Dec 05, 2023 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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COME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL, AND TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5TH 2023 TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY REVEREND JAMES PV HOUSE OF ST MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

EVERYONE PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. KNIGHTED STATES.

THEY HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR WEST PRESIDENT PRO TEM TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO.

PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER GETS COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL SHAW, PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS SAMUEL

[PRESENTATIONS]

OH OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE HAVE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 5TH. WE INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN US. THURSDAY AT FIVE PM OUTSIDE CITY HALL AS WELL AS WE LIGHT THEM IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH. THE MENORAH LIGHTING CEREMONY WILL FEATURE TRADITIONAL HANUKKAH BLESSINGS, A FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE AND FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN. THE STATE OF THE CITY IS BACK, JOINED THE CITY OF BEAUMONT IN THE BEAUMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON DECEMBER 14TH FROM 11 TO 130 AT THE CIVIC CENTER FOR LUNCHEON HERE, 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. THE JEFFERSON THEATER, 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 TO GET IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT GOBO GUESTS FOR ALL YOUR STOCKING STUFFERS AND HOLIDAY SHOPPING. THERE'S BRANDED APPAREL TO SHOW LOCAL PRIDE AND I'LL I'LL APPROPRIATE. SORRY ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT CATTLE MARSH A WIN WIN FOR THE CITY. THE CITY'S FREE CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING PROGRAM IS BACK. DROP YOUR TREES OFF AT ROGERS BROUGHT OR MAGNOLIA PARK FROM DECEMBER 26TH TO JANUARY, 13TH AND THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT WILL PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THEM FOR YOU. HAVE YOU WATCHED OUR LATEST PODCAST ABOUT HOLIDAY HOSTING TIPS? THE BEAUMONT BEAT BEAT TALK TO HEALTH INSPECTOR JUSTIN JACKSON ABOUT PROPER COOKING TEMPERATURES, AND MIKE HARRIS WATER AND SEWER DIRECTOR ABOUT FOOD DISPOSAL. PLEASE HELP US KEEP THAT'S OILS AND GREASES OUT OF THE SEWERS. YOU CAN GIVE IT A LISTEN ON OUR WEBSITE FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE OR WHATEVER YOU STREAM PODCASTS. YOU HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 20TH TO ENTER YOUR BEST PICTURES AND ARE THANKFUL FOR BEAUMONT PHOTO CONTEST. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR BEST NATURE ARTS, CULTURE AND HISTORY SHOTS WITH PRIZES FOR THE WINNERS. WATER COMPANY OF AMERICA WILL BE IN BEAUMONT STARTING THIS WEEK TO PERFORM AN AUDIT ON THE CITY'S WATER, SEWER, STORMWATER AND SOLID WASTE ACCOUNTS TO CONFIRM THAT WE ARE FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY BUILDING OUR CUSTOMERS FOR UTILITY SERVICES. THE CITY HAS HIRED THEM AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR TO SPOT CHECK WATER METERS ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH WILL THEY? THEY WILL BE ASSESSING THROUGH NOVEMBER 2026. IF ANY DISCREPANCIES ARE FOUND, THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. THEY WILL ALSO HAVE AN AUTHORIZED LETTER ON HAND TO SHARE WITH CITIZENS IN THE FIELD ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND COOPERATION AND

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[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]

I DON'T SEE WHY WE ONLY CAN GO TO A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, WHICH COSTS FROM 600 TO $1200. THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION. UM WHEN I PULL A RECORD OF PERMIT AS A LICENSED NOT REALLY LICENSED AS AN AUTHORIZED GENERAL CONTRACTOR. I PAID $37 AS THE BASE PERMIT, AND THEN IN ONE YEAR I CAN PAY ANOTHER 37 AND EXTENDED BUT SINCE THIS WORK PROGRAM WE GOT 120 DAYS, AND THERE'S NO OPTION AFTER THAT, SO I TO ME. I DON'T SAY THAT. THAT IS ANY BAD REQUEST. IT SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE REQUEST. THESE HOUSES. UM. THE SUMMARY OF LAST YEAR, THERE WAS 400 RED TAG HOUSES, 40 WERE COMPLETED. THAT'S ABOUT 10. AND UM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE COMPLETED. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN OPTION BESIDES A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER I, UM. I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, SIR. MELISSA BRADFORD. MELISSA BREKFORD 17,000 NORTH

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THIS JUDGE LIKE SUBJECT MATTER. JURISDICTION EVEN HEARD THESE ISSUES REGARDING, UM FEE DISPUTES AND OTHER MATTERS. BECAUSE OF THE MANDATORY ARBITRATION CONTRACTS THAT I'VE SIGNED WITH THIS LAWYER AND WITH THE SECOND LAWYER WHO WAS BIG LAW FOR IT CLEARLY STATES. ALL CASES MUST GO TO ARBITRATION. IT CANNOT BE HEARD AND THEN A QUARTER LEGAL PROCEEDING. GET THIS JUDGE CONTINUES TO BREAK THE LAW BECAUSE LISA LENSES PORTIONS OR LISTED AS TOP DONORS TO HIS CAMPAIGN. HE'S BASICALLY ACCEPTING BRIBE MONEY. AND RULING IN OUR FAVOR, KNOWING HE DON'T EVEN HAVE POWER AND AUTHORITY EVEN BE MAKING DECISIONS, SO HIS DECISIONS ARE THEREFORE ABORTED. OKAY I HAD AN ATTORNEY WITHIN MINUTES BEFORE THE HEARING. MY ATTORNEY WITHIN TWO MINUTES. HE'S LIKE OH, THIS IS NONSENSE. HE'S NEVER SEEN SO MUCH CORRUPTION LIKE EVERYBODY IS SAYING HE REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE. OF COURSE, THE JUDGE REJECTED IT. WITHOUT GOOD CALLS. SO MY THING ELSE. WHY IS HE CONTINUING TO HEAR MY CASE KNOWING HE DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER OF THE AUTHORITY TO 100 SOME $1000. THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE SPLIT BETWEEN LINDSAY ELLIS. HIS PULSE IS A BIG LAW FIRM. FOR BASICALLY 30 DAYS OF DOING PRACTICALLY NOTHING WITH MY CASE. MY TURN. AND I HAD THE TIME REQUESTED THE BUILDING STATEMENT. HE WAITED 15 MONTHS BEFORE EVEN PRODUCED IT TO US. AND THEN WE HAD A REQUEST FOR REMEDIATION. WE HAD TO DEMAND THAT ACTUALLY. HE'S CHANGED HIS FEES THREE TIMES ONE TIME, HE SAYS. 16,400. ANOTHER TIME. IT WAS 13,000 AND THEN THE DAY OFF MY HAIR AND WHEN THEY MET MY ATTORNEY WHO WASN'T AFRAID OF HIM. ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT REDUCED TO $2600. SO WITHIN A FEW A FEW MINUTES AFTER HER AND THE LAW YOU SAY, OKAY, WHERE IS THE MONEY? THEY'RE TELLING THE LONGER THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT MY MONEY IS. OKAY, BUT YOU'VE BEEN TELLING ME ALL THIS TIME IS IN WHAT REGISTRY? SO MY FRIEND AND I WENT TO THE COURTHOUSE JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO MISSING DOCUMENTS FOR MY EMOTIONAL TRANSFER VENUE. I FILED ON THE 13TH OF NOVEMBER. THE SECOND PAGE WAS MISSING, AND THEN THEY LOCKED US OUT OF THE ROOM SO WE COULDN'T EVEN GO INTO THE ROOM TO PRINT THE DOCUMENTS. I'M LIKE, WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON? SO I MEAN, THIS IS JUST BECOMING RIDICULOUS. I HAD TO REACH OUT TO PROTECTION AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF TEXAS. NOW THAT I'M A WHISTLEBLOWER. IT'S A GROUP OF US THAT HAD TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE INTERPRETATION AGENCIES HERE BUT WILSON BLOWERS WE'VE ALSO HAD TO GO THROUGH DALLAS FOR PROTECTION. BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INSTANCES WHERE I'VE BEEN FOLLOWED, AND I HAVE THE VIDEOS ALSO. SO I JUST WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT ON THANK YOU ON STANDBY. THANK YOU, CHARLIE CRAB. EXCUSE ME. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR COUNCIL. CITY MANAGER AND ALL THE STAFF. THE GOOD WORKS MANAGER. THANKS GOING WELL THIS WEEK. I HOPE ATTORNEY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND ALL THE COUNCILMAN, BY GOLLY, ANYWAY, I GUESS, UH, THERE'S, UH OH, DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. GUESS THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, SOME STATEMENTS ABOUT THE TAX. UH, EXCUSE ME. AH! HAVE FUN THAT WILL BE, UH, RECOMMENDED BE BUILT. UM UH, I'M JUST, UH, REALLY REFLECTING ON THE LAST, UH, 60 YEARS. UH, WHEN, UH, GATEWAY SHOPPING CENTER WAS BUILT BECAUSE OF THE CONGESTED PARKING DOWNTOWN AND THEN AND THEN AND 1520 YEARS WE HAD PARKDALE MALL AND IT'S SLOWLY THINGS HAVE DETERIORATED. DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT AND WHAT WE NEED REALLY NEED TO DO IS JUST TALK TO EACH PROPERTY OWNER AND SEE WHAT THEIR UH AH. PLANS ARE

