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          WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO TODAY'S BOND ELECTION WORKSHOP. AND TODAY'S DATE IS MONDAY, AUGUST 11TH, 2025. TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY REVEREND TORREY DOUCETTE OF NEW BIRTH COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE. AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. LET US PRAY. 
          ETERNAL GOD, OUR FATHER. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE, ALL THAT YOU STILL HAVE YET TO DO. LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS CITY, BLESS THIS COUNCIL, GOD, AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE CITY. NOW. LORD, WE PRAY THAT THIS DAY WOULD BE PRODUCTIVE AND THAT ALL OUR MINDS WILL BE CLEAR OF ANY SELFISH THINKINGS OR ANYTHING THAT COMES ALONG WITH NOT MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION THAT WILL COVER THIS COMMUNITY. NOW, LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL GOVERN THIS COUNCIL, GOVERN THIS MEETING BY YOUR WILL AND YOUR WAY. IT IS IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE. PEOPLE OF COLOR. MAY GOD. WELL, THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. AND I CERTAINLY THANK OUR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND I SEE OUR CHAIR IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY BECAUSE THEY DID LOTS OF HARD WORK COMING TOGETHER AND REVIEWING EVERYTHING. AND AT THE END AND I CERTAINLY I ONLY GOT TO MAKE TWO OF THE MEETINGS, BUT AT THE I WAS AT THE LAST MEETING AND IT WAS TO SEE EVERYBODY COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE WAS IMPRESSIVE. SO CLEARLY THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL, EVERYBODY HAD REPRESENTATIVES SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE. SO IT WAS WELL REPRESENTED FROM ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. AND TO SEE HOW WELL THEY WORK TOGETHER AND HEARD FROM EACH OTHER. AND IT WAS VERY REFRESHING. SO COACH ARTHUR LOUIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT COMMITTEE. AND I CERTAINLY THANK ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED, WHICH WAS THE MAJORITY OF THEM. SO. YES, SIR. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KENNETH WILLIAMS, OUR CITY MANAGER. CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE, MAYOR? THAT WOULD BE AN IDEA. LET'S HAVE ROLL CALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR WEST, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM TURNER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          HILLIARD HERE. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHERWOOD AND COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          [1. Presentation and Discussion of Proposed Bond Projects]
CRENSHAW HERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, NOW, WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER KENNETH. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DAY FOR US HERE FOR YOU AND SOME WITH SOME DECISIONS TO BE MADE. I, TOO, WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOND COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. COACH LEWIS APPRECIATE FOR LEADING THAT. AND ANYONE ELSE HERE WHO'S PARTICIPATING IN THAT OR WATCHING IT ONLINE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND MAKING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU. 
          TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GO HAVE A FEW GOALS AND THINGS. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THINGS WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH TODAY. ONE IS YOU KNOW, AGREE ON A PROCEEDING. AND TO PROCEED WITH A BOND YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. THAT'S THAT'S THE BIG THING, NOT JUST THE FACT OF WHAT GOES ON IT, THE FACT THAT YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH IT. SO THAT'LL BE A BIG THING. YOU'LL DISCUSS AND FINALIZE THE PROPOSITIONS. YOU KNOW, THESE PROPOSITIONS HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED, BUT COUNCIL IS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY OF WHAT GOES ON HERE. THE COMMITTEE IS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL. AND YOU HAVE THAT AUTHORITY AND YOU. POWER AS A COUNCIL IS TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ON IT. YOU'LL BE AGREEING ON DOLLAR AMOUNTS, NOT JUST THE THINGS THAT WILL GO ON HERE, BUT ALSO THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT YOU PROPOSE TO SPEND. YOU KNOW, THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS GOING TO ALSO DETERMINE A TAX RATE OR TAX IMPACT AND WHAT THAT MEANS. AND GOING FORWARD WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW, BASED UPON WHAT YOU DO TODAY, WE'LL COME BACK WITH A SLATE OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION, FOR APPROVAL BY THIS COUNCIL FOR SURE. WE ONLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2.5 HOURS A DAY, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS, SO I WON'T TALK LONG UPFRONT. I'M GOING TO ASK GAP STRATEGISTS TO COME UP AND START UP THE DISCUSSION. BUT 
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AFTER THAT, IF IT PLEASES THE COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO GO PROPOSITION BY PROPOSITION AND DISCUSS EACH PROPOSITION. AND, AND AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL JEFF BARTON WITH GAP STRATEGIES. AND I WAS PART OF THE TEAM THAT LED YOUR FACILITATION EFFORT. WE HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. REALLY JUST TO RECAP WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE WERE HERE AND GIVE YOU A SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SLIDES. I'LL GO THROUGH THEM VERY QUICKLY. JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THEM PART OF THE RECORD SO THAT YOU ALL CAN SHOW. THERE WAS ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION TODAY. AND AS THIS COMES UP AGAIN, I'M HERE WITH MY BUSINESS ASSOCIATE KARA BUFFINGTON, WHO'S A PARTNER IN GAP STRATEGIES. I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES. BUT TO GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE OUT OF THE WAY. WE HAD A GREAT TEAM BEHIND US. THAT WORKED ON THIS AS WELL. AS YOU HEARD THE CITY MANAGER SAY, EACH OF YOU ALL APPOINTED MEMBERS TO THIS COMMITTEE. IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW CHAIRMAN LEWIS AND HIS COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEE. EVERYONE REALLY PUT IN A LOT OF TIME. MAYOR, YOU SAID A MAJORITY WERE THERE. WE HAD A SUPER MAJORITY PRESENT FOR THAT MEETING WHERE WE HAD A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION TO YOU. 
          SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WANT TO JUST COVER A FEW THINGS AND I'LL START IN. THE SLIDES WILL COME UP. THIS WORK BEGAN IN THE SPRING WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU TINA. 
          YOU CAN SKIP ON THROUGH THOSE FIRST COUPLE, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE, HERE'S THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF. GREAT WORK THAT THEY DID. AS WE TALKED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, NICOTINA. AND THEY WERE ASKED TO REALLY ASSESS THE FINANCIAL WISHES OF THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY LISTEN, ENGAGE COMMUNITY SENTIMENT, TO PRIORITIZE BASED ON THAT COMMUNITY INPUT, IN THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WHAT SHOULD BE ON THIS BOND, OR AT LEAST WHAT MIGHT BE ON THIS BOND AND PRESENT A REPORT TO YOU NEXT THAT START OFF, AS YOU RECALL, FROM ABOUT $1.35 BILLION, WHERE THE TOTAL PROJECTS AND THROUGH THEIR WORK, THE COMMITTEE NARROWED THAT DOWN NEXT TO THE $210 MILLION PACKAGE THAT YOU SEE TODAY. THEY WORKED BASED ON A SYSTEM THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED CALLED COMMUNITY BASED CONSENT, WHERE EVERY COMMUNITY, EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE GOT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GIVE THEIR INPUT AND THEN WORK TOGETHER TO TRY AND COME UP WITH CONSENSUS TO VOTE WHERE NECESSARY. AND AS WE SAID, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY ENDED UP WITH A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION. 
          YOU CAN GO ON THE FINAL VOTE, AS I SAID, WAS UNANIMOUS. IT TOOK THE COMMITTEE REALLY WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF VARIATIONS TO COME UP WITH THIS, WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION TO YOU, AND USED A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOOLS, INCLUDING SOME SPREADSHEETS THAT WE'LL HAVE TODAY TO HELP YOU FINE TUNE THIS BOND PACKAGE SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE AT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. AND AS I WAS SAYING, THIS BEGAN BACK IN THE SPRING. FOR THOSE WHO MAY JUST BE TUNING IN TO THIS CONVERSATION AND HAS LASTED UP THROUGH THE CURRENT DAY, THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY MET ON JULY 22ND, ITS SIXTH MEETING. ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS GAVE MANY, MANY HOURS DURING COMMITTEE MEETINGS. ALSO DID HOMEWORK, ALSO RELIED ON A COMMUNITY SURVEY AND A TOWN OPEN HOUSE. SO THIS PROJECT REALLY WAS GROUNDED IN PUBLIC INPUT. AND THAT INPUT WAS OPEN TO ALL CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. IT INCLUDED ALMOST 3000 PEOPLE IN AN EARLY COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT SET THE TONE THAT GAVE THE MEMBERS INFORMATION TO WORK FROM. THAT INCLUDED TARGETED ADS AND COMMUNITY BASED OUTREACH FROM MEMBERS LIKE COACH LEWIS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHO REACHED OUT, AND FROM YOUR STAFF, WHO DID A GREAT JOB IN HELPING US GET THE WORD OUT. AND WE HAD IN THAT FIRST COMMUNITY SURVEY, WAS CITIZENS TELLING US THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PROJECTS BUT WERE PRICE SENSITIVE. AS WE MOVED ALONG, THAT BECAME THAT CAME INTO BETTER DEFINITION. SO INITIALLY, ABOUT 51% OF CITIZENS SAID THEY WERE WILLING TO SPEND ABOUT $10 A MONTH. BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, PEOPLE BECAME MORE WILLING AS THEY SAW THE KINDS OF PROJECTS THAT WERE BEING DISCOVERED AND THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE, CITIZENS WERE WILLING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE AFTER THE COMMITTEE HAD DONE MUCH OF ITS WORK, WE WENT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, AS YOU RECALL, WITH AN OPEN HOUSE TO TEST THOSE IDEAS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD BEEN WORKING ON. AGAIN, WE HAD A VERY STRONG TURNOUT. IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT TYPICAL SURVEYS WITH 2600 PEOPLE INVOLVED, IT WAS ONLINE AND IN PERSON. AND AT THE AT THE LAKESIDE CENTER ON JULY 
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THE 12TH AND THEN HELD OPEN. THE OPEN HOUSE LASTED FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. WE SHARED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAD BEEN DOING, WHAT THE TAX IMPACTS MIGHT BE, AND ABOUT HOW THE COMMITTEE HAD COME TO ITS INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS. BASED ON THAT, WE THE COMMITTEE CAME BACK AND FINE TUNED THEIR EFFORTS AT THE OPEN HOUSE. THE COMMITTEE ASKED A FEW SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE, ABOUT POLICE HEADQUARTERS, AND WHETHER THE COMMUNITY FELT LIKE THEY WERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. AND JUST AS A REMINDER, AGAIN, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TWO MEETINGS AGO, BUT MOST PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THOUGHT THE GOLF COURSE COULD WAIT AND PERHAPS NOT BE ON THIS BOND. A MAJORITY WERE RELUCTANT TO INCLUDE THE FULL POLICE HEADQUARTERS AT THE PRICE THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT AT THAT TIME, WHICH WAS OVER $100 MILLION. THERE WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR SOME KIND OF WORK WITH THE POLICE, BUT NOT AT THAT PRICE. AND PEOPLE FELT LIKE THERE SHOULD PERHAPS BE A COMMUNITY WIDE FACILITY STUDY FIRST TO GET A SENSE OF THE OVERALL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN 54% FELT LIKE THE BBAC, THE BEAUMONT BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT IN FACT, AS YOU DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE, THE SUPPORT WAS DEEPER AND BROADER THAN THAT. THAT 54% REPRESENTED FOLKS WHO ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE OR THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS OR THE OF THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS. 
          WHEN YOU REALLY ASK PEOPLE WHAT THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY FOR, THEN 60% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THEY WERE COMFORTABLE SPENDING AT LEAST $10 A MONTH ON THIS PROJECT, AND THERE WAS A CLEAR MAJORITY, YOU KNOW, UP TO $15, BUT OVER $15 SUPPORT BEGAN TO DROP OFF PRETTY QUICKLY. SO AS WE GOT OVER $15, THEN SUPPORT DROPPED DOWN TO LESS THAN 35%. SO THAT SEEMS TO BE THE MAGIC NUMBER SOMEWHERE IN THAT 10 TO $15 RANGE. WE ALSO GOT A NUMBER OF OPEN ENDED COMMENTS THAT THE OPEN HOUSE. YOU'LL HAVE SEEN THESE BEFORE. WE'RE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THEM IF YOU HAVE THEM. AND THEN THE COMMITTEE, BASED ON ALL THAT CAME UP WITH THIS UNANIMOUS SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS, FIRST AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT, YES, BEAUMONT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A BOND PACKAGE IN THE FALL. THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION AND THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL DISTINCT AREAS THAT MERIT INVESTMENT. THE COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED FOUR, THOUGH THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK OF THE COMMITTEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THE COUNCIL CHOSE, THAT COULD BE CONSOLIDATED INTO THREE, PERHAPS, OR EXPANDED SLIGHTLY TO GIVE VOTERS OPTIMUM CHOICE. THEN THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED $210 MILLION OF PROJECTS AS IDENTIFIED AS URGENT PRIORITIES. 
          OUT OF THAT 1.35 BILLION THAT THEY HAD LOOKED AT, THAT BRINGS A TAX IMPACT AT BETWEEN 11 AND $12 A MONTH. THE ESTIMATE FROM YOUR OUTSIDE FINANCIAL ADVISORS THAT THAT'S CONSTITUTES ABOUT $11.24 A MONTH. THERE'S A CAP. AND THERE ARE A FEW CAVEATS WITH THAT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT $11.24, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MONTHLY COST FOR THE AVERAGE PRICED PROPERTY OR AVERAGE PRICED HOME, REALLY, IN BEAUMONT, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $150,000. SO. IF YOU'RE IF YOUR HOME IS WORTH MORE, YOU WOULD PAY MORE. IF IT'S WORTH LESS, YOU WOULD PAY LESS. AND I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR HAS DONE GREAT WORK IN TRYING TO ESTIMATE, YOU KNOW, WHEN PHASING WOULD HAPPEN AND PROJECTING WHAT INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO BE. SO ALL THAT'S I'LL LET HIM SPEAK TO THAT MORE. BUT ALL OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT VARIABLE. THAT'S THE CLOSEST PROJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT. NEXT. VERY QUICKLY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE DISCUSSED THIS AND WANT TO GET TO DISCUSSION, BUT THAT RESULTED IN INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, ROADS AND SIDEWALKS AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR A PROPOSITION AT $94.6 MILLION, THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AND AT THE OPEN HOUSE AS WELL, WAS INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE LARGEST PROPOSITION TO BE ON INFRASTRUCTURE MORE THAN ANY OTHER. HERE YOU SEE THE PROJECTS. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THIS LIST, SO WE WON'T LINGER ON IT. WE DISCUSSED IT LAST TIME, BUT AGAIN, SIDEWALKS, ROADS AND DRAINAGE. AND THEN THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECOMMENDED ALMOST $20 MILLION, OR 19.5 MILLION, IN FACILITIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT INCLUDED, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE NEXT PROJECTS, TINA ANIMAL 
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CARE ADOPTION CENTER, FIRE STATION, A FACILITIES ASSESSMENT, SOME URGENT AND INTERIM POLICE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENTS UNTIL YOU MOVE FORWARD TO A POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND THEN SOME SECURITY CAMERAS. ALSO $47 MILLION, ALMOST 46.9 MILLION, IN PARKS, TRAILS AND RECREATION. AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THOSE FROM PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO PARKS AND RESTROOMS. TERRELL PARK UPGRADES BEING THE LARGEST SINGLE PROJECT, THE RIVERFRONT PARK EXTENSION, THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX CONVERSION, AND THEN 49.6 MILLION IN DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME, THAT'S REALLY THE REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WAS THOUGHT OF AS DOWNTOWN. IT COULD REALLY BE SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT COULD BE PART OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER PROPOSITION. BUT BECAUSE OF ITS STRONG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND REALLY THE BASIS OF IT, THE COMMITTEE SEPARATED THAT OUT. SO BACK TO A PRICE CHECK, $210 MILLION, COSTING ABOUT $11.24 FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER, ABOUT 8.8 CENTS ON THE TAX RATE. IF YOU WENT DOWN TO $10, THAT WOULD GENERATE ABOUT 194 MILLION. IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THIS PROJECT, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE YOU'RE OUTSIDE FINANCIAL ADVISOR ESTIMATES THAT IT COSTS AT THIS POINT. ABOUT AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROUGHLY BUT ABOUT $0.61, 60 OR $0.62 FOR EACH $10 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. 
