Apr 04, 2023 City Council

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GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE MEETING AFTER MOMENT CITY COUNCIL TODAY'S TUESDAY APRIL 4TH 2023. GIVEN TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY RICK IVY OF WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH.

IF YOU WILL, PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG. EVERYONE PLEASE, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THANK YOU. LET US PRAY. OMARION EVERLASTING GOD YOU LEFT FOR US NEVER FAILS. YOU ARE THE GOD OF ALL CREATION. YOU ARE THE CREATOR OF ALL THAT IS AND ALL THAT EVER WILL BE. WE THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH OUR LIVES WITH THIS DAY. FOR A CITY AND FOR PEOPLE. WE PRAY THAT DURING THIS HOLY WEEK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US HARDER THANKS AND GRATITUDE. REMIND US THAT YOU ARE A GOD WHO CALLS FOR US TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO SEEK JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND TO BE A PEOPLE WHO LIVE PEACEABLY SO THAT WE MIGHT ALL MY PROSPER. ALL THESE THINGS WE PRAY AND YOUR MIGHTY NAME.

AMEN AMEN. JOIN US IN THE PLAN. I PLAYED THE LEECHES. ACTION. MHM. REVEREND IVY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. MAY I HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. BHUTAN PRESIDENT PRO TIM DURIO. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER FELL SHORT PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL RENEWAL THANK YOU. WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE TODAY. TODAY WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS AND ONE

[Proclamations, Presentations and Recognitions]

FURTHERMORE LET THE TOWN CRIER BRING THE MESSAGE TO EVERY HAMLET AND VILLAGE WITHIN SHOUTING DISTANCE AND BEYOND, AND LET KING NATURE 75TH COMMAND HIS SUBJECT. TO ENJOY THEMSELVES TO THE FULLEST DOING THIS SPAN BILL FAST PACED 75TH NATURE'S RIVER FESTIVAL WEEK. NOW.

THEREFORE I NEAR ROBIN, BHUTAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE ON THIS FOURTH DAY OF APRIL 2023 HERE AND TO SET MY HANDS THAT AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIX ACCORDINGLY. SIGNED MAYOR ROBIN MUTINY IN APRIL. 4TH. AND ACCEPTING. THIS PROCLAMATION. FOR NATURE'S RIVER FESTIVAL OF 75 YEARS IS ACTUALLY BRIAN NATURE'S RIVER FESTIVAL SOCIAL CHAIRMAN. FULLER MCSPADDEN NATURE'S RIVER FESTIVAL.

PRESIDENT PLEASE COME FORWARD. YOU'RE THERE. THANK YOU GOT THE SCRIPT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR FORGIVING US TIME. WE'RE HONORED AND SO GRATEFUL FOR

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OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION WILL BE MADE OF RED BY MERE PRO TIM CHRIS DURIAN. THIS PROCLAMATION IS FOR NATIONAL UH, PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. WHEREAS THE WEEK OF APRIL 3RD THROUGH THE 9TH 2023 IS A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, AND THE THEME IS CENTERING AND CELEBRATING CULTURES IN HEALTH. AND WE'RE ASKED SINCE 1995, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION THROUGH ITS SPONSORSHIP OF NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK HAS EDUCATED THE PUBLIC POLICYMAKERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ABOUT ISSUES IMPORTANT TO IMPROVING THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH. AND WHEREAS THE BEAUMONT PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS WORKING FOR A SAFE POPULATION BY ASSISTING THE COMMUNITY WITH UNDERSTANDING HEALTH ISSUES PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DISEASE PREPARING FOR PUBLIC EMERGENCIES, ASSUMING A SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE PROMOTING HEALTHY LIVING.

AND HELP HIM GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED. HMM AND WHEREAS PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK PROVIDES PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND TO HEIGHTEN THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS OF MAJOR HEALTH ISSUES AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WHEREAS PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HELP COMMUNITIES PREVENT, PREPARE FOR

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AND WHEREAS PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION TOGETHER WITH SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN REDUCING AND IN SOME CASES, ELIMINATING THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND THEN ESTABLISHING TODAY'S DISEASE, SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL SYSTEMS. AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S THEME CENTERING AND CELEBRATING CULTURES AND HEALTH ACKNOWLEDGES THE FACT THAT WE LEARN FROM THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE BORN IN AND BUILD TOGETHER AS WE CELEBRATE THIS WEEK, LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH THREE, HEALTHIER AND SAFER FOR ALL. NOW THEREFORE, MAYOR ROB IN MEUDON BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN HER BY THE LAWS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 3RD THROUGH THE 9TH 2023 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK 2023 IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF BEAUMONT TO OBSERVE THIS WEEK BY HELPING OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, CO WORKERS AND LEADERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. AND SUPPORTING GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO ADOPT PREVENTATIVE LIFESTYLE HABITS IN LIGHT OF THIS YEAR'S THEME CENTER CENTERING AND CELEBRATING CULTURES IN HEALTH IN WITNESS WHEREOF SHE HAS HERE ONTO SET HER HAND THIS FOURTH DAY OF APRIL. 2023 OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE 247TH. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HEARING TO SET HER HAND AND CALLED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIXED. SIGN.

ROBIN MEUDON MAYOR APRIL 4TH 2023. AND ACCEPTING WILL BE MERRY ALEXANDER CITY OF BEAUMONT , CLINICAL NURSE MANAGER, PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HMM.

ON BEHALF OF OUR DIRECTOR AND ITS ABSENCE. HE'S AT A CONFERENCE. WE JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING US AND IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE AND OUR PLEASURE TO SERVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN OUR CITIZENS EVERY DAY. THANK YOU MARRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW YOU'VE MADE YOUR DIRECTOR MR COLEMAN. VERY PROUD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT DAY. NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. AND I WILL READ. WHEREAS NATIONALS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH CALLS ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS WIDESPREAD AND IMPACTS EVERY PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY. WHERE IS THE GOAL OF NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH? IT'S RAISED TO THE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE. EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON HOW TO PREVENT IT. AND HOW TO MAKE PREDATORS ACCOUNTABLE. WHEREAS ONE IN TWO WOMEN AND ONE IN FOUR MEN EXPERIENCED SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIFETIME. SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS COMMON IN YOUTH AND USUALLY COMMITTED BY SOMEONE THE VICTIM KNOWS. ADOLESCENTS EXPERIENCED SEXUAL VIOLENCE ARE LIKELY TO BECOME VICTIMS AGAIN AS ADULTS. WHEREAS THE THEME THIS YEAR FOR NATIONALS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH IS DRAWING CONNECTIONS PREVENTION DEMANDS.

EQUITY. CALLED ON ALL INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS

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BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT DOES PROCLAIMED THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. AND HEREBY ENCOURAGES ALL TO STAND WITH SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. AND ERADICATE THIS CRIME FROM OUR COMMUNITY EXPRESSING OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO ALL THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE COMMITTED. TO IMPROVING OUR RESPONSE TO ALL SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. ACCORDINGLY I MAYOR ROBYN MARTIN HAS HEARING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SALE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIX THIS DAY. SIGNED MAYOR ROB IN MEUDON APRIL 4TH. 2023 ACCEPTING IS CHERYL WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS SOUTHEAST TEXAS DO THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS . SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH RECOGNIZES THE PROBLEMS THAT THE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT EXPERIENCE AND HOW HARD IT IS TO GO ON AND MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES ONCE THEY BECOME VICTIMS WITHOUT THE CRISIS INTERVENTION THAT WE PROVIDE WITH THEM, AND IT'S REALLY HARD FOR THEM TO EVEN ACCEPT SERVICES BECAUSE SOMETIMES NO ONE IN THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, AND THEY'RE AFRAID TO TELL ANYONE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM BECAUSE IT'S EMBARRASSING FOR ONE AND THEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. BUT CRISIS INTERVENTION IS A BIG HELP FOR THEM AND THE CRISIS IN HIS PROVIDED THESE SERVICES FOR 49 YEARS WE'RE COMING UP ON OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND PROVIDE ME SERVICES. SO WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MOST OF THESE SERVICES. SO WE'D LIKE TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. THANK YOU.

OKAY, LASTLY. BUT CERTAINLY. NOT LEAST WE HAVE A RECOGNITION. BUT THE CAPPER AFRA. SIDE FRATERNITY INCORPORATED. ZETA FIVE CAT CHAPTER. CELEBRATING 50 YEARS ON THE CAMPUS OF LAMAR UNIVERSITY.

AND I HAVE DECIDED THAT I WILL LET YOUR BROTHER. COUNCIL MEMBER. TURNER READ THIS PROCLAMATION. WELL, I WANT TO HUMBLY SAY THANK YOU, MAYOR ROB IN BHUTAN FOR LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE

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PLEASE COME FORWARD COME FORWARD. I HAVE TO TELL Y'ALL EX COUNCIL MEMBER UH, AUDIO AND SAMUEL IF HE WANTED TO READ THAT, AND I SAY NO. CALCULATION RATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HELLO MY COUSIN WAY BETTER CONGRATULATIONS. RELATIONS CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. MAYOR. NO, YOU CAN'T COME IN HERE. COME ON.

RIGHT RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW, RELATIONSHIP TO SEE YOU. NO STORY. LIOR. I'M GONNA GO DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM, AND I WANT TO GET HIM LIKE SENATOR. TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT MAYOR AS SAY, THANK YOU. UM NOT ACCUSTOMED TO DOING THIS, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW BROTHERS THAT I LOVE TOO. MAKE A RESPONSE. THANK YOU TO MAKE THIS REAL SHORT WHEN THE MAYOR WAS SAYING, CAP AT THE SIDE, GETTING A LITTLE EMOTIONAL BECAUSE IT NEVER THOUGHT WHEN YOU PLAY IT EARLY IN THE 17 75 THAT WE WOULD BE HERE TODAY, CELEBRATING 50 YEARS NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT. AND BROUGHT BACK A MEMORY TO ME. THAT AT OUR PROVINCE MEETING, WHICH WAS BY THE THOUSANDS BROTHERS, THEY'RE LOOKING AT BILL. UH THE PROVINCE POSTMARK SAID THEY DECIDE NEEDS PRAYER. I DUCK UNDER PEOPLE WAS LAUGHING. MAN, I WAS SHAME, EMBARRASSING. AND WENT BACK AND WORK HARD. AND I TOOK IT AS A NEGATIVE. ACTUALLY WAS A POSITIVE AND I THINK BACK TO RIGHT NOW TODAY TO MAKE THE NEXT 50 YEARS. WE DO NEED PRAYER. SO ACTUALLY ALL Y'ALL TO REMEMBER US AND I'VE FRATERNITY AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO DO COMMUNITY STUFF AND WITH THE UNDERGRADS BECAUSE THAT'S OUR FUTURE, SO I APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. HEY, Y'ALL. HEY LET ME

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RIGHT WRONG WILL YEAH, BOY. YEAH. HAPPENED. TO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING.

CONGRATULATIONS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE FOR THE PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE. NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. I WILL GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES TO EXIT.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. WHILE THERE ARE EXITING I WOULD LIKE TO READ AT THE CLOSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATE OR PENDING LITIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.71 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. MELANIE MAURIER COMEAU VERSUS CITY OF BEAUMONT CAUSED NUMBER E 210 C. 36 CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO THE DELIBERATION PURCHASE. LEAST EXCHANGE OUR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551072 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO IT SPECIFICALLY LAND OWNED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, SOUTH OF WEST CARDINAL DRIVE AND EAST OF I 10, MOST SPECIFICALLY THEIR APPROXIMATE. 2049.30. ACRE TRACK OF C. HILDEBRANDT. A B S 28 TRACK. 10 JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THANK YOU NOW IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE, SO PLEASE FILL OUT THE GREEN SLIP TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM HANDED TO THE CLERK TO THE RIGHT. OF THE ROOM. SHE WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR THREE MINUTES.

WE HAVE A FULL ROOM SO I WOULD PLEASE ASK IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MAYOR WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO CHANGE IT. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO THE . IT'S UP TO YOU, BUT WE DO HAVE TO PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS PRIOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU. OKAY, WE CAN DO THE PUBLIC.

PRESENTATIONS. WHAT DO THE PRESENTATIONS. OKAY WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND I'M SORRY WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATIONS. MR WILLIAMS. YEAH, WE'RE GONNA DO THE. THANK YOU. IT'S A DAY,

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UM WHAT I LIKE TO START IS BY FIRST TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S UH I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS TO ALL OF US, REGARDLESS OF OUR AGE, GENDER. ETHNICITY. UH OUR FINANCIAL STATUS. I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IS HUMAN LIFE. AND WHEN IT COMES TO FIRST RESPONDERS, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE BASICALLY COMING TO THE 911 CALLS AND DEALING WITH WITH THAT PRECIOUS CARGO. HAVING SAID THAT , I THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE N S GROUP THAT RESPONDS TO THE 911 CALLS IS WELL VERSED AND, UM, THEY'VE GOT THEIR GOOD CLINICAL TRAINING. AND THEY'VE HAD THE GOOD BACKGROUND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE BEST CARE AND THIS IS WHERE I COME IN. AS FAR AS MY OBSERVATION FOR THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS IN DOING SO. I TAKE THIS ROLE VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR DECADES. ONE THING THAT I CAN TELL YOU AND LET ME PREFACE THIS BY SAYING, FIRST OF ALL, THIS HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE S R MEDICAL DIRECTOR. AND TRULY THE SMALLEST PIECE OF THIS PUZZLE. THE REASON WHY MORE MONEY UM S IS AS GOOD AS THEY ARE IS BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING IT. I MAX. WHEN IS THE M S MANAGER VENDOR FOR DECADES. PEOPLE LIKE CHRIS LANDRY, WHO'S THE EDUCATOR AND STEPPING ROMO. WHO ARE IN ALL THE OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY HANDLING THIS, MAINLY THE PERSON THAT'S FORESEEING THE MEDICAL DIRECTION AND MAKING SURE THAT PROTOCOLS ARE FOLLOWED. THE THING THAT REALLY SEPARATES MORE MONEY, A MIST AND THE REST OF THE CREW IN TOWN, AND I SEE THIS ON A DAILY BASIS. IS THERE TRAINING THEY ARE SUPERB AND WHAT THEY DO. I HAVE TOLD EVERYONE FOR YEARS THAT I CONSIDER BOMANI M S THE NAVY SEALS UP VMS. THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SHOWING UP TO YOUR DOORSTEP WHEN NINE MORE MILES CALLED YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE ACTING AS PHYSICIANS, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I TELL PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY MY CREW IS IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT YOU DON'T HAVE AN ENERGY DEGREE AFTER YOUR NAME.

FOR ME. WHAT THEY DO IS AS IMPORTANT IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT I DO IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AND THE OPERATING ROOM WERE KIND OF GLORIFIED BECAUSE OF OUR TITLE, BUT IN REALITY, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE WORK. YOU THINK ABOUT IT? ONE HOUR THEY GET CALLED. THEY HAVE A TWO YEAR OLD WITH ASTHMATIC ATTACK THE NEXT HOUR. THEY MAY HAVE YOUR MOTHER YOUR GRANDMOTHER WITH CHEST PAIN WITH HEART ATTACK. THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO INTERPRET EKGS AND GIVE APPROPRIATE MEDICATION. ANOTHER ANOTHER HOUR, THEY GET A MULTI CAR ACCIDENT ESTABLISHES AND GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THEY MAY HAVE A G. I BLEED. THEY MAY HAVE A PREGNANT WOMAN, SO YOUR BRAIN IS CONSTANTLY HAS TO DECIPHER WHAT'S GOING ON DURING THESE CALLS. SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO APPLY AND IN ORDER TO RENDER THE APPROPRIATE CARE THEY HAVE TO BE WELL TRAINED. AND THIS IS WHERE I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE. BOMANI MRS. IN A FANTASTIC JOB. HOW CAN I BACK THAT UP? IN 2017 IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS. BOMANI MESS RECEIVED THE BEST AND THE BIGGEST AWARD THAN ANY M S SERVICE CAN GET, AND THAT WAS THE BEST IN THE SERVICE IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S OVER 100 AND 40 M S SERVICES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND LITERAL BEAUMONT,

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THIS IS A LOW LEVEL CALL. WE CAN SEND A BLS TRUCK. SO THAT RIGHT THERE WILL MEDICATE A LOT OF THESE CALLS THAT ARE BASICALLY ARE TURNING INTO NO SHOWS TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. EMERGENCY ROOMS ARE ALSO BEING USED AS CLINICS. I'VE BEEN HAVING BACK PAIN FOR SIX MONTHS. I COME TO THE ER. I RAN OUT OF MEDICATION. I COME TO THE ER AND THIS MY DIALYSIS. I DON'T HAVE A PCP OUT OF IT.

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN I COME TO THE ER. SO EVERYTHING IS KIND OF BEING THIS IS WHERE THE MAYHEM OCCURS. SO THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT RATHER THAN LOWERING THE

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THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH OTHER M S SERVICES, AND I'M NOT HERE TO BADMOUTH OTHER M S SERVICES. BUT IT'S THE REALITY. WHY IS THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME TRAINING. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WHEN I SEE THINGS LIKE OR CITIZENS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CRITICAL, UH THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN BEAUMONT AND THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE CARE THAT KIND OF UPSETS ME BECAUSE I THINK IF ANYTHING, THE CARE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED BY MIND, BUT MONEY IS EXCELLENT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE I SEE THIS EVERY DAY. TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE YEAR AFTER YEAR . WE WERE, OF COURSE, HAVE, UH, UP TO SEVEN TRUCKS RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN MAN, DEPENDING ON HARMONY, MEDICS WE HAVE AVAILABLE AH, FIVE OR RUNNING 24 7 AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THE YEAR OR THE WEEK OR THE MONTH, WE CAN HAVE AS MANY AS SEVEN. WE ARE FINANCED TO HAVE NINE. BUT IN ORDER TO AGAIN, MAN, THE EXTRA 2 2.5 TRUCKS WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE TRAINING JUST REQUIRED THAT TRAINING IS ABOUT TWO MONTHS WORTH OF TRAINING, DIDACTIC TRAINING, MEANING PROTOCOL MEDICATION.

PROCEDURAL THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST TAKE A WEEK IN CLASS AND OKAY, YOU GOT YOUR E M S. AND NOW YOU CAN EMPTY AND NOW YOU CAN BE IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. THAT TO ME IS DISASTROUS , AND I DON'T CONDONE THAT AND I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES WITH THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DEAL WITH.

AND IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT 2017, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS WAS A BAD YEAR BECAUSE OF HARVEY AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD 316 DAYS WE HAD SIX MEDICS, UH, KIND OF DROPPED DOWN TO 266 DAYS. THAT'S THE GREEN LINE. WHEN WE HAVE SIX MEDICAL TRUCKS AND YOU CAN SEE THE OSCILLATION IN THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY, AS TIME HAS GONE BY, YES, THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS HAS INCREASED. THE NUMBER OF MEDICS HAS NOT INCREASED. NOW ARE THERE 911 CALLS THAT ARE MISSED BECAUSE THE TRUCKS ARE BUSY.

ABSOLUTELY AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED MORE TRUCKS AND WE NEED MORE MEDICS, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN MEDICATE TO GET MORE MEDICS INCREASED THE PAY. GIVEN BONUSES. WHAT DO I DO IN THE HOSPITAL AND THAT I DID AFTER COVID HIT BECAUSE IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THEY WOULD COME TO THE HOSPITAL TO COME TO THE E. R AND THE E. M S AMBULANCES WILL BE ON THE WALL FOR 23 HOURS BEFORE THEY COULD UNLOAD THEIR PATIENTS. IN RETURN. WE GOT A PARAMEDIC TO WORK IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND KIND OF UNLOAD THOSE MEDICS SO THEY CAN GO BACK IN CITY AND TAKE THE NEXT 91 MORE CALL. CAN YOU BREAK DOWN WHAT YOU MEAN BY ON THE WALL ON THE WALL, SO WHEN IT WHEN IT WHEN IT IN THIS PERSONNEL BRINGS A PATIENT DURING COVID. WE WERE GETTING SLAUGHTERED IN THE ER FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. SO WE HAVE, SAY 78 NURSES AND WE HAVE 200 PATIENTS TO RENDER. SO WHEN I WHEN A PATIENT'S BROUGHT BY THE EMERGENCE BY THE N S SERVICE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? WHAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IS THERE MET BY A NURSE? THEY TAKE A REPORT THEY DIG PATIENTS AWAY FROM THE M S. THEY START RENDERING CARE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. SO THE M S PERSONAL CAN THEN BE FREED UP. GO OUT, CLEAN YOUR TRUCK AND BE READY FOR THE NEXT 911 CALL. WE WOULD LIKE THAT PROCESS TO BE 30 MINUTES OR LESS. WELL WE'RE GETTING INUNDATED WITH HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS AND VERY FEW STAFF. YOU CAN IMAGINE THE M S PEOPLE WERE STANDING WITH THE PATIENT THAT THEY BROUGHT IN TWO HOURS, THREE HOURS, FOUR HOURS, MEANING THAT THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE WITH THAT SAME PATIENT IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. THEY HAVE TO. TAG GIVE REPORT IN ORDER TO LEAVE. THEY CAN'T LEAVE UNTIL THAT'S DONE. SO THAT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. BUT THAT WAS ALSO GLOBAL. THAT WAS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND EVERY EMERGENCY ROOM. WHAT I DID, AND THEY DID WHAT I DID PERSONALLY, AT LEAST FOR SAINI. BECAUSE I HAD THIS POWER. I KNEW THAT WE BOMANI M S OBVIOUSLY BEING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF DNS SERVICE. I WANT THEM OUT THERE DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST NOT SITTING ON THE WALL, SO I TOLD MY NURSES LISTEN, WHEN BOMANI MISS BRINGS A PATIENT YOU TAKE PRIORITY. YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU LET THEM UNLOAD THAT PATIENTS SOONER SO THEY CAN GO BACK OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE THAT NEEDS THEM. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. GIVING SOME SOME KIND OF

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AND AGAIN I SEE THIS EVERY DAY. I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT. NOTHING TO DO WITH ME AS THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR. I PROMISE YOU 99% IS DONE BY THESE GUYS. I'M ONLY FORESEEING IT AND I'M NOT GONNA PUT MY MEDICAL LICENSE IN JEOPARDY. IF I DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, I TAKE THIS JOB VERY SERIOUSLY. THE OTHER REASON WHY I REALLY TOOK THIS JOB ON BECAUSE I KNEW AS A TRAUMA SURGEON WHAT THEY DO AT THE SCENE AND WE GET A LOT OF TRAUMAS. YOU GUYS KNOW THIS.

FROM STABBING GUNSHOT CAR. IT'S A DAILY EVENT. WE SEE 1680 TRAUMAS A YEAR AT OUR FACILITY, LITTLE OBAMA WERE THE ONLY TRAUMA CENTER IN THIS IN THIS AREA ONCE SHE PASSED HOUSTON THE ONLY TRAUMA CENTER ALL THE WAY. TO BATON ROUGE. SO WHEN I SEE THIS, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER IS TAKING CARE OF THESE PATIENTS AT THE SCENE, THEY STARTED THE WORLD CUP AND THE TREATMENT CORRECTLY, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T RENDER THAT CARE IN AN APPROPRIATE FASHION, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I DO IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. I'M GOING TO HAVE A DEAD PATIENT OR A CRIPPLED PATIENT. CONSIDERED ALL STARS AT THE SCENE, AND THIS IS WHY I THINK THEIR JOB IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE TO ME THEY'RE DOING WHAT I'M DOING IN MUCH WORSE ENVIRONMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH MINIMAL EQUIPMENT. WITH PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT THEY COULD THEY COULD HURT THEM. UM BUT THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THIS IS WHY THE TRAINING IS SO IMPORTANT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I REALLY DRILL THAT IN I DO NOT I THINK THAT WE DO SING THE CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION IS THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. WE NEED QUALITY AND NOT QUANTITY. WE DO NEED MORE QUANTITY, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE SURE OF THAT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, DR KEVIN SPORTS. SO DO WE HAVE A PARAMEDIC ON EVERY AMBULANCE RIGHT NOW? WE DO NOT. BUT HOWEVER, OUR TRAINING PROGRAM PROVIDES E M T BRING IT UP TO THE NEXT LEFT TO THE ADVANCED LEVEL. UM, WE TRAIN THEM TO THE SAME UNDERSTANDING THE PARAMEDIC SO CLINICALLY THINKING, YES, IN THAT SENSE, BUT AS A PATCH WISE, NO. BUT WE ARE HIRING AND SENDING SOME OF THOSE E M T TWO PARAMEDIC THROUGHOUT A Y T FROM SOME OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE STATE HAS PUT OUT ON HOUSE BILL EIGHT AND WHATNOT. SO WE ARE FUNDING THEM TO GO GET THEIR PARAMEDICS. BUT ALL RIGHT, SO JUST TO RE ASK THE QUESTION, SO RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE A PARAMEDIC ON EVERY AMBULANCE. EVERY AMBULANCE. NO OKAY, SO HOW HOW MANY? HOW OFTEN ARE AMBULANCES 100% STAFF BY FIREMAN? 100% STAFF BY FIREMEN. WE HAD STAFF THEM WITH OUR E M T OUR CIVILIAN EMS PERSONNEL AND THOSE FIREFIGHTERS THAT HAS COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING TO LEAVE THEM. AMBULANCE WILL STAFF ONE OF THOSE PERSONNEL, FOLLOWED BY ANY VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS THROUGH THE DEPUTY CHIEFS TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES OPPOSITE SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE PAIRING UP WITH AN EXPERIENCE. AND SO CALLED AND THEN WITH ANOTHER FIREFIGHTER, AND SOME OF THEM ARE GOING THROUGH THE TRAINING PART PROGRESS ITSELF, UH, THE SAME AND THEN THEY'RE GETTING SOME.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE RECENTLY HAVE ABOUT EIGHT FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE ATTENDING OUR NET P PROGRAM SO THEY'LL BE PAIRED UP WITH AN EXPERIENCED ONE SO THEY CAN GET THEIR EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING AND WHATNOT SIMULTANEOUSLY. AND WHAT'S THEIR CERTIFICATION? THE FIREMEN THAT

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IT'S ALL PERSONNEL BASED ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE BASIC LIFE SUPPORT WHETHER THE AMBULANCE CAN BE STEP BY TWO B. O S PERSONNEL WHICH MAKES IT A B O S AMBULANCE. YOU'RE GOING TO STOP IT WITH AN ADVANCED. WHICH ARE THEY ABLE TO START I V S INTUBATION AND SOME, UH, AIRWAY MEDICATIONS. BUT THEN YOU GET M I C U WHICH IS STAFFED BY A PYRAMID IQ AND THESE ARE THE GROUPS THAT CAN DO PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE SOMETIMES CALL BRING THE E R INTO THE FIELD IF YOU WILL AND PUT IT ON WHEELS, SO THEY HAVE A PARAMEDIC TRAINED IN THAT CAPACITY. AH THE WAY WE WERE LOOKING AT IT, PERHAPS BE TEARING IT DOWN TO STAFF APPROPRIATE BASED ON THE RESOURCES BASED ON THE MAIN POWER THAT WE GOT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO POS ADVANCE IN THE ICU BASED ON THE CALL TYPES, AND I THINK THAT WOULD END UP BEING A BETTER MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES AND OTHERS PARENTS UP MEDICAL CALLS TO OUR RESOURCES INSTEAD OF SENDING EVERYTHING. I FOR THAT SO CALLED, SAY, LOW ACUITY , CAUSE IF YOU WILL, SO THE IDEA IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE

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TOWARDS THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. SO THAT'S REALLY THE END GOAL AND I THINK WITH THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO HANDLE MORE TYPE OF CARS, SAVING THE EMERGENCY RESOURCES TO THOSE LIFE THREATS CALLED THAT THE M I C U IS ABLE TO HANDLE JUST HAD A REALLY NICE PRESENTATION. UM AND THERE HAVE ADAPTED THIS IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND THEY HAVE REDUCED THEIR UNNECESSARY, UH, CALLS IF YOU WANT TO CALL THAT BY 22% BECAUSE THERE ARE MITIGATING RIGHT OFF THE BAT FROM THE BEGINNING, WE HAVE A PERSONALITY IT'S ACTUALLY EDUCATED TAKES TO CALL ASKED FEW QUESTIONS AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS A SICK PATIENT. WE NEED TO GO WITH THIS ONE. WELL, THIS IS NOT SO MUCH LOWER CUTIE SO WE CAN SEND THE BLS SOMEBODY WITH BASIC KNOWLEDGE. SO THERE ARE THERE ARE WAYS OBVIOUSLY TO MITIGATE TO MINIMIZE, UM, OUTSOURCING OUR RESOURCES FOR EVERY 911 CALL. IS IT BEING CRITICAL? LIKE YOU CRY WOLF IS YOU KNOW BECAUSE A THIRD OF THEM OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE NO SHOW. THEY REFUSED TO EVEN COME TO THE SO WE COULD. CAPTURE THOSE AND MAXIMIZE CAPTURING THOSE, SO WE DON'T SEND OUR RESOURCES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM AND SENDING THEM TO THE ONES THAT ARE HIGHER LEVEL CALL RIGHT THERE. YOU'RE GONNA BE MITIGATING A LOT OF THOSE. AND, OF COURSE, INCENTIVIZING. HIGHER PAY. YOU KNOW, MAKING IT MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR THEM TO GO TO BECOME A PARAMEDIC GIVING THEM BONUSES? I MEAN, AFTER ALL, IT'S YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE ALSO LOSING SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS. WE'VE LOST THEM TO HIGHER LEVELS. WE'VE HAD A FEW THAT WENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY WERE PARAMEDICS, AND THEY LOVED IT AND SELL IT TO BE A DOCTOR THEN WENT TO P A SCHOOLS. OR THEY MOVED. SO THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT REASONS WHY PEOPLE LOST SOME OF OUR MEDICS, BUT MOST IMPORTANT, THE NUMBER OF DENOMINATOR THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS HAVE INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY, EVEN THOUGH COVID KIND OF DIED DOWN NOW WATCHING THE AFTER EFFECTS OF COVID. YEARS HAVE NOT SLOWED DOWN. I LIVED THERE IT IS CHAOTIC, DR TRAVIS BARKER. HOW YOU CAN MENTION THE PROGRAM IN SAN ANTONIO. HOW DO YOU DISCERN. WHAT IS TRULY SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO VERSUS SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT BE A NO, IT'S I CRIED WOLF, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS LESS IMPORTANT. IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN WE INTERVIEW A PATIENT , UM AND THERE'S A LITTLE VIDEO . I'M SORRY, MAXWELL SHOW YOU TWO BUT BUT BASICALLY ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION KNOWING WHAT TO ASK AND TRYING TO GET THE ANSWERS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CALL. AND OFTENTIMES AS AS I LEARNED, AND UNFORTUNATELY THIS PART OF THE, UM, TRAINING IS KIND OF DISSIPATING, WHICH I DON'T LIKE. I WAS TAUGHT IN MEDICAL SCHOOL. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING DURING YOUR DIAGNOSIS IS YOUR HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAM HISTORY BEING NUMBER ONE. NINE OUT OF 10 TIMES. THE PATIENT CAN TALK TO ME. ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU WITHOUT EVEN TOUCHING YOU BECAUSE THAT HISTORY IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GIVEN BACK TO ME. MY MIND STARTS TRIGGERING TO WHAT I NEED TO KNOW AND HOW SERIOUSLY SICK YOU ARE. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION . A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE QUESTION AND ANSWER THAT THAT DIALOGUE THAT'S BASICALLY BEING TRANSPIRED ON THE PHONE CALL, AND SO YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY TELLS ME I'M CALLING BECAUSE OF MY BACK HURTS. WELL, HOW LONG HAS YOUR BACK BEEN HURTING? IT'S BEEN HURTING ME FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. HAVE YOU SEEN A PHYSICIAN? I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IS REALLY KILLING ME. I'M OUT OF MY MEDICATION. I'M CALLING 911. WELL YOU CAN KIND OF DISCERN THAT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. VERSUS SOMEBODY SAYING MY CHEST HURTS.

