Nov 04, 2025 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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TODAY'S MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 AND IT IS ALSO ELECTION DAY. TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY MINISTER SHERLYN RONE. CHARLENE RONE AND GREATER MACEDONIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. YEAH YOU DID. EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE REMINDED.

AJ THANK YOU. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I'M SORRY. EVERY HEAD BOWED. GOD, WE COME TO YOU RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THANKING YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNE MOMENT. THANK YOU. OH GOD, FOR EVERYONE THAT'S HERE IN THIS ASSEMBLY. LORD, YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE AGENDA HOLDS ON TODAY, BUT WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BREATHE DOWN ON IT AND OUR HEARTS AND MINDS.

LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THUS FAR. BUT LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE THINGS THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW OF AS OF YET. LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT EVEN ON TODAY, IT'S ELECTION DAY. MOVE ON THE HEARTS OF THE CITIZENS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SLOTHFUL AND MAY NOT HAVE MADE IT YET. LORD, MOVE ON THEIR HEARTS TO DO THEIR CIVIC DUTY. BUT LORD GOD, AS WE COME INTO THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD LOOK OVER EACH LEADER, EACH CITY COUNCIL, WARD MEMBER, EVERY EVERYONE THAT IS IN POSITIONS TO MAKE DECISIONS, THAT AFFECTS THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT LORD. LOOK ON THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR MINDS. TEACH US, OH GOD, HOW TO AGREE TO DISAGREE AT TIMES, BUT STILL YET HAVE LOVE ONE FOR ANOTHER. LORD GOD. AND I ASK, OH GOD, THAT EVEN YOUR WORD SAYS THAT WE MAKE PLANS, BUT IT'S YOU THAT ESTABLISH OUR GOINGS. SO, LORD, EVEN IN THE PLANS THAT WE MAKE, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD JUST HAVE YOUR WAY IN OUR CITY, MAKE OUR CITY BETTER. LET THE PEOPLE HAVE A YEARNING TO BE BETTER, LORD GOD, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE STILL WANT TO PLEASE YOU, WE TRUST YOU, AND WE WANT TO PLEASE YOU.

LORD, LOOK OVER EVERY CITIZEN IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. LORD GOD, BRING US BACK TO SOME THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE LOST ALONG THE WAY. EVERY HOUSEHOLD. LET THEM GET BACK TO A MOTHER OR FATHER, AND EVEN THOSE THAT MAYBE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THAT IN THE HOME. LET THEM GET BACK TO THE BASICS, LOVING ONE ANOTHER. BECAUSE WHEN WE GET IT IN THE HOMES, THEN IT WILL TRICKLE ON DOWN INTO EVERYTHING ELSE, OUR SCHOOLS AND INTO OUR CITY. EVERYTHING THAT OUR HANDS HAVE AND WILL TOUCH. YOU WILL SEE YOUR IMPRINT ON THAT. LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU AND WE TRUST YOU THAT THE LEADERS THAT WE'VE ELECTED AND PLACED IN THOSE POSITIONS WILL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. BUT LORD, EVEN AT THAT, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD EXPOSE ANY HIDDEN AGENDAS, EXPOSE ANYTHING THAT'S IN OUR HEARTS THAT MAY NOT ALIGN WITH THE TEAM, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE A TEAM. SO GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT EVERY WARD MAY BE SEPARATE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALL ONE COLLECTIVE BODY. SO WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TODAY. AND WE THANK YOU. OH GOD, THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MAY DISAGREE, WE STILL WILL AGREE TO DO SO. SO LORD, IT'S IN YOUR NAME. WE DO PRAY AND CALL EVERYTHING AS DONE. AMEN, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I WONDER IF HE'S GOT IT. MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MAYOR WEST. PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM TURNER, COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HILLIARD. COUNCILMEMBER. WILLIAMS. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHERWOOD. ABSENT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER. CRENSHAW. HERE. THANK YOU.

[ Communication Update]

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[ The Comprehensive Plan: Process and Introduction by Able City]

HAVING A LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY HERE.

YEAH. DO YOU HAVE YOUR THE BACKUP PRESENTATION? THAT'D BE GREAT.

I'LL JUST FLY THROUGH THOSE SLIDES. OKAY. SURE. DO I NEED TO UNPLUG FROM THE. OKAY. SO MY

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AND WE WANT TO BUILD UPON THAT. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS. ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF IT IS SO WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? YOU KNOW, THE THE THE MEANING IS IN THE NAME. IT'S COMPREHENSIVE, RIGHT? IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING. BUT WHAT IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO IS A COMMUNITY'S LONG TERM VISION FOR THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF BEAUMONT. WHY DOES IT MATTER? YOU KNOW, IT REALLY. IT GUIDES HOW BEAUMONT GROWS. IT REALLY SHAPES HOUSING AND PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, HELPS ATTRACT BUSINESSES, ENSURES INFRASTRUCTURE KEEPS UP WITH GROWTH, ALSO REFLECTS COMMUNITY VISION. YOU KNOW WHO USES THIS. SO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE CITY LEADERS USE THIS FOR FOR MAKING DECISIONS. THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, HELP KEEP THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE. IT IS THEIR VISION. AFTER ALL, BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY KIND OF USE IT TO LEARN HOW AND WHERE AND WHEN TO INVEST. RIGHT. AND THE FUTURE GENERATIONS, THIS IS A LONG TERM PLAN. THEY'RE GOING TO USE THIS AS WELL. SO THE PLAN REALLY HAS THESE EIGHT KIND OF OVERARCHING ELEMENTS. THERE'S HOUSING, THERE'S LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN. THERE'S MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE'S PARKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES. THERE'S RESILIENCY. AND THERE'S ALSO CULTURAL AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. SO HERE WE ARE TODAY AT THE LAST NIGHT WAS A REALLY GREAT KICKOFF MEETING. WE HAD AN EXCELLENT TURNOUT. MR. WILLIAMS WAS THERE. THE MAYOR SHOWED UP AS WELL. IT WAS AWESOME. WE HAD A REALLY A LOT OF GREAT PUBLIC INPUT. WE DID TWO SEPARATE PRESENTATIONS. AGAIN, GREAT PRESENTATION, GREAT TURNOUT. AND YOU KNOW, WE REALLY EMPHASIZE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THAT'S KIND OF ABEL CITY'S EMPHASIS. RIGHT. SO WE WORK ON OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH. WE DO A LOT OF LISTENING AND LEARNING. YOU KNOW THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN LEARN ON THE DESKTOP COMPUTER. SO WE WE LIKE TO COME OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND FILL THOSE GAPS. RIGHT. WE BRING STAKEHOLDERS INTO THE ROOM. WE LIKE TO TALK TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. WE LIKE TO TALK TO, YOU KNOW, TECH STOCK. WE LIKE TO TALK TO THE COUNTY, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE BRING EVERYBODY WHO'S WHO'S STAKEHOLDERS. WE ALSO WE DON'T JUST TAKE NOTES. WE ALSO DESIGN IN PUBLIC TO THE COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED HEAVILY IN SHAPING THE PLAN. AND WE DO THAT ON SITE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS, POP UPS, ONLINE SURVEYS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT REALLY, THE ONE THING I WANT TO STRESS IS OUR FIVE DAY CHARRETTE. AS WE HEARD IN THE ANNOUNCEMENTS EARLIER, THIS WILL BE FROM IN FEBRUARY FROM THE NINTH THROUGH THE 13TH. IT'S OPEN HOUSE STYLE. WE'LL ALSO DO SOME FOCUS GROUPS IN THERE AS WELL, BUT IT'S 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. EVERY DAY AND YOU CAN COME AND GO. WE HAVE A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND JUST SO EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE KNOWS, THERE ARE SAVE THE DATE CARDS AT THE FRONT WHERE THE SIGN IN SHEET IS. FEEL FREE TO TAKE AS MANY AS YOU'D LIKE. PASS THEM OUT. WE REALLY WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT THIS THIS CHARRETTE IS HAPPENING IN FEBRUARY, AND THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY, REALLY KIND OF GET DOWN INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE PLAN, AND WE REALLY GET A LOT OF THAT GREAT COMMUNITY INPUT.

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THANK YOU SIR. AND IT WAS EXCELLENT EVENING LAST NIGHT. Y'ALL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. AND THANK JESS PRINCE AND DEBBIE ENGMAN FOR WORKING WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO GET THE GRANT FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FOR THIS STUDY. NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE MUNICIPAL

[ Presentation on the Municipal Tennis Center]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AFTERNOON. REALLY COOL. YEAH. IT IS. SO IF YOU GUYS RECALL, TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE THE PRIOR COUNCIL MEETING, IT WAS BROUGHT UP FOR US TO DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE, THE TENNIS CENTER AND KIND OF EVERYTHING BACKGROUND, HISTORY, WHATEVER. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT HERE TODAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS THIS IS WE'LL GO OVER REVENUE AND EXPENSES. YOU SEE THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD HERE SHORTLY. THE TENNIS CENTER ITSELF I MEAN IT'S SUCH A GREAT FACILITY SOMETHING WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF. THERE'S BEEN ADDITIONS, THINGS ADDED YOU KNOW ADDITIONS AND THINGS ADDED. THERE'S BEEN ADDITIONS THROUGH THE YEARS TO MAKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER. AND WHAT WE FOUND IS PEOPLE THAT COME IN FROM ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS, EVEN LOUISIANA, AND WHEREVER ELSE THEY WANT TO COME IN FROM. THEY LOVE THE PLACE.

THEY THEY TALK ABOUT HOW NICE IT IS, HOW CLEAN IT IS, HOW AS A PUBLIC FACILITY, IT'S VERY UNCOMMON TO HAVE A PLACE THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT. SO WE'LL GET INTO I'VE DONE THE FIVE YEARS.

OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THE COVID WAS A LITTLE BIT ODD. SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

YOU SEE REVENUES ARE PRETTY STEADY. YOU SEE THE BIG JUMP IN 24. THAT'S REALLY WHEN PICKLEBALL STARTED JUMPING UP LOCALLY, WHERE PEOPLE STARTED REALLY SHOWING UP AT THE CENTER.

AND WHEN WE GOT THE NEW COURTS ADDED OR THE LINES ADDED EXPENSES THAT IS PAYING FOR, PAYING FOR STAFF, PAYING FOR NEW NEW TENANTS, NETS, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT MAY HAPPEN, ALL THE EXPENSES WITH THE PRO SHOP, ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO INTERNALLY, THOSE THOSE ARE GOING TO STAY PRETTY STEADY. YOU SEE IN 25 IT WAS DOWN. WE HAD SOME SOME STAFFING OPENINGS.

SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST PART OF COMES WITH THE TERRITORY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THOSE FEES BY THE WAY THOSE THOSE REVENUES THAT YOU SEE ARE FROM DAILY COURT RENTALS TOURNAMENTS SAID OF THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER OF OURS.