          SO IF YOU WERE WANTING TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD COST, FOR EXAMPLE, TO GET RIGHT UP TO KIND OF THAT $15 THRESHOLD, THEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE 60 TO $65 MILLION BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO GET TO THAT THRESHOLD. DEPENDS ON HOW CLOSE YOU WANT TO RUN THAT. AND YOU KNOW HOW MUCH CUSHION YOU WANT TO LEAVE FOR SLIGHT VARIATIONS THAT MAY COME UP. WITH THAT. WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT YOUR BOND COUNSEL AND FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND MR. LEWIS ARE ALSO HERE. 
          PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL US BACK UP IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP AND THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND I KNOW SETTING SOME PARAMETERS AND GIVE GAVE THEM SOME ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO BE EFFECTIVE AT WORKING THIS OUT. SO AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH AND I'D LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO SHARE THEIR COMMENTS. AND I GUESS BEGIN WITH AS HE AS IT WAS POINTED OUT, AS THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THAT THE BOND IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO. AND THEN ANY INDIVIDUAL CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE REVIEWED ALL THE. THE FOUR DIFFERENT BOND PROPOSALS BROKEN DOWN. AND I'M GOING TO DOES ANYBODY I THINK EVERYBODY HAS INFORMATION TO SHARE. SO I'M GOING TO START AND I'LL START OVER WITH YOU. CHRIS. IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE YOU JUST GET BACK FROM VACATION. SO YOU'RE. BUT COME BACK MAYOR COULD WE COULD WE START WITH PROP A IF YOU DON'T MIND. SURE. YEAH. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. AND IF COUNCIL WANTS TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY JUST LET ME KNOW. PROP EIGHT. LET ME. 
          THIS IS JUST WHAT THE BOARD THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT TOTALED 34.5. 
          AND IT'S PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT RESTROOM RENOVATIONS, TRAIL PARK UPGRADES AND FIELD CONVERSIONS. 
          NOW I'VE HAD THE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TALK WITH SOME OF YOU TOO, ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN. SO IF WE GO TO NEXT SLIDE, I HAVE SOME THINGS LISTED THERE THAT MIGHT HELP START THE CONVERSATION AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION. OTHER CONSIDERATION PARKS AND TRAILS. AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF YOU IS POSSIBLE. SOFT AND RECREATION CENTER FOR $10 MILLION. WE'VE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT WE WILL PROBABLY GET A MATCHING $1.9 MILLION GRANT FOR THAT FACILITY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD. THINK ABOUT IN DOING THAT. ALSO, THE TRAIL PARK UPGRADES THE $23.9 MILLION. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS DISCUSSION IS SOMETHING WE WOULD ANTICIPATE. MAYBE THE COUNCIL LOOKING AT AND LOOKING AT SOME THINGS THEY SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR SOME LIGHTING AND SOME OTHER FEATURES OUT THERE TO LOOK AT. SOME OF YOU ARE GOLFERS TOO, AND SAY MAYBE SOME OF THAT COULD GO 
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TOWARD SOME OF THE DRAINAGE WORK AT THE GOLF COURSE. HOLMBERG OUT THERE, NOT NOT THE GOLF COURSE FIXING, BUT DRAINAGE WORK OUT THERE FOR THERE. AND TWO, YOU COULD MAYBE ACTION HERE, THE AMPHITHEATER AND VERTICAL LOOKOUT IN THAT IN THE IN THE OVERALL TRAIL PARK FEATURE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT AMPHITHEATER IN OTHER PLACES. SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU COULD MAYBE DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO OR NOT AND TAKE OUT WHICH WOULD SAVE YOU $3 MILLION. AND POSSIBLY THE VERTICAL LOOKOUT STRUCTURE DOLLARS. SO THIS IS JUST SOME THINGS THAT THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED OF ME. SO I JUST KIND OF BRINGING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD TO START THE DISCUSSION. 
          ABOUT THE 3 MILLION FOR DRAINAGE. OR ARE YOU ASKING THAT BE AN ADDITION? WELL, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE THREE IN THE THREE POINT. I MEAN, IT IS INCLUDED IN 23.9, IT IS INCLUDED. IT IS. AND WHAT ABOUT THE BOTANICAL GARDENS? IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE 23.9 MILLION THAT WOULD NEED TO COME OUT OF THE 23.9? AND HOW MUCH IS THE BOTANICAL GARDENS IMPROVEMENTS? WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITE NUMBER, BUT WE GET AN INPUT ON IT SO WE CAN GET SOME DOLLARS. WE JUST HAVE A BALLPARK. ARE WE TALKING 2 MILLION? 3 MILLION? I'M THINKING 500,000, 500,000. AND DOES THAT INCLUDE WE KEEP GETTING EMAILS FROM VARIOUS PEOPLE FROM THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AND WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE. THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT STREET LIGHTING AND THEY NEED TO IMPROVE STREET LIGHTING AROUND TERRELL PARK. IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE 23.9? JEFF, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, STAFF MAY WANT TO STEP UP AND CORRECT ME, BUT I BELIEVE THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT THERE WAS. 
          WHILE THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS ARE OUTLINED IN YOUR PARKS PLAN, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF DISCRETIONARY MONEY LEFT IN THERE AND SOME SOFT PROJECTS. SO I THINK STAFF FELT LIKE THAT THERE WAS SOME MONEY TO DO. SOME OF THE ADDITIONS TO THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. WITHIN THAT 23.9, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPECIFY THAT. AND THEN IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO LARGER IMPROVEMENTS, YOU MIGHT NEED SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY. BUT STAFF AT LEAST TOLD US THAT THEY FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOME ROOM TO LEFTOVER IN THOSE. IT'S A GOOD TIME TO MENTION ALSO, COUNCILMEMBER, THAT ALL OF THESE NUMBERS DO HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY BUILT INTO THEM AND SOME INFLATION BUILT INTO THEM. 
          OKAY, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT ON THE 23.9 MILLION FOR PARK, IT BASICALLY INCLUDES EVERYTHING THAT, YES, WE WANT TO DO WITH BOTANICAL GARDENS AND THE DRAINAGE FOR THE GOLF COURSE. YEAH. BUT YOU THE TWO PROJECTS I MENTIONED MIGHT WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT TO MAKE THAT NUMBER EVEN. THAT'S THE AMPHITHEATER AND THE VERTICAL LOOKOUT STRUCTURE. YEAH. OKAY. 
          AND ANOTHER QUESTION. I KNOW THAT THE BOTANICAL GARDENS IS THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF WORK CAN BE DONE ON. THEY HAVE A THEY HAVE A ALSO HAVE A GARDEN UP BY THE CATTAIL MARSH. 
          AND A LOT OF THIS WORK IS SHOWING THE SOUTH. BUT ARE THEY DOING ANY WORK TO THE NORTH END OF THE PARK. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK THE GARDEN THAT YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONING WAS PUT IN LAST YEAR BY THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. YES, WE CAN WORK WITH IT AND ACTUALLY ENHANCE WHAT'S THERE AS WELL. OKAY. SO THE IDEA OR THE BIG PLAN IS NOT TO TAKE IT OUT. 
          OKAY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT. NOT SAYING IT MAY HAVE TO COME OUT IF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR DRAINAGE INSIDE OF THE PARK. SO ONCE WE GET INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF EVERYTHING. WE MAY HAVE TO, BUT I'M GOING TO PUSH IF WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANY DRAINAGE WORK OR ANYTHING RIGHT THERE IN THAT LOCATION TO LEAVE IT THERE AS WELL AS ENHANCE IT, I KNOW THAT'S IT'S A CONCERN OF THEIRS. THEY'VE THEY'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY IN THAT, IN THAT. AND WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME AND WORK KEEPING IT UP. YES YOU HAVE AND THIS IS AND ONE THING THAT I'D SUGGEST IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARK, IF WE JUST REMOVE THE SOUTH LOOP LANGUAGE AND JUST ENCOMPASS THE WHOLE PARK, IT WOULD GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY. VERY CONFUSING. OKAY. AND TO BE CLEAR, COUNCIL MEMBER CRENSHAW, THE 10 MILLION FOR THE RECREATION CENTER IS NOT IN THE 23.9. THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION. YES. AND SO IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH THIS 3 MILLION FOR THE DRAINAGE AND FOR THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE DELETION OF THE AMPHITHEATER, THE VERTICAL LOOKOUT STRUCTURE. YES. OKAY. YES. COUNCILMAN DARIA, THE RECREATION FACILITY FOR THE SOUTH END. THAT'S A DEAL THAT'S REALLY BEEN NEEDED FOR THAT PART OF BEAUMONT. THERE'S NOTHING OVER THERE AS FAR AS STERLING PRUITT LIKE CENTER. BUT WE HAVE ON THE NORTH END OF BEAUMONT. WE GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THOSE KIDS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF IT'S NEEDED BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OVER THERE. SO WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GET KIDS OFF THE STREETS, GET THEM INSIDE, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE NORTH END. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT A MATCHING WHITE 1.9 MILLION FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND SO WE WOULD AND I'M TALKING ABOUT OVER IN THE 
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ALICE KEITH, ALICE KEITH PARK AREA, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD FOR THOSE KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS OVER THERE JUST TO HELP THEM, KEEP THEM, KEEP THEM OUT OF TROUBLE. 
          AND NOT ONLY, I MEAN, LIKE IT'LL HAVE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BASKETBALL COURTS, WEIGHT ROOM, EVEN CLASSROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S REALLY NEEDED. AND I HOPE WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO, TO GO ON AND GET THAT DONE. AND AS FAR AS THE HENRY HOLMBERG DRAINAGE, NO, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE OUT THERE AT ALL, EVER. IF IT RAINS OUT THERE, YOU CAN'T USE THAT COURSE. IF IT RAINS ENOUGH, YOU CAN'T USE IT FOR ABOUT A WEEK. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SOME PLACES, LIKE OUT IN PORT ARTHUR FOR RAIN IN THE MORNING. YOU COULD BE ON IT IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT THIS PLACE WAS BUILT WITHOUT ANY DRAINAGE WHATSOEVER. AND FOLKS HAVE COME TO ME THEY LIKE THEY REALLY WOULD RATHER PLAY THERE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. THEY REALLY LIKE THAT. COURSE THEY JUST. IF IT RAINS, YOU CAN'T PLAY THERE. 
          ALSO THIS AMPHITHEATER. WHAT WHAT WHAT IS THAT ACTUAL? IS THAT LIKE A PAVILION OR IS IT GOING TO BE AN ACTUAL THEATER OR WHAT? AND I DO, JUST FOR CLARITY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS A PART OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. AND SO THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE MORE STUDIES TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS IN TERMS OF DESIGN, DESIGN WISE. BUT FORD PARK HAS AMPHITHEATER, RIGHT? OH, OKAY. 
          OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE LIKE THAT. SIMILAR. YEAH. GETS USED BUT NOT USED. IT DOESN'T GET USED. 
          HARDLY. YEAH. UNLESS WE HAVE A HURRICANE PEOPLE COULD GO OVER THERE AND WAIT FOR BUSSES. 
          THAT'S MOST. I'VE SEEN IT GET USED. AND THE VERTICAL LOOKOUT STRUCTURE. WHAT IS THAT? WELL, IT'S A LOOKOUT AS IT SAYS, VERTICAL LOOKOUT STRUCTURE WITH HALF OF IT PLANNED WAS TO LOOK LIKE AN OIL DERRICK. YOU COULD WALK UP, LOOK OUT, SEE CATTAIL MARSH, BASICALLY ONE ANOTHER PARK TO THE OTHER, AS WELL AS BIRD'S EYE VIEW RIGHT THERE. SO WHAT WHAT ARE THE PRICES ON THOSE TWO? THE LOOKOUT STRUCTURE 1.5 AND I THINK THE AMPHITHEATER WAS 1.53 TOTAL IS THREE OKAY OKAY. YEAH. TOTAL 3 MILLION. YEAH. COUNCILMAN TURNER, JUST WHAT I URGE CITIZENS TO DO. ANDE IS, YOU KNOW, LOOK UP BALTIMORE, MARYLAND AND LOOK UP SOME OF THOSE AREAS ABOUT WHAT THE MAYOR'S ACTUALLY DID IN THOSE CITIES TO REDUCE CRIME. AND BALTIMORE CRIME WENT DOWN OVER 50, 52% SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY PROVIDED YOUTH ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN BEAUMONT. AND TO SAY THAT RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES CAN'T ASSIST IN REDUCTION OF CRIME, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT, BECAUSE IT'S PROVEN THAT IT DID IT IN A COMMUNITY SIMILAR TO OUR DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN. ALSO, CHICAGO, THE CRIME HAS WENT DOWN ALSO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, THE CRIME HAS WENT DOWN. I CHALLENGE PEOPLE TO KIND OF LOOK UP THE STATS OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THOSE AREAS IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THIS AREA, AND WE HAVE TO DO MORE THAN JUST ALWAYS BLAME CRIME ON POLICE. WE HAVE TO GIVE THESE KIDS AN OUTLET ACTUALLY DOING FOR I REMEMBER ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, WE STARTED WORKING WITH CHRISTIAN MANUEL ON SOME TYPE OF GRANT FUNDING TO GET SOME PROJECTS DONE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, BECAUSE I KNEW IN ORDER TO GET THINGS DONE, YOU NEED ALSO FUNDING FROM THE STATE TO KICK IN. THEY WERE IN A SURPLUS, AND HE ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO ALLOCATE THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR PARKS AND RECS. AND YOU CAN LOOK IT UP IN THIS MOST RECENT BUDGET CYCLE, HE WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO ALLOCATE IT TO GO SPECIFICALLY TO ALICE KEEFE PARK. AND WHEN WE FOUND OUT THIS WAS POSSIBLE AND THE PRICING OF THIS IS ALMOST, YOU KNOW, NECESSARY TO DO BECAUSE YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THE MEDIAN INCOME. ALSO IN BEAUMONT, ROUGHLY $47,000 MEDIAN INCOME PER HOUSEHOLD. SO HOW DO WE SUPPOSE SOME OF THESE KIDS WHO ARE DEALING WITH SOME OF THESE AREAS TO ACTUALLY GET TO FACILITIES AND GET ACROSS TOWN, WHERE MOM AND DAD MAY BE WORKING 3 TO 4 JOBS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AT HOME WITH THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THEY JUST NEED AN OUTLET TO BE AROUND MORE KIDS AND MORE POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTS. BESIDES GOING OUT AND DOING THINGS LIKE WE'VE SEEN HAPPEN, BREAK-INS AND CARS AND OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T PROPER. SO TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS WITH A MATCHING PRICE I THINK IS VIABLE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RAISE MY HEAD OUT TO THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT. I'VE SEEN YOUR EMAILS. I'M GLAD STAFF WITHOUT US EVEN HAVING TO FIGHT FOR IT. 
