Mar 07, 2023 City Council

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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEAUMONT CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY. MARCH 7TH. AND TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY MRS BETH GRAHAM. SHE'S A SENIOR MINISTER, FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF BEAUMONT. IN RECOGNITION OF WOMEN'S MONTH ALL MONTH LONG IN VOCATIONS WILL BE GIVEN BY WOMEN. COME FORWARD. THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND IF YOU SO CHOOSE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR PLEDGE. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO GIVE YOU THE INDICATION LET US PRAY. HOLY ONE, KNOWN BY MANY NAMES AND BEYOND ALL NAMES, SPIRIT OF LIFE , SPIRIT OF LOVE, SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT OF JUSTICE. WE ASKED YOUR BLESSINGS OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE AND WORK AND PLAY. HELP THEM AS LEADERS TO NOT ASK FIRST. HOW DO WE FIX THIS? BUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO LEARN HOW MUCH WE NEED TO CHANGE INTO WHOM DO WE NEED TO LISTEN? REMIND THEM BECAUSE WE ALL FORGET FROM TIME TO TIME, ESPECIALLY IN THE NOISY NOUS OF WHAT PASSES FOR POLITICAL DEBATE TODAY. THAT THEY ARE NOT ONLY LEADERS BUT ALSO SERVANTS. AND THAT IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND OURS.

TO SERVE THE COMMON GOOD OF ALL. GRANT THEM AND US THE WISDOM AND COURAGE TO KNOW AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD AND TRUE. MAY THEY END WE SPEAK OUT WHEN IT'S TIME TO SPEAK OUT. AND LISTEN PATIENTLY AND DECEPTIVELY WHEN IT'S TIME TO LISTEN. MAY THEY AND WE ALWAYS SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY BY THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE AND BY THE SPIRIT OF LOVE. THIS WE PRAY THE NAME BUT ALL THAT WE HOLD SACRED AND HOLY AND ALL THAT WE HOLD GOOD, RIGHT AND TRUE. AMEN. AMEN PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE WHEN NATIONS FLAG PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, REVEREND GRAHAM. MAY I HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

MAYOR MARTIN PRESIDENT, PRO TEM DURIO. ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER GETS ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW , PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER, SAMUEL PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I HAVE WON RECOGNITION AND THE RECOGNITION IS HONORING

[Proclamations, Presentations and Recognitions]

WHERE IS PIONEERING WOMEN MISSION STATEMENT STATES THAT WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT TOWARDS THE SUCCESS OF SOCIETY. PIONEERING WOMEN ARE COMMITTED TO ENHANCE IN POWER, ENCOURAGE AND IMPROVE ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF ACCESSIBLE AND EXITING. RESOURCES ORGANIZED ORGANIZATIONS AND EMPOWERMENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM.

FURTHERMORE THE PIONEER IN WOMEN MISSION IS TO ASSIST WOMEN TO ACHIEVE GREATER HEIGHTS, WHICH WILL IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. WHERE IS PIONEERING WOMEN HIGHLIGHT LOCAL WOMEN FROM MAYORS TO MOGULS, JOURNALISTS, JUDGES AND EVERY OCCUPATION IN BETWEEN. MANION. WOMEN SHINES THE LIGHT ON THE OBSTACLES THAT WOMEN ARE CLIMBING AND THE BARRIERS THAT THEY ARE BREAKING DOWN, WHEREAS EVERY YEAR IN AUGUST CANYON WOMEN CELEBRATE SIX LOCAL WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY WHO MEAN BUSINESS AS THEY ARE TAKING A JOURNEY RISING TO THE TOP. WHILE DANCING TO THEIR OWN DRUM BEAT AND RUFFLING SOME FEATHERS ALONG THE WAY. NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR ROB IN MARTIN CITY OF BEAUMONT, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND PROCLAIM THIS DAY. THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 2023 AS THE PIE NEARING WOMEN IN BEAUMONT AND EXTEND SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE GOOD WORK THEY DO. IN THE SUPPORTING OF THE WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. ACCORDINGLY I HAVE HERE AND TO

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THANK YOU, JACQUELINE FOR THE WORK YOU DO. AH! YOU KNOW, I PAY ATTENTION TO A LOT OF THINGS, AND I SAW THAT LAVENDER UP THERE ON THE WALL. SO I SAID, OH, THEY EVEN DO THE COLOR. WELL THANKS TO OUR TINA TINA'S A MEMBER. UM LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE OUR GROUP ALL PIONEERING WOMEN, PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU. UM YOU KNOW? I WAS ON A BUS TRIP TO AUSTIN, A GROUP AND WE HAD SEVERAL BUSSES AND WE WERE GOING. I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT WE WERE FIGHTING FOR. BUT WE WERE GOING TO AUSTIN TO RALLY AND HOLLER AND HAD SIGNS AND EVERYTHING. AND SO ON THE WAY THERE WAS A LADY. I WISH I KNEW WHO SHE WANTS TODAY THAT SAID SHE WAS ON VACATION. SHE WAS SITTING RIGHT BEHIND ME AND I SAID YOU'RE ON VACATION, SHE SAID. I ALWAYS TAKE THE 19TH AMENDMENT. UH HOLIDAY I SAY. OKAY I LOVE HISTORY. I TOOK HISTORY. SO WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT? SO SHE TOLD ME WHAT THE 19TH AMENDMENT WAS GIVEN WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE. I HAVE BECOME A PORK COMMISSIONER AND WAS LOOKING FOR SOME TYPE OF FOUNDATION TO START BECAUSE I HAD THAT PLATFORM. SO I DECIDED TO HONOR WOMEN WHO WERE FIRST TIME IN THEIR POSITION THAT NORMALLY WAS HELD BY MEN. AND WHO KNEW THAT WE WOULD BE HERE TODAY. AND IT HAS EXPANDED IT AND APPRECIATE IT, AND EVERYBODY TOOK IT ON. FOR PIONEERING WOMEN AND. OKAY I CANNOT THANK Y'ALL ENOUGH. THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO PIONEERING WOMEN BECAUSE EVERYBODY, NOT JUST ME. I MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. BUT ALL THE WORK IS IN THESE WOMEN HANDS THAT DOES SO MUCH FOR OUR STUDENTS. ANYONE GOING TO COLLEGE TRADE SCHOOL CERTIFICATION MASTERS DOCTORATES . WE HANG WITH THEM ALL THE WAY. WE DON'T JUST GIVE THEM A ONE TIME. GIFTS. ONCE WE GET YOU, WE KEEP YOU TILL YOU FINISH AND OF COURSE WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS. BUT I KNOW Y'ALL GOT BUSINESS TO DO. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAVE YOUR HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU'RE OUT. ALLOW YOU A FEW MINUTES TO LEAVE. AND LADIES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ AT THE CLOSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO THE DELIBERATION OF THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OUR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.72 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TWO, WHICH SPECIFICALLY LAND OWNED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AT 701. 555 MAIN STREET, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. ALSO TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATING ARE PENDING LITIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.71 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO OUR FRASER VERSUS THE CITY OF BEAUMONT COLLEGE NUMBER E. THAT'S 206919. IN ADDITION TO THAT, EVERYONE IS GONE NOW. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO

[Public Comment]

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SO I THOUGHT THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM TO WORK AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. OBVIOUSLY NOT. IT LOOKS LIKE I NEED TO MAKE PHONE CALLS INDEPENDENTLY. BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER, AND THEY'RE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER IN THE OFFICE IS RIGHT ABOVE US. I'M NOT SURE WHY I'M HERE. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY AM I BEING BROUGHT TO COUNCIL AND SEEMS MORE TO RETALIATION, BASICALLY BECAUSE I CALLED THE COUNCIL OUT AND I CALLED THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OUT ON ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DO WRONG, AND IT'S BEEN PUSHED FORWARD THAT I'M BEING ATTACKED AND BASICALLY ESCALATED THE WHOLE TIMELINE. WHEN I POINTED OUT THAT THE HINCHEY HOUSE IS IN WAY, WORSE CONDITION IN MY HOME IS WHEN I HAVE THREE FLAT ROOFS THAT CAN BE REMOVED. AND THEN I'M DONE. I CAN PUT SEALS ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. AND THEN THAT'S IT. I'M DONE WITH THE FIXING IT. I WILL NOW BE ASKING FOR THE TIME OVER 150 DAYS, BUT THAT STILL WON'T BE ENOUGH BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES IMMEDIATELY. HENCHY HOUSE, HOWEVER, THEY HAVE HAD THEIR PERMITS DONE SINCE 2016. THEY HAVE NOT DRIED IN WHICH THAT IS STEP ONE LEVELING IS STEP TO LET LAST STEP ON. IT IS RUNNING ELECTRICAL AND THEY RAN ELECTRICAL FIRST IN THE COUNCIL OR THE COAL ENFORCEMENT OR THE BUILDING PERMITS ALLOWED ALL OF THEIR SKIPPING ONE THROUGH FIVE TO GO IMMEDIATELY TO SIX. HOWEVER, I'M NOT GOING TO BE GIVEN THE SAME TIMELINE.

HOW IS HOW IS THE FAIRNESS AND THE COMPASSION OF THE CITY BEING DRAWN OUT AND BEING GIVEN TO SOME, AND THEN NOT EQUALLY DIVIDED UP AMONGST EVERYONE. THAT IS THAT THAT IS INCONSIDERATE OF THIS COUNCIL. IT IS INCONSIDERATE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. YOUR DEPARTMENTS ARE RUNNING WILD. THEY'RE BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. THANK YOU, SIR. YOUR TIME IS SET. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN HERE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'LL CALL FOR A

[CONSENT AGENDA]

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ORIGINALLY WE HAD PARED IT DOWN TO CALDER AND WASHINGTON BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING AND SO WE ADDED LUCAS IN WHAT ADAPTIVE SIGNALING DOES IS FOR THE LENGTH OF THE DEFINED CORRIDOR. IT PUTS THOSE INTERSECTIONS. IN COMMUNICATION WITH ONE ANOTHER AND USES ADDITIONAL CAMERAS TO LOOK FURTHER OUT FROM THE STOP BAR TO ESTIMATE WHAT TRAFFIC IS COMING , AND THEN THE SIGNALS CAN ADJUST THEIR TIMING UP TO ABOUT 30% AND ALLOW FOR BETTER TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THAT DEFINED CORRIDOR. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF EXPLAINED TO HIM. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT ASSISTED WITH THE TRAFFIC FLOW. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO EXPLAIN HER. AND WHEN WE DID THE FIRST ONE ON COLLEGE , WE DID IT BEFORE AND AFTER STUDY ON IT, AND THAT CASE WE WERE ABLE TO GET A 37% MORE EFFICIENT TRAFFIC FLOW DOWN. CALM DOWN COLLEGE FROM DOW AND DRIVE TO HOSPITAL. DR. AFTER WE PUT IT IN. THANK YOU, MR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE

[1. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute the earnest money contract and all related documents for the sale of a 0.8439-acre city-owned property located at 125 Magnolia.]

