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          ADHERING TO A BUDGET WORKSHOP TO ORDER AND TODAY'S DATES. THURSDAY, MAY 22ND. AND I'M EXCITED TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE. IF EVERYBODY WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE AND PLEASE STAND FOR A PRAYER AND A PLEDGE. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE. GRACIOUS GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GATHER HERE TODAY. WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR OUR OUR CITY AND ALL THE DIRECTORS AND EVERYBODY THAT'S PRESENT AT THIS MEETING AND OUR COUNCIL. AND WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION AS WE GO FORWARD TO HELP GROW THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND THE YOUTH OF THIS CITY, AND TAKING CARE OF THE FINANCES OF THIS CITY. IN CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. 
          AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR WEST, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM TURNER. ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. DARIO. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. HILLIARD. 
          PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIAMS. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHERWOOD. ABSENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER. CRENSHAW. ABSENT. ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY MANAGER. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND 
          [1. Five-Year Community Investment Plan (CIP) ]
STAFF AND THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING IN OTHER MEANS HERE THIS MORNING, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC BUDGET DISCUSSION OF THE YEAR FOR THE 2025 2026 BUDGET PROCESS. THIS PROCESS HAS STARTED SOME TIME AGO. IT STARTED BACK IN FEBRUARY WITH STAFF PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER AND GETTING NUMBERS TOGETHER FOR PROJECTS, AND WE'RE BE GETTING HERE, GETTING TO HERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE. FOUR WORKSHOPS WITH CITY COUNCIL, AND WE'RE HAVING THOSE WORKSHOPS WITH CITY COUNCIL. SO THIS IS BASICALLY THE BUDGET KICKOFF. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE WHAT GOES ON WITH THE CITY, OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE. TODAY, THE AGENDA OF COURSE I JUST MENTIONED THIS THE BUDGET KICK OFF. BUT I'M GOING TO DO A SOMEWHAT BRIEF MUNICIPAL FINANCE ONE ON ONE DISCUSSION JUST TO GO OVER SOME THINGS. DON'T WANT TO INSULT ANYONE'S INTELLIGENCE ON BUDGETING, BUT SOME TERMS AND TERMINOLOGIES JUST DIFFERENT. SO WE JUST WANT TO MENTION SOME OF THOSE THINGS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE MAIN GOAL OF TO DO ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS OF TODAY IS TO CIP FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, OR SOMETIMES WE CALL IT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM STAFF ON EVERY PROPOSED PROJECT IN THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TODAY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHERE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO. 
          SAY, MENTION YOUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR THIS BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR OR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, SINCE IT'S A FIVE YEAR CIP. SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE THAT INPUT. NEXT SLIDE. BUDGET STANDARDS. JUST SOME THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT STANDARDS. THE MAIN THING IS TRANSPARENCY AND JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IN THIS PROCESS SHOWS THAT WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT IS TRANSPARENCY. WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SIT IN ON THESE DISCUSSIONS. WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE INPUT IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE WANT CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE INPUT FROM THE BEGINNING. THE BUDGET IN THIS NOW 6 OR 7 MONTH PROCESS, THEY USED TO BE YOU COULD GET IN AND DO A BUDGET AND IN A MONTH AND IT WAS DONE. BUT NOW IN CITIES IT TAKES THAT LONG TO GET A BUDGET DONE. SO WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS HAS THAT INPUT AND FINANCIALLY ACCOUNTABLE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT CITIES ARE ABOUT BEING FINANCIALLY ACCOUNTABLE. SO EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT'S THERE, CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THE REGULATORY GUIDELINES TO FOLLOW IN BUDGETING. AND THEN IT MEETS THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POLICY. AS PART OF THE BUDGET, YOU ADOPT FINANCIAL POLICIES, AND WE HAVE 
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TO ADHERE TO THOSE POLICIES. AND I MENTIONED THE REGULATORY STANDARDS. NEXT SLIDE. QUICK GLIMPSE AT THE BUDGET CALENDAR. AS YOU CAN SEE, FEBRUARY 14TH IS KICKED OFF WITH A FIVE YEAR CIP KICK OFF WITH STAFF. WHETHER THEY WERE LOOKING AT WORKING WITH WORKSHEETS AND WORKING WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER, WE START WORKING FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. YEAR'S CIP AND GO TO HERE. AS YOU GO DOWN THE PAGE, YOU CAN SEE OFFICIAL BUDGET KICKOFF MEETING WAS APRIL 16TH. THAT WAS WITH STAFF. CAN WE GET NEXT SLIDE IF THIS MEETING THIS HERE MAY 22ND IS FIRST BUDGET WORK SESSION ON THE CIP. WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR A SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP WITH CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 11TH, A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE WE GO OVER KEY BUDGET ITEMS AND TOPICS AND DISCUSSIONS. AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS CALENDAR, BUT THIS WILL GO THROUGH TO SEPTEMBER. AND BY SEPTEMBER YOU'LL BE APPROVING TAX RATES AND APPROVING A PROPOSAL REVIEWING A PROPOSED BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE. JUST A FINAL MUNICIPAL FINANCE 101 PRESENTATION. I FOUND IT ON THE INTERNET BY PUBLIC FINANCE ADVISORS GOING TO GO THROUGH IT. AND IT KIND OF COVERS SOME KEY THINGS ABOUT BUDGETING AND GOVERNMENT BUDGETING. AS WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THE CORE CONCEPTS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT FUND ACCOUNTING, CITY. CITY BUDGET IS BASED ON FUNDS, GENERAL FUNDS, WATER, WASTEWATER FUNDS, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, DIFFERENT FUNDS. AND WE'LL MENTION SOME OF THOSE. AND THE PRIMARY PUBLIC FINANCE DOCUMENTS, YOU HEAR ONE OF THE PRIMARY ONES THE OTHER DAY WHEN YOU HEARD THE AUDIT. 
          THAT'S THE PRIMARY PUBLIC DOCUMENT. BUDGET IS ANOTHER PRIMARY DOCUMENT. THE MONTHLY FINANCE REPORTS THAT THEIR PRIMARY PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. I MENTIONED THE CALENDAR ALREADY. 
          COMMON REVENUE RESOURCES AND EXPENDITURES WILL TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. FINANCIAL POLICIES AND FINANCING METHODS. NEXT SLIDE. FUNDING COUNTY. YOU KNOW, SOME METHOD OF SEPARATING FINANCIAL RESOURCES INTO CATEGORIES. YOU KNOW, GENERAL FUND IS WHAT WE GET FROM TAX DOLLARS, SALES TAX, USER FEES, ETCETERA. DOLLARS GOES INTO THOSE FUNDS. BUT THE MAIN THING ABOUT ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTING FOR CITIES. IT'S IN FINANCIAL CIRCLES IT'S MORE ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY THAN PROFITABILITY. IT'S ABOUT BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO YOUR CITIZENS, TO YOUR TAXPAYERS. IT'S ABOUT FINDING THAT THAT SWEET SPOT WHERE YOU CAN CHARGE FOR FEES, YOU CAN CHARGE FOR TAXES BUT NOT BE OVER BURDEN, BUT STILL BE ABLE TO COVER THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS AND DOING THAT BUSINESS. REVENUES, EXPENDITURES HELD, YOU KNOW, TRACKED IN SEVERAL FUNDS, GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, PROPRIETARY FUNDS AND FIDUCIARY FUNDS WILL BRIEFLY TOUCH ON NEXT SLIDE. GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. GENERAL FUND IS A GOVERNMENTAL FUND. ITS ACTIVITIES LARGELY SUPPORTED BY TAXES AND GRANTS AND OTHER SIMILAR SOURCES. THERE ARE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS WHERE WE GAIN OTHER REVENUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR DIFFERENT SERVICES, AND THEY ARE THERE DEBT SERVICE, DEBT SERVICE FUND. PART OF WE HAVE A $0.65 APPROXIMATELY TAX RATE AND 17% OF THAT GOES TO DEBT SERVICE. SO THERE'S A FUND I AND S FUND THAT'S CREATED FOR THAT DEBT SERVICE AND THAT FUND THERE. THEN CAPITAL CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, WHICH IS MOSTLY FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, LARGE, LARGE PURCHASES. THEN THERE ARE BACK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'RE GOOD. PROPRIETARY FUNDS, ENTERPRISE FUNDS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FUNDS WHERE WE COLLECT MONEY. BASICALLY WE PROVIDE SERVICES IN THOSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. WE HAVE A WATER SEWER UTILITY WHERE WE CHARGE FEES FOR IT. AND THAT MONEY COMES INTO A UTILITY FUND. WE HAVE SERVICES LIKE GOLF COURSES, SPORTS COMPLEXES, AND WE CHARGE FOR THOSE. SO THOSE DOLLARS COME INTO THOSE PROPRIETARY FUNDS ON HERE. THIS IS NOT THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT SPECIFIC TO BEAUMONT, BUT IT COVERS IT. YOU KNOW, WE SAY ARENAS, BUT WE HAVE THINGS LIKE CIVIC CENTERS AND EVENT CENTERS WE CHARGE FOR AND THOSE THAT CREATE FUNDS. AND OF COURSE, WE GET OTHER TAXES LIKE LIKE LIQUOR TAXES TO NEXT SLIDE. 
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THEN THERE IS FUND ACCOUNTING, FIDUCIARY FUNDS YOU KNOW, ACCOUNT FOR ASSETS TRUST FUNDS. 
          WE HAVE PENSIONS. WE HAVE A PENSION FUND WHERE WE CREATE HAVE LARGE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES INTO THOSE FUNDS. WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BEAUMONT FIREFIGHTERS RETIREMENT FUND. SO WE HAVE FUNDS FOR THAT AND OTHER PRIVATE PURPOSES. NEXT SLIDE. KEY PUBLIC FINANCE DOCUMENTS. NEXT SLIDE. INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT. THIS IS BASICALLY THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. THIS IS THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT THIS WEEK. AND THIS THESE ARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT COMPILE YOUR AUDIT REPORT. YOUR REPORT. YOU GOT A MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION LETTER. YOU GET BALANCE SHEETS. YOU GET STATEMENTS OF REVENUES CASH ETC. NOTES ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL DATA. SO THAT'S BASICALLY YOUR YOUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT DOCUMENT. AND THAT'S LIKE THESE THESE REPORTS AND THE OTHER FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THE BUDGET YOU KNOW BUDGETS CAN BE DONE ANNUALLY OR BI BI ANNUAL. THE CITY OF BEAUMONT'S BUDGET IS DONE ANNUALLY. EVERY YEAR WE DO BUDGET AGAIN. IT REQUIRES EARLY ENGAGEMENT WITH STAFF, EARLY ENGAGEMENT WITH COUNCIL AND EARLY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR WITH THE COUNCIL TO FUND PRIORITIES, IDENTIFY FISCAL PRIORITIES HERE. THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU. AND THEN IT PLACES THOSE PRIORITIES IN CONTEXT WITH COMPETING DEMANDS FOR RESOURCES. THERE'S THE THOUGHT THAT CITIES HAVE UNLIMITED RESOURCES AND WE DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED RESOURCES. IT'S A QUITE A COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR THOSE DOLLARS. JUST THIS WEEK IN CITY COUNCIL, YOU HEARD ABOUT A GREAT DEAL THAT WAS $340,000, BUT THAT GRAYED OUT WHEN THEY COMPETE FOR DOLLARS FOR A NEW ONE, IT'S COMPETING AGAINST POLICE CARS, IT'S COMPETING AGAINST FIRETRUCKS, IT'S COMPETING AGAINST PARKS BECAUSE IT'S FUNDED THROUGH GENERAL FUND AND THOSE FUNDS. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE A AN ENTERPRISE FUND TO PAY FOR IT. SO IT'S HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PROCESS IN PUTTING A BUDGET TOGETHER. AND THEN THERE'S OF COURSE THE BUDGET IS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY WHICH IS YOU NEXT SLIDE. TYPICAL BUDGET PROCESS. AND YOU KNOW SURPRISINGLY, YOU KNOW THIS IS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND AGAIN I GOT GOT THIS OFF THE INTERNET. BUT IT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. CITY COUNCIL'S GOAL SETTING GOAL SETTING TODAY. THEN STAFF PREPARES THE BUDGET PUTS THE BUDGET TOGETHER, THEN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSIONS. I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR THREE, BUT IT WON'T ACTUALLY ONLY BE WORK SESSIONS. THERE WILL BE SOME ITEMS DURING REGULAR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN WHICH YOU WILL APPROVE SOME ITEMS THAT ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUDGET. 
          THERE YOU'LL BE HEARING REPORTS, ETC. THEN THERE ARE PRELIMINARY PROPERTY TAX LEVY. AT SOME POINT YOU'LL SET A PRELIMINARY TAX RATE. WE'LL RECEIVE PRELIMINARY TAX ROLLS FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND WE GET THOSE DOLLARS. AND OF COURSE THEY ARE VERIFIED AT THE END. AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE. OF COURSE, THERE WILL BE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND A FINAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY WILL BE DONE IN THE BUDGET WILL BE ADOPTED. NEXT SLIDE. I WON'T TOUCH ON THIS MUCH BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THIS MORE FROM OTHER STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN HERE THAT'S UPDATED ANNUALLY FOR SURE. HEY COUNCIL MEMBER, GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD MORNING. THAT WILL DO THE DIFFERENT THINGS. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. IT JUST DOESN'T LIST PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED FUNDING SOURCES. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S FUNDED BY TAX, WHETHER IT'S FUNDED BY FEES, DEBT ETC. NEXT SLIDE. WON'T TOUCH ON THIS MUCH LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLANNING IN BEAUMONT. IT'S MORE OF A FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLANNING PROCESS. 
          AND WE'LL JUST END GOES INTO THAT NEXT SLIDE. LIKEWISE WE CAN SKIP THIS SLIDE TO. BUT SOME OF THE PRIMARY COMMUNICATIONS VEHICLES WITH FINANCING. AND TO DETERMINE YOUR SHORT TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH OR INTERNAL DOCUMENTS, YOU GET AGAIN YOU GET MONTHLY BUDGET REPORTS, DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, YOU GET STATEMENTS. AND THEN LONG TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH CIP CONTRIBUTES TO THAT LONG TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH AND COMMUNICATING TO YOU. AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT 
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NEXT SLIDE. FINANCE CALENDAR NEXT SLIDE. LET'S SKIP THIS ONE. IT DOESN'T PERTAIN TO US SO MUCH. WE CAN SKIP IT SKIP IT. JUST GENERAL FUND REVENUE SOURCES. THIS IS NOT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT'S REVENUE SOURCES. THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF REVENUE SOURCES. THE CITY OF BEAUMONT GETS MOST OF ITS REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAX. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME. 32% OF OUR REVENUES COME FROM SALES TAX, AND 32% OF OUR REVENUES COME FROM PROPERTY TAX. AND THEY COMPRISE MOST OF OUR REVENUES OUT THERE, WHICH IS ABOUT 64% OF OUR REVENUES. OTHER THINGS ARE USER FEES. WE GET REVENUES FROM SUCH. NEXT SLIDE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT'S SLIDE. BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE HERE. YOU CAN SEE IT'S TYPICAL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TO BE THE MAJORITY OF THE BUDGET. BUT HERE THIS EXAMPLE SAYS IT'S ABOUT 50% TYPICAL CITIES. IT'S ABOUT 5049, 50% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET. ALSO OUR PUBLIC WORKS IS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 12%. HERE IN BEAUMONT ARE PART OF THE BUDGET. AND THE REST IS BASICALLY, AGAIN, LIKE PARKS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. NEXT SLIDE. OTHER FUND REVENUE SOURCES. AGAIN, CAPITAL FUND, WHICH IS A LARGE FUND THAT DOES LARGE PROJECTS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. AND EMPLOYEE PAYMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S FUNDED THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES, BOND PROCEEDS, BOND. WHEN YOU ISSUE BONDS LIKE YOU DID THE OTHER DAY, THAT MONEY GOES INTO A CAPITAL FUND FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED, TO BE DONE, TO BE BUILT, ETCETERA. WE DON'T HAVE PARK DEDICATION FEES. AND IN BEAUMONT, THAT'S WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES IN AND DOES A PROJECT, AND THEY DEDICATE MONEY TO A FUND FOR FUTURE PARK EXPANSION. BUT BUT WE HAVE OTHER ASSESSMENT. WE ALSO HAVE SALES SALES AND USE TAX. AND WE DO HAVE SOME FRANCHISE FEES HERE IN THE ENTERPRISE. FUNDS WERE BASICALLY WHERE WE WHERE WE PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT WE GET REVENUE FROM, FROM SALES. WE SELL SERVICES, WE SELL WATER, WE SELL SERVICE TO OUR LANDFILL. 
          THOSE DOLLARS COME IN INTO OUR ENTERPRISE FUND. NEXT SLIDE. CAPITAL FUND, OTHER EXPENDITURES. AND I KIND OF MENTIONED SOME THINGS THAT ARE EXPENDED OUT OF THE CAPITAL FUND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, EQUIPMENT FUND ISSUANCE COSTS. THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH ISSUING BONDS AND THEN WITH THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE COLLECT MONEY AND HAVE EXPENDITURES. WE HAVE THINGS LIKE CONTRACTUAL SERVICE, EMPLOYEE SERVICES. NEXT SLIDE. PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT. YOU KNOW IT'S JUST IT'S FUNDING MAJOR SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT'S CERTIFIED BY THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY, WHICH IS WHICH IS YOU. AND IT'S SPREAD AMONG THE LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS. IT'S WE CHARGE A PROPERTY TAX THAT'S COLLECTED IN WE SET THAT RATE AT $0.65. NEXT SLIDE I HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION. THIS KIND OF GIVES AN EXAMPLE OF A TYPICAL HOUSE, YOU KNOW, AND HOW PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AND HOW IT'S DETERMINED. YOU KNOW STATE LEGISLATURE THE THINGS WE DO ARE DETERMINED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE. LEGISLATURE SETS THOSE LIMITS. IT SETS THOSE LIMITS ON TAXES, THE AMOUNT WE CAN LEVY. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A CITY CAN GO UP TO THE LAST TIME I CHECKED TO AS MUCH AS $2.50 PROPERTY TAX RATE, BUT NOBODY WILL GO TO THERE, DO A $2 AND 50 CENT PROPERTY TAX RATE. AT ALL. YOU KNOW, THERE CAN BE A COMBINED PROPERTY TAX RATE. IF THERE'S A CITY, WE CAN HAVE A TAX RATE, WE CAN DO A MUD THAT CAN HAVE ITS OWN TAX RATE OF $0.90, AND THAT CAN BE A WATER DISTRICT THAT CAN HAVE ITS TAX RATE. BUT YOU HAVE TAXING JURISDICTIONS. HERE. WE HAVE DIFFERENT TAXING JURISDICTIONS. IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY OF 
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BEAUMONT. YOU HAVE THE JEFFERSON COUNTY, YOU HAVE THE WATER DISTRICT SIX, YOU HAVE THE PORT OF BEAUMONT. YOU HAVE AND THEN YOU HAVE A TOTAL OVERALL PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR A PERSON. 
          SO WHILE WE'RE ONLY $0.65 A PERSON'S TOTAL TAX LIABILITY MIGHT BE AS MUCH AS $2 AND SOMETHING INSTEAD OF $0.65. WHEN YOU COMBINE ALL THE DIFFERENT TAXING AUTHORITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. AND AGAIN, WE SET THE TAX RATE, BUT THE COUNTY ASSESSOR SETS THE REVALUATION OF PROPERTIES, WHICH IS VERY KEY BECAUSE WHATEVER OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE IS MULTIPLIED TIMES THE VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY OR DIVIDED BY PROPERTY. SO IF IT'S $100,000 HOUSE AND THEN IT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A 60, 560 $500 TAX RATE, WHATEVER THAT MAY COME OUT TO. BUT WHEN THEY INCREASE THE VALUE OF THAT HOUSE, THAT MEANS THE TAX RATE GOES UP, THE TAX BILL GOES UP NO MATTER WHAT WE DO. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY THAT DETERMINES THAT TAX RATE, IT'S THE AMOUNT THAT THAT PROPERTY IS EVALUATED AT. AND THAT'S BEEN A LOT OF BEEN SOME MAKEUP IN THE TAX RATE HERE IN BEAUMONT. AND SO THAT'S IMPACTED SOME PEOPLE HERE. AND WHILE IT BRINGS IN MORE MONEY AND PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL THE CITY AND THERE'S NOTHING NOT THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S FAULT, BUT WHAT PEOPLE WILL COME TO CITY HALL AND SAY, Y'ALL ARE GOING UP ON MY TAXES. BUT ACTUALLY WE LOWERED THE WE'VE LOWERED THE TAX RATE THE LAST FIVE YEARS. BUT IF THE ASSESSED VALUE GOES UP THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY BILL IS GOING TO GO UP. NEXT SLIDE. I, I KIND OF COVERED SOME OF WHAT THIS WAS TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW THE COUNTY AUDITOR IS THE CERTIFIED RULES SET BY THE COUNTY NOT US. THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK I KIND OF COVERED THIS IN THAT DISCUSSION. NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND TWO THIS JUST GIVES YOU COMPETITION. YOU'LL GET A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION SO YOU CAN GET IT AND LOOK OVER IT. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE TODAY IS MAINLY ABOUT THE CIP. 
          AND I DON'T WANT TO GET BOGGED DOWN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THESE THINGS. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. OTHER REVENUE SOURCES. BOND PROCEEDS. YOU KNOW IT'S RESTRICTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEBT THAT WAS ISSUED THAT REVENUE LIKE WHAT YOU POSTED THAT NOTICE THIS WEEK TO POSSIBLY GO OUT FOR BONDS. THOSE ARE REVENUE TO A CITY YOU KNOW AND A GOVERNMENTAL REVENUES TO A CITY. AGAIN, WHERE WE CHARGE FOR SERVICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE ASSESSMENTS OF PROPERTIES WHICH WE DON'T HAVE MANY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AS A CITY HERE. BUT AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT IF I WERE TO COME IN OR A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMES IN, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TAXING RATES, THEY GET SPECIAL AMENITIES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THAT TAX RATE. SO IT'S A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LAZY RIVER IN THEIR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, ETC. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE FUND FINANCIAL POLICIES, WHY THEY'RE IMPORTANT FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          THE CITY YOU HAVE TO ADOPT A FINANCIAL POLICY EVERY YEAR. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO THAT. 
          PLEASE TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUS AND LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL POLICIES THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU FOR THERE, BECAUSE IT'S KEY FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING. IT PROMOTES THE STABILITY AND CONTINUITY FOR THE CITY. IT PROVIDES A GUIDELINE FOR TO OPERATE BY FINANCIAL POLICY. AND IT SUPPORTS YOUR BOND RATINGS. THEY LOOK AT YOUR FINANCIAL POLICY WHEN WE GO OUT, WHEN WE GOT THE RERATING, WHEN STANDARD AND POOR'S WEEK BEFORE LAST, THEY EXAMINE OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES AND SEE WHAT THEY LIKE. AND THAT'S A BIG PART IN THEM, HOW THEY SCORE AND RATE US AS A CITY. AND IT HELPS ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. IT'S JUST NOT OUR POLICIES BUT THEIR GENERAL FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION POLICIES TO GO BY THEIR GAAP GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, POLICIES TO GO BY. 
          SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE COMPLY WITH THOSE POLICIES. NEXT SLIDE. THIS AGAIN THIS IS NOT OUR SLIDE FUND BALANCE AND CASH RESERVES. YOU KNOW IT'S GOOD TO HAVE. AND AS PART OF THAT POLICY YOU WILL SET WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS RIGHT NOW FOR GENERAL FUND. IT'S 20% FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. 
          FOR YOUR WATER FUNDS. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 15% AND STUFF IF I GET THAT NUMBER WRONG, CORRECT 
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FOR THERE. BUT IT JUST PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING. MAINTAIN FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING. NEXT SLIDE. THAT DEBT. THEN GFOA PRACTICES GENERAL FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION BEST PRACTICES AND HAVING DEBT LIMITS AND ISSUING DEBT. MAKE SURE IT'S STRUCTURED PROPERLY. YOUR YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR THE OTHER DAY MENTIONED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE SOME DEBT STRUCTURED AND HOW SOME OF THAT DEBT IS PERIODICALLY REFUNDED OR REFINANCED TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS TO GET LOWER RATES, ETC. NEXT SLIDE. POLICIES. CONTINUED BUDGETING AND PLANNING. JUST NOT MUCH. HERE I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION ABOUT THE CASH MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT. WHATEVER WOULD YOU DO AS A CITY INVESTING THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY YOU DO? INVEST IN DOLLARS IN OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES TO MAKE SURE IT'S A SAFE INVESTMENT. SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE. LIQUIDITY IS TO IT'S LIKE, HOW CAN WE GET THAT MONEY IF WE NEED IT FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THREE IS RETURN. SO CITIES AND CITIES ARE LIMITED OR IT'S MIGHT BE ILLEGAL TO INVEST CITY DOLLARS IN HIGH RISK INVESTMENTS. YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR MONEY DIRECTLY INTO THE STOCK MARKET. IT'S GOT TO BE SAFE. IT'S GOT TO BE LIQUID, AND IT'S GOT TO HAVE A STILL HAVE THE BEST RETURN YOU CAN PROBABLY POSSIBLY GET ON IT. AND THERE ARE PERMISSIBLE INVESTMENTS IN THERE, SOME OF THAT'S LIMITED BY LAW TO I THINK, AND IT TAKES CONSTANT MONITORING OF YOUR INVESTMENTS, PROCUREMENT. THAT CAME UP A LITTLE BIT THIS WEEK. PROCUREMENT POLICY. THESE ARE FINANCIAL POLICIES. WE HAVE A PROCUREMENT PURCHASING POLICY THAT'S ADOPTED BY THIS COUNCIL. COUNCILS ADOPT THOSE. WE PURCHASE THINGS THROUGH A REQUISITION PROCESS. THEN THERE ARE WE GO TO RFPS THROUGH OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT THAT DO THAT. AND THEN THERE'S POLICIES FOR VENDOR SELECTION. SO WE'LL GET YOU SOME COPIES OF THAT AND SHARE IT WITH YOU. WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE PURCHASING POLICIES. THEN THERE ARE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT. WE HAVE TO MANAGE THOSE ASSETS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MAINTAINED REPAIRED AND REPLACED ON A ON A ON A CONSTANT BASIS. FLEET MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE AS A REPLACEMENT CALENDAR SCALE DEPRECIATION I FORGET WHAT THEY CALL IT SCALE FOR REPLACING VEHICLES. SO THOSE THINGS ARE TIMED OUT TO BE DONE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AND INTERNAL POLICIES YOU KNOW DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF AUTHORITY. AND WHAT YOU CAN BE DONE FINANCIALLY WITHIN THE CITY. EMPLOYEES CAN ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN PURCHASING LEVEL THEMSELVES. DIRECTORS HAVE ANOTHER LEVEL THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE AUTHORITY. THE CITY MANAGER HAS A LEVEL OF PURCHASING AUTHORITY. AND THEN IT TAKES THEN CITY COUNCIL LEVEL PURCHASING OF AUTHORITY. SO THERE'S DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY PURCHASING. AND THAT REQUIRES DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT SIGNATURES TO GET THINGS PURCHASED. SECOND, SEGREGATION OF DUTIES AND DISBURSEMENTS. JUST THE CONTROL, THE CONTROL TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN THAT ARE BAD. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT THE SAME PERSON WHO'S COLLECTING THE MONEY TO BE THE ONE TO COUNT IT AND TAKE IT TO THE BANK. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE THAT'S DOING IT TO WRITE THE CHECKS. SO THERE ARE SEGREGATION OF DUTIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR INTERNAL CONTROL POLICIES AND SYSTEMS. I MENTIONED COUNTY EXPENDITURE AUTHORIZATION. THEN THERE'S CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. IF ANY EMPLOYEE HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THERE TO FILL OUT AN AFFIDAVIT AND THAT LIKEWISE YOU AS A COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, YOU NEED TO DISCLOSE THOSE. IF THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CITY'S FINANCES, FINANCES. NEXT SLIDE. METHODS. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO TALK SO LONG, BUT FUNDING SOURCES, JUST A FEW FUNDING SOURCES. TAX LEVY. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. YOU'RE GETTING MONEY THROUGH TAXES. THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT YOU DO. STATE AID TEXAS UNIQUE CITIES GET ALMOST NOTHING FROM STATE AID FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. SOME SOME CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY GET THE MAJORITY OF THEIR BUDGET COMES FROM THEIR STATE COFFERS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE LOCAL INCOME TAXES. AND SO 
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THEY GET THEIR MONEY FROM THE STATE. BUT THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE LOCAL INCOME TAX, AND WE GET VIRTUALLY NOTHING AND GRANTS. WE DO, WE DO. AN AUDIT WAS COMPLETED THE OTHER DAY. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT $29 MILLION IN GRANT DOLLARS COMING TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES. FEDERAL, BEST, FEDERAL 28 MILLION OR SO. IT'S FROM FEDERAL SOURCES, 1 MILLION, OR ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 1,000,000IN STATE MONEY GRANTS FROM THEIR STATE RESERVES AND FUND BALANCE, YOU KNOW, RESERVES AND FUND BALANCE ARE PART OF FUNDING. YOU KNOW, THEY GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU CAN USE THOSE DOLLARS. WE ADJUSTED OUR POLICY HERE TO WHERE IT CAN. RECURRING NON-RECURRING PURCHASES CAN BE USED TO BE PURCHASED OUT OF FUND BALANCE. SO THAT'S PART OF IT. AND THEN A FUND LOANS. THERE ARE TIMES THAT DIFFERENT FUNDS YOUR WATER FUND MIGHT LOAN MONEY TO THE GENERAL FUND. OR THE GENERAL FUND MIGHT LOAN MONEY TO THE SOLID WASTE FUND OR THE DIFFERENT FUNDS. AND SO SOMETIMES THERE ARE TIMES THAT DOLLARS WILL CROSS FUNDS ALL THE WAY. DOLLARS CAN CROSS FUNDS IN THIS CITY IS BY APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CITY MANAGER CAN'T TRANSFER MONEY ACROSS FUNDS. THAT TAKES YOUR APPROVAL. CITY MANAGER CAN. ALLOCATE DOLLARS WITHIN A FUND AND ADJUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO COUNCIL, BUT CROSS FUNDS COUNCIL THEN DEBT ISSUANCES LIKE SUCH AS WHAT YOU DID THE OTHER DAY TO FUND PROJECTS. I THINK I'M ALMOST FINISHED. NEXT SLIDE. THAT'S THAT'S NEXT SLIDE. DEBT ISSUANCE. DEBT ISSUANCE AGAIN THAT'S SCHEDULED ON A REPAYMENT SCHEDULE. YOU KNOW FISCAL OBJECTIVES. YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, 20 YEAR TYPICALLY DEBT ISSUANCES ARE 20 YEARS 20 TO 25 YEARS. 
          CITIES TYPICALLY DON'T GO PAST THAT AMOUNT OF YEARS IN ISSUING MAJOR DEBT AND REPAYMENT. AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM THERE IS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS YOU'RE PLEDGING A PART OF YOUR TAX RATE TO PAY THOSE DOLLARS BACK. AND YOU CAN USUALLY USUALLY GET REALLY GOOD INTEREST RATES ON THAT, BECAUSE THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEST BONDS ON THE MARKET THAT ARE BACKED BY A CITY'S TAX RATE. THAT'S TAXES. CITIES TYPICALLY DON'T GO OUT OF BUSINESS. SO THE MARKET OUT THERE IS REALLY ATTENTIVE TO WHEN CITY ISSUES CITIES ISSUE DEALS. NEXT SLIDE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT FINANCE 101 TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER IT NOW. IF NOT, WE CAN MOVE TO THE 
          [2. Fiscal Year 2026 Goals and Priorities of the Mayor and City Councilmembers ]
NEXT ITEM. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'LL COVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. JOHN ELLIS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SO THE BUDGET IS REQUIRED. THE CITY HAS TO CREATE AN ANNUAL BUDGET THAT'S REQUIRED BY TWO LAWS. ONE IS THE CITY CHARTER AND THE OTHER IS THE STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. SO IN THE CITY'S CHARTER UNDER ARTICLE SIX, SECTION TWO, IT STATES THAT THE CITY MANAGER SHALL PREPARE THE ANNUAL BUDGET CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW IN THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE UNDER CHAPTER 102 MUNICIPAL BUDGET. IT STATES THAT THE BUDGET OFFICER SHALL PREPARE EACH YEAR A MUNICIPAL BUDGET TO COVER PROPOSED EXPENDITURES OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE SUCCEEDING YEAR, SO THE BUDGET OFFICER FOR A CITY IS THE CITY MANAGER. SO THIS THE CITY HAS TO CREATE AN ANNUAL BUDGET, AND MOST CITIES DO. I MEAN, ACTUALLY ALL CITIES CITIES DO, UNLESS THEY WANT TO BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. AND THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT BEAUMONT HAS DONE PROBABLY FOR DECADES SINCE ITS ITS EXISTENCE. AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT EACH YEAR. WE'VE STARTED THAT PROCESS HERE BACK IN FEBRUARY WITH KICKING OFF THE ANNUAL CIP ADOPTION, AS WELL AS THE REGULAR BUDGET ADOPTION. SO WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE LAW AND THE CITY CHARTER WITH REGARD TO THE ANNUAL BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE. IN THE CITY CHARTER UNDER SECTION ARTICLE SIX, SECTION 19. THIS IS WHERE IT SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO THE CIP REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WILL HEAR TODAY FROM VARIOUS CITY STAFF. 
