Nov 21, 2023 City Council

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AND WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL. TODAY'S DATE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST 2023 . TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR GERALD SMITH. SENIOR GREATER LOVE ZION CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST. OKAY? AMEN. REALLY? IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE THEIR PHONES SKIPPED OVER THAT TO BEGIN WITH. I APOLOGIZE. MAY WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR WEST PRESENT. TIM TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW, COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL ABSENCE.

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THE JEFFERSON THEATER IS SHOWING MORE HOLIDAY MOVIES THAN EVER WITH A FULL LINEUP OF CHRISTMAS CLASSICS. CHECK OUT THE SCHEDULE ON THE BEAUMONT EVENTS, FACEBOOK PAGE OR WEBSITE AND GET IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. SAVE THE DATE FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY JOINED THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND THE BEAUMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON DECEMBER 14TH FROM 1130 TO 130 AT THE BEAUMONT CIVIC CENTER FOR A LUNCHEON UNLIKE YOU'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE YOU'RE YOU'RE SORRY. YOU'LL HEAR UPDATES AND FUTURE PLANS FROM CITY OFFICIALS AND A SPECIAL REVEAL YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEBSITE. SURE TO CHECK OUT GOBO GIFTS FOR ALL YOUR STOCKING STUFFERS AND HOLIDAY SHOPPING. OUR LATEST PODCAST EPISODES, TALKS ALL ABOUT THEIR NEW DIGITAL GIFT SHOP AND INTRODUCES THEIR NEW MASCOT. THE BOW MONSTERS. GIVE IT A LISTEN ON OUR WEBSITE FACEBOOK PAGE YOUTUBE OR WHATEVER YOU STREAM YOUR PODCASTS. BE SURE TO JOIN US FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH FROM 530 TO 730 AT THE DOWNTOWN EVENTS CENTER. THERE WILL BE A MOVIES, FIREWORKS, SNOW AND MORE TO KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON. AND THE CITY WILL BE CLOSED NOVEMBER 23RD AND 24TH THIS WEEK FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. THERE WILL BE NO CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 28TH. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES SERVICE AWARDS WITH THE PRESENTATION FROM OUR HR. DIRECTOR MR CHRIS CATALINA. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CAREFUL AROUND THE WORK. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR COUNCIL. WE'RE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE REACHED CERTAIN MILESTONES IN THEIR CAREER HERE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, THOSE EMPLOYERS THAT ARE BEING RECOGNIZED TODAY, UM OR 25 YEARS , 30 YEARS AND 40 YEARS OF SERVICE. SO MR MR CITY MANAGER, I'LL LEAVE THIS WITH YOU, AND THEN WE'LL HAND OUT THE AWARDS. AFTER THE PRESENTATION WILL BREAK AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A RECEPTION FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHRIS. COUNCIL CITIZENS. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIMES OF THE YEAR AND WANTED TO GREAT THINGS I GET TO DO AS A CITY MANAGER, AND THAT'S THE RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. SO TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE FROM 25 TO 40 YEARS OF SERVICE. AND SO AS I CALL YOUR NAME, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? AND YOU'LL BE PRESENTED WITH YOUR AWARD AND GET A PICTURE OF MYSELF AND THE MAYOR AND YOUR DEPARTMENT HEAD OR DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. WE'LL START WITH 25

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DO YOU FANCY? NEXT FROM MUNICIPAL COURT WILL HAVE PATRICE SMITH. FOR 25 YEARS.

FROM PARKS AND GREEN SPACE. WE HAVE MISS JULIANA SANDERS.

FROM PUBLIC HEALTH 25 YEARS. NATHAN YAWAR, MARTIN. OKAY? OKAY? FURTHER DEPARTMENT, MR RUSTY EVANS.

CHIEF WE PROMISED NOT TO DROP THE AWARD THIS YEAR. YEAH, OKAY. FROM E. M S. CHRISTOPHER BURTON.

SOLID WASTE. JOE'S UP, THIBODEAU. FELICIA JOSEPH. I'M SORRY. NO, JOSEPH, I'M SORRY.

FELICIA THIBODEAU, JOSEPH. YEAH. BUT 30 YEARS, RIGHT? I APOLOGIZE, MISS JOSEPH. ALSO 30 YEARS SOLID WASTE, DWAYNE MATTHEWS.

30 YEARS FROM ANIMAL CARE, JAMES FORTENBERRY.

AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST FOR 40 YEARS FROM FLEET IS MR RICHARD TERRY DENTON

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THERE'S A SMALL RECEPTION IN THE FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM FOR CITY OF EMPLOY. CITY OF BEAUMONT EMPLOYEES WHO RECEIVED THE AWARDS TODAY AND AT THIS TIME YOU MAY EXIT THE CHAMBERS AND GO DOWN THERE. CONGRATULATIONS.

NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE CREATION OF A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, A TOURS FOR DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT, MR TRENT PETTY WITH PETTY AND ASSOCIATES INC WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL GOOD TO SEE EACH OF YOU APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR MY VOICE TODAY.

WHATEVER BLEW IN FROM NORTH TEXAS HAS FOLLOWED ME IN SOUTH TEXAS. SO I PROMISE TO GET THROUGH IT AS GOOD AS THE EACH OF YOU. APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOUR STAFF HAS PUT IN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND LOOKING AT THE POSSIBLE CREATION OF ATTACKS INQUIRY INVESTMENT ZONE FOR BEAUMONT. UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL THAT THE CITY HAS NOT HERETOFORE BEEN ABLE TO USE AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL AND WHAT THAT MEANS ME. TELL YOU JUST WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TODAY IS THIS IS A 30,000 BUT PRESENTATION OF A PROJECT WE CALLED THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED MUCH AFTER 311 FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION, YOU WILL IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, THAT WOULD BE CAREER REQUIRED IN THEIR CHAPTER 311 THAT WOULD BE DECEMBER THE FIFTH AND THEN ON DECEMBER 12TH. YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE ORDINANCE TO CREATE THE TOURS. IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TODAY IS GIVE YOU SORT OF THE GLOBAL PRESENTATION. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND IF WE COULD START THE PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING THESE ARE REINVESTMENT ZONES FOR SOME YEARS. I STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN 1984. SO I'VE DONE IT FOR A WHILE. WE HAVE NEXT CITY MANAGER, AND SO I'VE DONE IT NOT ONLY AS A CITY MANAGER, BUT I'VE DONE IT AS A CONSULTANT ALL OVER THE STATE. WE CURRENTLY SERVE OVER ABOUT 100 CITIES IN TEXAS AND REINVESTMENT ZONES HAVE BECOME ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR TOOLS THAT THE REASON THEY HAVE BECOME SO POPULAR IS BECAUSE A REINVESTMENT ZONE DOES NOT RAISE TAXES. REINVESTMENT ZONE DOES NOT CHANGE TAX RATES. IT IS ABSOLUTELY INVISIBLE. THOSE PEOPLE AND PROPERTY OWNERS THAT LIVE IN THE ZONE IS STRICTLY A FINANCIAL TOOL THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO ALLOCATE DOLLARS TOWARD CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT YOU DECIDE THEY'RE UNDER YOUR CONTROL. SO WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TODAY. SO IN TERMS OF THE OVERVIEW, AS I SAID , THERE'S WELL OVER 400 CITIES IN TEXAS NOW THAT USE REINVESTMENT ZONES AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL. IT IS DESIGNED TO BE A LONG TERM INVESTMENT MECHANISM. THIS IS NOT A ONE YEAR CAPITAL PROJECT DECISION. THIS IS A PROJECT PROCESS THAT WILL GIVE YOU OVER 30 YEARS. OF LEEWAY IN TERMS OF FUNDING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU DESIGNATE FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. YOU HAVE SOME VERY AMBITIOUS AND ADMIRABLE PLANS FOR DOWNTOWN, AND WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED THOSE INTO THIS PROJECT LIST. BUT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY ALWAYS TO WITH THE REINVESTMENT ZONE, GO BACK AND AMEND THAT CHANGE THAT AT ANY POINT, YOU NEED TO EXPAND IT. YOU CAN EXTEND THE

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IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE CITY. WE SELECTED 6040 BECAUSE THIS IS A LARGE ZONE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE SERVICE DOLLARS AVAILABLE. SO THAT IS THE ZONE GROWS AND SERVICES BECOME MORE DEMANDED. YOU'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO DO THAT THROUGH YOUR GENERAL FUND, AND THE TOURS WON'T HAVE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THAT. SO OPERATIONALLY, IT MAKES SENSE TO

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WAY THIS WORKS. WE TAKE OUR BASE YEAR ON THE FAR LEFT. THE GOLDEN ARROW. THAT DOLLAR STAYS THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ZONE. DOESN'T CHANGE AT ALL. THAT BASE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. AS WE GROW THAT BASE 60% OF THAT MONEY FROM THAT GROWTH WILL BE DESIGNATED BY THE GREEN POLY ON THERE. THE REST OF THAT GOLD AREA IS THAT GENERAL FUND 40% THAT I JUST MENTIONED, SO WE TAKE OUR REVENUES EXISTING. WE'D BE IN ADDING NEW REVENUES AND THOSE REVENUES GROW AT THE END OF 30 YEARS. ALL THE REVENUE GOES BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. YOU CAN TERMINATE THE ZONE AT THAT POINT IN TIME OR YOU CAN EXTEND THE ZONE. AS I SAID, YOU CAN EXTEND THE ZONE OR THE BOUNDARIES.

ANYTIME YOU WANT TO MANY CITIES, INCLUDING THE CITY, WHERE I FIRST PUT MY FIRST HERS IN PLACE, WHICH IS GREAT VINE HAVE EXTENDED THEIR REINVESTMENT ZONE MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE IT JUST CONTINUES TO PAY DIVIDENDS AND GIVES THE CITY THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE PUBLIC SECTOR DOLLARS WITH PRIVATE INVESTMENT. SO THAT'S HOW IT ILLUSTRATES HOW IT LOOKS. MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS TO DO THIS. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS TO YOU. BUT ESSENTIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE AN AREA WHERE YOU HAVE A VISION FOR NEW PROJECTS, BUT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE CAPITAL TO GO SPEND IT ALL AT ONE TIME. THAT'S A PERFECT SCENARIO FOR RITTER'S. WE GET THE REGIONAL BENEFIT OF LONG TERM GROWTH THROUGH TEARS, AS OPPOSED TO ONE YEAR CAPITAL PROJECT. WE ALL KNOW CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUDGETS COME AND GO WITH THE ECONOMY. SOME YEARS.

THEY'RE GREAT, AND WE CAN DO A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS. OTHER YEARS. WE CAN'T THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE TOURS IS IT GIVES US A LONGSTANDING 30 YEAR TOOL THAT ALLOWS US TO SYSTEMATICALLY ADD TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS DOWNTOWN. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE HAPPENED DOWNTOWN. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO FINANCIAL RISK TO THE CITY. THERE'S NO IMPACT ON YOUR BOND RATING. THERE'S NO IMPACT ON YOUR TAX RATE. THIS IS ALL STATIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT COME OVER TIME AND HIS DOLLARS ARE COLLECTED.

THEY GO INTO THIS FUND AND REMEMBER YOU WILL MAKE THE DECISIONS TO DETER KEYBOARD AND A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ON WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE. THE TERRORISM ACT. ALSO, PARDON ME.

THE ACT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO OFFER PARTICIPATION TO OTHER TAXING ENTITIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, NOT INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT YOU COULD OFFER THE COUNTY AS WELL AS DD SIX AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ZONE AS WELL. WE HAVE ALLOCATED THAT IN A WAY THAT WOULD SHOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY DID, BUT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT WHATSOEVER THAT THEY PARTICIPATE. MANY COUNTIES.

DRAINAGE DISTRICTS DO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE A GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS. AND PUT THEIR COST IN THE ZONE, BUT IT ALSO GIVES THEM THE ACCELERATED TAX BASE AS WELL. SO THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING YOU'RE DOING. THEY'RE INVESTING IN THOSE AREAS AND GIVING THEMSELVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT NEW VALUE. SO MOST OF OUR CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT LOOK AT HERS HAVE COUNTY PARTICIPATION AT THE SAME LEVEL OF THE CITY. AND SO WE'VE CONTEMPLATED. IF THE COUNTY DOES SHOES PARTICIPATE. WE CONTEMPLATED THEM AT 60. AND WE CONTEMPLATED DD SIX ALSO AT 60% WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM, ASSUMING THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CREATION WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT GIVE THEM EVERY OPPORTUNITY. UM THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO PROTECT IN THAT IT DOES CREATE A SIGNIFICANT NEW VALUE. WHENEVER YOU DO HAVE OTHER ENERGIES PARTICIPATING SO LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHOT IN THE ARM FOR YOUR CITY NEW OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE NEW, EXCITING PROJECTS FOR BEAUMONT. THIS IS YOUR MAP BOUNDARY AND I LOOK AT THIS AND THAT YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING EVERYBODY ASKED ME IS WHY IS IT SO BIG? WELL, WE PUT TOURS BOUNDARIES IN PLACE FOR A LOT OF REASONS. FIRST OF ALL, WE LOOK AT THE PROJECTS THAT THE TERRORIST CONTEMPLATES ACCOMPLISHING. YOU HAVE A BIG AGENDA FOR PROJECTS DOWNTOWN. THERE IS A LOT OF EXPENDITURES NECESSARY. THE WATERWAY FEATURE ALONE. IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT. SO IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT A REINVESTMENT ZONE IN PLACE, YOU NEED TO MAKE IT LARGE ENOUGH THAT THAT INCREMENT IS GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE DIAL ON THOSE MAJOR PROJECTS. SO I'LL LOOK AT THIS.

ALMOST AS IF THE UPPER RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE HEARTBEAT, AND THE REST OF THESE ARE KIND OF OUR GHERIS THAT FEED IT. BECAUSE IT'S YOUR DOWNTOWN GROWS AND IMPROVES YOUR OVERALL ECONOMY IS

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ONE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE CHANGED THE TRES LAW CHAPTER 3 11 2 SESSIONS AGO.

IN THE PAST, YOU CAN PUT AS MANY REINVESTMENT ZONES AS YOU WANTED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AS LONG AS NO.

