Dec 03, 2024 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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SO THERE'S SOME. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. TODAY'S MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. TODAY'S TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 2024. TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR JAMES P BARKER, JR OF GREATER ZION. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ETERNAL GOD, OUR FATHER. HOW WE DELIGHT TO BLESS YOUR NAME BECAUSE YOU ARE GOD ALONE. WE THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US WITH YOUR TIME, OUR TIME, OUR TREASURE, AND OUR TALENTS. AND AS WE HAVE GATHERED HERE THIS AFTERNOON, DEAR GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE, THAT YOU WOULD BE GLORIFIED IN ALL THAT WE DO, SAY AND SHARE. WE THANK YOU GOD, FOR YOUR OMNIPOTENCE, THAT YOU'VE GOT THE POWER TO PERFORM JUST THE TASK THAT YOU SAID YOU'RE ABLE TO DO. WE THANK YOU, DEAR GOD, FOR LIFE AND LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. WE ASK IT ALL IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF HIM WHO ONCE WAS DEAD, BURIED, AND RESURRECTED. JESUS, THE CHRIST. AMEN. JESUS CHRIST. MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MAYOR WEST, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM NEAL, COUNCIL MEMBER. DORIO PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. GIBBS. ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. TURNER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHORE. PRESENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER. SAMUEL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TODAY WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS. THE

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THE FULL LIST IS LOCATED ON THE CVB'S WEBSITE. BEAUMONT CVB.COM/12 DAYS. WE HOPE YOU'LL HELP US MAKE CHRISTMAS A LITTLE BRIGHTER FOR OUR LOCAL CHILDREN. THE BEAUMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD ITS TRADITIONAL PUSH IN CEREMONY AS WE PLACE OUR NEWEST FIRE ENGINE INTO SERVICE AT STATION SIX. IT WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH AT 10 A.M. AT THE FIRE RESCUE STATION, SIX, 1880 SOUTH MAJOR DRIVE. AND FINALLY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TOGETHER WITH TEMPLE EMANUEL, ARE EXCITED TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO A SPECIAL MENORAH LIGHTING CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND THE RICH DIVERSITY THAT DEFINES OUR CITY. THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT, AND THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION. THIS EVENT OFFERS A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE VICTORY OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS, A TIMELESS MESSAGE OF HOPE AND RESILIENCE THAT SPEAKS TO PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. WE INVITE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US FOR THIS SPECIAL OCCASION. AS WE LIGHT THE MENORAH AND CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS ON MONDA, DECEMBER 30TH AT 5 P.M. AND THAT'S ALL FOR THIS WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM MR. GRADY REE, WHO IS WITH HDR ENGINEERING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL AND MAYOR JUST SAID MY NAME IS GRADY REED. I'M A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER WITH HDR, AND I'M HERE JUST TO TALK WITH YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WHAT IMPACT FEES ARE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS, HAS OBVIOUSLY ENGAGED US TO, TO LOOK AT AND IF

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THAT MONEY HAS TO GO INTO A SEPARATE ACCOUNT. BY BY LAW YOU HAVE TO KEEP KEEP TRACK OF IT SEPARATELY. YOU CANNOT COMMINGLE IT WITH YOUR O&M FUNDS BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY USE THOSE FUNDS RECEIVED TO PAY FOR PROJECTS RELATED TO GROWTH, AND YOU CAN PAY FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS, LAND ACQUISITION COST. YOU CAN SAVE UP THOSE THAT THAT MONEY AND YOU CAN TO PAY BASICALLY CASH FOR THOSE PROJECTS. OR YOU CAN COLLECT IMPACT FEE PROCEEDS AND USE THAT MONEY TO PAY DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO GROWTH, WHICH YOU CANNOT USE.