          THEY'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE ALLOCATE SOME FUNDING TO ADDRESS YOU GUYS NEEDS AS WELL? BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO THIS MAGNITUDE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LISTEN TO 
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THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST ONE PART, BUT EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING CONSISTENT. I SEE YOUR EMAILS. I'VE ALREADY ASKED THE CITY MANAGER FOR HIM TO ACTUALLY GET AHEAD OF THIS. I APPRECIATE IT, BUT THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE SOUTH PARK AREA THAT CAME UP WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT GRANT WAS THERE, AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS, WHY NOT PUT IT ON THE TABLE TO GET A FEEL FOR HOW COUNCIL FEELS ABOUT IT? SO AND IF I IF I HEARD CORRECTLY, JUST TO PUT A NUMBER WITH IT, 10 MILLION REPRESENTS ABOUT A 66 CENT INCREASE. 6160 $0.01 INCREASE. SO THAT WOULD RAISE IT TO 1080 OR 1085. TO RAISE ABOUT 1195 11. YES. 1124. 
          EXCUSE ME. SO YEAH, WE GOT THEM KEEPING SCORE. YEAH. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING. 
          YES, COUNCILWOMAN SHERMAN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE MULTI-PURPOSE COMPLEX OUT OF DOWNTOWN AND STERLING PRUITT IS GOING TO NEED SOME IMPROVEMENTS, AS THAT IS AN OLDER FACILITY AS WELL. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THAT STERLING PRUITT GETS SOME UPDATES IN THE NORTH END. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT GOING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN DARIO, ALSO WITH THE 23.9 MILLION FOR THE PARK UPGRADES, THAT'S GOING TO BE A THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A CROWN JEWEL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY NICE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL. AND I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE IN THE CITY TO HAVE ACCESS IN IT. AND THAT'S WHY I GOT WITH MR. ELLIS ABOUT EXTENDING BUS ROUTES INTO THE PARK SO EVERYBODY CAN CAN ENJOY IT. SO THEY DID GIVE US SOME ESTIMATES. AND FROM THE LOOKS OF IT, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT EXPENSIVE, THAT COSTLY TO EXTEND THOSE ROUTES. SO FOLKS CAN GO WHEREVER YOU ARE IN BEAUMONT CAN GO OUT THERE AND ENJOY THE PARK. I MEAN, THEY GOT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THEY'RE GOING TO INCLUDE, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE 23 MILLION IS GOING TO BE NICE. SO WE NEED TO OPEN THAT UP AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. WELL, AND ON THAT NOTE, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER WHEN THE FIRST STEP IS A BOND IS COMING TO AN AGREEMENT ON WHAT WILL BE ON THE BOND PACKAGE, BUT AFTER IT PASSED BEFORE EXPENDITURES OCCUR IN THAT BOND, IT WILL COME BEFORE THAT COUNCIL. SO BECAUSE SOME OF THIS WORK WILL MAY BE THREE YEARS BEFORE IT OCCURS, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS. SO THERE THIS ALL GOT TO BE DONE BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION. AND COUNCIL MEMBER DARIO, THAT BUS DOLLARS THAT MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN THE REGULAR BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF EXPENDITURE IT IS, WE COULD LOOK AND SEE HOW IT FITS INTO THE BUDGET AT THAT POINT. EXPENSE? YEAH. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, WELL, ON THAT SAME NOTE, TO FOLLOW UP, WHAT AJ SAID ABOUT THE CITY AND CHRIS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAYBE PUT IN THE BOND TO COVER BUS EXPENSES FOR A YEAR OR TWO INSIDE THE CITY SO THAT EVERYONE CAN RIDE THE BUS FOR FREE? I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO DO IN THE BOND ITSELF. I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, AS WE COULD LOOK AT WITHIN THE BUDGET AND BUT I DON'T. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE A LOT OF A LOT OF HARDSHIP WITH A LOT OF THE LIKE YOU SAID, THE AVERAGE INCOME IS 47,000. I MEAN, THAT YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THAT GO TO WORK AND USE THE BUS EVERY DAY, WHAT KIND OF SAVINGS THAT WOULD BE FOR THEM AND FOR THE KIDS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE YOUTH PROGRAMS. I MEAN, THE WHAT WHAT IT DID TO PROVIDE THAT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY IS JUST AMAZING. AND I THINK THAT WE COULD WE TAKE THAT AND WE ENHANCE IT AND WE SAY, HEY, LET'S OFFER THIS TO EVERYBODY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT THAT YOU TAKE SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE. SO, I MEAN, IT'S JUST AN IDEA THAT IS WORTH, WORTH TALKING ABOUT. WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, FREE FOR VETERANS TO RIDE THE BUS RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK THEN WE JUST HAVE A PRESENTATION WHERE THEY'RE DOING REDUCED RATES FOR SCHOOL KIDS ON THE CITY BUSSES DURING THE SUMMER, FOR THE SUMMER. AND I THINK YOU YOU WERE OUT LAST MEETING COUNCIL MEMBER TYPICALLY FOR BOND PROJECTS IT IS FOR EXPENDITURES THAT LAST OVER 20 YEARS. OKAY. NOW WE COULD LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING AGAIN INSIDE THE BUDGET WITH THAT. YOU KNOW WE ALREADY WHAT ARE WE EXPEND TRANSFER PER YEAR FOR THE 
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TRANSIT SYSTEM 6 OR 7. WHAT IS IT CHRIS. YEAH, THE OVERALL COST IS ABOUT 6 MILLION A YEAR. BUT WE DO GET WE GET FUNDING FROM FTA AND TEXDOT TO COVER SOME. BUT TO THAT POINT, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE OPERATING, WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE AS A BOND EXPENSE. BUT AS THE MANAGER MENTIONED, WE COULD LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF THE ANNUAL REGULAR BUDGET. YEAH, OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW? WELL, YES. SO. THIS MATCHING $1.9 MILLION GRANT COULD THAT DOES THE MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER QUALIFY FOR THAT? LOCATION? THIS IS LOCATION. THE 1.9 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR ALICE KEY. SO THAT SO YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A RECREATION CENTER WOULD BE AT TERRELL PARK. IT WOULD BE AT ALICE KEITH. IT WOULD BE ALICE. 
          IT'S ALLOCATED FOR ALICE KEITH PARK. OH THIS 1.9 THAT IS MENTIONED IN THIS THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY DONE THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT WAS TARGETED FOR THERE. I THINK THERE WAS ALSO SOME MONEY FOR PORT ARTHUR. SO THIS IS NOT TERRELL PARK. THIS IS NOT TERRELL PARK. THAT'S RIGHT. DIFFERENT RECREATION CENTER. THAT'S FOR ALICE KEITH PARK. YES OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO REMOVE THE WORD SOUTH, THEN I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I ALSO WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE SLIGHTLY INCREASING THIS AMOUNT FROM 23.9 TO JUST AN EVEN 25 MILLION. AND HAVING THAT INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AND THE 3 MILLION FOR THE DRAINAGE. AND THEN I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE OUT THE AMPHITHEATER AND THE VERTICAL STRUCTURE LOOKOUT IN ORDER TO FUND THOSE, BECAUSE I HEAR A LOT MORE FROM PEOPLE REGARDING THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AND THE DRAINAGE ISSUE NEEDING TO BE FIXED THAN I EVER DO. PEOPLE TELLING ME THEY WANT AN AMPHITHEATER OR A VERTICAL STRUCTURE TO LOOK AT BIRDS FROM. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST LOOK IN THE TREES IF YOU WANT TO SEE A BIRD AND THEN I THINK THAT 10 MILLION FOR A RECREATIONAL CENTER IS, YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FOR SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF WE'RE POTENTIALLY ABOUT TO APPROVE 50 MILLION FOR A MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER, THAT'S GOING TO BE POSSIBLY OFF OF COLLEGE STREET, THAT ANOTHER 10 MILLION AT ALICE KEITH PARK SEEMS LIKE QUITE A BIT, AND I WONDER IF MAYBE IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THIS AN ADDITIONAL ITEM JUST TO VOTE AND NOT HAVE IT ALL PART OF PROP A AND BREAKING OUT THAT ITEM SEPARATELY? THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE VOTE. THAT WAY A VOTERS REALLY DO WANT IT, THEN THEY CAN APPROVE IT, AND IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, IT DOESN'T RUN THE RISK OF HURTING THE CHANCES OF THE 25 MILLION FOR TERRELL PARK AND THE OTHER PROJECTS GETTING APPROVED. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT ON THAT. YES, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON THIS? YOU GOT MIKE? NO. SORRY. YEAH, I TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW. I JUST MY CONCERN WOULD BE. I MEAN, I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN TURNER SAID OF GIVING KIDS THINGS TO DO AND KEEPING THEM BUSY, AND I'VE READ ABOUT BALTIMORE AND SEEING WHAT THEY'VE DONE UP THERE. FOR ME, IT'S I WORRY THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME WORRY IF WE'RE SPENDING $50 MILLION ON A, ON A, ANOTHER FACILITY, WOULD THERE BE SOME SORT OF FATIGUE ON THAT TYPE OF PROJECT? THAT WOULD BE MY MAIN CONCERN AND WOULD BE OPEN TO. 
          POSSIBLY RECONFIGURING THE WAY IT SITS ON THE BALLOT OR OR WHAT IT'S GROUPED WITH. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. THE COMPLEX ON COLLEGE STREET. 
          IT'S JUST A LONG WAY FROM SOUTH PARK WHERE THE KIDS ARE, WHERE THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE CRIME, AND IT'S BEEN NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME, SO I DON'T WANT TO DO. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT DONE AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO. I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX AS WELL. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEAL. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT TOO. BUT I THINK I THINK WE WE'RE SMART ENOUGH TO GET BOTH OF THEM 
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DONE. AND I THINK WE SMART ENOUGH TO GET THE NORTH END IN HERE TO. ALL RIGHT. IF COULD WE ASK IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN ABOUT UPGRADES AT STERLING PRUITT? DO WE HAVE A LIKE A DOLLAR FIGURE? I MEAN, WE NEED SOMETHING TO OPERATE OFF OF. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN? IS KENNY HERE WITH THAT PART OF THE CIP? NO, SIR. I DON'T THINK IT'S A PART OF THE CIP. NO. AND I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS WARD THREE WAS GOING TO GET THE MULTI-PURPOSE COMPLEX. SO THAT'S KIND OF NEAR THE NORTH END. WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A BIG DEAL. NOW THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN THE NORTH END. WHAT I'VE BEEN LEARNING IS THAT THE STERLING PRUITT, IT NEEDS IMPROVEMENTS. RIGHT. SO I WAS GOING TO WORK IN MY MIND TO SELL DOWNTOWN AS THE LOCATION. SO IT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM THE NORTH END. BUT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOWN COLLEGE. SO IF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LEFT WITH IS THE STERLING PRUITT, THEN I'M GOING TO NEED THAT FACILITY TO BE STATE OF THE ART, LIKE THE SOUTH END FACILITY AND THE COLLEGE STREET FACILITY, WHICH I GUESS THAT'S PART OF THIS BOND PROCESS. I NEED SOME TO AT STERLING PRUITT. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILMAN TURNER, MR. WILLIAMS, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I'VE KIND OF SEEN IT IN OTHER CITIES WHERE LET'S JUST SAY THE MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY HAD A BUDGET OF 51, $52 MILLION. AND IT CAME OUT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT DONE FOR $44 MILLION. 
          COULD IT BE ANY KIND OF WAY THAT THE ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY CAN BE ALLOCATED TO BE REDEDICATED TO OTHER RECREATIONAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT? IS THAT POSSIBLE IN THE LANGUAGE? YEAH, YEAH, AND WE HAVE OUR BOND COUNSEL AND ADVISE HERE TOO. BUT YES, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH PROPOSITIONS WITH OUR WARD IN SUCH A WAY THAT IF DOLLARS ARE LEFT OVER OR WHATEVER YOU CAN, THEY CAN BE USED FOR SIMILAR PROJECTS. YEAH. BECAUSE WHAT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT UP INTO BECAUSE I KNOW AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROPOSED THAT WASN'T IN THE ORIGINAL BOND AMOUNT. AND IF WE START RIGHT NOW GOING ABOUT IT WITH THIS MINDSET, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH EVERY INDIVIDUAL ITEMIZED PROJECT. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH THIS, IF WE PICK APART OR PICK AT CERTAIN PROJECTS, I KNOW FROM MY EXPERIENCE OF SEEING OTHER COUNCILS DO THIS, YOU'LL START SEEING OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS PUSH BACK AT OTHER PROPOSED CHARGES THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE KIND OF INTERESTED IN. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, CAN WE KIND OF WORK THROUGH THIS BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO I DON'T WANT TO SAY MAKE IT WORK, BUT AT LEAST BE ABLE TO MOVE PAST THIS TOPIC BECAUSE I'M MORE THAN CONFIDENT IT'S GOING TO BE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT RECOMMENDED THAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET IT TO CONTINGENT THIS EARLY TO GET TO THE POINT TO WHEN THOSE COME UP, YOU'LL AUTOMATICALLY SEE COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAINST THAT AS WELL. WELL, SAID, COUNCILMAN TURNER, AND I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER TOO, THAT AS WE'VE BEGUN THIS PROCESS, WE COULD LOOK AT FUTURE BONDS AS WELL. I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR 43 YEARS, THIS COUNCIL DIDN'T DO ANY BONDS. AND THERE IS SOME EXCITEMENT NOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BOND PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND SOME ARE GOING TO REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL STUDIES TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE BEST FOR THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY INVESTED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'D NEED TO WHEN WE'RE SPENDING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THAT PROJECT. BUT WHAT IT DOES IS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, GIVES US THE INPUT THAT THIS IS THE DIRECTION THE VOTING PUBLIC WANTS TO GO. AND SO IT'S GIVEN US SOME GUIDANCE TO HAVE SOME CHANGE, SOME POSITIVE CHANGE, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT WILL LAST DECADES. BECAUSE AS WE'VE SEEN, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING OF THIS SCOPE DONE IN OUR CITY. 
          SO THERE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A DESIRE FOR MORE. AND I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. BUT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO OUR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THAT DID THE WORK IN THIS PROCESS. AND, AND I THINK ONE HUGE BENEFIT OF HAVING THIS IS FUTURE COUNCILS AND BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEES ARE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS MORE. 
