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[CALL TO ORDER]

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SOON WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, MAY 23RD 2023, TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR BRETT HOLMES CALLED HER BAPTIST CHURCH AND I WOULD ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES. AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PASTOR. THANK YOU. LET US PRAY TOGETHER. GOD OF JUSTICE, MERCY AND GRACE. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND FOR THE GIFTS OF FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. WE ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY WHO HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE DIGNITY, SAFETY WELL BEING AND FLOURISHING OF ALL PEOPLE IN THIS PLACE. GIVE US THE COURAGE TO SET ASIDE OUR POLITICAL DIFFERENCES AND FOCUS INSTEAD ON THE WAYS THAT WE NEED ONE ANOTHER. GUIDE US WITH YOUR WISDOM AND HELP US TO SPEAK WITH HONESTY WITH KINDNESS AND CLARITY AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE BEAUMONT A PLACE THAT EVERYONE CAN BE PROUD TO CALL HOME. WE PRAY ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME? HEAR OUR PRAYER. AMEN. GLAD TO LEAVE. YEAH INDIVIDUAL MACHINES AS WELL.

HMM. THEY HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR WEST PRESIDENT PRO TEM DURIO PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER GETS COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER HERE REMEMBER PHIL SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL THANK YOU. ALRIGHT PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN WHO EXCUSE ME. I JUMPED AHEAD. TODAY WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS AND WON RECOGNITION. THE FIRST

[Proclamations, Presentations and Recognitions]

PROCLAMATION WILL BE RECOGNIZED NATIONAL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK ACCEPTING WILL BE MISS SHAKINESS NOBLES CITY OF BEAUMONT, DEPUTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR. UH, OH, YEAH, I'M GONNA DO THAT TO YOU. WHEREAS ACROSS THE NATION WE SET ASIDE A WEEK EVERY MAY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS HURRICANES CAN BRING TO COMMUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOCAL ECONOMIES. THE TEXAS COASTLINE AND INLAND COMMUNITIES SUCH AS BEAUMONT. ALRIGHT, GREATER RISK OF HURRICANES DURING THE SIX MONTH PERIOD THAT RUNS FROM JUNE THROUGH NOVEMBER . AS A RESULT, WE MUST COME TOGETHER AND PREPARE FOR THESE POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FORCES OF NATURE. AND WHEREAS HURRICANES ARE POWERFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE FORCES THAT CAN INFLICT IMMENSE DAMAGE ON OUR COMMUNITY AND POSES SERIOUS THREAT TO THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF THE CITIZENS OF BOMA. CONSEQUENTLY WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT DURING THE HURRICANE SEASON AND STAY AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THAT CAN ACCOMPANY TROPICAL SYSTEMS. AND WHERE IS HURRICANES AND TROPICAL TROPICAL SYSTEMS COMBINED OR HISTORICALLY KNOWN TO CAUSE THE WORST DISASTERS AND U. S HISTORY. THE RESULTING DESTRUCTION TOLD US THAT PRACTICING PREPAREDNESS FOR SEVERE WEATHER MUST BECOME A PRIORITY IN OUR HOUSEHOLDS AND COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS BEFORE THE 2023 HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS , THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE THE TIME TO SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS. REVIEW REVIEW PLANS FOR SHELTER AND EVACUATION. BUILD YOUR EMERGENCY KIT. CHECK YOUR INSURANCE COVERAGE AND DOCUMENT YOUR PROPERTY, STRENGTHEN YOUR FINANCIAL PREPAREDNESS AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR LOVED ONES. NOW THEREFORE, I ROY WEST MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. OF TEXAS.

DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT MAY 14TH THROUGH THE 20TH 2023 AS HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK. AND URGED ALL CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT TO REMAIN MINDFUL OF THE DANGEROUS, UH, PRESENTED BY HURRICANES TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT CURRENT THREATS AND TO TAKE THE STEPS TOWARDS

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PREPAREDNESS. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HERE AND TO SET HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY TO BE AFFIXED. AND NOW, UH, UH, ACCEPTING WILL BE MICHIGAN QUEEN, A NOBLE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DEPUTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR. OKAY? OH YEAH. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR WEST FOR THE PROCLAMATION, AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT A WEEK AWAY BEFORE THE START OF HURRICANE SEASON HURRICANE SEASON RUNS JUNE 1ST THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND OUR CITIZENS TO BE PREPARED. YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO BE TOO PREPARED IN YOUR PREPAREDNESS DOESN'T HAVE TO START NOW. UM, YOU CAN START PREPARING FOR HURRICANES AS SOON AS JANUARY. REALLY, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO DO IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO IF YOU'VE REGISTERED FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REGISTRY, UM MOST PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS 211. WE ENCOURAGE THOSE CITIZENS TO DO THAT. TODAY. WE HAVE ABOUT 1400 CITIZENS THAT HAVE REGISTERED WITHIN THAT SERVICE, AND THAT IS PRIMARILY TARGETED TO OUR MEDICAL AND FUNCTIONAL ACCESS NEEDS CITIZENS . AND SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THOSE CITIES.

SINS TO DO THAT OR RENEW THEIR REGISTRATION. AGAIN WE WANT PEOPLE TO PREPARE THEIR HOMES PREPARE THEIR PROPERTIES AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS SEASON, AND WE DID AGAIN. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE, AND WE THANK OUR CITIZENS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL AND THAT'S ALWAYS WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM IF THEY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS RECOGNIZING MAY 21ST THROUGH THE 20/7 AND 2023 AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK. WHEREAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK IS A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE. AND WHEREAS THE MEMBER OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TEAMS ARE READY TO PROVIDE LIFE SAVING CARE TO THOSE IN NEED 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WHEREAS ACCESS TO QUALITY EMERGENCY CARE DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES THE SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY RATE OF THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE SUDDEN ILLNESS OR INJURY AND WE'RE AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES HAVE GROWN, TOO. TO FILL A GAP BY PROVIDING IMPORTANT OUT OF HOSPITAL CARE, INCLUDING PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, FOLLOW UP CARE AND ACCESS TO TELEMEDICINE. AND WHEREAS THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM CONSISTS OF FIRST RESPONDERS EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, PARAMEDICS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, PRE HOSPITAL NURSES, EMERGENCY NURSES, EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS TRAINED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OTHER OUT OF THE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS. AND WHERE IS THE MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TEAM , WHETHER CAREER OR VOLUNTEER IN GAIJIN THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION TO ENHANCE THEIR LIFE SAVING SKILLS. AND WHEREAS IT IS A IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUES AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BY DESIGNATING EMERGENCY SERVICES WEEK. NOW THEREFORE I MAYOR ROY WEST, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 21ST THROUGH THE 20/7 2023 IS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK WITH THE THEME E M S STRONG. E M S WEEK WHERE EMERGENCY CARE BEGINS. I ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE THIS WEEK WITH APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS, CEREMONIES AND ACTIVITIES. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HERE AND TO SET HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY TO BE A FIXED AND NOW ACCEPTING WILL BE THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, FIRE CHIEF EARL WHITE AND MAX WIN OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES MANAGED. YEAH.