THANK YOU. MAYOR ASKED FOR PATIENCE WITH MY BOYS TODAY COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THEIR EARNEST MONEY CONTRACT AND ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS FROM THE SAILOR. OF A 0.8439 ACRES CITY HOME PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 25 MAGNOLIA BACK IN JANUARY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGED TO NEGOTIATE THIS SELLER, LEAST OF THIS PROPERTY. WE RECEIVED AN OFFER FROM THAILAND SPECIALTIES LIMITED FOR $300,000. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THAT AND LOOKED AT IT. AND WHAT THE, UH WHAT? THE CAVEAT. OH CONSIDERING THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY FOR THE RETAINING THE PARKING LOT. SO UM, DEFER TO MR BOONE IF YOU BORROWED. I'M SORRY IF HE HAS ANY MORE INFORMATION LIKE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. THANK YOU. WE WE TALKED BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ONE, AND WE FEEL THAT KEEPING THE PARKING LOT IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS WITH PROXIMITY OF THE LAKESIDE CENTER, AND THE BUYER HAS AGREED. AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO ACCEPT THE LOWER OFFER FOR JUST A WAREHOUSE ITSELF. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING. ALRIGHT ITEM NUMBER ONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR COUNCIL MEMBER GETS AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE SELLING THAT WAREHOUSE FOR $175,000 NOW? BECAUSE WE'RE KEEPING THE PARKING LOT HAS HAPPENED. WHAT WE'RE DOING. THAT IS CORRECT. SO 175,000 FOR THE WAREHOUSE. ALONE WITHOUT THE PARKING LOT. I'M VERY CONFLICTED ON THIS AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE GIGOLO FAMILY AND WHAT THEY DO THEIR GREAT CORPORATE CITIZENS, AND THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE. AH! WHAT BOTHERS ME AND WHAT CONCERNS ME. IS THAT THAT WAREHOUSE. IS RIGHT THERE IN THE HEART OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO, AND HAVE SUCCEEDED IN ACCOMPLISHING A GREAT DEAL. OF IMPROVEMENTS. ANOTHER WAREHOUSE. AND THAT THE SENATE E. IT IS IMPORTANT. I UNDERSTAND TO THE GIGGLY OF FAMILY BECAUSE IT'S CONTIGUOUS. TO THEIR BEER DISTRIBUTORSHIP. I DO THINK THAT IT IS PROBABLY, THOUGH. SOMETHING THAT. COULD BE USED FOR A HIGHER PURPOSE. FOR OUR CITIZENRY AS A WHOLE. THE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS DEAL ON PAPER. IT'S WE'RE GETTING MORE MONEY THAN THE PROPERTIES VALUED. THE PROPERTY NEEDS A LOT OF REPAIRS. I HOPE, THOUGH. THAT'S SOME. ENTREPRENEUR SOMEBODY WITH SOME VISION. GOOD COME FORWARD WITH SOME. GOOD IDEAS OF HOW THAT WAREHOUSE COULD BE REPURPOSED INTO SOMETHING VERY COOL FOR THE CITY. SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN HAPPEN AT THE FORMER PEARL BREWERY IN SAN ANTONIO, SOMETHING THAT COULD PERHAPS ACCOMMODATE OF FARMERS MARKET WHICH WOULD BE ENCLOSED SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE AT THE PUBLIC MARKET IN SEATTLE. AH MAYBE A PIZZA. UH PLACE

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HOWEVER. IT'S BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR A LONG TIME. WE HAD ONE GROUP COME THROUGH WITH SOME VERY REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE FUNDING TO ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT WAS GOING TO BE ALL GOING PROCESS. SO AGAIN, I'M CONFLICTED. I'M GOING TO VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS. BUT I THINK, BUT IT IS WITH REGRET. IT'S WITH REGRET THAT WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO SOMETHING. BETTER WITH THAT. WHERE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY THANK YOU TO THE GIGOLO FAMILY FOR CONTINUING TO INVEST IN BOMBER. YOU KNOW, THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS NOW AND, UH, I JUST APPRECIATE THEM CONTINUING TO BUILD BACK INTO BEAUMONT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL. SENTIMENTS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, I POSED THE MOTION

[2. Consider approving a contract with Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) for pavement managementand asset managementsolutionsto be used by the Public Works Department.]

THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEMBER AGAIN FOLLOWING SO SINCE WE'VE DONE THIS TWICE, HOW HAS OUR PAVEMENT CONDITION AND EXCHANGE FROM 2011 TO 2019 WHEN WE DID THE SECOND ONE? I DIDN'T GRAB THAT EXACT NUMBER. WE HAVE IMPROVED. WE ARE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL PC I RATING WITH THE INVESTMENT THAT COUNCILS APPROVED FOR THE STREET REHAB PROGRAM. THANK YOU HAD A FOLLOW UP. I'M SORRY PROBLEM, COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE ASSISTING THIS SPECIFIC 644 MILES, BUT FOR CITIZENS WHO DO SEE STREETS AND THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO REPORT, CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO HOW CAN THEY REPORT IT AND THE BEST WAY IS CALL 311, OR USE THE 311 APP AND REPORT THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY SEE. AND THEN WE'LL LOOK INTO IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE POSE. THE MOTION

[3. Consider amending Ordinance No. 22-045 to remove condition number three (3).]

OBAMA RILA STREET, THE SOUTH SIDE OF 2600 BLOCK OF FINNISH STREET, 72 THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS UM, THERE WERE FOUR CONDITIONS OUTLINED, BUT THE ONE THAT WE WANT TO REMOVE HIS NUMBER THREE. WHICH SAYS CONTINGENT ON APPROVAL BY PLANNING OFFICE BEING AS SELF PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY'S REAL CROSSING ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM BY PERMITTING, BUT THAT STREAM

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REQUESTING PERMISSION TO CROSS SOME OF ITS STREETS WEST OF MLK , UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THE TO THE REQUEST ACROSS IN SOME CITY STREETS, THEY ALSO ASKED FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. TO ALLOW THE NEW RAILROAD FACILITIES TO NEW SPUR OFF THEIR MAIN LINE. AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, THERE WAS CONSIDERATION TO, UM TO REQUEST THE BNSF SOME ACCESS TO RIVERFRONT PARK AS PART OF THAT THAT ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS DISCUSSED HOWEVER, AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH BNSF. THAT WE FEEL LIKE THE BEST. THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION NOW IS TO NOT NECESSARILY TIE CROSSING THE RIVER FRONT PARK TO THIS SPUR PROJECT THAT THEY'VE GOT OUT WEST IN LK. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS . SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THE WAY THIS IS WORDED ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. WE'RE NOT ASKING BNSF. TWO. BUILD A CROSSING. OF THEIR REAL LINE AT RIVERFRONT PARK.

WELL, THAT WASN'T SOMETHING WE ASKED HIM TO DO, WAS IT? NO, SIR. ALL WE ASK BNSF TO DO AS A CONDITION OF GRANTING THIS IT'S SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. WAS TO ALLOW THE CITY TO CONSTRUCT A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OVER THEIR TRACK. AT RIVERFRONT PARK. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. SO DOES THAT MEAN IF WE TAKE THIS CONDITION OUT THAT WE CANNOT CREATE A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT RIVERFRONT PARK OVER THERE, ROLAND IF BNSF WERE TO APPROVE THAT, IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD IT WOULD BE UP TO THEM. BUT WE HAVE NO LEVERAGE. AT THAT POINT. WE WERE COMPLETELY AT THEIR MERCY AT THAT POINT IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SAY NO TO THIS? SO THAT MIGHT BE A LEGAL QUESTION. YEAH, MAYBE A LEGAL QUESTION. THEY EMINENT DOMAIN. THE PROPERTY. AND THEY JUST TAKE IT. AND WE STILL DON'T GET ACROSS IT. BNSF HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS A LOT LATELY. I BELIEVE OR MAYBE THAT WAS A DIFFERENT RAILROAD. UH, BUT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NO WAY TO SPECULATE WHETHER THEY WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT OR NOT, BUT AND THAT THAT'S ABOUT 99% CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WOULD DO THAT THEY'RE INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT HEAVILY, UM, THEY NEEDED FURTHER EXPANSION. I THINK THAT THEY WOULD 100% GO FOR IT, AND I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL STATUTORILY. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CHANCES ARE THAT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY LET US PUT A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ACROSS THEIR RAIL AT RIVERFRONT PARK. JUST WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT WITH THEM, AND I THINK THAT THE PROPOSED DESIGN THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED ONE THAT THEY DIDN'T DEEM TO BE SAFE, AND THEY SENSE SUBMITTED SOME ADDITIONAL DESIGNS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER. YEAH, THEY DEFINITELY OFFERED TO, UM HELP US TO PERHAPS GET A SUBTERRANEAN OR OVER THE TRACK CROSSOVER. BUT AGAIN THAT THAT'S. ARE GONNA BE CONTINGENT, OF COURSE, THE CON DESIGN FUNDING AND THEN THEIR PERMIT. HOW WILL THEY HELP US? WELL, HOPEFULLY FOR GRANTING THE PERMIT. WHICH YOU KNOW WHETHER WE WOULD GO UNDER OR WE DO A FLYOVER. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE THEIR APPROVAL. THEY'VE ALSO OFFERED SOME POTENTIAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. FOR US TO LOOK AT. AND SOME DIFFERENT CONCEPTS TO LOOK AT. JUST BE AND S HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE. HMM.

REMEMBER, TURNER? WELL I ACTUALLY DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND SIT WITH BEING YOURSELF ON SOME OF MY CONCERNS WHEN WE'RE AUSTIN FOR GOLDEN TRIANGLE DAYS, AND ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS WAS JUST THE SIMPLY HOW THEY MAINTAIN THEIR REAL. I THINK IT'S A BIG CONCERN

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[4. Consider approving a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a church in the LI (Light Industrial) District located at 5750 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.]

RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. MAY I HAVE EMOTION, PLEASE? PROVE IT TO CONDITIONS SECOND. SECOND. SORRY THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY

[5. Consider approving a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a contractor office with fabrication and outside storage in the GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple-Family) District located at 545 Center Street.]

