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TO TODAY'S MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, MAY 21ST, 2024. TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR JAY MATTHEWS OF IMPACT MINISTRIES. AND IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE THEIR PHONES, CELL PHONES AT THIS TIME. AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. BOW OUR HEADS, PLEASE. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH HEARTS FULL OF GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER HERE AT THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE TO BE WITH US AS WE DELIBERATE ON MATTERS THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY. GRANT US THE STRENGTH TO WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY WITH RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING FOR ONE ANOTHER'S PERSPECTIVES. HELP US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE JUST AND FAIR, THAT UPLIFT AND BENEFIT ALL RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. MAY YOUR LIGHT SHINE UPON US, ILLUMINATING THE PATH TOWARDS PROGRESS, UNITY AND PROSPERITY. GIVE US THE COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND THE COMPASSION TO LISTEN WITH OPEN HEARTS. BLESS THE LEADERS, OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, WITH YOUR GRACE AND PROTECTION. MAY WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO CREATE A CITY THAT REFLECTS YOUR LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR ALL. WE OFFER THIS PRAYER AND YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED. MAY HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
MAYOR WEST. PRESENT MAYOR. PRO TEM. TURNER. COUNCIL MEMBER. DARIO. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER.
GAETZ. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. PHIL SHAW. COUNCIL MEMBER. SAMUEL AND COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL
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PRESENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TODAY WE HAVE FOUR PROCLAMATIONS AND ONE PRESENTATION. AND IN LIEU OF READING THE PROCLAMATIONS, WE WILL YIELD THAT TIME TO ALLOW EVERYBODY TO COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR EVENT. AND AS ALWAYS, YOU OR AND WHOEVER IS WITH YOU IS WELCOME, IS INVITED TO COME UP AND SHAKE HANDS WITH THE COUNCIL AND FOR THE PHOTOGRAPH. FIRST WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MAY AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH. ACCEPTING WILL BE DEMI ENGMAN, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. BO HANSEN , DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL, AND BOYD MEYER BUILDING OFFICIAL BUILDING CODES. Y'ALL COME ON UP. YES. GUYS. WELL DONE. WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL. WOULD YOU BE IN THIS PICTURE WITH STAFF? ALRIGHTY I'LL LOOK RIGHT HERE. AND ONE, TWO AND THREE. THANK THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, LOCAL ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, OUR BUILDING OFFICIALS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PLANS EXAMINERS, TRADESPEOPLE AND INSPECTORS THAT DEVOTE TIME AND EFFORT YEAR ROUND TO ENSURE SAFE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR BUILDINGS IN BEAUMONT. WE ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND THANK COUNCIL FOR LEADING AND WORKING WITH US TO ADOPT THE CODES AND ENFORCE THE LATEST BUILDING SAFETY CODES TO INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY'S RESILIENCE. THESE ADOPTED CODES NOT ONLY ENSURE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT ALSO POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY HERE. RECENTLY, ADMINISTRATION RECEIVED EXCELLENT ISO RATINGS, WHICH HEAVILY INFLUENCED OUR COMMUNITY'S INSURANCE PREMIUMS. OUR SCORES REFLECT BEAUMONT TO BE CONSIDERED ABOVE AVERAGE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. BEAUMONT IS AND AIMS TO CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER IN BUILDING SAFETY, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE LEADERS SUCH AS YOURSELVES STANDING ALONGSIDE US TO CONTINUE IN THIS EFFORT. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING MAY 2024 AS THE[00:05:03]
MONTH OF BUILDING SAFETY. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK. ACCEPTING WILL BE MISS FREDDY WILLARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AND STAFF. THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU DO. APPRECIATE Y'ALL. BLESS YOU GUYS . APPRECIATE Y'ALL. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU GOD BLESS YOU GIRL. THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS. DID Y'ALL LEAVE ANYBODY AT THE OFFICE TO RUN THE OFFICE? I'LL DO IT. WHO'S MINDING THE STORE? EVERYBODY'S HERE. WE HAVE STILL GOT PEOPLE. BOOKING HAD TO. WE GOT TWO. WE GOT TWO, I GOT ONE, I BOUGHT MY TWO. SO COME ON DOWN. ALRIGHTY, CREW, LOOK RIGHT HERE IN ONE, TWO AND THREE. PERFECT, PERFECT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND THEN GO BE THERE. WHY NOT? THANK YOU COUNCIL, FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE BEAUMONT CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.AND WE ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON. I JUST WANTED TO READ A COUPLE NUMBERS TO YOU. SO THAT YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW TRAVEL MATTERS TO NOT ONLY THE UNITED STATES AS A WHOLE, BUT TO OUR WONDERFUL LITTLE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TRAVEL IS AN ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE FOR EVERY STATE AND DESTINATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WITH AN ECONOMIC OUTPUT OF 2.8 TRILLION SUPPORTING 50 MILLION AMERICAN JOBS AND HERE IN BEAUMONT, THE VISITOR SPENDING OF 3.60 2.5 MILLION IN BEAUMONT IN 2023 PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, SUPPORTING 3.2 THOUSAND INDIRECT JOBS AND GENERATING 31.3 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE. THAT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE. SO AGAIN, TRAVEL DOES MATTER. IT HELPS OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, IT BOOSTS THE ECONOMY AND IT CONTINUES TO HELP OUR CITY GROW. SO THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT. CONTINUED SUPPORT.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD AND BRINGING MORE CONVENTIONS TO TOWN AND INVITING MORE VISITORS AS WELL. OVERALL SO THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, HELL, I'LL PUT IT, INVITE MORE GROUPS TO TOWN AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL IMPACT THE CITY OVERALL IN A GREAT WAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MAY AS NATIONAL TEACHERS APPRECIATION MONTH. WE ARE HONORING THE 2024 TEACHERS OF THE YEAR. THE DISTRICT ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR IS SHERITA TITUS OF CASTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE THE PRINCIPAL IS MISS JULIE CORONA.