ONE ZONE HAD MORE THAN 50% OF YOUR OVERALL VALUATION IN IT. THAT LAW HAS CHANGED. NOW YOU CAN'T HAVE ZONES THAT WOULD ACCRUED OVER 50. SO RATHER THAN HAVING A BUNCH OF SMALL ZONES LIKE YOU USED TO HAVE IN THE OLD DAYS, CITIES ARE MOVING NOW TOWARDS LARGER ZONES BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND MISS AND HIT THAT 50% DEADLINE BECAUSE YOU HAVE 50% AND THAT'S IT, NO MATTER HOW MANY TOURS IS YOU CREATE, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A LARGE ENOUGH THAT WE'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT WAS OUT HAVING A PROBLEM EXCEEDING THAT AREA IN THE FUTURE. SO THE TWO STATUTORY GUIDELINES THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET OR THAT 50% OVERALL VALUATION AND YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN 30% EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN THE ZONE. THIS BOUNDARY DOESN'T MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. WE OBJECTED SO ANOTHER EXAMPLE. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS IS WEATHERFORD. WE JUST COMPLETED THIS ONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO EXPAND THIS PROJECT. IT'S GONNA GO OUT WEST DOWN. I 20 THE INTENTION BEING THEY HAVE A LOT OF CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO DO, AND THEY'VE GOT SOME EXCITING RETAIL COMMERCIAL PROJECTS THAT WANT TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN THAT CORRIDOR. SO YOU SEE A LOT MORE EMPHASIS ON TOURS IN THE COMMERCIAL AREAS AND RETAIL AREAS THAN YOU DO IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THAT STATUTORY LIMITATION, OKAY? ANOTHER COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS IS MCKINNEY. UM THIS IS A BOUNDARY. THAT PINK BOUNDARY ON THE LEFT IS THEIR MOST RECENT BOUNDARY. THE BOUNDARY ON THE RIGHT IS THEIR THEIR THEIR REGIONAL BOUNDARY. JUST AN EXAMPLE OF MORE CITIES AND HOW THESE BOUNDARIES GET LAID OUT.

WE CAN GO AHEAD. THIS IS FORT WORTH, AS YOU CAN SEE, NO, NO REAL INTENT OF THIS BOUNDARY EXCEPT THE IDENTIFIED PROJECT AREAS ALONG THE RIVER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE NEEDED. AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT BOUNDARY DOES WHAT IT DOES. IT SORT OF FOLLOWS THE RIVER BASIN THROUGH THERE.

THE TRINITY RIVER BASIN PROJECT. THESE ARE THE INITIAL PROJECT CONSIDERATIONS. THESE DID NOT COME FROM US JUST CAME FROM YOUR STAFF. WE WORKED WITH YOUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PARE THIS LIST DOWN SO THAT WE WEREN'T DUPLICATING PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS HERE THAT ARE ALREADY GOING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH YOUR WATER AND SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND. INSTEAD WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED THAT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO HOPEFULLY MOVES IT ISLAND SOME MAIN PROJECT AT THE VERY BOTTOM. YOU SEE THE DOWNTOWN WATERWAY FEATURE. THAT IS A BIG PROJECT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME. IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE HAVE PUT THAT IN THERE SO THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS YOU CAN HOPEFULLY, LEVERAGE. PROPERTY INVESTMENT TO HELP GET SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS PAID FOR ALSO WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE YELLOW, WHICH IS THE CORALIE DIVERSION. PHASE TWO. THAT HAPPENS TO BE A D D SIX PROJECTS. AND STAFF WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT AND TALK TO D D SIX, AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT IF THEY WERE TO PARTICIPATE, THIS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PUTTING IN THE ZONE AS WELL SO THAT IT HELPS EVERYBODY. SO THIS LIST IS THIS LIST IS MOVABLE. IT CAN CHANGE. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY IN PRIORITY ORDER. YOU WILL STRUCTURE EVERY YEAR BASED ON AVAILABLE FUNDS, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS AS YOU SEE FIT. THE ZONE ALSO CALLS FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPONENT. THAT'S BASICALLY YOU PAYING YOUR OWN STAFF TO ADMINISTER THE ZONE. IT IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT ADMINISTRATIVE, EFFORT, NOT A LOT OF OVERHEAD INVOLVED WITH IT. BASICALLY YOU SEND THE CONTROLLER PORTS EVERY

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ESSENTIALLY WE TAKE THE EXISTING VALUES. AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE PULL THOSE FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. SO THOSE VALUATIONS ARE IDENTICAL THAT COME FROM PARTIAL IDEAS THAT JEFFERSON APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THEN WE TAKE YOUR OVERALL GROWTH FACTOR OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, WHICH IN YOUR CASE IS ABOUT 4.2% PER YEAR. WE CONSERVATIVELY CUT THAT IN HALF. AND SO ON THE LEFT HAND COLUMN WHERE YOU SEE ADDED DEVELOPMENT VALUE. THAT IS THAT FACTOR OF ABOUT 2% GROWTH OF THE VALVE, THE VALUE OF THE PROJECTS INSIDE THOSE BOUNDARIES. AND THAT'S ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WOULD GENERATE SO WHAT WE CAN TELL IS HOW FAST IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE DON'T KNOW WHICH PROJECTS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN, BUT WE KNOW WE CAN PARCEL THAT OUT AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT EXPECTATIONS SHOULD BE FROM THE REVENUE DEVICE FROM THESE TARSES . THE COLUMNS SHOW YOU THE CITY TOURS INCREMENT. THAT'S THE DOLLARS YOU WOULD BE PUTTING INTO THE TERRORIST FUND. AND THEN THE BLUE COLUMN IS WHAT YOU WOULD BE RETAINING IN TERMS OF REVENUES THAT'S REPLICATED FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR THE D SIX IF THEY CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE, SO YOU CAN SEE OVER ON THE FAR BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER. THIS IS ABOUT $140 MILLION IN INCREMENTS AVAILABLE PROJECTS OVER 30 YEARS, SO IT IS JUST A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY. THIS CHANGES AS TAX RATES CHANGE THE TAX RATE GOES DOWN. OBVIOUSLY THE PERCENTAGE OF THE INSTRUMENT WILL GO DOWN AS WELL.

SO IT'S A VERY FLUID. IT'S NOT STATIC. NO ONE IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN A PARTICULAR AMOUNT. IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR INCREMENT. SO I'LL GO OVER. NEXT SLIDE. PLEASE. I'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IF WE ASSUME A 60% PARTICIPATION OVER 30 YEARS. WE PROJECT NEW DEVELOPMENT VALUES, AND THIS IS BASED ON YOUR CURRENT LAND USE PLAN. ALRIGHT. WE DIDN'T ADMIT THIS. THIS COMES FROM YOUR LAND USES YOUR ZONING MAP THE NEW PLANNING WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE ABOUT $1.36 BILLION IN NEW VALUE THAT WOULD PRODUCE TOURS. REVENUE FOR THE CITY OF ABOUT 77 MILLION FOR THE COUNTY ABOUT 40 MILLION THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT 21 MILLION YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT WHAT THOSE ENTITIES WOULD BE RETAINING ON THAT NEW GROWTH. SO OVER OVER 30 YEARS WE'D BE PUTTING ABOUT $141 MILLION IN THE FUND. AND THE CITY WOULD BE THE ENTITIES WOULD BE RETAINING OVER $93.4 MILLION SO YOU CAN LOOK AT IT ONE WAY.

IF WE DO NOTHING. WE CAN EXPECT IT TO STAY LIKE IT IS. IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO CREATE A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN BEAUMONT. THIS IS THE MECHANISM TO DO IT BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE NEW DOLLARS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR PROJECTS THAT THE ENTITIES AGREE ARE GONNA MOVE THE DIAL FOR BEAUMONT. SO THAT'S WHERE THE FEASIBILITY IS. THAT'S WHY WE USE THE BOUNDARIES WE DID. AND THAT'S WHY WE USE THE PARTICIPATION CALCULATION THAT WE DID. OKAY? OUR CREATION TIMELINE. IF YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD, TODAY, YOU HAVE AN UP.

YOU HAVE AN ANIMAL ON YOUR AGENDA, OR YOU WOULD CALL ADOPTED RESOLUTION CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR DECEMBER THE FIFTH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUBLISH THAT IN TIME FOR SEVEN DAY NOTICE. SO ON DECEMBER 5TH YOU CONDUCT THAT HEARING AND THEN AS CURRENTLY PLANNED, YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR ADOPTION ORDINANCE. ON DECEMBER. THE 12TH SO OKAY. SO THE QUICK AND DIRTY AND REALLY FAST, BUT I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH YOU ONCE BEFORE ON THIS, AND THE STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB HELP. WE PREPARED FOR IT SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN TURNER.

OKAY, MAYOR. I'M SORRY. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE FOR A WHILE. SO THANK YOU, UH, I NOTICED ALL THE INCREMENTAL ZONES THAT YOU SAID THAT COULD BE ADDED. I NOTICED YOU, SAID D

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CORRECT NO SCHOOL DISTRICTS OPPORTUNITY. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PORTS? THE PORK COULD NOW YOUR PORTS AUTHORITY TAXES. VERY, VERY SMALL. OKAY NOT THAT WOULD BE A MEANINGFUL INCREMENTS. I DON'T KNOW, BUT AS FAR AS WE KNOW, BASED ON THE CREATION DOCUMENTS FOR DD SIX, AS WELL AS THE PORTS, THEY MAY PARTICIPATE, SO IF THAT BECOMES AN INTEREST, AND WE WANT TO APPROACH THEM, WE CERTAINLY CAN. OKAY I JUST WANT TO HAVE TO KEEP THAT OPEN MINDED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SIZE OF SUPPORT, AND JUST EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNCIL, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE BIG PLANS LIKE THIS. THE SECOND. MY SECOND QUESTION WAS EXPLAIN. HAVING COUNSEL BEYOND THE BOARD VERSUS HAVING A MIXTURE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN ANOTHER TERMS. YOU HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZENS AND YOU ALSO HAVE YOU KNOW, MAYBE ALL CITIZENS EXPLAIN WHY YOU GUYS SUGGESTS IT'S MAINLY COUNCIL ON THIS PARTICULAR BOARD MAIN REASON COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE. BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHEN YOU APPOINT A CITIZEN COMMISSION, IT TAKES COUPLE OF WEEKS, IF NOT 30 DAYS TO DO IT THAT WOULD PUT US PAST THE DECEMBER 31ST DEADLINE FOR CREATION. SO I RECOMMENDATION IS APPOINT YOURSELF AS THE TURKISH BOARD. LET'S GO APPROACH THESE OTHER ENTITIES. IF THEY PARTICIPATE. THEY WILL HAVE A SEAT AT THAT BOARD AS WELL. AND THEN IN 2024 IF YOU CHOOSE TO AMEND THAT TERMS BOARD, THEN WE CAN BRING THIS ORDINANCE THAT CREATION ORDINANCE BACK. YOU WOULD AMEND THAT ORDINANCE YOU WOULD PUT WHOEVER YOU WANT ON THAT BOARD OF THE STATUTORY GUIDELINES ARE VERY GENERAL. I'M SORRY. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AT ANY TIME YOU WANT TO, SO THE MAIN REASON WAS JUST TIMING. WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET AT THIS. GET PAST THAT DECEMBER.

31ST DATE WAS 33 MORE ROY AND I'M MARRIED. I'M DONE. UH I KNOW WE SAID THAT 30 YEAR TIMELINE, BUT I'VE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH AT ANY TIME. YOU CAN END THE TURKISH PRIOR TO 30 YEARS OR YOU GUYS RECOMMENDED IT. BUT YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY ENDED WITHIN 30 YEARS. YOU CAN'T I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD. OKAY, JUST ASKING. YOU COULD. YOU COULD JUST TRYING TO REASON THE REASON I SAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE SINCE THERE'S NO DEBT OBLIGATION HERE, THIS BECOMES A LONG TERM TOOL THAT YOU CAN USE AS YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE YOU'RE OBLIGATING YOURSELF WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF DEAD SO AS SOON AS YOU CAN, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT DEBT PAID OFF. THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE. THIS IS A TOOL THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE PROVIDING DOLLARS TO YOU AS LONG AS YOU NEED THEM FOR THESE PROJECTS, SO IT'S A LOT MORE FLEXIBLE THAN IF WE WERE GOING OUT THERE AND SAY, ISSUING ENTERPRISE DEBT. SOME CITIES DO ISSUE TARDES DEBT. BUT THAT BECOMES AN OBLIGATION OF THE CITY. AND THAT'S A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THERE IS NOW GOING TO BE A PORTION OF THE TAX RATE IS GONNA BE DEDICATED TO THAT. SO THIS IS NOT THAT THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT OR HIS OWN THEM THAT SUPPORT EXTENDING AND GROWING IT. SO I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. MY LAST ONE IS I MEAN, STAFF. I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE PROJECTS ON THERE. I KNOW SOME OF OUR MAIN PROJECT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND C I P PLAN. UH SPORTS COMPLEXES ON THAT WE ALSO HAD A WATER PARK IN THERE. I JUST, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME BIG TICKET PROJECTS. I JUST DON'T WANNA NOT MAKE SURE WE KEEP THEM IN THE FOREFRONT, SO THOSE SOME PROJECTS THAT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY WAS EXCITED ABOUT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S KINDA INCLUDED IN SOME OF OUR TARGET ITEMS, AND THE LAST ONE IS THE TOURIST BOARD. I KNOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON DOWNTOWN. THE MAP DIDN'T REALLY SHOW ME SPECIFICS. UH IS THE I 10 QUARTER INCLUDED SPECIFICALLY THE 18 AREA ABOUT FOUR PORK WHERE YOU ACTUALLY COMING INTO BEAUMONT. WE'RE NOT REALLY DEVELOPED OFF OF THE FREEWAY. SO YES, OR THAT THIS THIS PROPOSED TOURS EXTENDS ALL THE WAY DOWN.

I 10 JUST A FRONT ROAD. SO IT DOES INCLUDE THAT PROPERTY. HIT IT ON THE MONEY. I'M GOOD COUNSELING GAPS. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE UP IN GRAPEVINE AS A CITY MANAGER. DID YOU USE THE STARS? UH HELP SOME OF THOSE PHENOMENAL PROJECTS LIKE GREAT WOLF LODGE UP THERE. GREAT MIND MILLS MALL AND BASS PRO SHOPS WERE THE FIRST TO OKAY, SO SINCE THEN, SO HAVING BEEN TO GRAPEVINE AND SEEING HOW INCREDIBLE UH, THOSE PROJECTS WERE IT'S FRUSTRATING TO ME HERE IN BEAUMONT WE COMPLAIN ABOUT WHY ARE WE STAGNANT? WELL, IT COULD BE BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER TRIED TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE, AND IT'S UH, IT'S BOY PAST TIME FOR US TO CONSIDER GETTING ON BOARD WITH WHAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS TO HELP GROW OUR CITY AS WELL. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THERE YES, COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW JUST CURIOUS. YOU'VE MENTIONED MORE THAN ONCE THAT THE CITY MAY END BY THE COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE. JUST OBSERVE. IS THERE EVER A REASON WHY A CITY WOULDN'T DO

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EVERYBODY'S MORE SCRUTINIZING RIGHT. EVERYBODY'S MORE CAREFUL WITH WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR TAX DOLLARS, BUT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IF THE COUNTY PARTICIPATES, IT'S GONNA RAISE ALL SHIPS. IT'S GOING TO CREATE MORE VALUE FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING NEW DOLLARS FOR THE COUNTY, SO WE DO NOT SEE A DOWNSIDE AND WE STAND READY. THE WORK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH YOU TO PROVIDE WHATEVER INFORMATION THEY NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THEM TO AGREE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, MR PETTY. YES, UH. JUNE ELLIS ONE COMMENT TO ANSWER A QUESTION FROM MR TURNER IN TERMS OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED, UH WE STILL HAVE ALL THOSE OTHER PROJECTS IN OUR C I P THE ONES THAT ARE PART OF THAT ARE IN THE TOURIST ZONES OR THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE PROJECT CONSIDERATIONS. BUT, UM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. THOSE PROJECTS ARE STILL PART OF THAT PLAN. ALL RIGHT, MR PETTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. YES. FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR THE PRESENTATIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR COMING.

