Sep 28, 2021 City Council

AND, UM, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, NO, I JUST SPOKE TO MS. JOHNSON PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AND SHE HAS WITHDRAWN.

SO SHE WOULDN'T BE AT ADDRESSING, ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL TONIGHT.

ME, IS SHE OKAY? SHE'S HERE, BUT MS. JOHN, YOU MS. JOHNSON.

OH, SO YOU'RE HERE WITH FIRE.

I'M NOT SURE ATTORNEY CAN SHE, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT AT THIS JUNCTURE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC STUFF.

HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE APPLICATION WITH T D H C A FOR HOUSING TAX CREDITS SUBMITTED BY PORT ARTHUR STONE GATE MANOR LP REGARDING THE PROPOSED REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT FOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING OF 240 UNITS AT 41 21 TURTLE CREEK DRIVE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, ZIP CODE 7 7 6 4 2.

IF YOU WOULD JUST HOLD ON BECAUSE NOW BY LAW, THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING, IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE TWO AT 6:00 PM AS A PUBLIC

[IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS — 6: 00 P. M. To Receive Public Comment Regarding The Application With TDHCA For Housing Tax Credits Submitted By Port Arthur Stonegate Manor, LP Regarding The Proposed Rehabilitation Development For Affordable Rental Housing Of 240 Units At 4121 Turtle Creek Drive, In The City Of Port Arthur, County Of Jefferson, Texas 77642]

AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE PARTIES, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WE WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AM I CORRECT ON DOING IT THIS WAY? OKAY.

I THOUGHT SO.

AND WHEN YOU COME UP WITH YOU JUST COME UP A SPEAKER.

SO YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS.

AND I BELIEVE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, C THE SECOND THING, I STILL HAVE TIMES FIVE MINUTES OR TWO MINUTES, HOWEVER MANY MINUTES I CAN COUNT.

SPEAK QUICKLY.

GOOD TO GIVE HIM COSTUMING AND COST OF WINNING.

MY NAME IS JOLENE HAWKINS.

I LIVE AT 31 30 41 43 TURTLE CREEK DRIVE, PORT OUT THE TEXAS, WHICH IS THE STONE GATE APARTMENTS.

AND, UH, ON THIS PAPER, I'M TARGETING THE NEW H V A C SYSTEM.

THAT'S REALLY NEEDED.

EVERYTHING ON HERE IS REALLY, BUT THE VENTILATION, I HAVE BAD ASTHMA AND THE VENTILATION IS REALLY POOR BECAUSE I FELT FIRST WITHIN REAL BAD.

AND I THINK THAT TARGET RIGHT THERE IS A FACTOR AND OFFICIAL.

SO YOU JUST WANT, EXCUSE ME, ANYONE ELSE IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE IS NOW IS OTHERS WITH ME.

BUT ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT? NO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU WERE TO ME.

SO DID YOU ALL HAVE SOME GOOD MARKS OR WE JUST LET THE PUBLIC GO AND THEN WE'LL SO SOMEONE WOULD HAVE A GOOD MARK FOR YOU.

THEY'LL CALL YOU BACK.

I HAVE, UH, I'M HAVING, UM, TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FIXTURES AND THE PLUMBING INSIDE.

UH, ARE THERE OTHERS? HI, GOOD EVENING.

PULL IT BACK DOWN.

IT STATES STOP IT.

YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

MY NAME IS LOUIS WEBB.

I'M IN THE COMMUNITY OF, UH, STONE GATE ALSO.

AND

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I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2013.

I'M NOT TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN'T DO BETTER.

I WANT TO DO BETTER.

I LOVE MY COMMUNITY AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE COME RIGHT UP, MAN.

ARE YOU DOING MY NAME IS MELINDA MCGARRY HAN AND I RESIDE AT 41 31 TURTLE CREEK DRIVE, APARTMENT NUMBER 13.

I HAVE LIVED IN STONE GATE SINCE 1987.

I'M FIXING TO MAKE 35 YEARS.

I'M VERY PROUD OF MY COMPLEX.

I'VE WATCHED IT CHANGE HANDS OWNERS.

THE COMPLEX REALLY NEEDS A GOOD UPDATE.

UM, I HAVEN'T EVEN, I'VE BEEN IN THE UNION I'M IN FOR 11 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER HAD IT PAINTED A CARPET STILL OLD AND IT FLOORING SEPARATED.

SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND BLESSED THAT I HAVE A ROOF OVER MY HEAD.

UH, I TAKE VERY MUCH PRIDE IN OUR COMPLEX.

I LIKE IT TO BE CLEAN.

I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE NEW OWNERS.

I'VE PUT NEW ROOFS RE RECENTLY, AND THEY'VE ALSO PUT SECURITY CAMERAS SURVEILLANCE IN WHICH HAS HELPED KEEPING TRAFFIC OUT.

UM, I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS PROPOSAL TO GET ASKED BECAUSE THE COMPLEX USE A VERY GOOD UPDATE INSIDE CABINETS ARE OLD.

TUB IS, ARE OLD THEY'RE PEELING AND FLAKING AND THE PLUMBING, YOU KNOW, THE HOT WATER IS NOT VERY WELL.

UM, IT JUST REALLY NEEDS A NEW LIFE AND TO BE UPGRADED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND KEEP THE AREA NICE FOR ALL THE HOMES AROUND US.