IMPACT FEE IMPACT FEES FOR IS TYPICAL JUST O&M TYPE STUFF. SO YOU CAN'T TRANSFER THESE FEES INTO YOUR O&M FUND AND PAY SALARIES. THOSE TYPES OF THINGS YOU CANNOT USE IMPACT FEES TO BRING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S LOST CAPACITY DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE. YOU CANNOT USE IMPACT FEES TO BRING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE BACK UP TO ITS FULL CAPACITY. IT'S JUST FOR NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO GROWTH. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT IMPACT FEES, BECAUSE I SOMETIMES I GET ASKED THIS QUESTION AND, AND OUR IMPACT FEES ARE SOLD ON THE IDEA. WELL, IF WE HAVE IMPACT FEES THEN GROWTH IS GOING TO PAY FOR 100% OF ITSELF. AND THAT'S THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY IT WORKS. SO, SO REALISTICALLY, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THAT IMPACT. FEES HELP GROWTH PAY FOR ITSELF. THE PROBLEM WITH IMPACT FEES AND THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO GET AROUND IT IS A LOT OF IT IS JUST THE TIMING IS IF YOU HAVE IMPACT FEES, YOU TYPICALLY THOSE IMPACT FEES ARE TYPICALLY ASSESSED AT TIME OF PLAT. SO WHENEVER A NEW DEVELOPMENT IS PLATTED, WHATEVER IMPACT FEES ARE IN EXISTENCE AT THAT TIME, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD BE CHARGED. BUT YOU DON'T NORMALLY COLLECT THOSE IMPACT FEES UNTIL TIME OF BUILDING PERMIT. BUT OF COURSE, THE CITY HAS TO GET THAT INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE, WHETHER IT'S PIPES OR A LIFT STATION OR PUMP STATION OR WHATEVER. AND SO NORMALLY THE CITY IS KIND OF OUT THAT MONEY UP FRONT AND BASICALLY YOU'RE REIMBURSING YOURSELF AS AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHY THEY CAME ABOUT. SO THEY CAME ABOUT TO HELP GROWTH PAY FOR ITSELF, NOT TO ENSURE THAT GROWTH WOULD 100% COVER ITSELF IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, THEY ARE ADDRESSED IN CHAPTER 395 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AS WELL. SO IT'S KIND OF THERE'S NOT THERE'S SOME LEEWAY, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LEEWAY ON ON WHAT WE CAN DO WITH AN IMPACT FEE. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS JUST AGAIN JUST JUST IS JUST THE DEFINITION. IT'S A CHARGE OR ASSESSMENT IMPOSED BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AGAINST NEW DEVELOPMENT. BASICALLY IN ORDER TO GENERATE REVENUE OR RECOUPING THE COST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OR FACILITY EXPANSIONS. THAT IS DUE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND BASICALLY THE ULTIMATE GOAL WITH WITH IMPACT FEES IS TO HELP A CITY ENSURE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH IS CONSTRUCTED. IT'S JUST BASICALLY IT'S JUST ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE, A SIDE OF OUTSIDE OF YOUR RATES OR ANY OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT YOU WOULD USE TO PAY FOR THESE PROJECTS. IT'S JUST ANOTHER REVENUE STREAM COMING IN TO HELP PAY FOR THAT. AGAIN, BECAUSE IN VERY RAPIDLY GROWING AREAS, THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES IN WHICH GROWTH MATURE, GROWTH MORATORIUMS HAVE BEEN ENACTED BECAUSE THAT DEVELOPMENT WAS NOT THERE. AND SO THIS AGAIN, THIS KIND OF CAME ABOUT TO HELP GIVE

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AND ONE LEVY IS DEFINED AS WHATEVER THE STANDARD METER SIZE IS FOR THE FOR THE CITY. SO LET'S SAY THAT'S 5/8 INCH METER. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE YOU. SO IF YOU COME UP WITH AN IMPACT FEE OF LET'S I'M GOING TO MAKE, MAKE THIS EASY ON ME. IF THAT IMPACT FEE IS $5,000 AND I BUILD A HOME AND A NEW AND A NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A FIVE METER, THEN I WOULD PAY $5,000 FOR MY IMPACT FEE. IF I'M A BUSINESS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I PUT A TWO INCH METER IN FRONT OF MY BUSINESS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I NEED. I BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING IS SCALED.

IMPACT FEES ARE SCALED BASED ON METER, SIZE. SO IT'S JUST LIKE YOUR DEMAND CHARGES ON YOUR ON YOUR WATER RATES. WE USE THE SAME SCALING FACTORS. THOSE FACTORS ARE FROM THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION. SO AN EIGHT INCH METER WOULD BE OR EXCUSE ME A TWO INCH METER WOULD BE I BELIEVE EIGHT TIMES A FIVE INCH METER. SO IF YOU HAVE A $5,000 IMPACT FEE AND SOMEONE A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT USES A TWO INCH METER, THEY WOULD THEIR IMPACT FEES WOULD BE EIGHT TIMES THAT $5,000. SO JUST KIND OF SO YOU'RE AWARE THAT THEY DO SCALE BASED ON ON WATER METER SIZE, BOTH THE WATER AND THE WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES. WE NORMALLY DO DEVELOP THESE IN A IN A COMPONENT METHOD. SO THERE'S KIND OF A PIECE FOR WATER SUPPLY. AND TREATMENT, STORAGE, PUMPING TRANSMISSION. AND ON THE SAME SIDE ON THE SAME THING ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, IF WE CAN, WE TRY TO LOOK AT WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PUMPING AND CONVEYANCE. AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THERE IS ONE SENTENCE IN CHAPTER 395 THAT DOES SAY, IF A DEVELOPER COMES IN AND BUILDS A PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS ON YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WAS USED TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT FEE THAT THAT DEVELOPERS DO A CREDIT, AND THAT'S ALL THAT. CHAPTER 395 SAYS IT DOES NOT SAY OR SPECIFY HOW THAT CREDIT NEEDS TO BE DETERMINED. SO BY DOING THIS IT ALLOWS IT ALLOWS YOU KIND OF A STARTING POINT FOR WHAT THAT CREDIT IS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE WOULD COME TO YOU WITH WHENEVER THIS PROCESS IS DONE IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE AMOUNT ONE FOR WATER AND ONE FOR WASTEWATER, AND THEN COUNCIL WOULD THEN MAKE A DECISION ON CHARGING ANYWHERE FROM ZERO UP TO WHATEVER THAT MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE IS. BUT THE IMPACT FEES CANNOT BE LEVIED ABOVE THE MAXIMUM. THAT IS DETERMINED AS PART OF THIS STUDY, AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. SOME OF THIS IS A LITTLE IS A LITTLE ARCHAIC. AND QUITE HONESTLY HAS VERY LITTLE BEARING ON WHAT THE IMPACT FEE IS. BUT IT'S THE WAY THAT THE LEGISLATURE ENVISIONED THAT, THAT THIS WOULD BE DONE.

