[CALL TO ORDER]
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          TODAY'S MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 6TH, 2026. TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY REVEREND TORI DOUCET, SENIOR, NEW BIRTH COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. AND IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PASTOR SHARPE, I DON'T. OH, THERE HE IS. I WAS YOU WERE SITTING ON THE WRONG SIDE. LET US PRAY. ETERNAL GOD, OUR FATHER. LORD, WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRAND NEW YEAR. BRAND NEW YEAR FOR OPPORTUNITY. A BRAND NEW YEAR FOR ACHIEVEMENTS. NOW, LORD, AS WE PRAY TODAY, WE PRAY FOR OUR COUNCIL. WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY LORD. WE EVEN PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY. WE PRAY GOD THAT YOU WILL GOVERN OUR CITY, OUR STATE, OUR COUNTRY BY YOUR POWER AND YOUR WILL. AND LORD, WE'LL BE SO EVER GRATEFUL TO GIVE YOUR NAME, THE PRAISE, YOUR NAME, THE HONOR. NOW BLESS THIS MEETING TODAY. LET ALL MINDS BE CLEAR AND AGAIN GOVERN BY YOU. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND. HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 
          MAYOR WEST, MAYOR PRO TEM TURNER, COUNCIL MEMBER. DORIO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HILLIARD HERE. COUNCILMEMBER. WILLIAMS. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHERWOOD AND COUNCIL MEMBER. CRENSHAW HERE. 
          [ Communication Update]
THANK YOU. TODAY WE HAVE A CITY OF BEAUMONT COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE AND THIS WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. THERE'S $855 MILLION AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE TO SUPPORT VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IS FOR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT SUPPORT OUR VETERANS. IF YOUR ORGANIZATION IS A PRIVATE, NONPROFIT OR CONSUMER COOPERATIVE, YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE FEBRUARY 19TH BY 3 P.M. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE SOME MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. AND IT'S ALSO ON VA.GOV. THE JEFFERSON THEATER INVITES YOU TO A SPECIAL DOCUMENTARY SCREENING HONORING THE MELODY MAIDS, BEAUMONT'S ALL GIRL SINGING GROUP THAT TOURED THE WORLD FROM 1942 TO 1972. FOUNDED BY LOCAL MUSIC TEACHER ELOISE RUSH MILAM, THE GROUP FIRST PERFORMED AT THE JEFFERSON THEATER ON JULY 4TH OF 1942, LAUNCHING A REMARKABLE INTERNATIONAL LEGACY. THE DOCUMENTARY WILL BE SHOWN ON JANUARY 17TH WITH TWO SHOWTIMES 2 P.M. AND 7 P.M. AT THE JEFFERSON THEATER, WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. TICKETS ARE JUST $10 AND CAN BE PURCHASED THROUGH TICKETMASTER, AND THEY JUST LEARNED IT. ALSO, AT THE TYRRELL HISTORICAL LIBRARY, THERE WILL BE A COLLECTION OF MEMORABILIA FROM THE MELODY MAIDS FROM 3 TO 5 P.M. ON THE SAME DAY. THAT'S THE 17TH. THE CITY OF BEAUMONT INVITES THE COMMUNITY TO WELCOME THE LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH A TRADITIONAL LION DANCE PERFORMANCE ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH AT 5 P.M. AT RIVERFRONT PARK IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE HORSE WITH AN ENERGETIC LION DANCE. THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO JOIN US FOR AN AFTERNOON OF CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATION. AND WITH THE NEW YEAR COMES NEW OPPORTUNITIES. AND IF YOU'RE A SENIOR CITIZEN, THAT COULD MEAN MAKING THE LAKESIDE CENTER A PART OF YOUR WEEKLY ACTIVITIES. THE CENTER OFFERS FREE ACTIVITIES LIKE ARTS AND CRAFTS, FITNESS CLASSES, HEALTH PROGRAMS, AND SOCIAL CLUBS TO KEEP YOU ENGAGED. TAKE A LOOK. VISIT THE AWESOME LAKESIDE CENTER. WE OFFER AEROBICS, CARDIO, EXERCISE, DANCING, TAI CHI AND YOGA. WE ALSO HAVE AREAS FOR YOU TO FLEX THOSE MENTAL MUSCLES WITH A GAME OF BILLIARDS OR DOMINOES. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT OUR CLASSES ON HEALTH, TECHNOLOGY USE AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES. AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS FOR GETTING ON YOUR CREATIVE SIDE LIKE POTTERY, CHOIR, MUSIC LESSONS AND PAINTING, CROCHETING AND BOOK CLUB. CHECK OUT OUR MONTHLY SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES BY SEARCHING FOR LAKESIDE CENTER ON FACEBOOK, OR VISIT US ONLINE AT BEAUMONT, TEXAS LAKESIDE CENTER. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING FUN HAPPENING AT THE LAKESIDE CENTER. AND FINALLY, A 
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SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW FOR CALLING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. BUT SANITATION MEMBER BRANDON WILLIAMS JR WAS SPOTTED GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHILE ON THE JOB. DURING HIS ROUTE, BRANDON ASSISTED A RESIDENT BY TAKING THE TRASH CAN FROM THEIR HOME TO THE CURB TO EMPTY IT AND THEN RETURNING IT TO THEIR HOME. THE SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS DIDN'T GO UNNOTICED FOR HIS PROFESSIONALISM AND COMPASSION, BRANDON WAS PRESENTED WITH THE HEART OF THE CITY AWARD BY CITY MANAGER KENNETH WILLIAMS, ALONGSIDE HIS OPERATIONS MANAGER, AND WE COMMEND BRANDON AND THE ENTIRE SOLID WASTE TEAM FOR THEIR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO QUALITY SERVICE. AND THAT'S ALL FOR THIS WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU. AND PASTOR, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY, SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE PRAYER ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. AT THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING TODAY, CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. CONSIDER WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATED TO CONTEMPLATING OR PENDING LITIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551.071 OF THE 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]
GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CLAIM OF AARON RENTALS. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND IF THE I IF THE PADS WORKING, YOU MAY HAVE SIGNED IN. AND IF NOT, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE'LL GET YOU A FORM. COREY CRENSHAW I'M SORRY, JOEY CRENSHAW I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER 11782 BROOKS ROAD, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. SORRY ABOUT THAT AT THE END. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS JOY CRENSHAW, AND I'VE BROUGHT YOUR PRESENT TODAY. I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SHERWOOD TALKED ABOUT PRAYER, MAYBE HELPING OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY THE VIOLENCE. SO I BROUGHT YOU A PRAYER BOOK. I'M GOING TO HAND THESE OUT TO EACH ONE OF YOU. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, YOU DON'T READ IT. SOMEBODY TELL ME. I'VE GOT TOO MANY BOOKS. I CAN'T READ ANOTHER BOOK. YOU DON'T READ THIS, YOU PRAY IT. I WAS TALKING TO COUNCILMAN D'URSO ABOUT THAT. HE'S A PRAYER PERSON, SO I REALLY THINK YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS BOOK. AND IT'S 60S. THE PRAYER IS 60S A DAY. AND WHO DOESN'T HAVE 60S? AND WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT IT? WE'RE GOING TO ALL BE PRAYING ON THE SAME PAGE. WE ARE HOPING TO GET THIS OUT TO SO MANY PEOPLE. IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE AN EXTRA BOOK TO GIVE TO YOUR PASTOR, IF WE'RE PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY, IT'S A PRAYERS FOR AMERICA AND WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE SAYING THE SAME THINGS AND THEY'RE STRICTLY FROM THE WORD OF GOD, JUST THINK WHAT WE COULD DO. WE COULD SAVE BEAUMONT. WE COULD SAVE AMERICA. SO I HOPE YOU'LL ENJOY IT. WE SO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE ALL TRYING TO DO. IT'S NOT EASY. NOTHING'S EASY THAT'S WORTHWHILE. BUT HANG IN THERE. YOU MAY JUST BE ONE PRAYER AWAY FROM WHAT YOU REALLY NEED. OKAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS OUT. DON'T BE DISTRACTED AND TRY TO DO THEM WHILE YOU'RE HAVING YOUR MEETING. THANK YOU, MISS CRENSHAW. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU. OH, WELL, NOW I HAVE TWO MORE, BUT ONE IS PROMISED. I WANT TO GIVE YOU ONE FOR SURE. 
          THANK YOU. AND BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WHICH MRS. CRENSHAW WAS WELL BELOW. WE HAVE THREE MINUTES. WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON. WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP, THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON. SO THANK YOU. AT THE PHARAOH, RICHARD, THERE WAS NO ADDRESS PROVIDED BY MY TEXAS. EVERYONE, MY NAME IS RICHARD, 5275 PARKWAY DRIVE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS 77705. I'M HERE FOR TWO REASONS. THE FIRST REASON IS I'M PETITIONING CITY COUNCIL FOR A REIMBURSEMENT OF $700 FOR TWO TIRES THAT I INCURRED. I MISSED MY CHRISTMAS BIRTHDAY BECAUSE I WAS GROUNDED WITH A FLAT. AFTER COMING OFF THE FREEWAY. MY 
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DRIVER HIT THE POTHOLE. MARKET BASKET IS ON THE RIGHT. I GUESS WE'RE GOING WEST. WAFFLE HOUSE. 
          THERE'S A BIG OLD GRAND CANYON POTHOLE AND WE WENT INTO IT, BUT WITH A CONVERTIBLE BMW THERE IS NO SPARE. THEY ARE RUN FLATS. THEY ARE 500 EACH. SO WE HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH IN THE FRONT AND THEY HAVE TO BE SPECIAL ORDERED BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO NOT A JACK IN THAT CAR. SO I DID HAVE A RECEIPT I PROVIDED TO SOME OF THE COUNCILMEN, AND I WILL TAKE THE ADVICE. 
          CONGRESSMAN, COUNCILMAN TURNER WAS VERY ATTENTIVE. HE ALREADY GAVE ME THE INFORMATION FOR TEXDOT. HOWEVER, I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOU TO ASSIST BECAUSE IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. 
          OKAY. SECONDLY, QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, FORMER MATH SPECIALIST WORK WITH SUICIDAL HOMICIDAL YOUTH FOR 15 YEARS, SPEAK EIGHT DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. LA SPEAKS 98. A PART OF THE GANG TASK FORCE. MY SUGGESTION TO YOU YOU CANNOT BE A PART OF THE PROBLEM AND THE SOLUTION. YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY A CHOICE AND YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY A SITE. IF YOU WANT TO HELP YOU IDENTIFY THE TRIGGERS OF THE VIOLENCE. THERE ARE 900 REGISTRANTS HERE IN BEAUMONT. THERE'S 900 INMATES IN JAIL ON 69. 36% OF WOMEN IN BEAUMONT ARE SINGLE PARENT MOTHERS. WE NEED TO FOSTER POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RELATIONSHIPS. WE NEED SURROGATE MALE ROLE MODELS TO PARTNER WITH EVERY SINGLE MOTHER HOME TO BUILD TRUST. WE CAN BUILD TRUST THROUGH ACADEMICS. WE CAN BUILD TRUST THROUGH SPORTS. WE CAN OFFER FREE MEMBERSHIP AT PLANET FITNESS TO HELP THEM RELEASE SOME OF THIS AGGRESSION. WE CAN OFFER THEM THE ARTS, BAND, CHOIR, FOREIGN LANGUAGE. WE CAN ALSO TEACH THEM SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, SELF LOVE AND ANGER MANAGEMENT SKILLS. IT'S AN EASY FIX. IT'S THE SAME THING THAT WORKED FOR YOU. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO, THEN YOU DON'T DO THIS. IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS ARE, POSITIVE OUTCOMES ARE, YOU REACH FOR POSITIVE OUTCOMES. BUT IF YOUR DAD IS IN JAIL, YOUR UNCLE IS IN JAIL. YOU'RE BEING HURT BY THIS UNCLE. 
          WHO DO YOU HAVE TO TURN TO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FOUNDATION IN CHRIST, WHO DO YOU TURN TO BUT THE WORD OF GOD? BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE ANYMORE. SO MY SUGGESTION TO YOU IS I HAVE A CRISIS TEAM FROM LA. WE'RE IN PLACE. WE'RE READY. WE HAVE A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS. IN MY 15 YEARS, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A FIGHT AND WE FOSTERED OVER 1000 YOUTH. BE BLESSED. 
