B. Approve a payment of dues to the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission for Fiscal Year 2023

[1. Consider authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Garfield Public/Private LLC to conduct a market study, perform planning and design services, determine estimated costs and develop a business and financing plan related to the possible development of a hotel on property owned by the City ]

PLACE. YES MAYOR COUNCIL. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER MR WILLIAMS. YOU WANTED YOU BROKE ALL AGAIN. UH, I THINK WE JUST HAD EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGE. EVERYBODY'S OKAY. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE RECORD THAT EVERYONE IS PRESENT . THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER TURE IN AGREEMENT WITH GARFIELD PUBLIC PRIVATE LLC TO CONDUCT THE MARKET STUDY PERFORMED PLANNING AND DESIGN SERVICES, THE TERM ESTIMATED COSTS AND DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS AND FINANCING PLAN RELATED TO THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF A HOTEL ON PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY. THE CITY HAS, UH LOOKED AT SIGNIFICANTLY AND REDEVELOPMENT ISSUES. UH REDEVELOPMENT CONCERNS WITH THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE PREMIER.

HOTEL. UH FOR DOWNTOWN. IT LACKS THAT WHICH ALMOST EVERY SUCCESSFULLY CANNOT SUCCESSFUL REDEVELOP DOWNTOWN HAS SO WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, THAT CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF SUCH TO THAT END. WE'RE LOOKING AT A THE COST OF THE WORK WITH BEING $40,000 FOR THE MARKET STUDY AND SHIP, THE MARKET STUDY PROVED FEASIBLE, THEN PROCEEDING WITH ADDITIONAL COSTS, INCLUDING $40,000 FOR DESIGN WORKING 25,000 CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES, ALONG WITH THEIR FEET PAID TO G P P OF 72,000. UH THIS WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND OR POSSIBLY HUNT HOT FUND THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FUNDED IN THE GENERAL FUND. HMM. AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. MR CITY MANAGER. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING. ITEM NUMBER ONE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MAY

[2. Consider authorizing the City Manager to approve grant funding for Lamar University related to equipment used for the local Public, Educational, and Government Channel ]

HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING

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THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE GRANT FUNDING FOR LAMAR UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY RELATED TO EQUIPMENT USED FOR THE LOCAL PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PERMIT, WHICH IS A PIG CHANNEL. UM, CITIES HAVE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THESE CHANNELS AND WE GET A 11. THE TO FUND THIS CHANNEL. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT UPGRADING THE EQUIPMENT OR OH, REINVESTING IN THE EQUIPMENT WITH LAMAR UNIVERSITY. THEY WILL DO THE INITIAL EXPENDITURE FUND 1 729,032. AND WE WILL REIMBURSE THEM THOSE DOLLARS FOR THAT. SO THE FUNDING SOURCE IS THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMING FUND AND WE APPROVED . WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MR CITY MANAGER. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE APPROVE.

EXACTLY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. AH OPPOSED. THE MOTION

[3. Consider approving a tri-annual contract with Patriot Security Inc., of Nederland, for Security Guard Services ]

CARRIES HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF PROVEN A TRIANGLE CONTRACTING PATRIOT SECURITY EEK OF NEED TO LAND FOR SECURITY GUARD SERVICES. WE'VE BEEN FACILITIES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES SECURITY AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND TOWN, INCLUDING CIVIC CENTER JULIE ROGERSON, JEFFERSON THEATERS, ETCETERA, SE SECURITY FOR THAT. THE COST OF THE SECURITY GUARD, UM, SERVICES. WILL BE, UH, CONFIRM THE JOHN FUND OR GRANT FUND, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE SOLUTION. THANK YOU, MR CITY MANAGER. COULD YOU PLEASE STAGES FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD? THE AMOUNT OF. IT'S 9 419,097 NAMIE. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE. I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE PROOF. SO THE MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE COURSE AND THE DISCUSSION POSSIBLE. REMEMBER TURNING? YES. IF WE CAN, CAN WE IS EMILY HERE? CAN SHE KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE BENEFIT TO PATRIOTS SECURITY? THIS OKAY WITH YOU, MISTER? MANAGER? THANK YOU. IT REALLY IS ON HER WAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. ONE THING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE PAID TO PATRIOTS.

SECURITY BY OUR CLIENTS WERE JUST TO PASS THROUGH THE ONLY TIME THE CITY OF BEAUMONT USES PATRIOT SECURITY IN MY DEPARTMENT IS WHEN WE USE THEM AT A CITY EVENT OR CITY FESTIVAL THAT IS A PRE VEGETATED AMOUNT. SO AND THAT IS NOT $400,000 THAT THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE FOR ALL THOSE 400 PLUS EVENTS WE DO A YEAR WERE A PASS THROUGH FOR OUR CLIENT. THEY'RE TECHNICALLY PAYING. PATRIOTS SECURITY. THEY JUST PAY US FIRST. AND YOU WOULD DISPERSE THE PAYMENT TO THE SECURITY GUARDS BASED ON THE SCOPE OF THE EVENT AND WHAT'S NEEDED FOR EACH DIFFERENT FACILITY OR TYPE OF EVENT. OKAY YEAH. CONTRACT IS SECURITY WHEN THEY RENT THE EVENT. YES YES, WE ALSO USE BEAUMONT PD JUST DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF EVENT AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR SECURITY PURPOSES. COUNCIL MEMBER TURN. THANK YOU, THE MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO EXIT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CITY WASN'T ACTUALLY PAYING THAT FUNDING WHEN YOU HIT THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY PASSED THROUGH. SO THANK YOU. AND THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS ON HERE THAT THERE ARE PERMANENT POST FOR PATRIOTS SECURITY. UM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT CAUSE. SURE, IT'S ON THE BID TAB SO OTHER THAN THE EVENT FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE A BED IN FOR CITY HALL, WHICH CURRENTLY WE DON'T USE PATRIOT SECURITY FOR WE DID PRIOR TO COVID. BUT WE DON'T WE DO NOT USE PATRIOT FOR CITY HALL RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A BIT IN HERE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, SAME DEAL. THEY USED THEM IN THE PAST. EVER SINCE COVID NOT SO MUCH, BUT IT'S IN THE BID IN CASE THEY WANT TO DO IT GOING FORWARD. SO MUNICIPAL COURT IS THE ONLY PERMANENT RESIDENTS FOR PATRIOT SECURITY RIGHT NOW, SO AND THAT CAUSES THAT AN ESTIMATED $77,000 A YEAR SO OUT OF THIS WHOLE CONTRACT PRICE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 100,000 WILL BE ON THE CITY'S TAB. THE REST OF IT'S PASSED THROUGH OR WE'RE JUST NOT UTILIZING IT. OKAY THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU, EMILY. WE APPRECIATE IT. OKAY NO OTHER COMMENTS ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER THREE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I

[4. Consider authorizing the emergency repair of a six inch sanitary sewer main from Wheat Drive to Brentwood Drive]

OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES. YOU HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDERED

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OF A SIX INCH SENATOR SEWER MAIN FROM WEEK DRIVE TO BRING WITH DROPPED. WE BEEN RECENTLY MADE AWARE OF, BUT 1350 FT SECTION ABOUT SIX INCHES AND A TOURIST SANITARY SEWER LINE. THAT MAKES REPLACE IT ON AND CALLED THE PLACE FROM WE'D DRIVE TO PRINT WOULD DRIVE. IT'S AN EMERGENCY CONTRACTS BEING ISSUED TO TIP TOE TO MAX.

