[1. Consider approving an ordinance calling the General Election for May 6, 2023, to elect a Mayor, two (2) Councilmembers-At-Large, and four (4) Ward Councilmembers (one each for Ward I, II, III and IV); and approving a Runoff Election if necessary on June 10, 2023 ]

PROVEN AN ARSONIST CALLING THE GENERAL GENERAL ELECTION FOR MAY 6TH 2023. TO ELECT THE MAYOR TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LARGE AND FOR ONE COUNCIL MEMBERS. ONE EACH FOR WARD 123 AND FOUR AND APPROVING A RUNOFF. ELECTION OF NECESSARY ON JUNE 10TH 2023 CITY CHARTER DICTATORS, ALL LIKELY OFFICIALS ELECTED A REGULAR ELECTION DAY STANDS SPOTTED ELECTION CODE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS CITY OF BEAUMONT, DESIGNATING THE FIRST SATURDAY OF MADE TO CONDUCT THIS ELECTION AND WELL CONDUCTED JOINT ELECTION WITH THE BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE PORTABLE. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. HAVE EMOTION AND THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER AND COUNCIL MEMBER GETS. JUST A FEW QUESTIONS FOR CLARITY TO THE COMMUNITY. I NOTICED ON MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY , APRIL 24TH THROUGH THE 29TH POLLS ARE OPEN FROM EIGHT O'CLOCK A M TO FIVE O'CLOCK PM I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CITIZENS ACTS , YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WORK 8 TO 5 EITHER. THE REASON WE DON'T EXTEND IT TO 9 TO 6. SO MR CLERK, CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE DICTATES OUR TIMES THAT ARE POLLS CAN BE OPEN. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOSE 8 TO 5 AND THEN THE LAST TWO DAYS OF EARLY VOTING OR FROM 78. I AM TO SEVEN PM AND THEN ON ELECTION DAY AGAIN SEVEN AM TO SEVEN PM OKAY. I TOLD CITIZENS I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ASKED IT.

THE SECOND QUESTION THAT I NOTICED THIS. ON SUNDAY AND MOST CASES IN THE PAST I'VE KNOWN THERE'S BEEN PEWS TO THE POLLS AND POLLING LOCATIONS ARE OPEN ON SUNDAYS, EITHER THE PARTICULAR REASON OR HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN AWAY FROM? POLLING LOCATIONS BEING OPEN ON SUNDAYS . MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT. I THINK 2017 MAY HAVE BEEN THE LAST TIME EXCUSE ME THAT WE HAVE POLLS OPEN ON A SUNDAY WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE COUNTY CLERK AT THAT TIME. IT WAS WAS CAROLINE GUIDRY. WE DIDN'T HAVE, UH, THE KIND OF TURNOUT THAT WE NORMALLY HAD. WHEN WE STARTED OPENING ON SUNDAYS. IT SEEMED LIKE IT DWINDLED AND WE FOUND THAT WE WERE PAYING MORE POLL WORKERS TO WORK THE POLLS THAN WE HAD CITIZENS THAT CAME OUT TO VOTE. SO WHEN WE DID OUR NEXT ELECTION , WE DECIDED THAT IT JUST WAS NOT FEASIBLE FOR US TO PAY POLL WORKERS TO WORK AND WE WEREN'T HAVING THE TURNOUT. NOW HOWEVER , IF YOU KNOW WE WANT TO TRY THAT AGAIN. ABSOLUTELY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TRY TO OPEN THE POLLS ON SUNDAYS AGAIN AND SEE HOW IT WORKS. AND OF COURSE, WE ONLY OPEN THE POLLS ON SUNDAY FROM 12 O'CLOCK UNTIL 55 PM AND THEN LASTLY, MARRIED. THIS ELECTION IS BETWEEN THE CITY. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE PORTS. HAVE WE GOT FOOT FEEDBACK FROM THOSE ENTITIES ON WHERE THEY STAND WITH SUNDAY'S A. WE DON'T KNOW. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. I THINK

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THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION AND MAYBE A MEETING THAT WILL BE HELD IN THE FUTURE. MAYBE IN IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS WANTING TO BRING THE SUNDAY BACK. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL MEET WITH THE COUNTY CLERK AND MEET WITH THEIR OFFICE AND EVERYBODY CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO REVISIT THAT. MY LAST ONE MARRIED IF WE DID DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY, AND THIS MEETING COMES OUT AND THEY WANT TO OPEN IT UP ON SUNDAYS WITH THIS AFFECT US AND WE VOTED ON THIS TODAY. CONNECTS OUR LEGAL YOU WOULD JUST HAVE TO DO AN AMENDMENT? YES. WE CAN JUST GO BACK AND ADD SUNDAY AND THEN JUST YOU KNOW, COUNCIL CAN CAN VOTE ON IT AGAIN. JUST BE A RESOLUTION AMENDMENT. WE DO THOSE ALL THE TIME. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. MAYOR THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THAT YOU REFERENCED. UH MR BROUSSARD. THERE WAS ALSO SOME COMMENTS MADE ABOUT CHANGING A POLLING LOCATION. I THINK FROM THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. ALRIGHT WHAT? WHERE'S THAT NEW LOCATION? AND WHAT PROMPTED THAT? I WILL HAVE TO TALK WITH THE COUNTY CLERK. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING THAT I HAD WITH HIM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND SO I NEED TO TALK WITH WITH THEM AND SEE IF WE COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE POLLING LOCATION COUNSELOR GETS I BELIEVE IT WAS. THE MUNICIPAL REPORT WASN'T AVAILABLE RIGHT TIMES. THAT WAS THE CONCEPT. AND I THINK I BELIEVE THAT WESTBROOK WAS THAT'S BEEN REMOVED AS WELL. SO WESTBROOK WAS PROPOSED THAT THERE THERE WAS A CONFLICT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE OR WOULDN'T DO THAT WOULDN'T DO BEAUMONT UNITED IN WESTBROOK BOTH AND THE REASON FOR NOT DOING BOEING UNITED WAS BECAUSE WE HAD THE LIBRARY, UM, WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE TWO POLLING LOCATIONS. SO WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT WAS NECESSARY. SO WE'VE HAD POLLING TAKE PLACE AT AMELIA ELEMENTARY IN THE PAST, WHICH IS CLOSE TO WESTBROOK. UH IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED? WE DID. WE TALKED ABOUT A MILLION SO WE MAY GO BACK TO AMELIA ELEMENTARY. YES, WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. PROTEIN DIARRHEA. SO ANY OF THESE CHANGES MADE PICKED OTHER POLLING LOCATIONS. WE COULD ALL COME. WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND VOTE ON THAT ALSO OR JUST ON THE DATES. WELL SO ANY CHANGES THAT ARE MADE TO THE RESOLUTION, UM, THAT AFFECT ANY OF THE OTHER PARTIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE RESOLUTION WILL COME BACK AND BE AMENDED WITH THEM IN THE RESOLUTION ALSO BEING APPROVED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND SO A LOT OF TIMES IF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE IT AS LONG AS COUNCILS GOOD WITH THOSE POLLING LOCATIONS THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO. BUT IF YOU GUYS WANT US TO COME BACK AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU, AFTER WE KIND OF SET ALONG WHAT LOCATIONS WILL USE THEN WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I WOULD SUPPORT THAT VOTING ON SUNDAYS BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE. OPPOSED TO THE FUSES. USED TO THE POSE A VERY POPULAR I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING TO BE GOOD TO COME BACK WITH. YES. THANK YOU ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO OTHER COMMENTS. TINO NEXT WEEK. IF POSSIBLE. WHEN YOU GUYS MEET, CAN YOU JUST COME BACK AND AT LEAST EMAIL COUNSELING? GIVE US AN UPDATE OF THE MEETING BECAUSE I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE SUNDAY POLAND AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY. YES THAT WAS MY PLAN. AS SOON AS WE MEET, I WILL UPDATE EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER IN THE CITY ATTORNEY AS TO WHAT WE DISCUSSED AND WHAT WE COME UP WITH, MA'AM. THANK YOU. WELCOME. MHM. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS THANK YOU, MA'AM, IS, UH, THE VOTING ON SUNDAY DECISION THAT IS MADE BY THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE MADE BY THE VARIOUS ENTITIES OR HOW DOES THAT WORK WOULD BE THE ENTITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED. IT WOULD BE OUR DECISION WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO BRING SUNDAY BACK. SO IF THE PORTS OKAY WITH IT, AND THE CITY IS OKAY WITH THE WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE AND YOU ARE. WE CAN BRING IT. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SUNDAY FROM 12 TO 5. JUST TO BE CLEAR. THAT'S AN ECONOMIC DECISION. NOT NECESSARILY LIKE A VOTING LIKE THE DECISION WAS BECAUSE IT WAS , YOU KNOW, THOSE PARTIES SHARE THE COST OF THE ELECTION. THAT'S WHY THAT DECISION IS BASED SOLELY ON THE PARTIES. HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THEIR BUDGETED FOR THAT ELECTION, SO IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A COUNTY ANYTHING. IT'S JUST GOOD WHEN YOU SAY IT'S AN ECONOMIC DECISION. CAN SOMEBODY GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO, UH, IF YOU POLL WORKERS PER LOCATION. YES. SO I MEAN, I THINK EACH LOCATION HAS ROUGHLY ABOUT 7 TO 10. POLL WORKERS ON AVERAGE, GIVE OR TAKE HER 5% IF WE HAVE LIKE A COUNTY ELECTION, BUT WHEN WE HAVE A CITY ELECTION WE DON'T NORMALLY LIKE THE THREE OF A LITTLE BIT LESS. YOU MIGHT HAVE. MAYBE SIX PEOPLE WORKING,

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MAYBE FOUR. YOU KNOW TO CHECK IN AND TO WORK THE MACHINES AND ONLY FOR FIVE HOURS? YES, ON SUNDAY. YES, SIR. AND WE COULD POSSIBLY DEPENDING ON FOOT TRAFFIC. WE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK AT WHAT POLLING LOCATIONS ARE EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE MORE FOOT TRAFFIC AND HAVE MORE PEOPLE THERE VERSUS OTHER LOCATIONS. WE MIGHT ONLY WANT TO HAVE THREE PEOPLE. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION AND THE FOOT TRAFFIC. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK AT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL . THANK YOU. MAYOR. YOU ADD SUNDAY BACK IN THERE. COULD YOU REMOVE A DAY FROM THE FRONT END? NO. SOUNDED GOOD. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF PROVEN ITEM NUMBER ONE.

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

[2. Consider authorizing the City Manager to award a contract to Callan Marine, Ltd., of Galveston, for the Riverfront Park Restoration FEMA No. 6499 Project ]

NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TOWARD A CONTRACT TO CALA AND MARINE LTD. ORGANIZED IN TEXAS FOR THE RIVERFRONT.

PARK RESTORATION, FEMA NUMBER 64 99 PROJECT. THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW SHEET PILE. WALL DREDGING DEMOLITION, A NEW CONCRETE DOCK , SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE, CIVIL SITE WORK NEW RETAINING WALL THAT FALL RESTORATION OF 2 48 TRAIN LINES, SIDEWALKS EXCEPT.

WE RECEIVED FIVE BIDS. UH BUT FURNISHING ALL LABOR MATURITY EQUIPMENT FOR THE PROJECT, AND THE ENGINEERS ESTIMATE IS $20 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT AND LOW B. IT WAS BY CAROLINE MY RINGING AT 16,000,079 3 76. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE TO APPROVE SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER KIDS FINALLY, THIS IS GREAT. UH, WE'RE GOING TO START THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE RIVERFRONT PARK, AND IT'S GOING TO BE WONDERFUL, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE COMING IN BELOW OUR COST PROJECTIONS, SO WELL DONE AND LET'S MOVE. YES, THANK YOU.

STAFF. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. THE TOWN LINE IS SHOWING ONE YEAR AND 185 DAYS, SO IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE DONE WITH THAT. BY BUT THE END OF 550 CALENDAR DAYS FOR COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. OKAY SO THAT'S 550 CALENDAR YEAR AND A HALF YEAR AND A HALF FROM WHEN THEY KICK OFF. ALSO IT'S A YEAR AND A HALF FROM WHEN THEY KICK OFF. OKAY, THAT THAT'S THE POINT. I'M MISSING. SO UH, ESTIMATION OF WHEN WE HAVE A PROJECTED AND THEY AND THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW.

CAN YOU TELL THEM HOW TO SEE THE VISION? I DON'T HAVE A PROJECTED END DATE YET BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO MOBILIZE AND START QUITE YET. ONCE THIS IS AWARDED, WE'LL GET WITH HIM AND WE'LL SET THE BEGINNING DATE. IT WILL BE A YEAR AND A HALF FROM THAT DATE.

UM BASICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO RESTORE RIVERFRONT PARK. TO THE EXISTING SHORELINE POST, HARVEY , UM, AS WELL AS RESTORE THE SIDEWALK ALONG THE BANK RESTORE THE LIGHTING BENCHES. WATER FOUNTAINS WILL DO SOME WORK ON THE PAVILIONS BUT ARE BASICALLY JUST PUT THE PARK BACK. BUT AT THE NEW BORDERS AFTER THAT, WE HAD THE EROSION. ALL RIGHT. JUST A FEW PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THE TIMELINE. THAT'S WHY I WAS CONCERNED. I WANTED TO BE AN ANSWER THERE FOR HIM, BUT I GUESS WE CAN GET BACK WITH THEM. ONCE WE GET THE INFORMATION, I MEAN, PROBABLY ANOTHER MONTH.

TWO MONTHS AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. ONCE I HAVE THAT BEGINNING DATE, I CAN GIVE YOU ALL WHAT IT IS, AND THEN IT'LL BE A YEAR AND A HALF FROM THAT DATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. MAYOR PRO TEM DURIO, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER GETS BART, JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE. UH, JUST MOST OF THIS DELAY WAS BECAUSE WE WERE WAITING ON THE APPROVAL FROM THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAD TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. I'M MISSING ONE OTHER.

UM BUT YES, THE REGULATORY PROCESS WAS WAS LONG ON THAT OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER GETS BAR. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION DOES NOT ADDRESS ANYTHING OTHER THAN REPAIRING THE DAMAGE TO RIVERFRONT PARK THAT WAS OCCASIONED BY HARVEY. THE FACT THAT THE COUNCIL ENGAGED WITH

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THIS LAND SWAP WITH THE PORTS. TO ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY. THE RAIL BEDS WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS TO FRONT PARK. IS ACTUALLY GOING TO EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT THAT WE HAVE DOWN THERE IS THAT CORRECT.

WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE GREEN SPACE. YOU WON'T SEE AS MUCH OF THE GRAVEL FROM WHERE THE RAILS GOT REMOVED. SO IN THE END AFTER WE FINISHED THE PARK RESTORATION , AND WE GET TO ADDRESSING THAT THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE GREEN GOING FROM WHERE THE RAIL IS NOW, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PARK. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE POSE. THE

[3. Consider authorizing the City Manager to award a contract to Gulf Coast, a CRH Company, for the 4th Street Roadway Rehabilitation Project ]

MOTION CARRIES THEY HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TOWARD A CONTRACT TO GULF COAST, A CRH COMPANY OF BEAUMONT FOR THE FOURTH STREET ROADWAY REHABILITATION PROJECT. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF MILLAND . EXISTING ASPHALT PAYMENT, CONCRETE PAVEMENT REPAIRS, CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTER REPAIRS , CRACKING JOINTS SEALING OF EXISTING PAYMENT. THE SERVICE AND PAYMENT WITH HOT MIX ASPHALT AND CONCRETE. GULF COAST IS BIT BASE BET AMOUNT OF 5 $6,079,036 , AND THIS IS FUNDING THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROGRAM. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? I MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ARE COMING. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH OH. I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS FINALLY GETTING TO THIS POINT WHERE WE CAN GET THIS DONE THE READING SOME OF THIS, SO WHAT WHATEVER IS ASPHALT IS GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH ASPHALT. WHATEVER IS CONCRETE WILL BE REPLACED WITH CONCRETE. IT'LL BE A ASPHALT OVERLAY THE WHOLE WAY, OKAY? WHEN IT WHAT? WHAT EXACTLY DOES, UM. ASPHALT MILLING. WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT? THAT'S WHEN YOU GRIND OFF THE EXISTING ASPHALT SURFACE, SO WE'LL WE'LL MILL OFF THE SEVERAL INCHES TOP OF ASPHALT SURFACE THEN WE'LL DO BASE REPAIRS THE LENGTH OF THE ROADWAY. THAT'S WHERE THAT CONCRETE REPAIR COMES IN. YOUR BASE HAS TO BE GOOD BEFORE YOU DO YOUR ASPHALT OVERLAY SO THAT YOU DON'T YOU GET A GOOD ROAD STRUCTURE THAT WILL LAST, AND THAT'S THAT'S GONNA BE FOURTH. IS THAT GOING TO BE FROM CALDER? TO CARDINAL OR IS THAT FROM THE ENTIRE DEAL? THE ENTIRE FOURTH STREET, ONE OF THE MAIN FOURTH STREET ACTUALLY RUNS THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT WARS IN BEAUMONT . THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THIS ONE. THANK YOU. ONE QUESTION, BART. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY WILL BE STARTING? AH I DON'T AT THIS TIME. WE CAN WE CAN TALK WITH HIM ONCE I ONCE WE AWARD IT AND SEE WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE, BUT I'M SURE THEY'LL START AT ONE END AND GO TO THE OTHER. BUT I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHICH WHICH THEY THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS THE MILLING FROM THE ASPHALT THAT GROUND RANDOLPH COULD THAT BE USED TO HELP? REPLACE SOME OF THE EQUESTRIAN TRAILS ARE TERRIBLE PARK WE'VE USED FROM OTHER STREETS IN THE PAST, BUT WE KIND OF RAN OUT OF WE COULD, BUT WE HAD MILLIONS THAT WERE AVAILABLE AT STREETS AND DRAINAGE. I'VE ALREADY MOVED SOME OVER TO CAROL PARK FOR PARKS TO USE ON GOOD. OKAY THANK YOU. LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD THANK YOU.

GREAT REPURPOSE QUESTION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES YOU HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE.

[4. Consider authorizing the City Manager to apply, and if approved, enter into an Advanced Funding Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program]

COUNCIL CONSIDERED A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY AND IF APPROVED IN INTO A ANY FENCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. FOR THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES SET ASIDE PROGRAM. THIS IS THEY HAD A CALL FOR PROJECTS IN DECEMBER 2022 FOR THIS PROGRAM. EACH CITY CAN SUBMIT A TOTAL THREE PROJECTS FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION. THE PRELIMINARY APPLICATIONS ARE DUE ON JANUARY . 27 2023 TO TEXT STOP THE THREE PROJECTS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF ARE SHOWN. BELOW AND THESE ARE MIXED, BASICALLY FOR SCHOOL ZONE SIGN IMPROVEMENT AND SIDEWALKS IN THESE KEY AREAS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE FOCUSED ON STAFF MORE GRANT, SO THIS IS A PART OF THAT ACTIVITY AND STICKING OUT GRANTS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. I HAVE EMOTION. PLEASE

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MOVED TO APPROVE SECOND. I DON'T KNOW. IT WAS A RACE. I THINK EVERYBODY DID EXCEPT ME. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL MOTION. IT DOESN'T MATTER. THE SAME. WELL SURE. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. NO I DON'T THINK IT WAS MAYOR. DURIAN MAYOR PRO TEM DURI, A SECOND. AH! YEAH. SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY? THAT THE REASON WHY EVERYBODY HAS TRIED TO MAKE THIS MOTION GO THROUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE WAITED FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. TO ADD SIDEWALKS. TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. ONE OF THE SCHOOL'S GETTING SIDEWALKS WILL BE BEAUMONT UNITED. CHARLTON POLIT ELEMENTARY WILL HAVE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ALSO AND THEN IT WILL BE CITYWIDE SCHOOL ZONE SIGNAGE IMPROVEMENT. BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON, PEOPLE SEE THE FLASHING LIGHT AND JUST IGNORE THEM. SO THERE WILL BE SOME UPGRADES AND I WAS SCHOOL. ZONES AND SIDEWALKS THAT WE HAVE LONG LONG WAITED FOR SO. THANK YOU, STACK. THANK YOU. YES. UM MAYOR, PROTEIN DURIO. SO OH, ALL THREE OF THESE PROJECTS GOING TO HAPPEN, OR ARE WE COMPETING, OR ARE THEY COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER? OR WE'RE COMPETING WITH OTHER CITIES FOR THIS MONEY OR WHAT? WE'RE COMPETING WITH OTHER CITIES. THAT'S A COMPETITIVE GRANT SUBMISSION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT FOR THOSE SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE KEY INDICATORS IS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME IN THOSE AREAS, SO WE ASSESS THE PROJECTS AND WE LOOKED AT, UM THE ONES THAT WE FELT WOULD SCORE THE BEST THROUGH TEXT DOTS. WE FEEL THESE THREE HAVE THE BEST. CHANCE TO GET APPROVED. OKAY. AND HOW LONG DOES THAT PROCESS TAKE? DON'T HAVE AN EXACT I KNOW WHEN THEY SUBMISSION IS THE PRELIMINARIES. DO THE 27TH.

THEY'LL GLANCE OVER EVERYTHING. MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS AND THEN THEY'LL ASK US TO SUBMIT THE DETAIL. UH, SUBMISSION FOR THESE, AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH ASSESSMENT, SO I DON'T HAVE A AN EXACT DATE ON WHEN THEY'LL DECIDE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. YES UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED THIS . SEVERAL TIMES WE HAVE CITIZENS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK ON IT. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING CREATIVE GOING AT THE FREE MONEY THAT'S OUT THERE LIKE I THINK WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS THAT CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT THIS. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL THEN CANCER MEMBER PHIL SHAW. THANK YOU, MARY. SO ON PROJECT TWO AND THREE THAT L M I FOR PROJECT TO 73.28 AND THE ALAMAR FOR PROJECT THREE IS 55.9 . WHAT'S THE OVERALL L M R FOR THE CITY? I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I THINK I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 50, BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE. WHERE I CAN GET IT TO YOU LATER. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FIELD SHOW. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE'RE APPLYING FOR TWO THINGS. THE PROJECT HIMSELF AND THEN NUMBER TWO. WE CAN ASK FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS. THAT WOULD BE A SECOND ONE CORRECT. YES UH , ON THE TEXT DOT SIGHT, THEY OUTLINED THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS PROGRAM AND WE INQUIRED INTO THAT. AND THEY SAID TO REFER TO A MAP ON THEIR SITE, AND IF YOUR CITY WAS COVERED UNDER THAT MAP, THEN YOU WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE CREDITS . SO WE DID CHECK THAT WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CREDITS. SO WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR THAT TO COVER OUR MATCH AS WELL. IT'S A PROJECT SUBMITTED AND YOU HAVE NO WAY OF ANSWERING THIS. I KNOW BUT JUST AND LOOKING AT THIS AND WITH JUST YOUR PAST EXPERIENCE. HOW CONFIDENT ARGUE THAT IF WE GET THE PROJECTS APPROVED, WE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CREDITS I DO HAVE NO, THIS IS OUR FIRST RUN THROUGH ASKING FOR THOSE. SO IF I WAS 100% CONFIDENT I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, BUT, UM , BECAUSE I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW THAT PROCESS WILL GO. I THINK WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE MATCH WHILE WE'RE APPLYING FOR THE CREDITS. GOT IT. THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. I GET ONE OF THE QUESTIONS LATER.

CAN'T REMEMBER NEIL. DIDN'T WE APPLY FOR THIS IN 19 2002? WE APPLIED UNDER SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, SICKLES. OUR UNDERSTANDING. WE MADE SEVERAL RUNS TO TEXT DOT ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION, BUT IT APPEARS AT THIS POINT THAT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS HAS BEEN FOLDED UNDER THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAMS SO BEFORE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS WAS AVAILABLE TO ALL MUNICIPALITIES TO SUBMIT PROJECTS, THERE WERE NO LIMITS ON PROJECT SUBMISSIONS. AND THERE WERE NO MATCH REQUIREMENTS FOR ANYBODY. SO IT WAS AN EXTREMELY EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM BECAUSE THE BAR WAS LOW TO SUBMIT ANYTHING YOU WANTED UNDER THAT, AND AT LEAST IN RECENT HISTORY, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY AWARDS UNDER THAT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. I BELIEVE THE LAST ONE I'M AWARE OF IN THE AREA WAS JASPER. THAT THAT GOT A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SIDEWALKS THROUGH THAT. NOW IT'S FOLDED UNDER TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES. YOU'RE LIMITED TO THREE PROJECTS, AND THERE'S A MATCH REQUIREMENTS OF THE LANDSCAPE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS UNDER AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR FOR PROVEN ITEM NUMBER FOUR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRY? I HAVE

[5. Consider authorizing an agreement with RailPros Field Services, Inc., of Irving, for the monitoring and flagging services required by Union Pacific Railroad for the emergency repair of a sewer cavity under the Union Pacific Railroad at West Florida Avenue and Avenue A ]

THAT READING OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE. JUST LISTEN TO THE LAST MOTION. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO'S ON THIRD. SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. OKAY, UH, SORRY FOR THE DISTRACTION. COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH REAL PROS FIELD SERVICES INC OF URBAN TEXAS FOR THE MONITORING AND FLAGGING SERVICES REQUIRED BY UNION UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIR WITH SEWER CAVITY UNDER THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AT WEST FLORIDA AVENUE. AVENUE A AS A REQUIREMENT BY UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TO PROCEED WITH THE EMERGENCY REPAIR. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AND APPROVED COMPANY MUST BE ON SITE OBSERVATION AND PLAGUING FLAGGING CONSTRUCTION. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD HAS APPROVED RAIL PROS FIELD SERVICES INC FOR THE REQUIRED SERVICES FOR THE AMOUNT OF 150,000. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE PROMOTION, PLEASE. MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. HAVE EMOTION IN THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMORY, NEIL. THANK YOU, MARY. SO WHAT'S THE DAILY RATE FOR THIS COMPANY? MIKE HARRIS WILL COME FROM. THANK YOU, MIKE. LOOK IT UP RIGHT QUICK. THE DAILY RATE. IS THERE ACTUALLY SENDING TO PEOPLE FLAG ER AND OBSERVER. AND THE DAILY RATES ABOUT 25 $2800 A DAY FOR BOTH. THE REASON WE WENT WITH 100 AND 50,000. WE DID IT AS A BLANKET. PIO. BECAUSE THE CONTRACT IS A 45 DAY CONTRACT. WORKING DAYS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE JUST GOT BASED IT OFF OF THEIR DAILY AVERAGE. SO THE 150,000. IT MAY NOT BE THAT MUCH. I HAVE SEEN THE CONTRACTOR FINISHES THE BOARD. SO WE JUST BORN UNDERNEATH RAILROAD DRY BOARD 36 INCH. SO DRAW BOARD OVER THE TRY. IT ALSO REPLACED THE SUPERMAN IS UNDER THE RIGHT. WE'RE GOING BACK WITH 30 IN CHASTITY FOR YOU, AND YOU ONLY NEED THIS COMPANY THERE WHEN YOU'RE PHYSICALLY UNDERNEATH THE TRACK, CORRECT. WHEN WE'RE ON WHERE REAL PROPERTY WHICH THE WHOLE ENTIRE JOB THAT WE'RE CHANGING OUT THE SUPER MAIN DISSOLVED PROPERTY. FROM RIGHT AWAY TO RIGHT AWAY. THANK YOU FOR RUNNING 22 YEARS AGO, WHEN WE DID THE FIRST REPAIR OUT THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO REPAIR UP TO THE RAILROAD RIGHT AWAY, AND THEY HAD BASICALLY STOP IT RIGHT THERE. AGAINST JUST ONE MORE COMMENT JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE REST OF COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO SPEND JUST AS MUCH MONEY ON HIRING SOMEBODY TO SIT OUT THERE AND WATCH THE GUYS WORK IS WE'RE GONNA SPEND ON GETTING THE WORK DONE. YOU HAVE ANY WAY WE CAN GET AROUND IT. THAT'S THE RAILROAD COMPANY FOR YOU TO REQUIRED BY UNION PACIFIC. WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. YOU GOT OWN EMPLOYEES. WE'LL WATCH THEM. WELL THAT'S MY MEMBER GUESTS.

THAT'S MY COMMENT TO WE'RE PAYING ALMOST $3000 A DAY TO HAVE ONE GUY FLAG TRACK TO ONE GUY FLAG TRAFFIC, AND ONE GUY OBSERVED, THE FLAG WON'T BE FLAGGING TRAFFIC. YOU'LL BE FLAGGING THE TRAIN. OKAY HE WATCHES FOR THE TRAIN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE TRAIN.