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YES SIR. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. MY EX. THANK YOU WHAT YOU DID. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ERIC COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING OUR EMERGENCY, UM, SERVICES WEEK. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH TIME TO BE A M T PARAMEDIC. LONG HOURS LOW PAY.

UH TOUGH JOB REALLY, REALLY IS TODAY I HAVE WITH ME ANGELA SCHUMACHER. LONG TIME, UH, E. M S EMPLOYEE AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO PERSONALLY. HEAR FROM HER. AND HER EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF MOMENT. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, ANGELA I HAVE WORKED HERE SINCE 1996. WHEN I CAME TO WORK HERE. I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION HERE. UM BOMANI M S BEAUMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY THE PREMIER SERVICE. UM I HAVE LEARNED A LOT AND I'VE GROWN UP HERE. SO I AM ACTUALLY VERY BLESSED TO WORK WITH CHIEF MAX AND CHIEF SINGLER AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER VERY TALENTED MEN AND WOMEN ON BOTH THE M S AND THE FIRESIDE. THANK YOU. AND I'M A LITTLE BIASED, BUT I WILL TELL YOU IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, BEAUMONT FIRE RESCUE M S IS THE WAY TO GO. WE'LL SAVE YOUR LIFE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. YOU. OKAY . THE NEXT PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING JUNE 3RD 2023 AS NATIONAL LIMIT DAY, LEMONADE DAY AND JEFFERSON COUNTY. AND OUR CITY CLERK, WHEREAS LEMONADE DAY AS A FREE FUND PROGRAM DEDICATED TO TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO START ON AND OPERATE THEIR OWN BUSINESS THROUGH THE SIMPLE AND TIME HONORED ACT OF BUILDING AND RUNNING A LEMONADE STAND. AND WHEREAS THE GREAT OBAMA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DELL PEPE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY CAMERA SD SUPPORTED BEAUMONT, ENTER JI, EXXON MOBIL MOBILE OR CREDIT UNION LEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH, URBAN AIR BEAUMONT COMMON SENSE CREDIT UNION NATURE'S FEDERAL CREDIT UNION EMC T CREDIT UNION, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS JOINED FORCES TO BRING THIS INNOVATIVE PROGRAM TO BEAUMONT AND WHEREAS CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE LEMONADE DAY PROGRAM ARE ENCOURAGED TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME SAVE A LITTLE. I'M SORRY. ENCOURAGED TO SPEND A LITTLE SAVE A LITTLE AND SHARE A LITTLE BY DONATING A PORTION OF THEIR PROFITS TO LOCAL CHARITY OF THEIR CHOICE. AND WHEREAS LEMONADE DAY IS A DAY OF LEARNING AND CELEBRATING BELMONT'S FUTURE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 3RD 2023, THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT ARE ENCOURAGED TO SHOW SUPPORT BY SIMPLY PURCHASING A COUPLE OF LEMONADE FROM ONE OF THE YOUTHS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM TO DEMONSTRATE HOW OUR COMMUNITY CARES FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUTH. AND FOR BEAUMONT, YOUNGEST ENDURES. AND WHEREAS ALL VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZERS, PARTICIPANTS AND SPONSORS ARE COMMENDED FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THIS EVENT, AND BEST WISHES ARE EXTENDED FOR A SUCCESS, SUCCESSFUL AND REWARDING OBSERVERS NOW THEREFORE, I ROY WEST MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, JUNE 2023 JUNE, 3RD 2023 IS ELIMINATED DAY IN BEAUMONT AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HERE AND WHO SAID HIS HAND AND CAUSES STILL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FAKE. SOME ROY WEST MAY 23RD 2023 AND ACCEPTING WILL BE CHRIS PARTON. GREATER BEAUMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS. IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD. YEAH WE DIDN'T BRING ANY MOMENT. OH, GET IT.

YOU. NO ANYTHING ANYBODY WITH YOU CAN COME UP AS WELL. RIGHT? YEAH THANK YOU. HI. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. EVERYBODY. MHM. THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION. LET ME ASK YOU A SIMPLE QUESTION. FIRST

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OF ALL, WHERE WOULD YOU BE TODAY? IF SOMEONE TOOK YOU ASIDE DURING THE GRADES OF THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, A MENTOR? I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO OPEN YOUR OWN BUSINESS TAUGHT YOU ABOUT MARKET RESEARCH DID ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU NEEDED TO BUILD YOUR OWN BUSINESS. WHERE WOULD YOU BE TODAY? ALMOST A SILLY QUESTION TO ASK YOU SINCE YOU'RE SITTING IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE CITY RIGHT NOW, BUT LET ME HIT YOU AS FROM SOME FUN FILLED FACTS. DID YOU KNOW THAT 43% OF STUDENTS IN K THROUGH 12 ARE TAUGHT BUSINESS LITERACY? AGES 8 TO 14, OR CRITICAL TIMES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR. DURING THESE YEARS, THEY FORM HABITS, SAVING AND SPENDING THAT WILL LAST WELL INTO THEIR LIVES. LEMONADE DAY CONTINUES TO INCREASE CHILDREN'S SKILLS IN THE AREA OF FINANCIAL LITERACY AND MATHEMATICS. 87% OF PARTICIPANTS INCREASE THEIR FINANCIAL VOCABULARY. 87% ALSO INCREASE THEIR ABILITY TO SET FINANCIAL GOALS. 88% OF PARTICIPANTS INCREASE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF SAVING AND PHILANTHROPY LAST YEAR IN 2022, THE AVERAGE ELIMINATED STAND IN JEFFERSON COUNTY BROUGHT IN $404 OF REVENUE. $293 IN PROFIT. $123 ON AVERAGE WAS SAVED AND $64 WAS SHARED. AND AS YOU HEARD IN THE PROCLAMATION SPEND A LITTLE SHARE A LITTLE SAVE A LITTLE. IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND, UH INTEGRATE KIDS INTO OUR COMMUNITY INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WE HOPE THAT THIS ACTUALLY GOES DOWN ALL THE WAY TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL STREETS WHERE YOU'RE SUPPORTING THE KIDS IN THE CITY IN IN THE IN THE IN THE COUNTY. THANK YOU, BUT THEY'RE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THIS AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWCASING LEMONADE DAY WITH US. YEAH. LASTLY RECOGNITION OF THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INC.

