May 05, 2026 City Council

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TO TODAY'S MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL CALLING IT BACK TO ORDER. TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, MAY 5TH, 2026. TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR TARA THOMPSON OF SAINT ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE, PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. LET US PRAY.

ALMIGHTY GOD, AS WE GATHER FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON OUR NEW CITY MANAGER. GRANT HIM WISDOM, STRENGTH AND COMPASSION AS HE BEGINS THIS IMPORTANT WORK OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE. WE ALSO ASK YOU TO GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND MINDS, TO WORK TOGETHER IN WISDOM, HUMILITY, AND GRACE. HELP US TO THINK CREATIVELY, SERVE SELFLESSLY, AND SEEK THE GOOD OF ALL OUR NEIGHBORS. RENEW OUR VISION, OUR UNITY, AND OUR COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, COMPASSION, AND PEACE IN OUR CITY. MAY OUR DECISIONS REFLECT CARE FOR OTHERS AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE WE PRAY. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO. UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. FOR. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR WEST, MAYOR PRO TEM TURNER. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. HILLIARD. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIAMS. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHERWOOD AND COUNCIL MEMBER. CRENSHAW. HERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS TODAY, AND THE FIRST ONE WILL BE EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. I'M GOOD. THE FISCAL

[ Communication Update]

THE NEXT COALITION MEETING IS TUESDAY, MAY 12TH AT 5:30 P.M. AT THE LAKESIDE CENTER AUDITORIUM. WE HOPE EVERYONE WILL TURN OUT AND BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION. YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR THE 75TH ANNUAL NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER ON THURSDAY, MAY 7TH. FROM NOON TO 1 P.M. IT WILL TAKE PLACE INSIDE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND WILL BE LED BY PASTOR DONNIE FLIPPO OF GOSPEL CENTER CHURCH. SEVERAL OF OUR COMMUNITY FAITH LEADERS WILL OFFER PRAYER THROUGHOUT THE HOUR, AND ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND AS WE COME TOGETHER IN REFLECTION AND UNITY. IT'S TIME TO BEAT THE HEAT FOR THE SUMMER AT ONE OF THE TWO PUBLIC POOLS IN THE CITY. BOTH ALICE KEITH PARK POOL AND MAGNOLIA PARK POOL WILL BE OPEN STARTING JUNE 1ST, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH LABOR DAY WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER 8TH.

GREAT NEWS FOR BEAUMONT STUDENTS. YOU CAN ONCE AGAIN RIDE THE CITY'S ZIP TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR FREE THIS SUMMER. FROM MAY 28TH THROUGH AUGUST 12TH, STUDENTS CAN HOP ON ONE OF OUR CITY BUSSES AND STAY CONNECTED TO SUMMER PROGRAMS, JOBS, AND ACTIVITIES. WHILE SCHOOL IS OUT, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MUST SHOW A VALID ID, AND YOUNGER RIDERS SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. WE'RE PROUD TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH WITH SAFE, RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION ALL SUMMER LONG. LOOKING FOR A SUMMER JOB? THE CITY IS CURRENTLY HIRING POOL MANAGERS, LIFEGUARDS, SUMMER CAMP SUPERVISORS, SUMMER KENNEL ATTENDANTS, GOLF COURSE AIDES AND SUMMER RECREATION AIDES. PAY RANGES FROM 11 TO $18 AN HOUR, AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GAIN SOME VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND BUILD YOUR RESUME. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, APPLY TODAY AT CITY OF BEAUMONT, JOBS.COM. IT'S NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK, AND BEAUMONT HAS A FEW FUN WAYS FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED. STARTING TODAY, WE'RE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO EAT BMT BY SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS, AND IT'S PERFECT TIMING WITH TODAY BEING CINCO DE MAYO. THERE'S A FULL LIST OF FUN ACTIVITIES ALL WEEK LONG.

JUST CHECK OUT. VISIT BEAUMONT.COM. MOVIES IN THE PARK ARE RETURNING IN JUNE.

THESE FREE OUTDOOR SHOWINGS TAKE PLACE AT PARKS ALL ACROSS THE CITY. THIS YEAR'S SERIES KICKS OFF JUNE 5TH AT WUTHERING HEIGHTS PARK WITH THE SMURFS. MOVIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AT DIFFERENT CITY PARKS, AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT MOTHER'S DAY IS THIS SUNDAY, MAY 10TH. WE'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THE MOTHERS WHO SERVE THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND THOSE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO CARE FOR AND RAISE THE NEXT GENERATION. AND OF COURSE, DON'T FORGET TO CELEBRATE YOUR MOM THIS WEEKEND. AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU. NOW

[ FY2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report by Patillo, Brown & Hill, LLP]

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I WILL SAY THAT YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SEPARATE CATEGORIES AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION, A FINANCIAL SECTION, AND A STATISTICAL SECTION. WITHIN THAT INTRODUCTORY SECTION, ON PAGE ROMAN NUMERAL NINE, YOU WILL FIND A COPY OF AN AWARD GIVEN OUT BY THE FINANCE OFFICERS, GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. IT'S A CERTIFICATE FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. LAST YEAR WAS THE 38TH YEAR IN A ROW THAT THE CITY RECEIVED THIS AWARD. THIS IS A COPY OF LAST YEAR'S AWARD, AND WE FEEL THAT THE REPORT THIS YEAR MEETS THE CRITERIA TO RECEIVE THAT AWARD AGAIN THIS YEAR. SO YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING ANOTHER AWARD IN OCTOBER OR SEPTEMBER. HOPEFULLY. THE AUDIT OPINION LETTER IS ON PAGE ONE. THAT LETTER STATES THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY. OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS YOUR AUDITOR IS TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIALS YOU RECEIVE. WHAT WE CALL AN UNMODIFIED OPINION IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS A CLEAN OPINION. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IN OUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FREE OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT AND THAT THEY CAN BE RELIED ON BY A THIRD PARTY.

SO IT'S THE HIGHEST OPINION THAT WE CAN GIVE. ADDITIONALLY, THE LETTER TO YOU, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT I HAVE TO CONVEY TO YOU AS YOUR AUDITOR. I'VE JUST CHOSEN TO PUT THEM INTO A WRITTEN FORMAT RATHER THAN VERBALLY GOING OVER IT ALL. BUT WITHIN THE LETTER YOU WILL FIND OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN RELATION TO THE AUDIT ETHIC REQUIREMENTS. THERE IS SOMETHING ON PAGE TWO I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT SAYS SIGNIFICANT RISK CONSIDERED. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER PRIOR TO THE AUDIT AS WE TAKE A RISK BASED APPROACH TO THE AUDIT. THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE CONSIDERED PRIOR TO THE AUDIT AND WERE NOT ITEMS THAT CAME UP DURING THE AUDIT. SO WE LOOKED AT YOUR MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE OF CONTROLS AND YOUR DEBT ISSUANCES, BECAUSE THOSE TRANSACTIONS CAN BE SOMETIMES COMPLICATED. SO AGAIN I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY AND POINT THAT OUT TO YOU THAT THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAME UP DURING THE AUDIT. RATHER, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDERED WHEN MAKING OUR RISK ASSESSMENT PLAN. IT'S A BIG DOCUMENT. IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE. AND I GUESS AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OVER EITHER DOCUMENT OR THE AUDIT PROCESS ITSELF.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND NOW WE HAVE

[ Presentation on the Wastewater Treatment Facility Master Plan]

HE IS THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, DIRECTOR OF WATER AND SEWER OPERATIONS. AND YOU HAVE A GUEST, A COUPLE OF GUESTS? YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL MAYOR. CITY MANAGER BOONE. TODAY WE HAVE JOHN D'ANTONI. AND WITH BLACK AND VEATCH AND JEFF BEAVER WITH SPI. THEY WILL BE PRESENTING OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLAN. THIS PLAN SERVES AS A ROADMAP FOR MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO MEET CURRENT DEMANDS, AND ALSO PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. OUR LAST COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN WAS COMPLETED IN 2016, AND SINCE THEN, SYSTEM CONDITIONS, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND CAPACITY NEEDS HAVE CONTINUED TO EVOLVE. THIS UPDATE REFLECTS THOSE CHANGES AND OUTLINES THE STRATEGIC PATH FORWARD TO ENSURE RELIABILITY, COMPLIANCE, AND LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY FOR OUR SYSTEM. MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU SEE ARE RECOMMENDED. PROJECTS THAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY ARE ALSO INCORPORATED IN OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM, WHICH HELP ALIGN PLANNING WITH FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTING IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO JOHN D'ANTONI WITH BLACK AND VEATCH. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IT'S CERTAINLY AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF OUR MASTER PLAN, WHICH WE BASICALLY COMPLETED IN 2025, DELIVERED THE FINAL DELIVERABLES IN 2026. TO START, I WANT YOU TO

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PLAN IS APPROACHING 75 YEARS OLD. SO A LOT OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE AND MAINTAINING GOOD OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS REPLACING AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AS THEY REACH THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE.

THE CATTAIL MARSH FUTURE, THE CATTAIL MARSH OPERATING A NATURAL SYSTEMS 558 ACRE WETLANDS, IS A CHALLENGE, AND IT'S BEEN A CONTINUED CHALLENGE FOR THE STAFF OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO PART OF THE MASTER PLAN WAS TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE TRUE FUTURE OF THE CATTAIL MARSH.

AND OBVIOUSLY, AS MIKE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GIVING YOU A PRIORITIZED LIST OF PROJECTS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER AS THEY GO FORWARD. NOW, A LARGE PART OF THE PROJECT WAS LOOKING AT THE EXISTING FACILITY, EXISTING CONDITION OF THOSE ASSETS IN AT THE TREATMENT PLANT AND IN THE WETLANDS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING SCHAUMBURG AND POLK REALLY LED FOR THE TEAM. AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR PARTNER, SCHAUMBURG AND JEFF BEAVERS TO TO TALK ABOUT THAT PART. THANK YOU JOHN. THIS IS JOHN SAID. WE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING ASSETS AND DETERMINED THE CONDITION AND THE NEEDS FOR THOSE ASSETS AS PART OF THAT ASSESSMENT. WE MET WITH THE CITY'S OPERATING STAFF OUT THERE AND GOT VALUABLE INFORMATION FROM THEM ON THE HISTORY OF THE MAINTENANCE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON OUT THERE. WE COMBINED THAT WITH A VISUAL INSPECTION OF ALL 14 AREAS OF THE PLANT. AND AND WHEN WE SAY 14 AREAS, YOU HAVE THE INFLUENT LIFT STATION THAT INCLUDES MECHANICAL SCREENS AND PUMPS. YOU HAVE THE CLARIFIERS AND TRICKLING FILTERS, ALL OF THOSE. THOSE TWO ASSETS WERE ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN THE 50S. YOU HAVE THE TWO AERATION PONDS. THERE'S THREE. TWO OF THEM WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE 70S. THE THIRD ONE WAS ADDED IN THE 2000. AND THEN THE CHLORINE DISINFECTION, HIGH FLOW AND TRANSFER LIFT STATIONS. THE RESULT OF THOSE INSPECTIONS AND ASSESSMENT WAS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SEVEN POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT I BELIEVE THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF SCHEDULING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THOSE INCLUDED REPLACING OLD VALVES ON EACH OF THE PUMPS AND MODIFYING THE EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEM AT THE INFLUENT LIFT STATION. REPAIRING THE LEVEE BETWEEN PON1 AND PON2 AERATION PONDS, WHERE THERE'S SOME EROSION BEFORE IT ACTUALLY BECOMES A PROBLEM. BEING PROACTIVE IS THE IS THE GOAL. THE GRIT REMOVAL SYSTEMS WERE PUT IN IN THE 80S. THEY REACHED PRETTY MUCH THEIR LIFE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH EITHER CURRENT STATE OF THE ART TYPE GRIT REMOVAL SYSTEMS, OR SIMILAR SYSTEMS. WE ALSO HAVE MISCELLANEOUS PUMP IMPROVEMENTS

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WHEN WE HAVE THE RAINS THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND SO IT'S. IT'S CRITICAL TO PREVENT WATER FROM BACKING UP IN THE SYSTEM. THE TRANSFER LIFT STATION IS WHAT ACTUALLY MOVES THE WATER FROM THE MAIN TREATMENT PLANT DOWN TO CATTAIL MARSH. OBVIOUSLY, BOTH OF THOSE ARE CRITICAL ELEMENTS. WE ALSO LOOKED AT REHABILITATING THE EXISTING ON SITE TRANSFORMERS THROUGHOUT THE PLANT. THEY'RE THEY'RE OPERABLE AND WORKING, BUT THEY ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW SOME DETERIORATION. SO AGAIN, THAT'S A PROACTIVE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A FAILURE ON ANY OF THOSE UNITS. WE ALSO IDENTIFIED SOME MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS. THE CODING SYSTEM IN THE PRIMARY CLARIFIER NUMBER TWO NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THE SLUDGE DIGESTER WALLS AND THE CHLORINE DISINFECTION BASIN WALLS HAVE CRACKING AND SOME OTHER SIGNS OF AGE THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. AND JUST AGAIN, PROACTIVE IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE. AND THEN THE TRANSFER CANAL BETWEEN THE MAIN PLANT AND CATTAIL MARSH, THEIR SEDIMENT THAT IS SETTLED OUT IN THERE, THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE MOVED OUT OF ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE NEEDED. THEY'RE NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY, BUT IT IS TIME TO PLAN THOSE AND HAVE A PLANNED, PROACTIVE PLAN TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND HOW DO I MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JOHN? OOPS. THERE WE GO. AS FAR AS THE ASSESSMENT OF CATTAIL MARSH, THE WETLANDS, WE AND EMPLOYED AN AERIAL DRONE SURVEY OF CATTAIL MARSH THAT ALLOWED US TO GO IN AND ACTUALLY IDENTIFY IN EACH CELL THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE EMERGENT WETLAND VEGETATION, WHICH IS THE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE TO PROVIDE THE TREATMENT. ALSO IDENTIFIED OPEN WATER AREAS, AREAS WHERE TREES HAVE GROWN IN, AND THEN AREAS THAT HAVE BECOME COVERED IN THE INVASIVE WATER HYACINTH.

BY DOING THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN FOR GOING IN AND CORRECTING EACH OF THOSE CELLS. WHAT WAS PROPOSED IS PROBABLY DOING TWO SALES A YEAR, EITHER ANNUALLY OR EVERY OTHER YEAR, UNTIL YOU TAKE CARE OF THOSE AND GET THOSE ALL BACK INTO SERVICE. THAT'S NEEDED IF CATTAIL MARSH IS CONTINUED TO USE FOR AMMONIA REMOVAL AS THE FINAL PHASE OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS. AS JOHN SAID, IT WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1993. THERE WERE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN MADE IN AROUND 2007 2009 OUT THERE. AND THEN IT'S BEEN SINCE THEN THAT NOTHING HAS REALLY BEEN DONE TO TO DO THAT. AND SO THAT MAINTENANCE AND THAT IMPROVEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. THERE'S ALSO AN OUTFALL LIFT STATION THAT PUMPS THE WATER, THE THE FINAL TREATED WATER ACROSS WILLOW MARSH BAYOU TO A NATURAL WETLAND AREA. MAINTAINING THOSE PUMPS IS ALSO ANOTHER AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT PROACTIVELY. AND AGAIN, AS I SAID, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS OUT AT CATTAIL MARSH CAN CAN BE SCHEDULED ON EITHER AN ANNUAL OR BIANNUAL BASIS TO STAY IN FRONT OF THOSE ISSUES AT THIS TIME. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO JOHN. THANK YOU. JEFF. SO I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AMMONIA. AND SO WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AMMONIA NH3? IT'S A COMMON CONSTITUENT IN DOMESTIC WASTEWATER. IT'S ALSO TOXIC TO AQUATIC LIFE. SO THE REGULATORS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ELEVATED LEVELS OF AMMONIA. AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS GRAPH RIGHT HERE IS YOUR CURRENT LIMIT. IN YOUR CURRENT PERMIT. THE LIMIT IS 7MG/L. AND OF COURSE WE LOOKED AT DATA FROM THE END OF 24 AND OUR ANALYSIS. AND YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE SUMMER MONTHS, WHICH IS THE MOST CRITICAL PERIOD, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BELOW THE 7MG/L ON A, ON A DAILY AVERAGE BASIS FOR THE MONTH. GETTING A LITTLE CLOSE, MAYBE AT TIMES, BUT, BUT IN COMPLIANCE, HOWEVER. YOU HAVE A PENDING FUTURE LIMIT IN THE CURRENT PERMIT THAT DURING THAT SAME TIME PERIOD LOWERS THE DISCHARGE OF AMMONIA TO 3MG/L. AND AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE EVERY MONTH DURING THAT PERIOD THAT THOSE LIMITS ARE NOT ENFORCED TODAY, BUT THEY'RE IN THE PERMIT. SO THEY ARE PENDING. THEY'RE HANGING OVER YOU. SO WHY ARE WE WHAT WHAT IS WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH AMMONIA? WELL, FIRST OF ALL,

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IF THE FUTURE PHASE PERMITS ARE PUT IN PLACE, THE WETLANDS CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. THEY WERE INSTALLED TO ADDRESS AMMONIA, BUT THEY'RE CURRENTLY OVERLOADED AND THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE AMMONIA LOAD COMING FROM THE PLANT. TO MEET THESE STRICT LIMITS. AS WE SAID, WETLANDS ALSO PRESENT OPERATIONS CHALLENGE, SO WE REALLY NEEDED A PRACTICAL AMMONIA SOLUTION. AND THAT WAS REALLY THE FOCUS OF OUR PROCESS TEAM TO LOOK AT WHAT CAN BE DONE AT THE PLANT TO PRACTICALLY REMOVE AMMONIA. AND SO WE LOOKED AT SIX DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES THAT'S SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN CONVERSION TO ACTIVATED SLUDGE, WHICH IS ANOTHER TREATMENT PROCESS WITH SUSPENDED MICROBES TO REMOVE THE WASTE, ENLARGING OR DEEPENING THE TRICKLING FILTERS. THAT WOULD HAVE PRESENTED A BIG CHALLENGE, THOUGH, WORKING WITH THOSE EXISTING STRUCTURES. THERE'S ANOTHER COUPLE OF TECHNOLOGIES. I CALL THESE THE ACRONYM TECHNOLOGIES THE MABR, WHICH IS A MEMBRANE ATTACHED BIOFILM, WHICH IS A MEMBRANE THAT HAS A BIOFILM ATTACHED TO IT THAT YOU PROVIDE AIR TO THE BIOFILM REMOVES THE AMMONIA.

