Apr 15, 2025 City Council

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WELCOME TO TODAY'S MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. SO IT'S TAX DAY. TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR DONNIE FLIPPO, THE PASTOR OF GOSPEL CENTER CHURCH. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE.

AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY. WE HUMBLY BOW OURSELVES BEFORE YOU, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT ALL AUTHORITY COMES FROM YOU. SO TODAY, FATHER, WE PRAY FOR WISDOM. YOU SAID, IF ANY LACK WISDOM, THAT ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS ASK. SO I PRAY FOR EACH AND EVERY LEADER HERE AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS CONCERNING THE CITIZENS AND THIS CITY. I PRAY GOD THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM THE WISDOM THAT THEY NEED. I ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS. I ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE. I ASK FOR YOUR TO IMPART TO THEM THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED TO HANDLE THE BUSINESS OF TODAY. FATHER, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GRACE, AND WE GIVE YOU THE GLORY AND HONOR. IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.

AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MAYOR WEST. MAYOR PRO TEM NEAL. COUNCIL MEMBER DAURIO. HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GETS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. TURNER. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SAMUEL. PRESENT. ALL RIGHT. TODAY WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS. ONE RECOGNITION

[PROCLAMATIONS]

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. OKAY. ONE. TWO. THREE. GOT IT.

HI, THERE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS FOR DECLARING APRIL AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THE PRESS OFFICE FOR THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE STARTS WITH BELIEVING SURVIVORS. AND BEING THERE FOR EACH OTHER. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE KEY HERE IS TO LISTEN, TO BELIEVE AND TO BE THERE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF APRIL AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH, AND ACCEPTING WILL BE WHITNEY WALTERS, CITY OF BEAUMONT HOUSING PROGRAM SPECIALIST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MAY AS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH. ACCEPTING WILL BE MISS JANCEY KIMBALL. AND I'M AN OLDER AMERICAN, SO. AND STACY OLSEN AND NATALIE THOMPSON. AND THANK YOU ALL. YOU THE SEASONED CITIZENS. YEAH, I SEE IT. YEAH.

7580. OKAY, THAT'S THANK YOU FOR THIS MONTH, YOU GUYS. WHAT YOU DO? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK

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THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE RECOGNITION FOR ETHAN WANG. WANG, A WESTBROOK HIGH SCHOOL

[RECOGNITIONS]

CONGRATULATIONS, SON. CONGRATULATIONS. VERY GOOD. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR FAMILY.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ONE. TWO. THREE. GOT IT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION UPDATE FROM THE

[PRESENTATIONS]

IT'S ALMOST ELECTION DAY AND EARLY VOTING FOR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL POSITIONS. RUNS APRIL 22ND THROUGH THE 29TH. THE GENERAL ELECTION IS SATURDAY, MAY 3RD, SO MAKE SURE YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE. TIME TO MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOND PROPOSAL. SO LET THE CITY KNOW WHAT YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BEAUMONT CAN DO IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. BY TAKING THE BOND COMMUNITY SURVEY AT BEAUMONT BONDS.COM.

REPRESENTATIVE BRIAN BABIN WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE 2025 CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION. AWARDS. RECEPTION. REGARDING HISTORICAL LANDMARKS OF TEXAS. THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE TERRELL HISTORICAL LIBRARY THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH AT 6 P.M. WHETHER YOU'RE CONSIDERING DOWNSIZING, LOOKING FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTION, OR JUST FASCINATED BY THE TINY HOMES MOVEMENT, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US FOR AN EDUCATIONAL EVENT TOMORROW, APRIL 16TH AT 10 A.M. AT THE LAKESIDE CENTER ON MAGNOLIA TO LEARN ALL ABOUT WHAT A TINY HOUSE IS. EXCITING NEWS! THE BEAUMONT MUSEUM OR THE FIRE MUSEUM OF TEXAS HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE BEST ROADSIDE ATTRACTION BY USA TODAY FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. LAST YEAR, WE PROUDLY SECURED FIFTH PLACE IN THE NATION, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE AIMING FOR THE TOP SPOT TO BRING THE BIG WIN TO BEAUMONT. OUR NOMINATION LAST YEAR BROUGHT INCREDIBLE ATTENTION, INCREASING

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OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL PUBLIC. I'LL BE DOING THE UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS YOU GUYS START THIS I THINK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. BUT I KIND OF WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS SLIDE BECAUSE STRATEGY IS MORE ABOUT THE HOW. PURPOSES ABOUT WHY PASSION IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVES, HOW I SPEAK SOMETIMES, AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU SEE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE GOALS ARE THE WHAT? SO SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE WHAT, BUT MAINLY IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT THE HOW. HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THESE PLANS. AND I'M GOING TO PROVIDE SOME UPDATES. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. AND VALUES ARE THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE HAVE. ARE WE ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS AND GO ABOUT THIS STRATEGY. SO NEXT SLIDE. SO YOU GUYS APPROVED THE STRATEGIC PLAN AUGUST THE 22ND 2023. SO THAT'S ABOUT A YEAR SEVEN MONTHS AND ABOUT 24 DAYS TO BE EXACT. AS OF NOW, 69% OF THE ENTIRE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIVE YEAR ASPECT OF IT.

SO YOU HAD A 2028 LINE AND THEN YOU HAVE A 2038 LINE. SO THESE ARE THIS IS A PLAN THAT YOU APPROVED. YOU WORK WITH A CONSULTANT. YOU SPEND A LOT OF HOURS. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING THAT TIME AND HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS. ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT IS NOT STATED A LOT. AND HONESTLY, THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS NOT COMMUNICATED A LOT JUST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO KIND OF IMPROVE ON IN THE FUTURE. BUT I'LL STATE THIS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS. THIS IS OUR MISSION. AND TYPICALLY I THINK WE WERE IN A SESSION. THE CITY MANAGER IS DOING A SESSION WITH STAFF. AND, YOU KNOW, HE CHALLENGED THEM TO RECITE THE MISSION. AND SOMETIMES WE, WE COMB OVER THESE THINGS IN OUR BUSY SCHEDULES.

BUT I DO WANT TO RECITE THAT FOR ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING ONLINE, MAYBE REWATCHING IT, BUT THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT IS BEAUMONT CITY GOVERNMENT MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND TO PLAN FOR BEAUMONT'S FUTURE IN A FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER. OPEN, TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL MANNER THROUGH A HIGH PERFORMING TEAM CITY TEAM THAT PROVIDES OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND EVOLVES OUR BEAUMONT COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S A MISSION THAT YOU GUYS WORK WITH. THE CONSULTANT, YOU KNOW, STAFF WORKED WITH IT AS WELL. SO JUST KIND OF WANT TO PUT THAT BACK ON OUR FOREFRONT FOR 2028, WHICH IS THE FIVE YEAR ASPECT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU IDENTIFY FIVE GOALS. ONE OF THEM WAS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE FINANCIALLY SOUND CITY, PROVIDING EXCELLENT SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, VIBRANT DOWNTOWN, RIVERFRONT, LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, UPGRADED CITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH INVESTMENTS. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU DECIDED THAT WERE THAT WERE IMPORTANT. YOU WORK WITH THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND STAFF, AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THOSE THINGS. SO NEXT SLIDE. SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH GOAL LIKE I JUST LISTED THOSE FIVE GOALS. AND UNDER EACH GOAL YOU'LL SEE I THINK YOU HAVE A HANDOUT IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN OVERVIEW. YOU HAVE THIS DOCUMENT. YOU CAN GO ONE BY ONE ON IT. AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING, YOU CAN ACCESS THE STRATEGIC PLAN ON BEAUMONT TEXAS.GOV. YOU CAN CLICK DEPARTMENTS, SCROLL DOWN TO CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. AND IN THAT RIGHT CORNER THERE'S A SECTION THAT SAYS RELATED DOCUMENTS. AND THERE'S A TAB YOU CAN CLICK. SO AT ANY POINT YOU WANT TO REVIEW THIS IN THE FUTURE YOU CAN ALWAYS REVIEW THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO LET'S GET INTO IT BECAUSE THIS COULD BE A LONG PRESENTATION. BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HELP ME GET

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YOU'LL SEE THE CREWS ALL AROUND THE CITY. THEY'RE REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB. SO AND YOU'LL SEE IN THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IT SAYS THE NEXT STEP PRIMARY DECISION MAKER I WANT TO LIST THAT. SO YOU CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW ANY SOME OF THIS IS IN THE BEGINNING STAGES. SO YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A PHASE ONE OF IT. YOU KNOW BEAUTIFICATION IS NEVER DONE IN A CITY LIKE BEAUMONT. BUT BASED ON OUR OBJECTIVES AND GOALS, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE COMPLETED. AND THE NEXT PHASE OF IT, OR THE NEXT DECISION MAKING PROCESS WOULD BE STAFF. NEXT SLIDE. OUR INDOOR SPORTS SPACE STUDY. WE HAVE GOTTEN PROPOSALS FROM CONSULTANTS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE BUDGET. IT WAS NOT IT DOESN'T HAVE FUNDING AT THIS POINT. SO THAT COULD BE A FUTURE ITEM THAT COMES BEFORE YOU. BUT YOU GUYS WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A DECISION ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. NEXT ONE, THIS IS THE LITTER CLEANUP SHORT TERM ACTION PLAN.

AS YOU KNOW, WE DID A LOT OF CLEAN BLITZES. AND WE'VE DONE WE'VE INCREASED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BISD, DOING CLEANUPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. STAFF HAS SHOWED UP AND PARTICIPATED AS WELL. SO THIS IS COMPLETE, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT IS STILL ONGOING. NEXT SLIDE. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH. WE MEET WITH A GROUP OF PARTNERS, WHETHER THAT BE BAPTIST HOSPITAL, THE COUNTY OR ROGERS MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA, LAMAR UNIVERSITY, BOWMAN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THIS GROUP IDENTIFIED FIVE PRIORITIES THAT THE CITY COULD ASSIST THEM WITH. AND THAT'S WHAT WE PLAYED THE ROLE OF A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, IN A SENSE, TO WORK WITH THIS COALITION, COALITION OF MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS, AND THEY LISTED THINGS LIKE WEBSITE SUPPORT, MARKETING, THE SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE, FOSTERING A NETWORK OF SUPPORT, SUPPORTING THEM AT DIFFERENT EVENTS, AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT LEGISLATION THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THEM IN MOVING FORWARD, AND ALSO GRANTS TO NONPROFITS OR IN A DIRE NEED FOR GRANT SUPPORT. AND SO WE TRY TO WORK WITH THEM ON THOSE KIND OF THINGS. I'M ALSO BECAME A PRACTITIONER OF TRUST-BASED RELATIONAL INTERVENTION. THIS IS A IT'S A PRACTICE THAT IS WELL KNOWN WITHIN THE MENTAL HEALTH SPACE. I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO SPEAK TO OVER 40 PRACTITIONERS YESTERDAY AT A REGIONAL TRAINING. SO WE TRY TO GET OUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE ARE FROM CASA AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SPEAK FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF ON THE DIFFERENT PRACTICES AND WORKING WITH THEM ON STRATEGIES, AND WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE BEAUMONT

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THEY'RE STILL DOING INTERNAL AUDITS. EMILY AND HER STAFF ARE, YOU KNOW, CREATED A ONE STOP SHOP FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOOKING TO RESERVE FOR EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THE NEXT STAGE OF THEIR PARTICULAR STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVE IS THE SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE THAT'S BEEN DRAFTED. AND THEN STAFF WILL MAKE A DECISION ON THAT. AS FAR AS THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT PROCESS. NEXT. DOG PARK, SHORT AND SWEET. THEY LET THE DOGS OUT. IT IS COMPLETE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S LOCATED. ROGERS PARK. OH, I MADE Y'ALL LAUGH GOOD. IT WAS THAT BORING.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS FIRE AND EMS ACTION PLAN. OBVIOUSLY CHIEF WHITE HAS UPDATED YOU GUYS A LOT ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FIRE AND EMS. THE GOOD SAM APP AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RIGHT SITE TELEHEALTH SYSTEM IS WHAT HE MOST RECENTLY UPDATED YOU ON. I KNOW THEY ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. THAT'S BEEN A BIG FOCUS OF THEM. OBVIOUSLY CONTINUING TO HIRE INCENTIVE TO GET MORE STAFF, BUT THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB BASED ON THE OBJECTIVES THAT ARE LISTED THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN YOUR PLAN. THAT I WOULD I WOULD SAY IS COMPLETE. SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT ARE ONGOING. THERE ARE PROBABLY 1 OR 2 THINGS THAT ARE NOT COMPLETE, BUT BUT THEY'RE IN THE LAST STAGES. SO NEXT SLIDE.

CITYWIDE STAFF REVIEW. THIS IS ASSIGNED TO HR DIRECTOR MISS CARMEN WILLIAMS. AND THEY'RE SUPPORTING DEPARTMENTS YEAR ROUND RUNNING DATA SUPPORTING THEM TO SEE IF THEY CAN LOOK AT MAYBE REPURPOSING POSITIONS VERSUS CREATING NEW ROLES, OFFERING YEAR ROUND GUIDANCE OF BOTH PLANNED AND UNPLANNED STAFFING NEEDS. SO THEY'RE BEING A GREAT RESOURCE INTERNALLY.

