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EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH 2024, TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR JULIE STEVENSON FROM FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF BEAUMONT. EVERYONE IF YOU'D PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES, AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND I INVITE YOU INTO PRAYER. GRACIOUS GONE. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED THIS CITY. WE HUMBLY COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AND ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED BLESSINGS ON OUR CITY ON THIS COUNCIL, AND IN THIS MEETING, WE KNOW THERE IS MUCH TO BE DONE TO MAKE THIS CITY ALL THAT IT CAN BE FOR ITS CITIZENS TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE MAKE THIS TIME BE PRODUCTIVE. MAY OUR INTENTIONS BE PURE AND MAY OUR WORDS BE KIND. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 25 IS YEAH. ROUTINE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR WEST MAYOR PRO TIM TURNER COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER, SAMUEL ABSENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL
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THANK YOU BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OUR PROCLAMATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PORT ARTHUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE FROM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, WILSON EARLY COLLEGE AND MEMORIAL NINTH GRADE ACADEMY. THANK Y'ALL ALL FOR BEING HERE. TODAY WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS. UH TINA BROUSSARD, CITY CLERK AND COUNCILMAN CHRIS DUO WILL READ THE PROCLAMATIONS. AFTER THEY'RE READ. I WILL ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME. SO YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP CAN COME TO THE PODIUM, SHAKE HANDS AND THEN WE'LL TAKE PICTURES. UH, AFTERWARDS IN THE FIRST PROCLAMATION WILL BE RECOGNIZING MARCH AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. WHEREAS MARCH'S NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY ALLIANCE HAS DESIGNATED THE THEME FROM WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH 2024 AS WOMEN WHO ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.AND WHEREAS THIS THEME RECOGNIZES THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO ADVOCATING FOR EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIETY, AND WHEREAS ON JANUARY 13TH 1913 DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED, WAS FOUNDED BY 22 WOMEN AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, DC WITH A FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE. THE 70. I'M SORRY. THE 22 BOLD FOUNDERS OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY FIRST SERVICE PROJECT WAS THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE PARADE ON MARCH 3RD 1913 HELD IN SUPPORT OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT GUARANTEED WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. THE SORORITY ENDURED THREATS, RACIAL EPITHETS AND VIOLENCE. AND WHEREAS THE WOMEN WERE SPAT ON, PUSHED AND REPEATEDLY STRUCK BY MEN, DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATE ITS MEMBER IDA B. WELLS BARNETT WOULD GO ON TO FOUND FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN SUFFRAGE SUFFRAGE ORGANIZATION, AND SHE AND OTHERS CRUSADE AGAINST LYNCHING. AND WHEREAS TODAY DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED, IS ONE OF FOUR COLLEGE SORORITIES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND IS THE LARGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN GREEK LETTER SORORITY IN THE WORLD. SINCE ITS FOUNDING MORE THAN 350,000 WOMEN OF ALL RACIAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS HOLD MEMBERSHIP IN DELTA SIGMA THETA.
THE SORORITY CURRENTLY HAS 1000 COLLEGIATE AND ALUMNI CHAPTERS LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, TOKYO AND OKINAWA , GERMANY, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, BERMUDA, THE BAHAMAS, JAMAICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. AND WHEREAS BOWMAN ALUMNI CHAPTER WAS CHARTERED ON MAY 16TH 1942 AS BETA SIGMA BUT 21 ENDURING YOUNG WOMEN SINCE 1942, THE MEMBERS OF OFFICERS OF THE BEAUMONT ALUMNI CHAPTER HAVE DEMONSTRATED A RELENTLESS COMMITMENT TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT THROUGH VARIOUS COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS. NOW THEREFORE, ROY WEST, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 2024 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN WHO HAVE CHAMPIONED EQUITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO ADVOCATING THESE PRINCIPLES IN OUR SOCIETY. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR IS HERE, TOO, SAID HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BELMONT TO BE AFFIXED.
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SO ON THIS DAY MARCH 5TH 2024. AND AT THIS TIME, IF, UH MRS MICHELLE TURNER, PRESIDENT OF THE BEAUMONT ALUMNI CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED, WE'D COME FORWARD WITH EVERYONE ELSE. Y'ALL ARE ALL WELCOME.CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATION. CONGRATULATIONS. CALCULATIONS.
DE KEVIN. I GET CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS Y'ALL LOOK SO SPIFFY. GOOD TO SEE YOU. I SHOULD HAVE. CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN. THE THANK YOU SO MUCH. DON'T BE READY. LET'S NOT TO SEE YOU. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. CONGRATULATIONS GOOD TO SEE YOU. I KNOW. YEAH.
GET EVERYBODY LOOK OVER HERE. WE GOT A GOOD BIG GROUP TODAY, TOO. ALRIGHT, Y'ALL 12 AND THREE GET ONE MORE FOR TWO AND THREE. AWESOME. THANK YOU. YES. I.
SO YOU CAN ALL RIGHT. ALL THAT STUFF, YOU KNOW? MAYOR, WEST CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE BOWMAN ALUMNI CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, AND WE'RE VERY HONORED THAT YOU RECOGNIZED US TODAY AS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OK? IN THE SECOND PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE 105TH CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. AND UH, COUNCILMAN CHRIS DURIA WILL BE SHARING THAT THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS THE AMERICAN LEGION WAS FOUNDED ON THE FOUR PILLARS CARE FOR VETERANS, STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE AMERICANISM AND CHILDREN AND YOUTH. AND WHEREAS ON SEPTEMBER 19TH 1919, UNITED STATES CONGRESS FEDERALLY CHARTERED AMERICAN LEGION AS A PATRIOTIC VETERANS ORGANIZATION, FOCUSING ON SERVICE TO VETERANS, SERVICE MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES LEGION EVOLVED FROM A GROUP OF WAR WEARY VETERANS OF WORLD WAR ONE UNTIL THE ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NONPROFIT GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY. TODAY MEMBERSHIP STANDS AT OVER 2 MILLION IN MORE THAN 13,000 POSTS WORLDWIDE. AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN LEGION HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN LEADING INITIATIVES AND BREAKTHROUGHS THAT HAVE AFFECTED THE LIVES OF AMERICANS IN EVERY COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS ON MARCH 15TH 1919 AMERICAN LEGION CENTENNIAL DAY WILL CELEBRATE THE 105TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, WHICH WAS FOUNDED ON MARCH 15TH 2019. AT THE AMERICAN CLUB NEAR PLACE DE LA CONCORDE IN PARIS, FRANCE BY
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MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE NOW, THEREFORE, ROY WEST MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MARCH 15TH 2024 AMERICAN LEGION 105TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN BEAUMONT AND TAKE THIS TIME TO REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE OUR MILITARY THE STRONGEST MILITARY OPERATION IN THE WORLD. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR HAS HERE IN TO SET HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE AFFIXED SIGNED.ROY WEST MAYOR MARCH 5TH 2024. AND, UH, WILL BE, UH, COMMANDER OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 8617 CLIFF GIL. AND ALSO MISS CHERYL WILLIAMS, THE STATE AND OUR ADJUTANT, MISS SHERYL WILLIAMS. I GUESS I WAS OK.
ALRIGHTY. I'LL LOOK RIGHT HERE IN 12 AND THREE PERFECT. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN COME ON UP. GOOD AFTERNOON. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, AND TO MAYOR WEST. THEY STEAM MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND ON A GUEST. IS WITH GREAT PRIDE. AND GRATITUDE. THAT I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY. TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR LOCAL POST , DORE MILLER POST 817. I AM DEEPLY HUMBLED IN THE RECOGNITION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. THE AMERICAN LEGION. A SPECIAL PLACE. IN THE HEARTS OF COUNTLESS AMERICANS STANDING AS A BEACON OF SERVICE PATRIOTISM.
AND COMMUNITY. FOR OVER A CENTURY. IT HAS SERVED OUR NATION'S VETERANS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES WITH UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND SELFLESSNESS. IS PROCLAMATION NOT ONLY HONORS THE RICH HISTORY . AND NOBLE MISSION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, BUT ALSO SERVE AS A TESTAMENT. TO THE ENDURANCE SPIRIT OF SERVICE THAT DEFINES OUR CITY. IT REAFFIRMS OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT. SUPPORTING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF HONORING THEIR SACRIFICES. ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE. TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS MEANINGFUL RECOGNITION. IT SERVES AS A REMINDER. THE INDIVIDUAL. PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. TO UNFOLD. THIS FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY AND SERVICE.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. THE CITY OF BURMA FOR THIS HONOR. APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. NEXT WE
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HAVE AN UPDATE FROM LAUREN MONIZ. IT COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR AND, UH, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BACK WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH, 5TH. SHOOT SOME HOOPS AND HAVE A BALL BECAUSE THE CO ED YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW THROUGH MARCH. 17TH TRYOUTS FOR THE SIX WEEK SESSION WILL TAKE PLACE ON MARCH 23RD WITH BRACKETS FOR AGES EIGHT THROUGH 13 CONTACT THE STERLING PRUITT CENTER FOR MORE INFORMATION. THE REC DEPARTMENT IS ALSO HOSTING A COED YOUTH.THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT APRIL 5TH AND SIX REGISTRATION ENDS MARCH 22ND AND YOU CAN SIGN UP IN PERSON AT THE STERLING PRUIT ATHLETIC CENTER AT 2930 GULF STREET. SAVE THE DATE FOR THE CITY'S ANNUAL FREE EASTER EGG HUNT ON MARCH 23RD AT MAGNOLIA PARK AT 11 A.M. NO NEED
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TO SIGN UP. JUST SHOW UP WITH YOUR BASKET AND HAVE FUN. THE PARKS. DASHBOARD HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR MARCH WITH NEW WITH A NEW PLAYGROUND AT COMBE PARK AND THE DOG PARK AT ROGERS PARK CLOSE TO COMPLETION. WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND KNOW YOU ARE TOO 311 IS YOUR QUICKEST WAY TO GET SOLUTIONS TO NON EMERGENCY CITY ISSUES. USE IT TO REPORT SEWER PROBLEMS, WATER LEAKS, POTHOLES AND MORE STRAIGHT FROM YOUR PHONE BY DIALING 311 OR DOWNLOADING OUR FREE APP. WE USE THE REPORTS TO TRACK ISSUES AND MONITOR TRENDS. SO PLEASE HELP US HELP YOU BY LETTING US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ANYTIME THERE'S AN ISSUE A FRIENDLY REMINDER ABOUT ANIMAL CARE'S FREE SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAM. RESIDENTS CAN GET ONE FREE VOUCHER PER YEAR WITH AN ID AND YOU UTILITY BILL WITH THE BEAUMONT ADDRESS. THEIR YOUTH SUMMER KENNEL ASSISTANT PROGRAM IS ALSO NOW ACCEPTING APPLICANT APPLICATIONS FOR GRADES 10 THROUGH 12, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS IN NEED OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND FOSTERS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET INVOLVED, VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION. THE CITY'S BIANNUAL SURPLUS AUCTION WILL BE OPEN FOR MARCH. 13TH THROUGH 27TH. ANYONE CAN BROWSE AND BID ON ITEMS BY SEARCHING CITY OF BEAUMONT AT RENEE BATES.COM. AND NOW I'LL QUICKLY TURN IT OVER TO OUR FRIENDS, DEAN CONWELL, MENAI AND JAY MU FOR A FEW WORDS ABOUT MURAL FEST. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR. HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? WE WANTED TO COME BACK GIVE YOU GUYS A KIND OF A DEBRIEF OF THE FESTIVAL.ONE OF YOU GUYS GOTTA GET INFORMATION ON BASED ON WHAT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT INVESTED INTO.