THEY PAY UTILIZE OUR COURTS FOR THEIR LEAGUES. A LOT OF SCHOOLS HOST THEIR TOURNAMENTS AT OUR PLACE, BECAUSE MOST SCHOOLS ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE 20 TO 24 TENNIS COURTS. SO IT JUST MAKES SENSE THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES. THE COURT FEES RANGE FROM $2 TO $5 PER COURT, DEPENDING UPON THE TIME YOU GET THERE. IF YOU'RE A JUNIOR OR SENIOR, IT'S $2 PER PLAYER AT ALL TIMES. IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN, IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, THAT GOES UP TO $3. OTHER THAN THAT, IF YOU'RE JUST A NORMAL CITIZEN, IT'S $4 AFTER 4:00 PM OUT OF CITY, $5 AFTER 4 P.M. SO WE'LL GET INTO HISTORICAL INFORMATION. SO THE ORIGINAL PRO SHOP AND I BELIEVE COURTS ONE THROUGH EIGHT WERE BUILT WITH THAT PRO SHOP. IF YOU RECALL, THE ORIGINAL PRO SHOP WAS THE ONE THAT BURNED DOWN ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO.

PROBABLY WE HADN'T BEEN UTILIZING THAT ANYTHING OTHER THAN OUTSIDE RESTROOMS AND A LITTLE BIT OF STORAGE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS SINCE THE NEW ONE WAS BUILT, BUT WE ASSUME WE BELIEVE THOSE COURTS, THOSE COURTS, ONE THROUGH EIGHT, WERE BUILT. THEN IN AROUND 1975. I DID NOT WORK FOR THE CITY IN 1975, SO I CAN'T CONFIRM THAT 100%, BUT I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WITH THAT COURT'S NINE THROUGH 16, WHICH IS TWO SETS OF COURTS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF COURTS FIVE THROUGH EIGHT. THOSE WERE BUILT AROUND 2009. THE NEW PRO SHOP, WHICH WE HAVE NOW, WHICH IS AGAIN INCREDIBLE COURTS 17 THROUGH 20. AND THEN THE COVERED COURTS, WHICH ARE NUMBERED 21 THROUGH 24, OPENED AROUND 2016. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE WITH, I BELIEVE IT ENDED UP COSTING THE CITY ABOUT $3.2 MILLION FOR THE UPGRADE. JUST JUST A GREAT ADDITION. SO RESURFACING. YOU'VE GOT TENNIS COURTS, YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING OUTSIDE WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BECOME AN ISSUE. AT SOME POINT. COURTS GET RESURFACED. COURTS ONE THROUGH FOUR AND NINE THROUGH 12 WERE RESURFACED IN 2020, COST ABOUT 23,000 PER POD POD BEING THE FOUR COURT, YOU KNOW, GROUPING FIVE THROUGH EIGHT AND 13 THROUGH 16. WE'VE ASKED FOR THOSE TO BE RESURFACED A COUPLE TIMES IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN FOR THE NEXT YEAR. HASN'T BEEN APPROVED YET. SPOKE WITH FACILITIES MAINTENANCE THIS WEEK, AND THEY

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WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING TO ADJUST THE SCHEDULE AROUND, WHICH WOULD MEAN THEY WOULD COMPETE ON COURTS ONE THROUGH FOUR, COURTS NINE THROUGH 12. THEY WOULD USE COURTS FIVE THROUGH EIGHT, 13 THROUGH 16 FOR PRACTICE. NO ONE'S GOING TO BE OUT ANYTHING. THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THE COURTS. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. WE GO TO THE NEXT, NEXT ONE PLEASE.

YOU'LL START TO SEE SOME SOME PHOTOS WE GOT. THERE'S OUR PRO SHOP. THE GROUNDS ARE MAINTAINED BY THE PARKS. THE THE PARKS EMPLOYEES THAT ALSO OVERSEE AND MANAGE THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX WHICH IS JUST ADJACENT, WHICH INCLUDES MOWING THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, GETTING THOSE READY, WEED EATING, PICKING UP TRASH. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL THE ALL YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE IS PHOTOS. ANOTHER ANGLE COVERAGE COVERED COURTS OVER TO THE END AND TO THE LEFT YOU SEE THE LOGGIA, WHICH IS A REALLY COOL WORD. THAT'S AN AREA FOR PEOPLE TO SIT UP KIND OF A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, TO LOOK DOWN ON THOSE COURTS AND WATCH PLAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THERE'S A PICTURE. AND THESE PICTURES WERE ALL TAKEN THIS WEEK. SO THERE'S COURTS ONE THROUGH FOUR.

LOOK REALLY GOOD TO ME. NEXT YOU'LL SEE HOPEFULLY FIVE THROUGH EIGHT IF I GOT THOSE IN ORDER. THIS IS A GOOD THING. FIVE THROUGH EIGHT JUST A LITTLE BIT FADED BUT PERFECTLY PLAYABLE. YOU SEE PEOPLE OUT THERE PLAYING ON THEM RIGHT NOW OR FOR THE SAKE OF THE PHOTO.

COURTS NINE THROUGH 12 AGAIN WERE RESURFACED IN 2020. YOU SEE THOSE THERE NEXT TO THEM, YOU'LL SEE 13 THROUGH 16. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT I FEEL LIKE ARE MOST IN DIRE NEED. YOU SEE, AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT PICTURE, YOU SEE SOME SORT OF DISCOLORATION AROUND THE BASELINE. ARE THEY SAFE FOR PLAY? ABSOLUTELY. THEY'RE PERFECTLY FINE TO PLAY. THEY DON'T LOOK AS GOOD. THEY COULD USE SOME RESURFACING. NEXT YOU'LL SEE 17 THROUGH 20, WHICH AGAIN THESE WERE BUILT IN AROUND 2016 WHEN THEY OPENED. AND NEXT TO THAT YOU'LL SEE COURTS 21 THROUGH 24 WHICH ARE INDOOR COVERED COURTS, WHICH THAT'S PRETTY THAT'S PRETTY SWEET. I MEAN HONEST TO GOODNESS. THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY, WHICH WHAT WE DO FIND. AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BAD UP HERE. WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT GOOD THINGS. SOMETIMES THE IT GETS A LITTLE HUMID IN THERE. IT GETS A LITTLE STICKY. AGAIN, IT'S BEAUMONT, TEXAS. IT'S NOT ALWAYS LIKE IT IS TODAY. IF IT WAS, MORE PEOPLE WOULD LIVE HERE. BUT THIS IS THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. WE'RE ECSTATIC TO HAVE IT. WE LOVE WHAT WE WHAT WE OFFER AND WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR THE CITIZENS AND ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN FROM OUT OF TOWN. AND THAT'S IT FOR MY PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. YES. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THE BUILDING THAT BURNED DOWN, WAS THERE ANY INSURANCE MONEY THAT WE'RE COLLECTING FROM THAT? SO THE COST TO COVER THAT ON OUR INSURANCE WAS WORTH, WE WOULD HAVE PAID MORE THAN THE BUILDING WAS WORTH. OKAY. SO WE DIDN'T FILE AN INSURANCE CLAIM ON IT BECAUSE ACCORDING TO MAINTENANCE AND TO MR. NEAL, THERE WAS NOTHING OF VALUE IN THE BUILDING, SO WE OPTED TO NOT FILE IT ON OUR INSURANCE. OBVIOUSLY, JUST WITH ANYTHING YOU FILE A CLAIM, IT GOES UP.

SO WE ACTUALLY PREFER TO DO THE DEMO, JUST DEMO THE BUILDING AND NOT REBUILD IT AND NOT FILE

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AND IT IS. BELIEVE ME, IT'S NOT A HEAVILY. VIEWED EVENT AS FAR AS TONS OF PEOPLE SITTING OUT THERE WATCHING IT. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT LIGHTING? HAVE WE TRANSITIONED TO LED? WE HAVE NOT TRANSITIONED LED. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT VERY CHEAP. WE WOULD LOVE TO DO SO. IT'S ANYBODY THAT'S GOT ANY OUTDOOR LIGHTING KNOWS THAT LED IS PRETTY MUCH THE WAY TO GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD THEN. COUNCILMAN TURNER. YEAH. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE RAISED THE FEES? WE HAVE NOT RAISED THE FEES SINCE THE THE NEW FACILITY WAS WAS PUT IN. WE SAID ABOUT 16 OR SO. WE'VE STAYED CONSISTENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN TURNER, THAT'S KIND OF MY QUESTION. DID WE KIND OF DO LIKE AN ANALYSIS TO KIND OF SEE WHERE WE LAND WITH THE WITH THE FEES WE CHARGE? IS IT KIND OF SIMILAR TO OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE LIKE SIZE THE 2 TO 3? I'M NOT SURE. IT'S HARD TO TELL HONESTLY, BECAUSE A LOT OF PUBLIC FACILITIES DO NOT CHARGE.

SO IF YOU GO PLAY TENNIS AT ROGERS PARK, CALDERWOOD PARK, CENTRAL PARK, ANY OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE COURTS, THERE'S NO FEE FOR THOSE. SO WE TREAT THE BEAUMONT MUNICIPAL TENNIS CENTER A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AS I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE. SO WE DO CHARGE FEES FOR THAT.

WE'VE GOT STAFF THERE. WE DON'T HAVE STAFF AT THE OTHER COURTS, SO A LOT OF CITY FACILITIES DO NOT CHARGE THERE. THERE ARE SOME THAT DO. I'M NOT GOING TO BE BLIND TO THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW ALL THOSE NUMBERS. WE COULD DO SOME MORE DIGGING IF NEED BE, BUT PEOPLE DON'T BALK AT OUR COST. WE'VE NEVER BEEN DIRECTED THAT WE NEED TO GENERATE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.