          AND BY CREATING SOME ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS THAT I'M LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF FOR THE CITY, INVOLVING TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY AND OTHER THINGS, THIS CAN HELP US KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO PUT ON THESE FUTURE BONDS, BECAUSE WHEN WE START RUSHING TO SPEND TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WE DON'T WANT TO, AND ALL OUR CURRENT PROJECTS ARE THINGS THAT HAVE 
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BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN LOOKING AT FOR, FOR THE MOST PART, QUITE SOME TIME. SO CAN WE CAN WE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT HAS ALL THE QUESTIONS? YES. I WISH WE HAD THIS IN FRONT OF US SO FAR AS PRINTED, BUT DOES THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT INCLUDE THE RUBBER THINGS FOR THE ACCESSIBLE CHAIRS? CHRISTINA, COULD YOU GET US SOME COPIES FOR COUNCIL? THANK YOU. YEAH. IN THE IN THE NINE PROPOSED PLAYGROUNDS. IT DOES NOT. BUT WHEN WE GO OUT TO PUT IN THE NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN TERRELL PARK, IF THAT PASSES, IT WILL. AT THE LAST MEETING, I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP THE COST. SO I DID REACH OUT TO A COUPLE OF OUR VENDORS, AND THE COST FOR ROGERS PARK ALONE IS 250,000. CENTRAL PARK IS 500,000. OKAY, I WOULD PROPOSE THEN ADDING 750,000 TO PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR THIS BOND. THAT INCLUDES MAKING ROGERS. AND WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? CENTRAL PARK? YEAH, ACCESSIBLE WITH THE RUBBER MATS. 
          IS IT A WALKWAY? PADDING? YES. PATHWAY. AND THEN ONCE IT GETS UP TO THE PATHWAY, YEAH, IT SPREADS OUT. OKAY. SO THEN THAT WOULD BRING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT UP TO 2 MILLION. RESTROOM. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON RESTROOM RENOVATIONS? I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT. AND FIELD CONVERSIONS. 
          THAT'S AT THE ATHLETIC. YEAH. ATHLETIC COMPLEX. SO MR. WILLIAMS IS 34.4 MILLION. THAT WOULD ONLY GO UP IF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT GOES UP. AND THEN WE INCREASE TO 30, 23.9 MILLION TO 25 MILLION ON TERRELL PARK. OKAY, SO THAT'S 750 FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE 25, IN ADDITION TO THE 1.2. YES. OKAY. SO I'M PROPOSING THAT OKAY. SO YOU WANT TO ROUND OFF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO TWO. I THINK WE JUST BRING IT UP TO 2 MILLION OKAY. AND THEN THE FAIR PARK UP TO 25. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THEN COUNCILMAN TURNER. SO WOULD THE REMOVAL OF THE AMPHITHEATER THAT 3 MILLION AND THEN THE ADDITION OF THE REC CENTER WOULD EXCUSE ME. WOULD THAT WOULD THAT RESULT IN A 7 MILLION INCREASE, OR WAS THAT 3 MILLION DELETION ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR? AND I'M SORRY, I WAS MAKING SOME NOTES. NO, YOU'RE GOOD. IT SAID THE AMPHITHEATER AND THE LOOKOUT WAS 3 MILLION. SO IF WE KILLED THAT, THAT WOULD COME OFF OF THAT 23 THAT WAS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THAT. IT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT. 
          BUT WE WERE COMPENSATING IT WITH THE, WITH THE DRAINAGE FOR, FOR HOLMBERG. OKAY. BOTANICAL GARDENS. BOTANICAL GARDEN. COUNCILMAN TURNER, THEN COUNCILMAN DARIO. SO I KNOW MISS I DIRECTOR MR. REGGAE JUST SAT DOWN. BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, I JUST HAD A QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO. AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO STAND UP FOR THIS ITEM UNTIL WE CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE. WHAT WE HAD WHAT WE HAD ROUGHLY $1.2 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WAS THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT CENTRAL PARK, THE IMAGINATION STATION, ALMOST 500,000, RIGHT. JUST UNDER 500,000. SO JUST THINK ABOUT IT. HOW MANY PARKS DID YOU HAVE ALLOCATED? TO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS 8 OR 9. WITHIN THIS 1.2 MILLION NINE NINE. SO I WANT US TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE TYPE OF STRUCTURES WE'RE GOING TO GET WITH $1.2 MILLION DIVIDED BY NINE PARKS ON ONE PARK WAS THE QUALITY STRUCTURE. 
          IT COST OVER 500,000. AND LET'S NOT SUGARCOAT IT, ROGERS PARK, PROBABLY IN THE WEST END, IS OUR MOST USED PARK. THAT'S 250. THAT'S NOT HALF OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WHAT'S ALREADY THERE? ELLIS KEEFE I MEAN, NOT ELLIS KEEFE, BUT THE IMAGINATION STATION, WHICH IS CENTRAL PARK, AND THEN ALSO PROBABLY IN THE NORTH END. PROBABLY THE MOST USED PARK MIGHT BE MAGNOLIA PARK. SO JUST KEEP IN MIND, WHEN WE'RE BREAKING DOWN HOW MUCH MONEY THIS IS PER PARK, 1.2 MILLION SPREAD ACROSS NINE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT QUALITY. LOOK, I DON'T WANT US TO BE UPSET WHEN WE SEE WHAT WE'RE GETTING. SO I JUST WANT US TO KIND OF I THINK WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT, MAYBE TO KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE, AT LEAST AT OUR THREE MAJOR PARKS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY, AT LEAST THOSE THREE MAJOR PARKS LOOK AT THE AT THE LIKELIHOOD THEY SHOULD BE LIKE DESTINATION PARKS. SO I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT IF IT COSTS A HALF A MILLION FOR THAT ONE PARK ROGERS, YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT. YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT 250,000 AND NOT GET HALF OF THE PRODUCT WHEN IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST UTILIZED PART. YOU KIND OF WANT AT LEAST A PARK IN EACH COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT 
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QUALITY. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M THINKING. KEN, DO YOU HAVE AN ITEMIZED LIST OF THE WEATHER EQUIPMENT GOES AT 1.2 MILLION. YEAH. THE PARK NAMES. YES, YES. COULD YOU GIVE US THAT PAGE OF THE PARK? I MEAN, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. GOOD. 15 YEARS IS ABOUT YOUR TIME FRAME. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. I'D LIKE TO TALK MAYBE ABOUT THE FIELD CONVERSIONS. IF THAT'S NOT, LIKE, A WHOLE MAJOR BIG DEAL, MAYBE SOME OF THAT MONEY CAN BE ALLOCATED TO. I MEAN, DO WE HAVE A STUDY ON WHAT WE'RE DOING IF THIS FIELD CONVERSION IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY? I MEAN, IS THERE ANY DIALOG ON THAT? WHAT WHAT ARE WE DOING? I THINK JIMMY CAN PROBABLY SPEAK A LITTLE MORE ON THE WHAT ARE WE DOING, THEIR FIELD CONVERSION. CONVERSION. DO YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE NAMES OF THOSE PARKS FIRST? YEAH. SO WE HAVE HALLE BOOTY, COTTONWOOD, FLETCHER MINI PARK, PERLSTEIN GUZMAN, COLLIER'S, FERRY, MAGNOLIA, ROBERTS AND ROGERS. 
          WHO? THAT WAS FAST. BOSS, CAN YOU DO IT ONE MORE TIME? SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE. SO WE GOT HALLE BOOTY. WHERE'S THAT? YEAH. BEHIND TARGET, NORTH END, COTTONWOOD, NORTH END, FLETCHER MINI PARK, MIDTOWN AVENUE, PERLSTEIN. AMELIA. GUZMAN. 
          WHERE'S GUZMAN? IS THAT IN THE NORTH END? IT'S THE NORTH END AS WELL. CHECK OUT THESE PARKS AGAIN. COLLIER'S FERRY. EXACTLY. NORTH END. MAGNOLIA NORTH END. AND THAT'S IT. ROBERTS. OKAY. 
          IT'S IN ROGERS AND ROGERS. OKAY, WELL, I'LL TAKE IT. GOOD MORNING, WARD FOUR. I GOT COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. HAVE WE DONE ANY TYPE OF TRAFFIC STUDY ON ANY OF THESE PARKS? I MEAN, DO WE KNOW THE LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, ATTENDANCE THAT EACH OF THEM ARE SEEING? OR. WHEREAS WE ALL KNOW ROGERS PARK IS ONE OF OUR BUSIEST. SURE. THE REST OF OUR PARKS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE, BESIDES COLLIER'S FERRY, IS REALLY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. THEY ARE UTILIZED PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, ESPECIALLY IN HALBOUTY IS IN BAD SHAPE. YEAH, ACTUALLY, ALL OF THESE PARKS. CAN YOU GIVE US THE AGE ON THAT? BECAUSE THAT MAY GIVE US SOME PERSPECTIVE HOW OLD THAT STUFF IS. 18 YEARS. OKAY. AL-BOUTI. SO YEAH, IT'S A PARKS MASTER PLAN SO THAT THESE NEED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. AND FOR THOSE THAT WHEN THEY GET IN THAT KIND OF SHAPE, THE PARKS AREN'T GOING TO BE UTILIZED VERY MUCH BECAUSE OF THE, OF THE EQUIPMENT, ALL THE BAND-AIDS WE PUT ON THEM. IT'S GOING TO BE INCLUSIVE TO ALL OUR KIDS, EVEN OUR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS. ALL NEW PARKS WE PUT IN ARE INCLUSIVE. OKAY. BUT WHAT WE USE IS THE FLOORING THAT'S OUT IN CENTRAL PARK NOW. IT IS ADA COMPLIANT. YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME FOR THAT WOOD FIBER MULCH TO COMPACT BECAUSE IT'S AN ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER, AND IT'S EASIER ONCE IT'S THERE OVER A YEAR AND STARTS TO SETTLE. IT IS EASIER TO ROLL ON IF NEED BE. MOST CITIES, LIKE I DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT RUBBER FLOORING AT EVERY PARK BECAUSE OF COST. ROGERS PARK RIGHT NOW WE'RE DEBATING PUTTING 250,000 INTO THE PLAYGROUND. RUBBER FLOORING IS 250,000, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU USUALLY HAVE TARGETED PARKS THAT HAVE THE RUBBER FLOORING BECAUSE OF COST. YEAH, I JUST THE WOOD IS NOT REAL GOOD FOR WHEELCHAIRS. IT'S NOT FOR MOVING AND KIDS FALL AND KNOCK IT UP. I KNOW THAT PORT NECHES OPENED THEIR PARK AND THEY HAD THE WOOD, AND A LOT OF THE PARENTS OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS CRIED OUT AND THEY WENT IN, CLOSED AND PUT THE RUBBER MATTING DOWN. DOES IT HAVE TO HAVE THE FUNDS? SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUSIVE TO ALL KIDS, NOT NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THESE FAMILIES THAT HAVE THESE INCREDIBLY AMAZING CHILDREN THAT. YEAH. OKAY. SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT ROGERS AND YOU LOOK AT MAGNOLIA, WELL, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD WHAT PARK YOU FEEL LIKE IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL IN THE NORTH END? I THINK EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER KNOWS ROGERS IN THE WEST END IS THE MOST, YOU KNOW, FREQUENTED. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE NORTH END PARKS, COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD, WHAT DO YOU FEEL? WHAT PARK IS THE MOST UTILIZED? I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. 
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I THINK THAT IF I HAD TO CHOOSE A PARK, I'D PROBABLY GO WITH, LIKE A MAGNOLIA JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND WHAT IT'S ATTACHED TO, WHICH IS STERLING PRUITT. BUT THEN YOU GOT TO THINK THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY PARK EQUIPMENT AT MAGNOLIA RIGHT AT ALL. SO MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS, OKAY, WE KNOW 250,000 IS ALLOCATED FOR ROGERS. HOW MUCH IS ALLOCATED FOR MAGNOLIA? 150 150. SO INSTEAD OF PUSHING IT UP TO A MILLION I THINK I MEAN THAT 3 MILLION. I THINK IF YOU MAKE ROGERS PARK AND MAGNOLIA EQUAL TO WHAT HAPPENED AT CENTRAL PARK, I THINK THAT WOULD KIND OF GIVE US THOSE THREE PARKS AND A PARK IN EACH SIDE OF TOWN THAT'S ACTUALLY ELITE. AND HOW THOSE KIDS SOMEWHERE FROM TO GO TO, AND THEY PROBABLY COME OUT A LOT LESS. I JUST, I JUST KNOW WHAT THAT EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE SURPRISED WHEN THEY SEE IT. 
          WELL, I'M GLAD YOU LOOK. YOU'RE THE SENIOR. WE'RE LISTENING. I'M LISTENING. YOU I'M LISTENING BECAUSE I DON'T WANT NO THANK YOU. YEAH. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND REPLACE IT IN FIVE YEARS. WELL, CERTAINLY ALL OF THIS HAS IMPROVEMENTS. AND THE MORE MONEY WE SPEND ON IT, THE MORE BANG WE GET FOR THE BUCK, BUT THE HIGHER THE PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASES. I KNOW, I KNOW, IT'S A STRETCH. I'D BE COOL WITH SOME OF THEM NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS IF WE HAD TO MAKE THEM COME OUT. WE GOT A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM. I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO IT, BUT I JUST KNOW THE FREQUENT PARKS. LIKE YOU SAID, MIKE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PAY ATTENTION THE FOR OUR BOND COUNSEL, THE LANGUAGE. I KNOW WE'RE GETTING IN THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT TODAY AND MY, MY FEELING IS WE'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE WEEDS THAN WE NEED TO BE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS, ONCE IT GETS PASSED, IT CAN BE FLUSHED OUT. AS LONG AS WE'RE SPENDING THOSE MONIES IN THAT, IN THOSE PRIORITY AREAS. SO WE ONLY GOT AN HOUR LEFT, WE GOT TO GO. 
          YEAH. AND WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT WHICH PARKS, IT'S IMPORTANT. BUT I THINK THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE FOR TODAY. ONCE THE BOND PASSES WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE WE'LL HAVE THAT MONEY TO SPEND. BUT CAN WE AT LEAST GET THE FIGURE SO WE KNOW WHAT TO PUT FOR THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN LATER WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DIVIDE IT UP. RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO NECESSARILY HAVE AMOUNTS RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, YOU CAN GIVE US PROJECTIONS. COULD WE HAVE IT FOR TOMORROW THOUGH. SO WE KNOW THE AMOUNT FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO MAKE ALL THREE PARKS SIMILAR. YEAH I CAN DO THAT. OKAY. GREAT. FOR THE. YEAH. FOR THE PROPOSAL THAT'S PRESENTED. THAT'D BE GOOD IF WE CAN GET THAT TO. YOU AND YOU MIGHT ADDRESS THE BOND FOR A MINUTE. GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. I'M DEREK MITCHELL, I'M YOUR BOND COUNSEL WITH HOLLAND AND KNIGHT. AND SO TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR, THE LANGUAGE, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THE LANGUAGE AS GENERAL AS POSSIBLE IN CONNECTION WITH PARKS BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, IN CASE YOU DON'T GET TO ONE OR YOU HAVE EXTRA MONEY, YOU CAN USE IT FOR OTHER THINGS. SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN BE LESS SPECIFIC, THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND COUNCIL THAT THE LANGUAGE. ALL RIGHT I KNOW WE DO HAVE WE SPENT AN HOUR. WE PROBABLY NEED TO MOVE ON OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO. COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD WAS WANTING SOME INFORMATION ON THE FIELD THE SOFTBALL FIELDS. AND JIMMY HAD COME UP TO SPEAK. WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK, MR. NEIL. YES. COME ON UP, JIM. SO, AS YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD US PRESENT MULTIPLE TIMES, THE THERE'S REALLY THE FIELDS AT FORD PARK. THEY PRETTY MUCH STOP AT 12 YEARS OLD. SO WE'RE PROPOSING IS INCREASING THE SIZE OF THAT COMPLEX FOR TO BE ABLE TO HOST BASEBALL 13 AND UP TURF THOSE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT DURING THE BOND WORKSHOP, DIDN'T WE? YES, WE TALKED ABOUT IT THERE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT HERE NUMEROUS TIMES. COUNCILMAN DARIO, YOU'VE KIND OF PUSHED FOR THIS QUITE A BIT. SO. OKAY. I JUST WAS WONDERING I GOT YOU THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ONE MORE QUESTION REAL QUICK. YEAH. REAL QUICK. WHAT WHAT WENT BEHIND? WHY WAS THAT? THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX. ORIGINALLY, IT WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE, BEHIND THE LAKESIDE CENTER. AND THAT BIG FIELD RIGHT THERE. GREAT. YEAH. THE GREAT LAWN. WHY? WHY WAS IT DECIDED NOT TO BE THERE? I DON'T MY UNDERSTANDING IS TO GIVE IT MORE FLEXIBILITY ON WHERE WE'LL PLACE IT IN THE BOND. WE DON'T HAVE TO DESIGNATE A SPECIFIC LOCATION. 