AND I'D APPRECIATE IF Y'ALL WOULD BE SOME HELP.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR HEARING ME.

ANYONE ELSE JUST COME RIGHT UP AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE DEAL, SPEAK, UH, SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

MY NAME IS DARRYL COBURN AND I LIVE AT 41 21 TURTLE CREEK DRIVE A MUCH LONG.

WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SAYING.

I'VE BEEN IN THERE SINCE 2016.

UH, IT JUST NEEDS A FACELIFT.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF OLD, UH, APPLIANCES ARE OLD.

UH, I AM THANKFUL, LIKE SHE SAID, FOR THE NEW CAMERAS THAT ARE PUT IN, IN THE ROOFS AND THE NEW OWNERS PUT ON THE STUFF, BUT, UH, THINGS ARE JUST OLD.

UH, UH, THE APPLIANCES NEED TO BE UPGRADED PAINTED.

THERE'S JUST SOME LOTS OF LITTLE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

SO IF Y'ALL COULD HELP OUT, I WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

NO ONE ELSE WOULD PROBABLY THAT WOULD CARE TO MAKE REMARKS DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

WHO ALSO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR OUR TEXTS.

I'M READY FOR COUNSEL OR REMARK OR COUNSELING OR KEN LAW.

HEY, THANK YOU.

UH, JUST TO KIND OF TELL THE, THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF DISTRICT THREE, UH, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.

UH, I'VE BEEN TALKING, UH, WITH, UH, MANAGEMENT AND OF COURSE, UH, THE CONCERNS OF, UH, UPGRADES IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

UH, I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME THAT THE STONE GATE MANOR APARTMENTS HAVE BEEN UPGRADED, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE, UH, UH, IDEAL TIME AND PLACE WHERE THAT WE CAN SERVICE SOME OF THE CITIZENS OF, UH, UH, MY DISTRICT DISTRICT THREE.

SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW, VAL, IF I'M IN ORDER TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM ITEX TO COME AND SPEAK ON SOME OF THE UPGRADES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SHARE TO CITIZENS, THAT WE WILL ENTERTAIN SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD.

UH, AND NOW WE'VE HAD TWO OR THREE, UH, ZOOM CALL MEETING.

SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WOULD I BE IN ORDER TO ASK THEM TO COME AND SPEAK, ANYONE CAN SPEAK, LIKE WHAT'S THE ONE FROM ITECH, COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THE UPGRADES AND AMENITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE I TOO WANT THIS TO BE A SUCCESS IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND IS BLOOMING IN DISTRICT THREE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND, UH, YOUR TITLE, UM, RANGING UP FOR THE MIC UP HERE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, MY NAME IS KENNY BALL I'M WITH THE ITEX GROUP.

UH, AND I HAVE ALSO, I GUESS HE CAN ANNOUNCE, UH, BUT I HAVE ALSO, UH, DAKOTA CORVELLE

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SO WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TALK TO YOU GUYS BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA, UH, INTEND TO DO AT THE PROPERTY.

UH, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF ZOOM CALLS, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND KIND OF TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS HERE.

UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE PULLED TOGETHER A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF FINANCING, UH, AT THIS POINT TO DO ABOUT $47 MILLION OF, OF DEVELOPMENT.

A GOOD PORTION OF THAT IS GOING TO BE SPENT ON THE ACTUAL REHAB OF THE PROPERTY.

UM, SO WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, 14 OR 15 MILLION THAT'S GOING DIRECTLY TO THE UNITS THEMSELVES.

UM, SO ALL OF THAT MONEY WILL BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE HARD CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

A LOT OF WHAT THE TENANTS EXPLAIN, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE COVERED IN THE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, SO WHAT YOU'LL HAVE IS REALLY NEW PLUMBING, UH, NEW FIXTURES THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT IN EACH ONE OF THE UNITS, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE SITE, YOU ALSO HAVE NEW HVAC SYSTEMS. UM, THERE WILL BE NEW ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS PUT IN, UH, ELECTRICAL FIXTURES ALL THROUGHOUT EACH OF THE UNITS.

UM, YOU ALSO HAVE NEW GRANITE COUNTERTOPS, NEW CABINETS PUT IN NEW FLOORING, A WOODSTOCK FLOORING, UH, REALLY JUST A REALLY, UH, SOLID IMPROVEMENT TO THE INTERIOR OF THE UNITS THEMSELVES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

UH, YOU'LL HAVE NEW PLAYGROUNDS, YOU HAVE SOME INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PAINTING, AND THERE ARE VARIOUS OTHER SITE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SITE.

UM, SO THAT WAS, UH, JUST, UH, A NUMBER OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'LL DO WITH THE PROPERTY, WITH THOSE 14 MILLION THAT WILL BE DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE HARD COSTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, DAKOTA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, SO, OKAY.

UH, COUNCILMAN JONES, YOUR LIGHT WAS ON EARLIER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS COMING, BUT RATHER TIME, THE PROBLEM IS WAY TOO LONG TO START DOING THESE THINGS.

AND YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WE HAD A, I HAD A MEETING WITH THE CHIEF THE OTHER DAY.

I ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHO W COLLINS, I GET CAUGHT WITH MILLER MAINE.

OH, MY DISTRICT WAS SAME PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABOUT, UH, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO WHERE TO STAY.

