Aug 31, 2021 City Council

MR. IVOR MITCHELL REGARDING UNLEASHED DOGS.

HE'S NOT HERE

[III. A2. Ivan Mitchell Regarding Unleashed Dogs]

YEAH, YOU'RE THERE MR. MITCHELL.

SO I'M READY WHENEVER YOU ARE.

OF THAT I'M GONNA BRING UP TO YOU GUYS.

YOU MAKE YOU MAKE A GO FORWARD.

GREAT.

UM, SO I'VE DECIDED TO BRING THIS TO COUNCIL.

I AM COMING AT AS A CITIZEN, A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

UM, THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH EVER SINCE COVID HAS HIT WHERE I'VE INCREASED MY AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY OUTDOORS IN TERMS OF MY WORKOUTS.

UM, I'M JUST HAVING A CONTINUOUS ISSUE OF UNLEASHED DOGS AS I'M WALKING OR RUNNING, OR SOMETIMES EVEN IN PARKS.

UM, POACHING ME I'M RALLYING, AND ACTUALLY I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN ATTACKED TWICE SO FAR, SO I JUST WANT TO GO OVER IT WITH YOU GUYS JUST IN THREE QUICK PARTS.

I WANNA DESCRIBE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH YOU.

UM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT'S OCCURRED WITH ME AS WELL.

SOME RESIDENTS I'M AWARE

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WHAT I BELIEVE COULD BE SOME POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UH, FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE RESOLVED.

UM, COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? OUR LINDSEY.

SO JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, UM, THE AREA I'M REFERRING TO IS, UM, BETWEEN GULF WAY DRIVE MLK, SEAWALL, AND STADIUM TO THE EAST.

AND THIS IS BASICALLY THE AREA THAT I RUN ABOUT THREE TO FOUR TIMES THOUGH.

UM, I USUALLY DO IT MAYBE FIVE TO SIX MILES.

SO I RUN DOWN DIFFERENT STREETS.

UH, PERHAPS YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN ME RUNNING, UM, USUALLY IN THE EVENING WHEN IT'S A LITTLE BIT COOLER, BUT THIS IS THE AREA I USUALLY ENCOMPASS WHEN I'M RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, OH, I SAID OVER THE LAST, PROBABLY I'M GONNA SAY EIGHT, LET'S SAY 18 MONTHS.

UM, JUST THE, THE DOGS THAT HAVE COME OUT AT ME, UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL.

SO I GUESS I'M FRUSTRATED WITH THE SITUATION.

I I'VE REPORTED THIS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WITH DIFFERENT DOGS.

I JUST DON'T SEE ANY RESOLUTION COMING, WHICH IS WHY I'M APPROACHING THE COUNCIL.

SO I JUST WANT TO, UM, SAY, HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH YOU GUYS REAL QUICK.

I'M GOING TO HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

I'M TALKING A LITTLE FAST, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET EVERYTHING IN I'M WITH YOU GUYS AND YOU GO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

LINDSEY.

SO THE REASON WHY I PUT THIS PICTURE IN HERE, UM, THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE WHOLE, I GUESS, PROBLEM ITSELF.

UM, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN, UM, ALL TYPES OF DOGS I'VE BEEN ASSAULTED BY PIT BULLS, SMALL DOGS, ME SIZED DOGS, LARGE DOG.

AND I GUESS ONE OF THEM, ONE OF THE THINGS SOME PEOPLE THINK IS, OH, IT'S JUST A SMALL DOG, IVAN.

SO YOU KNOW, IT WON'T BITE YOU.

IT WON'T HARM.

WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE, ALL DOGS HAVE TEA AND ALL DOGS HAVE THE ABILITY TO BITE YOU.

UM, AND SO I ULTIMATELY, I DON'T WANT TO GET FIT.

OF COURSE.

UM, IT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO BE BIT BY A DOG CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, LINDSAY, AND MY FEAR OF GETTING BED.

AND THIS IS NOT A PICTURE OF ME, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, DOGS CAN GIVE YOU RABIES.

THEY CAN GIVE YOU TETANUS.

THEY CAN GIVE YOU, UH, ALL TYPES OF THINGS.

THEY CAN FRACTURE YOUR BONES, THEY CAN SCAR YOU.

I MEAN, THEY CAN TAKE AWAY YOUR FINGERS.

I MEAN, THERE IS NOTHING GOOD TO BE BIT BY A DOG.

SO, UM, WHEN I'M, UH, ACCOSTED BY A DOG AS I'M RUNNING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY, VERY SCARY SITUATION.

UM, I I'VE, I'VE LIVED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND I'VE NEVER HAD SUCH A BIG ISSUE WITH DOGS AND I'M SAYING UNLEASHED DOGS.

AND MOST OF THESE DOGS ARE NOT STRAYS JUST TO BE CLEAR.

MOST OF THESE DOGS HAVE AN OWNER.

THEY COME OUT FROM BEHIND THE HOUSE.

THEY MIGHT BE SITTING ON THE FRONT PORCH AND THEY WILL COME AT YOU AND THEY WILL BARK AT YOU AND GET REALLY CLOSE.

UM, AND I'VE HAD TO, UNFORTUNATELY I'VE HAD TO STAB A DOG RECENTLY AND I COME TO THAT IN A MINUTE.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, LINDSAY.

SO, UM, I KIND OF WANT TO GET MORE INTO, UM, MY EXPERIENCES OF WHY, UM, I GUESS I'M FRUSTRATED AS WELL AS I'M SCARED FOR MY SAFETY.

SO THIS PHOTO HERE ACTUALLY IS NOW THE, ME, THIS IS A RECENT INCIDENT THAT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA WHERE, UM, AND I KNOW THE PHOTO IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE IT'S UM, IT'S COMING FROM A CAMERA THOUGH, WHERE, UM, A YOUNG LADY GOT OFF THE BUS, UM, NEAR, UM, THINK IT'S CALLED RANSOM HOWARD ROAD, AND NOW SHE'S GETTING OFF THE BUS.

I'LL YOU'LL SEE ON THE TOP PICTURE, YOU'LL SEE THE LITTLE GIRL SHE'S RUNNING IN THE STREET WHILE SHE'S RUNNING IN THE STREET, BECAUSE TO YOUR LEFT HERE, AS SHE GETS OFF THE BUS AND WALKS ABOUT 10 FEET, TWO DOGS FROM THIS PERSON'S HOUSE OVER THERE IN THE CORNER.

NOTES ON THESE DOGS THINKING OUT BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE REPEATED OFFENDERS.

AND, UM, ARE COMING OUT THIS LITTLE GIRL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THANK GOD THERE WERE NO VEHICLES COMING BY, BUT THIS IS FIGHTING THEM IN THE FIELD.

SHE DARTS DIRECTLY IN THE STREET, YOU KNOW, NOT LOOKING ANYWHERE, NOT HER FAULT.

SHE'S SCARED, JUST TWO BIG DOGS BUDGING HERE.

EXCUSE ME, SCARY.

SO THIS IS NOT ONLY WHAT I EXPERIENCED, BUT I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THIS CITY ARE TO THIS AND YOU KNOW, SOMETHING JUST NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THESE ONLY STOCKS.

UM, LET'S SLIDE LINDSEY.

UM, SO THE REASON I'LL GET TO WHY I'M SHOWING THIS PICTURE HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT, UM, OVER THE LAST, UH, I THINK EIGHT WEEKS I'VE ACTUALLY ATTACKED TWICE BY DOGS.

AND WHEN I SAY ATTACKED, I'VE HAD TO DEFEND MYSELF PHYSICALLY.

UM, I ACTUALLY NOW RUN WITH A WEAPON.

SO PRIOR TO IT, UM, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SIDE, LINDSAY, PRIOR TO IT? UM, TO MY LATEST ATTACK, I'VE BEEN RUNNING WITH THIS KNIFE RIGHT HERE.

IT'S ABOUT A THREE INCH BLADE AND I NEED THE KNIFE TO PROTECT MYSELF BECAUSE I HAVE DOGS AND THEY'RE READY TO BITE, UM, IN THE MOST RECENT ATTACK WHILE I THINK THIS HAPPENED ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO ON FOURTH STREET, UM, YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT RIGHT THERE.

YOU SEE BLOOD AT NIGHT.

THAT'S WHY I HAD THAT PHYSICALLY FIGHT.

AND I CUT A DOG.

UM, THAT ATTACK ME.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT PEOPLE WON'T LOCK UP THEIR DOGS.

UM, AND THEY, THEIR FAVORITE EXCUSE AS WELL.

IT GOT OUT

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I CAN, IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO GET IN THE CAR WITH ME NOW, I COULD PROBABLY TAKE YOU ABOUT THREE OR FOUR HOUSES WHERE IF WE WERE TO DRIVE BY MORE THAN LIKELY THE DOGS ARE SITTING SOMEWHERE AROUND THE YARD.

AND ONCE WE GET OUT THE CAR THEY'RE GOING TO COME AT.

SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF A DOCUMENT.

THEY CAN, WE GOT OUT, SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T LOCK UP THEIR DOGS.

THEY COULD CARE LESS WHAT THE CITY SAYS TO THEM.

THEY HAVE NO, WELL, BASICALLY I HAVE NO FEAR IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE, UM, WELL, I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE, BUT THEY HAVE NO FEAR OF ANY REPRISAL, BUT NOT LOCKING UP THEIR DOG.

SO LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN ATTACKED TWICE.

UM, I WAS CARRYING THIS NIGHT, BUT ONCE I REALIZED THAT THE DOG GOT WAY TOO CLOSE AND WE'D HAVE TO STAB IT, GO TO THE NEXT SIDE, LIZZIE, I NOW CREATED WHAT YOU CALL A POLICE ASS BY ME.

SO I'VE HAD TO UPGRADE MY PROTECTION TO AN ASS WHERE WHEN DOGS APPROACH ME NOW, I HIT THE, I FLIP OUT THE ASS AND I MADE THEM, I MADE THE FIGHT TO THE DEATH BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO THE DOG TWO MINUTES, MR. MITCHELL.

OH, I'M SORRY.

AM I OVER AT THE TIME? NO, YOU HAVE TWO MORE MINUTES.

I WILL.

WE'LL ALLOW TWO MORE MINUTES.

WELL, LET, LET ME JUST GO, UM, TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

LINDSEY.

SO I'LL JUST GO, I'LL JUST GO TO MY REQUEST.

I I'VE KINDA MADE THE POINT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I I'VE REPORTED DOGS.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PROBLEM.

AND PERHAPS YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY SOME OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS REGARDING UNLEASHED DOGS RUNNING AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE STREETS.

UM, SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IS, AND I SAID, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THE LAW, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW EXACTLY STATES AND CITIES CAN AND CANNOT DO.

I KNOW THERE ARE RESTRAINTS.

SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY, BUT IF POSSIBLE, I BELIEVE THE SITTINGS DEVELOP A, WELL, I CALL IT A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.

IF YOU'RE A DOG, IF YOU COULD CALL OUT YOUR DOG BEING UNLEASHED, THERE'S NO WARNING.

WE GET WAY TOO MANY WARNINGS.

WE TAKE THE DOG, WE TELL THE OWNER THAT COME TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND WE HANDLE IT WITH THE ONLY RIGHT.

AND THEN THEY'RE WITHOUT A FINE LEVEL, WE CAN DO ZERO TOLERANCE.

IF WE STARTED TAKING DOGS, PEOPLE WILL STOP THESE ACTIONS AND THEY'LL START LOCKING UP THE DOGS CAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY THE FINES.

THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE THEIR ANIMALS.

UM, ALSO IF WE COULD POTENTIALLY STRENGTHEN SOME OF THE ORDINANCES, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS, LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THESE ORDINANCES.

SO PERHAPS THEY ARE AS STRONG AS THEY CAN BE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE, BUT PERHAPS THEY ARE.

BUT IF SO, I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO STRENGTHEN THE ORDINANCES ON UNLEASHED DOGS.

WE HAVE TO PROTECT PEOPLE.

UM, AND NUMBER TWO IS, UM, I DON'T THINK WE'RE HOLDING THESE HOMEOWNERS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT WE EVER.

SO I THINK WE NEED THE WHOLE HOMEOWNERS WITH ONLY STOCKS, YOU'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

UM, AND THIS I'LL SAY ONE MORE THING.

NOW I'LL LET YOU GUYS GO.

UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE AREN'T HERE HAVE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, IVAN IS ANTI DOG.

I AM NOT ANTI DOG.

I AM AT TY IS, IS A DANGEROUS DOG.

I MAN, TY BE BIG.

AND I KNOW I SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUST WALK OUT MY FRONT DOOR AND UH, YOU KNOW, JUST GO ON A WALK OR SIMPLE JOG WITHOUT WORRYING AND HAVING MY ANXIETY GO UP BECAUSE I'M SCARED TO BE BIT ATTACKED BY SOMEBODY'S ELISE DOG.

UM, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, I'LL TAKE THOSE.

COUNSEL WOMAN, MOSES.

THAT IS YES.

ESPECIALLY ON THE SEAWALL, THOSE, THE CALLS THAT I'VE GOTTEN ABOUT DOGS AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO EXERCISE.

UH HUH.

I'M GLAD I HAVEN'T BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION TONIGHT.

WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO BE GIVEN BY OUR, UM, PAM LANKFORD AND US CITY ATTORNEY THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THOSE ORDINANCES TO STRENGTHEN THEM.

AND SO YOU WILL SEE IVAN A MATTER OF FACT, THE FIRST ONE THAT'S UP IS GOING TO BE THE ANIMAL SHELTER ON TONIGHT.

UM, WE HAVE AN ARTIST'S COMMITTED AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE ORDINANCE AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REVISED UPDATED, AND WE'RE BRINGING THAT TO COUNCIL SO THAT THEY CAN THEN LOOK AT THOSE AND APPROVE THEM.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TONE.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT AREAS I KNOW WE CAN'T GIVE THE WHOLE OVERVIEW ON ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT IT'LL GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO STRENGTHEN THOSE ORDINANCES AND BRING THAT TO COUNCIL, UH, AS THOSE CHANGES ARE BEING MADE.

SO SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU THAT, THAT WE DO NEED SOME, SOME STRENGTHENING, SOME TEETH STRENGTHENING IN THOSE ORDINANCES.

I AGREE WITH YOU 100% AND I JUST HATE THAT YOU'VE HAD TO ENCOUNTER SUCH, UM, SO MANY DIFFERENT INSTANCES LIKE THIS.

SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL STRENGTHEN THIS AND GET ON WITH, UM, UM, GETTING YOU SOME HELP.

MAYOR PRO TO DR.

KINLAW.

HEY, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND I'M IN HERE AND REST ASSURED THAT, UH, WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT WE'VE HAD THAT COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL BEFORE WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ORDINANCE ADDRESS DOGS LIKE THAT ARE UNLEASHED.

UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS,

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SO, UH, JUST GIVE US OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS IT.

UH, UH, THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE, WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE PROBLEMS, BUT GIVE US OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE ORDERS AND PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH IN IT AS COUNCILWOMAN MOSES SAID, HEY, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

COUNCILMAN JONES THAT GIVE ME A FULL GYM.

UH, THANK YOU, ABIN.

UH, YOU, WE DO HAVE, UH, A WILD DOG, A STRAIGHT DOG PROBLEM IN THE CITY.

MATTER OF FACT, I SAW YOU HAD ONE OF A DOG ONE DAY ON FIFTH STREET.

YOU DIDN'T SEE ME.

I WAS RIDING AROUND ON 50 BY THE SEAWALL BY ROSE HILL PARK.

AND A LITTLE DOG WAS CHASING YOU RIGHT THEN YOU PROBABLY CALLED IT ON SECOND AVENUE AND FIFTH STREET.

BUT, UH, THAT KILLED LOSSY YEAR.

WE DISCUSSED THAT BEFORE BY THERE'S A STRAY ANIMAL PROBLEM.

AND WE SHORTHANDED HANDED THAT TIME.

WE WERE SHORT HANDED, WE HAVE THE OFFICERS TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE WAY TO PUT THESE DOLLS IN CATS.

IT SO, BUT, UH, WE HAD TO, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM ONCE.

AND FOR ALL, WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN THE CITY WITH THREE ANIMALS AND IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.

SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL DAVID MOSES, AND COSMIC KENALOG ABOUT DOING SOMETHING, AGREED TO DO SOMETHING, TO GET THIS THING FIXED ONCE.

AND FOR ALL, WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN THIS TOWN AND IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY.

AND TO THE, UH, FOR THE STINTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE PUT HIM.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. JONES FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION CONTINUALLY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO, AS ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT AND WORKING WITH STAFF TO HELP TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

COMMUNICATION WILL BE A PRESENTATION BY DR.

UH, NEXT

[III. A3 Presentation By Dr. Delena King Regarding The 2020 Census]

DELINA KING REGARDING THE 2020 CENSUS.

HELLO? YES, I'M HERE.

