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          CITY COUNCIL. TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026. TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR JAMES BARKER, JUNIOR, GREATER ZION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. GOD OUR FATHER, HOW WE THANK YOU FOR THIS AFTERNOON. 
          WE SUBMIT OUR WILL AND OUR WAY AS WE CONDUCT LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT BUSINESS. WE PRAY THAT YOU ARE EXALTED, THAT YOU LEAD US IN OUR DECISIONS AND THAT YOU KEEP US AS YOU PROMISED. SO, GOD, WE LIFT BEFORE YOU ALL OF THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WE'RE TRUSTING THAT YOU'VE NEVER FAILED. WE ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF HIM WHO DIED ONE TIME. JESUS THE CHRIST. 
          AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MAY HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR. PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM TURNER. ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. DORIA. COUNCIL MEMBER. HILLIARD. COUNCILMEMBER. WILLIAMS. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHERWOOD. ABSENT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER. CRENSHAW. HERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE CITY OF 
          [ Communication Update]
BEAUMONT COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, AND THE TEXDOT PRESENTATION WILL BE MOVED TO MARCH 3RD. JUST FOR THOSE THAT SAW IT IN THE AGENDA. GOOD AFTERNOON. IN THIS WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THE CITY'S COMMUNITY CHARRETTE, WITH MANY OF YOU HELPING TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. THE BEAUMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A LONG RANGE ROADMAP THAT WILL HELP GUIDE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT ACROSS THE CITY OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. RESIDENTS, PARTNERS AND STUDENTS EXPLORED HOW TO PROTECT AND RESTORE DOWNTOWN, CREATE SAFE MOBILITY OPTIONS, EXPAND ACCESS TO OUR CITY PARKS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW TO BUILD A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE. IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, YOU CAN VIEW MATERIALS AND UPDATES AT BEAUMONT COMM AND TAKE THE COMMUNITY SURVEY TO SHARE YOUR INPUT. THE CITY OF BEAUMONT INVITES YOU TO JOIN US AS WE WELCOME IN THE LUNAR NEW YEAR THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH AT 5 P.M. AT RIVERFRONT PARK IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE HORSE WITH AN ENERGETIC LION DANCE. THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND JOIN US FOR AN AFTERNOON OF CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATION. KEEPING BEAUMONT CLEAN IS SOMETHING WE CAN ALL TAKE PRIDE IN, AND IT STARTS WITH EACH OF US DOING OUR PART. EVERY YEAR, THE CITY SPENDS MORE THAN $2 MILLION ON EMPLOYEE SALARIES, CONTRACTORS, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ABATEMENT TO PICK UP TRASH AND LITTER AROUND THE CITY. SO WE'RE LAUNCHING A NEW LITTER PREVENTION CAMPAIGN. YOU WILL START TO SEE SIGNS LIKE THIS ONE GOING UP AROUND TOWN REMINDING EVERYONE TO KEEP BEAUMONT BEAUTIFUL. RESIDENTS CAN GET INVOLVED THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE ADOPT A STREET, AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, OR SIMPLY BY PUTTING TRASH WHERE IT BELONGS. IT'S ABOUT PRIDE IN OUR CITY, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND REMEMBERING. 
          DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS. AND SPEAKING OF THE LONE STAR STATE, TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY IS COMING UP MARCH 2ND, COMMEMORATING THE DAY BACK IN 1836 WHEN TEXAS FORMALLY DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO TO RECOGNIZE THE DAY THE CITY IS HOSTING A TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION, AND EVERYONE IS INVITED TO SHOW OFF THEIR TEXAS PRIDE. JOIN US MARCH 2ND AT 10:30 A.M. IN THE FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM HERE AT BEAUMONT CITY HALL. 
          THERE WILL BE A FORMAL PROCLAMATION READ ALONG WITH SOME AWESOME TEXAS HISTORY HONORING THE SPIRIT, GRIT, AND PRIDE OF THE LONE STAR STATE. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. TO CELEBRATE 190 YEARS OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE. ALSO, BE SURE TO SAVE THE DATE FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY. THE BEAUMONT AWARDS. TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH AT 11 A.M. WE TAKE TO THE STAGE AT THE HISTORIC JEFFERSON THEATER FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD STYLE PROGRAM HONORING THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT KEEP BEAUMONT RUNNING. EXPERIENCED THE REAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE PAST YEAR, SHARE SOME LAUGHS, AND TAKE PART IN A LIVE QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION WITH OUR CITY LEADERS. IT'S A PROGRAM YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS. THERE WILL ALSO BE FREE CONCESSIONS AND FOOD BITES WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT, SO SAVE THE DATE AND WE'LL SEE YOU. TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH AT 11 A.M. AT THE JEFFERSON THEATER. AND FINALLY, WE'RE EXCITED. NO, WE DID LAST TIME. WE'LL DO IT NEXT TIME. AND FINALLY, WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME BON VIVANT WINE SHOP AND GOURMET MARKET TO 
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BEAUMONT, THIS EUROPEAN STYLE TASTING ROOM AND WINE SHOP AT 2195 CALDER BRINGS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE SHOP IS LED BY SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA'S ONLY CERTIFIED SOMMELIER, ADDING AN EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF EXPERTISE TO BEAUMONT'S GROWING FOOD AND BEVERAGE SCENE. HI, MY NAME IS ARIANNA KUCHARSKI. I'M A CERTIFIED SOMMELIER WITH THE COURT OF MASTER SOMMELIERS, AND I'M THE PROPRIETOR OF BON VIVANT, A NEW WINE EXPERIENCE HERE IN BEAUMONT. WE'RE A TASTING ROOM, WINE SHOP, AND GOURMET MARKET, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO OPEN MY BUSINESS HERE IN BEAUMONT AND BRING INTERNATIONAL FIRST CLASS WINE EXPERIENCE TO ALL OF MY COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORS HERE. AND ARIANNA IS HERE WITH US TODAY. IF YOU WANT TO STAND UP, SAY HI. WE'RE SO GLAD FOR THESE NEW BUSINESSES OPENING, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SPOTLIGHT NEW BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT BEAUMONT IS GROWING AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AND THAT'S ALL FOR THIS WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND ANYBODY THAT CAME JUST FOR THE PRESENTATION AND YOU'D LIKE TO LEAVE. NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND NOW IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]
COMMENTS. AND YOU MAY MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CONSENT AGENDA AND REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT. OTHER TALK TOPIC ITEMS NINE THROUGH 12 HAVE ALREADY BEEN HEARD IN PUBLIC HERE IN A PUBLIC HEARING. THEREFORE, YOU CANNOT SPEAK ON THOSE. THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN YOU. IT'S YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE SAY YOUR ADDRESS, CITY AND STATE. IF IT HASN'T BEEN SAID ALREADY, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, AND THE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT WE CAN'T RESPOND TO YOU AS YOU SPEAKING AT THE PODIUM, BUT WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTERWARDS. OR HAVE SOMEONE FROM CITY STAFF TALK TO YOU BEFORE YOU LEAVE. OMAR 500 I THINK THAT'S SOUTH FOURTH STREET, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HI, MY NAME IS OMAR SARIG. ADDRESSES 500 SOUTH FRONT STREET, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43. I'M SORRY. NO WORRIES. 43215 I'M SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. I AM WITH THE APPLICANT WODA-COOPER DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE REQUESTING A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AND CITY CONTRIBUTION OF $500 IN THE FORM OF A DEVELOPMENT WAIVER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR FLATS. I PROPOSE A MIXED INCOME COMMUNITY ON THE CORNER OF CALDER AVENUE AND PINCHBACK AVENUE IN PINCHBACK. TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WODA-COOPER, WE ARE A VERTICALLY INTEGRATED DEVELOPER, GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND PROPERTY MANAGER. WE ARE COMMITTED TO LONG TERM OWNERSHIP AND LONG TERM MANAGEMENT AS WELL. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY WITH CITY STAFF IN DESIGNING OUR SITE AND INCORPORATING THEIR FEEDBACK TO ENSURE RESIDENT SAFETY, ESPECIALLY IN CONSIDERATIONS OF TRAFFIC ALONG CALDER AVENUE AND PINCHBACK. IN ADDITION, LAST MONTH IN JANUARY, WE GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE AMELIA COALITION OF RESPONSIBLE NEIGHBORS, OR ACORN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, GAINED A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT FROM RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, AND THEY WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO PROVIDE US WITH A LETTER OF SUPPORT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. MIGHT GET 7950 FELON ITEMS ONE AND TWO ON THE AGENDA. MIGHT GET 7950 FELON. I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE CORNER OF MAJOR AND PHELAN AND THE CORNER OF PINCHBACK AND CALDER. ALL OF YOU PROBABLY RECEIVED LETTERS EARLIER THIS YEAR SAYING THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE THIS COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY, AND GIVING YOU ADVANCE NOTICE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE ON AN AGENDA LIKE IT IS TODAY. IT GAVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME RESEARCH ABOUT THESE COMPANIES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY. I DID WALTER COOPER COMPANIES. YOU JUST HEARD FROM ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH WILL SAY THAT THEY ARE A DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THEY HAVE FACED LAWSUITS AND COMPLAINTS ALLEGING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND POOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. VARIOUS TENANT COMPLAINTS HIGHLIGHT ISSUES WITH BEDBUGS AND ROACHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT LET'S 
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JUST ASSUME THAT THEY HAVE A PERFECT RECORD, OKAY? THE PLACES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO PUT THESE APARTMENT COMPLEX ARE ALREADY VERY, VERY CROWDED WITH TRAFFIC AND WITH WITH KIDS WALKING BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL. AND MOREOVER, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE SEEKING TAX CREDITS. WE KNOW THAT BEAUMONT IS ALREADY AT LEAST TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT OF DENSITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY TAX CREDITS, AS COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE KNOW THAT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE IS IT? THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES, FIVE TIMES THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL THAT I SERVED ON SAID ENOUGH WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES BEING BUILT ALONG MAJOR DRIVE AND IN THE WEST END AND IN WARD TWO. 
          ENOUGH OF THAT. WE WANTED MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING OR DUPLEXES, NOT APARTMENTS. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE COMING TO YOU TODAY. THERE IS A REASON ALL THESE DEVELOPERS ARE COMING TO YOU TODAY TO HAVE THEIR TAX CREDITS. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY GIVING TAX CREDITS. WE INDISCRIMINATELY GIVE THESE TAX CREDITS TO THESE DEVELOPERS WITHOUT THINKING OF WHAT IT'S REALLY COSTING THE CITY. IN THE LONG RUN. WE NEED TO DO BETTER. THE APARTMENT COMPLEX BEING PROPOSED AT MAJOR AND PHELAN, ONE OF THE MOST BUSY INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY. 
          AND WHEN YOU PUT IN ALL THE WESTBROOK TRAFFIC IN THAT, IS THAT REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AT THAT LOCATION? I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS. I CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS, BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE BETTER THINGS TO DEVELOP BESIDES MORE APARTMENTS AT THESE LOCATIONS. THANK YOU. RODNEY 4105 CHASE ON BEAUMONT, TEXAS. 
          HELLO COUNCIL. THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING ME OUT. THE REASON I'M COMING TO Y'ALL'S FOR TWO THINGS. I, ME AND MY WIFE RIDE THE BUS, THE SPECIAL TRANSIT, AND WE TRY TO GET INTO GRADUATION TO SEE MY NEPHEW GRADUATE. LAST YEAR, THEY WOULD NOT TAKE US TO THE GRADUATION. 
          THEY SAID TRAFFIC IS TOO BAD OVER THERE THAT THEY CANNOT TAKE US. I ASKED THEM TO DROP US OFF SOMEWHERE CLOSE. THEY SAID THEY CANNOT DO THAT. MY DAUGHTER GRADUATES THIS YEAR. 
          ME AND MY WIFE HAVE TO GET THERE TO SEE MY DAUGHTER GRADUATE. WE HAVE NO WAY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. ON TOP OF THAT, I HAVE TRIED, I DID PROTOCOL, I TRIED CALLING MISS CLAUDIA. SHE HAS NOT RETURNED NONE OF MY CALLS. I HAVE LEFT VOICE MESSAGES. SHE WILL NOT CALL ME BACK. I RECORDED ONE CALL TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF HER AND I HAVE NOT. THAT WAS THE LAST THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. SHE HAS NOT CALLED ME BACK. THE SECOND THING I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS THE WILL CALL PROBLEM. THEY WILL ONLY LET US DO A WILL CALL IF WE GO TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. NOW LET ME REFRESH YOUR MEMORY. THIS IS NOT MEDICAL TRANSIT. THIS IS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. IF WE GO TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE, THE FOOD STAMP OFFICE, EVEN COMING UP HERE, THEY WILL NOT LET US DO A WILL CALL. AND Y'ALL KNOW THAT THESE MEETINGS TAKE FOR A LONG TIME SOMETIMES, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S OVER. WE CAN'T DO A WILL CALL. 
          WE CAN'T CALL A CALL UP HERE, UP THERE TO LET THEM KNOW WE'RE READY. I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. WE PAY $80 FOR A BUS PASS A MONTH, $25 FOR TEN TICKETS, AND THEY WILL NOT LET US DO WILL CALL. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. THE MANAGER WON'T CALL. NO ONE BACK. WHAT ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? LIKE I SAID, I HAVE TRIED DOING PROTOCOL. I CAN'T DO PROTOCOL BECAUSE I AIN'T GETTING NO ANSWERS. SO I ASKED COUNCIL TO CONSIDER CALLING THEM DOING WHATEVER Y'ALL HAVE TO DO. BUT I NEED TO GET WE NEED TO GET TO GRADUATION. WHAT IF IT'S 
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RAINING? ME AND MY WIFE CAN'T STROLL DOWN THERE TO GET DOWN THERE. SO HOW WE SUPPOSED TO GET THERE? THE MEDICAL AND THE. THE BUS IS ALL A LOT OF US HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS TO COME LOAD UP OUR WHEELCHAIR. YOU KNOW, THEY THINK THAT'S A BURDEN. I THANK Y'ALL, THANK YOU, SIR, FOR LISTENING. JASON LANE 788 WINDSONG LANE, HEATH, TEXAS. HELLO, MY NAME IS JASON LANE, AND I'M THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR COOPER COMPANIES. AND I'M HERE TO ESSENTIALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, WE DID HOST A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY OF WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING THESE MULTIFAMILY, THIS MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, AND WE GOT OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. THEY WANT TO SEE IT. THEY'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN WITH THAT VACANT LOT. 
          AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AS FAR AS ADDRESSING. IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT THAT THERE WERE COMPLAINTS IN THE PAST OF PEST CONTROL ISSUES AND, AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS. WE DO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE CONSISTENTLY IN THE TOP THREE LARGEST MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY, IN THE TECH WORLD. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROPORTION OF WE'RE MANAGING OVER 400 PROPERTIES, THEN YES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FEW COMPLAINTS OUT THERE THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN. WE ALWAYS ADDRESS THOSE DIRECTLY AND IMMEDIATELY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS AND I SUPPORT OBVIOUSLY THE PROJECT, BUT I'M HERE FOR TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE. THANK YOU SIR. AND DARREN SMITH 8506 CAREY LANE, ROWLETT, TEXAS. THANK YOU COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, DARREN SMITH WITH PIVOTAL HOUSING PARTNERS. WE'RE HERE SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT AND A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR A SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OFF OF MAJOR IN PHELAN. THIS IS AGE RESTRICTED TO 55 AND OLDER. IT IS BUILT AND DESIGNED FOR SENIORS WITH 51 BEDROOMS AND 16 TWO BEDROOMS. SO WE'RE DEDICATING TO SENIORS AS WE KNOW THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A HOUSING PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES AND COSTS ARE UP. AND SO WE HOPE THAT WE PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO AN AGING POPULATION THAT SEEMS TO BE SQUEEZED OUT OF THE MARKET. SO I'M HERE SEEKING A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AND A $500 CONTRIBUTION, WHETHER IT BE A WAIVER OR WHATNOT, TO HELP DEVELOP THE 66 UNIT DEVELOPMENT OFF A MAJOR IN PHELAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHARLIE CRABBE, 928 EAST DRIVE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. IT'S A NICE DAY IN BEAUMONT AGAIN. OUR TOWN. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND MR. WILLIAMS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND AND AND YOU'VE HAD SOME GOOD YEARS IN BEAUMONT. AND I REMEMBER IT WAS KIND OF A, A ROUGH START WITH 
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THE, THE SALARY. DISCUSSION AND EVERYTHING LINED OUT. AND, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY RETIREMENT. I AM. WHO. I'M HAPPY WE DIDN'T. MR. WILLIAMS, I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T BUILD A HOTEL DOWNTOWN. AS AS WE STILL NEED SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR PARK FACILITIES AND ACTIVITY CENTERS AT PARK. EXCUSE ME. MY. EYESIGHT DIDN'T. CAN'T SEE MY WRITING. CHECK YOU BEFORE. GOOD LUCK. OH, YEAH. GOOD LUCK TO THE COUNCILMAN. I DIDN'T SEE HIS NAME ON MY BALLOT, SO I WAS. I WAS DISTURBED ABOUT THAT AND. ANYWAY, I'M. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION. NOT HAPPY BEING BEING HAPPY, LIVING IN THEIR NICE BEDROOM FACILITIES. THERE ARE A FEW THAT MAYBE. MAYBE NEED UPGRADING. OKAY, I HAVE A LITTLE TIME AND I'LL GET. OH, YOU ARE OKAY. YEAH. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT. OUR FUNDING TO TO KEEP IT UP TO DATE. AND THOSE STREETS WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO HAVE A BOND ISSUE. TO RECAP ALL OUR RECAP, ALL OF OUR STREETS AND THAT A LOT OF BUMPY STREETS OUT THERE THAT HAVEN'T HAD ANY ATTENTION IN YEARS AND YEARS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. RAYMOND. AND I THINK IT'S BERNARD. I'M NOT SURE. 221 RIDGELAND, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. SIR. RAYMOND BEGNAUD, SORRY FOR MY HANDWRITING. OKAY. SORRY. 221 RIDGELAND, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. I'M HERE SUPPORTING. LOOKING FOR HELPING TO SUPPORT. ITEM NUMBER ONE. ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION THAT DARREN DIDN'T MENTION IS WE DO HAVE AN ACORN SUPPORT LETTER ALSO. AND THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED GC, MD. SO IF THIS DOESN'T PASS WE GET THIS GOOD SENIOR LIVING IN HERE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S OPEN TO ANY KIND OF APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WOULD COME IN. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A SENIOR LIVING AND SOME NICE RETAIL ALSO MIXED IN, BUT OTHERWISE IT COULD END UP BEING ANY KIND OF GC. MD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. CRAIG KOCH, 7090 GLENWILLOW DRIVE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. DID CRAIG LEAVE? OKAY? I'M SORRY CRAIG LEFT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. IS ANYBODY ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? I WILL 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
MOVE INTO APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HERE, MAYOR? YES, COUNCILMAN TURNER. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR. FIRST AND FOREMOST, MR. MANAGER, STAFF, CAN SOMEONE KIND OF EXPLAIN THE ITEM? B I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME IN SUPPORT OF THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH BAPTIST HOSPITAL AND WORKING ON IT, BUT CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN HOW IT CAME TO FRUITION AND WHAT ACTUALLY WILL TAKE PLACE? SO WE WERE APPROACHED BY BAPTIST 
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HOSPITAL IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR EXPANSION PROJECT. IF YOU KNOW THAT AREA, THEY'VE EXPANDED, THEY'VE ADDED THEIR CANCER CENTER AS WELL AS I BELIEVE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IS GOING TO BE IN THAT AREA AS WELL. IT ABUTS ONE OF THEIR PROPERTIES AS A BUTTON NEXT TO CENTRAL PARK, WHICH ALSO HOSTS. SORRY FOR THE AMENITIES, BUT I KNOW IT HAS A COMMUNITY CENTER. IT HAS A BASKETBALL COURT. I'M LOOKING FOR OUR PARKS DIRECTOR TO SEE WHAT OTHER AMENITIES, BUT I'M NOT SURE. BUT THERE'S QUITE A BIT. THERE'S WE JUST UPGRADED THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THERE, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL AMENITIES THERE. SO WE HAD A UNIQUE PROBLEM THAT BAPTIST REACHED OUT TO HELP SOLVE. ESSENTIALLY, THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL PARKING. 
          WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THAT AREA, AND THEY ASKED TO ESSENTIALLY LEASE THE LAND FROM THE CITY WITH THE GUISE OF ALLOWING EXTENDING IT FOR PARKING PURPOSES. SOME OF THE PARKING SPOTS, I BELIEVE A TOTAL OF MAYBE TEN MOLLY WILL BE EXCLUSIVELY FOR PRIVATE PARKING FOR THEIR DOCTORS, BUT THE ENTIRE REST OF THE PARKING LOT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL STAFF AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE VISITING. THEY WILL. 
          THE CITY WILL MAINTAIN MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY, AND THEY WILL COVER ALL COSTS FOR MAINTAINING AND BUILDING OUT THAT PARKING LOT. THANK YOU. I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF EXPLAIN TO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE OVER THERE, PARKING IS A HUGE ISSUE, WHETHER IT BE CITIZENS VISITING OUR PARKS AS WELL AS PEOPLE THAT ARE PATRONIZING THAT HOSPITAL. I EVEN KNOW SOMETIMES I'VE DROPPED PEOPLE OFF TO THE HOSPITAL AND ALMOST HAD TO KEEP CIRCLING AROUND BECAUSE IT JUST WAS NOWHERE TO PARK. SO THIS IS JUST A BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP, AND I JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE HOW WE ARE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING GOOD THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS BAPTIST HOSPITAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE 
          [1. Council consider a resolution supporting Pivotal Housing Partners, a proposed Housing Tax Credit (HTC) project located at 8255 Phelan Boulevard, acknowledging that Beaumont has more than twice the state average of units per capita supported by Tax Credits, and offering expressed support for the proposed project and a commitment of funding in the form of a fee waiver not to exceed $500.00.]
THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER ONE? YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING PIVOTAL HOUSING PARTNERS A PROPOSED HOUSING TAX CREDIT HTC PROJECT LOCATED AT 8255 PHELAN BOULEVARD. ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BEAUMONT HAS MORE THAN TWICE THE STATE AVERAGE OF UNITS PER CAPITA, SUPPORTED BY TAX CREDITS AND OFFERING EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND A COMMITMENT OF FUNDING IN THE FORM OF A FEE WAIVER NOT TO EXCEED $500, AND THIS COMES WITH NO RECOMMENDATION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE? SO MOVE. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMSON. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, COULD SOMEONE CLARIFY? IT WAS SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALREADY ZONED SO FOR GCMS. SO IF WE DIDN'T APPROVE THIS, IT COULD JUST BE A, YOU KNOW, GENERAL POPULATION TYPE APARTMENT COMPLEX. IS THAT TRUE? LIKE, WOULD IT HAVE TO COME FOR APPROVAL IF IT WAS ANY OTHER TYPE OF APARTMENT COMPLEX? YES, SIR. SO THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED AS GENERAL COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY DWELLING. SO THAT MEANS THAT MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS COULD BE BUILT BY RIGHT THERE. THAT IS A PERMITTED USE WITH NO APPROVAL. RIGHT? OKAY. OTHER THAN GETTING A BUILDING PERMIT AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S BUILT TO CODE, BUT NO SPECIAL APPROVEMENT LIKE HOW YOU GUYS WOULD SEE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT COME BEFORE YOU AT THIS LOCATION. OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, SO THE THE TRAFFIC THERE, YOU KNOW, I'M I BELIEVE THAT WE DO NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR 50 AND OLDER, BUT I LIVE OVER THERE, AND I KNOW WHAT THE TRAFFIC'S LIKE. AND ME AND CORY BOTH HAVE GOTTEN EMAILS FROM PEOPLE THAT THE LIGHTS WEREN'T SINKING AND THE LINES WERE GROWING LONG, AND AND SO, I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH WE ADD EVEN IF WE ADD ANOTHER 25 CARS TO THE MIX, IT'S GOING TO BE TO A IT'S GOING BE IT'S GOING TO BE BAD. AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, IS THAT I'M ALL FOR A DEVELOPMENT. BUT I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE JUST ADDING TO A PROBLEM. WE'RE NOT FIXING A PROBLEM. AND. 
          IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE AREA WORSE AS FAR AS CONGESTION. YES. COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY CLARIFY A POINT OF CLARIFICATION AS WELL. THIS IS ALREADY ZONED FOR THIS, AND THIS WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS, WHICH I KNOW MANY OF US CAMPAIGNED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS IN AN AREA THAT IS ALREADY ZONED FOR THIS TYPE OF USE. ARE WE CLEAR? IS THAT CLEAR? OKAY. 
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ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES. COUNCILMAN DURIO, SO I GUESS THIS IS FOR MOLLY. SO IF WE DO THOSE APARTMENTS OVER THERE, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS AS FAR AS FOR THE TRAFFIC OR THE INCREASED TRAFFIC? THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS ABOUT TO ASK OUR DIRECTOR IF WE COULD REQUIRE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY AS PART OF THEIR PERMIT PACKAGE IF IT WARRANTS IT. I HAVE TO IMAGINE. POSSIBLY YOU MAY KNOW BETTER. I'M SORRY, CITY ATTORNEY, YOU MAY KNOW BETTER. ON IF IT CAN BE AS PART OF THIS RESOLUTION AS A REQUIREMENT. SO YOU CAN'T REQUIRE INDIVIDUALLY. SO LIKE IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT WE CAN MAKE IT PART OF THE PACKAGE FOR THE PERMIT FEE. BUT COUNCIL COULD, AS A PART OF THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, MAKE IT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL ESSENTIALLY AS ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS. SO IF THEY ESSENTIALLY IF THEY WANT YOUR SUPPORT, THEY DO THE THE TRAFFIC STUDY. AND IT'S THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD SO LET'S SAY THE TRAFFIC STUDY COMES BACK AND THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO BE TERRIBLE. I MEAN, WHAT'S THE TRAFFIC STUDY GOING TO DO FOR US AS FAR AS IF WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN OUR APPROVAL? WELL, AS A PART OF A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, IT'LL GIVE YOU IT'LL ALSO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO MAKE THAT TRAFFIC BETTER. SO MOST LARGE DEVELOPMENTS, APARTMENTS, SUBDIVISIONS AND MOST CITIES REQUIRE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS STUDIES BECAUSE IT WILL IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND THEN COME UP IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO FIX THOSE ISSUES. SO THE CITY WILL HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN CITIES CAN EVEN ASK THE DEVELOPER TO DO IT AS A PART OF THAT RESOLUTION. YEAH, MY QUESTION IS THAT THEY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER TRAFFIC. OH I'M SORRY. NO YOUR MIC. YEAH. OH. SO YOU CAN BE HEARD. YEAH. I'M SORRY. I GUESS A PART OF MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF THERE'S AN IMPACT THAT WE DO NOT INCUR, THE FEES OF WHATEVER SAID IMPACT MAY BE, THEY INCUR THOSE COSTS AS A PART OF WHATEVER TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY REVEALS. SOLUTIONS. CITY MANAGER, IF I COULD I MEAN, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE IS, IS THAT THIS THESE APPLICATIONS, ALL OF THEM ARE DUE TO THE STATE PRETTY QUICKLY. SO IF THE TRAFFIC STUDY CAME BACK AND SAID IT'S GOING TO GENERATE X NUMBER OF CARS, AGAIN, IT'S NOT A DISCRETIONARY APPROVAL LIKE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WHERE YOU COULD CONDITION THE PERMIT ITSELF ON SOME KIND OF TRAFFIC MITIGATION BASED ON THE STUDY. SO I WOULD JUST CAUTION WITH THE NOTION THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY WOULD ADDRESS ANY ISSUES. I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. I BELIEVE THE ESTIMATED TRAFFIC GENERATION PER UNIT IS ABOUT 5 TO 6 TRIPS PER DAY. THAT'S AVERAGE. SOME PEOPLE TAKE MORE, SOME PEOPLE TAKE MUCH LESS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF UNITS FOR BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS TODAY, THEY WOULD BE GENERATING ABOUT FIVE, ROUGHLY 500 TRIPS A DAY. I JUST PULLED UP THE LATEST TEX-DOT TRAFFIC COUNTS FOR THIS AREA, AND NORTH OF PHELAN ON MAJOR IS ABOUT 18,005 350 PER DAY. SO IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE KIND OF TRAFFIC THIS MIGHT GENERATE. ONE MORE QUESTION. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AND COUNCILMAN TURNER, I'LL BE BACK ON THE ZONING. I JUST I STRUGGLE ON THIS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS I NEED TO GO WITH THIS BECAUSE IT COULD BE WORSE. YOU COULD GET A DIFFERENT TYPE OF APARTMENTS. AND SO IS THAT ZONING IN PLACE, LIKE, HOW DOES THAT LIKE ZONING CHANGE ON A PROPERTY? IF COUNCIL WERE TO DIRECT A REZONING OF THAT AREA OR A STUDY OF THAT AREA, IT MAY PRODUCE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I'M NOT SURE, THOUGH. WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A STUDY, BUT YOU GUYS COULD DIRECT US TO DO THAT. HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW IT IS GC-MSD, SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT COULD BE MULTIFAMILY RIGHT THERE. IT COULD INVITE OTHER KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT AS WELL, LIKE GENERAL, YOU KNOW, GENERAL COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY. SO IT'S IT'S TWO PART. SO IT DOESN'T WOULDN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE THERE COULD BE USED FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. YES, COUNCILMAN. DARIA. WELL, IN THE FUTURE, COULD WE HAVE THE DEVELOPERS DO A TRAFFIC STUDY BEFORE THEY COME UP HERE TO PRESENT TO US? SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HOLD THEM UP 
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OR ANYTHING WE ALREADY KNOW IN ADVANCE. AS PART OF THEIR PRESENTATION, THEY DID A TRAFFIC STUDY. AND THIS IS THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND. AND THESE ARE THE SOLUTIONS. YOU COULD MAKE THAT A CONDITION OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR NEXT, NEXT YEAR'S ROUND. YES, SIR. 
          AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT TOO. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN TURNER. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. CAN WE MAKE THAT A CONDITION? BUT FOR STAFF KIND OF TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC, JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS APPROVED OR DENIED, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN DEVELOPERS IN SOME CASES STILL GO FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. AND IN SOME CASES, EVEN IF IT'S APPROVED, IT'S A COMPETITIVE PROCESS. YOU CAN HAVE AN AREA IN ANOTHER CITY THAT'S GOING FOR THE SAME THING THAT ACTUALLY CAN GET THE TAX CREDIT IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. 
          WHATEVER WE DO, SHOW A LEVEL OF SUPPORT TO IT STILL CAN BE NOT GIVEN. YES, SIR. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS A STATE DRIVEN PROCESS. BUT AS PART OF THE APPLICATION, OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT TO YOUR POINT, IT IS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND SO JUST BECAUSE IT'S APPROVED TODAY DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE PROJECT WILL MOVE FORWARD. BUT GIVEN THE PAST HISTORY, MOST OF THE ONES THAT THE COUNCILS HAVE APPROVED HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, BUT NOT MANY. COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD, CAN ANYBODY SPEAK TO HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN ZONED? GENERAL COMMERCIAL FAMILY HAD? DID WE RECENTLY REZONE THIS OR HAS THIS BEEN ZONED LIKE THIS? NOTHING THAT I'M AWARE OF. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE MAP EARLIER, THERE WASN'T A CASE NOTE ON IT, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK IN. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK FURTHER IN OUR OUR RECORDS TO GIVE YOU A DEFINITIVE ANSWER, BUT I'M NOT SURE OF ANY RECENT REZONING IN THAT AREA OR FOR THAT PROPERTY. 