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BUT IT'S A. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT STUDY DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT BECAUSE IN MY LIFETIME, THAT'S THAT'S BEEN THE. THE EMPHASIS IS TRYING TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. I REMEMBER THE DAY THEY MOVED THE YEAH. THE RAILROAD AND WHERE WE COULD GO UNDER THE TRACK WHERE WE DIDN'T DIDN'T WE WEREN'T HELD UP AND HAD TO, UH, GO GO OUT TO PUT FORTH STREET OR 11TH STREET TO GET AROUND THE TRAIN MANY WAY. BEAUMONT HAS BEEN A GOOD GOOD TOWN. IT'S OUR TOWN, AND IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. ALRIGHT IS THERE A

[CONSENT AGENDA]

I WALKED THAT AREA WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GETS BEFORE AND I KIND OF SHARE THE SAME CONCERN WITH THE COLLIER FAIRY PUMP STATION WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP DOWNTOWN ON THAT RIVER FRONT.

JUST THE IMAGERY OF THE INDUSTRIAL SITE. MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO OFFSET HOW IT LOOKS . WHAT CAN MATCH WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO, BECAUSE RIVERFRONT ACTUALLY GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FACILITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. THE GOLF COURSE. SO IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO KIND OF MAKE IT ALL FLUSHED TOGETHER. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KIND OF START LOOKING INTO THAT NOW. COME HERE. YES COUNCILMAN DORIA ON ITEM B. UH, AS FAR AS THE STAND MM. ANYBODY KNOW IF THEY WORKED OUT IN THE KINKS, I'M STILL GETTING NOTIFICATIONS THAT THE CITY OF NEEDLE AND IS GOING TO BE CLOSED OR STREET IS CLOSED IMPORT. ARTHUR AND I HAVE SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS SAYING THERE IS KIND OF FRUSTRATING AND THEY'RE GONNA THEY'RE GONNA BLOCK THAT NUMBER BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION. AND I WAS WONDERING, IS IT GONNA BE LIKE THAT, OR IS THAT SOME KINKS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT OR IF SOMEONE IS HERE FROM CAPTAIN. NOT GONNA CHECK. MAYBE HE CAN EXPLAIN IT. THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MANAGER. HELLO. I. I DID ASK HIM AFTER THE LAST TIME THAT THIS CAME UP AND THEY WERE INVESTIGATING IT. WE DID GET A NEW SYSTEM, A NEW VENDOR, AND IN THAT TRANSITION,

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WE DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S HAPPENING TO JUST A FEW PEOPLE. THEY'RE GONNA FIX IT. THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. WE'RE INVESTIGATING AND I CAN'T PROMISE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE FIXED TO ME LIKE I SURE HOPE PEOPLE BE AT LEAST A LITTLE PATIENT WITH US, BECAUSE AS YOU SAY IF THEY CUT OFF THAT NOTIFICATION THEY WON'T BE GETTING THE OTHER ONES THAT WE SEND OUT THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING. HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAYBE PUT OUT THAT INFORMATION JUST TO BE PATIENT. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BLOCK THAT NUMBER. SO WHEN YOU REALLY NEED TO INFORMATION AND CAN'T GET IT YEAH. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN AND HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, MAN. MR. MAYOR YES, SIR. UM ITEM E. CAN YOU HAVE SOME MONEY EXPLAINED THE BENEFITS TO THIS, UM OPEN. GOV. BUDGETING AND PLANNING SOFTWARE. ESSENCE RIGHT IS COMING. I WANT TO REMIND COUNSEL THAT THIS WAS APPROVED LAST MEETING, SO A LOT OF THAT WAS DISCUSSED LAST MEETING. THIS IS JUST TO ADD A PAY RECIPIENT. UM WE ARE ACTUALLY USING A THIRD PARTY GETTING IT THROUGH A THIRD PARTY VENDOR. THAT INFORMATION WAS LEFT OUT OF THE AGENDA MEMBER AND RESOLUTION, AND IT'S REQUIRED FOR AUDITING PURPOSES, BUT DEFINITELY LET MISS RIGHT ANSWER THAT. OKAY? UM SO AND ACTUALLY, CHERYL, MAYBE, UM, A BETTER PERSON TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING, BUT, UM, WHAT IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO. IT WILL TIE INTO OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM, AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO CREATE, UM. I WOULD SAY MORE ADVANCED BUDGETING, UM AND ALLOW US TO HANDLE ALL THE $0 BUDGETING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. UM IT WILL ALLOW FINANCE TO BE ABLE TO, UM DO A MORE, UM I GUESS INTRICATE BUDGET AND BE ABLE TO MOVE ACCOUNT INFORMATION AROUND YEP, SHE'S BASICALLY GOT IT. UM ESSENTIALLY WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS YOU KNOW HOW BIG THE DOCUMENT IS ON EXCEL AND WORD. AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THIS WILL DEFINITELY ALLOW US TO HAVE A LOT OF EFFICIENCIES AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS CORRECT. AND YOU KNOW, IN GOOD ORDER WHEN WE PRESENT IT TO YOU ALSO AND ALLOWS FOR TRANSPARENCY ONTO THE WEBSITE. SO THAT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW. POSITIVE TO GETTING THE OPEN STUFF. BUT AGAIN, YOU PASS THAT I THINK THE LAST MEETING AND THIS IS JUST TO ADD A THIRD PARTY VENDOR AND ALSO COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER. THE CITY THROUGH GFO, A GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. THEY REQUIRE THAT THE CITY PUBLISHES THE BUDGET WITHIN A CERTAIN FORMAT. SO THIS NEWS THIS NEW PROGRAM WILL ALLOW US TO SUBMIT OUR FINAL BUDGET DOCUMENT IN THAT FORMAT AND ALSO TO APPLY FOR ANNUAL AWARDS FROM THAT ORGANIZATION. OKAY SOUNDS VERY EFFICIENT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS

[REGULAR AGENDA]