IT'S MORE QUALITY OF LIFE OPPORTUNITY FOR US. THE FACT THAT WE DO GENERATE THE REVENUE THAT WE DO, WE FEEL PRETTY, PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT. THAT WAS MY FOLLOW UP. ARE YOU GETTING PUSHBACK ABOUT THE 2 TO 3 BUCKS? BUT YOU SAID PEOPLE DON'T REALLY KNOW. YOU KNOW, INITIALLY PEOPLE WERE BOTHERED BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO PAYING NOTHING. BUT ONCE WE CLOSED THE FACILITY IN BECAUSE BEFORE WE PUT THE NEW PRO SHOP IN, THERE WAS NO FENCE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT. AND WHAT WE DO NOW, COURTS ONE THROUGH FOUR ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC WHEN WE ARE CLOSED. SO IF THE COURTS ARE NOT OPEN YET, YOU CAN GET IN COURTS ONE THROUGH FOUR WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY. ONCE WE OPEN THE FACILITY, WE GO AND LOCK THAT GATE. SO PEOPLE HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE PRO SHOP AND PAY FOR THEIR COURT RENTAL. AND MY LAST QUESTION, I KNOW IT'S NOT THAT MANY BLEACHERS OUT THERE, BUT I HAVE BEEN THERE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO UPSTAIRS AND SIT AND WATCH THE GAME IF THAT OPTION. IF YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE ON COURTS 13 TO 16, YOU CAN UP ON THE LOGGIA. BUT THE OTHER COURTS, I MEAN, I GUESS IF YOU WANT TO BRING A LADDER YOU COULD HOP UP TOP AND DO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WAS DONE WITH THE WITH THE PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN? YEAH. I DON'T RECOMMEND A LADDER AT ALL, GUYS. I WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, BUT IF YOU'RE REALLY THAT INTO IT AND YOU WANT TO BRING A LADDER OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL OPEN UP THE SIDE GATE FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR ME, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR PRESENTATIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. AT THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING TODAY, CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE DELIBERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 55 1.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, TO WIT, SPECIFICALLY, PROJECT GREENFIELD AND PROJECT TITAN, ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 55 1.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE OPINION OF CITY COUNCIL CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING EMS STAFFING AND

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]

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WE DISCUSSED DURING THE POSTED TIME. HOWEVER, WE WILL HAVE SOMEBODY FROM CITY STAFF ADDRESS IT. KATE HAMBRIGHT IS AT SEVEN CHELSEA HOLLOW, CHESKA HOLLOW, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KATE HAMBRIGHT AND I'M THE MARKET CHAIR FOR THE JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK IN SUPPORT OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE PATILLO VERSUS STATE HISTORICAL MARKER IN FRONT OF THE HISTORIC CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS BUILDING AT TERRELL PARK IN 1930, SADY PATILLO, A YOUNG BLACK TEACHER, REFUSED TO SIT IN A SEGREGATED PORTION OF A BEAUMONT CITY BUS. THIS ACT OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE RESULTED IN A RULING FROM TEXAS HIGHEST CRIMINAL COURT DECLARING SECTION 1659 OF TEXAS PENAL STATUTES. THE STATE'S SEPARATE COACH LAW DID NOT APPLY TO MOTOR BUSSES. SADIE'S VICTORY CAME MORE THAN TWO DECADES BEFORE ROSA PARKS REFUSED TO LEAVE THE SEAT SHE OCCUPIED ON A MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA CITY BUS. THE DECISION WAS A MONUMENTAL RULING FOR ITS DAY, AND IT REMAINS A MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION SEGREGATION IN TEXAS. SADIE PETITO'S FAMILY HAS A CLOSE CONNECTION TO TERRELL PARK, AND HAS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT THE MARKER BE INSTALLED ON ITS GROUNDS. THE HISTORICAL MARKER WILL HAVE EXCELLENT VISIBILITY AT THIS LOCATION. THE PARK IS VISITED NOT ONLY BY NUMEROUS LOCAL RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO MANY TRAVELERS TO OUR AREA WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ITS FACILITIES, INCLUDING BIRDING, PHYSICAL RECREATION, ITS BOTANICAL GARDENS, AND THE BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED C.C.C. BUILDING ITSELF. THIS HISTORICAL MARKER WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE ALL VISITORS ON SADIE PORTILLO'S STORY, AS WELL AS SERVE AS A SPRINGBOARD TO DEEPER CONVERSATION AS WE WORK TO BROADEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS COMPLICATED PERIOD IN OUR AMERICAN HISTORY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT THE PORTILLO VERSUS STATE MARKER IS ONLY ONE OF 15 MARKER TOPICS APPROVED BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION IN 2024, DURING ITS COMPETITIVE UNDERTOLD MARKER PROGRAM, A SPECIAL PROJECT OF THE THC TO ANNUALLY DOCUMENT SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERREPRESENTED SUBJECTS ACROSS THE STATE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, TERESA GOODNESS. 985 19TH STREET, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HELLO, MAYOR COUNCIL. I'M TERESA GOODNESS, THE CHAIR OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. I PROMISE WE'RE NOT BRINGING EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION UP HERE TO SPEAK TODAY, BUT WE WANTED TO INVITE YOU PERSONALLY TO TWO MARKER DEDICATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING NOVEMBER THE 15TH, SATURDAY AT 10 A.M. WE'RE HAVING ONE ON THE CORNER OF CROCKETT AND ARCHIE STREETS FOR PANDIT MAHA CHAN. AND THEN THE SAME DAY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH AT 1:00, WE'RE GOING TO HOST ANOTHER MARKER DEDICATION ON THE CORNER OF ENKA STREET AND HOLLY STREET TO RECOGNIZE THE BLANCHETTE CEMETERY. SO YOU MAY KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE AT THOSE CEMETERIES RECENTLY, AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET AS MANY HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY DESIGNATIONS AS WE CAN TO RECOGNIZE THOSE. SO I HOPE YOU'LL ALL COME OUT AND HELP US CELEBRATE OUR HISTORY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALFRED DEAN, 9690 MEADOWBROOK DRIVE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HOW ARE YOU DOING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL? I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. I SAY WE HAVE A GOOD CITY. AS SOME OF Y'ALL MAY KNOW, MY YOUNGEST SON CAME UP MISSING A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. AND WHEN I MEAN TO TELL YOU.

BISD COPS, BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN ONE AREA, AND I'M SAYING ALL TO SAY THAT WE CAME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY TO LOOK FOR ONE CHILD. AS I LOOKED THROUGH FACEBOOK POSTS AND SEE OUR CITY COUNCILMAN POST CERTAIN THINGS, I DISAGREE WITH A LOT OF THINGS. I FEEL THAT AS A COUNCILMAN, WE KEEP EVERYTHING PROFESSIONAL. WE NEED TO WORK AS A TEAM. I'M A GUY THAT I RAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. EVERYBODY KNOW, AND I'M ALSO A GUY THAT WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES WITH UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH, A LOT OF THEM. ON ANY SATURDAY I MIGHT HAVE 10 TO 15 BOYS AT MY HOUSE. ALL COME FROM SINGLE PARENT HOMES. SO AND THIS SPORT THAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS BASKETBALL. WHEN I GO TO HOUSTON, TEXAS. I'M NOT SAYING THOUSANDS. I'M SAYING YOU SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING IT. WE HAVE ONE RECREATION CENTER IN BEAUMONT FOR THOUSANDS OF KIDS. AND WE

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WHEN I SAY MY KIDS, THESE ARE NOT MY BIOLOGICAL KIDS. THESE ARE KIDS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SINCE THE AGE OF EIGHT. NOW THEY'RE 15, 16, 17 YEAR OLD BOYS. I'VE HELPED SOME KIDS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SERVING IN THE NAVY. I HAVE SOME KIDS THAT'S IN COLLEGE FROM ONE PERSON. IMAGINE IF EVERYBODY COME TOGETHER LIKE THEY DID WITH MY SON AND BUILD A WHOLE FUTURE. BEAUMONT IS A GREAT CITY. I'M FROM BEAUMONT. I WAS THAT BAD KID IN NINTH GRADE. I HAD ONE COP THAT STOOD UP AND SAID, HEY, I'M GOING TO HELP YOU. AND THEN I WENT TO THE ARMY. I'M 44 YEARS OLD. I DON'T HAVE A POLICE RECORD. ALL I HAVE IS GOOD THINGS FROM ONE PERSON. SO I'LL JUST SAY, I ASKED THAT WE CONTINUE TO JUST MOVE FORWARD AND LET'S KEEP ALL THE NEGATIVE. WE HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT SOME PROPOSITION OR SOMETHING. LET'S KEEP IT OFF THE INTERNET. LET'S WORK AS A TEAM AND JUST AGREE TO DISAGREE. I LIKE THE PRAYER THAT SHE SAID EARLIER. I ASK THAT IF ANYTHING THAT'S IN SOMEBODY THAT'S THAT'S NEGATIVE. LET'S KEEP IT OUT OF OUT OF THE MEDIA AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CITY. I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT COUNCIL. I KNOW I VOTED FOR MY COUNCILMAN, I KEEP VOTING. IF YOU SEE ME, I'M VOTING. SO I THANK MR. JOEY HILLARD, MR. ALBERT TURNER, HE CALLED ME, THE MAYOR CALLED ME. I'M A HANDS ON GUY. Y'ALL DON'T SEE ME IN THE LIMELIGHT BECAUSE I'M NOT LIKE A CAMERA GUY. I LIKE TO SIT BEHIND THE SCENES AND DO WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU SIR. JEANETTE ARVIE, 4205 SARA STREET, BEAUMONT, TEXAS.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. YES, MY NAME IS JEANETTE HARVEY AND I LIVE AT 4205. SARA AND I HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WHICH ONE OF THE ISSUES HAD BEEN SOLVED AND THEY HAD THE DRAINAGE COMPANY DISTRICT, I'M SORRY, DRAINAGE DISTRICT. THEY CAME OUT AND CUT THE GRASS. I LIVE IN A SENIOR COMMUNITY AND. WE'RE HAD PROBLEMS SITTING OUTSIDE WITH THE SNAKES AND WHATEVER. AND NOW THEY DIDN'T START KEEPING THE GRASS DOWN. SO I WAS WONDERING IF THEY WAS GOING TO CONTINUE ON DOING THIS. OR I HAVE TO KEEP CALLING IN FOR IT OR WHAT. SO AND THEN MY OTHER ISSUE IS I STAYED IN THE. AREA AND EVERYWHERE I LOOK I CAN GO TO THE STORE AS TRASH, GO TO CHURCH. IT'S TRASH EVERYWHERE. IT'S NO ONE SEEMS TO GO OUT AND AND PICK THE TRASH UP. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS IN OUR AREA AND THE GRASS AND ALL THIS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK. SO I'M JUST WONDERING, WHO DO I REACH OUT TO FOR THIS? BECAUSE I FOUND IT WAS DRAINAGE DISTRICT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO CUT THE GRASS IN FRONT OF OUR COMPLEX. SO I GOT THAT SOLVED. SO I WAS JUST WANTING TO SAY THAT TO SEE IF THEY CAN KEEP ON DOING IT, TO KEEP THE RODENTS AND SNAKES AND WHATEVER OUT OF OUR AREA. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU MA'AM. EXCUSE ME, SETH WELLS, 6890 GLEN WILLOW. MR. WELLS, OKAY, SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOU BACK THERE. I GOT 18 NAME BADGES ON. IT'S HARD TO STAND UP. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL STAFF. AND, MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE LED US IN OUR FIRST VETERANS COALITION MEETING. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. WE HAD A LOT OF HELPERS THAT WERE THERE AND PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHAT'S HOW TO HELP VETERANS AND WHERE TO FIND THE VETERANS TO HELP THEM. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE AN IDEA TURN INTO ACTION, AND WE HOPE WE CAN KEEP THAT GOING. BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE A FEW EVENTS, VETERAN EVENTS NEXT WEEK. OF COURSE, NEXT TUESDAY IS VETERAN'S DAY.