SHE'S BROUGHT A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE TO OUR TEAM, AND SO THAT'S BEEN PRETTY GOOD. NEXT SLIDE. LET ME HIGHLIGHT AND GO ONE AS A LIST. AS I WENT THROUGH I'M SIX OUT OF THE NINE THINGS WE COMPLETED. SO THAT WOULD PUT US AT ABOUT 66% COMPLETION. SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD I WOULD THINK. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE OVERALL, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS FROM AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HEAD TOWARDS A REFRESHER IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE ARE A LITTLE BIT ADVANCED ON THE PHASES OF THESE PARTICULAR THINGS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

THIS ONE IS THE CITY REBRANDING. OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, TRACY HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS.

THEY'VE UPDATED THE CITY WEBSITE. I MEAN, CONSISTENTLY RESPONDING TO FACEBOOK. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF I THINK LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS IN A DIFFERENT AREA THAN IT EVER HAS BEEN. SO COMMUNICATION IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT, AND I THINK THEY'VE MADE GREAT ADJUSTMENTS IN BRANDING THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. SO WE'RE I WOULD SAY COMPLETE. I PUT ON GOING UP THERE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE STILL HAVE SLATED FOR FY 26 AND 27. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS CITY ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURAL ALIGNMENT. MR. WILLIAMS IS YOU KNOW A GREAT LEADER. AND I DON'T SAY THAT BECAUSE HE ALLOWED ME TO WORK FOR HIM. BUT I'VE WORKED FOR A LOT OF GREAT LEADERS AND HE'S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT IS HUGE FOR THE ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT IS SEEING YOUR GOALS. WHEN YOU WORK FOR A BIG CITY, I MEAN, A MID-SIZED CITY OR WHATEVER ORGANIZATION, SEEING A BIGGER GOALS, BEING AROUND A BIGGER PICTURE IS HUGE FOR STAFF. IT HELPS BOOST THE MORALE, KEEPS EVERYBODY FOCUSED.

AND SO THOSE ARE, AS YOU KNOW, THOSE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM. YOU SEE THEM ON THAT BOARD. SINCE WE STARTED THIS IN 2023 THEY'VE BEEN ON THAT BOARD. I MEAN I LIKE TECHNOLOGY, BUT HE LIKES TO WRITE ON THE BOARD. SO THAT WORKS FOR HIM. AND IT KEEPS IT IT KEEPS IT AT THE FOREFRONT. WE ALSO THE STAFF WENT THROUGH A LEAN SIX SIGMA WHITE BELT TRAINING HERE RECENTLY AT LAMAR UNIVERSITY. WE'LL PROBABLY DO A REFRESHER ON THOSE THINGS, BUT IT'S JUST A WAY TO LOOK AT GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. SO STAFF SAT THROUGH A WHOLE HOW MANY HOURS WAS THAT LIKE A COUPLE HOURS THAT Y'ALL SAT THROUGH? YEAH, IT WAS A COUPLE OF HOURS THAT THEY DEDICATED IN THE MORNING TO LEARN ABOUT LEAN SIX SIGMA AND GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND HOW THEY ELIMINATE WASTE. AND SO IF YOU EVER STUDY AND LOOK UP LEAN SIX SIGMA, THERE ARE MANY LEVELS TO IT. THE WHITE BUILD IS THE BEGINNING STAGE OF LEAN SIX SIGMA. SO GOOD ORGANIZATIONS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE PRINCIPLES. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKED AT.

ALSO, THE AI COMMITTEE THAT'S HEADED UP BY OUR DIRECTOR OF IT, MISS ANGIE WRIGHT. SHE'S DONE A

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THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE PRIMARY FUNDING FOR PEG, AND THAT WOULD BE AN FY 25 AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT. SO THEY'RE DOING THAT. THEY COMPLETED THE MEDIA TRAINING AND THE MEDIA TRAINING WAS HUGE. HAVING THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEDIA AND TRACY COULD DIRECTLY CONNECT TO THESE PARTNERS AND MINIMIZE ANY THINGS THAT THAT MAY ARISE AT BEST. SO THIS IS SLATED AS ONGOING. IT WOULD BE CLOSE TO COMPLETE IN MY IN MY MIND NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT. FINANCIAL POLICIES, FUND BALANCE POLICIES REVIEW AND REFINEMENT. I THINK JUST RECENTLY AT THE MARCH 25TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU GUYS VOTED TO CLARIFY YOUR FUND BALANCE DEFINITION. SO THAT'S KIND OF IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND KIND OF LOOKING AT THIS, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'LL GO THROUGH EACH BUDGET SEASON AND IDENTIFY. AND REALLY AT ANY POINT YOU IDENTIFY WHAT POLICIES YOU THINK ARE BEST. AND SO YOU DID THAT ON MARCH 25TH. AND THIS IS COMPLETE. THIS IS ASSIGNED TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JILL ELLIS. NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT. THE WATER FUND BALANCE POLICY REVIEW. THERE'S NO CHANGES AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT. THERE WAS A INTERNAL PROCESS LOOKING AT IT TO MAKE SURE IF THERE NEEDED TO BE ANY CHANGE. BUT AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST MAINTAINING THAT MINIMUM FUND BALANCE OF 15% OF THE ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

AND WHY THIS MATTERS IS IT BASICALLY JUST ENSURES FINANCIAL STABILITY IN THE WATER FUND, MAINTAINS THE READINESS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS OR EMERGENCIES, AVOIDS THINGS THAT CAN INTERRUPT PUBLIC SERVICES. SO WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT. THE STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. THAT'S KIND OF PART OF WHAT I'M DOING TODAY, PART OF WHAT A LOT OF STAFF IS DOING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE STAFF THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. YOU HAVE MIKE HARRIS, MISS CARMEN WILLIAMS, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MISS EMILY WILLARD, MR. KENNETH RIEGERT, OUR POLICE CHIEF, OUR FIRE CHIEF, MISS FREDDIE WILLARD, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MISS MOLLY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CHRIS BOONE, CITY MANAGER JUNE ELLIS, AND OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT IS DEMI. SO THEY ARE PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I JUST GET TO WORK WITH THEM AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KIND OF TRACKING ALONG THAT PATHWAY. SO I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.

BUT LIKE I SAID EARLIER, 69% OF THESE GOALS ARE ARE GETTING TO A POINT WHERE THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE. AND THEN BASED ON WHAT I LOOK, WE'RE MAKING ABOUT PROGRESS ON ABOUT 72 THINGS, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE PROGRESS ON, BUT THESE ARE MUCH BIGGER TICKET ITEMS. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL SEE IT THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION. YOU CAN CONTINUE CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING LIKE I HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER IS IMPORTANT. THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT IS HEADING IT UP. MISS CARMEN WILLIAMS AND MISS JACKIE GUNTER, THEY DO A GREAT JOB ON THESE CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAININGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE ONBOARDED AS A NEW STAFF MEMBER. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE SO THEY ARE MANDATORY, BUT THIS OBJECTIVE IS COMPLETE. ALL

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IT WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ACCIDENT REDUCTION PLAN. THIS IS HEADED UP BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY. AND THEY HAVE COMPLETED ALL ACTIONS LISTED TO THE INITIAL REDUCTION PLAN AND HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THESE FOR THEM.

THEY'VE COMPLETED THE ENTIRE THING. AND THEY'RE TWO OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN THAT THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED IS THE DRIVER'S LICENSE AUDITS, DEFENSIVE DRIVING AND DRIVER VIDEO AUDITS. SO THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB TO BRING DOWN THAT ACCIDENT REDUCTION NUMBER FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. NEXT SLIDE. MANAGER RUSSELL WATER. MANAGEMENT SUCCESSION PLANNING.

THE CITY MANAGER AND OUR HR DIRECTOR. THEY'RE WORKING HARD ON THIS. THE SUCCESSION PLAN IS YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY MANAGER WASN'T HERE, WHO WOULD BE NEXT. AND SO YOU HAVE TO ASSIST CITY MANAGERS. YOU HAVE NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, NEW COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, NEW CVB DIRECTOR, NEW FACILITIES DIRECTOR, A NEW PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, NEW PARKS AND GREEN SPACE DIRECTOR, AND A NEW POLICE CHIEF. SO THOSE ARE PART OF THAT MANAGEMENT SUCCESSION PLAN. NEXT SLIDE. THE DOWNTOWN HOTEL. YOU GUYS HAVE CONTRACTED WITH STONEHENGE, AND YOU WILL MAKE A FUTURE DECISION ON OR YOU'LL GET INFORMATION ON THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. YOU DID CREATIVE TOURS HERE RECENTLY, AND YOU HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM DIDI SIX PENDING THEIR APPROVAL. SO THAT INCLUDES THE CIVIC CENTER CONVERSATION. THE RIVERFRONT PARK. SO THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE REVISITED SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER OR IN THE LATTER PART OF THE YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. THIS KIND OF GOES IN LINE WITH THAT AS WELL. THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN PLAN ELEMENTS ARE INCORPORATED IN THE FY 25 CIP, THE TERS PROJECT LIST, AND POSSIBLY BOND PROJECTS LIST. SO MOST OF THESE THINGS WILL PROBABLY BE DECIDED ON SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER OR LATER IN THE YEAR. AND THIS WOULD BE A CITY COUNCIL DECISION. NEXT FOOD TRUCK PARK. MR. KENNY SMITH DID A PRESENTATION TO YOU GUYS HERE RECENTLY. THEY'RE IN THE STAGES OF DRAFTING UP THE RFP WITH THE IDEA OF THE NECHES RIVER ROTARY PARK. AND I THINK YOU GUYS MADE COMMENTS TO MAYBE INCLUDE SOME FLEXIBILITY IF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IDENTIFIES ANOTHER SITE. SO THOSE WILL BE THINGS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE RFP TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT 160 DAYS. NEXT SLIDE. AT&T IS GONE. THAT FIVE FIVE 5 MILLION SITE

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THEY'RE LOOKING AT ADDING SOME PRE-APPROVED RESIDENTIAL PLANS THAT CAN REDUCE THE ROADBLOCKS FOR INDIVIDUALS. AND THE COST THAT THOSE PLANS COST WHEN IT COMES TO ENGINEERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THEY'RE IN THE RESEARCH PHASE OF THAT AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO HELP STREAMLINE SO PEOPLE COULD INCREASE INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. PROACTIVE DOWNTIME. YEAH, I WAS DONE. SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. PROACTIVE DOWNTOWN CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA TODAY. RIGHT. THERE THEY ARE. OKAY. SO YOU'LL GET AN UPDATE ON THAT. THAT'S ONGOING. THAT THAT IS A PART OF THIS VERY THING THAT YOU'RE GETTING THOSE TYPE OF UPDATES. SO NEXT SLIDE SORRY OLDER HOME REVITALIZATION PROGRAM. THIS IS NEEDING MORE FUNDING HOPEFULLY TO BEGIN THE RESEARCH. AND THANK YOU. ARE.

GOOD OKAY SO THIS WOULD POSSIBLY BE AN FY 26 NEXT SLIDE OKAY. WE'RE GOING DOWNHILL. WE'RE ALMOST TO GO FIVE. THIS ONE IS ONGOING. THERE'S SOME ASPECTS OF IT THAT ARE NOT COMPLETE BUT IT IS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE. FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO LEGACY CDC. THEY'VE ACQUIRED A MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX OFF BROADWAY FOR ABOUT EIGHT NON-CONGREGATE SHELTERS WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL.

NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. THIS IS THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THINGS. THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.

MIKE HARRIS AND THE TEAM HAVE CONTRACTED WITH BLACK AND VEATCH, AND THE MEETINGS HAVE STARTED. THIS IS TO FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR FY 25. NEXT SLIDE. SEWER LIFT STATION PROJECTS. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN OUT FOR BIDS ALREADY AROUND FOR APRIL 2025. ALSO A PART OF THIS ASSESSMENT, THE 23RD STREET IS STARTING.

