Sep 26, 2023 City Council

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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26. TODAY'S INDICATION WILL BE GIVEN BY REVEREND JASON RICHARDS OF LIFE POINT CHURCH. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. YEAH. TWO. I AM, UH, STAND HERE HUMBLED THAT I GET TO PRAY. HUMBLE NOT BECAUSE I STAND BEFORE SUCH. AND IN A ROOM SO SUCH AS THIS BUT HUMBLED THAT I STAND FOR GOD. IT HUMBLED THAT HE STRENGTHENS ME TO DO SO. THAT HE GIVES ME THE BREATH IN MY BODY TO DO WHAT HE'S ASKED ME TO DO. AND I HOPE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THE SAME TRUTH. YOU ARE WHERE YOU ARE BECAUSE OF HIM AND HE HAS STRENGTHENED YOU TO DO SO.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE GRATEFUL AND HUMBLED BY THAT. LET'S PRAY FATHER, WE DO THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. FOR IT IS THE DAY YOU HAVE MADE AND WE WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. AND GOD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU SAW FIT TO STRENGTHEN US TO PUT BREATH IN IN OUR BODIES AND TO GIVE US LIFE THAT WE CAN STAND AND DO THE THINGS THAT THAT YOU CALLED AND LEAD AND PLACED US TO DO AND SO, FATHER FOR THIS COUNCIL TODAY, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD STRENGTHEN THEM THAT SHE WOULD GIVE THEM HOPE THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM FAVOR. FATHER I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THE WORDS THAT THEY SAY THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE AND THE ATTITUDES AND THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND IT ALL. I PRAY FOR BLESSINGS OVER THIS CITY. I PRAY THAT IT WOULD DO WELL THAT IT WOULD BE BLESSED AND HAVE YOUR FAVORITE REST UPON IT. AND WE ASK ALL THIS AND IN CHRIST'S NAME, AMEN.

MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. ER WEST PRESENT, TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER GETS COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL ABSENT. TODAY WE HAVE ONE

[PROCLAMATIONS]

DAY OF PLAY FEATURES OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY THROUGH INTERACTIVE GAMES, RACIST CREATIONS AND MORE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AND VISIT THE MUSEUM ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH FROM 9 A.M. TO FOUR O'CLOCK P. M PLAYERS ARE POWERFUL EXPERIENCE THAT ENRICHES PEOPLE'S LIVES AND MOVIES, MUSEUMS, SCHOOLS, HOMES AND BEYOND STATES. ARTHUR G.

AFFLECK, THE THIRD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS. OUR WORLD WORLD DAY OF PLAY AS PART OF A NETWORK OF MORE THAN 300 ACM CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS WHO REACHED MILLIONS OF FAMILIES IN NORTH AMERICA, AND OBAMA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS A VITAL COLLABORATE COLLABORATOR IN THE OUR WORLD WERE WORLDWIDE DAY OF PLAY. AND NOW THEREFORE ROY WEST, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DO HEREBY SUPPORT THIS DAY OF PLAY AND EVENTS AS A POSITIVE WAY TO ENGAGE THE WONDER OF YOUNG MINDS, IMAGINATION. TO GO OUT AND PLAY WHILE LEARNING TOGETHER WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND DESIGNATE SEPTEMBER 30TH 2023 AS OUR WORLD WORLDWIDE DAY OF PLAY

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OKAY? I'LL JUST SAY A FEW QUICK WORDS REAL QUICK. UM PLAYS OUR BRAINS, FAVORITE WAY OF LEARNING. YOU CAN PLAY SOCCER. YOU CAN PLAY A VIDEO GAME. BOTH ARE VERY, VERY ACHIEVEMENT ORIENTED, BUT BOTH, BUT PLAY CAN MORE IMPORTANTLY, REFERRED TO ACTIONS THAT ARE CAPTIVATING IN FUN, ACTIVE AND CHALLENGING, SELF DIRECTED AND OPEN ENDED AND ACTIONS LIKE THESE. THIS MEANS CHILDREN ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME SHOWING INTEREST. MOVING AND THINKING AND EXPLORING FREELY, CHOOSING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT. OUR OUR WORK THAT IS HARD TO SAY, OUR WORLD WORLDWIDE DAY OF PAY IS BROUGHT TO US BY NICKELODEON, OUR WORLD GLOBAL INITIATIVES AND IN COOPERATION WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, AND THAT'S PARTNERING. THE BEAUMONT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM LIKE SAID BEFORE THERE ARE 300 ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE NATION PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEKEND, I WORLD WORLD DAY OF PLAY, GETTING EVERYBODY OUT AND PLAYING.

THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S EVENT, THE BEAUMONT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ONCE ALL FAMILIES, CHURCHES, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITIES TO GET UP. GET OUT AND GO PLAY. ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM THIS SATURDAY FOR OUR WORLD WAY THEY DATA PLAY EVENT OR CONTINUE PLAYING WITH US NEXT MONTH AT THE 12TH ANNUAL TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT AND STEAM FAIR ON SATURDAY , OCTOBER 21ST JOIN US ANY TIME AT THE MUSEUM AND WHEN YOU SEE US OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO IGNITE THE GROWTH OF IN RELATIONSHIPS OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE INTERACTIVE LEARNING AND PLAY. WHILE FOCUSING ON OUR VISION TO ENCOURAGE AND INSPIRE CHILDREN TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES. CONFIDENTLY ASK QUESTIONS, QUESTION THOSE ANSWERS AND UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND THEM. AND FOR ALL THE OLDER CHILDREN IN HERE, REMEMBER THESE WISE WORDS? WE DON'T STOP PLAYING BECAUSE WE GROW OLD. WE GROW OLD BECAUSE WE STOP PLAYING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, HMM . HMM AMANDA, DO YOU WANT TO DO A PICTURE? ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL IN 123. EXCELLENT. HMM. NOW I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE LONGTIME EDUCATOR MISS EVANGELINE GEORGE. WE WILL BE MAILING OUT OF RECOGNITION AND HONOR FOR LONG SERVING COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND THE BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. NOW FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.

[PRESENTATIONS]

IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY IS VERY COMPLEX PROCESS CAN'T COUNT HOW MANY SPREADSHEETS I'VE LOOKED AT AND REEVALUATED RECALCULATED. SO HERE'S THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO PETER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME GREAT. SEEING SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES NOW AND GREAT, ACTUALLY PUTTING FACES TO THE SCREEN THAT I SAW WHEN I LAST SPOKE TO YOU ALL. SO AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME IN HERE. UM THIS IS GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE

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ACTUAL SALARIES AREN'T CLOSE. TO THOSE PUBLISHED MAXIMUMS. THERE WERE LESS THAN 10 INSTANCES WHERE A SALARY WAS AT OR EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM IN THE CITY AS IT IS CURRENTLY, SO I WANTED THAT TO BE A POINT OF REFERENCE AS WELL. SO LOOKING AT THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASES ARE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BRINGING THE ADJUSTMENTS AS A RESULT OF THIS STUDY OVER THREE YEARS. THIS ALLOWS ADJUSTMENTS AS WE'RE GOING ALONG THE WAY TO APPROACH IT. THAT'S FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE AND THAT CAN MEET THE FINANCIAL MEANS OF THE CITY. SO YEAR. ONE. THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH IT WILL MOVE THE STARTING WAGE IN THE CITY TO $15 AN HOUR. ALL EMPLOYEES ARE RECEIVING A 2% ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE TO THEIR SALARIES, SO THEY'RE MOVING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG AS WELL. THAT WAS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATION GROUPS ARE GOING TO MOVE TO THEIR YEAR TWO RANGES , SO THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE MARKET COMPETITIVE RATES THAT WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT. TO START ADJUSTING FOR THAT POINT ALL CITY FUNDS. SO THE GENERAL FUND WATER FUND SOLID WASTE AND SO ON. THOSE ARE AFFECTED THROUGH THIS IMPLEMENTATION. WE CAN SEE THE SALARY ONLY COST IMPACT OF JUST OVER 228,000 THE COST AFTER TMR S AND BENEFITS JUST OVER 292,000 . AND THEN A TOTAL OF 191 EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL MOVEMENTS. HERE IS A VERY LONG, GRAFTON MUCH AND SPEND VERY MUCH TIME ON YOU ALL HAVE THE HANDOUT AVAILABLE, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE YEAR ONE PAY PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WE CAN SEE THE CURRENT RANGES AS THEY ARE WITH THE CITY. WITH THAT $15 AN HOUR MINIMUM ESTABLISHED SO NO MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS IN YEAR ONE. IT'S JUST BRINGING THOSE MINIMUMS UP AND MOVING EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT. IN YEAR TWO. WE'RE GOING TO YES, SIR. YEAH, OF COURSE. NOW YEAR TWO. WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT A NEW FULL TIME EMPLOYEE PAY PLAN AND TRANSITION CLASSIFICATIONS THROUGHOUT THOSE RECOMMENDED RANGES, AND IT WILL ADJUST EMPLOYEES THAT ARE BELOW THOSE NEW ESTABLISHED MINIMUMS UP TO THEIR RECOMMENDED RANGES. AND IF THERE'S A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, I'M RECOMMENDING THE PAY PLAN MOVE WITH ANY COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT THAT WAY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ONE YEAR BEHIND, AS YOU'RE ADJUSTING FOR COST OF LIVING FOR TODAY'S MARKET COMPETITIVE RATES THAT WERE IDENTIFYING THE SALARY ONLY COST IMPACT OF YEARS. TWO. IT'S JUST OVER $100,000. THE COST AFTER TOMORROW S AND BENEFITS RIGHT NOW IS JUST OVER 124,000 AND THIS WOULD CONTINUE TO ADJUST 86 TOTAL EMPLOYEES AGAIN. THAT'S BRINGING EMPLOYEES TO THOSE DEFINED MINIMUMS AS IT IS CURRENTLY. AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE NEW PLAN. WE CAN SEE HERE WE CONDENSED THE PLAN JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT IT WAS SO GRADES RANGING FROM 1 TO 32 OR ONE ON 1 TO 1 32, AND THERE'S A COUPLE MTM PARAMEDIC GRADES DOWN AT THE BOTTOM AS WELL. WE CAN SEE PRETTY STANDARDIZED PROGRESSIONS AND THEN MUCH NORMAL, MUCH MORE NORMALIZED RANGE SPREAD, SO THE DISTANCE FROM THE MINIMUM TO THE MAXIMUM OVER THOSE RANGES. THEN YEAR THREE. THIS IS WHERE MAJOR LEG OF THE IMPACTS CAN COME, AND WE HAVE A MENU OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE. YOU CONTINUE TRANSITIONING, PAY PLANS TO THE MARKET COMPETITIVE RATES AND

