Oct 17, 2023 City Council

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GOOD EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH.

[CALL TO ORDER]

MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. WEST PRESENT TURNER. COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER GETS ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL

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LET'S GET OVER HERE, TOO. ALRIGHTY ALL WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PHOTO AND IN 12 AND THREE TAKE ONE MORE 12 AND THREE ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 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.

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]

THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN IT IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE SAY YOUR ADDRESS, CITY AND STATE. WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON. WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. AND YOU WILL HAVE SHOULD HAVE REGISTERED ON THE CHAOS AS YOU WALKED IN, TONY LOOSE NT I THINK IS HOW YOU PRONOUNCE THE LAST NAME. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU, UH, I HAD A WATER LEAK BACK ON SEPTEMBER 1ST . IT WAS REPAIRED ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. THE WHOLE WAS STILL THERE.

THE CONCRETE STILL THERE. THEY WANT TO REPLACE MY APRON OF THE DRIVEWAY, BUT THEY ONLY WANT TO DO ABOUT A THIRD OF THE APRON AND I SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE BACKHOE SITTING ON THE APRON MADE THE DRIVEWAY SINK. I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MR GETS HE CAME OVER. HE'S SEEN WHAT I HAD BEEN IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE CITY WITH ABOUT 34 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. NO ONE WANTS TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE WHOLE THING HAS TO BE FIXED. I HAD, UH, THIS WORKERS WHEN THEY CAME OUT, AND THEY WERE CUTTING THE DRIVEWAY THEY ACTUALLY SEPARATED. THEY CUT THE APRON AWAY FROM THE MAIN DRIVEWAY. THEY HAD THE SAW THAT CUT IT. AND THEY TOLD ME THE WHOLE APRON WAS GOING TO BE REPLACED. PEOPLE THAT DID THE REPAIR SAID THE SAME THING. THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE THE WHOLE APRON. WHILE THE CITY SAYS NO, THEY SAY YES, THEY SAY NO. THEY BROKE THE

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I EXPLAINED EVERYTHING TO HIM. HE COULD SEE IT. HE TOOK PICTURES. HE HAD AGREED WITH ME ON IT. HE CORRESPONDED WITH THE CITY. THEY STILL DON'T WANT TO DO IT. THEY KNOW ONE'S BEEN OUT THERE. AND TALK TO ME. SINCE SEPTEMBER FOR SEPTEMBER, 2ND NO ONE HAS COME OUT AND TALK TO ME.

THAT'S ALL I ASK HIM. COME OUT, LOOK AT IT. LET'S TALK ABOUT LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED. I'M CONCERNED WHEN THEY CUT AWAY MY APRON FROM THE DRIVEWAY. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT APRON? YOU KEEP DRIVING ON IT. EVENTUALLY IT'S GONNA SINK AWAY FROM THE DRIVEWAY. SO I JUST ASKED FOR HELP WITH TRYING TO GET IT RESOLVED. I KNOW ABOUT IS GOING TO COME OUT TOMORROW WE TALKED TODAY. THEY'RE GONNA COME OUT TOMORROW AND WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU. JOHN CLARK. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU FOLKS ABOUT THE PARK ON CALDER NOISE. I DROVE AROUND SATURDAY NIGHT, TWO BLOCK RADIUS WITH MY WINDOWS OPEN. YOU COULD HEAR IT. TWO BLOCK RADIUS. WE LIVE THREE BLOCKS AWAY. YOU CAN STILL HEAR IT. SOMEBODY OVER . DRANK AT THE BAR RAN THROUGH OUR FENCE DID ABOUT $30,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO OUR PROPERTY.

NO INSURANCE. WE CALLED THE POLICE. THE POLICE SAY THAT THEY'RE TIRED OF HEARING COMPLAINTS. CALL THE POLICE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. NON EMERGENCY NUMBER. THEY SAID THEY'D SEND SOMEBODY OUT. NOISE GOT LOUDER. I DROVE AROUND BROAD STREET. THERE'S CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES. IT WOULD MAKE A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION OF AN AMBULANCE OR FIRE TRUCK HAD TO GO DOWN THE ROAD. 12 50. I DROVE AROUND AGAIN. LATTICE CAN BE STILL I CALLED THE POLICE AGAIN, THE DISPATCHER SAID. I'LL SEND SOMEBODY OUT. THEY SEND SOMEBODY OUT. WHILE THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE TALKING TO ME, WE WATCHED TWO VEHICLES PULL OUT OF THE PARKING LOT FROM THE PARK. DRIVE DOWN THE ONE WAY STREET ON LIBERTY. THE POLICE OFFICER SAYS. ALL I CAN DO IS GIVE YOU WHAT DO THEY GIVE YOU AN INCIDENT REPORT. OKAY? THEY'RE TIRED OF IT. THE NEIGHBORHOODS TIRED OF IT. WHAT DO YOU FOLKS GOING TO DO ABOUT THE NOISE? I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW, WHICH I'M NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO. BECAUSE I CALLED IN A COMPLAINT TO THE ABC BOARD AND EVERYBODY ELSE ABOUT THE RESTAURANT, SO I'VE BEEN BANNED FROM THE MEETING.

MEETINGS BEING HELD AT THE RESTAURANT SHOULD BE HELD IN A PUBLIC PLACE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THE NEIGHBORHOOD ANYBODY COULD HAVE GONE THAT WANTED TO GO. NOT HAPPENING. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. WE HAVE TO WORK AS A COMMUNITY. WE DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHEN LUKES WAS THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM IT IS A REMINDER. WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, BUT SOMEONE WITH THE CITY WILL FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU, CHARLENE, CHARLIE AND SAM. EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE I LIVE? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. YOU ALL KNOW WHY I'M COMING TO TALK ABOUT THIS WAY WITH CATS. NOW AS YOU CAN SEE, MAYBE YOU CAN READ IT TO YOU JUST IN CASE. THIS EMAIL IS DATED FROM DECEMBER. THE 7TH 2022. GOOD AFTERNOON PLACE TO DO A TEST BROCHURE ON SOME HELPFUL INFORMATION ON LIVING WITH CATS WHAT TO DO TO DETER THEM FROM COMING ON YOUR PROPERTY? THE CITY DOES NOT. HAVE AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING CATS FROM LIVING

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WHERE IF YOU HAVE CAROL KIDS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU COULD TRAP THEM. AND THEN AN OFFICER WOULD HAVE THEM NEUTERED AND THEN RETURN THEM TO THE SAME LOCATION. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IN THIS CASE THEY BELONG TO YOUR NEIGHBOR. SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO DETER THE KIDS. JUST TRACK JUST OR BE TO DETERRENCE TO JUST TRY, TRY AND KEEP THEM OFF OF YOUR PROPERTY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE AN OPPOSITE TO SPEAK SO THAT THE OWNER AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE IS A CONCERN. WE COULD DO THAT ON THE CATS LIVE IN 23 71 MONROE STREET. WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? WHAT WOULD YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BE? AFTER READING THE TEXT BROCHURE? LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF WE MIGHT BE A FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU. MHM AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS COMES FROM ANIMAL CONTROL. THIS IS FROM THE MANAGER. NOW HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE OVER THEM, BUT HE CAN'T DO NOTHING. AND HE'S SAYING IT'S YOUR FAULT. AND IF Y'ALL WROTE THIS ARMY'S UP LIKE THIS, HE RIGHT. IT'S YOUR FAULT. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO ABOUT THESE PADS. 95.6% OF THAT DNA COMPARED TO A TYPE. BUT Y'ALL LET IT BE LOOSE. WITH NO RESTRICTIONS. NO RESTRAINT. 24 73 65. DAMAGE THAT'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 50 BILLION. THAT'S A LOT OF DAMAGE THERE. THE THIRD DESTRUCTED ANIMAL. ON THE BEHIND MOSQUITOES AND REDS. NOW. FINDING 11. I SPENT ALL THIS TIME THIS ALMOST NINE HOURS DETERMINE THIS FORM AND KAY. AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF SIX. WHERE ARE Y'ALL GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE AND WHY GOD LET THESE CATS ON ITS GET AWAY WITH NOT TAKING CARE OF THEIR PAY. ISN'T LANGUAGE. THANK YOU. CHARLIE CRAP.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR COUNCIL. AND UH, MR WILLIAMS STAFF IT'S A ANOTHER NICE DAY IN BEAUMONT WINTER WAS IN THE AIR THIS MORNING AHEAD. GET ME A DOUBLE LAYER OUT AND SOME LONG PANTS.