UM BASED ON FOOT TRAFFIC ALONE LAST YEAR, WE WERE TRYING TO GET CLOSE TO 15,000 THIS OR BETWEEN TWO YEARS OR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 21 AND 23,000 BETWEEN THE TWO DAYS SATURDAY WAS EASILY OVER 12,000 FT TRAFFIC COMING IN VENDOR FROM FOOD VENDORS TO ALL LOCAL VENDORS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT ON SATURDAY, WHICH DRIVES UP IT'S NOT JUST AN IMPACT OVER TIME, BUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ITSELF OF THE FESTIVAL. AS FAR AS THE REACH. SOCIAL REACH LAST YEAR. THINK WHAT THE CBB LIVING WAS ALREADY PUSHING ABOUT 10 MILLION THIS YEAR BEFORE THE FESTIVAL HAS ENDED, WERE ALREADY HITTING OVER A MILLION. AND THIS IS WHAT THE FIRST ARTIST STILL PAINTING AND FINISHING THIS YEAR ALONE. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE 70 NEW MURALS. NATURE TRUE HAS BEEN ADDED INTO PART OF THE PROGRAM FOR MURAL F. WE ARE GOING TO FINISH THE ENTIRE TRAIL . THERE'S 40 CUBES THAT'S BEING PAINTED MUSEUM. IT'S GONNA TAKE SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL OVER DEDICATED AREAS FOR IN DOWNTOWN.
UM I JUST WANNA GET A CHANCE TO THANK YOU GUYS. AS FAR AS ALLOW US OPPORTUNITY FOR YEAR THREE.
HAVING THE BACKING OF THE CITY WAS REALLY, REALLY SUPPORTIVE WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE TALENT THAT WE BROUGHT IN WAS, I THINK UNMATCHED FOR A LOT OF THE FESTIVALS OUT THERE. AND WITH THE FEEDBACK FROM THE ARTISTS, I LET JAY GET A CHANCE TO KIND OF TELL YOU GUYS WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH BEMO WAS. YEAH. THANK YOU AGAIN, REALLY? A DEEP, HEARTFELT THANK YOU FROM ALL THE ARTISTS MYSELF AS A CURATOR KIND OF ORGANIZING EVERYONE, UM, FOR EVERYONE, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE THAT SUPPORTED THIS IN ANY WAY, BIG OR SMALL. REALLY THANK YOU FOR PRESERVING, UM, CREATIVE SPACE IN OUR COMMU IN IN YOUR COMMUNITY HERE IN BEAUMONT. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO COME BACK. UH, AND ASSIST IN IN THAT REGARD, THE ARTIST HAD AN EXCELLENT TIME. UH BE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING BACK TO THEIR COUNTRIES. AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA, SPAIN ALL ACROSS THE US, UH, AND SINGING THE PRAISES OF WHAT A GREAT PLACE BEAUMONT. IS SO LIKE MEN SAID, IT'S NOT ONLY THE MURALS THAT WILL LAST FOR YEARS, DECADES TO COME AND THAT HAVE CREATED MEMORIES. UH AND ACTUALLY, THE YOUNG CHILD AT THE FESTIVAL THAT WE CAUGHT CALLING THEM MIRACLES, LITTLE MURAL.
MIRACLES UM ALL OVER TOWN. UH THERE'S A REALLY A NARRATIVE AND A STORY BEHIND EVERY PIECE. UM SO A LOT OF THE ARTISTS CAME AND THEY ABSORBED THE BEAUMONT LOVE AND HOSPITALITY THAT, UH, THERE WAS BESTOWED UPON THEM. THEY PUT THAT INTO THEIR WORK. THEY WORKED AS HARD AS THEY POSSIBLY COULD. UM, AND I THINK THE FINAL PRODUCT REALLY SHOWS UM, SO AGAIN. JUST THANK YOU, UH, FOR THIS THIS GREAT COLLABORATION AND I HOPE TO KEEP IT UP NEXT YEAR. UH, JUST A FEW WORDS.
THESE TWO GUYS ARE TRUE ROCK STARS. IT WAS AN AWESOME PUBLIC PRIVATE EVENT. I REALLY DO WANNA THANK OUR OUR MARKETING TEAM, ESPECIALLY CHRISTINA, WHO IS IN HOUSTON TODAY. I THINK SHE WORKS, SHE SAID SHE WORKED OVER 102 HOURS LAST WEEK. SO THAT'S ANOTHER AVERAGE AVERAGE WEEK FOR HER. ALSO SOME OF THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS WERE SO HELPFUL COMMUNICATIONS POLICE FIRE AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, TOO, BECAUSE IT'S UH IT REALLY ADDS A LOT TO THE LANDSCAPE OF THIS CITY. SO THANK YOU ALL. WE THEN BEFORE YOU WALK OFF, I WANT YOU ALL TO COME UP AND GET A PICTURE BECAUSE IT WAS A MAGNIFICENT EVENT. IT WAS MIRACLE MURAL. OK? OK? TO ADDRESS. ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL
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LOOK RIGHT HERE. 12 AND THREE PERFECT. PERFECT. THANK YOU GUYS. AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO GET OUT THERE. IF YOU DIDN'T YOU'RE GONNA STILL SEE THE BEAUTIFUL MURALS ALL OVER TOWN AND BEAUMONT IS JUST BECOMING MORE AND MORE BEAUTIFUL. WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF BEAUTIFUL CITIZENS ALREADY MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE WITH GREAT HEARTS. AND NOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH OUR CITY AND SEE THE BEAUTIFUL WORK AND THIS IS UNIQUE. I MEAN, YOU GO OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY I FOR TOO LONG. THERE'S NOBODY GONNA BE TOUCHING BEAUMONT, TEXAS, WHICH IS THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS, AND THIS IS THE TIME THAT YOU CAN LEAVE, SO FEEL FREE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR COMING, BUT YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO STAY.[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]
ALL RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THIS IS A TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. YOU MAY MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH I'M GOING TO MENTION LATER WHERE YOU HAVE REMOVED, UH, ITEM E FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH ANY REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE, AND YOU MAY ALSO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC CONCERN. THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO COME TO SPEAK WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM. PLEASE SAY YOUR ADDRESS CITY AND STATE. WE APPRECIATE. WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR STATEMENTS TO THREE MINUTES . THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. DAVID PEAT, 6355 CHIN LANE, PALMA, TEXAS. DAVID PF THE VOUCHER LINE BY MY TEXAS UM I. I WANNA ADDRESS SOMETHING HERE. I KNOW WE'VE WE'VE YOU COVERED THIS BEFORE CONCERNING THE CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH AND YOU HAVE HERE ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY, UH, WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, BE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION? UM TO, UM. UH TO, UH APPROVE. UH $89,548. FOR STATE AND LOCAL CYBERSECURITY AND GRANT PROGRAM. NOW I'VE QUESTIONED I CALLED MANY TIMES TO ASK ABOUT THE CAMERAS WHERE THE CAMERAS ARE, UH, HOW THEY OPERATING? WHAT IS THE FUNCTION? WHAT IS THE BUDGET FOR THESE CAMERAS? I KNOW THAT ROGERS PARK HAD RECEIVED A NEW CAMERAS, UH, ALONG WITH THE PAVILION AND THE DOG PARKS AND EVERYTHING. AND ALSO ALICE KIT HAS A CAMERAS. BUT WHAT I GOT FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT. I THINK THIS MICROPHONE IS LOW WHEN I GOT FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT IS THAT UM UH, THE CAMERAS. THEY ARE NOT CAMERAS. THEY ARE MONITORS AND THEY ARE NOT RECORDERS. THEY DON'T RECORD. UH AND SO THAT CONCERNS ME WHILE WE'RE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY ON CAMERAS AND THESE OTHER THINGS HERE, AND THEY'RE NOT BEING UTILIZED PROPERLY FOR WHAT THEY'RE INTENDED FOR, SO I NEED A COUNSEL TO EXPLAIN. UH, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE THESE? UH, THESE THESE? UH UM UH, OBJECTS OVER THESE? UH UH, TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND I WAS TOLD LONG TIME AGO THEY WERE JUST PROPS. I THOUGHT WITH CAMERAS, BUT THEY'RE NOT SO IF THE SEAT IS SPENDING MONEY TO UTILIZE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT USABLE. UH, WHY ARE WE WASTING MONEY ON THAT? WE NEED TO BE MAKING SURE THAT THE MONEY IS BEING PUT INTO PLACES THAT IT IS NEEDED. I'VE ALSO BROUGHT THE QUESTION ABOUT, UH, CAMERAS BEING PLACED IN ALL OF THE PARKS WE'VE HAD. WE HAD SOME OCCURRENCES OF THEFT AND, UH, UNFORTUNATE MURDERS IN THE CITY, AND SO THESE CAMERAS WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL. BUT YET WE, WE WE'RE STILL SPENDING MONEY ON AND THERE IS NO EXPLANATION ON HOW THEY'RE BEING USED. SO THAT CONCERNS ME AND IT SHOULD CONCERN YOU AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. BECAUSE YOU ARE THE, UH, THE GATE GATEKEEPERS OF THESE THINGS, AND SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT PROPERLY AND THE USES FOR IT IS BEING DONE PROPERLY. SO THAT'S WHY, UM, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE CAMERAS. WHY ARE THERE IN CERTAIN PLACES AND WHY ARE THEY NOT IN CERTAIN PLACES, AND IF SO, WHAT IS THE BUDGET? HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON THIS YEAR. YOU SPENDING MONEY TO MAKE SURE THESE THINGS ARE MONITORED AND WHO'S MONITORING. IT IS THE CITY IS IT PRIVATE? WHAT IS IT? WE NEED TO ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS. SO WE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE'RE DRIVING OR WHERE WE AT? WE NOTICE, EYES LOOKING, AND WE CAN FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE SAFER IN THE CITY THAN JUST DRIVING AROUND AND SEEING ALL THESE THINGS AND THEY'RE NOT OPERATIONAL, AND IT'S ONLY CONTRARY IN ONE AREA AND THAT CONCERNS ME. PRAISE GOD. SO I SAID, PRAISE GOD, AMEN. BUT THE CONCERNS ME BECAUSE I CONCERN ABOUT THE PEOPLE, SO YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE AS[00:25:06]
WELL. THANK YOU. JASON JASON MARSH, BURN 1070 MONTEREY DRIVE. BEMA, TEXAS. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON.UH I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE GONNA WITHDRAW A LETTER E FROM THE CASIN AGENDA. THAT'S WHY I CAME HERE FOR, UH, WOULD THAT BE ON A LATER MEETING OR AGENDA PLACE, YOU KNOW? WELL MAINLY, I.