I'M ONE OF THOSE VETERANS THAT I DON'T LIKE TO DO MUCH ON VETERAN'S DAY BECAUSE IT'S MINE.

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DELILAH JOHNSON, 2840 GLENWOOD, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. DELILAH JOHNSON. OKAY. SORRY. GOOD DAY.

THIS IS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THERE'S JUST SOME HERBS THAT WE GREW AT OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN. I'M WITH URBAN ROOTS FARM TO TABLE. AND SO WE HAD AN EVENT ON SUNDAY.

AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT AND SUPPORT. IT WAS OUR FIRST FARMERS MARKET. WE LOOKED AT OUR SIGN IN LIST. WE HAD OVER 230 PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY TO COME OUT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT WAS LIKE AN AN HISTORICAL THING FOR THE FORT WARD COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE GOT TO SEE PEOPLE GIVE TO ONE ANOTHER. WE GOT TO SEE BUSINESSES SUPPORT OTHER BUSINESSES IN THAT COMMUNITY AND KEEP THE COMMUNITY RUNNING EFFICIENTLY. SO URBAN ROOTS GOAL IS TO FOCUS ON URBAN COMMUNITY BUILDING, MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHO OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE, WHO OUR MAYORS ARE LIKE OUT ABOUT. LIKE IF I STOOD IN FRONT OF THE GROCERY STORE IN FORT WARD AND I SAID, WELL, WHO'S THE MAYOR OF BEAUMONT? THEY DON'T KNOW.

SO MY GOAL IS TO EDUCATE THEM AND LET THEM KNOW WHO OUR MAYOR IS, WHO OUR COMMISSIONER IS, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, COME AND TELL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIX ANYTHING IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED THE MURPHY LAW, ANYTHING THAT CAN GO WRONG CAN GO WRONG. IF I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT. BUT WE'LL GO WRONG. ANYTHING THAT CAN GO WRONG WILL GO WRONG. AND SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS A COMMUNITY TO FIX, TO TURN OUR WRONGS RIGHT.

AND SO, LIKE I SAID, OUR GOAL IS TO TEACH THE COMMUNITY TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT THROUGH URBAN GARDENING AND SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER. AND SO I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE EVENT THAT WE HAD AND HOW THE THE CITY AND THE CITY OFFICIALS CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF Y'ALL WERE NOT THERE. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DID TELL OTHER PEOPLE TO COME OUT, BECAUSE WE HAD A COALITION OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. WE HAD DIFFERENT RACES. I SEEN LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES AT OUR FARMER'S MARKET, AND WE WERE VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FIGHTS. WE DIDN'T HAVE. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES. EVERYONE WAS HAPPY. WE HAD FRESH PRODUCE, WE HAD MEDICATION, WE HAD HERBS AND DIFFERENT THINGS FOR PEOPLE.

AND SO THESE ARE TEES THAT I BROUGHT FOR YOU GUYS TO TRY AND WHATEVER YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE, JUST LEAVE IT IN THE OFFICE AND I'LL COME BACK AND PICK IT UP. YOU JUST BOIL SOME WATER AND STEEP IT. AND A LOT OF THIS STUFF HELPS WITH STRESS AND AND IT HELPS WITH HEALTH.

SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE THIS HERE. AND IF Y'ALL NEED TO CALL ME, ASK ME HOW TO USE THESE THINGS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. RIGHT NOW. JAMES CALLIS, 53, 75 ROSEMARY DRIVE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS.

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SOME DAYS I CAN'T EVEN WALK. BUT I'VE LOST MY STRENGTH AND SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK I.

I KNOW MR. D'URSO ONE TIME WANTED TO HELP ME WITH A PROJECT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE PEOPLE HELP ME NOW. I CANNOT DO IT LIKE I USED TO. I WAS A VERY ACTIVE SENIOR BEFORE MY HEART. I WANT TO FINISH THIS HOUSE. THIS HOUSE HAPPENS TO BE ANEMIA'S HOUSE FOR HOMELESS WOMEN. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE EXACTLY WHAT I STARTED BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE HEALTH ANYMORE.

BUT IT WILL BE EITHER REDUCED RENT OR SOMETHING FOR WOMEN. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO. SO I KNOW WITH THE SWEEP OF THE HAND, Y'ALL COULD GIVE ME AN EXTENSION. A SILAS SAID HE WAS NOT GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN RIGHT AWAY, BUT IT'S SCHEDULED TO BE TORN DOWN, AND THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. THIS IS 80% COMPLETE HOUSE. IT'S COMPLETELY SHUT UP. AND IF YOU PUT ELECTRICITY TO IT RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD WORK. BUT THE CITY AND THE RED TAG PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR TENDS TO TENDS TO BE A LITTLE TOO STRICT. I WILL SAY THIS SOMEBODY CALLED ME FOR A PLUMBING INSPECTION, AND I FOUND OUT THAT THEY GET A SIX MONTH PERMIT FOR $55. MY COST IS 300 MINIMUM FOR A TRO. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO OTHER SOLUTION FOR ME TO CONTINUE MY PROJECT AND I WILL GET THAT. BUT THAT SHOULD THAT MONEY SHOULD GO TO THE CITY. AS TO THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU SIR. YES SIR. EDDIE ALLEN, 9695 CROSS BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, COUNCIL ADMINISTRATORS AND MY FELLOW CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE AND ARE CONCERNED. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I SAW THAT GOOD SAM'S PROGRAM AND THAT IS SO WONDERFUL. SO I KNOW IT'S ON THE AGENDA TODAY, AND I HOPE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO SPREAD THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THEY'VE DONE WITH THE PROPOSALS, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A GOOD THING. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S COMING OUT OF LONDON, BUT WHEREVER IT'S COMING FROM, IT'S A GOOD THING FOR SENIORS AND EVERYBODY THAT NOW MAY NOT HAVE INSURANCE OR BENEFITS, FOR THAT MATTER, BECAUSE WE'RE IN A CRISIS. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THERE WAS A SPEED PROGRAM THAT WAS PRESENTED AT ONE TIME FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I WONDER IF WE COULD GET THE STATUS OF THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE GRANDCHILDREN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND KIDS IN THE STREET THEY'RE PLAYING. AND NOT THAT THEY START OFF PLAYING IN

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[CONSENT AGENDA]

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. MAY WE MOVE INTO ITEM

[1. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or their designee to enter into a 10-year contract with Axon Enterprise, Inc. of Scottsdale, Arizona for the Officer Safety Plan Plus (OSP+) bundle.]

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM

[2. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 1 to the contract with TRP Construction Group, LLC, for the Citywide Pavement Marking – Phase IV Project.]

[3. Council consider a resolution to authorize the installation of a State Historical Marker highlighting Patillo v. State in Tyrrell Park.]

[4. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to award a contract to Elite Contractors, of Kirbyville, for the Athletic Complex – Rehabilitation of Parking Lots and Engelbrecht Drive Project.]

[5. Council to consider a resolution approving annual maintenance from a vendor for network security hardware used by all city departments]

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[6. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to award a contract to Eastex Utility Construction, of Beaumont, for the Phelps Road Drainage Improvements Project.]

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SIX? I DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW? THANK YOU. HAVE WE EVER DONE WORK BEFORE WITH EAST TEXAS UTILITY CONSTRUCTION? MOLLY. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, YES. THAT WE YES, WE HAVE AND I BUT WHAT THE PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THEM ARE NOT COMING TO MIND. BUT I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AND SHARE IT AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. CAN WE GIVE ANY PREFERENCE TO CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE DONE WORK FOR US BEFORE, THAT HAVE DONE EXEMPLARY WORK? IS THAT ALLOWED? I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO LEGAL ON THAT. SO GENUINELY, IF THERE HASN'T BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE THE LOWEST BIDDER, WE TYPICALLY DON'T BYPASS THEM. THE RULE IS IT'S THE LOWEST BIDDER PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A BIDDER WHO WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER HAD DONE WORK FOR THE CITY BEFORE AND WE WERE EITHER NOT SATISFIED WITH THEIR WORK OR HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THAT VENDOR, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT COUNCIL GO WITH THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER, EVEN IF WE HADN'T DONE WORK WITH THEM BEFORE, JUST BASED ON THE PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER VENDOR. SO THERE'S REALLY NOT A WAY TO BYPASS ITS THE LOWEST BIDDER PROVIDING THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE. SO UNLESS WE'VE HAD NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS WITH THAT BIDDER IN THE PAST, OR THAT BIDDER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE SATISFACTORY REFERENCES, OR THE REFERENCES THAT THEY PROVIDED WERE NOT FAVORABLE, THEN WE COULD BYPASS BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THEM NOT PROVIDING THE BEST VALUE TO THE CITY. SO THOSE ARE THE THE SAFE BOUNDARIES THAT WE GET TO WORK WITHIN. BUT COUNCIL COULD ADOPT AN OBJECTIVE POLICY THAT SAYS THAT THEY WOULD PREFER TO GIVE BIDDER PREFERENCE TO PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH THE CITY IN THE PAST. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT THOSE BIDS MIGHT BE HIGHER. UNDERSTOOD. AND SO IT'S STAFF'S POSITION THAT WE'VE HAD NO ISSUES BEFORE WITH EAST TEXAS UTILITY CONSTRUCTION. YES, SIR.

OKAY. WITH THAT? I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY

[7. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 3 to the contract with SETEX Construction Corp., for the Fannett Road Sidewalk Improvement Project.]

[8. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with CDM Smith, Inc., to continue management of the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit for the City of Beaumont for Fiscal Year 2026.]

[9. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 2 to the contract with SETEX Construction Corp, of Beaumont, Texas for the 23rd Street Sanitary Sewer Trunkline Rehabilitation Phase I Project.]

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IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE

[10. Council consider granting a new solid waste franchise agreement to Waste Pro USA.]

AND THE CITY CHARGES A 7% FRANCHISE FEE, WHICH IS REVENUE TO THE FUND, IN ORDER TO PAY FOR OPERATIONS OF THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW I KIND OF EXPLAIN IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE DOUBLE DOWN ON IT. AND I HEARD IT FROM STAFF AS WELL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER TEN, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY

[11. Council consider a request to abandon the 30’ alleyway between Cartwright Division G and the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way.]

[12. Council consider a request to extend the deadline to allow the expansion of a church in a GC-MD-2 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District Located at 5250 Helbig Road as approved in January of 2023.]