AND SO IT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH. SO FIRST OF ALL, WE DEFINE WHAT THAT IMPACT FEE SERVICE AREA IS, WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CITY LIMITS, WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE THE WATER SERVICE AREA, OR WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CITY'S ETJ. AND SO WE DEFINE AND THAT JUST KIND OF PUTS A BOUNDARY ON A MAP, IF YOU WILL, THAT SAYS IF THE CITY PROVIDES SERVICE WITHIN THIS AREA, THEY CAN THOSE ENTITIES, ONCE THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM, CAN BE LEVIED AN IMPACT FEE. IT DOES NOT IMPLY THAT THE CITY HAS TO SERVE THOSE AREAS.

AND UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER MEANS THAT COMPEL THE CITY TO SERVE THOSE AREAS AND WITHIN WITHIN THAT SERVICE AREA, WE BASICALLY HAVE TO DO A REALLY QUICK LAND USE PLAN. WE NORMALLY TRY TO BASE THAT ON ANY COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY DONE. ONCE WE'VE DONE THAT, THEN WE CAN ESTIMATE WHAT THOSE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY DEMANDS ARE WITHIN THAT AREA. WE COMPARE THAT TO THE CITY'S EXISTING CAPACITY AGAIN AS BEST WE CAN. AND THE IDEA BEHIND THIS, AND THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT IN CHAPTER 395, IS BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO KIND OF BUILD A BRIDGE, IF YOU WILL, TO HOW YOU WILL DEVELOP THE CIP. SO BASICALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT DEFICIENCIES MAY EXIST WITHIN THE CITY'S WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM.

CURRENTLY, ONCE THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THEN WE WILL USE THE CITY'S EXISTING TEN YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. NOW AGAIN, WE WOULD ONLY BE USING THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO GROWTH. SO THE CITY HAS A MUCH LARGER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF

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THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WORK WORK THROUGH WITH STAFF AND THE AND THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 395. SO IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXISTING ASSETS THAT YOU'VE BEEN THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT, THAT DO HAVE EXCESS CAPACITY, PROVIDED THAT WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT THOSE COST THROUGH A FIXED ASSETS SYSTEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN TAKE THOSE COSTS AND ROLL THOSE INTO THE IMPACT FEE AS WELL. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THEN WE WOULD DETERMINE WHAT CURRENT AND FUTURE SERVICE DEMANDS ARE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO ALL OF THOSE FACILITIES. BASICALLY, WHAT IS THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE FOR THIS PLAN AND GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO ONCE WE'VE DONE THAT, WE END UP WITH WHAT'S CALLED A WEIGHTED COST OF EXISTING AND NEW CAPACITY PER LIVING UNIT EQUIVALENT. OR AGAIN, IN LIEU. ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, CHAPTER 395 SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO EITHER ONE OF TWO THINGS. ONCE YOU HAVE THIS WEIGHTED COST OF CAPITAL, YOU CAN EITHER TAKE THAT AND YOU CAN JUST CUT IT IN HALF. AND THAT BECOMES THE MAXIMUM IMPACT FEES THAT YOU CAN LEVY. OR YOU CAN GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO DETERMINE A RATE CREDIT. BECAUSE AS THIS NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT, A PORTION OF IT IS STILL GOING TO BE SHOULDERED, AS WE DISCUSSED THROUGH THROUGH RATEPAYERS, BOTH EXISTING RATEPAYERS AND NEW RATEPAYERS ARE GOING TO BE CONNECTING TO THE SYSTEM OVER THIS TEN YEAR WINDOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND SO THOSE THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS WE WILL GO THROUGH AND DO THE RATE CREDITS.

JUST BECAUSE THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY AND THAT IT WILL PRODUCE A HIGHER IMPACT FEE. AND THE IDEA BEHIND THIS, EITHER THE RATE CREDIT OR TAKING THAT FEE AND CUTTING IT IN HALF, IS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DOUBLE CHARGE NEW RESIDENTS FOR THESE PROJECTS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO LEVY AN IMPACT FEE ON THEM AND ALSO OVER COLLECT THROUGH THE RATES FOR THAT SAME PROJECT. SO THAT'S WHY WE GO THROUGH THIS RATE CREDIT. OR IF YOU DON'T DO A RATE CREDIT AGAIN, KIND OF A FAIL SAFE. IT'S JUST CUT THAT IN HALF TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE IS GOING TO BE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO AGAIN ITEMS PAYABLE BY THE FEE OR CONSTRUCTION SURVEYING ENGINEERING COSTS, LAND ACQUISITION COSTS, FINANCING COSTS AND THEN ENGINEERING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH WITH THESE FEES, INCLUDING THE COST OF DOING THE STUDY, DOING THE IMPACT FEE STUDY ITSELF AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND AGAIN, ITEMS THAT ARE NOT PAYABLE BY THE FEE PROJECTS ARE NOT RELATED TO GROWTH O&M COSTS, EXISTING DEFICIENCIES, ANY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES UNLESS THEY AGREE TO THEM VIA CONTRACT, SO ANY NEW SCHOOLS THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED WOULD BE EXEMPTED. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO REALLY KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THIS THIS PROCESS IS DRIVEN BY A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR A SICK. THEY ARE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ONLY. THEY DO NOT.