ANYWAY UH, IN A SOLEMN, UH STATEMENT, COUNCILMAN GUESTS I WANTED TO GIVE MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO YOU AGAIN AND THE NATHAN FAMILY AND THE CHILDREN. FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR WIFE, ALISON. AH ALLISON. NATHAN GETS TO THE WONDERFUL PERSON HAVING SERVED HER COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS, SHE WILL LEAVE A LEGACY BEHIND WHICH FEW INDIVIDUALS WILL MATCH. AH, COUNCILMAN GETS I WANT TO STAND WITH ISRAEL. I WANT THEM TO REMAIN FREE. COUNTRY I AM HAPPY THEY ARE STRONG AND DEFENDING THEMSELVES. THE USA SHOULD SEND HELP WHO ISRAEL, SO THEY REMAIN OF FOOD FREE COUNTRY. IT IS VERY SAD THAT INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BECAUSE OF FANATICAL GROUP THAT DO NOT WANT A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE PALESTINIAN FIND A WAY TO GET A MOUSE OFF OF THEIR OUT OF THEIR MISTS AND TO LIVE A PEACEFUL LIFE AMONG THE JEWISH PEOPLE. AH CONSENT AGENDA. ADAM B. UH THE CITY'S SPENDS $81,000.

AND WHERE THE $1884 A YEAR. UH TO SOFTWARE ONE THEY MENTIONED IN THERE. MICROSOFT OFFICE. 3 65 IS, UH, THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVE, I THINK, BUT THEY DO SAY THEY HELP THEM WITH THEIR INTERNET. OTHER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS. I GUESS I USE OF THE 3 65 AND I DON'T NEED

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BYE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT

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[COUNCIL COMMENTS]

IT WOULD THINK IT WAS THREE PARTS AND ONE PART WAS. THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICES AND THE OTHER WAS THE EXPERIENCE. AND, UH, THE THIRD WAS A COMBINATION OF THE TWO I THINK IS THAT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. YOU KNOW THE SCOPE OF SERVICES THE DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE. AND THEN THE LAST BEING THE COST OF SERVICE. UH, WITH THE COST EFFECTIVENESS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME CLEARER UNDERSTANDING ON ITEM THE 2ND AND 3RD. WILL ALL THREE WITH THE SCOPE OF SERVICE AS IT REGARDS TO THE RFP . AND THEN HOW THAT WAS SCORED AS WELL AS HOW THE OTHER TWO FACTORS WERE SCORED. YEAH WE'RE GONNA ASK TERRY TO COME FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT IT. MHM. FROM DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE. THIS THIS PROCESS IS AN RFP. SO WHAT WAS WHAT WE DID IS WE GAVE THE PROPOSALS TO A COMMITTEE. TO SCORE OFF THESE CRITERIA. UH, DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE. IT WAS PART OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WE WERE REQUESTED FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL PROPOSAL. AND THAT WAS PROVIDED. WITHIN THE PROPOSAL THAT WE RECEIVED AND SO THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEE TO DETERMINED. YOU KNOW THE SCORE POINTS THAT YOU SEE HERE OF THE 30. THE SAME THING FOR COST OF SERVICES AND COST EFFECTIVENESS. AS WELL. AND THAT COMMITTEE WAS MADE UP OF WHAT CITY EMPLOYEES GENERALLY IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT'S GOING TO UTILIZE THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING OUT FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUNICIPAL COURT. ONE WAS

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BUT IT WASN'T JUST MUNICIPAL FOR IT. THAT WAS IN THIS. THIS BOARD. WE HAD A WE HAD A MUNICIPAL COURT WE HAD, AND THERE WAS TWO OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY THAT ALSO DID. WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS FAIR THAT ONLY MUNICIPAL COURT DID DO THE SCOPE IN THE PROPOSAL, SO WE DID HAVE SOMEONE FROM TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS DOING THIS AS WELL. CAN WE SAY WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE? AGAIN OKAY? YES I HAD BROUGHT IN. WELL, I HAD ASKED MICHELLE WRIGHT, WHO IS FROM ACCOUNTING, BECAUSE SHE DOES DO THE ACCOUNTING SIDE OF THINGS. AND MR JUNE ELLIS, WHO HAS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE WITH THIS STUFF, AS WELL AS MYSELF, BECAUSE I HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH TWO DIFFERENT, UM, COLLECTION SERVICES SINCE BEING IN AS THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR HERE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. LAST QUESTION. IS THERE A TIME RESTRAINT ON THIS. DOES THIS NEED TO BE DONE TODAY? THEIR REPERCUSSIONS FROM IF THIS IS NOT DONE TODAY. I THINK WE'RE MONTH TO MONTH RIGHT NOW CONTRACT ACTUAL CONTRACT. WE'RE TRYING TO RENEW. CONTRACT AWARD TO A NEW VENDOR IN THE POPULAR REPORTED. YES SIR. WE'RE MONTH TO MONTH AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET A NEW CONTRACT BUT INTO PLACE WITH A NEW VENDOR. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN TURNER. CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO THE BENEFIT OF HIRING THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR OVER THE VENDOR THAT WE'VE KIND OF BEEN WORKING WITH? WELL WE SCORED THEM OFF THE CRITERIA. THE BENEFIT IS GOING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW THEY PRESENTED BETTER THAN THE OTHER PROPOSALS. AND SO WE'RE EXPECTING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB JUST ACCORDINGLY. IT'S LIKE WE WOULD ANY OTHER RFP. AS WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US. WITHIN THEIR PROPOSALS. IN THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH THOSE IF WE HAVE ANY, SOME OF THEM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH. MR WILLIAMS, IF WE IF WE CAN KIND OF LOOKING FOR MORE SPECIFICS, LIKE I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY SPECIFIC.

AND WHEN I SAY THE BENEFIT I WANT TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? BECAUSE I MEAN, WE'RE MAKING A DECISION. I JUST WANNA KNOW SPECIFICS. WELL, THANK THEY LISTED SOME, UH, SOME. OBJECT THE CRITERIA ONCE THEY USED TO SCORE THESE ON, UH UH, AND THEN TOOK THE SCORES BASED UPON THAT. SO IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT CRITERIA, THAT THE THINGS THAT YOU SCORED THEM ON THANK COUNCIL WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR THAT JUNE YOU ON THAT COMMITTEE, TOO, SO WE NEED YOU TO JUMP IN THERE AND TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS. OH HOW YOU ARRIVED AT THE DECISION THAT YOU ARRIVED AT? DID I MISS SOMETHING I DIDN'T SEE. MM HMM. OTHER THAN THIS GRAPH. I DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRITERIA BEING THAT THEY WENT BY . I JUST SEE. YEAH. I JUST SEE THE GRAPH. I DON'T SEE THE SPECIFICS IN THIS PROPOSAL. WELL WE TYPICALLY DON'T INCLUDE THE CRITERIA WITH RFP. WE JUST GIVE YOU THE POINTS AFTER THIS. THEY HAVE, UH REVIEWS THE. SUBMISSIONS PREVIOUSLY COUNSEL REQUESTED THAT STAFF NOT INCLUDE IN THEIR REPORTS THE ATTACHMENTS THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, DOCUMENTS CAN SOMETIMES RANGE FROM, UM, A COUPLE OF PAGES TO SEVERAL 100 DOCUMENTS AND SO WITH COUNSEL IN THE PAST HAS REQUESTED IS THAT WE JUST GIVE YOU THE COMPILATION TABLE OF COUNSELORS NOW REQUESTING THAT WE SUBMIT THE ENTIRE PROPOSAL FROM ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED UM, I REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAN STAFF KING ACCUMULATE THOSE DOCUMENTS, BUT JUST BE MINDFUL THAT SOME OF THEM ARE QUITE LENGTHY. JUST TO CHIME IN. THERE WERE EIGHT PROPOSALS. SOME OF THOSE PROPOSALS WERE VERY DETAILED SOMEWHERE NOT AS DETAILED. ACTUALLY TOOK ALL OF THOSE PROPOSALS HOME AND OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW HOURS WENT THROUGH ALL EIGHT OF THE PROPOSALS OF THE TOP THREE SCORES WERE VERY CLOSE. UM MANY OF THEM CAN CAN DO THE JOB. BUT OBJECTIVELY LOOKED AT WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSALS AND MADE MY, UH SCORE AND SUBMITTED THAT TO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. THOSE SCORES WERE MADE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER

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AND THERE WAS NOTHING IF YOU REMEMBER BEFORE THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE FIRM WE HAD BEFORE. EVERYBODY THAT ACTUALLY USED THE FIRM. WITHIN MINUTES COURT WAS HAPPY WITH IT.

WITH THE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP. UH SO. THAT WAS A BIG PART OF IT WORKED REALLY? WELL, WE GOT WHAT WE NEEDED TIMELY. AND, UH, IT WAS JUST. WE FELT WE SPOKE OUT AGAINST CHANGING IT LAST TIME.

BECAUSE OF THE REASONS THAT THERE WAS NO NO COMPELLING REASON TO CHANGE OUT. WHAT WAS WORKING. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO GO BACK AND WORK WITH THE SAME BOAT. WE STARTED WITH. JUDGE DOES THE PREVIOUS FIRM HAVE AN OFFICE IN BEAUMONT? BECAUSE LINE BURGER DOES? THERE IS A FIRM IN BEAUMONT BUT THAT FIRM AND THAT THAT PERSON THAT'S THERE DOES NOT. THAT IS NOT A COURT THAT THEY DON'T DEAL WITH COURT. THEY DEAL WITH THE TAXES. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE STATEMENTS LAST TIME BECAUSE I WAS NOT THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR AT THE TIME, BUT I WAS SITTING HERE NEXT TO THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR WHEN WE WERE FORCED TO SWITCH. UM AND THAT WAS THE BIG THING. WELL, THERE'S SOMEONE IN BEAUMONT HOWEVER, THE PERSON THAT WE DEAL WITH OTHER THAN ONCE A MONTH ARE THERE IN HOUSTON, HOUSTON SO THAT THE THEM BEING HERE IN BEAUMONT. THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY THEY'RE NOT OUR COURT REPRESENTATIVE. THEY ARE JUST KIND OF A FACE THAT ARE HERE. THEY ACTUALLY DID THE TAX

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THEY'RE BOTH HERE RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE FROM AUSTIN. BUT THEY'RE STILL HERE. IT DOES NOT DETER THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE FOUR HOURS AWAY OR THEY'RE 30 MINUTES AWAY. I DON'T SEE THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM BEAUMONT. BUT ONCE A MONTH WHEN THEY BRING ME A REPORT I DID. SO I'M LIKE I SAID I WAS NOT THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR WHEN WE WERE, UM, HAD TO SWITCH LAST TIME JEWELRY WAS, BUT I WAS HERE AS THE DEPUTY COURT ADMINISTRATOR AND WE HAD NO ISSUES WITHIN B B A WITH AND THE NEWER ONE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THERE HAS BEEN ISSUES WITH GETTING REPORTS ON TIME. IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET THAT TOGETHER AS WELL AS, UM, THE DEATH CERTIFICATES. I KNOW YOU DON'T THINK THAT'S A BIG DEAL, MR GATSBY. IT REALLY IS WHEN YOU HAVE THE VOLUME WE HAVE HERE IN THE COURT AND THE THEY DO A PERSON MANUALLY. SKIP TRACES THAT STUFF. AS WELL AS THEY HAVE PROGRAMS THEY CALL THEY ASK FOR DEATH CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILIES DO THAT FOR US, WE WOULD GET TONS OF THEM TONS AND THEN WHERE I'VE GOT, MAYBE I CAN SAY 20 IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ARGUMENT HAS BEEN THAT SHE OR THE REPRESENTATIVE IS IN HERE IN BEAUMONT, BUT SHE DOES NOT. IT'S NOT WITH COURT. COUNCILMAN TURNER. WAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH DEFICIT IF IQ IT'S OR WERE THEY IN RP, SPECIFICALLY. HE DIDN'T SEEM, HAVEN'T SEEN IT. HE WAS NOT A BUT I'LL HELP WITH THAT, UH, THAT THAT SPECIFIC ISSUE WAS REALLY WAS SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN GETS POINTED OUT AS IT RELATES TO CONCERN OR COMPLAINT THAT HAD AGAINST THE CURRENT VENDOR. UM THAT RP DEALS WITH SERVICES THEY PROVIDE AND WITH THE, UH, CHANGE WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN IS THAT HAVING THOSE DEATH CERTIFICATE OR HAVING SOME TYPE OF FORM TO CERTIFY THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL IS IMPACT? THE SEATS ALLOWS US TO WRITE OFF THAT DEBT AND TO CLEAR THAT UP OFF THE BOOKS PER THE STATUTE AND SO I DON'T WANT COUNSELING. CONFUSED. THERE ARE A P D. WITH SERVICES FEES. AND THINGS THAT THEY PROVIDE, UM, PROVIDING A DEATH CERTIFICATE OR PROVIDING PROOF THAT INDIVIDUAL IS TO SEE CERTAIN COURSE AERATED. IT'S JUST A SERVICE IN ORDER TO WRITE OFF THE DEBT. THE REASON I'M ASKING, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT PARTICULAR SERVICE IS A BIG DECIDING FACTOR AND WHAT I'M LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF THAT WAS THE CASE WAS THAT SOMETHING MENTIONED I DON'T WANT TO, LIKE SPEAK FOR BRIERE OR OUR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR. BUT I THINK WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO EXPRESS IS THAT PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VENDOR THAT IS BEING PROPOSED TODAY AND THAT WAS THE PERVERT VENDOR AT THE TIME, AND, UH, THERE WAS SOME DECISION TO CHANGE BACK TO OUR CURRENT VENDOR BASED ON A LOCAL OFFICE. BEING PRESENT HERE , AND I THINK WE GIVE OBVIOUSLY GIVE PRESIDENTS TO LOCAL VENDORS AND, UH AND THEY GET A CREDIT OR SCHOOLING POINTS FOR THAT, BUT WHAT I BELIEVE WAS SHE'S TRYING TO EXPRESS THE COUNCIL IS THAT THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PRIMARY OR HUGE DETERMINING FACTOR BECAUSE THAT THAT OFFICE FOCUSES MORE ON TAX THAN IT DOES WITH HER. HER CONCERN IS COLLECTION FROM MUNICIPAL COURT. AND SO, UM, COUNCILMAN, I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN SAM YOU HAD ASKED EARLIER. WAS THE SCORING OBJECTIVELY OR SUBJECTIVELY? I THINK FOR SOME OF OUR NEWER STAFF MEMBERS, UM LIKE THAT ACM ELLIS AND ITS SHARE RADAR CONTROL. THOSE ARE MORE OBJECTIVE BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY HAVEN'T WORKED WITH THEM AND THAT CAPACITY BEFORE. HOWEVER BRIENZA, DEPUTY COURT ADMINISTRATOR, UM, CURRENTLY IN PREVIOUSLY AND NOW IS A ADMINISTRATOR, HAS WORKED WITH BOTH COMPANIES. AND SO SHE MIGHT HAVE HAD A PREVIOUS WORKING RELATIONSHIP OR UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WORKS. SO HER GRADING SCALE, HER POTENTIAL COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SUBJECTIVE IN THE SENSE THAT, SHE SAYS I HAVE A BETTER WORKING RELATIONSHIP, OR I KNOW THAT THIS COMPANY PERFORMS BETTER FOR THE THINGS THAT I WANT AND THE THINGS THAT I NEED FOR MY COURT, SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF UM, CONSIDERATIONS, UM, FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER BASED ON BOTH HOW THE SCORING RELATED BUT ALSO BASED ON WHAT STAFF IS PROVIDING YOU TODAY. COUNCILMAN FELL. SHELDON COUNCILMAN DURIO. UM. I DON'T CAN YOU ANSWER? HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN IN THE CURRENT VENDOR? THREE HOW LONG WILL WE WITH THE PREVIOUS VENDOR? A LITTLE OVER. I THINK IT WAS MORE THAN THREE YEARS WE WENT TYPICALLY AND I'LL HELP TYPICALLY THE RP. IT'S THE CONTRACTOR FOR THREE YEARS, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE AN OPTION TO RENEW IF IT'S RENEWED WITHIN THAT TIME, PERIOD. UM SO THIS THE CONTRACT WENT OUT FOR RENEWAL ARE THE CONTRACT EXPIRED , AND THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK OUT TO SEE IF THERE'S EITHER A BETTER PRICE AVAILABLE OR, YOU KNOW SOMEONE ELSE WHO CAN PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES. BUT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE WERE WITH THE PREVIOUS VENDOR FOR MORE THAN