I CAME HERE I'M NO HALF GLASS HALF FULL KIND OF PERSON. SO, UH, BUT I, I AM KIND OF APPREHENSIVE TO SAY HOW VIABLE THIS IS RIGHT NOW, UM I WOULD LIKE TO BE, YOU KNOW, MORE IN IN IN THE LOOP AND HOW MUCH, UH, RENT WOULD BE CHARGED, OR, UH, THE OTHER MANDY'S NOT JUST GREYWATER UNDERSTAND. THE GREYWATER DUMP IS PART OF THE PROPOSAL TO BUILD A FOOD TRUCK PARK, BUT, UH, WELL, ELECTRICITY BE PART OF IT, TOO. A 50 AMP. SERVICE FOR EACH TRAILER. UM THESE ARE QUESTIONS I HAVE, AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BECAUSE SEVEN IS IN THE DRAWING SEVEN TRUCKS, AND I THINK MAYBE TWO AT THE MOST BECAUSE NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, 6080 GUESTS A DAY IS ABOUT TO BREAK EVEN POINT FOR EACH TRAILER. UH ORDINARILY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE RENT WOULD BE. AND WHERE THE RENT IS. DOES THE RENT GONNA BE IN A SEPARATE ENTERPRISE FUND? JUST USED FOR THE PARK. WILL BE IN THE GENERAL FUND. UH WHAT'S PROVIDED IS ELECTRICITY, PROVIDED. UH, IN ADDITION, MAYBE DUMPSTERS PROVIDED, UM WE SEE GREYWATER DISPOSALS PROVIDED IN FRESH WATER, I GUESS IS PROVIDED TOO. I LIKE TO YOU KNOW, BE MORE INVOLVED IN MEN AND WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA. YEAH, LET ME KNOW. I GOT SOME. I GOT A FEW, UH, EXPERIENCE IN THAT AREA. THANK YOU. OK, THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT OFTENTIMES I READ THAT AT THE BEGINNING IS WE CAN'T RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. SO BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM AND WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE FROM STAFF GET WITH YOU. WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE THE PHARAOH. RICHARD 5275, PARKVIEW DRIVE. BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON.
I JUST HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION. I DO WELFARE CHECKS ON THE HOMELESS PEOPLE AROUND SOME OTHER PLACE, AND A WEEK AGO, ONE OF THE LADIES EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR THEIR LIVES. THEY FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO HIT THEM AND RUN OVER THEM OR HARM THEM. SO MY QUESTION ONLY IS WE HAD THREE PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES. MY QUESTION IS, IS IT BECAUSE OF A LACK OF SIDEWALKS? IS IT A LACK OF CROSSWALKS? BUT ARE THESE THREE DEATHS RELATED? MLK LOCUS. AND MAGNOLIA. THREE PEOPLE DIED IS TO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SPEED LIMIT SHOULD BE ABOUT WHAT 35 I'D HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP. BUT THAT'S VERY CONCERNING TO ME THAT THREE PEDESTRIANS WERE STRUCK AND KILLED. AND NOW A HOMELESS MAN WAS FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY. SET UP SO MY ONLY CONCERN IS. WE HAVE LOST AT LEAST 20 HOMELESS PEOPLE WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THEY ARE PEOPLE TOO. THEY ARE GOD'S CHILDREN, TOO. AND YES, THEY DO SUFFER FROM THINGS THAT MOST OF US DON'T SUFFER FROM. SO WE SHOULD THANK GOD FOR THAT, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT THESE THREE FATALITIES ARE NOT RELATED BECAUSE WHEN MY UNCLE WAS KILLED ON COLLEGE THAT WAS MISINFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN ABOUT HIS DEATH. AS WELL AS THE HOMELESS MAN THAT WAS KILLED TWO WEEKS PRIOR ON COLLEGE STREET.
NONE OF THESE STREETS HAVE SIDEWALKS. NONE OF THESE STREETS HAVE, UM, A CROSSWALK, BUT I DO KNOW THAT ON DIALING AND FEELING THERE IS ONE WITH A TIMER. SO WITH THE 50 MILLION SURPLUS, CAN WE CONSIDER BRINGING SOME THINGS FOR SAFETY TO WARD FOR AND THE OTHER WARDS? WE PAY TAXES, NOT JUST THE WEST, BUT ALL THE CITIZENS OF BOMA, TEXAS SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FOR SAFETY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EDDIE ALLEN 9695 GIRLS, BOMA, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MAYOR. OFFICIALS EDDIE ALLEN. I'M STANDING HERE BECAUSE, UH, LAST YEAR I TALKED ABOUT SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF BEAUMONT UNITED. AND UH, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A GRANT THAT HAD BEEN APPLIED FOR I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS JUST TAGGING WITH THE YOUNG LADY JUST SAID IT'S IMPORTANT. I WAS DRIVING DOWN MY STREET OR IN THE
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NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I STILL NOTICE CHILDREN FROM AMELIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE STREETS. ON LANDIS HAVE BEEN PAVED. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, NO SIDEWALKS WERE ADDED, THAT'S A TRAVESTY. AND THEY PLAY WITH EACH OTHER. AND I WOULD HATE TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANYTHING DONE.ABOUT SIDEWALKS. THOSE KIDS SHOULD NOT WALK IN THE DITCH. EVEN SENIOR CITIZENS LIKE MYSELF IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF AMELIA. WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. STAND IN THE DITCH WHEN SH WHEN CARS ARE COMING BACK. AND I PAY TAXES. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO STAND IN A DITCH TO WAIT FOR A CAR TO PASS ME BY. SO I WOULD JUST REALLY APPEAL TO YOU. TO DO SOMETHING.
AND NOW THAT IT'S MARCH 5TH I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY WILL DO SOMETHING. GO OUT AND VOTE. WE VOTED FOR EACH OF YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR US. AND THIS IS OUR TIME TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT LISTEN TO US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, REMOVING ITEM
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NUMBER E MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, EXCLUDING ADAM. E SECOND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, COUNCILMAN TURNER. UH, YES, MA'AM. I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME OUT TO COMPLIMENT, COUNSEL AND STAFF ON UH, AGRI IS UP. WE'VE BEEN AS FAR AS GOING AT THE GRANTS. I'M STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF GRANT APPLICATIONS COME THROUGH, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT FREE POSSIBLE REVENUE. THAT'S OUT THERE TO KIND OF BENEFIT SOME THINGS FOR THE CITY . I'M STARTING TO SEE THEM COME THROUGH ON THE AGENDA MORE OFTEN , AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW I APPRECIATE IT AS A COUNCIL. THERE'S SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I'M STARTING TO SEE THIS KIND OF FRUITION. UH AS MISS ADDIE SAID EARLIER. WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW UP AND GET A COMMUNITY UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GRANTS. WE MAY NOT GET ALL OF THEM, BUT THE TRUTH IS, WE JUST NEED TO BE APPLIED AND BEING AGGRESSIVE BECAUSE SOMETHING IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN NOTHING. SO THANK YOU. YES, COUNCILMAN DUO? YES.CAN I GET I GUESS? DEEM TO, UH EXPLAIN ITEM F AND G AS FAR AS, UM THE SIGNAGE AND WHAT EXACTLY THAT'S GONNA BE AND DIFFERENT OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES FOR THE CARTEL MARSH. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT GRANTS WE REQUESTED FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY TOURISM COMMISSION. UH, THEY'RE NOT MATCHING GRANTS, BUT THE FIRST ONE IS FOR, UH, SOME BETTER SIGNAGE TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE NATURE CENTER AND ALSO TO KT MARS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME SIGNINGS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE LITTLE JUST STICK IN SIGNS THAT DON'T LOOK VERY APPEALING. BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT. THE OTHER IS LIKE AN EDUCATION AREA IN THE BACK FOR CAT TAIL. MARS LIKE A PLAYGROUND. WITH THE WITH LIKE A STEM STEM RESEARCH. THERE'S LIKE FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT WE WANNA PURCHASE AND WE HOPE WE'LL HAVE THOSE INSTALLED. IT CAN'T TELL MORRIS THE EQUIPMENT BY NEXT NEXT SUMMER WITH THE SIGNAGE FOR DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE AT CATTAIL MARSH. I MEAN AT, UH, TARELL PARK TO LEAD PEOPLE TO THE NATURE CENTER IN CATTAIL MARSH. HOPEFULLY THAT COULD BE INSTALLED WITHIN 4 TO 6 MONTHS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DEAN. YOU BET. THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE
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MOTION IS CARRIED MR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE. YES, MAYOR COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF PROVING THE REPAIR OF A CATERPILLAR D A BULLDOZER FOR USE ON THE LANDFILL. THIS COMES WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE? MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER ONE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ONE PRIMARY RECIRCULATION PUMP REPLACEMENT AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THIS COMES WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO? MOVE TO A PROOF. SECOND IT'S BEEN[00:35:04]
MOVED CONSECUTIVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO. ANY DISCUSSION. COUNCILMAN DUO. UM I NOTICED IN THE I GUESS THE BACKGROUND SAID, UH TWO OF THOSE THREE PUMPS ARE OUT OF SERVICE, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY WE JUST TRYING TO REPLACE ONE INSTEAD OF REPLACING BOTH OF THEM. AND WE'VE GOT, UM MIKE HARRIS COMING UP. MR HARRIS. EXCUSE ME. THE COUNCILMAN D WE HAD ORIGINALLY THREE PUMPS IN PLACE. UH, THE P OF 15 MGD BOMB A 10 MGD PUMP AND A FIVE MGD PUMP. UH THE FIVE MGD PUMP WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE ABOUT MAYBE 5 TO 6 YEARS AGO. UH, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT NEEDED OF WHAT WE DO NEED TWO PUMPS, BASICALLY FOR REDUNDANCY. UH, WHEN THE OTHER PUMP WENT OUT OF SERVICE, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING IT BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE ONE PUMP IN OPERATION. UH, BUT THESE PUMPS KEEP THE TRICKLING FILTER MEDIA WET TO WHERE THE GOOD BACTERIA CAN CONTINUE TO GROW. AND IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE LOW FLOW IN THIS MEDIA DRIES OUT, THEN IT COULD CAUSE TREATMENT PROBLEMS. OK, SO BY GETTING THIS ONE FIXED AND WE'LL HAVE TO OK, THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR OF PROVING ITEM NUMBER TWO. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MRS CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE. COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO TEXAS DRAINAGE INC OF WALLER, TEXAS, FOR THE CITYWIDE DITCHING PROGRAM. PHASE TWO A. THIS COMES WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, COUNCILMAN. TURNER. UH UH. CAN YOU KIND OF TALK TO THE COMPANY THAT WE DID SELECT? HAVE WE WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE AND I SEE SOME BEARDS WHERE FELL A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THEIRS. ARE WE? YOU KNOW, CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITHOUT TOO MANY INTERRUPTIONS. YES SIR. THIS THIS COMPANY PRETTY MUCH SPECIALIZES IN DITCHING AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO, UH, COMPLETED PHASES. ONE A AND ONE B FOR US, UH, DID A GREAT JOB AND SO WE'RE GLAD TO SEE HIM BID ON ON THIS AGGRESSIVELY, AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THEY WORK WITH US. THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION. THE SECOND THING WAS, CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE CITYWIDE DITCHING PROGRAM? AND WHILE WE'RE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION? YES SIR. UH THE DITCHES ACROSS THE CITY HAD FALLEN BEHIND AND THEIR MAINTENANCE AND SO THIS PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO RESTORE THE PROPER GRADE LINE OF ALL OF THE DITCHES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, SO WE'RE THROUGH EACH PHASE ONE THROUGH FIVE. WE'RE LOOKING TO COMPLETE 20% OF THE DITCHES WITHIN EACH WARD. IN ADDITION TO DOING THE DITCHES, WE ALSO ASSESS THE GRADE OF CULVERTS AND IF THEY'RE THREE INCHES OR MORE OUT OF GRADE, THEN WE'LL TAKE THEM OUT AND REPLACE THEM AT GRADE AND THEN FIX WHATEVER WAS ON TOP OF THEM. UH, SO WE'VE COMPLETED ONE A AND ONE B. THIS AWARD TO A AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT DONE WITH THE PLANS FOR TWO B. WE FINISHED THE SURVEYING. UM SO THAT'LL GO OUT FOR, UH, FOR BID. UH, LATER THIS YEAR. AND I GUESS I SHOULD SAY TO ALL OF THIS IS ON THE WEBSITE IN TERMS OF OUR PROGRESS, SO THERE'S A NICE MAP ON THERE THAT LISTS ALL OF THE PHASES, THE INDIVIDUAL STREETS THAT ARE DONE AND IT MAPS OUT IN COLOR CODES.THE WORK TO BE FINISHED ON AN UPCOMING BASIS, AS WELL AS EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED. ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MISTER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE? COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF FURNITURE FOR THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. THIS COMES WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR. SO MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN G. THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER. IS THAT GOING TO BE SOMETHING I? I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FUSES CAMERA SYSTEM.