WELL, WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING IN APARTMENTS, ALMOST HOMELESS, YOU KNOW, WITH HIS BAD PLUMBING, BAD PEYTON PLAZAS, BAD PICTURES, YOU KNOW, SO SOME TIME AGO, WAIT TOO LONG, YOU GOT W EPAS TO HIT TO GET IT RIGHT.

SO I'LL STAY, YOU WON'T GET YOUR STAY STRAIGHTEN OUT, BUT SOMETIME YOU GOT TO GET ON TOP OF THIS THING RIGHT AWAY.

DON'T WAIT TO PEOPLE, START COMPLAINING, YOU KNOW, LIVE ON THE DOCK CONDITION, STARTED DOING SOMETHING.

SO I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO GET KIND OF ON THE BALL AND THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WE GET IS NOW AND NOW WE GOT TO COME PULL US, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO TRY TO HELP HIM SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIME YOU CAN COOK, YOU HAVE THESE PROBLEMS, Y'ALL JUST DO THINGS A LITTLE FASTER, YOU KNOW, THE MORE TIMELY, UH, DAKOTA GROW.

I LIKE TO ACTUALLY SPEAK TO THAT, IF IT CAN.

UH, WHEN WE, WHEN WE TOOK OVER THE PROPERTY, WE ACTUALLY SPENT ROUGHLY $600,000 ON UPGRADES OF THE INTERIOR UNITS ON WHAT WE CALL EMERGENCY REPAIRS.

AND THEN ALSO WE REPAIRED, UH, ACTUALLY WHEN WE WERE CLOSING THE PRO UH, PROJECT, UH, A LITTLE STORM CALLED HURRICANE IMELDA CAME THROUGH.

SO, UH, THE ROOFS WERE DAMAGED.

SO WE ACTUALLY SPENT MONEY ON OURSELVES BEFORE WE EVEN OWNED THE PROPERTY ON FIXING THAT IN THE INTERIOR.

BUT WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE, THERE IS DEFERRED MAINS, BUT OUR TEAM ACTUALLY HAS GOING THROUGH FIXING THE DEFERRED MAINS.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE INSTALLED SECURITY CAMERAS ONSITE THAT HAS 24 HOUR WATCHING.

SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED, WHICH ARE HOMELESS PEOPLE, VAGRANTS PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH, BUT WITH YOUR CONCERNS, AREN'T HEARD.

WE CAN START GETTING ON TOP OF THAT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING STARTED COMING TO US, YOU AUGUST BE MORE TIMELY AND THIS GET THE PEOPLE, SOME GOOD LIMB CONDITIONS.

I WILL APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, JUST LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF MY DISTRICT, UM, UH, BUT ARE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN KEN LAW.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SENDING US ALL THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION.

AND, UH, WE JUST LOOKED, I WAS INFORMING THE CITY MANAGER THAT WE SENT THE DRAFT RESOLUTION TO TDH CA FOR THEM TO APPROVE AHEAD OF TIME THE FORM.

AND THEY DID SEND ME THE EMAIL BACK SAYING THAT THE FORM OF THE RESOLUTION IS OKAY, SO THAT WILL BE ON FOR FINAL APPROVAL AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GAVE ME, UM, OUR OFFICE, SOMEONE IN OUR OFFICE SENT IT TO THEM TO MAKE SURE IT WAS THE WAY THEY WANTED IT.

UH, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD DIFFERENT FORMS OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT AND WE WILL HAVE IT ON FOR FINAL APPROVAL AND FINAL VOTE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MARK MARKS, RIGHT? YES.

UH, MR. BALL, MR. CORVIN, UH,

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AND I KNOW THAT THE, THE, THE INVESTMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE SO FAR AND THAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO MAKE.

I JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN, OR ONCE WE PASS THE RESOLUTION AT THE NEXT MEETING, HOW SOON WILL THE, THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, HOW SOON WILL THE STORE AND HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO, UH, BE BEFORE COMPLETION? UM, I'LL KIND OF SPEAK TO THE GENERAL TIMELINE, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE STILL UNCERTAIN.

UM, AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF THE FINANCING, UH, IN PLACE.

UM, WE'VE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED A CDBG AWARD, UH, FOR 5 MILLION, WHICH WILL BE PART OF THE, UH, CAPITAL THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AT THIS POINT, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FROM YOU AND THE RESOLUTION WILL HELP US PUT TOGETHER OUR APPLICATION FOR THE 4%, UH, TAX CREDIT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE TAX CREDITS, UH, TO SUPPORT THE REST OF THE FUNDING.

UM, SO WE WILL, WE INTEND TO SUBMIT OUR 4% APPLICATION, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IS, UH, FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN THERE'LL BE ABOUT 180 DAY PROCESS FOR TD HCA TO APPROVE THE TAX CREDIT.

UH, AT THAT POINT WE'LL BE IN A POSITION TO CLOSE.

SO WE'LL HAVE THE TAX CREDIT FUNDING IN PLACE.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE CDBG FUNDS OF 5 MILLION IN PLACE.

AND THEN WE'LL, ONCE WE GET THE TAX CREDIT AWARD, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THE DEBT.

UH, AND OUR EQUITY GROUP, WHO'S GOING TO BUY THOSE TAX CREDITS.

UH, THEY'LL COME ON BOARD.

UH, BUT EVERYTHING REALLY STARTS WITH THAT TAX CREDIT APPROVAL.