THEY ARE NOT A DECISION MAKING COMMITTEE, BUT THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WE AS AS STAFF AND CONSULTANTS WOULD ORIGINALLY WOULD, WOULD START OUT WORKING WITH AND GO THROUGH MOST OF THIS PROCESS WITH THEM. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS NORMALLY APPOINTED AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. JUST BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A COMMITTEE THAT EXISTS THAT CAN ONLY OCCUR. THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THIS COMMITTEE THAT THAT ARE THAT IT HAS TO BE COMPOSED OF CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT CAN ONLY OCCUR IF THE P AND Z COMMISSION INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT OR BUILDING INDUSTRY, AND THAT PERSON CANNOT BE AN EMPLOYEE OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. I JUST POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE, WHERE WE HAD SOMEONE THAT WAS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF THAT CITY, BUT THEY WERE AN EMPLOYEE OF ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, AND THEY COULD NOT FILL THAT ROLE. AND THEN THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT IF THIS FEE WOULD BE CHARGED ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS OR ANYWHERE INTO THE CITY'S ETJ IS

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AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO DETERMINE IF AN IMPACT FEE UPDATE IS NEEDED BY STATE STATUTE. IT WANTS TO ADOPT IMPACT FEES. YOU HAVE TO UPDATE THEM EVERY AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS, OR AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS. YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT THE IMPACT FEES DO NOT NEED TO BE UPDATED, WHICH QUITE HONESTLY, THAT'S JUST THAT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE REAL WORLD BECAUSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS CHANGE, GROWTH CHANGES. THERE'S TOO MUCH CHANGE OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU CANNOT UPDATE THEM PRIOR TO FIVE YEARS. SOME CITIES THAT ARE GROWING QUICKLY, THEY MAY UPDATE THEM EVERY OTHER YEAR, EVERY THREE YEARS. BUT JUST KNOW THAT ONCE THESE ARE IN PLACE BY STATE STATUTE, YOU HAVE TO REVISIT THEM AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO AGAIN THIS COMMITTEE WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WE WILL WORK WITH THEM AND WE WILL COME UP WITH A WITH THIS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE. WE WILL DOCUMENT ALL OF THAT IN A REPORT. THIS COMMITTEE, THE CAC WILL THEN ADOPT THAT REPORT. AND AGAIN BY ADOPTING THAT REPORT, THEY ARE BASICALLY SAYING THAT THE LAND USE APPEARS TO BE REASONABLE, THAT THE CIP APPEARS TO BE REASONABLE, THAT WE HAVE CALCULATED THE MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE CORRECTLY, AND THAT THAT MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE IS X. THIS COMMITTEE DOES NOT HAVE TO RECOMMEND A FEE TO CITY COUNCIL, BUT THEY THEY MAY WANT TO AND SO IF THEY DO THAT WE WILL INCLUDE THAT IN THE REPORT. AS WELL AS MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BODY FOR APPROVAL. SO KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH TO, TO DO THIS, ONCE WE START WORKING WITH THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGAIN, WE'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THEY WILL ADOPT THE IMPACT FEE REPORT ONCE AND POTENTIALLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL AT THAT TIME. ONCE THAT IS DONE, THIS IS A FIRST TIME ADOPTION FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES. SO AT THE BACK END OF THIS IT'S THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT HAVE TO OCCUR.

ONCE YOU HAVE IMPACT FEES ADOPTED AND YOU GO TO UPDATE THOSE, THEN IT BECOMES A ONE PUBLIC HEARING THING. BUT THE WAY THAT THIS WOULD WORK IS ONCE THAT COMMITTEE APPROVES THE REPORT, WE WOULD THEN SAY WE WOULD THEN COME TO COUNCIL AND SAY, OKAY, THE COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED THE REPORT. IT'S ON FILE. WE NEED YOU TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THE LAND USE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. ONCE THAT DATE IS SET, THEN PUBLIC NOTICE IS PROVIDED.

THAT HAS TO GO OUT IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION. YOU CAN CERTAINLY PUT IT OTHER PLACES THAT NOTICE HAS TO BE OUT 30 DAYS BEFORE YOU CAN CONDUCT THAT THAT PUBLIC HEARING. SO THEN THAT HEARING, THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS OCCURS ON THE LAND USE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. THEN TYPICALLY AND THEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE ACTION. COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ACTION AND SAY, OKAY, WE APPROVE THIS LAND USE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR USE IN THE IN THE IN THIS IN THIS PROCESS, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN NORMALLY THAT SAME NIGHT COUNCIL WILL ALSO THEN SET THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING DATE WHICH IS ACTUALLY FOR IMPACT FEE ADOPTION. AND IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING THERE. NOTICE HAS TO GO OUT. THAT NOTICE HAS TO BE A 30 DAYS OR SO. IT HAS TO BE A MINIMUM OF 30 DAYS PRIOR TO HOLDING THAT PUBLIC HEARING. SO AT THE BACK END, WHENEVER THE COMMITTEE IS DONE WITH THIS AND KIND OF WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT IS WHEN THE COMMITTEE IS DONE, DONE WITH THIS, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT IT WOULD BE 60 DAYS MINIMUM IF EVERYTHING FELL EXACTLY RIGHT. BUT AGAIN, THAT IN THE REAL