CONGRATULATING THEM ON 90 YEARS OF SERVICE AND SISTERHOOD. WHEREAS IN 1931 SEVERAL YOUNG WOMEN RESIDING IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN INITIATED INTO THE AFFLICT KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED, SOUGHT OUT TO ESTABLISH A CHAPTER IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. AND WHEREAS THIS GROUP OF LADIES INITIALLY BEGAN MEETING IN HOMES , DISCUSSING MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE THAT THEY LEARNED IN THEIR UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS, RESPECTIVELY, AND WHEREAS TWO MEMBERS FROM THE AFRICA KAPPA ALPHA OMEGA CHAPTER IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, MET WITH THE MEMBERS OF BEAUMONT AND AFTER ALL REQUIREMENTS WERE SATISFIED PER THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS.

THEY INFORMED THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR THAT ALTHOUGH THE MEMBERS WAS SMALL, AND AN EXCEPTION WAS MADE TO SET UP THE CHAPTER SINCE THE SIZE OF THE CHAPTER FOUR DID MANY POSSIBILITIES. AND WHEREAS IN THE SPRING OF 1933, THESE MEMBERS FROM THE INTEREST GROUP ARE SERENE. RAY WILLARD, HATTIE ROBERTS, HORTON FEEL, BERTA ADAMS. AMERICA CLICK, AND WE NEED A FISHER ALONG WITH THE SOUTHERN DEPUTY REGIONAL DIRECTOR LOUIS DAVIS, AND THREE MEMBERS FROM THE ALPHA KAPPA OMEGA CHAPTER MET AT ST PAUL, A . M E CHURCH AND ON JUNE 3RD 1933. ALFA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED OMEGA OMEGA CHAPTER WAS CHARTERED IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. AND WHEREAS THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS WERE ELECTED PRESIDENT RAY WILLARD RECORDING SECRETARY HATTIE ROBERTS, HORTON CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. THEO BERTA ADAMS, TREASURER. AMERICA AMERICA CLICK IVY LEAF REPORTER AND WE NEED TO FISHER AND WHEREAS THE NEXT YEAR'S SORORITY MEMBERS ADDIE MAE LIMERICK AND LEWIS AND LOUISE PATTEN, WHERE THE FIRST TRANSFERS DURING THE EARLY FORTIES, THEY INITIATED THEIR FIRST PRO BATES, DUAL CLEVELAND, MAXINE FOWLER AND HELEN, AND I THINK THAT'S VALIANT IN AFTER WORLD WAR TWO, THE CHAPTER BEGAN TO GROW THROUGH TRANSFERS FROM COLLEGE GRADUATES AND MEMBERSHIP INTAKES . MEETINGS WERE HELD ON THE THIRD TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE HOME OF THE CZECH CHARTER MEMBERS. CHAPTER MEMBERS. AND WHEREAS THROUGH ALL OF THESE EFFORTS, THE UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS, ZETA BETA WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE CAMPUS OF LAMAR UNIVERSITY IN 1970 NOW THEREFORE, EIROY WEST, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THAT ON JUNE 3RD 2023, THE APP ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED ALPHA OMEGA OMEGA CHAPTER. WE'LL CELEBRATE 90 YEARS OF SUPREME SERVICE AND SISTERHOOD. HE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON THIS MILESTONE IN THE CHAPTERS HISTORY AND EXTEND SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE GOOD WORK THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HERE ON TO SET HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIXED SIGN ROY WEST

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STATE. IT MAY 23RD 2023 AND ACCEPTING WILL BE APPORTIONING WHITE, PRESIDENT OF ALPHA OMEGA OMEGA CHAPTER AND ANY OTHER A CASE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP. CONGRATULATIONS. RELATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. ACTUALLY. TRANSFORMATION. MR. YES. THANK YOU.

MAYOR WITH CITY COUNCIL INTO ALL IN ATTENDANCE. GOOD AFTERNOON, AS MENTIONED. I AM DR PORTION A WHITE, THE PRESIDENT OF ALPHA OMEGA OMEGA CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT ALFA OMEGA OMEGA CHAPTER. WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SERVED THE COMMUNITY FOR 90 YEARS. SISTERHOOD AND SERVICE ARE THE CORNERSTONES OF ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO 90 YEARS OF CONTINUED SISTERHOOD AND SERVICE WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . YEAH. YEAH. FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR THE RECOGNITION AND PROCLAMATIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE. NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

MM HMM. NO. EVERYBODY.

AT THE CLOSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS, UH , CONSIDER MATTERS RELATING TO THE DELIBERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551. 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. TO WIT SPECIFICALLY PROJECT JIM STONE CASTLE AND SHIELD. CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATED OR PENDING LITIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.0. OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. THE CLAIM OF JOSEPH GAINS

[Public Comments]

NOW, NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, WHO MAY MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ADAM'S AGENDA ITEM SEVEN THROUGH 11. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE, SO, PLEASE COMPLETE A GREEN SLIP AND HAND IT TO THE CITY CLERK. THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN IT IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOU TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.

THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. CHARLIE CRAP 9 28 EAST DRIVE BY MY TEXAS HE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM B AND E AND MR CRABB, YOU DID CHECK ADAM'S ONE AND THREE, BUT YOU CAN'T SPEAK ON THOSE BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH PUBLIC HEARING, BUT YOU CAN'T SPEAK ON ADAM. NUMBER NINE NUMBER NINE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THERE. I JUST,

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UH I JUST HOPE THE NEW BUYER REALIZES THAT'S JUST 12 FT. WIDE STRIP OF LAND. MAY I SPEAK ON THE, UH LET'S SEE CONSENT AGENDA. YES MEMORY, ADAMS, B AND E. ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON THEM BE, UH, YOU'RE GONNA APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF CROWDSTRIKE FALCON COMPLETE. UH IT BE NICE IF WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE DESCRIPTION ON WHAT THAT ADAM IS GOING TO BE. AND, UH, LET'S SEE. WHAT OTHER 1 MILLION E. ADAM E? MM HMM. I'M GONNA HAVE TO KEEP FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW. OH YEAH. CHARTER REVIEW. OH, YEAH. LISTEN, NAMES OF THE PARTIES IF POSSIBLE, AND I DIDN'T KNOW. SAY HELLO TO MAYOR WEST AND THE COUNCIL AND ALL OF THE STAFF, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS AGAIN TODAY. THANK YOU, MR MANAGER. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MIRROR. ALRIGHT. NOW IT'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA,

[CONSENT AGENDA]

EXCLUDING ADAM B APPROVAL, SECOND. DEBATE THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION YES. OH I TO ME. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME OUT THE COMPLIMENT. THE YOUNG BROTHER SAM SAM IS, UH FROM BEAUMONT WESTBROOK HIGH SCHOOL.