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AND AS THE TRAIN APPROACHES, HE MOVED STARTS CONSTRUCTION MOVES EVERYONE CLEAR THE TRACK AS THE TRAIN OF LIFE. TRYING TO STILL BE USING THIS WIDE. THIS WORK IS GOING ON CORRECT. YEAH. WE'RE AT THE WRONG JOB OUT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, ALL RIGHT? AH POSE. THERE'S A RELUCTANT I BODY. THE MOTION CARRIES HAVE THE READING

[6. Consider approving a contract with Marsh Waterproofing, Inc., of Vidor, for maintenance and repair services for use by the Facilities Maintenance Department ]

OF ITEM NUMBER SIX PLATES. COUNCIL CONSIDERED A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONTRACT WITH MARSH WATERPROOF AND INK DIVIDER FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR USE BY THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. BEDS WERE REQUESTED FROM THE ANNUAL CONTRACT TO PROVIDING ON DEMAND REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND LIGHT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AS NEEDED . THE CONTRACT DOES NOT INCLUDE DEMOLITION SERVICES OF PROJECTS WITH THE REASONABLE ANTICIPATED TO A PROJECT SEATS $75,000.

FUNDING COMES FROM VARIOUS CITY FUNDS AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE RESOLUTION IS RECOMMENDED. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SIX. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE APPROVE? HAVE A MOTION AND A 2ND 2ND. HAVE EMOTIONAL IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR STARING AND THE DISCUSSION. NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSE. THE

[7. Consider authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Evergreen Solutions, LLC to conduct a compensation and classification study ]

MOTION CARRIES. I HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL CONSIDERING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH THE EVERGREEN SOLUTIONS LLC TO CONDUCT TO CONDUCT A COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY. UH IMMIGRANT SOLUTIONS, ALONG WITH TWO OTHER COMPANIES SUBMITTED PROPOSALS. AFTER EVALUATION, MY STAFF EVERGREEN WAS SELECTED WITH THE TOTAL COST OF $52,500. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SALARY WHAT WE'VE CALLED THE SALARY SURVEY STUDY IN THE PAST AND TO BE FUNDED OUT OF GYM FUN AND WHAT THEY RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? DON'T MOVE FOR APPROVAL. MAY I HAVE A 2ND 2ND MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. SO ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER GETS MR MANAGER. I. I AGREE. WE NEED TO DO A SALARY SURVEY. WHOLEHEARTEDLY, BUT I'M WONDERING SINCE EVERY. CITY EMPLOYEE AND EVERY CITY IN TEXAS. THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE SOURING COMPENSATION PACKAGE IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD. WHY ARE WE HAVING TO. HARD FIRM TO DO THIS AND SPEND $52,000. COULD WE NOT JUST SEND OUT PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS TO VARIOUS CITIES OF SIMILAR SIZE AND DEMOGRAPHICS TO BOMB MODEL OR ARE WE GETTING MORE THAN JUST SIMPLY, UH SALARY INFORMATION AND BENEFIT INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYEES. UH EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. PLEASE CALL CHRIS KETTLE INTO THE TO THE PODIUM. BUT BASICALLY YOU ARE GETTING A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY INFORMATION AND JUST INFORMATION REQUEST. HERE EVERGREENS, ONE OF THE LEADING COMPANIES AND GETTING THIS INFORMATION, AND THEY'VE ACCUMULATED QUITE A BIT, AND THAT'S JUST NOT CITIES. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S COMPARABLE INDUSTRY IN YOUR AREA TO PROVIDE INFORMATION WHICH YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS. SO CHRIS CAN AT TWO THIS AND TALK ABOUT IT. YEAH, THE FOLLOW WHAT THE CITY MANAGER SAYS, UM EVERGREEN IS SPECIFIC TO COMPENSATION, BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING CLASSIFICATION. CITY OF BEAUMONT HAS NOT PERFORMED THIS TYPE OF STUDY IN 20 YEARS. SO IT'S WELL OVERDUE. RECENTLY JEFFERSON COUNTY USE EVERGREEN FOR THEIR COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY WITH GOOD RESULTS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

SO WE FEEL THAT THIS TIME, UM BELIEVE IT TO THE EXPERTS TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT AFFAIR SALARIES FOR ALL OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WE HAVE YOU KNOW, OVER 400 JOB DESCRIPTIONS. AND WHAT THEY'LL DO IS WORK WITH, UM CITY STAFF TO DETERMINE UH, BEST PRACTICES IN, UM. DESIGNATION OF POSITIONS AS WELL AS THE CLASSIFICATION USED IN BUDGET. SO THIS WILL BE A BIG PART OF BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS FOR, UH, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST LONG OVERDUE HAS BEEN DONE IN 20 YEARS. AND EVERGREEN SPECIALIZES IN SPECIFICALLY COMPENSATION

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STUDIES. WE ALSO HAD SOME BIGGER CONGLOMERATES, UH, SUBMIT BAKER, TILLY AND GALLAGHER. BUT THEY HAVE OTHER, UM, INTEREST AS FAR AS INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT. SO WE'RE GETTING EVERGREEN WHO SPECIALIZES IN COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION. SO IF WE COME BACK AND FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE CLASSIFIED POSITION WHERE THEY'RE BEING PAID A LOT MORE. ARE WE GOING TO REDUCE THOSE OR I MEAN, HOW DOES THIS HOW ARE WE GOING TO APPLY THIS? JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNING. MR MANAGER STAFF. I ASKED IN THE PROCESS OF US GOING THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER PROCESS. DO WE DO COMPREHENSIVE SALARY STUDIES? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE COMING UP WITH PRICES TO PAY EMPLOYEES, STAFF AND I WAS TOLD THAT WE DO DO THESE STUDIES AND I ASKED TO BE PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE STUDY. I NEVER RECEIVED IT, SO I WANT TO KNOW. IF THE KIND OF STUDIES WE DO DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE WE HAVEN'T DONE IN 20 YEARS VERSUS WHAT I WAS TOLD DURING THE PROCESS OF YOU KNOW, HIRING THE CITY MANAGER. I ASKED IF WE DID COMPREHENSIVE SALARY STUDIES, INCLUDING WHEN WE DISCUSSED MINIMUM WAGE WITH THE BUDGET SEASON. I ASKED THAT QUESTION AS WELL. I WAS TOLD WE DID IT, SO CAN SOMEONE SPEAK TO IT SO I CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SALARY STUDY? ARE WE DOING? YEAH. WHAT WHAT HR WOULD DO WOULD BE TO CONTACT YOUR LOCAL AREA CITIES WHETHER IT BE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR CITY OF NETHERLANDS CITY OF PORT NATURE'S JEFFERSON COUNTY. OR WE COULD CONTACT OUR , UM SIMILAR CITIES WITH SIMILAR POPULATIONS. WHETHER IT BE WACO , ABILENE, ROUND ROCK, ETCETERA.

BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, CITY STAFF WOULD GO EVERGREEN. LIKE I SAID, THEY DO THIS EVERY DAY. THEY'VE GOT INSIGHT ON INDUSTRY BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOOK AT PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL. WE LOSE GOOD EMPLOYEES TO PRIVATE SECTOR. SO WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS AS A TOOL TO RETAIN TALENT OF THE CITY. UM SO THEY HAVE A MORE EXTENSIVE ARM OF WHAT THEY CAN DO AS FAR AS RESEARCH IS CONCERNED. UM SO THAT THAT WE THE DIFFERENCE? YOU KNOW, WE WOULD JUST GO LOCAL UM AND THEN SIMILAR CITIES. THIS FIRM LOOKS AT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE PRIVATE SECTOR. OKAY SO WE WERE DOING IT AT A LOCAL LEVEL, LIKE CITIES SURROUNDING OUR CITY VERSUS GOING ALL OUT, GETTING A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY COMPARING IT TO THE OVERALL POPULATION AND OTHER CITIES. CORRECT RIGHT.

IT'S HARD TO COMPARE GIVEN SMALLER CITIES MAY HAVE A POSITION THAT MAINTAINS MANY MORE RESPONSIBILITIES THAN SAY SOMETHING A POSITION AT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, WHICH IS ISOLATED TO A CERTAIN DUTY. BECAUSE WE HAVE A MORE EMPLOYEES AND A LARGER, UM, ENVIRONMENT TO WORK UNDER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. HOW DOES EVERGREEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASCERTAIN THIS INFORMATION FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR. UH, MORE SO THAN THE CITY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR'S NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY WANT TO DIVULGE WITH THEIR YOU KNOW, PAYING SOMEBODY UNLESS IT'S UH PUBLICLY HELD CORPORATION AND YOU KNOW, THEN SOME OF THEIR POSITIONS. MIGHT BE AVAILABLE, BUT. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? I THINK THEY'RE IN TUNE TO THE INDUSTRY. LIKE I SAID THEY DID A SURVEY FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SO THEY'VE ALREADY RESEARCH THIS LANDSCAPE, SO TO SPEAK. UM AND THEN IT'LL BE JUST USED IN THEIR RESEARCH AND COMPARISON. I MEAN, FOR THE MOST PART YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT YOU KNOW WHAT DOES THAT EQUIPMENT OPERATOR MAKE AT A CERTAIN CITY OR CERTAIN ENTITY? UM BUT SOME OF THE RESEARCH WILL BE WELL. YOU KNOW? WHAT ARE THEY PAYING AT THE REFINERIES OR WHAT ARE THEY PAYING AT OTHER ENTITIES AND WHAT IS A FAIR SALARY FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT? IS IT? YOUR POSITION THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO MATCH. YOU KNOW, DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR? WHAT PRIVATE INDUSTRIES BY NEVER BEEN THE CASE. UM CITY OFFERS OTHER BENEFITS, INCLUDING A PENSION THAT'S CONSIDERED AS WELL. SO HISTORICALLY. MINISTER PALETTE EASE HAVE NOT PAID AS MUCH AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HOWEVER. UM . THE ONLY ENTITIES THAT HAVE PENSIONS WILL BE TEACHERS AND MUNICIPALITIES, WHICH IS A BIG BENEFIT. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR ENTITIES MAY OFFER JUST 41 K ETCETERA. SO THERE'S A FULL CIRCLE OF BENEFITS YOU WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER BUT HISTORICALLY MRS PALETTE EASE HAVE NOT PAID AS MUCH AS PRIVATE SECTOR AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE AH, EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HIRED UNDERSTAND THE OTHER BENEFITS.

AND IT'S A FULL TOTAL COMPENSATION PERSPECTIVE. FROM MY HEAD MAYOR. UH, YOU KNOW,

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THEY LOOK AT THAT THEY'LL GIVE YOU A RANGE SALARY RANGE IN THIS COMPENSATION STUDY, AND THEN YOU AS AN ORGANIZATION WILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO PAY IN THE LOW MID OR IT'S HARD. END OF THAT PARTICULAR RANGE. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY SAY IT'S NOT . YOU JUST HAVE TO PAY THE HIGHEST WELL, WE'LL DISCUSS IT AND SAY WE WANT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE. WE WANT TO BE AT THE LOW END AND HIGH END, BUT IN ANY CASE, WE WANT TO BE WITHIN THAT RANGE THERE. ALSO THIS THERE ARE OTHER RESIDUAL IMPACTS WITH THIS STUDY. YOU GET JOB DESCRIPTIONS . YOU GET THE UPDATE YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION BECAUSE SHE HAD TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHICH YOU CAN PAY PEOPLE. SO, UH, YOU GET CURRENT GOOD INFORMATION OF WHAT YOU NEED ORGANIZATION, AND IT'S AND PERSONNEL COSTS THAT ONE OF YOUR HIGHEST COST CENTER, AN ORGANIZATION. AND THIS THE DOLLARS YOU'RE SPENDING HERE WITH MORE THAN WELL PAID FOR ITSELF AND BEING ABLE TO ESTABLISH WHAT THOSE PARAMETERS ARE BEING ABLE TO PAY PEOPLE. UH, WHEN YOU HELP PAYROLLS OF $20 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU'RE PROBABLY WASTING MORE MONEY THAN THAT BY TRYING GUESSING WHAT TO PAY. PEOPLE WILL HAVE SOME DEFINITIVE INFORMATION ON WHAT TO PAY PEOPLE. LIKE YOU SAID. YOU MAKE DON'T MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IT'S UP TO CITY STAFF AND MANAGEMENT TO DECIDE YOU KNOW WHERE THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FALLS AND A BIG PART OF IT IS RETAINING TALENT HERE AT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, TANYA I KIND OF AGREE WITH YOU, MR WILLIAMS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. WE MAKE DECISIONS WITH DATA VERSUS YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING DECISIONS THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THIS IN THE PAST. AH ANOTHER THING I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY JOB DESCRIPTIONS. WOULD IT SHOW US WHERE WE STAND AS FAR AS OTHER CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO SOME ARE HIGHER END LIKE THE REQUIREMENTS SOME OF THE THINGS THEY NEED TO HAVE AN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL, LIKE, WILL IT SHOW WHAT OTHER CITIES MAYBE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL? UH, WOULD IT SHOW ALL OF THAT? NO SALARIES, THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THEY HAVE. IT COULD BE. IT COULD RELATE TO, UM YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ANALYSIS OF YOUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS. I KNOW THE TREND IS NOW SOME JOBS THAT REQUIRED FOUR YEAR COLLEGE DEGREES. THEY'RE MAKING EXCEPTIONS FOR THESE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY IN HIRING THOSE POSITIONS. WHAT I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS IS EXPERIENCE IS VERY VALUABLE.

