[CALL TO ORDER]
          [Opening Remarks – Kenneth Williams, City Manager]
          [1. Five-Year Community Investment Plan (CIP)]
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          PRELIMINARY NOTHING FINAL FOR THAT AREA, SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST PULLED 
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OUT OF THE BLUE. BUT WELL. THAT THAT'LL BE PUT FORWARD, I GUESS AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE 
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PARKS STUDY THAT WILL INCORPORATE WHATEVER WORK IS ALREADY BEEN DONE ON THAT. THE 
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ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO ADD, IS I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. UH PARK PLAN BECAUSE 
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MUCH LIKE THE SIDEWALK. OFTENTIMES AS WE SIT UP HERE WE HEAR ABOUT NEEDS, BUT, UH, IT 
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IT'S NICE TO SEE THE DATA SUPPORTING THAT IN TERMS OF POPULATION DENSITY AND HOW MUCH BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY HAVE POPULATION ALL OVER THE CITY AND WE HAVE PARKS. BUT YOU KNOW SOME PARKS USE MORE. SOME USE LESS HOW WE CAN INCREASE USAGE. AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED IN THAT PARKS MASTER PLAN, AND CERTAINLY THE COUNCIL CAN DEVIATE FROM IT, BUT MUCH LIKE ANY SIDEWALK PLAN, WHERE AT LEAST HAVING SOME PROFESSIONALS ALONG WITH STAFF OVERVIEW TELLING US WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET OUR BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK, AND, UH AND CERTAINLY, THOUGH, BEING IN CONVERSATION WITH THE PEOPLE OF YOUR WARD IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT, BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THAT INFORMATION ALSO COMES INTO PLAY IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, UH, INVESTMENT PLAN FOR THE PARKS. SO ALSO IS IT STILL IN PLAY OR HAVE THERE BEEN ANY MORE TALKS WITH BISD AS FAR AS GETTING THAT OLD UH PRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROPERTY AND PUTTING IN A SMALL COMMUNITY PARK THERE HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO THEM AGAIN ABOUT IT. YEAH I DON'T KNOW IF THEY BEEN ABLE THAT TALKS AS WE DID AN ASSESSMENT OF THAT BUILDING AND THE INITIAL EARLIER ASSESSMENT. IT WASN'T FEASIBLE FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. IT WAS REALLY EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION. IT HAD SOME UH, MITIGATION ISSUES WITH ASBESTOS AND A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON THERE. SO IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS WILLING TO WORK WITH US MORE ON SOME THINGS I ACTUALLY FEASIBLE FOR US. BUT THE EARLIER ASSESSMENT IT WASN'T IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THEY DEMOLISHED IT CLEANED IT UP AND THEN GAVE IT TO US THAT WOULD HELP. FOR SURE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE ROGERS PARK. UH, PICNIC PAVILION CAME OUT OF OUR OPERATING FUNDS FOR 2024. AT A COST OF ■K7200,000. CONSTRUCTA NEW 44 BY 30 FT METAL PICNIC PAVILION AT ROGERS PARK. THE PICNIC PAVILION SHALL INCLUDE LIGHTS, 110 VOLT RECEPTACLES, PICNIC TABLES, TRASH RECEPTACLES 
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IN CONCRETE ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALK. ESTIMATED START DATE IS AUGUST THE FIFTH UH AND BE LOCATED NEAR THE SPLASH PAD NEAR THE PARKING LOT ON, UH, DIN BETWEEN THE, UH, LIBRARY IN THE PARK. THOUGHT THAT WAS DONE ALREADY. NOT THE PAVILION. I MEAN, AT A ROGERS PART PARK? NO. HAVING STARTED CONSTRUCTION YET WON'T BE UNTIL AUGUST. THE ONE THAT PROUD LOOKS REALLY NICE. I SAW IT FRIDAY DURING THE TRASH PICK UP. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T BELIEVE FOR NOW, BECAUSE WE GOT OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN THAT'S GONNA GIVE US OUR, UH, NEXT 10 YEARS. OUR BLUEPRINT. WELL THAT THAT THAT'S GREAT. SO MY QUESTION IS FOR 2526. UH ARE WE STILL DO WE STILL HAVE THE SAME PARKS BUDGET ? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO AWAY INTO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN IS COMPLETE. I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY IN THE PROCESS COUNCIL MEMBER YOU KNOW, WE JUST BEGINNING SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. YEAH UH, WELL BY THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU GIVE YOU A GREAT IDEA WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE FOR SURE. II. I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL. OK THAT'S FAIR. AND THE LAST QUESTION, MR KENNETT. I KNOW YOU SAID DATA COLLECTED. 
          YOU KNOW, TO SEE THE COMMUNITY PARKS. UH, I'D BE INTERESTED FROM THE CONSULTANTS TO KNOW HOW WE ARE COLLECTING THIS. THE DA THIS DATA INTO WHOM ARE WE COLLECTING IT FROM? UH I THINK IT'S GREAT. THEY COLLECTING IT, BUT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. WHEN WE'VE DONE SOME OF THESE STUDIES. WE WOULDN'T REALLY SPECIFIC IN WHAT WE ASKED FOR. AND WE PAY ALL THIS MONEY. IT'S NOT ON YOU BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR YOU JUST STARTING IT, BUT WE PAID ALL THIS MONEY AND WE ASKED QUESTIONS, AND SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS WERE UNANSWERED. SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS COMMUNITY PARKS, WE REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE AREAS. THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS I WANTED TO GO BEYOND THE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. BECAUSE I MEAN THERE. THEY'RE ALREADY THERE. AT PRESENT. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE BEEN ASKING AND I THINK WE WOULD GET MORE SUPPORT IF THEY WERE MORE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. WILL THE CONSULTANTS THAT ARE COMING IN? THEY WILL ACTUALLY HOLD COMMUNITY EVENTS. 
          SO EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT SAY, UH, CHOSEN FOR THE FOCUS GROUP OR STEERING COMMITTEE, EVERYONE IN THE CITY I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE INSIDE THE PARKS AND THE BASICALLY THE FUTURE FOR OUR PARK SYSTEM. YES, SIR. AND THE FOCUS GROUPS AND STEERING COMMITTEES. IS IT OUR PARTS COMMITTEE OR THERE BE SOMETHING ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF THE PARTS COMMITTEE. SO OK, THANK YOU. AND YOU WILL PICK THEM UP WITH THE COUNCIL PICK THEM. WE'LL MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS. UH I MIGHT DEFER OVER TO MR WILLIAMS ABOUT THAT. 
          WE CAME UP WITH A LIST OF NAMES. UH AND THEY WILL BE SHARED WITH COUNSEL AT SOME TIMES. AND THEN, UH, WE CAN GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER, AND, UH, MAKE THE PROCESS SMOOTH. OK, I APPRECIATE IT. AND THE BEAUTIFICATION LOOKS A LOT BETTER THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S COMING ALONG. BUT MR WILLIAMS WIN IN THIS PROCESS DO PRESENT IDEAS THAT I'VE HAD FROM, UH, PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT AS FAR AS PARKING IMPROVED. OR ADDITION AS FAR AS THE COMFORT PARK. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UH THAT'D BE DURING THAT PART OF THE PROCESS WELL, WHETHER THEY GET INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS OR COME TO THE PUBLIC HERE AND JUST OR TO COME DIRECTLY FROM YOU. OK WELL, WE CAN TAKE THAT INPUT AND PUT THE ENTIRE COMMENTS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH WITH HAVING AN ASSOCIATES. IT'S UH, FIRM OUT OF HOUSTON THAT'S DOING THIS. DO THEY HAVE AN ASSOCIATES THAT THEY'RE WELL KNOWN. AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THEY'VE DONE GOOD. THEY DO GOOD WORK. COUNCILMAN GETS I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME OR NOT, SO I'M JUST GONNA ASK ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO TRY TO CLEAN THIS COMMUNITY UP. ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, THE AREN'T UNWARRANTED BANDIT SIGNS THAT ARE ALL OVER THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND I'VE TALKED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND , UH, I THINK WE'RE BOTH IN AGREEMENT THAT AS LONG AS WE HAVE A UNIFORM POLICY. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEIR CANDIDATE SIGNS OR WE BUY HOUSE SIGNS OR DO PRESSURE WASHING SIGNS. IF OUR POLICY IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THESE TO BE PUT IN OUR CITY, RIGHT, SUBWAY, UM OUR EASEMENTS AND THAT WE'RE GONNA PICK THEM UP. IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO DISCUSS THAT SINCE THAT MIGHT COME UNDER THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, OR WOULD THAT BE AT SOME OTHER TIME? UH AND THAT'S UH, IT'S A GREAT TIME FOR ME TO GIVE AN UPDATE IN OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING YESTERDAY WE DISCUSSED THIS AS AS AS DURING THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND I AGREED WITH YOU THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE. SO IN OUR DEPARTMENT A MEETING 
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YESTERDAY WE DISCUSSED THIS. AND WE'VE, UH AND I GAVE STAFF INSTRUCTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENFORCE THE BANDIT SIGN, SO IT'S GONNA BE A PRIORITY. AND IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US AND WE TALK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS. WHETHER IT'S KEN AND HIS GROUP ARE CODE ENFORCEMENT. UM WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT. SO COUNCIL WON'T BE SURPRISED IT. IT'S A PRIORITY FOR CITY STAFF AT THIS POINT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY AND WE'VE COME UP WITH A STRATEGY TO DO IT. AND I ONLY MENTIONED IT BECAUSE IF IT IS GOING TO INVOLVE THE HIRING OF ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES OR EVEN PART TIME EMPLOYEES TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR THOUGHT IS THAT WE CAN DO IT WITH EXISTING THE STAFF AND EMPLOYEES OR IF WE NEED TO BUDGET TO HER ADDITIONAL . WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO WITH IT EXISTING STAFF FIRST AND SEE HOW IT LOOKS, BUT WE THINK WE COULD DO IT WITH EXISTING STAFF AT THIS POINT, BUT BUT WE NO MORE AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. SINCERELY THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THE LAST THING I JUST GOT A TEXT FROM A CITIZEN OUT OUT WATCHING PARKS MASTER PLAN. DO WE HAVE A PROJECTED FINISH DATE. I KNOW PARK HAS BEEN AN EXOTIC TOPIC THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE A PRIORITY WITH FUNDING WITH ACTIONS OVER WORDS SO UH, I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF IN A POINT WHERE IT'S HARD TO INVEST MONEY INTO PARKS. WHEN WE KNOW WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN. SO DO WE HAVE A PROJECTED IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT A YEAR FOR COMPLETION. YEAR FROM NOW. YES, YES. FOR MAY OF 25. WELL, WE ALREADY STARTED IS, UH IS THAT WHAT WE ALREADY INCLUDED ? I'M WE'VE WE'VE ONLY MET TWICE. UH OH, LORD. SO WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO. CAN'T GET HIM A TIGHTER TIMELINE THAN THAT TO WORK FASTER. YOU COULD YOU COULD , BUT IT IT'S A PRETTY INTENSIVE PROCESS. UH YOU KNOW, WE COULD MAKE ASK HIM TO GO FASTER, BUT IT IT'S A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS. AND THE ONE THING I'VE SEEN WITH THE CITY AND I. I FEEL , UH COUNCILMAN TURNER'S FRUSTRATION, BUT I ALSO REALIZE WHEN YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH AN ENTIRE CITY IF YOU DON'T GIVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME, THEN PEOPLE ALSO FEEL EXCLUDED FROM THE PROCESS AND, UH A YEAR. AND NOW IT FEELS LIKE A LONG TIME. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING FAR PARKS HOPEFULLY UH, WELL, WE'LL GET OUR BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK. WE'LL SEE WHERE THINGS CAN BE. SPED UP. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WITH A HALF AN ASSOCIATES, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM. IT APPEARS WE HAVE OUR YOUNGEST IN ATTENDANCE TODAY AS WELL. HE NOT FEELING NO EAR. ALL RIGHT. I LIKE THAT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE. APPARENTLY WHEN IT GETS WARM, MY BODY GETS REALLY COLD. UM DO YOU HAVE THE SLIDES IN FRONT OF YOU FOR THE EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM IS LISTED. DO YOU GUYS HAVE THOSE OR NO? YEAH, IT'S IN THE YES, OK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS KIND OF GO OVER THOSE SO YOU CAN SEE THEM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SEVEN ITEMS LISTED UNDER RECREATION, ONLY ONE OF THEM IS NEW. THE GOLF COURSE. DRIVING RANGE NET. YES, SIR. THIS IS THE SAME. AND IN YOUR REPORT YOUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PLAN DRAFT. YOU HAVE A PAGE FOR EACH PROJECT THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS. WE PAGE 13 THAT WAY. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT KIND OF WHILE WE'RE GOING OVER IT. UM SO YOU GET AN IDEA, AND I DON'T JUST HAVE TO BORE YOU WITH READING IT THE ENTIRE TIME. EVERYONE STRAIGHT. SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. UM SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AGAIN WAS WAS IN THE PLAN. 
          WE PUT IT IN LAST YEAR. UM WE NEED SIX NEW PICKLE BALL COURTS AT THE TENNIS CENTER. THERE'S A LARGE OPEN SPACE SORT OF IN BETWEEN THE PRO SHOP AND THE BACKSIDE COURTS. THIS WILL GIVE US SIX STAND ALONE PICKLEBALL COURTS, WHICH WE REALLY NEED, UM, PRESENTLY OUR OUR COURTS ARE ALL MULTI USE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL. JUST YOU HAVE TENNIS COURT. PUT LINES ON THEM. PUT YOUR TEMPORARY NETS UP AND THIS WOULD KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF SEPARATION WHICH IS DEFINITELY NECESSARY. WE COULD WE COULD PROBABLY USE MORE, BUT WILL BE REALLY GOOD IN THE MEANWHILE SECONDLY, THE NEXT THING YOU'LL SEE IS A FRONT NINE RESTROOM FACILITY. OK? JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE RECEIVED SO MANY CALLS FROM THE PICKLE BALL COMMUNITY. UH, TO ECHO WHAT 
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YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THE NEED FOR THESE PICK A BALL COURTS. IT'S A THE PAST IS GROWING SPORT IN AMERICA, AND IT IS A CRAZY HOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE. I WARNED YOU GUYS YEARS AGO. Y'ALL JUST DIDN'T BELIEVE ME. WELL I, I BELIEVE YOU AND, UM YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT IS EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED. SO APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT IN THE BUDGET. YEAH IT'S UM YOU KNOW, I GOT A LOT OF WEIRD LOOKS WHEN I STARTED TALKING PICKLEBALL ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, AND WHEN I FIRST READ IT, I GAVE WEIRD LOOKS, BUT IT'S UH, YOU SHOULD BE SICK OF ME TALKING ABOUT IT SO THIS THIS IS DEFINITELY NEEDED. AND IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE, THAT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT IN SOMETHING WE REALLY, REALLY NEED. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST IS, UH, FRONT NINE RESTROOM FACILITY. THE FRONT LINE DOES NOT HAVE A RESTROOM. CURRENTLY IF WE DID, WE WOULDN'T NEED TO BUILD A NEW ONE. SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THAT RENDERING IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WE PULLED. UM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FACILITIES MAINTENANCE PUT TOGETHER. UH, JUST KIND OF A MOCK UP OF WHAT A TYPE OF RESTROOM WILL LOOK LIKE, UM THIS COST $480,000 THAT CAN VARY COULD COULD PROBABLY GO A LITTLE LITTLE BIT DOWN, BUT, UM, THAT'S NOT REALLY MY AREA OF EXPERTISE AS FAR AS KNOWING HOW THE BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED AND WHAT THE COSTS ARE GONNA BE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED FOR THAT SIDE OF THE GOLF COURSE. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST. YOU SEE THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX COMPLEX FOR FIELD CONVERSION AGAIN SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR. QUITE A BIT. UM THIS WOULD BE UPGRADING COMPLEX FOR WHICH IS CURRENTLY THREE SOFTBALL FIELDS TO MAKE THEM LARGER TO WHERE WE CAN PLAY BASEBALL. UM YOU'D STILL BE ABLE TO PLAY SOFTBALL ON THEM. 
          ANYTIME YOU YOU MAKE THESE FIELDS LARGER. YOU CAN STILL PLAY FAST PITCH SOFTBALL, SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL, WHICH WE USE DURING THE WEEK. BUT THIS WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST 14 THROUGH 18. YEAR OLD BASEBALL , WHICH IS SOMETHING THE CITY REALLY NEEDS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PRESENTLY DO NOT HAVE. AND IT COULD BE A HUGE ADDITION. UM, YOU SEE THE COST OF $6.5 MILLION. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST HAVE LYING AROUND. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THAT IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WE'LL WE'LL MAKE THAT MONEY BACK. I CAN ASSURE YOU WITH THE AMOUNT OF EVENTS THAT WE WOULD HOST I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME PROJECTIONS ON THE REVENUE THAT WOULD BE GENERATED FROM THIS BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT THE NEED AND ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE, BUT IT'S USUALLY JUST THEIR PROJECTIONS. 
          BUT IF WE CAN HAVE SOMEWHAT OF AN YOU KNOW, IN, UH, INDEPENDENT PROJECTIONS SO THAT WE CAN BECAUSE SOME THINGS WILL HELP PAY FOR ITSELF IN A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO POINT OUT. YEAH AND I THINK WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, TOO, MAYOR, UM CVB IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. AS FAR AS THAT GOES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE LOOKING AT HOSTING TOURNAMENTS. FORD PARK HAS TOURNAMENTS EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND . UM AND CBB REALLY IS KIND OF THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THAT THEY'RE GONNA KNOW. UM AS WE'VE HEARD FOR YEARS, HEADS AND BEDS, YOU KNOW HOW MANY HOW MUCH TAX DOLLARS IS GENERATED FROM PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUT OF TOWN AND, UM, PART OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAD IN OUR DIRECTORS MEETING YESTERDAY IS, UM, IS MANAGER WILLIAMS YOU KNOW, ADDRESSED A MINUTE AGO AS I FORGET HOW TO SPEAK, UM, WAS SOME A I IN POSSIBLY BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE A I TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM WHAT THEY'RE DOING WHILE THEY'RE HERE AND TO REALLY GET US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER THIS INFORMATION THAT WE CAN TRY TO UTILIZE TO BETTER SORT OF SELL YOU GUYS ON. HEY THIS IS WHAT WE CAN BRING IN FROM DOING THIS AT THIS COMPLEX. UM OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU DO THIS, YOU'RE GONNA SHUT DOWN THESE FIELDS FOR A WHILE, IT WOULDN'T BE A HUGE SHOCK TO OUR SYSTEM BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER WE HAD WE HAD A LIGHT FALL DOWN AT COMPLEX FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND SO WE SHUT DOWN COMPLEX FOR ESSENTIALLY, IT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR A YEAR AND A HALF A YEAR YEAR AND A HALF. 
          SO WE KNOW HOW TO FUNCTION WITHOUT IT, SO IF WE DECIDE TO DO THIS, IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE GOOD FOR US. YES, SIR. DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIELDS THAT WE USE FOR BASEBALL IN THE CITY OR THESE JUST ALL SOFTBALL FIELDS RIGHT NOW. THEY CAN PLAY BASEBALL IN OUR FIELDS AT THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX. THERE'S JUST NO ONE DOES. UM THEY'RE ALL DIRT IN FIELDS, AND IF YOU CAN PLAY ON TURF OR GRASS, YOU WOULD PREFER TO PLAY ON THOSE AS OPPOSED TO AN ALL DIRT INFIELD. 
          ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HONEY, CULT BASEBALL OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF BASEBALL? UM SO FORD PARK ALLOWS IT. IT IS ESSENTIALLY BUILT FOR UP TO 12 YEAR OLDS. THERE'S 13 YEAR OLDS THAT PLAY OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE PLAYING ON FIELDS THAT WERE BUILT FOR 12 YEAR OLDS AND IT'S THE GAMES ARE NOT. IT'S NOT REALLY GOOD BASEBALL BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THESE GIGANTIC KIDS HITTING EVERY BALL OVER THE FENCE. UM IT'S REALLY IT WOULD BE DESIGNED FOR KIND OF THE 13 PLUS AND IF WE DO IT THE WAY 
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THAT WE'VE DESIGNED IT, WE WOULD WANT TO BUILD IT TO WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY HOST HIGH SCHOOL GAMES. UM POSSIBLY BRING IN SOME OTHER BIGGER, LARGER EVENTS THAT WOULD TYPICALLY GO TO HOUSTON OR LAKE CHARLES OR OR OR TYLER OR ANYWHERE ELSE. SO UM , I'VE SEEN WITH MY EXPERIENCE. 
          OBVIOUSLY AS YOU GUYS RECALL, I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACH. I'VE SEEN SCHOOLS IN THE DALLAS AREA AND HOUSTON AREA, BUT I REMEMBER +11. IN PARTICULAR WHERE THIS SCHOOL IN DALLAS ENTIRE FIELD . THEY DID IT IN THE SPRING, EXPECTING TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK ON MAY 1ST BECAUSE THEY WERE PLAYING GAMES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. ON WEEKENDS, THEY WERE PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL MAKEUP GAMES 8 A.M. TO 9 P.M. SATURDAY AND THEN SUNDAY EVENINGS, SO IT IT'S THERE. IT'S DEFINITELY THERE. BUT RIGHT NOW IN BEAUMONT, THERE'S NO FIELDS WHERE YOU CAN REALLY GET 14 TO 18 YEAR OLDS. THE FENCES AREN'T LONG ENOUGH. THE INFIELD AREN'T DEEP ENOUGH. 
          UM THIS THIS WOULD GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE FOOTPRINT THAT WE HAVE. WE MAY POTENTIALLY HAVE TO BUILD THE WALL REALLY, REALLY HIGH IN THE OUTFIELD OR TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GO OVER SOME DRAINAGE IN THE BACK ON THE DITCH, BUT I THINK WE CAN WE CAN FIND WAYS TO DO IT IF WE REALLY WANT TO DO IT PROPERLY AND AGAIN WHEN I WAS GROWING UP ON A CULT, BASEBALL WAS A REAL THING. IS THAT STILL SOMETHING THAT EXISTS REALLY? I MEAN, KIDS THAT AGE STILL PLAY, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY CALLED. SELECT AND THAT SELECT AND THEN YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF IT. IT'S PRETTY MUCH, UNFORTUNATELY, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IS JUST TOURNAMENT BALL. NOWADAYS IT'S NOT AS MUCH DURING THE WEEK COMPETITIVE. 
          THAT'S KIND OF WHERE LITTLE LEAGUE DIES OUT AT ABOUT 1314. SO PRETTY MUCH. EVERYBODY JUST PLAYS TOURNAMENT BALL. AGAIN, THESE WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE REALLY COOL WOULD BE HIGH SCHOOL. YOU KNOW YOU YOU COULD HOST A HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT. 