THAT'S ONLY PART OF IT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE WHOLE LINE IS ABOUT 2000FT. SO THERE'S A 48 INCH FORCE MAIN THAT IS GETTING STARTED ON BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR 26. NEXT SLIDE. SEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT. THIS IS CONTINUOUS AND ONGOING. WHEN I WAS TALKING TO MIKE HARRIS ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, HE WAS TELLING ME, WHICH WAS INTERESTING, THAT ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY'VE ALLOCATED TO IT, ABOUT 5.7 MILLION, IT ONLY ENHANCES THE SEWER MAINS, ABOUT 1.4% BECAUSE INFRASTRUCTURE IS SUCH A BIG THING. ARE THEY DOING A LOT OF WORK. SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING TO HIGHLIGHT. THIS IS AN ONGOING THING. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. NEXT SLIDE OKAY. STORMWATER MASTER PLAN. THEY'RE REQUESTING FEMA DIRECT ADMINISTRATIVE COST FUNDING I THINK WHEN THEY COMPLETED THIS INITIALLY THE RAIN WATER REQUIREMENTS CHANGE. IS THAT CORRECT MOLLY. YEAH THEY INCREASED. SO I TRY TO GET MY BRIEFING FROM MOLLY I THINK I'M DOING OKAY. SO FAR THE CITY CONTRIBUTED ABOUT $1 MILLION IN DIDI SIX PARTNERED WITH US ON ABOUT 180,000 ON THAT. AND SO THAT'S STILL ONGOING. SOMETHING AROUND FY 26 WOULD PROBABLY BE THE NEXT STAGE OF THIS. SO WE'RE STILL WAITING FUNDING OKAY. NEXT SLIDE OKAY. INFILTRATION AND INFLOW STUDY THE INVESTIGATIVE WORK THEY'RE DOING SMOKE TESTING CLEANING TELEVISING DYE TESTING. THEY'RE SURVEYING FLOW LINES.

THE PHASE THREE IS COMPLETE. THE MANHOLE REHAB IS DONE IN HOUSE CREWS AND THEY SHOULD BE DONE OR HAVE A CONTRACT FOR THE REHAB BY FY 25 THIS SUMMER. AND THIS IS ONGOING AS WELL. LET ME GO BACK AND HIGHLIGHT GOAL TWO. WE HAD ABOUT 14 OUT OF THOSE 14 THINGS. PRETTY MUCH I WOULD DEEM AS COMPLETE. SO THAT LIST SAID ABOUT 100% GOAL THREE ONE OUT OF FOUR. SO WE WERE IN THAT AREA ABOUT 25% COMPLETE. GO FORWARD. TWO OUT OF FIVE OF THOSE WERE I WOULD DEEM AS COMPLETE. SO

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BUT TO FIND FUNDING AND THEY PLAN TO SUBMIT IT IN THE IN THE BUDGET. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. NEXT SLIDE. THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM PLAN AND FUNDING. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES. SO WE'RE THEY'RE WORKING TO COMPLETE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY TO EVALUATE THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY. AND YOU GUYS WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE INFORMED ABOUT THIS. THIS DECISION WILL PROBABLY COME TO YOU GUYS AS YOU'LL BE THE NEXT STEP, PRIMARY DECISION MAKER HERE. NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT, I-10 CONSTRUCTION. THEY'RE ACTIVELY MONITORING FOR INCIDENTS. AS YOU KNOW I-10 IS BUSY WITH A LOT OF PROJECTS IN OUR AREA AREA. BUT EXPENSES RELATED TO THE PROJECT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

THAT'S CARDINAL SECTION OR THE EAST TEXAS PORTION. THEY'RE WORKING WITH DESIGN ENGINEERS ON THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. I MADE IT THROUGH FASTER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT. OKAY. SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR NEXT STEPS I'LL LIST OUT HERE. AND I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE TO IT. BUT I BROKE DOWN THOSE GOALS. AND GOAL FIVE. WE IT LOOKS LIKE WE COMPLETED SEVEN OUT OF 11. SO THAT PUTS US AT ABOUT 63% OF THOSE GOALS. SO WE WANT TO START KIND OF LOOKING AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN INTERNALLY FROM A GOAL PERSPECTIVE. SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE HOST MONTHLY GOAL REVIEW MEETINGS. THIS WOULD JUST BE WITH THE DESIGNATED STAFF THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. WE'LL CONNECT, COLLECT AND ANALYZE FEEDBACK THROUGH TARGETED SURVEYS. I'VE ALREADY SENT OUT A SURVEY AND GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM STAFF ON JUST THE STRATEGIC PLAN UTILIZATION, AND WHAT ARE WAYS THAT WE COULD BEST USE IT AND COMMUNICATE TO STAFF. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE ONGOING DOING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT A STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESHER, PROBABLY IN THE SUMMERTIME OR IF NOT THE LATER PART OF THE YEAR. AND OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND TRAINING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH THE STAFF AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. I THINK I TOURED COCA-COLA AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF JUST HOW THEY PLACED THEIR PLAN AROUND THEIR FACILITY AND HOW EVERYBODY THAT'S WITHIN THE OPERATION UNDERSTANDS THE BIGGER PLAN. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT AND THAT THIS DOCUMENT, IT JUST DOESN'T COLLECT DUST. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE LEADER'S GUIDE IS WHAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO. THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO IT ONLINE. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THIS PROCESS AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S OUR PLAN TOGETHER. AND THEN AT SOME POINT WE WANT TO LAUNCH LIKE SOME TYPE OF PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD WHERE PEOPLE CAN TRACK WHERE WE ARE IN THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. IT HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE, EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE IN A QUICKER WAY FOR FEEDBACK AND UNDERSTANDING. ALSO, IN THIS UPCOMING BUDGETING YEAR, THE BUDGET TEAM WILL BE TRACKING THE STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVES. SO IF ANY DEPARTMENTS ARE ASSIGNED TO THESE GOALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'LL PUT IT IN THEIR BUDGET REQUEST. SO IN FUTURE PRESENTATIONS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT AND HOW MUCH OF THESE PARTICULAR GOALS ARE ALLOCATED AS FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, BECAUSE THERE'S MUCH MORE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAN WHAT I PRESENTED. I GAVE YOU THE OVERVIEW, THE MAIN THINGS. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THIS DOCUMENT, IT'S YOUR DOCUMENT, YOU VOTED ON IT. YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND SEE EVERY DEPARTMENT'S OBJECTIVES AND THE

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AT THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING TODAY, CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATED, CONTEMPLATED OR PENDING LITIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.071 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. THE CLAIM OF AARON REYNOLDS, JUNIOR. NOW

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]

YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM. THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT MYSELF AND COUNCIL CANNOT RESPOND WHENEVER YOU'RE UP HERE MAKING COMMENTS, BUT SOMEONE FROM OUR OFFICE WILL BE IN TOUCH. ARTHUR. DORIAN. HELLO, MY NAME IS ARTHUR DAWN, 55, 95 GALE DRIVE IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. I HAVE A QUESTION. WITH THE RECENT BUSINESS CLOSINGS, NOT JUST HERE, BUT WHAT SEEMS LIKE EVERYWHERE, WE KNOW THAT IT HAS A POTENTIAL TO ERODE CITY TAX BASES. I'M AWARE THAT BEAUMONT WANTS TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES, HOWEVER, AS ONLINE SALES INCREASE FOR SHOPPERS. MY QUESTION IS, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WHO BENEFITS FROM THE TAX REVENUES FROM ONLINE BUSINESSES? SALES VERSUS BRICK AND MORTAR ESTABLISHMENTS. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DEAN TUCKER. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. OH 20 DEAN TUCKER, 2550 LONG AVENUE, BEAUMONT. I SEE THAT WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY HERE RIGHT NOW AT THIS TIME IN BEAUMONT, TO REALLY HELP BRING ATTENTION TO THIS CITY AND HELP IT EXPAND GREATLY. MY WIFE AND I WERE INTRODUCED TO A REMARKABLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, IN 1999. HE USED WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED A HALLUCINOGENIC HEALING. HERBAL TEA IS A SACRAMENT DURING ITS SERVICES. IT WAS A BRAND NEW EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH MY WIFE AND MYSELF. WE WERE INVITED TO VISIT THE MOTHER CHURCH IN THE HEART OF THE AMAZON FOREST TO CELEBRATE THE NEW MILLENNIUM. IT WAS A DIFFICULT JOURNEY TO GET THERE, AND THE LAST LEG OF THE TRIP WAS AN EIGHT HOUR CANOE RIDE. RIDE TO VISIT THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF 300 PEOPLE. I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 500 PEOPLE THAT ALSO CAME FROM 19 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. TO CELEBRATE AND PAY HOMAGE TO THIS UNIQUE AND HUMBLE HEALING COMMUNITY. OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, I'VE SEEN AN EXPLOSION OF INTEREST AROUND THE WORLD IN THESE TYPE OF SACRED MEDICINES, WHICH HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE REMARKABLY SAFE AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE FOR TREATING A WIDE VARIETY OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS. CLEARLY UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. THESE SACRED MEDICINES ARE COMPLETELY LEGAL RIGHT NOW. IF WE AS A COMMUNITY WERE ABLE TO EMBRACE THE TRUTH OF WHAT I'M SAYING, WE CAN BE A BEACON OF LIGHT FOR THIS NATION AND ATTRACT MANY TO

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BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME AND WHEN IT'S TIME TO REELECT THEY COME, WE AIN'T NEVER SEEN THEM. BUT I KNOW MR. SHAW, MR. LADONNA DON'T HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE OTHER PEOPLE. MR. AJ, YOU HAVE CAME. MR. WEST, YOU HAVE CAME AND MISS MOUTON. BUT THESE PEOPLE LIKE MR. SAMUEL, MR. AJ THIS BROTHER HERE, MISS MOUTON THEY OUT, MISS LADONNA THEY ALL COME IN THE COMMUNITY AND WORK WITH US. YOU KNOW, THEY HELP US THE KEYS, THEY HELP PUT PROGRAMS TOGETHER AND STUFF FOR THE KIDS, THE OTHER CANDIDATES. WE DON'T REALLY SEE THEM TO AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, TO VOTE AND STUFF LIKE THIS, MAN. AND SO I DON'T THINK Y'ALL SHOULD LOOK AT THAT AS A RACE ISSUE. I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE HALFTIME SHOW, THE SUPER BOWL, AND YOU'LL REALLY SEE WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON. THANK YOU. HAVE A BLESSED DAY. THANK YOU, SIR EDDIE ALLEN.

EDDIE ALLEN 9695 GROSS BEAUMONT, TEXAS. THE CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR, COUNCIL AND ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATORS. VOTING TIME. AND I'VE SEEN SIGNS ALL OVER BEAUMONT. AND I KNOW THERE'S ISSUES WITH ONE OF OUR COUNCILMEN ABOUT SIGNS. YOU KNOW, SOME SAY ELECT, SOME SAY REELECT. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME ISSUES THERE, BUT REELECT ELECT, I PLAN TO VOTE. I WENT TO THE FORUM AND FOR THE CITIZENS THAT DIDN'T, THEY MISSED. BUT I'M STANDING HERE BECAUSE SINCE 23, I'VE BEEN STANDING HERE TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS. AND OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD A CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION. AND WHEN BART WAS HERE, HE DID FILE FOR A GRANT THAT GRANT DIDN'T GO THROUGH. SO ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE STATE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE ORDINANCE SAYS WE DO SIDEWALKS, THE CITY DOES. SO WHY DO WE CONTINUE DOING THIS?

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SO I WENT OUT THERE A FEW DAYS AFTER IT WAS TAGGED AND. I WALKED IN THERE AND THEY HAD STOLE SIX STOVES, TWO FRIDGES, ALL THE. CEILING FANS AND A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF OUT OF THERE. AND THERE WAS TRASH IN THE BACKYARD BEYOND THAT, THEY TORE OUT THE CEILINGS AND WENT AFTER THE WIRE UP IN THE ATTIC. NOW. I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THE PROTOCOLS ABOUT NOTIFICATION. I KNOW THEY SEND OUT CERTIFIED LETTERS, AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WAIT TO SEE IF YOU GET A RESPONSE FROM A CERTIFIED LETTER BEFORE YOU PUT THE RED PLACARD UP THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S AN INVITATION TO THE CRIMINALS. HERE THEY COME. IF YOU NOTICE IN TOWN THERE'S NOT AS MANY RENT SIGNS FOR SALE. SIGNS BUILT. THERE'S SIGNS FOR THIS VERY REASON. VACANT HOUSES CAUSES THIS PROBLEM. AND SO. AND THERE'S MUCH MORE THAN I CAN DO IN THREE MINUTES. THERE'S A LOT MORE. SO I URGE ALL OF YOU, ANY OF YOU, TO PLEASE CONTACT ME. MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS BACK THERE. ALSO, I HAD ANOTHER HOUSE WHICH IS A HOMELESS PERSON WHO TORE OUT THE VINYL SIDING ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND I HAD HIM ARRESTED 5 OR 6 TIMES. HE JUST COMES BACK THE NEXT DAY. WE GOT A CRIME PROBLEM IN BEAUMONT. IT'S BAD. TWO HOUSES DOWN FROM WHERE THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED WITH THE RED TAG. I WAS CLEANING ANOTHER ONE OF MY PROPERTIES. I WALKED OUT, MY TIRES WERE SLASHED. MY PHONE WAS STOLEN OUT OF MY CAR WHILE I WAS THERE. THIS IS BROAD DAYLIGHT. AND THIS IS OUT THERE AT LAMAR. NOW, I KNOW THE POLICE ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE HELPING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND BUILDING CODE IS HELPING WORK WITH ME. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THIS IS BAD. AND WHAT WAS A DOABLE REDO AT SIX, NINE, SEVEN CASTINGS. NOW, MASSIVE THANKS TO THE CRIMINALS COMING IN THERE AND TEARING THE PLACE ALL TO PIECES. AND PLEASE, PLEASE CONTACT ME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. NO OTHER PUBLIC

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[G. Council consideraresolution approving athree-yearcontract forgrounds maintenance andlitterremoval intheCentralBusiness DistrictandtheBeaumont MunicipalAirport]

[REGULAR AGENDA]

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IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MAYOR? I'M SORRY, WHO MOTIONED? I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN GAETZ, I THINK, MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN PHIL SHAW. THANK YOU. NOW WE GOT IT NOW. YES. COUNCILMAN. TURNER.

