Nov 19, 2024 City Council

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THERE WE GO. WELCOME TO TODAY.

LET US PRAY. MOST GRACIOUS GOD, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE MANY FREE GIFTS YOU GIVE INTO OUR LIVES. THE GREAT BLESSINGS OF ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THIS WORLD AND TO UNDERSTAND YOUR GREATNESS. WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU BE WITH US. COUNCIL TODAY. BE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GATHERED HERE AS THEY GO ABOUT THE WORK OF THE CITY. WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO LEAD THIS CITY, A CITY THAT IS SUCH A BLESSING TO MANY. THAT DEPENDS UPON YOUR GOODNESS AND GRACIOUS FATHER. ALL THESE THINGS WE PRAY AND ASK IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AME.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE. REPUBLIC. YOU JUST. HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR WEST, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM NEAL. COUNCIL MEMBER. DARIO. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. GOETZ. PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. TURNER. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. PRESENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER. SAMUEL HERE.

[PRESENTATIONS]

IT'S OPEN TO EVERYONE, AND YOU CAN JUST SHOW UP FOR LUNCH AND AN IMPRESSIVE SHOWING FROM OUR CITY LEADERS AS WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST YEAR AND A LOOK FORWARD AT WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE FOR THE CITY. PLUS, WE'LL HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FROM LAMAR AND OUR AREA HIGH SCHOOL BANDS AND CHEERLEADERS. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN, BUT IT'S ALSO FILLED WITH SOME IMPORTANT CITY INFORMATION. SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS! BE SURE TO JOIN US! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST FROM 11 A.M. TO 1 P.M. AT THE BEAUMONT CIVIC CENTER. OR IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT, YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE. WE WILL BE STREAMING IT ON THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. FACEBOOK PAGE. WE WANT TO REMIND YOU CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED NOVEMBER 28TH AND 29TH FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. ALSO BE ADVISED THERE WILL BE NO GARBAGE HEAVY TRASH OR YARD WASTE COLLECTION AT THE CITY'S LANDFILL ON THANKSGIVING DAY SO OUR EMPLOYEES CAN ENJOY THE HOLIDAY WITH THEIR FAMILIES. BUT THE COLLECTION SCHEDULE WILL RESUME ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, AND WITH THANKSGIVING NEXT WEEK, THAT MEANS CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND THE SEVENTH ANNUAL CITY OF BEAUMONT CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING IS BACK, FEATURING A STUNNING DRONE LIGHT SHOW AND SNOW SLEDDING. TAKE A LOOK. KICK OFF THE HOLIDAYS WITH THE SEVENTH ANNUAL CITY OF BEAUMONT CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING AT THE DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER LAKE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER FOURTH AT 5 P.M. ENJOY FESTIVE MUSIC, A COLORFUL DRONE SHOW, FOOD TRUCKS AND HOLIDAY FAMILY FUN AT THE FREE CITY OF BEAUMON, CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING AT THE DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER. LAKE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4TH AT 5 P.M. SPONSORED BY EXXONMOBIL. LEARN MORE AT BEAUMONT EVENTS TX.COM. IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY TIMES YOU'LL SEE SNOW. KICK OFF THE HOLIDAYS WITH. SO THAT'S DECEMBER 4TH FROM 5 TO 730. KICK DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER LAKE NO GOOD. IT'S REALLY GOOD THOUGH TINA. SO GOOD. WE WANT TO WATCH IT OVER AND OVER. OKAY. AND FINALLY, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.

IT'S TIME FOR US TO SAY WAIT FOR IT. A FOND FAREWELL AND BEST WISHES TO AN OFFICER OF THE CIT.

OH, MAN. SHE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 32 YEARS. OFFICER CAROL RILEY BEGAN HER CAREER WITH THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT ON AUGUST 12TH OF 1992. SHE STARTED IN OUR PATROL DIVISION AS A BEAT OFFICER PROTECTING THE STREETS OF BEAUMONT. SEVEN YEARS LATER, SHE TRANSFERRED TO OUR NARCOTICS VICE UNIT AND WORKED UNDERCOVER LOCALLY AND WITH THE FBI TASK FORCE ON MANY NARCOTICS AND SEX CRIMES CASES. THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS AREAS OF THE CITY. SHE THEN TRANSFERRED TO A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, TEACHING OUR NEWEST OFFICERS THE INS AND OUTS OF BEING AN EFFECTIVE PROFESSIONAL POLICE OFFICER. IN 2010, OFFICER RILEY MOVED INTO

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OFFICER RILEY ALSO SERVED AS THE PIO FOR THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, PLAYING A CRUCIAL ROLE IN MEDIA RELATIONS AND SHARING INFORMATION DURING SOME OF THE WORST NATURAL DISASTERS THIS AREA HAS EVER SEEN. SHE SPENT NUMEROUS HOURS IN THE COMMUNITY, MEETING PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH OUTREACH PROGRAMS LIKE COPS AND KIDS DARE. BESIDES HER PROGRAM AND BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVES FOR KIDS IN NEED, SHE ORGANIZED EVENTS FOR KIDS IN HOUSING COMPLEXES. WHEN SHE WAS HOUSING OFFICER, AND SHE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SANTA IN BLUE PROGRAM. OFFICER RILEY HAS HELD THE POSITION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS. LEADING UP TO HER RETIREMENT, WHICH SADLY, WILL BE THIS COMING FRIDAY. SHE SAYS SHE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING MORE TIME WITH HER SWEET CHILDREN AND FAMILY, AND WE WISH HER THE VERY BEST OF LUCK IN HER RETIREMENT. THANK YOU, OFFICER CAROL RILEY FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO SOME THINGS JUST GIVE US MORE PLEASURE THAN OTHERS. AND THIS IS ONE THAT GIVES ME TREMENDOUS PLEASURE AND HONORING CAROL FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE. YOU HEARD OUR RESUME. YOU HEARD HER BIO, AND IT'S FANTASTIC WHAT SHE'S DONE WITH THE CITY. I THINK SHE'S WORKED IN ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT HERE OR BUILDING HERE, AND WE APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS CAROL'S LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN HER CAREER, SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HONOR HER TODAY AND DO THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HONOR HER. AND MAYOR, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE OR AFTER WE GET OKAY? SOMETHING AFTER OKAY. OKAY. THIS IS APPRECIATION OF SERVICE OFFICER CAROL RILEY, POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS, SEPTEMBER 10TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 20TH, 24. IN APPRECIATION OF YOUR 14 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, NOT JUST THE CITY AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. SO CONGRATULATIONS, CAROL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. OFFICER. MAYOR, ARE WE TRYING TO KEEP US OUT OF HERE? WE ARE HER.

WELL, IF YOU GUYS GOT OUT OF CONTROL TODAY, I WAS GOING TO FILL OUT A GREEN SLIP. SO I GUESS I'M GONNA LET YOU MAKE IT. IT'S. IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN ANYBODY SURPRISES ME, SO. GOOD JOB. JUST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TO THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. I TRULY LOVE WHAT I DO, AND I WILL MISS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THE JOB THAT I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO SERVE DOING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AGAIN, I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME WITH MY BEAUTIFUL GRANDKIDS AND CHILDREN AND I FEEL SORRY FOR THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO GET MY CITY CELL PHONE. WHOEVER GETS IT NEXT IS GOING TO DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'VE HAD A BLESSED CAREER AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR ME NEXT. I'VE MADE NO BIG PLANS. I'M WAITING TO SEE WHAT DOORS OPEN. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. CAROL, HERE'S THE LID TOO. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE KNOWN OFFICER RILEY FOR DECADES NOW, AND SHE IS. SHE HAS THE CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY THAT YOU SEE HERE FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS, BUT SHE'S BEEN DEMONSTRATING IT AS A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY FOR DECADES. BUT NOT JUST AS AN OFFICER, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND SHE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ASSET. AND I KNOW I'M GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR HER SERVICE AND HER FRIENDSHIP, AND FOR HER TO BE A PART OF OUR CITY. I'M GOING TO MISS HER, BUT I ALSO ALSO WISH HER WELL BECAUSE SHE DESERVES THIS AS WELL. SO. AND CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD? OKAY. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. CHIEF IS OUT. AGAIN? CITY

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NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM ANGELA WRIGHT, CITY OF BEAUMONT CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER ON THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AI POLICY GUIDELINES. AND.

I GUESS LET'S GET STARTED. THE CITY MANAGER HAS ASKED ME TO GIVE JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OUR NEW AI POLICY IN THE REALM OF AI THAT WE'RE VENTURING INTO, OBVIOUSLY, POLICIES HAVE TO BE IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT INFORMATION AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ETHICAL. THE USE IS ALL ETHICAL, THAT WE'RE NOT SHARING INFORMATION THAT SHOULDN'T BE SHARED AND THAT IT'S BEING USED IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY. SO FIRST THING WE DID WAS HE TASKED US TO CREATE AN AI COMMITTEE, AND WE WERE TASKED WITH CREATING AND MANAGING THE AI POLICY AND GUIDELINES. WE WILL ALSO, AFTER THIS FIRST PHASE, BE TASKED WITH REVIEWING NEW REQUESTS FOR SOFTWARE TO BE ADDED TO THE APPROVED LIST AND TO GROW ANYTHING ELSE. WITH THE AI THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE OUR EMPLOYEE COMMUNITY, OUR AI COMMITTEE IS MYSELF, BO HANSON, CHRIS BOONE, CHRISTINA LOKEY, DEMI ENGMAN, MILES HAYNES, AND TRACY KENNICK. SO JUST A LITTLE INTRODUCTION OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A SLIGHT OVERVIEW OF AI AND CITY OPERATIONS, AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AI TOOLS LIKE CHATGPT, GOOGLE, GEMINI, AND MICROSOFT COPILOT AND HOW THEY ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY BUT ALSO CARRY RISKS, FOR EXAMPLE, MISINFORMATION AND BIAS. SO TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE PROMPTS. ONE IS TO USE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC PROMPTS. ACTUALLY, I FEEL LIKE I MISSED A SLIDE. OKAY MAYBE NOT. SORRY. TO USE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC PROMPTS, AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE TELL ME ABOUT DOGS. TRY TO DESCRIBE THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TEMPERAMENT OF A GOLDEN RETRIEVER. USE GROUNDING TECHNIQUES. SO YOU'RE GOING TO ATTRIBUTE OUTPUT TO A SOURCE BY SPECIFYING ACCORDING TO RECENT STUDIES, YOU'RE GOING TO SET CONSTRAINTS AND RULES. YOU'RE GOING TO USE CLEAR RULES TO GUIDE OUTPUT. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WOULD WRITE A ASK IT TO WRITE A 14 LINE SONNET ON LOVE WITH TEN SYLLABLES PER LINE. YOU CAN USE MULTI-STEP PROMPTS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, RATHER THAN ASKING WHAT IS THE BEST DIABETES TREATMENT, YOU WOULD BREAK IT DOWN IN LOWEST COMMON DIABETES TREATMENTS, FOLLOWED BY WHICH TREATMENTS ARE MOST EFFECTIVE, ACCORDING TO RECENT STUDIES. YOU ALSO WANT TO ASSIGN OH, THAT IS NOT WHAT I WANTED IT TO DO. I'M GOING TO WANT TO ALSO ASSIGN A ROLE TO AI. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT IT TO INSTEAD OF SAYING, TELL ME ABOUT QUANTUM MECHANICS, YOU'RE GOING TO SPECIFY, AS A RESEARCHER, HOW WOULD I HOW WOULD I EXPLAIN QUANTUM MECHANICS? YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US ANY OF THESE ANSWERS AND SOME EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICAL USE. YOU WOULD USE IT FOR TRAINING OUTLINES FOR AI ETHICS.