          YOU COULD HAVE A CITY OF BEAUMONT HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT AND INSTEAD OF THESE TEAMS GOING TO HOUSTON OR GOING WHEREVER ELSE, WE'D HAVE THREE FIELDS RIGHT THERE, AND WE COULD HOST PROBABLY THREE TOURNAMENTS IN THE SPRING. AND THAT'S JUST GONNA HAVE KIDS COMING IN THREE WEEKS IN A ROW. IT WOULD BE GREAT. NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST IS, UM CERTAINLY I HAVE ONE QUESTION. THESE NEW FIELDS. THERE'LL BE TOTAL TURF INFIELD OUTFIELD, EVERYTHING ON THE PICTURE SHOWS LIKE DIRT INFIELD. NO, THAT'S TURF. ON THAT PICTURE. YES, SIR. OK. YEAH, THAT THAT WHOLE FIELD IS TURF THAT YOU SEE THERE. THAT'S THAT WOULD BE OUR IDEA AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LOVE TO TURF. THE ENTIRE THING THE OTHER OPTION. UM OBVIOUSLY TURFING AN ENTIRE FIELD IS GONNA COST A LITTLE MORE THAN TURFING AN INFIELD. UM BUT IF YOU TURF, THE ENTIRE THING YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE WEATHER WE HAD LAST NIGHT YOU COULD HAVE PLAYED YOU KNOW YOU COULD HAVE PLAYED ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA DRAIN. IT'S GONNA BE BUILT DESIGNED PROPERLY RIGHT NOW, IF YOU HAD GRASS OUTFIELD, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN IFFY PLAYED LAST NIGHT. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN PUDDLES, YOU WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH 100 BASEBALLS AND THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE EVENT WOULD HAVE. THEY WOULD HAVE LOST SOME MONEY. SO IDEALLY, WE WANNA TURF THE ENTIRE THING. NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST. YOU SEE FITNESS COURT? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I'VE ASKED FOR A FEW YEARS AND WE WE'VE WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A GRANT THROUGH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS, WHICH IS UP TO $50,000 . SO YOU SEE 100 AND 50 THERE. 
          THAT'S THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE COURT. IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE THE GRANT, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 100,000 OUT OF OUR POCKET. UM A YEAR OR TWO AGO WHEN THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO PUSH FOR, UM, EMILY AND I TALKED ABOUT DOWN BY THE EVENT CENTER BEHIND, UM, THE ROTARY PLAYGROUND AS AS ONE OPTION. I WOULD THINK THAT ANOTHER OPTION COULD BE EVEN DOWNTOWN, POSSIBLY RIVERFRONT, OR EVEN AT THE AT THE NEW AREA HERE, IT'S LOCATION WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ALL DETERMINE, BUT THIS COST IS I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA REALLY AN ISSUE WHERE WE PUT IT. THE COST IS GOING TO BE THE SAME. BUT IF YOU CAN LOOK ON THE ON THE RENDERING, IT'S A REALLY COOL ITEM. IT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE IN THE CITY IN IN. A LOT OF CITIES ARE DOING THESE, UM AND THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY WELL UTILIZED. AND WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT IT IS YOU YOU GET TO IT IS NOT FOR ONE GROUP. IT'S NOT FOR THIS GROUP THAT GROUP. YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANY TYPE OF CITIZEN THAT WANTS TO COME AND UTILIZE THIS FACILITY. IT'S JUST A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY. I THINK IT'D BE GREAT. GREAT ADDITION FOR THE CITY. NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST. YOU SEE, UM COURSE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IF YOU RECALL IN LAST YEAR'S PLAN, THE 1.4 MILLION IN INVESTMENT PLAN TO PARKS AND REC WE APPROVED 100 AND 25,000 FOR A DRAINAGE STUDY. THAT DRAINAGE STUDY IS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE. WELL, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN THE STUDY IS COMPLETE, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US SOME IDEAS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. UM I'VE MET WITH THE GROUP BARTS ENGINEERING GROUP HAS MET WITH HIM MULTIPLE TIMES, AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK AND WHEN WE'RE GETTING THE RAINS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE FOR THEM TO COME OUT AND SEE. THE 
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WATER PUDDLES UP, SO IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN I FIRST MET WITH THEM, UM THE COURSE DESIGNER TOLD ME THAT WE HAVE THE SECOND FLATT GOLF COURSE HE'S EVER SEEN. I THINK. HE SAID THAT THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF GRADE WE HAD WAS 0.2. THAT'S NOT MUCH SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO GET THIS GOLF COURSE TO STAY OPEN. AS YOU KNOW, WHEN THE COURSE IS DRY, WE GET PLENTY OF PLAY. PEOPLE LOVE TO PLAY HAMBURG. IT GETS TONS OF ROUNDS WELL WHEN IT RAINS. ITS CAR PATH ONLY, OR ITS CLOSED BECAUSE WE HAVE NO DRAINAGE CAPABILITY. SO AFTER THIS DRAINAGE STUDY IS PRESENTED TO US THEY'RE GONNA OFFER IN THIS $3 MILLION ISN'T KIND OF AN ESTIMATE IN AND I TOLD HIM I SAID, HEY, I DON'T NEED YOU GOING HIGH AND GO CRAZY ON ME. SO HE HE TRIED TO. REALLY I DON'T WANNA SAY LOWBALL IT BUT REALLY TRY TO TIGHTEN THINGS UP TO WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY GET BY WITH DOING THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH WHAT THEY ARE RECOMMENDING IN THE STUDY, AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THERE IN IN PHYSICAL YEAR. SIX IS WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT BECAUSE THIS STUDY SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN THIS YEAR. SO WE'LL WE'LL KNOW WHAT THEY WHAT THEY RECOMMEND TO US. SO MR NEAL, THIS IS JUST 3 MILLION IS JUST FOR THE STUDY ALONE. NO THE STUDY IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED FOR THAT'S BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. THIS WOULD BE THE IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE STUDY, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP HERE WHEN I'VE GOT TWO OTHER ITEMS AND I'LL GET TO THE NEXT ONE AND KIND OF ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. A LITTLE BIT MORE IF YOU GIVE ME A SECOND. THANK YOU, UM, IN THE NEXT THING ON THE LIST, YOU SEE, AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S NEW IS THE DRIVING RANGE THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH TERRELL PARK. OBVIOUSLY YOU GET TO THE GOLF COURSE YOU SEE IT ON THE RIGHT. 
          YOU SEE IT ON THE LEFT. YOU GET PAST THE CLUBHOUSE AND YOU SEE OUR DRIVING RANGE. UM THAT DRIVING RANGE IS NOT A GIGANTIC DRIVING RANGE. MOST DRIVING RANGES. UM, IN ORDER TO KEEP YOU KNOW, MAYOR WEST IN LINE. YOU PROBABLY NEED 300 YARDS. UM IN ORDER TO KEEP MOST PEOPLE YOU PROBABLY ONLY NEED ABOUT 200, BUT OUR RANGE GOES UP. TO ABOUT 225 250. IF YOU WANT TO HIT DRIVERS ON OUR DRIVING RANGE, YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH BLASTING THEM ACROSS THE STREET AND WHEN THERE'S NO NET THAT RUNS ADJACENT TO THAT RANGE. SOME PEOPLE ARE BLASTING INTO CARS. 
          UM I. I THINK IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT ALSO AESTHETICALLY THE IDEA THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH THIS THIS THIS PARK AND YOU SEE GOLF, GOLF BALLS SCATTERED ALL ACROSS THE ROAD AND, UH OVER INTO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OF THE WHOLE NINE AND THEN WE'RE THE DISC. GOLF COURSE IS IN THE SORT OF IN THE TRIANGLE. I THINK THIS WOULD REALLY SAVE US A LOT OF MONEY ON RANGE BALLS. IT'S A BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN NEEDED FOR YEARS. AND IF WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN, I THINK, UM PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT WE'RE REALLY PUTTING SOME EFFORT. IN SOME SOME TIME INTO OUR GOLF COURSE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION. 
          IF WE CAN DO SO, AND LASTLY YOU'LL THIS NET WILL BE A LONG BABES. HARRIS YES, SIR. JUST JUST ALONG THE LEFT SIDE LEFT SIDE OF THE RANGE. UM I. I DON'T REMEMBER THE LENGTH OF IT. 525 FT LONG. PRETTY GOOD SIZE NET. MAYBE WE COULD MAKE IT AS HIGH AS THEY DO WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH. I 10 AND YOU SEE, UH, FIVE UNDER AND YOU SEE THEIR NET AND YOU GO. WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? WELL I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT THAT HIGH. UM BUT I THINK IT'D BE IT. IT JUST IT'S A WELCOME ADDITION. IF WE CAN GET IT. IS IT ANY, UH, PLANS TO GET ONE OF THE, UH I GUESS THE TRACTOR OR WHATEVER TO PICK THE BALLS UP. OTHER THAN A GUY RIDING AROUND ON THE COURT, PICKING THEM UP WITH THE LITTLE DEAL. WE HAVE GOT THE GOLF COURSE THAT HAS THE BALL GRABBER . I'LL JUST USE THAT REALLY SCIENTIFIC TERM, UM, ON THE FRONT OF IT. IT'S JUST A LOT OF TIMES. IT'S NOT REALLY AS NECESSARY. WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH RANGE USAGE. WE DO HAVE THAT. YES, SIR. IN THE LAST THING AS I MENTIONED TO YOU A MINUTE AGO, COUNCILMAN TURNER YOU LOOK OVER IN FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS. UM WE DON'T PUT A DATE ON THAT ONE, BECAUSE IT'S A SCARY NUMBER. UM AND TWO BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER. 
          YOU KNOW, PIE IN THE SKY KIND OF A PIPE DREAM TYPE OF DEAL, BUT, UM WE'VE GOT A WE'VE GOT A GOOD GOLF COURSE WE REALLY DO. AND WE CAN MAKE IT A WHOLE LOT BETTER AND IN ORDER TO DO SO IT WOULD TAKE SOME LEGITIMATE. INVESTMENT AND THE $11 MILLION NUMBER IS A NUMBER THAT, UM I DIDN'T JUST MAKE UP. I'M NOT A GOLF COURSE. ARCHITECT BY ANY MEANS, UM, BUT IN MEETING WITH BAXTER SPAN, WHO IS HEAD OF THE GROUP THAT'S DOING OUR DRAINAGE STUDY, WHO IS A GOLF COURSE ARCHITECT AND WHO REDESIGNED BEAUMONT COUNTRY CLUB. UM THAT'S A NUMBER THAT HE KIND OF THREW OUT THAT SAID, HEY, IF WE WANT TO REALLY MAKE REAL CHANGES IN MAKE THIS A NOT A NOT A RESORT GOLF COURSE BUT A DESTINATION TYPE OF GOLF COURSE. THEN THIS IS THE TYPE OF MONEY THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO SPEND. HE HAS, UH, PROVIDED ME SOME RENDERINGS OF JUST AN INITIAL IDEA OF WHAT HE HAS TO REDO THE COURSE IT'S INCREDIBLE IT IT REALLY WOULD BE. IT'S PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE 
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ABLE TO DO. UM BUT I THINK IF IT'S IF WE WERE IN AND I THINK COUNCIL REALLY IN THE COUPLE OF YEARS HAS SHOWN THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, I THINK I DON'T. I DON'T. I DON'T IMAGINE THAT THAT YOU SITTING UP HERE WOULD GO. NO, WE DON'T WANT THAT. BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME REAL COOPER OPERATION IN TEAMWORK JUST TO SHOW THAT WE'RE WILLING TO EVEN ENTER INTO THIS. THOUGHT PROCESS OF UPGRADING THIS GOLF COURSE. UM IT WOULD IT WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT CHARGE $31 FOR A ROUND OF GOLF IN LEGITIMATELY CHARGED 50 BUCKS, WHICH PEOPLE GO OH, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S NOT REALLY FOR TO GO PLAY GOLF. IT'S NOT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT EAGLE POINTS DOING, EAGLE POINT IS PROBABLY DONE AT $25 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THEIR GOLF COURSE. AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. AND WE LOSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE WILLING TO DRIVE 40 MILES UP THE ROAD TO GO PLAY THERE. WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE GOLF COURSES ARE LIKE IN LAKE CHARLES. THEY'VE GOT BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSES. WE CAN DO THE SAME THING. HERE UM, BUT ONE THING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO DOING IS WORKING WITH SOME OTHER ENTITIES. I KNOW. I MET WITH THE GUYS IN HOUSTON A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND THE HG, A HOUSTON GOLF ASSOCIATION GOT TOGETHER WITH THE CITY AND I THINK THEY PUT THEY RAISED OVER $10 MILLION TO REDO ONE OF THEIR MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES CALLED GUS GUS WORTHAM GOLF COURSE. I PLAYED IT A FEW WEEKS BACK WITH THE DESIGNER AND GOT TO SEE WHAT THEY DID. AND IT'S PHENOMENAL. 
          UM IF WE COULD MAYBE CREATE A BEAUMONT GOLF ASSOCIATION. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN BEAUMONT THAT LOVE THE GAME OF GOLF. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN BEAUMONT THAT WOULD LOVE TO SEE HENRY HOMBERG GOLF COURSE UPGRADED AND I THINK THAT IF WE GET THE SORT OF THE BUY IN FROM COUNCIL TO SHOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO ENTER INTO THIS POTENTIAL, THEN WE CAN START WORKING ON OUR END. WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS START CHASING DOWN THESE PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, LET'S GET TOGETHER AND FORM A GROUP AND LET'S TRY TO RAISE MONEY AND THEN FIND OUT THAT COUNCILS. REALLY ON BOARD, SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU SEE THAT FUTURE CONSIDERATION. UM IT IT COULD BE REALLY SPECIAL IF WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HUMORING ME ON THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE AND THIS IS NOT JUST FOR YOU, MR NEAL. IT'S FOR, UH, COUNCIL. I I'VE TALKED TO SOME BUSINESSES. UH MORE THAN ONE NOW ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF IDENTIFYING PROJECTS WITHIN OUR PARKS. THAT, UH, WHICH GETS WITH KENNETH AND IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO FUND THINGS THAT MIGHT BE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THAT PRIVATE BUSINESS WOULD FUND TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR NAME ON IT AND IDENTIFY 4 TO 6 ACROSS THE CITY. SO THAT WHEN THEY SAY, HEY, WE WOULD LOVE TO DO SOMETHING, WHETHER IT'S 50,000 OR 500,000 HAVE A VARIETY OF PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT BEFORE THEM, AND THEN THEY MIGHT END UP SAYING IT GIVES THEM ALSO THE ABILITY TO REALIZE. OK THERE IS THIS OPTION NOW I MAY NOT WANT THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING I'M TALKING ABOUT. WANTED IN THIS PART OF TOWN. WE DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BUT IDENTIFYING FIVE OR SIX PROJECTS THAT WE COULD PUT TOGETHER BROCHURES AND ALSO PUT ONLINE FOR BUSINESSES THAT SAY, HEY, I WOULD LIKE TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY OR WE'RE COMING TO THE COMMUNITY OR WE'RE HERE AND WE WANNA RAISE OUR PROFILE AND LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE WANT TO INVEST BACK . UH ASSUMING, UH, THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY TO IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECTS AND LET THEM HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY AT THE END OF THE DAY WHERE THEY MAY, UH, WANNA BE INVESTING. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS DISCUSSION IN IN THIS. THIS MAY NOT BE THE PLACE FOR IT. BUT IN OUR LAST ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS MENTIONED IN IN MR BOONE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT IT AS WELL. THE POSSIBLE FRIENDS OF THE PARKS TYPE OF ORGANIZATION THAT WE CAN START UTILIZING. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE REALLY EVER DONE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND IN ORDER TO START DOING THESE TYPES OF THINGS AND START GETTING SOME OF THESE AMENITIES THAT WE WANT THESE ADDITIONS THAT WE WANT THESE UPGRADES. WE MAY NEED TO START LOOKING AT THAT, AND, UM, IT GREAT THAT YOU BRING THAT UP. IT'S I THINK WE'RE TO THE POINT NOW AND THIS AGAIN IS WHERE THE MASTER PLAN IS GONNA COME AND REALLY HELP US WITH THAT IS WE HATE TO CAN CAN GET I SIT UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOT ON PAPER. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THIS MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO MAYBE USURP SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT WE HAVE AND MAYBE GIVE US SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS AND COME UP WITH SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE THIS IN OTHER CITIES. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'VE AGREED TO DO THIS. WE'VE GOT THEM CONTRACTED, SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THAT FOR US, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AAA AGAIN. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US. I AGREE, AND BUT I THE NEXT STEP FURTHER IS ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING TANGIBLE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE TO THESE, UH, INQUIRING BUSINESSES. IN TERMS OF THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY IN TERMS OF COST. HOW MUCH WHAT BANG FOR THE BUCK THEY WOULD GET AND YOU KNOW 
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PRETTY MUCH WHEREVER THEY ENDED UP DECIDING TO PUT SUCH A YOU KNOW, PARK FACILITY. ACROSS THE CITY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT THAT'S PRETTY COMMON. THREE P PROJECTS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST IDENTIFY SOME THINGS THAT WE SITTING DOING THERE OR THEY COULD BE INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN AND SO IT IT'S COMMONPLACE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CITIES AND IN THE PUB PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE TWO CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD RECENTLY THEY WEREN'T LOOKING AT NECESSARILY ENVISIONING IT FROM THEIR END. THEY JUST WANTED TO KNOW. HEY WHAT CAN THE CITY PRESENT TO US THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IN THESE PRICE POINTS AND I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD BE VISITING, UH, ABOUT THAT. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY I BRING IT UP. 
          YES UH, THANK YOU, MR NEAL. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW TO COUNSEL YOU. YOU YOU HAVE GOT THAT SUPPORT WITH PARKS AND RICKS OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE WE SHOWED YOU WITH THE ACTIONS. UH AND I'M EXCITED THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE MAGNITUDE OF PROJECTS BECAUSE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIAL BONDS AND THINGS OF THAT MAGNITUDE IN THE FUTURE. AND ONE THING I LEARNED FROM STUDYING MR WILLIAMS, SUCCESS IS WITH BONDS IS ALL ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN. I KNOW AUSTIN AND OTHER GUYS HAVE LITERALLY HARASSED ME ABOUT THIS TENNIS. I MEAN, NOT THIS TENNIS, BUT THIS GOLF COURSE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. FROM A RECREATIONAL STANDPOINT IS PROGRAMMING. UH I JUST WANT TO KNOW. DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A PROGRAMMING BUDGET? I MEAN, YES, WE WE'VE GOT AN OPERATING BUDGET. YOU KNOW, OUR DEPARTMENT'S ALWAYS HAD A BUDGET. WE CAN'T WE CAN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT IT. UNDERSTOOD I'M JUST ASKING. SO WITH THE PROGRAMMING. UH HOW MUCH OF IT DID WE USE WITH YOUTH INITIATIVES LIKE WITH PROGRAMMING LIKE YOU YOUTH INITIATIVES PROGRAMMING. I DON'T HAVE. I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, COUNCILMAN. I MEAN, I'VE GOT THE C IP STUFF. I DIDN'T BRING ANYTHING ELSE WITH ME, OK? AND JUST FROM A RECREATIONAL STANDPOINT, WHAT OUR CRIME RATE AND THE AMOUNT OF YOU COMMITTING CRIME THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE MORE OF A FOCUS WITH RECREATIONAL PROGRAM FOR OUR YOUTH? SPECIFICALLY THAT 18 THAT 13 TO 18 RANGE? UH, DO I THINK THAT SOLVES ANYTHING? I MEAN, I. I DON'T KNOW THAT MY OPINION ON THAT REALLY MATTERS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. WELL, I'M ASKING YOU, RECREATIONAL DIRECTOR. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. I MEAN, WE OFFER PROGRAMMING WE OFFERED BASKETBALL LEAGUE THIS YEAR. WE'VE GOT A FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT. UM UH, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN AND FROM MEETING WITH B ID. THE INFORMATION I RECEIVE IS THAT PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED. PROGRAMS ARE OUT THERE. DO WE WANT TO DO MORE? SURE WE DO. UM AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE PUSHED THAT YOU GUYS WANT US TO DO. AND SO WE'RE TAKING THAT AND TAKING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TRY AND GROW THESE THINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO PLAY. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T MAKE THEM PLAY. WE CAN'T MAKE THEM PARTICIPATE. ALL WE CAN DO IS OFFER IT AND IF THEY SIGN UP AND PARTICIPATE THEN THEN WE PUT IT ON AND IF THEY DON'T YOU KNOW THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO WITH IT. YEAH MR WILLIAMS. I'D LIKE TO SEE JUSTICE. I WANT TO SEE LIKE A REPORT OR SOMETHING WE CAN GET WITH COUNCILOR AS FAR AS PROGRAMMING THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING WITH PROGRAMMING. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL. IT HASN'T AND WHY NOT? SO I KIND OF LIKE AN UPDATE ON PROGRAMMERS SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR YOUTH, BECAUSE ONE THING WHEN I PULL THE COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS AND IT'S NOT TARGETED TOWARDS MR NEAL IS PROGRAMMING WITH OUR YOUTH. RIGHT NOW WE REALLY HAVE A HUGE LACK OF YOUTH PROGRAMMING. AND THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING ON. SO I LIKE TO SEE WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE GOING IN. AND BECAUSE WHEN I'M OUT AT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT MAGNITUDE, AND I'M QUESTIONED ABOUT THIS, I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY IS GOING IN. I THINK WE'VE ALL SAID AS A COUNCIL. WE WANT MORE YOUTH INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMMING TAKING PLACE. COUNCILMAN GOETZ. 