THEN MBR, WHICH IS A MOVING BED BIOREACTOR. YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE PLASTIC ELEMENT THAT GETS PUT INTO THE WASTEWATER. MICROBES GROW AND ATTACH TO THAT. AND THEN THAT DOES THE REMOVAL. WE ALSO LOOKED AT TWO SORT OF NEWER TECHNOLOGIES ATTACHED. ALGAL GROWTH ATTACHED GROWTH ALGAL SYSTEM. THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW TECHNOLOGY. AGAIN ALGAE GROWS ON BASICALLY ON BELTS AND REMOVES THE THE AMMONIA AND THEN ALSO SUBMERGED ATTACHED GROWTH REACTOR, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE WOULD BUILD IN ONE OF THE EXISTING PONDS. BOTH OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE A LITTLE NEWER AND MAYBE NOT AS PROVEN AS THE OTHERS. SO, SO WE DID AN ALTERNATIVE EVALUATION, SUBMITTED A REPORT, AND WE ALL GOT TOGETHER, OUR CONSULTANT TEAM AND, AND CITY STAFF AND AN ALTERNATIVE EVALUATION MEETING IS A GREAT COLLABORATIVE MEETING WHERE WE DISCUSS PROS AND CONS OF EACH ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES. AND THE TEAM DECIDED THAT THE BEST ALTERNATIVE TO SOLVE THE AMMONIA PROBLEM WAS THE MBR. AND WE PICKED THAT ONE. AND AGAIN, IT THIS REPRESENTS A MAJOR INVESTMENT AT THE PLANT. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S A 20 TO $25 MILLION COST. AND THAT REALLY ONLY GETS YOU THROUGH. THAT'S A 2024 MGD. MBR.

WE BASED THE EVALUATIONS ON, ON THE PLANNING YEAR, WHICH WAS 20 2040. BUT IT'S A, IT REALLY HAS A, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE LOWER CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ALTERNATIVES.

IT'S RELIABLE, VERY RELIABLE TECHNOLOGY PROVEN AGAIN. AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AND VERY RELIABLE. SO I THINK THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WE FELT WAS THE BEST ALTERNATIVE AND THE STAFF FELT WAS THE BEST ALTERNATIVE GOING FORWARD. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THAT'S WHAT A TYPICAL MBR UNIT WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT'S AN AERATED BASINS WITH DIFFUSED AIR AT THE BOTTOM. AND YOU CAN IN THAT LITTLE CUTOUT PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE PLASTIC PIECES, ELEMENTS FLOATING IN THE IN THE WASTEWATER. AND THAT'S WHERE THE BIO MASS GROWS. AND THAT THEY DO THE JOB. SO WE ALSO IDENTIFIED AS JEFF WENT OVER 13 OTHER PROJECTS. AND THIS REALLY REPRESENTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MASTER PLAN. THESE TOTALED THIS TOTAL ABOUT 15 15.7 MILLION OVER, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE SPREAD OUT OVER FIVE YEAR OR MORE, PERIOD, AS JEFF INDICATED. AND THESE PROJECTS RANGED IN SIZE FROM $23,000 UP TO 2.8 MILLION FOR SOME OF THE LARGER WETLAND PROJECTS. FINALLY, THE THE MASTER PLAN CONCLUDED WITH A FUTURE VISION. HERE ARE THINGS FOR THE FOR THE STAFF AND OPERATING AND ENGINEERING STAFF TO BE THINKING ABOUT AS THEY MOVE DOWN THE ROAD. MAINTAINING PLANT CAPACITY AND THERE IS A TCEQ PERMIT RENEWAL THAT WILL TAKE PLACE. WE NEED TO START WORKING ON IT IN THE SPRING OF 28. SO IT'S COMING UP ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH T, C, Q ABOUT AMMONIA AND ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CATTAIL MARSH. DO YOU WANT TO SHIFT THE DISCHARGE

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[PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA/CONSENT]

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THIS IS EVEN HAPPENING WHEN THE APPLICANT HAS CLEARLY STATED THEIR PREFERENCE TO ATTEND OUR SCHOOL AS A LICENSED AND QUALIFIED TRAINING PROVIDER. FEDERAL REGULATIONS UNDER 20 CFR SIX 80.3 40 FURTHERMORE, EMPHASIZES THAT PARTICIPANTS MUST BE GIVEN THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE AN ELIGIBLE PROVIDER AND THAT THE SYSTEM MAY SUPPORT THAT AND NOT STEER THEM AWAY.

THIS IS NOT I MEAN, THIS NOT ONLY IMPACTS SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE MINE, BUT ALSO FURTHER ACCESS. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, BUT ALSO LIMITS FAIR ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE SYSTEM. WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS, AND EQUAL CONSIDERATION SO THAT ALL APPROVED TRAINING PROVIDERS, REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE AND THE RACE, ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE TO ATTEND THEIR SCHOOL.

THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU GUYS. JEROME ALEXANDER 1118 AVALON BEAUMONT, TEXAS. HOW Y'ALL DOING? JEROME ALEXANDER 1118. EVELYN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. I CAME DOWN HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LUBBOCK TRUCKING ORGANIZATION THAT THE BROTHER JUST GOT UP HERE SPEAKING ABOUT. IT'S YOU GOT BOARD MEMBERS IN THAT'S COLLECTIVE MEMBERS IN A. I AIN'T TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I JUST HAVE TO SAY, MR. WEST, THAT YOU WERE ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND FOR THE FOR THE TEXAS WORKFORCE, AND I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO MR. LAMPKIN AT THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WHAT IT WAS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS IMPACT MEETING HE HAD THE OTHER NIGHT. BUT THIS ISSUE IS WE GO TO THE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE LIKE MYSELF, I WENT AND I ASKED TO SIGN UP FOR THE LUBBOCK TRUCKING, BUT THEY DEFERRED ME TO GO OVER HERE. BUT THEY

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SO I TOLD HIM, I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE. I WANT TO GO TO MR. LUBBOCK. WHEN THEY SAID WE, WE, WE AIN'T, WE AIN'T GOT NO FUNDS FOR, FOR HIS FOR HIS TRUCKING COMPANY. AND IT'S NOT RIGHT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GET OUT OF PRISON AND THEY GO TO TRUCKING COMPANY AND THEY SUCCEED AND WE TRYING TO STOP CRIME AND ALL THIS AND PEOPLE GET OUT OF PRISON AND THEY BEEN GOING AND THEY'VE BEEN SENDING THEM AWAY. THEY TRYING TO SEND THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THE 20% TO GO TO MARS. THEY TURN AROUND AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO THEN THEY MIGHT GO BACK AND SELL DRUGS. THEY MIGHT GO BACK AND DO CRIME. SO WE TRYING TO STOP THAT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD GIVE MISS MELODY AND THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE, SIR, AND TALK ABOUT THIS AND GET THE ISSUE STRAIGHT, BECAUSE PEOPLE GETTING OUT, THEY NEED THEY NEED TO THEY NEED TO MOVE UP FURTHER. YOU KNOW, THE CRIME RATE IS BAD. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE THAT GET OUT, YOU KNOW, TO DO THINGS. THAT'S RIGHT. AND HE DOING THINGS THAT'S RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND AS OFFICIALS AND THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT HIM, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD WE SHOULD HELP HIM BECAUSE HE NEED THE HELP. I DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLE KEEP GOING BACK TO PRISON WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE. AND I APPRECIATE IF Y'ALL WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, HELP US OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ALBERT HARRISON 1240. ASHLEY BEAUMONT, TEXAS. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND OTHER CITIZENS THAT ARE PRESENT. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK I THINK HER NAME IS MRS. FOOTE AND ALSO MR. MIKE HARRIS. MISS FOOTE NOTICED I IN AVALON STREET IN LEVITTOWN, THE BLOCK THAT THE HILLS OF DIRT THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE CITY PUTTING IN A NEW WATER LINE. AND SO HERE'S THE DIRT PREVENTED, SUCH AS MOWING THE GRASS IN THAT AREA AND WALKWAYS, DRIVEWAYS. YOU COULDN'T GET INTO THEM BECAUSE OF THE HILLS DIRT. SO I LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR CORRECTING THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM. NEXT, I'M MOVING ON TO THE CORNER OF AVALON AND FORREST AND AVALON AND EWING STREET. WHAT THE CITY ALSO IS PUTTING THAT NEW WATER LINE IN TOTAL STREET UP ACROSS.

NOW THERE ARE PROTRUDING ROCKS, BRICKS FROM THAT AREA WHERE THEY TRIED TO ASK FOR THE.

WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. ALSO RIGHT NOW THERE ARE POTHOLES. I SAW A YOUNG KID WITH A BICYCLE THE OTHER DAY WHEN THAT POTHOLE BUSTED THE ENTIRE TIRE. JUST SO HAPPENED THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIX IT FOR HIM. THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS I KEEP ON TRYING TO TELL YOU ALL MY WATER BILL SAYS I'M RECEIVING A SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT, BUT WHEN I ADD AT THE PREVIOUS READING AND THE CURRENT READING, I DON'T SEE A DISCOUNT. SO I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I KEEP BRINGING THIS PROBLEM TO Y'ALL. AND IT'S NOT BEING CORRECTED. THE NEXT THING IS THAT I MADE A PHONE CALL TO MISS VALERIA. MOLLY STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED A PHONE CALL BACK. THE OTHER PART OF THE WATER ISSUE THAT THEY CORRECTED WAS THE WALKWAY INTO MY PROPERTY. THEY STILL HAD NOT PREPARED IT. PLUS, THE GUY BY THE NAME OF WALTER SAYS HE'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO REPAIR IT, BUT HE GOES BACK TO A PICTURE THAT WAS TAKEN, I BELIEVE, IN 2012 AND SAID, THAT'S WHY HE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING. BUT I HAVE A PICTURE OF 2023 WHERE I DID DO SOMETHING, AND I CAME BEFORE Y'ALL AND SAID, WHAT Y'ALL DID IS NOT GOING TO BE THERE. IT'S GOING TO WASH OUT. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ADRIAN SMOCK, 2099 DOWLEN ROAD, NUMBER 38, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ADRIANA SMOKE, AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT HOW WE CAN STRENGTHEN RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE WITH BEAUMONT

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SO THAT'S BOLSTERING THEIR PROFIT BASED ON THEIR COST OF OVER 14%, AN ADDITIONAL 14% PROFIT TO THEM PAID BY OUR TAXPAYERS. THIS TAX REVENUE IS BEING CIRCUMVENTED FROM OUR PRECIOUS CITY TO HOUSTON. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE MEASURABLE COMMUNITY BENEFITS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE REPLENISHMENT, INVESTMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES. THESE SHOULD BE WRITTEN DIRECTLY INTO THE AGREEMENT. EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, WE SHOULD REQUIRE PUBLIC AND VERIFIABLE REPORTING SO THAT THE RESIDENTS HERE CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE GETTING IN RETURN. THESE AGREEMENTS REPRESENT A PUBLIC INVESTMENT. IT'S ONLY REASONABLE TO ENSURE THAT THESE INVESTMENTS DELIVER CLEAR AND MEASURABLE RETURN FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

LARRY GAUTHIER, P.O. BOX 20042, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CHRIS, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW POSITION AND ALSO TO TO MISS MOLLY THAT WAS WORKING ON THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE. AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE AT THE LAST MEETING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SO I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP. BUT IF SOMETHING GETS DONE. OH, WELL. MAGNOLIA AT INTERSTATE TEN GOING NORTH, THE ROAD HAS PATCHES ON IT. NUMEROUS CAN'T BE HELPED, BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE PATCHING IT UP. BUT IT'S VERY BAD CONDITION. OKAY. AND THEN, MISS MOLLY, LIKE I SAID, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, THAT IF PEOPLE GET OFF AT 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY CANNOT BE HOME BY 2 P.M. SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT, LET THE TRAFFIC FLOW. BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WANT TO DRIVE 45, 50, 60 AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. NEXT THING I SPOKE ABOUT DIRTY ELECTRICITY IN THE CITY. I IMAGINE THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET. AND NOW WE HAVE STRESS HAS POPPED BACK UP. ABUSE. ABUSE IS IF IT IS NOT SOLVED OR RESOLVED BY THE ABUSER, THEN IT IS STILL THERE CENTURIES LATER. THANK YOU. AND Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU SIR. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL BE CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENTS. NOBODY ELSE HAS SIGNED UP. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA

[CONSENT AGENDA]

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[1. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to award a contract to Southern Trenchless Solutions, LLC, of La Feria, TX for the City Wide Manhole Rehabilitation – Phase I Project.]

FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FROM WATER REVENUE BONDS, AND THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE MOVE TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MOLLY.

QUESTIONS? YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY ASK THE QUESTION. MOLLY. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ONE. AND I ALWAYS CRINGE WHEN WE GO TO THE LOWEST BIDDER BECAUSE I SEE CHANGE ORDERS COMING. SO DO WE MAKE SURE WE WE TOOK ALL THE STEPS WHEN WE DID THE BIDDING IN THE BIDDING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE OMITTED AS MANY UNSEEN POSSIBILITIES AS POSSIBLE, LIKE LOOSE DIRT OR UN, UN, UN, EVEN SURFACES, OR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO HAVE 4 OR 5 CHANGE ORDERS SO THAT THE LOWEST BID DOESN'T TURN INTO THE HIGHEST.

SO WITH IT BEING A UNIT PRICE CONTRACT, WE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO IDENTIFY ALL THE SURF, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE SITES. THERE ARE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THE CONTRACT FOR DIFFERING SITE CONDITIONS, AND WE DO OUR BEST TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR. THROUGH THAT. WE ALSO WORK THROUGH TO DO THE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE REFERENCES THAT THEY SUBMIT CHECK OUT, AND THAT THE WORK THAT THEY CLAIM THAT THEY DID AT OTHER SYSTEMS IS, WAS ACTUALLY DONE. AND TO THAT CUSTOMER'S SATISFACTION. OF COURSE, NOT EVERY PROJECT IS PERFECT, BUT BECAUSE IT IS A UNIT PRICE CONTRACT, A RISING TIDE RAISES ALL BOATS. SO THERE'S NOT WHERE THE APPARENT LOW BID YOU START ADJUSTING AND YOU HAD TO ADD QUANTITIES. ALL OF THE BIDS WOULD HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. SO YOUR LOW BIDDER IS STILL THE LOW BIDDER. IT'S VERY, VERY UNUSUAL THAT THAT ENDS UP NOT BEING THE CASE. IT'S DEFINITELY THE EXCEPTION AND NOT THE NORM. WELL, WE'VE SEEN SOME CASES WHERE THE LOW BIDDER ENDED UP AS THE HIGH BIDDER BECAUSE THERE WAS UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS UNDER THE ROAD, OR THERE WAS UNSTABILITY IN THE DIRT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY TO CLOSE ALL THOSE LOOPHOLES SO THAT THE ONLY PRICE WE PAY IS THE ONE THEY BID IT BID OR LOWER IF POSSIBLE.

WELL, YES, BECAUSE I'D LIKE AVOIDING THESE CONVERSATIONS. YES, I'M GOING TO BE HONEST.