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]

SARAH FEEL JUST HAND THOSE TO ME. THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY, I GAVE OUT TO EARLIER AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN MAKE COPIES AND ARE THOSE DIFFERENT. THE TWO YOU GET THE SAME OR DIFFERENT. THANK YOU. UM MY NAME IS RICHARD STANLEY. I LIVE AT 3595 GRAND REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE, UH, I LIVE.

IN THE HOUSE THAT MY MOM'S LIVED IN FOR 40 YEARS IS GOING UP COMING UP ON 50 YEARS AND, UH, ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE WE LIVE. THERE IS A VACANT LOT. IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR 40 YEARS UNTIL SOMEONE MOVED A STORAGE BUILDING THERE. AND NOW THAT THE STORAGE BUILDINGS THERE THERE, YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T GENERATE ANY TAX MONEY FOR THE COUNTY OR A CITY. IT'S CONSIDERED A VACANT LOT, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE LIVE THERE AND YOU KNOW THEY GAMBLE MOSTLY THEY PAID MAYBE $202,000 FOR THE PROPERTY. BUT ANYWAY, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THEY PAY $56. UH IN TAXES EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED A VACANT LOT, EVEN THOUGH THEY YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT STRUCTURE THERE AND I'M TRYING TO GET THAT MOVED AND I'VE BEEN TRYING. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS, AND I'M TRYING TO GET IT TO MOVE. GET THE CITY TO MOVE IT AND KEEP HITTING A BRICK WALL. THEY'VE BEEN TO COURT WITH THAT. AH LIKE I SAID THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. UH, APPRAISES AT THE COST OF THE LAND. ONLY THERE'S GAMBLING THERE. THERE'S UH, YOU KNOW LOUD NOISES ARE THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. I'VE SEEN 20 CARS OUT THERE AT ONE TIME. UM SEE HERE. WHAT ELSE? UM YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID ON THAT PAPER THERE I'VE INVESTED EVEN THOUGH IT'S A BAD NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE OLD MAGNOLIA GARDENS. I INVESTED PROBABLY 100,000 IN THERE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND LIKE I SAID HE'S MAYBE THE PERSON BOUGHT IT FOR MAYBE 2000 AND THEN PUT THE BUILDING ON. IT

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BUT HER PLACE FOR LIKE MAYBE 20,000 AND, UM. YOU KNOW, IT'S ACCORDING TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS WORTH LIKE. 220,002. IT. SO YOU KNOW TO HAVE THAT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, CAUSING THE NUISANCE THAT'S CAUSING. THEY USE GENERATOR. THEY HAVE NO WATER, NO GAS, NO ELECTRICITY. THEY USED GAS GENERATORS, WHICH POLLUTES THE AIR. I HAVE ASTHMA. UH YOU KNOW THE NOISE THAT THEY GENERATE AND SO PLEASE HELP ME TO GET RID OF THAT BUILDING. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. I THINK MY TIME, I THINK THANK YOU, MR SAM. YES SIR. THANK YOU NEED ANY MORE COPIES? I GOT IT. DAVID PETE PUBLIC COMMENTS. EVEN THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, UM, JUST JUST WANT TO, UM, JUST GO OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE IN REGARDS TO THE ISSUE OF CAMERAS. UM SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY. UM IT WAS JUST PUTTING UP SOMETHING HERE. AND IT SAYS THAT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, YOU'RE NOT ONLY BOLTED TUESDAY TO INSTALL 26 CAMERAS ACROSS ALINSKY PARK CENTRAL PARK, IMAGINATION STATION AND JOHN PAUL DAVIS COMMUNITY CENTER AT A TOTAL COST OF 66,650 NOW. INQUIRED ABOUT THIS BEFORE ABOUT WHERE THE CAMERAS ARE IN THE CITY, AND I'VE PRETTY MUCH GOT A BLANK RESPONSE. BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT CAMERAS ARE AT THE HIKING BIKE ON FOLSOM STREET, AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2021 OR 2020 2020 21, SO I'M WONDERING. WHY THERE. THERE'S ONLY A CONCENTRATED AREA OF CAMERAS SUGGESTING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE CRIME HAS RISEN IN THE NORTH AND HAS RISEN IN THE SOUTH AND HAS RISEN IN THE PAIR ARCHER, BUT WE SEEM TO BE MORE CONCENTRATED ABOUT BREAK INS AND CARS IN THE WEST END AND THE HOCKEY BIKE. AND WE'RE AND WE'RE USING MONEY CITY MONEY TO FUND MONITORING ON THESE CAMERAS CAN BIKE TRAIL WHERE THERE'S BEEN NO CONCENTRATION. NO NO, NO, NO ATTENTION BEING DRAWN TOWARDS THESE AREAS. WHAT I'M SAYING WE'VE HAD MURDERS ASSAULTS. WE'VE HAD BEATINGS, THE ONE ON CONCORDE AT THE SHELL STATION, WHERE GANG OF PEOPLE JUMPED ON THE YOUNG MAN IF IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THE CAMERAS OF THE OF THE STATION WOULD NEVER KNOWN ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. SO THE CITY TO ME AS NOT DONE A GOOD JOB AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CONCENTRATING THE RESOURCES AND IN THE CITY WHERE NEEDS TO BE AND IF WE'RE GOING TO PICK AND CHOOSE HOW WE'RE GOING TO SIT CERTAIN THINGS AND CERTAIN PLACE THAT WE NEED TO RECONSIDER HOW WE APPROACH THESE AREAS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO DEFINITELY DEAL WITH THEM, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A SERIOUS ISSUE HERE. AND I DON'T. I'M NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM BREAKING IN CARS. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S SERIOUS, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIVES BEING TAKEN PEOPLE BEING ASSAULTED, BEING KILLED AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN OR ANYTHING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SO I WOULD SAY TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO TAKE SOME OF THIS MONEY OUT OF THE OUT OF THE PARKING RECREATIONS BUDGET. AND START CONCERNING PUTTING THESE CAMERAS IN THE PLACE WHERE IT'S MOSTLY NEEDED AND THEN VITAL PARTS BECAUSE IF NOT THE SAME THING THAT'S HAPPENED IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THE COMMUNITY. TO DO SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. SO THE SO THE CITY MANAGER AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED YOUR STAFF. I MEAN, HEY , YOU GUYS ARE THE EYES OF THE OF THE CITY. YOU NEEDN'T TAKE PLACE CALLS ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON? BECAUSE THIS THING IS REALLY GETTING OUT OF HAND. BECAUSE NOW, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT. I MEAN, THAT ALARMS ME. WE'RE SPENDING 6 $6000. FOR THAT. NO. SHOULDN'T BE. THANK YOU, MR PETE. AND JASON JASON MARSH BURN PUBLIC COMMENTS. GOOD AFTERNOON, JASON MARSH BURN IN 1070 MALLORY DRIVE HERE IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, AND I WANNA CAME UP HERE TO MENTION A CITIZEN THAT RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. UH SHE HAD DONE A LOT OF GOOD WORKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER FOR OUR TEMPLE AND OUR COMMUNITY. IN FACT, SHE WAS MY BRIEFLY MY FINANCIAL ADVISOR BEFORE SHE WAS ELECTED TO

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MORE DIFFICULT TODAY. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN BROKEN. AND I'M HAVING TO BRING MY LITTLE LAPTOP HERE, READ MY COMMENT, UM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WITH COUNSEL. MANAGER WILLIAMS AND. ALL THE STAFF AND ALL THE SUPPORT STAFF THAT THAT. WE HAVE IN BEAUMONT AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. MY NAME IS CHARLIE CRAB AND, UH, I RECITED 928 EAST DRIVE. BEAUMONT IS, OF COURSE, IT'S ANOTHER NICE DAY, AND IT'S ESPECIALLY A NICE DAY. DUE TO THE TO THIS WEEK OF THANKSGIVING. EVERYONE SHOULD FIND US A REASON FOR CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING. WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE HAVE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT SPEECH. RELIGION VOTING AND SO MUCH MORE. THERE'S STILL TOO MUCH INJUSTICE. IT MAKES ME FEEL DISAPPOINTED. THAT GOES ON. I BELIEVE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FEEL THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN AFFAIR ECONOMICAL. OPPORTUNITY A PERSON MUST. KEEP MUST KEEP THEMSELVES THROUGH ALL ALL IN VERSUS IS THAT MAY ARRIVE. EXCUSE ME. IT WAS NOT A GOOD SENSE. FIND A JOB YOU ENJOY BE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN BE AT THE JOB. AND YOU WILL FIND SATISFACTION. THIS PROCESS MAY TAKE 5 1015 2025 YEARS OR EVEN 30 YEARS. THE OLD SAYING GOES, SUCCESS IS NOT CRAZY IN A DAY. HMM IT'S WONDERFUL WORLD. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU, MR CRABB. OH, YES, I HAVE A QUICK NOTE. YEAH. ON NORTH PEARL . THERE'S A BAD VERTICAL CRACK IN FRONT OF THE PARKING LOT. AT SAINT MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. PATCH OF ABOUT FOUR INCHES OF ASPHALT MAY SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I WISH BART WAS HERE THIS AFTERNOON. RIGHT? HAVE A NICE THANKSGIVING. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MIRROR.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

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WE LIKE TO PULL THAT OFF SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW OR WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW IT RIGHT NOW. GO AHEAD AND YOU CAN DISCUSS IT BY ITSELF. ALRIGHT APPROVED. ARRESTED WITHOUT THAT ITEM, WE'LL REMOVE, UH IF FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. BUT WE BEGIN WITH NUMBER F LETTER F AND I WOULD EARLIER DISCUSSIONS WITH BART BEFORE HE LEFT. I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE QUESTION WAS THIS INCREASING OR WHAT WAS DOING WITH SPEED LIMITS? AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS A REQUEST FROM TEXT DOWN TO DECREASE IN THESE CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE OF HIGH ACCIDENT RATES AND ETCETERA, ETCETERA NOW, MOLLY, IF YOU CAN HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION THAN THAT, PLEASE SHARE WITH WHAT CITY COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, IF YOU COULD GO TO EXHIBIT TWO WORDS TO SPEED ZONE REVISION MAPS. IT SHOWS THE EXISTING SPEED LIMITS FOR THOSE ZONES AT THE TOP AND THE PROPOSED DECREASE IN SPEED LIMIT AT THE BOTTOM. AND THEN I'LL LET MOLLY SO WE PREPARED THE. RECOMMENDATION PER THE RESULTS OF TEXT THOUGHTS, SPEED ANALYSIS AND CRASH FINDINGS. AND SO IF LOOKING AT THE EXHIBIT ONE I THINK THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCE, UH, DID HAVE SOME DEPARTURES FROM WHAT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT SANDS ARE CURRENTLY AT ON. CARDINAL DRIVE, WHICH IS HOW I 6996 AND 287 SO OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE HAD IT AT 55. AND SO TEXT THAT IS ASKING. FOR THE SPEED LIMIT TO BE RAISED, UM, FROM THE INTERSECTION OF ATTEND TO THE CENTER ATLANTA SILVER PLANT ROAD TO 65 MPH AND THEN FROM SULFUR PLANT ROADS SOUTH TO THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS TO BE INCREASED TO 70 MPH, SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR THE 65 IS ACTUALLY A REDUCTION FROM THE 70 MPH. SO REMEMBER QUITE A WHILE BACK. I CAN'T DROP 55 AND ALL THE SPEED LIMIT'S DROPPED TO 55 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN OVER TIME, SPEED LIMITS WERE INCREMENTALLY INCREASED ON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS. AH CLOSER TO 70 MPH DRIVE THIS PRETTY REGULARLY AND THROUGH THERE RIGHT NOW IT'S 75 AND SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S POSTED. NOT WITH GENERAL ORDINANCE. SO THIS THESE AGENDA ITEMS F G AND H ARE ALL TO CORRECT OR ORDINANCE TO MATCH WHAT TEXT THOUGHT IS POSTING ON THEIR ACTUAL SIGNS ON THE ROAD. SO THAT WE HAVE THESE CORRECTED. THESE WERE THE MOST URGENT ITEMS . THAT TAX STATUS ASKED US TO CORRECT IN OUR ORDINANCE TO MATCH WHAT THEY ARE POSTING, AND THEN FROM THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE REMAINDER OF OUR ORDINANCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY HAVE MATCHES WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR ORDINANCE AND GET THAT CLEANED UP. THIS SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THESE ORDINANCES. A LOT OF THE SPEED LIMITS WERE CHANGED. YOU KNOW HERE AND THERE PROTECTS THAT REQUESTS, AND SO WE DO WANT TO COME BACK AND BRING A COMPLETE ORDINANCE. BUT TEXT THAT WAS SPECIFIC THAT THEY WANTED US TO CLEAN THIS THESE

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COUNCILMAN TURNER. MR WILLIAMS. I ASKED THAT IN THE FUTURE, IF POSSIBLE. CAN WE WANT TEXT THAT HAS STUFF ON THE AGENDA? CAN WE MAYBE GET A REPRESENTATIVE HERE? TO ASSIST AND ANSWERING IF WE CAN JUST INVITE THEM AND ASK THEM WHEN THEY HAVE THINGS ON THE AGENDA. THE SECOND THING IS I KNOW WE HAVE A DASHBOARD WHERE THEY SAY THEY MIGHT BE COMPLETE. I THINK AROUND 2028. BUT IF POSSIBLE, MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE DASH DOWNTOWN DASH BOARD JUST TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON YOU KNOW, PROGRESS AND TIMELINES AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR TWO TIMES.