I'M SHORT OF BREATH. I'M SWEATING. WELL WE'RE COMING NOW. SO BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ON THE 911 CALL SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU. SOME PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THEIR MEDICINE. SOME PEOPLE GOT I RAN OUT OF MY INSULIN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY SUGAR LEVEL IS, AND IF FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE SAME THING THAT I'VE SEEN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHY ARE YOU HERE? I'VE BEEN HAVING A HEADACHE. HOW LONG FOR MONTHS? DID YOU SEE YOUR DOCTOR? NO. BUT I'M HERE TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG. SO THEY'RE USING AS CLINIC SO THEY KIND OF USED 911 THE SAME WAY.

BUT THAT'S JUST TO HELP JUST HOW IT IS SO BY DISCERNING THAT AND SORT OF FILTERING THAT, OFTENTIMES YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S CRITICAL AND WHAT'S NOT, BUT MATT CAN ALSO SHOW IT AS QUICK LITTLE VIDEOS. YOU WANT QUICK QUESTION EARLIER YOU HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE DISPATCHERS.

YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF HAVING PARAMEDICS DISPATCHING SOMEBODY , DEFINITELY. THAT'S MORE MEDICALLY ORIENTED. CORRECT. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE CURRENT DISPATCHERS CAN BE TRAINED TO DO ? YES DOWN THE LINE. AND IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE VIDEO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE CALLING, UH, CLINICAL DISPATCHING, ACTUALLY TAKING THAT CALL IN BEING ABLE TO BACK AND FORTH, AND I THINK YOU WERE IMPRESSED WITH IT TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING HERE IN BEAUMONT. UH TO SEE IF WE KIND OF MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS. SOME OF THOSE CALLS ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY BEGUN UTILIZING THE GOOD SAM APP. THEY USE THIS TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. THE APP ALLOWS PARAMEDIC DISPATCHERS TO

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AND KEEPING EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AVAILABLE FOR CRITICAL INCIDENTS. THE PUBLIC SAFETY, ANSWERING POINTS OR PIECE UP RECEIVES A CALL FROM MEDICAL EMERGENCY. THE CALLER IS GREETED BY A SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDIC DISPATCHER. AND THE EXISTING CALL TAKING PROCESS BEGINS. THE DISPATCHER WILL VERIFY PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS BEFORE STARTING TO WORK THROUGH MEDICAL PROTOCOL, WRITTEN BY THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR. THIS PROTOCOL AND THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PARAMEDICS ASSISTANT ENSURING NO CRITICAL PATIENT HAS EVER MISSED. COLORS COMPLAINING OF SEVERE MEDICAL PROBLEMS WILL HAVE RESOURCES SENT TO THEIR LOCATION WHILE THE CALL TAKER IS STILL ON THE PHONE. THOSE COLORS THAT HAVE MILDER COMPLAINTS WILL BE ASKED FURTHER QUESTIONS TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE CARE. ONCE THE COLOR IS IDENTIFIED TO HAVE A LOWER PRIORITY INCIDENT, THAT COLLAR IS TRANSFERRED TO OUR NEW CLINICAL DISPATCHER. THE CLINICAL DISPATCHER WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST THE COLOR AND ALLOW THE INITIAL CALL TAKER TO BECOME AVAILABLE TO ANSWER.

OTHER EMERGENCY CALLS. THE CLINICAL DISPATCHER WILL TAKE TIME TO VERIFY NO CRITICAL SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OR MISSED DURING THE INITIAL CALL. TAKING IF A CRITICAL SITUATION DOES NOT EXIST, THE CLINICAL DISPATCHER WILL SEND A TEXT MESSAGE TO THE COLOR USING THE GOOD SAM APP.

THE COLOR WILL BE ASKED TO CLICK ON A LINK AND ALLOW PERMISSIONS FOR AUDIO AND VIDEO. THIS TEXT AUTOMATICALLY TURNS ON THE COLORS CAMERA AND WILL ALLOW THE CLINICAL DISPATCHER TO SEE THE COLOR. THIS PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION TO THE CLINICAL DISPATCHER, SUCH AS THEIR SKIN COLOR EFFORT OF BREATHING ABILITY TO FOLLOW COMMANDS AND PROVIDES A VIEW OF THE INJURY.

THE APPLICATION ALSO UTILIZES THE PHONES AI CAPABILITIES AND WILL GIVE THE COLORS UPHOLSTERY.

WITH ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, THE CLINICAL DISPATCHER CAN ASSIST THE COLOR IN MAKING THE BEST DECISION FOR THEIR SITUATION. THIS COULD INCLUDE SENDING NO RESOURCES IF AT HOME CARE IS APPROPRIATE AND AVAILABLE, SENDING A TAXI VOUCHER FOR TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL OR CLINIC OR SENDING A FIRE RESOURCE TO FURTHER EVALUATE THE COLOR. THE NEXT PHASES OF THE PROGRAM BRING ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES FOR PATIENT CARE AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. GOOD. SAM APP ALLOWS OUR DISPATCHERS TO BRING IN A CONSULTANT SUCH AS OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR GUIDANCE IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND PROVIDING FIRST CLASS CUSTOMER SERVICE AND UNMATCHED PATIENT CARE. THE GOOD SAM APP CAN BE USED FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AS WELL. THE COLORS VIDEO CAN BE STREAMED TO RESPONDING UNITS SO THEY MAY SEE THE SCENE BEFORE EVER ARRIVING. THIS WILL ALLOW RESPONDING INCIDENT COMMANDERS TO BETTER PREPARE FOR SITUATIONS AND EVEN PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE BEFORE THEY ARRIVE ON SCENE. THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPECTS TO CONTINUE TO LEAD THE WAY WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY. NOWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. IS THIS SYSTEM BEING UTILIZED AS IT IS HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? SO WE RECEIVED THIS, UH UH, THIS, UH, MODEL AND THE WE SORT OF SPOKE TO THE PEOPLE. THIS ALL STARTED IN THE UK AND THEY'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THIS FOR YEARS. AND WHEN I SAW THIS, I THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING. BECAUSE YOU COULD USE IT FOR MASS CASUALTY MASS SHOOTING. YOU COULD USE THE PHONE. THEY CAN GET IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK TO WHERE THINGS ARE. YOU CAN SEE THE PATIENT ONE ON ONE PATIENT. YOU CAN SEE THE DISTRESSING THE PATIENT. SO YOU GAINED SO MUCH INFORMATION WHEN YOU CAN TALK TO THE PATIENT, SEE THE RESPONSE AND IN THIS CASE, YOU HAVE A LIVE VIDEO. SO TO ME , THIS WAS INVALUABLE. SO IMAGINE ON ON AVERAGE WHEN HE SAW THE CHART FROM 2012 TO 2022.

WE DO ROUGHLY 91 18,001 CALLS A YEAR MOMENT YOU MASH. A THIRD OF THEM ARE BASICALLY A REFUSAL, SO YOU DO THE MATH. 6000 IF I CAN EVEN SHAVE THAT, BY 50. THAT'S 3000 CALLS THAT WE WOULD HAVE SAVED. THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WASTE OUR RESOURCES OR SENT IN NORTH LEVEL. BLS SERVICE. THAT RIGHT? THERE WOULD MITIGATE QUITE A BIT. AND LESSEN THE NUMBER OF TRUE 911 CALLS THAT ARE MISSED. IN CONJUNCTION OF COURSE, WITH OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. DO WE NEED MORE TRUCKS? ABSOLUTELY DO WE NEED MORE PARAMEDICS? ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE NEED TRAINED ONCE. NOT ONCE BUT ARE NOT TRAINED ADEQUATELY BECAUSE YOU START PUTTING ON TRAINED OR PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST NOT QUITE TRAINED ON THE TRUCKS AND ASK HIM TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISASTER ON YOUR HANDS. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT THAT. I DON'T WANT WHAT I CALL 911. I WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY THAT COMES IN THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND I TRULY AND MEANING THIS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, MORE MONEY. MSS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB BEFORE I CAME HERE. THESE GUYS JUST CONTINUED TO EXCEL. WHY? BECAUSE WE KEEP THE LEVEL AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE. THE PROTOCOLS ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY. WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UP TO DATE WITH EVERY ASPECT OF MEDICINE. MY JOB IS JUST TO FORESEE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING IT. AND IF THERE'S EVER A PROBLEM, THEY CALL ME EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY MEDICS HAS MY CELL NUMBER. THEY CAN CALL ME AT ANY TIME. THAT'S TRUE WITH LAMBORGHINI, A MESS THAT'S ALSO THROUGH WITH THE AIR MEDICAL SERVICES. THAT'S ONE THING I TOLD THEM. I'M ALWAYS HERE. I DON'T CARE WHERE I'M AT . IF I IF I DON'T ANSWER BECAUSE I'M IN THE OPERATING ROOM, YOU LEAVE ME A MESSAGE. I WANT TO

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WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS A TIERED SYSTEM THAT BLS BASIC LIFE SUPPORT IN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO GET THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LOWERING THE QUALITY OF CARE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR CITIZENS. SKEPTIC RIGHT IN THE HEAD. YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. THEY DO HAVE THE PARAMEDIC LICENSE YOUR CERTIFICATION, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE WHAT I SAID BEFORE. I HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE. I JUST GOT IT NOW. DOES IT REALLY MEAN THAT I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING? SO YES, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE. BUT NOW I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN APPLY THAT AND KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. BECAUSE ONCE YOU GOT THEIR LICENSE, BUT YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANY KIND OF MEDICAL CARE. HAVE A SHOUT OUT OF MIND YOU NEED YOU NEED TO KNOW THE PROTOCOLS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FACE WHEN YOU GET AN ANIMAL MARCO, SO THEY ALSO NEED TO GO THROUGH THE TWO MONTHS DIDACTIC PROGRAM, AND THIS IS WHERE SOME OF THEM GO JUST TOO HARD. I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. OKAY, WELL, THEN YOU CAN YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T MAN. CAN I MEAN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND ADMINISTER MEDICATIONS BECAUSE BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD SAY YOU GOT THE PARAMEDIC YOU ON? YOU GOT A PULSE, PUTTING YOU BACK IN THE TRUCK. WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.

AND NOW WE'VE WE'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT'S GOING ON. BUT WE'VE COME UP WITH SOME STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THOSE . AND ONE OF THOSE IS WHAT YOU JUST SAW THE GOOD SAM APP USING THE CLINICAL NAVIGATOR TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM. WHEN IS THAT GOING TO BE STARTED? ARE WE GETTING READY TO START THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO START OUR BLS PROGRAM? UH I'M NOT GONNA FIREFIGHTERS, SENDING THEM TO A REDUCED LEVEL OF ABBREVIATED MEDICAL NET P PROGRAM. TO BRING

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YOU'RE GETTING MEDICAL HELP HELP TO YOUR SCENE THAT'S GOING TO TRY TO STABILIZE THE INCIDENT.

AH AT THAT TIME THAT WE SEND IT , SO IF WE SEND THAT CALL, AND THERE'S NO MEDICAL TRANSPORT, THE DISPATCHER IS NOW TRAINED AND THAT STARTED PROBABLY BACK LAST JULY, THEY'LL ENTER ZERO INTO THE COLLAR FIELD, WHICH NORMALLY HAS JUST LEFT BLANK. SO THEY'RE AT THE KID. THEY'RE THEY'RE TYPING IN THE RUN, AND THEY PUT A ZERO IN ON THE BLANK. SO LET'S SAY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, MR DARIO CALLS IN AND SAYS, HEY, I'M HAVING CHEST PAINS. SO WE SEE THAT WE DON'T EVER RESPONDED . WE DISPATCHED THE CLOSEST FIRE TRUCK. THEY'RE GOING TO THE SCENE. THE DISPATCHER TYPES IN ZERO, SO HE HAD STAND OKAY, SO THAT DATA IS RECORDED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM. THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ON THE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST OR GETTING FEEDBACK THAT THAT WAS A LEVEL ZERO CAR. WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS THAT MAYBE 30 SECONDS LATER 25 SECONDS LATER, MID THREE SAYS, HEY, MID THREES THAT SAYING THESE WERE CLEAR THAT CALL. WE CAN TAKE THE CHEST PAIN. WELL, WHEN THEY GO IN ROUTE, THERE IS A SLIGHT DELAY. BUT THEY'RE ON THAT CALL.

THERE'S REALLY NO LEVEL ZERO. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A SMALL DELAY IN RESPONSE. AH, SO THE POINT OF LEVEL ZERO THAT WE LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE IS IT'S NOT MADE TO BE USED THE WAY IT'S BEING EVALUATED. THE DATA IS JUST A IT'S A TALKING POINT. WE KNOW WE NEED MORE AMBULANCES IF WE'RE STAYING AT LEVEL ZERO TOO LONG, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE HORRIBLE THING THAT YOU'RE HEARING THAT IT IS, BUT FOR OUR HOLDUP. HOW THAT ONE MOMENT LET HIM FINISH. FOR OUR CITIZENS. I WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY HEAR LEVEL ZERO. IF THEY DIAL 911, WILL THEY EVER DIAL 911 AND NOBODY WILL COME AT ALL ? I WOULD SAY THAT HAS HAPPENED DURING HARVEY OR RITA IF THERE IS AN ACTIVE HURRICANE THAT IS POSSIBLE. MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE IN THEIR LIFE, BUT NORMALLY THERE WILL BE A RESPONSE UNIT. WE ALSO CALL THE LOCAL PRIVATES AND SEE IF THEY CAN RESPOND. UH, ROLLOVER AGREEMENT, SOMETIMES THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT IN PLACE OF OUR UNITS, AND THAT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A LEVEL ZERO, EITHER . THERE'S LESS PRIVATE THAN THERE USED TO BE WHEN YOU CALL 911. IS SOMEBODY GOING TO SHOW UP? SOMEBODY IS OKAY IF THE FIRE TRUCK SHOWS UP. WITH THREE E. M.

T S ON OR NO. IF IT WAS JUST THREE MTS. WHAT ARE THEY CAPABLE OF? DOING WHAT EQUIPMENT IS ON THEIR FIRE TRUCK AND WHAT ARE THEY CAPABLE OF DOING? CPR THEY CAN STOP TRAUMA THEY CAN SO THEY CAN CONTROL BLEEDING. UH THERE'S THE MAJORITY OF STUFF THEY CAN DO ON SCENE WITH THE EXCEPTION.

THEY CAN'T ADMINISTER DRUGS UNLESS THERE'S A PARAMEDIC THAT'S BEEN THROUGH THE NET P PROGRAM WITH THEM, AND THEN THEY CAN'T TRANSPORT OBVIOUSLY, WITHOUT SOMETHING REALLY. ODD HAPPENING LIKE WE DON'T CONDONE THE FIRE TRUCKS TAKING PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITALS UNLESS IT'S THE MIDDLE OF A HURRICANE EVENT OR SOMETHING. THEY ARE THEY ABLE TO SHOCK LIKE WITH A D. THEY HAVE AN A D WITH HIM, UNABLE TO ADMINISTER OXYGEN. THEY ARE ABLE TO MINISTER AUCTION SO THEY CAN JEANS EXPLAINING ARE ABLE TO DO SPINAL IMMOBILIZATION. SO THEY HAVE ALL THAT EQUIPMENT ON THE TRUCK. ALL THAT EQUIPMENT COMES WITH THEM. BUT EVEN TO UMTS AND A PARAMEDIC PARAMEDIC DOESN'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THAT HE CAN DO HIS SKILLS WITH YOU DON'T HAVE THE DRUGS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS THAT CORRECT. THAT'S WHERE THE N P P PROGRAM ALLOWS THEM TO, BUT THEY GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. TO BECOME AND THE LENGTH OF THE NECK PEAK PROGRAM DEPENDS ON THE

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RIGHT? 2005 RIGHT. YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2005. THE PROGRAM WAS INSTITUTED BECAUSE THEY PASSED BOMBING EMAILS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHAT WE CALL DUAL PARAMEDIC SYSTEM. YOU HAVE TO BE A PARAMEDIC TO GET HIRED ON IN 2005 AND NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE, SO WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. UM AS AN E M S COORDINATOR. WE TOOK THE PARAMEDIC ACCESS BECAUSE I TEACH PAIR MEDICINE. I WILL TAKE THE PROGRAM AND INCORPORATE IT INTO AN EPI PROGRAM TO TRAIN E. M. T TO THINK. LIKE A PARAMEDIC MINDSET, ALL THE SKILL SET EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PASSIONATE AND SAY SO UNDER THE STATE OF TEXAS DELEGATE IN PRACTICE THAT DEPENDED ON THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR , HE CAN SIGN YOU OFF ON WHATEVER YOU'RE TRAINED TO DO AND CHECKED OFF ON SO THEREFORE, WITH THAT CONCEPT, WE DEVELOP THE NAPPY PROGRAM BACK 2005. BRINGING IN E M. T S AND ADVANCED EVENT AND THEN TRAIN THEM TO THINK LIKE A PARAMEDIC WITH ALL THE TRAINING JUST LIKE I WOULD IF I WERE TO DO A PARAMEDIC PROGRAM, I THREW A STATE SO TAKING THAT SAME CURRICULUM AND DEVELOPMENT BUILDING THAT THAT IS HOW WE WERE ABLE TO SUSTAIN WHAT WE CALL THE PARAMEDIC CLINICAL MINDSET ON THE AMBULANCE, AND THAT'S HOW WE GET SUPER EFFICIENT BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT LAST SIGNATURE AFTER THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROGRAM , THEY SHOW PROFICIENCY THAT PASSED EVERY PROTOCOL TEST. THEY HAVE TO PASS WITH A CERTAIN GRADE. ONCE THEY'VE DONE THAT, AND EVERYTHING'S BEEN CHECKED MARK. THEN THEY COME TO ME AND LOOK AT THEIR CHART AND LOOK AT THEIR PORTFOLIO AND SAY OKAY, WE SIGN OFF AND THEN THEY HAVE TO SHOW COMPETENCY AS THEY STAY ON. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY GET SIGNED ON, AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO FOREVER. YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SHOW THIS COMPETENCY YEAR AFTER YEAR BECAUSE YOU MAY STOP LEARNING YOU MAY STOP, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT YOUR PROTOCOL, AND THEN YOU START LOSING IT. THEN YOU CAN'T PLAY. SO THIS IS WHAT REALLY SEPARATES US BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE DOES THAT THAT THAT COMPETENCY THAT YOU SPEAK OF IS DEAD, THE SAME AS THE RIP. THE C E. R O IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO KEEP THEIR LEVEL OF CERTIFICATION. YES SO ANY ANY E M T THAT COMES TO US THROUGH THE NIPPY PROGRAM. EXCEED WHAT THEM STATE REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE HOURS ARE TO SATISFY ANY UPCOMING UH, THEIR CERTIFICATIONS COVERS UP PARAMEDIC. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT'S WHAT'S THE REQUIRED HOURS FROM BY THE STATE. SO THE STATE WENT FROM 600 HOURS TO NOW, 1000 HOURS AND THEN TO MAINTAIN IT IS 144 HOURS A YEAR, FOUR YEARS. AND E M T. E M T IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 5 TO 600 HOURS AND THEN MAINTAINING IT IS ROUGH ABOUT I THINK, BELIEVE 74 FOR FOUR YEARS. OKAY I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO TO YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL SO, DID YOU SAY YOU HAVE 33 PEOPLE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW? IN THE AMS DIVISION. YES BUT ONLY 11 OF THOSE ARE PARAMEDIC E. M T S CORRECT. YOU GOT 22 PEOPLE WATCHING 11. 11 E. M. T S AND 11 PARAMEDICS THAT WERE MANNING THE AMBULANCE. SO YOU HAVE 11 OF EACH YES. SO THAT'S 20 TO 22.

YES. ALRIGHT, SO. I THINK YOU GUYS SAID IT FIRST WE HAVE. WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED IN THE E M T PARAMEDIC DIVISION, RIGHT? YES. WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO FIX IT? AND HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE? SORT OF FIX IT. WE UH CINNAMON JER AUTHORIZED THE SAND AND BONUS. WE ARE RECRUITING PERSONNEL AS WE SPEAK. WE ACTUALLY MEET UP WITH WE MET WITH ALL THE IS CHINA INSTITUTION LIKE LAMAR ORANGE Y T. WE ALSO HAVE A PRIVATE COMPANY UP IN, UH, SALES BE SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THOSE ENTITY AND RECRUIT THEIR STUDENTS. ONCE THEY GRADUATE.

ONCE THEY GET THEIR M T AND THEN WE'LL BRING THEM IN. UM RIGHT NOW. I JUST GOT THIS MORNING I RECEIVED TWO MORE APPLICANTS. I E. M T S SO IS TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE GET THE E M T TO APPLY. WE WILL PROVIDE THE TRAINING. ALL RIGHT. UM AND THEN , OF COURSE, WE ALSO WORKING WITH THE FIRESIDE TO KIND OF HELP SUPPLEMENT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, EIGHT OF THEM JUST EIGHT OR NINE JUST FINISHED A NIPPY PROGRAM AND NOW THEY'RE GONNA RIDE OUT WITH US, YOU BE CHECKED OFF AND WHATNOT, SO HOPEFULLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY BE WITH THEIR MOTHER TO USUALLY START, ADDING SLOWLY, ADDING PEOPLE ONTO THE AMBULANCE AGAIN. IT'S NOT GONNA BE OVERNIGHT, YOU KNOW, RETAIN THEM ALSO. SO. IF THE FIRE HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH OF WHAT WE NEED NOW TO FILL ALL THE POSITIONS. WHEN CAN WE SIT DOWN WITH THOSE GUYS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMPROMISE THAT

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WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR STAFFING. ALL ALL STAFFING FOR AMBULANCES. EMPTIES. FIRE TRUCKS. CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL AND ULTIMATELY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. US. OKAY? AND I WILL HAVE TO SAY AND GIVE YOU A PLUG THAT YOU'VE BEEN MORE THAN GENEROUS. THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE HADN'T COME AND ASK FOR TO DO OUR JOB THAT THIS COUNCIL HADN'T ADDRESSED. OKAY? THANK YOU. BOY.

TURNER. MERE PROTEIN AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER UH, SOMETHING WAS VERY INTERESTING THAT YOU SAID ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS. WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE? YOU SAID THAT OUR CURRENT GUYS DO IT ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS. YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER. WHAT WAS THAT PERCENTAGE BASICALLY, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT 12 TO 14% ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS FROM THE FIREFIGHTERS SIDE. 12 TO 14% AND HAVING A SIGNIFICANT, UH, NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS. UH, OR TURNING DOWN WRITING ON THE MED UNIT. UH AND OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT TO FORCE OVERTIME. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCENTIVIZING THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN A POSITION TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WHICH ULTIMATELY IS TO WHAT GOOD SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS. OKAY. WHEN WE SAY TURNING DOWN WAS SOME REASON.