YES, MA'AM GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, AGAIN, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL CITY, SECRETARY CITY ATTORNEY, AND THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR.

I AM DR.

DELANEY KING AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE THIS EVENING TO REPRESENT THE CITY'S COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE.

I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CCC CHAIR, DOCTOR, WHO UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT BE PRESENT.

WE HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION SHOWCASING THE HARD WORK OF THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS REGARDING THE CENSUS 2020, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL DISTRIBUTE MORE THAN $675 BILLION TO CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, THAT AMOUNT WILL BE BASED ON THE CENSUS COUNT.

YOU ARE AWARE THAT TEXAS DID GAIN TWO ADDITIONAL CONGRESSIONAL SEATS.

FOLLOWING THE 20 CENSUS A CENSUS COUNT.

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT RELY UPON PROGRAMS FOR ASSISTANCE, WHICH ARE, AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THEY ARE THE WIG, THE TITLE ONE GRANT, UH, SPECIAL EDUCATION HEADSTART, PELL GRANTS, SECTION EIGHT, CVD, UH, CB DG, MEDICAID SNAP, VOCATIONAL REHAB.

AND AS WE KNOW, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE RATION NEXT, TRADITIONALLY UNDER, UNDER, UNDER COUNTED POPULATIONS.

BUT WE CALL HARD TO COUNT, INCLUDE, UH, LOW INCOME PEOPLE, RACIAL AND ETHICAL MINORITIES, HIGH MOBILE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO DO NOT TRUST THE GOVERNMENT UNDOCUMENTED IN GROUP, UH, IMMIGRANTS, NOT ENGLISH SPEAKERS, PEOPLE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS, PEOPLE WITHOUT ASSETS OR THE INTERNET, OR HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.

PEOPLE WITH MENTAL OR PHYSICAL, UM, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.

THESE ARE THE, UM, THINGS THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO BASICALLY FILL OUT THEIR CENSUS.

SO WE HAD MANY OBSTACLES BASE, UH, AGAINST US IN PORT ARTHUR.

THE 2020 CENSUS NUMBERS WERE SHOWN THAT THE POPULATION WAS 53,818, AND IT WAS PROJECTED THAT PORT ARTHUR WOULD NOT GET 50,000 IN POPULATION AT NEXT PLACE.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, 20, 21 AND 2010, LIKE I SAID, THE NUMBERS WAS 53,818.

THIS IS WHEN WE BEGAN TO WORK NEXT PLACE.

IT ALL BEGAN A FEW DAYS AFTER, UH, THURMAN BARTEE WAS SWORN IN AS THE MAYOR OF CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, THAT THE THINK PAIR SHARE GIFTS AND THE CENSUS STAFF BEGAN PLANNING NEXT PLACE.

THE OFFICIAL

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CENSUS KICKOFF BEGAN NEXT, PLEASE, THE CENSUS WORKERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM ALL OVER THE DENVER REGION.

WHAT WE DID WAS WE ENDED UP GOING TO GALVESTON TO LEARN ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET AFRICAN AMERICANS TO DO THE CENSUS.

WE HAD CHERYL UNDERWOOD AS OUR SPECIAL GUESTS BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, UH, BE A PART OF THE CENSUS AND AS WELL AS THE ACCOUNTANT AND DOCTOR THICK PEN WAS INVITED TO ATTEND AS WELL NEXT, PLEASE.

AND THAT IS WHEN THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE STARTED GOING TO EVENTS ALL IN THE COMMUNITY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WERE AT THE PORT ARTHUR LIBRARY.

WE DID KWANZAA.

WE DID CHRISTMAS WITH DR.

LEVY GO PUT NEXT PLACE.

WE ALSO WAS PART OF THE JUNE 10TH THING THAT THE MLK EVENT, WE WERE INVITED TO GO TO THE BUDDHIST TEMPLE FOR A LUNAR NEW YEAR.

NEXT PLACE.

WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES AND ONE OF THEM WAS THE HISPANIC SUB COMMITTEE.

WE HAD THE MEDIA SUB COMMITTEE AND WE MET, UM, TRYING TO SEE GROUND, HOW CAN WE GET THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY TO FILL OUT THEIR CENSUS AS WELL NEXT, PLEASE? AND THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.

WE PARTNERED WITH THE WILLIE CARTER CENTER.

WE PARTNER WITH, UH, LA UH, THE PRESIDENT OF LAMAR WHO SENT EMAILS OUT TO HER STAFF, UH, AT LAMAR PORT ARTHUR, NEXT PLACE.

WE ALSO, UM, PARTNERED WITH THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE TRIANGLE QUINOLINIC COUNCIL.

WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE, UH, CAPITOL CAPITOL HAFA, SORRY, CAPITALISTS, UM, THEIR LEAGUE AS WELL.

AND WE WERE VERY VISIBLE.

UM, WE END UP GOING TO THE MALL AND WE HAD A BOOTH AT THE MALL, AND THEN WE HAD THE BUS DRIVE AROUND AND SO THAT THEY COULD KNOW THAT WE WERE, UM, IN THE MARVELOUS WHALE NEXT, PLEASE.

WE ALSO PARTNER WITH A LOT OF CHURCHES.

WE PARTNER WITH, UH, THOMAS BOULEVARD, CHURCH OF PRICE.

UH, WE WERE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AS SOCIAL SERVICE NETWORK, UH, DR.

FIG PENN AND I WERE INVITED TO DO A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE WITH, UH TINO'S AND WE WERE THERE TALKING ABOUT THE CENSUS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CENSUS FOR, UH, CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR NEXT, PLEASE.

AND EMPOWERMENT CHURCH AND BETHEL CHURCH WAS DAIRY IMPORTANT TO ALL WORK.

UM, SINCE THIS OUTREACH, THEY HAVE FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND WE WERE ALWAYS, UH, THERE, THEY LET US PUT INFORMATION IN THEIR FOOD BOXES.

UM, SO WE WERE ALWAYS PRESENT AT EVERY ONE OF THEIR EVENTS NEXT POINT.

WE WENT TO SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE ALSO WERE A PART OF THE TRIANGLE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

THEY, WHEN THEY HAVE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, WE WERE ALSO VISIBLE THERE.

NEXT WEEK, WE WERE VISIBLE AT THE TIME OF ELECTIONS.

WE WERE INVITED TO COME OUT AND BE A PART OF ANY OF THE HISPANIC, LATINO, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS NEXT, PLEASE.

UH, AGAIN, WE, UH, IT WAS JUST SHOWING THE, THAT WE HAD IN THE FOOD BANKS, WE WERE INVITED TO SPEAK ON, UM, ONE OF THE, UM, RADIO STATIONS.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF NEXT PLACE.

WE HAD SEVERAL CARETS, WE HAD, AGAIN, THE JUNETEENTH PARADE, WE HAD THE CARAVAN AND WE ASKED, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE NEXT, PLEASE.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, UM, CAMPAIGNS THAT WE HAD, WHICH WAS THE PHONE BANK.

AND WE CALLED ALMOST EVERY CITIZEN NUMBER THAT WE HAD IN PORT ARTHUR THAT DID NOT FILL OUT THEIR 20, 20 CENSUS.

AND WE PARTNER ALSO WITH THE, UH, PORT ARTHUR HOUSING AUTHORITY.

AND WE WORK WITH THEM.

WE, UM, LEARN HOW TO TALK AND DO STRICT SCRIPTS ON WHAT WE NEED TO SAY AND HOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS OF PORT OFFICE FILL OUT THEIR CENSUS FORM.

NEXT PLACE.

ANOTHER CAMPAIGN WE DID THAT LAST FEW WEEKS, UH, THE CENSUS WAS THE DOOR TO DOOR.

WE WERE ON THE BUS AND

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NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE PUTTING LITERATURE ON THE DOORS, WE WERE OUT, UH, WITH OUR HANDHELD, UM, LAPTOPS.

AND WE TRIED TO GET PEOPLE, OR WHEN WE DID, WE GOT PEOPLE TO FILL OUT THEIR 20, 20 CENSUS.

NOT ONLY WERE THE ONES IN ENGLISH, BUT ALSO THE ONES IN SPANISH AS WELL.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE ON THE, UH, BUS AND WE ROLLED AROUND, WE TALKED TO PEOPLE, WE HELPED THEM FILL OUT THEIR FORMS AGAIN, THE DOOR TO DOOR.

AND THE PHONE BANKING WAS THE TWO BIGGEST ASPECT OF THIS CENSUS NEXT, PLEASE.

THEN WE ALSO HAD, UH, TWO BILLBOARDS, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR DID ONE AND THEN ALSO UNITED WAY DID A BILLBOARD FOR US AS WELL.

SO WE WERE VISIBLE ON BOTH CANS OF TOWN NEXT, PLEASE.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR THANK YOU CAMPAIGN.

AND AGAIN, WE WENT RIGHT BACK TO WHERE WE WERE TO BE VISIBLE AND WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME THROUGH AND THAT WAS AT EMPOWERMENT AND BETHEL CHURCH, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR MAYOR WAS THERE AND IT WAS BASICALLY, WE ENDED WITH A THANK YOU DRIVE BY CELEBRATION NEXT, PLEASE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AND IN 2010, THE POPULATION CAMP, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT WAS 53,818, BUT OFFICIAL POPULATION FOR THE 2020 CENSUS FOR PORT ARTHUR IS 56,039.

AND THAT IS DR.

THICK PAN.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR.

WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR GOAL OF HAVING 50,000 RESIDENTS COUNTING THAT IS THE DIRECT RESULT OF HARD WORK OF OUR PORT AUTHOR, THE TRIO MA DR.

TOLD ME TO MAKE SURE I SAY THAT THE CITIZENS AND THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE, ESPECIALLY THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMPLETE CAPITAL COUNT COMMITTEE WHO WENT THE EXTRA MATH TO HELP PUT OFF THE REACH, THESE GREAT RESULTS.

WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE THAT'S ON THE VIRTUAL AUDIENCE.

AND IF SO, IF Y'ALL COULD WAVE HELLO, AND AS A THANK YOU FROM THE PORT ARTHUR COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE COUNCIL, YOU SHOULD HAVE A THANK YOU GIFT IN YOUR MAILBOX FROM US.

THANK YOU, DR.

DELINA KING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION ON TODAY.

YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

AND SO MANY OF YOU ARE UNSUNG HEROES OF OUR CITY BECAUSE WE TRULY KNOW, UM, HOW VALUABLE, WHAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND SO MANY OTHERS HAVE DONE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO OUR CITY.

UM, THAT'S THAT CENSUS IS CONNECTED TO FEDERAL FUNDING AND SO MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF WHAT WE NEED HERE IN OUR CITY.

SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THOSE PANEL, CLINIC GROUPS, THOSE CHURCHES, ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON TODAY.

UH, YEAH.

MAYOR PRO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM.

DR.

KING.

UH, I KNOW YOU WORKED HARD.

I SEEN YOU EVERYWHERE.

ALL THE EVENTS, UH, YOU, UH, DR.

DICK DAN IS GREAT TO KNOW THAT AT ONE TIME WE WERE CONSIDERED TO HAVE LESS THAN FIVE 50 TO BE A 50,000.

AND WE ENDED UP WITH 56,000.

SO THAT LETS YOU KNOW, THAT YOU GUYS DID A HARD JOB.

YOU'RE OUT THERE WORKING HARD FOR THE CITY.

AND LIKE THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID THAT'S CONNECTED TO SOME FEDERAL FUNDINGS THAT THIS CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS, UH, TO YOUR HARD WORK.

I'D LIKE TO PERSONALLY, THANK YOU, DR.

KING, DR.

D HERE FOR THE HARD WORK AND YOUR, YOUR GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, MAY I APPROACH HIM? HOW ARE YOU? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES.

UH, DELINA.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT.

I WAS GLAD TO BE A PART OF THAT, UH, COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE AND UH, SHARING AND WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.

UH, WE WERE SO, UH, VERY DIDN'T UH, DID NOT KNOW WE MAKE THAT NUMBER AND I'M SO THANKFUL TO KNOW THAT NOT ONLY DID WE GET OVER THE HUMP OF 50,000, BUT WE GOT 6,000 EXTRAS.

SO, UM, IT WAS, IT TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK.

DID THAT HUGE DRIVE THROUGH.

I DIDN'T SEE PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAD TO GO.

YOU COULDN'T PUT EVERYTHING THERE, BUT WE HAD, UM, QUITE A FEW THINGS UNDER THE PAVILION.

WE HAD THAT LARGE, UM, DRIVE AND THERE, I DIDN'T SEE THOSE PHOTOS WITH.

THERE WAS A LOT THAT TOOK PLACE AND YOU GUYS HARD WORK THAT THE FIG PINS HARBOR TOOK A TEAM EFFORT, THE BACKPACK

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DRIVE.

IT WAS RARELY REALLY A LOT OF WORK AND I COMMEND YOU, YOUR STAFF AND, UM, MS. REBECCA BRISCOE, TIFFANY GUILLORY, THEY REALLY, REALLY WORKED HARD AS A TEAM.

SO MY HAT IS OFF TO THE ENTIRE 2020, UH, COMMITTEE THERE, UH, FROM THE CENSUS AND FROM THOSE, UH, THAT WORKED WITH YOU GUYS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO, UH, OVER ACHIEVE WHAT WE NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO KEEP PORT ARTHUR RECEIVING ALL OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE GET CURRENTLY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR.

KING.

WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE TO OUR PRESENTATIONS.

NOW WE HAVE, I'M SORRY.

MAY I INTERRUPT YOU? YES, MA'AM IT'S TIME.

[IV.1. To Receive And Consider Public Comment For All Interested Citizens With Regard To The City Of Port Arthur's Proposed Annual Operating Budget And Capital Improvement Program For The Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2021 And Ending September 30, 2022. The Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation' s Operating Budget Will Also Be Considered. The Public Will Also Be Able To View The Public Hearing Via The City's Website At www. portarthurtx.gov]

WE'RE PAST TIME.

WE NEED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET.

WE'LL MOVE, UH, ORDERS OF THE DAY.

UM, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AT SIX O'CLOCK FOR OUR, UM, BUDGET TO RECEIVE AND CONSIDER COMMENT FOR ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS WITH A GOD, TO THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR'S PROPOSED ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE PHYSICAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020 TO THE PORT ARTHUR SECTION FOUR, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS OPERATING BUDGET WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED AND THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE NOW TO VIEW THIS HEARING VIA THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT WWW DOT PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.GOV.GOV, THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE TOP TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY $1,695,795 OR 7.6, 8% AND OF THE AMOUNT $534,730 IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR.

SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE THIS, UH, THIS BUDGET LOOKED AT NOW.

MAYOR PRO TEM MATH.

YES MA'AM.

UM, I KNOW MRS. DANIEL IS ABOUT TO GIVE HER PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT JUST AS A PRECURSOR, I WANTED TO STATE A COUPLE OF THE THINGS WILL NEED TO HAPPEN TONIGHT.

UH, ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, UM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND IT HAS BEEN POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF, UH, CHAPTER 1 0 2 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

UM, JUST PRIOR TO HER PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF REMINDERS THAT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE MUNICIPALITY HAS TO CHELL TAKE ACTION ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, A VOTE TO YOU CAN EITHER ADOPT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, OR YOU CAN TAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUS BUDGET TILL THE DATE CERTAIN.

SO I'M AT THE CONCLUSION THAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW, I GUESS MS. DANIEL WILL GIVE HER PRESENTATION THAT SHE HAS POSTED HERE.

AND THEN AFTERWARDS WE CAN RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS RECEIVED.

I HA THERE ARE TWO ACTION ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IN ORDER TO BE IN COMPLIANCE COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 1 0 2 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

SO THAT'S JUST MY LITTLE INTRODUCTION.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

AND ALL MAJOR OPERATING FUNDS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRANSFERS TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

WE WILL TAKE THAT MOTION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION BY, UM, MS. CANDY, DAN YOU'LL SIGN TODAY.

MS. DANIELS.

YES, I'M HERE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

MA'AM.

WE'RE READY FOR YOU.

YOU NEED ME? I HAVE JUST A LITTLE PRESENTATION HERE.

UM, WE COVERED THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BUDGET BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO HE TURNED THE PAGE LINDSEY.

UH, THE FOCUS ON THIS BUDGET IS ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.

IT DOES INCLUDE A FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLANS WITH SYSTEM LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING, CAPITAL BUDGETING PLACE, 53 MILLION IN PROJECTS.

SO 13.5 MILLION FOR STREET PROJECTS, 26.6 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT EXPANDED BY THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AT 4.3 MILLION FOR CITY FACILITIES, AND 1.3 MILLION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.

NEXT PAGE, WHEN THE, UH, BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING THE TAX RATE THAT DUCTION OF 5 CENTS FROM 0.79 TO 2.74 FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS EVALUATION.