SOMETIMES YOU'LL TAKE AN EXPERIENCED APPLICANT OVER SOMEONE WITH JUST A DEGREE. AND SOME JOB DESCRIPTIONS RIGHT NOW. UH IT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A DEGREE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO REVIEW AND LOOK AT AND MAKE CHANGES AS NECESSARY, AGREED. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. NO OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR. PROVEN ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AND I POSE THE

[8. Consider authorizing the City Manager to apply, and if approved, enter into an Advanced Funding Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the Highway Safety Improvements Program ]

MOTION CARRIES. AND HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY AND, IF APPROVED, ENTERTAIN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THE PROJECT FUNDING UH , IT'S FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. AH! BASICALLY IT'S FUNDING, SO IT'S 90% WILL COME FROM FEDERAL FUNDING WITH THE REMAINING 10% FROM THE CITY AND THE CITY'S CAPITAL PROGRAM. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING THAT NUMBER EIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND QUESTION IN THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER GETS . NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE, I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES HAVE THE READING OF THE ITEM

[9. Consider amending Resolution No. 21-111 that the Beaumont City Council meet with the Board of Trustees of the Beaumont Independent School District a minimum of two meetings per year, instead of quarterly, to discuss items of mutual benefit or concern ]

NUMBER NINE, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 21-1 11. THAT THE BEAUMONT CITY COUNCIL MEET WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT A MINIMUM OF TWO MEETINGS PER YEAR INSTEAD OF QUARTERLY TO DISCUSS ITEMS OF MUTUAL BENEFIT OR CONCERNED ON APRIL 27TH RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL TO MEET WITH THE BOARD TRUSTEES ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THAT WAS IN 2021. AH SINCE THEN, THE CITY COUNCIL MET WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OR THE BEHI SD AND DURING THAT MAINTENANCE REQUEST WAS MADE THAT THE RESOLUTION BE A MINUTE FROM QUARTERLY MEETINGS TO A MINIMUM OF TWO MEETINGS PER YEAR. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THAT READING OF ITEM NUMBER NINE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, SIR IN THE DISCUSSION. ALL IN PAPER

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PROVING ITEM NUMBER NINE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES MAY HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO BEFORE YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THIS OR STATEMENT MADE ABOUT THIS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE RESOLUTION IS FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO MEETINGS A YEAR BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE CONCERN THAT WAS RAISED COUNCIL AND B I C CAN MEET MORE THAN THE TWO SO IT'S NOT LIMITING THE MEETING IS JUST SAYING THAT THEY ARE THE ENTITIES ARE REQUIRED TO MEET AT LEAST TWO TIMES BUT FURTHER MEETINGS AT THE DISCRETION OF BOTH ENTITIES WITH THE LOUD, JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU, ATTORNEY, RIGHT? YEAH I HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 10, PLEASE. COUNCIL

[10. Consider authorizing a Gas and Purchase Agreement with OCI Fuels USA Inc. ]

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THAT GAS AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH THE OCR FUELS USA INC. YEAH, I WOULDN'T WOULD, UH, INTERROGATE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO PURCHASE ALL BIO GAS EXTRACTED FROM THE CITY LANDFILL FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING A LONG TERMS OF APPLY FOR YOU OR FOR PROCESSING, PROCESSING THE OLYMPIC GAS INTO RENEWABLE, NOT YOUR GAS. THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT WILL BE FOR 20 YEARS, WITH THE OPTION TO EXTEND FOR TWO ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF FIVE YEARS EACH. WELL SEE, I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DESIGN, INSTALLATION OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS OF THE COLLECTION SYSTEM. AND THE FUNDING SOURCE. UM WELL, NOT FUNDING SOURCE, BUT SOLID WASTE WILL RECEIVE THE FUNDS RECEIVED.

THE REVENUE RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 10. MAY I HAVE EMOTION? PLEASE APPROVE. HAVE EMOTION 2ND 2ND. A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MAYOR PRO TEM DURIO. UM REVENUES THAT'S GOING TO BE RECEIVED BY THE SOLID WASTE FUN THERE ONLY BE ABLE TO USE BE ABLE TO USE WITH SOLID WASTE IT ONLY ONCE THEY COULD USE IT. THAT WAS FUN. SO THE EXCUSE ME SO THE REVENUE IS GOING TO BE DERIVED AT THE LANDFILL, AND THAT'S PART OF THE SOLID WASTE FUN SO THOSE REVENUES WILL GO BACK TO THE LANDFILL OPERATIONS. CANCER MEMBER GETS DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA AS TO HOW MUCH POTENTIAL MONEY WE COULD GET FROM THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? YES SIR. DURING THEIR PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS, THEY SAID THAT OVER 20 YEARS THE AVERAGE ANNUAL REVENUE WOULD BE 900,000. THAT'S GREAT. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S COMING FROM WASTE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. THANK YOU, BECKY. 1000 YEAR. OKAY ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AYE, ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. I HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 12, PLEASE. COUNCIL. 11 OKAY.

[11. Consider authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with HillCo Partners of Austin, to provide legislative services ]

COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH HIL CO PARTNERS OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES. WITH THE 88 SESSION COMING UP AND WE HAVE SOME THINGS UNDERWAY LEGISLATIVELY, INCLUDING FORMULATION OVER LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE HIRING OF THIS FIRM FOR THAT. WE GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF OURSELVES, UM, THIS ONE FRIDAY EVENING. AND SO THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD SOMETHING THAT.

THEY CALLED AND THE AGREEMENT SHERRY WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE ADDRESS, BUT THIS WOULD BE FUNDED OUT OF GENERAL FUND. BASED UPON THE CITY OF ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDING THAT WERE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE RATING OF ITEM NUMBER 11. MAY I HAVE EMOTIONS, PLEASE? TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? THAT'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR THERE. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, PLEASE. SO BEFORE COUNCIL GOES INTO FULL DISCUSSION. I DID WANT TO POINT OUT SOME CHANGES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY OUR OFFICE, UM, BEFORE THE ACT. THE AGREEMENT IS APPROVED BECAUSE IT IS REFERENCED IN THE RESOLUTION.

AH UM, UNDER ITS EXHIBIT EIGHT TO THAT ITEM PAGE FIVE. UNDER TERMS, FEES AND REIMBURSEMENT SECTION C. WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THAT SENATOR THAT THAT PARAGRAPH ADDED NOTICE STATEMENT TO READ

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NOTICE SHALL BE DEEMED RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED WHEN RECEIVED BY AND WE ASKED THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY AND FROM HILCO PARTNERS BE INCLUDED WITH NAME, ADDRESS AND EMAIL ADDRESS. ON PAGE SIX. UNDER GOVERNING LAW. WE'RE ASKING THAT I'VE BEEN USED STATEMENT BE ADDED TO READ BEING YOU FOR DISPUTES ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE PROPER IN BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. AND THEN, LASTLY, ON PAGE SEVEN, THE SIGNATURE LINE FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED FOR THE CITY MANAGER. I WOULD ASK THAT ANY MOTION FOR APPROVAL. THIS ITEM B. A MINDY TO INCLUDE MY CHANGES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, PHIL SHARP, MOVED TO APPROVE WITH THE CHANGES PRESENTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. SECOND TO BE SEPARATE . YES I BELIEVE HE MADE THE EMOTION ORIGINALLY SO HE CAN AMEND HIS MOTION, SO IT STILL NEEDS TO BE SECONDED. I HAVE A MOTION AND THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR FOR THE AMENDMENT. CHANGES TO THE IDEA. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY THING AND I ANY OPPOSED. I'M SORRY. I THINK COUNSELING TURNING ONE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. I APOLOGIZE. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. THANK YOU, MAYOR . UH, MISTER MANAGER, CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO THE Y, UH, WITH WITH THE STATE HAVING A SURPLUS AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE LIKE, AND WE HAVE JEFFERSON COUNTY DAYS COMING UP? WELL, WE KINDA HAVE OUR OWN CITY OF BEAUMONT LEGISLATION. SOME THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TOGETHER PRIOR TO YOU KNOW, JUSTIN COUNTY DAYS. CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO THE WHY? WHY WOULD WE MAKE THE DECISION AND DO THIS? YES COUNCIL MEMBER. WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME THINGS WE LIKE TO SEE. AND PARTICULARLY, WE IDENTIFIED SOME PROJECT HERE DOWNTOWN WITH THE HOTELS, ETCETERA. AH THAT WOULD REQUIRE CHANGE IN LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE CITY OF BEAUMONT IN THAT LEGISLATION AND THOSE LAWS AND THOSE LAWS. AND THAT'S THAT'S THE KEY REASON WE NEED PEOPLE IN AUSTIN WHO ARE ON THE GROUND WHO ARE ABLE TO ESCORT WERE BILL. IT WILL BE A BUILD THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS. ALSO WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES SUCH AS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL DITCH, KRATZ IDENTIFY. AND. THAT WILL NEED HELP AND GETTING THINGS PASSED THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE ACTIVE. AND ACTIVE ON THE GROUND OVER IN AUSTIN. GET THINGS THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HELP PEOPLE REPRESENTING US THAT ARE INFLUENTIAL IN AUSTIN. BUT STILL WE'VE GOT TO GET SOME THINGS DONE THROUGH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. BUT SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THESE PEOPLE IN THIS AGREEMENT WOULD NOT ONLY GO FOR THE 88 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT IT WOULD BE FOR THE YEAR ROUND, EVEN OUT OF SESSION TERM, WHERE THEY WOULD KEEP US ABREAST OF WHAT'S GOING ON THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF. IN BETWEEN THE SURGEONS SO IT'S UH. IT'S IF WE HAVE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

THEY'RE GONNA HELP US SHAPE OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. THEY'RE GONNA HELP US WRITE IT AND PRODUCE A DOCUMENT THAT WHEN WE GO TO AUSTIN ON GOLDEN TRIANGLE , THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PUT IT IN. SOMEONE CAN SAY THIS IS A CITY BOWMAN'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. AND WE VISIT THE STATE REAL WHEN WE VISIT THE SENATOR'S ETCETERA, SO WE'LL HAVE DOCUMENTS AND ALSO THEIR SUPPORT. LAST THING JUST JUST TO SUGGESTIONS TO MY UNDERSTANDING THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. I FIND FOR THROWING THINGS OUT THE WINDOW. IS IT $500 TO BE CORRECT. IF THERE'S SOMEONE THROWS THEM OUT THE WINDOW. WE DON'T WE CAN'T DICTATE THAT. DOLLAR MAN THROUGH THE STATE OR OUT OF THAT WORK LIKE IF SOMEONE THROWS OUT TRASH AND THE POLICE OFFICER WRITES A TICKET. IS IT A 500 TICKETS FOR THAT FINE. I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THAT ONE. YEAH I'M ASKING BECAUSE THESE ARE THESE ARE THINGS. UM CONCERNED ABOUT? YOU KNOW WHAT? CLEANING OUR CITY UP? YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF THESE FINES CAN DETER SOME OF THE DECISIONS AND THAT MADE AT THE STATE LEVEL. THAT'S WHY I WAS ACCIDENT. I THINK THERE ARE FINES THAT ARE SET WITH, LIKE COURT COSTS FINDS THAT ARE SET AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND THEN THERE'S STATUTORY LIMITS ON THE AMOUNT OF THAT YOU CAN ASSESS FOR FINE MUNICIPAL COURT UNLESS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, A HANDICAPPED THAT'S A STRICT LIABILITY. THE FINEST DEFINED RIGHT $500. BUT SOME OF THE OTHER LIKE TRANSLATION CODE AND LITTERING

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CHARGES. THERE'S A RANGE FOR THE FINE SO I CAN TELL YOU WHERE THE STARTING RANGE IS. AND, UM, WITH THE WITH THE COURT WINDOW FINE. THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED, IT'S SAID IN MUNICIPAL COURT. IF THERE ARE ANY COURT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ON TOMORROW, OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES. THE CITY MANAGER. WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE CAPTION FOR OUR FIRST PUBLIC

[12. Consider a resolution finding and ratifying the determination of the Public Health Director that public health nuisances exist on the properties owned by James Eller Jr at 2332 Evalon; Karen Placette at 9310 Josey; Anna Mae Wilridge at 1145 Goliad and James Callas at 5345 Rosemary, 5375 Rosemary and 5395 Rosemary]

HEARING? YES MADAM MAYOR RECEIVED COMMENTS ON A DETERMINATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR THAT PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES EXIST ON THE PROPERTIES OWNED BY JAMES ELLER, JUNIOR AT 23 32 EVIL ON KAREN POST SET AT 93 10, JOSIE. AND A MAY WILL RICH AND 11 45 GOALIE AD AND JAMES CALLIS AT 53 45 ROSEMARY 53 75 ROSE, MARY AND 53 95 ROSEMARY. THANK YOU. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CITY CARD FOR YOU. PLEASE CALL THE NAMES. UM. JAMES CALLIS 53 75 ROSEMARY DRIVE BY MY TEXAS. GREETINGS. I DON'T LIKE TO READ. THE PROBLEM IS.

GREENISH TO ALL I'M HERE TODAY TO REPORT PROGRESS AT 53 75. ROSEMARY 53 45 ROSEMARY. LAST WEEK AND YESTERDAY. INFECTED BOYFRIEND. SECTOR, HILLER COME TO THE VACANT LOT. UH, 3 45 ROSEMARY. I HAD HIM TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS THERE THERE WAS THREE VEHICLES. THEY ALL STARTED AND THEY REMOVED FROM THE LOT AND ONE OF THEM. THERE'S NOW A LICENSED FOR THE STREET. I NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT WHAT ALWAYS REQUIRED. CAN'T BELIEVE. SO LONG STORY SHORT. THEY CAME BACK YESTERDAY AND THEY GAVE ME A VERBAL GRADE OF 80, WHICH I CALL THE B MINUS. IT WAS NOT IN FULL COMPLIANCE BECAUSE EVERYTHING MUST BE OFF THE GROUND 24 INCHES. AND THAT'S THE GENERAL RULE OF WHAT I WAS FIXING TO REACH. 24 INCHES IS THE RULE. AH THEY WERE PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS. I HAD THEM COME OVER TO 53 95 ROSEMARY, WHICH IS A HOUSE ON THE CORNER BEEN THERE SINCE 19 SIXTIES. HAD FIREWOOD STACKED THAT I WAS SPLITTING. BASICALLY SAID, IT'S GOTTA BE 24 INCHES CAN'T BE ON THE PORCH. WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT SO I'M GONNA BRING EVERYTHING 24 INCHES. NOW THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS AND THAT PUTS ME IN COMPLIANCE. BUT I MUST TELL YOU, MY NEIGHBORS ARE NOT GONNA BE HAPPY. THEY'RE JUST NOT UH, BUT I'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE. SO UH, THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED, WHICH I RESENT THIS. THEY GOT THE HEALTH INSPECTOR INVOLVED CALLING ME A PUBLIC NUISANCE. I'M ABSOLUTELY NOT A PUBLIC NUISANCE. THE THERE'S UH.

THERE'S NO RATS ON MY PROPERTY. CAROL CITY UM, THE CITY OF ANIMAL CONTROL SAYS THERE'S REALLY NO RULES ON FERAL CATS. THERE IS NO REST. THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S NO CAROLINA WRENS ANYMORE. THEY USED TO COME AND HAVE THEIR BABIES. THE CANCER, KEEPING EVERYTHING TO A MINIMUM.

