Mar 19, 2024 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL TODAY. TODAY'S DATE IS CHOOSE THE MARCH 19TH 2024, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE QUITE A LARGE CROWD TODAY AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM BLANCHETT ELEMENTARY. THESE 4TH AND 5TH GRADERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ELEMENTARY HONOR SOCIETY AND STUDENT COUNCIL. THAT MAY BE MINE. BUT YOU ALREADY GET YOURS SO OK, YEAH. SURE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND UH AND I INTRODUCED THEM EARLY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A PICTURE WITH Y'ALL HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. BUT WITH THAT WE'RE GONNA, UH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MINISTER SHERYL WILLIAMS COME UP . SHE'S CHAPLIN WITH DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, UH, ADJUNCT DISTRICT TWO POST 817, THE AMERICAN LEGION. AND UH AND THEN I'M GONNA ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE SILENCE THEIR PHONES. AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. BECAUSE AFTER THE PRAYER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH CARLY MANUEL, WHO'S A STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT AT BLANCHETT ELEMENTARY WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. GREAT AND GRACIOUS GOD. WE COME THIS AFTERNOON TO SIMPLY SAY THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR LIFE AND HEALTH AND STRENGTH PROTECTION AND PROVISION. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION THAT HAS GIVEN US LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY. FATHER WE COME THIS AFTERNOON TO INVITE YOU AND TO INVOLVE YOU IN THIS CITY BUSINESS. WE INVITE YOU INTO OUR CITY SQUARE OUR HALLS OF JUSTICE , OUR ECONOMIC ENDEAVORS, OUR FAMILY RELATIONS AND OUR ACADEMIC SUCCESS. GRANTED THAT OUR CITY WOULD BE KNOWN AS A RIGHTEOUS CITY. A CITY THAT CONFESSES JESUS AS LORD, A CITY OF PEACE AND HOPE. A CITY WITH HAPPY HOMES, A CITY SET ON A HILL. THAT WELCOMES THE STRANGER AND CARES FOR THE NEEDY AND DEFENDS THE INNOCENT FROM EVILDOERS. WE THANK YOU FOR THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE CITY MANAGERS, CITY ATTORNEY CITY CLERK, CITY TAX ASSESSOR, AND ALL THE STAFF BE WITH OUR JUDGES , OUR ATTORNEYS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE PROTECTION STAFF GRANT THAT THEY WOULD NEVER NEGLECT OR ABUSE THEIR AUTHORITY BUT THAT THEY WOULD STAND FIRM FOR TRUTH AND FOR JUSTICE AND KEEP THEM SAFE. AS THEY KEEP OUR CITY STREETS SAFE. LORD I DECREE NOW THAT YOU ARE THE HOPE OF THIS CITY. I DECLARE AND DECREE, POLITICAL RESOURCEFULNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, DECREE LOVE, FORGIVENESS AND JOY TO ALL THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, AND I PRAY FOR THIS COUNCIL MEETING TODAY THAT YOU WILL GIVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS THEY DELIBERATE ON ITEMS THAT ARE BEFORE THEM. AND MAY EVERY DECISION BE A RIGHTEOUS ONE IN YOUR SIGHT. FOR OUR BENEFIT, BUT FOR YOUR GLORY, IT'S IN YOUR NAME THAT WE PRAY AND TOGETHER WE ALL SAY IT.

AMEN. CARLY. PLEASE STAND PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND SHOW ME FOR UNITED STATES PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. HEY, ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR WEST TIM TURNER. ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER DUO COUNCIL MEMBER GETS COUNCIL MEMBER FELL SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER SAMUEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TODAY WE HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION AND ONE PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME,

[PROCLAMATIONS]

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JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE A LITTLE BIT MORE. WAIT. YOU CAN STAND OVER HERE WITH ME. ALL RIGHTY.

Y'ALL RIGHT? LOOK RIGHT HERE IN 12 AND THREE GET ONE MORE 12 AND THREE PERFECT. PERFECT.

NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH 21ST THROUGH THE 31ST 2024 IS THE SOUTH TEXAS STATE FAIR DAYS. WHEREAS HISTORY SHOWS THE FIRST EVENT WAS SIMPLY CALLED THE BEAUMONT FAIR.

FAMILIES CAME WITH PICNIC LUNCHES. SOME EVEN CAMPED OVERNIGHT ON THE GROUNDS LATER, THE FAIR BECAME KNOWN AS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS STATE FAIR. BUT IN 1921, THE EAST WAS DROPPED AND THE PRESENT NAME ADOPTED. AND WHEREAS THE YMBL IS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL HARROW SRUM MEMORIAL SPECIAL KIDS DAY AT THE RODEO ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20TH. THIS EVENT FIRST STARTED 33 YEARS AGO, AND THE I AM BE. RODEO COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXPECT TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 1700 YOUNGSTERS FROM 25 SCHOOL DISTRICTS REPRESENTING SOME 100 SCHOOLS ATTENDING THE KIDS DAY RODEO, ALONG WITH SOME 200 VOLUNTEERS FROM THE YMBL AND FROM OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHEREAS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS STATE FAIR INVITES YOU TO COME AND ENJOY THE FUN FILLED CARNIVAL, MIDWAY, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, THE Y AND BILL RODEO, INCREDIBLE AND DELICIOUS. FAIR FOOD. RELAX AT ONE OF MANY RELAXATION STATIONS AND DON'T LEAVE UNTIL YOU HAVE VISITED THE FAMOUS EXHIBIT HALL FEATURING OVER 100, UPSCALE QUALITY VENDORS SELLING COLLECTIBLES, HOME IMPROVEMENT ITEMS AND MUCH, MUCH MORE, WHEREAS THE YOUNG MEN'S BUSINESS LEAGUE OF BEAUMONT IS TO IS COMMITTED AND HAS BEEN BENEFITED AND HAS BENEFITED THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 100 YEARS BY INVESTING IN PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT ASSIST A BROAD RANGE OF THE AREA . CITIZENS FROM THE YOUTH TO THE ELDERLY NOW THEREFORE, ROY WEST, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, ACKNOWLEDGED THE 2024 SOUTHEAST TEXAS STATE FAIR AND WILL TAKE PLACE WITH OPENING DAY ON THURSDAY, MARCH 21ST AND ENDING ON SUNDAY MARCH 31ST 2024 AND HEREBY DO PROCLAIM THESE DAYS AS THE SOUTH TEXAS STATE FAIR DAYS IN BEAUMONT AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT TO GO OUT AND HAVE FUN MAKING MEMORIES WITH YOUR FAMILY AT THE YMBL, SOUTHEAST TEXAS STATE FAIR. ACCORDINGLY THE MAYOR IS HERE IN T SAID HIS HAND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO BE AFFIXED ON THIS DAY MARCH 19TH 2024. AND WE HAVE ACCEPTING MR GREG WALL, THE 2024 FAIR CHAIRMAN, BUT YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO, UH EVERYBODY WITH YOU. HERE THAT CAME IS WELCOME TO COME UP AS WELL. PLEASE.

THANK YOU. SO YOU JUST DON'T SLEEP FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. I RATHER TALK WITH US.

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YEAH. ARE YOU DOING? APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WHAT YOU'RE DOING. GONNA COME RIGHT BACK OVER HERE FOR A. ALRIGHT, LET'S TRY TO CENTER UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. I GOT A LOT MORE PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE THAN ON THIS SIDE. PERFECT. PERFECT. HERE YOU CAN SKEW IN JUST A LITTLE CLOSER. ALL RIGHTY. Y'ALL LOOK RIGHT HERE IN 12 AND THREE ONE MORE 123 PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL COME BACK. TWO DAYS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR OVER A YEAR TO GET READY FOR WHAT'S GOING TO START IN TWO DAYS. UH AND I'M LOOKING OUT AT THE SKY AND I GOT A CALL TO BOSTWICK AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE HE KNOWS WHAT HIS RESPONSIBILITIES ARE FOR THE NEXT 11 DAYS. SO WE, UH MY NAME IS GREG WALL. I'M THIS YEAR'S FAIR CHAIRMAN. WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF REPRESENTATION OF, UH, THE FAIR COMMITTEE HERE AND THE FAIR DIVISIONS. UH, A LOT OF THESE GENTLEMEN, AND WE DO THIS IS ALL VOLUNTEER. THE YMBL GUYS PUT ON AND WE HERE AROUND FOR THIS. UH A LOT OF THESE GENTLEMEN WILL TAKE VACATION, SO THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO DEDICATE, UH, TO THE FAIR, UH, AND AS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A FAIR CHAIRMAN, UH, MY BURDEN IS EASING IS EASY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND SKILL SETS, UH, AT ALL, FOR IN ALL FOUR OF OUR FAIR DIVISIONS THAT PUT EVERYTHING ON SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA HAVE GATOR COUNTRY IS COMING BACK. WE'VE INVITED BEAUMONT COMMUNITY PLAYERS TO COME PUT ON A COUPLE OF FREE UH, IN THE E HALL. WE HAVE A FEW NEW RIDES AND A LOT OF A LOT OF GREAT FOOD, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE A LOT OF THESE KIDS OUT. UH, IN THE NEXT, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND WE HOPE TO SEE ALL THE COUNCIL OUT, UH AS WELL, UH, WE DO HAVE IN ADDITION TO, UH UH, THE COMMITTEE MEN WE HAVE OUR YMBO PRESIDENT GERARD CELESTINE IS HERE TONIGHT, AND WE HAVE SOME OF THE LOVELY LADIES AND THE COWGIRLS ARE FOR THE, UH, TEXAS RODEO QUEEN. SO UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE DURING THE, UH, THE KIDS DAY RODEO THAT WE MENTIONED HERALDING THE KIDS' DAY RODEO IS WHAT, UH, THE SLACK RODEO PERFORMANCES. UH WHEN WE HAVE THE RODEO PERFORMANCES, NOT ALL THE COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS, UH, WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME SO THEY'RE SLACK. THERE'S PERFORMANCES THAT GO ON WHEN THE PUBLIC'S NOT THERE, AND A LONG TIME AGO, WE PERFORMED THESE IN FRONT OF AN EMPTY ARENA. JUDGE HAROLD ENGSTROM DECIDED THAT LET'S GET SOME OF THE SPECIAL NEED COMMUNITIES SO THE KIDS WILL COME OUT THERE. WE GIVE THEM A FREE LUNCH. UH AND THEY GET TO WATCH THE RODEO VISIT WITH THE COWGIRLS AND SOME OF THE C. BOYS AND IT'S A IT'S A GREAT TIME FOR THEM. UH THE FAIR , LIKE I SAID, IT STARTS THURSDAY. GATES OPEN AT FIVE. I BELIEVE OR SIX. I SHOULD KNOW THAT, BUT, UH, I CAN'T. I'VE TRIED TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN MY MIND. UM BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT TIME. AND, UM WE'VE GOT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, THE BULL. A RODEO IS THREE DAYS AND THEN WE HAVE A BULL RIDE FOR TWO DAYS. SO WE'VE EXTENDED THAT AND SO WE WILL SEE, WE'LL SEE THESE LADIES OUT THERE EVERY NIGHT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A BIGGER AND BETTER FAIR AND A BIGGER AND BETTER, UH, RODEO. AND SO WITH THAT DRAWER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? THANK YOU SO MUCH. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR SCHEDULE TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SO MANY YEARS AND, UH, WITH THE PROCLAMATION, IT IS TRULY AN HONOR. WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. UH, THEY SAID IT WAS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. AS MAY HAVE BEEN SAID. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEMBERS WHO DO THAT, AND YOU KNOW THEY DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A REASON OUTSIDE OF THE FAIR, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S BIGGER THAN JUST THE EVENT OF THE FAIR BEING ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS WAYS. AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. WE'VE DONE THAT WITH THE PARTNERSHIP. NOT ONLY WITH THE BEAUMONT, UH, BEAUMONT ITSELF, BUT ALSO WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA. BUT IT'S ALL THANKS TO THE EFFORTS THAT YOU GUYS DO IN THE COMMUNITY DOES FOR US, SO WE'RE MOST GRACIOUSLY GRACEFUL FOR THAT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO. AS LONG AS YOU GUYS ARE THERE TO SUPPORT US IN OUR EFFORTS, THEN WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER. SO WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF

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WOMEN BASKETBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP AND WINNING 13 GAMES IN A ROW. THEY ARE NOW PLAYING IN THE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT. THEY'RE SET TO PLAY WASHINGTON STATE AT 9 P.M. ON THURSDAY, MARCH 21ST. LET'S GO CARD. EVERYBODY WATCH THEM AND FOLLOW THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. NEXT WE'RE

[PRESENTATIONS]

IT'S A PRETTY STANDARD LETTER. YOU SHOULD SEE IT EVERY YEAR. WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS, BUT JUST BE ADVISED, TOO, THAT WE WILL HAVE ACCESS WE'VE GOT TO SPEND. AUDIT COMMITTEE GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME REVIEWING THIS EARLIER. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER

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NOTHING CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE FEEL AGAIN BECAUSE A MISSTATEMENT AND THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. UM MOST ENTITIES, UH, CAPITAL ASSETS AND INVENTORIES OF THAT NATURE.