THE BUDGET DOES INCLUDE A SALARY FREEZE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

AT 2%, THE BUDGETS ARE BALANCED

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THERE ARE SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO CURRENT RATE STRUCTURES FOR WATER AND SOLID WHITES, BUT OVERALL, THE OPERATING DEPARTMENTS ARE, DID AT A STATUS QUO WITH LIMITED ADDITIONS.

NEXT PAGE FUNDING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IS PRIMARILY FROM OPERATIONS AND THE BOND ISSUES AND GRANTS FROM OPERATIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO TRANSFER 7.9 MILLION FROM THE DENTAL FUND ONE AND A HALF MILLION FROM WATER UTILITIES, AND THEY PROPOSE A BOND FOR COMING YEAR AND WE MOUNTED AND THEY IN DOLLARS FOR STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE GRANT FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT 26.6 MILLION THAT HE CAN HAVE ALLOCATION AUDITS FOR AS WELL.

IT'S PAGE.

THE CHANGES IN HIS BUDGET DO INCLUDE, UH, EQUIPMENT PURCHASES OF 5.8 MILLION, 2.7 MILLION FOR NEW NEW EQUIPMENT AND THE POST THREE POINTS, 1 MILLION REPLACEMENT, NEW TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES OF AROUND 360,000 DOES INCLUDE, UH, AN INCREASE OF 10 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS.

THREE OF WHICH ARE GRANT FUNDED.

UH, THERE IS AN INCREASE PROJECTED IN HEALTH INSURANCE IS ABOUT 3.8% AT ABOUT A 9.4% PROJECTED OSS FOR, UH, GENERAL PROPERTY INSURANCE.

NEXT PAGE, DO YOU HAVE A TARGET FUND BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS 60 DAYS OPERATING EXPENDITURES PLUS ONE AND A HALF MILLION.

OUR GENERAL FUND ESTIMATED EVENT BALANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 IS $20 MILLION OR 102 DAYS.

THAT IS WELL IN EXCESS OF THE REQUIRED MINIMUM, A 6.7 MILLION EXCESS OR 34 DAYS ACCESS.

BUT NOW, SO WE ARE WITHIN OUR POLICY THERE, UH, NEXT PAGE.

SO IT WAS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE GENERAL PLAN SUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR 22.

HE PROPOSED 77.8 MILLION IN REVENUES, 71.75 OPERATING EXPENDITURES TRANSFERS AND OTHER EXPENSES, OR 13.5 MILLION.

AND OF THAT NUMBER 7.9 MILLION IS GOING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

G SHOW A NEGATIVE REVENUE OVER UNDER EXPENSES OF 7.4 MILLION.

BUT WE ARE WITHIN THE POLICY BECAUSE POLICY SAYS THAT, UH, OUR BUDGETS WILL BE BALANCED EXCEPT FOR TRANSFERS TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WE ARE SENDING 7.9 MILLION CAPITAL.

AND THIS LEAVES US WITH AN ENDING FUND BALANCE ESTIMATED AT $20 MILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

NEXT PAGE, LINDSEY, THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF A WATER UTILITY FUND, WHICH REJECTING 30 POINT 31 MILLION IN REVENUES AND 21.5 MILLION IN OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND HIS FIRST OUT OF 9.3 MILLION, AND IT SHOWS A BALANCED BUDGET WITH 224,000 7 83 LEFT.

NEXT PAGE LANSING, YOU HAVE THE SOLID WASTE PLAN SUMMARY.

HERE WE ARE SHOWING OBJECTIVE REVENUE OF 10.5 MILLION FISCAL YEAR 22 AND 7.7 MILLION 7.1 MILLION IN OPERATING EXPENDITURES, 3.3, 3.4 MILLION IN TRANSFERS OUT LEAVING A BALANCE OF 22,000.

SO IT'S BALANCED.

IT'S FAIRLY BALANCED, BUT IT IS OKAY.

UM, THE NEXT PAGE, LINDSAY, UM, THIS JUST SHOWS OUR KEY DATES IN OUR CALENDAR.

WE DID, UH, FILED THE BUDGET ON AUGUST 13TH WITH THE CITY SECRETARY AS REQUIRED.

UH, TODAY IS AUGUST 31ST.

WE WERE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET TODAY.

NEXT TUESDAY, ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, WE WILL BE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE AND ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP WITH ADOPTION EXPECTED ON A BOAT BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE EXPECTED ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.

THAT WAS MY PRESENTATION.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR CITIZENS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

QUESTIONS OR TO RAISE ANY ISSUES CONCERNING THIS BUDGET AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME? ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS FROM, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE CHAMBER OR ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE ANY

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UM, WE'LL WE'LL WE WILL NOW, UH, RECEIVED THEM.

YES, YES, YES.

I WAS GOING TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TWO MOTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED.

I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY WE CAN'T RECESS THE PUBLIC HEARING YET.

WE HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION FIRST.

WE NEED THE MOTION FIRST.

UM, ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE, I NEED A MOTION.

THERE'S A MOTION.

I NEED A MOTION TO CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR'S PROPOSED ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE PHYSICAL YEAR OF, UH, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.

DO I HAVE A MOTION MAYOR PRO TEM? YES.

AND MOTION NEEDS TO SPECIFICALLY BE STATED.

I CAN TELL THE COUNCIL WHAT THE MOTION SHOULD BE STATED AS, UM, THAT I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE ON ITEM NUMBER ONE IS YOU'RE CONSIDERING TAKING ACTION ON THEIR ADOPTION AND THEIR SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT YOU NEED TO USE AT THIS TIME.

I CAN GIVE YOU THAT.

WOULD YOU PLEASE? OKAY.

SO AT THIS TIME UNDER A CHAPTER 1 0 2 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, YOU'RE AT ITEM NUMBER ONE, UM, YOU'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO MAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE AT THIS TIME, UM, UNDER STATE LAW, UH, AT THIS TIME YOU CAN VOTE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU ARE NOT READY TO ADOPT BUDGET AT THIS TIME, YOU CAN NOW MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, AS YOU JUST STATED UNTIL A DATE CERTAIN.

AND I BELIEVE MS. DANIEL, UH, WANTS TO MAKE THAT POSTPONEMENT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 4TH.

SO DO I, CAN I GET A MOTION TO, UH, RECESS THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.

ON THE NIGHT TO RECESS, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE NOT AT THAT POINT.

WE WANT TO HAVE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO DO, OR I'LL MAKE A MOTION POSTPONED THE ADOPTED BUDGET UNTIL SEPTEMBER 14TH, YOUR ATTORNEY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

KEN LAW.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY MR. MARKS.

COUNCILMAN MARKS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

SAY, AYE.

WE NEED A ROLL CALL.

NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE.

MA'AM SORRY.

IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING SOMETIMES.

UH, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES.

COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

KEN LAW.

COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES.

THE MEASURE PASSES MAYOR PRO TEM.

NOW, CITY COUNCIL.

DO WE NOW GO DO THE OTHER ONE OR DO, ARE WE GOOD? WE NOW HAVE THE NEXT MOTION.

WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IF THERE IS NO OTHER FURTHER COMMENT, THEN THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT IS THAT YOU RECESS THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING TO PICK BACK UP ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.

SO WE WON'T CLOSE OUT.

WE WILL NOT RECESS OUR PUBLIC HEARING TILL SEPTEMBER 4TH.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL TO RECESS OUR PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 14TH? IT'S ALMOST LIKE A MOTION.

ALRIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

KEN LOSS SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN HOMES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

IS THIS ROLL CALL AS WELL? NO.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

RESUME MY PRESENTATIONS AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR OUR BUDGET ON TODAY.

WELL, WE GO BACK TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

NOW, YOU STILL IN IT.

I MEAN, WE'LL, WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR PRESENTATIONS.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO

[III. B1. A Presentation By David Belvin and ITEX Group Concerning The City Of Port Arthur's Support For The Application Made By Port Arthur Stonegate Manor, LP For Private Activity Bonds For Low- Income Housing Tax Credits]

UH, WE WILL BEGIN WITH A PRESENTATION ON TODAY, UH, BY, UH, MR. DAVID BELVIN OF, OF, I TAKES GROUP CONCERNING THE CITY OF PORT OFFICE SUPPORT FOR THE APPLICATION MADE BY PORT ARTHUR STONE GATE MANNER LP FOR PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS.

UH, HELLO, HOW Y'ALL DOING FINE, MR. BELVIN.

BELVIN UH, HOW Y'ALL DOING, MAN.

AYE, MAN.

I'M GLAD TO TALK TO YOU GUYS.

I WAS, I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL, BUT UM, MR. BURTON CALLED ME ON FRIDAY

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AND SAID, I COULDN'T SEE Y'ALL SO WE GOT TO BE ON THIS SCREEN.

LOOK, I BELIEVE IN PROTOCOL.

UH, SOMETIMES I'LL MAKE PEOPLE RECALL WHERE THEY'RE AT.

I'M AT 38 0 1 TOYOTA CREEK DRIVE.

I'M IN MR. KEN LOSS DISTRICT.

AND I REALLY BELIEVE IN PROTOCOL.

SO I TALKED TO CONSTANTLY KEN BURSTS.

UH, I DON'T THINK HE WAS AWARE OF THAT.

WE ACTUALLY PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY FROM THE HAYES GROUP, BUT WE DID.

UM, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, ANIMOSITY SOMETIMES AND TOWN ABOUT LOW INCOME TAX CREDIT, SECTION EIGHT.

AND THAT TYPE OF HOUSING, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS MY TIME, BUT THE THING ABOUT IT IS IF WE HAVE IT HERE AND WE'RE THE LARGEST LANDLORD IN THE CITY OF PORT, DR.

MAN, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.

THESE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE, SO WHY CAN'T WE MAKE IT BETTER FOR THEM? AND, UM, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS.

AND I ACTUALLY HAVE KENNY BALL, UH, WITH OUR TEXAS.

WELL, AND, UH, KENNY'S GONNA COME ON AND ACTUALLY MAKE THE PRESENTATION TO US.

AND KINDA IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NOT, I'M GONNA GET CHRIS BARRY ON HERE AS WELL.

AND WHATEVER Y'ALL NEED TO ASK US WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO.

WE JUST TRYING TO MAKE, PUT OUT THERE A BETTER PLACE.

THAT'S IT.

IT'S NOTHING ELSE, BUT THAT'S ALL I'M DONE.

ALL RIGHT, MR. BALL, ARE YOU THERE? YES.

YES, I'M HERE.

CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? OKAY? YES, SIR.

YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES.

YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I DON'T THINK I'LL MEET ALL OF THEM, BUT, UM, RESERVE QUITE A BIT FOR QUESTION AND ANSWER IF THAT'S NECESSARY.

MAKE THE QUALITY OF THE HOUSING FOR THE TENTS THAT MUCH BETTER.

SO, SO THANK YOU, DAVID.

UM, UM, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE PRESENT.

UM, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU ALL AND DISCUSS THIS PROJECT.

UH, MY NAME IS KENNY BALL.

I AM WITH THE ITEX GROUP, UM, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM WITH US.

I ALSO HAVE A PRESIDENT AND CEO, CHRIS AG, BERRY, UM, DAKOTA, CORALVILLE, TRACY AMBRIDGE.

AND I BELIEVE MR. BOB, KEN SIMONIAN'S IS HERE AS WELL.

UH, SO WE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.

UM, I'M NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO FOLLOW THE SLIDES DIRECTLY, BUT I DID WANT TO, UH, COVER, YOU KNOW, A GOOD AMOUNT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED YOU ALL.

UM, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE, TO THE NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL.

AND SO, AS DAVID SAID, AND YOU ALL AWARE, YOU KNOW, THE RTX GROUP IS A VERTICALLY INTEGRATED REAL ESTATE COMPANY, UH, LOCATED, UH, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT HERE IN PORT ARTHUR.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, ENCOMPASS A WIDE VARIETY OF, OF, UH, VERTICALS, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE DEPARTMENT THAT I'M IN, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A MANAGEMENT COMPANY, CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, UH, COMPLIANCE, UH, PROJECT MANAGER.

UH, AND WE DO A WIDE VARIETY OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFFORDABLE SPACE, UH, PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS, OR WE DO WORKFORCE HOUSING, A NUMBER OF MARKET RATE PROPERTIES AS WELL, MIXED INCOME, MIXED FINANCE.

SO WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE AS IT RELATES TO A REAL ESTATE IN THE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING SPACE.

WE ARE COMING HERE TODAY, UH, TO DISCUSS DONATE MANNER, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH YOU ALL, UH, WE'RE HERE, UM, TO REQUEST AS THEY WOULD SAY, AJAR SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION, UH, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH REHABILITATING A STONE GATE MANNER.

UM, SO AS THEY EVEN MENTIONED, UH, WE DID ACQUIRE STONE GATE IN DECEMBER OF 2020.

UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT 240 UNIT PROJECT, UM, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1983, WHEN WE DID INITIALLY, UH, ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, WE DID SOME BIT OF REHAB RELATED TO LIFE AND SAFETY, UM, AND TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE PARENTS FROM, UH, HURRICANE LAURA.

UM, SINCE THEN, UM, NO, WE HAVE, UH, DETERMINED THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE EXTENSIVE REHAB.

UM, THIS IS, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

UM, WHAT WE PROPOSE TO DO IS SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, UH, FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT IN ORDER TO HELP US, UH, DO A MORE EXTENSIVE REHAB, UH, TO REALLY EXTEND THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE PROJECT AND TO REALLY

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UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE.

WE'RE HERE TO TALK THROUGH, UM, THE REHABILITATION ITSELF AND THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET WOULD BE ABOUT 47 MILLION.

UM, 14 MILLION OF THAT IS DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY INTO SPECIFICALLY AT THE PROPERTY, UH, IN DIRECT CONSTRUCTION COSTS, UH, WHICH WAS EQUATES TO ABOUT $60,000, UH, PER DOOR.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP OR THE FIRST PART OF THE FINANCING.

AND THEN WE WERE A COUPLE THAT WITH, UH, PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS, UM, WE WOULD ALSO BRING IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, UM, UM, THAT IS, UH, BEING PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE GLO, UH, WE'VE ALREADY GOT A COMMITMENT FROM JLL FOR THOSE FUNDS OF $5 MILLION.

UM, THEN WE WOULD ALSO HAVE A DEFERRED DEVELOPER FEE, UH, WHICH WOULD BE A SOURCE TO HELP FINANCE THE PROJECT.

AND ALSO DON'T, DON'T FEEL TO MENTION THIS IS AT NO COST TO THEM.

ABSOLUTELY.

ALL OF THESE, UH, ALL OF THESE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM SOURCES, UM, IN THE CITY, UH, AT THIS POINT DOES NOT HAVE TO, UM, WE'RE NOT ASKING THE CITY TO PROVIDE HIM ANY FUNDS TO COMPLETE.

GOTCHA.

UM, SO, UM, JUST TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE REHAB ITSELF, UM, WHAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING DOING IS DOING SOME PLUMBING WORK.

WE WILL BE CHANGING OUT ALL THE FIXTURES WITHIN THE UNITS AND THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY, OR THERE WILL BE NEW HVAC SYSTEMS, NEW ELECTRICAL, UH, NEW GRANTED, UM, AND GRANITE COUNTERTOPS AND CABINETS, UH, NEW PLAYGROUNDS AND, UM, NEW EXTERIOR PAINT AND INTERIOR PAINT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.

UM, SO THAT'S, UH, REALLY JUST KIND OF TALKED MORE SO ABOUT THE PHYSICAL, UH, CHANGES THAT WILL OCCUR AT THE PROPERTY.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY PRIDE OURSELVES ON AS A COMPANY IS SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES OUTSIDE OF JUST THE PHYSICAL THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE TENANTS, UH, THAT WE FEEL LIKE ARE OUR HUGE BENEFIT, UM, AT OUR PROPERTIES.

AND THAT WILL BE A HUGE BENEFIT AT THIS PROPERTY.

UH, SO, UM, ALONG WITH, UM, GETTING THAT LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT, BEING ABLE TO DO THE REHAB WHO WILL BE PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PIECE, UH, TO, TO THE, TO THE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL, AND WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO, AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE AT ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES.

WE HAVE A SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TEAM THAT WILL GO IN AND, UM, FIND OUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF THE POPULATION.

UM, SO EACH OF OUR PROPERTIES, WE, WE DETERMINE WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE.

WE CATER UP PROGRAM SPECIFIC TO WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF THOSE TENANTS.

UH, SO IN SOME INSTANCES, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A SENIOR DEVELOPMENT, THERE'LL BE MORE SPECIFIC THINGS CATER TO SENIORS OR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, OR THERE'LL BE MORE THINGS CATERED TOWARDS FAMILIES.