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ONE EXAMPLE FOR PRACTICAL USE, USING THE INFORMATION FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, I ASKED CHATGPT. LET'S SEE IF IT PLAY.

GUESS IT DOESN'T LIKE MY WIFI. I HAD ASKED IT TO PROVIDE ME INFORMATION ON THE CITY PARKS AND WHAT CAMERAS WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN THE CITY PARKS, AND IT DETAILED OUT INFORMATION FROM A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMO. SO A RESPONSIBLE USE CHECKLIST YOU'RE GOING TO VERIFY ACCURACY AND CHECK FOR BIAS. YOU'RE GOING TO ENSURE PRIVACY LABELED AI THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ENSURE PRIVACY.

YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU LABEL AI GENERATED CONTENT AND YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW CITY POLICIES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SLIDE, WHICH IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF ALL OF YOUR PACKETS, IT STATES AT THE BOTTO. THIS PRESENTATION WAS PARTIALLY CREATED USING CHAT COPILOT AND CHATGPT. SO THAT TELLS YOU THAT SOME OF THIS INFORMATION WAS GARNERED THAT WAY. SO FOR VERIFYING ACCURACY, YOU'RE GOING TO ENSURE CONTENT ACCURACY BEFORE USING AI GENERATED MATERIAL FOR OFFICIAL CITY DOCUMENTS TO VERIFY SOURCES AND PROVIDE ATTRIBUTION AS NECESSARY. YOU WANT TO CHECK FOR BIAS AND INCLUSIVITY. CAREFULLY REVIEW AI OUTPUTS FOR UNINTENDED BIAS OR CONTENT THAT MAY BE EXCLUSIONARY. USING FAIR AND INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE, YOU WANT TO ENSURE PRIVACY AND SECURITY. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO PUT INPUT, CONFIDENTIAL OR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION INTO ANY AI TOOLS OR SPECIFICALLY ANY CITY, ANY CITY DATA THAT IS NOT PUBLICLY ALLOWED. SO YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW CITY DATA SECURITY PROTOCOLS. AND AS WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, LABEL AI GENERATED CONTENT AND FOLLOW CITY POLICIE. ALL EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO RECEIVE ANNUAL TRAINING, JUST LIKE WE DO FOR CYBERSECURITY. ALL EMPLOYEES THAT USE ANY KIND OF COMPUTER, BECAUSE AI IS ACTIVELY GROWING, IT'S BEING INCLUDED IN A LOT OF SOFTWARES THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL. WE CAN'T BLOCK IT. IT'S JUST THERE. AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT NO MATTER WHAT WE DO. SO EVERY EMPLOYEE IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO TAKE ANNUAL AI TRAINING. AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO PROTECT SENSITIVE DATA, AVOID SHARING ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIED INFORMATION. AND USE AND USE ONLY APPROVED CLOUD PLATFORMS WITH VENDOR AUDITS. BECAUSE ANY PLATFORMS ARE NOT APPROVED. COULD BE STORING OUR INFORMATION INCORRECTLY OR INSECURELY. AND

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WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW WE DEAL WITH IT EVERY DAY. WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT ALREADY USE IT.

WE HAVE PUBLIC THAT'S USING IT. WE HAVE VENDORS THAT SUBMIT US PROPOSALS CREATED BY AI, ETC. SO WE WERE JUST BEING PROACTIVE IN CREATING A POLICY IN HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT, TO MAKE SURE A VENDOR DISCLOSES THAT THEY PUT THEIR PROPOSAL TOGETHER WITH AI OR ETC. MAKE SURE WE DON'T CORRUPT OUR SYSTEMS WITH PEOPLE USING IT INTERNALLY. SO WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH NOW, BUT WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AND WELL INTO THE FUTURE. AND WE THINK THIS WILL SERVE US WELL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. YOU GET TO DO THE NEXT PRESENTATION AS WELL. SO ON PARKS ACADEMY TODAY. SO AS PEOPLE CAN SEE PLEASE BEGIN. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL PRESENTATION FOR PARKS CAMERA INSTALLATIONS. AGAIN AS YOU WILL SEE AT THE BOTTOM, THIS PRESENTATION WAS PARTIALLY CREATED USING COPILOT AND CHATGPT. ALL RIGHT. SO TODAY IN THIS PRESENTATION WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE COMMITTEE. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LOGISTICS AND PLANNING. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT CAMERA FOOTPRINT THAT WE HAVE IN THE PARKS RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE FY 25 BUDGET. REQUEST, AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO GET THE REMAINING PARKS. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS. SO OUR PARKS CAMERA COMMITTEE IS MYSELF, BART BARTKOWIAK, CHRIS BOONE, CODY CORTES, CODY HENSLEY, JIMMY NEAL, JUSTIN HARGRAVES, KENNETH RAGGETT, KENNY SMITH, AND MICHAEL GARRIS. OKAY, SO A LITTLE BIT OF LOGISTICS. SO FOR CAMERA INSTALLATIONS IN THE PARKS, IT'S MOST COST EFFICIENT AND

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CURRENTLY, WE HAVE CAMERAS AT FOLSOM HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. WE HAVE TWO CAMERAS THAT COST $6,045 FOR INSTALL, AND IT HAS A RECURRING COST OF $995. GULF TERRACE HIKE AND BIKE HAS TWO CAMERAS WITH A COST, INSTALLATION COST AND RECURRING COST MATCHING THE FOLSOM HIKE AND BIKE KLEIN PARK. WE HAVE CAMERAS, TWO CAMERAS IN THE NORTH PARKING LOT, TWO CAMERAS IN THE SOUTH PARKING LOT WITH COST OF $14,640, WITH A RECURRING COST OF 1990. ALICE ALICE KEITH PARK COMMUNITY CENTER WE HAVE FIVE CAMERAS WITH A TOTAL COST OF 27,145, AND A RECURRING ANNUAL COST OF 1895. CENTRAL PARK IMAGINATION STATION HAS THREE CAMERAS WITH A COST OF 13,395, AND A RECURRING YEARLY COST OF 1145. JOHN PAUL DAVIS, CENTER, HAS FIVE CAMERAS WITH A COST OF 12,250 AND A RECURRING YEARLY COST OF 750, AND ROGERS PARK. WE HAVE CAMERAS LOCATED AT MILLER LIBRARY, TWO OF THOSE FOR 5750, WITH A RECURRING COST OF $300. AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THERE ARE TWO CAMERAS AT THE DYLAN PARK OR DYLAN PARKING LOT. THERE ARE THREE CAMERAS AT THE GLADYS PARKING LOT. THERE ARE THREE CAMERAS WITH A TOTAL COST OF $19,250, WITH A RECURRING YEARLY COST OF $1,050. SO FOR FY 25 PARKS BUDGET REQUEST, WE HAVE A TOTAL INITIAL COST OF $80,276.76, WITH A RECURRING YEARLY COST OF $14,910. OUR BUDGETED AMOUNT IS 90,000, WHICH

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LEFFLER PARK WILL HAVE ONE CAMERA, AND WHEN WE SAY ONE CAMERA, THIS IS A RELATIVELY LARGE CAMERA AND IT HAS FOUR LENSES. THAT GIVES YOU A 360 DEGREE VIEW. THE WITH A COST OF $6,971.65, WITH A RECURRING COST OF $1,295. LIBERIA. YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE SAME 360 DEGREE CAMERAS FOR $6,971.65, WITH THE SAME RECURRING COST AS LEFFLER, MAGNOLIA IS ONE CAMERA WITH A TOTAL OF $8,296.72, AND A RECURRING COST OF $600, PERLSTEIN HAS ONE CAMERA WITH A TOTAL OF 6971 65, AND A RECURRING COST OF 1295. ROBERTS PARK IS GOING TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE LARGE CAMERAS AS WELL, WITH THE SAME TOTAL AND THE SAME ANNUAL COST, AS WELL AS SPROTT PARK, WHICH WILL HAVE A TOTAL COST OF 7471 65 AND A RECURRING COST OF 12.95, AND THEN AT THE TERRELL PARK ENTRANCE, WE ARE PUTTING A LICENSE PLATE READING CAMERA AND AFTER TALKING TO POLICE, THEY FELT THAT THAT WAS SUFFICIENT FOR NOW. THE TOTAL COST FOR THAT IS $3,650. WITH THE RECURRING COST OF $3,000, AND ALL OF THESE WILL BE INCLUDED INTO OUR FUSUS SYSTEM.

SO THE REMAINING PARKS, THE TOTAL ONE TIME COST FOR ALL REMAINING PARKS IS GOING TO BE $210,000, WITH A RECURRING ANNUAL COST OF $42,000. SO WE HAVE BEAUMONT ATHLETIC COMPLEX.

WE PROJECT TO COST. THESE COSTS ARE ALL ESTIMATED BASED ON OUR CURRENT COSTS. THESE PARKS HAVE NOT BEEN WALKED. THEY HAVE BEEN VIEWED ON GOOGLE EARTH, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED, BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THESE PARKS, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATE. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETELY WALKED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE THE EXACT NUMBERS THAT THEY WOULD BE. THEY'RE JUST ESTIMATES, BUDGETARY ESTIMATES, BEAUMONT ATHLETIC COMPLEX WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $10,000.

CALDERWOOD. WELL, I GUESS ALL OF THESE ON THIS LIST ARE LOOKING AT $10,000 WITH A RECURRING ANNUAL COST OF $2,000. SO BEAUMONT ATHLETIC COMPLEX, CALDERWOOD I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THAT, BUT JASON COLLIER'S FERRY AND COLUMBUS PARK. 1010. LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT $10,000 ON ALL THESE PARKS AS WELL. SO COTTONWOOD PARK, FLETCHER MINI PARK, FOREST PARK, GILBERT PARK AND GUZMAN PARK AND 1010. LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT THE SAME ON ALL OF THESE. SO HOW HOW BOOTY? ALL RIGHT. I'D READ JACOBS STREET PARK. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR PARK AND MCLEAN PARK, AND THEN WE HAVE THE SAME APPROXIMATE $10,000 FOR PINE STREET PARK, PIPKIN PARK AND ROTARY CENTENNIAL PLAYGROUND. AND SAME ON WALDEN PARK, LAMAR PAVILION, WEISS PARK AND WUTHERING HEIGHTS

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YES, SIR. SO FOR OVER THERE AT CPU OVER THERE WILL BE OVER THE RESTROOM PAVILION AND WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE TWO FOUR LENS CAMERAS STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER SEPARATED. AND SO FROM THERE WE'LL HAVE A TRUE 360 AS WELL. OKAY. THEY'LL BE COVERING THE FROM THE WHOLE TENNIS COURTS OVER THERE, OFF TO THE SIDE TO THE PAVILION, TO THE SPLASH PAD, TO THE ACTUAL NEW PLAYGROUND. I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE OVER THERE AS WELL, AND THEN I'LL COVER THE ACTUAL BACKSIDE OF THE RESTROOM FACILITY AS WELL, WHERE THEY HAVE THE SINKS RIPPED OFF THE SIDE. OKAY, SO AS WELL AS THE PARKING LOT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE OVER THERE AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL WALKING ROUTE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE ACTUAL PARK AS WELL. OKAY. AND MY LAST QUESTION WITH THE LICENSE PLATE READERS WITH TERRELL PARK, WOULD IT BE ABLE TO CATCH PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING IN THERE WITH MAYBE A SIDE BY SIDE OR MAYBE A WHAT IS IT, THE FOUR WHEELERS? WOULD IT BE ABLE TO CATCH THOSE LITTLE PLATES? I THINK IT'S JUST AND MAYBE GEARS CAN SPEAK TO THIS.