          UM GUS M TURNER. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU ARE THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND YOU'RE HEARING THESE TYPES OF CONCERNS BOYS FROM THE CITIZENS. THOSE ARE THE CITIZENS. THAT AREN'T HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR KIDS BECAUSE THEY ARE INVOLVED. GET BACK TO WHAT MR DEAL IS SAYING IS YOU CAN'T MAKE KIDS COME PLAY AND SO MUCH OF THAT. IS BECAUSE OF RIGHT DOWN IN THE FAMILY UNIT AND IN THE HOMES. WE CAN OFFER ALL THE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE WORLD. BUT WE CANNOT MAKE IT'S DO THEIR JOBS. THAT'S 
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THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT I SEE IN BEAUMONT. THAT WE HAVE A LACK OF FAMILY UNITS. A LACK OF S DOING THE JOBS, SO I? I DON'T KNOW THAT'S THAT'S A MUCH DEEPER DISCUSSION THAN WHAT WE CAN DO TODAY AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PLAN, BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO INVOLVE CHURCHES. UM SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS. A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE THING THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY OUT THERE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS BY ITSELF. I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA GET US WHERE WE NEED AND COUNCILMAN I AGREE, 100% BUT I ALSO DO KNOW WE HAD A SITUATION WITH PROGRAMMING. WHAT WE SAID. WE COULDN'T GET IT DONE. WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND IT GOT DONE SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT TO MAKE. BUT I DO THINK AS A COUNCIL WE REALLY NEED TO BE WAY MORE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR YOUTH, THE INITIATIVES AND THE PROGRAMMING. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU CAN LOOK AT THE STATUS THAT I ASKED THE CITIZENS ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. OR WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND I WOULDN'T BE HONEST IF I DIDN'T SAY THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE THING ON MY STATUS CURRENTLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT HAVE REQUESTED AN ACT FOR AND I WOULDN'T BE BRINGING IT UP IF THE CONSTITUENTS DIDN'T ASK FOR IT, SO THAT'S THE REASON I'M BRINGING IT UP RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK HAVING A WORKSHOP JUST ON, UH YOUTH, UH, ACTIVITIES AND HOW WE CAN HAVE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WOULD BE WORTHWHILE . I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION FOR THIS COMING, UH, CALENDAR YEAR BUDGET YEAR ABOUT EXPANDING THE HOURS AT STERLING PRUITT ON THE WEEKENDS AND INTO THE EVENING TIME SO THAT WHEN KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL, THEY HAVE MORE TIME AND I REALIZED THAT THAT'S GOING TO INVOLVE MORE STAFF AND COSTS, BUT WE JUST HAVE THAT ONE INDOOR FACILITY IN THE CITY. HAVING IT AVAILABLE INTO LATER IN THE EVENING. SO THAT, UH YOUTH WOULD HAVE SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO. ALSO FINDING WAYS FOR PROGRAMMING BUT ALSO ON SUNDAYS SINCE IT'S NOT OPEN, SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE IN THIS COMING BUDGET YEAR. AND MAYOR. I ASSUMING THAT WE TRACK THIS, SO IT WOULD BE EASY TO GIVE US THIS DATA. BUT THIS REPORT THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO US, UH, CITY MANAGER? WE COULD WE COULD COUNT . THE NUMBER OF KIDS ARE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS. THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE GOING THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS AND THAT WOULD GIVE US A BETTER FEEL FOR HOW SUCCESSFUL WE REALLY ARE. AND I. I JUST WANNA ADD ONE OTHER THING. UH, COUNCILMAN TURNER YOU PUT ON FACEBOOK. UH A REQUEST FOR A CONSTITUENTS TO GET INVOLVED IN LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HERE TODAY, AND I THINK THAT WAS EXCELLENT BECAUSE I READ SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS, AND SEVERAL BEMOANED THE FACT THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE Y MC A S HERE AND SUGGESTED THAT YOU KNOW THE CITY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING. WELL OF COURSE IT'S NOT A S. THE Y MC A IS SEPARATE FROM THE CITY. BUT I TOOK NOTE OF THE FACT THAT THERE THERE'S A DESIRE TO HAVE THE Y MC A S. THEY GOT THE MOST LIKE AND II. I DID NOTE NOTE THAT AND OF COURSE, WE USED TO HAVE MULTIPLE Y MC, A S IN BEAUMONT. AND UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE EXISTS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO TRY TO COLLABORATE. WITH WHY I'M SAYING NATIONAL. I KNOW PORT ARTHUR HAS A Y MC A. BUT UM MAYBE WE COULD AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO GET THE Y MC A TO LOOK AT COMING BACK INTO BELMONT. IT IS SORT OF AN EMBARRASSMENT THAT A CITY THE SIZE OF BEAUMONT NO LONGER HAS A PROGRAM LIKE THE Y MC A, WHICH YOU KNOW? LEGENDS OF CHILDREN WENT THROUGH THE Y MC, A POST AT THE WEST AND ONE THE WALL. THAT'S UH I WAS OVER ON SARAH STREET. UH, SO, UH, YEAH, WE MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION THERE. MR WILLIAMS, WITH SOMEBODY FROM THE Y MC A OK THANK YOU. THAT THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. HEY, WHAT JIM IS COMING FORWARD. UH, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHEEK. THAT'S ON THE SCREEN. THERE'S A COLOR CODED, UM LIST OF ITEMS AND THIS IDENTIFIES HOW THESE PROJECTS WOULD BE POSSIBLY FUNDED. SO I BE SURE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COLOR OF THE, UM IT IDENTIFIES RIGHT NOW HOW IT IS TO BE FUNDED, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE ISSUES OF DEBT OR OR OUT OF THE OPERATING FUND OR GRANTS, ET 
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CETERA. WHATEVER. JUST JUST A NOTE. THANK YOU. MORNING. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A LAKE DISTRICT REST FACILITY. UH, FOR THE 2026 27 HERE FOR 763,650 TO CONSTRUCT A NEW MEN AND WOMEN'S RESTROOM FACILITY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CENTENNIAL PLAYGROUND LOCATED IN THE LAKE DISTRICT AREA. PROJECT CONSISTS OF A SINGLE USE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RESTROOM. CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, NEW SEWER, MANHOLES, FENCE, MODIFICATIONS, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL SUDDENLY WILL BE DESIGNED TO FIT WITHIN THE CURRENT DESIGN CRITERIA OF THE EVENT CENTER IN THE LAKESIDE CENTER. QUESTIONS. SIR. WHAT WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW WITH THE RESTROOMS THAT WE HAVE THE OUTSIDE RESTROOMS TO THAT ARE IN THE EVENT CENTER. THEY STAY UNLOCKED OR THEY LOCKED OR OR WHAT ARE THEY BECOMING A PROBLEM FOR HOMELESS GOING IN THERE? WHAT I'M SEEING? YEAH, OK, SO THEY ARE LOCKED AT CERTAIN TIMES. GOOD MORNING AT THE RESTROOMS ARE OPEN. ROUGHLY 8 TO 58 TO 6 DURING THE SUMMER. WE KEEP THEM OPEN LATER, SO I HAVE STAFF DEDICATED TO CLEANING THE PARK AREA OUTSIDE ON A GOLF CART , AND THEY MONITOR THE RESTROOMS, UNLOCK THEM AND LOCK THEM. WE LOCK THEM AT NIGHT. UM BUT REALLY, WE TRY TO KEEP A CONSISTENT SCHEDULE OF 8 TO 58 TO 7 IN THE SUMMER. THERE ARE MANY TIMES WHEN SOMEONE GETS IN THE RESTROOM AND LOCKS THE DOORS AND THEY STAY IN THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SO MY STAFF WILL KNOCK ON THE DOORS AND TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO COME OUT. WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES, THOUGH, WHERE THAT'S NOT REALLY A SAFE. 
          SITUATION. UM THOSE RESTROOMS DO NOT GET USED FOR THE CORRECT PURPOSES A LOT OF THE TIME. AND IT'S THEY'RE VERY NICE, AND THEY'RE AIR CONDITIONED. AND WE'VE TAKEN THE, UH WE'VE CLOSED OFF ALL THE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS. UM BUT THEY HAVE RUNNING WATER AND THEIR AIR CONDITIONED AND THEY LOCK AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING. YOU'VE TURNED OFF THE OUTLET SO PEOPLE AREN'T GOING IN THERE AND LOCKING THE DOOR AND CHARGING DEVICES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE RIGHT. SO HOW DO WE I HATE TO BRING THIS UP, BUT WE'RE SPENDING POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS ON NEW RESTAURANT FACILITIES. WW THAT SITUATION BE DIFFERENT. WILL THESE NOT BE AIR CONDITIONED? WILL THESE BE? UH I MEAN, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE WON'T HAVE THE SAME ISSUES? IF WE BUILT THESE NEW RESTROOMS, SO THIS WOULD BE MORE LIKE THE PARK RESTROOMS AT ROGERS PARK ARE SIMILAR. TYPE OF SITUATION AS OPPOSED TO. I THINK THE INITIAL PLAN FOR THE RESTROOMS AND I WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME. BUT WHEN THE EVENT CENTER WAS BUILT, I THINK THAT THE THOUGHT WAS THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE USED MORE FOR EVENTS AND EVENTS SO PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE PATIO AND IT THERE'S NO WAY THAT THEIR INTENTION WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR 24 7 USE HAVING LOCKED DOORS, ELECTRICAL OUTLETS AND AIR CONDITIONING. I MEAN, I'D MOVE IN. THEY'RE NICE. SO I. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE MEANT FOR, UM BUT I THINK THAT ROGERS THE ROGERS PARK RESTROOMS IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT I AND ISN'T THIS SIMILAR ALSO, TO THE PART THE RESTROOMS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT AT THE GOLF COURSE. I MEAN, THEY THEY THEY'RE INDOOR OUTDOOR RESTROOMS CAST MS AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS UH, THAT I BELIEVE IS HAPPENING IF A PARENT HAS MULTIPLE CHILDREN IN THE PARK PLAYING AND THEY HAD TO TAKE ONE TO THE BATHROOM. IT'S A WALK FROM THERE TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE EVENT CENTER, AND THEY HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY CAN'T LEAVE THEM THERE UNATTENDED. IS THAT CORRECT? HOLD ON, RANDY. I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR THAT. WHEN I GOT AN EXAMPLE. THAT'S A LONG RUN I. I HAVE THREE LITTLE ONES. 
          THAT'S A LONG RUN FROM THE PLAYGROUND TO MAKE IT WITHOUT USING IT ON YOURSELF ALL THE WAY . OH YEAH, BOTH. AND THE KIDS SO , SAYING I LITERALLY HAVE PICKED UP ONE AND DRUGGED THE OTHER ONE TRYING TO MAKE IT IN TIME, SO IT IS A NICE, NICE ONE. YEAH AND I WILL SAY ALSO THAT OUT OF RESPECT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOSTING EVENTS AT THE EVENT CENTER, WE DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO CLOSE OFF. PATIO SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T PICNICKING WHILE YOU'RE HAVING YOUR WEDDING INSIDE. SO YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE TO CREATE QUITE A LONG PATH TO GET ALL THE WAY AROUND THE LAKE TO THE RESTROOM, SO I THINK OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ABOUT PROXIMITY AS MUCH AS IT IS ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED. OK, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME. OK ITEM NUMBER TWO CITY HALL 
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COURTYARD AND PLAZA RENOVATION FOR THE 2627 YEAR. 1,190,000 INSTALLATION OF NEW PAVING LIGHTING SITE AMENITIES AND WATER FOUNTAIN IN THE COURTYARD AREA BETWEEN CITY HALL AND THE CIVIC CENTER. IN THE FRONT AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE CIVIC CENTER. THIS PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF THE SENATE CIVIC CENTER OF WALT CANOPY. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE ADJUSTMENT OF GRADE ELEVATION TO NEW LANDSCAPING FROM THE CITY HALL TO REPLACE THE TREES THAT ARE CURRENTLY CAUSING PAVEMENT DAMAGE. THE PROJECT WILL ENHANCE THE AREA SURROUNDING CITY HALL AND PROVIDING MORE USE USER FRIENDLY AND INVITING SPACE. I'M SORRY. I MAY HAVE MAYBE I. I GOT DISTRACTED. YOU SAID REMOVE THE TREES. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THOSE? THOSE LIVE OAKS. IN THE PLAN AND PUTS LANDSCAPING DOWN IN THAT AREA. UH, UM, TWO LIVES RIGHT THERE LIKE THOSE THOSE LIVE OAKS RIGHT THERE. MAYBE NOT THAT ONE. BUT THESE ONES IN THE FRONT THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE THEY'RE PUSHING THE PAVERS UP AND CREATING TRIPPING HAZARDS. 
          I. I WOULD APPROACH THAT WITH GREAT CAUTION IF THAT'S UH, TO REMOVE A LIVE OAK IS GONNA BE A THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM WITH THE CITIZENS. I'M SURE THERE'S A COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT WE COULD, UH, DO WITH THE TREES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. AS YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE TEARING UP THE SIDEWALK. 
          SO YOU'D ACTUALLY HAVE TO MAKE, UH SOMEWHAT OF A, UH DIG DOWN PLANNER IS WHAT IT'S CALLED IN ORDER TO STOP THE ROOTS AT A 2 TO 3 FT LEVEL SO THEY DON'T POP UP WHERE THEY ARE. OF COURSE WE TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LIKE TO REMOVE TREES, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO AND THIS MAY BE A CASE WE REALLY NEED TO BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE, UH IT'LL PROBABLY COST YOU 2 TO $3000 OR MORE, UH, MAYBE CLOSER TO FIVE. IN ORDER TO DO THAT SUBMERGED POT PER SE, UH, FOR THE TREE, MOST OF THE TREES OUT THERE. UH HAVE SOME TYPE OF, UH, ISSUES, UH THAN AT THE HEALTHIEST TREES. 
          UH I KNOW WHEN I FIRST GOT HIRED ON HERE I HAD MENTIONED TO THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER AND, UH, KEITH FOLSOM WHEN HE WAS HERE. THAT ANY TIME WE HAVE A LANDSCAPE THAT GOES IN A LOT OF TIMES THE LANDSCAPE OF PURCHASES. 1000 TREES, AND HE'LL JUST FILL THEM UP WHEREVER HE NEEDS TO PUT THEM. IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE RIGHT TREE FOR THE RIGHT LOCATION. YOU SHOULD NEVER PLANT LIVE OAKS IN FRONT OF YOUR BUILDING. SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE HIM DOWN. CALLED HER. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE THINKS AND LOVES THOSE AVENUES. AVENUES IN LOUISIANA AND ALABAMA AND EVERYWHERE WITH THE LIVE TREES. BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING 100 YEARS AGO WHERE YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THOSE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. YOU KNOW IT WAS DIRT ROAD, SO THEY PLANTED THOSE TREES THERE JUST TO LINE YOUR ROAD, SO THERE'S TREES. UH, THERE'S SPECIFICALLY MADE. SIDEWALK AREAS, WHICH WON'T TEAR UP YOUR SIDEWALK. BUT IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING WITH THOSE OAK TREES, IT'LL JUST BE CONTINUOUS. YOU'D ONLY BUY TIME BY PUTTING IN THAT UNDERGROUND POT WITH I CAN A FAIR QUESTION. 
          NOT ONLY IS IT SO DOES IT COST IT COST JUST AS MUCH TO REPLACE THIS SO PAVING RIGHT. I KNOW CONCRETENESS. THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE. I'M NOT ADVOCATING TO REMOVE THE TREE, BUT I JUST KNOW IT'S WAY MORE EXPENSIVE INVOLVED THAN JUST THE 5000 KIND OF BARRICADED RIGHT. A LOT OF EXPENSE AND A LOT OF TIME. BUYING TIME. SO YOU KNOW, I ONE OF THE REASONS WE PUT PAPERS DOWN WAS IT WAS EASIER TO REPLACE AND REPAIR PAVERS. THEN YOU KNOW, JUST CONCRETE SIDEWALK . MY BIGGER CONCERNING COUNCILMAN FI. I LOVE LIVE FOLK TREES, TOO. DO THEY THREATEN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR BUILDING? BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH LIVE OAKS IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE AND HOW THEY CAN START EFFECTIVE FOUNDATION. HAS ANYBODY LOOKED TO SEE IF THAT IS A CONCERN FROM THE ROOTS OF THE LIVE OAK TREES AND FRONT OF THE CIVIC CENTER? ENCROACHING AND APPROACHING THE FOUNDATION OF THE CIVIC CENTER. I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS LOOKED INTO IT. UH, WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LARGE CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS LIKE THIS. IT'S NOT ALL THE TIME A TREE WILL REALLY WILL AFFECT. UH, THE ROOT SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE SLAB OF THAT BUILDING. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY AN ISSUE. UH, THE BIGGEST ISSUES YOU SHOULD SIDEWALKS. 
          EVEN THOUGH WE PUT IN THE I WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME, THE PAVERS ALONE CALLED HER, UH, THE TREES THAT YOU HAVE. THERE ARE BASICALLY PLANTED IN A POT. WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING, EITHER. THAT'S WHY SO MANY OF THEM HAVE DIED OFF BECAUSE THE WHOLE WATER MOISTURE AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO, UH, AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TREE, THE RIGHT LOCATION. THANK YOU. 
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OK? ITEM THREE WILL BE A NESTED TEA HANGER. UH, FOR THE 2728 YEAR. YEAH. 2,851,000 STRAPPED 110 UNIT NESTED TO HANGER TO ACCOMMODATE THE STORAGE OF 10 SMALL PRIVATE AIRCRAFT. THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WOULD INCLUDE A PREG ENGINEERED METAL BUILDING, BIFOLD HANGAR DOORS, CONCRETE FOUNDATION, FIRE DETECTION, ELECTRICAL CONCRETE TAXI LANES. WITH INCLUDING A FIREWALL AND LANDSCAPING. THIS NEW HANGAR WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. ITEM FOUR. NEW ANIMAL, NEW ANIMAL CARE SERVICE AND ADOPTION CENTER. FOR THE 2627 YEAR. $6,614,002 THE NEW ANIMAL CARE AND ADOPTION SERVICE FACILITY WOULD BE LOCATED TO A SITE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE GROUND SPACE AND VISIBILITY. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD CONSIST OF 18,000 SQUARE FOOT OF BUILDING SPACE SITE PARKING AND INCLUDING A FENCE DOG RUN AREA ADJACENT TO THE FACILITY. BUT I FIVE LARGE AIRCRAFT CLEAR SPAN HANGAR. OR THE SORRY. 2728 YEAR 2,401,001 52 UH, CONSTRUCT 1 11,000. 1 11,995 SQUARE FOOT. SQUARE FOOT, CLEAR SPAN, PRE ENGINEERED LARGE BOX ANGER TO ACCOMMODATE PRIVATE AIRCRAFT. THE PROS. IMPROVEMENTS WOULD INCLUDE THE MIDDLE METAL BUILDING, LARGE HANGAR DOOR CONCRETE FOUNDATION, CONCRETE ACCESS APRON, ELECTRICAL FIRE DETECTION. MINIMAL LANDSCAPE AND ENGINEERING. QUESTION SIR. OK, SO YOU'VE NOW READ TWO. PRETTY MAJOR PROJECTS FOR THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. UH, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS JUST FOR PRIVATE FACILITY. UH, PRIVATE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS CONVERSATION AT ONE POINT IN TIME ABOUT TRYING TO PURSUE SOME COMMERCIAL ASPECTS. UH, TO THE AIRPORT HAS THAT JUST GONE AWAY. 
          OR IS THAT STILL SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ON THAT ONE? IS STILL TRYING TO PURSUE, YOU KNOW OPPORTUNITIES, BUT NOTHING'S MATERIALIZED AT THIS POINT. A COUPLE OF PRIVATE HANGARS HAVE HAVE BEEN BUILT. UH, RECENTLY, BUT I THINK, UH, I'M ASSUMING COUNCILMAN GETS WAS TALKING MORE BRINGING A RESTAURANT OR NOT THE FLIGHT. I'M TALKING ABOUT AIRLINES, UH, LIKE BOUTIQUE AIRLINES THAT WOULD HAVE DIRECTED SERVICE FROM BEAUMONT TO LIKE DALLAS OR OTHER ? YEAH I DON'T. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PLANS FOR COMMERCIAL AIRLINES IN THIS AS OPPOSED TO JEFFERSON COUNTY'S, YOU KNOW, COUNTY AIRPORT, BUT MORE JUST PROMOTING PRIVATE, UH, AIR SERVICE IN MORE AND MORE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE REALLY MAKE OUR MONEY OFF THE FUEL FUEL SALES. 
          UH, SO THE MORE TRAFFIC WE GET IN AND OUT, THE MORE FUEL IS PURCHASED, AND THAT'S THAT'S BEEN OUR PROFIT MAKING ENTERPRISE OUT THERE. CAN WE CHECK WITH MR MO AND SEE IF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE STILL ONGOING OR THAT IS A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE I THINK THERE WOULD BE A MARKET, YOU KNOW, FOR THE AIRLINES THAT WOULD HAVE A YOU KNOW, DIRECT SERVICE TO DALLAS OR AUSTIN AND THINGS LIKE NEW ORLEANS. THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I. I HAD A QUESTION AS WELL. 
          HONESTLY TAYLOR, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS MORE THAN ANYBODY, UH, WITH THE TEAR HANGERS, TE HANGERS, UH, THOSE LEASED OUT OR DO WE LIKE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH, THE IS LEASE. UH, SO THE ONES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE OCCUPIED? DO WE GET A PRETTY GOOD RETURN? WELL, THEY'RE FULL AND THERE'S A WAITING LIST. BUT THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD IS THE RATES OK, SO WE REALLY MAKE OUR MONEY OFF THE FUEL. SO THE REASON YEAH. THEY GOT THE MONEY. THEY GOT THE PLANE. SO YEAH, HE NEVER WANTED TO RAISE RAISE. WE GONNA BUILD THE HANGERS AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST AND I THINK COUNSEL CHOSE NOT TO RAISE THE RATE. DISCUSS IT. WE MIGHT HAVE TO DISCUSS IT AGAIN. WE TALKING ABOUT 5,000,252. WHAT WHAT IS WHAT? WHAT IS NORMAL FOR RENTING A SPOT IN THE HANGAR? I DON'T KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF MY 
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HEAD. I CAN PROVIDE IT TO YOU. NO. I. GOAL IS TO GET THE PLANES THERE AT THE AIRPORT BECAUSE THEY GOT ABOUT FUEL ONCE THEY GET THERE, AND THAT'S THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT AND HOW MUCH FUEL THEY'RE GONNA BUY. AND I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS, BUT THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD PROFIT MARGIN ON FUEL SALES, AND THAT'S WHY HE'S TRYING TO DEVELOP AND GET MORE JET AIRCRAFT IN BECAUSE WE MAKE MORE MONEY OFF JET FUEL THAN TURBOPROPS. WE HAD APPROVED A FLIGHT SIMULATOR SOMETIME BACK. IS THAT GETTING A LOT OF USE? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT IS YES, SIR. YEAH WELL, I, I JUST YOU KNOW, CHRIS, MO IS DOING A GREAT JOB OUT THERE. 
          JUST YOU KNOW, WHEN WE INVEST IN THE MONEY? I JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW SOME OF THAT RETURN. I GET THE FUEL, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. ON THE LEASES AS WELL, OK? AND AS A REMINDER ABOUT $58 MILLION OF THIS, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH WOULD BE VOTED ON. BY THE, UH BY THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THESE PROJECTS. AM I CORRECT ON THAT? YES, YOU ARE. YEAH. OK? A SIX RESTROOM FACILITIES AT THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX NUMBER THREE BE CONSTRUCT. UH, I'M SORRY. THE 28 YEAR. THAT RIGHT? YEAH, 2829 YEAR. $436,680 CONSTRUCT A NEW MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RESTROOM FACILITY AT THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX NUMBER THREE FIELD. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF A MULTI USE MEN AND WOMEN'S REST ROOM, CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, FENCE MODIFICATIONS. COLUMBIA ELECTRIC ELECTRICAL END DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING RESTROOMS. THE DESIGN OF THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE LIKE THE EXISTING RESTROOM FACILITY NEAR COMPLEX TO BUT ON A SMALLER SCALE. SIR. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE EXISTING RESTROOMS? THAT YOU WILL. DO YOU MEAN THAT IT'S THEY'RE THEY'RE RUNDOWN. COMPLEX, TOO. OK, UH I MEAN, THEY'RE RUN DOWN. CAN THEY BE REHABBED OR DO THEY NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED? OR WHAT? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THIS IS COMPLEX 3 TO 3. IS THAT RIGHT? YES SO IF YOU RECALL, UM AFTER I BELIEVE IT WAS IKE WE BUILT THE RESTROOM FACILITY IN THE MIDDLE OF BETWEEN COMPLEXES ONE AND TWO. 