UH, BUT SOME OF THOSE, UH, DIFFERENT SERVICES WOULD INCLUDE NUTRITION, UH, HEALTH SERVICES, UH, EMPLOYMENT, UH, TYPE OF RESOURCES, UM, EDUCATIONAL OR GB PROGRAMS TO HELP, UH, INDIVIDUALS FINISH UP, UM, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR THE CHILDREN, UM, TEAM MENTORING PROGRAMS, UH, THAT WE WOULD DEPLOY, UH, SOME SAFETY, UH, PROGRAMS AS WELL TO FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR THOSE WHO NEED THAT RESOURCE.

SO THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, I BELIEVE, OKAY, I DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT THIS IS THING I DON'T BELIEVE LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IT.

LET'S BE ABOUT IT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE STUFF WE ALREADY HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, LIKE PROVIDING THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED.

SURE.

SO IF YOU, UM, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, UH, THROUGH YOUR, UH, THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, WAIT, WAIT, KENNY, GO BACK ONE SECOND.

DID I? OH, OKAY.

YOU WERE DISCUSSING THE PROJECTS THAT ARE POSSIBLY GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

FOUR, I BELIEVE LET'S SEE, OKAY.

AND NOW WE SHIFT IN GOING TO WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHAT YOU GUYS DONE WELL, THESE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING DEPLOYED AT SOME OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES, AS AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, SOME OF THOSE BROADER PROGRAMS THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

UM, SO, UM, THE SLIDES SHOULD COVER SPECIFICALLY WHAT SOME OF THESE NUTRITION PROGRAMS, EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS AT SCHOOL PROGRAMS WOULD ENCOMPASS THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY BILL WAS MENTIONED IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AND JUST KIND OF SEWED.

SO A GROUP CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ENTAIL.

UM, SO IF YOU GO TO SLIDE

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IT MIGHT NOT BE IN THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION.

LET ME, LET ME JUST TALK THROUGH IT, UH, QUICKLY ON, SO, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH NUTRITION, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AND THAT WE WOULD DO JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF THAT COMMUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PROVIDED AFTERNOON SNACKS AND DINNER, UM, TO, TO THE CHILDREN.

UM, DURING THE SUMMER, UH, WE PROVIDE LUNCH IN THE AFTERNOON SNACK, UM, AND SOME OF THE SENIOR PROPERTIES, OR JUST WITH SOME, UH, COMMUNITIES WHERE IT SENIOR POPULATION WE BRING IN MEALS ON WHEELS HAVE SENIOR FOOD BOXES, UM, PARTNERING WITH, UH, GROCERY, UH, PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO, TO PROVIDE DINNERS, UM, AS WELL.

UM, DURING THANKSGIVING, WE TYPICALLY, UH, WILL BRING, UH, THE PROPERTIES MEALS, UH, AS WELL, UM, ON THE HEALTH SIDE.

UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NOT, IT'S NOT, BUT THIS IS IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

I WANT THEM TO SEE THIS.

SO, UH, IS LINDSAY RUNNING THE PRESENTATION? UH, MR. HARRIS, OKAY.

IF, IF HE COULD GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU COULD ACTUALLY PRESENT SOME OF THESE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHERE THEY COULD HAVE A VISUAL, I'M A VISUAL TYPE OF PERSON.

SO, UH, UH, JUST KEEP GOING, UH, UH, NO, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING.

UH, THAT'S THAT'S THE LAST ONE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

LET'S GO UP.

AND SO IT'S JUST, IT'S GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, A LOT OF THESE THINGS I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE DID.

SO CAN WE GO UP AND YEAH, JUST BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP.

LET'S GO DOWN ONE MORE.

LET'S GO DOWN AGAIN.

IS THAT THE END? YES, SIR.

RESOLUTION.

WELL, I'M SORRY FOR ACTUALLY INTERRUPTING YOUR TIME.

I HAD A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CLIP THAT I DID HAVE, BUT IT JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHTED A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WERE PROVIDING.

SOME OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY DID, UM, FROM, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION THAT G D STUFF TO STUFF LIKE THAT.

I DIDN'T WANT TO CUT HIM OFF, BUT THEY BE, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE IT BACK TO KENNY AND JUST, JUST GO AHEAD AND DO IT AGAIN.

YEAH, NO, I THINK, UH, WE, WE CAN PROVIDE YOU, UH, YOU ALL, UM, SOME OF THESE SPECIFICS, BECAUSE I DO, I DO HAVE A LIST OF SOME OF THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROGRAMS AND SPECIFICS ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AND ALL MY PROPERTIES.

UM, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION HELD AS OCCASIONAL WORKSHOPS ON HOW TO CREATE A RESUME IS HOW TO DO JOB SEARCHES ONLINE.

UM, WE'VE HELD JOB FAIRS AT PROPERTIES.

SO, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION.

I N G V AS WELL, UM, BRINGING IN, UM, YOU KNOW, AZTEC SOFTWARE WHO'S HAD, WHO HAS A GV PROGRAM, UM, THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN, CAN USE, UH, AT NO COST TO THEM, UM, AS IT RELATES TO TEAM MENTORING, UM, WE'VE HIRED, UH, DAVID AS YEAGER, UH, ASSOCIATE PROGRESSED PROFESSOR AT UT TO HELP US DESIGN A MENTORING PROGRAM FOR SOME OF THE TEAMS THAT RESIDE AT THE PROPERTIES ON.

SO THEY, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT, UH, UH, DIFFERENT SOCIAL PERSONALITY AND, AND, AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, UH, HELPING THEM DEVELOP SKILLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.

UM, FINANCIAL PLANNING, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BRING IN BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, UH, SO THAT, UM, YOU CAN HELP, UH, RESIDENTS DEVELOP THOSE SKILLS FINANCIALLY.

THANK YOU, MS. THANK YOU, SIR.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL OF THIS PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT.

COUNSEL WOMAN, MOSES.

YEAH, BASICALLY.

SO I KNOW DAVID SAID THAT I THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I THINK THAT, UM, UPGRADE UPDATING AND UPGRADING, UH, THE COMPLEX IS JUST A AWESOME IDEA.

HE SAID HE DOESN'T NEED ANYTHING FROM MONEY FROM THE CITY.

SO WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM

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THE CITY? UM, YES.

SO WHAT WE ARE, UH, ASKING FROM THE CITY IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, UM, WHICH IS THE LAST PAGE OF THAT PRESENTATION.

I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE THAT, UH, RESOLUTION.

UM, AND SO THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS TO SUBMIT THE TAX CREDIT APPLICATION.

UM, WE NEED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, UM, FROM THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT APPLICATION.

I JUST WANTED CLARITY ON THAT.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR SHOWING US WHAT, UM, THIS LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT YOU ALREADY PROVIDED.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES, A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE RESIDENTS AS IN DISTRICT THREE, BUT I EVER DID.

I, DID YOU GUYS MENTIONED SECURITY? HOW WOULD YOU PERFORM SECURITY ON THE SITE? ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR YOUR RESIDENTS? CAN YOU MAP, MAY I COVER THIS ONE, SIR? YEAH.

SO WHEN WE ACQUIRED THE SITE, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE SECURITY GOING ON.

WE CURRENTLY EMPLOY OFF DUTY OFFICERS TO ASSIST WITH SECURITY, AND I DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT THIS IS CHRIS BERRY.

SO ONE OF THE OTHER, I APPRECIATE THAT DAVID, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO FOR THIS SITE AND LIKE WE'VE DONE IN A LOT OF OUR OTHER SITES.

WE'VE HAD SECURITY CAMERAS USING A SYSTEM CALLED WATCHTOWER, WHICH IS A MONITORED SYSTEM.

IT'S NOT DIRECTLY MONITORED ALL THE TIME, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURS, WE CAN CONTACT THEM OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN CONTACT THEM, GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, AND THEY CAN PROVIDE ACTIONABLE DETAILS, UH, THROUGH A DVD OR ACTUAL VIDEO OR 10 POINTS, PEOPLE OR LICENSE PLATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I THINK THAT'LL BE A HUGE UPGRADE FOR THE SITE.

UH, IT'S A SYSTEM THAT WE NOW HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING ON A LOT OF OUR SITES AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS CHOOSE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS NOW? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR PRO TEM.

APPRECIATE YOU.

CITY CITY, ATTORNEY CITY ATTORNEY.

IS THAT, IS THAT RESOLUTION IN OUR, I DIDN'T SEE IT.

SEE IT IN IRO.

NO, WE, DIDN'T NOT ON THIS AGENDA OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THAT YOU WOULD RECEIVE THE PRESENTATION AND GIVE DIRECTION ON HOW YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE IT.

WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT.

WELL, CAN I, UM, MAY I APPROACH TIM? YES.

MA'AM.

CAN I SPEAK IF YOU DON'T MIND SINCE TO THAT? YEAH.

WELL, UM, TO THE ATTORNEY, IF THAT WOULD BE, COULD WE HAVE THIS, UM, WHILE THEY'RE HERE, CAN WE GO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS RESOLUTION ON OUR NEXT AGENDA? YES.

LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE RESOLUTION BE PUT OFF.

ARE ON THE NEXT AGENDA.

BY CHRISTOPHER FULLER PHD RATES INCORPORATED LIVE HASSELBECK PHD, LAMAR UNIVERSITY, AND ROSA FITZGERALD PHD, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO.

WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

THE PRESENTATION

[III. B2. A Presentation By Christopher Fuller, Ph. D., RATES, Inc., Liv Haselback, Ph. D., Lamar University, And Rosa Fitzgerald, Ph. D., University Of Texas At El Paso]

UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, THIS IS, UH, CHRIS FULLER.

UH, AGAIN, I'M WITH, UH, RATES THAT'S RESEARCH APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION SERVICES.

I KNOW THIS IS A 5 0 1 C3 THAT WAS SET UP.

I, MY, A PROFESSOR AT TEXAS A AND M BACK IN 2005, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, DR.

UH, FITZGERALD AND DR.

HOSSEL BACH AT LAMAR UNIVERSITY ON A COASTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 26.

THIS IS A PROJECT OF SPECIAL MERIT, UH, TO INSTALL SOME FREQUENCY, RADAR, UH, SYSTEMS OR TEXAS BAYS AND FORKS.

UM, THAT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR PROJECT.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TODAY IS JUST KIND OF PRESENT WHAT THIS PROJECT IS AND THE APPLICATIONS OF IT.

UH, AND THEN TALK TO W WHAT WE NEED FROM THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, UH, AT NO COST TO THE CITY OF PORT OFF THERE TO DO THIS PROJECT.

PLEASE, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA WITH HIGH HIGH-FREQUENCY RADAR ARE THESE ARE RADAR SYSTEMS, THEY'RE THEY'RE RADIO SYSTEMS, AND THEY'RE USED TO MEASURE SURFACE CURRENTS, UH, COAST COASTAL CURRENT.

NEXT SLIDE,

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UH, THESE SYSTEMS IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO, TO CONVEY IS THAT IT TAKES MULTIPLE SYSTEMS ON A WATER BODY.

ACTUALLY MET, GIVE YOU A MAP OF YOUR CURRENT IN THE WATER BODY IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS PICTURE HERE, THAT THIS IS A SYSTEM WE HAD OPERATIONAL IN CORPUS CHRISTI BAY BACK IN THE 1990S, UH, EARLY 2000, UH, AND WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE SURFACE CURRENTS IN THIS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

WE WANT TO SET THIS SAME TYPE SYSTEM.

ACTUALLY, IT'S THE SAME EQUIPMENT THAT WAS AT CORPUS CHRISTI BAY BACK THEN, ARE WE RETAINING IT? AND WE'RE GETTING IT REFURBISHED TO PUT BACK INTO SERVICE FOR THE STATE AND ACTUALLY GIVES YOU REAL TIME SURFACE CURRENT MAPS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO DATA FROM THIS SYSTEM, IT ACTUALLY GOES TO THE NOAA IN DBC.

UH, THERE ARE SYSTEMS CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL ALONG THE WHOLE EAST COAST AND WEST COAST, ALASKA HAWAII, AND ALSO THE GULF COAST.

THIS SYSTEM YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW ON THIS PICTURE HERE, THAT THIS IS WHAT'S OPERATED BY TEXAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, OUT OF GERD, THAT'S THE GEOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH GROUP.

THEY HAVE THE OFF SHORE CURRENTS.

SO NOAA USES THIS SYSTEM OF, FOR MEASURING THOSE CURRENTS AND IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE DATA ON OUR NETWORKS OR FOR SABINE LAKE WE'LL, WE'LL GO TO THIS SAME SYSTEMS AND B BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.

NOW THE APPLICATIONS OF THIS DATA IS WHAT THIS IS BEING DONE FOR SUPPORT STORM, SURGE MODELING, IT'S OIL SPILL, TRAJECTORY, FORECASTING, AND NON POINT SOURCE POLLUTANT, UH, MODELING, UH, AND LEAVES HOSPITAL DOCK.

SHE'S ACTUALLY ONLINE HERE TO, UH, FROM LAMAR AND IN HER TEAM, UH, AT LAMAR'S KIND OF OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND SUPPORT AND, AND ALSO, UH, TAKING IT APART IN THE, UH, THE MODELING EFFORT.

SO NEXT SLIDE WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR HERE IS TO ESTABLISH ONE OF THESE NETWORKS ON SABINE.

LIKE WE HAVE ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT WE'RE NETWORK, AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO SET UP IN GALVESTON BAY, BUT LIKE I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE WE HAVE TO, TO LOOK, WE NEED AT LEAST TWO LOCATIONS.

WE HAVE TWO PROPOSED LOCATIONS ON THE BEING LAKE ONE.

IS IT PLEASURE? I'M A PEER AND THAT'S THE ONE I NEED HELP WITH FROM THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR, WE HAVE ANOTHER POTENTIAL LOCATION DOWN HERE, UH, ON, ON THE LEVEE ROAD AT THE U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PLACEMENT AREA EIGHT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, AN APPLICATION IN PLACE RIGHT NOW OR FOR THIS INSTALLATION.

BUT WHAT I NEED HELP FROM FROM THE CITY NOW IS OUR INSTALLATION PLEASURE ISLAND PIER, UM, JU THE PROJECT DURATION.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO MENTION IT IT'S A 24 MONTH PROJECT, AND WE'RE, IT'S AT THIS POINT, IT'S KIND OF A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE, THE, THE, THE SYSTEMS VIABILITY AND USEFULNESS.

AND ALSO TO, TO, TO, TO GIVE THE DATA FOR OUR MODELING EFFORTS, NEXT SLIDE.

BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT A STATION IS.

IT'S BASICALLY, IT'S A SIMPLE STATION WILL HAVE A ENCLOSURE, THE CSUN LAYOUT, BUT THIS PICTURE HERE.

SO THIS IS JUST A SMALL ENCLOSURE.

IT HOUSES OUR ELECTRONICS, BASICALLY IT'S A RADIO TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER AND A COMPUTER AND SOME OTHER, UH, ANCILIARY AND ANCILLARY DEVICES.

AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A CLIMATE CONTROL, YOU KNOW, PROTECTED FROM THE WEATHER.

KEEP IT COOL.

WHAT HAVE YOU A CO-AX AND THEN A TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE ANTENNA OF THE PICTURE AT THE TOP IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A TRANSMITTER RECEIVER ANTENNA.

IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THAT ONE, I THINK THE TOTAL HEIGHT OF THAT ANTENNA IS ABOUT 20 FEET.

UH, WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT FOR AN ENCLOSURE IS IT'S AS SHOWN DOWN HERE, UH, IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND CORNER, BASICALLY THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS ARE ROUGHLY FOUR FOOT BY FOUR FOOT.

UH, THE PLAN WOULD BE TO, UH, MOUNT THIS ON A WOODEN DECK TO BE, UH, TO BE ERECTED ON PLACE, UH, ON SITE, UH, TO KEEP IT KIND OF SMALL, YOU KNOW, WE USE A STANDARD BUILDING, UM, METHODS AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP, KEEP IT CLEAN.

IT WOULD BE OUR IDEA PLAYING IN FIRE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS PLEASURE ISLAND PIER, KIND OF, WE DID A, A RECON OUT THERE WITH FLOZELLE ROBERTS FROM, FROM YOUR, YOUR CITY ENGINEER.

UH, WE KIND OF MAPPED OUT A POTENTIAL LOCATION, UH, NEAR THE BOAT RAMP AREA.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS PUTTING A, UH, ANTENNA, UH, BEHIND THE BULKHEAD, UH, IN THIS AREA HERE, THIS TO THE, UH, BETWEEN THE BULKHEAD AND THE BOAT RAMP, UH, TO MOUNT THE ENCLOSURE,

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UH, SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO THE PARKING LOT IN THIS AREA, AND THEN TIE INTO AN ELECTRICAL BOX THAT IS LOCATED ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE BOAT RAMP.