IT'S JUST LOOKING FOR AN ACTUAL LICENSE PLATE BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE AN ACTUAL LIVE STREAM. IT'S JUST TAKING SNAPSHOTS. SO I BELIEVE IT'LL JUST CAPTURE ANY MOVING VEHICLE THAT'S KIND OF GOING THROUGH THERE. YEAH. JUST ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE, WE DON'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM. YOU SEE PEOPLE GO BACK THERE AND JUST BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO IT IS. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I CAN SPEAK ON THAT. YES, SIR. THE LICENSE PLATE READER THAT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLED, THERE IS A LICENSE PLATE READER. IT'S MOTION ACTIVATED. SO IF IT'S A PEDESTRIAN PERSON ON A BIKE, FOUR WHEELER, SIDE BY SIDE, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, IT'S GOING TO BE CAPTURED. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO GIVE ANY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, BUT THEIR IMAGE WILL BE THERE. AND MOST THE TIME WHEN SOMEONE'S RIDING ONE OF THOSE BIKES THERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEIR FACE OKAY WEARING. SO IT GIVES AN IDEA OF WHO THEY ARE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO YEAH, WELL, I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU GUYS BECAUSE THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL AND YOU GUYS HAVE ACTUALLY PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND IDENTIFIED SOME HIGH CRIME AREAS. SO THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN DARIO, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION.

WHAT ARE THE WHAT DOES THE RECURRING YEARLY COSTS COVER? WHAT WHAT IS THAT. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY MULTIPLE PARTS OF IT. SO FOR SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTERNET ACCESS OUT THERE, WE HAVE LIKE A VERIZON CRADLEPOINT. SO IT'S COVERING THE CELLULAR FOR THAT AS WELL AS THE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR THE CRADLEPOINT. AND THEN FOR DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF LENSES FOR THE CAMERA, THERE'S A COST PER LENS FOR EACH OF THE CAMERAS, AND THEN ALSO THE YEARLY COST FOR MAINTENANCE ON THAT CAMERA AS WELL. SO DOES THAT ANSWER THAT FOR YOU? YES.

OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SAMUEL THEN COUNCILMAN BELSHAW, QUICK QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE IMAGES CAPTURED BY THE CAMERAS GOES TO A CLOUD. YES, SIR. SO THEY CAN, IF IT GETS VANDALIZED, LIKE THE HIKING BIKES. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT CAN WE FACTORED INTO THAT? IF SOMEONE WAS TO VANDALIZE THAT CAMERA, AT LEAST IT'S GOING DIRECTLY UP TO THE CLOUD. SO WE KIND OF HAVE THE LAST MINUTES OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. RIGHT? COUNCILMAN FALLSHAW, FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT ON THIS PROGRAM. I THINK THIS IS GREAT. I'M JUST CURIOUS ON A PARK LIKE WISE PARK WHERE THERE'S NOTHING THERE, THERE'S NOTHING THERE BUT A FEW OAK TREES. THERE'S NOT EVEN A BENCH THERE. IS THAT A GOOD ALLOCATION OF OUR MONIES TO COVER A PARK LIKE THAT, WHERE THERE'S NOTHING THERE BUT GRASS? FOR PHASE THREE, OUR PLAN IS TO CONTINUE WITH PRIORITIZING BASED ON CALLS FOR SERVICE. IT HAS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING FROM STAFF AND POLICE THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THERE DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE DON'T

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WHAT ACCORDING TO WHAT STAFF CAN GET DONE, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO EXPEDITE IT? I WON'T ANSWER THAT ONE. YES, BUT THEN NOTHING ELSE FOR THE CITY GETS DONE EITHER. SO WE'RE WE'RE USING A BUDGET ISSUE. IT'S A STAFFING ISSUE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, JUSTIN IS OUR CAMERA PERSON, BUT HE ALSO HANDLES I TRON. SO THE WATER METER SOFTWARE HE ALSO WHICH IS A LARGE PROJECT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. HE ALSO HANDLES OPENGOV THE OPENGOV SOFTWARE. YOUR OPEN RECORDS SOFTWARE. HE HANDLES THE CYBERSECURITY SIDE, TRAINING SIDE. SO IF HE IS TIED UP WITH THE PARKS CAMERAS, THEN HE'S GOING TO NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE SUPPORT FOR THE OTHER TASKS THAT HE HAS AND THE OTHER PROJECTS HE HAS ON HIS PLATE. AND IT'S NOT JUST IT WE'RE TALKING RANDALL WITH BUILDING SERVICES THAT WOULD PREVENT HIM FROM I MEAN, HE HE'S THE ONE THAT WORKS WITH US ON THE INSTALLATIONS AT THE PARKS. HE WOULD ALSO BE TIED UP. YOU'RE TAKING AWAY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PEOPLE THAT ARE USUALLY WORKING ON TRAFFIC. THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO SET THE POLE AS WELL AS OUR VENDOR OF RECORD, WHO ALSO HAS A RELATIVELY LARGE BUSINESS THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE JUST THE CITY OF BEAUMONT PARKS CAMERAS. THANK YOU. MR. CITY MANAGER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? I DID, BUT I WILL ADD THAT THEY THEY GOT THE ESTIMATE ON ALL THE PARKS. I TALKED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL AND WE TALKED A BIT, AND HE WANTED TO HAVE INFORMATION ON ALL OF THEM.

SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE PARKS THAT MAYBE ARE NOT AS ARE VISIBLE OR HAVE AS MANY RESOURCES ARE INCLUDED, WE JUST WANTED TO GET AN ESTIMATE ON ALL THE PARKS. AND ONE MORE COMMENT, MAYOR, AND KIND OF WHAT BROUGHT UP THE COMMENT WAS GOING BACK TO WHAT HAPPENED AT SPROTT PARK HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WHICH WAS, I MEAN, RIGHT BEHIND WHAT HAPPENED AT CHARLTON-POLLARD. I MEAN, IT'S GETTING RIDICULOUS SPENDING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE ON THE PARKS WHEN THEY'RE GETTING DAMAGED QUICKER THAN WE EVEN FINISH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. SORRY. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. AND WE THANK YOU FOR COMING. AT THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING TODAY, CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS TO DELIBERATE THE EMPLOYMENT EVALUATIONS, DUTIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.074. THE GOVERNMENT CODE, TO WHICH SPECIFICALLY CRAIG LIVELY, CHIEF MAGISTRATE TINA BROUSSARD, CITY CLERK SHERRIE REED, CITY ATTORNEY, AND KENNETH R WILLIAMS, CITY MANAGER. AND NOW

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]

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THE LIBRARY SYSTEM IS APPROVED AND ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. NOT ALL CITIES AND ALL LIBRARY STAFFS CAN SAY THAT. BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR PROVISION, WE CAN SAY THAT THERE ARE MANY CITIES IN TEXAS AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE EXCELLENT LIBRARY SYSTEM THAT BEAUMONT PROVIDES FOR ALL OF ITS CITIZENS. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONSIDER MAINTAINING THE STATUS OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE NOW.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER WAYS THAT THIS BUILDING, THESE BUILDINGS CAN BE USED, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF A LIBRARY. THESE THE LIBRARY STAFF HAS BEEN UP TO DATE, KEEPS UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE RESOURCES. IT'S NOT JUST CERTIFIED OR EVALUATED BY THE NUMBER OF BOOKS THAT ARE CIRCULATED. BOOKS COME IN ALL DIFFERENT FORMS AND ALL OF THEM ARE NOT CIRCULATED. SOME ARE ONLINE, SOME ARE USED IN THE LIBRARY. AND I WOULD JUST TELL YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT LIBRARIES DO THAT ARE JUST NOT BOOKS. TODAY I WENT TO THE LIBRARY AND I COULDN'T FIND A PARKING PLACE OVER THERE AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY. THE PARKING LOT WAS FULL. WHY? BECAUSE THE CITIZENSHIP CLASS WAS IN PROGRESS. WE TEACH THE CITIZENS THAT COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE TO LEARN THE RULES. AND THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE LIBRARY. I WENT TO THE LIBRARY ONE DAY, AND ON THE INSIDE THERE WERE PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE. I SAID, WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN? THEY SAID, WELL, I'M WAITING TO USE THE COMPUTER. WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH COMPUTERS, BUT THE LIBRARY IS JUST NOT BOOKS, AND WE SERVE ALL OF THE PEOPLE, CHILDREN TO SENIOR CITIZENS AND ALL THOSE IN BETWEEN. SO AS YOU MAKE YOUR CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT CHANGING THE STATUS OF THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY, PLEASE CONSIDER ALL OF THE CITIZENS.

THANK YOU MA'AM, THANK YOU. SHERIDAN JEFFERSON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SHERIDAN JEFFERSON. I LIVE AT 4785 LUFKIN STREET IN THE NORTH END OF TOWN. MY HUSBAND, ISAAC, AND I LIVE THERE. WE HAVE HAD CONSTANTLY PROBLEMS WITH THAT SEWAGE. WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING WITH A SEWAGE PROBLEM FOR OVER 20 YEARS. BUT THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE GOT SOME IMMEDIATE HELP FROM MR. GUESS. MY HUSBAND CALLED HIM AND HE STARTED THE BALL ROLLING FOR US. BUT SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE NOT HAD A COMPLETE BECAUSE THE WATER BACKS UP WHEN THAT RAIN COMES, THAT WATER BACKS UP IN MY HOUSE AND I AND I, WE REALLY WE'RE TIRED. WE ARE SENIOR CITIZENS. I CANNOT COME TO THIS MEETING EVERY TUESDAY. I AM A GRANDMOTHER. I KEEP MY GRANDCHILDREN SO I CAN COME IN HERE HARASSING YOU EVERY EVERY TUESDAY ABOUT WHAT'S THE PROBLE, COUNCILMAN SAMUEL, YOU ARE OUR COUNCILMAN OUT THERE. I CALLED I TALKED TO YOU ONCE ABOUT THAT PROBLEM. YOU STOOD IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S THAT'S. WE DON'T NEED TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC COUNCIL PEOPLE. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. OKAY. WELL, THEN. HEY, WE GOT A PROBLEM, AND, HEY, WHAT'S THE BUDGET? ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ABOUT THE SEWER LINE? BECAUSE, HEY, INSTEAD OF WE FEEL INSTEAD OF WORKING ON OTHER THINGS, TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE, THE CITIZENS, WE PAY OUR TAXES AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WE'RE TIRED. I CAN'T I CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP WONDERING. SCARED WHEN I

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THANK YOU MA'AM. CHARLIE CRAB. HELLO, MAYOR. COUNCIL. MR. CITY MANAGER AND STAFF. IT'S GOOD TO BE DOWN HERE TO THE COUNCIL AGAIN. MY NAME IS CHARLIE CRAB AND I LIVE AT 928 EAST DRIVE.