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CAPTAIN AUSTIN. YES, IT IS. DID I GET IT? I? I THOUGHT SO. AND THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ABOUT THE FS CAMERA SYSTEM AND HOW IT EXACTLY IT OPERATES. COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT IS TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT? SPECIFICALLY TO USES. YEAH YOU KNOW THE OPTICAL SCANNERS ON TOP TRAP LIGHTS. THAT'S NOT PART OF THE THESIS CAMERA SYSTEM, BUT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT DOES CAPTURE SOME IMAGES AND, UH, ALLOWS NOT ONLY TO RETRIEVE BUT TO SEE THINGS IN REAL TIME. IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, TIED IN A LOT OF OUR ACTIVE CAMERAS IN OUR SYSTEMS, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO, UH, GET PARTNERSHIPS WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE CITY. EVEN RESIDENTIAL, UH, HOMES FOR ACCESS TO CAMERAS.SOME OF IT'S JUST TELLING US THAT THEY HAVE A CAMERA. SOME OF IT'S ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO USE UM, FUSES TO CONNECT. UM THE ABILITY TO VIEW IT ON ONE SCREEN INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO TO DIFFERENT SILOED APPROACHES. WE'RE CITIZENS GO TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND HOW HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. THE, UH. WE HAVE A BEAUMONT CONNECT. CONNECT, I THINK THE, UM, ADDRESS IS CONNECT BEAUMONT TX.ORG. RIGHT NOW WHERE PEOPLE CAN START SIGNING UP. WE WEREN'T ADVERTISING IT REAL BIG BECAUSE WE'RE HOPING TO DO THAT IN A MORE, UM, FUNCTIONAL, MAYBE PRESENTATION A LITTLE MORE SHOWY , UH, WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE THERE, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO REGISTER PEOPLE SO FAR, WE'VE REGISTERED. I THINK 577 CAMERAS AND WE'VE, UM ADDED ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 500 IN OUR SYSTEM, UH, AROUND 540 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IN OUR SYSTEM JUST OFF OF DIFFERENT, UM THINGS LIKE OUR IN CAR CAMERAS, UH, FROM AXON, UH, SOME OF THE CITY FACILITY CAMERAS AND SO FORTH. RIGHT. AND I I'M JUST WANTING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CITIZENS. HAVE A WEBSITE OR SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT'S 1000 CAMERAS OR MORE THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT WILL ALL BE INTEGRATED IN A MANNER IN WHICH FROM THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER IF SOMETHING IS HAPPENING OUT THERE IN THE FIELD, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AND THE OFFICERS WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING INTO AND WHAT THEY'RE FACING OR POSSIBLY TRACK CRIMINALS AS THEY FLEE. AT LEAST THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT.
IS THAT ALL ACCURATE? YES, A F. YOU CAN GOOGLE FUSES FU US AND GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW FIS WORKS. THERE'S UM NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW OUR PROGRAM IS BUILDING OUT AS MUCH AS LIKE, IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT, LIKE, CONNECT ATLANTA, UH, THEY'VE BEEN ON BOARD FOR COUPLE OF YEARS NOW AND THEY'VE GOT, UM QUITE A FEW MORE, UH PEOPLE REGISTERED AND THEY THERE'S SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE, BUT BASICALLY GETTING THE PROGRAM STARTED DOWN BEFORE WE GET. WE WANTED TO HAVE THE BASIS BEFORE WE START BRINGING ON EVERYBODY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FOUR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ADAM, NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE. YES, MAYOR COUNSEL. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $89,548. THE STATE AND LOCAL CYBER SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. THIS COMES WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, SO MOVE TO APPROVE. RIGHT? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, COUNCILMAN DUO SO I WAS LOOKING AT THIS LAST NIGHT AND PLAYING AROUND WITH MY CALCULATOR AGAIN, AND THAT 10% MATCH DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. AS FAR AS THE MATH GOES. UH 10% OR 89 5 48. WAS 89 $8954, AND THEY GOT 9948. AND.
TECHNOLOGIES DIRECTOR. IS COMING FORWARD MISSUS WRIGHT. YEAH. UM ACTUALLY, UM, OUR GRANTS? UM.
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PERSON WHO IS PUTTING TOGETHER THE GRANT. SHE'S THE ONE THAT CALCULATED. UH THE REQUIRED LOCAL MATCH. UM SO I ACTUALLY CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I THINK THAT 10% LOCAL MATCH IS OF THE TOTAL PROJECT. AND IF YOU ADD THE 9000 948 TO THE 89,005 49. YOU WOULD COME UP WITH 100% AND THEY TOOK 10% OF THAT AND SUBTRACTED IT. OK? CORRECT THE 89,005 48 IS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING FROM THE GRANT. AND THEN THE 10% MATCHES. THE 9009 48 ADDED TOGETHER IS WHAT WE'RE WHAT WOULD THE TOTAL PROJECT COST WOULD BE ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND FOR CLARITY. THIS ISN'T DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH FUSS. THIS IS FOR OUR OTHER TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS IS STRICTLY FOR CYBER SECURITY. UM SO FUSS. WOULD BE MORE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, PHYSICAL SECURITY. UM, THIS IS CYBER SECURITY. SO THIS IS YOUR CYBER ATTACKS. YOUR PHISHING EMAILS.YOUR UM RANSOMWARE, THAT TYPE OF THING IT, IT'S NOT THE SAME. YOU KNOW? WELL, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FIVE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING A ANY OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE US INTO THE WORK
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SESSION? YES MAYOR. THIS IS A WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO CHAPTER 24 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO I'M GONNA BE TALKING TO YOU GUYS ABOUT PLUMBING AND BUILDING STUFF.BECAUSE BECAUSE THE GUYS ON THE SECOND FLOOR THOUGHT IT'D BE EASIER IF I EXPLAINED IT WITH A PRETTY SMILE, SO, UM, IF YOU RECALL, UM WE'RE JUST GONNA KIND OF WALK THROUGH AND I'M GONNA EXHALE TO PASS THESE DOWN FOR YOU, UM, WALK THROUGH WHAT WE DID. THE LAST TIME WE DID A CODED OPTION, PROBABLY LAST YEAR . UM WE STARTED OFF THIS PROCESS. IF YOU RECALL, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION IN, UM JANUARY OF LAST YEAR BY AN OUTSIDE AGENCY THAT CAME AND TALKED TO COUNSEL PRIOR TO OUR CODE ADOPTION AND THEN COUNSEL. UM, WE STAFF WORKSHOP. THIS ITEM WITH COUNCIL. UM WE DID A TOWN HALL. YOU ADOPTED THE CODE AND APRIL AND THEN STAFF REALLY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF KIND OF ENGAGING THE PUBLIC. UM, EXPLAINING TO THEM, UM WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE THROUGH SEVERAL PROCESSES. AND THEN NOW WE'RE BACK AT STEP SEVEN WHERE WE'RE GONNA WORKSHOP THOSE CHANGES TO COUNCIL AND THEN FINALLY, WE WANT TO BRING THIS BACK TO YOU ON MARCH 19TH AT OUR NEXT MEETING FOR ADOPTION. SO AGAIN ON. FEBRUARY 22ND. WE HOSTED A TOWN HALL AT THE EVENT CENTER. UM THE TOWN HALL FOCUSES ON THOSE PARTICULAR CODES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN. BUT THEY HAD ABOUT 75 ATTENDEES. UM THEY ALSO INVITED THE ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS TO SPEAK TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT DISCUSSION. UM EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN THAT CODE IS IN THE PHOTO. THAT'S OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL. OUR DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL IN OUR FIRE MARSHAL WERE THERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE CODE AND TO ADDRESS THAT, AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD, UM, FEEDBACK AMONGST THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SOME BUY IN WITH THAT, UM JUST TO RECAP. THIS IS WHAT WE ADOPTED. THESE ARE THE CODES THAT ARE NOW PART OF OUR OF OUR CODE. SO IT'S QUITE A BIT, UM, THAT WE ADOPTED THAT ONE TIME. UM THE PACKET THAT WE PASS AROUND IS THE CHAPTER 24 IN ITS ENTIRETY. UM THERE ARE SOME CLEANUP RED LINE LANGUAGES IN THERE, BUT THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTIONS ARE WHAT REALLY CHANGED NEXT SLIDE. SO THE OTHER PART IS AFTER WE ADOPTED, UM, STAFF WENT ON A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. THEY APPEARED ON THE DATA.