          IT'S KIND OF IN THAT PARKING LOT , SO IT'S DESIGNED TO UTILIZE BOTH FOR PEOPLE TO UTILIZE IT FROM BOTH COMPLEXES. WE STILL HAVE THE OLD BUILDING AND COMPLEX, TOO, THAT HAS RESTROOMS AND THEN A PRESS BOX AND A LITTLE STORAGE AREA. THAT SAME BUILDING EXISTS OVER COMPLEX THREE AS WELL. IT IS IT IS NOT IN GREAT SHAPE. IT'S OLD, THE BUILDING ITSELF. IT IT. IT'S NOT GONNA FALL DOWN. UH, WE CAN'T SAY THAT, BUT IT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. THE ROOMS ARE OLD. UM, WE REALLY NEEDED THIS. WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THERE IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE BUILT OVER AT COM BETWEEN COMPLEXES ONE AND TWO, NOT THE SAME SIZE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE MODERN, AND THAT OLD BUILDING IS PROBABLY BEEN THERE OVER 40 YEARS. UH, IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE YOU REMEMBER THE OLD TENNIS BUILDING. UM IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF STRUCTURE. UM OLDER KIND OF FALLING APART. IT'S BEEN THROUGH BEEN THROUGH A FEW STORMS. UM SO IT'LL GIVE US AN AN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UPGRADE IT AND SPRUCE UP THE COMPLEX. IT'S MUCH NEEDED. THAT OLD TENNIS BUILDING IS STILL PRETTY NICE FACILITY, AND IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED. FOR WHAT WHAT IS IT BEING UTILIZED FOR? WELL YOU'VE GOT OUTDOOR RESTROOMS, SO IT'S USED FOR THAT. AND THEN WE'VE GOT STORAGE CAPABILITY INSIDE. SO THE RESTROOMS AT THE SOFTBALL COMPLEX LIKE THE RESTROOMS AT THE TENNIS FACILITY, BUILDING, THE ONES AT THE AT THE TENNIS FACILITY HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THEY'VE HAD SOME MORE WORK DONE TO THEM TO UPGRADE THEM THROUGH THE YEARS BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY THE ONLY OPTION YOU HAD OUT THERE AT THE CO AT THE, UH, THE SOFTBALL COMPLEX. YOU COULD ALWAYS GO OVER TO COMPLEX ONE AND TWO. SO WE HAVE AN UPGRADED THOSE RESTROOMS LIKE YOU DID AT THE TENNIS BUILDING. AND FORGIVE ME, BUT THOSE RESTROOMS AT THE OLD TITUSS PRO SHOP, THEY'RE NOT BAD IT COULD COULD THEY BE UPGRADED TO AT THE SOFTBALL FIELD? TO THAT LEVEL. I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T REALLY ANSWER THAT. I WOULDN'T THINK SO. YEAH, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST LIKE A WOOD FRAME. UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, LIKE A CONCESSION? STAND TIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT WHEN THOSE WERE BUILT COUNCILMAN THAT WAS BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE RAN CONCESSIONS OUT OF THERE. SO THE FRONT SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT FACES THE CENTER YOU'VE GOT 
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GREEN FIELDS. SO THE CENTER FIELD, UM IT'S GOT DOORS THAT CAN OPEN UP AND BE USED FOR CONCESSIONS. WE STOPPED DOING THAT, PROBABLY 30. YEARS AGO, THERE WERE SOME VENDING MACHINES THAT WERE PLACED IN THEIR SPOT. SOMETIME AROUND THEN THEN THOSE WERE PULLED OUT ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, SO THE BUILDING ITSELF IS NOT UTILIZED. UM IT'S NOT USED FOR SCOREKEEPING UPSTAIRS. UM THE STAIRS. THE UPSTAIRS STRUCTURE IS NOT IN GREAT SHAPE. UM THE ONE AT COMPLEX TWO IS VERY SIMILAR, AND IT'S NOT IDEAL . I JUST NEED TO COME. LOOK AT IT. SO YES, OK. THANK YOU. ITEM SEVEN. NEW FIRE STATION FOUR. 2829 YEAR. $5,215,500 STRUCK A NEW FIRE STATION FOR FACILITY NEAR THE SITE OF THE EXISTING FIRE STATION. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL FEATURE PULL THROUGH STALLS SEPARATED DORM ROOMS, WORKOUT ROOM, AMPLE PARKING, SPACE AND SECURITY FENCING. THE FACILITY WILL BE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A MODERN PART OF PARTNER WITH ALL THE SERVICE AND LIVING SPACE AT GROUND LEVEL. JUST FOR LOCATION. CAN YOU JUST TELL US THE LOCATION? LUCAS AND LUCAS? YES THAT IS THAT WHERE THE NEW ONE WILL BE BUILT. YES SIR. WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THAT. I IT'S UH, SPEAKING WITH CHIEF WHITE. YES, SIR. THAT'S WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. IS IT ENOUGH ROOM FOR ALL THAT AT THAT SPOT, AND SOME KIND OF TIGHT SQUEEZING SEEMS LIKE YEAH, LOOKING AT THE BUILDING. THAT'S THERE. NOW JUST DON'T LOOK TOO SPACIOUS OVER. IT'S IT'S TIGHT, BUT SHE SAID IT MIGHT HAVE TO GO UP. AND DO IT AND POSSIBLY COULD DO IT. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA KIND OF GET IT ENGINEER TO GET A TOTAL ANSWER, BUT THEY THINK IF THEY DID SOMETHING AND WENT UP INSTEAD OF OUT UH, YOU CAN PUT SOMETHING ON THAT. YOU HEAR ME? HE'S TALKING TAYLOR. MEAN REMEMBER, NEIL, I'M SORRY. THAT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. BUT THAT'S IT JUST NEEDS TO BE IN THAT AREA. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON THAT PARTICULAR SPOT. RIGHT. 
          IT'S TRUE. THANK YOU. YES. ADAM EIGHT. DO RECREATION CENTER FOR THE 2829 YEAR, 10,000,028. 1004 $140. UH, CONSTRUCT A NEW RECREATION ACTIVITY CENTER TO A LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED WITHIN THE CITY. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IN THE SYSTEM OF AN INDOOR BASKETBALL COURT. INDOOR RACQUETBALL COURT, WEIGHT ROOM ACTIVITY, ROOM RESTROOM AND LOCKER ROOMS, ADMINISTRATION AREA AND SITE PARKING. THE FACILITY WOULD WOULD BE FOCUSED ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SUMMER PROGRAMS, FITNESS PROGRAMS AND INTERACTIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES. YEAH, I THINK TAYLOR DON'T SAY NOTHING. ALL RIGHT, BUT ONE THING ABOUT THIS. I THINK WE DID DISCUSS LIKE THE ONLY THING THAT WAS ALSO MISSING AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX IS MAYBE SOME OF THOSE FIELDS THAT KIND OF CAN CONNECT TO THE WEIGHT ROOM THAT YOU SEE IN SOME OF THESE MORE MODERN, UH, ATHLETIC COMPLEXES. I KNOW. 
          WE KINDA TALKED ABOUT THAT. I JUST HEARD THE BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND I DIDN'T HEAR IT. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING IS, IS THAT SOMETHING STILL IN CONSIDERATION AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE NOT. 
          LOOKING INTO NO MORE. YEAH. ANYBODY CAN COME IN. AT THIS PRICE INCLUDE THE EQUIPMENT. TO THAT QUESTION FOR YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AJ A LOT OF THAT KIND OF STUFF DOESN'T REALLY YOU. YOU DON'T GET THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL UNTIL YOU START THE PROGRAMMING OF THE DESIGN. YEAH UNDERSTOOD. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT WAS A PART OF WHAT WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT STILL WASN'T LEFT OFF OR NOT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WHAT? I'M MORE INTERESTED ON MR WILLIAMS, NOT NECESSARILY THE PROJECT ITSELF. BUT WHAT IS THE OPERATING COST OF A FACILITY LIKE THIS MOVING FORWARD? WE HAVE WE COULD HAVE THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO A PROJECT LIKE THAT WITHOUT HAVING THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE HE, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT A SUBSTANTIAL PROJECT SO WE WOULD HAVE THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU WERE ABLE TO, UH, EVEN CONSIDER TO MAKE A DECISION. I WANT TO INTERJECT HERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY WE DID NOT HAVE HISTORICALLY RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE WEST END AND IN THE SOUTH END. WAS GETTING BACK TO SOMETHING I ALLUDED TO. EARLIER WE HAD Y MC, A S THERE. FORMED THE FUNCTION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN 
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THE WEST END AND IN THE SOUTH END GETTING BACK TO MY OTHER PREVIOUS COMMENT. MAYBE IT'S TIME. TO GET BACK TO TRYING TO TALK TO THE Y AND COLLABORATE WITH THEM. AND A PUBLIC PRIVATE. 
          PARTNERSHIP MANNER. BECAUSE IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME THAT YEAH, WE CAN BUILD IT. AND WE COULD BE ABLE TO FACILITATE, BUT THE ONGOING EXPENSE OF RUNNING IT. WHAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER NEIL THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS TO LOOK AT CAREFULLY BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I THINK AT LEAST A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR RIGHT NOW TO RUN THE STERLING PRUITT. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME IN THE PAST THAT THAT WAS THE REASON WHY THE CITY HAD ALWAYS SHIED AWAY FROM RECREATIONAL, UH, BUILDING ANY FURTHER RECREATIONAL CENTERS. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE. UH BOTH THE, UH Y MC IN THE SOUTH END AND THE ONE THAT THEY STARTED TO BUILD OUT IN THE WEST END AND THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER SAID NO. UH BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO INCUR THE ONGOING EXPANSE OF OPERATING THOSE TWO FACILITIES. SO THAT'S IN ANY WAY PART OF THE CURRENT THINKING. MAYBE INVITE THE Y BACK AND LET THEM RUN IT. AND MAYBE WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM AND HELPING CONSTRUCT SOMETHING I IT'S JUST A THOUGHT. BUT MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED. OF COURSE, THE MAYOR YES, SIR. AND IF WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO THAT, I ALSO LIKE TO LOOK INTO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT COST US TO CONSTRUCT THE TENNIS FACILITY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE PROFIT MARGIN AND HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING US TO RUN THAT FACILITY AS WELL. BECAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING DOING ONE THING, BUT NOT DOING THE OTHER. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE Y MC. A BUT ONE THING. I'M NOT GONNA DO IS I KNOW A LOT OF THESE FACILITIES DON'T GENERATE REVENUE IS A PROFIT. WHAT THEY INTENDED FOR TO DO IS TO BE SOMETHING IN REFERENCE TO WHAT IS THAT TERMINOLOGY I'M LOOKING FOR YOU SAID ALL THE TIME KENNY QUALITY OF LIFE. SO I. I DO WANNA BE VERY TRANSPARENT IN THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS WE ALREADY MADE SO ONE THING I DON'T WANT TO DO IS CUT BACK WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, AND EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE UP, UH, THE MAJORITY WHAT'S DONE RIGHT NOW. I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME. YOU HAVE YOUTH PRACTICING YOU FOOTBALL. 
          LILY IN FRONT OF WESTBROOK OUT ON THE FIELD. YOU HAVE THEM PRACTICING ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY WITH NO FEELS RIGHT NOW. WE CLEARLY BEEN DISCUSSING GEMS WITH BIZ FOREVER. IT HASN'T HAPPENED. SO AT SOME POINT, THE TALK GOTTA QUIT, AND WE GOTTA MOVE FORWARD TO SOMETHING. THIS RIGHT HERE IS A GENERAL OBLIGATION. BUT IN THE COMMUNITY WE NEED TO VOTE YES OR NO TO MY UNDERSTANDING. MR MANAGE. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S NOT COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? SO I THINK I'M TOTALLY OK WITH LETTING THE COMMUNITY DECIDE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW WAS THE 10 WAS THE TENNIS FACILITY, A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND OR WHAT DID THAT FUNDING COME FROM? I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WAS FUNDED, AND HOW MUCH WAS IT? I LIKE TO KNOW THAT AS WELL AND AGAIN, WHAT IS IT, GENERATING AS FAR AS REVENUE OR RETURN? THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. I JUST WANT TO GO HISTORICALLY BACK BECAUSE IT IT FOLLOWS IN SUIT BACK IN THE DAY, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT A DAY PRETTY LONG AGO. OUR MUNICIPAL TENNIS FACILITY HAD EIGHT COURTS IN THAT WOODEN FRAME PRO SHOP. 
          IT WAS NOT THE PALACE THAT IT IS NOW. BUT THE REASON THAT THE CITY NEVER REALLY DID ANYTHING MORE THAN JUST HAVING A COURT TENNIS FACILITY IS BECAUSE YOU HAD THE WEST END Y WAS ABOUT 20 COURTS. AND THAT'S WHERE THE BULK OF THE TENNIS WAS PLAYED IN THE BEAUMONT BACK IN THE DAY. UM AND THEY ALSO HAD THE BEAUMONT COUNTRY CLUB AND YOU HAD THE B PM CLUB. YOU HAD A LOT MORE ATTENDANCE FACILITIES. UH, WHEN THEY ALL WENT AWAY THE NEED TO HAVE TENNIS FACILITIES, YOU KNOW , BECAME APPARENT. THAT'S HOW WE GOT WHAT WE HAVE NOW, BUT, UM, AGAIN, THE Y MC A WAS NOT JUST TENNIS. IT WAS SOCCER, DAYCARE, AEROBICS, A AEROBICS ALL ALL OF THAT SO IT'S JUST WORTH THE CONVERSATION. I THINK, CAMAN NEIL. SO COUNCILMAN TURN. LIKE I SAID, I FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT AGAINST THE PROJECT. I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT THE COST OF THE OPERATING ON IT. BUT ONE OF THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK INTO. INSTEAD OF BUILDING A COMPLETELY NEW 
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FACILITY, DOING A MAJOR UPGRADE OVER TO THE STERLING PRUITT WHERE YOU ALREADY WOULD HAVE SOME SYNERGIES WITH WITH PEOPLE MANAGING THE FACILITY. I THINK I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, TOO. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAKEUP OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN SIMILAR WHAT MIKE IS SAYING THE WIVES AND THINGS OF THAT MAGNITUDE. THE ONE THING I CONSISTENTLY HERE IN THE MOST MEETINGS, AND ALMOST EVERYWHERE I GO IS WE REALLY HAVE LACK OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVITY. AND EVEN OUR CRIME RATE IS VERY HIGH WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AGAIN. WE SAY IT'S A PARENTING PROBLEM, BUT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN EXISTING IN BEAUMONT, AND WE CAN ONLY SAY AS A PARENT AND PROBLEM FOR SO LONG. IT'S NOT GONNA GO AWAY I. I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA CHANGE. SO AT SOME POINT WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY AS A CITY. WE CAN'T HAVE THE MENTALITY THAT YOU KNOW IS NOT OUR KIDS. BECAUSE EVERY KID IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT I LOOK AT IT AS OUR KIDS AND IF WE DON'T START PUT MORE OF A FOCUS ON ADDRESSING SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THEY JUST DON'T HAVE. 
          WE WE WILL KEEP CONTINUE DOWN THE ROUTE WITH THIS CRIME PROBLEM. YES, COUNCILMAN SAMUEL. 
          OK I'VE BEEN KIND OF QUIET, BUT AS WE AS WE TALKING ABOUT, UH, RECREATION WE TALKED. WE TALKED ABOUT COMPLEXES AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, UH, IN MOVING FORWARD, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT PROGRAMMING THE LACK OF PROGRAMMING. UM WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS FROM, UH, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACETS. 11 OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH IS MENTAL HEALTH. OK, SO WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FACILITY THAT COULD FACILITATE. UH HEALTH. UH, CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT CAN INVOLVE RECREATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE SOME SERVICES TO HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. NOW IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK THAT'S INTEGRAL. UH UH, INTEGRAL PART OF HAVING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. WE'VE SEEN DISAPPEARANCES OF GROCERY STORES IN OUR AREA. UH BUT YET AND STILL WE STILL HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED EXERCISE AND NOT ONLY PHYSICAL EXERCISE, BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONING. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS, SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AS FAR AS BRINGING ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS IN TO PROVIDE FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. SO AS WE DO THIS, I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A CENTER. OK POSSIBLY IT COULD BE STERLING PRUITT ON THAT PROPERTY THAT COULD THERE'S A LOT OF PARK AREA THERE. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY UTILIZE AS IT ONCE HAVE BEEN USED AS A COMMUNITY PARK. BUT IF WE PROVIDE MORE SERVICES, IT COULD CREATE AN ENHANCER USE OF THE PARK ITSELF. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN TALK ABOUT EXERCISE PHYSICAL EXERCISE BALL FIELDS, PA. UH, GYMS. WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THIS, BUT UNTIL WE DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND DEAL WITH SOME OF THE TRAUMA IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE ARE JUST IN OUR WILLS. SO I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT COMPONENT INTO THIS, UH, WHOLE CONSIDERATION AND CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. 
          YES, COUNCILMAN DUO. SO AS FAR AS STERLING PRUITT GOES, THAT'S A GREAT FACILITY. BUT SOME OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN'T GET THERE. IT'S WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. SO WE WOULD NEED AH, THIS RECREATION ACTIVITY CENTER NEEDS TO BE ON ANOTHER SIDE OF TOWN. ON ANOTHER PART. 
          WHERE? WHERE? THAT WAY WE CAN REACH MORE. HE IS A MORE FOLKS THAT NEED SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          SO I. I WOULD THINK WE WOULD INSTEAD OF GOING AND BUILDING THAT AT MAGNOLIA PARK. WHENEVER WE GET TO IT, WE NEED TO FIND, UH, ANOTHER LOCATION, POSSIBLY IN SOUTH BOULEVARD. SO HOLD ON ONE SECOND. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE ISSUES, KEN THAT I CAN FORESEE COMING WITH THE FUTURE COUNSEL. WE KNOW IT'S A NEED AND EVERYBODY HAS OPINIONS, BUT LOCATION I THINK CAN BECOME AN ISSUE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU KNOW ME BEING AT LARGE. I'M MORE THAN CONFIDENT WITH WAR MEMBERS WILL BE PUSHING FOR A LOCATION. AND THOSE ARE SOME QUESTIONS, TOO, THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED AND TALKED ABOUT AND MAYBE EVEN ANSWERED IN THIS PART COM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND A LOT OF THINGS WERE DISCUSSING NOW. IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THESE PRIORITIES 
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THAT YOU WANT IN A PARTS. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO UH, WE HEAR YOU AND A LOT OF IT, BUT THERE'S NO IT'S GONNA BE A ADDRESSED IN THAT IT'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. AND IT'LL TALK ABOUT LOCATIONS. UH OR WHATEVER. SO, UM SCRAPE THE PRIORITIES TODAY AND YOU'RE GONNA GET IT EVEN A CHANCE OPPORTUNITY THERE AT AT THE NEXT AGENDA. I TALK MORE ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES, BUT JUST KNOW ALL THESE PARKS. THINGS ARE GONNA BE ADDRESSED AND TALKED ABOUT OVER THE NEXT, HOPEFULLY LESS THAN THE NEXT YEAR. AS FAR AS PRIORITY FOR THE PARKS RECREATION SYSTEM. YES WELL, I WILL END WITH THIS. UH WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN RECENT YEARS TOO MUCH OF THIS WAR FIGHTING. UH AND THAT'S NOT A PLACE THAT'S HEALTHY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. UH, WE HAVE TO BRING ABOUT A PARITY. SO THAT ALL AREAS OF OUR CITY WOULD HAVE I'M NOT GONNA SAY EQUAL, BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME PARITY IN ALL FACILITIES WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. THEY IT, UM, NORTH END SHOULD NOT BE, UH, ANY DIFFERENT FROM THE WEST END OF THE SOUTH END. SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT. 
          UH UM LOOKING AT FACILITIES THEMSELVES. IT'S NOT THE FACILITY. IT'S THE SERVICE OF THE FACILITY. THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND IF WE HAVE ONE BUILDING THAT'S UH A LOT NEWER THAN UH, UH, OLD BUILDING IN ANOTHER AREA . IT DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO BE DESTROYED. IT MEANS WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO BRING ABOUT A PARITY IN THE TWO FACILITIES. UH, SO I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THIS WAR WITH, UH, WAR POLITICS. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND ON POINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE GONNA BE CONTINUING TALKING ABOUT THAT TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN FACILITIES. THERE MAY NOT GENERATE A LOT OF REVENUE, BUT IT DOES GENERATE PEOPLE COMING TO OUR CITY AND PERHAPS MOVING HERE AND, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHERE OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE LIES IN THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT A GROWING COMMUNITY, AND IT'S NOT INCREASING OUR REVENUES. I'M SORRY. Y'ALL GOT ME STARTED ALREADY. BUT UH, CAN ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO, UH UM, REALLY ADDRESS. FACILITIES OR SERVICES IN OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES. UH LIKE WORKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, I KNOW MOST OF THE ACTIONS ARE OVER ON, UH, A COLLEGE AT THE MAIN BUILDING AND OVERALL, UH, WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. UM, BUT, UM. ALL AREAS OF THE CITY NEEDS TO BE SERVICED WITH SOME OF THOSE THINGS. UH, HAVE WE LOOKED AT DOING THAT? UM MR COLEMAN? UH UH. I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT, UH , PART OF THE BIG PROBLEMS WITH THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH CRIME. THERE'S AN ASSOCIATION WITH MENTAL HEALTH OF THE LACK OF, UH , ASSISTANCE IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE ISSUES. UH, WELL, UH, GOOD MORNING. UH, SO FAR IS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. NOW WE DO HAVE IN THE CITY WHAT WE CALL FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CLINICS. YOU HAVE, UH, YOU BE CARAT TOSS. THAT'S ON HOLLAND, A LAVACA RIGHT ACROSS FROM SOUTH PARK. YOU HAVE TRIANGLE AREA NETWORK THAT'S ON SEVENTH. AND YOU HAVE, UH, LEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH THAT'S ON NORTH 11TH. AND THOSE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR PEOPLE BASED ON BASED ON INCOME. 
          SO NO INCOME. YOU STILL GET SERVICE. YOU STILL GET TO SEE A DOCTOR. YOU STILL GET PRIMARY CARE. AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH SERVE THE INDIGENT POPULATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. SO THERE ARE SERVICES AVAILABLE WITHIN THIS CITY. TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. I GOTTA GO. BUT IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT PUBLIC HEALTH COULD DO SOMETHING OR ADD TO IT. I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THESE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE. WELL. SO THESE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE. UH BUT WHAT I'M NOT SURE OF IS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN WE ARE SEEING A RISING A NUMBER OF, UM YOUNG PEOPLE. IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE WHEN THEY'RE GOING 
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THROUGH A CRISIS. UM I'M CONCERNED WITH WHERE THESE PARENTS CAN GO WHERE WHETHER THEY KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GET ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I'M SEEING TOO MANY PEOPLE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL AND GOING DIRECTLY FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THE JAIL. MHM. SO I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT THIS IS OUR REALM OF RESPONSIBILITY. BUT WE DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO SOMETHING TO SLOW DOWN THIS PROCESS OF IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH CRIME. IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH CARE. SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. TO ADDRESS THESE TYPE OF ISSUES. NOW WHAT WE DO AT PUBLIC HEALTH. WE DO WHOLE HEALTH FAIRS AT OUR FACILITY ON COLLEGE AND WHAT WE DO WE INVITE THESE SERVICES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE INVITE THESE SERVICES TO THE HEALTH FAIR SO PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND THEY COME TO THE HEALTH CARE TO ASK, CAN SIGN UP FOR SERVICES THAT DAY. ALSO BISD HAS A PROGRAM WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT CALLED THE WELLNESS PROGRAM, AND THAT PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS, BUT THE PARENTS. WHO ARE DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. SO MILES HAS CO ORDINATED WITH B. THEY HAD A PROGRAM AVAILABLE AS WELL. NOW I AGREE WITH YOU. THERE IS A PROBLEM. UH, BUT THE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE, UH, MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AS MAKING PARENTS AWARE OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE, UH, WE DO SO FAR AS PUBLIC HEALTH. UH THESE AGENCIES DO ADVERTISE THEY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AGAIN. IT'S JUST GETTING PEOPLE TO ACCESS IS GETTING PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT THEY ARE IN A CRISIS IS GETTING PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT I DO NEED SOME HELP, AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGING PART. WELL I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT AND I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY FIRST. THANK YOU. MILES UH, I'VE BEEN IN FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS. I'VE BEEN IN, UH, THIS SESSION WITH, UH UH, DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND YOUR NAME HAS COME UP I. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY. UH AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY THEY'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS ALL DAY, SO IF THE COMMUNITY IS NOT AWARE THEN THAT IS SOMEWHAT OF A LACK OF LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. IT DOESN'T MAKE THE SITUATION ANY BETTER. SO WE HAVE MAYBE WE HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY CAN GET ASSISTANCE. UH, BECAUSE, UH, WELL ENOUGH SAYING, MILES DID YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING TO THAT? NOW I JUST ECHO WHAT YOU KNOW, MR. MR COLEMAN HAD SAID THAT YOU GUYS DID PUT IN A STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CITY MANAGER ASSIGNED ME TO KIND OF WORK ON. SO WE ARE WORKING ON IT. WE TAKE NOTES THAT YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO IT, OR YOU MORE AWARENESS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, IT'S A HUGE ISSUE. SO YOU GUYS JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW WE ALL WORKING ON IT. UH, THEY ARE SCHEDULED MEETINGS, UH, WITH THE MANAGER AND THE MAYOR ABOUT THE TB R FRAMEWORK, AND THAT'S THE THING THAT'S THE MEETING THAT YOU THE KIND OF PART OF SO THERE IS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN, BUT IT'S SUCH A BIG TOPIC, AND IT INCLUDES SO MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND WE'VE INCLUDED ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN OUR MEETINGS. UH, SO WE ARE DOING IT AND SOME OF IT IS UNSEEN. SOME OF IT YOU MAY SEE AND HEAR ABOUT, UH, BUT WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY WORKING ON IT, TRYING TO PIONEER SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE. MOUSE COULD YOU BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES AND GROUPS WE'RE WORKING WITH AT MENTAL HEALTH, AS AS MILES SAID THIS COUNCIL IDENTIFIED MENTAL HEALTH IS ONE OF YOUR GOALS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WORKING WITH IT, SO WE ARE AS AN ORGANIZATION BEING PROACTIVE AND WORKING WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR OPERATIONS OF MILES. TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. YEAH. SO WHAT I DID WAS I PARTNERED WITH, UH, CHRISTIAN MANUAL OFFICE DAVE FEIN OFFICE. HOSPITAL THE MOI UNIVERSITY SPEND THE TOP OR GUINEA ROGERS, KIM P, MID AMERICA, AND THOSE ARE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. JEFF BICK OFFICE. FRED JACKSON. I'VE WORKED WITH HIM, AND SO I'VE MET WITH EVERYBODY INDIVIDUALLY OUT IN FRONT OF WHAT IDENTIFY WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND WHERE THE GAPS IN SERVICES ARE. AND THEN I BROUGHT EVERYBODY IN A MEETING AND WE'VE WORKED ON ONGOING PROCESS SINCE, UH, I THINK JANUARY IS WHEN WE START MEETING, SO WE HAVE A MONTHLY GROUP THAT WE WORK WITH, UH, WE COLLABORATED ON GRANT. SO WE TRY TO INCLUDE, UH MORE SERVICES, BUT A LOT OF THIS CONVERSATION WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS EVERYBODY'S WORKING IN SILOS, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BRING 
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EVERYBODY TOGETHER. SO YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT WAS SPECIFIC ENOUGH. BUT WE ARE WE'RE WORKING WITH MOST OF ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. I WENT OUT TO MEETINGS WITH THE COUNSELORS IN THIS AREA . I ON A SATURDAY MORNING, SPOKE TO THEM AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO GIVE US FEEDBACK AND SO WE WERE TRYING OUR BEST IF YOU IDENTIFY POINTS THAT WE HAVEN'T I REACHED OUT TO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, LET THE MANAGER KNOW SO WE CAN KIND OF INCLUDE THEM, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA SIDETRACK US. BUT WHEN I SAW THE FACILITY IN THE TALK ABOUT A MASS FACILITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT AUTOMATICALLY BROUGHT ME BACK TO THAT TYPE OF SERVICE AND THAT NEED THAT EXISTS HERE. SO THANK YOU. IS A QUICK REMINDER. WE'RE ON PAGE 20 OF ABOUT 100 AND 35 PAGE PROJECT THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET THROUGH. UH TODAY AND JUST TO BE MINDFUL. WAS A LITTLE CREDIT. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE MY READERS ON IT IS 28. IT LOOKS LIKE 20 WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR READERS ON LIKE FAST FORWARD TO 75, BECAUSE SOME OF THE OTHER GOES QUICKER THAN THAT SEEMS TO BE MORE DISCUSSION ON SOME OF THE MORE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. UM SOMEONE THAT GETS TO MORE. SOME OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE GOES A LITTLE FASTER. AND JIM, IF YOU DO US A FAVOR, JUST KIND OF, UH, MENTION THE PROJECT. AND IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS ADDRESS THEM WE DON'T HAVE. 