NOTHING CAME UP THAT WE FEEL WOULD BE A PROBLEM. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF A CANNED RESPONSE THAT WE GIVE TO A LOT OF OUR GOVERNMENTS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THOSE, UH, ASSETS ARE NEGLECTED BECAUSE THE FOCUS IS ALWAYS ON THE BUDGET. UM SO A LOT OF TIMES THE FIXED ASSETS GET NEGLECTED. UM, THIS YEAR, I KNOW THERE WAS A CHANGE. ITS TOP AND YOU KNOW IT'S A AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF CATCH YOUR BREATH AND GET EVERYTHING ORGANIZED AND GO FORWARD. SO I WILL SAY THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE FIRM, UH, CONDUCTED THE AUDIT. WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE CITY'S PERSONNEL. WE THOUGHT IT WENT VERY SMOOTHLY, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING AGAIN THE FIRST YEAR FIRST YEAR IN IRELAND IS ALWAYS THE MOST DIFFICULT ONE. UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW YOU. YOU DON'T KNOW US. WE'RE LEARNING ALL OF YOUR PROCESSES, BUT I FEEL THINGS WENT VERY WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES MAYOR IF I COULD. I'D JUST LIKE TO, UM, I GUESS EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO, UH, CHERYL RAY, AND I THINK SHE WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS TO EXPRESS HER APPRECIATION FOR HER STAFF. YES IS THIS BEING A YEAR OF CHANGE? IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BE AS INVOLVED WITH THE AUDIT AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN. AND I DID, OF COURSE, OVERSEE EVERYTHING. BUT I WANTED TO THANK MY STAFF. IF YOU LIKE. STAND UP, PLEASE. I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR. THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. THANK YOU, CHERYL. AND THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF. AND THANK YOU, SIR. FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR PROCLAMATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS NOW WOULD BE IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEAVE. NOW'S THE TIME TO DO SO. BUT FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO STAY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU. BLANCHETT ELEMENTARY 4TH AND 5TH GRADERS. NATIONAL COMMERCE.

SOUNDS GOOD. SO, YOUR DAD. REALLY? IT WAS ON HIS MIND. YES. A MM. ALL RIGHT. NOW IS THE TIME

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]

THE REGULAR AGENDA ADAMS 137 R 11 ARE ON ANY OTHER TOPIC. ADAMS EIGHT THROUGH 10 HAVE ALREADY BEEN HEARD IN PUBLIC HEARING. THEREFORE CITIZENS CANNOT SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO SPEAK WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE SAY YOUR ADDRESS, CITY AND STATE. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. FOR THE PUBLIC 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 PLEASE, UH, BE REMINDED THAT NOBODY ON CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING MYSELF, CAN RESPOND WHENEVER YOU'RE MAKING COMMENTS, BUT SOMEONE FROM OUR OFFICE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

LAUREN MONIQUE. I KNOW. YOU KNOW I CAN'T DO IT. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BACK WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH. 19TH THE REC DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A CO ED YOUTH THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT APRIL 5TH AND SIXTH FOR AGES EIGHT THROUGH 15 REGISTRATION ENDS MARCH 22ND AND YOU CAN SIGN UP IN PERSON AT THE STERLING PRUITT ATHLETIC CENTER.

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THEY HAVE A CROSSWALK. YOU PRESS A BUTTON, AND THE LIGHT STAYS YELLOW. WHEN YOU PRESS THE BUTTON, IT TURNS RED BUT PEOPLE DO NOT STOP AT ALL. THEY JUMP HE BIG RAILROAD TRACK ON LUCAS 7080 MILES AN HOUR. THEY CAME OUT. THEY TRIMMED THE TREES. THEY TOOK THE FULL LIGHTS DOWN AND PUT NEW FOUR LIGHTS, BUT IT'S STILL NOT REAL. LIKE, I GUESS THEY'RE NOT DUE YET. BUT I WE? I PUT THIS PETITION. WE ARE PUTTING A PETITION TOGETHER FOR THE CROSSING WALK IN FRONT CROSSING APARTMENTS, CONSIDERING RECENT EVENTS THAT OCCUR WE HAD TOO MANY PEOPLE INJURED OR KILLED AT THIS CROSSWALK. WE WE AS A COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE A SAFER CROSSWALK IN STALL TREES, TRIM AND MORE PEOPLE PRESENT POLICE PRESENT. WE HAVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS THAT WALK THE SIDEWALKS. THE LINE EAST LUCAS DRIVE. THEY ARE SCARED NOT ONLY FOR THEIR SAFETY, BUT NOW THEY ARE LIES. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT RESIDE HERE AT THE CROSSING DO NOT HAVE CAUSE SO THE ONLY WAY TO SHOP IS TO WALK. PEOPLE USE EAST LUCA DRIVE AS A DRAG RACE AND JUMPED THE TRACKS WITH NO CARE FOR ANYONE SAFETY. PLEASE HELP US TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE. I HAVE JUST OVER 80 SIGNATURES, BUT, UM, I WAS WONDERING IF THEY IF THEY DO, INSTALL A REAL RED LIGHT. IS IT POSSIBLE THEY CAN PUT CAMERAS ON BOTH SIDES? UH IF THEY IF THEY DO, PUT A RED LIGHT IS IT ANY WAY THEY CAN PUT SOMETHING ON EACH SIDE THAT WILL MAKE THEM STOP BECAUSE THEY DOES NOT STOP. THEY WAS BUILT IN 2012, SINCE 1014. WE HAD OVER SEVEN DEATHS, MORE HIT AND RUNS OVER THAT, AND THIS IS THE LAST ONE WAS MARCH THE SECOND A LADY GOT KILLED 62 YEARS OLD. SO IF Y'ALL CAN JUST HELP US OUT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, THOUGH. THANK YOU. I LEFT COPIES FOR ALL Y'ALL. THANK YOU. CHARLIE CRAP. 928 EAST DRIVE. BEAUMONT, TEXAS.

THAT NEW MAYOR CHARLIE CRABB, 928 EAST DRIVE. BEAUMONT, TEXAS. UH LET'S SEE. IT'S A NICE BIG BOUND TO THE ME WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AGAIN. UH OUR TOWN THANKS FOR TAKING CARE OF IT.

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THE ALUMINUM IS SEPARATED FROM THE IRON AND STEEL. UH, THE IRON AND STEEL ARE PACKED INTO A VERY LARGE CONTAINER. 18 WHEELER. I IMAGINE IT IS TAKEN TO THE STEEL MILL ACROSS THE RIVER. WE, UH NO HUMAN HANDS ARE NEEDED TO HANDLE ALL THE DEBRIS. UH UH. YES, THE SKI OPERATORS. QUITE A SAFE.

DIFFICULT OPERATION. UH I IMAGINE IT IS WORTH THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT IT COST TO TEAR DOWN THE BUILDING. AND, UH, ANYWAY, I'VE I'VE BEEN I'VE WATCHED IT WITH INTEREST IN. UH, I, UH, ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS THE, UH UH, CROSSWALK ON, UH, LUCAS. I'VE I'VE BEEN THROUGH THERE MYSELF AND THE, UH, SINCE THE YELLOW LIGHT BLINKS MOST OF ALL THE TIME PEOPLE DO TEND TO IGNORE IT. SO THERE THERE, UM, THEIR NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE STEADY MADE TO, UH, IMPROVE THAT SAFETY THERE. AND EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD GOOD DAY AND NICE TO BE IN BEAUMONT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CRABB. WILLIAM JOHNSON, 1045. MADISON AVENUE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD MORNING, MR MAYOR. COUNCIL WILLIAM JOHNSON, 1045. MADISON AVENUE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. OH, MY COMPLAINT IS, UH MY BANK. I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH MY BANK FOR THE LAST PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ON THE SECOND AND THE EIGHT OF 2024. OUR GOAL IS TO MY BANK AND MY CHECKING ACCOUNT IS DRY, DRY. $1500 BEEN TAKEN OUT OF MY CHECKING ACCOUNT. I TALKED TO THE BANK PRESIDENT ABOUT IT. AND SHE WASN'T GOING NO FARTHER THAN SAY, UH, YOU GOTTA GO TO THE POLICE. I MEAN, LIKE SHE GAVE ME UH THAT IT WAS DRAW OUR SLIPS. HOW MUCH A PEOPLE TOOK OUT OF MY ACCOUNT. I'M ASKING HER. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? SHE ■LET ME KNOW THAT SHE WON'T HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO WITH IT. YOU GOTTA GO TO THE POLICE FOR ANY MORE INFORMATION. I JUST WANTED TO SEE ME ON FILM GOING IN THE BANK DOING THIS WITHDRAWAL WHO SAID NEVER HAPPENED SINCE THEN? I DIDN'T COUNT CONTACTED. THE POLICE STATION OVER HERE TWICE. I GOT TWO SEPARATE PHONE NUMBERS , AND I'VE BEEN CALLING THEM CONSTANTLY AND I DON'T GET NO REPLY. MR MAYOR COUNCIL. I'M OUT OF $1500 FROM THE BANK. AS SOON AS THIS HAPPENED, I WENT TO MY BANK PRESIDENT AND SHE TOLD ME I HAVE TO COME TO YOU ALL OUR OUR COME TO YOU ALL. I GET NOW TELEPHONE NUMBERS. PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE POLICE STATION TO CHECK IT OUT. AND AIN'T NOBODY CALLING ME A CONTACTED ME YET ABOUT IT. I'M SEEKING HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR JOHNSON. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOVE TO APPROVE.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

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HANDLE THE CLAIMS. CONTACT EMPLOYEES, WORKERS, COMP ISSUES, ISSUE CHECKS ASSIST, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT WITH, UH, MEDICAL CARE AND ALSO LEGAL, SO, UM, THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE GO OUT FORBID, AND WE RECEIVED SEVERAL BIDS FOR, UM THE SERVICE AND THEN WE'VE BEEN WITH A S AND G FOR A LONG TIME THEY'VE MET. OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE REALLY GOOD, UM , TO WORK WITH, AND SO WITH ALL THE SELECTIONS, WE SELECTED THEM AGAIN, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, CONTRACT. UH, TO BE CONSIDERED.

IT'S A ONE YEAR CONTRACT AND THEN WE HAVE RENEWAL FOR FOUR TIMES AFTER THAT. UM SO I CAN LET KATRINA ADD TO THAT OR TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS. UM YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, SO JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCEDURES A LITTLE BIT, UM, THE CITY HAS BEEN SELF INSURED FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION. I BELIEVE SINCE THE MID EIGHTIES, AND SO IT'S STANDARD PROCEDURE TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR ON STAFF TO HELP WITH ALL THE CLAIMS THAT WE HAVE, AS CHRIS EXPLAINED, WE'VE BEEN WITH AC AND G FOR A LONG TIME. AND ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THEM. UM THEY CAME IN AS THE SECOND LOWEST BID AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH A SNG IS THAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE ONE ADJUSTER FOR THE CITY WORKERS. COMP IS FAST PACED WHEN SOMEBODY IS INJURED. WE NEED HELP. WE NEED TREATMENT RIGHT AWAY, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE. UM I'M ALSO PERSONALLY STATE CERTIFIED AND WORKERS COMPENSATION AND WORK WITH THEM AS WELL. SO I'M THE FIRST CONTACT HERE AT THE CITY, BUT, UM, THERE ARE OUR CONTRACT TO HELP US, UM, HANDLE THE CLAIMS. THANK YOU. UH, THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE LOOK AT MONEY COMING IN AND OUT THE CITY. WE TRY TO BE CONSERVATIVE ABOUT WHAT'S COMING OUT. I JUST WANT TO SEE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING IT VERSUS DOING IT IN HOUSE. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING, AND I GOT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. THE. OH, GOOD POINT, CHRIS SO NEXT TO ALSO JUST HANDLING THE CLAIMS. THEY ALSO DO COST CONTAINMENT, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, SO WORKERS COMPENSATION BILLS OR ACCEPT, UH , BILLS UNDER MEDICARE GUIDELINES. AND SO THEY HAVE A COST CONTAINMENT. UM PROVIDER THAT ALL THE BILLS GO THROUGH. AND UM, SO ALL THE BILLS ARE REDUCED TO WHICH WERE NOT ABLE TO DO IN HOUSE AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S REALLY STANDARD FOR CITIES TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR SINCE WORKERS COMP IS STATE REGULATED. TO HAVE THEM ON STAFF TO HELP US WITH THAT AS WELL. WELL THANK YOU. THEY JUST KINDA CLEARED UP SOME OF MY CONCERNS. JUST GETTING A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE WHY, WITH THE THIRD PARTY, BUT YOU KINDA BROKE IT DOWN FOR ME TODAY. YES, SIR. ANY MORE QUESTIONS. IT APPEARS NOT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION AS COUNCILMAN GETS I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW TO MATH. UH IT'S THE PURCHASE OF TWO STRETCHERS. POWER PRESS TREASURES. AND YOU KNOW $33,500 A PIECE FOR A STRETCHER. A TOTAL OF $67,000. WHAT? WHAT ARE THESE ITEMS AND WE'RE ONLY GETTING WE'RE TRADING THEM IN FOR TWO OLDER. UH, STRETCHERS. WE'RE ONLY GETTING $1750 CREDIT FOR THE TRADE IN SO THEY'RE NOT HOLDING THEIR VALUE VERY WELL, OR ARE THE ONES WE TRADING IN A DIFFERENT TYPE. UH SOMEBODY MAKE IT MAKE SENSE TO ME. GOOD EVENING. THAT WAS ALL THE