          DON'T BE STRESSED. IF YOU REALLY WANT HELP, WE CAN HELP YOU. THANK YOU. DWAYNE BRIGGS, 2345 HARRISON AVENUE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HELLO. I WAS HERE TO SUPPORT MY FRIEND. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT MY FRIEND JAMES CALLIS, WHO HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL SINCE MAY WITH OPEN HEART SURGERY. I'VE BEEN A FRIEND AND A CARETAKER, BUT I'VE ALSO OBSERVED HIS HEALTH PROGRESS AND HE'S BEEN WITH AN OXYGEN TANK. I HAD TO DRIVE HIM AROUND TOWN, AND HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FINISH THE PROJECT THAT HE WAS WORKING ON ON MAGNOLIA. AND SO I'M ASKING YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR A 60 DAY STAY SO THAT HE CAN FINISH THIS PROPERTY ON MAGNOLIA THAT'S CURRENTLY SUGGESTED FOR DEMOLITION. HE'S ALREADY PUT IN A LOT OF MONEY AND WORK INTO THE PROPERTY. SO I ASK YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. JAMES CALLIS, 53, 75 ROSEMARY DRIVE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GREETINGS ALL. I AM JAMES CALLIS, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TRY TO SAVE ANNA MILLER'S HOUSE ON MAGNOLIA. MY FAMILY MOVED INTO THAT HOUSE IN 1934 AND IT WAS OCCUPIED BY FAMILY UNTIL PROBABLY ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, AND SOMEHOW IT GOT ON THE RED TAG PROGRAM. IT WAS IN THE YELLOW TAG OR ORANGE TAG, WHATEVER IT WAS, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS UNFAIRLY DONE. BUT RIGHT NOW I HAVE DONE I HAVE PUT A WINDSTORM ROOF ON IT AND 106 DEGREE WEATHER. I HAVE PUT IN A TANKLESS WATER HEATER. I'VE HIRED A MASTER ELECTRICIAN TO PUT IN A NEW SERVICE. I PUT IN A NEW BACK PORCH, BACK STAIRS, AND I WAS CURRENTLY WORKING ON REPLACING SOME WINDOWS WHEN MY HEART GAVE OUT, WHICH I'VE REALLY BEEN VERY FORTUNATE. BEING A MEDITERRANEAN DESCENT, ALL OF MY MALE RELATIVES HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR YEARS. I STARTED TAKING 81MG ASPIRIN ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT GOT ME INTO 19 TO MY 76 YEAR BEFORE I DID IT. HERE IS A LIST OF DECEMBER RED TAG HOUSES 359. THIS REPRESENTS MORE THAN $14 MILLION CONSERVATIVELY, AND IF I CUT IT DOWN TO 7 MILLION, 
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IT STILL WOULD BE A REALISTIC FIGURE. NOW, I PURCHASED A HOUSE FROM A LADY ON MAGNOLIA. 
          IT WAS RED TAGGED. IT WAS ON THE TAX ROLLS AT 37,000. IF YOU LOOK AT IT TODAY, IT'S ON THE TAX ROLLS AT 122,000 AND IT'S OCCUPIED. AND IN MY YOUNG DAYS HERE IN BEAUMONT, WE USED TO REBUILD HOUSES. WE DID NOT TEAR THEM DOWN. WE WERE PART OF THE CDBG PROGRAM. AND AND IT WAS IMPERATIVE. AND OF COURSE, WE HAD GROWTH IN WE HAD PEOPLE COMING AND I THINK WE COULD HAVE GROWTH AGAIN IF WE HAD THE HOUSES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO MY MY DEAL TODAY IS I, I HAVE WORKED HARD ON IT AND I'M JUST NOW GETTING BACK MY HEALTH. I'M WORKING A GOOD THREE HOURS A DAY AND I'M REALLY BLESSED THAT I CAN DO THAT, BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY I COULD ONLY WALK ABOUT 20FT AND STOP AND TAKE MY BREATH. BUT NOW, NOW I'M PRETTY. 
          I FEEL PRETTY STRONG. SO MY REQUEST TODAY IS THAT THE CITY OPENED THE RED TAG PROGRAM UP FOR REVENUE. I KNOW RECENTLY ADDED AIRBNB FOR REVENUE. WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN CONTINUE THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS TO GET A TRO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER. 
          IT COSTS $300 FILING FEE. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE PAID $1,500 FOR THEIR TRO, AND IF THAT'S ALL I CAN GET, I'M GOING TO GET IT. BUT I ASK THAT YOU OPEN IT UP. I JUST FINISHED A PLUMBING JOB THAT WAS A RED TAG PROGRAM. THE GUY HAS BEEN IN THE PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS. HE PAYS $65. HE GETS 60 DAYS. THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO THE RED TAG. WE'RE TOTALLY ISOLATED FROM THE REGULAR PERMITTING PROCESS, SO I'M DROPPING THIS OFF. ALSO, SOMEBODY SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT ME LAST TIME. NO ONE EVER DID. THANK YOU, MR. CALLUS. CINDY MILLS, 31, 95 DOWLEN ROAD, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HELLO. ACTUALLY, I HAVE TWO ISSUES. I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL GET TO THEM BOTH, SO I'LL START WITH THE ONE THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. MY HUSBAND AND I OWN A BUSINESS, REFRESH LLC, AND WE HAVE A BUILDING AT 7705 CALDER. AND THIS BUILDING WAS BURGLARIZED OVER THE COURSE OF THREE DAYS, RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS TIME. AND I'M HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE SEVERAL CALLS. SEVERAL, PLEASE, NOT ONLY TO THE POLICE CHIEF, BUT TO OFFICER DOUCET AND THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TRY AND GET SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION. 
          THEY ARE AWARE OF THE LADY, MELISSA PERCY, WHO STOLE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING OUT OF OUR BUILDING OVER THREE DAYS. WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE CAR WASH NEXT DOOR WHO HAD SECURITY FOOTAGE THAT TIED HER VERY DISTINCTIVE CAR THAT HAD NUMEROUS STICKERS AND WHATNOT, AS WELL AS HER LICENSE PLATE. SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR MORE ACCOUNTABILITY. AS FAR AS THIS LADY JUST STOLE EVERYTHING FROM US BECAUSE WE NOT ONLY OUR PERSONAL ARTIFACTS THAT AFFECT NOT ONLY MYSELF, MY KIDS, OUR HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE BUT OUR THINGS THAT WE USE BECAUSE WE OWN ABOUT 40 RENTAL PROPERTIES HERE IN BEAUMONT. SO THEY STOLE ROOFING MATERIAL, RANDOM THINGS, PAINT OR SPRAY? SPRAY GUNS, JUST EVERYTHING OVER THREE DAYS, YOU CAN IMAGINE. SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN VIDOR, TEXAS, COMES TO BEAUMONT AND CALDER OVER THE COURSE OF THREE DAYS, THREE NIGHTS WE HAVE HER FACE, WE HAVE HER THE TIMESTAMP OF WHEN SHE WAS THERE AND SHE'S NOT IN JAIL. YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO GET HER, I THINK, AT WALMART HERE. BUT THEN SHE WAS LET OUT IMMEDIATELY, MAYBE FOUR DAYS LATER. AND THERE'S BEEN NO TYPE OF CONVERSATION, NO ACCOUNTABILITY. LIKE I SAID, NO PHONE CALLS, NOTHING AS TO WHERE THIS STANDS. AND I UNDERSTAND CRIME IS IMPORTANT AND IS NOT A MURDER. HOWEVER, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MYSELF. IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR BUSINESS. 
          ESSENTIALLY, SHE TOOK THE RUG FROM UNDERNEATH US BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO GO AND START REPLACING SMALL THINGS, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE HAD A RIPPLE EFFECT. AND SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR MORE ACCOUNTABILITY IN HOW THINGS WORK. I'VE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. I'VE NEVER BEEN STOLEN FROM IN MY LIFE. BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN ALLOW SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER COUNTY TO COME INTO OUR COUNTY, OUR BACKYARD AND DO THESE THINGS. AND SHE'S ESSENTIALLY MESSING WITH US ON FACEBOOK BECAUSE SHE HAS ALL OF OUR 
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PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. SO I'M JUST ASKING HOW OR JUST ASKING THAT SOMEONE MAKE CALLS OR HOW CAN WE GET THIS LADY? HER FINGERPRINTS WERE IN THE BUILDING, POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. 
          SO IF THERE CAN BE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY, WE WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COST US OVER 40 OR $50,000. THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. JASON MARSHBURN, 1070 MONTEREY DRIVE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. I'VE GOT SOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR. SO, I MEAN, NEW YEAR'S IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE I CAN SET UP GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR. WHAT WHEN I GAVE HERE IS KIND OF A IT'S A SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. WHAT I THINK BEAUMONT IS GOOD AT AND WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON. I ALSO FEEL LIKE WE NEED LIKE A STATEMENT OF CORE VALUES. I MEAN, WHAT DO WE STAND FOR? WE ALL NEED CORE VALUES LIKE OUR PERSONAL CORE, MY PERSONAL CORE VALUES, CERTAINLY CURIOSITY AND FREEDOM, FOR INSTANCE. THAT'S WHAT I STAND FOR. FOR ME, ALL COMPANIES NEED ALSO CORE VALUES, WHAT THEY STAND FOR. AND I FEEL LIKE THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, I DON'T KNOW. NOBODY'S COMMUNICATING WHAT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT STANDS FOR. SO I GOT SOME SWOT ANALYSIS DOWN AND I KIND OF FUNNELED DOWN TO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS CORE VALUES, WHAT I THINK WHERE BEAUMONT IS GREAT AT BEING AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE. WE HAVE A DIVERSE CULTURE AND INNOVATIVE, ESPECIALLY IN MATERIALS AND OIL REFINING AND ENERGY PRODUCTION, HARD WORKING PEOPLE, FRIENDLY PEOPLE, UNIQUE CULTURAL HISTORY, GREAT CUISINE WITH CAJUN AND TEX-MEX AND SOUTHERN CUISINE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT STRENGTHS OF BEAUMONT HAS THE WEAKNESS, WE NEED A FUNNEL. BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING ELSE IN BEAUMONT. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT DO WE STAND FOR FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD? HOW DO WE SELL OURSELVES TO THE REST OF THE WORLD? WE ALSO COULD USE A TAGLINE OR LIKE A NICKNAME. THERE WAS A CONTEST A FEW YEARS AGO BY THE ENTERPRISE, AND I SUGGESTED POLYMER CITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PITTSBURGH IS A STEEL TOWN. AND I WAS JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, POLYMER TOWN, WE MAKE A LOT OF PLASTICS AND STUFF IN THE AREA. AND THAT WAS MY SUGGESTION. BUT, I MEAN, I NEED HELP FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT IS THE STRENGTHS OF BEAUMONT, WHAT ARE OUR CORE VALUES AND WHAT DO WE STAND FOR, AND WHAT'S A GOOD NICKNAME FOR BEAUMONT? AND ALSO I ATTACHED SOME OTHER GUIDES I USE IN MY LIFE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, BEN FRANKLIN'S THE 13 VIRTUES, THE NEXT PAGE, AND THEN THE STEPHEN COVEY'S SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE. YOU CAN READ THAT LATER. THAT'S THOSE ARE TWO TOOLS I USE ALMOST DAILY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS PROPER WAY TO GO. BUT MAINLY RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO WORK ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR CORE VALUES? WHAT IS BEAUMONT STAND FOR? WE DON'T WE DON'T CAN'T BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE. BUT I MEAN, WE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE AND TRY TO ATTRACT SOME PEOPLE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REMOTE WORKERS AND THAT NEEDS A CHEAPER GAS AND CHEAPER HOUSING AND, YOU KNOW, JUST CHEAPER EVERYTHING. AND THAT'S COULD BE ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN DO TO GROW THE CITY. AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S MY MESSAGE. JUST THINK ABOUT OUR CORE VALUES OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JENNY SMITH, 45, 30 GOLIAD STREET, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING. I'M JENNY SIMON. I LIVE AT 4530 GOLIAD, AND I JUST I DID NOT COME TODAY TO COMPLAIN. I DID BEFORE ABOUT THE GRASS AND EVERYTHING BEING CUT ON MY PROPERTY. BUT TODAY I CAME TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PERSON. I DO NOT KNOW THE YOUNG MAN'S NAME OR THE GUYS THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR PROPERTY THAT DO THE CITY PART, BUT THEY'RE DOING A MARVELOUS JOB. I'VE BEEN THERE 60 YEARS AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THEM JUST COME OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY, THE CITY SIDE. AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THEM AND TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE IN THE THE PART WHERE I'M LIVING, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE FOR THE PERSON THAT'S DOING, THAT'S CUTTING OUR GRASS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT WITH CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY. 