UH, WE HAVE TALKED WITH, UH, UM, ENERGY AND WE, WE DO KNOW THAT THIS BOX IS ENERGIZED AND WE CAN TAP INTO IT, UH, IF, IF WE'RE GIVEN ACCESS TO THE SITE.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A PICTURE GIVING YOU A BRIEF PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, AGAIN, UH, THIS WHITE BOX, THIS IS THE, UH, POWER SUPPLY HERE, UH, AGAIN, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THE LIGHT POLE IS ON THE FAR SIDE, NEAR THE PALM TREE, THAT'S KIND OF THE GENERAL LOCATION WHERE WE PLAY INTO WHERE WE WOULD PLAN TO PUT THE, UH, ENCLOSURE THAT THE DECK AND THE ENCLOSURE, AND THEN TOWARD THE CORNER TO THE RIGHT OF THE PALM TREE IN THAT AREA IS KIND OF INUNDATED WITH WATER.

UH, WE, WE WOULD PLAN TO PUT THE, UH, ANTENNA, OH, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT ONE THING WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS TO GET POWER TO OUR SYSTEM, UH, W WOULD BE TO TRENCH ACROSS THIS, UH, THIS BOAT RAMP, UH, TO, TO BURY OUR CONDUIT.

UH, ONE THING WE WERE AWARE OF IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE THERE'S BOATS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE, OF THE, UH, BOAT RAMPS, SOMETIMES SAILBOATS.

SO WE, YOU KNOW, RUNNING OVERHEAD AND WIRES IS NOT REALLY AN OPTION OF, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO RUN BURIED WIRES, BUT WE CONSIDERED THAT, UM, ALSO WE'RE UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE HAS SOME, UH, PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PART.

AND WE WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM AS WELL.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UH, JUST ANOTHER CLOSEUP SHOT OF KIND OF WHERE WE PLANNED TO PUT STUFF AGAIN.

THIS RECTANGULAR BOX HERE IS KIND OF WHERE WE PLANNED TO PUT THE, UH, THE DECK AND ENCLOSURE AND WHERE THE TRIANGLE'S LOCATED.

THAT'S JUST ANOTHER SHOT, KIND OF THE GENERAL AREA WHERE WE WOULD PLACE THE ANTENNA ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

UH, BASICALLY THAT'S THE END.

SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FROM THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR IS KIND OF, UH, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR BLESSING AND OKAY.

TO, TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS PLAN, I'D LIKE TO PUT TOGETHER AN, UH, MOU, UH, BETWEEN RAPES A DRAFT MOU BEFORE A CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO, TO, TO PROCEED WITH THIS.

UH, AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE NO COST TO THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR, UM, AND JUST REDUCE, TRYING TO GET THIS PROJECT TOGETHER SO WE CAN GET DATA FOR THE STATE TO HELP, HELP HELP THE MODELING EFFORTS.

THAT'S THAT'S, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

SO ANY QUESTIONS I'LL, I'LL SAY, ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, WE APPRECIATE IT.

JUST YOUR CITY MANAGER AND GET WITH THE NECESSARY INDIVIDUALS WHEN WE SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

SO I GUESS THE STEP FORWARD WOULD BE TO, TO MEET WITH HE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH FLOZELLE AND AFFORD AN MOU.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT? YUP.

YUP.

EDWARD THEM, THERE IS, UM,

[VIII. CONSENT AGENDA (Part 1 of 2)]

NUMBER 14 ON BIT SEVEN.

WE WILL EITHER APPROVE IT NOW, OR WE COULD APPROVE IT.

IT'S UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER 14 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THERE WAS AN ITEM.

I FORGOT WHAT THE WRONG.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ON THIS.

NOT ON THIS AGENDA CITY MEDS.

I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT THAT.

THE QUESTION SIX 13 ON PAGE SIX.

THAT'S CORRECT.

MA'AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? I WAS GOING TO ASK IF IT WOULD BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA NEXT TIME, BUT IF IT'S ON THIS TIME THEN, OKAY.

IT'S ALL IN NOW, YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE MOBILE UNDERSTAND.

INCORPORATED, THERE WILL BE NO FUNDING IMPACT MAY HAVE A MOTION, COUNCILWOMAN HOMES.

ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE, UH, UM, PR NUMBER 2, 2 1 0 9, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION OF A HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR NETWORK FOR TEXAS BAYS AND PORTS AT THE PLEASURE ISLAND PIER BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO LAMAR UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION SERVICES

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SO MOVED MAYOR.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCIL WOMAN? MOSES, SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO WE'VE GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

A PRESENTATION BY, UH, DONALD STANTON, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES REGARDING EMERGENCY REPAIRS ON THE 46TH STREET LIFT STATION DONNY.

AND THEN I GUESS YOU ALL WILL FEEL, DO THE MOU AS WELL.

IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? YEAH, THAT'S OKAY.

[III.B3. A Presentation By Donald Stanton, Interim Director of Utilities Regarding Emergency Repairs On The 46th Street Lift Station]

THERE I AM.

HELLO, DAN MAYOR PRO TEM.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, LINDSAY, UH, UH, PRESENTATION OUR POINT ON, UH, OKAY.

THERE IT IS.

THE BEARING HAD THE BEARINGS REPLACED.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, SIR.

ON JULY 28TH, THE PORTION OF, UH, OF THE PIPING OF THE, UH, 46TH STREET FORCE MAIN, I MEAN, LIFT STATION WERE USHERED INSIDE THE DRIVE PIT OF THE, OF, UH, THE, UH, HOLD ON A SEC.

I'M SO SORRY.

THERE WAS A DISTRACTION WHERE I AM ON JULY 28TH, A PIPE RUPTURED INSIDE THE LIFT STATION WHERE IT SHOULDN'T HAVE RUPTURED AND IT FLOODED THE, THE MOTORS AND IT FLOODED, IT FLOODED THE PUMPS AND SEWER WAS OVERFLOWING INTO THE, AND DISCHARGING INTO THE BD SEVEN OUTFALL.

IT WAS AN EMERGENCY CONDITIONS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, LINDSAY.

I SOUGHT AN EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION TO PROTECT, UH, POTENTIAL THE POTENTIAL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND TO ESTABLISH A BYPASS PUMPING, UH, SET UP WITH, UH, WITH A LOCAL CONTRACTOR, COMPETITIVE PRICING WAS SOLVED ON THIS INITIAL PHASE BETWEEN ALCO LLC AND BRAD STAR, ALL CO DID HAVE THE BEST PRICE AND THE INITIAL ESTIMATE OF THE REPAIRS AND THE BYPASS SET UP OF BYPASS PUMPING WAS $300,000 BASED ON WHAT WE KNEW AT THE TIME.

OUR PLAN WAS TO SET A BYPASS, UM, HOOK UP INSIDE THE FENCE WHERE YOU SEE ON THAT SLIDE OF THAT LIFT STATION AND PUMPS AND, UH, LOOK UP SOME, UH, SOME DIESEL POWERED PUMPS INTO IT WHILE WE REPAIRED WHAT WAS BROKEN INSIDE.

NEXT SLIDE, LINDSEY, UH, IMMEDIATELY WELL AND NEEDY IMMEDIATELY TCEQ WAS NOTIFIED OF AN OLD FLOW SITUATION AND PROPER NOTIFICATION WAS MADE WHEN TRIGGER POINTS WERE MET, UH, TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC.

UH, THE HEALTH DANGER WAS MEDICATED WITH OUR, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH DD SEVEN.

THEY BUILT AN EARTHEN DAM.

AS YOU SEE THERE, UM, IN THE OUTFIELD DITCH, THIS ALLOWED THE WASTEWATER TO BE IMPOUNDED SO CHLORINATION.

IT COULD BE DISINFECTED TO A DEGREE AND A, THIS REDUCED ODOR AND POTENTIAL ANY POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

NOW, IF, IF YOU'VE EVER GOTTEN INTO, YOU KNOW, IRON PLUMBING IN YOUR HOUSE, YOU KNOW THAT ONCE YOU START OPENING IT UP, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT FIND GOOD STUFF.

WELL, WE FOUND REALLY BAD PIPE WHENEVER WE STARTED DIGGING AND WE HAD TO ALCO FINALLY FOUND SOME GOOD PIPE TO TOWN TO 200 FEET AWAY FROM THE LIFT STATION.

THE DUCTILE IRON WAS REALLY CORRODED WITH ELECTROLYSIS AND JUST A, JUST 40 YEARS OLD.

UH, THE EFFECT IS SECTIONS INSIDE THE LIFT STATION AND THE SECTION PENETRATING THE WALL ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED WHEN WE GOT INTO IT NEXT SLAB, LINDSEY THERE, YOU CAN SEE SOME, SOME OF THE, UH, STUFF THAT WE FOUND AND ANY TIME YOU WOULD TOUCH THE PIPE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE LIFT STATION, IT WOULD FLAKE OFF AND YOU DAMAGE IT JUST WITH A SHOVEL.

UM, THE PUMPS NEEDED TO BE, UH,

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THE MOTORS NEEDED TO BE CLEANED REWIRED AND HAVE NEW BEARINGS PUT IN THEM.

UH, THE BYPASS PUMPING HAD TO GO ON LONGER THAN PLANNED BECAUSE NOW WE'RE SETTING UP TO, UH, TO CHANGE OUT TO A HUNDRED FEET OF PIPE.

THE PRESIDENT ESTIMATE FOR TOTAL REPAIRS MAY APPROACH $900,000, UH, NEXT SLIDE LINDSEY.

BUT THE BRIGHT SIDE IS, UH, THAT WE WILL HAVE A RENEWED FIVE IN WHERE THE, WHERE THE PIPE WAS FAILING AND WAS GONNA FAIL SOME MORE.

WE'LL HAVE A RENEWED CONTROL PANEL.

WE'LL HAVE RENEWED PUMPS, RENEWED MOTORS.

AND THAT, THAT LITTLE SECTION YOU SEE ABOVE GROUND, THERE IS A NEW EMERGENCY BYPASS APPARATUS THAT WAS BUILT AND WE'LL STAY THERE AND THERE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE IN THE EVENT OF ANY OTHER EMERGENCIES, INCLUDING HURRICANES, UH, AND ALSO THE 2021 CAPITAL PLAN.

I HAD IDENTIFIED A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS GOING TO GO TOWARDS THE, UH, REPAIRS ON THE, ON THE 46TH STREET LIFT STATION FORCE MAIN.

SO WE JUST HAD TO JUST SHIFT PHASES.

THAT'S ALL WITH THIS MONEY.

NEXT SLIDE.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON TODAY? BASICALLY ALL MALE, MALE PROTECH MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

BASICALLY WHAT DONNIE HAS SHARED WITH YOU IS AN ITEM THAT CAME UP ONE MORNING AS AN EMERGENCY PILL THAT EVENTUALLY COST THE CITY DIED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, JUST GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE REPEAL.

AS YOU STATED, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALREADY BUDGETED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FOR THAT, BUT WHEN THAT HAPPENED THAT MORNING, AND WHEN HE WENT, WHEN THEY BEGAN DIGGING, THEY FOUND OUT THE CONDITION, THE PIPE THAT WAS 40 YEARS OLD, JUST BEGAN TO PROBLEM ON THEM.

AND SO THE MATTER HAD TO BE TREATED AS AN EMERGENCY MATTER THAT CONTINUES TO DO, TO AFFECT THE LIFE AND SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS OF PORT AFRICA.

SO I STARTED TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION TO YOU SO THAT WHEN THE BILL COMES TO A SETTLEMENT, IT DOES NOT GIVE YOU A STICKER SHOCK AND THAT THE AMOUNT WAS ALREADY BEEN ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED FOR.

IT JUST MEANS THAT WE HAD TO OWN THE TICKET PRIOR TO THE TIME WHEN IT WAS MANDATORY.

I WAS SIMPLY GOING TO ASK, THERE WERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL, ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD AND SUSTAIN.

UM, TONIGHT IS BITTERSWEET BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST PRESENTATION I WILL BE BANKING TO Y'ALL.

I WILL, UH, I AM TURNING IN A CHAPTER IN MY LIFE TO CHECK A POSITION WITH TEXAS RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION AND CLOSING THE CHAPTER ON THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

I HAVE, UH, I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THIS COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND IT'S SORT OF BEEN SOME OF THE MOST ENRICHING TIMES OF MY LIFE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU.

WELL, I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION, UH, TO BRING THAT UP.

WHEN EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY, I HAD THIS, THAT WRITTEN DOWN IN MY NOTES TO CALL YOUR NAME AND TO THANK YOU.

BUT SINCE YOU HAVE BROUGHT IT UP, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOU IN THE HALL THE OTHER DAY AND TELL YOU, THANK YOU PERSONALLY, UH, FOR JUST THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, UH, YOU WERE EXTRAORDINARY DURING THE TIME OF THE FREEZE AND YOU RESPONDED TREMENDOUSLY TO ALL THE NEEDS THAT WERE GOING ON AROUND THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY DOWN IN SABINE PASS AND OTHER PLACES.

SO FOR THE SHORT DURATION OF THE TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL, UH, MAN, IT'S BEEN JUST A, A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND I WISH YOU ALL GOD'S BEST FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR FAMILY AS YOU GO FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT.

YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MAYOR PROTESTER.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KEN LAW.

UH, DONNY, IT'S NOT ONE TIME YOU HADN'T ANSWERED MY PHONE CALL.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME SITUATIONS IN THE FOUR YEARS.

I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, UH, CONCERNING WATER AND FREEZE AND HURRICANES AND PUMPING WATER.

I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM

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YOU.

UH, AND YOU'RE GIVING ME A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE ME THE, UH, EXPERTISE IN WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT WATER IN THE SYSTEM.

SO I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME BEING IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.

UH, YOU'LL BE GREATLY MISSED.

IT'S BEEN A MINUTE OF FIVE YEARS, I THINK, OR I FOR A MINUTE, BUT SIX THAT'S RIGHT.

I BEEN ALL COUNCIL AT LEAST FIVE, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN A HUGE HELP TO ME.

UM, LIKE, UH, COUNSELOR KENALOG.

YOU HAVE NOT ONCE NOT ANSWERED MY CALL.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE MANAGER ALLOWING YOU TO TAKE OUR CALLS, FIRST OF ALL.

AND THEN YOU RESPONDING AS QUICKLY AS YOU HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED HERE IN PORT ARTHUR.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE GOING YOU GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO MAKE SOME THINGS HAPPEN.

AND SO, UM, I JUST REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME GIVEN EVERYBODY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND TRULY SINCE 20 STAFF, WELL, I, 2015, WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL, UM, AND 2016, IT HAS BEEN JUST AMAZING WORKING WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

YES, MA'AM, IT'S BEEN MUTUAL.

I'VE GOTTEN AT LEAST AS MUCH AS I WOULD GIVE HIM.

NO, I GO AHEAD, MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL, UM, I DON'T NEED TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE NOT TOO OFTEN THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, INCIDENTS LIKE THIS OCCUR AND IT DOES NOT MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWSPAPER, YOU KNOW, AND YOU DO NOT HEAR IT ON THE NEWS AT NIGHTS AT THE 10 O'CLOCK NEWS.

THAT AGAIN, WE ADD SOME MISHAP, UM, AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, YOU KNOW, AND THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF THE CITY OF THE PEOPLE OF PORT ARTHUR.

I JEOPARDY ERIC, IS THAT WE HAD A SITUATION OF HER DETERIORATING, UM, OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND HERE IT IS, AGAIN, THAT STAFF STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE.

THEY TOOK CARE OF IT.

THEY WORKED WITH THE TEXAS, WHAT WE WILL TCEQ.

I MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS REMEDIED.

WE DOGS TRACKING ONE DRUM, BUT THE REST OF THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT THE CITY OF WHAT APPLE WAS AT RISK GOING TO THANK YOU, DANI, FOR WHAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS LIFE AND THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIFE WAS PRESERVED.

WE DOUBTED MAKING IT INDEPENDENT, AFLAC NEWS, ALL WE THOUGHT HE DID NATIONALLY, I CAN KEEP IT'S TREMENDOUS.

WE HAVE AN AMAZING STAFF AND I, AND I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THEM.

Y'ALL ARE STILL IN GOOD HANDS.

GREAT.

THANKS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER HOMES.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY DANI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR PORT ARTHUR.

UM, I'VE NOT BEEN IN THIS SEAT A YEAR YET, BUT THANK YOU AS A CITIZEN AND OUR PATHS HAVE CROSSED BEFORE, AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB THERE TOO.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON YOUR MOVING FORWARD, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE.

THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SPOKE PREVIOUSLY SAID IT ALL, AND THEY KNOW BECAUSE THEY'VE WORKED WITH YOU.

WONDERFUL.

IT'S TECH, TEXAS, A RURAL WATER, UH, WILL PROVIDE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR, UH, FOR ME TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I THINK MR. MAYOR, MAY I SAY SOMETHING? YES.

COUNCILMAN MARKS.

MR. STAN.