YES, SIR. FOR CITIZENS WATCHING, I SEE THE FUNDING SOURCE SAYS WATER REVENUE BONDS. I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOND COUNCIL, AND I KNOW WE'VE SAID SOME THINGS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS, BUT I SEE WATER REVENUE BONDS FOR FUNDING SOURCE. SO CAN STAFF OR SOMEONE EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT IS THE WATER REVENUE BONDS AND WHAT'S THE PROCESS AND CURRENTLY DOING OR HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING THAT. I CAN EXPLAIN THAT REVENUE BONDS, WATER REVENUE BONDS ARE IS A WAY OF FINANCING CERTAIN CITY PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, THE CITY WOULD GO OUT TO THE BOND MARKET TO BORROW MONEY FOR LARGE PROJECTS, FOR WATER AND SEWER. AND THE REASON WHY THEY'RE CLASSIFIED AS WATER REVENUE BONDS IS THAT THERE IS A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THOSE BONDS TO REPAY THOSE BONDS, THAT THAT IS THROUGH WATER AND SEWER RATES, THAT'S CHARGED TO THE CITIZENS.

AND MANY THE MAJORITY OF THE WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS ARE PAID THROUGH THIS MANNER, ALLOWING THE CITY TO BORROW FUNDS. AND THE CITY REPAYS THOSE FUNDS BACK OVER 15 TO 20 YEARS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED. SOMEONE ASKED AND I THOUGHT IT WAS PROPER TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE DOING THESE WATER REVENUE BONDS. AND HISTORICALLY, THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING IT. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TWO? COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A 22 NINE ASPECT RATIO. DIRECT VIEW LED VIDEO WALL FROM FORD AUDIO VIDEO SYSTEMS LLC OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, FOR USE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN CITY HALL. FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, AND IT COMES WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO? MOVE TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN NEILL? IT WAS. MR. MANAGER, WAS THIS ALREADY A BUDGETED ITEM FOR THIS YEAR? ANGIE'S COMING OUT I THINK IT'S A BUDGETED ITEM OUT OF THE PIG FUND. AND YOU CAN CORRECT. IT IS BUDGETED IN THE PIG FUND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GOETZ, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN FOR EVERYONE WHAT THE PIG FUND IS? SO WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT CHANNEL CALLED CHANNEL FOUR, WHICH HOPEFULLY SHOULD BE UP THIS WEEK. IT'S BEEN DOWN FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS? THERE'S LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS FOR THE GOVERNMENT CHANNELS TO ESSENTIALLY PAY BACK THE CITIES. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF REGULATION ON HOW WE CAN USE THAT MONEY. AND SO PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY THING THAT THAT MONEY CAN BE USED FOR IS SOMETHING THAT GOES ON THE GOVERNMENT CHANNEL, WHICH THIS ANYTHING IN THIS ROOM QUALIFIES AS. SO LET ME ASK HOW THIS WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK. YOU'D BE TAKING THIS SCREEN DOWN THAT GOES UP AND DOWN RIGHT NOW, AND IT WOULD BE A PERMANENT VIDEO DISPLAY UP THERE, CORRECT? YES. SO THE SEAL THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN SEE WOULD BE REMOVED, AND YOU WOULD HAVE A TV SCREEN UP THERE ALL THE TIME. WE COULD HAVE A SCREEN SAVER. CORRECT. OKAY. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NECESSARY? I MEAN, IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE WAY THAT WE DO OUR PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW? SO. THERE ARE SEVERAL ASPECTS TO IT. ONE OF THEM IS SINCE WE HAVE GONE WITH THE

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THANK YOU. THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ANY OPPOSED 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 AWARD A CONTRACT TO ELITE CONTRACTORS OF KIRBYVILLE FOR THE LAUREL ADDITION DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? MOVE TO APPROVE. 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, PLEASE? COUNCIL, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES UNDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW BUS, PARKING AND MAINTENANCE BUILDING. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR? MOVE TO APPROVE THE DENIAL? IS THERE A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE DENIAL? I'LL SECOND THE REQUEST.

ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE DENIAL FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION QUESTION? YES. COUNCILMAN NEILL AND COUNCILMAN FALLSHAW AND COUNCILMAN TURNER. SO I UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S STANCE ON ON I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE RECOMMENDING DENIAL BASED OFF THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE. HOWEVER, CAN THE CITY STILL WAIVE THE FEES BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR ANYWAYS? SO THE CITY CAN WAIVE THE FEES? THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. BUT STAFF'S INTERPRETATION OF THE POLICY, THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE POLICY, IS THIS DOES NOT MEET THAT POLICY. SO SPECIFICALLY, THE STATED POLICY OF THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE IS TO ENHANCE THE VALUE OF LOCAL TAX BASE AND INCREASING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. AND THE CONCERN STAFF HAS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FACILITY OF BISD CREATING, YOU KNOW, NO NEW ADDITIONAL PERMANENT JOBS. SO ONCE AGAIN, I AGREE WITH WHY THE CITY IS REJECTING IT BASED OFF THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE. MY QUESTION IS, IS CAN THIS BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL TO WAIVE THE FEES BUT NOT DO IT THROUGH THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE? NOT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL IS SIMPLY A WAIVING OF PERMIT FEES, JUST AS ONE TAXING ENTITY TO THE OTHER. I WOULD THINK SO. IF YOU DID IT BY ORDINANCE. MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO BRING THIS BACK BY ORDINANCE AND WAIVE THE FEES. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO TAX ANOTHER TAXING OR OR CHARGE A FEE TO ANOTHER TAXING ENTITY? ALL IT'S GOING TO DO IS GET PASSED ON TO THE CUSTOMERS OR TO THE CITIZENS. ANYWAYS, I THINK, MAYOR, REAL QUICK, I DO WANT TO COMMENT THAT WHEN WE HAD A BOND ISSUED ABOUT A DECADE AGO, IT WAS A MULTI HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR EFFORT. AND WE HAD WE SPENT A LOT OF CITY STAFF TIME, AND WE COLLECTED FEES AS PART OF THAT PROCESS TO HELP COVER THE COST TO THE CITY. SO I'M JUST BRINGING THAT UP IF WE WANT TO GO THAT DIRECTION. BUT THAT WAS

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COUNCILMAN NEAL'S DECISION TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. NO, NO, TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL ON THE SECOND ON THE SECONDARY ISSUE. YEAH. SO WE GOT A LOT WE GOT A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR TO DENY THE RESOLUTION. AND THERE'S A REQUEST FROM COUNCILMAN NEAL IN A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TURNER TO BRING IT BACK AS JUST A WAIVER OF PERMIT FEES. COUNCILMAN FALLSHAW YES, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN NEAL. I, I KNOW THAT THE WILL OF THIS COUNCIL IS TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE SUPPORT YOU, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE MONEY IS. I KNOW THAT IT'S OUR OUR OUR INTENTION TO SUPPORT THEM. AND I WOULD CAUTION US AND GOING DOWN THIS PATHWAY AND SENDING THE WRONG MESSAGE TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE HAS TO BE A WAY FOR US TO A WORKAROUND TO SUPPORT THEM. AND YET, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT MEETING THE CONDITIONS OF THIS EMPOWERMENT ZONE. SO AGAIN, I'M JUST REPEATING WHAT HE SAID, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT WOULD BE MY SUPPORT TO FIND A WORKAROUND AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YES, COUNCILMAN. DARIO, EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WAIVING DOLLARS. APPROXIMATELY 60,000 THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND I GUESS THIS WOULD GO TO YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT'S WATCHING EVERYTHING. IF WE DON'T MOVE, MAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON OUR ORDER ON A AGENDA ITEM, CAN WE DISCUSS IT WITHOUT MAKING A MOTION IN A SECOND? SO COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED THEIR OWN RULES.

TECHNICALLY, YES. THE ANSWER IS YES. UNDER ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, YOU CAN. YOU CAN DISCUSS ITEM WITHOUT IT HAVING A MOTION IN A SECOND. COUNCIL KIND OF HAS THEIR OWN THING, BUT YOU CAN AND THAT'S WHAT WHAT'S THE THING. SO COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL YOU ALL HAVE DECIDED THAT IN ORDER FOR AN ITEM TO BE DISCUSSED, THAT THERE BE A MOTION AND A SECOND PRESENTED FIRST. OKAY. AND I JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT'S WATCHING THIS, WHY, IF YOU WONDER WHY I MADE A MOTION FOR DENIAL AND I GOT A SECOND BECAUSE I WANTED US TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DARIA. SO, COUNCILMAN NEAL, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS. WE CAN TABLE IT AND JUST HAVE STAFF BRING IT BACK TO US NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MEETING. BUT IF THEY BRING IT BACK, THEY'LL BRING IT BACK. THIS WAY. YOU CAN YOU CAN DENY IT WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT IT BE BROUGHT BACK. BUT IF YOU TABLE IT, IT COMES BACK THIS WAY. SO THAT GETS US TO THE FIRST MOTION. THAT WAS AN APPROVAL OF THE DENIAL THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE ON. CORRECT? OKAY. SO, COUNCILMAN, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE GOT THERE? YEAH, BUT. COUNCILMAN NEAL AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT US WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT $60,000. THAT WE JUST GOING TO WAIVE. YOU'RE NOT LOSING 60,000. YOU'RE JUST NOT MAKING 60,000. WELL, MAN, I MAYBE I'M DUMB, BUT I DON'T ANYTHING TO ME. OKAY, WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? IF NOT LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE. SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE FIRST MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DARIO WHERE HE VOTED. I MEAN HE MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DENIAL. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE DENIAL FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. MAYOR, I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I. THERE'S IT'S WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK. THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DO IT. OKAY. PER THE ADOPTED RULES BY COUNCIL AGAIN. BUT I'M JUST THERE HAS TO BE SOME CLARITY THAT I'M ASSUMING THAT THE COUNCIL FEELS THE SAME, THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND FIND A WORKAROUND. SO COUNCILMAN NEAL MADE A MADE A REQUEST AND IT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TURNER. THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE ANY DISCUSSION OR FOLLOW UP ON IT, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL RULES SAY IF ONE COUNCIL REQUESTS SOMETHING BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA AND IS SECONDED BY ANOTHER COUNCIL, THEN IT'S AUTOMATICALLY PUT ON. SO YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE VOTING ON HIS MOTION? NO, NO WE'RE WE'RE HIS MOTION DOESN'T REQUIRE HIS HIS REQUEST DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY ACTION. HE'S

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YOU CAN REQUEST AN ABATEMENT OF WAIVER OF LIENS, SUCH AS A WEED LIEN OR A DEMOLITION LIEN, AND ALSO A PERMIT FEE WAIVER LIKE WE DISCUSSED PRIOR, AS WELL AS EXPEDITED PERMIT REVIEW, WHICH WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY DO AS A MATTER OF COURSE ANYWAY. BUT AGAIN, IT IS JUST A TOOL TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT IN THESE SIX AREAS. AND MR. BOONE, HOW CAN PEOPLE APPLY FOR SOME OF THESE EMPOWERMENT ZONES? RIGHT. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. CHRISTINA LOKEY. SHE IS LOCATED AT THE PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CITY HALL. WE ALSO HAVE PRETTY ROBUST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEB PAGE THAT EXPLAINS THE PROGRAM, THE APPLICATION. IT'S A VERY SHORT APPLICATION, BUT ALSO WHERE THOSE ZONES ARE LOCATED. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S SOME GOOD INFORMATION AND A GOOD TOOL, AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE CITY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN GATZ. AND IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE SELF-EVIDENT, BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ITEM FOUR THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING PREVIOUSLY INVOLVING BISD AND ITEM FIVE IS THAT ITEM FOUR DOESN'T HAVE THE POSSIBLE THREE YEAR, 100% MUNICIPAL TAX ABATEMENT BECAUSE IT'S A TAXING ENTITY OF ITSELF. NUMBER FIVE IS A PRIVATE DEVELOPER. SO, MR. BEN, WHAT YOU'RE TELLING PEOPLE IS THAT IF THEY WANT TO COME DOWNTOWN AS A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS POSSIBLY MIGHT BE BEING DONE AT THE GILBERT BUILDING, THE OWNERS OF THAT BUILDING COULD ACTUALLY APPLY FOR A THREE YEAR TAX ABATEMENT, MUNICIPAL TAX ABATEMENT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY'RE COMING DOWNTOWN TO REDEVELOP SOMETHING, THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO, THAT THE NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING OVER THE OLD SUGAR'S LOCATION, THAT'S GOING TO BE HEARSAY. I GUESS THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY SO CHOSE TO, TO DO THIS. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. SO, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB OF MARKETING THAT PROGRAM. THE KEY IS I WOULD JUST SAY MAKE SURE YOU YOU HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH US BEFORE YOU START WORKING, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS. BUT GOING BACK TO THE YOUR POINT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE DEPENDING ON, EXCUSE ME, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF THE INVESTMENT, YOU CAN RECEIVE UP TO SEVEN YEARS OF CITY TAX ABATEMENT. HOW WOULD YOU HAVE WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO GET SEVEN YEARS TAX