CONSTRUCTION FOR 9 126,050. AND IT WILL BE PAID FROM THE WATER UTILITIES FUND. STAFFORD'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. MAY I HAVE EMOTION? PLEASE MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. HAVE A 2ND 2ND MOTION IN THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR, SIR AND DISCUSSION. NO DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING

[5. Consider approving a contract with Gulf Coast a CRH Company, to supply asphaltic concrete for use by the Public Works Department]

AYE OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES HAVE A READING OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE. YES MA'AM COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION APPROVING THE COUNTRY TRACK WITH GULF COAST AND C R H COMPANY TO SUPPLY AS FAR THE CONCRETE FOR THE VIEWS BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THIS IS FOR UM, ASPHALT FOR THE USE FOR REPAIRING AND REPAVING OUR STREETS. THE STREETS. SECTIONS SIX. VENDOR TO NOTIFY ON BID OPPORTUNITY ONE SUBMISSION. THAF RECOMMENDS IS 83,004 AND $60.

AND ITS PROPOSED TO COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. AND AGAIN STEP RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THAT READING OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION ? PLEASE FOR APPROVAL OF A SECOND. HAVE EMOTION IN A SECOND. DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. MR MANAGER NOTICED, WE SAID IT WAS A 34% INCREASE, AND WE SET IT OUT FOR SIX PEOPLE TO BID ON. ONLY ONE CAME BACK. CAN WE KINDA SPEAK TO HOW WE KNOW WHAT TO REALLY COMPARE IT TO IF NO ONE ELSE REALLY BIDDING ON IT BASED UPON THE INCREASE DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS SET? THERE'S ONLY TWO LOCAL ASPHALT PLANTS AND GULF COAST RECENTLY BOUGHT OUT L D CONSTRUCTION, WHO HAS THE SECOND ASPHALT PLANT SO AT THE PRESENT TIME, AND THEY SHUT DOWN THAT LDS ASPHALT PLANT FOR SOME REPAIRS, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'LL BRING IT UP LATER. BUT AT THE CURRENT TIME, THERE'S ONLY ONE LOCAL PROVIDER OF ASPHALT. THE MARKET IN THE LOST IT. WE'VE LOST THE COMPETITIVE EDGE PRETTY MUCH BECAUSE ASPHALT YOU GET IT AND IT'S HOT. AND YOU'VE ONLY GOT SO LONG TO MAKE USE OF IT. SO YOU CAN'T GET IT OUT OF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S A LONG DISTANCE AWAY. UNFORTUNATELY, AND. AND NOT TO THROW ALL THE BLAME ON JUST A SINGLE PROVIDER. WE'VE ALSO GOT INCREASING COSTS AS YOU ALL KNOW, DUE TO INFLATION, SO AS WELL. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. AND THAT'S LUCKY DAY. PRETEND DURIAN. THIS HOT MIX ASPHALT AND CONCRETE THAT WAS USED IN PADDLES. THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO PAVE ROADS DEBATE. THE OTHER COMMENTS. NO THE COMMENTS ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION

[6. Consider approving a contract with Allied Electrical Systems & Solutions, Inc. for alarm monitoring, maintenance and repair ]

CARRIES. YOU HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTRACT WITH ALLIED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND SOLUTIONS INC FOR ALARM, MONITORING, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. THIS IS FOR MONITORING ALARM SYSTEMS THAT 69 CITY ON FACILITIES. COST UP. PROJECTED BEING OF $69,940, AND IT'S FUNDED THROUGH VARIOUS FUND YOUR OWN FUND. AIRPORT FUND FLEET FUN. WHY DO YOU TELL THIS FUNDING HOTEL OCCUPANCY FUND? STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SIX. ME. I HAVE EMOTION, PLEASE. HAVE EMOTION IS THEIR 2ND 2ND HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR AND THE DISCUSSION. NO DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OR PROVEN. ITEM NUMBER SIX. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. IN THE OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES CITY MANAGER. CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE US INTO THE WORK

[Review and discuss the desired graphics for the Southwest Elevated Storage Tank located near Washington Boulevard and 1-10]

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SESSION? IF YOU'RE IN DISGUST, THE DESIGN GRAPHICS FOR THE SOUTHWEST ELEVATED STORAGE TANK LOCATED NEAR WASHINGTON BOULEVARD AND 9 10 AND A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING. WE TALKED ABOUT THE DESIGN ETCETERA THAT WE WANTED, UH, DECIDE LIKE COUNTS ON WATER TANKS, WATER TALENT STORAGE TANKS AROUND TOWN . SO TODAY BORDERS 12. HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH CITY COUNCIL ON WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE. THANK YOU. UM. IN PARTICULAR COUNCILMAN TURNER AND MENTIONED IN THE PAST, UH, DOING SOMETHING OTHER THAN OUR STANDARD GRAPHICS ON THE WATER TOWER HE HAD MENTIONED. PUTTING SOMETHING RELATED TO THE SCHOOLS ON THE WATER TOWER, SO WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING THE ENGINEERING ON THE SOUTHWEST ELEVATED STORAGE TANK, WHICH IS THE ONE ON WASHINGTON RIGHT BY THE FIRE STATION. PICTURE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS THE WAY IT LOOKS CURRENTLY.

VIEW FROM THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH ON THAT TANK. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE LAST TANK THAT WE REHAB, WHICH IS THE WEST WATER TANK. THAT'S JUST OFF OF LIBERTY AND LAUREL. KIND OF BY ST ENDS.

AND THE FREEWAY. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. RED CIRCLE IS THE WATER TOWER, THE SOUTHWEST TANK THAT WE'RE REHABBING. SO THIS IS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE INTERCHANGE OVER BY THE ELEGANT E THAT'S UNDERGOING CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF HOW DISTANT. THAT TOWER IS. FROM THE FREEWAY, SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CLOSE PROXIMITY IN TERMS OF VIEWING SO YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE DISTANCE OVER THE WAREHOUSE THERE AS YOU'RE APPROACHING, UM FROM THE SOUTH. AND THEN COMING BACK THE OTHER WAY. YOU CAN SEE IT OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST PAST SAM'S AND THE AND END OF WHAT WAS MIKE'S. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE STILL DOING AUTO SALES RIGHT THERE. SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA. YOU'RE REALLY GONNA SEE IT. AS YOUR OWN WASHINGTON YOU'RE NOT SO MUCH GOING TO SEE. CLOSE GRAPHICS ON THAT THING RIGHT BY THE FREEWAY. SOME EXAMPLES FROM OTHER CITIES AND AGAIN COUNSELING TURNER HAD MENTIONED SCHOOL, SO IT KIND OF FOCUSED ON WHAT OTHER ENTITIES HAVE DONE RELATED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT TEAMS. SO THIS EXAMPLES IN CYPRUS. THIS IS ONE FROM ZIONSVILLE, INDIANA. THEY JUST WENT WITH TEXT INSTEAD OF GRAPHICS. IN JASPER, OF COURSE. THIS IS A ROCKFORD GRAMS AND MICHIGAN. LITTLE BIGGER WATER TOWER. BUT THIS IN TAMPA, TAMPA, FLORIDA HMM. PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI. THEY INCORPORATED SOME GRAPHICS AND SOME TEXT. SO. WHAT I NEED IS I NEED A GOOD DIRECTION IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO SEE ON THE WATER TOWER WITH THAT I CAN GET WITH BUT THEN ER AND GET SOME EXAMPLES TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK. UM LESS IS MORE IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE WATER TOWERS LARGE, YOU'RE AT A GREAT DISTANCE AND THE WATER TOWER IS VERY HIGH. SO YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE WHATEVER YOU'RE PUTTING ON THERE. FAIRLY SIMPLE AND BIG SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT EASILY HAD A GLANCE. THE MORE DETAIL YOU PUT IN THERE, THE HARDER IT IS TO REALLY READ A LOT OF IT OR ABSORB IT. UM, WE'VE GOT KIND OF TWO VIEWS ON THAT WATER TOWER IF WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS, WE COULD PUT ONE ON EITHER SIDE. OF THAT ORIGINAL VIEW AND THAT THAT FIRST SLIDE BUT JUST LOOKING FOR Y'ALL'S YELLS INPUT. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. FIRST AND FOREMOST BOARD. THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY BRINGING THIS IN FRONT OF US TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS.

APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO. YOU KNOW, SOME OF MY SUGGESTIONS, BRINGING IT TO US GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DIALOGUE. AH ONE THING THAT'S FAIRLY IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. WE HAVE COLORS. WE HAVE COLORS THAT ARE CONSIDERED THE CITY OF BEAUMONT COLORS AND

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FROM A BRANDING STANDPOINT. I THINK YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY DON'T EVEN KNOW OUR COLORS BECAUSE WE DON'T ACTUALLY BRAND THEM AS THE CITY SO THAT WAS ONE THING I WAS LOOKING AT LOOKING INTO, YOU KNOW, FROM A COMMUNITY PRIZE STANDPOINT, IF WE HAVE COLORS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE DO WANT TO BRAND IT. AND WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AT THE TIME. I WASN'T GETTING INTO THE LOGOS, BUT JUST RECOGNITION WHEN WE DO THINGS LIKE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THINGS OF THAT MAGNITUDE, ESPECIALLY BEING THERE ON THAT PART OF THE TOWN SIDE OF THE TOWN. WE GOT BEAUMONT UNITED WHO JUST DOES SOMETHING HISTORICAL, AND THEY WANT LIKE BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP BRING A SENSE OF PRIDE TO THAT AREA, NOT GET INTO PUTTING TOO MUCH ON THERE. BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WHEN IT COMES TO BRANDON. WE NOW HAVE A NEW COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU DON'T MIND. MR MANAGER FOR LAUREN TO GIVE HER INPUT AS FAR AS BRANDON AND COLORS AND DIRECTION WE'RE GOING, YOU KNOW , LIKE WE HAVE THESE COLORS AND THE WAY WE WERE BRANDED. SO THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. MAYBE GET HER OPINION, SINCE THAT'S THE WHAT SHE'S BASICALLY OVER. YES AND WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS A STAFF AND WITH LAUREN ABOUT THE BRAND FOR BEAUMONT, AND I HAD THEM. DIG UP PUT LIKE OF A BETTER TERM ANY INFORMATION THAT WE HAD ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRAND OF BEAUMONT, SO THOSE COLORS ARE DISTINCT AND AREA ARE PART OF THAT BRANDON INITIATIVE SO WHATEVER WE DO, WE WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF THE BRAND. THAT WAS A BRANDON STUDY.

LITTLE PLAN PUT TOGETHER NOT TOO LONG AGO, SO WE COULD USE THOSE GUIDELINES. AND THIS WAS. THE MOST RECENT LOGO THAT WE HAD, WHICH IS WHY WE WENT WITH IT ON WEST 11 THING IS THAT WITH THE WATER TOWER YOUR PRIMARY COLOR ON IT NEEDS TO BE ONE THAT'S NOT GOING TO FADE. THAT'S WHY OUR WATER TIRES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A LIGHT BLUE. YOU CAN GO WITH A WHITE, BUT ANY TIME YOU GET INTO A SOLID COLOR THAT DARKER ON THE TOWER THAT PIGMENT WILL FADE OVER TIME AND YOU'LL LOSE THAT COLOR. SO IN TERMS OF CITY COLORS, IF YOU WANT TO STICK WITH THAT, IT'S WHATEVER THAT YOU KNOW, I GUESS LOGO OR GRAPHIC IS OUTSIDE OF THE BACKGROUND COLOR. HOW OFTEN DO THESE TOWERS NORMALLY REFURBISHED, REPAINTED, BARRED, LIKE IF YOU HAD TO JUST ROUGH ESTIMATE TIMELINE. YES SO WHATEVER WE DECIDE, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT FOR 10 TO 15 YEARS ON THERE. THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY AS WELL IT'S GOOD TO GET SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO FADE OUT ON YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HAVING TO REPAINT THE WHOLE TOWER. ONCE A WANT TO PAINT STARTS FEEDING, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE GOOD ADHESION FOR REDOING SOMETHING THAT THAT'S OVER THE TOP OF THAT PAINT. BUT YEAH, IT'S USUALLY 10 TO 15 YEARS. I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE LIST ON WHEN IT WAS DONE LAST, BUT IN THAT RANGE AND LASTLY EVEN AT BEAUMONT, YOU KNOW THIS.

YOU KNOW, I COLORS I JUST KEEP REVERTING BACK TO OUR COLORS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THIS IS BLACK AND GREEN. AND I THINK THROUGHOUT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, EVEN SIGNS YOU SEE GRAY. PORK SIGNS. YOU SEE GREEN PARK SIGNS AT SOME POINT, IF WE AS A CITY CAN GET MORE IN UNISON. WHAT? OUR BRANDING OF COLORS IF THIS IS OUR CITY COLORS, MR MANAGER, I LIKE TO KIND OF SEE US STICK TO COLOR. SO THE COMMUNITY TAKE MORE PRIDE IN WHAT I RAN, ACTUALLY IS THIS WAS THE LAST OFFICIAL LOGO. TIME SO WE WOULD HAVE TO RICK COLOR. I GUESS THE LOGO TO YOUR POINT. IF YOU WANTED IT BLUE AND GREEN. THE MAYOR, PRO TEM DIARRHEA. COUNCILMAN TURNER OBAMA UNITED IS MAROON AND GOLD. HE'S TALKING ABOUT THEIR STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY HAVE TWO IN A ROW. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE LIKE, SAY? THIS YEAR THEY WENT AGAIN AND WE'VE ALREADY PAINTED. COULD YOU GO UP THERE AND AT 2023 BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT. UM. IF WE WANT TO HONOR THE SCHOOLS, WHAT I'D SUGGEST IS WE PUT THE SCHOOL'S LOGOS OR NAMES ON THE WATER TOWER. AND THEN MOST CITIES WILL PUT A SIGN AT ON A ROAD. WOOD AND THEN YOU'VE GOT MORE ABILITY TO PUT DETAIL. THEN YOU CAN PUT THE SCHOOL YOU CAN PUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR YOU CAN PUT WHAT THEY WON IN THAT CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR SO YOU CAN PUT FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. THAT'S USUALLY WHERE I'VE TENDED TO SEE IT, AT LEAST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS YOU YOU'RE ENTERING INTO THE TOWN, AND THEN YOU SEE A SIGN HONORING THE SCHOOL AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AT A LEVEL YOU CAN READ IT WHICH THE WATER TIRES JUST SO DANG HIGH. IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO THAT IN