AND THEN WE TYPICALLY WILL BE ABLE TO GET, UH, OUR DEBT PARTNER AND OUR EQUITY PARTNER TO COME ON BOARD.

UM, JUST HAVING THE EXPERIENCE OF DOING A LOT OF THESE DEALS.

A LOT OF TIMES THESE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET THE COMMITMENTS EARLY ON AS WE GO THROUGH THE TAX CREDIT PROCESS.

AND AS SOON AS WE GET THAT APPROVAL FROM TD THCA, WE'LL BE IN A POSITION TO CLOSE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A, PROBABLY THIRD OR FOURTH QUARTER OF A, OF 2022 WHEN WE'LL BE CLOSING AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN.

CONSTABLE JONES, ONE MORE, ONE MORE THING MAY HAVE, YOU WILL KNOW PISSY YOU ALL YOUNG MAN DID A GOOD JOB PRESENTATION, BUT MY HOT BUTTON IS I'M TIRED AND SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE COMING HERE, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS AND ALL THESE APARTMENT COMPLEX COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PROBLEM.

UH, COUNSEL, MAY I APPROACH IT? THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, I RESIDE ON TURTLE CREEK, SO I'M A NEIGHBOR TO, UM, TO THE COMPLEX, UM, HOW, WHAT WILL BE THE PROCESS AND PLAN OF HELPING THOSE CITIZENS, UM, TO, UM, RELOCATE OR TO HELP THEM IN THE PROCESS WHILE THE, UH, COMPLEX IS BEING RESTORED AND, UH, BEING RENOVATED.

SO DO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT PLAN LOOK LIKE? UM, SO TYPICALLY WHEN WE DO THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT INVOLVE SUCH EXTENSIVE REHAB, UH, THERE'S A, A PRETTY GOOD PORTION OF TENANT RELOCATION AS PART OF THE BUDGET.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST DEPENDING ON THE PROPERTY AND I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT'LL BE FIVE TO $8,000 PER UNIT, WHICH WILL GO TOWARDS, UH, RELOCATING THOSE TENANTS.

UH, WHAT WE'LL DO AS WE GET CLOSER TO, UH, THE CLOSING AND THINGS GETTING GOING IS WE'LL SURVEY THE TENANTS.

UM, WE'LL FIND, UH, OTHER AREAS THAT THEY CAN RELOCATE.

USUALLY WE TRY TO KEEP THEM WITHIN A MILE.

UH, WE CONSIDER THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE CHILDREN.

UH, WE WANT TO KEEP THEM IN THE SAME DISTRICT.

UM, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY IS DISPLACED AND THEIR ROUTINES ARE DISRUPTED.

UM, SO, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, AND MOST OF THE PROJECTS WE'LL JUST TAKE ABOUT A FOURTH OF THE PROJECT WILL BE REHABBING AND PHASES.

SO THERE'LL BE A FOURTH OF THE PROJECT.

SO THOSE WILL BE THE TENANTS THAT WILL RELOCATE INITIALLY.

SO IT MAY BE AT OTHER PROPERTIES IN OUR PORTFOLIO, OR IT MAY BE AT PROPERTIES IN THE NEAR VICINITY.

WE'LL RELOCATE THOSE TENANTS THERE, WE'LL REHAB THOSE UNITS AND WE'LL GET THE TENANTS BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

UM, TYPICALLY, UM, AND THERE ARE SOME, UH, RELOCATION RULES, UH, FEDERAL RULES THAT REQUIRE US TO GET THE TENANTS BACK WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO WE TRY TO MINIMIZE THE DISPLACEMENT AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY AREN'T AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES AND THEY'RE BACK ONTO THE PROPERTY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BUT WE TAKE CARE OF STORIES.

WE TAKE CARE OF, UH, ANY KIND OF EXPENSES THAT THEY MAY INCUR HOOKING UP UTILITIES, YOU KNOW, CUTTING THINGS OFF.

THOSE ARE ALL COVERED WITHIN OUR BUDGET.

SO THEY'RE NOT OUT OF POCKET FOR ANYTHING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH,

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THE THING THEY'RE GOING THROUGH WHEN I LEAVE IN THE NIGHT, I'M NOT GOING HOME.

YOU DON'T GET A BAG OF POPCORN AND A SODA AND WATCH TV.

I'M GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT THESE PEOPLE GOING THROUGH.

THAT'S WHAT MY HEART IS.

SO GO BACK AND TELL YOUR CEO OR YOUR BOARD, WHOEVER THAT HOPE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL COUNSELING, LEGAL HOLD, SOMEBODY RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE TO SEE THESE PEOPLE GET BUILDUP AND CONDITIONS OKAY AS MY HEART, BUT I'M TIRED TO ATTACK PEOPLE COMPLAINING.

I'M GOING HOME, NOT LEAVE YOU.

I'M GOING HOME IN A GOOD CONDITION, NICE HOME, NICE APPLIANCES, THEN GO IT.

BUT SOME PEOPLE, IF THEY WASN'T PAYING IN RENT, Y'ALL GOING TO KICK THEM OUT.

SOMEBODY'S GOING TO PUT THEM OUT.

IT PAINTED AND WRITTEN 15, 20 YEARS TIG.

I GO THROUGH THIS HELL.

I'M SICK AND TIRED OF.