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SO WE'RE YEAH, WE'RE CALLING IT COMMITTEE, BUT THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY MEET TO KIND OF DISCUSS THE APPLICANTS THEY REVIEWED. THE PACKETS INDEPENDENTLY SUBMITTED THEIR RIGHTS AND THEN IT WENT TO PURCHASING AND BASICALLY, TERRY JUST ADDED THEM UP AND PROVIDED A SCORE BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF THE INDIVIDUALS STILL HAVE NOT SEEN ANYONE SCORES EITHER. OR EVEN THE COMBINED ONE. SO WHAT? WHAT THE WHAT IS HOW DO THE COLLECTION RATES? COMPARE. I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEM ALL. BEAUTIFUL. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE DID THIS, I'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEM ALL. BUT UM, THAT WAS PART OF WHAT WE DID WITH OUR SCOPE OF SERVICES AND THE DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE AND WHY WE GRADED ON THE WAY, BUT WE DID. WAS BASED ON ANOTHER COLLECTION RIGHTS. IT WAS BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE STATE, ALL THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE DONE WORK FOR AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT WENT INTO GRADING THAT AND WE READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE. OKAY, HERE. COUNCILMAN SAMUEL I. NORMALLY AS YOU KNOW, NORMALLY, I LEAN VERY HEAVILY ON STAFF AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS. THE ONLY

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ALL OF THEM ARE 30 RIGHT? SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LEVELED. BUT THEN EVERYTHING ELSE THEY WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED WOULD HAVE BEEN ALSO DETERMINED WITHIN THERE, BUT I'M WONDERING HOW COULD UH, THEY ALL BE 30? WHEN ONLY TWO OF THEM HAVE DONE COLLECTIONS FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEIR PROPOSAL JUST THE NUMBERS THEN. WOULD BE WITHIN THE PROPOSALS AND WHAT THEY LOOKED AT. AND IT'S ALSO RELATED TO COST OF SERVICE, YOU KNOW? YEAH AND THE PERCENTAGES IS SET AT 30. THAT'S WHAT THEY CAN COLLECT. SO YEAH, THAT'S THE STATUTE. SO UM, WELL, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S A STATE. IT'S A THE COST IS ALL ACROSS BECAUSE IT'S 30% OF WHATEVER IS COLLECTED. CORRECT. SO THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. SO THE COST OF SERVICES UH YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF COLLECTIONS THAT THAT IS THE KEY COMPONENT TO ME, AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M ABLE TO SEE HERE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT DATA WAS IN THERE FROM THE PRIOR VENDOR IN THE I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE QUESTION OF WHAT WAS YOUR COLLECTION RATE. PRIOR I DON'T RECALL THAT IT'S AS MR RAY MENTIONED. IT'S BEEN AWHILE, BUT WELL, I KNOW WHILE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE. WE WANTED THE COLLECTION RATES. AM I CORRECT? YEAH THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE ISSUE. THAT'S WHAT WE HIRED THEM FOR IS TO GET. THE COLLECTION RATES ARE COUNCIL. ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT COUNCILMAN DURIO GOT, COUNCILMAN, UH I'M REAL FAST, NEAL NEAL, THEN THEN GETS FOR MYSELF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COLLECTION RATES. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE LAST TIME THEY WORKED FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

WELL, THAT COULD BE INCLUDED, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW FOR THE SAME. UM PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE CURRENT VENDOR WAS WORKING FOR US AND WHAT KIND OF WORK THEY MAY HAVE DONE IN OTHER CITIES.

LIKE I GUESS THE LAST THREE YEARS. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE WHICHEVER FIRM Y'ALL ARE RECOMMENDING. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS COMPARED TO THE LINDBERGH REFORM? AND WHEN WE WHEN WE DO THIS, IF WE THIS IS WHAT WE GO TOWARDS TO GET THAT DATA FOR YOU. WE DO HAVE TO REALIZE THAT NBA IS TEXAS ONLY WHERE YOU HAVE LINE BARGOR THAT IS, YOU KNOW, ALL ALL OVER, SO I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT BUT AT THE SAME TIME I CAN GET THE DATA OF WHAT THEIR COLLECTION RATE WAS FOR US AT THAT POINT COMPARED TO IT IS NOW BECAUSE I HAVE EVERY SINGLE RECORD OF BEEN IN THE LAST 9 8.5 YEARS. SO I HAVE EVERY SINGLE INVOICE I'VE EVER SENT IN BB A WAN BARKER. WELL, I'VE BEEN HERE. COUNCILMAN NEIL THINK THAT KIND OF ANSWERED. MY QUESTION. DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE THE DATA. I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS HAS A LAND BORDER COLLECTED MORE MONEY FROM US THAN THIS PREVIOUS FIRM. ACTUALLY BEFORE I WAS COMING HERE, UM, KIND OF PUT A SPREADSHEET TOGETHER JUST FOR MY KNOWLEDGE BEFORE I CAME IN HERE, SO IT WASN'T BLINDSIDED AND, UM YEAR TOTALS ON FROM 2016 TILL NOW, AND IT WAS BASICALLY THE SAME ALL THE WAY ACROSS. BUT I DIDN'T BRING THAT. BUT I WILL.

I WILL ABSOLUTELY DO WHAT I NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE. COUNCILMAN GETS SO IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE DO NEED TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SOME MORE INFORMATION. UM AND IN LIEU OF THAT, SINCE WE'RE ON AMOUNTS AMONG THE CONTRACT, AND WE CAN EXTEND THAT UNTIL WE DO HAVE THE

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AND SO WE DON'T GET AN ACCURATE RECORDING OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO TRY NOT TO SPEAK WHILE YOU'RE ADJUSTING THE MIC SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU AND IT CAN BE ACCURATELY RECORDED. OH, COUNSELING GETS HAD THAT REALLY BAD. THANK YOU, MR CITY ATTORNEY . I'M REALLY BAD. REALLY BAD AT THAT. Y'ALL BOTH ADJUST THE MICRO YOUR SWEET. THINK THE PART . TWO YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NOT AS BAD. OH DON'T TOUCH MINE, SO I'M GOOD. OKAY I JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I DO VALUE. UH THE INPUT FROM STAFF AND I VALUE YOUR OPINIONS BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THIS EVERY DAY WHEN I'M SOMEWHERE ELSE, DOING SOMETHING ELSE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT, UM, THERE ARE TIMES THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CERTAIN THINGS COME OUT, AND I JUST NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM D.

COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND EARNEST MONEY CONTRACT AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS TO PURCHASE TWO TRACTS OF PROPERTY FROM MOUNT GILEAD MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. AND COMFORT THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. HAVE EMOTION ON ADAM NUMBER D. TO APPROVE. SECOND AND MOVED BACK OUSMAN PHIL SHAW, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DURIO. ANY DISCUSSION ? YES, COUNCILMAN NEIL THIS PROPERTY FOR WATER DEPART. GIVE A PROJECT IN THE FIVE YEAR C I P , UM TO IMPROVE SLUDGE REMOVAL WITH THE WATER PRODUCTION PLANT.

SO CURRENTLY THAT WHEN WE REMOVE THE SOLIDS OUT OF THE WATER THAT'S PUT DOWN THE SANITARY

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HERE. YES COUNCILMAN DURIO, BUT IT WON'T HAVE INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WITH THAT CEMETERY. THIS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE CHURCH. NO, SIR. IT'S DOWN A BIT FROM FROM THAT, SO IT HAS MOUNT GILEAD. AND THEN IT'S GOT THAT WHITE. CLAP BIRD CHURCH, BUT THEN THERE'S EMPTY LOT, HALF HALF ACRE COUNCILMAN GETS. I CERTAINLY CAN UNDERSTAND HOW PUTTING SLUDGE IN THE SEWER SYSTEM COULD BE A PROBLEM BUT EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. THIS CENTRIFUGE PROCESS AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST PUTTING IT IN THE STUDIO TO IF YOU GO TO DISPOSE OF THAT. YOU HAVE TO GET THE WATER OUT OF IT. SO YOU SPEND IT TO GET THE WATER OUT OF IT TO DRY IT. YOU'VE GOT TWO CHOICES LIKE YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CHOICES. YOU YOU CAN SPIN IT. YOU CAN BELT PRESS IT. YOU CAN LAY IT OUT AND DRYING BEDS AND JUST LET IT DRY NATURALLY, BUT AND WE KNOW WE DON'T KNOW YET. THAT WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO GO TO CENTRIFUGES. BUT THE OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE NOW WITH THE PROPERTY FOR SALE TO GRAB IT AS IT'S AN EMPTY LOT, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE VERY TIGHT ON THAT WATER PLANT PROPERTY, SO IT GIVES US A OPTION THAT FOR THAT SLUDGE REMOVED WELL, SO ARE YOU RECOMMENDING BANG THIS WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THE CENTRIFUGE PROCESS OR YES, BECAUSE THEY ALLOWS US MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE LONG TERM OPERATION OF THE PLANT BECAUSE IT GIVES US MORE SPACE AND IT'S RIGHT THERE ACROSS THE ROAD.

ACROSS THE ROAD BETWEEN THE CEMETERY AND THAT WHITE CHURCH IT'S ACROSS PINE FROM THE EXISTING WATER PRODUCTION PLANT. SO NEXT ON THE CHURCH SIDE, IT'S ON THE CHURCH BETWEEN THE LIVE BETWEEN THAT BELIEVE IT'S BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT, AND THAT IN THAT, UM WOULD BUILDING IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN OR RIGHT NEXT TO THE WOOD BUILDING. I'D HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO BE SURE.

SO WOULD YOU HAVE TO CONSTRUCT A PIPELINE TO GET THE SLUDGE? THAT'S RIGHT RIGHT NEXT TO THE WHITE FRAME WOODEN BUILDING BETWEEN THAT AND THE CEMETERY. YOU'D HAVE THE PIPE IT ACROSS THE ROAD RIGHT UNDER PINE COUNCILMAN GETS ALRIGHT. THAT'S NOT AN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM NUMBER D PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING THE BOTTOM

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WE'RE GETTING UM, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND CUSTOMER SERVICES THAT WE SHOULD HAVE JUST CITY. WE NEED TO GET THOSE NUMBERS DOWN. SO IS THIS ONE BEING TRACKED? PRETTY CLOSE, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS ONLY $100,000 CONTRACT WITH ONE OPTION TO RENEW. I MISSED THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, COUNSELOR. I'M ASSUMING SOMEBODY TRACKING THE COST ON THIS PRETTY CLOSE BECAUSE IT'S ONLY $100,000 CONTRACT WITH ONE OPTION TO RENEW. SO FAR, SEE TEXT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE BID OUT EMERGENCY REPAIRS UNDER AND IT WAS A NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 CONTRACT AND IT WAS BASED UPON HOURS WORKED. UM THAT CONTRACT CLOSED OUT AT $99,990, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. HOWEVER. WHERE BRINGING IT BACK. WITH THE SAME FRAMEWORK THAT WE AWARDED TO THE TWO OTHER CONTRACTORS WE HAVE WORKING, WHICH IS A FIXED BID PER SIZE OF LINE LEAK SO THEY'LL BE PAID THEIR THEIR SET AMOUNT PER LEAK FIXED RATHER THAN JUST THE HOURS THAT THAT THEY WORK, BUT WE ARE TRACKING IT. THE TOTAL EXPENDED ON ALL EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO DATE IS JUST THE 99,009 90. WE HAVE YET TO DO A PAY ORDER TO EITHER OF THE OTHER TWO OR C TEXT UNDER THIS ONE. COUNCILMAN DURIO, THEN COUNCILMAN TURN BART FOR THE PUBLIC. AND YOU BECAUSE, UH, SEE THE EMAILS ON THIS TODAY. CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT DRESS UP? MEANS. BASICALLY TO PUT IT BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE WE WENT IN THERE AND TORE IT OUT. SO IF IT'S A SIDEWALK, A ROAD OR DRIVEWAY THEN WE HAVE TO SAW, CUT AND REPAIR THE BASE AND THEN PUT THE CONCRETE OR ASPHALT BACK IF IT'S A YARD THAN WE FEEL THE WHOLE AND THEN END UP IN THE END, EVENTUALLY AFTER IT SETTLES A BIT, PUTTING SOD BACK IF WE HAVE TO TEAR OUT A FENCE AND MAYBE PUTTING THE FENCE BACK COOL. SO IT IS THAT? WHAT? UH THE CITIZEN THAT WAS UP EARLIER SPOKE ABOUT IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YES SIR. IT'S END TO THE CITY MANAGER'S POINT. WE WERE WE WERE STRESSING FIXING THE WATER LEAKS. WE HAD TO STOP THE WATER FROM LEAKING. SO UM MY CARES WHO'S WHO'S HERE AND CAN SPEAK TO IT IF NEED BE, BUT HE, UM SO JUST WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS FIRST THEY FIXED THE WATER LEAKED. THEN THEY GO BACK AND DO THE DRESS UP. ABSOLUTELY AND NORMALLY WE RUN TO DRESS UP CRUZ. BUT IN THE HEIGHT OF THE DROUGHT AND THE LEAKS, UH COMING IN AT SUCH A FAST PACE. MIKE REPURPOSED THE DRESS UP CREWS TO DOING WATER REPAIRS. SO WE WERE. WE WERE PURPOSEFULLY NOT DEALING AS MUCH WITH THE DRESS UP TO EMPHASIZE GETTING A WATER LEAK STOPPED. SO WHEN HE'S THE MANAGERS TO SAY, WE STILL HAVE OVER 200 LEAKS, THAT'S THAT'S JUST LEAKS THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE DRESS UPS THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE DRESS UPS, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE LOWER THE REPORT AS OF END OF DAY TO DAY WAS 104 OUTSTANDING LEAKS. AND 326 DRESS UP SPENDING. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TURNER, UM, BOARD OR MR WILLIAMS BASED UPON KIND OF THE COMPLAINT TODAY, AND SOME OF THE CALLS AND EMAILS I'VE BEEN GETTING WHEN IT COMES TO DRESS UPS, HOW WE COMMUNICATING IT WITH THE CITIZENS THAT ACTUALLY ARE. HAVE THE KIND OF LOOK AT THE AFTERMATH OF AFTER WE FIXED THE WORK AND I KNOW WE'RE ANTICIPATING A DRESS UP TO DELAY BUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE INTO THE CITIZENS. IN THE CASE OF THE CITIZEN THAT CAME TODAY, STREETS AND DRAINAGE HAD GONE OUT THERE AND HE HAD TALKED TO THE STREETS SUPERINTENDENT, BUT HE WAS UNHAPPY WITH THE PROPOSED REPAIR WAS WAS WHAT HAD HAPPENED THERE AND SO HE WAS LOOKING FOR FURTHER CONVERSATION. BUT WE HAVE PUT OUT PRESS RELEASES AND SOCIAL MEDIA ETCETERA, EXPLAINING THAT WE HAD POSTPONED THE DRESS UP. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S THAT? OH, FOR OH, OKAY. YEAH MR. BOONE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING OUT ON FACEBOOK TWO HOURS AGO, TALKING ABOUT DRESS UPS AND WHERE WE WERE, UM, ADDRESSING THEM AS A CITY NOW I KNOW WE PUT DOOR TAGS OUT. I'M NOT SURE IF WE COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY UNDRESS UPS. MIKE DID. OKAY I ASKED YOU TO COME TO THE MIC SO IT CAN BE PROPERLY RECORDED FOR THE MEETING, PLEASE. AND THANK YOU. AND I'M NOT DODGING IT. BUT MIKE LIVES THIS EVERY DAY. THE DRESS UPS ARE REALLY WHAT HE DOES ACCEPT THE CONCRETE IS WHICH IS STREET. THE HOMEOWNER IS HOME.