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IT STATES THAT THE CITY MANAGER SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO THE CITY COUNCIL A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PROGRAM PRIOR TO THE FINAL DATE OF SUBMISSION OF THE BUDGET. THEN BELOW THAT, UNDER THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, WHERE THE CAPITAL PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE THESE THREE THINGS A CLEAR GENERAL SUMMARY OF ITS CONTENT. AND BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE THE FIVE YEAR CIP DOCUMENT THAT WAS PRINTED BY STAFF. AND I'M TOLD THAT IF ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE MAYOR DID NOT PICK UP YOUR FIVE YEAR CIP DOCUMENT, THIS IS A DOCUMENT HERE. IT SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF YOU. AND THIS IS THIS IS THE CIP. THIS IS WHAT WE WILL COVER TODAY. AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED DOCUMENT THAT WILL LATER BE SUBMITTED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL WHEN YOU APPROVE THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET. SO IT DOES HAVE A CLEAR GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE OF ITS CONTENTS. IT LISTS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ARE PROPOSED TO BE UNDERTAKEN DURING THE NEXT FIVE FISCAL YEARS. AND WE INCLUDE COST ESTIMATES AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO FINANCE THE PROJECTS. AND WE HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR WHEN THE CITY PROPOSES TO UNDERTAKE THESE PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WITH THE CITY CHARTER SECTION 19. NEXT SLIDE. SO IN YOUR DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AND WE PRINT OUT THIS DOCUMENT ANNUALLY, ONCE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS THE FIVE YEAR CIP, THAT'S NORMALLY DONE IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS THE BUDGET, WE GO AND PRINT OUT THIS DOCUMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DOCUMENT HAS PROPOSED RIGHT BEFORE, RIGHT ABOVE FIVE YEAR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PLAN. WE HAVE PROPOSED. SO THIS IS CURRENTLY THE PROPOSED CIP STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON PREPARING THIS DOCUMENT SINCE MID-FEBRUARY. AND IN THE DOCUMENT YOU HAVE A TABLE OF CONTENTS. WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, WHICH IS A ONE PAGE SUMMARY OF. OF WHAT? OF THE PURPOSE OF THE CIP. AND IT PROVIDES INFORMATION THAT IS VERY USEFUL TO THE AVERAGE READER OF THIS DOCUMENT. WE HAVE A FINANCIAL SUMMARY ROLL UP IN THE DOCUMENT AS WELL. THAT SUMMARY ROLL UP SHOWS THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS BY YEAR BY PROJECT, AND THEN IT SHOWS THE GRAND TOTAL OVER FIVE FISCAL OVER THE FIVE FISCAL YEARS FOR THE FIVE YEAR CIP. SO IT COVERS THE ENTIRE SPAN OF THE FIVE YEARS REQUIRED BY CITY CHARTER. WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF CHARTS INCLUDED IN THE FIVE YEAR CIP DOCUMENT. ONE CHART INCLUDES PROJECT COSTS BY CATEGORY, ANOTHER CHART TOTAL COSTS BY FUNDING SOURCE. THOSE TWO CHARTS ON PAGE TWO OF THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE THE BULK OF THE FIVE YEAR CIP INCLUDES THE CIP WORKSHEETS. THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUAL WORKSHEETS THAT EACH STAFF MEMBER, EACH DEPARTMENT WORKED ON TO PLAN OUT THE FIVE YEAR CIP FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. THOSE WORKSHEETS HAVE DESCRIPTIONS FOR EACH PROJECT, COST A TIME SCHEDULE FOR THOSE PROJECTS. AND THAT'S THE THAT'S THE BULK OF THIS DOCUMENT. WE ALSO HAVE NEAR THE BACK, WE HAVE CIP POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE OPERATE BY. AND ON PAGE 163 OF THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, WE HAVE DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS TO HELP THE AVERAGE READER AND USER OF THIS DOCUMENT. WE PUT THIS DOCUMENT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE ANNUALLY. AND THE PURPOSE IS FOR ANYONE TO LOOK AT HOW THE CITY IS INVESTING IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY, HOW MONEY IS BEING ALLOCATED, THE LONG TERM VISION THAT WE HAVE TO HELP IMPROVE THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF A CIP? AND WE CALL OURS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PLAN BECAUSE WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS PLAN. SO ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS THE LONG 
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TERM COMMUNITY VISION AND PLANNING FOR CAPITAL NEEDS. WE DON'T JUST LOOK AT CIP PROJECTS ON A ONE YEAR BASIS. WE LOOK OUT FIVE YEARS AND ACTUALLY BEYOND. YOU WILL SEE IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE A COLUMN TO THE FAR RIGHT CALLED FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS. SO WE ACTUALLY LOOK BEYOND THE FIVE YEARS AND CONSIDER PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED WITHIN, WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY. AND, AND WE GET FEEDBACK FROM, YOU KNOW, CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHERE DO DO THESE PROJECTS COME FROM THAT ARE IN THE DOCUMENT CITY STAFF THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD EACH AND EVERY DAY, THEY KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND THEY BRING THOSE TO THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THOSE AS CIP PROJECTS, WHETHER IT'S STREETS AND STREETS STAFF, IF THEY SEE MAJOR ISSUES WITH A PARTICULAR STREET, THEN THEN THOSE STREETS, THEN STREETS ARE CONSIDERED AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WATER AND WASTEWATER ISSUES. THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WORKING AT OUR PLANTS BRING TO THE CITY THE NEEDS THAT ARE INCORPORATED IN THE CIP. WE ALSO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIZENS. SO IT'S JUST NOT WHAT STAFF NEEDS ARE. WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM CITIZENS IN TERMS OF THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR REQUESTS FOR THE CITY TO INVEST WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO INVEST IN IN BEAUMONT, THE SECOND BULLET, THE ABILITY TO INCORPORATE, ABILITY TO INCORPORATE NEEDS FROM OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS. SO WHEN WE PREPARE THE CIP, WE INCLUDE OTHER DOCUMENTS AS WELL. THE STRATEGIC PLAN, PAVEMENT CONDITION STUDY, THE NEWLY ADOPTED PARKS, RECREATION AND GREEN SPACE MASTER PLAN THAT YOU WILL SEE AND HEAR FROM STAFF TODAY. SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PARKS MASTER PLAN THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED TWO DAYS AGO. SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN. WE HOPE TO SOON BE ABLE TO HAVE FUNDING FOR SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RESIDENT. THE. ANOTHER BENEFIT IS RESIDENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS. THEY WILL SEE HOW THE CITY OF BEAUMONT IS INVESTING IN IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY. AND ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING IS TRANSPARENCY. AGAIN, WE PUT THIS DOCUMENT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. WE WHEN WE UPDATE IT, WE KEEP THE OLD DOCUMENT ON THE WEBSITE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR AND UPDATE IT WITH WITH THE NEW CIP TO HELP INCREASE TRANSPARENCY. AND WE DIRECT CITIZENS TO GO TO THE WEBSITE TO LOOK AT THE VARIOUS CIP PROJECTS THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND BEYOND. WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER THE CASH FLOW MONEY COMING IN, HOW WE NEED TO FINANCE THESE, THESE VARIOUS PROJECTS, HOW THEY IMPACT WHAT, WHAT THEIR IMPACT IS ON THE OPERATING BUDGET. IF WE BUILD A NEW FACILITY, IT WOULD BE PART OF THE. CIP DOCUMENT. BUT THEN WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE OPERATIONAL IMPACT IN TERMS OF WE'RE GOING TO NEED IN TERMS OF STAFFING OR MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES OR EQUIPMENT FOR NEW FACILITY, FUTURE WATER, SEWER RATE INCREASES. THIS DOCUMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DETERMINE, ESPECIALLY FOR WATER AND SEWER, IN PARTICULAR FOR WATER AND SEWER, WHAT OUR FUTURE WATER RATE INCREASES ARE. ONCE THIS DOCUMENT IS REVIEWED TODAY AND IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE WILL BE SUBMITTING THIS DOCUMENT TO OUR WATER AND SEWER RATE CONSULTANT ANNUALLY. THEY PROVIDE US WITH OUR FUTURE WATER AND SEWER RATE INCREASES, AND WHAT THEY NEED TO BE IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO COVER THE COST FOR THESE PROJECTS AND ALSO TAX RATE PROJECTIONS. WE HAVE TO ALSO CONSIDER HOW WILL THIS IMPACT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN AND THEIR ANNUAL TAX RATE. SO A LOT OF CONSIDERATION IS INCLUDED IN THE CREATION OF THE ANNUAL FIVE YEAR CIP. NEXT SLIDE. SO FOR CIP THE NEXT STEPS, THESE ARE JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTED STEPS. THE CITY MANAGER COVERED COVERED THESE. BUT I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON THESE VERY IMPORTANT DATES. 
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TODAY WE HAVE THE FIRST BUDGET WORK SESSION, ONE OF THREE WORK SESSIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL, WHERE WE TODAY WILL PRESENT THE FIVE YEAR CIP AND RECEIVE INPUT FROM CITY COUNCIL. AT THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING, WE WILL BE ASKING CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. 
          NOT JUST CIP PRIORITIES, BUT REGULAR BUDGET PRIORITIES, BECAUSE WE ARE AGAIN WORKING ON THE REGULAR BUDGET, WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THE CIP. SO WE WOULD LIKE ANY FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL TODAY ON YOUR PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 2026. SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED HERE AT CITY HALL AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON JUNE THE 11TH. THAT'S WHERE WE WILL DISCUSS KEY BUDGET ITEMS WITH WITH THE COUNCIL. WE'LL HAVE A THIRD BUDGET WORK SESSION ON JULY 30TH. WE WILL REVIEW THE DRAFT BUDGET BY JULY 30TH. WE SHOULD BE PROBABLY 85% DONE WITH THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET. AND WE WILL HAVE PRESENTATIONS BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. AUGUST 19TH, THE CITY MANAGER WILL PRESENT THE BUDGET TO CITY COUNCIL, AND ALSO DURING THAT TIME, THERE ARE VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS THAT WE WILL NEED CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE, SUCH AS RECEIVING THE PROPOSED BUDGET, CIP, SETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE TAX RATE, SETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS. WELL AS WELL AS THE CIP. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO COVER BEFORE I WRAP UP, IS THAT THE CITIZENS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SAY IN THE CIP. WE WILL WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE COUNCIL ADOPTS THE CIP. SO THAT GIVES ANY CITIZEN IN BEAUMONT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO CITY HALL, COME TO THE COME TO THE MEETING, VOICED THEIR CONCERN OR GIVE ANY INPUT. BEFORE WE ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON THE CIP FOR THE NEXT FIVE FISCAL YEARS. AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, SO THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VARIOUS STATE LAWS WITH REGARD TO ADOPTING AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY. WE WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY, AND THAT IS THE DAY SCHEDULE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE CIP AND THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S BUDGET TO FUND THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, WHICH BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST. THAT IS MY LAST SLIDE, I BELIEVE. WHAT IS THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? YEAH, THAT THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE. I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE NEXT IS WHEN WE GET INTO THE DEEP DIVE RELATED TO THE VARIOUS PROJECTS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SCREEN, THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE PROJECTS THAT EACH DIRECTOR WILL COME UP TODAY TO DISCUSS THESE. ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, DISCUSSED AMONG STAFF, PLANNED BY STAFF IN TERMS OF FUNDING, IN TERMS OF, OF THE YEAR THAT STAFF IS PROPOSING. BUT WE DO WANT FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL ON ANY OF THESE PROJECTS. WE HAVE PARKS, WE HAVE RECREATION, WE'LL HAVE FACILITIES, DOWNTOWN PROJECTS, WATER PROJECTS, SEWER PROJECTS, DRAINAGE AND STREETS. SO THERE WILL BE I DIDN'T GET THE COUNT OF THE TOTAL PROJECTS, BUT PROBABLY WELL OVER 100 PROJECTS THAT EACH CITY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR WILL BE COVERING TODAY. AND AGAIN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANY FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL. BUT AT THIS TIME, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME, I'M OPEN FOR ANY. BEFORE WE TAKE THE DEEP DIVE. COUNCILMAN TURNER, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF HOW THE CITY OPERATES FOR STAFF. IS THIS VIDEO BEING RECORDED LIVE? SHOULD BE OKAY. THAT'S SOMETHING I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE OF. MY SECOND QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS IF FOUR OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS DECIDE TO VOTE AGAINST THE BUDGET? YOU KNOW, STATE LAW, WE GOT TO HAVE A BUDGET. WHAT HAPPENS IF FOUR OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTE AGAINST THE BUDGET? IT'S IMPORTANT WE COMMUNICATE AND PARTICIPATE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I NEED EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND UP FRONT WHAT HAPPENS 
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IF WE GO AGAINST THE BUDGET. QUESTION IS THAT. IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE BUDGET EXISTING BUDGET JUST CARRIES OVER INTO THE NEXT YEAR THAT THE WAY THAT IT'S STRUCTURED NOW, LEGO CAN COME IN THERE. I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN IN THIS LONGER. SO LAWS CHANGE. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO IF WE HAD THAT PROVISION IN THE CHARTER. BUT THAT'S NOT ALLOWABLE. SO IF YOU DON'T ADOPT A BUDGET YOU HAVE NO OPERATING MONEY. SO YOU CAN'T SPEND ANY MONEY. SO WHEN YOU SAY NO OPERATING MONEY CAN YOU GO A LITTLE BIT IN DEPTH. WHAT HOW CAN THAT AFFECT THE CITY? YOU CAN'T PAY ANYONE. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR YOU HAVE TO APPROVE PAYROLL. SO, SO YOU COULDN'T PAY ANYONE. YOU COULDN'T. WE PAY LIGHTS. YOU COULDN'T PAY YOUR LIGHT BILL. WE COULD NOT PAY OUR BILLS. SO YOU CANNOT ANY MONEY THAT THAT THE CITY SPENDS IS APPROVED AND BUDGETED FOR. SO YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPEND ANY UNBUDGETED MONEY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS WE REALLY NEED TO PARTICIPATE VERSUS DOING IT, DOING SOMETHING TO THIS MAGNITUDE AT THE END, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE CAN ACTUALLY DEAL WITH. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN, AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THESE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS. I MEAN, MOST CITIES HAVE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS WITH THEIR CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE YOUR INPUT, REALLY FOR TRANSPARENCY AND TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE PROCESS SO THAT WE DON'T GET TO THE END OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, GET TO SEPTEMBER WHEN WE ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND IT DOESN'T GET ADOPTED. SO WE WANT TO BE OPEN, TRANSPARENT AND PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION TO THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL BETWEEN NOW AND THAT SEPTEMBER 16TH DATE. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, WHEN IS IT REQUIRED FOR Y'ALL TO PRESENT THE FINAL BUDGET TO COUNCIL? I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD SOME ISSUES OF WHEN IT CAME. SO WHAT IS THE HOW MANY DAYS, 90 DAYS, 30 DAYS TILL WE, THE COUNCIL RECEIVE THE FINAL BUDGET, NOT TWO DAYS BEFORE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON IT? WHEN WILL WE RECEIVE THE FINAL BUDGET? BASED ON THE SCHEDULE, COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE THE FINAL BUDGET ON AUGUST 3RD. 
          I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO REVIEW IT. WE WON'T GET IT AND THEN THREE DAYS LATER HAVE TO VOTE ON IT, CORRECT? YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH, WE'LL WE'LL GET IT TO YOU TO HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO REVIEW IT. THEN ON, AS I MENTIONED, AUGUST 19TH, THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTS THE BUDGET TO CITY COUNCIL. SO YOU HAVE UP UNTIL OR THE CITY HAS UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16TH TO MAKE CHANGES. YES, IT WILL BE A WORK IN PROGRESS AND YOU GET IT ON PRESENTATION ON THAT AUGUST 16TH. THAT'S WHEN THE BUDGET IS PRESENTED. AND THEN YOU HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST TO APPROVE IT. LAST YEAR WASN'T A THREE DAY PROCESS. WE STARTED IT LIKE THIS. WE WENT MONTHS, WE WENT MONTHS. AND YOU HAD AND COUNCIL HAD US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, A PART OF THAT PROCESS. AND THEY GOT IT WEEKS BEFORE IT WAS ASKED TO BE VOTED ON. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S CONTINUE. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL START WITH PARKS AND WE'LL ASK MR. KENNETH BRIGETTE TO COME UP TO DISCUSS EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FIRST ONE THAT I HAVE IS THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX REHABILITATION OF THE PARKING LOTS IN EAGLE BROOK DRIVE. IT'S AN ONGOING PROJECT AT 1,550,000 CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION BOND. THIS PROJECT WILL MIX AND STABILIZE EIGHT INCHES WORTH OF BASE AND OVERLAY WITH TWO INCHES OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT FOR THE PARKING LOTS. REHABILITATION OF THE ROAD. REPAIR. THE REHABILITATION OF THE ROAD WILL REPAIR THE AFFECTED CONCRETE PANELS, THEN MILL AND OVERLAY THE CONCRETE WITH TWO INCHES OF ASPHALT. THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX CONTAINS FOUR PARKING LOTS AND A BRICK DRIVE. THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT OF THE PARKING LOTS AND ROADS HAVE REACHED THEIR LIFESPAN AND IS IN NEED OF REPAIR. PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND SHADE STRUCTURES. IT'S NEW TO THE CIP, AND IT'S ALSO PART OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AT A COST OF 1,100,000. A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND TO REPLACE OR ADD PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND SHADE STRUCTURES TO THE FOLLOWING PLAYGROUNDS IDENTIFIED IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN HAL BOOTY, COTTONWOOD, FLETCHER MINI PARK. PERLSTEIN, ROBERTS, GUZMAN, COLLIER'S, FERRY AND MAGNOLIA. THE PROJECT FULFILLS TWO PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN EACH YEAR TO BE PUT IN ITS AT A COST OF 1,100,000. COMMUNITY PARK IN 
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WARD ONE IS UPCOMING GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. TOTAL COST OF 4 MILLION. CONSTRUCT A NEW COMMUNITY PARK AT A PROPOSED LOCATION IN WARD ONE. POSSIBLE AMENITIES FOR THE PARK SHALL INCLUDE WALKING PATHS, PICNIC SHELTERS, RESTROOM FACILITIES, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, AND A SMALL SPLASH PAD. ONCE THE SITE IS SELECTED FOR THE PARK, DESIGN OF AMENITIES WILL FOLLOW. 
          COMMUNITY PARK IN THE SOUTH END AT A TOTAL COST OF 4 MILLION. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND IS CONSTRUCT A NEW COMMUNITY PARK AT A PROPOSED LOCATION IN THE SOUTH END OF THE CITY, POSSIBLY NEAR THE THEODORE JOHN LIBRARY. POSSIBLE AMENITIES INCLUDE PICNIC SHELTERS, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, RESTROOM FACILITIES, AND SO FORTH. ONCE THE SITE IS SELECTED, THE DESIGN AND AMENITIES WILL COMMENCE. RENOVATION OF PARK RESTROOM FACILITIES. IT'S NEW TO THE CIP. 
          THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. THIS PROJECT WILL RENOVATE APPROXIMATELY 20 PARK RESTROOMS. THE RENOVATION WILL INCLUDE PAINTING THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF EACH RESTROOM, AS WELL AS UPGRADING FIXTURES SUCH AS COMMODE SINKS, DRYERS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS PROJECT WOULD CONSIST OF UPGRADING APPROXIMATELY FOUR RESTROOMS PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          POOL UPGRADES. MAGNOLIA AND ALICE KEITH. IT'S NEW TO THE CIP BECAUSE WE'RE INCORPORATING BOTH POOLS, THIS TIME AT A TOTAL COST OF 2,360,000. CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION BOND AND GENERAL FUNDS. OPERATING FUNDS. MAGNOLIA SWIMMING POOL WAS BUILT IN 1968, WHILE ALICE KEITH POOL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1990S. BOTH POOLS ARE CRUCIAL FOR THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUTH OF BEAUMONT, AND FOR THE POTENTIAL SUMMER PROGRAMS. BOTH POOLS ARE DUE FOR UPGRADES FOR MODERNIZATION AND ADDRESSING LONG TERM MAINTENANCE DEFICIENCIES. THE PROPOSED UPGRADES WOULD INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL ADA LIFTS, SANITARY SYSTEMS, DEPTH MARKERS, WARNING TILES, AS WELL AS THE REPLACEMENT OF POOL PIPING AND PUMPS. FACILITIES MAINTENANCE HAS MULTIPLE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR MAGNOLIA POOL, BUT THESE ARE CONSIDERED TEMPORARY FIXES. NEW PARK SIGNAGE ONGOING, BUT IT'S ALSO NEW TO THE CIP AT A TOTAL COST OF 222,000. CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION BONDS. ALL OF THE PARKS WILL RECEIVE NEW SIGNAGE DUE TO THE WEAR AND TEAR. THE. THE CITY OF BEAUMONT HAS REBRANDED THE SIGNAGE FOR THE FACILITIES AND PARKS. NEW SIGNS WILL BE FABRICATED AND INSTALLED IN 39 PARKS. NEW BRANDED SIGNS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN FOUR PARKS ALREADY. THE PLAN IS TO FABRICATE AND INSTALL TEN SIGNS EACH YEAR. THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. NEW NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK PAVILIONS. 
          IT'S ONGOING, BUT ALSO NEW TO THE CIP AT A TOTAL COST OF 2,868,000. IT'S A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF CONSTRUCTING AND INSTALLING NEW PAVILIONS AT ALL NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. THIS PLAN IS TO BUILD POSSIBLY TWO PARK PAVILIONS PER YEAR, TOTALING 16 PARKS. SIMILAR PAVILIONS WERE PUT IN AT ROGERS PARK IN 2024 AND SPROTT PARK IN 2025. IT'S ALSO PART OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. SPLASH PAD RENOVATIONS ONGOING BUT ALSO NEW TO THE CIP AT A TOTAL COST OF 350,000. THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF REPLACING THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT WITH NEW, MORE RELIABLE EQUIPMENT. THE WORK INCLUDES MOVING THE EQUIPMENT FROM UNDERGROUND TO ABOVE GROUND SO THE SPLASH PAD WILL STAY THERE. 
          IT'S JUST MOVING ALL OF THE MECHANICS, WHICH WE ALWAYS HAVE ISSUES WITH. ONGOING. NINE OF THE TEN EXISTING SPLASH PADS ARE IN NEED OF REPAIRS. CHARLTON-POLLARD PARK WE LIFTED THE EQUIPMENT UP. THIS IS PROBABLY WILL BE THE SECOND SUMMER AND WE'VE HAD VERY LITTLE ISSUES WITH IT TO FACILITATE THESE IN FUTURE REPAIRS, NEW EQUIPMENT WILL BE INSTALLED ABOVE GROUND WHICH WILL HELP US IN THE LONG RUN. TERRA PARK SOUTH LOOP UPGRADES NEW TO THE CIP. PROPOSED ACTIVE AMENITIES INCLUDE MULTI-AGE, PLAYGROUNDS, SPORTS COURTS, A SPLASH PAD, AMPHITHEATER, PROPOSED PASSIVE AMENITIES INCLUDE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AREAS, NATURE TRAILS, NATURAL PLAYGROUND SPACES. OTHER AMENITIES WILL INCLUDE WALKING TRAIL AND REGULATION SIZE 
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CRICKET FIELD. THIS IS PART OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. OBJECTIVE 1.4 TO TURN TERRA PARK INTO A REGIONAL DESTINATION. THE CONCEPT PLAN FOCUSES ON THE AREA SOUTH OF THE GOLF COURSE. 
          COLLIER'S FERRY PARK RENOVATIONS IS NEW TO THE CIP, A TOTAL COST OF 450,000. THIS PROJECT INCLUDES REPLACING THE EXISTING GRAVEL WALKING PATHS WITH A TEN FOOT WIDE CONCRETE SIDEWALK, RESTRIPE THE PARKING LOT, REPAIR PARKING, BOLLARDS AND CABLE FENCING, AND RENOVATE RESTROOMS. COLLIER'S FERRY PARK IS IDENTIFIED AS A REGIONAL PARK, AND THE ABOVE LISTED MAINTENANCE IS NEEDED TO MAXIMIZE ITS POTENTIAL. BABE ZAHARIAS COMPLEX PARKING EXPANSION. IT'S NEW TO THE CIP AT A COST OF 1.4 MILLION. PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION INCLUDES ASPHALT PARKING LOTS, PARKING AND DRAINAGE, PARKING LOT LIGHTING, SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY TO EXISTING SIDEWALK TRAIL IN THE PARK. IT WILL ADD APPROXIMATELY 275 PARKING SPACES TO THE PARK. BABE ZAHARIAS COMPLEX LACKS NEEDED PARKING FOR THE EXTENSIVE SOCCER GAMES THAT ARE HELD THERE ON MOST WEEKENDS. THIS PROJECT WILL EXPAND OFF STREET PARKING, INCREASES SAFETY OF PARK PATRONS WHO ARE CURRENTLY PARKING EITHER ON THE ROAD, SHOULDERS OR UNPAVED FIELDS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE OF JUST COMMENTS. I KNOW HAVING BEEN HERE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HISTORICALLY, BEAUMONT IS A CITY HAS NOT SPENT THE AVERAGE ON WHAT OTHER CITIES SPEND ON PARKS, AND THAT'S BEEN A DECISION THAT'S BEEN MADE. BUT I THINK WE'RE CERTAINLY STARTING TO DO A LOT BETTER. AND I HOPE DURING THE BOND ADVISORY MEETINGS THAT THESE ARE BROUGHT UP BECAUSE FROM IN TERMS OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, BUT ALSO JUST THE QUALITY OF OUR PARKS, SHADE STRUCTURES, BEING ABLE TO USE THEM IN THE SUMMER. AND AS I'VE VISITED OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS AND ACROSS THE NATION, YOU KNOW, QUALITY OF LIFE IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY HAVE CHALLENGES OF GROWING THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THOSE REASONS. AND THERE MAY THERE'S MORE THAN ONE, BUT IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND I THINK INVESTING IN OUR PARKS IS IMPORTANT. SO I'M HOPING THIS IS BEING CERTAINLY CONSIDERED THROUGH OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION ADVISORY BOND COMMITTEE, SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO AND I AND I APPRECIATE THIS APPROACH BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE OUR PARKS. WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL PARKS, BUT WE DO NEED SOME WORK DONE. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AND COUNCILMAN. COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD. YEAH. I MEAN, IS IT. A TO ME, A LOT OF THIS IS DICTATED UPON THE VOTER. I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE ROUGHLY 80% OF THIS IS FUNDED THROUGH GEO BOND. YES. LOOKING AT IT, I'M JUST FOR ME, MY CONCERN. I MEAN, WHAT IF WHAT IF THEY I MEAN, VOTED NO, I MEAN THAT THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN. WHAT HOW DO WE PICK AND CHOOSE WHERE WE GO ON THESE PROJECTS THEN AS OR HOW WOULD THESE BE BROKEN OUT, I GUESS, OR IS THERE A PRIORITY WITHIN THIS LIST OF ITEMS? WELL, NEXT WEEK WE HAVE OUR THIRD MEETING WITH THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE NEXT WEDNESDAY. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHEN THEY BEGIN TAKING WHAT THEY CALL A DEEP DIVE INTO THESE PROJECTS. MR. RIGUET WILL BE PRESENTING THESE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROJECTS, TO THAT COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK. SO THEY WILL HAVE TIME BETWEEN NEXT WEEK AND AUGUST TO PRIORITIZE THOSE PROJECTS THAT THEY WILL BRING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR BOND ELECTION. SO WE ARE ENGAGING WITH WITH THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE BEGINNING NEXT WEEK, IS PARKS AND TRAILS AND RECREATION AND FACILITIES. NEXT WEEK, A COMPLETE DISCUSSION ON THESE PROJECTS, IN PARTICULAR THE ONES HIGHLIGHTED IN GOLD, BECAUSE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ARE THE ONES THAT ONLY THE VOTERS CAN CAN VOTE ON. SO AND WE AS STAFF, WE WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PLAN AS WE GET FEEDBACK FROM FROM THAT COMMITTEE. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD BECAUSE THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND BEING HERE ON COUNCIL, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I EXAMINED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IS THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN YOUR HOUSEHOLD BUDGET OR YOUR BUSINESS BUDGET. YOU'VE GOT X NUMBER OF DOLLARS AND YOU'VE GOT CERTAIN THINGS YOU'VE GOT TO DO. YOU'VE GOT TO PAY YOUR MORTGAGE, YOU GOT TO 
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PAY YOUR UTILITIES AND THEN WHAT'S LEFT OVER. THEN YOU GET INTO, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOW TAX RATE. PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. BUT COMPARED TO MANY OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS, OUR CITY TAX RATE IS LOWER. SO SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMPARING US TO OTHER CITIES, I ALWAYS LOOK AT THE OTHER CITIES TAX RATE AND OFTENTIMES TAX RATES. OURS IS $0.65. THERE'S SEVERAL CITIES THAT ARE $0.75, $0.85 PER $100. THAT GIVES THEM A LOT MORE REVENUE. AND SO HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY OR THE PRIOR COUNCILS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT TAX RATE WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT. BUT AS YOU CONTINUE TO LOWER TAX RATES AND DON'T LOOK AT IT, IT DOES LEAVE YOUR BUDGET WITH LESS MONEY. AND SO WHEN PEOPLE COMPARE US TO OTHER CITIES, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE LOOK AT THOSE CITIES BUDGETS THAT THEY'RE COMPARING TO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THEIR TAX RATES, BECAUSE THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM FOR, FOR CITIES AND, AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT GROWING. BUT IT IS, BUT IT JUST BECOMES HOW MANY DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE AND WHAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT. COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD, MY QUESTION IS MORE ABOUT KIND OF WHERE WE WERE HEADED, ABOUT HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHAT PROJECTS ARE PARKS OR EQUIPMENT, OR REPAIRED OR REPLACED OR FIXED FIRST? RIGHT. FOR ME IN PARTICULAR, I'M GETTING CALLS ABOUT WARD THREE PARKS NOT BEING READY FOR SUMMER, AND THAT STARTS IN ABOUT A WEEK. SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE OUT AND I'M ALREADY GETTING CONSTITUENTS CALLS ABOUT EQUIPMENT OR THINGS THAT ARE BROKEN OR THIS OR THAT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. HOW ARE WE GOING TO DETERMINE WHICH PARKS ARE GOING TO GET REPAIRED, FIXED OR, OR OR NEW EQUIPMENT FIRST, BECAUSE WARD THREE NEEDS IT. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S PROPOSED IN HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEW PLAYGROUNDS. WARD THREE MAKES UP MOST OF THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WILL BE NEW AS WELL AS WITH THE SPLASH PAD. WE CONTINUOUSLY HAVE ISSUES WITH OUR SPLASH PADS BECAUSE OF WHERE THE MECHANICS ARE LOCATED, AND SO ALL OF THAT IS THE FIX THAT'S COMING. YEP, A LOT OF REPAIRS NEED TO HAPPEN AT PARTICULARLY WARD THREE PARKS FOR SURE, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON THE RECORD. YES, MA'AM. COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW, I'M ALL IN SUPPORT OF THINGS LIKE UPGRADING, ADDING PAVILIONS, AND FIXING EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I'M REMINDED OF, I BELIEVE IT WAS AT LEAST 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO, WAS PRIOR TO MR. WILLIAMS COMING IN AS OUR CITY MANAGER. BUT REMEMBER, THE CITY WENT AND SPENT A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY UPGRADING SIGNS, PARTICULARLY HERE AT CITY HALL AND AT OTHER BUILDINGS. AND I REMEMBER IT WAS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT WE SPENT TO TAKE WHAT I THOUGHT WERE SIGNS THAT LOOKED FINE, THAT WERE GREEN AND MADE THEM A DIFFERENT COLOR. AND SO I SEE $222,000 FOR SIGNAGE. AND HAVING JUST SPENT NINE DAYS UNDER A TENT IN ROGERS PARK, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE SIGN AT ROGERS PARK WAS FINE. SO AS PART OF THIS $222,000 THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO REPLACE THE SIGN AT ROGERS PARK, WE HAVE SEVERAL SIGNS IN MULTIPLE PARKS THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, DAMAGED, OR FADED FROM THE SUN. AND OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG. PART OF THE MASTER PLAN ALSO TRIES TO GUIDE US TOWARD BASICALLY BRANDING OUR CITY AND PARKS TOGETHER. SO THAT'S MORE OF A REASON WHY CHANGING OUT SIGNS. BUT WE CAN CHANGE SIGNS AS NEED BE. I GOT YOU AND BRANDING SOUNDS GREAT AND ALL THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE HAVE A NICE BUDGET SURPLUS. BUT YOU KNOW, WHILE THE BUDGET IS TIGHT, I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT WE WOULD FOCUS ON GETTING EXISTING EQUIPMENT UPGRADED AND SAFE AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE WITH THINGS LIKE SHADE AND PAVILIONS, BUT THINGS LIKE SIGNAGE. I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT IS VERY, VERY LOW ON OUR PRIORITY LIST. AND $222,000 FOR SIGNS TO ME JUST SOUNDS PRETTY, PRETTY CRAZY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DARIO. MR. ON THE WHAT CRITERIA ARE YOU GOING TO USE TO DECIDE WHAT PARKS GET THOSE PAVILIONS? WELL, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PARKS THAT DO HAVE SOME OF THE OLDER STRUCTURE PAVILIONS. SO WE WOULD GO BY WHICH PARK NEEDS IT AT THE TIME. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE WOULD NUMBER IT OUT AS, AS THE NEED ARISES. ALSO, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTION TRAILS IN YOUR PRESENTATION. DID I MISS THAT OR IS IT NOT IN HERE? WELL, WE HAVE TRAILS IN SOME OF THE PARKS LIKE YOU KNEW WARD ONE PARK. WE MENTIONED TRAILS AS WELL AS THE PARK IN 
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THE SOUTH END. WE MENTIONED TRAILS OR ADDING TRAILS. COLLIER'S FERRY, REDOING THE TRAIL THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU SAID YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE MOVING THE PLUMBING, I GUESS, FOR THE SPLASH PADS ABOVE GROUND. YEAH, OVER AT CHARLTON-POLLARD PARK, IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE RECENTLY NEAR THE SPLASH PAD, YOU WOULD SEE A LARGE METAL BOX OUTSIDE OF THE SPLASH PAD. THAT'S ALL OF THE MECHANISMS THAT WERE UNDERGROUND. WE CONTINUOUSLY HAD ISSUES THERE. AND WITH A GRANT FROM EXXONMOBIL, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE OUT AND PUT EVERYTHING ABOVE GROUND. SINCE DOING THAT, WE'VE HAD VERY LITTLE REPAIRS. WE HAD TO GO OUT THERE AND DO EXCEPT FOR VANDALISM. SO THE KEY THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS REALLY DO THAT TO ALL OF THE SPLASH PADS THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE HAVE A RAIN, WE HAVE A ISSUE. THAT WAS MY WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION. WILL IT WILL THAT BE PROTECTED FROM VANDALISM? WOULD WE FENCED OFF OR LOCKED UP OR. WELL, IT'S IN A METAL BOX WITH A LOCK THAT YOU CAN'T GET INTO UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO. BUT THE DAMAGE THAT WE HAD ON CHARLTON-POLLARD SPLASH PAD SINCE THEN IS THE SPLASH PAD ITSELF. THEY BROKE SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND WE HAD TO HAVE THOSE REPAIRED. WE ALSO IN YOUR PARKS MASTER PLAN, YOU HAD MENTIONED A BOAT LAUNCH FOR KAYAKING. Y'ALL HAVE A LOCATION OF WHERE Y'ALL ARE. WAS TRYING TO INSTALL THAT. WELL, AS I MENTIONED AT COLLIER'S FERRY PROPOSED COLLIER'S FERRY AS WELL AS TERRELL PARK, AS WELL AS HERE AT THE RIVERFRONT PARK. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. YEAH. ON THESE PARKS, OR ARE WE GOING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT KIDS WITH DISABILITIES? I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL WITH A LOT OF ESPECIALLY AT ROGERS, THAT A LOT OF THESE. SORRY. GO AHEAD. A LOT OF THESE KIDS CAN'T UTILIZE THE PARK EQUIPMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES. ALL FUTURE PLAYGROUNDS TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE AIM TO HAVE EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THE PARKS. THAT'S IN THIS, IN OUR PLAN. 