YEAH BUT JUST GIVE HIM AN UPDATE BECAUSE WE GET ASKED A LOT ON ON TEXT DOTS. PRIDE I GUESS I UNDERSTAND WE DON'T WE'RE NOT OVER TEXT DOT BUT I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF THE CITIZENS ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN GET HIM HERE TO GIVE REGULAR REPORTS TO CITY COUNCIL OR SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA. BUT I HAVE TO AGREE THEY NEED TO COME QUARTERLY OR WHATEVER TIME PERIOD AND BE ABLE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY DO POST THEIR PROGRESS LIKE MUCH LIKE WE DO FOR OUR CITY PROJECTS. BUT IF WE CAN COORDINATE SO THAT WE CAN ALSO SHARE THAT ON OUR SIZE. IN THE FUTURE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, COUNCILMAN APPRECIATE YOU, MAYOR. YEAH. MAKING MY NOTES ALRIGHT? I THINK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. AND ALL THOSE, UH, IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER F. HAVE WE DONE THAT? YEAH. I NEED A NEED A MOTION. MOTION. MOTION FOR ITEM F MOVED TO APPROVE. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN THE SECOND AND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE

[REGULAR AGENDA]

YES MAYOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE CAMPUS AND THE RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 7TH 2023 CITY OF BEAUMONT, SPECIALLY ELECTION AND THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. CHARTER AMENDMENTS FOR PROPOSITION A, UH THEY PROPOSITION REACH OTHER CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT BE A MINUTE TO INCREASE CITY COUNCIL TURNED FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS STAGGERED TERMS WHAT THE THREE TERM LIMIT TOTALLY IN 12 YEARS PER OFFICE, AND FOR THAT PROPOSITION WAS 4001 41, WHICH IS 46.41. AND AGAINST 4781. VOTE AT 53.59. PROPOSITION B WITH SHELL, THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT BE A MINUTE TO REQUIRE A CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD SUCH REGULAR MEETINGS AS NECESSARY TO EFFICIENTLY CONDUCTED AFFAIRS OF THE CITY FORWARDS 7610 AT 85.28% AGAINST

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CITY MANAGER. THE READING ABOUT, UM, NUMBER THREE, PLEASE COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH OPEN GOV. INK AND SAND HOLDS A CALIFORNIA FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF THE OPENGL BUDGETING AND PLANNING SOFTWARE FOR $120,000, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. AND TO BE FUNDED ON THE CAPITAL RESERVES. THERE IS A MOTION FOR IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER THREE? BOTH TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND FOR APPROVAL? THERE IS A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE. ALL THOSE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF ADAM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM NUMBER FOUR. COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ONE RAW SEWAGE. 10 MILLION GALLONS A DAY PUMPED FOR THE HEAD WORKS BUILDING A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THAT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR? MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND, AND THERE IS A SECOND FOR APPROVAL. ANY DISCUSSION. ON ADAM, NUMBER FOUR. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM 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 FIVE THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE TRANSJORDAN NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT WITH CONSTRUCTORS OF FIGHTER. FOR THE JEFFERSON STREET INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR PROJECT. AND COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.

IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER FIVE? TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UH, APPROVAL OF ATOM NUMBER FIVE AND HE DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FIVE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING ABOUT HIM. NUMBER SIX. COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE DENY AND SENT UPON ENERGY RESOURCES CORPORATION PROPOSED RATES AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL AND THERE'S MORE INFORMATION CITY TRYING TO RAPE WILL HANDLE THAT. ALRIGHT IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX? SECOND THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND

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SO WE REGULATE OUR ENERGY. UM RATES IN HOUSE. WE SET THE RATES FOR OUR NEGOTIATE RATES FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. AND SO WHENEVER THERE IS AN INCREASE OR ENERGY FOULS TO HAVE AN INCREASE, AND IT HAS BEEN OUR PRACTICE TO REJECT THAT. THAT INITIAL PROPOSED RATE INCREASE TO GIVE OUR STEERING COMMITTEE WHICH WERE PART OF AND THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER PARTS, UH ENTITIES IN THEIR JEFFERSON COUNTY AREA, AND BEYOND THAT PARTICIPATE GIVES OUR UTILITY COUNCILS A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT IN MY RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PARTIES AND SOME CASES, IT MAY BE THAT WHAT'S PROPOSES IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY. AND THEN ANOTHER CASES AND HERE RECENTLY, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE DOWN OUR RIGHTS AND NEGOTIATE. BETTER SAVINGS FOR OUR CITIZENS. AND WHEN WE DON'T REGULATE OUR RATES INITIALLY. OR YOU CAN CHOOSE FREELY. IT CAN LOOK CHEAPER, BUT WE ACTUALLY CAN'T CONTROL HOW HARD THEY CAN GO. ONE OF THE BENEFITS TO PARTICIPATING THIS WAY IS THAT, UH, POWER. DON'T GET CUT OFF EXACTLY AND THAT WE DON'T GET AN ASTRONOMICAL BILL AT THE END OF A OF A WINTER STORM. SO UM, NOT PARTICIPATING. THAT WAY THERE'S PROTECT OUR CITIZENS, UM, DIFFERENTLY, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY GET TO SHOP AROUND FOR DIFFERENT RATES, UM AT THE AT THE BEGINNING IN SITUATIONS WHERE WE DO HAVE A WINTER STORM AND, UH, POWER BECOMES SCARCE. OUR OUR CITIZENS AREN'T SUBJECTED TO LARGE ENERGY BILLS. THANK YOU. YES COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW MADAM ATTORNEY. IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, IT SAYS THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING A RATE. DECREASE. FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, AND YET THE STAFF IS ASKING US TO SUSPEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE TO GIVE THEM TIME TO STUDY THIS LITTLE FURTHER. ARE WE HOPING FOR A GREATER DECREASE OR POSSIBILITY? UM SOMETIMES I COULD SIT IN SOME CASES. IT'S VERY RARE THAT WE SEE A PROPOSED DECREASE. UM BUT IF THEY CAN DECREASE IT THAT MUCH, MAYBE WE CAN GO A LITTLE FURTHER. IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY. UM FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST DEAL POSSIBLE FAIR TO SAY THEY COULD COME BACK WITH AN INCREASE. IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. YES? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. MHM ALL IN FAVOR. OH, COUNCILMAN GUESTS. JUST READING THE WAY THE BACKGROUND WORDS FOLLOWING ON COUNCIL MEMBER FELT SHAW. IT'S TALKING ABOUT A DECREASE AND THEN THE LAST SENTENCE. IT'S TALKING ABOUT AN INCREASE, SO IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING OR WE TALKING ABOUT A DECREASE AND INCREASE IT. THEY FELL. IT'S CALLED A RATE INCREASE. SO WHEN THEY FOUL WITH THE UTILITY COUNCIL, THEY FILE IT AS A PROPOSED RATE INCREASE, AND IT MAY BE AN INCREASE FOR OTHER CUSTOMERS, HOWEVER. AS IT RELATES TO JUST OUR SECTION. IT COULD BE A DECREASE FOR US. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TO COMBINE DIVISIONS AND SO THEY WANT TO COMBINE. UM THE BEAUMONT AREA WITH THE EAST TEXAS DIVISION, WHICH MEANS THOSE COST WILL BE SPREAD ACROSS A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS. OUR ZONE COUPE SEE A DECREASE OTHER ZONES MAY SEE A INCREASE, BUT WHEN THEY FILE IT WITH UTILITY COUNCIL, IT'S FILED AS A RATE INCREASE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TO PUBLISH YOUR DECREASE IN RATES. YOU ONLY HAVE TO NOTIFY THEM IF YOUR RATES ARE GOING TO INCREASE, NOT DECREASE, SO EVERYONE IS NOT GOING TO AND EVERYONE PARTICIPATING WILL NOT SEE THE SAME BENEFITS AS BEAUMONT. THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY POTENTIALLY SEE IN ENGLAND. COUNCILMAN FILL SOLVING COUNCILMAN DURIO. YES, MADAM ATTORNEY ARE WE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE COMBINING OF THE ZONES IS TO OUR ADVANTAGE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO. THEY ARE PROMOTING IT AS A BENEFIT, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT OURSELVES. SO THE I WANT YOU TO THINK OF IT THIS WAY. SOMEONE IS APPROACHES AND SAYS, HEY, THIS IS A GOOD DEAL FOR YOU. WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS BEFORE YOU COMMIT TO THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN LAWYERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO OUR BEST INTERESTS.

REVIEW THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S A TRUE A TRUE STATEMENT. CAN WE REJECT THIS? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IS TO DENY IT AND GIVE US A CHANCE TO LOOK INTO IT. CAN WE AS ACCOUNT? COULD WE AS A CITY REJECT THEIR THEIR PROPOSAL TO COMBINE THESE ZONES OR IS THAT OUTSIDE OF OUR

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WE DON'T NEED TO START WITH THAT. AH BUT WE WERE GOING TO DO THE POWER POINT AND AGAIN. THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THIS RESPECT. THIS ITEM WAS TABLED AND ASKED TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL. UM SO I THINK IT'S IN THE WE'RE GOING TO DO IN TERMS OF ROBERTS, WHO WILL ORDER WE DON'T REALLY SPEAK TO THIS. IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR COUNSEL TO HEAR THE REQUESTED INFORMATION THAT WAS THAT PRECIPITATED THE TABLE LINK AND THEN WE CAN GO INTO A MOTION IN THE SECOND IF THAT'S NEXT. THANK YOU A SECOND. MAYOR COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED ON OCTOBER 17TH AT THE STAFF BRING BACK MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE EVALUATION PROCESS FOR THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION AGENCY SERVICES FROM MUNICIPAL COURT. TODAY BREED THIBODEAU CITY MUNICIPAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR MYSELF PURCHASING MANAGER. WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE SLIDES THAT CONTAIN THAT INFORMATION. BEGIN WITH RFP PROCESS ALLOWS FOR VENDORS TO PRESENT THEIR PROPOSALS TO THE CITY BY PROVIDING INFORMATION REQUESTED. THAT S SPECIFICATIONS , AND IT ALSO ALLOWS VENDORS TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES OR VALUE THAT THEY CAN BRING TO THE CITY IN THOSE PROPOSALS. THE RFP CONTAINS AN EVALUATION CRITERIA ON WHICH PROPOSALS WERE SCORED BY COMMITTEE MADE UP BY CITY STAFF WITH EXPERIENCE IN THESE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS BEING REQUESTED AND DID NOT INCLUDE PROCUREMENT STAFF. THERE ARE THREE STAFF MEMBERS THAT INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATE THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A FAIR AND REASONABLE VALUATION. ONCE COMPLETE, THEY SUBMITTED THEIR SCORES TO ME, AND I CALCULATED THOSE SCORES AND COMPILED THEM INTO THE EVALUATION SCORE SHEET. AFTER THE OCTOBER 17TH COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS ADAM STAFF WENT BACK TO THE TOP THREE VENDORS, AS REQUESTED. AND REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE SUBMITTED. LINE BURGER GOGGIN, BLAIR AND SAMSON THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR AND MCCRARY THIS ELKA BRAG, AND ALLEN, THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR, WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME DATA FOR THEIR SERVICES TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND PURDUE. BRANDON FIELDER COLLINS AND MY WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE DATA PARA LAND. A CITY SIMILAR IN SIZE TO BEAUMONT. THE FOLLOWING SIDES INCLUDE THE DATA REQUESTED FROM EACH VENDOR. SO THE. FOR LAND BURGER, GOGGIN, BLAIR AND SAMSON LLP. DEATH CERTIFICATES. WE HAVE THREE REPORTS HAD BEEN SENT DURING THE CONTRACT PERIOD. FOUR REQUIRE E THE CELICA. BRAGG AND ALAN WE HAVE, 642 REPORTED.

DEATH CERTIFICATES OF DEFENDANTS. DURING THE CONTRACT PERIOD. PURDUE BRANDON FIELDER COLLINS AND MY LLP THEY HAVE 34 REPORTED. DEATH CERTIFICATES TO THE CITY OF PEARLAND DURING THEIR CONTRACT PERIOD. FOR THE SYSTEM INTERFACE. ALL THREE VENDORS, THEIR SYSTEMS. INTERACT WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT SYSTEMS. FOR DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE. LINEBURG, GOGGIN, BLAIR AND SAMSON. WE'LL ASSIGN AND HAVE ASSIGNED 10 EMPLOYEES TO THIS CONTRACT. MCCRARY, VISOKO BRAGGING, ALLEN WELL, IT'S 100 33 IF AWARDED OR IN HAVING THE PAST. PRODUCE BRANDON FIELDER COLLINS IN MIND, THEY WILL ASSIGN 30 EMPLOYEES TO THIS CONTRACT AND FORWARDED FOR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE LINE DOGGER. GOGGIN, BLAIR AND SAMSON. 47 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. MCQUEARY

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TO CONTINUE, OKAY? I'M SORRY. I MISSED ONE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. GO TO THE SLIDE TO. YOU'LL SEE WHERE SCORES WERE TALLIED. UM MCCREARY VERSUS ELKA BRAG ALLEN. SCOPE OF SERVICES RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF 38 POINTS. PRODUCER BRANDON FIELDER COLLINS AND MY RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF 37.666.

GOGGIN BLAIR AND SAMSON RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF 34.333. FOR DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE. MCREE VISOKO BRAGGING ALLEN RECEIVED 28.333. PRODUCED BRANDON FIELDER COLLEGE AND MIGHT RECEIVE 24.666. LINEBARGER, GOGGIN, BLAIR AND SAMSON RECEIVED A SCORE OF 26. FOR COST OF SERVICE AND EFFECTIVENESS. THEY ALL RECEIVED 30 POINT AS IT IS A STATUTORY COST. SO. AND THEN TOTAL POINTS FOR MCCREARY. THE CELICA BRAG, ALLEN THEY RECEIVED A SCORE OF 96.333. PURDUE BRANDON FIELDER COLLEGE AND MIGHT RECEIVE THE SCORE OF DANNY 2.332. LINEBARGER GOGGIN, BLAIR AND SAMSON RECEIVED 90.333. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. YES COUNCILMAN . YES TERRY IN TERMS OF THE CATEGORY OF DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE. DO YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT. THE NBB, A FARM AND THE PRODUCER FIRM WERE COUNTING. COLLECTORS AND I T STAFF WHEN THEY PUT THEIR NUMBER DOWN. AH, OR WERE THEY COUNTING. JUST THE. PEOPLE THAT HAVE A DIRECT INTERACTION. WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT OR THE CITIES THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH. DO YOU KNOW? I BELIEVE IN THIS. THIS WAS COMPLETE STAFF THAT WAS GONNA BE ASSIGNED. COMPLETE STAFF SO. OF THE LANDMARK OF FARM IF SINCE IT IS THE LARGEST FIRM OF THE THREE THEY COUNTED ALL OF THEIR STAFF. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE IN TERMS OF DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE. I BELIEVE IN THIS POINT, THEY WERE WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THEY WERE GIVING US THE STAFF THAT WAS GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE CONTRACT. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS THAT WE INCLUDED, RIGHT, RIGHT.

I JUST WANT APPLES TO APPLES, BECAUSE IF YOU PUT ALL THE COLLECTION AGENTS AND ALL THE I T FOR MAKE MACQUARIE FOR SLACKER BRAG, AND ALLEN AND PARTY BRANDON AND FILTER AND COLLINS AND THEN YOU DON'T INCLUDE THOSE SAME SUPPORT STAFF FOR LAND MARKER GOG, AND OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE MORE STAFF THAT THEY'RE PUTTING, UH WITH IT. BUT THAT'S NOT AN APPLE ESTABLISHED. COMPARISON IS IT DIDN'T BREAK DOWN THE INDIVIDUAL STAFF AND WHAT THEIR DUTIES WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE WHO GAVE US JUST A MINUTE STAFF THAT WAS GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO IT. AND THEY ALL HAD THAT SAME OPTION WAS TO GIVE US THAT NUMBER. THEY DIDN'T BREAK IT DOWN. ON WHAT YOUR SPECIFIC DUTIES WE'RE GOING TO BE. I MEAN, THEY ALL HAVE. YOU KNOW, SOME HAVE 1000. SOME HAVE 400 EMPLOYEES, BUT THEY WERE JUST TELLING US WHAT THE AMOUNT WAS.