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TWO CONSTRUCTION PLANS SHOULD COMPLY WITH ALL ABACHA BUBBLE APPLICABLE BUILDING AND FIRE CODES. THREE EQUIPMENT SHOULD NOT ENCROACH WILL BE DISPLAYED WITHIN ANY EVENT BASEMENT OR RIGHT OF WAY. AND FOUR SHELL INSTALLER 6 FT WIDE LANDSCAPE IN BOTH FOR ALONG THE EAST TEXT, FREEWAY AND PARKING LOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 28.04 0.006 LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS ALL PARTS OF THE LANDSCAPE AND MUST BE INSTALLED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY NOT TO ENCROACH INTO TECH START TO RIGHT AWAY. IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER THREE? APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS SECOND. SPIN, MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH , ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM, NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDED SPECIFIC NEWS PERMIT FOR NEW CLASSROOM BUILDING WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8200 HIGHWAY. 105 COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE APPROVAL OF 60 VOTE FROM PLANNING COMMISSIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST BE THE ALL REQUIREMENTS ABOUT WHAT OUR UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SENATOR SOURCE SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW, PRE TREATMENT AND OUR PHONE PROGRAM AND TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE BUILDING AND FIRE COACH. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR FOR APPROVAL CIRCUIT. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ATOM NUMBER FOUR. ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH , ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM? NUMBER FIVE PLAYS COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND REZONED FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT TO ALLOW FLOOR COVERING STORE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 505 25TH STREET. AT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON NOVEMBER 2023. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED FIVE OLDER ONE TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR THE PERMIT, AND THIS ITEM COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NOW THE ORDINANCE. ALRIGHT IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER FIVE TO APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL. THIS IS GONNA ANY DISCUSSION AND IT WILL REQUIRE TWO VOTES. YES. SO THE ITEM IS FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND A REZONE. TECHNICALLY YOU SHOULD PROBABLY DO THE REASON FIRST, AND THEN DO THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. UM WE NEED EMOTIONAL, BUT YOU CAN DO EITHER WAY SO THE COUNCILMAN HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, BUT THEN OKAY. SORRY. YEAH UM AND SO AFTER THAT

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OKAY? SO THERE IS A MOTION. IN A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN GUESTS AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING. UH THE COMMISSIONER RECOMMENDED 50. WITH ONE ABSTENTION. TO DENY THIS REQUEST AND YOU'RE ASKING THAT IT BE APPROVED. WHY IS YOUR WHAT'S THE BASIS OF YOU'RE GOING AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? A COUPLE DIFFERENT REASONS. ONE I'VE TALKED TO NUMEROUS NEIGHBORS. RETIRED TO THIS PROPERTY THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. NUMBER TWO. I KNOW THE INVESTORS ON THIS PROPERTY AND I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT THEY'VE MADE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL DO THE SAME THING ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. MAYOR IF YOU WOULD PERMIT COUNSELING GETS I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT ALSO, SINCE I'VE SECOND IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, TOO, THAT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION. AT P AND C. I KNOW ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER THAT ABSTAINED FROM VOTING. I KNOW ANOTHER ONE THAT LATER ADMITTED THAT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT PARKING. I THINK THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT CUSTOMERS WOULD BE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH WOULD CREATE A HAZARD FOR PEDESTRIANS. BUT AFTER TALKING TO THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY THEY ARE PUTTING ON PARKING LOT, WHICH WE KNOW THAT BUT THERE'S NO INTENTION FOR CUSTOMERS TO BE WALKING ACROSS.

TRAVERSING UM OLD CALDER THERE OR YEAH, SO CALLED HER, SO I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AND THIS PROPERTY IF YOU DRIVE EITHER LOOK AT WHICH I'M SURE YOU HAVE. IT'S LESS THAN DESIRABLE. SO ANY IMPROVEMENT THAT WOULD BE MADE, I THINK WOULD ENHANCE THAT STREET. AND IF YOU DRIVE DOWN THAT STREET, I THINK THERE ARE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT APPEAR TO BE, UM. AGAIN I THINK IT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT. IT WOULD BE A IT WOULD BE A HELP TO THE COMMUNITY . MR BOONE. WAS THERE ANY, UH, NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS FOR MANY CITIZENS THAT UH, THEY DID NOT WANT TO HAVE THIS ZONED IN THIS MANNER. YES SIR. THERE WERE AND I WOULD ASK THE CITY CLERK IF SHE COULD SCROLL TO THE ZONING MAP. BECAUSE AGAIN ORIGINALLY THE STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED AGAINST THE REZONING AND OF COURSE, THE COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED AGAINST AS WELL AND THE REASON BEING PRIMARILY AS YOU CAN SEE. 25TH STREET WRAPPED AROUND THE 24TH STREET IS A COHESIVE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT BOTH FACE. 25TH STREET. AND SO THE CONCERN FROM US IS WHILE THERE ARE COMMERCIAL USES ACROSS THE STREET COMMERCIAL ZONES ADJACENT . UM THE CONCERN IS IF YOU START TO REZONE THE PROPERTIES, UM YOU KNOW WHETHER THEY BE HERE 24TH STREET OR GOING DOWN INTO CALDER PLACE 23RD STREET. OR EVEN GOING WEST, ALONG CALLED OR TO THOMAS AVENUE, THOMAS ROAD RATHER, UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO KEEP THEM SINGLE FAMILY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, MR BAILIFF, I CAN FOLLOW UP IF YOU DRIVE DOWN THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH OF COLDER AS IT APPROACHES, LUCAS. IT'S HEAVILY COMMERCIAL ON THE BUILDINGS THAT FACE CALDER. NOW THIS BUILDING IS NOT BASED CALDER FACES 25TH STREET. IT'S A HOUSE. UM BUT IT IS A PRETTY HEAVILY COMMERCIAL AREA ALREADY. MY QUESTION IS IF THIS IS ALLOWED TO PASS IF OTHER. CITIZENS OR DEVELOPERS WANT. TO FURTHER ENCROACH ALONG 25TH STREET. WOULDN'T THEY HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMITS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT? DON'T DOESN'T COUNCIL STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL ANY ENCROACHMENT INTO THAT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD? UH I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THAT MAYBE WE'RE OPENING THE DOOR, BUT WOULDN'T COUNCIL ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHUT THAT DOOR? THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE SAME APPLICATION THAT THEY'RE MAKING HERE TO REZONE. UM THE CONCERN IS THAT YOU KNOW? THE ARGUMENT AGAINST IN OTHER WORDS, IF THE HOUSE THE NEXT HOUSE ACROSS 25TH COMES IN AND RECOMMENDS FOR A REZONING, YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DENY THAT AND IF SO, HOW TO JUSTIFY IT? COULD IT COULD A JUSTIFICATION BE THAT THIS HOUSE, AS IT EXISTS, NOW IS KIND OF FALLING DOWN AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU COULD MAKE THAT ARGUMENT. UM