BUT YES, WE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN. BUT YOU KNOW, IF THIS WAS WORK THAT WAS EASY AND STRAIGHTFORWARD, YOU KNOW, THEN WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE CONTRACTING IT OUT. BUT THESE ARE SOME VERY CHALLENGING CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THE WORK IN ORDER TO SECURE THE SEWER SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS CONTRACTORS TO PERFORM THE WORK.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. BOONE, MAY WE HAVE

[2. Council consider a resolution authorizing the purchase of one (1) 10 MGD Secondary Recirculation Pump at the Wastewater Treatment Plant.]

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YOU KNOW, IT DOES COME WITH A WARRANTY. I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG. YEAH, FOR THAT KIND OF MONEY. YES, EXACTLY. THANK YOU. MIKE. I'LL CHECK IN AND LET YOU KNOW. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAY

[3. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to award a contract to Construction Managers of Southeast Texas, LLC, of Beaumont, Texas, for the Cattail Marsh Wetland 72-Inch Outfall Pipe Platform Project.]

AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY WILL BE IN THAT. GO AHEAD. MIKE. CORRECT.

THE ITEMS THAT WERE BASICALLY IN THE PRESENTATION ARE ONES THAT WE HAVE ROLLED INTO THE CIP FOR FUTURE THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM HERE IN THE PUMP THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE CIP FOR LAST YEAR. OKAY. BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE UPCOMING CIP EXCEPT FOR, YOU KNOW, PRESENT YEAR OR. OKAY. THANK YOU MIKE. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW, MOLLY, CAN YOU PLEASE I MEAN, IS THERE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE BIDS, WHY THERE WAS SUCH A STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO BEAUMONT COMPANIES WITH SUCH A BROAD DIFFERENCE IN THE BIDS? YEAH, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT SPREAD IN THE THREE BIDS THAT WE DID RECEIVE. YOU ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THE WORKLOAD THAT THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR HAS. AND SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE WORK AND ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ON OTHER ONGOING PROJECTS TENDS TO RAISE THE COST TO THE CONTRACT. HAVE WE DONE WORK WITH CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS BEFORE? NO. THIS IS OUR FIRST CONTRACT WITH THEM. AND BUT THEY DID MEET ALL OF THE CRITERIA AND THE BACKGROUND CHECKS. AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING AWARD TO THEM. OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY LIMITATIONS ON ADDITIONAL WORK ORDERS OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS OR. SO WE ARE LIMITED BY THE STATE REQUIREMENTS ON ANY INCREASES IN COSTS UP TO. I BELIEVE WE REQUIRE NO MORE THAN 20 OR 25%, BUT ALSO TWO. THERE HAS TO BE JUSTIFICATION TO THAT. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN LINGERING OUT THERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND THE WETLANDS STAFF NEED THIS ACCESS FOR SAFETY. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU TODAY. YEAH, NO, I AGREE, I'M SURE IT'S 100% NEEDED. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF IT BEING A BRAND NEW CONTRACTOR, IF EITHER OUR OWN GUIDELINES OR STATE GUIDELINES PROVIDED THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY OR LIMITATIONS ON WHAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE A BRAND NEW CONTRACTOR. ALL OF ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN OUR CONTRACTS ARE PRETTY ONEROUS. AND SO WE WE

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[4. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an Advance Funding Agreement (AFA) with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the Citywide School Zone Sign Improvements Project.]

CITYWIDE, THE TOTAL PROJECT ESTIMATE IS 1.9 MILLION, WITH FEDERAL FUNDS PROVIDING 1.8 MILLION AND THE STATE PROVIDING $86,948. THE CITY'S MATCH OF $363,400 WILL BE COVERED BY TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS, AND THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COST OVERRUNS. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, AND WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR? THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN TURNER? THANK YOU. MAYOR. YES, MR. MANAGER, CAN YOU JUST KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHEN WE SAY SCHOOL ZONES, I HAD SOMEONE CALL ME EARLIER AND ASK, IS IT IN PARTICULAR SCHOOL ZONE? I KNOW YOU SAID SCHOOL ZONES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. DOES THAT INCLUDE OUR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL? YEAH, I'LL DEFER TO MOLLY ON DETAILS. IF YOU LOOK AT ATTACHMENT A IN THE IN THE REPORT, YOU'LL SEE A MAP. AND AGAIN, THE PROJECTS ARE DISTRIBUTED REALLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT MOLLY, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INPUT ON THAT. YES, SIR. THAT IS CURRENTLY IS OUR PLAN TO START WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND WORK OUR WAY UP THROUGH THE JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOLS. OKAY. SO ELEMENTARY WOULD BE MADE THE PRIORITY WITH THE FUNDING THAT THAT IS OUR INTENT IS TO START WITH THOSE. THAT'S OUR MOST VULNERABLE SCHOOL AGE AND THEN WORK OUR WAY UP TO JUNIOR AND HIGH SCHOOLS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW. AND JUST SO I'M CLEAR AND ANYONE ELSE THAT MAY NOT BE CLEAR, WHAT ARE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS? HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? AND IS IT LIKE A DOLLAR BALANCE OR. THAT IS SOMETHING I WILL HAVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON. I'M STILL LEARNING THE TRANSPORTATION CREDIT PORTION OF THIS. IT'S A GOOD. THANK YOU. SO TXDOT HAS THE ABILITY TO ISSUE OUT TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS AS THEY SEE FIT. WE JUST SIMPLY APPLY FOR THEM AND THEY SAY YAY OR NAY. AND THEN THAT ESSENTIALLY HELPS US WITH OUR MATCH FOR GRANTS. OKAY. AND SO IS THIS ON A PER PROJECT BASIS, OR DO WE HAVE LIKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CREDITS WE GET EVERY YEAR THAT WE GET TO ALLOCATE TO CERTAIN PROJECTS PER PROJECT, PER PROJECT? OKAY.

AND SO THIS IS BASICALLY COSTING THE CITY NOTHING. THE CITY'S MATCH WAS COMPLETELY PROVIDED BY TXDOT. NOW THAT I WILL DEFER BACK TO TO MOLLY ON THAT, BUT I BELIEVE HOW THIS IS READING. YES, YES, THE CITY'S MATCH IS TDCS. YEAH. EVEN IN THE CIP, OUR PORTION IS IS ZERO.

WE ARE ON THE HOOK. IF THERE ARE COST OVERRUNS IN THE CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. AND WE DON'T HAVE A PROJECT, WE HAVEN'T DONE THE BIDS YET. NO, SIR. THIS IS THIS IS ALLOWING US TO GET STARTED. OKAY, GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS

[5. Council consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept maintenance and authorize final payment to MK Constructors, of Vidor, for the Concrete Pavement Repair Citywide – Phase III Project.]

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ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE. SO MOVED. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND TWO SECONDS. ANY DISCUSSION. COUNCILMAN DARIO THEN COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. YEAH JUST ONE COMMENT. I RECEIVED PHONE CALLS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY AND IF WE COULD, HOW GOOD A JOB DO WE DO OF NOTIFYING THE CITIZENS WHEN A BIG PROJECT LIKE THIS IS COMING UP? BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM SAID THEY JUST LOOKED UP AND PEOPLE WERE DIGGING UP THEIR DRIVEWAY AND STUFF AND DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. DO WE TRY TO CONTACT THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT A BIG PROJECT LIKE THIS IS GETTING READY TO HAPPEN? WE ARE. WE DO TASK THE CONTRACTOR WITH DOING THE NOTIFICATIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION THAT YOU'RE PARTICULARLY REFERRING TO. WE HAD A VERY STERN CONVERSATION WITH THAT CONTRACTOR BECAUSE THEY KNOW BETTER. AND SO WE HAVE TO REQUIRE THEM TO BE GOOD PARTNERS AND GOOD NEIGHBORS WHILE THEY'RE WORKING. AND SO WE ARE REINFORCING THAT FACT WITH THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.

THIS TUNNEL PROJECT WAS 4 MILLION. YES, SIR. HOW MANY CHANGE ORDERS WERE SUBMITTED AND WHAT WAS THEIR ORIGINAL PRICE? WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL BID PRICE FOR THIS PROJECT? WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, SEEING IF IT WAS IN MY FOLDER. BUT IT'S NOT THE. LET'S SEE.

SORRY, I DON'T SEE THE ANY ADDITIONS, ANY CHANGE ORDERS THAT CAME ABOUT IN THIS CONTRACT IS BECAUSE WE HAD TO ADD WORK. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ONGOING IS THAT PHELAN WAS PART OF THIS CONTRACT, AND WE STARTED SEEING A LOT OF DETERIORATION OF PHELAN. FROM THE TIME THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED, TO THE TIME THAT THE CONTRACTOR WAS STARTING TO WORK ON PHELAN. SO WE HAD TO ADD SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PANEL REPAIRS. TWO PHELAN DRIVE BECAUSE THE THE PAVEMENT HAD SHIFTED AND WE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM THE CITIZENS AND FROM COUNCIL AS WELL. AND WE ADDED THAT TO THE CONTRACT. THERE WERE A COUPLE TWO LOCATIONS IN PARTICULAR IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE PANEL REPAIRS REQUIRED ADDITIONAL WORK TO EASE THE TRANSITIONS, TO PROMOTE THAT, TO KEEP WATER FROM PILING UP IN THE GUTTERS.

SO THE HAD WE BID IT AND OTHER CONTRACTORS BEEN AWARDED THOSE BIDS AS WELL, WOULD HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY FOR THOSE CHANGE ORDERS. BUT MOST. AND I CAN GET YOU THE ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO CONFIRM ALL THAT INFORMATION. AND I'M SORRY IT WASN'T IN HERE, BUT YEAH, AS AS WE GO THROUGH IT, WE FIND MORE WORK FOR THIS, ESPECIALLY THE CONCRETE REPAIRS ARE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT ADDITIONAL WORK, IT WAS NEEDED. WE STAYED UNDER THE 25% LIMIT BUT TRIED TO MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITY WHILE WE HAVE THE CONTRACTOR TO GET THE ROADS IN AS GOOD A CONDITION AS WE COULD. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW AND COUNCILMAN TURNER. AND I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, COUNCILMAN DARIO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AND I'M SURE IT'S COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED. I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO SAY A NICE THING ABOUT THIS CONTRACTOR. THEY DID CONCRETE WORK ON THE CROW ROAD IMPROVEMENT, AND THAT'S ON MY DAILY ROUTE TO RAYOS ON ABOUT PARKDALE. SHOUT OUT TO THE TO TOURISTS. AND THAT THAT CREW DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. NOT ONLY WAS IT DONE QUICKLY, THE FLAG CREW THAT HELPED DIRECT TRAFFIC WAS EXTREMELY FRIENDLY AND DID A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE WHILE THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THAT CONSTRUCTION AREA THERE. AND I THOUGHT THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT THEY DID WITH THE CONCRETE WAS EXCELLENT. SO I HATE TO HEAR THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING, A NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PROJECT, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I THOUGHT THE CONTRACTOR HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH SOME ROAD PROJECTS IN WARD ONE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN TURNER. YEAH. JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON COUNCILMAN HILLIARD, OUT OF CURIOSITY, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING THROUGH THE ITEMIZED WORK WITHIN THIS BID. AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE TOO MUCH OF A STRAIN TO SHOW ON THE BID, THE

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BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL CAN PROVIDE THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. DO YOU. STILL ON ITEM FIVE? OH FIVE. DOESN'T IT SAYS THAT THE RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL AWARDED A CONTRACT TO MK CONSTRUCTION OF VIDA IN THE AMOUNT OF 4.1 MILLION. SO THAT WILL BE THE STARTING PRICE, THE 4,000,130 000. YES, SIR. THAT'S THE CONTRACT. OKAY. THERE'S 220 000938. IS THAT INCLUDED IN THAT 4.1 OR IS THAT IN ADDITION TO IT TO CLOSE IT OUT. NO SIR.

THAT IS THE FINAL 5% OR THE RETAINAGE OF THE CONTRACT. IT IS UNDER THAT UMBRELLA COST EVERY PAY INVOICE THAT THEY SEND US, WE WITHHOLD 5% OF WHAT THEY INVOICES, AND WE SAVE THAT TO THE VERY END. AND ONCE ALL WORK IS COMPLETE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CITY, THEN WE, THE COUNCIL, VOTES TO AUTHORIZE US TO RELEASE THAT FINAL 5%. OKAY, SO THIS IS A THIS IS ALL PART OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

[6. Council to approve resolution awarding Hotel Occupancy Tax Grant Funding for FY27.]

REBECCA, DO YOU HAVE A. ON THE HOT TAX HOT OCCUPANCY GRANT PROCESS? THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS, MYSELF, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY BOARD, A PAST ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, SOMEONE FROM THE FINANCE TEAM, THE LEGAL TEAM AS WELL. DID I MISS ANYTHING? AND MR. BOONE AS WELL. JUST CURIOUS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, COUNCILMAN TURNER. YEAH. JUST JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, JUST FOR STAFF, I'VE KIND OF HAD PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME, WHETHER IT BE CDBG, CDBG, GRANT FUNDING OR HIGH TAX FUNDING. LIKE WHAT RECIPIENTS? SOME PEOPLE KIND OF FEEL LIKE THEY'RE EITHER DISCOURAGED BECAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT THE PROCESS. CAN WE LOOK IN THE FUTURE TO DO MAYBE SOME FORM OF A TRAINING WHERE WE CAN SEE IF NEW

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SURE. ON THE CITY OF BEAUMONT GOVERNMENT PAGE, FACEBOOK PAGE, THERE IS A LINK TO THE BEAUMONT CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU ON THAT LINK. IT LISTS INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX GRANT. IT LIVES THERE. ANY UPDATES ARE THERE. EACH JANUARY WE NOTIFY AND UPLOAD THAT NEW INFORMATION, AND IT COMES WITH A SCHEDULE OF WHAT'S TO COME ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRANT, ONE OF WHICH IS A DATE THAT IS GIVEN FOR ORIENTATION THAT IS ALWAYS POSTED THERE. THE DEADLINE IS POSTED AS WELL. WHEN WE ACTUALLY SUBMIT AND MEET TO REVIEW THE GRANT THAT'S LISTED. ALSO, EVERYTHING IS VERY TRANSPARENT AND EVEN WHEN WE'RE PLANNING ON COMING TO CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE YOU ALL REVIEW IT, ALL OF THOSE DATES ARE LISTED ON THE WEBSITE. SO I THINK JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, IT'S ALL VERY TRANSPARENT, BUT I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY WORK ON MARKETING IT A LITTLE BETTER. I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO ATTEND THE MEETING, BUT I GENERALLY DO SIT ON THE BOARD AND I WOULD SAY I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THIS YEAR, BUT THE LAST TWO YEARS WE DID HAVE NEW APPLICANTS THAT APPLIED.

HOWEVER, ONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR RECEIVING HIGH TAX OCCUPANCY TAX IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL HOTEL ROOMS. AND SO SOMETIMES IT'S HARDER FOR NEW ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE WANTING TO BRING IN EVENTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE DATA TO SHOW THAT IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT OUTSIDE VISITORS. AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD THAT PROVEN DATA FOR THAT. SO AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T, THEY CHOOSE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. SO ALTHOUGH THE PROGRAMING THAT'S PRESENTED IS INTERESTING AND MAY BE BENEFICIAL, ONE OF THE STRONG CRITERIAS AND I'M USUALLY THE MEAN ONE IN THE ROOM SAYING, BUT IS IT GOING TO MEET THE CRITERIA OF PUTTING HEADS IN BEDS. THAT'S A VERY STRONG CRITERIA FOR US TO BE ABLE TO AWARD HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND SOME OF THE REPEAT RECIPIENTS HAVE HAD THEIR EVENTS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS. THEY HAVE VERY STRONG DATA AND STRONG EVIDENCE OF OUTSIDE VISITORS STAYING IN HOTELS.

THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY USED TO APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT. AND SO THEY KNOW WHAT DATA TO PROVIDE AND THEY KNOW WHAT INFORMATION. AND BECAUSE THEY'VE APPLIED FOR IT IN THE PAST, THEY HAVE TRACK OF THE DATA TO SHOW THAT THEY PUT HEADS IN BEDS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY. YEAH, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I'M NOT FIGHTING THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE PROCESSES. EVEN WITH A START UP BUSINESS, YOU WANT TO, AT LEAST IF YOU'RE GIVING PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY, EVEN IF IT'S ON A SMALLER SCALE, THAT A SMALLER PERCENTAGE CAN BE CARVED OUT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STARTING UP LIKE, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO PROVE IT, AND YOU WANT TO HAVE THE ANALYTICAL DATA TO SHOW, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN NEVER SHOW UP. THEY NEVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WHAT THEY CAN DO OR BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE. SO THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING I TALKED TO SOMEBODY ABOUT. AND I'M LIKE, LOOK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND ASKING AND I DON'T MIND ASKING UP FRONT.

IT'S NOT A SHOT AT YOU GUYS. IT'S JUST A CONCERN THAT SOMEONE BROUGHT TO US, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT JUST THIS, IT'S EVEN THE COMMITTEES WE APPOINT WITH SOME OF OUR CDBG FUNDING.