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WE ARE RUNNING CONSTANTLY ABOUT 1820 CALLS FOR TRUCK WISE TO WHERE IT ACTUALLY REQUIRES A LOT OF MOVEMENTS. OK DO THEY DO THEY WORK OR A THE OLDER ONES? ARE THEY STILL WORKING? OR UH, THEY THEY WORK, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE USUALLY HAVE A LOT OF REPAIR, MAINTENANCE ON THEM WEAR AND TEAR. WE TRY TO REPLACE THEM EVERY TWO YEARS. SO THAT WAY WE OPERATE ABOUT, UH, NINE OR 10 OF THOSE, AND WE TRY TO PUT IN THE SYSTEM TO WHERE WE CONSTANTLY REPLACE THEM NOT HAVING TO REPLACE 10 OF THEM SIMULTANEOUS AT ONE TIME AT THAT COST THAT YOU CAN SEE WE'RE TRYING TO. WE'RE PURCHASING THEM TRYING TO KEEP THE COST DOWN. OK I THINK I UNDERSTAND. I, UH, YOU KNOW PERSONALLY SPEAKING, UM YEAH, I. I ADMIRE THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW WHETHER IT BE CARS OR EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE A ROUTINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WHERE WE AS A COUNCIL GET THESE AGENDA ITEMS AND SAYS IT'S REACHED THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE. EXPECTANCY. UH YEAH, Y, YOU KNOW IN YOUR OWN HOME WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THINGS, UH, A LOT OF TIMES. YOU WAIT TILL THINGS ACTUALLY BREAK.

YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THIS. YOU KNOW THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM, BUT, UH, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING MUCH TRADE IN VALUE ON IT IS ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF PROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR ASSISTED CITY MANAGER. MAY WE

[REGULAR AGENDA]

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IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON IT? UH, YES. ON ITEM NUMBER THREE. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER THREE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS CARRIED CITY MANAGER. MAY WE PLEASE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. YES SIR. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONTRACT TO VORTEX COMPANIES FOR THE MULTI SENSOR INSPECTION OF THE WEST LUCAS DRIVE STORM SEWER, AND THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR? MOVE TO APPROVE. EXACTLY. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ANY DISCUSSION. YES, COUNCILMAN GOETZ. BUT THIS IS A BASICALLY JUST TO TELEVISE THE LINES. IT'S NOT MAKING ANY REPAIRS. UM 4000 LINEAR FEET. BUT MAYBE, UH, MAYBE IT'S MORE THAN JUST RUNNING A CAMERA THROUGH IT.

WHAT CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT BETTER IDEA OF WHY THIS IS COSTING SO MUCH? YES, SIR. UH WE HAVE DONE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE LINE THAT WAS TO IDENTIFY CAVITIES THAT HAVE FORMED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LINE. THAT CAVITY WAS WHAT, UH, A CAVITY LIKE THAT WAS WHAT CAUSED THE LEUKS. GLADYS REPAIR. WE'VE ALSO HAD A VIDEO INSPECTION WHERE WE'VE GONE THROUGH. JUST WITH A GOPRO AND LOOKED AT THE INTERIOR OF THE LINE. HOWEVER IT'S OBVIOUS AT THIS POINT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REHABILITATE THAT LINE IN ITS ENTIRETY. SO THIS IS A MULTI SENSOR INSPECTION THAT WILL GIVE US EXACT MEASUREMENTS, UH, DOWN THE ENTIRE LINE SO THAT WE CAN ACCURATELY IDENTIFY THE SECTIONS THAT NEED POINT REPAIR AND THE EXTENT OF THOSE POINT REPAIRS AND WHAT'S REQUIRED TO THE PIPE SO THAT WE CAN GET AN ESTIMATE AND IN A TIGHT BID WHEN WE COME TO REHABILITATE THAT ONE THE MORE UNCERTAINTY THAT'S THERE THAN THAN THE WORST. THE BIDS WOULD BE, SO THE MORE CERTAINTY THERE IS ON THE ENGINEERING PLANS. THE BETTER OFF WILL BE WHEN WE BET IT OUT. SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING IN TERMS OF REHABILITATING THAT LINE, UM ARE WE NOT LOOKING AT? JUST REPLACING THE CAROLINA OR WE JUST LOOKING AT PLAY, YOU KNOW, REPLACING POINTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO FAILURE, OR WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDRESSING IT THE SAME WAY THAT WE DID THE THREAD NEEDLE OUTFALL AND THE RECENT LONG STREET STORM SEWER. UH, WE'LL DO NECESSARY POINT REPAIRS ALONG THE LINE, AND THEN WE'LL DO AN INTERIOR, UH, LINING, UH, ALONG IT TO FORM A NEW PIPE, IN ESSENCE INSIDE OF OLD PIPE. THE REASON WE'RE TAKING THAT APPROACH IS BECAUSE TO TEAR IT UP AND OPEN TRENCH REPAIR THE PIPE WOULD BE AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE GREATER IN COST BY AVOIDING THAT THEN WE CAN KEEP THE COST I. I HATE TO SAY DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TALKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT BUT MUCH LESS THAN TEARING UP THE ENTIRETY OF LUCAS IN OPEN TRENCH PIPE REPAIR THE WHOLE THING. AND WHEN YOU SAY ORDER OF MAGNITUDE, WHAT WELL, WE'RE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT BY THE TIME WE DO THE GROWL LINING THE INJECTION GROUTING, ETCETERA THAT THIS WILL PROBABLY BE $15 MILLION IN TOTAL. UH, BY THE TIME ALL SAID AND DONE AND WE'RE TALKING OVER TWO MILES, UH , AND IF WE WERE TO DO OPEN TRENCH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.

MAYBE. TENS OF MILLIONS FOR SURE , BUT WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING 60 70 100 MILLION OK DOWN THE LENGTH OF SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK WE WANNA LOOK AT. WE DID. I CAN COME BACK AND SEND TO YOU

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ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FOUR. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED RIGHT. THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE? YES SIR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE PROCEEDINGS TO ACQUIRE AN EXCLUSIVE WATERLINE EASEMENT AT 77 05 WATER EDGE. UM AND THIS IS, UH, RECOMMENDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION FOR APPROVAL AS WELL. THERE. A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE. MOST ROOF. OK? THERE IS A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, COUNCILMAN TURNER, THEN COUNCILMAN FSW. UH, THAT EMINENT DOMAIN TERM LIKE IT? CAN YOU KINDA TALK TO ME ABOUT THE STEPS AND PROCEDURES WE TOOK PRIOR TO EVEN GET TO THIS POINT. WE'VE WE'VE CONTACTED THE HOMEOWNER OR THE PROPERTY OWNER AND, UH, ALSO HAD THE, UH, APPRAISAL DONE FOR WHAT THE VALUE OF THE EASEMENT IS, AND THEY'VE BEEN UNWILLING TO ACCEPT THE OFFER. WE'RE HAVING WATER QUALITY ISSUES BECAUSE THIS IS A DEAD END LINE, UH, THERE AND WE NEED TO LOOP THE LINE. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST AN EASEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES SO THAT WE CAN PUT THE WATER LINE IN, LOOP IT AND ELIMINATE THOSE WATER QUALITY, UH, ISSUES SO SINCE WE CAN'T COME TO AGREEMENT ON A SETTLEMENT NEED TO INITIATE IMMINENT DOMAIN THEY'LL BE NOTIFIED. WILL BE AN INITIAL COURT DATE. IF THEY SHOW UP AND CONTEST IT. THEN I BELIEVE A THREE PANEL UH THREE PERSON PANEL IMPARTIAL JUDGES WILL BE APPOINTED TO OVERSEE THE RESULTS OF THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. YES SIR. YOU GOT THEY ACTUALLY BEEN RESPONSIVE. IT'S JUST NO COOPER OPERATION. YES, SIR. AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WATER QUALITY IN THE AREA. ONE WOULD HOPE THEY'RE BUILDING A HOUSE THERE, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEPENDENT UPON THE WATER QUALITY. UH, BUT MIKE HARRIS IS HERE. HE COULD TALK TO THE STRUGGLES. THEY'VE HAD TRYING TO FLUSH THAT LINE AND KEEP THE RESIDUALS UP. PLEASE. THE COUNCILMAN TURNER. SINCE ABOUT 2021. WE'VE HAD 6 TO 7 WATER QUALITY COMPLAINTS JUST AT THE DEAD END OF WATER EDGE WHERE THE CUL DE SAC IS, UH, THERE'S SIX INCH WATER MAIN. THAT DEAD ENDS AT THAT CUL DE SAC, WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THE USAGE. THAT'S THERE BECAUSE OF THE HOUSES ARE ARE NOT THERE. UH THE WATER. OF COURSE AGES WE HAVE EVEN AS FAR AS WENT IN AND PUT IN AN AUTOMATIC FLUSHER. THAT WILL FLUSH SEVERAL HOURS A DAY OR SHOULD SAY AT NIGHT TO KEEP THE WATER FRESH COMING IN, BUT WE STILL STRUGGLE WITH THAT PARTICULAR AREA ON THE, UH, WATER QUALITY. SO LIKE, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS EXTENDING THE SIX INCH MAIN AROUND THE CUL DE SAC CUT THROUGH THE PROPERTY AT THE PROPERTY LINE AND TYING INTO THE SIX INCH MAIN ON S OF THE WORD LOOP FEED INSTEAD OF JUST DEAD END AND THAT'LL GIVE YOU GUYS MORE CONTROL FOR THE QUALITY OF THE WATER FOR THE HOME KEEPS THE WATER FROM JUST SITTING THERE.

YEAH CHICKEN LO FROM BOTH AREAS GOT YOU SO YES, COUNCILMAN DUO. UH WHAT YOU SAID THEY'RE BUILDING A HOUSE. WELL, THIS WORK GET IN THE WAY OF THEM BUILDING THEIR HOUSE AT ALL. NO SIR. IT'S RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES. ONCE THE LINES PUT IN, IT WON'T IT WON'T IMPACT THEM AT ALL. AND ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC THAT, UH EMINENT DOMAIN. WE RARELY USE IT. WE USE THAT ONLY WHEN IT'S FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY. CORRECT. YES, SIR. AND IN THIS CASE, WE'RE STRUGGLING TO MEET TCUTCQ REQUIREMENTS ON UH, CHLORINE RESIDUALS, SO WE REALLY NEED TO LOOP THAT LINE TO KEEP EVERYTHING, UH, IN COMPLIANCE. THANK YOU. THE EXTERNAL UH, I IN THE DOMAIN IS LIMITED TO, UM, EXCLUSIVELY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE IT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OR ARE THOSE OTHER THINGS? SO, UM STAFF HAS MET THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT AND THE DETERMINING THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THAT AREA. UM ALSO, UTILITY EASEMENTS ARE VERY COMMON AND THEY DON'T INTERFERE WITH PROPERTY. TYPICALLY WE IDENTIFY IF A UTILITY ISN'T ALREADY EXIST , UM, IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WE WOULD HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THE HOUSE. SO UM, THE LINE OF THE EASEMENT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING INTERFERE WITH THEIR PROPERTY OR DIMINISH THEIR PROPERTY LINE AT ALL? THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FSW.