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AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM

[13. Council consider a request for a Rezoning from R-S (Residential-Single Family Dwelling) and A-R (Agricultural-Residential) Districts to PUD (Planned Unit Development) District, along with a Specific Use Permit to authorize the proposed general land use and density plan for an approximately 84-acre tract of property at the northwest intersection of Northwest Parkway and Pointe Parkway.]

IT'S GOING TO BE LARGELY A NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT WITH AMENITIES WITH ALSO A I THINK IT'S ONE POINT ACRES NEAR THE NORTHWEST PARKWAY AREA RESERVED FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE. YEAH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH PIGS AND PUDS. YEAH, THEY'RE GOOD DEVELOPMENTS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION FOR REZONING, ITEM NUMBER 13. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. AND THE SECOND MOTION IS REGARDING THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. AND I'M SURE IT CAN BE JUST AS SIMPLE AS MAKING A MOTION FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. REGARDING THE 84 ACRE TRACT THERE AT THE PROPERTY. SO YOU CAN SAY I MOVED TO APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THERE, AT THE CORNER OF NORTHWEST PARKWAY AND POINT PARKWAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. ANY OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MAY I HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 14, MR. CITY MANAGER?

[14. Council consider an ordinance for revocation or modification of an approved Amended Specific Use Permit to allow a charter school within the GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District for property located at 4055 Calder Avenue.]

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THEY HAVE TO GIVE US PER THE CONDITION. THE FOURTH CONDITION THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT TO US ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL YEAR WHAT THEIR ENROLLMENT IS. THAT'S ALSO VERIFIED THROUGH I KNOW IT'S IN THE MEMO, THE NAME OF IT, BUT THE NATIONAL EDUCATION STATISTICS SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY THOSE NUMBERS. BUT TO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM PRINCIPAL VINES AND SPEAKING WITH HER, 700 IS THE CAP FOR THAT THAT SCHOOL AS OF NOW. BUT AGAIN ANY INCREASE MUST COME BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL. YEAH. MY REASON FOR ASKING, BECAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR IF IT WAS A CAP IN THE PRIOR FACILITY, BUT CLEARLY IT GROWN TO A LEVEL WHERE IT WAS NOT CONTROLLABLE AND CONDUCIVE FOR OUR CITY. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MONITORING THAT, MAKE SURE WE DON'T PUT OURSELVES IN THAT POSITION AGAIN. YES, SIR. IN 2009, THEY HAD A PROPOSAL OF 350 STUDENTS WITH 35 TEACHERS. OBVIOUSLY THAT DOUBLED. AND YEAH, IT CAUSED A SERIOUS TRAFFIC CONGESTION. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WITH THEM AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF TO MITIGATE THAT TRAFFIC. AND TO THAT POINT, THAT'S WHY THE CONDITION WAS ADDED. THE PRIOR. WE DIDN'T HAVE A REPORTING REQUIREMENT. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT WAS ADDED TO THE AMENDED SGP IS TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN MOVING FORWARD. AND THAT'S WHY MY QUESTION WAS IF THEY DO EXCEED LIKE THEY GAVE US A NUMBER IN THE PAST AND IT DOUBLED, WHAT DO WE DO AS A CITY TO MONITOR THAT OR HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, TO STAY WITHIN THE NUMBER THAT THEY PROVIDED? SO NOW THAT IT SAYS IT SHALL NOT EXCEED AGAIN, THE PREVIOUS ONE DIDN'T HAVE A MONITORING REQUIREMENT. THIS ONE SAYS SHALL NOT EXCEED IT.

IF THEY EXCEED THE 700, THEY HAVE. 701705 COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO REVOKE THEIR THEIR PERMIT OKAY, WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY IMPACT THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU, MR. CRENSHAW. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IN 2009, WE GAVE THEM A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR 350 STUDENTS, AND THEY VIOLATED THAT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND INCREASED ENROLLMENT TO 650. AND NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK TO US SAYING, OH, BY THE WAY, WE'D LIKE TO INCREASE THIS TO 700. YEAH, THAT WAS THEIR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, WHICH IS WHY IT HAD TO COME BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION, BECAUSE THEY IT WAS NECESSARY TO AMEND THEIR SP. OKAY. AND WELL, BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL, I WAS TOLD OVER A YEAR AGO THAT WE MET WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL WAS GOING TO TAKE CERTAIN STEPS TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC ISSUES, AND NONE OF THOSE WERE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL LAST MONTH.

IS THAT ALSO YOUR UNDERSTANDING? I WOULDN'T SAY LAST MONTH. I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN AT LEAST THREE MONTHS, BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET THEM TO THE TABLE ORIGINALLY. YES. AND THAT HAS ME CONCERNED AND THAT HAS MANY OF THE RESIDENTS IN CALDER PLACE CONCERNED, IS THAT THIS COMPANY LAST PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING I WAS AT, THE COMPANY SENT A LAWYER FROM HOUSTON WHO STOOD UP HERE AND BASICALLY ACTED LIKE EVERYTHING WAS GREAT AND HUNKY DORY. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL JUST SMOOTH AND NO ISSUES. MEANWHILE, I LEAVE HERE AND MY PHONE'S BLOWING UP FROM PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN CALDER PLACE SAYING, THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. YES, THINGS HAVE IMPROVED THIS SCHOOL YEAR WITH TRAFFIC, BUT THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO.

SO MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO AMEND THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ADD THESE THINGS, AND WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO TO IMPROVE THE AREA. SO I GUESS I'M ASKING THAT THIS BE MODIFIED, THAT WE HAVE A STATUS UPDATE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, MAYBE AT THE BEGINNING

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SO ONCE THAT LETTER WAS ISSUED THAT THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE REVOKED OR MODIFIED, THEY WERE THEY GOT IN TOUCH WITH US PRETTY QUICK. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. JIMMY, ARE WE ALSO WATCHING THEIR NEW SCHOOL? BECAUSE WE'RE BEGINNING TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CARS LINING UP TO PICK KIDS UP. GOING DOWN. PEYTON. SO THAT'S TECHNICALLY NOT A POSTED ITEM, SO WE DON'T WANT TO KIND OF GET INTO THAT ONE. COUNCILMAN. MAYOR, YOU DO HAVE YOU DO HAVE A AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR THAT KIND OF NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW ASKED TO

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IT EITHER NEEDS IT EITHER NEEDS TO BE IT CAN EITHER STAND ON ITS OWN ON ITS OWN MOTION. JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT HIS AMENDMENT. I ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. COUNCILMEMBER HILLIARD MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION, DIDN'T YOU? DARIO? DID. HILLIARD. NO, I HAVE YOU YOU HAVE DARIO. SECOND.

WELL, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT. YOU JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT HIS MOTION. I ACCEPT HIS MOTION.

OKAY. SO HIS SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR WOULD BE TO ADD THE FIFTH CONDITION THAT QUARTERLY UPDATES, QUARTERLY UPDATES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGARDING COMPLIANCE OF OF THE OTHER CONDITIONS SHALL BEGIN IN SUCH SHALL BEGIN IN JANUARY 2026. AND THEY NEED TO SAY THAT.

NO, I'M JUST I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S INCLUDED.

THE MOTION IS THAT'S THAT'S THE NEW THAT'S THE NEW MOTION. ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 14, MAYOR? JUST. YES. ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN NOW WOULD BE IN PERPETUITY. SO IT WOULD BE EVERY THREE MONTHS. THIS ISSUE WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IS THERE A WAY TO ADD A CLAUSE TO THAT TO SAY, OR UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OR CITY COUNCIL DEEMS THAT THE REPORTS ARE CAN BE SUSPENDED? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. I MEAN, I WOULD THINK AFTER A YEAR OF POSITIVE COMPLIANCE, COULD WE JUST AT THAT POINT AMEND THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT OR WE NEED TO INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE? NOW, IF YOU DON'T INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE NOW, IT WOULD GO ON FOREVER. OR YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THIS PROCESS AGAIN. OKAY. WELL I HAVE NO PROBLEM THEN CHANGING THE LANGUAGE TO SAY QUARTERLY COMPLIANCE REPORTS AS NEEDED.

SO IT'S A QUARTERLY UPDATES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGARDING COMPLIANCE, COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER CONDITIONS. AND SUCH UPDATES SHALL BEGIN IN JANUARY 2026 AND GO UNTIL. UNTIL COUNCIL VOTES TO END THEM. UNTIL A RECOMMENDATION IS RECEIVED TO TO END THE QUARTERLY REPORTS DO THAT. IS THERE A NEED TO AMEND THAT MOTION? BECAUSE THAT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING WE WOULD JUST PUT ON THE AGENDA TO REMOVE. CORRECT? CORRECT. IN THE FUTURE, YOU WOULD AMEND THE SPECIFIC. I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE NEED TO AMEND OUR AMENDED. NO. SO SO THE THE MOTION IS STILL THE SAME. WE'RE JUST NOW ADDING CLARIFYING LANGUAGE. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE UNLESS COUNCILMAN HUGHES IS OFFENDED BY THE ADDITION OF THE LANGUAGE.

I ACCEPT I'M NOT. NO. ALL RIGHT. SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 14, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 14, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I. ANY OPPOSED?

[WORK SESSION]

IT SHOULD BE NOTED FROM THERE THAT THE VEHICLE IS CRUSHED AND WILL NEVER BE ROADWORTHY AGAIN.

THE ENTIRE PROCESS, FROM OBSERVATION TO FINAL DISPOSAL, CAN TAKE UP TO SIX WEEKS OR

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SO TRANSITIONING TO THE TOPIC OF YARD PARKING, THIS RULE WOULD BAN PARKING OR STORAGE OF VEHICLES ON GRASS, DIRT, OR OTHER UNPAVED AREAS IN THE FRONT OR SIDE YARDS OF THE HOME.

VEHICLES MUST BE PARKED ON ON PAVED OR APPROVED SURFACES SUCH AS CONCRETE, ASPHALT, PAVERS OR OTHER MATERIALS APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OR THEIR DESIGNEE. THIS WOULD APPLY TO CARS, TRUCKS, BUSSES, MOTORCYCLES, TRAILERS, CAMPERS, BOATS, MOBILE HOMES. NEXT SLIDE.

SO CURRENTLY THE CITY OBSERVES THESE RULES OF YARD PARKING WITHIN THE OAKS HISTORIC DISTRICT AND ALSO THE CALDER PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE OAKS IS WITHIN A HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY, AND CALDER PLACES WITHIN A URBAN DESIGN OVERLAY. NEXT SLIDE. SO IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO CONSIDER A CITYWIDE BAN ON YARD PARKING, THERE'S BOTH BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES TO IT.