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COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AS SINGLE FAMILY. WE NEED TO KINDA BE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE THE CASE BY CASE IT CAN KIND OF LOOK LIKE IS BIASED TO ONE, AND WE'RE NOT THE SAME WITH OTHERS. SO I KNOW YOU DID HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET. BUT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHEN THE SAME SITUATION AGAIN. BECAUSE WE KIND OF DON'T HAVE THAT COHESIVE PLAN. I KNOW WE GOT ZONING. BUT WHEN WE TALKED EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE LAST TIME WE DID OUR ZONING MR BOWEN, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU THE LAST TIME WE DID GO OVER? THE LAST TIME WE HAD A REZONING ON MAJOR, NO, JUST, UH, OVERALL ZONING CONCEPT OF OUR CITY. I KNOW. YOU SAID IT WAS A WHILE AGO THAT WE ACTUALLY DID IT. BUT RIGHT. SO THE LAST TIME WE HAD A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS OVER 20 YEARS AGO, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY DUE FOR ONE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO YOUR POINT IS TO GUIDE THESE KINDS OF DECISIONS NOT TO DIRECT BUT TO GOD. BUT TO YOUR POINT. IT'S BEEN TOO LONG. YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S JUST ANOTHER CASE OF WHERE WE'RE KIND OF GOING ALONG THE SAME LINES AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN NEIL, ONE OF THE OTHER BIG DIFFERENCES ON THIS IS THAT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY ACTUALLY TIES INTO A COMMERCIAL PIECE OF PROPERTY NEXT DOOR. UM AND THAT PROPERTY OWNER SUPPORTS THIS PROJECT. UM THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS THIS HOUSE. THAT'S THERE NOW IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE. AND BEING RIGHT THERE NEXT TO ANOTHER CURRENT COMMERCIAL PIECE OF PROPERTY. I FOUND IT VERY UPSETTING THAT STAFF IS SO AGAINST TRYING TO REVITALIZE THIS LIKE WE HAVE PEOPLE JUST LINED UP IN THE SAME TOWN IN THIS TOWN TO INVEST. AND SO, LIKE I SAID, FROM THE GET GO, I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY GOOD PROJECT FOR BEAUMONT AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THESE PEOPLE WILL DO WELL WITH IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN NEIL COUNCILMAN, TELL SHAW AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO JUST REMIND ALL OF US BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE ALL WITNESSED THIS WHEN WE GO TO OTHER COMMUNITIES. LET'S SAY YOU GO DOWN AND NEEDLE INTO BOSTON AVENUE. AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR COMMUNITIES NOW TO TAKE OLDER BUILDINGS, WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL AND REVITALIZE IT AND TURN IT INTO A BOUTIQUE OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT DOES NOTHING BUT ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS STREET NUMBER OF THESE HOMES ARE IN DISREPAIR. AND SO IT'S OBVIOUS THEY'RE OLDER, AND I THINK IT COULD USE SOME REVITALIZING. AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE NEXT TIME WITH THE NEXT ACROSS THE STREET THAT COMES UP FOR ME? WHAT WOULD WEIGH HEAVILY UPON? MY DECISION IS WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS IS IT? IF IT COMPLEMENTS WHAT'S HAPPENING? WE'RE FOR IT. IF IT'S NOT, WE VOTED DOWN. BUT AGAIN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JUST THINK OF THE COMMUNITIES YOU'VE LOOKED AT WHERE THEY HAVE TAKEN OLDER HOMES AND TURN THEM INTO BOUTIQUES. COUNCILMAN GETS COUNCIL MEMBER NAIL COUNSELOR FILLS I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND THAT'S WHAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT I HAD MY COMMENTS. UH, HOWEVER. GO. COUNCILOR APPARELS SAW YOU JUST SAID YES, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT YOU WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN THERE.

BUT ONCE YOU REZONE IT, AH, THEN I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY OR FOR MR BOONE, BUT WHATEVER YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE PARTICULAR USE THAT THIS BUILT BUSINESSES GOING TO PUT IN THAT LOCATION, WHICH IS A FLOOR SHOP DISPLAY FOR WEARS, BUT SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME ALONG SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. MAYBE THEY FLOOR SHOT GOES OUT OF BUSINESS AND THEY SELL IT. SOMEBODY WANTS TO PUT A VAPE SHOP IN THERE WITH THAT HAVE TO COME BEFORE. COUNCIL FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, OR WILL IT ALREADY BE? MISERABLE AS ALLOWED BY RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE DECISION. WE MAY MAKE HERE TODAY . SO WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS A REZONING TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL , MULTI FAMILY DWELLING TO WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY TYPE OF USE. SO LET'S SAY THIS FLOOR SHOP DID GO IN AND A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW THEY WANTED TO

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YES THEY ARE EASY TO DO SO, SO WE WILL VOTE ON THE SPECIFIC USE FIRST. YES THOSE IN FAVOR POLICE. SIGNIFICANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AH! SIGNIFY BY SAYING , AYE AYE, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. FOR THE SECOND ONE, WHICH WILL BE THE ZONING PERMIT, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. WHOSE SECOND. I'M SORRY. SO THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO NUMBER SIX AND WE'LL GET TO DO ALL OVER AGAIN. SAME THING. COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR EACH PACIFIC USE PERMIT AND REZONE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING TO DISTRICT TO ALLOW BOARDING HOUSE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3875 LAUREL STREET, AND THAT JOINT PUBLIC HEARING BY P AND Z. IT WAS RECOMMENDED SIX SO TO APPROVE THE REQUEST WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SENATOR SOURCE SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW PRE TREATMENT AND OUR FALL PROGRAM TO NO PERMANENT STRUCTURES OR PATERNITY SYSTEM. ATTENDANCES SHOULD BE PLACED WITHIN THE EASEMENT PROPERTY.

THREE CONSTRUCTION PLANS SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING ENGINEERING AND FIRE CODES. ALL RIGHT, AND WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MOTIONS ONE DEALING WITH THE ZONING THE REZONING FIRST, AND THEN THE SECOND WOULD BE SPECIFIC USE. SO IS THERE, UH, EMOTION? FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. ZONING REZONING? YES. OKAY? ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AH, MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN ON THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WITH THE CONDITIONS. SECOND SPIN, MOVED AND SECONDED FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AH , OPPOSED TO THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM NUMBER SEVEN. COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO EXPAND THE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CLINIC WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING HIGHER STENT CITY DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3740 GLORIA STREET. AND IT COMES WITH THE 60 APPROVAL REQUEST.

FROM THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL OVER REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SENATORS SOURCE SERVICES,

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ANY DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM? NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL. CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A REZONING FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1200 PARK STREET. AND, UH, PLANETS ON THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 501 TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. AH, WELL REZONING. IS THERE A MOTION FOR AUTUMN NUMBER EIGHT TO APPROVE? SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECULAR FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ADAM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AH OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING ABOUT, UM, NUMBER NINE COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR REZONING FROM COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING THEIR STRICT TWO PORTS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 412 EMMETT AVENUE, 1353 THROUGH 1399 PARK STREET. AND PROPERTY IS JUST NORTH NORTH AND EAST OF 1353 PARK STREET. AND IT COMES TO WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF 501 TO PROVE THE REQUEST, FOR EXAMPLE, REZONING IS THERE. A MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER NINE? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE. ANY DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING AUTUMN NUMBER NINE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM NUMBER 10 COUNCIL CONSIDERED REQUESTS FOR REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING HAS DENSITY DISTRICT TOO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT OR MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONING DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2055 SOUTH STREET. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FROM PLANNING COMMISSION 60 TO THE NEITHER REQUEST FOR REZONING. MOTION FOR ADAM NUMBER 10 LOVE TO REQUEST THAT BAIL OF THE REQUEST FOR ZONING. IT'S BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND? BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF THE DENIAL FOR ADAM NUMBER, 10. ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ABOUT, UM, NUMBER 10 DENYING IT, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AH, ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR CITY MANAGER. COUNSEL TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN

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I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT GO AHEAD. VETERAN PASSED BACK. GO AHEAD. CONTINUE. OKAY? RIGHT NUMBER ONE. OKAY AT ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO MY TIME. SO ANYWAY, YEAH, ANYWAY, UM, NO. BUT SERIOUSLY, UM, WE ARE. WE STARTED THIS ABOUT ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER AROUND VETERANS DAY, AND WE WERE VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO

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THE MEETING IS NOW OPEN. ALRIGHT. THE MEETING IS CLOSED. SO IS THERE A MOTION FOR MAY

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DISCUSSION TO OBTAIN GUIDANCE FOR THE PRIORITIZATION OF WORK RELATED TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 C I. P ITEM FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR. WE HAVE MR BROOK PARK, KODIAK KID TO DISCUSS THAT WOMEN'S.

BEAR WITH US, YOU KNOW? GOT SOME NEW CONTROLLERS HERE TODAY. I THINK SO. THERE WE GO. SO I WANTED TO COME AND TALK TO COUNSEL ABOUT THE SIDEWALK REPAIR TODAY. IN THE CURRENCY. I P. WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS BUDGETED FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2028. IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS TO THE SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY WILL BE IDENTIFIED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN SELECTING AREAS THAT WILL IMPACT THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CITIZENS BY CONNECTING AND OR REPAIRING EXISTING SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL RELATED DESTINATIONS. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A MASTER PLAN FOR SIDEWALKS INCLUDED ORIGINALLY IN THE BUDGET, WHICH WE DID NOT FUND.

