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20. TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY REVEREND CAROL WILSON CATHEDRAL OF FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH. EVERYONE IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES. AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. LET US PRAY. ALMOST GRACIOUS FATHER HOW WE DO. THANK YOU, LORD GOD FOR ANOTHER DAY WE THANK YOU, LORD GOD FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY GUARD TO NOT ONLY TO GIVE YOUR NAME GLORIA AND IN PRAISE GOD, BUT TO JUST STAY IN GOD IN THE GAP GUARDED FOR SO MANY INDIVIDUALS. GOD WHO WHO NEEDS YOUR GUIDANCE AND FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING GOD, GOD, AS WE PRAY ON TODAY, GOD, WE PRAY GOD FOR OUR MARY GOD, WE PRAY FOR EVERY PRECINCT LEADER. GOD WE PRAY FOR ALL THE PRECINCTS THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE ON TODAY.
GOD WE PRAY GOD, THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO PUT YOUR HAND OF MERCY OF GOD AND WRAP YOUR ARMS. ARMS AROUND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US GOT IN THIS COMMUNITY. GOD, BECAUSE GOD, WE NEED YOU.
WE NEED YOU IN EVERY DECISION THAT IS GOING TO BE MADE GOD, EVERY SITUATION THE GUARD THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF GOD, BUT MOST IMPORTANT GOD FOR EVERY CITIZEN WHO GOT IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, GOT BECAUSE I KNOW RIGHT NOW. GOD THAT SO MANY THINGS GOING ON GOD, BUT IN THE MIDST OF EVERYTHING IS GOING ON. GOD, YOUR WORK THE CLASS GOT THAT YOU'RE STILL SITTING ON THE THRONE. GOD AND BECAUSE OF THAT GUARD, YOU SIT HIGH GARDEN. YOU LOOK DOWN LOW. GOD, YOU SEE EVERY SITUATION AND GOD. YOU KNOW, EVERY RULE EVERY REGULATION GUARD, YOU KNOW WHO'S IN WHO'S OUT GUARD. YOU KNOW ALL THE RULES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING FOR GOD IN SUCH A WAY, GOD, THAT YOU MIGHT ALREADY PREPARE YOUR PEOPLE. GOD FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS GUY, SO GOD RIGHT NOW, GOD CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER EVERY LEADER. GOD ESPECIALLY CALLED AMERICA CONTINUE TO PUT YOUR HEAD OF PROTECTION AROUND HIM. GOD, SO THAT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE GOD GONNA BE DONE IN SUCH A WAY? GOD WHEREVER GOD, EVERYBODY GOT BENEFIT GOD BY THE RULES THAT IN REGULATIONS OF THIS CITY IN THIS NATION. GOD WE THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FORGOTTEN US AND LEADING US GUARDING KEEPING THIS GUY BUT MOST IMPORTANT, GOD CONTINUE TO USE AS GOD AND YOUR DIVINE PLAN ONCE AGAIN WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. GOD WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE ELSE HERE ON TODAY. IN JESUS' NAME, WE DO PRAY. AMEN. MY PLEASURE LEADING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. NATION. YEAH, VISIBLE RIGHT? JUSTICE. THE NEW JOIN US TO SUPPORT GOOD MAN MENU . I LOVE IT WHEN WE HAVE STANDING ROOM ONLY WELCOME, EVERYONE. MAY WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. WEST PRESENT, TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW, PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS SAMUEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL OKAY. TODAY WE HAVE THREE
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PROCLAMATIONS. UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TINA BROUSSARD, THE CITY CLERK, READ SOME OF THE PROCLAMATIONS AFTER THE RED. I'LL ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME SO THAT YOU CAN AND ANY MEMBERS OF THE GROUP THAT IS WITH YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM , SHAKE THE HAND OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE AND ALSO TAKE PICTURES IN FRONT OF THE DESK HERE. UH FIRST PROCLAMATION IS RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 22ND. IT'S SOUTHEAST TEXAS. VETERANS STAND DOWN DAY, COUNCILMAN DURIO WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU, MARY. WHEREAS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS STAND DOWN. IT'S DESIGNED TO BRING A WIDE RANGE OF PRE EXISTING SPECIALIZED RESOURCES TOGETHER AT ONE LOCATION FOR HOMELESS VETERANS SO THEY CAN CREATE AN ATTAINABLE PLAN FOR RE ENTRY INTO MAINSTREAM SOCIETY.AND WHEREAS STAND DOWN IS A TERM USED IN TIMES OF WAR, IN WHICH EXHAUSTED COMBAT UNITS COME OFF THE BATTLEFIELD TO REST AND RECOVER IN A PLACE OF SAFETY AND WHEREAS, ACCORDING TO THE U. S DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS, THE FIRST STAND DOWN WAS ORGANIZED IN 1988 BY A GROUP OF VIETNAM VETERANS IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. AND WE'RE AS TODAY THERE ARE SEVERAL COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE AND ASSIST THE HOMELESS AND NEAR HOMELESS VETERANS TRANSITION TO COMMUNITY LIVING BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES, INCLUDING BENEFITS, COUNSELING, SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE. HEALTHCARE SCREENINGS, HOUSING SERVICES, LEGAL ASSISTANCE. MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING. AND WHEREAS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS STAND DOWN COMMITTEE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS VETERANS FOR VETERANS HOLDS A SOUTHEAST TEXAS STAND DOWN EVERY YEAR FOR HOMELESS VETERANS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHERS IN NEED. NOW, THEREFORE, ROY WEST MAYOR
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OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 22ND 2023 AS SOUTHEAST TEXAS VETERANS STAND DOWN DAY IN BEAUMONT AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY BY REACHING OUT TO HELP AND SUPPORT THIS HUMANITARIAN MISSION. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HERE ON TWO, SAID HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIXED. SIGN ROY WEST MAYOR SEPTEMBER 19TH 2023. ACCEPTING TODAY WILL BE SETH WELLS AND SOUTH ANYBODY THAT IS WITH YOU FEEL FREE TO HAVE THEM COME UP AS WELL. YEAH. YES RIGHT. RIGHT? YES. NEVER SEEN. THANK YOU. ARE YOU MARRIED? THANK YOU. YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO GO? THAT'S PRETTY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YEAH.YOUR SERVICE APPRECIATE YOU SERIOUSLY PLEASURE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. MR MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE AGAIN OUR CIVIC PARTNERS, WHEREAS RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT JEFFERSON COUNTY IS THE ONLY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THAT HOST TO VETERANS STAND DOWNS EVERY YEAR ONE IN PORT ARTHUR. AND ONE IN BEAUMONT. WE'VE SEEN OVER 800 OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THIS YEAR ALREADY AT PORT ARTHUR AND ORANGE, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE OVER 600 JOIN US AGAIN THIS YEAR AT BEAUMONT AND WHAT WE DO IS WE COORDINATE SERVICES. WE GATHER SERVICES TOGETHER. WE GET VIA EDUCATION VIA HEALTH, V. A UM, WHAT ELSE DID THEY SAY? THEY GIVE US HOUSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THOSE ENTITIES DON'T SPEAK. SO WE GET THEM ALL TOGETHER IN ONE ROOM, SO A PERSON GET CAN GET MORE HOLISTIC CARE. UM ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO. THIS IS NOT MUCH NOT TOO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WE JUST CELEBRATED. POW M I A DAY ON FRIDAY. WE HAVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUT THERE THAT ARE LOST, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. EVEN IF WE DO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. SO IT IS OUR JOB AS FELLOW VETERANS AND VETERAN ADVOCATES TO GO OUT THERE AND FIND THEM AND BRING THEM TO THE RESOURCES. WE CAN'T FILL THEIR PANTRY EVERY MONTH.
WE CAN'T PAY THEIR UTILITY BILLS EVERY MONTH. WE CAN'T KEEP THEM EMPLOYED, BUT WE CAN GIVE THEM ACCESS. DO THOSE THINGS AND TO SERVICES THAT THEY EARNED FROM THEIR SERVICE. NO MATTER WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. WE ALL MAKE BAD DECISIONS. UM WHEN WE WERE THERE WHEN WE LEAVE THE SERVICE BECAUSE THAT TRANSITION TIME IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. MY WIFE WAS A TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TEACHER, SO SHE TAUGHT MOST OF THE TRANSITION CLASSES THAT YOU REQUIRED TO TAKE AS A MILITARY MEMBER EXITING SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO AND I HAD A COLLEGE DEGREE. I HAD EMPLOYMENT AND IT WAS STILL A VERY DIFFICULT TRANSITION BECAUSE YOU DON'T ONLY LOSE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THE DAY TO DAY LIFE, YOU LOSE A PURPOSE. UM I KNEW WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING WHEN I WAS GOING TO DO I WAS GONNA GO SERVE MY COUNTRY IS GOING TO WEAR MY UNIFORM AND YOU LOSE SOME OF THAT. SO SOME OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUT THERE NEED TO FIND THAT PURPOSE AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH THESE STAND DOWNS AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TO HELP US DO THAT VETERANS AND NONVETERANS ALIKE BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT BY OURSELVES, SO WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS FANTASTIC GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR SCHEDULES AND USE THEIR OWN MONEY AND THEIR OWN. TIME AND TIME AWAY FROM WORK TO HELP OUR FELLOW VETERANS, SO WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU WANNA PICTURE? YES. IF YOU DON'T MIND. YEAH. HMM. RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, ALL 123. YOU GET ONE MORE. ALRIGHT, ONE AND TWO AND THREE. THANK YOU. NEXT IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION
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RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER IS NATIONAL, OVARIAN AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH ACCEPTING WILL WILL BE AFTER. UH TINA READS THE PROCLAMATION. I JUST ASK EVERYONE TO BEAR WITH ME AS MY MOTHER JUST PASSED IN JANUARY FROM BARRON'S CANCER, SO I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS AS BEST I CAN. WHEREAS SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AND NATIONALLY OVARIAN AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTHS WITH CAMPAIGNS ESTABLISHED TO HEIGHTEN INFORMATION ON THE RISK AND SYMPTOMS OF THESE DISEASES TO ADVANCE EARLY DETECTION AND INTERVENTION, OVARIAN CANCER IS KNOWN AS A SILENT DISEASE, AND IT'S THE FIFTH LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES AND CAUSES MORE DEATHS THAN ANY OTHER. GYNECOLOGIC CANCER GIFT OF LIFE'S JULI RICHARDSON PROCTOR OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON STRATEGIES AND INFORMATION TO AFFECT REAL CHANGE AND SAVE LIVES. BREAST CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER AMONG AMERICAN WOMEN EXCEPT FOR SKIN CANCERS AND APPROXIMATELY ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN IN THE US WILL DEVELOP INVASIVE BREAST CANCER DURING THEIR LIFETIME. THIS YEAR. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN 315,000 WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH EITHER BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER. AND NEARLY 57,000 WOMEN WILL DIE FROM THESE DISEASES IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS VITAL THAT SOUTHEAST TEXANS ARE EDUCATED ABOUT ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND THE AVAILABILITY OF FREE MAMMOGRAMS FOR WOMEN WHO CANNOT AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE. GIFT OF LIFE, WOMEN'S BREAST HEALTH AND CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAMS. GIFT OF LIFE ANNUALLY PROVIDES AT NO CHARGE THOUSANDS OF BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS, DIAGNOSTIC, MAMMOGRAMS, ULTRASOUNDS AND BIOPSIES WITH ACCESS TO CANCER TREATMENT TO MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED SOUTHEAST TEXAS WOMEN. GIFT OF LIFE HAS HELPED DIAGNOSE BREAST CANCER IN MORE THAN 275 WOMEN THROUGH ITS LIFE SAVING MEDICAL SERVICES, GIFT OF LIFE OR HOST THE 13TH ANNUAL JULIE RICHARDSON PROCTOR FIVE K RIBBON RUN MONSTER DASH IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28TH TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS OF BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WHILE ALSO RAISING FUNDS FOR ITS PROVISIONS AND PREVENTION AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. THEREFORE ROY WEST MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BELMONT, DO HERE. BOB CLAIM TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1920 23 AS GIFT OF LIFE PRESIDENT OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS DAY IN BEAUMONT AND URGE ALL WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY TO PURSUE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH PRACTICES AND EARLY DETECTION EFFORTS. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HERE ON TO SET HIS HAND AND CAUSES STILL OF THE CITY OF BAM ACT TO BE A FIXED SAN ROY WEST SEPTEMBER 1920 23 AND ACCEPTING WILL BE. YOU'LL ANNOUNCE YES WILL BE MISS NORMA SAMPSON, DIRECTOR OF GIFT OF LIFE IN THIS. REGINA ROGERS, THE FOUNDER. IN IN THE REST OF THE GROUP THAT YES, YOU CAN BRING EVERYBODY YES . SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WELL. YES. YES. YEAH, CRAZY TIME. RIGHT. HE WAS.THEY ARE HIDING IN WHETHER IT'S OFFICER MARTIN. JOIN US. YOU. YOU. OH OUT THERE. CATCH MY HEART CRY. WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH BOOKS GONNA DO IT ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYONE FOR SHARING THAT PROCLAMATION AND ALLOWING US TO BE WITH YOU TODAY, IT'S
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HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S THE 13TH YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN HOUSING THIS RIBBON RUN FOR SOME OF YOU , AND SO MANY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING OUR CAUSE. THIS STARTED WITH JULIE RICHARDSON PROCTOR, WHO AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 51 SUCCUMBED TO OVARIAN CANCER. SHE HAD INSURANCE, BUT THE RISK AND SYMPTOMS WERE SIMPLY JUST NOT PUBLICIZED AND EVEN FROM HER PHYSICIANS AND SO MANY OF OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. SHE WAS NOT AWARE AND HER VISION. HER DREAM BEFORE SHE LEFT WAS TO SIMPLY HAVE A WAY TO PERPETUATE THIS INITIATIVE TO ALLOW OTHER WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW ABOUT THE RISK AND SYMPTOMS AND WITH REGINA ROGERS, PETTY MCSPADDEN AND MELODY PARSONS, THEY INITIATED THE JULIE RICHARDSON PROCTOR OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS INITIATIVE, AND THEN ALSO KIND OF CATAPULTED US INTO THIS FIVE K MORE OF A WALK THAN A RUN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT PLATFORM. TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS OF THE RISK AND SYMPTOMS OF OVARIAN CANCER AND THEN POIGNANTLY FOR US TO BEGIN BRINGING THAT ALSO INTO OUR WOMEN'S BREAST HEALTH SERVICES.AS YOU SAID IN THIS PROCLAMATION , THERE ARE STILL SO MANY WOMEN , ONE IN EIGHT WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND OUR INITIATIVE JUST THIS YEAR WITH YOUR SUPPORT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE NINE SOUTHEAST TEXAS WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS. THE GIFT OF LIFE WERE LOCAL. IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. ALL THE FUNDING STAYS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS LIKE THE COUNCIL SUPPORT OUR INITIATIVES THAT ALLOW US EACH YEAR TO PROVIDE THESE FREE BREAST HEALTH SERVICES AND THEIR FOR WOMEN WHO SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD INSURANCE AND MEET THE INCOME GUIDELINES ASSOCIATED WITH THE POVERTY LEVELS, SO OUR HEART FELT APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OUR SERVICE. MRS. TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS. WE'VE GOT FREE SCREENINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE HAVE A BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP. WE ALSO HAVE A CLASS THAT'S FREE, UNDERWRITTEN BY GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED CALLED ACTIVE LIVING AFTER CANCER. THAT'S FOR ANYONE MEN OR WOMEN WHO HAVE SURVIVED CANCER. AND IT'S A POIGNANT, EMPOWERING CLASS THAT TEACHES YOU NUTRITION AND ALSO IMPORTANTLY, GET YOU ACTIVE AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT IT'S BEEN A PLATFORM OF CAMARADERIE AND SUPPORT WHEN PEOPLE NEEDED THE MOST WHEN THEY'VE JUST OVERCOME THE RED.