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE. YES, SIR. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE DENYING TEXAS GAS SERVICE COMPANY. PROPOSED RATES IN THIS ITEM COMES ALONG WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND THERE IS A FIRST AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SIX. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SIX. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. YES, SIR. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS TO CONSIDER AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO REFLECT UPDATED CONSTRUCTION CODES AND LOCAL AMENDMENTS. YOU MAY RECALL WE HAD A WORK SESSION ON THIS ISSUE AT LAST MEETING AND THIS ORDINANCE IS RECOMMENDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? THERE IS A FIRST AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN TURNER YES. UH MR BOONE, JUST FOR PEOPLE WATCHING WHO MAY NOT HAVE TUNED IN LAST WEEK. WHEN WE SAY UH, A FOLLOW UP FROM LAST AND WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY UPDATING. CAN WE KINDA SPEAK TO SOME OF THAT? YES SIR.

SO, AS YOU RECALL, UM COUNCIL LAST YEAR HAD MADE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE OR THE CONSTRUCTION ORDINANCES. AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY IS THE ADOPTION OF BASICALLY THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE EXISTING BUILDING CODE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE, THE 2021 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FUEL CODE , 2020 ELECTRIC CODE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE. UH, 2021 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE. 2020 IC C 600 WINDSTORM OR WIND RATING, UH, CODES AND THEN THE 2021. NATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. UM, SO AGAIN, UM CITY OF BELMONT FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION CODES. WE OPERATE UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, AND SO, UH, USUALLY ABOUT EVERY THREE YEARS THEY HAVE A NEW VERSION OF THE CODE THAT COMES OUT. AND SO THIS IS THE MOST RECENT, UH, CURRENT IC CODE IN THESE F IN THIS FAMILY, AND SO UM, AS WE DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST, UH, MEETING. UH, WE'VE STAFF HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK IN REACHING OUT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY . THE CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY THE DIFFERENT TRADES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE OF WHAT CHANGES ARE IN THE NEW CODES. UM BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY IS SIMPLY ADOPTING. UH, FINALLY, THOSE NEW CODES WITH A FEW LOCAL EXCEPTIONS. UH, YES, SIR. MR BOONE. I KIND OF LIKE TO THANK BOYD AND BO BECAUSE THEY REALLY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND, LIKE, EVEN WHEN YOU GO TO MARKET IN THESE CODES, LIKE ONE THING I'M BIG ON IS MAKING SURE THE PEOPLE WHO DO BUSINESS IN THIS COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AND YOU GUYS KINDA WENT ON THE CAMPAIGN.

EXPLAINING THE CHANGES. AND YOU YOU WORKED HARD QUICKLY TO GET THESE CODES UPDATED BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE WERE A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST YEAR, SO YOU KNOW HATS OFF TO EXPEDITE IN A QUIT WORK AND ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK. I THINK ONE OF OUR FOCUSES IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WAS BEING MORE CUSTOMER SERVICE FRIENDLY, AND I THINK THAT'S THE APPROACH THAT I. I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR

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UH BUT ALL OTHER CODES THAT WE USE AS INTERNATIONAL. UH, DOES THAT CREATE A HARDSHIP UPON THE PUBLIC? CONTRACTORS CONTRACTORS? NO SIR. I MEAN, YOU MAY REMEMBER WE HAD A GOOD BIT OF DISCUSSION LAST YEAR ON THAT QUESTION, AND AGAIN WITH THE OUTREACH THAT BOW AND BOY DID, AND SOME OTHER STAFF DID WITH THAT WITH THE TRADE INDUSTRY. THE FEEDBACK WE GOT WAS BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY THAT WE COULD, UH, WE'LL BE FINE WITH EITHER CODE. AND SO, UM, JUST IN DISCUSSION IN DISCUSSION WITH BOYD AND B, I DON'T WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES. WAS THAT U PC CODE? UH FOR COMMERCIAL ONLY, BUT IT OR DOES IT ALSO INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL IN RESIDENTIAL JUST JUST JUST COMMERCIAL APOLOGY. JUST COMMERCIAL. THANK YOU. OK, IF NO OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED MR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE. YES, SIR. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A DUPLEX WITHIN THE RS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5445 GARNER ROAD. UM.

THIS ITEM WAS HEARD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. UH AT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING FEBRUARY 26 2024 AND WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION 6 TO 0 FOR APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS NUMBER ONE. CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW PREVENTION AND OR FRAUD PROGRAM. NUMBER TWO. PLAN SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE FIRE AND BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS AND NUMBER THREE A 4 FT. SIDEWALK 4 FT. WIDE SIDEWALK SHALL BE INSTALLED ALONG GARNER ROAD. UH, THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE. THIS ITEM WITH THOSE SAME CONDITIONS. I SHOULD POINT OUT, THOUGH WE DID. HAVE UM, OPPOSITION, UH, IN THE TO THIS ITEM DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION, 28% OF THE SURROUNDING LAND AREA WERE OPPOSED TO THIS APPLICATION. AS A RESULT, UM WE WOULD NEED THREE QUARTERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR A SUPERMAJORITY IN ORDER TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. BUT THE ADMINISTRATION DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? MOVE TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN TURNER THEN COUNCILMAN SAMUEL UH, MR BOONE. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU SAID IT WAS 28% YES, SIR. UH, CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT 28% SPOKE IN REFERENCE TO? YES, SIR. HOLD ON A SECOND.

SO AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FT OF AN ITEM SUCH AS THIS AND THE RESPONSES WE GOT BACK, UM WAS FROM ONE PROPERTY OWNER. UH THE LOPEZ IS THEY WERE OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM, BUT WITH NO COMMENT. AND. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE BUT AGAIN BECAUSE THEY OWN SO MUCH LAND ADJACENT. THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERS THE, UH SUPERMAJORITY. SO IT WAS. IT WASN'T MULTIPLE. IT WAS WELL, WE HAVE A LET ME SEE. WE HAVE CHRIS SEE MR JANICE ALSO OPPOSED. UH, NO COMMENTS. I'M NOT SURE SPECIFICS AS TO WHAT? WHAT THEIR OPPOSITION WAS. WE HAVE A, UH, REGINA RICO OPPOSED NO COMMENT. UM SEE THE JENNIFER PETERSON. OPPOSED MISS PETERSON SAYS. THIS WILL CHANGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THAT. SO I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE WHERE WE HAD SOME Q SOME KIND OF QUALITATIVE COMMENTS AS TO WHY THEY WERE

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WHO IS ATTEMPTING TO DO SOMETHING WITH AND DEVELOP HIS PROPERTY, HOWEVER, UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE GREATER GOOD AND THAT GREATER GOOD IS A COMMUNITY THAT'S AROUND THERE. I KNOW FROM HELBER ROAD. OVER TO KAR. ALL OF THE DITCHES ARE DEEP. AND THE ROAD IS NARROW.

SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. AND I SENT I. I MADE THIS A REQUEST PRIOR TO THIS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH GUN AND ROAD. PERHAPS I KNOW FROM BEING AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING THAT EVIDENTLY THERE'S A OLDER STRUCTURE THERE. THAT'S UNUSED AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TEARING THAT DOWN AND PUTTING IN THIS DUPLEX WOULD IT WITH YOUR QUESTIONS? IT COULD BE APPROPRIATE THAT PERHAPS WE TABLE THIS AND GET THOSE ANSWERS TO SEE IF THE IN TERMS OF THE SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION. AND ACTUALLY, I. I BROUGHT IT UP ON A MAP. SO, UH, COUNCILS. WHEN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THAT, THAT BRIDGE WE WERE ADDRESSING A PATCH THAT HAD BEEN PUT IN THAT THAT WAS A BIT ROUGH GOING IN, SO THEY WERE GONNA READDRESS THAT AND SMOOTH IT OUT. BUT THE SECTION OF GARNER FROM HELVIG UNTIL THE PARK IN PARTICULAR, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT SECTION THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WITH WITH THE DUPLEX. WE WERE GONNA LOOK AT A FUTURE REHAB AND DEALING WITH THAT SECTION OF GARNER THE REMAINDER.

OF GARNER FROM THE PARK ON THE CONCORD ROAD WAS IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN THAN THE FIRST SECTION THAT THAT WE'RE IN DISCUSSION ABOUT. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT FOR FUTURE REHAB , BUT NOT EX, NOT WIDENING OR OR CHANGING THE SHAPE OF THE ROAD IN ANY WAY. JUST REHABBING. OK WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER THAT NOW BECAUSE ONE THEY JUST THEY'RE STILL DOING DEVELOPMENT IN THAT NEW NEW AREA, WHERE OCCURS AND GOES STRAIGHT INTO DEVELOP. UH ADDITION. YES AND THAT WAS PART OF OUR CONCERN AS WELL WITH WITH THAT FIRST SECTION FROM THE PARK TO HELL BIG IS THE DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THAT SECTION THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE MORE TRAFFIC ON THAT. THAT ROAD AS WELL, AND THE DUPLEX WOULD UH, THE DUPLEX IS CLOSE TO CONCORD. IT'S ON THE OTHER OTHER SIDE. THAT'S PAST THAT FENCED IN AREA. UH, I READ THE MAP CORRECTLY. THIS IS CLOSE TO CONCORD. THE DUPLEX IS ABOUT 200 FT OFF OF CONCORD. ON AND TO THE LEFT. UH UH, YEAH, TO THE LEFT SIDE. YEAH. WELL THAT IS A CONCERN. I CONTINUE. UH, I, I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND, UH, SO THAT'S MY POSITION. COUNCILMAN DUO TURNER FELL SO WHAT? BACK ON WHAT YOU SAID. MAYOR RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A, UH, A STRUCTURE THERE. THAT'S INHABITABLE. PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE THERE, AND IF YOU WANT TO TEAR IT DOWN, THEY WANT TO PUT A NEW STRUCTURE. A DUPLEX BASICALLY IS GONNA BE A HOUSE, BUT IT'S LIKE SPLIT IN HALF YOU HALF TWO PEOPLE OR TWO FAMILIES LIVING THERE. THAT REALLY INCREASED THE TRAFFIC THAT MUCH TO WHERE IT

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INSTEAD OF FOUR. I DIDN'T WANNA. MR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. MAY WE HAVE THE READING ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE? YES SIR. ITEM NUMBER NINE IS TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A CHURCH WITHIN THE RS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2190 MILE STREET. THIS ITEM WAS HELD AT A OR HEARD AT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ON FEBRUARY 26 2024, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 6 TO 0 TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS NUMBER ONE SHALL REMEDY ALL CODE VIOLATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH 21 21 90 MILE STREET PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. NUMBER TWO A PARKING LOT PERMIT SHALL BE OBTAINED AND ILLUSTRATES THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT LAYOUT TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY STANDARDS, INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF WHEEL STOPS TO DELINEATE SPACES. NUMBER THREE SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 28.04 0.006 LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS IF THE PARKING LOT INCREASES BY 25% OR MORE IN THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES. NUMBER FOUR.

CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW PRETREAT AND OR FRAUD PROGRAM. AND THEN FINALLY, NUMBER FIVE. CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL APPLICABLE FIRE AND BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING OBTAINING ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING PERMITS, AND THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE? MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONS. SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM

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MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER? 10 PLEASE? YES SIR. ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE CONCERNING A YARD REQUIREMENTS FOR PLACE FOR EXCUSE ME FOR PLANNED UNIT. AND CLUSTER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SECTIONS 28.04, 0.004 AND 28.04 0.008 IN THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN MADE BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT STAFF, UH, IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SETBACKS FOR PU, AS WELL AS CLUSTER HOUSING. UH, IN GENERAL, THESE REQUIRE A 25 FT SETBACK AND WERE REQUESTING THAT THAT BE CHANGED TO 10 IN ORDER TO BETTER MEET THE, UH, THE PATTER. OF SUCH DEVELOPMENTS, AND SO THIS ITEM WAS HELD AT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING FEBRUARY 26 2024 BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND RECOMMENDED 6 TO 0 FOR APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE REQUEST OF THE ITEM AS WELL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 10, PLEASE. SECOND BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF 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 MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU

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THIS ALLOWS FOR THEM TO NOT, UM AGAIN VIOLATE ANY PROVISIONS OF THE CODE. THE THERE IS AN ORDINANCE THAT IS IN THE ANOTHER PART OF THE THING IN OUR BUSINESS, ANOTHER PART OF THIS CHAPTER IN CHAPTER SIX THAT SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T PARK ON A PUBLIC STREET. UM, WITHIN CERTAIN HOURS . UM THE CURRENT CODE ONLY TALKS ABOUT OR I'M SORRY. THE CURRENT ORDINANCE ONLY LIMITS RESTRICTIONS TO VIOLATIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. ONLY SO THIS WOULD EXPAND. UM THAT ENFORCEMENT TO ALL OF OUR C. OUR CITY ORDINANCES TO INCLUDE SPECIFICALLY THAT ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS PARKING ON A PUBLIC STREET. SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT TODAY? WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT . UM, WE'RE GONNA SEND OUT NOTICES TO, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL AT THE REQUEST OF ACCOUNTS, UM, COUNCILMAN GETS AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN NEIL SECONDED IT AT THE LAST MEETING. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA REVIEW AND ADOPT IT TODAY, WHICH WHICH IS ITEM 11. WE ARE PREPARED A LETTER THAT PD WILL SEND OUT TO ALL OF THE REGISTERED T. TRUCK OWNERS, UM, BASED ON OUR TO LIST AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING FOR FULL ADOPTION OF THE CHANGES BY MAY 1ST, AND THAT JUST GIVES THEM AGAIN A TO KIND OF BECOME IN LINE WITH THAT. COUNCILMAN TURNER AND JUST FOR CLARITY. WE DISCUSSING YOU KNOW, JUST TOW TRUCKS ARE 18 WHEELERS, OR IS IT JUST SPECIFICALLY TOW TRUCKS? THIS ORDINANCE DEALS WITH TOW TRUCKS. UM AND TOWING COMPANIES, THE, UH, ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BE ATTACHED FOR 18 WHEELERS. WE'D HAVE TO DO THAT OTHER SECTION THAT PROHIBITS PARKING, UM LARGE ACCESS VEHICLES ON PUBLIC STREETS. THEY CAN STILL PARK IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IF THEY'RE PARKED IN A PRIVATE DRIVE, UM, BUT THEY JUST CANNOT BE PARKED ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS. OK, SO THEY THEY JUST CAN'T BE ON THE STREETS. OK, THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN GOETZ. UM MADAM ATTORNEY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. THIS IS BECOME QUITE

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BUT YOU KNOW, THEY JUST CONTINUE TO DO IT. UH, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO PASS. IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR, UM RESIDENTS TO PASS THAT THERE'S CARS COMING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS. I CAN'T GET BY. SO UM, YOU KNOW, I. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH DO THIS IS ANOTHER. IT GIVES US ANOTHER ARROW IN OUR QUIVER TO ENFORCE, UH, TOW TRUCKS FROM A NOT COMPLYING WITH THEIR CITY ORDINANCES. RIGHT AND SO RIGHT NOW, I GUESS IT'S LIMITED. UH LIKE THE REVOCATION, UM, PORTION DIDN'T INCLUDE THE ENTIRETY OF THE CLOTHES, SO THEM RECEIVING A CITATION FOR ON THE STREET OUTSIDE OF THE TOWING ORDINANCE WASN'T REALLY CONSIDERED WITH THEIR APPLICATION. UM, THESE AMENDMENTS WOULD ALLOW THE CHIEF WHO WHO'S BEEN TASKED WITH ISSUING THOSE PERMITS TO KIND OF CONSIDER THAT, UM AND WHETHER THEY WANT TO SUSPEND IT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME OR REVOKE THEIR PERMIT ENTIRELY. COUNCILMAN DUO SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE. IS THIS SOMETHING THEY'RE GONNA PUT ON THE TOW TRUCKS IF OR WHEN THEY WRITE THE TICKET. OR WHAT I'M GETTING AT. IS IT A CHANCE THAT, UH, THE TOW TRUCK IS GONNA BE TOWED. AND ARE THEY ON A ROTATION? WHAT IF THE COMPANY THEY WORK FOR IS THE ONE THAT COMES OUT TO? SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT IT DOESN'T COME TO THAT. BUT YES, AND SO, UH, OUR PLANNING MANAGER JUST TEXT ME TO THE SEMIS CAMP PARK AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SO THEY WILL BE RESTRICTED FROM THAT.

BUT THE TO A TOW TRUCK COULD PARK IF THEY'RE PARKED IN, UM, IN THEIR DRIVEWAY IN THE DRIVEWAY JUST CAN'T BE PARKED ON THE STREET. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT IMPACTS THEIR ABILITY TO DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY IN A IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY, UM, THAT THEY WILL NOT UM, BE A LOT OF PUSHBACK TO THIS, UM IT'S NOT OUR INTENTION TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY. BUT WE DO WANT TO, UM, BE RESPECTFUL FOR TO THOSE CITIZENS THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING TO THEIR HOUSES OR NAVIGATING DOWN. UM NARROW STREETS. THAT'S KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS THAT THEY TAKE UP A LOT OF SPACE ON THAT. BUT DON'T WE ALREADY HAVE ORDINANCES THAT, UH, YOU CAN'T PARK COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD? YES AND SO, UM, THIS ONE WILL JUST KIND OF ALLOW TEETH TO THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE SO THAT IF THEY DO PARK OR THEY ARE CITED FOR THAT VIOLATION, IT COULD AFFECT THEIR ABILITY TO REMAIN LEGITIMATELY, UM, TOWING IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE IF WE REVOKE THEIR PERMIT TO TOW, THEN WE REPORTED TO THE STATE SO THAT AFFECTS THEIR THEIR LICENSE IN ITS ENTIRETY, SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT AS COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN GETS POINT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH TO OUR ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR GREATER OR BETTER ENFORCEMENT. AND THAT OTHER ONE ABOUT THE, UH WHAT I MENTIONED ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. THOSE THE, UH, BEING ABLE TO PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY.

DOES THAT APPLY TO THEM ALSO? NO I BELIEVE, SHE SAID THAT SEMIS CAN'T PARK IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS PERIOD AND THEN SOON WOULD KNOW, PERIOD. NOT AT ALL, OK? WHAT ABOUT TOW TRUCKS? SO THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED SEMIS BY DEFINITION. UM THEY'RE TECHNICALLY I BELIEVE CAN PARK IN A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY JUST NOT ON THE STREET. AND SO THIS ONE STOPS THEM. BUT THEY'RE NOT PARKING IN PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS BECAUSE MOST OF THE AREAS WHERE THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM IS THEY DON'T HAVE THE DRIVEWAY WITH FOR IT, SO INSTEAD THEY PARKING, UM ON THE STREET OR OR BLOCKING A DRIVE THEIR BROADWAY TO DO THAT, AND SO THEY'RE NOT PART IN A DRIVEWAY OR OFF OF THE STREET INTO THEIR, UM, CREATING A HAZARD FOR THOSE FOR THOSE CITIZENS, SO NOW THEY'RE JUST GONNA START POKING IN THE FRONT YARD. WELL. THEY OFF THE STREET. WELL NOT IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT'S AGAINST THE RULES, AND SO IF THEY DID THAT IN HISTORIC DISTRICT, ACCORDING TO THE NEW ORDINANCE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THEIR PERMIT RE BOOKING, SO HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T COME TO THAT. YES, COUNCILMAN FELS.

MADAM ATTORNEY, UH, SECTION ONE. C TWO SPEAKS TO THE FACT. IF THEY, UM IF THEY'RE CONVICTED DA DA DA, THE CHIEF OF POLICE CAN UH, SUSPEND THEIR LICENSES REVOKE REVOKE IT. UH, DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT IF THEY DON'T AGREE WITH THAT DECISION, THEY HAVE A RECOURSE SO IT COULD COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND ANY PRO THAT ALLOWS FOR A PERMITTING AS A RIGHT. UH, THERE'S ALWAYS HAS TO BE A DUE PROCESS PROVISION. SO ALSO SUPPORTED THIS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE DID NOT CHANGE

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TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS EXCITING.

ARE YOU SURE? OK. SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO, UM, CHAPTER 10. THIS WAS, UH, INITIATIVE THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY COUNCILMAN TURNER AND COUNCILMAN DUO AND HIS LAST MEETING, COUNCILMAN TURNER AND COUNCILMAN NEIL REQUESTED THAT IT BE WORKSHOPPED AT THIS MEETING, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. UM SO WE WERE CHARGED, OR AT LEAST MY OFFICE WAS CHARGED WITH, UH, TO REVISE THE ORDINANCE TO REFLECT A MORE FRIENDLY APPROACH TO FOOD TRUCK UNITS WITHOUT COMPROMISING SAFETY STANDARDS, UM, TO ALIGN MORE WITH THE COUNCIL'S GOAL. THREE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, WHICH IS TO HAVE A FUN PLACE TO LIVE, VIBRANT COMMUNITY GOOD PLACE TO LIVE. SO THE PROCESS FOR THIS IS GONNA TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY BACK TO, UM UH, WHEN WE FIRST DID A WORKSHOP YEARS AGO, UM WE WORKSHOPPED IT, UM ORIGINALLY FOR 2015 AND THEN IN 2023 COUNCIL, ADOPTED A REVISED CHAPTER 10 AND THEN UM, IN 2024 AT THAT, SAME UH, NEXT YEAR WE LOOKED AT. WE WERE ASKED TO MAKE REVISION. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW AFTER AND THIS KIND OF CAME IF YOU REMEMBER WE HAD A, UM, A LITTLE TASTE OF THE TRIANGLE. UM SNAFU. AND SO PEOPLE SAID, LIKE OUR OUR ORS WERE A LITTLE TOO STRICT, SO COUNCIL SAID, LET'S LET'S BACKDATE AND LOOK AT THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO. SO UM, AND I GOT THESE NUMBERS FROM EMILY AND WHEELER, WHO MANAGES OUR EVENTS, FACILITIES AND I MANAGES THE EVENTS WITH THE CITY. BUT WE DO ABOUT 550 PLUS EVENTS EVERY YEAR . ALL OF THEM SERVE FOOD, SO OUR FOOD ORDINANCES IMPACT ALL OF THOSE EVENTS. 53 OF THOSE EVENTS HAVE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS, UM 27 ARE CITY EVENTS. SEVEN OF THOSE ARE EVENTS THAT WE PARTNER WITH IN 19 OF THOSE EVENTS, OR WE CONSIDER CLIENT EVENTS WHERE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY, UH, PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS. WE'RE JUST PROVIDING, UM FOR THEM TO OPERATE. SO THE FOCUS FOR THIS IS WE FOCUS HEAVILY ON SECTION AT 10.0207, WHICH SPECIFICALLY DEALS WITH FOOD TRUCKS AND SPECIAL EVENTS SINCE THAT WAS THE, UM, THE CHARGE FROM COUNSEL AT THAT TIME, UH, WE WANTED TO KIND OF ADDRESS SOME RECENT CONCERNS RAISED BY A COUNCIL AND THE VENDORS, UM, TO PROVIDE A MORE PRACTICAL APPLICATION, AND AGAIN, THE FOCUS WAS BECOMING MORE FESTIVAL FRIENDLY. UM CITY, UM TO WITHOUT COMPROMISING ANY, UM, SAFETY. SO IN OUR APPROACH, WHAT WE DID IS WE, UM, COMPARED OUR ORDINANCE TO SOME OTHER TEXAS CITIES, UM, THERE WERE THREE THAT STOOD OUT TO US FOR VARIOUS REASONS. UM FIRST WAS AUSTIN. VERY LARGE CITY. LOTS OF FOOD TRUCKS. LOTS OF FOOD TRUCK PARKS. UM THE SECOND ONE WAS DAYTON. UM CITY CLOSE BY LOT SMALLER BUT VERY, UM, EMERGING CITY LOOKING TO BE MORE FESTIVAL FRIENDLY AS WELL. AND THEN MIDLAND, WHICH IS A CITY THAT WAS MORE COMPARABLE TO OUR SIDE. UM, IN DOING SO, WE KIND OF LOOKED AT WHAT DID THEY, UH ARE SIMILAR OBJECTIVES AND I AND I WOULD SAY THAT THEY DO. I THINK MOST CITIES ARE LOOKING TO BE, UM MORE, UM, A BIT FRIENDLIER FESTIVAL FRIENDLY UH, AND AS THE POPULARITY OF FOOD TRUCKS GROW, UM MOST CITIES ARE EMBRACING THAT AS WELL. UM WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT UM THERE WERE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FROM OUR ORDINANCE. UM, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED FROM VINTAGE IS THAT IT WAS UNCLEAR WHAT WAS BEING ASKED, UM SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF BE CLEAR ABOUT

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DAILY MAY I MAY I, UM, IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER CITIES WE COMPARED TO WHEN WE SPEAKING TO THE PURCHASING THE DAY OF VERSUS ANY OF THE SYSTEM. WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN THOSE OTHER CITIES? SO UM, MOST OF THOSE CITIES AND I'M GONNA, UM I KNOW Y'ALL THINK I'M A ONE WOMAN SHOW. I AM NOT. I HAVE A GREAT STAFF, AND SO, UM, THIS KIND OF CAME AT A TIME WHEN WE HAD A MILLION THINGS GOING ON. SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL. UM, FOR MY ASSISTANT, CHASE ERMAN, WHO DID A LOT OF THE RESEARCH THAT MADE THIS PRESENTATION POSSIBLE? UM SO I'M GONNA DEFER TO HIM A LOT AS WELL. SO SHARE THAT MIC, MR COLEMAN. BUT UM, A LOT OF THE CITIES COME IF A LOT OF CITIES UM AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO POINT OUT IS THAT A LOT OF CITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE WANTING TO BECOME FOOD, TRUCK AND FESTIVAL CITIES ARE OFFERING COMMISSARIES. NOW THAT'S A BIG THING. CITY OPERATED COMMISSARIES IN SOME CITIES THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE SUPER LARGE.

PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT THAT IS A CASH COW FOR THEM, RIGHT, SO THEY HAVE THOSE COMMERCE SERIES, BUT SOME OF THOSE CITIES THAT DON'T OR THAT DIDN'T HAVE IT ORIGINALLY ARE OFFERING IT TO THEM TO MAKE IT EASIER. WE UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ORDER THEIR FOOD

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THIS IS PROPOSED LANGUAGE. I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE COUNSEL UM WITH THE WITH THIS HAND DOCUMENT, AND SO IF THERE ARE NOTES OR FEEDBACKS THAT WOULD PROVIDE, I GUESS ADDITIONAL CLARITY. I'M HAPPY TO RECEIVE THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, IF PURCHASED OUTSIDE THE CITY THAT THAT'S A BIG DEAL, AS LONG AS WE'RE SEEING RECEIPTS WITH THAT, UM KEEPING IN MIND THAT ANYTIME SOMEBODY PURCHASES FOOD OUTSIDE OF THE CITY THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT'S FROZEN OR NOT. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A TRAVEL PLAN FOR IT TO MAKE SURE AND THAT'S ALREADY IN ORDINANCE. WE DIDN'T TOUCH THAT, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A TRAVEL PLAN FOR THAT FOOD TO MAKE SURE IT'S MAINTAINED AT THE AT THE PROPER TEMPERATURE, SO YOU CAN HAVE IT OUT. YOU MENTIONED FROZEN AND THAT'S SO YOU KNOW IF YOU PASS SOMETHING IN BULK THAT IS FROZEN. YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M A FOOD VENDOR, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT NOT BE PLANNING ON DOING USING ALL THAT UP IN ONE DAY. YOU KNOW, I MIGHT GET A LOAD AND THEN YOU KNOW, DO IT THROUGHOUT THAT WEEK, BUT MOST OF THOSE ARE RESTAURANTS. AND SO THEY HAVE APPROVED COMMISSARIES. MOST FOOD TRUCKS DON'T HAVE THE STORAGE CAPACITY UNLESS THEY HAVE A COMMISSARY TO STORE THAT AMOUNT OF BULK FOOD SO MOST OF THEM OR WHO ORDER FOOD FROM CISCO, AND IT'S FROZEN. THEY'RE GONNA PACK WHAT THEY CAN AT THEIR COMMISSARY, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, UM ABILITY TO STORE ON THEIR TRUCK. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE REFRIGERATION TO KEEP IT AT THE AT THE THING MOST OF THE TIME ON THEIR TRUCK. THEY'RE IT'S PREP. THEY HAVE WHAT'S PREPPED SO THEY'RE THEY'RE PULLING TO COOK. THEY'RE NOT PULLING TO THAW OUT. SO IF A FOOD TRUCK HAD ORDERED FOOD FROM CISCO, AND IT WAS AT THEIR P, AND THEY STORED IT, THEY APPROVED COMS HERE. THEY'D BE FINE BECAUSE THE COMMISSARY WOULD BE INSPECTED AS WELL. SO THAT WOULDN'T AFFECT THEIR FOOD TRUCK. UH, STORAGE, OK? BUT AGAIN, WE CAN PROVIDE THIS LANGUAGE. SO IF THERE'S SPECIFIC THINGS THAT Y'ALL COME UP WHEN YOU SEE THAT YOU WANT TO, UM IN BE STAFF WILL TAKE THAT BACK AND WORKSHOP IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT STILL WORKS. IF I CAN SAY SOMETHING, UM TO ADDRESS WHAT TAYLOR? UH, COUNCILMAN NEAL WAS SAYING THAT HE THINKS, UH IT, IT CAN POSE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE HAVING TO BUY FOOD DAILY EVERY DAY. WITH OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW WE DEAL WITH MOBILE FOOD UNITS COOKING OUT OF THEIR HOME. WE DEAL WITH MOBILE FOOD UNITS NOT GOING TO DUMP THEIR GRAY WATER AT THE COMMISSARY. THEY DUMPED IT IN THE CITY OF DRAIN. WHICH, WHEN IT'S SOLIDIFIES WITH ALL THAT GREASE, IT IMPACTS THE CITY OVERALL WATER SYSTEM. WE DEAL WITH THAT RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THE COMMISSARY TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY DISPOSING. OF THEIR GRAY WATER, NOT DUMPED IT IN THE CITY DRAIN.

RIGHT WE HAD THAT ISSUE RECENTLY AT, UH MARDI GRAS THAT THEY WERE DUMPING THE WATER. WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DUMPING THE WATER. I MEAN, WE CATCHING PEOPLE NOW. COOKING FOOD OUT OF THEIR HOME AND THEN SELLING IT. AND SO FOR US AS PUBLIC HEALTH, IT'S ALL ABOUT FOOD SAFETY. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME RULES IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WHAT THEY'RE SELLING IS SAFE TO CONSUME. AND SO WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A COMMISSARY, WHERE YOU CAN STORE YOUR FOOD AS A LICENSED

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UM, THIS ONE DEALS WITH, UM ON SITE PREP. UM AND THIS SONG AGAIN ADDS FOR CLARITY FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. AND SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE, UH, OPERATING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AT A AN ESTABLISHMENT OR A LICENSED COMMISSARY, UM THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME IN WITHOUT AS MANY RESTRICTIONS AS WELL. OK, SO THIS ONE AGAIN APPLIES TO, UM, KIND OF? I GUESS A COUNCILMAN GET STARTED WITH THE BOY SCOUTS. UM SO THE LINK SALES AND SO FORTH, AND SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A TRANSPORTATION PLAN, ALSO FOR FOOD THAT'S BEING SERVED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. IF YOU'RE GONNA BE BRINGING FOOD IN FOR ANOTHER VENDOR, YOU NEED TO HAVE A TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT FOOD IS GONNA BE MAINTAINED AT THE PROPER TEMPERATURE. THIS ONE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PERMITS THAT THEY CAN DO. WE WENT FROM 4 TO 6 IN A CALENDAR AT PERIOD. I JUST, UM, THIS WAS KIND OF PROPOSED JUST BECAUSE WE'RE, UM, LOOKING TO HAVE MORE, UM, EVENTS AND SO WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

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OVERNIGHT PARKING. UM AND SO THAT IT WOULD BE TIED INTO THAT, SO IT WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO FOOD TRUCK PARKS. THIS PROVISION. THESE PROVISIONS SPECIFICALLY DEAL IT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO ENCOMPASS WHAT A FOOD TRUCK PARK LOOKS AT, AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE KIND OF WENT TO MORE DETAIL WITH THAT ARE LED WITH THAT. A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE. I FEEL LIKE WE PROBABLY BE EASED OR ADDRESSED IN A SEPARATE FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE. UH I GET THAT WHAT I'M SEEING OUT THERE.

UH AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS THAT THE IDEA OF A FOOD TRUCK PARK IS BEING PILLORIED BY, UH, FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS BECAUSE OF THEIR HISTORY OF DEALING WITH, UH, OUR ORDINANCES AS THEY CURRENTLY EXIST, AND THEY ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WOULD CARRY OVER INTO ANY FOOD TRUCK PARK. UM, WE NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU KNOW ITEMS SUCH AS, UH, REPORTING TO THE COMMISSARY WHEN WE MIGHT IN FACT, HAVE A COMMISSARY ON SITE, UH OR MOVING THEIR TRUCKS DAILY. UH WHEN, UH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING HAPPENING AT A FOOD TRUCK PARK. WHAT WE NEED TO EXPLAIN HOW THAT WILL OPERATE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS NEGATIVE UMBRELLA OUT THERE BEFORE WE EVEN GET STARTED ON. GOING FORWARD WITH THAT. SHE IF I CAN TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILOR METZ CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW A FOOD TRUCK CAN PARK AT THEIR COMMISSARY AS ORDINANCE READS RIGHT NOW, SO THE CITY HAS A FULL TRUCK PARKING. THAT'S THE PLAN GOING FORWARD WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AND THE CITY HAS A COMMISSARY THAT'S DOWNTOWN CLOSE TO THE FOOD, THEN THE TRUCKS DON'T HAVE TO MOVE.

CAN REMAIN THERE AS LONG AS YOU GUYS WANT THEM THERE. BECAUSE THE COMMISSARY IS RIGHT THERE SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DUMP THEIR GRAY WATER. AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS, UH, HAND WASHING SINKS AND THE PREP TABLE, THEY CAN KEEP EVERYTHING THERE THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUY STUFF FRESH DAILY EVERY DAY. THEY CAN BUY THE WEEK AHEAD OF TIME. JUST AS LONG AS THEY PUT IT IN THERE, RIGHT, THEN WE INSPECT THE COMMISSARY. THE COMMISSARY PASSES, THEN EVERYTHING'S OK. THEY CAN REMAIN THERE. THAT IS TYPICALLY HOW FOOD TRUCK PARKS OPERATE SO FOOD TRUCKS DON'T HAVE TO MOVE FROM A FOOD TRUCK PARK IF THE WITH THAT AS A COMMISSARY CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN TURNER UH, ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS IS, I KNOW WE KIND OF SPOKE ABOUT THE JURISDICTION. BUT I DIDN'T REALLY SEE IT DEFINED. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A MILE RADIUS OR WHEN WE SAY A JURISDICTION? THE CITY OF BEAUMONT IS JURISDICTION SO THE JURISDICTION IS FOUND BY THE HEALTH AUTHORITY JURISDICTION, SO THAT'S DEFINES IN OTHER PLACES OF THE ORDINANCE. SO, UM, THAT DO THAT, UH, DEFINITION. SORRY IT'S ALREADY EXPLAINED SO IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OR WITHIN THE CITY. CGJ WHATEVER WHATEVER AREA WE PROVIDE. THE HEALTH DIRECTOR PROVIDES SERVICES TO THAT'S HIS JURISDICTION. ALL RIGHT. WELL THE CLARITY I'M LOOKING FOR IS I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTING AND MOVING FOOD. I THINK IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDABLE IF WE DID, LIKE A MILE RADIUS LIKE A 30 MILE RADIUS OR 20 MILE RADIUS OR A 10 MILE RADIUS. LIKE I JUST KIND OF WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR. YOU KNOW, WITH THE

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BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW OFTEN IS THAT USED I. I THINK WHENEVER WE HAVE AN EVENT AND THEY'RE BRINGING IN FOOD, AND IT'S BEING CATERED, LIKE I SAID, LIKE WE HOST SEVERAL EVENTS IN OUR FACILITIES, AND ALMOST ALL OF THEM SERVE FOOD, SO I JUST WANNA JUST GO AHEAD AND USE OUR THE LAST BIG ONE THAT WE DID FOR THE CITY. AND WE DID THE STATE OF THE CITY. THERE WAS A LOT OF FOOD. UM, RIGHT. SO THEY YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE BRUNG IN THAT FOOD, POTENTIALLY THE DAY BEFORE, AND UM, STORED IT SO THAT THEY COULD EITHER COOK ON SITE OR PREP ON SITE. UM FOR THAT PURPOSE, SO WHENEVER THE FACILITY IS RENTED, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO USE THE UM, THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE THING. SO UM, I WOULD. I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PROBABLY DO LONG TERM AND ALLOW FOR ON AN ONGOING BASIS BECAUSE IT WOULD REDUCE OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE THAT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTING IT, UM, FOR LARGE EVENTS. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES WERE DOING IS THAT THEY THEY DO COMMIT TO THAT TO THE COMMISSARY IS A STAND ALONE SPACE THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT. AND I BELIEVE MR COLEMAN SAID THAT WE DO HAVE ONE HERE. LOOK UH ONE OR TWO HERE LOCALLY THAT ALLOWS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO COME IN SUPPLY THEIR FOOD PARK. THEIR FOOD TRUCKS, UM, DISPOSE OF THEIR WASTE. THEY PROVIDE THOSE TYPE OF SERVICES. UM SOME CITIES ARE PROVIDING THAT, UH, FOR FOOD TRUCK PORTS TO BECOMES A BUSINESS WHERE OTHER PEOPLE KIND OF DO THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF MIXED FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS THAT COME WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT PUTS THE CITY INTO A MORE PROPRIETARY ROLE. UM, WE'RE PROVIDING A PRIVATE SERVICE, SO TO SPEAK AS TO PROVIDING A GOVERNMENT, UH OR PUBLIC SERVICE, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT KIND OF, UM, WOULD GIVE ME PAUSE ABOUT THAT.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT SOME CITIES ARE DOING. UM THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS HERE. UM AND SO I THINK THAT AS THE NEED NEED KIND OF CAME AT THE MORE PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY GET INTO THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING PRIVATE COMMISSARIES FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS. OVERS I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL TO KNOW THAT IT'S BEING DONE HERE BECAUSE THAT KIND OF CAN ELIMINATE THE DISCUSSION OF BASICALLY SUPPLYING YOUR OWN.