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WE CAN REARRANGE IT BASED ON THAT WORK AND GIVE SOME HIERARCHAL SEPARATION. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT EVEN WITH THE PAY PLAN, MY CONCERN MR WILLIAMS IS I WOULD LIKE TO BE PRIVY TO THE DUTIES AS WELL. WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE PAY PLANS, BECAUSE WE JUST DID. YOU KNOW, I COST THE LIVING. INCREASE AND I WOULD HAVE FELT MORE COMFORTABLE SEEING THE DATA AND THE DUTIES PRIOR TO THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE. JUST LOOK AT THE RI. AH I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ALL FACTORS DID YOU ALL CONSIDER IN THE STUDY. SURE SO THERE WAS A LIST OF COMPENSATORY FACTORS THAT WENT BEHIND EVERY JOB. THE LEADERSHIP THE DECISION MAKING THAT THE ROLES HAVE WITH NOT ONLY THEIR DEPARTMENT BUT THE IMPACTS TO THE CITY THE LEVELS OF WORKING CONDITIONS THAT THEY MAY BE SUBJECT TO. SO THERE'S FIVE COMPENSATORY FACTORS AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE JOB DUTIES OUTSIDE OF THAT, SO THOSE WILL BE REFLECTED WHEN MY COMPANY IS REWRITING THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH THOSE JOB DESCRIPTION REVISIONS THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING THE CITY AS WELL. AND LONGEVITY PAY A FEW YEARS AGO. I KNOW IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE BROUGHT BACK OR WHAT DID Y'ALL SEE FROM THAT IN THE YEAR THREE OPTIONS. ONE OF THE ESCALATION METHODS WAS ON THE BASIS OF LONGEVITY, SO OVERALL TENURE OR HALF TENURE, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO

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THAT'S EXTREMELY ALARMING TO ME BECAUSE WE'RE RAISING SALARIES AT THE SAME RATE YEARLY AND IS WE WERE NOT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REALLY GO OFF OF SO FOR ME, THAT'S EXTREMELY ALARMING. I ASKED WHEN I DID FIRST GET ON THE COUNCIL. I WAS TOLD WE HAD THEM. AND I ASKED FOR A COPY OF THEM, AND I DIDN'T GET IT PROVIDED NOW WE'RE DOING IT. SO I WANT TO SEE THE DETAILS AND SPECIFICS AND DESCRIPTION OF THE JOB DUTIES. SO TO RESPOND, THE ACTUAL PAID STUDY WE HAVEN'T DONE FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW WITHIN HUMAN RESOURCES AND WHAT WE DO, WE'RE GOING TO DO SALARY SURVEYS BASED ON SPECIFIC POSITIONS WHEN THERE'S A NEED IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES MAY BE LEAVING A CERTAIN POSITION AND GOING TO ANOTHER CITY OR GOING TO ANOTHER ENTITY. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE REASONS WHY I LOOK AT THE SALARIES, SO INTERNAL PROCESSES. WE HAVE DONE SALARY SURVEYS, BUT ACTUAL UM, THIRD PARTY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME NUMBER 20 YEARS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER. COUNCILMAN GETS WHEN YOU REFER TO MARKET STUDIES. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT INTO THE MARKET TO SEE LIKE SIZE CITY EMPLOYEES AND OTHER CITIES ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL? IT'S PRIMARILY PUBLIC SECTOR BASED, AND IT'S LOOKING AT COMPARATIVES AND COMPETITORS. SO THE COMPETITORS NEARBY ENTITIES THAT WOULD BE WITHIN A REASONABLE DISTANCE THAT THOSE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY COMPETING WITHIN THE JOB MARKET.

AND THEN THE COMPETITORS LIKE SIZE CITIES, MAYBE ACROSS THE STATE OR EVEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY . UM THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE PRIMARILY OBSERVING. WE DID GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO THE PRIVATE MARKET BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND ITS PRESENCE FOR KEY ROLES HERE AT THE CITY, BUT THIS WAS PRIMARILY LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC MARK. KIT. WELL I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO LOOK AT THE PRIVATE MARKETPLACE TO SEE YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE COMPARING WITH JOB AVAILABILITY AND SALARIES IN THE IN THE PRIVATE MARKETPLACE. UH IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT IN MORE DETAIL? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED WAS THAT WE DID LOOK AT IT FOR A HOT BUTTON ITEMS. SO UH, THE EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, THE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS, AREAS LIKE THAT THAT WE UNDERSTAND PRIMARILY COMPETE HERE, UM PRIVATELY RATHER THAN PUBLICLY.

WE GAVE THOSE CONSIDERATIONS TOO, SO WE DID A SMALLER PORTION OF THE STUDY IN REFERENCE TO THAT, BUT HOLISTICALLY IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT ANALYSIS TO LOOK THE PRIVATE COMPARED TO THE PUBLIC. UH AND AS WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT, WITH THE CITY LEADERSHIP, IT WAS ELECTED THAT PRIMARY BASIS OF THE PUBLIC WAS GOING TO BE THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THE ANALYSIS. HMM DID YOU JUST COMPARE WITH LOCAL CITIES, OR DID YOU LOOK AT SIMILARLY SIZED CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE? WE LOOKED AT SIMILARLY SIZED CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE LOCAL ONES AS WELL. IT WOULD BEHOOVE US NOT TO LOOK LOCALLY, BUT IT BEAUMONT IS A LITTLE BIT ON AN ISLAND WHERE THERE'S NO AREA QUITE LIKE IT IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OR NO ENTITY QUITE LIKE IT AND THE IMMEDIATE FACILITY, SO WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT ENTITIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR CONDITIONS AS YOU ALL WOULD ALSO BE A FACTOR IN THAT YOU LOOK AT BAYTOWN YES, MIDTOWN WAS OBSERVED. WELL LIKE TELL SIMON TURNER SAID, UM, THIS DOESN'T MEAN A LOT TO ME WITHOUT IT BEING TIED TO JOB CLASSIFICATIONS AND WELL JOBS, TITLES AND DUTIES, SO I WOULD ASK THAT THAT BE PROVIDED SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER PICTURE OF IT. SURE. IS THAT JOB DESCRIPTIONS OF THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

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[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]

PROBLEM. WE CAN'T COORDINATE. WHEN DID THIS START? FISH YEAR IN AUGUST, 2022. WE ARE NOW WE'RE IN SEPTEMBER 26. ANOTHER YEAR, AND WE STILL HAVE NO SOLUTION. THE ONLY RESPONSE I GOT BACK WAS FROM BOARD NUMBER TWO, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE REST OF YOU.

THIS MAKES NO SENSE THAT WE HAVE CATS ON THE LOOSE. NA WHO IS RUNNING THE JUNGLE. THE VINE.