THE ROUTINE DOCTOR VISITS AND THEY'VE HAD THIS NETWORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON EVERY MONTH, AND THEN IT ENDS. SO OUR PROGRAM IS THERE AND SO MANY AREAS EDUCATION AS WELL AS THE DIRECT MEDICAL SERVICES. WITH ME TODAY OR THERE ARE GIFT OF LIFE FAMILY , THERE'S SO MUCH OF AN EXTENSION OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTING US AND IT'S OUR OFFICERS ARE ANGELS. AMONG US ARE BAPTIST HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVES AND PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF THAT COLLABORATIVELY SUPPORT OUR INITIATIVES AND HELP US REMAIN SUSTAINABLE. AS YOU SAID IN THE PROCLAMATION, AND WE HANDED IT OUT TO EVERYONE. WE HOPE YOU WILL LACE UP TO SAVE LIVES AND JOIN US ON OCTOBER, THE 28TH FOR OUR WALK, RUN AND DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. I ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE WHO'S A BREAST, OVARIAN GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER SURVIVORS. THERE ARE GUESTS WE MAILED OUT THIS.
PLEASE BE OUR GUEST TO ANYONE WHO IS A SURVIVOR TO JOIN US, IF NO COST AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR WELLNESS VILLAGE, OUR CELEBRATION OF HOPE IN OUR COSTUME CONTEST, SO IF I COULD READ IF YOU DON'T MIND, REGINA, YOU HAD SAID SHE HAD HOPED TO BE HERE. MAYOR AND SHE WAS IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CALL. SHE WAS ALWAYS SO APOLOGETIC THAT SHE COULDN'T BE HERE. SHE HAD GIVEN ME A STATEMENT TO READ. MAY I SHARE THAT WITH YOU? OKAY, THANK YOU. THIS IS FROM RITA GRANT REGINA ROGERS. IT IS WITH MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT AND REGRET THAT I CAN'T ATTEND TODAY'S PROCLAMATION DUE TO A VERY IMPORTANT COMMITMENT. HOUSTON SHE WANTED TO EXTEND HER DEEP APPRECIATION TO EACH ONE OF YOU AND EVERYONE HERE AS LONG AS WELL AS OUR ANGELS FOR THEIR SUPPORT. THEY'VE RAISED CANCER AWARENESS SAVE LIVES THROUGH DETECTION AND EARLY PREVENTION.
AND SHE WANTED TO SAY A SPECIAL , HEARTFELT LOVE TO OUR ANGELS WHO ARE REPRESENTED WITH ME TODAY, THERE'S A FEW OF THEM AND EACH WOMEN WHO HAS BEEN OUR ANGEL AMONG US THIS YEAR IS THEIR DISTINCT AND THEIR INVALUABLE IN THEIR TREASURED FRIENDS. SO COUNTLESS SOUTHEAST TEXANS CAN ATTEST TO THE PERSONAL POSITIVE IMPACT OF THEIR GOODWILL, SO SHE WANTS TO THANK THE ANGELS AND AS ALWAYS SENT HER LOVE AND HOUSE TO EACH OF YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF THIS INITIATIVE AND SHARING IT. IN THE COMMUNITY. IF I COULD ALSO TAKE JUST A FEW MOMENTS BY INTRODUCE MY GIFT OF LIFE FAMILY WITH ME IS OUR TREASURE AND LONG TERM BOARD MEMBER AND OFFICER DORAN SB. MANY OF YOU KNOW WHERE SHE HAS BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY IN A MYRIAD OF WAYS, AS WELL AS THE PRESIDING CDBG CHAIR. I ALSO HAVE A TREASURED CHERISH ANGEL REPRESENTATIVE WITH ME IRISH NATHAN IS REPRESENTING OUR BELOVED FRIEND AND ALISON ARE TAX COLLECTOR AND ASSESSOR ALISON. THEY THINK THAT AND SHE IS HERE. WE'RE SHARING THE LOVE.
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AND OURS IS TAKING THAT BACK. I KNOW YOU WILL AS WELL, MIKE BECAUSE SHE IS IN OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS AND THEN OUR OFFICER AND PRESIDENT INTERIM SERVING AS OUR PRESIDENT, LINDA DOMINO, WHO'S WITH OUR FAITHFUL IN WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND JOE. I CALL HER HUSBAND. HE'S WITH US AND HELPING US AND EVERYTHING. NEVER SAYS NO. AND HE'S WITH US. THANK YOU, JOE. AND THEN GALEN JONES, WHO IS WITH THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL'S OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. GALEN HAS BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS. YEARS AND HELPING OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL FROM THE GIFT OF LIFE AND OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. SO THANK YOU. GALEN BAPTIST HOSPITALS HAS BEEN A MEDICAL PARTNER FOR 30 YEARS WITH THE GIFT OF LIFE AND NOW THROUGH THEIR BAPTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM, MARMON THAT WE JUST GREEN 600 MEN, MANY OF WHOM ARE RECEIVING FOLLOW UP CARE, THANKS TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL'S ON MY LEFT IS FOR NICE. MONROE WHO IS ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL ANGELS, MANY OF YOU KNOW HER. SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AND WELL, HALEY, OFFICER MORROW. YOU WILL SEE HER DRIVING AROUND IN THE PINK RIBBON CAR VERY SOON FOR THE PINK PATROL CORPS PROJECT. THANK YOU, OFFICER MORROW. SHE GIVES A LOT OF HER TIME AND EFFORT TO HELP US WITH THAT INITIATIVE AND KATHY SUMO WHO IS ONE OF OUR ANGELS. MANY OF YOU MAYBE HAVEN'T WORKED WITH KATHY AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PROJECTS AS WELL AS OUR WONDERFUL STAFF MEMBER, EMILY PATRIZIA, WHO IS HELPING US AND BUILDING A DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE THIS YEAR FOR THE VODKA, A RIBBON RUN SO ANYONE KNOW? OKAY SO DID ANYONE. DO WE HAVE A MODINE ONE WANT TO SAY OKAY? I THINK THAT MEANS WE'RE TALKING. OKAY ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL OF US AGAIN FOR OPENING YOUR DOORS AND YOUR HEARTS AND SUPPORTING OUR CAUSE. H YEAR WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US SUSTAINABLE. COULD WE TAKE A QUICK PLEASE COME UP? YES . OKAY DO YOU MIND? THANK YOU. YEAH. PERFECT PERFECT. ALRIGHT, Y'ALL IN 12 AND THREE LET'S DO ONE MORE 12 AND THREE THANK YOU . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TRUE. TAKE CARE. SORRY. I'LL GET ON MY STEP GOOD. NICE. YES. LASTLY WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 25TH THROUGH THE 29TH 2023 IS CLEAN ENERGY WEEK. WHEREAS CLEAN ENERGY AS PART OF AMERICA'S FUTURE ACROSS TEXAS, CLEAN AND ABUNDANT FORMS OF ENERGY ARE POWERING OUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS INCLUDES RENEWABLE SOURCES SUCH AS WIND, SOLAR, HYDRO AND GEOTHERMAL, AS WELL AS NEW NUCLEAR, NATURAL GAS AND CARBON CAPTURE. TECHNOLOGIES AND LEADERS, BUSINESS AND INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE CITY OR MAKING CHOICES EVERY DAY TO REDUCE THEIR CORBYN FOOTPRINT BY IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT WILL SAVE THEM MONEY WHILE PRIORITIZING GREEN TECHNOLOGY.AND WHEREAS TEXAS IS THE LEADING CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCING STATE IN THE NATION AND ALSO RANKS FIRST IN WIDE, WIND POWERED ELECTRICITY GENERATION FOR THE 17TH YEAR IN A ROW. IN EARLY 2023, TEXAS, HAS HAD OVER 13,500 MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR CAPACITY, RANKING SECOND IN THE NATION FOR SOLAR POWER PRODUCTION AND EARLY 2023, TEXAS HAD OVER 13,500 MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR CAPACITY, RANKING SECOND IN THE NATION FOR SOLAR POWER PRODUCTION. FOR 2022, TEXAS, RANKED FIRST IN THE NATION FOR OVERALL ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ACCOUNTING FOR OVER 12% OF THE NATION'S ELECTRICITY GENERATION , AND DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF THE SECOND PLACE HOLDER WITH OVER 2000. I'M SORRY, 248,000 CLEAN ENERGY JOBS. THE CLEAN ENERGY SECTOR IS A KEY DRIVER OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN TEXAS. WITH GREAT BENEFITS TO TEXAS. THESE ARE JOBS THAT CANNOT BE OUTSOURCED DUE TO THE ON SITE NATURE OF CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE.
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS ARE INHERENTLY LOCAL AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF LOCAL ECONOMIES.
THEREFORE THEREFORE, ROY WASTES MAYOR OF THE CITY OF OBAMA, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 25TH THROUGH THE 29TH 2023 TO BE CLEAN ENERGY WEEK AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS OF
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BEAUMONT TO SUPPORT OUR STATE'S CLEAN ENERGY INDUSTRIES. IN RESOURCES. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HEARING TO SET HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE A FIXED SAN ROY WEST. ON THIS DAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH 2023 THANK YOU, AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. NO SIR . ALRIGHT FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MAYOR BECKY AMES. IT'S HERE WITH US TODAY AS WELL. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY
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CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. YOU MAY MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE REGULAR AGENDA ADAMS ONE THROUGH SIX. YOU MAY ALSO SPEAK ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC CONCERN. PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT ON OCTOBER 1ST, YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING, AND YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ONCE THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO SPEAK WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM. PLEASE SAY YOUR ADDRESS CITY AND STATE. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING IT TO THREE MINUTES. THE RED LIGHT WILL THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME HOME WHEN YOU WALK UP. THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOU'RE THREE MINUTES IS UP AND YOU WILL FIND IN ON THE CHAOS IN THE END THE ENTRY ALREADY I BELIEVE YES , SIR. DAVID KENT PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'M DAVID KENT. I'LL LEAVE IT 3400 VETERANS CIRCLE. BEAUMONT, TEXAS. IT'S UH, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE VETERANS MEDICAL CLINIC. AND CHILIES. YEAH, AND 2019. KETTLE. PROPERTY GROUP CAME AND REQUESTED SUPPORT FOR THEIR PROJECT. THROUGH THE HOOD. THEY LOW INCOME. HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM. AND BEAUMONT LADEN. HELSING BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANES, AND SO FORTH, READILY GAVE HIM SUPPORT. AND THEY TOOK THAT TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. MADE A LOT OF PROMISES . THEY GOT THE MONEY. THEY BUILT THE PLANE, UM, OF THEIR 2021 AUGUST. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I MIGHT SEND AN EMAIL TO MR DEBTS HE MAY HAVE DISTRIBUTED.I'M NOT SURE BUT. VICTOR SOME OF THESE THINGS FROM, UM HER. CREATE SIGNIFICANT HEALTH.
PROBLEMS. THEY DIDN'T MOP THE FLOORS FOR SEVEN MONTHS. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE I LOOKED AT THE FLOORS IN HERE. SPOTLESS. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE OUR FORCE NOT BEING MOCKED FOR SEVEN MONTHS. ALLOW ME BATHROOMS. NO TOILET PAPER, NO TOWELS. FINALLY JUST CLOSED IT. AND IT'S BUILT WITH GOVERNMENT MONEY. THEY RESTRICTED OUR USE OF THE COMMUNITY ROOM TO WHERE IS LIKE A MAUSOLEUM. LIKE LOCKED IN AT FIVE O'CLOCK HOLIDAYS, WEEKENDS LOCKED. THEY JUST RECENTLY SINS A POINTED OUT SOME OF THE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE IN AUSTIN. THEY STARTED OPENING.