COUNCIL CONSIDERED REQUESTS FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO A LOT OF CONTRACTOR OFFICE WITH FABRICATION. AN OUTSIDE STORAGE AND THE GC M D DISTRICT LOCATED AT 5 45 CENTER STREET. WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS ABOUT WHAT OUR UTILITIES FOR ANY WATER AND SENATOR SO IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW PRE TREATMENT OF FOLK PROGRAM AS WELL. IT'S ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING AND FIRE CODES. TO ALL BUSINESS STANDARD OPERATIONS. I'M SORRY SHE'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 28. DASH 4.7. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. THREE BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE ADHERED TO. DUE TO THE CHANGING OCCUPANCY, INCLUDING WATER AND SENATORS, SOURCE SERVICES AND FOUR SHOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE. FIRE COZ RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE ARGUMENT. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE AND I HAVE A NOTE. EMOTION, PLEASE. DON'T MOVE FOR APPROVAL. HAVE A 2ND 2ND MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE. AH POSE. THE MOTION

[6. Consider approving a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a paint and body shop in the GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple-Family) District located at 6255 Concord Road.]

THAT'S TRUE FOR DRAINAGE DISTRICT SIX. THREE CONSTRUCTION PLANS SHOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 28. LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTALLING FIVE FT WATCH

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THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SIX. WE CONDITIONS MAY HAVE EMOTION, PLEASE. I HAVE A SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR AND THE DISCUSSION. NO DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES THEY HAVE THE

[7. Consider approving a request to Rezone a portion of property from RS (Residential Single-Family Dwelling) to RM-M (Residential Multiple Family-Medium Density) or more restrictive district for property located at 6730 Concord Road.]

[8. Consider approving a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow the expansion of a church in the RCR (Residential Conservation Revitalization) District located at 1685 Pennsylvania Street.]

CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS. BUT WHAT DO UTILITIES FOR ANY WATER AND SENATORS TO IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW PRE TREATMENT OF FALSE PROGRAM AND TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL FIND BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS. AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE DON'T MOVE AND IN A SECOND.

SECOND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSE THE

[9. Consider approving a request to extend the deadline to allow a Substance Abuse Treatment Facility at 4655 Collier Street, as approved in June of 2018.]

12 TO 17. AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF APPROVAL. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER NINE. YEAH, I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE MOVE THROUGH 2ND 2ND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES. NOW IT'S THE TIME FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL NOW OPEN THE

[10. Consider an ordinance to declare 39 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 delinquenttaxes 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 with in 10 days after the effective date of this ordinance.]

THANK YOU. SO UM, IN A MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF ORDERING, UH, VARIOUS STRUCTURES ON THIS ITEM TO BE DEMOLISHED, HOWEVER. COUNCIL WILL BE HEARING REQUESTS FOR POSSIBLE REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS. OF. OF THE REPAIR TO THESE PROPERTIES, HOWEVER, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE WORK PROGRAM AND THE OR EXCUSE ME, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THOSE REQUESTS LET ME JUST GO OVER A FEW RULES ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AND THESE RULES ARE AVAILABLE AND WRITING BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH FROM OUR STAFF, WHICH WOULD BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE MEETING. SO AGAIN, IF COUNCIL DOES OFF, APPROVED ADDITIONAL TIME THROUGH WORK PROGRAM, UH,

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HAVE A QUESTION THERE GOT ONE TOO. MATCH UP. 14 85 15 80 AVENUE G. OKAY. WE HAVE TWO AVENUE. JEEZ. THAT'S WHY. OKAY I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBER GETS AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS MR CHARACTER YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY SIGNED UP FOR WORK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. IS THAT CORRECT ON THE INSURANCE, LIKE BONDED TO WORK ON THE HOUSE? OKAY AND YOU SIGNED THAT YOU CAME BEFORE COUNCIL BEFORE ARE YOU WENT BEFORE MR BOONE AND SIGNED UP FOR WORK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. WE WENT UPSTAIRS, AND THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S WHAT IT'S WHAT YOU MEAN. BUT YEAH, WE WENT UPSTAIRS GOT THE PERMITS. GOT BONDED. WE'RE WORKING ON IT. IT WAS JUST TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE EXPECTED AND THINGS HAPPEN AND EXPECTED THINGS CAME UP. AND SO I TOOK US A LITTLE LONGER, BUT RIGHT NOW WE SHOULD BE BACK ON IT, BUT WE WERE WAITING FOR THE HEARING SINCE HE WAS CANCELED LAST MONTH. OKAY, WELL, THE REASON I'M ASKING IS ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED IS THAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE WORK PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER OF 2021. OKAY AND NOW IT'S OVER A YEAR LATER, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. WELL WE HAD BEEN, YOU KNOW, WORKING INSIDE BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, UNEXPECTED THINGS WERE COMING UP , BUT WE SHOULD BE, UM, BACK ON TRACK BY NOW. BUT WE WERE JUST WAITING FOR THIS HEARING TO BE ABLE TO FINISH IT WITHIN THIS LAST PART OF THE PERMIT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. OKAY? ANY OTHER COMMENTS. SO YOU'RE REQUESTING ANOTHER 150 DAYS TO FINISH IT. WE SHOULD BE FINISHING IT PRETTY SOON. OKAY THANK YOU. MR BEN HAD A QUESTION ONE MOMENT, MR BOONE, JUST JUST TO CLARIFY THEY HAD A PRE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE WORK PROGRAM. SO THAT'S AS SHE MENTIONED. THAT'S WHERE YOU DO IT. YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITY STAFF, AND THEN AGAIN, IF THE IF THE WORK IS NOT COMPLETED, THAT'S WHEN WE BRING IT BACK. BRING IT TO COUNCILS. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME Y'ALL ARE HEARING IT. OKAY OKAY, THAT'S DIFFERENT. OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARVIN DOUGLAS 41, 10 CONGRESS. BEAUMONT TEXAS SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 2013 70 LAVAKA. AFTERNOON. HELLO, SIR. UH, I AM NUMBER 2013 7 THE VODKA. I'VE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IT. UH I HAD A 40 FT CONTAINER ON IT. I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE CITY. THAT WASN'T COMMERCIAL AND GO ON. CONTAINING BOX OFF THE LAND. NOW. COME BACK AND TELL ME COMMERCIAL. AND WHEN

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THEN THEY TOLD ME I HAVE TO GET IT. TESTED FOR HIS BESTEST IT'S JUST A STORAGE BUILDING. THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE TELLING ME WHAT TO GET TESTED FOR ASBESTOS WHEN IT'S JUST A WOODEN STRUCTURE STRUCTURE. AND THE PART OF THE ROOF THAT CAME OFF IT'S JUST DOUBLE ROOMS THAT THEY DID BECAUSE MEDICS BECAUSE IT'S NOT LEAKING INSIDE OF IT. BUT. UM HAVING ALL THESE PROBLEMS BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO GET THE MONEY AND I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY JUST TO GO BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE ONCE I SIT UP AND PAY ALL THE MONEY FOR THE PERMITS I AIN'T GOT MONEY FOR THE MATERIAL. AND IT'S JUST A CONSTANT BACK AND FORTH BACK AND FORTH AND THE POOL IS ON. THERE IS THE POOL FOR MY KIDS BECAUSE I STAY ACROSS THE STREET. AND I JUST PUT THE POOL LEFT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ROOM IN MY BACKYARD. AND THE CITY CODE. I TALKED WITH THE LADY. SHE TOLD ME JUST CLOSED OFFENSIVE AND THAT'S WHAT I DID. BUT THEN I GOT THE LETTER SAYING YEAH, TELL THE BUILDING NOW. SO WHAT IS YOUR REQUEST REQUESTING TO GIVE ME MORE TIME THAN GET THE ROOF FIXED? AND THEN SOMEBODY TO TELL ME EXACTLY THE CODE THAT THEY TELLING BECAUSE THEY'RE TELLING ME I GOTTA GET ELECTRICITY, GAS WATER. IT'S JUST A STORAGE BUILDING. I DON'T NEED ALL THAT.

THE ONLY THING I REALLY WAS USING WAS THE WATER. AND WHEN THE KIDS WAS THERE I HAD A GENERATOR FOR THE POWER. BUT I HAD POWER TO IT. BUT IT FILLED UP UNDER THE GRANDFATHER IN LAW.

AND WHEN THEY MADE ME MOVE THE CONTAINER THEY SET UP HERE AND SAYING IT'S NOT COMMERCIAL ANYMORE. EVEN WHEN I SIT UP HERE AND TOLD HIM THAT HIS COMMERCIAL BECAUSE THE POST OFFICE STILL USING MY MAILBOX THE SAME DAY. THE LADY CALLED THE POST OFFICE. MADE HIM SCRATCH THEM. SPEAK OF THE MAILBOX. AND I WAS ACTION. WHY THEY DID THAT. THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO SIT UP HERE AND SPEND $250 MORE. AND THEN. DOG HER BOSS TOLD ME. I MIGHT AS WELL SAVE MY MONEY BECAUSE HE GONNA STILL GOTTA COME THROUGH HIM AND HE GONNA CANCEL IT. SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. THEN MY WIFE TOOK SICK AND I JUST KIND OF BACKED OFF WITH IT. IT'S JUST BEEN ONE CONFUSION ABOUT THAT PROPERTY, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WHICH I CAN'T UNDERSTAND. IT'S JUST COMMERCIAL. I MEAN STORAGE. SO YOUR REQUEST IS MORE TIME TO FINISH THE ROOF BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN SEE THIS IN ISIL. OKAY COUNCIL MEMBER, UM SAMUEL. UM IS IT JUST THE ROOF ARE. OKAY LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GET IT COMPLETED 100 AND 50 DAYS. THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER FELL SHOCKING COUNCIL MEMBER MR DOUGLAS. I'M I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE MARKET VALUE ON THIS IS $4400 AND YOU OVER $2000 IN BACK TAXES. WELL LIKE I SAID, MY WIFE PASSED AND SHE WAS BEARING ON A SINGLE FATHER AND I GOT FIVE GIRLS AND IT'S JUST I JUST GOT BEHIND. UNDERSTAND WE'RE SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. BUT YOU'RE DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO PAY THE TAXES OWED ON IT? OH YES. I'M WORKING ON THAT NOW BECAUSE I GOT ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT I'M TRYING TO SELL. AND ONCE I SAID IT IS GOING TO COVER ALL MY PROPERTIES. OKAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, TURNER. UH THE STAFF WAS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCERNING TO ME IS THE GENTLEMAN WAY EXPLAINED IT. IT SEEMS LIKE IT MAY BE SOME FORM OF NOT CLEAR COMMUNICATION OF EXACTLY WHAT HE'S LOOKING TO GET DONE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED. UH WE PUT IN THESE REQUESTS AND BLACK AND WHITE OR IS IT JUST BLATANT CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING SO WE CAN KINDA NOT DEAL WITH THE CONFUSION. YES SO WHENEVER WE WHENEVER WE CITE SOMEBODY FOR A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE WE ACTUALLY IDENTIFY EVERY EVERY SUBSECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE THAT'S IN VIOLATION SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE ROTTING MEMBERS. THE THIS THE ROOF ISSUES. I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ISSUES AND SO HE? I THINK THE GENTLEMAN HAS ENTERED INTO A WORK PROGRAM BACK IN, UH, DECEMBER OF 2021. SO PART OF THAT WORK PROGRAM THAT THEY SIGN HAS THE INSTRUCTIONS AS TO

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THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. SO IN SHORT, ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTATION ISN'T WRITING. AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP. UH SORRY, DO YOU? DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT? I GOT A COPY WHEN I REGISTERED MY BOND.