AND THE LAST THING THAT I JUST WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THE YOU KNOW, DAMPENING, REPORTING BACK DAILY. UH THAT'S WHAT I JUST NEED CLARITY ON. HOW HAS THAT RELATIONSHIP BEEN AS FAR AS STAFF DEALING WITH SOME OF THE FOOD TRUCKS AND I AIN'T TRYING TO TELL BUT IN COLLEGE STREET AREA BE THERE EVERY DAY. OF COURSE YOU'RE GONNA YOU'RE GONNA ALWAYS HAVE PEOPLE THAT THAT DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES RIGHT? AND WHEN WE FIND OUT, WE CATCH HIM, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. BUT FIRST LET ME LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT A COMMISSARY IS. ALL THE COMMISSARY IS A LICENSED KITCHEN , A LICENSED ESTABLISHMENT. MOST OF YOUR CHURCHES HAVE LICENSED KITCHENS. CORRECT NOW, OF COURSE , YOUR CHURCH IS NOT COOKING AND SERVING FOOD DAILY. SO A FOOD TRUCK. FOR EXAMPLE, CAN HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH A CHURCH TO ALLOW THAT CHURCH KITCHEN TO BE THEIR COMMISSARY. RIGHT YOU'RE JUST A PLACE WHERE YOU GO. YOU KEEP YOUR FOOD. YOU DUMP YOUR GRAY WATER AND YOU SERVICE YOUR TRUCK. THAT'S ALL A COMMISSARY IS OK, SO TO GET TO YOUR QUESTION, UH YOU KNOW, IN BEAUMONT? WE GOT OVER 550 OR 600 LICENSED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS RIGHT? SO BUT WE ONLY HAVE TWO THAT AGREE TO BE A COMMISSARY. RIGHT? SO AND WHEN YOU A

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NO, NO. THE STATE GUIDELINES AND THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES TALKS ABOUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A COMMISSARY. WHAT WE PUT IN OUR ORDINANCE IS THE COMMISSARY HAD TO BE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF MON SO WE CAN INSPECT THE COMMISSARY. RIGHT. BUT WITH THESE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT IF YOU HAVE A COMMISSARY IN NEEDLING THAN WE WILL ALLOW YOU TO COME INTO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT, WE JUST YOU JUST NEED TO, UH, PROVIDE US WITH THE INSPECTION FROM THE COMMISSARY NEEDLE. THAT'S IN THE PROPOSED CHANGES, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE STATE IS SAYING. SO IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE RIGHT NOW THAT COMES HERE OR THE DUMPING LOCATION. IT'S BOTH THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS IT'S NOT ENOUGH RESTAURANTS ARE WILLING TO BE COMMISSARIES. AND SO YOU HAVE THIS PLACE. YOU WANNA TELL THEM ABOUT THE PLACE? THAT'S IT'S KT COMES HERE, IT'S KTC SAID KITCHEN NOW FROM FOURTH STREET.

SO THIS THIS, UH, GENTLEMAN, HE HAS A LICENSE FOR THE SALE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF VERMONT, BUT HE UNDERSTOOD THE NEED FOR IT. SO HE CREATED ONE. SO WE HAVE, UM I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF TOP OF MY HEAD BUT HAVE MOBILE UNITS THAT USE THEM MAINLY FOR STORAGE. BUT THEY ALSO GONNA GET THEIR FRESH WATER , PROBABLY THEIR WASTE WATER, AND THEY NEED TO DO ANY FOOD PREP. THAT'S TYPOS REFRIGERATORS THAT THE UM MOBILE UNITS, SALES PROVIDE PROVIDE THE REFRIGERATORS, THEIR OWN REFRIGERATORS THAT WE CAN INSPECT AT THE COMMISSARY. UM AND IT'S ALSO THE BIGGEST HOLD UP IS THE UNDERSTANDING WHAT EXACTLY A COMMISSARY IS, UM, BECAUSE IT IT IS, EVEN AS RECENTLY AS I SAY YESTERDAY, UM, GOT A CALL ABOUT THE FAIR. DO I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY COMMISSARY ? THE MOBILE UNITS AT THE FAIR, THEY BRING THEIR OWN REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS THAT WE INSPECT AS WELL. SO AS FAR AS SOMEBODY BUYING OR MAKING, UH, KEBABS. WE'RE INSPECTING THEM FOOD WHENEVER HE GETS IT. ON TOMORROW. CAUSE HE DON'T HAVE THE FOOD YET. AND THEY HOLD THE THEY PUT THE REFRIGERATORS INSIDE FOR PORK SOMEWHERE. UM THEY'RE THEY'RE AROUND THE MOBILE UNIT, SO THEY THEY FULL PARK PROVIDES THE ELECTRICITY.

THEY PROVIDE THE WATER. UM SOME OF THE BIGGER VENDORS. THEY BRING THEIR OWN REEFER TRUCKS.

SO A LOT OF THESE VENUES THAT WE SPEAKING OF DO THIS YEAR ROUND, SO THIS IS NOT NEW TO THEM. THEY BRING THEIR OWN STUFF. AND THEY HAVE VACUUM TRUCKS THAT GO AND REMOVE THE GRAY WATER OUT OF

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SOME THINGS THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED IN BOMA SUCH AS MORE COMMISSARIES. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALIZED THAT THAT WOULD ASSIST WITH A LOT OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE GOING ON, EVEN FOR ENTREPRENEUR THAT LITERALLY NOT EVEN OWN A BUSINESS OUT HERE AND JUST COME OUT HERE AND PROVIDE A COMMISSARY. THAT KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE NEED, AND I THINK HAVING THESE TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS IS A KIND OF HELP US GET TO WHAT OUR PROBLEMS ARE, SO WE CAN COME WITH BETTER SOLUTIONS AND JUST TAKING THE TIME OUT TO PUT CHANGES TOGETHER . JUST LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW FROM BOTH PERSPECTIVES. WE HEAR YOU GUYS. I UNDERSTAND. UH, WE DO WANT THINGS SAFE. AND I'M TOTALLY OK WITH IT, BUT I WAS A PART OF THAT. SITUATION WITH TASTE OF THE TRIANGLE I AGAIN COMPLIMENT YOU FOR HOW YOU HANDLED IT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OFTEN WHEN WE DEAL WITH MEDIA THAT'S ONE SIDE OF THE STORY BEING TOLD, AND JUST TO LEARN THAT THE ACCOMMODATIONS WERE MADE TO ACTUALLY LET THEM COME INSIDE AND UTILIZE OURS. THAT'S THE SIDE OF THE NARRATIVE THAT WASN'T BEING TOLD. THAT'S WHY I'M VERY HESITANT ON HOW I DEAL AND TALK WITH MEDIA. YOU KNOW, YOU DO THAT TO US. HOW AM I GONNA INTERVIEW WITH YOU? SO IT NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY BOTH WAYS. SO THANK YOU. YES, COUNCILMAN FELS. YEAH, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN TURNER. UH WE AS A COUNCIL. IT'S OBVIOUS WE AND I KNOW YOU, TOO. WE WANT TO BE FRIENDLY TOWARDS OUR MOBILE FOOD TRUCKS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO BURDEN THEM WITH UNNECESSARY RULES. BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS. AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, HELPING US TO FIND THE GUIDELINES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS. UH BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE SICKEST I'VE EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE. WAS ONE TIME I GOT FOOD POISONING. AND I WOULDN'T WISH THAT ON MY WORST ENEMY. IT'S HORRIBLE, AND SO, UH, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND THE STAFF HAVE DONE. THANK YOU GUYS. SO NEXT STEP. WOULD BE , UM, FOR ME WOULD BE TO PROVIDE THIS DRAFT COUNCIL. UM SO THAT COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THAT. UM AND THEN FOR US TO REGROUP INTERNALLY, BOTH WITH LEGAL THE HEALTH. UM, DEPARTMENT IN WITH WATER QUALITY. UM SINCE IT'S ALSO INVOLVED THEM. THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL DISCUSSION. UM BUT I, I FEEL LIKE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SERIOUSLY, THEN WE DO NEED TO, UM, INCLUDE THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE, UM, THAT HAVE THAT TOUCH THIS AND POSSIBLY EVEN PLANNING. UM AND THEN, UM, IF IT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL, UM, TO BRING IT BACK, UM THEN I WOULD TAX FOR, UM SOME TIME TO DO THAT. UM, KEEPING IN MIND THAT AGAIN, UM, A TIMELINE FOR WHEN Y'ALL WOULD PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK AND THEN SOME TIME FOR US TO KIND OF UH, GET ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER TO MEET, UM A COUPLE OF TIMES TO DO THAT. SO I'M NOT A FAST PROCESS, OBVIOUSLY, UM BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO BRING BACK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING BACK THIS SUMMER. YES MA'AM. UH, I JUST FOR CLARITY, SO YOU GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AND THE DIRECTION I LIKE TO YIELD TO THE MIRROR AND JUST ASK IF WE CAN KIND OF PUT A TIMELINE ON WE, AS THE COUNCIL CAN GIVE THEM LEGITIMATE FEEDBACK SO THEY CAN BRING IT BACK TO US UNDERSTANDING. YOU KNOW THE FESTIVALS AND SUMMER TIME LIKE THAT'S WHEN WE PROBABLY EXPERIENCED MOST OF THEM SO YOU KNOW, MAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIMELINE YOU FEEL IS FAIR, BUT SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT US.

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ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO CONSIDER REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE TOW TRUCKS, TOW COMPANIES AND TOW TRUCK OPERATORS ORDINANCE SECTION 6.08, 0.003 AND 6.08 0.005 AND THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 11 MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS. THERE IS A MOTION IN THE SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 11. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 11, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED AT THIS POINT, WE'LL MOVE INTO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER

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AND I JUST LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD DO ANYTHING IN OUR POWER TO, YOU KNOW, JUST A ASSIST ANY SENIOR THAT'S GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, IT MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL AMOUNT TO US, BUT TO SOME, BUT SOMETIMES YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT PEOPLE MAY BE GOING THROUGH FOR THE GENTLEMEN TO COME THIS MANY TIMES. I THINK HE REALLY NEEDS SOME ASSISTANCE. SO IF WE CAN HELP HIM AND GIVE HIM SOME GUIDANCE, UH, WHAT DIRECTION TO GO IN TO HANDLE THIS PROBLEM? I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. AND AS MAYOR STATED, I EMAILED THE MAYOR RECENTLY ABOUT DOING SOMETHING FOR BU AND I'M I'M KIND OF GLAD THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON ON WEDNESDAY, SO IT'S A COUNCIL IF WE CAN SUPPORT IT. I THINK IT'LL MEAN A LOT TO THE YOUNG MEN JUST FOR US TO SIMPLY BE PRESENT. AND LASTLY, I JUST HOPE SOON FOR LAMAR'S WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM. HOPEFULLY, THE UPCOMING MEETING THAT WE CAN KIND OF SHOW SOME APPRECIATION. I WAS OUT. I WAS OUT WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM WASHINGTON. AND A YOUNG LADY FROM THE TEAM CAME UP TO ME AND SAID Y'ALL DID THIS WOULD BE YOU. Y'ALL DID THIS FOR UH, LEXIS MORRIS. UH, WHAT ABOUT US? Y'ALL HAVEN'T BROUGHT US TO THE COUNCIL. SO I ACTUALLY EMAILED THE MAN BROUGHT IT TO HIS ATTENTION. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE SHOW LOVE TO ALL PEOPLE DOING GREAT THINGS IN BEAUMONT AND IF WE CAN GET HIM UP HERE AND CELEBRATE THEM. I HIGHLY APPRECIATE. I THINK THEY DESERVE IT. AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THIS CITY IS BEHIND THEM. SO THE WAY I CAN GET SOME SUPPORT WITH THAT I HIGHLY APPRECIATE IT. SO NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME, SHE MIGHT NOT BEAT ME UP RIGHT? THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS TO BEAUMONT UNITED AND OUR UNIVERSITY. OTHER THAN THAT, I'M GOOD MAYOR.