          OKAY? OKAY. COUNCILMAN TURNER, THANK YOU. MAYOR. ONE THING ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS, I'M KIND OF REAL BIG ON DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS AND LOOKING AT STATE AVERAGES AND, LIKE, SIZED CITY AVERAGES. SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A FEW SCENARIOS FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO FROM OTHER CITIES COMPARED TO OURS. BEAUMONT WE DID ABOUT 600,000. THAT WAS OUR BUDGET IN PARKS. MY FIRST TWO YEARS IT WAS 130,000. MY FIRST TWO YEARS. THAT'S JUST BEAUMONT. BEDFORD, TEXAS $4 MILLION IN PARKS. CONROE, TEXAS $1.8 MILLION IN PARKS. MISSOURI CITY, $7 MILLION IN PARKS. WACO, $7.5 MILLION IN PARKS. TEN YEARS AGO, IT WAS SMALLER THAN BEAUMONT AND TYLER, TEXAS, WHICH IS ALMOST IDENTICAL $3.1 MILLION IN PARKS. SO JUST SHOWING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, WE GOT TO REALLY LOOK AT COMPARISONS TO LIKE SIZED CITIES AND STATE AVERAGES. THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO KIND OF BE HAMMERING DOWN THE WHOLE ENTIRE BUDGET. ARE WE LOOKING AT THE STATE AVERAGES, OR IS OUR BUDGET IN LINE WITH WHAT THE STATE IS DOING? I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO FAR OFF FROM WHAT THE STATE AVERAGES ARE THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, DO YOU KNOW I MEAN, I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW DID THEY FUND THEM? WERE THEY FUNDING THOSE THROUGH GEOS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THIS, OR HOW DID THEY FUND IT? SO MOST MOST CITIES, THEY DO THESE BONDS EVERY 3 TO 4 YEARS. AT THE ISSUE OF BEAUMONT, WE HAVEN'T DID IT IN OVER 40 YEARS. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THESE TYPE OF BONDS. WHEN WE TRAVEL, WE ACTUALLY GO TO THESE CITIES AND THEY SAY, OKAY, THIS IS HOW WE GET THESE PROJECTS DONE. WHEN THE POPULATION ISN'T GROWING OR THE TOURISM IS KIND OF STABILIZED. SO MOST CITIES DO THESE FORMS OF BONDS. THE SECOND THING IS I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB AT SPONSORSHIP. WHEN I SAY SPONSORSHIP, YOU HAVE NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE WILLING TO INVEST IN OUR PARKS. PRIME EXAMPLE I USE BAPTIST HOSPITAL AS AN EXAMPLE. THAT KIND OF TAPPED OUT THAT PARKING, AND I'M MORE THAN CONFIDENT THEY PROBABLY WOULD EXTEND PARKING FOR THEIR PATRONS, BUT ALSO LET THE CITY UTILIZE IT AS WELL. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE. 
          COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF SEEKING OUT THESE SPONSORS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE FOR MR. CHRIS? SORRY, MR. MAYOR, JUST REAL QUICKLY, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILMAN MAYOR PRO TEM TURNER'S COMMENTS THAT ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT OF THE PARKS PLANS WAS TO EXPLORE THE IDEA OF A FRIENDS OF THE PARK, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE. CITIES LIKE TYLER HAVE FRIENDS OF THE PARK, WHICH IS A MECHANISM NOT ONLY FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO ABILITY TO RAISE MONEY AND HELP SUPPORT 
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PARKS. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT COMING OUT OF THE PARKS PLAN. 
          OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW, CAN WE TALK ABOUT RECREATION? WAS THAT PART OF YOUR PROPOSAL? I KNOW OH. MY APOLOGIES. OKAY. I HAVE ONE MORE COUNCILMAN HILLIARD ON, AND THIS IS A BIG QUESTION. ARE THE $19 MILLION? IS THAT HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO BE SPENT ON THE GOLF COURSE? AND HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO BE SPENT ON TERRELL PARK? THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE GOLF COURSE. THIS IS JUST THE SOUTH END OF TERRELL PARK BEHIND THE NATURE CENTER. OKAY, OKAY. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR PARKS MASTER PLAN, THEY HAVE RENDERINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT. OKAY. OR I CAN GET THEM TO YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT. JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION. WE DO SPEND MORE MONEY ON PARKS COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          MOST OF IT GOES IN OPERATIONS. SO IT'S MORE THAN 180,000. IT'S ACTUALLY A TOTAL BUDGET IS ABOUT 6 MILLION. TWO I'M TALKING ABOUT I'M TALKING ABOUT PARK IMPROVEMENTS. IMPROVEMENTS. LET ME CLARIFY MYSELF. THE BUDGET FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS. YOU'RE RIGHT, NOT OPERATIONS. OKAY. 
          WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE OUR 60 EMPLOYEES IN PARKS. SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF MONEY SPENT THERE FOR SURE. MAYOR. JUST HOUSEKEEPING. I DON'T KNOW IF WE TOLD COUNCIL ABOUT THIS BOOK AS A CUT SHEET ON EACH PROJECT WITH THE DESCRIPTION DOLLARS, POSSIBLE FUNDING OBJECTIVES, EVERYTHING THERE. SO AND WHEN THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT, THERE'S A SHEET IN YOUR IN YOUR BOOK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. MR. JIMMY NEAL IS NEXT TO DISCUSS RECREATION. MR. ELLIS, ONE QUESTION OR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR TERRORIST FUNDING. ELIGIBLE FOR TOURS. RIGHT NOW I'M SAYING NO, AND I'M ONLY SAYING THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE CREATED THE TOURS FUND, WHEN CITY COUNCIL CREATED THE TOURS FUND, THERE WERE THERE WERE PROJECTS YOU HAD TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED OUT OF THE TOURS, ACTUALLY. AND IN THAT PROJECT LISTING, THERE WAS THE ATHLETIC. THE REHABILITATION OF THE PARKING LOT WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS ON THIS LIST, BUT I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE PROJECTS RIGHT OFFHAND, BUT I KNOW THAT ONE WAS INCLUDED IN THE IN THE PROJECT PLAN BECAUSE YOU HAD TO IDENTIFY CERTAIN PROJECTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. DUNCAN, CAN YOU FIND US A LIST OF THE TOURIST PROJECTS? AND WE CAN LET COUNCIL KNOW AS WE GO THROUGH THE THIS DISCUSSION. WE READY? YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. SO. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS GOING TO BE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. KENNY SMITH WITH FACILITIES IS HE'S THE ONE THAT GETS ALL THE NUMBERS. SO WHEN YOU SEE THESE NUMBERS AND SEE $731,000 OR $721,000, DON'T BARK AT ME ABOUT IT. KENNY IS THE ONE THAT WORKS THE NUMBERS SIDE OF IT. SO THIS PROJECT, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WERE ACTUALLY IN THE CIP TWO YEARS AGO. IT WAS INITIALLY THE FIRST YEAR WE DO THE ENGINEERING DESIGN, AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR WE GO AHEAD AND PUT THE COURTS IN. SO IN THE INITIAL PROJECT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, IT WAS ONLY GOING TO BE FOUR COURTS. SO YOU SEE, AND I'M GLAD MR. WILLIAMS POINTED OUT THAT EVERYBODY'S GOT THESE SHEETS YOU CAN LOOK AT. SO YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE KIND OF SHARING WITH YOU AS WE SPEAK UP HERE. 
          THIS THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US SIX COURTS. IT'S GOING TO GO IN BETWEEN THE PRO SHOP AND THE COVERED COURTS IN THAT OPEN AREA OVER TO THE SIDE. WE'VE ALREADY WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING FIRM, THE ARCHITECTURE FIRM TO IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE LEVELED OFF. THEY'VE GOT TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE. BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THESE SIX COURTS ARE GOING TO GO IN. AND AS WE KNOW, EVEN THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO COUNCIL, YOU'VE HEARD THE WORD PICKLEBALL PLENTY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HEAR IT. SO THIS WOULD BE A REAL HELP AND SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY DEFINITELY NEEDS. SO THAT IS PROPOSED TO COME OUT WOULD BE 26 CIP. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A CO NEXT PROJECT WILL SPEAK ABOUT COUNCILMAN DARIO. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE LAST FEW YEARS IS COMPLEX FOUR AT THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX. UPGRADING THOSE THREE FIELDS TO MAKE THEM FULLY SYNTHETIC TURF. WE TALK ABOUT FORD PARK. FORD PARK IS NOT CITY OWNED. AS WE KNOW. FORD PARK HAS 12 FIELDS. ESSENTIALLY, YOU CAN ONLY PLAY PLAY BASEBALL OUT THERE UNTIL THE AGE OF 12. THEY DO HAVE 13 YEAR OLDS THAT PLAY ON THE 225 FOOT FENCES, BUT REALLY IT'S KIND OF LIKE PLAYING RACQUETBALL. THOSE KIDS ARE HITTING BALLS OUT OF THERE LIKE CRAZY. SO COMPLEX FOUR IS LARGER. IT WOULD ALLOW US THE 
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OPPORTUNITY TO HOST 13 THROUGH 16, POTENTIALLY EVEN INTO HIGH SCHOOL AGE BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS. 
          OBVIOUSLY DURING THE WEEK WE WOULD STILL USE THEM FOR OUR SOFTBALL LEAGUE, FIELD RENTALS, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE CHOOSE TO DO, IT WOULD BE UTILIZED THE SAME WAY THAT IT CURRENTLY IS, IS FOR, LIKE I SAID, OUR SOFTBALL LEAGUE AND OTHER RENTALS DURING THE WEEK. BUT THIS WOULD BE A HUGE UPGRADE, WHICH YOU SEE ON THAT SLIDE IS NOT OUR FIELDS. THAT IS JUST A RENDERING THAT IS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TAKING THREE FIELDS, FULLY CONVERTING THEM TO SOME SYNTHETIC TURF. YOU SEE THE COST THERE? IT'S NOT CHEAP, BUT IF YOU KEEP WAITING, IT'S GOING TO COST EVEN MORE. SO NEXT PROJECT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FITNESS COURT. SO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT TILL. YEAH, LET'S JUST WAIT TILL THE END, IF YOU DON'T MIND. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NEXT PROJECT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FITNESS COURT. YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK ON IT A FEW TIMES BEFORE. THE FITNESS COURT IS ABOUT 1000 SQUARE FOOT CONCRETE JUST PAD. YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE ON THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE. IT'S GOT A WALL. IT CAN BE DONE IN IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS. THIS COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO OURSELVES. BUT THE REASON THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PARTNER WITH THE NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN IS THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR A $50,000 GRANT FROM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS, IF WE COULD APPLY FOR IT, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT, JUST DEPENDING UPON THE TIMING. WHEN WE PUT THIS IN, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE COST OF THE COURT WAS ABOUT 150,000. IT'S GONE UP TO 200,000. THIS WOULD, HOWEVER, BE SOMETHING THAT REALLY KIND OF FALLS INTO WITH THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, THE BE WELL, BEAUMONT THAT WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH, THE NEW, THE NEW, WHAT WOULD WE CALL IT, JUST A NEW PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE A TEN YEAR PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT THAT'S REALLY STRESSING WELLNESS, FITNESS. THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT AT A LOCATION THAT WE DON'T PRESENTLY HAVE. FOR THE MOST PART, IF YOU WANT TO WORK OUT, YOU GOT TO GO TO A GYM. THERE'S YOU CAN GO OUTSIDE AND WALK, YOU CAN RIDE BIKE, YOU CAN DO THOSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES. BUT THIS WILL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PROGRAM IT A LITTLE BIT. 
          YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE DO TEACHING SOME CLASSES. A LOT OF CITIES YOU CAN SEE ON HERE THAT THERE'S OVER A THOUSAND COURTS IN THE IN THE UNITED STATES, LOCALLY, I GUESS THE CLOSEST ONE TO US RECENTLY IS IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. SO IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN PUSHING FOR AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET APPROVED. AND THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF OPERATING FUND. AND LASTLY, THOSE OF YOU WHO RECALL THE PRESENTATION THAT TOOK PLACE ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO WITH THE GROUP THAT DID A DRAINAGE STUDY. SO ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, COUNCIL APPROVED $1.3 MILLION TO BE SPENT IN PARKS AND RECREATION. PART OF THAT PROPOSAL OR PART OF THAT. THAT PROJECT GAVE $125,000 TO BE SPENT FOR A DRAINAGE STUDY. IF YOU'RE A GOLFER, YOU KNOW THAT TERRELL PARK HENRY HOMBERG GOLF COURSE DOES NOT DRAIN. IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, WHICH YOU ALL DO, AND YOU DRIVE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW THAT FOR THE MOST PART, TERRELL PARK ITSELF DOES NOT DRAIN WELL. SO WE DID THIS DRAINAGE STUDY. THIS THE FIRM CONFIRMED THAT IT IS ARGUABLY THE FLATTEST PIECE OF PROPERTY THEY'VE EVER SEEN, THAT LOTS OF WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A $19.7 MILLION PROPOSAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 28. THERE'S ALSO ON THE OTHER END, THERE'S A $14.5 MILLION PROPOSAL. SO THE 14.5 MILLION. 
          AND I WON'T GIVE YOU THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION. I COULD GO ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME ABOUT IT. THE 14.5 IS ESSENTIALLY TAKING THE EXISTING GOLF COURSE AND DOING ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE GROUNDS, AS IS RAISING UP THE FAIRWAYS, CROWNING THEM BETTER, GIVING BETTER DRAINAGE RUNOFFS. 
          AND MOLLY AND HER GROUP COULD USE BETTER TERMS THAN I COULD. I'LL USE KIND OF BASIC DRAINAGE AND RUNOFF WORDS. ALSO, OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY ANTIQUATED. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REDONE. THE IF WHEN WE WANT TO WATER TEES, WHEN WE WANT TO WATER GREENS, WE HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AND PHYSICALLY SHOW UP, PUT THE THING IN THE GROUND, TURN IT, LET IT RUN FOR 10 OR 15 MINUTES, TURN IT OFF, GO TO THE NEXT LOCATION, DO THE SAME THING. SO IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING. IT'S VERY LABOR INTENSIVE. IT'S VERY ANTIQUATED. MOST GOLF COURSES AT THIS STAGE. 
          YOU CAN CONTROL THIS FROM A PANEL. A LOT OF THEM. YOU CAN CONTROL MOBILE FROM A PHONE. 
          EVEN SO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE DONE IF WE WANT TO KEEP THIS GOLF COURSE MOVING FORWARD, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE 100%. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT COUNCIL APPROVED THE INITIAL STUDY A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK. WE COMPLETED IT THIS PAST SPRING, AND IT'S GIVEN US SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. THE 19.7 IS NOT TAKING THE EXISTING COURSE AND REDOING IT. IT IS A COMPLETE REDESIGN. SO IT WOULD GIVE US THERE'S SOME GREAT RENDERINGS OF IT. THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL, YOU GOT TO SEE IT AT THE PRESENTATION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IF THE MONEY CAN COME UP, IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE FOR THE CITY. IT 
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WOULD BE A DESTINATION TYPE COURSE THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME AND PLAY FROM, FROM OUTSIDE. 
          INSTEAD OF OUR GOLFERS LEAVING HERE AND GOING TO LAKE CHARLES OR GOING TO EVEN EAGLE POINT OR GOING TO HOUSTON OR GOING NORTH, PEOPLE WOULD FROM THOSE PLACES WOULD COME HERE AND PLAY OUR GOLF COURSE. IT WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE ADDITION. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY I SUPPORT IT. I'M SITTING UP HERE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT THAT IS THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT IN MY PRESENTATION. SO QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN DARIO. THE SOFTBALL OR BASEBALL FIELDS. WHAT TYPE OF JUST FOR EVERYBODY HERE ON COUNCIL THAT'S NEW. WHAT TYPE OF REVENUE DO THOSE FIELDS BRING IN AS FAR AS SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS AND BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? WELL, IT WOULD BE HARD FOR ME TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO BRING IN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE WE'RE NOT CAPITALIZING ON THAT. WE'RE GETTING A FEW SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS PER YEAR, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING THE BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS. THAT WOULD BE SOME MORE PROJECTION TYPE THINGS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE THAT THAT TURF THEIR FIELDS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, MOST OF THEM, THEY'VE THEY'VE RECOUPED THEIR MONEY WITHIN SOME OF THEM WITHIN A YEAR. MEAN, WET COLD HERE VERY OFTEN. SO LIGHTNING IS GOING TO KEEP YOU FROM PLAYING. BUT RAIN PRETTY MUCH IS NOT GOING TO KEEP YOU FROM PLAYING. I GUESS FREDDY'S GOING TO THROW SOME NUMBERS OUT AT YOU. YEAH, I JUST CALCULATED SOMETHING. IF WE EXTENDED THE LENGTH OF THE FIELDS, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HOST 30 EXTRA TEAMS PLAYING AT THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IT WILL BRING IN ABOUT 900 PEOPLE, ABOUT 250 ROOMS PER WEEKEND. AND THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $149,166, ADDED TO WHATEVER TEAM BASEBALL TOURNAMENT THAT WILL COME TO TOWN. THAT'S THAT'S FOR THAT WEEKEND FOR THAT THAT PARTICULAR WEEKEND, IT WOULD ADD THAT MUCH REVENUE. OKAY. SO THIS WILL MAKE THIS WILL PAY FOR ITSELF. DEFINITELY. AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE RENTALS. THAT'S YOUR HOT TAX AS WELL. THAT'S THE ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT OVERALL THAT INCLUDES ENTERTAINMENT FOOD HOTEL ALL OF IT RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND MR. NEAL ALSO DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY I DON'T KNOW, YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY LOCATION. DO YOU KIND OF GOT A GUESS OR MAY YOU WHERE YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT THE FITNESS COURT. WELL, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE NATIONAL FITNESS COUNCIL DOES. THEY, THEY KIND OF WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE SORT OF PICK A FEW DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FOOT TRAFFIC. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TOUGH IN BEAUMONT BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DRIVE EVERYWHERE. ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WAS CONSIDERED WAS CENTRAL PARK. THERE WAS CONSIDERATION OF DOING SOMETHING DOWNTOWN. THERE'S CONSIDERATION MAYBE EVEN OVER BY ROTARY PLAYGROUND. THERE'S THE LAST MEETING THAT I HAD WITH THEM THERE. IN THEIR MIND, THEY WANT TO PUT THREE. THEY WANT TO PUT THREE OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT WE WANT TO GET ONE FIRST AND SEE WHAT IT DOES. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS, AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF COLLABORATION. OKAY, ONE MORE QUESTION. GOLF COURSE, WOULD IT PAY FOR ITSELF? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT. ALL MY QUESTIONS. IT'S OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE TO GO UP ON OUR RATES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE $32 TO PLAY A GOLF COURSE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $19 MILLION ON. WE WOULD HAVE TO BEEF UP STAFF. IT'S INNUMERABLE CHANGES, INNUMERABLE. IS THAT A WORD? INNUMERABLE. IT'S A LOT, A LOT. 
          THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF CHANGES. SO WOULD IT PAY FOR ITSELF? OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HOPE THAT IT WOULD. THERE'S A POTENTIAL STUDY THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO WITH THE NATIONAL GOLF FOUNDATION THAT IS GOING TO COME IN AND KIND OF GIVE US A REALLY GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHETHER WE SHOULD DO THIS OR NOT. THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO PUT US UP AGAINST OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE REGION. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO A FULL STUDY, TELL US IF IT'S BENEFICIAL OR NOT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE SPEND 15 TO $18 MILLION TO $19 MILLION. IF IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET AN EXTRA 2000 GOLFERS A YEAR. SO YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE REGION, YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF GOLFERS. YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL THROUGH HERE, WHICH WE KNOW IS A LARGE NUMBER. SO THAT THAT'S A STUDY THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO PRESENTLY. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD, FOR PURPOSES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING, THIS IS UNDER A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND SUGGESTION, WHICH THE REASON WE'RE HAVING THE BOND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITIZENS WOULD VOTE ON AND THEY WOULD PAY FOR. SO THE ONLY ADDITIONAL COST WOULD BE ANY STAFF THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED OR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT, BECAUSE THE TAX RATE 
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WOULD COVER THE COST OF, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN, BUT THERE WOULDN'T BE ADDITIONAL COST TO OUR GENERAL REVENUE FUND OTHER THAN FOR THE OPERATIONS OF IT. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE OPERATIONS OUT AT THE GOLF COURSE, SO THERE MIGHT BE NEW EQUIPMENT NEEDED OR SOMETHING, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S JUST FOR A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THE ABILITY TO THE CITIZENS WOULD BE PAYING FOR IT THROUGH THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AS PROPOSED IF THEY VOTED FOR THAT. 
          AND ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE, TOO, IS THAT WE'VE WE'VE NEVER CHARGED CITIZENS A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT RATE FOR A GREEN FEE THAN WE DO PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, MOST MUNICIPALITIES, MOST MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES DO. SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE LOOKING INTO DOING SO WITH WITH THIS. WE ALREADY DO IT AT THE TENNIS CENTER. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S THAT WOULDN'T BE A PRECEDENT. YOU'RE CORRECT, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. THERE WOULD BE SOME OPERATIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE TO GO INTO POSSIBLE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, BUT YOU CAN TO SOMETIMES INCLUDE SOME DOLLARS IN IN GEO. SALES FOR OPERATIONS FOR A YEAR OR TWO TO UNTIL THE PROJECT CAN GET GOING. SO THAT'S THE THING YOU CAN DO. I DO WITH JIMMY I. I THIS ONE GOLF COURSES TYPICALLY DON'T PAY FOR THEMSELVES, BUT THEY PROVIDE QUITE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW THERE ARE COSTS TO HELP OFFSET IT. BUT I GUESS IN MY EXPERIENCE THEY HAVEN'T. THEY DON'T. THANK YOU, BUT THEY'RE GREAT. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I'LL AGREE WITH THE MANAGER. THEY ARE GREAT. WHAT? WHAT IS THE GOLF COURSE PRESENTLY DO YEARLY COST? HOW MUCH DO Y'ALL GENERATE ON PEOPLE PLAYING THERE NOW? WELL, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE LOOK AT IS ROUNDS PLAYED. THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN THING THAT WE TRY TO BASE EVERYTHING OFF OF. LAST YEAR I BELIEVE WE HAD 24, 25,000 ROUNDS THAT WERE PLAYED. LAST MONTH, WE HAD 2500. IF YOU GET 2500 A MONTH, YOU GET 30,000 ROUNDS. THAT'S KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN OUR OUR BENCHMARK TO TRY TO HIT THAT NUMBER. WE'VE HIT THAT NUMBER ONCE IN THE LAST 12 YEARS. OKAY. AND REALLY THE DIFFERENCE WITH US IS IF IT DOESN'T RAIN, PEOPLE PLAY GOLF AT HAMBURG. OKAY? WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LOYALISTS OUT THERE, GUYS THAT LOVE THAT PLACE, JUST ABSOLUTELY PLAYING THERE. THEY LOVE PLAYING THERE. 
          AND IF THE IF, IF IT'S DRY, THEY PLAY THERE OUT THERE AND WE WANT TO PRESENT A BETTER A BETTER PRODUCT FOR THEM. THE LAST CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT WE MADE OUT THERE WAS IN 1998. WE PUT IN NEW GREENS. THOSE GREENS TYPICALLY LAST ANYWHERE FROM 16 TO 20 YEARS. WE'RE SITTING ON 27 YEARS RIGHT NOW. SO EVEN IF WE'RE UNABLE TO DO THESE THINGS, SOMETHING'S GOING TO NEED TO BE DONE OUT THERE IN THE MATTER OF CAPITAL SPENDING, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL PROPOSE IF NONE OF THESE OTHER THINGS ARE ABLE TO BE PASSED THROUGH. OKAY. MY NEXT ONE IS ON THE ON THESE FITNESS COURTS. WHY NOT AT THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS? THAT'S WHERE WE SEEM TO HAVE THE MOST FOOT TRAFFIC. WELL, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THAT WE'D HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS WITH THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY. 
          IT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY. WE MO I BELIEVE IT'S A FIVE FOOT STRIP ON EITHER SIDE OF THOSE. A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL AND THEY WANT THEY WANT SHADE OUT THERE. THEY WANT TREES TO BE PLANTED. WE CAN'T WE CAN'T BUILD SHADE ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT OURS. WE CAN'T PLANT TREES ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT OURS. NOW, I WILL SAY THAT THE 86 HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TO ANYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE. BUT THE INITIAL HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL AT GULF TERRACE, IF YOU NOTICE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF LITTLE SHADE BENCH STRUCTURES THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THEM, THEY'RE DONATED BY THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE PROPERTY OR BY THE COMPANY THAT'S KIND OF BASED OUT THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, ON THAT SAME THOUGHT PROCESS, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN PARTNER WITH US, MAYBE SO TO HELP ABSORB SOME OF THE COST. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPTION. I MEAN, IF PEOPLE ARE ALREADY OUT THERE WORKING OUT, IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPTION. NOW WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO INCREASE PARKING, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT A COURT OUT THERE AND SAY, HEY, COME WORK OUT AND THEN GO, BUT YOU CAN'T PARK HERE, RIGHT? SO WE'D WANT TO DEFINITELY CHANGE THAT. IT'S A BETTER WORKOUT IF YOU HAVE TO WALK. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT I MEAN, I COULD I NEED IT JUST PLAYING. COUNCILMAN TURNER DID YOU HAVE. THAT'S IT. ONE THING WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE PROJECTS. SO I STARTED KIND OF UNDERSTANDING HOW TOURISM PLAYS A ROLE INTO THE MONEY BEING SPENT IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW, IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, YOUTH 
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BASEBALL IS ONE OF THE TOP THREE THINGS IN TOURISM THAT BRINGS REVENUE TO THE CITY. AND WHEN I SAY TOURISM, FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMS, IS THEY THEY CALL IT HEADS AND BEDS. SO 7% OF THE TAXES GO TO THE CITY, 6% GO TO THE STATE AND 2% GO TO THE COUNTY. SO EVERY TIME SOMEONE STAYS IN A HOTEL, WE MAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE. AND AT FIRST THAT NUMBER WITH THE BASEBALL FIELD SOUNDED SCARY TO ME. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S ALMOST A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT IN BEAUMONT. EVERY WEEKEND ALL OUR HOTELS ARE FULL WITH THOSE KIDS PLAYING BASEBALL, SO THAT MONEY WITH BASEBALL, IT WOULD COME BACK PRETTY QUICKLY AND WE WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A LOT MORE REVENUE OFF OF IT. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF POINT OUT. YOU KNOW, I EVEN THOUGHT WITH TERROR PARK, I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE WHEN THEY SAID, BIRDING, LIKE, PEOPLE COME STAY IN OUR HOTELS ALL THE TIME, THE BIRD. AND ONCE I SEEN THE NUMBERS, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP INVESTING. REVENUE WAS BRINGING US A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. YEAH, I MEAN, THAT KIND OF LEADS INTO WHAT I WANTED TO ASK IF WE THINK THAT THE FIELDS ARE GOING TO BE REVENUE GENERATING, WHY AREN'T WE EXPLORING SOME SORT OF REVENUE BOND OR, YOU KNOW, FUNDING IT THAT WAY RATHER THAN THE GEO BOND? I MEAN, IF WE THINK IT'S GOING TO I DON'T DISAGREE. I MEAN, I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING IN. I'M JUST IF IT'S A MONEYMAKER AND WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING IN, WOULDN'T WE FUND IT THROUGH A DIFFERENT ROUTE? REVENUE BONDS ARE TYPICALLY FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER RELATED PROJECTS, AND THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RATES THAT CUSTOMERS PAY ON THEIR MONTHLY WATER AND SEWER BILLS. THOSE ARE NOT TYPICALLY USED FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. SO NOT WITH FACILITIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WELL, AND I THINK TO ADD TO IT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SEEING CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS, WHICH IS WHERE THAT WOULD COME FROM. BUT THERE IS A CAPACITY THERE BECAUSE A PART OF OUR BUDGET IS GENERATED TO THE INTEREST IN SINKING THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, I BELIEVE, 16% OF OUR BUDGET. AND SO YOU WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY DOLLARS. SO THEN IT BECOMES WHAT ARE THOSE PROJECTS? BUT AGAIN, THAT IS THINGS THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL DECIDE, OKAY. ANYONE ELSE. GOOD PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP. COUNCILMAN DARIO HAD A QUESTION ABOUT PROJECTS FUNDED BY TERS. WE DO HAVE A LIST OF SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS. THE REHABILITATION OF THE PARKING LOTS AND ENGELBRECHT DRIVE REHABILITATION AT THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX. WE PUT MONEY IN FOR 555 MAIN, YOU KNOW. THAT PROJECT EXTENSION TO THE TO THE RIVER. 