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BUT WHILE I WAS HERE, I SAID I MUST GO AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT THIS YOUNG MAN IS DOING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. EDDIE ALLEN, 9695 GROVES, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND WITH A NEW YEAR, WE HAVE NEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, AREN'T WE, COUNCIL? BUT BOTTOM LINE IS SOMETHING OLD THAT I TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE SPENT $1 MILLION ON THE RUNWAY AT THE AIRPORT, AND THE REASON I WAS LATE THIS TIME WAS I WAS WATCHING. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY THERE, YOU KNOW, MILITARY STUFF. AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE JUST BEEN WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHY THESE HELICOPTERS ARE FLYING REAL LOW OVER OUR HOUSES? BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE WOULD NOT PAY ANYTHING. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IF THEY GO DOWN. SO I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING IF IT'S NOT A TOP SECRET. THE OTHER THING IS I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS AN ISSUE WORKING ON THE RAILROAD. SO I'M ANTICIPATING IN FEBRUARY THAT WE WON'T BE HEARING ALL THOSE LOUD HORNS AT TWO AND 3:00 IN THE MORNING. THE OTHER THING IS, BOTTOM LINE, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. 
          SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I STAND UP HERE, I'M ALWAYS POSING QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS SAYING THINGS THAT ARE NOT WHAT YOU PROBABLY WANT TO HEAR. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ALARMS? I KNOW THAT OUR WEATHER IS WE MAY GET RAIN TODAY OR NOT, BUT EXPLOSIONS. NOW WE CAN LOOK AT HURRICANES. WE CAN LOOK AT. THERE'S THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, THERE'S DISASTER. I JUST THINK WE NEED AN ALARM SYSTEM. YOU SAY USE STAND. WELL, STAND DID AN ALARM FOR ME AND I WAS SLEEP. I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR IT, YOU KNOW. SO IF WE HAD IT ACROSS THE CITY, I THINK ONE LIFE SAVED WOULD BE WORTH IT. SO, RESPECTFULLY, I ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT THAT THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. 
          ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR IF THAT WILL MOVE ON? IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN TURNER, THEN? COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, JUST DISCUSSION ON ITEM C, JUST A COMMENT. JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE BEAUMONT HERITAGE SOCIETY FOR ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK AND GOING OUT AND GETTING SOME POSITIVE THINGS AND POSSIBLE FUNDING TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND ON ITEM F, I HAD LET ME MAKE SURE THAT'S THE RIGHT ONE. 
          YES. ITEM F, CAN YOU SCROLL TO IT, MISS TINA, TO MAKE SURE I'M ON THE SAME ONE? WITH WITH THE GRANT AGREEMENT. I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS TO STAFF IN REFERENCE TO THE 90 DAY TIME FRAME. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, AFTER TALKING TO SOME ENTITIES WITHIN THAT 90 DAY TIME FRAME, THEY HAVE TO WAIT ON THINGS THAT COULD BE UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. LIKE ONE EXAMPLE WAS WAITING ON CHECKS TO BE CLEARED. ANOTHER EXAMPLE WAS WAITING ON BANK STATEMENTS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE THAT KIND OF STOOD OUT TO ME IS A CREDIT CARD HAS TO BE PAID IN FULL PRIOR TO THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION BEING REIMBURSED. IF A BUSINESS OR A COMPANY IS WORKING WITHIN 3 TO 4 CITIES AND THEY'RE USING THE SAME CREDIT CARD BECAUSE OF PROGRAM OR PROGRAMS ARE SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HOW IS THAT AN EASY WAY FOR US TO WORK WITH THAT PARTICULAR ENTITY? SO I'M GOING TO LET OUR DIRECTOR 
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ANSWER FIRST. BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THIS CAME ABOUT AND THIS WAS A NECESSITY. 
          AND IT'S IN SOME OF OUR OTHER AGREEMENTS, BECAUSE THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR DOESN'T ALIGN WITH EVERYONE ELSE'S FISCAL YEAR. AND SO IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, WE RECEIVED REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR NOT ONLY OUR PREVIOUS OPERATING YEAR, 2020 2025 THAT HAD ALREADY CLOSED, BUT OUR PREVIOUS YEAR, 2024. AND SO THAT CREATES A GAP. SO OBVIOUSLY WILLING TO BE FLEXIBLE. BUT ONCE A CITY HAS CLOSED OUT A YEAR AND DID AN AUDIT FOR THAT YEAR, IT'S CONSIDERED A CLOSED YEAR. AND I GUESS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR MAY WANT TO CHIME IN HERE AS WELL. 
          SO THE 90 DAYS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE CAME UP WITH TO BASICALLY KEEP THE CITY IN COMPLIANCE AND IN GOOD STANDING, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE WANT TO BE AS AMICABLE AND AS AS AMENABLE AS WE CAN TO THE AGENCIES THAT WE WORK WITH FOR THESE, WE ALSO HAVE SOME STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN INTERNALLY AS WELL. AND SO I'LL LET THEM KIND OF ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. I MEAN, SURE, I COVERED IT PRETTY MUCH LARGELY GRANT STATE FUNDING. ALL OF THOSE WORK OFF OF REIMBURSEMENT. SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON HAS EXPENDED THAT EXPENSE PRIOR TO GIVING THEM THOSE FUNDS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS TO CONFIRM THAT THAT HAPPENS. 
          REGARDING THE 90 DAYS. AGAIN, CHARETTE COVERED IT PRETTY WELL, BUT THAT CAN BE EXTENDED. THAT COULD BE LESS, BUT THAT WOULD BE UP TO COUNCIL. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WE'RE PROPOSING SO THAT WE COULD HELP OUT FINANCE IN THAT WAY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN LINE WITH THEIR AUDITS. TO THAT EXTENT, I DON'T RECOMMEND CHANGING THE 90 DAY TIME PERIOD. 
          WHAT I WOULD DO IS ALLOW FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ADMINISTER THE GRANT TO HAVE SOME DISCRETION IN MAKING VERY SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS WHEN THEY NEED TO TO DO THAT. FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU KNOW, WE GET A CREDIT CARD STATEMENT EVERY 30 DAYS, RIGHT? AND SO IF YOU'RE ASKING US TO REIMBURSE YOU FOR THE FULL VALUE OF WHAT YOU'VE SPENT, THEN YOU NEED TO SHOW PROOF THAT YOU'VE PAID THAT. RIGHT. SO WE CAN'T THE CITY CANNOT APPLY UPFRONT FUNDING AND WE CAN'T USE GRANT FUNDING TO APPLY FOR FUNDING. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO IF YOU'RE PROVIDING ME WITH A CREDIT CARD STATEMENT SAYING THAT YOU SPENT $300 BUT YOU ONLY PAY THE MINIMUM OF 50, BUT YOU WANT ME TO REIMBURSE YOU FOR 300, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS I'M FRONTING THE COST AND NOT REIMBURSING YOU. AND SO WE WERE AGAIN, WHEN WE MADE THESE CHANGES IN THE AMENDMENT AND THE AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT, WE DID TRY TO ALIGN WITH WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES WERE DOING. WE DID TRY TO ALIGN WITH OUR FINANCIAL GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE. SO IF IF THE CONCERN IS THAT, THAT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPLY, I THINK THAT WHAT WE WHAT COUNCIL SHOULD RECOMMEND, AND WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND COUNCIL INSTRUCT STAFF TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME DISCRETION AND BE LENIENT WHEN IT'S NECESSARY, BUT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. YES, MA'AM. AND MY SPECIFIC CONCERN WAS I UNDERSTAND IF THE TAB, LET'S JUST SAY IT WAS $1,000 AND THEY MIGHT HAVE SPENT 500, BUT 500 WAS PAID. IT WAS ONLY FOR THE CITY, BUT YOU STILL HAD A $500 BALANCE BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY USED THE CARD WITH ANOTHER ENTITY THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. YOU WOULD ONLY BE SUBMITTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING FOR THE CITY. SO AGAIN, IF THE BALANCE IS 1000, THEN YOU WOULDN'T SEND ME A CREDIT CARD STATEMENT AND PAYMENT MADE FOR 1000. WHAT YOU WOULD SEND ME IS AN ITEMIZED LIST OF WHAT YOU SPENT FOR THE CITY THAT TOTALED THE AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT, THAT WHAT YOU NEEDED. YEAH. SO ALL I WOULD ASK IS WE CAN HAVE DISCRETION SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IF IT CAN BE PROVIDED PROOF, I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK THERE. IF IF THE PROOF CAN BE PROVIDED. I KIND OF CONCERNED WITH THAT. I'D BE OKAY WITH THAT. I WOULD THINK A LOT OF OUR ORDINANCES SAY LIKE FOR AN SCP EXTENSION, IT WOULD BE FOR GOOD CAUSE. SO THEY WOULD JUST NEED TO SUBSTANTIATE THE GOOD CAUSE. WHAT WHAT THAT WOULD BE. YEAH, THAT'S ALL I ASK. AND I GUESS I WILL JUST JUST REITERATE WHAT SHERRY SAID. SHE DID COVER IT VERY WELL. BUT, YOU KNOW, US GETTING AN INVOICE RELATED TO A FISCAL YEAR THAT'S BEEN LONG AUDITED AND CLOSED. 
          WE CAN'T JUST MAKE ENTRIES AND BOOK THAT. SO THAT DOES CREATE AN ISSUE THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT GOING BACK AND AMENDING THE AUDIT, WHICH WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO DO, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER AMOUNTS. AND THAT'S HOW THAT KIND OF COME ABOUT THE 90 DAYS. YEAH. I'M NOT PUSHING BACK ON A YEAR. I'M JUST SAYING WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO COUNCIL THAT OUR, OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS ALWAYS AND TO BE FAIR, IS ALWAYS TO PROTECT THE CITY FIRST AND THEN TO BE AS MEANINGFUL AND LENIENT AS WE CAN. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE ISSUES, WHEN THESE ISSUES CAME UP FROM FINANCE, IT'S LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S INTEREST IS PROTECTED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE, BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE ADMINISTER THESE FUNDS. SO IF WE DON'T ADMINISTER THEM PROPERLY, WE DO SOMETHING THAT WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS, WHICH MEANS WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO SERVICE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THESE FUNDS. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE THAT, AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY REMAINS IN GOOD STANDING FINANCIALLY, BOTH IN ADMINISTERING THE GRANT BUT JUST ACROSS THE BOARD. SO OPENING UP AN AUDIT IS JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT'S A GOOD FINANCIAL PRACTICE. AND SO WE 
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WANT TO TRY TO ELIMINATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. UNDERSTOOD I DON'T SUPPORT THAT, BUT I'M JUST ASKING IF IT'S WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME. WE CAN BE LENIENT IF NECESSARY. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TURNER. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON ITEM D AND AND E. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BUY SOME LP 35. AND MY QUESTION IS WE'RE GETTING EIGHT OF THEM. ARE WE REPLACING OLD ONES. ARE THESE GOING INTO NEW THE NEW UNITS THAT WE'VE PURCHASED. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION WILL KIND OF FOLLOW THAT UP, BECAUSE IN THE SAME STRYKER MEDICAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN 88,000 SERVICE AGREEMENT. SO THESE ARE NOT THE SAME. NO. SO 35 ARE EDS. YES. AND THOSE WERE REPLACING OLDER AEDS WITH THE MODERN LP 35 OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD. AND THE PRICE IS LOCKED IN ON THE ADS FOR THE FOUR YEAR PERIOD. AND SO DID WE LOOK AT THE ZOLL XZ AND THE LIFE PACKS. WE'VE LOOKED AT THE XLS. THERE ARE QUITE A BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE LIFE PACK. OKAY LP 35 OKAY, I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I SAW THOSE TWO AND I WAS LIKE, ARE THESE CONNECTED IN ANY WAY? SO THE 88,000 IS IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TYPE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT THE THAT IS THE STRYKER STRETCHERS. THAT IS THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT ON THE POWER LIFT STRETCHERS. OKAY. OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, IT INCLUDES REPLACEMENT AND REPAIRS DURING THAT PERIOD. THOSE ARE THE AUTOMATED ONES. 