THE BENEFITS INCLUDE PROTECTING UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, PREVENTING SOIL EROSION OR COMPACTION, IMPROVING DRAINAGE, INCREASING VISIBILITY AND ACCESS, AND REDUCING NEIGHBORHOOD BLIGHT. HOWEVER, SOME HOMES MAY LACK ENOUGH DRIVEWAY OR GARAGE SPACE, WHICH COULD CREATE PARKING ISSUES FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS DURING EVENTS OR EVEN SMALL GATHERINGS SUCH AS LIKE GATHERING FOR THE HOLIDAYS. INCREASED POURING OF CONCRETE OR SIMILAR PAVEMENT COULD ALSO AFFECT NATURAL DRAINAGE OR PUSH CARS TO THE RIGHT AWAY FOR PARKING, SO THAT THEY CAN COMPLY WITH A PROHIBITION ON YARD PARKING, WHICH COULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO PASS, ESPECIALLY IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS. IS KIND OF WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE MAYBE SOUTH END OR PEAR ORCHARD AREA. GOLIAD STREET COMES TO MIND.

IT'S VERY NARROW ROADWAYS THERE. YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL TEXAS CITIES HAVE ADOPTED SIMILAR REGULATIONS TO PROHIBIT YARD PARKING. SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON. IT'S DONE THROUGH THEIR ZONING ORDINANCE. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE COUNCIL HAS SEVERAL OPTIONS THAT THEY COULD CONSIDER. FIRST, MAKE NO CHANGES. KEEP THE CURRENT ORDINANCES IN PLACE AS THEY ARE, WHICH IS THE MOTOR VEHICLE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS CITYWIDE, AND THE TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALREADY IDENTIFIED. SECOND, THEY COULD YOU GUYS COULD ADOPT A CITYWIDE BAN ON YARD PARKING. THIRD, COULD BE TO ADOPT A YARD PARKING PROHIBITION ON UNPAVED SURFACES, BUT EXEMPT PROPERTIES THAT ARE SMALLER. OUR CURRENT MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS 5000FT■!S. O ANY PROPERTY THAT'S SMALLER THAN THAT WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THESE REGULATIONS. FOURTH, YOU COULD LIMIT THE BAN TO ONLY TRAILERS, BOATS AND RVS. FIFTH, YOU CAN ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WANT A YARD PARKING BAN TO POSSIBLY CREATE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TO ULTIMATELY GOVERN THEMSELVES. IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BAND. I DO ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER AN IMPACT ON LARGE GATHERINGS, SUCH AS CHURCHES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THE COST TO RESIDENTS WHO MAY NEED TO INSTALL PAVEMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE. ALSO, TO ENFORCE THIS TYPE OF ORDINANCE EFFECTIVELY, I RECOMMEND ADDING CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO STAFF. WITHOUT THE ADDED RESOURCES, OUR ABILITY TO ENFORCE IT WOULD BE LIMITED. SO I DO WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND FORTHCOMING WITH THAT FROM THE START. NEXT SLIDE. SO THESE LAST TWO SLIDES ARE EXAMPLES OF NON-COMPLIANT AND COMPLIANT PARKING. SHOULD COUNCIL WISH TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S IN ALL OF THESE. THERE'S EITHER PARKING IN THE SIDE YARD ON GRASSED AREAS OR DIRT AREAS. NEXT SLIDE. AND THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF COMPLIANT PARKING. SO CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS PAVERS GRAVEL OR AGGREGATE, PERMEABLE PAVERS, ASPHALT AND SO ON. BUT THIS THIS CONCLUDES THE WORKSHOP. I TRY TO KEEP IT AS SIMPLE AND QUICK AS POSSIBLE. AND IF I COULD JUST GET SOME FEEDBACK IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER IN WHOLE, OR IF THEY'RE NOT OTHERWISE, OR ANY COMMENTS THAT COULD HELP ME MOVING FORWARD. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, THANK YOU. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN MY WARD. WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS AND I'M GETTING LOTS OF PHONE CALLS. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS. AND I THINK IT'S A BIG STEP FORWARD FOR US TO TO CLEAN OUR CITY UP. AND SO I HOPE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AGREES WITH ME. BUT BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, IF WE

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SO IT'D TAKE ME A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. BUT ULTIMATELY A VIOLATION WOULD BE OBSERVED.

THEY'D GIVE A PRESCRIBED AMOUNT OF DAYS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. AGAIN, TRY TO THINK ABOUT THAT TIME FRAME. YOU KNOW, IF THEY NEED TO POUR DRIVEWAY, IF THEY NEED TO INSTALL ASPHALT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY THEY WISH TO DO. IF THEY WERE NOT TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, CHARGES WOULD BE FILED IN MUNICIPAL COURT. THE GOAL IS TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. BUT ULTIMATELY, IF THERE'S NO COMPLIANCE, THAT WOULD BE THE ROUTE. SO WHAT? I MEAN, I'M JUST IF YOU SEE IT AND THEY BECOME COMPLIANT AND THEN YOU SEE IT AGAIN AND THEY'RE LIKE, AND YOU JUST KIND OF JUMP BACK. AND WE ACTUALLY HOW DOES THAT GO? I SEE I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO WE DEAL WITH THAT A LOT IN THE OAKS HISTORIC DISTRICT. NORMALLY IF IT'S A PROPERTY OWNER THAT WE HAVE CITED IN PAST, NORMALLY WE HAVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION. WE CAN CALL THEM PRETTY QUICK.

AND THEY'RE THEY'RE USUALLY AMENABLE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT. AND SO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, THE THE PROCESS OF SENDING THAT CERTIFIED LETTER, GIVING THEM SO MANY DAYS TO MOVE THEIR CAR AND SO ON. AND THEN IF THEY WERE TO NOT, THEN IT DOES HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE JUDGE IN MUNICIPAL COURT. COUNCIL. NORMALLY THEY THEY MOVE THE CAR, BUT SOMETIMES THERE IS THOSE, THOSE INSTANCES WHERE THEY DON'T. NO, I THINK IT'S I THINK WE ABSOLUTELY NEED IT. IT'S A CONSTANT SOURCE OF COMPLAINTS, ESPECIALLY RVS.

RIGHT NOW THERE'S A BOAT ON EDSON THAT'S GOT A GENTLEMAN CALLING ME CONSTANTLY. AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR YOUR LARGEST INVESTMENT IN YOUR LIFE IS YOUR HOME. AND THE PERSON NEXT DOOR DECIDES TO START STORING A BUNCH OF BOATS IN THE YARD OR RVS IN THE YARD, IT IS.

AN ISSUE. AND AS LONG AS I'M ALSO, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT BELIEVES IN, YOU KNOW YOUR PROPERTY IS YOUR RIGHT AND YOU GET TO DO WHAT YOU WANT. SO AS LONG AS IT'S NOT TOO RIGID OF A STATUTE, I THINK WE SHOULD OBVIOUSLY ALLOW TO SATISFY YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT CHURCH PARKING AND STUFF. I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE PARKED THERE MORE THAN FIVE DAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING OUT OF TOWN FOR A WEEK AND YOUR NEIGHBOR OR SOMEONE GOING WITH YOU OUT OF TOWN WANTS TO PARK IN YOUR YARD BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO PARK, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE A BIG DEAL, BUT LONG TERM TERM STORAGE OF RVS AND VEHICLES AND AND BOATS ON GRASS AND YARDS, I THINK IS IS PROBLEMATIC. AND I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION IF THEY WANT TO PARK IN THEIR BACKYARD OUT OF SIGHT, THAT SHOULDN'T BE THAT BIG OF A DEAL. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE MORE FOCUSED ON FRONT YARD ISSUES, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING EXCEPTIONS, THOUGH. FOR 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS OR SMALLER. I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT GREAT AT JUDGING SIZE AND DISTANCE OF LOTS, BUT I WOULD. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GO AND MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR, YOU KNOW, 80% OF THE LOTS RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN BEAUMONT. YEAH. AND I THINK ABOUT LIKE SO A LOT OF OUR WEST END AREA IS RELATIVELY NEW DEVELOPMENT. SO THEY'RE TYPICALLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR LOT SIZES. SO THAT'S NORMALLY A 50 BY 100 FOOT LOT. SO BARRINGTON HEIGHTS RIGHT.

THOSE KINDS OF LOTS IN OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS THERE ARE LOTS THAT ARE LIKE 25FT WIDE.

AND THEY WERE JUST PLATTED WELL BEFORE 1980S WHEN THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE CAME INTO PLAY. BUT I DO THINK ABOUT THOSE LOTS. IT WOULD BE TOUGH TO ADD A DRIVEWAY. IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE, BUT IT COULD BE TOUGH DEPENDING ON HOW THEIR PROPERTY IS SITUATED. BUT ULTIMATELY WE CAN. I CAN CRAFT IT. HOWEVER, COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, GIVING GRACE PERIODS OF SO MANY DAYS. THE MAIN THING IS YOU DON'T WANT TO GET TOO COMPLICATED WITH IT BECAUSE THEN IT'S IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF TOUGH TO ENFORCE. YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE BEING FAIR TO EACH AND EVERY, EACH AND EVERY PERSON WHEN YOU ADDRESS. RIGHT? YEAH, MAYBE 72 HOURS. I'LL TRUST ANY OTHER CITIES THAT YOU THINK HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT YOU'RE THAT'S SIMILAR TO THIS, THAT YOU THINK IS KIND OF THE MODEL OR DOES A GREAT JOB OR HAS GOTTEN POSITIVE FEEDBACK? EACH ONE'S PRETTY UNIQUE. IT REALLY. SOME ARE VERY GENERAL WHERE IT'S LIKE JUST NO YARD PARKING PERIOD FRONT OR SIDE. SOME GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL WHERE THEY FLESH OUT, YOU KNOW, THESE LOTS ARE EXEMPT. THESE ARE NOT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO IT MORE. OBVIOUSLY THIS WOULD BE A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT. SO IT WOULD HAVE TO

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I THINK COUNCIL SHOULD ALSO BE CAUTIONED TO NOT TRADE ONE PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER. THERE ARE PORTIONS OF OUR CITY THAT HAVE VERY NARROW STREETS, SO MOST LIKELY IN OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE TO EITHER FEASIBLY PUT IN PAVERS OR FEASIBLY PUT IN A DRIVEWAY TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THEIR VEHICLES, WHICH MEANS THEY WOULD RESORT TO ON STREET PARKING, WHICH MAY BECOME AN ISSUE FOR OUR GARBAGE TRUCKS, OUR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