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BUT YOU MENTIONED A DIFFERENCE IN AMOUNT. WHAT WHAT'S THAT THRESHOLD. RIGHT. SO IN IN THE POLICY. IT IS LET'S SEE FOR INVESTMENT OF AS LITTLE AS $50,000 FOR RESIDENTIAL. YOU CAN HAVE ONE YEAR. BUT THEN YEAH, AS MR. ENGMAN POINTED OUT FIVE 5 MILLION WILL GET YOU UP TO THE SEVEN YEARS. GOOD. GOOD INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE? COUNSEL COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A PACS POOL. 250 MIXER ASSEMBLY FOR USE AT THE SOUTH ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. AND IT COMES WITH RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE 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? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A STANDARD UTILITY AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND IT COMES WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? SO MOVE FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN NEILL. SO THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE 100% REIMBURSED, CORRECT? YES. SO IT SAYS THE FUNDING SOURCE IS WATER REVENUE BONDS THOUGH. THE WATER REVENUE BONDS IS THE PASS THROUGH. WE HAVE TO PAY IN ADVANCE THEN REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELCOME. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? COUNCIL, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO VORTEX SERVICES LLC OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, FOR THE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD 16 INCH WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? SO MOVED TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IS THERE ANY 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 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO CSX CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, FOR THE 23RD THIRD STREET SANITARY SEWER TRUNK LINE REHABILITATION PHASE ONE PROJECT. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE? MOVE TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION QUESTION? MAYOR? YES.

COUNCILMAN NEILL THANK YOU. THE RECOMMENDED CONTRACTOR IS ABOUT 50% LESS THAN THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE AND ABOUT 50% LESS THAN ALL THE OTHER CONTRACTORS ESTIMATE. MR. WILLIAMS, DOES STAFF FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS CHOICE? WE MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM BEFORE WE RECOMMENDED AWARD, AND ASKED THEM TO GO BACK AND REEVALUATE THEIR BID. THEY DID SUBMIT TO US A LETTER IN WRITING CERTIFYING THAT THEY WERE CONFIDENT IN THE

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I'VE SEEN THEIR NAME COME UP BEFORE, OF COURSE. AND SO I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE A GOOD RECORD WITH THEM. AND I'M SORRY, A GOOD CONTRACTOR. YEAH. AND BUT THEY AND THEY'VE SERVED US WELL. SO WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THIS BID WOULD BE WAY TOO LOW OR THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO PERFORM AT THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'VE SEEN THE NAME MANY TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE ON CONTRACT. NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE

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AND THOUGH IT IS A SMALL BUILDING, IT SITS SO PROMINENTLY IN THE PARKING LOTS OF SEVERAL LOCAL DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. SO ALL THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN PROGRESS IS HAPPENING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 336 ORLEANS. ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SIDE BY SIDE THERE, YOU MAY FIND ONE MINOR DIFFERENCE. THERE WAS SOME DETERIORATING PLASTER ON THIS BUILDING THAT WAS QUICKLY DEALT WITH. BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT TODAY. OVER THE LAST YEAR, THIS VACANT BUILDING HAS HAD ZERO BREAK INS, AND I DID CHECK WITH THE OWNER TO CONFIRM THAT ZERO BREAK INS.

AND THAT'S THE STORY WE WANT TO TELL. SECURED BUILDINGS ARE SAFE BUILDINGS. IT IS CURRENTLY UNDER TEMPORARY COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS WHY WE TAGGED IT. BUT IT IS SAFE AND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS, EVEN IF IT IS A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT.

BUILDING SAFETY ISN'T THE ONLY METRIC OF PROGRESS THOUGH. WHAT ABOUT NEW BUSINESSES? WELL, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED TO SEE SEVERAL BUSINESS OWNERS MOVE INTO OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THOSE SPECIFICALLY WITHIN OUR SWEEP AREA, WHICH WAS FROM MAIN TO NATCHEZ AND THEN COLLEGE TO CALDER. THERE WERE SEVERAL PREEXISTING PROJECTS TAKING PLACE BEFORE APRIL OF 24, LIKE A GROWING CHURCH, A GREAT NEW RESTAURANT AND ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND REVITALIZED LOFTS AT THE CORNER OF PEARL AND FORSYTH THAT YOU CAN THERE AT THE TOP. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. THERE ARE BRAND NEW PROJECTS THAT WE WERE ALL VERY EXCITED TO SEE. WE HAVE MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS COMING TO 527 FORSYTH. ALSO, STONEY PETTIT AND HIS TEAM, A LONG TIME PARTNER OF BEAUMONT, MADE THE DECISION TO BRING ANDERSON HOMES, AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, TO 450 BOWIE, AND I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE LAST TWO ON THE LAST SLIDE IF YOU COULD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO COREY GREEN TOOK A PORTION OF BRANT COON'S BUILDING AND OPENED IRON GATE STUDIOS, WHERE THEY OFFER TATTOOS, A SMALL HAIR SALON, PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO, EVEN FITNESS AND JEWELRY SALES ARE TAKING PLACE. IT'S A VERY ECLECTIC OCCUPANCY AND THEY JUST GOT THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TWO WEEKS AGO. AND THEN TYLER WHARTON TEAMED UP WITH JENN TREMBATH TO OPEN. FOR THE RECORD, NOT ONLY CAN YOU SWING IN AND SHOP THEIR VINYL COLLECTION, BUT THEY'VE ALSO

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NEXT SLIDE. AND SO THE PRESENTATION TODAY WILL COVER OUR CURRENT LANGUAGE. WE'LL REVIEW SOME COMPARABLE CITIES. TALK ABOUT THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO, LOOK AT SOME PROPOSED LANGUAGE AND DISCUSS NEXT STEPS. SO IN OUR CURRENT LANGUAGE WHICH I WILL CIRCULATE NOW, IT BASICALLY JUST HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL PARADES. BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A DEFINITION FOR WHAT A NONCOMMERCIAL PARADE LOOKS LIKE. WE DO REQUIRE A PERMIT FEE, AND APPLICATIONS BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF EVENTS, AND WE MAKE EXCEPTIONS FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, THE MLK PARADE AND THE NECHES RIVER PARADE. NOTING THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A CHRISTMAS PARADE ANYMORE. SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES REQUIRE INSURANCE, AND I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND PASS THAT OUT AS WELL. THEY REQUIRE INSURANCE PERMIT FEES DETERMINED BY THE SIZE OF THE EVENT, AND THE AVERAGE APPLICATION TIME IS ABOUT 60 DAYS. THAT IS A TWO SIDED DOCUMENT. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTIONS WERE CITIES THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE CITIZEN WHO HOSTS THE OR, ORGANIZES THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE IN CALDER PARK. THE OTHER CITIES THAT WE PULLED WERE BASICALLY CITY COMPARABLES THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE DO OTHER COMPARISONS. FOR THAT TIME. SO SOME OF OUR PROPOSED CHANGES ARE IN THAT ORIGINAL DOCUMENT THAT I CIRCULATED WITH YOU. THEY ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. WE ADDED DEFINITIONS FOR CLARITY. WE PROVIDED OPTIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO HOPEFULLY TO REDUCE EXPENSES. WE ALSO PROPOSE AN INCREASED APPLICATION PERIOD AND WE CHANGE THE APPEAL PROCESS. SO ONE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT WE PROPOSED WAS ADDING A DEFINITION FOR WHAT A NON COMMERCIAL PARADE LOOKS LIKE TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ABOUT 50 PARTICIPANT VEHICLES OR 50 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING OR LESS, TO NOT NECESSARILY FOREGO THE BE A PART OF THE FORMAL PROCESS. WE ALSO ASK THAT THE PERMIT PERIOD BE INCREASED TO 60 DAYS, SINCE THAT WAS THE AVERAGE, AND BECAUSE OF THE APPEALS PROCESS OR THE ALTERNATIVE PROCESS MIGHT ADD TIME TO THAT. SO JUST ALLOW TIME FOR STAFF TO KIND OF HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS. THE BIGGEST CHANGE WOULD BE IF YOU LOOK AT ON PAGE, I'M SORRY, IN SECTION 20.06 .033, WE HAD TWO ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGES THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE ADDED, ONE OF WHICH ALLOWS FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO FOR WAIVE FOR THE FEE WAIVERS TO COME FROM A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BASED ON A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CHIEF AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY MANAGER. SO THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE AS WELL. ANOTHER BIG CHANGE IS IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS, ALLOWING FOR INTERNALLY FOR IT TO BE REVIEWED FOR APPROXIMATELY 14 DAYS, JUST BECAUSE IT DOES IMPACT MORE THAN JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SOMETIMES. AND THIS IS FOR OUR BIGGER PARADES. IT DOES REQUIRE A TOUCH MORE STAFF MEMBERS IN THAT REGARD. THE NEXT MAJOR CHANGE WOULD BE IN OUR APPEAL PROCESS. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE DID IS WE ADDED ANOTHER LAYER. IF SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE POLICE CHIEF HAS PROVIDED, THEY CAN NOW APPEAL THAT DECISION TO THE CITY MANAGER. THE CITY MANAGER CAN LOOK AT IT, REVIEW IT AND MAKE A DETERMINATION. IF THEY'RE UNHAPPY WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S

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COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. YOU CAN JUMP RIGHT INTO QUESTIONS. ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS I JUST SEE THE 60 DAY. AND FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE WON STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT 60 DAYS IN ADVANCE. THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO I MEAN WE COULD HAVE A PLAN ON THE SHELF. BUT IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY FILING FOR THE PARADE, I THINK THAT COULD WE COULD HAVE SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR IF A THEY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR SUCH EVENTS. IS THAT SOMETHING DOABLE. SO I THINK THE 60 DAY TIME PLAN REALLY COMES INTO PLAY FOR DETERMINING ROUTES AND NOTIFYING INDIVIDUALS. BUT IF WE ALREADY HAVE A SET PARADE ROUTE, I MEAN, WE ONLY WE KNOW THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS, SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE, RIGHT? SO IF THEY HAVE A STANDARD PARADE ROUTE, THEN WE CAN PROBABLY REDUCE THE TIMELINE FOR THEM JUST BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT ROUTE THEY'RE GOING TO USE. THEY ALREADY HAVE A METHOD OF IDENTIFYING PEOPLE. WE CAN OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE AND GET THAT IN NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT THE TIME FRAME IS REALLY TO SCHEDULE THE ROUTE. SO EVEN INDIVIDUALS WHO ALREADY HAVE A SET ROUTE AND MAYBE WE CAN IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT, WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT INTO THE ORDINANCE. BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT MANPOWER. BUSY HAS THEIR OWN MANPOWER. SO IT WOULD REALLY