WHAT IS THE LINE? IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM. IT'S A CAT. NOW THAT'S MINE CHALLENGES OR ELEPHANT. SO IN ESSENCE, WE GOT A LITTLE MINI LIONS. LOSE CHALLENGING ME THE HUMAN IN MY OWN HOUSE, AND Y'ALL DON'T HAVE NO SOLUTION FOR THIS. I REALLY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. BUT YOU SAY THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO GET THINGS DONE. BUT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO Y'ALL FOR OVER A YEAR . OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT IS CLUES. MR WEST. SO WHAT ARE Y'ALL GONNA DO? WHEN IS THE CAT ORDINANCE GONNA MAKE IT TO THE AGENDA? I REALLY DON'T KNOW. BUT THIS ORDINANCE THIS HARDNESS HAS ALARMED CAN'T TO BE NEGLIGENT AND IRRESPONSIBLE. IT HAS CREATED SILVER PROBLEMS ENTITLEMENT FROM CAT OWNERS WHO CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR OWN HOUSE WILL BEHIND THEIR KIDS. THEY SHOULDN'T EVEN BE THERE. JUST STAY ANIMALS JUST RUNNING LOUD. WOW, JUST EVERYWHERE. I HAVE NO ANSWER. YOU HAVE NO SKID SPIRIT. NO SOLUTION. LIKE I SAID ITSELF FOR WAR NUMBER TWO. THEY ALSO ON ATTEMPTED AND THEY PRODUCING KITS THAT THEY DON'T WANT DUMPING THEM. YEAH, I SAW THAT ON THE NEWS. SO WHAT IS IT THAT RESPONSIBILITY? AND MOST OF ALL , CITIZENS HAVE TO SPEND OUR MONEY OUR TIME OUR ENERGY TO DEAL WITH OTHER PEOPLE, ANIMALS.

SOMEBODY APPEARED WAS LACKING IN WISDOM. THIS FREE LIVING MARTIN. IT'S IT NEEDS TO GO. THESE KITS OWNERS THAT NEED RESPONSIBILITIES. THEY NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN KIDS. IN THESE CAGES. THEY'RE NOT FREE. THIS LADY ACROSS FROM ME. GOT SIX OF THEM. NOW YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIME TO BE THERE'S $600. FOR FIVE DAYS. BUT ONE DAY THEN YOU MULTIPLY IT IF IT CAN TAKE A WEEK. TIME FIVE. THERE'S $3000. FOR CAGES. OKAY, THAT'S NOT MOM. YOU NEED TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA. MHM. THANK YOU. CHAMBER SORT PUBLIC COMMENTS. ABLE TO SPEAK ON WORK SESSION.

YES SIR. JIM BROUSSARD, 2000 MCFADDEN HERE IN BEAUMONT. UH I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE WORK SESSION. ITEM SANCTIONED, UH, ENCAMPMENT STRATEGY. AND I HOPE BY NOW, ALL STAFF. UH EXCUSE ME, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. COUNCIL. CITY STAFF. THANK YOU. UM I HOPE ALL COUNCIL HAS

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UTILIZE. PLEASE UTILIZE THE VERY WELL ORGANIZED HOMELESS. COALITION. THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR TWO YEARS. UH THESE GROUPS ARE WARNING TO HELP THEIR WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT IF WE DID IT IN REVERSE IF WE TRIED TO PUT TOGETHER A STRATEGY. WITHOUT HAVING A SPOT IS LIKE BUILDING A HOME OF HOUSE PLANS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT IT. SO I JUST ASKED THAT WE MADE COMMON SENSE TO ME THAT THE CITY COME TOGETHER COUNCIL DESIGNATED SPOT, THEN SOLICIT. THE HOMELESS COALITION GROUP FOR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARTHA CHISHOLM. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARTHA CHISHOLM. I WAS HERE LAST WEEK. UM LET ME FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE. PASTOR FAIL. SHAW UM MR SEMINAR SEMINOLE WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY? UH, MR DOWN AND MR DOWNS SECRETARY THEY HAVE WHEN I WAS HERE LAST WEEK. I WAS A VERY ANXIOUS SENIOR CITIZEN TODAY.

I'M HERE AS A CALM SEIZURES. SENIOR CITIZEN. THERE WAS A LADY IN HERE LAST WEEK. WHO SAID DON'T WORRY, BABY. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROBLEM. I COULD IMMEDIATELY FEEL THE SPIRIT OF GOD COME UPON ME, AND I KNEW THAT IT WOULD TAKE IT BE TAKEN CARE OF. WHEN I WALK IN HERE TODAY, I CAN FEEL A DIFFERENT SPIRIT. FORGIVE ME. SENIOR IN MY SPEECH IS NOT THE BEST. UM SO I KNOW. THEY HAVE STARTED ON MY PROBLEM BEFORE I LEFT THE BUILDING. MR SEMINOLE PASTOR PHIL PHIL SHAW MADE SURE I WENT OVER THERE TO GET STARTED ON THE SOLUTION. I HAD BEEN CALLING UP HERE FOR MONTHS AT A TIME. WELL NOT MONTHS AT A TIME. NOT APPEAR. I HAVE BEEN CALLING AND SPOKE WITH A YOUNG LADY THAT WORKED IN THE BACK ALL SHE WOULD TELL ME WAS GO LOOK AROUND YOUR HOUSE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY LEAKS. THERE WERE NONE LEAKS. UM, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PLUMBING. I WAS A NURSE. ALL OF MY LIFE IF YOU HAVE A CARDIAC ARREST AROUND RIGHT NOW, AND MAYBE A LITTLE SLOW, BUT I CAN GET YOU GOING. OKAY SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO FOR A LEAK. OKAY I HAD NO IDEA THE MINUTE MR SIMINO SENT ME TO MR DOWNS AND MR DOWNS SECRETARY. THEY GOT IT FIGURED OUT. SO IT'S NOT COMPLETED YET. I HAVE HAD THE WORK DONE, AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR YOU. PASTOR BILL FELL. SHAW AND THE OTHER COUNCIL PERSONS WHO WAS, UM. AGREEING IN AGREEANCE WITH ME GETTING THIS DONE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, DAVID PETE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. UM LET ME FIRST SAY ON LAST LAST WEEK, LAST TIME I WAS HERE I SPOKE ABOUT HOW THE YOU KNOW THE CITY NEEDS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HEARING SOME THINGS TODAY. YOU SEEM LIKE YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY MUCH ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WE STILL GOT SOME WORK TO DO. BUT NEVERTHELESS, UM I WAS I WAS LISTENING TO AND THANK YOU

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THANK YOU. CHARLIE CRAB. HMM GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WEST COUNCIL. UH MR MANDER AND DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ALL SUPPORT STAFF. AH, MY NAME IS, UH CALLING CRAB RESIDE. AT 9 28 EAST DRIVING BEAUMONT. THERE WAS A VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE IN SUNDAY'S ENTERPRISE. DESCRIBING BILLION 20. 35 I WANT TO THANK JIM BROUSSARD AND HIS COMMITTEE FOR THEIR TIME AND WORK. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PROFESSIONAL PLAN OF S W A. I DOUBT THAT I WILL BE AROUND TO SEE THE COMPLETION OF THE PLAN FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. HELLO IS MY PLACE AND I KNOW A COMMITTEE IS I KNOW IT COMMITTEE IS TOLD DREAM BIG AT THE START OF THE PLANNING, THEN YOU HAVE TO BE REALISTIC. WHAT WILL OUR CITIZENS SUPPORT? THAT IS A MAJOR QUESTION. WE NEED HELP ON THAT QUESTION. THE EVENT DIRECTOR EMILY WEAVER, SHOULD BE GIVEN THAT QUESTION THEY MAY HAVE OBSERVED IN THE PAST YOU MAY HAVE OBSERVED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS OF CITIZENS LOVE FESTIVALS. THEY LOVE FOOD TRUCKS. WE NEED A LARGE. VERY SWILL NEAR THE RIVER. THERE SHOULD BE OTHER CARNIVAL RIDES INCLUDED, MAKE DOWNTOWN OF FESTIVE PLAY FOR PEOPLE TO COME EVERY WEEKEND FOR FOOD AND ACTIVITY. DURING FESTIVAL TIME HAD OTHER RIDES ALWAYS HAVE FOOD TRUCKS AVAILABLE WITH THEIR OWN SPOT. GOOD FOOD CLOTHES CLOSED DOWN AFTER JULY 4TH UNTIL OCTOBER. 1ST DO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT. THIS IS THE REPORT OF THE CRAB IN VISION COMMITTEE. SAD TO SAY ONLY ONE MEMBER WAS PRESENT

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PLEASE SHUT DOWN THE NIGHTCLUB SESSION. THIS IS A, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING I KEEP I THANK YOU, MR GRAB MORE LATER, THANKS FOR LISTENING. MANISH VERMA. UM I DON'T NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA.