          THERE WAS MONEY TO CONVERT THE CIVIC CENTER INTO A CONVENTION CENTER AS WELL. THERE WERE MONEY FOR A COUPLE OF ROAD REHABILITATION PROJECTS. JIM. GILLIGAN ROAD REHABILITATION, HOLLAND AVENUE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT TO BE FUNDED BY THE TERS. THE TRANSMISSION LINES OVER IN THE CIVIC CENTER PARKING LOT THAT WAS TO BE FUNDED USING TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE FUNDS AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE LAKE DISTRICT RESTROOM FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. THOSE WERE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS IN THE TERS. TERS. EVER RECEIVED ANY MONEY FROM THE TERS YET WE ARE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE OUR FIRST TRANCHE IN JULY. SO THREE MONTHS WE DON'T KNOW YET. WE RECEIVED THOSE DOLLARS FROM THE TAX OFFICE, THE COUNTY TAX OFFICE AND COUNCILMAN HILLIARD WHAT HAVE YOU DONE. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I TALKED ABOUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. WE HAVE ROUGHLY 200 AIRBNBS IN THE CITY THAT WE DON'T CHARGE ANY OCCUPANCY TAX ON. I MEAN, THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR MORE TOURISM MONEY OR OCCUPANCY TAX MONEY THAT COULD COULD BE FUNNELED INTO THE CITY. HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT AT ALL? AND WHAT ABOUT RV PARKS? YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT STAY IN THE HOTELS ARE PAYING AN OCCUPANCY TAX. BUT THE PEOPLE STAYING IN THESE AIRBNBS ARE NOT. AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ROLLING THESE TRAVEL TRAILERS IN TO WORK AT OUR REFINERIES ARE NOT. SO I MEAN, IT POSSIBLY COULD BE 1 TO $2 MILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM TOURISM, I GUESS, WOULD BE BASICALLY WHAT IT WOULD BE, EVEN THOUGH IF THEY'RE WORKING HERE. BUT IT COULD BE CLASSIFIED, BUT IT'S A WAY TO GENERATE MORE 
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MONEY FOR THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HELP WITH SOME OF THESE AND HELP WITH TOURISM AND CONVENTION BUREAU OR WHATEVER WE NEED IT FOR. SO IT'S A IT'S AN AVENUE. THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE THROUGH WORK SESSIONS IN THE FUTURE AND GET THE DATA. AND I DO WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE WE'RE SHOWING ON HERE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND TO BE ABLE TO FUND SOME OF THESE. BUT AGAIN, THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. WE HAVE A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT IS MEETING AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THIS COUNCIL IN AUGUST ON WHAT SHOULD BE ON THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. SO THIS IS RIGHT NOW STAFF PROPOSALS. SO AS COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE BECAUSE IT CAN BE CONFUSING. WE DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND SAY THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARITY, THIS IS. RIGHT AND HOW WE WOULD FUND THESE. BUT, YOU KNOW, SO, COUNCILMAN MAYOR. YEAH. AND IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER HILLIARD ABOUT POSSIBLE REVENUE SOURCE. YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS PROCESS IS IDENTIFYING NEW REVENUES. OTHER CITIES THEY DO COLLECT ON THOSE AIRBNBS. OTHER CITIES I WAS IN, WE COLLECTED ON THEM. SO IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE'S INTEREST ON COUNCIL. AND WE CAN EXPLORE THAT AND LOOK AT THAT DOING THAT OKAY. SO THE AIRBNBS, THEY DO PAY THE OWNERS PAY PROPERTY TAX THOUGH RIGHT. BUT THE OCCUPANTS DON'T. THEY DON'T PAY ANYTHING. OKAY. AND COUNCILMAN TURNER YOU CAN PROBABLY REFRESH MY MEMORY BECAUSE REMEMBER I'M THE OLDEST GUY ON COUNCIL. NOW, THE BILL THAT WE HAD THAT KEEPS THE STATES PART OF OUR HIGH TAX FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, THAT'S WHAT THE POSSIBLE DOWNTOWN HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER, HOUSE BILL 5012. ALL THAT HAS TO BE USED ON THAT, YOU CAN'T USE IT ON ANYTHING BUT THE HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER, AND IT IS LIMITED TO AROUND THAT HOTEL DOESN'T IT DOESN'T INVOLVE THE WHOLE CITY. IF I'M CORRECT, IT'S A POSSIBILITY. IT CAN EXTEND OUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FEET, AND IT CAN IMPACT SURROUNDING BUSINESSES THAT CAN COME BACK AROUND THE HOTEL WITH A GOLF COURSE. YES, 50, 50, 12 TIES IN WITH THE HOTEL PROJECT. WHEN WE WENT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND APPROVED THAT LEGISLATION, THAT THOSE TAX DOLLARS CAN BE USED FOR THAT PROJECT. NOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO GET THAT 1000 FOOT EXTENSION OUT INTO PROPERTIES AROUND IT. TO BE ABLE TO THOSE TAX COULD GO TOWARD THE PROJECT TO. EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT PRESENTATION. THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS BY MR. KENNY SMITH, OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR, TO DISCUSS FACILITIES. PAGE 24. GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MAYOR KENNY SMITH DIRECTOR OF FACILITY MAINTENANCE HERE. OUR FIRST PROJECT IS GOING TO BE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 555 MAIN. THAT WAS THE DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY IS BEING LISTED IN THE CIP BECAUSE IT WAS FUNDS SPENT IN 2025, WHICH WAS A ROLLOVER COST OF ABOUT 42,000. WE ENDED UP PAYING THE CONTRACTOR SOME RETAINER FEES, SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S IN THE CIP. OUR NEXT PROJECT WOULD BE THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES AND ADOPTION CENTER. 
          THE CURRENT ANIMAL SHELTER AND ADOPTION CENTER WAS BUILT IN 1981, SO ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 40 YEARS OLD. IT WAS A BUILDING THAT WAS ABOUT 7000FT■!S, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR ANIMAL HOLDING FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS. AND TODAY THE SHELTER OPERATES AS A 90% NO-KILL FACILITY, WITH ANIMALS OFTEN OFTEN HAVE TO BE HOUSED FOR OVER 45 DAYS, SO THE CURRENT FACILITY HAS EXCEEDED ITS CURRENT CAPACITY AND ITS OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES. SO OUR OBJECTIVE WITH THE COSTS IN THE CIP WAS, WAS, WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN THE YEAR BEFORE, WAS TO CONSTRUCT A 16,000 TO 17,000 SQUARE FOOT MODERN ANIMAL SHELTER AND ADOPTION CENTER, WHICH WOULD BE AT A NEW LOCATION. THE FACILITY WOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACE FOR ANIMAL CARE FACILITY ADOPTION, ADDITIONAL PARKING, AS WELL AS INCREASED VISIBILITY. THIS PROJECT IS AN ESTIMATED COST OF AROUND $6,975,000. IS PROPOSED TO BEGIN IN FY 26, WHICH THAT WOULD INCLUDE LAND ACQUISITION AS WELL AS DESIGN AND THEN CONSTRUCTION. IN FY 27, THE FUNDING SOURCE IS PROPOSED AS BEING A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, NOTHING IS FINAL UNTIL WE WORK THROUGH THE BOND FACILITY BOND FACILITATION GROUP. SO THAT'S OUR FIRST PROJECT. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PROJECT, WHICH IS THE RESTROOM FACILITY AT RIVERFRONT PARK. THIS IS THE ONLY NEW PROJECT THAT'S UNDER FACILITIES THIS YEAR, AND THAT WILL BE TO CONSTRUCT A NEW MULTI-USE MEN'S 
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AND WOMEN'S RESTROOM DOWN HERE AT THE NEW RIVERFRONT PARK. CURRENTLY, IT DOESN'T HAVE A RESTROOM. THE ESTIMATED COST WITH THAT WOULD BE $445,550. THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED OR PROPOSED TO BEGIN IN FY 28 AS DESIGN AND THEN CONSTRUCTION. IN FY 29. THE FUNDING SOURCE CURRENTLY IS THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. OUR NEXT PROJECT WOULD BE THE RESTROOM FACILITY AT ATHLETIC COMPLEX NUMBER THREE. THIS WAS ALSO APPROVED IN THE PREVIOUS CIP. THIS WOULD BE THE DEMOLITION, THE DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CURRENT RESTROOM FACILITY AT ATHLETIC COMPLEX NUMBER THREE. A NEW FACILITY WOULD INCLUDE SIDEWALK PLUMBING, FENCING, ELECTRICAL UPGRADES. ESTIMATED COST WITH THIS IS ALSO $445,000 550. THE PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO BEGIN IN FY 28 FOR DESIGN AND THEN CONSTRUCTION IN 2029, AND THE FUNDING SOURCE WOULD ALSO BE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. THE NEXT PROJECT ON THE LIST WOULD BE THE AIRPORT, THE LARGE CLEAR SPAN HANGAR. JUST THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROJECT WOULD BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR, WHICH WOULD HELP MEET THE JET. THE JET DEMAND AT THE AIRPORT. THIS WOULD EXPAND THE AIRPORT REVENUE AND CAPACITY FOR PRIVATE AIRCRAFT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY STATE THAT THEY HAVE A WAITING LIST FOR JETS FOR ABOUT 3030 JETS, AND THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD BE $2,450,000. AND THIS WILL BE ESTIMATED THE PROJECT TO START IN FY 2027 WITH DESIGN AND THEN CONSTRUCTION IN FY 2028. AND THIS PROJECT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE GRANT FUNDED. AIRPORT. THEY HAVE A 9010 SPLIT, WHICH GRANTS WILL COVER 90% OF THE COST, AND THEN 10% WILL BE COVERED BY THE AIRPORT. AND THE REASON IT'S LISTED IN THE CIP IS BECAUSE THE FUNDING HAS TO BE IDENTIFIED. IT'S TYPICALLY A REIMBURSEMENT TYPE FUND, SO THE MONEY HAS TO BE ALLOCATED BY THE CITY, AND THEN IT WILL BE REIMBURSED BY A GRANT. NEXT PROJECT WE HAVE UP IS THE FERRY BOAT RAMP AND PIER REHABILITATION. IT WAS IDENTIFIED BY COLLINS ENGINEERING THAT THE BOAT RAMP AND TIMBER PIER WERE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THE RAMPS AND STRUCTURE TO ENSURE LONG TERM SAFETY AND FUNCTIONAL IS RECOMMENDED. THE ESTIMATED COST IS $470,000. THE PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO START FY 26 WITH DESIGN AND POSSIBLY CONSTRUCTION IN THAT SAME YEAR, AND THEN EXTEND OUT TO FY 2027. THE FUNDING SOURCE WAS THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. LET'S SEE. OUR NEXT PROJECT IS NEW. FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR PROPOSED. THIS WOULD INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MODERN FIRE STATION TO REPLACE THE CURRENT EXISTING FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS WOULD BE IN A NEARBY LOCATION. FIRE STATION FOUR WAS BUILT IN 1954, SO IT'S ABOUT 70 YEARS OLD. A NEW STATION WOULD INCLUDE A PULL THROUGH APPARATUS BAY, SEPARATE DORMITORIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN, DEDICATED SPACE FOR DECONTAMINATION OF THEIR EQUIPMENT, TURNOUT GEAR, AND THEN ALSO ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR EMS STORAGE AND AMPLE PARKING. THIS TOTAL ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS FIRE STATION FOUR WOULD BE $5,495,000. THE ESTIMATED PROPOSED YEAR FOR DESIGN WOULD BE IN FY 28, AND THEN FOLLOWING YEAR WOULD BE CONSTRUCTION FY 29 AND FY 28. WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE LAND TO BUILD THIS FIRE STATION, AND AS OF RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT DOWN AS POSSIBLE, BEING GEO GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. NEXT PROJECT WE HAVE UP IS THE FOOD TRUCK PARK. SO THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DOWNTOWN FOOD TRUCK PARK WITH AMENITIES THAT WOULD INCLUDE POSSIBLE PAVILIONS, BANDSTANDS, ELECTRICAL WATER, SEWER HOOKUPS, PUBLIC RESTROOMS, COMMISSARY. 
          THE REASON THAT WE HAVE THIS LISTED IN THE CIP IS BECAUSE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN THE PRIOR CIP. THE ESTIMATED COST WE HAVE NOW IS $1,320,000 $700. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON WELL, THE RFP HAS BEEN SUBMITTED OVER TO PURCHASING, SO WE HOPE TO GET THAT ADVERTISED OUT FOR THE P3, THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, BEFORE THE END OF JUNE. SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING SOME INFORMATION BACK ON HOPEFULLY SOME INVESTORS THAT WILL BE WILLING TO INVEST. BUT THIS WAS THIS WAS ALLOCATED OR BUDGETED PREVIOUSLY. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IN THE CFP RIGHT NOW. WE HAD ALLOCATION OF 43,000 FOR DESIGN FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH WE HAVEN'T SPENT YET BECAUSE WE'RE DOING RFP, AND THEN WE JUST HAVE THE COST THAT'S IN THERE FOR NEXT YEAR FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND THIS COST WAS BASED ON THE DOWNTOWN NECHES RIVER LOCATION, JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET ANY RESPONDED TO THE RFP AND COUNCIL DECIDES THEY STILL WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT PROJECT HERE IS THE LAKE DISTRICT RESTROOM. AND 
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THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RESTROOM FOR THE CENTENNIAL PARK LAKE DISTRICT, CLOSE TO THEIR EVENT CENTER. OBVIOUSLY, THE OBJECTIVE WILL BE TO SUPPORT FAMILY RECREATION AND EVENT CENTER, LAKESIDE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS RESTROOM IS $800,000. THE PROJECT START YEAR IS PROPOSED FOR FY 26 FOR DESIGN AND THEN CONSTRUCTION THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IN FY 27. THE FUNDING SOURCE CURRENTLY IS ON CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. THE NEXT PROJECT, RIVERFRONT PARK RESTORATION. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT FELL UP UNDER PUBLIC WORKS, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A RESTORATION OF THE RIVERFRONT PARK SHORELINE THAT HAD TO BE SHORED UP FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY HARVEY. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO STABILIZE THE SHORELINE AND ENHANCE THE PARK WITH PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS, LANDSCAPING TO MAKE IT NICE AGAIN. THE ESTIMATED COST IS ABOUT 20 MILLION. ALL RIGHT. THE PROJECT IS ONGOING. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE WRAPPING UP PRETTY SOON AS WE'RE DONE WITH IT. IT'S DONE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT. AND MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PROJECT, WHICH IS THE NESTED TEE HANGAR AT THE AIRPORT. THIS IS A TEN UNIT HANGAR. IT WOULD BE FOR TEN UNIT HANGARS FOR SMALL AIRCRAFT. THIS WOULD ALSO HELP REDUCE THE AIRPLANE WAITLIST THAT WE HAVE AT THE AIRPORT CURRENTLY. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GOING TO BOOST AIRCRAFT STORAGE AND SUPPORT AIRPORT LEASING AND ALSO HELPS WITH THE INCREASE OF FUEL SALES OR DEMONSTRATING OUR CONTINUED AIRPORT GROWTH TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE TEXTILE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS TEN UNIT HANGAR IS $3 MILLION AND 25,000, AND THIS WILL BE PROPOSED FOR DESIGN FOR FY 27, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL BE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, FY 28. THIS IS ALSO WOULD BE GRANT FUNDED WITH A 9010 SPLIT. TEX DOT GRANTS WILL BE COVERING ABOUT 90% OF THE COST, AND THEN THE CITY WILL COVER 10%. OBVIOUSLY ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS IDENTIFIED IN THE CIP BECAUSE THE CITY HAS TO IT'S GOING TO BE REIMBURSEMENT TYPE OF GRANT. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DOLLARS ALLOCATED SO WE CAN PAY IT OUT AND THEN GET REIMBURSED. ON MY NEXT PROJECT ON THE LIST IS THE MUNICIPAL TRANSIT ROOF AT THE MUNICIPAL TRANSIT BUILDING. THE ROOF SYSTEM IS PAST THIS USEFUL LIFE, SO WE NEED TO REPLACE THAT ROOF BECAUSE IT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THAT IS $830,000 $400. WE ESTIMATE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN WOULD BE NEXT YEAR. FY 27 JUST SPOKE WITH DIRECTOR ENGMAN. SHE SAID IT'S POSSIBLY SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, HOPEFULLY. SO MAYBE THEY PUT IT OUT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET SOME GRANT FUNDING. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE FUNDING SOURCE IS THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND THE NEXT COUPLE PROJECTS. THEY'RE CONSIDERED TO BE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN FUTURE CONSIDERATION. SO POSSIBLY OUT PAST THE FIVE YEAR MARK. THAT'S TYPICALLY IN THE CIP. AND THAT'S BEGINNING WITH THE WATER PARK AND THE WATER PARK. IT WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MAJOR WATER PARK FEATURING A LAZY RIVER SPLASH. SPLASH FEATURES LOCKER ROOMS, WADING POOL, PICNIC SHELTERS, THINGS OF THAT SORT. THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED OUT IN A STRATEGIC PLAN AS BEING AS BEING A TOP PRIORITY. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN IN A IN A PRIOR CIP, BUT AS STAFF, WE KIND OF MOVED IT AWAY FROM 2028 2029 TO OUT TO FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS BECAUSE WE THINK THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST TO FOCUS ON THE CURRENT POOLS, UPGRADING AND RENOVATING THOSE POOLS, BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF RENOVATION. AND THAT'S ALICE, KEITH AND MAGNOLIA. THE ESTIMATED COST IS A LITTLE BIT OVER 10 MILLION, AND THE REASON WE GOT THOSE ESTIMATED COST WAS KIND OF BASED ON THE COST OF POWER PIRATE BAY IN BAYTOWN. AND THIS WILL BE A PROJECT THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY CONSIDERED AS A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FOR THE FUNDING SOURCE. NEXT PROJECT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, THE EXISTING POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND 255 COLLEGE STREET WAS BUILT IN 1974. SO THIS IS A BUILDING THAT'S OVER 50 YEARS OLD. IT'S DEFINITELY REACHED PAST HIS LIFE EXPECTANCY. IT'S OUTDATED, UNDERSIZED, AND IT CURRENTLY DOESN'T MEET THE NEEDS OF THE POLICE, THE POLICEMEN AND POLICEWOMEN THERE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR ABOUT 130 PERSONNEL. NOW IT PRETTY MUCH SUPPORTS OVER 320 PERSONNEL AS OF RIGHT NOW. SO THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES WOULD BE TO CONSTRUCT A NEW STATE OF THE ART POLICE FACILITY THAT WOULD ADDRESS SPATIAL CONSTRAINTS, SUPPORT OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, MEET MODERN DAY STANDARDS FOR SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE FACILITY IS ABOUT 59,000FT■!S. E NEW FACILITY WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY OVER 100,000FT■!S AND WILL BE HOPEFULLY LOCATED IN AN AREA YET TO BE YET TO BE 
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DETERMINED. THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS FACILITY WOULD BE $59,720,000, AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S UNDETERMINED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING THIS FACILITY. AND THE REASON THAT IT'S BEING LISTED, BECAUSE IT WAS LISTED IN THE BEAUMONT VISION 2030 PLAN, AND OUR NEXT AND LAST ONE ON MY LIST IS THE CITY HALL COMPLEX. SO THIS WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WAS CALLED OUT IN THE BEAUMONT 2035 VISION PLAN, AND IT WOULD BE A MODERN CITY HALL IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. 
          DESIGNS INCLUDE CIVIC PLAZA, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TO CREATE A TOWN SQUARE TYPE OF LOOK WITH AMENITIES AND SHOPS AROUND IT. AND THAT'S GOING TO ALSO BE HELP TO USE THE SUPPORT THE LONG TERM DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION OF BEAUMONT. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS FACILITY WOULD BE 56,500,000. AGAIN, IT'S TO BE DETERMINED WHEN THIS WILL BE DESIGNED OR CONSTRUCTED. BUT AGAIN, THE COST ESTIMATES HERE ARE PRETTY MUCH PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATES. THESE ARE NOT THE FINAL COSTS. IN ORDER TO GET COST ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL, DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH, TALK TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEIR NEEDS IS, AND HOPEFULLY EVENTUALLY GET A FACILITY MASTER PLAN SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS ON THESE BUILDINGS AND THEN HAVE A PLAN ON HOW WE PLAN ON REPLACING THEM AND DOING LONG TERM PLANNING. AND THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS, CITY HALL AND ALSO THE WATER PARK WOULD BE HOPEFULLY THROUGH GENERAL OBLIGATION. DEBT. AND THOSE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT I HAVE. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, THEN COUNCILMAN DARIO, THEN COUNCILMAN TURNER. SO? AND THIS MAY BE CHIEF WHITE CAN MAYBE ANSWER THIS TOO, BUT IS THERE A STATE LAW THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY FIRE STATIONS WITHIN SO MANY, SO MANY AREAS? OR, I MEAN, IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONSOLIDATE AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF HAVING SO MANY, IS THERE A WAY TO CONSOLIDATE TO WHERE THEY CAN BE ZONED AS FAR AS THE AREAS THAT THEY COVER? IT'S THE SECTIONS THAT WE HAVE AFFECT OUR ISO RATING WITH OVERLAP COVERAGE. OKAY. MOVING STATION FOUR WOULD BE WITHIN ITS DISTRICT, WHICH AFFECTS RESPONSE TIMES AND COVERAGE FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. OKAY, OKAY. WE'RE CURRENTLY ISO RATED NUMBER TWO OUT OF A SCALE OF TEN. OH OKAY. 
          TWO BEING GOOD TWO BEING GOOD OKAY. ALL RIGHT TEN BEING BAD OKAY. AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THE IS THE FOOD TRUCK PARK. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT FLOODING. IT'S GOING TO MY UNDERSTANDING. IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT RIGHT THERE ON RIVERFRONT PARK. CORRECT. SO AND ALSO IS THE. PORT PORT IS GOING TO BE DOING SOME CONSTRUCTION ON THE BRIDGE THERE. HOW WILL THAT AFFECT AFFECT THE FOOD TRUCK PARK AND CAN THE FOOD TRUCK PARK MAYBE. COUNCILMAN IT I KNOW THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN DECIDED. THAT WOULD BE A PART OF A FUTURE COUNCIL DECISION. OKAY, SO BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD THAT BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT MIGHT REDUCE THE COST. AND THEY MIGHT WANT TO PROVIDE A LOCATION. SO THERE'S I THINK WE'RE THAT'S PART OF THE RFP. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S PART OF RFP THAT THE LOCATION IS TO BE DETERMINED. WE HAVE LISTED TWO POTENTIAL LOCATIONS THAT BEING ONE, ANOTHER ONE BEING OVER AT NEAR CENTENNIAL PARK. AND THEN WE ALSO OPEN IT UP TO ADDITIONAL CITY OWNED PROPERTY. OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS ON THE AIRPORT HANGARS THAT WERE BUILT, WHAT IS OUR WHAT DO WE MAKE? WHAT DOES THE CITY MAKE OFF THE RENTAL OF THESE HANGARS, AND HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL COME IN IF THESE ARE BUILT? MR. MOSIER, DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION? HE'S THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR. OKAY. HE HANGARS. THEY'RE 2.95 A MONTH. AND THE BOX HANGARS ARE BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT. OKAY, THE OTHER PART IS THE FUEL CELLS. THAT'S THE BIGGER PIECE OF THAT EQUATION. MORE AIRCRAFT YOU HAVE. THE MORE FUEL CELLS, ESPECIALLY THE LARGER AIRCRAFT. OKAY. WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE PROFIT OFF OF THAT. AND SO THE MORE LARGE AIRCRAFT WE HAVE IN FOR THE BIG LARGE HANGARS, THE FUEL CELLS GO UP. OKAY. AND OF COURSE, WE BRING ALSO THE BUSINESSES THAT COME IN THAT AS Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THAT SOFT DOLLAR THAT COMES THROUGH THE HOTELS, ALL THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESS COMING IN. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT TRAFFIC OKAY OKAY. PERFECT. SO THAT THAT WOULD BE A 
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MONEY MAKING IT WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ITSELF. YEAH. SO YEAH, THE YOU LOOK AT THE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE ON THE HANGARS AND WORK THE BACK ENGINEER THAT COST INTO IT. BASICALLY IT'LL COVER ITS COST. THE PROFIT DOLLARS COME FROM THE FUEL SALES, OKAY. THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. THAT'S COUNCILMAN TURNER. YEAH. MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT 90% TEX DOT GRANT, YOU KNOW, LIKE. YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF SPEAK UPON. YEAH. AND THAT'S IT'S NOT A FOREVER THING. SO THERE'S AN A J A GRANT THAT HAS COME INTO PLAY, WHICH IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT THROUGH TEX DOT ALL FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR, ALL OF THE FAA DOLLARS COME THROUGH TEX DOT BECAUSE WE'RE A BLOCK GRANT STATE AND THEN COME DOWN THROUGH TO THE AIRPORT. SO TEX DOT GETS TO DECIDE WHERE THOSE DOLLARS GO. AND WE'RE CURRENTLY AT A 9010 SPLIT FOR TWO OF THE GRANTS IN P.E. AND IIJA. SO WE TRY AND UTILIZE THOSE DOLLARS AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND, YOU KNOW, CAPTURE THAT SO WE CAN GROW. BUT, YOU KNOW, LESS COST TO US. AND, MAYOR, MY SECOND THING WAS JUST THANK YOU WITH THE FOOD TRUCK PARK, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SPEAK UPON, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF OUT FOR RFP AND JUST A CLEAR EXPLANATION. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT FOOD TRUCK PART. SO I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT. YEAH, SURE. 
          YEAH, YEAH. COUNCILMAN. ALWAYS SKIPPING OVER ME, MAN. I'VE BEEN KEEPING TIME AND YOU'VE TALKED THE MOST. OKAY, I NOTICED NOTICE PUBLIC WORKS AND THE PARKS ARE DOING WORK AT COLLIER'S FERRY. 
          IS THAT TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS OR ARE Y'ALL WORKING TOGETHER ON THAT OR WHAT? YEAH, THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS. WE'RE GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE DOCK THERE. SO I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON THE TRAILS AND SOME OF THE MORE OF THE PARK AMENITIES. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE ON THE DOCK AND PIER THERE, AND ALSO IN CHIEF WHITE CAN SPEAK TO THIS I STATION TEN ON WASHINGTON BOULEVARD IS AS OLD AS ME AND IT REALLY DOES NEED REPLACING. OF COURSE, I SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER THERE, SO I GOT A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR IT. BUT IT'S A REALLY OLD STATION. IT'S BEEN FLOODED BEFORE. IT HAS ASBESTOS IN IT, THEY HAVE DONE ABATEMENT AND ALL KIND OF STUFF. THE ABATEMENT HAS BEEN DONE ON BOTH STATION TEN AND STATION EIGHT, THEIR SISTER STATIONS THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED IN 1963. STATION FOUR IS CURRENTLY OUR OLDEST FIRE STATION. THE NEXT THE OLDEST FIRE STATION, STATION SEVEN, WHICH IS OUR ONLY TWO STORY STATION. THAT'S LIKE A HISTORIC DEAL THAT'S OVER THERE IN THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT. MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE NEXT STEP TO REPLACE STATION EIGHT AND STATION TEN BECAUSE THEY'RE, AGAIN, BOTH SISTER STATIONS CONSTRUCTED IN 1963, BUT THEY BOTH HAD HAD ASBESTOS ABATEMENT. 
          THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO HAVE AN AIR VAC SYSTEM TO REMOVE DIESEL EXHAUST FLUIDS. THAT'S PART OF OUR PLAN. AND WE JUST FINISHED WITH STATION 14 WITH AN AIR VAC SYSTEM GETTING RID OF CARCINOGENS STATION, BUT THAT WOULD BE NEXT ON THE LIST DOWN THE LINE IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECT, STATION TEN AND STATION EIGHT. OKAY, YOU SAID IT'S BUILT IN 63. BOTH STATIONS ARE SISTER STATION, BUILT IN 1963, SO I'M ACTUALLY A YEAR OLDER THAN A YEAR OLDER. YES, SIR. OKAY, BUT YOU'RE STILL GOING MUCH LIKE THE STATIONS. OH, GOOD. GOOD, GOOD. MY ONLY COMMENT IS I'M. I'M CERTAINLY EXCITED ALSO TO SEE ABOUT THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES AND ADOPTION CENTER. WE GET A LOT OF CALLS AND CERTAINLY PEOPLE LOVE THEIR PETS AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE ANIMALS. AND BEING ABLE TO EXPAND THOSE FACILITIES WOULD HELP OUR ANIMAL CARE. BEAUMONT ANIMAL CARE, WHO DO I THINK A TREMENDOUS JOB MEETING THE EVERYDAY NEEDS OF OUR CITY. AND IT'S A CHALLENGING JOB. SO THANK YOU I AGREE. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. I THINK AFTER THIS NEXT PRESENTATION WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A RECESS. BUT IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION AND WE WILL HAVE LUNCH IN THE FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, NEXT PRESENTATION IS MISS CHRISTINA LOKEY TO DISCUSS DOWNTOWN PROJECTS. YEAH. WE'RE NOT HAVING. THAT. WONDERFUL. MISS TINA, IF YOU'LL START WITH THE NEXT SLIDE. YEAH. ME TOO. I KIND 
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OF EXPECT. THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT TOURISM IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND IN TODAY'S ECONOMY, DEVELOPMENT THAT DOESN'T GENERATE REVENUE ISN'T DEVELOPMENT AT ALL. IN 2024, VISITOR SPENDING IN BEAUMONT REACHED 391,000,008% INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SHOUT OUT TO FRED WILLARD AND THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU TEAM FOR HELPING LEAD THAT SUCCESS. BUT MORE THAN A CELEBRATION OF PAST GROWTH, THIS IS A SIGNPOST FOR OUR FUTURE BECAUSE THE MONEY IS IN TOURISM, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ALL ABOUT GENERATING REVENUE. THE MORE WE REINVEST IN SMART STRATEGIC GROWTH, THE MORE WE EARN AND THE MORE WE CAN REINVEST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR STREETS, AND OUR PEOPLE. THE FY 2026 CIP DOWNTOWN PROJECTS REFLECT THAT PHILOSOPHY. AND THESE AREN'T JUST CAPITAL PROJECTS. THEY'RE ECONOMIC DRIVERS GROUNDED IN THE LONG TERM VISION OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. JUST AS A REMINDER FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL, ONE GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. OBJECTIVE THREE EXPAND RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE OPTIONS FOR ALL. OBJECTIVE FOUR DEVELOP BEAUMONT AS A SPORTS TOURIST DESTINATION. GOAL THREE VIBRANT DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT. OBJECTIVE THREE HAVE A DOWNTOWN HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER. OBJECTIVE FIVE HAVE A MORE ATTRACTIVE AND INVITING DOWNTOWN. AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE THE $391.9 MILLION IN VISITOR SPENDING FOR 2024. AND THINK ABOUT IT. THAT'S WITH OUR CURRENT HOTEL INVENTORY, AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, CONSIDER THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS MADE IN NOT JUST ACTIVATING CVB, BUT IN MARKETING DOLLARS AND THE POWER OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX THAT YOU ALL JUST DISCUSSED, 15%, OF WHICH 6% GOES TO THE STATE. IT'S A REMINDER TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE CONTINUE ON WITH THESE SLIDES. NOW, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND GOING BACK JUST ONE. SO WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE VERY FIRST PROJECT, CITY HALL COURTYARD AND PLAZA RENOVATION. NOW THIS STATE, EXACTLY THE SAME FROM THE LAST CIP, JUST PUSHED ONE YEAR BACK. 
          AS WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE HOTEL OPERATIONS. NOW FOR FY 26 AND FY 28, THE TOTAL WILL BE $1.19 MILLION. THIS REIMAGINES THE PLAZA JUST TO THE LEFT, WITH A WALKABLE SPACE THAT LINKS CITY HALL TO THE RIVERFRONT. IT'S GOING TO ENHANCE CIVIC IDENTITY AND SET THE STAGE FOR FUTURE EVENT PROGRAMING. THE NEXT ONE IS THE CIVIC CENTER RENOVATION. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR FY 26 AND FY 27. AN INITIAL COST OF $300,000 FOR PROJECTED RENDERINGS, AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR WILL BE $24,660,000. IT'S EXCITING TO DISCUSS THIS BECAUSE, AGAIN, THESE FUNDING MAY NOT INCREASE THE ACTUAL FACADE. THIS IS TRULY JUST TO BRING THE CIVIC CENTER BACK TO CODE, AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE CIVIC CENTER WAS DATED BACK TO 1978. AND FOR MANY OF YOU WHO KNOW WITH ALL THE EVENTS WE'VE BEEN THERE, THERE'S ONLY ONE RESTROOM DOWNSTAIRS. SO UNDERSTAND THAT THE COST THAT'S ALLOCATED HERE IS QUITE HIGH. BUT STILL, JUST TO DETERMINE THE CIVIC CENTER INTO A CONVENTION CENTER AND A CONVENTION CENTER IS THE KEY WORD TO THE HB 5012 QUALIFIED HOTEL PROJECT THAT ALLOWS US TO GET BACK THE 6% HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FROM THE STATE, TO PAY OFF THE DEBT FOR THE HOTEL PROJECT. FINALLY, WE HAVE THE RIVER PARK EXTENSION, AND THIS ONE I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. FOR FY 27, IT WOULD BE $693,000 FOR RENDERINGS, FY 28 IS $9.937 MILLION, AND THIS EXPANDS THE EXISTING RIVERFRONT PARK. YES, MOLLY. SO EXCITED. 
          IT'S FINALLY COMPLETE WITH A NEW GREEN SPACE, AN AMPHITHEATER, A SPLASH PAD, AND A PARK. IMPROVED TRAIL SYSTEMS. IT'S BUILT FOR VISITORS BUT MADE FOR RESIDENTS, AND THIS ONE WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO OUR PARK SYSTEM, ADDING SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY TO THE RIVERFRONT PARK AND POTENTIAL DOWNTOWN HOTEL LOCATION. WE HAVE A NEW RIVERFRONT WALKWAY FROM CITY HALL PLAZA, AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO RIVERFRONT PARK IS UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD BRIDGE FROM CITY HALL. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE COMING FROM THE CIVIC CENTER, THERE ARE MANY, MANY STAIRS AND IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE ADA COMPLIANT. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT WE CORRECT IT TO BE AN ADA COMPLIANT ROUTE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, ENABLE STROLLERS AND FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE AREA OF DOWNTOWN AND MAKE THEIR WAY TO RIVERFRONT PARK. IN IT. WE HAVE INVESTED FY 27, $84,000 IN 
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RENDERING, AND FOR FY 28, $1.2 MILLION IN THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. FINALLY, WE HAVE A RIVERFRONT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. NOW, THIS IS PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE, AND IT'S A BRIDGE SPANNING THE RAILROAD TO CONNECT THE FUTURE HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT. WE ARE STRATEGICALLY PLACED THIS INTO THE CIP BECAUSE WE WERE ACTIVELY WATCHING SENATE BILL 1555 THAT WAS JUST PASSED ON MAY 13TH, ESTABLISHING A TXDOT ADMINISTERED GRANT PROGRAM TO FUND RAILROAD GRADE SEPARATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, AND SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BY FINANCING THESE OVERPASSES WITH ONLY A SECURED 10% OF NON STATE FUNDING, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP OUR EYES ON THIS BILL BECAUSE THIS COULD BE POTENTIAL FUNDING FOR OUR LATER, LATER PROJECTS. AND FINALLY THEY SAY A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. SO I'M HOPING THESE FIVE ARE WORTH 40 MILLION. TINA, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT TWO SLIDES. PAGE 45. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO POTENTIAL RENDERINGS OF THE DOWNTOWN RECREATION CENTER. NOW, BEFORE I GET INTO THE FUNDING, I'D LIKE TO FIRST SHOW OFF THE STRATEGIC LOCATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE SEEN THE IMPACT OF THE DOWNTOWN EVENT CENTER. WE KNOW HOW FAR IT'S BEEN BOOKED OUT, AND WE ALL GET TO ENJOY THE AMENITIES OF BEING LAKESIDE. A JUST ADJACENT TO THAT IS A WONDERFUL GREAT LAWN THAT'S A LITTLE OVER TEN ACRES. 