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AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT PUTTING IT AT THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX. I THINK WE COULD HAVE A STUDY THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, REFLECT USAGE THAT COULD HELP US IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          OKAY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME OTHER FEASIBILITY STUDIES, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A PART OF THIS PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. AND AGAIN, IS ONE REASON WE MIGHT WANT TO KEEP THESE AS GENERAL AS WE CAN IN THESE SPECIFIC AREAS. SO BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO SAVE MONEY WHERE WE CAN ON THESE FACILITIES. AND IF IT LEAVES US WITH MONEY THAT WE NEED TO SPEND IN ANOTHER AREA ON THE SAME ITEM, IT'LL GIVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY. IT LOOKED LIKE MR. BARTON MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD. MAYOR, JUST A QUESTION. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP A RUNNING TOTAL FOR YOU AS WE GO. AND I KNOW THAT NONE OF THESE ARE FINAL AND YOU ALL MAY SHIFT, BUT I JUST WASN'T CLEAR. THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT RAISING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO AN EVEN $3 MILLION. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE SHIFTING OFF OF THAT. AND I WONDERED WHERE THE WHERE YOU ENDED ON THAT, THAT YOU THINK WE'RE AROUND 3 MILLION, BUT WE'RE WAITING ON KEN TO GET BACK WITH US ON WHAT IT WOULD COST TO MAKE ALL THREE OF THE MAIN PARKS LOOK SIMILAR. GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. YES, SIR. OKAY. PROP B, NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. THIS IS WHAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE COMMITTEE. ANIMAL CARE SERVICES BUILDING FACILITY 7.9 MILLION FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR. 6.6 MILLION. FACILITIES ASSESSMENT 550 K. POLICE OPERATIONS 3.4 MILLION. IN DOWNTOWN CAMERAS 1 MILLION. IN THE NEXT SLIDE. AND BASED UPON A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN, THIS IS SOME THINGS THAT COUNCIL MIGHT WANT TO TALK ABOUT, MAY WANT TO CONSIDER. ONE IS PLACED THE SPORTS FACILITY IN THE PROP B FACILITIES GROUP AT 49 670. IF YOU SO CHOOSE. YOU CAN DISCUSS THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR A POLICE STATION. 55 MILLION I'M SORRY, 55 MILLION. I WISH IT WAS 55,055 MILLION. WE DONE SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT NUMBER. COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO DO SO. POLICE SECURITY SYSTEM INSTEAD OF DOWNTOWN CAMERAS. WE WANT TO FOCUS MORE ON SECURITY AND HAVE THAT THOSE DOLLARS IN THE IN CHARGE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THERE AND THEN JUST HAVE A GENERAL $10 MILLION FOR FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS. AND THIS INCLUDES THE 3.4 MILLION FOR EXISTING POLICE STATION MAINTENANCE AND THE 550 FOR THE POLICE STATION ASSESSMENT THAT GOES AWAY AND GOES INTO THAT $10 MILLION. BUT IT ALSO THAT FACILITIES ASSESSMENT WAS ALWAYS FOR THE ALL CITY BUILDINGS. AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO DO SO. AND FOR THE OLD POLICE STATION AND IT INCLUDES SOME DOLLARS IMPROVEMENTS TO CITY HALL. THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT CITY HALL NEEDED SOME WORK. AND SO WE BUILT IN SOME DOLLARS INTO THERE. SO I HAVE SOME SLIDES BEHIND THIS. BUT THIS IS RIGHT WHERE WE ARE TO START THE CONVERSATION. SO THAT BUT THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE FACILITIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY WHICH IS PROP B THAT 55 MILLION IS NEW MONEY, CORRECT? YES. NEW MONEY. YEAH. 
          WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES THAT BRING THIS NEW TOTAL TO FOR PROP B BE ABOUT 75 MILLION WOULDN'T IT. KEEPING TOTAL. WELL IT'LL BE A LOT MORE THAN THAT IF YOU INCLUDE THE MULTI-PURPOSE AND THE MULTIPURPOSE THEN IT GOES INTO IT TOO. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S THAT IS SOMETHING A PART THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THE TEN TWO, 210 MILLION. I'M TALKING ABOUT NEW MONEY OVERALL TO THE WHICH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY GET YOU CLOSE TO 100 MILLION WHEN SOMEBODY'S OUT THERE DOING THE MATH FOR THE ENTIRE PACKAGE IF IT'S THERE. YES, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS FOR THE 55 ON THE NEW POLICE STATION. I THOUGHT I'D SEEN SOMEWHERE PREVIOUSLY THAT IT WAS AROUND 100. YES. AND I JUST THINK THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD NUMBER AT ALL. I DON'T THINK THE 75 MILLION IS A GOOD NUMBER. AND I'VE GOT SOME MORE SLIDES HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT, IF YOU WOULD. YEAH. LET'S MOVE THROUGH THOSE. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE POLICE STATION. YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT A POLICE STATION. ONE OF THE CURRENT FACILITIES WHICH WE'VE BEEN REPORTED 50,000, 56,000FT■!S, IS JUST TO, TOO SMALL. SO ABOVE ALL THINGS WE NEED TO DO, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU NEED A FACILITY ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED IN A POLICE 
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FACILITY. IN TALKING WITH THE POLICE STAFF, THE SENIOR STAFF, THEY'RE THINKING SOMETHING 90 TO 100,000FT■!S OF BUILDING AGAIN NEEDED FACILITY ASSESSMENT. WE CAN SAY THAT ALL DAY LONG. BUT BASICALLY UNTIL THEY DO THAT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU NEED. WE'RE LOOKING AT AROUND $500 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR A BUILDING SUCH AS THIS. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE GOING RATE IN THE HOUSTON, DALLAS, AUSTIN AREA. AND ESTIMATES FOR BEAUMONT IN TALKING TO SOME LOCAL ARCHITECTS, IS AS LOW AS 3 TO $400 A SQUARE FOOT FOR CONSTRUCTION. BUT ESTIMATES BASED UPON, YOU KNOW, 500 SQUARE FOOT FOR A 90 TO 100,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IS 45 MILLION TO $50 MILLION. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A DESIGN BUILD PROCESS WITH CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK, WHERE YOU SIT DOWN WITH THE ARCHITECT AND THE CONTRACT AND THE CITY AND COME UP WITH THE BUILDING COSTS FOR SURE, WHICH IS A VERY, VERY. GOOD WAY TO COME IN WITH A PROJECT THAT IS WITHIN BUDGET AND SOME CONSIDERATIONS. WITH A NEW POLICE STATION HERE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE EXPENSES FOR A NEW DISPATCH CENTER. DISPATCH CENTER IS ALREADY THERE. EOC IS ALREADY BUILT, REAL TIME CRIME CENTER IS ALREADY BUILT AND SPEAKING WITH CHIEF AND STAFF, THEY DON'T WANT THAT AS A PART OF A NEW FACILITY. SO THAT'S FEWER DOLLARS. NEXT SLIDE. AND LOOKING AT NEW POLICE STATION VERSUS OLD. WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OLD BUILDINGS AND OLD CONSTRUCTION AND LOOKING AT THE COST, THE COST OF SQUARE FOOTAGE VERY SIMILAR TO BUILDING A NEW FACILITY. IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME FOR THE NEW FACILITY. IT'S APPROXIMATELY $500 PER SQUARE FOOT. AND IF WE GOT A SAME SIZE BUILDING, WE'D BE PAYING FOR AN OLDER BUILDING TO BE REMODELED FOR THE SAME PRICE. WE COULD GET A BRAND NEW BUILDING, BASICALLY. AND THEN THERE'S THE SPACE USABLE. IS IT USABLE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? YOU KNOW, POLICE OPERATIONS. AND IT'S DEFINITELY BE LESS FUNCTIONAL THAN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. THEN WHAT'S THE QUALITY OF WHAT YOU GET AND THE EFFICIENCY OF AN OLD BUILDING AND THE SECURITY COMPROMISE, YOU KNOW, AND LOOKING AT THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLICE CHIEFS STUDY, THEY SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED TRYING TO RETROFIT RETAIL STORES OR BUILDINGS TO MAKE THEM POLICE STATIONS. AND THE ISSUES WITH THAT AND ISSUES THAT DON'T ALWAYS WORK OUT WELL, NEW CONSTRUCTION SPACE ANALYSIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO COME UP WITH THAT ESTIMATE. YOU KNOW, YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT AND BASICALLY PUT THAT SQUARE FOOT PRICE TO IT. AND YOU COME UP WITH A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER FOR IT, FOR SURE. YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT. YOU BUILD SOMETHING. THAT'S TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF YOUR DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOUR DEPARTMENT IS, WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE, YOU CAN BUILD IT EXACTLY TO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FIT AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE YOUR DEPARTMENT BECOME. YEAH. MODERN AMENITIES, MODERN TECHNOLOGY, IT'S MORE EFFICIENT, MUCH MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE NEW BUILDING. AND THEN IT'S DESIGNED TO MEET SAFETY CODES. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO ABOUT RETROFITTING ALL OF THAT. AND THEN EMPLOYEES ARE MOTIVATED WHEN THEY WORK IN REAL NICE WORKSPACES. THEY REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU OPTIMIZE SPACE. YOU HAVE BETTER WORKFLOWS. THE COMMUNICATION'S BETTER. IT ALL JUST WORKS BETTER. AND THEN IT'S MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND YOU ACTUALLY END UP SAVING MONEY IN THE LONG TERM WITH COST AND OPERATIONS. WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THEN IT'S JUST IMPROVED COMMUNITY PERCEPTION. YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S HISTORY WITH PURCHASING OLD BUILDINGS IS NOT GREAT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S MUCH BETTER FOR US TO TRY TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING FOR THE SAME PRICE. AND THERE'S AND THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT, THERE'S A REASON THE FEDS MOVED OUT OF IT AND MOVED INTO ONE OF FLANAGAN BUILDS. AND THAT TELLS YOU A LOT RIGHT THERE THAT THEY COMPROMISED. I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A LOCAL DECISION, THOUGH. I THINK THAT THAT WAS GSA AND THEIR HORRIBLE WISDOM. OKAY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS TALKING TO PARTICULARLY THE ATTORNEYS IN THE US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THEY WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO BE BACK IN THEIR OLD BUILDING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON. THANKS. NEXT SLIDE. COST COMPARISON. THIS CAME FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE DIRECTLY FROM THEIR REPORT ON ON POLICE STATIONS THAT WERE BUILT, BRAND NEW STATIONS THAT WERE BUILT. GRAND PRAIRIE BUILT 109,219 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. IT COST PER SQUARE FOOT OF 397, ALTHOUGH IT BEING 2010 FOR $43,465,000. 
          CITY OF KYLE IN 2023 BUILT A 77,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR $80 A SQUARE FOOT FOR $37 
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MILLION. COLLEGE STATION BUILT A 75,000 SQUARE FOOT POLICE STATION, $333 A SQUARE FOOT IN 2020 FOR A COST OF $25 MILLION, AND I PARTICIPATED IN BUDA. WE BUILT A MUNICIPAL FACILITY THAT INCLUDED A POLICE STATION AT 75,000FT■!S, AT $360 FOR $27 MILLION, AND IT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET. IT WAS LESS THAN $27 MILLION, AND CARTHAGE, RIGHT AS WE SPEAK, 2025, ALTHOUGH IT'S A SMALL STATION, 7650FT■!S, IT'S 450FT■!S FOR 3,000,005. AND ORLANDO, FLORIDA BUILT 100,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY FOR 26,000,007 32. 755 NEXT SLIDE. KAREN, JUST LOOKING AT WHAT'S BEING BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING HAVE GOTTEN PERMITS FROM OUR PERMIT DEPARTMENT TO BE BUILT AS WE SPEAK. OUR HOTEL GOT THEIR PERMIT TO BUILD A 66,500 SQUARE FOOT HOTEL PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT, $127.81 FOR THE TOTAL PRICE OF 8,000,005 THE VA CLINIC. I THINK SOME OF YOU WENT TO THE GROUNDBREAKING 66,612 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR $65.38 SQUARE FOOT FOR $31 MILLION, BAPTIST CANCER CENTER, 46,466 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR $24 MILLION. AND MEDICAL USES ARE TYPICALLY HIGHER THAN OTHER USES IN BUILDINGS WHEN YOU BUILD THEM. AND BEAUMONT BON BON AND JOHN IS 35,280 FOR TOTAL COST OF $11,500,000. NEXT SLIDE. AND TO ME, THIS WOULD BE DONE THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK TYPE CONSTRUCTION. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. IT CAN ONLY BE DONE THROUGH VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION, WHICH MEANS WITH BUILDING, YOU CAN'T USE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK TO BUILD WATER LINES AND SEWER LINES OR HIGHWAY WAYS. BUT IT'S WHERE YOU HIRE YOUR CONTRACTOR UP FRONT, AND YOU GET YOUR ARCHITECT IN THE CITY, AND YOU SIT DOWN AND BASICALLY DESIGN THE BUILDING AS A CONSTRUCTION TEAM AND DO IT. IT'S A DESIGN BUILD PROJECT. 