THEY WAS LIKE I SAID, THIS COLD COLD 32ND SUCH BUT YOU DON'T EXPLAIN THE CODE. SO HOW AM I AND REALLY WHAT? I'M GOING OFF. THE GENTLEMAN THAT PUT THIS SIGN. I JUST HAPPENED TO BE OUT THERE AND I WOULDN'T TALK WITH HIM AND I'M RELAYING WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHETHER HE TOLD ME HE SAID. I CAN MOVE THIS STUFF. THERE'S HANGING THAT THE STORM TORE UP, BUT I COULDN'T DO ANY MORE WORK. THEN THE LADY FROM THE CITY CODE SAID. WELL, LOOK, MR DOUGLAS, COULD YOU JUST PUT THE FENCE BACK UP? AND I PUT THE FENCE BACK UP. I MOVED THE STUFF OFF OF THAT. AND ONCE I PUT THE FENCE UP, I THOUGHT IT WAS OK. YES, SIR. REALLY, AND TRULY. I WENT TO GO PAY A FINE PREVIOUS FINE. AND THEN THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT. I HAD WARRANTS FOR MY ARREST FOR THE SAME YES. BUT I TALKED WITH THE JUDGE AND HE UNDERSTOOD AND HE SAID, WELL, WHAT I NEEDED TO DO WAS CALLED THE AGENT. THAT CITED THE DEAL TO LET HER KNOW BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAD TO WARRANT BECAUSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO COURT, BUT I DIDN'T RECEIVE. YEAH. YES SIR.

MR WILLIAMS. MY REQUEST IS JUST WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN CAN A STAFF MEMBER. GET WITH HIM AND EXPLAIN THE CODES AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE NEW POSSIBLE. CAN WE GET IT DOCUMENTED IN BLACK AND WHITE BECAUSE HE'S STATING SOMEONE SAID THIS, AND SOMEONE SAID THAT I THINK WE ELIMINATE ALL OF THAT IF WE JUST GET IT STRAIGHT FORWARD AND BLACK AND WHITE, SO IT COULD BE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING. SURE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO WITH THEM. I'M SURE THAT'S PROBABLY SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT EXISTS WITH COMMUNICATION OR INTERACTIONS ALREADY. WE'LL PROVIDE THAT EXISTS. PARDON ME. BUT WHAT I WHEN I TALKED WITH THE JUDGE TODAY, AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE LETTER THAT THEY SENT ME FOR THE COURT DATE. AND THE FACT THAT I DIDN'T CALL THE AGENT THAT SIT UP HERE AND WROTE IT UP. BUT I TALKED WITH HER. AND I JUST GOT TO CLEAR IT UP WITH HER AND LET HER COME AND SEE THAT I ACTUALLY DID THAT. AND IF IT'S ALRIGHT WITH Y'ALL, THEN I'M JUST SAYING, HEY, Y'ALL JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT ELSE I GOTTA DO THIS WEEKEND.

IT'S NOT THAT MUCH WORK LEFT ON THE ROOF AS IT IS. THE PIECES THAT'S ON THE SIDE. THEY HAD A BEEHIVE DOWN, SO AT THE TIME, I COULDN'T EVEN MESS WITH THAT TELL IT WENT AWAY. SO HAS ANY STAFF TALK WITH YOU DIRECTLY BEFORE? WELL ONCE I GO TO COURT , AND THEN AFTER COURT, I MET HER ABOUT THE HOUSE AND THEN THAT'S WHEN I TALKED WITH HER. THAT'S BEEN ABOUT I SAVED THREE WEEKS AGO DISCUSSED IT WITH YOU IN PERSON. PUT THAT FENCE UP TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN. YEAH, ABOUT THIS POOL. SOMEONE WILL GIVE. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBERS, SAMUEL MR DOUGLAS? UM. ONCE YOU TALK WITH STAFF TODAY? YES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME IN THE EVENT. WELL IF THIS BODY ALLOWS. TO FOR YOU TO DO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE WORK DONE, IT MEANS IT WILL BE 150 DAYS YOU BE ALLOWED. OKAY NOW, HERE'S HERE'S THE THING THAT I THAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT. ANYTIME.

IF YOU DON'T MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH THAT PROJECT. IN THAT 150 DAYS. THEY COULD COME BACK AND IT WILL BE TORN DOWN. NO MATTER WHAT YOU PUT INTO THE BUILDING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ASK THAT YOU BRING IT UP TO JUST LOOK GOOD. THEY'RE GONNA ASK THAT IT BE BROUGHT UP TO COLD. AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION WHETHER YOU WANT TO PUT THE MONEY INTO THE PROJECT. THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR DECISION, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE YOU BEGIN TO PUT THE MONEY INTO THE PROJECT IF YOU DON'T COMPLETE IT IF ANYTHING HAPPENS YOU LOSE THAT? I UNDERSTAND. OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. JAMES CALLIS, 53 75 ROSEMARY DRAFT.

BEAUMONT, TEXAS ADAM NUMBER 22 24 85 MAGNOLIA. HELLO TO EVERYONE I'VE HERE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. I'D LIKE TO COMPLIMENT EVERYBODY SEEMED LIKE THE COUNCIL WAS WORKING VERY HARD TO TRY TO MAKE IT WORK OUT FOR ALL OUR CITIZENS. I'M HERE TODAY FOR 24 85 MAGNOLIA, WHICH I CALL

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I'M 74. I HAD PLANNED TO DO IT AT 75 FOLLOWING THE CATHOLIC DEAL. THEY LIKE THEIR CLERGY RETIRED 75. I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER. I NEED TO GET THIS DONE . AND SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS. I UNDERSTAND THE INVESTMENT. THERE'S WAY MORE THAN MONEY THERE. PEOPLE ARE

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WITH OCCASIONALLY YOU GET A 40 FT APPROVED. NOW I HAVE OTHER LOTS IN TOWN, AND I PLAN TO BUILD OTHER SMALL HOUSES SO WE CAN HOUSE SOME OF OUR CITIZENS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. EXCUSE ME FOR GETTING EMOTIONAL, BUT I THINK MY REQUEST IS VALID. I KNOW THAT I CAN DO IT. MR COLLINS ADDITIONAL TIME. MR COLLINS AS I PREFERENCE, MY STATEMENT THAT WAS NOT DIRECTLY AND INTENTIONALLY FOR YOU, SIR. OKAY I APOLOGIZE IF MY WORDS WERE ANYTHING OTHER THAN INFORMATION. I UNDERSTAND MR. QUESTION THE HOUSE. DOES IT CURRENTLY HAVE ELECTRICITY? NO IT I WENT WHEN I WAS FIRST NOTIFIED. I GOT IT INTO WHAT WAS CALLED AN ORANGE TAG, AND IT WAS JUST SITTING THERE. UH, IT'S SECURE. I PUT THE ROOF ON MYSELF . IT'S 85% ARCHITECTURAL SHINGLES. I THINK I TOLD YOU LAST TIME. MY FRIENDS ARE OLDER . I'M OLDER, I GUESS, BUT I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT IS THAT I SHOULD BE OFF PHYSICALLY WORK. I ENJOY. I DON'T CONSIDER IT WORK.

IT'S WHAT I DO. SO, UM BUT A NEW CODE ENFORCER CAME BY PUT THE RED TAG BACK. AND SO HERE'S WHERE I'M ELECTRIC WAS DONE. I CAN SAY THIS. I HAD ALREADY REDONE THE PLUMBING. THAT SOUNDS KIND OF STRANGE. I REDID THE PLUMBING AND I, UH THE ELECTRICAL IS IN GOOD SHAPE BUT BASED ON COMPLETING A RED TAG HOUSE, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR RED TAG OR NOT EQUAL WITH BUILDING CODES. SEE I JUST HAVE A DIPLOMACY'S PERMITS ARE GOOD FOR A YEAR, BUT BUT NOT RED TAG THAT IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS . BUT I UNDERSTAND THE REASON I'M ASKING BECAUSE WE HAVE A NOTE. IN OUR PACKET THAT SAYS THE ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL PLUMBING WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. AND EVEN IF YOU'RE DOING THIS YOURSELF, YOU KNOW THOSE CAN BE EXPENSIVE SYSTEMS. YES SIR. I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'VE JUST COMPLETED ONE. SO THAT'S WHAT? LET ME ASK MR BOONE. WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS AND STIPULATIONS FOR REPLAY? WHY WOULD HE HAVE TO REPLACE ELECTRICAL, HE SAID THE ELECTRICALS UP TO UP TO SNUFF. WELL I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO STAFF WHO HAVE ACTUALLY PUT THEIR EYES ON IT, BUT I'M SURE THERE THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE CODE PROBABLY MADE ITS CODE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE LANSING. SO ON A RED TAG STRUCTURE. WE REQUIRE THAT THE ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL PLUMBING EVERYTHING MEETS THE CURRENT CODES. SO THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY UPGRADE TO THE ELECTRICAL IN THIS HOUSE THAT WE HAVE PERMITS FOR. SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE HAS TO DO IS BRING IN ELECTRICIAN'S ELECTRICIAN CAN LET HIM KNOW WHAT DOESN'T MEET CODE. BRING IT UP TO GO. THERE MAY JUST BE SOME RECEPTACLES THAT HAVE TO MEET THE CODE. OKAY SO ON A HOUSE TO SAGE, IT'S VERY LIKELY. I GUESS THAT IT WOULD BE KNOB AND YEAH, WHATEVER. NECESSARILY. ROBIN TUBE. NO WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE HERE, THOUGH. I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO PULL ALL THE PICTURES AND ONE SO IF IT WERE I'M PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE A LITTLE BIT HERE BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO EDUCATE MYSELF IF IT WERE NOT BEEN TUBE THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT CURRENT CODE CORRECT REQUIRED BECAUSE IT WAS RED TAGGED. EVEN IF THE KNOB AND TUBE WORKED FINE TO GO BACK AND PUT CONDUIT AND EVERYTHING. IT HAS TO BE BROUGHT UP TO THE CURRENT CODES THAT WERE ON I HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK, HE SAID. HE'S HE'S ELECTRICIAN PLUMBER, AND HE HAS AN A TREE A C LICENSE. HE HAS WHAT OKAY, CONDITIONING BECAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK IF YOU COULD DO HIS OWN WORK . HE CAN DO HIS OWN PLUMBING WORK. HE'S ALSO ABANDONED CONTRACTOR SO YOU CAN DO HIS OWN CONTRACT WORK. OKAY? THANK YOU.