AND THE DISTRICT SECONDARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR IS MISS EMILY AGUILAR OF BEAUMONT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. THE PRINCIPAL IS MISS, MELANIE FERRIS. AND DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO RECEIVE? OH, YEAH. THERE SHE IS. YEAH. YES. YOU CAN. YEAH YEAH. COME TO THE MIC. TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT. I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. CONGRATULATIONS. AND YOU ARE? HOW ARE YOU SURE Y'ALL ARE HERE? GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND YOU ARE IN A IN THE MIDST OF A BUSY WEEK. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. ARE YOU FOR SUMMER? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SOMEHOW, SOMEWHERE. IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU. I
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JUST SENT YOU A PICTURE OF YOUR FIRST, AND THEN YOU CAN COME SPEAK UP HERE. COME ON IN. ALL RIGHTY. Y'ALL LOOK RIGHT HERE. AND ONE, TWO AND THREE. WOW. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PAPARAZZI.THEY'RE GONNA SMILE. HELLO, EVERYONE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, AND MY WAY IN. SHANNON ALLEN, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, ASKED ME HOW MY DAY WAS, WHICH. WHAT AN HONOR TO BE ASKED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT ON A TUESDAY HOW MY DAY IS AS A TEACHER. BUT TRULY, EVERY DAY IS A GREAT DAY. TEACHING IN BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING EVERY MOMENT MATTER AND PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION, I WORK AT BEAUMONT EARLY COLLEGE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF PRINCIPAL MELANIE FERRIS AND WE ARE WRAPPING UP THE YEAR. WE'RE MOVING AND GROOVING, AND WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
THANK YOU. HI, I'M SHARITA TITUS. I AM THE DISTRICT'S ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU HERE IN CITY COUNCIL FOR THE MARVELOUS WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, ALSO FOR SUPPORTING OUR DISTRICT AND HELPING TO CREATE SOLUTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BECOME BETTER, TO THRIVE, TO BE EQUIPPED FOR THE WORLD THAT THEY'RE GETTING READY TO EMBARK ON HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, MY FEARLESS LEADER IS MISS JULIE CORONA, WHO IS HERE WITH ME TODAY. I'M AT CALLWOOD ELEMENTARY AND LIKE, MY SWEET SISTER HERE SAID, WE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT WE DO. WE ARE NOT JUST BUILDING CHILDREN INTELLECTUALLY, BUT WE ARE ALSO BUILDING THEIR CHARACTER. AND SO TO ME, THAT'S WHERE THE WORK IS. YOU CAN TEACH A CHILD TO HAVE ALL THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORLD, BUT IF THEIR CHARACTER DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THAT, THEN WHAT ARE WE CREATING? AND SO AS A TEACHER, THAT'S WHAT WE STRIVE TO DO. WE DON'T JUST GET TO THE MIND, BUT WE GET TO THE HEART. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR WEST, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US, MY SCHOOL TO COME INTO THE CITY AND FOR MY STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN HERE, BECAUSE TRULY, WE ARE DEVELOPING LEADERS. THANK ALL OF YOU. AND THE LAST PROCLAMATION IS RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MAY AS JEWISH AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. AND ACCEPTING WILL BE COUNCILMAN MIKE GETZ. IT'S GOOD. THAT MIKE. WE HAVE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM.
ALRIGHTY. I'LL LOOK RIGHT HERE. AND ONE, TWO AND THREE. THANK YOU. CYNTHIA WOLF, OUR PRESIDENT OF THE CONGREGATION TEMPLE EMANUEL, HAD A CONFLICT AND COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. SO SHE ASKED THAT I ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MAY AS JEWISH AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. SINCE THE VERY BEGINNINGS OF OUR COUNTRY, JEWISH AMERICANS, WHICH ONLY COMPRISED 2.5% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION, HAVE CONTRIBUTED AN OUTSIZED MEASURE TO OUR COMMERCE, OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY, OUR SCIENCE, OUR SPORTS, OUR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. IT'S JUST AMAZING HOUSING. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT JEWISH AMERICANS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE THROUGH THE YEARS FOR JUST SUCH A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE, THE JEWISH PEOPLE OF AMERICA ARE CURRENTLY FACING SOME SERIOUS CHALLENGES, ANTI-SEMITISM IS AT LEVELS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE SEEN SINCE, THE HOLOCAUST BACK IN WORLD WAR TWO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPEAKER COME IN FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE NEXT MONTH. THE PUBLIC WILL BE INVITED TO THAT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ON JUNE 23RD.
IT'S CALLED A WORDS TO ACTION SEMINAR, IT'S GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT ANTI-SEMITISM IS AND WAYS TO COMBAT IT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING JEWISH AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. AND NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR CITY OF
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BEAUMONT COMMUNICATION UPDATE. LAUREN. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BACK WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 21ST. AS YOU JUST HEARD, IT'S NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK, AND THE CVB HAS A STACKED CALENDAR OF EVENTS AROUND TOWN, UNVEILING NEW BEAU MONSTER MASCOTS AND HIGHLIGHTING THE AREA ATTRACTIONS. VISIT BEAUMONT CVB.COM/NTWIU FOR THE FULL SCHEDULE AND DETAILS ON THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS ASKING ANY INDIVIDUALS OR BUSINESSES WHO SUSTAINED ANY DAMAGES TO THEIR PROPERTIES DUE TO THE STORMS TO SELF REPORT IT AT DAMAGED TEDIM.TEXAS.GOV. THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS STILL LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP PLANT 400 TREES AT TERRELL PARK ON JUNE 1ST. SIGN UP AS AN INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY OR GROUP AT BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOV SLASH GROW BMT AND HELP GROW BEAU WITH US. IF YOU WANT TO GET A JUMP ON FALL. REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR BEAUMONT