SO COME BACK TO YOUR BOARD, WHOEVER SHOW UP THIS, MAKE SOME CHANGE, LET'S DO SOMETHING, LET'S GET A CUP, LET'S GET THIS BALL ROLLING.

CAUSE PEOPLE GET US TO BELIEVE, OKAY, THEN WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.

AND, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS.

AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IS MAKE THE LIVES OF THE TENANTS AT THIS PROPERTY OF MESH BETTER GOING FORWARD.

AND WE'LL BE GOOD STEWARDS.

AND WITH YOU, ALL'S HELP.

UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THIS DONE.

NO ONE ELSE.

UH, WELL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

UH, ONE THING, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE GOING TO WHAT METHOD YOU'RE GOING TO USE TO DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION OUT TO YOUR TENANTS, THAT YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION, UH, ACCORDING TO HOW YOU ANSWERED COUNSELING, UH, MARKS WON'T BEGAN PROBABLY UNTIL THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2022, WHICH WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT A YEAR FROM NOW BEFORE MS. UH, HAWKINS CAN THINK ABOUT AN AGE BAG BEING CHANGED BECAUSE SHE SAID WHAT SHE SAID, SHE WANTS TO CHANGE AND SHE SUPPORTS IT, BUT SHE'S LOOKING SO SHE HAS ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR WITH WHATEVER SYSTEM IS IN THERE.

NOW IT MIGHT BE MAKING THAT EEL THAT SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH.

ALSO, I THINK MS. MELODY OR THE OTHER YOUNG LADY WHO'S BEEN THERE, RIGHT.

UH, YOUR CARPET IS GOING TO BE IN THAT CONDITION AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.

AND, UH, I JUST LIKE TO, I LIKE, I APPRECIATE YOUR TRUTHFULNESS AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS YOU ALL ANSWERED BECAUSE THERE WAS THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT MALE PROTEOMICS, AND YOU SAID IT NOW, WHAT I LIKE TO KNOW, BECAUSE YOU MADE MENTION OF IT.

IF THERE ARE HOOD RULES ON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CALL IT DISPLACING OR WHATEVER, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF YOUR MOVING TENANTS WHO ARE IN YOUR PROPERTY TO EMPTY, UH, APARTMENTS THAT ARE ON YOUR PROPERTY, THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU ALL MAYBE WORKED ON A PLAN THAT YOU HAVE AND FOLK LEAVING OUT, BEING SURE NOT TO BRING SOMEBODY NEW IN, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IN TWO MONTHS YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THAT ONE.

AND THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IF A PERSON HAS LIVED OUT THERE IN THAT PARTICULAR, UH, A FACILITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR MIND AND MENTALITY AND COMFORT IS BASED UPON THAT.

SO IF, YOU KNOW, AS COSMIN JONES JUST SAID, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THIS AS, UM, UH, EVENT FOR THE VIEW WILL AND NOT SO CUMBERSOME UP ON THE TENANTS, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, UH, YOUR COMPANY IS HERE.

I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER PROPERTIES HERE.

UH, I WAS AT AN OPEN HOUSE AT ONE, UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THE PROCESS.

AND THEY'RE NICE.

AND I SEE WHAT YOU ALL WILL DO WITH THE PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS UPGRADE AND THAT, THAT THAT'S NICE, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO BE SURE TO PASS ON TO THE TENANTS WHO WAS THERE THAT, HEY, WE WON'T BEGIN THIS PROCESS.

PROBABLY.

THEY DON'T REALLY THINK THAT WAY.

I WOULD THINK IN QUARTERS, YOU JUST TELL ME ANOTHER YEAR, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT AS SIMPLE FOR THEM, BUT AS TRUTHFUL FOR THEM.

SO THAT WAY THEY WON'T BE STOPPING THE COUNCIL APPROACHES UP HERE SAYING, HAD WE VOTED TO HELP YOU WITH SOMETHING AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED.

SO IF YOU ALL WOULD AGREE TO THAT, THAT TO YOU AND YOUR ATTORNEYS HERE AND WHATEVER THE ATTORNEY HAS TO DO THAT, THAT IS, UH, YOU SAID, NO, BUT HE'S HERE AND WHATEVER HE HAS TO DO THAT WOULD LEGALLY MAKE IT RIGHT FOR.

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SO YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE WOULD WORK.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO BE IN OCTOBER.

SO WHAT WE'LL WE'LL START DOING IS GOING TO WHAT WE CALL A DRAW DOWN.

WE WON'T START TAKING ANY NEW LEASES.

SO BASICALLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THE PROPERTY WILL EVENTUALLY DRAW DOWN TO WHERE WE HAVE TWO OR THREE BUILDINGS WHERE WE CAN DO WHAT WE CALL A HOTEL METHOD, WHERE BASICALLY WE HAVE THREE BUILDINGS, ONE BUILDING WOULD BE SET UP AS WHAT WE CALL A HOTEL.

PEOPLE WILL GET MOVED.

AND THEN AS THAT PROPERTY GETS, YOU KNOW, REDONE, IT'LL BASICALLY BE A HOTEL, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE SHUFFLING CARDS.

BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE'LL DO THE DRAW DOWN.

UH, WE HAVE A FIRM THAT IS ACTUALLY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR RELOCATION, UH, WHICH WE HAVE TO USE BECAUSE WE'RE USING FEDERAL FUNDS AND THROUGH THE RELOCATION ACT OF 19 SOMETHING OR OTHER, WE HAVE TO DO BASICALLY A RELOCATION PLAN.