          AND HOW BEAUTIFUL WOULD IT BE TO SEE THIS AS A NEW RECREATION CENTER? LAST YEAR THERE WAS A RECREATION CENTER INTO THE CIP. THERE'S NO SECRET OF THAT. AND WHILE IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE IN A SPECIFIC WARD, THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN CLEARLY STATES AN INCREASE IN LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AND NOT JUST ONE WARD. AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT DOWNTOWN IS FOR ALL OF OUR WARDS, AND DOWNTOWN IS A PLACE FOR ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S LOCATED THREE BLOCKS FROM THE ACTUAL BUS STATION IN DOWNTOWN AND MULTIPLE BUS STOPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN DOWNTOWN, AS WE SEE. SO WE'VE ALLOWED FOR THE AMENITY OF TRANSPORTATION. AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE PROPOSED RENDERING, WE'RE GOING TO GO ONE MORE. JUST KEEP SHOWING PRETTINESS. THERE'S GOING TO BE A POTENTIAL ROCK WALL. OBVIOUSLY IT MAY NOT BE COME TO FRUITION, BUT IT DOES LOOK PRETTY AND IT WAS EXCITING TO PUT. BUT IN THE NEXT SLIDE WE'RE GOING TO SHOWCASE, BASKETBALL AND INDOOR COURTS. WE GOT TO REMEMBER OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE IDEA OF A SPORTS TOURIST DESTINATION. SO IF YOU GO ONE MORE SLIDE, MISS TINA. THANK YOU. WHAT'S SO GREAT IS THAT WE ARE TALKING SIX BASKETBALL COURTS. THIS IS JUST A POTENTIAL RENDERING I'M GOING TO REPEAT. MORE IMPORTANTLY IS AN ESPORTS. IF YOU HAVEN'T OR ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH LEGENDS IN BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, IT'S INCREDIBLE BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT SERVE AS AN ESPORTS FOR THE WEEKEND, BUT DURING THE WEEK, IT ALLOWS FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE A COMPUTER WITH WI-FI ACCESS FOR MINIMAL FUNDING OF MAYBE $5 AN HOUR. WHAT'S EVEN BETTER IS THE FACT THAT LOCAL AGENCIES ARE ABLE TO PROMOTE AND SECURE FUNDING FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY FOR FREE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HUGE AND CATALYTIC IF ABLE TO ASPIRE. IF YOU GO ONE MORE SLIDE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE. WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING BASKETBALL HERE. WE'VE GOT EIGHT SIX BASKETBALL COURTS THAT CAN BE CONVERTED TO 12 VOLLEYBALL COURTS AND 18 PICKLEBALL COURTS. ALSO, IT HAS THE ABILITY TO SERVE AS A BANQUET ROOM WITH 1500 ESTIMATED GUESTS. I LOVE TO SHOWCASE THIS IDEA BECAUSE NOT ONLY WILL IT ANCHOR DOWNTOWN TOURISM AND BOOST OVERNIGHT STAYS, BUT IT'S DESIGNED FOR BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, PICKLEBALL, ESPORTS, GYMNASTICS, CHEER, BATON TWIRLING, AND SO MUCH MORE. ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO GENERATE REVENUE THROUGH TOURNAMENTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND RENTALS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME OFFER OUR COMMUNITY CITYWIDE LEAGUES AND ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL EVENTS JUST LIKE WE DISCUSSED. FINALLY, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WHILE THERE ARE NOT ACTUAL FEASIBILITY NUMBERS DISCUSSED HERE, THERE WILL BE A FULL FLEDGED REPORT GIVEN ON JUNE 25TH TO THE BOND COMMITTEE WHEN THIS PROJECT IS DISCUSSED BY THE SPORTS FACILITIES. A THIRD PARTY VENDOR THAT DOES THIS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND LASTLY, THE VERY LAST PROJECT ON THE DOWNTOWN PLAN IS GOING TO BE THE UNDERGROUND POWER LINE RELOCATION. CURRENTLY, IT'S SLATED AT $339,000 FOR FY 26 AND FOR $4,660,000 FOR FY 27. THIS JUST MOVES KEY OVERHEAD UTILITIES UNDERGROUND TO ENHANCE ESTHETICS AND RELIABILITY. AND HUGE SHOUT OUT TO PAUL BLACKBURN, BECAUSE NOT ONLY HAS HE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THE HOTEL PROJECT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT ENERGY HAS BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT THEY'RE NOT ONLY GOING TO HELP SUPPORT THIS HOTEL PROJECT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING US BUSINESS AS WELL. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO DISCUSS THAT WITH HIM. FINALLY, IF I COULD JUST END WITH THIS, THIS PLAN IS INTENTIONAL. IT 
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REFLECTS THE VALUES OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL, AND IT ADDRESSES QUALITY OF LIFE. THESE INVESTMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERATE NEW REVENUE STREAMS THROUGH TOURISM EVENTS AND DOWNTOWN VIBRANCY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'D LIKE YOU TO REMEMBER THIS BEAUMONT STRATEGIC PLAN OUTLINES A CLEAR DESTINATION A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN AND RIVERFRONT ANCHORED BY A HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER, SUPPORTED BY RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND POSITIONED AS A PREMIER SPORTS TOURISM DESTINATION. I'D LIKE FOR ALL OF YOU TO REMEMBER THAT. THERE WILL BE A TEST LATER. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN TURNER? OFTEN WHEN WE ROLL OUT A BOLD VISION, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE ARE MET WITH IS THE QUESTION OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT? CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO SOME WAYS THAT SOMETHING AS BIG AS A SPORTS COMPLEX? AGAIN, WITH TOURISM, WITH BASEBALL, WE SEE THE TREND. WHAT'S WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. BUT CAN YOU SPEAK TO WAYS THAT THAT CAN BE FINANCED, A POSSIBLE WAYS THAT CAN BE PAID FOR? YEAH. SO FIRST OF ALL, THIS PLAN IS ENGINEERED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION. AND NOT ONLY HAS THIS ADMINISTRATION DONE A KEY CATALYST IN LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITIES DOWNTOWN, THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT NEW REVENUE SOURCES. CURRENTLY, WE ARE IN TALKS WITH THE TEXAS HOTEL LODGING ASSOCIATION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL 2% IN A VENUE TAX AND A 1.5% IN A TEPID A TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS. AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'D HAVE TO ASK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE EDUCATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOND IN OUR TAX RATES THAT YOU'VE ALL DISCUSSED UP HERE. YOU KNOW, IF I WERE TO ASK EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WHO WOULD RATHER PAY WHAT THEY'RE PAYING IN TAXES AND PROPERTY TAXES TODAY IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, AND WHAT THEY'RE PAYING IN 2018, MANY PEOPLE WOULD THINK I'D RATHER PAY FOR 2018 BECAUSE MCDONALD'S WAS $0.99 BACK THEN. AND, YOU KNOW, MUSIC WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S REALLY BECAUSE THE FACT THAT IN 2018 WE WERE PAYING $0.71. SO IF EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WOULD HAVE AGREED TO HAVE PAID FOR WHAT WAS IN THE PROPERTY TAXES IN 2018, TODAY, THAT'S VERY CLOSE TO AN 80 TO $85 MILLION BOND. AND WE'VE ALL GOT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. THIS CITY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SHOWN OF PROGRESSIVE GROWTH, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME, WE WEREN'T INVESTING BACK IN OUR CITY. WE WERE CONTINUALLY DECREASING OUR TAX RATES. AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS BOND ELECTION, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE BOND COMMITTEE, WE'RE TALKING $10 A MONTH. IF $10 A MONTH CAN BRING US $157 MILLION BOND, THEN I KNOW I'M WILLING NOT TO GO TO STARBUCKS ONCE A MONTH. AND THAT'S THE KIND OF TALKS THAT WE NEED TO BE HAVING AND SUPPORTING WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS DOING. I WANT TO SAY THAT STARBUCKS IS $10 A DAY. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST SAVING THAT IN ONE DAY. AND JUST MY SECOND ONE WAS THE RAILROAD. I LOVE THE FACT OF THE ADA COMPLIANT INTEREST IN THE BRIDGE, POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE GOING OVER IT. AND I JUST WANT TO STRESS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A VISION OF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A PLAN, YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING. SO I'M THANKFUL A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS SAY FUTURE CONSIDERATION, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING IT, GETTING AHEAD OF IT, AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE RAILROAD BECAUSE I KNOW HOW COMPLEX IT CAN BE SOMETIMES WHEN DEALING WITH THEM. SO I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. AND JUST YOU MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF $10 A DAY. I KNOW FOR A FACT I GO TO STARBUCKS ALMOST FIVE TIMES A WEEK, SO I CAN DEFINITELY SACRIFICE THAT AS WELL. IF WE CAN JUST TARGET A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE FOR MORE THAN THE $10. YEAH. YES. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AND THEN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ON THE CIVIC CIVIC CENTER RENOVATION. I MEAN, IS THAT TIED TO THE HOTEL? I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IF THERE'S NO HOTEL? DOES IT? ONLY FEASIBLE WITH THE HOTEL? I MEAN, THE RESTROOMS ARE AN ISSUE. I AGREE WITH YOU. SO THE SPECIFICATIONS IN HOUSE BILL 5012 AND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY LOBBIED FOR, SO IT'S ALREADY IN EFFECT IS FOR A QUALIFIED HOTEL PROJECT TO SPECIFICALLY BE WITHIN 1000FT OR WITHIN. SO IT COULD BE CONNECTED OF A CONVENTION CENTER, SPECIFICALLY A CONVENTION CENTER WITH BREAKOUT ROOMS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE LIGHT OF THIS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM MANY YEARS BACK, COMING IN, THOSE CONFERENCE ROOMS AND BREAKOUT ROOMS WERE NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE. AT THE SAME TIME, JUST BEING COMPLETELY HONEST, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CIVIC CENTER, THERE IS A LOT OF LOVE AND CARE AND ESPECIALLY IN THE KITCHEN. AND I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD SEVERAL EVENTS THERE TO SEE SOME OF THE EVENTS, AND EMILY WHEELER IS ALSO HERE, WHO 
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COULD ATTEST TO THE STATE AND CONDITION OF THE CIVIC CENTER? YES, COUNCILMAN. YES, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, THAT COULD BE AN EITHER OR SITUATION TOO, BECAUSE IT COULD. IF THE HOTEL IS DONE, THAT COULD BE A POSSIBLE CONFERENCE CENTER WITH IT. SO YEAH, I MEAN, I WOULD JUST I MEAN, BECAUSE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME UPGRADES NEEDED. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS ONLY IN TANDEM WITH THE HOTEL OR IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LOOKED AT WITHOUT AS WELL. 
          HEY, I'VE GOT TWO. EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY FORGET ABOUT CHRIS. DON'T FORGET ABOUT CHRIS, MAN. 
          DON'T FORGET ABOUT GOING TO GO TO COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, THEN COUNCILMAN. OH, THEN I'LL COME TO YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD, AND THEN I'LL GET TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS, I MEAN, COULD IT BE AN EXXONMOBIL RIVERFRONT PARK? COULD IT BE A DOG ATE RECREATION CENTER? YOU KNOW, HAVE WE SOUGHT OUT CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP AS A WAY TO HELP FUND THESE PROJECTS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO PICK UP THE FULL BLUNT OF IT? I MEAN, IT'S A POSSIBILITY 1,000%. SO WHEN STONEHENGE WAS INITIALLY HIRED ON, THE VERY FIRST THING THEY DID WAS DISCUSS WITH STAKEHOLDERS. AND TO BE FAIR, I CAN TELL YOU PERSONALLY, I'VE DEVELOPED A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM. PEOPLE ARE INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THEY CURRENTLY NEED THIS PROJECT. IF BAPTIST HOSPITAL CAME UP HERE RIGHT NOW, THEY WOULD TELL YOU HOW MUCH THEY NEED THIS PROJECT. 
          RIGHT? AND INCLUDING WITH EXXONMOBIL AND SO MANY OTHERS. BUT I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE REAL IDEA RIGHT NOW IS, IS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS PLAN IS BEING PROPOSED TO YOU. 
          THERE'S THREE PARTS OF THIS DOWNTOWN PLAN PLAN THAT IS GOING TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER. WE'VE GOT THE HOTEL, THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND NOW THIS RECREATION CENTER. AND SO THERE IS A HUGE PART TO PLAY FOR EXXONMOBIL, 1,000% AND ENERGY AND BAPTIST AND SAINT ELIZABETH AND LIT AND LAMAR UNIVERSITY. BUT AGAIN, IT ALL STARTS WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU AND THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE FOR US MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNT. COUNCILMAN DORIA AND I LIKE THE NEW RECREATION CENTER IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT, THEN THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO NEED TWO RECREATION CENTERS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO STILL NEED ONE IN WARD FOUR. I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT, BUT I ALSO KNOW I ALSO KNOW WHAT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO LOOK LIKE. AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO SEE IT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENT INTO THE HOTEL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY SPENT HERE. I MEAN, THINK OF EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO'VE GONE TO THESE TOURNAMENTS BECAUSE OF YOUR KIDS. I MEAN, WHETHER THEY PLAY BASEBALL OR BASKETBALL OR VOLLEYBALL OR. I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST YOU'RE TRAVELING EVERYWHERE, AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PLACES LIKE THIS TO STAY, AND THERE'S NOT MANY THAT HAVE THIS MANY COURTS. COUNCILWOMAN. SURE. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IF Y'ALL DO SOMETHING IN WARD FOUR, Y'ALL DEFINITELY WILL BE DOING SOMETHING IN WARD THREE, WHICH THIS IS WARD THREE, BUT I MEAN NORTH AND SOUTH END. NEVERTHELESS. I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR ENERGY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU'RE GETTING THE BIG WIN WITH THE RECREATION. YEAH, YEAH. IT'S YOUR WARD. YOUR ENERGY FULLY IN WARD THREE. YES, SIR. GO FOR IT. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. YEAH. MAYOR. REALLY QUICKLY AND JUST FOLLOWING UP ON MAYBE THE QUESTION, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, AS AS CHRISTINA MENTIONED, THERE KIND OF THREE, THREE RELEVANT PARTS HERE. WE MENTIONED THE HOTEL, THE CONVENTION CENTER CONVERSION AND THEN THIS NEW, BIGGER, LARGER RECREATION CENTER. AND SO THOSE ARE ALL KIND OF CONNECTED ALONG WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT INTO SOME TIMING, BECAUSE I KNOW THE BOND COMMISSION HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP WITHIN A MONTH. CHRISTINA MENTIONED STONEHENGE. THAT'S OUR HOTEL CONSULTANT. THEY WILL BE PRESENTING TO COUNCIL THEIR FINDINGS THAT COUNCIL CONTRACTED WITH THEM TO DO THE RESEARCH ON FOR THEIR PROPOSAL. SO WITHIN A MONTH, COUNCIL IS GOING TO HEAR FROM THEM. AND ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE BOND COMMITTEE IS GOING TO HEAR THE PROPOSALS FOR DOWNTOWN PROJECTS, WHICH IS A LOT OF WHAT CHRISTINA HAS COVERED HERE THIS MORNING. AND SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THAT JUST AT LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT TWO, THESE KIND OF KEY POINTS WHERE DECISIONS WILL HAVE TO START REALLY BE MADE IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN EVENTUALLY SETTLE OUT WITH THE CIP EVENTUALLY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, I MEAN, THERE'S TALKS OF $10 A MONTH, I'M SURE. WHAT WOULD $10 A MONTH LOOK LIKE? WHAT? HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD THAT JUST ROUGH ESTIMATE? WHAT WOULD THAT TURN INTO? IT IS 157 AND IF YOU GO TO THE BEAUMONT BONDS, I'M SORRY. 157 MILLION. LET ME ADD THE MILLION PART. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT. THE BEST PART IS, IS THAT IF ANYONE AND ANYONE WATCHING THIS LIVE GOES TO BEAUMONT BONDS.COM AND YOU GO TO THE SCHEDULE, IT'S JUST A IT JUST SAYS SCHEDULE. IT TELLS YOU ALL THE NEXT MEETINGS THAT ANYONE IS WELCOME TO 
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ATTEND. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, AT THE VERY BOTTOM YOU CAN CLICK ON TO PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS. AND IF YOU CLICK ON THE LAST PRESENTATION, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE NOT ONLY WHAT $10 GENERATES, BUT EVEN $20 GENERATES. AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING STUFF, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S TWO DAYS OF STARBUCKS, AS YOU SAY. HOW MANY DAYS OF STARBUCKS DO WE NEED TO CUT THEM FOR? FOR VISION 2035? I MEAN, JUST WHAT IS THE TOTAL ESTIMATED THAT THAT WOULD BE A DECISION BY THE VOTERS, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHAT IS THE TOTAL EXPECTED COST OF? I MEAN, IS THIS IT'S $100 MILLION ON JUST THE DEVELOPMENT CIP. LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE CIP, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. CURRENTLY ON THE CIP, IT'S $88.3 MILLION WORTH OF JUST DOWNTOWN PROJECTS. OKAY, I'M NOT SPEAKING ON THE OTHERS, BUT AT LEAST THE PROJECTS THAT I HAVE SHOWCASED SO FAR IS 88.3 MILLION. AND WHILE THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE NECESSARILY THE HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER, WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND TIMING OF EVERYTHING. AND WE'RE AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE HOTEL BOND COMMITTEE AND WITH Y'ALL GETTING MORE INFORMATION FROM STONEHENGE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT TIMING LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO FUNNEL EACH OTHER, RIGHT? PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME AND STAY AT THE HOTEL. IF THEY HAVE A TOURNAMENT, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME AND STAY AT A HOTEL. THEY DON'T HAVE A TOURNAMENT. 
          AND THEN WHEN THEY COME HOTEL, R ABOUT THIS REALLY COOL RECREATION CENTER, AND THEN THEY WANT TO COME BACK. RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE GOAL IS THAT THEY'RE ALL GOING TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER. 
          AND THAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOUR DECISION WILL LEAD LEAD THAT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. YES, MAYOR. JUST REAL QUICKLY, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, THE VISION 2035 IS A BIG, BOLD MULTI-DECADE PLAN. SO YOU'LL NOTICE AS YOU LOOK IN THE CIP, AS YOU HEAR DISCUSSIONS IN THE BONDS, THERE'S A LOT OF ELEMENTS ON THAT BIG, BOLD, LONG DISTANCE, LONG VISION PLAN THAT ARE NOT IN EITHER. SO YES. THANK YOU. SO I'VE GOT I'M SORRY THIS BOND, THAT PROPOSAL THAT MAY HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER. THERE MAY BE. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS IN 40 YEARS 4747 SO MOST CITIES DO THIS, WHAT, EVERY 3 TO 5, 3 TO 5. SO IF YOU'RE SAYING OVER A DECADE OR WHATEVER, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER BOND PROPOSAL IN FIVE YEARS. SO IT DOESN'T ALL HAVE TO BE DONE AT ONE TIME. IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY. CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH, JUST MY LAST. I'M SORRY. WE GOT ONE TIME TO DO THIS. I'M GONNA DO IT. I NOTICE YOU SAID CIVIC CENTER, 1978, AND I SEEN A DOLLAR AMOUNT ALMOST $25 MILLION. WHAT WHAT WHAT HAPPENS IF THE UPGRADES ARE HIGHER THAN NEW CONSTRUCTION? LIKE, COULD THAT BE A POSSIBILITY? I MEAN, AGAIN, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS, YOU KNOW, THE FACADE, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT A BUILDING. I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AND WHILE IT'S GREAT AND ALL, IT'S MUSTER AND IT'S LASTED SO LONG, THE WHOLE IDEA IS THE FUTURE, RIGHT? AND THIS NEW GENERATIONS THAT ARE COMING IN TO TAKE VIDEO AND SHOWCASE THE GRANDIOSE. RIGHT. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LOOKS. AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT INVESTING THIS MUCH MONEY AND NOT MAKING THE MONEY COUNT, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT'S A NEW PROPERTY, RIGHT? YOU WANT THAT INVESTMENT. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY, DO YOU FIX THE CAR? THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, DRIVE IN FIVE YEARS OR DO YOU REALLY DO YOU INVEST IN A NEW ONE? AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY DIFFICULT CONVERSATION, BUT ONE THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE HAD BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS OURS AND THAT RIVERFRONT, I MEAN, IF ANYONE HAS A TIME DURING THE BREAK OR AFTER THIS TO GO LOOK AT RIVERFRONT PARK, YOU FORGET THE RIVER IS THERE. AND THAT'S THE GOAL OF THIS ENTIRE PLAN IS FOR US TO ENHANCE UPON THE NECHES RIVER THAT IS DIRECTLY OFF ONE MILE OFF OF INTERSTATE TEN, AND OUR CITY IS POSITIONED PERFECTLY LOCATED IN BETWEEN ALL OF THAT. I MEAN, WE ARE POSITIONED WE HAVE TO POSITION OURSELVES IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE ARE POSITIONED IN THIS STATE. WELL, GREAT POINT, COUNCILMAN, AND I KNOW THROUGH TALKING TO PEOPLE, THROUGH VARIOUS NETWORKS THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO GET A PART OF, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GETS POINTED OUT IS WHEN YOU BUILD IF YOU WERE TO ABLE TO EXECUTE THE HOTEL AND YOU RENOVATE JUST THE INSIDE OF THAT, YOU'VE GOT A BRAND NEW CAR SITTING NEXT TO A 40 YEAR OLD CAR. AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ESTHETICS MATTER WHEN PEOPLE COME. SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT WAS A GREAT. GREAT PRESENTATION. AND WE'RE GOING TO RECESS HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. COULD WE GET A PROJECTION JUST SO EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL CAN KNOW HOW MANY PRESENTATIONS WILL FOLLOW AFTER THIS? BECAUSE AND IDEA TIME, WE'RE IN A PERFECT WORLD. WE WOULD END HERE AT 1 P.M. BUT YEAH. SO AFTER THIS PRESENTATION WE HAVE STREETS, DRAINAGE, WATER 
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AND SEWER. WATER AND SEWER WILL TAKE THE LONGEST. AND I WAS THINKING A FEW MINUTES AGO, IF WE CAN CONDENSE WATER AND SEWER, I WAS GOING TO ASK MOLLY DURING THE BREAK, SOMEHOW CONDENSE IT BECAUSE THEY WILL TAKE ALL FOUR OF THOSE, WILL PROBABLY TAKE ANOTHER 2 TO 3 HOURS. SO IF COUNCIL WOULD. SHE SAID MIKE IS A CHATTERBOX IF HE CAN, YOU KNOW. BUT BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN WE CAN DISCUSS IF WE CAN. WATER AND SEWER HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS. IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN GROUP THEM AND MAYBE SUMMARIZE THEM OR ASK COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC ONES, WE CAN GO THAT ROUTE. AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A QUORUM, WE CAN CONSIDER EXTENDING IT AS WELL TO GET THE INFORMATION. AND WITH THE BOND ADVISORY, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE SECOND ONE. I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE FIRST ONE. AND YOU CAN I BELIEVE THEY'RE RECORDED SO YOU CAN WATCH THEM LATER, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE A LOT OF DETAIL ON THOSE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEES. THE BUT WITH THAT, WE'LL BE RECESSED FOR LET'S ATTEMPT TO BE BACK HERE BY YEA NOON 12:00. SO 26 MINUTES. WE'LL SET A RECORD HERE IF WE DO THAT. SO. 
          WE NEED TO DO ROLL CALL. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I'M ON TOP OF THE GAME. MAYOR WEST PRESENT MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM TURNER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HILLIARD HERE. 
          COUNCILMEMBER. WILLIAMS. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHERWOOD AND COUNCIL MEMBER. CRENSHAW. ABSENT. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATIONS, PLEASE? YES, MAYOR. WE WILL BE CONTINUING WITH MISS MOLLY VILLARREAL, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. AND SHE'S GOING TO COVER THE WATER PROJECTS AND SHE'S GOING TO SUMMARIZE THE PROJECT. SHE'S NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. AND BUT IF THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS YOU WANT HER TO COVER, SHE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY. I'M ALREADY GETTING APPLAUSE, I LOVE IT. I KNOW. OKAY, SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMAN DARIO ASKED EARLIER, I JUST WANTED TO MY BACK OF THE NAPKIN TOTAL OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE COVERING TODAY IS 147 FOR ALL THE PROJECT WORK SHEETS THAT ARE IN HERE IN THE PROJECT BOOKS, NOT 147 WATER PROJECTS. NO. OF THOSE WE HAVE 43. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TOP PART OF THE LIST OF PAGE 47. AND SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF LUMP THESE PROJECTS AS BEST AS I CAN TOGETHER. AND REALLY WHAT OUR CIP REPRESENTS IS OF COURSE, HURRICANE HARVEY IN 2017 EXPOSED A LOT OF ISSUES IN OUR WATER PRODUCTION AND WATER CONVEYANCE SYSTEMS. AND SO SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, WE WERE ELIGIBLE FOR A LOT OF GRANT FUNDING, PRIMARILY THROUGH FEMA, SOME WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD PROJECTS. ALSO TO THE CONDITION ASSESSMENTS. SO WE ENGAGED A CONSULTING ENGINEER WHO PERFORMED A AN EVALUATION OF OUR WATER PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND GAVE US LIKE A TEN, 15 YEAR LIST OF PROJECTS TO IDENTIFY. SO ALL OF THE CRITICAL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED UP TO THIS POINT, OR THEY'RE BEING WRAPPED UP AFTER THAT. NOW WE'RE KIND OF WORKING INTO. SO THOSE WERE LIKE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE RED LIGHT STOP. YOU GOT TO DO THIS WORK. SO NOW WE'RE KIND OF MORE IN THE YELLOW ZONE ON CERTAIN PROJECTS. AND I CAN POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY WHICH ONES THOSE ARE AS WELL. SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST 12345 PROJECTS. AND THESE ARE OUR ANNUAL ONGOING PROJECTS THAT WE DO. THE DEAD END FLUSHING WATER PRODUCTION SYSTEM REPAIRS, WATER LINE REPLACEMENT AND TRANSMISSION LINE REHABILITATION. SO THESE ARE EVERY YEAR. THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, FOR ASSETS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE IN EXCESS OF A 20 YEAR SERVICE LIFE. SO THEY QUALIFY FOR THIS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM. 
          OH, AND ALSO NEGLECTED TO POINT OUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECTS ARE FUNDED EITHER THROUGH THE REVENUE BONDS OR GRANTS. YOU WON'T SEE UNTIL ON THE NEXT SLIDE. WHEN WE GET THERE, SOME PROJECTS THAT WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR GEO BOND FUNDING. SO AFTER THE ANNUAL PROJECTS, THEN WE START GETTING INTO THE NEXT GROUP. SO WHEN YOU SEE BUNDS, CANAL OR LAWSON'S CANAL 
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PROJECTS, THOSE ARE OUR CONVEYANCE SYSTEMS THAT ARE DELIVERING WATER FROM THE NECHES RIVER TO THE PINE STREET WATER TREATMENT PLANT OVER THERE RIGHT NEAR I-10. SO THE BUNDS CANAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IS GOING TO GO INTO DESIGN IN 2026. EXPECT CONSTRUCTION IN 2027. THE HURRICANE HARVEY HAS IMPACT MADE IMPACTS TO IT, PLUS A LOT OF THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT FLOODS. SO WE'RE REALLY PRIMARILY GOING TO RESTORE THE CHANNEL TO ITS ORIGINAL CROSS-SECTION AND ADD A SCREEN TO CAPTURE ALL THE VEGETATION. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, THEN THE RAW WATER PUMP STATION, THIS $30 MILLION PROJECT IS FOR FY 25. IT IS SCHEDULED TO FINISH THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THIS IS THE LARGE PUMP STATION PROJECT AT COLLIER'S FERRY PARK. SO WE SHOULD BE WRAPPING, GOD WILLING, WRAPPING THAT UP HERE THIS FISCAL YEAR. VERY, VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THERE IS A PARTNER PROJECT TO IT FURTHER DOWN THE LIST, A PINE STREET RAW WATER LINE, RAW WATER DELIVERY LINE FOR $23 MILLION. THIS IS ANOTHER GRANT FUNDED PROJECT AS PART OF THE RAW WATER PUMP STATION. SO THE PUMP STATION WILL BE READY, BUT WE CAN'T PUT IT INTO SERVICE UNTIL THE RAW WATER DELIVERY LINE IS CONSTRUCTED. AND THAT IS THAT 48 INCH WATER LINE THAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING DOWN PINE STREET. SO THAT'S THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE CONNECTED. SO ONCE THAT ONCE THE RAW WATER LINE IS ABLE TO BE PUT INTO SERVICE, WE CAN TURN ON THE NEW PUMP STATION AT COLLIER'S FERRY PARK. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THEN WE CAN TAKE LAWSON'S PUMP STATION OUT OF SERVICE AND DO ALL THE NECESSARY REPAIRS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN TO THAT. SO AFTER THAT, ANOTHER IMPORTANT GROUP OF PROJECTS IS OUR LEAD AND COPPER. PROGRAMS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE EPA, MANDATED THAT ALL LEAD SERVICE LINES MUST BE INVENTORIED. THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, WE HAD TO ALSO INVENTORY BASICALLY HAD TO INVENTORY ALL THE MATERIAL PIPES. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR LEAD LINES, WHICH WE HAVE FOUND EXCEEDINGLY FEW, THANK GOODNESS, BUT ALSO TWO GALVANIZED LINES BECAUSE WE IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO VERIFY THAT THE GALVANIZED LINE IS WAS NEVER DOWNSTREAM, EXCUSE ME OF A LEAD LINE, THEN YOU MUST REPLACE THE GALVANIZED LINES AS WELL. SO IT'S A THESE TWO PROJECTS. ONE IS THE FIELD INVESTIGATION. THE NEXT IS THE ACTUAL SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT ARE A COMBINATION. SO YOU SEE THE TWO COLORS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS. AND THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S REVENUE BONDS AND GRANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE TWO PROJECTS. ALSO BACK TO LAWSON'S PUMP STATION. THERE'S AN EMBANKMENT, REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, THE SHORELINE ALONG COLLIER'S FERRY PARK WAS STABILIZED AFTER HURRICANE IKE. NOW, THE PORTION IN FRONT OF THE ACTUAL PUMP STATION ITSELF NEEDS TO BE STABILIZED. AND THAT IS WHAT THAT PROJECT IS THERE. WE HAVE TRANSMISSION LINE INSPECTIONS. WE HAVE TWO LINES THAT COME FROM OUR GROUNDWATER PRODUCTION FACILITY AT IN HARDIN COUNTY THAT CONVEY WATER TO THE NORTH END OF OUR SYSTEM, AND WE WILL BE PERFORMING. THIS IS ONGOING. OUR INSPECTIONS OF THE PIPES. THESE ARE INTERNAL INSPECTIONS USING SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TO PERFORM THAT. THE ORANGE AVENUE WATER MAIN REHABILITATION, YOU KNOW, RAILROADS ARE ALWAYS IN THE NEWS WITH US. WE HAVE A LARGE DIAMETER WATER LINE THAT CROSSES FIVE RAILS ON ORANGE AVENUE. AND THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED FOR BID, WILL REPLACE THAT SECTION OF WATER LINE THAT IS MADE OUT OF CAST IRON. DUCTILE IRON HAS HAD A SERIES OF LEAKS, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THE RAILROAD. SO THIS THIS PROJECT WILL REPLACE THAT SECTION OF LINE. THEN YOU'LL SEE SEVERAL PROJECTS POND STREET RESILIENCY LINE, THAT IS A LINE THAT ONCE THE RAW WATER DELIVERY LINE GOES INTO PLACE, WE WILL CONSTRUCT WE PLAN TO CONSTRUCT THIS RESILIENCY LINE, PART OF OUR INVESTIGATION. AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY IDENTIFIED THAT WE NEED ANOTHER LINE TO LEAVE THE PINE STREET WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND CONNECT TO THE 
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DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. AND ONCE THESE OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, THAT'S WHEN WE PLAN TO KICK OFF THIS RESILIENCY LINE. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THERE ARE SOME WATER LINE PROJECTS ON THE NEXT PAGE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE THESE OTHER LARGE LINES THAT HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE SINCE THE DAY THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED, TAKE THEM OUT OF SERVICE, INSPECT THEM, AND POSSIBLY THEN REPLACE THEM. SO WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR FUTURE WE HAVE THOSE SECTIONED OUT PROJECTED OUT IN OUR TIMELINE, SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE LATER IN THIS LIST. SO THE PINE STREET WATER PRODUCTION PLANT PROJECTS, THERE IS A SERIES OF THEM. THE ONLY NEW ONE OUT OF THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING RENOVATION. SO THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IS ORIGINALLY BEGAN CONSTRUCTION IN THE 20S AND THEN HAD AN EXPANSION IN 1949. SO DUE TO THIS EXTENSIVE AGE, THE THERE'S A LOT OF FINISHES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE'S DUCT WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, ASBESTOS THAT NEEDS TO BE ABATED. DIDN'T KNOW THAT ASBESTOS COULD BE USED TO GLAZE A WINDOW. BUT HERE WE ARE. AND SO THIS PROJECT ENCOMPASSES THAT LONG LIST OF REPAIRS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A SAFE WORKING PLACE FOR OUR WATER PLANT OPERATORS. THIS FACILITY IS MANNED 24 HOURS A DAY. THIS IS OUR SHELTER DURING A STORM. SO FOR OUR WATER PRODUCTION PERSONNEL. AND SO THIS THIS PROJECT WILL GREATLY IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES. THE CHEMICAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND THE FINAL CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AT THE NEXT MEETING. 