AND THAT'S WHY I SAID I WOULD ASK, AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF DISCUSS IT. I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, WE DO OFFER A ORIENTATION TRAINING.

IT'S HIGHLY STRONGLY RECOMMENDED, BUT IS NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND AND WE DID HAVE 3 OR 4 NEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAD NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE. AND BUT WE GO THROUGH AND EXPLAIN, JUST LIKE MISS REED SAID, WHAT THE CRITERIA FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. IT'S VERY SPECIFIC AND OUTLINED BY TEXAS TAX CODE. AND SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT. AND THEN THEY REALIZED THAT WHAT THEY THEIR PROJECT THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR DID NOT MEET THE GRANT REQUIREMENTS. I ALSO FIELDED SEVERAL CALLS FROM DIFFERENT NONPROFITS BECAUSE THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT IT, SAW, YOU KNOW, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS. AND AFTER WE DISCUSSED THAT AND WE WENT OVER THAT SAME REQUIREMENTS, THEY REALIZED, OH, NO, I JUST NEEDED FUNDING FOR A LOCAL EVENT. NO, HOTEL ROOMS DOESN'T MEET ANY OF THE CRITERIA. SO AND I WOULD RATHER HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND BE EDUCATIONAL. WHY WASTE YOUR TIME WHEN YOU'RE A GRANT WRITER? THAT'S A LOT OF TIME SPENT FOR BOTH THEM AND FOR US FOR REVIEW. SO WE DID HAVE A LOT MORE APPLICANTS THAT DECIDED NOT TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MEET THE CRITERIA BASED UPON WHO ATTENDED THE ORIENTATION AND THE PHONE CALLS I RECEIVED.

AND IF THE MONEY KIND OF STAYED THE SAME AMOUNT YEARLY, OR DOES IT KIND OF DEVIATE DEPENDING ON

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HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE AND THE MONEY, YOU KNOW, IF THE MONEY'S A LOT THAT THE ASK GET BIGGER EVERY YEAR, THE MONEY KIND OF STAYS CONSISTENT. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO YOU AWARD THIS LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY TO ALL OF THESE GREAT PROGRAMING. AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOUR CITIZENS WHO ARE IN THE ROOM KIND OF COME INTO PLAY. AND THEY ADVOCATE FOR THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE, THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE PUTTING FORTH, HOW GOOD OR HOW GREAT THEY WERE, AND HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO REPEAT AND SEE THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT THE AMOUNT ESTABLISHED ROUGHLY 300, 300,000. AND THAT'S ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE BUDGET. YES, SIR. OKAY. YEAH, THAT WAS THE CLARITY I WAS LOOKING FOR IS ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT EVERY YEAR. IT USED TO BE A LOT LESS BACK IN THE 80S, IT WAS 100,000. AND BEFORE IT BECAME A COMPETITIVE GRANT, IT SLOWLY INCHED UP 200 TO 50, SO FORTH.

SO THIS 300,000 IS THE MAXIMUM IT'S BEEN SINCE THE COMPETITIVE GRANT STARTED. AND, WELL, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE LAST TIME IT WENT FROM GOT TO 300,000? HAVE THERE BEEN A FEW YEARS. DOESN'T NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE. SO 2024 YEARS, 2023 IS WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE NEW POLICY. AND I THINK WE SET THE NEW AMOUNT AGAIN, AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS SUMMER, DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE ADJUSTED UP OR DOWN. OKAY. THAT'S ANOTHER EXCELLENT. HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE? 300,000. I KNOW, BUT HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE LIKE IN THE BANK AND HOT TAXES LIKE CURRENTLY WE WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT NUMBER TO YOU. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN HILLIER, THEN COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD, FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T HERE ON A WHOLE NOTHER DEAL, WILL YOU TELL US HOW MUCH MONEY WAS BROUGHT IN TO THE CITY LAST YEAR? ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE? AND THESE NUMBERS COME OUT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS STRICTLY FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, 408.3 MILLION IN DIRECT SPENDING BECAUSE OF TOURISM IN BEAUMONT, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, WHICH IS UP 63%. I THINK IT WAS MORE LIKE 4.6%. OKAY, OKAY, THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN ATTORNEY REED. SO IF THERE'S NO WIGGLE ROOM IN. WHEN YOU'RE PICKING, THERE'S NO LIKE THRESHOLD MINIMUMS THAT YOU COULD CHANGE TO INCLUDE. SO LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND I THINK AFTER I DO THAT, IT'LL PROBABLY KIND OF HELP YOU EITHER ASK ME THE QUESTION IN A DIFFERENT WAY OR MAYBE ANSWER THE QUESTION INDIRECTLY. SO THE FIRST THING WE DO IN THE ROOM IS WE GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT ANY MONEY, WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO MEET THAT ONE LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR ME. WILL THEY PUT HEADS IN BEDS AND WE SEPARATE THEM OUT. AND SO WE WE CAN ALMOST ALWAYS ELIMINATE SOME OF THE NEW, NEWER PROJECTS BECAUSE EITHER THEY'RE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PROVEN TO PUT HEADS IN BEDS OR THEY'RE NOT ADVERTISING TO BRING PEOPLE IN FROM OUT OF TOWN OR THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS VERY SINGULARLY FOCUSED FOR THE 409 AREA, WHICH MEANS IT WILL MOST LIKELY WILL NOT ATTRACT SOMEONE FROM A HOUSTON OR LAKE CHARLES OR SOMEONE FROM OUT OF TOWN. THERE'S THERE'S NO THERE'S NO OUTSIDE DRAW. AND SO ONCE WE ELIMINATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND WE'RE DOWN TO JUST INDIVIDUALS WHO PRESENTED DATA AND PROVIDED THAT. NOW WE START LOOKING AT HOW, HOW MUCH REVENUE THEY BRING IN IN TERMS OF OUTSIDE THINGS, HOW MUCH MONEY WE WEIGH THAT AGAINST, HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE ASKING FOR, AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET. RIGHT. SO YOU COULD HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S ASKING FOR EXTREME AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CUT OUT A LOT OF PROGRAMS. SO NOW WE START TRYING TO DIVVY THE MONEY BASED ON EQUITY PROGRAMING, DRAW INTO THE CITY, BENEFIT TO THE CITIZENS, AND ALSO MEETING THAT CRITERIA. SO EVERYONE WHO'S WHO'S BEEN AWARDED MONEY ON THE LIST WILL MEET THE CRITERIA OF HEADS AND BEDS. REMEMBER, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. IF COUNCIL IS IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THE MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED, THEN COUNCIL CAN ADJUST. BUT THE COMMITTEE SITS DOWN AND THEY REALLY SPEND A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY CAN DIVIDE THIS MONEY IN THE MOST EQUITABLE WAY POSSIBLE, TO BOTH MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PERSON APPLYING, BUT ALSO WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE RETURN AND THE BENEFITS OF THE CITIZENS. KEEPING IN MIND THAT TOP CRITERIA THAT THIS PUTS HEADS IN BEDS, LIKE WHAT'S GOING TO DRAW IN THAT OUTSIDE

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AND I WILL SAY, NOBODY'S GETTING 100% FUNDING. WE'RE NOT THE SOLE FUNDER. ALL AMOUNTS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED IS LESS THAN WHAT THE GRANT APPLICANT ASKED FOR. COUNCILMAN DARIO. SO THE TAX GRANT, THE MONIES THEMSELVES THAT COME DIRECTLY FROM THE MONEY THAT THE CITY TAKES IN ON HOTEL TAXES, HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX COLLECTIONS. YES. OKAY. AND SO WE ARE THE ONE THAT SETS THIS $300,000 FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S HOW THEY DECIDE BECAUSE I KNOW WE TOOK IN MORE THAN THAT PER YEAR, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE SET ASIDE FOR THE GRANT. THE GRANT PORTION. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S QUESTION. COUNCILMAN TURNER, IS THIS GRANT SOMETHING THE NONPROFIT HAS TO FUND FIRST AND GET BACK AFTER THE EVENT? IS IT REIMBURSEMENT OR IS IT SOMETHING THEY GET UP FRONT? WE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN SORT OF TWO PATHS FOR WHAT IF IT'S AN ONGOING. LIKE THE MUSEUMS THAT ARE OPEN 365 DAYS AND THEY'RE DOING EXHIBITIONS, QUARTERLY OR SPECIAL EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY GET FOR QUARTERLY PAYMENTS, THEIR PAPERWORK IS SUBMITTED WITH A CONTRACT. THEY GET THE FIRST PAYMENT. THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY REPORTS TELLING THEM WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT QUARTER BECAUSE THEY'RE ONGOING. IF IT IS A FESTIVAL OR A ONE TIME EVENT, THEY GET THEIR MONEY 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DO A POST-EVENT REPORT. ALL THE FOLLOWING REPORTS, WHETHER THEY'RE QUARTERLY OR POST-EVENT. THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE BUDGETS.

HOW THEY SPEND OUR MONEY, PROVIDE THE VISITOR STATISTICS. WHERE DO THEY STAY IN A HOTEL? WHERE DID THEY HAVE A ROOM BLOCK? AND WHEN WE DO VISITOR STATISTICS, WE'RE ASKING HOW MANY LOCAL, HOW MANY OUT OF TEXAS, HOW MANY INTERNATIONAL STAY? YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF REPORTING AND DATA THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE AND PLUS COPIES OF THEIR HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY, THE RECEIPTS, THE COPIES OF THE ADS ANALYTICS, BECAUSE IN THE CONTRACT, IT'S REQUIRED THAT AT LEAST A PORTION AND THAT'S GOING UP HAS TO BE SPENT OUTSIDE THE CITY.

WE ARE NOT FUNDING LOCAL EVENTS. THAT'S NOT THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATE. SO IT IS THIS MONEY IS MARKETING TO THE VISITOR OUTSIDE THE AREA TO BRING THEM, AS SHARI SAID, HEADS AND BEDS.

AND THEN IT HAS TO MEET THE CRITERIA SPECIFIED BY STATE TAX CUT. DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH YOU DID. AND 60 DAYS PRIOR TO FOR THE ONE TIME EVENT. SO QUARTERLY. RIGHT. AND THEN THEY ALL HAVE TO DO REPORTS AND WE REVIEW THE COURTS AND MAKE SURE ALL THE DOCUMENTS THERE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE OF THIS, WHATEVER. AND SO IT'S ALL DIGITIZED AND KEPT. AND AGAIN,

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THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ANY OPPOSED. MOTION IS CARRIED.

[7. Council to consider an ordinance amending Chapter 22, Division 4, Section 22.02.149, of the Utilities Ordinance.]

ANY SUCH MODIFICATIONS OR PARTICIPATION SHALL BE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE APPROVED AGREEMENT. STAFF DOES. ADMINISTRATION DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THIS NECESSARY FOR THE. ITEM WE DISCUSSED EARLIER IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? IT DOES ALLOW FOR. PARTICIPATION THROUGH A THROUGH 80 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO TO SUPPORT SUCH INVESTMENTS. OTHERWISE IT'S PROHIBITED. BUT.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN OF APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

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

[8. Council consider a request to amend Section 28.02.008(d) of the City of Beaumont Code of Ordinances.]

[9. Council consider an ordinance amending the FY 2026 Budget.]

PRECIPITATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 62IN FOR BEAUMONT. THE LANDFILL RECEIVES AN AVERAGE OF 1206

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FERNANDO WAS OKAY. AND IF WE CAN'T GET THE ANSWER TODAY, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING GOOD BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT IN PEARLAND IT WAS TWO LINES AND WE DIDN'T HAVE IT. AND I SAID, WELL, I'LL ASK. OKAY, WE'LL FIND OUT FOR YOU. OKAY. YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE IF IT'S BROKEN OUT. IF IT'S NOT BROKEN OUT IN THE AQUIFER, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY BROKEN OUT IN OUR FINANCIALS.

THAT'S A LOT OF LINE ITEMS IN THE ACT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO BE ACCURATE INFORMATION PEOPLE ASK. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER, WHEN YOU SAY TWO LINES, YOU'RE REFERRING TO MAYBE A COMMERCIAL LINE VERSUS RESIDENTIAL. AND THAT IS TRUE. WE DO HAVE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS RESIDENTS, AS LONG AS THEY SHOW THEY'RE LIKE A WATER UTILITY BILL THEY CAN DUMP FOR FREE AT OUR LANDFILL. OKAY. BUT IT IS SEPARATE FROM COMMERCIAL. YEAH.

COMPANIES. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SEE. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THEY ALL ENTERED IN ONE LINE. OR WAS IT TWO SEPARATE LINES? YOU'RE SAYING OTHER CITIES HAVE TWO.

YES. YES. YEAH. SO SO THEY DO ENTER IN ONE LINE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE WAIT. OKAY. THE VEHICLES ARE WAY. AND THAT'S HOW THEY'RE. AND THE COMMERCIAL COMPANY ACTUALLY PAYS. RIGHT.

RESIDENTIAL IS FREE, BUT COMMERCIAL COMPANY PAYS. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. WE NEED TO GET THEM IN. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER NINE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER NINE. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY

[10. Council consider an ordinance authorizing a Rezoning from R-S (Residential-Single Family Dwelling) District to RM-H (Residential Multiple Family Dwelling-Highest Density) District for property located at 7825 & 7835 Highway 105 and 7830 Tolivar Road.]

RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT TO R RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DWELLING, HIGHEST DENSITY DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 78, 25 AND 7835. HIGHWAY 105 AND 7830 OLIVER ROAD AT A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON APRIL 20TH, 2026, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 7 TO 0 TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR REZONING FROM R S TO RMH FOR

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COUNCILMAN TURNER. SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL RATHER THAN THE DENIAL.

SO TO BE CLEAR IT IS AN APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR.

YES. I HAVE A QUESTION SIMILAR TO COUNCILWOMAN SPEAKING YOUR MIND, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. I HAD A QUESTION KIND OF SIMILAR TO COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW. WHAT WAS I DID THE THE PLANNING GIVE ANY REASON FOR THE SEVEN ZERO RECOMMENDATION OF THE DENIAL? I JUST BE CURIOUS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? YEAH. SO THE ACCORDING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AN UPDATE RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY, BUT THE ONE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW SAYS THAT THIS AREA IS A CONTEMPORARY NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN CONCEPT. THIS MODEL ALLOWS FOR A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES AND CONVENIENT ACCESS TO PARKS, SCHOOLS, AND SHOPPING CENTERS WHILE STILL PROTECTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREAS FROM INTRUSION OF INCOMPATIBLE LAND USES AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. SO EXISTING USES WITHIN THE 200FT. BECAUSE THAT AND I USE THE 200 FOOT AREA BECAUSE THAT BY STATE LAW, THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE HAVE TO NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS. SO IT FELT APPLICABLE. EXISTING USES WITHIN THE 200FT OF THIS SITE ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND A CHURCH. THERE IS TO THE LEFT OF IT A KENNEL THAT'S BEEN THERE, BUT THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 60 YEARS. SO THAT'S GRANDFATHERED UNDER THE ZONING CODE. SO DUE TO THE POTENTIAL HIGH DENSITY THAT R.M. COULD PRODUCE, IT DIDN'T SEEM COMPATIBLE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. BUT OF COURSE, IT'S UP TO COUNCIL'S DISCRETION WHETHER TO APPROVE OR DENY. I'M NOT. I HAVE ONE SECOND. SO BUT DID ANY OF THE RESIDENTS COME OR PEOPLE COME TO TALK ABOUT NOT WANTING IT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE? WE SENT OUT 18 PROPERTY OWNER NOTICES. WE DID RECEIVE TWO IN OPPOSITION AND ZERO IN FAVOR.

OPPOSITION, AND I APOLOGIZE. IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH TO READ THE THE HANDWRITING, BUT AS A RESIDENCE FOR THE PAST 27 YEARS, I DO NOT WANT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING NEXT TO MY PROPERTY.

LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD SOME PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CONCERNS THEREAFTER ONCE IT'S CONSTRUCTED. AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER CONCERN OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LONG TERM.