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HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD NOT IMPACT MAJOR STATE HIGHWAYS ANY LONGER. WE ALSO ADDED A DEFINITION FOR MAJOR STREETS AS WELL. THANK YOU. YOU ALWAYS THINKING I LIKE THAT. SO YEAH, I THINK THAT THOSE PARTS OF THE ORDINANCE COULD BE TIGHTENED UP. COUNCILMAN TURNER, THEN COUNCILMAN DARIO. THANK YOU, MAYOR, I APPRECIATE YOU A FEW QUESTIONS WITH THE ADDING OF THAT DEFINITION WITH THE MAJOR STREETS. AGAIN, LIKE FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WHY WAS THAT INCLUDED? SO ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, WHAT WE SAW IN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT DO HAVE PARADES, MOST OF THEM ARE ENCLOSED. AND I'LL USE THE EXAMPLE OF BARRINGTON. BARRINGTON HAS AN INTEREST IN THE BACK AND AN INTEREST IN THE FRONT, BUT MOST OF THE INTERIOR STREETS ARE NOT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED MAJOR STREETS. SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN TOWN, ALTHOUGH ENCLOSED PEOPLE USE THOSE AS THEIR THROUGH STREETS FOR MAJOR TRAFFIC. SO THERE'S HEAVY TRAFFIC. SO IF YOU WERE DOING A PARADE, LET'S JUST SAY IN THE BROWNSTONE ADDITION, WHICH IS ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT, YOU BLOCK ONE ENTRANCE, YOU DON'T NEED A MILLION COPS. YOU JUST BLOCK ONE ENTRANCE AND YOU TELL EVERYBODY, HEY, NO DRIVING BETWEEN 9 AND 930. WE'RE HAVING A PARADE. AND SO YOU'RE ONLY IMPACTING ONE ENTRANCE, AND YOU DON'T NEED AS MANY POLICE OFFICERS FOR THAT PURPOSE. RIGHT. BUT IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S MORE OPEN, THAT HAS MORE ARTERIAL STREETS THAT ARE GOING TO TOUCH MORE STREETS, AND LET'S JUST USE THOMAS ROAD, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, THOROUGH STREETS AND PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN THAT ROAD ALL THE TIME. NOT SUPER BUSY, BUT, YOU KNOW, OFF GLADYS, POTENTIALLY OFF OF DELAWARE. SO IT MAY HAVE MORE TRAFFIC. PEOPLE TURN DOWN FROM CALDER TO KIND OF DRIVE THROUGH. IT'S HARDER BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO BLOCK OFF THIS ONE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO CROSS OVER CALDER, YOU NEED TO BLOCK OFF CALDER, WHICH IS A MAJOR STREET IF YOU WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN. RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD HAVE A MORE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC. SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF PUT PEOPLE ON NOTICE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THAT IF WE HAD TO IMPACT MAJOR STREETS, MAJOR ARTERIES, THAT THAT MAY INCREASE THE COST, AGAIN, TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MAYBE GET WITH POLICE TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVE ROUTES. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. SO IT CAN HAPPEN. BUT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ADVANCE TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE ROUTES. OKAY. I'M FINE WITH THAT. MY SECOND QUESTION WAS. ISSUE. THAT MAY NOT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ORDINANCE, BUT OUR FEES. HAVE OUR FEES CHANGED OR WOULD THE FEES IMPACT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS? SO HONESTLY, I WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, REALLY DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT OUR PARADE FEES UNTIL WE MET MISS LEONARD. BUT YES, OUR OUR PARADE FEES OVER THE YEARS HAVE WENT UP. THEY ARE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, BARRICADES AND PLANNING. SO LIKE I SAID, SOME CITIES HAVE SET FEES. SOME CITIES DO BASED ON HOW MANY INTERSECTIONS YOU'RE IMPACTING. SO IT'S BASED ON THE SIZE AND THE LENGTH OF THE PARADE. IF COUNCIL KIND OF WANTED TO LOOK AT MITIGATING FEES, THERE'S SEVERAL WAYS WE COULD DO IT. WE COULD LOOK AT HOW MANY. KEEPING IN MIND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING SO THAT IT'S NOT A EXPENSE TO THE CITY, BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN BASE IT ON A NUMBER OF THINGS, WE'RE GOING TO DO A SET FEE. THE AVERAGE PARADE COST THIS MUCH. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE AVERAGE PARADE COST, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE COST PROHIBITIVE FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING VERY SMALL PARADES AND BE BENEFICIAL TO SOMEONE WHO HAS A VERY LARGE PARADE. I THINK THE FAIRNESS IS TO KIND OF KEEP IT WHERE IT'S BASED ON HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST, LIKE IN TERMS OF HOW MANY SECTIONS WE HAVE TO BLOCK OFF, WHICH IS WHAT WE SAID AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE COULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE COST OF THE PARADE. WELL, I'M OPEN. I THINK SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD PARADES SHOULD BE NOWHERE NEAR IN THE BALLPARK OF OUR MAJOR PARADE. SO I'LL GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT. AND MY SECOND THING IS, WHEN IT COMES TO FEES FOR POLICING OR PROTECTION OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR WOULD IT BE A MAJOR PARADE? CAN YOU KIND OF TALK TO THOSE FEES AND HOW THOSE FEES ESTABLISH? IS IT A FEE THAT THE CITY MANAGERS ESTABLISH, OR IS IT A FEE THIS IN AGREEMENT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO THAT'S A LOADED QUESTION. SO LET ME BREAK IT DOWN. THANK YOU MULTIPLE WAYS. SO IT'S NOT REALLY

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AND SO IF THEY'RE HAVING TO WORK THAT AS AN OVERTIME RATE OR AS AN EXTRA JOB RATE, THEN IT WOULD BE AT THAT RATE SAME AND SIMILAR. IF THEY WORKED AT THE FAIR, THEY HAVE A EXTRA JOB RATE. THEY ALSO HAVE A CONTRACT THAT ALLOWS FOR THEM TO OR BASICALLY STATES THAT THEY GET PAID HOLIDAY PAY FOR CERTAIN HOLIDAYS. SO IF THE PARADE FALLS ON A HOLIDAY, ON A DAY WHERE THAT OFFICER IS REQUIRED TO WORK OVERTIME, THEN HE'LL BE AT HIS HOLIDAY OVERTIME RATE. AND THAT'S HIS CONTRACTUAL. THAT'S THE CITY'S CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION FOR THAT. SO WE ARE REQUIRED IF THEIR OFFICER PRESENCE IS REQUIRED THERE. THAT IS THE CONTRACTUAL RATE FOR WHICH WE HAVE TO PAY HIM. OKAY. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS OKAY, THE CITY MANAGER WAIVES FEES. IN THEORY, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. FROM THE LAST MEETING I WAS IN, HE WAIVED FEES, BUT IT STILL COMES OUT OF THE BUDGET. CORRECT? SO YEAH, WE MAY BE WAIVING THE FEE, BUT IS IT STILL PAID OUT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? SO WHEN YOU SAY YOU WAIVE A FEE, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T PAY THE OFFICERS, THE STAFF, THE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING ARE STILL BEING PAID. SO IT'S REALLY A WAIVER TO THE ORGANIZER. IT'S NOT A LIKE NOBODY'S DONATING TIME. THEY STILL HAVE TO BE PAID. SO AGAIN LET'S JUST USE THE MLK PARADE BECAUSE THAT IS A PARADE IN THE ORDINANCE FOR WHICH THE CITY HAS WAIVED FEES. WE ABSORB THAT COST. THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK THAT PARADE STAFF, POLICE OFFICERS, EVENTS, FACILITIES, ANY AND ALL CITY EMPLOYEES WHO WHO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PARADE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING SURE THAT IT IS SAFE, WILL ORGANIZE AND WILL PUTAID FE CITY. THAT COST IS NOT PASSED ON TO THE ORGANIZERS OF THE MLK PARADE. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND EVERY TIME THE FEE IS WAIVED BY THE CITY MANAGER, IT STILL EATS INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. I RECENTLY TALKED TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I WAS EDUCATED ON IT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT, EITHER THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE ORGANIZATION MAY NOT PAY THAT FEE, BUT IT STILL COMES OUT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. AND THAT'S MONEY. SOMETIMES IF THEY DON'T KNOW IN ADVANCE, IT'S NOT BUDGETED. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. KIND OF SIMILAR TO PLANNING AND ZONING OR SIMILAR TO OUR COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT FUNDING, THAT WE KIND OF CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHERE AS OUR STOP CUSHION, BECAUSE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IF EACH COUNCIL MEMBER COMES TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ONE PARADE OF PERSON BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THE FEES CAN GET OUTRAGEOUS AND THEY CAN EAT INTO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE WE'RE DISCUSSING THI. AND THE COUNCILMAN, DARIO, I THINK, HAD ASKED, DID YOU AND THEN COUNCILMAN GETS. ON THOSE FEES IF THE CITY CITIZEN GOES ON OR WE PAY IT, I GUESS THAT'S NOT REIMBURSED TO US. I'M TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE SALARIES FOR THE OFFICERS WHO WOULD REIMBURSE IT, THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET A PARADE. NO, NO. SO IF WE WAIVE IT. NO, NO, NO, NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT IF WE WAIVE IT, IF WE DON'T WAIVE IT, NEVER MIND.

NO. SO IF WE DON'T WAIVE IT, THEN THEY ARE INVOICED FOR THE. IS THAT MONEY USED TO PAY THE OFFICER THE OVERTIME? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND ONE OTHER TWO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE I GUESS IT'S KIND OF THE SAME WAY. IS THERE AN ORDINANCE FOR SOME FOLKS HAVE APPROACHED ME ABOUT BLOCKING OFF STREETS TO DO BLOCK PARTIES. IS THERE AN ORDINANCE THAT COVERS THAT? YES, SIR, I BELIEVE SO. IT IS. IS IT KIND OF LIKE THIS? SO THERE'S A STREET CLOSURE POLICY TO THAT EFFECT. AND I BELIEVE IT'S STILL A PERMIT THROUGH TRAFFIC. THERE HAVE BEEN INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SAME AND SIMILAR, BUT FOR THAT REGARD IT'S YOU JUST BARRICADING. WE'RE JUST DIVERTING TRAFFIC AWAY. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE IN A CUL DE SAC, IT'S NOT REALLY A BIG DEAL. BUT IF YOU'RE FOR CHURCHES THAT HAVE WHO SIT IN THE MIDDLE AND THEY WANT TO CLOSE OFF THE STREETS TO HAVE A FESTIVAL OR A FAIR, THAT, THAT KIND OF THING, AND THEY WOULD GO THROUGH, I GUESS, THE SAME PROCESS. THEY WOULD GO THROUGH TRAFFIC. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS FOR COUNCILMAN NEIL. MISS ALLEN

[02:00:04]

THERE'S A LOT OF AVIATION RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT DEAL WITH THE AIRPORT. AND I KNOW PEOPLE THINK THAT THAT'S A LOT OF THAT CITY OWNED PROPERTY. SO A LOT OF STUFF CAN GO ON. BUT BECAUSE OF THE AVIATION RULES AND THE FEDERAL RULES AROUND THAT, YOU JUST CAN'T JUST BE OUT THERE WILLY NILLY. WE SOME OF MY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DID LIKE AIR EDUCATION AND AVIATION EDUCATION OUT THERE IN THE PROCESS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE OUT THERE, CHILDREN INCLUDED. IT'S VERY EXTENSIVE, AND IT DOES REQUIRE A LOT. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE IN SPECIFIC AREAS, THEY'RE NOT EVEN LIKE FLYING AT THAT POINT JUST FOR SAFETY. SO A PARADE AT THE AIRPORT WOULD BE VERY DISRUPTIVE TO THE OPERATION OF THE AIRPORT AND PROBABLY COST MORE MONEY THAN, THAN IT'S WORTH. THERE WAS THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ALTERNATIVE ROUTES ON AND AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE BEAUMON, UNITED AND WESTBROOK EXIST THAT THAT WOULD LEND THEMSELVES TO BE LESS IMPACTFUL TO A MAJOR ARTILLERY ROAD. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, COUNCILMAN GOETZ, I'M MINDFUL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION ABOUT GIVING CITY MONEY RESOURCES AWAY WITHOUT BEING PAID FOR IT. HOW DO WE GET AROUND THAT WHEN WE WAIVE FEES? ARE WE SAYING THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR DOING IT, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO WHEN YOU WHEN IT'S A CITY SPONSORED EVENT THEN IT'S CONSIDERED TO BE PART. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE MLK PARADE. AND AT ONE POINT THE CITY WAS A CO-HOST OF THE CHRISTMAS PARADE. SO WE HELPED PUT ON THAT EVENT. RIGHT.