          THAT THAT IS CORRECT. YES. NICE. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHIEF. COUNCILMAN DORIO. YEAH. JUST BACK ON ITEM F, I WOULD ASK STAFF THAT THEY CAN INFORM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO GET A REIMBURSEMENT IF THEY CAN SHOW ITEMIZED BILLING OR WHAT THEY SPENT AND BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT. SO THEY DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A NO BALANCE ON THEIR CREDIT CARD TO GET ANY REIMBURSEMENT. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BURGER. MAYOR, IF WE CAN I ASK THAT WE CAN PULL ITEM F AND VOTE ON THAT SEPARATELY WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'LL WORK. 
          SECOND, SECOND. ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF. WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. NO. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT? THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM F, SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY 
          [F. Council consider approving a Resolution to amend an existing grant agreement with Legacy Community Development Corporation for the administration of the HOME-ARP Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA).]
MANAGER, JUST GO WITH F. GO AHEAD. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO PROPOSE? I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE ITEM F WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS COMFORTABLE WITH. AS FAR AS THE EXTENSION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE MOTION, WE WILL BE INCLUDING LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS FOR DISCRETION AS IT RELATES TO SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE 90 DAY PERIOD. SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM F WITH STAFF HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE DISCRETION IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE 90 DAY TIME PERIOD. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM F, AS AMENDED, SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. ANY OPPOSED? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. MR. CITY MANAGER, 
          [1. Council to adopt the rules for the Bond Facilitation Committee.]
WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE US INTO ITEM NUMBER ONE? THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL, TO ADOPT THE RULES FOR THE BOND FACILITATION COMMITTEE. AND THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE? MOVE TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND REGARDING THE GUIDELINES. THE RULES FOR THE BOND FACILITATION COMMITTEE. AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION. I HAVE A QUESTION. MAYOR. YES. COUNCILMAN DORIO. 
          SO WHEN WE FIRST CAME UP WITH THIS, IT WAS BEFORE THE BOMB WAS VOTED ON. BUT SINCE JUST 
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ONE PART OF IT PASSED, IS THIS STILL NECESSARY? SO WHEN COUNCIL ADOPTED THE A COMMITTEE, IT WAS IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A FACILITATION COMMITTEE. I THINK THAT BECAUSE A PORTION OF THE BOND PASSED, IT'S IT'S STILL NECESSARY. IT WAS THE CREATION OF THE COMMITTEE WAS REGARDLESS, WOULD ONLY NOT MOVE FORWARD IF NONE OF THE BOND PASSES. SO IT WAS EITHER ANY PORTION OF THE BOND PASSED. IT WAS PRESENTED THAT THERE WOULD BE BOND FACILITATION COMMITTEE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW? WE'RE ADDING A LOT OF STUFF HERE, WHICH IS PROBABLY GOOD, BUT SPECIFICALLY ON THE QUALIFICATIONS, IS IT? THE CURRENT COMMITTEE AS IT STANDS IS 19. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND ARE THEY ALL QUALIFIED ACCORDING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS? YES, SIR. GREAT. AND JUST BECAUSE I'M. 
          I'M A LITTLE UNCLEAR, EVEN AFTER READING THESE ARTICLES, IF SOMEONE. IS STEPS DOWN FROM THE COMMITTEE OR MISSES THREE MEETINGS AND IS AUTOMATICALLY RESIGNED FROM THE COMMITTEE, WHO ON THE COUNCIL DECIDES THE NAME THAT REPLACES THE MAYOR WILL NAME THE REPLACEMENT, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL. SAME WITH THE HOW THE COMMITTEE WAS CREATED. WHY WOULD THIS BE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COMMITTEES? WHERE? INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS GET TO NAME PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE AND IT JUST GOES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO I GUESS THIS WAS ADDRESSED WHEN THE BOND FACILITATION COMMITTEE WAS ADDRESSED. THE MAYOR CREATED THE COMMITTEE AND HE APPOINTED THE INDIVIDUALS AND COUNCIL APPROVED THEM. SO WE JUST KEPT IN KEEPING WITH THE RULES. WE JUST KEPT HOW THE COMMITTEE WAS CREATED. WE JUST KEPT THE SAME FORMAT. OKAY. 
          BECAUSE ALL OF THIS SAYS, YOU KNOW, SERVES THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CITY COUNCIL DOES THE REPLACEMENT. BUT IT REALLY IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MAYOR NAMES THE REPLACEMENT. 
          AND THEN FOUR PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST THAT PERSON, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY COMMITTEE WHERE THAT EXISTS. NO, THE MAYOR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT THE COUNCIL, APPROVES THE ANIMAL CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. 
          THANKS, CHRIS. SO THERE'S THERE'S PRECEDENTS FOR HOW THIS IS CREATED. OKAY. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMAN HILLIER, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO HAVE ON HERE THAT IF IF DISCREPANCIES ARE FOUND THAT THE PROPER STATE AUTHORITIES ARE CALLED. SO THAT'S OUR OUR REQUIREMENT BY STATE LAW. SO THAT TO BE IN THE RULES BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE HAS ANY COMMITTEE FORMED BY COUNCIL HAS TO COMPLY. THEY OPERATE IN THIS AS AN EXTENSION OF THE CITY. SO WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW. SO IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, IT JUST WASN'T HERE. SO I JUST WAS. AND ALSO CAN WE CHANGE J INSTEAD OF TWICE TO FOUR TIMES A YEAR SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET AWAY FROM IF SOMETHING WERE TO GO WRONG THAT WE'RE NOT WE DON'T FIND OUT. YOU KNOW, IF IT HAPPENS IN MONTH TWO, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOUR MORE MONTHS TO SAY THAT. THERE WAS NOT SAYING THERE WOULD, BUT I WOULD THINK FOUR TIMES A YEAR WOULD BE A BETTER WAY TO REPORT TO THE COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY FOR QUARTERLY. QUARTERLY. I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THIS. AND THIS DOES ALLOW FOR THEM TO MEET MORE IF THEY'D LIKE TO. IT SAYS AT LEAST. WELL, I THINK THE REPORT JUST SAYS AT LEAST TWICE, BUT WE CAN CHANGE IT TO THE REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL QUARTERLY AND TAKE OUT THE LEASE. SO THEY WERE IT'LL BE A QUARTERLY REPORT AND THAT CHANGES IT. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN TURNER. BUT THEN WITHIN THIS BEING APPROVED, IS IT A TIMELINE ON WHEN EVERYTHING WILL GET STARTED, OR WILL THE COMMUNITY CAN KIND OF BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON? SO THERE'S BEEN NO RELEASE OF BOND FUNDS. SO LET THE MANAGER DO IT BECAUSE HE'S HAD MORE EXPERIENCE WITH BOND. SO THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO DO RIGHT NOW. THERE'S SOME BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS THAT WE'RE PREPARING AND GETTING READY FOR, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO INVOLVE THE COMMITTEE UNTIL WE HAD TO. 
          COUNCIL HAD APPROVED THE RULES BECAUSE THAT WAS IMPORTANT AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WERE OPERATING UNDER, AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN CONTACTED TO DETERMINE THE FIRST MEETING 
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DATE. BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE MANAGER. A MORE APPROPRIATE QUESTION. NEXT STEPS. WELL, THE SOONER WE GET STARTED WITH THE COMMITTEE, THE BETTER. SO AS SOON AS ONCE COUNCIL APPROVES THE THE COMMITTEE AND THE AND THE RULES WILL BE CONTACTING THE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND START SETTING UP A MEETING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, EVEN BEFORE WE GET THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING ORIENTATION PROCESS ON HOW THIS WILL WORK, THE PROCESS ON WHAT WILL BE EXPECTED OF THEM AND HOW THOSE THINGS GO. THEY HAVE TO ELECT THE MAYOR APPOINTS THE FIRST CHAIRPERSON, I THINK. BUT THEN THEY APPOINT VICE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR PERSON. SO THERE'S WORK TO DO AND THE SOONER WE GET STARTED THE BETTER. SO I ANTICIPATE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING SCHEDULED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND JUST A FOLLOW UP FOR TRANSPARENCY, THESE MEETINGS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, CORRECT? YES. AND THEY'LL BE SUBJECT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I'M SORRY. 
          OPPOSED. MAYOR. YOU WOULD NEED TO. THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT MADE BY COUNCILMAN HILLIARD SO THAT WOULD NEED TO THE MOTION WOULD NEED TO BE AS AMENDED. ALL RIGHT. ITEM J. ITEM. IT'S ITEM ONE. IT WAS ITEM ONE. AND ITEM J, COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, ITEM ONE MADE A SUGGESTION TO HAVE A MOTION AMENDED. SO IF I'M ASSUMING HE WANTS THAT INCLUDED IN THE RECORD. SO THE MOTION WOULD NEED TO SAY WITH THE AMENDMENT TO ITEM J. ALL RIGHT. CAN I ALSO HAVE A CLARIFICATION. 
          BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE PRESENTED SAYS MEMBERS SHALL SERVE A TERM OF TWO YEARS. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REAPPOINT MEMBERS. BUT YOUR COPY OVER HERE, YOU DREW THROUGH THAT AND WROTE THE MAYOR. THAT'S THE CORRECT LANGUAGE. THE CITY COUNCIL DOES APPOINT THE MAYOR BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL. ITEM J. WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT VACANCIES. THE MAYOR SHALL APPOINT QUALIFIED APPOINTMENT VACANCY. YOU MEAN E E SORRY. YES. I HAVE A WORKING COPY, SO I MAKE EDITS TO MY COPIES ALL THE TIME. BUT THIS IS THE COPY. THIS. THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE COPY. SO D WILL REMAIN THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REAPPOINT MEMBERS BUT VACANCIES IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. SO THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS THEM BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE TO APPROVE ANY ACCOUNT ACCOUNTS. SO IT GOES TO COUNCIL. THE MAYOR WILL PRESENT HIS SLATE. COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE IT. IF THERE'S A VACANCY, THE MAYOR APPOINTED THAT PERSON. SO THE MAYOR HAS TO APPOINT A NEW VACANCY. SO JUST LIKE WITH ANYTHING, WHEN Y'ALL APPOINT A MEMBER TO A BOARD, YOUR OWN PERSONAL MEMBER TO YOUR BOARD, YOUR APPOINTEE STILL HAS TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL. OH, OF COURSE, OF COURSE. WE GET TO NAME THE PERSON. SO THAT LANGUAGE MIRRORS THE PRACTICE OF COUNCIL. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE WITH THE AMENDMENT TO J TO B QUARTERLY. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. ANY OPPOSED. OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS 
          [2. Council consider an ordinance amending Chapter 28, Article 28.04, and Chapter 18, Article 18.03 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont.]
CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU TAKE US INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO? COUNCIL, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28, ARTICLE 28.04 AND CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 18.03 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND IT COMES WITH NO RECOMMENDATION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN TURNER, JUST CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN THE AMENDMENT? YES, SIR. WE RECEIVED A REQUEST BY COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED UP BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAM TO SUPPORT IT. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE INCLUDED, BUT IT IS TO REMOVE SECTION 18.03 .07 AND AMEND 18.03 AND 004 TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL PLATFORM, WHICH IS LIKE VRBO, AIRBNB, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SHORT TERM RENTAL PLATFORM, NOT NECESSARILY THE STR TO INCLUDE THE PERMIT NUMBERS ON THEIR LISTINGS AND TO REMOVE THE LISTINGS, I'M SORRY, AND ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL PLATFORMS TO BE ON THE HOOK TO RENDER HOT TAX TO THE CITY. IF IF AMENDED, THEN THE OWNER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. THE PERSON OPERATING THE STR NUMBER TWO. ALSO, TO REMOVE FROM SECTION 28.04 .009. PART D, SUBPART NINE. THIS WOULD REMOVE THE 300 FOOT MINIMUM DISTANCING REQUIREMENT BETWEEN SHORT TERM 
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RENTAL PROPERTIES. COUNCILMAN TURNER SO IF I'M FOLLOWING YOU CORRECTLY, THE PERSON ACTUALLY RUNNING THE R&B WOULDN'T OR AIRBNB WOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE, BUT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WOULD. IT'S STILL SO WHOEVER REGISTERS, I WOULD THINK WITH HOT FOR THE HOT TAX WOULD BE THE PERSON THAT IS RESPONSIBLE. SO THAT COULD BE THE OWNER. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE OPERATOR. 