RECREATION'S YOUTH COED FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE. SIGN UP BY JUNE 2ND FOR THE SEASON, WHICH RUNS SEPTEMBER 7TH THROUGH OCTOBER 19TH FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AGES 7 TO 14. VOLUNTEER COACHES AND REFS ARE ALSO NEEDED, AND YOU CAN CONTACT THE STERLING PRUITT CENTER FOR MORE INFORMATION OR REGISTER ONLINE AT TEAM SIDELINE COMBO MONT. AND SAVE THE DATE FOR THE CITY'S JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, WHICH IS HAPPENING ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH FROM 4 TO 9 P.M. GET READY FOR A SPECTACULAR MUSICAL LINEUP, CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WE HONOR THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNETEENTH IN BEAUMONT. EVENTS HAS A STACKED CALENDAR FOR SUMMER FUN, STARTING WITH GO SKATE DAY ON JUNE 22ND, A SUNDOWN CONCERT ON JULY 11TH, AND JAZZ AT THE LAKE ON AUGUST 8TH. BE SURE TO FOLLOW THEM ON FACEBOOK TO STAY UP TO DATE. WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE CITY AND AS WE KNOW, IT'S STARTING TO GET HOT AROUND HERE. BUT THE CITY HAS PLENTY OF PLACES TO COOL OFF. THE TWO POOLS AND TEN SPLASH PADS ARE OPEN SEASONALLY FROM MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH LABOR DAY. CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE TO FIND THE CLOSEST LOCATION TO YOU AND A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT THE SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP IS HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY, RIGHT HERE AT 1:30 P.M. AND ANOTHER FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT THE CITY WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, MAY 27TH FOR MEMORIAL DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR PROCLAMATIONS AND ARE THE PRESENTATION, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO LEAVE. SO FEEL FREE TO DO SO. AND WE THANK YOU FOR COMING. WHAT DID I JUST SAY? MIKE, WE'RE GOING TO GET UP AND LEAVE.AND I UNDERSTAND HENRY R SMITH IS IN THE HOUSE, AND HE IS A WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST. SO WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. APPRECIATE YOU. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO
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SPEAK. YOU MAY MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE AND FIVE, OR ANY OTHER TOPIC. ITEM FOUR HAS ALREADY BEEN HEARD IN PUBLIC HEARINGS. THEREFORE, CITIZENS CANNOT SPEAK ON THAT. THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE SAY YOUR ADDRESS, CITY AND STATE. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP, PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT MYSELF, OUR COUNCIL CANNOT RESPOND WHENEVER YOU'RE MAKING COMMENTS, BUT SOMEONE FROM OUR OFFICE WILL CONTACT YOU, LARRY. AND I THINK IT'S. I DON'T WANT TO MISPRONOUNCE THE LAST NAME. BEARD I'M SORRY. BE RIGHT. OKAY.FOR THE COUNCILMAN, CITY COUNCIL , MY NAME IS LARRY. BE RIGHT. I STAY AT NINE FOUR, SIX FIVE MEADOW BEND DRIVE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. 77706. I THIS IS MY FIRST TIME COMING TO A CITY COUNCIL
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MEETING, AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME MAKING COMMENTS, BUT, I HAVE AN ISSUE THAT IS GOING ON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AND ADDRESS IF THEY CAN. SO WHAT IT IS THAT, MY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MEADOW LANE, MEADOW LANE AND SPRING MEADOW, THEY BOTH HAVE NATURAL GAS HOOKUPS. NOW FOR THE SECTION WHERE I STAY AT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE TWO STREETS.AND ALL OF THE HOUSES IN MY SECTION IS ALL NATURAL. I MEAN, THERE'S ALL, ELECTRICAL. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. AND IF YOU CAN PLEASE, CONTACT THE, UTILITIES COMPANIES TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS THAT I HAVE, BEEN USING MY GENERATOR FOR YEARS, AND NOW I'M GETTING TOO OLD TO BE HOLDING GAS BACK AND FORTH IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, SOMETIMES YOU MAY NOT FIND GAS, BUT I'M JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. AND THEN ONE OTHER LITTLE THING, WHEN I WAS SITTING ON A BENCH, IF I DON'T GO OVER, OUTSIDE WHEN I GOT UP TO COME INTO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, I, STUMBLED. IT WAS A LITTLE ON THE ON THE SOUTH SIDEWALK OUT THERE. IT WAS JUST A LITTLE SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE PAVEMENT, AND, I JUST WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE AWARE OF THIS BECAUSE IT IS AN ACCIDENT, ISSUE. AND SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. MELISSA BRADFORD.
I'M GOING TO REFRAIN FROM SAYING MY COMPLETE ADDRESS DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR SCHEDULING THAT MEETING WITH ME IN FEBRUARY TO DISCUSS THOSE SAFETY CONCERNS. I KNOW I'M ONLY ALLOWED SO MANY MINUTES, SO I'M GOING TO GET RIGHT TO THE CHASE.
BUT I WAS, WORKING ON HIS CAR AND DOING SOMETHING. HIT THE PHONE. SOME OTHER LOCATION.
YEAH, I JUST SAW IT NOW, SO I CALLED YOU. NOW WHAT? YOU GOING TO HAVE TO FILE NORMAN? OKAY, CHECK THIS OUT. YOU KNOW, WE GOING OVER YOUR DOCUMENTS AND STUFF, RIGHT? YEAH I'M LIKE, HOLD ON. SOMEBODY RIGHT BY THIS? LET ME TURN MY TV DOWN. HOLD ON. I AIN'T TOO LONG. GOT UP. YEAH.
I'M LIKE, I'M LOOKING AT IT. I'M GOING OVER IT. AND I SAID, OKAY, I'LL DRIVE UP A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. BUT NO, I'M LOOKING AT IT. I'M SAYING HOLD ON. SOMETHING AIN'T RIGHT. I DON'T FEEL RIGHT. AND THEN I LOOKED AT IT. YOU FILE A MOTION, YOU FILE THIS MOTION WITH THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE. WITH THE DISTRICT COURT. OKAY NOW, THAT MOTION SUPPOSED TO BE FORWARDED TO TRENT. ALL RIGHT, WHAT IS THE SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE? ALL RIGHT, TRY TO TAKE THAT MOTION AND ASSIGN ANOTHER JUDGE OVER THEIR CASE. BUT THE DISTRICT JUDGE FOR HIS TRAP NAME. AND THEN IN THE LAST OF YOUR ORDER, HE TELLS THE CLERK, STUPID. TELL THE CLERK TO SEND A COPY TO TRAP. NOW WHY WOULD TRAP SEND A COPY TO HIMSELF? AND HE THE ONE DRAFT THE DOCUMENT? NO HE DIDN'T. THE JUDGE AND THIS JUDGE. THEY JUST. THE JUDGE MADE THAT DECISION THAT PUT A TRAP NAME ON THEM. WHAT? STOP IT RIGHT THERE. THAT RECORDING IS BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE LEGAL AID PERSON THAT WAS ASSISTING ME WITH MY CASE. AND HE ALSO DID A SWORN AFFIDAVIT OF THIS DOCUMENT FROM THAT JUDGE. I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SAY HIS NAME, STATING THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE WHOM I MOTION TO TRANSFER WERE MOTION TO RECUSE AND DISQUALIFY THE 136 JUDGE DID NOT GET SENT TO HIS OFFICE. THAT WAS ALREADY DOCUMENTED BEFORE WE MET WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE ON THAT SAME DAY, THE SAME DAY WE EXPOSED THEM, HE FINALLY RELEASED $99,708 OF MY STOLEN