PART OF THAT RELOCATION PLAN IS GIVING THE TENANTS 90 DAYS NOTICE BEFORE WE START ANY REHAB THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU WILL BE EFFECTED BY THIS REHAB.

THIS IS WHAT THE SCHEDULE, AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO IT'S A VERY TRANS YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY SEAMLESS.

WE WON'T TELL THEM EXACT DATES UNTIL WE KNOW THE EXACT DATE.

CAUSE OBVIOUSLY, UH, AS MR. JONES HAS, UH, RECOGNIZED THAT WE HAD TO HAVE SEVERAL PROPERTIES IN THE AREA, UH, MY FIRM OR MY GROUP WORKED WITH CEDAR RIDGE PEBBLE CREEK IN CRYSTAL CREEK.

IT'S THE SAME METHOD THAT WE USE WITH THOSE WHEN WE REHAB THOSE PROPERTIES AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY, WHERE NO ONE WAS DISPLACED, UH, NO ONE FELT ANY DISCOMFORT.

AND BASICALLY PEOPLE CAME BACK TO HOMES THAT WERE BREATHABLE, LIVABLE AND BETTER THAN BEFORE.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR UNDERSTOOD THE COMMUNICATION IS KEY IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

AND WE'LL CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE AT EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS WHAT'S GOING ON, NO UNCERTAINTIES AND THEY ARE COMFORTABLE, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

UH, ANY OTHER REMARKS ON THE PUBLIC? ANY OTHER REMARKS FROM THE PUBLIC? THERE AREN'T ANY REMARKS ATTORNEY ACTION.

UH, OKAY.

AND THIS TIME I'M READY TO, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING TO MOVE YOU.

SO MOVE SECOND.

AND IT'S BEEN SECOND.

I HEARD IT.

YOU SAID IT, WE MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD, UH, DISCONTINUE OR CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING THAT BEGAN AT 6:01 PM.

UH, WE READ AT THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED, NAY AYES HAVE IT TO HIS HONOR THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CONCLUDED.

THANK YOU ALL.

NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE PORTION OF THE AGENDA FOR THE, UH, SPEAKERS AGAIN.

AND, UM, MS. STACY JOHNSON.

I THINK THOSE INDIVIDUALS DID THEY EXIT? YEAH.

UH, REGARDING THE SYSTEM 60TH STREET ROAD CONDITIONS, BUT THE INDIVIDUAL WAS, THEY HAD GONE, UH, WHO WERE HERE EARLY.

SO, UH, YOU ARE NOT PRESENT.

PRESENTATION BY ENERGY OR REGARDING THE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE, FUN COMPETITIVE AWARD TO THE PORT OUT THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY.

NOW WE HAVE A

[III. B.1. A Presentation By Entergy Regarding The Entergy Environmental Initiative Fund Competitive Award To Port Arthur Transit ( PR 22137)]

AND IT IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PR NUMBER 2213 THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE FOUND ON PAGE FIVE OF, UH, YOUR PRINTED AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBERS AND GUESTS.

YOU ALL MAY BEGIN INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND YOU ALL MAY BEGIN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF.

I AM RON FLETCHER, CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER FOR ENTERGY, TEXAS.

AND I WANTED TO FIRST START OFF SPEAKING TO SAY, WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS.

SO I'LL ASK, UH, MR. DAVID DO A TALK ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS AND THEN SCOTT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL GRANT HIMSELF.

THANK YOU, RON MAYOR COUNCIL, PLEASED TO BE HERE, DAVID TRIPLET WITH, UH, ENERGY.

I'M A MANAGER OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH ENERGY CORPORATION.

WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO BE HERE AS RON NOTED BACK IN 2001, INTERGY WAS THE FIRST MAJOR U S UTILITY TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO REDUCE THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, UH, FOR OUR GENERATING FLEET.

UH, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.

AND WE CONTINUE THAT COMMITMENT FORWARD AND EXTENDED IT OUT TO 2050 TO REACH A TARGET AND NET ZERO.

BUT AS PART OF THAT ORIGINAL 2001 EFFORT, WE CREATED WHAT WE CALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES FUND, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY.

THAT FUND IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT AND BOLSTER THAT COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES IN THEIR EFFORTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND THROUGH PROJECTS, AND A REALLY PLEASED TO LEARN AND SEE THE LEADERSHIP SHOWN BY THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR THROUGH YOUR TRANSIT AGENCY, WITH THE ELECTRIFICATION OF BUSES OF ZERO EMISSION BUSES THAT SAW SEVERAL DRUGS DROPPED BY AS WE WERE WE'RE COMING INTO THE MEETING

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TODAY.

AND WE'RE PLEASED TO OFFER THIS GRANT, UH, TO THE CITY TO SUPPORT AND CONTINUE THE, THAT INITIATIVE WITH THE ZERO EMISSION BUSES, MR. MAYOR, CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND STAFF OF THE GREAT CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

UH, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY THANK YOU.

UH, AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY, THE CITY HERE AND OF THE PORT AUTHOR TRANSIT DIRECTOR, MR. IVAN MITCHELL AS WELL TOO, FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND PROVIDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CLEAN TRANSPORTATION WITH THE 10 ZERO EMISSION ELECTRIC BUSES YOU HAVE ON THE ROAD RIGHT NOW.