INSTEAD YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT SOME OF THE GUYS ARE TURNING IT DOWN. SOME OF THEM REALLY CAN'T SAY COUNCIL. WE DON'T ASK WHAT WE DO IS WE TRY TO FEEL THOSE VACANT POSITIONS FOR VARIOUS REASONS. THEY'RE NOT RIDING THE MAD UNIT. WE WANT EVERYONE, UH, TO MAN THE EQUIPMENT SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT GOOD LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. EVERY DAY 24 HOURS A DAY 365 DAYS A YEAR. AND FOR CITIZENS THAT HAVE ASKED ME A QUESTION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THIS. HOW MANY UNANSWERED CALLS HAVE THERE BEEN 2911? HOW MANY UNNATURAL CALLS NO UNANSWERED CALLS DELAYED MAYBE, BUT NO UNANSWERED CALLS THAT I'M AWARE OF. AND IF THEY AND IF WE HAD MISSED ANY CALLS, I ASSURE YOU THAT WE WOULD HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE CALLED. YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD THAT FROM OUR CITIZENS. UH WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE RESPONSIVE WE'RE GOING TO DO WE ALWAYS PROVIDE A GOOD SERVICE. YES WE DO. CAN WE DO BETTER? ABSOLUTELY WE CAN, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I LIVE HERE IN THIS CITY, SO I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN ITS SUCCESS. AND IT SAYS TO THE CITY AND THE SUCCESS OF THE BOMB WILDFIRE M S TO MAYBE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHY SUCH A LOW PERCENTAGE OF COURSE I'M NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED . BUT I CAN TELL YOU PART OF ITS COMMON SENSE. NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT EASY. RIGHT? FOR EXAMPLE, I'M A TRAUMA SURGEON. WHEN I STARTED HERE, THE ONLY 2000 OF US IN THE UNITED STATES NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 4000 TRAUMA SURGEONS IN THE UNITED STATES WE NEED ABOUT 10,000. NOT THERE. PLENTY OF SMART PEOPLE THAT CAN DO WHAT I DO, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT. IT'S TIME DEMANDING IS CONSUMES YOU. I WORKED 80 90 HOURS A WEEK. SO LIKE THAT'S NOT THE LIFESTYLE I WANT TO SO I THINK PART OF IT IS PERHAPS THERE AT THE END OF THEIR CAREER LIKE THIS IS NOT WHAT I'M GONNA DO. SOME UH, PERSPECTIVE IS JUST TOO HARD BECAUSE I GOT AN ALL THESE PROTOCOLS AND I'M GOOD WITH JUST BEING A FIREFIGHTER, SO IT'S A IT'S A MULTIFACTORIAL THING, AND BECAUSE IT'S A VOLUNTARY BASIS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO IT SO I DON'T NEED TO DO IT. OKAY? THANK YOU. PROTEIN. UM JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. WHEN YOU SAY VOLUNTEER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WORKING OVERTIME FOR A TIME AND A HALF. THAT IS CORRECT . YES, SIR. NOT COMING IN FOR VOLUNTEER. NO, NOT AT ALL. UM ON A FIRESIDE. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE? OR IF YOU WERE TO

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ABSOLUTELY. I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS SLASH E. M T PROGRAM. IF I WRITE A PART OF IT IS A SEPARATE PROGRAM. THE EMPTY PART OF IT IS A SEPARATE PROGRAM. THE FAILURE RATE ON THE PROGRAM. WHAT WE CALL THE NET PEAK IS PROBABLY OVER 70% AND THAT'S AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS. SO FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, WE HAVE TO FIND THAT HAPPY MEDIUM THAT BALANCE THAT WHAT CAN WE AFFORD? VERSUS WHAT WE NEED? IT WAS SEEMED LIKE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING. THAT WE COULD TRY AND START IN THE SAME WAY, THOUGH STILL HIRING CERTIFIED PEOPLE TO FEEL THE SPOTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW , BUT YOU SEEM JUST JUST BECAUSE OF THE WORK POOL. THE. THE EMPLOYEE, THE PEOPLE THAT APPLY FOR THE JOB THAT TRUE IT WOULD BE SO I MEAN YOU KNOW WHEN I GOT HIRED. I THINK 600 PEOPLE APPLIED FOR THE JOB. ONE THING THAT WORKS THE TEST AND THEY ALREADY 11 1 THING THAT I'M PROBABLY I'M LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING IS A DUAL START TEST AND A SINGLE CIRCUIT TEST AND THAT SINGLE STARTED BEING E M T. AND THEN WE CAN SEND THEM TO L I T WHAT YOU LIGHT IS A PARTNER. YOU'VE HAD, UH, YOU TALKING ABOUT? LET THEM DO E M T FIRST AND THEN SENDING THEM THROUGH FIRE SCHOOLS? YES ALLOWING THEM TO SIT FOR THE TEST OF CIVIL SERVICE TEST IF THEY HAVE THE CERTIFICATION. OKAY VERSUS THE. FIREFIGHTERS CERTIFICATION ESSENTIALLY INCREASING YOUR POOL TO CHOOSE FROM. AND THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR U. N T. AND THEN WE CAN INVEST IN THEM WITH L I T WHICH IS OUR PARTNER. FOR ONE SEMESTER . GET THEM OUT, PUT THEM THROUGH ORIENTATION. SHORTEN THAT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THEM ON. THE UNIT PROVIDES SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS. WHAT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF FIRE? AND E M. T. ACTUALLY LIVE IN BEAUMONT.

RIGHT NOW, OUT OF 237 OF FIREFIGHTERS SLASH E M T 191 LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY 46 LIVE INSIDE THE CITY. AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR THE MEDICS? MAX? THAT'S ONE AREA THAT WE DON'T CAPTURE WHERE THEY ACT. IT'S ACTUALLY BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THERE'S A REAL AND THEY'RE COMMITTED TO SHOWING UP FOR WORK, AND THEY DO WORK. WHAT WHAT THE CITIZENS ARE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT AND WHAT THEY QUESTIONED ME ABOUT, AND I'M PRETTY SURE SOME OF MY OTHER PEOPLE HERE ARE WHEN THEY CALL 911 WILL SOMEBODY COME? WILL SOMEBODY BE THERE TO TREAT THEM AND WILL THEY BE CAPABLE OF KEEPING THEM ALIVE UNTIL AN AMBULANCE GETS THERE? I THINK BETWEEN DOCTOR CABINS FOR MYSELF , MAX AND CHIEF NOLAN THAT WE'VE INDICATED THAT IF THEY CALL 911 . THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE SERVICE THAT THEY CALL FOR IT. MAYBE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL. BUT WE'RE I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE'RE WORKING EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT HIGH LEVEL OF CARE. AND THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THOSE CALLS ARE ANSWERED THAT NO CALLS OR MISSED. AND THEY SAID, UM INCENTIVES FOR HIRING. WHAT INCENTIVES ARE WE CURRENTLY OFFERING? BUT MR WILLIAMS? YES IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS AS THIS CONVERSATION CAME UP WHEN I THINK OF HIM AS A MANAGER. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB AND TO GET TO THE PROPER LEVEL OF STAFF, AND WE WANT TO DO SO. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. SEVERAL TIMES WITH FIRED AND STAFF TO TALK ABOUT THINGS. WE CAN DO IT AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SCREEN HERE. THEY HAVE SOME MITIGATION STRATEGIES WITH SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING TO GET UP TO SPEED. THEY MENTIONED THE ONE WITH THE SIGN ON BONUS. YOU KNOW , WE LOOKED. WE WERE PULLED IN OUR HR PEOPLE. AND I WILL FINANCE PEOPLE WITH THEM, AND WE HAD THE DISCUSSION AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS GIVEN FOR MY JAR PEOPLE IS OH, MY PACE MORE THAN MOST OF THE, UH, M S SERVICES AROUND US AND OUR REGION. SO WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO GET PEOPLE BECAUSE TYPICALLY , IF YOU GO TO WORK FOR SMALLER DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE LOWER CALL VOLUMES AND IT'S JUST NOT A

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BUT WE WERE WORKING ON IT COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE LEVEL THAT WE NEED FOR PARAMEDICS AND EMPTIES. CHIEF, UM. WHAT YOU SAID YOU HAD WORKING ON A DUAL TRACK WHERE YOU MAY HAVE E M T PEOPLE SIT FOR THE E M T TEST CIVIL SERVICES EXAM ONCE THEY ONCE THEY PASS THAT TEST. WOULD YOU HIRE HIM AND THEN SEND THEM THROUGH E M T SCHOOL? OR WOULD THEY WOULD THEY WOULD ALREADY BE CERTIFIED AS AN E M T. WE WOULD HIRE THEM. AND WAIT TO SEND THEM TO THE NEXT FIRE SCHOOL. MEANWHILE THEY COULD BE MANNING THE MED UNIT. IN ANTICIPATION GOING TO THE FIRE ACADEMY AND THEY WILL BE SILVER SERVICE EMPLOYEES. THEY WOULD BE A CADET CADET PROGRAM THAT I'M LOOKING TO INTRODUCE WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO FOR POLICE POLICE POLICE CADET PROGRAM. THEY ARE HIRED AS CIVILIANS, AND THEY'RE NOT SWORN UNTIL THEY COMPLETE THE PROGRAM. SO THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO FOR POLICE. OKAY SO WHEN THEY'RE HIRED, THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL BE CIVILIANS. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FIRE PENSION UNTIL THEY PASSED THE FIRE. ABORTION TELL THEIR DUEL STARTED. FIREFIGHTER SLASH E M T AND T C F P CERTIFIED TEXT COMMISSIONER FIRE PROTECTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I WOULD HOPE COOLER HEADS CAN PREVAIL. AND WE CAN SIT DOWN AND GET THIS SETTLED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MY JOB IS, THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. ABSOLUTELY AND THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE AMBULANCES ARE MAN. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO PUT THIS PRESENTATION THAT WE WERE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM, BUT THOSE ARE MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS ARE RECEIVING THE SERVICE THAT THEY DESERVE AND EXPECT AND THAT WE CAN FULLY STABBED UP TO NINE MED UNITS EVERY DAY 24 HOURS A DAY 365 DAYS A YEAR. ALSO I HOPE YOU ALL LOOK INTO, UM, GLAD YOU LOOKED INTO THAT SAN ANTONIO A DEAL. BUT HOPEFULLY, UH, HE HAS SOME PEOPLE LOOKING INTO WHAT LOVE BECAUSE DOING ALSO, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY CAN BENEFIT FROM IN THE CITIZENS HERE CAN BENEFIT FROM AND I MEAN, IT PROVIDES JOBS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE LOCALLY THAT LIVE HERE. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS MITIGATION STRATEGIES, REALLY THE FIRST ONE THAT I REALLY WOULD WANT TO ATTACK IS THE MATCHING THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES TO THE NEEDS. MEANING THE 911 DISPATCHER IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S MORE TRAINED, THEN NEXT, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE GOOD SAND WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A TELEMEDICINE, MEANING THAT YOU CAN HAVE FACETIME SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON. THAT GIVES YOU IMMENSE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AS A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. FOR ME. MY HISTORY IS EVERYTHING. SO WHEN I LOOK AT SOMEBODY JUST BODY LANGUAGE TELLS ME A LOT ABOUT IF THEY'RE IN PAIN. WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW THEY'RE RESPONDING SO THAT AND THAT COMES WITH EXPERIENCE. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU LEARN IN BOOKS. BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T MEDIC PARAMEDIC WHO'S WHO'S BEEN WELL WORSE THAN IT'S BEEN DOING THIS THEY PICK UP ON THAT STUFF VERY EASILY. SO THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TOTAL VOLUME BEING 18,000 PLUS PER YEAR. AND ONE THIRD OF THEM BEING A NO SHOW. THAT'S 6000 PEOPLE LIKE I SAID, IF I COULD

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MAKE IT YOUR SECOND CALL, SO DO IT. THAT RIGHT? THERE CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU START DOING THE OTHER MITIGATION ISSUES. UM PROGRAMS IN IT REALLY WILL HELP AND MONEY ALWAYS HELPS INCENTIVES. IT'S HARD TO BRING PEOPLE INTO BALL MARK. WE ALL KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW, FROM PHYSICIANS TO NURSE SYSTEMATICS TO EVERYTHING RIGHT? SO BECAUSE THEY CAN DRIVE 80 MILES AWAY AND BEING HOUSTON TRYING YOU ARE, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT THAT CLINICAL DISPATCHER. WE COULD COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF INCENTIVE FOR OUR CURRENT FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS TO WANT TO DO THAT POSITION. YOU KNOW? GO UP, I MEAN OR OR EVEN OUR CURRENT DISPATCHERS. YOU KNOW SOMEBODY LIKE A PARAMEDIC FIREFIGHTER TO WANT TO BE THAT CLINICAL DISPATCHER THAT YOU WANT TO JUST HAVE TO BE WELL TRAINED, LIKE AS LONG AS THEY UNDERSTAND AGAIN, JUST HAVING JUST HAVING THE CERTIFICATION IS NOT ENOUGH, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE KNOWLEDGE COMES WITH GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. GO RIGHT.

YOU SAW, UH. YOU KEEP REPEATING THAT, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE WELL TRAINED BECAUSE THEY WANT MORE TRAINING WHAT THEY'RE DOING. DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICAL MANAGEMENT IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. I'M NOT PUTTING DOWN FIREFIGHTERS. THEY'RE AWESOME PEOPLE. I WAS ACTUALLY, UH, A DISPATCHER WHEN I WAS AND I WHEN I WAS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WOULDN'T HAVE PARAMEDIC. I WAS EMPTY AND A DISPATCHER. I THINK WHEN YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH PATIENT CARE AFTER SIX MONTHS A YEAR, YOU SEE SO MUCH AND YOU GAINED SO MUCH INFORMATION SO MUCH. KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS INVALUABLE IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPERIENCE COMES. BY WORKING AND KNOWING AND DOING THOSE THINGS. IT DOESN'T COME. WE ALL KNOW ANYBODY CAN GO GET A CERTIFICATION. BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPLY THIS MEANINGLESS THERE ARE PLENTY OF BAD DOCTORS OUT THERE. TRUST ME JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE M D DO THE FIRST ONE TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER JOB RIGHT THERE. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DEGREE DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO. WE WERE BEING HONEST, SO AND THIS IS NOTHING AGAINST THE FIREFIGHTERS.

THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE EXPERIENCE SO THEY CAN MAKE THOSE CALLS IN AN ADEQUATE FASHION. THAT'S IT. WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR THE CITIZENS OF ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING. WE APPRECIATE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. AND I'M SO SORRY THAT IT TOOK SO LONG, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TALKING. WE'RE NOT FINISHED.

QUICK QUESTION DO OTHER AMBULANCE SERVICE ASSISTS? BEAUMONT, THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

WE DO HAVE AGREEMENTS. WITH SOME PRIVATES FOR WHAT WE CALL ROLLOVER. BUT OF COURSE, UH, THEY'RE SHORT STAFFED AND EVERYTHING AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE AT WE'RE ANSWERING THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CALLS THEIR ROLLOVERS, IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WE DON'T DO TRANSFERS. OKAY PRIVATE TO A LOT OF TRANSFERS. WE DO EMERGENCY RESPONSE. SO WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING THE TRANSFORMERS AND EVERYTHING YOU EXPLAIN, TRANSFER TO THE PUBLIC TO POSSIBLY DIALYSIS TO DOCTOR VISITS, UH, FROM THE NURSING HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHEN THE NURSING HOMES EXPERIENCING MEDICAL EMERGENCIES THEY CALLED 911 ALSO SO WE'RE TAKING THOSE CALLS ALSO. THAT THE PRIVATES UM . MAYBE HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THAT FACILITY. SO WE'RE TAKING THOSE CALLS ALSO. IN ADDITION TO OUR OWN 911 CALLS NOW THEY'RE ALL CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE MAKING. ALSO, SO DOES IT.

TIE UP OUR RESOURCES? YES, ABSOLUTELY. IT DOES. BUT IT'S A CALL AND CALL AND YOU HAVE TO ANSWER. YOU HAVE TO ANSWER. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL. OH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. UM I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE FEAR THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHEN THEY HEAR THERE'S A LEVEL ZERO, UH, FROM MY EXPERIENCE. WE MADE A CALL AND THEY ARRIVED. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED ON THAT I'M ASSUMING THERE WAS AN EMPTY OR AN INTENSIVE M T E M T OKAY, AND WITH THAT THERE WERE NO TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME. BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL. THAT WAS THERE WERE UNITS AT THE HOSPITAL THAT HAD TO STAY AT THE HOSPITAL UNTIL THEY WERE RELEASED. NOW WITH THAT, I FOUND IN THAT EXPERIENCE THE PERSON THAT WAS AT THE LOCATION PROVIDING THE TREATMENT PENDING A UNIT COMING WAS DOING MORE THAN THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN AT THE HOSPITAL AT THAT TIME.

HOW OFTEN DOES THAT OCCUR? AS AS FAR AS THE NONCRITICAL VERSUS CRITICAL AT THAT POINT, THAT WAS

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OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE MITIGATION. YOU LOOK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A GROUP WHAT WE CALL OUR HIGHER USER GROUPS. SAN ANTONIO TOOK THIS IN 2014 AND WAS ABLE TO REDUCE THEIR HIGH USER GROUPS. THEY CALL THEM A HIGH VOLUME USERS ABOUT 54. THAT'S THOSE THAT THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH FAMILIAR WITH YOUR YOUR NONCRITICAL. ZANE. MY MEDICATION, MY BACK HURTING. I HAVE LEG PAIN. I HAVE A CUT, BUT I WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. I WANT TO BE SEEN AND WE DON'T REFUSE. TRANSPORT IF THEY WANT TO BE TRANSPORTED. THAT IS THEIR CHOICE, OKAY TO TRANSPORT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY TO FREE UP BY USING SOME OF THESE MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT WERE THAT WERE BEING PLANNED ON PUTTING IN PLACE. YES, SIR, AND THE OTHER STRATEGIES TO HAVE AN E M T. AT THE HOSPITAL. THAT WOULD FREE UP A UNIT THAT HAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL HAVING TO STAY THERE UNTIL IT'S COMPLETE. BUT HAVING SOMEONE THERE ON SITE THAT UNIT WOULD BE ABLE TO GO BACK INTO SERVICE AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW. WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, AND THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE AN EMPTY IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE A PARAMEDIC SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRANSFERRING THEM TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE. WE CAN'T TRANSFER HIM TO A LOWER LEVEL OF CARE. WE DID THAT DURING? YES COVID. HMM.

BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH NURSES. SO IDEA WAS BROUGHT IN. HEY, PARAMEDICS THAT ONE OF THE OVERTIME HOSPITAL SAID LISTEN, THIS WOULD BE STUPID IF WE SAY NO. YOU'VE GIVEN CAN YOU GIVE ME THE MONEY THAT BECAUSE NOW THAT'S LIKE AN EXTRA MEDICAL PERSON. IT'S JUST THE SAME PARAMEDIC THAT WAS SENIOR AT THE SCENE. I SAID THEY'RE TAGGING YOU NOW THE NEW ONE WILL PICK YOU UP IN THE ER BECAUSE HE OR SHE STATIONED IN THE YARD WHILE YOU CAN GO BACK. YEAH CLEAN.

CLEAN YOUR UNIT. GET IT BACK IN SERVICE AND SAY I'M AVAILABLE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR A CALL. SO PERSPECTIVELY ABOUT WHEN WOULD YOU. FOR C BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE GOOD, SAM. THE. PARAMEDICS.

AT THE HOSPITAL. THE PARAMEDIC AT THE HOSPITAL IS IT CAN HAVE AN IMMEDIATE COMPTON. UH, IMPACT. AND THE THIRD ONE IS HAVING THE ADDITIONAL UNITS THAT WOULD THAT WE NEED. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE BEFORE THOSE THREE THINGS WOULD TAKE PLACE CONSERVATIVELY 10 TO 12 MONTHS. OF COURSE, WE HAVE UNITS ORDERED. YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED NEW UNITS, BUT WE'RE HAVING NO SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ALSO, UH AGAIN. WE'RE INCENTIVIZING, UH, THAT HAVING IMMEDIATE IMPACT IS THE SIGNING BONUS. UH MR WILLIAMS HAS, UH, DONE A SALARY SURVEY CITYWIDE. WHICH IS GOING TO BENEFIT MY DEPARTMENT ALSO. AND WE WANT. WE WANT TO HIDE THOSE PEOPLE, BUT WE WANT TO RETAIN THEM ALSO. AND REMEMBER THAT WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST OTHER CITIES. FOR EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST THE PRIVATE SECTOR ALSO SO WE HAVE TO PAY COMPETITIVE WAGES, GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS. ALL THOSE THINGS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS OF IMPLEMENTED NEEDLES, THINGS. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME. BUT WE'RE GONNA GET INTO SERVICE AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. COUNSELOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEMBER TURNER THAN COUNCIL MEMBER GETS. I NOTICED. WE SAID WE HAVE 237 FIREFIGHTERS RIGHT NOW. HOW MANY DO WE NEED TO HAVE? WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE NUMBER FOR 2 43? SO. AND I AM INSTITUTING A ENTRANCE TEST JUNE 21ST. OKAY? MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, THIS IS A CONCERN. I'M NOT GONNA NECESSARILY SAY CONCERN.

THIS IS JUST SOMETHING I LIKE TO SEE FROM STAFF. UH THAT NUMBER REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME. WE HAVE 46 LIVING INSIDE OF THE CITY OF GOMA CITY LIMITS AND WE HAVE 191 LIVING OUTSIDE. ME PERSONALLY NOT ONLY WITH FIRE BUT PUBLIC SAFETY PERIOD. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCENTIVE TO SEE OUR PUBLIC

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M S EMPLOYEE OF STARTING CIVIL SERVICE PRIVILEGE AND THE SECOND ONE WAS FILED BY THE FIRE UNION . UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE COUNCIL'S DECISION TO, UM, STAFF INDEPENDENT E. M S DEPARTMENT.

BOTH OF THOSE LAWSUITS ARE STILL ONGOING. UM JUST. HAVE NOT BEEN RESOLVED. SO UM AS IT RELATES TO SITTING DOWN WITH THE UNION. EVERYBODY REALLY BIASED CONSIDERING THEY'RE SUING THE CITY. COUNCIL MEMBER, GIBBS. YOU TALKED ABOUT? PLACING A PARAMEDIC. AT THE HOSPITAL TO FREE UP AND AMBULANCE TO GET BACK IN THE FIELD. WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT WILL THAT PARAMEDIC HAVE, UH, AT THEIR DISPOSAL, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IF THE AMBULANCE LEAVES. AND THE PATIENTS. AH PATIENT DETERIORATES. UH IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CAN GO INTO THE HOSPITAL SAID I NEED TO BORROW SOMETHING . UH YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT WILL THEY HAVE? SO THEY DO HAVE THE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE A MID BAG AIRWAY BACK AND A MONITOR BECAUSE THEY NEEDED BUT THEY WORK WELL WITH THE HOSPITAL WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM EXPRESSING, HEY, THIS IS A CRITICAL PATIENT. MORE TIME THAN NOW, IN THOSE CRITICAL PATIENTS THAT USUALLY END UP MOVING IN A BIT FASTER. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PATIENTS THAT WILL OR LOW ACUITY THAT WILL BE THERE FOR OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. WE HAVE A CAP ABOUT 30 MINUTES IF WE ANTICIPATE PATIENTS OR OUR AMBULANCE WARTIME OVER 30 MINUTES, THEN WHAT WE CALL THE EPOCH, WHICH IS EXTENDED, UH OFFLOAD TOWN PARAMEDIC WILL TAKE THAT PATIENCE RELEASE THE OTHER CREW BACK INTO SERVICE. HE OR SHE CAN MANAGE UP TO THREE PATIENTS. WE HAVE STRETCHES BUILT IN THERE ALREADY. SO THAT WAY THEY CAN MONITOR THE PATIENT BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE ARE LOW ACUITY PATIENTS SO THAT FREES UP THREE OR FOUR AMBULANCES ACCESS TO ALL THE MEDICATIONS IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NURSES THERE. ALL THE NURSES ACTUALLY KNOW THESE MEDICS, SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH PART OF THE CREW IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THEY'RE JUST AN EXTENSION TO THE CURRENT STAFF. COULD YOU? I'M SORRY, MAYOR, PROTEIN. UH, COUNCILOR TURNER THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. UM I'M OF THE OPINION THAT YOU KNOW WE HAVE LAWSUITS. I STILL DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH SITTING DOWN AND TRYING TO SELL SOME OF THIS STUFF. AND I WAS WONDERING, MR WILLIAMS, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS WITH THE UNION. WHAT THEY WANT. WHAT THEY WOULD WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO SETTLE THIS.

WELL. UH HUH. I WOULD BE RELUCTANT TO DO THAT, BUT AGAINST THE ADVICE OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO DO THAT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR THE ISSUES INVOLVING THE UNION DO NOT RELATE TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. THE LAWSUITS INVOLVING THE UNION AND THE EMITS EMPLOYED DO NOT RELATE TO SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE CITIZENS. EVEN THOUGH I KNOW WE'VE TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW , BEING SHORTHANDED AND IN THE

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THE FACT THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT REFUSING TO SERVE THE CITIZENS THEY'RE NOT REFUSING. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A ECONOMY ABOUT THEIR REFUSAL TO WORK OVERTIME ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS, BUT THOSE GUYS GO TO WORK. AND THOSE MEN AND WOMEN GO TO WORK EVERY DAY AND PROVIDE SERVICES EXCELLENT SERVICES TO THE CITY ALONGSIDE THE M S DEPARTMENT THAT THE LAWSUITS, AND WHEN YOU SAY, SIT DOWN AND RESOLVE THESE ISSUES THAT THE ISSUES THAT THAT THE CHIEF AND THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND R E M S MANAGER HAD PRESENTED OR ISSUES THAT DEAL WITH, UM, SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO ALLEVIATE THAT CONCERN THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE THINKING THAT THE 911 CALL ISN'T GOING TO BE ANSWERED? WHAT? WHAT CAN WE DO? TO ALLEVIATE THE CONCERNS OF THE CITIZENS THAT IN AN AMBULANCE WILL BE TIED UP AT THE HOSPITAL OR TIED UP AT SOMEONE'S HOUSE.

DEALING WITH THE FINGER CUT, AS OPPOSED TO SEND THEIR MOTHER WHO COULD BE IN CARDIAC ARREST. SO THOSE ARE THE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED, OR WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH THE GOOD THING THEM AND THE MEDICAL TRIAGE AND THE TIERED LEVEL IN THE PYRAMID AT THE HOUSE OF THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE ARE BEING ADDRESSED WITH EVERY CITY. UM THAT'S DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OF VMS EMPLOYEES AND MEDICAL EMPLOYEES. ACROSS THE NATION. THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH NURSES. THAT'S WHY TRAVELING NURSES. THE BIG BUSINESS RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF GOMA, HAS BEEN BLESSED THAT THAT'S NOT OUR UNIQUE ISSUE. BUT WE DO HAVE A SHORTAGE OF VMS EMPLOYEES. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY CITY IS DEALING WITH. SO THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND THE COMMUNICATIONS YOU HAVE TODAY DON'T TOUCH ON ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN CITY IN THE LAWSUIT, SO ALTHOUGH UM, COUNCIL MAY FEEL LIKE THEY INVOLVED THE FIRE UNION. THEY DO NOT. THE UNION IS NOT A PART OF THIS AT ALL. AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE TAKEN AN INTEREST IN IN IT ONLINE AND I COMMEND THEM FOR THAT, BUT IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO THEIR ISSUES THAT ARE CONNECTED IN THEIR LAWSUIT IN ORDER ASKING THE CITY MANAGER OR EVEN MYSELF. TO SIT DOWN. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT WE DIDN'T INITIATE ANY OF THESE LAWSUITS. AND AGAIN, I STAND BY, UM MY INTERPRETATION OF THE 1 43 IS RELEASED TO THE M S LAWSUIT AND , UH, IN THE CITY'S ABILITY TO CREATE STANDALONE DEPARTMENTS, UM, SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR ANY DEPARTMENT, FOR THAT MATTER, I STAND BY THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO COUNSEL. AND I DON'T. I DON'T THINK IT'S PRUDENT FOR US TO MIX. THE CONCERNS OF PROVIDING CITIZEN CARE WITH THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE FIRE UNION AND THAT THE M S EMPLOYEE LAWSUITS BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW E. M S IS STILL WORKING UNDER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CORRECT DIVISION UNDER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. CORRECT YES. STANDALONE DIVISION. NO. YEAH. I JUST LIKE SAYING YOU KNOW, THE I PRIORITY IS HEALTH AND SAFETY PEOPLE OF ALMOST SO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENED. THAT'S WHY I'M HAVING THESE MEETINGS WITH THE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS, BUT ALSO TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THEY'RE FULFILLING AIRPORT AND DOING THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO SO ALL THOSE THINGS WE CAN CONTROL. WE'RE GOING TO CONTROL . WE'LL GET THAT DONE AND WE'LL GET THESE ISSUES RESOLVED WITH THEM AS FAR AS THE ISSUES WITH RESPONSE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THE CITY TURN AND SAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS. WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE UH, MANPOWER SHORTAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

YES. WE WILL. YES, WE'RE THAT'S A PRIORITY. HMM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL THEN COUNCIL MEMBER FAILED SHOW, BUT BACK TOF THESE CHANGES THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE, LIKE CHANGING THE DISPATCH. IF THAT'S A CIVIL SERVICE POSITION, WE HAVE GOT TO SIT DOWN WITH THE UNION TO TRY TO RESOLVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, DON'T WE? THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO TALK ABOUT CHANGING THOSE DIVISIONS TO THOSE CIVIL SERVICE POSITION. ANY POSITION THAT IS CURRENTLY CIVIL SERVICE WILL REMAIN CIVIL SERVICE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT RECLASSIFYING POSITIONS. THE PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE PARAMEDICS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND E. M. T S IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WORK IN FIRE DISPATCHERS, SO THE CONVERSATION WAS CLASSIFYING THEM OR TRAINING THEM TO THINK HIGHER, SO THOSE MTS THAT ARE AT THAT LEVEL COULDN'T THINK OF A PARAMEDIC LEVEL AND THOSE PARAMEDICS CAN BE TRAINED FOR THE NET. P PROGRAM. WE'RE NOT RECLASSIFYING POSITION, SO THERE'S NO REASON TO OPEN UP THE CONTRACT FOR THAT. OKAY WELL, I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH THE COMMENT. COUNCILOR TURNER MADE THAT I MEAN, YEAH, THIS THING IS