SO THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT WE RECEIVED. BUT THERE WAS SOME OPPOSITION. OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN TURNER, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY AND MAYBE MY CITY ATTORNEY CAN HELP ME ANSWER THIS ONE, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IT CAN BE AN AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE IT IS TOWNHOMES AS PRESENTED VERSUS APARTMENTS OR. NO, NO. ONCE YOU CHANGE IT TO RMH, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. CURRENTLY IN R S YOU COULD DO TOWNHOMES. THAT'S THROUGH OUR CLUSTER HOUSING ORDINANCE, WHICH IS IN OUR SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF THE ZONING CODE. SO THEY COULD DO THAT BY RIGHT. SO LONG AS THEY, YOU KNOW, DO THE APPLICATION, MEET THE STANDARDS AND WHATNOT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW, THEN COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. WELL, THEY COULD DO APARTMENTS, BUT THIS IS A VERY SMALL PARCEL OF LAND, CORRECT? YEAH, I THINK IT'S JUST UNDER AN ACRE IN TOTAL FOR THE THREE. IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH. SO IT WOULDN'T. IT WOULDN'T BE. I SUPPOSE YOU COULD HAVE A REALLY SMALL APARTMENT COMPLEX, BUT IT JUST IT WOULDN'T BE FEASIBLE IF THEY WERE TO DO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF DWELLINGS IN OUR ORDINANCES. I BELIEVE IT'S 29 DWELLINGS PER ACRE. SO, YOU KNOW, SCALE THAT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND THE DEVELOPER WAS PROPOSING TOWNHOMES THAT HE SAID WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BE NICE WHERE YOU HAVE THE GARAGE AT THE BOTTOM AND THE YOU, THE LIVING QUARTERS WOULD BE ON TOP, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY FROM THE PRESENTATION. YEAH, BUT WE'VE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FORMAL.

SO I'M NOT I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE. I DON'T WANT TO BIND THEM TO THAT. UNDERSTOOD? UNDERSTOOD.

AND THEN IS THERE GOING TO BE ACCESS FOR THE TOWNHOMES ON 105 OR DIDN'T HE INDICATE THAT ACCESS WOULD BE FROM TOLLIVER IN THE SITE PLAN THAT I SAW THERE WOULD BE ACCESS ON BOTH SIDES, ON BOTH SIDES. BUT AGAIN, THERE'S NOT BEEN A FORMAL BUILDING PERMIT SUBMITTED FOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I DON'T WANT TO BIND THEM TO THAT. THAT'S JUST THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN WE SAW. OKAY. AND THIS IS FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING. COULD WE JUST DO A SPECIFIC USE

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OKAY. PARKING LOT. SO COULD WE REQUIRE THOSE AS PART, AS PART OF THIS REZONING? YOU COULD NOT A REASON IS THAT WOULD BASICALLY GO BACK TO OR TIE BACK TO OUR PERMITTED USE TABLE AND WHATEVER IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT OR BY A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR NOT AT ALL, WOULD THEN BE WHAT'S MOVING FORWARD. YEAH. JUST TO CLARIFY FOR REZONINGS, BECAUSE WE SEE SUP SPECIFIC USE PERMITS WITH A LOT OF CONDITION, WE'LL SEE CONDITIONS. WE'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE LATER IN THE MEETING. ZONINGS ARE DIFFERENT AND THAT THERE IS NO CONDITION. SO EVEN THOUGH WE TRY TO GET FROM THE APPLICANT A PLAN IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE IN NO WAY OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW THAT PLAN. AND THAT'S WHY ONCE IT'S REZONED, IT'S REZONED. SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. UNDERSTOOD. YEAH. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, I THINK YOU ALREADY ANSWERED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. SO THE CURRENT ZONING DOESN'T PREVENT TOWNHOUSES FROM GOING THERE. AND IS THERE ANY OTHER MULTIFAMILY ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY OR. IT'D BE GOING FURTHER TO THE WEST ALONG HIGHWAY 105, UP TOWARDS 105 AND MAJOR INTERSECTION. THAT'S THAT'S CLOSER TO WHERE THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES COMPLEXES ARE. OKAY. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S NOTHING THAT PREVENTS THE CURRENT ZONING FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH THE WAY HE HAS IT. NOW, THE CONCERN, I THINK THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING WAS LIKE HE COULD SELL IT. AND ONCE YOU CHANGED THE ZONING, THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS THAT YOU CAN PUT ON IT. IT'S WHATEVER IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT UNDER THAT CHANGED ZONING WOULD BE ALLOWED IF THAT PROPERTY. HE, THE, THE, THE PROPOSAL THAT HE'S HE PUT FORTH IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALLOWABLE IN THAT AREA CURRENTLY UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, IF HE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR THAT PROPERTY, CHANGING THE ZONING WOULD WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? BUT JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR THAT WE'RE ONLY REZONING THE ONE ACRE. AND IF IN THE FUTURE ANYONE TRIED TO DO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX GREATER THAN THE 20 UNITS OR WHATEVER, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET APPROVAL FOR THAT, WELL, YOU JUST WOULDN'T BE YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO GREATER THAN 29 DWELLINGS, WHICH YOU NEED TO SCALE THAT DOWN BECAUSE IT'S NOT EXACTLY AN ACRE WITH THOSE THREE. BUT IN ORDER TO INCREASE THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A VARIANCE TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OR SOME KIND OF RELIEF TO THE ZONING CODE, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT, MOST LIKELY WITH THAT MANY UNITS ON THAT SMALL OF A LOT, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING PER UNIT. THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MEET THE INGRESS EGRESS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRE TRUCK, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD BE PUT. SO, SO HAVING AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AT THAT THING, AT THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY OR EVEN AT SOME CAPACITY WOULD PROBABLY NOT WORK FEASIBLY. I THINK IF THE MAXIMUM OVERALL HEIGHT, WELL, NOT OVERALL, BUT TO THE ROOF LINE OR MIDWAY TO THE ROOF LINE THAT THEY COULD DO IS 35FT IN HEIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, SO WHERE YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SPREAD OUT THIS WAY, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO UP. OKAY. SO I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO PRACTICALLY SPEAK HERE, EVEN REZONING THIS, IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THIS SINGLE PIECE OF PROPERTY COULD BE TURNED INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT COULD IT'S JUST IT ALWAYS COULD. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THEIR ENGINEER AND WHAT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO COMPLY WITH THE CODE. BUT IT COULD, BUT IT WOULD BE A VERY SMALL APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT COULD BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH TO SAY. IT'S TOUGH TO SAY BECAUSE YOU THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH SPACE. YOU CAN GO, YOU CAN GO OUT, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS GO UP. AND THAT COULD ADD FLOORS. SO 35FT, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT AT LEAST THREE FLOORS. AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON, ON THE DEVELOPER AND WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE FOR RETURN AND, AND ALL OF THAT ON THEIR INVESTMENT. ALL RIGHT. BUT YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME. WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING WAS TOWNHOMES. THE, THE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE DID SAY TOWNHOMES, BUT THAT'S NOT BINDING. JUST I DO HAVE TO DISCLOSE THAT COUNCILMAN HILLIER. SO I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR ANSWER ONCE. IF WE WERE TO CHANGE THIS, WILL IT JUST BE

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[11. Council consider an ordinance authorizing a Specific Use Permit to allow a parking lot to serve a church within an R-S (Residential-Single Family Dwelling) District for property located West of 3595 Grand Street on Hale Lane.]

NO STRUCTURES OR APPURTENANCES MAY BE PLACED ON CITY PROPERTY. NUMBER THREE AN INCREASE IN PERVIOUS COVER BY MORE THAN 0.25 ACRES SHALL BE COMPLIANT WITH THE DETENTION REQUIREMENTS BY DRAINAGE. DISTRICT NUMBER SIX. ALL LIGHTING INSTALLED SHALL BE DIRECTIONALLY SHIELDED FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH EAST AND SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE. AND FINALLY, DRIVEWAYS SHALL BE COMPLIANT WITH THE IFC2021 CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION 503 AND APPENDIX D WITH ACCESS, WIDTH AND RADIUS REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS. THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS. ALL RIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN A IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 11? SO MOVED. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 11. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS. 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

[12. Council consider an ordinance authorizing a Specific Use Permit to allow a strip center to have restaurants, retail, professional services, and a washateria within a GC-MD-2 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District for property located at 2845 N. Major Drive.]

CONDITION ONE CONSTRUCTION PLANS MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY WATER UTILITIES FOR ANY WATER AND SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S BACKFLOW, PRETREATMENT AND OR FOG PROGRAM. CONDITION TWO IS CONSTRUCTION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT. NUMBER SIX DRAINAGE CRITERIA. CONDITION NUMBER THREE. ALL LIGHTING INSTALLED SHALL BE DIRECTIONALLY SHIELDED AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TO THE EAST AND SOUTH. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS. THERE IS A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 12. IS THERE? THERE IS A SECOND. THERE IS A QUESTION, COUNCILMAN TURNER. NOT A QUESTION, JUST. MR. MANAGER, CAN YOU KIND OF LET ME KNOW WHAT AREA THIS IS IN? I'M TRYING TO IMAGINE THE ADDRESS IN MY HEAD. WHAT IS IT? BY ITS MAJOR? JUST NORTH. THE VILLAGE. OKAY, COOL. ALL RIGHT. CRYSTALS. RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 12, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OPPOSED. ITEM IS PASSED. MR.

[13. Council consider an ordinance authorizing a Specific Use Permit to allow a duplex within an R-S (Residential-Single Family Dwelling) District for property located at 160 Sparrow Way.]

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THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 13? SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 13.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 13.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY MANAGER,

[16.  Council to consider a resolution approving a landscaped greenway and naming of greenway as Allison's Greenway]

YES, SIR. IT WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE WORK SESSION. SO ITEM NUMBER 16 IS. A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, TO RECEIVE COMMENTS, TO DEVELOP A LANDSCAPED GREENWAY PROJECT ALONG FELAND BOULEVARD AT DOWLEN ROAD TO BE NAMED ALYSON'S GREENWAY. ALL RIGHT. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. DOES ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO TALK? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE.

UNLESS LORI. OR DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN? THAT WOULD BE A GOOD. LORI LESTER. BEAUTIFY BEAUMONT. YES, I'M LORI LESTER 1240 WINCHESTER CIRCLE HERE IN BEAUMONT. I SPOKE WITH YOU ALL.

EXCUSE ME, A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT THIS PROJECT, AND IT'S TO DEVELOP A GREENWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION OF DOWLING DOWLEN ROAD AND PHELAN BOULEVARD. AND THE PLAN IS TO PUT UP A SIGN, AND I BELIEVE YOU PROBABLY IN YOUR PACKET, HAVE A PICTURE OF THE AMENDED SIGN. AND WITH LANDSCAPING AROUND THE SIGN AND THEN A 1 OR 2 LITTLE LANDSCAPED AREAS WITH TREES AND FLOWERS BEYOND THAT. AND DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? IS THIS GOING TO BE CLOSER TO THE THE INTERSECTION? I SEE IT SAYS AT DOWLEN ROAD.

SO IS IT GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE AT THE. I BELIEVE SO I WOULD LIKE KENNETH RIGUET TO GIVE US SOME INPUT ON THAT. I THINK IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO GET THEIR WATER TRUCK IN AND DO THE WATERING ON EXACTLY WHERE THAT WILL BE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE FURTHER, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. AND WOULD YOU TAKE US INTO ITEM NUMBER 16? YES, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING A LANDSCAPE GREENWAY AND NAMING OF THE GREENWAY AS ALLISON'S GREENWAY. AND THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL TO APPROVE. SECOND, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 16? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 16, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY MANAGER. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE WORK SESSION,

[ Council to review and discuss the 2026 Annual Action Plan/Consolidated Budget. ]

GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS TIME AGAIN FOR THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. THIS PLAN, AS YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR BUDGET PACKET, COVERS THE TWO ENTITLEMENT FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE ANNUALLY FROM HUD. THESE ARE OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND OUR HOME FUNDS. SO THIS IS OUR CONSOLIDATED BUDGET FOR THE ACTION PLAN OF 2026. REMINDER OUR PROGRAM YEAR FOR THIS ALWAYS RUNS JULY 1ST THROUGH JUNE 30TH. AND SO WE RECENTLY LAST YEAR, IF YOU RECALL, ADOPTED AN UPDATED CONSOLIDATED PLAN. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT WITH HUD. IT'S A FIVE YEAR PERIOD WHERE WE DO A GREAT DEAL OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT WE WANT OUR PRIORITIES TO BE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND SO AN

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EXAMPLES OF THIS ON OUR BUDGETS. OBVIOUSLY, ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES ARE BENEFITING LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, BUT A EXAMPLE OF REMOVAL OF SLUM AND BLIGHT MAY BE OUR CLEARANCE AND DEMOLITION PROGRAM. IT MAY ALSO BE OUR MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM, WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH HOMEOWNERS. PREDOMINANTLY THEY ARE SENIORS, AND WE'RE HELPING TO MITIGATE SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR HOME THAT IS UNSAFE. SO HERE IS OUR CONSOLIDATED BUDGET. WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU ALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 7TH. WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO A 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD. AND SO WE DID A PUBLICATION BACK IN MARCH. THE COMMENT PERIOD CLOSED IN APRIL.

AND THIS IS OUR BUDGET THAT WOULD BE SUBMITTED FOR OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR TOTAL ENTITLEMENT FOR CDBG IS 1,000,345 120. OUR HOME FUNDS TOTAL IS 478666. NOW, OF EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE SOME CAPS. WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THESE PROGRAMS, WHICH IS CITY STAFF AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES. THOSE ARE ALL CAPPED AT 20% FOR CDBG.

OUR PUBLIC SERVICES COMPONENT, WHICH IS OUR CDBG REIMBURSEMENT GRANT THAT THE NONPROFITS APPLY FOR EACH YEAR, IS CAPPED AT 15%. AND SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER THAT PROGRAM FIRST AND THEN WE'LL TOUCH ON THE HOME FUNDS. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS BUDGET IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. WE ALWAYS HAVE FUNDING FOR CLEARANCE AND DEMOLITION FOR OUR OWNER OCCUPIED MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM FOR OUR PUBLIC SERVICES. AND WE ESTIMATE OUR PROGRAM INCOME.

AND THAT'S TYPICALLY TIED TO OUR CLEARANCE AND DEMOLITION PROGRAM. SO THAT IS JUST KIND OF A MOVING FIGURE, BUT IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN OUR ENTITLEMENT. OF NOTE THIS YEAR WE HAVE HAD SUCH AN INCREASE IN INTEREST AND IN APPLICATION FOR OUR OWNER OCCUPIED MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM THAT THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE ALLOCATED MORE MONEY TO THAT PROGRAM TO ADDRESS OUR WAITLIST. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SO FAR? YES. COUNCILWOMAN, WHERE YOU WHEN YOU SAY WE ALLOCATED MORE MONEY TO IT FROM OUR PROGRAM, WHERE DID THAT MONEY COME FROM? SO WE GET OUR ANNUAL ALLOCATION. IN THIS CASE, IT'S THE 1.3. IN THE PAST, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MORE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO CLEARANCE AND DEMOLITION OR MORE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO OUR SPECIAL PROJECT. SOMETIMES THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED. SOMETIMES THERE'S A SPECIFIC PROJECT. AND THE LAST TWO YEARS, THOUGH, WE'VE REDUCED CLEARANCE AND DEMOLITION FUNDING AND PUT MORE TOWARD THE MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE A WAITLIST OF SO MANY RESIDENTS THAT NEED THAT ASSISTANCE. YES, COUNCILMAN TURNER. JUST ABOUT THREE QUESTIONS FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS. DOES ANY FUNDING COME OUT OF THIS PROGRAM FOR OUR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS? THAT'S GOING TO BE IN OUR HOME FUND SECTION, AND I WILL TOUCH ON THAT. OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO JUMP TOO FAR AHEAD. SO SEVERAL SLIDES TO BE DETERMINED. FUNDING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE TOO. YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. WELL I'LL RESERVE MY QUESTIONS FOR THE END THEN. ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I WATCHED THE MONEY. I KNOW YOU DO. AND SO DO I. SO OUR CDBG HOME, THIS IS JUST A GENERAL PICTURE. SO YOU LOOK AT OUR CLEARANCE AND DEMOLITION LINE ITEM 215. THAT'S GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 52 STRUCTURES THAT ARE BEING, YOU KNOW, SLUM AND BLIGHT REMOVAL, NATIONAL OBJECTIVE, OUR MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 25 HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ASSISTED WITH THAT FUNDING PUBLIC SERVICES. WE HAVE A CAP ON THAT THAT HUD MANDATES. SO OUR $200,000 THAT WE SET ASIDE FOR THAT IN THE CASE OF THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET AND THE APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE OUR CDAC THAT

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NUMBER ONE, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS HAVE AN INCOME ELIGIBILITY COMPONENT. AND SO OUR APPLICANTS, WHETHER THEY'RE THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM OR OUR OWNER OCCUPIED MINOR REPAIR, WE ARE COLLECTING FROM THEM A LOT OF INFORMATION. THEY'RE GIVING US BANK STATEMENTS. THEY'RE GIVING US PAY STUBS. THEY'RE GIVING US ANY BENEFITS THAT THEY MAY RECEIVE ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND THEY'RE ALSO ATTESTING TO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOME.

BECAUSE IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN OUR WEBSITE CHART, HUD PUBLISHES EACH YEAR WHAT THE INCOME LIMITS ARE, AND THEY'RE BASED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR HOUSE. SO WHAT YOU'RE EARNING, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE, WE THEN DETERMINE YOUR ELIGIBILITY, WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE QUALIFYING AS LOW MOD BY HUD'S LIMITS. SO THAT'S NUMBER TWO.