77706. IT IS ANOTHER NICE DAY IN BEAUMONT. OUR TOWN. SUMMER TEMPERATURES ARE HAVING A HARD TIME LEAVING, LEAVING TOWN AND HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS IN PLAYOFF MODE AND I HATE TO SEE HERE ABOUT OUR COUNCILMAN HAVING A CONFRONTATION IN A PARKING LOT AT THE A LOCAL RESTAURANT. I LIKE THE PRESENTATION OF THE CAMERAS. I JUST WONDER IF IT'S A LITTLE OVERKILL TO START WITH, BUT THE LADY WITH THE LIBRARY, SHE HAS A GOOD POINT AND SURELY THE SEWER SYSTEM REALLY NEEDS A IMMEDIATE AND STRONG EFFORT TO GET THAT SQUARED AWAY. THE NEW POLICE. CITYWIDE CAMERA SYSTEM IS PAYING OFF WITH SEVERAL QUICK ARRESTS AFTER CRIMES ARE COMMITTED. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE FIRE FIGHTERS UNION TO NOT DICTATE TO THE CITY ON ADMINISTRATION OF THE EMS SYSTEM, ALSO TO DEAL REALISTIC ON WAGES AND BENEFITS. THE CITY OF BEAUMONT DOES NOT HAVE UNLIMITED FUNDS TO PAY ENORMOUS WAGES. THE CITY TAX BASE IS LIMITED. THE TAX BASE HAS ONLY GROWN BY THE TEXAS JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX APPRAISAL DISTRICT, INCREASING THE TAXABLE VALUE ON THE PROPERTY. IF OWNERS COULD SELL FOR THE NEW APPRAISED VALUE, THEY WOULD WOULD BE MORE THAN PLEASED. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY AND DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY SUPPORT. WE LOVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS. THERE'S NO DOUBT THE CITY CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT DO APPRECIATE THE SERVICE OF ALL FIREFIGHTERS, BUT THE CITY CANNOT SUPPORT THE LARGE PAY AND BENEFITS REQUESTS. THIS IS DUE TO AGING FACILITY TAX ROLL.

FIREFIGHTERS BE REASONABLE ON YOUR WAGE AND BENEFITS. PLEASE RESPECT OUR OUR OUR ISRAELI FRIENDS ARE STILL DEALING WITH WITH THE TERRORISTS. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU SIR. AMANDA YARBOROUGH. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AMANDA YARBOROUGH BEAUMONT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, 701 MAIN STREET, BEAUMONT. I'D LIKE TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING TIME TO BE ABLE TO COME TALK. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY YES, MISS NORA DOES HAVE A DEFINITE POINT. THE LIBRARY SYSTEM DOES DO GREAT THINGS, ALONG WITH. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY A GRACIOUS THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR TIME AND MR. PAUL EADIE FOR SITTING DOWN AND HAVING AN OPEN CONVERSATION WITH ME. THE IDEA OF BRINGING TOGETHER THE LIBRARY AND THE BEAUMONT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS JUST IN THE CONVERSATION STAGE, AND THE IDEA IS THAT I AM VERY THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY. WE HOPE THAT ONLY THAT THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A GRACIOUS ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATION, DO MORE RESEARCH, FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A POSSIBLE AND SUCCESSFUL IDEA, AND TO MOVE FORWARD ONLY WHEN WE HAVE THAT.

I THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING OPEN AND LISTENING, AND ALSO TAKING TIME TO LOOK INTO WHAT ALL PEOPLE MIGHT THINK. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A GREAT THANK YOU TO THE DOWNTOWN

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MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THAT MADE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ITEM F. YES, WE'LL CALL HIM DOING. HE WANTS TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ONE OF THE PROPERTIES. SO WE'LL WAIT FOR PUBLIC HEARING FOR YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT, MR. PRIOR. SORRY. IT'S OKAY. YES. SO WE'RE MOVING TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND ITEM

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[REGULAR AGENDA]

SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MAYOR I'LL NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF. OKAY. COUNCILMAN PHIL SHAW IS RECUSED HIMSELF.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER TWO? PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. MOTION. ANY OPPOSED MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE? COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE. CHANGE ORDER NUMBER THREE TO THE CONTRACT WITH TWO MCS. CONSTRUCTION, LLC OF HOUSTON FOR THE FLORIDA AVENUE EMERGENCY SEWER REPAIR. IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? MOVE TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE 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? COUNCIL, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH CDM.

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ONE CONSISTENT TYPE OF REPAIR THAT THEY ARE IDENTIFYING? IS IT A VARIETY OF THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RETROFITTING SOMETHING. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IN MOST CASES THEY'RE DEFICIENCIES. SO IN SOME CASES IT MIGHT BE THE SAFETY STRUCTURE. THE RAILING ALONGSIDE THE BRIDGE AND OTHER CASES. WE'VE HAD SPALLING OF THE CONCRETE THAT EXPOSES THE METAL REBAR WITHIN THE BRIDGE SUPPORT THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED IN THE CASE OF FELON, SOME OF THE STRUCTURE IS TWISTING A LITTLE BIT ON THERE. YOU CAN SEE WHEN YOU DRIVE ACROSS IT THAT THOSE CONCRETE RAILS ALONG THE SIDE DON'T MEET. EXACTLY. SO WE NEED TO PREVENT THAT FROM TWISTING ANY FURTHER. NONE OF THEM IS CATASTROPHIC, MEANING THAT THE BRIDGE WOULD NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN. BUT THEY'RE ALL PREVENTATIVE IN NATURE TO PRESERVE THE ABILITY TO USE THAT BRIDGE SAFELY YEARS IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FIVE? PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE? COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO TEXAS MATERIALS GROUP, INC. BUSINESS AS GULF COAST OF BEAUMONT FOR THE STREET PAVEMENT PRESERVATION CITYWIDE PHASE TWO PROJECT. IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL, A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SIX. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN TURNER, IN THE PAST, I'VE SEEN A FEW MORE CONTRACTORS BID ON A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE. DO YOU THINK IT'S A SPECIFIC REASON WE ONLY CAME OUT WITH TWO IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE'VE NORMALLY GOT IN THE PAST? WE'RE NOT GETTING A LOT ON ASPHALT PROJECTS BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE PROVIDER OF ASPHALT IN THE AREA, SO THAT THAT WOULD BE YOUR LOW BID, APPARENT LOW BID IN THIS CASE, TEXAS MATERIALS GROUP. SO THEY'RE THEY RUN THE ACTUAL ONLY ASPHALT PLANT AVAILABLE IN THE AREA. ALCOA IS THE ONLY OTHER VENDOR THAT HAS RECENTLY ATTACKED OR BID ON ON THESE PROJECTS. AND NO ONE ELSE IS REALLY DOING THAT WORK. THEY THEY FEEL THEY CAN'T UNDERCUT THE OWNER OF THE ASPHALT PLANT.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT EVEN ON OTHER BIDS, WE HAVE COMPANIES FROM OTHER PLACES.

IT'S JUST KIND OF STRANGE TO ONLY SEE NOT BIG ENOUGH, OKAY. TO PULL SOMEBODY OUT OF HOUSTON, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THE SIZE OF, SAY, THE I-10 PROJECT WHERE YOU'VE GOT WILLIAMS BROTHERS COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA. BUT THOSE ARE GIGANTIC MULTI HUNDREDS OF MILLION DOLLAR

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AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. SO NOW, MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND HAVE THE READING COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO KING SOLUTION SERVICES, LLC OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, FOR THE GRANT AVENUE AND MAGNOLIA. MAGNOLIA AVENUE PIPE BURST AND CONTRACT PHASE ONE THAT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? SO MOVED. SECOND. EXCUSE ME. THAT'S SEVEN. I WAS CHECKING ON TINA OVER THERE AND SHE DID GOOD. SO THERE'S A SECOND FOR APPROVAL ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? YES, COUNCILMAN TURNER, I NOTICED THIS IS IN WARD THREE, THE MAGNOLIA AREA, AND WE HAD A CITIZEN CAME UP HERE AND SPOKE IN REFERENCE TO SOME SEWER BACK IN WARD THREE, THE NORTH END AREA IS BY ANY CHANCE THIS AREA IN THE SAME FACILITY AS THE COMPLAINT MADE EARLIER? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU KNOW, SHE'S BEEN AT IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. IS IT DOES CONNECT.

YEAH. THERE IS A SEWER EVIL CONTRACT THAT THAT THE CONTRACTORS ON THE GROUND THAT COVERS THAT AREA INCLUDING LUFKIN STREET. THAT'S THE IMMEDIATE WORK I DON'T BELIEVE THIS PIPE BURSTING IS ADDRESSING ANYTHING RIGHT BY LUFKIN. BUT THERE IS A SEWER EVIL CONTRACT WITH TESTING AND SEWER EVALUATION THAT'S SUPPOSED TO PIN DOWN ISSUES IN THAT AREA.

OKAY. BUT THE EVIL IS ONLY GOING TO KIND OF IDENTIFY WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE AREA WHERE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON HOW WE'LL GO ABOUT. BUT IF THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE PROBLEM, IT'LL ALSO ADDRESS IT ONCE IT'S DISCOVERED. THANK YOU. QUESTION. COUNCILMAN. NOW THAT SYSTEM, WHERE DOES THAT ALL OF THE THAT COMING FROM THAT AREA. WHERE DOES IT GO. WHAT DIRECTION GOES DOWN LUCAS.

STRAIGHT DOWN LUCAS. TO AND GOES TO THE NORTH. YEAH. THE PRIMER LIFT STATION IS THE ONE THAT THAT'S MOST TIED TO THAT AREA. RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER AS THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE AND TO APPLY FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? SO MOVED TO APPROVE? SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN GOET? MARK, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ABOUT WHAT THIS IS REALLY ALL ABOUT? I KNOW THAT THE EPA HAS ASKED US AND TASKED US WITH DETERMINING SERVICE LINES THAT HAVE LEAD CONTENT. A LETTER WENT OUT FROM THE CITY, FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT. I THINK THE WATER DEPARTMENT, MAYBE SAYING THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF SERVICE LINES WITHIN THE CITY THAT THE CITY COULD NOT IDENTIFY WHAT THE LINE WAS MADE OF, BUT IT MIGHT BE MADE OUT OF LEAD. THAT LED TO A LEAD TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF USING THE WORD TO A LOT OF CITIZENS BEING CONCERNED THAT THEY MIGHT POSSIBLY HAVE LEAD IN THEIR SERVICE LINE. WOULD YOU ADDRESS ALL THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT? SO WE WERE REQUIRED BY THE EPA TO DO AN INVENTORY OF ALL SERVICE LINES WITHIN THE CITY. BOTH OUR SERVICE LINE THAT GOES FROM THE MAIN TO THE METER, AS WELL AS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE THAT GOES FROM THE METER TO THEIR HOUSE. AND THAT'S A REQUIREMENT THE EPA HAS PUT ON EVERY WATER SYSTEM WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE DEADLINE FOR US TO SUBMIT OUR INITIAL INVENTORY TO T-C-E-Q