          DON'T WORRY ABOUT READING A CAPTION. ALL THIS COUNCIL WANTS IT. ITEM NINE MAIN STREET RIVERFRONT EXTENSION FOR 2627 YEAR. READ THE 9,400,000. WHAT ARE WE OK? WHAT? WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE DOING HERE? WHAT IS THAT? WE? WE DON'T I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. WHAT YEAH. 
          COUNCILMAN GETS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THE PROJECT THAT, UH MISTER KEITH FOLSOM PUT TOGETHER ORIGINALLY FOR THE 555 MAIN. THAT WAS A PLAZA. HE UH, CREATED A SCHEMATIC AND THAT WAS THE COST THAT HE PROJECTED THAT TO BE. UH, SO THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER , SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN THAT LOCATION. BUT WE WE'RE USING HIS ONLY DESIGN FOR THAT CORNER, AND HIS COST ESTIMATE, UM AS A PLACEHOLDER AND TELL THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AT THAT LOCATION. I'M JUST GONNA GO ON RECORD AS SAYING. I CANNOT SUPPORT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHEN WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER NEEDS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. WE'RE LOOKING AT SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT I JUST THAT IS AN ASTONISHING NUMBER TO ME, AND IT TIES BACK INTO THE OVERALL. VISION THAT THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER HAD WITH 555 MAIN STREET . UH II. I REMEMBER SO CLEARLY. YOU KNOW, HE SAID, WELL, Y'ALL CAN BE. IT CAN BE WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE. WELL I GUESS IT CAN. BUT IT COMES WITH A PRICE TAG AND, UH YOU KNOW? RIGHT NOW. WE'RE LOOKING AT OPENING RIVERFRONT PARK. WE WANT TO GET THAT FINISHED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE SIDE OF A HOTEL. UM WE NEED TO DECIDE AT SOME POINT WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT. TRACT OF LAND THAT IS ABOUT TO BECOME YOU KNOW JUST A DIRT LOT AT A COST OF $4 MILLION, SO I JUST, UH I UNDERSTAND IT'S A PLACEHOLDER AND I UNDERSTAND THAT NOTHING IS BEING PLANNED FOR 2025, BUT IT DOES GIVE ME HEARTBURN TO SEE A NUMBER LIKE $9 MILLION ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE DOWN THERE. AND THIS IS ALSO CONTINGENT ON THE PLAN OR PROPOSED HOTEL. UM YOU KNOW, ONCE WE DETERMINE WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO AND WITH REGARD TO THAT HOTEL WHERE IT'S GONNA ACTUALLY SIT, YOU KNOW THIS PLAYS A PART IN IN AND THAT WHOLE UH UH, IDEA, UH, FOR THAT SECTION. AND 10. COUNCILMAN SAMUEL ALL RIGHT. ADAM 10 PROPERTY LOCATED 555 MAIN STREET, WHICH IS CURRENTLY A PROJECT 1,100,000. THA OK? ITEM 11 RIVERFRONT PARK 
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RESTORATION. WHICH IS HAPPENING NOW AND GOING INTO 25. 19,036,008. THERE? YES. I AM GONNA SAY SOMETHING. UH, THESE LAST THREE PROJECTS. UM I'M NOT SURE WHY. NOTHING WAS STATED, UH, WHY THEY WERE KIND OF GOING BY, BUT THAT COULD BE THOSE THREE PROJECTS TOGETHER COULD BE THE BEST THING OR THE BIGGEST THING THAT HAPPENED IN BEAUMONT. IT COULD BE THE BEST THING FOR THE FUTURE OF BEAUMONT. FOR YEARS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DECLINING POPULATION DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES GOING WAY DOWNTOWN. NOTHING'S HAPPENING DOWNTOWN, BUT THAT RIVER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET THAT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT HAS EVERY CITY ACROSS THIS COUNTRY THAT HAS A NATURAL RESOURCE LIKE THAT. IT HAS BEEN A BEACON TO BRING THE SURROUNDING AREA TO THAT HEART OF THE CITY. IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING TO REFOCUS. AND BRING ABOUT AN UNDERSTANDING HOW SIGNIFICANT THAT IS TO OUR CITY. THEN WE MIGHT AS WELL TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND GO HOME. UM THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, MS. I THINK WE ARE DOING SOMETHING. WE'RE REBUILDING. WE FRONT PARK. BUT ONCE YOU GET PAST THE RIVERFRONT PARK AREA OF DOWNTOWN IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. TO DO ANYTHING. TO REDEVELOP DOWNTOWN. WHEN YOU HAVE WALKS AND BLOCKS OF DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS. SITTING THERE. THAT'S JUST THE REALITY. IT IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. THERE'S NO WAY OF GETTING AROUND IT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF HAS TRIED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND FORCING BUILDING OWNERS TO DO SOMETHING TO FIX DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE A LONG PROCESS. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IT'S NOT GONNA BE FIXED OVERNIGHT. WE CAN'T MAKE BUILDING OWNERS. DO ANYTHING MORE THAN BOARD UP AND SECURE THEIR BUILDINGS. WE CAN'T MAKE THEM. SECURE TENANTS. TO MAKE DOWNTOWN THRIVING ONCE AGAIN. 
          ALL THE WISHFUL THINKING OF WHERE RIVERWALK OR ANYTHING ELSE. WITH DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. 
          IS GOING TO BE IMPEDED. BY THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE BLOCKS AND BLOCKS OF LARGE. THAT ARE VACANT. THAT HAVE BECOME SOURCES OF VANDALISM THAT HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE BREAKING INTO THEM TAKING UP RESIDENCE THERE. THAT PROBLEM'S GOT TO BE FIXED BEFORE YOU CAN REALLY EVEN START THINKING ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN. IN MY OPINION. COUNCILMAN TURNER AND MAYOR THAT THAT'S WHY SOMETHING I THINK WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE AS MUCH THIS YEAR AS A COUNCIL. WE CANNOT SLOW DOWN ON IT, BUT JUST US REALLY STAYING ON PACE AS FAR AS OUR DIRECTION DOWNTOWN. I THINK NORMALLY WHEN WE DON'T MEET AND DISCUSS THESE THINGS SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME YOU KNOW, SOME INTERFERENCE CAME WITH THE AT&T BUILDING. BUT I THINK IF WE KEEP THIS KIND IN OUR FOREFRONT AND STAY FOCUSED AND STAY AT A TIMELINE, A DATE A DEADLINE. WHEN WE GONNA KNOCK THIS OUT, YOU WOULDN'T SEE YOU KNOW SOME OF THE BACK AND FORTH WE MAKE A DECISION AS A COUNCIL HIT THE TIMELINE TO JUST KEEP MOVING. I THINK THAT'S KINDA ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN HURTING US MY HONEST OPINION. THANK YOU. ADAM 12 PROPOSED WATER PARK 2829 YEAR, 9,684,000. 
          OUT OF 13 FOOD TRUCK PARK. 2526 YEAR, 700,000. ADAM 14 WOULD BE CIVIC CENTER RENOVATION FOR THE 
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2728 YEAR. 10,000,003 98 2 76. 15 OUT OF 15 WOULD BE CALL YOUR SPRY BOAT RAMP AND PIER. WITH THE 2526 YEAR 440. 440,000. ITEM 16 MUNICIPAL TRANSIT. UH, ROOF. THE 26 YEAR, 800,000. A 17. UH, BE A NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, WHICH WOULD BE FUTURE CONSIDERATION. 99,343,000 . THE FINAL ONE ITEM, 18 WOULD BE A NEW CITY HALL COMPLEX AGAIN A FUTURE CONSIDERATION FOR 86,371,600. THANK YOU, SIR. KEN AND I WANNA SEE MORE OF THE BLUES. YEAH, THE GRANTS THAT'S THE BLUE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER I. I LIKE THE BLUE. YEAH, I LIKE I LIKE THE BLUES, TOO. THERE'S SOME BLUE THERE YOU GO, BOY. YOU ASK, WE DELIVER. SO A LOT OF THESE, UH CONTINUE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. UH, BUT WE'LL WE'LL ROLL THROUGH ALL OF THOSE. THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF NEW ONES THIS YEAR, SO THE ANNUAL DEAD END FLUSHING FEDERAL STATE REGULATIONS REQUIRE US TO MAINTAIN CHLORINE RESIDUAL AND WE HAVE TO FLUSH THOSE DEAD ENDS. THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, INCLUDES THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF MANUAL IN AUTOMATED, UH, FLUSHING EQUIPMENT FOR 100 AND 55,000 IN FY 25. THE WATER LINE ANNUAL ANNUAL WATER PRODUCTION SYSTEM REPAIRS WE OWN AND MAINTAIN AS YOU ALL UNDERSTAND A LARGE, UH, WATER SYSTEM. THIS ITEM ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS UH, CAPITAL ITEMS THAT AREN'T LARGE PROJECTS BUT HAVE COME UP OR EXAMPLE OF THAT THIS YEAR WOULD BE THE REBUILDING OF THE LAWSON'S RAW WATER PUMPS. UM WHICH WAS DONE WITH THIS PARTICULAR C IP ITEM IN 24. IT'S BUDGET FOR 1.4 MILLION IN 25. THE ANNUAL WATER LINE REPLACEMENT TO THIS POINT WE'VE DONE ABOUT 2 MILLION A YEAR, WHICH IS REALLY INSUFFICIENT, CONSIDERING WHAT WE OPERATE, SO WE HAVE 800 ROUGHLY 865 MILES OF WATER LINES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH THIS PROJECT WILL REPLACE APPROXIMATELY 55,000 LINEAR FEET OF WATER LINE, WHICH ARE EQUATES TO ABOUT 1.2% AND WE, UH, UP THAT AMOUNT TO 7 MILLION AND 25 TO BE ABLE TO START REPLACING THOSE WATER LINES AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE. WATER LINE WATER TRANSMISSION LINE REHABILITATION 100,025. THE PROJECT WILL SANDBLAST AND REPAINT VARIOUS WATER PIPES, CROSSING CANALS AND DITCHES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND I'M GONNA FLIP FLOP THESE NEXT TWO ITEMS. UH, THE RAW WATER PUMP STATION WERE WRAPPING THAT UP IN 25. THAT'S A NEW 45 MILLION GALLON PER DAY PUMP STATION, BUILT AT COLLIERS FERRY PARK, AND THEN THE PREVIOUS ITEM , WHICH I SKIPPED OVER IS THE RAW WATER DELIVERY LINE, WHICH WILL THEN TAKE THAT WATER FROM THE NEW PUMP STATION, BRING IT TO THE PINE STREET WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND, UH, ALLOW US TO PROCESS THAT, UH, LARGE AMOUNT OF THE FUNDS ON THIS AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PAGES, UH, GRANT FUNDED. LAWSON CANAL MAINTENANCE PROJECT. SO THE CURRENT LAWSON, UH, PUMP STATION , UH, PUMPS THE WATER TO THE PINE STREET SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT BY THE LAWSON CANAL. IT USED TO BE OPEN WATER. IT NOW IS A PIPELINE THAT RUNS DOWN THAT CANAL, WHICH WAS DAMAGED DURING HARVEY. SO THIS PROJECT, UH, RESETS THAT PIPELINE AND ALSO RECONSTRUCTS, UH, THE WESTERN LEVY OF THAT, UM , THIS IS BEING DONE WITH FE A FEMA FUNDS. LEAD AND COPPER 
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FIELD INVESTIGATION THE EPA AND TCQ REQUIRING SERVICE LINE INVENTORY BY OCTOBER 16TH 2024 UNDER THE LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS, SO THE FIRST OF THESE PROJECTS IS THE FIELD INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE BOTH THE CITY AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE MATERIAL. UM ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS A SUBSEQUENT ONE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO SUBMIT FOR GRANTS THROUGH TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR. IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL THAT'S TYPICALLY FUNDED 51% TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. 49% CITY PARK. YES, SIR. IT CAME UP AT A RECENT COMMUNITY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING ABOUT THESE LEAD AND COPPER SERVICE LINES. APPARENTLY UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT IS GOING OUT AND REQUESTING VOLUNTARY. UH CITIZENS, UH, CITIZENS TO VOLUNTEER TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. UM, BUT IT KIND OF SUPPOSES THAT THERE ARE LEAD AND COPPER LINES. IN THE CITY, AND I THINK IN MY PRIOR DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU, YOU HAD TOLD ME THAT YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY. UH MANY LEAD LINES, UH, SO FAR IN BEAUMONT. IS THAT STILL TRUE? OR WHERE ARE WE ON ON THAT? WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING OUR PILOT INVESTIGATIONS AND AREAS OF THE CITY THAT WE FEEL THEY'RE THE OLDER ONES THAT WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE LEAD LINES. TO THIS POINT. WE'VE IDENTIFIED ONE ONE FL SERVICE LINE. HOWEVER ACCORDING TO THE RULES THAT ARE SET DOWN BY THE EPA, IT'S NOT JUST LEAD LINES THEMSELVES. BUT IF YOU HAVE GALVANIZED LINES THAT ARE IN PLACE, YOU EITHER HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY WERE NEVER DOWNSTREAM OF A LEAD LINE OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE GALVANIZED LINES AS WELL. 
          THE ONE L LINE THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT AREA OF TOWN IS THAT? AND HOW DID THAT I MEAN, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE SINCE WE IDENTIFIED ONE. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A PROCESS TO SET UP A PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS THAT, UM IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T NORMALLY JUST GO ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. REPLACE SOMEBODY'S LINE. SO WE'VE SET UM , SOME PROPOSED GUIDELINES TO THE CITY MANAGER. HE'S GIVEN US FEEDBACK BACK AND WE'LL BE COMING TO COUNCIL HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND PRESENT WHAT OUR PROCEDURES WILL BE GOING FORWARD AS WE DISCOVER LINES AS WELL AS ASK YOU TO, UH, ADOPT SOME ORDINANCES THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT THE PROCESS. AT THIS POINT. IS IT SAFE TO READ INTO YOUR COMMENTS THAT WE REALLY DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEMS WITH LEAD AND COPPER LINES IN BEAUMONT ARE . THANKFULLY IT'S A IT'S A SEEMS TO BE A SMALLER SCALE ISSUE, BUT BUT AGAIN, THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THE INVENTORY REGARDLESS. UH SO E. EVEN IF WE FOUND NOTHING, WE WOULD HAVE TO INVENTORY EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO DEFINITIVELY PROVE THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT. AND IT LOOKS AT THIS POINT THAT OUR BIG ISSUE AS FAR AS REPLACING LINES IS GOING TO BE THOSE GALVANIZED LINES THAT WE JUST SIMPLY CAN'T FIND THE DOCUMENTATION TO DEFINITIVELY PROVE IT WAS NEVER DOWNSTREAM OF A OF A LANDLINE. AND WE'RE BEING MANDATED TO DO THIS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. EPA. I SUPPOSE ALL COMMUNITIES ARE FACING THIS, EVERYBODY. 
          NATIONWIDE. AND THEY AND THEY DON'T TELL YOU HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FUND ALL THESE, UH, INVESTIGATIONS AND NO, SIR. OK? RIGHT? WISH IT CAME WITH FUNDING. WE ALL DO. SO THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS THE ACTUAL LEAD AND COPPER SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT. OF COURSE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE LEVELS WILL BE, BUT FOR PLANNING PURPOSES WE ESTIMATED NO MORE THAN 500 TO 600 SERVICE LINES REQUIRING REPLACEMENTS, WHICH WAS WHAT IS REFLECTED HERE IN THIS IN THIS BUDGET. THE LOW MOTOR STARTER AND ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS. THIS GOES BACK TO THE HARVEY DAMAGE OF THE LOBE GROUNDWATER PLANT. UH, THIS FINISHES FIXING THAT, BUT ALSO PUTS IMPROVEMENTS IN PLACE, SO THIS WILL REPLACE THE MOTOR STARTERS ELEVATE THE GENERATOR AND MOTOR STARTERS ABOVE PREVIOUS FLOOD LEVELS, AND THIS WILL BE A MIX OF FEMA FUNDING, AS WELL AS CITY FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. THE ORANGE AVENUE WATER MAIN REHABILITATION 
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. THIS PROJECT WILL RE, UH, RENEW OR REPLACE A SECTION 20 INCH CAST IRON WATER LINE CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS. SPECIFICALLY FIVE RAILROAD TRACKS. UM, THAT IT GOES UNDER. 
          WE DID REPAIR LEAK IN 2019. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE IT BLOWS AGAIN UNDER THOSE WATER LINE UNDER THOSE, UH, RAILROAD LINES. THE PINES TREE TREATED WATER RESILIENCY LINE. CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO WATER LINES THAT COME OUT OF THE PINE STREET PLANT THAT DELIVER FINISHED WATER TO THE CITY. THEY'RE BOTH VERY OLD. SO WHAT THIS PROJECT IS DOING IT IS PUTTING AN ADDITIONAL TRANSMISSION LINE FROM THE PINE STREET WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND FOR ISOLATION VALVES ON ON THOSE ALL OTHER TWO LINES THAT COME FROM THE PLANT. THE NEW LINE WILL BE 5400 LINEAR FEET 42 INCHES IN DIAMETER. WHAT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO ONCE WE FINISH PUTTING THE THIRD LINE IN IS WE'LL BE ABLE TO ISOLATE THOSE ORIGINAL TWO LINES THAT COME FROM THE PINE STREET PLANT AND THEN BE ABLE TO SHUT THEM DOWN FOR INSPECTION. MAKE SURE WHAT KIND OF SHAPE THEY'RE IN AND THEN BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THOSE IF NEED BE, AND WE'LL SEE SOME PROJECTS TENTATIVELY PLANNING THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT IF NEEDED. THE PINE STREET WATER PRODUCTION PLANT CHEMICAL IMPROVEMENTS. THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY WRAPPING UP WE WENT THROUGH AND WE'VE CREATED A PUNCH LIST ON THAT, SO WE SHOULD FINISH THIS OUT. THIS YEAR. IT WAS A $488,000 PROJECT TO ADD ADDITIONAL CAUSTIC STORAGE TO MEET TCQ REQUIREMENTS, AND WE ALSO REPLACE THE POLYMER DOSAGE SYSTEM AT THE, UH, PINE TREE PLANT. THE PANTRY PLANT WATER PRODUCTION, CHLORINE DIOXIDE INJECTION. YOU ACTUALLY APPROVE THIS? AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THIS WILL CONSTRUCT A NEW CHLORINE DIOXIDE SYSTEM TO REMOVE IRON AND MANGANESE FROM THE SURFACE WATER. UH COST IS $2.7 MILLION. PINE STREET WATER. 
          PRODUCTION PLANT SKA IMPROVEMENTS. UH, THIS PROJECT BEGAN THIS YEAR AND WE'LL FINISH OUT NEXT YEAR AND WE'LL UPGRADE. UH THE SKATE SYSTEM THAT RUNS AT PINE STREET PLANT BOTH SOFTWARE AND THE PC HARDWARE IN THE PLAN. THE PINE TREE PLANT. WATER PRODUCTION, SOUTH BASIN SLUDGE DRAIN REHABILITATION. WE HAVE CLARIFIER THAT DROP THE SOLIDS OUT OF THE WATER AT THE PLANT. 
          THOSE BASINS HAVE TO BE DRAINED EVERY SO OFTEN AND THEN CLEANED OUT, AND THAT DRAINING SYSTEM HAS SOME ISSUES WITH IT, WHICH THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS, ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THOSE MUCH EASIER. CURRENTLY WE'RE HAVING TO PUMP THEM OUT WITH A SEPARATE PUMP BECAUSE OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES. STORAGE TANK REHABILITATION AT THE PRISON WERE ACTUALLY WRAPPING THIS PROJECT UP CURRENTLY, SO IT'S $736,000 PROJECT. UH, BE FINISHED SHORTLY AND BE BACK IN OPERATION. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THE SOUTHWEST ELEVATED STORAGE TANK, WHICH IS OVER THERE ON WASHINGTON 650,000. THAT PROJECT IS FINISHED IN THE TOWER IS IN OPERATION CURRENTLY. BUNS CANAL REHABILITATION, SO WE PULL WATER FROM, UH, ABOVE THE SALTWATER BARRIER. IT THEN GOES THROUGH AN OPEN WATER CANAL CALLED BUNS CANAL AND THEN GOES ON TO THE RIVER. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF LEVYING CANAL REPAIRS TO THAT CANAL. UH IT WILL REMOVE SEDIMENT IN THE CANAL AND REESTABLISHED THE ORIGINAL DESIGN, UH, GRADE LINES OF IT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE OPTIMAL FLOW. THROUGH THAT CANAL. LOBE TRANSMISSION LINE INSPECTIONS. WE HAVE TWO TRANSMISSION LINES THAT COME FROM THE WELLS IN HARDIN COUNTY INTO BEAUMONT. UH, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MILES OF TRANSMISSION LINES. 