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THEY DO OUR WORK AND THEY DO A GOOD JOB. THE LAWSUIT FILED BY THE UNION WAS SPECIFIC TO THE CITY'S DECISION OR ANNOUNCEMENT TO CREATE A STANDALONE E M S DEPARTMENT ESSENTIALLY TO MOVE THOSE FIRE THOSE M S EMPLOYEES OUT OF FIRE THAT LAWSUIT IN THE THIRD ANYTHING OTHER THAN UM, THEY FELT LIKE THAT WAS NOT DONE INCONSISTENT WITH THE CITY CHARTER. THEY FELT AN INJUNCTION WAS FILED AND THEN EXPIRED. THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY THE CITY HAS NOT MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT AGAIN, DEALING WITH ANOTHER LAWSUIT THAT IS ON APPEAL AND STILL PENDING. BUT AGAIN, THOSE ISSUES DO NOT CONNECT OR RELATE BACK. TWO SERVICES BEING PROVIDED TO THE CITIZEN. UM THE UNION IS NOT ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE NOT TO THEIR MEMBERS NOT TO PARTICIPATE OR RESPOND TO CALLS OR OR NOT TO DO THEIR JOB. THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT, UM AGAIN. IT IS NOT. AH ABOUT NOT PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS. THAT IS NOT THE BASIS OF ANY OF THE LAWSUITS EVOLVING THE M S EMPLOYEE OR THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED BY THE UNION. THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'VE ADVOCATED THAT IT'S NOT WHAT THEY ARE PROMOTING. AND SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANY OF THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES OR ANYTHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT, WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT ANY OF THE MEMBERS EITHER. FROM THE OR FROM THE M S. IT'S ALL ABOUT PROVIDING GOOD SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS, WHICH I THINK IS THE OBJECTIVE AND THE GOAL FOR BOTH, UM, THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AS WELL AS THE UNION TEAM AS WELL. EVERYONE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ADEQUATE SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS. WHICH THEY BUY. FIREFIGHTER E. M S PROVIDE THAT EVERY DAY. THEY COME TO WORK AND DO A GREAT JOB AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT SAME LEVEL OF CARE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FIELD SHOWS CITY ATTORNEY. I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS FACT. I JUST AGAIN WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. WOULD THE TWO LAWSUITS THAT YOU REFERRED TO IT THIS TIME PREVENT THE CITY MANAGER AND THE FIRE CHIEF FROM SITTING DOWN WITH A LOCAL UNION TO DISCUSS HIRING PRACTICES AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PREVENT THAT HIRING PRACTICES ARE DISCUSSED IN THE CONTRACT. AND IF YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN THAT WE HAVE TO OPEN TO DO THAT TO OPEN UP THE CONTRACT I KNOW IN THE PAST, UM THE UNION HAS PROVIDED STRATEGIES ARE SUGGESTIONS THEY THEY WANTED TO CONSIDER, AND I PRESENTED THOSE TO THE CHIEF. THE CHIEF HEADS IN TURN PROVIDED THAT TO THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, AND I THINK THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HEARD THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT TODAY OR ARE PART OF THAT INC NOT ALL BUT ON A BASIC LEVEL THAT THE DUAL START TEST FOR ONE EXAMPLE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE UNION, HOWEVER, AGAIN AS ACHIEVEMENT SHINDE THE COST TO, UM, HIRE SOMEONE JUST AS A STRAIGHT CIVILIAN WITH NO CERTIFICATIONS WOULD BE AN EXTREME RISK TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF FINANCIALLY BECAUSE WE WERE KIND OF TAKE ON THAT PERSON IF THEY DIDN'T PASS THE TEST. SO TO SPEAK. SO UM, IN THE POLICE CADET PROGRAM, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A LOWER STANDARD . UM FOR THEM AND THE YOU KNOW TECH, HIRE THEM AND PUT THEM TO THE CADET PROGRAM TO KIND OF GET THEM, UM, TRAINED UP TO GO SO WHAT THE CHEAPEST SUGGESTION IS THAT WE DO THAT BUT ALREADY MAKE THEM HAVE THE HARDER TEST, SO TO SPEAK, SO THAT THE CITY'S RISK ISN'T IS KIND OF REDUCED. THE FIRE. HELP ME THE FIRE EXAM BECAUSE THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED EXAMPLE ENTERS EXAM, WHETHER IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM THAN THE PARAMEDIC E M T TEST AND SO REQUIRING THEM TO HAVE THAT E M T CERTIFICATION BEFORE THE CITY HIRED JUST REDUCES THE CITY'S RATE. FOR THAT, AND SO THERE THERE HAVE THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATIONS. UM IN THE PAST, AT LEAST PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CHIEF INTO THAT THE MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED IN THE PLAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

OKAY? ANY OTHER. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I JUST LIKE TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE MANAGER GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

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WE'RE READY FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION. YES MAYOR. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL. WHEN THEY PASSED. WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE UNIFORM COUNCIL. NATE REQUESTED AND WE WERE REQUESTED OF COUNCIL TO BE ONTO THEIR OWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THANK YOU. WE HAD A POWER POINT THAT WE WERE. OH, SORRY. NO, NO, IT'S NOT THE SAME PRESENTATION. BUT THAT'S NOT THE POWER POINT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY? WHAT . SO I'M GONNA I'M GONNA GET STARTED AND FORGET POWERFUL. PULL THE SLIDES UP, OKAY? SO THANK YOU. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARK ROBERTS. I'M A SENIOR REGIONAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL. WITH ME. TODAY IS MY PLUMBING, MECHANICAL FUEL GAS COLLEAGUE. RICHARD ANDERSON AND ALSO AN AUDIENCE. TODAY WE HAVE OUR TEXAS REGIONAL MANAGER OUT OF SAN ANTONIO. MR RICK BLUNT, SIR. AH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL AND OUR FAMILY CODES. OF COURSE TODAY ON YOUR AGENDA, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE CONCERNING ABOUT ADOPTING THE INTERNET INTERNATIONAL CODES AS WELL AS THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING, MECHANICAL FUEL GAS CODE. TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL WERE AN AMERICAN, NOT FOR PROFIT, MEMBERSHIP BASED ORGANIZATION WITH OVER 60,000 MEMBERS. WE DEVELOPED THE INTERNATIONAL CODES, WHICH ARE ADOPTED IN EVERY STATE. WE'RE DEDICATED TO ALL ASPECTS OF BUILDING SAFETY. WE HAVE 399 CHAPTERS WORLDWIDE. IN IN TEXAS ALONE. WE HAVE 18 CHAPTERS AND 4200 MEMBERS HERE IN TAXES. ACTUALLY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT IS A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL COCAINE. UM I. C C CURRENTLY DEVELOPS 15 CODES IN 18 STANDARDS AND AS 10 STANDARDS AND DEVELOPMENT QUITE AN EXTENSIVE, UM GROUPING OF STANDARDS AND CODES. NEARLY TWO BILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD. OR IMPACTED AND PROTECTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE. UM I WISH I HAD THE POWER POINT. IT'S NOT COMING UP. RICH. CAN I HAVE THE YOU CAN ALWAYS FOLLOW. UM. SO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT WHO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL IS RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

WHEN YOU HEAR INTERNATIONAL TIMES. YOU THINK THAT WE'RE FROM SOME FOREIGN ENTITY OR SOMETHING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CO COUNSEL IS AN AMERICAN BASED COMPANY WERE FROM HERE. OUR LEGACY.

LEGACY ORGANIZATIONS WERE GEOGRAPHICALLY PLACED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN THE SOUTH WAS THE SOUTHERN BUILDING CODE CONGRESS INTERNATIONAL, WHICH IS THE LEGACY CODE THAT WAS USED BY BEAUMONT PRIOR TO I, C C 19 YEARS AGO. AH! ALSO ON THE EAST COAST AREA IS BOCA. AND ON THE WEST COAST WAS I CBO THAT PRODUCED THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE. THEY HAD PARTNERED AT THAT TIME, WITH BAYAMO USING THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE MECHANICAL CODE AS PART OF THEIR CODES. UM . I C. C S FOUNDING STRATEGIC PARTNERS WERE ASSOCIATIONS LIKE THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR ARCHITECTS. THE BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS AND THE NATIONAL MOLTING HOUSING COUNCIL.

BEAUMONT AREAS, SUPPORTERS THAT WE HAVE AND SOME OF THEM HERE TODAY. INCLUDE ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS. PLUMBERS AND H V A C CONTRACTORS AND, OF COURSE, YOUR STAFF OR GOVERNMENTAL MEMBERS. I'D LIKE TO TALK TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CODE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. HOW DO WE GET THE CODES THAT YOU'RE USING? HERE IN BOWEN. WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE GOVERNMENTAL CONSENSUS PROCESS. IT'S AN OPEN PUBLIC FORUM PROCESS. UH BUT ALSO ALLOWS FOR SECURE ONLINE VOTING BAR GOVERNMENTAL MEMBERS. THE DECISIONS ARE TRANSPARENT.

EVERYTHING IS VIDEOTAPED. EVERYTHING IS LIVE ON. THE INTERNET. ANYONE CAN WATCH. UH

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YOU KNOW, IT'S GOES THROUGH NORMAL DUE PROCESS WHEN THE APPEALS PROCESS AGAIN, ANYBODY CAN CAN SUBMIT A CO CHANGE PROPOSAL. WITH THE GOVERNMENTAL CONSENSUS PROCESS. WHAT'S VERY UNIQUE ABOUT WHAT WE DO. IT LEAVES THE FINAL DETERMINATION OF CODE PROVISIONS. IN THE HANDS OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS. WHO HAVE NO VESTED FINANCIAL INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN THE OUTCOME OF THE CODE. THERE. THEIR PRIMARY GOAL IS PUBLIC INTEREST. WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE. SO WE HAVE INDUSTRYWIDE INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL OVER CODES. WE HAVE CODE OFFICIALS, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TRADE ASSOCIATIONS. BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS MANUFACTURERS. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ADVOCACY GROUPS FOR WHATEVER INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, UM. UTILITIES AND ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO BE INVOLVED. UM SO WITH THAT. UM. SINGAPORE TOGETHER. SO WITH WITH THAT THE ISIS CODES COVER STRUCTURAL LIFE SAFETY. PLUMBING, MECHANICAL FUEL, GAS CODES, ENERGY, FIRE SAFETY, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND ZONING. UH GREEN CONSTRUCTION AND SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS. I WAS HAVE, UM MY COLLEAGUE RICH. HE'LL HE'LL COME TO YOU DISCUSSED YOUR SPECIFIC THINGS ABOUT THE PLUMBING MECHANICAL FUEL GAS CO. I ASKED FOR YOU TODAY TO URGE YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING POSITIVELY ON AGENDA IS 12, 13 AND 15. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CITY MANAGEMENT ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL. AS MY COLLEAGUE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, MY NAME IS RICH ANDERSON. I AM DIRECTOR OF PMG TECHNICAL RESOURCES WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL. SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY BIG TITLE.

UM I'M JUST AN OLD PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR. CRAWLED UP OUT OF A DITCH OR OUT OF AN ATTIC WENT OVER TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO. AND THEN RECENTLY ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO JOINED THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL AS DIRECTOR. WE HAVE FIVE DIRECTORS OF PMD TECHNICAL RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY SUPPORTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CONTRACTORS DESIGN PROFESSIONALS. STANDARD ORGANIZATIONS. SUCH AS, UM.

THOSE THAT GO THROUGH THE ANTI PROCESS OR THE C S A PROCESS OR INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. UM WE ARE THE FOREMOST EXPERTS IN THE COUNTRY ON PLUMBING, MECHANICAL FUEL, GAS, SWIMMING POOL AND SPA AND PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL COATS. UM MYSELF. I AM A TEXAS LICENSE, JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER, MASTER PLUMBER. INSPECTOR WITH MEDICAL GAS AND PIPING ENDORSEMENT. AND I AM ALSO AN A C R CONTRACTOR WITH D L R H V A C WORK RIGHT? I HAVE AN A LICENSE WITH A COMBINATION ENDORSEMENT. UM I'VE WORKED IN GOVERNMENT WHERE WE HAVE HAD CODE CORRELATION. BETWEEN OUR FAMILY OF CODES. AND UTILIZE THE ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL FAMILY OF CODES. I HAVE ALSO WORKED IN JURISDICTIONS WHERE WE'VE TRIED TO INSERT STANDALONE COATS. SO I AM WELL VERSED IN THE CHALLENGES THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS AND TRYING TO INSERT CODES THAT DON'T CORRELATE UM, AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOUR STAFF IS EXTRA WORK. UM NOT A STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WELL OVER CODES QUARRELING. NOW, JUST BECAUSE THEY CORRELATE TOGETHER DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT A PLUMBING CONTRACTOR NEEDS OR THE ENTIRE SUITE OF OUR CODES TO PERFORM PLUMBING. NO WE REFERENCE OTHER CODES WHEN APPROPRIATE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO. WE PERFORMED SOME RESEARCH LAST JANUARY. UM ON TEXAS WIDE ADOPTIONS. OUR RESEARCH IN THE PAST HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON JURISDICTIONS EITHER EQUAL OR GREATER TO 5000. THAT'S BECAUSE IN TEXAS THAT'S THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED. TO ADOPT THE PLUMBING CODE. AND HAVE A DEPARTMENT TO ENFORCE THOSE REGULATIONS LAST JANUARY, WE BROADEN THAT SEARCH TO INCLUDE ANY COMMUNITY BECAUSE

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THIS MAP THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN AND IN THE HANDOUT PROVIDED THE COUNCIL SHOWS THAT OVERWHELMING ADOPTION AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE I. P C IS THE MOST WIDELY ADOPTED PLUMBING CODE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE I. P C IS A CURRENTLY ADOPTED IN 37 STATES ACROSS THE US AND IN SOME OF OUR TERRITORIES LIKE PUERTO RICO AND GUAM AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. APPROXIMATELY 252 MILLION PEOPLE, OR 75% OF THE US POPULATION LIVE IN AREAS THAT HAVE ADOPTED THE PC PC IS ALSO RECOGNIZED IN OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD WITH THOSE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR SCREEN NOW IS LESS THAN 3% OF JURISDICTIONS AND TEXAS CHOOSE TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE. MAKING THE I P C, THE MOST WIDELY ADOPTED PLUMBING CODE IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS. THEREFORE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS. WHO MAY NOT LIVE IN BEAUMONT TURNED TO THE FAMILY OF I CODES FOR YOUR DEVELOPMENT. COMPANIES LIKE TARGET. HAVE STATED. IN A LETTER I BELIEVE, PROVIDED THE COUNCIL HOW MUCH MORE MONEY IT COSTS THEM TO BUILD A STORE. UNDER THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE. THAT IS NOT DATA FROM US THAT IS DATA FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND ACTUAL INDUSTRY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE OVERWHELMING ADOPTION. OF OVER 98% OF COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS, CHOOSING THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE OVER THE UNIFORM PLUMBING OVER THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE. ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S MAKING THE I M C, THE MOST WIDELY ADOPTED MECHANICAL CODE IN TEXAS. THEREFORE, MOST CONTRACTORS DESIGN PROFESSIONALS. CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE. THOSE IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ARE FAR MUCH MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROVISIONS IN THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE. AND ALSO THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE IS ADOPTED IN APPROXIMATELY 87% OF THE U. S. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS. THAT ONLY 2% OF JURISDICTIONS. OR JUST LESS THAN 2% OF JURISDICTIONS AND TEXAS CHOOSE TO ADOPT. THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE. MAKING THE I M C ONCE AGAIN, THE MOST WIDELY ADOPTED AND TRUSTED SOURCE FOR MECHANICAL PROVISIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE A MAP SHOWING THE INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE. INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE IS ADOPTED IN OVER 98% OF COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS. ALRIGHT WE ALSO HAVE OVER EIGHTIES 2% OF THE POPULATION.

IN THE UNITED STATES UTILIZING PROVISIONS WITHIN OUR FUEL GAS CODE. NOW I KNOW IT HAS BEEN SAID IN THE PAST. AND STATEMENTS MADE THAT THE OTHER CODE INCLUDES FUEL GAS PROVISION.

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, BUT WE MAKE A MODEL CODE ADOPTABLE FOR ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY AND IN THE WORLD. AND IN TEXAS. PLUMBERS DO FEEL GAS AND OTHER STATES. THAT'S IT. STAND ALONE LICENSE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS ARE STAKEHOLDERS ARE GOVERNMENTAL MEMBERS FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ARE HAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT WE SEPARATE THOSE TWO CODES ALLOWING FOR A U. S ADOPTION THAT FITS INTO ANY LICENSING REQUIREMENTS. NOWHERE IN EITHER ONE OF ANY MODEL CODE. WILL YOU FIND A LICENSING REQUIREMENT THAT IS STATE OR LOCAL? JURISDICTIONAL? YOU DRUG DRIVEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CODE SUPPORT. EVERYBODY'S JURISDICTION, WHETHER IT'S LOCAL OR INTERNATIONAL OR FEDERAL LEVEL. TO ADOPT OUR CODES AND IMPLEMENT THEM BASED ON THEIR LOCAL REQUIREMENTS. UM ALSO IN THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE.

THEY HOUSE FUEL GAS PROVISION. FOR ITEMS THAT MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS CANNOT DO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO THE VENTING ON THEIR APPLIANCES. AND THEY CAN DO WHAT'S CALLED THE APPLIANCE CONNECTOR SO VERY SHORT PIECE OF GAS PIPING FROM THE STOP TO THE TO THE APPLIANCE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS MAP SHOWS JURISDICTIONS USING YOU PC FOR FUEL GAS PROVISION. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S JUST OVER 2% OF JURISDICTIONS IN THE STATE.

MAKING THE INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CO. THE MOST WIDELY ADOPTED FUEL GAS CODE. TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY IN TEXAS. EXCELLENT, PLEASE. SO I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND I KNOW COUNCIL HAS HEARD FROM FROM BOTH SIDES A LITTLE BIT, AND I FEEL IN MY HUMBLE

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WHAT FOR? PLEASE CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FOLLOWING SLIDE? I KIND OF LIKE TO PREVIOUS SLIDE. I'M SORRY. PLEASE, MISS TINA. SHE DID. SHE DID. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, YOU GO BACK TO THE NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL I NEEDED. YOUR CITY CLERK HAS A COPY OF THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION.

SO SHE HAS THAT, SIR. IF YOU NEED IT, I'M SURE SHE CAN SHARE IT AND MAKE IT PART OF WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN. OKAY? NEXT SLIDE. I KNOW COUNCIL WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATE ON A PRICE FOR A SINGLE VALVE FEEDING A DWELLING UNIT HAVE UPWARDS OF $1360. AND SPEAKING WITH YOUR STAFF. HERE IN BEAUMONT. THE MAJORITY OF MULTI FAMILY HOUSING IS BEING CONSTRUCTED, UTILIZING C PVC PIPING FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION OR THE WATER PIPING WITHIN THE BUILDING. DOING A SIMPLE WEB SEARCH OF ONE OF OUR BOX STORES. I FOUND A THREE QUARTER INCH SOLOMON WORLD WEALTH THAT COST $6.70 NOW AS AN EX CONTRACTOR. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A $6.70 VALVE, BUT THAT VALVE WOULD COST ALMOST $1360 TO INSTALL. OKAY? FURTHERMORE, THE INSTALLATION OF THAT VALVE AND THE REQUIRED ACCESS TO THAT VALVE CAN SAVE THOUSANDS IN PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR THAT PARTICULAR PERSON OCCUPYING THAT DWELLING UNIT, ALLOWING THEM TO SHUT OFF THE WATER IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, SAVING FROM WATER AND FLOOD DAMAGE. THAT IS THE IMPORTANT, RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENT FOR THAT SHUT OFF VALVE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO TURN OFF THE WATER WHEN NEEDED WITHOUT AFFECTING THEIR NEIGHBOR, RIGHT . I CAN SHUT OFF THE WATER TO MY UNIT WORK ON IT. WHILE YOU STILL HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR RESTROOM, YOUR TOILET, YOUR SHOWER YOUR KITCHEN ALL OF THAT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO BACK TO A LITTLE BIT OF OUR CODE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT MARK HAD TOUCHED ON ALREADY. UM BOTH I C C AND R AT MORE ALLOW FOR ANYONE TO SUBMIT GOOD PROPOSALS. THAT'S A FACT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE MEMBERS OF EITHER ORGANIZATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU ANYBODY SITTING IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW CAN SUBMIT A CODE PROPOSAL. BOTH ALSO HOST CODE DEVELOPMENT HEARINGS WERE PROPONENTS. UM, GET UP AND SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THEIR GOOD PROPOSAL AND THOSE IN OPPOSITION, GET UP AND SPEAK. IN OPPOSITION TO THAT PROPOSAL, BOTH COULD BODIES. UM HAVE APPLICATION PROCESSES AND WE SEEK OUT INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS TO SIT ON. WE CALL THEM CODE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES ARE AT MORE CALLS THEM. I BELIEVE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES. OKAY THESE ARE INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS FROM DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, PLUMBING CONTRACTORS, H V A C.

CONTRACTORS BUILDING CONTRACTORS FIRE STOP FIRE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS. UM, NOW. FINAL APPROVAL IN THE APPLE CO. DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS DONE BY A SMALL HAND SELECT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY HAVE FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE PROVISION HOUSED IN THOSE CODES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO FINAL APPROVAL IN THE I. C C IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR CODE DEVELOPMENT IS DONE BY OUR GOVERNMENTAL CONSENSUS PROCESS. WE CALL IT A GOVERNMENTAL CONSENSUS PROCESS BECAUSE IT KIND OF MIRRORS WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT DOES LIKE WHEN THEY

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REQUIRING DESIGN PROFESSIONALS. CONTRACTORS AND OUR BUILDING AND FIRE CODES, PROFESSIONALS TO ACCESS. ONLY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCILS I C C DIGITAL CODE PREMIUM INCLUDES OVER 1400 OF THESE REFERENCE STANDARDS. ALSO THE 2021 I, P. C IS THE ONLY MODEL A DOCTOR. OR SORRY. THE MODEL CODE BOOK THAT INCLUDES A D, A PLUMBING PROVISIONS. OTHER MODEL PLUMBING CODES REFERENCE THE ANTSY I C C 1 17 1 STANDARD FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND USABLE BUILDINGS. WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT ACCESSIBILITY IS TO THOSE THAT WE ALL SERVED, AND WE WANT TO MAKE THAT READILY AVAILABLE. TO OUR PLUMBING CONTRACTORS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE I P C AND THE I M C BOTH REFERENCE. UM A DOCUMENT PRINTED FROM THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION AGENCY, WHICH IS THE N F B A 99, WHICH IS A HILL HEALTHCARE FACILITIES CODE FOR HOSPITALS. THAT IS A VERY HOLISTIC DOCUMENT FOR HOSPITALS . IT TALKS ABOUT ALL SORTS OF THINGS, NOT JUST THE MEDICAL GAS AND VACUUM, WHICH IS HOUSED IN CHAPTER FIVE. OKAY? THERE'S 15 OR 16 CHAPTERS WITHIN THAT WHOLE CODE BODY. THIS REFERENCE. ALIGNS THE I P. C AND I M C WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS REQUIREMENTS FOR HOSPITALS SHOULD THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES WITHIN. UM. TITLE 25 OF TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REFERENCE TO CHAPTER 13 OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE. THERE AND THE, UM SEE THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE HAS ZERO REFERENCE TO THIS STATE MANDATED CODE. ONCE AGAIN WE'RE BACK TO OUR GOVERNMENTAL MEMBERS GEARING WHERE OUR CODES GO BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO ENFORCE CODES. AND TO LOOK AT THINGS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, HOLISTICALLY AND REFERENCE THE PROPER DOCUMENT WHEN NEEDED. OKAY? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I C C PMG CODES ARE NOT PRESCRIPTIVE. THE ENTIRE SUITE OF ICSC PMG CODES INCLUDES THOUSANDS OF PRESCRIPTIVE REQUIREMENTS. THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE ALL BASED ON SPECIFIC INSTALLATION AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS. TO PROPERLY ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS I C C IS WILLING TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS WITH ANYONE THAT HAS CONCERNS WE'VE DONE SO GETTING DOWN INTO THE WEEDS, ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM STAFF AND I BELIEVE MEMBERS FROM THIS COUNCIL WHEN THEY'VE REACHED OUT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN CLOSING. I C C BY WORKING DIRECTLY WITH PLUMBING PROFESSIONALS, ENGINEERS, PLUMBING CONTRACTORS, MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, BUILDING SAFETY PROFESSIONALS, FIRE CODE PROFESSIONALS, ETCETERA, ALL OF OUR INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS. THIS PROCESS ENSURES THAT THE PMG CODES TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO PLUMBING, MECHANICAL AND FUEL ES DESIGN. INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION. BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR IS JUST ONE PART OF THE TRIANGLE. OF CONSTRUCTION WE HAVE DESIGNED. WE HAVE THE DESIGN COMMUNITY ARCHITECTS OR ENGINEERS. WE HAVE OUR SKILLED LABOR WHO ARE INSTALLING IT. AS WELL AS WE HAVE OUR BUILDING LIFE SAFETY PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY OF BILL TOMA. SO BY ADOPTING THE PC I M C AND FUEL GAS CODES IN BEAUMONT TODAY YOU SHOW THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE THAT THIS COUNCIL CARE IS NOT JUST ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL OF ITS CITIZENS, BUT YOU ALSO CARE ABOUT VIABLE OPTIONS FOR USE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT , EFFICIENCY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THEIR TIME TODAY AND TAKING UP THE ADOPTION OF MOVING BEAUMONT FORWARD TO THE MOST RESILIENT CODES. FOR THE 2021. CYCLE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[Public Comment]

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SHE WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR THREE MINUTES AND THE RED LIGHT WILL BE YOUR INDICATION THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. DON WOULD BE SH 79 99. GLADYS AVENUE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HE WANTS TO SPEAK ON ADAM'S 13 THROUGH 16 ON THE AGENDA. I THINK HE LEFT. I SAW HIM EARLIER. DID HE LEAVE? HE LEFT. I'M ROB CLARK, 85. GENEVA BEAUMONT, TEXAS ITEMS 12 THROUGH 16 ON THE AGENDA. GOOD AFTERNOON . I'LL DO THIS QUICKLY. I AM AN ARCHITECT. WHO HAS BEEN PRACTICING STARTING IN 77 HERE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT PUBLIC PROJECT HOSPITAL PROJECTS. MANY FIRE STATIONS. IN HOUSES, SO WE'VE USED ALL THE CODES. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT THE ACCESS CODES THEY ARE COMPREHENSIVE. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU WHERE THEY'RE GOING IN THE NEXT GENERATION.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MOST. INTERESTED IN BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF CODES. THE ICY CODES. I ALWAYS TO DO A DATABASE SEARCH FOR VARIOUS ENTRIES THAT REQUIRED AND VERY COMPLEX BUILDINGS. AND OUR FARM IS GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO USING THAT BREAKING APART, COACH AND INTRODUCING THIRD PARTY COACH OR ANOTHER CODE AS A WAY OF AMENDING IS NOT A GOOD THING. WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH OUR ENGINEERS FROM HOUSTON LIKE CHARLES LAFAYETTE. SAN ANTONIO, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAVE SAID IT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT PROCESS DEALING WITH MIXED CODES , SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE CODE THAT YOU HAVE ADOPTED PRIOR TO THIS STATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SINA NAHEED 1990 WAS LUCAS BY MY TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR. THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SEEN IN A SHOT. I'M A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL. UH, STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. I MEAN, I'M SORRY ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER AND I'M ALSO AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS BORDER PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.

TEXAS BORDER ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS TO PRACTICE ARCHITECTURE IS TEXAS. AH, I DO SIT ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND I ALSO HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE CHAIR OF TEXAS BORDER PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS. WE REGULATE THE WORK OF 76,000 ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. I'VE BEEN PRACTICING HERE IN BAMA FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. WE ALWAYS USE THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE CODES THAT YOU CAN FIND. AND I'VE HEARD THAT THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT MIXING THE CODES AND USING THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE. AND I REALLY FOR THE LIFE OF ME HAVING FUN, ANY REASON FOR ANYBODY TO TAKE A SET OF CODES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE GLOBE TO GO AHEAD AND MIX AND MATCH DIFFERENT CODES TO EACH OTHER. THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES ARE FAMILY OF COACH. THEY REFERRED TO EACH OTHER IN DIFFERENT INSTANCES. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN VERY WELL WRITTEN COMMENTARY AND THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF HEALTH LINES WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER, YOU CAN CALL OR YOU CAN SEND A QUESTION AND THEY HAVE PROFESSIONALS THAT CAN ANSWER YOU SO I WOULD URGE YOU NOT TO ADOPT ANYTHING OTHER THAN ONE COMPLETE FAMILY OF COACH THAT WOULD SERVE THE CITIZENS A LOT BETTER IN INVOLVEMENT. TEXAS THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. OKAY? I'M SORRY. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR MUTHANA MEMBERS OF COUNCIL . MY NAME IS JOHN. GO AHEAD. CAN YOU JUST DO YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? AND SO JOHN MARTA. 16303 AMBER BROWN, DR. HOTLY, TEXAS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL CODE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON

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MAYOR. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA MOVED TO APPROVE

[CONSENT AGENDA]

WHAT WE CAN GET YOU THAT AND TO BILION. WELL, IT'S JUST INCONVENIENT. THE PAVILION, IS IT. WHAT IS IT THAT CLUE BECAUSE THE RENDERING JUST SHOWS A COVER. AND IT'S SERIOUS READY, SAYING IT'S GONNA HAPPEN CONCRETE, AND IT'S GONNA BE A COVER. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TABLES ? YOU KNOW THE BENCHES, PICNIC TABLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT ELECTRICAL OUTLETS, CEILING FAN WATER. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE DOESN'T ACCORDING TO ON HERE. NONE OF THAT STUFF IS INCLUDED.

