Feb 20, 2024 City Council

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KING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. TODAY'S DATES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH 2024 TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR TORY DOUCETT OF NEW BIRTH COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. LET US PRAY. THE GOD OUR FATHER LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.

THE DAY WE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AND THE DAY WE SHOULD NEVER SEE AGAIN. LORD WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR TODAY. OH, GOD. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNSEL AND EVERYONE THAT HOLDS OFFICE HERE. IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. LORD, WE PRAY THAT THIS MEETING WILL GO AS PLANNED AND LAW THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GOVERN THE MINDS OF THOSE THAT ARE ON COUNCIL AND THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT. LORD KEEP OUR MINDS ON YOU AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT WERE BETTER. THIS CITY THIS WE'RE ASKING YOUR NAME. JESUS. NAME. AMEN. IN PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. I DIDN'T SAY SOUTH AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC. THINGS. UH, JUSTICE FOR ALL. MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR WEST MAYOR, PRO TIM TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER DUO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER FEL SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER

[PROCLAMATIONS]

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YES.

ALL RIGHTY Y'ALL AND ONE AND. THREE ONE MORE 12 AND THREE THANK YOU. 731 23 AGAIN, TOO.

THREE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL, IT IS A TRUE HONOR. AND A PLEASURE, UM, TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR TRUST BASED RELATIONAL INTERVENTION PRACTITIONERS ON THIS DAY OF LEADERSHIP AND MAYOR WEST IN HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE, JOINED US, UM YESTERDAY FOR THE KICK OFF OUR TWO DAY TRAINING AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING THAT BEATS LEADERSHIP LIKE SHOWING UP AND MAYOR. YOU DO SUCH A GREAT JOB OF THAT. YOU AND ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU. I'M HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. AND I ALSO WANTED. TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT REALLY INSPIRED ME AT OUR TRAINING. JUST THIS AFTERNOON. I RAN OVER HERE FROM THE TRAINING AND MILES HAYNES WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WAS PART OF OUR TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT GROWING TO THE NEXT LEVEL, NOT JUST GOING TO THE NEXT LEVEL, AND I HAVE NO MILES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, AS AN UNDERGRADUATE SOCIAL WORK INTERN , UM, AT AN AGENCY, WHERE I SUPERVISED HIM AND HIS INTERNSHIP, AND HE HAS GROWN TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AND IN HIS LEADERSHIP MINDSET CAME UP TO ME AND SAID THAT YOU KNOW, OUR CITY STRATEGIC PLAN IS FOCUSED ON COMMUN HE WIDE MENTAL HEALTH.

AND I SEE US USING TB R I AS THE FRAMEWORK TO MOVE US TOWARD BEING A TRAUMA INFORMED CITY SO WE ARE SO JUST BLESSED IN THIS CITY TO HAVE LEADERS THAT LOOK AT WAYS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE INFORMATION AND REALLY MAKE IT IMPACTFUL ACROSS ALL CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MILES AND HIS LEADERSHIP FOR MENTIONING THAT AND I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT. WE HAVE OVER 20 TB R PRACTITIONERS IN OUR REGION, MOST OF WHICH I'VE RECOMMENDED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED AND WOULD BE HONORED TO GIVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR CITY TO ALSO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UM HAVE TB R I IN THE WORKPLACE, AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS, MILES SAID, WAS THAT YOU KNOW THIS DOESN'T ONLY EQUIP ME WITH IMPROVING THE WORKPLACES , UM, THAT THE PLACES THAT WE WORK BUT ALSO OUR HOMES AND OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AS A WHOLE SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. ONE EXAMPLE. UM I HAVE HAD THE BENEFIT OF NOT JUST GOING TO THE

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ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR IS HERE IN T SET HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BELMONT TO BE A FIX. ON THIS DAY, FEBRUARY 20TH 2024. ALL RIGHT. AND ACCEPTING WILL BE MEN DAY.

BEAUMONT BUSINESS OWNER AND CHRISTINA LOKE, MARKETING DIRECTOR WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

ONE. OH, YEAH.

ALL IN 123. PERFECT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. WELL WE CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING EACH YEAR. WE DON'T THINK WE CAN GET BIGGER AND BETTER. AND OF COURSE WE END UP GOING BIGGER AND BETTER. UM HUGE . THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT, THE FESTIVAL WILL GO FREE, SO EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND WITHOUT ANY COST OF GETTING INTO THE GROUNDS AND AS IT SAID, WE HAVE 8000 SQUARE FEET THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PAINTED ON FESTIVAL SITE, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY SEE 8000 SQUARE FEET PAINTED, BUT WE

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[PRESENTATIONS]

22ND SO BE SURE TO SIGN UP YOUR CO ED OR MEN'S TEAM AT TEAM SIDELINE.COM/BEAUMONT. WE ALSO INVITE YOU TO SHOOT SOME HOOPS AND HAVE A BALL BECAUSE THE COED YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE REGISTRATION OPENS THIS WEEK TRYOUTS FOR THE SIX WEEK SEASON. WILL TAKE PLACE ON MARCH 23RD WITH BRACKETS FOR AGES. 8 TO 13 CONTACT THE STERLING PRUITT CENTER FOR MORE INFORMATION. THE REC DEPARTMENT IS ALSO HOSTING A COED THREE ON THREE YOUTH BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT APRIL 5TH OR SIXTH REGISTRATION ENDS MARCH 22ND AND YOU CAN SIGN UP IN PERSON AT THE STERLING PRUITT ATHLETICS CENTER. BE SURE TO STAY TUNED FOR MORE UPDATES ABOUT SUMMER CAMP SUMMER TRACK AND THE ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT, WHICH WILL BE ALL COMING SOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS, AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]

WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE SAY YOUR ADDRESS, CITY AND STATE. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR COMMENTS. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. AND AS A REMINDER, WE CANNOT, UH, RESPOND TO COMMENTS DURING THIS THIS TIME. WILLIAM JOHNSON, 1045. MADISON, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. MR MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS WILLIAM WILLIAM JOHNSON. 1045 MADISON STREET. WILMONT, TEXAS. I HAVE,

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I'M SORRY. WE'RE OUT OF TIME. I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA MOVE TO APPROVE

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[REGULAR AGENDA]

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BUT THIS ONE WAS THIS WAS A PROPOSED, UH, PARKS. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHERE YOU LOOK AT A LONG TERM PLAN FOR YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION SPACES IN IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. UH, IT WAS DISCUSSED IN SOMETHING THAT WAS A FINAL PART OF THE CITY STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE LAST YEAR BY THIS COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY COUNSEL. SO UM, THIS FUR THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, IT GOES A STEP FURTHER WITH A PLAN SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR PARKS AND GREEN SPACES, UH, THAT ARE OUT THERE AND SO IT IT SHOWS THAT THIS COUNCIL COMMITMENT TO PARKS AND RECREATION YOU HAD THE KNOWLEDGE FOR THE FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT YOU PUT IN. FURTHER PLANS INTO THE FUTURE. UH WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR PARKS TO LOOK LIKE COUNCILMAN GATZ. UM MR MANAGER.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT, UH FAILURE TO PLAN IS PLANNING TO FAIL AND YOU KNOW TO TOO MANY YEARS. UH, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION PRIOR TO YOU BEING HERE, UH, KIND OF HAD A SHOOT FROM THE HIP APPROACH TO SOME OF THESE, UH, THINGS THAT WOULD HAPPEN. UH I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A PLAN. AND UH, I APPRECIATE YOU BRING THIS FORWARD FOR US TO CONSIDER.

THANK YOU. WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE CITY, TAKING THE STEPS TO HIRE A TOP TIER CONSULTING FIRM, UH, TO ANALYZE OUR PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACES. AS MENTIONED BY MISTER WILLIAMS. THE PLAN IS PART OF THE CITY STRATEGIC PLAN.

FIVE YEAR GOALS FROM 2023 TO 2028. IT MAY TAKE THE REST OF 2024 FOR THIS PLAN TO BE COMPLETED. AS BEAUMONT CONTINUES TO WORK ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CITIZENS, A WELL DEVELOPED PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT FOR THE VITALITY OF THE CITY. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MATT. BIN WITH HALF ASSOCIATES TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THE COMPANY'S HISTORY AND WHAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO WITH THIS PLAN. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. UH, AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS IMPORTANT PLANNING EFFORT, UH, AS KENNETH WAS SAYING HALF ASSOCIATES AS A COMPANY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 75 YEARS. UH, AS A COMPANY, WE'RE ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE. BUT OUT OF THAT 1500 PEOPLE WE HAVE ABOUT 80 PLANNERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS THAT HAD BEEN WORKING PRETTY MUCH THE LAST 30 YEARS ON SPECIFICALLY THIS TOPIC ALL ACROSS THE SOUTH.

SO WE ARE A TEXAS BASED FIRM. BUT PRETTY MUCH OUR PLANNERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IS FOR 30 YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING PARKS, PLANNING, PARKS AND TRAIL PLANNING AND DESIGN. UH, FOR COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS TEXAS. UH SO KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SLATED TO DO ON THIS PROCESS IS TO REALLY UM, TO SET FORTH THAT VISION WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHERE THEY WANNA GO WITH THEIR THEIR, UH, PARK SYSTEM. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING AS THE CITY IS KIND OF RECOMMITTING ITSELF TO THE PARK SYSTEM. WE BELIEVE THAT PARKS ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR STREETS AND YOUR POLICE AND FIRE AND THAT THEY NEED DUE ATTENTION. AND I BELIEVE GENTLEMEN MENTIONED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE YOU'VE BEEN SHOOTING FROM THE HIP FOR MANY YEARS WITH THIS PLAN WOULD ACTUALLY LAY OUT. FOR ALL OF YOUR PARKS, EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE DOING LAYING OUT A VISION FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE PARKS USING A FRAMEWORK THAT WE ACT TO CALL COMPLETE PARKS, AND IT'S UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND YOU THROW A PLAYSCAPE ON THERE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE A PARK THAT'S SERVING EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE GONNA WANNA WORK WITH YOU ALL TO IDENTIFY HOW WE CAN MAXIMIZE PEOPLE IN THOSE PARKS FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS, MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'LL BE CERTAIN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT YOU'RE GONNA WANNA DO COMING AFTER THIS. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREMENTALLY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME. AND IF YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE, YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE INFORMED DECISIONS AS A COUNCIL ON A ON A STEP BY STEP BASIS, AND SO WE'RE ASKED TO COME IN AND WORK WITH YOU AND THE COMMUNITY TO LAY OUT THAT VISION. UH, THAT, OF COURSE, ENCOMPASS A FULL NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF THE EXISTING PARK SYSTEM. IT WILL INCLUDE A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND IT WILL INCLUDE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR INDIVIDUAL PARKS AS WELL AS THE PARK SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. IT'LL IDENTIFY, UH BEYOND THE PARKS OF HOW DO WE THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGICALLY ABOUT, UH, TRAIL CONNECTIVITY. AND THIS ISN'T A FULL TRAILS PLAN? UH, THAT IT WILL UNDERSTAND THAT TRAILS DO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN CONNECTING OUR PARK SYSTEM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND CONNECTING THOSE OTHER IMPORTANT DESTINATIONS AS PART OF OUR CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE, UH UH, THE DRAFTING OF A PARKLAND, DEDICATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. UH, SOMETHING THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO WORK WITH YOUR

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER ONE.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I AND HE OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF PROVEN AN ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR MACHINE SHOP AND REPAIR SERVICES WITH PIMPS CO PUMPS OF ROSE CITY FOR USE BY THE WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OR OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO? CAN CHECK. THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN DUO UH, YEAH, I GUESS. BOARD OR WHY SUCH A, UH, INCREASE IN THE PRICE FROM LAST TIME? MIKE HARRIS QUESTION. OK, MIKE HARRIS, OK? SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR HE IS THE ONLY CONTRACTOR THAT HAS BID ON THIS CONTRACT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. UH, HE DID GO UP ON HIS PRICES. OH, THE REASON BEING WHAT HE TOLD US. HE HAS NOT HAD AN INCREASE IN HIS, UH, RIGHTS. IN THREE YEARS, AND HE'S GETTING WITH HIT WITH A LOT OF OVERHEAD WITH, OF COURSE, THE INFLATION THAT HE'S LOOKING AT NOW. SO, UH, THAT'S WHY IT ACTUALLY WENT UP ON HIS PRICES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PUT THIS OUT TO FORBID, AND NOBODY AND HE THE ONLY ONE THAT BID ON THE ONLY ONE THAT BID ON IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF PROVING ITEM NUMBER TWO. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING

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COUNCIL MEMBER CAN YOU STILL HEAR? SEVEN MORE DAYS. UH YES, IT IS THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT DID THE ONE ITS PRODUCT. IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME STRUCTURE. THERE'S PROBABLY DIFFERENT COLOR ROOF ON IT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THAT IT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. SO THIS IS THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING. YES, SIR. WELL, I'LL BE MICH. WE ARE GOING TO MICHIGAN. IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, I, I ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF PROVING THE ADDITION OF AN AXON MODULE FROM AXON ENTERPRISE INC OF SCOTTSDALE. I ASSUME THAT'S ARIZONA. UH FOR USE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ANY DISCUSSION. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. COUNCILOR SAMUEL IS IT THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS? IS THIS BASICALLY DEALING WITH BODY CAMS ? UH VERSUS THE, UH UH, THE WAY THIS SOFTWARE FOR THE REGULAR FRONT AND UNIT CAMPS. THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW THE REAL TIME STREAMING OF THE BODY CAMERAS, WHEREAS WE ALREADY HAVE THAT FOR IN IN CAR VIDEO. OK SO NOW WE WILL HAVE IN CAR VIDEO, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RECORD EACH INDIVIDUAL OFFICER WITH THE BODY CAM. OH, SO THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT THIS WILL ALLOW, UM IF, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, A OFFICER IS IN A SITUATION THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT HIS BODY CAMERA FROM THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. UM WITHOUT HAVING TO BE THERE ON ON SCENE. GREAT. MHM. THERE WAS LIVE STREAM. YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FOUR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MISTER CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING KCG DEVELOPMENT, A PROPOSED HOUSING TAX CREDIT HTC PROJECT LOCATED AT 415 SOUTH 11TH STREET , ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BEAUMONT HAS MORE THAN TWICE THE STATE AVERAGE OF UNITS PER CAPITA, SUPPORTED BY TAX CREDITS, AFFIRMING THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING OFFERING EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT. AND THE COMMITMENT OF FUNDING IN THE FORM OF A FEE WAIVER AND NOT TO EXCEED $500. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE? MOVE TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND FOR SIGMA. THERE IS A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS ANY DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MANIO OH, MR BOONE. WE HAVE ANOTHER. A DEAL ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS ALSO FOR ANOTHER PROJECT. WHAT HAPPENS IF, UH, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS HERE? AS FAR AS THESE TWO PROJECTS GO, SO AS YOU MAY RECALL. WE HAD A WORK SESSION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND THERE WERE THREE POTENTIAL APPLICANTS AND ONE OF THOSE APPLICANTS IS WITHDRAWN THEIR APPLICATION SO BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE TWO DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS.

ONE IS THIS ONE ON LEVITT STREET . THE OTHER IS ON COLLEGE, WHICH IS THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. SO THE OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL TODAY ARE TO TAKE NO O. NO ACTION, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT REALLY THE PROJECTS FROM MOVING FORWARD AT THE STATE LEVEL. TO SUPPORT ONE OF THE PROJECTS OR SUPPORT BOTH OF THE PROJECTS. OK? SO WE CAN DO LIKE, UM, SUPPORT ONE AND NO OBJECTION TO THE OTHER. YOU

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WHEN WE VOTE FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS, WE HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC AND ADD THAT AS A CONDITION SO THE WAY THE TWO ITEMS ARE WRITTEN, IS BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT THEY DEVELOPER HAS ASKED FOR, WHICH INCLUDES THE $500 IS IN BOTH. OK, I SEE THAT. YES, THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TURNER SO JUST TO SPEAK TO COUNCILMAN DARIO'S CONCERN, I IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN VOTE.

THE WAY, HE SAID, BUT ONE WITHOUT THE EXTRA $500 WAIVER. I MEAN, CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW THAT WOULD WORK? MR BOONE? YES SIR. SO IF YOU SAID WE WANNA WE WANNA ALLOW BOTH TO MOVE FORWARD AT THE STATE PROCESS, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE MORE SUPPORT FOR ONE OR BOTH. YOU COULD SAY, OK, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE TWO TIMES PER CAPITA. SUPPORT THE APPLICATION MOVING FORWARD, BUT FOR APPLICATION A OR B, WE WANT TO ALSO WAIVE THE $500 FEE, WHICH GIVES THEM MORE POINTS. AT THE STATE LEVEL. COUNCILMAN FELLS SHAW. SO IF WE PASS BOTH PROJECTS BOTH PROJECTS GET THE $500 WAIVER. A FEE WAIVER. UH UH, I GUESS YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT AS FAR AS WELL, I'M SURE YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT. SO I IF WE IF WE FAVORED ONE OVER THE OTHER, WE WOULD NEED TO PULL THE $500 WAIVER WITH ONE. CORRECT. YES, SIR. AND THERE IS NO OTHER POINT THAT WE CAN GIVE TO ONE PROJECT OVER THE OTHER. THESE ARE THE ONLY POINTS THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. WE HAVE WE AS A CITY HAVE CONTROL OVER. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THOUGH, THAT IF WE PULL THE WAIVER ON ONE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PASSED BY THE STATE. THAT'S CORRECT. AS YOU KNOW, THE POINT SYSTEM INCLUDES A LOT OF THINGS AMENITIES SIZE OF ROOMS. I THINK A LOT OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE STATE PUTS IN THAT SYSTEM IN ORDER TO GET THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THEY WANT. SO IF THE CITY COUNCIL SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA GIVE EXTRA POINT. WE'RE GONNA SUPPORT BOTH TO ALLOW THEM TO GO. BUT WE'RE GONNA GIVE EXTRA POINTS TO APPLICANT B OR A IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING BECAUSE AGAIN , THEY MAY HAVE OTHER DEFICIENCIES IN THEIR APPLICATIONS OR THE OTHER APPLICATION MAY SCORE HIGHER IN OTHER CATEGORIES. CAN YOU TELL ME HISTORICALLY, UH, WHEN WE DO PRESENT TWO PROJECTS TO THE STATE, I IS THERE A, UH CAN YOU? I MEAN, HISTORICALLY HAVE BOTH PASSED OR HISTORICALLY, DO THEY JUST CHOOSE ONE OF THE TWO HISTORICALLY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHEN THEY HAD SOME, UM, DISASTER RECOVERY MONEY.