SO IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT PLAN, I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT OUR INTERNAL STAFF PLAN IS TO ALLOCATE THIS MORNING. SO HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? WE'RE FOCUSING ON SCHOOLS. THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOLS IN TOWN, SO THE INITIAL FOCUS IS TO BEGIN WITH THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THE MAP SHOWS ALL OF THOSE AROUND THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS. WE WILL DRAW ONE HALF MILE RADIUS AROUND EACH OF THE SCHOOLS. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT A INITIAL DESKTOP HIM AND TORREY, UM, BEGINNING WITH A INVENTORY THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE RECENT ROAD ASSESSMENT SURVEY BY M. S ALONG WITH A ROUGH ASSESSMENT CONDITION. ROUGH ASSESSMENT. CONDITION ASSESSMENT BY I M S FOR THOSE SIDEWALKS SO YOU CAN SEE THE CIRCLES AROUND MAY JONES CLARK IN THIS EXAMPLE. ANYTHING GREEN IS A SIDEWALK AND GOOD CONDITION. BLUE IS FAIR CONDITION. YELLOW IS POOR AND RED IS VERY POOR. SO YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CASE. WE'VE GOT SIDEWALKS AROUND THREE SIDES OF MAY. JONES, CLARK AND SOME SPARSE SIDEWALKS WITHIN THE RADIUS. UM AROUND THAT SCHOOL, BART BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT PAGE, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH YOU. THE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE VERY POOR CONDITION AND RED. UH YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND? BECAUSE I KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS. HOW FAR WOULD A MILLION DOLLARS? I MEAN, WHAT? WHAT KIND OF MONEY? YOU'RE SMILING ALREADY? SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN A CITIZEN HERE'S A MILLION DOLLARS THAT DOESN'T GO FAR WHEN IT COMES TO SIDEWALKS, NOT AS FAR AS YOU THINK IT WOULD, UH, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO LIKE THIS ONE CIRCLE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. WE'RE WE'RE HOPING THAT ANYTHING THAT ALREADY HAS A SIDEWALK WILL WILL BE ON THE LOWER END OF HAVING TO INVEST MONEY TO GET IT IN GOOD CONDITION BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THE GRADES WON'T BE THAT FAR OFF IN TERMS OF 80 A. YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A SIDEWALK THERE. THERE SHOULDN'T BE UTILITIES IN THE WAY, BUT THERE COULD BE THERE. THERE COULD BE PROBLEMS WITH THAT. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT REALLY DRIVE OUR COSTS UP OUR MEETING. 80 A. IF WE HAVE A LOT OF DRIVEWAYS THAT GO THROUGH THE SIDEWALKS, PATH OF TRAVEL IF WE HAVE UTILITIES THAT ARE IN THE WAY AND IN PARTICULAR, IF WE HAVE OPEN, DITCHING THEIR THAT CAN DRIVE THE CAUSE WAY UP, SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO JUST ASSESS THE AREA AND MAKE SOME GOOD DECISIONS AS TO HOW BEST TO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY. THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT DISAPPOINTMENT IS UNMET EXPECTATIONS AND I JUST DON'T WANT THE CITY TO BE YOU

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THAT'S A TOTAL YES FOR THE YEAR FOR ONE YEAR OR ONE YEAR. BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET ALL THIS DONE IN ONE YEAR. SO WE'RE GONNA NEXT YEAR. COME BACK WITH ANOTHER MILLION. CORRECT WELL, IF ALL OF THIS IS TO FIX THE SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT TOWN, NO, THIS IS THIS IS A BEGINNING, OKAY? MAKE SURE YOU REMEMBER MY BOY TIME. YES FIRST RIGHT NOW IN THE C. I P. WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, UH, PROJECTED EIGHT YEAR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2028 OF THE FOURTH FIVE YEARS. C I. P HAS A MILLION IN EACH YEAR FOR SIDEWALKS CURRENTLY. SO AFTER THE DESKTOP INVENTORY HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THEN WE'LL SIT DOWN INTERNALLY WITH STAFF AND WILL MAKE A PRELIMINARY SELECTION OF PROJECTS ACROSS TOWN WITH A GOAL THAT THE WORK WOULD BE WITHIN THAT MILLION DOLLARS, AND WE'LL TAKE A ROUGH CUT AT IT AT THAT POINT, AND THEN WE'LL GO OUT AND PHYSICALLY SURVEY THOSE SELECTED AREAS. WE'LL IDENTIFY NECESSARY UTILITY CONFLICTS AND WILL VERIFY THAT EXISTING SIDEWALK AND RAMP CONDITION THAT WE HAD GOTTEN FROM THE IMF SURVEY. BART. WHAT? WHAT WERE YOU DOING AREAS WHERE THERE'S DITCHING.

YOU HAVE TO PUT PIPES IN OR WHAT YOU HAD TO DO THE SIDEWALK ON THE SIDE OF THE DITCH, OR IT DEPENDS. IF THERE'S ENOUGH RIGHT AWAY. YOU COULD PUT ASIDE WALK TO THE BACK OF THE DITCH. THAT IS THAT DOES EXIST IN AREAS IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT, AND YOU HAVE TO ENCLOSE, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LARGE EXPENSE. BUT ALSO WE CAN HOPEFULLY LOOK AND FOCUS AND TRY TO AVOID AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE , PUTTING THE SIDEWALK WHERE THE DITCHES MAYBE ONE ROAD OVER. MAYBE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD DOESN'T HAVE A DITCH. WHAT? WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THAT. OKAY BUT THE DITCHING WILL EAT UP A LOT OF MONEY QUICK IF WE HAVE TO ENCLOSE. ONCE WE FINISH, THE FIELD ASSESSMENT WILL COLLECT ALL THE DATA TOGETHER AND COMPILED PLANS THAT CAN BE PUT OUT FOR BID. UM AND AGAIN. I

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WE HAVE STARTED REQUIRING NEW CONSTRUCTION. AND COMMERCIAL. AREAS TO PUT SIDEWALKS IN I DO HAVE A BIT OF CONCERN. IF WE'RE GOING TO START IMPROVING SIDEWALKS THAT ARE EXISTING BUT HAVE COME INTO DISREPAIR. THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO NOW START PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS. WITH REGARD TO SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE. YOU KNOW THAT STARTS MAKING THINGS MORE. POLITICAL QUESTIONS. I HOPE YOU CAN FIND OBJECTIVE. OBJECTIVE MATRIX TWO. MAKE YOUR DECISIONS BECAUSE YOU START. REQUIRING MOST PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAINTAIN THEIR OWN SIDEWALKS. BUT HERE COMES THE CITY AND SAY NO, THIS PROPERTY OWNER, WE'RE GONNA FIX YOUR SIDEWALK OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE FOR YOU. AH, THAT COULD CAUSE SOME DISCORD. IN OUR COMMUNITY. COUNCILMAN DURIO BOY.

WHAT? UM WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO GO AHEAD ON THE FINISHED ROAD