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AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S NO CONCERNS. AND WATER QUALITY NECESSARILY FOR A GALVANIZED LINE IS THERE? WELL, WE DO PERIODIC LEAD AND COPPER SAMPLING JUST AS PART OF THE NORMAL T-C-E-Q SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS. THE HOUSE THAT HAS THE LEAD LINE WAS ACTUALLY SAMPLED IN THE MOST RECENT ROUND, AND THERE WAS NO APPRECIABLE AMOUNT THAT WAS UNDER THE REGULATORY LEVEL FOR LEAD. JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER ADDRESS WAS. WE THE LUCKY THING FOR US IS WE DON'T HAVE CORROSIVE WATER AND IT TAKES CORROSIVE WATER TO REALLY LEACH THE LEAD OUT OF THAT LINE AND GET IT INTO THE WATER. IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT. IN A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THIS MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL ALLOW CITY STAFF TO COME ON TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS YARDS IN ORDER TO SAMPLE THE, THE, THE LINE AND TO SEE WHAT IT'S MADE OUT OF, KIND OF ON THE FENCE ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY OWNERS RIGHTS, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN RESERVE THE CONVERSATION FOR THAT WHEN THAT IS DISCUSSED. BUT IF, IF THE EPA WHEN DID THE EPA MANDATE THAT WE DO THIS? I IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT THE FINAL RULE ON IT JUST RELEASED, I THINK, IN SEPTEMBER. OKAY. IS IT POSSIBLE WITH A NEW PRESIDENT THAT THAT MIGHT BE ROLLED BACK? IT'S BEYOND MY MAGIC CRYSTAL BALL TO UNDERSTAND. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER NINE? COUNCIL, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING

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EVERYTHING IS THE CORRECT RATE. OKAY. SO WHY ARE WE VOTING ON IT? WE'VE ALREADY CHANGED IT

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SO THIS IS TO CLEAN UP TO WHERE IT ALLOWS CITY STAFF OR CONTRACTORS TO ACCESS AND EXCAVATE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR THOSE SERVICE LINE INSPECTIONS OR OTHER SERVICE RELATED ACTIVITIES, WHICH BASICALLY WOULD BE REPLACING THE LINE IF WE GET GRANT FUNDING TO ALLOW US TO REPLACE THE CITIZEN SIDE OF THOSE LINES. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE EXCAVATING TWO APPROXIMATELY 12 INCH WIDE HOLE, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE METER. SO ON OUR SIDE OF THE METER, IT'S NO PROBLEM. WE OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT ON THEIR SIDE OF THE METER, WE WOULD NEED TO EXCAVATE THAT 12 INCH HOLE. AND THEN WE WOULD DO LIKE WE ALWAYS DO. IF WE REPAIR A LEAK. THAT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WE WOULD DO DRESS UP AFTERWARDS. SO WE'D FILL THE HOLE, PUT SOD BACK, YOU KNOW, OR IN THE CASE OF CONCRETE, WE WOULD HAVE TO REPAIR WHATEVER IS NECESSARY THERE. SO SAME WORK WE ALWAYS DO WHEN WE GO AFTER OUR WATER LINES. AND MY FOLLOW UP IS THESE CITIZENS THAT MAY BE POSSIBLY GRANTED THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY. IF WE GET THE FUNDING, HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNICATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND POTENTIALLY DIG UP THIS 12IN? HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE RESIDENTS? WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN WE GO AND WE DO THE POTHOLING NOW, BUT WE DO WORK

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REASONABLY, I YIELD TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S LEGAL MIND. SHE'S VERY WISE ON THAT BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A CASE WHERE WE CAN'T PUT IT EXACTLY BACK. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO SHE'S GOING TO WORDSMITH IT TO PROTECT THE CITY, I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN NEIL. MR. WALKOWIAK, SO ARE YOU GOING JUST DIRECTLY BEHIND THE METER AND DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE METER? CORRECT.

IT'S JUST A SO IT'S LIKE AN INCH WIDE HOLE, PROBABLY ABOUT A FOOT OR SO FROM, FROM THE METER. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING DEEP INTO PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES THEN. NO, SIR. NOT UNLESS WE GET TO THE POINT THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY REPLACE THE ENTIRE LINE. AND FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE BERMUDA GRAS.

PERFECT. LOVELY. SAINT AUGUSTINE MESSES. IT UP. YEAH. COUNCILMAN DARIO MARK, IF YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE LINE, IS THAT JUST UP TO THE HOUSE OR ARE YOU GOING TO BE GOING INTO FULL SLABS OR UNDER THEIR HOUSE OR WHAT? JUST JUST TO THE HOUSE? TO THE HOUSE. CORRECT. WE DON'T THIS NOTHING WITH THIS PROGRAM IS REQUIRING ANYTHING BE DONE WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. SO HOW IF YOU GET THE GRANT MONEY FOR THI, DO FOLKS HAVE TO APPLY FOR THAT OR Y'ALL ARE JUST ALREADY KNOW WHICH HOUSES NEEDED TO BE DONE AND YOU'LL DO IT? WE IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WE GET, BUT WE WOULD WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE HAD FUNDING, WE WOULD WORK WITH THE IDENTIFIED LINES UNTIL THAT FUNDING RAN OUT. SO AS WE DISCOVERED, THE LINES WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED, WE'D WE'D USE THE FUNDING TO DO SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. IN THAT LANGUAGE, IN THIS PROGRAM, DOES IT LIST ANYTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT SENIORS WITH WITH PRIORITY OR. NO, IT'S JUST EVERYBODY IN GENERAL. IT'S JUST LOOKING FOR LEAD OR GALVANIZED LINES, REGARDLESS OF HOW OLD THE PROPERTY OWNER IS UNDERSTOOD. SO THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS ORDINANCE LANGUAGE.

IF STAFF HAS A PREFERRED PROCEDURE ON WHO GETS PRIORITY, THEN THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE IN THE ORDINANCE. IT COULD JUST BE A POLICY FOR THE DEPARTMENT. WELL, I WOULD SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, OUR SENIORS GETTING THAT FIRST PREFERENCE. IT IS GRANT MONEY. WITHIN THE IDENTIFIED LINES, BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO GO ON FOR YEARS. I WOULD HATE TO HOLD YES WITHIN IDENTIFIED, BUT THAT'S JUST ME. I'M SPEAKING ON MY BEHALF. THAT'S NOT A PART OF THIS RIGHT NOW. NO, IT'S NOT ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO ARE WE. WE'RE NEEDING TO AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE. SO WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. I'M GOING TO HAVE IT BROUGHT DOWN TO ME. I WILL HAVE A DRAFT OF PROPOSED LANGUAGE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE'LL JUST POSTPONE IT UNTIL I CIRCLE BACK TO ME. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD

[PUBLIC HEARING]

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THANK YOU. I'M ROBERT PRICE SENIOR, AND I LIVE AT 3795 NATHAN. BUT I DO ALSO OWN THE PROPERTY AT 5070 BEGINNER AND THROUGH THE YEARS, I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN SLACKING DOING. BUT I ALWAYS TRIED TO CATCH UP AND THEN THEY'LL BACK OFF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CODE, ENFORCE, THEY'LL BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW. BUT THIS TIME I, THEY TOLD ME I COULDN'T DO NOTHING AND THEY BOUGHT THE STRUCTURE SAYING THAT IT WAS THAT THEY THOUGHT I HAD SOMETHING DANGEROUS, SOMETHING IN THERE. AND EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, NOW, I NEVER HAD VISUALIZED WHERE ALL THAT COME FROM. I THINK EVERYBODY OUT THERE KNOWS ME AND KNOWS HOW I CONDUCT MY BUSINESS AND EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, AND BUT THEY PUT A THING AND A TAG ON IT, AND I NEVER WOULD GO IN IT, EVEN WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY LET UP AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I JUST NEVER WOULD GO IN IT BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT I HAD TO HAVE A POLICEMAN OR A WELL, A FIREMAN AND ALL KIND OF STUFF AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT I HAD BEFORE. I CAN GO IN IT. SO I DIDN'T NEVER GO IN IT AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND I THANK MR. FLANAGAN AND I WENT IN AT ONE TIME WHEN I COMPLAINED ABOUT, I THOUGHT SOMEBODY HAD STOLEN A GATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND I WENT IN THERE WITH TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY KNOW WHAT'S IN THE BUILDING AND EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW. BUT I NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT THEY REALLY THOUGHT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND TO ME, I THINK I AIN'T AS BAD AS THE HOUSE RIGHT THERE DIRECTLY BEHIND 50, 30 AND EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, THEY GOT ALL KIND OF TRAILERS AND STUFF ALL IN THERE LINED UP ON BOTH SIDES. BUT THEY SEEM TO THINK IT'S ME. I KNOW THE PLACE THAT FELL DOWN. WE HAD A STRUGGLE THIS YEAR AND IT AIN'T OVER YET AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I'M I'M GOING TO DO WHAT'S REQUIRED TO TRY TO SAVE THE BUILDING. I GOT A LOT OF STUFF THAT I HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS, AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS KEEP IT OUT THERE, A LOT OF IT. I'M GOING TO GET RID OF IT. I'M GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN. IF THE CITY GIVE ME A PERMIT, IF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT GIVE ME A PERMIT TO DO SO. BUT IF I HAVE TO, I WILL TAKE IT DOWN OR I'LL LET Y'ALL TAKE IT DOWN. AND THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU, SIR. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR. THAT'S ALL I HAD. OKAY, AT THIS POINT, I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND

[REGULAR AGENDA]

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ITEM 14 MINUS NUMBER FIVE. SECOND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 14 MINUS ITEM NUMBER FIVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. WAS IT MR. ON THE PROPERTY. IS THAT HI. YES. HAS THERE BEEN ANY TYPE OF COMMUNICATION WITH HIM AS TO WHAT'S REQUIRED OR WHAT'S EXPECTED? YEAH, I CAN INVITE UP MY BUILDING OFFICIAL, BOYD MEYER, AND ALSO DEMOLITION COORDINATOR SILAS CLUTTER. HOWEVER, THE HISTORY ON THIS ONE, HE HAS BEEN ON A WORK PROGRAM IN THE PAST. THERE WAS SOME PROGRESS, HOWEVER, FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS THERE'S BEEN NO PROGRESS MADE AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEFORE Y'ALL. BUT TO GIVE MORE TECHNICAL SUPPORT OR TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I'LL ASK THEM TO COME UP. SO. SO MR. PRIOR HAS SPOKEN WITH US SINCE HE'S GOTTEN ON THE COUNCIL LIST, AND I AM AGREEABLE TO HIM GETTING ON A WORK PROGRAM. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE PROPERTY, HE IS GOING TO NEED TO GET A REAL DEMO CONTRACTOR TO REMOVE SOME OF THE LARGER STRUCTURES ON THERE. IT'S NOT THE SORT OF THING THAT HE CAN JUST DO HIMSELF. IT'S GOING TO GET TO NEED TO GET SOMEONE WHO HAS HAS THE REAL INSURANCE BEHIND THEIR COMPANY TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THOSE THOSE STRUCTURES. YES, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. I THINK WHEN IT CAME UP WHILE HE WAS TALKING, I MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THEM A QUESTION BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW IF HE HAS STATED WHETHER HE'S ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DEMOLITION, HAVING A CONTRACTOR DEMOLISH IT. HE DID STATE, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY IF IT HAS TO BE, THEN IT HAS TO BE. BUT DO YOU HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE RESOURCES? IS IT PROPER FOR ME TO ASK HIM AT THIS POINT? MAYOR, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE STAFF REPORT REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GIVE COUNCIL A CHANCE TO HAVE THESE THIS DISCUSSION AND THEN ALSO HAVE THE DIALOG WITH THE GENTLEMAN, THE PROPERTY OWNER. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. SO THE MOTION WOULD NEED TO BE WITHDRAWN AND COUNCIL WOULD NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCILMAN. YES, I'D LIKE THAT. WE NEED SOMEBODY TO SO THAT THE MOTION WITH THE QUESTION WOULD BE IS COUNCILMAN NEILL MADE THE MOTION? IT'S MY MOTION. SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. NOW, COUNCILMAN SAMUEL IS MAKING A MOTION TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.