A RECENT GRADUATE AND HE WAS THE CITY MANAGER ON THE YOUTH COUNCIL. SO TO SEE THAT YOU'RE TAKING A STEP FURTHER THAN BEING INVOLVED EVEN MORE AND SERVING ON THE TWITTER COMMITTEE. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IN FRONT, EVERYBODY. I APPRECIATE IT, AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU. OKAY YOU YES, COUNCILMAN GETS AH, WHY WAS ADAM BE REMOVED? REQUESTED IT. OKAY? CAN WE ALSO WHEN WE CONSIDER AT A BIG GET A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT THAT ITEM IS. YES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CASSETTE AGENDA. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH! ANY OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF? WELL, I GUESS WE NEED TO ADAM B. JUST CHECKING ON

[B. Approval of the purchase of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete from CDW Government LLC of Vernon Hills, IL.]

YOU ALL KNOW. ALRIGHT. ADAM B, UH, YES. SO, UM. THE EXPERT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT. DO YOU HAVE AGAINST A QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER ISRAELITES TO ITEM B. SPECIFICALLY YEAH, WE APPARENT THIS IS APPARENTLY HAS TO DO WITH, UM, INTERNET SECURITY IS OUR RIGHT AND WE HAD A VENDOR PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES. WHY ARE WE CHANGING? UM FOR THE A SIMILAR PRICE, WE CAN GET A LOT MORE FUNCTIONALITY. UM, IT WILL BE MORE HANDS ON BY THE VENDOR INSTEAD OF HANDS ON BY STAFF.

OKAY AND THE PRICE WASN'T I DIDN'T SEE IN THE ITEM, BUT I SAW IT IN THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION OF 143,000. YES THAT IS, UM AN ANNUAL FEE OR JUST AN ANNUAL FEE. OKAY WHICH IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY, WE'RE PAYING 138,000 NOW. THANKS FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION. ONE OF OUR COMPONENTS OF OUR INSURANCE IS TO HAVE CYBER SECURITY IN THE MORE BENEFITS OF OUR CYBER SECURITY THAT WE CAN OFFER THE BETTER RATES THAT WE CAN HAVE MOVING FORWARD. DO HAVE OUR VENDOR HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS THREE MONTHS. IS THERE A MOTION? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO, SIR. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA BE MOVED TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION SECOND ALRIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM B. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AH! ANY OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FOR THE RECORD.

CAN WE NOTE THAT COUNCILMAN TAYLOR HAS SUSTAINED? THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE READING OF AUTUMN

[1 . Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a stone cutting and fabrication business in the GC- MD ( General Commercial- Multiple Family Dwelling) District located at 1981 Magnolia Avenue.]

NUMBER ONE, PLEASE. YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A

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STONE CUTTING AND FABRICATION BUSINESS AND THE GCM D JEROME COMMERCIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, LOCATED IN 1981, MAGNOLIA AVENUE, OUT OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON MAY 15TH 2023. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED SIX SO TO APPROVE THE REQUEST WAS S U P TO A LOT OF STONE CUTTING FABRICATION BUSINESS WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. ONE CHIP BIG AND COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 28-04. THERE ARE SEVERAL 07 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. TWO SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING AND FIRE CODES. THREE CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SENATOR SOURCE SERVICES INCLUDED IN ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW PRE TREATMENT AND OUR FOG PROGRAM AND RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. YEAH. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER ONE MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THREE CONDITIONS. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE. ANY DISCUSSION QUESTION. IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON WE DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T SPECIFY THE HOURS OF OPERATION. SO THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A REQUIREMENT. OFTEN THE APPLICANT WILL STATE WITH THE HOURS ARE, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS STATED, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS REQUIRED SO AT THE PLANNING MEETING, SHE DID SAY THAT THEIR HOURS ARE FLEXIBLE, BUT IT WAS THAT THEY WOULD ONLY OPERATE BETWEEN EIGHT AND FIVE. BUT THOSE WEREN'T CONSISTENT. IT'S A FABRICATION SETS AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE OFF INSTALLING UM, UM, ON SITE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A SHOWROOM, AND IT'S JUST THEM CONSTRUCTING ON SITE. BUT THEY DON'T WON'T WORK AFTER HOURS WILL NOT WORK AFTER HOURS CORRECT THAT'S ALL I. YES COUNCILOR. NEIL SAID THAT BUT THAT'S NOT A CONDITION WOULD BE WORTH PUTTING THAT IN AS A CONDITION SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE DOWN THE ROAD IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT A CONDITION, IN OTHER WORDS, TO ENSURE IT, THEN IT COULD BE ADDED AS A CONDITION WHICH WOULD BE ENFORCEABLE. HOW CLOSE IS THE CLOSEST RESIDENTS. DOWN CLOSEST. I WOULD SAY IT WAS WITHIN A BLOCK AND A HALF.

THAT'S RIGHT THERE ON MAGNOLIA. THANK YOU. I WOULD SO BECAUSE I MOVED THAT THERE WOULD BE AH, SPECIFIED FROM 8 TO 5 OR NOTHING AFTER FIVE PM AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? YES. SECOND. NOT THAT IT NEEDS A SECOND, OKAY? YES QUESTION FOR THE STAFF. IS THIS SOMETHING WE'VE DONE BEFORE OR WE SETTING A PRECEDENCE HERE. UM SO I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS. SO LET ME JUST INTERJECT PLANNING COMMISSION MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL COUNSEL THEN HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UM AMEND, REJECT OR ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION, AND SO, UM, MAKING A ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT IS SOMETHING COUNCIL . ADDITIONAL CONDITION IS SOMETHING COUNCIL HAS DONE IN THE PAST, AND IT'S WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY TO DO SO. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU CAN EVEN REMOVE CONDITIONS IF YOU SO DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROTOCOL? I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION ABOUT HAVE WE DONE THIS BEFORE WITH OTHER BUSINESSES? YES WE HAVE. WE HAVE BUT NOT WITH EVERY IN OTHER WORDS IN MY RECORD. MY RECOMMENDATION IS IF THERE'S A SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR CONTROLLING THE HOURS THAT CERTAINLY WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE COUNCIL TO ADD THAT AS A CONDITION WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY RECOMMEND DOING THAT FOR EVERY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPROVED BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES A MANPOWER ISSUE IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT. SO IF IT'S A PARTICULAR CONCERN AGAIN, THIS IS PROXIMATE TO SURROUNDING SINGLE FAMILY. YOU KNOW, IT COULD ALWAYS BE ADDED AS A CONDITION, BUT I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT TO ADD IT TO EVERY EVERY BUSINESS. COUNCILMAN SAMUEL CONCERN IS THIS IS A FABRICATION AND STONE CUTTING BUSINESS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. IT HAPPENS TO BE ON A MAIN CORRIDOR, SO THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT WITHOUT THERE BEING SPECIFICATIONS, IT COULD BE A PROBLEM IF THEY'RE WORKING 11 OR 12 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT THE NEIGHBORS FROM THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY. OKAY COUNCILMAN TURNER. I WAS JUST GONNA ASK OTHER BUSINESSES SIMILAR TO THAT. AND I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN SAMUEL. BUT I WAS ASKING IF YOU WE DO WE THINK THAT FIVE O'CLOCK TIME IS FAIRLY EARLY WITH THE WE CAN EVEN SAY I CAN I DIDN'T MEET MY MOTION TO SAY 8 P.M. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN DURIO GOOD. THE LETTERS WERE