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YES WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE GET EVERYTHING CAUGHT WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF AFTER THE LEAKS REPAIRED. UM THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE WE'VE HAD TO GO BACK WHERE ONE SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS. BUT HOWEVER, LIKE SO WE DO TRY TO MAINTAIN A TWO WEEK NO MORE THAN TWO WEEK WINDOW. UM, NOW WHAT WE ARE DOING ON THE DRESS UPS NOW BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM TO DRESS UP CREWS HAVE WHAT'S IT STARTED ABOUT DOING DRESS UP? WE'VE ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO THE OLDEST. DRESS UPS AND WORKING OUR WAY DOWN THE LIST FROM THE OLDEST TO THE MOST CURRENT. THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO CITIZEN THAT WE DUG UP THE YARD TWO MONTHS AGO. YOU KNOW TO CONTINUE TO WAIT TO HAVE THEIR YARD DRESSED UP. WHILE YOU KNOW WHEN WE DID LAST WEEK, FIXED AND PERFECTLY FINE.

SO THANK YOU, MIKE. WE'VE ALSO DONE THAT IN THE STREETS. WE DATED THEM. WE'RE WORKING THE OLDEST TO THE NEIGHBORS. WELL, AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THE JOB THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S PEOPLE GET FRUSTRATED. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AND YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT WORK. THANK YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY ONE MORE THING, UH, WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL. WE GOT OUT OF STAGE ONE VOLUNTARY DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS THAT WAS ANNOUNCED THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE COUNCIL. SO WE'RE WHILE WE'RE STILL IN AN EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT, AND WE STILL NEED RAIN, FOR SURE WE'VE GOTTEN THE LEAKS DOWN ENOUGH AND THE PUMP RATE REDUCED ENOUGH TO WHERE WE CAN GET OUT OF THE DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER TWO. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM. NUMBER THREE. MR CITY MANAGER. COUNCIL APPROVE A RESOLUTION FOR THE IMMEDIATE REPAIR OF AN EXCAVATOR UTILIZED BY SILENT WASTE. AND IT COMES WITH APPROVAL OF RICK RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO BE FOUNDED OUT OF THE FLEET MANAGEMENT FUND. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER THREE? MOVED TO APPROVE. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR

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ABOUT THE WALKING AROUND, BUT, UM, SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE NOT HAD ANY COMPLAINTS, AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANY COMPLAINTS AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING THAT DAY. AM I CORRECT? AND I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE KIND OF RECONSIDERED AS OPPOSED TO GOING WITH TWO STORIES. YOU'RE STAYING WITH THE ONE STORY SO THAT I THINK THAT'S UH, THAT'S MORE AMENABLE TO THE CITIZENS AROUND, BUT YOU'VE BEEN GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. NOT ONLY FOR HELPING WITH THE HOMELESS DRUG ADDICTED BUT ALSO JUST, UM UM BEING THERE AND THE WAY YOU RUN THE PROGRAM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH I MEAN, I DID WANT TO POINT OUT REAL QUICK AT THE HEARING. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS AND OPPOSITION, BUT I WOULD JUST REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THIS IS AN EXPANSION OF THE LONGSTANDING FACILITY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM NUMBER FOUR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, UH, HE OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM NUMBER FIVE. COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THE CBD CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 704 AND NATURE STREET. AND IT WAS APPROVED BY PNG ON THE 70 VOTE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, CONSTRUCTION PLANS THAT COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING ENGINEERING AND FIRE CODE REQUIREMENTS. AND TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS ABOUT WHAT OUR UTILITIES FOR WANTING SENATORS SOURCE SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW PRE TREATMENT AND OUR FALL PROGRAM. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE MOVED TO

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ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN TURNER. MR WILLIAMS. UH I SEE MR BOONE IS TALKING. AND CAN ANYBODY CONFIRM THAT THIS LOCATION IS DOWNTOWN? YES SIR. IT'S ADJACENT. IT'S ON NATURE STREET ADJACENT TO THE RESTAURANTS THERE, OKAY. IT'S JUST GOOD TO SEE YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL DOWNTOWN. SO THAT'S JUST SO I WANT TO POINT OUT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FIVE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, HE OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM NUMBER SIX. COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR THE CLOSURE OF ACCESS TO INTERSTATE 10 EAST FEEDER ROAD FROM 8TH AND 9TH STREET, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE. PROMOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX TO APPROVE. SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM, NUMBER SIX AND HE DISCUSSION COUNCILMAN TURNER COUNCILMAN. GAS COUNCILMAN DURIO , UH, FIRST STEP SAYS DO WE EVER TALK TO TICKS DOUBT ABOUT THE KIND OF EFFECT THAT IT WOULD BE ON THE COMMUNITY? WHEN WE CALLED DOWN THESE TRAFFICS AND DO THESE EXITS? BECAUSE I'M I KNOW, I'VE SEEN QUITE A FEW RICKS ON SOME OF THEM THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT PRIOR TO AND IN THIS CASE, TECH START WORKED WITH US. WE HAD A, UM, PUBLIC MEETING OVER AT THE LAKESIDE CENTER. THEY DID IT OUT A LOT OF OUTREACH TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED BY THESE CLOSURES BROUGHT THEM IN THE PRESENTATION . WE HAD INVITED COUNSEL AS WELL . I FORGET WHO ALL SHOWED UP. I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU DID. UM SO THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB EXPLAINING WHAT THE OPTIONS WERE THE BIG THING THAT WAS A FACTOR ON THESE CLOSURES WAS THAT THE I 10 WORK CALLED FOR PUTTING A SOUND BARRIER, UH, TO HELP WITH NOISE OFF THE FREEWAY FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE STRUCTURE OF THE FEEDER ROAD AND EVERYTHING IS TO PUT THAT SOUND WALL UP, YOU HAD TO CLOSE THESE TWO STREETS SO THE NEIGHBORS WERE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT THE LOGIC OF THAT WAS, AND THEY AGREED THAT THEY PREFER THE SOUND WALL. I THINK IT'S A GOOD SAFETY IMPROVEMENT AS WELL, BECAUSE THE ON RAMPS AND EXITS ARE GOING TO CHANGE WITH THE I 10 FREEWAY. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A ROAD THAT'S VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE FEEDER ROADS. ALMOST SIMULTANEOUS. I MEAN, YOU COULD JUST DRIVE OVER THE CURB ONTO IT AND RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT AS BIG A DEAL BECAUSE THERE'S AN ON RAMP THERE. BUT IN THE CHANGE DESIGN, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OFFER AMP THAT COMES DOWN TOWARDS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WHAT? THAT SOUND WALL BARRIER THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH MUCH SAFER HERE THAN NOT HAVING IT AND JUST HAVING THAT TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SPEED RIGHT NEXT TO THOSE HOUSES THAT ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT YES, TEXT DOT DID A LOT OF OUTREACH ON THIS. I HAVE TO COMMEND THEM. THEY WORKED WITH US, AND I THINK WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH THEM TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THIS.