          IT'S NOT BID. SO YOU DON'T GO THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS WHICH ACTUALLY DRIVES UP THE COST AND SAVES YOU MONEY. YOU WORK WITH THOSE THREE PEOPLE, AND WHEN YOU GET THROUGH WITH THAT, THE CONTRACTOR WOULD GIVE YOU A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AND THEY CAN EXCEED THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THAT PROJECT. THEY CAN'T EXCEED IT. SO ONCE YOU GET THAT SIGNED IN, IT'S THEIRS. THAT'S THE PRICE YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD THE BUILDING FOR AND THAT'S IT. AND THE CONTRACTOR HAS ALL SUBS AND ANY UNSPENT FUNDS IN THAT IS RETAINED BY THE OWNER. WHEN WE FINISHED THE MUNICIPAL FACILITY IN BERMUDA, WE GOT A $2 MILLION REBATE. IT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET AND UNDER TIME. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO DO A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND SAVES MONEY. SO IT'S DEFINITELY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ESTIMATES CAME FROM, FROM EITHER GROUP. BUT YOU DEFINITELY CAN BUILD A BRAND NEW POLICE FACILITY FOR $55 MILLION OR LESS, AND THAT'S 5 MILLION. I ANTICIPATE THAT'S 5 MILLION MORE THAN YOU WOULD NEED IN DOING THAT. NEXT SLIDE. IS THERE ANOTHER SLIDE? NO. GO BACK. SO WHILE YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THINGS AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, YOU CAN INVEST IN AN OLD BUILDING. WE INVESTED IN AN OLD BUILDING FIRST AND VIEWED IT LASTED EIGHT YEARS. AND THEN WE BUILT THE NEW FACILITY. BUT YOU GOT SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE YOU INTO THE NEXT 30, 50 YEARS. IF YOU GET A NEW FACILITY WITH THIS AND WITH THESE DOLLARS, THESE DOLLARS ANTICIPATED ALSO INCLUDE SITE. AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES SOFT COST. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET FFA FURNITURE AND GET A SITE FOR THESE DOLLARS. BASED UPON THESE ESTIMATES AND THESE ESTIMATES FROM YOUR COMMUNITY AND FROM POLICE STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WELL, AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT OUR CURRENT POLICE STATION IS OVER 50 YEARS OLD. SO THE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 30 TO 50 YEARS, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET 50 YEARS. AND IF IT'S. SO IT'S NOT A IT'S A REASONABLE NUMBER FOR SURE. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO COME IN AND YOU JUST NOT ISSUE THAT DEBT? LIKE IF YOU PASSED 50 MILLION AND IT COST YOU. YEAH. WELL, WHAT WE DID, WE DID TWO THINGS. ONE, WE TOOK THE MONEY PART OF IT AND PAID DOWN THE DEBT. WE JUST PAID IT TO MAKE THE DEBT LESS OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WE ADDED SOME OTHER THINGS WE WANTED INTO THE PROJECT AND DID THAT TOO. SO YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU CAN PAY DOWN THE DEBT OR SPEND IT TOWARD SOMEWHERE IN THE PROJECT. OKAY. YES. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, AND YOU KNOW IT WOULD. YOU SAID IT. 
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BUT TO PUT OUR ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ONE BUILDING, I BELIEVE WE'RE IN SEVEN DIFFERENT BUILDINGS NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING TO MAINTAIN. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE HAD A LOT OF USED CARS THAT I KEEP THROWING MONEY AT, HOPING THAT ONE DAY I WON'T HAVE TO. BUT I THINK THAT WITH THE POLICE STATION, IF WE DON'T BUILD THEM A NEW BUILDING, WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          AND IN THE END, WE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO BUILD A NEW ONE. OKAY. YES. ALSO TOO, I'M GLAD TO LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND KNOW THAT IT CAN BE DONE FOR INSIDE OF THAT AMOUNT, BECAUSE THE $100 MILLION PRICE TAG WAS A VERY BIG DEAL. AND TO LOOK AT BEING ABLE TO POSSIBLY GET A NEW FACILITY FOR POLICE AT THIS, YOU KNOW, AT FOR THIS PRICE, IT'S I LOVE IT, I'M HERE FOR IT. COUNCILMAN TURNER, DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THE BOND PRICE WITH THE WITH THE NEW POLICE FACILITY. ME PERSONALLY, I'M NOT OPPOSED AT ALL TO TAKING CARE OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I FEEL LIKE OFTEN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS COME UP HERE AND ASK FOR THINGS AND GET THEM. AND I'M KIND OF APPRECIATIVE OF HOW THEY DO WORK AND GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. SO I'M NOT OPPOSED AT ALL, BUT I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING. WE WERE ORIGINALLY TALKING ABOUT $11 AND SOME CHANGE. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT NOW? WELL, I GUESS THE GOAL IS TO STAY UNDER THAT 15. AND IF YOU STAY UNDER THAT 15, YOU'LL BE IN A GOOD POSITION WITH I THINK THAT'S THE GOLD STANDARD OF THE 15. SO WE'RE GOING TO BUMP UP AGAINST IT. AND ONCE WE GET CLOSE, THEY'RE GOING TO LET US KNOW AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDING THIS IN. WE MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE HAIRCUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE MUCH AS THE WAY WE'RE GOING RIGHT NOW. AND AS A REMINDER, WE ALWAYS WANT TO KEEP THE SURVEYS THAT WERE DONE THROUGH THE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE, BECAUSE SOME OF IT WE'RE ACTING LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET AND THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE A VOTE. AND OUR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALSO HAD TO REFLECT ON ALL OF THIS IN THEIR SIX MEETINGS, WHICH ALL OF THEM LASTED TWO HOURS OR MORE, SOMETIMES 3 OR 4. SO WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE'RE PUTTING THROUGH IT, I THINK THE GENERAL WORDING IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND I'M GOING TO HAVE CHAIRMAN ARTHUR LEWIS, WHO CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE, HAVE A MOMENT HERE. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR. YOU KNOW, THAT'S EXCITING BECAUSE THE ONLY NUMBERS THAT WE HEARD, ONLY NUMBERS WE WERE HEARING, WAS 100 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS AND WE COULDN'T MAKE THAT FIT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. TO GET WHAT BEAUMONT NEEDS FOR 50 TO 55 MILLION. THAT'S EXCITING FOR THE PEOPLE OF BEAUMONT. THEY THEY THEY CAN CHEW ON THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TURNED OFF WITH THAT NUMBER. I UNDERSTAND WHY, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT AT THAT MARK. RIGHT. WE WORK VERY HARD. 10 TO 1515 WAS THE BIG STRETCH. SO THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN TO CONSIDER. THAT'S A GREAT DEAL. THANK YOU. 
          AND FOR AJ I DID DO A LITTLE MATH. THEY SAID $0.62 PER 10 MILLION. SO IT ENDS UP BEING A LITTLE OVER $3 ADDED. AND IF WE'RE AT 1124 IT KIND OF PUTS US RIGHT CLOSE TO RIGHT UNDER $15. 
          JUST BECAUSE I KNOW YOU LIKE THE MATH, BUT I'M NERVOUS ABOUT 15. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE WANT TO. IN TERMS OF GETTING SOME NUMBERS, LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO PROP C SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET THROUGH ALL THE PROPOSITIONS TODAY, AT LEAST AT A HIGH LEVEL. OKAY. THIS IS WHAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE COMMITTEE. CITY SIDEWALKS $5.2 MILLION. ROAD ONE 38.2 MILLION. ROAD ONE IS 30.2 MILLION. ROAD 214 .3. PARKWAY 0.9. AND DRAINAGE UPGRADES 26.2. AND I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, I'M GETTING FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION FOR SIDEWALKS AND WARDS ONE, THREE AND FOUR AND SOME STREETS INCLUDED. FOR WARD THREE. THERE WAS A BIT OF A CONSENSUS, THINKING THAT WARD THREE DIDN'T GET AS MANY STREETS AS THEY SHOULD HAVE OR PROJECTS, SO WE ADDED NEW, MORE STREETS AND $13 MILLION TO WARD THREE FROM STREETS. ANY FEEDBACK, COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW? SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. I THINK IT MIGHT BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO HAVE THE DOWLEN ROAD EXTENSION 
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EXPANSION BE AN ADDITIONAL SEPARATE ITEM FOR VOTERS TO VOTE ON. IT COULD BE INCLUDED UNDER PROP C, BUT THE FEEDBACK THAT I GET OVERWHELMINGLY SAYS, DON'T BUILD NEW ROADS, FIX EXISTING ROADS. AND SO I'M THINKING THAT I'M NOT CONVINCED POINT PARKWAY IS REALLY THE BEST USE OF 9 MILLION, BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONCERNS BY VOTERS THAT THE NORTHWEST PARKWAY EXPANSION HAS NOT LIVED UP TO ITS ORIGINAL HYPE BY THE PREVIOUS PEOPLE THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN. SO WHAT I WAS PROPOSING WAS, AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADDITIONAL 13 MILLION FOR STREET REHABILITATION, I THOUGHT THAT WE MIGHT JUST HAVE STREET EXPANSION AND REHABILITATION BEING AROUND A $20 MILLION FIGURE. SO REPLACE POINT PARKWAY ON THE BALLOT AND JUST HAVE STREET IMPROVEMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR 20 MILLION. AND THAT WILL BE THOSE ADDITIONAL STREETS TO BE REPAIRED, NOT ONLY IN WARD THREE, BUT ANY OTHER ITEMS. THAT STAFF LATER MAKES A DETERMINATION, HAVE MORE IMMEDIATE NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED AND REHABILITATED. SO JUST A GENERAL AMOUNT THERE OF 20 MILLION I THINK MAKES SENSE. AND THEN REMOVE THE DOWLEN ROAD EXPANSION AND MAKE IT A SEPARATE ITEM. WITH THAT, I THINK THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD LIKELY HAVE GREAT AND IS THE MOST LIKELY ITEM OF ALL THE PROPOSITIONS TO PASS AND OUR BOND COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO GET SOME QUICK INPUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE ROADS AND DRAINAGE. HOW MUCH HOW SPECIFIC DO WE NEED TO BE IN TERMS OF NAMING THE ROADS? BECAUSE THAT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN PARKS AND REC. EXACTLY RIGHT. MAYOR. SO IN THIS SITUATION, YOU WANT TO BE MORE SPECIFIC. AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE CITY HAS TRADITIONALLY ISSUED CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO ADDRESS THESE SAME ITEMS. AND SO SINCE YOU HAVE THAT OPTION, IF THE BOND FAILED, OKAY, FOR THESE ITEMS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL NOT APPROVE COS FOR THE SAME ITEMS WITHIN THREE YEARS. SO YOU WANT TO BE SPECIFIC. SO IF THE CITY WANTS TO ISSUE SEALS FOR SOMETHING ELSE, WE CAN SHOW IT WASN'T FOR THESE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS DECLINED. OTHERWISE IT DECLINED BY THE VOTERS. AND WE CERTAINLY NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT. IF SOMETHING DOESN'T PASS WITH HOW THAT IMPACTS THE CITY, TOO, IN TERMS OF, YEAH, FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, IT DOES. YEAH. SO THIS ONE IS MORE YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST WHAT I CALL POLITICAL AND SOMETHING THAT JUST INFORMED THE PUBLIC. 
          IT'S MORE IT'S STATUTORY IN TERMS. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT. SO WE WOULD NEED TO USE THE ADDITION. ON YOUR OTHER SLIDE. WE GOT THE MAIN SLIDES, BUT WE DIDN'T GET YOUR LITTLE EXTRA SLIDES. SO WE WOULD NEED TO NAME THOSE ADDITIONAL STREETS. YES. SO THE WARD SO LUCAS AVENUE. AND WE COULD ADD SOME RIGHT. BECAUSE WE COULD IMPROVE. WE DO HAVE A STREETS PROJECT THAT DOES NAME OTHER STREETS THAT NEED, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF WARD THREE. WARD FOUR AND THE FOURTH ONE AND TWO THAT NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. WE COULD CHANGE THAT. AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW. IS IT MY TURN? NO. YOU'RE YOU STARTED. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GO BACK TO RAISING HANDS SO THAT EVERYBODY. SORRY. BECAUSE I'M GETTING READY. I'M EXCITED. Y'ALL DON'T LET'S KEEP IN MIND WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH ALL THE PROPOSALS. OKAY? I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE THING. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING. THIS MAKES ME EXCITED BECAUSE IF WE TAKE THESE OUT, THAT GIVES US 61 MILLION THAT WE'RE FREEING UP AJ IF YOU FOLLOW THE MATH. AND SO THEN WE GET THE POLICE STATION INSIDE OF THE 210. IT BRINGS US BACK DOWN TO A NICE PLACE AND THEY CAN DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO DO DOWLING ROAD. I LOVE THE MATH THAT'S HAPPENING HERE. GOOD JOB. KEEP IT UP. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILMAN TURNER, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. I KNOW COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW SAID ABOUT 20 MILLION, BUT I KNOW THIS IS ABOUT 13 MILLION. AND THAT'S WHAT I KNEW. THE QUESTION WOULD BE THAT ADDITIONAL 7 MILLION. WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO SPECIFY, YOU KNOW, WITH STREETS BY TOMORROW, IF WE DO END UP FINALIZING IT TOMORROW. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I WAS HOPING WE COULD JUST DO GENERAL STREET REHABILITATION, BUT IF WE CAN'T, I SUPPOSE THE, THE, THE BALLOT WOULD NEED TO SAY POINT PARKWAY EXTENSION AND LUCAS AVENUE A AVENUE C ALL THOSE OTHER. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN'T. IT'S JUST ADVISE THAT YOU SHOULDN'T. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T THEN IF WE TRY TO DO COS AND WE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY NAME WHAT STREETS WE WERE DOING THEM FOR, IT WOULD BE HARD FOR US TO PROVE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT THEY GET 
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DECLINED ON US. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN'T, IT'S JUST THAT IT'S ADVISED NOT TO FOR THAT REASON. IT CAN. IT IS IT, MR. MANAGER? IS IT ADEQUATE TIME TIMING FOR YOU GUYS TO MAYBE FIND ADDITIONAL 7 MILLION IF. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID NO, I KNOW YOU SAID. YEAH, I KNOW YOU SAID DOWN THE ROAD EXTENSION. BUT WAS NORTHWEST PARKWAY JUST GOING TO STAY IN THE 13? I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. YEAH. I'M PROPOSING WE REMOVE BECAUSE DOWN ROADS, A NEW ROAD. WELL, I GUESS POINT PARKWAY IS TWO. YES, SIR. YEAH. THAT'S WHY I WAS STRUGGLING WITH THAT 7 MILLION. BECAUSE I WANT TO. I DON'T WANT TO AGAIN, I HEARD THE PROPOSAL, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STILL GOT THAT 7 MILLION KIND OF LINGERING. AND THEY NEED TO BE SPECIFICALLY IT NEEDS TO BE SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED. YEAH. THEN I'M FINE WITH THAT. THEN WHY DON'T WE GO WITH STREET REHABILITATION FOR. 13 MILLION? SINCE THAT'S THE PROPOSAL. AND THEN WE WOULD DO SEPARATE ITEMS FOR VOTERS TO VOTE ON ON THE DOWLEN ROAD EXPANSION AND THE POINT PARKWAY EXTENSION ON TYLER ROAD. IS THAT ONE AND TWO? I THINK WE SHOULD JUST BE. I THINK IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE ONE ITEM. SO IT'D BE THE TWO TOTALS AND IT WOULD BE THE DOWLEN ROAD EXPANSION. OKAY. AND IT'D BE THE TOTAL OF WHATEVER THAT IS, 52 MILLION. AND THEN THE POINT PARKWAY EXTENSION WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 8.9. WERE YOU GETTING OKAY WITH THE INFLATION FACTOR? GOTCHA. YEAH. AND THEN THEN WE WOULD JUST HAVE 13 MILLION TOTAL FOR STREET REHABILITATION, WHICH CAN BE WELL WE WOULD NEED TO SPECIFY IT. Y'ALL FIGURE OUT HOW IF YOU WANT TO NAME STREETS OR AND THAT'S FOR THE STREETS THAT YOU'RE. RIGHT THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND FOR CLARITY, COUNCILMEMBER DARLING, ROAD EXPANSION, A SEPARATE ITEM POINT PARKWAY. IS THAT A SEPARATE ITEM? I THINK THAT OUGHT TO BE A SEPARATE ITEM AS WELL, SINCE IT'S A NEW STREET. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF INCREASING CITYWIDE SIDEWALKS TO 10 MILLION, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS FOR WARDS THREE AND FOUR. ASSUMING THAT THAT'S NEEDED. AND THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE ON PROP C. ARE WE GOING TO MOVE TO. OH YOU CAN GO TO ONE. NO NO PROP D I THINK IT'S THE NEXT ONE. AND BASICALLY YOU GO YES. AND BASICALLY IT'S THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX BUT IT GO KEEP GOING. IT JUST SAYS IF COUNCIL SO CHOOSES IF YOU PUT IT WITH FACILITY D GOES AWAY. IN THAT RESPECT IT WILL BE MOVED INTO THE FACILITY. BUT JUST AS A NOTE VENUE, THE VENUE TAX WILL STILL BE A STANDALONE ITEM ON THE BALLOT, RIGHT? SO MY COUNCILMAN TURNER YES, MY BAD MAYOR. MY HESITANCY IS SO NOW HOW MANY WOULD WE BE AT TOTAL? WE'LL HAVE TO GET IT ADDED UP. WE'RE WORKING ON IT. WE'LL HAVE THAT NUMBER. WELL, AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND I, I CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET THESE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE TIME TO HASH HASH OUT FURTHER IN TERMS OF WHY 1 OR 2 DAYS, SEE WHY I WANTED TWO DAYS. YEAH. 