          AN IMPORTANT ONE I WANT TO POINT OUT IS OUR CHLORINE DIOXIDE. INJECTION PROJECT. SO FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR, WE HAVE HAD A SERIES OF ISSUES WITH DISCOLORED WATER IN OUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND WE ENGAGED A CONSULTANT WHO SPECIALIZES IN WATER ISSUES, AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE CHANGE OUR CURRENT DISINFECTION FROM USING CHLORINE GAS TO CHLORINE DIOXIDE. IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SETUP, AND THAT IS UNDER THAT PROJECT IS ONGOING. IT'S A LONG LEAD TIME FOR THE EQUIPMENT TO BE DELIVERED, BUT IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. AND SO ONCE WE DO THIS CONVERSION OVER TO THE CHLORINE DIOXIDE, IT WILL ALLOW THE IRON AND MANGANESE TO BE PRECIPITATED OUT OF THIS, OUT OF THE WATER FROM THE NECHES RIVER BEFORE IT GOES TO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. SO CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW WE SEQUESTER THE WATER, THE IRON AND MANGANESE AND IT CAN ACCUMULATE IN OUR PIPES. AND THEN YOU GET A LEAK OR YOU A VALVE GETS CLOSED OR THERE'S A FIRE, THE WATER, THE STEADY STATE OF THE WATER SYSTEM CAN BE DISRUPTED, CAUSING THE DISCOLORED WATER. AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A SUBSEQUENT TO OUR PROJECT GOING IN AND CONTINUING TO FLUSH OUT THE IRON AND MANGANESE FROM THE SYSTEM. WE FIRST HAVE TO STOP ADDING IRON AND MANGANESE INTO THE WATER. 
          GOD BLESS YOU. SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT. WE HAVE HAD OUR EYE ON IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT BEING COMPLETED. THERE'S OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WATER PLANT GENERATOR IMPROVEMENTS, SKATER CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS. SOUTH MAIN DRAIN. SO THEN THERE ARE OUR STORAGE TANKS. WE HAVE ENGAGED. WHEN BART AND I CAME TO PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER PRODUCTION, WE IMPLEMENTED A ROUTINE CYCLE OF CLEANING AND REHABILITATING OUR ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THESE STAIR STEPPED INTO THE FUTURE. THE ONE THAT IS ABOUT TO GO TO ADVERTISE FOR BID IS SOUTH TANK, WHICH IS AT SOUTH OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD AT ON HARRIET STREET. AND THEN AFTER THAT IS OUR NORTHWEST TANK, WHICH IS THE ONE ON EAST LUCAS FISCAL YEAR 27. AND THEN THERE'S STORAGE TANKS IN HARDIN COUNTY THAT ARE LOEB STEEL TANK, OUR LOW GROUND STORAGE TANK, AND THEN ALSO THE DISHMAN ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. SO ALL OF THESE ARE SCHEDULED. THESE ARE REHABILITATIONS. THESE ARE NOT THE ROUTINE BIANNUAL CLEANINGS THAT WE DO. SO WE INSPECT ALL OUR TANKS ANNUALLY. WE GET REPORTS ON THAT. AND BUT NOW WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO STAGE OUR 
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FUTURE REHABILITATIONS. NEXT SLIDE. AS I MENTIONED, THESE PINE STREET WATERLINE REPLACEMENTS ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR WILL BE SUBSEQUENT TO THE RESILIENCY LINE BEING CONSTRUCTED. FUTURE. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE FUTURE PROJECTS NOW IS MORE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WATER PRODUCTION PLANT, MORE STORAGE TANK REHABILITATION, ADDING AN ADDITIONAL PIPELINE UNDER THE NECHES RIVER TO SUPPORT OUR HAVE GIVE US REDUNDANCY IN THE WATER THAT WE GET FROM THE NECHES RIVER TO OUR PINE STREET WATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND THEN THERE'S SOME FUTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALSO TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE SERVICE AT THE WATER PRODUCTION PLANT. SO THEN WE HAVE WHAT WE IDENTIFY AS OUR WATER FOR STREET PROJECTS. SO THE TEX-DOT I-10 PROJECT IS PROJECTS. HAVE WATER AND SEWER COMPONENTS AS WELL. THESE ARE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS. AND SO THESE BUT IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT. SO WE END UP HAVING TO PAY FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO DO THEIR WORK. AND IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 90 TO 180 DAYS BEFORE WE GET OUR REIMBURSEMENTS BACK. SO THAT HAS TO THE ACCOUNT HAS TO BE IDENTIFIED. AND THAT IS IN OUR THROUGH OUR WATER REVENUE FUNDS. AND SO THOSE TOTALS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR THE CURRENT PRICING THAT WE HAVE FROM THE CONTRACTORS. AND THEN THE NEXT THREE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE ROADS THAT WOULD BE EXTENDED. ONE IS THE DOWLEN EXTENSION, AND IT'S BROKEN INTO TWO PHASES FOR CLARITY'S SAKE RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS FROM COLLEGE ALL THE WAY TO I-10. AND THEN THE POINT PARKWAY NORTH EXTENSION, WHICH WOULD CONNECT NORTHWEST PARKWAY TO HIGHWAY 105. SO THOSE ARE SET OUT FOR FUTURE. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THIS WORK WOULD ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. IF THE VOTERS DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTING THOSE ROADS. IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS, THAT'S NOT THE ROADS. THAT'S THE THIS IS JUST THE WATER PORTION, SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST THE WATER WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND MICHAEL, PRESENT THE SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. YEAH. ALL THE WAY. I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN COLLEGE STREET TO INTERSTATE TO INTERSTATE TEN. YEAH. WE YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN TURNER, I KNOW WE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE WATER PORTION, BUT I JUST GOT A COUNCIL MEMBER. I GOT A QUESTION FROM COUNCILMAN HEALY, AND I KIND OF WANT TO KIND OF EXPLAIN IT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IN BEAUMONT, IT'S CLEAR THAT WE'RE GROWING THE MOST IN THE WEST END. AND I THINK WE DON'T REALLY HAVE WE RUN OUT OF ROOM ON DARLING. YOU SEE IT? IT'S BLOWN UP. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF SHOWING THAT IT'S POTENTIALLY A POSSIBILITY THAT WE NEED TO PROBABLY EXPAND IN THAT DIRECTION, WHICH IS IN YOUR WARD. YEAH. JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN IT. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN DURYEA, I KNOW THIS IS JUST FOR THE PIPING PORTION. YOU. LAST I HEARD US TALK ABOUT IT, THEY SAID THAT'S THE TOTAL PROJECT IS LIKE, $35 MILLION PROJECT. IS THAT CORRECT? WHEN YOU EXTEND, DARLING ALL THE WAY TO INTERSTATE TEN. YEAH. ONCE WE TOTAL EVERYTHING UP AND I CAN. I DON'T HAVE IT TOTALED IN MY BRAIN AT THE MOMENT, BUT I CAN GET THAT NUMBER TOTAL FOR YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT'S EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SEE Y'ALL IN A BIT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. HARRIS. 
          MIKE HARRIS, WATER, WASTEWATER UTILITIES DIRECTOR. RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WAS TOLD I COULDN'T BE CHATTY, SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF. I DID WANT TO SAY COUNCILMAN DARIO. MAN, I WAS FEELING BAD FOR YOU WHEN I WAS COMPARING YOUR AGE TO THE FIRE STATIONS. SO JUST TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER, YOU'RE WAY YOUNGER THAN SOME OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. OKAY? YES, SIR. OKAY, SO BASICALLY, I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE WASTEWATER PROJECTS. AND IN THE SAKE OF TIME, I'VE KIND OF LUMPED THEM UP INTO SOME SOME DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WE COULD GO OVER. OF COURSE, THE FIRST TWO THAT'S ON THE LIST, THERE ARE ANNUAL PROJECTS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. IT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPEND EVERY YEAR. AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL TO KNOW, LIKE THE ANNUAL COLLECTION SYSTEM RENEWAL, THIS IS WHERE THE PIPE BURSTING OR THE SEWER 
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MAIN REPLACEMENT COMES IN. THIS IS WHERE WE DO OUR SEWER EVALUATION WORK, THE TELEVISING, THE CAMERA AND THE LINES, THE CLEANING, THE LINES, SMOKE TESTING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          LIKE I SAID, THIS ALL COMES UNDER THAT ANNUAL COLLECTION SYSTEM RENEWAL, THE ANNUAL LIST, STATION REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO KEEP OUR LIFT STATIONS ON MAJOR ISSUES, PUMPS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IF IT'S A MAJOR REPAIR, $50,000 OR MORE, IT WILL COME OUT OF THE CIP LINE ITEM HERE. THE NEXT THING JUST TO TOUCH ON IS LIKE THE DOWNTOWN SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, HARRIET STREET LIFT STATION, THE LIFT STATION, ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS, ALL THE LIFT STATION, THE PERMANENT GENERATORS. THAT'S A NEW PROJECT. I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS THE NEW PROJECTS IN A MINUTE. WHILE AVENUE C LIFT STATION REHABILITATION AND THE FLORIDA AVENUE INTERCEPTOR. THE THINGS ABOUT THESE PROJECTS HERE, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT IN THE COLLECTION SYSTEM. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE THE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND HELPS THE CITIZENS BE ABLE TO FLUSH DURING RAINS. LIKE I SAID, I KNOW THAT'S A BIG ISSUE, A BIG DEAL. SO THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING OUT IN THE SYSTEM TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. JUST A LITTLE SEWER 101. YOUR SYSTEM IS HOOKED INTO A GRAVITY. IT'S GRAVITY FED. THE LINES COME FROM THE HOUSES INTO GRAVITY MAIN, AND THE GRAVITY MAIN GOES TO THESE LIFT STATIONS. AND BASICALLY THE LIFT STATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO PUMP IT EITHER FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH TO ANOTHER LIFT STATION OR STRAIGHT TO THE WASTEWATER PLANT. SO LIKE I SAID, THE LIFT STATIONS ARE PRETTY VALUABLE IN THE SENSE THAT THAT'S WHAT MOVES THE WATER OUT OF OUR COLLECTION SYSTEM ALL THE WAY TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THIS HARRIET STREET LIFT STATION, IT'S OLD LIFT STATION. IT'S OUTDATED. THE CONTROLS ARE OUTDATED. IT'S PRETTY MUCH A TOTAL RESTORE OF THIS STATION. AND SAME THING WITH THE WALL AND AVENUE C LIFT STATION. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. THE HARRIET LIFT STATION IS GETTING A NEW WET, WELL, NEW CONTROL ROOM, EVERYTHING. WE'RE WALLING AVENUE C, THEY'RE JUST GETTING UPGRADE ON THE ELECTRICAL CONTROL ROOM, NEW PUMPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO USE THE SAME WET WELL THAT'S IN PLACE. LET'S SEE. THE OTHER STUFF THAT'S ON HERE IS MORE STUFF THAT'S HAPPENED AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ITSELF. ONE THING TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT GENERATOR AND ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS. IF YOU REMEMBER, BACK IN 2023, WE HAD A FIRE AT OUR BUILDING, BURNED SOME ELECTRICAL CONTROLS UP. THE MAIN CAUSE THAT WE COME UP WITH IS BECAUSE THESE ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ARE IN SUCH A HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT WITH THE SEWER GASES, AND IT CAUSES A LOT OF CORROSION, CORROSION ON THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS AND LINES. SO THIS PROJECT THAT'S BEEN ONGOING SINCE THEN, WE'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING A NEW ELECTRICAL CONTROL ROOM THAT'S OUT OF THAT BUILDING, OUT OF THAT ENVIRONMENT. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN ONGOING AND WE'RE MOVING ON PRETTY GOOD WITH IT. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS TO POINT OUT ON AS FAR AS THE WASTEWATER PLANT IS THE POND THREE REHABILITATION. AND I THINK THERE'S A POND TWO REHABILITATION. YEAH, IT'S ON HERE ON THE NEXT PAGE. BUT THESE ARE PONDS THAT WE USE TO HELP WITH OUR TREATMENT PROCESS. IT WORKS AS FAR AS WE ELIMINATE THE AMMONIA AT THE TREATMENT PLANT. 
          SO THESE PONDS ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE ACTUALLY CLEANED OUT, SLUDGE REMOVED AND NEW AERATORS PUT IN THAT. WE HAVE POND THREE SLATED FOR 2027. AND I THINK POND TWO IS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT. YES, MA'AM. SO LIFT STATIONS AND FLUSHING AND RAINING IS A BIG DEAL IN WARD THREE. I NEED SOME MORE CLARITY ON. SO HOW MANY LIFT STATIONS OR I GUESS IN AND AROUND ARE THEY ALL OVER THE CITY, OR ARE THEY MORE CONCENTRATED IN CERTAIN AREAS, OR HOW DOES IT WORK? WE HAVE 77 LIFT STATIONS ALL OVER THE CITY. OKAY. WARD THREE THINKING RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WITHOUT JUST SITTING GOING THROUGH THEM ALL. I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT LIFT STATIONS. ONE OF THE MAJOR OMER, WHICH IS OVER OFF OF PRIMER AND. 
          OH, WHAT'S THAT STREET, MONTY? COME ON. YEAH, I KNOW, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE STREET 
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THAT RUNS. PRIMER ASTER. THAT AREA. THERE'S. WE HAVE A LIFT STATION THERE. OKAY. MY QUESTION ALSO IS OR CERTAIN LIFT STATIONS IN NEED OF MORE REPAIR THAN OTHER LIFT STATIONS. HAVE WE IDENTIFIED THOSE AND HOW ARE WE PRIORITIZING WHICH LIFT STATIONS OR PUMP STATIONS ARE BEING HANDLED FIRST OR WHAT? WE HAVE OLDER LIFT STATIONS, AND WE HAVE SOME OF THE LIFT STATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST THAT'S BEEN REHABBED ALREADY. SO WE ALWAYS TRY TO TAKE THE OLDER LIFT STATIONS, PRIORITIZE THEM IN THE UPDATING THEM. ONE OF THE EXAMPLES I CAN GIVE IS THIS THE ELECTRICAL LIFT STATIONS, ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS. IT'S THREE SMALLER LIFT STATIONS, BUT THE ELECTRICAL CONTROLS IN THEM, THE TECHNOLOGY IS OUTDATED. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY COME IN AND CHANGED OUT THE ELECTRICAL CONTROLS IN IT TO A MORE MODERN, MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE TECHNICAL ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEM IN IT. SO LIKE I SAID, WE DO TRY TO TACKLE THE OLDER ONES FIRST. 
          COUNCILMAN HILL, YOU. HOLD THE WATER IS PENETRATING. THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING THE TOILETS TO FLUSH. AND SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS DO SMOKE TESTING TO FIND OUT WHERE ARE OUR LEAKS ARE. I MEAN, AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO KNOW. YOU CAN PUT IN 100 LIFT STATIONS, BUT IT'S THE IT'S THE RAINWATER THAT'S PENETRATING THE PIPES WHICH IS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS. AND SO WE NEED TO DO SMOKE TESTS SO WE CAN FIND AND GENERALLY LOCATE THE, THE AREAS THAT ARE OF, OF, OF MOST CONCERN I WOULD BELIEVE. YES, SIR. I AGREE WITH YOU 100%. AND THAT'S WHAT THE ANNUAL COLLECTION SYSTEM RENEWAL. IT DOES COME WITH THAT BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM IN MY WARD WITH PEOPLE FLUSHING WHEN IT RAINS AND IT COMING UP IN THEIR BATHTUBS OR THEIR NEIGHBORS FLUSHING. IT'S COMING UP IN THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S BATHTUBS. AND SO SMOKE TESTING IS ONE OF THE TOOLS IN THE TOOL CHEST TO EVALUATE THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. THERE WAS A THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM MASTER PLAN THAT WAS PERFORMED BY LAN. SINCE AS THE AS THE MASTER PLAN WAS BEING PRODUCED, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME MAJOR SOURCES OF INFLOW. AND NOTICE I DON'T EVEN SAY INFILTRATION, JUST INFLOW. AND SO THE MASTER PLAN DOES NEED TO BE RECALIBRATED BECAUSE OF THESE REPAIRS HAVING BEEN MADE. SMOKE TESTING CAN CAPTURE THE LARGEST AREA AT YOU GET THE MOST MILES, MOST FEET PER DOLLAR WITH THE SMOKE TESTING. BUT THERE'S WE'RE ALSO GOING TO WE'RE TALKING TO A CONSULTANT TO HELP US OR WE'RE ADOPTING AN ONBOARDING RIGHT NO, AN ASSET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE TO HELP US TO MANAGE ALL OF THE DATA COLLECTION THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS OF OUR SEWER EVALUATION REPORTS OF ALL OF THE TV SMOKE TESTING AND RECORDS THAT WE HAVE. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, TALKING TO THIS OTHER CONSULTANT THAT SPECIALIZES IN THAT TYPE OF WORK SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT INVESTIGATING THE SAME LOCATION TWICE AS WELL, AS WELL AS TALKING TO ANOTHER CONSULTANT THAT SPECIALIZES IN PERFORMING OPTIMIZATION STUDIES OF THESE LIFT STATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OPERATING OUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS IT CAN BE. SO WE'RE WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT ALL THAT. AND SO MOST ALL OF THOSE TASKS WILL FALL UNDER THE ANNUAL COLLECTION SYSTEM RENEWAL. OKAY. AND I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. AND I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COUNCIL CAN LOOK AT LATER, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HOOKED THEIR GUTTER SYSTEMS AND THEIR POOL SYSTEMS ILLEGALLY, UP TO THE WASTEWATER, UP TO THE SEWAGE, WITHOUT THE CITY'S KNOWLEDGE. AND, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ADDRESS AS A COUNCIL, PART OF SOMEONE BUYING A NEW HOME, THAT SOME TYPE OF TEST IS DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVEN'T ILLEGALLY HOOKED THEIR THEIR SYSTEMS UP TO THE SEWER. AM I CORRECT IN THAT? I KNOW YOU PROBABLY RUN INTO THAT A LOT. RECENTLY, BEFORE THE ELECTION, THERE WAS A LADY THAT MY PREDECESSOR HAD BROADCAST ON FACEBOOK ABOUT HER SEWAGE BEING PROBLEM, AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE THAT SHE HAD ILLEGALLY HOOKED HER, HER SYSTEM UP TO THE WASTEWATER AND CAUSED ALL THE PROBLEM IN THE, IN THE, IN THE VERY BEGINNING. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY THAT THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE ARE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES AND THEY'RE NOT ILLEGALLY HOOKING UP TO OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM AS WE FIND THOSE, AS MIKE'S CREWS UNCOVER THOSE, OR AS THEY WERE UNCOVERED DURING THE MASTER PLAN, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DISCONNECT THEIR SYSTEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE WALKED IN SEVERAL BACKYARDS IN IN YOUR WARD AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, 
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STEPPED INTO SEWER CAVITIES WHERE THEIR YARD LINES ARE, YOU KNOW, STILL WIDE OPEN. SO THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED TO THE GUTTER, BUT THEY ARE COLLECTING THE RAINWATER WHICH IS CAUSING BRANCHES AND TREES AND PINE NEEDLES AND EVERYTHING THAT SHOULDN'T GO INTO THE SEWER LINE. AND THAT IS CAN ALSO BE A MAJOR HAZARD AND CAUSE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MOLLY SAID ABOUT THAT, THE THING YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT, IF WE'RE OUT REPLACING THE SEWER MAIN, SAY IT'S A CONCRETE MAIN THAT WAS PUT IN THE GROUND IN 1950 AND THE MAINS DETERIORATED BEYOND, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIFE, RIGHT? WE REPLACE OUR SEWER MAIN, WE PUT NEW TAPS IN, BUT ALL THE SERVICE LINES AT THE HOUSES THAT ARE ON PRIVATE, THEY'VE BEEN UNDERGROUND SINCE 1950 AS WELL. YES. AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE JUST AS DETERIORATED AS OUR, AS OUR MAIN IS, YOU KNOW, BUT YET AS THE WATER DEPARTMENT, WE REALLY HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY OR WHAT CITIZEN HAS. I'M AWARE OF THAT. I, I BOUGHT MY HOUSE AND HAD TO REPLACE ALL MY LINES TOO. SO I KNOW AT ONE TIME IT'S BEEN SAID THAT THE EPA ESTIMATES ABOUT 40% OF ALL THE INFLOW COMES FROM PRIVATE SERVICE LINES. OKAY, SO. THANKS, MOM. ANYTIME. THANK YOU. HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? SO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF JUMP BACK TO SOME OF THE FUTURE PLANS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SOME OF THE WASTEWATER ACTIVATED PLANT OR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ACTIVATED SLUDGE PHASE ONE. OF COURSE, Y'ALL KNOW WE HAVE THE WETLANDS THERE. CATTAIL MARSH. CATTAIL MARSH IS PART OF OUR TREATMENT PROCESS AS WE TREAT THE WASTEWATER THROUGH OUR PLANT. AND IT GOES THROUGH THE ENTIRE TREATMENT PROCESS. 
          ONE OF THE LAST THINGS IT DOES, IT GOES THROUGH ALL THE CELLS AT CATTAIL MARSH TO REMOVE THE AMMONIA OUT OF THE WATER. THAT'S THE MAIN PURPOSE OF IT. BY HAVING THIS ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANT. IT WILL REMOVE THE AMMONIA ACTUALLY, BEFORE IT GETS TO CATTAIL MARSH, IT WOULD ALMOST MAKE CATTAIL MARSH NOT NECESSARY FOR SEWER TREATMENT. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE. THE CHLORINE TREATMENT PLANT, CHLORINE CONTACT CHAMBER WALLS. CINDER BLOCK WALLS. THAT'S WHERE OUR CHLORINE. WE ADD OUR CHLORINE TO IT. AND IT'S GOT TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DETENTION TIME. AND IT BASICALLY RUNS THROUGH CHANNELS, THE CINDER BLOCK WALLS, THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE, LITTLE AGED. SO WE PUT THAT IN THERE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE MAY END UP HAVING TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT A LITTLE LATER ON. THE DRYING BEDS REHABILITATION. WE HAVE JUST REDONE FOR DRYING BEDS WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THESE FOUR DRYING BEDS, THEY'RE HOLDING UP GOOD FOR US, BUT WE'RE LOOKING IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE MAY WANT TO ADD SOME MORE DRYING BEDS IN REHAB SOME, AND ALSO IT TALKED ABOUT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, POND NUMBER TWO, REHABILITATION. SAME THING WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH POND THREE GOING THROUGH THERE, PUMPING OUT, CLEANING SLUDGE OUT, RESHAPING THE BOTTOM, PUTTING NEW AERATORS IN. AND FINALLY ONE WE TALKED ABOUT WETLAND IMPROVEMENTS. IT'S A NEW PROJECT, A NEW PROJECT THAT JUST CAME ON THIS YEAR. WE MAY END UP HAVING TO GO THROUGH AND REDO SOME OF THE SALES, REPLANT THEM WITH THE BULL RUSH, RESHAPE THEM, BECAUSE WE DID SEE A LOT OF CHANNELING IN THE SALES BACK IN 23 WHEN WE HAD THE DROUGHT AND THE WATER LEVELS REALLY DROPPED OUT THERE. SO WE REALLY NEED TO ELIMINATE THAT. CHANNELING A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO ALSO DEPEND ON WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLAN, AND ONCE WE FIND OUR FINDINGS ON THAT MASTER PLAN, IT WOULD DEFINITELY GIVE US A GOOD DIRECTION ON WHICH WAY TO GO. THAT'S KIND OF HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE PROBABLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. 
          JUST A COMMENT. JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT COUNCILMAN HILLIARD AND COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD SAID, I'M JUST GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC. THE JEFFERSON'S AREA, CHARLTON-POLLARD AREA AND AMELIA AREA. AND WHEN I SAY THE JEFFERSON'S, YOU KNOW WHICH FAMILY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? LUFKIN STREET. YES. YES, THAT'S THE AREA. I JUST WANT A LITTLE TLC ON. SURE, SURE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THAT AREA WORKING, SO. YES. 
          COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH LIFT STATIONS? I MEAN, ARE WE ARE WE ENOUGH LIFT STATIONS? I MEAN, THE THING WE THINK I THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THIS. OKAY. EVERY DAY, EVERY AVERAGE DAY THAT THERE'S NO HEAVY RAINS, THE SYSTEM WORKS FINE. YOU KNOW, WE GET STOPPAGES, BUT IT'S USUALLY PAPER STOPPAGES, GREASE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THE ONLY ISSUES 
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THAT YOU SEE WHERE YOU HAVE CITIZENS THAT CAN'T FLUSH IS DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE INFLOW OF THE RAINWATER GETTING INTO OUR SYSTEM. IT INUNDATES THE SYSTEM. 
          THE LIFT STATIONS CANNOT MOVE THE WATER OUT OF THE SYSTEM FAST ENOUGH, YOU KNOW. BUT LIKE I SAID, AS FAR AS SAYING NO, WE NEED MORE LIFT STATIONS OR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM WORKS FINE. YOU KNOW, DURING NORMAL AVERAGE DAYS, EVEN HEAVY DAYS, THAT WORKS FINE. 
          IT'S JUST IT'S JUST THESE HEAVY, HEAVY RAIN DAYS IS WHEN WE SEE THE ISSUES. IT IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETIMES WE HAVE MORE HEAVY RAIN DAYS THAN OTHERS, YOU KNOW? SO ONE THING THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS TODAY, BUT SOMETHING TO INVESTIGATE, I KNOW FOR FUTURE, AS YOU WERE POINTING OUT EARLIER WITH THE OUR SEWER LINES, WHEN THEY GET REPLACED, IT'S USUALLY THE HOMES HAVE. 
          MANY OF THEM MAY HAVE THEM THAT SAME AGE. SURE. IN TERMS OF HOW OTHER CITIES OUR AGE BECAUSE THERE'S HOMEOWNERS OUT THERE THAT DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO REPLACE THOSE. AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN KNOW OF THE WATER INTRUSION AND IT CAN BE A 30% PROBLEM, BUT THE CITY DOESN'T PAY FOR PEOPLE'S INDIVIDUAL LINES. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS ON HOW OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE AGED AND THAT'S OCCURRED. SURELY WE'RE NOT THE FIRST AND HOW THEY DEALT WITH IT. AND PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN INVESTIGATE TO SEE IF THERE'S BEEN ANY CITIES THAT HAVE COME UP WITH GOOD SOLUTIONS FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T HOMEOWNERS DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. CITY CAN'T PAY FOR THINGS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          SO AM I SAYING I ADD TO THIS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE I AND I, THE INFLOW AND THE INFILTRATION. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM THAT'S JUST ISOLATED. IN BEAUMONT. EVERY CITY WITH A SEWER SYSTEM HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I MEAN, I WORKED AT A CITY NOT FAR FROM HERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEIR SYSTEM IS RELATIVELY 25 YEARS OLD, 30 YEARS OLD, RELATIVELY NEW. THAT SAME PROBLEMS WITH I. AND I JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE DO. SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT ISOLATED TO JUST BEAUMONT. IT'S A IT'S A SYSTEM. I MEAN, A PROBLEM WITH ANY SYSTEM THAT YOU RUN INTO, COUNCILMAN TURNER. AND LASTLY, FOR MR. MANAGER, AGAIN, WE HAVE A FAIRLY OVER 50% OF A NEW COUNCIL. EVEN WITH PIPE BURSTING. CAN WE GET THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER SOME OF THE INFORMATION OF HOW MUCH MONEY AND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE? A LOT OF THIS PIPE BURST AND THE SMOKE TESTING IT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE LIKE THE STRIDES AND WHAT WE'VE DONE FINANCIALLY TOWARDS THAT. YEAH, MIGHT BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE A WORKSHOP WHERE WE JUST WORKSHOP THAT ITEM WHEN YOU CAN GET THAT DIRECT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ERRORS AND WARS AND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE SPECIFICALLY TO HELP THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT. THANK YOU. I GET A LOT LESS THAN WE DID. I DO WANT TO MENTION ONE THING REAL QUICK ABOUT THE WASTEWATER, ESPECIALLY COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD'S AREA. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE BLOOMBERG HARVARD DATA TRACK STUFF, AND WE'VE GOT SOME INTERESTING STUFF COMING UP OVER IN THE NORTH END THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO. SO AND I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT'S A GREAT REPORT. AND ALSO I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCILMAN HILLIARD SAID, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT IT IS IMPROVED GREATLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO, AND WE'LL PROBABLY ALWAYS. BUT BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, BUT IT IS REASSURING TO ME THAT THE WORK THEY'RE DOING IS HAVING AN IMPACT, BECAUSE PEOPLE EVEN CALL ME AFTERWARDS AND SAYING, HEY, IT'S FIXED. I'M SO HAPPY. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CELEBRATE THAT, THAT HAVE HAD PROBLEMS. I COULD SAY, COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, WHENEVER I STARTED AT OPERATIONS MANAGER AT WATER UTILITIES, THE FIRST HEAVY RAIN WE GOT, I HAD OVER 80 SEWER CALLS, AND I WAS SCRATCHING MY HEAD WONDERING WHAT I GOT MYSELF INTO TODAY. 
          WHEN WE HAVE HEAVY RAINS, WE MAY END UP AROUND 30. SO WE'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE. BUT IT'S STILL JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO FOR THOSE 30. IT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WHEN I KNOCK ON THE DOOR, THEY GRAB ME AND SAY, I WANT MY TOILETS TO FLUSH. AND SO I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. I WANT THE TOILETS TO FLUSH, TOO. 
          WE ALL WANT TO. I DIDN'T PROMISE ANYTHING. I SAID, I DIDN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES. I APPRECIATE YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND I HOPE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING. I MAY BE MAKING SNIPPETS OF THIS TO AIR SO THAT JUST SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING AND WE'RE NOT 
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NEGLECTING TO ADDRESS CERTAIN ISSUES OR CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN OR CERTAIN PROJECTS OR UNDERWAY, BECAUSE THAT MATTERS. IT DOES. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN, AND I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS, BUT YOU SAID THAT THE REASON THAT THE TOILETS DON'T FLUSH IN HEAVY RAIN IS BECAUSE OF THE INFLOW RAINWATER INFLOW INTO THE SYSTEM. AND IT'S CAUSED BY HOLES IN THE PIPES, THE INFLOW SEPARATIONS IN THE PIPES. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CORRECT WHEN YOU DO THE PIPE BURSTING? CORRECT. WE'RE ACTUALLY INSTALLING NEW MAINS. OKAY. SOME OF THE THINGS WE ACTUALLY COULD ACTUALLY RUN INTO IN CONCRETE PIPES, OLD ONES, THE WHOLE TOP OF THE PIPES GONE FROM THE SEWER GAS, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S IT DIDN'T RAIN JUST GETS IN IT. OKAY. THAT'S WHERE THE SMOKE TESTING WOULD GIVE US AN IDEA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MIKE. YEAH. THEY SAID IF THEY DID A SMOKE TEST, IT'D LOOK LIKE. OKAY, SO BACK AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT OUR STREET PROJECTS. 
          SO BEGINNING WITH FOURTH STREET ROADWAY. SO FOURTH STREET IS COMPLETE AND BUT THE, THE LAST 6.5 MILLION HIT THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT IS WHY IT'S INCLUDED. BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT IS ROLLING OFF. AFTER THAT WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL STREET REHAB PROGRAM. AND THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND WHERE WE PAY FOR OUR CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTER REPAIRS, OUR CONCRETE PAVEMENT REPAIRS, ASPHALT OVERLAY PROJECTS ARE WHAT WE CALL OUR PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROJECTS, WHICH IS KIND OF A THIN OVERLAY OVER A RELATIVELY RECENTLY REHABILITATED ROAD TO PRESERVE ITS LIFE. CRACK SEALING IN BOTH ASPHALT AND CONCRETE TO PRESERVE THE LIFE OF THE ROAD. 
          BRICK SIDEWALK REPAIRS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENTS AND PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT. SO ALL OF THOSE ITEMS HIT THIS LINE ITEM. PRIOR YEARS WAS 11 MILLION. PRIOR YEAR FOR FY 25 WAS $11 MILLION FOR FY 26. WE'RE REQUESTING THAT BE INCREASED TO $13 MILLION. AND WE'VE ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION. INFLATION REALLY IS THE DRIVER ON THIS. WE PERFORMED A PAVEMENT CONDITION STUDY OF THE ENTIRE CITY. AND YOU CAN GO ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY. AND SO IT COLOR CODES THE ROAD SEGMENTS BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD. AND THERE THAT CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDATION IS 13. TWO YEARS AGO WAS TO SPEND $13 MILLION PER YEAR. AND THAT IS TO CONTINUE OUR CURRENT RATE OF GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE OVERALL ROAD CONDITION. SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT BIG LINE, LINE SHARE OF OUR ROAD REHAB. WE HAVE OUR BRIDGE REPAIRS. THE LOCATIONS ARE CITYWIDE. TEX-DOT PERFORMS INSPECTIONS EVERY TWO YEARS OF OUR OFF SYSTEM ROAD BRIDGES AND THEN MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REPAIRS. WE HAVE A CONTRACT CURRENTLY TO START MAKING THESE REPAIRS. THESE WERE THE SMALLER SCALE REPAIRS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GROUP THE BRIDGES TOGETHER INTO A SINGLE CONTRACT. WE EXPECT THAT WORK TO BE FINISHED THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND CAME IN AT $1.9 MILLION. ANOTHER BIG CONVERSATION ITEM IS OUR ANNUAL SIDEWALK REPAIRS FOR FY 25. WE'RE USING THAT FUNDING TOWARDS OUR ROAD SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF BEAUMONT UNITED HIGH SCHOOL. FOR FY 26. WE WILL BE USING SOME OF THAT MONEY TO CONSTRUCT NEW ACCESSIBILITY RAMPS ALONG HIGHLAND IN CONNECTION WITH THE HIGHLAND AVENUE ROADWAY REHAB PROJECT, AS WELL AS MAKING REPAIRS AND IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY ON OUR CURRENT SIDEWALK SYSTEM. WE DON'T HAVE A SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN AS OF YET, AND SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE OUR CURRENT SYSTEM. ONCE A SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN THAT IS COMPREHENSIVE OF THE ENTIRE CITY AND IS ABLE TO GET INPUT FROM CITIZENS FOR THE AREAS THAT THEY ARE ADVOCATING FOR, IT IDENTIFIES THE PEDESTRIAN GENERATORS, YOUR SCHOOLS, YOUR MEDICAL FACILITIES, YOUR COMMERCIAL AREAS, AND THOSE AREAS THAT NEED NEED IMPROVED WALKABILITY. THAT MASTER PLAN WILL IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECTS, PRIORITIZE THOSE PROJECTS, AND 
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THEN WE CAN GO TO WORK AND WORK THROUGH THAT PLAN. AFTER THAT IS OUR NEXT MAJOR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS HIGHLAND AVENUE. THE DESIGN IS JUST ABOUT COMPLETE. WE, AS PART OF THE ENGINEERING, WE ENGAGED A CONSULTANT TO INVESTIGATE THE STORM SEWER. SO WE WERE TRYING TO WE'RE LEANING INTO THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE NUMBERS OF CHANGE ORDERS ON THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. SO WE'VE ENGAGED THE CONSULTANT TO TELEVISE THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM ALONG HIGHLAND AND FOUND THAT THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM WAS IN NEED OF ATTENTION. SO THERE'S SOME POINT REPAIRS THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE CONTRACT, BUT ALSO TO THAT. WHAT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS IS THAT THE STORM LINES DOWN HIGHLAND WERE AT LEAST 50% FULL OF SEDIMENT AND MUD, GREATLY IMPACTING HOW EFFICIENTLY THE STORMWATER COULD BE DRAINED OUT OF THAT AREA. SO THE CONTRACTOR CLEANED THESE PIPES, RESTORED THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE STORM SEWER. SO WE HAVE HAVE IMPROVED HIGHLAND ALREADY BEFORE WE'VE EVEN STARTED DOING THE ROADWAY WORK. 