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SENT OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS. WERE THERE ANY LETTERS THAT CAME BACK AGAINST BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE NOISE? NO, SIR. OKAY BUT I WILL . I WILL COMMENT THAT THE FIRST CONDITION REFERENCES SECTION 28.04 0.07, WHICH IS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, WHICH SPEAK TO EXCESSIVE LIGHT, EXCESSIVE DUST , EXCESSIVE NOISE, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE INCLUDED THAT CONDITION IS TO BASICALLY PUT THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORS ON NOTICE THAT WE REALLY WANT YOU TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED BY THAT NUMBER ONE. WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY HOURS, BUT THE CONCERN ABOUT THE NOISE. COUNCILMAN FELL SHORT. JUST I'M SURE THE COUNCIL SAW IT, BUT NOT PACKET. IT HAS THE IT HAS THE STONE POLISHED POLISHER. THE EQUIPMENT THEY'RE USING. EXCUSE ME FOR THIS PURPOSE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THEY'RE USING. BUT IT DOES SHOW THE EQUIPMENT THEY'RE USING. I I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH NOISE THAT PUTS OUT BUT I DO UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. SO. IT'S BROUSSARD, WOULD YOU SO WE WE'VE GOT AN AMENDMENT TO AMEND IT TO 8 P.M. EIGHT P. M. AND THAT WAS A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GETS OKAY? THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM NUMBER ONE WITH THE AMENDMENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING , AYE AH, ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES. BUT WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM. NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. YES COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A

[2. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a drinking place in the GCMD ( General Commercial- Multiple Family Dwelling) District for property located at 2550 Interstate 10 East within the Town Center Shops Plaza.]

SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A DRINKING PLACE IN THE GCM DE JONG COMMERCIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 25 50 INTERSTATE 10 EAST WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER SHOPS PLAZA. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON MAY 15 2023. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 60 TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO A LOT OF DRINKING. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT. THE RECORD. UM RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO TO DINNER? THEIR SECOND. SECOND. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TO ANY DISCUSSION. OKAY COUNCILMAN TURNER. THE MOTION IS DENIED. SORRY. YES FOR THIS PARTICULAR ADDRESS. I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THE STANCE OF THE CITY. WE'RE NOT AGAINST BARS ARE NIGHTCLUBS TO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM PLANNING HIS OWNER, MR BOONE, IS IT BECAUSE OF HOW MANY CALLS HOW MANY INSTANCES IN THE PAST BECAUSE IT'S NOT NORMAL. YOU KNOW, WE JUST DENIED A BAR AND NIGHTCLUB. YES SIR. IN RESEARCHING THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, THERE'S BEEN AN EXCESSIVE NUMBERS OF CALLS FOR SERVICE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THIS LOCATION, AND WE DID HAVE SOME OPPOSITION FROM NEIGHBORS AS WELL. AND I DO WANT TO SAY IN FAIRNESS THAT THE GROUP THAT DID COME TO SPEAK AT THAT PARTICULAR MEETING JUST TOOK OVER OWNERSHIP OF THAT PARTICULAR SHOPPING STRIP IN THE BUSINESS THAT WAS OPERATING PRIOR TO THEM GETTING THERE.

THEY DID EVICTED TENANT WASN'T IT ALSO DISCUSSED AND PLANNING HIS OWN IT? YES, SIR. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, WE FOUND IT ALL BUSINESSES THAT COME HERE AND I DON'T WANT TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW ANOTHER BUSINESS OPERATED PRIDE OF THEM GETTING HERE. SO I'M OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE FAIR TO THOSE GENTLEMEN WHO JUST DID PURCHASE THAT NEW SHOPPING STRIP. I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE PENALIZED FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO THEM BEING THERE. COUNCILMAN SAMUEL FOR IS THAT CHURCH FROM THAT STRIP CENTER. IT IS. LET'S SEE IF IT'S IN THE REPORT. CALVARY YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY 1000 FT ROUGHLY, MAYBE A QUARTER MILE . OKAY BUT THAT IS A STRIP CENTER THAT HAS A RESTAURANT AND SOME OTHER BUSINESS. RIDGEWOOD. I THINK IT USED TO BE. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. UH ONE MORE. OKAY DO WE KNOW FOR A FACT WHETHER THIS NEW TENNANT HAS ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRIOR TENANT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEW OWNERS OF THE CENTER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP OR NOT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DENYING AUTUMN

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NUMBER TWO. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH! ANY OPPOSED IS CARRIED. MAY WE HAVE THE READING

[3. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a gaming site in the LI ( Light Industrial) District for property located at 5305 Gorman Road.]

OF ATOM NUMBER THREE? YES COUNSELOR. CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A GAME INSIGHT AND THE ALLY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 53 05 GORMAN ROAD AND THAT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HEALTH ON MAY 15TH 2023 , THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 6 TO 0. TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USES PYRAMID TO A LOT OF GREENS SITE IN THIS DISTRICT, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL OF THE ORDINANCE. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE TO DENY MOVED TO DENY SECOND. MOVED AND SECONDED. OWN ADAM NUMBER. THREE SORRY MAYOR WHO'S SECOND. THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DENYING ADAM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AH POSED. MOTION IS CARRIED

[4. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a medical office in the RMH ( Residential Multiple Family-Highest Density) District for property located at 3590 Blackmon Lane # 1.]

. WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM. NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MARY COUNCIL CONSIDER REQUESTS FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A MEDICAL OFFICE AND THERE ARE M H RESIDENTIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY HIGHEST DENSITY DISTRICT OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 35 90 BLACK MAN LYING NUMBER ONE AND THAT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HEALTH ON MAY 15TH 2023, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RESIDENT, RECOMMENDED 60 TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR THE ISSUE P WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR ANY WATER IN SENATOR SUE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW PRE TREATMENT AND OUR FALL PROGRAM TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 28.04 THAT 006 LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS AND THREE CONSTRUCTION PLANS SHOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING. AND FIRE CODES AND, UH , JUST RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER FOUR? WE HAVE TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS. BEEN.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SAMUEL ANY DISCUSSION . ALL IN FAVOR OF A PRUDIE PROVING ADAM NUMBER FOUR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, UH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

[5. Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a parking lot in the RM- H Residential Multiple Family- Highest Density) District for property located at 3 Acadiana Court.]

HAVE THE READING OF ADAM NUMBER FIVE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CONSIDER REQUESTS FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A PARKING LOT IN R M H RESIDENTIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY HIGHEST DENSITY DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT NUMBER THREE. ACADIA ACADIANA COURT. AND THEN JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HEALTH ON MAY 2023 MAY 15TH 2023. I'M SORRY. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 60 TO APPROVE THE REQUEST WITH THE CONDITION OF NO PERMANENT STRUCTURES ARE EPIC ETERNITIES SHOULD BE PLACED WITHIN THE EASEMENT. PROPERTY CITY WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENERGY SURFACE RESTORATION WHEN WATER REPAIRS ARE NECESSARY. WITHIN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WATER LINE EAST MINT AND RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH THAT CONDITION. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER FIVE? DON'T MOVE FOR APPROVAL SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM.

NUMBER FIVE. ANY DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ATOM NUMBER FIVE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF BOTTOM NUMBER

[6. Consider a request to Rezone properties from GC- MD ( General CommercialMultiple Family Dwelling) District to RS ( Residential Single- Family Dwelling) District for a 1. 207 tract of land located at 11375 Old Voth Road.]

SIX, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER REQUESTS TO REZONE PROPERTIES FROM G C M D JUNK COMMERCIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT TWO RS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE, FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR A 1.207 TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 11 3750 VOTE ROAD. AND HAD A JOINT PUBLIC WHO INHALED ON MAY 15TH 2023. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 60 TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. AND THIS COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF IMPROVEMENT OF DARKNESS BY STEPH. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER SIX? MOVED TO APPROVE. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND THE

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MOTION IN THE SECOND FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM, NUMBER SIX, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH! ANY OPPOSED MOTION IS

[7. Consider a request for an abandonment of the alleyway in Block 10 of the Van Wormer Addition located within the 700 Block of Archie Street.]

CARRIE. MAYBE HAVE THE READING OF AUTUMN NUMBER SEVEN. COUNCIL CONSIDER REQUESTS FOR FOREIGN ABANDONMENT OF THE ALLEYWAY IN BLOCK 10 OF THE VAN. WARMER EDITION, LOCATED WITHIN THE 700 BLOCK OF ARCHIE STREET. AND THAT JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON MAY 15TH 2023. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 60 TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR AN ABANDONMENT OF THE L A WAY IN THE BLOCK 10 OF THE VAN, WARMER AUDITION. RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL BY STAFF. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER SEVEN TO APPROVE SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED . THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. ANY DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF A PROVEN, UM, NUMBER SEVEN. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING , AYE AYE, ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. OR IS CARRIED A WE HAVE

[8. Consider authorizing the Chief Magistrate the authority to dispose of unadjudicated Class C misdemeanor cases 15 years and older pursuant to Tex. Code Crim Proc. Art. 103. 0081.]

THE READING OF AUTUMN NUMBER EIGHT. COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE. THE AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF ENERGETIC ATED CLASS C MISDEMEANOR CASES, 15 YEARS AND OLDER PURSUANT TO TEXAS CODE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARTICLES, 103.008. RECOMMENDATIONS OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER EIGHT? MOVE TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND FOR APPROVAL? SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM. NUMBER EIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION QUESTION. COUNCILMAN TURNER, FIVE CITY ATTORNEY IS THIS JUST TO GET IN LINE WITH STATE LAW? CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT? SO THAT PARTICULAR CRIMINAL SECTION OF THE CRIMINAL CODE ALLOWS FOR? UM THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE TO DO THAT AND ADJUDICATED CASES AS IT'S MENTIONED IN THE MEMO OR CASES THAT HAVE NOT, UM, BEEN GONE THROUGH THE CRIMINAL PROCESS, WHICH MEANS THAT PERSON HAS NOT PLAYED GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY OR BEEN FOUND GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY . UM SOME OF THESE CASES DATE BACK TO 1994, IN WHICH CASE THE CITY HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO PROSECUTE THEM. UM AT THAT POINT , IT'S ALMOST UNCONSCIONABLE TO TRY TO DRAG SOMEBODY IN. WE COULD. WE CAN'T MEET OUR BURDEN OF PROOF. IT DOESN'T APPLY TO CASES WHERE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY OR HAVE ALREADY IMPLIED THAT PARTICULAR STATUTE ALLOWS FOR CASES THAT ARE OVER, UM, 15 YEARS. AGE CASES THAT ARE INVOLVED DECEASED PERSONS IN PERSON SERVING LIFE IN PRISON. OKAY I JUST I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ANY MONEY ON THE TABLE. THAT'S WHY I WAS ACCIDENT. DID IT ALSO INCLUDE THOSE WHO HAD DEFERRED PROBATION , SO WE'RE NOT DISMISSING CASES THAT HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED. WE'RE ONLY UM, RESOLVING CASES THAT ARE ADJUDICATED BASED ON THOSE THREE CONDITIONS THERE OVER THE 15 YEARS OR OLDER. UM, THEY HAVE THE INDIVIDUALS DECEASED OR THE INDIVIDUAL IS SERVING LIFE IN PRISON. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION QUESTION.