          OKAY. IT'S BEEN I MEAN, HYPOTHETICALLY, THAT ZONED R ZONING WENT INTO EFFECT IN 1981, SO IT'S POSSIBLE IT COULD HAVE BEEN ZONED THAT WAY IN 1981. THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW AND COUNCILMAN DARIA. SO NOTHING STOPS. IF WE WERE TO DENY THIS TODAY, NOTHING STOPS THIS DEVELOPMENT GROUP FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH DEVELOPING THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH THEIR $16.5 MILLION PROJECT. WHAT WE ARE APPROVING TODAY IS ALLOWING THEM TO GO AND GET GRANTS AND ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FROM THE STATE IN ORDER TO FUND THIS PROJECT. YES. 
          HOUSING TAX CREDITS. OKAY. AND WHAT IS OUT OF THE 16.5 MILLION? WHAT IS THE TAX CREDITS WORTH DOLLAR WISE? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? WE DO HAVE THE DEVELOPERS HERE. IF THEY ARE ALLOWED TO COME SPEAK AT THE PODIUM ON THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION. YES, THAT'D BE FINE. SO FOR THIS REGION THERE'S ROUGHLY 1,000,006 IN AVAILABLE TAX CREDITS. THAT'S OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD. AND YOU SELL THEM TO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS SUCH AS BANK OF AMERICA, CITIBANK, WHO ARE ALSO WATCHING THESE DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 10% SAY THAT AGAIN, ABOUT 10%. 
          IN THEORY, IT'S ABOUT 70%. 07I THOUGHT YOU SAID 1.6 MILLION, 1.6 MILLION OVER TEN YEARS, EVERY YEAR FOR TEN YEARS, EVERY YEAR FOR TEN YEARS. YEAH. BUT YOU'RE ONLY GETTING ROUGHLY $0.75 ON A DOLLAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN DARIO. SO IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, HASN'T THIS PROPERTY BEEN PRESENTED FOR DEVELOPMENT AND TAX CREDITS IN THE PAST? I, I BELIEVE IT WAS. JESS, COULD YOU COME UP? JESS PRINCE, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER, CAN SPEAK TO THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON THERE. WE DID RECEIVE AN APPLICATION ON THIS SITE LAST YEAR, BUT THEY WITHDREW THE APPLICATION BEFORE IT CAME TO COUNCIL, SO THEY NEVER ACTUALLY SUBMITTED TO THE STATE. AND THE ITEM WAS PULLED FROM BEFORE THAT. I DON'T REMEMBER IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, JUST THE ONE TIME THAT THIS PARTICULAR SITE WAS, WAS GOING TO BE A POTENTIAL. SO IS THERE AN ACTUAL NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN BEAUMONT? YES, YES. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU TOLD THE HUD WAITING LIST HAD LIKE 14 SOMETHING PEOPLE. THE BEAUMONT HOUSING AUTHORITY WAIT LIST IS VERY EXTENSIVE. THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS. OVERALL. WE JUST NEED MORE HOUSING IN BEAUMONT. BUT THEY DO HAVE A REALLY EXTENSIVE WAIT LIST THERE. 
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THEY'RE WAITING LIST SIZE AS OF JUNE LAST YEAR WAS 25,779 FAMILIES ON THE LIST FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND FOR THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM. THEY HAD 3385 HOUSEHOLDS ON THEIR WAIT LIST. WE ONLY HAVE 1800 IN THE CITY THAT ARE ALLOCATED, AND THAT LIST DOES NOT OPEN EVERY YEAR. SO IT'S MORE THAN THOSE FOLKS WOULD NOT BE MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SENIOR CORRECT HOUSING, JUST THEIR TOTAL NUMBERS. AND ALSO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK WE'VE HAD LIKE TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES COME UP AT ONE TIME OR TWO DEVELOPERS FOR THESE TAX CREDITS, AND WE APPROVED BOTH OF THEM, BUT WE ONLY APPROVED ONE OF THEM TO ACTUALLY GET THE TAX CREDITS. SO WE, THE CITY DOES NOT APPROVE THE CREDITS THEMSELVES. YOU'RE SIMPLY APPROVING THEIR THEIR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT TO APPLY FOR THE STATE. SO TO YOUR QUESTION, IF IF YOU DID NOT APPROVE THE PROJECT WITH THE RESOLUTION TODAY, THEN THEY COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR APPLICATION. YOU HAVE SUPPORTED TWO AND EVEN THREE APPLICATIONS AT THE SAME TIME FOR THE SAME YEAR IN THE PAST, BUT IN THE END, REALLY, ONLY ONE OF THEM CAN WIN AT THE STATE LEVEL. AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL, THEY COULD STILL PROCEED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT. THEY JUST DON'T ASK FOR. THEY JUST DON'T GET THE TAX CREDITS. I DON'T ASK FOR IT OR CORRECT. OKAY. I BELIEVE WE HAD ONE ONE DEVELOPMENT THAT ACTUALLY DID THAT. AND AND I THINK THEY DID THAT WITH THOSE APARTMENTS ON HOLLYWOOD AND COLLEGE. THEY CAME FOR ONE AND THEY DIDN'T GET IT, BUT THEY JUST CAME BACK AND DID IT ANYWAY. THE ONES ON HOLLYWOOD AND HOLLYWOOD AND 11TH DID RECEIVE THE TAX CREDITS THE FIRST TIME. YES. 
          OKAY. AND THEY'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE DEVELOPMENT YOU GUYS APPROVED LAST YEAR ADJACENT TO TARGET. THAT'S THE SAME DEVELOPMENT. THEY DID NOT APPLY THIS YEAR. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO STAY THERE. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME MORE COMMENTS. AND YOU MIGHT COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. SO 25,000 PEOPLE ON A WAIT THAT'S PEOPLE LIVING IN. WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT I CANNOT TELL YOU? THIS IS JUST THIS ISN'T SCRUBBED ON A REGULAR BASIS. THEY COULD HAVE MOVED TO NEBRASKA FOR ALL WE KNOW. I MEAN, I'M NOT I'M I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S LIST AND WE AREN'T DIRECTLY AFFILIATED WITH THEM, BUT THEY PROVIDE US WITH THEIR ANNUAL REPORT. AND SO THAT'S JUST THE MOST RECENT DATA THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF WAITLISTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NOT EVERY UNIT THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS DEVELOPED OR MANAGES IS THE EXTENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HAVE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, SENIOR AND GENERAL POPULATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU SAID THERE'S A NEED AND I'M COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, THAT THERE'S A NEED THAT APPLIES TO SENIOR HOUSING AS WELL. YES, IT DOES. WHEN WE COMPLETED OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN LAST YEAR, THAT IS SPECIFIC TO HOUSING. AND AND THE CONSULTANTS CAME AND PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS, THEY COVERED THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE CONSIDERED COST BURDENED, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE SPENDING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR ANNUAL INCOME ON HOUSING. 
          AND SO IT IS IT IS DEFINITELY DETERMINED THAT THE CITY, BASED ON OUR POVERTY RATES AND AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME AND AND ANNUAL INCOME IN A HOUSEHOLD THAT WE DO HAVE A NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO SENIORS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, YOU KNOW, I JUST I THINK WE HAVE TOO MANY APARTMENT COMPLEXES. I THINK THEY'RE TOO MANY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DUPLEXES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE A BACKYARD THAT THEY'RE NOT LIVING IN A WAREHOUSE, SO TO SPEAK. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TOO MANY. I REALLY DO. AND I, I KNOW THAT MOST OF THEM IN THE CITY DON'T TURN OUT REAL GOOD, AND ALL OF US HAVE APARTMENTS IN OUR WARDS THAT, THAT HAVE NOT TURNED OUT GOOD. 
          AND I, I BET WE COULD GO BACK. AND THE PROMISE WAS MADE THAT THESE WOULD BE KEPT UP AND THAT THEY WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. AND, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO LOOK LONG TERM, NOT SHORT TERM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT IN 20 YEARS? WHERE ARE THESE APARTMENTS GOING TO BE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THEM AS A CITY? WHAT KIND OF WHAT WILL THEY PRESENT WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES DO DO THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE. THEY MAKE A PROMISE NOW, BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS KEEP IT. AND SO I THINK AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO LOOK MORE NOT JUST SHORT TERM, BUT WE GOT TO LOOK LONG TERM. AND AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST 
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WEEK WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS. THAT'S A BIG COMPONENT. YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE DEVELOPING IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT SORT OF DENSITY AND WHAT DO RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL WANT TO SEE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS? BUT FOR THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS, IT'S ONLY TAX CREDITS SPECIFIC. AND WHILE WE HAVE HAD WORK SESSIONS AND YOU HAVE VOICED THAT YOU WOULD PREFER A COTTAGE STYLE OR SINGLE FAMILY SMALLER DENSITY UNITS, WHAT WE HEAR FROM THESE APPLICANTS AS DEVELOPERS IS THAT WHAT THEY ARE RECEIVING IN TAX CREDIT DOLLARS DOES NOT PENCIL OR MAKE SENSE IN A PROFITABLE PROFIT ASPECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. AND SO WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO WITH HOUSING TAX CREDITS IS MULTIFAMILY. YEAH, WAREHOUSES. COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN. JOEY, SOME OF THOSE WAREHOUSES ARE PEOPLE'S HOMES. SOME FOLKS CAN'T AFFORD HOUSES, BUT THEY GOT A THEY DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE STREET EITHER. SO WHAT I'M SAYING. BUT I'M JUST REPEATING WHAT YOU SAID. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO. BUT I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION BY THEIR TITLE AND THEIR LAST NAME TOO. WE'RE GETTING. OH, OKAY. COUNCILMAN. JOEY. COUNCILMAN, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEED? ONE TIME. THIS IS ONE OF THESE LAST ONES. WE SPOKE TO MR. WILLIAMS, AND HE'S SAYING THAT WHEN THESE COME BEFORE US, WE REQUEST FOR THEM TO ADD ANYTHING TO IT, LIKE PARKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. RIGHT. TO MAKE THAT PART OF IT. YES. AND WE UPDATED OUR APPLICATION PROCESS LAST YEAR. AND THEN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AT THE END OF FOURTH QUARTER, I BROUGHT BACK A WORK SESSION TO YOU ALL TO DETERMINE IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE OR ADD ANYTHING TO THOSE METRICS. AND AT THE TIME, THERE WERE NO CHANGES. AND SO THE APPLICATIONS AS THEY STAND TODAY ARE WITHIN THE REALM OF OUR APPLICATION PROCESS. WE CAN CERTAINLY UPDATE THAT GOING FORWARD. BUT THESE APPLICANTS HAVE TO SUBMIT IN MARCH. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE BRING IT TO COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY OKAY. THANK YOU. YES I MEAN THANK YOU. IT'S OKAY. YOUR TITLE CAN I. YES, COUNCILMAN, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M JUST SAYING THAT PEOPLE DESERVE WHETHER THEY CAN AFFORD A HOUSE OR NOT TO HAVE SOMETHING OF THEIR OWN. MAYBE A BACKYARD, HAVE A FRONT YARD INSTEAD OF BEING IN AN APARTMENT? I IN NO MEANS DID I MEAN THAT WE SHOULDN'T HOUSE PEOPLE. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. YEAH, MAYOR, I KIND OF UNDERSTAND IT. I THINK ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTICE IS SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S PEOPLE'S CHOICE, WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO RESIDE. AND SOME SENIORS DON'T WANT A BACKYARD BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THE MAINTENANCE AND THE UPKEEP. AND I'VE HEARD THAT FROM MULTIPLE SENIORS, SPECIFICALLY THE ONES OVER THERE IN THE AREA. AND SOMETIMES THEY WANT A NEIGHBOR THAT THEY COULD JUST WALK NEXT DOOR AND MAYBE KNOCK IF THEY NEED SOMETHING. MY MY BIGGEST THING IS WITH THESE PROJECTS. I THINK IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THINGS AS A COUNCIL, WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT CHANGING THE ZONING. IF WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T WANT THEM ZONED IN CERTAIN PLACES, THAT'S THE KIND OF AUTHORITY WE CAN'T WE CAN DO. AND IF WE NEED TO WORKSHOP IT, I WILL SUPPORT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WANTS TO WORKSHOP ON SOME FORM OF A ZONING CHANGE SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT WE WANT TO DO LONG TERM. I KNOW WE'RE DOING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS A PART OF THE PROCESS, AND I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE'RE JUST GETTING TO THIS POINT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE REAL. YOU KNOW, NOT CAREFUL BUT STRATEGIC ON WHAT WE WANT THESE LOCATED AS A COUNCIL BECAUSE WE CONTROL THE OUTLOOK OF OUR CITY LONG TERM. AND THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT AREAS. AND IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT REZONING, WE NEED TO KIND OF WORKSHOP AND DO THAT. 
          RIGHT? YES, COUNCILWOMAN, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT WHILE WE WANT TO SEE CERTAIN THINGS, I HEARD THE COMMUNITY DEVELOP A JUST PRINTS SAY THAT WHEN DEVELOPERS COME, THEY'RE RESTRICTED ON WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THE FUNDING. SO THAT MATTERS TOO, IN WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO DEVELOP. SO WHILE WE MAY WANT TO SEE CERTAIN THINGS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DEVELOPERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP KIND OF WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD. MR. MAYOR, ONE MORE COMMENT. YES. I'M GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF ADDITIONAL SENIOR LIVING OPTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROJECT OUT ON CARDINAL DRIVE OR SOMEWHERE WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT. BETTER TO ABSORB ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC TRYING TO NAVIGATE HIGHWAY 90 OR INTERSTATE TEN DOWN MAJOR DRIVE. MAJOR DRIVE WAS DEVELOPED TO BE A RELIEF ROUTE OFF OF I-10. 
          RIGHT NOW, I-10 IS UNDER MAJOR CONSTRUCTION FOR THE NEXT 4 TO 5 YEARS, AND IT'S ONLY GETTING 
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WORSE EVERY DAY SO FAR AS ALL THE DIFFERENT CLOSURES AND PROBLEMS WITH INTERSTATE TEN DRIVING DOWN MAJOR DRIVE AT 5:00 IS A TRUE TEST OF ANYONE'S PATIENCE AND SANITY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS SENIOR LIVING FACILITY BUILT NEAR AN AREA WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE THE CURRENT TRAFFIC CONGESTION, CONGESTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE. 
          WESTBROOK OVER THERE. WE HAVE AMELIA OVER THERE. YOU HAVE RAILROAD TRACK AFTER RAILROAD TRACK. I DRIVE THAT AREA DAILY. AND I JUST I THINK THAT WHEN YOU DEVELOP THESE TYPES OF APARTMENTS, YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT DOING IT IN AREAS WHERE THERE ISN'T ALREADY A SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAFFIC ISSUES. SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I WILL BE AGAINST THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILWOMAN, MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT'S DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT CAN COME AND SPEAK TO HOW THEY LANDED ON THIS LOCATION. OR DID THEY CONSIDER ANY OF THAT BEFORE THEY PICKED THIS SITE? YES, COUNCILWOMAN. IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS. THERE'S A SCORING MATRIX RELATIVE TO LOCATION TO GROCERY STORES, PARKS, HOSPITALS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND SO NOT EVERY AREA IN THE CITY WILL SCORE. OTHERWISE YOU'D FIND US LOOKING FOR LIKE THE CHEAPEST REAL ESTATE WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT ON. AND THIS IS NOT THE CHEAPEST REAL ESTATE. I GUESS IT ALSO BE PERTINENT TO SAY YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT IT IN FOOD DESERTS OR PLACES WHERE THAT'S PART OF THE SCORING CRITERIA. CAN'T ACCESS. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW. SO FOR THE RECORD, YEAH, WE'RE DIRECTED THERE BASED ON SCORING. 
          YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE I KNOW FOR ME I'LL JUST ADD THAT CERTAINLY ZONING MATTERS AND I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY. BUT WHEN PEOPLE BUY REAL ESTATE AND INVEST IN REAL ESTATE, THEY IF THEY'RE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE ZONING TO DETERMINE WHAT PROJECTS THEY CAN DO. AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. SO WE'RE NOT DOING A. YOU KNOW, SPECIAL USE. WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT'S JUST THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE MONEY. SO I KNOW THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A LEARNING PROCESS FOR ME, BUT THE SCORING METRICS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TIGHTENED THAT DOWN, EVEN I BELIEVE, AS RECENTLY AS LAST YEAR, IN TERMS OF OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SENIOR HOUSING THAT'S SUBSIDIZED, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE CARS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CAR, AND I'M NOT SAYING THEY WON'T. THAT'S NOT A CRITERIA. BUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS TO PHARMACIES, ACCESS TO GROCERY STORES. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT'S GOING TO ALSO BE CONVENIENT. AND I APPLAUD THEM FOR GOING TO ACORN AND AND, YOU KNOW, PRESENTING IT TO THEM, WHICH IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OVER IN AMELIA AND GETTING THAT APPROVAL. AND AND THIS IS THESE ARE ALWAYS A BIT CONTENTIOUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT DON'T, YOU KNOW, WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE THE SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND CERTAINLY ALL THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ARE, ARE CERTAINLY TRUE. 
          BUT A REAL POSITIVE IS THEY DO PAY TAXES ON THAT. SO THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT WILL THE PROPERTY TAXES WILL BE GOING TO US DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE TAX CREDITS. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. IS THERE ANY OTHER CONVERSATIONS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I THOSE OPPOSED AGAINST OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 
          [2. Council consider a Resolution supporting Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. , a proposed Housing Tax Credit (HTC) project located at 7155 Calder Avenue, acknowledging that Beaumont has more than twice the state average of units per capita supported by Tax Credits, and offering expressed support for the proposed project and a commitment of funding in the form of a fee waiver not to exceed $500.00.]
NUMBER TWO COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING WALTER COOPER COMPANIES INC. A PROPOSED HOUSING TAX CREDIT HTC PROJECT LOCATED AT 7155 CALDER AVENUE. ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BEAUMONT HAS MORE THAN TWICE THE STATE AVERAGE OF UNITS PER CAPITA SUPPORTED BY TAX CREDITS, AND OFTEN EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND A COMMITMENT OF FUNDING IN THE FORM OF A FEE WAIVER NOT TO EXCEED $500. AND IT COMES WITH NO EXCUSE ME, NO RECOMMENDATION. 
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ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO? NO MOTION. THEN ADAM FAILS FOR LACK OF A 
          [3. Council consider a resolution approving a payment to Lower Neches Valley Authority (LNVA) for the Saltwater Barrier Sector Gate Rehabilitation Project.]
MOTION. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER THREE? COUNCIL, CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING A PAYMENT TO LORD NECHES VALLEY AUTHORITY NVA FOR THE SALTWATER BARRIER SECTOR GATE REHABILITATION PROJECT. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, I HAD THE EXCUSE ME, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THAT SALTWATER BARRIER IS TO US AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES. 
          IF YOU. I RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE IN COUNCIL GET A TOUR OF IT AND SEE AND AND SEE HOW VITAL IT IS TO OUR WATERWAYS, REALLY IS AN IMPRESSIVE FEAT OF OF MANKIND INGENUITY. IT REALLY IS. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          [4. Council consider a resolution approving the demolition of the Red Brick Building at the Water Treatment Plant.]
MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR? COUNCIL, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEMOLITION OF THE RED BRICK BUILDING AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR I MOTION? SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM 
          [5. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 1 to the contract with King Solution Services, LLC, of Houston, TX, for the Street Rehab Phase VI Sewer Line Replacement Project.]
NUMBER FIVE? COUNCIL, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE. CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT WITH KING SOLUTION SERVICES, LLC OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, FOR THE STREET REHAB PHASE SIX SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION THERE, A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE APPROVE. 
          SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE? PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ANY OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM 
          [6. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 2 to the contract with MK Constructors, for the Concrete Pavement Repair Citywide - Phase III Project.]
NUMBER SIX? COUNCIL, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE. CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO TO THE CONTRACT WITH RMC CONSTRUCTORS FOR THE CONCRETE PAVEMENT REPAIR CITYWIDE PHASE THREE PROJECT. IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND COUNCILMAN TURNER FOR FOR STAFF FOR SOME OF OUR UPCOMING STREET PAVEMENT REPAIR PROJECTS. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO THE COMMUNITY, WHAT DO YOU GO TO FIND THAT YOU KNOW, WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT STREETS THAT ARE UPCOMING, OR MAYBE STREETS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE PREPARED, REPAIRED? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY GO TO FIND THAT INFORMATION? GLAD YOU ASKED. SO WE DO HAVE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS WEB PAGE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE THERE THERE'S SOME LARGE BLOCKS WITH SOME OPTIONS, AND ONE OF THEM IS OUR STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM, AND IT HAS A VARIETY OF LINKS OF ALL OF THE STREETS THAT WE HAVE REPAIRED OR REHABILITATED SINCE 2019, AND ALSO HAS ALL THE ROADS THAT ARE ON THE CURRENT CONTRACTS, WHETHER IT IS ON THE ASPHALT REHABILITATION CONTRACT, WHICH THIS PIPE BURSTING PROJECT WAS IN ADVANCE OF DOING THE ROAD REPAIRS ON THAT CONTRACT, OR OUR CONCRETE REPAIRS CONTRACT THAT THIS MOTION IS FOR. ALSO OUR PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROGRAM. 
          YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE ONES THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING ALSO ON IN IN THE PUBLIC WORKS SECTION, WE HAVE OUR PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX MAP. AND SO YOU CAN LOOK UP ON THAT MAP AND CHECK YOUR ROAD SECTION TO SEE HOW IT SCORES. LATER THIS SPRING, WE'RE KICKING OFF A NEW PAVEMENT CONDITION STUDY, SO WE HOPE TO HAVE THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY BY THE END OF THE 
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SUMMER. AND SO THAT WILL HELP US RESHUFFLE THE DECK AND GIVE US INFORMATION FOR ROADS MAYBE THAT HAVE DETERIORATED FASTER THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE. THAT WOULD ACCELERATE GETTING THEM ONTO THE PROGRAM. OR ARE THOSE ROADS THAT ARE STABLE? IT ALSO UPDATES WITH THE ROADS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY REPAIRED. SO WE HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC WORKS WEB PAGE. YES. AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP, IS IT ANY WAY PEOPLE CAN RECOMMEND STREETS? I KNOW WE SAY WE DO A PAVEMENT STUDY, BUT TO EXPECT THE CITY TO GO OUT AND DO EVERY STREET IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, I KNOW THAT'S A LOT. IS IT ANY WAY MAYBE WE CAN SURVEY RESIDENTS AND LET THEM MAYBE SUBMIT STREETS THAT THEY FEEL WE NEED TO AT LEAST GET TO AND PAY ATTENTION TO? THEY DO EVERY DAY. OKAY, I GET IT, I GET IT. I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT YES, WE CAN GIVE THEM AN OPTION TO ACTUALLY BECAUSE SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS I KNOW OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES IN MY OPINION, LOOK FAIRLY WELL, BUT SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS ARE IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES THAT MAYBE, MAYBE THEN I DON'T KNOW, MAN. I JUST WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME INPUT. AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE MAP, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. THOSE PROJECTS ARE CALLED OUT INDIVIDUALLY IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY ARE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. 
          THEY REQUIRE MORE DOLLARS COMMITTED TO THEM. BUT ANNUALLY, THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED OUR ANNUAL STREET REHAB PROGRAM, AND THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF 11 TO $13 MILLION PER YEAR. AND SO ONCE YOU GET INTO THOSE MAPS, YOU SEE THAT WE ARE GETTING DOWN INTO THESE RESIDENTIAL ROADS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN OVER 600 CENTERLINE MILES OF ROAD IN POOR SOIL CONDITIONS. AND THEN MOTHER NATURE DECIDES TO THROW A FLASH DROUGHT AT US. AND SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY BATTLING DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS. BUT I DO ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO PLEASE EXPLORE THE WEBSITE. AND IF THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER, INCLUDING IN THERE, PLEASE LET US KNOW. BUT WE DO GET CONCERNS FROM THE CITIZENS AND WE WILL GO OUT THERE AND ADDRESS IT. IS IT AN ACUTE THING LIKE A POTHOLE, WHICH OUR PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS POTHOLES WITHIN 48 HOURS? BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT IS A LARGER CONCERN AND THOSE THEN HAVE TO BE SCHEDULED AND THEN ADDED TO A CONTRACT BECAUSE THEY JUST EXCEED THE CAPACITY OF WHAT OUR OUR IN-HOUSE CREWS CAN DO. BUT IT IS AN ONGOING PROCESS. YEAH, I ASKED THAT BECAUSE I KNOW RECENTLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE BOND DID PASS, BUT I HAD RESIDENTS FROM CHARLESTON PILOT SAY, WELL, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THIS STREET, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THAT STREET. SO I WON'T ASK PUBLICLY. SO THEY UNDERSTAND TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE IF WE DON'T KNOW, WE'RE NOT PROPERLY BEING COMMUNICATED WITH, HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY ADDRESS IT, WHETHER IT BE THE WEST END, NORTH END, SOUTH SOUTH END, OLD TOWN AREA? I JUST WANT TO OPEN UP THAT COMMUNICATION SO WE DON'T GET THOSE QUESTIONS AFTER THE FACT. 
          YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU DIDN'T DO THAT STREET, YOU KNOW YOU'LL GET IT. YOU'LL STILL GET THE QUESTIONS I UNDERSTAND, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE THE SUPPORTING DATA TO HELP UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ROAD WAS SELECTED OVER THAT ROAD. AND WE HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC WITH HOW WE SPEND THAT MONEY. AND WE HAVE TO BE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FAIR AND EQUITABLE AS WELL. AND I LOVE THAT RESPONSE, BECAUSE THAT DATA IS IMPORTANT, THAT EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT. BUT THIS IS THE INPUT WE RECEIVED AND THIS IS HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. YES, SIR. YES, COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, THEN COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. DID ON THIS CHANGE ORDER. SO NONE OF THIS WAS FORESEEN WHEN WE DID THE ORIGINAL BID? WELL, THE IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS. BY THE TIME YOU GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND SURVEY THE PROJECT, CREATE THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, PROCURE THE CONTRACTOR AND GO TO CONSTRUCTION. SO A LOT OF THESE AREAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE THE TIME THAT WE FINISHED PUTTING THE PLANS TOGETHER. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY COMING TO CONSTRUCTION IN THIS AREA. WE'RE NOW THEY THINK THIS WEEK THEY'VE INCREASED THE DROUGHT INDEX IN OUR AREA. THE TREES GOT THIRSTY AND THE ROADS MOVED, AS WERE A LOT OF THIS FUNDING IS GOING AND THERE'S A LOT OF TREES ALONG PHELAN HAVE CAUSED A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE ROAD. AND SO WE HAVE TO DO THE WORK. AND SO IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CHANGE ORDER, THEN THESE ARE MORE PAVEMENT DISRUPTIONS THAT DON'T GET ADDRESSED. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT SO MOVING FORWARD, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE TREES WHENEVER WE DO ANOTHER BID LIKE THIS, CAN THIS BE SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO ADDED IN THERE? BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $190,000 THAT WE MISSED WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME. WELL, THERE ARE SOME OF THE SOME OF THE LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THE ONES THAT LANCASTER DRIVE WAS SOMETHING 
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THAT DID COME UP DURING THE CONSTRUCTION. AND SO WE ADDRESSED IT. WE CAN CALL IT A MISS, BUT AT WHAT, AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO CALL IT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, WITH THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT, TO MEET OUR FUNDING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL, TO MEET THE PROGRESS ON THE WORK AND AND THEN GO AND DO THE WORK. AND AS WE STARTED TO KICK OFF THE CONTRACT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THAT'S WHEN WE HAD AN INCREASE IN THE COMPLAINTS ON PHELAN BOULEVARD FROM THE CITIZENS. AND IT DID. THE ROADS MOVED. THAT STARTED AT THE PROBABLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER. AND SO WE HAD A WHOLE LOT MORE CRACKING. WE HAD A LOT MORE DISPLACEMENT, AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. AND SO WE EITHER ADD IT TO THIS CHANGE ORDER OR WE ISSUE ANOTHER CONTRACT AND ISSUE ANOTHER CONTRACT, DELAYS THE PROCESS AS WE GO THROUGH PREPARATION OF THE PLANS, GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT AND THEN GOING AND DOING THE WORK. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW, I'M. OH, I'M SORRY. I SAW YOU TURN YOUR LIGHT OFF. I THOUGHT YOU WERE. OH, OKAY. MOLLY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THIS IS THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT DID CROW ROAD. YES, SIR. I DRIVE CROW ROAD DAILY. GOING TO ROUSE. AND THAT CONTRACTOR DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WHEN IT WAS SHUTTING DOWN ONE LANE, IT WAS WELL FLAGGED. IT WAS THE WELL MARKED. AND ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT DID NOT GO UNNOTICED. AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT CONTRACTOR DOING A GREAT JOB WHEN THEY DO OUR STREET REHABS. THANK YOU. YES. CITY MANAGER. YEAH. LET ME HELP MOLLY JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PAVING MANAGEMENT INDEX. THAT'S WHERE WE GO OUT AND WE LOOK AT EVERY STREET IN TOWN. YOU PUT A SIGN, A SCORE TO THAT STREET, AND IT'S BASED UPON THAT NUMBER. IT BECOMES A PRIORITY, HIGH PRIORITY TO LOW PRIORITY. BUT IT'S A SNAPSHOT IN TIME. AND AS SHE SAID, THOSE THINGS CHANGE. AND LIKE A HOUSE, A STREET'S NO BETTER THAN ITS FOUNDATION. AND WHEN THAT FOUNDATION STARTS TO FAIL THROUGH, DRY THROUGH THROUGH DROUGHT OR THROUGH EXCESSIVE RAIN, IT STARTS TO FAIL. WHAT YOU SEE ON TOP FAILS. AND SO PRIORITIES CHANGE, YOU KNOW? SO YOU CAN EITHER DECIDE TO FIX THOSE STREETS, OR YOU CAN DECIDE IT'S A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN SOME OF THE OTHER STREETS. NOW LET'S SHIFT THE MONEY TO THAT AND KEEP THE MONEY THE SAME. SO YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S AN IMPRECISE SCIENCE WITH STREETS AND FOUNDATIONS, BECAUSE ONCE THE FOUNDATION FAILS, IT JUST BECOMES MORE EXPENSIVE TO FIX. AND IF YOU WAIT TOO LONG, YOU GOT TO RECONSTRUCT IT AND IT COSTS YOU A WHOLE LOT MORE MONEY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. WE'RE GOING TO PULL ITEM SEVEN FOR THIS WEEK. SO WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 
          [8. Council approve an ordinance amending Title I Chapter 20 Section 20.03.003 of the Code of Ordinances that would change the speed limit on Eastex Freeway (US 69, 96, 287).]
NUMBER EIGHT MR. CITY MANAGER. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE ONE, CHAPTER 20, SECTION 20.03 .003 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT WOULD CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT ON EASTEX FREEWAY. US 6996 AND 287. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF AMENDING TITLE ONE, CHAPTER 20, SECTION 20 .03.003 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN DARIA? IT WAS I DON'T KNOW IF I READ IT ON HERE OR NOT, BUT GOING FROM 55 TO 65MPH, AND THIS IS JUST THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE ON THOSE HIGHWAYS, THE SPEED LIMIT WAS TEMPORARILY REDUCED TO 55 DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, AND NOW THAT THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED IN THIS AREA, TEXDOT PERFORMED A NEW SPEED STUDY AND HAS RECOMMENDED TO GO BACK TO 65 MILES AN HOUR. OKAY, SO THAT'S START AT THE VA CANAL. YES, SIR. FROM I-10 NORTH TO THE CANAL. 