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FUNDS OF $46,000. THIS MONEY WAS PAID TO ME AND MY MORTGAGE COMPANY TO REPAIR MY DAMAGED PROPERTY. FOR YEARS THEY'VE BEEN WITHHOLDING MY MONEY IN THE COURT REGISTRY ILLEGALLY. NOW THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN RANTING AND RAVING ABOUT THIS ALSO AND POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON MY BEHALF BECAUSE I'M CONSTANTLY BEING IGNORED BY THE COMMISSIONER COURTS. THANK YOU.THANK. AND DANIEL JEANS. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. GLAD TO BE HERE. DANIEL JEANS WITH THE H O W CENTER, 2509 CABLE AVENUE. I JUST WANTED TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO OUR GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT THROUGH THE YEARS. HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. AND ABOVE ALL, GOD. IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. IT'S BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR 15 YEARS. APPRECIATE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER GETTING BEHIND US, THE MAYOR AND ALL OF ALL THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A FANCY AFFAIR BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FANCY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO TAKE SOME PICTURES AND JUST RECOGNIZE AND LET THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT, GOD IS GOOD. AND, WE REALLY APPRECIATE BEING PART OF THE NORTH END COMMUNITY. WE'RE IN, STARTS AT 11:00, AND, WE'D LOVE TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE. THANK YOU, MR. HOWELL. EDDIE ALLEN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EDDIE ALLEN. NINE SIX, NINE FIVE GROSSE BEAUMONT, 77707. I'VE COME BEFORE YOU MULTIPLE TIMES STATING 911 WAS CALLED REGARDING MY SIX FOOT FENCE WITH PADLOCK IN THAT FENCE WAS JUMPED, JUMPED MY DOORBELL, NOR A KNOCK WAS INITIATED AT MY DOOR. LESS AND LEARNED A NOTARIZED, TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. MEANS NOTHING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I'VE LEARNED THAT THAT WITNESSES MEAN NOTHING AS WELL. THE RESPONDING OFFICER, WITH BADGE PRIVILEGE, DISREGARD MY PRESENCE. WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF HIS CAR, THE MAN IN THE WHITE TRUCK IN FRONT OF MY DRIVEWAY WAS ALLOWED TO INTERFERE AND SPEAK WITH HIM FIRST. I'M SURE HIS NAME DID NOT MATCH MY CALLED NAMED 911. THE OFFICER SPOKE WITH ME LAST. DISREGARDING I MADE THE CALL, HE ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON AND I DID REPLY COME WITH ME TO IN IN THE BACK AND I'LL SHOW YOU MY SIX FOOT FENCE THAT WAS JUMPED OUT. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED. THE SECOND ONE AS WELL AS TO SPEAK WITH HIM. I ASKED TO SPEAK WITH, THE BOSS OF SUPER CENTER, AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD SENT HIS EMPLOYEE HOME.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THE GUY THAT JUMPED MY FENCE WAS. HE JUST LEFT. I WAS TOLD BY THE RECORDS DEPARTMENT APRIL 16TH THAT A, AN ATTORNEY STATEMENT WAS NEEDED FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET A NARRATIVE. BECAUSE I DID GIVE ALL OF YOU A COPY OF THE INCIDENT REPORT WITH NOTHING ON IT. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE SUPERVISOR AND ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUND IT UNNECESSARY TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF WHAT THE FINAL REPORT SHOULD HAVE SAID. IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE ARE DAMAGES THAT, THE CITY'S ATTORNEY SAID THERE WERE NONE. THE SIDE OF MY GENERAC HAS BEEN A WHOLE BORE IN IT. MY FENCE IS DAMAGED AND I'M A LITTLE UPSET STILL, BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE TO CALL 911 OFFICERS, THAT RESPONDS AND THE JUMPER GETS NOTHING. NOT EVEN A CITATION, NOT EVEN A WARNING. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE RECORDS CLERK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT ADVISE THE LEGAL ATTORNEY THAT I WAS NOT INTERESTED IN ANYTHING GOING TO, THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL. SO MY INPUT DOESN'T MATTER, BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A ONE SIDED VIEW. IT IS TRANSPARENT THAT CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED. AND IF I DON'T FAINT OR FALTER, I'LL REAP THE BENEFIT. THANK YOU FOR SERVING, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, WILLIAM SHACKLEFORD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS WILLIAM SHACKLEFORD, AND
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I LIVE AT THREE, EIGHT, FIVE MANNING STREET, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, I'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE BIT OVER THREE YEARS NOW, AND, I HAVE NOTICED SOME THINGS THAT, THAT HAVE BROUGHT MY CONCERNS. NUMBER ONE, WE NEED SOME HELP ON THE NORTH END. JUST A LITTLE BIT. NOT MUCH. I KNOW IT TAKES TIME TO DO ANYTHING. I DO KNOW THAT. BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HELP WILL HELP. AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BIO PROGRAM, AND THERE'S A FEW HOMES ON MY BLOCK. THEY KNOW THEY SHOTGUN HOUSES. THEY WAS DAMAGED DURING HARVEY AND SO THEREFORE IT DON'T TAKE BUT A PICKUP TRUCK AND A TRAILER TO KNOCK DOWN THESE HOUSES. YOU DON'T NEED A WHOLE LOT THAT WOULD BETTER OUR COMMUNITY. I AM ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND I WILL BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THOSE SOME OF MY CONCERNS, AS WE GO ON WITH THIS, TRYING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY, I JUST WANT TO PLAY A PART AND I DO PLAY A PART. ANOTHER ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS LAWN CARE. THE LAWN CARE GUYS THAT TAKE CARE OF THE LAWNS, TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY. THEY BLOW ALL THE GRASS IN THE STREET. AND IF YOU DRIVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU WILL SEE