SO THERE'S NO RATS. MOSQUITOES I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THE CANAL AND THE DITCHES. MOSQUITOES ARE EVERYWHERE. SO I FEEL LIKE THEY CALL THAT DOWN? UNCALLED FOR. I JUST DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT. THE. IN A NUTSHELL. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU IN COMPLIANCE. I'M WORKING WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. THOSE TWO PEOPLE WERE VERY COURTEOUS TODAY. I THINK YOU WOULD FIND THAT I WAS COURTEOUS TO THEM. AGAIN. I HAVE MADE PROGRESS. AND I HAVE A PLAN FOR 53 75. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. LETTER FROM MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET

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KIND OF SAYING GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME. BUT I AM ASKING FOR MORE TIME. THANK YOU. JAMES ELLER, 35 80 70 LUCAS. FAILED DOING EXCUSE ME. THAT SEARCH BASIS ON THIS EARLIER ABOUT DIFFERENT PROPERTIES BEING BASICALLY LABELED DIFFERENT WAYS AND NOT CREATED EQUAL IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. SO LIKE I SAID, THERE'S FLANAGAN'S OF JUNKYARD MUSEUM OVER ON, YOU KNOW, OKAY, AND THE ANSWER FROM THE CITY AND HEALTH CODE THAT THERE IS IN THE STATE BY THEIR WORDS. I HAVE RECENTLY. EMAIL THIS IS AFTER. I THINK IT WAS A 13 DAY OR NO 11 DAYS THAT I REQUESTED THIS INFORMATION. THEY KEPT SENDING BACK THE WRONG INFORMATION TO ME HAVE RE SENT THE EMAIL AND CALL THESE DEPARTMENT IS FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAS NO RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS ON 15 35 SOUTH EMAIL K PARKWAY. CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS NO RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS ON 15 35 SOUTH PARKWAY. THE HINTS YOU HOUSE.

LIKE I STATED EARLIER IN MY FIRST COMMENT IS THAT THERE'S FLOOR FROM THE SECOND STORY AND THE FIRST STORY COMPLETELY GONE . THERE'S SUPPORTING TWO BY FOURS SUPPORTING THE WHOLE FLOOR IN JUST ONE SECTION. THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY KIND OF DOCUMENTATION ON HOMES LIKE THAT. MY HOME IS NOT IN THAT SAME CONDITION. MY HOME HAS THREE FLAT ROPES IN THE BACK AND WHAT I TOLD PASTOR OF BALSHAW COUNCILMAN FELL SHOW IS THAT THE EASIEST THING FOR ME TO DO IS JUST KNOCK OFF THE THREE ROMANS ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE SAME ORIGINAL BLUEPRINT THAT THE HOUSE WAS BEFORE THOSE THREE WERE ADDED ON I CAN EASILY MAKE THAT DONE BY JUST REMOVING THAT WOULD THEN HAVE ONE DOOR ON THE END OF THE HOUSE TO WALL IN AND THEN ONE DOOR ON THIS SIDE, THE WALL IN AND THEN I WOULD BE IN COMPLIANT AS OF CLOSING IN THE HOME. I CAN THEN PUT SIDING ON THE OUTSIDE AND REPLACE APPROXIMATELY $1000 IN SEALS AROUND THE OUTER SKIRTS OF THE HOME. UH AND DO THE BOARDS ON THE BACKSIDE AND PAINT . THAT'S IT ALREADY HAVE THE WINDOWS I PURCHASED OLD CLASSIC WINDOWS. BASICALLY, THEY'RE THE SAME ONES THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE. I'VE BEEN BUILDING UP BUT SAME THING LIKE BEAUMONT PROJECTS. THE CITY PROJECTS KNOW THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AN OVERNIGHT. WE DON'T EXPECT THE CITY TO DO PROJECTS OVERNIGHT, AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. SAME THING. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT WITH SOMEONE'S HOME. I'VE ASKED THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AT THE 26 10, SEWER AND STREET DRAINAGE JUST TO PICK UP PIPES THAT THEY HAD THROWN OVER ON GOOGLE MAPS. YOU CAN SEE THE STREET POLES.

RAGGEDY NOT NOT LINED UP, NOT ORGANIZED EVERYTHING IT TOOK OVER 190 DAYS FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WORKERS AND BACKHOES OR X, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER TRACK TRACK EQUIPMENT JUST TO LIFT THOSE PIPES AND ORGANIZE THEM. HOW IS IT TO PUT ALL THIS ON ONE CITIZEN AND EXPECT THEM TO DO IT IN 10 TO 30 DAYS BECAUSE THAT'S THE INITIAL LETTERS THAT SENT OUT TO HOMEOWNERS. 10 TO 30 DAYS , 10 TO 30 DAYS OR PROPER NOTICE TO GIVE TO GO TO COURT. SO IT'S 10 TO 30 DAYS 10 OR 30 DAYS WHEN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT HAS LONGER TO ADJUST ANYTHING THAT THEY HAVE. IT'S ALWAYS EASY FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO POINT FINGERS AND EXPECT THE CITIZENS TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, BUT I WORKED A 60 HOUR JOB. 60 HOUR JOB ALL WEEK FOR APRIL SINCE DECEMBER. THANK YOU, MR EDWARD.

CANCER REMEMBER, GET HAVE A QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO DIRECT IT TO MAYBE, CHRIS. MAYBE SHERRY. BUT LISTEN TO MR HELLER TALKED ABOUT HIS HOUSE. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THIS NUISANCES MORE GEARED TO HIS PROPERTY AND THE CONDITION OF HIS PROPERTY AND NOT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. YES I BELIEVE MR COLEMAN, OUR HEALTH DIRECTOR IS GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION IN THE MOMENT AND WE'LL GO. WE'LL GO OVER THE ISSUES. BUT YES, IT'S MORE RELATED TO THE, UH, THE MATERIALS THAN THE HOUSE ITSELF. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MIRRORS.

THANK YOU. SO, MR COLEMAN PLEASE COME FORWARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM I STAND BEFORE YOU TO TALK ABOUT SOME PROPERTIES. UH THAT'S BEEN THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO DECLARE UH, I'M GONNA READ, ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER, 10 HATE HEALTH AND SANITATION SECTION 10 POINT. OH ONE POINT. OH, ONE A NUISANCE IS DEFINED AS WHATEVER IS DANGEROUS TO HUMAN LIFE. OR WHATEVER RENDERS THE GROUND. THE WATER.

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THE AIR OR FOOD A HAZARD. ALRIGHT IN OR INJURY TO HUMAN HEALTH. IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE A NUISANCE. ALSO THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES FURTHER STATES IN CHAPTER 12. UH OFFENSES INDUCES IN SECTIONS. 12 POINT. OH, 7.3. OCCUPIES PROPERTY COMMITMENT OFFENSE IF THAT PERSON ALLOWS LITTER. TO ACCUMULATE. ON THE PROPERTY. AND AS WE CAN SEE, BEFORE YOU HAD 23 32 AVALON. AND I WANT DO YOU PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED VISITING THE PROPERTY AND WHEN I SAY WE, IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON AVALON. THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION SINCE 2000. AND 18. STORMS HERE.

I JUMPED. OKAY? READY? YES. HOW IT'S GOING OFF AGAIN. OKAY ON 23 32 AVALANCHE STREET AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY STARTED THE PROPERTY BEING IN VIOLATION SINCE 2018. JUNE, THE NINTH OR 2022 PUBLIC HEALTH GOT INVOLVED. AND THEN ON NOVEMBER, THE FIRST OF FINAL LETTER WAS SENT OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER TO, UH TO CLEAR THE PROPERTY. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN, IT BECOMES A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD. BECAUSE DUE TO THE ACCUMULATION OF LITTER IT BECOMES, UH, A RODENT, HARVARD. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RODENTS ON THE PROPERTY WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND. THAT S A LAVA. THE DROPPINGS DO URINE FROM RODENTS. AH CAN CAUSE HUNTER VIRUS. WHICH IS A DEADLY DISEASE. AND SO IT'S SO WE GET INVOLVED, TOO, IS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AS WELL AS THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND SO YOU KNOW, WE COME AND WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO CLEAR THE PROPERTY. WE GIVE THEM ADEQUATE TIME TO CLEAR THE PROPERTY AGAIN . WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH EVER LONG SINCE 2018. AND SO AS WE GO OUT, WE MEET WITH THEM. THEY'LL MAKE PROGRESS. SOMETHING HAPPENED. THEY'LL STOP THE PROGRESS. THEN, OF COURSE WE GET IN COLLEGE FROM NEIGHBORS. YOU GUYS ARE GETTING CALLS FROM NEIGHBORS, AND SO THEN WE GET BACK INVOLVED, TOO. TO, UH TO BE SURE TO GET THE PROPERTY CLEAN. AND THAT'S UM. AVALON STREET IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THIS IS 93 10, JOSIE. PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION SINCE MARCH OF 2022. AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THE ACCUMULATION OF THE LITTER THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY, AND THAT VIOLATES AH. THE CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND AGAIN ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY CAN GO BACK TINA ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AGAIN, THEY'LL START MAKING PROGRESS. THEN THERE STOP. GO AHEAD. OK SO THIS WAS DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. FINAL LETTER WAS SENT OUT IN NOVEMBER. WHAT DO WE HERE TODAY TO DO? THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN DONE WELL, WHEN WE SAY DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEALTH GETS INVOLVED WHEN CODE ENFORCEMENT REFER TO PROPERTY TO US BECAUSE OF THE ACCUMULATED LITTER. PUBLIC HEALTH SENDS OUT A LETTER TO THE PROPERTY OWNER GIVING THEM TIME LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T CLEAN YOUR PROPERTY THAN YOUR PROPERTY IS IN JEOPARDY HAVE BEEN BEEN DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE HELP COUNCILS PREPARED TO DO TODAY IS AUTHORIZED SUIT. SO YOU YOU'RE GIVING YOUR INVESTING IN AUTHORITY WITH THE, UH, THE HEALTH DIRECTOR. TWO IF HE CAN'T SEE COMPLIANCE, EITHER CLEAN THE PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO COURT TO CLAIM THE PROPERTY WHEN WE FILE A SUIT LIKE THAT. MISREAD DO WE CHARGE THE HOMEOWNER FOR THE CITY'S EXPENSIVE CLEANING THAT UP? DO WE FOLLOW LIEN? THANK YOU. COURT ORDER, SO WE DO WE DO TO PROCESS ITS FIRST WE GO OUT FOR BID FOR THE PROPERTY TO GET THE MOST EFFECTIVE COST TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY. UM WHEN WE GO TO COURT RETAIL, THE JUDGE, THIS IS THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROPERTY AND WE ASKED THE JUDGE IN HER ORDER NOT TO EXCEED THE COST OF CLEANUP. SO IF WE GO OVER THERE COSTS IN THE CITY, OBVIOUSLY EASTER, BUT SO WE ASK THAT OUR BRITISH JUST KIND OF SAY, YOU

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KNOW, WHAT'S THE MOST YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO GO, UM FOR THIS, AND THEN WE GET A JUDGMENT AND PROBABLY MR KOBLENZ. THE PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AREAS CLEAN. SO IS THIS JUST A DIFFERENT VIEW? WELL YOU GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT'S ON THE PORCH THAT'S UNDER THE ROOF AREA WHEN I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE GRASS AREA WAS CLEAR. YEAH. BUT THEN IT WAS MOVED, PROBABLY UNDER THE SHED. I DON'T KNOW. PROBABLY SO UM. IT'S JUST HARD TO TELL. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY? AND IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE ON ROSEMARY. THE GENTLEMAN WAS UP EARLY YEAR AND WE FOUND OUT YESTERDAY. THAT HIS PROPERTY AT 53 95 53 45 IS IN COMPLIANCE. THAT'S WHAT HE WAS. SPEAKING OF BUT HE HAS THREE PROPERTIES. AND IT'S TO MY RIGHT. THE ONE YOU SEE WITH THE GATE. THAT'S 53 75 . SO THAT'S THE ONE RIGHT NOW IS STILL OUT OF COMPLIANCE. AND AGAIN WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, UH, THIS PROPERTY SINCE DECEMBER OF 2020. AND SO YOU SEE, RODENT HARD BRIDGE. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT BUCKETS. AND ALL THAT DOES HOLD STAGNANT WATER. WHICH IS BREEDING FROM MOSQUITOES, WHICH CAUSED WEST NOW. AND THE PERSON GET INFECTED WITH THE WEST NILE VIRUS. END UP WITH ENCEPHALITIS , WHICH IS INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN AND MENINGITIS. AND SO THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA BY, UH, ENSURING THAT THESE PROPERTIES ARE COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE. WHERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS SO AS FAR AS THE REQUESTED ACTION BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY. UH MISTER COLEMAN, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE CAN STRIKE 53 45 PROSPERI IN 53 PICTURES ON THE LEFT TOP LEFT BOTTOM LEFT IS IN COMPLIANCE. THAT'S WHAT MR KALLAS WAS. SPEAKING OF. BUT THERE'S THE ONE THAT'S ON THE RIGHT WITH THE GATE IS 53 75, OKAY, SO WE CAN STRIKE 53 45 53 NIGHTS, SIR. ON MY LEFT, OKAY? THESE PITCHES WAS TAKEN BEFORE THEY WENT OUT ON YESTERDAY. AND 11 45 GOALIE. ODD? UH WE FIRST WENT OUT ON THE PROPERTY IN MARCH OF 22. THE OWNER IS WE'RE RICH. WE FOUND OUT THIS DECEASED. IT'S A NEPHEW THAT'S LIVING THERE NOW, AND WE HAVE SENT INFORMATION TO THE NEPHEW.

AH BUT HE HASN'T RESPONDED, UM WE FOUND OUT THAT HE HAS A HISTORY OF BEING IN AND OUT OF THE INCARCERATION SYSTEM. AND SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE BEGINNING WITH LEGAL TO DETERMINE OUR NEXT STEPS. WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. AND THE AVERAGE COSTS IF THE CITY HAD TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY. IT CAN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 1500 TO 5000, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH LITTER IT'S ON THE PROPERTY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER. NEIL, HAVE YOU TALKED TO I KNOW THIS 11 45 BILLION IS NOT HERE. BUT THE OTHER TWO GENTLEMEN ARE BOTH HERE. WHAT ARE THEY REQUESTING AS FAR AS AN EXTENSION OF TIME? I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THEM, UM I'M WILLING TO TALK TO THEM. UH BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL TIME. UM YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND SO WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH HIM. IF THEY SUBMIT A PLAN THAT WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT IF THEY MAY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM. AND YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW WITH, UH MR KALLAS THAT HE 80% ON THOSE TWO PROPERTIES. THAT'S NO LONGER THAT'S BEING DECLARED. AH BUT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH IT AND SEE HOW MUCH MORE TIME THEY NEED. NOTHING TODAY PREVENTS, UH BE THE INDIVIDUALS FROM STILL WORKING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO COME TO SOME RESOLUTION THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE , UM, LEGAL ACTION. UM. ALL COUNCILORS DOING TODAY IS AUTHORIZING THAT IN THE EVENT THAT IT'S NECESSARY COUNCIL MEMBER GETS I KNOW THERE'S A.