          BUT WE ARE SCHEDULED TO ADVERTISE THE PROJECT LATER THIS SUMMER, AND THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE US FROM CARDINAL DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. SO IT WILL TAKE HIGHLAND TO ITS END BEHIND STARBUCKS. WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT STARBUCKS, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NICE NEW ROAD BEHIND STARBUCKS. BUT ALSO WE WILL RESTORE THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS WHERE HIGHLAND BECOMES IRVING AND GOES TO WASHINGTON BOULEVARD AND INCREASE IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY AND IN ALONG THAT ENTIRE ROAD. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT KICKING OFF AFTER THAT, WE'RE STARTING TO WORK ON OUR MAJOR DRIVE AT NORTHWEST PARKWAY. PROPOSED TRAFFIC SIGNAL. SO THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR FY 26. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IMPROVING THE SAFETY AT THAT INTERSECTION. 
          AFTER THAT, WE START GETTING MORE INTO OUR FUTURE ROADWAY PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS REHABILITATION PROJECTS. SO AVENUE A, WHICH TAKES US FROM COLLEGE TO WASHINGTON AVENUE A SOUTH OF WASHINGTON, WAS REHABILITATED AS PART OF THE WASHINGTON PHASE ONE PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE AVENUE A PHASE ONE PROJECTS. SO THIS JUST CONTINUES THAT ROADWAY ALL THE WAY UP TO COLLEGE STREET. WE HAVE A TRAFFIC AND NETWORK FIBER REPLACEMENT DOWN COLLEGE. THE CITY HAS A FIBER LINE THAT CONNECTS DOWNTOWN TO OUR FACILITIES ON THE WEST END OF TOWN. WATER UTILITIES, PARKS. AND THAT FIBER LINE IS ON POWER POLES SUBJECT TO GETTING HIT BY DRIVERS IN A CRASH CAN KNOCK OUT OUR INTERNET SERVICE TO THOSE OFFICES. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S AT LEAST ONE FIRE STATION THAT ALSO IS OFTEN IMPACTED BY THESE OUTAGES. THIS PROJECT WOULD BURY THOSE SECTIONS OF LINE AND IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY OF THAT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. WE'VE INCLUDED FOR FUTURE FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, THE CITY WIDE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN. SO THE WORK THAT I JUST DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY, THIS WOULD BE THAT THAT COST TO PERFORM THAT MASTER PLAN. WE HAVE SOME BRIDGES, SPECIFIC BRIDGES, HIGHLAND AVENUE, CALDER AVENUE, BRIDGES THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR FUTURE REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENTS AND WOULD WIDEN THE ROADS, ESPECIALLY FOR CALDER THAT IS ONLY 22FT WIDE. SO THIS WOULD GIVE US SOME MORE ROOM. IT WOULD BE A 40 FOOT WIDE STRUCTURE SO THAT NOW WE CAN HAVE SAFE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AS WELL. AND THAT BRIDGE AFTER THAT WE HAVE BROADWAY. BROADWAY IS ONE OF THOSE ROADS THAT HAS SET ON THE CIP FOR A LONG TIME. WE'RE TRANSITIONING IT TO A TIMELINE NOW TO REBUILD IT. BROADWAY IS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE DUE TO THE TREES IMPACTING THE ROAD. AND BUT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON GETTING THAT ONE DONE. AFTER THAT. YOU'VE GOT PARK STREET FROM COLLEGE TO MLK. THAT IS A HEAVILY USED ROAD WOULD RESTORE IT. PECOS STREET, THIS IS A 
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PROJECT THAT ENTERED THE CIP WHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL WAS STILL A HIGH SCHOOL, AND THIS WOULD GO FROM THIRD STREET TO JAGUAR. IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REBUILD AS WELL. 
          ALSO TOO, BECAUSE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL OAK TREES THAT HAVE IMPACTED THAT ROADWAY. CARROLL STREET AND SYCAMORE STREETS NEXT TO EXXONMOBIL. THESE ARE CITY STREETS THAT HAVE HEAVY, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE, NEW TO THE CIP. NOW WE'RE IN THE FUTURE. WE DON'T HAVE THESE SCHEDULED YET. 
          COLLEGE STREET COLLEGE, POOR THING IS TAKEN. IT WAS ALREADY IN ROUGH SHAPE AND IT'S TAKING A BEATING NOW WITH THE I-10 PROJECT AND THE INCREASED TRAFFIC. THIS WOULD REHABILITATE COLLEGE FROM I-10 TO MAIN STREET. SO IT WOULD DO NEW ASPHALT OVERLAY TO GOLIAD AND THEN FROM GOLIAD WHERE IT BECOMES CONCRETE. WE WOULD DO PAVEMENT REPAIRS TO CONCRETE REPAIRS, AND THEN ALL NEW STRIPING DOWN THAT ROAD. DOUCET IS ANOTHER ROAD ASSOCIATED WITH EXXONMOBIL AREA IN THE CHARLTON-POLLARD NEIGHBORHOOD TO RESTORE IT, BECAUSE IT HAS REACHED THE END OF ITS SERVICE LIFE DUE TO THE HEAVY TRAFFIC. AND THEN WE GET INTO THE PRICING FOR THE DOWLEN ROAD EXTENSION. SO. THAT WAS NOT THE COST I HAD. SO FOR THE STREETS AND DRAINAGE PORTION OF DOWLEN FROM COLLEGE TO WALDEN, THAT'S 25, ALMOST $25.2 MILLION. AND THEN THE FROM WALDEN TO I-10 IS ADDITIONAL $9.3 MILLION. THE DIFFERENT THE REASON WHY IT'S SO DIFFERENT IS IN THE PORTION SOUTH OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. I'M SORRY IT I FORGOT WHERE IT WAS. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE WHERE THAT WHERE IT CROSSES THE LNVA CANAL. THERE'S ALSO DH SIX HAS CONSTRUCTED A NEW DITCH. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A BRIDGE TO CROSS OVER BOTH OF THOSE FACILITIES AT ONE TIME. NEXT. AFTER THAT, WE ALSO HAVE THE DOWLEN ROAD REHABILITATION. 
          SO THAT WOULD RESTORE THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT FROM COLLEGE ALL THE WAY TO CONCORD. AND THAT'S ESTIMATED AT $5.5 MILLION. EAST LUCAS ROADWAY REHABILITATION. YOU KNOW, THAT'S PORTION FROM MAGNOLIA TO PINE IS NARROW WITH ROADSIDE DITCHES. AND THE PROJECT WOULD REPLACE THAT ASPHALT PAVEMENT AND WIDEN THE TRAVEL LANES BY A FOOT EACH WAY. DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT EVERY BIT OF THAT WIDTH MAKES A DIFFERENCE. WE'RE HAMSTRUNG BY THE DITCHES IN THIS, BUT IT WOULD IMPROVE THAT ROAD. GLADYS STREET FROM DOWLEN TO I-10. SO WE REPLACED THE WATER LINE DOWN THERE ALONG THIS STRETCH OF ROAD DUE TO FROM LUCAS TO DOWLEN. IN RESPONSE TO THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF DISCOLORED WATER ISSUES THERE. AND NOW, THIS WOULD BE THE PAVEMENT RESTORATION FROM DOWLEN ALL THE WAY TO I-10. THE JIM GILLIGAN ROADWAY REHAB THAT IS, FROM MLK TO JIMMY SIMMONS. THIS IS A CONCRETE ROAD, FOUR LANES. IT'S AN ARTERIAL ROAD. 
          SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON IT AS WELL. AND IT IS IN NEED OF REPAIRS. A NEW PROJECT ALSO IS THE AREA ALONG DOLLINGER ROAD AT NORTH SEVENTH STREET, WHERE THE CONCRETE PLANT, MODERN CONCRETE IS LOCATED. THAT ROAD HAS TAKEN A BEATING FROM THE TRUCKS SERVICING THAT FACILITY, AND SO THIS WOULD REPAVE THE ROAD FROM NORTH 11TH STREET DOWN ALL THE WAY TO COTTONWOOD TO SAINT HELENA, AND THEN RESTORE NORTH SEVENTH STREET FROM DOLLINGER TO THE I-10 FEEDER ROAD. NATURE STREET, SIMILAR TO THE PARK STREET. THIS WOULD ALSO GO FROM COLLEGE TO MLK. WE HAVE REHABILITATION OF AVENUE C, AND THIS WOULD GO FROM HARRIET ALL THE WAY TO THE RAILROAD AT CROCKETT STREET. ALMOST THERE. THEN WE HAVE THE POINT PARKWAY NORTH EXTENSION AT $5.5 MILLION. 
          THIS IS THE ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE PORTION THAT WOULD CONNECT NORTHWEST PARKWAY TO HIGHWAY 105. AND THEN WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR A. A GRANT AS WELL TO HELP FUND THIS. 
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BUT THE CITYWIDE SCHOOL ZONE SIGN IMPROVEMENTS. SO THIS WOULD IMPROVE ALL OF THE SIGNAGE FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOL ZONES. BRING THEM ALL UP TO CURRENT CODES. IT WOULD BE UNIFORM. THEY WOULD ALL HAVE SOLAR POWERED ASSEMBLIES. AND IN ORDER TO BUILD AND CLOUD BASED MONITORING OF THOSE FIXTURES SO THAT IF WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE, WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE QUICKLY. SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN HILLIER, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I HAVE A QUESTION, MIKE. YEAH. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS ASKED A LOT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THAT HAS TO DO WITH PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD BE THE SIDEWALKS FROM GLADYS STARTING DOWN AND MAYBE GOING DOWN TO LUCAS BECAUSE OF THE KIDS THAT ARE LEAVING. MARSHALL AND SALLY CURTIS ARE HAVING TO LITERALLY WALK IN THE BIKE TRAILS. AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S A CONCERN FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES. AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF MAYBE THAT WAS A SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN THAT WAS IN THE WORKS, OR IS THAT EVEN BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT? IT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR FUTURE SCHOOL ZONE INTERCONNECTIVITY IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN THAT THE CITY WIDE ONE. AND SO THAT ALL, ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS CAN BE RECEIVED AND MEASURED BY THE CONSULTANT, ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC INPUT, AND HAVE THOSE TOWN HALL MEETINGS PROCESS ALL THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE PROJECTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. 
          COUNCILMAN DARIO, THEN COUNCILMAN TURNER AND COUNCILMAN, I NOTICED YOU SAID ON PARK STREET FROM COLLEGE TO MLK. BUT WHAT ABOUT PAST MLK? LIKE, FROM THERE ALL THE WAY TO CARDINAL DRIVE ON PARK STREET? I MEAN, THE FLORIDA CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE IT IN THE PROGRAM, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THE CHECKED IT RECENTLY. BUT I GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THAT STREET. IT'S PRETTY BUSY STREET. IT IS, IT IS. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. WHEN THEY PUT IN THAT LARGE DIAMETER GAS LINE. I THINK THAT THAT CAUSES A LOT OF DISRUPTION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT OKAY. THAT'S ALSO WHERE THEY HAD WHERE A PARK IN FLORIDA INTERCEPT. THEY HAD TO GO UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACK. THEY HAD TO DO EMERGENCY REPLACEMENT THERE. IT WAS COVERED WITH A PIECE OF METAL FOR YEARS. HEY, WE FINALLY FINISHED THAT ONE. YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN TURNER, MISS MOLLY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. TWO THING. 
          THE RAILROAD TRACKS ON LUCAS STREET. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF SENIORS HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT OR HOW WE LOOKING ON THAT. CAN WE GET AN UPDATE ON THAT? I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. SO TXDOT AND BNSF RAILROAD, IT'S A TEXTILE PROJECT, WHICH SOUNDS ODD BECAUSE THAT'S AT LEAST LUCAS IS NOT A TEXTILE ROAD, BUT THEY HAVE PREPARED THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS. THEY'RE COORDINATING WITH BNSF RAILROAD, AND THEY REACHED OUT TO US FOR CONCURRENCE ON THE PROJECT. WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON THEM FOR MANY YEARS. WE HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE FUNDING TO. BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE RAILROAD. THEY'RE GOING TO REDO ALL THE PANELS ON THAT RAILROAD CROSSING WHEN THEY DO, BECAUSE OUR REQUEST WAS TO EXTEND THOSE PANELS LONGER SO WE CAN BUILD THAT SIDEWALK AND CONNECT IT. I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY LOST SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE HAD MADE THAT REQUEST, BUT THEY DID. HERE WE ARE. BUT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT. AND SO WE HAVE COMMITTED TO CONSTRUCT THAT SIDEWALK. SO AS SOON AS THEY LET US GO DO THE WORK, WE'RE GOING TO GO DO THAT WORK. YOU CAN BRING ME TO THE NEXT MEETING WITH YOU. I'LL GIVE THEM A LITTLE PRESSURE. BOTH OF US. YEAH. MY SECOND, MY SECOND QUESTION IS. COUNCILMAN SHERWOOD, I APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT TO SHERWOOD. I APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT TO ME, BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET FOR OUR CIP, SHE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT STREETS AND HOW THEY WERE IDENTIFIED AND WHERE THEY WERE LOCATED. AND I TOLD HER, YOU CAN FIND THOSE NUMBERS AND THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN THE CIP. SO CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW DO WE EVEN COORDINATE WHICH ONE OF THESE STREETS ARE PRIORITY? I KNOW WE HAVE THE MACHINE, BUT I WANT TO EXPLAIN IT TO THE NEW PEOPLE. AND THE SECOND THING IS JUST EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE HOW THEY CAN LOOK AT THE CIP. AND YOU CAN SEE SPECIFICALLY WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE ITEMIZED BEFORE YOU DO THAT. THIS IS THAT $20.5 MILLION NOTICE THAT WE MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ARE LISTED THERE, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY THOSE RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP. YES OKAY. GOOD 
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JOB. YES MA'AM. GOT SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT. YES MA'AM. SO WE THERE'S TWO PLACES YOU CAN LOOK. SO OF COURSE ALWAYS OUR CIP IS PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT AND GO INTO THOSE PROJECT WORKSHEETS AND, AND GET, GET A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE LIMITS OF THE PROJECT AND WHAT THE GENERAL SCOPE OF WORK WILL BE AFTER THAT. THEN HOW DO HOW DO WE CONSIDER PROJECTS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS TO ADD TO THE CIP? AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. OUR SOULS ARE PROBABLY SOME OF THE MOST ADVERSE TO HAVING SMOOTH ROADS THAT THIS BEAUMONT GUMBO CLAY IS JUST TERRIBLE. SO WE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS WE HIRE A CONSULTANT TO GO DO A PAVEMENT CONDITION. AND SO THEY HAVE THEIR TRUCKS WITH THEIR CAMERAS, THEIR IMAGING AND, AND SENSORS. SO AS THEY'RE DRIVING ALONG, THEY'RE FEELING THE ROUGHNESS OF THE ROAD. THEY'RE TAKING IMAGES OF THE ROAD. THEY'RE IDENTIFYING THE CRACKS, THE POTHOLES, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. AND THEN THEY SCORE ALL EVERY SEGMENT OF ROAD IN OUR SYSTEM, WHICH IS OVER 600 CENTERLINE MILES OF ROAD THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND THERE IS A COLOR CODED MAP. IT'S CALLED OUR PCI MAP. SO IF YOU GO ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, GO TO PUBLIC WORKS. THERE'S A MENU AND YOU CAN SEE PAVEMENT CONDITION STUDY, AND THERE'S A STORY MAP THAT SHOWS YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT DOES A GOOD ROAD LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES A FAIR ROAD LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES A POOR ROAD LOOK LIKE. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN GO INTO THAT MAP AND YOU CAN CLICK AROUND AND LOOK AT ANY ROAD THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AND SEE WHAT COLOR WAS ASSIGNED TO IT. YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT SEGMENT AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT SEGMENT'S SCORE WAS, OR YOU CAN GET THE SCORE FOR THAT STRETCH OF ROAD. 
          AND SO THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN HOW WE EVALUATE IT. IT DEPENDS ON THE USAGE OF THE ROAD. IS IT A MAJOR ARTERIAL? IS IT A COLLECTOR OR IS IT A LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREET? YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR LOCAL STREETS, THEY'LL BE SEEN IN THE ANNUAL STREET REHAB PROGRAM. BUT IF IT IS AN ARTERIAL MAJOR COLLECTOR, THEY USUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN IDENTIFIED PROJECT SEPARATELY. 
          ALSO AT ANY POINT, ALSO ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UNDER PUBLIC WORKS, YOU CAN LOOK AT MAPS OF OUR STREET REHAB, CONCRETE REPAIRS, PAVEMENT PRESERVATION. I'M SURE DAVID'S GOING TO LET ME KNOW I'M MISSING ONE, BUT YOU CAN CLICK ON THOSE MAPS AND IT'S JUST A GOOGLE MAP THAT'LL POP UP AND IT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ROADS THAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE 2020. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET A COMPLAINT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HAVEN'T TOUCHED MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN FOREVER. AND YOU CAN CLICK ON THERE AND SEE THAT WHAT WE WERE, WE DIDN'T REPLACE THEIR ROAD, BUT WE DID. THEIR NEIGHBOR BEHIND THEM ROAD FIVE YEARS AGO. AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION. IT'S THERE ALL THE TIME. EVERY TIME WE ISSUE A NEW CONTRACT, WE UPDATE THESE MAPS SO THAT WE CAN BE. SO WE CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION THERE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, COULD YOU EXCUSE ME EXPLAIN THE KIND OF WHAT THE ANNUAL STREET REHABILITATION REHABILITATION PROGRAM CONSISTS OF AND MAYBE WHAT LED TO THE TO THE 20% INCREASE? ARE WE DOING SOME SOME MORE PROJECTS OR. THIS IS TO MAINTAIN. SO PREVIOUSLY WE WERE DOING ABOUT $8 MILLION WORTH OF WORK A YEAR. AND UNFORTUNATELY ASPHALT HAS GONE CRAZY. IN A NUTSHELL, EVEN OUR LIMESTONE PRICES HAVE DOUBLED. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN OIL DID ITS THING, ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID, THAT'S REALLY WHAT DISRUPTED OUR PRICING. AND SO WHAT USED TO COST $100 A TON OF ASPHALT? WE'RE NORTH NOW OF $200 A TON. 
          SOME OF THESE SMALLER PROJECTS, WE DON'T LIKE TO BID SMALLER PROJECTS BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE THOSE PRICES. WE SAW ANOTHER AGENCY BID A SMALL PROJECT, AND THEIR PRICING ALMOST HIT $300 A TON IN ASPHALT. AND SO BY DOING VOLUME PROJECTS, WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE. BUT THIS IS DIRECTLY IN RESPONSE TO, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, LABOR WAGES HAVE INCREASED, BUT REALLY IT'S THE MATERIALS. OKAY. SO JUST THE NEW COST OF DOING BUSINESS, IT IS, IT IS. AND ALSO TOO, THERE IS NO LONGER ANY COMPETITION FOR ASPHALT IN IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SO WHEN THERE WAS THIS ONE 
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SUPPLIER THAT HE SOLD HIS BUSINESS TO GULF COAST OR WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED TODAY, THAT WAS IT. SO NOW ALL OF THE ASPHALT MATERIALS ESSENTIALLY COMING FROM THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I GOT ONE MORE. THIS WILL BE QUICK. THIS WILL BE 151. YES. SO NOW WE'RE IN DRAINAGE. SO YOU WILL SEE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS. AND THAT IS A REALLY COMES FROM THE FACT THAT THE CITY TAKES CARE OF THE CITY'S DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. BUT THEN WE CONNECT TO DRAINAGE DISTRICT SIX. DRAINAGE DISTRICT SIX IS THE ONE WHO OWNS AND MAINTAINS THE LARGE DRAINAGE CHANNELS. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT THAT DISTINCTION COMES FROM. AND SIX IS A GREAT PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND THEY'VE GOT SOME PROJECTS THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED WE CAN GET YOU CONNECTED WITH SIX TO THEY CAN EXPLAIN THEIR PROJECTS. BUT FIRST ON OUR LIST IS OUR CITY WIDE DITCHING PROGRAM. SO WHEN WE STARTED IN PUBLIC WORKS IN 2020, WE REALIZED THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT NEED TO MUCK OUT THE DITCHES AND KEEP THE DRAINAGE CAPACITY IN OUR ROADSIDE DITCHES. AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SUBSEQUENT TO THE GREAT HALL CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS WEEK. SO THIS IS THE CONTRACT THAT EVERY YEAR WE'RE DITCHING 20% OF THE CITY PER YEAR. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THOUGH, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ENGINEERING THAT GOES INTO IT. SO THAT DELAYED US AND HAS OUR LAST YEAR OF ROADSIDE DITCHING SCHEDULED FOR FY 2030 THEN. SO FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION OR FY 2031, WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND REASSESS THE ROADSIDE DITCHES. AND THIS IS BE FUTURE FUNDING TO HIT ANY AREAS THAT AGAIN NEED ADDITIONAL ATTENTION. BUT THIS IS TO PUT THE DITCHES TO GRADE. IF THERE ARE DRIVEWAY CULVERTS THAT ARE MORE THAN THREE INCHES OUT OF GRADE, WE RESET THOSE CULVERTS AND JUST RESTORE THE FLOW CAPACITY IN THE ROADSIDE DITCHES. LAURA ADDITION, WHICH IS OFF OF ERIE STREET SOUTH OF CARDINAL DRIVE, HAS JUST KICKED OFF. THIS WAS A GRANT PROJECT IN RESPONSE TO IMELDA, AND WE ARE GOING TO IMPROVE THOSE ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SET NEW CULVERTS AND HAVE A NEW DRAINAGE CONNECTION FROM CHAMBLISS INTO RD SIX DITCH PARTNER TO THAT. ALSO BECAUSE OF IMELDA WITH GRANT FUNDING FROM THE GLO, THE PHELPS ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS SINCE THE TORO PARK AREA WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY IMELDA AND HARVEY, WE WILL BE DOING SIMILAR IMPROVEMENTS AS WE ARE DOING ON THE LAURA ADDITION, AND THAT PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO ADVERTISE FOR BID LATE SUMMER AND GO FINISH CONSTRUCTION IN FY 26. MOLLY SIR, FOR THE NEW FOLKS ON COUNCIL THAT PHELPS ROAD AT FIRST GLOW HAD DENIED THAT GRANT AND SO BART, HE CALLED ME AND SAID, IF YOU KNOW SOME FOLKS OUT THERE THAT GOT PICTURES OF FLOODING IN IMELDA, GET THEM TO SEND THEM TO ME. SO THEY SENT ME A BUNCH OF PICTURES, AND I SENT IT TO BART AND THEY REAPPLIED FOR THE GRANT. AND BECAUSE OF THE PICTURES THAT THE FOLKS THAT LIVE OUT THERE SENT, WE WAS ABLE TO GET THE $300,000 OUT OF CITIZENS PARTICIPATING AS WELL. YES, WE ARE DEFINITELY GRATEFUL BECAUSE IT IT MADE NO SENSE WHY THAT WAS DENIED. BUT ACTUALLY, TO CORRECT YOU, THE GRANT IS $1 MILLION. SO Y'ALL REALLY DID SOME GOOD WORK FOR US. SO THEN WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL STORMWATER PIPE INSPECTION POINT REPAIRS AND DATA ASSET MANAGEMENT. SO THIS IS A NEW NEWER PROGRAM AS ASSET MANAGEMENT OF OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM. IN 2019, THE CITY HAD ENGAGED A CONSULTANT TO PREPARE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN. AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON TRUTHING A LOT OF THE THERE'S A LOT OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS PUT IN OVER A CENTURY AGO. SO WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK AND INVESTIGATE AREAS. WE MAKE THE EMERGENCY POINT REPAIRS WHEN A CAVITY OPENS UP AFTER A RAIN EVENT ON THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM. AND SO WE HAVE SEEN THE GLADYS AT LUCAS MAJOR REPAIR. PART OF 
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THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THIS, THIS LINE ITEM, THE WEST LUCAS DRIVE STORM SEWER REHABILITATION. THERE'S A MAJOR STORM SEWER LINE THAT RUNS DOWN WEST LUCAS. CURRENTLY WE'RE THE 4.5 MILLION IS FOR THE STABILIZATION OF THE EXTERIOR OF THIS PIPE. FY 26 THEN WILL LINE STRUCTURALLY LINE THE INTERIOR OF THE STORMWATER PIPE AND RESTORE IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUTURE FAILURES IN IT. AS EXPENSIVE AS THIS PROJECT IS AT COMING IN AT ALMOST $16 MILLION, IT'S STILL A FRACTION OF THE COST IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD WE EXCAVATED AND TRIED TO REPLACE THE PIPE ALTOGETHER. SO EMBRACING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW MATERIALS, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT AT THIS COST. THEN OUR A NEWER ITEM, THIS IS OUR SECOND OR THIRD YEAR IN THE CIP IS OUR UNDERPASS PUMP STATION REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE CITY MAINTAINS EIGHT UNDERPASSES. MOST OF THEM ARE ON MLK. WE HAVE ONE ON FOURTH STREET. WE HAVE ONE ON 11TH STREET PARK, AND ORLEANS IS ANOTHER ONE WHEN IT RAINS. THESE ARE BOWLS AND YOU HAVE TO PUMP THE WATER OUT AND THEY ARE REACHING A CERTAIN AGE AND THEY'RE REQUIRING REQUIRING SOME CARE. IT'S A IT'S A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM TO OPERATE IN. ALSO TO IN RESPONSE TO LIGHTNING STRIKES. ONE OF OUR MAJOR UNDERPASSES ON MLK RECENTLY WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REPAIRS NEEDED. AND THAT'S THIS IS A LINE ITEM THAT PAYS FOR THOSE REPAIRS. IRVING UNDERPASS PUMP STATION GENERATOR REPLACEMENT IS A GRANT APPLICATION PROJECT IN RESPONSE TO LAST YEAR'S STORMS TO PLACE A GENERATOR AT THE IRVING STREET UNDERPASS. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CHARLTON-POLLARD NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR EXXONMOBIL AND THE PORT OF BEAUMONT TO CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE THAT THEY CAN HAVE SAFE ACCESS THROUGH THAT UNDERPASS. AND THEN ANOTHER GRANT FEDERAL EARMARK APPLICATION PROJECT IS THE UNDERPASS FLOODING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. SO WHEN THE UNDERPASS IS FLOODED AND ESPECIALLY HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT, YOU'D BE AMAZED HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T TURN AROUND WHEN IT'S FLOODED. BUT THIS WOULD BE THE HAZARD LIGHTS, THE COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION BACK TO THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR UNDERPASSES. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, THEN COUNCILMAN SHERWOOD, I'LL START LOOKING LEFT. FIRST. THE CITYWIDE DITCHING PROGRAM. THE AREA. IT'S IN MY WARD OFF OF BETWEEN COLLEGE AND WALDEN. THEY'RE THEY'RE IN DESPERATE NEED OF THEIR DITCHES TO BE DONE. THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN IT RAINS, THEIR YARDS FLOOD, THE CULVERTS ARE BACKED UP. SOME OF THE CULVERTS ARE ARE TOO SMALL AND THEY'RE FULL OF MUD. AND SO QUESTION IS, IS THAT AREA GOING TO BE PART OF THE. AND ANOTHER QUESTION IS WHY DON'T WHY DON'T WE COVER THOSE UP. WHY DON'T WE PUT PIPES AND COVER THOSE HOLES UP SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE DITCH DIGGING PROCESS ANYMORE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS? WHAT WE HAVE FOUND SO TWOFOLD, YOUR FIRST QUESTION, IF THEY IF IT'S A ROADSIDE DITCH, IT'S LESS THAN FOUR FEET DEEP, THEN IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE CAPTURED IN THE CITYWIDE DITCH PROGRAM. IF THEY'RE HAVING ACUTE ISSUES AND WATER IS STANDING AFTER A STORM, THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO CALL IT IN TO 311 AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT A COLLAPSE OR SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING THAT'S IMPEDING, OR IF IT'S A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ISSUE, WE CAN COORDINATE WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES IN THE MEANTIME BEFORE THEY GET SET TO THEIR NEW GRADE. ON THE OTHER QUESTION, SO WE HAVE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED RIGHT AWAY WHEN I CAME TO PUBLIC WORKS IS THAT THE ENCLOSURE OF ROADSIDE DITCHES IS NEGATIVELY IMPACTING DRAINAGE IN NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THE REASON WHY WE SAY THAT IS MOST OF THOSE CULVERTS ARE SMALL DIAMETER. 
          THEY'RE USUALLY 12 TO 15IN IN DIAMETER, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH TO CARRY THE WATER THAT WE SEE. 
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THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE AN INLET TO LET THE WATER GET INTO THOSE PIPES. IF THEY HAVE AN INLET, IS IT CLEAN? YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE HAD ISSUES, AND WE FIND OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INLETS ARE COVERED WITH THIS MUCH SILT AND SOD. SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO CONVEY ANY WATER. ALSO TO MOST OF THOSE CULVERTS ARE NOT SET AT GRADE. IN THE LAURA EDITION BECAUSE THAT WAS A DETAILED SURVEY THAT WE DID. AND WHAT WE FOUND IS A LOT OF THE ISSUE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FACT OF SOME OF THE CITIZENS PIPING IN THEIR DITCHES. AND YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK ON THE PLAN AND PROFILE SHEET, YOU SEE THAT THAT PIPE IS DOING LIKE A SAWTOOTH, TRYING TO GET FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. AND THAT'S NOT HYDRAULICALLY EFFICIENT. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS UPSIZING THE PIPES, SETTING THEM AT GRADE SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE CROSS SECTION, THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DRAIN AN AREA HERE IS OPEN DITCH. AND SO THE ENCLOSING THESE DITCHES IS REALLY BECOME A PROBLEM. AND WHICH IS WHY WE NOW GET WHEN WE GET REQUESTS FROM CITIZENS TO ENCLOSE THE DITCH IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME, IS THAT THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT THEIR NEIGHBORS. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. ON THE UNDERPASS FLOODING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, I'VE HAD TWO FAMILY MEMBERS, OLDER FAMILY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN A RESCUE THING WHERE THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION OR MAYBE JUST, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER. BUT IF THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS FLOODED OR FLASHING LIGHTS OR SOMETHING, DON'T DO IT. THAT CAN BE HELPFUL. I APPRECIATE THAT IT IS VERY STRESSFUL. I HAVE STOOD AT THE SIDE OF A OF UNDERPASSES ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. YOU KNOW, WITH MY HEART IN MY THROAT AND WAITING FOR THE FIRE DIVERS TO GO VERIFY THAT THERE'S NO ONE IN THE VEHICLE. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S A IT'S IMPORTANT. GOOD, I LIKE IT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. OH, COUNCILMAN DARIO IN AT THE LAST MINUTE. I THINK THIS IS. AND WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY. THE QUIET ZONES, SIR. I MEAN, IS IT ANY PLAN ON ON TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THOSE INSTALLED? AS FAR AS WHAT I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, SP ROAD FROM WASHINGTON BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY TO FLORIDA TO CARDINAL DRIVE, I KNOW THAT WE RECOVERED THE COST ESTIMATES THAT WERE PREPARED IN 2017. SO AND I KNOW THAT WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THOSE COST ESTIMATES. I BELIEVE THAT ZONE IN 2017 WAS APPROACHING $3 MILLION. SO IF IT'S COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO ADD THAT TO THE CIP, WE CAN SEE HOW THAT THAT COULD WORK. MAKE IT TO THE PLAN, WHATEVER THE PROCESS IS. I READ A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THAT. SURE. AND ONE LAST THING. THE LIGHTING. AND Y'ALL DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF IT. AS FAR AS THE STREET LIGHTS, BUT IT'S Y'ALL ONLY DO IT. I GUESS IF SOMEBODY CALLS IN ABOUT IT, DO THEY RIDE AROUND PERIODICALLY AT NIGHT AND CHECK? BECAUSE REALLY SOUTH. BEAUMONT, SOUTH PARK, PEAR ORCHARD AREA BY JOHN'S LIVE ACROSS FROM JOHN'S LIBRARY. 
          BLOSSOM OFF OF 23RD TERRELL PARK. ALL ALL THOSE AREAS AT NIGHT. IT'S REALLY, REALLY DARK NOW. Y'ALL DID JUST DO ONE OVER THERE OFF OF 23RD STREET WHERE THEY HAD THE WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. THEY SAID THEY THE LADIES CUT THE TREES BACK SO THEY COULD PUT THE LIGHTS OFF. 