I'M DOCTOR MINUTES FROM MAMA. ORTHOPEDIC ENHANCE SURGEONS IS J. MACKEY IS MY PARTNER. WE HAVE OUR KEY HEALTH SURGICAL CENTER, WHICH IS AN ENTERPRISE IN IN HOUSTON. THAT FOCUSES ON DELIVERING EMERGENCY SURGICAL TREATMENT TO INJURED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS. WE GET A LOT OF INJURIES FROM THIS PART OF TEXAS . THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GREAT OPTIONS WHERE WE ONLY FOCUS ON INDUSTRIAL INJURIES, AND SO WE HAVE PLANS TO DEVELOP AND OCCUPATIONAL SURGICAL CENTER ON FOLSOM STREET. WE JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, AND WE'RE IRONING OUT THE KINKS OF OUR PRIMARY BUSINESS MODEL IN HOUSTON'S THAT WE CAN BRING IT HERE. WE ALREADY GET A LOT OF PATIENTS THAT ARE WORKING FOR THE LARGE REFINERIES FROM THIS AREA. NIEDERLAGE ETCETERA, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET. SO IF YOU GUYS COULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, IT WOULD BE REALLY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY PERMITTED. WE'VE ALREADY YOU KNOW, SPENT THE CAPITAL THAT WE'VE ALLOTTED FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENT OF IT. SO WE PLAN ON MOVING FORWARD WITH A FEW GUYS CAN ALLOW US THE TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TONY. LOOK, LOGAN. HELLO MY FAVORITE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. I DIDN'T BRING ANY COOKIES TODAY, GUYS. I JUST CAME BECAUSE I WANTED TO PASS OUT MY CARDS. UM. NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART IS THE HOMELESS SITUATION. AS YOU KNOW, I MISSED THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD BECAUSE I HAD TO. I WAS DEALING WITH SOMETHING ELSE. BUT IT WAS A WOMAN IN THE BIBLE THAT KEPT COMING TO A KING WITH THE REQUEST, AND SHE JUST KEPT BUGGING HIM AND BUGGING AND BUGGING HIM UNTIL HE SAID, JUST GIVE HER WHAT SHE WANTS. SO I'M COMING TO SAY IT'S A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE BUILDING BUILDING BUILDING. GIVE ME WHAT I NEED TO HELP THE HOMELESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE A MIRROR. ALRIGHT IS

[CONSENT AGENDA]

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH! ANY OPPOSED. MOTION IS CARRIED. MR CITY MANAGER, WOULD

[REGULAR AGENDA]

ANY DISCUSSION YES, COUNCILMAN TURNER. YES MR MANAGER, MISS ATTORNEY. I'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY A FEW CITIZENS AND I JUST WANTED CLARITY FOR THE ONES WHO DID CALL. I CONFIRM THAT I WOULD ASK THE X WITH THIS SHUT DOWN GAME ROOMS OVER THIS. JUST MAKE THEM SAFER. THE ORDINANCE OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE. LET ME JUST POINT THIS OUT. WE ALREADY HAVE A GAME ROOM ORDINANCE AND THIS THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING TO OUR COURT. CURRENT ORDINANCES. IT SHOULD JUST MAKE OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE MORE EFFECTIVE. SO THE ORDINANCE OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE , NOR THE AMENDED ORDINANCES THEY WERE PROPOSING IS NOT INTENDED TO IMPACT LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES. UM ONE OF THE THINGS

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YOU KNOW ACTIVITIES LIKE THAT. I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED, BUT THE CALL DID COME AND AS PROMISED, I DID WANT TO X THERE. YES COUNCILMAN DORIA. SO THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY AND THE FEES ARE THEY IN LINE WITH OTHER CITIES IN THE AREA AS FAR AS WHAT THEY CHARGE FOR FEES CAN'T REALLY ADDRESS WHETHER IT'S IN LINE WITH OTHER SEASON THAT THEY WHAT THEY CHARGE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON THEIR NEED FOR ENFORCEMENT. HOW MANY THEY HAVE, UM HOW? HOW ROUTINELY THEY ENFORCE, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK AT ONE TIME WHEN WE FIRST ENACTED OUR ORDINANCE, UM WE WERE CHARGING 2 50 PER SO MANY GAME ROOMS. UH, BITER WAS DOING 1000, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A MUCH SMALLER FORCE, RIGHT? AND SO THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT THEY NEEDED TO AGAIN BREAK EVEN THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE AND PURPOSE OF THE FEES IS NOT TO PROFIT BUT TO BREAK EVEN. SO UM OUR ORDINANCE DEALS WITH BUILDING CODES HAS A FIRE, UM, FIRE ASPECT TO IT. UM IT'S IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT BLOCKING EXIT DOORS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE MEETING BUILDING EMPIRE CO REQUIREMENTS. AND SO, AS YOU KNOW, FIREMEN OR EXPENSIVE UM, AND SO WE NEED THAT FOR ENFORCEMENT. WE ALSO HAVE IMPLEMENTED. UM, I D BADGES SO WE CAN IDENTIFY WHO THE WORKERS ARE IN THE GAME ROOM IN PREVIOUS ENFORCEMENT. A LOT OF THE OUR COMPLAINT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT YOU KNOW WAS WAS HAND POINTING LIKE THEY WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE OWNER. BUT NO ONE COULD IDENTIFY WHO THE OWNER OPERATOR WORK, SO WE CLEARLY DEFINED WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE, AND THEY WILL BE IDENTIFIED NOW BY BADGES. THAT'S NOT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE DO IN SOME OTHER WORK REGULATED BUSINESSES LIKE UM FOR SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS TO BE I DID . A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST WHAT WE'VE SEEN THAT I'VE WORKED IN OUR PREVIOUS ORDINANCE BUT ALSO WORKED IN OTHER CITIES. AND SO THE FEE SCHEDULE WILL BE AREA BETWEEN MAYBE A SMALLER CITY. UM IN A LARGER CITY AGAIN, BASED ON HOW MANY GAME ROOMS THEY HAVE AND WHAT THEY NEED OR WHAT THEY DETERMINED THEIR ENFORCEMENT TEAM TO BE. BUT THEY ARE. WHAT WE DO WITH THE FACT IS THAT WE CONSIDER IS WHAT WE WERE CHARGING, UM PREVIOUSLY AND WHAT WE WERE SPENDING ON ENFORCEMENT AND WE TRIED TO INCORPORATE THOSE FEES AND COME UP WITH AN AVERAGE FOR WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE THE BEST WITH OTHER BUILDING CODES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OR THEY'RE THE SAME AS OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE AREA IS NOTHING THAT WAS MADE UP JUST FOR RIGHT NOW, SO EVERY BUSINESS NEEDS A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY RIGHT SO THEY WOULD HAVE THOSE REQUIREMENTS. EVERY BUILDING THAT'S UM AN OPERATION AND ITS OPERATING CAN'T LOCK THEIR DOORS DURING BUSINESS HOURS. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE CONSISTENT. THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S UH, SPECIFIC. ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL SAY IT'S DIFFERENT IS THAT WE DO REQUIRE THEM TO ALLOW FOR, UM, INSPECTIONS, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE DO SO MOST OF HIS HAND CLARIFIED. THE FARMERS OFFICE WAS SCHEDULED INSPECTIONS, BUT THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR US TO DO. UM FIND SCHEDULED INSPECTIONS IN GAMING GAMING ROOMS AND OTHER SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS OR OTHER BUSINESSES THAT HAVE SOME SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE RULES. NO SMOKING, NO LOGGING, EXIT DOORS AND SO ON. THANK YOU, SIR. IF THERE'S NO OTHER TO GET DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM. NUMBER ONE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED ALRIGHT. LET MR CITY MANAGER MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM NUMBER TWO. YES MAYOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AMENDING SECTION TWO. DON'T 04.002 OF THE CODE OF THE ARGUMENTS RELATING TO THE CAR IN PRESIDENT'S DAY AS AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY FOR CITY EMPLOYEES, AND THIS COMES AS A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL. ANY DISCUSSION COUNCILMAN GETS.

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THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GET PRESIDENT STAY. JEFFERSON COUNTY IS CLOSED FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY. SO YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE PEOPLE THAT INTERACT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS IS CLOSED FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY. SEE THEM NEED NEEDLING IS CLOSED FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY. SO WE'RE JUST WE ACTUALLY WANT TO BE A LEADER, BUT WE WANT TO PROVIDE THINGS THAT'S IDEAL FOR EMPLOYEES. WE WANT TO PROBABLY THINKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOOD FOR MORALE. BUT WE'RE STILL OPEN . WE'RE STILL OPEN AS A CITY. YOU KNOW YOU POLICE ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE WORKING IS ALWAYS OUT THERE, BUT , UM, THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK WOULD WHAT? GO A LONG WAY TO THE WELL BEING THEM OVER ALIBI EMPLOYEES. DID WE BUDGET FOR IT? YES, TO MANAGE BUDGET IT. MHM, OKAY. COUNCILMAN DURIO WOULD THIS HOLIDAY BE ADDED TO THE. THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE UNDER CONTRACT. WHATEVER I WAS, EXISTING POLICY IS AND HOW THEY HELD HOLIDAY. IT WILL PRETEND TO THEM LIKE LIKE IT OUT ANY OTHER HOLIDAY, SO THE ANSWER IS NO. ARE POLICE AND FIRE CONTRACT SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADD IT TO THEIR CONTRACTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ATOM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AH OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAYBE WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM. NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SKIPPING THREE. COUNCIL CONSIDER REQUEST TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO ALLOW AN AMBULATORY OR SURGERY CENTER AT 65 10 FOURSOME DRIVE, AS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS A NEW DEADLINE OF SEPTEMBER 26. 2024 WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION. ALL BUILDING AND FRIED CULTURE RELATED TO THE USE MUST BE MET.