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THIS PARTICULAR FORMAT. ALSO ON OUR COLORS BLUE AND GREEN. YES. IN THE OLD SHIELD COLORS. I THINK THAT'S STILL ARE MAIN CARS THAT WE WENT WITH. MORE OF A DARK GREEN IN THAT LAST LOGO JUST LIKE THAT. LIKE THIS. HMM. THAT'S RIGHT. NO COUNCILMAN GUEST WAS SHOWING HIS LAPEL PIN LAPEL. YES. WHAT I'M SAYING. UH EXPENSES TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH IT COST 2.1 OF THESE TOWERS DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF THE GRAPHICS AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE GRAPHIC IN TERMS OF NUMBERS OF COLORS. UM SO I THINK ON THE WEST BANK. IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND. 7500 AND 10 GRAND ON JUST FOR THE LOGO ON THAT NOW, THE DISHMAN TANK. UM I CAN'T REALLY GET A COST ON THAT BECAUSE THEY WENT AND THEY DID IT. BUNDLED WITHIN THE CONTRACT AND SPLIT IT OUT, SO IT WAS HARDER. BUT ONCE I GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WANT, THEN I CAN GET OF COURSE, IT'LL GET BID. SO THE COST OF LOGO WILL BE IN IN THE BID RESPONSES. HOW LONG SINCE THEY'VE BEEN PAID? JUST LAST TIME. FOUR ON THIS 1 2004. THIS WAS PAINTED IN 2004, THE SOUTHWEST TANK. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WEST, RIGHT? NOW, THIS WAS 2004. THAT'S WHY IT'S GOT THE OTHER LOGO. WELL IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS THAT LONG. IT DOESN'T WATCH THEM. PAINT IT LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR FIVE. WOW LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR IT DOES DOES YEARS. YEAH. I WISH I COULD BE PRESERVED LIKE THAT. THAT'S THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THAT LIGHT BLUE COLOR. IT DOES HOLD UP. COUNCILOR RETURN. WELL, BOYD. I ACTUALLY DO REALLY LIKE YOUR IDEAL OF, YOU KNOW, A SIGN RECOGNIZING BECAUSE IN THE SCHOO CAN CHANGE. SO I REALLY LIKE THAT SUGGESTION THAT HAS HAPPENED QUITE OFTEN. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S KILI WHEN THE SOCCER I THINK AS A CITY IF A KID'S WIN ANYTHING OR DO ANYTHING EXCEPTIONALLY WELL, WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BRAND AND RECOGNIZE THAT BUT I UNDERSTAND THE LIGHT BLUE, BUT I'M LIKE I'M A REALLY BIG ADVOCATE. IF WE GOT CITY COLORS LIKE BECAUSE LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS BLACK AND RED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO STICK TO THE CONCEPT OF OUR COLORS. WE COULD PUT THE SHIELD ON THERE. LIKE HELL PIN. LIKE THAT. IT'S CUSTOMARY YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT FOR BRANDON AND HAD DONE FICATION OF CITY. IT'S GOOD TO BE CONSISTENT IN YOUR MESSAGING. HOW THAT LOOKS IN YOUR COLORS BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEAUMONT. OPINION COMES REMEMBER GET TAXED ON WITHOUT A DOUBT. AND OTHERS RECOGNIZE IT TO WHATEVER YOU WHETHER IT'S YOUR LETTERHEAD OR WATER TOWER. WHATEVER. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT THAT CONSISTENT MESSAGE. OUT THERE. AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THIS YEAR. SO WE CAN PUT THE SHIELD ON THE WATER TOWER WORK. MAYBE WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON BRITT SIGN SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE CITY, RECOGNIZING THE SCHOOLS. YEAH I'M PERFECTLY FINE. LONGER SLEEP, BRANDON, OUR COLORS AND KIND OF GET CONSISTENT WITH THAT. I'M I'M PERFECTLY FINE.

BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND ONE OTHER THING IF I'M A MAYOR, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED SOME ENTRYWAY. DESIGNED TO, YOU KNOW, MOST CITIES HAVE AN ENTRYWAY, MONUMENT OR SIGN OR SOMETHING, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY. UH WELL MIGHT HAVE MISSED HIM SOMEWHERE . WELL LET ME TELL YOU WHY? BECAUSE WE DID DISCUSS IT. THAT WAS SOMETHING MAJOR THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLY ON. COMING INTO THE CITY. BUT WITH ALL OF THE I 10 CONSTRUCTION WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT. UM IF WE HAD PUT IT UP WE KNEW TEXT THAT WAS COMING IN WITH THIS LARGE EXPANSION, AND SO IT WAS GOING TO COME DOWN. MAYBE IN THE FUTURE. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY FINISHED WITH 69 YET OR WHATEVER YOU MIGHT WANT TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THAT DESIGN ABSOLUTELY AND COUNSEL TO NOT GET TOO FAR OFF ON THE POSTED ITEM, WHICH IS JUST THE WATER TOWERS. THANK YOU. CANCER MEMBER GETS. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE DID PUT UP A SIGN BY THE BEN ROGERS VISITOR'S CENTER. WHICH KIND OF GETS LOST BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY FAR OFF THE ROAD, BUT THERE'S A SIGN THERE, SAYS BEAUMONT. AND THEN SOMETIMES THE GRASS COVERS IT. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL WELL, I THINK WE. WE NEED TO GET TO A POINT THAT WE'RE PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH OUR

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DESIGN OUR LOGO, THE CITY LOGO. ALRIGHT I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOOLS. BUT I'M ONE OF THOSE. I BELIEVE THAT , UH, IF WE RECOGNIZE SCHOOLS THEY'RE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, THEIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I FEEL WE SHOULD DO. I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO BE FAIR AND JUST AND CONSISTENT, AND SO I AND LOOKING AT THE OLD LOGO. I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE MULTIPLE LOGOS, SO I THINK WE SHOULD GET CONSISTENT, UH, EVEN CONSISTENT WITH OUR COLORS.

AND ACTUALLY THE SHIELDS ON THE FLAG BEHIND. OH, THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. THINK ABOUT THIS ONE. GOING UP THERE. MOLLY OUR CITY ENGINEERS REMINDING ME THAT LIGHT BLUE SIGNIFIES DRINKING WATER LIKE IT TO COLOR CODED EASIER. AQUA AQUA BETTER. BLUE AND GREEN PROTEIN UREA. I WAS JUST SAYING, I LIKE THIS LAPEL PIN HERE, PUT THIS UP IN BLUE AND GREEN PROBABLY BE SIMPLER, SIMPLER, EASIER TO DO THAN THE SHIELD AND YOU, SAYS BEAUMONT. BUT YOU KNOW BRAIN BUT THAT THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY I KEEP TAXING. YOU KNOW, LIKE I KNOW LAUREN. LIKE LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO JUST OVERLOOK WHAT SHE DO LIKE I REALLY WANT. THINK WE SHOULD GET HER OPINION. I.