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ACTUALLY GOES FURTHER IN REQUIRES THE PROPERTY OWNER TO ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALK. SO THAT WOULD MEAN IF YOU HAD A LARGE OAK TREE AND IT AND IT TORE UP THE SIDEWALK AND LIFTED IT UP SAYING OLD TOWN OR SOMEWHERE, THEN YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER THIS ORDINANCE TO REPLACE THE SIDEWALK. AGAIN I DON'T KNOW, IN MY TENURE WITH THE CITY THAT THAT WE'VE EVER DONE ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE AT OUR WOOD. WHERE I COME IN THAT WE REVISIT CHAPTER 14. AT SOME POINT, I'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH REQUIRING CITIZENS TO MAINTAIN THE CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALK IN TERMS OF EDGING. SWEEPING KEEPING VEGETATION AND TREE LIMBS ON IT OFF OF IT SO THAT YOU CAN WALK IT BUT NOT REQUIRE THEM TO ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY REPLACE THE SIDEWALK, AT LEAST FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. AGREED I DON'T I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. 100% I GUESS FOR NOW. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE GRASS IS GROWING OVER AND WE'RE IN THE WORLD. IN ESSENCE, WE'RE LOSING THE SIDEWALK. HMM HMM. CAN WE FORCED THE PROPERTY OWNER TO GO OUT THERE AND CLEAN THIS UP? CAN WE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE? GUESS, BUT WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT. BUT PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING. YEAH CAN WE? CAN WE FIND THEM? IF THEY'RE NOT? YES EXPECT THEM TO POUR NEW CONCRETE . I DON'T I THINK THAT'S REACHING, BUT TO CUT THE GRASS. YEAH CUT YOUR GRASS SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE STAFF TO GO OUT THERE AND TICKET THESE PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM CUT THE GRASS OR WE LOSE THE SIDEWALK. AND IT'S THE OTHER CITIZENS THAT ARE SUFFERING IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T WALK DOWN THE SIDEWALK. COUNCILMAN DURIO AND THEN COUNCILMAN GET, UH, FOLKS CALL ME ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, FLORIDA STREET SIDEWALK, AND THAT'S BEEN VANESSA. PRESCHOOL AND THEY COULDN'T WALK. BUT STAY OFF CONTACTED THE OWNER, AND THEY WENT OUT AND YOU KNOW IT TOOK HIM ABOUT A WEEK. BUT THEY WENT OUT AND THEY CLEARED IT ONCE THEY WERE CONTACTED. BY STAFF. AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO AH! AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GO AHEAD AND, UH, PUSH FORWARD WITH THIS FINISHED ROAD PROJECT.

AH UNLESS SOMEONE ON THE COUNCIL . NO I THINK THAT'S THE WAY THE COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO GO UNLESS I'M WRONG. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN DURIO COUNCILMAN GETS THE PROBLEM WITH WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING COUNCILMAN FELL SHORT IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES PROPERTY OWNERS? ARE KNOWN. IT'S A VACANT LOT. IT'S AN ABANDONED LAW. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S TAUGHT UP INTO THE STATE. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING KNOWN BY THE COUNTY OR BY THE CITY. UH THAT PLACE WE HAVE TO DO IT. WELL YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT TO HAVE TO. ABSOLUTELY SO WE'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN THE SIDEWALKS FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CITIZENS. SO YEAH, GOOD POINT. BUT I WOULD SAY THE STAFF HAS TO GO OUT THERE AND DO IT THEN.

COUNCILMAN TURNER RECOMMEND THAT SOON IF WE CAN BRING THAT AUDIENCE BACK FORWARD, SO WE CAN

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EFFICIENTLY AS LONG AS IT IS YEAH. HOW WOULD THEY GET PERMISSION, PLANNING AND ZONING? THAT'S HOW THEY WOULD DO IT. SO BASICALLY, WE WOULD PROVIDE THE SPECS SPECIFICATIONS AND IN TERMS OF HOW THEIR TWO OTHER DESIGN HOW THEY'RE INSTALLED, AND BUT IT IS CERTAINLY ALLOWED AND AS MENTIONED REQUIRED AND IN THE CASE OF COMMERCIAL AND WITHIN NEW NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WOULD YOU ALL GIVE ONE PERMIT, OR WOULD YOU MAKE EACH INDIVIDUAL HOUSE BEFORE DIFFERENT PERMIT BY THE CONTRACTOR, RIGHT? IF THEY'RE IF THEY IF THEY CONTRACTOR TO HIS, YEAH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YES. WE AGREE COUNCIL. WAVE PERMIT THE. BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY NORMALLY A DEVELOPER WOULD PULL THE CAN'T YOU KNOW AND DO IT AND THINGS SO IF THEY'RE ASSUMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD USE ONE CONTRACTOR, THE CONTRACTOR WOULD PULL THE PERMIT ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT, NOT INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORS. BUT ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT, AND JUST DO IT THAT WAY. SEE TO MAKE SURE. BART, TURN YOUR MICHAEL. TO THE CITIZENS CAN HEAR. WHAT HAPPENED? I GUESS I'M DONE. I WAS TRYING TO END THE WORK SESSION. UH SO THEY HAVE CLARITY HERE. UH THERE'S ANYBODY ON COUNCIL. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ABOUT THE FANATIC PROJECT, SO WE'RE NOT TAKING A BOAT. JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO IS OPPOSED TO THE IDEA, I'M OKAY WITH IT. YEAH IT WOULD APPEAR THAT WE ARE MR PARKER MARCO V. IT LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. JUST SAY UP SIDEWALKS SYSTEM THAT REALLY IMPORTANT CITIES NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY PROVIDE A HARD TO, UH THEY PROVIDE SAFETY FOR OUR CITIZENS AS STATE TRAVERSE THE CITY. YOU KNOW IT PROVIDES GREAT MOBILITY FOR PEDESTRIANS, YOU KNOW? YEAH.

PEOPLE WALK AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE BIKING NOW. AH IT'S JUST A THING . THAT'S GOOD FOR GOOD CITY.

GOOD QUALITY CITIES NOW, SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR SIDEWALKS SYSTEM. I WOULD RECOMMEND IT AS AS A MANAGER FOR SHEER AND DOING THAT. I THINK WE NEED SOME CLARITY ON TH REGULATIONS. UH WHAT, WHAT WE DO IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS OR TO SCHOOLS BECAUSE I RAN INTO AN ISSUE ONCE WE DID A GREAT THING. WE BUILT A SIDEWALK TO HIS SCHOOL. AND THEN ONCE WE DID THAT THEY TOOK AWAY THE BUS SERVICE. AND SO WE HAD MORE PARENTS MAD AT US BECAUSE THE BUS SERVICE WAS TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE THEY HAD A SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL. THAN THAT, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT. SO SOMETIMES OUR BEST OF INTENTIONS. NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED. DID TALK TO TODD COLEMAN, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THEIR TRANSPORTATION, AND HE ASSURED ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE WOULD DO WITH SIDEWALKS THAT WOULD AFFECT THEIR RUBRIC THAT WOULD CHANGE THE BUS SERVICE FOR THE KIDS IN

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[COUNCIL COMMENTS]