          PERHAPS MISS VICK MAY KNOW BETTER THAN ME REGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE CONTROLLER, BUT THE STATE WOULD REGISTER THEM AND THAT PERSON WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REMITTING THE HOT TAX. IT JUST WOULD TAKE AWAY THE BURDEN FROM THE EITHER OR OF. IF THAT PERSON DOESN'T RENDER THE HOT TAX, THEN WE COULD GO AFTER THE SHORT TERM RENTAL PLATFORM. 
          IT'S ELIMINATING THAT. BUT THE OWNER OR THE PERSON REGISTERED TO REMIT THOSE HOT TAXES WOULD BE ON THE HOOK. YEAH. MY CONCERN IS YOU HAVE THE OWNER, BUT YOU HAVE HOSTS AND THE HOSTS ARE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY ARE MARKETING AND TARGETING AND WRITTEN OUT THE PROPERTY. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARITY ON WHO WOULD IT FALL ON THE PERSON WHO'S REGISTERED TO REMIT THE HOT TAX WITH THE STATE CONTROLLER. YEAH. AND I THINK WE WOULD NEED SOME. 
          WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S I HAVE I HAVE THIS PROPERTY BUT IT'S BEING MANAGED THROUGH THIS RENTAL COMPANY. I'M NOT 100% SURE ON THE SPECIFICS OF THAT. WHO WOULD BE REMITTING IN THAT CASE? WELL, IF THE IF THE FUNDS AREN'T REMITTED, THE PERMIT FOR THE STR WOULD BE SUBJECT TO REVOCATION. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WE WOULD WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET OUR FUNDS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN HILLIER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? HE ANSWERED COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW. SO WE'VE HAD HOTELS IN THE PAST IN THIS CITY COLLECT HOT TAX AND THEN NOT PAY THE CITY AND THEN SKIP TOWN WITH THE MONEY, AND WE'RE JUST OUT OF IT. WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THIS SHORT TERM RENTAL TO ENSURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN? SO MY DEPARTMENT LARGELY WILL BE OVERSEEING THE PERMITTING PART OF IT, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU COULD OPERATE AN STR WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. WHEN IT COMES TO HOT TAX COLLECTIONS. I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO FINANCE ON THE COLLECTION AND WHAT WE DO TO PURSUE. IF THEY DON'T, DOES THE LAW ALLOW US TO HAVE LIKE A TIME FRAME TO COLLECT THE MONEY? AND IF THEY DON'T PAY IT, WE CAN IMMEDIATELY REVOKE THE PERMIT OR. IF IF THEY DON'T. SO IF THEY DON'T REMIT THE HOT TAX, THE PERMIT WOULD BE REVOKED. AND THEN IN THE ORDINANCE, IT ALSO SPELLS OUT THAT THAT PROPERTY OR THAT SITE WOULD WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN STR FOR ANOTHER 12 MONTHS. SO THEY COULDN'T REAPPLY FOR THAT SITE. ALL RIGHT. BUT WHAT WHAT SAFEGUARDS THEN DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THE MONEY IS BEING COLLECTED TIMELY? LIKE WHAT IS THE ORDINANCE SAY RIGHT NOW? HOW LONG ONCE THEY COLLECT THE HOT TAX, HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE BEFORE THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY? SO IN ORDER TO GET THEIR PERMIT, THEY HAVE TO SHOW PROOF THAT THEY HAVE REGISTERED WITH, I BELIEVE IT'S NUMO THAT WE PARTNER WITH FOR HOT TAX COLLECTION, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHOW PROOF TO THE CITY THAT THEY HAVE REGISTERED AND ARE PREPARED TO PAY THAT. NOW WE ARE IN. SO PERMITTING PNEUMO IS THE PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, OR MAYBE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. THEY THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY ALREADY OVERSEE OUR HOT TAX. AND IF MISS WILLARD IS HERE TO CORRECT ME ON THAT, PLEASE DO COME FORWARD. BUT THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF THE HOT TAX COLLECTION. WE DO THE PERMITTING. THOSE TALK TO EACH OTHER OR WE TALK TO EACH OTHER PHYSICALLY. SO IF NUMO IS NOT COLLECTING HOT TAX THEY FROM THAT PERSON, THEN THEY WILL RELAY THAT TO THE CITY. THE CITY THEN PURSUES, AND WE WOULDN'T ALLOW A PERMIT TO BE ISSUED AS A RENEWAL, AS A NEW, YOU KNOW, AS A RENEWAL, OR WE WOULD HAVE TO REVOKE IT DEPENDING ON THE TIME FRAME OF THAT PERMIT. OKAY. AND I GUESS I JUST I WANT TO BE SURE WE HAVE SOME SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A HOTEL THAT DIDN'T PAY HOT TAX FOR THREE YEARS AND WE DIDN'T COLLECT IT, AND THEN THEY JUST SKIPPED TOWN. AND TAXPAYERS ARE OUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. AND I WOULD HATE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN WITH THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS, SINCE THIS IS THE TAXPAYERS MONEY THAT'S BEING COLLECTED AND THEN NOT PAID. SO I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN. DARIA, WHAT'S WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF REMOVING THE 300 FOOT MINIMUM DISTANCE REQUIREMENT? I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO COUNCILMAN HILLIARD AND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, AS THEY WERE THE ONES THAT BROUGHT THIS REQUEST FORWARD. WELL, THE PURPOSE OF IT WAS NOT TO LAND. LOCK IT IN. WE I HAD A LOT OF REALTORS HERE THAT THAT WERE 
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COMPLAINING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER ARM AWAY FROM THEM FOR INVESTORS OR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BUY PROPERTIES OR, OR IMPROVE AND, AND BUILD ON THE TAX BASE. SO THERE'S WHAT ABOUT FOLKS THAT MIGHT SAY, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A WHOLE BLOCK AS SHORT TERM RENTALS? I KNOW. OKAY. IT WOULD ALSO PREVENT LIKE DUPLEXES FOURPLEXES FROM BEING ABLE TO ALL BE SHORT TERM RENTALS. IT WOULD. SO HOW IT READS RIGHT NOW, IT'S PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE. SO IF A DUPLEX DUPLEXES ARE TYPICALLY ON ONE PROPERTY IN WHOLE. SO YOU COULD HAVE YOUR STR THERE, BUT IT WOULD BE FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE. YOU COULDN'T HAVE ONE WITHIN 300FT. AND IT'S AS THE CROW FLIES. SO IT'S A STRAIGHT LINE. BUT THIS IS REMOVING THAT. 
          IT WOULD LIMIT IT WOULD OKAY. COUNCILMAN TURNER, SO JUST FOR CLARITY, DOES THIS FALL UNDER PEOPLE WHO MAY BE RENTING ROOMS AND NOT AIRBNB, OR DOES IT FALL FOR SOLELY AIRBNB ONLY? IT'S FOR SHORT TERM, SHORT TERM RENTAL PLATFORMS. SO I THINK THERE'S ALL KINDS. IT'S NOT JUST AIRBNB AND VRBO. GUEST. YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE. SO EVERYTHING WOULD FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA. BUT THERE IS YES, IF IT IS A SHORT. SO I'LL READ THE SHORT TERM RENTAL DEFINITION REAL QUICK. SO IT MEANS A PROPERTY WHERE ALL OR A PORTION OF A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT, INCLUDING AN APARTMENT OR ACCESSORY BUILDING, MAY BE RENTED OR LEASED FOR COMPENSATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR USE AS SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS ON A TEMPORARY OR TRANSIENT BASIS OF 30 DAYS OR 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR LESS. SO IT IT'S GEARED TOWARDS RESIDENTIAL. SO LIKE IF YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL SPOT AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A ROOM FOR RENT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD EITHER POSSIBLY FALL UNDER A LEASE OR IF IT FALLS UNDER THE PARAMETERS OF A HOTEL, IT MAY, BUT SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE GEARED FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS. 
          JUST I JUST STRUGGLE WITH THAT DEFINITION BECAUSE IT SAYS APARTMENT OR ACCESSORY BUILDING. 
          WHEN PEOPLE DO AIRBNBS OUT OF THEIR OWN HOME, I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT DEFINITION IS DIRECTLY FROM STATE LAW. IT'S IT'S AND IT'S PRETTY STANDARD. I THINK THE KEY IS THE 30 DAYS. 
          SO LIKE IF YOU'RE RENTING OUT A ROOM TO SOMEONE IN YOUR APARTMENT, LET'S SAY YOU'VE GOT ROOMMATES OR WHAT? OR YOU WANT TO SUBLET A ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE, USUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE LONGER THAN 30 DAYS. IF IT'S LESS THAN 30 DAYS, THIS WOULD KICK IN. I JUST STRUGGLE WITH HOME, YOU KNOW? I WANT TO MAKE SURE HOME IS INCLUDED IN THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE DO LIST OUT ROOMS IN THEIR HOME. A LOT OF RESIDENTS CALL US AND ACTUALLY HAVE ISSUES OR CONCERNS WITH THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. IF IT'S LISTED ON A SHORT TERM RENTAL PLATFORM, IT'S A STR. COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN TURNER, AND I THINK I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE, AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TALK TO IT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT IT, BUT I DIDN'T. IS IT BOARDING HOUSES INCLUDED IN BOARDING HOUSES ARE SEPARATED OUT. LET ME SEE IF IT'S ACTUALLY IN HERE. IT'S SEPARATED OUT. SEPARATE. SORRY. SEPARATED OUT ON THE PERMITTED USE TABLE IN ITS OWN CATEGORY. LARGELY THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT BOARDING HOMES OR. I'M SORRY, LIKE A A BED AND BREAKFAST IN OUR ORDINANCES LIST THAT LIKE THE PERSON LIVES THERE FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. THEY MAY NOT LIVE THERE. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR BOARDING ROOMS. IT DOES ALSO BREAK OUT WHERE THEY CAN BE WITH THE PERMITTED USE TABLE. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WHERE THAT USE CAN BE IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS AROUND THE CITY. DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. IT WAS LIKE CLEAR AS MUD. BUT I'M SO SORRY. NO, NO, I WAS JUST. THE BOARDING HOUSES. THEY'RE NOT THEY DON'T PAY THE HOT TAXES. THEY WOULD NOT. 