I SAID DONNIE, BUT, UH, IT'S OKAY IF I SAY DONNIE THAT'S RIGHT? YES, SIR.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK.

I KNOW, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT ONE ISSUE OUT HERE ON THE TOWER.

I THINK WE GOT THAT RECTIFIED WITH THAT WITH THE LIGHTER ATHLETE PAIN.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT WAS GOING ON AND, AND HE REALLY WAS THANKFUL FOR THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT WITH HIM.

AND THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO DOING A GOOD JOB.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT, THAT, THAT TYPE OF EFFORT ON THE PART OF OUR STAFF.

SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU AND BEST WISHES ON YOUR NEW POSITION.

I APPRECIATE IT, SIR.

ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THEIR WATER AND THOSE KINDS OF SITUATIONS THAT ARE DIRE.

UM, LET ME JUST REALLY QUICKLY SAY AS WELL, UM, MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU MAKE A VERY VALID POINT.

UH, SO MANY TIMES WE HEAR OF CITIES THAT

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UM, BUT, UH, YOU HAVE AN OPERA, YOU HAVE A, A RIGHT MR. CITY MANAGER TO BOAST AND BRAG ON YOUR STAFF, UH, IN THIS SITUATION AND MANY OTHER SITUATIONS AROUND OUR CITY AS WELL WHEN THEY STEP UP TO THE PLATE.

SO WE WANT TO COMMEND TO ALL OF YOU IN FOR DOING, UH, FOR US, UH, WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE SO THAT WE COULD REALLY HAVE, UM, UH, UH, UH, CONFIDENCE, UH, IN OUR CITY, UH, IN OUR CITIES, OUR SYSTEMS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, THANK YOU, DANI AND JOY.

A PRESENTATION BY STAFF REGARDING THE JULY FINANCIAL REPORT.

UM, WE'LL NOW HAVE

[III. B4. A Presentation By Staff Regarding The July Financial Report]

ONE MORE TIME.

THIS IS MY LAST PRESENTATION.

I PROMISE I DO HAVE THE JULY MONTHLY REPORT FOR YOU TONIGHT.

UM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, LINDSAY SCAN.

I SEE ONE ON THE SCREEN.

HERE WE GO.

YEP.

OH, UH, LINDSAY, IF YOU WE'LL JUST SKIP TO THE REPORT CARD, PROBABLY GO PAST THE LETTER AND, UH, SKIP A COUPLE OF PAGES THERE TO THE GENERAL FUND.

ONE MORE.

OKAY, THERE YOU GO.

NO, GO BACK, GO BACK ONE THERE THE GENERAL FUND.

ANTICIPATED EXPENSES RELATING TO THE FAILURES AND TCEQ REQUIREMENTS LED TO THE OVERAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IS PRESSURE ISLANDS.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A GENERAL FUND TONIGHT.

UH, REVENUES CURRENTLY, UH, ARE IN 72.5 MILLION, WHICH IS 4.5 MILLION ABOUT THE ESTIMATE 14.9 MILLION PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS, WHICH IS 6% ABOVE THE BUDGET.

UH, WE DID RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES EARLIER IN THE YEAR, AS WELL AS OUR INDUSTRIAL PAYMENTS.

WE'VE RECEIVED 34.3 MILLION WITH ALL PAYMENTS WITH STATE SALES TAX FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR STILL LOOKS VERY WELL.

UH, THREE JULY IS 9% ABOVE LAST FISCAL YEAR AND 24% ABOVE, ABOVE THE BUDGETED LEVEL.

THERE IS A TWO MONTH TIME LAG IN RECEIPTS.

SO THE JUNE, JULY RECEIPTS REPRESENT MAY SAY, OKAY, THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE DENTAL FUN ARE 51.9 MILLION THROUGH JULY, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY BELOW BUDGET BY 4.6 MILLION, BUT IT DID AMENDMENTS ARE REQUESTED THROUGHOUT .

UH, THE AMENDED BUDGET HAS AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 23.2 MILLION OR 124 DAYS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES, A BUDGET OF MEN, AND IN AUGUST REDUCED OFFEND BALANCE TO 22.2 MILLION, OUR 118 DAYS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FEND DOWNS IS STILL WELL IN EXCESS OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, 60 DAYS, PLUS ONE AND A HALF YEAR YET TURN THE PAGE LINDSEY TO THE WATER FUND.

SO, OKAY.

UH, REVENUES FOR THE WATERFRONT TOTAL 24.6 MILLION IN JULY.

THIS IS A BAD, THE BUDGETED LEVEL LEVEL BY ABOUT 1.1 MILLION WATER SERVICE CHARGES FROM INDUSTRY STEVE, THE BUDGETING LEVELS BY FOREIGNERS AND WE TEACH HOUSING AN INCREASE IN WATER RATES, A 3% INCREASE IN WATER RIGHTS AND A 12% INCREASE IN SEWER RATES THAT WAS EFFECTIVE IN MAY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO AN INCREASE IN THE REVENUES, UH, OPERATING EXPENSES, TOTAL 16.1 MILLION, WHICH IS UNDER BUDGET BY 17,000.

MOVING TO THE NEXT PAGE IS UNC SOLID WASTE AT THE TOP, UH, SOLID WASTE REVENUES, TOTAL 7.6 MILLION AND JULY 31ST, WHICH IS BELOW ESTIMATES BY 591,000, UH, AN INCREASE THE GARBAGE RATES WAS EFFECTIVE IN MAY.

AND THIS INCREASE ALONG WITH A RECENT INCREASE FOR TRASH COLLECTIONS AND INSTALLATION OF THE TRICE STEEL AT THE LANDFILL WILL BRING EVENTUALLY ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR THIS FUND EXPENSES ARE CURRENTLY EVERY BUDGET ON 1.2 MILLION, A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

WASN'T CRAZY AUGUST ONE TO COVER THE DEFICIT WITH A TRANSFER FROM YOUR GENERAL

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AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENSES ARE IN LINE WITH REVENUES AT THIS TIME.

SO IT LOOKS REALLY WELL NEXT PLACE WHERE THIS STARTS THE CAPITAL OF PREGNANT SECTION IN THIS PAGE.

UH, THIS SECTION INCLUDES STREETS AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS, WATER UTILITY PROJECTS, PLEASURE ISLAND, DOWNTOWN AND FRIEDMAN'S AND VARIOUS OTHER GENERAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

UH, THIS, UH, IS THE STREET IMPROVEMENT SUMMARY SECTION, AND IT SHOWS TOTAL ALLOCATION SITES.

BENSON DISTRICT IN QUEENS CLOSED OUT PROJECTS AND IS BROKEN DOWN BY FUNDING SOURCES.

THE TOTAL ALLOCATION FOR ALL YEARS IS 48.3 MILLION 18.7 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT THROUGH JULY MAKING A BALANCE OF 29.6 MILLION OF WHICH 23.7 MILLION IS COMMITTED TO OPEN STREET PROJECTS AND 5.9 REMAINS FOR NOW.

UH, NEXT PAGE WILL INCLUDE, UH, THESE NEXT FEW PAGES.

THE NEXT SECTION OF THE REPORT REFLECTS OPEN STREET STREET PROJECTS, AND ALSO INCLUDES AN ALLOCATED FUNDS.

IT IS BROKEN OUT BY DISTRICT AND YOU COULD SEE, SO THIS FIRST PAGE IS JUST THIS DISTRICT.

ONE SCHOOL WENT THROUGH THE PAGES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, LINDSEY ON THE NEXT PAGE.

SHE SHOWS YOU DISTRICT TWO AND THREE, AND THEN ONE MORE PAGE, UH, THE START OF DISTRICT FOUR, KEEP GOING.

THAT'S STILL DISTRICT FOUR.

THERE'S A LOT OF STREETS THERE.

RIGHT THERE.

UH, THAT GIVES YOU THE TOTAL PAGE, UH, OF ALL THE STREET PROJECTS.

SO JULY 31ST 33.6 MILLION HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR OPEN STREETS PROJECTS.

9.9 MILLION SPENT TODAY, AGAIN, A BALANCE OF 23.7 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

AND AS I SHOWED YOU BEFORE, THERE'S CURRENTLY FIVE NINE REMAINED TO BE ALLOCATED FROM HERE 1 33 HOUR PATIENTS, WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

NEXT PAGE LINSEY, UH, HERE STARTS THE OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

WE START WITH THE DRAINAGE.

UH, THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IS 68.9 MILLION ARE MAINLY FUNDED FROM KINA MITIGATION BRANDS AND CBG.

THE CDBG MITIGATION DOWNTOWN LAKEY PROJECT WAS NOT FUNDED.

SO THIS BUDGET HAS BEEN REDUCED 4.5 MILLION AND SPENT A DAY LIVING A BALANCED SINCE HE WAS BORN AND AS DISCUSSED AT A RECENT COUNCIL MEETING, SOME OF THE FETUS FEMA MITIGATION MAY BE IN JEOPARDY.

THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE UPDATED ON THE SITUATION AND THE PROJECTS WILL BE REVISED IF NECESSARY.

UM, THE NEXT SECTION DOWN THERE STARTS GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS IS 27.4 MILLION.

THESE INCLUDE, UH, THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY C CITY FACILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, NEXT PAGE.

SO WE SEE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL FOR THE DENTAL PRETTY MOST ON THAT PROBABLY, UH, S UH, 27.4 MILLION SPINACHES TOTAL 7.5 MILLION AND 20 MILLION REMAINING TO DESPAIR.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THESE INCLUDE, UH, THERE IS FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, TECHNOLOGY, PARKS, AND RECREATION, PUBLIC WORKS, AND THE PURCHASER, UH, UH, THE NEXT SECTION IS DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION.

UH, THE BUDGET IS 5 MILLION, 4 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR FIBER OPPOSITES IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WILL BE FUNDED PRIMARILY THROUGH AN EDA GRANT.

68,000.

WE SPENT TODAY LEAVING A PALACE OF 4.9 MILLION.

WHAT ARE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED AT 83.2 MILLION? THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

UH, THE WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND MOST LIKELY WILL BE FUNDED WITH THE ARQ FUNDS 6.9 MILLION IT'S BEEN SPENT TODAY TO 76.3 REMAINING TO BE SUPER PEOPLE PROJECTS.

UH, THE EDC PRESS BUILDING RENOVATION TO DO AT 10.9 MILLION OF WHICH 4.7 AND SPENDING BY A GRANT FROM EDA TO DATE 6 MILLION HAS BEEN STABBED, LEAVING A BALANCE OF 4.9 MILLION INTO THIS PROJECT.

UH, ONE MORE PAGE.

THIS

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IS A NEW PAGE.

IT SHOWS OUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT WERE ISSUED JUST HERE.

UM, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE ADD A PAGE, UH, TO KEEP TRACK OF PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 32.9 MILLION CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT WE ISSUED THIS YEAR.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT INCLUDES STRING PROJECTS, DRAINING CITY FACILITIES, AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS, UH, 207,000 SMITHS SO FAR WITH A BALANCE OF 32.7 MILLION.

THE PROJECT DETAIL IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION OF THE REPORT IN THE DEPARTMENT CATEGORY.

IT'S JUST BROKEN OUT THERE SEPARATELY FOR YOU.

NEXT PAGE LINDSEY.

UM, THIS STARTS THE DISASTER FUND SECTION.

IT SAYS HARVEY 29.88 MILLION HAS THEIR SEAT PRIMARILY FROM FEMA INSURANCE, 33.6 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES LEAVING 3.8 MILLION DEFICIT, WHICH IS TIME WITH PENDING REIMBURSEMENT OF 540,000, WHICH REDUCES THE DEFICIT TO 3.7 MILLION NEXT PAGE.

LISTEN, UH, THIS SHOWS THE COVID-19 FRIENDS, 3 MILLION HAS BEEN RECORDED IN REVENUES AND DONATIONS EXPENDITURES TODAY ARE IN 0.4 MILLION.

AND THE NEXT IS HER BIRTHDAY, LAURA, OR THAT WE HAVE NO REIMBURSEMENT SO FAR, UH, UH, 2.6 MILLION IN CHAIRS IN AUGUST.

WE DID RECEIVE INSURANCE PRICINGS FOR THE WINDSTORM DAMAGE FOR HER PAIN, LAURA, IN THE AMOUNT OF 217,000 ANDRA DELTA, A HUNDRED, 5,000, THE CITY CONTINUES TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO CAPTURE AS MUCH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND INSURANCE AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL DISASTERS.

AND THAT WAS MY REPORT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, QUESTION QUESTIONS, MS. DANIELS, CAN I ASK THAT, UM, ON, ON THE NEXT TIME, A GREAT PRESENTATION APPRECIATED SO MUCH, BUT WHEN YOU, UM, MAKE THE PRESENTATION, COULD YOU MAKE THE, MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER? I KNOW I'M GETTING A LITTLE OLDER.

I CAN'T SEE THOSE NUMBERS.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING CAN SEE THEM.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT IT ON MORE SHEETS, BUT MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT BIGGER SO THAT I CAN SO THAT WE CAN SEE IT A LITTLE BIT.

WE'LL ATTEMPT TO DO THAT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

WILL BE PAMELA DE LANKFORD DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND VOLUSIA ARTISANO CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING PROPOSED UPDATES AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

OUR NEXT PRESENTATION

[III. B5. Pamela D. Langford, Director Of Development Services/ Assistant City Manager And Valecia R. Tizeno, City Attorney Regarding Proposed Updates/ Amendments To The Code Of Ordinances]

NOW, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BEGIN ON NOVEMBER 24TH, 2020 AT A REGULAR MEDIUM CITY COUNCIL, THE FARMER MAY APPROACH HIM MS. CHARLOTTE, MOSES REQUESTED A DISCUSSION AMONGST CITY COUNCIL TO FORM A COMMITTEE FOR THE REVIEW AND REVISION OF CITY ORDINANCES REGARDING CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THIS WAS FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS MADE BY CONCERNED CITIZENS REGARDING SEVERAL POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS, WHICH INCLUDED LITTER, OVERGROWN VEGETATION, HEALTH CONCERNS, AND FERAL CATS.

THAT WAS JUST THE NAME.

A FEW AT THIS MEETING.

CITY COUNCIL DID AGREE, UM, THAT MAY A PARTS MAY HAVE RT FOUR.

I'M A MAYOR PRO TEM, MOSES AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAMPBELL WOULD SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE ALONG WITH STAFF TO ADDRESS THESE VARIOUS CONCERNS, POLLED FIVE CITIZENS AND STAFF ALIKE.

ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2020, A PRELIMINARY MEETING WAS HELD TO DISCUSS PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, THE DISCUSSION CENTERED AROUND STATE DOCTRINE, CIVIL RIGHTS AND DUE PROCESS.

ALL THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS IDENTIFIED ABOVE, UM, WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND THE MEETING WAS ANOTHER MEETING WAS SCHEDULED LATER WITH STAFF TO IDENTIFY WHAT PRIORITIES WE SHOULD TAKE ON DUE TO FEDERAL AUDITS AND OTHER TIME SENSITIVE MATTERS.

THE SECOND MEETING DID NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL MARCH 9TH OF THIS YEAR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOSES AND KEN LAW, ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE POLICE CHIEF, THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY ATTORNEY ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY AND CODE OFFICIALS WERE PRESENT IN THIS MEETING.

THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT INFORMED STAFF THAT UNDER STATE LAW EVIDENCE MUST EXIST BEFORE ACTION CAN BE TAKEN AS WELL AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE SEARCH WARRANT MAY BE NEEDED TO ENTER INTO A CITIZENS PROPERTY WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE OR PERMISSION GRANTED BY THAT PROPERTY OWNER

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OR AN OCCUPANT, IT WAS ALSO DECIDED THAT ALL ENFORCEMENT CALLS WERE TO BE REVIEWED INDIVIDUALLY AND PRIORITY WILL BE SET ON FOUR CHAPTERS OF THE CODE WITHIN THIS FIRST PHASE.

THE AREAS OF CONCENTRATION WHERE JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES, WHICH FALLS UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL, WHICH IS CHAPTER 34 LITTER, WHICH IS ALSO UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL CHAPTER 34 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE THAT WOULD FALL UNDER CHAPTER 18 FOR BUILDINGS AS WELL AS ANIMALS.

THAT IS CHAPTER 10 OF THE ORDINANCE.

OTHER CODES WERE INTRODUCED AND PLACED ON THE LIST FOR FUTURE REVIEW AND REVISION AS WELL TO ASSIST WITH THIS PROCESS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS INSTRUCTED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO WORK WITH LAW FIRM OR AN, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL SUPPORT TO REVIEW AND REVISE THESE, THESE CITY ORDINANCES.