IT WASN'T IN THE SCOPE OF WORK PLAN, BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. LIKE THOSE THOSE ITEMS LIKE THE PICNIC TABLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT WASN'T IN THE SCOPE OF WORK PLANES AND CEILING FANS, BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER YEAH. AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT SURE IF OTHER PAVILIONS HAVE IT, BUT I'M NOT FOR ME. I HAVEN'T BEEN UNDER ONE IN A WHILE, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THEM KIND OF UNIFORM. SO IF YOU DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER ONES DON'T. THAT'S WHY I'M AXING DESCRIBING IS WHAT'S LIKE MATERIAL PARK.

OKAY SO THE PAVILION IT'S LIKE THE CONTRACT IS FOR THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE ITSELF. WHATEVER AMENITIES WE DECIDED TO INCLUDE IN THERE WILL BECOME TOO COUNCIL SEPARATE AND APART. THE WHAT WE'RE PURCHASING IS BASICALLY LIKE THE BASE MODEL, WHATEVER WE UPGRADE TO UPGRADE TO, BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PURCHASE. THIS IS JUST THAT RENDERING THAT YOU SEE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING SO ANYTHING THAT WE ADD TO THAT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL. BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT. THAT COVERING JUST FOR CLARITY TO FOLLOW UP. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WHAT I WANT TO DO HAVE WHAT YOU KNOW IF I CAN GET THAT IN THE EMAIL. OKAY? AND I DON'T. UM RELUCTANT, SPECULATE. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GET YOUR ANSWER FOR SURE. BUT THIS THIS APPEARS TO BE JUST FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. IF OTHER THINGS HAVE A DINNER BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR INCLUSION CAN'T ANSWER THAT. BUT THIS PUTS UP THE STRUCTURE. I'D LIKE TO ASK MAYOR PRO TEM DAIRY. WERE YOU UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT. IT DID INCLUDE CEILING PANES AND PICNIC BENCHES. WHAT THE PICNIC BENCHES, ELECTRICAL OUTLET AND WATER. YEAH. BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE CRAFTSMAN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PURCHASING. SO LIKE. THIS ISN'T FOR THAT ITEM.

SO I THINK THAT THAT IF THOSE THINGS ARE AMENITIES ARE INCLUDED WILL COME TO COUNCIL IN ITS SEPARATE ITEM. THIS IS FOR WHAT WE PURCHASE FOR CRAFTSMAN, UM JUST KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO HOME DEPOT. YOU BUY THE LITTLE UTILITY BUILDING. YOU GET THAT AND WHATEVER YOU ADD TO IT

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[1. Consider a request to annex the south half of the right-of-way of Spindletop Avenue. ]

YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? MOVED TO APPROVE MOTION IS THEIR 2ND 2ND. THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, STARING THE DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING , AYE, I OPPOSE. THE MOTION CARRIES THE READING OF VITAMIN

[2. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow an office warehouse and wholesale distribution in the GC-MD-2 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District for property located at 1575 S. Major Drive.]

[3. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a gaming site in the GCMD (General Commercial - Multiple Family Dwelling) District for property located at 2865 S. 11th Street. ]

OH, EVERYBODY COUNCIL MEMBER FELL. SEAN. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL, THE MOTION IN

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[4. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a gaming site in the GCMD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District for property located at 5425 College Street. ]

[5. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a Recreational Vehicle Park in the GC-MD-2 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District for property located at 550 Pinchback Road. ]

SORRY PLACED WITHIN THE EASEMENT PROFIT, INCLUDING CLOTHING, RV STALLS. SIX WATER AND SEWAGE CROSSINGS AND SEPARATION SHALL FOLLOW ON TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. T C Q STANDARDS 78. NET ZERO INCREASE IN THE RUNOFF WILL BE REQUIRED TO ENSURE THE RUNOFF FROM THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS MATCHED EXISTING CONDITIONS FOR THE 100 YEAR STORM EVENT USING ATLAS 14 RAINFALL DATA THAT SITE MADE DRAIN TO THE MEDIA CUT OUT THIS TO THE WEST WITHIN APPROVED STORM, PIP. I END PERMIT FOR DRAINAGE DISTRICT SIX. EIGHT A TYPOGRAPHIC SURVEY MUST BE COMPLETED TO SHOW WHICH DIRECTION DID EXIST AND DID JUST FALL INTO ONE NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. NO WATER FROM THE DEVELOPED SANCTIONED DRAIN ON TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES FOR DRAINAGE DISTRICT SIX. AND NINE SHOULD HAVE FOUR TIMES SECURITY.

ON SITE, UM. WHAT RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS. OH THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE CONDITIONS SORRY, AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. IT'S THE BONE PMCS RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. TRYING TO DECIDE IF I WANT TO ASK. THE QUESTION REPORT CALLED FOR THE VOTE. WE'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

IS THERE A MOTION PLEASE MOVE TO DENY THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. OKAY, ANY. COMMENTS COUNCIL

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IN THAT AREA, AND WE'LL READ INTO THE RECORD. THE NAMES OF CITIZENS AND THEIR ADDRESSES.

THAT ARE OPPOSED TO PUTTING THIS RV PARK 5 50 PINCH BACK LYNN HANES, WHO RESIDES AT 6 70 PINCH BACK OPPOSED ETHAN BERWICK, WHO RESIDES AT 4, 10, PINCH BACK OPPOSED. JILL LIVESEY. IT'S 6 85 PINCH BACK OPPOSED. JOEY LOVER SAY 6 85 PINCH BACK OPPOSED. SHANNON GIBSON, 6 70 PINCH BACK OPPOSED THERE'S ALSO A DAYCARE CENTER. UH JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE OF THOSE TRACKS CALLED WORLD OF COLOR. IT IS OWNED BY ARLENE COLEMAN. WHO HAS OPPOSED HER DAUGHTERS. THE MANAGER THERE COURTNEY LYNCH. SHE IS OPPOSED. SO WITH ALL THAT . I JUST CANNOT SUPPORT PUTTING AN RV PARK IN THIS AREA. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. QUESTION OF STAFF . NORMALLY WHEN WE SEE CONDITIONS WITH SOME OF THESE, UH ITEMS. NINE IS KIND OF THE MOST I EVER SEEN IS A REASON. THIS MANY CONDITIONS WERE ADDED TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT VERSUS SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS SIMILAR TO IT. AND I NEVER SEEN NINE CONDITIONS AND REFERENCE TO APPROVAL. SO IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE CONDITIONS THEY TEND TO TRY TO ADDRESS OR TRY TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT THAT ARE COMING FROM THE PROPOSAL AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, SO YOU'LL SEE THINGS LIKE COMPLIANCE WITH THE BASICALLY RV ORDINANCE, WHICH HAS A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. YOU'LL LOOK AND YOU'LL SEE T C Q STANDARDS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW CONCERNS FOR WATER. YOU SEE CONCERNS FOR DRAINAGE. UM FULL TIME SECURITY . SO AGAIN, I THINK THE IDEA BEHIND THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CONDITIONS ARE TO TRY TO MITIGATE. WHAT IS IT PRETTY HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE. AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION. AND ONE THAT STOOD OUT TO ME. IT STATES FULL TIME SECURITY. DO WE HAVE FULL TIMES SECURITY STANDARDS ON ANY OTHER PROPERTIES SIMILAR TO THAT? IN THE WEST END WOULDN'T BE APARTMENTS, RV PARKS, TRAILER HOMES. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY ELSE BE REQUIRED TO DO THAT. NO, SIR. SOMETIMES YOU WILL SEE IT IN CONNECTION WITH THE DRINKING PLACE OR SOME SOME TYPE OF USE THAT MAY HAVE A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR SECURITY, BUT IT'S NOT NOT TYPICAL ASSOCIATED WITH AN SUV AGAIN. I THINK THE IDEA BEHIND IT WAS TO ATTEMPT TO MITIGATE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING AREA. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY WHAT ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THAT TENT WOULDN'T BE THE SAME. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FAILED SHOW CHRIS. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 4 TO 3. TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST AND NOT 7 TO 3. IS THAT CORRECT ? THINK THAT'S CORRECT, BUT I REALLY NEED TO NEED TO CONSULT THE RECORD TO CONFIRM THAT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S JUST REMEMBER BEING A VERY CLOSE VOTE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER GETS YOU DID ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. IN MARRIAGES FOR CLARIFICATION AGAIN. WE'RE VOTING TO DENY CORRECT CORRECT. ALL IN FAVOR. I WE WERE MY FAVORITE OF, UM.

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[6. Consider a request for an Amended Specific Use Permit to allow restaurants, professional offices and retail stores in a GC-MD-2 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District for property located at 4515 N. Major Drive. ]

MITCH. DR. UH, MR MANAGER, I THINK MAYBE I MISHEARD YOU SAY 4500, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S 3100.

WE HAD THAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS UNDER DIFFERENT PAGE. GOT IT? OKAY, SO IT IS 4500. ON THIS ONE. OKAY 45, 15 15 45 15 6 AND NINE WERE SWAPPED AND THEY'RE IN THE THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO IT'S 45 15. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CANCEL TONI UH, THIS MAY BE A QUESTION THAT WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS WITH A SHOPPING STRIP ANYWHERE. STAND ACROSS FROM PAPA DOES THE FIRE HYDRANT LOCATION. WHEN WE DID THE FLUSHING IT WAS FLUSHING KIND OF DIRECTLY IN THE PARKING LOT. AND IT WAS COLLEGE NG, YOU KNOW, ALGAE AND GREEN FUNGUS AND THE POSSIBLE SLIPPING, HAS IT? IN FRONT OF THE PARTICULAR CAR BUSINESS. AH I SPOKE TO OUR WHAT A DIRECTOR AND HE SAID IT'D PROBABLY BE GOOD TO LOOK AT THE PLACEMENT OF THESE FIRE HYDRANTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AND WE KIND OF OBSERVED THE PLACEMENT OF THOSE FIRE HYDRANTS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WAS NUMBER FIVE. WE SHOULD SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE REQUIRED FIRE HYDRANTS. I JUST DON'T WANT TO RUN INTO AN ISSUE THAT WE RECENTLY DEALING WITH CURRENTLY WITH PROPERTY IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF BEEN AN ONGOING THING AND IF WE HAD TO FLUSH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T DISTURB THE BUSINESS IN THAT AREA. OKAY? I SAW MIKE IN HERE IN THE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY OR NOT, BUT WE'LL BE WE'LL, UH, DO THAT. IN PLANNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTION, MAN. I'M SORRY COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL. IT'S JUST FOR THE RECORD. MAYBE IT'S IRRELEVANT. SO ON REMEMBER FIVE YOU HAD 10 PEOPLE FOR POINTING IN ZONING THERE ON ITEM NUMBER SIX. HE HAD NINE. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER SEVEN YOU HAD EIGHT THINK IS THE TYPE OF THAT GOES INTO THE RECORD OR NOT? CHRIS, CAN YOU ADDRESS WE CAN CLARIFY EXACTLY THE VOTING. SOMETIMES IT'S A. YOU COULD HAVE YOU COULD HAVE COUNSEL BASICALLY , COMMISSION MEMBERS CAN COME AND GO TO THE NAME NUMBER CAN CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE MEETING. SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE ABSTENTIONS. AND SO THAT DOES CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY CONFIRM THE VOTING RECORD FOR YOU. THANK YOU, MR BEN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, I OPPOSE THE

[7. Consider a request for an Amended Specific Use Permit to allow a residential care facility in the RM-H (Residential Multiple Family-Highest Density) District for property located at 1094-1098 Cottonwood Street. ]

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CONSTRUCTION PLANS SUPPOSED TO BE ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SENATOR SOURCE SERVICES, INCLUDING IN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW PRE TREATMENT OR FALL PROGRAM. AND THREE SENATORS TO ALIGN SHOULD BE TIED TO THE CITY LINE LOCATED IN L, A WAY TO CUT WOOD. STREET AND RECOMMEND STAFFERS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE HARDNESS WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN MAY HAVE A MOTION. PLEASE MOVE TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS . SECOND MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WE CONDITIONS AND THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL TO KNOW WHERE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT IN THIS PAST, PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING WHERE THAT APPLICATION WAS MADE. AND YES.

SO CHECKING THE FILE. WE HAVE ONE. THANK YOU. WE DID HAVE ONE. OBJECTION THEY DIDN'T MARK. THEY DIDN'T MARK. NO, BUT THEY BASICALLY THE COMMENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS AT 25. OH, SIX, MAGNOLIA. PROPOSED WE HAD ONE AT 24, 40 CABLE PROPERTY OWNER WAS OPPOSED. THAT IS IN SUPPORT.

SUPPORT. SO TOO IN FAVOR. TWO OPPOSED OKAY? WELL, I WAS SIMPLY STATE THAT, UM I APPLAUD THE WORK THAT HOWARD'S DOING IN THE CITY, HOWEVER, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEARS THAT WAS EXPRESSED YEARS AGO WHEN THEY BEGIN TO EXPAND IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OLDER RESIDENTS, AND THEY WERE AFRAID OF THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF A FACILITY LIKE THAT, UH, THAT DEALS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE. IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC, THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC IN THE LAW. UTTERANCE. UM BUT HOW HAS ATTEMPTED TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN BUT BECAUSE OF THIS FEAR THAT WAS EXPRESSED BACK THEN. AND THIS CONTINUAL GROWTH. IN THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD . GO AND MOVE OUT AND BUY ANOTHER HOUSE. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS BEFORE. HOW GOT THAT THEY WERE THERE WHEN THAT WAS A THRIVING NEIGHBORHOOD. BECAUSE OF THAT. I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. I SUPPORT THE OBJECTIVES OF HOW, BUT I CANNOT SUPPORT THE CONTINUOUS ENCROACHMENT OR, UM, EXPANSION OF THAT FACILITY IN THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER THAN COUNCIL MEMBER GETS AH, I DO HAVE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I'VE RECENTLY BEEN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I'VE EVEN ACCOUNTED BUSINESS OWNERS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND UNFORTUNATE TRUTH IS THAT AREA.

THAT'S WHAT THAT AREA IS BECOMING KNOWN FOR. AND THE REALITY IS I DO WANT TO HAVE CONSIDERATION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. UM THIS IS WHY THIS PARTICULAR DECISION IS EXTREMELY TOUGH FOR ME. BECAUSE DOPE WE ALL SUPPORT THE MISSION. BUT THE REALITY IS SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE VOICED CONCERNS. BUT I DO SEE SOME TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON HERE. CAN STAFF KIND OF SPEAK TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO BE DONE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. I SEE DORMITORIES OFFICE SPACE GAME CAN STEP KIND OF SPEAKS TO SOME MORE SPECIFICS. YES SO THIS IS AGAIN AN EXPANSION OF THE HOW CENTER IN ORDER TO TRY TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THE EXPANSION ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UH, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY FUNCTIONING. FACILITY THE CONDITIONS INCLUDE SANITARY SEWER LINE SHALL BE TIRED OF THE CITY LINE LOCATED IN THE ALLEYWAY. ONE IS CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL UH, WATER UTILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOG. WELL GREECE BACKFLOW PROGRAM AND THEN FINALLY, CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST COMPLY WITH ALL BUILDING FIRE CODES. IN

[03:00:06]

[03:05:04]

IT LOOKS BETTER AND IT WOULD BE BETTER HOUSING. HOWEVER I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT I'VE SEEN THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN AREAS WHERE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO MOVE WHERE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO BE HERE TO EXPRESS ALL THEIR CONCERNS. SOMETIMES THOSE OLDER INDIVIDUALS ARE THE ONES MOST IMPACTED AND NOT BEING ABLE TO BE HERE TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS . THAT IS WHERE MY CONCERN IS, UM, BUT I DO KNOW THE WORK OF HOW I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO WORK WITH US IN THAT COMMUNITY DOES FAR. SO THAT JUST BE MINDFUL OF WHAT I'VE SAID ALL ALONG. I WANT TO BE CONCERNED AND CONSIDERATE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE AROUND THERE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN THERE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. WELL, I KIND OF STAND BY HOW I FEEL THIS WORK REFERENCE TO YOU KNOW, WE STATING SECURITY AND THINGS THAT ARE MAGNITUDE. FOR THE TRAILER PARK ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN, RV PARK. EXCUSE ME , AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW I HATE THE GENTLEMAN CAN'T COME UP AND EXPLAIN SOME OF THESE MEASURES, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE RULES. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THEM OVER THERE IN THE NORTH END AS WELL. AND I KNOW HE RUNS A TIGHT THING, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA NO. THAT WE ARE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE SECURITY AND PEOPLE LOTTERY AND WALKING AROUND. YOU KNOW WHAT? I GOT THE KIDS OUT PLAYING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THOUGH, WE'RE DOING A GOOD DEED, AND HE'S DOING A GOOD DEED. THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING AND CAN HAVE ISSUES SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WANNA JUST AS BIG AS AN INFANT SECURITY IN THAT AREA AS WE ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER AREAS. SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT SECURITY MEASURES ARE IN PLACE. CHRIS, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW? SO I, UH. I KNOW THAT THEY MONITOR THE SITE 24 7. I KNOW THAT. AS THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED, THEY DO WORK WITH PD. THEY HAVE A SYSTEM. UM AS MENTIONED, SOMETIMES FOR ATTACHED TO A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. THERE WILL BE A CONDITION THAT ADEQUATE SECURITY MEASURES BE PROVIDED NOW WHAT THAT ENTAILS CAN DEPEND UPON YOU KNOW WHAT THE USES AND THEN INTERPRETATION AND THEN AND THEN THE DIFFICULTY FOR STAFF, MAYBE IN, YOU KNOW, 11 PERSON'S IDEA OF WHAT'S ADEQUATE MAY NOT BE ANOTHER PERSONS. AND SO IF, AS MENTIONED, YOU CAN ATTACH A CONDITION TO THAT END. BUT WE WOULD ASK IT BE SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE. BUT THIS AGAIN AS MENTIONED COUNCIL COULD ATTACH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS TO THAT END. BUT HAVE YOU IN THE PAST FACILITIES LIKE THIS? WHAT SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN ATTACHED, IF ANY AGAIN. I CAN ONLY RECALL US ATTACHING A SECURITY CONDITION TO A DRINKING PLACE. TO MY RECOLLECTION. AS A CONDITION. OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.

MAYOR, PROTEIN. MHM THERE. PROTEIN DURIO AND COUNCIL MEMBER GETS ARE YOU IN NEW YORK? PLACES LIKE THIS IN THAT AREA. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ISN'T THERE SOME TYPE OF FACILITY ON GULF STREET LIKE AROUND THE CORNER FROM HERE? THERE IS A FACILITY ON GULF STREET. UM AND IT DOES

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IF THE COUNCIL THE STAFF STARTS GETTING NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORS, WE CAN ALWAYS BRING THAT BACK FOR A HEARING AND THEN COUNSEL CAN ADDRESS THAT WITH THE APPLICANT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT CONDITION IS BEING MET ADEQUATELY. THAT'S FINE, MAN. THANK YOU. WELL WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. UM. WE WENT TO LUNCH AND AT 10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. CAN WE RESOLVE THIS MOTION BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK? PLEASE. AND LOWER THE NEED FOR A BATHROOM BREAK. I CALLED FOR THE VOTE. A MAN, UH, ALL IN FAVOR. I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. NO, IT'S A MOTION. YOU'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AYE, ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A I THINK IT'S RESUMING ABOUT X EVERYONE TO TAKE YOUR SLEEPS, PLEASE, SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GOTTA PUT YOUR TEACHER VOICE ON, MAN. THAT INCLUDES COUNCIL. THANK YOU. PROTEIN. THANK YOU. MR CITY MANAGER. MAY I HAVE THE READING

[8. Consider a request to Rezone a portion of property from GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District to RM-H (Residential Multiple Family-Highest Density) District for property located east of 3920 W. Cardinal Drive. ]

COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL. IT'S EMOTION AND THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION ONLY FAVORABLE SIGNIFIED BY SAYING I. AH ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES THEY

[9. Consider a request for an Amended Specific Use Permit to allow retail shopping center with restaurants, clothing stores, food shops, beauty salons and professional offices on the GC-MD-2 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District portion of the property located at 3100 N. Major Drive. ]

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[10. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with HDR Inc. to perform a water & wastewater utility financial planning and rate model. ]

YEAH AND THIS, UH, THIS PROCESS ANALYZE THIS. YOUR OPERATION, YOU MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS AND YOUR DEBT SERVICE AND PUT IT PUT IT ALL INTO ONE TO COME UP WITH A FIVE YEAR CALCULATED PLAN FOR JUST SIT RIGHT. THAT BILL BASICALLY ALSO IN DOING THAT PLANNING, IT HELPS YOU WITH YOUR ESTABLISHMENT OF YOUR CAPITAL TO IMPROVEMENT PLAN FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BECAUSE YOU'RE PLAYING AND HOW TO PAY FOR THOSE BY INCLUDING THOSE CONFRONTATIONS INSIDE THOSE SAME GREATS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ADAPTING. UH, WITH THIS MODEL. SO IT DOES GREAT THINGS FOR BUDGETING FOR PLANNING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. UH IT'S JUST A GOOD, UH, PRACTICE. BEST PRACTICE FOR CITIES TO HAVE A WATER WATER SEWER RATE. PLANNING FINANCIAL PLANNING MODEL GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. PROTEIN QUESTION, AND I DON'T SEE TODD HERE. MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE CAN ANSWER. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION IN NEW WATERVILLE. PAYMENT. ONLINE.

THAT YOU WERE ON THE CHARGE OF PROCESSING FEE IF YOU USE YOUR CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD. IS THAT CORRECT? IF YOU USE THE CREDIT CARD SYSTEM ONLINE. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU HAVE DIRECT DEPOSIT THROUGH YOUR BANK, YOU DON'T GET CHARGED THAT FEE. IF YOU PAY IN PERSON OR BY MAIL.

YOU DON'T GET CHARGED THAT FEE UNDERSTANDINGS IF YOU USE THE CREDIT CARD SYSTEM, THEN YOU DO GET CHARGED THE FEE. I PAID MINE YESTERDAY. AND I USED THE. WHERE THEY PULL IT DIRECTLY OUT OF MY CHECKING ACCOUNT, AND IT WAS A DOLLAR 95 PROCESSING FEE. SO THAT'S STILL CONSIDERING ELECTRONIC PAYMENT. IF YOU PAY IT THROUGH YOUR BANK WHERE YOUR BANK SENDS A CHECK. THEN THERE'S

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[11. Consider an Ordinance amending Ordinance 23-005. ]

[12. Consider an ordinance adopting the 2021 International Building, Residential, Existing Building, Fire, Energy Conservation, Fuel Gas, Property Maintenance, Swimming Pool and Spa, and 2020 National Electrical Code and 2020 ICC 600 Standard for Residential Construction in High Wind Regions, with local exceptions. ]

INCLUDING OUR INSPECTOR TEAM, WHO HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN DIGGING INTO THE 15 DOCUMENTS WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY. FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION. WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO VOTE ON FIVE DIFFERENT ITEMS. THE FIRST IS THE 11 DOCUMENTS TO THEM ABOUT THE COVER. SECONDLY, THERE WILL BE A VOTE ON THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE. THEN THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE.

THEN THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE. AND THEN THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE. THE REASON WE HAVE DIVIDED THEM UP THIS WAY WAS TO REDUCE CONFUSION. BETWEEN THE CODES. MY DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL CODES AND JUST A MOMENT RIGHT NOW, MY FOCUS WILL BE ON EVERYTHING ELSE. NEXT. THIS IS SOMETHING THE, UH THIS IS FINE. THANK YOU. TEXAS AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS. THERE'S A MELTING POT OF CODES IN BOTH YEAR AND PUBLISHER THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL PROVIDES THE MOST MATERIAL FOR THE STATE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, TD LR ADOPTS THE NDC. AS THE CHIEF AUTHORITY FOR ELECTRICAL.

AND PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CODE BOOKS FORMALLY ADOPTED. WHICH IS THE

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SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS STATE MINIMUM MY S O RATING AND, OF COURSE QUALITY BUILDING. WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THE BOTTOM PART OF THIS ILLUSTRATION. BUT THERE IS A TENSION BETWEEN THE BOTTOM TWO. THE STATE ADOPTION. AS A MINIMUM. BUT KEEPING UP WITH THE BEST INSURANCE RATES. AND FEMA DISASTER RELIEF REQUIREMENTS. LAST TIME WE MET ON THIS WITH COUNSEL COUNSEL REQUESTED CLARITY ON FAMOUS ACCEPTANCE OF THE OTHER CODES. AFTER THIS PRESENTATION, MR BOONE CAN GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT SPECIFIC TOPIC IF REQUESTED. OKAY. THIS SLIDE SHOWS INITIAL STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THE FIRST NINE OR THE INTERNATIONAL CODES. NUMBER 10 IS A 2020 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE. AND, OF COURSE NUMBER 11 IS THE UPDATES TO THE CHAPTER 24 IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT ORDINANCES. I'M GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THESE. THAT WE ARE PROPOSING ON THE NEXT SLIDES. WE'LL START WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE. THE BEST THING ABOUT THE UPDATED CODES, PARTICULARLY THE IRISH SEA IS THE INNOVATION IT PROVIDES KEEPING IN STEP WITH THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD WE LIVE IN. AND IN THIS CASE, WE MEAN WE MEAN THAT LITERALLY WHAT WE LIVE IN TINY HOMES ARE NOW ADDRESSED. THREE D PRINTED HOMES ARE ADDRESSED, WHICH WILL BE UTILIZED PRIMARILY FOR G L O, WHICH IS A GENERAL LAND OFFICE ON SOME OF OUR HURRICANE REPLACEMENT HOUSES. THE LIST GOES ON. THIS IS A STANDALONE CODE REGULATING ALL CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS AND TOWN HOUSES.

ADDITIONALLY COUNCIL RECENTLY BROUGHT UP A VERY GOOD POINT ABOUT WHAT HOMEOWNERS OR ALLOWED TO WORK ON IF IT IS THEIR HOMESTEAD, SO ANOTHER PROPOSED WE'RE MAKING THIS CYCLE IS A CLOSET DEFINES JUST STAND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK DEFINED BY PARLIAMENT. TO BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR, THOUGH THIS DOES NOT MEAN INVESTMENT PROPERTIES. LET'S JUST MEANS HOMESTEAD ONLY FOR HOMEOWNERS. THANKS. A LITTLE BIT. NEXT 1 2021 INTERNATIONAL. ME? I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER TONY I MEAN THAT THAT PACIFIC THAT SPECIFIC COMMENT CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT? THAT LAST ONE ABOUT WHAT WE KINDA THE HOMESTEAD CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC. YES HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE THEIR HOUSE DESIGNATED AT THE HOMESTEAD. UH WOULD BE ALLOWED TO THERE WAS THERE'S MORE LENIENCY AS FAR AS IF THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL PERMITS REQUIRED. FOR DOING WORK ON THEIR HOUSE. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY WILL BE MORE LENIENT ON AS FAR AS THE WORK THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO. UH THEY CAN PULL THEIR OWN BUILDING PERMIT. THEY CAN PULL THEIR MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL THERE, PLUMBING. IN THE WAY WE WERE PROPOSING TO SET IT UP IS TO HAVE IT TO WHERE IF THEY ARE DOING THE WORK, AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUALLY GO BACK, AND IT'S LIKE OBVIOUSLY THAT THERE'S ELECTRICAL ISSUES ON SOMETHING, THEN WE MAY REQUIRE THEM AT SOME POINT TO GET A LICENSE ELECTRICIAN TO GET INVOLVED AND TO GET A PERMIT AND GET THE WORK DONE. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE LENIENT ON HOMEOWNERS TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THEIR HOUSE. I'M IN THE MAJORITY OF IT IS WHERE THEY'RE DOING. SHEETROCK WORK REPAIR IF THERE IS A SMALL LEAK OR PATCHING, AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER EXEMPTIONS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR EVERYBODY TO PAINT AND FLOORING AND TILE FOR REPAIRS AND STUFF, BUT THIS IS MAINLY ON THE OTHER ITEMS LIKE THE LICENSED TRADES. AND MORE STRUCTURAL WORK AND STUFF LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE YOU. I JUST WANTED TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT WILL BE ABLE TO LIST THE EXACTLY OUT TO WHERE YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY HOW WE WERE PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND THEN WE'LL ASK FOR INPUT SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY? SO THIS IS A 2021 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPARK CODE. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE PROPOSING. THEY SEPARATED OUT SWIMMING POOL AND SPARK CODE. AS IT DID NOT EXIST IN THE LAST CODE CYCLE THAT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WAS ON.