17,000 SOUNDS LIKE A LIE. UH IS THERE A REASON WHY, UH WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROSECUTE THOSE CASES AND YOU KNOW, IN A MORE TIMELY FASHION, OR WHAT HAPPENED TO TAKE IT BACK COVER BACKLOG. IN FAIRNESS, YOU KNOW THAT HIGHWAY WINS ACROSS YOU KNOW, SEVERAL THINGS ARE GONNA BE PEOPLE TRAVEL ALL THE WAY THROUGH SOME . SOMETIMES YOU GET A TICKET IN BEAUMONT AND YOU NEVER COME BACK TO THEM WHENEVER YOU JUST DON'T PAY IT. WE DON'T DRIVE TO WHEREVER YOU ARE TO ARREST YOU TO AFFECT THE WARRANT. UM AND IT REALLY DOESN'T APPLY OUTSIDE. YOU KNOW THE STATE, SO, UM, IT COULD BE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS DIDN'T LIVE HERE. COULD BE THE 1000 INDIVIDUALS MOVED AWAY, UM AND ARE NO LONGER HERE, SO THERE'S NO INCENTIVE TO PAY. UM LIKE I SAID THE OLDEST CASES IN 1994. I WAS IN THE FOURTH GRADE AT THAT TIME OVER 30 YEARS OLD. AND SO IF INDIVIDUAL DID LIVE HERE, AND WE FELT TO PROSECUTE ONE OF THE THINGS JUST KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THE OFFICER WHO WROTE THE TICKET PROBABLY IS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. IT BURN MASTER WAS STILL ON THE FORCE. I WOULD SAY THAT THAT THAT WAS POSSIBLE, BUT HE'S SINCE RETIRED, SO THERE'S A CHANCE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A WITNESS TO AUTHENTICATE, OR TO IDENTIFY THE DEFENDANT AND TESTIFY TO THE CHURCH'S AGAINST THEM. AND THERE'S ALSO A MATTER SO THAT'S A BURDEN OF THE STATE HAS APPROVED. UM AND AGAIN, IT'S A SITUATION WHERE IF WE HAVEN'T DONE SO IN 30 YEARS, THE

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LIKELIHOOD THAT WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO NOW ARE VERY SLIM. BUT THESE AREN'T ALL TRAFFIC TICKETS, ARE THEY? YES THESE ARE ALL MUNICIPAL COURT TICKETS. SO THERE THERE ANYTHING FROM TRAFFIC TICKETS? UM THEY COULD BE, UM SOMETIMES ORDINATES TICKETS AS WELL. SO LIKE PROPERTY TICKETS, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A CUTTING. CUTTING FEAR ANYTHING. THESE WOULD ALL BE CRIMINAL CHARGES? YEAH, FINE. ONLY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ATOM NUMBER EIGHT. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED WE HAVE A

[9. Consider approving the sale of City- owned property identified as PLAT K Tract 3 D Brown Addition 12' x 199', located on St. Anthony Street, Beaumont, Texas.]

READING ABOUT, UM, NUMBER 10, PLEASE. FINE. BUT NOW I'M AT NINE, OKAY? COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY, IDENTIFIED AS PLATT. K TRACK THREE D BROWN EDITION. 12 FT BY 199 FT. LOCATED ON ST ANTHONY STREET, BEAUMONT, TEXAS AND STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER NINE? TO APPROVE. IT'S BEEN THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ATOM NUMBER NINE AND HE DISCUSSION GOOD QUESTION THERE. YES ASSUMING MR GAMBLE, WHO'S BUYING THE PROPERTY OF OWNS THE ADJOINING PROPERTY? THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ATOM NUMBER NINE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AYE, ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MAY WE HAVE THE

[10. Consider authorizing the acceptance of a 100 square feet Exclusive Water Utility Easement.]

READING OF AUTUMN NUMBER 10? COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF 100 SQUARE FEET. EXCLUSIVE WATER UTILITY EASEMENT, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER 10? SECOND. THERE'S EMOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM NUMBER, 10. ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM NUMBER 10. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AH OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED WE HAVE A READING OF AUTUMN NUMBER 11

[11. Consider authorizing the execution of a License to Encroach Agreement with Margarita Batrez]

COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A LICENSE LICENSED TO ENCROACH AGREEMENT WITH MARGARITA, BUT TRAYS AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ATOM NUMBER 11? MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 11 ANY DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ATOM NUMBER. 11, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AH , OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED . NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY

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CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE COMPLETE A GREEN SLIP AND HAND IT TO THE CITY CLERK. THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME. WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON. WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM IN THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON, WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP, AGNES LAND OR 10? 95 YOU CLICK STREET BY MY TEXAS SUNRISE.

IT HAPPENED NOON, MR MAYOR. AND THE COUNCIL IT MY NAME IS AGNES LAND OR RESIDED 10 95 EUCLID STREET. I CANNOT REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE BUT IT WAS THE SAME NIGHT. WE HAD TO DEBATE, UH FOR MAYOR. ABOUT 8 30. AFTER IT COMPLETED, I WALKED OUTSIDE. AND SOMEHOW BOUND POLICE CARS IN FRONT OF PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. SO I WALKED UP FRONT IT WAS CONCERNED. I WALKED UP FRONT TO THE GATE. AND THE OFFICES WAS LIKE TWO HOUSES. 11 25 YOU PLAY IT. IN THE MEANTIME, WHEN ONE OF THEM CAME TO THE CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, WHICH HAS A FIELD WHERE THEY WERE AT, BUT LIKE I SAID, THE STREET IS PUBLIC, SO I DON'T MIND THAT, BUT THERE WERE FEEL, BUT ANYWAY

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, I ASKED THIS OFFICER EXCUSE ME, SIR. OFFICER IS IT ANYTHING CONCERN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED. I'VE BEEN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD 40 YEARS. HE LOOKED AT ME. AND TOLD ME IT WAS NONE OF MY BUSINESS. OUR SHOCKED. AS THE EXCUSE ME, SIR. COULD YOU GIVE ME YOUR NAME? COULD YOU GIVE ME A BADGE? HE WALKED OFF. THERE WAS SEVERAL OVER THE FACT IT WAS TWO CARS PARKED IN THE FRONT. THERE WAS A THIRD ONE COMING OFF OF YOU CLEARLY, BUT THEY WERE ALL AT THAT HOUSE. CONCERN WASN'T WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THAT HOUSE. MY CONCERN WAS SINCE THERE WAS SO MANY POLICE CARS AND AMBULANCES CAME THERE. I THOUGHT MAYBE SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED. BECAUSE TO ME. THE STREET IS PROBABLY THEY COULD HAVE BEEN TO THAT HOUSE PARKED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, BUT IT WAS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. THEY'RE THERE TO SERVE AND PROTECT. THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. ONE BAD APPLE SPOUT THE WHOLE THING. AND THAT SAME NIGHT. AFTER YOU MARRY, TALKED.