I HAVE A FEW NOTES. MAYOR THE TRAFFIC COMING POLICY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO KIND OF LOOK AT US GETTING AN UPDATE ON THE TRAFFIC COMING POLICY WITH CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS WHO MAY WANT TO PETITION FOR SPEED BUMPS ARE WHATEVER TODAY MAGNITUDE. I THINK IF THOSE CITIZENS CAN SHOW THAT THEY WANTED AND WE CAN FIND A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO BE IN BIG SUPPORT OF THAT. AH FUNDING FOR FACADE PROGRAM AND LET THEM WATER INCOME AREAS. I KNOW WE IDENTIFIED SOME MONEY THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE. FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT DIDN'T COME THROUGH. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF WE HAVE SOME OF THAT REVENUE LEFTOVER. CAN WE LOOK AT THAT? I KNOW AH, WE SPOKE ABOUT IT EARLIER AND JUST SEE IF MAYBE THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT. IF NOT, THAT'S FINE. I JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANY REVENUE JUST SITTING ON THE SHELF THAT CAN GO INTO IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY. UM I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR LOOKING AT THE PRIVATE FIRM TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE WATER MEETINGS, METERS. WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS AND FOR A STEP TO MAKE THE AN ISSUE TO GO OUT AND GET SOMEONE PRIVATE TO LOOK AT IT AND BE TRANSPARENT. I WON'T LET YOU GUYS KNOW I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AH! DO WE HAVE A SPECIFIC TIMELINE ON THE BUS STOP BEING RELOCATED FROM THE SENIOR CITIZEN FACILITY ON LUCAS . I KNOW ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL SAT WITH SOME CITIZENS ROUGHLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO ABOUT MOVING THAT BUS STOP. THEY EVEN WENT TO THE MAGNITUDE OF BRINGING THE WHOLE PETITION DOWN. FROM EVERYBODY WHO LIVED IN THAT AREA. I JUST KINDA WANTED TO SEE IF WE HAVE AN UPDATE. WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. AND CAN WE GET A TIMELINE BECAUSE I THINK IT'D BE REAL FEASIBLE FOR US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE CITIZENS ON BUT THE TIMELINE WOULD BE THANKS FOR THE ANOTHER THING IS THANKS TO STAFF FOR THE VETERANS. UH PROPOSAL TODAY WE SPOKE UP. Y'ALL BROUGHT IT TO US AS WELL AS THE TERRORISTS. AND LASTLY, I JUST JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. BUT TEXT DOT ENERGY CAN STAFF TELL US TELL US EVEN PROBABLY A PUBLIC ONE. THE LAST TIME WE DID GET APPROVED FROM A GRANT FOR ME TO ONE OF THOSE TWO ENTITIES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. WE KIND OF TRACK THAT AND KEEP UP WITH IT. WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THEIR HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH TEXT DOT SO AND, UH THIS ALLOW ME TO PROMOTE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC WORKS MONTHLY REPORT. WE ADDED A GRANT SECTION TO THE BACK OF THAT REPORT. IT'S IN LATE 20 TO 30 SOMEWHERE IN THERE IN THE REPORT, AND IT OUTLINES EVERY GRANT THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS PUT IN FOR WHETHER WE GOT IT OR NOT. AND THEN IF WE GOT IT, YOU KNOW WHERE WHERE WE'RE AT IN IN PROGRESS ON THAT BOAT, BUT WE'VE GOT, UM I THINK SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS 2 TO 3 MILLION FOR ADAPTIVE SIGNALING FROM THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES THEY HAD 4 TO 5 TIMES MORE REQUESTS THAN THEY HAD MONEY IN IN THE PROGRAM. IT WAS VERY POPULAR FOR PEOPLE TO PUT IN.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT ENERGY TO OKAY. THANK YOU GOTTEN. WE'VE GOT SOME STREET LIGHTS FROM ENERGY IN THE PAST, AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME BUILDING GRANTS FOR REPLACING LIGHTING. I KNOW. UM, I KNOW. THE LIGHTS ON THE FREEWAYS WERE PROBABLY FOUR YEARS AGO. BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN MONEY FROM ENERGY AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO STAY ON THEM. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GETS. THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS AN AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS RENAMING. THE BEAUMONT MUNICIPAL TENNIS CENTER TO THE ALISON GETS MUNICIPAL TENNIS CENTER PURSUANT TO SECTION 14.7 0.004 OF ORDINANCE 23.082 AS ADOPTED BY THE BOMB, WHITE CITY COUNCIL. ON OCTOBER 31ST 2023. WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. WAS A CITY COUNCIL WAS TO DECIDE WHETHER AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IS NECESSARY OR AT THE REQUEST THAT FALL UNDER THE PURVIEW OF AN EXISTING CITY BOARD. COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE.

THAT'S ALL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AT THE NOVEMBER 21ST 2023 MEETING. BUT EVEN PRIOR TO THAT

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THAT'S THE ORDINANCE, OKAY? WELL, NONE OF THAT HAPPENED. INSTEAD THE MAYOR THE TOPIC AND AN ORCHESTRATED MANEUVER TO STEER DISCUSSION IN SUCH A MANNER. NO COMMITTEE OR STAFF INPUT WOULD BE HAD COMPLETELY IGNORING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY SINCE THAT MEETING, OTHER CITIZENS HAVE COME FORWARD WITH THE LETTERS TO THE CITY CLERK ALSO REQUESTING THAT THE BEAUMONT MUNICIPAL TENNIS CENTER BE RENAMED THE ALISON GETS MUNICIPAL TENNIS CENTER. AND RATHER THAN FOLLOW THE LANGUAGE OF THE NAMING OR NITS. THE MAYOR AND ARE THE CITY MANAGER OR BOTH. HAVE CHOSEN TO IGNORE THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE. AND NOT EVEN CONSIDER THE REQUESTS MADE BY OTHER CITIZENS IN ADDITION TO MYSELF, PROPERLY ENACTED CITY ORDINANCES OR, IN FACT LAWS THAT GOVERN CONDUCT IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. WHEN THE WORD SHALL IS INCLUDED IN AN ORDINANCE. IT MEANS THAT THE CONDUCT DESCRIBED AS MANDATORY IT IS NOT OPTIONAL AT THE MAYOR FINDS IT INCONVENIENT OR BOTHERSOME. WE ALL TOOK AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THIS ORDINANCE. WHICH IS A LAW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND IT HAS NOT BEEN UPHELD. THE QUESTION IS, WHY HAS THERE BEEN SUCH AN EFFORT MADE TO DENY THIS HONOR? TO ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT HAS EVER SERVED THE CITY OF BEAUMONT IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. A WOMAN AS PRESIDENT OF 17 LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN HER LIFETIME. INCLUDING THE BEAUMONT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, THE SYMPHONY OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE BEAUMONT HERITAGE SOCIETY, THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS, TENNESSEE'S HOUSE CREATION GUARDHOUSE, AND SO MANY MORE. A PERSON THAT BECAME THE FIRST JEWISH WOMAN TO HOLD A COUNTYWIDE ELECTED POSITION IN JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORY. A WOMAN THAT BECAME THE FIRST PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORY, PERFORMING THOSE DUTIES IN ADDITION TO HER DUTIES. AS TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR. A WOMAN THAT WAS NAMED BY HER PEERS AS A TAX COLLECTOR OF THE YEAR FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS IN 2021.

BECAUSE OF INNOVATIONS AND MODERNIZATIONS THAT SHE MADE TO HER OFFICE SINCE HER INITIAL ELECTION IN 2014. I KNOW. THAT PROMOTES OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS. THAT, YOU KNOW. IN YOUR HEART. THAT ALISON IS WORTHY OF THIS HONOR. ESPECIALLY GIVEN HER LOVE FOR THE SPORT OF TENNIS.

AND HER LEADERSHIP IN DEVELOPING THE ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BEAUMONT MUNICIPAL TENNIS CENTER. SO WHY IS THERE SUCH RECALCITRANCE AMONGST THE COUNCIL? HONORING ALISON GETS THE ANSWER. I HAVE DISCOVERED. IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A SMALL NUMBER OF SMALL MINDED, VINDICTIVE PEOPLE. THAT OPPOSED THE NAME OF GETS BEING ON ANY MUNICIPAL BUILDING. THESE PEOPLE HAVE SUCH A HATRED OF MIKE GETS. THAT THEY CANNOT EVEN DISTINGUISH THAT THE PERSON PROPOSED TO BE HONORED IS NOT MYSELF. BUT ALISON GETS. AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE LIFE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FAR OVERSHADOW ANYTHING THAT I HAVE EVER ACHIEVED. OR COULD EVER HOPE TO ACHIEVE ALISON WAS HER OWN PERSON. AND ANYBODY THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND OR BELIEVE THAT