          THIS PROJECT WILL, UH, DO A COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF EACH OF THOSE LINES. BOTH OF THEM ARE OLD. ONE THE NEWEST ONE WAS IN THE EIGHTIES, AND THE ORIGINAL ONE WAS IN THE FIFTIES. POND STREET PRODUCTION PLANT GENERATOR IMPROVEMENTS. YOU'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY APPROVED US TO PUT THE PO IN FOR THIS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LONG LEAD TIME ON THE EQUIPMENT, BUT WE OWN AND MAINTAIN THREE GENERATORS AT THE PINE STREET PLANT. ALL THREE OF THEM ARE REQUIRED TO OPERATE IN TANDEM TO RUN THE PLANT. THIS PROJECT REPLACES THE OLDEST OF THEM AND THE SMALLEST OF THEM, SO IT SWAPS AT 1250 KILOWATT GENERATOR OUT WITH A 1750 KILOWATT GENERATOR. UH, THE ELECTRICAL ANALYSIS CONDUCTED IN 22 RE RECOMMENDED THIS 
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REPLACEMENT. THEN WE GET INTO SUBSEQUENT STORAGE TANK REHABILITATIONS. WE PLAN TO REHABILITATE THE SOUTH ELEVATED STORAGE TANK IN 25 1.45 MILLION. THIS WILL REHABILITATE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THAT TANK, WHICH IS LOCATED NEAR SABINE PASS IN HARRIET STREET. AND THEN WE MOVED TO THE NORTHWEST ELEVATED TANK PLANNED TO BE REHABILITATED IN 27 AT A COST OF 1.55 MILLION. 
          DISHMAN WE PLAN TO REHABILITATE IN 28 AT 1.62 MILLION AND THEN TO WRAP UP. UM THIS ROUND OF REHABILITATION FOR NOW, THE LOBE STEEL GROUND STORAGE TANK WILL BE REHABILITATED IN 28 AT A COST OF 2 MILLION. THE NEXT PROJECT IS NEW. THE LAWSON PUMP STATION EMBANKMENT REPAIR, SO AT THE SAME TIME WE INVESTIGATED THE CARRIER'S FERRY BOAT RAMP. WE LOOKED AT THE SHORELINE THAT'S NEXT TO THE LAWSON'S PUMP STATION. THIS PROJECT WILL REPAIR AND STABILIZE THAT SHORELINE, WHICH IS ERODED AWAY APPROXIMATELY 690 LINEAR FEET. UM WE ARE STUDY SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL EROSION. YOU CAN SEE THE FLOODING GOING ON NOW. WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT, BUT WE ACTUALLY DID, UH, SAVE THE RIP RAP FROM RIVERFRONT PARK WHEN WE DID THE BANK STABILIZATION THAT STORED AT STREETS. CURRENTLY THIS PROJECT WILL UTILIZE THAT MATERIAL TO SAVE COST. SO WE'LL PUT IT BACK ON THE RIVER PROTECTING THIS BANK. SOUTHEAST TEXAS. INDUSTRIAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UH THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS, UH, HAPPENING IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CITY. WE'VE RECEIVED MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR A UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM. THIS PROJECT IS, UH, LOOKING TO CREATE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS AND ACTUALLY FUND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THEIR THEIR ASSISTANCE. NOT OUR MONEY. YES SIR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANNA KIND OF GO BACK TO WHERE THE LOSSES FROM STATION IS RIGHT NOW, AND YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN OUT THERE A LOT. UM MR WILLIAMS? I DON'T KNOW. WE NEVER DID TAKE OUR WALK THAT WE DID THAT WE YOU KNOW, BUT, UH IF YOU BURN DOWN THE ROAD OUT THERE ALONG THE NATIONS RIVER. IT'S REALLY PRETTY, UH AND I SEE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS THROUGH THEIR , UH, PARKS DEPARTMENTS WHERE YOU CAN TAKE AND DEVELOP, UH, BIKE AND RIDING TRAILS AND HIKING TRAILS. UM, IF WE EVER LOOKED AT APPLYING FOR GRANTS TO MAYBE IMPROVE THAT ROADWAY. I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW THERE'S A GATE AND IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, NOT SUPPOSED TO WALK BACK HERE BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T LIKE PEOPLE WALKING PA BACK TO WHERE LAWSON'S IS, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THAT IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A RECREATIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECT IT REALLY NOT MUCH EXPENSE BECAUSE THE ROADS ARE ALREADY THERE. 
          IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT. CITY BOMBER. SO, UH, YOU'RE EATING ALL MY CANDY BARS. OK SO IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO? I THINK YOU AND I NEED TO WALK. WALK BACK THERE, MR WILL SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. BUT WE'LL WE'LL GET TO WALKING OUT. IT'S CURRENTLY FLOODED, SO DON'T RIGHT NOW, CAN IT KEN? I'VE ACTUALLY WALKED THERE WITH MIKE BEFORE I WAS KIND OF BLOWN AWAY. I DO THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF EXTEND UPON OUR RIVERFRONT WHEN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY I. I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THAT, AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE AS COST EFFICIENT. IT ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF. THE NEXT PROJECT IS PINE STREET FUEL STORAGE IMPROVEMENTS . UH, FOR 400,026. THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT NEW GENERATOR. THIS WILL SERVE ALL THREE GENERATORS THE NEW ONE PLUS TWO EXISTING ONES AND WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A FULL FIVE DAYS OF FUEL STORAGE AT THE PINE STREET PLANT. LOW BOIL. ONE REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS PROJECTED FOR 28 AT 2.3 MILLION TO DRILL A NEW, WELL, WELL PUMPED NEW DISCHARGE, HEAD AND ELECTRIC. WELL MOTOR EXISTING WELL. ONE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 58 AND 
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ACCORDING TO SOME TESTING IN 23, IS UM, PROJECTED TO POSSIBLY BE AT THE END OF ITS LIFE SPAN. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO SOME ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS. THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER. IF THE ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS DO SHOW WE NEED TO DRILL A NEW WELL, THIS IS THE PLAN FOR IT. IF WE FIND THAT WE CAN REHABILITATE THE EXISTING WELL, THEN WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN PULL THIS PROJECT. THE NEXT PROJECTS ARE CONDITIONAL, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE FIND WITH THE ASSESSMENT OF THOSE TWO WATER LINES THAT SERVE THE TREATED WATER FROM THE PINE STREET PLANT. IT'S ACTUALLY SPLIT INTO FOUR PROJECTS BECAUSE OF THE SEGMENTS, BUT THE PINE STREET WATER LINE REPLACEMENT ONE THROUGH FOUR IS DEPENDING UPON THOSE INSPECTIONS DONE AFTER WE INSTALL THE ADDITIONAL WATER LINE OUT OF THE PINE STREET PLANT, SO THAT'S CONDITIONAL. PROJECTS, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE FIND. PINE STREET WATER PRODUCTION PLANT DE SLUDGING CURRENTLY THE, UH, CLARIFIER BASIN SLUDGE IS DISCHARGED TO THE SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM. THIS PROJECT WILL CHANGE THAT AND ALLOW US TO TAKE THAT SLUDGE DRIED OUT AND THEN TRANSPORTED AWAY INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. IT'S A FUTURE PLANNED PROJECT AT $2.585 MILLION. STORAGE TANK REHABILITATION. THE LAST TANK, THE LOBE CONCRETE GROUND STORAGE TANK. WE HAVE IT IN THE FUTURE. IT'S OK FOR NOW, BUT IT'LL REHABILITATE THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THAT CONCRETE GROUND STORAGE TANK AT THE LOW GROUND TREATMENT PLANT. AND THEN THE NEXT TWO ARE THE TECH GOT, UM, I 10 PROJECT. THEY'VE SPLIT IT INTO TWO PIECES. AND SO WE HAVE IT SPLIT HERE AS WELL. UM FOR THE WATER LINES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REPLACED OR RELOCATED. UH BY THAT I 10 CONSTRUCTION. THESE PROJECTS ARE FULLY FUNDED BY TECH DOT NO CITY FUNDS, UH, ARE NEEDED FOR THEM. AND THAT COMPLETES IT UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          I HAD MY DOUBTS. I WAS GONNA MAKE IT UP HERE TODAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE INTO THE, UH C IP FOR THE WASTEWATER. UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH EVERY ONE OF THESE, LIKE WE HAVE BEEN STARTING WITH THE ANNUAL COLLECTION SYSTEM. RENEWAL UH, THE CITY OF BEAUMONT OPERATES, MAINTAINS 746 MILES OF SEWER SEWER LINES RANGING FROM SIX INCH TO 72 INCH. UH, SOME OF THESE LINES WERE BUILT IN THE FIFTIES AND EXCEEDED THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY. UH THIS WILL THIS PROJECT WILL INSPECT APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 6% OF THE SYSTEM ANNUALLY AND ALSO REPLACE 1 TO 1.4% OF THE COLLECTION SYSTEM ANNUALLY. UH, THE ANNUAL LIST STATION IMPROVEMENTS. UH, WE HAVE 77 LIFT STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, THIS PROJECT INCLUDES REHABILITATING AND REPLACING PUMPS. MOTORS CONTROLS IT. ALSO WE USE THIS TO HELP WITH CLEAN DETERIORATED SYSTEMS. THE ASSESSMENT OF SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM. PHASE THREE. THIS WAS THE LAN PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE LAST THREE YEARS IS THE FINAL PHASE OF IT. UH, IT WILL BE COMPLETED, UH, BY THE END OF THIS BUDGET YEAR, UH, THIS WILL GIVE US SOME, UH, FLOW MONITORING AND ALSO COMPLETION OF A HYDRAULIC MODEL. UH, WITH OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM. UH, LIST STATION ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS. UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE 77 LIFT STATIONS. THIS PROJECT WILL UPDATE THE OUTDATED ELECTORAL CONTROLS ON THE SYSTEMS THAT PINEY POINT LIST STATION WALL LIFT STATION AND ALSO MULBERRY LIFT STATION. UH, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DIGEST BLOWER REPLACEMENT. UH THIS WAS TO MY, UM THIS IS THE REPLACE 100 AND 50 HORSEPOWER BLOWER AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT PUMP REPLACEMENT. UH ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS EFFLUENT PUMP THAT, UH, PUMP THE WASTEWATER OR THE TREATED WASTE WATER FROM CATO MARSH INTO THE, UH OUTFALL DITCH. UH, THIS PUMP OR THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED AGAIN AT THE END OF FY 
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24. UH, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT GENERATOR AND ELECTRICAL CON. UH, IMPROVEMENTS. UH, THIS PROJECT IS REPLACE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE PRIMARY CONTROL CENTER AND IMPROVE GENERATOR CONTROLS AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. UH, SO THE NEW MOTOR CONTROL CENTER WILL BE BUILT INTO A PREFABRICATED PROCESS CONTROL ROOM. UH, THIS PROJECT WAS WARRANTED BY THE FIRE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD AT THE RS BUILDING IN THE MC ONE BUILDING. UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN HEAD WORKS PUMPS REPLACEMENT. UH, ONCE AGAIN, THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED THIS FISCAL YEAR IS TO REPLACE THE 10 MILLION GALLON PER DAY OR THE 10 MGD PUMP AT THE RAW SEWAGE STATION. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT YARD PIPING RENEWAL. UH, THIS PROJECT IS TO INSPECT AND REHABILITATE OR REPLACE YARD PIPING AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BETWEEN THE PROCESS UNITS. UH IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE TWO SECTIONS OF TRUNK LINES ALONG THE PLANT BOUNDARY. UH, WE HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED, UH, INTO THIS PROJECT THIS FISCAL YEAR AND LOOK TO COMPLETE IT IN 25 AND 26. UH, 23RD STREET SEWER TRUNK LINE REHABILITATION. UH, THIS PROJECT IS TO RE REHABILITATE A 48 INCH CONCRETE LINE DOWNSTREAM OF THE 23RD LIFT STATION. UH, THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS TO REPAIR A CAVITY AND INJUNCTION BOX NEAR THE LIFT STATION. UH, THAT WILL BE DONE THIS FISCAL YEAR. UH, THE SECOND PHASE WILL, UH, REHABILITATE APPROXIMATELY 800 OR 8800 LINEAR FEET OF TRUNK LINE BETWEEN THE LIFT STATION, WHICH IS AT 23RD AND LAUREL, UH, ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. HARRIET STREET OR EXCUSE ME, HARRIET. LIFT STATION REHABILITATION. UH, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE FOR REPLACEMENT OF ELECTRICAL CONTROLS AND PUMPS AT THE HER STREET LIFT STATION. THIS PROJECT WILL START NEXT YEAR. A WALL AND AVENUE C LIFT STATION. 
          REHABILITATION. UH, THIS WILL ALSO START. UH UH, FISCAL YEAR. 25 THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CONTROL BUILDING AT W AVENUE C LIFT STATION. UH, AND THE INSTALLATION OF ALL NEW ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, NEW SUBMERSIBLES, SEWAGE PUMPS AND MODIFICATION OF THE EXISTING WET, WELL STRUCTURE. OF COURSE, THE EXISTING CONTROL EQUIPMENT LOCATED INSIDE THE EXISTING PIT WILL BE REMOVED. AND SALVAGED. UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT HIGH FLOW STATION MONITORING SYSTEM. UH, THIS PROJECT WILL ADD FLOW MONITORING EQUIPMENT AT OUR HIGH FLOW STATION AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT. UH, IT'LL HELP US AID AND ANALYSIS DURING RAIN EVENTS. UH CURRENTLY WE DO NOT HAVE A FLOW MONITORING SYSTEM AT THE HIGH FLOW. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ROAD REPAIRS. UH THE ROADS INSIDE THE WASTEWATER PLANT WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE EARLY 19 FIFTIES. THE ROADS HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR YOUTHFUL LIFE AND ARE BEGINNING TO EXPERIENCE PIGMENT FAILURE, UH, DUE TO THE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WE'VE HAD GOING INSIDE THE PLANT. UH THE ROADS WILL RECEIVE AN ASPHALT OVERLAY AND THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN, UH, NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR FISCAL YEAR, 25. UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT POND. THREE REHABILITATION. UH, THIS PROJECT WILL REMOVE THE ACCUMULATED SOIL SOLIDS, REGRADE, THE POND BOTTOM AND INS INSTALL NEW AERATION EQUIPMENT IN BOND, THREE AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. UH, THIS ONE IS SCHEDULED TO BE POSSIBLY DONE IN FY 27. FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE THE FLORIDA AVENUE INTERCEPTOR PHASE TWO. UH THE FLORIDA AVENUE INTERCEPTOR WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1947. PHASE TWO IS APPROXIMATELY TW, UH, 2400 LINEAR FEET CONSISTING OF 21 AND 24 INCH CONCRETE PIPE. THE INTERCEPTOR ITSELF EXTENDS FROM FLORIDA AVENUE LIFT STATION TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE. UH, THIS PROJECT WAS INITIALLY DUE TO THE FAILING JOINTS AND LARGE NUMBER OF CAVITIES AND THE EXISTING CONCRETE PIPE CAUSING INFILTRATION OF STORM WATER, INTERRUPTING SERVICE AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OVERFLOWS IMPACTING FLORIDA STREET LIFT STATION. EFFICIENCY. UH, WETLANDS, OUTFALL PIPE SUPPORT REINFORCEMENT. UH, THIS IS A NEW PROJECT. UH DURING SOME INSPECTION THAT WAS DONE THIS YEAR. UH THE OUTFALL PIPING ARE 
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WOODEN STRUCTURES OR WOODEN PILINGS, AND WE'VE NOTICED THE TERMITE DAMAGE. SO WE HAD TO, UH, GO THROUGH AND REPAIR TWO OF THE PYLONS THIS YEAR, AND THIS PROJECT IS A WILL ADD A POLYMER PROTECTIVE CONCRETE AROUND THE EXISTING WOOD, POLAND AND THEIR REMAIN. THERE ARE 28 REMAINING ISLANDS TO REHAB. SOMEBODY WITH IT. ONLY TWO ARE YOU YOU SAY YOU GOT 28 LEFT TO KIND OF ADDRESS 28 LEFT TO DO CORRECT AND HE WENT AROUND IT WOULD PROTECT IT BETTER. SURE OK, WE ACTUALLY, UH, WE SEEN WE CAUGHT TWO OF THE WORST ONES. WAS ABLE TO GET THEM FIXED THIS YEAR, AND NONE OF THEM ARE IN DANGER OF COLLAPSING. ANYTHING IN THE MATTER TO JUST YOU JUST WANNA GET JUST TO GET IT FIXED JUST BEFORE IT GETS THERE. GOT YOU. OF COURSE, AS WITH THE WATER, THE SOUTHEAST INDUSTRIAL IMPROVEMENTS UH, THIS NEW PROJECT, UM IT'S THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE SEWER CAPACITY IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CITY. UH, DUE TO THE MULTIPLE REQUESTS FROM SIGNIFICANT UTILITY SERVICE IN THE AREA, UH, THAT EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE CANNOT SUPPLY. UH, ONCE AGAIN, DEVELOPMENTAL AGREEMENTS ARE BEING SOUGHT AFTER TO BE 100% FUNDED. WASTE WATER TREATMENT. PLANT ACTIVATED SLUDGE PHASE ONE. THIS IS A FUTURE PROJECT THAT, UH, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND LOOKED INTO TO POSSIBLY SET UP A MODULAR ACTIVATED SLUDGE. A FACILITY AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. UH, THIS WOULD TAKE SOME OF THE STRAIN OFF OF CATTAIL MARSH. OF COURSE, THIS PROJECT IS DEPENDENT UPON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLANNING. UH, MASTER PLAN PROJECT. UH, WEST FLORIDA TREATMENT PLANT CHLORINE CONTRA CHAMBER, SO THIS PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF A FULL RECODING OF THE COUNTRY. OF THE CHLORINE CONTACT CHAMBER WALLS AND THE TREATMENT PLANT. IT'S ALSO ANOTHER FUTURE CONSIDERATION. 
          UH, WE DO SEE SOME SMALL DETERIORATION IN THE WALLS, BUT, UH NOTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. SO WE PUT THIS INTO A FUTURE NEED UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DRYING BED RE HEAL REHABILITATION PHASE TWO. UH THIS PROJECT WILL RECONSTRUCT SIX OF THE EXISTING SLUDGE DRYING BEDS. UH, THAT INCLUDES NEW CONCRETE WALLS, MEDIA AND UNDERTRAINED PIPING. UH, THE EXISTING BEDS OR DETERIORATING WITH THIS RECONSTRUCTION. OF THESE SIX BEDS, THE PLANTS WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 10, NEWLY RENOVATED DRYING BEDS. UH WE JUST COMPLETED FOUR NEW DRYING BUDS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. OF COURSE, THIS IS A FUTURE CONSIDERATION. ANOTHER FEATURE CONSIDERATION IS THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT, HEAD WORKS DE GRADER. 
          THIS PROJECT WILL ADD IT TO GREATER SYSTEM IN FRONT OF THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT TO INCREASE THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF EQUIPMENT AT THE PLANT. UH, THE DEGRA WHAT IT WILL REMOVE FROM DEBRIS, UH, THAT INCREASES WEAR AND TEAR ON PUMPS IN THE PROCESS OF THIS UNIT. WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLAN. HIGH FLOW DETENTION POND. UH, THIS IS ANOTHER FEATURE PROJECT THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT, UH, THIS PROJECT WILL DETENTION POND UPSTREAM OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT POND TWO REHABILITATION ONCE AGAIN FUTURE CONSIDERATION, UH, IT WILL REMOVE ACCUMULATED SOLIDS FROM THE BOTTOM, RE GRADE THE BOTTOM OF THE POND AND INSTALL NEW ARI EQUIPMENT AND POND NUMBER TWO. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE LAST TWO ARE THE TECH DOT CARDINAL INTERCHANGE IN THE EAST X INTERCHANGE. UH, THESE ARE PROJECTS WHERE, UH, THE TEXT THROUGH THEIR CONSTRUCTION IF THEY HAVE TO REPLACE ANY OF THE SEWER OR MOVE INTO THE SEWER MAINS OUT OF THE WAY, AND THEY'RE FULLY FUNDED BY TEXT DOT ANY QUESTIONS AND ALL FLEW THROUGH THAT. THANK FABULOUS JOB AND COUNCILMAN FELLS MIKE MORE THAN ONCE YOU AND I HAVE, UM WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT SITUATIONS WHERE IRAN EVENT JUST FOR BACKING UP IN SOMEONE'S HOME . THE LATEST ONE I THINK YOU LOOKED AT WAS ON DEVON STREET. THAT LADY HAS HAD WATER BACK THROUGH HER SEWER 30 TIMES SINCE HARVEY. UH SHE REDID ALL HER PIPING 15,000, SO WE KNOW IT'S NOT HER, UM MY QUESTION. UH THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR US IN BEAUMONT BECAUSE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS INVOLVED I. I KNOW THERE'S LIFT STATIONS IN HERE. I KNOW THERE'S UH, THE HIGH FLOW STATION FLOW MONITORING. UH, 
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THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON HERE, I, I GUESS I I'M MAYBE I'M ASKING THE QUESTION THAT THERE IS NO ANSWER. BUT IS THERE ANY RESOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE IN BEAUMONT? WILL WE EVER BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE REPEATED PROBLEMS. I KNOW SOME RAIN EVENTS. I WHAT I KNOW ANY SYSTEM CAN BE OVERLOADED WITH LIKE A RV ON IMELDA, BUT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING REPEATED FAILURE. I IS THERE ANY RESOLUTION TO THAT THE THING COUNCILMAN FAIRS. 
          SHAW IS THE VERY FIRST PROJECT THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THE ANNUAL COLLECTION SYSTEM RENEWAL . UH, THAT PROJECT IS THE ONES DESIGNED FOR REPLACING THE DETERIORATE OR DETERIORATED TO REMAINS, UH, THAT'S THE PROJECT. FOR REUSE FOR TELEVISING CLEANING SMOKE TESTING. UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT RIGHT HERE IS THE ONE. THAT'S WHERE WE GO OUT INTO THE SYSTEM. AND WE TRY TO FIND THESE AREAS. UH, WHERE THE LINES DETERIORATED WERE UH, THE RAINWATER OR THE INFLOW AND INFILTRATION PENETRATING IN THE SEWER LINE WHERE IT'S FILLING THE SEWER LINE UP. UH LIKE I SAID, THAT'S WHERE THIS PROJECT HERE IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE FUNDING FOR THAT TO GO AND TAKE CARE OF THESE AREAS. NOW THE THING THAT WE RUN INTO AND WHEN WE SAY ONE PARTICULAR AREA, UH AND DON'T WANNA PICK ON DE STREET BUT LIKE DEVON STREET, OR LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS WHERE WE HAVE FREQUENT CALLS FROM, UM YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH AN AREA LIKE THAT WHEN I SAY WE SO THE SEWER COLLECTION UM WE GO INTO AREAS LIKE THAT. WE KNOW THERE'S YOU KNOW, SHE'S HAVING PROBLEMS. WE TELEVISE WE, YOU KNOW, WE CHECK THE LINES. WE FIND ANY PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE WE REPAIR IT. WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOOD ON ONCE WE DETERMINE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOOD. WELL THE CITIZENS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS IN THE QUESTION IS WHY WELL THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TIES TO A TRUNK LINE THAT TIES TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. OR MAY HAVE 10 MORE NEIGHBORHOODS TIED TO IT, AND IT TAKES US IT TAKES TIME FOR US TO GO THROUGH ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE TIED TO THE SAME LINE OR THE SAME TRUNK LINE OR SYSTEM THAT THIS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TIED TO. SO IT TAKES TIME. AND OF COURSE, IT TAKES MONEY YOU KNOW TO FOR US TO GO THROUGH. EXAMINE THIS, TELEVISE IT, FIND THE PROBLEMS FIX THE PROBLEMS AND, UH AND MOVE ON FROM THERE. WELL AND THE LADY ON DEVON STREET. SHE TOLD ME THAT EVERY TIME SHE'S CALLED THE CITY THEY'VE ALWAYS COME OUT AND SHE SHE SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF THE CITY AND WAS VERY COMPLIMENTARY. BUT AGAIN WHEN I'M TALKING TO A CITIZEN THAT'S HAD WATER IN THEIR HOUSE 30 TIMES SINCE HARVEY AND SO BEFORE HARVEY, THEY WOULD NEVER WAS. 