IT WAS GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE CONTRACT AS REQUESTED. THANK YOU. HELLO, COUNCIL MAYOR. I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. AND THEN THIS GOES REALLY CLOSE. UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY OBJECTIONS. I THINK YOU CAN JUST USE THE FIRST NAME OF THE VENDOR. OKAY SO THAT'S A LOT GOING TO DO IT AND BE WITH I USUALLY JUST SAY YOU MEET ME. UM SO ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, WE'RE COMPARING ALL THREE VENDORS. UM, AFTER OUR COUNCIL MEETING WE REQUESTED FROM PURDUE LINEBARGER AND M B B B B A BIRD. THREE YEARS OF, UM DATA FROM THEM SO WE COULD PRESENT IT TO YOU ALL UM PRETTY. OOH WELL AS NBA BOTH GAVE US THE OCTOBER 1ST OF 2022 OCTOBER 30TH OF 2023 LAND BURGER

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MCCRARY IT WAS 19.6. AND FOR PURDUE, IT WAS 50.76. YOUR DOLLARS RESOLVED FOR LINEBARGER WERE 5.4463 28. MCCREARY WAS 5,000,612 948 AND THEN FOR PURDUE, IT WAS 3,000,913 AND 295. ON YOUR RESOLVED, RIGHT? YOU HAD LAND BURGER AT 23% WHERE MERCURY WAS AT 72% AND PURDUE.

IS THAT 78? OF COURSE, COUNCILMAN GUESTS. SO IT LOOKS LIKE FROM A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. THE LANDMARK OF FIRM IN TERMS OF DOLLARS PAID IN DOLLARS RESOLVED. HAD. MORE MORE MONEY, ACTUALLY. THEN THE OTHER FARMS, BUT THERE IS A COLLECTION RIGHT? THAT HAS A LARGE DISPARITY. HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THAT? SO WHEN WE LOOK AT INTO THAT, I THINK EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT FORMULA WHEN THEY GO IN TO GET INTO THEIR COLLECTION RATE. UM I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM. I DO CAN TELL YOU THAT PURDUE AND B B A AND LAND BURGER ARE SITTING HERE SO THEY CAN SPEAK ON THAT UPON THEM. I CAN'T DO THAT. UM BUT I DO SEE THAT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREDICT PURDUE AND THE OTHER TWO THAT ARE, YOU KNOW. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CERTAIN VENDORS DO IT IS, THOUGH, GET THERE. LET'S SAY 40 SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S PLACED TO THEM. SO THAT'S THE DOLLARS THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY GAVE TO THEM. THEN THEY'LL TAKE THE MOUNT THAT'S CANCELED. SO THAT'S YOUR, UM, DISMISSED YOUR CLOTHES WITH CREDIT YOUR JAIL TIME, THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND THEY KIND OF TAKE THAT OFF OF THERE. THEN THEY TAKE A COLLECTION RATE OF WHATEVER WAS, UM, WHATEVER THEY COLLECTED ON THAT AMOUNT THAT'S BEEN SUBTRACTED OFF OF THAT RESULT. SO I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW THIS IS JUST THE DATA THAT THEY SUBMITTED TO ME. BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE ALL THREE SITTING HERE TODAY. IF YOU NEED TO ASK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THEM IF I COULD HAVE MAYBE, UH WHY EMBARGO REPRESENTATIVE LINEBARGER REPRESENTATIVE COME FORWARD. I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT QUESTION GROWTH IS HERE FOR LINE BARKER JUST TO BE CLEAR. IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO VENDORS, YOU NEED TO SPEAK, ALLOW HAPPY TO HAVE THEM ALL COME UP, BRIAN GROSSES HERE WITH LIMBURGER. ELITA GONZALEZ IS HERE WITH PURDUE AND CRAIG MORE GAGNON. HE'S IN THE BACK. HERE'S WITH BB. A THANK YOU, SIR. IF ALL THREE OF Y'ALL COULD COME UP AT THIS POINT, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO SO I'LL I'M TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON HERE , AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING COMPLETELY. WHY THE DISPARITIES ARE AS GREAT AS THEY ARE. UH MR GARCIA, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AT LAND BORDER? THE INFORMATION THAT WE SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF THE FIRM. THE WAY THAT WE CALCULATE OR ARE PERCENTAGES. THIS IS BASED ON THE ENTIRE PORTFOLIO THAT WAS PLACED WITH THE FIRM IN 2021. FEBRUARY. AND WHEN I SAY PORTFOLIO OR ENTIRE PORTFOLIO, WHAT I AM REFERRING TO SIMPLY IS THE BACKLOG OF CASES THAT THE PREVIOUS BENDER HAD AND DID NOT COLLECT. SO THERE WOULD BE A BIG LUMP PLACEMENT THAT WOULD COME IN THEN AND THEN MOVING FORWARD.

YOU HAVE THE NEW PLACEMENTS. AS THEY MOVE FORWARD THROUGH TIME. SO OUR PORTFOLIO POOL. FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WHENEVER WE RECEIVED THE INITIAL PLACEMENT ON THE OLD BACKLOG THAT CAME OVER WAS APPROXIMATELY $16.5 MILLION. AND THEN MOVING FORWARD THE CITY HAS PLACED SINCE THEN

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IN THOSE PERCENTAGES. AND UM, SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT 12.3% IN THE 23.1. AS FAR AS COLLECTION RATE AND THE, UM RESOLVED RATE. THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE PORTFOLIO. AND WE HAVE THAT'S NEARLY $25 MILLION PORTFOLIO. CORRECT YES, SIR. NOW IF YOU BROKE IT DOWN TO IF YOU DID NOT COUNT THE BACKLOG FROM THE PREVIOUS VENDOR THAT WAS SENT TO THE FIRM. THE 16.5 MILLION WE HAVE A COLLECTION RATE OF 49.9% AND A RESOLUTION RATE OF 67.8% OKAY, SO THAT'S LINEBARGER REPRESENTATIVE OF MCCREARY COME FORWARD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILOR SO AGAIN. IT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WAS TURNED OVER TO US AND IN 2015, WHEN WE TOOK IT OVER THERE WAS ABOUT 23 MILLION TURNED OVER TO US AS WELL. AND SO SETTING UP IN ONE OF THESE CHAIRS LIKE YOU, GENTLEMEN, DO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, UH, THE STUFF AND YOU WANT TO LOOK AT COLLECTIONS AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT COLLECTIONS ON FINES AND FEES, YOU'RE GONNA BE ALL OVER THE MAP. ANYONE TELLS YOU DIFFERENTLY. THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE WRONG. IT'S UH, IT IS ALL OVER THE MAP. COURTS TURNED THINGS OVER DIFFERENTLY. WE HAVE SOME SEASON TURN. DON'T TURN ANYTHING OVER TO US FOR 180 DAYS . YOU GOT SOME THAT DON'T TURN OVER FOR A YEAR. YOU CAN TURN OVER ON DAY 61, SO I'D LOOK AT THE COLLECTION AMOUNTS THAT ARE COLLECTED AND PAID. AND IN THE THREE YEARS WE HAD THE CONTRACT, IT WAS OVER. $3.5 MILLION WERE PAID TO THIS CITY. AND SO I THINK THAT'S MORE OF AN ACCURATE NUMBER TO LOOK AT THAN TRYING TO COMPARE HOW WE ALL DO COLLECTION NUMBERS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GO, UH INTO THESE, UH, NUMBERS AND SO I DO KNOW THIS NUMBER INCLUDES ALL OF THE TOTAL PLACEMENTS THAT WE HAD WHEN WE TOOK THE CONTRACT OVER PLUS THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF OUR CONTRACT THAT WE HAD GOING THROUGH A SOFTWARE CONVERSION, AND WE DID NOT GET TO WORK ANY OF THOSE CASES. SO IT TOOK US A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE WE EVEN GOT GOING. AND SO THAT JUST BE A SUGGESTION? I JUST THINK WHEN YOU SIT AND LOOK AT COLLECTION NUMBERS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET DIFFERENT COLLECTION. IT'S NOT LIKE CITY PROPERTY TAXES WHERE YOU BRING IN 99% ANNUALLY ROUGHLY, AND THEN YOU KNOW, HE'S COLLECT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE COLLECTING ABOUT ONE OR 2% BUT WITH THIS, IT CAN BE ALL OVER THE MAP ORGAN. I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE QUESTION THAT COUNCILORS ACCENT. I BELIEVE YOUR QUESTION WAS RIGHT RELATIVE TO WHEN YOU TOOK OVER THE CITY'S ACCOUNT PREVIOUSLY BUT COUNCILMAN GETS IS ASKING IS HOW THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WAS TURNED THE RESOLVE RATE OF 72% FOR THE WORK YOU DID IN CONROE, ALL THE ALL THE TOTAL PLACEMENT AMOUNTS, BUT IT HAS FOR THE CITY OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. I'M SORRY FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. WE DID ALL THE TOTAL PLACEMENTS ON THIS. WE DID THE PLACEMENT THAT WAS TURNED OVER TO US AT THE CITY OF CONRAIL, BELIEVE ALSO, THAT'S HOW WE USUALLY DO IT. WE USUALLY TAKE ALL THE TOTAL PLACEMENTS.

AND THEN COME UP WITH OUR COLLECTION NUMBER. WHY WHY DOES SINCE YOU DID WORK FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT? WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT NUMBERS FROM THE CITY OF CONTRA? UH I THINK WE WERE ORIGINALLY ASKED TO SEND THE INCOMPARABLE CITIES UNDER THE R F. Q I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE THAT'S GOING TO SHOW MORE. OKAY SO SORRY THEY WERE TRYING TO USE THE SAME YEARS OF COLLECTION THAT THEY WERE WORKING WITH. SO THE DATA THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE IS RELATIVE TO THE CITY, BOMA INCOMPARABLE CITIES.

BUT THEY WANTED TO SHOW THAT ARE FROM THE SAME COLLECTION YEARS. OH, GOD. COUNCIL MEMBER GETS I WILL BE BRINGING, UM, THE NUMBERS THAT WEINBERGER AND B B A DID FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, UM, AS WELL AS THIS TIME PERIOD AS WELL AS THE EXACT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT LINEBARGER SENT TO US THAT MCCURRY DID AS WELL SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE NEXT YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU ALL. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS OTILIA GONZALEZ AND ONE OF THE LAW PARTNERS WITH PURDUE. BRANDON

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AND I HAVE A SLIDE FOLLOWING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE EXACT INCOMPARABLE DATA. OKAY SO, BUT BASED ON THIS, YOU HAVE 34 MONTHS OF LAND MARKER AND 40 MONTHS OF MCCRARY, SO IT WOULD STANDARD REASON THAT MCCREARY WOULD. HAVE LONGER OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT MORE DOLLARS AS I WRITE. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WAS PLACED DURING THIS THIS TIME. OKAY? COUNCILMAN TURNER. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND YOU WANT TO SEE THE NEXT FIVE? THE NEXT SLIDE IS FINE WITH ME. I JUST WANTED TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO KIND OF REFLECT SO I CAN GET AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT PRIOR TO MAKING A DECISION. OKAY? RIGHT SO THIS NEXT SLIDE, UM, WHEN WE REQUESTED FROM THE THREE TOP THREE VENDORS FOR THOSE SPECIFIC DATES OF THE OCTOBER OCTOBER OF 33 YEARS, WHICH WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL, UM WEINBERGER WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD NOT PROVIDE THE EXACT THREE YEARS. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND REQUESTED FROM OUR QUERY AND THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONTHS THAT LAMB BURGER COULD ONLY PROVIDE. SO HERE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THE DOLLARS PAID FOR LAND. BARGOR IS 2.6 MILLION FROM AQUARIUS 2.3. FOR THE COLLECTION RATE. IT WAS 12.3% FOR LINE BURGER WITH THE

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AND THEN WE RESOLVED RIGHT OF 23.1% AND THE MCCREARY OF 91. AS I STILL WENT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. UM I DID NOT GET THIS ON THE SLIDE IN TIME, BUT I DID GO AHEAD AND GET AN ENTIRE THEIR ENTIRE TIME HERE WITH US AND HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL. I DO HAVE A SHEET FOR ALL OF YOU. IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, UM, I'D. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ OVER THIS. SO THE ENTIRE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WROTE BETWEEN LINE BARGOR AND MCCURRY. BARGOR STARTED WITH US, UM, IN 2021 OF FEBRUARY. THEY WERE ACTUALLY AWARDED BACK IN JUNE OF 2020. HOWEVER WITH HURRICANE LAURA AND SOME OTHER UM, SOFTWARE ISSUES THAT WE WEREN'T A LOT. THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 2021. THE DOLLARS PLACED LIKE MR GROSS SETTLE AGO ACTUALLY IS ABOUT 24 MILLION AT THIS TIME, AS HE SAID JUST A SECOND AGO, AND THE DOLLARS PLACE FOR NBA WAS 23.89 SO PRETTY COMPARABLE NUMBERS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS KIND OF DATA. THE DOLLARS PAID FROM LAMB BURGER. THIS IS THE MONEY THAT WAS COLLECTED FROM THE CITY FROM THIS. THIS FIRM WAS 2.6 MILLION. WHEN YOU LOOK AT M B B A. THEY COLLECTED US 3.5 MILLION ALMOST 909 100,000 MORE. YOUR COLLECTION RATES FOR LINEBARGER OR 12.3. WHERE MCCREARY WAS 14.9. YOUR DOLLARS RESOLVED FOR BLIND BARKER WERE 5.4. WHERE FROM MACQUARIE WAS 8.0. YOU'RE RESOLVED RATE FOR LINEBARGER WAS 23% WHERE YOU'RE RESOLVED RATE FOR M B B. A WAS 33.9. SO THAT'S THE ENTIRE CONTRACT THAT THEY WERE WITH US FOR BOTH OF THEM. I KNOW WE WANT TO LOOK AT COLLECTION RATES AND KNOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND WE THAT'S BEEN THE BIG THING THAT YOU HAVE WANTED TO DO. AND I'VE BROUGHT IT, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT HOW MUCH THE CITY IS MAKING THOSE DOLLARS PAID AS WELL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU, BREE. SO. TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS. THE DOLLARS PAID 21. OCTOBER, 23. THAT'S HAVING MANY MONTHS. THAT'S. 2.6 FOR LAND BORDER 2.39. FOR M V B. A IS THAT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONTHS IN BOTH OF THOSE YES, SIR. ON THE BOTTOM THOSE ARE UM BUT WELL , YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND TOO, THAT WHEN WE WHEN YOU SEE THAT NUMBER, AND THAT NUMBER DOES FAVOR ONLINE BURGER FOR THIS ONE REPORT, AND BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT ENVY B A WAS, UM THEIR THEIR RIGHTS ON THIS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN, UM NOT ALL OF THE DOLLARS PLACER IN THIS THIS ONE. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER , YOUR STRATEGIC REAL NUMBERS, YOU NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT COMPLETELY AS A WHOLE OR YOUR THREE YEARS. SO THE COLLECTION RATE 12.3% VERSUS THE 40. IF LAND BORDER WAS STARTING OUT WITH A BIGGER POOL OF MONEY TO HAVE TO TRY TO COLLECT MM, BB A. THE SAME AMOUNT. YOU'RE SAYING IT WAS THE SAME AMOUNT IT WAS. MR GROSS JUST HAD MENTIONED THAT IT WAS 24 MILLION, UM, THAT THAT THEY HAVE. WE HAVE GIVEN THEM TO COLLECT ON AND NBA HAD 23.89. SO ALMOST THE EXACT AMOUNT. THAT'S WHAT I M B. B A SAYS THAT THEY STARTED OFF WITH TWO DO YOU DO IT WAS PLACED IN THE TOWN OF THEIR CONTRACT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN TURNER IS I APPRECIATE THE BREAK BREAK GROUND OF THE ENTIRE CONTRACT. I THINK YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING SAID BUT