FIRE TRUCKS ARE PRETTY HARD TO GET THROUGH OR JUST NAVIGATE, SO JUST KIND OF BE CAUTIONED THAT THAT THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRADING. RIGHT. AND THAT WAS ONE COMMENT I HAD FOR THE A LARGE PART OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH END THAT HAS DITCHES. THOSE ROADS ARE NORMALLY NARROWER, AND THOSE ARE A LOT OF SINGLE CAR GARAGES. AND THEY PEOPLE PARK IN YARDS AND HAVE FOR A LONG TIME. AND IF WE REQUIRE THEM TO PARK ON THE STREET, WE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST FOR OUR AMBULANCES AND TRUCKS, BUT ALSO FOR KIDS THAT ARE DRIVING THEIR BIKES. IT JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW PEYTON AT ONE TIME WAS A BIG PROBLEM. AND IF YOU MOVE PEOPLE OUT, YOU KNOW, THE SIZE OF THE STREET THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THEM ON, I THINK IS A REAL QUESTION. I'M I'M IN REAL AGREEMENT. I KNOW IT'S IT'S AN EYESORE FOR PEOPLE. AND COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW'S CALLER CALLS ME TOO. AND I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION. I LIVE AROUND THE CORNER BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ABUSE THINGS. BUT IN TERMS OF HOW TO WITH THE ROADS, I I'M ALL FOR US EXPLORING IT. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO TRADE ONE PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER WHERE AND CERTAINLY PUT ANYBODY'S HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH AT RISK OR SAFETY BECAUSE OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARE LESS DRIVE. YES, COUNCILMAN DARIO THEN COUNCILMAN TURNER. SO, JIMMY, IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, IS THIS REALLY A BIG PROBLEM IN BEAUMONT AS FAR AS YOUR CARS PARKING IN YARDS, I THINK IT I THINK IT DEPENDS. THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS WHERE YOU SEE NONE OF THAT. A LOT OF YOUR NEWER DEVELOPMENTS, THEY HAVE HOAS THAT ENFORCE THAT. SO YOU WON'T SEE THAT IN THERE. YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS THOUGH, THOSE OBVIOUSLY OLDER DEVELOPMENTS, OLDER HOMES THEY DON'T HAVE BACK THEN, PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE THREE, FOUR CARS PER HOUSEHOLD. THEY HAD ONE IF THAT. SO THEY DIDN'T NEED THESE LARGE DRIVEWAYS. NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO JUST LIKE HOW THE CITY NEEDS RESOURCES, RIGHT? IT COMES DOWN TO CITIZENS NEEDING RESOURCES. CITY OBVIOUSLY CAN'T GO POUR A DRIVEWAY FOR A CITIZEN, BUT AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SUGGESTING WHATSOEVER. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IF WE PUT IN THIS ORDINANCE, DO THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO COMPLY? AND IF THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THOSE CARS ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO THE TO THE RIGHT AWAY.

THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE. IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA. IT'S NOT. IT'S JUST ONE THAT IT'S REALLY GOT TO BE WELL THOUGHT OUT. SO OUR THE JUNK CAR ORDINANCE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT ADDRESSES JUNK CARS AS FAR AS WHERE THEY'RE PARKED, THAT'S IN THE YARD AS WELL. SO IT DOESN'T ADDRESS NECESSARILY WHERE THEY'RE PARKED, BUT IT DOES ADDRESS THE CONDITION THE CAR IS IN. SO I CAN READ THAT DEFINITION AGAIN. WE ALSO HAVE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, LINFOOT, WHO COULD PROBABLY RATTLE IT OFF RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD BECAUSE SHE DOES THIS ALL DAY, EVERY DAY AND DOES AN AMAZING JOB. BUT JMV VEHICLE IS CAN MOVE ON ITS OWN, HAS AN EXPIRED, INVALID, MISSING, OR NO LICENSE PLATE OR INSPECTION STICKER. I THINK THE INSPECTION STICKER WITH THE STATE LAW IS A LITTLE OUTDATED. IF THAT'S IF A JMV IS PARKED IN A YARD, DO Y'ALL ENFORCE THAT ORDINANCE AS WELL? OR IS THAT JUST IF IT'S ON THE STREET? SO ON THE STREET CAN'T BE YOU CAN'T HAVE A JMV STORED FOR LONGER THAN 72 HOURS, I THINK.

CHIEF, HELP ME OUT. I THINK THAT'S IN GENERAL CAN'T HAVE A CAR STORED FOR LONGER THAN 72 HOURS IN THE RIGHT AWAY PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO. YEP. ON PRIVATE PROPERTY YOU HAVE 30 DAYS, YOU HAVE 30 DAYS. 30 DAYS. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING AS FAR AS NEIGHBORHOODS AS FAR AS PARKING, LIKE RVS OR BOATS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THERE'S NOT ONLY WITHIN THE OAKS AND CALDER PLACE BECAUSE THEY THEY'RE OAKS DISTRICT IS IN A HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY. SO CARS OR OBJECTS OBSTRUCTING THE THE VIEW OF THE HOME CAN OBSTRUCT THE VIEW OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. RIGHT. AND THEN ALSO CALDER PLACE IS IN AN URBAN DESIGN OVERLAY BASICALLY.

BASICALLY. WELL, I THINK IT SAYS IT FOR ITSELF. THERE'S SPECIAL RULES FOR OVERLAY DISTRICTS THAT THAT CAN BE ACCOUNTED FOR, THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY APPLIED TO THE

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SHE'S FUN, YOU KNOW, BUT BUT THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NO PARKING IN THE YARD, THEY, THE RESIDENTS VOTED FOR THAT. YES. SO I THINK THE OAKS DISTRICT WAS ENACTED IN 1991, AND I THINK CALDER PLACE, I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I WANT TO SAY LATE 90S, EARLY 2000. CALDER PLACE, PLACE ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO. BUT WE DID A SURVEY OF ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A MAJORITY THAT WERE WERE IN FAVOR OF IT. WELL, I WOULD THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING FOR THIS. THEY GOT THEY THEY GOT AT LEAST ASKED IF THEY WANTED IT, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE, SAY, CAN'T PARK IN YOUR YARD. NO MORE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON LITTLE TINY STREETS, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT'S ONE IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL DEAL. IT HAS TO BE VERY SPECIFIC TO ME ON ON HOW LONG IT CAN BE IN YOUR YARD OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BECAUSE NOW SOME, SOME PEOPLE DO HAVE 2 OR 3 CARS AND THEY GOT ROOM IN THE YARD. BUT YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD YOU PARKING ON THE STREET IF YOU HAVE ROOM IN YOUR YARD. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT IT CAN'T LIKE I SAID, IT CAN'T BE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL ORDINANCE. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE REAL SPECIFIC, ESPECIALLY I MEAN, THESE FOLKS WERE GOING TO IF WE IF WE DO THIS ORDINANCE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EVEN GET TO A SURVEY OR GET TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT IT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WELL, IT WOULD IT WOULD BE THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS. IT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION. RIGHT? WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE IN ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF TO GET THE WORD OUT.

WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO SOME SOCIAL MEDIA INTERFACING. BUT AGAIN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN OUTRIGHT CITYWIDE BAN. THIS CAN BE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF IT. YOU CAN MAINTAIN CURRENT ORDINANCES. AND I WANTED TO BRING THAT THAT POWERPOINT UP WITH THOSE OPTIONS AGAIN. OR YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BETTER TO TALK WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS ON. OR WE CAN MAYBE TRY TO DO A PUBLIC SURVEY, SOMETHING, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN OUTRIGHT CITYWIDE BAN. WE CAN YOU CAN CRAFT THIS HOW YOU HOW YOU WANT IT AND HOW YOU THINK IS BEST FOR BEAUMONT. CAN CAN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE WITH THE COVENANT, CAN THEY ENFORCE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. YEAH. YEAH, THAT THAT'S WHY I PUT AS AN OPTION, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED NEIGHBORHOODS CAN CONSIDER ESTABLISHING THEIR OWN HOA. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH HOA THOUGH, IT COMES WITH FEES OF THEIR OWN THAT THEY PAY TO THAT TO ENFORCE. BUT THEY CAN DO THAT TO GOVERN THEMSELVES. YOU COULD ALSO THINK OF DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED. BUT IF THERE'S CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAYBE THEY WANT TO PRESERVE THEIR HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND ARE NOT WITHIN A CURRENT DISTRICT, MAYBE THEY COULD THINK ABOUT THAT. BUT BUT YEAH. AND IT'S OH, BUT IT'S OKAY NOW THOUGH FOR LIKE YOUR RVS AND BOATS, THEY CAN PARK IN A DRIVEWAY. THEY CAN. YES. WHAT ABOUT ON THE STREET FOR NOT LONGER THAN 72 HOURS. AN RV OR A BOAT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TURNER. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. ONE OF ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS IS I DO THINK IT IS A ISSUE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WHERE PEOPLE PARKING IN THE GRASS. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT, LET'S BE HONEST. IF STAFF REALLY WANT TO GO IN SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE YARDS AND REALLY ASKING THEM WHO THEY CAUSE, I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT IT WOULDN'T BE A GOOD IDEA. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION, BECAUSE UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO BRING A COP ESCORT WITH YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S SAFE FOR SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO BE GOING OUT THERE TO TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS WHO WHO IS NORMAL CULTURALLY TO PARK IN THE GRASS. I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT THAT'S GOING TO THAT CAN GET SERIOUS. AND I THINK IT CAN BE A HUGE PROBLEM. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENT OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND I'M NOT I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT. MY OTHER OPTION IS, IS IT IS IT SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITH WHAT WE CREATE DISTRICTS OR ZONES WHERE PEOPLE IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT, IF SURVEYED, IT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN THAT DISTRICT, BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN YOU DO CITYWIDE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO IN IN THE WEST END AND GET SOMEBODY TO REMOVE A COIN AT THE SAME AS GOING IN, YOU KNOW, SOUTH PARK AND ASKING THEM TO MOVE ACROSS THE YARD. YOU KNOW,

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WHO OR WE CAN TRY, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN CREATE AN HOA. OR THEY CAN MAYBE APPROACH THE CITY ON, LIKE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY COULD POSSIBLY HELP, HELP INITIATE THAT. NEIGHBORHOOD WISE, I WOULD PREFER NOT TO FORCE THE HOA ON NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT IF WE CAN CREATE SOMETHING, WE CAN'T FORCE THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IF WE CAN CREATE SOMETHING WHERE, LET'S JUST SAY A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WANT IT. I'M WITH IT. BUT ONE THING I DON'T WANT TO DO IS SEND Y'ALL IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY'RE NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON, OR US CHANGING THESE RULES. AND IT CAN IT CAN GET DANGEROUS. YOU. BUT COUNCILMAN, THEN COUNCILMAN HOA IF THAT IF THAT HOA WASN'T IN EFFECT WHEN A PERSON BOUGHT THAT HOUSE, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO JOIN IT, DO THEY? SO THE WAY AN HOA WORKS IS THAT THE NEIGHBORS COLLECTIVELY HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE MEETINGS AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARIES DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED AN HOA WOULD HAVE TO. IT WOULD BE THERE NOW, A PERSON LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO VOTED AGAINST HAVING A HOA BE LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, YOU DIDN'T WIN. NOW WE HAVE HOA.

COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. SO. BUT WE CAN WE CAN CRAFT THIS TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, NO LONGER THAN OVERNIGHT PARKING, WHICH WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT. I MEAN, WE CAN DESIGN THIS ANY WAY WE WANT TO, AND I'LL HAVE TO CORRECT YOU. YES, WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THAT IN IN THE WEST END OF BEAUMONT. I JUST ASKED IF THEY WERE. YES WE ARE. I WILL TELL YOU. MY PHONE GETS BURNED UP. I GET ABOUT TEN CALLS A WEEK ON ONE SPECIFIC LOCATION, WHICH ME AND DEMI ARE VERY AWARE OF. SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE CRAFTED SOMETHING WHERE WE SAID THAT YOU WERE ALLOWED TO PARK OVERNIGHT IN YOUR YARD AND YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD, I WOULD THINK WOULD WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO START, LIKE SO NOT LONGER THAN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. RIGHT.

SO THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL IN THOSE SMALLER PLOTTED AREAS, CAN STILL PARK IN THEIR YARD AS LONG AS IT'S NOT LONGER THAN A CERTAIN TIME AND THEN FALL INTO THE LICENSE PLATE. OF COURSE, INSPECTION STICKERS DON'T MATTER ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, THE TIRES FLAT. IS IT UP ON BLOCKS? IS THE MOTOR SITTING OUT OF IT? YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS MORE SO THAN ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE WE HAVE A WIDE SPREAD OF THAT. YEAH. AND I DO WANT TO BE I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY KNOWN. JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES IS APPLICABLE NOW THAT'S IN PLACE.

THAT IS A THAT'S A THING. IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. THAT'S IN PLACE NOW.

SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERIODS OF TIME I'M NOT I'M NOT OPPOSED I WILL I WILL CRAFT WHATEVER WHATEVER YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AND I'LL GIVE MY INPUT. BUT IT DOES BECOME IT DOES BECOME DIFFICULT FOR CODE CODE ENFORCEMENT IN THAT WAY, SPECIFICALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO CATCH THEM ON THE DATE THAT THEY START OR THEY OR WE HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE CODE OFFICERS CITYWIDE ENFORCING ALL OF THE ORDINANCES, PARTICULAR OR PERTAINING TO CHAPTER PARTS OF CHAPTER TEN AND 12. AND NOW NOW SOME AS TRICKLING INTO ZONING.

SO I JUST I WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT ON THE ENFORCEMENT LEVELS THAT WE HAVE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WE UTILIZE 311. OR YOU GUYS LET US KNOW WHEN THERE'S SOME. IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING, LET US KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE. AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN START A CASE.

SOMETIMES WE GET COMPLAINTS THAT SOMETHING'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SO LONG, WE JUST SIMPLY DIDN'T KNOW. AND SO NOW WE START THE CASE ON THAT DAY. AND THAT'S WHEN THE THE TIME CLOCK STARTS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, COUNCILMAN, I GET CALLS ON JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES ALL THE TIME AS WELL. I DON'T GET ONE CALL ABOUT SOMEBODY'S PARKING IN THE YARD. NOT NOT ONE EVER, COUNCILMAN TURNER. AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN WITH BEING AT LARGE. YOU KNOW, CULTURALLY THINGS ARE DIFFERENT WITHOUT JUST SAYING IT. AND YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T DO IT STRAIGHT ACROSS THE CITY. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I CAN'T SUPPORT SOMETHING STRAIGHT ACROSS THE CITY. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND CULTURALLY, PEOPLE LIVE IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS DIFFERENTLY, SO I AM OPEN TO IT. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT, BUT WE GOT TO BE CAREFUL OF WHAT WE'RE FORCING ON SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GET A DRIVEWAY OR OTHER ADDITIONAL PARKING IN SOME OF THESE SMALLER NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL AND BE VERY CLEAR WHERE I STAND ON THAT. AND I THINK THIS IS JUST AN IDEAL TIME, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE HAD OUR WE'VE BEGUN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN

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COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, EXCUSE ME. BREAK OUT TRAILERS, BOATS AND RVS. I MEAN, IS THAT DO YOU SEE THAT MORE THAN VEHICLES OR. I SEE A COMBINATION OF IT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I NOTICE IS, YOU KNOW, JUST STORAGE OF TRAILERS. AND LARGELY THIS IS A BLUE COLLAR TOWN. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR EQUIPMENT WITH THEM NOW. THEY CAN'T HAVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. THAT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO OUR ZONING CODE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN HAVE A TRAILER THAT DOESN'T HAVE TWO AXLES. LIKE IN THEIR DRIVEWAY OR ON THEIR SIDE YARD. UNPAVED. SURE. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THE STRUGGLE FOR ME IS JUST I GET IT, IT CAN BE AN EYESORE, BUT IT IS HARD TO TELL SOMEONE WHAT TO DO ON THEIR OWN PRIVATE PROPERTY. I MEAN, IT'S IT MAY BE NUMBER FOUR WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO START. I. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS INGMAN. AND FOR A VERY THOROUGH. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME MORE WORK AHEAD.

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YOU SAID OUR NEXT VETERAN COALITION IS NOVEMBER THE 18TH, CENTRAL PARK, 10 A.M. OKAY, OKAY. AND I'M ALSO I'M. THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR VOTING FOR THAT MR. PORTILLO'S MARKER IN THE PARK. LET'S SEE THE LADY, MISS JEANETTE THAT LIVES IN GRACE LAKE. I WILL AGGRESSOR BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY MY COUSIN. BUT I HAVE TO TELL HER SHE HAS A PROBLEM. SHE KNOWS SHE CAN CALL ME, BUT I'LL TALK TO HER ABOUT THAT. ALSO, A COUPLE OF OTHER VETERAN OR EVENTS THAT'S GOING ON THE DORIE MILLER POST ON THE TUESDAY THE 11TH IS GOING TO BE A LUNCH FOR VETERANS AT 11:00, AND ALSO AT OUR MOTHER OF MERCY CHURCH ON SATURDAY. IT'S GOING TO BE AT 11:00 AS WELL. PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, I DON'T HAVE A LOT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE DAMIAN MILL CHALK FUNDRAISERS TODAY AT CORALVILLE'S, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. AND SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE OUR CITY COME OUT AND SUPPORT THIS FAMILY AS AS ONE VILLAGE. AND OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, VETERAN'S DAY IS COMING UP, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A BIG DAY. IT'S A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT THAT GOT TO COME HOME. SO LET'S ALL REMEMBER THAT. AND OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. COUNCILMAN TURNER, DON'T START OFF WITH SOMETHING, MISS. MISS MOLLY, I

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SO YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO I'M A MEMBER OF THAT CHURCH, BUT KUDOS TO MY PASTOR. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD THING. AND ALL OTHER PASTORS AND SCHOOLS WHO DID TRUNK OR TREATS. THANK YOU.

AND MISS EDDIE ALLEN, WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, IT WAS A TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PETITION FIRST. AND ONCE THE NEIGHBORS DO, THE PETITION STAFF COME OUT AND THEY DO THE THEY DO THE STUDY. AND AFTER THE STUDY, WE CAN LOOK AT POSSIBLY SOME OF THE BUMPS, THE SPEED BUMPS, THE DIFFERENT THINGS TO GO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR AREA, I'M OPEN TO WALKING IT WITH YOU AND HELPING YOU GET THE PETITION. I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO DO IT. IF YOU DO WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND DO A PARTICULAR AREA, I WILL SUPPORT THAT. OKAY, BUT LASTLY, EVERYBODY GET OUT AND VOTE.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE. EVERYBODY PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE. THANK YOU AND Y'ALL BE BLESSED. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS YEAH, TODAY IS A VERY BIG DAY IN BEAUMONT. IT IS MY DAUGHTER SLOAN'S FIFTH BIRTHDAY, SO JUST WANT TO WISH HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND AND DAYS LIKE THIS ARE A GOOD REMINDER OF WHY WE ALL DO WHAT WE DO AND AND THE DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD, IT'S ANOTHER GREAT DAY IN BEAUMONT. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO OUT AND EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE HISTORIC MARKER. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AGAIN FOR ALL THE KIND WORDS, ALL THE GIFTS, ALL THE CARDS, ALL THE SUPPORT, EVERYTHING THAT HAS COME FROM EVERYBODY THAT CONTINUES ON FOR MY SISTER. I AM GRATEFUL. AND YEAH, GO VOTE. WE GOT THIS. LET'S GO. BEAUMONT. THANK YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW, NO COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LITTLE MISS SLOAN. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING HER RECENTLY, AND SHE IS PRECIOUS. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY. SLOAN. NOTHING THERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT MISS JANETTE ARTIE, WHO CAME UP TODAY, STAFF HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT TO HER ABOUT THE TRASH AND PEAR ORCHARD. AND SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE LOCATIONS TO STAFF TO ADDRESS IT. THANK YOU. DID A GREAT JOB. I JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT OUR KIDS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY TODAY. TODAY IS MY SON'S 35TH BIRTHDAY. LIVES IN AUSTIN, SO I WANT TO WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AS WELL. THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR CITY FOR BEING AWARDED THE SCENIC CITY DESIGNATION. WE WERE UPGRADED TO A GOLD STANDARD, SO BEAUMONT'S MOVING ON IN THAT RESPECT. SO WE'RE DOING SOME GREAT THINGS THANKS TO KENDRICK GETTING HIS GROUP AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AROUND TOWN. AND WE JUST ENCOURAGE ALL MONTANANS. IS THAT CORRECT? BUT MONTANANS TO PARTICIPATE, MAKE SURE LET'S LET'S KEEP BEAUMONT CLEAN, GET THE TRASH OFF STREETS AND RIGHT OF WAYS.

THANK YOU. AND I HAVE TO I WENT OUT TO A DELILAH JOHNSON'S URBAN ROOTS EVENT ON SUNDAY AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, SHE'S BEEN DOING THAT FOR A FEW YEARS AND IT'S REALLY GROWN. IT WAS A TREMENDOUS IT WAS RIGHT OFF FOURTH STREET AND ON GLENWOOD, AND THE WHOLE STREET WAS FULL OF PEOPLE. IT WAS VERY DIVERSE. IT WAS IT WAS GREAT FOR BEAUMONT. EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME THERE. AND I KNOW THAT SHE WILL HAVE CONTINUED SUCCESS THERE. BUT IT IT WAS VERY WHOLESOME AND ALL THE KIDS WERE OUT AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING AND CERTAINLY CELEBRATING YOUR DAUGHTER'S FIFTH BIRTHDAY AND YOUR SON'S 35TH. THAT'S AWESOME. THE JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORIC

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THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR DECADES. SO BIG TIME IN THE CITY. SO AND AGAIN, IT IS TIME.

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