AND THE GRANT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TODAY IS GOING TO MOVE TO MORE CLEAN TRANSPORTATION HERE IN THE CITY AS WELL TOO.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED PARTNERSHIPS AS WE BRING MORE CLEAN TRANSPORTATION TO THE PEOPLE OF PORT AUTHOR IN THE FUTURE.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO WITH THAT, UH, THE GRANT AWARDED TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000, UH, TOWARDS A NEW BUS ELECTRIC BUS.

AND WE'D LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU ALL MR. MITCHELL, WHERE YOU COME UP AND RECEIVE THE CHECK.

COME ON, GET THE CHECK.

I CAN'T TAKE IT.

1, 2, 3, ONCE AGAIN TO .

WELL, UH, I GUESS I GO FIRST.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, THANK YOU, RON.

UH, NO THAT, UH, THAT'S A VERY GOOD PIECE TO HAVE IN THE CITY OF ARTHUR.

WE GOING TO ELECTRIC BUSES.

SO THANKS AGAIN TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, RON BURTON, UH, WITH THE VISION THAT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK IVAN, EVEN THOUGH HE'S A WASHINGTON REDSKIN FAN.

THAT'S OKAY, TOO, BUT, UH, THANK YOU RON AGAIN.

UH, THANK YOU, ENERGY AND DAVID AND SCOTT AS WELL.

UM, RON FLAT, RON, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR LOOKING AT PORT ARTHUR SAYING THAT WE'RE LEADING AND ZERO EMISSIONS AND INVESTING INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE WERE JUST APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY.

AND SO, BECAUSE I LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND I GO, OOH, THEY NEED SOME NEW BUSES.

I'M EXCITED, IVAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR WORK IN TRANSIT AND WHERE YOU BROUGHT US TO THE 21ST CENTURY.

AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED, MATT CITY MANAGER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HELPING TO GET, UM, A SECURE AND FOR YOU ALL, JUST LOOKING AT US AND GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH $200,000.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT WAS ALREADY SAID, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

IT MEANS A LOT TO US AND, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP.

UM, THIS HAPPENED BEFORE I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT IT CERTAINLY SHOWED VISION AND LEADERSHIP ON THE PART OF THIS CITY.

AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED AND VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT YOU ALL RECOGNIZE THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND THANK YOU.

UM, MR. MANAGER AND MR. MITCHELL FOR ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AND THANK YOU.

AND YOU ALL JUST STAY RIGHT THERE.

I WANT TO REALLY MAKE IT OFFICIAL AND READILY, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT PR NUMBER TOWARDS THE 2 1 3 7 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT ENERGY SERVICES, LLC, ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE FUND COMPETITIVE AWARD, BEING A WATER TO THE POOR OFF THE TRANSIT IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 COUNCIL, WOMAN HOMES, SOME COUNCIL, WOMAN, UH, MOSES.

THE SECOND MINT HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 3, 7

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AS READ.

ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? WE RENTED A BOAT ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

SO IS AUDIT GENTLEMAN, YOU GOT YOU A $200,000 LEGALLY.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK RON.

UM, PERSONALLY, APART FROM THE GRANT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, WE HAVE SEEN THAT ENTERGY HAS TAKEN ON MUCH TRACTION SINCE RON PROVIDED LEADERSHIP IN ATTENDING DOOR STREET LIGHTS.

AND THE NUMBER OF STREETLIGHTS WHEN RON CAME ON, THERE WERE 1,500 STREET LIGHTS THAT WERE OUT.

PORT ALVA WAS BASICALLY IN DARKNESS WRONG.

AND WE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING QUITE SOME TIME ABOUT THAT.

BUT EVEN WHEN WE MET LAST WEEK, THE NUMBERS HAVE DWINDLED DRASTICALLY.

YOU HAVE ATTENDED TO ALMOST 90 TO 99% OF OUR REQUESTS.

AND WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

YOU HAVE MADE SURE THAT WE HAVE FIELD STAFF, RIGHT THOUGH.

THAT'S VERY ATTENTIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF PADOVA.

AND THAT WE AGREED FOR THAT.

YOU'RE COUNCILMAN JONES.

QUICKMAIL RON, YOU MUST HAVE A GOOD CARDIOLOGIST, A GOOD DOCTOR.

CAUSE WE WROTE, WE WORE YOU OUT AND HURRICANE HARVEY, I REMEMBER THAT KILLED ON.

I WOULD CALL YOU EVERY DAY AND MAN, I THOUGHT YOU GO GO CRAZY.

YOU KNOW, WE PULLED OUT A PROFESSIONAL ON YOU, BUT YOU STILL HERE STILL DOING A GOOD JOB AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR MAN.

KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

MAY I APPROACH HIM FRANK? NO, SIR.

MY LIGHT WAS JUST ON.

AND SHE WAS SAT PRESENTATION FOR THE AUGUST FINANCIAL REPORT AND YOU ALREADY KNOW GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T SEE ANY MORE LIGHTS, ANYTHING.

SO AGAIN, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

AND BEING SO KIND TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, WORKING WITH, UH, UH, MR. MITCHELL.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, HAVE WHERE WE KNEW ABOUT THIS.