HOWEVER, THE EXPANDED VOLUME PROVIDES DETAILED CLARITY FOR ALL POOL AND SPARK CONSTRUCTION.

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ONE OF THE THINGS ADDED IN 2021 IS A CRITERIA FOR THE BOARD OF APPEALS. AS IT PERTAINS TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND THE PROCEDURES BY WHICH THESE MEMBERS SHOULD CONDUCT BUSINESS.

NEXT SLIDE. INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE IS ALSO A PART OF THE OVERALL CODE ADOPTION PROCESS, THEN ONE THAT WE HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY BESIDE CHIEF WHITE.

DEPUTY CHIEF CANTINA. AND DISTRICT CHIEF WHEAT. THERE ARE SEVERAL POINTS OF OVERLAP FOR US AND BUILDING CODES WITH THIS BOOK, BUT PROBABLY THE ONE THAT WE ARE MOST EXCITED TO SEE IS

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NEXT ONE IS THE 2020 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION DOES A GREAT JOB OF ADOPTING THE NEWEST NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE, 2020 AND PARTICULARLY ADD SEVERAL INCREDIBLY HELPFUL ITEMS. ONE OF THEM BEING SEARCHED. PROTECTION IS NOW REQUIRED ON ALL NEW RESIDENCES. AT THE BREAKER BOX. SO YOUR ENTIRE HOUSE IS PROTECTED. AND WHAT WE UNDERSTAND A FAIRLY LOW PRICE. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE REFERENCE TO THE NDC IS INCLUDED IN THE EYE CODES . SO THIS BOOK ESSENTIALLY FUNCTIONS AS THE ELECTRICAL STANDARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OTHER CODES. AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO MY DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL TO DISCUSS THE PLUMBING AND THE MECHANICAL THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BOYD. SO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS PRESENTATION, UM I'M GONNA GIVE A TECHNICAL SIDE BY SIDE OF THE ITEMS ARE REPORTS WORTH ANALYZING IN THE PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL CODES AS WELL AS A STAFF ANALYSIS. GIVEN A CLOSER LOOK AT THE KEY DIFFERENCES THAT WE SEE AS STAFF FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET. MY NAME IS BO HANSEN. I'M THE DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. IN MY TIME ON STAFF , AS WELL AS MY BACKGROUND ARE HEAVILY ROOTED IN THIS TOPIC. I'M A FORMER HOMEBUILDER ENERGY INSPECTOR AND WAS PRACTICALLY RAISED IN 1/6 GENERATION PLUMBING SHOP RIGHT HERE IN BEAUMONT. SO THIS TOPIC IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, THOUGH, I'D LIKE TO TRY TO SET THE STAGE A BIT FOR THIS CONVERSATION BY SAYING FIRST IN DIGGING THROUGH PAGES AND PAGES OF CODE BOOKS, AND I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH. WE WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT BOTH THE INTERNATIONAL CODES AS WELL AS THE UNIFORM CODES ARE BOTH SOLID CODE BOOKS. UM PLEASE HEAR THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY SEEN ON EVERY PAGE, ONE OF THE MOST INSIGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS I PERSONALLY HAD TO VALIDATE THAT WAS WITH A MASTER CODE PROFESSIONAL, MEANING THAT HE HAS ALL THE CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATIONS POSSIBLE. UM HE HAS A TRULY UNBELIEVABLE, BELIEVABLE RESUME THAT INCLUDES EMPLOYMENT IN HOUSTON AS A SENIOR AND ANALYST . HE WORKS DIRECTLY WITH BOTH CODES AND KNOWS THEM WELL, SO I ASKED HIM DIRECTLY WHICH CODE HE PREFERS. AND HE GAVE ME A SURPRISING ANSWER, HE SAID. IF HE WAS SOLELY DOING PLUMBING WORK, JUST PLUMBING WORK, HE WOULD ACTUALLY CHOOSE THE UNIFORM CODE. IF HE WAS WORKING IN THE MUNICIPALITY, HOWEVER, WITH ALL THE OTHER CODES HE WOULD HANDSNAL PLUMBING CODE AGAIN. THIS WAS SHOCKING FOR ME TO HEAR. SO I PRESSED HIM ON THE WHY, WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE UNIFORM CODE THAT YOU PREFER? HIS ANSWER WAS THAT IT WAS A MORE PRESCRIPTIVE DOCUMENT. AND I ASK YOU TO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT HOLD ON TO THAT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO REFERENCE IT THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION. UM THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY IS THANK YOU TO BOTH CC ANDIAMO, UM, IN HELPING US THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THESE DIFFERENCES? UH THEN I'M ABOUT TO DISCUSS BOTH REPRESENTATIVES WERE INCREDIBLY PROFESSIONAL AND RESPONSIVE TO ANYTHING WE ASKED OF THEM. AND FOR THAT, AS A STAFF, WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL. UM, AGAIN, AS BOYD SAID, ONCE I FINISH, I WILL ASK YOU TO VOTE ON WE WILL ASK YOU TO VOTE ON FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS, EVERYTHING BOY JUST COVERED. UM AS A WHOLE, THEN THE I P C OR THE U. P C. THEN THE I M C OR THE, UM SEE AGAIN IN HOPES OF REDUCING CONFUSION. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY INTEREST IN SHIFTING AWAY FROM THE I P. C SO WE WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO PRESENT AN OBJECTIVE SIDE BY SIDE AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IN THE REMAINDER OF THIS PRESENTATION OF THE TWO CODES, SO THE FIRST THING WE DID AS A STAFF WAS LISTEN. FOR ME. THIS PROCESS BEGAN EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO. APRIL 4TH 2022, WHICH WAS MY FIRST DAY AT THE CITY. UM AND SINCE THEN WE'VE CALLED MANY TEXAS JURISDICTIONS. WE TALKED WITH LOCAL ENGINEERS. ARCHITECTS UH, HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATION, THE A G. C. THE ABC IN THE BUILDING, BUILDING OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS. WE STARTED OUR ANALYSIS WITH A WITH THE NATION AS A WHOLE, AND THEN BEGAN TARGETING LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM THERE. THE FEEDBACK WAS FAIRLY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT OUR DISCOVERY PROCESS. THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCIL MAYOR FOR ALLOWING US THE TIME TO GATHER MORE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. AS YOU SEE, PICTURED ON THIS SLIDE. IT WAS AN EXTREMELY HELPFUL PROCESS, AND AT THE MOST RECENT EVENT, WE HAD ROUGHLY 50 PEOPLE COME AND SHARE AND GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK. THIS INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH I CC ANDIAMO, LOCAL ENGINEERS, LOCAL ARCHITECTS, ARCHITECTS AND, OF COURSE, LOCAL CONTRACTORS. UH WHEN WE FOUND SOMEONE IN SUPPORT OF SHIFTING AWAY FROM THE EYE CODES, KNOWING THAT THE INTEREST IF WE COULD GO BACK ONE SIDE SORRY. UH KNOWING THE INTEREST IN SHIFTING AWAY

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HOWEVER, WE HAVE STAFF RECOMMEND THE ADOPTION OF THE I F G C DUE TO EXISTING FIELD. YOU SHOULD USAGE AND, OF COURSE, INTERCONNECTIVITY WITH THE OTHER CODES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHEN WE CONSIDER THE TECHNICAL ISSUES SIDE BY SIDE, UM THE TWO CODES HAVE MANY MINOR DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN EACH EACH OTHER, LIKE SIZE OF PIPE REQUIRED TO SHOWERS AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, OUR RESEARCH SHOWS VERY LITTLE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES. HOWEVER THE MAJORITY OF DIFFERENCES TEND TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE IN THE UNIFORM CODE. THE IMPACT OF THESE WILL BE MORE OF A FILLED LEARNING CURVE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. AND TODAY, MY HOPE IS THAT IF ANY SPECIFIC TECHNICAL DIFFERENCES COME UP THAT STAFF CAN WITH YOUR PERMISSION, OF COURSE, ADDRESS IT WITH ADDITIONAL FACTS THAT WE'VE COLLECTED. WE'VE SPENT TIME IDENTIFYING THESE AND LENGTH AND IF ANY, COME UP, WE CAN'T EXPAND FURTHER WITH YOUR PERMISSION. SIMILARLY IN THE MECHANICAL CODE. UH THE I M C HAS A MUCH GREATER ALLOWANCE FOR ITEMS LIKE FLEXIBLE DUCK LINKED AND DRYER EXHAUST LENGTH. ADDITIONALLY THE I M C SEEMS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ADDRESSING NEWER CONCERNS SUCH AS BATTERY VENTILATION. WITH AN INCREASE IN BATTERY STORAGE AS BOY DISCUSS OCCURRENCES LIKE THERMAL RUNAWAY OR A KEY POINT OF CONCERN THAT WE'RE WATCHING ALONGSIDE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH THERMAL RUNAWAY , IT'S A CHAIN REACTION WITH THEM WITHIN A BATTERY CELL THAT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP ONCE IT HAS BEGUN. UM SO SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES ARE NO BIG DEAL . OTHERS ARE VERY BIG DEALS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE IN OUR ORDINANCE, WHICHEVER DIRECTION WE GO. BUT AGAIN LOTS OF SMALL DIFFERENCES THAT WE CAN EXPAND FURTHER ON IF THEY COME UP TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH. THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES. THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST. ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO CODES IS COMPATIBILITY WITH THE STATE ADOPTED ENERGY CODE, THOUGH THE I E. C C TOUCHES ALL TRAITS, INCLUDING PLUMBING, MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ARE A PRIMARY COMPONENT AND A BUILDING'S PATH TO ENERGY COMPLIANCE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE ADOPTED INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE. WHEREAS THE UNIFORM CODE SIMPLY REFERENCES STANDARDS. UM AGAIN. REGARDLESS WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE, AND THAT CODE IS DIRECTLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER GOODS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW. ADDITIONALLY THE REPORT WAS CIRCULATED STATING ONE CODE WAS A MORE PRESCRIPTIVE DOCUMENT. WE PROPOSE THE VIEWED METRICS AS CONCRETE EXAMPLES FOR UNDERSTANDING THIS REPORT.

BETTER PROVIDED METRICS HELP STAFF ARRIVE AT A MORE DATA DRIVEN UNDERSTANDING OF THE REPORT. UM AND JUST TO DEFINE SOME TERMS A LITTLE BIT HERE. IF THERE'S ANY CONFUSION, PERFORMANCE MEANS INSPECTIONS ARE DETERMINED BUT POTENTIALLY SUBJECTIVE INFORMATION. IN OTHER WORDS, WRITING THE WORKERS PERFORMANCE, WHEREAS PRESCRIPTIVE OBVIOUSLY MEANS AN ESTABLISHED RULER METHOD. SO THE ONLY WAY TO ACCURATELY MEASURED THIS REPORT THAT IS BEING CLAIMED IS BY HOW MANY DEFERRED ANSWERS ARE WRITTEN INTO THE PRIMARY CODE. WHICH WOULD LEND IT LEND ITSELF TO A MORE SUBJECTIVE INTERPRETATION. THE INSPECTOR CAN SHOW UP AND REFERENCE THE CODE OFFICIALS INTERPRET PATIENT OR AN OBSCURED REFERENCE STANDARD, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT TO AVOID. WITH THIS BEING ONE OF THE MAIN REPORTS WE HEARD ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO CODE BOOKS PROVIDED PROVIDING A DATA DRIVEN OVERVIEW WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US AS STAFF. I DID THIS RESEARCH BACK. ONE SIDE, PLEASE. I DID THIS RESEARCH BEFORE MY CONVERSATION WITH THAT SENIOR ANALYST FROM HOUSTON, THE ONE I MENTIONED EARLIER AND SO I INSTANTLY BROUGHT THIS REPORT TO HIS ATTENTION BECAUSE I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HIS THOUGHTS. UM

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COUNCILMAN SO IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, YOU SAID, YOUR BELIEF AFTER ALL THIS RESEARCH THAT YOU'VE DONE IS THAT THE INTERNET INTERNATIONAL CODE IS A MORE PRESCRIPTIVE CODE. IS THAT CORRECT? BASED ON THIS DATA AGAIN. IT'S SUCH A BIG CLAIM THAT WE WANTED TO WE. WE HAD TO HAVE A DATA DRIVEN ANSWER TO THAT. AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE COULD ARRIVE THERE. SO BASED ON THIS, YES, SIR. AND SO THE IDEAL. IDEA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER. YES ADOPTION OF THE CODE THAT IS MORE PRESCRIPTIVE. THAT IS THAT IS OUR HOPE. YES, SIR. OKAY, SO I KNOW THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THESE AGENDA ITEMS THEY COME WITHOUT. EXCEPT FOR NUMBER 12.

THAT ONE HAS AN RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE. BUT THE OTHERS FIND THEM IN. THE OTHERS. I DON'T THINK HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER GETS ONE MOMENT WE DIDN'T DO RECOMMENDATIONS ARE WE RECOMMENDED NOT TO DO RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE ITEMS BECAUSE THEY WERE REPRESENTING TWO. THEY WERE PRESENTING BOTH CODES TO YOU AND SO TO AVOID A CONFLICT NG UM, SCHEDULE THEY ONLY MADE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE ONE THAT DIDN'T HAVE A SUBSEQUENT CODE. SO THEY'RE MECHANICAL CODE IN THE PLUMBING CODE. BOTH HAVE ALTERNATIVES THAT COUNCIL CAN APPROVE, SO THERE WAS NO RECOMMENDATION MADE BY STAFF. RIGHT THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING, TOO. THERE WAS NO RECOMMENDATION MADE ON THE OTHERS OTHER THAN 12. BUT IF PRESSED. WHICH. ONE DO YOU FEEL WOULD BETTER SERVE THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT? THE INTERNATIONAL CODE. OKAY? AND THAT IS BECAUSE

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THIS BE HONEST. DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, MR BOONE? SO SURROUNDING IMMEDIATELY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS GROSS, AS ADOPTED THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE. UM NO ONE ELSE HAS ADOPTED ANY UNIFORM CODE. THE ONLY THE NEAREST CITY BEYOND THAT WOULD BE HOUSTON COMMERCIALLY HAS ADOPTED THE UNIFORM CODE FOR COMMERCIAL PROJECTS. PASADENA. I GOT A QUESTION. CANCEL MEMBER TURNING. SO CAN STAFF TELL ME THE DATE. WE FIRST DISCUSSED THIS BECAUSE IF I CAN RECALL FOR EVERY WHAT SIX WEEKS AGO, WAS IT SEVEN WEEKS AGO? IT WAS OVER CERTAIN. ALMOST. ALRIGHT AM I? MY CONCERN IS YOU KNOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I STILL DIDN'T GET A CLEAR ANSWER TO THE QUESTION WE ASKED EIGHT WEEKS AGO. WE TALKED AROUND IT, BUT IT WASN'T YES OR NO WOULD FAMOUS STILL EXCEPT THE UNIVERSAL PLUMBING CODE. I UNDERSTAND. WE'RE SAYING THEY DIDN'T RESPOND. SO WE'RE SAYING AND ROUGHLY EIGHT WEEKS WE DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE OF CLARIFICATION. YES OR NO, THAT'S CORRECT. IF IT'S IF WE'RE UNDER I C C. THE ANSWER IS YES. IF WE'RE UNDER ANOTHER CODE, THE ANSWER IS WE DON'T KNOW. SO MY PROBLEM IS LEADING UP TO THIS. WE KNEW WHAT THIS DISCUSSION WAS GOING TO BE. THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT WE'VE BEEN WE DID THIS IN EIGHT WEEKS. YOU MEAN TO TELL ME WHAT NO RESPONSE AT ALL FAIR? THAT'S WHY MAXING LIKE PROUD OF BEING HERE. I THINK THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO EVEN HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. IF WE WOULD KNOW IF THEY ACCEPTED FEMA MONEY, WE'RE HERE HAVING THE DISCUSSION. STILL NOT KNOWING TO BE FAIR. FEMA ISN'T REALLY GOING TO GIVE YOU A YES OR NO. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING A LOW LEVEL STAFF PERSON ESSENTIALLY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY IS GOING TO GET ME MY MONEY BASED ON THE CODE THAT PUTS THEM IN A VERY AWKWARD SITUATION. SO WHAT THEY DID IS WHAT THEY WOULD TYPICALLY DO IS DIRECT STAFF TO THEIR THEIR ARTICLES. ARE THERE PROVISIONS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, GO WITH GOD. BUT AS FAR AS LIKE WHEN THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION, OKAY, WE GET THAT. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THERE'S NO WAY FOR THAT LEVEL STAFF PERSON TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO EXPECT BECAUSE IT COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHO'S OVER FEMA AT THE TIME. SO YOU IT'S NOT THAT STAFF CAME TO YOU UNPREPARED. IT'S JUST TEAM IS NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A DIRECT RESPONSE BECAUSE THEN ESPECIALLY IN WRITING, BECAUSE THEN WE GET TO SAY, SEE, THIS IS WHAT YOU TOLD US TO DO. WE'VE DONE THAT. AND NOW YOU'RE DENYING US FUNDING. OKAY AND WE ALSO SAID WE CAN SORT IT WITH. YOU KNOW, HOUSTON, WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS? AND I'M PRETTY SURE THEY HAVE SOME OF THE SAME STORMS AND DISASTERS WE HAVE. WHAT WAS THE FINDINGS FROM? CONSULTING WITH THE HOUSTON COMPANY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE DATA BECAUSE I THINK I STILL THINK IT SHOULD. IT COULD BE SOME FORM OF CLARIFICATION BECAUSE THEY'RE OPERATING UNDER THE U. P. C. SO WHAT WAS THE FINANCIAL OKAY, COMMERCIAL, SO WE DON'T SEEK FUNDING FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY . WE COULD COUNT THAT IN OUR DAMAGE REPORT BECAUSE YOU CAN JUMP IN. WE COUNT THAT IN OUR DAMAGE REPORT, BUT TYPICALLY FEMA MONEY. IT'S IS RESERVED FOR INDIVIDUALS, AND SO WE CALCULATE THEM SO THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND GET THAT BE ENTITLED TO THOSE FUNDS. ESSENTIALLY FEMALE MONEY IS ALMOST AN INSURANCE GAP FUND. AND IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT AND TO WHAT ATTORNEY REID MENTIONED? THERE ARE POLICIES

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IF WE'RE NOT THE QUESTION, WE JUST DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FROM FEMA AT THIS POINT. BUT UNDER I C C IS THAT YES FOR COMMERCIAL OR IS THAT YES FOR RESIDENTIAL SO IT IS, UM. THEY'RE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THERE'S PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE. BUT UNDER THE.

SECTIONS THAT THE INTERIM POLICIES ARE SPEAKING TO, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE, UM. THE QUESTIONS WOULD APPLY TO BOTH INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH COULD BE RESIDENTIAL OR BUSINESS. SAME QUESTIONS COULD ALSO APPLY TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, UM IF WE WERE SEEKING IF WE WERE SEEKING THEMA DOLLARS TO LET'S SAY RESTORE CITY HALL THAT WERE LET'S SAY DESTROYED BY A TORNADO, OKAY? THIS QUESTION, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WOULD BE A QUESTION. IN OTHER WORDS, WE WOULD GO TO FEMA AND SAY, LOOK, AND WE HAVE ASSISTANCE TO REBUILD CITY HALL. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THEY WOULD ASK DURING THAT PROCESS IS OKAY. WHAT CODE ARE YOU UNDER? WELL, IF YOU'RE UNDER I, C C. THIS QUESTION IS ANSWERED. IF YOU'RE NOT AGAIN, NOT SAYING AGAIN. I'M NOT TRYING TO DISPARAGE THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE. BUT THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, WHICH DO WE HAVE TO DO ADDITIONAL STEPS TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RESTORING TO FAMOUS STANDARDS? YES WE DO. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THOSE STEPS AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW. COULD IT BE A SIMPLE AS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT OUR CODE IS GOOD, OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE AN ENGINEERING STUDY? WE JUST DON'T KNOW. AND THEY KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE POINT OF JUST THE COMFORT LEVEL AND MAKING A DECISION TO SERIOUS AND TO GET AN ANSWER IF WE JUST DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW. MAYOR PRO TEM DURING THE COUNCILOR COLIN TURNER. IF YOU REMEMBER WE BROUGHT THIS UP THE LAST TIME AND WE SPOKE WITH MR SIMMONS OR SIMILAR, HE SAID HE DEALS WITH FEMA. WEEKLY. AH AS FAR AS MONEY AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND YOU SAID THEY NEVER ASKED HIM ABOUT A CODE WHEN THEY WOULD GIVE HIM MONEY. THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. IT NEVER CAME UP. YEAH I REMEMBER THAT. I STILL JUST FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH A SOLID YES OR NO. BEFORE WE MAKE THIS DECISION, AND AGAIN, THERE'S UNDER I C C. IT'S A KNOWN FACT. UNDER THE OTHER CODES UNKNOWN. COUNCIL MEMBER FIELD SHOW. DON'T LEAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. AH! SO CHRIS, THE. THE BOTTOM LINE. ARE YOU ARE YOU TELLING US THAT IF, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CITY HALL CIVIC CENTER GOT DESTROYED? THAT THEME A COULD DECLINE US. IF WE WERE UNDER THE U. P C. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT NO RED QUESTION, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, IS AND WHAT'S IN THE INTERIM OR POLICY AND ALL THAT.

THE QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE TO DO EXTRA STEPS? RIGHT? SO OKAY. DOCUMENT DIRECTLY REFERS TO THE I C C. SO IF YOU'RE UNDER I C C , NO QUESTION THAT'S A FEMA ACCEPTED STANDARD TO RESTORE THEM TO REBUILD TO IF YOU'RE UNDER ANOTHER CODE AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT HUMANS GOING TO DENY OUR REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE . IT'S JUST SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ADDITIONAL STEPS TO CERTIFY THAT IT'S AN ACCEPTABLE BUILDING STANDARD. SO AGAIN AT THE REQUEST TO COUNCIL WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, BEING A, INCLUDING MR SEMINARS CONTACT AT FEMALE THAT WE WORK WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS TO GET CLARITY. SO DOES THAT MEAN JUST A SIMPLE MEMO FROM THE BUILDING OFFICIAL DOESN'T MEAN AN ENGINEERING STUDY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND WE AGAIN? I CAN'T COME BACK AND SAY FEMA SAID THIS BECAUSE WE HAD NO REPLY FROM THEM. OKAY TO BE CLEAR. THERE ARE SEVERAL LAYERS TO OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH FEMA, UM BY THE IT ACTUALLY STARTS IN OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CENTER. UH, IN THE MIDST OF THE DISASTER WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE, COLLECTING THE DATA

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TODAY IS FOR BOTH BELIEVE, CLARIFY, YOU CAN ONLY ADOPT ONE COAT, BUT NO FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL IS WHAT I MEANT BY BOTH. I'M SORRY. SO YOU'RE SAYING THE CITY COULD MAINTAIN I P C FOR ITS RESIDENTIAL CODE AND YOU PC FOR COMMERCIAL TWO CODES. TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. SO TECHNICALLY PLUMBING. FOR RESIDENTIAL. FALSE PRIMARILY UNDER THE IRC AND THEN CLARIFICATION HAS BROUGHT IN WITH THE IBC SO. IF YOU WANTED TO. I THINK HOUSTON HAS A SPLIT SYSTEM. SO IF YOU WANTED TO SPLIT THEM, I BELIEVE YOU COULD SO. NINE TIMES OUT OF 10.

HOUSTON IS PROBABLY GOING TO DEAL WITH THE SAME TYPE OF STORMS AND SITUATIONS. WE DEAL WITH UNLESS IT JUST HASN'T IT HIT ONE AND DOESN'T HIT THE OTHER. BUT IN THE PAST WITH PRETTY MUCH DEALT WITH THE SAME TYPE OF SITUATIONS. IN THE PAST. SO HOUSTON HAS ADOPTED. YOU PC ONLY FOR COMMERCIAL. YOU'RE SAYING UNDERSTANDING? YES, MA'AM , AND THAT RESIDENTIAL THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING. AND SO IF WE AND GROWS HAS ADOPTED. GROSS'S ADOPTED THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE MECHANICAL BUT NOT FOR ME. I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. WELL AND SEE. I'M AND I'M I'M SORRY.

I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. WE DELAY WE DELAYED THIS FOR EIGHT WEEKS BECAUSE WE NEEDED THE RESEARCH TO KNOW TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VOTE. THAT WE WERE VOTING WITH AN EDUCATED VOTE. AND WE'RE ALMOST IN THE SAME DELIMITED DAY. THAT WE WERE EIGHT WEEKS AGO. AND AT THIS POINT, UM. HMM. WE'RE NOT REALLY WE'RE NOT GETTING ANSWERS THAT THAT WE NEED THE MAIN QUESTION HERE. FEMA IS THIS IS THIS IS THE MAIN QUESTION. THAT WAS THE DELAY THAT WE HELD IT FOR EIGHT WEEKS. IF IT IS QUITE IF FEMA IS THE MAIN QUESTION AGAIN, WE REACHED OUT TO FEMALE ON MULTIPLE FRONTS THROUGH MULTIPLE AVENUES HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. UM, AND THIS IS JUST YOU KNOW, ONE DOCUMENT FROM A JULIUS POLANCO PE, I THINK IS THAT I AT NO.

REFERENCED ENGINEER AND THIS IS A TITLE FROM PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER THAT SAYS FEMA DISLIKE SIAMO. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY WE REALLY WANT THAT DIRECT RESPONSE FROM FEMA. AS OF THIS TIME WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN. SO THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE JUST TO BE CLEAR. OKAY IS INCLUDED IN THAT FIRST ITEM THAT I TALKED ABOUT THE I R. C THE

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THAT UH, ANYWAYS, I BELIEVE IT WAS ITEM NUMBER. 12 NUMBER 12 THE FIRST ONE YOU? YES THAT ALL OF THOSE CODES WE KEPT SEPARATE , WHICH INCLUDES THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE.

SO AGAIN AS FAR AS THE DISCUSSIONS WITH FEMA, IF THAT'S THE WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN TOPICS BACK THEN I AGREE. I UNDERSTAND THAT AND BUT AS FAR AS I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE I, R C IS FOR THE ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN TOWN HOUSES AND THEN SO READ THE OTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE UNIFORM EMPLOYMENT CODE, INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING, CODE UNIFORM, MECHANICAL AND INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL IS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT FOR COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, OF COURSE, MULTI FAMILY THREE OR MORE ON RESIDENTIAL FORCE. THREE OR MORE UNITS FOR APARTMENTS IS IN THE. COMMERCIAL SIDE AS WELL. THREE OR MORE IS IN THE IBC AND IN THE THOSE, UH THOSE OTHER SET OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL CODES. BUT ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLING IN TOWN HOUSES IS ENFORCED OUT OF THE IRC, AND THAT'S WHY WE PULLED IT OUT OF THERE AND KEPT IT IN THOSE OTHER CODES AT THE TOP, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS BOTTOM LINE THAT WAS ALL OF THOSE WOULD WOULD BE A COULD GO TOGETHER AS A FAMILY LIKE US, SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER FILLS STAR I I'M NOT A PLUMBER. AND I DON'T HAVE NO ALLEGIANCE TO EITHER CODE. I JUST WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR BEAUMONT. AS ALL THE COUNCIL I KNOW DOES, BUT I HAD THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, UH THE U P C WAS MORE STRINGENT. BUT YET WE'RE SAYING THE A P C IS MORE PRESCRIPTIVE. SO CAN YOU. CAN YOU QUALIFY THAT FOR US? I MEAN, I UH, IS ONE MORE AH! MORE STRINGENT THAN THE THAN THE OTHER ARE. YES SIR. UM JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEW EXAMPLES, UM, THE ONES THAT WE SAW, UH, ON THE SLIDE. PARDON? SLIDE 19 IF YOU'D LIKE TO PULL IT UP. UM SOME OF THE DISTINCTIONS WE SAW OUR LITTLE THINGS LIKE FOR A SHOWER DRAIN. ALL OF OUR PLUMBERS ARE CONDITIONED TO BRING INCH AND A HALF TO A SHOWER DRAIN. UM, IN THE UNIFORM CODE. IT HAS TO BE TWO INCHES. UM THAT'S 4 21.3 IN THE I P C M 408.4 IN THE U. P C, BUT IS A HAPPY INCH THAT BIG OF A DIFFERENCE. DIFFERENT PIPE AND SO AGAIN. THAT'S A FAILED INSPECTION THAT PLUMBERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO UNDERGO. IT'S NOT TO YOUR POINT. I AGREE WITH YOU. IT'S MINOR ON PAPER. BUT IF THE WHOLE OUTFIELDERS CONDITIONS DOING THAT. THEN THOSE ARE THAT'S GOING TO BE A LEARNING CURVE FOR THE FIELD. UM IT'S NOT A BIG WE'RE NOT CLAIMING A BIG DOLLAR FIGURE. OKAY, SO WHAT'S THE LEARNING CURVE? I'M JUST DOING A HALF INCH LARGER PIPE.