SIMMONS SHOW, UM, IN DECEMBER TO KIND OF DISCUSS WHAT REALTORS? WHAT SOME OF THOSE MAJOR CHANGES WOULD BE JUST BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE ARE KIND OF THE CLOSEST THAT YOU GET TO THE PUBLIC ON A BASIS IN TERMS OF HOME BUYING HOME BUILDING. UM AND THEY HAD THAT, UM, INTIMATE CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND INVITED FEEDBACK FOR THEIR CONVERSATION AND THEN ALSO, STAFF REGULARLY HOSTS DEVELOP PREVE MEETINGS ON THURSDAY, AND THEY ARE POINT. OUT THOSE DIFFERENT CO CHANGES AT THAT TIME AS WELL. UM. AND OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. PROCESS STAFF HAS, UM, REVIVED THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION. UM, THE ASSOCIATION CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 30 ACTIVE MEMBERS AND THEY MEET QUARTERLY. THEY'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT TO MONTHLY AS THEY GROW AND AS THEY SEE NECESSARY. THEY ARE ALSO ACTIVE ON THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, UM, STAFF AS AN HONORARY BOARD MEMBER. THE ASSOCIATION HAS ABOUT 77 ACTIVE MEMBERS, AND
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THEY MEET MONTHLY AT LOCAL RESTAURANTS AROUND TOWN. AS I MENTIONED IN YOUR PACKET, THERE ARE SOME KEY. THE KEY CHANGES ARE HIGHLIGHTED TO THE CODE. BUT OUR DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL AS WELL AS OUR, UM BUILDING OFFICIAL, UM BO HANSSON AND BOYD MYERS IN THE REVERSE ORDER ARE HERE. IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE KEY CHANGES, I KNOW NOTHING. THEY'RE LOOKING SHARP, SO WE MIGHT NEED THEM JUST TO COME UP HERE FOR THAT. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT COLD STUFF, AND I UNDERSTOOD IT. THEY ARE VERY IT'S VERY MINIMAL. SO IF YOU SEE THE HA HA 21 IS HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE WE UPDATED TO 24 UNIFORM CODE. UM, THERE'S SOME VERY, UM A MINUTE CHANGES, AS RELATES TO, UM, MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT OVERALL, VERY MINOR.CHANGES BO'S NODDING HIS HEAD, SO I'M DOING A GOOD JOB. UM IF YOU NEED THEM, THEY'RE THERE.
UM, LASTLY, ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP LAST TIME IN THE FIRST PRESENTATION WAS, YOU KNOW IC O RATINGS AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHY WE NEED TO BE UP TO DATE ON THAT. AND SO THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT COME WITH IC O RATINGS. FIRST ONE IS IT INSURERS BUILDING QUALITY, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. WE WANT SAFE STRUCTURES . UM AND WE ALSO WANT OUR BUILDINGS TO BE, UM, HAVE FAIR MARKET VALUE. THE MAYOR KNOWS ALL ABOUT THAT, AS A REALTOR.
UM, THE SECOND PART IS INSURANCE . AND, UM, DISASTERS AND INSURANCE. FM HAS A MINIMUM. AND THEY ALSO REQUIRE THAT WE HAVE THE LATEST EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODES, UM, TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE FUNDING AFTER A DISASTER EVENT. AND UM THE IC O, WHICH IS IN SERVICE OFFICE, WHICH I LEARNED DURING THIS PROCESS, TD I, WHICH IS TECH DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND TWI. A WHICH IS TEXAS WINDSTORM INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. I SHOULD KNOW THAT I OWN HOME REQUIRES THE 2018 CODES FOR THE BEST RATES AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW, KEEPING UP WITH THIS FOR OUR CITIZEN THAT WAS AN THAT WE ADOPT THAT AS WELL. AND THEN, LASTLY, THE STATE MINIMUM CODES WHICH IS 2001 FOR I BC AND IC R 2015 FOR US. I CE AND CC IN 2018 FOR I SPS C. I PC U PC, U, MC AND I MC. THOSE ARE A LOT OF INITIALS. BUT GUESS WHAT. WE ADOPTED ALL OF THOSE AND WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE. THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. SO UM, SO THE CITY IS CURRENTLY UM, THE LEADER IN OUR AREA FOR CO, UH, CO COMPLIANCE AND CO CERTIFICATIONS. SO WE ARE , UM, PROVIDING THE BEST WE CAN TO DO OUR PART TO MAKE SURE OUR CITIZENS HAVE SOLID IC RATINGS AND QUALITY. SO WHAT DO WE NEED FROM YOU GUYS TODAY? BASICALLY THIS PROCESS IS JUST AGAIN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. COUNSEL HAS ABOUT MAKING THOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU ALREADY ADOPTED THE CODE. WHERE WE'RE ASKING IS FOR THE LANGUAGE TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR ORDINANCE. THIS IS ALREADY BEING ENFORCED AND ALREADY LIKE HAPPENING, AND SO THE SECOND PROCESS IS ON MARCH 19TH. WE'LL COME BACK WITH THAT LANGUAGE. UM I WENT AHEAD AND PRINTED THE ENTIRE CODE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE WHAT THE ENTIRE COAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND AS YOU NOTICE, THERE'S VERY LITTLE YELLOW. HIGHLIGHT WHICH MEANS THEY ARE VERY LITTLE CHANGES TO THE CO POST ADOPTION. UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'LL LOOK FOR YOU GUYS TO DO ON ON THE 19TH AND THEN POST THAT STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE PUBLIC. THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE IN THOSE ASSOCIATIONS. THEY'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND HAVE THAT DIALOGUE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE A GOOD REPERTOIRE BETWEEN, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS OWNERS. UM, AND HOMEOWNERS WHO WANNA IMPROVE TO THEIR HOME. AND BEFORE WE JUMP INTO TO QUESTIONS, I DO WANNA JUST KIND OF POINT OUT TO COUNCIL THAT THE ADMINISTRATION, UM UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THIS COUNCIL ACTS THAT STAFF BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND BE MORE ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC. AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND, UM, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL AND OUR DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL BOARD MEYER AND BO HENSON ON ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DID TO MAKE THIS PROCESS, UM, VIABLE. UM THEY INVITED QUESTIONS FROM CONTRACTORS IN FROM, UM, BUILDERS AND FROM REALTORS, AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE THE TRANSITION IN THE WORDING OF THE CODE EASILY TO UNDERSTAND AND AN EASY PROCESS AND TRANSITION, SO THEY ARE DOING THEIR PART TO MAKE SURE THAT BOWMAN IS A IS A FUN PLACE TO WORK, BUT ALSO EASY TO DO BUSINESS WITH. SO HATS OFF TO THOSE GENTLEMEN. AND THAT'S A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, YES. AND. AND Y'ALL MIGHT WE MIGHT NEED SOME, UH, IT'S YOUR TURN. SOME HELP TO ANSWER, UH COUNCILMAN TURNER'S INQUIRY. AND OTHERS THAT MAY FOLLOW. UH FIRST OF ALL, MR BOYD , I DO WANNA SHOUT YOU OUT. I HAD A CITIZEN COME TO ME LAST WEEK AND HE WAS CONFUSED. HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION TO GO IN, AND HE SAID YOU WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL AND HELPFUL, SO IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM CITIZENS THAT OUR CITY IS CUSTOMER SERVICE FRIENDLY AND WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO I DID WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT FELT GOOD FOR HIM TO COME UP TO ME AND SAY THAT NORMALLY HE HE'S THE ONE THAT COMPLAINS. SO THAT KIND OF CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD, SO HE DID A
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GOOD JOB. UH SOME THINGS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL, AND, UH, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COLDS, I KINDA WANNA BRING THIS UP. UH, YOU SEE IT, SOME OTHER CITIES, SOME RESTAURANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. JUST DONE TO DO THESE KIND OF THINGS. AND I WANNA KNOW WHAT OUR NEW CODES WOULD IT ALLOW THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. YOU HAVE RESTAURANTS WHO HAVE THESE WINDOWS THAT YOU CAN OPEN UP. AND YOU CAN OPEN UP THE WINDOWS OF THE RESTAURANT SIMILAR TO RAISING CANES ON COLLEGE STREET. YOU CAN ACTUALLY OPEN UP THE WINDOW WHILE YOU'RE EATING AND DINING WITH THESE CODES. KINDA GIVE OUR RESTAURANT OWNERS THE FLEXIBILITY TO KIND OF DO SOME OF THESE MORE PROGRESSIVE THINGS. THAT QUESTION. UM IMPACTS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS HEALTH DEPARTMENT. PROBABLY BEING THE BIGGEST ONE. WHICH IS NOT MY, UH, AREA OF EXPERTISE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, FOR THAT IS, UH, THE ENERGY CODE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO MAKE SURE WHEN THOSE DOORS ARE ROLLED UP THAT THE SPACE IS STILL COMFORTABLE, AND, UH, THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AREN'T. CAUSE TO BE STRAINED IN THAT SITUATION, BUT YEAH, THAT THAT'S MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE GONNA WEIGH INTO THAT. UM BUT FOR US, YES, THE CODES THE 2020 ONES, CODES SPEAK TO MORE UNIQUE SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. IN GENERAL. I APPRECIATE THAT.ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS SIMILAR TO A RESTAURANT OWNERS IS, UH, THE PLUGS IN RESTAURANTS. YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE LIKE THE USB PORTS AND PLUGS NOW LIKE WHERE YOU WERE SITTING AT THE TABLE YOU CAN ACTUALLY YOU KNOW, USE A USB PORT TO CHARGE YOUR PHONE. UH EVEN WITH SOME OF THESE CALLS , IS THIS SOMETHING LIKE YOU SAID, NOW, SPEAKING MORE IN DETAIL. IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN KIND OF NOW START TO SEE AT RESTAURANTS. THERE ARE MINIMUMS, BUT MOST OF THAT STUFF LIKE, UH, PHONE PORTS, USB, C AND ALL THOSE SPORTS. THOSE ARE PREFERENCE FOR THE OWNERS. UM THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY IDENTIFIED IN THE CODE, AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT OUR CODE IS BASED ON LIKE WHAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT ARE OVER AND BEYOND, IN TERMS OF, UH, PORT AT THE AT THE AT THE TABLE OR SPECIFIC DESIGNS WOULDN'T BE IMPEDED BY THE CODE BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT MINIMUM SAFETY MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE BUILDING IS SOUND AND STRUCTURALLY SAFE, SO THE FANCY THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULDN'T BE RESTRICTED BY THE BASE LEVEL. THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED. GOT YOU AND JUST THE REASON I'M ASKING BECAUSE I'VE DEALT WITH, YOU KNOW RESTAURANT OWNERS AND HOME BUILDERS. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO KINDA DISCUSS IT SINCE WE'RE KINDA ON THE TOPIC. ANOTHER ONE THAT CAME UP BECAUSE I WROTE THEM ALL DOWN, UH, WAS THE MODERN FLAT ROOFS. WE HAVE THEM ON RESTAURANTS. BUT YOU KNOW, RESTAURANTS AND GAS STATIONS AND SHOPPING STRIPS. BUT HOMEOWNERS THEY'RE ASKING. COULD THIS BE SOMETHING? THAT WE CAN LOOK TOWARDS YES, THERE ARE SEVERAL. I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAINTAIN. UH, I THINK 2% SLOPE AS THE MINIMUM. BUT UH, MOST OF THOSE ROOFS OF THAT NATURE ARE GONNA YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN ENGINEER INVOLVED WITH DESIGN PROFESSIONAL INVOLVED TO WORK THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
SO YES, THAT'S ALL DETAILED IN THE CODE. GOT YOU? THAT'S GREAT. UH AND THE LAST THING A PLUMBER CALLED ME BEFORE WE CAME IN. I'M I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ACCURATE , SO I MEAN, YOU CAN CORRECT ME BECAUSE HE HE SAID THIS, UH, THE WAY THE SHOWER DRAINS YOU DRAIN IT IN THE MIDDLE. AND HE SOME OF SAYING THESE NEW, NEWER HOMES. THEY WANT THE DRAINS TO MAYBE GO TOWARDS THE FRONT OR THE BACK.