          TOMORROW. TOMORROW I SEE BEING YEAH, A LONGER DAY. BUT IN THAT WAY TWO PEOPLE CAN TALK TO THEIR MEMBERS OF THEIR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF WHO THEY PUT THERE TO, BECAUSE A NUMBER OF NUMBER OF HOURS HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THIS. BUT AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW ATTENDED A NUMBER OF THE MEETINGS, SO I DID I THINK IT WAS AT ALL BUT BUT BUT TWO AND YEAH, WE'RE I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. JUST SOME OF THIS JUST NEEDED TO BE TO TWEAKED A LITTLE. AND WE'VE HEARD QUITE A BIT FROM AT LEAST I HAVE FROM THE PUBLIC SINCE THIS HAS COME OUT. AND I THINK INCLUDING, I THINK, MAKING SOME CHANGES FROM THIS BEING A SPORTS COMPLEX WITH ITS OWN SEPARATE ITEM, PROP D, AND INCLUDING THAT WITH BE UNDER FACILITIES. AND THIS BEING A MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER WHICH HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE NUMBER ONE, AN INVESTMENT IN OUR LOCAL YOUTH IS EXTREMELY POSITIVE. I THINK TRYING TO SELL THIS PROJECT TO THE PUBLIC AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CREATING SPORTS TOURISM. WHILE IT SOUNDS GREAT, I JUST DO NOT THINK THERE'S PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR 
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THAT. BUT I DO BELIEVE OVERWHELMINGLY THE PUBLIC DOES WANT TO INVEST IN OUR YOUTH. SO LET'S HAVE A FACILITY THAT IS FOCUSED ON JOB CREATION CLASSROOMS. I'VE HEARD COUNCILMAN SHERWOOD AND COUNCILMAN TURNER TALK ABOUT A CO-OP THAT WOULD INVOLVE BOTH LAMAR AND BISD BEING INVOLVED IN THAT MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER, HELPING US STAFF IT, GETTING KIDS IN THE CLASSROOMS, FINDING VOCATIONAL THINGS FOR THEM TO DO AND TRAINING FOR THEM TO DO. 
          MAYBE GET KIDS COMING RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, GOING TO WORK FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE AND HELP US WITH OUR RECRUITMENT PROBLEMS. AND SO AGAIN, THIS MOVING, I THINK, OUT OF DOWNTOWN AND NOT BEING PART OF THIS, YOU KNOW, RIVERWALK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUFF AND BEING A MORE OF A MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER FOCUSED ON OUR YOUTH AND AN INVESTMENT IN OUR LOCAL KIDS IS MUCH MORE OF A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO PASS WITH VOTERS. AND COUNCILMAN TURNER, THEN COUNCILMAN DARIO. AND THAT WAS ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT WE KIND OF DISCUSSED INITIALLY WITH THE FACILITY. YES, IT COULD BE AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE THERE. BUT THE MAIN THING WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMEWHERE FOR OUR KIDS TO GO AND KIND OF TRANSITION INTO SOCIETY. AS COUNCIL MEMBER CRENSHAW SAID EARLIER, I THINK THAT WOULD KIND OF GET US BACK DOWN ON OUR PROPOSITIONS, AND I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO COMPROMISE, AND I CAN KIND OF SIT BACK AND LIVE WITH IT, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT GETTING IT HERE IN BEAUMONT. SO I'M OPEN TO COMPROMISING AND ACTUALLY DOING IT BECAUSE I, FOR ONE, IS NOT ABOUT ME. IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN. DARIO. YEAH, I WANT TO ASK COACH LEWIS A QUESTION. IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD COMMITTEES AND THEY'VE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL AND COUNCIL CHANGED SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND LET'S JUST SAY IT DID. IT DIDN'T END WELL. 
          IT UPSET SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY HAD PUT IN A LOT OF WORK. 
          HAS ANYTHING THAT YOU HEARD TODAY MAKE YOU FEEL THAT WAY? YOU CAN PUT IN A LOT OF WORK, AND THEN HERE WE COME CHANGING IT. WELL, I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I'LL BE SPEAKING FOR THE COMMITTEE, THE 16 OR 17 PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEE. WE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE. YOU SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM AT ALL. IF YOU'RE JUST DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE CAME TO PACKAGE A PACKAGE, PUT IT TOGETHER, AND WE KNOWING THAT OUR TOLD ROY, I SAY, WELL, ROY, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE. WE PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, MAN, YOU YOU ARE THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU REPRESENT THE PEOPLE. WE DID A LOT A LOT OF RESEARCH, MAN. WE I LISTENED TO THE PEOPLE, OVER 3000 PEOPLE. AND JUST ON THE STREETS, THE BARBER SHOP, EVERYWHERE YOU GO. 
          IT WAS LIKE I SAID, MAN, I'M NOT THE MAYOR OF BEAUMONT, MAN. YOU ASK ME ALL THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT. BUT I WAS RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG DEAL. THIS IS A BIG DEAL THAT PEOPLE HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK I WOULD SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE FINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING FORWARD. AND AGAIN, THE BIGGEST STICKING POINT THAT WE HAD, I MEAN, WE LABORED WITH THE POLICE STATION. I MEAN, WE REALLY WE REALLY WANTED THAT THING TO FIT. WE WANTED IT TO FIT. BUT AT THAT PRICE TAG THEY GAVE US AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT PIECE. AND THAT WOULD BE A CHANGE THAT WE DIDN'T DO. BUT ONCE THE COMMITTEE KNOWS THAT IT'S $55 MILLION AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE VOICE VOICED TO, TO COREY AS WELL AS YOU OTHER GUYS, THAT IT'S NOT A NEED FOR IT OR THE OTHER PROJECTS DIDN'T DO WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO. WE GET ALL THAT, I GET ALL OF THAT, AND I'LL BE SPEAKING FOR THE COMMITTEE AS WELL, AS WELL AS WITH GAB STRATEGIES. THIS IS NOT AN EASY PROCESS. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS WAS NOT EASY, BUT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT THE CITY AND WE CARE ABOUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. I'M ON THIS SIDE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING THE WHATEVER IT IS. BUT WHAT I'M WHAT I'M HEARING IS RIGHT AT $15, MAN. AND THAT'S THAT'S REAL DOABLE. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU COACH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE RECONCILIATION OF THE FACILITIES NUMBERS AND PUTTING THOSE PROJECTS TOGETHER. POLICE AND YOUTH, THE MULTI-PURPOSE 
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CENTER UNDER ONE PROPOSITION. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO SEND OUT A VERY POWERFUL SIGNAL TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR KIDS AND ABOUT OUR FUTURE, AND ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER ON THINGS THAT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY MATTER. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. MR. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE SLIDES FOR US? I THINK THAT'S ALL KIND OF NEXT STEPS. IF YOU'RE READY FOR THEM TODAY, YOU KNOW, JUST GET THOSE PROPS FINALIZED I DON'T KNOW. DO WE NEED TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CLEAR ON EVERYTHING. SO WE'LL BE READY FOR TOMORROW TO HAVE THE WORD IN IN THE AGENDA DOWN. AND IF WE COULD, MR. CITY MANAGER, IF GAP STRATEGIES COULD GIVE US BOTH A NUMBER, THAT WOULD BE IF THE VOTERS APPROVED ALL PROPOSITIONS WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS, WE MAY PULL OUT TO BE SEPARATE AS WELL AS A NUMBER FOR EVERYTHING INCLUDED. SO THAT WAY WE CAN LET THE PUBLIC KNOW IF YOU APPROVE EVERYTHING BUT YOU DON'T APPROVE THE EXTRA 10 MILLION FOR UNDER RECREATION FOR THE ALICE KEITH PARK RECREATION CENTER, YOU DON'T APPROVE THE DOWLEN EXPANSION AND THE POINT PARK EXTENSION, ASSUMING THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE ADDITIONAL BALLOT ITEMS THAT THERE WOULD BE ONE COST FOR EVERYTHING, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL COST, WHICH WOULD ONLY BE VOTER APPROVAL, BECAUSE I'M WORRIED THAT WE MAY GET OVER THAT $15, BUT THERE MAY BE IT MAY BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE BOTH THOSE FIGURES AND THE DOWNTOWN REC CENTER. APOLOGIES. WE WERE A MONTH. THANK YOU. JEFF BARTON. WITH CHANGES, WE'LL BE GLAD TO PREPARE THOSE NUMBERS. I THINK WE'RE KEEPING THOSE NUMBERS. AND SO YOUR STAFF SO WE'RE TRYING TO RECONCILE THOSE AS WE GO. THERE'S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH. AND ON THE DID I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WOULD TAKE THE WHAT HAD BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE DOWNTOWN REC CENTER AND MOVE THAT UNDER FACILITIES JUST. YES. WITH BUT WITHOUT CHANGES TO THE PRICE. RIGHT, RIGHT. THE PRICE WOULD REMAIN 49 MILLION. YEAH. I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY OVER THE $15 WITHOUT THOSE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF YOU INCLUDE EVERYTHING AND WE'LL CALCULATE THAT AND GIVE YOU A PRICE ON THOSE AS WELL AS THE STANDALONE ITEMS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AS WELL AS THE PRICE, MONTHLY ITEMS, YOU KNOW, ON EACH OF THE ON EACH OF THE PROPOSITIONS. IF WE DELETE ONE, WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE DELETING. WE'LL GIVE YOU SEVERAL OPTIONS THAT WAY. YEAH I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY SO. SO WE HAVE THAT TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO DELETE CERTAIN THINGS. LIKE CERTAIN THINGS MAY NOT MAKE IT RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. WELL IF I UNDERSTAND THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GIVE YOU A ROUGH PRICE TAG PER EACH PROPOSITION. AND THAT WAY YOU'VE GOT IT FOR PARKS, FOR REC AND SO ON. AND THEN AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU A COMBINED TOTAL FOR EVERYTHING EXCEPT THOSE THREE STANDALONE THAT YOU MENTIONED. OKAY. SO THEN TO MAKE THIS EASIER FOR YOU GUYS, MR. WILLIAMS, DON'T YOU THINK INSTEAD OF DOING FACILITIES ASSESSMENT IN DOWNTOWN CAMERAS, WE COULD JUST INCLUDE ALL THAT UNDER THE 10 MILLION THAT YOU WANT FOR FACILITIES? YES. GOOD POINT. ALL THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT 10 MILLION THAT THAT THOSE DOLLARS GO AWAY, SO TO SPEAK. AND IT'S IN THAT 10 MILLION AND MAKE SURE WE ADD THE, THE BREAKDOWN ON THOSE ITEMS TOO. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE SAYING 50 MILLION, WHAT THAT IS PER MONTH. YES. FOR THAT TOTAL NUMBER, WE'LL GIVE WE'LL GIVE YOU THE TOTAL NUMBERS AND WE'LL GIVE YOU PER MONTH KIND OF A BREAKDOWN SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. RIGHT. OH YEAH. 
          YES. COUNCILMAN TURNER YEAH. WE DIDN'T YEAH, I KIND OF I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT HOW YOU SAID WE CAN POSSIBLY MUTE YOUR MIKES, PLEASE. YEAH, I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT HOW YOU SAID WE CAN POSSIBLY FALL OVER THE 15. ONE WE TOOK OUT DARLING ROAD AND POINT NORTH PARK, NORTH WAY. I THINK THAT POLICE STATION MONEY WAS LESS THAN BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS COMBINED. ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS YOU. IF YOU YOU'RE NOT COMPLETELY TAKING OFF THE BOND, YOU'RE JUST PUTTING THEM UP AS A SEPARATE PROPOSITION. GOTCHA. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TOTAL, I THINK THEN THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO TALK TO THAT ABOUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO VOTERS. BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TOTAL, THAT'S NOT REALLY BEING TAKEN OFF THE TOTAL BOND. 
          I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU PUT ON TO ANOTHER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE WAY THE PROPOSITIONS WERE, IT DIDN'T TOTAL OVER THAT SOFT NUMBER WE KIND OF LOOKED AT. BUT IF WE GET THESE EXTRA THINGS, THEN WE WOULD KIND OF SLIGHTLY BE OVER. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NOW. YES, SIR. AND IF AND IF WE MIGHT, THIS IS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMAN SHERWOOD AND ME, THIS RIVERFRONT PARK EXTENSION. WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT 12.5 MILLION FOR THAT. WHAT WHAT WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE? COME ON TO THE. 
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CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. IS THAT AN EMBASSY SUITES I SEE. SO RIVERFRONT PARK EXTENSION IS GOING TO ACTUALLY BE AN EXPANSION CONNECTING RIVERFRONT PARK TO THE HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER SITE. SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION THAT THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SLATED ON THE CIP FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. AND WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS THAT NOT ONLY WILL IT GO ALONG WITH THE COHESIVENESS OF THE HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER SITE, BUT IN THE CIP IT HAS BEEN LISTED TO FEATURE A WATER FOUNTAIN WITH INTERACTIVE SPLASH PAD, AN ACTIVITY CENTER DESIGNED WITH A CHILDREN'S FOCUS, PROVIDING A FAMILY FRIENDLY SPACE FOR PLAY AND ENGAGEMENT. A MODERN AMPHITHEATER WILL HOST LIVE PERFORMANCES, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE DECORATIVE LIGHTING, RESTROOM FACILITY, AND MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING HOUSING AT LEAST FOUR VENDORS, STOREFRONTS, KIOSKS AND FOSTERING LOCAL BUSINESS GROWTH AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. I WANTED TO INCLUDE THE EXACT DESCRIPTION FROM THE CIP TO SHOW ALONG WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. HERE IS A PICTURE THAT'S DEPICTED TO SHOWCASE THE POTENTIAL FUTURE RENDERING OF A BRIDGE OF SOME SORT THAT WILL HAVE TO GO OVER TO ALLOW FOR PEDESTRIANS TO WALK ACROSS THE RAIL. ACCESS INCLUDED WOULD BE. NOW, OF COURSE, THESE ARE JUST RENDERINGS, AND IN THE BOND MEETINGS WE DISCUSSED SEVERAL TIMES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RENDERINGS AND ACTUAL FINAL PRODUCTS. PLEASE UNDERSTAND, WE WERE TRYING TO DRAW THROUGH AN IDEA AND TRY TO GET SOME ACTUAL ESTIMATED FIGURES. PBK IS THE CURRENT CIVIL ENGINEER DESIGNER FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER OF THE PROJECT, SLATED THROUGH STONEHENGE HOLDINGS, THAT WE HAVE ALREADY CURRENTLY CONTRACTED OUT WITH. AND SO IN ADDITION TO THEM ACTUALLY RENDERING THE CONVENTION CENTER, THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITION TO AND TO ALLOW FOR INTERACTIVE AS PEDESTRIANS WOULD BE ABLE TO CROSS THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND THEN ALLOW FOR WHERE THE RIVERFRONT PARK EXTENSION WOULD BE. IF YOU KEEP GOING DOWN, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THE AMPHITHEATER. SO THE IDEA HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR FIVE, FIVE, FIVE MAIN, THE ACTUAL PREVIOUSLY DEMOLISHED SITE TO BE FOR THE COMMUNITY. IN THIS YOU'LL SEE INTERACTIVE PLAY AREAS FOR CHILDREN, FAMILY, INTERACTIVE SPLASH PADS AND OF COURSE AN AMPHITHEATER THAT CURRENTLY THEY'RE TRYING TO PROPOSE WOULD HOST AT LEAST 1500. THAT AMPHITHEATER STAGE IS ACTUALLY CONNECTED AS A PART OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. AND WHAT'S EXCITING IS THAT THE POTENTIAL OUTDOOR RESTROOMS WOULD ALSO BE ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING AS WELL. AGAIN, JUST RENDERINGS. 