YES, THAT'S MY MOTION. A SECOND FOR THAT. OPEN THERE, A SECOND TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A GOOD TO GO. OKAY, SO MY QUESTION I, I UNDERSTAND STAFF I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. PRIOR. MR. PRIOR IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO STAFF AND YOU DID ENROLL IN THE WORK PROGRAM AT ONE TIME, AND JUST BEFORE YOU SAT DOWN, YOU STATED IF IT NEEDED TO BE DONE, IT, IT HAS TO BE DONE. BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU ARE, ARE YOU IN A POSITION TO EXECUTE THE WORK PROGRAM TO EITHER HAVE IT DEMOLISHED YOURSELF OR DO THE WORK AND HAVE

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AND BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DECLARED A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO TAKE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE. I DON'T WANT TO. OKAY, SO I, I DID NOT KNOW THERE HAD BEEN A WORK PROGRAM BEFORE, SO THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW FOR YOU TO TEAR IT DOWN YOURSELF. IT HAS TO BE SOMEONE THAT'S BONDED TO DO THE DEMOLITION OR THEY WILL DEMOLISH IT. IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? AM I CORRECT WITH THAT? THEY WOULD NEED A BONDED AND LICENSED CONTRACTOR TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE. OKAY, AND WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO HIM WHY IT'S REQUIRED BY OUR CITY ORDINANCES THAT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHY? YES, I HAVE, BUT SOMETHING SOME THINGS IN THERE PROBABLY I BOUGHT DOING WELL MY GRANDMOTHERS, MY AUNTIES, MY UNCLES, SOME OF THIS STUFF. HOW MUCH TIME WOULD HE HAVE TO GET OVER 40 YEARS. I MEAN, I HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS. HOW MUCH TIME WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO GET THAT OUT? I GUESS IF I GET RIGHT ON IT AND EVERYTHING AND ALL, NO MORE THAN MAYBE 15 DAYS. IF IT WON'T HAVE TO HAVE SOMEPLACE TO PUT IT. BUT OKAY. BUT THEY'RE NOT THAT WON'T BE DONE NEXT WEEK. THAT SOON, WILL IT? RIGHT. SO IF YOU GUYS WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, IT WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED WITHIN TEN DAYS. WITH THE ORDINANCE PASSED. BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS GIVE ADDITIONAL TIME. THAT WOULD BE ALSO FOR THE WORK PROGRAM JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. A COUPLE BASIC RULES. IF COUNCIL WERE TO GRANT ADDITIONAL TIME, TYPICALLY A WORK PROGRAM IS 150 DAYS, MUST BE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, TEN DAYS TO ENROLL WITH THE INTO THE WORK PROGRAM, 90 DAYS TO DRY THE STRUCTURE IN. SO THAT'S YOUR ROOF, DOORS, WALLS, WINDOWS. AND THEN THE REMAINING 60 DAYS IS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT FOR A TOTAL OF 150. BUT THAT'S IN THE EVENT AN INDIVIDUAL WE'RE TRYING TO REHAB THE PROPERTY THEMSELVES. IF IT TAKES LONGER THAN 1010 DAYS, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ADDITIONAL TIME IS GIVEN TO HIM IN A WORK PROGRAM, AND IT CAN BE IDENTIFIED OR CONDITIONED FOR THE TYPE OF WORK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WHICH COULD BE REMOVAL OF PROPERTY. YEAH. WELL, THAT'S I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT A WAY THAT HE CAN AT LEAST GET THE PROPERTY REMOVED FROM THE LOCATION PRIOR TO DEMOLITION. YEAH. AND AS HE WAS SAYING, I THINK HE INDICATED IT MIGHT TAKE ABOUT 15 DAYS.

THAT'S WHERE I'M SAYING THAT IF WE WERE TO GIVE HIM THAT, IT SHOULD BE INTO A WORK PROGRAM TO REMOVE THAT STRUCTURE WITHIN HOWEVER MANY DAYS NEEDS TO OCCUR. IT SHOULD BE CONDITIONAL.

BUT YOU HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BID IF THE CITY IS NOT DOING IT, IF HE'S REMOVING IT, HE MEANT FOR

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YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THOSE THINGS FROM THE PROPERTY, BUT IT WOULD BE DONE BY A CONTRACTOR. YOU CAN'T DO IT YOURSELF. I COULDN'T PHYSICALLY GO INTO THE BUILDINGS. YOU CAN GO INTO THE BUILDING. YOU'RE. YOU GOT IT. SO I CAN'T GO IN.

THEY TOLD ME I COULDN'T GO IN. YOU CAN GO IN TO REMOVE. HE CAN GO IN TO REMOVE HIS PROPERTY. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT BARS HIM? HE'S NOT RIGHT, IS HE? HE WAS. HE WAS ON A WORK ON ONE. HE'S OUTSIDE OF IT. CAN HE GO INTO THE STRUCTURE? YEAH. THERE'S NOTHING BARRING YOU FROM IT. HOWEVER, IF IT IS UNSAFE. YEAH. IF IT IS UNSAFE, DO BE SURE TO USE PRECAUTION. I KNOW WE'RE MIXING UP HIS PRIVATE ITEMS VERSUS DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING. HE WANTS TO REMOVE ALL OF HIS PERSONAL ITEMS FROM AUNT, UNCLES, GRANDPARENTS, WHOEVER IT MIGHT BE. HE WANTS TO GET HIS PERSONAL ITEMS OUT OF THERE. WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. BUT TO START DOING ANY KIND OF REMOVAL OF BILL OF PRODUCT AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING, WHAT'S LEFT THERE ON SOME OF THE DETERIORATED PORTIONS, WE'RE SAYING, NO, I UNDERSTAND, AND THAT'S WHAT HE I DON'T THINK HE UNDERSTOOD WHEN HE SAID DANGEROUS STRUCTURE. IT'S NOT THE CONTENTS OF THE STRUCTURE, IT'S THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. BUT I UNDERSTAND, BUT THERE'S BEEN INSPECTIONS. YOU CAN GO IN AND REMOVE YOUR PERSONAL THINGS. THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE DEAR TO YOU, YOU CAN GET THOSE, BUT YOU CANNOT DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WELL, I WAS TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T REBUILD ANYTHING OR HANG ANY DOORS OR NO CHANGE, NO HINGES.

WELL, THAT'S FINE. OKAY. EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST STUFF THAT I HAD IN THERE THAT WE.

IT'S JUST ACCUMULATION OF YEARS AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW. WELL, I'M TRYING TO DO THE BEST I CAN TO ALLOW YOU TO GET AS MUCH OUT AS YOU CAN. I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT 15 DAYS. WELL, MY DAUGHTER, I GUESS THE REASON I JUMPED UP EARLIER WHEN I SEEN THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION, THAT MY DAUGHTER RIGHT NOW IS SICK AND SHE I LEFT HER AT HOME SICK BY HERSELF BECAUSE SHE WANTED ME TO COME DOWN HERE AND TO TRY TO SAVE IT, RATHER THAN LET THEM COME IN THERE AND JUST TAKE EVERYTHING THAT IT'S ALL MY STUFF THAT I GOT OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE ACCUMULATED THROUGH THE YEARS. I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME THINGS WELL, AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU IT UNTIL SOMEONE COMES OUT TO WILL HE BE CONTACTED PRIOR TO THE CONTRACTOR GOING OUT? UNTIL SOMEONE COMES OUT, YOU CAN BEGIN TO REMOVE YOUR PERSONAL ITEMS. YOU'RE FREE TO DO THAT, OKAY? IT'S JUST THAT YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING TO ATTEMPT TO REHAB THE BUILDING AT THIS POINT. TOUCH IT OR NOTHING LIKE THAT. EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, JUST THE ITEMS THAT WE GOT IN THERE, OKAY? AND IF THEY WANT TO SEND THE POLICE OUT THERE OR THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. WELL, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY CAN BRING THEM OUT THERE. EVERYTHING. I HAVE NO OBJECTION WHATSOEVER. OKAY. I KNOW THEY HADN'T BEEN IN THERE AND AIN'T NOTHING THAT I KNOW HAVE CHANGED THAT I DID OR ANYBODY ELSE DID. IT'S NOT YOU.

THEY'RE GOING BY POLICY. YEAH. IT DON'T MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. I UNDERSTAND. NO KIND OF WAY. I UNDERSTAND. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. THEN, COUNCILMAN FALLSHAW. YES, SIR. BEFORE YOU SIT, PLEASE, SIR, HERE IN FRONT. I'M SORRY. YEAH. I APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING UP TO THE MIC. I APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING UP TO SPEAK. I WAS MORE CONCERNED WHEN YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANY CONTRACTORS THAT WERE BONDED. DID YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY OR ANYBODY THAT CAN HELP YOU OR ASSIST YOU TRY TO REACH OUT AND LOOK FOR A CONTRACTOR. NO, I DON'T, BUT I HATE TO PUT IT IN THIS ORDER, BUT EVERYBODY I KNOW IS EITHER OLD OR DEAD. BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SET RIGHT NOW. YES, SIR. AND THIS WAS STAFF. CORRECT ME BECAUSE I'M

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COUNCILMAN SAMUEL TOOK CARE OF THAT. SO THE ONLY THING I ADD TO THAT IS LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES AND THIS BUILDING. LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE BE CAREFUL. I KNOW THOSE ITEMS ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AND I UNDERSTAND. SO GET THEM OUT, GET SOMEONE TO HELP YOU. BUT PLEASE BE CAREFUL. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YES, MR. CITY MANAGER, JUST ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MAYOR.

THE 5710 BICKNOR ROAD ADDRESS OWNED BY A KENNETH WILLIAMS. IS NOT THIS KENNETH WILLIAMS? OKAY? POINT OF CLARITY. RECEIVED. OKA. SO NOW WE WILL PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND WE HAVE HAD THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 14. DO WE NEED TO REREAD THAT? YEAH. JUST FOR THE MINUTES PURPOSES. MR. CITY MANAGER. OKAY. CITY COUNCIL, AFTER CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE THE FOLLOWING SIX STRUCTURES TO BE UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND ORDER THE OWNERS TO RAZE THE SAID STRUCTURES WITHIN TEN DAYS. IF THE PROPERTY OWNER FAILS TO COMPLY WITHIN TEN DAYS, STAFF IS REQUESTING CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO DEMOLISH THESE STRUCTURES WITHOUT FURTHER NOTIFICATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OR CITY COUNCIL ACTION.