REGULATIONS TO BOMBARD UNITED. GO L. GO, LU, UH, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, SHOW APPRECIATION.

UH FOR CHERYL. MS RAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH UH, MAKING IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND, UH, IN THE A AND THANK YOUR STAFF FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. UH THE VENDOR SAID HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATED, UH, THE COURTESY AND, UH, HELP THAT YOUR STAFF PROVIDED SO THANKS TO BEAUMONT STAFF. UH, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR COLEMAN FOR WORKING ON THIS, UH CHALLENGES WITH THESE FOOD TRUCKS. I KNOW WE ON COUNCIL, UH, GET SEVERAL PHONE CALLS A YEAR ON THEM. SO IT UM SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THE TIME. WE ONLY HAVE ONE SIDE SO I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, BRINGING THE FACTS TO THE TABLE AND HELPING US WORK THROUGH THIS. MADAM. UM JUST A FEW FEW THINGS. UM THE GENTLEMAN MR MADISON WAS CONNECTED WITH A DETECTIVE, UM, AFTER THE MEETING. SO, UH, HE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT, UM SO THAT YOU KNOW, COUNCIL CAN KIND OF CROSS THAT OFF THE LIST.

UM, STAFF IS DOING A BETTER JOB WHEN INDIVIDUALS COME UP TO MAKE SURE WE CONNECT THEM WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN HELP. SO THAT WAS ADDRESSED TODAY. UM, AND THEY'LL BE FOLLOWING UP. UM LASTLY, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY STAFF AND, UH, THE AGENCIES THAT HELP WORK ON THE PRESENTATION TODAY, SPECIFICALLY BPD, UM, AND THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, UM, WITHOUT CHAPTER SIX, AS WELL AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH CHAPTER 10 AND ALL THOSE OTHER AGENCY UM OR PEOPLE WHO ASSISTED AS WELL, ESPECIALLY CHASE IN MY OFFICE. UM LASTLY, ON YOUR DAY IS A OPINION. UM, RECENTLY THAT WAS RELEASED BY THE SUPREME COURT. I HAVE SUMMARIZED IT AND BRIEFED IT FOR YOU AND TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT APPLICATION APPLIES TO CITY . UM SPECIFICALLY, JUST BRIEFLY, UM, THIS DEALT WITH A CITIZEN IN A CITY MANAGER SO NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO COUNSEL. MAM BUT THE COURT DID HAVE SOME SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS AS IT RELATES TO PERSONAL AND PRIVATE FACEBOOK PAGES. BASICALLY THE SUPREME COURT SAID THAT YOUR CITY ATTORNEY IS A GENIUS BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN TELLING Y'ALL FROM DAY ONE TO KEEP SEPARATE PERSONAL AND PUBLIC FACEBOOK PAGES. BUT

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BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THEM ON YOUR PRIVATE, SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS ON MY PUBLIC. POLITICAL FACEBOOK PAGE. UH WHERE I. I DEAL WITH ALL THE CITY THINGS JUST DON'T DELETE ANYTHING.

THAT'S THAT'S SHOULD BE THE RULE OF THUMB OTHER UNLESS IT'S OFFENSIVE AND VIOLATES THE FACEBOOK RULES. THEN YOU WERE REPORTED YOU AND DELETED IT. YOU WOULD REPORT IT. JUST REPORT IT, BUT BASICALLY, YOU DON'T DELETE. YOU YOU WERE REPORTED FACEBOOK WILL DECIDE TO REMOVE IT KEEPS A RECORD OF THAT KIND OF THING. SO IT IT WOULDN'T YOU WOULDN'T BE VIOLATING ANY OF THAT IN THAT PUBLIC FORUM SITUATION. UM, BUT YOU ALSO CAN'T BLOCK ANYONE FROM YOUR PUBLIC PAGE. BUT YOU CAN FROM YOUR PRIVATE PAGE. UM, IT DOES, UM, WHEN THEY LOOK AT SPEECHES AND POSTS, UH, THE COURT WAS VERY SPECIFIC THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE TO DETERMINE WHAT YOUR SPEECH WAS AT THAT TIME. SO IF YOU'RE OPERATING A DUAL PAGE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU USE FOR BROCH PERSONAL AND PUBLIC. THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE COMMENT IN THE POST TO MAKE SURE WHAT YOUR SPEECH WAS. AND THEN WHAT THAT COMMENT WAS RIGHT, BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THAT SOMEBODY COULD COME UP TO THE PODIUM IN THIS MEETING AND SAY THAT WE ARE WE ALL SUCK. WE ALL DON'T LOOK GOOD TODAY, AND WE WOULD SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS IN THE MEDIA WILL CALL FOR THE NEXT PERSON RIGHT AS LONG AS THEY DIDN'T USE ANY PROFANITY, ANY RACIAL EPITHETS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THEY'RE ENTITLED TO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT CHRIS BOONE'S TIE. SO.

YEAH THAT'S THE THING YOU CAN'T THREATEN. YOU CAN'T AND YOU KNOW , SO YOU CAN'T DO THOSE THINGS.

YOU CAN'T INSIDE OR WRITE OR DO THOSE THINGS, BUT YOU CAN COME UP AND JUST KIND OF EXPRESS AN OPINION. YOU CAN SAY I DON'T. I DON'T LIKE THAT TIE. I DON'T LIKE WHEN SHE WEARS GREEN SUITS.

YOU CAN SAY THOSE THINGS. THOSE THINGS ARE A FREEDOM SPEECH. BUT YOU CAN'T SAY IS THAT YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA KILL THE MAYOR, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T MAKE A THREAT. YOU CAN'T DO THOSE THINGS. SO THE SUPREME COURT HAS ALWAYS SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT IN G HAS AN ABILITY TO REGULATE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER AS IT RELATES TO SPEECH. WE DO THAT EVERY DAY. WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. WE LIMIT IT TO THREE M THREE MINUTES AND WE LIMIT IT TO ITEMS RELATED TO CITY BUSINESS AND THAT ARE POSTED ON THE AGENDA. RIGHT SO WE GET A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND SPEAK TO US, AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE YOU KNOW, REGULATE THEIR SPEECH.

THEY'RE STILL ENTITLED TO SAY THOSE THINGS, BUT THEY CAN'T, UM AGAIN COME IN AND SAY, USE PROFANITY. THAT'S ONE OF OUR COUNCIL RULES. WE REQUIRE THEM REQUIRE THEM TO ADDRESS US BY COUNCILMAN OR WORD OR OR MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY CITY MANAGER SO THEY CAN'T CALL US BY NAME OR BY UH, IN BART'S CASE, THEY WOULD SAY, UM, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, CALLING HIM BY HIS FIRST NAME, SO WE DO HAVE THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE. UM AND THOSE ARE KIND OF IN LINE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO CITIES. UM, BUT THAT'S THE SAME THING WOULD APPLY ONLINE AS WELL. THANK YOU. WELCOME. YES. VERY THOROUGH AND COUNCILMAN SAMUEL DID YOU HAVE MORE TO ADD? NO, I'M JUST GONNA USE TIKTOK. AND SO IT C AND PLEASANT IN CLOSING BEFORE BARCOS COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM CONGRATULATIONS TO MY ALMA MATER. SPECIFICALLY THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM IS A FORMER BASKETBALL MOM. IT WAS SO PROUD OF THOSE GIRLS AND ALL THEY DID. UM AND THEN, OF COURSE, CONGRATULATIONS TO BE YOU. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CROSSWALK AT LUCAS AND PINE BURR . SO UM, AS YOU ARE AWARE THERE WAS RECENTLY A AUTO PEDESTRIAN FATALITY AT THAT INTERSECTION. THERE IS A CROSSWALK PRESENT AT THE INTERSECTION. IT IS A SIGNALIZED CROSSWALK, SO IT HAS TRAFFIC SIGNAL HEADS. THEY'RE NORMALLY BLINKING YELLOW, HOWEVER, WHEN A PEDESTRIAN GOES AND ACTIVATES THE BUTTON AT THAT INTERSECTION THEN THE LIGHT WILL CYCLE TO SOLID YELLOW FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. AND THEN IT WILL CYCLE TO RED. UH JUST LIKE A NORMAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL INTERSECTION WILL THERE ARE

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UPDATED THE SIGNAL HEADS AND PUT THE YELLOW SURROUNDING BORDER AROUND THEM, WHICH IS THE NEW TEXT DOT STANDARD. AND THEN FINALLY, WE LOOKED AT THE PEDESTRIAN HEADS AND ONE OF THEM HAD A COUNTDOWN TIMER ON IT, AND THE OTHER ONE DID NOT. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND UPDATED. THE PEDESTRIAN HAD TO GIVE A COUNTDOWN TIME. THAT WAY. YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG YOU HAVE TO GET ACROSS THE STREET. WE'RE GOING TO INITIATE A TRAFFIC STUDY AND EVALUATE THIS AREA THERE. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMBER OF INCIDENTS OVER THE YEARS. UM IN THE MEANTIME, WE WENT AHEAD AND WE WENT BACK ALL THE WAY TO 2016 AND EVALUATED THE AUTO PEDESTRIAN INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT PINE BUR SINCE THAT TIME, SO THERE HAVE BEEN SIX AUTO PEDESTRIAN INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED FROM 2016 UNTIL 2024 OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TWO FATALITIES, UH OVER THOSE SIX UM , THERE IS ONE IN 2016 1 IN 2022 AND 22 AND TWO AND 24 1 OF THE ONES IN 22. THE CAR LEFT THE ROADWAY STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN THAT WAS ON THE SIDEWALK, SO THEY WEREN'T IN THE ROAD AT ALL. UM IN THE OTHER FIVE. IN NO CASE WERE ANY OF THE PEDESTRIANS USING THE CROSSWALK? SO THEY WERE EITHER NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THE CROSSWALK. UH, ONE OF THEM THEY WERE NORTH OF PINE BUR. UM WELL, BUT THEY WEREN'T. THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO IT. BUT IN NO CASE WHERE THEY ACTUALLY USING THE CROSSWALK THAT THAT'S PRESENT AT THAT INTERSECTION, SO IF WE DID FULLY PUT A SIGNAL AT PINE BURR AND LUCAS. UM THE CROSSWALK WOULD REMAIN THE SAME. IT IT WOULD. IT WOULD STILL ACTIVATE THE SAME WAY. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THAT TRAFFIC WOULD BE STOPPED ON LUCAS FOR CARS COMING OFF A PINE BEG, BUT IT WOULDN'T IT WOULDN'T CHANGE IN ANY WAY THE METHOD OF CROSSING LUCAS FOR PEOPLE GETTING FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX TO THE CONVENIENCE STORE . SO THE BIG PROBLEM IS, AS I SEE THIS WE REALLY NEED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THE CROSSWALK SO THAT TRAFFIC WOULD BE STOPPED WITH A RED LIGHT AND THEY GO ACROSS IN THE CROSSWALK RATHER THAN JUST AT A LOCATION ALONG THAT STREET. THANK YOU. MISTER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ELLIS THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO COMMEND MS RAY AND HER TEAM FOR THE CITY'S 2023 AUDIT. UH, AGAIN. WE GOT A CLEAN OPINION ON THAT AUDIT. UM AND THAT'S VERY GOOD FINANCIAL NEWS FOR THE CITY. UH I WANT TO COME IN AND CONGRATULATE MS RAY. FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK. I ACTUALLY WAS, UH UH, A FINANCE OR AC F. AT ANOTHER CITY, SO I DO KNOW ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT'S INVOLVED IN PREPARING A AN AUDIT. UH FOR THE CITY AND A LOT OF THE WORK. ACTUALLY MOST OF THE WORK IS BEHIND THE SCENES . WE DON'T EVER SEE IT. UH BESIDES THE FINANCE FOLKS, AND, UM, THEY DID A EXCELLENT JOB.

UH, THEY ACTUALLY, UH, COMPLETED IT SOONER THAN UH, EXPECTED IN OUR FINANCE WORLD. WE TRY TO COMPLETE CITY AUDITS BEFORE THE END OF MARCH. UH, TODAY IS MARCH 19TH, SO THEY THEY MET THAT BENCHMARK. UH, THIS ON IT WAS COMPLETED SOONER THAN LAST YEAR. IT WAS LATE APRIL WHEN WE BROUGHT THE AUDIT TO CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR, SO WITH BEING SHORT STAFFED, AND WITH THE CHANGES THAT OR THE CHANGE THAT OCCURRED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. I AGAIN COMMEND, UH, MS RAY AND HER TEAM ON, UH, A SUCCESSFUL AUDIT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK

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