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ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN DURIO. NOT TO LET THE PAPER THE ONE THAT YOU PASSED OUT TO US. SO OVER THREE MONTH PERIOD. NO UH WHAT IS THAT 32 MONTHS. MM FEBRUARY OF 21 TO OCTOBER, 23. 34 MONTHS 3RD 132. WHATEVER. OH I THINK IT'S 32 MONTHS, BUT I'M LOOKING JUST AT THE DOLLARS PAY. AND, UH, DOLLARS RESOLVED. SO ARE YOU SAYING WELL IF THEIR COLLECTION RATE IS HIGHER. DID THEY HAVE MORE MONEY TO COLLECT? NO. THE DOLLARS. OR HIGHER FOR LION BURGER, BUT THE PERCENTAGES ARE HIGHER. ON THE M V B A. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING? AND BEFORE THAT THE OTHER VENDORS WERE ABLE TO SPEAK. EVERYONE DOES THEIR DATA A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO WHERE LAND BARGOR IS USING A FORMULA OF ALL DOLLARS PLACE BECAUSE DURING THAT TIME, ALL DOLLARS REPLACED RIGHT, BUT FOR M B B. A NOT ALL DOLLARS WERE PLACED. THEY COULD HAVE BEEN PLACED BEFORE THAT TIME A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT TIME OR NOT AFTER THAT TIME, BUT BEFORE THAT TIME, SO THEY'RE GOING TO THEIR NUMBERS ARE GOING TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THE DATA THAT I KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE APPLES TO APPLES, BUT THE BEST APPLES TO APPLES THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY SEE IN THIS WHICH WAS NOT REQUESTED BY YOU, BUT I DID STILL PROVIDED WAS THE ENTIRE CONTRACT WHETHER THAT BE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH NBA WAS WITH US FROM 2017 OR ACTUALLY 2015 TO 2020 FOR TWO YEARS OF THAT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO COLLECT FOR US, UM THEY COULDN'T START COLLECTING ON OUR STUFF UNTIL JUNE OF 2017 BECAUSE WE WERE MOVING TO A NEW SOFTWARE INCOME, AND IT WAS JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO AT THAT TIME. UM LINE BARKER THE SAME THING. THEY GOT THIS THIS, UH IN JUNE, AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO COLLECT UNTIL FEBRUARY, SO BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND YOU WANT TO SEE ACTUAL NUMBERS COLLECTION RATE WISE IF YOU WORK AT THAT TOP TABLE THAT I GAVE YOU, UM THAT'S JUST THAT'S AS CLOSE AS YOU PROBABLY ARE GOING TO GET IN THIS I JUST. WHICH STILL AGAIN YOUR DOLLARS RESOLVED IS UP 3 MILLION MORE THAN IN NBA THAN IN HIS LINE BURGER AND ALMOST 900,000 MORE FOR MDB AND LAND MARKER. COUNCILMAN TURNER AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT'S TOUGH TO LOOK AT AND UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T GET AN ACTUAL COMPARISON IS ONCE THREE YEARS AND OTHERS ROUGHLY TWO. RIGHT? BUT IF I WERE TO BREAK THAT DOWN TO THAT TWO YEARS, LIKE EXACTLY HOW I DID YOU'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA MISS ALL THAT DATA FROM WHAT WAS PLACED BEFORE THIS TWO YEARS. SO. COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW. YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL TRIES SO HARD TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. WE WANT TO DO MUCH BEST FOR THE CITY. BUT THIS IS NOT IN MY WHEELHOUSE. THAT'S OBVIOUS AND SO I GUESS. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR ME IS IT SAYS HERE, UH, AND THIS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN THAT, UM UH.

THINK THAT THIS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION THAT YOU DID THE SCORING AND YOU CAME UP WITH THIS M V. B A. AND SO YOUR HANDS ARE IN THIS ON A EVERY DAY.

EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY IS IN IT EVERY DAY. YES, SIR. YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS YEP. TO MOVE.

YES SIR. I'VE HAD I'VE WORKED WITH BOTH OF THEM. FIRST TIME I WAS DEPUTY QUARTER MINISTRATIONS WHEN THEY WERE WITH US COUNCIL HAD A SMOOTH TO LAND BURGER AND I'VE BEEN WITH WEINBERGER IS THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR THE ENTIRE TIME. UM COLLECTION DATA. I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU ALL DAY. UM CUSTOMER SERVICE THE WAY THEY PROVIDE THINGS FOR US AT THE DROP OF A HAT IS NIGHT AND DAY, FOR INSTANCE, WE REQUESTED THIS INFORMATION. IT TOOK NBA AND PURDUE THE SAME DAY TO GET IT TO ME WHERE IT TOOK LAMB BURGER. ALMOST SIX DAYS. I THINK TO GET IT. I HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT AS WELL. IT'S JUST THE CUSTOMER SERVICE. UM THE WAY YOU KNOW THEY GET EVERYTHING TO US AND

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UNDERSTOOD MR WELCH. CAN YOU TELL ME IF IN THE RFP THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY ACCENT FOR THAT DOCUMENT, BECAUSE I NOTICED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SOMETHING REAL REQUESTED. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THAT. BUT AGAIN IN MY PRESENTATION, THE ADDITIONAL VALUE THAT THEY OFFER IN THEIR PROPOSALS. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE RFP. IS ANY SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE ABOVE AND BEYOND. THAT'S A THAT'S A PLUS FOR THIS CITY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT IS HELPING HER. GET CASES OFF OF HER BUGS, AND SO WE HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT IF THEY'RE BEING OFFERED TO US, AND YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE, IT IS, IF YOU KNOW ALL THE OTHER VENDORS HAVE THE SAME OPTION TO OFFER THAT SERVICE UNLESS SHE SAID, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PART OF IT. BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA RUN ACROSS DEATH CASES, OBVIOUSLY. IF YOU HAVE TO BE PROVEN, OKAY? YES SIR. FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN DURIO. YES I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT BE OKAY. IF SOMEBODY FROM LYON BURGER COMES UP AND RESPONSE TO EVERYTHING THAT BREACHES SAID IT IF YOU LET ONE SPEAK, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM ALL SPEAK, HAD NOTHING TO DO. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MAYOR.

THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE. I AM. DANIELLE NETTLES. I'M THE PARTNER HERE IN THE BEAUMONT OFFICE. AND I WORK ALONG WITH MR BRIAN GROSS, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND FEES AND FINES IN HOUSTON, UM, JUST TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD JUST PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED BY MRS THIBODEAU. UM FOR ONE. LET'S JUST GO BACK. UM WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT THESE PARTICULAR, UM SLIDE SHOWS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, AND THERE'S A STATEMENT ABOUT THE TIME FRAME THAT LINE BURGER PROVIDED, UM, THE REASON WHY THEY ARE NOT CONCURRING WITH VBS INFORMATION OR PRODUCE IS BECAUSE LAMBERG WAS NOT GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE, UM WHAT IS IT? THE DATA AND THE RESOURCES SUPPOSED TO BEGIN COLLECTING. WE STARTED THE CONTRACT. FOR SOME REASON, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT SAYS WE ACTUALLY STARTED THE CONTRACT IN JUNE. THE CONTRACT WAS NOT EVEN START UNTIL JULY. UM WE DID NOT. UH, THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME, I GUESS FROM MCCRARY TO WORK THEIR WAY OUT OF THEIR PREVIOUS WORK THAT THEY HAVE PERFORMED AND THAT TOOK US ALMOST SEVEN MONTHS, SO WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO START COLLECTIONS UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 2021. IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL NUMBERS AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WAS AFFORDED TO BOTH VENDORS, YOU'LL SEE THAT MCCREARY WAS GIVEN 40 MONTHS. BUT LAMBERG, ON THE

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THE QUESTION IS IT RELATES TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER VENDORS ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE STATEMENTS AND COUNCILMAN TURN. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN DARIO STATEMENTS WHERE WE'RE LIKELY TO CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT MR BRAY MENTIONED ANDMAKE SURE L THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED. I WANT TO EXECUTE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO CUSTOMER SERVICE ONLY. OKAY MR DARIO, YOU ACTUALLY INCLUDED SOME OTHER INFORMATION IN YOUR QUESTION. IT WAS NOT JUST RELATED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE JUST WANTED THEM TO RESPOND TO EVERYTHING THAT MRS THIBODEAU SAID, TO ADVISE YOU THAT THAT IS INCONSISTENT IN THE EMBEDDING PROCESS. ONE THING THAT'S ALLOWED IN THE BIDDING PROCESS IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE A FAIR BIDDING PROCESSES THAT EVERY BENDER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE SAME INFORMATION BECAUSE SOME OF OUR BUSINESS HAVE NOT WORKED WITH US. AND SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES HAVE NOT BEEN THE SAME IN ORDER TO KEEP IT FAIR AND CONSISTENT. THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TELL OUT HER TO RESPOND TO CUSTOMER SERVICE POSSESS SOMETHING THAT EVERY VENDOR COULD SPEAK TO HIS CUSTOMER SERVICE. BUT SHE SPECIFICALLY SAID LINE BURGER. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR A LINE . BURGER DID NOT PROVIDED CUSTOMER SERVICE. AND SO THE OTHER VENDORS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE. AND SO THAT'LL ALLOW FOR EVERY VENDOR HERE TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. NOW HOW WEINBERGER HAS HAS HAD A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY SO THEY CAN SPEAK TO SPECIFICALLY THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE, BUT THE OTHER VENDORS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IN GENERAL.

THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL SITUATION , HOWEVER, IN A BIDDING PROCESS IN ORDER TO MAKE IT FAIR, EACH BIDDER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION CONSISTENTLY TO COUNSEL, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL IS BEING EVEN IN FEAR HANDED AND ALLOWING EACH VENDOR TO SPEAK AND NOT EVERY VENDOR IS GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THAT, BECAUSE NOT EVERY VENDOR HERE HAS HAPPENED. CITY AND EVERY VENDOR HAS HAD A SEPARATE AND DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE AND PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE CITY. ONE OF THE VENDORS PRESENT PURDUE HAS NEVER WORKED WITH THE CITY, AND SO THEY'LL HAVE TO SPEAK IN GENERAL ABOUT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY PROVIDE.

COUNCILMAN KILSHAW SICK. SHOULD MADAM ATTORNEY COULD COULD COUNCIL MATERIAL ASK A SPECIFIC QUESTION? ABOUT SERVICE RENDERED IN EACH VENDOR HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THAT SAME QUESTION. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M PROPOSING. WHICH YOU CANNOT DO IS YEAH, SITUATION IS ALLOWED ONE VINTAGE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT ANOTHER VENDOR IS NOT GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MATERIAL. I THINK YOU COULD ASK A SPECIFIC QUESTION OUTSIDE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. BUT EACH VENDOR IS GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER THAT SAME QUESTION HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION COUNCILMAN GETS AND SIMILARLY I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THE COLLECTION RIGHT BECAUSE THAT TO ME THAT THERE'S SUCH A BIG DISPARITY HERE, AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS SUCH A BIG DISPARITY THE DOLLARS PAID A SIMILAR BUT THE COLLECTION RIGHT ? THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME REASON FOR THAT. OKAY AND SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU WHEN YOU DO A BIDDING SCENARIO. EACH VENDOR IS PROVIDED WITH A QUESTION OR A PACKET IN EACH VENDOR IS GOING TO BE GIVEN INFORMATION. IT'S VERY UNORTHODOX TO HAVE THE BENDERS PRESIDENT TO HAVE COUNSEL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE VENDORS DIRECTLY, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS ESPECIALLY TAKE IT OUT OF COLLECTIONS. LET'S JUST SAY THIS WAS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AND EACH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CAME UP AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WELL, THE REASON WHY MY BED IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I PAY MY BY UNION GUYS A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND ANOTHER GUY SAYS, WELL, THAT'S THAT'S FAIR, YOU KNOW, AND HE CAN DO THAT. BUT I USE A SPECIAL CEMENT MIX THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE. YOU HAVE TO ALLOW EACH BEEN THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND IN TURN AND COLLECT THE OR IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CONSIDERED A FAIR PROCESS. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT COUNCIL MAKE SURE THAT THEIR QUESTIONS OR GENERIC, AND THEY HAVE SAID EACH VENDOR HASN'T OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. AND THAT'S SPECIFIC TO HAVE GENDER IN A WAY THAT EACH VENDOR WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCURATELY RESPOND AS TO IMBALANCE THE PROCESS, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST A WARRIOR. THANK YOU, MADAM. THE ATTORNEY. HERE COUNCILMAN SAMUEL NOT PROPOSE. SOMETHING I'M BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT. MATERIALS THAT WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS BASED UP FROM, UH I LIKE TO COMPARISON THAT WAS GIVEN WITH THE THREE WITH THESE THREE AREAS, COULD WE POSSIBLY TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK? AND A LOT, AND WHEN WE COME BACK , WE ALLOW EACH ONE OF THESE FIRMS ALL THREE. TO RESPOND TO THE INFORMATION HERE, AND THAT MAY GIVE US A BETTER OPPORTUNITY

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THANK YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. THAT THERE'S ANY COUNCIL PEOPLE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

MY QUESTION IS, CAN YOU RESPOND TO WHAT STAFFS HERE REGARDING YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE? SO I'M GONNA ASK THAT EACH VENDOR BE ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO CUSTOMER SERVICE IN GENERAL. LAMB BURGER CAN'T RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDED TO THE CITY, AND ANYONE ELSE CAN RESPOND TO CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY PROVIDE IN GENERAL, DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ADVISING. THAT'S WHAT I'M ADVISED. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW. THAT'S MY QUESTION. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DURIO. I DON'T THINK THAT. SOME OF FEBRUARY. 2020 33. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE COURT AND THE ONLY TWO THINGS THAT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION REGARDING CUSTOMER SERVICE WERE WHETHER OR NOT LINED BARGOR COULD CONSIDER MOVING ITS DATE FOR INVOICING FROM THE CONTRACT ID AND RFP REQUIRED 15TH DAY OF THE MONTH TO IT THE 10TH DAY OF THE MONTH.