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SAYING THAT ONE MAN'S JUNK IS ANOTHER MAN'S TREASURE. BUT ME. A LOT OF THIS STUFF ON THIS PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE JUNK. WE HAVE A LANDFILL. AND THAT WHICH IS JUNK. CAN BE TAKEN TO THE LANDFILL ON THE LOW BOY AND DUMPED IS THAT CORRECT? I'M SURE IT CAN. OKAY? HMM AND SO, YOU KNOW. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. HELP. PEOPLE'S PROPERTY IS ALLOWED TO HOW YOU HOW YOU LIVE LIKE THIS, BUT UM, AT ANY RIGHT. AH, THIS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO IS, UH GIVE US UH, WITHIN 10 DAYS. THEY'RE ASKING THAT THE PROPERTY BE CLEAN. AND OF COURSE , YOU JUST SAID YOU'D BE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM. ADDITIONALLY, OKAY. YEAH, YOU KNOW. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. I NOTICED OUT OF THE ONES WE DISCUSSED TODAY. YOU TALKED ABOUT ONE WHO ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A PLAN AND MADE PROGRESS HAS ANYBODY ELSE BESIDES THE ONE THAT WE'VE SEEN MADE PROGRESS, SUBMITTED PLAN AND MAKE ANY PROGRESS. NO. WHAT WE RUN INTO A LOT OF TIMES WITH WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, UM WHAT WE THINK IS JUNK. THEY DON'T THINK IT'S JUNK. AND THAT'S WHAT WE RUN INTO A LOT IN THE PICTURES THAT YOU'RE SHOWING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER FELDSTEIN. SO AGAIN, ATTORNEY READ WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IS WE IF WE ACT ON THIS TODAY, AND, UH, AUTHORIZED THE STAFF TO MOVE ON THIS, THESE HOMEOWNERS STILL GOT TIME. STILL TAKE ACTION TO CLEAN THIS UP AND AVOID THE CITY FROM COMING. GET INSERTING THEMSELVES IN CLEANING THIS UP AND OR TAKING THEM TO COURT. RIGHT. SO THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM LIKE, ARE DANGEROUS STRUCTURES, WHICH IS THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING. THIS ONE DOESN'T NECESSARILY INVOKE IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE PART OF THE CITY. THEY STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR TO WORK TO GET ON A CLEANUP SCHEDULE, UM, TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT IT DOES DO THOUGH, IS THAT IT? UM WE NO LONGER LOOK FOR MUNICIPAL FINES AS A MEANS OF ENFORCEMENT . WE GO STRAIGHT FOR CIVIL LITIGATION. OKAY? SO I WANT TO POINT YOU TYPICALLY STAFFED AS THE REPORT FIRST, AND WE ALLOW FOR THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO SPEAK AFTER BECAUSE WE DID A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS TO SPEAK BEFORE IT MAY BE PRUDENT BECAUSE IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO ALLOW THEM A SECOND CHANCE TO SPEAK. NOW THAT COUNCIL HAS BEEN GIVEN INFORMATION WITH PHOTOS AND ATTACHMENTS. SO THANK YOU. I'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK UP. MR HELLER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK AND ANYONE ELSE ALSO. ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES SIR. PROPERTY ON ON JOSIE'S STREET IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, JOSIE. YEAH WHEN YOU SAY ONE, HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ON TOURO PARK ROAD. HE CLEANED IT UP AND THEN MOVE SOME OF IT OVER TO JOSEPH STREET. IS THAT YES, GARDEN TOO? YES. AWESOME. YEAH. I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT IN TROUBLE PART, WROTE IT. YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, YOU GUYS FEEL A LOT OF CALLS FROM CITIZENS WITH WITH LIVING NEXT TO THIS, AND WE FEEL A LOT OF CALLS AS WELL AND AGAIN. FOR HIS PUBLIC HEALTH IS CONCERNED IT CREATES A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD. BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE DISEASES THAT COULD COME FROM AH, THESE PROPERTIES BEING KEPT THIS WAY. AND BEFORE COUNCILMAN NEIL COMMENTS, I WILL SAY THAT TRADITIONALLY, LEGAL ACTION IS THE LAST RESORT. UM SOME PEOPLE ARE RECEPTIVE TO HAVING HELP WE'VE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS GO OUT AND HELP CLEAN PROPERTY ORGANIZATIONS GO OUT AND HELP CLEAN HARPER T AND NO COST TO THE CITY JUST STRICTLY VOLUNTEER, SO THIS IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES SEVERE. UM. YOU KNOW, PROGRESSIONS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. THIS JUST GIVES THE CITY MORE OPTIONS. I THINK CONSTANTLY HERNIA HAD THANK YOU . SO THE CURRENTLY PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARDS AND I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE A SENSITIVE SUBJECT BY BRINGING THIS UP, BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TENT CITIES AROUND TOWN? HOW CAN WE DECLARE THAT THIS IS A HEALTH HAZARD, BUT AND THESE TENT CITIES WHERE THERE'S

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LITERALLY FECES AND BUCKETS, NOT RECORDING. THOSE ARE THE SAME. WE GET INVOLVED IF THEY ARE ILLEGALLY ON THE PERSON'S PROPERTY. AH BUT I THINK ATTORNEY REID GAVE A PRESENTATION. OH BUT WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THEY'RE NOT VIOLATING ANY OF THE CITY ORDINANCES NOW ONCE WE GET NOTICED OF TENT CITIES WHERE THERE'S BUCKETS AND YOU KNOW, AND WASTING BUCKETS AND ALL THAT WE DO GET INVOLVED, BUT WE WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO GET THE PERSON MOVED OFF THE PROPERTY AS WELL. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THESE DON'T NEED TO BE CLEANED UP, SO DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ON THAT. BUT THERE'S A DOUBLE STANDARD. WHAT'S THE DOUBLE STANDARD? UH THOSE ARE A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD TO THE WAY THAT THEY'RE BEING OPERATED. AND ONCE WE ARE MADE AWARE OF THOSE TENT CITIES WE DO GET INVOLVED. JUST LIKE THESE PROPERTIES HERE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. RIGHT A LOT OF TIMES WE GET INVOLVED BECAUSE NEIGHBORS ARE CALLING.

OR NEIGHBORS OR CITIZENS HAVE CALLED COUNCIL MEMBERS. THEN YOU GUYS CALL US THEN WE GET INVOLVED. AND SO ONCE WE FIND OUT ABOUT A TENT CITY WE GET INVOLVED AS WELL. AND THE AND YOU KNOW, AND IT'S THE SAME PROCESS. SO WE ARE AWARE AND WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO RESOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS, BUT I WOULD REMIND COUNSEL. LET'S JUST STAY FOCUSED ON THAT POSTED ITEMS. PLEASE. MR COMMON. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, UM THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS. AND WE WILL ALLOW. FOR I THINK IT'S COME BACK. MR. CALLEN MR. ELLIS ARE PRESENT. BUT BEFORE MR KALLAS OR MR ELLIS COME BACK UP TO SPEAK, JUST WANT TO LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW. THAT. ON OUR PHONES. WE'VE JUST GOTTEN A MESSAGE THAT THE TORNADO IS HEADED. DOWN HIGHWAY 90 IN COLLEGE STREET. SO YOU JUST MIGHT WANT TO STAY PUT HERE. IT'S BEEN THE AFTERNOON WITH THIS. WELL FOR SAFETY REASONS.

TORNADO WARNING. I'M SORRY TO STAY IN PLACE. AND IF YOU LEAVE . BE CAREFUL. BUT MR ELLER IF YOU'D LIKE TO OUR MR KALLAS WHICHEVER ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK UP AND SPEAK SINCE THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE THE HEALTH DIRECTOR AND WE'VE SEEN THE PICTURES. YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DO YOU LIKE PRESS TO CONSIDER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAIN? AND, UH, I AM MINDFUL OF WHAT'S GOING ON ON MY PROPERTY. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AN EXCUSE EXCUSES. EXCUSES ARE EXCUSES SO I WANT TO SHOW THAT I PUT THE EFFORT INTO LOT THREE, WHICH IS THE VACANT LOT. AND JUST FOR COUNCILMAN GETS. I HAD A BUNCH OF APPLIANCES IN THE TRAILER. I TOOK IT TO WRITE SCRAP METAL OR MOISTURE BOULEVARD. I TOOK TWO LOADS. I GOT 100 AND $80. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH METAL. BUT OUR CITY WERE VERY SPECIAL TO HAVE HEAVY TRASH. HEAVY TRASH COMES OUT THE SAME DAY AS REGULAR TRASH. YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING YOU WANT ON THE STREET, THEY'LL PICK IT UP. FOR LUMBER FOR, UH FOR TREES. THEY PREFER TO BE EIGHT FT OR SMALLER. BUT I'LL TELL YOU DURING THE LAST HURRICANE I DROVE AROUND. I DO CONSTRUCTION. POOR PINEWOOD AND SEVERAL PLACES . THEY NEVER GOT CLEAR. I QUIT GOING OUT THERE WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WAS CLEARED PRETTY QUICK BECAUSE OF HEAVY TRASH. SO UH, I DID PUT SOME UP THE STREET. AND I'M GOING TO PUT SOME MORE ON THE STREET. AND FOR 53 75 WHERE I ACTUALLY LIVE. I'M PURCHASING OF 14 FT. DUAL ACTUAL CARGO TRAILER. AND ALL THE STUFF THAT I CONSIDER GOOD. IT'S GOING IN THAT TRAILER. AND ALL THE STUFF THAT MAYBE I COLLECTED BECAUSE I JUST LIKE TO COLLECT GOES TO THE STREET. AND THEN I'LL HAVE A CLEAN PROPERTY AND IT WILL REMAIN CLEAN. SO THE MAIN THING I GUESS THAT I WAS CONCERNED IS THE I THINK I HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND I HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH BUILDING CODES. JUST NOW HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH HEY OFF, AND I KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR PURPOSE. THEY ARE USED TO INSTIGATE AND BRING IT TO A HIGHER LEVEL TO GET PEOPLE TO ACT. I ACTED AND CONTINUE TO ACT. I DON'T WANT TO BE I DON'T WANT TO BE UP HERE DOING THIS. SO I DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR COLORS. MR ELLER.

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THANK YOU. YES, BUT UPDATED PICTURE. OF ONE OF THE PICTURES , BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT WENT OUT LIKE THEIR POST TO 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, MEETING WHATNOT, AND HE DIDN'T INCLUDE ALL THE OTHER WORK PICTURES THAT I DID. SO I DID CLEAN UP A WHOLE LOT, AND HE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT HE ONLY GIVE A LITTLE ONE. SO WHENEVER YOU MISREPRESENT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH WHAT I HAVE GOING ON THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FALSE THAT THAT'S THAT'S SKEWING THE NARRATIVE.

AND I'M TIRED OF THAT TYPE OF LIKE I'M NOT DOING WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THE PICTURE OF THE BUCKETS THAT'S AT THE GATE ON THE WAY OUT. IT'S NOT THAT I'M JUST PACKING THIS STUFF IN THAT'S UNDERNEATH THE CARPORT ELEVATED TWO FT. THE WOOD IS TWO FT. OFF THE GROUND. I DID THAT BECAUSE THAT'S CODE. THE BUCKETS ARE ON THE WAY OUT. SO THE TOP PICTURE RIGHT THERE, TOP RIGHT.

IN THE TOP LEFT. THAT'S THAT'S THE SAME BASICALLY, PICTURE THAT'S ON THE WAY OUT. THAT'S THE GATE COMING OUT TO THE TRASH. THE PICTURE RIGHT HERE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. IS AN UPDATED PICTURE THAT I SENT TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSON YESTERDAY OR SHE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THAT'S AN OLD PICTURE, OR IT'S A NEW PICTURE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THAT'S PICKED UP. SO IF YOU WANT TO SIT HERE AND POINT OUT TO ME THEY DON'T CORRECT, MR. ELLARD UH, JUST MAKE YOUR COMMENTS DIRECTED TO HIM. PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING JUDGED CORRECTLY. AND LIKE I SAID FLANAGAN'S JUNK MUSEUM ON MLK. STACK FROM THE GROUND UP. SO WHERE'S THE NUISANCE HERE? WHERE'S THAT NUISANCE? PEOPLE AREN'T BEING JUDGED THE SAME WAY AND I'M TIRED OF BEING PICKED ON BECAUSE I'M TAKING CARE OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, IF THEY WOULD GIVE ME THE UPDATED PICTURES YOU WOULD SEE. SO WHERE'S THE WHERE'S THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR THAT? BECAUSE THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NO THAT WAS WHAT I READ. THERE WAS NO RESPONSIVE NO RESPONSIBLE EVIDENCE TO THAT. RIGHT THERE. THIS ADDRESS HERE ON M OKAY. THERE WAS NO CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THERE WAS NO HEALTH ENFORCEMENT. SO WHY IS THAT? HELLO CAN YOU EMAIL THEM TO US? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY, WE'LL DO IT, BUT THAT THAT'S WHY I DON'T UNDERSTAND. HOW IS THE CITY NOT DOING THEIR JOB ON THAT? BUT YET MY ADDRESS BECAUSE IT'S THE OAKS HISTORICAL , AND IT'S DOWN THE STREET FROM CHRIS BOONE. THAT'S WHY MR ELLER, PLEASE DON'T CALL ANY NAMES. JUST FACTS. SO BUT THIS IS THIS HAS NO RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS TO THIS ADDRESS, AND HE HAS ANOTHER PROPERTY JUST AS BAD AND I'M GONNA INVESTIGATE THAT AND DO OPEN RECORDS ON THAT UNDER MY SEE IF THERE'S ANY INVESTIGATION ON IT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OKAY, WE NEED TO ONE MOMENT. I NEED YOU TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS. TO YOUR PROPERTY. IT IS PERTAINING TO MY PROPERTY. WELL BECAUSE I WAS LIKE SPARENESS WITH MY CITY. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION THERE? SURE. SO I SAW ON THE NEWS LAST NIGHT WHERE YOU'RE REQUESTING ANOTHER YEAR TO CLEAN THIS PROPERTY. REALISTICALLY HOW MUCH TIMES YOU NEED TO CLEAN THIS THING UP? I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS FOR THE DEMO. LITERALLY. AS OF THE NUISANCE THING, UH, THREE DAYS, NOT NOT THREE DAYS TO CLEAN UP THREE DAYS, I HAD ALREADY STRAIGHTENED UP ALL THE FRONT PORCH AND ANYTHING THAT WAS ON THE FRONT PORCH BECAUSE ANYTHING ACTUALLY ON THE FRONT PORCH HAS TO BE ELEVATED. TWO FT. OFF THE GROUND BY CODE RIGHT FOR RAT HARVARD. HOWEVER, LIKE I SAID, COMPARED TO OTHER AREAS, IT'S NOT BEING CONSIDERED THE SAME BECAUSE OF THE AREA THAT THE HOUSE IS IN. BUT MR MR ELLER, OKAY, LOOK, LET'S JUST BE HONEST . YOU LIVE IN THE OAKS HISTORIC DISTRICT WHILE I HAD. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S US. NOT NO MORE.