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THAT OPINION TODAY? OKAY? GO TO THE PUBLIC ON THE VIDEO. I WILL SAY THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP IT WHERE PEOPLE CAN READ IT QUICKLY, THOUGH. I'M DRIVING BY SO THAT IS A STACK WORD. LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. YEAH. I DEFINITELY AGREE. WE WANT TO STICK WITH CONSISTENT COLORS. IF THE BLUE AND THE GREEN OR WHAT WE'RE CONTINUING, WITH HALF HARD RUMORS OF POTENTIALLY REBRANDING AT SOME POINT, SO MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO THAT IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT REBRANDING , MAYBE JUST SOMETHING EXCITING ABOUT THE CITY LIKE SOME GRAPHICS WITH YOU KNOW THE FIRE HYDRANT OR SOMETHING MORE RECOGNIZABLE LIKE CATTAIL OR SPINDLETOP. UM TRADITIONALLY, THE CRUST IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT HAS ONLY BEEN USED FOR THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE. GOT YOU. WELL. I THINK I WILL SAY WE HAD A WORKSHOP AND WE DID CHECK INTO WHY THE COLORS WERE. AND IT'S PART OF THE CHARTER, OKAY? AND SO. THAT WAS COLORS CAN'T GET RID OF IT. YOU KNOW? WE'D HAVE TO REDO THE CHARTER. SO BLUE AND GREEN FOREVER. BRING GREEN FOREVER GOOD TO KNOW. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. SO JUST SO THE PUBLIC INDUSTRIES LIKE WE WERE TALKING. WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT LOGOS, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A CONSISTENT CITY SEAL AND RECOGNIZE COLORS. SO THE LOGO THAT YOU SEE LIKE THIS PARTICULAR RITUAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE BLACK AND RED WAS A LOGO THAT THE CITY, UM ADOPTED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. THIS IS A LOGO, UM, THAT THE CITY ADOPTED FOR THE LETTERHEADS AND FOR OFFICIAL CITY DOCUMENTS. BUT IT IS NOT IN CONTRAST TO THE ADOPTED LOGO FOR THE CITY. THANKS. I WOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE WITH THIS LOGO. IF IT WAS IN BLUE AND GREEN. YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH LAUREN CAME BACK, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S JUST ME. THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE SAYING? THAT'S NOT THAT THAT'S BLUE. I THINK THE LETTERS ARE BLACK LETTERS. THE LETTERS ARE BLACK GREEN. YEAH YEAH, WE COULD MAKE THE LETTERS THAT ARE BLACK, THEIR DARK. DARKER NAVY. OR WHATEVER. I'M NOT SURE WHAT COLOR BLUE AND GREEN KELLY GREEN. WHICH THAT GREEN THEY'RE NOT TOO FAR OFF CLOTHES. OH I DON'T KNOW THAT IS BLIND. THAT'S AN ARMY GREEN. GREAT HERE. IT DOESN'T LOOK BUT REALIZED TO THE WE HAD A BUNCH OF VERSIONS OF THIS LOGO. 11 WAS PURE BLACK. BLACK AND WHITE. BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T BREAK THE COLOR, SO THERE WERE VERSIONS. WAS THE BLAST. YAHOO! NO GREEN

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ON THE STAR! BUT IT'S HARD TO TELL IN A PHOTO WHAT THE ACTUAL COLOR IS ON THE ON THE TOWER BOTH, BUT I BELIEVE IT. IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO WHAT THAT IS. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GET WITH BARTON? WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH SOME IDEAS. THAT'S GREAT. HAPPY TO DO THAT.

DO WE KNOW OR WE ARE Y'ALL LEANING TOWARDS THE LOGO. BUT JUST WITH THE CITY COLORS IS THAT WHERE WE'RE HEADING OR IN MY OPINION WAS IS, WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COLORS AS WE HAVE SAID MANY TIMES, BUT I TRUST THE STAFF TO BRING TO US SOME OPTIONS ON GRAPHIC WORK. UH SIMPLE, AS BETTER AS YOU'RE SAYING TO SEE IT FROM A DISTANCE. LESS IS MORE AND THEY CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH COLORS AND THEN THE LOOK. BUT I DO LIKE THAT. EVEN IF WE CHANGE THE COLOR UP SOMEWHERE THAT WILL BE SIMILAR TO THIS TOWER, WHICH WE JUST DID. IT WON'T BE RADICALLY DIFFERENT. WHICH WILL BE NICE. THE CONTRACTOR THAT PUT IT UP THERE LIKED IT. IT WAS. THANK YOU. LAUREN PROBLEM. SO THIS LOGO BUT DIFFERENT COLORS. CITY TO CITY CODE COLORS COME BACK WITH ORANGE AND RED OR BLUE COLORS. WELL BECAUSE WE GOT A SHOCKER WITH OUR BUSSES. OUR BEST IS WE THOUGHT WOULD COLORS AND NO, I'M NOT CITY COLORS. WHATEVER THE PANTONE COLORS ARE FOR THAT, BUT I THINK BOARD LIKE I LIKE, UNDERSTAND THE CITY COLORS BUT LIKE WITH, LAWRENCE SAID, GIVING US OTHER OPTIONS ON THE LOGO SIZE. THAT ONE JUST JUST SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. WHEN SHE BRINGS IT WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK. OTHER GRAPHICS ENTIRELY.

YEAH. OKAY WITH THE CITY COLOR. WE DO NEED TO GET TO A DECISION QUICKLY ON THIS, THOUGH, BECAUSE I GOT TO REHAB THE TOWER, SO YOU KNOW THE LONGER WE PUSH THIS TO THE LONGER IT IS BEFORE WE CAN TAKE IT DOWN. AND SO WHAT? WHAT KIND OF DEADLINE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS MONTH. I NEEDED THE STILL GOT TWO WEEKS. WE'RE NOT MEETING AGAIN, POTENTIALLY THOUGH DIFFERENT SHIELD NOT JUST DIFFERENT RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD. IT WHAT SHE JUST DECIDED TO MAKE. WOW YOU NEED IT LIKE NOW, IDEALLY, BUT IF YOU IF YOU ALL WANT THAT, THEN WE'LL PUSH IT AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BE AT YOUR DOORSTEP FIRST THING IN JANUARY THAT WITH BLUE AND GREEN, THAT'S FINE. THAT WOULD BLUE AND GREEN THAT THAT LOGO WITH BLUE PROBLEM? I JUST WANT TO SEE WE'RE AT A TIME CONSTRAINT. I'M FINE. I'M NOT GONNA PUSH PUSH YOU IN A CORNER . JUST STAY WITH THE CITY COLORS AND KEEP IT SIMPLE, CLEAN. SORRY TO PUSH PROBLEM. MAIN THING I NEED TO DO IS REHAB THE TOWER, SO THE GRAPHICS ARE FRIENDLY BLUE, PLEASE. THE RIGHT GREEN. WHAT YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY REHAB, THE TOWER WILL SHUT DOWN THE WATER TOWER AND WE'LL BLAST INTO YOUR AND EXTERIOR, BOTH INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR. YOU'LL GET RE CODED AND THEN ANY DEFICIENCIES LIKE WE HAD RUN INTO SOME RUSTING ON THE RAFTERS ON THE WEST TOWER. IF WE IDENTIFY ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ONCE WE HAVE IT DONE WELL. WE'LL FIX IT, BUT WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH OVER AS YOU ALL KNOW, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND CLEANED AND INSPECTED THE INSIDE OF ALL THE TOWERS, SO WE'RE NOT EXPECTING ANY BIG REPAIRS ON THIS ONE. JUST JUST BLASTING AND PAINTING OF EVERYTHING TOWERS, ARE THEY ALWAYS KEPT FULL OR ARE THEY FOR? YOUR YOUR ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS OR TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE IN YOUR SYSTEM SO THE TOWERS WILL CYCLE DURING THE DAY. THE LEVEL IN THOSE TOWERS WILL GO UP AND DOWN, BUT THAT'S TO GIVE YOU A CONSISTENT PRESSURE THROUGHOUT YOUR SYSTEM.