LAND BARGAIN WITHOUT HESITATION DID THAT WITHIN THE SAME BILLING CYCLE, SO THAT BY THE TIME THAT THE NEXT INVOICE WAS PRODUCED UM IT WAS ABLE TO BE MOVED FROM THEIR 15TH DAY OF THE MONTH TO THE 10TH DAY OF THE MONTH PER THE CITY'S REQUEST. NEXT THERE WAS A MAN INQUIRY WITH REGARD TO DEATH CERTIFICATES. DEATH CERTIFICATES AGAIN WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS CONTRACTING OR OR REQUIRED FOR IN THE REQUEST FOR THE RESPONSIBLE PROPOSAL BACK IN 2018, OR 2019.

HOWEVER WE DID CONTINUE TO ASK MISS SEVERAL QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT INFORMATION SHE WOULD LIKE.

UM AND WE STARTED PROVIDING THE INFORMATION TO HER. WE HAVE SENSE AS SHE SHOWED THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED AT LEAST THREE SETS OF REPORTS. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE US GOING BACK OVER THE THREE YEAR PERIOD, OR 3234 MONTH PERIOD THAT WE HAD THE CONTRACT TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE INFORMATION ON THE DECEASED, UM DEFENDANTS OR DEBTORS WITH THAT IN MIND. UM THIS CAME, YOU KNOW, AS A QUESTION OR LATER ON, IT CAME AS A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO OUR CURRENT RP, WHICH WE'RE OPERATING UNDER AND THE NEW RFP IN NEITHER RFP WHERE WE EVER REQUESTED OR ANY VENDOR EVER REQUESTED TO PROVIDE DEATH CERTIFICATES. LAND. BARGOR TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES ARE ITSELF TO DO THE RESEARCH AND WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT BY LAW. NO ONE IS ABLE TO PROVIDE DEATH CERTIFICATES. NOT A LAWYER ON BEHALF OF A PERSON. IT HAS TO BE IMMEDIATE RELATIVE. SO THE HOLD LAMB BARKER TO A STANDARD THAT IS NOT ALLOWED BY LAW. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. WE DID WHAT? WE WERE ASKED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT. WE PERFORMED TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AND THERE WAS NEVER ANY OTHER COMPLAINT. WITH REGARD TO CUSTOMER SERVICE TO LAND BARKER VEER MYSELF. OR MR GROSS. AND AT THIS TIME, MR GROSS WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT I WOULD LET HIM SO WHEN WE WERE ASKED ABOUT THE CERTIFICATES AND THE REPORT. WE WERE RECEIVED DIFFERENT INFORMATION. AS FAR AS WHAT WAS COMING IN. I HAVE REQUESTED A POSSIBLE TO GET AN IDEA TO SEE A

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THERE ARE INFORMAL RECORDS THAT WE CAN OBTAIN OBITUARIES, MAYBE OBITUARIES. WE HAVE ACCESS TO SUBSCRIBER SERVICES THAT ARE FIRM PAYS FOR. WE HAVE SKILLED RESEARCHERS SKIP TRACERS, A WHOLE TEAM OF FOLKS WHO DO NOTHING BUT RESEARCH PEOPLE'S DATE OF DEATH. UM YOUR ADDRESS THEIR PHONE NUMBER. WE CONFIRM ALL THAT AS MANY PLACES AS WE CAN YOU MAYOR BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO M N B. A LINE BURGERS SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO ANSWER. COUNCILMAN DIARIOS QUESTION AS WELL. OKAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION REGARDING AH! THE DEATH CERTIFICATES HE HAD ADDRESSED THAT HE KNOW WHAT HE COUNCILMAN THERE IS QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY WAS COULD THEY PROVIDE OR WHAT ADDITIONAL SERVICES WITH THEY PROVIDE HAMBURGERS SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT ADDITIONAL SERVICES OR WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF DEATH CERTIFICATES THEY COULD PROVIDE AND WHAT OTHER SERVICES THEY PROVIDE IN THAT AREA. THANK YOU FOR THE CLEARANCE. THEY HAVE THAT. THANK YOU COURSE. THANK YOU. AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL SERVICES. THERE ARE NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE OFFER THE COURT AND WE OFFER THE COURT NOW WE OFFER THEM. A CLIENT. YOU STICK WITH THE ABOUT THE DEATH CERTIFICATES ABOUT A

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OKAY? YEAH. WE'RE GONNA AND WE HAVE, UH YES, THANK YOU. GETTING YOUR STEPS IN TODAY. I AM AND I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T THINK I INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS CRAIG MORGAN. AND I'M A MANAGER AND ATTORNEY WITH, UH, NBB A. I'LL BE HONEST, I THINK THAT THE QUESTION ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

IF YOU GO BACK TO THE HISTORY OF 2015. WE'VE BEEN RECOMMENDED THREE TIMES BY THIS CITY, AND I THINK IT'S BALL BASED ON SERVICE. UM WE DON'T WAIT TO BE REQUESTED INFORMATION BE REQUESTED ABOUT A DEFENDANT. WE DO THAT AS PART OF OUR SKIP TRACING PART OF TALKING TO FAMILIES. WE WRITE LETTERS TO FAMILIES THAT ONCE WE FIND OUT THAT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE IS DECEASED, TO SEE IF THEY CAN PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO HELP GET IT. UH YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE PERFORM GETTING 600 SOMETHING. INFORMATION ON 600 CASES COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHER NUMBERS. I MEAN, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DO. AND SO I THINK THAT IS, UH WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR SERVICE. WE PROVIDE AN INSIDE SALES REP TO THE CITY. WE PROVIDE AN OUTSIDE SALES REP TO THE CITY, SO THAT'S HOW WE WERE ONLY TEXAS BASED. SO YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING SERVICE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT OUR BREAD AND BUTTER IS. YOU MAY NOT BE GETTING THE SAME SERVICE WHEN THEY'RE DEALING WITH DALLAS AND SOME OF THESE BIGGER CITIES.

LIKE I SAID, I COME FROM A SMALLER CITY. UH AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MATERIAL TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION . UM ALL THE PRODUCTS IN TERMS OF UNABLE TO RESOLVE CASES IN TERMS OF DEATH CERTIFICATES, OBITUARIES. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ACCEPTABLE IN HELPING TO RESOLVE. UM CASES. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELCOME. FOR ME, MAYOR.

YES, SIR. ALL DUE RESPECT THE COUNSELING THAT NOW I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR THIS COUNCIL, BUT IT'S CITY MANAGER. I'M BEGINNING TO GET A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS PROCESS AND HIGHEST PROCEEDING, AND I THINK WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH CAUTION FROM THIS POINT AND HOW WE'RE DOING THIS. YOU KNOW WE HAVE OTHER BEDS IN THIS PROCESS. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COME AND SPEAK BEFORE YOUR EXPLAIN THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE, ETCETERA, YOU KNOW, STAFF IS GIVING AN INFORMATION. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION. YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN CALLED BACK TWICE. OR YOU'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE. AND IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THEM TO PUT IN THE POSITION THAT THEY'RE BEING PUT IN, UH, IN THIS SITUATION. I THINK I WOULD JUST ASK COUNSEL AT SOME POINT TO MAKE A DECISION OR CONSIDER WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO UNLESS MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. I'M AFRAID THIS IS GOING TO SET A BAD PRECEDENT FOR CITY OF BEAUMONT. IT'S GOOD.

NOT JUST WITH THIS SITUATION, BUT BIDDERS AND OTHER SITUATIONS. THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANT US. HIT ON A PROJECT AND COME AND GET BEFORE THIS TYPE OF PROCESS, SO I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT BETTER MAN ADVICE CITY AND SETS AN ORGANIZATION AND ALICE BEING CURL FEL. UH FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH AS AN ORGANIZATION AND THE PRESIDENT WERE SITTING RIGHT? HAVING NOT BEEN A PART OF SUCH A PROCESS BEFORE. YES I CAN SEE WHERE THIS APPEARS TO BE TROUBLING TO ME, TOO, IN TERMS OF GETTING A FAIR VALUATION FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BIDDING. COUNCILMAN KILSHAW BASED ON THAT MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. ALRIGHT THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ADAM NUMBER SEVEN. IS THERE A SECOND? THAT IS. DOES ANYBODY NEED CLARITY?

[02:15:03]

COUNCILOR FELL. SHE IS CORRECTED WITH FAILED FOR LACK OF SECOND. ALRIGHT IF I, UH AS MAYOR, I CAN SECOND IT AND WE CAN CALL FOR A VOTE OR IS THAT BEING INAPPROPRIATE IN SECOND? IF YOU SO CHOOSE. I WILL. SECOND IT. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND. FOR APPROVAL . ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, YEAH. ANY OPPOSED. YEAH. AH! OPPOSED. OKAY THE MOTION FAILS. MARY I MAKE A MOTION THAT CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION WITH THE LAND BORDER FARM. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE EMOTION. UH, APPROVAL WITH FOR LAND BORDER IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THERE'S A 1ST AND 2ND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AND AH OPPOSED? NO. YOU NEED A HAND COUNT. OKAY? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. ALRIGHT NOW WE MAY WE PROCEED WITH. THE READING OF ADAM, NUMBER EIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCILOR CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FOUR TO THE CONTRACT WITH ALL CORE COLD LLC OR BEAUMONT FOR THE COLLIERS. VERY PUMP STATION PROJECT, AND THIS IS THE TO BE FUNDED WITH FEMA FUNDING RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. OKAY? IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADAM, NUMBER EIGHT. MOVED TO APPROVE. THERE'S A MOTION AND THERE'S A SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, COUNCILMAN TURNER. MR MANAGER. I KNOW IT'S CHANGED OUR NUMBER FOUR CAN MAYBE A STAFF MEMBER KIND OF SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT WE YEAH, WITH THIS NUMBER FOUR. I'M READING SOME OF IT. BUT I HAD A CITIZEN BEFORE THE MEETING DIDN'T QUITE EXPLAIN WHAT I EXPLAINED TO THEM VERSUS READING, SO I ASKED FOR MORE DETAILS. GOOD GO AHEAD TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. CERTAINLY. SO THE PROPOSED CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FOUR IF YOU'LL RECALL BACK IN JULY, THE 18TH WE AWARDED THE 42 AND 48 INCH WATERLINE DOWN PAN STREET THAT WOULD CONNECT THE PUMP STATION TO THE PENN STREET WATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND SO PART OF THAT AWARD WAS THE VALUE ENGINEERING. AH WHERE WE REDUCE THE OVERALL COSTS TO THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT. UM BECAUSE IT WAS OVER BUDGET SO PART OF THAT DECISION, AS WE VALUE ENGINEERED IT IS TO TAKE 750 FT OF THAT WATERLINE THAT'S CONNECTING THE PUMP STATION TO THE PAN STREET TREATMENT PLANT THAT IS WITHIN THE WITHIN THE SENATE E WITHIN THE EXCAVATION ZONE AREA. OF THE PUMP STATION AND MOVED IT FROM THE RAW WATER LINE PROJECT CONTRACT. AND MOVED IT TO THE PUMP STATION CONTRACT.

WHERE WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE SINCE IT IS PART OF THAT? IT'S PART OF THIS WATER LINE IS GOING TO BE UNDER THE ELEVATED ACCESS ROAD THAT'S GOING TO THE PUMP STATION, SO WE NEEDED TO CLEAN IT UP, BUT ALSO TO BY MOVING IT TO THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THE PUMP STATION CONTRACT. WE ARE ABLE TO ASK FEMA TO PAY FOR THAT PORTION OF THE WATERLAND AS BECAUSE TO HELP MAKE UP THAT SHORTFALL THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THE YELLOW FUNDING THE RESTORE GRANT FUNDING AND THE CITY'S FUNDING.

SO HELP REDUCE THAT BURDEN. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED BACK IN JULY. SO NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS PORTION OF THE WATERLAND PROJECT. TO BE MOVED TO THE LIMITS OF THE PUMP STATION PROJECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL.

APPROVAL OF ADAM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, UH , ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE READING OF ADAM NUMBER NINE. YES COUNCIL

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THEY WERE PICTURES. THERE IS NO ANALYSIS THAT ACCOMPANIED THEM AS TO HOW MUCH SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT COST. OR HOW IT WOULD BE FUNDED OR HOW WHERE THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM. SO IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GET BEHIND SUPPORTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITHOUT A PLAN, AND I SAID THEN.

BUT IT WAS GOING TO END UP COSTING US AT LEAST $4 MILLION. TO BUY THAT BUILDING. DO THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT AND THEN DEMOLISH IT. AND THAT WAS A TRUE STATEMENT THEN, AND IT'S A TRUE STATEMENT NOW. WE WILL SPEND VERY NEARLY $4 MILLION I HAVE NOTHING BUT. A FIELD OF BLANK.

LOT THERE. BUT SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED. A PLAN HAS EMERGED CREDIT THE ADMINISTRATION FOR HELPING US FORMULATE THAT PLAN. WE HAVE A PLAN NOW, AND IT'S NOT A SECRET. I'M NOT GIVING AWAY ANYTHING THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT. BUT WE HAVE A PLAN. NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING A MAJOR HOTEL. ALL THAT SITE. AND THAT. IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE EXCITED ABOUT. THE MONEY THAT THAT HOTEL COULD GENERATE. OVER THE TIME THAT IT EXISTS. HIS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT. IT WILL TRANSFORM DOWNTOWN. FROM BEING BASICALLY QUIET AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK. TO SOMETHING THAT WILL BE BARBARA.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WITH THAT BEING THE PLAN I CAN SUPPORT THIS, AND I DO SUPPORT THIS. SO THANK YOU, UH, MR WILLIAMS FOR HELPING US GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON THIS.