          COUNCILMAN TURNER SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID, IS IT ANY WAY STAFF CAN LOOK INTO ORDINANCES AND MAYBE BRING SOMETHING BACK TO US TO KIND OF LET IT ALL LINE UP SINCE IT'S SEPARATE RIGHT NOW? SO ON BOARDING HOUSES, IS THERE A SPECIFIC GOAL THAT YOU WOULD WANT FOR BOARDING HOUSES THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM FROM WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW? SO BOARDING HOUSES ARE COMMON FACILITIES AND THEN ROOMS AROUND IT. RIGHT. SO LIKE A COMMON. KITCHEN, COMMON BATHROOM. AND THEN THEY ALL USE THAT STRS ARE HOMES, RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS LIKE 
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IT SAYS IN THE DEFINITION. SO THERE'S THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE WHERE NORMALLY ROOMING ROOM ROOM AND BOARD, THOSE KINDS OF PLACES, THEY WOULD FALL UNDER THE IBC, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, WHICH IS MORE COMMERCIAL. STRS WOULD FALL UNDER THE IRC, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODES. SO THE IRC COULD BASICALLY, AS LONG AS YOU'RE RENTING A ROOM ON THE INTERNET OR PROMOTING RENTING A ROOM, IT WOULD FALL UNDER THE IRC. YES SIR. IT SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE LIKE YOUR HOME. I THINK THE ONLY THING WOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN PARAMETERS FOR THE STR LIKE SHOULDN'T PARK ON, YOU CAN'T PARK ON THE GRASS. IT DOES REQUIRE THAT YOU HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER SOMEWHERE ON THE LIKE WITHIN THE HOUSE WHERE A REGULAR HOME LIKE OUR HOMES. YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO ALWAYS RECOMMEND IT THOUGH, BUT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE AN EXTINGUISHER. BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN DIFFERENCES THERE. OKAY. AND, MAYOR, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THERE'S A THIRD CATEGORY. I MEAN, THE THIRD CATEGORY IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, WHICH WE GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT. AND YOU MIGHT HAVE MULTIPLE UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS RENTING A ROOM IN A SINGLE HOME, WHICH THAT AS WELL AS BOARDING HOUSES AS WELL AS NOW STRS ARE STILL CONTROLLED BY THE ZONING IN TERMS OF WHERE THAT'S ALLOWED AND WHERE IT'S NOT. SO IN MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S OURS. ZONING. SO YOU COULD HAVE UP TO THREE UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS IN A SINGLE HOME. THAT'S THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT. BUT BEYOND THAT, IS IS TECHNICALLY IN VIOLATION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. COUNCILMAN DARIO, IF SOMEBODY BUILDS A HOUSE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THEY'RE BUILDING IT TO BE A BOARDING HOUSE, DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO CALL IT A BOARDING HOUSE? THAT WOULD DEPEND ON THE ZONING. I THINK IN SES, I DON'T HAVE THE PERMITTED USE TABLE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD EITHER NOT BE ALLOWED OR IT WOULD NEED A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, MORE THAN LIKELY IN RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS. IF IT DID NOT, THEN IT WOULD. IT WOULD NEVER NEGATE THE NECESSITY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT. MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BUILT CORRECTLY, THAT IT'S FOLLOWING ALL THE THE LAWS THAT THAT ARE PRESCRIBED IN THE CITY ORDINANCES, STATE, FEDERAL AND BEYOND. OKAY. I'LL GET WITH YOU LATER ABOUT THAT. YES, SIR. 
          THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. ITEM NUMBER THREE. MR. 
          [3. Council consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a washateria in a GC-MD-2 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District for property located at 4515 N. Major Drive, Suite A-B.]
CITY MANAGER. COUNCIL, CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. EXCUSE ME. TO ALLOW WASHETERIA AND A GCM2, WHICH IS A GENERAL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING, TWO DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4515 NORTH MAJOR DRIVE, SUITE A AND B, AND IT WAS APPROVED AT A JOINT MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON A90 VOTE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ONE SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING AND FIRE CODES, AND TWO CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICES, INCLUDING AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW, PRETREATMENT AND FOG PROGRAM, SO IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? MOVE TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER THREE PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          [WORK SESSION]
MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU TAKE US INTO THE WORK SESSION, PLEASE? COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ZERO ADVERTISEMENT POLICY AND PROGRAM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TODAY I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS AND EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING AN ADVERTISEMENT PROGRAM AND POLICY FOR THE ZIP ROLLING STOCK, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY THE CITY'S TRANSIT SYSTEM. BUSSES AND VANS. NEXT SLIDE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ALLOW LOCAL BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVERTISE, ADVERTISE THEIR PRODUCTS, GOODS, AND SERVICES ON THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE BUSSES AND VANS. SEVERAL CITIES SUCH AS AUSTIN, LAREDO, AND WACO CURRENTLY OPERATE SIMILAR TRANSIT ADVERTISING PROGRAMS FOR THEIR ROLLING STOCK. ALL REVENUE GENERATED THROUGH THE PROGRAM WOULD BE 
          [01:05:01]
REINVESTED INTO THE TRANSIT SYSTEM TO FUND BUS STOP ENHANCEMENTS SUCH AS SHELTERS, BUSINESSES, AND SOLAR LIGHTING. THESE FUNDS COULD ALSO BE USED AS A DEDICATED LOCAL MATCH FOR FUTURE TRANSIT GRANTS. THE OVERARCHING GOAL REALLY, IS TO CREATE A SELF-SUSTAINING BUS STOP IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT ENHANCES THE SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE FOR BOTH TRANSIT DEPENDENT RIDERS AND THOSE WHO CHOOSE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THE PROGRAM WOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY THE TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF BEAUMONT ZIP, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF GENERAL MANAGER OF ZIP, WHO IS CLAUDIA SAN MIGUEL. HER STAFF WOULD BE OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION, EXECUTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE. TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF BEAUMONT WOULD RESERVE THE RIGHT TO APPROVE ALL ADVERTISEMENTS, MATERIALS, DISPLAYS AND THEIR MANNER OF PRESENTATION PRIOR TO INSTALLATION AND WOULD PROHIBIT ADVERTISEMENTS THAT ARE FALSE OR DECEPTIVE, OBSCENE, PROMOTE TOBACCO, VAPING OR ALCOHOL, ADVOCATE FOR VIOLENCE OR IMMINENT LAWLESSNESS, ARE DEFAMATORY, OR ARE POLITICAL IN NATURE. THE POLICY WOULD ALSO INCLUDE OR DOES ALSO INCLUDE AN APPEALS PROCESS TO ALLOW FURTHER REVIEW WHEN NECESSARY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. CURRENTLY, THE CITY OPERATES 16 BUSSES AND TEN PARATRANSIT VANS. EACH BUS COULD ACCOMMODATE APPROXIMATELY 8 TO 10 INTERIOR PLACARD ADVERTISEMENTS. THOSE ARE ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF AN 11 BY 17. WHILE EACH PARATRANSIT VAN COULD DISPLAY UP TO THREE INTERIOR PLACARDS. IN ADDITION, THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW ADVERTISERS THE OPTION OF VEHICLE WRAPS ON THE BUSSES AND VANS, ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ADVERTISING, INCLUDING DESIGN, INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL, WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ADVERTISER AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES MONTHLY RENTAL RATES, WITH DISCOUNTED PRICING AVAILABLE FOR LONGER TERM COMMITMENTS. ADVERTISERS EXTENDING BEYOND ONE MONTH WOULD RECEIVE COULD RECEIVE A 10% DISCOUNT AT SIX MONTHS, 20% AT ONE YEAR, AND 25% FOR MULTIYEAR AGREEMENTS OF TWO YEARS OR MORE. NEXT SLIDE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CLAUDIA SAN MIGUEL FOR BRINGING THIS IDEA FORWARD, AND I THANK COUNCIL FOR TAKING THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS POLICY AND PROGRAM. WE DO HAVE CLAUDIA HERE. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. SHE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS WORKING IN LAREDO BEFORE. THANK YOU GUYS. YES. COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD, MY QUESTION IS PRETTY SIMPLE. LIKE IF WE DID THIS, WOULD WE BE USING AN EMPLOYEE THAT'S ALREADY HIRED TO GO OUT AND FIND THESE PEOPLE THAT MAY WANT TO DO THE ADVERTISING? HOW WILL WE FIND THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO ADVERTISE? I CAN INVITE CLAUDIA UP. TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF BEAUMONT WOULD BE OVERSEEING IT. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WE SHOULDN'T. THE CITY DOESN'T WANT TO READ A SIGN TO TO ENSURE ITS APPLICABILITY. SO THEY'LL BE OVERSEEING THOSE PROCESSES. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON. CLAUDIA MIGUEL, YOUR TRANSIT GENERAL MANAGER. BASICALLY, I CAN TELL YOU, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE AND MY FOUR YEARS HERE, PEOPLE CALLED US EVERY DAY INQUIRING. JUST EARLIER TODAY, I GOT ANOTHER CALL. WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE? HOW CAN WE SIGN UP? SO THE INTEREST IS THERE. DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ORGANIZATIONS HAVE APPROACHED US AND FOR SURE I MEAN REGULARLY. I ATTEND TO SEVERAL MEETINGS AND I CAN ALWAYS ADVOCATE WITHIN OUR, YOU KNOW, THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE ARE ALREADY IN CONTACT WITH. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS THROUGH THE CVB, OR DO Y'ALL HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT'S ALREADY DOING THIS, OR HOW DO WE PROMOTE THAT NOW WE OFFER THIS, OR IS IT GOING TO BE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE OR WHAT? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO OFFER IT, THAT WE DO GET THE MOST OUT OF IT. YES, MA'AM. WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED CITY WEBSITE FOR TRANSIT, SO IT'LL CERTAINLY THE OPPORTUNITY WILL CERTAINLY BE POSTED THERE, BUT WE'LL ALSO PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT THERE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. YOU SEE THIS IN A LOT OF OTHER CITIES, AND IT'S REALLY A CHANCE TO GENERATE MONEY AND TO AND TO MAKE OUR, OUR, OUR STOPS BEAUTIFUL. AND SO I COMMEND YOU AND I, I WILL SAY THIS AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I THINK IT'S A I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A WAITING LIST BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL SEE THEM ON THE BUSSES. AND, I MEAN, YOU REACH THE ENTIRE CITY. SO I THINK IT'S A PHENOMENAL IDEA. AND MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU FOR COMING UP WITH IT AND THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TURNER. I KNOW IT WAS DONE SOMEWHAT IN THE PAST AND ONE TIME IT WAS AN ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A CIGARETTE OR SOMETHING SOME PEOPLE HAD AN ISSUE WITH ON THE BUSSES WHEN WE HAD OUR OLD SYSTEM. HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS IT? I KNOW IT'S APPEAL PROCESS, BUT YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY BECAUSE IT SAYS TRANSIT HAS THE RIGHTS TO RESERVE ALL APPROVAL AND ADVERTISEMENT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE, AS COUNCIL MAY GET CALLS OR COMPLAINT ABOUT WHAT 
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WAS APPROVED? I GIVE YOU EXAMPLE, I MAYBE USE AS AN EXAMPLE. WE DON'T APPROVE THE ART, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF ONE OF US GET A PHONE CALL THAT THEY DON'T LIKE THE ART ON THE BUILDING? THAT COULD BE OFFENSIVE TO SOMEBODY? SO HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT SITUATION WHEN WE GET SOME CALLS ABOUT THE ADVERTISEMENT ON THE BUS? OKAY, THERE'S AN APPEALS PROCESS BAKED INTO THE POLICY. I BELIEVE IT'S ON PAGE THREE. BUT BASICALLY THEY WOULD APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE GENERAL MANAGER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD HAVE THE FINAL SAY. SO WHETHER IT, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWS THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE THAT ARE IN THERE. RIGHT. AND I KNOW I LIST THEM, LISTED THEM OUT, BUT TOBACCO WOULD BE PROHIBITED. 
          VAPING WOULD BE PROHIBITED, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. BUT THE POLICY IS PRETTY EXPLICIT ON WHAT IT SAYS. BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT DESIGNS TO, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT MANAGEMENT BEFORE THEY WERE TO GO INTO PRODUCTION AND WRAP A BUS OR PLACE A PLACARD SO IT WOULD IT WOULD GO THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS. YEAH. NOT TRYING TO BE COMPLICATED. I'M MORE THAN CONFIDENT THAT MISS CLAUDIA WOULD BE PROACTIVE IN WHAT WE ALLOW ON THE BUSSES. BUT, YOU KNOW, INSTANCES DO COME UP AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS IT UP FRONT PRIOR TO IT TAKING PLACE. COUNCILMAN DARIO, SO IS THE ZIP MAINTENANCE PEOPLE GOING TO ACTUALLY PUT THE SIGNS ON THE BUSSES, OR ARE YOU GOING TO SEND THEM SOMEWHERE TO BE PAINTED ON OR SO THE ACTUAL BUS ROUTES, THEY GET PRODUCED, AND THE INTENT IS TO GET A LOCAL VENDOR TO GO AHEAD AND INSTALL THEM. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SPECIFICATION BECAUSE OUR FIRST COMMITMENT IS GOING TO BE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE VEHICLE. I MEAN, THIS THESE BUSSES ARE NOT TODAY OVER $800,000 A PIECE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE APPLIED TO THE PAINT, IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE THE CONTRACT IS FOR ONLY SIX MONTHS, BUT THE TIME OF THE REMOVAL, THE BUS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK THE SAME WAY. SO THE ANSWER IS IT WILL BE A CONTRACTED PERSON THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING. WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THEM WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS, AND THE ADVERTISER IS GOING TO INCUR THOSE COSTS. SO SO THESE REPS AS YOU CALL THEY'RE TEMPORARY AND THEY'LL BE EASY TO REPLACE. YES SIR OKAY. PRETTY EASY. WE WRAP OUR TRUCKS AND THEY COME OFF EASY. THANK YOU. PROTECTS THE PAINT. ANY OTHER. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT THE WORK SESSION IS 
          [ Council to Conduct a Public Hearing to receive comments regarding the Zip Advertisement Policy and Program]
CLOSED. AND CAN. MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU TAKE US INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING? COUNCIL TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING THE ZIP ADVERTISEMENT POLICY AND PROGRAM? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, 
          [4. Council consider a Resolution authorizing the implementation of the Zip Advertisement Policy and Program.]