THANK YOU, BART. THANK YOU, BART. OKAY, THAT WILL CONCLUDE HER WORKSHOP. MARTY GOT CLEAR DIRECTIONS ON THE GREEN. FROM CITY COLORS GREEN, OKAY, NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN WHO

[Public Comment]

WISHED TO SPEAK. YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO PLEASE FILL OUT THE GREEN SLIP TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM HANDED TO THE CLERK TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. SHE WILL CALL YOUR NAME. WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON. BEGINNING OF YOUR THREE MINUTES IN THE RED LIGHT WILL BE YOUR INDICATION THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. THANK YOU. MARY RUFFIN, P O BOX 36615. HOUSTON, TEXAS.

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I LOVE YOUR MOTIVATION ABOUT YOUR COLORS. BUT I REALLY THINK THAT CHILD SHOULD BE MORE FOCUSED ON BEING LABELED AS A RACIST CITY AND A CORRUPT CITY. I'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF YOUR JUDGES DOWN HERE. IN FACT, ONE OF YOUR JUDGES, JUDGE BUSINESSMAN PLEASE DON'T CALL THE NAME OF YOUR JUDGES DOWN HERE. AH ON LAWFULLY DETAINED ME FOR HOURS. WHY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOWN HERE DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. AND THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LESSON LEARNED FROM WHAT HAPPENED TO FLORIDA. I JUST SURVIVED THAT HE DID NOT. BUT HE UNLAWFULLY DETAINED ME FOR HOURS AFTER HE TOLD ME TO GET UP OUT OF MY SEAT AND GIVE IT TO A WHITE LADY. AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, SIR, THAT'S THE STRAW EMANATION. LIKE I SAID, WHAT TWO DEPUTIES. WATCH THEM. DID THEY TODAY DETAINED ME FOR HOURS. THEN WHEN I ASKED FOR THE BOAT BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO A POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH POLICE REPORT. THEY TOLD ME THEY DON'T INVESTIGATE JUDGES DOWN HERE. SO I GUESS JUDGES CAN JUST COMMIT CRIMES. WHY Y'ALL SITTING HERE WORRYING ABOUT COLORS? THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, MR WEAPON. THAT'S ALL I HAVE A MIRROR. THANK YOU. NOW IS THE

[Councilmembers/City Manager/City Attorney comment on various matters ]

TIME FOR COUNCIL MEMBER COME IN, AND I WILL START WITH YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL. I HAVE NO COMMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER OF FELL SHOP. THANK YOU. MAYOR IN 18 24 . NO ANNOUNCED NANCY TEVIS LANDED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE NATURE'S RIVER AND SETTLED THERE AND BEGAN THE STORY OF WHAT'S NOW IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AH, I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THIS.

COUNCIL TODAY. FOR BEING BOLD AND LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AND ITS DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE POSSIBILITY UH UH, DEVELOPING THIS AREA THAT WE NOW CALL 555 MAIN STREET. UM WE ALL WANT TO SEE OUR CITY MOVE FORWARD. WE WANT TO SEE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZED. BUT THAT TYPE OF THING HAPPENS, UM BECAUSE OF BOLD LEADERSHIP. LEADERSHIP THAT'S WILLING TO TAKE CALCULATED RISK. AND SO I WANT TO COMMEND THIS COUNCIL AND I WANT TO ASK THE COMMUNITY. TO SUPPORT US AND THIS DECISION AS WE AS A COUNCIL ARE TRYING SO HARD TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR CITY AND TO SEE OUR CITY GROW AND MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. THINGS LIKE THE REVITALIZING THE DOWNTOWN AND THE GROWTH OF THE CITY DOESN'T HAPPEN JUST BECAUSE WE WISH IT BUT IT COMES ABOUT BECAUSE LEADERS OR INTENTIONAL AND DELIBERATE AND ARE WILLING TO TAKE THE LEAD AND MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS. SO LET ME ENCOURAGE EVERYONE. TO BE PATIENT. AND TO BE SUPPORTIVE. THIS COUNCIL IS TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD VERY CAREFULLY TO LOOK AT THE MARKET STUDY. BEFORE IT DOES ANYTHING ELSE, SO IT'S TRYING TO SEEK COUNSEL. BE WISE, BE DELIBERATE. AH AND TO BE CAREFUL TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO STEP OUT AND TAKE THE LEAD. AND THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE THAT TODAY. AND I COMMEND THEM FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MARY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER THANKS, MAN. LAST WEEK, MR MANAGER. WE JUST HAD A FEW CITIZENS COME UP AND REFERENCE TO WATER CONCERNS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KIND OF STAY ON TOP OF THAT AND BE ABREAST AND AT LEAST GIVE AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S THE PROJECTED TIMELINE AND PLAYING WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS. AND THE NEXT THING IS, I KIND OF WANT TO TALK ABOUT NARRATIVE. UM OFTEN I WALK UP TO RANDOM PEOPLE THAT I MAY NOT KNOW. AND I ALWAYS ASK THEM FOR THEIR PERCEPTION OF BEAUMONT.