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[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]

SO WE HAVE WE HAVE STEAM AND WE HAVE STEAM. WE HAVE STEAM BECAUSE WE ADD THE A, WHICH IS FOR ARTS. SO WE HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR ALL LEVELS. WHEN YOU GET YOUR STATISTICAL REPORT FROM THE LIBRARY MONTHLY, I'M SURE YOU GET IT. PAY ATTENTION TO SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE NOT JUST CHECKING OUT BOOKS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ALL OF THESE SERVICES FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, FOR ALL CATEGORIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. SHERIDAN JEFFERSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SHERIDAN JEFFERSON. I LIVE AT 4785 LUFKIN STREET, ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND, ISAAC. I STAND BEFORE YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CITIZENS WHO ARE HAVING SEWAGE AND WATER PROBLEMS. MR. MIKE HARRIS DID COME OUT AND TALK WITH US, AND HE TRIED AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM, BUT WE DID NOT COME TO A CLEAR SOLUTIO. HOWEVER, AFTER BEING PRESENT IN HERE FOR A WHILE, MR. MIKE HARRIS HAS CALLED ME OUTSIDE AND INFORMED ME THAT HE'S WILLING TO WORK ON SOMETHING ELSE THAT MIGHT HELP MY PROBLEM. THAT I'M HAVING THERE AT 4785 LUFKIN STREET, BECAUSE WHEN IT RAINS, WE EITHER HAVE TO HAVE A DUMP TRUCK COME OUT AND HE MIGHT SPEND ALL DAY TRYING TO DRAW THAT WATER OUT. AND IF HE DOES NOT COME IN TIME, THAT WATER

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EACH ONE OF YOU. I AM JENNY SIMON. I LIVE AT 4530 GOLIAD STREET. HERE IN BEAUMONT. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL ABOUT I RECEIVED I WAS, I RECEIVED A LETTER ON SATURDAY TELLING ME ABOUT HOW MUCH I OWED FOR SOME PROPERTY THAT HAD BEEN THAT THEY HAD CUT THE GRASS OFF. I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAD A LETTER IN JULY, BUT IT THE IT WAS SENT BACK TO THE CITY AND I DID NOT RECEIVE IT. AND IN NOVEMBER I GET A LETTER TELLING ME HOW MUCH I OWE. I WAS WONDERING, I CAME AND I SPOKE TO SOMEONE ON YESTERDAY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE ORIGINAL LETTER WAS SENT IN JULY. IT WAS RETURNED IN AUGUST AND THE PROPERTY WAS CUT IN AUGUST. IN SEPTEMBER. SO HERE IN NOVEMBER, I GET A LETTER AND I WENT TO THE POST OFFICE AND I ASKED THEM WHY WAS THE LETTER SENT BACK UNCLAIMED? THEY SAID THE ONLY REASON IS BECAUSE EITHER THE NAME WAS NOT OR THE ADDRESS WAS NOT CLEAR, AND THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THEY SENT A MAIL BACK TO THE PERSON THAT SENT IT.

SO I WAS I ASKED, WELL, WHY DID I NOT RECEIVE THE LETTER IN JULY? AND THEN I GET THE LETTER IN NOVEMBER WHERE IT'S TELLING ME HOW MUCH I OWE. I LIVE ALONE, I'M 89 YEARS OLD, I LIVE ALONE, AND I GO AND I WORKED ON THE PROPERTY MYSELF, AND I DO. I WAS, I HAD WENT TO MY NIECE TO ASK HER. SHE HAD CALLED ME AND TOLD ME SHE HAD FOUND SOMEONE WHO WAS GOING TO DO THE WORK FOR ME. AND WHEN I CAME BACK, THE GRASS WAS CUT AND I BEGAN TO JUST PRAISE GOD. I SAID, OH, SOMEONE FINALLY DID THIS FOR ME. AND HERE IN NOVEMBER, I GET A LETTER TELLING ME I OWE $408 AND SOME CENTS. WHY? I WANT TO KNOW WHY WAS THAT? HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? SO I WAS TOLD ON YESTERDAY THAT I WAS TO SPEAK WITH THE LADY THAT CHECKED THE PROPERTY, BUT I PREFER SPEAKING TO HER TO THE PERSON THAT'S OVER HER. BECAUSE ONCE YOU SHE SENT THE LETTER TO ME, I SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED. THANK YOU MA'AM, THANK YOU. AARON REYNOLDS, JUNIOR. MY NAME IS AARON REYNOLDS JUNIOR. I RESIDE AT 6945 SALIDA HERE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. MY PURPOSE FOR COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO REGISTER A CLAIM AND A COMPLAINT. FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT ISSUED A STOP WORK ORDER FOR THE BALE ESTATES, LOCATED AT 3680 MEADOW ROAD HERE IN BEAUMONT. THE PURPOSE, HE SAID, WAS THE FOURTH TO STOP ALL THE STOP WORK ORDER TO BE ISSUED BECAUSE THERE WAS