THAT'S THE OLD HOUSE. YES, MA'AM, OKAY. BUT ON AVALON AND. I MEAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE DISTRICT SPEAKS FOR IT. SO HIS STORY OAKS DISTRICT YES, MA'AM. AND THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, RIGHT? I EVEN SAY IT A LITTLE BIT LONGER BEING HONEST, I'M NOT GONNA LIE TO ANYBODY BECAUSE ITS CONSTRUCTION STUFF NOT NOT THE REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT BUCKETS, WATER PAINT, NO BUT ALL THOSE STILL TOPS. SO IT'S NOT COLLECTING RAINWATER. I DON'T HAVE BUCKETS OF RAIN WATER, SO LET'S LET'S GET TO A RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT IS WHAT IT IS THE PICTURES. LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO 100% AND I'M NOT AGAINST EVEN BEING RULED AGAINST ME BEING A NUISANCE. IS IT THEN? NO PROBLEM. I'M NOT.

I'M JUST GIVING. MY POINT OF VIEW IS I'M NOT TRYING TO HAVE THIS LAST. THIS IS NOT WHAT I'M DOING IS NOT WHAT I'M WARNING OR NOTHING LIKE THAT. AT THE TIME. I WAS TAKING CARE OF MY MOM. SHE WAS ILL FOR 4.5 YEARS DYING, SO I TOOK CARE OF HER DAY OF DIED SEVEN MONTHS LATER, SO IT'S BEEN ONGOING BATTLE. OKAY WE'RE SIBLINGS AND WHATEVER, SO BEYOND THAT, IT HAD DIFFICULTIES AND WE TRY TO RUN MY BUSINESS. AND I DID BRING HOME MATERIAL THAT I COULD USE. BEYOND THAT. IT'S

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GONE. I'M NOT. I'M NOT HOLDING ONTO NONE OF IT. HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? GET THE SITUATION IN COMPLIANCE LITTLE BIT MORE TIME BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY I'M ON THE LAY OFF FROM MY JOB RIGHT NOW. I WAS WORKING AT THE BLADE PROJECT . I HAVE MORE TIME RIGHT NOW BEING LAID OFF TO WORK ON IT. NO PROBLEM. YEAH. SO HOW MUCH TIME WOULD YOU NEED? IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT BUT THE HEAVY HAUL LIKE ANYTHING BIG, HEAVY HAUL CAN BE MOVED TO THE STREETS AND YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. AND WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO EVEN GET IT PICKED UP IF YOU PUT IT TO THE STREETS. YOU MIGHT LOVE HER. YEAH BUT NO I USE WITH YEAH , YOU TIME. TIME IS TIME. WE NEED TO GIVE US A WINDOW IF YOU GIVE ME 10 DAYS TO SHOW PROGRESS 10 DAY, AND I MEAN A LOT OF PROGRESS, NOT JUST A MINIMUM AMOUNT. YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT HEAVY PROGRESS. IF YOU GIVE ME 10 DAYS FOR HEAVY PROGRESS, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT FOR A CHECK UP AND THEN GO FROM THERE, BUT STILL RULED AGAINST ME AS A NUISANCE. NO PROBLEM. I JUST LIKE I SAID, I THOUGHT THAT THIS RULING WAS FOR THE DEMO RED TAG PURPOSES. OBVIOUSLY INCORRECT ON THAT. THAT'S WHY I SPOKE MORE ABOUT CONDITION, TOO. SO I GUESS JUMPING CHIP ON TO MR KALLAS SAYS 10 DAYS FOR YOUR OTHER PROPERTY, UH, ACCEPTABLE. OKAY? THANK YOU. OKAY SO OH, SORRY. EXCUSE ME, BUT PLEASE INCLUDE MY UP TO DATE PHOTOS OF ALL MY UPDATES THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. SO IF I WASN'T UPDATED FROM THOSE PICTURES FROM YESTERDAY, PLEASE INCLUDE THEM FROM THE WORK THAT I HAVE, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE I'M NOT DOING NOTHING WHICH I AM. RIGHT I DON'T WANT FALSE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON. ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL MEMBER FELT MISUNDERSTOOD YOU, BUT YOU'RE NOT SAYING THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT , RIGHT? NO NO, SIR. NO SIR. BUT BUT I DO. SAY THE TOP THE TOP PICTURE THE TOP THAT'S ON THE WAY OUT. THAT'S THE THAT'S FOR PICK UP TO THE STREET. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS, THAT'S THE STUFF TO THE THAT'S THE LOOK FROM INSIDE THE GATE RIGHT THERE. THAT'S WHY IT WAS PULLED THERE. IT'S A FEEL LIKE BRINGING STUFF THAT INSTEAD OF ONE AT A TIME, BRING IT TO THE GATE. AND THEN I CAN HOLD IT OUT ONE. YOU KNOW, WILBUR WILBUR OR WHATEVER RIGHT COMPARED TO TAKING IT FROM WHEREVER IT WAS AT THE TIME AND THEN HOLDING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE STREET. 11 DRIVEN ONE TRIP. WELL IT CHANGED. LOOK, YOU'RE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED. YOU BETTER SERVE IT IN OUR COMMUNITY THINGS YOU'VE DONE TO TRY TO HELP CITIZENS. WE APPRECIATE YOU, BUT WE CAN'T SPEAK TO THESE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING THERE, NOT BEFORE US. WE CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT IRRELEVANT. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS FOCUS ON YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. IF I AGREE TO GIVE YOU MORE TIME TO WORK ON THE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2018 OR WHATEVER SPAN. I NEED YOU TO TELL ME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE UP. YES YEAH, THIS CAN'T HAPPEN. YOU DON'T WANT THIS RIGHT? PLEASE, MIKE, I'M SORRY. BUT YOU HEARD ME. YES SIR. OKAY I'M NOT HOLDING ONTO. NONE OF THAT I WENT HOLDING ONTO. I WAS SCRAPPING. AT ONE TIME. I HAD A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I WAS DOING JOBS AT HOMES AND WHATNOT. BRINGING HOME METAL NO LONGER YOU KNOW, SO THEN THAT WAS ONE THING OF PAINT BUCKETS BECAUSE I PAINTED, YOU KNOW, I DID ALL KIND OF HOME REMODEL STUFF, SO THAT WAS THE THING BUT THEY WERE ALL STILL LIVES. I HAD THREE PAINT BUCKETS, UH, GALLONS THAT HAD AND THIS IS FULL DISCLOSURE. I HAD THREE THAT HAD THE METAL LID HAD TO TEAR AERATED FROM THE RAIN, RIGHT. BUT BEYOND THAT, THEY'RE GONE.

BUT THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HELD IN THE WATER WAS 31 GALLONS. NOW WHEN I WAS CONTACTED BY, I THINK IT WAS JUSTIN JACKSON, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I THINK THAT THAT'S I'M JUST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. HE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT, MR ALAN. DO YOU HAVE BUCKETS OF WATER BACK THERE? NO AND HE SEEMED CONFUSED . AS OF LIKE, WHAT WAS I TALKED OR WHAT WAS HE TALKING ABOUT? AND WHAT DID I TELL HIM? BECAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU THIS. MR JUSTIN IS VERY, VERY THOROUGH IN HIS JOB AND WHAT HE DOES. AND SO IF HE GOES THROUGH YOUR PROPERTY YOU BEST BETTER BELIEVE. HE'S GOING TO HAVE A CODE TO GO WITH IT. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA GO ANY FURTHER WITH THIS YOU'VE MADE AN AGREEMENT. 10 DAYS. SO THAT THEY CAN GO BACK OUT AND CHECK YOUR PROPERTY. AND THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW HAS SAID. I MEAN, YOU'VE WORKED IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'VE WORKED WITH THE HOMELESS. I MEAN, YOU RAN FOR OFFICE TWO YEARS AGO. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. SITUATIONS HAPPEN WITHIN FIVE YEARS. THAT'S A BIT MUCH. IT'S BEEN STRETCHED 10 DAYS WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK OUT. CHECK YOUR PROPERTY, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS POINT ON COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER ONCE, UH, COMMENT WITH YOU, MR L, A AND THE OTHER GENTLEMAN WHO CAME UP AND SPOKE

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THE FIRST GENTLEMAN, MR. KALLAS I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM . YOU KNOW HOW YOU RESPONDED. YOU KNOW HOW YOU TOOK OWNERSHIP . I APPRECIATE THAT. MR L A. I THANK YOU FOR SAYING A TIMELINE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO BE FAIR. WE LET YOU CHOOSE THE TIMELINE TODAY SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS FOR CITY STAFF WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TYPE OF JOB IS NOT EASY JOB. MR COLEMAN , YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB. YOU CAME UP HERE AND DID THE REPORT AS YOU INSTRUCTED TO, AND WE WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS RESOLVED. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT GO OUT AND DO THIS? WE HAVE RESIDENTS, ROUGHLY 116,000 PEOPLE. AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER JOBS. BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE 116,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN BEAUMONT, INCLUDING BUSINESSES LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE THAT CLOUD AND DO THIS JOB BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT. ON STAFF THAT IS ACTUALLY DOING THIS. CAN ANYBODY TELL ME HOW MANY PEOPLE DO THIS JOB WITH THIS? MANY RESIDENTS. YEAH. YEAH. CAN A STAFF MEMBER KIND OF EDUCATION? THANK YOU, MR CATHOLIC. THANK YOU. YEAH DEPENDING ON THE ISSUE BETWEEN CODE ENFORCEMENT WE HAVE BUILDING FOLKS THAT ARE ENFORCING THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. OF COURSE, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT PUBLIC HEALTH. THERE'S ABOUT A DOZEN A DOZEN FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE FIELD LOOKING AT THESE THINGS FOR ABOUT 80, PLUS SQUARE MILES AND ABOUT 40,000 BUILDINGS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AND CHRIS. MY REASON FOR ASKING , THAT IS, I GET A LOT OF CALLS AS WELL AS PEOPLE REPORTED IN. OF COURSE, I SEND THE EMAIL TO THE CITY MANAGER LET IT FILTER ON DOWN, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT'S A LOT OF RADIUS AND GROUND THE COVER FOR A DOZEN PEOPLE. SO I WANT THE COMMUNITY. KEEP THAT. AND CONSIDERATION AS WELL, NOT MAKING EXCUSE AT ALL, BECAUSE IT ALL NEEDS TO BE COVERED. BUT AND WE GOT A DOZEN PEOPLE IS ROUGHLY 12 WORKING ON THE WHOLE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND THOSE PROPERTIES THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. I LIKE TO KNOW THE ADDRESS IS AS WELL BECAUSE I SAID, WE CAN GET THAT ADDRESS.

BUT THE REALITY IS, I READ THIS WORK TOGETHER AND COMMUNICATE AND TRY TO SOLVE IT AND NOT GO AFTER EACH OTHER, BOTH SIDES SO AND WE CAN DO THAT. I WOULD APPRECIATE THEM AS L A. WE CAN KIND OF WORK ON EVERYTHING ALL TOGETHER AS WELL AS YOURS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY MISS ELLEN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ONE OF THE AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS PROVIDED TO YOU NOT ONE OF THE COUNT OF PROPERTIES THAT MR ELA MENTIONED ON EM. OKAY WAS DECLARED ART SO LONG BEFORE MY TENURE, THERE WAS A DISPUTE, UM OR SOME TYPE OF ISSUE INVOLVING THAT PROPERTY, AND IT WAS DECLARED TO BE ART. SO IT'S NOT YEAH. BUT RATS IT WAS DECLARED TO BE ART. SO LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN JUDGED THE SAME COUNCIL MEMBER FELLAS START BY A SUPERIOR COURT. SO IT SO IT'S YOU KNOW, COUNCIL COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO OVERRULE. UM A COURT ORDER A COURT AUTHORITY, SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE OTHER PROPERTIES ARE, BUT THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY THAT PHOTO I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT. IT WAS DECLARED ART. MR ELLER. YOU SAID THAT I'M ASSUMING 10 DAYS. IT'S NOT LONG ENOUGH. BUT IF WE IF WE SAID TO YOU, WE WOULD GIVE YOU UP TO BUT NOT TO EXCEED 30 DAYS , COULD YOU YOU THINK YOU COULD GET THIS WORK DONE IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME? MOST LIKELY. YES 30 AT THE MOST. MAYBE 45 BUT 30 DAYS? YEAH. SO, MR L A. WE'VE GONE FROM 10 DAYS TO 30 DAYS NOW, 45 DAYS, BUT YOU YOU SAID THE TIMELINE AT 10 TO COME OUT FOR A REINSPECTION. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. OKAY SO WE'LL START OFF WITH 10 DAYS REINSPECTION AND THEN AFTER THOSE 10 DAYS, AND WE'LL DISCUSS OTHER TIMES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ADDING ON TO IS IF IT WAS COMPLETED COMPLETED. 30 TO 45. IT MAY NOT BE TOTALLY COMPLETED, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, WITHIN 10 DAYS, YOU CAN MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. OKAY I'M LOOKING FOR A SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. NOT JUST THE MINIMUM, OKAY? ALRIGHT LET'S SEE IF YOU TAKE SOME OF THAT STUFF YOU HAVE AND MAKE ART OUT OF IT. YOU KNOW YOU WON'T BE BEFORE I JUST GO AND DECLARE MY PROPERTY ART. THANK YOU, MR ELLER. AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR HEALTH DIRECTOR IF HE'LL COME BACK UP. WHERE WE PASSED AROUND SOME RECENT PICTURES FROM MR ELLIS PROPERTY, BUT JUST TO MAKE COUNCIL WHERE HAVE YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW? IF THERE'S NO WATER SERVICE AT THE PROPERTY.

YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HEAVY TRASH PICKUP. I WAS JUST INFORMED OF THAT IF THERE'S NO WATER AT THE PROPERTY. THEN YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HEAVY TRASH PICKUP, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE WATER AND TRASH SERVICES ARE BUILT COMBINED. SO ABSOLUTELY, THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT. SO OR ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE TO CONSIDERATION WITHOUT WATER SERVICES, JUST SPEAKING OF THE ONE ON AVALON. YES. JOSIE. OKAY, NOT HAVE WATER. HIMSELF. OKAY.