THE COMMITTEE CONTINUED TO MEET, TO DISCUSS VARIOUS CONCERNS INVOLVING THE AUTHORITY OF THE CODE OFFICER, UM, THE INCREASE OF FINES, BETTER COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM, THE CREATION OF OTHER SUPPORTING ORDINANCES TO ADDRESS THE REGISTRATION OF RENTAL PROPERTY AND BY ANNUAL INSPECTIONS, ORGANIZED ENFORCEMENT, UM, STING OPERATIONS IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY WITH MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS, TRAINING, AND CERTIFICATION OF STAFF, UM, TO ENABLE THEM TO ACTUALLY WRITE CITATIONS, UM, RELATED TO VARIOUS CODE VIOLATIONS.

THESE MEETINGS WERE HELD ON APRIL THE SEVENTH.

UM, ON APRIL THE EIGHTH IS WHEN THERE WAS A COUNCIL RETREAT WITH CITY COUNCIL DID IDENTIFIED THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES OF THE CITY.

AND FOR THIS COUNCIL ON APRIL 14TH, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF, WHICH DID INCLUDE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE DID MEET TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS, APRIL 22ND, MAY 4TH.

AND ON JUNE 14TH, THERE WAS A MEETING WITH THE MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL COURT OFFICIALS, UM, TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT MAY EXIST WITH THE COURT SYSTEM ON JULY 27TH, 2021, THE CITY ATTORNEY FORWARDED THE DRAFT RED LINE VERSION OF CHAPTER 10, WHICH ENCOMPASSES ANIMALS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR REVIEW.

THE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE DOCUMENT INDEPENDENTLY.

HOWEVER, A MEETING HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS THE FINDINGS DUE TO VARIOUS WORKSHOPS, SPECIAL SESSIONS, BUDGET MEETINGS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE ON AUGUST 7TH, 2021.

THE CITY ATTORNEY RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM BORE QUEST LAW FIRMS STATING THAT THE TIRE NEEDS OR REVIEWING CHAPTER 18, WHICH IS BUILDINGS, WHICH COVERS PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.

UM, ALSO CHAPTER 34 34, WHICH IS ENVIRONMENT THAT AGAIN, SPEAKS TO JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES AND LITTER.

THE LEAD ATTORNEY WAS ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE DUE TO A MEDICAL REASON.

HOWEVER, THE DRAFT WOULD BE FINALIZED IN 42, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE UPON HER RETURN.

THE FOLLOWING REVIEW WILL BE CHAPTER 28, 22, ARTICLE EIGHT AND 10, WHICH UNCONFERENCES BUSINESSES, APPROXIMATELY 250 CITY RELATED BILLS PASSED DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT COULD AFFECT LOCAL ORDINANCES, SUCH AS HOUSE BILL 33 40, WHICH TALKS ABOUT DANGEROUS DOGS.

BASICALLY THIS HOUSE DEAL REQUIRES THAT AN AMENDMENT BE MADE TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE THAT THE OWNER OF A DOG WE DEEMED DANGEROUS AS A PERIOD OF 10 CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE DATE, THE ORDER IS ISSUED.

THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO FILE A NOTICE OF APPEAL WITHIN THE DISH, THE, UM, COUNTY COURT SYSTEM, OTHER HOUSE BILLS INCLUDED SENATE BILL 8 77, WHICH WAS BUILDING INSPECTIONS HOUSE BILL 7 38, THAT ADDRESSES BUILDING CODES AND SENATE BILL 86, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A CHICKEN BILL.

UM, THIS BILL DID NOT PASS THE FIRST TIME AROUND, BUT IT WAS EARMARKED TO GO BACK TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FILE.

UM, WITHIN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SAC WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND BOARD REQUEST LAW FIRMS TO REVIEW AND REVISE THESE ORDINANCES.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE AS WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER HOME, UM, ALSO ATTENDED MEETINGS REGARDING ENFORCEMENT CONCERNS, AND WE ALSO CONDUCTED DISTRICT TOURS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS TO ADDRESS SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS.

STAFF HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT UNTIL I'VE CHANGED CHAPTER 54 JUDGEMENTS FROM DISTRICT COURT RELATING TO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES.

UM, ONE OF WHICH RESULTED IN THE MITIGATION OF CEREBRAL VIOLATIONS THAT WAS ON 67TH STREET IN PORT ACRES.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

MS. LANGFORD, ANY COMMENTS FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS REPORT? GREAT REPORT.

GREAT REPORT,

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COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAM.

I REALLY THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON WORK, WHERE WE WERE WORKING WITH THE JUNK CARS, THE LITTER, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND THE ANIMALS.

WE HAD TO TAKE IT IN SECTIONS.

A LOT OF TIMES THERE ARE SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS, BUT WE DID FIND OUT LIKE ON LITTER, UH, I'M SORRY, LIKE CARS PARKED IN FRONT, UH, YARDS AND THE, UH, GARBAGE CANS.

WE HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS TO DO, BUT WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH AT A TIME.

IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO GO TO THOSE ORDINANCES WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED.

UM, IT, IT JUST TOOK A LOT OF MEETINGS, UM, TO GET TO THIS POINT, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, COVID HITTING, BUT HORAK HAS HIS OFFICE AND THEN, UM, OUR, UM, ISSUES HERE.

SO, UM, WE ARE GOING TO GET TO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE ORDINANCE.

UM, BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT GARBAGE CANS WERE IN THE GARBAGE.

SO YOU'D HAVE TO DEAL WITH GARBAGE CANS AND A SEPARATE MEETING.

YOU COULDN'T DEAL WITH IT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT SEEMED LIKE ALL OF OUR CALLS THAT WERE COMING IN, WE BASE IT UPON CALLS THAT WERE, WE WERE GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS, DOES COST NUMBER, KEN LAW, AND I, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH ALL OF THE STAFF, MOST OF THEIR CALLS CAME FROM JUNK VEHICLES AND CARS THAT WERE PARKED.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, IN THE YARDS, SECOND THING WAS LITTER.

THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH LITTER AND THEN, UH, W WHAT THEY'RE GETTING MORE CALLS FROM.

AND THEN ANIMALS WAS A HUGE THING.

AS WE HAD HEARD FROM IVAN, THIS ISLAND EARLIER IN OUR PRESENTATION ANIMALS, THAT W THAT'S WHAT MOST OF THE CALLS THAT THEY GOT FROM ALL OVER.

AND THAT'S HOW WE GENERATED THE PRIORITY LISTS AND HOW TO ATTACK THE ORDINANCE.

I HOLD CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THERE ARE, AND THERE WILL BE OTHER MEETINGS ON OTHER SECTIONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S HARD AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT I DO APPRECIATE STAFF HELPING US, UH, NAVIGATE THIS.

AND I WANTED TO BRING THIS REPORT SO THAT WE COULD GIVE AN UPDATE TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE.

WE'RE NOT JUST TWIDDLING OUR THUMBS, THE WORK IS BEING DONE.

AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK SECTION BY SECTION SO THAT COUNCIL CAN APPROVE IT.

THAT WAY.

ANIMAL CONTROL HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BY THE BOOKWORK HAS LAW FIRM.

AND THEN UNTIL THE COUNCIL WILL NOW GET A COPY OF WHAT BOARD HAS, IS RECOMMENDING SAME THING WITH ALL THE OTHER SECTIONS AS WELL.

SO IT'S JUST TAKING SOME TIME.

I HATE THAT.

IT'S, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE SNAIL PACE, BUT WE'RE DOING IT AS FAST AS WE CAN WITH, WITH STAFF HAVING SO MANY THINGS TO GET DONE.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE STAFF WORKING WITH, UM, COUNSELOR KENALOG HAS BEEN IN EVERY MEETING WE MET WITH EVERY STAFF PERSON THAT WE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY MET WITH.

UM, AND WE JUST TRY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN UPDATE OUR ORDINANCES AND GET A BETTER, UM, WORKING TOOL FOR OUR CITIZENS AND FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION MAYOR COUNCIL.

THE REMARKABLE PART OF THIS IS IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC, SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE AS THE MUNICIPALITY, EVEN IN THE WORK ETHIC OF THIS EMPLOYEE, OF THIS, OF THE CITY, OF WHAT OUTLOOK NO, NO TIME HAS LOST OR HAS BEEN SQUANDERED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, AND, AND, AND, UH, AND, AND THE PANDEMIC IS BEING USED AS A REASON AS TO WHY WE DON'T GET THINGS DONE.

WE ARE MOVING FULL SPEED AHEAD TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE CONSULTANTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN A VERY TIMELY AND RELEVANT MATT AND I WANT TO THANK PAM AND THE REST OF THE STAFF FOR THAT GREAT REPORT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OTHER COMMENTS, ALL RIGHT.

YES, YES.

COUNSEL COUNCIL, WHEN MARK'S, UH, UH, WE PAY HIM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THANK YOU AND STAFF FOR ALL THAT YOU DID OVER HERE ON 67TH STREET.

UH, WE KNOW THAT THAT, THAT IS A MOVING VIOLATION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND, AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'VE, UH, YOU ALL HAVE REMEDY THIS SITUATION, UH, TO THE DELIGHT OF THE RESIDENTS OUT HERE AND, UH, IN PORT ACRES.

UH, BUT I JUST NEED TO SAY IT PUBLICLY THAT YOU ALL DID ONE HECK OF A JOB AND, AND WORKING WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE ORDINANCE TO, TO GET THAT, THAT SITUATION TAKEN CARE OF.

AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATED, AND I KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS OUT HERE IN PORT ACRES APPRECIATED IT OFF.

[01:55:01]

BY THE CITY MANAGER REGARDING FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, CITY MANAGER.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AND FINAL, UH, PRESENTATION, A PRESENTATION

[III. B6. A Presentation By The City Manager Regarding Federal Funding Opportunities]

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

EVENTS IN PUBLIC WORKS AND IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES AND LAST, BUT NOT ALL INVEST IN RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY, PRIORITIES, INCLUSION, PLEASURE ISLAND, AND DOWN FROM WHAT AFRICA MAY HAVE WITH THEM AND COUNCIL, WE WILL LOOK AT THE NEXT BUDGET AND WE'LL LOOK AT FUNDING THAT'S BEEN MADE AVAILABLE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AS RESILIENT AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT THE NEXT ICE STONE, WHICH COMES WILL NOT HAVE A DEVASTATING IMPACT EITHER ON A LANDFILL OR NO UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

PRETEND THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE UNITED SAYS GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING AN UNPRECEDENTED INVESTMENT IN CITIES, COUNTIES, AND STATES TO ADDRESS BOTH THE IMPACTS OF COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND FUTURE YOUR COM COMMUNITIES.

THE TIME IS NOW FOR THE CITY OF WHATEVER POSITION OR COMMUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM THESE INVESTMENTS.

AS WE BOTH ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC AND BUILD BACK BETTER, OUR COMMUNITIES ON SEPTEMBER 14, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I WILL JOIN MR. JAMES GALEN, WHO IS THE HEAD OF TO MAKE THE THOROUGH PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL ON RESOURCES AND INITIATIVES CURRENTLY ON THE CONSIDERATION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND HOW THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR CAN CONTINUE TO POSITION OUR COMMUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM BOTH FOUR MILES.

OUR LOCATIONS I'M COMPETITIVE FUNDING ANTICIPATED AND UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE PRECEDENT THAT CONGRUENCE OR WHAT MY FOCUS WILL BE ON THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS AND APPROPRIATIONS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION, WHICH INCLUDE FORMULA ALLOCATIONS, AMERICAN RISKS TO ACT PLAN 2021, AND COVID-19 STIMULUS PACKAGE OF WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED $26.6 MILLION FOR APPROVED BY CONGRESS AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON MARCH 11TH, 2021.

NUMBER TWO, THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE STIMULUS BILL CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION, THERE IS $4.5 TRILLION PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE ON AUGUST 24TH, 2021, ONE, AND BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL PASSED BY THE SENATE 3.5 TRILLION RECOMMENDED BY THE HOUSE, INCLUDING HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE, NUMBER THREE, COMPETITIVE BRANDS AND FUNDING ECONOMIC V A ADMINISTRATION FINANCING OF WHICH IN THE PAST, WE HAVE RECEIVED $3.7 MILLION OR $3 MILLION FROM THE ED OR BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC AND FACILITIES, RECOVERY FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE, THAT WE COULD TAP INTO EDA RECOVERY AND REVEAL RESILIENCE, INVESTMENT POLICIES, FUNDING 2021 EDA INVESTMENT PRIORITIES, COLLABORATIVE AND REGIONAL INNOVATIONS AND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR TOURISM AND GLOBAL COMPETITIVE THAT'S FUNDING OF WHICH I DO INTEND TO APPLY FOR $10 MILLION FOR PLEASURE ISLAND TO MAKE SURE THAT PLEASURE ISLAND CONTINUES TO REMAIN AS AN AREA FOR REVENUE GENERATION, NOT ONLY FOR THE CITIZENS OF WHAT APPLE, BUT FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL, CONTINUED FUNDING FOR DISASTER RECOVERY AND MITIGATION FOR HURRICANE HARVEY, WHICH IS STILL OUT THERE, WHICH WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT THAT.

MY GOAL IS FOR FUNDING WITH THE NEW BUDGET AND WITH THIS NEW MONIES THAT APPEAL OF BLACK FEDERAL LABOR.

MY OVERALL GOALS FOR USE OF THIS POTENTIAL PERMITS INCLUDE CONTINUED AND IMPROVE CORE CITY SERVICES, REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS ALREADY INCURRED FOR CITY SERVICES, ADDRESSING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS BY INVESTING IN WATER TO ROAD BAN INFRASTRUCTURES, RESPONDING TO THE CONTINUED COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

AS WE WILL SEE WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, INVESTING TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID ON THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES SUPPORT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS.

SO WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS, ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND GROUP ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS AND JOBS, WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A MILLION DOLLARS THAT, OF WHICH I'M WORKING ON A PLAN WITH WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESSED, THAT WE ADOPT THE BEST MODEL POSSIBLE IN THE ENTIRE NATION IN ORDER TO ADDRESS OUR HOMELESS SITUATION.

YOU'RE IN WHAT ASSA ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY, SUPPORT WORKFORCE AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING COVID-19 EMERGENCY

[02:00:01]

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER FOR THAT REPORT ON TODAY.

I WANT TO QUICKLY RUSH TO SAY THAT I WAS ELATED TO SEE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12, UH, WHICH, UH, UH, WHICH YOU'RE AGGRESSIVELY SEEKING, UH, FIRMS TO HAVE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS.

SO I THINK THAT, UH, I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN A, AN AGGRESSIVE STANCE, UH, GOING FORWARD AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE IS CONCERNED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

WE WILL MOVE NOW TO OUR

[VI. 1. To Receive And Consider Public Comment For All Interested Citizens With Regard To The City Of Port Arthur's Proposed Annual Operating Budget And Capital Improvement Program For The Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2021 And Ending September 30, 2022. The Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation' s Operating Budget Will Also Be Considered. The Public Will Also Be Able To View The Public Hearing Via The City's Website At www. portarthurtx.gov]

THIS IS WHERE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE TWO MINUTES PURSUANT OF 5, 5, 1 0.0415 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAY MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS, WHICH INCLUDE, UH, EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS, OR CONDOLENCE INFORMATION REGARDING HOLIDAY SCHEDULES AND HONORARIA SALUTATORY, UH, RECOGNITION OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OR OTHER CITIZENS, EXCEPT THAT A DISCUSSION REGARDING A CHANGE IN THE STATUS AS A PERSON'S PUBLIC OFFICE OR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT IS NOT AN HONORARY OR SLATTERY, A REC RECOGNITION FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION.

THEN AS WELL, WE CAN, UH, GIVE A REMINDER ABOUT AN UPCOMING EVENT ORGANIZED OR SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNING BODY INFORMATION REGARDING A SOCIAL CEREMONIAL OR COMMUNITY EVENT ORGANIZED OR SPONSORED BY AN ENTITY OTHER THAN THE GOVERNING BODY THAT WAS ATTENDED OR SCHEDULED TO BE ATTENDED BY A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY OR AN OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING AN EMINENT THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PEOPLE IN THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THAT HAS ARISEN AFTER THE POSTING OF OUR AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBERS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ON TONIGHT? COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, JONES.

WELL, MAYOR FOR TIMBER AND COUNCIL, I WANT TO ASK YOU, I'LL KEEP REPPING A SANDWICH, JOSEPH IN YOUR PRESS AND FAMILY, UH, PATH OF SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH.

THE FUNERAL WILL BE THIS COMING SATURDAY, AND OF COURSE YOU WOULDN'T BE A SHALLOW BAPTIST CHURCH.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S, THE OLDEST WAS OLDEST PASTOR, UH, REMAINED IN THE CITY.

HE'S GONE ON HOME.

AND, UM, I, I VISITED HIS WIFE AND KIDS PROBABLY EVERY OTHER DAY.

SO WE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS TO BE ABLE TO SANDWICH JOSEPH SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH AND BE EULOGIZING HIM.

THIS COMING SATURDAY, PASTOR WILL KEEP THEM IN THEIR PRAYERS.