AND SO IF YOU'RE PUTTING ON THE EVENT AND IT'S A CO SPONSORED EVENT, THE CITY DOESN'T CHARGE ITSELF, RIGHT. SO BASICALLY WE JUST SAY YOU DO THIS PART AND WE'LL DO THIS PART. AND IT BECOMES A BUDGETED EXPENSE. WHEN YOU HAVE AN EVENT THAT DOES NOT SERVE A PUBLIC PURPOSE, A CITY PURPOSE OR WHATEVER, IT'S JUST A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL PUTTING ON AN EVENT. AND THE CITY SAYS, WE'LL COVER THAT. IT DOESN'T MEET THE BILL OF A CITY SPONSORED EVENT WHERE IT'S ESSENTIALLY SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING TO THE CITIZENS. SO IN ORDER FOR IT TO RISE TO THAT LEVEL, YOU SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO CO-SPONSOR THE EVENT. IT CHANGES THE NECESSITY OF THE EVENT AND IT'S UP ENTIRETY. OUR STAFF IS KIND OF MORE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING. AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD PARADE IS BECOME A FULL ON CITY PRODUCTION BECAUSE ONCE WE'RE ATTACHED TO IT, THERE ARE SOME, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THERE'S SOME RULES THAT COME WITH ACCEPTING DADDY'S MONEY. AND YOU GOT TO PLAY BY THE RULES, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU WANT TO HAVE A SMALL, INTIMATE AFFAIR AND THAT'S FINE, YOU CAN KIND OF DO IT YOUR WAY. BUT ONCE THE CITY'S ATTACHED, LIKE ONCE WE HAVE THE JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL DOWN HERE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DO THEIR OWN, BUT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE SAFETY ATTACHED TO THAT EVENT ONCE WE PUT OUR NAME ON IT. SO ONCE, ONCE THE CITY'S NAME ON IT, THERE'S A HEIGHTENED RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE EVENT IS SAFE AND THAT IT MEETS ALL ADA REQUIREMENTS SO THAT ALL CITIZENS FROM ALL DEMOGRAPHICS CAN, CAN COME AND EXPERIENCE THAT. SO IS THE CALDER PLACE PARADE CONSIDERED SOMETHING CO-HOSTED BY THE CITY AT THIS POINT? IT IS NOT SO. LET ME GO ON RECORD. I LOVE THAT PARADE. I WANT TO SEE IT CONTINUE. AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED, AND I KNOW THAT THE ORGANIZER, MISS LEONARD, MET WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO DISCUSS ALL OF THIS RECENTLY. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL WAS INVOLVED TOO, BUT IT'S NOT BEING CO-HOSTED BY THE CITY. AND SO HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING? SO ONCE AGAIN, WE CAN'T. RIGHT? WE CAN'T WRITE A, A, AN EXCEPTION FOR ONE PERSON. SO WE TRIED TO DO MY OBJECTIVE WAS TO DO IS TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT A, A SOME, SOME POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES AND EXCEPTIONS THAT MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO CALL TO PLACE AND MISS LEONARD, IF I HAD TO PICK ONE, IT WOULD BE THAT CHOOSING AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE MAY BE HER BETTER OPTION. I KNOW THEY STAGE AT AT THE HARRIS AT BUSY HARRISON CENTER AND THAT CROSSES OVER MAJOR ROAD, MAYBE STAGING SOMEWHERE ELSE OR TRYING TO USE A DIFFERENT ROUTE THAT DOESN'T CROSS OVER AS MANY MAJOR STREETS. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT KIND OF IS CENTERED BETWEEN TWO MAJOR STREETS WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD PASS THROUGH. SO MAYBE PICKING A ROUTE THAT ONLY IMPACTED ONE OF THOSE SIDES INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH ACROSS THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, MAYBE YOU JUST GO THROUGH A SECTION AND NOT IMPACT THE ENTIRETY OF THAT. SO MAYBE THE BIGGEST EXCEPTION WOULD PROBABLY BE TO CHOOSE A DIFFERENT ROUTE AND WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CHOOSE A ROUTE. CHANGING THE ROUTE. I KNOW THAT THE PARADE

[02:05:04]

THEY'RE NOT A 501, C THREE OR A HOA. SO THERE'S NOT ANY MONEY TO PAY $5000 OR $10,000. THE PARADE

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SO IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THEM THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE ON OVERTIME. SO IT'S TO OVERTIME PLUS THE HOLIDAY PAY THAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE. SO THAT DOES INCREASE THE COST EXPONENTIALLY WOULDN'T IT. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SO THAT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ON DUTY TO COVER IT. COULDN'T THEY JUST CHANGE THE DATE OF THE PARADE INSTEAD OF DOING IT ON THAT DAY? I MEAN, WHEN THEY COME IN AND WE CAN INFORM THEM, HEY, THIS IS THE DAY, THIS IS THE REASON IT'S GOING TO COST IF YOU MOVE THE DATE TO ANOTHER DAY. SO AGAIN, IT'S A 4TH OF JULY PARADE. SO IT'S STILL DO IT ON THE FIFTH OR THE THIRD. SO I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THOSE ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE HAD. BUT I BELIEVE IT'S A 4TH OF JULY PARADE THAT'S HOSTED ON THE MORNING OF 4TH OF JULY, KIND OF TO KICK OFF THE FESTIVITIES OF THE OF THE DAY AND OF THE HOLIDAY. THE CITY WASN'T NECESSARILY INTERESTED IN TRYING TO, LIKE, CHANGE THEIR TRADITIONS. BUT AGAIN, ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT THAT IS OPEN AND AVAILABLE IS FOR THEM TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE THAT MAY NOT REQUIRE THEM TO CROSS OVER SO MANY ARTERIAL ROADS, WHICH MAY REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE LESS OFFICERS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS. THE OTHER THING, AGAIN, IS THAT COUNCIL NOW HAS FINAL AUTHORITY ON REVIEWING THIS PROCESS. IF THEY IF YOU WERE TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED CHANGES, YOU WOULD HAVE FINAL AUTHORITY OVER, OVER THE PROCESS. AND YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SAY, WE ONLY THINK AN OFFICER NEEDS TO BE HERE AND HERE AND GO WITH GOD. WE CAN DO THAT AND GO AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRAFFIC UNIT OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF YOU LIKE. I STILL THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT. I MEAN, IF ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS TO CHANGE THE ROUTE, I THINK AN OPTION COULD BE TO CHANGE THE DATE. AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL JUST PROPOSED CHANGES. THESE DON'T EXIST IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE. THE COURT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE THE MARCHING ORDERS WERE TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT ALLOW FOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN SOME OF THE OR IN THE OTHER ORDINANCE THAT WE REVIEWED. LIKE I SAID, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF THIS, AND MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT DO HAVE LONG STANDING PARADES, DIDN'T SHARE SOME OF THE UNIQUE ASPECTS THAT THAT THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD DOES. AND SINCE THAT, IT WAS ANCHORED BY TWO MAJOR ARTILLERY ROADS, SOME OF THEM ARE MORE ENCLOSED. SO IT'S A YOU JUST KIND OF DRIVE IN AND LIKE I SAID, HAVE DIDN'T HAVE MULTIPLE ENTRANCES BUT JUST HAD 1 OR 2 ENTRANCES OR, OR JUST WHERE YOU CAN JUST KIND OF BLOCK OR THE PARADE ONLY TOOK PLACE IN ONE SECTION, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO KIND OF JUST ENCLOSE OR BLOCK OFF DIFFERENT EXITS. SO I THINK ALTERNATIVE ROUTES IS A BIG ONE. AND I THINK THAT THE CHANGES THAT WE PUT FORTH, AGAIN, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT SPECIFIC TO THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT OR THE CALDER PLACE INCIDENT, IT WILL BE VIABLE TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WHO WANT TO HAVE PARADES OR WANT TO DO OTHER THINGS. ALSO WE DO.

THE CITY DOES HAVE A BLOCK CLOSURE ORDINANCE. WE DON'T NECESSARILY PROMOTE BLOCK PARTIES. I DON'T THINK THAT'S ALLOWED UNDER THE ORDINANCE. BUT THERE IS AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWED FOR ROAD CLOSURES FOR SPECIFIC THINGS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCILMAN TURNER, JUST A FEW SUGGESTIONS SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF IF THESE ARE POSSIBILITIES, WHAT ABOUT MAYBE INSTEAD OF OFFICERS, MAYBE DEPARTMENTS WHO DO STREETS IF IT'S A BECAUSE THE HANG UP IS, YOU KNOW, BY THE ORDINANCE OR THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, THEY GET A MINIMUM OF TWO HOURS. IF THE PARADE IS 15 MINUTES, IT'S A MINIMUM OF TWO HOURS. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD BE OFFSET WITH MAYBE STAFF OR ANOTHER SUGGESTION WOULD BE WHEN WE MET,

[02:15:06]

SO YEAH, IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE LICENSED PEACE OFFICERS SECURE THAT, THAT I GUESS THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER. I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT KIND OF DO THAT. THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION THAT WE CAN BRING UP WHEN WE ROUNDTABLE IT WITH THE POLICE CHIEF TO SEE HOW HE FEELS ABOUT IT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS FOR THAT IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT IT'S SAFE AND SECURE. SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SECURITY PROVIDED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, LIKE I SAID, BISD TO THEIR OWN SECURITY FOR THEIR PARADE. YEAH, I JUST WOULD HOPE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS POSSIBLE IF WORKING WITH SOLUTIONS. AND I GET IT ALL THE STIPULATIONS AND PROBLEMS. BUT SOMETIMES I THINK WE OVERCOMPLICATE THINGS. THAT COULD BE SIMPLE. CITY MANAGER COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS BROUGHT UP AT THAT MEETING WAS OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES COMING IN. AND AS CHIEF WAS AT THAT MEETING, YOU KNOW, HE THEY HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS. AND YOU GET DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THERE. AND THINGS COULD NOT BE CONSISTENT AND SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN. SO THEY DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT BRINGING THEM IN. AND TO DO THAT FOR SURE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. THIS WOULD BE A CITY ATTORNEY OPINION, BUT IT DOES IT SERVE A PUBLIC PURPOSE. IT IS A PUBLIC GOOD. I THINK IT DOES. BUT I'M NOT THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND IN THAT CASE, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER COULD DO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT. BUT IT ALL HINGES ON THAT INTERPRETATION. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE VERY I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT I DON'T WANT TO COMPROMISE SAFETY. YOU KNOW, I'LL COMPROMISE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT NOT SAFETY. SO I'D RATHER WE DO WHAT'S GOING TO KEEP THE PEOPLE SAFE. AND WILL WORK WITH THE OTHER CONSEQUENCES. BUT I DON'T I DON'T THINK THE CITY SHOULD DO ANYTHING TO COMPROMISE SAFETY IN THAT SITUATION. AND IF WE CAN LOOK AT DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS FAR AS PUBLIC PURPOSE, PUBLIC GOOD, AND HAVING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, I'D BE WILLING TO WAIVE THE FEE AND WE JUST HAVE TO EAT AND FIND IT. RIGHT. AND I THINK ONE OF OUR TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS IS IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT BUDGET ITEMS IN THE FUTURE FOR PARADES, BECAUSE I AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A DEATH IN A IN A CO-SPONSORED PARADE YEARS AGO IN OUR CITY. AND IF A CHILD OR A CAR WENT THROUGH A BLOCKADE AND WE DIDN'T HAVE POLICE THERE, OR WE DIDN'T HAVE POLICE UNDERSTANDING OUR SYSTEM AND SOMEBODY WAS INJURED, NOBODY WOULD THINK, WELL, THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING TODAY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SO I WANT TO DEFER TO OUR, OUR LAW AND OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ENFORCE BEAUMONT PD, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S MORE PRACTICAL SINCE THEY'RE HERE. SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE DID HAVE A DEATH AS IT RELATES IN OUR IN OUR CHRISTMAS PARADE. AND THAT KIND OF CHANGED THE WAY WE DID IT. AND JUST WITHIN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THERE'S ALWAYS AN ISSUE WITH SOMEBODY DISREGARDING A BARRICADE, WHICH IS WHY MOST OF THE BARRICADES NOW ARE NO LONGER JUST BARRICADED AND UNMANNED.

MOST OF THEM ARE BARRICADED AND MANNED WITH EITHER A POLICE CAR OR OFFICERS ON, ON ON MOTOR ON MOTORCADE JUST TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PRESENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PARADE ROUTE IS STILL ACTIVE AS IT RELATES TO. DOES IT SERVE A PUBLIC PURPOSE? YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOES PROVIDE OR HAS PROVIDED WITH SOME OF OUR EVENTS, ENJOYMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE PUBLIC.

LIKE I SAID, OUR EVENTS FACILITIES GROUP DOES OVER 500 EVENTS A YEAR. EMILY. SO WE ARE SLOWLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THAT. SO IF IT'S I THINK THAT THE ORGANIZER DID SAY THAT THE PARADE WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO THEN IF WE'RE IF IT'S A CITY PARTNERSHIP, THEN OBVIOUSLY IT DOES KIND OF CHANGE THE STRUCTURE. IF PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE GOING TO KIND OF SHOW UP AND PARK. THEN AGAIN, BY NATURE OF THE EVENT, WE MAY BE MAKING THIS BIGGER THAN WHAT THEY WANT. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT

[02:20:07]

YES. OKAY. YEAH. YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC PEOPLE DRIVING, THEY DON'T TAKE HEED TO AN OFFICER WITH A GUN AT AN INTERSECTION AND THEY'LL BLOW THROUGH IT. SO A CITY EMPLOYEE OUT THERE FROM PUBLIC WORKS IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST OPTION IN TRYING TO PUT THEM OUT THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER FOR SURE. I'D BE WILLING TO WORK ON THAT IF THEY AGREE TO SAY, HEY, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WE MIGHT CONSIDER THE PUBLIC GOOD AND GO THAT ROUTE WITH IT. AND I KNOW HISTORICALLY TO DO THAT AS THE CITY MANAGER, HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY POST THE EVENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA BEFOREHAND TO LET PEOPLE KNOW. SO I WOULD THINK IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BY THAT DEFINITION.

AND BUT WE COULD HAVE GOOD PARKING ISSUES OVER THERE. THE GOOD THING IS 4TH OF JULY MOST MORNINGS I'VE BEEN OVER THERE SEVERAL. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE STIRRING, YOU KNOW, 4TH OF JULY, BUT THAT COULD CERTAINLY CHANGE. COUNCILMAN DARIO, I KNOW DURING THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, THEY HAVE THEY USE CIVILIAN SECURITY GUARDS TO GUARD THE BARRIERS DURING THE JUNE, LIKE WHEN WE'RE COMING IN THE PARK BY BY THE LIBRARY AND DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND THEY HAVE CIVILIANS STANDING THERE GUARDING THOSE BARRIERS. I THINK THEY USE THEM TO AT THE ENTRANCES. THEY DON'T USE THEM TO SECURE THE PERIMETER OF AREAS WHERE WE DON'T WANT CARS. THE ACTUAL PERIMETER IS SECURED BY POLICE OFFICERS. THE PRIVATE SECURITY IS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE ACTUAL FESTIVAL. OKAY. SO I MET YOU IN WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND THE BACK WAY. CHRIS. YES.