AND IT COMES. WHAT RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM, NUMBER FOUR MOVED TO APPROVE. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM 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 SIX. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RIGHT OFF. 06 I'M SORRY. SKIP FIVE. MY APOLOGIES. COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACT WITH ZION INTO INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC AND TMT UTILITIES INC FOR THE CITYWIDE EMERGENCY WATER MAIN REPAIRS THREE AND IT COMES WITH APPROVAL WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX TO APPROVE SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX. ANY DISCUSSION YES, COUNCILMAN TURNER. YES, MR MANAGER. I NOTICED. WE'RE WE'RE JUST APPROVED EMERGENCY FUNDING. WELL, EMERGENCY WATER MAIN BREAK . CAN WE GET AN UPDATE ON EXACTLY WHERE WE AT ON THOSE BRAKES? UH KIND OF THINK IT'S

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WE MAY HAVE 50 TO 70 LEAGUES ON THE BOOKS. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE TIME OF YEAR, THOUGH, IF WE GET INTO THE WINTER MONTHS AND WE'RE NOT IN A FREEZE AND THE GROUND STABILIZED, AND WE MAY GET MUCH, MUCH FURTHER DOWN, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S RARELY TO NEVER AT ZERO FOR NUMBER OF LEAKS, SO JUST OUR EXPECTATIONS SHOULD BE FROM NOT COMING FROM 1 58 TO 0. IT'S FROM 1 58 DOWN TO 50. I MEAN, IF YOU HAD ANOTHER 100 LEAKS FIXED, WE WOULD BE BACK TO AVERAGE BASICALLY THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE TO GET IT DOWN TO A NORMAL LEVEL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW OUR STANDARD NUMBER OF CREWS TO REPAIR THE LEAKS AS THEY OCCUR. WHICH IS NORMALLY 3 TO 4, WATER REPAIR CREWS ON DUTY AT ANY GIVEN TIME. RIGHT NOW WE'RE UP TO 10. SOMETIMES 12 REPAIR CREWS WORK AND TO GET THE NUMBERS DOWN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN TURNER AND BOARD I FEEL A FEW LINES THAT'S A NO BID IN DB. CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THAT WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS? WELL, WHAT WE DID ON THE FIRST CONTRACT AS WE PUT IT OUT , AND WE ALLOWED TO JUST BID AN HOURLY RATE, WHICH IS WHAT THE FIRST VENDOR THAT CAME ON BOARD AND WAS HELPING US OUT WAS DOING WE CHANGED THE WAY WE PUT IT FOR

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THEY CAN LIMIT THEIR SIZE LINE THAT THEY WANT TO WORK ON. AND ONE OF THESE TWO CONTRACTORS THAT SPECIFIED THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING UNDER CONCRETE, WHICH IS FINE, BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS IT OPENS UP THE FIELD TO MORE VENDORS THAT MAYBE CAN'T DO ALL OF THE WORK, WHICH IS WHAT THE FIRST CONTRACT WAS PUT OUT FOR, BUT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE IN CERTAIN AREAS. SO WE'LL JUST ASSIGN THAT VENDOR THE ITEMS THAT THEY DID ON. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR OF PROVING ADAM. NUMBER SIX, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAYBE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM. NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZONE A PORTION OF PROPERTY FROM RAS, WHICH IS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TO GC, MD. TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING TWO OR MORE RESTRICTIVE DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 18 45 SOUTH MAJOR DRIVE. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER SEVEN? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. ANY DISCUSSION COUNCILMAN GETS. CHRIS WHAT? WHAT IS THIS EXACTLY ? SO THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY. AND I THINK IF THE CITY CLERK AND MAYBE SCROLL THE SCREEN UP A LITTLE BIT, UM OKAY, NO ATTACHMENT, SO IT'S A IT'S A PROPERTY ON MAJOR DRIVE, AND IT'S NOT TOO FAR NORTH OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING A REZONING FROM RS SINGLE FAMILY ZONING TO GCM D. IN THIS CASE, TOO. REZONING. UM. AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 7 TO 0 TO APPROVE AND WHAT IS THIS? UH, WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE USED FOR? WHAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT THERE, SO THIS IS JUST A REZONING REQUEST SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE SPECIFIC USE NOW IN THE HEARING, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT A BEAUTY SHOP AND MAYBE SOME OTHER LIGHT RETAIL USES AT THIS LOCATION. UM BUT AGAIN, WHAT WERE WHAT WAS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE TODAY IS WHETHER OR NOT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA TO BE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING. NOW I WILL POINT OUT BECAUSE IF IT IS APPROVED TODAY AS G CMD TO WIN THE PROPOSED USE IS BROUGHT FORWARD. WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN ULTIMATELY BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. FOUR YEAR REVIEW OF WHAT THAT USE WILL BE BUT CHANGING THIS ZONING. WHAT DID ALLOW APARTMENTS TO BE BUILT ON THIS SITE WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. YES, SIR. AND HOW BIG IS THIS SITE? WHO'S WITH ME ONE SECOND.

2.15 ACRES. WELL, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT. A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BEFORE WE ACTUALLY KNOW. WHAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED TO BE BUILT THERE. I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AS SAYING. I THINK THAT WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY APARTMENTS ALREADY ON MAJOR DRIVE. IT'S TOO DENSELY CLUSTERED WITH APARTMENTS ON MAJOR DRIVE. SO WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT. A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOUGHT AND OBTAINED. I CAN SUPPORT IT FOR THE PURPOSES OF A RETAIL COMPLEX HAS DISCUSSED. I'M GONNA HAVE A REAL PROBLEM. BUT THE FURTHER APARTMENTS COUNCILMAN DURIO. YEAH I'M CHRIS AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING. I THINK THEY ORIGINALLY WANTED IT TO BE, UH, G C M D. AND THEY'VE BEEN PLANNING ZONING RECOMMENDED GCM D TO

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COMMENTS ARE JUST REAL QUICKLY TO COMMENT ON SOME OF THE DISCUSSION. WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED. HOWEVER IT IS MANY, MANY YEARS OLD. AND SO I DO THINK AS WE TALKED ABOUT. WE DO WANT TO TRY TO WORK TOWARDS HAVING A CITYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE HERE IN THE NEW NEAR FUTURE. UM AS COUNSELING NEVER GETS MENTIONED. THE

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UH, NO. SO SHE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CHRIS BONE WOULD LEAD US IN THAT DISCUSSION. THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON, SO THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S WORK SESSION IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS. AH, UM . REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CITY'S SANCTIONING ENCAMPMENT STRATEGY. AS YOU MAY RECALL IN THE SPRING

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WAS NOT YET. THANKS UM AND WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS THE GROWING CHALLENGE AND BURDEN OF HOMELESSNESS ON CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND, MORE SPECIFICALLY BEAUMONT. THIS IS INCREASINGLY A CHALLENGE DUE TO H B. 1925 THAT MANDATES THAT CITIES ADDRESS ENCAMPMENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, BUT LIMITED HOW WE CAN DO THAT AND AGAIN, WE HAVE LITTLE FUNDING TO WORK WITH. SINCE THAT BUDGET WORKSHOP . THE COUNCIL HAS INCLUDED SOME FUNDING IN THE UPCOMING FY 24 BUDGET. SO WE ARE CONDUCTING THIS WORK SESSION TO GET FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER AND DISCUSSED THE NEXT STEPS. KEATING. YEAH, THANK YOU. AS MENTIONED. CITIES LIKE BEAUMONT ARE STRUGGLING WITH GROWING ISSUE. THIS GROWING ISSUE CAUGHT BETWEEN EXPECTED LIMITATIONS COMING FROM THE COURTS, AS WELL AS UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES. AS SUCH, WE ARE DISCUSSING HERE TODAY WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE TODAY. RATHER IT'S NOT A GUARANTEED SOLUTION, AND SO WHAT I'VE SHOWN HERE IN THIS SLIDE IS JUST SOME, UM SOME OF MANY HEADLINES THAT YOU CAN FIND ONLINE WHERE CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY OR STRUGGLING WITH THE CHALLENGE OF HOMELESSNESS.