UH, UH, PASTOR SAMUEL, JOSEPH WAS A FIXTURE HE ALONE.

HELLO? YES.

I WAS SAYING THAT, UH, I WAS SAYING THAT, UH, PASTOR SAMUEL JOSEPH WAS A FIXTURE IN PORT OFF THAT HE WALKED VERY CLOSELY WITH REVEREND DR.

RANSOM HOWARD, UH, DURING THE TIME OF CIVIL RIGHTS, UH, HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR.

AND, UH, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN WALKING BESIDE HIM AND, UH, DOING ALL THAT.

IT WAS NEEDFUL AND NECESSARY, UH, IN THAT, IN THAT MOMENT OF TIME.

SO HE WILL BE MISSED, UH, HE HE'S AFFORDED ME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, IN MY, IN MY, UH, IN MY POSITIONS.

AND SO I THINK, THANK GOD FOR HE, AND WE WANT TO GIVE CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AGAIN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANY OTHER ITEMS, COUNCIL MEMBERS? YES.

MR. MAYOR.

THAT WILL GIVEN TO ONE OF OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN, IN PORT AUTHOR AS, UH, UH, FROM OCTOBER OF 2020.

MR. MARKS, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TAKE THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, SOME CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION

[02:05:01]

AND, AND, UH, I JUST LIKE TO READ THESE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE BUSINESS DID GET A, A, AN EXCELLENT, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE JOB FOR, FOR THE MILITARY.

AND THEY WERE SO, UH, APPRECIATIVE THAT THEY AWARDED CERTIFICATES AND METALS HONORING, UH, THE WORK THAT THEY DID.

SO, UH, IF I MIGHT JUST READ THESE CERTIFICATES, THE FIRST ONE IS FROM, UH, THE 11TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION, AND IT'S A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION AWARDED TO EAT AT THIS PLACE FOR OUR JOINT READINESS EXERCISE HELL FROM SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2020 TO OCTOBER 9TH, 2020 AT PORT OFF THE TEXAS.

WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFICIENT CATERING SERVICE, THE LEVEL OF DETAIL AND ACCOUNTABILITY YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED TO THE 11TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION.

YOUR ACTIONS ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF MILITARY SERVICE AND REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON YOUR STAFF, THE 11TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION TERMINAL, AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY SIGNED CASSANDRA PRICE COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR, AND BRANDON J. HILL LIEUTENANT COLONEL COMMANDING.

AND THE SECOND CERTIFICATE IS FROM THE SEVENTH TRANSPORTATION BRIGADE, UH, EXPEDITIONARY.

AND IT'S A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION PRESENTED TO EDITH PLACE FOR OUTSTANDING SUPPORT AND HOSPITALITY, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED THE MORALE OF OUR ORGANIZATION.

THE SEVENTH TRANSPORTATION DEGRADE EXPEDITIONARY WISHES TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION OR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE MISSION, DEDICATION, SELFLESS SERVICE, AND UNPARALLELED COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, CONTRIBUTING IMMENSELY TO THE UNIT'S OVERALL SUCCESS.

YOUR ACTIONS ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF MILITARY SERVICE AND REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON YOUR STAFF.

THE SEVENTH TRANSPORTATION BRIGADE EXPEDITIONARY, AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY SIGNED BY BRADLEY W CHARMEL COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR AND TIMOTHY R ZETTA WALL COLONEL COMMAND.

AND I FELT THE, THE NEED TO DO TO ACKNOWLEDGE EDEN'S PLACE BECAUSE, UH, THEY DID SUCH AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND AT THIS, I THINK IT'S ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.

THE MILITARY IS HERE AGAIN, UH, FOR FIVE TO SIX, SIX DAYS, UH, BEGINNING ON AUGUST 29TH.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WAS ONE OF THE, UH, UH, NOT SHE, BUT THE, THE, THE, THE BUSINESS WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT WERE CHOSEN TO, UH, CATER TO THE MILITARY.

AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK, I'D LIKE TO THANK HER FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB, UH, REPRESENTING, UH, NOT ONLY HER BUSINESS, BUT, UH, PROVIDING SERVICE FROM, FROM A BUSINESS HERE IN PORT OFF.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL NOW LOOK INTO OUR, UM, OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[VIII. CONSENT AGENDA (Part 2 of 2)]

WE'LL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, RIGHT? THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE OF A ROUTINE OR ADMINISTRATIVE NATURE.

THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN FURNISHED WITH BACKGROUND AND SUPPORT MATERIAL ON EACH ITEM, AND, OR IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING.

ALL ITEMS WILL BE ACTED UPON BY ONE VOTE WITHOUT BEING DISCUSSED SEPARATELY, UNLESS REQUESTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A CITIZEN.

IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM OR ITEMS WILL BE IMMEDIATELY, WILL IMMEDIATELY BE WITHDRAWN FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE.

AFTER THE ITEMS NOT REQUIRING SEPARATE DISCUSSION HAVE BEEN ACTED UPON, RIGHT? SO WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR CONSENT ITEMS, UH, ACTED UPON WITH ONE VOTE, UNLESS ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT ANY ITEMS POOLED OR THEY'RE IN ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED AT THIS PARTICULAR, WITH THAT COUNCILMAN JONES, NUMBER

[02:10:01]

EIGHT.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14.

NUMBER EIGHT ON PAGE SIX WILL BE PULLED ANY OTHERS, ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE POOLED? ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS THE ONLY ITEM YOU MENTIONED TO BE POOLED.

ANY OTHER ITEMS? ALL RIGHT, I WILL RECEIVE A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE ON ITEMS. 1, 2, 3, 5, I'M SORRY.

NO.

13 IS ALREADY BEEN ACTED UPON 14, 15, 16, 17.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL WOMAN MOSES SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JONES.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

WE WILL LOOK

[VIII. 8. P. R. No. 22103 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Negotiate A Contract With Freese & Nichols, Inc. Of Pearland, Texas, For The Construction Phase Services Of The Main Wastewater Treatment Plant Rehabilitation Project Located At 6300 Procter Street Extension]

AT A CONSENT AGENDA.

NUMBER EIGHT, PR NUMBER 2, 2 1 0 3, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS INCORPORATED A PEAR LINE PEAR LAND, TEXAS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES OF THE MAIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REHABILITATION PROJECT LOCATED AT 6,300 PROCTOR STREET EXTENSION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL WOMAN, MOSES.

SECOND, SECOND, SECOND MOTION DIES BECAUSE OF A SECOND LIST.

I KEPT CALLING FOR A SECOND.

NOBODY GIVE ME, GAVE ME A SECOND.

I NEED A SECOND.

MY MAN, MY COMPUTER JUST FROZE A MINUTE AGO, SO I HAD TO GET BACK IN.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY COMPUTERS.

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

I DIDN'T GET IT.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL WOMAN, MOSES SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN HOMES.

ALL IN FAVOR QUESTION CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, UH, THIS ITEM AND I WISH WE COULD TAKE IT TO TABLE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING AND BREACHES EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND POSSIBLE A QUESTION I'M NOT CLEAR ABOUT.

SO IF THE COUNSELOR WOULDN'T MIND TO TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COUNSELOR IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, I'M WEARING OPEN SESSION.

IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER? I'M SORRY, MAYOR.

GO AHEAD.

I WAS, I WAS LETTING THE TABLES TO THE NEXT MEETING AND BRING INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IF I COULD.

WELL, NOW I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT DISCUSSED IN OPEN SESSION.

IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, IT WAS BED PROPERLY.

IS THERE ANYTHING, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE ITEM? WELL, I THINK, I THINK I HAVE TO ADDRESS, FIRST OF ALL, HE WANTS TO PUT A MOTION TO TABLE ON.

I THINK THAT WHAT I LIKE WHAT I BOUGHT PRIOR TO TABLING THERE, I LIKED TO HAVE THE CITY MANAGER OR SOMEBODY COME UP AND GIVE US SOME TYPE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TABLING FOR.

WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT IN OPEN SESSION.

UM, THERE'S A NEED FOR LEGAL ADVICE.

YOU'D HAVE TO EXPLAIN.

CAUSE IF IT'S GOING TO BE ACTED UPON, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ACTED UPON IN OPEN SESSION.

IF THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT SOME TYPE OF LEGALITY, UH, YOU'D HAVE TO LET US KNOW WHAT TO DO.

WE HAVE TO KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S, WELL, LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY, LIKE THE TABLE TO THE NEXT I KNOW, BUT IT'S, IT'S ON FOR ACTION AND IT'S UM, AND WE NEED TO IT'S IT'S BEEN, I LOOKED AT, I MEAN, WE HAVE BEDS OUT ON IT.

UM, IS THERE SOMETHING WITH THE BED IN PROCESS THAT WE'RE WATERING A BED? SO WHAT WHAT'S, UM, I'M CONFUSED.

WE HAVE TO, WE CAN'T JUST TAKE THIS TO A CLOSED SESSION.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION.

WE'RE TRYING, HE'S TRYING TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE.

SO HE'S NOT TRYING TO GO TO CLASS.

THERE HAS TO BE A REASON

[02:15:01]

FOR THAT THOUGH.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A REASON WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO STAY THAT PUBLICLY.

WHAT THE REASON IS THE REASON THAT I HAVE AS A COSMIC HEALTH CONCERNED ABOUT BY THE ITEM I HAVE TO PROTECT.

WELL, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO PUBLICLY RELAY THAT WHEN WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PUBLICLY RELAY WHAT THAT ISSUE IS AFTER TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER, THEN I COULDN'T DO THAT.

IF YOU'RE THE COUNSELOR ON MINE, UM, I'M, I'M CONFUSED.

I MOVED THE TABLE.

YOU ALL CAN DO SAY YES OR NO.

WE HAD TO GO ALL NIGHT.

CAN WE VOTE TO NOT, UH, CAN WE VOTE TO NOT TABLE? WELL, WE, YOU KNOW, MAKE A MOTION THAT WAY WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND THE MOTION TO TABLE.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NO, WE HAD A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WE HAVE A MOSTLY DENT.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION, BUT WE HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE.

WE HAVE A NINE, BUT WE NOW HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE COUNCILMAN MOSES.

AND SO, BUT THAT'S NOT THAT MOTION THAT TALKS ABOUT HOME.

SECOND.

SHE SECONDED THE MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD, RIGHT? OH, I'M SORRY.

I WAS ASKED.

I ASKED FOR A MOTION TO TABLE.

YEAH, NO, I SECOND THE MOTION PREVIOUSLY.

THAT'S WHAT I SEE.

AND THEN WE WERE IN DISCUSSION.

WE WERE IN DISCUSSION THERE.

THERE WAS NO SECOND TO HIS MOTION TO TABLE.

SO THE MOTION TO TABLE DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

MA'AM WELL, QUIET QUESTION, MS. MAYOR, UH, COUNCILMAN JONES SAID IN HIS STATEMENT, SOMETHING ABOUT THE REASON HE GAVE A REASON FOR WHY HE WANTED TO DO WHAT HE WANTED TO DO.

SO, OKAY.

EXCUSE ME.

MAY OF PROTEIN.

WHEN WE LOVE EMOTION, WE CAN'T DISCUSS.

IF YOU HAVE A MOTION PENDING ON THE FLOOR, YOU HAVE TO GET A SECOND AND THEN YOU CAN DISCUSS.

SO IF THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE, YOU NOW HAVE, THAT'S NOT A MOTION TO TABLE.

THERE THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

AND INGRID SECOND THAT WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS.

WE'RE IN DISCUSSION.

WE ALREADY HAD HOLD UP.

WAIT, WE HAD ALREADY HAD A MOTION.

WE'D ALREADY HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.

WHILE IN DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN JONES CAME WITH A MOTION TO TABLE AND HE DIDN'T GET A SECOND.

AND THAT'S RIGHT.

SO WE ARE STILL IN DISCUSSION.

SO FIRST YOU HAD PASSED THE CHAIR.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE WE CAN'T HEAR VERY WELL ON HERE.

SO I APOLOGIZE.

SO AS THE CHAIR YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED IT IS NOT A SECOND.

SO THE MOTION TO TABLE AS FAILED, IS THAT WHERE WE ARE? YES.

COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN MARKS.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

SO THE BACK END, OKAY.

WE ARE BACK IN DISCUSSION.

YOU WERE MAKING COMMENTS.

NO, I WAS ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT THE STATEMENT OR THE REASON THAT COUNCILMAN JOHN SAID HE WANTED TO TABLE, AND I KNOW IT FELL FOR, FOR LACK OF A SECOND, BUT I DIDN'T, UH, I DIDN'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF I DON'T KNOW IF I UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE SAID, HE SAID THE RE I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FOR HIM, BUT IT, WELL, THE MOTION IS THE MOTION IS DEAD, SO WE'RE READY TO GO FORWARD.

I'LL LEAVE IT ALONE.

ALL DISCUSSIONS HAVING BEEN HAD CONCERNING, UH, THE MOTION OF, UH, PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 0 3, AUTHORIZING CENTER MANAGER, NEGOTIATE CONTRACT WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

SAY, AYE.

HELLO? HELLO.

I THINK WE'RE HAVING A BAD LEG HAVING SOME BAD LEG.

AND I SAID, I, WE SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHO, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

I CAN'T HEAR YOU GUYS.

I, I, YOUR HAND RAISE YOUR HANDS.

IF YOU SAY I, OKAY.

I SEE TWO EYES, TWO EYES, ALL THOSE? UH, NO, NO.

I THINK WE'RE FREEZING.

WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL.

[02:20:01]

VOTE CITY, SECRETARY, MAYOR PRO TEM.

FRANK, NO COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES.

COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.

NO COUNCIL MEMBER.

KEN LAW.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS.

NO COUNCIL MEMBER MOSES.

AMERICA FAILS MEASURE FAILS.

SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COUNCIL.

MOVING TO OUR

[IX. A1. P. R. No. 22098 — A Resolution Nominating A Member And/ Or Members To The Board Of Directors Of The Jefferson Central Appraisal District For The 2022 — 2023 Term]

INDIVIDUAL ACTION.

NON-CONSENT AGENDA PR NUMBER 2, 2 0 9, 8, A RESOLUTION NOMINATING A MEMBER AND OR MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE JEFFERSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR THE 20, 20 TO 2023 TERM.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE.

SO MOVE.

COUNCILMAN MARK.

A WOMAN MOSES.

SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? I'M SORRY, MAYOR.

WE NEED TO PUT A NAME IN FOR THE NOMINEE.

UM, THERE'S A NAME THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN FOR THE NOMINEE OF THIS.

WASN'T IT? MR. REED.

BEFORE THOSE THREE.

WE, UH, WE NEED TO PUT IN DR.

LEWIS READ IF THAT IS THE WILL.

AND UM, IS THAT AS THE WILL AND DISCRETION OF COUNCIL, DR.

REED, DR.

LOUIS REED.

IS THAT OKAY? IS THAT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN HEAR IT.

IS THAT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL? YES.

IT'S UH, CITY SECRETARY? YES.

[IX. B1. P. O. No. 6994 — An Ordinance Authorizing The Sale Of Surplus Furniture/ Minor Equipment By A Public Online Auction Through Rene Bates Auctioneers, Inc.]

ORDINANCES, POST OFFICE.

PO NUMBER PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER 6, 9, 9, 4, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF SURPLUS FURNITURE, MINOR EQUIPMENT BY A PUBLIC ONLINE AUCTION THROUGH RENEE BATES, AUCTIONEERS INCORPORATED.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCILMAN MARKS.

SO MOVE, MR. MAYOR, DO I HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN KEN LAW.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ORDER NUMBER 6,000 909 5 AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF DISASTER PURSUANT TO 4 1 8 0.108 B OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

[IX. B2. P.O. No. 6995 — An Ordinance Extending The Declaration Of Disaster Pursuant To § 418. 108( b) Of The Texas Government Code]

DO I HAVE A MOTION COUNCIL, WOMAN HOMES THEM SECOND.

SAY AYE.

COUNCILWOMAN, MOSES SECOND COUNCILMAN MARKS.

AYE, AYE.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST PURCHASE

[IX. B3. P.O. No. 6996 — An Ordinance Adopting The Texas Film Commission' s Updated Film Friendly Texas Guidelines And Permit Application For The City Of Port Arthur And Officially Designating Port Arthur As " Film Friendly Texas" Certified]

ORDER.

NUMBER 6, 9, 9, 6, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSIONS, UPDATED FILM, FRIENDLY, TEXAS GUIDELINES AND PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR AND OFFICIALLY DESIGNATING PORT ARTHUR AS FILM FRIENDLY, TEXAS CERTIFIED.

I HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND, IF YOU WOULD.

SAY AYE.

CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.

MOVE TO ADJOURN BY COUNCILMAN JONES.

DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN HOMES.

ALL IN FAVOR.