          BUT SINCE HARVEY, IT'S OBVIOUS THERE'S A PROBLEM AND WE KNOW IT'S NOT HER LINE BECAUSE SHE REPLACED EVERYTHING. IT'S JUST THAT'S THAT FOR ME. THAT WOULD JUST BE I. I COULDN'T TOLERATE FRUSTRATED WITH WHAT I WOULD DO, I, I AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S GONNA DO. I MEAN, DO YOU SELL AND MOVE AWAY OR I MEAN, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH WATER IN YOUR HOUSE 30 TIMES IN SIX YEARS AND, UH, SO, I. I JUST THIS IS A REPEATED PROBLEM. I JUST I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR HOPE THAT THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND THE THINGS YOU'RE MENTIONING EVENTUALLY. I KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM. BUT SURELY WE CAN GET TO A PLACE WHERE MAYBE THIS IS LESS FREQUENT IN IN THIS IMPORTANT PART TO REMEMBER. LIKE I SAID, IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME, OF COURSE, BUT EVERY YEAR. EVERY MONTH. EVERY DAY. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE WE'RE REPLACING LINES WHERE WE'RE CLOSING THE SYSTEM. SO I MEAN, I KNOW YOU MAY NOT SEE RELIEF OR OR THAT PARTICULAR PERSON WON'T SAY IT. THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT MONTH, BUT EVENTUALLY WE'LL GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'VE GOT ENOUGH OF THE SYSTEM CLOSED THAT WE CAN HANDLE WHAT RAINWATER GETS IN THE SYSTEM AND WE CAN GET RID OF IT. THANK YOU. BYE. COUNCILMAN TURNER AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, TIME AND MONEY , BUT FROM A SUPPORT STANDPOINT, MY, UH I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TIME AND MONEY IS GREAT. BUT MR WILLIAMS, EVEN IF WE CAN HAVE A GENERAL IDEA OF FINANCIALLY, EVEN IF IT'S ENORMOUS NUMBER, BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S A CONSISTENT THING, AND WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT AT LEAST THE IDEA OF HOW TO KIND OF COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CITIZENS. I KIND OF SPEAK TO THE SAME ONES SIMILAR TO COUNCILMAN FAIRS. SHAW, YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVERY HA HEAVY RAIN EVENT. AND 
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IS AT THE POINT TO WHERE YOU KNOW IT'S JUST KINDA REDUNDANT AND REPETITIVE. DOES THE WATER DEPARTMENT GO OUT? GO OUT THERE? OF COURSE THEY DO, BUT YOU KNOW IT'S STILL ONGOING PROBLEM. WHY EVEN HAD A SENIOR CITIZEN CRY TO ME ON THE PHONE BECAUSE SHE'S SEEN IN THE WEATHER PREDICAMENT THAT IT WAS GONNA BE HEAVY RAINFALL. AND IT'S JUST A TOUGH CONVERSATION TO HAVE SOMETIMES WITH ME. I'M HAVING THEM AT 910 AT NIGHT. YOU KNOW, IF MY WIFE DON'T TELL ME TO PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND PROBABLY CONTINUE, SOMETIMES WELL, I GUESS MY POST TO MY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DOLLAR BUILT INTO THIS CRP PROPOSAL. UH, I DON'T KNOW THE IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON IT. OR OR WILL THERE BE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS NEEDED OR OR ASSESSMENTS NEEDED TO COME UP WITH THAT ANSWER 01 THING THAT MOLLY HAD JUST REMINDED ME OF, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT DEV. UH, ONE OF THE OTHER PROJECTS WE HAVE HERE IS THAT, UH, 23RD LIST STATION THE REHABILITATION OF THE 48 INCH LINE. THAT UH, AREA WHERE DEVON IS LOCATED GOES TO THAT STATION. SO, LIKE I SAID, MAKING AN IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AS FAR AS TO BE ABLE TO GET RID OF THE WASTEWATER FASTER. ALSO COULD HELP IN, YOU KNOW, ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THERE. SO I SAID, THERE'S THINGS THAT WE DO THAT WE TRY TO HELP THEM. CERTAIN AREAS THAT THE CITIZEN DOESN'T SEE US IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING ON IT, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE DO WORK TOWARDS A SOLUTION. THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THAT BRINGS US TO STREETS. SO THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH WE'RE WRAPPING UP NOW IS FOURTH STREET. UM WE DO SHOW THIS GOING IN SLIGHTLY TO 25, BUT I THINK IT'LL PROBABLY WRAP UP. UM IN 24 . WE JUST WEREN'T SURE. BUT THAT FULLY REHABILITATED FOR STREET AS WELL AS RESTED IT, UM AND SO THAT RAN ALL THE WAY FROM CARDINAL DRIVE TO ASHLEY STREET, THE ENTIRETY OF IT. THE STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM. THE MAJOR CHANGE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE FOR 25 IS THE JUMP IN COST, AND THIS IS NOT TO DO ADDITIONAL MILES OF ROADWAY. THIS IS SOLELY TO ADDRESS THE INFLATION THAT WE'RE SEEING IN ALL THE MATERIAL COSTS. UM SO THIS IS TO KEEP SAME PACE THAT WE'VE BEEN KEEPING IN ORDER TO GET AN OVERALL IMPROVEMENT IN THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX ACROSS THE CITY, SO IT IS IT IS A SHOCKING NUMBER. BUT IF WE DON'T INCREASE IT, THEN WE'RE GONNA START SLIDING BACKWARDS ON THAT PC. I JUST FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE DEALING WITH $85 A TON FOR ASPHALT AND WE'RE UP TO LAST I HEARD 210 UM, CURRENTLY. THE NEXT PROJECT IS FOR BRIDGE REPAIRS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS CITYWIDE, SO THIS IS TO REPAIR 13 BRIDGES THAT WERE FOUND, UH DURING THE 2021 BRIDGE AND SPREAD INSPECTIONS PERFORMED BY TEXT DOT UM, THEY'RE ALL LISTED WITHIN THIS. UH THIS WORKSHEET YOU CAN READ THROUGH THEM, BUT WE'RE, UH, WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE BRIDGES CITYWIDE. YES SIR. BAR GOING BACK TO THAT ASALT $85 TO 210. IS THERE A LACK OF COMPETITION LOCALLY? THERE'S ONLY ONE PLANT CURRENTLY. GO UM, THE ONE VENDOR BOUGHT OUT, UM, HEALTHY HERE A WHILE BACK. SO THERE'S CURRENTLY ONE PLANT OPERATING IS THAT RIGHT THAT YOU QUOTED COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT OTHER LOCALES ARE PAYING, OR ARE WE GETTING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF? BY THEIR ONLY BEING ONE PLANT HERE? I HAVEN'T REALLY WENT AND LOOKED OUTSIDE OUR AREA. 
          UNFORTUNATELY YOU CAN'T BUY OUTSIDE THE AREA BECAUSE THERE'S A LIMITED RANGE OF TRANSPORT TO KEEP THE PRODUCT HOT. SO UH, I REALLY HAVEN'T LOOKED WITH THERE . THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT INFLATIONARY FACTORS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE VENDORS CONTROL. WE COULD BE SUFFERING SOME FROM LACK OF COMPETITION. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT. OK? WE DO HAVE TO TWO OR MORE CONCRETE VENDORS, SO WE HAVE OPTIONS, SIR. EVERYTHING'S JUST GONE THROUGH THE ROOF. MM A 
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LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON PRICE OF ROCK OR THE PRICE OF PETROLEUM OIL. I KNOW WHAT IT'S DOING. 
          YEAH AGGREGATES GONE UP A LOT, TOO, AND WE DON'T HAVE ROCK HERE AND IT'S GOT TO GET TRANSPORTED. 
          AND SO THAT AGGREGATE COST HAS GONE UP. UH, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. THAT'S THAT'S WE'VE SINCE SEEN SIGNIFICANT INFLATION FIGURES ON . THE NEXT ITEM FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR. SO AS Y'ALL KNOW WE'RE DOING BEAUMONT UNITED THIS YEAR. WE CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM, UM FROM 25 THROUGH 29 INTO THE FUTURE TO ADDRESS IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS TO SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN FUNDED AS WELL. AND THEN THAT'LL GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE AS FAR AS, UH, SPECIFICALLY WHERE TO APPLY THE MONEY WITH WITHOUT THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN. HOW DO YOU PLAN TO PROCEED, UH, WITH DETERMINING WHAT SIDEWALKS ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. WE'RE DOING DESKTOP ASSESSMENT AROUND SCHOOLS, AND WE'LL TRY TO EVALUATE THE AREAS THAT WE GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK TO PUT COHESIVE, UM, PEDESTRIAN SYSTEMS IN PLACE AROUND A HALF MILE RADIUS, UH, OF THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THE MASTER PLAN TO GUIDE US. MORE SPECIFICALLY, I NEED TO REEMPHASIZE THAT WE HAVE TWO AT SCHOOLS IN BURMA. THE LARGER THE TWO IS WESTBROOK AND THERE IS NO SIDEWALK. ALL THE WAY FROM MAJOR WHO D CORRECT. THERE'S A SIDEWALK FROM THE SCHOOL ITSELF DOWN TO MAJOR BUT NOT EXTENDING PAST EXACTLY AND SO THERE ARE COMPONENTS PIECES OF SIDEWALK BECAUSE OF OUR MORE RECENT REQUIREMENT THAT NEW BUSINESSES SIDEWALKS IN WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO. IS TO LINK THAT ALL UP SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK FOR MAJOR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO DAWEN BECAUSE THERE ARE AN AWFUL LOT OF KIDS THAT WALK THAT BECAUSE OF THE APARTMENTS, THE TOWNHOUSES, UH, THE GARDEN HOMES BACK THERE, UM THEY THEY NEED TO HAVE A SIDEWALK JUST AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY. SO INSTEAD OF SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON DESKTOP ASSESSMENTS OF YEAH, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS THAT REALLY WON'T END UP GOING ANYWHERE. I MEAN, LIKE, GO HALF A MILE OUT OF THE SCHOOL . BUT THIS IS THIS IS AN IDENTIFIED NEED ALREADY AND YOU CAN SEE IT EVERY DAY, JUST SITTING IN MY FRONT YARD AND TALKING TO THE KIDS AS I GO BY. 
          YES, MY BOY. I HAVE I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE ON ON THAT POLL , I DID, I THINK RIGHT AT THE YOUTH SIDEWALK, AND CONNECTABILITY WAS ONE OF THE SECOND MOST TALKED ABOUT TOPICS AND EVEN WITH THE MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET. I KNOW YOU CAN ONLY COVER SO MUCH GROUND WITH A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. REALISTICALLY YES, SIR. IT'S AND IT'S JUST BEING TOTALLY TRANSPARENT AND HONEST. UH OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DOING SIDEWALKS AND CONNECTABILITY, UH WHAT ARE THEY DOING? IS IT JUST ARE THEY GOING OUT FOR BUNS? ARE THEY ARE THEY GETTING GRANT MONEY? UH, LIKE WHAT? WHAT? WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN OR WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER PLACES? BECAUSE I YOU CAN ONLY COVER SO MUCH LIKE EVEN THE BEAUMONT UNITED FRAME LIKE WITH THE WANTS AND NEEDS AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF PEOPLE. EVEN THE BEAUMONT UNITED FRONT, YOU'RE SPENDING A MILLION BUCKS. AND THAT'S JUST THE BMT UNITED SIDEWALK. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE AT ALL. AND EVERYBODY'S PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME. BOAT WE ARE I. I DID LOOK AT DALLAS, WHICH HAS A SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN , AND THEY HAVE A MUCH BIGGER, UH, NEED FOR SIDEWALK CITY WIDE AND THEY'VE MORE SO HE, UM THEY PIN DOWN EXACTLY WHAT THEIR DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE, BUT REALLY WHEN YOU TAKE THEIR SIZE AND SCALE IT DOWN TO US, THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY'VE GOT TOO LITTLE FUNDS FOR TO TOO MUCH , UH, OF A NEED FOR SIDEWALKS, SO I THINK THE BEST WE CAN DO IS CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR GRANT FUNDING, WHICH WE'RE WE'RE TRYING. IT'S HARD FOR SIDEWALKS, BUT WE HAVE PUT IN FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR SIDEWALKS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THOSE, AND THEN JUST TRY TO GET A MASTER PLAN. ALLOW US TO PIN, UH DOWN THE MOST NEEDED AREAS OF THE CITY THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE US TO ADDRESS FIRST. YEAH, AND I KNOW 
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YOU DID COME TO US LAST BUDGET SEASON WITH A SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN. YOU KNOW, REQUEST AND I. I DO SUPPORT IT, BUT I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THERE, AND I KNOW IT'S ONLY SO MUCH AS A COUNCIL. WE CAN DO. THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, KENNY DID IT AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE KIND OF THE SAME CONVERSATION FROM LAST YEAR. WE NEED TO PROBABLY MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT FUNDING MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS IT, BUT WE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO ACTUALLY SHOW THE COMMUNITY HOW WE CAN GET IT AND IT IT MAY CAUSE FOR SOME THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS. BUT THAT'S ALMOST WHERE WE AT WITH THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I HAD MOLLY REMINDED ME THAT, UH , IF WE HAVE A SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN A LOT OF THESE GRANT, UH, SUBMISSIONS GIVE YOU BETTER CREDIT. IF YOU HAVE A PLAN. I SUPPORTED HIM, MARY. SO WE'LL HAVE A WE'LL HAVE A BETTER SHOT IF WE DO HAVE A PLAN TO BACK US UP. SO OUR NEXT PROJECT, UH, WE START GETTING THROUGH SOME OTHER MAJOR NAMED ROADS, SO WE'RE PROJECTING TO ADDRESS HIGHLAND AVENUE STARTING IN 25. THAT'S FROM US 69 TO EUCLID. UH, 10,500 INTO YOUR FEET. THAT'LL ADDRESS ALL OF HIGHLAND AVENUE OVER 25 AND 26 OF $4.6 MILLION PROJECT. THE NEXT ONE'S AVENUE A, WHICH WE'RE PROJECTING FOR 2627 AT A COST OF $2 MILLION FROM WASHINGTON TO COLLEGE 6000 LINEAR FEET. THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE CALDER AVENUE BRIDGE, REPLACEMENT AND WIDENING. SO THE BRIDGE OVER THE HILL TO BURT BAYOU WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1948. IT'S A CONCRETE FLAT DECK BRIDGE . 23 FT FOUR INCHES WIDE. SO WHILE WAS ABOUT 22 FT OF WIDTH FOR TRAVEL, THIS PROJECT WOULD REMOVE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE REPLACE IT WITH A 40 FT WIDE STRUCTURE THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, UH, PROTECTED PEDESTRIAN. ACROSS HILDEBRAND. THE NEXT ONE IS HILL HIGHLAND AVENUE OVER THE ELLEN VA. UH IT'S A CONCRETE SLAB BRIDGE 25 FT WIDE THAT HAS A LOT OF STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT WAS ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED DURING THOSE TEETH. UH TEXTILE BRIDGE INSPECTIONS. THIS WOULD REMOVE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, REPLACE IT WITH A 28 FT WIDE STRUCTURE OVER THE LM VA AND WHERE THEY ALLOW FOR WIDER TRAFFIC LANES AND A SHOULDER ON EACH SIDE. THE NEXT PROJECT IS BROADWAY, UH, PROJECTED FOR 27 28 6000 LINEAR FEET FROM ML KING JUNIOR PARKWAY TO 11TH STREET. UM THIS WOULD DO AN ASPHALT OVERLAY ALONG THAT LINKS. THE NEXT ONE IS PARK STREET IN 2728 2.75 MILLION FROM ML KING TO COLLEGE. UM THAT'S 4800 LINEAR FEET WOULD INCLUDE CURB AND GUTTER REPAIRS AS WELL AS ASPHALT OVERLAY. NEXT ONE'S AN OLD TOWN. IT'S PECO STREET FROM JAGUAR TO SEVENTH. UM THIS WOULD REPLACE IT FROM SEVENTH TO THIRD STREET. THERE'S A LOT OF PAVEMENT FAILURES UNDER THERE. UM 3500 LINEAR. FEET. A MAJOR DRIVE AT NORTHWEST PARKWAY TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS OVER THE YEARS WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM OBTAINING SOME PROPERTY THROUGH EMINENT DOMAIN. BUT THIS IS TO ACTUALLY PUT THE SIGNAL IN. UM SINCE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT PROPERTY ACQUISITION FALLS. THIS IS OUR BEST GUESS AS TO TIME TIME FRAME TO PUT IT IN. THE TRAFFIC NETWORK FIBER REPLACEMENT. THIS IS A PROJECT WE PUT IN FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE SOME AERIAL FIBER OPTIC CABLE STRINGING ALONG COLLEGE DRINK COLLEGE STREET. THIS UH, TAKES IT AND REPLACES IT AND PUTS IT, UH BELOW GROUND SO, WHICH ARE BELOW GROUND INSTALLED FIBER LASTS A LOT LONGER. AND THEN THE NEXT ONES. UM AND THIS IS IN FUTURE. IT'S A COLLECTION OF STREETS. HOOVER STREET, DOLLINGER, COTTONWOOD AVENUE AND SEVENTH STREET. UM THESE ARE IN REALLY BAD SHAPE AND LOOKING AT IT. WE AT LEAST WANTED TO GET THE CONVERSATION STARTED ON REPLACING THOSE IN THE FUTURE. THE NEXT ONE IS CAROL AND SYCAMORE STREET. THAT'S AND CARL FROM BEAUFORD TO FULTON, AND WE'VE GOT THAT IN THE FUTURE AT 
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1.9 MILLION. THEY DO, SAID AVENUE, ALSO IN FUTURE FOR 1.55, THAT'S FROM SYCAMORE STREET TO VAN BUREN. EAST LUCAS. IS FUTURE FROM 800,000 FROM MAGNOLIA TO PINE. THIS IS THE TWO LANE SMALLER SECTION OF LUCAS. UM, THAT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED. AS OF YET. THIS WILL ALSO WIDEN IT. 
          UM SOME, IT'S A FAIRLY NARROW ROADWAY CURRENTLY. AND GLADYS STREET. UH, 3.85 MILLION IN FUTURE FROM I 10 TO EDSON. JIM GILLIGAN ROADWAY FUTURE 1.7 MILLION FROM MO KING TO JIMMY SIMMONS. NATURE STREETS AND FUTURE 2.65 MILLION FROM ML KING TO COLLEGE. AND THAT IS IT. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? ON THE STREETS. YES SIR. COUNCILMAN TURNER WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT CAN BE IMPACTFUL LIKE THAT. EAST LUCAS PROJECT FOR THAT SMALL AMOUNT. WELL I WOULDN'T SAY SMALL AMOUNT, BUT SMALLER AMOUNT WHAT WE'RE NORMALLY SPEND. IS IT A REASON? WE KINDA HAVE A FUTURE CONSIDERATION VERSUS KIND OF HAVING IT UP ON THE LIST FOR THE AMOUNT ISN'T THAT YOU KNOW, LOWER COMPARED TO WHAT WE NORMALLY SPEND WELL OTHER THAN IT BEING NARROW. IT'S NOT TERRIBLE SHAPE RIGHT NOW. I DON'T HAVE THE PC. I IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT THE DRIVABILITY OF THE ROAD AND WE'LL TRY TO ADDRESS THE ROADS. WE FEEL THERE ARE ROUGHER SHAPE FIRST. UM THAT'S REALLY NOT ALL THAT TERRIBLE ROAD AND ALTHOUGH IT IS NARROW, YEAH, ON THERE. I JUST JUST WAS CURIOUS WHEN I SEEN THAT, NOT IN COMPARISON TO WHAT ALL THE NUMBERS NORMALLY BE. THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION. ALL MOVED TO DRAINAGE THEN UNLESS WE HAVE TO CLOSED DUE TO TIME. WE I SAY WE PRESS AHEAD, OK? SO IN DRAINAGE. WE HAVE CITYWIDE DITCHING PROGRAM THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO 25 AT 3.3 MILLION. SO THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE TO DITCH. UH, ALL THE DITCHES CITYWIDE OVER A FIVE YEAR SPAN IS WHAT OUR GOAL IS AND THEN RESET ANY CULVERT. THAT'S MORE THAN THREE INCHES OUT OF GRADE. SO WE'RE DOING 20% OF EACH WARD EACH YEAR IS WHAT OUR, UH, OUR AMBITION. FOR THAT. SO THAT CONTINUES THAT PROGRAM. THE LAURA THE NEXT TO ARE ACTUALLY GRANT FUNDED. TO THE EXTENT OF A MILLION DOLLARS. THE FIRST ONE IS LAURA DIS DRAINAGE. THE STREETS THAT MAKE UP LAURA EDITION OR CHAMBLISS, TERESA BUN , AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S AMY OR AMY, BUT, UH, THE DRAINAGE WAS IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT IN THIS AREA WE PUT IN FOR GRANT FUNDING. WE OBTAINED A MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT. TOTAL PROJECT IS 1.75 MILLION. UH, THIS IS UNDER THE 2019 DISASTER. HM. COMPETITION. AND UNDER THAT, SAME, UM, COMPETITION WE ALSO PUT IN FOR PHELPS ROAD, WHICH IS THE NEXT ONE. THIS PROJECT IS SLIGHTLY RUNNING BEHIND THE OTHER ONE BECAUSE WE HAD TO APPEAL AN INITIAL FINDING THAT WE WEREN'T AWARDED. UH, THIS IS A $1.3 MILLION PROJECT. IT ADDRESSES DRAINAGE ON PHELPS ROAD FROM FT TO TERRELL PARK ROAD. UM WE'RE GETTING A MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT 1.3 FROM THAT GRANT COMPETITION. STORM WATER PIPE INSPECTIONS, POINT REPAIRS AND DATA ASSET MANAGEMENT. SO WE HAVE 421 MILES OF STORM WATER LINES UNDERGROUND. I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE WELL AWARE AFTER WE HAD THE LONG STREET COLLAPSE, AND WE ALSO HAD THE LUCAS GLADYS EMERGENCY POINT REPAIR. THIS PROGRAM IS TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND ACTUALLY INSPECT MAJOR LINES, FIND PROBLEMS AND ADDRESS THEM BEFORE WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF COLLAPSES OR CAVITIES. UH UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'VE GOTTEN AHEAD OF US A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING THIS PROGRAM INTO 25 TO INSPECT AND THEN ADDRESS POINT REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE COLLECTING STORM SEWER DATA AND IMPORT THAT DATA INTO GIS, UH, IN ORDER TO 
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BETTER ANALYSE, ANALYZE, UH AND ASSESS THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM CITYWIDE. AND ON THAT NOTE, LONG AVENUE STORM SEWER REPAIRED. WE HAD TO ADDRESS IT UNDER EMERGENCY BASIS IT WRAPPED UP THIS YEAR. IT ENDED UP BEING 7.3 MILLION. IT UH, WE DID THE LARGE POINT REPAIR. WE INJECTED GROUT TO FILL ALL THE CAVITIES ALONG THAT LINE FROM PINE TO MLK. AND THEN WE ALSO, UM PUT A NEW GROUT LINING BASICALLY A NEW LINE INSIDE THE OLD LINE ALONG THAT LINKS. WES LUCAS DRIVE, STORM SEWER REHABILITATION. THIS IS TO REHABILITATE. UH, LUCAS. THE LUCAS STORM LINE. IT'S 12,000 LINEAR FEET. IT'S AN ALUMINIZED STEEL LINE. THAT'S UH FAILING ALONG THAT LINKS AND THIS IS TO COMPLETELY REHABILITATE THAT LINE. THEY UM TOTAL COST IS GONNA BE 15.5 MILLION. WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR 25 IS TO GO AHEAD AND GO IN AND DO THE GROUT INJECTION AND FILL ALL THE CAVITIES AND HOPEFULLY BUY US SOME TIME TO AVOID A PROBLEM LIKE WE HAD AT LUCAS AND GLADYS, AND THEN COME BACK IN 26 AND FULLY LINE DO THE ADDITIONAL POINT REPAIRS AND FULLY LINE LUCAS. IN THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS NEW IS THE ANNUAL UNDERPASS PUMP STATION IMPROVEMENTS? AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING THE REBUILDING OF THE ROYAL PUMP STATION PUMPS. THIS IS TO TRY TO PUT SOME ADDITIONAL CAPITAL MONEY INTO OUR UNDERPASS PUMP STATIONS ON A MORE PROACTIVE BASIS IN ADDRESS THINGS BEFORE WE RUN INTO FAILURES. AND THAT IS IT UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU. MAYOR ITEM NUMBER TWO IS FISCAL YEAR 2025 GOALS 
          [2. Fiscal Year 2025 Goals and Priorities of the Mayor and City Council members]
AND PRIORITIES OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH THIS IS WHERE, UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER OF ANY PRIOR THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. I THINK WE'VE HEARD SOME ALREADY. UH, DURING THIS MORNING, SO I TODAY'S DISCUSSION. UH, SO WE WE'RE READY TO TAKE THOSE. AND AS WE AND DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED TO ON THEIR BUDGET, THEY'RE ABLE TO BUILD THINGS INTO THEIR PARTICULAR BUDGET FOR YOUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES AS AS NEEDED OR AS WE ARE ABLE TO AFFORD, SO MAYBE IF WE CAN JUST KIND OF DO A ROUND TABLE FROM EACH MEMBER, MISTER CITY MANAGER IF I MAY, UH, WE HAD A COUPLE MORE SLIDES ON THE POWERPOINT. MISS RAY HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS SHE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. DO YOU WANT TO COVER THOSE OR CONTINUE. UH WE CAN COVER THEM AS A ARP. YEAH. CRP RELATED. OH, OK. OK, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW ISSUES DEALING WITH THE C IP. WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO GO OUT FOR THE WATER, SEWER BONDS, AND I THINK I HAD MENTIONED IT ON THAT THE PREVIOUS MEETING. UM BUT I WANTED TO DISCUSS IT IN FURTHER DETAIL. THE LAST BOND ISSUE IN 2023 WAS FOR 25 MILLION. IT WAS A 25 YEAR AMORTIZATION AND PAYMENTS OF APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION PER YEAR. SO EVERY 5 MILLION BORROWED NOW ADDS ABOUT $330,000 IN REVENUE TO PAY THE DEBT WITH HIGHER INTEREST RATES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING. SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GO OUT FOR A BOND ISSUE, UM, OF ABOUT 60 MILLION IN JUNE IN ORDER TO HAVE THE MONEY TO FUND THE 24 AND 25 PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE AND THIS IS ALSO AN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BURN RATE SPREADSHEET THAT'S PREPARED BY PUBLIC WORKS, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE THAT THAT'S THE KIND OF FINANCING WE'RE LOOKING AT. THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO IN OUR WATER SEWER REVENUES, UM ABOUT A 1% RATE INCREASE EQUALS ABOUT 550,000 IN REVENUE. SO 0.6% EQUALS THAT 330 IN REVENUE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. AND SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT RATE INCREASES. UM 5 MILLION 0.6 RATE INCREASE IS ABOUT 50. CENTS MORE A MONTH ON A WATER BILL. UH, 10 MILLION, UH ONE AND 1.2% INCREASE, UM, ABOUT A DOLLAR PER MONTH. SO IF YOU GO , YOU KNOW, BASED ON THIS, A 60 MILLION WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $6 A MONTH. UH, DIFFERENCE ON THE WATER BILL. IN ORDER TO FUND THOSE REVENUE BONDS. SO IT'S 
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GONNA COST EACH CITIZENS AROUND $6 TO PAY FOR ALL OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL , YOU KNOW, ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE OCCURRING. ALSO LOOKING AT OUR TAX REVENUES . A ONCE IN INCREASE AT THIS TIME IS ABOUT 930,000 IN REVENUE . SO A THIRD CENT TAX RATE. UM INCREASES $310,000 REVENUE. SO IF WE LOOKED AT, UH TWO CENT REVENUE WOULD BE $30 MILLION IN BONDS. UM THAT'S ABOUT $18.60 A MONTH. I I'M SORRY PER YEAR THAT A CITIZEN WOULD PAY. 