HISTORICALLY WE USUALLY GET ONE PROJECT PER PER REGION FIVE URBAN, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE LOCATED. SO TYPICALLY US WELL, AND I EXPECT THIS THIS YEAR AS WELL. WE WILL ONLY GET ONE OF THESE APPROVED. COUNCILMAN DURIA . SO UM, REGION FIVE THAT DOESN'T JUST INCLUDE BEAUMONT.

THEY COULD HAVE OTHER PROJECTS FROM OTHER AREAS IN REGION FIVE. IT IS IT GOES BEYOND BEAUMONT.

UM BUT I PULLED UP THIS MORNING REGION. FIVE URBAN. THE ONLY APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SHOWN IN THE CATEGORY. UM THAT I PULLED UP THIS MORNING. WERE THESE TWO PROJECTS SO SOMETIMES WE MAY SEE SOME FROM PORT ARTHUR OR ORANGE, BUT THESE ARE THE ONLY ONES I'VE SEEN IN IN REGION. FIVE URBAN COUNCILMAN GOETZ. CHRIS SOMETIMES I BELIEVE IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC MAKEUP OF THE CENSUS TRACT IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS SUPPOSED TO, UH, GO IN ALSO CAN FACTOR INTO THE NUMBER OF POINTS RECEIVED. ARE THESE TWO PROJECTS IN THE SAME SORT OF CENSUS TRACK ? OR DOES ONE CENSUS TRACK HAVE, UH, A BETTER ADVANTAGE THAN THE OTHER? MAY DEFER TO THE DEVELOPER ON THAT. I DO KNOW THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS , SEVERAL APPLICATION ROUNDS UM THE STATE HAS TRIED TO DIRECT DEVELOPMENTS IN WHAT ARE CALLED HIGH OPPORTUNITIES ZONES, WHICH HAVE TENDED TO BE ALONG THE MAJOR DRIVE CORRIDOR, SO HIGHER INCOME AREAS. UM BUT IN TERMS OF

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UH, ONE OF THESE PROJECTS IS, UH, SLATED, UH, TO TAKE PLACE WHERE THERE'S OTHER, UM, APARTMENTS ALREADY LOCATED BEHIND FIVE UNDER AND THE, UM HAS THERE BEEN ANY STUDIES, TRAFFIC STUDIES DONE AS TO HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT THAT PARTICULAR AREA? NO, SIR. OK UH, WOULD THAT HAVE ANY IMPACT IN THE DECISION THAT WOULD BE MADE? THAT'S UH AGAIN AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. TRAFFIC IMPACT, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A STUDY, UM, THAT COULD BE A CONSIDERATION FOR THIS COUNCIL AS TO WHICH PROJECT TO SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORT. BASED ON TRAFFIC CONGESTION, BUT AGAIN. WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC STUDY FOR ANY OF THESE. OK? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I THINK I LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU FROM, UH, THE DEVELOPER. DO WE HAVE BOTH DEVELOPERS HERE? THEY SHOULD BE, YES. LITTLE COUNSEL, MISTER MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. UH, I'M WITH KCG DEVELOPMENT. UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT 415 SOUTH 11TH STREET. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNCILMAN DUO TALKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE SITE AND FEEL IT'S UH, VERY WELL POSITIONED FOR A HOUSING TAX CREDIT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. UM THIS THIS PROJECT AND THIS OPPORTUNITY GIVES US THE POTENTIAL TO REDEVELOP A SITE THAT'S CURRENTLY A FORM A FORMER CHURCH. AND BEFORE THAT A CAR DEALERSHIP NOW SITS ABANDONED. UH, VACANT AND HAS KIND OF, UH, ESCALATED INTO A, UH UH, AREA OF CRIME IN AN AREA OF, UH, LEGAL ACTIVITY HERE AS OF LATE AND TALKING WITH AREA BUSINESSES, UM , ADJACENT TO THE SITE. IT'S ALSO A SITE THAT HAS SOME OUTDATED DRAINAGE CURRENTLY, UH, IT'S CAUSING. UH DRAINAGE STORM DRAINAGE ISSUES FOR THE ADJACENT USERS. UM WE'VE NOT CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STUDY. UM WE HAVE, UH, RULED THAT OUT AS SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO DO AFTER TALKING WITH OUR YEAR AND DOING A GENERAL ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY STUDY.

UM, BUT WE HAVE LOOKED INTO HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE AREA DRAINAGE . UM AND WITH THE UPGRADES THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE SITE AND TIE IN TO STORM DRAINAGE, SIX REGION, UH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP OUT WITH OUR NEIGHBORS THERE AND ALSO PLAN ON PUTTING IT ATTENTION POND ON SITE TO HELP OUT ON THAT END. UM OUR OUR, UH, PROPOSAL. WHAT WOULD YOU BRING 56 APARTMENT UNITS TO THE SITE, UH, WOULD BE IN LINE WITH LOCAL INCOMES AND BUILT TO MARK A STANDARDS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE ROUTINELY ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. OUR COMPANY WAS LAST YEAR, THE EIGHTH LARGEST AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER IN THE COUNTRY, AND OUR MAIN FOCUS IS HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. UM IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCORING, UM THE $500 FEE WAI IS A FAIRLY CRITICAL PART OF THE RESOLUTION. UM AS IS THE BALANCE OF WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THERE. MOST ALL OF THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE STATE OF TEXAS REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN THE FUNDING. UM AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT OUR PROPOSAL. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. COUNCILMAN TURNER. UH, JUST BEFORE WE EVEN GET INTO THAT. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ANY TROUBLE. SO WITH MY CITY ATTORNEY, YOU KNOW, IS IT YOU I? I SEE HOW YOUR DEMEANOR IS. IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC? YOU LIKE TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON? SO I LIKE TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT THIS WAS A POST TO PUBLIC HEARING. UM WE DID SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THAT ALLOWED THE PUBLIC TO BOTH COMMENT AS WELL AS ANY DEVELOPERS TO COMMENT AT THAT TIME AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNSEL. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF STUFF HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN, IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND EVEN DISCUSSIONS PRIVATELY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, BUT THE PROCESS IS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE IT'S FAIR AND TRANSPARENT BY THE PUBLIC. UM I WILL REMIND YOU THAT ALTHOUGH THEY GET TO CONVERSATE WITH YOU, THE PUBLIC CANNOT NOW EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS TO YOU IN THIS PLATFORM AS WELL. SO QUESTIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED SPECIFICALLY TO, UM, DECISIONS I GUESS ARE DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE PROCESS, WHICH WAS KIND OF EXPLAINED THAT COULD BE ANSWERED BY STAFF OR NOT AT ALL. BUT SINCE WE HAVE GIVEN THIS GENTLEMAN A CHANCE TO SPEAK, YOU SHOULD ALSO MAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE TO THE OTHER GENTLEMEN OR THE OTHER DEVELOPER IF COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING SUPPORTING ONE PROJECT OVER THE OTHER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. IF NOT, WOULD WE, UH, COUNCILMAN GETS OR ANY OF THESE, UH, PROPOSED DEPARTMENTS GOING TO BE MARKET RATE OR ARE THEY ALL FOR

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BUT NOW THE CLOSEST WOULD BE IN HOUSTON VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE. CAN YOU NAME A COUPLE OF THOSE PROJECTS IN HOUSTON? YES WE HAVE ONE THAT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW CALLED THE WESTERN MARK THAT'S DOWN BY SUGAR LAND. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER 165 UNITS. UH, WE HAVE A ANOTHER ONE THAT IS A STABILIZED IN OPERATIONAL IN THE BEL AIR AREA OF HOUSTON THAT'S CALLED BELFORT PARK APARTMENTS. UM AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON. UH, ANOTHER ONE ON THE EAST SIDE THAT IS CALLED THE STRATHMORE THAT ONE'S IN THE PREVE STAGE. UM AND THE, UH BELFORD PARK APARTMENTS I WOULD NOTICE SIMILAR AND THAT WAS A BIG REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. THIS THIS ONE HERE WILL BE, UM, JUST DEMOLISHING THE EXISTING BUILDING AND BUILDING APARTMENTS . BUT THAT WAS A MAJOR RENOVATION AND COORDINATE WITH THE CITY. UH, USING C DB G FUNDS FROM A HURRICANE HARVEY, AND IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, MAURO TWO QUESTIONS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN? WHEN YOU SAY 100% AFFORDABLE? YES UH, SO ALL 56 OF THE UNITS THAT WERE PROPOSING WILL BE SET WITH RENT LEVELS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE, UM, FOR THE TENANTS, AND THAT IS A TERM DEFINED BY THE STATE AS, UH, RENTS THAT WILL NOT BE OVER 30% OF THEIR INCOME. AND UM, THAT THAT SETS THE RENT LEVEL ITSELF WILL HAVE RENTS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE FOR, UH INDIVIDUALS OR HOUSEHOLDS MAKING 60% 50% OR 30% OF THE AREA. A INCOME SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT RENT LEVELS THAT WILL BE, UM AT THE PROPERTY AND THEY'LL BE TARGETING HOUSEHOLDS AT OR BELOW EACH OF THOSE INCOME BANDS. DO YOU, UH, DO YOUR COMPANY HAVE YOU ALREADY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY? UH, WE'VE NOT PURCHASED PROPERTY. WE HAVE IT UNDER CONTRACT. UH, THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND WOULD PLAN TO, UH CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY AND START CONSTRUCTION IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN FHA. THANK YOU, SIR. FOR COMING TO THE PODIUM, AND I DO UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT YOU'RE ORGANIZATION IS OUT OF INDIANA. CORRECT WE ARE BASED IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. OUR FOUNDERS FROM, UH, THE MIDWEST ABOUT 30% OF OUR STAFF IS ALSO DOWN HERE IN TEXAS. UM ALL ALL OVER THE STATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. TO MADAM SECRETARY, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. EXCUSE ME. ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE TABLE THIS HERE FROM THE OTHER AND THEN HAVE THEIR COMMENTS AND THEN GO BACK. BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY OUR, CAN WE WITHOUT MAKING EMOTION. I'M AFRAID I'LL BE VIOLATING SOMETHING, SO THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, UM, TO ACCEPT. IT'S APPROVED THE RESOLUTION SO THERE WOULD NEED TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT RESOLUTION. UM AND THEN A PROFFER TO TABLE AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO READ THE OTHER ITEM. AND THEN THERE'D BE A MOTION IN SECOND. AND DA DA DA DA. MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO ALL THAT. ARE YOU WANTING THE MEN TO TABLE. LOVE YOU SO MUCH, OK, REPEAT AFTER ME. YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION, UM TO MEN. YOUR MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND MY MOTION. AND IT'S GONNA BE SECONDED. YOU'RE GONNA FOLLOW UP AND SAY YOU MAKE A MOTION TO

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SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. COUNCILMAN TURNER. UH, CAN YOU KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF YOU KNOW, I TEXT AND GOT ANY PROJECTS IN THIS AREA BEFORE IN THE PAST. SURE WE, UM I TEXT HIS, UH, UH, VERTICALLY INTEGRATED, UH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT FIRM ORIGINALLY, UM ORIGINATED OUT OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. UM WE DO HAVE A LOCAL OFFICE THERE. WE ALSO HAVE A CORPORATE OFFICE IN HOUSTON. UH, WE'VE DONE UM, A LOT OF PROJECTS IN AND AROUND THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR AREA ALSO ORANGE VOR NEEDLING. UH, POORNA. UM A GOOD MAJORITY OF OUR OF OUR, UH, PROFILE IS IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA. UM SO, UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS LOCATED, YOU KNOW, 6005 COLLEGE STREET, UH, JUST SOUTH OF ONE OF OUR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, A RETREAT WEST BEAUMONT. UH WE PARTICULARLY CHOSE THAT SITE BECAUSE WE DO SEE A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SENIOR HOUSING RIGHT THERE AT THAT SITE. UM WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT WAITING LIST OVER AT RETREAT WEST BEAUMONT. UH, SO WE FELT THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY THE MOST, UM APPROPRIATE. UH, PROPERTY TO PUT IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT. UH, IF YOU ALL RECALL UM, LAST YEAR, WE CAME TO YOU ALL WITH ABIDING GRACE, WHICH IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL APPROVING THAT ONE. THAT ONE WAS ALSO PRETTY MUCH A NEEDS BASED PROJECT WHERE WE HAD PLACE OF GRACE JUST NORTH OF IT, THAT IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT WAIT LIST AS WELL. UH, SO WE WERE ABLE TO WITH YOU ALL APPROVAL. UH, GET THAT ONE STARTED AND THAT ONE AS WELL UNDERWAY, SO WE COME TO YOU ALL WITH A SIMILAR PROJECT, ESSENTIALLY. AN EXACT REPLICA OF ABIDING RACE. A 61 UNITS. UH, SENIOR HOUSING ABOUT 70% OF IT IS ONE BEDROOM 30% 2 BEDROOM. WE DO HAVE SOME MICROWAVE COMPONENT IN THERE. UH BECAUSE WE DO FEEL LIKE THERE IS A NEED FOR, UH, SOME MARKET RATE THERE. UM AND SO WE'RE WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO PUT SOME MORE SENIOR HOUSE IN THERE WHERE WE FEEL LIKE IT IS MUCH NEEDED. UM TO ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBERS GUESTS IS, UH, QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT TRAFFIC. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALIZED WHEN WE APPROACHED, UH, RETREAT WEST BEAUMONT WAS THAT THE CITY REALLY HAD, UM AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY HAD, UM, SOME CONCERN ABOUT ACCESS ON WE AND, UM ANOTHER THING, UH, WAS WITH KELLY, UH, HIGH SCHOOL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THEIR NEEDS WERE MET AS WELL.

UM, SO WE MADE SURE WHEN WE DESIGNED THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE A PRETTY BIG FOR BETWEEN OURSELVES AND THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE WOULD ALSO BE ACCESSING RIGHT OFF OF COLLEGE, SO WE'LL HAVE AN EASEMENT THROUGH, UH, THE PROPERTY WHERE IT IS, AND WE WON'T HAVE ANYTHING ANY TRAFFIC COMING OFF OF WENDLAND DRIVE. UH SO THE ONLY THING COMING OFF WE WOULD BE AN EMERGENCY EXIT. UH

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. I DON'T THINK WE I DON'T THINK WE NEED THAT INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HONESTLY, I'D BE EXCITED ABOUT IT. YES COUNCILMAN GETS MR BOONE. UH, THESE PROJECTS ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. UH ONE IS A FAMILY PROJECT. ONE IS A SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. IS THERE ANY IDENTIFIED NEED IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FOR ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER. I DON'T HAVE STATISTICS ON ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER. I DO KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATION WITH OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY IN TERMS OF NEED IN GENERAL FOR AFFORDABLE AND, UM. THE NUMBERS WE GOT BACK , UH FROM THE STATE, AND THEIR NUMBERS INDICATED THAT THERE THERE IS A DEMAND. SO IN TERMS OF SENIOR, I CAN TELL YOU LAST YEAR WHEN WE WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT, MORE SPECIFICALLY, THERE WAS QUITE A LONG, LONG WAITING LIST FOR SENIOR. UM, AND AGAIN AS I THINK WE JUST WE HAD SOME TESTIMONY JUST A MINUTE AGO ABOUT THERE STILL HAVE DEMAND AT THEIR SENIOR PROJECT. UM, BUT OVERALL IN TERMS OF DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE, UM, THERE THERE IS.

THERE IS A DEMAND AND A AND A NEED BASED ON, UH, THE STATS THAT WE GOT FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE STRUCTURE THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS? WHERE THAT FIRST PROJECT WOULD, UH, BE LOCATED THE BUILDING THAT USED TO BE A CHURCH AND WAS FORMERLY A COUNCIL IS THAT AT DILAPIDATED BUILDING OR WHAT'S THE SITUATION WITH THAT BUILDING? IT'S A TIRED BUILDING. IT'S A OR A KENSAL AS YOU MENTIONED, UM THE AUTO SALES WAS THERE. UM THEN I THINK IT WAS A CHURCH, MAYBE OFFICE SUPPLY AND IT IT IT IT IS AN AGING BUILDING. I DON'T I DON'T WANNA IMPLY THAT IT'S UM SUBSTANDARD OR ANYTHING. WE HAVEN'T REALLY INVESTIGATED IT.

BUT IT IS, UM I BELIEVE IT'S UM IT'S DEFINITELY SEEMS TO BE, UM, A LITTLE TIRED. ARE THERE. HAVE YOU HAD COMPLAINTS OF VAGRANCY OR HOMELESSNESS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IN THAT BUILDING ? I HAVE NOT. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY. I KNOW THAT WE WENT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING LAST WEEK, AND I HEARD SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT CALLS FOR SERVICE AND SOME COMPLAINTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS BUT DIRECTLY. I HAVE NOT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A, UH THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. I'M GONNA MOVE FORWARD ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SIX.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I UH, CLARIFICATION. I'M SORRY, MAYOR. I APOLOGIZE. UH WE WILL VOTE ON THIS ONE AS IT'S READ, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO NUMBER FIVE AND VOTE ON THAT ONE. CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MADIA. UM, CAN WE. LIKE HE SAID. CAN WE MOVE MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE BOTH FORWARD WITH MORE BEING GIVEN TO ONE THAN THE OTHER. YOU AGAIN? YOU COULD SAY WE WANT BOTH TO GO FORWARD. BUT WE LIKE THIS ONE MORE THAN THE OTHERS. SO WE WANT TO, IN MY OPINION OFFER THE $500 FEE WAIVER THAT WOULD OFFER MORE SUPPORT. IN COUNCILMAN SAMUEL.

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ARE ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SIX. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. I JUST NEED TO CLEAR FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE THE MOTION ORIGINALLY WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN SAMUEL IS THAT CORRECT? OK SO BECAUSE THE MOTION WAS ORIGINALLY MADE BY A MOTION IN THE SECOND WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN FELL, SHOT AND PRETEND THAT MOTION WAS STILL ON THE FLOOR. SO, UM AND WE NEED TO ADMIT THAT WELL. WHEN NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS THAT COUNCILMAN SAMUEL MADE A OFFER TO AMEND THE MOTION . AND IF IT'S NOT AN OBJECTION BY COUNCILMAN F ME PRO TEM THEN THAT HE CAN JUST THAT HE ACCEPTS THAT AMENDMENT, AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL THING. BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE ON THE RECORD THAT HE ACCEPTS THAT AMENDMENT TO HIS MOTION. I HAVE NO OBJECTION, BUT THE FACT IS, I MOVED TO APPROVE IT AS READ, WHICH INCLUDES THE WAIVER FOR I'M NOT SURE THAT WE NEED THIS ONE DID NOT INCLUDE A WAIVER. YES, IT DOES. BOTH INCLUDE THE WAIVER. I THINK I THINK BOTH INCLUDED, BUT IT WAS. IT WAS SPECIFICALLY STATED ON THE RECORD, SO HE JUST WANTED HE WANTED IT TO SAY WITH THE WAY THAT MY MOTION DOES INCLUDE THE $500 WAIVER FEE, SO THAT WAS MY MOTION. I MOVED TO APPROVE IT AS READ, WITHDRAW THE MOTION THAT I MADE SUBSEQUENT TO THAT. AND YOUR SECOND STANCE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GO AHEAD. THIS IS FOR ITEM SIX, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE. THE BY SAYING, I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED NOW. WE'RE GOING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, COUNCILMAN SAMMON. I'M READY FOR A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A MOTION. I SO MOVED THAT. WE UH UH SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE MEN THE OH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO DO.