THERE'S ABOUT FOR ME. THERE'S A POWELL OF THOSE. SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.

THERE ARE A POWELL OF LITTLE THINGS WHERE, IN GENERAL THE U. P C AS A MORE RESTRICTIVE CODES.

AND WE'VE HAD PLUMBERS TO COME LOCALLY. HERE IN BEAUMONT. THAT'S A WE USE THIS ANYWAY.

IT'S NO BIG DEAL. AND THEY'RE STILL WELCOME TO DO THAT. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS IF WE ADOPT THE I P. C THEY'RE STILL WELCOME TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CODE AND DO MORE RESTRICTIVE WORK. IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT, UM, THEY WON'T GET FAILED FOR THAT. OKAY SO THEY WOULDN'T BE FAILED. THE U. P C CODE. IT'S MORE DETAILED. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. NO MA'AM. THE I P C CODE IS ACCORDING TO OUR DATA IS MORE PRESCRIPTIVE PRESCRIPTIVE. BUT THEN YOU MADE THE COMMENT EARLY ON THAT THE PLUMBING CODE, THE U. P C PLUMBING CODE. IN YOUR OPINION WAS EQUAL TO THE I P C PLUMBING CODE. I DON'T RECALL SAYING THAT I RECALL, SAYING IT IS MORE RESTRICTIVE. UM THEY'RE BOTH GOOD CODE BOOKS. ALSO, I DID SAY THAT. RIGHT AND I STAND BY THAT. THEY'RE BOTH GOOD.

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IF I CAN USE THAT WORD, I DON'T KNOW IF DETAILED IS THE RIGHT WORD. BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ANOTHER PRIME EXAMPLE OF THIS IS WE DEAL WITH APARTMENTS. A LOT, UM, THE DUCT LENGTH CURRENTLY IN THE I M C IS ALLOWED TO BE 35 FT. AND SO IF YOU'RE GOING AROUND ENGINEERED TRUSSES AND TRYING TO GET, UH EXCUSE ME, EXHAUST DUCT. OUT OF OUT OF ALL THOSE WITH ALL THE TURNS. EACH 90 IS I BELIEVE FIVE FT SO YOU CAN EQUAL 35 FT. VERY QUICKLY. WE HAVE, UH A TRACK TECHNICIANS COME ACROSS THIS EVERY DAY, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY UNDER THAT 35 FT IF WE WERE TO MOVE TO 14 FT AS THE MINIMUM THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY RESTRICTIVE AND DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, ADDITIONALLY IN THAT INSTANCE IF THEY ARE TO GO ABOVE 35 FT. I M C HAS CLEAR LANGUAGE WITH I D. PLACARDS WHERE YOU CAN ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFIC SITUATION. SO IN THAT INSTANCE, I SUPPOSE IT IS MORE DETAILED, UM, WHERE THERE'S NO EQUIVALENT IN THE UMC. ADDITIONALLY BATTERY STORAGE IS A BIG CONCERN FOR US AS WELL AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE I M C OFFERS LANGUAGE FOR VENTILATION FOR THOSE STORAGE UNITS WITH BATTERIES. THERE'S NO EQUIVALENT IN THE UMC SO AGAIN IN THAT INSTANCE, I SUPPOSE IT IS MORE DETAILED, BUT I'M NOT PREPARED TO SAY ACROSS THE BOARD, IT'S MORE DETAILED. WELL MY CONCERN IS RESIDENTIAL. I UNDERSTAND THE I P C AND SOMEONE WHO'S BUILDING THEIR HOME. THAT'S I GET THAT. BUT WHEN YOU GO TO COMMERCIAL, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT A HOSPITAL NOW, SUDDENLY I AM INTERESTED IN IT BEING MORE STRINGENT. WHERE YOU'RE SERVICING THE PUBLIC. AND SO I UNDERSTAND THE U. P. C AND THAT APPLICATION. THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN I P C U P C RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, UH, AS FAR AS THE LEARNING CURVE WE CAN LEARN. BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE BEST PRODUCT FOR THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. NOW, IF YOU WANT TO BUILD YOUR HOME, ACCORDING THE I P C. THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS. BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HOSPITAL, FOR EXAMPLE THAN PERHAPS THE U P C IS MORE APPLICABLE THERE BECAUSE IT IS MORE STRINGENT, UH, HIGHER STANDARD THAT THAT PERHAPS WE AS A CITY NEED TO CONSIDER THAT THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO GET MY MIND WRAPPED AROUND. YES SIR. AND IF I MAY CLARIFY ON THAT NOT TO GO BACK TO THE FEMA TOPIC, BUT WE DO HAVE AND WE CAN SHARE THIS WITH YOU. UM AS FAR AS A QUALITY CODE, I DON'T THINK BECAUSE IT'S MORE RESTRICTIVE THAT NECESSARILY EQUATES TO QUALITY BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN IS A LAUNDRY LIST OF FEDERAL REFERENCES TO THE I C C CODES. UM AND THAT'S MORE OF OUR STAFF. TAKE AWAY. UM I KNOW THAT THE FEMA SITUATION AS A BIG DEAL, WE AGREE WITH YOU THERE WE WANTED. WE WERE JUST JUST AS AGGRAVATED AS YOU WERE.

HOWEVER OUR TAKEAWAY WAS THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL REFERENCES TO THE EYE CODES THAT AREN'T EXISTING. FOR THE OTHER CODES. THIS IS CLEARLY THE STANDARD FOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE INDUSTRY, AND SO HAPPY TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER AND THEN CANCER. REMEMBER SAMUEL ALL RIGHT. REMEMBER NEIL, I UNDERSTAND. WE DID SOME CONSULTING WITH HOUSTON SO JUST TO KEEP IT SIMPLE TO AVOID WHAT WE'RE SAYING ABOUT. WE DON'T KNOW THAT HOUSTON RECEIVED THEIR FEMA MONEY WHEN THEY WENT TO ANY OF THE STORMS THAT THEY WENT THROUGH IN THE PAST SINCE WE CONSULTED WITH HIM, I SURE THAT WAS SOMEWHAT OF THE CONVERSATION. I WOULD HOPE SO. WITH US ACCIDENT UPFRONT SO THROUGH CONSULTATION WITH THESE HOUSTON REPRESENTATIVES DID THEY DID THEY RECEIVE FEMA MONEY WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH STORMS IN THE PAST? I THINK THAT'S REAL SIMPLE. THAT WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION, SO WE'RE AWARE THAT FEMA DID RECEIVE ASSISTANCE. WHAT WE'RE NOT CLEAR ON IS TO WHAT TO WHAT EXTENT DID THEY HAVE TO PROVE UP THAT THE CODE WAS ADEQUATE? IN ORDER TO GET THAT ASSISTANCE. WE DIDN'T WE WANT TO BRING BACK ADDRESS AN ANSWER DIRECTLY TO COUNSEL FROM FEMA, NOT FROM A THIRD PARTY CITY. SO YOU SO YOU'RE SAYING HOUSTON DID RECEIVE THE FEMA FUNDING. FEMA DID RECEIVE FEMA FUNDING. HOUSTON HOUSTON DID RECEIVE FEMA FUNDING THE QUESTION THE QUESTION THAT IS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IF ANY HURDLES THAT THEY HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH JUST TO GET THAT FUNDING BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T UNDER THE I. C C THROUGH HURT US WHEN YOU DEAL WITH THE GOVERNMENT, REGARDLESS. HERDERS ARE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL THIS IS, UH DIFFICULT DECISION. TRY NOT TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON. MY LIGHTS ARE MY PERSONAL FEELINGS. UM. YOU'VE ANSWERED ONE QUESTION . FEMA IS GOING TO BE VAGUE.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA JUST GIVE YOU A PRESCRIPTIVE ANSWER. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT

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COUNCILOR MEMBER NEIL THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE. YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF IN A WE ARE POSITION. I ACTUALLY OWN A PLUMBING COMPANY AND THEY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WE WORK FROM ABOUT VICTORIA'S TEXAS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS. AND IT CREATES. THE INTERNATIONAL CODE IS THE STANDARD. I THINK, EVEN GOING BACK TO SEVERAL OF THE PAGES THAT WERE PUT UP HERE EARLIER. WHERE I DON'T KNOW IF THE NUMBER WAS 97% OR 70% OR WHATEVER IT WAS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE REGION IS OBVIOUSLY INTERNATIONAL CODE. AND I THINK, EVEN FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT IN THE LOCAL CONTRACT OR LOCAL PLUMBING COMPANY STANDPOINT, PEOPLE THAT SPECIFICALLY WORK IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. ALL THE PLUMBING COMPANIES DO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. YOU GOT VERY FEW THAT JUST SPECIALIZE IN ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF CHAOS IN THE INDUSTRY HERE LOCALLY BY HAVING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT STANDARDS. UM INSIDE THE CITY, PLUS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT STANDARDS IN THE NEIGHBORING CITIES. AND, UH, I AGREE. I SAID LAST TIME YOU KNOW THE UNIFORM CODE IS NOT A BAD CODE. NOBODY SAID IT WAS TODAY. UM BUT MY TWO CENTS IS THE INTERNATIONAL CODE IS. IS GOING TO BE MUCH EASIER FOR EVERYBODY TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW. COUNCIL MEMBER HELP ME AGAIN. I READING THROUGH SOME GO AHEAD. MARK'S BEEN WAITING. YOU STARTED WRITING MY BACK WAS TRYING TO KEEP GOING. JUST UH, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE I P C UH, I KEPT SEEING THE WORD MINIMUM MINIMUM STANDARD MINIMUM STANDARD MINIMUM STANDARD. AND AGAIN WHEN I'M LOOKING AT RESIDENTIAL, UH, MINIMUM STANDARDS FINE FOR ME, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO COMMERCIAL WITH BUILDINGS THAT THE PUBLIC ARE USING, THEN I'M NOT SO SURE THAT IS FINE WITH ME. UH AM I LOOKING AT THAT WRONG WHEN? WHEN LOOKING AT THE A. P. C IN THE U. P C. M. I IS THAT IS THAT AN UNFAIR COMPARISON? YEAH. WHEN YOU'RE

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YOUR WHERE THEY'RE NOT ON THE COAST THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCES IN EACH CODE, DEPENDING ON WHICH HOUSTON IS MORE LIKE BEAUMONT. SO ANYWAYS, IT'S YEAH. I MEAN, YOU CAN GO ON AND ON AND DISCUSSING THAT. I'M NOT. I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER GETS ALL RIGHT. SO LOOK. WE CAN BEAT THIS ALL DAY LONG AND TODAY WE HAVE HEARD FROM A WELL RESPECTED ARCHITECT. WE'VE HEARD FROM A WELL RESPECTED ENGINEER. WE'VE HEARD FROM STAFF. ALL OF WHICH ARE RECOMMENDING STAYING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CODE. WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT FEMA. THERE'S A OLD ADAGE THAT A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH. WE KNOW IF WE ADOPT INTERNATIONAL CODE. WE'VE GOT THAT BIRD IN THE HAND. IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM PENA. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IF WE ADOPT THE UNIFORM CODE. FOR THESE PURPOSES WHERE WE THINK WILL PROBABLY BE REIMBURSED. WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT HURDLES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO THROUGH, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY WANTED TO REQUIRE MORE STAFF TIME. BUT YOU'VE GOT THE ONE IN THE HAND THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. SO FOR ME, IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT OF A DECISION. ENGINEERS RECOMMEND THE INTERNATIONAL GOD ARCHITECTS RECOMMENDED AND STAFF RECOMMENDS INTERNATIONAL CODE. IT'S AN EASY DECISION FOR MY COUNCIL MEMBER

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SO I'M REAL BIG ON WHICH ONE IS LIMITED TO INTERPRETATION. YES AND THAT IS THE PRESCRIPTIVE VERSE PERFORMANCE. CONVERSATION. THE. ACCORDING TO THE DATA THAT WE COLLECTED THE I. P C IS LIMITS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REFER OUTSIDE THE PRIMARY TEXT AS MUCH. OKAY, SO CALL THE QUESTION. I'M GONNA CLOSE QUESTION ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA WORK SESSION WORK SESSION. THANK YOU, UM, CITY MANAGER. EVERYTHING UH, IT'S GONNA COME DOWN TO YOUR PERSONAL PREFERENCE. YOU KNOW, ONE COLD, NOT SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN ANOTHER CODE. UH TWO PC AND YOU PC STOOD UP THERE AND SAID THAT BOTH GOOD CODES. EVERYBODY SAID THEY'RE GOOD COATS. THIS IS GOING TO BE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. UH FEMALE AND AGENCIES. THEY DO THINGS EVERYBODY ON PURPOSE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE PUT ON THE HOOK FOR SOMETHING LATER, SO THEY WRITE THINGS IN A VAGUE WAY FOR SURE, THEY WROTE IN I P. C. BUT THEY LEFT IT OPEN FOR THE COVES ARE COMING OUT TO BE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW? IF YOU SUBMIT IT. YOU KNOW, BUT THEY JUST PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF SOME LOWER LEVEL OR SOME LOWER LEVEL OR BUREAUCRAT TO MAKE A DECISION OR RECOMMENDATION TO FUND THEM.

UM YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE WHO HASN'T BEEN FUNDED ABOUT FEMALE AND THINGS HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT TO BE PRETTY BAD, BUT YOU'RE NOT GET FUNDED BY FAMOUS FOR SURE. BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THE FEDS THEY WANT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO PEOPLE WHO VOTE FOR THEM FOR SURE. SO I THINK IT'S JUST WHAT WHATEVER YOUR PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS GOING TO BE HERE AND, UH BOTH CODES ARE GOOD ONE. YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT STILL MORE INTERACTION. IF YOU HAVE TO.

THAT'S A LITTLE MORE INTERACTION . BUT THEN, TOO. IS THAT YOUR PREFERENCE OF PLUMBING WHAT YOU WANT FOR PLUMBING SO I DON'T THINK IF YOU COULD PUSH IT TO STEP. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GETTING DIFFERENT ANSWERS. THANK YOU. THEY'LL STILL BE VAGUE OR WHATEVER THEY RECOMMEND AND OTHER CITIES. IT DEPENDS. YOU KNOW, AUSTIN WENT TO YOU. PC. THEY'RE THINKING THINGS. BEAUTY WAS ON EVERY TIME OFFICE AND CHANGED BEAUTY CHANGE. BUT BEAUTY DIDN'T CHANGE THIS TIME WITH AUSTIN TO GO TO NEW PC. SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU WANT AS A COUNCIL. AND I WOULDN'T THINK SO MUCH. I'LL TRY TO PUT IT SO MUCH AND WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. UH OH. OR WHAT TEAM WAS DOING IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU WANT. CITY MANAGER. I THINK YOU CAN APPRECIATE THOSE, A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO SAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, I SAY, LOOK, I LIKE YOU PC FOR COMMERCIAL. JUST TO GIVE A BETTER PRODUCT, OUR CITIZENS AND THEN WE HAVE A TRAGEDY STRIKES AND SUDDENLY WE HAVE EXPOSURE.

BECAUSE FEMA DECIDES THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HONOR THAT. AND IT LEAVES ME IN A POSITION AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, WHERE I FAILED THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT BY SUPPORTING SOMETHING THAT HAD EXPOSURE WHEN I KNEW IT, AND I DIDN'T COVER THEM DOES THAT. I MEAN, CAN YOU APPRECIATE THAT? THAT MAKES SENSE WHERE OR FAMOUS , SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS RPC AND PLAYING, BUT THEY DON'T THEY JUST LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN FOR OTHERS, AND IF YOU SUBMIT SOMETHING TO US, WE'LL PICK APPROVE IT ON A CASE BY CASE AND THAT'S WHAT THE FRUSTRATION FOR ME. I WISH WE COULD TABLE THIS UNTIL FEMA GETS BACK TO US, BUT I HEAR FAMOUS. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET BACK. IT'S JUST IT'S A IT'S A HIGH LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION. COUNCIL MEMBERS, SAMMY IS THERE A SIGNIFICANT WILL THERE BE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN COST? OR TRAINING FOR, UH, CITY STAND. IF WE WERE TO GO TO THE

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YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCES TO MAKE IT TO WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BLEND WITH THE OTHER FAMILY OF I CODES. BASICALLY AND ALSO THE UNIFORM CODE. SO THE OTHER PART THAT JUST ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? NO, NO, IT'S NOT THAT BIG BIG. DIDN'T I UP? MOST SAY THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE THE BOOKS AND IT WOULD NOT BE. ANY COSTS. I DID SAY YES, I DID SAY THAT PROVIDE PROVIDE THE BOOKS.

I DIDN'T. I WOULDN'T DIDN'T MENTION THAT. IT'S JUST THE BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAY, YOU HAVE TO DO CONTINUING EDUCATION. REGARDLESS CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL POINT. YOU CAN ALSO GET ALL THE INTERNATIONAL CODE ONLINE FOR FREE. UM BUT IS THERE? ARE WE UNDER A TIMELINE FOR THIS? LET ME THINK ITEM 12 WITH THE ONES THAT ARE NOT THE QUESTION WITH THE UNIFORM VERSUS I P T. I THINK COUNCIL NEEDS TO CONSIDER THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OR SOMETHING. SOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST THING I GET FEEDBACK ON HYZAAR CODES ARE BEHIND. AND I QUOTE, NOT FRIENDLY, SO THOSE CODES THAT ARE NOT IN QUESTION. I THINK YOU NEED TO STRONGLY CONSIDER DOING THOSE TODAY SO WE CAN MOVE ON WITH AND GET UP TO SPEED WITH THE 2021 2020 COLD FIRST, JUST A 2015. THEN YOU CAN ADDRESS THE OTHER QUESTION. THAT'S MY PEOPLE DIDN'T I DID RECENTLY TALKED TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL IMPORT, ARTHUR AND IS HO, I S O INSURANCE STANDARDS OFFICE JUST FINISHED GOING THROUGH WITH PORT ARTHUR. SO USUALLY WHEN THEY'RE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THEIR IMPORT ARTHUR IN AREAS, IT'S NOT TOO LONG TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE. SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE HOPING YOU KNOW THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND GET THESEE COUD FOR WHEN I SAW APPROACHES US. WE WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN OUR RATINGS WERE GONNA SHOOT FOR BETTER RATINGS. WE DO HAVE A GREAT RATING COMPARED TO A LOT OF SURROUNDING CITIES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO STRIVE. TO ACTUALLY MAKE BEAUMONT BETTER TO GET OUR INSURANCE RATES EVEN LOWER. SO SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MORE QUESTION POURED OUT THERE. THEY ADOPTED THE INTERNATIONAL TOO, RIGHT? CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PRETEND MANAGER WAS SAYING IT'S UH ITEM 12 VOTE ON IT. IT'S JUST AN UPDATE. MATTER OF FACT, I THINK WE SHOULD VOTE ON ALL OF THEM IS OUR PERSONAL PREFERENCE.

BUT ALL OF THIS STUFF ON I AM 12. I MEAN, ALL OF THOSE. I DON'T SEE, UH PROBABLY WOULD PROBABLY BE REIMBURSING MORE ACCORDING TO THESE CODES AND TO THE PLUMBING CODES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR PRO TEM IS GOING TO CLOSE THE WORKSHOP AT THIS TIME, AND I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE. THANK YOU. ON 12. MAY I HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 12 PLACE? COUNCIL CONSIDERING ORDINANCE ADOPTED THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING RESIDENTIAL EXISTING BUILDING, FIRE, ENERGY CONSERVATION, FUEL GAS, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, SWIMMING POOL AND SPA 2020 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE IN 2020 I CC 600 STANDARD FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND WHEN REGIONS WITH LOCAL EXCEPTIONS AGAINST IT. JUST UPDATES THESE FROM THE 2014 AND 2015 VERSIONS. THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 12 AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. TO APPROVE. SECOND NUMBER 12. THERE'S A MOTION IN THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, AYE. OPPOSE. THE MOTION CARRIES. HMM HMM. THEY HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 13, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL

[13. Consider an ordinance adopting the 2021 International Plumbing Code. ]

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ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, AYE. I POSE NO. COUNCIL.

I'M SORRY. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CLICK. THERE WAS EMOTION IN THE SECOND AND THERE WAS A VOTE.

AND THEN THERE WAS NEIGHBOR. I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYONE VOTED SO EVERYONE DID NOT VOTE SO WE NEED SO WE NEED TO BE CLEAR. I'M NOT. I'M NOT SURE THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY'RE VOTING AT THIS POINT. IT'S TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROAMING CODE. JUST COMMERCIAL RESIDENTS. IT WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS A COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL CODE. SO IF YOU WANT IF YOU ADOPT THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE, YOU ADAPT INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO. WELL WHEN YOU VOTE. I WANT TO HEAR. GOING OUT. THERE ARE OPTIONAL. NOT ONLY NOT THE RECOGNIZED THAT WAS NOT THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE. THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE WAS ADOPTED INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE. THAT'S THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR. LOOK AT YOUR ITEM, 13. OKAY THE BEAUTIFUL CODE WHEN IT THAT'S WE SEPARATED, SEPARATED SO. SO IF YOU IF YOU ADAPT THE YOU KNOW, INTERNATIONAL CODE YOU ADOPT THE CODE. THE MOTION WAS TO ADAPT THE INTERNATIONAL CODE WHEN YOU GET TO THE TO THE SECOND ITEM OR ITEMS. 14.

DEPENDING ON THE MOTION THAT'S MADE LIKE. IF YOU VOTE TO ADOPT ITEMS INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE. THAT WAS THE MOTION. THAT'S THE MOST. VOTE TO APPROVE OR LESS CORRECT CORRECT. WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO NUMBER 14? I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A MOTION FOR 14. OH BOY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSION. SO AH! MISS REED.

HYPOTHETICALLY. THE COUNCILMAN SAMUELS POINT WHEN WE GET TO ADAM 14. IF THERE IS A MOTION MADE TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM PLUMBING TOWED AFTER HAVING PASSED THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE. OR. ARE THOSE TWO ATOMS IN IT GOING TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH ONE ANOTHER? YOU HAVE ONE CODE. THAT'S MORE. RESTRICTIVE THAN THE OTHER COAT REFERRED ABOUT AND BOYD FOR THAT CONFUSING WILL THAT BE FOR STAFF AND FOR THE PLUMBERS OUT THERE? SAY. I MEAN, IT'S A PRETTY IT'S A FREE THROW CONFUSION, BUT I GUESS WE'RE WHEN THEY DID DO SOME CLARIFICATIONS. SO THE FIRST VOTE WAS FOR INCLUDED THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE. FIRST OF ALL, SO THE RESIDENTIAL CODE IS WAS APPROVED FOR NUMBER 12. SO NOW WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CODES OR THE UNIFORM CODES AS WE GO DOWN EACH ITEM THAT IS THOSE ARE THE CODES THAT ARE USED FOR COMMERCIAL.

OKAY SO WE DIVIDED IT UP. SO LET'S SAY YOU APPROVE THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE.

THEN, OF COURSE, THE UNIFORM. PLUMBING CODE WOULD BE DENIED BECAUSE YOU EITHER ONE CODE OR THE OTHER. WE DON'T MAKE THE CODES TOGETHER. WE NEVER HAVE. AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY CITY OR ANYWHERE THAT IS ACTUALLY EVER MIXED. TWO CODES EITHER WENT WITH ONE OR THE OTHER AND WE DIVIDED IT UP SO YOU COULD VOTE ON THEM THAT WAY, AND THAT WE COULD DO THE PRESENTATION THAT WAY. BUT IF WE IF WE CONFUSED YOU APOLOGIZE. DIDN'T CONFUSE ME , BOY. WHAT? I WHAT I'M WHAT I'M GETTING CONFUSED ABOUT IS THE NOTION THAT WE MIGHT ADOPT BOTH CODES. AND TO ME, AND YOU TELL ME IF I'M WRONG OR CRAZY ABOUT THIS, THAT WOULD BE REALLY CONFUSING. IF WE ADOPTED YOU COULD TECHNICALLY ADAPT BOTH CODES YOU COULD ADAPT THE U. P C FOR COMMERCIAL AND THE NPC.

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THAT WAS JUST VOTED IN ON 12. ITEM NUMBER 12. CARTOON. IF ONE IF 13 IS IF THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE ITEM 13 IS ADOPTED. WELL, WE EVEN VOTE ON THE NEXT ONE. HE WOULDN'T MOVE.

I MEAN, IT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARY POSTED ITEMS SO IT WOULD RESOLVE ITSELF ESSENTIALLY SO I MEAN IT WAS PRESENTED TO STAFF IT WAS IT WAS PRESENTED TO STAFF THAT OUR STAFF CHOSE TO PRESENT IT THAT WAY SO THAT COUNCIL COULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON THE ITEMS UP OR DOWN, BUT IT AND WE DO THAT. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD THAT. HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY. IT WOULD IT WOULD DIE FOR LACK OF A IN A PRESENTATION. I'M SORRY. NOTWITHSTANDING THE QUESTION ABOUT RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL. IF YOU 14 AND 15 IS AND EITHER, ARE YOU PICKING? WHICH ONE YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE OR THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE? SO YOU HAVE VOTING ON 14TH FOR THE COLD. YOU WANT TO ADOPT APPROVAL OR 15? SO THOSE ARE YOUR THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS THIS IN EITHER OR WELL, WE'RE ON 13 RIGHT NOW. WELL JUMPING 13 14. IT'S THE LATE UNIFORM PLUMBING CO. VERSUS THE INTERNATIONAL CUP. AND THEN OUR PRESENTATION. WE SAID PC OR THE U P C OR THE I M C OR THE, UM SEE ON THAT WE JUST SEPARATED AMOUNT AND WE TRIED TO. WE JUST WANTED TO PREVENT CONFUSIONS APOLOGIZE. WHAT THIS WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO DO ON 13 14. SO NOT THAT COMPLICATED. YOU JUST ESSEX. YEAH OTHER 14 TO 15. THAT'S MECHANICAL TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. THIS ONE. THESE THESE COAST SPECIFICALLY DEAL WITH COMMERCIAL SO EACH EACH ONE EACH ONE THAT YOU'RE GOING FOR NOW DEALS WITH COMMERCIAL SO YOU COULD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

YOU COULD HAVE A MIXED CODE IF YOU ADOPT ONE OF THESE CODES THAT SEPARATE FROM IF YOU DECIDE THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO DO THE INTERNATIONAL ROAMING CODE AND ADOPT THAT ONE. UH, AS FOR COMMERCIAL, BUT THEN YOU WANT TO ADOPT THE U. P. C FOR ALRIGHT THAT THE OTHER ONE I'M COMPUTING MECHANICAL CODE FOR THE OTHER CODE THAT YOU COULD HAVE A MIXED UP YOU COULD. YOU COULD END UP WITH A MIXED CODE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU VOTE. BUT WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ONCE DO WE NEED TO CLARIFY THAT VOTERS SO THE CLERK WAS UNCLEAR BECAUSE EVERYONE DID NOT VOTE. UM WITH THE VOTE WAS JUST SO WE CAN IF PEOPLE ARE STAYING AND SHE NEEDS TO KNOW FOR THE RECORD, WE JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW THE VOTE HAD A BOAT LANDED ON 13TH. IT IS. OKAY BUT AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE NOT ABSTAIN. YOU HAVEN'T . HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FINANCIAL INTEREST, OKAY? CALL THE QUESTION. THERE'S A QUESTION ON POOR. WE JUST NEED TO CLEAR QUESTION ON THE FLOOR. WE NEED TO CLARIFY THE VOTE. CAN I REQUEST JUST A HAND? VOTE THEM? YOU CAN. OKAY THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

IT'S NOT CLEAN. LET'S DO A HANDFUL. OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD SOMEBODY AGREED. OKAY GO AHEAD INTERNATIONAL FUNDS OVER I'M SORRY. YES, YES, YES. YES. WE'RE ON 13. HAVE YOU ALREADY WERE VOTED ON 12 READY? IT'S OVER. WE LET IT SOUND WE'RE VOTING ITEM NUMBER 13. ALL IN FAVOR, SHERIFF HANDS. THIS IS THE YOU PIECE. MRS. OKAY? OKAY? WE DON'T NEED AUDIENCE. HMM. OKAY. THE MOTION FAILS, MOTION FEELS THANK YOU. SO YOU HAVE THE READING OF ITEM

[14. Consider an ordinance adopting the 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code. ]

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SECOND AND THE DISCUSSION. AND THIS IS UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE FOR PRISON FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL CORRECT. COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT FUNNY. EVEN PLAY ABOUT THIS. I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S COMMERCIAL. ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR. OF DENIAL, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND. THE MOTION CARRIES. NO, NO, I'M SORRY. THE MOTION FELL. THE MOTION FAILS.