THE DOORS. OR NOT WORKING. THEY HAVE AUTOMATIC DOORS THAT OPEN WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE LITTLE , UH, SEARCH AND WALKING. DEVICES. AND IT JUST QUIT WORKING IT WOULD UNLOCK WITH THE PERSON WOULD OPEN IT. AND THERE'S A LADY THAT WAS. I DON'T THINK SHE WAS 85 SHE WEIGHED ABOUT £90. BUT SHE COULD SEE HER IN THE DOOR WOULD BE PRESSING UP AGAINST HER, AND SHE WAS TRYING TO FOR MUCH THAT WAS AND WE THEY JUST SHOW. YEAH WE'RE WORKING ON THAT IT'S STILL NOT WORKING. BUT
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ANYWAY, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS OUT THERE. HOPE TO WORK WITH SOMEBODY WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH JUST PRINCE I BELIEVE, AND SHE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. UM REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR KENT. MARTHA CHISHOLM PUBLIC COMMENTS.LITTLE SLOW. BUT I'M THANKFUL TO BE MOVING. MY NAME IS MARTHA CHISUM, A LIVE AT 11 30 CONDOMS STREET HERE IN BEAUMONT. UH MR DURIO IS MY COUNCIL PERSON, BUT I CHOSE TO SEND MY COMMENT TO PASTOR FELL SHAW AND A J. TURNER BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE COUNCIL PERSONS AT LARGE. I'M HERE ABOUT MY WATER BILL. I KNOW THAT THE CITY IS ABOUT TO SPEND $2 MILLION ON OUR CONSIDER INNER CITY WORKS. MY WATER BILL. IT'S $200 A MONTH AND I'M ON A FIXED INCOME. I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING CHARGED TO FIX THE INNER CITIES WATER SYSTEM. I NEED SOME HELP WITH IT. I'M 72 YEARS OLD. I'VE WORKED ALL MY LIFE. I DON'T ASK FOR ANYTHING THAT I DON'T NEED. BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER CITIZENS OUT THERE LIKE ME WHO REQUIRE AND NEED HELP WITH THIS RAGING WATER BILL. IT'S AFFECTING OUR ENTIRE CITY. I CALLED MY WATER WHITE GOLD, OKAY , BECAUSE IT IS SO EXPENSIVE. I TELL MY GRANDSON DON'T RUN THAT WATER THAT WHITE GOLD TOO LONG. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT.
HE SAYS. OKAY MAMA, I WON'T DO IT. OKAY SO WE HAVE TO FIND A RESOLUTION FOR THIS. THAT WILL HELP EVERYBODY, NOT JUST ME. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYBODY AND THEIR WHEN YOU ASKED FOR THE CITY TO PRAY I WAS ALREADY PRAYING. I WAS ALREADY PRAYING FOR THEM TO BE A SOLUTION. I FEEL LIKE GOD HAS SENT US A SOLUTION, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO WORK WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT SOLUTION TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU. MHM THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M JOHN FIERCE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. TWICE IN TWO WEEKS IS KIND OF UNUSUAL FOR ME, UM, CAME TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF SAFETY. UH AND, UH, ISSUES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M JOHN FEARS I LIVED FOR 58 NORTH EIGHTH STREET. UM. THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY ANY FAULT OF THE PARK ON CULTURE. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OVER THERE. GOOD FOOD, GOOD PEOPLE. AH, IS THE PARKING THE TRASH? THE LEWD BEHAVIOR. AH PEOPLE PEEING IN PARKING LOTS.
THEY PEED ON MY BUILDING LAST WEEK. I'VE CAUGHT HIM TRANSPARENCY IN ALL MY PROPERTY , CUTTING THROUGH TO MAKE IT SHORTER INSTEAD OF USING SIDEWALKS. UH POLICE HAVE RESPONDED TO COLLEGE. WE JUST HAD A MURDER THERE TWO WEEKS AGO. UM IT'S A. SAFETY SAFETY ISSUE PARKING. PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY BLOCK AND DRIVEWAYS. I'VE HAD MY DRIVEWAY BLOCK. I COULDN'T GET OUT. UM I DON'T WANT TO TELL HIM OFF. PARK IS IN THEIR HONEYMOON PERIOD.
THEIR BOOMING THEY'RE DOING GREAT. UM BUT HERE PRETTY SOON. SOME OF THESE PRIVATE PARKING LOTS ARE GONNA START TOWING THERE. THE KIDS GUESS NOT CONSTITUENTS, PATRONS AWAY TRASHES LEFT EVERYWHERE. DEANDRE HAS MADE A GOOD EFFORT TO TRY TO GET THINGS CLEANED UP IN NEIGHBORHOODS CLOSE BY STILL HAVE TRASH AND PRIVATE PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME IN THE STREET. UM THE PEOPLE ARE PARKING BEHIND LAW OFFICES IN THE PHARMACY MAKERS, AUTOMOTIVE GENIES. BRIDAL SHOP. UM THEY'RE LEAVING ALL THEIR TRASH BEHIND. IT'S HARD TO CONTROL ITS OUT OF DONKEY ANDRES CONTROL, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE WITH THIS ON THE CITY'S BEHALF TO HELP KEEP THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN. THE CLEANER NEIGHBORHOOD . THE MORE SUCCESSFUL ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE PEOPLE WANT TO COME DOWN THERE. UM HE HAS GREAT CROWDS. I GIVE THEM THAT THERE'S
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NOTHING BETTER THAN TO HAVE PEOPLE COME DOWN DOWN TO OLD TOWN, BUT OLD TOWN HAS A HISTORY OF TRANSIENTS TRASH. DRUNKS. WE TRIED TO GET RID OF SOME OF THAT STUFF, AND EVERYTHING'S BEEN GOING ON. THE MAIN THING IS A LEWD BEHAVIOR. PEOPLE ON SIDEWALKS, PAINTING THE PARKING LOTS DEFECATING WHERE THEY WANT TO. I HAD A VIDEO OF A GIRL PEEING IN THE PARKING LOT ACROSS THE DAY. BUT DUE TO HER PRIVACY, I CAN SHOW THAT TO ANYBODY. AND SHE FOUGHT ME TOOTH AND NAIL, BUT SHE WAS GONNA PEE AND IN THE PARKING LOT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO ABOUT THAT. UH THE POLICE CHECK THE WHOLE LOGS. POLICE HAVE ALL THE RECORDS WHERE THEY'RE BEING CALLED OUT THERE TO ANSWER PHONE, UH, DOOR TO RESPOND TO CAUSE I'M BY THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL COME OUT THERE SATURDAY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND TWO O'CLOCK. COME OVER TO MY HOUSE. COME TO CLEANERS. LET'S LISTEN. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU. THANK YOU, MR FEARS. I'M JOSHUA. MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS. EIGHT. EVERYBODY'S DOING. UM I'M HERE IN REPRESENTATION OF THE PARK.MY NAME IS JOSHUA MORE I'M THE OWNER OF CRAVE MORE CONSULTANT. I AM THEIR CONSULTANT. I'M JUST HERE TO PAINT A PICTURE. I WANT TO START OFF WITH INTRO, THE 31 65 FAMILY GROUP. THIS WAS A DREAM OF THEIR GRANDFATHER. THIS FAMILY CAME TOGETHER AND CREATED A BUSINESS THAT SUPPLEMENT INCOME NOT ONLY FOR THEIR WORKERS, BUT ALSO FOR THEIR FAMILY, GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
THEY HAVE A FEW KEY COMPONENTS IN THE OWNERSHIP. SOME OF THOSE BEING MISS CORTLAND. SHE'S HR.
SHE HAS HR EXPERIENCE. ERIN SHE'S AN ACCOUNTANT. SHE'S THE ACCOUNTANT FOR THE PARK. YOU HAVE MAMA, MAMA'S HERE TODAY SHE CAME UP WITH THE RECIPE. SHE'S A GREAT COOK, AND THEN YOU HAVE DEANDRE, WHO HAS A GREAT NONPROFIT, BACKGROUND AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN YOU HAVE MYSELF AS THE CONSULTANT. I HAVE 18 YEARS IN THIS INDUSTRY. AND AS CREATE AND HELP THE PARK STAY SUCCESSFUL. THEN THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL THAT I'LL DO WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE VERB. IT'S THAT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED. UM BUT I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING WHY I'M HERE AND WHY I'M WORKING WITH THE PARK. AH BEEN TRYING TO GET IN CONTACT WITH DEANDRE. MY FIRST INTENTION WAS TO CONSULT FOR BLACK OWNED BUSINESS WHEN I MOVED BACK TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS AFTER BEING AND AUSTIN FOR THREE YEARS, AND I HAD A PHONE CALL WITH DEANDRE. HE TOLD ME HIS DREAM WAS TO RETIRE HIS MOM AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE HIS FAMILY GENERATIONAL WORK. SO EVER SINCE THEN I WAS ON BOARD AND I'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THEM SINCE THE END OF MAY. UM WE HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR UH, NEGATIVITY BUT ALSO FOR VIOLENCE . I DO WANT TO EXPRESS THAT THAT MURDER DID NOT HAPPEN AT THE PARK ON CALDER HAPPENED NEAR WE DO NOT HAVE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER WHAT HAPPENED AS PEOPLE OUR PATRONS LEAVE THE PARK ON CALLED US, SO I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT AS WELL AS WHERE THEY PARK AND THINGS THAT ARE NATURE. SO WE DO. I'M HERE TO ALSO HERE IN THE OPINIONS AND FEEDBACK OF THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. UM WE WERE INITIALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE THREE OFFICES.
NOW WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE FOUR. THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING. WE HAD THREE AND THEY STOPPED THE SUSPECT AND WITHIN ITS 1ST 10 MINUTES, SO THAT IS SHOWING OUR DILIGENCE AND OUR DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT EMPLOYEES QUALITY OF LIFE. WE'VE BEEN BRINGING A LOT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH TO THE AREA AND BEING ABLE TO STAFF A LOT OF PEOPLE AFTER COVID. SO I MEAN AND I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF RESTAURANTS, BARS AND HOTELS AFTER CO POST COVID AND HELP WITH THAT, SO I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
UM. IT ALSO IS. IT'S AN AMENITY TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE AREA AS WELL. PEOPLE WANT THANK YOU, MR MOORE. HMM THANK YOU. ANTONIA JONES PUBLIC COMMENTS. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. I'M ANTOINETTE HARDY. THIS IS MY MOTHER, ANTONIA JONES. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF HER TODAY.
SHE RESIDES AT LAURA VISTA THAT MR DAVID KENT JUST SPOKE ABOUT RECENTLY. UM AND I'M SURE I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT ANYTHING HE HAS STATED, BUT I JUST WANT TO STATE SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL ITEMS AND THE MET. YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF THERE IS NO BACKUP GENERATOR AT THAT FACILITY, SO
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WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT, THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE STAIRS. A LOT OF THOSE TENANTS LIVE ON THE 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR THAT HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES. THEY HAVE A HARD TIME GOING UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS. SO WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OUT, THEY HAVE TO STAY IN THEIR APARTMENTS. THE A C UNIT RECENTLY IN THE CITY CAME OUT AND THEY INFORMED THEM EVERYTHING SO THEY REMOVED THE FLOW SWITCH. SO THE MANAGER IS HAVING TO ADD ALGAE TABLETS TO THE A C UNIT EVERY OTHER WEEK ARE SOMETIMES YOU DO IT WEEKLY. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAYS. CURRENTLY THEY DON'T HAVE A MANAGER BECAUSE SHE WAS FIRED. FOR NOT MAINTAINING THE BUILDING. UM SO RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE NO MANAGEMENT. THERE IS A UNIT THAT LEAKED INTO ANOTHER PERSON'S, UM , APARTMENT, AND NOW THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO TO CALL BECAUSE THERE'S NO MANAGER ON SITE. UM THE DOOR SWEEPS ON ALL OF THE PATIO DOORS IF IT RAINS, AND THERE'S WIN, UM THE WATER WILL GO INTO THE UNITS. SO MY MOTHER HAS TO ON THE BRAND NEW FACILITY HAS TO LEAVE A TOWER AT HER DOOR. WHEN SHE'S NOT HOME, SO IF SHE'S NOT HOME, IF IT RAINS, IT WON'T FLOOD INTO THE UNIT. THE ELEVATOR HAS A STILL HAS A PENDING CERTIFICATION. IT STILL DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICIAL APPROVAL FROM THE STATE. THE FRONT DOOR. AND THE SIDE DOORS OR NOT WORKING PROPERLY SO ANYONE CAN JUST WALK IN OFF THE STREET AND TO THE FACILITY THEM BEING CLOSE TO OUR 10. I MEAN, ANYBODY CAN JUST COME IN AND THEY CAN HOLD THEM ALL IT AT GUNPOINT IF THEY WANTED TO. UM, ALSO MR KENT STATED THAT THE COMMUNITY ROOM STAYS LOCKED. THEY MEAN STAYS LOCKED THE WHOLE TIME. SO IF THEY WANT TO GO AND ENJOY THE OPEN PAVILION UNDER IN THE REAR, THEY HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE. NOW IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY OR ANYTHING, IT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR ALL OF THEM TO GET OUT. OF THAT BUILDING. FOR ONE, THE COMMUNITY ROOM IS LOCKED, WHERE THEY CAN HAVE IMMEDIATE EGRESS OUT OF THE BUILDING. UM THE OTHER ISSUE. UM IS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DOING A JOB. LITERALLY MR. KENT STATED THEM FLOORS HAVE NOT BEEN SWEPT OR CLEANED. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG EVERY TIME I GO VISIT MY MOTHER, I SEE THE SAME. UM THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BUT IF I CAN LEAVE THIS I COULD FINISH EVERYTHING HERE. THANK YOU. CHARLIE CRAB PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY? HMM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. COUNCIL MR WILLIAMS AND STAFF. IT'S ANOTHER . NICE DAY IN BEAUMONT AHEAD OF FALL AND IN THE AIR. LET'S SEE. WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE? OH, YES, THE V, A HOSPITAL THAT'S COMING TO TOWN. UH WE OUGHT TO GET THAT IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. WE OUGHT TO DONATE WISE PARK. AND THEN I THINK THERE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A BLOCK NORTH OF THE OF THE PARK. THAT'S A IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE AVAILABLE. IT LOOKS VACANT. UH I SEE THE RESURFACING PROJECT ON FOURTH STREET PROGRESS REGRESSING WITH A LOT OF CONCRETE REPAIRS. BART COULD WE? MAYBE UM, FAIRLY HOLE IN THE FUTURE WITH LIMESTONE BASE. PACK IT WELL AND PLACE A THREE INCH LAYER OF HOT MIX ASPHALT DON'T TOP TO LEVEL OUT THE SURFACE BEFORE THE PERMANENT ASPHALT SERVICING IS DONE REDONE RATHER THAN ALL THE CONCRETE WORK. I HAVE NOT DONE ANY ENGINEERING ON THAT. METHOD YESTERDAY THOUGHT PENNSYLVANIA AND, UH SO BEING PASSED IN THE SOUTH END OR PROGRESSING ON THEIR STREET REPAIR NOW ALSO, THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS FOR BEING FAVORABLE TO ASPHALT RESURFACING, A BIG EVENT OCCURRING THIS PAST WEEK, AND THIS WEEK IS THE FALL MIGRATION OF HUMMINGBIRDS THROUGH THE AREA. HUMMINGBIRDS STOP OFF AT BACKYARD FEEDERS WERE FLYING ON BEFORE FLYING ON TO CENTRAL AMERICA FOR THE WINTER. THE BIRDS WERE RETURNED THE LATTER PART OF APRIL NEXT YEAR,[00:45:03]
BACKYARDS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN WE EXPERIENCE AS MANY AS 10. 6 TO 10 BIRDS TRYING TO EAT AT EACH FEEDER FEEDERS AND IN TOWN WILL EXPERIENCE LESS BIRDS AT THE BACKYARD FEEDERS. THE BIRDS ARE CONSISTENT ALL DAY. QUITE A SIGHT. A MIXED SIMPLE MIXTURE OF FOUR CUPS OF WATER TO ONE CUP OF SUGAR IS A RECIPE TO BE PLACED IN A HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER. I HAVE MENTIONED, UH, BURBANK STREET OUT WEST OF WASHINGTON BEFORE AS BEING A ILLEGAL TRASH DUMPING SITE. THERE WAS A LOT OF RECYCLING BEING DISCOURAGED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ROMEK. I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY ONLY PICK UP ON THAT STREET EVER TO TWO WEEKS RATHER THAN WEEKLY, DO THE FACT THERE IS NO RESIDENTS ON THE STREET. IT WOULD GIVE INDIVIDUALS TIME TO GO THROUGH AND SELECT YOU RE USABLE ITEMS. IT WILL ELIMINATE A SMALL AMOUNT GOING TO LANDFILL. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU, MR CRABB HOPE TO BE BACK NEXT WEEK AND MY TIME IS UP. YEAH. AND DAVID P. PUBLIC COMMENTS.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF. UM. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. BUT OF COURSE, I'VE BEEN WATCHING IT AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED. IS THAT THE COUNCIL, UM , ADDRESSING ISSUES CONCERNING THE SEWERS AND WATER THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IF YOU GO BACK, UM TO MAYORS AGO, THIS SAME ISSUE CAME UP ABOUT THE SEASON, SAID HIS TREATS IN THE CITY. AND WE CONSTANTLY ON THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN ABOUT THESE SEWERS. THE PROBLEM I THINK IT IS, IS THAT IT'S A FAILURE OF A MAINTENANCE FAILURE OF MAKING SURE THAT THEIR PROPER MAINTENANCE ON THESE SEWER LINES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BEING PROPERLY ASSESSED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU GOT PIPES BURSTING ALL OVER THE CITY WATERLINES BUSTING ALL THE CITY IS GOING TO RAISE THE RATE OF PEOPLE'S WATER. AND IT'S AS THE LADY JUST SPOKE ABOUT HER WATER BILL BEING $200. COME ON. NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THAT'S POOR MAINTENANCE AND THAT AND THAT'S ALSO GOES TOWARDS THOSE WHO ARE OVERSEEING THESE SEWERS AND OR OR OVER OVERSEEING, YOU KNOW THE PROJECTS. THEY NEED TO BE MORE CONSCIOUS OF THAT, BECAUSE IF NOT, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM ALL OVER AGAIN. AND AGAIN ALSO TO, UM WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING MORE ABOUT WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT THE A T AND T BUILDING HAS BEEN PURCHASED. NO ONE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT IT. THE PROJECTS DOWNTOWN. NO ONE HAS MENTIONED ANY UPDATES ON THAT. BUT WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON RESEARCH. THE LAST THING I RECALL IS THAT YOU SPENT 92,000 OR MAYBE $100,000 ON RESEARCH, JUST DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THIS CITY THIS AREA IS VIABLE.