NO, WE MOVED TO TABLE AT THIS IS A IT WAS THE ITEMS TABLE SO YOU CAN JUST MAKE A NORMAL MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM. FIVE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REMOVAL OF THE WAIVER OF THE $500. UH, SECOND. OK IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, REMOVING, UH FOR APPROVAL, BUT REMOVING THE $500 WAIVER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR CITY MANAGER, MAY WE NOW HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. COUNCIL CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TOWARD A CONTRACT TO BRI START CONTRACTING CONTRACTING INC. BEAUMONT. FOR THE WEST LUCAS DRIVE AND GLADYS AVENUE EMERGENCY STORM TO A POINT REPAIR AND CAVITY REPAIR PROJECT , AND IT COMES WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? MOVE TO APPROVE. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECONDED FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? UH, YES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. NMF SHELVING. COUNCILMAN GOETZ. BART I'M ASSUMING THAT THE TIMELINE ON COMPLETION IS STILL APRIL. TIME WAS FOR EARLY APRIL. WE'VE ACTUALLY MADE UP A LITTLE BIT. UM, WE MAY FINISH AS EARLY AS LATE MARCH AT THIS POINT, WEATHER PERMITTING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. US COUNCILMAN TURNER MIKE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE TOPICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE INFORMATION WAS KIND OF ACCURATE WHAT I GAVE HIM WITH THE TIMELINE BASED UPON WHAT BART SAID. OR IF THERE IS NO OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF PROVING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I AND HE OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE. COUNSEL CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF PROVING THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OF A PUMP V LAWSON'S PUMP STATION, AND IT COMES WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? MOVE TO APPROVE. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER

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SO THEY HAVE 2 A.M. THAT MEANS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A TWO B. ALSO ANOTHER PHASE. AFTER THAT THE PLAN IS TO HAVE FIVE PHASES OF 20% OF EACH OF THE WARDS WITH A GOAL TO FINISH 100% OF ALL THE DITCHING ACROSS THE CITY WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT. AND IT SAYS, DITCHING PART, UH, PROJECT BUT THAT MEANS YOU'RE ALSO REPLACING , UH, CULVERTS OR RESET THEM. SO THEY HAVE A GOOD GRADE ANY COVERT THAT IS THREE INCHES OR MORE OUT OF GRADE IS REPLACED AND SET AT GRADE UNDER THIS PROGRAM. AND IT IS WHAT THREE INCHES THREE INCHES OR GREATER OUT OF GRADE THAN THAN WE REPLACE THE CULVERT AND PUT IT AT GRADE IS THAT INCLUDE ONES THAT'S LIKE IN PEOPLE'S UNDER THEIR DRIVEWAY. YES, SIR. AND THAT AT NO COST TO THE CITIZEN.

THE CITY TAKES CARE OF THAT CORRECT. THANK YOU. DID YOU? DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, COUNCILMAN TURN JUST REAL. JUST REAL QUICK. UH, BART. WITH THE CITYWIDE DITCHING PROGRAM. UH SOME CITIZENS X. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT AREA CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DITCHING PROGRAM AND HOW IT HELPS WITH IT. YOU KNOW, SEWING WATER FLOW. WELL, THE DITCHES CITYWIDE WE WERE WE WERE BEHIND ON REALLY DITCHING AND MAINTAINING THOSE SO HAVING THEM, UH, MOPPED OUT TO THE PROPER GRADE LEVEL AND ACTUALLY ON GRADE, SO THIS PROGRAM IS, UH, FIRST SURVEYING ALL OF THE DITCHES THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO ESTABLISH WHAT THE GRADE OF FLOW SHOULD BE THE DIRECTION THE LEVEL AND WHETHER THE CULVERTS ARE IN GRADE OR OR OUT OF GRADE BY MORE THAN THREE INCHES AND THEN GO AND CORRECT IT TO WHERE THE DITCH WILL RUN AS IT'S, UH, DESIGNED TO FULL CAPACITY AGAIN. SO AFTER THE FIVE YEARS ARE COMPLETE, THEN WE'LL HAVE GONE THROUGH AND ALL OF THE DITCHES SHOULD BE BE RUNNING AT THEIR OPTIMAL, UH, LEVELS. OK COUNCILMAN SAMUEL, WOULD YOU KIND OF EXPAND ON THAT ? JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS. WE TRY ATTEMPT TO CHANNEL THE FLOW TO A PARTICULAR AREA. WELL, ALL ALL OF OUR DRAINAGE WITHIN THE CITY IS GOING TO GO TO SOME OUTFALL. UM UH, SOME OF THAT IS DD SIX. SOME OF THAT WILL GO TO, UH, THE NATURE'S RIVER. BUT THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT WITH THE OPEN DITCHING THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT IT DRAINS APPROPRIATELY TO WHATEVER THE OUTFALL IS, UH, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA AS PART OF THIS WHEN WE'RE DOING 20% OF A WARD WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOMPASS. ALL OF A CERTAIN DRAINAGE BASIN.

UH, WITHIN THE WARD, NOT, YOU KNOW, HIT AND MISS HERE AND THERE. SO UH, SO THAT WE IMPROVE AN ENTIRE DRAINAGE AREA AT ONE TIME IN THE PHASE. AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT FOR EXAMPLE, IN WAR THREE, A PART OF WAR THREE OPENED IN A PINE STREET AREA. MOST OF THAT IS CHALLENGED TO GO TOWARD THE NATURES RIVER. AND THEN AS YOU AND THEN AS YOU GET, UH DEEPER FURTHER NORTH. IT IS THEN CHANNELED TO, UH ANOTHER IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. AM I CORRECT? WE HAVE SOME AREAS THAT ARE FAR NORTH IN THE CITY. THEY'LL GO TO PINE IS AND BY YOU, BUT, UH, MOST OF OUR DRAINAGE EITHER GOES

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OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER NINE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, I ANY OPPOSED MOTION IS CARRIED. CITY MANAGER. WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 10.

COUNSEL CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A DUPLEX WITHIN THE RS, WHICH IS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 788 AND 798 SHELL ROAD, AND AT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON JANUARY 22ND. IT WAS APPROVED 70 WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. UH FIRST CONDITION WAS TO INSTALL A 4 FT. WIDE SIDEWALK ALONG THE PROPERTY LINES OF BUDDING SHELL ROAD AND KENNETH AVENUE. SECOND CONDITION WAS THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAYS. BE REDESIGNED OR RELOCATED TO MEET CITY STANDARDS. THEIR CONDITION IS CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SEWER. S SORES, SANITARY SEWAGE SERVICES.

IT EXCUSE ME, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF CITY BACKFLOW PRETREAT AND OUR FALL PROGRAM AND FOR CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST BE ALL FIRE AND BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR A NUMBER 10 MOVE TO APPROVE. SO I, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL ON ITEM NUMBER 10. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 10, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU? UH PLEASE TAKE US TO

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THOSE ARE OLD PHOTOS. I HAVE MADE PROGRESS, SIR. COULD YOU PULL YOUR MIC DOWN, PLEASE? SO WE CAN HEAR. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THOSE ARE OLD PHOTOS . I HAVE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS ON IT, UH, HAVE HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT I HAD A STROKE TWO YEARS AGO. AND BACK IN DRY STEMMING FROM 2002. SO PROGRESS CREATED. ADMITTING LE IS SLOW, AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF FRIENDS WILLING TO HELP ON THE WEEKENDS TO TRY AND SPEED THIS UP. I DO FEEL I CAN HAVE IT DONE WITHIN 90 DAYS.

AND AT THE END OF 60 DAYS, UH, I HAVE A FRIEND, PASTOR ROBERTS THAT SAID HE WOULD COMMIT TO

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HE RATHER HEAVILY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT BRINGING ALL THIS ALL THIS STUFF OUT ONTO YOUR PROPERTY AND JUST KEEPING YOUR FRONT YARD IS HAVING ON YOUR NEIGHBORS. I HAVE TO LET YOU SIR AND I'VE BEEN TRYING AS HARD AS I CAN TO GET IT. TREATED BUT YET YOU KEEP BRINGING MORE AND MORE ON THERE INSTEAD OF GETTING RID OF IT THAT AGAIN. THAT WAS THINGS I HAD PLACED IT FRIEND'S HOUSE, NOT IN STORAGE UNITS. AND I JUST GET THE PROPERTY AND 19, I THINK AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO I WANT TO HAVE ALL MY THINGS. IN ONE LOCATION. YOU HAVE IT IN ONE LOCATION, ALL RIGHT, AND IT'S ALL IN THE FRONT YARD AND BACKYARD OF YOUR HOUSE. SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS HAVE ACTUALLY DECIDED TO MOVE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF YOUR PROPERTY. WHO YOU'RE SPEAKING TO, AND THEY HAD ANOTHER HOME AND I BELIEVE. AND SHE JUST SAID SPECULATION THAT DRAMA QUEEN IS WHAT I WOULD SAY. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN SAMUEL YES, I'D LIKE TO HAVE STAFF. UH, IF THERE'S BEEN ANY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS.

JUSTIN. IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, MR MALONE THOUGHT YOU CAN I CAN SEE. SO USED TO SAYING GOOD MORNING, BUT IT DEFINITELY THE EVENING NOW, UM SO I HAVE SEEN SOME PROGRESS MADE WHEN THE FRENCH ARE AS OPPOSED TO WHEN I FIRST CAME IN AUGUST OF 2023. BUT. I WON HAD PERMISSION ONE TIME WITH A WARRANT TO GO TO THE BACK, SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT'S ALL IN THE BACK AND THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. IT LOOKS A LITTLE BETTER, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT IN COMPLIANCE, AND WE'VE ONLY BEEN AS FAR AS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INVOLVED SINCE AUGUST 2023. BUT THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION SINCE 2021. PREVIOUSLY HIS MOTHER'S PROPERTY AND SHE CONVEYED IT OVER TO HIM BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT GET HIM TO CLEAN IT UP. COUNCILMAN TURNER. FOR STAFF. IS THIS THE FIRST EXTENSION REQUEST OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING MORE THAN ONCE THIS SO THIS CASE HAS BEEN DIM MUNICIPAL COURT BEFORE BUT AGAIN, GIVEN THE DEGREE AND THE SEVERITY OF THE CONDITION WE FELT LIKE IT REALLY CONSTITUTED A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE, SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN BROUGHT. THE CITY COUNCIL. REQUESTING THAT IT BE DECLARED A NUISANCE. BUT WHEN YOU SAY IT'S BEEN THE COURT, CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT AND EXPLAIN IT, JUSTIN, I KNOW I KNOW. THERE HAVE BEEN FINES ISSUED, UH, AT THIS LOCATION. I THINK MAYBE HE IS ON A PAYMENT PLAN. UM COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMUNITY SERVICE, OK? COUNCILMAN FELLS AND THEN COUNCILMAN DURIA, YOU KNOW, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THIS IS, AS I'VE STATED BEFORE. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DISTASTEFUL THINGS WE DO AS A COUNCIL TO HAVE TO ADDRESS ISSUES LIKE THIS. IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE AND NOT TO PILE ON THE SITUATION BUT TO BRING PERHAPS SOME CLARITY. I DROVE BY THE HOUSE YESTERDAY, AND, UH, THERE IS IMPROVEMENT. UH BUT IT'S IN A SENSE OF JUST ORGANIZING WHAT'S THERE, AS

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I'M NOT SURE WHEN YOU WENT BY. I WENT BY YESTERDAY, AND IT'S IT. IT'S STILL THERE. IT'S JUST.

MORE ARGAN HEIST, BUT THE ITEMS ARE THAT I SAW ARE STILL THERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN DURIA TWO QUESTIONS WHEN YOU SAY COMMUNITY SERVICE IS THAT WHAT HE GOT AT MUNICIPAL COURT? SO BEFORE SHE ANSWERS THAT I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS UM HIS CRIMINAL CHARGES WHICH ARE FILED UNDER, UM, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT. IT'S TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM OUR PUBLIC HEALTH.

UH, ISSUES WHICH ARE CIVIL MATTERS, AND SO, UM HONESTLY THERE EVEN THOUGH IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO PRESENT TO THE COURT THAT WE TRIED DIFFERENT AVENUES WHEN WE DO TAKE LEGAL ACTION THAT WE'VE TRIED DIFFERENT AVENUES. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT COUNCILS SHOULD CONSIDER, UM WHEN MAKING THEIR DECISION. JUST THE LENGTH OF TIME THE CITY HAS BEEN DEALING WITH IT, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT HE'S DOING ON THOSE CRIMINAL CHARGES OR WITH THOSE CRIMINAL CHARGES BECAUSE I'LL AGAIN KIND OF STRESS THAT HIM PLEADING GUILTY PAIN DEFYING OR PLEADING NOT GUILTY, OR WHATEVER HAPPENED ON HIS CRIMINAL CHARGES REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE CITY'S ABILITY TO DECLARE IT A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE, WHICH IS WHAT COUNSEL IS LOOKING AT TODAY.

WHETHER OR NOT THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY REPRESENTS A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE ONCE THE FILE IS TRANSFERRED, UM FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH, IT IS NO LONGER UM, A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. IT IS STRICTLY WHETHER OR NOT IT'S CREATING A DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH, WHICH IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM SOMEBODY HAVING HIGH GRASS OR OR, UM, HAVING A, YOU KNOW, A VIOLATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE TO HIGHER CONDITIONS, SO FOCUSING ON HIS CRIMINAL CHARGES. I WOULD CAUTION COUNSEL AGAINST THAT, AND TO JUST FOCUS ON WHETHER OR NOT IT MEETS THE PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS. COUNCILMAN GATZ AND COUNCILMAN SAMUEL. I WOULDN'T FINISH IT, COUNCILMAN. DRY CONDITION, UH, WITH ALL THE TRASH AND EVERYTHING BEING IN THE YARD, OR HAVE THEY BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH RODENTS THAT HAD ANY NEIGHBORS COMPLAINING ABOUT RODENTS? OR HAVE YOU SEEN ANY WHEN YOU WENT OUT THERE? I HAVEN'T. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY. JUST THE PROPERTY OWNER JUST SAYS HE MAKES SURE HE'S PUT OUT. UM HE PUTS OUT STUFF TO KEEP RODENTS FROM COMING, BUT I HAVEN'T PERSONALLY HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS. OK? COUNCILMAN GETS. I WOULD LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD A STATEMENT FROM A RESIDENT THAT LIVES DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, BUT, UH, STRAIGHT FROM, UH, MR MALONE . SO UH, THIS IS FROM MARTHA DON COWAN AT 380 ARMSTRONG AGAIN DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET. I WAS A RESIDENT AT 380 ARMSTRONG DRIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE RESIDENCE THAT HAS BEEN SERVED A CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION. I FILED A COMPLAINT AROUND THE FIRST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR WHEN THEY CONTINUED TO HAUL TRAILER LOADS OF JUNK. THEY PICKED UP OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PUT IN THEIR YARD. UH FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE I FILED THE COMPLAINT, IT GRADUALLY BECAME WORSE. THEY COMPLETELY FILLED THE BACKYARD UP WITH JUNK TO THE POINT. THEY EXTENDED THE FENCE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THEIR HOUSE TO THE DITCH SO THEY COULD PUT MORE THINGS IN THE BACK YARD. THERE HAS BEEN A POD STORAGE UNIT IN THEIR FRONT YARD SINCE THEY MOVED THERE AFTER AFTER THE ORIGINAL OWNERS. MOVED FOLLOWING IMELDA. THERE WAS ALSO A BROKEN DOWN SUBURBAN THAT AFTER THEY WERE SERVED THE FIRST CITATION, THEY MOVED TO THE BACKYARD BEHIND THE FENCE. THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO COURT TWICE TO MY KNOWLEDGE, PERHAPS MORE SINCE I'VE MOVED EVERY TIME THEY WENT TO COURT. THEY CAME BACK HOME AND TOOK THE TRUCK WITH THE TRAILER THAT IS ALWAYS ATTACHED TO THE HITCH AND WENT TOGETHER MORE JUNK AND BROUGHT TO THE FRONT YARD. THE FRONT YARD AND FRONT PORCH OF THIS HOUSE IS COMPLETELY COVERED. WHEN THEY SAW IT THROUGH THE THINGS THEY BRING HOME AND FIND THE THINGS THAT THEY FEEL THEY CAN DISCARD. THEY THROW IT IN THE DITCH ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THEIR HOUSE. WHEN I FOLLOWED MY FIRST COMPLAINT, IT WAS AS A FINAL RESULT OF RATS COMING INTO OUR BACKYARD TO EAT THE BIRD SEED FROM OUR BIRD FEEDERS IN OUR BACKYARD. KEEP IN MIND. THERE ARE TWO SCHOOLS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'M SURE THAT THEY'RE COMING IN TO OUR YARD. THEY'RE TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT BECAME SO BAD THAT MY FIANCE AND I BOUGHT A HOUSE AND WE'LL BE PUTTING THE ONE ON ARMSTRONG UP FOR SALE. AS SOON AS WE GET IT ALL READY TO GO ON THE MARKET, THAT HOUSE IS DEPRECIATED THE PROPERTY VALUE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M AFRAID THAT WHAT IS GOING WHEN IT GOES ON THE MARKET. I WILL NOT GET WHAT THE HOUSE HAS ESTIMATED AT BECAUSE NO ONE WILL EVER WANT TO LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT DEPLORABLE SITUATION THAT CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. EVERY SINGLE DAY SIGNED

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IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S ADAM. THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS POINT , THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE FOR YOU TO HAVE A FINDING, UH, TO DECIDE ON WHETHER YOU HAVE A FINDING AND FOR THE DETERMINATION IF THERE WERE A FINDING NORMALLY. HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE IN ORDER TO FOR US TO ACT ON THE SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TO SEND OUT AN OFFICIAL LETTER BASICALLY SAYING THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE IN GIVING THE PROPERTY OWNER OR OWNERS A CHANCE TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY. BY A CERTAIN DATE. IT WAS POINTED THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THEN I WOULD SEND AN OFFICIAL LEGAL NOTICE TELLING THEM THAT WE PLAN TO FILE SUIT BY THIS DATE. UM, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THEIR LAST DITCH EFFORT TO DO. IT BECAUSE WHEN WE CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY, WE DO PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. UM IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME OR A SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME WE WITHHOLD FROM FILING THE LAWSUIT. IF NOT, THEN WE GO OUT FOR B TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE FILE A LAWSUIT ATTACHED TO B. GO TO COURT. UM START TO FINISH. UM ON AVERAGE. IT'S ABOUT 90 DAYS. SO IN ESSENCE RIGHT NOW, HE, UH HE WOULD STILL BE HA! HE WOULD STILL HAVE 90 DAYS TO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TO GET IT OUT OF THE STATUS OF BEING HELD, UH, ISSUE, SO I MEAN, IF HE'S WORKING ON A HE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE PROPERTY. WE TYPICALLY DON'T FILE THE LAWSUIT . IF THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, UM IF THERE'S SOME FLUCTUATION IN THAT LIKE HE MAKES A LOT OF, UH, A BIG CHANGE . AND THEN WE SEE THAT THE PROPERTY GOES BACK INTO A BAD STATE. THEN WE FILED A LAWSUIT IN ON THE DAY OF THE HEARING. GO OUT AND TAKE ADDITIONAL PHOTOS. AND IT COULD BE THAT THE COURT IF HE MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BETWEEN THE FILING OF THE LAWSUIT, AND THE DAY THAT WE HAVE THE HEARING THE COURT CAN ALSO TYPICALLY THE COURT WILL GIVE AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS AT WHICH POINT UM WE ASK THAT AFTER THE 30 DAYS EXPIRED THAT HE ALLOWS THE CITY TO GO BACK IN IF THE PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED TO THE STANDARDS OF THE HEALTH DIRECTOR, AND WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. OKAY SO YOU COULD, UH, TAKE IT OUT OF THE POSITION OF BEING HEALTHY. UH UH. ISSUE BUT IT STILL BE, UH, A CODE VIOLATION. NO SO TYPICALLY, IF ONCE IT'S DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS WHETHER OR NOT THE PROPERTY STILL CREATES A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE. SO ONCE DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE. YOU CAN'T JUST KIND OF MOVE A COUPLE OF BAGS AROUND.