SPECIFICALLY IF YOU LOOK TO THE BOTTOM LEFT, I'LL READ PORTLAND'S FIRST SANCTIONED HOMELESS CAMP ENCAMPMENT BACKFIRING, DRAWING MORE TO CAMP ON ITS BORDERS. THE TOP RIGHT PORTER, PORTLAND'S FIRST CITY SANCTIONED HOMELESS CAMP HAS BEEN OPEN FOR NEARLY A MONTH BUT ISN'T FULL. HERE'S WHY AND I JUST AGAIN I WANT TO SHOW YOU THESE HEADLINES NOT TO BE ALARMIST, BUT JUST TO SHOW THAT CITIES ARE REALLY TRYING TO STRUGGLE WITH HOW TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE SPECIFICALLY ON SOME OF THOSE HEADLINES, THEY MAY ESTABLISH A PARTICULAR CAMP. AND WONDER WHY THE CAMP IS NOT FULL . THEY MAY ESTABLISH A CAMP AND SEE THAT AN UNOFFICIAL CAMP IS NOW GROWN UP AROUND IT. AND SO AGAIN. CITIES ARE STRUGGLING WITH HOW TO HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS NEXT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE CAMP TYPES, OF COURSE. AS WE TALK ABOUT TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPTIONS FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION SO THAT WE CAN COMPLY WITH THE STATE MANDATES AND CLEANING UP SOME AREAS OF THE CITY. OF COURSE, BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT CAN'T SPECIFICALLY, WE SHOULD MENTION THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC HONG SHELTERS SO FULL SHELTERS LIKE THE SALVATION ARMY PROVIDES IN OUR CITY. UM BUT ANOTHER OPTION AS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE TODAY ARE THESE SANCTIONED CAMPS SO THE FIRST CAN'T KIND YOU CAN SEE HERE IS WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS A PRIMITIVE CAMP. AND YOU CAN SEE THE AERIAL PHOTO THERE ON THE LEFT. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY HAVE SIMPLY TAPED OFF HER PAINTED OFF SOME SOME AREAS FOR INDIVIDUAL CAMPERS TO SET UP IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LEFT FRAME. UM OR IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY HAVE PORTABLE. AH PORTAL S. YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE A PORTABLE SHOWER. UM UNIT THERE AND THEN YOU ALSO SEE SOME ADDITIONAL TENTS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL SERVICES. THE TOP RIGHT PHOTO, OF COURSE, IS A IS A SIMILAR SETUP, EXCEPT IT'S IN A KIND OF A MORE GREENFIELD SETTING OUTSIDE OF AN URBAN AREA. NEXT, TINA. SO IN TERMS OF PRIMITIVE CAMPS, YOU KNOW WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE TO SET ONE UP? UM SO OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SITE. UH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AND AGAIN AS I GO THROUGH THIS, I SHOULD MENTION THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF HOUSE BILL THAT PROHIBITED CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. THE STATE ALSO SAID, WELL, THE CITY CITIES AND COUNTIES JURISTIC JURISDICTIONS CAN SET UP A CAMP. HOWEVER IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIR AND WHAT THEY CALL A CHAI C OR HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL CAMP PERMIT. AND PART OF THAT REVIEW BY THE STATE IS THAT YOU PROVIDE CERTAIN BASIC SERVICES. AH LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBER TWO HYGIENE, UM, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERMANENT TOILET AND SHOWERS AND WASHING STATIONS, BUT IT CAN BE PORTABLE, BUT IT HAS TO BE SOME BASIC SERVICES LIKE THAT HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, SERVICES. SO DON'T HAVE TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS , BUT THE POPULATION HAS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO INDIGENOUS

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AND SO THEY REQUIRE A HALF MILE. AH UM, ACCESS TO OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM. UM I WILL SAY THAT IN REVIEWING THE THC A GUIDELINES FOR A H I SEE TODAY AS LATE AS LAST WEEK IN COMMUNICATING WITH TDH SAYING NO CITIES OR OR OR COUNTIES HAVE AN APPROVED PLAN. AS OF YET, SO YOU MAY HEAR OF SOME OTHER CAMPS THAT ARE OPERATING WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS. BUT THOSE PREDATED THE BILL IN QUESTION, SO OKAY, THANKS. UM. SO APART FROM PRIMITIVE CAMP, WHICH IN MY MIND WOULD BE MORE TENSE? THIS IS ANOTHER VERSION OF THAT WHICH IS MORE OF PALLETS. YOU'LL SEE. UM YOU HAVE SOME COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT ARE PROVIDING SOLUTIONS THAT ARE CERTAINLY MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN A TENT. UM, AND SO WE'VE INCLUDED THIS AS A POTENTIAL OPTION. AGAIN, UM . YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE. TO SET THESE UP. SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE THEM DESCRIBED AS TINY HOME HOUSES OR TINY HOME VILLAGES. BUT THESE ARE MORE PREFAB WHERE THEY CAN COME ON SITE SET THEM UP VERY QUICKLY. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S COST ESTIMATES FOR 25 UNITS, AND THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LAYOUT. SOME IF YOU WANT TO PAY EXTRA, YOU CAN HAVE LIGHTING AND AIR CONDITIONING HEAT. SOME EVEN HAVE TOILET AND SHOWER HOOKUPS.

BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CERTAINLY THAN A 10. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LEFT SLIDE AGAIN AS WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT COSTS HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES. YOU KNOW WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THAT IS SECURITY. THE STATE DOES REQUIRE THAT CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO SECURITY, NO LESS SO THAN THEY WOULD HAVE AND IN THE OTHER PART OF THE CITY AND THEN THEY'RE MENTIONING THE INSTALLATION AND THE MANAGEMENT SO AS YOU LOOK ACROSS THE HEADLINES OR RESEARCH OTHER CITIES, YOU'LL SEE SANCTIONED CAMPS THAT SHOUTING EXCUSE ME SETTING UP AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THEM SHUTTING DOWN AND THEN YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT ISSUES THEY HAVE, UM SO YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU IF YOU SET IT UP YOU'VE GOT IF SOMEBODY'S GOT TO MANAGE IT, UM, TO HAVE ANY DEGREE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS. SO AGAIN. THOSE ARE ALL KIND OF PENDING NEXT. PLEASE THANKS. SO AGAIN, JUST AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE AN ESTIMATE.

LOOK AT IT. ESTIMATES OF WHAT THE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES AGAIN THE PRIMITIVE, WHICH WOULD BE MORE LIKE A TENT. VERSUS THE PALETTE, WHICH WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU CAN SEE THE INITIAL COSTS ON A PALLET WOULD BE HIGHER. BUT I THINK YOU'D HAVE LESS COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ESPECIALLY THE HYGIENE SERVICES. SO THE INITIAL CAUSE AND THE PRIMITIVE CAMP MIGHT BE LESS THE PALETTE CAMP MIGHT BE HIGHER. BUT YOU CAN YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE SOME COMBINATION OF BOTH. AND THEN AGAIN AT THE BOTTOM LINE. YOU SEE THE OPERATIONAL COSTS AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A QUESTION MARKS STILL PINNING. PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO IN TERMS OF AVAILABLE FUNDING, AS I MENTIONED, FY 24 COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED 250,000 GENERAL FUND , AND THEN ALSO WE LOOK BACK TO OUR CDBG PROGRAM FROM THIS YEAR IN PRIOR YEARS, AND WE DO HAVE SOME UN UNSPENT FUNDS THAT MIKE COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS PROJECT. SO AGAIN. WE'RE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL AFTER THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AFTER Y'ALL HAVE ALLOCATED SOME FUNDING TO START TALKING ABOUT WHAT OPTIONS WE CAN START LOOKING AT. SO THAT STAFF CAN START MOVING TOWARDS, UM, SOLUTION. SO AGAIN AS WE LOOKED ACROSS, UM, WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AGAIN WITH MIXED MIXED SUCCESS, BUT EVERYBODY STRUGGLING. UM AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS ISH. MOST OF THEM HAVE ISSUED OUR FPS AND ESSENTIALLY INVITING NONPROFITS. TO EITHER ADD CAPACITY TO THEIR EXISTING SHELTERS OR SET UP AND OPERATE A PRIMITIVE OR PALLET CAMP. UM SO AGAIN, AND IN MY MIND, IT WOULD BE COMING UP WITH AN RFP. WHICH WOULD BE YOUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. WHICH WOULD BE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. FROM A NONPROFIT TO PERHAPS PROVIDE 25 HOUSING FOR 25 INDIVIDUALS THAT COMPLIES WITH THE STATE. H I. C PLAN. UM AND PERHAPS IT WOULD BE A PILOT

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AND. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY NONPROFIT OUT THERE THAT HAS THE ABILITY OR THE DESIRE. OKAY TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN. TRACT OF LAND TO DEVELOP A CAMPSITE. NOBODY'S EVER EXPRESSED THAT TO ME. HOWEVER. I HAVE HAD NONPROFITS TELL ME THAT AT THE CITY WERE TO ESTABLISH THE CAMPSITE. THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN OPERATING IT, WHICH GOES BACK TO THAT OPTION TO THAT YOU HAD SO IN MY MIND WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN? AND SOONER THAN LATER. IS THE CITY NEEDS TO IDENTIFY SOME LAND. AND THE CITY HAS HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF VACANT LAND. WE NEED TO IDENTIFY SOME LAND THAT IS FAIRLY REMOTE. FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESS CORRIDORS. AND ON THAT LAND. WE NEED TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU HAD LISTED ON THAT CHECKLIST. IN ORDER TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. THOSE THINGS AS YOU MENTIONED INCLUDE PART OF THE WATER. HYGIENE SUCH AS, UH. TOILETS AND SHOWER TRAILERS.

ELECTRICITY SO THEY CAN RECHARGE PHONES AND HAVE SOME LIGHTING. TRASH PICKUP. AND BUS SERVICE.

ADDITIONALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO EMBRACE THE. SUPPORT OF SOME OF THE NON PROFITS TO HELP MANAGE THIS SITE. WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A CONSTRUCTION TRAILER THAT WHOEVER THAT VOLUNTEER IS ON THAT SHIFT ON THAT DAY. WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO BE STATIONED BECAUSE ANY SITE THAT WE HAVE WE'LL HAVE SOME RULES. YOU'RE GONNA NOT WANT ALCOHOL OR DRUGS IN THE FACILITY AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY ON SITE 24 7. TO MAKE SURE THESE RULES ARE ENFORCED.

IT ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE TO BREAK THE CAMPSITE DOWN TO TWO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED. TO BE AROUND

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SO YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IS. HOMELESS ADVOCATES CHALLENGING THE CITY.