SO CHRIS, QUESTION FOR YOU. AH IF A HOUSE IS RED TAGGED. FOR ROTTEN WOOD. YEAH YOU KNOW, MAYBE A HOLE IN THE ROOF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THE ELECTRICAL AND EVERYTHING IS OKAY. DOES IT SEEM TO BE A LITTLE HARSH TO REQUIRE THEM TO BRING THE ELECTRICAL ALL THE WAY UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS OF THAT'S NOT REALLY THE REASON FOR THE RED TAG. IF THE ELECTRICAL IS OKAY. WE DON'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE COMPLETE UPGRADE. OKAY, THAT'S NOT WHAT MY PREVIOUS UNDERSTANDING WAS FROM THE LANSING LANSING. DO YOU HAVE THE FILE? BECAUSE LET ME CLARIFY ONE THING, TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THE PRIOR AS TO YOU KNOW THE COMMUNICATION

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PEOPLE TOO. JAMES ELLER, 35 87 LUCAS DRIVE TO TEXAS. WHAT WHAT NUMBERS? WHAT NUMBER? IS HE NUMBER 10? SORRY. SO WHAT I WAS BROUGHT UP BEFORE. LIKE I SAID, I WAS ALREADY WORKING WITH THE CITY TO DO CORRECTIONS WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL, SO I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I NEEDED TO PLACE INDIVIDUAL CALLS FOR THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHEN I KNEW WHEN CODE ENFORCEMENT OR I CALL ENVIRONMENTAL THAN ENVIRONMENTAL FED THE CODE ENFORCEMENT COME OUT BECAUSE THEY WORK TOGETHER. I FIGURED THAT DEMO EVERYBODY ELSE WAS IN THE SAME PACKAGE BASICALLY TO GIVE ME ALL ON THE SAME THING. I'M ALSO NOT EVEN TWO YEARS INTO WHICH I THOUGHT IT WAS TWO YEARS INTO THE WORK PROGRAM. I'M NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF TWO YEARS, WHICH IT WAS 4 1920 21 IS WHENEVER I SIGNED ON FOR IT. UH, I'M NOT SURE. LIKE I SAID, WHY CERTAIN HOUSES ARE HELD TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD THAN OTHERS. BECAUSE LIKE I BROUGHT UP TO MR LANSKY WAS THAT THE HINCHEY HOUSE IS NOT EVEN DRIED IN AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 90 DAYS.

AND IT'S FIVE YEARS OR LONGER NOW BECAUSE THEY SIGNED UP THEIR PERMANENT 2016. THEY STILL HAVE WINDOWS MISSING. THEY SKIPPED DOWN TO NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS ELECTRICAL ON THE PACKET, RIGHT ? THE CONTRACT, YOU SIGN IT. LAST THING IS NUMBER SIX FOR TOTAL COMPLIANCE. YOU MUST COMPLETE INTERIOR WORK, ELECTRICAL PLUMBING, MECHANICAL ETCETERA. THIS IS TO BE DONE.

AFTER THE DRY END STAGE. HOWEVER, THEY SKIP TO THAT. SO HOW IS IT THAT SOME HOUSES IF YOU HAVE BASICALLY RESPECT IN THE COMMUNITY AS OF WHO YOU ARE, OR WHATEVER. HOW ARE YOU SKIPPING OR BEING ABLE TO BE SKIPPED, BUT BUILDING CODES BECAUSE, AS MR SANDERS SAID, JUST REINSTATE. OR YOU COULD SAY IT BETTER AS A WE. WE CANNOT ON YOUR WATCH. BE HELD, YOU KNOW, ALLOW ANYBODY TO GET HURT. WELL THE HINCHEY HOUSE HAS FULL ACCESS WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY CLIMB IN THERE. IT'S NOT STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THE WINDOWS ARE STILL BUSTED OUT, AND IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE 2006 SHELLER, BUT THIS IS THE EXAMPLE . SO I'M COMPARING IT TO THAT.

EVERYBODY IS NOT HELD FAIR. BUT YOU HAVE TO HOLD EVERYBODY TO THE SAME STANDARDS OR WE CAN'T HOLD ANYBODY TO THE SNATCHERS. CORRECT. WE CANNOT PLAY FAVORITISM WITH SOME AND THEN ALLOW OTHERS TO DO WHAT? THEY MUST BE CORRECT. BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE HINCHEY. HOW TECHNICALLY SOUND. NO WE'RE NOT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR TALKING ABOUT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. OKAY SO IF WE'RE CLAIMING THAT MINE IS A DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, AND I'M ASKING YOU, THEN HOW OUR SUN STRUCTURES ALLOW IT TO BE DANGEROUS AND IT'S OKAY. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, SINCE 2016 HENCHY HOUSE HAS NOT BEEN WORKED ON, AND I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND I ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED. IT DID WORK OUT THERE. I MET WITH MR GETS OUT THERE. I BROUGHT HOME DEPOT IN THEIR RESOURCES TO THE HOUSE. AND THEY HAVE DONATORS. THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERS. THEY HAVE MANPOWER. WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME HOMEOWNERS LIKE MYSELF. THAT'S JUST ME OR LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN BACK HERE THAT IT'S JUST HIM. THAT IT'S EITHER WE'RE THE ONLY HANDS THAT WE CAN COUNT ON AND WE HAVE A HOME LIKE THIS.

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SO THE DESCRIPTION OF YOUR PROPERTY SAYS THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE. THE OWNER SIGN UP FOR WORK PROGRAM ON APRIL 1920 21. AND WAS GRANTED 100 AND 50 DAYS PLUS A 90 DAY EXTENSION. NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO THE STRUCTURE. THERE IS ONE BUTTONWOOD ALL OVER THE EXTERIOR THAT MUST BE REPLACED. THE FOUNDATION MUST BE LEVELED. AND MULTIPLE IN MULTIPLE PLACES. THERE IS WATER DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR ON THE ADD ON BECAUSE OF BEING EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENT. THE ADDITION WILL HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED, ARE COMPLETELY REBUILT, BASED ON THE EXTENSIVE REPAIRS NEEDED IN THIS STRUCTURE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING. A RACE ORDER FOR THIS STRUCTURE . THE RE INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON OCTOBER 28 2022. SO I UNDERSTAND MR L A. YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO BE HERE AND BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE MISHAPS THAT YOU'VE HAD HAPPENED TO YOU YOUR FAMILY. OTHER CONTRACTORS MONEY BEING STOLEN FROM YOU. IT HAS PROBABLY UM.

PUT A KINK IN YOUR FINANCES. PLUS YOU WORK. I'M SURE A REGULAR JOB, SO YOU'RE TRYING TO FIT ALL OF THIS AGAIN AND GET IT DONE. SO, IN ALL FAIRNESS, YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN 100 AND 50 DAYS PLEASANT ADDITIONAL 90 DAYS AND STILL NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE. AND SO. WE KNOW WE'RE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS THE HENCHY HOUSE. ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. AND THE HINCHEY HOUSE. HAS THE STATE MARKER IS A STATE MARKER HOME HAS FEDERAL FUNDING. AND REMODELING THAT'S BEEN DONE TO IT BY THE B M V. F W VETERANS. AND IT'S BEEN WORKED ON RIGHT NOW. YOU BROUGHT UP THE HINCHEY HOUSE. WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THE HINCHEY HOUSE. BUT YOU WANT TO COMPARE THAT. TO THE HINCHEY HOUSE. YOUR HOUSE HAS NOT BEEN WORKED ON UNDER. BETTER RULE PHONES. AND IT'S NOT BEING WORKED ON BY THE V F W VETERANS , AND SO I DON'T EVEN WANT TO DISCUSS THE HINCHEY HOUSE AND I'M SURE YOU'RE USING THAT. SO THAT IN A COMPARISON, YOU SAID BUT WE'RE NOT COMPARING YOUR 150 DAYS AND YOU'RE 90 DAYS TO THE FEDERAL FUNDED HENCHY HOUSE WITH A HISTORICAL MARKER ON IT. OKAY, STRUCTURE. OKAY SAFE STRUCTURE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE HENCHY HOUSE. I'VE NEVER BEEN BY IT DON'T KNOW THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. BUT UNDER SOME FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND FUNDING, I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY SOME ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE GUIDELINES THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM YOUR REGULAR RESIDENTIAL YOUR HOUSE AND MY HOUSE. OKAY WELL, YOU'RE GONNA ALWAYS SAY NO BUILDING.

IT'S THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDINGS CODE THAT THEY ALL HAVE TO APPLY TO, REGARDLESS FEDERAL AND THAT WHOEVER FUNDS IT IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT DEPENDS ON LET ME FINISH. MR LR DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU. I'LL LET YOU SAY WHATEVER YOU NEEDED TO SAY. SO ACCORDING TO THIS PAPERWORK. YOU'VE BEEN

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UNLIKE EVERY OTHER PROPERTY, IT SAYS, THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE. MR BOONE. DOES THAT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANCE? UH, THERE WE GO THROUGH A WHOLE ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE ON THIS. YES, SO Y'ALL MAY RECALL WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. WE BROUGHT A FEW PROPERTIES BEFORE COUNCIL UNDER THE PUBLIC NEWS, THE PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES AND PUBLIC NUISANCE ISSUES, SO THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD. SO HOW? HOW DOES THAT FACTOR IN WHEN A HOUSE IS DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE? UH WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING UP HERE FOR WORK PROGRAM FROM THE PURPOSE OF PROCEDURE FROM TODAY, IT'S I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S NOT RELEVANT BECAUSE IN THE ULTIMATELY IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES, SO THERE IS SOME OVERLAP. BUT IN TERMS OF TODAY'S PROCEDURE, IT'S JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. OKAY LETS HER BACKGROUND DOING THAT MEETING. Y'ALL DID AGREE TO ALLOW HIM SOME TIME TO BRING HIS PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, AND HE IS WORKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. THAT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC NUISANCE HEARING HEARING OCCURRED WIN. WELL, WE GAVE HIM 10 DAYS. NO. I THINK I THINK IT WAS. I THINK IT WAS MORE THAN 10 DAYS. JUST TO BE FAIR. I BELIEVE THAT HE WAS, UH THERE WAS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN HIM AND THAT HE WOULD REACH OUT AND THEY WOULD DO STATUS UPDATES AS LONG AS HE MADE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THAT 10 DAYS THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE OUTCOME. IT WAS 10 DAYS AND THEN HE FELL, SHOW COUNSELOR FELL, SHORT SAID. TO BE FAIR. HOW LONG WOULD YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO GET UP TO CODE TO FULLY DONE AND I SAID 30 TO 45 DAYS IS WHAT AND THEN YOU STATED THIS MAYOR, YOU SAID SO NOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR MORE TIME I SAID, NO, I'M JUST ANSWERING HIS QUESTION WHENEVER YOU SAID 10 DAYS I SAID, NO, I CAN'T DO THAT. BUT IN 10 DAYS BECAUSE YOU ASKED HOW LONG WITH WAS IT? JUMP INTO THAT THEY CAME HERE FOR THE CLEANUP THING. SO YOU SAID. NAME YOUR TIME ON HOW LONG AND I SAID 10 DAYS FOR REINSPECTION. SO I DIDN'T SAY COMPLETELY DONE. EXACTLY SO THEN YOU HAD ASKED HOW LONG TO BE COMPLETELY FAIR. HOW LONG AND I SAID 30 TO 45 DAYS AND THEN WHENEVER I CALLED, AND I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND I TALKED TO THE HEAD OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CODE, I STATED THAT I WAS DEALING WITH RSV AND ALMOST LOST MY LUNG COUGHING. I MEAN, LITERALLY COMPETENT. AND YOU SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE NO COMPASSION OR THE CITY HAS OFFERED ENOUGH COMPASSION IS WHAT HE SAID AS I'M COUGHING MY LUNGS OUT ON THE PHONE NOW.