THERE HAS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY FOR IT TO NO LONGER BE A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE. AND SO EVEN THOUGH HE'S ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL TIME HE WOULD HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL TIME ANYWAY. THERE'S I WOULD SAY THAT THERE THAT THE PROCESS ALLOWS FOR ADDITIONAL BUILT IN TIME. SO LIKE I SAID, UH, IT COUNCIL DECLARES THAT A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE TODAY. TYPICALLY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD GET THEIR LETTER OUT BY THE END OF THE WEEK. UM OR BY THE NEXT WEEK , AND THAT'LL START THE 10 DAYS, UM, AT WHICH POINT HE HAS THAT TIME BUILT IN RIGHT? SO AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THOSE 10 DAYS, UM, PROPERTIES REINSPECTED, THEY TURN THE FILE OVER TO LEGAL IF HE'S MADE TREMENDOUS A CHANGE OR HE'S YOU KNOW THERE, THERE'S NOTICE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE, HELPING AT THE DISCRETION OF THE HEALTH DIRECTOR TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME BEFORE THEY PASS THAT BALL OFF TO MY OFFICE. IF BY THE TIME MY OFFICE GETS THE FILE AND WE START WORKING IT IF THEY DETERMINE THAT, YOU KNOW HE'S IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING, UM SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FILE A LAWSUIT RIGHT AWAY. COUNCILMAN GATZ. RIGHT AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, A AS YOU EXPLAINED, THERE IS GOING TO BE A AN AUTOMATIC WINDOW OF TIME FOR MR MILLAN TO DO THE CLEANING OF THIS PROPERTY . BUT TODAY, OUR ASKING IS THAT THIS BE DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE. THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE

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[REGULAR AGENDA]

WE'RE NOW IN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE DANGEROUS STRUCTURES. ARE THERE ANY. YOU OPEN. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN FOR THE DANGEROUS STRUCTURES. AND IF YOU WOULD. NANCY MAXWELL, 9270 GLEN LANE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS ITEM NUMBER 1 1094, AMARILLO. NUMBER 191. IN 94, AMARILLO. UH, 115.

NO, THAT WAS HER ADDRESS. THE HOME IS 1094. AMARILLO. ITEM NUMBER ONE. YES, MA'AM. YES UM, MY BROTHER AND I INHERITED THIS FROM MY FATHER. THAT'S RICHARD HARTVILLE UP THERE. IT WAS HIS FATHER'S HOME. AND WE TRY TO TAKE CARE OF IT. AND THE TREES ARE FALLING. AND THE, UM WE HAD A LITTLE FIRE ON THE PORCH AND THAT'S WHY IT IT IT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD. SOMEBODY HAD SET OFF SOME FIREWORKS. ONE NEW YEAR'S EVE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME WE HAVE A BUYER AND WE'VE HAD THEM FOR A WHILE. WE'VE HAD HEALTH PROBLEMS AND THINGS, BUT AH, WE CALLED HIM RECENTLY AND HIS PHONE IS UH , UH, TIED UP TO WHERE YOU CAN'T LEAVE A MESSAGE. SO YESTERDAY WE MAILED A LETTER. AND HE DID CALL THE CITY AND SAY HE WANTS TO REBUILD IT. SO IF WE CAN'T GET HIM, UH, WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK OR SO, I GUESS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LINE UP ANOTHER BUYER. WE WOULD LIKE TIME I'VE HEARD THAT WE COULD HAVE ABOUT 100 AND 80 DAYS EXTENSION. UH TO START DOING SOME OF THE RENOVATION, POSSIBLY START ON IT WHILE WE'RE GETTING ANOTHER BUYER IF HE ISN'T AVAILABLE. OK, THANK YOU. IS

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OK JOSHUA AND I THINK THAT'S B. 5740 BIGNER BEMA, TEXAS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS 5740 BIGNER. HELLO, COUNCIL MAYOR. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF. IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT ANYMORE. UM WE HAVE PAINTED IT, UH, INSTALLING NEW WINDOWS DOORS. UH, WE ALSO HAVE MORE FLOORING GOING IN. SO I HAVE AN UPDATED PHOTO HERE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT, BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. WE HAD QUITE A FEW OF THEM AND WE PICKED UP THAT WERE IN CONDITION LIKE THIS, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ONE AT A TIME TO BRING THEM BACK UP TO CODE. WE ALSO HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK HERE FROM OUR CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAVE ACCEPTED HIS QUOTE TO FINISH THE REST OF IT OUT. OR YEAH, COUNCILMAN FHA NOT TO PRIOR TO YOUR PERSONAL BUSINESS. BUT COULD YOU SAY THAT YOU'VE MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN HIS PROPERTY TO TRY TO BRING IT UP TO SPEED? YES, SIR. SO FAR, WE HAVE, UH, PUT ABOUT $30,000 WORTH OF WORK INTO THE PROPERTY ITSELF. BECAUSE THE HOUSE THE BACK HALF OF IT WAS SITTING ON THE GROUND. SO WE HAD TO LIFT THE ENTIRE HOUSE. SO BRING IT LEVEL, UH, GO IN AND PUT ALL NEW FRAMING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE. THE ONLY THING THAT'S UH, OLD LEFT ON THE HOUSE WAS THE EXISTING ROOF. EVERYTHING ELSE IS BRAND NEW. NOW THE SIDING DID AGE A LITTLE BIT AS IT SAT OUT THERE FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE PAINT AND GOT A NEW CONTRACTOR TO COME OUT TO FINISH IT OUT. AND YOU HAVE A PICTURE NOW OF SUPPORT. CAN YOU PASS IT? FOR YOU CAN JUST PASS THOSE OVER HERE. E? YES. THANK YOU. MM. WELL DOING THAT. MAY I ASK THE QUESTION? YES, SIR. UH, THIS APPEARS TO BE OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE IS STILL OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE. SO WE HAD SOMEBODY STEAL BOTH OUR DOORS. WE DID PUT THE FRONT DOOR ON AND WE BOUGHT A NEW BACK DOOR THAT WE HAVE INSTALLED, SO IT IS SEALED UP. AS OF RIGHT NOW, OK AND TO STAFF . THE QUESTION IS THE SAME ABOUT THE LAST ONE THAT CAME UP. IS IT STILL OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE? MHM.

UM IT WAS OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE. WHEN WE TOOK THOSE PICTURES IN JANUARY, UM THEIR PERMITS HAD EXPIRED, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT HE'S PASSING AROUND TO YOU. BUT OK, AND THE ONE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT, WHEN IS STILL OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE. ALSO, I DID I FORGOT TO ASK THAT, OK? OH, WAS THIS A CHURCH OR RESIDENCE OR IT WAS A RESIDENCE. YEAH, OK, IT JUST BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A CHURCH AT ONE TIME, BUT, UH, THANK YOU. DOES LOOK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. CAN YOU? UM. SO I SEE THAT SHE SIGNED 100 AND 50 DAY WORK PROGRAM AND YOU WERE GIVEN, I GUESS ALL TOGETHER LIKE A ONE YEAR EXTENSION. SAY WHY YOU DIDN'T FINISH THE IMPROVEMENTS WITH WITH ALL THAT TIME, IT'S LIKE A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS. YES, SIR. SO THE REASON WE HAD ABOUT FOUR OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE LIKE THIS, AND WHEN WE PICKED UP THE PACKAGE, THEY WERE ALL DILAPIDATED STATE, SO WE'VE

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WE'VE ALREADY FIXED UP AND GOT THE RED TAG LIFTED OFF OF THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HOW MUCH MORE TIME YOU SAID YOU WAS GONNA NEED TO GET IT DONE. IS OUR CONTRACTOR ESTIMATES, UH, 8 TO 12 WEEKS. FOR THE COMPLETION, SO WE HAD THE FUNDING AND UP TO THE QUOTES THAT WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED. FOR GRANTING MORE TIME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM AND LANCE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES AS WELL. OH, AND THEN, UH, CITY MANAGER BOONE. YEAH, MAYOR REAL QUICK. JUST I THINK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC JUST WANTED TO I THINK WE DIDN'T DO THIS. COVER A COUPLE BASIC RULES IN TERMS OF IF COUNSEL GRANTS ADDITIONAL TIME. UM COUPLE THINGS NEED TO BE IN ORDER THAT YOU NEED TO BE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE 10 DAYS TO ENROLL INTO A WORK PROGRAM AGAIN. IF COUNCIL APPROVES IT, AND IN THE WORK PROGRAM WOULD CONSIST OF 90 DAYS TO DRINK DRY THE STRUCTURE IN SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE ROOF, THE DOOR, THE WALLS, THE WINDOWS AND THEN IN A TOTAL OF 100, AN EXTRA 60 DAYS, 100 AND 50 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE WHOLE PROJECT SO AGAIN, IF COUNCIL WERE TO GRANT A WORK PROGRAM TODAY, THAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM STAFF. JUST TO BE FAIR. I'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR ON ALL OF THEIR PROPERTIES. THEY WILL GET IT DONE. IT'S JUST TO THE POINT NOW THAT Y'ALL NEED TO GIVE THEM THAT EXTRA. ABOUT. OK, THANK YOU. UM I THINK IT'S OUT. OUR ALBANY JOHNSON, 580 BROCKMAN. BEAUMONT TEXAS ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS 580 BROCKMAN.

UM SIX. ITEM NUMBER SIX. THESE ARE O. IS IT? THE PAGE NUMBERS ARE MATCHING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

BUT, UH, THE THING IS NOT MATCHING THE IT'S SO IT'S A NUMBERED DIFFERENTLY, SO IT WOULD BE THE PAY. IT'S ON SIX. BUT IT'S UH IN THE LIST. IT'S 580 BROCKMAN IS FIVE. OK? IT IS.

I THINK AT ONE POINT WE HAD 50 THEN. THE NEXT POINT I SAW WE HAD 51. I THINK ONE GOT ADDED, AND IT KIND OF THREW THE NUMBERING OFF THEM. IT'S OK. BUT IT'S FINE. I'M JUST GOING BACK TO LANCE'S NUMBERS. I'M SORRY. YEAH, THE AGENDA ITEM MATCHES THE H, YOU PAGE NUMBER. OK, THANK YOU. YES GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMOS AND CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I AM HERE WITH THIS VAN JOHNSTON AS HIS CONTRACTOR. UH HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE, UH, MONTHS AGO, AND I MADE A COMMITMENT TO HIM THAT I WOULD HELP HIM, BUT I HAD BEEN TIED UP ON MANY, MANY OTHER PROJECTS, SO HE AND I HAVE SAT DOWN WE HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION. HE HAS PUT A RETAINER DOWN. AND IF Y'ALL GRANT HIM 100 AND 50 CALENDAR DAYS, HE WOULD BE THE NUMBER TWO CUSTOMER, UM, ON OUR PROJECT LIST. UM WE'VE ALREADY GOING IN EXAMINED HIS ELECTRICAL IN THE HOUSE, AND IT'S NOT UP TO CODE. IT'S THE TWO WIRE SYSTEM AND I HAVE SUGGESTED TO HIM THAT WE NEED TO UPGRADE THAT TO A 31 SYSTEM. WE HAVE A PLUMBER. UH THAT'S UH ON STANDBY, COME AND MAKE THE NECESSARY PLUMBING CORRECTION. AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH WE WOULD JUST HAVE A LITTLE COSMETIC WORK TO DO INSIDE ON THE SHEET ROCK AND ON THE FLOORS , AND IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOUSE, YOU'LL FIND THAT IT IS CLOSED IN UH, NO ONE CAN GET IN IT. SO MY REQUEST IS THAT, UH YEAH, FOR US 350 CALENDAR DAYS AND WE SHOULD GET THIS PROJECT DONE AND PROBABLY 3 TO 4 MONTHS 90 TO 100 AND 20 DAYS. ANY QUESTIONS? OK, THANK YOU. ALL. ANY COMMENTS. FROM CITY STAFF ON

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SO I GUESS THIS STAFF HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY. THIS COUNCILS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? ANY ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL OF STAFF. RIGHT THERE. JUST TELL IT IS.

HAVE YOU? NO. TINA, YOU CAN PROCEED. THANK YOU. SO AGAIN, IT'S CONNIE SWENSON RUEZ THREE OR FOUR WEST AVENUE, C MILANO, TEXAS 2510 COLLEGE. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. IS THAT CORRECT? OK? GIVE ME JUST A SECOND TO PULL YOURS. NO. SEVEN. WHICH ONE CHANGE. WHEN THAT TIME OK, YOU CAN PROCEED. YOU COULD PER OK. HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF BEAUMONT AND, UM THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS, AND I TEACH AT LAMAR, I'VE BEEN THERE. THIS THIS IS MY 48TH YEAR AS A PROFESSOR AT LAMAR AND, UM I WANTED TO, UM.

WELL, MY HUSBAND DIED, UM IN 2022. BECAUSE OF COVID. COMBINED WITH ASBESTOSIS. AND HE HAD MANY POSITIVE QUALITIES, HOWEVER. HE WAS A COLLECTOR OF PROPERTIES VEHICLES. UM, HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

TOOLS AND ALL KIND OF STUFF. AND SO THE PAST TWO YEARS, REALLY, I GUESS THE FIRST YEAR I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE DOING MUCH AND THEN FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. I MEAN, I HAVE NOT BEEN SITTING ON MY HANDS I HAVE SOLD THREE PROPERTIES. UH, ONE HERE IN BEAUMONT, ONE SOME ACREAGE IN CENTRAL TEXAS. AND, UM ONE OUT IN, UM HARDIN COUNTY. AND I HAVE, UM SOLD. A WELDER, A WELDING TRUCK, A FLATBED TRUCK. UM. UM BIG PICKUP DOOLY THING? UH UM. AN AIRPLANE, UM, THAT HE HE HAD A LIGHTWEIGHT AIRPLANE. I GOT RID OF THAT. AND A GREYHOUND BUS. AND SO I'VE REALLY DONE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE A KEY GOING, UH, BUT, UM, THERE IS A CONTRACT NOW ON COLLEGE STREET ON THAT PROPERTY, AND SO. WHAT I NEED IS PROBABLY 90 DAYS TO CLOSE THAT AND WITH THE BUYER. START DOING WHAT THE BUYER IS GONNA DO. TO DO A BUSINESS THERE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS INTENTION IS. I HAVE A FEELING IT'S GONNA BE A RESTAURANT. BUT UM, BUT ANYWAY, I WOULD JUST LIKE 90 DAYS TO GET IT OFF MY HANDS. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COUNCILMAN TURNER. UM I SEE. IT'S A NICE AMOUNT OF TAXES OWED. DO YOU PLAN ON IF YOU SELL IT? HOW DO YOU PLAN ON TAKING IT TAKING CARE OF IT? WILL WHEN IT'S SOLD, THEN THE TAXES WE'RE GOING

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LIKE 17 1800. BUT WHEN I FIRST STARTED, LIKE MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO. IT WAS LIKE AROUND 28,000 AND THEN I HAVE INVESTED. YOU KNOW, IN THE LUMBER AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, GETTING, UM FRAME.

STABLE, WHERE I CAN PUT THE ROOF ON. OK? ANY QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MAIA? YES SO YOU SAID THIS WAS YOUR GRANDMOTHER HOUSE. ARE YOU THE ACTUAL OWNER OF THE HOUSE NOW? I'M OK. COUNCILMAN BELLS. YES, SIR. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE ROOF. UH AND WITH THE BACK TAXES, YOU FEEL CONFIDENT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT TO TAKE IT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. YES, SIR. BECAUSE I HAVE PAID THE TAXES. YOU KNOW IT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PAY THE TAXES UP. SO NOW I DON'T HAVE THE TAXES TO DEAL WITH. SO I'LL BE ABLE TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE PROPERTY. OK I'M SORRY, I. I THOUGHT YOU PAID SOME OF IT. BUT I MISUNDERSTOOD YOU, I. I THOUGHT THERE WERE STILL IT WAS I'M SAYING LIKE WHEN I FIRST STARTED PAYING THE TAXES LIKE TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM IT WAS LIKE 27,000. SO I HAVE PAID TO THIS TIME RIGHT NOW. I PAID IT. UH, YOU PAID IT DOWN TO THIS POINT? YEAH. OK, THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TURNER AND JUST TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY.