          BUT ALL THOSE AREAS AND USUALLY THEY'LL CALL ME AND I'LL SEND AN EMAIL TO YOU GUYS AND Y'ALL TAKE CARE OF IT. BUT IS IT ANY WAY TO BE, I GUESS, MORE PROACTIVE AS FAR AS ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND CHECKING THEM? WE DO NIGHT RUNS ONCE A MONTH AND WE DO THEM FOR THE FREEWAY LIGHTING AND DOWLEN ROAD, NORTHWEST PARKWAY THAT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE LIGHTS ENERGY. IT'S WE'LL GET A REQUEST EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE FROM COUNCIL, FROM CITIZENS TO GO LOOK AT CERTAIN AREAS OF ENERGY, RESPONSIBLE LIGHTS. BUT NORMALLY WE DON'T DO THE ENTIRE CITY ENERGY HAS DONE IN THE PAST, SOME BLITZING DOWNTOWN AREA AND. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. TURN YOUR MIC ON. I'M SORRY. WELL, I CAN I CAN KIND OF HELP BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE WITH ME TOO. AND SO I REACHED OUT TO ENERGY. THEY PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S OVER THAT. AND THEY SAY THEY EVERY 2 TO 3 YEARS THEY DO A BLITZ OF THE CITY. AND SO I SAID, WELL, IF THEY DO A BLITZ OF THE CITY, THERE'S A LOT OF THE CITY THEY'RE NOT DOING. AND SO I'M ACTUALLY MEETING WITH HIM NEXT WEEK AND WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN OUR 
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IN MY WARD, I DIDN'T YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE CITY, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY INCLUDE YOU. YOU COME AND LADONNA TOO IF YOU IF IT'S AN ISSUE IN YOUR WARD AND WE CAN ALL THREE TALK TO THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEM STEPPING UP THEIR GAME TO TALK TO THE CITIZENS THEY CALL ENTERGY AND THEY REALLY IT'S BETTER WHEN Y'ALL CALL THEM THAN WHEN THE CITIZENS CALL THEM. SO WE DID DO WE HAD COMMUNICATION BECAUSE THERE WERE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, ON THEIR DRIVE FROM, YOU KNOW, THEY LIVE OFF OF DOWLEN OR WORK AT EXXONMOBIL, AND THEY ARE REGULARLY CALLING IN THESE AREAS. AND WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH ENTERGY, AND THEY PROMISED THEN TO DO A NIGHT, A NIGHT BLITZ IN THE CHARLTON-POLLARD AREA AND OTHER PORTIONS OF SOUTH END. THE RESULTS OF THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ONCE WE UPGRADE TO THE LEDS, IS IT COUNTERINTUITIVE? WE PAY MOR. SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO PUT MORE LIGHTS OUT THERE, BUT I DIGRESS. SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE ON THEM AS WELL AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO WORK ON THAT SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE OIL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF ENTERGY REALIZES IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY DO THEIR BLITZ. BUT BEAUMONT IS BIGGER THAN JUST DOWLING ROAD. YEAH. WELL, WE AND WE DO REGULARLY. SO LIKE WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH THE ISSUES ON PARK AND PENNSYLVANIA UNDERPASS PUMP STATIONS AND I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW DARK, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GET OFF OF MLK, JUST HOW DARK IT WAS. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN PRESSURING THEM TO IMPROVE THE LIGHTING IN, IN THOSE THOSE STREETS ARE MCCRAY GRAY THAT AREA AS WELL TO IMPROVE THOSE LIGHTS AND MAYBE CITY ATTORNEY SHERRY MISS REID COULD ANSWER THIS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD REQUIRE OF ENTERGY BY ORDINANCE? NOPE. I THOUGHT I'D ASK. COUNCILMAN TURNER. WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I DRIVE FROM FROM PORT ARTHUR AND EVEN ON THE FREEWAYS, EVERYTHING IS LED LIGHTING. AS SOON AS YOU CROSS OVER INTO BEAUMONT, IT TURNS THE DULL YELLOW ORANGE COLOR. MAYBE WE NEED TO COME TO THE DAIS AND DO A PRESENTATION SOON. I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HANDLE THAT WAY IF YOU CAN, MR. WILLIAMS. THAT'S ALWAYS EFFECTIVE TO GET THEM BEFORE YOU. OR YOU CAN PUT THEM. PUT THEM ON NOTICE. WE DID GET THEM TO DO A BLITZ DOWNTOWN WHEN WE GOT HERE DOWNTOWN, THE LIGHTING WAS OFF AND TERRIBLE. SO WE GOT THEM TO COME IN AND PUT IN THE LED LIGHTING. SO THEY WERE RESPONSIVE TO THAT PROJECT AND WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR DOING THAT. ALSO, DURING OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETINGS, I STRESS WHAT DIRECTORS TELL US THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING AT NIGHT TO NO LIGHTS, LIGHTS THAT ARE OUT. YOU KNOW, NOT JUST POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHOEVER WORKS AT NIGHT. SOMETIMES THAT THAT'S PRETTY EFFECTIVE TOO, BECAUSE AS WAS NOTED, WE PAY FOR THOSE LIGHTS WHETHER THEY'RE BURNING OR NOT. SO IT'S TO OUR BENEFIT THAT THEY THAT THEY ARE WORKING. SO WE'LL WE'LL CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO DO THAT. SOME PEOPLE HAVE FOUND ENTERGY'S WEBSITE PRETTY EFFECTIVE AND REPORTING LIGHTS AND GETTING THEM BACK ON. I HAD ONE OFF OF MY STREET NOT REPORTED TO US, AND I REPORTED TO THEM BOTH. AND BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS IT WAS WORKING THE NEXT NIGHT. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT TOO. I'M JUST SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS TO USE THE WEBSITE. BUT YOU KNOW, TO 80 YEAR OLD LADY, SHE DON'T WANT TO USE THE WEBSITE. SHE WANTS YOU TO TELEPHONE SO IT DOESN'T WORK FOR HER. I JUST WANT TO SAY EVERYBODY THAT MADE A PRESENTATION, MR. WILLIAMS TOLD US TO MAKE UP A LIST OF THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL WANTED, AND I HAD A THREE PAGE LIST, BUT Y'ALL COVERED EVERYTHING THAT I HAD ON MY LIST. WELL, THANK YOU. I HAD A COUPLE ON THE HIGH MAST LIGHTING. WE'RE RESPONSIBLE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FOR MAINTAINING THOSE UNDER TXDOT CONTRACT. AND AS THEY'RE GOING OUT, WE ARE CHANGING THOSE TO LED. BUT AS IT'S AS THEY GO OUT. 
          OH LORD. AND IT'S ONE CITIZENS CALL 311311 IS ALSO INFORMING THEM ABOUT THE WEBSITE. BUT THEY ARE SENDING IT TO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. AND I GO IN AS WELL AND REPORT IT. AND WE FOUND THE MORE PEOPLE REPORTED, THE QUICKER ENTERGY RESPONDS. YEAH, RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, WAS IS THAT OUR LAST ONE? YES, SIR. IT WAS THE LAST PRESENTATION HERE. WE HAVE A FUNDING SUMMARY OF ALL THE PROPOSALS THAT YOU JUST HEARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS FOR THE VARIOUS GROUPS. SO IN FY 2026, WE ARE WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $129,855,650 FOR 2027. WE HAVE A 
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PROJECTED EXPENSE OF $142,603,350. FOR 2028, WE HAVE $99,464,050 2029 WE HAVE 103,000,948, $150. AND THEN FOR 2030, WE HAVE $61,552,800, FOR A TOTAL OF $537,424,000. AND AFTER THIS, WE'LL BE TAKING QUESTIONS FROM ANY COUNCILMEN WHO HAVE QUESTIONS. NEXT IS. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? DID A GREAT JOB. THE BEST PART? OKAY, MAYOR. ITEM TWO FISCAL YEAR 2026 GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MYSELF AND STAFF. WE LIKE TO HEAR OF YOUR PRIORITIES OR GOALS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE BUDGET. A BUDGET PREPARATION. YOU KNOW, IT HELPS US TO SHAPE THIS DOCUMENT. AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR DOLLARS. CITIES DON'T HAVE INFINITE NUMBER OF DOLLARS. SO WE NEED TO HEAR YOUR YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AND START TO BUILD THIS DOCUMENT AROUND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU AND GOALS YOU'D LIKE TO ACHIEVE OVER THIS TIME PERIOD. SO, MAYOR, IF WE COULD POSSIBLY HEAR FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL START OVER WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN DARIO. AS I SAID BEFORE, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT I HAD ON MY LIST AS A PRIORITY ON THOSE THREE PAGES Y'ALL COVERED. AND I ENCOURAGE STAFF TO GET OUT YOUR PENS AND START WRITING. OKAY, ONE, TWO, TWO THINGS THAT I DIDN'T MENTION WERE ALREADY MENTIONED. THE QUIET ZONES. MR. BOONE. WE SPOKE ABOUT IT A FEW MEETINGS AGO. THE BISD PROPERTY OVER THERE ON WAVERLY DRIVE, THOSE ARE ALL ABLE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT OR LOOK INTO THAT. YES, WE REACHED OUT. I KNOW MISS LOKI'S BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH BISD, AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO SET UP A MEETING TO TRY TO GET THAT MOVING. AND THE OTHER THING, I GUESS FOR MR. RAGGETT, I WAS I HAD ON MY LIST WALKING TRACK AT LIBERIA PARK. I THINK I MENTIONED THAT TO YOU BEFORE. ALSO, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT MR. NEAL HAD MENTIONED. WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? THE EXERCISE COURT, FITNESS COURT. THAT'S THAT'S AN ELDERLY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT THEY COULD REALLY USE OVER THERE, A FITNESS COURT AND A WALKING TRACK. I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE, MAKE SURE LET ME CHECK MY LIST, MAKE SURE Y'ALL COVERED EVERYTHING. OH, I WANTED TO. WHAT WAS THE PRIORITY FOR ME WAS THE WHOLE PARKS MASTER PLAN. EVERYTHING IN IT. YEAH. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ACTIVITY CENTER THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE CENTER OF TOWN, AND THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. BUT THOSE KIDS OVER THERE IN THE SOUTH PARK AREA DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT ALL. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN CATCH THE BUS. 
          THEY MIGHT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING IN CENTRALIZED IN PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COULD WALK TO THOSE KIDS COULD WALK OVER THERE. DONE THE RESURFACING. DID Y'ALL SPOKE WITH JOSH ALLEN, RD SIX, AND HE SAID THAT THEY REMEMBER THEY CAME TO US FOR THE FUNDING TO FINISH THAT PROJECT. WE SAID THAT THEY GOT THEIR FUNDING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FINISH THAT PROJECT. SO WHATEVER WE COULD DO TO ASSIST THEM WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT THEMSELVES. THEY'RE GETTING READY. I THINK THEY'RE GETTING READY TO KICK IT OFF. 
          THEY HAD FUNDING FOR THE DRAINAGE TO RUN FROM THE IS IT FROM CALLIE STREET ALL THE WAY TO NECHES RIVER? YES, SIR. ONE LONG RUN TO HELP WITH THE FLOODING IN THAT AREA. AND THEY GOT FUNDING FOR THAT ALREADY. BLESS YOU. YES, THEY THEY HAD INITIALLY COME TO US AND WANTED ABOUT $15 MILLION TO DO THE UTILITY RELOCATIONS. BUT THEN MY LAST CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT MANAGER WAS THAT THEY HAD FOUND A SOURCE FOR THAT FUNDING. BUT WE'RE READY FOR REVIEW OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS ONCE THEY HAVE THEM DONE. OKAY. AND I BELIEVE THANK YOU, MOLLY, I BELIEVE. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT. EVERYTHING ELSE. LIKE I SAID, Y'ALL ALL 
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COVERED IT. I EVEN HAD THE WATER PARK ON HERE AND COVERED THAT TOO AS WELL. SO YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. YOU COVERED A LOT. YOU KNOW, QUIET ZONES, DITCHES. TOILETS, FLUSHING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER SET OF BASKETBALL COURTS AT ROGERS PARK. IF ANYBODY'S EVER DRIVEN BY THERE, THERE'S IT'S WELL USED. AND I THINK THAT ANOTHER BASKETBALL COURT THERE WOULD WOULD, WOULD GO VERY WELL AND IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE USED. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING. THE LIGHTS YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE COVERED. BUT AND, AND THE ROADS WHICH YOU COVERED TOO. A LOT OF THE ROADS IN OUR AREA HAVE, THERE'S A LOT OF POTHOLES, THERE'S A LOT OF HOLES. AND THAT'S A CONCERN FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN WARD TWO. SO CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT POTHOLES AT ANY TIME TO 311. AND THERE IS A LIVE MAP THAT TRACKS THE LAST 30 DAYS OF CALLS FOR POTHOLES. WE, BY PRACTICE AND POLICY, TRY TO ADDRESS THE POTHOLES WITHIN 48 HOURS, WEATHER PERMITTING. SO IF IT IS INDEED A POTHOLE OR, YOU KNOW, A DEFECT IN THE ROAD, PLEASE CALL IT IN AND GIVE US A CHANCE TO ADDRESS IT. OKAY. AND I THINK I GOT FOUR CALLS TO SEE IF THE CITY COULD PUT A STARBUCKS AT DOWLEN AND CALDER, BUT I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS POSSIBLE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. YEAH, EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL COVERED A LOT OF OUR CONCERNS AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THAT THE PEOPLE IN MY WARD ARE, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED ON THE QUIET ZONE. WE'VE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THE ONLY THING ADDITIONAL WOULD BE THE, THE BASKETBALL COURTS, MAYBE EVEN A PICKLEBALL COURT AT ROGERS PARK. BUT I SEE HOW MUCH THAT COSTS. SO WE'LL GO WITH THE BASKETBALL COURT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. I'M SORRY, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. MY FIRST THING, MISTER MANAGER, IS WE DISCUSSED THIS IN THE PAST, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS AT THE CLOSE OF THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          THE FULL EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS AND THE PERFORMANCE, THE PERFORMANCE PLANS TO BE EXECUTED. I'D LIKE TO KIND OF SEE THE RESULTS OF SOME OF THOSE EVALUATIONS. ONE THING THAT GOES WITH THAT IS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND JUST PERIOD IN THE CITY, I GET IT'S FRUSTRATING AT TIMES BECAUSE I ACTUALLY KNOW HOW HARD OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OUR STAFF WORKS, AND YOU HEAR A LOT OF CRITIQUES. AND I THINK WHEN WE HAVE THESE EVALUATIONS TO PROVE THAT THIS PERSON WORKED AT THIS LEVEL, AT THIS SALARY, AND THIS IS THE EVALUATION ON THEM, IT'LL SHOW A BENEFIT OF WHY THEY'RE BEING PAID WHAT THEY'RE PAID. BECAUSE EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FINANCES AND YOU UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE EATING UP THE MAJORITY OF IT. SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THAT. THE SECOND THING IS A PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN TO ADDRESS MORE DIVERSITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. I KIND OF LIKE TO SEE THE HIRING PLAN AND HOW AGGRESSIVE IT WILL BE TO GET MORE DIVERSITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. THE NEXT THING WOULD BE WE NEED A SPECIFIC PLAN TO KNOW HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS SEEING OUR OFFICERS AND MORE HIGH VOLUME CRIME AREAS. KIND OF LIKE TO SEE THAT IN WRITING. WITH THE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WHOLE CADET AND HIRING PLAN. I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT AS A GOAL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ALL IN WRITING IN BLACK AND WHITE. SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ASKED ABOUT OFTEN IS TRANSPARENCY POLICIES. I'M LOOKING TO SEE HOW CAN PEOPLE GO AND MAKE REPORTS, AND ONCE THEY MAKE REPORTS, WHAT ARE THE STEPS? ANOTHER THING IS A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT BODY CAMS. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING ON HOW THAT HAPPENS AND WHAT WE GO ABOUT TO GET THAT DONE. I JUST WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE TO THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. MY NEXT THING IS ENSURE OUR FINANCES ARE IN ORDER. I WANT TO INCREASE THE FUND BALANCE AND REDUCE EXPENDITURES SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAID. I'M LOOKING TO SEE IMPACT FEES, PARKING FEES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. OKAY, HE CAN PROVIDE THIS TO YOU IN WRITING. 
          I'M. I'M GONNA SEND IT TO HIM. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S IN OUR BUDGET THAT THE STATE AVERAGE. THAT THE STATE AVERAGE WE NEED. I JUST WANT TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE STATE AVERAGE. WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET, AND I THINK AS A COUNCIL, HISTORICALLY, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON IT, I'VE BEEN MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS. WE CAN'T JUST PUT MONEY WHERE WE FEEL LIKE IT. 
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WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN LINE WITH STATE AVERAGE. WE CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT DEFICITS AND BUDGET SPENDING IF WE'RE NOT EVEN IN LINE WITH THE STATE AVERAGE. SO I WANT THE CITY TO BE DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS, MAKE SURE WE'RE IN LINE WITH THE STATE. WE DON'T NEED TO BE TOO FAR OFF IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS. YOU KNOW, BOND PROJECTS. I'M REAL BIG ON SPORTS COMPLEX. I THINK THAT WOULD BE TRANSFORMATIONAL. AND SENIOR CITIZENS OVER THE AGE OF 65, CAN WE LOOK AT TO SEE HOW IT WOULD IMPACT OUR BUDGET IF WE CAP THEIR TAXES, IF THEY'VE BEEN IN THEIR HOME FOR OVER 20 YEARS, MAYBE IF THE TAX RATE WENT UP OR DOWN, WE JUST KEPT THEM AT WHATEVER THE RATE THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING. BECAUSE MOST SENIORS ON FIXED INCOME, I WANT TO SEE HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT OUR BUDGET. AND MY LAST THING IS OUR COMMITTEES. I THINK IT'S GREAT. 
          WE HAVE COMMITTEES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR COMMITTEES ACTUALLY COME AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON PROGRESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. I THINK WE HAVE GREAT COMMITTEES, BUT I JUST WANT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OVERSIGHT TO WHAT WE KNOW, THE GOALS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, AND THEY'RE LETTING US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THESE MEETINGS, THAT WE CAN'T MAKE THEM ALL. AND IF WE ARE LOOKING TO DO NEW COMMITTEES, I WOULD SAY PERMANENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. I THINK WE NEED A VETERANS COMMITTEE. I'M OPEN TO A POLICY COMMITTEE, AND I KNOW WE HAVE AN ANIMAL CONTROL COMMITTEE, BUT I KNOW THE MAYOR ONLY MAKES APPOINTMENTS TODAY. YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE AS COUNCIL CAN HAVE SOME INPUT ON THAT AS WELL. YOU GOT THAT. IS THAT IT? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? YEAH. I MEAN, THIS REPORT WAS IT'S GOOD. I MEAN, EVEN SOMEONE AS GREEN AS ME, THAT'S A GOOD TOOL TO HAVE. AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE ALL THE WORK AND THE THOUGHT THAT'S GONE INTO IT. AND, YOU KNOW, A LARGE FOCUS ON ACTIVITIES AND THINGS FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO DO. AND WHILE I'M, I'M LOVE THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO FOCUS ON SAFETY AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE IN THE CITY FEEL SAFE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, PART OF THAT STARTS WITH WORKING TOWARDS FULLY STAFFING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, LISTENING TO THE NEEDS OF CHIEF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT DO THEY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, LET KIDS FEEL SAFER WHEN THEY'RE ON THE STREETS. AND I THINK IT GOES HAND IN HAND WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT FAMILIES TO CALL THIS HOME TO, TO GET OUT AND TO VOTE, TO INVEST MORE OF THEIR MONEY INTO THIS CITY THAN IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING THEM AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT THAT WOULD BE NUMBER ONE FOR ME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD. SOME OF MY MAIN HUGE OFF THE CHART CONCERNS ARE YOUTH. I KNOW THAT I TALK A LOT ABOUT YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, YOUTH PROGRAMS. I WANT TO WHILE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DRIVEN THINGS, I'D LIKE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY FOR US TO HAVE MORE PARTNERSHIPS OR INTERNSHIPS OR PROGRAMS DIRECTED TOWARDS WORKING WITH THE LABOR UNION, OR WORKING WITH BAPTISTS, OR WORKING WITH SAINT EXXONMOBIL. EVEN INSIDE THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, TO OFFER YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE WHAT THE CITY HAS AVAILABLE IN THE WAY OF JOBS. AND I NEED SOME MORE. I WANT MORE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS THAT MAYBE THE CITY CAN PARTNER WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES. YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IS BIG AND OFFERING THEM OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES, AND SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IS A VERY BIG DEAL. I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I THINK WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WHERE WE'RE COURTING BUSINESSES OR PARTNERING WITH THE CHAMBER TO PROACTIVELY LOOK FOR COMPANIES THAT MAY POSSIBLY BE EXPANDING TO FIGURE A WAY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME HERE, AND WAYS THAT WE CAN INCENTIVIZE BRINGING BUSINESSES TO BEAUMONT. 
          THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, AND NOT JUST NECESSARILY DOWNTOWN. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE I'VE GOT A COMPANY THAT'S INTERESTED IN OPENING UP POSSIBLY TWO PHARMACIES INSIDE OF WARD THREE, AND I WANT HELP NEGOTIATING WHAT THEY MAY NEED OR WHAT WE CAN DO, BECAUSE WARD THREE NEEDS SOME PHARMACIES. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING THAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT. WE DID TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT FOR ME, WHICH IS STREETS AND DRAINAGE AND SIDEWALKS. AND SO THAT WAS A BIG 
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DEAL THAT WE KIND OF ALREADY TALKED ABOUT. ANOTHER THING THAT I'D BE INTERESTED IN AS FAR AS AN EVENT, I WANT TO SEE US DO SOMETHING FOR 4 OR 9 DAY, JUST SOMETHING FUN AND EXCITING THAT MAYBE WE CAN INTRODUCE AS SOMETHING AS A CITY TO DO FOR 4 OR 9 DAYS. BUT THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR NOW. GOOD JOB, I APPRECIATE YOU. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE, I LOVE IT. GOOD JOB. MR. CITY MANAGER. 
          YEAH, WELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD I THINK EVERYBODY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB. Y'ALL WERE VERY WELL PREPARED AND THE INFORMATION WAS THERE. AND ONE TAKEAWAY I KNOW SINCE WE DO HAVE NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, I'M STILL NEW. BUT I'VE LEARNED A LOT. AND OUR, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES IN THE COMMUNITY, I'LL EVEN BRING IT UP ON MY PHONE. IT'S A LITTLE INTERESTING BECAUSE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY OR LACK THEREOF. AND HONESTLY, YOU CAN'T BE MORE TRANSPARENT THAN OUR CITY. AND WHEN YOU AS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DITCHES AND THE ROADS SCORING, YOU CAN GO IN AND GET INFORMATION ON JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. BUT IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF WORK. YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO A WEBSITE, YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO THE DEPARTMENTS, YOU'VE GOT TO GO. BUT EDUCATING YOURSELF IS VERY HELPFUL. SO YOU CAN TELL PEOPLE AND I KNOW ALSO GETTING IN, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING THINGS. AND I LEARNED REAL QUICK IT TOOK ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I WAS PUSHING THE INFORMATION FORWARD. 
          NOW I'VE LEARNED TO SAY, HEY, HAVE YOU CALLED 311? AND MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THEY'VE CALLED ME, THEY SAY THEY HADN'T. AND I SAID, WELL, THERE'S AN APP, I CAN SEND YOU A LINK TO THE APP OR CALL 311, BECAUSE I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER MY PHONE ONE DAY. AND YOU STILL WANT THIS FIXED, AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT 311 REALLY WORKS. AND AS I'VE DONE THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'LL GET PEOPLE CALLING ME BACK THAT IT'S LIKE A GREAT FIND FOR THEM TO FIND OUT. 
          311 IS THERE AND IT WORKS NOW, YOU KNOW. AND THERE ARE THOSE OCCASIONS THAT PEOPLE SAY, HEY, I CALLED 311. AND, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GET THE RESPONSE THAT I WANTED. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I WE CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT. AND OFTENTIMES IT'S BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE THEIR PROBLEM AND NOT OURS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS TRIED TO BE COMMUNICATED WITH THEM. BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, GET FAMILIAR WITH THE WEBSITE. AND, AND YOU CAN'T DO IT IN A DAY. I MEAN, I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU YOU CAN'T. AND I'M STILL LEARNING THINGS ON THAT. AND ALSO HOW IMPORTANT 311 IS, BECAUSE THAT HELPS US BE BETTER. AND CLEARLY, AS WE KNOW NOW, THERE'S FOUR NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE ON HERE. SO THE COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, THEY CHANGE. BUT THE SYSTEMS WE'RE DEVELOPING WORK, WHETHER WE'RE SITTING HERE OR SOMEBODY ELSE IS SITTING HERE. AND THE MORE WE WORK TOWARDS IMPROVING THOSE AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE EFFICIENT, I KNOW FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND TO MAKE BEAUMONT BETTER, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NEED NOT BE DEPENDENT ON THEIR COUNCIL PEOPLE. WE WANT THEM REACHING OUT TO US, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT THEM USING THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE TO USE. AND SO I WOULD JUST REMIND Y'ALL TO PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM. AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY. YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU'RE THAT'S WHY YOU'RE CALLING ME. AND OLDER PEOPLE CAN CALL 311. AND THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WITH TECH CAN CAN USE THE APP. AND, AND I'VE FOUND THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REAL IMPRESSED WITH IT. AND SO WE DO HAVE GOOD, GOOD RESOURCES. BUT IT'S ABOUT KNOWING HOW TO ACCESS THEM AND FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT. THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND THE BETTER EDUCATED WE ARE UP HERE, THE BETTER EDUCATED WE CAN MAKE THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY'RE ADDRESSING US. AND YOU CAN CREATE SHORTCUTS ON YOUR PHONE. I'VE DONE THAT ON SOME OF THESE WEBSITES ABOUT ROADS AND DITCHING. SO YOU CAN GO THERE. I CAN SHOW THEM RIGHT THEN I SAY, I'LL SEND YOU THE LINK AND IT'S LIKE, WHOA. AND YOU KNOW, IT CAN CHANGE THE CONVERSATION PRETTY QUICKLY. SO ANYWAY. AND YES, COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD, I'M SORRY. ONE OTHER THING. THE WATER BILL PAYING PROCESS. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. WELL, I MEAN, WE JUST. YEAH, WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS AFTER THIS, I GUESS. YEAH. AND WE CAN DO THAT. AND ALSO RECOGNIZE TOO, AS COUNCILMAN TURNER IS GOING TO DO, IT'S GOOD TO BRING IT UP. BUT YOU CAN ALSO ALWAYS EMAIL THE CITY MANAGER AT ANY TIME ON CONCERNS LIKE THAT. AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT YOU'LL GET RESPONSES AND FOLLOW UP ON IT AS WELL. SO I HAVE SOME. WE WILL WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO COMMENTS AS 
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WELL. SO DO YOU WANT TO HOLD YOUR COMMENTS TO COMMENTS OR. IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY'S WANTING COMMENTS AGAIN. SO I'M FINE WITH THAT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD GO AHEAD. YEAH I, I, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE ASSIGNMENT I GUESS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM ENACTED FOR ANYONE IN BEAUMONT WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED TO BEGIN TO REPLACE OUR RANKS IN THE FIRE AND THE POLICE. THAT'S BIG. AND THAT IS YOUTH ORIENTED AND YOUTH DRIVEN. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RESPONSE TIMES ON THE 311 CALLS. IF I CALL ABOUT MY WATER LINE BROKEN, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT IT? THOSE ARE TWO REALLY IMPORTANT ONES FOR ME. SO ESPECIALLY THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM. COUNCILMAN TURNER IS BACK. 
          WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU EVALUATE A CITY MANAGER OR YOU EVALUATE AN EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS UNDER YOU, ONE THING I'M BIG ON IS I WAS ABLE TO SAY IN MY DECISION WHEN I CHOSE TO DO WHAT I DO, DID MY EVALUATION AND MY VOTE TO SUPPORT WHAT I SUPPORTED WAS BASED UPON WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED ON THE LIST OF MY GOALS, MY GOALS THIS YEAR, IT WAS THE SAME WAY LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS DELIVERED ON THE LIST OF THINGS THAT HE WAS ASKED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T. LOOK AT SOMEONE AND MAKE AN EVALUATION. IF YOU DON'T GIVE THEM A GOAL OR A TARGET TO HIT. AND I JUST WANT TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AS THE COUNCIL. LET'S GIVE GOALS AND TARGETS TO HIT, AND THEN YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHY YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE. NOW, IF HE DIDN'T HIT HIM, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AS SUPPORTIVE, BUT HE DID. SO THAT'S WHY I'M JUST SAYING, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO GIVE THESE GOALS AND MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM A LIST OF HITS SO WE CAN ACTUALLY EVALUATE OFF MERIT AND NOT PERSONAL PRESSURE OR POLITICAL PRESSURE. 
          COUNCILMAN DORIA. YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT 100%. AJ, THANKS FOR SAYING THAT. THIS ONE THING YOU KNOW, THIS ABOUT WHAT JOEY WAS MR. HILLIARD WAS SAYING WHAT PEOPLE WANTED AND HE BROUGHT UP PICKLEBALL COURTS AND PEOPLE LAUGHED PICKLEBALL COURTS. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT NOW. AND I WOULD ASK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PARKS OR RECREATION TO LOOK INTO THE USE BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE EXPENSIVE, BUT YOU COULD TURN A TENNIS COURT INTO A PICKLEBALL COURT A LOT CHEAPER, AND WE HAVE SOME TENNIS COURTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY ARE EVEN BEING USED. THERE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO PICKLEBALL COURT AT A LESS EXPENSE THAN HAVING TO START FROM SCRATCH. SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL WOULD DO IT. YOU GUYS ARE THE PROFESSIONALS. YOU COULD LOOK INTO THE USE LIKE SAY, SPOT PARK, MAGNOLIA PARK. THEY HAVE TENNIS COURTS, SEE HOW MUCH THEY'RE BEING USED, IF THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRANSFORM THOSE INTO A PICKLEBALL COURT. AND I CAN GIVE FORMER COUNCILMAN GUEST TO COME OVER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TEACH THEM HOW TO PLAY IT. HE DOESN'T PLAY PICKLEBALL. OH HE DOESN'T. HE HAS HIS OWN TENNIS COURTS, TOO. OKAY. BUT YEAH, IF Y'ALL COULD FIND A WAY TO SEE EXACTLY HOW MUCH WHERE THEY HAD THESE, THESE TENNIS COURTS, HOW MUCH THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING USED, AND SEE IF IT MIGHT BE FEASIBLE TO TRANSFORM INTO A PICKLEBALL COURT. ALL RIGHT. MR. CITY MANAGER, JUST LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR PARTICIPATING TODAY AND PROVIDING THE DIALOG FEEDBACK ON WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR BUDGET. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE MY BUDGET. WE JUST PUT IT TOGETHER. IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR DOCUMENT TO VOTE ON EVENTUALLY AT SOME POINT. SO WE WANTED TO REFLECT THE THINGS THAT YOU THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU. NOW WE HAVE TWO MORE WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PUNISH YOU, I PROMISE. BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET HERE TO GET A GREAT DOCUMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NEXT TIME WE COME, THERE'LL BE DIRECTORS COMING IN REPORTING TO YOU. EACH ONE WILL GIVE YOU A DIRECT REPORT ON THEIR BUDGET. IT WON'T BE SO MUCH SPECIFIC TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. IT WILL BE ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE DOING, THE THINGS THEY PUT TOGETHER IN THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET. AND IT WILL INCLUDE MORE THINGS LIKE SOCIAL PROGRAMS OR PARKS AND REC PROGRAMS MORE THAN PROJECTS. SO YOU'LL GET AN OPPORTUNITY AT THAT AGAIN AT THAT MEETING. THAT'LL BE ANOTHER FULL MEETING LIKE THIS ONE. IT'S GOING TO BE TIME CONSUMING. AND THEN THAT THIRD MEETING WILL BE LESS TIME CONSUMING, BUT WE'LL STILL BE THERE AND THERE WILL STILL BE. AS I SAID, THERE'LL BE ITEMS ON SOME AGENDAS DURING THE REGULAR. 
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COUNCIL MEETINGS SOMETIMES THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS. WE'LL MAKE A REPORT TO YOU THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO THIS BUDGET PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS BUDGET. SO AS I SAID IN THE MOVIE SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO IN A SHORT TIME TO GET THERE. YOU RECOGNIZE HIM, BUT I'M GLAD IT'S NOT ME CHRIS IS TALKING TO THIS TIME. TO GET THERE. BUT WE WILL GET THERE AND WE'LL HAVE A GOOD DOCUMENT WHEN WE FINISH. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE. THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED AND THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING IN LOTS OF TIME FINANCE. WE'VE PUT IN TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF TIME. THESE NUMBERS AND THINGS JUST DON'T GET TOGETHER BY THEMSELVES. IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO COMPILE THESE DOCUMENTS AND COMPILE THIS INFORMATION. SO I COMMEND THEM FOR ALL THE STAFF FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S IMPORTANT ALL THESE DATES GET PUT ON OUR CALENDARS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO OUR BEST TO ATTEND. AND CERTAINLY LIFE AND WORK GETS IN THE WAY OF THINGS. 
          BUT A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IS PRESENTED HERE. AND IT'S ALL ALSO PUT ON THE WEBSITE TO BE ABLE TO BE VIEWED LATER. AND TREMENDOUS JOB BY ALL OUR STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION AND PRESENTING THE INFORMATION. AND MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, YOU WERE REALLY ON POINT TODAY, AND I DIDN'T GET CORRECTED ONE TIME. NOTE AND WITH THAT, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.