COUNCILMAN TURNER. SO THAT FEE WHEN WE HAVE THE. NOW I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT NUMBERS. SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL, IT NORMALLY DOESN'T FALL ON JUNETEENTH. BUT WHEN WE HAVE OUR 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL DOWNTOWN WITH THE FIREWORKS AND IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST EVENTS, I KIND OF WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT SECURITY FEE IS. IT'S A LOT. YEAH, WE BUDGET FOR IT.

IT'S A LOT. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S A BUDGETED EXPENSE. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL, SEVERAL HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DOWNTOWN. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TRAFFIC TO BRING THEM IN, WHICH IS WHY WE KNOW THAT, AGAIN, WHEN IT FALLS ON THAT WEEKEND AND OVERTIME, WE'RE ALREADY PAYING A PREMIUM LIKE WE BUDGET FOR THAT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGER FESTIVALS. MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THIS WHEN WE GO ON TO BARGAINING. MAYBE WE GET A LITTLE A LITTLE HOLIDAY HOLIDAYS OR THE HOLIDAYS. THEY ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ALL THE SAME HOLIDAYS THAT THE CITY EMPLOYEES RECEIVE. SO THAT'S A FEDERAL HOLIDAY. AND CERTAINLY ALL THOSE EVENTS, WE'VE SEEN IT NATIONWIDE WHERE EVENTS CAN OCCUR THERE AND PUBLIC SAFETY BEING SO IMPORTANT, WE CERTAINLY CAN'T.

REDUCE SECURITY ON THOSE EVENTS. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT.

[COUNCIL COMMENTS]

[02:25:03]

GLAD YOU'RE GETTING YOUR SIDEWALK OUT THERE FOR BEAUMONT UNITED. JUST WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WESTBROOK NEEDS ONE TOO. AND SO LET'S BE LOOKING AT THAT IN THE YEARS TO COME. AND ACTUALLY SALLY CURTIS NEEDS ONE. BECAUSE IF YOU GO ON NORTH CIRCUIT YOU CAN GO SO FAR ON NORTH CIRCUIT AND THERE'S A SIDEWALK. BUT THEN YOU GET ABOUT SIX BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL SIDEWALK ENDS. SO WE NEED TO FINISH THAT SIDEWALK, BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY LITTLE KIDS THAT ARE HAVING TO WALK IN THE STREET. AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE REALLY PRETTY EASY. SO LET'S LET'S LOOK AT THE SALLY CURTIS PROJECT ALONG NORTH CIRCUIT. WANT TO TALK ABOUT BROWN WATER FOR A MINUTE I SEE COMMENTS FROM TIME TO TIME. EVEN HEARD SOME TODAY ABOUT CITY OF BEAUMONT STILL GOT BROWN WATER. ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT I THINK WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE BECOME VERY TRANSPARENT WITH REGARD TO HOW MANY BROWN WATER CALLS WE HAVE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE CITY WATER DEPARTMENT WEBSITE AND SEE HOW MANY CALLS YOU'VE HAD FOR BROWN WATER IN THE LAST 30 DAYS, THE LAST SEVEN DAYS, OR THE LAST 24 HOURS. AND IT SHOWS THE LOCATIONS. THAT'S TRANSPARENCY. LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY LIKE TO SEE. SO WHILE I WAS SITTING UP HERE, I LOOKED AT THAT. AND IN THE LAST 30 DAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 17, 17 BROWN WATER CALLS.

THAT IS 0.03% OF OUR WATER CUSTOMERS CALLING IN 0.03%. THAT'S PRETTY DARN GOOD. AND SO I WANT TO COMPLIMENT MOLLY AND PUBLIC UTILITIES FOR THE STEPS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN. I WANT TO COMPLIMENT MY CARES FOR THE STEPS YOU HAVE TAKEN IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT TO DIMINISH BROWN WATER. DISCOLORED WATER CALLS. THOSE STEPS INCLUDE MORE STANDARDIZED FLUSHING REGIMENS.

DID WE EVER GET THE DOCKSIDE GENERATOR ONLINE AT THE AT THE WATER PLANT? THAT PROJECT IS ONGOING. THERE'S BEEN SOME DELIVERY DELAYS WITH THE EQUIPMENT, BUT WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT PROJECT. OKAY, SO ONCE THAT'S ON BOARD, I EXPECT THAT EVEN THE FEW, VERY FEW BROWN WATER CALLS THAT WE GET WILL EVEN GO DOWN FURTHER. SO, YOU KNOW, BEAUMONT GETS A LOT OF NEGATIVE PRESS, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS FAIR. WE GOT A LOT OF NEGATIVE PRESS RECENTLY ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH EMS UNITS ON THE STREETS AVAILABLE. WHEN SOME GUY GOT RUN OVER THAT WAS LAYING IN THE ROAD. AND I'M APPRECIATIVE TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TO TRACY KENNICK FOR PUTTING OUT A STATEMENT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE REALITIES OF US FOLLOWING PROPER PROTOCOLS ON THAT DAY.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE AN EMS UNIT AVAILABLE, THAT OR SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT, WELL, IF YOU'D HAVE HAD AN EMS UNIT AVAILABLE, THAT MAN MIGHT NOT HAVE DIED. WELL, THAT'S NOT THE MAN HAD LAID DOWN ON THE ROAD. HE MIGHT NOT HAVE DIED EITHER.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT TO BE CALLOUS, BUT THAT IS THE REALITY. THAT'S WHAT CAUSED HIM TO DIE, NOT THE UNAVAILABILITY OF AN EMS UNIT. BUT EVEN IF AN EMS UNIT HAD BEEN THERE, RIGHT THERE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE ANYTHING ANY DIFFERENT. WE HAD A SENIOR PARAMEDIC, A SENIOR PARAMEDIC THERE WITHIN 5 OR 6 MINUTES, AND HE WAS ABLE TO START LIFE SAVING MEASURES, WHICH HE DID. AND THAT IS WHAT THE PROTOCOL CALLS FOR. YOU DON'T IMMEDIATELY JUST PICK SOMEBODY UP THAT'S BEEN SEVERELY INJURED IN THAT SORT OF A CRUSHED TRAUMA AND SCOOP THEM UP AND TAKE THEM TO THE AMBULANCE AND TAKE THEM TO THE HOSPITAL. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. THAT'S NOT WHAT PROTOCOL CALLS FOR. WHAT CALLS WHAT IT CALLS FOR IS TO STABILIZE THE PATIENT SO THAT WHEN HE DOES GET TO THE HOSPITAL, THEY'RE SENT IMMEDIATELY INTO SURGERY. THEY DON'T GO THROUGH THROUGH TRIAGE. THE PARAMEDIC IS IN CONTACT WITH THE HOSPITAL TELLING THEM WHAT

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COUNCILMAN GETS COUNCILMAN TURNER. YEAH. COUNCILMAN GIBBS, JUST JUST ONE THING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN POST WHATEVER THEY WANT. DON'T CITE THE SOURCES. DON'T CITE WHERE IT CAME FROM. DON'T CITE THE INFORMATION AND LEADERSHIP. ONE OF THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN DO IS GIVE MISINFORMATION. IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A LEADER AND WANT TO LEAD THE CITY. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. ONE THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT STAFF TAYLOR, APPRECIATE YOU. A SOLUTION TO PARADES AND SMALL PARADES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CITIZENS KNOW WE HEAR THEM WHEN THEY APPROACH US ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS, AND WE CAN MEET AND TRY TO FORM SOME FORM OF SOLUTION. CITY ATTORNEY, APPRECIATE YOU GETTING INTO THE WEEDS TO SHOW US WHAT WE'VE DONE, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO DUST OFF THE DUST AND LOOK AT SOME OF OUR ORDINANCES THAT HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR SO LONG. I THINK THAT'S THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THE COUNCIL.

ANOTHER THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WHEN IT COMES TO SIDEWALKS, BSD WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS, THESE KIDS DON'T GET A BUS. THAT MEANS EVERY KID WHO LIVES WITHIN ONE MILE HAS TO WALK TO SCHOOL. SO MY PRIORITY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IS IF WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON SIDEWALKS, WE HAVE A SIDEWALK BUDGET. I THINK THE BUDGET NEEDS TO GO TOWARDS THOSE SCHOOLS WHERE THOSE KIDS ARE AT FIRST. AND YES, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ALL WANT THEM AND ALL OUR WARDS, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT MAYBE SOME FORM OF WAY IF POSSIBLE, EVEN WITH A POSSIBLE BOND, IF WE CAN EXPEDITE, YOU KNOW, THAT WITH OUR KIDS, BECAUSE TRUTHFULLY, SAFETY MATTERS. AND THOSE KIDS WITHIN ONE MILE THEY WALK AND SOME OF THOSE PARENTS ARE AT WORK IN THE MORNING, AND THEY CAN'T CONTROL THEIR SITUATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE TO WORK TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY. AND ONE THING THAT CAME OUT TODAY, AND MR. HAYNES PRESENTATION IS PIPE BURSTING. I NOTICED RECENTLY IT LOOKS AS THOUGH AS WE HAVE ALMOST QUADRUPLED THE AMOUNT OF PIPES WE HAVE REPLACED WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS THAN WE HAVE WITHIN THE LAST 8 TO 10 YEARS. AND THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT OF STAFF WORKING HARD, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT WHAT WE NEED TO BE. WE'RE MAKING DRASTIC PROGRESS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT CALLS HAVE WENT DOWN, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT ALL THE WAY AT ZERO. THEY HAVE WENT DOWN TREMENDOUSLY. THAT'S PROGRESS.

AND WE JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE DEDICATED TO PROGRESS THAT REGARDLESS OF THE POLITICAL PRESSURE. SO TO STAFF EVERYBODY WORKING HARD RIGHT NOW, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL. AND THE LAST THING IS MISS DEBORAH, THE TRASH IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD. IF SOMEBODY FROM STAFF COULD JUST FOLLOW UP WITH ME AFTER THE MEETING TO KIND OF LET ME KNOW WHERE SHE'S AT WITH HER NEIGHBOR AND SOME OF THE THINGS SHE'S DEALING WITH AS A SENIOR CITIZEN. AND I DON'T WANT ANY OUR SENIORS HAVING TO DEAL WITH NEIGHBORS OR YOUNGER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MISTREATING THEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. COUNCILMAN SHAW, COUNCILMAN SAMUEL, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AND YOUR STAFF FOR ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS OVER ON ADA. I UNDERSTAND SOMEONE WENT OUT TO THAT AREA. THERE WERE ABOUT 3 OR 4 HOUSES THAT WERE EXPERIENCING SOME UNIQUE PROBLEMS, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. SIR. COUNCILMAN NEAL, JUST REMIND EVERYBODY TO FILE THEIR EXTENSION AND PAY THEIR ESTIMATED TAXES BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANKS. COUNCILMAN. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND CITIZENS AND THOSE WHO MAY BE VISITING IN THE FUTURE THAT ELECTION MATERIAL AND ATTIRE IS NOT ALLOWED IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. SO IF YOU'RE WEARING A SHIRT OR PARAPHERNALIA THAT PROMOTES A CANDIDATE, YOU SHOULD NOT DO THAT IF YOU PLAN TO SPEAK. AND HAPPY EASTER. NO. JUST A REMINDER THAT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON MONDAY, THE PARKS PLAN IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED. SO I WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYONE TO COME AND SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. CERTAINLY WANT TO FOLLOW OPEN MEETING ACT RULES. BUT AFTER OUR DISCUSSION ON THE PARADE, I GOT A TEXT FROM SOMEONE SAYING THEY WANT TO SPONSOR BE A SPONSOR FOR THAT PARADE. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND RELEASE THAT LATER. THANK YOU. YES, COUNCILMAN. DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK AROUND? I JUST

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GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF SOME THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE DONE. IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT BOND APPROVED. ONCE AGAIN IT'S BEAUMONT BONDS.COM. YES. OUR NEXT MEETING, THE 29TH, WILL BE AN EVENING MEETING. SO IT WILL BE HERE IN THE EVENING AT 530. AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK MILES HAYNES FOR THE EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. AND YOU GOT THROUGH IT ALMOST WITHOUT A BOTTLE OF WATER AND, AND OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

AND THAT'S CERTAINLY ON A DAILY BASIS. AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S CODES WHEN THERE'S PROBLEMS NEXT DOOR TO THEM OR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S CERTAINLY TRUE. AND OUR BUILDING CODES TEAM AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING AND CONTINUE TO DO IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING REAL PROGRESS DOWNTOWN. THAT'S EXCITING. AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARADE AND TRYING TO WORK ORDINANCES AROUND THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE, IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND WITHOUT EVER SACRIFICING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF AND FIRE CHIEF BEING INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT

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