YOU SAID IT WAS ROUGHLY 27,000 WHEN YOU STARTED AND YOU'RE NOW DOWN TO ROUGHLY $4000 CORRECT.

WE'RE LISTING AT 17. YEAH. OK YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S IMPROVEMENT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY. THANK YOU, SIR. I THINK IT'S SHANNON. WAIT WAIT. OH, I'M SORRY. I FORGOT ABOUT STAFF REPORTS. BUT FORGIVE ME. MALE SO ON THIS ONE, HE IS NOT THE LEGAL OWNER. SO IN ORDER FOR HIM TO BE APPROVED BY YOU, HE WOULD HAVE TO BECOME THE LEGAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. IT IS STILL AN ELEMENT OF ITS NAME. STILL IN HOUSE NAME? I'M SORRY, GRIFF, HIS GRANDMOTHER. YEAH, YOU CAN COME BACK. YEAH, BUT YOU GOTTA MHM. I HAVE THE PAPERWORK WITH ME. BUT THE PROPERTY IS IN MY NAME. I HAVE IT. I HAVE THE DEED SWITCHED OVER TO HIM. OK, OK, SO YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT TO THE CITY. UH, IT'S ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND FILED. IT'S A OK I HAD TO HAD TO FALL BECAUSE II I

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YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM SO I HAD A CONTRACTOR WHO DIDN'T PULL UP PERMITS. THEN HE ENDED UP GOING TO PRISON FOR 27 YEARS. UM HE KILLED SOMEBODY DURING THE PANDEMIC. UM THE LAST TIME I CAN COMMUNICATE IT. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. AND SO NOW, UM, PAUL BUCKS AS YOU CAN SEE, HE STARTED WORKING ON IT. I SPENT ABOUT $30,000 CAUSE THAT NEW ROOF NO AC UNIT. UM YEAH. AND YOU HAVE A PROJECTED DATE ON THIS? NO, I JUST MET WITH A CONTRACTOR LAST WEEK. UM AND THE PROBLEM WAS BECAUSE IT'S RED TAG, NO CONTRACT. I WANT TO TAKE IT. SO PAUL BUCKY, WHO USED TO WORK FOR THE WORK FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. HE CAME AND LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, IT'S FIXABLE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IT. SO HE WAS GOING TODAY WITH THE PLUMBER TO CHECK THINGS OUT. OK? AND GATHER ANY QUESTIONS. YES, COUNCILMAN DURIA. SO UH, WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, THE TEXAS? YES. SO, UM. ADD PAID THE TAXES BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW HOW THIS WAS GOING TO WORK OUT. GOOD WHERE HONEST IF THEY SAID IN ORDER TO PULL A PERMIT OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO PAY THE TAXES OR SET UP A. SO IF I GET THE EXTENSION, I'LL PAY THE TAXES. BUT IF I DON'T GET THE EXTENSION, I'M NOT PAYING THE TAXES. OK? BI. SO THE, UM. THE 490 DAYS EXTENSIONS. YOU ASK FOR THOSE EXTENSIONS, WHILE THE GUY WHO WAS WORKING WASN'T WORKING, SO NO, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXTENSIONS. WHEN THE GUY WAS WORKING. HE WAS WORKING AND HE NEVER PULLED THE PERMITS. THAT'S WHY THE L A RED T THE HOUSE. OK? ALRIGHT. SO I, UM ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. OK, SO LET ME CLARIFY ON HIS. SO IT WAS RED TAGGED, UM , WE AUTOMATICALLY GIVEN EXTENSIONS. IF WE GO OUT AND WE SEE THAT THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS. WE DO 90 DAY EXTENSIONS AT A TIME, SO HE WAS GETTING. BUT THEN HIS CONTRACTOR DID NOT PULL A PERMIT. SO WE ISSUED ANOTHER RED TAG, WHICH IS CALLED A STOP OR QUARTER. UM SO WE ISSUED THE STOP WORK ORDER. AND THEN YES, HIS CONTRACTOR DID. HIT SOMEBODY AND ENDED UP IN PRISON AND HE HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SORRY. I'M TRYING TO GET NUMBERING RIGHT? AS TO OK? UM RYAN. TO LETTI 90. I'M SORRY TO LET 9026 LANE.

HOUSTON TEXAS. ITEM NUMBER 29 22 72 PIERCE. NUMBERS ARE OFF. I'M SORRY. 30 29 30. I DON'T WE MAY PROCEEDS OR. YES. OK SO I ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THIS HOUSE AND OH, MAN, THERE WAS A STACK. UM.

I EVEN HAVE KIND OF A COUPLE PICTURES BEFORE. THESE WERE EVEN TAKEN TO THE HOUSE NOW, SO KIND OF HOW THAT FIRST GUY CAME TO COURT. THAT'S HOW THE INSIDE OF IT WAS. UM NOW I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS PICTURES IN THERE OF IT OR NOT, BUT THERE IS A NEW DOOR FOR THE BACK AND THE BACK. YOU SEE HOW IT'S DOWN TO THE FRAME. SO I ACTUALLY WAS TRYING TO DO WHATEVER I COULD CLEANING UP WISE AND YOU KNOW, BEFORE PULLING THE PERMIT AND STUFF, UM I ACTUALLY AM INSURED MYSELF. I

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AND WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT MORE MATERIALS IN IT SINCE THEN. SO I HAVEN'T PULLED NOT ONE PERMIT YET. AND I'M ACTUALLY READY TO PULL THE PERMIT AND GET STARTED ON THIS. SO UM, WHEN I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE, I BOUGHT THREE HOUSES ONE IN PASADENA, ONE IN ORANGE IN THIS ONE. AND THE PASADENA HOUSE. WE FINISHED IT THE ORANGE HOUSE. WE FINISHED IT AND THIS ONE'S ON THE LIST. UM WE'RE GETTING $30,000. AND IT'S ALREADY GONNA HIT THE BANK, THE 22ND TO THE 27TH OF THIS MONTH, SO WE'RE READY TO ROCK. OK, ANY QUESTIONS? DO THE PICTURES OF THE GREEN GRASS AND THE TREES.

WE HAD GRASS WAS LITERALLY AS TALL AS THIS AND LIKE I SAID THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE ORIGINALLY WAS AS BAD AS THE HEALTH STUFF, AND WE CLEANED ALL THAT OUT. UM WE CUT DOWN ALL THE TREES. WE STUNT GRINDED ALL THE GRASS AND WE CURRENTLY KEEP IT MOWED, AND IT'S PRETTY NICE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE YARD WISE AND OUTSIDE. I MEAN SOME FRESH PAINT. YOU'LL BE SURPRISED IT'LL COME OUT PRETTY NICE, BUT WE'LL HAVE IT DONE PRETTY QUICKLY. I JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET MY FIRST PERMIT AND START SO I NEEDED TO GET AN EXTENSION. OK. THANK YOU, SIR. YES, SIR. YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OK? JAMES GODFREY, ANNIE VON SMITH, 3680. SCRANTON, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, UM. ITEM NUMBER 37 36 95 SCRANTON. YOU GOTTA DO IT. HELLO. I'M HERE. EGGS FOR MORE TIME TO WORK ON MY HOUSE. I PAID A GUY WHICH I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE NEVER DONE WITHOUT GETTING CONTRACT TO LIVE AT THE HOUSE, AND HE SAID HIS FAMILY HAD GOT SICK AND HE WAS GONNA LEAVE AND COME BACK AND FINISH. SO I LOST THAT MONEY. SO ME AND MY SON, THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD COMING IN BUST ALL THE WINDOWS. SO WHAT I'M WORKING ON NOW WE BOLD THEM UP, BUT THEY COULDN'T GET INTO IT. AND I'M ASKING FOR MORE TIME TO FIX IT. ME AND MY SON HAVE LOOKED AT, UH, WE CONTACT CONTRACTORS. GOD GIVE US A BEER ON EITHER FINISHING LEAVING IT. OR UH, THERE IS A REBELLING IT FROM INSIDE OUT OR WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO, OR WE GONNA HAVE

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SHE LEFT AND I GOT ILL. HAVE A DEFIBRILLATOR. UH, I STARTED WORKING ON THE HOUSE AT HEART PROBLEMS. UH, CONTRACTOR WAS HARD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH. DIDN'T REALLY GET A LOT OF WORK DONE. I LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY NOW, SO I WAS OUT OF WORK. UM I WANNA SAY, UH. I THINK ME AND MR LAST ADAM LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE, UH, THE EXTRA PERMITS THAT I WAS ASKED TO GIVE AND BLUEPRINTS AND FLOOR PLANS WAS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. AND I BELIEVE YOU SAID NEW CONSTRUCTION WAS, UH, YOU TO AROUND 50% OF THE HOME CORRECT. THIS IS THE WHOLE.

YEAH, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY LESS THAN 50% OF THE HOME, SO I BELIEVE THE RULES AND THE REGULATIONS AND CODES UH, YOU TELL ON 50% OF THE HOME WHEN YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION PLANS I ACTUALLY TO 30% OF THE HOME BECAUSE IT ROTTED OUT, SO I HAD A PICTURE OF WHERE I STARTED FROM. WHY I COULDN'T COMPLETE THE FRONT OF THE HALL WHEN I TRIED TO REPAIR IT, AND THEN WE GOT WE PUT THE PERMIT ON IT. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN I'M THINKING, 2022. WE PUT THE PERMIT ON IT. AND, UH, AFTER WE TORE THE FRONT DOWN. WE WAS TRYING TO REPAIR IT WAS TOO ROTTEN. GOD BLESS THE TRUTH. IT WAS TOO, RIGHT. SO UH, WE JUST DEMO THE WHOLE FRONT BY HAND BECAUSE THERE'S MORE WE PULL IT DOWN AND TRIED TO REPAIR. WE FOUND MORE ROTTEN BULLS BECAUSE THE HOUSE WAS RAINED IN FOR, LIKE 1011 YEARS. SO, UM MR LANCET. SHE COME BY OR C? COME BY, SAY OH, WE TORE DOWN TOO MUCH OF THE HOUSE. WE KNEW WE NEED TO GO ON THE NEW CONSTRUCTION. UH, PYRAMID AND GUIDELINES, WHICH I DIDN'T WANT TO ARGUE THE FACT AT THE TIME BECAUSE I WASN'T FINANCIALLY BUT I WAS SICK. AND, UH, SO WHATEVER SHE ASKED ME FOR. I JUST THE NEW

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SHE WORKED WITH ME. OH, SEE, UH, GAVE AN PERMITS AGAIN. I CAN'T LET YOU WORK WITH ME, BUT WE CAME AT A STANDSTILL. UH, WITH THE, UH, CONTRACTOR. AND IT WAS MORE OF A. FRIEND RELATIONSHIP THAN A CONTRACT RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE I KNEW THE GUY SO ANYWAY, UH, THE HOUSE OF. THE HOUSE IS NO LONGER OPEN RIGHT NOW. WE ARE COME IN. WE, UH CLOSED OFF ALL THE FRONT PART.

THE BAD PART IN THE BACK. WE ARE REDOING THAT AND, UH, BASICALLY, I GOT PICTURES FROM WE BEFORE INTO TODAY. WE HAVE SEVEN BY 7% OF THE PLUMBING DONE. UH, MY 70% OF ELECTRICITY, THOUGH. AGAIN WE DIDN'T HAVE TO RUN INTO MORE WIRES. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO RUN MORE PLUMBING BECAUSE WE JUST TORE DOWN THE RON PART OF THE HOME AND BUILT THE SAY WE TO DOWN 700 SQUARE FEET. WE REBUILT 300 SQUARE FEET AND THIS GRAND ALL THE PLUMBING AND WIRES BACK IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE THEY WAS, SO WE JUST TOOK DOWN THE OLD RIDING STRUCTURE AND, UH, ADDED TO THE, UH PRIOR STRUCTURE , WHICH THE PRIZE STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 2000. AND I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH DAMAGE. THE OLD DESTRUCTION. THE FIRST PART WAS BUILT IN 1954, I BELIEVE, AND THAT'S THE POINT THAT RIDE IT OUT. SO I MIX FOR A LITTLE MORE TIME LIKE 100 AND 50 DAYS, 100 AND 80 DAYS TO COMPLETE IT AGAIN . WE COMPLETED THE FRONT. IT'S CLOSED IN. WE GOT THE WINDOWS, THE DOORS. WE STARTING ON THE ROOF. OH, GETTING A PLUMB IS 70% DONE. ELECTRIC 70% DONE, SO I JUST NEEDED MORE TIME. AND FOR THE TEXAS I STARTED PAYING ON THE TEXAS AGAIN IN 2020 WHEN I INHERIT THE HOUSE, UH, WHEN IT GOT RE TAGGED, I WASN'T ABLE TO AFFORD TO PAY THE TAXES AND FIX THE HOME, SO I DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND START FIXING THE HOME. SO THAT'S WHY THE TEXAS UH.

ACTUALLY WENT UP. I KNOW THAT IT WAS LIKE A 13,000 HONESTLY. SO IF YOU COULD TELL THE FIRST PART WAS REAL, RIGHT? AND I BAD OFF. SO I JUST DEMO THAT PART AND BUILT IT ON A NEW PART. I'M ABOUT 14,000 IN IT AGAIN. I BUT DID A LOT OF THE WORK BY MYSELF TO DEMO TO THAT DOWN ONE HAND THE WHOLE POINT. NO, WE JUST HAULED IT OFF AND START IT OVER. YOU'RE A TEXT. REPAYMENT PLAN.

EXCUSE ME. ARE YOU AT A TAX PROPERTY TAX REPAYMENT PLAN RIGHT NOW? NO, NO. NO, WE JUST SHARE THIS, UH SHE GAVE MY PERMITS. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE WHAT SHE DID. AND UH, WE WENT TO WORK. BUT I STILL THINK THAT WHAT WAS CONFUSION AND IT WAS A STALEMATE WHEN SHE SAID NEW CONSTRUCTION. SO IF WE STOP WORK WE STARTED WORK FOR LIKE 34 MONTHS AND AFTER WE DEMOED THE FRONT, SHE SAID, WE DEMO 50% OF THE HOME. AND THAT IF WE DEMO 50% OF THE HOME THAT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION PERMITS. AGAIN IT WAS LESS THAN 50% OF THE HOME THAT WE DEMO. THE HOME IS LIKE 21, SOME 2100 AND 70 SQUARE FEET AT FIRST. WE STILL HAD STANDING IN THAT BACK POINT THAT THEY WERE ADDED ON TO WAS STILL 1500 SQUARE FEET. SO TICKLING IS IT'S LIKE 6 700 SQUARE FEET THAT WERE TWO OF THE HOUSE. TO ADD ANOTHER 300 SQUARE FEET ON SO THE PERMIT THAT WE HAD TO APPLY FOR IT WITH EVEN THE RIGHT PERMITS, BUT WE WENT ON AND DID IT ANYWAY. OK, THANK YOU. OK THAT CLARIFY ON THAT, UM WE DID NOT MAKE HIM APPLY FOR A NEW CONSTRUCTION PERMIT. IT WAS AN ALTERATION PERMIT. UM BUT WE THEY APPLIED FOR AN ALTERATION PERMIT. WE DENIED IT. WE STUCK TO THE CODE COMPLIANCE HIS CONTRACTOR. WE DID ASK FOR A FLOOR PLAN BECAUSE YOU ARE COMPLETELY CHANGING THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE HOUSE WHEN YOU TAKE A WHOLE FRONT PORTION OF THE HOUSE OFF. SO WE DID ASK FOR FLOOR PLANS FOR THAT, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO SEE WHERE ALL THE ELECTRICAL AND EVERYTHING GO. SO WE DID ASK FOR PLANS AND THEY DID PROVIDE THEM. SO THAT WE WERE AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH WHAT HE HAD. YES. COME ON UP. I CAN'T PRINT OUT THE, UH

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AND A NEW STRUCTURE TO ADD ON THAT WE DID. PLUS THEY HAD TO SHOW ALL THAT LI SO ITS, UH, PLUMBING AND WHERE EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE UM, LIKE WE WAS REDOING EVERYTHING. AND I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO HER THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY DOING THE WIRING. I KNOW WE HAVE TO DO SHOULDER WIRING FOR THE NEWPORT BUT I WAS TELLING HER THAT THE PLUMBING AND EVERYTHING WAS STILL IN PLACE. ALL WE DID WAS TORE DOWN THE ROTTING PART OF THE HOUSE. AND BUILT BACK ON IT SO FAR AS THE PLUMBING AND EVERYTHING THEY HAD TO BRING UP THE CODE AND ELECTRIC PART. WE STOOD, AND WE STILL DON'T MIND DOING IT. WE STILL DOING IT, BUT I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE WAS DOING WAS UNDER NEW CONSTRUCTION CODE AND NOT A OH, SHE CALLED IT, UM, ALTERATION. ALTERATION CODE. SO THAT'S EXACTLY YOU KNOW THAT. THAT WAS THE CONFUSION THAT ALSO THE STALEMATE, SO WE SENT FOR PLAYERS IN THAT WHAT WE WAS DOING, AND THEN WE HAD TO STOP. AND DO A WHOLE ALTERATION IN SEE INSTEAD OF THE ALTERATION PLANS WHERE TO SEE SOME MORE FLOOR PLAYERS IN THIS, SHE JUST ASKED ME TO SEND, UH. SOMETHING ELSE, AND I HATE IT ALL UP. WELL I NEEDED A WIND STORM LIKE WE GOT ALL THE WINDSTORM DONE. UM. CHECKS FOR ANOTHER ALTERATION PLAN. THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO STOP AGAIN, WHICH I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING. AND WE DID A FLOOR PLAN. WE STOPPED THAT WE DID AN ALTERATION PLAN. SHE STOPPED US AGAIN. SO SHE WAS STOPPING US FOR THREE MONTHS AT A TIME FOR US TO REGROUP AND GET EVERYTHING SHE NEEDED AGAIN. SO AGAIN. WE, UM, WENT BACK IN TO START AGAIN. THEN SHE STOPPED US AGAIN FOR ALTERATION PLANS. BY THE LAST TIME SHE STOPPED. I TOOK SICK. I JUST HAD, UH, EMBLA SURGERY. I HAD A STROKE. YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH, SO I'M JUST GETTING BACK. I THINK I TALKED TO HIM MAYBE OCTOBER NOVEMBER, TELLING HER THE SITUATION ASKING FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION THAT WE WAS, UH MOVING FORWARD THAT THE CONTRACT I HAD I'M REALLY NOT USING THEM ANYMORE. I HIRED SOMEBODY ELSE, UH, THIS PAST MONTH, BECAUSE, UH, I PAID THE GUY I GOT THE TICKS AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF WHERE I PAID THE GUY. IN NOVEMBER. HE CAME, DID HAVE THE JOB. LIKE RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. NEVER RETURN. SO I HIRED SOMEBODY ELSE. I TOOK THAT LOSS. I HIRE SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME IN AND FINISH. COMPLETING THE JOB OF GETTING THE PICTURES. I SHOWED US WHERE WE ARE TODAY. BUT I STILL THINK, UM, A LOT OF THE PROBLEM WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING FOR ME, MR DELANCEY AND MAN THE CONTRACT WHICH I SAY SHE HELPED ME OUT A LOT. GIVE ME THE EXTENSIONS. GIVE ME A CHANCE TO DO THE JOB.