          OKAY. AND THEY'RE FINISHED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT THERE. I HOPE SO YOU CAN ASK YOU CAN ASK THE DISTRICT ENGINEER WHEN SHE JOINS US NEXT AT THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. SO SHOULD WE 
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WAIT TO APPROVE THIS UNTIL WE TALK TO HER? WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION AND THEIR STUDY AND THEIR REQUEST TO APPROVE THIS. THIS RESOLUTION. COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW. AND IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT, IT STAYS AT 55. YES, SIR. AND WE'RE SURE THE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE RIGHT THERE. I MEAN, I'M PICTURING ANY PART OF I-10 IN JEFFERSON COUNTY THAT'S NOT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND I'M NOT THAT BIG OF A STRETCH. I'M REALLY STRUGGLING TO FIND THAT ANYTHING'S BEEN DONE. SO THEIR THEIR ENGINEERS HAVE PERFORMED THE SPEED STUDY. THIS WILL ASSIST TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT BY HAVING THE CONSISTENT SPEED LIMIT THROUGH THIS SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY 69. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION. YES, COUNCILWOMAN. IT'S IT'S NEAR MY AREA. SO I CAN SAY THAT THAT AREA OF CONSTRUCTION IS DONE. 
          NOW, ANYTHING IN FRONT OF IT OR BEHIND IT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BUT I MEAN, RIGHT THERE IT IS. THIS IS WHAT, LIKE RIGHT THERE BY THE CANAL? YEAH, JUST NORTH OF PINE ISLAND BAYOU TO THE CANAL TRAM ROAD. YEAH. GET UP IN THAT AREA. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM 
          [9. Council consider a Specific Use Permit to allow a second dwelling in an R-S (Residential-Single Family Dwelling) District for property located at 3810 Baldwin Drive.]
NUMBER NINE? COUNCIL, CONSIDER A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A SECOND DWELLING IN AN R S WHICH IS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3810 BALDWIN DRIVE. AND IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION. SHALL OBTAIN ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING PERMITS AND ANY REQUIRED INSPECTION THROUGH THE BUILDING CODES DEPARTMENT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER TEN? 
          [10. Council consider a Specific Use Permit to allow a cocktail bar within a GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District for property located at 2533 Calder Avenue.]
THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'LL TEST MY VOICE ON THE NEXT TWO. COUNCIL CONSIDERS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A COCKTAIL BAR WITHIN A GCMG, WHICH IS GENERAL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2533 CALDER AVENUE. AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ONE. THERE'S THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROPERTY PREMISES SHALL REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUILDING CODE, FIRE CODE, ZONING CODE, OFFENSES AND NUISANCE CODE, HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE, AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE CODES OF THE CITY. TWO CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW, PRETREATMENT, AND OR FOLK PROGRAM, AND THREE SHALL ENROLL IN THE IN THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT'S REAL TIME CRIME CENTER PROGRAM AND MAINTAIN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS THEREAFTER, OR EMPLOY SECURITY PATROLS DURING OPERATING HOURS. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER TEN? SO MOVED. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TEN. ALTHOUGH ANY DISCUSSION. COUNCILMAN, THIS IS THAT PRETTY ROUGH LOOKING PINK BUILDING ON CALDER THAT IS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. HE'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY OUTDOOR MUSIC. AND I THINK IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE MAYBE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. I'M I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE TAKING THESE OLD RUNDOWN BUILDINGS AND REHABBING THEM AND TURNING THEM INTO A PRODUCTIVE SPACE. SO MY HAT'S OFF TO THE DEVELOPER. I APPRECIATE HIM INVESTING IN NEAR DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT AND HELPING US BRING THAT AREA BACK. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILWOMAN, I HOPE THEY DON'T ENCOUNTER ANY PROBLEMS, SO GOOD LUCK TO THEM. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY. I'M SURE IT'LL BE SMOOTH SAILING. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING 
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ITEM NUMBER TEN, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY 
          [11. Council consider a Specific Use Permit to allow a vehicle storage facility within a GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District for property located at 1213 Liberty Avenue.]
MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 11? COUNCIL CONSIDERS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A VEHICLE STORAGE FACILITY WITHIN A GENERAL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1213 LIBERTY AVENUE, AND IT COMES WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ONE. THE APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH ARTICLE 6.08 TOW TRUCKS, TOWING COMPANIES AND TOW TRUCK OPERATORS OF THE BEAUMONT CODE OF ORDINANCES. TWO. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROPERTY PREMISES SHALL REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUILDING CODE, FIRE CODE, ZONING CODE, OFFENSES AND NUISANCE CODE, HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE CODES OF THE CITY. THREE ALL REPOSSESSED OR TOWED ITEMS MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN THE ENCLOSED AREA AND SHALL NOT BE STORED ON ANY RIGHT OF WAY, FOR, IF APPLICABLE, ANY LIGHTING INSTALLED ON THE PROPERTY SHALL DEFLECT AWAY FROM NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. FIVE THE THE SIDEWALK ALONG LIBERTY STREET ABUTTING THE PROPERTY SHALL BE UNEARTHED AND REPAIRED PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. SIX ALL LANDSCAPING SHALL BE INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 28 .04.006 OF THE BEAUMONT CODE OF ORDINANCES. SEVEN SHALL COMPLY WITH DRAINAGE CRITERIA SET FORTH AND DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SIX, DRAINAGE MANUAL EIGHT. ANY FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW, PRETREATMENT AND OR FOG PROGRAM, AND NINE SHALL NOT EXCEED 30 TOTAL VEHICLES ON SITE. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 11? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 11. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. COUNCILMAN. DARIA, ARE WE GOING TO KEEP UP WITH HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE KEPT AT THIS PROPERTY? YES, SIR. SO IF THERE'S ANY REPORTED OR ANY IF WE GET A REPORT OR IF WE WERE TO SEE A VIOLATION OF THAT SITE EXCEEDING 30 CARS, THEN THIS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO REVOCATION, WHICH WOULD AFFECT THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WHICH IS WHAT KEEPS THEM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO YES, IT WILL BE MONITORED. OKAY. BECAUSE I THERE'S ONE OVER ON. PARK RIGHT OFF OF EUCLID BECAUSE WE HAD WE WENT THROUGH THIS WITH THEM AND THEY SAID NO MORE THAN HOWEVER MANY CARS. WE SAID THEY'RE OVER THAT NOW. OKAY, I'LL CHECK INTO IT. I'M SNITCHING. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN TURNER? MR. WILLIAMS OR STAFF CAN CAN SOMEONE KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW TO REPORT IT IF THEY FEEL LIKE THE FACILITY OR THIS PROJECT IS OVER THE AMOUNT. HOW DOES THE REPORTING PROCESS WORK SO RESIDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THIS IS THE ROUTE TO GO. YEAH. YOU CAN REPORT IT TO 311 OR YOU CAN REPORT IT TO A PLANNING AND ZONING. IF YOU GO TO OUR CITY'S WEB PAGE ZONING AT BEAUMONT TEXAS.GOV. THAT'S OUR EMAIL. 
          THAT PROBABLY BE THE EASIEST WAY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH PLANNING. OR YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL THE OFFICE. CAN WE FIND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IF THEY DO GO OVER THE ZONING RESIDENTS IF THEY DON'T ACTUALLY FIX IT AS WE REQUEST IT ONCE WE HAVE COMPLAINED, IS IT ANY KIND OF WAY THAT IT'S MORE, I WOULD SAY, ACCOUNTABILITY THAT CAN TAKE PLACE TO KIND OF PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY APPROVING. AS FAR AS THE INTEGRITY, DO YOU MEAN LIKE THE REVOCATION PROCESS? YEAH. WHEN I SAY INTEGRITY, I MEAN, IF WE SAY 21 VEHICLES ALLOWED AND THEY HAVE 41, AND YOU GIVE THEM TEN DAYS TO CLEAN IT UP AND IT'S NOT DONE, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS? WHAT CAN WE DO AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT? YES, SIR. SO WE SEND OUT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. THEY GO THROUGH THE DUE PROCESS. THEY HAVE SO MANY DAYS TO COME BACK INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL OF THEIR SUP. IF THEY DON'T, THEN IT GOES BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THEN IT ALSO COMES BACK TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW. SO YOU CAN APPROVE IT. AND BASICALLY IT CAN KIND OF COME BACK AND BE DENIED IF, IF THEY DON'T BE IF THEY DON'T REMAIN COMPLIANT, YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY COME BACK AND DENY IF IT GOES TO THAT PROCESS. SO WE CAN'T GET THEM IN COMPLIANCE. YEAH. IF THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE THEN IT WOULD AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THEIR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WHICH WOULD AFFECT THEIR CEO. AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A VALID CEO, YOU CAN'T BE OPEN TO 
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THE PUBLIC IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. OKAY. I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO KNOW. 
          COUNCILMAN DARIA. YEAH. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF YOUR OFFICIAL TITLE. I WANT TO CALL YOU BACK. DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. DIRECTOR. INGRAM PARK. IT'S ANCHORMAN ENGLAND. THAT'S CLOSE. I'LL TAKE IT. I'LL TAKE IT. IT'S PARK AND HARRIET. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DARIO. IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 11, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 12? 
          [12. Council consider a Specific Use Permit to allow a restaurant within a GC-MD-2 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District for property located at 3209 Shannon Avenue.]
COUNCIL, CONSIDER A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT WITHIN A TWO JOINT COMMERCIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING TWO DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3209 SHANNON AVENUE, AND IT WAS A JOINT HEARING THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED ON THE 701 VOTE TO APPROVE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER, UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW, PRETREATMENT, AND OR FOG PROGRAM. TWO SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 28 .04.006 LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS OF THE BEAUMONT CODE OF ORDINANCES, INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF A SIX FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPING BUFFER ALONG SHANNON AVENUE. THREE SHALL MAINTAIN THE SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TRASH RECEPTACLES AND STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH THE OFFENSES AND NUISANCE CODE, HEALTH AND SANITATION, SANITATION CODE AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE CODES OF THE CITY. AND FOR A SIX FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPING BUFFER SHALL BE INSTALLED ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE PROPERTY, EXTENDING SOUTH THE FULL LENGTH OF THE BUILDING AND DRIVE THROUGH AREA TO SCREEN THE COMMERCIAL USE FROM THE EXISTING EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE BUFFER SHALL INCLUDE EITHER ONE CLASS A TREE OR TWO CLASS B TREES EVERY 25 LINEAR FEET, WITH A MINIMUM SPACING OF THREE FEET BETWEEN TREES, UP TO THREE FEET OF THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING BUFFER SHALL BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 12 APPROVED? SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 12. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW? I'M NOSY, SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE RESTAURANT WAS GOING TO BE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A TACO BELL OVER BY LAMAR, WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY A GOOD PLACE TO HAVE A TACO BELL, I AGREE, HOW YOU KNOW. EXACTLY. PAINTING AND DRAWING. IS THERE OTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 12? PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE 
          [WORK SESSION]
MOTION IS CARRIED. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE WORK SESSION COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE PROCESS FOR CHARTER CHANGES AND POTENTIAL REVISIONS. AND I'LL YIELD TO CITY ATTORNEY. SO THIS WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN HILLIARD AND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE FULL DISCUSSION, AT THE REQUEST OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER, WE RECOMMENDED THAT WE OVERVIEW WHAT WE DID LAST TIME, JUST SO THAT THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE UNDERSTANDS THE ENTIRE CHARTER PROCESS. AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN. YEAH, WE CAN SHOOT TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WE WE DID HAVE A CHARTER REVIEW CHANGE IN NOVEMBER OF 2023. THIS PRESENTATION WILL JUST KIND OF. JUST JUST GIVE ME A GIVE ME A LITTLE THING WE'LL KIND OF DO FOR THE LIKE HOW WE DID IT. WE ESSENTIALLY CALLED FOR THE ELECTION. WE APPOINTED A COMMITTEE. THEY WENT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE WORK. THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE BALLOT LANGUAGE. 
          AND THEN THE REVIEW PROCESS, AND WE HELD THE ELECTION. WE CAN GO THROUGH IT NOW. NOW WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YES, MA'AM. WE READY? SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE COUNCIL DID IS THAT THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE A CHARTER ELECTION. AND THIS KIND OF SET THE TONE FOR HOW FAST OR HOW HOW MUCH TIME WE HAD TO WORK WITH ELECTION. OBVIOUSLY, WE OPTED FOR A NOVEMBER ELECTION JUST TO GIVE A GOOD TIME FOR COMMITTEE WORK AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY GET TOGETHER. IT WAS A SPECIAL ELECTION. SO THAT DID HAVE OCCUR. ADDITIONAL EXPENSES AND ADDITIONAL COSTS. AGAIN, AT THE TIME THAT WE DID 
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IT, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF BUILD THAT MONEY INTO THE BUDGET BECAUSE IT OCCURRED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS WHEN THIS INITIALLY HAPPENED. SO THE COUNCIL REALLY JUST KIND OF HAD SOME GOALS AND WANTING TO KIND OF CREATE A MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR THE CHARTER. NEXT SLIDE. THE NEXT THING COUNCIL DID IS THEY APPOINTED A 12 MEMBER COMMITTEE. ONE OF OUR CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS ACTUALLY CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE, BUT IT WAS A VERY DIVERSE SELECTION OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADVISORS. I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST GROUP OF PEOPLE WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT RANGES AND DIVERSITY FROM AGE DEMOGRAPHICS AS WELL AS POLITICAL VIEWS. SO THE WE ALSO WORKED WITH AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT TO KIND OF MANAGE THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL. THAT MR. SPECIALTY IS ACTUALLY IN CHARTER CHANGES FOR TEXAS. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE COMMITTEE MET A TOTAL OF EIGHT TIMES. THEY ESTABLISHED COMMITTEE RULES, APPOINTED A CHAIRPERSON. THEIR KEY FOCUS WAS ON SPECIFICALLY TERM LIMITS, MEETING REQUIREMENTS, THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY, AS WELL AS ADDING SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE TO THE DOCUMENT. WE THE DOCUMENT AT THE TIME WAS VERY LENGTHY. I THINK THE CHARTER NOW IS ABOUT 2020 ODD PAGES OR LESS, MAYBE TINA. SO WE CUT ALMOST IN HALF BECAUSE SOME OF THE REDUNDANCY WAS REPETITIVE STATE LAW. SO WE REMOVED THAT LANGUAGE AND JUST FOCUSED ON WHAT WAS SPECIFIC TO THE CITY. THERE WASN'T A LOT OF ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE ADDED OTHER THAN TO CLARIFY CLARIFYING AUTHORITY OF THE THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL. NEXT SLIDE. SO FROM THOSE EIGHT MEETINGS, THEY PROPOSED SEVEN PROPOSITIONS. YOU CAN SEE THEM KIND OF LISTED ON YOUR ON YOUR SLIDE. THESE WERE THE PROPOSITIONS IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORM AS THEY WERE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. NEXT SLIDE FROM THAT. 