AND A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DON'T LIVE HERE. AND THEY MOVED HERE. MAN THEY OFTEN SAY THE SAME THING AND IT'S ALMOST UNIFORM. THEY SAY WE LOVE THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. IT HAS EVERYTHING. UH IT HAS NICE RESTAURANTS. IT'S A FAMILY TOWN . BUT THE REALITY IS SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, WE AS A CITY. WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE CAN BE OUR BIGGEST ENEMY WHEN IT COMES TO NARRATIVE. I UNDERSTAND WE HAD SOME THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ROUGHED IN THE PAST, BUT ONE THING ABOUT THE PAST IS THE PAST. AND WHEN WE GOT ISSUES THAT HAVE HAPPENED, 10 OR 12 YEARS AGO. SOMETIMES WE GOTTA LEARN HOW TO LEAVE IT WITH IT AND MOVE FORWARD. BECAUSE WE

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CAN'T MAKE PROGRESS. ALWAYS LOOKING BACKWARDS. WE CAN MAKE WAY MORE PROGRESS LOOKING FORWARD AND MOVING FORWARD, SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PUSH ON CITIZENS AND LET THEM KNOW THE NARRATIVE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE READ WHAT WE POST THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CONSIDERED WHEN IT COMES TO MOVING I CITY AND IF WE'RE NOT ADVERTISING OUR CITY AND PUSHING INTO THE POSITIVE WAY, YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT OUTSIDERS FIELD WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE NARRATIVE AND WHAT WE FEEL THAT WE LIVE HERE. WE LIVE HERE. WE NEED TO TAKE PRIDE IN WHERE WE LIVE. WE NEED TO HOLD ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL. BUT I LIKE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY TAKE A LOT MORE PRIDE. AND SPEAK MORE POSITIVE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHERE WE LIVE, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A POSITIVE THING TO SAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME SOLUTIONS, SO I HAD TO SEE EVERYBODY PUSHED TO BE SOLUTION. DRIVEN AND CONTROLLING NARRATIVE BETTER IN BEAUMONT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER COUNCIL NEVER GET. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM ALSO VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE COUNCIL. COMING TOGETHER UNITED BEHIND THIS PROJECT. WE'RE JUST TAKING THE INITIAL STEP TODAY BY UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTING A MARKETING STUDY AND SAYING WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES CAN HOLD FOR A FULL SERVICE HOTEL DOWNTOWN. ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 300 CONSTRUCTION JOBS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 100 FULL TIME JOBS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN, SPENDING THEIR TAX DOLLARS OR THEIR DOLLARS INTO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, UH, THAT WILL BE MULTIPLIED SEVERAL TIMES OVER IS THAT MONEY IS SPENT THROUGHOUT OUR ECONOMY. IT'S A GOOD THING. IT'S A GOOD THING FOR DOWNTOWN. IT'S A GOOD THING FOR BEAUMONT. AND I AM PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS THEIR PROTEIN DURIO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM JUST WANT TO THANK YOU . A J SPEAKING UP ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I GET THAT A LOT ALSO. AH PEOPLE SPEAKING VERY NEGATIVE OF THEIR HOMETOWN AND PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN. YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THEY COME IN THEY LIKE BEAUMONT. I LIKE BUT IF WE'RE TALKING BAD ABOUT IT, WHY WOULD ANYBODY WANT TO COME HERE? SO LIKE MANAGED THAT WE NEED TO SPEAK TO POSITIVE FOR BEAUMONT. IT'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS. WE JUST DID AN INTERVIEW AND ASKED ME WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BEAUMONT. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BEAUMONT. IT'S THE DOWN HOME. SMALL TOWN FEEL MY FAMILY WAS RAISED HERE, MY FAMILY AND I, WE ALL LIVED IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN A BLOCK OF EACH OTHER. WE HAD THAT THAT VILLAGE FIELD BUT ALSO YOU KNOW, IN AN HOUR AND A HALF, I COULD BE AT THE AIRPORT AND BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD FOR OUR LATER. AND THEN I COME BACK AND I'M RIGHT BACK HOME, A SMALL TOWN FIELD, SO WE HAVE TO ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE COURAGE STAYED AT AJ SOME PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. I MEAN, THEY ALL THE TIME BEING NEGATIVE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE POSITIVE. IT'S DONE. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE MAYOR AND ALSO ON ON THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING DOWN HERE. PICK IT BACK AND ON COUNCILMAN FELL SHORT, AND COUNCILMAN GETS YOU KNOW, WE WERE ELECTED TO MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS AND IF WE'RE NOT WILLING TO INVEST IN OUR CITY, THEN WHY WOULD ANYBODY ELSE SO LET'S WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO? IT'S GONNA COST US SOMETHING. BUT WE WILL FIND OUT. WE'RE DOING A PHILLIES ABILITY STUDY AND I'M HOPING TO COME BACK POSITIVE. I THINK IT WILL AND WE CAN MOVE ON FROM THERE. BUT WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO BE A WE WERE ELECTED TO MAKE THOSE HARD DECISIONS AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID TODAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TUNED. UM CITY ATTORNEY IS RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL OUR NEW CITY MANAGER HAPPY BIRTHDAY. PISA LIBERATED A BIRTHDAY LAST SUNDAY AND SO HMM, BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAYS ARE BLESSINGS, SO WE WANT TO CELEBRATE PEOPLE WHILE THEY'RE HERE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. SO I WAS CITY MANAGEMENT'S KENNETH WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, CHERI EXPOSING ME TODAY, UH, TO LIKE TO COME IN THIS COUNCIL FOR TAKING BOLD STEPS AND DOING WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST FOR BEAUMONT. YOU YOU LOOK TAKING SOME HARD LOOKS AT THE DEVELOPMENT TAKING HARD LOOKS AT DOWNTOWN PLANNING YOU LOOKING AT OVERALL STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THIS CITY, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET BEAUMONT. TO BE THAT GREAT GREATEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY, SO I COMMEND YOU FOR BEING BOLD AND TAKING THOSE STEPS. AH! WE GOTTA COUNCIL MEMBER. TURNER HAD MENTIONED ABOUT FOLLOWING UP WITH PEOPLE WHO TALKED TO HIM PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS MORNING STAFF. WE DISCUSSED THAT, AND WE CAME UP WITH A PROCESS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN WHEN SOMEONE SPEAKS, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY CITY CLERK WILL JUST TAKING THOSE NOTES HE WOULD TAKE THOSE NOTES . ALSO, IF THERE'S A STEP PERSON HERE THAT PERTAINS TODAY WOULD TAKE IT, BUT SHE WOULD GET THOSE COMMENTS AND SHE WOULD DISSEMINATE THEM TO THE PROPER DEPARTMENT. THAT WILL PROVIDE US THE ANSWERS TO IT TO THAT, AND

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WE WILL FOLLOW UP IN FRONT OF THAT ANSWER TO THAT PERSON WHO'S SPEAKING AND ALSO USE A COUNCIL.

SO WE CAME UP WITH THAT PROCESS THIS MORNING, AND THAT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH TINA'S THE CLERK'S OFFICE. SHE'LL BE THE ONE THAT TAKE THAT QUESTION SHOULD BE THE ONE TO DISSEMINATE IT TO THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OF DIRECTORS AND THEN SHE'LL. THEY'LL GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO HER AND DISSEMINATED TO USE THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC. PERSON WHO'S SPEAKING. IN THE FUTURE. ALSO UH , TALKED ABOUT AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. I HAVE A FINAL DRAFT OF AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART IF YOU COULD PASS IT OUT UH, OF STAFF. WE'VE. UH BEEN THREE MONTHS NOW, AND WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO DO SOME THINGS. GET THINGS ORGANIZED, HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MONTH OR SO, WITH WHAT WITH THE YEAH, THAT SHIP IS THE RIGHT GREEN COLORS THAT THAT ARMY GREEN OR WHAT? BUT WE'VE HAD PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH MYSELF. UH ASSISTANT MANAGER. CHRIS BONE AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JUNE ELLIS AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF THIS.