          AND AS YOU CONTINUE TO SEE SOME OF THE RENDERINGS, THE BOND COMMITTEE WAS ABLE TO NOT JUST SEE THESE RENDERINGS, BUT SEE HOW THE PROPOSED SITE WOULD ALLOW FOR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE RIVERFRONT LANDING, WHICH IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS RIVERFRONT PARK EXTENSION IN THE CIP. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SURE, I'D ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. IT DOES. AND I MIGHT JUST ADD THE COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SOME OF THIS SOUNDS GREAT, BUT IF THERE'S A CHANCE THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL DOES NOT HAPPEN, I JUST DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD WANT TO FUND THIS NOW. 
          SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE REMOVE THIS FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION CONSIDERATION FOR THE BALLOT, AND CONSIDER FUNDING THIS LATER. IF AND WHEN THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL IS FUNDED. AND JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT INITIALLY WHEN IT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE GAP STRATEGIES, WE HAD SLATED A POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL DOWNTOWN PROJECT TO BE MENTIONED, WHICH WAS IN FACT THE CONVENTION CENTER. THIS RIVERFRONT PARK EXTENSION WAS INCLUSIVE OF THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A CIP PROJECT. REMEMBER THE FUNNELS THAT JEFF EXPLAINED? WE STARTED OFF WITH THOSE FUNNELS. SO THE CIP, THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT WITHIN THE CIP. AND SO AS WE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, LIKE WE'VE ALL LEARNED OF ANYTHING THAT GOES ON THIS BOND THAT IS NOT PASSED, WE CANNOT FUND FOR THREE YEARS, WHICH IS WHY THIS CONVENTION CENTER WAS NEVER PROPOSED TO THE BOND COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER TO BE PUT ON, BUT RATHER INSTEAD TO SUPPORT OUR ONGOING EFFORTS FOR THE PROJECT. RIVERFRONT RIVERFRONT PARK EXTENSION WOULD ALLOW FOR WHAT WE'RE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ON THE FIVE BY FIVE LOCATION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING ALL THIS TOGETHER SO THAT TOMORROW WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE FINAL NUMBERS AND DISCUSS HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU REACH OUT TO 
          [01:45:06]
THE ADVISOR ADVISORY BOARD AND SHARE SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS JUST TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK. YOU APPOINTED TWO PEOPLE EACH, AND I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO GET. 
          SO. MR. MAYOR. YES. JUST TO GET BACK TO YOU, I THINK WE'RE STILL TRYING TO RECONCILE JUST A FEW THINGS AS WE DO SOME ADS AND DEDUCTS, BUT I THINK YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER $300 MILLION WITH ALL OF THE PROPOSITIONS. RIGHT? SO THAT'S NOT JUST THE 3 OR 4 YOU STARTED WITH, BUT IF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WOULD STILL BE PUT TO VOTERS WOULD BE A LITTLE OVER $300 MILLION. SO THAT PROBABLY COMES CLOSER TO $16. JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME SENSE OF WHERE YOU ARE AS YOU BREAK UP AND GET READY FOR TOMORROW. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I CERTAINLY THINK THERE'S IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE FOR AN INTERESTING MEETING TOMORROW. SO EVERYBODY BETTER PACK A LUNCH. 
          AND I THINK IT WOULD BE DINNER SINCE IT'S GOING TO START AT 130. SO. THAT AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. ALSO, OUR BOND COUNSEL IS HERE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO WE CAN 
          [Councilmember Comments]
HAVE FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADJOURN. AND I'LL LET COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW IF YOU'LL GO FIRST. I THINK I'VE SAID ALL THAT. I NEED TO SAY. A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN CONCERNING FOR PEOPLE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. FOR ME, I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AT TERRELL PARK AND THE DRAINAGE FOR THE GOLF COURSE. SEVERAL GOLFERS HAVE REACHED OUT AND SAID, LOOK, I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL AREN'T GOING TO DO THE $20 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME HELP FOR THIS GOLF COURSE IS JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A FAILURE IF WE DO NOT GET THIS DRAINAGE HELP. SO HAPPY TO DO THAT. I THINK PULLING OUT THE NEW STREETS IS A GOOD IDEA. THAT WAY VOTERS CAN LET US KNOW WHETHER THEY WANT THAT OR NOT. 
          BUT OVERALL, IMPROVING EXISTING STREETS SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPORTED OVERWHELMINGLY, SO I'M HAPPY TO GET BEHIND THAT. I'M ALSO VERY GRATEFUL FOR COUNCILMAN TURNER AND SHERWOOD FOR AGREEING TO SUPPORT THE FUNDING FOR A NEW AND IMPROVED AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE FOR MOVING THE DOWNTOWN SPORTS COMPLEX AND MAKING IT MORE OF A MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER AND AN INVESTMENT IN OUR YOUTH, AND BRINGING THAT OVER TO THE FACILITIES PROPOSITION. SO OVERALL, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A HOME RUN FOR OUR CITY AND FOR VOTERS. AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL AND ALL THE HARD WORK OF THE BOND COMMITTEE AND OF GAP STRATEGIES FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, IT'S A GREAT DAY IN BEAUMONT, AND I AM HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ALL THE EXCITEMENT THAT IS BEING CREATED THROUGHOUT THIS BOND PROCESS. AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE ARE GETTING TO DO SOME NEW THINGS AND GET SOME ENERGY GOING. AND I AM SUPER EXCITED AND I'M PROUD OF YOU ALL. Y'ALL ARE DOING SO GOOD. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, NO, JUST THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR TO THE COMMITTEE FOR WORKING HARD AND PACKAGING THIS UP FOR US TO LOOK AT AND GAP STRATEGIES MAKING THIS EASY FOR US TO DIGEST AND UNDERSTAND. AND I'M GLAD WE TURNED THIS INTO A TWO DAY DEAL. I THINK IT WAS HELPFUL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN TURNER AND I JUST LOVE THE FACT THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TOOK TO EVEN LAND HERE, YOU KNOW, STARTING BACK 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING TO WHERE WE'RE AT, JUST THE FACT THAT YOU GOT NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAN COME ON BOARD. AND, MAN, IT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS FOR YOU GUYS. Y'ALL DIDN'T STEP UP AND OWN IT AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHANGES. I RESPECT IT BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR JOB TO WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS CITY THE BEST WE CAN. AND WE GOT TO BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE AND TAKE CARE OF, YOU KNOW, NUMEROUS DIVISIONS LIKE COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW SAID, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB. 
          AND THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO STEP UP FOR YOU GUYS IN RETURN. AND WE'RE DOING IT AS A UNIT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE KIND OF BEEN WORKING ON. A LOT OF MEETINGS, A LOT OF PUSHING BACK AND FORTH. BUT I THINK WE'RE FINALLY CLOSE TO WHAT WE NEED TO BE. EVEN THE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TO HAVE SOME STANDALONE THINGS THAT HOPEFULLY IT CAN MAKE IT. BUT IF IT DON'T, WE UNDERSTAND. 
          BUT WE'RE GIVING CITIZENS THE OPTION. STILL, BEING ABLE TO KIND OF STAY AROUND THAT NUMBER 
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THAT WE ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH, WITH THE IF WE DON'T DO THE ADDITIONS. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S UP TO THE VOTERS. AND I THINK WE'VE WORKED REAL HARD TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF DIGEST. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I AGREE WITH, COUNCILMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER CRENSHAW, ALMOST ON THE GROCERY STORE OR OUT TO DINNER WITH MY WIFE, PEOPLE COME UP AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THE EXISTING STREETS? AND THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF START TALKING ABOUT IT. LET'S FOCUS ON SOME OF THE EXISTING PROBLEMS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS GIVE PEOPLE THE OPTION FOR NEW THINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMUNITY, WE HEARD YOU, A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT SEWER. AND I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT BRIEFLY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR WATER ENTERPRISE FUND WITH THE SURPLUS. AND WHEN WE DO OUR BOND RATINGS, IF YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FUNDING IT THROUGH ANOTHER SOURCE, THAT BOND SCORE CAN GO DOWN LIKE YOUR CREDIT SCORE. THEN THE INTEREST RATES ARE EXTREMELY HIGH WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR BORROWING POWER. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ON WHAT WE ADDRESS IN THIS BOND. WE CAN DO DRAINAGE PROJECTS AS WE'VE DONE, BUT WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO THAT, YOU CAN'T RISK WAITING THREE YEARS TO WORK ON SOMETHING THAT'S IN DIRE NEED NOW. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE KIND OF HAVE THOSE TRANSPARENT CONVERSATIONS AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY IN THE PROCESS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, WELL, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK COACH LEWIS AND THE BOND COMMITTEE FOR DOING SUCH A FABULOUS JOB. I KNOW THIS WASN'T EASY, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR THE LONG HOURS THEY PUT IN TO BRINGING THIS TO THE BOND COMMITTEE AND THEN EVENTUALLY TO US. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE I CAN SAY. EVERYBODY'S PRETTY MUCH SAID IT. YOU KNOW, THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PART OF OUR CITY. AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S MUCH NEEDED, YOU KNOW, THESE THESE MEN AND WOMEN DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THANKFUL. 
          THANKFUL FOR THE STAFF. THANK YOU TO OUR MANAGER, OUR CITY MANAGER AND TO THE BOND AND TO THE TO OFFER FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. AND I'M EXCITED. I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH AN AMAZING GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN UP HERE, AND WE ALL HAVE THE OBJECTIVE OF MAKING THIS A BETTER CITY FOR ALL OF US. AND SO I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. COUNCILMAN. DARIO. JUST REPEATING BASICALLY WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THE BOND COMMITTEE ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS DONE AN AWESOME JOB BRINGING THIS THIS TO US WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ON IT. AND MANAGER AND STAFF FOR FINDING A PRICE THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO BUILD A POLICE STATION, YOU KNOW, LIKE HALF PRICE. YOU SLASHED IT IN HALF, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY APPRECIATED AS WELL. JUST I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DONE YET. WE STILL BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ASKING WHEN WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE BOND ISSUE. I SAID, WELL, WE HAVEN'T EVEN DECIDED IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AN ELECTION YET, SO WE STILL HAVE TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT FINISHED YET AND WE GOT TO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL PASS TOMORROW. 
          BUT THEN AFTER THAT THE FINISH LINE WILL BE IN NOVEMBER AND WE STILL, YOU KNOW, HAVE WORK TO DO. BUT BUT FOR THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE DONE THUS FAR GETTING US TO THIS POINT, IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MANAGER AND STAFF GAP STRATEGIES AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. 
          COUNCILMAN DARIO ARE I'M FINISHED. ALL RIGHT. WHAT SHOULD I SAY? SOMETHING ELSE I'M WAITING. I'LL LET YOU KNOW BEFORE WE. YEAH, I EXPECTED MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. ALL RIGHT. 
          [City Manager Comments]
PUBLIC WORKS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER'S. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON YOUR WORK ON THIS BOND ISSUE TODAY. ALL OF YOUR DIALOG TO HELP MOVE THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FORWARD. THIS IS A VERY PIVOTAL MOMENT. AND IT WILL BE IN TERMS OF BEAUMONT'S FUTURE. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SOME VERY LARGE PROJECTS. AND I FEEL THIS CAN REALLY HELP AND IT WILL REALLY HELP BEAUMONT GROW, WHICH IS WHAT WE ALL WANT. AND I WANT TO THANK COACH LEWIS AND THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THEY DID PUT IN MANY HOURS WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL AS GAP STRATEGIES. I MEAN, THIS PROBABLY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT THEIR ASSISTANCE AND THEIR GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU GAP STRATEGIES. AND ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR BOND COUNSEL AND FINANCIAL ADVISOR. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          AND WE KNOW THERE'S STILL MORE WORK AHEAD. BUT BUT THANKS FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. 
          [01:55:02]
THANK YOU. MR. CITY MANAGER. SO I ALWAYS SAY WATCHING THE SAUSAGE BEING MADE IS NOT ALWAYS PRETTY, BUT THE RESULT CAN BE SATISFYING SOMETIMES. AND I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WATCHING THE SAUSAGE BEING MADE AND COMING UP WITH THE RESULT. I COMMEND THIS COUNCIL FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO GET TO THIS POINT. I KNOW YOU HAD SOME TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE BECAUSE YOU ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES. SO FAR. EXCELLENT JOB AND I COMMEND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS. LIKEWISE. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. LEWIS. COACH LEWIS, FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR COMMITTEE. WE WILL ENCOURAGE ALL OF THEM, AND THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. SO THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. STAFF STAFF'S DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB PUTTING A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS. WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE IT. I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SITTING DOWN WITH ME TO GO OVER THIS. I KNOW THEY HAD SOME FROWNS ON THEIR FACE WHEN I SIT DOWN WITH THEM, BUT THEY SAID THEY COULD GO WITH IT. NOW I'M GOING TO SEE IF THEY STICK TO THEIR WORD NOW. 
          AND EVERYONE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU DEREK AND ALL OF YOU. SO WE APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'LL BE BACK HERE TOMORROW. TOMORROW YOU'VE GOT TO APPROVE THE ITEMS FOR THE ELECTION. APPROVE THE ITEMS FOR THE PROPOSITION. AND THEN THERE HAVE BEEN AN ELECTION ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER, IF YOU CALL THAT. SO WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO, BUT APPRECIATE YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. WELL, WITH THAT, I ALSO WANT TO CERTAINLY THANK OUR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND GAP STRATEGIES AND OUR AND OUR STAFF IN THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND TIME THAT WE'VE PUT IN AND THIS COUNCIL, BECAUSE FOR NEW PEOPLE ELECTED IN MAY, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BOND THAT HADN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN 43 YEARS FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. SO IT'S IT IS VERY EXCITING. AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF REAL POSITIVE FEEDBACK AS WELL. AND I SUGGEST EVERYBODY GET A GOOD NIGHT'S
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