FOR RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS. THAT'S A WASTE OF MONEY. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE. WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE PROCESS OF HOW YOU USE THE MONEY AND HOW IT'S BEEN APPROPRIATED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MONEY IS JUST GOING THROUGH THE WIND. AND THESE FOLKS ARE JUST MILKING YOU GUYS, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OVERSEEING THIS OR BEING ASSESSED BEING WATCHED AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING CONCERNING HOW THIS MONEY IS BEING USED. WHAT HAS BEEN PROBABLY DONE AND HOW IT'S BEING RECORDED BACK TO THE CITY AND TO THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO BE WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE CITY ATTORNEY SPOKE. WE DON'T MANY TIMES AND YOU'RE SPEAKING WITH HER. I THINK SHE IS AN ASSET TO THIS CITY BECAUSE SHE'S KEEPING YOU GUYS OUT OF LEGALITIES. AND YOU DON'T NEED TO THANK HER AND GIVE HER A RAISE FOR WHAT SHE'S DOING , BECAUSE WITHOUT TELLING YOU, YOU GOT ME SITTING IN FRONT OF THESE JUDGES. YOU KNOW WHAT THESE BIG OLD SETTLEMENTS AND EVERYTHING BUT SHE'S DOING AN AWESOME JOB, AND I'M NOT JUST BLOWING UP HER HEAD. BUT SHE'S DOING AN AWESOME JOB BECAUSE SHE CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND SHE CARES ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. AND SHE CARES ABOUT THIS COUNCIL AND YOU, MAYOR WEST COMPLIMENT YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HMM. ALFRED DEAN. PUBLIC COMMENTS. HMM. AMAZING COUNCIL, ALFRED DAY. 92 90 MELROSE. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS PRETTY MUCH
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. EVERYBODY KNOWS ME. I WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE YOUTH AND I'VE SPOKE WITH MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBER. I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT. MR NEIL HELPS ME A LOT. THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW MEAN IT'D GO BACK ON MY COMMENT IS ON WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OUR YOUTH IN THIS CITY. I'VE CREATED THREE ORGANIZATIONS. PROBABLY MAYBE 300 PLUS CAREERS WERE NOT EVEN TOUCHING THE SURFACE. I JUST LOVE FROM A MEETING AT THE SCHOOL AND SOON SEVEN POINT, GREG WAS GETTING SUSPENDED WHERE WE AS A CITY WITHOUT TALKING TO THE MAYOR LAST NIGHT ABOUT PARTNERING UP WITH B, I S D. WE GOTTA DO MORE BECAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU I'LL WORK OUT OF TOWN. I WAS OLD CONSIDERED MOVING MY FAMILY OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE HOW BAD I'M ROLLING A RAISIN BALMAIN. I'M GONNA LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE. UH YESTERDAY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH MR GETS. I'M IN THIS WAR. I RAN IN HERE SOME TWO YEARS AGO. BUT I'M TAKING WHEN YOU GET TO KNOW SOMEBODY AND YOU TALK TO HIM AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHY DECISIONS ARE MADE. MY ONLY UNDER MOUNTING PERSONAL REASON. I HAVE TO BE A PERIOD WE HAVE ONE REC CENTER. IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND WE HAVE 100 AND SOME 1000 PEOPLE HERE. WHEN I PUT OUT FLOWERS WITH MY YOUTH, I HAVE 20,000 PLUS FROM FIFTH GRADE DOWN. WITH ONE REC CENTER. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT NOW. I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE PART. THAT MURDER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT BUSINESS. I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT THAT WAS A YOUNG MAN THAT CAME OUT OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. THEY COMMITTED A CRIME AND I WAS SILLY. HE WASN'T FROM HERE. THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO STOP. WE CAN HELP PEOPLE COMING IN THE BONE MARK COMMITTING CRIMES AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GO. ALSO GET OFF ENDING JOB OF GETTING HIM. UH AS FOR THE WATER , I SAT THERE AND LISTENED LAST NIGHT. I'M ABOUT TO RAISE AND I UNDERSTAND IT. YES I'M A WORKING MAN. SO, YEAH, BUT I GOT A HOUSE FULL OF FIVE OUT OF FIVE KIDS AT HOME SO YOU CAN EXPECT WHAT MY WATER BILL LOOKS LIKE. 4% RAISE LIKE THAT. I PROBABLY CAN HANDLE IT. MY GRANDMOTHER WORKED JUST LIKE LADY WHOLE LIFE. SO THAT MEANS NO, I GOTTA PICK UP THE SLACK BECAUSE ONCE THAT BILL COME OUT, AND IT'S 100 $200 NOT ONLY DO I PAY MY BILL, I GOTTA GO PUT MY GRANDMOTHER BILL BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA LET IT GO WITHOUT SO WE JUST NEXT TIME WE HAVE TO CONSIDER EVERYONE BEFORE WE MAKE DECISIONS. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU BECAUSE I KNOW ON FACEBOOK THEY PUT OUT I HEARD YOU WERE THE ONLY MR NEIL. I DON'T WANT TO VOTE AGAINST THAT. THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND WHY WE DID IT. BUT LIKE I SAID, I MAKE GOOD MONEY. WE GOT A LOT OF ELDERLY FOLKS THAT CAN'T DO THAT. THANK YOU ALL. MR BEAN. SO I LOVE A FULL COUNCIL AND I LOVE THE ENTHUSIASM OF OUR VISITORS TODAY, BUT WE'RE IN ACTS THAT YOU WERE REFRAINS FROM CLAPPING DURING THE THREE MINUTES SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE THEIR FULL THREE MINUTES BEFORE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. MARY WILLIAMS ADAM, NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M NOT GONNA GET EXCITED, SO I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT THE ITEM NUMBER SIX ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING OUR U. S VETERANS RIGHT FOR FREE ON FRIDAY. FOR STAYING DOWN EVENT THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE RIGHT HERE AT OUR CIVIC CENTER.THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM WE'RE EXPECTING BETWEEN 75 VENDORS TO BE THERE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE CITY COUNCIL, POSSIBLY TO LOOK INTO OUR U. S VETERANS TRAVELING FOR FREE YEAR ROUND. ON THE ZIP BUSSES PROVIDING PROOF OF SERVICE. MHM HOUSTON HAS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VETERANS. IN FACT, IT'S THE NUMBER ONE CITY THAT VETERANS ARE GOING TO RIGHT NOW TO FIND EMPLOYMENT. AND THEY GET TO RIDE THEIR BUSSES FOR FREE. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO MAYBE LOOK INTO POSSIBLY DO SOME RESEARCH NOT FUNDED, BUT JUST TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND SEE IF OUR VETERANS PROVIDING PROOF OF SERVICE THAT THEY COULD START WRITING FOR FREE. I THINK THEY DESERVE THAT . THEY'VE EARNED IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT POSSIBLY HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE NEED A LOUIS PUBLIC COMMENTS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM MR KENT WAS HERE. REMEMBER RESIDENT OF 3400 VETERANS, CIRCO ALSO. AND OVER HALF THE RESIDENTS. WHAT THEY DIDN'T SAY WE ARE ON NEVER LIES IS OXIDANT WHERE MR KENT BROUGHT
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HIS OXYGEN. AND WHEN I AIR. GOES OUT AND ALL APARTMENTS. I CALLED THE WEEKEND. OF LABOR DAY. I DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE INTO TUESDAY. AND SHE SAID THE MANAGER WAS FIRED. BUT SHE SAID , WE DIDN'T HAVE A MAINTENANCE PERSON. HE WAS ON VACATION, AND SHE COULDN'T ANSWER MY CALL. SO WE WERE IN OUR APARTMENTS. WITH 83 DEGREES. SO WE, OF COURSE WE HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE WE'RE ON NEBULIZER AND WE'RE ON OXYGEN. SO I WAS JUST COMMENTING ON ONES THAT CAN'T HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE 3400 VETERANS CIRCLE. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MIRROR. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? HMM. IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL? JUST A MOMENT. DID YOU SIGN UP ON THE CHAOS, SIR? OKAY CAN YOU GO AND APPROACH QUICK? THANK YOU. SHINED UP THE NAME. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. ROY MALVO. I APOLOGIZE. I THOUGHT I CALLED YOUR NAME. I'M SORRY. ROY MELVILLE. PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. TO THE HONORABLE MELROY WEST. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. MY NAME IS ROY. I'M ELBOW. I RESIDE AT 23 46 BROADWAY. IN THE OLD TOWN DISTRICT. HMM. AND I STAND TO ADDRESS. EXTREME NOISE , AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND EXTREME NOISE. THE NOISES COMING FROM A PROPERTY FACILITY. LOCATED AT 23 25 CALLERS. KNOWN AS THE PARK CENTER. NOW THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD BUSINESS VENTURE. IT MIGHT BE A GOOD ECONOMIC VENTURE. BUT IT'S HELL. AND TERROR. TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN CLOSE PRACTICE, EMIT E. IT'S BEEN SEARCH FROM DAY ONE. AND IT HADN'T GOTTEN ANY BETTER. OKAY? AND WHEN WE MAKE A COMPLAINT I DON'T KNOW. IT SEEMS TO ELEVATE. AND GO ON LONGER AND LONGER. UP TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE. AND, UH, I GAVE HIM MY CONCERN. I WAS MADE AWARE THAT THERE ARE SOME NEGATIVE IMPACT EVEN TO OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES CONCERNING THIS ESTABLISHED. MITCH TELLS ME. THAT THE KNOWLEDGE LEVEL IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. OR THE OPERATOR. BECAUSE WHEN YOU COMPLAINED IT DOESN'T GO DOWN. IT ONLY GOES UP ALONG WITH PERIODS OF TIME. NOW, WHETHER THE MURDER THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE ESTABLISHMENT WAS UNDER HIS CONTROL IS NOT MY CONCERN. MY CONCERN HERE IS TODAY. THAT MY DUE PROCESS HAD BEEN IGNORED. BEFORE THIS ESTABLISHMENT WAS EVER GIVEN A PERMIT. AS PRIVATE CITIZEN ROY MELVILLE CALLED. ASH TO HAVE A MEETING SO THAT WE COULD HAVE AN INPUT. AS TO WHAT KIND OF ESTABLISHMENT THAT WOULD RELOCATE THERE. I WOULD IGNORE THEN. I'M BEING IGNORED NOW. AND TO ME, THIS IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS NEIGHBORHOOD DISPUTE. MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. THIS IS A LIBERTY OR RIGHT TO LIBERTY PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS DISPUTE AND I SEE IT AS SUCH. AND I TAKE IT AS SUCH. BECAUSE MY DUE PROCESS IS CONTINUING TO BE IGNORED. THANK YOU, MR MALIBU. I HAVE A COPY OF MY STATEMENT. I'M GONNA LEAD IT. THANK YOU. SECOND CHAIR . THANK YOU. BETTER TAKE THIS SHIP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JASON CAPS, PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. UM WHAT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK[01:00:07]
TO YOU ABOUT IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED HERE IN MY LIFE. I'VE GROWN UP HERE AND WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. AND, UH, I JUST REALLY WHAT? I WANT TO GET STRAIGHT TILL I WANT US TO KNOW THAT THE HOLY BIBLE IS COMING FIELD RIGHT NOW, AND A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN PUT IN POSITIONS HERE. TO SPEAK ABOUT IT, UH, ME AND MY AUNT PATRICIA CABS. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, WILL GO TO MHM MORE AND WE STICK STICK THINGS ABOUT THE NEW ORDER ORDER AND ABOUT THE WAY THINGS THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. DEALING WITH LSD, ECSTASY BEING DEALING WITH THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I HAVE HAD , UH THERE'S PROOF THAT ACTUALLY THERE ARE GOVERNMENT. HAS HAS BEEN PRODUCING IT AND WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH PEOPLE'S LIVES HAVE TURNED 52 THIS YEAR. I'VE BEEN IN AN ISLAND SYSTEM HERE. UH, I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO REALIZE THAT THE BIBLE PROPHECY IS COMING DOWN HERE. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT GOD HAS PUT IN MY LIFE. I'VE TRIED TO ROOF HERE AND DO WORK LIKE THAT THROUGH THROUGH OUR SYSTEM . UH MICHAEL, PHILIP AND JOHN. I KNOW IT JUST IT'S COINCIDENCE LIKE THAT, AND ANYBODY COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND MAKE IT BUT IT REALLY HAS HAPPENED LIKE THAT. I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT OUR BEACHES THAT CAME UP SO MUCH SINCE I'VE DONE HERE. AT LEAST A THIRD OF OUR BEACH IS GONE. YOU KNOW, UH THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT, BUT MY FAMILY'S. I HAVE SEIZURES. NOW A LOT AND I END UP GOING TO THE HOSPITAL. AND UH, MY AUNT PATRICIA, WHEN HER HARVEY HIT, SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, AND SHE'S NEVER JUST PUT HER IN A HOME AND SHE'S NEVER CAME HOME FROM THERE. I'M SPEAKING FOR THAT. I'M SPEAKING ON SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE FROM THE ALIENS. AND I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT. BUT I BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF US HERE THAT ARE A B POSITIVE O NEGATIVE COME FROM BLOODLINES LIKE THAT, REALLY, THE WHOLE SYSTEM. IT'S ON THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S SPENT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THIS AND ACTUALLY, WE'RE THE ALIENS. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS CRAZY , AND I KNOW THAT AND I AM A DIAGNOSED SCHIZOPHRENIC, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT TRYING TO COLLEGE PLAYING PROBLEMS HERE. I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OUR LAWYERS HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH A LOT OF OUR SYSTEM HERE. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CAUSE THAT PROBLEM WITH ANYTHING. I'M JUST ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. THERE'S A LOT MORE LIKE TO SPEAK, BUT I'M SO NERVOUS. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO COMMUNICATE WITH Y'ALL. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT BUT MY FATHER WAS CONVICTED METHAMPHETAMINE. UM. COOK HERE IN BEAUMONT. AND WHEN I STARTED LEARNING ABOUT SOME OF THE DEALINGS THAT GERMAN HAD DURING WORLD WAR TWO AND METHAMPHETAMINE IN DIFFERENT DRUGS, IT JUST IT ASTONISHED ME. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AND FORGIVENESS FOR THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE HERE IN THIS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. I'M NOT KIND OF CAUSE PROBLEMS, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THANK YOU. AND AMEN. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S ALL MAYOR. MM HMM. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA[CONSENT AGENDA]