THIS, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. THIS MORNING. WE SIT DOWN AND STEP AND HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF THE DIRECTORS AND THEY PROVIDED THEIR INPUT. ON IT. AND SO WE HAVE THIS FINAL DRAFT THERE TO WHAT I THINK BEST ADDRESSES THE CITY'S NEED AND HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS AND HOW WILL BREAK IT UP AND I WON'T GET INTO MUCH OF IT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WARNED ABOUT STAYING ON TOPIC ALREADY THIS MEETING. BUT BASICALLY, IT'S THE CITY MANAGER , FORMER GOVERNMENT IT FOLLOWS THE CHARTER THINGS AS OUTLINED BY THE CITY CHARTER, BUT THEN ALSO IMPLEMENT WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND YOU CAN SEE THE TWO AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF OPERATIONS, BUT WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH STAFF THIS MORNING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GOING FORWARD WITH IT. AND IF YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS OR SOMETHING. FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW CITY MANAGERS THIS ON THE WEBSITE. NOT YET BECAUSE IT'S STILL THAT FINAL DRAFT UNTIL WE GET THE UNTIL THAT STUFF GIVES ME ANYMORE. ANYTHING BACK. WE NEED TO CHANGE. ONCE WE DO THAT, WELL POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, OKAY? THANK YOU. BART. IF WE DON'T MEET AGAIN THIS YEAR, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO THE REST OF YOU. THANK YOU. TINA THE SAME IF WE DON'T MEET MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEARS TO YOU ALL AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR WILLIAMS. MR WILLIAMS, NO HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HMM. OKAY WELL, I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH TINA AND BART AND SAYING HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUT YOU DID TELL ME YOU SPENT YOUR BIRTHDAY CHECK E CHEESE ON YESTERDAY BECAUSE HIS GRANDSON HAS THE SAME BIRTHDAY. AS ITSELF, BUT I'M SURE HE ENJOYED THAT. I WANT TO ALSO SAY TO THIS COUNCIL AS A WHOLE. UH THANK YOU AND EVERYONE OF YOU.

WE HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER IRAN ON UNIFYING THIS COUNCIL. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM IT'S IN EFFECT, AND WE'RE WORKING. TOGETHER TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. MR RIGHT, GARFIELD. RIGHT GARFIELD IS WHO WE'RE WORKING WITH. UM, HE'S A NATIVE BO MINOR. BORN AND RAISED HERE AND HAS DEVELOPED MANY, MANY HOTELS WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH BAYTOWN, WHICH IS CLOSEST TO US, AND SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED. I AM SO EXCITED. UM COUNCIL MEMBER GETS AND I DID AN INTERVIEW ON FRIDAY. WE WERE OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CIVIC CENTER. AH, LOOKING AT THE WATER JUST WITH EXCITEMENT. TO SAY THAT WE ARE FINALLY MOVING IN THE DIRECTION. UM. THAT HAS BEEN WAITING. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME. AND I THINK ALL OF THE CITIZENS HERE IN BEAUMONT HAVE BEEN WAITING TO MOVE FORWARD. SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE WILL BE AS EXCITED AS WE ARE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS NEW HOTEL CONVENTION FACILITY. FOR OUR CITY, WHICH WILL BRING, UM REVITALIZATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND A BRIGHT NEW FUTURE FOR OTHER BUSINESSES TO SEE THAT, UH WE WILL HAVE A BRIGHT AND PROSPEROUS DOWNTOWN. I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO PNG. AH THEY WON THEIR GAME AND THEY'RE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ROUND. SO CONGRATULATIONS

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FOR NATURE'S GROWS. ALSO WE HAD A LOT OF ACTIVITIES. UM ON LAST WEEK. EVERY DAY. UM THERE WAS QUITE A BIT. THINGS HAPPENING. ON THE LAST WEEK FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WE BROKE GROUND ON A NEW LOCATION. ON CONCORDE STREET. RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE UM. HOUSE IN A DIFFERENT AREA. THEY FLOODED TWICE. SO NOW THEY WILL BEGIN NEW CONSTRUCTION. AND IT WILL BE DOUBLE THE SIZE OF WHAT IT WAS BEFORE. SO WHAT THAT MEANS. AH FOR FAMILIES, FAMILIES THAT ARE DISPLACED. UM. WOMEN THAT AND CHILDREN THAT NEED A PLACE TO LIVE. IT HAS GONE FROM 60 BEDS TO APPROXIMATELY 120 BEDS. AND WE ARE THE ONLY FACILITY HERE. FROM HOUSTON. TO LIKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, SO THEY WILL COVER AND SERVICE. AH A BROAD AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AND SO, UM, THAT IS GREAT NEWS. FOR THIS ENTIRE. COUNTY AND GOLDEN TRIANGLE COMMUNITY. ALSO UM, HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING OF OC I BLEW AMONG YOU, UM PLANT. UH OUT. TWIN CITY. YEAH. TWIN CITY HIGHWAY. WHICH IS STILL IN THE BEAUMONT CITY LIMITS AND THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGEST EXPANSIONS IN OUR AREA, AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. A LOT OF THINGS TO BE POSITIVE ABOUT. IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT OF 1000 CONSTRUCTION JOBS, NOT TO MENTION 8300 PERMANENT JOBS. SOT WOULD BE. I S D, UH, TO HAVE COOP PLANNED FOR STUDENTS. WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL TO BE READY TO COME OUT FOR THOSE JOBS , THAT'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR AREA, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR ALL OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND AGAIN WE MAY NOT HAVE A MEETING OR NEXT TO YOU SEE, NOT SURE THAT IT'S 100% DEFINITELY AS SET IN STONE, BUT TO EACH AND EVERYONE AND TO ALL OF YOUR FAMILY'S HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE JORES. AND HAPPY. UM. HOLIDAY SEASON. SO MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AND IF WE DON'T SEE YOU AGAIN, WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE NEW YEAR. SO WE WILL

[EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]

RECESSED EXECUTIVE SESSION

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

CALL TO ORDER

CONSENT AGENDA

B. Approve a payment of dues to the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission for Fiscal Year 2023

2. Consider authorizing the City Manager to approve grant funding for Lamar University related to equipment used for the local Public, Educational, and Government Channel

3. Consider approving a tri-annual contract with Patriot Security Inc., of Nederland, for Security Guard Services

4. Consider authorizing the emergency repair of a six inch sanitary sewer main from Wheat Drive to Brentwood Drive

5. Consider approving a contract with Gulf Coast a CRH Company, to supply asphaltic concrete for use by the Public Works Department

6. Consider approving a contract with Allied Electrical Systems & Solutions, Inc. for alarm monitoring, maintenance and repair

Dec 12, 2022 City Council

CALL TO ORDER

CONSENT AGENDA

B. Approve a payment of dues to the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission for Fiscal Year 2023

2. Consider authorizing the City Manager to approve grant funding for Lamar University related to equipment used for the local Public, Educational, and Government Channel

3. Consider approving a tri-annual contract with Patriot Security Inc., of Nederland, for Security Guard Services

4. Consider authorizing the emergency repair of a six inch sanitary sewer main from Wheat Drive to Brentwood Drive

5. Consider approving a contract with Gulf Coast a CRH Company, to supply asphaltic concrete for use by the Public Works Department

6. Consider approving a contract with Allied Electrical Systems & Solutions, Inc. for alarm monitoring, maintenance and repair

Dec 12, 2022 City Council

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