CLUMPS OF GRASS IN THE STREET. THIS CAUSED DRAINAGE PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT RAINS, ESPECIALLY HARD AS IT RAINS IN THIS DAY AND TIME, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY KIND OF ORDER THAT WE CAN ADOPT TO START PENALIZING SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, WE HAD CODE ENFORCERS OUT HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH AUTHORITY THEY HAVE OR HOW MUCH THEY CAN DO, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN, YOU KNOW, START LETTING THESE PROPERTY OWNERS KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM. AND SOME OF THIS IS CAUSED BY FLOODING, A LOT OF FLOODING. AND SO, I JUST WISH WE WOULD KIND OF LOOK INTO THAT. LYLE MUSIC IN AUTOMOBILES. I KNOW IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, BUT TWO, THREE, 4:00 IN THE MORNING IS RALLYING THE HOUSE. AND I KNOW WE ALL HAVE THIS PROBLEM SOMETIME IN OUR COMMUNITIES. I KNOW SO MUCH YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, BUT I'M JUST ASKING THAT. THAT, START FINDING SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. WE NEED TO ADOPT SOME ORDERS. WE REALLY, TRULY DO. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN THE ORDER IN THE PLACE RIGHT NOW OR NOT, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE POSSIBLY NEED TO LOOK INTO. BEAUMONT IS A GOOD CITY TO LIVE. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. WILLIAM JOHNSON. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS WILLIAM JOHNSON. I LIVE AT 1045 MADISON STREET AND MY COMPLAINT IS STILL AGAINST MY BANK. ON THE SECOND AND THE SIXTH OF 2024, I WENT TO MY BANK AS I USUALLY DO ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH, TO TAKE CARE OF MY LITTLE BANKING. I WALKED IN THE BANK AND THE BANK. THE PRESIDENT OF THE BANK STOPPED ME WHEN I WAS GOING TO THE FRONT DESK TO WITHDRAW THEIR MONEY OUT OF MY ACCOUNT, I FOUND OUT THAT MY ACCOUNT WAS IN NOTHING IN IT TO WITHDRAW. IT SEEMED AS THOUGH SOMEONE HAD WENT TO THE CHASE BANK OUT ON FEELING AND CALL COLLEGE AND TOOK MADE A CHECK OUT FOR $700. THIS IS AT THE, WALK IN. I DO ALL MY BANKING THROUGH THE WALK IN. JUST WALK IN AND WALK UP TO THE COUNTER, AND THE LADIES USUALLY TAKE CARE OF ME. A $700 CHECK WAS TAKEN OUT ON THE FIRST AND THE 25TH. A $900 CHECK WAS TAKEN OUT ON THE FIRST AND THE 30TH. WHAT DID I DO? I TALKED TO THE BANK PRESIDENT. SHE LET ME KNOW RIGHT OFF HAND. GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I ASKED HER ABOUT THE CAMERA SYSTEM, THAT THEY GOT ALL CAMERAS, ALL OVER THE PLACE. COULD I SEE? NO. GO TO THE POLICE. I WENT TO THE POLICE. I CALLED, GOT TWO DIFFERENT POLICE NUMBERS, AND I CALLED THEM. THE ONLY REALLY HELP THAT I GOT FROM THE POLICE WAS THIS OFFICER Y'ALL GOT WORKING OUTSIDE THE DOOR AFTER I CAME IN HERE AND SPOKE TO Y'ALL ONE DAY, HE CAUGHT ME OUTSIDE AND HE CALLED.[00:35:05]
HE CALLED ACROSS TOWN TO SOME, TO THE OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT. FROM THAT, I GOT A STATEMENT. I WENT TO THE BANK THAT MONTH AND NOTHING WASN'T PUT IN. I WENT TO THE BANK THIS PAST MONTH, AND I SEEN WHERE A $700 CHECK HAD BEEN DEPOSITED, A $700 HAD BEEN HAD BEEN DEPOSITED TO MY ACCOUNT.I'M STILL LACKING $900. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY. I HAD A CHECK FOR $700 TAKEN OUT ON THE 25TH. I HAD A $900 TAKEN OUT OF MY ACCOUNT ON THE ON THE 30TH, AND I'M STILL LOOKING FOR THE $900 CHECK. I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION, AND I WANTED TO THANK THE OFFICER OUTSIDE FOR DIRECTING ME. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I'M STILL LOOKING FOR MY MONEY.
THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU ALL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION AND A
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SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA TO APPROVE? SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND OF APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN TURNER? YES, SIR, MR. MANAGER, STAFF ON ITEM D, I SEE WE HAVE 4606 ITEMS THAT NEED REPLACING WITH OUR ANTENNAS, EITHER REPLACING, REPAIRING, OR REPROGRAMING, IT CAME IN TO A THOUSAND UNDER BUDGET, BUT DO WE HAVE, LIKE, SCHEDULED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN EXISTENCE? I'M JUST KIND OF CONCERNED WITH THAT NUMBER BEING SO LARGE, YES, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE, I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE, HOWEVER, I BELIEVE DUE TO, LIKE, SOME STAFFING ISSUES, WE GOT BEHIND AND IT HAS SNOWBALLED TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE AT NOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUST BLANKETLY COVER THE WHOLE CITY, BUT THE, MR. DOWNS DOES HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE THAT THE, THE MAINTENANCE IS GOING TO, TO BEGIN AGAIN. AND SO WE SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. OKAY. YEAH. THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS WITH THE NUMBER THAT LARGE YOU KNOW, JUST ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. IF WE'RE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVING IN PLACE. AND IF WE DON'T WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO GET IT THERE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT A NUMBER THIS LARGE IN THE FUTURE? THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN DARIO, THEN COUNCILMAN GETZ. SO THE, WITH THESE METERS OR ANTENNAS BEING REPLACED, DID HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WATER BILLING PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING LATELY? NO, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT MISREADING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT COULD IT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE TO DO WITH MISREADING, IF THERE HAS BEEN MISREADING, BECAUSE, STAFF IS HAVING TO GO OUT AND MANUALLY READ BECAUSE THEIR ANTENNAS ARE NOT RESPONDING BACK TO THE SYSTEM, ARE WE STILL CHARGING CUSTOMERS FOR THESE DAMAGED ANTENNAS? AT ONE TIME, THEY WERE CHARGING THEM. IF THEY WAS DAMAGED, THEY WERE CHARGED THEM LIKE $146. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, 45 HAD THAT IN PLACE TO DO THAT. SO ARE THEY, IT'S LIKE IF IT'S THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED TO SOMEBODY, WE'RE CHARGING THEM. YEAH, WE'LL WE'LL WAIVE IT. YES, SIR. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GATES. I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. I REMEMBER WHEN JOHNSON CONTROLS CAME TO THE CITY AND SOUGHT US ON A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PACKAGE TO PUT THIS VERY SOPHISTICATED SYSTEM INTO PLACE. PRIOR TO THAT TIME, ALL OF OUR METERS WERE MECHANICAL IN NATURE. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE LOSING REVENUE BECAUSE THE MECHANICAL METERS WERE WOULD, BECOME OBSOLETE OR THE DEFECT OF IN SOME WAY. AND, WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS THE GREATEST WHIZ BANG THING TO DO, I DON'T THINK WE WERE TOLD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SPENDING A HALF $1 MILLION WITHIN TEN YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT SYSTEM, WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WHAT KIND OF WHAT KIND OF, WARRANTY DO THEY HAVE? WHAT KIND OF, GUARANTEE DO THEY HAVE? WHEN THEY SOLD US THIS SYSTEM? I BELIEVE THE ENDPOINTS HAVE BEEN A TEN YEAR WARRANTY ON THEM. SO SOME OF IT COULD BE WARRANTY REPAIR OR JUST AT THE POINT. NOW WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND CHANGE THEM BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO READ SO MANY METERS EACH MONTH. ONCE THIS IS ONCE THIS HAS BEEN CORRECTED, WE'RE GOING TO REALLOCATE OUR METER READERS TO DO MAINTENANCE EVERY MONTH. SO[00:40:02]
IF THEY'RE IF THE ONES BEING BUILT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE OUT MAINTENANCE CYCLE ONE. SO EVERY MONTH WILL BE STAYING ON TOP OF IT. AND THE PRICE IS, IS A I MEAN, THE COMPANY HAS DONE THEIR BEST TO GIVE US AN ESTIMATE FOR BUDGET. WE WON'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST UNTIL WE GET OUT THERE. I MEAN, WE MAY COME ACROSS SOME THAT CAN BE WARRANTY REPLACED. WE MAY COME ACROSS. IT WAS MORE OF WE HAD A LOW END AND MIDDLE END AND A LARGE END, AND WE PICKED THE MIDDLE END TO BUDGET FOR, SO THAT WAS AN ESTIMATE OF THIS IS HOW MANY ARE NOT READING. THIS IS WHAT IT COULD COST. AS, AS STATED IN THE AGENDA MEMO, WE WON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL COST UNTIL WE GET OUT THERE. WELL, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE BIG SELLING POINT OF GOING TO THIS AUTOMATIC, AUTOMATED METER READING WAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPRECIATE A BIG COST SAVINGS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE YOUR METER READERS GO TO INDIVIDUALLY. THEY'LL JUST DRIVE BY ON THE STREET AND THEY'LL HAVE THEIR LITTLE DEVICE THAT'LL COMMUNICATE WITH THE ANTENNA, AND IT'LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH WATER USAGE. IS THAT HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK? ONCE IT ONCE EVERYTHING'S WORKING, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO OUT.EVERYTHING'S THROUGH REPEATERS, COLLECTORS. AND THEN, IT SENDS THE SIGNAL BACK TO THE SERVER, AND WE BUILT THAT WAY. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE 100% READING BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, DAMAGED ENDPOINTS, CUT CABLES, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOAL IS TO GET BACK UP THERE. SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE GOING OUT EACH MONTH. OKAY. COUNCILMAN NEAL.
COUNCILMAN SHAW, SO YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO WAIVE THE FEE ON THE DAMAGED ONES OR YOU WOULD WAIVE IT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO WAIVE IT BEFORE YOU SEND THE BILL TO THE CUSTOMER. RIGHT. WE WON'T. WE WON'T, WE HAVEN'T BEEN BILLING THE CUSTOMER THE FIRST CHARGE. OKAY. BUT WE DO WANT THEM TO KNOW ABOUT IT THOUGH, SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE AND YOU KNOW, THAT THERE COULD BE A POSSIBLE BILLING IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN, WHEN ONE OF THESE IS GETTING WORN OUT, THERE'S ONLY A TEN YEAR LIFE CYCLE ON IT. THE CUSTOMER SHOULDN'T BE BILLED FOR THAT. WE'RE NOT BUILDING THAT. WE'RE BILLING WHEN THERE'S DAMAGE, LIKE CUT CABLES. THE ANTENNAS ON THE TOP GOT RAN OVER WITH A LAWN MOWER. THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FAIRCHILD, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING
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OF ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE? THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF TWO PENTAIR HYDRA-MATIC PUMPS AND A NEW CARRIER ASSEMBLY RAILING SYSTEM AT THE LONGSTREET LIFT STATION. AND THIS COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE? COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO CTEX CONSTRUCTION CORP OF BEAUMONT FOR THE FORESIGHT DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO? SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER TWO? PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE? COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE. CHANGE ORDER NUMBER THREE TO THE CONTRACT WITH THE ALCO LLC FOR THE STREET REHABILITATION. CITY WISE CITYWIDE PHASE FIVE REBID PROJECT. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? MOVED TO APPROVE. SECOND. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN GETS. BART, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE THAT THIS TYPE OF A EXPENDITURE NEEDS TO BE MADE? YES, SIR, WHEN WE[00:45:03]
BID THIS PROJECT, INITIALLY, WE PUT AN ADDITIVE ITEM INTO THE BID FOR THE ROADS AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BECAUSE THERE SIMPLY END OF LIFE AND NEED TO BE REHABBED. WE HAD PREVIOUSLY BID THEM AS A SEPARATE PROJECT, AND THE BIDS WERE FAR EXCEEDING WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE COST. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED IT IN THE STREET REHAB CONTRACT.THIS TIME AROUND, HOWEVER, WE WERE UNSURE OF THE WATER REVENUE BONDS AND WHEN THEY WERE GOING OUT. SO AT THE TIME WE AWARDED THE STREET REHAB CONTRACT, WE DIDN'T AWARD THE ADDITIVE, ITEM FOR THE ROADS AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AT THAT TIME. BUT NOW THAT WE'VE RESOLVED THE TIMING ON WHEN THOSE WATER REVENUE BONDS ARE GOING OUT, WE'RE PUTTING A CHANGE ORDER IN AWARDING IT THE AMOUNT OF THIS IS THE SAME THAT THEY BID AT THE TIME THE CONTRACT WENT OUT. SO WHAT TYPE OF ROADS ARE THESE AND HOW MUCH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC DO THEY GET? WHAT WHAT KIND OF CONDITION ARE THEY IN? THEY'RE ASPHALT SURFACE ROADS AND THEY'VE JUST WORN OUT OVER TIME.