ALSO, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CODES SUPERVISOR STATED THE SAME THING. WELL I'M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU MORE THAN 10 DAYS. BECAUSE HOW LONG WOULD THIS BE GOING ON ? QUESTION EXCUSE ME. SO AFTER HE WAS GIVEN THOSE 10 DAYS THAT WAS THERE ANOTHER REINSPECTION IF THEY GO BACK OUT TO REINSPECT THE STATUS SO I ONLY DO THE STRUCTURE DEMOLITION. SO THAT'S WHERE THE CONFUSION THAT'S COMING IN LYNN FOOT AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT DO CODE UNFORTUNATE, SO I DO NOT KNOW. SO THERE'S NO RECORD, DON'T HANDLE THAT. LET ME. ONE MOMENT. MISS COUNCIL MEMBER FELL SHORT, MR HELLER.

THESE PICTURES THAT WE HAVE ARE TAKING MAY THE 22ND OKAY? YEAH JUST THEY WERE TAKEN LAST YEAR MAY HAVE. WELL YOU CAN SEE HERE THE DAY. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS FROM MAY INTO JANUARY. I THINK

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TYPICALLY, AFTER COUNCIL GIVES, UH THE ISSUES NOTICE THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD. BUT CIVIL ACTION, ANYONE WHO IS NOT COMPLIED OR MADE SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS TO CLEAN THEIR PROPERTY , WE WOULD GET NOTICED TO PROCEED WITH THE CIVIL LITIGATION AND WE'VE NOT GOT AND THE HEALTH JUST FOR THE RECORD THE HEALTH DIRECTORS ON HIS WAY IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM DIRECTOR. WELL JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE MAYOR WE DID HEAR FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

THERE'S BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE REAR, BUT IT'S NOT IN COMPLETE COMPLIANCE YET. I HAVE A COVERED AREAS, NOT THE CARPORT AREA WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS JUNK THERE THAT WAS ALSO ELEVATED OFF THE OFF THE GROUND THAT BUILDING MATERIAL IS NOW STACKED AND STORED ON THE SAME THINGS TOOK IT ALL OFF. AND THEN I RE STACKED IT NICE AND NEAT. OVERLAP LIKE PARK SLAPPED ANY OTHER BUILDING MATERIAL, TOOK THE OTHER HOUSE AND ACTUALLY BUILT SOME THINGS THAT I NEEDED.

STANDS AND ALSO, UH BASICALLY WILD UP FOR A STORAGE THING, BASICALLY, SO IT'S TYPICALLY THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR OFFICE IF THE PROPERTY OWNER IS MAKING CONTINUE WITH AH! RECORD COMPLIANCE ARE MAKING CONTINUOUS TRIES TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY THAT WE NOT INVEST THE MONEY TO CLEAN IT OR SIX ABILITY STATION SO IS THE LAST OTHER OUTDOOR. BASICALLY IT IT'S NOT EVEN A CALL FOR IT. IT WAS WHERE EVENTUALLY HAD WORKOUT BENCH, SO I HAVE A 10 COVERED. WHY USE THAT TO PUT SOME STUFF UNDER THERE? SO WHEN DID WET THAT RIGHT? THERE IS MY NEXT FOCUS THAT HAS STUFF UNDER IT GO BEYOND THAT. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. THE PRIMARY IS JUST THAT THERE'S A COUPLE LITTLE THINGS AND THEIR BAGS THAT I HAD BEFORE THEY HAD CANS IN THEM. BAGS HAD RIPPED AND THEN THAT HAVE A COUPLE OF CLEANUP THINGS, BUT BEYOND THAT, THAT'S THE MAIN.

THAT'S THE MAIN THING. SO IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 25 TO 35% THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE. BUT THAT'S PRIMARILY UNDERNEATH THAT COVERED AREA. MR ELLER. I WOULD FOCUS IS NOT TO TAKE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. FOCUS IS NOT TO HAVE YOU COME UP HERE FOR US TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME. THE MAIN

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THEN I ASK YOU HOW? HOW MUCH TIME DID YOU NEED? AND YOU SAID , GIVE ME 10 DAYS AND I'LL MAKE SOME PROGRESS. NOW THE HEALTH DIRECTORS HERE ON HIS WAY TO GIVE A REPORT AND SO WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND THEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT IT ON US. WE DON'T WANT YOUR PROPERTY. WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME. WE JUST WANT YOU TO BE IN COMPLIANCE SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN YOUR MESS. ACTUALLY IT WAS MY BROTHER THAT REPORTED ME JUST TO GET BACK AT ME AS HE STOLE $12,000 FROM YELLOW YELLOW AGAIN. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO REPORTED YOU. IT'S THERE. IT'S THERE, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN STEADILY WORKING ON IT. SO WHENEVER HE GETS HERE, HOPEFULLY HE'LL HAVE THE UPDATED PICTURES TO SHOW YOU. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I HAVE IT ON MY OTHER PHONE OVER THERE. I CAN SHOW YOU THE UPDATED PICTURES. I HAVE QUOTE FROM THE ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL THAT INSPECTED LAST TIME BECAUSE JUSTIN CAN MAKE IT BECAUSE YOU GET BIT BY A DOG. GOD SEE, THERE'S ANOTHER EXCUSE NOW, DOG , SOMEBODY DOG. I MEAN, YOUR YOUR CITY, YOUR CITY EMPLOYEE GAP, THEREBY DOGS SO HE COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THE 11 O'CLOCK APPOINTMENT. I WAS THERE, THOUGH . SO THEN THE OTHER THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSON CAME AND SHE SAID, YOU MAY DRESS, YOU KNOW, DRASTIC CHANGES. YOU'VE MADE CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT. YOU HAD TWO YEARS TO DO IT. I HOPE SO. YES, FAMILY. WELL, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE HEALTH DIRECTOR NOW TO COME, ARE WE? NO, I DON'T. IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT, SEPARATE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT IS TRUE THAT WE DID HAVE AN EMPLOYEE WHO WAS UNABLE TO MAKE A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT DUE TO AN INCIDENT SO THAT THE TWO THE TWO ISSUES ARE UNRELATED. SO IT'S TWO SEPARATE ISSUES, AND THAT'S CORRECT, OK. I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION. THEY GET A CALL. AND FOR MR KELLER, HE WAS SAYING THAT HE HAD HE HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO COMPLY. WHAT THE WHAT WE HAD PUT OUT THERE AND HE WAS SICK AT THE TIME. HE WAS HAVING A DISAGREEMENT. DISAGREEMENT WITH OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. AH! BUT THAT WAS ABOUT IT. THAT WAS NO OTHER CONVERSATION. HE JUST HAD NOT COMPLIED AND HE WAS UPSET WITH CITY EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR ALVIN. THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME WE HAVE ITEMS NUMBER TWO. NUMBER 10. NUMBER 20. AND NUMBER 22 CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. MR COLEMAN IS HERE. THANK YOU, MR COLEMAN. ARE YOU GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, MAYOR HMM. NO, I WON'T STILL OPEN. PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN. WELL MR COLEMAN. LET US TAKE THIS VOTE BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK IN REFERENCE TO IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM FROM THE VOTE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IF YOU GIVE US SO TECHNICALLY NOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT A POSTED ITEM. AND SO IF YOU WANT CLARIFICATIONS ON STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE REGARDING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 10, THE MR COLEMAN.

DIRECTOR COLEMAN CAN'T SPEAK ON THEM, BUT HE CANNOT SPEAK AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

OKAY, MR COLEMAN, IF YOU'RE COMING FORWARD. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 10

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APPROXIMATE UM, MAYBE ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. OKAY AND HOW MANY DAYS DID YOU THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE? WELL THE FACT THAT WE HAD GIVEN THEM 10 ADDITIONAL DAYS ARE YOU GUYS HAD GRANTED HIM 10 ADDITIONAL DAYS AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A WEEK AFTER THAT. SAID HE WAS SICK.

I'M THINKING MAYBE ANOTHER WEEK TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. AND HE JUST REFUSED THAT OKAY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL? YES THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, PUBLIC NUISANCE PROPERLY AND A PROPERTY THAT IS OUT OF COLD. AND IS THAT CORRECT? OR IS THAT ONE IN THE SAME THAT'S PROBABLY END UP BEING ONE IN THE SAME BECAUSE IT BECOMES A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE. WHEN IT'S OUT OF COLD AND THEN IT POLLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD. THEN THAT'S WHEN IT DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAN. WELL I THINK THAT WHAT COUNCILMAN SAMUEL MAYBE GETTING OUT IS YOU CAN HAVE A HOUSE. IT'S PERFECTLY UP TO CODE. BUT IF YOU ALLOW THE CONDITIONS AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF YOUR HOUSE TO DETERIORATE SO THAT YOU HAVE TALL WEEDS, LITTER JUNK AND EVERYTHING. IT CAN BECOME A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE SO THAT YOU KNOW, SO THEY CAN BE DIFFERENT. AND IN THAT REGARD, I GUESS. IS THAT FAIR? WELL IT WILL BECOME A PUBLIC AVENUE SINCE YOU GOT TALL WEEDS, A LOT OF LITTER BUCKETS. THAT'S HOLDING WATER. YEAH JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES AND ALL THAT. SO. LET ME MAKE A CLARIFICATION ALSO, MR COMMON WHEN YOU SAID THAT BENJI , WHO IS OVER THE LANDFILL WOULD GO OUT TO THE RESIDENTS TO PICK UP. THE TRASH. I THINK IT WAS, UM, IDENTIFY THAT HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE WATER WAS WILLING TO MAKE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS TO ASSIST HIM. SO AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT THEY WOULD STILL GO OUT. TO PICK UP THE ADDITIONAL TRASH FOR HIM, EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT EVEN PAY FOR TRASH. AT THAT RESIDENCE AND HAS NO WATER BILL AT THAT RESIDENT. I KNOW HE STATED PRIOR THAT HE WOULD TAKE IT AND PUT IT AT ITS NEIGHBOR, SO THE NEIGHBORS WOULD DO IT, BUT WE EVEN OFFERED HIM TO PICK IT UP. SO WE TRIED TO MAKE ALL THE ACCOMMODATIONS WE CAN TO HELP HIM. AND I'LL SHARE IT WITH HIM. THAT YOU GIVE ME A PLAN TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. NOT THAT IT HAS TO BE COMPLETELY IN COMPLIANCE, BUT MAKE ENOUGH PROGRESS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU. AND THEN HE REFUSED THAT OFFERS. YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT. MA'AM, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT PROGRESS CORRECT. OKAY THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN. NO, SIR. IT HAS GONE BY. OKAY WE ARE. AGAIN. CITY ATTORNEY. IN THE PAST, WE HAVE ALLOWED CITIZENS TO REBUTTAL, I THINK.