          COUNCIL ACTUALLY CHOSE TO REDUCE THOSE TO A TOTAL OF FIVE PROPOSITIONS. MERGING PROPOSITIONS A AND B. NEXT SLIDE FROM THE. WE HELD THE ELECTION. ALL OF THE UNTAMPERED I'M SORRY. UNMODIFIED. PROVISIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL WERE APPROVED THE FOUR YEAR. SO PROPOSITION A MY DESCRIPTION WAS A FOUR YEAR COUNCIL TERMS WAS ALSO TO IT WAS TO LIMIT COUNCIL TERMS AND THEN ALSO TO HAVE EXTEND COUNCIL TERMS. SO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSITIONS FOR A AND B WERE MERGED INTO ONE. AND SO THAT THAT WAS WHAT FAILED. ALL THE OTHER ITEMS PASSED. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE TERM LIMITS VERSUS TERM LIMITS AS YOU NOTICED, WERE REJECTED. THERE ACTUALLY WAS A A PRETTY SOLID VOTER TURNOUT. 8900 VOTES WERE CAST. AND SO ANY CHANGE WHAT YOU TAKE FROM THIS, ANY CHARTER CHANGE WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. NEXT SLIDE. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE 85% APPROVAL RATE WAS FROM OUT OF THE COMMITTEE WORK. SO LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS A VERY DIVERSE COMMITTEE THAT WORKED WITH IT. 
          I THINK THAT THAT HELPED IN ALLOWING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THOSE. THOSE MEMBERS REALLY WERE ENGAGED. FROM WHAT I HEARD, FROM THEIR FEEDBACK FROM THEM, THEY WERE ENGAGED BY THEIR BY THEIR FAMILY OR FRIENDS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY ARE A PART OF TO ASK AND TO KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW THEY REACH THOSE THINGS AND HOW THEY GOT TO GOT TO THAT, THAT PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE. SO I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO COUNCIL IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM ME. BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE PROCESS THAT WE USE LAST TIME. I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN ORDER, IF COUNCIL WAS ATTEMPTING TO HAVE A CALL FOR ELECTION IN MAY, THAT PUTS THE A VERY, VERY SHORT TIME FRAME TO DO. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S FEASIBLE TO HAVE AN ELECTION THIS MAY IF COUNCIL WANTED TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN AGAIN, IT'D PROBABLY BE RECOMMENDED TO DO IT IN NOVEMBER. THAT WOULD GIVE THE CITY A CHANCE TO BUDGET FOR AN ELECTION, AS WELL AS TO START PUTTING THAT COMMITTEE TOGETHER. SOME FOCUS, AND THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS THAT. THE COMMITTEE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD ON MAKING SURE AND KIND OF HEARING THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE. AND I CAN YIELD TO COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW, WHO KIND OF HELD RAN THOSE MEETINGS, THAT THERE WAS A VERY STRONG OPINIONS FOR TERM LIMITS AND TERM LIMITS. AND THE REASON WHY THOSE ITEMS WERE KEPT SEPARATE IS BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME VERY STRONG OPINIONS ON BOTH SIDES ON THOSE ISSUES. AND SO ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE THOSE ISSUES ARE SIMILAR, AND THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT VOTER FATIGUE WITH THE NUMBER OF PROPOSITIONS, I THINK THAT IF COUNCIL WAS TO REVISIT THAT, I WOULD BE CAUTIOUS ON MERGING CONTROVERSIAL, 
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CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS THAT ARE STRONG. HAVE THE COMMUNITY HAS STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL. AND THAT'S JUST NOT FOR TERM LIMITS AND TERM LIMITS. BUT THAT'S ANY ISSUE THAT'S VERY STRONG. SO FOR THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER. COUNCILWOMAN, WHEN WAS THIS ELECTION? HOW LONG AGO. SO CHARTER CHANGES CAN ONLY OCCUR EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          OUR LAST CHARTER CHANGE ELECTION WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2023. PRIOR TO THAT, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 1999 OR 2000. IN 2023, WHEN WE DID THIS CHARTER CHANGE, I'M SORRY, I MEAN, 2021. AND THEN BEFORE THAT WAS 2023. MY QUESTION IS TERM 2003 TERM LENGTHS AND LENGTHS TERM GET PUT ON THE BALLOT. SO YES. SO TINA, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO I BELIEVE IT WAS SLIDE FIVE. KEEP GOING. GO BACK ANOTHER. SO THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW. THE NEXT ONE THIS THIS IS WHAT THE COMMITTEE PROPOSED. THEY PROPOSED TO INCREASE COUNCIL TERMS TO 2 TO 4 YEARS AND CREATE STAGGERED TERMS. THAT WOULD HAVE DONE TWO THINGS. ONE, IT WOULD HAVE CREATED A PLACE ONE AND PLACE TWO FOR AT LARGE POSITIONS, BECAUSE ONCE THEY EXCEED TWO YEAR TERMS, THEY HAVE TO DO THAT. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS TO IMPLEMENT TERM LIMITS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW YOU TO RUN SO MANY TERMS INTO A SPECIFIC SEAT, AND THEN YOU WOULD EITHER HAVE TO RUN FOR A HIGHER SEAT. SO YOU AS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR WARD THREE COULD RUN FOR THAT SEAT, I BELIEVE, TWICE. AND THEN YOU WOULD EITHER HAVE TO RUN AT LARGE OR FOR MAYOR TO REMAIN ON COUNCIL, AND THAT FAILED. WHAT FAILED IS WHEN THEY COMBINED PROPOSITIONS ONE AND TWO. SO COMBINING PROPOSITIONS A AND B, WHAT THEY DID IS CREATE THAT AS ONE PROPOSITION, INSTEAD OF IT BEING ITS OWN STANDALONE PROPOSITION. THEY CREATED THAT AS ONE PROPOSITION, AND IT BECAME PROPOSITION A, AND THAT BUILD AGAIN IN WHAT WE LEARNED FROM COMMITTEE IS THAT THERE WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF STRONG FEELINGS FOR INCREASED TERM LIMITS AND FOR TERM LIMITS. AND SO THEY WERE FOR OR AGAINST WHATEVER. BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF HEATED DISCUSSION. SO THERE WAS SOME APPETITE FOR PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT. BUT I THINK WHEN YOU COMBINE THEM, YOU MAKE PEOPLE CHOOSE BETWEEN WHETHER OR NOT THEY LIKED ONE OR THE OTHER. AND SO THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS, I'M NOT GOING TO I'M NOT GOING TO SETTLE. IT'S EITHER ALL OR NOTHING TYPE THING. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I FELT COUNCILMAN TURNER AND COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW AND COUNCILMAN DORIA. OKAY, BEFORE WE BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK FROM MY EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THIS, FROM THE COUNCIL ASPECT. IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF I CAN GET THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL, THAT THE CHARTER COMMITTEE ACTUALLY COMES AND DOES A REPORT TO COUNCIL OR WHOEVER THE CHAIR IS. SO WE HAVE REAL CLEAR COMMUNICATION PRIOR TO MOVING FORWARD AND DECIDING WHAT WE PUT ON THE BALLOT. I THINK THAT'S A MARK WE MISSED ON THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, THOUGH. WE HAD APPOINTMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE. YOU HAD THERE WAS A PRESENTATION THAT WAS PRESENTED BY COUNCIL. IT WASN'T FROM THE CHAIR. IT WAS ACTUALLY FROM YOUR CONSULTANT. AND WHAT THEY DID WAS PUT THAT COMMITTEE WORK ON THE SCREEN. SO WHEN THE PROPOSITIONS WERE PRESENTED, THEY WERE PRESENTED BY THE CONSULTANT AND MYSELF IN A WORKSHOP TO COUNCIL AT THAT. SO THAT WAS A PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL. SO JUST I WOULD PREFER TO HEAR FROM THE CHAIR. SO WE HAVE CLEAR COMMUNICATION ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT IN THE WORK. IN ADDITION, I KNOW THE CONSULTANT CAME AND I UNDERSTAND YOU DID IT, BUT I WOULD PREFER TO HEAR FROM THE ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THERE DOING THE WORK. NO DISRESPECT, BUT NOT THE CONSULTANT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER BECAUSE WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WERE APPOINTED TO THESE COMMITTEES, AND I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER RECEIVED IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD COMMUNICATION TO THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DID THE WORK. I THINK Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB, BUT I THINK THAT WAS A MARK THAT WAS MISSED BECAUSE WHEN THINGS WERE COMBINED, AS WE STATED EARLIER, IT BECAME CONTENTIOUS AND I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THE SAME WAY IF WE WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE THE TWO CHAIRS, OR MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN PRESENT TO MAKE A STATEMENT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. THE SECOND THING IS I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT TERM LIMITS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE RAN INTO WITH THE BOND ELECTION FOR VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON MEMORANDUMS SIMILAR TO KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE HOTEL SITUATION, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LET TO POLL OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT WAS THEIR TEMPERATURE PRIOR TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE IDEAS. WE KIND OF RAN INTO A JAM WITH THAT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T PUT IT ON THE BALLOT FOR A REFERENDUM BECAUSE IT WAS A CHARTER ISSUE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE THE TYPE OF VERSATILITY TO PUT THINGS ON THE BALLOT SO OUR VOTERS CAN ACTUALLY HAVE INPUT ON DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GET A GOOD GRASP OF WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE GOING 
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IN. I THINK WHEN PEOPLE ARE PART OF THE PROCESS, THEY'RE A LOT MORE SUPPORTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING, AND IT HELPS US BECAUSE THERE'S SEVEN OF US AND IT'S 112,000 PEOPLE OUT HERE IN BEAUMONT. AND FOR US TO GET A POLLSTER, EVERYBODY, I THINK THAT'S A LOT. SO IF WE CAN LOOK AT BEING ABLE TO ADJUST IT TO WHERE VOTERS CAN VOTE YES OR NO, IF THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT OPTION, I THINK THAT'S VERY NECESSARY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN. 
          EXCELLENT POINTS. MAYOR PRO TEM AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD, I WOULD NOT ONLY BE IN FAVOR OF US BEING ABLE TO ALLOW REFERENDUMS AND VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO DO ANOTHER CHARTER VOTE, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE THAT WE NOT DO IT IN NOVEMBER, WHERE THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BE DURING THE NEXT 2020 7TH MAY ELECTION. THAT WAY, THE CANDIDATES RUNNING COULD RUN ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE ON THE CHANGES, WHETHER THEY'RE FOR OR AGAINST THEM. SO THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. MAYBE WE WOULD, BUT IF WE AREN'T, THEN THAT'S WHAT IS AN AVERAGE ELECTION COST US. TINA. THE AVERAGE, IF WE'RE SPLITTING WITH ANOTHER ENTITY, I THINK THE LAST ONE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 74,000. BUT IF WE'RE RUNNING AN ELECTION JUST WITH THE CITY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVER 100,000. 
          OKAY. SO THAT'S HIRING ANOTHER. YES. YOU KNOW, POLICE OFFICER, SANITATION WORKER OR SOMETHING. 
          SO MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE THAT WE NOT HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION UNTIL MAY OF 2027. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S JUST MY MY PREFERENCE. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING IN THE LAW THAT WOULDN'T ALLOW THAT. CORRECT. WE COULD DO A CHARTER VOTE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE DO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. CORRECT? OKAY, GREAT. BUT SO WHETHER IT'S TERM LIMITS OR THE REFERENDUM CHANGE, WHATEVER IT IS, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I COULD LIKELY SUPPORT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IT IN 2027. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DARIO. YES. ON THE LAST SCREEN THAT WAS UP, I THINK IT WAS PROPOSITION NUMBER THREE. CITY MANAGER, CLARIFY CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL AUTHORITY WAS FIVE PROPOSITION. CAN YOU YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS. WHAT WAS THAT SPECIFICALLY CONCERNING PROPOSITION D YES E I'M SORRY I'M SORRY PROPOSITION E YES. SO PROPOSITION E JUST ADDED IN SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE TO THE CITY MANAGER, BASICALLY WHAT AUTHORITY HE HAD. AND THEN THERE ALSO WAS SOME LANGUAGE ADDED FOR CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS IT RELATES TO WHAT A CITY MANAGER CAN DO WITH THE CITY COUNCIL CAN DO. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO. SURE. SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT. I THINK THAT THERE WAS A THEORY THAT MAYBE AS THE CHAIRMAN, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER WE WANTED THE CITY CLERK TO BE HIRED BY THE CITY MANAGER. THAT WAS PROPOSITION C, THAT WAS A SEPARATE ONE, C C AND COUNCIL REMOVED THAT ONE. YES. AND AND IT WAS VERY MUCH THE IDEA AT THE TIME THAT COUNCIL WANTED TO KEEP THE HIRING OF THE, OF THE CITY CLERK. SO I JUST REMEMBER THAT WAS A THAT WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL. THAT'S ALL. I THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. WAS THERE SOMEONE THAT LIKE WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT KIND OF GUIDED THEM THROUGH? YES. SO JUST YES. 
          HERE'S WHAT YOU COULD EVEN LOOK AT. YES. SO WE DID HAVE A LIKE I SAID, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE THE ASSISTANCE OF A OUTSIDE CONSULTANT WHO SPECIALIZES IN CHARTER CHANGES. SO AT EVERY MEETING MR. ZACH WAS THERE TO LEAD THE MEETING. MYSELF WAS THERE. THE MANAGER CAME AS AN AD HOC MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE COMMITTEE WAS RAN BY COMMITTEE. SO WE WERE REALLY THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, MAINTAIN HOUSE RULES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. OKAY. COUNCILMAN TURNER, THEN COUNCILMAN DARIA. SO AT THIS PARTICULAR THING, WILL IT COME BACK TO US? BECAUSE I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE GIVE YOU GUYS DIRECTION, YOU ALL ARE KIND OF COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION. PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY IN MAY. SO NOW IS THE TIME IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CHANGE ANYTHING, TO ACTUALLY SAY SOMETHING, BECAUSE WE WILL RUN INTO IT WHERE THEY CAN PREPARE EVERYTHING. AND IF WE DON'T SAY ANYTHING, THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE, WE CAN MISS IT. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY. NOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT CHARTER CHANGE, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS ANYTHING THAT 
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THEY'D LIKE TO SEE CHANGED. PLEASE SAY IT NOW BECAUSE THEY'LL START PREPARING, AND WE DON'T WANT TO RUN INTO AN INSTANCE WHERE WE RUN OUT OF TIME TO GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY SAID HOW WE FEEL ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS. AND SECONDLY, WILL THIS COME BACK TO US AGAIN BEFORE YOU GUYS FORM THE COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER WE PLAN TO DO BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? SO THIS COUNCIL STAFF DOESN'T FORM THE COMMITTEE, THE COUNCIL FORMS THE COMMITTEE. SO THE FIRST THING AGAIN IN THE PRESENTATION, THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO HAPPEN IS THAT COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE HAVING AN ELECTION. 
          SO AGAIN, COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW HAS INDICATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ELECTION IN MAY OF 2027, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WOULD BACKDATE IT OUT AND COUNCIL WOULD AGAIN HAVE TO APPROVE THE SAY WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANTED TO USE THE SAME FORMAT. I APPOINTED A CHARTER COMMITTEE. AND MOVING FORWARD THAT WAY, AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT COUNCILMAN AND HILLIARD COMING, AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHAT COUNCILMAN TURNER JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR NOVEMBER OR MAY OF 27 IS IMPORTANT, I WOULD ASSUME, FOR IN TERMS OF A TIMELINE, WE DON'T WANT THINGS TO GO, YOU KNOW, STALE IN THAT TIME FRAME. AND SO I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING RELEVANT FOR US TO BE DISCUSSING IN TERMS OF WHAT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT CHARTER CHANGES WOULD BE MADE WOULD BE WITH INPUT OF COUNCIL, BUT ALSO OF THE COMMITTEE. SO REALLY AT THIS POINT, I THINK PROBABLY AT THE HIGH POINT WOULD BE WHERE WE LOOKING RATHER NOVEMBER OF 26 OR MAY OF 27. SO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF SOME REFLECTION ON Y'ALL, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW THEM IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET STARTED, ALSO WILL BE AFFECTED. AND THEN A FOLLOW UP. MAYOR. OH, SORRY. COUNCILMAN. OKAY. GO AHEAD. 