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MR. ELLER, CAN YOU COME BACK? SO . THE DEPARTMENT. THE ATTORNEYS. WELL. YOU JUST MADE AN AGREEMENT. FOR 10 DAYS, AND YOU SAID THAT OTHER TRASH IS PUSHED TO THE STREET FOR A PICKUP, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA PICK YOUR TRASH UP WITHOUT WATER SERVICE. I MEAN, THEY, THE NEIGHBOR PUTS THEIR TRASH ON MY YARD IN THE CITY PICKS IT UP, REGARDLESS. LIKE THEY PUT THEIR HEAVY BOXES OR COUCHES AND WHATEVER ELSE THAT THEY DON'T WANT MATTRESSES . THEY PUT IT ON THE CORNER OF BOTH OF OUR PROPERTIES IN THE CITY PICKS IT UP. SO YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE ALLOWING YOU. I'M ALLOWING THE NEIGHBORS TO PUT THEIR TRASH BASICALLY ON MY EASEMENT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. IF I'M NOT STAYING THERE FOR ME TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE THEY PUT THEIR TRASH AT, SO I'M NEIGHBORLY LIKE THAT. I DON'T CALL IN ON MY NEIGHBORS. THAT'S VERY NICE, BUT IN YOUR SITUATION, YOU DON'T HAVE WATER SO WITHOUT WATER. YOU DON'T HAVE HEAVY TRASH PICKUP THAT, BUT I'M SAYING THE CITY HAS BEEN PICKING UP REGARDLESS BECAUSE IT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SO IF THE CITY WANTS TO STOP PICKING UP TRASH ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT'S UP TO THE CITY. THAT'S NOT UP TO ME. OKAY? BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST SOME OF IT'S NOT MY TRASH. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

WHENEVER IT'S PUT TO MY PROPERTY. IT'S YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE THEY PUT THEIR TRASH ALSO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU'RE SAYING SINCE IT'S ALREADY A PILE OF TRASH THERE THAN EVERYBODY JUST MAKE ONE PILE AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE CITY PICKED PICKING UP I'M SAYING MY NEIGHBORS PUT THEIR TRASH THERE . YES SO THE CITY AUTOMATICALLY PICKS IT UP. THEY DON'T STOP PICKING IT UP. THEY SEE TRASH ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEY CRANE LIFTED. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THAT'S NOT IT'S NOT EVEN MY IF I'M NOT EVEN THERE, PICKING UP AND PUTTING OUT MY TRASH THEY STILL PUT THERE'S THERE IS OKAY . SAME THING I'VE DISCUSSED OVER ALL MY OTHER HOUSE ON EL PASO. I DON'T PUT OUT TRASH ON THAT SIDE. BUT PEOPLE ON THAT SIDE PUT OUT TRASH AT MY DITCH AND IT FALLS IN MY DISH, AND I ASK Y'ALL 10 DAYS, MR ELLER. OKAY YEAH. YOU HAVE A 10 DAY AGREEMENT THIS STUFF TO THE STREET OR NO, NO, YOU HAVE A 10 DAY AGREEMENT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT'S IN PROGRESS ON YOUR PROPERTY. OKAY? AFTER 10 DAYS WHEN THEY INSPECT. WE'LL MOVE FROM THERE. OH, YEAH, THANK YOU. BUT WHAT WAS THE CLARIFICATION? WHERE DO I NEED TO DO THEN? WITH THE TRASH NOW? AND DO I NEED TO GET MY NEIGHBOR? WHAT YOU HAVE TO DECIDE HOW YOU CLEAN IT. YOU HAVE TO DECIDE HOW TO REMOVE IT . YOU HAVE 10 DAYS, 10 DAYS YOU WILL HAVE PROGRESS. 10 DAYS, IT WILL BE REVALUE WINDOW TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT WAS CALLED BACK UP TO YOU BECAUSE WE DISCOVERED THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ALREADY SERVICE BECAUSE WATER AND SORE AND GARBAGE OR ON YOUR WATER BILL AND WITHOUT WATER. YOU DON'T HAVE A HEAVY TRASH PICKUP CITY RED TAGS. THEY REMOVED THE WATER. SO THAT WAS THE CITY'S CALL. NOT MINE. I DIDN'T I HAD A CREDIT TO MY BILL AND THE CITY REGION. WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH. NOW I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT Y'ALL WANT DONE. WHAT WE WON'T DONE. IT'S YOUR AGREEMENT WITHIN 10 DAYS TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON YOUR PROPERTY AFTER 10 DAYS. HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE TO REMOVE THE TRASH. THEN THE CITY HELPED DEPARTMENT AND DIRECTOR AND STAFF WILL GO BACK OUT REVALUATE YOUR PROPERTY AFTER 10 DAYS WE WILL MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR HELLER. OKAY? OKAY AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU, MISS SITTING ENERGY MAY HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 12, PLEASE. YEAH. ADAM 12 DANGEROUS STRUCTURES. CONSIDER CONSIDERING ORDINANCE. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS TO THE CLARA 50 STRUCTURES TO BE UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND ALL OF THEIR OWNERS TO RASK TO SET STRUCTURES WITHIN 10 DAYS IF THE PROPERTY OWNER FAILS TO COMPLY WITHIN 10 DAYS, STAFF IS A QUESTION. CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO DEMOLISH THESE STRUCTURES WITHOUT FURTHER NOTIFICATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OR CITY COUNCIL ACTION. ADDITIONALLY, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER STRUCTURE REQUEST AND THERE'S AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL TO ENROLL IN THE WORK PROGRAM. ALL DELINQUENT TAXES SHALL BE PAID IN FULL PAYMENT PLAN SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO ENROLMENT IN THE WORK PROGRAM . ENROLLMENT IN THE WORK PROGRAM SHALL OCCUR WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER THEY FIXED THE DATE OF THIS

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APARTMENT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO COUNSEL THAT YOU DIDN'T TAKE ACTION ON THE LAST ITEM, SO YOU EITHER NEED TO TABLE IT. OR BUT THE RESOLUTION UP AND DOWN IS RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES. THIS ONE TO TAKE ACTION. TAKE ACTION ON 12. I THINK HE READ THE DANGEROUS STRUCTURE ONE THOUGH. YEAH, THAT WAS FOR DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. DID I KNOW WE HAVEN'T READ TOILET HE READ 30. HE READ THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 13. NO I ACTUALLY THE READING OF NUMBER 12. READ 12 ALREADY. THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOW WE GOT TO READ THE ITEM. WE DID THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 12 THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ALADDIN TOUR LONG DAY, OKAY? 12 MY BOOKS, MAN. IS IT THE REQUEST NOW WE'VE REQUESTED A PUBLIC HEARING. RIGHT SO IT'S . SO WE CONSIDER WAS I GOT YOU CONSIDER A RESOLUTION FINDING AND RATIFYING THE DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR. PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES EXIST ON THE PROPERTIES OWNED BY JAMES ELLER, 30 23 30 32 AVALON, KAREN PLACID AT 93 10 JOSIE AMERI WILL RIDGE AT 11, 45 GILEAD AND JAMES CALLIS AT 53 45 ROSEMARY 53 75 ROSEMARY EMPATHY 3 95 ROSEMARY. MOVED TO APPROVE. THANK YOU.

THERE'S. ONE MOMENT I HAVEN'T CALLED FOR IT. OKAY MAY I HAVE THE MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 12 PLACE APPROVED AND MAY I HAVE A SECOND AS A MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER GETS 53 45 ROSEMARY AND 53 95 ROSEMARY HAVE ALREADY BEEN FOUND TO BE COMPLIANCE, AND SO WOULD YOU COUNSEL MEMBER NEIL TO MANUAL MOTION TO DELETE THOSE TWO PROPERTIES? YES, SIR. OKAY? OKAY SO HE'S GONNA. STARTING TO MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN. YES YOU NEED TO ME IN YOUR MOTION ADDRESS THAT WAS ALREADY THE TO ADDRESS IS ALREADY DONE. 53 45 1ST MARRIED 45 95. 45 53 45. 53 95 MOVED TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION REMOVING 53 45 ROSEMARY AND 53 95 ROSEMARY.

THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. BUT SHOULDN'T WE ADD 23 32 EVER LONG TO THAT ALSO IT'S IN THERE. IT'S IN THERE. OKAY YOU JUST SAID HE WAS AMENDING TO EXCLUDE THOSE EXCLUDING WHEN WE'RE GIVING HIM 10 DAYS. SHOULDN'T WE EXCLUDE THAT ONE? ALSO EVERYBODY 10 DAYS, EVERYTHING AGAIN TOOK TO REMIND COUNSEL. THE ACTION THAT YOU'RE APPROVING. DECLARES UM, OF PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE. I BELIEVE MR EHLERT IS AWARE THE PROPERTY BE DECLARED A PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. WOULD HE ACTS IS THAT THERE'LL BE NO CIVIL ACTION TAKEN AGAINST HIM, UM, WITHIN THAT 10 DAYS TO ALLOW HIM A CHANCE TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY APPLIES ALL THE PROPERTIES ON HERE. EVEN THE FOLKS THAT'S NOT HERE AGAIN AS REFERENCE. THERE'S THIS ONE DOESN'T REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ACTION. SO THIS STILL GIVES THE END OF INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS OR OCCUPANTS A CHANCE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO RESOLVE THE MATTER WITHOUT THERE BEING ILLEGAL. UM, ARE CIVIL PENALTY? THOSE TWO PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED. MR KALLAS ALREADY CLEANED UP.

THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. I GOT YOU. YEAH THOSE TWO ON THE LIST, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE STAYS ON THIS ITEM. 12. OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN SECOND ON THE FLOOR ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AH OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME IS CITY

[13. Consider an ordinance to declare 50 structures to be unsafe structures and order the owners to raze the said structures within 10 days. If the property owner fails to comply within 10 days, staff is requesting City Council authorization to demolish these structures without further notification to the property owner or City Council action. Additionally, if the property owner of a structure requests and is authorized by City Council to enroll in a work program, all delinquent taxes shall be paid in full or a payment plan shall be established prior to enrollment in the work program. Enrollment in the work program shall occur within 10 days after the effective date of this ordinance ]

MANAGER, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE CAPTION OF THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY NEXT TIME ON THE RIGHT, ONE DANGEROUS STRUCTURES. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE STICK TO DECLARE 50 STRUCTURES TO BE UNSAFE STRUCTURES. NO OTHER THE OWNERS TO RAZZ THE SET STRUCTURED STRUCTURES WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE PROPERTY OWNER FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE INTENT DAYS STAFF HAS REQUESTED CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURES WITHOUT FURTHER NOTIFICATION TO THE PROPERTY ON OUR CITY COUNCIL ACTION. ADDITIONALLY THE PROPERTY ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUESTING ITS AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL TO ENROLL IN THE WORK PROGRAM, ALL DELINQUENT TAXES SHALL BE PAID IN FULL OR PAYMENT PLAN SHALL BE ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO ENROLMENT AND THE WORK PROGRAM ENROLLMENT IN THE WORK PROGRAM. SHE'LL LOOK CARE WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN CITY CLERK. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAMES, PLEASE? MAYOR. IF I MAY BEFORE WE BEFORE WE CALL THE FIRST NAMES, AND I GO OVER THE RULES

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REAL QUICK. SURE THANK YOU. MANAGER TOUCHED ON SOME OF THESE, BUT REAL QUICKLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERING, UM, REQUEST FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE ORDER OF DEMOLITION OF THESE 50 STRUCTURES. HOWEVER THEY WILL ALSO BE, UH, HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL TIME. UM AND IF GRANTED BY COUNSEL UM , YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO A WORK PROGRAM. BUT THERE ARE SOME SOME BASIC RULES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT. UH FIRST OF ALL , YOU MUST BE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. ALL DELINQUENT TAXES MUST BE PAID, OR YOU MUST HAVE ENTERED INTO A PAYMENT PLAN WITH THE COUNTY TAX OFFICE. AND YOU MUST ENROLL WITHIN THE WORK PROGRAM WITHIN 10 DAYS OF TODAY . UM IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IF THE PROPERTY IS SOLD AFTER A WORK PROGRAM HAS BEGUN, IT DOES NOT START OVER WITH A NEW OWNER.

AND THEN FINALLY WORK PROGRAM CONSISTS OF 150 DAY. UH PERIOD. THE 1ST 90 DAYS IS TOO DRY IN THE STRUCTURE WHERE THE ROOF IS SECURE DOORS, WINDOWS, EXTERIOR WALLS, ETCETERA, AND THEN THE FINAL 60 DAYS OF THE 150 DAYS IS THE COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FROM THE CITY THAT ALL WORK WAS DONE CORRECTLY. AND MAYOR. WE DO HAVE THESE RULES IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH UPSTAIRS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. ONE OTHER THING. MAYOR IS WHEN THESE COME BEFORE YOU WE DO ASK THAT ANYONE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL TIME APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL. I WOULD REQUEST THAT ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS 15. 80 AVENUE. G UM BE GIVEN. I GUESS SPECIAL CONSIDERATION BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. AND SO WE JUST THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY , SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THAT'S NUMBER 2 15 80 AVENUE G. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MR BONE. MIRROR TO THAT EXTENT TO ANY PROPERLY TYPICALLY GIVE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO PROPERTY ON IT AT A 10. BUT CONSIDERING THE WEATHER I KNOW THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO DID MAKE IT OUT. BUT CONSIDERING THE WEATHER, WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT OR DECIDED NOT TO RISK IT AND CONSIDER RE POSTING THE ITEMS, UM, POSTING THE ITEMS HEARING FROM THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, BUT WE'RE POSTING ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT MAKE IT TODAY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. OKAY? WE'RE READY. OKAY SO MR JOHNSON IS NOT HERE. SO WE'LL GO TO, UM MICHAEL NETTLES. 9 99 CAPTAIN, WHICH STREET BY MY TEXAS HE'S SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 69 99 95 COTTONWOOD. MAYOR SIX. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HERE TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT PROPERTY AND 9 95 DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. THE PERSONALITY BELONGS TO HIS DECEASED ALMOST 10 YEARS. AND HIS WIFE INHERITED. SO WE JUST NEXT DOOR TO ME AND I'M I'M COMING TO GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. TEAR IT DOWN, DEMOLISHED WHATEVER Y'ALL NEED TO DO TO IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T BELONG TO ME. IT'S HARBORING RATS AND THEY INVADED MY PROPERTY. AND I JUST NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF HIM TRYING TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. AND IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ME. I KEEP GETTING LETTERS AND THAT PROPERTY DON'T BELONG BELONG TO ME. IT BELONGS TO KENNETH RUBIN, AND HE'S BEEN DECEASED, ALMOST 10 YEARS NOW. SO Y'ALL CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY WOULD BE FINE WITH ME. WELL UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU'RE NOT THE OWNER, YOU DON'T HAVE A SAY SO.