BUT THE ALTERATION PLANS AND A NEW CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE DIFFERENT PLANS KEPT GIVING US A STALEMATE. WE HAD TO STOP WORK. REGROUP. GET ANOTHER BLUEPRINT.

V. IT MAY TAKE A MONTH FOR HER TO GET BACK WITH US. RED TAKE THE HOUSE. STOP WORK AGAIN. SO WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS. BUT THE SAME PLAN HAS BEEN THE SAME PLANS I SAW IN THE FIRST TIME. I NEVER DID NOTHING DIFFERENT. I NEVER OUT OUT OF THE PLANS. I NEVER CHANGED THE PLANES. EVERY TIME SHE ASKS FOR SOMETHING I SENT THE EXACT SAME FLOOR PLANS IN SO AGAIN, I THINK THE ALTERATION PLANS AND A NEW CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND SHE EXPLAINED TO MYSELF THAT. IT MUST BE NEW CONSTRUCTION PLANS ABOUT $2.50 PERCENT OF THE HOUSE SO JUST BECAUSE SHE SEE WHAT SHE'S VISUALIZED WHAT IT WAS TICKLING DIDN'T DO THE, UH, DUE DILIGENCE. II, I THINK RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING OVER THE SAME THING. AND UH SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT JESUS CRUZ. 1125 ROBERT STREET. BEAUMONT TEXAS. HE'S SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 48 22 96 VICTORIA. OH, YEAH, 49. I MEAN, WHATEVER YOU CAN OK? HI. UH, I'M JUST TRANSLATING FOR JESUS HERE. AND BASICALLY, HE PURCHASED THIS HOUSE WITH THE INTENTION OF RENOVATING IT TOO COLD. AND, UH, AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, HE'S PAID TAXES. HE'S ALREADY WORKED ON THE FOUNDATION. HE JUST WANTS MORE TIME TO BRING THIS TO CODE AND TO MAKE IT LOOK NICE. UH, I WAS TALKING TO HIM EARLIER, AND HE'S THINKING THAT HE'LL NEED AROUND 300 DAYS TO FINISH. EVERYTHING 100. COULD FINISH THE OUTSIDE IN

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NUMBER 25. OK SO YOU HAD, UM, PROPERTY LOCATED 2595 AMARILLO PROPERTY AT 5740 BIGNER PROPERTY AT 580 BROCKMAN PROPERTY AT 2510 COLLEGE, AND SHE WAS NOT ASKING TO BE IN THE WORK PROGRAM. SHE WAS ASKING FOR TIME TO SELL. UM UM, PROPERTY AT 23. 06 LINTON, CAN YOU GET THE NUMBERS AS WELL TO THOSE GUYS? SO I BELIEVE THAT ONE. I'M SORRY. 2595 AMARILLO WAS NUMBER 1 57 40 BIGNER WAS NUMBER 4 50 80 BROCKMAN WAS NUMBER FIVE. 2510 COLLEGE WAS NUMBER 7 23 06 LINTON WAS NUMBER 24. I DON'T HAVE A 25. ON MY PAPER. DID I MISS THAT ONE? 24 AND THEN WE MOVED. OK OK AND THEN 30 PROPERTY AT 2020 2272 PEERS IS NUMBER 30 PROPERTY AT 3695. SCRANTON IS 37 PROPERTY AT 43 34 25, TEXAS IS 43 AND THE PROPERTY AT 2296. VICTORIA'S 49. THOSE INDIVIDUALS ALL SPOKE TO YOU TODAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PROPERTY AT LOCATED AT NUMBERS, PROPERTY NUMBER SEVEN LOCATED 2510 COLLEGE. SHE WAS REQUESTING TIME TO SELL. UM EVERYONE ELSE REQUESTED ADDITION TO BE ADDED TO THE WORK PROGRAM OR REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIME. UM PROPERTY 51 THAT IS LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT IT'S NOT LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT NEEDS TO BE PULLED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PROPERLY POSTED SO IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED IN ANY MOTION. DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER? 28 1865 OLLIE. SO SHE MISSED THAT ONE. DID I MISS NUMBER 2818 0. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. IT WAS 29 SINCE 1865. IS IT, CHARLIE? OLLIE ALI OK? SO I HAD 1457 24 28 29 37 43 49. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I THINK THAT WAS THE PROPER THE WAY YOU SAID THAT THAT WAS NOT A PROPERTY OWNER. SO IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WAS THE ONE WHO WAS NOT A PROPERTY OWNER. OK SO THAT'S PROPERTY 24, SO YOU MIGHT WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A PART OF ANY MOTION THAT'S MADE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THAT ONE AT THAT PROPERTY OWNER. UM OR THAT INDIVIDUAL BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT HE'S A PROPERTY OWNER BECAUSE ONLY PROPERTY OWNERS CAN ENTER INTO WORK PROGRAMS, SO WE HAVE TO EXCLUDE THAT ONE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXCLUDE IT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE AS A PART OF YOUR MOTION. IF YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THEM FOR A WORK PROGRAM THAT THEY NEED TO SHOW PROOF OF THAT, SO THAT IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC FOR THEM. WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO BYPASS THE RULES SO NUMBER 24 WOULD BE WITH CONDITION. NUMBER 20 WILL BE GOOD CONDITIONS. ALL OF THEM WHO HAVE BACK TAXES WOULD

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YEAH. IT'S LIKE CORRECTION TO THAT 1 1094 IN MARYLAND. BUT IT WAS PROPERTY ONE SO. SO WE HAVE HAD THE READING OF NUMBER 12. IS THERE A MOTION THERE ARE TW THERE ARE 10 PROPERTIES. UH UH.

WITH THE APPROPRIATE CONDITIONS. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE. COUNCILMAN GETS TURN YOUR MIC ON. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. UM. I MOVE THE THAT WE APPROVE. THIS IS A NUMBER. WELL WELL, I REMEMBER 12, EXCLUDING NUMBER 1 TO 94, AMARILLO NUMBER 4 57 40 BIGNER NUMBER 5580 BROMAN NUMBER 7 25 10 COLLEGE. NUMBER 24 23 06 L SO ON WITH THE CONDITION THAT HE SHOWS PROOF OF OWNERSHIP.

NUMBER 28 1865 ALI. NUMBER 29 22 72 PIERCE NUMBER 37 36 95 SCRANTON NUMBER. 43 34 25, TEXAS NUMBER 49 22 96 VICTORIA COUNCILMAN KING. YOU AMEND THAT 2272 TO BE ITEM 30, NOT 29. DID I SAY 29? 22 72 PIERS IS THAT CORRECT ITEM 30? 30 NOT 29. AND THEN COULD YOU ALSO ADD TO YOUR MOTION THAT ALL BACK TAXES BE PAID AS A CONDITION OF THE WORK PROGRAM AND ALL WITH CONDITION AND ALL BACK TAXES BE PAID IN THE WORK, 51 BE ELIMINATED FOR ELIMINATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, S. UH, IT HAS BEEN MOVED. COUNCILMAN FELS. SAGA IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GETS IS THERE? UH, THERE IS A MOTION IN THE SECOND IS THERE FOR A NUMBER . 12 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, COUNCILMAN DUR. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO CHECK WITH, UH. CHRIS BOONE. SOME OF THE, UH, PROPERTIES ON THIS LIST ARE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. THE ONES THAT'S GONNA NOT NOT THE ONES THAT THE FOLKS CAME AND SPOKE, BUT THE ONES THAT THEY DIDN'T AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THOSE PROPERTIES IF WE, UM DEMOLISH THEM. THEN THERE'LL BE A LIEN PUT ON THOSE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR THE PRICE OF DEMOLITION. YES, SIR. OK? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. RIGHT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 12 AS READ BY CITY MANAGER WILLIAMS AND COUNCILMAN, FS. SIGNIFY BY SAYING, I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR CITY MANAGER. WILL YOU TAKE

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IN THE LAST 90 DAYS, THESE EMPLOYEES HAVE CLOSED OUT 807 SEWER REQUESTS AND 890 SEWER WORK ORDERS IN THE LAST 90 DAYS. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. IT'S A TRICKLING FILTER PLANT DESIGN. IT WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 19 FIFTIES. UH THE PLAN IS PERMITTED THROUGH TCQ FOR 46 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. AND ON AN AVERAGE DAY WE TREAT ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 15 TO 22 MILLION GALLONS. UM WE ALSO HAVE AN IN HOUSE LAB. THAT IS ON SITE, UH, TO MONITOR THE REQUIRED PARAMETERS TO KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE WITH TCQ. AND ALSO PART OF OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS A 600 ACRE CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS KNOWN AS CATTAIL MARS.

UH, THE CATTAIL MARSH. THIS IS OUR FINAL STEP IN AMMONIA REMOVAL BEFORE DISCHARGING INTO THE OUTFALL CHANNEL. THANKS MY QUESTIONS AS WE GO, UH, GO BACK TO THE FILTER PLANT BUILT IN THE 19 FIFTIES. UH, AT WHAT POINT DOES OUR SYSTEM BECOME ANTIQUATED? IT'S OUTDATED AND.

THE THING WITH THE, UH, WASTEWATER PLANT. IT'S OLD TECHNOLOGY. UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE SEWER PLANTS AND I'M NOT SAYING ALL OF THEM. MAJORITY OF THE SERVE PLANTS THAT ARE BUILT NOWADAYS ARE AN ACTIVATED SLUDGE. A PLANT, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT TREATMENT PROCESS. UH, THE THING ABOUT OUR SEWER PLANET WORKS AND IT WORKS GOOD. SO THIS DOESN'T PUT US AT A DISADVANTAGE. THANK YOU, SIR. THE DISADVANTAGE THAT WE DO RUN INTO WITH OUR SEWER PLANT IS FINDING THE OPERATORS THAT KNOW HOW TO RUN A TRICKLING FILTER PLANT BECAUSE BEING SO, YOU KNOW , SO OLD OF A PLANT THAT NOWADAYS ACTIVATED SLUDGE IS MORE TAUT RATHER THAN THE TRICKLING FILTER SYSTEM. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE CHALLENGE WE RUN IN, BUT AS FAR AS THE PLAN ITSELF BEING A TRICKLE AND FILTER PLANT, THE PLANT WORKS VERY WELL. SO. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRICKLING FILTER AND ACTIVATED. IF YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, LARGE ROUND STRUCTURES, BASICALLY AFTER IT GOES THROUGH THE TREATMENT PROCESS, UH THROUGH SEPARATING THE, UH, SLUDGE OR YOUR SOLIDS. THROUGH THE, UM DIGESTERS. WATER GOES THROUGH WITH BACTERIA, AND IT TRICKLES THROUGH A ROCK MEDIA THAT ACTUALLY GROW BACTERIA. AND THIS BACTERIA HELPS BREAK DOWN THE, UH BOD OR THE BAD BACTERIA THAT'S WITHIN THE WASTEWATER AND AS IT TRICKLES THROUGH THE MEDIA , UH THEN IT GOES THROUGH THE REST OF THE CLARIFICATION AND CHLORINE PROCESS FOR ACTIVATED SLUDGE. IT JUST GOES IN IT, UH, FEEDS THE BACTERIA IN ONE CHAMBER, AND THEN S SQUEEZES IT OUT INTO A SLUDGE TYPE, AND THEN IT'S HAULED OFF. 1000 MIKE OR SO I'M ASSUMING WE'RE WE'RE RAISING UP A NEW GENERATION OF MEN THAT KNOW HOW OUR PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO OPERATE THIS OURSELVES BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS AREN'T PUTTING THEM OUT. SO WE HAVE TO AND THEN NUMBER TWO IS OVER TIME WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE FACED WITH, UH, AS A CITY OF HAVING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND UPDATE TO THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY, OR WILL THIS CONTINUE TO SERVE US? THIS WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE. UM I BELIEVE IN. IF THE NUMBERS CORRECT. I BELIEVE WHEN YOU GET ABOUT THREE QUARTERS A PERCENT. I MEAN 75% OF YOUR CAPACITY THAT YOU'RE, UH A PERMITTED FOR ONCE YOU REACH THAT WITH TCQ. THEN YOU NEED TO START MAKING PLANS ON EITHER EXPANDING THE PLAN BUILDING A LARGER PLANT. UH, SUCH AS THAT WHICH WE'RE AT 1520 MILLION GALLONS, SO WE'RE STILL AT 50% CAPACITY. SO. WE DO A LOT OF UPDATING, UH, LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.■ IF YOU REMEMBER WE'VE REPLACED A LOT OF THE RAW SEWAGE PUMPS AND THE IN THE RAW SEWAGE BUILDING. SO LIKE I SAID THERE,

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NORMALLY WE USE FOR PIPE BURSTING, UH, HEAT FUSED TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE CONTINUOUS RUN, AND WE'RE ABLE TO PULL IT IN THROUGH THE GROUND WITHOUT SEPARATION. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, WE GOT 60.6% OF OUR SYSTEM. THAT'S EITHER PV C OR POLYVITE. UH THE PROBLEMS THAT WE RUN INTO, OR THE THING WE RUN INTO IS THE 31.3% OF CONCRETE LINES. UH, THIS 31.

THIS CONCRETE LINES. THAT'S THE AREAS WE GO AFTER. WHEN WE START DOING THE CAMERON, WE START DOING SMOKE TESTING. UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UH, WHAT HAPPENED IS OVER TIME. THE SEWER GAS WITHIN INSIDE OF THE SEWER MAINS. IT ACTUALLY DETERIORATES THE TOP AND THE INSIDE OF THE SEWER PIPE. AND THEN AFTER AFTER IT REACHED HIS LIFE EXPENSES HE THE TOP BASICALLY JUST COLLAPSE GIVES AWAY, UH TO THE GROUND, AND THAT'S USUALLY CAUSED A LOT OF YOUR YOUR PROBLEMS WITH THE, UH, CAVITIES AND THINGS OF THAT FORM AND ALSO THE INFLOW AND INFILTRATION. UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID EXCUSE ME. LIKE YOU'RE DRIVING WHEN I'M TALKING WITH THAT BEING SAID AT THE 31.3. UH WHEN YOU PUT THAT INTO THE AMOUNT OF PIPE WE HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM, UH, WE GOT 233 MILES OF CONCRETE LINE THAT'S WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. UM OF COURSE, THE 5.9% IT'S THE PURPLE. IT INDICATES THAT PIPE THAT'S UNKNOWN OR IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T HAVE RECORDS. THE SHOW EXACTLY WHAT THE MATERIAL WAS WHEN THEY INSTALLED THE PIPE. UH CHANCES ARE IT'S PRETTY GOOD THAT, UH, THIS IS OLDER PIPE THAT THEY DIDN'T KEEP RECORDS OF . IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE CAST ON OR CONCRETE AS WELL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE LAST 2.2% THAT'S OTHER TYPE PIPE. UH THE CLAY SPIRAL LIGHT, GIFFORD HILL, DUCK THE LION OR CAST IRON PIPE. OUT OF THIS 2.2% WE GO THROUGH AND WE CHASE THE, UH, CLAY PIPE. AS FAR AS REPLACEMENT USUALLY DOESN'T SEE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER PIPES. NEXT SLIDE. SO. WHERE DOES THE PROBLEM COME FROM? WHEN WE GET HEAVY RAINS? UH I KNOW THERE'S BEEN TIMES THAT WE'VE TALKED, SPOKE ABOUT INFLOW AND INFILTRATION OR IN. I UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT? AND I IS, UH, INFLOW IS STORM WATER THAT QUICKLY GETS INTO THE SEWER MAINS. AND OF COURSE, THE INFILTRATION IS GROUNDWATER THAT SEEPS IN THE PIPES. AND I DID IT IN SLIDE HERE. IT SHOWED YOU SOME OF THE S THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY GET. WE DO GET THE INFLOW AND INFILTRATION TO FROM, UH, STORM CROSS CONNECTIONS. UH, BROKEN OR CRACKED PIPES. UH UNCAPPED, UH, CLEAN OUTS. YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS HAVE THEIR OWN CA CAT CLEAN OUT. WE GET A LOT OF RAIN, THE YARD FLOODS THAT WATER GOES RIGHT STRAIGHT IN OUR SYSTEM. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND A FEW ROOF DRAINS THAT ARE CONNECTED OR FRENCH DRAINS CONNECTED TO THE SERVICE SYSTEM. SO I SAID, THESE ARE ALL AREAS WHERE WE ACTUALLY SEE THE, UH INFLOW AND INFILTRATION IN OUR PIPE. YES. IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THESE ARE SITUATIONS THAT ARE ON THE CITIZENS SIDE OF THE METER. AND OF COURSE WHEN THAT HAPPENS, UH, OF COURSE, THE CITIZEN. MIGHT BE UNDERSTANDABLY UPSET. THEY CAN'T FLUSH THEIR TOILET, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY NECESSARILY THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO UH, FIX THOSE THINGS THAT OCCUR ON THE CITIZEN SIDE OF THE METER, IS IT ? NO SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. UH, THE CITY. ACTUALLY WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERVICE TAP, WHICH IS MADE ON THE MAIN AND UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE. AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT'S THE CITIZEN'S RESPONSIBILITY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE EPA HAD DID PUT OUT A REPORT A LITTLE WHILE BACK THAT SAID, 40% OF ALL THE I AND I AND THE SEWER SYSTEM COMES FROM THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LINES, SO AND I KNOW NO CITIZEN WANTS TO HEAR THAT. BECAUSE IF THEY

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UH, EVERY NOW AND AGAIN THAT HAD BEEN MISSED AND WERE ABLE TO SEPARATE IT. SO WHEN YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE SITUATIONS OCCURRING, YOU'VE GOT STORM WATER FROM RAIN JUST GOING STRAIGHT INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM. YES, SIR. AND WHEN YOU FIND THEM WHAT ACTIONS IT DOES YOUR DEPARTMENT TAKE TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THAT. OH WELL, FIRST THING, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WE OPEN IT UP AND DISCONNECT THE CROSS, CONNECT AND REPAIR THE SEWER MAIN AND ALSO WHEN YOU'LL GET WITH THE STREET DEPARTMENT, AND THEY COME AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR THEIR STORM DRAIN AS WELL.