          JUST FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY. I'M NOT SURE. SO I'M ASKING IF IT IS ON THE MAY ELECTION. AND SOME OF US ARE ALREADY ON COUNCIL, COULD WE BE ABLE TO OPENLY DEBATE IF WE'RE FOR OR AGAINST IT? I KNOW WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO THE BOND, WE WERE TOLD, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T REALLY ADVOCATE FOR OR AGAINST. SO DOES THAT FOLLOW THE SAME FOR THE ELECTION? YES. YOU CAN ADVOCATE FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSITION THAT PUT US IN A BAD. SO YOU CAN'T YOU CAN YOU CAN SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU KNOW, FOR FOR A BOND. BUT ONCE ITEMS ARE PLACED ON THE BALLOT, COUNCIL IS LIMITED OR STAFF IS LIMITED. IN COUNCIL IS ADVISED TO ONLY EDUCATE ON ON THOSE ITEMS. BUT THE THE LAW REFLECTS BACK ON STAFF, NOT SO MUCH. AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE I KIND OF AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CRENSHAW. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SHOW YOUR STANCE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO THAT. THAT'S WHY I ASKED, BECAUSE I KNOW DURING THE BOND WE WERE TOLD, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF NOT ADVOCATE FOR OR AGAINST. I'M NOT TRYING TO DISAGREE. I JUST IT SEEMS LIKE I CAN REMEMBER PEOPLE RUNNING ON LIKE TERM LIMITS AND, AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. YEAH, YEAH, WHILE IT WAS ON THE BALLOT. BUT. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU CAN CLEVERLY WORD YOUR DEBATE OVER REFERENDUMS AND TERM LIMITS INTO AN EDUCATION. AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU ARE ON COUNCIL AND YOU VOTED TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND YOU'RE NOW RUNNING FOR REELECTION, PEOPLE WOULD KNOW HOW YOU GOT YOU, GOT YOU. 
          SO ANYWAY, I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT DOESN'T DISCOURAGE US FROM DOING IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD NEED LEGAL COUNSEL TO LET US KNOW THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT'S PERMITTED AND NOT. SO THE LAW SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T USE CITY RESOURCES, AND SO HOWEVER YOU DEEM YOURSELF TO BE A RESOURCE IS IS HOW YOU WOULD THINK. LIKE, AS I WAS MENTIONING, THE THE PENALTY STRICTER ON STAFF THAT IT WOULD BE FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. BUT AGAIN THE LAW SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T USE CITY RESOURCES OR MUNICIPAL RESOURCES TO ADVOCATE FOR OR AGAINST A PROPOSITION. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. YES. I JUST WANTED TO ASK CITY ATTORNEY THE STATE LAW COMPLIANCE AND THE DELETE REPETITIVE PROVISION. WAS THAT ALL TAKEN CARE OF WITH THE WITH THE ELECTION, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAD TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT AGAIN? NO, IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. SO UNLESS THERE'S SOME NEW CHANGES WE COULD ALWAYS THE CHARTER COMMITTEE COULD ALSO LOOK AT THAT. BUT DELETING REPETITIVE PROVISIONS WERE OBVIOUSLY TAKEN CARE OF. AND THE CHARTER'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO. MY WHOLE THING IS REVISIT THE TERM LIMITS. 
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SOMETHING MORE SENSIBLE. YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE PART IN GOVERNMENT, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST HELD BY A FEW. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US. YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE DID TWO, FOUR YEAR TERMS INSTEAD OF, I BELIEVE THEIR PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM 14. IS THAT CORRECT? BASED ON THEIR TERM LIMIT, THE LAST PROPOSAL. I THINK IT WAS MAXIMUM OF THREE FOUR YEAR TERMS. IS THAT RIGHT? UNLESS YOU WERE CHANGING POSITIONS. YES. OKAY. SO I MY BELIEF AND FROM WHAT I AND I RAN ON TERM LIMITS IS THAT EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE. AND YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF US GETTING THE GRAIN ON THE GROUND. AND I KNOW FOR ME, COREY AND MIKE AND LADONNA, I MEAN, WE WE JUST STARTED OUR FIRST YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO BE A YEAR IN. WE HAVE TO START CAMPAIGNING AGAIN. WE HAVE TO START DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN. SO GIVE US A CHANCE TO BEGIN TO DO STUFF. AND SO I WOULD I WOULD LOVE TO SEE. AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, LET'S BE CLEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO DISCUSS WHAT ITEMS WOULD BE ON THE CHARTER CHANGE. RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE MOST RELEVANT THING IS SHE'S PRESENTING THESE OPTIONS TO US. BUT IN TERMS OF WHEN WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT ACTUALLY HAVING THE ELECTION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT COULD AFFECT WHEN WE WANT TO GET STARTED AND PICK A COMMITTEE AGAIN. TO GO BACK TO THE INITIAL POINT, THE FIRST STEP IS FOR COUNCIL TO CALL FOR AN ELECTION. SO THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, THERE WAS VERY CLEAR THAT COUNCIL WANTED TO HAVE AN ELECTION THAT YEAR IN NOVEMBER. SO STAFF REALLY JUST NEEDS TO KNOW WHEN THE ELECTION IS GOING TO BE HELD SO THAT WE CAN DO THE TIMELINE AND TO HELP COUNT. I KNOW I, I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW AT THIS POINT THAT MAY OF 27, SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING AN ELECTION ALREADY, IT WON'T WE WON'T INCUR ANY OTHER COST. SO I THINK THAT COULD BE A GOOD TIME TO SHOOT FOR. I'M SORRY. ONE MORE QUESTION. JUST FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MAY OF 2027, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HUME SAID, BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY RUNNING EVERY TWO YEARS. YOU KIND OF SERVE FOR A YEAR AND YOU'RE ALREADY CAMPAIGNING FOR THE NEXT TIME. SO MAY OF 2027, WHAT DOES IT DO FOR COUNCIL? LET'S JUST SAY IF IT PASSES, IS IT THE FOLLOWING YEAR THAT EVERYTHING GOES INTO EFFECT? SO BASICALLY THE COUNCIL STILL WOULD BE ON A TWO YEAR TERM AND THE FOLLOWING ELECTION EVERYTHING WILL GO INTO EFFECT. 
          CORRECT. SO IF HOW IT WOULD WORK IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS FOR THE FOUR YEAR TERM AND EVEN THE STAGGERED ELECTION IS THAT YOU'D HAVE TO DECIDE BY PULLING STRAWS WHO WOULD GO FIRST. SO HALF THE COUNCIL WOULD BE IN TWO YEARS, THE OTHER HALF WOULD BE FOUR YEARS IF IT PASSED ON THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE A CHANGES WENT INTO EFFECT, THE CHANGES WENT INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED IS THAT THE COMMITTEE ALSO TALKED ABOUT DOING STAGGERED TERMS. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS ALWAYS A CITY WIDE ELECTION. AND SO THERE WERE CERTAIN, CERTAIN CERTAIN TIMES WHERE WE SUGGESTED THAT THE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH TO ALLOW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. SO I BELIEVE IT WAS SO MANY AT LARGE, AT LEAST ONE OF THE AT LARGE IS WITH THE ODD WARDS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE MAYORAL ELECTION. SO IT WAS IT WAS ALWAYS A, A, A CITYWIDE ELECTION. BUT IN TERMS OF WHO, WHO WOULD GO FIRST, WE. THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT IN MOST PLACES THEY JUST PULLED STRAWS OR FLIP THE COIN. AND THAT'S THE WAY IT OFTEN WORKS. YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. COUNCILMAN DICICCIO. WELL, I THINK IF WE END UP DOING THAT WITH THE STAGGERED TERMS, IT OUGHT TO GO BY SENIORITY ON THE COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN. SO I WOULD SAY IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT NEEDS TO REALLY BE ADDRESSED, GIVING YOU SOME DIRECTION ON. 
          YES, SIR. THE WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHEN COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HOLD AN ELECTION. I'D LIKE TO COME BACK IN NOVEMBER AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE OCTOBER BUDGET CYCLE. I'D LIKE TO SEE US COME BACK IN NOVEMBER. TALK ABOUT A COMMITTEE AND DOING THAT. AND WHAT AND NOT WHEN WOULD THE LIKE. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON LIKE LANGUAGE PROPOSAL, I GUESS, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO AGAIN, WHEN WE FIRST WE INITIALLY STARTED THIS, WE DID IT IN. WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS PROBABLY AROUND THIS TIME. NOW WHEN WE DID IT FOR NOVEMBER. AND THE COMMITTEE MET EIGHT TIMES AND 
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WE PRESENTED IT TO COUNCIL, THERE'S A CERTAIN ONCE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE UP AGAINST A NOVEMBER ELECTION, THERE WERE CERTAIN TIME FRAMES, LIKE WE KNEW WE HAD TO GET THE BUDGET LANGUAGE IN BY THIS DATE, WHICH MEANS WE NEEDED TO HAVE IT AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PLANNED THE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL APPROXIMATELY AT THE TIME WE WERE MEETING WEEKLY, WE PLANNED THE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO IT NEEDED TO BE ON THE BUDGET. SO THAT GAVE COUNCIL TIME TO SEE IT, TO DISCUSS IT. AND THEN AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, IT WENT BACK FOR ON THE BALLOT ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL. AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF GET IT. SO ONCE WE KNOW WHAT ELECTION WE KNOW WITH THE TIMELINES AND THE DATES ARE, AND SO WE GIVE ENOUGH TIME TO PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION. SO ESSENTIALLY THE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL AND THE APPROVAL OF THE BALLOT LANGUAGE DIDN'T HAPPEN IN ONE MEETING. OKAY. YOU HAD SOME TIME TO KIND OF SO FOR FOR A MAY ELECT I MEAN YOU IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BEFORE JANUARY. SO FOR SO BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR A MAY ELECTION IS TYPICALLY DUE IN FEBRUARY. RECALL ELECTION BY FEBRUARY. WE USUALLY. SO I'M JUST SAYING IT WOULD NEED TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AT LEAST BY JANUARY THEN. CORRECT. OKAY. 
          YEAH. IF YOU'RE GOING TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE YOU'D PROBABLY NEED TO DO IT BEFORE THEN IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE MEETING. SURE. SEPTEMBER IS BETTER THAN. SEPTEMBER FOR OUR MEETING TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS. YEAH, I THINK SO. THEY NEED TIME TO MEET AND TO DISCUSS AND NOT PUT THEM. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO I MEAN, I WOULD JUST I MEAN, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE MAY IS ON THE I WOULD JUST LOOK AT WHATEVER WE DID. YEAH. SO IF YOU'RE. YEAH, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THE ELECTION NEXT MAY, MAY OF 27 NEXT MAY THEORETICALLY COUNCIL WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO START PLANNING FOR THAT NOW. SO YOU WOULD NEED TO GET YOUR COMMITTEE TOGETHER IN MAY AND ALLOW THEM THE CHANCE TO MEET SO THAT THEIR PROPOSALS TO YOU WOULD COME SOMETIME AROUND SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO DIGEST IT, GET IT. YOU CAN HAVE IT, HAVE THE BALLOT LANGUAGE APPROVED AND DONE BY JANUARY. YOU ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THAT TIME FRAME IS KIND OF CLOSE IN TERMS OF PEOPLE FILING FOR OUR ACTUAL ELECTION, AS WELL AS THERE'S A KIND OF REDUCED MEETING SCHEDULE IN DECEMBER AND A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN JANUARY. YOU USUALLY TYPICALLY HAVE A HEAVIER MEETING. THE FIRST TWO MEETINGS OUT OF THE BOX IN JANUARY, JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'VE APPROVED THE BUDGET IN OCTOBER, THOSE CONTRACTS AND THINGS ARE COMING, SO IT'S A LITTLE HEAVIER. SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IF COUNCIL IS LOOKING TO HAVE AN ELECTION NEXT MAY, TO JUST GO AHEAD AND ALLOW THAT BUFFER TO EITHER HAVE THAT COMMITTEE IN PLACE AND PUT TOGETHER BY MAY. 
          THAT JUST ALLOWS FOR US TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN OUR MEETING SCHEDULE, BECAUSE WE WILL BE ASKING PEOPLE TO MEET DURING THE SUMMER AND DOING AUGUST WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THEIR KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND THAT TIME, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL NEED EIGHT MEETINGS, BUT THAT'S WHAT WORKED LAST TIME FOR US. SO LIKE FORMALLY, WHAT WOULD THE NEXT STEPS NEED TO BE? SO IF IF FORMALLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR A MAY ELECTION, SO YOU WOULDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE A FORMAL VOTE TO CALL FOR A MAY ELECTION UNTIL SOMETIME LATER. BUT WE HAVE THAT ON PAPER. YEAH, WE HAVE THAT ON PAPER. SO WE CAN WORK BACKWARDS TO. THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR COUNCIL TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO CHARTER COMMITTEE, IF THAT'S THE ROUTE YOU WANTED TO TAKE. THAT'S MY SUGGESTION. JUST BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS PRIMARILY THE THE REASON FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE LAST ELECTION WAS MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH A CHARTER COMMITTEE. 