COUNCILMAN GUESTS. I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE NEIGHBORS THOUGHTS WERE ALL THIS UP, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UM YOU KNOW, YOU STAND IN YOUR FRONT YARD AND YOU LOOK OUT OVER THE FREEWAY AND YOU KNOW, IT'S IT IS WHAT IT IS, BUT, UH I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT ISN'T MORE PREFERABLE THAN LOOKING OUT AT A CONCRETE WALL. UH WHAT? WHAT ARE THE NEIGHBORS SAYING ABOUT IT? THEY DID THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITED THEM IN. THEY ALSO DID, UH, SOME TYPE OF MAILING TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TOOK A VOTE. OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. AND THE FEEDBACK BACK WAS THEY WANTED THE SOUND WALL AND LET ME JUST ECHO MR BARR. KODIAK WAS SAYING, I GUESS TEXT DOT AS MARTIN MENTIONED ON MAY 18TH HELD THE HEARING. UM AND THIS IS A LETTER FROM OUR DISTRICT ENGINEER, MR GONZALES, AND HE SAID AS PART OF THAT HEARING AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ IT. LET'S SEE. A SURVEY WAS ALSO SENT OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO FACILITATE INPUT THE RESULTS FROM BOTH THE PUBLIC MEETING AND THE SURVEY CONCLUDED THAT RESIDENTS WERE IN FAVOR OF THE SOUND ROCK WALL AND THE CLOSING OF 8TH AND 9TH STREET FRONTAGE ROAD ACCESS. COUNCILMAN DURIO IS JUST CLOSING GOING TO BE TEMPORARY JUST WHILE THEY'RE CONSTRUCTION OF WALL OR IT'S GOING TO BE PERMANENT PERMANENT. AND AS WELL. IS IT LIKE THE ONE? I GUESS? RIGHT PAST DELAWARE ON 69, OKAY? AND JUST WHAT THAT THE I LIVE ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM INTERSTATE 10, AND IT'S A

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UM USUALLY THE BIG ONES TAKE 10 TO 11 YEARS TO CLOSE OUT. SO WE'RE, UM, ALMOST SIX YEARS, I GUESS IN THE HARVEY AND WE'RE STILL WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO. AND SO ALL THESE WERE WORKING WITH FEMUR, THE STATE ON PROCESSING THOSE WE ROUTINELY HAVE INCIDENTS BOTH MAJOR EVENTS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILLS THAT WE PROCESS AS WELL. SOME OF THE MAJOR EVENTS COMING UP OR POSTED UP THERE. UM THAT IS A GROWING LIST, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED FOR CONTINGENCY PLANS AND SO FORTH WHEN THESE EVENTS OCCUR NEXT LINE. A LOT OF TRAINING IS DONE FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT HAVE SEEN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS CENTER AND SOME OF THE EXPANSIONS WE'VE DONE ON THE THIRD FLOOR. THERE'S ADDITIONAL TRAINING ROOMS THERE QUITE OFTEN . WE'LL SEE EVERY ROOM UP. THERE WAS SOMETHING IN IT TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH BOTH. REQUIRED TRAINING. UM UPDATES, UM, MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO DO THEIR JOB WORKSHOPS TAKING INFORMATION FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS. WHETHER IT'S STRATEGIC PLANNING OR SPECIFIC LIKE HAZARD MITIGATION AND SO FORTH SPECIFIC PLANS THAT NEED UPDATES. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE TRY TO USE ANY EVENTS OR INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN. TO LOOK AT LESSONS LEARNED AND BENEFIT OUR PROGRAM FOR FUTURE. AND WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES IMMEDIATELY IF WE CAN NEXT LINE. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF FOCUS ON MASS CARE, UM, THAT THAT'S A BIG THING, ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS AND , UM, INCIDENTS THAT HAVE QUITE A FEW INJURIES OR FATALITIES WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO HANDLE. THE PROCESS AND, UM THE RESPONDERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND THEY'RE CONSTANTLY TRAINED. THE NEW UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION OR THE MOST RECENT ONE MANDATED 16 HOURS FOR ALL POLICE

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UM I SAW A GRANT. COME THROUGH. WE HAVE A KICK OFF MEETING. I THINK EITHER LATER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK ON YET ANOTHER MITIGATION PROJECTS, SO THERE'S CONSTANTLY STUFF WORKING. THAT WE TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO IMPROVE OUR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE NEXT TIME. SOME OF THE TRAINING WE'RE DOING, UM, INTEGRATING WITH REGIONAL APPROACH. BOTH HAVING PEOPLE TO TRAIN LOCALLY AND USING STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCES. UM LOCAL AGENCIES AND LIKE TO SCREEN HS CHIEFS ASSOCIATION TO HELP STRETCH OUR TRAINING DOLLARS AND GET THAT IN, UM I KNEW REGIONAL EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. HOPEFULLY THE PUBLIC DOESN'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE, BUT THE BACKBONE OF THAT CONTRACT THAT MAKES IT WORK HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST MONTH, AND THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF WORK AND THAT TRANSITION. AND, UH, SO FAR, IT APPEARS TO BE GOING FAIRLY SMOOTHLY. UM WE ARE STARTING FROM SCRATCH. UM ON REGISTRATION, SO THERE'S A LOT OF MEDIA PUBLICITY GOING OUT TO REGISTER. WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DAD IS CORRECT.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR INFORMATION. AND WE FOUND THAT WHEN YOU JUST TRANSFER INFORMATION, A LOT OF TIMES YOU HAVE AIR, SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S DONE. OUR NEW CONTRACT INCLUDES A LOT MORE INFORMATION, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE UM AS RECENTLY AS AN EXERCISE WE HAD LAST WEEK. WE TESTED A GEOGRAPHIC SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION AND WE ACTUALLY CHECKED WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF THEY GOT IT. AND THEY DID. AND SO IT APPEARS TO BE WORKING. VERY WELL, UM, NEXT SLIDE. AGAIN OUR INFORMATION IS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. IT'S A UM AND THAT'S THE PUBLIC PORTIONS. THERE ARE SOME SENSITIVE PIECES OF INFORMATION OR OR PLANS THINGS THAT WHEN THEY GET REAL SPECIFIC, WE SORT OF KEEP CLOSE HOLD, BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT, THE BASIC PIECES OF IT ARE THERE FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT. THERE'S FREE TEMPLATES. WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO HAVE A PLAN THEMSELVES. WHETHER THEY HAVE A BUSINESS OR OR JUST FOR THEIR HOME. WE HAVE SOME TEMPLATES UP THERE TO HELP THEM. WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN OFFER EVERYTHING FROM TOURS. TO, UM YOU KNOW? WORKSHOPS ON. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THEY SAY SHELTER IN PLACE? OR HOW DO YOU HANDLE EVACUATIONS OR IF YOU NEED BRIEFINGS? SO YOU ORGANIZATION WE AGAIN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REGISTER. FOR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS. UM. WE DO ARE ABLE TO GET LANDLINE INFORMATION , BUT CELLPHONE INFORMATION IS VOLUNTARY, SO WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO REGISTER NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE HARDENED JEFFERSON ORANGE AND JASPER