TO APPROVE SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, UH ALL OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. CITY MANAGER. AND WE HAVE THE READING OF ATOM NUMBER ONE. YES,[1. Council consider an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to approve the last stage in the Film Friendly Designation process.]
MAYOR COUNCIL CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVE THE LAST STAGE IN THE FILM FRIENDLY DESIGNATION PROCESS, AND WE'RE RECOMMEND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE. IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE TO APPROVE SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE AND HE DISCUSSION JUST IF KENNY WILLIAMS CAN EXPAND UPON THE REASONING, THE BENEFIT OF A FAIR AND FRIENDLY SAID BEFORE PEOPLE MAYBE THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND OR HAVEN'T BEEN KEEPING UP WITH WHAT YOU ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON WITH STAFF, AND I'M AS MILES NEEDS TO COME UP TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THIS IS SOMETHING WE STARTED WORKING ON . SOME MONTHS AGO. WE WERE DOING THINGS TO BRING TO BRING MORE ATTENTION. POSITIVE ATTENTION TO BEAUMONT. AND THIS IS ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE IT IT PRODUCES EXPONENTIALLY. IF EVER A COMPANY COMES TO TOWN AND DOES A FILM THAT FILM GOES ACROSS THE WORLD ACROSS THE INTERNET, ETCETERA. SO IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE DISCOVERY OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE. TWO POSITIVE. UM ASPECTS OF BEAUMONT. AND SO I'M GONNA MILES[01:05:05]
IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT. YEAH I'LL JUST ADD FILMING HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. IT'S NOT JUST ANY ONE LOCATION, YOU'LL SEE MANY, UM NETFLIX SERIES OR SEASONS ARE DONE DIFFERENT PLACES AND SORT OF GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. HAS A PART OF MONEY THAT INCENTIVIZES FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITIES TO FIT INTO IT. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS. IT ALLOWS US TO BE DESIGNATED AS A FILM FRIENDLY CITY. AND SO WHEN FILMMAKERS COME AND THEY HAVE A CERTAIN BUDGET. UH THEY HAVE A PROCESS IN WHICH THEY CAN TURN THAT RECEIPT INTO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THEY CAN BE REIMBURSED. AND SO THAT ALL THE MONEY AND THE SENSE OF IS FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT AND WHAT WE DO AS A CITY AS WE TRY TO LOWER THE COST OF A PERMIT OR THE USAGE OF THE STREET, AND WE TRIED TO ENCOURAGE FACILITIES TO OPEN UP THE DOORS FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT OR FILMING, AND IT'S TOTALLY UP TO THEM. AND SO THERE'S A TWO FOLD WE LOWER OUR COSTS A LITTLE BIT TO INCENTIVIZE FILMING, AND IT MARKETS THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND THEN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. HAS A POT OF MONEY THAT IT REIMBURSES FOR BIGGER FILMS THAT ARE DONE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, WITH THE HOPES OF ONE HIGHER AND LOCAL YOU STAY LOCAL AND YOU EAT LOCAL, SO I THINK THAT'S IT ON MY END. THANK YOU, MILES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ATOM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AH OPPOSED THE MOTION IS[2. Council consider a resolution authorizing the purchase of a Standby Diesel Generator from Mustang CAT, of Houston, for the Pine Street Water Treatment Plant.]
CARRIED. CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM? NUMBER TWO? YES MA'AM. I'D LIKE TO THANK MILES FOR HIS WORK ON THAT FILM FRIENDLY PROJECT. ADAM TO COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A STANDBY DIESEL GENERATED FROM MUSTANG CAT. OF HOUSTON FOR THE PINE STREET WATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH FUNDING FROM THE WATER UTILITIES FINE AND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION RECOMMENDED. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER TWO? MOVE TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND FOR APPROVAL? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TO ANY DISCUSSION . YES SIR. MR NICK COUNCILMAN ILL. I'M ASSUMING WE DON'T NEED THIS GENERATOR RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THIS THING IS 100 WEEKS OUT THE YES, SIR. THIS IS A PLAN TO UPGRADE WE OPERATE THE PLANT ON THREE GENERATORS THAT RUN TOGETHER AND CURRENTLY WE CAN OPERATE THE PLAN ON THOSE GENERATORS. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE DURING EMERGENCIES, HOWEVER. UM SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT HAS A REALLY BIG POWER DRAW WHEN YOU STARTED UP, UM, THE TERM AS HE STARTED ACROSS THE LINE, SO THE HIGHEST SERVICE PUMPS THAT PUMP WATER TO THE CITY OR STARTED ACROSS THE LINE AND THE BACKWASH PUMPS ARE STARTED ACROSS THE LINE. SO CURRENTLY IF WE'RE PUMPING WATER OUT TO THE CITY, AND WE'RE ON GENERATOR WE CAN'T ACTIVATE AND USE THE BACKWASH PUMPS AT THE SAME TIME, SO WE HAVE TO STOP PUMPING TO THE CITY. BACKWASH THE FILTERS AND THEN RESUME PUMPING TO THE CITY . SO THIS IS A PLAN TO UPGRADE THAT WILL REPLACE THE OLDEST GENERATOR AND UP SIZE IT SO THAT WE CAN OPERATE THE BACKWASH PUMPS, SAYING THE HIGH SERVICE PUMPS AT THE SAME TIME, AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS A HUGE UH YOU KNOW, GOING FROM TIME TO GET IT DELIVERED, SO WE OR ASKING FOR THAT PURCHASE TO BE INITIATED NOW SO THAT WE CAN GET IT IN IN A FUTURE FISCAL YEAR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. APPROVING ADAM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, UH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR CITY[3. Council consider an ordinance amending the FY 2023 Budget.]
MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM? NUMBER THREE, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THAT PHYSICAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL, MY STAFF IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? MOVE TO APPROVE. EXACTLY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM. NUMBER THREE. ANY DISCUSSION? YES COUNCILMAN CLARIFICATION FOR SOME CITIZENS THAT MAY BE QUESTIONING THIS, TODD. THESE THESE ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR BUDGET DO NOT ADD TO THE BOTTOM LINE. CORRECT NO, SIR. THESE ARE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE MADE TO THE APPROPRIATED BUDGET.ONLY THEY DON'T ADD TO THE BOTTOM LINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PROVING ADAM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, UH, OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS
[4. Council consider a resolution providing for the reimbursement of a capital expenditure incurred prior to the closing of financing.]
CARRIED. MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM? NUMBER FOUR PLACE? YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL[01:10:04]
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF A CAPITAL EXPENDITURE INCURRED PRIOR TO THE CLOSE ENOUGH FINANCING WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVED APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION MY STAFF IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR MOVED TO APPROVE.THEY'RE A 2ND 2ND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM NUMBER FOUR. ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM. NUMBER FOUR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH , ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM? NUMBER
[5. Council consider a resolution approving the write off of uncollectible delinquent accounts.]
FIVE, PLEASE COUNCIL CONSIDERING RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RIGHT OFF UNCOLLECTIBLE DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE? MOVED TO APPROVE. SECOND THERE'S A SECOND , THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM NUMBER FIVE. ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN TURNER THEN COUNCILMAN DURIO, MISTER MANAGER. WHEN WE SAY UNCOLLECTIBLE, CAN YOU KIND OF GO INTO DETAIL? WHAT CAN BE SOME OF THE REASONS OF WHAT THAT CAN CONFINED? OKAY I'M GONNA USE YOU HAVE TO CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. SEMINAR ON THAT. AH SO FOR ALL THESE CATEGORIES OF RECEIVABLES , YOU KNOW, WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON COLLECTION EFFORTS , WHICH IS SENDING OUT YOU KNOW , MONTHLY INVOICES. IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, WE SEND THEM TO THE COLLECTION AGENCIES AND THE COLLECTION AGENCIES WORK THEM FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. SO UM, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO AT THE END OF EVERY FISCAL YEAR IS TO CLEAN UP THE BOOKS FOR OUR AUDIT. WHEN WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO WRITE THESE OFF FOR WRITING THEM OFF FOR THE AUDIT. BUT IF AT ANY TIME ONE OF THESE ACCOUNTS BECOME COLLECTIBLE OBVIOUSLY WE COLLECT THAT MONEY, SO IT'S BASICALLY JUST A BOOKKEEPING CLEANUP PRACTICE THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE ANNUAL AUDIT. THANK YOU.QUESTION BEEN ASKED, ANSWERED. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM. NUMBER FIVE.
PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, UH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED THIS IS MR CITY MANAGER
[ Council to conduct a Public Hearing authorizing Zip to temporarily waive transit fares for Veterans on September 22, 2023.]
. WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE US INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES MA'AM COUNSEL TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AUTHORIZING ZIP TO TEMPORARILY WEIGHT TRANSFER TRANSIT. I'M SORRY. TRANSIT FARES FOR VETERANS ON SEPTEMBER 22ND 2023. OPENING OPEN TO HEARING AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE. IT OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. OKAY THE PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSIONS ARE CLOSED.CAN WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ANY DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL? BUT WE NEED TO DO EMOTION. FIRST WE'RE
[6. Council consider a resolution authorizing Zip to temporarily waive transit fares for veterans on September 22, 2023.]
GOING TO READ THE ITEM NUMBER SIX FIRST. OKAY NOW WE'RE GOING TO READ OUT OF THE NUMBER SIX.YES NOW COUNCIL COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ZIP TO TEMPORARILY WAIVED TRANSIT FARES FOR VETERANS ON SEPTEMBER 22ND 2023, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX TO APPROVE? OKAY IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM, NUMBER SIX, AND HE DISCUSSION. COUNCILMAN DURIO COUNCILMAN, NEIL COUNSELORS, MR MANAGER. MISS WILLIAMS IS WE'VE HAD A GREAT IDEA, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SERIOUSLY NEED TO LOOK INTO. AS FAR AS, UH, LETTING OUR VETERANS RIGHT OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR FREE.