ADDITIONALLY, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER OF A STRUCTURE REQUEST AND IS AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL TO ENROLL IN A WORK PROGRAM, ALL DELINQUENT TAXES SHALL BE PAID IN FULL OR A PAYMENT PLAN SHALL BE ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT AND THE WORK PROGRAM, ENROLLMENT AND THE WORK PROGRAM SHALL OCCUR WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 14? REMOVING ITEM LIST NUMBER FIVE MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. REMOVING NUMBER FIVE. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 14? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 14? PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. NOW WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT ITEM NUMBER 13. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF THE CORRECTED VERSION OF ITEM 13? MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, SINCE YOU HAVE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO REREAD THAT ITEM THOUGH. SORRY, COUNCI, CONSIDER ADOPTING A NEW ORDINANCE. THE RIGHT TO ACCESS TO SECTION 22.02 .008 OF THE WATER AND SEWER REGULATION OR ORDINANCE, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. SO NOW, THE LAST LINE OF THAT ORDINANCE WILL READ TO THE EXTENT THE CITY HAS TO DO WORK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THE CITY SHALL RESTORE THE PROPERTY AS CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL CONDITION AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE. OKAY. WITH THAT ADDED LANGUAGE, IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 13 MOVED TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 13. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM 13, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU TAKE

[WORK SESSION]

[01:55:11]

ADDITIONAL COST. ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL TOURISM RESOURCES AND DOCUMENTS, ENHANCING OUR DESTINATION AND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS THROUGH TRAVEL TEXAS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ALONG WITH THESE BENEFITS, WE WILL BE FEATURED AT THE TOURISM FRIENDLY DESTINATION ON THE TRAVEL TEXAS WEB PAGE AND A CATALOG SHOWCASING ALL THE TOURISM FRIENDLY DESTINATIONS IN THE STATE, ENHANCING VISIBILITY TO THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS. SO FAR, ONLY SEVEN

[02:00:02]

AWESOME. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR THIS DESIGNATION. AND WITH THE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD AND RECEIVE A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU FOR THE REQUEST. THANK YOU. MR. CITY MANAGER, CAN WE GO INTO THE SECOND WORK SESSION? COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF THE YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025? AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MR. STACY LEWIS COME FORWARD WITH THE PRESENTATION. MR. BOONE IS NOT HERE TODAY. SO STACY IS COMING GIVING AN UPDATE OF WHAT WE PUT IN PLACE WITH THIS PROGRAMS. AND OF COURSE, WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME THINGS TO REORGANIZE THE DEPARTMENT AND GET STACY RELOCATED OVER TO STERLING PRUITT CENTER. SO THINGS HAVE PROGRESSED THERE. CHRIS HAS OVERSEEN THAT. AND SO STACY IS GOING TO COME TODAY TO TALK TO YOU DIRECTLY ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT HE'S GOING TO BE WORKING WITH. AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. GOOD, BETTER, BEST NEVER LET IT REST UNTIL OUR GOOD GETS BETTER AND OUR BETTER BECOMES BEST TO OUR MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCILMAN, OUR CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, AND STAFF. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY TASK TODAY IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A RECAP OF PERIPHERY AND AN OVERVIEW OF YOUTH PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. AND SO YOU'LL BE CAUGHT UP TO SPEED ON PROGRAMS, REGISTRATION TIMELINES, PROJECTED IMPACTS, AND VENUES PERTAINING TO THE AFOREMENTIONE.

THE PLAN PLAN IS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY INCREASING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN UNDERSERVED AREAS. WE ARE ENDEAVORING TO PROVIDE STUDENTS A POSITIVE OUTLET THAT CHANNEL ENERGY, PRODUCE HEALTHY OUTCOMES THROUGH ORGANIZATION, ORGANIZED TEAM SPORTS, AND OUR EXPANSION IS TO EXPAND PROGRAMS TO OTHER SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES TO SERVE ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. YOUTH FLAG FOOTBALL. YOUTH BASKETBALL. SUMMER CAMP. SUMMER TRACK. AQUATICS. STRAIGHT TALK. SYMPOSIUMS. THOSE ARE THE EXPANSIONS. YOUTH FLAG FOOTBALL THAT WE ARE TARGETING THE AGE OF. JUST BEFORE TACKLE, WHICH WOULD BE AS YOUNG AS FOUR AND TOPPING OUT AT EIGHT YEARS OLD.

THE DATES FOR THIS WOULD BE AUGUST SEPTEMBER OF 2025. AND YOUTH BASKETBALL AGAIN, WE'RE TARGETING AGES PRE-K FOUR THROUGH 14 YEAR OLDS AND THE PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE BOYS AND GIRLS. REGISTRATION IS DECEMBER. THE SECOND THROUGH JANUARY 3RD, AND THE LOCATION WOULD BE AT THE STERLING PRUITT ACTIVITY CENTER. HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF DIVISIONS. THERE ARE FOUR AND FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN YEAR OLDS, EIGHT NINE YEAR OLDS, TEN AND 11 YEAR OLDS, 12 AND 13 YEAR OLDS, AND THEN POSSIBLY A 14 YEAR OLD DIVISION. THE SEASON DETAILS THE DATES OF PLAY. WE WILL ENDEAVOR TO PLAY EVERY SATURDAY, MINUS ANY HOLIDAYS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THERE. THERE MIGHT BE SOME POSSIBLE MIDWEEK PLAY, AND THE REASON THAT YOU DO MIDWEEK PLAY IS THAT YOU STAY WITHIN THE BOXES OF THE PROPOSED TEN WEEK GUIDELINES AND THAT EACH TEAM IS SECURES A SEVEN GAME REGULAR SEASON AND A SINGLE ELIMINATION PLAYOFF PER DIVISION. AFTER THE SEASON. WE'RE TRYING TO JUMP OFF

[02:05:01]

THEY HAVE LOCAL MEETS FOR US HERE AND MAYBE BAYTOWN AREA. THERE'S AN AREA AROUND. THERE'S A REGIONAL MEET. AND THEN THOSE WHO DO WELL AT THE REGIONAL MEETS, THEY QUALIFY FOR THE STATE MEET. AND OUR ULTIMATE DESTINATION IS TO BRING AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE TO THE 2025 GAMES OF TEXAS, WHICH WILL BE IN COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. TINA, IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO TWO SLIDES FOR ME AND THIS IS A CHAMPION RIGHT HERE, THIS IS ONE OF THE KIDS THAT WE TOOK LAST YEAR. SHE WON THE 100. THE 200 AND THE 110 HURDLES. NO KID IN THIS AREA HAS DONE THAT. AND SHE RAN THE 14 YOUTH DIVISION, AND SHE WAS ONLY 13. SO THE FASTEST 13 YEAR OLD IS ACTUALLY 14 YEAR OLD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AQUATICS THAT ENCOMPASSES THE TWO CITY POOLS, WHICH ARE THE MAGNOLIA AND THE ALICE KEITH LOCATIONS. WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE POOL IS OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS. THE SWIM SEASON, WHICH IS IDEALLY THAT YOU WOULD OPEN FROM HOLIDAY TO HOLIDAY. SO IT WOULD BE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND YOU WANT TO CLOSE OUT LABOR DAY WEEKEND. THAT'S IDEALLY THE POOL IS OPEN FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, AND WE'RE NOW WORKING ON SOME INCENTIVES FOR LIFEGUARDS. THE JUST BEING HONEST THAT THE PRICE OF TEA IN CHINA HAS RISEN AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE SOME OF THE STRUGGLES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST ABOUT KEEPING THE POOLS OPEN. SO I'M WORKING WITH THE HR DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY TO INCENTIVIZE THESE THINGS. SO WE CAN OPEN AND CLOSE AT THE TIMES THAT WE DESIRE. LASTLY, STRAIGHT TALK SYMPOSIUMS. I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO IT TWICE. APRIL OF

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SO I BELIEVE ALL THAT IS WELCOME AS LONG AS IT FALLS WITHIN THE POLICY AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE OUTLINED BY THIS BODY. THANK YO. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU PRESENTING THESE PROGRAMS. THEY'RE THEY'RE NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOUR EFFORT AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE PUT INTO IT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TURNER. COUNCILMAN DARIO, I HAD A QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. I UNDERSTAND YOU RUN THEM, BUT AS FAR AS BUDGETS AND STAFFING, HOW DO YOU NORMALLY DEAL WITH THESE PROGRAMS? THIS IS A NEW CREATURE IN TERMS OF MY TRANSITIONING FROM, WELL, STILL THE COMMUNITY LIAISON. BUT TRANSITIONING FROM ONE WORK SPACE TO ANOTHER TO USE THE VERBIAGE OF OUR CITY MANAGER, WE'RE MAKING SAUSAGE AND IT CAN BE AND IT IS ARDUOUS AND SOMEWHAT OF A TEDIOUS PROCESS, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE IN TERMS OF BUDGET, I, I TURNED IN, I WAS APPROVED FOR WHAT I PRESENTED TO THIS COUNCIL BACK IN AUGUST FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT LAYS ON SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN TASKED WITH. NEW PROGRAMS. THESE INITIATIVES THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M ABSORBING SOME OF OR THE MAJORITY OF THE RECREATION'S BUDGET LINE ITEMS AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE. SO I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE TO LUMP THOSE TOGETHER AND GET THE MOST OUT OF IT. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO, AS I PRESENTED TO ACM BOOM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT THIS COST, YOU KNOW, VERSUS MAYBE WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED PRIOR TO, YOU KNOW. SO THIS BEST ANSWER I HAVE FOR THAT AND JUST MY SECOND IF I CAN HELP WITH THAT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, SOME OF THE COSTS WILL BE ABSORBED FROM THE EXISTING BUDGET, BUT THERE'S ALL LIKELIHOOD WE'LL PROBABLY BE COMING BACK WITH THE WITH THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT OR AMENDMENT FOR SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS IF THEY GET TOO EXPENSIVE. BUT THAT'S THAT WAS A PART OF THE PLAN THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A BIT OF A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. I'M SORRY, NOT ADJUSTMENT AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S FULLY FUNDED.

YEAH. THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS BECAUSE I KNOW WE DID ROUGHLY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WE TOOK SOME FUNDING TO KIND OF FOCUS ON SOME OF THESE NEWER PROGRAMS. I THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. WILL IT BE REALLOCATED OR HOW DOES IT WORK? BUT I THINK I GOT A CLEAR CLARIFICATION. THE DOLLARS THAT WERE ALLOCATED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET FOR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, IT WENT AWAY. SO WHATEVER WE BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'LL USE THOSE DOLLARS AND ALLOCATE THEM. BUT IF WE HAVE TO, IF WE NEED MORE AND HAVE TO DO SOME AMENDMENTS, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT. ALL RIGHT. AND MY SECOND FOLLOW UP QUESTION WAS

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COUNCILMAN. DARIO. YES, MR. LEWIS, I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON YOUR SUMMER CAMPS. ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE, I GUESS, LIKE COUNSELORS THAT WILL WORK WITH THE KIDS DOING THE SUMMER CAMP? OKAY. YES, SIR. AGAIN, WE, AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS SAUSAGE. BE DIRECT. I INVENTED SUMMER CAMP, SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE WAY THAT WHAT WE DON'T DO IS THAT I DON'T HIRE KIDS TO WATCH KIDS. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A RARE CONSIDERATION THERE, AND IT'S BEEN BECAUSE OF. I KNOW THAT KID CAN HANDLE THOSE KIDS. WE HIRE A SUMMER CAMP SUPERVISOR, TYPICALLY IS SOMEONE WHO PROBABLY A EDUCATOR, MORE LIKELY A PE COACH THAT IS LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF SUMMER WORK. THE THEIR RESIDUAL. THEY COME BACK EVERY YEAR. THAT'S HOW I'VE SEEN IT. AND WE HIRE AT LEAST AN 18 YEAR OLD OR SOMEONE WHO'S OLDER THAT THAT WANTS TO WORK AND THAT UNDERSTANDS THE DIFFICULTY IN TERMS OF SETTING AN EXAMPLE, PROVIDING CURRICULUM AND LEADING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THAT'S THE WAY I SEE SUMMER CAMP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH YOUR I LOVE LEAGUE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND I KNOW THE SUCCESS OF IT WITH THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM. AND HAVING ATTENDED MANY OF THE GAMES AND IT IS VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED, A LOT OF TEAMS INVOLVED AND AS WELL AS THE TRACK, AND I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ARE WELL EQUIPPED TO, TO DO THIS.