WE'VE DONE CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE. WE'VE HAD FLOODING OUT THERE, AS YOU KNOW, AND THEY'VE JUST WORN OUT. YOU GET A LOT OF HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE AT TIMES, PLUS SOME LIGHT TRAFFIC. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE? COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST TO ABANDON A PORTION OF STEWART, LEEPER, VERONE AND LAMAR STREET RIGHTS OF WAY. AND AT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON APRIL 15TH, 2020, FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, RECOMMENDED FIVE ZERO TO APPROVE THE REQUEST WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ONE. A DRAINAGE EASEMENT SHALL BE RETAINED ON VERONE, STEWART AND LAMAR STREET TO MAINTAIN ALL EXISTING STORM SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. TWO PROPOSED SANITARY SEWER PLANS MUST RECEIVE APPROVAL APPROVAL FROM THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. THREE PROPOSED RELOCATION OF FIRE HYDRANTS MUST RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND FOUR. ANY STREETLIGHTS WITHIN THE ABANDONED AREA SHALL CONVERT TO PRIVATE SECURITY LIGHTS WITHIN A PRIVATE PROPERTY UPON APPROVAL OF THE OF THE ABANDONMENT. SECURITY LIGHTING IS OPTIONAL AND THEREFORE BILLING FOR CONTINUED USAGE SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE OWNER OF THE LIGHT SHALL BE REMOVED. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR MOVED TO APPROVE? SECOND, AND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE ANY OPPOSED MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY
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MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE, READ THE NOTICE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC SERVICES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS LINE ITEMS OF THE CONSOLIDATED GRANT PROGRAMS, 2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND CONSIDER APPROVING A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. OKAY, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. MISS CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY? OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL CLOSE THE DISCUSSION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND, MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM[REGULAR AGENDA]
NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE? COUNCIL, CONSIDER APPROVING A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECORD, RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE MOVED TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN TURNER, YES. MR. MANAGER, ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE GENTLEMAN MR. WILL CAME UP AND SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE VACANT HOMES AND ROUND DOWN HOMES THAT ARE KIND OF LEFT AND SOME OF MY OLDER PARTS OF TOWN, I KNOW WE HAVE A CHOTO PROGRAM, AND TO MY UNDERSTANDING, WE'VE REALLY BEEN OPERATING WITH ONE CHOTO WHAT I CAN DO IS I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLIMENT JESS ON HER PRODUCTIVITY WITH OUR CDBG FUNDING, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT ALMOST TRIPLE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON[00:50:01]
COUNCIL ON A NUMBER OF APPLICANTS. BUT WITH THIS TROTTO PROGRAM, IT'S BASICALLY FUNDING THAT CAN GO TO FIXING UP THESE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSES. IN SOME OF THESE OLDER AREAS, IT'S TARGETED FOR THAT. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TAKE A MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH ON GETTING MORE CHOTO PARTNERS. I KNOW THE PARTNER WE HAVE IS DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT I THINK WE COULD BE A LOT MORE PRODUCTIVE, SPECIFICALLY IN THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN IF WE HAD ADDITIONAL PARTNERS. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE IT MORE OF AGGRESSIVE APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED AT THE CLOSE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATED OR PENDING LITIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.071 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. THE CLAIM OF DANETTE MEEKINS, CHARGE. NUMBER 460-2023. DASH 03201. AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE,
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COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS AND I WILL START WITH, COUNCILMAN, IS THAT COUNCILMAN NEIL DOWN THERE WITHOUT THE BEARD COMMENT. MAYOR IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. COUNCILMAN SAMUEL, COUNCILMAN PHIL SHAW, CONGRATULATIONS TO JUNE ELLIS FOR HIS RECOGNITION AND HONOR FROM HTML. YOU MAKE BEAUMONT PROUD. THANK YOU. OKAY, JUNE. CONGRATS, MAN. TURNER, JUST WANT TO DO A SECOND SHOUT OUT TO HENRY ROY SMITH. MAN, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU IN THE BUILDING, MAN. I'M PROUD OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND PUTTING ON FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. SEEING YOU DO ART ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, MAN. I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE DOWN IN THE CROWD AND STAYING THE WHOLE MEETING, SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON. MUCH RESPECT, ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO, MISS CATHERINE CAMPBELL, WHO'S OVER THE NORTH END NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. SHE'S IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN CAME EARLIER. YOU LIVE IN THE NORTH END, SO HOPEFULLY I CAN CONNECT PRIOR TO PRIOR TO THE MEETING BEING OVER, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OUR GRADUATES, WHO GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE CITY OF BEAUMONT GO OUT AND BE SUCCESSFUL AND ACCOMPLISH WHATEVER YOU THINK YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH. AND JUST SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THE PODIUM, I'M THANKFUL THAT WE DID HELP THE GENTLEMAN WHO HAD AN ISSUE WITH HIS BANK. BUT I SEE HE'S STILL BACK. SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP HIM AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT CAME TO THE PODIUM, I APPRECIATE A FOLLOW UP REPORT AND I CAN SAVE THIS FOR MY COMMENTS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE TONS OF SCAMS THAT TARGET THE ELDERLY AND, AND THE OLDER GENERATION, THERE ARE TONS OF PROMOS AND EDUCATION THAT THEY PUT OUT TO KIND OF PREVENT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS GENTLEMAN WAS ACTUALLY A PRODUCT OF THAT, BUT I KNOW OUR POLICE OFFICERS DID INVESTIGATE AND THEY WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT CASE, AND THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO IN SOME OF THESE FRAUD CASES. SO, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME AND FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, DEFINITELY CHECK ON YOUR OLDER NEIGHBORS, YOUR YOUR GRANDPARENTS AND YOUR PARENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MONITORING THEIR ACCOUNTS, THAT THEIR PASSWORDS ARE SECURE, THAT THEIR BANKING INFORMATION IS SAFE, NOT LEAVING YOUR STATEMENTS IN YOUR MAILBOX, GETTING STATEMENTS IF YOU CAN, AND BEING CAREFUL ABOUT WHERE YOU LEAVE YOUR CHECKBOOK. IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME OVER FOR HOME HEALTH AND STUFF LIKE THAT, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. SO IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION. BUT JUST KNOW THAT OUR OFFICERS DO DO ALL THAT THEY COULD TO HELP RESOLVE THE ISSUE. OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE AT LEAST ADDRESSING. I KNOW OUR STAFF HAS BEEN. I JUST WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE TO KIND OF SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. AND HE DID COME IN AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE OFFICERS DID ASSIST AND DO A GOOD JOB. SO I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. TO OUR BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT.THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GATES, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE LAMAR UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASEBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE OUTRIGHT AND GETTING THE NUMBER ONE SEED IN THE TOURNAMENT, WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW, AND WISH THEM WELL AS THEY TRY TO GET TO ALMOST TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DARIO. THANK YOU. MAYOR. FIRST, I WANT TO, WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BEST FRIEND , MY WIFE, GWEN. OR, LIKE, I LIKE TO CALL HER MY GWENPOOL, TO TELL HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR EMPLOYEES. BUILDING CODES AND CVB FOR THEIR PROCLAMATIONS. AND ALSO TO BUSD TEACHERS OF THE YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.