DOES IT HAVE TO GO IN THE MIDDLE? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ACCURATE, BUT I SAID, I'LL ASK.
YEAH. CAN I GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT? OF COURSE. OF COURSE. I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. I'M PAYING ON AND I'M NOT SURE I CAN ACCURATELY ANSWER THAT. OK BUT BUT AGAIN, I, I DO WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. I DID GET A COMPLIMENT, AND I SAID AGAIN. THIS IS A GUY WHO DOESN'T NORMALLY COMPLIMENT SO, YEAH, I REALLY HAD TO DO A GOOD JOB IMPRESSING US. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE UPDATES AND COMING UP HERE ANSWERING SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.
COUNCILMAN GOETZ. ALSO WANT TO THROW OUT A COMPLIMENT THAT I RECEIVED TODAY. UH FROM A CITIZEN WHO WENT IN GOT A GET A PERMIT, SAID Y'ALL WERE VERY HELPFUL TO HIM. AND I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. MY QUESTION IS, UM THERE WAS CONVERSATION IN THE PAST ABOUT CHANGING FROM INTERNATIONAL, UH, PLUMBING CODE TO, UH, THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE. THERE WAS CONCERN EXPRESSED BACK THEN ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD INTEGRATE WITH THE FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CODES.
NOW WE'VE HAD SOME TIME. TO DIGEST THAT. HOW'S HOW'S ALL THAT WORKING OUT OUT IN THE FIELD AND IN THE IN THE OFFICE AS WELL? IT'S WORKED OUT. EASIER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S REALLY COMMON TO HAVE REFERENCE STANDARDS IN THE CODES, NFPAUL LISTINGS, EVEN IC C HAS THEIR OWN REFERENCE STANDARDS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO GRANDSTANDS OR BLEACHERS, THERE'S A SPECIFIC BREAKOUT REFERENCE STANDARD FOR THAT. SO WHAT WE DID, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IN THE LANGUAGE THAT WE PROVIDED. Y'ALL, UM WHAT WE DID IS WE BASICALLY TREATED THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE AS A REFERENCE STANDARD. SO WHEN ALL THE INTERLACING CODES REFERENCE THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE, WE CAN REFER TO THAT. AND THEN THE ADOPTED PLUMBING CODE OF BEAUMONT IS THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, SO WE'RE ABLE TO BASICALLY UTILIZE BOTH WHEN PRESCRIBED.
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OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LOOKING SHARP. THANKS. THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION. I'LL CLOSE[COUNCIL COMMENTS]
THE WORK SESSION. AND AT THIS POINT IS THE TIME FOR, UH COMMENTS FROM OUR COUNCIL AND STAFF AND I WILL START OVER WITH COUNCILMAN DURIA. THANK YOU. MAY I JUST WANT TO JUST A FEW THINGS? UM WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THOSE, UH, CAMERAS THAT MR PETE WAS TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS OR THE PROPS DO THEY RECORD? UM I'M I'M PRETTY SURE WE DON'T HAVE TRAFFIC TICKET CAMERAS IN BEAUMONT, DO WE? BUT I KNOW I'VE SEEN CAMERAS AT INTERSECTIONS BEFORE. YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO HAVE THOSE OTHER. THEY MIGHT THINK THEIR CAMERAS THE OPON SYSTEM. THEY KIND OF LOOK LIKE CAMERAS, BUT THOSE ARE FOR THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES. BUT IF WE COULD CHECK INTO THAT ALSO, UM. THE FOOD PART, UH, DRAWING IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. THAT'S A PROPOSAL FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE VOTED ON YET OR DECIDED, SO WE'RE NOT INTO EVEN PLANNING IT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S AN IDEA BROUGHT FORTH BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA AND WE MIGHT GET TO IT. BUT WE'RE NOT AT THAT. WE'RE NOT AT THAT STAGE IN IT YET JUST FOR MR MAX BARNES INFORMATION. AND, UM WELL, OK. ALSO, UM. THERE ARE SIDEWALKS ON MOST OF THE MAIN STREETS IN WARD FOUR AND AS FAR AS THE ONE IN FRONT OF BEAUMONT UNITED, BUT WE DIDN'T GET THE, UH, GRANT. BUT WE'RE DOING IT ANYWAY, AND IT'S IN THE PLANNING STAGES RIGHT NOW. AND UH, I THINK, BART, YOU SAID IT SHOULD BE DONE SOMETIME LATER THIS YEAR. WE'RE GONNA STRIVE TO HAVE IT DONE BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. IT MAY THE LAST PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION MAY BLEED OVER INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT IT SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY DONE THIS YEAR.OK? OK AND ALSO, UM, CAN I GET DO MOST OF THE MAIN STREETS HAVE IN BEAUMONT OR HAVE, UH, CROSSWALKS FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ACROSS? I MEAN, WHEN I RIDE THROUGH BEAUMONT, I SEE CROSSWALKS. IT VARIES. UH, WE DO HAVE SOME OLDER STYLE ACROSS THE CITY. THAT'LL HAVE A BUTTON, BUT NOT PET HEADS. UM, BUT ON MOK, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S A STATE HIGHWAY, AND IT DOES HAVE CROSSWALKS WITH WITH PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ON IT. AND UH, I THINK WE ALSO DO HAVE A, UH, A SIDEWALK PLAYING FOR THE CITY. AND UH, STARTING OFF, UH, AS FAR AS PUTTING SIDEWALKS AROUND SCHOOLS, SO WE'RE WE DO HAVE THAT PLAN IN PLACE. WE DIDN'T FUND THE MASTER PLAN THIS YEAR, BUT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS, OK? AND CONGRATULATIONS. UH, CHARA TO YOU AND YOUR PATERNITY SORORITY. I'M SORRY. YOUR SORORITY, SIR, AND, UH, AND, UH, ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AMERICAN LEGION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE HERE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GOETZ. TODAY IS ELECTION DAY. IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED EARLY, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO OUT AND VOTE TODAY. IT'S YOUR RIGHT. IT'S YOUR DUTY AND HOPE YOU EXERCISE THAT, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE FOOD TRUCK PARK, UM I DO THINK WE HAVE IT IN OUR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BUT NOT TO BE FUNDED UNTIL NEXT YEAR , AND TODAY'S GRANT UH, WAS TABLED BECAUSE IT APPARENTLY REQUIRES A MATCH THAT WE DON'T HAVE BUDGETED RIGHT NOW. SO MAYBE WE CAN APPLY FOR THAT GRANT NEXT YEAR WHEN WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDING. UM IS THAT RIGHT? MR S CITY MANAGER THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, OK? UM, AND AS FAR AS, UH TO FOOD TRUCKS. UM. WHICH MR MARSH BOURNE SUGGESTED TODAY, I.
I DON'T THINK TWO IS ENOUGH TO HAVE A FOOD TRUCK PARK. WE NEED TO HAVE MORE THAN THAT. BUT WE DO NEED TO WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO DOING THIS PROBABLY HAVE A MEETING OF FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS.
TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS AND GET INFORMATION FROM THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES IN THE TRENCHES THAT NEED TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING. UM IN TERMS OF A COMMISSARY IN TERMS OF GREASE TRAPS IN TERMS OF ELECTRICITY IN TERMS OF WATER SUPPLY, HOW MUCH OF THAT WILL BE CITY OBLIGATIONS OR CITY? UH, PROVIDING THAT HOW MUCH IS THE RENT GOING TO BE? ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL FOOD TRUCK PARK . BUT I'M JUST GONNA GO OUT THERE AND SAY THIS. I DO THINK THAT IF WE PUT A FOOD TRUCK PARK AS DEMONSTRATED IN THE DRAWINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW, UH, COURTEOUSLY PROVIDED BY JAY'S LANDSCAPING THROUGH THE BELMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THAT SHOWS A FOOD TRUCK PARKED IN THE LOWER PARKING LOT BEHIND CITY HALL RIGHT ON THE SHORES OF THE
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NATURES, RIVER AND BOATS WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL UP. IT WOULD ALSO ENCOMPASS. UH, A BANDSTAND.UH A BAR WHERE YOU COULD BUY BEER AND WINE. IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR IN MANY RESPECTS TO THE NATURE'S WHEELHOUSE, WHICH IS WILDLY POPULAR DOWN IN PORT NATURES. UH, THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THAT WOULD, UH, CERTAINLY DRAW PEOPLE DOWNTOWN. ON. THAT WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WOULD GO TO FOOD, TRUCK PARKS OR CRAZY POPULAR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE, AND WE ARE MISSING IT BY NOT HAVING HAIR IN BEAUMONT. SO WE WANT TO PURSUE THAT AS WELL. UH I'M THANKFUL THAT THE DOG PARK AT ROGERS PARK IS ALMOST FINISHED. ALL THAT WE NEED TO DO NOW IS GET SOME, UH, GRASS IN THERE, AND, UH UH, THE DOGS WILL HAVE A PLACE TO RUN OFF LEASH. UM, BE ABLE TO BE EXERCISED, AND, UH, IT'S NOT JUST FOR DOGS, DOG DOG PARKS ARE ALSO ALIGN PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER. PEOPLE THAT HAVE A COMMON INTEREST, UH, BEING THEIR DOGS, SO IT'S A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO SOCIALIZE IN. ROGERS PARK IS A GOOD PLACE FOR DOG PARK BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY APARTMENTS SO MANY TOWNHOUSES WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE YARDS AND THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, TAKE THEIR DOGS OVER TO THE DOG PARK. TO EXERCISE. LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS SIDEWALKS AROUND SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN TALK FOR MANY YEARS . GOING BACK TO WHEN GET RIGHT WAS ON COUNCIL ABOUT GETTING SIDEWALKS OVER ON FINE ROAD, UH, IN FRONT OF WHAT WAS THEIR NOSE AND NOW BEAUMONT UNITED. AND OF COURSE, THEY ALREADY HAVE A SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD. BUT YEAH, WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT PUTTING A SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES. I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL IN BEMA. BESIDES BEAUMONT, UNITED, BEAUMONT, WESTBROOK AND I HAPPENED TO LIVE ON FIN AVENUE, SO I SEE EVERY SINGLE AFTERNOON IN EVERY SINGLE MORNING. HOW MANY CHILDREN HAVE TO WALK? WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF A SIDEWALK. UH FROM ALL THE APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOUSES THAT EXIST AROUND DAWN AND PIN. IT'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT HAVE TO WALK FROM THAT DISTANCE WITHOUT A SIDEWALK. WE NEED TO ABSOLUTELY THINK ABOUT IN THE NEXT FUNDING CYCLE FUNDING. SIDEWALKS TO ALLOW FROM MAJOR DRIVE. ALL ALL THE WAY UP TO, UH, DAWEN BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD THERE, EXCEPT FOR WHERE THERE'S BEEN SOME NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT HAS REQUIRED SIDEWALKS TO BE BUILT BECAUSE IT'S NEW CONSTRUCTION. WE CAN WE CAN PIECE TOGETHER THE PARCELS OF LAND THAT HAVE HAD SIDEWALKS ALREADY BUILT. SO THAT WE'RE NOT BUILDING THE WHOLE STRETCH. BUT ADDING IN SIDEWALKS ALONG THOSE TRACTS OF LAND THAT WERE BUILT OUT BEFORE. THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT TO PUT SIDEWALKS AND SO THAT THE KIDS AT WESTBROOK CAN ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SIDEWALKS. UH, AS I HAVE TO WALK TO SCHOOL, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WALK SAFELY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES, COUNCILMAN DUO YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE. OH, YEAH, I JUST WANT FOLKS TO KNOW LAST WEEK. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD HAD, UH, ASTROTURF, OR ARTIFICIAL TURF DONATED TO THE CITY TO PUT DOWN THIS SQUAD PARK. AND WE HAD HAD A SOME THAT HAD BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE, WHICH WAS NOT THE ACTUAL TURF. IT WAS PADDING AND MOST OF THAT WAS PUT DOWN, BUT WE STARTED GETTING DELIVERY OF THE ACTUAL TURF TO GO DOWN. UH LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, AND, UH, LAST WEEK, SOMEBODY SET SOME OF IT ON FIRE OUT THERE AT SPROT PARK. BUT IT WAS THE FIRST OF FIVE OR SIX LOAVES THAT WE'RE GONNA GET. SO I'M I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. UM IF IT'S IT, IT WAS VERY SUSPICIOUS FIRE, JUST SAYING THAT AS A CITIZEN AND AS A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER. UM, IT'S NOTHING OUT THERE THAT COULD SET THAT STUFF ON FIRE. BUT I'M I'M CONFIDENT THAT OUR, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT IF IT WAS AN ARSON FIRE, THEY'LL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, BRING THOSE FOLKS TO JUSTICE. BUT I. I JUST HATE THAT THAT HAPPEN. IT IS A SETBACK, BUT, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE WILL RECOVER FROM AND I FEEL WE WILL GET THAT PROJECT FINISHED AND THAT'S ALL THEY HAD TO SAY THERE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TURNER. AND I ENCOURAGE ANY CITIZEN THAT LIVES IN THAT AREA. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING IS NOT OFTEN WE GET THINGS LIKE THIS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR YOUTH, AND WE REALLY HAVE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO SAY SOMETHING. UH TO SPEAK ON. I
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WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN CHRIS DRY AND MY GUEST FOR ADDRESSING SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT CITIZENS ACTS EARLY, I THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND FOCUS ON THEIR CONCERNS. AND Y'ALL BROUGHT ALL THAT UP. UH, ONE THING THAT'S A BIG CONCERN OF MINE IS A FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE AND SPECIAL EVENTS. ORDINANCES I THINK WE KIND OF NEED TO LOOK AT REVISITING THEM. UH DUE TO SOME OF THE INSTANCES WE HAD WITH FOOD TRUCKS AS WELL AS SPECIAL EVENTS. UH I'M PRETTY SURE THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN FIGURE OUT SOME STRATEGIC WAYS AND SHOW THE COUNCIL HOW WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BENEFICIAL AND FESTIVAL FRIENDLY BECAUSE ONE THING IN BEAUMONT MOST OF OUR FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS ALWAYS HAVE SOLD OUT. CROWDS BE A LITTLE FRIENDLY BUT ALSO STILL FIRM AND MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS. I WANNA SHOUT OUT ONE OF OUR OWN MILES HAYNES. HE WAS DANCING WITH THE STARS ON FRIDAY. HE SHINED SO I APPRECIATE YOU. GOOD LOOK MILES. THANK YOU FOR RIPPING THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. UH MURAL FEST, I THINK IS IMPORTANT. I DO SAY THIS UH, PRIOR TO HAVING MURAL FEST. I HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM WACO WHO ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY CAME DOWN TO SEE HOW HE PUT ON M AND WHAT ALL TOOK FORWARD AS WELL AS FORTH WORTH. IN DALLAS AND DALLAS, TEXAS AREA. ALL OF THESE CITIES ARE THRIVING AND GROWING IN POPULATION. SO I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT RIGHT HERE IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, THESE CITIES SHOWS TO COME HERE AND LOOK AT WHAT WE DID AND SEE HOW THEY CAN MODEL AND IMPLEMENT IT AND THEIR CITIES. SO THAT GOES TO SHOW EYES ARE ON US IN BEAUMONT. IF WE KEEP PUSHING, DOING DIFFERENT THINGS KEEP THRIVING. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TO THAT POPULATION GROWTH THAT THOSE AREAS ARE SEEING AS WELL. UH, I WANNA SHOUT OUT. I BE LITTLE BASKETBALL LEAGUE. UH, THEY HAD ROUGHLY 100 AND 50 GAMES OVER SIX WEEKS. THEY GAVE YOU SOME POSITIVE TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY. LAMAR WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM. THEY WERE CROWN , THE CONFERENCE CHAMPS, AND AT ONE POINT THIS YEAR, THEY WERE RANKED TOP 25 IN THE NATION.THAT'S HUGE BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT HERE IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE COMPLIMENT AND TALK ABOUT LAMAR. AS OFTEN AS WE SHOULD THE MAYOR. YOU GO TO A LOT OF THE GAMES, SO I SEE YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA BUT REALLY SHOUT OUT TO LAMAR WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AND HOPEFULLY AS A COUNCIL.
WE CAN KIND OF GET HIM IN HERE SOON AND DO SOMETHING TO HIGHLIGHT ON MAN SHOW. WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. NOW SINCE WE OWN BASKETBALL, WE WANNA TALK ABOUT BEAUMONT UNITED AS WELL. THEY'RE HEADED TO THEIR FOURTH STATE POSSIBLE TITLE. UH ONE THING THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE IN THE HISTORY OF BEAUMONT. AND THIS TEAM IN FOUR YEARS HAVE WENT FOUR YEARS IN A ROW. AND WE JUST WANNA GET THE COMMUNITY TO GET BEHIND THEM. RALLY BEHIND THEM, PRAY OVER THOSE KIDS AND MAKE SURE KIDS AND COACHES GO OUT THERE AND PERFORM TO THE HIGHEST MAGNITUDE. SO IF WE CAN GET BEHIND THEM APPRECIATE IT. WHETHER YOU SHARE A POST SHOW UP, THEY'LL HIGHLY APPRECIATE IT. LASTLY, UH, DARLING WEST. COUNCIL MEMBER, MIKE GUEST. LET ME SPEAK IN HIS ABSENCE, AND THEY WERE REALLY ENGAGED. UH THEY ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND THEY WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WORK GOING ON IN THAT AREA. UH, MIKE HARRIS DONE A GOOD JOB GIVING INFORMATION AND LET THEM KNOW WHEN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WILL BE COMPLETED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IN THE NORTH END NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THAT ONE WAS A PRETTY TOUGH MEETING. UH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND THE HURT. I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERN . I UNDERSTAND THEIR FRUSTRATION , BUT I WANNA THANK HIM FOR SHOWING UP OUT OF ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS I'VE BEEN TO THAT'S PROBABLY RIGHT NOW. IT'S BEEN THE MOST WELL ATTENDED. AND IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT AND THEY DON'T MIND VOICING THEIR OPINION. SO I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO KEEP ON TALKING TO US, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. WE CAN'T LISTEN, AND WE CAN'T HELP YOU. UH IS ELECTED OFFICIAL IS OFTEN WE LIKE TO HIT A GOOD CONVERSATIONS. BUT SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO MAN UP AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THE TOUGH ONES AS WELL. SO I'M GONNA BRING THOSE CONCERNS UP AND I'M GONNA WORK WITH STAFF AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THE CONCERNS ADDRESS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FELLS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS COUNCILMAN, GATES SAID. ELECTION DAY JUST PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE AND REMEMBER, THE POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL SEVEN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN SAMUEL I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO LAMAR UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO US, UH, EXPRESSING OUR APPRECIATION FOR TO THEM FOR THEIR SUCCESS. AND UM, UH, I THINK IT WAS A WONDERFUL WEEKEND ON THE MURAL FEST WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. UH WE'RE CONTINUING TO SHINE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SHOWING WHAT CAN BE DONE, UH, WITH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. AND UH, I THINK, UH, IT WAS WONDERFUL AND IT'S GONNA GET BETTER. THANK YOU. NO COMMENT. MAYOR. MISS. UH, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. I'LL DO TAYLOR'S COMMENTS. I GOT IT SO FIRST UM, COUNCILMAN TURNER YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE
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SOMETHING FROM MY OFFICE. ARE YOU REQUESTING A WORK SESSION? ARE YOU GONNA JUST SEND AN EMAIL SO THAT WE CAN GET CLARITY ON WHAT YOU WANT FROM OUR OFFICE? WELL, I WOULD ASK IF I CAN GET A SEE WHAT YOU GUYS CAN COME UP WITH, AND MAYBE I CAN GET A SECOND FOR A WORK SESSION FOR IT TO BE PRESENTED. A HIGHLY APPRECIATE THAT ON THE FOOD. WHO TRADED THE REQUEST, TAYLOR. SO IT IS DONE. GOT IT NEXT I'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MILES. I WATCHED THE VIDEO. HE DID DO A GOOD JOB. SO I WANNA SAY PUBLICLY, EVEN THOUGH YOU LOST WE ARE STILL PROUD OF YOU. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. UM LAST TO SOME VERY WORTHY OPPONENTS. UM YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST KIND OF HARD TO COMPETE WITH LEE PORTER AND RASHA DOING HIP HOP AND, YOU KNOW UM RASHA, UH, WEB LOCK AND LEE PORTER WON THE POPULAR VOTE. UM AND THEN, UM PA. TREVINO AND JANE IS IT JANE LE J ONE THE, UM, THE MURAL BALL, SO THEY THEY WERE THE BETTER DANCERS. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF MALES. VERY PROUD OF MILES. ALSO UM, MURAL FEST LIKE IT'S BEEN SAID MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT I. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE IMPACT. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL EVENT. UM SO THANK YOU TO M AND JAY FOR THEIR VISION FOR DOING THAT. ALL THE BUILDING OWNERS WHO BROUGHT PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING A MURAL ON IT. THAT WAS AMAZING. AND THEN, UM, CHRISTINA AND THE CBB AND ALL THEY DID TO MAKE THAT THAT POSSIBLE AND ALL THE EVENTS THAT THEY HOSTED LEADING UP. THEY DID A LOT OF THINGS TO JUST KIND OF ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE THERE AND TO PARTICIPATE, UM THAT WAS THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE THAT IN OUR CITY AS WELL. AND THEN I'D ALSO WANT TO THANK MY LOVELY LOVE OF SARA AND D SIGMA INCORPORATED FOR SHOWING UP IN RED AND BLESSING THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WITH THEIR PRESENCE AND THEIR SERVICE AND ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, UM IN IN ALL THE MONTHS BEYOND, AND LASTLY, TODAY IS MY FAVORITE. DIXIE'S ATTORNEY'S BIRTHDAY. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KEITH GIBLIN. ALL RIGHT. OH, LASTLY. TO LAMAR, BECAUSE I CAN'T DO THIS. AJ MENTIONED IT, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO GIRLS ON THAT TEAM THAT ARE LOCAL. THEY ONE PAPER ABOUT MY UNITED ONE PLAYED FOR, UM, FOR WESTBROOK AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING KIM AND JAY Z PLAY SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE DRIBBLERS, AND IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE UM WHAT THEY'VE DONE WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THAT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM AT LAMAR, UM WOMEN'S SPORTS IS HUGELY UNDERRATED, BUT WE HAVE AN AMAZING AMAZING TALENT AT LAMAR. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. OK? I HAD TO FOLLOW UP ON THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC CAMERAS THAT ARE AT THE INTERSECTIONS ARE THERE. UM THERE ARE MORE MODERN VERSION OF WHAT USED TO BE THE GROUND LOOP SENSORS TO DETECT WHETHER THERE IS A CAR AT THE INTERSECTION OR NOT. SO THE WAY THEY'RE SET UP IS THAT THE TECHNICIAN SETS UP THE CAMERA AND STORES AN IMAGE OF THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT ANY VEHICLES THERE SO THAT WHEN A CAR OR A TRUCK COMES INTO THE FRAME THE EQUIPMENT CAN SEE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT NEEDS PART OF THE SIGNAL SERVICE . IT'S PRIMARILY USED TO JUDGE HOW LONG THE SIGNAL SHOULD RUN.WHETHER LEFT TURN LANE SHOULD BE INDICATED OR NOT. THOSE ARE NOT RECORDED. WE DON'T HAVE VIDEO FROM THEM, BUT THEY'RE SOLELY THERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING THE TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION. UM I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT FOR IT ON THE CAMERAS IN THE PARKS. THOSE ARE TO THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE CITY BUILDINGS. THEY ARE RECORDED. THEY'RE NOT MONITORED MINUTE BY MINUTE, BUT THEY ARE RECORDED AND THEY'RE GENERALLY KEPT FOR A 30 DAY ROLLING PERIOD SO THEY CAN BE REFERENCED. THANK YOU. MRS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MAYOR. THANK YOU. SO AT THE RISK OF BEING REDUNDANT, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ECHO THE APPRECIATION FOR A REALLY GOOD PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH MURAL FEST. UH, I WENT OUT EACH DAY AND EACH DAY IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE UH, FESTIVAL SO SHOUT OUT TO MANDE J AND HIS TEAM, BUT ALSO I KNOW DEAN CONWELL. UH, CHRISTINA LOKI , UH, BUT ALSO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS WORK TO MAKE THAT A SUCCESS. SO EMILY WHEELER AND HER GROUP. OF COURSE, POLICE AND FIRE. UM AND SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS WENT INTO MAKING THAT HAPPEN. SO IT WAS JUST A REALLY A GREAT A GREAT EVENT, SO AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MILES. I DON'T CONSIDER THAT YOU LOST. I CONSIDER YOU JUST YOU JUST DIDN'T AND THAT'S ALL. MILES JUST IGNORE HER. CONTROL HER, MIKE, THAT'S RIGHT. MILES
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CONGRATULATIONS. JUST DON'T LISTEN TO SHERA. CONGRATULATIONS. MILES. FOLLOW.THIS CITY MANAGER. JUNE ELLIS CONGRATULATIONS. MILES. UM ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE CHERYL RAY.
SHE HAS BEEN PROMOTED FROM THE INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND SHE HAS BEEN MADE PERMANENT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SO CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 AUDIT. WE'RE IN THE VERY FINAL STAGES OF COMPLETING THE AUDIT. ACTUALLY IN TWO WEEKS , WE'LL BE BRINGING THE FINAL AUDIT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR APPROVAL AS YOU DO EACH EACH YEAR. WE'VE ALSO STARTED WORKING ON THE FIVE YEAR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PLAN. THAT'S A PLAN THAT'S UPDATED ANNUALLY. UH, WE, UH UH, WE START MEETING INTERNALLY ON PROJECTS FOR OUR C IP. AND WE'VE ALSO STARTED, UH, WORKING ON DEVELOPING OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND LIKE LAST YEAR, WE WILL BE COMING BEFORE COUNCIL WITH WORK SESSIONS ON THE C IP AND THE BUDGET, UH, TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND INPUT THE MUNICIPAL COURT IS OFFERING ITS FIRST EVER AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR ANYONE WITH CLASS C MISDEMEANOR VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE BEAUMONT MUNICIPAL COURT THAT IS SCHEDULED FROM MARCH 19TH THROUGH APRIL 2ND. WARRANT FEES WARRANT FEES WOULD BE REMOVED DURING THIS TWO WEEK TIME PERIOD ON APRIL. 3RD UH, THE CITY WILL HAVE ITS WARRANT ROUND UP. WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS. I'M TOLD. SO THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL. 3RD UH, ANYONE CAN PAY THEIR TICKETS BY PHONE IN PERSON OR ONLINE. STAFF IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF MEETING MEETING WITH BISD TO COORDINATE THE DATE FOR THE NEXT JOINT MEETING WITH THEM. IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO SIX MONTHS, SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING GETTING THOSE GETTING THAT DAY SCHEDULE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
WELL, THANK YOU, UH, I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS, BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, CERTAINLY US HAVING EXPERIENCED SO MANY NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE FIRE IN THE, UH, WITH THE FIRES IN THE PANHANDLE, THE SMOKEHOUSE CREEK FIRE AS OF YESTERDAY WAS AT, UH, ALMOST 11 AT 1.1 MILLION ACRES 1700 SQUARE MILES, AND IT'S ONLY 15% CONTAINED. IT'S UH, TWO PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED. DEAD FROM THE FIRE AND LOTS OF CATTLE AS WELL AS, UH, A LOT OF HOMES, SO WE CERTAINLY AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO KEEP THEM IN OUR PRAYERS AND THOSE THAT ARE ABLE TO OFFER ANY SUPPORT. THEY'RE ASKING FOR SUPPORT ACROSS THE NATION BECAUSE IT IS AFFECTING, UH, SUCH A STATE THE SIZE OF WYOMING BURNING UP. I MEAN, RHODE ISLAND . EXCUSE ME, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY BIG, BUT IT'S NOT OVER. WE DO HAVE A RESCUE UNIT. UM, CHIEF WHITE ISN'T HERE. BUT WE DID IT IN ONE OF OUR RESCUE UNITS THERE THURSDAY. AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE OVER THE WEEKEND. SO THEY ARE THERE PARTICIPATING IN THOSE EFFORTS, SO THAT'S AWESOME. AND UH, NOT TO BE TOO REDUNDANT. MULE MURAL, FAST, NETHER, INCREDIBLE. GOT TO MEET WITH SEVERAL OF THE ARTISTS AND THE STORIES BEHIND THERE, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY MAKING BEAUMONT MORE BEAUTIFUL. THE ABBY LOVED BASKETBALL LEAGUE AND THE UPWARD BASKETBALL LEAGUE. I WANNA GIVE SHOUT OUTS TO THEM, BOTH OF THEM HUGELY SUCCESSFUL.
I KNOW ABOUT PROBABLY 300 KIDS IN EACH PROGRAM AND, UH WHICH WE WE'RE ALL ABOUT YOUTH INITIATIVES. UH, PIONEERING WOMEN HAD THEIR UNVEILING OF. THIS YEAR'S WOMEN IN BEFOREHAND IN THE LOBBY BEFORE CITY COUNCIL , WHICH WAS VERY NICE AND CERTAINLY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TWO THAT, UH, TWO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATIONS TODAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SPRAT PARK THAT I'D LEARNED C. UH, COUNCILMAN D GOT HOLD OF ME AND I APPRECIATE IT AND I REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL PEOPLE. BUT I AT THIS POINT, I THINK, UH, IS WHAT COUNCILMAN D SAID. UH, 16% OF THE OF THE ARTIFICIAL TURF WAS AFFECTED. SO WE'RE GONNA BUT WE ARE GONNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO DELIVER COMPLETE PROJECT OUT THERE. AND UH AND CERTAINLY THE ORGANIZATION THAT MADE THE DONATIONS APPRECIATIVE. UH AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THEM. THEY'RE BRINGING THEY'VE GOT MORE TO BRING. UH, I AM THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH AT LAMAR SOFTBALL GAME TONIGHT, AND WE THEY'RE ON A WINNING STREAK. UH THE MEN ARE GOT BUY IN THEIR
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FIRST, UH, IN THE IN IN THE LOW IN THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT, AND OF COURSE, THE WOMEN WON THEIRS AND LAMAR IS HAVING INCREDIBLE ATHLETIC SEASON ACROSS THE BOARD. UH, BISD IS CHARTERING BUSES FOR THE, UH, FOR THIS WEEKEND'S GAME, SO BE SURE TO CHECK THEIR WEBSITE AND THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE BECAUSE I THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO. AND THE ONE THING I'M GONNA FINISH UP WITH, BECAUSE I GET A LOT OF CALLS ON TOO. FOLKS BEAUMONT IS BOOMING PROGRESS IS GOING TO BE A BIT PAINFUL. YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO A LARGE CITIES THAT ARE GROWING.THERE'S ROAD CONSTRUCTION. THERE'S OTHER CONSTRUCTION THAT OCCURS AND THAT'S TO SUPPORT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND UH AND WITH OUR NEW INTERSTATE, UH, PROJECT THAT'S COMING THROUGH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE WONDERFUL FOR IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, JUST REMEMBER, AND I'D SUGGEST TO YOU TO RESPOND TO PEOPLE WHEN YOU SEE THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHEN PEOPLE SAY THINGS SAY BEAUMONT IS AND, YES, PROGRESS CAN BE A LITTLE BIT PAINFUL, BUT IT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE MORE OF, AND I
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