          ADDITIONALLY UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT FOR A BOND ISSUE AGAIN IN, YOU KNOW, COMING UP THIS EARLY THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO FUND THE ADDITIONAL C OS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED, WHICH ARE APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION, SO WE GO UP TWO CENT ON THE TAX RATE THAT WOULD PAY FOR THOSE BONDS. 
          SO THAT'S THE MATH TO DO ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE C IP FOR 2024 AND 25. I GOT A QUESTION. YES THAT'S GOING UP $6 FOR SOMEBODY THAT USES 6000 GALLONS PER MONTH. RIGHT SO WHAT'S THE AVERAGE WATER? BILL? 6000 GALLONS? YES. YES, COUNCILMAN GIFT. THERE ARE SOME, UH, STATE RESTRICTIONS ON HOW MUCH WE CAN GO UP ON OUR TAX RATE. IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND HOW DOES THAT FALL INTO, UH US. WITH THIS CHART THAT'S BEFORE US RIGHT NOW. WELL WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS YET. UM WE CAN GO UP 3.5% FROM WHERE WE ARE THIS YEAR, UH, IN TOTAL REVENUE. UM SO I THINK THAT WE WOULD EASILY BE WITHIN THAT AMOUNT. AND ONE THING I WANT TO ADD. MR GATS IS THAT 3.5% MS RAY MENTIONED THAT IS ON THE O AND M SIDE OF THE TAX RATE. SO YOU HAVE THE O AND M PORTION AND THE DEBT PORTION. THERE IS NO CAP ON THE DEBT PORTION. MM. ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE GREAT NICHE TO YOU. OK, UH, BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. AT THIS POINT, UH, OF AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL INPUT. START. UH THE COUNCILMAN, ARE YOU READY TO CHE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? AT THIS POINT? I SHOULD PUT UM, NO. THEY COVER JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT I HAD, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT UM FOR STREETS AND PARKS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, SO GOOD. ANY INITIATIVES THAT WEREN'T MENTIONED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE LOOKED AT. I MEAN, I GUESS WE CAN ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH EMAILS AS WELL. BUT I FOLLOW UP WITH EMAILS, OK? COUNCILMAN GETS UH, THANK YOU, UH, EVERYTHING THAT I HAD ON MY LIST WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, AT SOME POINT, UH, BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE , UH, THE PRIORITIES THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW OR, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK FROM A MAJOR TO DO AND BUT ALSO FROM DAISY TO PHELAN. UM, WE DID PUT A SIDEWALK. DOWN. UM MOST OF THE DIN. BUT WE STOPPED AT DAISY. IT NEEDS TO GO ALL THE WAY. TO FAIL . IT'S JUST A FEW MORE BLOCKS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO FINISH THAT OUT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE FOOD TRUCK PARK AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT BEING INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET FOR, UH STARTING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. I THINK THAT WILL DO A LOT TO START BRINGING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN AND, UH, IT'S REALLY KIND OF LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR THE BANK THAT WE'LL GET FOR OUR BUCK ON THAT. I APPRECIATE GREATLY, MISTER WILLIAMS, UH, YOUR EMBRACING THE BANDIT SIDE. PICK UP. I THINK THAT WILL ENHANCE THE, UH UH, ATTRACTIVENESS OF OUR CITY AND MANY, MANY WAYS, AND I THINK IT'LL HAVE OTHER POSITIVE EFFECTS. AND UH, CITIZENS SELF IMAGE OF THE CITY, AND, UH, IT IT IT WILL GO WELL. I'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS ABOUT DOWNTOWN AND IMPEDIMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO DOWNTOWN REHABILITATION THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND THE IDEA OF THE RECREATIONAL CENTERS. I APPRECIATE YOUR 
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WILLINGNESS TO REACH OUT TO THE Y MC, A AND C. IF THERE'S ANY DESIRE AT ALL FOR THEM TO COME BACK INTO BEAUMONT BECAUSE AH, THAT WAS A MODEL THAT WAS SERVED US VERY WELL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND, UM, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO REEXPLORE THAT RELATIONSHIP. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TURNER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FOR ME. MY TOP PRIORITY IS THAT I LIKE TO SEE THE CITY FOCUS ON IS YOUTH INITIATIVES. I THINK RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT IS NO SECRET. 
          WE HAVE ONE REC CENTER IN THE CITY OF, UH, ROUGHLY 100 AND 16,000 PEOPLE. YOU KNOW CITIES WITH HALF OUR POPULATIONS WITH A REC CENTER, WHILE ALMOST IN EVERY WARD. SO YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD. I THINK IT'S NO PROBLEM ALLOWING THE VOTERS TO DECIDE ON IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY WANT IN THEIR COMMUNITY. FROM POLES AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND THINGS IN THE COUNTIES I HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY MOSTLY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND WITH THE PROGRAMMING. IT'S NOT JUST SPORTS. AS YOU THEN TURN SHIPS. IT'S LITERACY PROGRAMS WHERE KIDS CAN HAVE ASSISTANCE READING. IS FINANCIAL PROGRAMS WHERE KIDS CAN UNDERSTAND BANKING IS CAN BE MENTAL PROGRAMS WHERE KIDS CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT SOME OF THESE MENTAL ISSUES. UH, WE WE'VE SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS ON THE PARENTS IS ON THE PARENTS. IT'S ON THE PARENTS. IT'S ON THE PARENTS, AND THAT RESPONSE UNFORTUNATELY, HASN'T GIVEN US A SOLUTION BECAUSE THESE KIDS CAN'T CONTROL THE SITUATION AND ENVIRONMENTS THEY'RE BROUGHT INTO. UNFORTUNATELY, UH, ANOTHER THING I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IS SIDEWALK AND CONNECTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU'RE PUTTING FUNDING TOWARDS SOMETHING IS JUST IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE PLAN. UH, WHAT DIRECTION THE FUNDING IS GOING IN. I THINK IT'S GREAT. WE'RE PUTTING THE FUNDING UP FOR IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, STEP KINDA. TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, SHOOTING FROM THE HIP ABOUT WHERE WHERE WAS GOING UM, WE BROUGHT THIS UP LAST BUDGET SEASON. IT DIDN'T QUI QUITE MAKE IT BUT WE HAD FUNDING TO SUPPORT SPECIAL EVENTS. UH AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A LOT OF FUNDING IF WE KNOW THIS IN OUR MOST RECENT COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT MEETING, WE HAD MULTIPLE EVENTS SUCH AS MURAL FEST WAS THAT WAS ALMOST AT THE POINT TO WHERE IT WOULD BE WILLING TO PULL OUT. AND WE ALSO HAD EVENTS SUCH AS 49 DAY AND MARDI GRAS. THAT ALL CAME FOR THAT GRANT FUNDING THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BRING IN TOURISM. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST POSITIVE THINGS WE CAN DO IN BEAUMONT IS CONTROL WHAT WE CAN CONTROL, WHICH IS QUALITY OF LIFE, WHICH WON'T COST US A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. THESE ARE SMALL, LOW HANGING FRUIT THINGS, BUT QUALITY OF LIFE IS ONE OF THE POSITIVE ASPECTS IN BEAUMONT , ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO IF YOU EVENTS BRINGING ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. ANOTHER THING THAT CAME UP THROUGH PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE TO ABOUT BUDGET SEASON IS I KNOW WE SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON FIRE TRUCKS. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NECESSARY. DO WE HAVE TO DO A MILLION A YEAR? CAN WE DO EVERY OTHER YEAR? UH, YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE PLUS OF DOING A MILLION A YEAR? BECAUSE I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY FIRE STATIONS, AND I KNOW MOST OF OUR FOREIGN MISS CALLS FROM, UH, EXPERIENCES. 25% OF THOSE CALLS ARE YOU KNOW MAJOR FIRES. UH, WE THEY BROUGHT UP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVING THE LITTLE SMALL VEHICLES TO CUT COSTS VERSUS THE T HOSE. AND I FIGURED OUT YOU KNOW IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BALANCE THAT OUT TO SEE IF MAYBE IF WE DON'T SPEND THAT ACCESS MONEY, AND MAYBE SOME OF THAT MONEY CAN GO TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE OFFICER IN MORE SAFER VEHICLES AND INCENTIVES. FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. WHEN YOU HAVE 75% OF YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT WORKS HERE BUT LIVES OUTSIDE OF HERE. 
          THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN FOR ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING, IT'S VERY FIRST TO BEING FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE. BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING OUR DEBT, WHICH IS 60% OF OUR BUDGET. WE'RE FIRING POLICE BUT 75% FIREFIGHTERS AND 64% POLICE OFFICERS. YOU KNOW? WE APPRECIATE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT THAT REVENUE IS NOT COMING BACK AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAX AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE SOME OF THEM, ESPECIALLY WITH IT BEING 60% OF THE BUDGET. I THINK THAT'LL BE VERY BENEFICIAL. UH, SPRAYING NOODLE PROGRAMS FOR ANIMALS. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER LOW HANGING FRUIT WHEN THEY DON'T COST A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THAT CAME ACROSS AND THE LAST THING IS, UH, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THE BUDGETS, SO WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T MAKE MISTAKES OR HAVE SITUATIONS SIMILAR TO THE WATER SITUATION WE JUST HAD WITH OVER $500,000. UH, SOME FUNDING SOURCES THAT I THOUGHT OF IN REFERENCE TO THESE THINGS. AND 
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I'M SPEAKING OF, UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH A GRANT WRITER. I DON'T KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT IS, BUT I'M INTERESTED TO SEE IF THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT HAVING A GRANT, WRITER ON STAFF MAY BE MORE BENEFICIAL. WE KIND OF DISCUSSED IT LAST TIME. BUT IF WE PAY SOMEONE TO DO IT IN HOUSE, MAYBE WE CAN TOUCH THEM MORE. THEY'RE MORE ACCESSIBLE, AND I THINK WE GET A BETTER RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT. UH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, MOST CITIES HAVE A E DC. WE DON'T HAVE THAT. UNFORTUNATELY. WE DO IT? WE ATTEMPT TO DO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE CHAMBER, BUT WE NEED TO DO A REAL ANALYST TO SEE IF THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. MAYBE WE NEED OUR OWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSON OR SOME FORM OF A DEPARTMENT TO BE A TRUE HEADHUNTER AND GO OUT THERE AND TARGET THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. COME IN OUR COMMUNITY INCREASE THE TAX BASE. 
          UH, WE DISCUSSED THE STREET AND PARKLAND ENTERPRISE FUNDS THE FEES FOR STREET USER FEE. YOU KNOW WHERE A LOT OF OUR POPULATION WAS IT? 67% OF THE WORKFORCE WORKING IN BEAUMONT, BUT NOT LIVING IN NOT LIVING IN BEAUMONT. AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CAPITALIZE ON MAYBE A STREET USER FEE OR SOMETHING TO THAT MAGNITUDE OF TO SUPPLEMENT THE INCOME THAT'S TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY. AND LASTLY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S FREE. UH, SOME YOUNG PEOPLE ASK ME THIS AT BEAUMONT, UNITED, LEMOINE UNIVERSITY AND WESTBROOK FOR YOUTH INITIATIVE TASK FORCE. 
          BASICALLY YOUNG PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER, SAYING SOME THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW, JUST COMING UP WITH IDEAS AND THINGS THEY COULD JUST TELL US. AND A VETERAN TASK FORCE IS THE OTHER ONE THAT CAME UP AND I WENT TO A VENTURES MEETING AND THEY JUST SAID THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE WE DO DID DO A GOOD THING WITH THE BUS PASSES, BUT THEY JUST WANTED AN OUTLET. YOU KNOW WHERE VETERANS CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY THINK WE CAN DO BETTER IN THE CITY. SO I KNOW MY LIST IS LONG, BUT CAN IT YOU KNOW, I, I I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I PROMISED THEM I WOULD BRING THESE THINGS UP. OF COURSE, ALL OF THEM CAN'T BE FUNDED. I'M FULLY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. BUT LOW HANGING FRUIT AND THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR FREE. I WOULD LIKE TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, AND I REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE PROCESS OF, UH, PROGRAMMING RECREATIONALLY. I LIKE TO SEE YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE BUDGET FOR IT? WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR IT? AND HOW DO WE PLAN ON EXECUTING MOVING FORWARD? COUNCILMAN FELLS THANK YOU, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER. MOST OF MY ISSUES WERE WERE ADDRESSED. UM I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU MENTIONED A ZERO BASED BUDGET BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS GONNA LOOK FOR A BALANCED BUDGET AND A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE COURSE. UH, SO I APPRECIATE THAT I WOULD TALKED ABOUT THE SEWER, BACKUP SIDEWALKS OR ADDRESS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. THESE ARE THINGS THAT OF COURSE, THAT I'M LOOKING AT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT, AND IT DEALS WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE. AND THAT IS A HOMELESS PROBLEM IN BEAUMONT. MY FRUSTRATION IS I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER. I DON'T HAVE THE SOLUTION. I KNOW. COUNCILMAN KATZ HAS BEEN, UH, HE'S GOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS THAN I DO. BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AND KEEP IT ON THE RADAR FOR THE COUNCIL THAT WE'VE GOT TO FIND. WE'VE GOT TO FIND A SOLUTION, BUT I'M ASSUMING, UH, THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE MONEY. UH TO BE BUDGETED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, BUT I THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT IS NOT GOING AWAY, AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BPD. AND THIS IS A QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, UH, THAT THE PATROL CARS. THE VEHICLES ARE OFFICERS ARE DRIVING OR AGING. UH, I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE WE ROTATE THEM IN AND OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS. UH I, I DON'T I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT NOW, BUT, UH, WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT EVIDENTLY THERE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT OUR FLEET IS NOT BEING MAINTAINED AT THE RATE IT SHOULD BE AND AGAIN. THAT COST MONEY, BUT JUST PERHAPS GETTING SOME INFORMATION ON HOW OFTEN DO WE ROTATE THOSE CARS? WHAT CONDITION IS OUR FLEET IN? AND UH ARE WE STAYING ON TOP OF THAT, OR ARE WE FALLING BEHIND? THANK YOU, MAYOR . THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE. 
          COUNCILMAN SAMUEL YOUR MIC. I PASS. OK? YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I HEARD A BAD IDEA. UH, DISCUSS TODAY. I THINK THAT THEY'RE ALL GREAT PROJECTS FOR US TO STRONGLY CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD WITH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT REALLY ALL BOILS DOWN TO REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES . SO I'M REAL ANXIOUS TO SEE MR WILLIAMS ON WHEN YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US PRELIMINARY PREDICTION ZONE ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING IN THIS YEAR, OK? ALL RIGHT, AND CERTAINLY, UH, I 
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APPRECIATE MUCH OF WHAT I WAS. CONSIDER AND HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED AS WELL. A COUPLE OF THINGS TO BRING UP AND, UH SINCE , MADAM, UH CITY ATTORNEYS HERE I KNOW, ONE OF OUR PAUL IS ON THE HOMELESSNESS IS WAITING ON A SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT AT ONE POINT WAS POSSIBLY GOING TO BE THIS SUMMER REGARDING THE PRIMITIVE CAMPSITES. AND MAYBE WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON THAT, BECAUSE CERTAINLY WE DIDN'T WANNA PROCEED IF WE WERE GOING TO BE RUNNING INTO SOME, UH, INCREASED REVENUE EXPENSES, BUT, UH, I'M GONNA JUST THROW BACK OUT THERE, AS I SAID EARLIER ABOUT EXTENDED HOURS THAT STERLING PRUITT CENTER AND ON YOUTH INITIATIVES. I KNOW THERE'S SOME CURRENT EXISTING PROGRAMS SUCH AS OVER AT CHARLTON POLLARD PARK THAT I RECENTLY GOT TO TOUR WITH MENTORING AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. IT'S EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF DATA ON THAT. AND OF COURSE, THEY GET A LOT OF GRANT MONEY THEY DO GET CITY MONEY, BUT IT'S PRETTY LIMITED. BUT IN TERMS OF IF WE'RE GONNA BE, UH THERE IS NO POINT IN RECREATING THE WILL UTILIZING EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT ARE HIGHLY AFFECTED IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW, I THINK WOULD BE SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING TO PARTNER AT. UH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE MASTER PLANS FOR THE PARK AND SIDEWALKS. I THINK MASTER PLANS ARE THE KEY BECAUSE AS COUNCIL CHANGES EVERY YOU KNOW EVERY FEW YEARS, DIRECTIONS CAN CHANGE. BUT IF YOU IF YOU HAVE A GOOD ROAD MAP THAT NOT CAN. IT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AND CLEARLY WE'VE GOT LOTS OF NEEDS. WE HAVE OUR CFO EXPLAINED TO US ABOUT COST. YOU KNOW, OUR COSTS ARE GOING UP AT A, UH INCREASING RATE MORE THAN OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY ON TOP OR EVEN MOVE BEYOND WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEND MONEY IN THOSE AREAS. 
          AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH BE MINDFUL OF IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS AND LAST, UH, PERSONS WITH DISABILITY TASK FORCE WE HAD ONE AT ONE TIME WORKING WITH THE STATE. LOOK AT BRINGING THAT BACK. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME INTEREST ON THAT. AND WITH THAT AM I LEAVING ANYTHING OFF THE AGENDA THAT I'M NOT LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW? 
          [City Manager Comments]
COUNCIL THIS COUNCIL YOU HAVE OTHER COMMENTS? JUST A COUPLE OF CLOSING COMMENTS. WE HAVE A CALENDAR WHICH YOU'LL BE PROVIDED WITH, UH UH, THIS WEEK NOW WILL BE SUBMITTING THEIR FIRST YEAR OF THE BUDGETS AND GETTING THAT IN, UH AH THEN FINANCE WILL START DOING THEIR, UH, BUDGET REVIEWS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP MAY 23RD WITH COUNCIL. SO, UM YOU'LL GET TO, UH, GET THE BUDGET ITEMS AND GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM FROM STAFF ON SOME KEY ISSUES, AND, UH I GUESS I'LL JUMP ALL THE WAY TO, UH, JULY 23RD THAT'LL BE A THIRD BUDGET WORK SESSION SPECIAL MEETING IF WE NEED IT. UM WHAT COUNCIL DEPENDING ON IF WE NEED IT IN THE BY AUGUST THE SECOND WE SHOULD HAVE A PROPOSED BUDGET TO START WORKING WITH AND TO, UH, GET POSTED BY THE CITY CLERK AT THAT TIME. UH, THANK THANK YOU, COUNSEL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR WORK. CHERYL RAY AND HER STAFF. AND AMY AND JUNE AND EVERYONE FOR PUTTING ALL THAT TOGETHER AND STUFF FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO WE DO ALL THE TALKING. WE GET THE PUBLIC, BUT THEY DO THE WORK. SO WE THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB. SO WE LOOK LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THEM THIS YEAR, SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT THE MEETING
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