OKAY, MR ELLER. DON'T WORRY ABOUT OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAID THAT YOU COULD REBUTTAL OKAY, SO I'M GONNA ALLOW YOU TO COME TO THE PODIUM. MISS ONE MOMENT. COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. I'LL TAKE YOUR FULL CONVERSATIONS. AT THAT PUBLIC NUISANCE MEETING. IT WAS AS I WAS WALKING OFF. WAS WELL, HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE WATER. I THINK YOU STEPPED UP AND SAID THAT WATER IS PULLED AT RED TAG. THAT'S NOT MY FAULT. I PAY WATER, SO IT WAS PULLED AT THAT POINT IN TIME, SO THAT

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I CAN GO BACK ON YOUR MINUTES AND ACTUALLY VIEW IT AND I'M GOING TO POST IT LATER. TO SHOW HOW THAT'S AN INCORRECT STATEMENT COMPARED TO TODAY TO THEN, WHEN YOU SAID YOU NEED TO GET RID OF IT, YOU NEED TO HAUL IT OFF. THAT'S WHAT WAS GIVEN. THERE WAS NOTHING SET UP, SO HE LIED AND YOU JUST MADE A BLATANT LIE THAT THERE WAS A SEVEN. HOLD ON. HOLD ON. HOLD ON. THIS IS A WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT WE CAN LOOK AT YOUR YOUR LAWS OR YOUR RULES THAT ARE ACTUALLY YEAH, L A. DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE MAY HAVE GONE? I'VE I'VE BEEN VERY, VERY PATIENT WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO CONTROL SOMETHING THAT NO, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO CONTROL THE FACT THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE WHAT YOU NEEDED TO DO IN TWO YEARS TO SHOW HIS STATEMENT BECAUSE I CAN GO STOP MY PHONE AND SHOW YOU THE PROGRESS PICTURES. CAN I NOT DO THAT? CAN I DO THAT? NO NO, SIR. SO MR ELLER, I THINK YOU NEED TO JUST ADDRESS WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT THE COUNCIL TO GIVE YOU THE ADDITIONAL TIME. THE FACT WAS IT LIKE I SAID HE BLATANTLY LIED TO THE FACTS THAT HIS OWN CODE ENFORCEMENT NOT NOT HIS JUSTIN JACKSON WAS BIT BY THE DOG. SO WHAT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT ABLE TO COME OUT IS WHAT HE SAID TO THE OPERATOR ON THE PHONE WHENEVER I WAS TALKING TO HER. SHE ENDED UP SAYING DID COLE ENFORCEMENT COME OUT? I SAID NO. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS MEETING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO ENDED UP THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AS I LEFT THE PROPERTY OF THE LIKE, THREE O'CLOCK, THEY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE MAYBE NINE OR SO LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BECAUSE I WAS STILL DOING SOME STUFF. SO FROM OGADEN, NINE O'CLOCK AT WORK TILL ABOUT THREE THAT DAY, AS I LEFT CONE ENFORCEMENT TURNED ON THAT BLOCK, I BACKED UP. SO WHENEVER I WENT THERE, SHE SAID, YOU MADE DRASTIC IMPROVEMENTS. SO WHILE HE SITS THERE AND SAYS NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I'M GONNA POST ALL THAT INFORMATION IN THOSE PICTURES AND SHOW THE DIFFERENCE ON WHAT I DID DO BECAUSE HE'S A BLATANT LIAR BECAUSE BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION HE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR THE 45 DAYS. I DIDN'T SAY I WANTED ADDITIONAL 45. I SAID. I TALKED TO MR FELD SHAW. AND HE SAID, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE? AND I SAID 30 TO 45. WELL I'M NOT DOING THAT. I SAID SO. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT MAKES THE CALL FOR THIS 30 TO 45 DAYS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT IT DONE. THAT'S WHAT I ASKED HIM. HE'S A LIAR, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. HE NEEDS TO BE FIRED FOR THAT. BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU. I'M COMING TO Y'ALL WITH FACTS. WHAT YOU WANT. THAT'S IT. I'M NOT BEGGING NOBODY FOR NOTHING. DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. BUT I AIN'T BEGGING NOBODY. THANK YOU, MR ELLER. DUDE. OKAY SO AGAIN, WE HAVE NUMBER 2 10. 2020 20 AND 22 SO. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. CAN YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST? I'M SORRY. WE WERE CLOSE TO PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL READ THAT GOING TO READ ITEM NUMBER 11. 10. 10. I DIDN'T NUMBER TWO.

MAY I HAVE THE READING, PLEASE? YES MA'AM CITY COUNCIL AFTER CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERING THE HARDNESS TO DECLARE THE FOLLOWING 39 STRUCTURES. TO BE ON SAFE STRUCTURES IN ORDER. DON'T THE OWNERS, DERIPASKA SAID. STRUCTURES WITHIN 10 DAYS IF THE PROPERTY OWNER FAILS TO COMPLY WITHIN 10 DAYS, STUFF IS QUESTION. CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURES WITHOUT FURTHER NOTIFICATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, CITY COUNCIL ACTION. ADDITIONALLY IF THE PROPERTY OWNER OF A STRUCTURE REQUEST AND ITS AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL TURNING ROCK ENROLL IN THE WORK PROGRAM. ALL DELINQUENT TAXES SHALL BE PAID IN FULL OR PAYMENT PLAN SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO ENROLMENT IN THE WORK PROGRAM. ENROLLMENT IN THE WORK PROGRAM SHALL CARE WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARGUMENT. THESE STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED. MY BUILDING CODE FOUND BEYONCE SAFETY ACCORDING TO CODE, SO, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE COUNSELORS. EXCEPTIONS THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING. MAY I HAVE A MUCH EMPLOYEES? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2 10 2022. 2 10 2022. SECOND THERE'S A MOTION IN

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PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, I SUPPOSE. THE MOTION CARRIES HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 11, PLEASE. YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION REJECTING THE PROPOSAL FOR THE FOR THE LEASE OR PURCHASE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 555. MAIN STREET. UH STAFF RECOMMEND REJECTED PROPOSAL. UH MR MANAGER. IF I CAN THIS ITEM IT'S MEANT TO BE RECESSED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN UM, AND THEN JUST BACK DOWN FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU.

THE LIGHTEST AND GENTLEMEN. UM WE'RE GONNA RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. YOU'RE WELCOME TO.

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE WILL. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO EVERYTHING ELSE AND THEN WE'LL RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND COME BACK AND TAKE THIS VOTE. IN THAT WAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT

[Public Comment]

ANOTHER WEEK PASSED, THE TRASH CAN WAS STILL THERE. CALLED THE OFFICE AGAIN. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUPERVISOR TOLD THEM KEEP SERVICING THE TRASH CAN SO THIS WAS ILLEGAL PER CITY ORDINANCE. 22 OH, 562. ASK TO SPEAK TO THE SUPERVISOR. CONVENIENTLY THE SUPERVISOR WAS OUT OF THE OFFICE GAVE MY NAME AND CELL PHONE NUMBER AND HAS TO FOR HIM TO CALL. SO FAR, NO ONE HAS CALLED ME BACK. THEY JUST WANT ME TO GO AWAY. SINCE THERE'S NO SEWER HOOKUP. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS BEING PUT IN THAT TRASH CAN ALSO I GET THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING SOMEONE URINATE ON MY NEIGHBOR'S FENCE WHEN I LOOK OUT MY KITCHEN WINDOW. ON MARCH 3RD. I WAS A FOUR BY JIM BUSSARD THAT HE CALLED THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE SAME TRASH CAN NO MATTER WHAT QUESTION, HE ASKED. THEIR ONLY RESPONSE WAS WE'RE AWARE OF THE CAN. SANITATION DEPARTMENT ACTIONS ARE ENABLING AND ABETTING ILLEGAL SETUP. YOU CAN'T HELP ME WITH THE SITUATION. OR CANNOT TELL ME WHERE TO GO FOR HELP. CAN I SET UP A TENT IN MY YARD, NOT PAY MY UTILITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. I'M JAMES KING. SORRY MISTER MANAGER. CAN WE AND INVESTIGATORS TO WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THANK YOU. WE'LL CONTACT THE GENTLEMAN HAVE A

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AND, UH THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I WAS HERE FOR THREE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. INSPECTOR BOYKIN OF CODE ENFORCEMENT. CAME TO LAUNCH ONE AND THREE ON MONDAY AT TWO PM WITH HIS SUPERVISOR AND A NEW TRAINEE. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT BLOCKS ONE AND THREE ARE NOW 100% CLEAR . LOT TWO IS UNDERWAY. I MOVED TO 14 FT CARGO TRAILER ONTO THE LOT. AND I HAVE STARTED REMOVING , UH AND LIFTING AS LONG AS EVERYTHING IS 24 INCHES OFF THE GROUND. I DELIVERED MYSELF A PALETTE OF CINDER BLOCKS AND THREE CENTER BOX MAKES ABOUT 24 INCHES. SO I KNOW I'M GONNA BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT SO I AM. I TOLD YOU EARLIER THAT I RETIRED FROM THE TRADES AND BASICALLY THAT GIVES ME MORE TIME TO GET OUT OF THE OF THE PREDICAMENT. I AM WENT TO CITY.