YOU JUST NEED A WAY TO GET TO, IF NOTHING ELSE TO GET TO AND FROM THE HOSPITAL OR THE V, A CLINIC. YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO GET. UM YOU CAN GET A V A. I D OR ALSO, UM, MYSELF ON MY DRIVER'S LICENSE THIS YEAR. I'M A VETERAN. YOU CAN GET IT LIKE THAT. YOU NEED TO GET IT ON YOUR GUN LICENSE, SO IT'S A LOT OF WAYS THAT THEY CAN IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS A VETERAN, OR WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK OUT SOMETHING WHERE THEY COULD COME UP HERE AND GET SOME TYPE OF A VETERAN TRANSPORTATION CORD FOR THE FOR OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, BUT SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE STAFF TO LOOK INTO IT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE. WE'LL BE GLAD TO LOOK INTO IT.
THEN COUNCILMAN KNEELED CAT COUNCILMAN SAMUEL AND COUNCIL AND TURNER. THANK YOU. MARRIAGE JUST LIKE TO ECHO WOULD UH, CUSTOM, ADDARIO SAID. I WOULD ALSO SUPPORT LOOKING INTO THAT IDEA. I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR THE ONE THAT'S IN FRONT OF US TODAY, THOUGH, WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE FOR A VETERAN TO BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR FREE ON THE 22ND? THEY WOULD JUST NEED TO SHOW THEIR VALID. UH VETERANS , I'D OR MILITARY IDEA OF SOME SORTS DESERVE A WAY WE COULD.
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PROPERLY ADVERTISE THIS BEFORE THEN. WELL I KNOW THAT THE STAND DOWN EVENT, WHICH IS THIS FRIDAY, HAS BEEN PRETTY WIDELY ADVERTISED. BUT WE DO HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. WE CAN ASK THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO KIND OF ECHO THAT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. THANK YOU. MY THAT'S JUST WANTED TO SAY I SUPPORT THAT ALSO. COUNCILMAN TURNER THAN COUNCILMAN FELL.SHAW YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. YOU KINDA ALWAYS ASKS FOR GUIDANCE FROM THE COUNCIL.
AND IF IT'S A WORKSHOP OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO. I SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.
COUNCILMAN. TELL SHAW I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS EVEN POSSIBLE . BUT I NOTICED THE DIRECTOR OF ZIP IS HERE. THE TRANSIT. I ADVERTISING THIS FOR THE 23RD IS TOUGH. AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT'S POSSIBLE FOR THE BUS DRIVER TO EVEN ASKED THE QUESTION TO IF ARE YOU A VETERAN ? I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT I MEAN, IT'S HARD. I KNOW YOU CAN'T IDENTIFY SOMEBODY'S A VETERAN. BUT MAYBE THE QUESTION COULD BE ASKED. UM GOOD AFTERNOON. SO THE PLAN IS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA BE HONORING ANY TYPE OF IDEA THAT THEY WILL PRESENT TO US FOR THIS. AH FRIDAY EVENT. UH ANY VALUE BETTER THAN I D, UH I UNDERSTAND YOU MENTIONED AND DRIVER LICENSE OF THE LIVES. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON QUESTIONING. SOMEBODY'S GOING COMING IN. THIS IS MY PARENT IDEA WORKING OUT OR THAT FOR THIS SPECIFIC, UH, FRIDAY EVENT , AND IF YOU WANT ME TO CAN PROCEED AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT AND WHAT WE HAVE IN DISCUSSION.
UM PAST. WE'LL WAIT FOR JUST REAL QUICKLY. UM WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME ADDITIONAL POLICIES AND WAIVERS, UM, IN THE IN THE VERY FUTURE, WHICH WE HOPE TO DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH VETERANS DAY. I WILL JUST COMMENT THAT THIS BEING A ONE DAY EVENT, UM LIKE LIKE, WELL, LIKE MISS SAN MIGUEL MENTIONED WE'RE JUST CHECKING A MILITARY I D. WHEREAS WE FEEL LIKE THE IDEA WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL IN THE COMING MONTHS. IT WOULD BE A MORE VETTED PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE TO CONFIRM WORKING WITH THE V A. UM AS TO CONFIRMING THAT I D. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND MARRIAGES FOR CLARIFICATION. THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT DATES IN THE AGENDA MEMO, BUT IT SHOULD BE SEPTEMBER 22ND JUST SO THAT EVERYONE IS CLEAR ON THE DATE. FRIDAY IS THE 22ND CORRECT? DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SIX. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, UH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. NOW NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN. WHO WISHES TO SPEAK THAT TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'M SORRY. WE DO HAVE A WORK SESSION. YES I'M SKIPPING THINGS. OKAY QUITE ALRIGHT. YES. SORRY ABOUT THAT. WHEREVER WORK SESSION ON COUNSELOR TO CONDUCT THE WORK
[ Council to conduct a Work Session to review the proposed adoption of a Naming Ordinance. ]
SESSION TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A NAMING ORDINANCE NOW YIELD TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL, UM WE PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSED NAMING ORDINANCE. AND I WILL CIRCULATE THAT NOW AND THEN GO OVER SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THAT. THAT'S IT. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR NAMING AND RENAMING CITY STREETS , PARKS, FACILITIES AND STRUCTURES AND OTHER FEATURES. THE OVERALL PURPOSE WITH OUR THE OVERALL DECISION MAKING WAS STILL RESPECT COUNCIL, BUT WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY JUST HAVE MORE GUIDELINES FOR THE COMMUNITY IN WAYS OF RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THOSE PEOPLE, EVENTS, PLACES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONTINUE TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. SO THE NAMING AND ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD ESSENTIALLY REST INTO AREAS. UM EITHER WITH IF THERE WAS A BOARD IN PLACE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION FOR NAMING STREETS, UM, THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY MAKE AN APPLICATION TO THAT. THAT BOARD . UM THAT BOARD WOULD THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL AND THEN COUNSEL WOULD, UH, JUST HAD THE FINAL SAY SO, IN THAT REGARD IF THERE WAS NO BOARD IN PLACE OR SEE THAT RECOMMENDATION, THEN THEIR RECOMMENDATION WOULD GO THROUGH, UM, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WHO WOULD THEN TRANSFER TO THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER.AND THEN THERE ARE SEVERAL IN OUR PROPOSED ORDINANCE. WE RECOMMENDED THAT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE CREATED THAT COMPOSED OF AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF COUNCIL, POTENTIALLY THE MAYOR,
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UM, WOMAN, BIRTH STAFF OF THE CITY MANAGER OR THEIR APPOINTED DOESN'T KNEES AND THEN THREE CITIZENS AT LARGE, JUST TO HAVE BUY IN FROM THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THINGS THAT WE DO OUTLINE IN THE ORDINANCE. UM ARE SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES IF YOU WILL, UM, SO THAT THE CITIZENS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING TO HAVE A PROPERTY NAMED OR RENAMED WHAT? UNDERSTAND WHAT WITH SATISFY THOSE CONDITIONS FROM THE CITY IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A CHECKLIST, BUT JUST KIND OF WHAT THE CITY WOULD LOOK AT, AND SOME OF THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WOULD BE. DOES THE PROPOSED NAME HAVE HISTORICAL OR CULTURAL OR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS? DOES THE NAME PROMOTE A POSITIVE IMAGE IN THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY? WILL THE NAME SYMBOLIZE A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT OR ADVANCEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE? WILL THE NAME BE SUITABLE BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY BEING NAMED AND DOES THAT PROPOSED NAME HAVEN'T AN INTENTIONAL OR INAPPROPRIATE MEANING CONNOTATION OR ASSOCIATION, AND WE PULL THESE SUGGESTIONS FROM OTHER ORDINANCES AND FROM OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR NAMING ORDINANCES AND WE FEEL LIKE THOSE ARE SOME GOOD SOME GOOD GUIDELINES TO JUST KIND OF GO FOR HIM. BUT OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO OVERRIDE OR DECIDE HOW THOSE FITTING BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME SUBJECTIVE THINGS. SO WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL RULES FOR NAMING CATEGORIES. UM, WE BROKE THOSE THREE DOWNS, SO EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS WAS ONE AND WE HAVE SOME PRINCIPLES OR SOME THINGS, THAT KIND OF REST, AND IT DID THE PERSON MAKE A LASTING ARE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF GOMA TO THE PERSON MAKING SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BETTERMENT OF A SPECIFIC CITY OF MOMENT PROPERTY. TO THE PERSON HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF BEAUMONT RESIDENTS THAT THE PERSON DEMONSTRATE A SERVICE WORKER TO VOLUNTEERISM FOR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. ANOTHER CATEGORY WOULD BE FOR HER STOCKHOLM EVENTS IN PLACES. UM AND THE BASICALLY THAT ONE WOULD JUST KIND OF BE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A PREFERENCE SUGGESTED NAMES ON OUR LOCAL PERSON OR EVENTS OF , UM, SOME SORT. WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY GIVE PREFERENCE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOCAL VERSUS SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT LOCAL, REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY THAT FOCUS BEING ON, UM, THE PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SO FORTH. THE OTHER CATEGORY WOULD BE MAJOR GIFTS. UM AND SO FOR THIS ONE. THIS WILL BE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN ORDER TO HAVE , UM, SOME NAMING RIGHTS. AND SO FOR THIS ONE, WE WOULD HAVE SOME THRESHOLD THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE. UM THOSE WOULD INCLUDE DEALING LAND TO THE CITY UPON WHICH THE PROPERTY WILL BE LOCATED PAYMENT OF ONE HALF OR MORE OF THE CAPITAL COST OF CONSTRUCTING THE PROPERTY AND THE CREATION OF A LONG TERM ENDOWMENT FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR THE PROPERTY AGAIN, IF THE NAME THAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE MAJOR DONOR WAS REJECTED THAN THEY BY COUNCIL. THEN THAT DONOR WOULD BE ABLE TO SUGGEST A NEW NAME. UM AND THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THEM. TWO AND THE OTHER CATEGORY IN THE LAST CATEGORY WOULD BE IF IT INDIVIDUAL WANTED TO PURCHASE. UM NAMING RIGHTS.SO IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION , WHAT WE WOULD DO IS THE CITY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SELLING NAMING RIGHTS TO A PROPERTY. WE WOULD GO OUT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND R P IN THAT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, WE WILL CREATE GUIDELINES, UM, FOR THE AMOUNT OF THE PURCHASE OF THE TERMS. SORRY THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRIBUTION THE TERMS FOR WHICH THE CITY WILL BE WILLING TO SELL THOSE RIGHTS FOR, UM THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD INCLUDE BE INCLUDED WITH THE REPUTATION OF THE PURCHASE PURCHASER, THE COMMERCIAL COMPANY OR CORPORATION, THE ALIGNMENT OF THE PURCHASES, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, WITH THE PROPERTY BEING NAMED AND OBVIOUSLY THE DURATION THE REVENUE SPECIFIC TO THAT PURPOSE. THE NAME THAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE RP WAS NOT ONE THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL. THEN WE WOULD GO BACK OUT FAR AS PEACE, THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE DO OTHER THINGS, UM THERE WILL BE OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR IT WAS A NEW PROPERTY OR AN EXISTING PROPERTY. UM IN ORDER TO CREATE THOSE FAIR AND EQUITABLE THRESHOLDS. UM THERE ARE SOME ALSO SOME THINGS THAT WE THAT OUR OFFICE RECOMMENDED AGAIN BASED ON UM WHAT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND OTHER CITIES THAT THERE ARE SOME SOME NAMES THAT SHOULD BE REJECTED, UM, THINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED COMMERCE, UM, ARE CORRUPTED OR MODIFIED NAMES.
PROFANITY DISCRIMINATORY, UM, NAMES RELATING TO AGE, RELIGION , CREED, JUST BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE OVERALL OFFENSIVE TO AN INDIVIDUAL. UM DUPLICATE NAMES OR NAMES. THAT SOUND ARE SIMILAR TO OTHER NAMES. UM ANOTHER JURISDICTION'S JUST IN ORDER TO HAVE OUR CORPORATE ISSUES, OR, UM JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES. STREET NAMES THAT CONTAIN MORE THAN 20 CHARACTERS , INCLUDING SPACES JUST FOR PRINT AND REASONS AND THE NAMES OF APPOINTED OR ELECTED OFFICIALS CURRENTLY IN OFFICE AT THE TIME. UM THERE ARE SOME JUST AGAIN GENERIC PROCEDURES THAT WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED. UM IF THERE WAS AN EXISTING BOARD, THEN WE WOULD TAKE THAT ROUTE.