          OKAY. WELL, THEN, I MEAN, I MOVE THAT WE ESTABLISH A CHARTER COMMITTEE. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO, WE'RE IN A WORKSHOP. NO, NO OKAY. SORRY, BUT YOU CAN ASK THAT. I PUT THAT ON THE ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. SO NOTED. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NOT ON MAY 3RD. ALL 
          [COUNCIL COMMENTS]
RIGHT. WELL WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS. AND I BELIEVE IT'S YOUR TURN. COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW FIRST. NOS. HAPPY FAT TUESDAY. AND IF YOU WERE TRYING TO BE VIP TO THE TASTE, YOU MISSED IT. AND SO I HOPE THERE ARE SOME REGULAR THINGS. IT'S ANOTHER GREAT DAY IN BEAUMONT. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN WARD THREE. AND PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN THE CHARRETTE AND THE COMMUNITY INVIGORATION PLAN THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NEEDED, BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS AND A LOT OF COMMENTS, BUT WE DON'T OFTEN GET A LOT OF REAL PARTICIPATION IN ALL OF THESE MEETINGS THAT WE'RE HOSTING. SO I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT AND HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH AS WELL, BECAUSE WE ARE CELEBRATING A RICH HISTORY, 
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CULTURE AND TRADITION ROOTED IN RESILIENCE AND STRENGTH. IT'S ANOTHER GREAT DAY IN BEAUMONT. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. CONGRATS. CONGRATULATIONS TO CITY MANAGER ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF YOUR RETIREMENT. DIDN'T MEAN TO RUN YOU OFF SO FAST, BUT YOU MENTIONED IT. YEAH, YEAH. NO KIDDING. RIGHT? YEAH. BUT ON THAT NOTE, I NOTICED THAT NEDERLAND WAS ALSO LOOKING FOR A CITY MANAGER, AND I SAW THAT WHENEVER THEY'VE GOTTEN DOWN TO THEIR, THEIR FINALISTS, THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY HOSTING LIKE A INFORMAL MEET AND GREET FOR THE, THE CANDIDATES FOR THE JOB. AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT AT THAT PROCESS YET, BUT I WOULD SAY WHENEVER WE WE GET THERE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CONSIDER. I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY PRETTY GOOD. AND AND WAY TO INCLUDE THE PUBLIC. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMAN TURNER, I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT, MR. CRABB, I KNOW YOU TRY TO TAKE CARE OF ME, BUT YOU COULDN'T TODAY, SO I APPRECIATE YOU. THE LAST THING IS, I MEAN, ANOTHER THING IS A RESIDENT CAME UP ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION. IF WE CAN GET SOMEBODY TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND KIND OF LET ME GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RIGHT NOW, IF WE CAN LOOK INTO I KNOW WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY FOR SOME OF THESE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS SPECIFICALLY, PROBABLY WARD THREE, WARD FOUR, OR EVEN SOME IN THE WEST END THAT ARE KIND OF WORN DOWN, THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPERS TO REDEVELOP SOME OF THE OLDER APARTMENT COMPLEX VERSUS BUILDING NEW ONES. I THINK RIGHT NOW, IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY WE CAN DO THAT WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES, THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL, AND IT CAN KIND OF SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW WITH PEOPLE COMING TO DEVELOP NEW. WE PUT THINGS IN PLACE TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO ACTUALLY GO AFTER THE OLDER ONES. I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE THAT, AND IF I CAN GET SOME SUPPORT, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE IN WE SHOULD ALLOW PEOPLE QUALITY PLACES TO STAY. AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT I CAN KIND OF SPEAK TO I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T CONTROL THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS, AND THEY DO WHAT THE BEST THEY CAN WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY NOT CALLING OUT SOME OF THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, BUT IT'S SOME, YOU KNOW, OFF OF HILBIG, YOU KNOW, SOME OFF OF MAGNOLIA. IT'S SOME IN THE WEST END THAT ARE NOT GOOD REPAIR. AND IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WHO GO AFTER THESE PROJECTS TO REDEVELOP WHAT'S EXISTING VERSUS FROM THE GROUND UP, THAT'S THE DIRECTION I WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO SEE US GO IN. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, I AGREE 100%, IN FACT, THAT THAT MEANS MY COMMENTS WILL BE LESS. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO OUR VETERANS COALITION MET TODAY. WE'VE ALREADY FORMED AN EXECUTIVE BOARD, AND WE'VE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. AND AND ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION WILL DO OR WHAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL DO THAT ME AND CHRIS ARE BLESSED TO BE A PART OF IS THAT THEY'LL HAVE A ONE CALL CARD. SO WE HAVE ALL THESE RESOURCES AND WE'LL HAVE ONE CARD. YOU CALL AND YOU UNLOCK EVERYTHING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE VETS WITHIN OUR AREA. AND SO IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING THING AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD WE HAD A POLICE OFFICER, OUR FIREMEN THERE. AND HE SAID THAT THEY THEY ENCOUNTER HOMELESS VETS, THAT THEY ALL THEY CAN TELL THEM TO DO IS CALL THE VA. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS MAY BE A BLUEPRINT THAT WE CAN USE ALSO TOWARD THE HOMELESS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S 100 PEOPLE DOING THEIR OWN THING, BUT YOU BRING THOSE 100 PEOPLE TOGETHER AND THEY BECOME A FORCE. AND SO AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO VIRTUE AGAIN JUST DID WONDERFUL. HAD US SNACKS AND HAS HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. MR. CITY MANAGER. SO SHE'S SHE'S AWESOME ON THE BUSSES. HOW MANY SPECIAL NEEDS BUSSES DO WE HAVE. I CAN GET AN OFFICIAL COUNT YOU BUT AT LEAST TEN. BUT I CAN GET AN OFFICIAL COUNT TO YOU. AND WE DON'T DO A WILL CALL FOR THE. IT'S NEXT. WELL, IT IS A DAY OF SCHEDULING AS FAR AS WE'LL CALL THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A YOU KNOW YOU THINK OF UBER. WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN PLACE. YOU DO HAVE TO SCHEDULE A DAY OF OKAY. SO IF IF THE GENTLEMAN IF HE KNOWS WHEN THE GRADUATION IS, HE COULD CALL AHEAD OF TIME AND SAY, I NEED TO BE ME AND MY WIFE NEED TO BE PICKED UP BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE THERE. YEAH. WHAT ABOUT OUR LIGHTING STUDY? HOW ARE WE DOING? BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A BUNCH OF LIGHTS ON COLLEGE. I, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DISCO LIGHTS GOING IN THE WEST END. AND SO WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? SO THE LIGHTING STUDY IS PREPARED 
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TO HELP US WORK WITH ENTERGY ON THE ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO PLAN TO DEAL WITH THE OVER 8000 STREET LIGHTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVE. WE'VE SHARED THE INFORMATION WITH ENTERGY. 
          WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SCHEDULING A JOINT CALL WITH ENTERGY AND THE CONSULTANT. 
          ENTERGY IS COMMITTED TO TOUCH EVERY LIGHT IN THE CITY FOUR TIMES A YEAR. THIS IS GOING TO ACTUALLY BRING THEM SOME VALUABLE DATA THAT THEY CAN USE, BUT IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS TO THEN TAKE THAT DATA AND ACT ON IT. OKAY. AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS ALSO WHAT ABOUT THE HAVE WE MOVED ANY FURTHER ON ON POSSIBLY PUTTING A LIGHT ON 105 AND RFD? THE TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THAT IS STILL IN PROGRESS. I THINK WE WERE EXPECTING TO GET THE FINAL REPORT BACK IN MAY, AND THEN WE WILL SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH TEXDOT AND THEN SEE THEY'RE THEY HAVE TO REVIEW IT AS WELL AND ACCEPT IT BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT AFFECT THAT, THAT ROADWAY. BUT IT IS STILL AN ACTIVE WORK IN PROGRESS. 
          OKAY. AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I TALKED ABOUT AT THE VETERANS COALITION IS THE CITY LEADING THE WAY. AND RIGHT NOW OUR VACATION POLICY SAYS THAT IF A MAN OR WOMAN IS IS CALLED UP BY OUR GOVERNMENT TO FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY, THEY DON'T THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY, ANY LEAVE TIME ONCE THEY GET BACK. SO YOU'VE GOT THEY'RE THEY DON'T ACCRUE ANY LEAVE IF THAT'S THE WAY I WAS I READ OUR, OUR OUR DEAL. SO I THINK THAT IF MEN AND WOMEN ARE CALLED UP TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY, THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY AND, AND, AND REALLY BASICALLY DETOX FROM WHAT THEY'VE WITNESSED. AND SO I THINK THE CITY SHOULD LEAD THE WAY AND THAT IF, IF CURRENTLY I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE CITY THAT ARE, THAT ARE DEPLOYABLE. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY IF THEY HEED THE CALL OF OUR, OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY, THAT OUR CITY IS THERE TO SAY WHATEVER WE CAN DO. AND IF THAT MEANS THAT YOU GET FIVE DAYS OFF WHEN YOU GET BACK, THEN YOU GET FIVE DAYS OFF WHEN YOU GET BACK. BUT THEY NEED THAT TIME, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'VE BEEN GONE FROM THEIR FAMILIES FOR A YEAR OR TWO YEARS. IT'S IMPORTANT. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK ME AND CHRIS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE VETS UP HERE, AND IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO COME BACK FROM A WAR ZONE AND GET TO SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY. SO THAT'S IT. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, I'M DONE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CAN I JUST ADD SOMETHING TO JOEY'S POINT? I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN HILLIARD'S POINTS. I HAD AN INFORMAL MEETING YESTERDAY WITH TEXDOT AND I, IN ANTICIPATION OF A COMMENT THAT YOU MADE PREVIOUSLY ABOUT. I THINK THE INITIAL TRAFFIC STUDY DID NOT SHOW A NEED FOR POSSIBLY A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT RFD AND 105, BUT THAT YOU WERE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE COMPLETE STUDY TO BE DONE BEFORE THAT WAS FINAL. I HAVE ASKED TEXDOT, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO COME UP WITH SOME SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS, AS WELL AS LONG TERM SOLUTIONS, AND WHAT WE CAN DO IMMEDIATELY TO GIVE SOME RELIEF FOR THAT AREA. YOU MENTIONED LIGHTS THAT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT. AND THEN THEY ALSO ARE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY A DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE AND AND POSSIBLY PUTTING UP THOSE, THOSE LITTLE PLASTIC, WHATEVER THOSE THINGS ARE CALLED. AND AND ANYWAY, DOING SOME THINGS SHORT OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT WOULD GIVE SOME IMPROVEMENT TO, TO THAT AREA THAT WOULD HELP. THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT. 
          AND THE VERY FIRST THING THEY MENTIONED WAS THAT THEY DO BELIEVE IT'S NOT VERY WELL LIT RIGHT THERE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. WELL, HAVING THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO TEXDOT, THEN I WILL INVITE THEM TO OUR NEXT STATUS MEETING. OKAY. GREAT. GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. I'M GLAD YOU DID THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT, BECAUSE I WAS READING ON SOCIAL MEDIA SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT RFD AND 105, AND I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE I KNOW, MAN, HONESTLY, THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN DISCUSSIONS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOUR YEARS AGO. AND MISS MOLLY, THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT ON YOU AT ALL. YOU'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION, BUT AT SOME POINT WE GOT TO GET SOMEWHERE ON THIS AND I THINK I'M GLAD WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE MAN, THOSE RESIDENTS BACK THERE, IT'S A HUGE ISSUE. OH WOW. THAT'S AMAZING. THAT'S REALLY COOL. MOLLY. IF IF THE TRAFFIC STUDY COMES BACK AND IT SAYS THAT THEY NEED SOME TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT THAT INTERSECTION, WHO INSTALLS THAT? IS THAT TEXDOT 
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OR IS THAT THE CITY? WELL, MR. CRENSHAW JUST COMMITTED TEXDOT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO FIGHT THEM FOR IT. MAKES SENSE. WELL, THERE'S. ARE WE OKAY? I'M BACK. YEAH, THERE'S. WELL, WE'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE MUTUAL MAINTENANCE MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. AND SO THERE'S SOME PROVISIONS IN THERE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO FIGHT THEM FOR WORK. OKAY. SO. AND LATELY I'VE CALLED OR SENT EMAILS ABOUT STREET LIGHTS THAT ARE OUT. AND THE RESPONSE I GOT IS THAT ENTERGY IS RUNNING BEHIND ON REPLACING STREET LIGHTS BECAUSE USUALLY THEY'LL DO IT WITHIN A WEEK. SO USUALLY THEY DO. THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING BEHIND FOR WHATEVER REASON. BUT WE DO STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH MR. BLACKBURN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T FORGET ABOUT US. ALSO, AS FAR AS THE VETERANS COALITION, THE THE BOARD THAT WAS APPOINTED, THEY RAN THE MEETING TODAY. THEY DONE A VERY GOOD JOB. WE ALSO PUT TOGETHER A BYLAWS COMMITTEE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE MEETING HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AND WE APPOINTED A CHAPLAIN. AND ALSO MR. BLAKE HOPPER WAS THERE FROM CONGRESSMAN WEBER'S OFFICE. AND I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE POST OFFICE OVER THERE IN THE SOUTH END OF BEAUMONT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ELDERLY FOLKS THAT LIVE OVER THERE. THE FOLKS NOT GETTING THEIR MAIL THERE ARE IS GOING TO THE WRONG HOUSE OR THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR MEDICATION. AND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THEM, THEY STILL PAY THEIR BILLS THROUGH THE THROUGH THE MAIL. BUT I DID GET IN CONTACT. HE WAS AT THE MEETING AS WELL. AND HE SAID HE'S GOING TO HE'S GOING TO HAVE HIS OFFICE LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE HE SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WAS WILLING TO PUT THEIR NAME ON A FORMAL COMPLAINT. AND I MADE ONE PHONE CALL AND THEY WERE READY TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE JUST BEEN GOING THROUGH IT TOO LONG. THEY IT WAS SO BAD THAT THE POSTMASTER HAD LEFT. AND I DON'T THINK THEY EVEN HAVE A NEW POSTMASTER YET, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME HELP FROM CONGRESSMAN WEBER'S OFFICE. OH, AND ALSO, I JUST WANT TO SAY A PRAYER FOR JESSE JACKSON. HE PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING, AND HE WAS SOME, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME, I THINK I MADE ME THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY SAID WITHOUT JESSE JACKSON, OBAMA MIGHT HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT. WELL, WITHOUT JESSE JACKSON, MAYBE WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO BE ON COUNCIL. HE'D DONE A LOT FOR THAT. AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER HIM AND REMEMBER HIS FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, AS THE COUNCILMAN MENTIONED TODAY, WE LOST A CIVIL RIGHTS ICON. AND YOU KNOW, IN THE TO COUNCILMAN WARD'S POINT DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, HE REALLY DID A LOT FOR NOT ONLY JUST, YOU KNOW, AFRICAN AMERICAN RIGHTS AND CULTURE, BUT JUST FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN GENERAL, FOR THE RIGHTS OF OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE. SO WE LOST A REALLY GOOD, REALLY GOOD PERSON TODAY. SO THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WITH HIS FAMILY. THANK YOU. HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT LAST TUESDAY WE HAD OUR KICKOFF MEETING OF THE BOND FACILITATION COMMITTEE. THE AGENDA GENERALLY CONSISTED OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESOLUTION AND THE RULES FOR THE COMMITTEE, AND THEN A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED. SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT A QUARTERLY MEETING SCHEDULE. AND SO GOT GREAT QUESTIONS AND GREAT FEEDBACK AND PARTICIPATION FROM THE COMMITTEE AND LOOK FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. YES, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING COUNCILMAN HILLIARD MENTIONED ABOUT THE VETERANS KIND OF RESOURCE CARD. I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION REGARDING A HOMELESS RESOURCE CARD, IF YOU GO TO OUR CITY OF BEAUMONT HOMELESS RESOURCES WEB PAGE, AT THE BOTTOM IS WHAT WE CALL THE POCKET PAL FOR SERVICES AND FOR HOMELESS SERVICES. AND IT HAS MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THE LOCAL NONPROFITS AND RESOURCES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS. SO WE'LL TRY TO WORK WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO PROFILE THAT SOON. BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, WE DO HAVE THAT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. OKAY. REAL QUICK FOR THE CHARRETTE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT FIVE DAY PROCESS HAS COME AND GONE, BUT THE COMMUNITY SURVEY IS STILL AVAILABLE AND WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH MARCH. SO PLEASE DEFINITELY GO TO PLAN BEAUMONT.COM TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD. THANK YOU. THANK I SAID ENOUGH LAST WEEK. THANK YOU. WELL. AND. YOU 
          [02:10:02]
SHOULD. YEAH YEAH YEAH. AND I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD OUR PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CHARRETTE, AS WELL AS JUST PRINCE FOR HELPING GET THE MONEY FROM THE GLO. THAT ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN, AND CERTAINLY IS VERY IMPORTANT BASED ON CONVERSATIONS HERE TODAY FOR FUTURE PLANNING AND ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, FROM TALKING TO THE CONSULTANTS, THEY FELT GOOD ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION AND THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED. SO WHICH I THINK'S REAL POSITIVE. AND TODAY, EARLY VOTING STARTS AND I THINK OUR PEOPLE ON THE BALLOT. SO. BE AWARE OF THAT. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WHEN IT COMES TO AND THE VETERANS COALITION, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP AND HOW Y'ALL HAVE HELPED BRING THAT TOGETHER. AND CLEARLY THERE'S A LOT OF VETERANS WANTING TO BE INVOLVED. AND THIS SEEMS TO BE VERY WELL RECEIVED. AND GETTING COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP THERE INVOLVED IS IMPORTANT. AND THE MAYOR'S COALITION AGAINST VIOLENCE IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING MARCH 19TH OVER AT THE LAKESIDE CENTER, BECAUSE THERE IS A STEERING COMMITTEE OF OUTSIDE GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HELP SHAPE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF. SO JUST TO BE MINDFUL OF. SO I'VE HAD SOME INQUIRIES ABOUT WHEN THAT WOULD BE. AND IT'S MARCH 19TH, WHICH IS A THURSDAY AT 530 OVER AT THE LAKESIDE CENTER. AND. AND YOU KNOW, ALSO IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE. IS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO IN, IN BLIGHTED AREAS AND FOOD DESERTS, BECAUSE I KNOW RIGHT NOW WITH OUR SCORING MECHANISM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY OF THE TAX INCENTIVE MONEY OVER IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED. BUT PERHAPS IF WE CAN INCENTIVIZE, FIND WAYS THAT THAT'S BEEN INCENTIVIZED, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT. AND WE'LL BE HAVING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS COMING FRIDAY THAT WILL WILL COME HERE AT 9 A.M. AND THEN WE'LL RECESS UP TO THE. I KNOW YOU AGREED TO THAT. SO AND
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