THEN FOR OUR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS SPECIFICALLY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE COMPLETED A HOME BUYER EDUCATION COURSE WITH WHOMEVER YOU CHOOSE. YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE BEEN PRE-APPROVED BY A LENDER IN ADVANCE. AND THAT MEANS THAT YOUR CREDIT SCORE AND ALL OF YOUR FINANCES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEEMED ELIGIBLE FOR A MORTGAGE. AND SO AT THAT POINT, I'LL TELL YOU, A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE AN APPLICANT THAT MAY ALREADY BE WORKING WITH A REALTOR. THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED A PROPERTY, BUT WE ADVISE THAT THEY DON'T DO THAT IF THEY WANT TO USE OUR FUNDING UNTIL THEY'VE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, BEEN QUALIFIED BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, A RESIDENTIAL CONTRACT HAS A LOT OF DATES THAT YOU HAVE TO ADHERE TO. AND IF YOU'RE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT AND WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING AND YOU RELY ON OUR FUNDING TO CLOSE, THAT MAY BE A PROBLEM. AND SO WE DO ADVISE THAT THEY WAIT TO PUT A HOME UNDER CONTRACT IF THEY ARE RELIANT UPON OUR FUNDING. OKAY. YES, COUNCILWOMAN. SO I'M LOOKING AT YOUR LINE ITEMS. HOW WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR DISTRIBUTING THIS MONEY? WHO'S DETERMINING HOW THIS IS BEING DISTRIBUTED BROKEN DOWN THIS WAY? A LOT OF IT IS AGAIN BASED ON OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN. AND SO WE HAVE A LARGE SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE HAVE STAKEHOLDERS. WE HAVE A SURVEY.

PEOPLE ARE COMING AND THEY'RE SAYING THESE ARE THE ITEMS OR THE ACTIVITIES OR PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO SEE FUNDED. AND THAT PROCESS OCCURRED LAST YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND SO.

THESE DO DEVIATE FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, OUR MINOR REPAIR PROJECT IS VERY, VERY POPULAR AND IT'S VERY NEEDED. AND SO DOES IT GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY EVERY YEAR? NO, SOME YEARS WE DON'T HAVE A WAITLIST. AND SO WE DON'T NEED TO PUT AS MUCH FUNDING TOWARD IT. BUT IN OTHER YEARS, MAYBE WE'VE PUT TOO MUCH IN CLEARANCE AND DEMOLITION. WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY STRUCTURES TO DO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S FLEXIBLE IN THAT WAY. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT. SO WHAT WHEN YOU SAY DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT CDBG GRANT FUNDS AND PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN JUST DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS RIGHT. WHEN OR WE CAN DO YES AS WELL. YES. SO CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE SNIPPET OF THE DEVELOPMENT PORTION AND HOW THIS MONEY IS DISTRIBUTED? YES.

SO. DO YOU WANT ME TO SKIP AHEAD TO THAT PART? OH, OKAY. OKAY. SO NO, NO, BUT TO COUNCILMAN TURNER'S QUESTION, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE TO BE DETERMINED LINE ITEM IN SEVERAL MEETINGS. SO HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF CDBG FUNDING THAT WE HAVE USED FOR A PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT COULD BE INCREASING MINOR REPAIR. IT COULD BE MINOR REPAIR TO SOME SORT OF PUBLIC FACILITY THAT IS WITH THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE AVENUE C DRAINAGE PROJECT. WE PARTNERED WITH PUBLIC WORKS LAST YEAR TO, TO FIX SOME DRAINAGE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE AVENUES WITH CDBG FUNDING, THE CHARLTON-POLLARD PARK THAT

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THAT'S A POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL BUS SHELTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE NEEDED. AND HELPING TRANSIT WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE SHELTERS IS A POTENTIAL PROJECT. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECES LIKE MICRO GRANTS OR FACADE IMPROVEMENTS OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO WITH CDBG, POTENTIALLY. AND WE DO PUT A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY INTO OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN SO THAT WE'RE HAVING BIG PICTURE GOALS, AND THEN WE COME BACK EACH YEAR WITH OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND SPECIFY WHAT IT IS WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM YOU'RE FUNDING. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. AND EVEN IF NOT, THE WHOLE TREE REMOVAL, JUST THE LIMBS, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF COMING ON THEIR HOMES. BUT THAT'S JUST ONE THING THEY'VE JUST BEEN CONSISTENTLY ASKING ABOUT. YEAH. AND LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OUR OWNER OCCUPIED MINOR REPAIR, THOSE HOMEOWNERS ARE QUALIFYING FOR UP TO 24,999 IN IMPROVEMENTS. THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. THERE ARE THRESHOLDS TO FEDERAL FUNDING. SO IF YOU'RE GRANTING UP TO 25,000, THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD IS FIVE YEARS. IF YOU EXCEED THAT, IT GOES TO TEN YEARS. AND SO HOW LONG DO YOU WANT TO HOLD A HOMEOWNER IN THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD FOR A PROJECT? YES. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT AFFORDABILITY PERIOD MEANS? YES. SO WHEN I SAY AFFORDABILITY PERIOD, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR HOMEOWNER FIRST TIME HOMEOWNER PROGRAM, THAT AFFORDABILITY PERIOD, BECAUSE IT IS LESS THAN $15,000 THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING IN ASSISTANCE IS FIVE YEARS. THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TO RESIDE IN THE HOME FOR FIVE YEARS. IF THEY SELL THE HOME OR THEY FORECLOSE, THEY HAVE TO. THERE'S A RECAPTURE OR RESALE PROVISION THAT'S MAKING SURE THAT THEY SELL TO ANOTHER INCOME ELIGIBLE PROPERTY OWNER SO THAT THE FEDERAL FUNDING IS STILL MEETING ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS.

SO SPECIFIC TO OUR CDBG REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, WHICH IS ONLY FOR NON-PROFITS OFFERING

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WE OPEN OUR PORTAL NOVEMBER 1ST EVERY YEAR, AND WE LEAVE IT OPEN THROUGH JANUARY 31ST. IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT. THE CAP FOR THAT PROJECT IS $20,000. SO IF YOU APPLY FOR 20, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MEANS TO SPEND THAT UP FRONT IN THE PROGRAM YEAR AND THEN BE REIMBURSED LATER.

NOW, THIS IS A PRETTY. IT'S A PRETTY ROBUST PROGRAM WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST A VERY PAPER VERSION OF THIS PROGRAM. BUT SINCE 2023, WE'VE GONE VIRTUAL. WE'VE HAD MORE TIME FOR THEM TO APPLY. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF MARKETING, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH. WE HAVE CREATED AN ONLINE SURVEY FOR THEM TO GIVE FEEDBACK. AND SO WE ALSO HAVE ORIENTATION VIDEOS THAT ARE ONLINE THERE TWICE A YEAR IN PERSON. AND TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, COUNCILMAN TURNER, WHEN YOU SAY HOW DO NEW AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, BREAK THROUGH AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS WORKS? I RECEIVE CALLS WEEKLY ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. I SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME WALKING PEOPLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE, BUT I ALSO INVITE THEM TO COME UP TO THE PLANNING COUNTER. WE HAVE COMPUTER MONITORS. WE WALK THEM THROUGH WHERE THE APPLICATION IS, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHERE THE ORIENTATION VIDEOS ARE ON THE WEBSITE, WHICH ALSO WALK THEM THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS. THROUGH THE PROGRAM TIMELINES. WE DO A LOT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WITH THEIR REQUIRED DOCUMENTS THAT THEY'RE UPLOADING. AND SO IT IS A LOT OF ONE ON ONE. I HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS IN MY OFFICE. PEOPLE COME UP AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS. THEY DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT. WE BRING THEM BACK, WE WALK THEM THROUGH IT. SO ALL YEAR LONG, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING WITH NONPROFITS, BUT WE ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY. THAT IS REALLY BASED ON OUR HUD PROGRAM YEAR, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DEVIATE FROM THAT SCHEDULE. SO THE PROJECTS, ONCE THEY APPLY ARE ALL SCREENED FOR ELIGIBILITY, MEANING THEY'VE MET ONE OF THE THREE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES. AND THEN WE TAKE THOSE PROJECTS TO THE CDAC, WHO YOU HAVE ALL APPOINTED. AND SO WE HAVE THE SCORING MEETING FOR THIS YEAR ON MARCH 23RD. ON MARCH 18TH, WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING WHERE ALL OF THE APPLICANTS WERE INVITED TO COME AND PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE WHO SAT WHERE YOU'RE SITTING NOW, AND THEY COULD PRESENT THEIR PROJECT.

THEY ALSO SUBMITTED A VIDEO WHICH YOU ALL RECEIVED A LINK FOR THAT OUTLINES THEIR PROJECT.

AND SO THE CDAC SCORED THEM. AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THAT LOOKS LIKE THEM REVIEWING THE PROJECTS AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAS THE COUNCIL EXPRESSED AS A PRIORITY IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE, HOMELESSNESS OR YOUTH PROGRAMS REDUCING CRIME, FOOD INSECURITY, COMMUNITY GARDENS. AND THEN THEY LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THESE AGENCIES PROPOSING TO ASSIST WITHIN THE PROGRAM YEAR VERSUS HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE ASKING FOR? AND 20% IS THE CAP. SO THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE HOT THE HOT TAX. THEY'RE LOOKING AT IMPACT, AND THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT FIRST TIME APPLICANTS VERSUS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN FUNDED EVERY YEAR FOR 15 YEARS. OKAY, NOW I'M HERE. THIS IS THE LAST BULLET POINT COUNCIL IS, IS ADOPTING OUR PLAN. WHEN WE ADOPT THIS PLAN, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT IT TO HUD. IT'S NOT APPROVED BECAUSE BECAUSE OF OUR RESOLUTION, THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT AS WELL. SO ANY ANY QUESTIONS GOING BACK TO THIS CDBG PROCESS, I WILL TELL YOU FOR THIS YEAR WE GOT 28 APPLICATIONS. WE HAD 11 FIRST TIME APPLICANTS, WHICH IS GREAT. THE AGENCIES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED TO YOU FOR FUNDING BY YOUR COMMITTEE APPOINTEES ARE A TOTAL OF 15, FOUR OF WHICH ARE FIRST TIME APPLICANTS.

NO ONE RECEIVED THEIR FULL REQUEST OF 2000. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THE FUNDING THAT'S THAT'S RESERVED. I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE. NOPE. JUST CDBG. ALL RIGHT. GOT YOU THOUGH. OKAY. OH, WAIT. ANY OTHER ANYONE ELSE QUESTIONS ON CDBG? OKAY, SO HOME FUNDING CHOTO ACTIVITY EXAMPLES. NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET PACKET, WHICH WAS THIS, AND YOU HAD THAT IN THE BEGINNING RIGHT HERE UNDER HOME FUNDS, YOU SEE CHOTO RESERVE THAT IS MANDATED BY HUD, WE

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A QUESTION. SO WITH THIS TOTAL FUND MONEY OR THE WAY THIS PROCESS WORKS, DOES THE CITY HAVE LAND THAT THEY HELP OR INCENTIVIZE WITH THIS THROUGH OR ASSIST? NOT AT THE MOMENT, BUT HYPOTHETICALLY, WE COULD. AND SO AND WE HAVE IN THE PAST. OKAY. YES, BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT OUR WHAT WE'VE SAID. OUR PRIORITIES ARE IN THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND, AND WHAT THE PROJECT IS DOING. SO IF IT IF IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT, WHICH IS A PLANNING PROCESS AND THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIFIC WE WANTED TO ACHIEVE, WE COULD PLAN FIVE YEARS IN ADVANCE AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. OKAY. SO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE FUNDS, AGAIN, THEY MUST BE IN THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN. IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE UP FRONT. APPLICANTS HAVE TO BE INCOME QUALIFIED FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS HAVE TO BE COMPLETED ON EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR. SO EACH OWNER OF MINOR

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SO THAT CHANGES EVERY YEAR. IT'S VERY FUN PROCESS. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR WE BROUGHT THE PUBLIC HEARING TO YOU GUYS WITH A PRELIMINARY BUDGET. THE COUNCIL PACKET WAS ALL SUBMITTED AND WE HAD THAT MEETING ON THE FOURTH, THE 7TH OF APRIL. ON APRIL 3RD, WE GOT OUR ALLOCATION LETTER THAT TOLD US HOW MUCH WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING SO THAT WE COULD PUT THE FINAL BUDGET TOGETHER FOR FOR THIS MEETING TODAY. BUT IN THE PAST, WE MAY WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN IT THREE MONTHS IN ADVANCE. AND SO IT'S A MOVING TARGET. AND LAST YEAR, IT WAS SO LATE THAT WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T GET TO DO THIS UNTIL JUNE. AND THEY HAD TO ISSUE A WAIVER ON OUR TIMELINE. BUT THIS YEAR IT'S DUE IN MAY. AND SO HERE WE ARE. BUT THAT'S IT. THAT'S THAT'S THE WORK SESSION. THANK YOU. ANYTHING I DID NOT COVER YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU MAY WE HAVE THE READING OF ITEM NUMBER 14? YES,

[14. Council consider a resolution adopting the 2026 Annual Action Plan.]

AND MISS PRINCE JUST COVERED THAT IN DETAIL. SO ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 14 MOTION. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 14. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 14 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. CITY

[15. Council to consider an ordinance to declare the following 50 structures to be unsafe structures and order the owners to raze the said structures within 10 days. If the property owner fails to comply within 10 days, staff is requesting City Council authorization to demolish these structures without further notification to the property owner or City Council action. Additionally, if the property owner of a structure requests and is authorized by City Council to enroll in a work program, all delinquent taxes shall be paid in full, or a payment plan shall be established prior to enrollment in the work program. Enrollment in the work program shall occur within 10 days after the effective date of the ordinance.]

MCFADDEN, A NEW OWNER, ASSUMED THE BUILDING ON MAY 1ST, AND AS SUCH THAT NEW OWNER SHOULD BE AFFORDED THEIR DUE PROCESS. SO I DO ASK THAT NUMBER 28 BE REMOVED FROM THE ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU. I HOPE NOT. ARE WE READY? I THINK IT'S GARNET CARRIER, 1995 CALDER AVENUE,

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GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. AND MAYOR WEST. ITEM SEVEN. IT'S SO THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 15, BUT IT'S STRUCTURE NUMBER SEVEN ON THE STAFF MEMO. OKAY. IS THAT THE RIGHT ONE? SO WHAT I WOULD WANT TO DO I'VE HAD SEVERAL OFFERS ON THE PROPERTY, BUT I'M NOT SURE KIND OF ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY BECAUSE I WAITED UNTIL I WAS 70 TO START MY BUSINESS THERE. AND I'VE HAD THE BUILDING ALMOST 20 YEARS. SO I'M KIND OF UNDECIDED WHETHER I WANT TO REBUILD OR REFURBISH. SO WHAT I. I'M NOT SURE STILL WHAT I WANT TO DO. I'M KIND OF PARTIAL TO MY BUILDING, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AGAIN? MY NAME IS GARNET WANDA CARRIER, MISS CARRIER, THE THE OPTIONS TODAY IS IF YOU WANTED THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW YOU TO ENTER INTO A WORK PROGRAM. I'D LIKE TO GET INTO A WORK PROGRAM.

OKAY. SO LET'S JUST GO THROUGH THE STAFF QUESTIONS. ARE THE TAXES CURRENT ON THE PROPERTY? IT APPEARS THERE'S $2,054.55 THAT ARE STILL OWED. SO BEFORE YOU CAN ENTER THE WORK PROGRAM, THE MAYOR'S BACK, YOU CAN TAKE OVER ANY TIME. MAYOR, YOU'D HAVE TO BRING YOUR TAXES CURRENT. ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT? I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THE TAX OFFICE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE I PUT IN SOMETHING WITH THE POST OFFICE TO HAVE MY ADDRESS CHANGED TO MY HOME ADDRESS, AND THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT. IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR. OKAY. SO IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WORK PROGRAM, YOU WOULD NEED TO TO SATISFY THE TAX OBLIGATION BY EITHER ENTERING TO A PAYMENT PLAN WITH THE TAX OFFICE BEFORE YOU BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO THE TAX PROGRAM, COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO HEAR AN AFFIRMATIVE YES, THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. YES, MA'AM. Y'ALL WANT TO BE HERE TODAY? CHAD HARRIS, 1255 CHURCH STREET AND 4380 CONGRESS, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. AND JUST AS HE COMES TO THE MIC, IT'LL BE THE SAME PROCESS. IF YOU WANT TO ENTER INTO A WORK PROGRAM, THAT'LL BE YOUR REQUEST TO COUNCIL. IF THERE ARE ANY BACK TAXES, COUNCIL WILL NEED AN AFFIRMATIVE YES, THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO ENTER INTO PAYING THAT OFF, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER A SECOND. SO AS FAR AS 1255 CHURCH STREET, I. THE TAXES ARE CURRENT ON IT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO A WORK PROGRAM ON IT. THAT'S NUMBER EIGHT, COUNCILMAN. YES. I'M SORRY, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

AND THE GENTLEMAN SAID THAT THE TAXES ARE CURRENT AND HE'D LIKE TO ENTER INTO A WORK PROGRAM.

DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU GOING. ARE YOU GOING TO REMODEL THIS. YEAH. I'VE OWNED THE HOUSE FOR PROBABLY 23 PLUS YEARS. AND UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I BOUGHT IT, IT HAD THE CONTRACTOR'S VERSION OF SPANX. IT HAD VINYL SIDING ON IT AND IT HIT EVERYTHING. LADY MOVED OUT, AND THEN WE KIND OF WENT INTO IT. AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THESE, YOU DO A REPAIR HERE, REPAIR THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE WATER HAD BEEN LEAKING DOWN INSIDE THE WALLS AND THE WINDOWS FOR YEARS. SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. I PULLED MY PERMIT. I DID THE DEMO WITH THE CITY, AND NOW I'M JUST GOING TO GO BACK WITH MY WORK PROGRAM AND IT'LL BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE. THANK YOU. HE ALSO HAS A SECOND PROPERTY, 4380 CONGRESS ITEM NUMBER 1140, ITEM NUMBER 11. WHAT'S THE ADDRESS FOR 11? OKAY, IT'S NUMBER 11. YEP. OKAY. SO THIS ONE SAME THING. TAXES ARE CURRENT. FIRE HAPPENED. I'VE

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1255 CHURCH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS RED TAGGED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024. AND THEN. NUMBER 11 WAS RED TAGGED IN HALLOWEEN OF 2025. SO IF CHURCH WAS RED TAGGED IN 2024 AND WAS THERE A WORK PROGRAM AT THAT POINT? SO COULD YOU COME UP? PROBABLY. SILAS CLUTTER, OUR DEMOLITION COORDINATOR. SO CHURCH, YES, HE DID SIGN A WORK PROGRAM ON CONGRESS. ON CONGRESS, THERE WAS NOT OKAY. BUT ON CHURCH. SO THERE WAS A WORK PROGRAM. SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE. AND WHAT HAPPENED NOT THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT PROGRESS TO BE MADE, ACCORDING TO THE BUILDING OFFICIALS, WHICH IS WHY WE BROUGHT IT BEFORE COUNCIL. OKAY. AND I DID FILL OUT A WORK PROGRAM JUST IN MY DEFENSE, I FILLED OUT THE WORK PROGRAM SO I COULD DEMO THE HOUSE NEIGHBOR ACTED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO BUY IT. SO I MOVED IN A DUMPSTER. 12 ALL THE SIDING, GUTTED THE INSIDE, REMOVED THE HVAC, ALL THE WIRING, REMOVED EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WOULD GET STOLEN. AND THEN THE GUY BACKED OUT ON ME. I'VE HAD, I'VE TRIED TO SELL IT TO 2 OR 3 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN GO TO A BANK AND GET FINANCING. YOU EITHER GOT TO HAVE CASH IN HAND OR GET A HARD MONEY LOAN.

AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE BUYERS JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. SO I MEAN, IF IF MY HANDS ARE FORCED, I'LL REHAB IT. LIKE I SAID, I WAS JUST TRYING TO SELL IT AS IS CURRENTLY. BUT I MEAN, I'LL ENTER THE WORK PROGRAM AND START THE WORK BACK UP ON IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I DON'T WANT IT TORN DOWN. SO. I'LL EXTEND IT THEN. YEAH. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DUMPSTER.

YEAH. BUT YEAH, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS TIME YOU HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN AT THAT POINT.

YES. OBVIOUSLY AT THE TIME, LIKE I SAID, I, I HAD TO DEMO IT. I WANTED TO GET I WENT DOWN TO THE CITY, PULLED MY PERMIT, MOVED IN A DUMPSTER, DEMOED ALL THE STUFF SO A BUYER COULD POTENTIALLY COME IN AND SEE WHAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH. BUT I'VE HAD SEVERAL BUYERS, LIKE I SAID, JUST DIDN'T COME THROUGH, HAD IT ON A CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, JUST SO. BUT YES, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO A WORK PROGRAM. OBVIOUSLY, I'LL GO DOWN THERE AND CHECK MY RECORDS FOR THE TAXES FOR CONGRESS. I'LL PAY THE TAXES IF THEY'RE DUE, AND THEN WE'LL ENTER INTO A WORK PROGRAM ON BOTH OF THEM. ITEMS EIGHT AND 11, 12 CONGRESS. YEAH. CAN WE CAN WE REQUIRE LIKE PROOF THAT SOMETHING'S HAPPENED IN 60 DAYS OR WE HAVE TO COME BACK? SO TYPICALLY OUR WORK PROGRAMS ARE STRUCTURED WHERE WITHIN 90 DAYS THEY NEED TO DRY IN AT LEAST. SO THAT'S LIKE MAKING SURE THE ROOF IS IN PLACE, THE WINDOWS ARE THERE. AND THEN FROM THERE, AFTER THEY HAVE TO SHOW PROGRESS ON THAT. AND IF I'VE MISSED ANYTHING, 60 DAYS, SO THEY HAVE 150 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE WORK PROGRAM. BUT THAT APPLIES EVEN TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD A WORK PROGRAM BEFORE. SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I THINK THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION. SO WHEN WE READ TAG A PROPERTY, THE CITY READ TAGS A PROPERTY, THEY GIVE THEM TIME TO ABATE. IF IT'S NOT ABATED, THEN WE GO INTO BASICALLY THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM ENTERING INTO WHAT'S CALLED A PRE COUNCIL WORK PROGRAM. SO IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR STAFF REPORT, IT'S THE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE ISSUES IS OR ONE OF THE THINGS WRITTEN DOWN IN

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RIGHT. BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET GET STARTED ON THAT. WE'VE GOT SOME MONEY BUDGETED FOR THAT. OKAY. ANY TAXES OWED? NO CURRENT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN TURNER, SO FOR CLARITY, YOU'RE LOOKING TO REDEVELOP IT. ARE YOU LOOKING TO SELL IT? THOSE PLANS? WELL, FRANKLY, A BIT OF BOTH. SELLING IT TO A PARTNER OF MINE THAT I WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED WITH IT.

BUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS WE'D BE GIVING YOU THE WORK PROGRAM FOR 150 DAYS. DO YOU PLAN ON COMPLETING IT OR NOT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOLD BEFORE THAT 150 DAYS IS UP. AND I GUESS I'D HAVE TO THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A NEW PERMIT. I'M NOT QUITE SURE.

JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, JUST BY SELLING THE PROPERTY DOES NOT RESTART THE CLOCK DOES NOT. NO, SIR. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH MEANS THE PUBLIC IS ON NOTICE THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND IT'S BEING PACKAGED FOR TURN DOWN. SO IT'S ALMOST A BUYER BEWARE. SO IF A BUYER WOULD PURCHASE THE PROPERTY NOW, THEY'D BE BOUND BY THE SAME TERMS AS THE 150 AGREEMENT THEY'RE BUYING THAT THAT'S GOING TO RUN WITH THE PROPERTY. GOTCHA. THAT THAT SHOULDN'T POSE A PROBLEM. I ACTUALLY, WHEN I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY 25 YEARS AGO, IT WAS RED TAGGED AT THE TIME. SO I HAD TO STEP IN AND START FIXING IT UP MYSELF THEN. ALL RIGHT. WE MIGHT SEE IF IT WINS FOR THE MOST RED TAGS, SO I HOPE NOT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JIMMY JOLIVETTE 1685 LG, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. THE PROPERTY IS 5745. I THINK THAT'S SUNNY CIRCLE. SIRI CIRCLE, CIRCLE, SIRI CIRCLE NUMBER 46. MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M DEBORAH BERNARD. I'M HERE CONCERNING 5745 CIRCLE.

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HE PAID FOR HER TO GO TO SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING. AND SHE IS OF 22, 23 YEARS OLD. SO THESE THINGS ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT SHE CAN JUST TAKE ON HERSELF. I WORK OUT OF TOWN, I WORK OUT OF STATE, I WORK FOR THE RAILROAD. I HAVE MY OWN THINGS THAT I HAVE TO DO. MY MOTHER, SHE SHE'S RETIRED AND WE DO WHAT WE CAN. WE KEEP THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE. WE CUT THE GRASS AND EVERYTHING. AND UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, WHAT WE CAN TO GET IT, YOU KNOW, GET AN EXTENSION SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO GIVE IT TO HIS DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT WAY. AND I KNOW THAT THIS SITUATION IS NOT UNIQUE, NOT HAVING A WILL AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO RUN A SLUMLORD THING, TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANYBODY. BUT THE THING IS, HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF WORKING ON IT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET AN EXTENSION TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET IT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE ASKING TO GET IN THE WORK PROGRAM AND FINISH WHAT HE COULDN'T FINISH. HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH WILLIAMS BROTHERS. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DO ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE ALL ANGRY ABOUT. SO WE'RE COMING TO GET OFF, TRY TO GO DO SOME WORK.

AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN HE GET OFF, THEY'D HAVE HIM GO BACK AT MIDNIGHT IN HIS AREA WAS FROM WINNIE BEAUMONT, ORANGE, PORT ARTHUR, YEAH. TO STATE LINE. AND THEY WOULD PUT HIM UP IN THE HOTEL WHEN THEY WORK AT NIGHT AND THEY PUT HIM UP IN HOTELS. IT WAS REAL HARD FOR HIM TO GET BACK, AND THAT BOGGED HIM DOWN. AND I FEEL LIKE THE STRESS OF ALL OF THAT IN TRYING TO DO THE HOUSE. HE HAD A FATAL. YES, MA'AM. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? JUST JUST KIND OF COMMENT EXPLAINING THE PROCESS. IF IF THE WORK PROGRAM IS EXTENDED, Y'ALL DO UNDERSTAND IF IT'S TAGGED IN, PROGRESS ISN'T MADE, IT STILL CAN BE POSSIBLY KNOCKED DOWN IN THE FUTURE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT EXACTLY RIGHT. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET IT IN COMPLIANCE SO IT'S NOT OUT OF COMPLIANCE. YOU KNOW, AND I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIVE THERE. THAT'S IN THE NORTH AND I LIVE IN A OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA. WE MIGHT HAVE IT THERE, RESPECT THEM, YOU KNOW, HAVE A DECENT HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. AND TAXES ARE PAID. YES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL. SHE. DEBORAH. BERNARD.

I'M SORRY, MAYOR, JUST. THOSE WERE THE TWO GREEN SLIPS FOR THE SAME PROPERTY. MOTHER AND SON. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I WAS GOING TO REMIND YOU TO TURN YOUR MIC ON. SORRY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE WE HAD I KNOW I STEPPED OUT FOR THE FIRST PROPERTY WHERE WE HAVE SEVEN THAT OWES TAXES, EIGHT, 11 THAT OWES TAXES, 28 HAS BEEN REMOVED, 34 AND 46. OKAY. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT ANY MOTION TO INCLUDE SEVEN AND 11 WOULD ALSO NEED TO INCLUDE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH TAXES, PAY THEIR TAXES. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX

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SO 28 IS JUST REMOVED. JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT THAT WAS NOTED ON THE RECORD. 781134 AND 46, 78113446 YES, SIR. OH, BEFORE COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW DOES HIS THING, PROPERTY 46 WOULD ALSO NEED A SPECIAL CONDITION THAT INDIVIDUALS THE MOTHER AND I BELIEVE THE BROTHER WHO SPOKE EARLIER SAID THAT THEY WERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE DECEASED DURING THE PROBATE PROCESS. ONLY ONLY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY CAN ENTER INTO THE WORK PROGRAM. IT SOUNDS LIKE HIS DAUGHTER IS AN ADULT OVER THE AGE OF 18 IF SHE'S OFF AT SCHOOL. SO THAT WOULD NEED TO BE HER UNLESS SHE'S A MINOR, IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD REVERT BACK TO HIS NEXT OF KIN UNDER INTESTATE LAW WOULD BE HIS MOTHER OR HIS FATHER. AND HE INDICATED SHE WAS 22. SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP. SHE'S YEAH, SHE'S OVER THE AGE OF 18. THAT WOULD BE. AND IF SHE'S THE ONLY SURVIVING CHILD, THEY WOULD JUST NEED. THE STIPULATION WOULD NEED TO BE THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH PROBATE TO IDENTIFY THE LEGAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY BEFORE ENTERING INTO THE WORK PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION AND I'M GOING TO NEED SOME HELP PROBABLY. SO I'M I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE STIPULATIONS AND REMOVALS AND TAX REQUIREMENTS, AS STATED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. HOWEVER, MY MOTION DOES NOT INCLUDE A WORK PROGRAM FOR THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD WORK PROGRAMS THAT WERE NOT COMPLIED WITH. SO MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE, BUT NOT TO INCLUDE THE CHURCH PROPERTY IN THE NORTH THIRD PROPERTY WITH AN ADDITIONAL WORK PROGRAM. SO THAT WOULD BE PROPERTIES NUMBER EIGHT AND 34. SO THE MOTION WOULD BE FOR PROPERTIES SEVEN, 11 AND 46 TO ENTER INTO A WORK PROGRAM WITH PROPERTY NUMBER 11 HAVING TO SATISFY A THE TAXES PRIOR TO BEING ABLE TO DO SO, AND PROPERTY 46 BEING ABLE TO SATISFY PROBATE OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO THE WORK PROGRAM. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT MY MOTION IS. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION TO SECOND. I'LL GO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SHERWOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO WE NOW HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WHICH INCLUDES THREE PROPERTIES. CORRECT? YEAH.

73446446 WE NEED THE ORDINANCE, AS IT'S WRITTEN, SAYS WITHIN TEN DAYS. IS THERE ANY EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THEM TO WORK OUT PROBATE? I'M NOT SURE WHAT AN APPROPRIATE TIME FRAME WOULD BE FOR SOMETHING. SO PROBATE TAKES A WHILE. SO OBVIOUSLY IT DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE, LIKE HE DIDN'T HAVE A WILL. SO IF HE DIED INTESTATE, IT'S PRESUMED THAT HIS DAUGHTER IS THE LEGAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. AND SO THE CITY COULD TAKE A AFFIDAVIT OF HEIRSHIP SAYING FROM SOMEONE TO ATTEST THAT SHE IS THE ONLY HEIR, THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CHILDREN, AND THAT SHE IS THE LONE SURVIVING HEIR IN THE CITY, COULD ACCEPT THAT. AS A LEGAL ADVISER, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THAT IS A LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENT, AND THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO ENTER INTO THE WORK PROGRAM AND ALSO DO THE PROBATE PROCESS SIMULTANEOUSLY.

YOU'RE SAYING 90 DAYS WOULD BE ENOUGH TO DO THAT. AFFIDAVIT OF HEIRSHIP CAN BE DONE IN A DAY IF HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CHILDREN. AND I BELIEVE HIS HIS MOTHER WOULD KNOW THERE IS A POSTING REQUIREMENT OF NOTICE FOR THAT. SO IF COUNCIL WANTS THE FULL SHEBANG TO ENSURE. BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR ORDINANCE OR IN OUR PROCEDURES. THAT SAID, ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS COULDN'T ENTER. SO IF SHE IS HIS BIOLOGICAL DAUGHTER, REGARDLESS IF HE HAD OTHER CHILDREN, SHE IS STILL ENTITLED TO ENTER INTO THE WORK PROGRAM. SO AN AFFIDAVIT OF HEIRSHIP WOULDN'T BE SAYING SHE IS THE LONE HEIR. IT WOULD BE SAYING SHE IS AN HEIR. AND LIKE I SAID, STILL ALLOW THEM TO GO THROUGH THE PROBATE PROCESS TO DO THAT. SO THAT WOULDN'T THAT WOULDN'T ENCUMBER THE TEN, TEN DAY PERIOD. THEY COULD LITERALLY GO TO A NOTARY. WHAT ABOUT THE NOTICE REQUIREMENT? THAT ONLY APPLIES FOR THE PROBATE PROCESS.