AND I THINK WE CAN HAVE SOME SUCCESS IN THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN SOME TIME.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THAT WITH THE LIFEGUARDS, I KNOW MY SON WORKED FOR YOU ABOUT 16 YEARS AGO AT OUR CITY POOLS AS A LIFEGUARD AND IT'S AN EXPERIENCE THAT HE STILL REMEMBERS AND HOLDS DEAR. BUT YOU DO HAVE TO GET THAT LIFEGUARD TRAINING, SO PEOPLE HAVE TO GET CERTIFIED IN ORDER TO DO THAT. BUT SO FINDING WAYS TO HELP INCORPORATE GET THESE KIDS CERTIFIED BECAUSE AND I KNOW YOU'LL DO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE. THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT, MR. CITY MANAGER? AS AS

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THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. JUST CONGRATS TO OFFICER RILEY. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL, YOU WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS. AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE YOU, AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. AND I HAVE PLENTY OF KIDS. IF YOU EVER GET GET BORIN.

YOU MIGHT SEND THEM RIGHT BACK, BUT, BUT BUT SERIOUSLY, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU DESERVE TO SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND ENJOY THAT. AND ANOTHER THING IS, THANK YOU TO STAFF WHO ALL CAME UP AND PRESENTED YOU. DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THE OUTCOMES OF SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND LASTLY, MR. AND MRS. JEFFERSON AT THAT ADDRESS, 4785 LUFKIN STREET. I DO HAVE A HUGE CONCERN ABOUT THAT. IT'S BEEN IN FRONT OF US PROBABLY SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, AND THAT'S GOING ON FOUR YEARS. IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO OR ANY PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS WE HAVE COMING UP IN THAT AREA, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE AN UPDATE AND MAYBE A TIMELINE OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR THAT, FOR THAT FAMILY. IT'S GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I SPOKE TO THE HUSBAND. HE'S ALMOST SO FRUSTRATED HE'S NO LONGER GOING TO COME TO COUNCIL, EVEN THOUGH I ENCOURAGE HIM TO COME EXPRESS HOW HE FEELS. AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF CITIZENS WITH DIFFERENT ISSUES IN THE CITY, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT AND NO MATTER IF I RAN INTO HIM IN THE GROCERY STORE OR AT A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THEY THEY BRING UP THE SAME ISSUE. AND I'VE BEEN KIND OF INVOLVED IN IT, AND I JUST WANT TO SEE HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO GETTING SOME FORM OF A RESOLUTION. COUNCILMAN SHAW, THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TURNER. OFFICER RILEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR HARD WORK. BUT MOSTLY THANK YOU FOR THE COMPASSION THAT I HEARD IN YOUR VOICE AS YOU WOULD SPEAK TO ME ABOUT THE KIDS AND THE YOUTH THAT YOU WERE TOUCHING IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT WAS OBVIOUS, AS YOU WOULD DESCRIBE TO ME WHAT YOU WERE DOING WITH THE YOUTH OF OUR CITY. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE SOMEONE THAT WILL COME UP BEHIND YOU AND PICK UP THE BATON AND CONTINUE WITH THAT RACE OF REACHING OUT TO THE KIDS AND THE YOUTH WITH SUCH COMPASSION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN SHAW. COUNCILMAN SAMUEL. YES, I JUST LIKE TO JOIN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER AND EXPRESSING MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE JEFFERSON'S OVER ON LUFKIN. THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS A LONG TIME, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE PERMANENTLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND, OFFICER RILEY, IT'S BEEN YEARS. IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY, BUT YOU ARE ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF A PUBLIC SERVANT THAT I KNOW. YOU RESPOND. YOU RESPOND WITH PASSION. AND NO ONE THAT WORKS WITH YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT IT'S SINCERE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVIC. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

COUNCILMAN NEAL. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OFFICER RILEY AND GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE. I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO RETIREMENT, COUNCILMAN DARIO, I WAS BUSY LAST NIGHT AND DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO WATCH THE COWBOY GAME. ANYTHING HAPPENED? COUNCILMAN GOETZ? NO COMMENT. I NEED TO GO BACK. AND ALSO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, CAROL, FOR YOUR RETIREMENT. YOU'VE BEEN HERE JUST AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN. AND YOU KNOW, IN YOUR ROLE AS IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING, WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH YOU AND SEEING THE PASSION AND COMPASSION YOU HAVE FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, I DON'T

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SO CONTINUE TO SEND ME PICTURES OF THE BABY AND KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE MISSED. THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATION POINTS. THE ONE LEAD LINE WE HAVE IN THE CITY, IT IS LED ON BOTH SIDES, SO THE CITY SERVICE LINE AS WELL AS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE, AND THEN THE BRIDGES THAT ARE UNDER THAT CONTRACT ARE AVENUE A, CALDER NORTH CIRCUIT, DELAWARE DOWN ERIE STREET, HIGHLAND AVENUE, PEVETO TWO ON WASHINGTON BOULEVARD AND TWO ON PHELAN, AS WELL AS ONE ON HIGHLAND. SO THAT IS THE LIST OF THE BRIDGES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON FROM ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE UNDER PUBLIC WORKS TODAY. I DID WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK MOLLY VILLARREAL, AS WELL AS DAVID TINGLE, JOHN PIPPINS AND ALL THE ENGINEERING STAFF WITHOUT THEIR HARD WORK, WE COULD NEVER HAVE THIS QUANTITY OF WORK GOING ON SUCCESSFULLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BARTKOWIAK. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ELLIS. ALL RIGHT, SO TOMORROW WE HAVE THE PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE. IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE LAKESIDE CENTER FROM 530 TO 730. THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO OPEN HOUSES THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE MASTER PLAN.

SO WE'RE ASKING ANYBODY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO PLEASE COME OUT AND SPEAK WITH STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR CONSULTANT, TO PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK AND OPINIONS ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY'S PARKS, FACILITIES, AS WELL AS RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS. SO THIS IS A LONG TERM PLAN. SO WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE TO COME OUT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR CFO JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATS TO CAROL. YES, MA'AM. I WANTED TO CORRECT A STATEMENT THAT I SAID FROM THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. WE WERE DISCUSSING HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSIT AND I INDICATED THAT THE PARKDALE ROUTE BUS ARRIVES IN INTERVALS OF 15 MINUTES. I WANT TO CORRECT THAT. THEY ARRIVE IN 30 TO 45 MINUTE INTERVALS. I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING OF 15 MINUTES. SO THAT WAS MY MISTAKE.

BUT I DO WANT TO CORRECT THAT FOR THE PUBLIC. SO THAT'S OUT THERE. AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO OFFICER RILEY. WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU MADAM. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT. I'M GOING TO NEED A NEW NUMBER BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP THAT PHONE. SO I'M GOING TO NEED A NEW NUMBER SO WE CAN HAVE OUR TALKS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK JACKIE IN HR FOR HER QUICK RESPONSE. WHEN TRACY SENT THE EMAIL OUT TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR CAROL FOR HER RETIREMENT, SHE JUMPED ON THAT. I WANT TO THANK REFLECTIONS ON CALDER FOR THE QUICK ENGAGEMENT THAT THEY DID FOR HER. I WON'T CALL IT A PLAQUE. I'LL JUST SAY HER HER RETIREMENT GIFT. BUT THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON GETTING THAT ENGRAVED AND GETTING IT READY FOR TODAY. SO WE JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO REFLECTIONS AND TO JACKIE AND HR. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. YES, MAYOR. WE'LL GET A REPORT OUT TO COUNCIL ON THE JEFFERSON SEWER SITUATION AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO MITIGATE IT GOING FORWARD. I UNDERSTAND AND FEEL THE SAME WAY AS YOU DO THAT IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING SITUATION. JUST THANK YOU, CAROL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY FOR YOUR LONG DEDICATION. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME FEEL COMFORTABLE WHEN I GET HERE. I APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU DO THAT WITH EVERYBODY, SO IT'S JUST NATURAL FOR YOU. BUT I'LL JUST SAY ONE THING THAT YOU WON'T STAY RETIRED. SO. SO ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN. AND LASTLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT MY HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEAT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN BEAUMONT AND PORT ARTHUR IN FOOTBALL, THIS SEASON IN ONE DISTRICT. SO SINCE Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT FOOTBALL, IT'S NOT BASKETBALL. IT'S NOT BASKETBALL SEASON YET.

MUTE HIS MIC. YEAH. ABILITY TO MUTE HIS MIC. YEAH. CAN WE FIX THAT. WE NEED THE ABILITY TO MUTE HIS MIC. I DIDN'T MEAN. YOU HAD IT TO DO COUNCILMAN DARIO I JUST WANT TO THANK OFFICER RILEY AS WELL FOR THE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COUNCIL AND ALSO FOR THOSE

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AND I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES. AND YOU WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, YOU DO IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND THE LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY SHINES THROUGH. AND IT IS YOU'VE BEEN. YOU'RE AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BEAUMONT PD. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANT TO ALSO I WANT TO APPLAUD OPERATION BLESSING AT VICTORY TEMPLE THIS PAST SEPTEMBER 30TH. THEY GAVE AWAY 500 TURKEYS AND THIS THIS COMING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, REDEMPTION CHURCH IS GIVING AWAY TURKEYS AS WELL IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT, WHICH IS THEIR THIRD YEAR TO DO THAT. AND I KNOW I WAS DOWNTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT SPEAKING AT INDIA FEST. IT HAD OVER 900 PEOPLE IN. THE SYMPHONY WAS ALSO HAPPENING ACROSS THE STREET, SO PARKING WAS TIGHT, WHICH WAS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. AND TONIGHT IS THE LIGHTING AT LAMAR UNIVERSITY. SO THEY'RE LIGHTING THEIR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS A LITTLE BIT EARLY. SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN GOING AND EXCITED THAT BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES, THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR TWO OF THE GRANTS THERE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN THE BLOOMBERG HARVARD UNIVERSITY CITY'S LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE THAT OUR CITY MANAGER SERVES IN AS WELL. AND THEY BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES IS VERY GENEROUS TO CITIES, AND WE ARE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY TAKE ADVANTAGE A COUPLE OF THESE GRANTS AND REMIND PEOPLE THAT. AND IN TWO DAYS, WE HAVE OUR STATE OF THE CITY LUNCHEON NEXT DOOR FROM 11:00 TO 1:00 PM, AND WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OVER. THAT IS THE GREATER BEAUMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS PARTNERING WITH US IN HELPING US PRESENT THAT. AND

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