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR? COUNCIL, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SIP ADVERTISEMENT POLICY AND PROGRAM. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. SO MOVED TO APPROVE. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO DO COUNCIL 
          [COUNCIL COMMENTS]
MEMBER COMMENTS. AND COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD. I'D LIKE TO THANK JOY CRENSHAW FOR OUR PRAYER BOOKS. 
          AND I AM SUPER EXCITED THAT SEVERAL OF MY CONSTITUENTS GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR SAID TO ME, LADONNA, IT'S GETTING BIGGER THAN US. LIKE, IT'S BIGGER THAN YOU. IT'S BIGGER THAN ME. AND OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS GOD. AND SO WHILE I BELIEVE IN GOD, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COUNCIL CONSIDER CREATING LIKE A PRAYER COMMITTEE, SOME FORM OF A GROUP THAT WOULD PRAY AND BASICALLY SPEAK HOPE AND LIFE TO OUR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IN OUR TIMES OF TROUBLE, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND IT GETS BIGGER THAN US, THAT WE SHOULD CALL ON GOD BECAUSE HE IS OUR STRONG DELIVERER OR MY STRONG DELIVERER. LET ME SAY, MY BIBLE TELLS ME THAT WE CAN GLORY IN 
          [01:15:08]
TRIBULATIONS, KNOWING THAT EVERY TRIAL PRODUCES SOMETHING. PATIENCE, CHARACTER, AND HOPE AND HOPE WILL NEVER DISAPPOINT YOU BECAUSE GOD IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE. SO FOR ME, I CONSIDER MYSELF A NEIGHBORHOOD HOPE DEALER, AND I'D LIKE TO CREATE THIS COMMITTEE TO CREATE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BASICALLY SPEAK, HOPE AND SPEAK LIFE TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU SAY, AND WE CANNOT LOSE HOPE IN OUR FUTURE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND TO THOSE OF US THAT EXPERIENCE SOME LOSS, WE MADE IT. THANK GOD. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. YEAH, HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE. AND MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR EFFORT ON THIS COALITION TO COMBAT THE YOUTH VIOLENCE AND AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE SEEN. IT'S SURELY BEEN A BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON. WE'VE SEEN IT ALL IN THE NEWS. AND FOR ME, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WE FIND OUT ABOUT IN THE NEWS AND, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW YOU DON'T GET SOMETHING UNLESS YOU REQUEST IT. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CHIEF OR SOMEONE KIND OF COME IN, WHETHER IT'S A WORKSHOP AND LET US KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT ARE WE SEEING? WHAT WHAT LEVEL OF OF VIOLENT CRIME, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO COMBAT IT? WHAT ARE WE? I JUST THINK THE THE COALITION CAN CAN BE GOOD. BUT I WANT TO KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S THE GOAL OF IT. WHAT WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? I MEAN, I KNOW CRIME, WE SAY CRIME, CRIME, CRIME. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND AND I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT IN THAT COALITION PROCESS TO INCLUDE THE FOLKS THAT KIND OF SEE THIS STUFF EVERY DAY, WHETHER IT'S THE THE COPS, YOU KNOW, BPD, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR JUDGES, PROBATION OFFICERS, THINGS OF OF THAT NATURE. BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND WE'LL SUPPORT YOU IN IT. SECONDLY, ON A LIGHTER NOTE. THIS WEEKEND IS SPECIAL WEEKEND TO ME, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT BEAUMONT IS HOME TO THE SECOND LARGEST WHISKEY EVENT IN THE COUNTRY OUTSIDE OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S PUT ON BY BY ME AND MY FAMILY WHENEVER FOUR YEARS AGO, MY SON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. AND SO IT'S A CHARITY EVENT THAT RAISES MONEY FOR RESEARCH FOR NEUROLOGICAL MUSCLE DISORDERS AND FUNDING RESEARCH AND CLINICAL WORK. AND IT'S REALLY A A GOOD EVENT ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF LEARNED ON THE FLY AND AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING. BUT IT'S A GOOD THING FOR BEAUMONT. THERE WILL BE A THOUSAND PLUS PEOPLE SHOW UP TO THE CIVIC CENTER. THERE WILL BE 300 PLUS OUT OF TOWN VENDORS THAT COME IN TO BEAUMONT AND AND SPEND MONEY AND STAY HERE AND EAT HERE. AND SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING. 
          AND IF YOU'RE FREE SATURDAY, I INVITE YOU TO COME COME CHECK IT OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN TURNER, WHAT'S YOUR TIME THIS SATURDAY, MIKE? OKAY, FIVE NOW I AIN'T COMING. DRINK THE WHISKEY. NOW. I'M JUST PLAYING. YEAH, I DEFINITELY WOULD COME BY AND GET SOME OF THAT. BUT ON A LIGHTER NOTE, MISS JOY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS. SO SWEET EVERY TIME I SEE YOU. AND IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO WHO YOU ARE. SO I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. ADVERTISEMENT. ON THE BUS, YOU KNOW, SHOUT OUT TO OUR STAFF FOR LOOKING AT MORE WAYS TO BRING REVENUE TO THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. I THINK THAT'S HUGE. 
          I THINK IT'S ALWAYS WAYS WE CAN BRING IN MORE REVENUE. IF WE CAN. WE SHOULD ALWAYS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, GOOD JOB ON THE R&B AIRBNBS. I'M MORE INTERESTED AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT WOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE SEEING, AND MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT THE ZONING TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THAT PARTICULAR ZONING, WHAT PEOPLE AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, THEY'RE NOT DOING, AND MAYBE WE CAN INVESTIGATE AND LOOK INTO THAT. SO I KIND OF SEE SOME LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL WITH THAT, WITH THE COALITION MAYOR, MUCH RESPECT. ONE THING THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN SEE FROM IT IS LIKE LIKE SIMILAR WITH MIKE WILLIAMS SAID, THE METRICS, THE DATA AND MAYBE 
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A GOAL, MAYBE OUR CHAIR COMING TO US AND MAYBE GIVING US A QUARTERLY REPORT ON KIND OF WHAT'S OUR HIGH, HIGH CRIME AREAS BECAUSE I KNOW IT VARIES. IT CAN BE THEFT. IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, CATASTROPHES. BUT MY WHOLE THING IS JUST KIND OF GETTING SOME METRICS TO KIND OF KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND MAYBE THEM GIVING US A REPORT OR SOME THINGS THAT THEY THINK WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO KIND OF CURB IT. I KNOW ONE THING THAT'S BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IS JUST GIVING PEOPLE ANOTHER OPTION, SOMETHING ELSE TO DO. AND ANOTHER BIG THING IS JUST EMPLOYMENT. I KNOW A LOT OF THESE JOBS, SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THESE INDUSTRIAL JOBS. OUR PEOPLE JUST NEED THE TRAINING TO GET THEM. SO MAYBE WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF TRAINING WE CAN DO TO ACTUALLY GET THEM THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT. BECAUSE ONE THING, POVERTY DOES BRING A LOT OF CRIME IN OUR, YOU KNOW, MEDIAN INCOME ISN'T AS WELL AS I WISH IT WOULD BE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND LASTLY, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. LET'S JUST HAVE A GREAT YEAR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. 
          WELL HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND I WANT TO ECHO I LIKE THE COALITION. I THINK THAT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA. 
          I LOVE THE FACT OF PRAYING. PRAYING WORKS. AND IF YOU READ THE BIBLE, YOU KNOW, PRAYERS HAS MADE MORE THINGS COME TRUE THAN HAVEN'T. SO I COMMEND YOU ON THAT. COUNCILMAN SHERWOOD AND THE TRAINS, THE QUIET ZONES. ARE WE STILL ON TRACK FOR FEBRUARY? YES, SIR. WE'RE STILL ON TRACK FOR THE CLOSE OF FEBRUARY. THE SHOULD START SEEING A GREAT DEAL OF MOBILIZATION NEXT WEEK, SO, WEATHER PERMITTING, MOTHER NATURE COOPERATES WITH THIS. 
          AND THE TRAINS AND THEIR SCHEDULING COOPERATES WITH US. THEN WE WILL MAKE SOME PROGRESS. 
          AWESOME. THAT'S GREAT. THANKS AGAIN FOR FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE DOING THAT. SO THANK YOU. 
          IT'S A BIG DEAL TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. YES, SIR. SO AND YOU KNOW I, I'VE SAID THAT I'LL ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN TURNER SAID IS THAT, YOU KNOW, PURPOSE GIVING OUR KIDS PURPOSE, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM JOBS, HELPING THEM CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SOCIETY. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT I SPOKE TO THE THE SABINE AREA LABOR, AND RIGHT NOW, THEY COULD HIRE 2500 ELECTRICIANS IF WE HAD THEM. AND SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE WE ARE AN INDUSTRY BASED CITY. WHY NOT? WHY ARE WE NOT FEEDING OUR INDUSTRY? I MEAN, IT'S THEY'RE GOOD JOBS. PEOPLE HAVE MADE GREAT LIVINGS, GREAT RETIREMENT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE THE COMMISSION FOCUS OR LOOK TOWARD THAT DIRECTION TO LIT AND, YOU KNOW, USE THE RESOURCES THAT OUR INCREDIBLE TOWN HAS. SO MY HAT'S OFF TO, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH WITH IDEAS, BOTH OF YOU FOR FOR THAT. AND COUNCILMAN TURNER, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO I THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK. I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO GOOD THINGS. 
          AND I'M REALLY EXCITED AND ENJOY, AS ALWAYS, I WHEN I ECHO THIS IS I GOT ONE I GOT ONE YESTERDAY. AND SO I HAVE ONE NOW. MY WIFE HAS ONE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG WHEN YOU HAVE A LITTLE JESUS IN YOUR POCKET. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY, TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY THAT I LOST MY FATHER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW HE'S HERE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO LET MY MOM KNOW THAT HE'S NOT FORGOTTEN. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN. DARIA. THANK YOU. MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TRACY. MISS KINNICK, COULD YOU SEND MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN HILLIARD THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE V.A. GRANT FUNDING SO WE COULD PASS IT OUT AT OUR VETERANS COALITION MEETING? I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD. ALSO THIS MORNING, WE HAD, LIKE, FIVE GROUPS COME UP AND AND GIVE PROCLAMATIONS, AND IT WAS PRETTY NICE. IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY NICE. IT WAS A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WAS HERE. BUT WE GOT IT DONE IN LIKE 30 MINUTES. BUT IT WENT REAL WELL. ALSO, AS FAR AS WHAT COUNCILMAN TURNER SAID, IF WE COULD GET SOME UPDATED CRIME CRIME STATS TO SEE WHICH WAY WE ARE ACTUALLY HEADING, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT ON ON THE MEDIA, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE, THE REALLY VIOLENT CRIMES. BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GETTING WORSE OR IF WE'RE GETTING BETTER, IF THE, IF PD COULD GET US THOSE NUMBERS OR GIVE US SOME UPDATED NUMBERS, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY GOOD. LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE IS THAT? OH, AND IS ANYBODY CHECKING WITH MR. CALLOUS AS FAR AS HIS PROPERTY ON MAGNOLIA GOES. OR COULD Y'ALL FOLLOW UP OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. AND WHOEVER'S CUTTING THE GRASS AT 4530 GOLIAD, I SURELY APPRECIATE IT. 
          YOU MUST BE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB. FOLKS. DON'T COME UP HERE A LOT TO GIVE US. SAY SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT US, YOU KNOW? SO Y'ALL KEEP IT UP. HE MIGHT. HE MIGHT WANT TO GET ONE OF THOSE AWARDS. FIND OUT WHO THAT IS, MR. MANAGER. OKAY. LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. I KNOW 
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MISS TAFFY DID SAY SOMETHING ABOUT SHE HAD A CRISIS TEAM READY TO WORK WITH US SO SOMEBODY COULD GET WITH HER AND TALK TO HER ABOUT THAT, AND MAYBE FIND OUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP THE CITY. BUT I THINK, OH, AND MELODY MAIDS MOVIE COMING OUT, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY STARTED IN BEAUMONT AND SUNG ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT THEY THEY GOT A PROCLAMATION TODAY AS WELL, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING I MIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT STARTED FROM BEAUMONT. THEY ACTUALLY HAD SOME FOLKS HERE THAT WERE IN IT. YOU KNOW, THE LADY SAID SHE STARTED, SHE NEVER RECEIVED. 