SO AS THE AS A SURVIVING HEIR, SHE CAN GO TO A NOTARY PUBLIC AND GET A AFFIDAVIT OF HEIRSHIP DONE SAYING THAT SHE IS HIS DAUGHTER, PRESENT HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND SAY THAT SHE'S ENTITLED TO INHERIT FROM HIM. ONCE THEY ENTER INTO THE PROBATE PROCESS, OTHER HEIRS

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PLEASE. SO DO I NEED TO AMEND MY MOTION. YES, SIR. SO MY I AMEND MY MOTION ON PROPERTY 46 TO INCLUDE 30 DAYS TO PROVIDE THE AFFIDAVIT AFFIDAVIT OF HEIRSHIP. GOOD WITH THAT, COUNCILWOMAN. I HAD A QUESTION. YEAH. SO I JUST DID PROBATE AND AFFIDAVIT OF HEIRSHIP AND PROBATE TOOK 90 DAYS. I FILED ON IN FEBRUARY AND I CLOSED, I MEAN, IN NOVEMBER, AND I CLOSED IT IN FEBRUARY. SO IT TOOK ALL AND ALL THE ERRORS ARE HERE, BUT YOU CAN DO THE. AND I DID DO THAT. AFFIDAVIT OF HEIRSHIP ONLINE WITH AN ATTORNEY. SO THAT WAS JUST JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT. AND I'M FINE WITH THE 90, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT CAN GET DONE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PROBATED. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE HEIR, IT JUST HAS TO BE A HEIR. SO BUT I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE 90 DAYS, BUT I THINK 30 SHOULD BE FINE. THE 90 DAYS WOULD BE FOR PROBATE TO BE COMPLETE. AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WANTS, IS FOR A COMPLETE PROBATE PROCESS. BUT WHAT I'M WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HEIR, EVEN IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE HEIRS, AREN'T ALLOWED TO ENTER INTO A WORK PROGRAM. THE ORDINANCE JUST SAYS A OWNER. SO WHETHER IT'S ONE OWNER OR MULTIPLE OWNERS, A OWNER CAN ENTER INTO IT. AND SO WITH AN WITH A DOCUMENT STATING AFFIDAVIT OF HEIRSHIP, SHE, THE SURVIVING HEIR OR HEIRS SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO A WORK PROGRAM WITH THAT. AND IT IT DOESN'T TAKE LIKE I SAID, IT'S IT'S A FORM ONLINE. IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG, BUT I THINK 30 DAYS IS SUFFICIENT JUST TO ALLOW THEM TO MAKE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS.

THANK YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY AND COUNCILMAN, DOES THE DO WE ALSO HAVE TO PUT IN THERE IN THE MOTION? WE'RE GOING TO LET THESE THREE GO INTO WORK PROGRAMS. BUT DON'T WE HAVE TO PUT IN THAT THE REST OF THEM BE DEMOLISHED? SO THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S A GIVEN. SO THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE IS. SO COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW'S MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THESE PROPERTIES BE ENTERED INTO A WORK PROGRAM. THAT IS THE THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE COUNCIL. SO ALL THE ALL THE MOTION DOES IS PULL OUT ITEMS. SEVEN, 11 AND 46 AND GIVE THEM SPECIAL CONSIDERATION UNDER SECTION THREE OF THE ORDINANCE THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO ENTER INTO A WORK PROGRAM. ALL OTHER PROPERTIES WILL BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN TEN DAYS AND UP UNTIL UNLESS THEY FILE A TRO OR SOME OTHER PROTECTIVE DOCUMENTS, THEY CAN GET A TRO, THEY CAN GET A TRO, THEY CAN SELL THE PROPERTY. THEY CAN DO ANY, ANY, ANYTHING TO PREVENT THAT. BUT IT TAKES A WHILE FOR US TO PACKAGES. SO THEY DO SO. JIMMY.

OR SO YOU THINK. SO THIS WOULD BE HOW MANY PROPERTIES WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEMOLISHING WITHIN TEN DAYS. SO THE HOW IT GOES IS THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT THAT PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO DEMOLISH WITHIN TEN DAYS. IF THEY FAIL TO DO SO, THEN THE CITY WILL MOBILIZE. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR RFP. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR PROCESSES. THAT'S A THAT'S A FEW MONTHS DOWN THE LINE. SO THEY HAVE TIME TO DEMOLISH. AND IF THEY WANTED TO BRING IT BACK, THEN, OF COURSE, THEY COULD SEEK A TRO AND THEY CAN GO THROUGH A WORK PROGRAM THROUGH .

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 15 AS AMENDED, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I. O WHERE DO WE HAVE WHAT STRUCTURE NUMBER 28 REMOVED FROM THE ORDINANCE. SECTION 28 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ORDINANCE. IT WAS STATED ON THE RECORD, AND IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE THING. SO THIS. THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT INCLUDE. AND I WASN'T TELLING THE MAYOR TO HOLD UP. BY THE WAY, EVERYONE ELSE, THE THE THE RECOMMENDATION DOES NOT INCLUDE. 28 ALL RIGHT. DO WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO WE DIDN'T. YEAH, WE DID. WE JUST DID. OKAY. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. JUST MAKING SURE YOU HAVEN'T SAID ALL. ANY OPPOSED. YEAH. YES. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO.

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THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN SHERWOOD. YES. HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY LIVING WITH LADONNA.

SO THEN THERE'S THAT HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO. EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THERE'S A PRAYER, A COMMUNITY PRAYER HAPPENING AT THE HARVEST FOR LOST SOULS ON MAY 7TH. THAT'S THURSDAY AT 6 P.M. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS. WE MAKE A WAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO BEAUMONT ON BEING IN GOOD STANDING AND RESULTING IN A CLEAN AUDIT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND MAYBE STAFF COULD SPEAK TO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR JURISDICTION IS AS FAR AS TEXAS WORKFORCE OR IF WE HAVE ANY. STANDING WITH THEM OR CONNECTION WITH THEM OR COLLABORATION WITH THEM ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS FAR AS OFFERING TRUCKING SERVICES OR WHATEVER. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S INSIDE OF OUR WHEELHOUSE, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO IT. I THINK WE DO. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH.

OKAY. YEAH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY, PARTICULARLY SMALL BUSINESSES, TO BE CONSIDERED. IF THEY'RE OFFERING A CLASS THAT IS, IN FACT CREDENTIALED AND MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED, THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT DAY IN BEAUMONT. GO OUT AND CELEBRATE CINCO DE MAYO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW. YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL THE TALK TODAY ABOUT RED TAGS REMINDS ME THERE IS A HOME ON EAST CIRCUIT THAT IS IN A WORK PROGRAM, I BELIEVE, THAT HAS THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD UP IN ARMS. AND ALL THIS TALK TODAY ABOUT RED TAGS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WORK PROGRAM, AND MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A COMPLIANCE UPDATE THAT THINGS ARE ARE HAPPENING THERE. IN PARTICULAR, I BELIEVE IT'S CAUSED A RODENT INFESTATION FOR SEVERAL NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. AND I THEY'RE VERY UPSET. THE NEIGHBORS ARE AND UNDERSTANDABLY SO. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO LET THEM KNOW AFTER THEY SAW THE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY, OF ALL THE RED TAG DISCUSSIONS THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT EAST CIRCUIT HOME, AND WE WILL GIVE THEM AN UPDATE ON THAT. SO I'D APPRECIATE THAT. ALSO, SOMEONE MENTIONED THE BAPTIST, THE NEW BAPTIST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY AND THE OPIOID ISSUES THAT WERE CAUSED BY THAT. I HAD PREVIOUSLY ASKED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY LOOK INTO WHETHER THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FROM THAT SETTLEMENT CAN BE USED FOR THAT BAPTIST BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AFTER THE RESEARCH BY LEGAL COUNSEL, WHICH I DO APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT ATTORNEY READ THAT THAT WAS, IN FACT, A VIABLE AND APPROVED SOURCE. SO AFTER THE REQUEST TODAY, I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL LOOK AT DONATING $100,000 OUT OF OUR SETTLEMENT FUND TO BE GIVEN TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL FOR THE PLANNING AND BUILDING OF THAT FACILITY, IN PARTICULAR FOR THEIR REMEDIATION AND. SERVICES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THOSE WITH OPIOID ADDICTION. ALSO, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY COMING UP. I'M ABOUT TO TAKE MY DAD TO WATCH SHOHEI OHTANI PITCHED TONIGHT WITH THE ASTROS GAME. AND CONGRATS TO OUR NEW CITY MANAGER. AND IT'S GREAT HAVING YOU WITH US TODAY IN THAT ROLE. AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY WITH THIS COUNCIL AND, AND YOU AS OUR CITY MANAGER AND ALL THE OTHER GREAT JOB THAT OUR STAFF IS DOING. SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. THANK YOU. MAYOR, JUST ON THAT WATER BILL, I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO HAVE A SENIOR CITIZEN LINE ITEM, WE CAN SHOW THE REDUCTION, BUT IF WE CAN OR IF IT'S POSSIBLE OR IF IT'S

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THAT'S HOW OUR SYSTEM HAS TO HANDLE IT. BUT THE SPECIFIC PERSON THAT HAD COME UP, HE WAS THE SAME ONE LAST TIME, I DO BELIEVE, AND I DID LOOK INTO IT. AND HE IS ON THAT SENIOR CITIZEN RATE STRUCTURE. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S JUST NOT A WAY FOR US TO EXPLICITLY SHOW THE DISCOUNT AS A NEGATIVE AMOUNT OR AS A PERCENT AMOUNT MOVING FORWARD. WHENEVER WE GET A NEW ERP, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO. IT COULDN'T BE LIKE A NOTATION ON THE BILL AND SAY SOMETHING LIKE, THIS BILL INCLUDES A RATE REDUCTION OF $10 FOR SENIORS.

IT SAYS THAT IT'S A RATE REDUCTION, BUT WITH THE WHENEVER WE ADOPTED THE LAST RATE STRUCTURE, THAT FROZE ALL ASPECTS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, THAT'S NOT UNIFORM ANYMORE. HOW ABOUT ANYONE THAT IS GOT THAT RATE APPLIED TO THEIR. BILL JUST HAS A NOTATION THAT SAYS SENIOR DISCOUNT APPLIED WITHOUT THE A DOLLAR AMOUNT. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE MADE THAT CHANGE. IF WE HAVEN'T. IF THAT HASN'T COME THROUGH YET, THEN IT IS UNDERWAY. OKAY, SO FUTURE BILLS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THING PEOPLE SAY, HEY, WILL YOU CHECK MY ACCOUNT AND BE SURE I'M GETTING THE THE SENIOR DISCOUNT? AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF THE BILL ACTUALLY NOTATED THAT SO THAT THERE'S NO CONFUSION. AND THEN THOSE THAT DON'T SEE THE NOTATION KNOW TO CALL IN TO, TO ASK FOR IT. YES. AND I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. YEAH. JUST ANY KIND OF WAY WE CAN REALLY GET A SOLUTION THAT WILL BE APPRECIATED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I JUST HE'S BEEN UP HERE QUITE SOME TIME CONSISTENTLY. I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS IT IF POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY MORE THAN JUST HIM. THE SECOND THING WITH THE LEVY TRUCKING SCHOOL BEING DENIED, THAT'S A REAL CONCERN OF MINE, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY CAN DO IF THAT'S TAKING PLACE, IF IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO, I PREFER WE DO SO, AND I KIND OF LIKE AN UPDATE TO KNOW WHAT WENT ON AND OR WHAT CAN THE CITY DO OR WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO ASSIST THAT GENTLEMAN, IF THAT'S TRUE. THIRDLY, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. FOURTH, CONGRATULATIONS, CHRIS BOONE. YOU KNOW, FEEL GOOD TO SEE YOU UP HERE TO MY RIGHT. AND LAST LASTLY, I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY HAVING A TAX ABATEMENT DISCUSSION WITH MY COLLEAGUES UPCOMING JUST TO SEE HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THEM. AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR INDUSTRY AS WELL AS THE CITY. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN HILLIARD. WELL, I WILL SAY IT'S PRETTY AWESOME THAT CINCO DE MAYO FALLS ON TACO TUESDAY. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BONUS. AND ALSO EMBRACING FREEDOM IS HAVING THEIR CRAWFISH BOIL FUNDRAISER. AND IT'S AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION THAT ANY KIDS THAT ARE TRAFFICKED BEFORE THEY WOULD JUST BE TURNED OVER TO PROTECTIVE SERVICES. NOW THERE IS A NET TO CATCH THEM AND TO GIVE THEM THE NEEDS AND THE MENTAL HEALTH HELP THAT THEY CAN GET. AND SO IF ANYBODY CAN, IT'S AT 5980 SOUTH MLK DRIVE. IT'S A REALLY NEAT ORGANIZATION AND THEY'RE JUST KIND OF GETTING OFF THE GROUND AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT IS, IS THAT BEAUMONT IS, IS CLEANER THANKS TO KENNETH. AND SO I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FOR THE POSITIVE. AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND, AND I GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK AT ACORN ON THE LOTS BEING KEPT UP WITH. AND THAT I'M NOT GETTING AS MANY PHONE CALLS ABOUT HIGH GRASS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, CHRIS BOONE, EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU. I STILL THINK WE NEED TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT SIZE HERE ON THE COUNCIL. BUT ANYWAY, AND A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AND A BIG SPECIAL PRAYER TO THOSE MOTHERS THAT HAVE LOST A CHILD AND WILL BE MOURNING THAT CHILD THIS TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S REMEMBER THEM TOO. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DARIA. YES. JUST TELL EVERYBODY AGAIN GETTING READY TO START HURRICANE SEASON. SO LET'S EVERYBODY GET PREPARED. ALSO, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THE MAYOR'S COALITION ON VIOLENCE AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT CARDINAL AND FOURNETTE YESTERDAY, ONE PERSON WAS ON THAT ROAD HEADED SOUTH

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ALL RIGHT, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. SO OF COURSE, I HAVE TO SAY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO MY MOMMY'S. SO HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, MOMMY'S. AND YES, I DO CALL MY MOMMY'S MOMMY, BUT THE UNITED WAY HAS ISSUED OR HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR MAKE A WISH DAY OF ACTION ASSIST PROJECT IN THEIR 14 AMAZING ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU CAN ASSIST WITH A WISH THIS YEAR. SO I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AND TO DONATE TO THOSE PROJECTS. THERE ARE SOME AMAZING ORGANIZATIONS THAT HOUSE GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA, SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE A GOOD IMPACT IN IMPROVING OUR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOMS, GOD MOMS, GRAND MOMS, MOTHER FIGURES IN OUR FAMILIES. AND I DO WANT TO THANK JOHN PIPPINS, CESAR GARCIA, MIKE HARRIS, DARREN BROWN, AND OUR TWO RESIDENT EXPERTS, JEFF BEAVER AND DOCTOR JOHN D'ANTONI, FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLAN. VERY COLLABORATIVE. COULD NOT HAVE PUT TOGETHER A BETTER DREAM TEAM OF CITY STAFF AND AND CONSULTANTS FOR THIS. IT WAS QUITE A BIT OF WORK AND VERY PLEASED WITH THE WORK PRODUCT THAT THEY PRESENTED. AND ALSO THERE IS AN UPCOMING MEETING. NOTICES WILL BE GOING OUT FOR THE BOND FACILITATION COMMITTEE MAY THE 14TH AT 5:30 P.M. AT THE LAKESIDE CENTER MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER AT MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM. I'LL GET THERE. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO RESPOND TO COUNCILMAN CRENSHAW.

YOU ASKED ABOUT THE BANK BALANCE IN THE HOT FUND. OUR FUND BALANCE WAS $465,680. AT FISCAL YEAR END 25, IT'S PROJECTED TO BE A LITTLE LOWER THAN THAT. AT THE END OF 26 PER LAST ADOPTED BUDGET. BUT THAT THIS IS A FUND THAT KIND OF GOES UP AND DOWN A LOT. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS THE AUDIT REPORT THAT WE JUST GOT THAT WAS CLEAN. AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY STAFF. THEY'VE THEY'VE LEFT THEY'VE GONE BACK TO THEIR OFFICES. BUT I CANNOT OVERSTATE WHAT A GOOD JOB AND HOW MUCH THEY PULLED TOGETHER THIS YEAR TO GET THIS AUDIT DONE. AND, AND SO QUICK. KATRINA JONES, OUR NEW COMPTROLLER, ANGIE BREEDEN, ANGELA BREEDEN, OUR SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, BETTY STRONG, OUR ACCOUNTANT, BAILEY THOMPSON, JANICE RIDLEY, AMANDA HILL, SHE'S OUR NEW ASSISTANT CFO, AMY FRANKLIN, AMY SCHMIDT, DANA GUEST, DEBBIE MAU, GREG WILLIAMS, AND HALIMA WILSON, HURST AND WILSON, THEY REALLY ALL PULLED TOGETHER AND WERE A FANTASTIC TEAM TO GET THIS DONE AND WORKED WITH OUR AUDIT TEAM WITH US. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY SPECIFICALLY TO MY MOM, RENEE LANEY, AND MY MOTHER IN LAW, LESLIE INGMAN. THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST DAY ON THE DAIS, CHRIS. JUST A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS. OF COURSE, IT'S ALWAYS A SAD TIME FOR ME SINCE MY MOM PASSED AWAY. BUT OF COURSE, I'LL VISIT HER LIKE I DO EVERY WEEK AND BRING FRESH FLOWERS TO HER. AND CHRIS, WELCOME TO THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM WITH ME AND DEMI AND BRIDGET. IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN YEAR, WHAT'S LEFT OF IT ANYWAY. BUT CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY TO HAVE YOU OVER HERE ON OUR SIDE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING, SO I WILL BE BRIEF AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE CONFIDENCE PUT IN ME, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING, CONTINUING TO WORK

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