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I'M NOT THROUGH. WE DON'T. YES, SIR. BUT WE. IT'S WE'RE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. WE ALL NEED TO DO SOMETHING. TONY CARRIER. HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS TONY CARRIER. I LIVE ON INEZ STREET. I DON'T WANT TO SAY MY ADDRESS AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I HOPE YOU HAD A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY. AND I WANTED TO COME AND THANK AJ PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I GOT A GOOD GRADE FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN WE CONTACT YOU AND ASK YOU TO COME, YOU KNOW, GET A RESPONSE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE GRADE THAT I RECEIVED, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR DOING WHAT HE DO. AND I WANTED TO COME BACK AND SAY KIND OF NOT REALLY APOLOGIZE, BUT LET YOU KNOW I WAS SO EMOTIONAL THE LAST TIME I CAME AND SPOKE. AND THAT'S JUST PART OF BEING A WOMAN, YOU KNOW? SO I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND HERE ARE SOME COOKIES AND I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE SO I DON'T BE LATE FOR CLASS. OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSED.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

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[D. Council to consider a resolution approving compensation for the City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk, and the Chief Magistrate.]

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE, BUT IT COULD INCREASE THAT DEFICIT BY SEVERAL MILLION. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT CAUSES ME TO PAUSE. I WISH WE COULD DO ALL THAT WE WANT TO DO FOR OUR STAFF. CAN WE DO SOMETHING? SHOULD WE DO SOMETHING? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THIS PARTICULAR COMPENSATION PACKAGE CONCERNS ME JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH OUR BUDGET. AND SO FOR THAT REASON, TODAY, RELUCTANTLY, I'LL HAVE TO BE VOTING. NO, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM D, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM D, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. OPPOSED. YEAH. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM

[REGULAR AGENDA]

BASICALLY, IT NEEDS TO BE PERPETUAL OPEN SPACE AND THAT'S SET BY FEMA. OKAY. AND WITHIN THAT DEED RESTRICTION, WHAT ALL COULD TAKE PLACE ON THAT PROPERTY AFTERWARDS. SO ESSENTIALLY IT NEEDS IT NEEDS TO BE MOSTLY OPEN SPACE. BUT THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY GARDENS, IT JUST CAN'T OBSTRUCT THE FLOW OF FLOODING WATERS. OKAY. THANK YO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN NEILL, JUST A QUESTION ON HOW SOME OF THESE NUMBERS CAME UP OR ESTABLISHED. I GUESS SPECIFICALLY THE FIRST ONE, ONE OF THEM IS GETTING ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE PLUS A BASE RELOCATION. HOW WAS THIS DETERMINED? SO IT'S SET THROUGH.

WELL, I'M SORRY, IT'S FEMA BUT THEN GLOW AS WELL. SO GLOW IDENTIFIES HOW MUCH MONEY CAN BE ISSUED TO EACH. AND WE ENGAGED IN ARDURA TO HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE THINGS. SO ESSENTIALLY THEY WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO GET INFORMATION TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN DETERMINE WHETHER THEY QUALIFY FOR RELOCATION OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. BUT IT'S MAINLY HANDLED

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THE OPPOSED THE MOTION IS APPROVED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO? YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO CTEX CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, FOR THE PINE STREET SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, SOUTH BASIN SLUDGE DRAIN REHABILITATION PROJECT. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO? SO MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 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 A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH LEGACY CDC FOR THE NON-CONGREGATE SHELTER UNITS PROJECT OUTLINED IN OUR HOME ARP PLAN, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? MOVE TO APPROVE. THERE IS A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? THERE IS A MOTION IN A SECOND. YES. COUNCILMAN ANDRE I WILL. IS THERE A LOCATION FOR WHERE THESE NON-CONGREGATE SHELTER UNITS WILL BE LOCATED OR WILL BE BUILT? 2670 BROADWAY. AND IT WOULD BE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A NEW CONSTRUCTION. IT'LL BE A IT'S EXISTING. SO IS THIS LIKE A HOMELESS SHELTER? IT'S NON-CONGREGATE SHELTER. SO CONGREGATE IS WHENEVER YOU KNOW EVERYONE'S THERE. AND THEN THESE WILL BE ACTUAL UNITS. THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE UNHOUSED, BUT THIS IS ALSO LIKE A DESK OR A I'M SORRY, A BATTERED WOMEN. AND CHILDREN. THOSE KINDS OF SITUATIONS. IT'S AN IDEA. THAT'S AN APARTMENT BUILDING CORRECT? YES. OKAY. AND THIS HAS COME BEFORE YOU A COUPLE TIMES. ONCE WAS OFF OF CONCORD, BUT THAT CONTRACT FELL THROUGH. AND THEN ONCE WAS OFF OF PRIMROSE AND THAT ALSO FELL THROUGH. SO THIS THEY'RE NOW TRYING TO SECURE THIS LOCATION. COUNCILMAN NEIL, DOES THIS NOT HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE P AND Z? THIS WOULDN'T GO BEFORE P AND Z. THIS IS A PERMITTED USE WITHIN THIS AREA. IT'S ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY. THANK YOU. HOW MANY FAMILIES WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY AT THIS LOCATION. SO IT SHOULD BE AND I CAN INVITE MISS PRINCE UP TO GIVE SOME OF THE OR. I'M SORRY COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER TO GIVE SOME MORE TECHNICAL INFORMATION TO THAT. BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ONE PER UNIT. THERE ARE EIGHT UNITS AND 100% WILL BE FOR THE NON-CONGREGATE USE. THERE ARE, I BELIEVE THREE TWO BEDROOM AND THE REST ARE ONE BEDROOM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR? COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER SIX TO THE CONTRACT WITH ALCO, LLC FOR THE STREET REHABILITATION CITYWIDE. PHASE FIVE REBUILD PROJECT. IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER

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AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU TAKE US INTO

[PUBLIC HEARING]

AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION FOR QUITE SOME TIME. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. HE READ THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FOR THAT ONE. SO THAT'S THE ONE WE HAVE TO DO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

2038 OAKLAND OKAY. AGAIN 1395 MAPLE STREET IS WHERE THE OWNER RESIDES. BUT THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT HE OWNS THAT'S IN VIOLATION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S BEEN IN VIOLATION SINCE. DO THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT POSTED RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO POST THE NOTICE OF THE PROPERTY. ALL RIGHT. IS THE WE WANT TO GO INTO THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING. ON. THAT ONE THAT WAS WRONG. OR DO WE HAVE TO JUST I DON'T KNOW NOBODY ASKED ME ABOUT ME. SO THE NOTE IN THE I GUESS THEY'LL NEED A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE FOR THE PROPERTY THAT'S IN DISPUTE, NOT WHERE THE OWNER RESIDES. OKAY, SO OAKLAND. OKAY. OAKLAND. DO YOU WANT TO GO ON TO FAMILY DOLLAR? YES. OKAY.

NOW THIS PROPERTY HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS A VACANT LOT. HE HAS TO READ THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE BECAUSE EACH ONE IS POSTED. MR. HAROLD 606 LLC. SO WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING. OPEN UP THE SECOND ONE. YES, SIR. YOU DO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I CONTINUE TO LEARN ALL RIGHT. SO WE CLOSE.

WAS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO SIGNED UP TO TALK ON THAT PUBLIC HEARING? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO CAN WE PROCEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SECOND PROPERTY? MR. CITY MANAGER, IS THAT 606 HAROLD? YES, YES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. AND MR. HEALTH DIRECTOR, THIS PROPERTY HERE, IT'S THERE'S NO ADDRESS TO IT, BUT IT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE THAT'S LOCATED AT 2200 GULF STREET. AND AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION SINCE MARCH OF 24. AND THEN ONCE IT CAME TO PUBLIC HEALTH IN OCTOBER AND THAT'S WHEN WE DECLARED IT A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE. AND SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S A LOT OF TRASH. AND IT'S IN VIOLATION OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE. LITTER CONTROL, RODENT HARBORAGE, AS WELL AS MOSQUITO CONTROL. OKAY. AND CAMPING. THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE NEW CAMPING ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY HAS PUT IN PLACE AS WELL. SO THAT'S CAMPING GOING O. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GOETZ.

WHAT EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE CITY TO TRY TO GET THE PROPERTY OWNER TO ABATE THIS NUISANCE? THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW. WE'VE CONTACTED THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND SO WE JUST BRING IT BEFORE COUNCIL. NOW, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE LEGALLY WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, TO GET THEM TO ABATE IT. NOW, TYPICALLY MY UNDERSTANDING IS BEFORE WE GET

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SO TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN LITTER OCCURS WE GO AND MAKE OUR INSPECTION. WE TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. IF THEY IF THEY'RE FOUND. MY STAFF'S PRETTY GOOD ABOUT FINDING PROPERTY OWNERS AND TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. ONCE IT GETS TO A POINT OF NO MOVEMENT TOWARDS COMPLIANCE ON THE PROPERTY, THEN IT DOES GET FILED IN MUNICIPAL COURT AND THEN WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SOMETIMES IT TAKES THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, AND AT THAT POINT, IF IT BECOMES TO A LEVEL WHERE IT COULD BE CONSIDERED A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE OR GENERAL NUISANCE, THAN WE DO REACH OUT TO STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH. IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT THREE YEARS IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY LONG TIME FOR NEIGHBORS OF THIS PROPERTY TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT TAKES SO LONG. THREE YEARS? YES, SIR. I AGREE THAT IS A LONG TIME. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN IT GOES TO MUNICIPAL COURT AND IN THIS CASE, THIS MIGHT BE AN EXTENDED CASE, BUT WHENEVER IT GOES TO MUNICIPAL COURT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THEY HAVE DOCKET AND WHATNOT THAT THEY HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO MOVE THROUGH. SO WE'RE ON ON COURT'S TIME AT THAT POINT AND NOT TO THROW BLAME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, JUST TRYING TO TALK THROUGH THE, THE, THE PROCESS OF THAT. BUT IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME. AND THEN ONCE IF THERE'S NO MOVEMENT FROM THERE, THEN WE GO TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN GET AN ORDER BY A JUDGE AT DISTRICT COURT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? NOBODY'S HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT PROPERTY. CORRECT. OR ANY PROPERTY? NO, SIR. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED ON THAT ITEM. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PROPERTY, 1037 NORTH STREET. AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. OKAY. 1037 NORTH. THIS ONE IS IN VIOLATION OF THE NEW CAMPING ORDINANCE THAT'S BEEN PUT IN PLACE. AND TO AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, THIS ONE KIND OF MOVED EXPEDITIOUSLY. SO WE'RE GETTING THERE WITH WITH TRYING OUR BEST TO GET THESE PROPERTIES CLEANED UP. SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. AND THIS ONE ON NORTH STREET. IS THIS THE ONE THAT THE PERSON HE MOVED THE TRASH TO THE FRONT OF THE ROAD OR TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY TO BE PICKED UP BY