HOW MANY DO YOU THINK? SITUATIONS LIKE THAT ARE STILL HERE IN BELMONT. UM I CAN THINK OF PROBABLY ABOUT 15 TO 20 THAT WE'VE RUN ACROSS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. 3 TO 5 YEARS. LIKE SO THEY'RE THEY'RE OUT THERE. SO UH, SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT YOU GET INTO AS FAR AS YOUR STORM CROSS CONNECT. UM IF YOU HAVE A BROKEN STORM SEWER NEXT TO A BROKEN SEWER MAN, UH, THEY WILL CROSS CONNECT AS WELL. LIKE YES. DO WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO, UH REPLACE THOSE CONCRETE PIPES OR YOU JUST REPLACE PLACING THEM AS THEY BREAK? NO, SIR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PLAN WE DO WE DO AND WE'LL GET TO THAT AS WELL AS WE GO ALONG. YES, SIR. ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE SEE THE COMMON ISSUES WE FACE THAT WE SEE OUT IN THE FIELD. UH, AREAS OF IN. I OF COURSE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BRAKE MANHOLES. UH, YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE BRICK MANHOLE WHERE THE, UH THE SERVICE LATERALS WERE JUST PUSHED IN, AND NOTHING SEALED AROUND IT. AND OF COURSE, AS RAINWATER BUILDS UP AROUND THE MANHOLE, IT'S GONNA RUN RIGHT STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE MANHOLE.

UH THE SOUTHERN MAN HOLDS A BROKEN ONE. THAT WAS ON AD D SIX DITCH AND YOU COULD SEE CONSIDERABLE SIZE HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE MANHOLE. UH, WHAT THE DD SIX DITCH STARTS FILLING UP AND GETS HIGH ENOUGH. IT JUST DUMPS RIGHT STRAIGHT INTO THE MANHOLE. IN RIGHT INTO OUR SYSTEM. UM THE OTHER MANHOLE AND A MANHOLE THAT WAS BROKEN NEAR JUST A REGULAR DRAIN DITCH. AND, OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE OF THE HOLE THAT WATER JUST RUNS POURS INTO IT.

SO. AND A FEW MORE OTHERS, UH, SEWER MAIN FAILURES. UH, THIS WAS ACTUALLY A CAVITY AND A COLLAPSE THAT WAS OUT BY A STONE LEE APARTMENTS OFF OF A MAJOR DRIVE THAT WE REPAIRED A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, AND YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY HOW MUCH OF THE, UH THE GROUND IS ACTUALLY SAYING AND FELL IN. AND DETERIORATED MANHOLES. AND ALSO THE BROKEN MANHOLE CONNECTIONS. UH YOU CAN SEE ON THAT PICTURE EXACTLY HOW THE CAVITIES FORM AND HOW THE WATER JUST WASHES THE DIRT RIGHT STRAIGHT INTO THE SYSTEM. ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO TO COMBAT THE, UH. THE PROBLEMS IN THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE SEE, UH, PIPE BURSTING. AND UH, KUSHI SAY IT'S A TRENCH REPAIR METHOD THAT BREAKS AND EXPANDS THE EXISTING BURIED LINES WHILE SIMULTANEOUS REPLACING IT WITH THE HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PIPE. UH THE PIPE BURST. WE DO IS DONE BY CONTRACTORS AS WELL AS BEING DONE IN HOUSE CREWS. UH IN FISCAL YEAR 23 WE REPLACE 52,396 FT OF SEWER MAIN USING THIS METHOD. UH, SMOKE TESTING, OF COURSE, IS INJECTING A NONTOXIC ARTIFICIAL SMOKE INTO THE SEWER LINES, WHICH THEN ESCAPES FROM ANY LEAKS OR CRACKS OR JOINTS. UH IT'S DONE BY

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AND OF COURSE, WE OPENED THE MANHOLE OR THE UH, SEWER LINE TO THE SERVICE. AND IF WE SEE ANY OF THE DYE COMING THROUGH UM, THIS IS MAINLY DONE IN HOUSE. UH, LAST YEAR WE DID ABOUT 1449 FT OF HIGH TESTING. I MEAN, UH, CLEANING AND TELEVISING. THAT'S ANOTHER METHOD THAT WE USE. UH, BASICALLY, IT TAKES A CLOSED CIRCUIT TV CAMERA, WE PUSH OR PULL THROUGH THE SEWER MAINS AND IT RECORDS THE CONDITION OF THE MAINS AND ALSO SHOWS ANY PROBLEMS THAT WE RUN INTO. UH, THIS PARTICULAR PICTURES HERE I PUT IN THERE BECAUSE IF YOU SEE ON THE ONE ON THE LEFT, THE PIPE IS ACTUALLY UN JOINED AND OUT OF ALIGNMENT. AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE ROOTS GROWING DOWN INTO THE SEWER, MI. OK I INCLUDED THIS MAP IN HERE AND I HAVE ANOTHER MAP ON THE BOTTOM HALF IN THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT FOR THIS ONE TO START WITH COUNCILMAN TURNER HAD ASKED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IF WE TRACK ALL THE SEWER PROBLEMS AS THEY COME IN, AND WE DO TRACK THEM, UH, THROUGH HEAT MAPS, AND WE DO HAVE OTHER AREAS THAT WE TRACK IT, BUT MAINLY THIS HEAT MAP HERE. THIS IS GENERATED OFF OF THE SEWER COMPLIANCES OR CALLS THAT WE GET IN. UM NOT ONLY IS IT GENERATED OFF OF THE LOCATION OF THE CALLS, BUT ALSO THE FREQUENT FREQUENCY OF THE CALLS.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THIS MAP TO AREAS THAT HIGHLIGHTED IN THE PINK AND THE RED AND THE YELLOW.

OF COURSE, THE YELLOW IS PROBABLY MORE CALLS OR MORE FREQUENT CALLS OTHER THAN SOME OF THE LIGHTER SHADES OF PINK. AND UH, WE LABELED THE AREAS HERE, UM, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS AS A LOT OF THE, UH, ISSUE. ISSUE AREA PROBLEM AREAS. OF COURSE, YOU COULD SEE ALSO ON THE LEGEND ON IT THAT, UM, WE HAVE WORK SCHEDULED FOR AROUND THESE AREAS. UH ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP THAT IN THE PRESENTATION. UM, I KNOW WE GOT AREAS AND WE HAVE CERTAIN ADDRESSES THAT CALL A LOT CALL FREQUENTLY WITH HAVING BACKUPS WHEN IT RAINS, OK? UM THE THING YOU GOTTA REMEMBER, WE HAVE MAJOR TRUCK LINES THAT RUN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. OK, ONCE THESE TRUNK LINES FILL UH, THEY START BACKING UP INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO IF YOU HAVE AN ADDRESS THAT YOU KNOW IT STARTS BACKING UP THE TRUNK LINE STARTS BACKING UP. YOU HAVE A CERTAIN ADDRESS? THAT WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD MAY BE PIPE BURST, MAYBE SEALED MAY BE IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT YET IT MAY BE THREE NEIGHBORHOODS UPSTREAM WHERE ALL THE INFLOW AND INFILTRATION IS GETTING INTO YOU. THAT'S CAUSING THE BACKUP THAT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD UH IT BASICALLY ALL GOES OFF ELEVATIONS. YOU KNOW WATER IS GOING TO SEEK ITS OWN LEVEL. SO IF ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOWER THAN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, THOUGH, THEY'RE NOT HAVING PROBLEMS PER SAY WITH INFLOW YET THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE PROBLEMS AS FAR AS THE BACKUPS AND NOT BE ABLE TO FLUSH. A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THIS AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE KING KINGSWOOD EDITION. UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF BACKUPS AT THE KINGSWOOD EDITION. UH, IF YOU NOTICE UP AT THE TOP ABOVE KINGSWOOD EDITION IN THE YELLOW, WE HAVE SLATED FOR THIS YEAR ABOUT 7000 FT OF SMOKE TESTING TO DO IN THAT AREA. UH, ALL THAT AREA FEEDS INTO THE KINGDOM.

WITH ADDITION SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE, UH, INFLOW IN IN THE INFILTRATION UP IN THE AREA ABOVE KINGSWOOD TO TRY TO SLOW THE INFLOW DOWN BEFORE IT GETS IN THE KINGSWOOD. YES, SIR. UH, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR, WE THE RED AND PINK IS THE SAFE TO SAY THAT THAT AREA IS SOME ARE HEAVY CEMENT. UH, ALL THE PIPING OR IS THAT SOME OF THE AREA THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF PIPE BURSTING IN AS WELL. IT'S A LOT OF AREAS WE'VE ALREADY DONE PIPE BURSTING IN, BUT THE RED AND THE PINK DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF. HIS OLD CONCRETE LINES. UH, THAT THAT MEANS THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF IS WHAT SURCHARGING WHAT'S FILLING UP WHICH IS CAUSING? YEAH, NOT ABLE TO FLUSH. UM LIKE I SAID, THAT'S

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BUT YET THEY FEEL THE BRUNT OF THE SURCHARGING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE ADDITION IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE OTHER ONES. SO OF COURSE, THAT'S WHERE THE WATER UH, FILLS UP FIRST. OH SO WHAT'S THE ANSWER TO THIS ISSUE WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE FILLING UP FIRST. WHAT WHAT? YOU, YOU KNOW. WHETHER IT BE A MILLION OR KINGSWOOD EDITION. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THE PIPE BURSTING THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DONE , BUT YOU'VE GOT A ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT'S FILLING UP. HOW DO YOU FIX THIS? WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO. COUNCILOR GOODS WE LOOK THROUGH OUR, UH, SEWER VAPE EVALUATION PROGRAMS. UH, WE GO THROUGH WITH SMOKE TEST WITH CAMERA, THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, WE DO FLOW MONITORING TO DETERMINE WHICH DIRECTION THE FLOW IS COMING FROM FLOWS COMINE KNOW DIRECTION TO GO OUT AND START SEEKING THE INFLOW AND INFILTRATION. THEN WE CAN GET THESE ON A PIPE BURSTING SCHEDULE AND GET IT CHANGED OUT. UH THE THING IS, THE MORE CONCRETE LINES ARE THE MORE PIPE BURST THAN WE DO IN THE MORE LINES. WE CHANGE OUT, THAT'S LESS WATER GETTING INTO THE SYSTEM. SO BY CHANGING OUT PIPE BURST IN THE AREAS AROUND KING KINGSWOOD EDITION WORST ACTUALLY SLOW IN THE INFLOW DOWN GETTING INTO THAT ONE. WHAT ADDITIONAL LIST STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT AN ADDITIONAL LIFT STATIONS IN, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE. IT'S SO FAR NORTH THAT THE YOU WOULD HAVE TO RUN A FORCE MAIN OR A SINGLE. UH, FORCE MAIN THAT DISCHARGES FROM MOLESTATION PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHT TO THE SEWER PLANT ALL THE WAY ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN. UM EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THAT WEST END ALL THE WAY UP TO THE NORTH, WHERE THE PARK MEADOW PARK NORTH MEADOW VIEW. ALL THAT AREA GOES TO THE TARO PARK LIFT STATION. SO BY DISCHARGING IT TO ANY OTHER LINE WITHOUT GOING STRAIGHT TO THE SEWER PLANT. YOU'RE JUST OVERLOADING. YOU'RE STILL JUST PUSHING INTO THE SAME LIFT STATION. BUT UH, NOW ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, TOO. TO POINT OUT WITH THIS. THE FOLSOM CROW ROAD.

YOU SEE THERE? UH YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PRETTY MUCH A LOT OF CALLS THERE BECAUSE IT IS IN YELLOW AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH, UH, CLOSE CIRCUIT TV. WE'RE DOING PIPE BURST WE'RE DOING IN THAT AREA. KINGSWOOD EDITION ALSO RUNS THROUGH THAT AREA RIGHT THERE AS WELL. SO LIKE, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALSO CLOSING UP AREAS THERE. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS A SAME MAP JUST ON THE SOUTH END PART, UM, LIKE I SAID, SAME MARRIAGE. YOU SEE A MILLION AREA. WE HAVE WORK SCHEDULED FOR THERE. UH, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UM ISSUES ON SOUTH SERVICE STREET. UM IF YOU NOTICE THE ROBERTS THE AVENUES YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WORK WE'VE GOT SCHEDULED FOR THAT AREA RIGHT THERE. THIS WILL DEFINITELY HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT'S OVER ON SOUTH SEVEN. UH, MAINLY THE SOUTH SEVENTH LINE GOES TO A LARGER LIKE A 20 INCH TRUCK LINE. THAT'S ON ROBERTS. WELL ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD THERE BY THE HAN. THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED, UH, THAT GOES IN THAT SAME TRUNK LINE. SO ONCE THAT TRUNK LINE FILLS UP, OF COURSE. THERE GOES THE ISSUE OF SURCHARGE. SO WHEN WE YOU KNOW, FOR US BEING ABLE TO GET IN THERE, GET TO SPIKE BURSE GET IT TAKEN CARE OF THAT'S CLOSING THE SYSTEM UP. THAT'S KEEPING THE RAINWATER OUT OF THE SYSTEM. JUST A LITTLE WORK WE DONE LAST YEAR. WITH CONTRACTORS. UH, WE DID 43,812 LINEAR FEET OF PIPE REPLACED THROUGH PIPE BURSTING. UH, WE'VE REPLACED 201 MANHOLES.

UH, WE RENEWED 594 SERVICE TYPES. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH CLEAN AND TELEVISE 18,362 FT OF SEWER MAN. AND ALSO 10,455 FT OF SMOKE TESTING. LIKE SO THAT WAS DONE IN FISCAL YEAR, 23 OR IN-HOUSE CREWS. WE DID 800 EXCUSE ME, 8584 FT OF PIPE BURSTING. 22 MANHOLES. WE REHABBED OR REPLACED. UH, WE DID . 216,116 FT OF SEWER MAINS FLUSHED. THAT'S WHAT WE GO THROUGH FLUSHED LINES, CLEAN THEM, MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING OPTIMAL FLOW. UH, WE TELEVISE

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UH, SO ALSO CALLED A CITYWIDE PIPE BURSTING. UH WHAT THE SSO I OR WHAT THAT IS, IS SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW INITIATIVE. IT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT WE GO INTO WITH TCQ. UM, WE'RE. WE GO INTO THIS AGREEMENT WITH TCQ, AND WE'RE UNDER OBLIGATION THAT THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS THAT HAVE A LOT OF OVERFLOWS. AND LIKE I SAID, WE OBLIGATE OURSELVES WITH TCQ TO FIX. UH, SO MANY FEET OF PIPE BURSTING SO MANY FEET OF FLUSHING. UH, SO MANY FEET OF CAMERON. UH, JUST SO WE CAN, UM WE STAY IN OUR COMPLIANCE WITH TCQ WITH IT. AND THEN, OF COURSE WE HAVE THE ONE MORE. I'M SORRY.

I'M SAYING ONE MORE STREET REHAB PHASE FIVE. THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UM . IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IT SHOULD BE PROBABLY DONE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. UH, THIS IS PIPE BURSTING PROJECT AND WHAT WE DO, UH BEFORE STREETS DEPARTMENT OR PUBLIC WORKS GOES INTO REHAB. A STREET? UH, WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH CAMERA. THE SEWER MAINS, UH, SEE WHAT TYPE OF SHAPE THEY'RE IN. AND IF THEY'RE DETERIORATED ENOUGH, WE GO AHEAD AND WE PIPE BURST AND WE CHANGE THE LINES UP BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA REPLACE THE STREET AND COME IN A YEAR, SIX MONTHS A YEAR, EVEN TWO YEARS LATER. DIG THE STREET UP TO GO AND CHANGE SEWER MAY NOW BECAUSE OF FAILURE. OK, WE'RE READY NOW. WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR. UH, SOME OF THE IN IN THIS IS SPEAKING OF JUST I AND I PROJECTS UH, WHAT, CALDER, UH, WE HAD HAD A SEWER COLLAPSE ON WEST CALDER AND I HAD AN IN HOUSE CREWS GO OUT TO MAKE A REPAIR. UH, WHAT CARTER'S CONCRETE LINE. UH, THE TOP WAS COLLAPSED. WE DUG DOWN WE MADE OUR MADE OUR REPAIR AND THE COULD. THE PIPE IS REALLY EXTREMELY DETERIORATED. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IN TO, UH, GET THIS PIPE BURST. UH, THIS THIS PROJECT. IT'S CURRENTLY OUT FOR BIDS RIGHT NOW. THEN OUR SEWER EVALUATION WORK OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH IS PHASE FIVE. I'M SORRY I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF SOMEWHERE HERE. I'LL SKIP ONE. SKIP EAST LUCAS. THE LUCAS PREH WORK, UM WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED EAST LUCCA INTERCEPTOR. IT'S A LARGE TRUCK LINE THAT RUNS DOWN EAST LUCAS. UH A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS AND STUFF YOU HEAR FROM ON THE NORTH END IS BECAUSE OF THIS LINE SURCHARGING. UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT A PROJECT OF GOING THROUGH AND UH, CLEANING, TELEVISING THE LINE, MAKING SURE WE DON'T SEE ISSUES WITH THAT PARTICULAR LINE. UH, MAKE SURE IT'S NOT SLUDGING UP TO WHERE WE CAN GET OUR OPTIMAL FLOW OUT OF THAT LINE AND, UM, MAKING ANY REPAIRS THAT WE SEE NECESSARY.

THEN OUR SEWER EVALUATION. THE PHASE FIVE. UM THIS IS ALSO UNDER DESIGN RIGHT NOW AND SHOULD BE PUT OUT TO BID IN APRIL. UH, BASICALLY, THIS IS JUST LIKE THE CONTRACT WE HAVE GOING NOW ON PHASE FOUR. IT'S SMOKE TESTING. IT'S CAME, UH, CLEANING AND TELEVISING SEWER REMAINS THE ONLY THIS ONE HAS A LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN IT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO MANHOLE INSPECTION INSPECTIONS AS WELL. SO WE COULD GIVE US A LIST OF MANHOLES AND OF COURSE THAT LEADS BACK UP TO MANHOLE REHABILITATION. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING A CONTRACT OUT FOR MANHOLE REHAB, UH, SHOULD BE COMING OUT IN MAY, UH, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE MANHOLES IDENTIFIED? THEY'RE DEEP, UH, THEIR OWN SIDE OF DD SIX DITCHES . THEY NEED ATTENTION. UH, THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE SCOPE OF WORK THAN WHAT WE CAN DO IN HOUSE. SO WE'RE GONNA LIKE TO PUT A CONTRACT OUT FOR THESE TO GET THESE LINES OR DISBANDS REPLACED. AND TRUNK LINE INSPECTION AND CLEANING. UH, THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE SHOULD DO TO, UH BEFORE. THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. IT IS PLANNING ON BEING PUT OUT THE BIDS. PROBABLY, UH, JULY. MAYBE

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THAT'S CAUSING A LOT OF THE BACKUPS AND A LOT OF THE BACKUPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, THIS PROJECT WILL GO THROUGH IN WILL, IN FACT, THE, UH, TRUNK LINES TO SEE HOW MUCH SLUDGE IS IN THEM.