THANK YOU DON'T MOVE FORWARD. APPROVAL. SECOND. I AM FOR, UH, ANY DISCUSSION JUST WANTED TO DO. NO OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSE NO. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. TOO NICE. THREE. NICE . THEY HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 15, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT,

[15. Consider an ordinance adopting the 2021 International Mechanical Code.]

[16. Consider an ordinance adopting the 2021 Uniform Mechanical Code]

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YES I JUST WANT TO SAY HI FROM ONE DURIO TO ANOTHER. I AGREE THAT WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING FOR ELECTION I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL ME. ARE YOU RELATED TO HIM? DO YOU KNOW WOMEN? I SAID I DON'T KNOW ONE. BUT WHO KNOWS? SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ROBIN PEARSON, 8 55 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET. BEAUMONT, TEXAS. IT'S SHARKING. GOOD EVENING. I'M DR ROBIN PEARSON, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SHARKY CENTER HERE IN BEAUMONT. WE HAVE BEEN A STAPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR SINCE 1944 NEXT YEAR WILL BE OUR 80TH BIRTHDAY. NOTICED THAT EXCITING. WE WILL HAVE A CELEBRATION. UM WE SERVE CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS BIRTH TO AGE 21, OUR CHILDREN.

WE HAVE PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY. WE HAVE A POOL FOR AQUATIC THERAPY. LAST SUMMER AND WILL CONTINUE AT THIS SUMMER. WE'RE DOING A PROGRAM FOR STAND UP, PADDLE BOARDING FOR OUR KIDS TO ACTUALLY GO OUT TO A LAKE. THEY MISSED THEIR 10TH WEEK BECAUSE AN ALLIGATOR SHOWED UP. SO THAT WAS THE INTERESTING THING OF THAT ADVENTURE. OUR THERAPIES WE SERVE ABOUT 300 KIDS A WEEK IN THERAPY. OUR STRUGGLES ARE LOW REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR MEDICAID. WE ALSO SUSTAINED ABOUT 50 KIDS ON OUR WAIT LIST. SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE ADDED THREE THERAPISTS, PHYSICAL THERAPY. OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH THERAPISTS THIS YEAR. BUT WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS MANAGED CARE SYSTEM AND YOU APPLY FOR EVERY MANAGED CARE UNDER MEDICAID. WE PAY THEIR SALARIES. THEY CANNOT SEE ONE CHILD UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESSING, SO WE PAY FOR THEIR SALARY FOR ALMOST A YEAR BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE CHILDREN. SO THAT IS KIND OF A DRAIN ON OUR SYSTEM. OBVIOUSLY WE TAKE MOST OF OUR KIDS ARE ON C. C C S FUNDING BY THE STATE. WE GET $35 LESS PER CHILD THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PROGRAM PER WEEK BECAUSE THE FUNDING DOES NOT COVER WHAT WE DO. MOST PRESCHOOLS RUN A 15 TO 1 RATIO.

WE ONLY TAKE 10 TO 12 KIDS IN A CLASS. WE HAVE THREE TEACHERS IN THERE TO MEET THOSE KIDS NEEDS.

MOST OF THE CHILDREN THAT WE SERVE IN OUR PRESCHOOL HAD BEEN KICKED OUT OF MULTIPLE PRESCHOOLS DUE TO THEIR HIGH NEEDS BEHAVIOR, MEANING THROWING CHAIRS, BITING, KICKING, HITTING SCREAMING, SO WE TAKE THOSE KIDS IN AND WE PROVIDE A SAFE, STABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND HEAR ME LOUD, HEAR ME CLEAR. KIDS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WE'RE IN DIRE, DIRE NEED AND HELP OUR KIDS WAIT TWO YEARS AT TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON, THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL TO HOUSTON TO GET AN AUTISM DIAGNOSIS WHEN IT SUSPECTED TWO YEAR WAIT. IF THEY GO THROUGH LEGACY HEALTH, THERE'S 500 KIDS ON THEIR WAIT LIST TO GET AUTISM TESTING 108 FROM BEAUMONT. WE HAVE NOW FOUND A WAY THROUGH MEDICAID. THEY'VE CHANGED SYSTEMS AND WE CAN PROVIDE AUTISM TESTING, BUT WE CANNOT BUILD FOR IT. SO WE'VE BEEN WRITING GRANTS AFTER GRANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SINCE FEBRUARY, WHEN WE STARTED AND GAVE THE INFORMATION OUT TO OUR PEDIATRICIANS, WE HAVE SCHEDULED 25 KIDS, THAT'S $10,000 GOOGLE IT IT'S 1000 TO $2000 TO GET A KID TESTED. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR BECAUSE WE'RE POURING ALL OF OUR TIME AND OUR MONEY, ANY MONEY THAT WE MAKE INTO OUR KIDS INTO AUTISM TESTING, BUT WHAT WE NEED IS OUR BUILDING. WE'VE BEEN IN IT SINCE 1965. IT'S A LONG TIME STARTING TO CRUMBLE A LITTLE BIT, HOWEVER , ANY HURRICANE THAT'S THE PLACE TO BE. IT IS BUILT LIKE A FORTRESS. HOWEVER IT IS DOES NEED A LOT OF LITTLE TLC HERE AND THERE WE PUT IN THREE NEW AIR CONDITIONERS LAST YEAR, THE SAME GRANT HELPED US REPAIR OUR AGING SYSTEM OR OUR HVAC SYSTEM . BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING OUR SPRINKLER HEADS ARE NOW OVER 50 YEARS OLD AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE EVERY SPRINKLER HEAD IN THE BUILDING. IT'S A LOT, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. IN ADDITION TO A CANOPY OUT THE FRONT OF OUR BUILDING IS RESTING BECAUSE IT SAYS ANI, WHICH WE HAD ON THE LAST YEAR, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT AWNING. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS? I APPRECIATE YOUR ENERGY AFTER THIS LONG MEAN. KINDS OF TRICKS OUT HERE. YOU'RE GONNA BE EXCITED. I NEEDED TO WAKE YOU ALL UP. YOU'RE A LONG TIME TO KIND OF LET ME SEE YOUR SHOES. OH, WOW. WOW. CUTE THAT'S A FIRST. OH HAVE YOU EVER HAD LIKE THAT? WELL THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. IT HAS BEEN A LONG MEETING WHERE? ALMOST AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENERGY. THANK YOU FOR WAKING US UP. IF YOU EVER WANT TO COME VISIT. JUST GIVE ME A CALL. WELL I'M QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THE SHARKY CENTER. UM YOU KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WORKED THERE. DO WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. AMAZING WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. BYE

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RISES ASSISTED SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES SECURE OVER 4000 INDIVIDUAL RIDES AND COUNTING THROUGHOUT HARDENED JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES. THIS REQUEST WILL ASSIST RISE AND PROVIDING SAFE, ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR DOZENS OF CONSUMERS RECEIVING LIFE SUSTAINING SERVICES SUCH AS DIALYSIS, WOUND CARE. CANCER TREATMENTS, SURGICAL FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENTS, REGULAR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES TO SUSTAIN OR IMPROVE THEIR INDEPENDENT LIVING STATUS IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. THE MAJORITY OF OUR CONSUMERS ARE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME. WITH THESE FUNDS RISE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 14 ROUND TRIP RIDES. TO OUR CONSUMERS EVERY MONTH OVER THE NEXT YEAR, AND WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TO ADDRESS THIS SERIOUS ISSUE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. YOU GOT TO DO A CARD WITH A BACKFLIP OUT OF HERE, OKAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I'M DANIEL JEANS 25 OH, NINE CABLE AVENUE BY MY TEXAS. MAYOR COUNCIL. UM. DANIEL JEANS DIRECTOR. THAT OW CENTER ON CABLE AVENUE. WE'RE ASKING FOR A GENERATOR TO GO TO BACKUP OF OUR PANTRIES AND OUR LAUNDRY MAT, UH, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NEW FACILITY THAT WE HAD VOTED ON OUR WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF BEAUMONT THROUGH THE 30 PLUS YEARS WE'VE BEEN ON THE CORNER RIGHT THERE.

YOU KNOW, I GO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE ASKED ME TO COME AND SPEAK AND RECOVERY MEETINGS.

I'M PROUD TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM A DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSE AND HER BEAUMONT, TEXAS, THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT. THEY KNOW WHAT WE STAND FOR HONESTY OVER MINE AND WELLNESS. 30 YEARS AGO WERE JUST A PLACE FOR GUYS LOOKING FOR SAFE, STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT TO GET OFF THE STREET AND GET THEIR LIVES STARTED AGAIN. WE GIVE A HAND UP, NOT A HANDOUT. WE TEACH THEM SELF WORTH AND VALUE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY REALLY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY COMMAND SERVICE . UM THE CONVENTION THAT WAS OVER HERE RECOGNIZING LADIES IN UNIFORM. WE WERE PART OF THAT VERY PROUD OF IT. A COUPLE OF THINGS PACKING LUNCHES FOR GHANA. UM BUT WE'VE PROGRESSED NOW. 30, PLUS YEARS LATER. TO WHERE WE'RE AN OUTREACH FOR ANYBODY IN NEED. UNBIASED THAT THEY NEED HELP. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. THEY CAN GIVE US A CALL ABOUT I HAVE THE ANSWER. BUT WE MIGHT JUST KNOW SOMEBODY WHO DOES HAVE THE ANSWER AND WE CAN POINT THEM IN THAT DIRECTION AND THE POUNDS ANSWERED 24 HOURS A DAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? Y'ALL DO HAVE SECURITY, HUH? AND A LOT AND LIVE IN THE HOUSE MANAGER AND I LAST SINCE FOOD MANAGER THAT IS OUR COOK THAT LIVES THERE AS WELL, ALONG WITH THE CAMERA SYSTEM. SO WE DO HAVE SECURITY? YEAH. AND CURFEWS.

YEAH YES. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO ANSWER ALL OF THAT NOW. OKAY EVERYBODY, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW EVERYBODY THAT COMES HERE. WE DO A THOROUGH BACKGROUND CHECK ON EVERYBODY, BECAUSE WE DO RESPECT OUR NEIGHBORS. AND WE DO TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE FIXED UP BICYCLES AND FIX UP THEIR BICYCLES. WE TEACH THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF WE BUY THEM A CHANGE FOR THEIR BICYCLE SO THEY CAN LOCK IT UP AND TEACH THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF WORTH AND VALUE OF KEEPING THAT BECAUSE IT BEATS WALKING. ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMERTIME, SO THANKS FOR HAVING US THANKS FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. VIVIAN BELEW 30 30 PLAZA CIRCLE PUT OFF THE TEXAS. GET IT. GOOD EVENING. CART WHEELS DRILL TEAM DAYS ARE OVER. OH I'M VIVIAN BALLOONED

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AND OUR NEXT ONE IS HOUSTON, TEXAS. UM SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, FUNDS TO HELP US FOR OUR UTILITY COSTS OF THE SHELTER. UTILITIES INCLUDE ELECTRICITY, WATER SEWER , SINCE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT EXPENSES FOR OPERATING THE SHELTER HAVE INCREASED. HOWEVER FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS HAVE STAYED THE SAME, SO JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE. UM A COUPLE MIGHT PROBABLY YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE WE HAVE ABOUT 67 WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN OUR SHELTER LAST YEAR WE SERVE ABOUT 1200, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. SO WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE. AND, UM, THERE'S ABOUT 3400 PLUS INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE JUST IN BEAUMONT AND IN 2021. WE HAVE EIGHT FATALITIES, AND I THINK THAT'S TOO MANY FOR THIS TYPE OF CITY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, DEBORAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID. UM JONATHAN WILLIAMS 42 OH, EIGHT NORTH MAJOR DROP BY MY TEXAS THINKING MAY HAVE LEFT TO LEAVE AVENUE SHIELA ELDRIDGE, 22 70 SOMERSET STREET BY MY TEXAS. I THINK SHE LEFT AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN THERE. OKAY THANK YOU. OH, WHAT OH, YOU'RE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THIS IS YOUR FINE, THAT'S OKAY. OKAY SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULAR AGENDA AT 706. YOU GOTTA CLOSE THE PUBLIC CLEAR MAYOR. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR COMING OUT. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING. WHERE AM I? NOW IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO PLEASE

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ASK THAT YOU PUT ASIDE ANY PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT MY YOUTHFULNESS AND LISTENS TO MY POINT. LISTEN TO MY POINTS WITHOUT BIAS. GROWING UP AS A CHILD IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. I WAS ALWAYS IN AWE OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, ALONG WITH THEIR STELLAR REPUTATIONS, EDUCATED OPINIONS AND RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONS. HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED MY RESPECT? FOR MOST OF YOU HAS NOT WAVERED. COUNCILMAN TAYLOR KNEELED, THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN NEAR AND DEAR TO THE HEART OF BEAUMONT FOR OVER 91 YEARS. COUNCILMAN MIKE GETS WHO'S AN ATTORNEY COUNSEL COUNCILMAN AUDIENCE. SAMUEL ALSO AN ATTORNEY COUNCILMAN. AJ TURNER, ENTREPRENEUR COUNCILMAN RANDY FELLED SHAW MINISTER AND PREACHER COUNCILMAN CHARLES DURIO, FIRE CAPTAIN AND FIRST RESPONDER. AND MADAM MAYOR MOUTON A T AND T CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. SOME OF WHAT IS PERSONALLY CHANGED FOR MYSELF AND MY VIEWS IS THAT I'VE LOST MY NAIVE AND CALA NATURE. I'VE LEARNED SOME THINGS AND THREE OF WHICH I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS BRIEFLY. FIRST HOMELESSNESS FED THE HOMELESS POPULATION LOCAL TO BEAUMONT, TEXAS, FOR A LITTLE OVER SEVEN YEARS NOW. IT SADDENS ME TO SAY THAT I HAVE HAD THE SAME ALMOST PEOPLE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS COUNCIL, YOU HAVE SHOWN A BLATANT DISREGARD AND DISINTEREST AND PROVIDING THE CITIZENS WITH THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO BECOME MORE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS OF OUR LOCAL SOCIETY. IT APPEARS THAT THE STANCE OF NOT DOING ANYTHING, THEREFORE NOTHING CAN BE DONE WRONG HAS BEEN TAKEN BY MUCH OF THE COUNCIL AND THE HOMELESS COALITION. SECONDLY BEAUMONT FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ON AN EXTREMELY RARE OCCASION IS CHOOSING NOT TO ENDORSE THE INCUMBENT OFFICE OF MAYOR. IN FACT, THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO ONLY ENDORSE TO RESPECTIVE INDIVIDUALS. IT IS DEVASTATING AND HUMILIATING TO KNOW THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE AFRAID OF WHAT WILL COME OF WHAT WILL COME ABOUT THEIR RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONS IF SOME OF THE INCUMBENTS ARE TO BE RE ELECTED.

EACH OF YOU TO REACH OUT TO THE FIREMEN DIRECTLY, AS OPPOSED TO THE BIGWIGS AT THE CERTAIN PROFESSIONS THAT WILL SAY WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO SAVE FACE . I'M CURRENTLY A STUDENT AT O C O AND HAVE NOT BEEN VISITED BY BEAUMONT E. M S. THERE IS A PAY DISCREPANCY OF $6 AN HOUR BETWEEN PRIVATE CONTRACT ID, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE CITY. IF YOU EQUATE THAT OVER A MONTHLY PERIOD, THE 3000 SIGNING BONUS THAT CITY MANAGER WILLIAMS HAS PUT INTO PLACE WOULD BE NEGATED. UM I THINK YOU KNOW I DON'T. I KNOW I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT AND I REALLY WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS. I'D LOVE TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT THE SOLUTIONS WITH THREE MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH TIME. THIRDLY AND FINALLY TERM LIMITS. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ONLY ONE OF YOU HAS SPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF TERM LIMITS, WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION OF WHY I DO NOT BELIEVE YOUR TIME IS UP. I'M NOT ALLOWED TO FINISH. YES, SIR. YOUR THREE MINUTES OR YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. JOHNNY BEATTIE, 35, 55. WASHINGTON BOULEVARD BEAUMONT, TEXAS. MADAM MAYOR. COUNCIL. MR WILLIAMS, MR BOONE. JUST READ GOOD EVENING. MR MANAGER. BIENVENIDOS AL. I SO THAT THEY, BEAUMONT. WELCOME TO BEAUMONT.

I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST THAT YOU REINSTATE THE RENTAL REHAB PROGRAM TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ANNUAL BUDGET. ACCORDING TO HOLD HURTS COLD OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS 24 CFR PART 5 11. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE RENTAL REHAB PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF SAFE, DECENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. THROUGH THE RENOVATION OF EXISTING RENTAL HIGHS IN HOUSING STOCK. CITY OF BEAUMONT BECAME AN ENTITLEMENT CITY IN 1976. THE REAL REHAB PROGRAM WAS INITIATED WAS INITIATED IN THE IN THE MID 19 EIGHTIES. AS I RECALL THE RENTAL REHAB PROGRAM INITIALLY FUNDED AT ABOUT $750,000. WAS DESIGNED TO GRANT LANDLORDS WITH 49% OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT PROVIDED THE LANDLORD CONTRIBUTED 51% AND THE PROJECT WAS LOCATED IN LOAD OF MODERATE INCOME CENSUS TRACTS. THE SAND REHAB PROGRAM WAS SUSPENDED IN THE LATE 19 NINETIES BECAUSE OF FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS TO THE

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THAT'S THE CITY BAR $11 MILLION AND MADE AT $800,000 YEAR PAYMENT FROM HIS ANNUAL ENTITLEMENT FOR 20 YEARS. NOW THAT THE LOAN HAS BEEN REPAID, THE ANNUAL BUDGET HAS INCREASED BY $800,000 A YEAR AND SOME OF THE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR HOUSING INITIATIVES THAT WOULD ENHANCE THE LIVES OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME CITIZENS. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY 31 YEAR.

CAREER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CAME WHEN MR BOONE ASKED ME TO MANAGE THE EXPENDITURES OF SEVERAL STIMULUS GRANTS DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. OF COURSE I. SAID YES, BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INCENTIVE THAT WENT ALONG WITH IT. ALONG WITH OUR ANNUAL ENTITLEMENTS. WE HAD APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION. I HAD A DIVERSE STAFF OF 10 WOMEN. AND WE PRAYED AT OUR STAFF MEETINGS , AND WE WENT ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF EXPANDING THOSE STATE GRANT FUNDS IN A TIMELY MANNER. I ALSO HAD A FEMALE ACCOUNTANT, AND SHE MADE SURE THAT THE MONEY MONTHLY EXPENDITURES WERE SPENT ON TIME . I SAID ALL THAT TO SAY THAT I AM FAMILIAR WITH BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS AND THE ONES THAT WILL WORK. ALSO DURING MY TENURE, WE RECEIVED BEST PRACTICES AWARDS. FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I'M SORRY, MR BEATTY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE YOUR INFORMATION. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

JAPANESE UM, TO 14 BY YOUR DROP BY MY TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON. JEFF NELSON, PRESIDENT OF BEAUMONT, PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS. I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION ON A FEW ISSUES AFFECTING FIREFIGHTERS, E. M. T S AND THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE FIREFIGHTERS AND MEDICS WITHIN OUR MEMBERSHIP, DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB EVERY DAY CARING FOR OUR CITIZENS. THIS CANNOT BE DISPUTED. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE TRIED TO PROVIDE RELIEF THROUGH MORE HIRING OPTIONS. WE PROVIDE OUR MANAGEMENT WITH COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS TO HIRING ISSUES AFFECTING OUR DEPARTMENT. THE SOLUTIONS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE OR TRIED AND TRUE WITH DEPARTMENTS THAT THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. TO BE CLEAR. WE DON'T WANT TO WORK TO LOWER THE STANDARDS ARE REDUCED CARE FOR OUR CITIZENS. WE NEVER HAVE AS A PART OF OUR HIRING PROPOSAL IN 2021. WE SUGGESTED THAT ALL FUTURE FIREFIGHTERS BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A PARAMEDIC CERTIFICATION. THIS WOULD GREATLY INCREASE OUR STANDARD OF CARE OVER TIME. WE EMBRACE THE CHANGE OF FIREBASE TMS. HIRING THE WAY WE PROPOSED WILL ATTRACT APPLICANTS WITH WENT FROM WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH KEEPS OUR CITIZENS LOCAL AND ALSO MAINTAINS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE SEEN LOWERING IN OUR STANDARDS. CITY ORDINANCE ARTICLE 10.7 LICENSED PERSONNEL STATES EVERY AMBULANCE WITH WHEN IN SERVICE SHALL BE MANNED WITH AT LEAST TWO E. M. T S WHO ARE CURRENTLY CERTIFIED. RECENTLY DEPARTMENT POLICY WAS CHANGED TO ALLOW EMERGENCY CARE ATTENDANCE TO STAFF AN AMBULANCE. THIS DIRECTLY LOWERS OUR STANDARD OF CARE AND IS A VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE. AS IF NOT HAVING ENOUGH AMBULANCES TO TRANSPORT ISN'T ENOUGH. THE RESPONSE TO NO MISSED CALLS IS A GAME OF SEMANTICS. WE DO RECEIVE 911 CALLS THAT WE CAN'T SEND AN AMBULANCE TO AND MANY OF THESE CASES, PATIENTS HAVE TO RESORT TO BEING TRANSPORTED BY PRIVATE OR OTHER MEANS. THIS PREVENTS US FROM BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE CONTINUOUS CARE TO THE HOSPITAL.

OUR CITIZENS DESERVE. THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE POLICE OFFICERS, TRANSPORT PATIENTS AND POLICE CARS AND JUST YESTERDAY IN NORTH BEAUMONT, A FALL WITH INJURY OCCURRED. THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE ROBBED AND WE WERE LEVEL ZERO, WITH THREE CALLS HOLDING THE FIREFIGHTERS NOTIFY THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM THAT THERE WERE NO AMBULANCES AVAILABLE. THE FAMILY THEN TRANSPORTED THE PATIENT TO THE HOSPITAL. THIS ENDED UP BEING A POSSIBLE HEAD INJURY WITH ALTERED MENTAL STATUS A TRUE EMERGENCY. ALL OUR MEMBERS WANT IS TO PROVIDE GOOD PATIENT CARE.

IT'S EASY TO DO WHEN WE HAVE THE RESOURCES. WE NEED MORE FIREFIGHTERS. WE'RE HOPEFUL THE NEAR FUTURE WILL HOLD MORE FOCUS ON HIRING AND RETENTION. SO THAT WE CAN REACH THIS GOAL. THE FIREFIGHTERS IN THIS CITY ARE ASKING FOR HELP AND ARE READY AND WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND WORK TOWARDS SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHARLIE CRAB 99 28 EAST DRIVE BY MY TEXAS. OKAY,

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IN THE NINETIES, ALL THE WAY TO THE 2000 TENS. YOU SEE COACH STACY THERE? HE RAN THE WHOLE BUILDING. HE HAD ALL THE AFFAIRS BOTH GOOD AND BAD. THERE WAS ALSO SOME GUYS THAT DOMINO'S TABLES CALLING FOR 15, MISS TONY, SHE ALWAYS LEAD AEROBICS. AND ON THE BASKETBALL COURT SCRUBS ON THE LEFT AND THE REAL WHO WAS ALWAYS ON THE RIGHT. SO THE TWO CONSTANTS ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. YOU ALWAYS SEE FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE LESLIE MOSS. AND ALWAYS ALEXIS MORRIS.

THOSE WHO ARE ALWAYS CALLING PEOPLE OUT FOR A GAME OF ONE ON ONE AND MOSS. HE WENT ON TO GLORY A FEW YEARS AGO. BUT LEXI BETTER AS YOU KNOW, SHE EPITOMIZES THE SPIRIT OF THOSE WHO HOOP AND UTILIZE THE STERLING PRODUCTIVITY CENTER AK DIRECT THEN AND NOW. SHE IS THE MOST DECORATED WOMAN BASKETBALL PLAYER IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. AND THE MOST DECORATED FEMALE ATHLETES SINCE ONE BABY DIGGERS INTO HARRIS. SHE'S A GRADUATE FROM LEGACY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE 2017 TAPS THREE A CHAMPION. 2016 TAPS 38 CHAMPION STATE FINALISTS.

JORDAN BRAND CLASSIC. NAYSMITH MCDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN. SHE WAS A 2018 BIG 12 ALL FRESHMAN TEAM.

SHE WAS A PART OF THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH TEXAS A AND L TEXAS. SHE WAS ALSO A FIRST TEAM ALL SEC TEAM TEAM PLAYER. AND ALL FINALS TEAM HERE IN 2023, THE MOST NOTABLY SHE BROUGHT IT HOME. 21 POINTS, NINE ASSISTS REPRESENT BEAUMONT, TEXAS. BEING THE FIRST FOR THE L S U TIGERS TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. SHE'S ALSO DECLARE FOR THE DRAFT TODAY, AND SHE'S EXPECTED TO BE A FIRST ROUND DRAFT FIT. WE EXPECT HER TO BE IN THE TOP 15. LEXI HAS DONE SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THIS COUNCIL AND PAST COUNCILS HAVE DONE FOR THE NORTHEAST. AND I LEAN ON YOU AND AN INITIATIVE THAT WE DECLARE TODAY THAT THE NORTHERN COMMUNITY GETS ONE OF THEIR OWN TO HAVE BASKETBALL GYMNASIUM AND THE COURT NAMED AFTER ALEXIS MORRIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I DID TRY TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HER. BUT OF COURSE , SHE'S BUSY INTERVIEWING WITH MUCH MORE IMPORTANT PEOPLE, BUT I DID TALK TO HER MOM ON YESTERDAY AND THEY ABOUT THE DRT TONIGHT. MONDAY MONDAY. I THINK THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS GOING TO BE WELL. WE'VE ALREADY ANNOUNCED IT . THANK YOU, STACY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MIRROR. OKAY THANK YOU WERE ALL RIGHT THROUGH THIS REAL REAL FAST? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL. COUNCIL MEMBERS, SAMUEL COUNCIL MEMBER SHELLSHOCK COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER. CONGRATS LEX. WE LOVE YOU. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS NO COMMENT. MAYOR PROTEIN DURIO. AND THE CITY MANAGER.

THERE'S A QUICK ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EXXON TODAY AND CONGRATULATE HIM ON THE COMPLETION OF THE $2 BILLION PLAN EXPANSION, AND THERE ACTIVITY TODAY. THANK YOU , CITY ATTORNEY. SO BRIEFLY, UH COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED COUNSELING. TURNER HAS REQUESTED THAT WE DO A CHARTER CHANGE AND HE ACTUALLY WANTED IT FOR THE MAY ELECTION. HOWEVER, WE DIDN'T MAKE THAT CUT OFF BECAUSE IT HADN'T BEEN TWO YEARS FROM A PREVIOUS CHARTER CHANGE, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO COUNCIL. UM PLANS FOR CHARTER CHANGE COMMITTEE. AND ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON SOME OBJECTIVES FOR THAT COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED TO PUT THAT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. AH THERE WOULD BE SOME CHANGES INTO THE PROCESS OF HOW WE PREVIOUS DONE IT. WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR COUNSEL TO ACTUALLY APPOINT A CHARTER CHANGE COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THE ITEMS THAT WE PUSH FORWARD OR APPROVED. THANK YOU. I MEAN, IT COULD HAVE ANOTHER CHILD. I FORGOT WE WE'VE GOTTEN REQUESTS FOR POSSIBLE PARADE FOR BASKETBALL CELEBRATION BETWEEN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALEXIS MORRISON, HER TEAM MEMBERS SO I HAVE A MEETING TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH STUFF IN THE MORNING. IF THERE'S WE'VE GOTTEN THAT REQUEST, OKAY? THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS. MR BOONE.

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