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MAYBE MY ZIP, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY ANSWER MY STREET ADDRESS. BUT I'M NOT GETTING THEM FROM ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I AM FROM NETHERLANDS. SINCE WE'VE BEEN RUNNING SO SMOOTH AND BEAUMONT I JUST WANT, UH, THE CITIZENS TO KNOW EVEN IF YOU ARE ALREADY REGISTERED WITH STAND, YOU HAVE TO RE REGISTER WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM THEY'VE REGISTERED RECENTLY. NO BUT IF THEY HAVEN'T REGISTERED IN THE LAST MONTH, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO REREGISTER THEIR CELL PHONE, OKAY? MR BROUSSARD. DO WE HAVE ANY? UH CITIZENS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. NO WE'RE IN PUBLIC HEARING. I'M SORRY, AND I'M SORRY. DID I MISS IT? DID YOU OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE YOU DID THE PRESENTATION? SO YOU THOUGHT I DID, BUT NOT YET. NO DOES THAT MATTER? WELL YOU KNOW, OKAY. WELL, LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC AREA. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THESE DO WE NEED I'M CHECKING ON THEM. NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY THAT WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. BUT THAT I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS AND I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN DURIO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST WANT TO TAKE, UH, THANK STAFF FOR THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND THANK EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING OUR EVENING MEETINGS. AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT A, UH SAY SOMETHING TO THE SOME OF THE CITIZENS IN MY WARD. I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS ABOUT HOMELESS CAMP AT 23RD AND WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. AND THAT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT. THERE'S NO HOMELESS CAMP THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO PUT ONE THERE. WE DON'T HAVE. IT HASN'T BEEN PRESENTED.

STAFF HASN'T PRESENTED HOMELESS CAMP LOCATION, TOO. CITY COUNCIL . YEAH NOW GRANTED, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO HOMELESS CAMP AT

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I ATTENDED THE FUNERAL. THEREFORE YOU YOU DID A GOOD EULOGY AND MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU. AND YOU KNOW YOU EVER NEED ME A PHONE CALL AWAY, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER.

COUNCILMAN PHIL SHAW. YES MENTIONED SUNDAY AT NOON AT THE TEMPLE EMANUEL. WE CAME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER ALISON NATHAN GUTS AND SO TO THE GETS AND THE NATHAN FAMILY. LET ME SAY THAT HER LIFE STORY WAS INSPIRING. AND ANYTIME WE LOSE A PERSON LIKE THIS, YOU ALWAYS ASK THE QUESTION WHO WILL FEEL THAT VOID? FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE THERE AND YOU HEARD HER LIFE STORY. YOU REALIZE IT'S GONNA TAKE MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO FEEL THAT ONE. SHE WAS AN AMAZING SERVANT. I DIDN'T REALIZE I MEAN, I KNEW ALISON THROUGH BEING ON THE COUNCIL.

AND UH, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH SHE DID HAVE BEEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE, I GUESS FOR OVER 40 YEARS BUT I LEFT THERE THINKING HAVE WE GOT MORE WORK TO DO? SHE WAS AN INSPIRATION. SO MIKE AND TO YOU AND HER FAMILY, UH WE ARE PRAYING FOR Y'ALL. THANK YOU. VERY THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FELLOWSHIP COUNSELING CENTER. I HAVE NOTHING. OKAY. COUNCILMAN NEIL OKAY? COME IN. LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS FOR HELPING US OUT DURING THE DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS. THEY DID A GREAT

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DURING THE PEAK AND GAVE US THE RESOURCES WE NEED TO GET ON TOP OF THINGS. THANK YOU. NOTHING, MAN. MAY I JUST WANT TO UPDATE YOU AND THE COUNCIL ON THE CITY'S TOURS PROJECT TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND TODAY THEY SUBMITTED THE PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN TO THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED BY INTERNAL STAFF. ONCE WE REVIEW THAT WE WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CONSULTANT TO GO THROUGH. MR CITY MANAGER. NO MAN, I'D LIKE TO PICK IT BACK ON WHAT BART SAID. I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU. AND IN THIS CITY AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR UH, THE WORK THAT WE DID GOING THROUGH THE DROUGHT. YOU KNOW IT WAS NO, IT WAS. IT WAS A PERSON IN THE DID YOU WITH THE PERSON ANSWERING THE PHONE. IT WAS A COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND SPREADING THE MESSAGE. IT WAS ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO GET THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT TIME OUT. SOMETIMES I THINK WE DON'T REALIZE HOW DIFFICULT TIME IT WAS. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE PUMPING FOR THEM FOR A MILLION GALLONS A DAY IN YOUR CAPACITY IS 45 45. YOU'RE REALLY AT YOUR WIT'S END, AND SO WE REALLY STEPPED UP AS A COMMUNITY TO GET THROUGH A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME. AND UH, COME IN THEIR BODY FOR THAT, AND ALSO I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. THEY WORK BEHIND THE SCENES SO MUCH. WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE WHAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PEOPLE DO IS JUST WHEN THINGS HAPPEN. THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR THEM. SO WE APPRECIATE, UH, THEIR COMMITMENT AND WHAT THEY DO. AND LIKEWISE, UH, MIKE, OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES GOES OUT TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND THE NATHAN FAMILY THINGS. YEAH AND I'D LIKE TO START BY MY CONDOLENCES TO MIKE AND THE NATHAN'S AND I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING ALISON SAYS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND, UH, SHE WAS ALWAYS A REMARKABLE LADY AND FROM SCHOOL AGE, SHE WAS A LEADER, AND SHE WAS ALWAYS KIND AND COMPASSIONATE AND WORKED WITH EVERYBODY. AND THERE WAS VERY FEW ORGANIZATIONS. SHE WAS EVER A PART OF THAT. SHE WASN'T THE PRESIDENT OF IT, THEN IT WAS BECAUSE OF HER SERVANTS, HEART AND SO SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. I KNOW THAT. I CERTAINLY ENJOYED THIS EVENING'S MEETING, AND I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IN HERE AND MAYBE AT ONE TIME I'LL VISIT THIS AGAIN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING EVENING MEETINGS AND, UH AND, UH, I WANT TO GO ALONG WITH WHAT? UH, CITY MANAGER WILLIAMS JUST SAID. WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH AND A DIFFICULT TIME WITH STAGE THREE DROUGHT AND THAT THE CITY HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB. AND ALTHOUGH THE RESIDENTS IT WAS CHALLENGING FOR THEM, WE APPRECIATE HOW EVERYBODY WORKED WITH US. AND I WILL PROMISE YOU THAT THAT IS A PART OF THOSE MEETINGS EVERY DAY. AS WITH EVERYTHING, STORMS FLOODS, WE LEARN HOW TO DO THINGS BETTER. THEIR AFTER ACTION STUDIES THAT ARE DONE AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T EVER HAVE TO PUT THOSE INTO PRACTICE IN THE FUTURE. BUT IF WE DO, WE WILL BE READY AND CERTAINLY CITY STAFF BEING PREPARED TODAY AND, UH, OFTENTIMES ON THE PRESENTATIONS, THESE ARE AREN'T SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME, AND SO SOMETIMES THEY GET TO COME BACK.

TO BRING US MORE INFORMATION, BUT WE APPRECIATE THEIR PATIENCE AND THEIR HARD WORK IN ALL OF THIS, AND CERTAINLY ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AND I'D LIKE TO END ON I'M GRATEFUL THAT MY WIFE AND MY SISTER IN LAW ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, SO I APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE AND WITH THAT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.