HOW MUCH SEDIMENTS AT THE BOTTOM ? UH, THE CONDITION OF THE WALL THICKNESS. UH, MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN GOOD CONDITION. AND ALSO, UM MARK OUT AREAS THAT MAYBE NEED TO COME TO AND HAVE IT CLEANED AND OPENED UP. YES I'M ASSUMING A LOT OF THE TRUNK LINES ARE OLDER, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY THE CONCRETE ONES. THERE IS A LOT OF CONCRETE TRUNK LINES. HOWEVER, PROBABLY. 15 YEARS AGO. UH, THEY COME THROUGH AND DID A LOT OF SLIP LINING OR THEY ACTUALLY SLID A, UH, HTP PIPE INSIDE OF THE CONCRETE TRUNK LINE. UM SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE RUN INTO THAT IS ACTUALLY DOWNSIZES THE TRUNK LINE A LITTLE BIT SO. I'LL WAIT BECAUSE YOU MAY ADDRESS MY OTHER QUESTION. UH, THIS IS SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL, UH, C IP PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR, AND, UH, THERE ARE SOME THAT I AM NOT GOING TO COVER. I JUST WANT TO COVER SOME OF THE, UM IMPORTANT ONES THAT LEAD TO THE I AND I PROBLEM. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT GENERATOR AND ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS. UH, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER BACK IN, UM, WAS IT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE HAD TO FIRE AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT. THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT HERE. WE'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING AN ELECTRICAL BUILDING AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE ALL THE ELECTRICAL CONTROLS OUT OF THE, UH, RAW SEWAGE BUILDING OR THE HEAD WORKS BUILDING. UH, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT INSIDE OF THIS BUILDING WITH THE SEWER GASSES. WE'RE GONNA MOVE THIS ALL OUTSIDE. UM WALL AND AVENUE C LIST STATION REHABILITATION. UH, THIS IS GONNA REHAB TWO OF OUR MAJOR LIST STATIONS. UH, THESE PROJECTS WILL PROBABLY BE READY TO BID MID APRIL. UH, THE 23RD STREET. A SEWER TRUMP LINE REHABILITATION. UH, WE GET A LOT OF THE INFLOW AROUND THE 23RD STREET AREA. HIGH STREET. UH THAT GOES INTO THAT 23RD STREET LIFT STATION. SO WE'RE WANTING TO REHAB THE TRUNK LINE THAT LEAVES THERE. IT'S A 48 INCH CONCRETE TRUNK LINE, AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT GOING THROUGH CAMERA. IT, UH, CHECKING IT FOR, UH, FAILURES AND REHAB. IT TO PUT IT BACK IN THE OPTIMAL CONDITION. AND ALSO, UH THE ONE THE ENGINEERS ARE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT. IS THE ASSESSMENT OF THE SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM. PHASE THREE THIS PROJECT WHEN IT'S UH IT'LL BE COMPLETED IN MAY. UH, SO WHEN IT'S COMPLETED, WE'LL HAVE A FULL SCALE SEWER MODEL. UH THIS WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO RUN DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND WHAT IMPACTS IT WILL HAVE ON THE SYSTEM. UH, SO THIS ALSO WILL HELP US IDENTIFY PROBLEMS AREA BUY A YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO RUN A SCENARIO AND SEE WHAT IMPACTS IT CAN SHOW WHERE THERE MAY BE STOPPAGES OR THERE MAY BE FAILURES. SO. QUESTION I AM JUST I'M MAKING NOTES. NO COUNCILMAN FB. THANK YOU.

FOLLOWING THE NEXT SLIDE. SO UH, JUST IN SUMMARY, YOU KNOW THE MAJOR ISSUE THAT WE DEAL WITH DEAL WITH IS I AND I AND OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. UM LIKE, SO THAT'S WHAT CAUSES MORE ISSUES THAN ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY DURING A HEAVY RAINS. WE DO HAVE STOPPAGES. UH GREASE STOPPAGES.

UH WE DO RUN INTO THE WIPES AND THE SYSTEM. THESE AREN'T NECESSARILY MAJOR ISSUES.

THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH JUST DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS THAT WE RUN INTO. BUT WHEN WE GET INTO THE MAJOR ISSUES, IT'S DEFINITELY THE I AND I AND THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, WE UTILIZE THE IN HOUSE CREWS AND CONTRACTORS WITH CLEANING AND TELEVISING SMOKE TESTING DIE TESTING TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY THESE PROBLEM AREAS. UM COUNCIL MAN YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT THE PLAN . YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THE PLAN WE DO. THAT'S WHAT WE GO OUT. WE TRY TO LOCATE THESE AREAS. WE IDENTIFY WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE AND GO THROUGH AND PROBABLY IMSE AND REPLACE AND FITS. UH, WE USE THE PIPE BURSTING AS OUR MAIN SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT METHOD. UH, THIS IS DONE IN HOUSE WITH CONTRACTORS. UH, BY THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, UM 24 I WILL SPEND OVER 6.8 MILLION ON COM.

COMBATING I AND I AND INFRASTRUCTURE REHAB AND REPLACE . AND UH, WE REPLACE ABOUT 1 TO

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UM IT'S PROBABLY BEEN IN. IT'S BEEN USED MORE IN THE GAS INDUSTRY NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY.

UH, BEFORE WAS IN WATER AND WASTE WATER. BUT, UH, IT'S A LITTLE UNKNOWN. UH PV C, UM.

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ANY LASTING EFFECTS BY THE DIRECTIONAL FLUSHING. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S LATER IN THE PROCESS SO THE CHLORINE DIOXIDE SHOULD GO OUT FOR BID HERE FAIRLY SOON. WE'RE AT 100% ON THE ON THE PLANS. UM AND THEN ONCE WE GET THAT IN PLACE AT THE WATER PLANT, THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT DIRECTIONAL FLUSHING COME AFTER THAT. OKAY, SO BASICALLY, THAT'S THE THIRD AND THAT'S THE FINAL STEP AFTER WE GET TO THAT POINT TO GET EVERYTHING OUT OF THE SYSTEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THAT YOU BUILT UP, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS. YEAH BUT, YEAH, MY REASON FOR ASKING BOARD LIKE I'M JUST GOING OFF OF WHAT THE CONSULTANTS BROUGHT BACK. IN ITS IMPORTANT WE HAVE THESE UPDATES, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT US TO KIND OF GET OUT TASKED WITH THAT. BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SAME PLAN.

YEAH, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE MY CONCERN. BASED UPON AN ASSESSMENT. I TRY TO LISTEN AND TAKE THE NOTES. BUT LIKE I SAID, I TRULY UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE FROM CREATING INHERITANCE. AND MIKE. I APPRECIATE YOU LIKE THE REPORT WAS SPOT ON VERY INFORMATIONAL, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT MAYBE WE CAN GET A COPY OF THIS TO SHARE WITH CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY WHEN THEY ACTUALLY ACCESS QUESTIONS COMING. SO HAVE CONCERNS. SO THANK YOU. IF I WILL JUST TO BUILD ON WHAT YOU SAID THERE. COUNCILMAN TURNER UM 311. IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZENS TO CALL 311 EVEN AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME CITIZENS THAT WILL CONTACT YOU. FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO ME TO MY SUPERVISOR. I MEAN THAT IT'S A LONG CHAIN TO GET AROUND TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM. WHEN YOU CALL 311. THE SERVICE REQUEST IS MADE THE PERSON THAT NEEDS TO SEE IT SEES IT RIGHT THEN. THE OTHER THING IS JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE HEAT MAP

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EXCELLENT INFORMATION, ACTUALLY, PRESENTATION. IT WAS RIGHT ON SPOT. I THINK WHAT YOU WERE SHARING WITH THE COUNCIL AND THAT INFORMATION AND QUESTION THAT THE MAYOR AND AJ HEAD I THINK IT WAS RIGHT ON SPOT. UH WHEN I GOT HERE, IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONGER TO FIGURE OUT THAT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT WANTED LARGEST CHALLENGES OF BEAUMONT WAS THE SOURCE SYSTEM.

UM IN PARTICULAR THE COLLECTION SYSTEM IS MIKE TALKS ABOUT TRUNK LINES AND TRANSMISSION LINES AND ETCETERA. IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES THERE. WHAT'S GOOD TO SEE, THOUGH, THAT THIS COUNCIL HAD DEDICATED DOLLARS TO START FIXING ON THIS? YOU CAN SEE THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND ACHIEVE, UH, BUDGETED AND SET ASIDE FOR THESE THESE TYPE PROJECT. SO YOU ARE TAKING ON THIS, UM, CHALLENGE. PART OF THAT THERE WAS EXECUTION . YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE. YOU KNOW YOU COULD SEE THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS IS THERE THAT WE NEED TO DO? WE NEED TO COMPLETE. WE NEED TO WORK ON HOW WE NEED TO DO SMOKE TESTING THOSE THINGS KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND TO FIX THE PROBLEM. YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, WHICH SMOKE TESTS AND ETCETERA.

SO YOU KNOW, I WERE, UH. AS A AS A STAFF IS GETTING THAT EXECUTED . WHAT YOU ABOUT IDENTIFIED AND FUNDED AT THIS POINT AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT COMES DOWN TO DO WE HAVE ENOUGH CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ TO DO THESE JOBS AND TO DO THE BIDDING, ETCETERA, SO WE'VE GOT TO GET AGGRESSIVE TO FIND CONTRACTORS TO COME OUT AND DO THIS SPECIALIZED TYPE WORK. YOU KNOW, TO COME IN AND CAMERA, OUR CONCRETE LINE SYSTEMS AND. AND CLEAN GREASE OUT OF SYSTEMS, ETCETERA, SO IT'S IT CAN BUILD LONG AND ARDUOUS PROCESS. BUT WANT ONCE YOU HAD DINNER, FIND SOME OF THOSE KEY. PATTY MARY, AS YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW QUICKLY THINGS CAN PICK UP. WE JUST GOT TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE KEY AREAS WHERE THIS AND THIS INFILTRATION IS REALLY HAPPENING TO US. YOU KNOW, IT'S A CONCRETE LINE. I DON'T KNOW. IS IT OPEN MANHOLES. IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL OF IT THERE, SO WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON IT. UH I JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CALL 311 SO WE CAN KNOW. YOU KNOW, IT HELPS TO KNOW WHERE THESE PROBLEMS ARE HAPPENING WITH. PEOPLE CAN PUT OUT IN THE DARK AND SAY, OKAY, WE GOT A PROBLEM HERE, SO IT'S STOPPING APPEARS. PROBABLY THE PROBLEM IS PROBABLY DOWN HERE BELOW, YOU KNOW, NOT APPEAR ABOVE, SO IT HELPS TO BE LOOKING AT THAT MAP AND SAY THESE ARE THESE CALLS ARE COMING FROM AND WE CAN FIX THEM RIGHT HERE. SO IT DOES. WE'LL DO MORE ON MARKETING. THAT PROCESS WILL DO MORE MARKETING 311 WILL DO MORE MARKETING. SEE CLICK. THAT THAT PROCESS AND. WILL BE ENDURING. IF THIS NEXT BUDGET WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET MORE RESOURCES IN THIS DIRECTION TO WORK ON THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU, MR CITY MANAGER AND I KNOW GOING TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION'S CHIEF WHITE DOES A GOOD JOB OF REMINDING PEOPLE THAT THE WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF CALLING 911 AND OFTENTIMES PEOPLE ARE CALLING 911 OVER. NON ESSENTIAL YOU KNOW, EMERGENCIES AND, UH, BUT CLEARLY WE CAN I APPRECIATE

[03:30:02]

[COUNCIL COMMENTS]

I JUST WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN KINDA LOOK AT ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CENTER SUR. YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THOSE UNDERPRIVILEGED AREAS AND THOSE AREAS THAT ARE KIND OF BEING FORGOTTEN ABOUT JUST YOU KNOW THE STAFF HAVE THEM. MAYBE WE CAN REFRESH AND RETOOL THEM. SEE IF THEY'RE BENEFICIAL AND SEE IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING UTILIZED. SO IF WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS, I WOULD HIGHLY APPRECIATE IT AND NOT TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD COUNSELING. DARIO IS CONCERNED WITH HIS WARD EARLIER BECAUSE YOU KNOW, OFTEN, SOMEHOW OLDER PART OF TOWN DO GET FORGOTTEN ABOUT AND IF WE CAN LOOK INTO WAYS INCENTIVIZED GROWTH IN THOSE AREAS, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY. COUNCILMAN DURIO. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. DARN APPRECIATE IT. JUST A FEW THINGS. UM NO, IT'S SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. POLICE DEPARTMENT TELLS US ABOUT SCAMS BEING RAN ON ELDERLY FOLKS AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO MR JOHNSON WHEN HE WAS UP HERE EARLIER ABOUT HIS BANKING SITUATION. HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY CAN GET BACK WITH HIM OR TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT, OR UPDATE THEM IF YOU HAVE ALREADY DOING INVESTIGATION ON THAT ALSO, UM, ON 311 SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYTHING ON OUR WEBSITE THAT TELLS PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT 311 DOES. BUT IT WAS JUST LIKE MIKE WAS SAYING. WHEN YOU CALL 311, IT MAKES A RECORD OF IT. AND, UH AND IT SHOWS TRENDS. YOU KNOW IF WE GET KEEP GETTING CALLS ABOUT THE SAME THING AND THE SAME AREA THEN THAT MAKES US TAKE A LOOK AT IT. SO IF WE COULD PUT SOMETHING ON OUR WEBSITE EXPLAIN TO THEM EXACTLY WHY IT'S GOOD TO CALL 311 AND NOT SAYING THAT HE CAN'T CALL COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T YOU KNOW YOU CAN CALL US ALSO, I TELL MY PEOPLE EVEN IF THEY DO CALL ME TO CALL 311 ALSO SO IF WE CAN GIVE THEM INFORMATION, TELLING WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT ON OUR WEBSITE, I THINK THAT WILL BE GOOD. ALSO I WANT TO THANK THOSE DEVELOPERS THAT CAME UP PERIOD AS SHOWING THE INTEREST AND WANT TO DO THINGS IN BEAUMONT. UH I THINK ANY TYPE MOST DEVELOPMENTS IS GOOD DEVELOPMENT. IT'S GOOD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND GOOD FOR OUR WAR. SO THANK HIM AND GOOD LUCK IN THERE. UH, IN THIS PROCESS.

AND ALSO IF I COULD, UH MAYBE I COULD SEND THE EMAIL OR SOMETHING. BUT I NEED BEEN GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, THE ARTIFICIAL TURF IS PROPER PARK. CAN I GET AN UPDATE ON THAT TIMELINE? UH WHENEVER YOU ALL GET A CHANCE TO DO THIS, I THINK, LASTLY SAID IT SHOULD BE DELIVERED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, AND WE'RE ALMOST THERE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MIRROR.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DURIO. MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST I WANT TO PUBLICLY THINK, UM ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK OR BE A PART OF THEIR SPEAKER SERIES FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THEN ALSO TO SAINT ANTHONY BASILICA SCHOOL FOR RECOGNIZING ME AS ONE OF THEIR HONOREES THIS MONTH AND THEN TO BE AS D, AND THERE WERE PROGRAM FOR ALLOWING

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AND JUST LASTLY, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PRIVILEGE OF MINE TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AT HOME. SO I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. UM LASTLY, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS THAT I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND, HAD BROUGHT UP A LOT OF THEIR SEWER ISSUES, SO I NOTICED THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE HELPFUL TO THEM. AND IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POST IT ON OUR WEBSITE, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING PRESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGING CITIZENS TO YOU KNOW, UTILIZE OUR CITY WEBSITE MORE SO THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THEM AS WELL. UM, AND ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS AND LASTLY TO MY KEEP IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO BOTHER YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BOTHERING JOHN JUST AS MUCH. BUT I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. HOW SO? I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE KING. FALSE. UM THANKS, KEITH. FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS CITY. YOU DON'T TREMENDOUSLY KATE AND MY 30 PLUS YEARS OF CITY GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MORE SOLID DIRECTORS HAVE EVER MET. HE'S HONEST WITH THE STRAIGHTFORWARD WON'T PULL PUNCHES, BUT IT IS REALLY EFFECTIVE AND GETTING THINGS DONE. I MEAN, HE'S TOTALLY EFFECTIVE. ALSO THANKS, KEITH. ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA LAST LONG, BUT ENJOY IT WHILE IT'S THERE FOR SURE. OKAY? GOOD THANK YOU, AND ALSO LIKE TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE TWO BLACK MEN TO READ PROGRAM LIBRARY. THIS WAS IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE TO GO OVER AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM. NO WE SAW CHIEF BUT I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO READ FOR HIM TOO. SO I THINK OUR LIBRARY FOR THAT, BUT ALSO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT THAT PUT THOSE PRODUCTIONS TOGETHER.

THEY CAME OVER AND FOUND THAT AND TALKED US THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND SO WE THANK LAUREN AND HER GROUP IN PAUL AND HIS GROUP AT THE LIBRARY FOR THAT. TOMORROW CHIEF WHITE AND FIRE.

UH MESS DEPARTMENT'S GONNA BE HONORED AT THE WORLD EVERY CLUB THINK AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO BE THERE BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER THINGS I HAVE GOING ON, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGED CHIEF WHITE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT GREAT HONOR, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THEM FOR BEING ACKNOWLEDGED AT THAT. AND AS FAR AS PROJECTS AND UNNECESSARY, UNDERSERVED AREAS LIKE THAT, THAT MIGHT BE SOME THINGS WE CAN HELP DEVELOPERS LIKE THAT GET OVER THE GOAL LINE WITHOUT IMPACTING ANOTHER PROJECT, SO WE CAN START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM SOME TIME TO GET THAT DONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING TODAY AND I THERE'S NOT MANY JUST RESIDENTS LEFT MOST OF ITS STAFF SO, BUT CERTAINLY THINK MIKE HARRIS FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE THAT AND KEITH OLSEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY AND YOUR SERVICE AND YOU WILL BE MISSED. I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A SHORT TIME. BUT YOU DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB, AND PEOPLE ALWAYS SPEAK VERY HIGHLY OF YOU.

AND WITH THAT THE COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.