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[COUNCIL COMMENTS]

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. NO COMMENT. COUNCILMAN GOETZ HAS A COUPLE MINUTES LATE TODAY BECAUSE ON MY WAY HERE, I WAS STOPPED BY SEVEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS GOING FROM MY HOUSE DOWN COLLEGE TO CITY HALL. STRAIGHT SHOT. WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT GETTING THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS SYNCHRONIZED. IT'S RIDICULOUS. BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, IT GAVE ME TIME TO NOTICE ALL THE NICE YELLOW SIGNS WITH BLACK LETTERING ON ALMOST EVERY CORNER ALONG THAT PATHWAY THAT SAYS WE BUY HOUSES BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THOSE SIGNS. THEY HAD GONE AWAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE. MAYBE DURING THE ELECTION THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COMPETE WITH ALL THE CANDIDATE SIGNS OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE BACK. SO IF WE COULD MAYBE TRY TO GET THOSE SIGNS PICKED UP, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DARIO. JUST WANT TO HOPE EVERYONE HAD A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DARIO. MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. NO COMMENT. MISTER PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, IF ANYONE NOTICED, WE HAVE WATER OVER MLK AT FRANKLIN IN THE SPRING. WE HAD A PROBLEM WHERE WE HAD THE PUMPS OUT ON ROYAL STREET. WE HAD SINCE REPAIRED THREE OF THE FOUR PUMPS. THEY WERE IN OPERATION AND UNFORTUNATELY, OVER THANKSGIVING, WE HAD A VOLTAGE SURGE AT THAT LOCATION. ENTERGY LOOKED INTO IT. THEY HAD A LOOSE NEUTRAL WIRE AND IT FED. IT FED US TOO MUCH VOLTAGE. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT BURNED UP ALL THREE PUMP MOTORS AT THAT STATION. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING A TEMPORARY BYPASS PUMPING IN. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PULL ALL OF THOSE PUMP MOTORS AND REBUILD THEM. BUT THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LANE BLOCKED OFF. THAT'S GROUNDWATER. SO IT'S NOT THERE'S NOT A WATER LEAK OR ANYTHING GOING ON LIKE THAT. THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THE ROAD IS SO MUCH LOWER THAN THE RIVER. WE GET GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE. SO BEAR WITH US. WE'LL TRY TO GET THE TEMPORARY PUMPS IN AND GET THOSE MOTORS REBUILT AS SOON AS WE CAN. NO COMMENT. THANK YOU. YEAH, JUST ONE COMMENT. MAYOR, JUST TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE ITS FIRST AND WE'RE CALLING IT NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN. BLITZ IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT. WE ARE FOCUSING ON ONE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARLTON-POLLARD NEIGHBORHOOD.

NEXT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11TH FROM 6 A.M. TO 4 P.M. AND THIS IS SIMILAR TO US TO OUR CITYWIDE CLEANUP. WE PARTNER WITH BISD DURING THAT CLEANUP, BUT THIS IS FOCUSED ON ONE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF CITY DEPARTMENTS GOING OUT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PART OF THIS BLITZ, AND THEY WILL BE REPLACING SMOKE DETECTORS. POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PART OF THE BLITZ. THEY WILL SIGN RESIDENTS UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS AND CAMERA REGISTRY CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL BE PART OF THE BLITZ. THEY WILL EDUCATE AND INSPECT FOR CODE COMPLIANCE. PARKS WILL BE BEAUTIFYING THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. WATER UTILITIES WILL BE CHECKING FOR WATER LEAKS. STREETS AND DRAINAGE WILL BE CLEANING OUT DITCHES AND CLEANING STREETS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE STAFF HAS MET WITH THE CHARLTON-POLLARD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. MR. CHRISTOPHER JONES IS PART OF THIS AS WELL. AND EXXONMOBIL IS VOLUNTEERING SOME INDIVIDUALS TO HELP WITH THIS, WITH THIS BLITZ THAT THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON. THIS IS A PILOT JUST TO SEE HOW IT WORKS. AND IF IT WORKS OUT FOR US, WE'LL CONTINUE THIS THROUGHOUT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU. MR. CITY MAYOR TWO THANKS, MAYOR.

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