          SHE WOULD GET A PROCLAMATION IN 2026 FOR SOMETHING THAT SHE DID IN 1970. AND SHE'S STILL HERE. 
          YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. MADAM. CITY ATTORNEY. YES, SIR. BEFORE I START MY REMARKS, I DO WANT TO, LIKE, HAVE, LIKE, SOME HOUSEKEEPING. SO FOR THE COALITION FOR PRAYER, THERE IS A SOME CONFLICTS WITH THAT. AND I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU OFFLINE AND THE WAY WE CAN DO THAT SO THAT IT IT MIRRORS WHAT YOU'D LIKE, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY. AND THEN COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW ASKED ABOUT A DRAFT THAT I HAD FOR THE BOND FACILITATION COMMITTEE. THE ITEM THAT WAS POSTED IN YOUR PACKET HAD AN ERROR, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW IN MIND. THE WHENEVER YOU SEE A REVISED COPY, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE. AND SO COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE CHANGES. BUT ALSO IF THERE'S IF THEY'RE WRONG ITEM IS POSTED, IT HAS TO BE GIVEN TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO IT'S VOTED ON. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW TODAY. TODAY. THANK YOU MISS CRENSHAW, FOR THE PRAYER BOOK. 
          I HAVE ONE FOR THE YEAR, BUT I'M GOING TO INCORPORATE THIS ONE AS WELL INTO MY INTO MY DAILY PRACTICE. I APPRECIATE THAT. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE LADIES AND THE ORGANIZATION FOR UNITED WAY, FOR ALLOWING ME TO REPRESENT THEM THIS YEAR AS ONE OF THEIR LADIES IN RED. HAPPY TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF COUNCILMEMBER SHERWOOD, WHO THEY SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF THIS MORNING. SO I'M I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO BE AS GREAT AS YOU ARE, BUT I'M I'VE HEARD THAT I HAVE SOME BIG SHOES TO FOLLOW, AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL. TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY FOR ME AS WELL AS MY GRANDMOTHER'S BIRTHDAY, AND ALTHOUGH SHE'S NOT HERE WITH US PHYSICALLY, I'M ALSO REMINDED IN HER SPIRIT AND PEOPLE LIKE MISS CRENSHAW WHO BRING PRAYER BOOKS AND AND WOMEN LIKE COUNCILMAN SHERWOOD WHO ENCOURAGE US TO PRAY AND BE FAITHFUL. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WOMEN WHO ARE CONSTANTLY IN MY LIFE REMINDING ME OF HER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. I WANT TO START WITH HAPPY NEW YEAR AND TODAY IS THE 12TH NIGHT OR THE 12TH DAY. SO THE MARDI GRAS SEASON IS OFFICIALLY KICKING OFF. SO THEY WANTED TO UPDATE. MISS ALLEN MENTIONED ABOUT THE HELICOPTERS. AND THIS IS A NORMAL OPERATION FROM THE MILITARY. WE ARE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THEM. THEY ARE HEADED TO THE PORT OF BEAUMONT TO GO TO THEIR OVERSEAS BASE. SO WE ARE FORTUNATE IN THAT THEY COME AND THEY STAGE AT OUR AIRPORT, REFUEL, AND WE'RE ABLE TO SELL THEM A LOT OF FUEL, AND THEN THEY WILL GO TO THE TO THE PORT AND DEPLOY FOR SIX MONTHS OVERSEAS. AND THEN IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS WE DO THE SAME OPERATION IN REVERSE. THE WILL COME OFF THE SHIPS STAGE AT OUR AIRPORT, REFUEL AND THEN FLY BACK TO THEIR HOME BASE. AND SO THIS IS A NORMAL OPERATION. IF THERE'S EVER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF CITIZENS WANT TO REACH OUT TO CHRIS MEAUX AT THE AIRPORT, IF THEY'VE GOT QUESTIONS OR THEY WANT TO COME TAKE A TOUR, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. SO THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD. MAKE A REMINDER THAT THE MLK DAY PARADE IS COMING UP. AND IF YOU PLAN TO PARTICIPATE, THAT'S GOING TO BE SATURDAY ON THE 17TH. AND THERE'S A WAY TO STAND UP. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. MR. BOONE. YES, SIR. MAYOR. EARLIER, WE HAD A CITIZEN SPEAK. MR. MARSHBURN. I THINK HE HANDED OUT SOME INFORMATION ON, I GUESS, HIS HIS SWOT ANALYSIS AT BEAUMONT. BUT I KIND OF MADE ME THINK WE DO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EFFORT GOING ON, LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND WHAT WE WANT THAT TO BECOME. AND I BELIEVE FEBRUARY 9TH THROUGH 13TH WILL HAVE SOME CHARETTES AND MEETINGS TO TAKE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. SO I WOULD JUST INVITE HIM TO ATTEND THAT. 
          IT'LL BE AT THE EVENT CENTER. WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT ONLINE PRETTY SOON. SO JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT AND WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU SIR. 
          NO COMMENT OTHER THAN HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK MRS. CRENSHAW FOR THE 
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PRAYER BOOK. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR YOUR WISHES FOR THE PRAYERS. YOU KNOW, PRAYERS. PRAYER CHANGES THINGS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. IT'S ABOUT BEING A DEACON IN TWO DIFFERENT MINISTRIES, IN TWO DIFFERENT CITIES. AND SO I KNOW HOW IT IMPACTS PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HOW THINGS CAN CHANGE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES WITH THAT PRAYER. SO LET'S PRAY WITHOUT CEASING AND SEE WHAT WHAT THINGS CHANGE WHEN WE DO THAT. COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. I THANK MISS JENNY SMITH, WHO COME IN AT OUR STAFF ON THE ON THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, THE EMPLOYEE THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT IS MISS LETICIA HOWARD. SHE'S OVER AT PARKS CREW AND HER CREW. SO THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT GREAT WORK AND WE COMMEND THEM FOR DOING THAT GREAT WORK FOR OUR FOR OUR FAIR CITY. WE THANK THEM FOR THAT. A FEW OTHER THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, OF COURSE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GUN VIOLENCE. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THERE. AND I HEARD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT INFORMATION AND THINGS. I RECOMMEND WE DO A BIT OF A WORKSHOP AND WE CAN BRING IN DIFFERENT PEOPLE, NOT POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT OTHER PEOPLE, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND HAVE A BIT OF A DISCUSSION AS COUNCIL WISHES AND, AND HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT THAT'S IMPACTED NOT JUST OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. I THINK IT'S IT'S A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR BEAUMONT, A VERY CRITICAL ISSUE FOR BEAUMONT. AND IT'S GREAT TO HEAR CITY COUNCIL ADDRESSING IT. AND IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL. IT'S REALLY AWESOME. ALSO, COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PARADE, BUT ALSO YESTERDAY IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE. JUDGE JONES MENTIONED A PARADE AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE AND DOING IT ON APRIL 4TH, WHICH IS SYMBOLIC OF MARTIN LUTHER KING THE DAY HE WAS ASSASSINATED, BUT ALSO AS A PART OF THAT, HE WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A GUN GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM WHERE WE COULD GET GUNS OFF THE STREETS AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS WERE THERE. THEY WERE VERY ENCOURAGED BY SUCH A PROGRAM, AND SO I TOLD THEM WE'D WORK WITH THEM. I WORK WITH COUNCIL AND HOW WE CAN DO THAT, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE IMPACTFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY. EVERY GUN WE GET OFF THE STREET IS IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, IT MAKES AN IMPACT TO TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM. THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME SOME SPONSORS TO HELP SPONSOR THE DOLLARS FOR THE GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ON APRIL 4TH AT 10 A.M. EVENT. THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE. THANK YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. YES. WELL, HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE. AND THE MAYOR'S COALITION AGAINST VIOLENCE IS RIGHT NOW FROM LOOKING AT SOME OTHER CITIES, HOW THEY DID IT IS IDENTIFYING CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALREADY HAVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE THAT ARE IMPACTING, PARTICULARLY YOUTH VIOLENCE. AND THE THREE THAT AT THIS POINT THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS I REVISION AND THEN BUSD THROUGH THEIR MENTORING PROGRAM AT SCHOOL, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SCHEDULING A MEETING IN FEBRUARY AND CERTAINLY HOPING FOR ALL OF COUNCIL'S PARTICIPATION, AS WELL AS POLICE AND MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE REACH OUT. THAT CAN BE A PART OF THIS. ONE THING THAT I'VE SEEN DONE THAT I THINK SPEAKS TO. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IS SOME DATA, SOME ANALYTICS. AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE THREE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS THEY CURRENTLY HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, TO GET REPORTS BACK ON A QUARTERLY BASIS ON WHETHER WE'RE HAVING AN IMPACT. 
          AND CERTAINLY WITHIN THE THE CHURCHES AND OTHER NOT FOR PROFITS THAT ARE LOOKING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, YOU KNOW, ASK THEM AND, AND IN A WAY TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE INSTEAD OF WILL YOU PARTICIPATE, IN WHAT MANNER WILL YOU PARTICIPATE? AND HOPEFULLY THROUGH IEA AND REVISION AS WELL AS BUSD, WE CAN GIVE PARAMETERS AT THE FIRST MEETING AND ALSO ON THE WEBSITE IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF COMMITMENT IT TAKES FOR VOLUNTEERS, SO THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING ABSTRACT, THAT IF SOMEBODY HAS ONE HOUR A MONTH OR ONE HOUR A WEEK OR TWO, THAT YOU KNOW, THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THEM. AND ALSO IN TERMS OF THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM, I THINK WILL ALSO BE IMPORTANT. AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS AND IN OTHER CITIES AND BUT CLEARLY THE THE REAL WORK IS GOING TO BE IS IS ENERGIZING THE COMMUNITY, GETTING THE 
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COMMUNITY AND I BELIEVE THROUGH THE CHURCHES AND NOT FOR PROFITS ARE GOING TO BE A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT THROUGH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT EXIST AND AND SUPPORTING THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY DOING A GOOD JOB. AND AS WE FIND OTHERS THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED ADDITIONAL PLACES FOR VOLUNTEERS, I'M SURE WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THOSE AND AND USE THOSE. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE ALL THAT'S BEEN ALREADY COMMUNICATED IN THIS AND FROM HEARING ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. 
          CERTAINLY. THANK MRS. JOY CRENSHAW FOR THE PRAYER BOOKS AND AND APPLAUD COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD. AND AND CERTAINLY I KNOW THAT AS AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL, WE ARE ALSO INDIVIDUALS. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, HOST THIS AND PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO HAVE PRAYER EVENTS THAT I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          AND AND I THINK IT DOES DRAWS TOGETHER AND IT REMINDS US THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY AND THAT AND WHO IT IS WE SERVE. SO AND THE PARADE IS COMING UP, MARTIN LUTHER KING PARADE, AS WELL AS THE MELODY MAIDS, WHICH IS BOTH HAPPENING ON THE SAME DAY, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO BOTH. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PARADE, I WILL TELL YOU IT IS THE BIGGEST PARADE IN BEAUMONT AND BY A LARGE NUMBER. AND IT'S VERY WELL ATTENDED. SO CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AND DO THAT. AND THEN THE MELODY MAIDS IS GOING TO BE SHOWN AT JEFFERSON THEATER AT 2 P.M. AND 7 P.M. I BELIEVE SO. AND MISS ELOISE, ELOISE MILAM, WHO FIRST METHODIST WAS WHERE I MET HER, STARTED THAT IN 1942. IT'S AN AMAZING STORY THAT HAD A HUGE IMPACT ACROSS THE WORLD, AND IT'S A STORY THAT WE NEED TO KNOW AND CERTAINLY THANK 
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EVERYBODY FOR COMING AND MARK, THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT AT 308 TO ADJOURN TO A EXECUTIVE
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