ALSO I ALSO WANT TO NOTE, WE DO HAVE, OR DO WE HAVE CODES, AS FAR AS WHEN YOU CUT IN THE GRASS
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AND BLOWING THE GRASS OUT ON THE STREET, THAT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE. AND YES, WE DO HAVE THAT, IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE TO KIND OF CATCH THEM IN THE ACT IN ORDER TO WRITE THE TICKETS. CALL 311. YES. WE SEE THAT. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND ALSO TO THE GRADS ALSO AND, I KNOW SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ARE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, AND THAT'S AWESOME. I CONGRATULATE THEY THEY'RE READY TO GO TO WORK. SO THAT'S AWESOME. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN SAMUEL. YES, MAYOR.I, I HEARD SOMETHING LAST NIGHT. I DIDN'T HEAR THE FULL STORY, BUT, I THINK LAMAR UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR BEING, ONE OF THE NOT JUST ONE SPORT, BUT THE PREMIER, SOME AWARD FOR THE CONFERENCE, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ON THE COMMISSIONER'S CUP, WHICH MEANT THAT THEY HAD THE OVERALL BEST SPORTS PROGRAM IN THE CONFERENCE. PRETTY MUCH.
THANK YOU. YES, YES, I THOUGHT THAT WAS WORTHY OF BEING. I DIDN'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF IT.
I HEARD IT LATE LAST NIGHT, BUT THAT MEANS THE ENTIRE PROGRAM, ATHLETIC PROGRAM. MEN, WOMEN, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, TRACK, GOLF, TOPS IN THE CONFERENCE, YES, SIR. YES, SIR. AND SOME REPORT BACK SO WE CAN GIVE SOME RECOGNITION TO THEM LATER. SOUNDS GOOD. MADAM CITY ATTORNEY . YES. SO JUST BRIEFLY, JUST BECAUSE THIS ITEM HAS COME BEFORE COUNCIL SEVERAL TIMES, MY OFFICE DID PROVIDE COUNSEL. INDEPENDENT REPORT, BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF JUST SO WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR OFFICERS DON'T IGNORE THINGS AND WE TAKE THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS VERY SERIOUSLY, OUR OFFICER ARRIVED ON SCENE AT MISS ALLEN'S HOME AND SPENT APPROXIMATELY 22 MINUTES THERE, HE DID ENGAGE WITH THE GENERIC EMPLOYEE FIRST FOR LESS MISS ALLEN APPROACHED. HE DIDN'T SPOKE, STARTED SPEAKING WITH HER . THERE'S LESS THAN A MINUTE AND A HALF BETWEEN WHEN HE SPOKE WITH THE GENERIC EMPLOYEE AND SPOKE WITH MISS ALLEN. HE SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THE CALL SPEAKING WITH HER AT ONE POINT. DURING THE CALL, HE ASKED HER WAS THE PROPERTY THAT THEY RETRIEVED THEIR PROPERTY, AND SHE DID ADMIT TO? YES. AT NO TIME DID SHE MENTION ANY DAMAGE TO HER FENCE. AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, AT LEAST ON THAT, ON THAT CALL, MISS ALLEN DID DO AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST ON APRIL 18TH. ON APRIL 19TH, OUR OFFICE REACHED OUT, SHE DID THAT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY REACHED OUT AND ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION, SHE DIDN'T RESPOND. UPON HER COMING TO COUNCIL ON THE SECOND TIME IN THE MAY 1ST MAY MEETING, I DIRECTED THEM TO SEND HER A LETTER ON MAY 9TH ASKING HER IF SHE WAS GOING TO CLARIFY OR RESCIND. ON APRIL 19TH, SHE SAID THAT SHE ON MAY 9TH, ASKING IF SHE WAS GOING TO RESCIND OR REASSERT OR MODIFY HER OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, AND SHE HAS NOT RESPONDED. SO THERE HAS NOT BEEN A NEGLECT ON OUR PART. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME MISCOMMUNICATION, BUT THAT THEY DID SEND THAT AS AN OFFICIAL LETTER AND IT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED UNDELIVERABLE. SO WE HAVE TO ASSUME THAT IT WAS RECEIVED. AND THAT'S THAT ON THAT ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 15TH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HOSTING 105TH GRADERS FROM SALLY CURTIS, WHO WANTED TO DO A MOCK TRIAL DAY. IT WAS EXTREMELY EXCITING. THEY HAD SOME BRILLIANT QUESTIONS. THEY WERE AMAZING GROUP. AND SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO JUST THANK, OUR DISTRICT CLERK, JAMIE SMITH, FOR HIS TIME. HE SPOKE WITH THE KIDS AT THE COURTHOUSE AND EXPLAINED HOW THE FILING OF CASEWORK WORKS, WE TOOK THEM OVER TO MUNICIPAL COURT, AND THEY MET WITH JUDGE LIVELY AND BREE THIBODEAU, WHO IS OUR COURT ADMINISTRATOR? JUDGE LIVELY, AS YOU KNOW, IS OUR CHIEF MAGISTRATE AS WELL AS MY PROSECUTOR, KELLY COLBERT.
THEY SPOKE WITH THEM ALL ABOUT THE INNER WORKINGS OF MUNICIPAL COURT, SOME OF THE STUDENTS DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHY THE FINES WERE SO HIGH. NO WORRIES, I DIDN'T. I TOLD THEM THAT THAT WAS NOT A COUNCIL RESPONSIBLE PARTY, BUT THEY HAD SOME VERY, VERY GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN ALSO TO JUDGE NAOMI DOYLE, WHO WAS OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER, WHO TALKED ABOUT, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND THE PEOPLE'S COURT, WE ENDED THE DAY DOING A MOCK TRIAL EXPERIMENT ON, I THINK THEIR FOCUS WAS LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. AND WHETHER OR NOT SHE COMMITTED ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES. WE DIVIDED THEM UP INTO GROUPS. ONE REPRESENTED THE PROSECUTION, OTHER REPRESENTED THE DEFENSE, AND THEY HAD SOME VERY CREATIVE STRATEGIES, ON DEFENDING HER AND PROSECUTING HER. I ALSO WANT TO JUST SHOUT OUT TO MY STAFF. MY STAFF IS AMAZING. ALL OF MY
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STAFF PITCHED IN TO HELP, COORDINATE THAT EFFORT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS FOR THEM. AND THEN, ESPECIALLY TO THE PRINCIPAL AND THE FIFTH GRADE ADMINISTRATION AT SALLY CURTIS FOR, TRUST ME, WITH THEIR BABY UNTIL 2 P.M, AND IT WAS LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A VERY GOOD DAY, BUT IT WAS VERY EXHAUSTING. HAVE A TOTALLY NEW RESPECT FOR TEACHERS, THEY DO A GREAT JOB, AND SO, YEAH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, THE CITY STAFF, EVENTS, FACILITIES FOR GIVING US THE EVENT CENTER AND SETTING THAT UP, FOR THE MANAGER OR THE COUNCIL FOR THE VISION FOR US TO PARTNER WITH BRC, TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE FOR OUR KIDS. IT WAS A GREAT DAY. SO THANK* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.