IF THERE WAS NO EXISTING BOARD. THEN WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE CITY'S CLERK'S OFFICE, AND THEY WOULD JUST KIND OF CYCLE THROUGH THE ORDINANCE OUTLINES AT LEAST 30 DAYS AND, UM, FOR EITHER THE
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STAFF OR THE BOARD TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO COUNCIL AND THEN ONCE I RECOMMENDATION IS MADE IS MEANT TO BE PUT ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE COUNCIL MEETING. I GUESS THAT THERE IS NO OTHER. I GUESS QUESTIONS ON THE PROCEDURE AGAIN. THE OVERALL IDEA AND CONCEPT IS THAT THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE A PROCESS FOR NAMING FACILITIES IN THE PAST. IT WAS JUST KIND OF UM ARBITRARY FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, SO THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR US TO HAVE A FORMAL PROCESS IN PLACE MOVING FORWARD. YOU DO HAVE THE ORDINANCE. THIS ONE HAS NOT BEEN , I GUESS. WORKSHOPPED AMONGST OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, SO YOU GUYS ARE SEEING IT FIRSTHAND, SO WE JUST KIND OF DISCUSSING IT WITH SOME OTHER, UM, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TO GET SOME FEEDBACK. BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE BE BACK AS WELL, HAVE IT HAVE THAT AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD NEXT STEP IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.THAT WOULD BE THE TIME FOR DISCUSSION. COUNCILMAN GAS AND THEN COUNCILMAN PHIL SHAW. SO, UH, MISS ATTORNEY WOULD THE NEXT STEP BE FOR THIS TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION? YES, SIR. AGAIN LIKE WE TYPICALLY LIKE TO WORKSHOP THE ORDINANCES WITH, UM, THOSE POTENTIAL DEPARTMENT THAT COULD BE AFFECTED, NAMELY, HERO BE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE STREETS BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF RENAMING STREETS SO WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND POSSIBLY, UM, SEEING GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK FIRST. WITHIN THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO THEIR NO, THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF EMAILING IT OUT AND HAVING THEM PROVIDE FEEDBACK OR HAVING A STAFF MEETING. BUT IF THERE'S NO OVERWHELMING CHANGES FROM EITHER STAFF OR FROM COUNCIL, THEN WE CAN PUT IT ON. ACCOUNTS OF CONSIDERATION. COUNCILMAN PHIL SHAW, THEN COUNCILMAN TURNER CITY ATTORNEY . I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED IT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE TO ASSIMILATE AND SHOULD IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, BUT IT IS. LET'S SAY SOMEONE. IT TALKS ABOUT MAJOR GIFTS. UH, INDIVIDUAL BEING NAMED. IS THERE ANY TYPE OF A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT? WITH THIS. AND LET'S SAY A NAME IS PUT ON A BUILDING FIVE YEARS LATER, THEY ENGAGE IN ACTIVITY THAT'S UNBECOMING. UH, CAN WE TAKE THAT NAME DOWN OR OR IS THERE SOME TYPE OF A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT BECAUSE OF THE FINANCES THAT WERE GIVEN FOR A SITUATION WHERE THERE IS A MAJOR GIFT, AND IT'S A CONTINUING ONGOING GIVE THEIR MAYBE, BUT THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS GIVING THE CITY MONEY SO WE CAN ALSO OUTLINE THERE'S TERMS WITH THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. DAYS IS A LINE WAYS IN WHICH THE COUNCIL CAN ACCEPT THOSE GIFTS AND CAN'T ACCEPT THOSE GIFTS IN EXCHANGE FOR EITHER NAMING RIGHTS.
PROPOSED NAME CHANGE. NOT ALL OF THE, UM SITUATIONS INVOLVE MONEY , SO THERE'S TWO THE MAJOR GIFTS AND THEN THE PURCHASING OF NAMING RIGHTS. SO IF YOU PURCHASE NAMING RIGHTS, AND I PURCHASED THEM FOR AN EXCELLENT AMOUNT OF TIME, UM LET'S JUST SAY THAT WE SOLD THE NAMING RIGHTS TO THE CIVIC CENTER FOR 10 YEARS AND THE PERSON WE NAMED THE BUILDING AFTER COMMITS, TURNS OUT TO BE A MASS MURDERER, RIGHT? UM OBVIOUSLY, I WOULDN'T BE A GOOD ATTORNEY IF I DIDN'T PUT A CAVEAT IN THERE THAT ALLOWED THE CITY TO RESCIND THOSE NAMING RIGHTS. UM FOR GOOD, YOU KNOW, FOR LACK OF MORAL CHARACTER. UM THERE WAS ALSO THE SITUATION IF WE WANTED TO AGAIN, RENAME A STREET AFTER SOMEONE THAT'S JUST AGAIN PICK A PROMINENT ATHLETE FROM THE CITY OF MOMENT. WE WANT TO NAME THAT STREET AFTER THEM. AND THEN LATER, UM, THAT PERSON IS INDICTED FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAIN. THERE WAS NO MONEY EXCHANGED, BUT WE CAN CHANGE THE NAME OF THE STREET. WHAT WITHOUT A PROBLEM. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCES NOT TO LIMIT THE ABILITY OF COUNSEL TO NAME FACILITIES ARE NAMED STREETS. IT'S JUST TO GIVE US LIKE PUT THE COMMUNITY ON NOTICE IF THEY WANTED TO PROPOSE THOSE THINGS. WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT THE CITY WOULD LOOK AT? I KNOW WE'VE BEEN IN INUNDATED SEVERAL TIMES. WITH REQUEST TO CHANGE NAMES.
UH, BUILDINGS OR EVEN STREETS, AND THERE WAS REALLY NOT A GUIDELINE IN PLACE FOR THAT. UM IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A GOOD PERSON. HE DID GOOD THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I WANT TO A STREET NAMED AFTER HIM THERE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE WHO ARE AMAZING, HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS AND HAVE EVEN LEFT OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THIS WAS JUST KIND OF ALLOW. UM COUNCILS HAVE A GUIDING PRINCIPLE BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY. TO UNDERSTAND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL WOULD ACCEPT AS PROPOSALS FOR THAT. OKAY ONE FOLLOW UP MARY UNDER GUIDING PRINCIPLES. UH, JUST AND I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING I AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE PRACTICE THAT YOU'RE NOT NAME A BUILDING AFTER SOMEONE UNTIL AFTER THEY'VE DECEASED SO THAT YOU CAN VET THEM OUT. AND THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF THEM AFTER THE NAMING IS PUT UP TO THEN DO SOMETHING THAT'S UNDESIRABLE. IS
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WOULD THAT BE A PART OF THIS? OR IS THAT A DECISION? THE COUNCIL HAS TO MAKE THAT WE DON'T NAME BUILDINGS AFTER SOMEONE UNTIL AFTER THEIR DECEASED, SO THAT WAS NOT A AN ITEM THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, THAT COULD BE A. REQUIREMENT OF COUNSEL TO ONLY NAME BUILDINGS POSTMORTEM. UM, THERE WERE HMM. THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS LIKE REALLY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT OTHER CITY ORDINANCES. THERE WAS NOT A BIG CONCERN AGAIN FOR THAT, BECAUSE I GUESS THEY COULD ALWAYS CHANGE THE NAME IF THEY WANTED TO, AND FOR NAMING RIGHTS PURPOSES COULD KINDA SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THAT IF THEY WANTED TO, BUT THE OVERALL CONSENSUS WAS THAT COUNCIL STILL HAD THE AUTHORITY TO KIND OF DO THAT. SO I THINK THE IDEA OF NAMING SOMEONE POSTMORTEM IS THAT YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF LIVED THEIR LIFE AND THERE'S NO THREAT OF ANYTHING COMING UP IT. YOU KNOW THINGS COME OUT ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. IS IT THE SAME PROCESS? LET'S JUST SAY SOMEONE WANTS TO NAME A STREET AFTER SOMEBODY THEY FEEL DO DID DOING WELL. DO THEY STILL HAVE TO DO THE PETITION PROCESS OR WITH THIS CHANGE THINGS OR WHAT? EVERYTHING'S STILL BE SIMILAR WOULD BE DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE THAT WE WOULD NO LONGER NEED THE PETITION PROCESS UNLESS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL STILL WANTED TO CONNECT TO THE PROCESS. UM I THINK THAT DURING THE PETITION PROCESS AND SUPPLEMENTING IT THROUGH WOULD JUST ADD VALUE TO THE PROCESS TO MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT AND MORE EQUAL. BUT AT THIS POINT IF SOMEONE WANTED TO DO THAT THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT. SO THIS ISN'T LIKE TAKING AWAY FROM EXISTING PROCEDURES IS JUST ADDING TO AND AGAIN LIKE I SAID, MAKING THE PRINCIPLES CONSISTENT SO THAT IT'S NOT ONE PERSON THAT DID THIS AND OTHER NAME AND THEN THE OTHER PERSON, YOU KNOW, DID THIS. IT'S JUST THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER PROPOSALS FOR NAME CHANGES OR POTENTIAL NAME CHANGES OR ARE NEW NAMES TO FACILITIES IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE IT DIDN'T GO OVER MY HEAD? IT'S NOT A FEE ASSOCIATED LIKE STREET NAMES AND STREET SIGNS. IT WAS JUST THE MAJOR BUILDINGS AND THINGS TO THAT MAGNITUDE. IT WASN'T EVERYTHING. SO THERE WAS NO BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY ANY OF THOSE THINGS. I REMEMBER THE MAJOR GIFTS WAS IF SOMEONE WANTED TO SAY I'M GOING I TOO, UM DONATE THIS. MY FAMILY OWNS AS LARGE LOT OF LAND AND I WANT TO DONATE IT TO THE CITY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BUILD A RECREATIONAL CENTER. RIGHT AND I'M GOING TO DONATE THAT TO THE CITY. THEY DIDN'T GIVE ANY MONEY , BUT THEY GAVE LAND THAT HAS A LAND VALUE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER FOR THAT. THE OTHER THING IS THAT THEY COULD GIVE PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OR THRESHOLD OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. UM TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT, AND THEN COUNCIL COULD, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER THAT IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY RECEIVED A NAMING RIGHTS OR OR OR PART THERE MAP. THE OTHER ONE WAS IF SOMEONE WANTED TO AGAIN PURCHASE NAME RIGHT? THE COUNCIL SAYS.WE'RE BUILDING A NEW FACILITY AND WE WANT TO KNOW IF ANYONE WANTS TO PUT THEIR NAME ON IT.
IF, IF THE CITY WANTED TO BUILD EDITORI, UM OR OR SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC FACILITY AND WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SPONSORSHIPS FOR WE COULD SELL THE NAME OF THE BUILDING. UH, TO SOMEONE AND WE'D HAVE TO GO OUT FOR RP FOR THAT WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM IF SOMEONE SAID, HEY, I HAVE LAND AND I WANT TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY FOR THIS SPECIFIC PURPOSE UNDERSTOOD? COUNCILMAN SAMUEL OKAY? WELL OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD FOLKS COME TO THE CITY ABOUT NAMING STREETS AND NAMING BUILDINGS AND WE'VE NEVER HAD AND OBJECTIVE UH , MEANS OF DOING THAT. IT WAS REALLY SUBJECTIVE, AND IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT IN HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S SUBJECTIVE, AND IT'S AN OPINION. BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMOVE NAME JUST LIKE THE CONFEDERATE STATUES OR THINGS LIKE THAT. IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT WE HADN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD AN ISSUE ABOUT, UH, SOMEONE WANTING TO PURCHASE FOR EXAMPLE, FORD PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR PURCHASING THE NAMING RIGHTS TO THE CIVIC CENTER. UH, WE HAD NO MHM, UM OBJECTIVE CRITERIA IN PLACE TO SAY, WELL, THEY MEET THE CRITERIA, SO THAT SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, WELL, CONSENSUS OF ACCOUNT CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH IT, SO THIS JUST MAKES IT GIVES US AND OBJECTIVE WAY OF DETERMINING WHETHER WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE. IS THAT CORRECT? SO YOU'LL STILL HAVE, LIKE I SAID THAT THE OR THE ORDINANCES AND TAKE AWAY ANY OF THE COUNCIL THAT ABILITY TO REJECT OR TO MAKE COMPROMISES IN THAT SENSE, BUT THIS WILL BE YOUR YOU KIND OF GUIDING GUIDING LIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. AT WALTER. OKAY AT THIS POINT, I WILL JUST CLOSE THE WORK SESSION. ALRIGHT NOW THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALLOW FOR MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS
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IF YOU HAVE NOT, UH, IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY SPOKEN. AND YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.PLEASE SIGN UP AT THE KIOSK AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM IN THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME. WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO SPEAK, AND YOU WILL APPROACH THE MIC AND PLEASE STATE YOUR CITY AND STATE. AND KEEP IT TO YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES IN THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I HAVE NO ONE MAYOR, OKAY? WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH
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COUNCILMAN KNEELED. NO COMMENT THERE. I'M GONNA KEEP THE KEEP THE FLOW GOING. LET'S SAY NO COMMENT. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG HERE IF WE GET OUT OF 308, SO I DEFINITELY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE FLOW. UH YEAH. SO I DO WANT TO DISCUSS SOME THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER. I WANT THE COMEDIAN KNOWING IT WOULD BE CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT. WHEN CITIZENS COME TO THE MIKE. WE CAN'T RESPOND. WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE END OF THE MEETING TO RESPOND TO SOMEONE TO SAY THIS CITIZENS CONCERNED. ONE THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS A RIG CENTER. MR WILLIAMS. I KNOW WE JUST FINISHED OUR C I P PLAYING AND I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING THE WHOLE COUNCIL DID SUPPORT MULTIPLE WRECKS. IT IS IN THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW WE DID HAVE SOMETHING BUDGETED. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN IN 2027. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT YEAR EVIDENCE STAFF HCM IF Y'ALL KNOW, BUT WE DID, UH, INCLUDING CITY COUNCIL INCLUDED A SPORTS COMPLEX TO THAT'S MORE THAN JUST A REC CENTER. IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING A SPORTS FACILITIES BUT ALSO BUILDING AND WAS FOR THINGS. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THESE THINGS TO CITIZENS TALK ABOUT. SO WE KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL IS WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION. THE SECOND THING IS WITH NIGHTCLUBS, BOYS. WE DO HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE THAT OFFICERS CAN GO OUT AND UTILIZED TO DICTATE IF THE NOISE LEVEL IS TOO HIGH OR NOT. SO I WANT THAT TO BE CLEAR, TRANSPARENT THAT WE DO HAVE THAT IN PLACE. WE DEALT WITH THAT INCIDENT WITH MULTIPLE BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS. BUT I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CRITERIAS IN PLACE FROM THE CITY'S RESPECTIVE, CORRECT, CORRECT CORRECT IN THAT THERE'S A CITIZEN FEELS LIKE THAT. THE THAT 10 VIOLATION WILSON TO MIND OUT TO EXAMINE AND EVEN TAKE READINGS. I UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTY LINES AND DETERMINE IF THEY'RE VIOLATING THE NORTH ORDINANCE. AND MY THIRD POINT WAS, WE DID HAVE UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH THE WATER BILL AS I WAS, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE DON'T SPEND MONEY TO CORRECT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, IT KIND OF WOULD REMAIN THE SAME AS NOT WORSEN. AND WE DO HAVE A SENIOR CITIZEN. WHAT DID DISCOUNT FOR ALL OUR SENIORS? THAT'S SOMETHING I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU ARE SAYING, YOU, CITIZEN YOU'RE NOT WHERE IT IS. THAT RAISED THAT WE DID DO IT WOULD OFFSET THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WITH THE SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT. SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOU CAN GO TO OUR WATER CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT CORRECT AND APPLY FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT? YES AND WE ENCOURAGE OUR SENIOR SOON CITIZENS TO DO THAT, AND I ALSO LIKE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS TURNING THAT THAT WASN'T JUST A SUBJECTIVE DECISION. MY COUNSEL TO RAISE RATES JUST WAS DONE AFTER AN OBJECTIVE STUDY THAT CAME UP WITH DATA SOLID DATA THAT STUDIED OUR EXISTING RATES STUDIED. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE FEATURING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. AND LOOKED AT THE ENTIRE OPERATIONS DAILY OPERATIONS OF WATER FACILITIES AND THEN DETERMINE WHAT WE NEEDED TO CHARGE AS A RATE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS GOING INTO THE FUTURE, ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT OPERATION, SO IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE SIT HERE AND DECIDED SO WE NEED TO RATE AND WHAT THIS SCIENTIFICS 30 DOWN TO DETERMINE THAT RATE.AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO BUILD THE TRUST WITH OUR COMMUNITY. WANT CITIZEN UNDERSTAND WHY THE DECISIONS ARE MADE, BUT WE ALSO WANT CITIZENS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY INVESTING IN WITH RAISING THINGS. SO I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES. JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT MR PETE THE NEXT THING IS, LASTLY, PARKS AND RICKS.