I DO. EVERY ONE OF MY PROJECTS ARE PERMITTED PROJECTS AND I DO KNOW WHAT THE CITY REQUIRES. I'M A RESIDENTIAL SPECIALIST. I DON'T DO COMMERCIAL WORK. I CERTAINLY DON'T DO INDUSTRIAL WORK. BUT. I DO WANT TO GET TO ONE PROJECT AT A TIME. THAT'S MY GOAL. I'D LIKE TO BE A ONE SMALL HOUSE AT THE TIME. I HAVE FOUR VACANT LOTS. I BOUGHT HIM A LONG TIME AGO TO PUT HOUSES. I AM A RESIDENTIAL SPECIALIST, AND I AM A, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIALISTS. I WANT TO PUT PEOPLE IN HOUSING. WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW DEMANDS COMING TO OUR CITY HERE. THERE'S LIKE 70 BILLION COMING IN INDUSTRIAL. I WOULD LIKE FOR SOME PEOPLE TO MOVE BACK INTO BEAUMONT. I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE. THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING TO FINISH MY LIFE. I'VE GOT MY CEMETERY PLOT . I'M IN NO HURRY FOR THAT, BUT I'M PREPARED FOR THAT. SO ALL IN ALL I WANT TO THANK YOU.

EVERYONE AT THE CITY THAT I DEAL WITH HAS BEEN VERY COURTEOUS. THEY HAVE GIVEN ME CONSIDERATION. I TRY TO SHOW COURTESY BACK. THEY'VE GOT A JOB TO DO. I'M GOING TO BE COMPLIANT ON EVERYTHING. I TAKE CARE. I HOPE YOUR DAUGHTER'S DOING GOOD MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR KALLAS.

CALEB GREENE, 25 OH, EIGHT. LAUREL AVENUE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM I'VE HAD SOME VERY EXPENSIVE WATER BILLS FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, LEADING WAR DATING BACK TO LAST YEAR. 2022 I'VE TRIED TO GET THOSE RESOLVED ON SEVERAL ENCOUNTERS. AT THE PLACE WHERE WE PAY THE WATER BILL RIGHT ACROSS THE WAY, BUT THEY SAID THAT THE DEPARTMENT THAT REVIEW MY BUILD A RECEIPT FROM THE LEAK AND DETECTION REPAIR THAT I HAD DONE AND HAD TO PAY FOR. UM IT GOT DENIED BECAUSE THERE'S NO SUPERVISOR THERE AT WHATEVER UNSPECIFIED DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING FOR ME. SO I CAME TO ASK FOR SOME TYPE OF GUIDANCE OR ASSISTANCE. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU'LL JUST WAIT AFTER THE MEETING, WE WILL GET SOMEONE TO SPEAK WITH YOU. OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. OKAY AT THIS TIME. WE WILL, UM. I GUESS WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER COME IN, ALL RIGHT, JUST GO AHEAD AND RECESS COMMENTS TOTALLY UP TO YOU, BUT, UM. THAT'S ALL OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS SO WE CAN YEAH, I'M

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

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THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEMBER GETS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, SAMUEL WELL, I DON'T WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER EITHER. BUT YOU GO AHEAD , BUT I DID. THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON IN BEAUMONT THIS WEEKEND. AGAIN THE MURAL FEST WAS FANTASTIC. IT IS TWICE AS BIG AS IT WAS LAST YEAR, SO IT'S GROWING VERY MUCH. AND ALSO, UM, THE ORGANIZATION THAT PUT ON THE CAR AND BIKE SHOW AT CARROLL PARK PRODUCTIONS PRODUCTIONS. IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE OUT THERE AND SOME NICE CARS. NICE BIKES, SO THAT WAS GOOD. AND THEN THE SYMPHONY THAT WAS IT WAS QUITE DIFFERENT.

PEOPLE BRYSON, UH R AND B SINGER. WAS THERE WITH THE SYMPHONY. AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY HUGE SUCCESS. THE PARKING LOTS WERE FULL, BOTH SIDES AND EVEN THE CIVIC CENTER PARKING LOT WAS FULL, SO A LOT WAS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND, AND I HAVE TO COMMEND DEAN AND THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS STAFF. AS WELL AS ALL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT STAFF, ALL THAT THEY DID AND ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING TO MAKE BEAUMONT BETTER SO DANCING WITH THE STARS FRIDAY

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INFORMATION AND I APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOR HAVING TO GO THROUGH THAT AT THE SERVICE STATION.

GOING THROUGH THAT. BUT I WILL SAY I SPENT 45 MINUTES OF MY LIFE AFTER THAT ON THE PHONE WITH THEM, TOO. SO WITH OUR GOAL IS TO GET THINGS DONE, AND IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING RESPONDED TO AND THEIR ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED AND WE'RE DOING WHAT WE SHOULD DO.

UM JUST JUST FOR NO AND FOR THE PUBLIC WHENEVER SOMEONE COMES TO THE, UH, PODIUM TO SPEAK, AND THEY HAVE A SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SHOULD DO, WE AUTOMATICALLY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. NOW WE GATHER INFORMATION. WE GO AHEAD AND CONTACT THEM IF THEY HAVE VERY REQUEST OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE WE DON'T SAY ANYTHING DON'T MEAN WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING UP. IT'S JUST A EMPLOYEE POLICY.

NOW WE GET THAT INFORMATION AND FOLLOW UP. FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS WILL ASK HIM BUT I WON'T COUNCIL FILLED. COMFORTABLE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING ISSUES THAT COME BEFORE US. THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR TIME. I KNOW YOUR TIME. IT'S VERY, VERY VALUABLE AND WE HAD THE COUNCIL THEIR OUTLOOK COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE, UH, TODAY IT COULD BE THERE. AND BECAUSE IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE WORK THAT GETS THE BIGGEST ATTENTION, BUT IT'S THE IT'S THE MAKING THE SAUSAGE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TO SIT INTO THE FUTURE. SO I THINK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR VALUABLE THEY NEED TO DO THAT. AND TOMORROW SOME MORE TIME, SO IT'S GONNA PAY OFF BIG TIME FOR THE CITY. SO OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST SAY, GO BU WEDNESDAY. HMM. THANK YOU. MISREAD. THANK YOU, MR BOONE. YEAH JUST REAL BRIEFLY ECHO. THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT STUFF GOING ON IN OUR CITY LAST WEEKEND FOR SURE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UH KIND OF CONGRATULATE, MEND A AND PARTNERING WITH THE CBB, AND THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF CITIES SUPPORT FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE THAT WORK, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. MR JOHN ELLIS. MR BARCO V YAK. MR SEMINAR. MR BROUSSARD. THANK YOU. WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO MR WILLIAMS INTO THE STAFF ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING. WE WERE IN THIS MORNING FROM 8 TO 12 AND, UM IT'S A IT'S A GREAT PLAN . I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ONCE IT'S ALL FORMULATED AND IT COMES TOGETHER. WHAT THE RESULT IS GOING TO BE AND WE GET TO PRESENT IT. TO THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. IT'S GOING TO ALSO HELP US ON BUDGETING FOR NEXT YEAR. ALSO SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS AND STAFF. ALSO LIKE TO SAY, UM I DID ATTEND DANCING WITH THE STARS. I DID ATTEND MURAL FEST. AND I DID ATTEND SATURDAY NIGHT, MR PEOPLE, BRYSON. WHO IS, UH, TWO TIME OSCAR WINNER, TWO TIME GRAMMY WINNER. SIX GOLD RECORDS AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER AKYEL IT AS I TOLD A J. IF YOU DID NOT KNOW WHO THE WHO THE TIME IN MARS DAY WAS. YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO PEOPLE BRYSON IS. MY MAMA TOOK MY TICKETS. SO UM, BUT A LOT OF YOU HAVE HEARD PEABO BRYSON. HE WON THE OSCAR FOR BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. HE SUNG THE THEME SONG FOR BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. AND SO HE'S AN OLD SEVENTIES, UH R AND B SINGER AND THEN CAME INTO THE DISNEY WORLD. BUT. OF AGE. WE KNOW WHO HE IS. WE DO KNOW HIM, BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AND THE ORCHESTRA WAS AMAZING WITH UH, CHELSEA TIPTON AND, UM IT WAS.

IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL. AND THEN , AT THE LAST MINUTE, HE WAS ONLY CONTACTED LAST THURSDAY TO FILL IN FROM MARILYN MCU AND BILLY DAVIS, WHO TOOK SICK AND COULD NOT FLY TO GET TO

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YEAH ON FRIDAY NIGHT, SO COME AND CHECK ME OUT. POPE. SHE WAS PROBABLY GETS. ALSO UM GO BEAUMONT UNITED. UM HOW AWESOME IS THAT TO GO TO STATE OR ON THEIR WAY TO STATE? THREE TIMES IN A ROW, AND THE LAST TIME THAT HAPPENED. WAS IN 1982. UM. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE IS A CHARTERED BUS. MRS K. GILBERT WILL BE AT BELMONT UNITED HIGH SCHOOL MAIN GYM TODAY. FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. TO SIGN UP FOR RIDERS. A CHARTER BUS WILL BE TRAVELING TO SAN ANTONIO ON FRIDAY, MARCH 10TH LEAVING AT ONE O'CLOCK. THE ROUND TRIP COSTS TO RIDE WILL BE $100. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE YOUR CAUSE OF THE TICKET. TO GET INTO THE GAME, BUT IF THEY WIN THEN. THE BUS WILL BE LEAVING AGAIN AT TWO P.M. ON SATURDAY. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WRITING THE CHARTER BUS, YOU CAN GO TO BAMA UNITED TODAY FROM SIX PM TO EIGHT PM TO SIGN UP. MM HMM. AND SHE DID SAY THIS WAS ALL ADULT RIDERS. AND I HAVE MS MARY WILLIAMS THAT'S IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. UM WHO ALSO WAS WITH ME WITH THE PROCLAMATION TO MR PEABO BRYSON. SO NOT ONLY DID MARY UM GET HER PROGRAM AUTOGRAPH, BUT MARY BROUGHT HER TWO CASSETTE TAPES THAT SHE BROUGHT IN FROM THAT SHE PURCHASED IN GERMANY WHILE SHE WAS SERVING IN THE ARMY. AND SHE SAID, THIS IS WHAT SHE WOULD LISTEN TO, UH, WHILE SHE WAS IN GERMANY, AND I THINK SHE'S KIND OF CALMED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

SHE'S STILL BACK THERE BLUSHING, BUT IT WAS A HIGHLIGHT. OF HER LIFE. SOMETHING THAT UH SHE TOLD ME SHE WILL NEVER FORGET. AND, UM MARY. KUDOS TO YOU. SO AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO RECESS

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

[11. Consider rejecting a proposal for the lease or purchase and redevelopment of the property located at 555 Main Street.]

APPROVAL TO REJECT RESOLUTION. TO REACH IT. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 11. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REJECTION. MAY I HAVE A 2ND 2ND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES WE WILL NOW. RECESS INTO

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]