THERE WAS THIS BLACK GENTLEMAN TALKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. HOW CAN WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH WHEN YOU HAVE OFFICERS? TELLING ME IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS. AND HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN DOING THAT? HE WOULDN'T GIVE ME HIS NAME UNTIL TODAY. I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THROUGH THE OFFICE. I EVEN TALKED TO HIM IS KATHY. I HAVEN'T HAD IT RESULTS FROM ANYONE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE PROTEIN YOU OUT TODAY. THANK YOU. CHARLIE CRAB 9 28 EAST DRIVE BY MY TEXAS. HMM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF. AH LAST NIGHT. I MEAN, EXCUSE ME LAST WEEK WHEN I WE WELCOMED YOU . MAYOR WEST. I FORGOT TO TELL YOU. WE GREW UP IN BEAUMONT IN THE 19 SIXTIES. THANK YOU GREW UP AND I WAS MATURING AS A YOUNG FATHER. ALRIGHT. AND I WANNA AND, UH, DO THAT TIME I RECOGNIZE MR ELLIS SAYS, MR LEE , SO I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR HIM THIS AFTERNOON, BUT BUSINESS THIS AND WITH HIM AFTER THAT, UH OH, PAUL, HE, UH, I FOUND OUT HE GREW UP IN, UH, CROCKETT, TEXAS. BORN IN LOVE LADY RIGHT UP IN THE PANTY WOULD SO AND RIGHT UP TO US TO 87, SO THAT'S A LOVELY PLACE TO HAVE GROWN UP. I ATTENDED THE WORK SESSION THIS MORNING, BUT I WAS ONLY ABLE TO STAY FOR THE CAMERA ACTIVITY AND, UM. THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA . WE NEED THEM IMPROVE OUR CAMERAS OUT AT LOCATIONS THAT ARE HIGH CRIME RISK, LIKE I CONVENIENCE STORES AND GROCERY STORES. AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND I'M SORRY. I JUST USED UP HALF MY TIME. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY. GOODBYE THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. ALRIGHT NOW IT'S TIME FOR COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENTS , COUNCILMAN DURIO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ONCE AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE, UH, MANAGER AND STAFF FOR THE MM BUDGET WORKSHOP TODAY. I THINK EVERYTHING WENT VERY WELL REALLY INFORMATIVE. AND PEOPLE ASKED FOR TRANSPARENCY AND IT'S VERY TRANSPARENT. AND ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF PARA ARCHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WE HAVE IN THEIR MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT AT JOHNS LIBRARY AT 6:30 P.M. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMAN GETS THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER DORIO SAID ABOUT THE WORK SESSION THIS MORNING. IT IS A REFRESHING APPROACH. IT'S A APPROACH THAT I AGREE WITH TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US AND THE WAY OF PLANNING SESSIONS. I HAD SOMETHING I THINK WE'VE NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME. AND I WELCOME IT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT PROCESS AS WE CONTINUE TO PREPARE FOR OUR UPCOMING BUDGET. THANK YOU.

TURNER WELL, I WANT TO THANK MY FORMER COUNTY JUDGE, MR CLARKE GRIFFIN AND THE CROWD. I JUST

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WANT TO RECOGNIZE, JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AH UM I DID WANT TO COMPLIMENT CITY STAFF PHONE THIS MORNING. IT WAS VERY REFRESHING. I KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WENT WELL OVER AND YOU EVEN GET TO FINISH, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FINISHING IT. BUT I DID LEARN THIS MONEY, ROY SAYS SEVERAL TIMES. LET'S JUST LET HIM FINISH. LET'S LET THEM FINISH. BUT WE JUST KEPT JUMPING IN THERE BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY WAS PRETTY EXCITED.

BUT I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ALL BECAUSE I AGREE WITH MIKE. IT WAS REAL REFRESHING TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS. SO, TODD KENNETH JUNE. CHRIS BOARD SHERRY, TINA, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL RIGHT, AND THIS WHOLE ENTIRE STAFF THIS IS A SIGN IN TIME TO BE IN BEAUMONT. WE HAVE TO BE OPEN MINDED AS A COMMUNITY TO TRY NEW THINGS. THIS WAS NEW THIS MORNING, AND IT STARTED THE DIRECTION OF YOU GUYS. AS A COMMUNITY. WE GOTTA BE OPEN MINDED. AND LASTLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOLIDAYS, IF NOT THE FAVORITE. JUNETEENTH IS COMING UP. AND I'M PRETTY SURE VERY SOON, CITY STAFF FORBID ANNOUNCED THE HEADLINE TALENT, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT JUNETEENTH IS COMING UP AND PRETTY SOON YOU EVER HIT MORE DETAILS IN IF YOU COULD STAY AFTER THE MEETING. I LIKE TO HELP YOU OUT. MAKE SURE YOU GET POINT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, OKAY? COUNCILMAN PHIL SHAW, THE SAME CITY MANAGER OF STAFF. GREAT JOB TODAY. WELL DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMAN I WON'T JUST TO SAY I'M EXCITED ABOUT BEAUMONT RIGHT NOW AND HAVING FELT LIKE THIS IN YEARS. UH SO I SAY TO THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. AND YOU'VE SURROUNDED YOURSELF WITH A GREAT TEAM. YEAH YOU ALL ARE WORKING VERY HARD. I'M HAPPY WITH WHERE WE ARE WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN NEIL EVERYBODY ELSE SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS A, UM TIME WELL SPENT TODAY AND THEN WE GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO, BUT I THINK IT WAS A GREAT JUMP. START ON WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TO THE ATTORNEY. NOTHING NOTHING LIKE YOU. DOING? AND TODD. PEANUT. CITY MANAGER. JUST THANKS, STEPH FOR THE PREPARATION FOR TODAY'S MEETING . APPRECIATE IT AND THANK SAID ACCOUNTS FOR YOUR PATIENTS WORKING WITH. WELL I JUST WANT TO ECHO. UH, IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE I'VE GOTTEN SWORN IN. AND I'VE BEEN UP HERE EVERY DAY. AND UH, EVERYBODY ON STAFF HAS BEEN SO WONDERFUL AND TODAY'S MEETING WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. AND I JUST AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE COUNCIL AND HOW WELL THE MEETING WENT TODAY AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. AND UH, AGAIN. I HOPE TO GET YOUR INFORMATION HERE SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP. AND WE CAN DO THAT AT THE END OF THIS MEETING. AND NOW, UH, YES. UH IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE WORK SESSION IS GOING TO BE IT WAS VIDEOED, AND IT'S GOING TO BE PLACED ON THE WEBSITE IS THAT RIGHT FOR THOSE THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. IT WAS RECORDED . SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON WITH. GREAT THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.