TO MOVING FORWARD WITH YOU KNOW, FUNDING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN BECAUSE I WANTED TO COME OFF. I DON'T WANT TO LOOK LIKE IT'S YOU KNOW, ONE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE MEETINGS. I WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH MY ENTIRE BODY SO THEY CAN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THERE ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH. I THINK THEY WOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT IT. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD SET A DATE WITH STEVE COME UP AND ACTUALLY DO A PRESENTATION. WHAT THEY'RE FINDING SO WE CAN SEE IF IT MATCHES UP WITH THE GOALS AND THE CHICKENS OF THE COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHOW AND CITY MANAGER. YOU WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF JUST CREATING THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER, AS OPPOSED TO OUR OWN CITY DEPARTMENT. YES COUNCIL MEMBER AFFAIRS SHOW BECAUSE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE UNCERTAINTY, AND IT TAKES A LOT TO CREATE A DEPARTMENT COST A LOT OF MONEY TO CREATE DEPARTMENTS. SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD FIRST STEP AND IF IT GROWS INTO A DEPARTMENT IN THE FUTURE, I THINK WE COULD CONSIDER BUT I THINK NOW THIS IS THE BEST VEHICLE FOR US. TO USE. THEN I AGREE WITH THEM. I WOULD. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CHAMBER TO COME AND WHETHER IT'S A WORK SESSION OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER, THAT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED, BUT TO PRESENT TO US THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS HAD AT THAT MEETING AND LET THE COUNCIL BE BROUGHT INTO IT SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR IDEALS ARE. OKAY THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL. THANK YOU, MARY.

COST WISE. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR A DETAILED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN ESTIMATE. UM, YOU KNOW, UM I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. PROBABLY. SOUTH OF 50,000 NORTH OF 55,000 SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. I'M CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK MAYOR. WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE REPORT FROM THE CHAMBER ALONG WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE PLAN THAT WILL SUBMIT AS STAFF AND CITY MANAGER. OKAY THANK YOU. FOR THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORK SESSION. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE, SO PLEASE FILL OUT THE GREEN SLIP. TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND GIVE IT TO THE CLERK TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. SHE WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK HERE. AND PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE BEGINNING. YEAH. WE DID ALL OF THAT DIDN'T WE DID SO USED TO DOING IT JUST WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN. DO NOT. WE HAD SOME OTHER PEOPLE TO COME IN. SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY NOT RIGHT NOW. I DON'T UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WANTS TO SPEAK. NOT SURE. IF ANYONE HAS NOT SPOKEN AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. I HAVE NONE THEN

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MY PROBLEM IS I GOT THESE DOCUMENTS THAT I REQUESTED ON 8 23 22. I GOT THESE DOCUMENTS ON 12 TO 22. AND TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. THAT'S 100 AND TWO DAYS LATER. THEN I ACTUALLY REQUESTED THE INFORMATION. YOU KNOW FOR ME, TO BE HONEST, HONESTLY, A PROBLEM FOR ME? UH I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA FLY TO A CERTAIN STANDARD AND RADAR IF A CITIZEN REQUESTED DOCUMENTS WITH AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, THEY GET IT WITHIN 10 DAYS. AND FOR ME TO HAVE TO WAIT 102 DAYS TO GET INFORMATION THAT I REQUESTED IS FOR MY STANDARDS. IT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE, SO IT'S MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE CAN KIND OF GET ON TOP OF THESE THINGS TO KIND OF BE CONSISTENT BECAUSE IT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO ME THAT I HAD TO WAIT THAT LONG FOR THOSE DOCUMENTS, MR MANAGER. I DIDN'T REQUEST THEM FOR YOU TO MAKE IT COMPLETELY CLEAR IT DID. IT WASN'T ON YOU, BUT IT TOOK THAT LONG FOR STAFF TO GET ME THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IN REFERENCE TO THE SAME MEANS AND SURPLUS OF MONEY.

WE'RE SPENDING WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT SO MOVING FORWARD, I WOULD ASK THAT THAT REALLY BE TIGHTENED UP ON IT BECAUSE, LIKE FOR MY STANDARDS THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER GETS. AH MR MANAGER HOUSE. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR MAKING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY AND THESE ARE THESE TYPES OF TOOLS, WHICH HAVE BEEN WIDELY AVAILABLE FOR A LONG TIME, FOR WHATEVER REASON HAVE NOT BEEN USED IN THE PAST AND THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND I THINK THAT BY USING THESE CAN TAKE BEAUMONT. TO THE NEXT LEVEL SO THAT WE CAN BE THAT SHINING CITY ON THE HILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEMBER GET SOME AIR PROTEIN DURIO. SAME THING. UH THANK YOU, MANAGER. I SAID BEFORE WE BRING IN A NEW SET OF EYES SO LOOK AT THE SAME OLD PROBLEMS AND COME UP WITH NEW SOLUTIONS. AND THAT'S WHY WE HIRED YOU. AND ALSO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER FOR CALLING FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I NOTICED SOMETHING THAT YOU ALWAYS ASK ABOUT, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE FINALLY GETTING HERE. AND LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, YOU GOTTA GET STARTED SOMEWHERE, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD START. THAT'S ALL

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