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RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TEMPLE EMANUEL AND THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION. TO LET A FEW HATE FILLED VINDICTIVE PEOPLE GOVERN YOUR ACTIONS. AND REFUSING TO GIVE ALLISON THIS HONOR IN VIEW OF THE TORRENT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT. IS A SLAP IN THEIR FACE AND AN ABDICATION OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT SAY THAT THIS IS JUST A MATTER OF TIMING. I WILL QUOTE THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF RABBI HILLEL. IF NOT NOW. WHEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. GATS COUNCILMAN DORIA. OH, YES. OF FIRST THANK YOU STAFF FORGETTING THAT VETERANS BUS PASS DEAL DONE. APPRECIATE THAT, AND I KNOW THE VETERANS WILL ALSO PICKED BACK ON WHAT, UM, COST MIGHT FEEL SHORT SAID ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY AND THE CHRISTMAS DINNER AND THE TURNOUT. IT WAS GREAT. ALSO ON THE SIDEWALK PROJECT. APPRECIATE SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET DONE, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE FINALLY GETTING STARTED ON THAT. ALSO, I WANT TO STAFF WANT TO SEE IF WE COULD LOOK INTO FINDING SOME OTHER OPTION ON THE RED TAG BUILDINGS OTHER THAN HAVING THEM GO TO COURT TO GET A T T R O IF THEY COULD COME AND WELL, I DON'T KNOW, FIGURE SOMETHING OUT BECAUSE SOME SOMETIMES THEY JUST REALLY JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME OR THEY RUN OUT OF MONEY OR THEY HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS. AND THEY'LL PUT MONEY INTO IT, AND THEN THEIR TIME WILL RUN OUT. AND THEN WE END UP DEMOLISHING THE HOUSE THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON SO WE CAN HAVE SOME OTHER SOME OTHER OPTION OTHER THAN HAVE THEM HAVING TO SPEND ANYWHERE UP TO 1000 OR $1200 TO GO TO GET A T R O YOU KNOW, AND THAT MONEY CAN BE SPENT ACTUALLY SPENT FIXING ON THE HOUSE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF STAFF COULD LOOK INTO GIVING THESE FOLKS SOME OTHER OPTION ON THAT. AND, UH OH, AND ALSO STAFF. I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CALLS. AND WHEN I CALL YOU, YOU GUYS ARE VERY RESPONSIVE TO CHANGING NO STREET SIGNS OUT. SO SOME OF THEM YOU KNOW IF YOU JUST RIDE AROUND, YOU CAN'T SEE HIM AT NIGHT. AND UH ONE PHONE CALL AND USUALLY MANNED. THE CITIZENS ARE VERY THANKFUL AND HAPPY FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE VERY RESPONSIBLE ABOUT THAT, AND ABOUT WHEN THEY CALL IN FOR STREET LIGHTS GETTING THAT DONE ALSO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE IT AS WELL. SOLID HALF. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DURIO. COUNCILMAN PHIL SHAW. ER I DON'T WANT TO BANTER BACK AND FORTH THIS AFTERNOON OVER THIS ISSUE OF NAMING THE BUILDING AFTER ALISON AGAIN, UH, THERE'S NEVER A QUESTION IN MY MIND ABOUT ALISON'S QUALIFICATION, BUT THERE WAS A REFERENCE MADE TO THE TIMING ISSUE, AND I THINK THAT, UH, NOW IS THE TIME FOR ME TO CLARIFY THAT. UM AND THAT COUNCIL MEETING HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND I MADE THAT COMMENT. I WAS NOT AT LIBERTY AT THAT TIME TO QUALIFY MY STATEMENT. BUT NOW I AM THAT MORNING I WAS CONTACTED BY THE NATHAN FAMILY AND THEY ASKED ME ARE THEY COMMUNICATED TO ME THAT THE NATHAN FAMILY DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS AND THEY WERE ASKING THE COUNCIL NOT TO DO IT. BUT IT WAS REQUESTED THAT I'M NOT MENTIONED THAT AT THE TIME SO OUT OF RESPECT TO THEM. I MADE THE COMMENT. THE TIMING IS NOT RIGHT KNOWING THAT THERE NEED TO BE TIME FOR THE NATHAN FAMILY THAT GETS FAMILY TO WORK OUT. WHATEVER DIFFERENCES THEY MAY HAVE, UH, IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF A FAMILY DISPUTE.

BUT AFTER THAT COUNCIL MEETING AND HEARING THE OUTCRY FROM THE COMMUNITY, I WAS CONTACTED AGAIN BY THE NATHAN FAMILY. AND I WAS GIVEN PERMISSION IF CONFRONTED WITH THAT ISSUE TO CLARIFY IT.

AND SO HERE TODAY TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO COUNCILMAN GETS, LET ME SAY AGAIN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ALISON'S QUALIFICATIONS. IT ONLY HAS TO THE FACT THAT THE NATHAN FAMILY HAS ASKED ME AND I KNOW OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT TO SUPPORT THIS. SO THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR THE FAMILY. ALLISON'S PASSING IS JUST RECENT. IT IS A TIME FOR GRIEVING AND RECOGNITION OF HER.

UH BUT TYPICALLY WHEN YOU GO TO NAME BUILDINGS, YOU WAIT A WHILE BEFORE YOU DO THAT. AH THERE'S TIME, BUT FOR ME FOR NOW, THE TIMING IS NOT RIGHT. WILL I EVER SUPPORT IT? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT NOW. BUT WHAT I CAN'T SPEAK TODAY IS THE TIMING IS NOT RIGHT. NATHAN FAMILY HAS ASKED THAT WE PAUSE AND THAT'S WHAT I DID. AND SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS COUNCIL IS IN THIS

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MARRY JUST WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE TREE LIGHTING . I THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT. EMILY WE LEARNED HEARSE, HER STAFF AND I'D LIKE TO WISH EMILY A HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINCE IT'S HER BIRTHDAY AND THEN ALSO COMPLEMENTING HR ON THE EVENT FOR THE CITY FACILITIES, AND ALSO WE DID RECEIVE REGARDING THE QUESTION ABOUT THE BUS SHELTER ON LUCAS BEING MOVED.

PINE STREET. WE DID RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM BUILDING SERVICES ON THAT YESTERDAY SO WE CAN PROVIDE A COPY OF THAT TO COUNSEL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK HR FOR THE WONDERFUL DINNER THAT WE CELEBRATED FOR CHRISTMAS AND ALSO THE TREE LIGHTING. IT SEEMS LIKE IT GETS MORE AND MORE TURNOUT EVERY YEAR, AND THIS YEAR I THINK IT WAS THE BIGGEST WE'VE HAD SINCE WE STARTED, SO IT WAS AMAZING. I ENJOYED IT. THANK YOU. I LIKE THAT, TOO, THAT I LIKE TO THANK ALL CITY EMPLOYEES FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. THERE IS A LOT OF WORK.

WE HELP PEOPLE DECORATE OUT, UH, POLLS AND STREETS AND MEDIANS, ETCETERA, YOU KNOW, TREE LIGHTINGS, ETCETERA, SO I LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THEM AS A TEAM EFFORT. I'D LIKE TO ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR DECORATING THE TREE OUT IN THE ATRIUM, AND IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. SO I SAID ATTORNEY AND HER STAFF TOOK THAT TASK ON AND IT LOOKS GREAT.

FANTASTIC THANK YOU. SHE RIGHT. HE STOLE MY THUNDER. I WAS GONNA SAY THANK YOU. LEGAL FOR THE BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS LEARNED NOTHING ELSE IS NEVER COMMENT ON HOW THE CHRISTMAS TREE LOOKS. SO THAT'S VOLUNTEERING. BUT WE HAD A LOT OF WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. SO YES, THANK YOU TO MY STAFF INDULGING ME FOR GETTING US VOLATILE, OLD RIGHT? THE CHRISTMAS TREE. WE UNDERESTIMATED HOW BIG THAT TREE IS A BIG TREE, BUT IT CAME OUT REALLY NICE AND THANK YOU TO MY OFFICE STAFF FOR HELPING DECORATE MISS CHEERY MARISA, STEPHANIE AND LAUREN. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. WELL AND I WANT TO ECHO TO OUR STAFF WHO IS REALLY SHOWED UP IN A BIG WAY FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND HAVE DECORATED THE CITY AND CERTAINLY WITH THE EVENT THE TREE LIGHTING LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THE EMPLOYEE DINNER AS WELL, IT WAS. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING, AND THE WEATHER WAS VERY CHRISTMAS LIKE RAIN. CERTAINLY IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE MAYOR IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY, AND OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I'VE GOTTEN TO GO BY ON SEVERAL, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE GAVE AWAY TURKEYS AND CHICKENS AND ALL OTHER FOOD IS RECENTLY AS THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS COMMUNITY THAT IS ALWAYS CANNED AND SHOWING UP FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED AND DO A GREAT JOB OF, UH OF BROADCASTING THAT ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT HAD A WONDERFUL SYMPHONY THIS PAST SUNDAY TO AND CERTAINLY IT IS THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND LOTS OF PARTIES AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING THIS TIME OF YEAR IS WITH ALL TIMES OF THE YEAR AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS YET BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW MORE MEETING. THINGS, BUT I WANT YOU TO BE IN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AND EN

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.