COMMITTEE. WE MADE THE CHANGE AND, UH, STATUS OF HOW OUR CITY IS FUNCTIONING. THE FLOW AND PARKS AND RECS ARE NOT TWO SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS. OUR HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THIS COUNCIL IS CONSIDERED SINCE THEY ARE SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS. WE SEPARATE THE PARKS AND RECS COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT KIND OF HARD TO GET THOSE GUYS TO MERGE WHEN THEY DO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS NOW, SINCE THERE'S NO MORE PARKS AND RICK'S COMMITTEE SO I WOULD JUST ASK IF I CAN GET SOME SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL TO SEPARATE THAT SINCE THAT NOW SEPARATE WORKING ARMS, AND THEY'RE NOT THE SAME DEPARTMENT NO MORE. AND TO THE PORT. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. I APPRECIATE
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YOU GUYS COMING MEANS A LOT THAT YOU GUYS ARE INVESTING DOING INNOVATIVE THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTED. I SUPPORTED 100% I THINK A GOOD IDEA WOULD BE THAT MAYBE WE CAN DO A TOWN HALL, POSSIBLY AT THE PARK. AND I DON'T MIND COMING IN SUPPORT OF THAT AND ALLOW THE NEIGHBORS OF THE OLD TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD TO COME TO THE TOWN HALL AND WE CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO WORK TOGETHER. TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I WANT Y'ALL HERE. I'M PRETTY SURE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WON'T SHOUT HERE AND I WANT YOU TO FEEL WELCOME. AND I KNOW Y'ALL ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. SO I KNOW Y'ALL WILL AND I KNOW DEANDRE WILL DO A GOOD JOB. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THANK YOU, OFFICER THROUGH THIS MEETING AND MEANT A LOT THAT YOU ALL CAME. AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE CITIZENS WHO CAME AND SPOKE WITH THEIR CONCERNS, AND WE'RE NOT WILLING TO TALK TO EACH OTHER. WE CAN NEVER SOLVE THE PROBLEMS IF WE DON'T SIMPLY TALK, NOT ATTACK TALK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUESTS. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY ADMINISTRATION FOR CONDUCTING NOT ONE. BUT TWO PRESS CONFERENCES CONCERNING OUR WATER SITUATION AND, UH, ATTEMPTS THAT NOTIFYING THE COMMUNITY OF WHERE WE ARE AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT IS AH, IN TERMS OF RESTRICTIONS. I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN AT LEVEL THREE FOR SOME TIME NOW. PART OF THE REASON IS LACK OF RAIN AND PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF LEAKS WHICH TAXES ARE PUMPING CAPACITY. AH WE'VE HAD SOME RAIN . NOT ENOUGH, BUT SOME AND WE'RE GETTING AHOLD OF OUR LEGS. WHEN DO WE THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO FROM LEVEL THREE TO LEVEL TWO? WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION THIS MORNING COUNCIL MEMBER GETS AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THIS WEEK BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE TOO QUICKLY IS TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND THE SAME LIKE YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME INDECISION AND WHAT'S HAPPENING . WE'RE GETTING THE LEAGUES DOWN . THE NUMBERS JUST LOWERED HAS BEEN SINCE WE STARTED THIS SO WE ANTICIPATE AND WERE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THURSDAY ON WHAT IS GOING BACK TO STAGE TWO. THANK YOU, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT THE PARK TODAY, I THINK MR MOORE AND HIS INVESTORS HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF CONVERTING THAT PROPERTY INTO SOMETHING THAT WAS SITTING OUT ON BACON INTO SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, MR MORE SHARES THE CONCERNS OF, UH, HIS NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW CITIZENS ABOUT SOME OF THE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE BLOCKS AND PARKING LOTS SURROUNDING THE PART. AH THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE WHILE THEY MAY NOT BE OCCURRING DIRECTLY ON THE PARK PROPERTY, UH THEY ARE OCCURRING AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, UH, AND THE LAWLESSNESS THAT OCCURS OUTSIDE OF THE MARK'S PROPERTY BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER'S SUGGESTION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARK MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP TO COME TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND TRY TO FIND SOME SOLUTIONS. SO WE HOPE THAT WE CAN DO THAT, AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN DO THAT. WE WANT THE BUSINESS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND THRIVE. AND I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN REACH THAT CONSENSUS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DURIO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUPLE OF THINGS. UM I THINK HIS LAST MEETING ALL THE MEETING BEFORE THAT. WE WERE, UH PASTOR SHARP ASKED ABOUT MAYBE GETTING CRIMESTOPPERS SIGNS ON THE CITY VEHICLE AND WE LOOKED INTO THAT YET. WE'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ON THAT WILL BE DISCUSSING IT MORE AND HAVING AWAY COUNCIL. UH THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND I CAN'T SHARE THEM. UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES IN DOING THAT. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO RESEARCH, OKAY? ALSO IN, UH, TENDER THE OPERATION. ONE VOTE LUNCHEON TODAY GIVEN BY BOBBY PATTERSON TODAY IS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY. SO UM, AND OUR SIGN OF FOLKS UP TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND LEGALLY REGISTERS PEOPLE TO VOTE. SO DO THAT AND MAKE SURE YOU GET REGISTERED TO VOTE. UM, BECAUSE, UH, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN BOBBY PATTERSON, WHO HELD WARD FOUR SEAT WAS ACTUALLY ELECTED BY ONE VOTE, SO EVERY VOTE MATTERS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER ALSO, UM MY PEOPLE ABOUT VETERANS STAND DOWN FRIDAY. THINK IT STARTS AT NINE O'CLOCK FRIDAY MORNING. IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE IN THE CIVIC CENTER. IT'S A , UH IT'S A LOT OF GOOD[01:45:03]
RESOURCES OVER THERE FOR THE VETERANS. AH HUH? SIGNING THEM UP FOR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE AN I D CARD AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND SO IF YOU KNOW A VETERAN, AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR DISABLED VETERANS, BUT ALL VETERANS ARE WELCOME. SO IF YOU KNOW ONE TELL THEM TO COME ON OUT. AND, UH, THANK YOU, MS WILLIAMS FOR THE INFORMATION ON THE ZIP, MISS WILLIAMS, WHO IS ALSO AN ARMY VETERAN. YOU APPRECIATE IT, AND THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE ARE ALSO ON THE VETERANS OF 3400 VETERANS CIRCLE AND THAT SHE HAD UP SOMEONE I SPOKE TO MISS PRINCETON. WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP WITH THAT SITUATION OVER THERE.FIND OUT WHO OWNS THAT AND WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE MANAGING THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST IN THAT. NOT SO, UM, ON THE PARK ON CALDER, WHICH THAT IS BEST IN MY WARD, AND THAT'S A GREAT IDEA OF CONSTANT ATTORNEY. MAYBE WE CAN MEET WITH THE FOLKS HISTORIC DISTRICT. THAT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OVER THERE WITHOUT FAIL YOU, UH, THE OWNERS OF THE PARK ON CARTER ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN AND YOU CAN'T REALLY HOLD HIM RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT GOES AROUND ON THE PROPERTY AROUND IT. BUT THE FOLKS THAT GO THERE, THEY'RE FREQUENT THAT PLACE THEY HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE. THEY THEY HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE. AND JUST REMEMBER THE FOLKS THAT OWN PROPERTY AROUND THERE BECAUSE I SAW ONE COMMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAY MY PROPERTY IS PROTECTED BY SMITH AND WESSON. IT'S NOT WORTH KILLING SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY THREW A CAN ON THE STREET. YES, THAT THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BEEN SAYING BECAUSE IT'S THIS IS A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS AND THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COUNSEL. IT'S PART OF OUR JOB TO HELP COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND WE CAN SIT DOWN AND WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AND WE CAN GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF, AND CONTINUE TO THE PARK ON CARTER CAN CONTINUE TO THRIVE IN THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THERE, CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND ENJOY THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE CAN WORK IT OUT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GROWNUPS HERE. AND ALSO, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE SPEAKS TO MS CHISHOLM. 1100 CONDOM. $200 WATER BILL IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE. IT MUST BE SOMETHING GOING ON THERE SO SOMEONE COULD STAFF FROM STAFF CAN GET WITH HER. THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE GREAT. UH, THANK YOU, MARY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. MADE IT REAL QUICKLY JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT THE MANAGER SAID. REGARDING THE REC CENTER. IT IS IN THE C I P F Y 27 AND 28. SO IT IS INCLUDED AS PROPOSED, UM IN THE C, I P AND THEN REAL QUICKLY MENTIONED ABOUT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND TO STAND DOWN OUR EVENTS SERVICES DID ADVERTISE THAT EVENT AND AGAIN IT IS 9 A.M. TO 2 P.M. THIS FRIDAY. THANK YOU. NO COMMENT. QUICK UPDATE FOR YOU. COUNCILMAN DARIO STAFF'S ALREADY MET WITH THE LADY THAT HAD A $200 WATER BILL . THEY DID DETERMINE THAT THERE WAS A SPIKE IN USAGE SO WE'RE GOING TO CHECK FOR LEAKS ON OUR PROPERTY PUT ON A PAYMENT PLAN, AND IF THERE ARE LEAGUES, THEN WE'LL ADJUST THE BILL FOR THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. NO COMMENTS WERE NO COMMENT, MAN. WELL AND I WANTED TO, AND I APPRECIATE MISS COUNCILMAN DURIO SAYING THAT AND TODD AND CERTAINLY FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR WATER BILL HAS INCREASED. YOU CERTAINLY WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY BECAUSE IF THERE IS A LEAK, THEY WILL MITIGATE THAT AND WORK WITH YOU. AND UH, AND REDUCE YOUR BILL. IF THEY FIND THAT IT, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T SOMETHING YOU USED, UH AND ON THE CONSERVATION STAGE THREE. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT IT'S NOT RAINING. IT'S NOT AS HOT SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE GROUND SHIFTING, BUT THAT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH JUST DRY CONDITIONS SO IT WILL CONTINUE AND UNTIL WE GET MORE RAIN, WE JUST HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING CHALLENGE. AND AS UH AS CITY MANAGER, WILLIAMS HAS POINTED OUT FROM WORKING IN THE HILL COUNTRY. THEY STAY IN THAT YEAR ROUND, EVEN IN THE WINTERTIME BECAUSE THEY CAN STILL HAVE PROBLEMS SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE GETTING OUT OF IT, UH, IN IN THE COMING WEEKS. AND I KNOW THAT WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY WENT TO DINNER AT THE PARK AT A WONDERFUL DINNER. THE FOOD WAS GOOD. I'M EXCITED AT THE SUCCESS OF IT, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW , HAVING SUCCESSFUL NIGHTLIFE AND NEW PARTS OF TOWN. IT CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND I APPLAUD COUNCILMAN TURNER COUNCILMAN DURIO AND I'D CERTAINLY BE GLAD TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE WANT PUPILS CONCERNS HEARD AND THERE'S USUALLY GOING TO BE A MIDDLE GROUND AND WHEN PEOPLE VIOLATE THE LAW. THEY'RE VIOLATING THE
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LAW. IT'S NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR RESTAURANT AND OUR BAR THAT. FOR IT DOESN'T FALL ON THEM. IT FALLS ON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE, AND WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME UP WITH WAYS TO SUCCESSFULLY ENFORCE THAT. KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE. UH I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE VETERAN TRANSPORTATION THIS FRIDAY AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FOR FUTURE POSSIBILITIES THERE AND AS I HEARD ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER BOONE TALK ABOUT AND HEARING ABOUT THAT AND THE FUTURE FROM COUNCIL AND AGREE ABOUT SEPARATING THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEES, AND WE DO HAVE THE NEW PROCLAMATION GUIDELINES WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST AND MUCH LIKE THE NAMING RIGHTS. WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT DOING IT? IT WOULD BE THE SAME AND YOU CAN MAKE APPLE MAKE APPLICATION FOR IT ONLINE AS WELL. AND THERE'S RECOGNITIONS AND OTHER, UH. OPTIONS IF YOU DON'T MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE PROCLAMATION. AND ALSO IN OCTOBER, 1ST CITIZENS, WHICH HAS SEEMED ALREADY HAPPENED WILL ONLY BE SPEAKING AT THE BEGINNING OF COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKE LEFT DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING , SO I THINK THAT'S WORKING IT OUT WELL, AND I SEE THAT COUNCILMAN DURIO WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE. YOU REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING THAT EXCUSE ME. MY BRAIN IS 61 YEARS OLD, BUT, UH, MY WIFE AND I HAD LUNCH AT THE PARK ON SATURDAY AND WE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT. AWESOME HAMBURGER. I REALLY ENJOYED IT.AND ALSO WE ATTEND TO FLOW FEST SATURDAY AND WE REALLY ENJOYED THAT ALSO GREAT TURNOUT. MHM THANK YOU. YOU HAVE MANY WONDERFUL CITY EVENTS, AND THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. IT WAS A SELLOUT AND SO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, AND
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