THERE. IS IT? IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE. OH, COUNCILMAN TURNER, THEN COUNCILMAN DIARRHEA. HMM UH, MISTER MANAGER OF STAFF, I SAID THERE'S 125 DAYS. THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE THE COMPLETE THIS. IT VOTED ON THE DAY. KEEP. WHEN IS THAT TIMELINE START? THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YOU KNOW YOU GOT YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH THE AWARD PROCESS SO THAT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ROUGHLY A MONTH AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ME AND MY STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ENERGY. THERE'S TWO TRANSFORMERS. IT'S UNDER THAT FRONT PORCH TO YEAH, AND BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO GET THAT OUT. IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. SO ENERGY IS NOT GIVING ME A DATE YET ON THAT, SO THAT'S GONNA HAND ON HIM GETTING THOSE TRANSFORMERS OUT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM. SINCE THE INCEPTION TO DETERMINE THAT THEY WERE THERE THEIR TRANSFORMERS AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE GONE FROM THE DEMOLITION PROCESS AND BACKED OFF AND THEN WE WENT TO THE SALE PROCESS. ALL THAT'S BEEN DELAYED ALONG THE WAY. SO RIGHT NOW I CAN'T GIVE A DEFINITE START DATE BECAUSE OF THAT. YES SIR. AND MERRY MY CONCERN. MR MANAGER IS THAT THE RIVERFRONT PARK SHOULD BE

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THANK YOU, CAL COUNCIL MEMBER. I HAVE TO REVISIT THE TIMELINE BASED UPON WHAT YOU REQUESTED AND SAYING, BUT, UH, 125 DAYS SHOULD PUT US IN THE WINDOW, I WOULD THINK, AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE RIVERFRONT PARK IS ON THIS SIDE, SO IT WOULD STILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE RIVERFRONT PARK. IF THE DEMOLITION WE'RE STILL CONTINUING FOR ANY REASON, AND THIS THIS PROJECT, THE DEMOLITION PART OF IT DOESN'T DEVELOP AN ENTRANCE IN THE RIVERFRONT PARK, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF WHATEVER THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS OF THAT PROPERTY. THANK YOU TO ANSWER MY QUESTION. COUNCILMAN DURIO. KEEP DEMOLISH IT HARD. IS THAT GONNA BE LIKE AN IMPLOSION OR THEY'RE GONNA GET OFF WITH A BIG BALL, KNOCK IT DOWN, OR EITHER THAT OR THEY'LL USE HEAVY MACHINERY WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE THUMB AND THE CRUSHER ON IT, BUT I THINK THEY'RE PROPOSING ASBESTOS ABATEMENT ALREADY BEEN DONE ON IT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND AFTER YOU KNOCKING DOWN WITH IS THAT WHEN YOU FIND OUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE CONTAMINATED SOIL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR HAVE YOU ALREADY TESTED FOR THAT, THE ONLY THE ONLY SPOT DURING THE PART OF THE DEMOLITION FEES IS THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE DIESEL TANK THAT'S IN THE GROUND THERE SO WE COULD ENCOUNTER SOME SOUL THAT'S UNDERNEATH THERE, BUT YOU WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE GET THERE.

UH, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS PROCESS THIS PART OF THE DEMOLITION, WE'RE LEAVING THE PARKING LOT AT THIS POINT. SO THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THE POINT OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

UM AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SEE THE NUMBERS IN THERE, THE DEMOLITION NUMBER IS A IS A HARD DOLLAR NUMBER. THE SITE WORK PORTION WELL WILL BE THEIRS BEING OFF OF QUANTITY, SO THOSE QUANTITIES WILL BE ADJUSTED AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECT, SO IN THE END, WE WILL ADJUST THOSE NUMBERS VIA A CHANGE ORDER. AND WE'VE WE'VE CALCULATED THE AMOUNT OF FIELD CALGARY MOVIL THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, SO I DO EXPECT THAT TO FLUCTUATES ON AS YOU GET FURTHER INTO IT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO. YEAH WELL, YOU KNOW WHEN THEY START HAULING, SAY, JUST RINSE HIS DIRTY WORK WHEN THEY START HAULING DIRTY AND WE HAVE A SET QUANTITY ON THERE. BUT IN THE END, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MONITOR THAT MONITOR THE TICKETS. AND THEN IF WE RUN LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BID THANK IT, AND WE'LL DO A CHANGE ORDER TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER. IT ENDS UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE'LL DO A CHANGE ORDER TO INCREASE THE QUANTITY. AND ALSO THE ANTICIPATE, UH, HAVING TO CLOSE SOME OF THE STREETS IN THE AREA WHILE THAT'S GOING ON. YEAH, I WOULD IMAGINE, AS THEY GET CLOSE TO THE DEMOLITION POURED ON TOWARDS MAIN STREET AND PROBABLY THE SIDE STREET.

THEY'LL HAVE TO CLOSE THOSE OFF AT A PERIOD OF TIME JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS AND MAKE SURE NOTHING GETS AWAY AND HARM SOMEBODY DRIVING BY OR WALKING BACK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH! ANY OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM NUMBER 10, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION RENEWING THE CONTRACT WITH S A T E X C TECHS CONSTRUCTION CAR. FOR THE CITYWIDE EMERGENCY WATER MAIN REPAIRS THREE. AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 10? SECOND. AND MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ADAM NUMBER 10. ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 10, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

AH OPPOSE THE MOTION IS CARRIED. WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE US INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING? MR CITY MANAGER?

[PUBLIC HEARING]

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BEAR? YES. COUNCILMAN GETS. CHRIS'S HOUSE LOOKS TERRIBLE. NORMAL PACKETS. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN HOUSES THAT LOOK TERRIBLE. UH WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS ONE THAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT? REALLY? THE PROXIMITY TO THE ADJACENT HOME, WHICH IS A RELATIVELY NEW HOME AND HIS OCCUPIED. OKAY? JUST OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE ANY. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK MAYOR.

MIRROR. YES COUNCILMAN BOONE. IF, UH, HOW LONG FROM TODAY? BEFORE THEY THIS IS APPROVED BEFORE THEY'LL START ON THE ACTUAL DEMOLITION. I WOULD EXPECT WITHIN 30 DAYS. PROBABLY SOONER. YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN RED TAGGED. UM. I DO NOT. BUT I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION, OKAY? THANK YOU. I'M ASSUMING CHRIS THAT HOUSES ENCROACHING ON THAT FENCE. IT'S OBVIOUS CORRECT. THEY'RE STARTING TO ENCROACH ON THE OTHER PROPERTY. YES, SIR.

THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR A DISCUSSION. THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS NOW CLOSED. RIGHT HAVE

[REGULAR AGENDA]

[DISCUSSION ITEM]

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COUNCILMAN GETS IF THAT'S OKAY. AND I WILL BEGIN. UH, CERTAINLY. MRS GUESS JUST PASSED AWAY AND JUST A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS AGO, AND I NEW ALISON FOR 51 YEARS, I MET HER GOING INTO SIXTH GRADE. SO I'VE BEEN A GOOD FRIEND AND THAT LOVED ALISON. SHE WAS A CONFIDANT, AND SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND. YEAH AND, UH, MM HMM. YEAH THIS IS CERTAINLY BEEN HARD AND I UNDERSTAND. WHERE, UH, THAT MR GETS HIS GRIEVING ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT MRS GETS ASKED ME TO BE HER TREASURE WHEN SHE DECIDED TO RUN FOR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR, SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THE CARE CARE VERY MUCH FOR AND AS A COMMUNITY , BUT AS AS MAYOR, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OUGHT TO PROCEED WITH. SO UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I DON'T SEE A NEED TO SEND THIS TO A COMMITTEE TO COME BACK. FROM MY OPINION, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCILMAN TURNER UH, WHERE HE STANDS IN THIS. MAN THAT'S APPROPRIATE. I HAVE ONE QUESTION . UH I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THE OPTIONS AND THIS PROCESS AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER POINT OF OBSERVATION.

FIRST IS THERE SINCE THIS HAS BROUGHT BEEN BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL HAD THREE OPTIONS. ONE OPTION IS TO FOR COUNCIL TO APPOINT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. THE SECOND OPTION IS THAT THE COUNCIL, UH, TAKE IT UP ON THEIR OWN. HMM? AND THE THIRD OPTION IS THAT NOTHING BE DONE IF THERE'S NOT A CONSENSUS TODAY. YEAH I THINK CORRECT. SO ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE THAT WE ADOPTED COUNCIL HAS AT ITS NEXT CIRCULAR MEETING WILL DECIDE IF IT GOES TO AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OR TWO SEPARATE COMMITTEE, HOWEVER. IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, IF YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THE LETTER OR THAT THEIR PROPOSAL IS NOT CORRECT AND COUNCIL CAN DIRECT STAFF OR DIRECTOR TO DIRECTOR REQUESTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE, ACCORDING LISTING BUILDING THROUGH IT THE RESPONSIBILITY IN ORDER TO MOVE IT FORWARD IN THE PROCESS IS TO EITHER REFERRED TO OUR BOARD. OR TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. OKAY SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. AND MY OBSERVATION AS TO THAT IS, UH, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD REVISIT. THIS THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED SO THAT WE CAN CLARIFY WHAT I WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WEAKNESS DEPENDING ON HOW THIS GOES AFTER THIS, BUT I STILL THINK THERE'S A WEAKNESS BECAUSE. THE MEANS OF AN IDEA OF NAMING WAS MEANT TO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY. INCOME TO THE COUNCIL FROM THERE. THIS IS CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY. FOR THAT. PROCESS TO BE SOMEWHAT DIVERTED IN WE DID NOT CONSIDER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN

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WHAT'S GOING ON AND TO THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER COUNCILMAN UREA. AGREE WITH KOZMA TURNER AND CONSTABLE SAMUEL BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAID ABOUT COMMUNITY HOW IT IS IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK MY OPINION THAT THAT WOULD BE, UH. USING THE AD HOC COMMUNITY FOR THAT YOU CAN GET COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. SO. COUNCILMAN UH PHIL SHAW. COUNCILMAN SALMON. WELL I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE ELEPHANT THAT'S IN THE ROOM. FOR ME. IT'S A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE WITH ALICE'S PASSING BEING SO CLOSE AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, I WOULD MEAN NO DISRESPECT TO THE GETS FAMILY OR TO THE NATHAN FAMILY. UM I DON'T THINK THIS IS A QUESTION OF ALLISON.

UH HER CHARACTER, HER SERVICE OR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT I THINK EVERYONE IN THE ROOM AGREES THAT THIS LADY WAS TRUE SERVANT WITHIN OUR CITY , AND WE ALL LOVE AND APPRECIATE HER VERY MUCH FOR ME. IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION OF IS THIS THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT BECAUSE ONE OF THE UNCOMFORTABLE THINGS WE HAVE AS A COUNCIL AS LEADERS, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WITH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN MIND. AND SO FOR ME AT THIS TIME, I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT IT. BUT AS I MENTIONED IN THE VERY BEGINNING, I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT TO THE GETS, OR NATHAN FAMILY. I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR BOTH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PHIL SHAW COUNCILMAN SAMUEL I HAVE NO ALL RIGHT. I LIKE ALLISON. SHE'S A VERY FINE WOMAN. SHE'S BEEN, UH A SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM. BUT I TEND TO FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. I BELIEVE NAMING OF, UH, BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CITY. UM THAT'S NORMALLY DONE. FOR SOMETHING NOT ORDINARY. NOT JUST BEING NICE, NOT JUST BEING LIKE BUT IT'S DONE. IN RECOGNITION OF EXTRAORDINARY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY BY THAT PERSON. IN ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M MAKING MY DECISION ON AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, I JUST BELIEVE THAT. NAMING. I CAN'T SUPPORT THE NAMING, BECAUSE, UM,

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COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL FIRST AS YOU SAW IN THE LETTER. MY WIFE, ALLISON. HAS BEEN PRESIDENT. 17 LOCAL CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS DURING HER LIFETIME. 17. AND SHE'S BEEN ON THE BOARD AND MANY, MANY OTHERS. RECORD. BEING A VOLUNTEER. FINGER SUPPORTER. OF GOOD CAUSES. GOES FAR, FAR BEYOND HER JUST BEING NICE. IT'S INSULTING TO ME PERSONALLY. THAT YOU DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE A PERSON COULD DO MORE WORTHY OF HAVING AN EDIFICE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT NAMED AFTER THEM. MAYOR WEST. YOU'VE KNOWN ALISON AS YOU MENTIONED. YOU GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL FROM HER. SHE SERVED AS YOUR CAMPAIGN TREASURER. AND FOR YOU TO TAKE THE LEAD TO SAY THAT YOU DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS IS SHOCKING TO ME. AN APPALLING AND I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. IN YOUR COMMENTS. WHAT I THINK WE HAVE HERE. YES, SOME POLITICAL MANEUVERING. THAT . FAILED TO SEPARATE THE FACT THAT ALISON GETS BECAUSE NOT MIGHT GET. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THERE'S CERTAINLY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT IN MY POLITICAL CAREER. HAVE RUFFLED SOME FEATHERS. HOW MUCH SOME ENEMIES I THINK IT WAS WHAT'S IN, CHURCHILL SAID THAT. YOU KNOW YOU'VE MADE SO MANY SPINE. THAT MEANS YOU STOOD FOR SOMETHING AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIFE. BUT ALISON GETS OFF OF STOOD FOR SOMETHING AND SHE OPERATED. IN HER REALM. AS TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR INDEPENDENT FROM ME. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHE WAS MY WIFE. TOMORROW WILL BE OUR 15TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. WOULD HAVE BEEN, IT STILL WILL BE. I'M GOING TO BRING HER SOME ROSES.

BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO TELL HER THE BAD NEWS. EVERYBODY'S SETTING UP HERE AT CITY COUNCIL, BUT ME. APPEAR TO NOT BELIEVE THAT SHE IS WORTHY ENOUGH INDIVIDUAL. TO HAVE THIS FACILITY NAMED AFTER HER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I TAKE FROM IT. AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS.

ARE YOU? WHAT ABOUT NEEDING TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THE HEART AND I FOLLOWED THAT ORDINANCE TO THE LETTER. I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT? WE'VE GOT A FACILITY SITTING OVER THERE ON GULF STREET IN THE NORTH END STERLING THROUGH ITS CENTER. YOU KNOW, I'VE TRIED TO RESEARCH YOU. MR PRUITT WAS HE WAS AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. I DON'T THINK HE EVER DEMONSTRATED THE KIND OF RECORD OF CIVIC

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[COUNCIL COMMENTS]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU ON THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND MR REGEV.

YOU KNOW, IT MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS SOME OF THE PEOPLE OVER IN CHARLTON PARLIAMENT GETTING KIND OF IMPATIENT ABOUT THEIR PLAYGROUND, AND SO HE MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS WITH VENDOR AND IT'S . IT'S BEING INSTALLED AS WE SPEAK. SO THANK YOU PARKS FOR THAT. ALSO, UM. MR PETE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT CAMERAS. AND WITH THE NEW PROGRAM THAT THE POLICE OR IMPLEMENTING WITH THAT KIND OF TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE CAMERAS. YEAH, IT. MAKES FOR MUCH MORE MORE A BIT ROBUST CAMERA SYSTEM BUT NOT JUST WHAT I CAMERAS BUT CAMERAS AROUND THE CITY THAT WILL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO AND SHOOT DIRECTLY ENTIRE CRIME CENTER. OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO MEAN MORE CAMERAS AND EVEN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS AMONGST OURSELVES ABOUT REQUIRING VACANT

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THANK YOU. AND, UH, I CERTAINLY WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY THANKSGIVING, AND IT'S CERTAINLY THE LAST DISCUSSION. ADAM WAS VERY DIFFICULT. BELIEVE IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL AND MY PRAYERS CONTINUE WITH FOR COUNCILMAN. GETS AND

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