OKAY AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED. AND FOR EXAMPLE, CITIES LIKE BOISE AND SO. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A REASONABLE NUMBER OF FACILITIES FOR THE HOMELESS BEFORE WE ADOPT THE CAMPING BAN, AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU SORT OF AS A FROM A MORAL STANDPOINT, BUT I'M ASKING FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT. UH AND I'M NOT REALLY WANTING TO TALK ABOUT BOISE BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT. I'M TALKING ABOUT CITIES IN TEXAS THAT ARE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE CITIES. THAT HAVE ENACTED A NO CAMPING ORDINANCE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. BUT THEY HAVEN'T YET DEVELOPED. A CAMPSITE. THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED ACCESS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. THERE WERE SOME CITIES WHO HAD NO CAMPING ORDINANCE PRIOR TO THE NEW LEGISLATION COMING DOWN AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ENFORCED IT POST THAT UM, IF YOU LIKE WE CAN DO SOME RESOURCES. SEE IF THERE'S BEEN SOME LAWSUITS FILED, BUT I KNOW THAT IN LIGHT OF THAT LEGISLATION IN A LOT OF CITIES PULL BACK FROM ENFORCING THE NO CAMPING ORDINANCES IN ORDER TO COME IN PLIANT COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THAT LAW. UM AS YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU GO UP AGAINST THE FOODS OR SAY THE TEXAS THEY COME DOWN HEAVY ON ONE KNEE TO REVOKE OR SUSPEND SOME OF YOUR FUNDING . AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S A FEAR THAT SOME CITIES HAD AND THAT THAT'S JUST BEEN DISCUSSED SO WE CAN LOOK TO SEE IF ANY,

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NO, A LOT OF CITIES PULLED BACK FROM ENFORCEMENT. UM IN LIEU OF THAT LEGISLATION, SO IN ORDER TO NOT GETTING THAT CONUNDRUM? YEAH I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR, IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE LAUNDRY LIST THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND DEVELOP THIS WITH AN EYE TOWARDS COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. THAT LIST IS OUT THERE. WE KNOW WHAT THEY WANT. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHY. SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS THAT I KNOW HAVE CAMPSITES. AH HAVEN'T SANCTIONED OR APPROVED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, OTHER THAN PERHAPS THEIR CAMPSITES. PREDATED. THE ENACTMENT OF THAT LEGISLATION, OR MAYBE I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW THE REASONS BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE CITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE NO CAMPING ORDINANCES THAT THEY ENFORCE BECAUSE WE COULD CERTAINLY OPEN AT CAMPSITE WITHOUT A NO CAMPING ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE NOT ENFORCING AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT. BUT THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THE NO CAMPING ORDINANCE. AND, UH, YEAH, AND I HAVE READ MAYOR WEST THAT YOU KNOW IN AUSTIN, FOR INSTANCE, UH , THEY ARE BECOMING LESS AND LESS TOLERANT OF CAMPING ON PRIVATE, UH, LOCATIONS. OF COURSE, THE LEGISLATURE ALREADY SPOKE TO THE PUBLIC. AH CAMPING , BUT, UH, PRIVATE LOCATIONS, UH , EVEN IN WHAT IS CONSIDERED FAIRLY LIBERAL CITIES LIKE AUSTIN AH, THE PUSHBACK FROM THE CITIZENS BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF ALL THE HOMELESS CAMPING ON RATHER PROPERTY HAS, UH, IMPACTED TREMENDOUSLY THAT CITY AND SO MAYOR IF I COULD REAL QUICK, JUST COMMENT ON THAT BECAUSE I WAS IN AUSTIN LAST WEEKEND, AND IT IT'S MARKEDLY IMPROVED. FROM WHAT IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO. HOWEVER I BELIEVE IT WAS THIS MORNING, AUSTIN JUST AWARDED 64 MILLION. TO NONPROFITS FOR HOMELESSNESS, SO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE RESOURCES, OF COURSE, UM, A LOT MORE CHALLENGES, BUT A LOT MORE RESOURCES IN TERMS OF THE MONEY'S THERE PUTTING TOWARDS THIS ISSUE. BUT IT IS IMPROVED.

JUST ONE MORE CLARIFICATION. AND THE COUNCILMAN TURNER THEN COUNCILMAN DURIO, YOU ENLISTED SOME ESTIMATES FOR COST FOR THE CAMP SITE PROPOSALS. BUT HOW MANY NUMBER OF CAMP. YOU KNOW OCCUPANTS. WAS THERE AN IDEA ON THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25 AND 50. I THINK THE UM YOU KNOW, AS YOU LOOK AT THE T D. A C A RULES. THEY'RE NOT VERY SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, NUMBER OF FACILITIES PER TENT, SO I THINK IF YOU WENT FROM 25 TO 50 WOULDN'T BE THAT BIG OF AN INCREASE. I THINK IT'S THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE COST. THEY WON LAST $222,000 FOR HYGIENE. AND JOHN, WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING THERE? WELL, THAT WAS TO SERVICE PORTAL. IT'S AND A TEMPORARY SHOWER AND I WILL TELL YOU WE HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING QUOTES BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE UM, WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR.

WAS THAT THOSE WERE THE PRICES WE GOT FOR BASICALLY SETTING UP AND SERVICING PORTAL. IT'S SHOWER STATIONS WASHING STATIONS FOR A YEAR. OKAY SO THAT'S LIKE WITH A SHOWER, TRAILER AND SERVICING COSTS THAT KIND OF MONEY SO I MEAN, WE MIGHT END UP BEING BETTER OFF BUILDING A PRESS STREAM SHOWER OR EVEN GETTING ONE OF THE PRE FABS AND SETTING IT IN THEIR CORRECT YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE THE MAINTENANCE COSTS, BUT I THINK IT PROBABLY WOULD BE A BETTER DEAL TO DO A MODULAR UNIT AT THE OUTSET, OKAY? COUNCILMAN TOUR TURNER THEN COUNCILMAN. OKAY, JUST COUNCILMAN TURNER. UH CHRIS , I KIND OF WANT TO COMPLIMENT, MR WILLIAMS. YOU GUYS AND STAFF ON THE PRESENTATION. SECONDLY WE BUDGETED 250,000 FOR THIS PROJECT AND FOR YOU TO COME UP HERE AND SAY YOU GUYS IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT COULD BE UP TO 767,000 IS PRETTY HUGE, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. WE PULL THE ITEM TODAY. NUMBER THREE WAS COOL, BUT THOSE ART FUNDS COULD THOSE FUNDS BE UTILIZED AS WELL FOR A PROJECT TO THIS MAGNITUDE?

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COUNCILMAN GETS AND COUNCILMAN PHIL SHAW. AND COUNCILMAN. SAME SO WE DID. APRIL ITEM THREE WITH THE ART FUNDING AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR DOING THAT, BECAUSE MY CONCERN WAS THAT. WE NEED TO STRETCH THAT MONEY JUST AS FAR AS WE CAN AND MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK. UM THAT TO ME WOULD BE MONEY THAT WE WOULD WANT TO. DESIGNATE FOR TRANSITIONAL

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AND IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH HOMELESSNESS. AND SO THE, UM THE POINT THAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT TODAY. IS ESTABLISHING A CAMPSITE. FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO LIVE THAT TYPE OF LIFESTYLE. AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO BE A REQUEST FOR OZEL BAR THE NONPROFITS TO TRY TO AND THAT LAND AND TAKE IT ALL ON THEIR OWN WITH WHATEVER SUPPORT THE CITY CAN OFFER. I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. I DON'T THINK IT'S FEASIBLE. I THINK THAT'S A BRIDGE TOO FAR. UH ON THE OTHER HAND OPTION THREE, WHERE THE CITY RUNS AND MAINTAINS IT DOES EVERYTHING I DON'T THINK THE CITY WANTS TO BE IN THAT POSITION, AND I DON'T SUPPORT THAT. OPTION TWO TO ME SEEMS TO BE THE BEST OPTION AND THAT WOULD BE WHERE, AS I SAID BEFORE THE CITY LOCATE SOME LAND. DEVELOPED THE SITE. WHETHER IT BE WITH SHOWER TRAILERS ARE, AS YOU POINTED OUT, MAYBE IT WOULD BE MORE FEASIBLE TO HAVE, UH SOME SORT OF, UH, THE RECONSTRUCTED PRETTY FAT BATHROOM THERE, UH, AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO NONPROFITS TO RUN, SO THAT'S THAT'S AND I THINK THAT CAN BE DONE. I'VE TALKED TO HIM ANOTHER SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO LOOK AT THAT. COUNCILMAN FELL. SOLVING COUNCILMAN SAMUEL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHRIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WELL DONE. THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED PROBLEM, AND THERE'S NO EASY SOLUTION. AND AS WAS MENTIONED REGARDING AUSTIN. I WAS READING TODAY THAT IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAS MORE OF A THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM, AND THAT HAS A MORE LIBERAL MINDSET. EVEN THEY ARE STANDING UP AND SAYING, OKAY, SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN. WE WE'VE WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. AND THEY'RE PUSHING BACK AND IN THE GOVERNOR , I KNOW SPOKE UP AND SAID SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS SIMILAR TO THIS AND SO IT IS A PROBLEM ACROSS THE NATION, AND EVERYONE HAS REACHED A SATURATION POINT. AND SO I JUST SAY ALL OF THAT, BECAUSE I WANTED TO SPEAK UP IN RESPONSE TO YOUR PRESENTATION AND SAY I SUPPORT THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL DOING SOMETHING IT COMES AT A COST, AND I KNOW THAT, BUT SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN. BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT IS HAVING ON OUR COMMUNITY. OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES IS COSTING THE CITY AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CARE FOR THESE PEOPLE, AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH IS FINDING A BALANCE BETWEEN COMPASSION AND MITIGATION AND TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE, BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY I SUPPORT THE COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING EVEN AT THE COST. THAT'S GOING TO COME WITH IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN SAMUEL. I BELIEVE I DON'T HOLD MINE. QUESTIONS UNTIL WE MOVE FURTHER ALONG. I AM.

VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. THE PROCESS AS WELL AS THE PLACE. SO UH, HOLD MY QUESTIONS TILL LATER . HMM. COUNCILMAN DURIO. WHICH WAS TO AGREE WITH MIKE. AND A J. WE NEED TO GET A LOCATION. NEED TO GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON THAT, NO MATTER WHERE WE PUT IT, BUT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THAT ISOLATED LOCATION. FIRST. GO THROUGH ALL THE PUSHBACK THAT'S GONNA GET NO MATTER WHAT PART OF THE CITY IS IN FOLKS ARE NOT GONNA WANT IT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THIS BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC WHILE WE PUT IT IN A CERTAIN PLACE AND GET ALL THAT OUT THE WAY AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REST OF THE PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A PROBLEM THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO

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AND THERE'S REASONS FOR THAT. BECAUSE THEY HAVE RULES. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RULES AT THIS CAMPSITE TO ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE SALVATION ARMY, THOUGH , IS THAT IT IS NOT DESIGNED B.

SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE JUST STAY AT FOR A DEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME . THEY GENERALLY HAVE A 30 DAY LIMIT ON HOW LONG PEOPLE CAN STAY THERE AND THERE. ANTICIPATING THAT DURING THAT TIME. HMM PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE PERMANENT. OKAY IT'S AH. YEAH I'D SAY IT'S NOT DESIGNED ITS EMERGENCY SHELTERS. REALLY WHAT IT IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE, UH, FINDING THEMSELVES SUDDENLY IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD ANYMORE. IT'S A SHELTER OF THAT TYPE, AND THEY DON'T CHARGE. THERE'S A LOT OF MISPERCEPTION OUT THERE THAT THEY STILL CHARGE $10 A NIGHT THEY DON'T IT'S FREE AND YOU GET A MEAL, AND THAT'S A GREAT DEAL . BUT YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THIS POPULATION. IT'S MYSTIFYING TO ME THAT THE LOCAL TV STATIONS CAN DO A STORY. ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO HAVE MORE COOLING STATIONS AND STARTS INTERVIEWING PEOPLE ABOUT HOW COOLING STATIONS WOULD BE GREAT. WHEN THEY'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT ARE LITERALLY SITTING ON THE STREET RIGHT NEXT TO COOLING STATION, AND IT'S 100 DEGREES. AND YOU WONDER, WHY ARE THEY SITTING ON THE STREET? ON THE CORNER ON THE CURB, INSTEAD OF GOING INSIDE, WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THEIR CONDITIONING, WATCH TV PLAY DOMINOES WASH YOUR CLOTHES. UH, TAKE A SHOWER. WHY? WELL THE ANSWER TO THAT IS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SIT DOWN THE STREET AND DRINK. OR DO DRUGS. THAT'S I MEAN, I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE. THAT'S A FACT. AND SO THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO HAVE RULES, BUT THIS CAMPSITE WILL HAVE RULES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR BOONE. OKAY? IT. MAYOR I'M SORRY. I DO HAVE ONE MORE. WHEN WOULD YOU BE IN A POSITION? TO RECOMMEND SOME LOCATIONS. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS. YEAH. WELL. WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT SOON. HOW ABOUT THAT? SOON YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT, UH, DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AT THIS POINT FOR THE NEXT STEPS, SO I GOT THE IMPRESSION OPTION THREE IS NOT OF INTEREST. UM, AND THAT WE WILL TRY FOR SOME COMBINATION OF

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[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ALRIGHT CONSIDER MATTER. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATING OR PENDING LITIGATION IN ACCORDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.071 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CLAIM OF MANLY BRAZIL'S CORDERO THEY'RE COMING. THEY'RE COMING.

WE DO HAVE GOT TO ANNOUNCE WHAT EXECUTIVE SESSION IS. THEN I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. CALEB FENDER. THINNER VERSUS CITY OF BEAUMONT AND CHRISTOPHER S. BOONE CAUSE NUMBER B 210244 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 399 VERSUS CITY OF BEAUMONT, KENNETH OR WILLIAMS AND HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY A CITY MANAGER, EARL WHITE AND HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS FAR CHIEF CALLS NUMBER D. 2109. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN WHO WISHES

[PUBLIC COMMENT - MISC]

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATING YOUR CITY AND STATE. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP THE PHARAOH RICHARD.

Y'ALL HAVE BEEN CONNED. NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS. YOU GUYS IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD. I FEEL SO SORRY. BECAUSE YOU ARE MEN OF GOD, YOU ARE WOMEN OF GOD. THAT IS THE BIGGEST DRUG STORE. CONGRESSMAN GETS I'VE NEVER REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW YOU. BUT I THINK GOD FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE SPEAKING THE TRUTH DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET HEROIN AND TREAT NUMBER ONE? YOU CAN GET COCAINE. A TREE NUMBER THREE. YOU CAN GET YOU SOME K TWO AND SOME METHOD, TREATING THEM FOR THREE. NUMBER FOUR. NUMBER FIVE. IF YOU NEED A PROSTITUTE IF YOU NEED A SCORE FOR THE NIGHT WE HAVE ALL BEEN CONNED. I SPENT $2000 ON WATER. THOSE PEOPLE HAVE HOUSES. THOSE PEOPLE DRIVE BETTER CARS THAN YOU. THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS THAT ARE LARGER THAN YOURS. WE HAVE BEEN CONNED. THE SHELTER IS EMPTY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT HOMELESS. YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW BECAUSE I GO AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. I DO A RIDE AROUND AND GUESS WHO I SEE

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[COUNCIL COMMENTS]

MENTIONED BUT THERE'S ALSO PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY DO NEED THESE SERVICES AND WE NEED TO TRY TO BE THERE FOR THEM. THIS PAST WEEKEND. SOMETHING DESPICABLE HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAD ARIAN NATION OR WHOEVER THE HECK THEY ARE. COME THROUGH UNDER THE CLOAK OF DARKNESS AND START THROWING TRASH AND PEOPLE'S YARDS. AND PEOPLE PUT IT ON THE INTERNET AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT SOME OF IT SAID. AH! YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM DEPICTED A SHOW SOLDIER. AND IT TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT. WE FOUGHT A WAR. WE FOUND A WORLD WAR TO FREE OURSELVES. FROM THE TYRANNY OF GERMANY. AND THESE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE WORD I WOULD WANT TO USE, BUT A SWASTIKA IS PART OF THEIR LOGO. YOU KNOW? THIS HAPPENED. ON THE HOLIEST DAY AT THE JEWISH YEAR. WE JUST FINISHED SHAMKHI POOR THE DAY OF ATONEMENT. AND TO

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ME. NO. CITY MANAGER, A COUPLE OF THINGS ONE HAPPY, BELATED BIRTHDAY TO CITY ATTORNEY CHARADE, MR. RAY READ FOR SURE. AND TWO. I JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THAT WILL BE GRADUATING NOW, WHERE WATER SITUATIONS TO SEE IF WE'RE IT'S TIME TO ADJUST, ACTUALLY JUST DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. BUT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT THAT TOMORROW MORNING, AND IF THAT HAPPENS, OF COURSE WE'LL BE PUTTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE MEDIA. ALRIGHT AND I'D LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE NEW PROCLAMATION GUIDELINES ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND THEY DO GO INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER. 1ST ALSO ARE WHICH. OUR NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 10TH. WE DO NOT HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK ON OCTOBER 3RD. SO JUST SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT, AND AT THAT POINT, IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT WHERE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR AT THE BEGINNING, ONLY THERE WON'T BE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE AT THE END, AND, UH, AND AGAIN I APPRECIATE ALL OH, IT'S JUST ONE. I JUST GOT A LATE MESSAGE. I APOLOGIZE. I LIKE TO WISH LAUREN MONNET HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TODAY'S HER BIRTHDAY . THANK YOU, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF WE SANG LAUREN IS WITH US. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAUREN. UH. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND UH, WITH REGARD TO THE HOMELESS PRESENTATION, CHRIS. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE WORK AND CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE PUBLIC CONTINUES TO BE INVOLVED AND WE WORK WITH THE STATE TO FIND THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION IN A WORLD THAT APPEARS TO HAVE NO GOOD SOLUTIONS, WHICH IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE. AND UH, W

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