I MEAN TWO WEEKS AGO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, UH, IT ACTUALLY ORIGINATED AND UH, WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, THAT WE ACTUALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FAR AS HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT UP.

NOW WE ARE READY FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

IT'S A PRESENTATION, A PRESENTATION RATHER OF SEVEN STAR INCORPORATED MADE BY DIMITRIA ROBERTS PERTAINING TO A CON TECH LESS POLICING APPLICATION FOR A SAFER AND ACCOUNTABLE INTERACTIONS.

AND THIS PRESENTED IS UNABLE TO ATTEND.

I SHOULD'VE READ THE VASSAR, BUT YOU HAVE TO SEE WHAT I JUST READ ON THAT.

SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE TO ATTAIN THIS ONE.

WE WILL MOVE SWIFTLY NOW.

[III. 3. A Presentation By Staff Regarding The August Financial Report]

I DID SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS TIME.

UM, I BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED YOUR DETAILED MONTHLY REPORT LAST WEEK.

UH, AND THEN, UH, TODAY INSTEAD OF PUTTING THAT UP ON THE SCREEN, WHICH DIDN'T GO SO WELL BECAUSE IT'S VERY SMALL.

I DID A SUMMARY VERSION THAT IS A MORE OF A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT, UH, WILL REFLECT MY TALKING POINTS A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR YOU.

SO, UH, GO TO THE FIRST PAGE LINDSEY, UH, THIS IS THE AUGUST REPORT.

IT'S THE 11TH MONTH OF, UH, 2021.

SO THE YEAR'S ALMOST OVER, UH, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY 76.2 MILLION, WHICH IS 4.2 MILLION ABOVE THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT.

WE RECEIVED 15 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS 6% ABOVE THE BUDGET.

UH, WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED 34.4 MILLION IN INDUSTRIAL PAYMENTS AND ALL OF THOSE PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME.

SALES TAX, UH, HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT ALL YEAR LONG.

THE GENERAL FUND, UH, HAS RECEIVED 11.7 MILLION.

UH, THIS IS 11% ABOVE LAST FISCAL YEAR AND 20%, 26% ABOVE THE BUDGETED LEVEL.

THERE IS A TWO MONTH TIME LAG IN SALES TAX.

SO AUGUST RECEIPTS REPRESENT JUNE SALES.

UH, NEXT PAGE LINDSEY.

UH, WE HAVE THE FUND SUMMARY HERE AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE REVENUES, BUT THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES TOTAL 58.3 MILLION THROUGH AUGUST.

AND THIS IS CURRENTLY BELOW THE BUDGET INTO LEVEL, UH, 4.5 MILLION, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE REQUESTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS NEEDED.

HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY MORE.

UH, THE AMENDED BUDGET, UH, HAS AN ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 21.3 MILLION

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OR 112 DAYS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

UH, THE FUND BALANCE IS WELL IN EXCESS OF THE MINIMUM, STILL OF 60 DAYS, PLUS ONE AND A HALF MILLION OR ABOUT 68 DAYS.

IT'S THE MINIMUM NEXT PAGE LINDSAY, WE HAVE THE WATER FUND REVENUES TOTAL 27.2 MILLION AT AUGUST 31ST.

THIS IS ABOVE THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY 1.3 MILLION, A 3% INCREASE IN WATER RATES AND A 12% INCREASE IN SEWER RATES EFFECTIVE IN MAY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCREASE IN REVENUES OPERATING EXPENDITURES, TOTAL 17.5 MILLION, WHICH IS UNDER THE BUDGETED LEVEL BY ABOUT $227,000.

NEXT PAGE LINSEY, WE HAVE SOLID WASTE THE REVENUES TOTAL 9.5 MILLION AT AUGUST 31ST, WHICH IS BELOW ESTIMATE BY 567,000.

UH, WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE TO GARBAGE RATES, WHICH WAS EFFECTIVE IN MAY.

AND THIS INCREASE ALONG WITH, UH, AN INCREASE FOR TRASH COLLECTIONS AND INSTALLATION OF THE, OF THE TRUCK SCALE AT THE LANDFILL SHOULD BRING ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO THE FUND.

EXPENSES ARE CURRENTLY OVER BUDGET BY ABOUT 330 S 30,000.

UH, THEY DID HAVE AN UNANTICIPATED EXPENSES THIS YEAR RELATED TO EQUIPMENT FAILURES AND TC KEY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH LED TO THE OVERAGE, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FUND TO ENSURE THAT EXPENSES REMAINED IN LINE WITH AVAILABLE REVENUES.

NEXT PAGE, LINDSEY PLEASURE ISLAND REVENUES, OR AT $1 MILLION, UH, IN AUGUST, UH, EXPENSES ARE 686,000.

UH, THIS LEAVES, UM, THE EXPENSES IN LINE WITH AVAILABLE REVENUES AT THIS TIME, INSTEAD OF IT THEY'RE LOOKING GOOD.

NEXT PAGE LENSING.

UM, HERE WE HAVE THE STREETS SUMMARY ALLOCATION, THE TOTAL ALLOCATION BY YEAR AND BY DISTRICT, THE TOTAL ALLOCATION FOR ALL YEARS FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS HAS BEEN 48.9 MILLION 19 MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR, 14.4 MILLION YEAR TWO AND 15 MILLION IN YEAR THREE, WHICH IS YOUR FYI, UH, 2021 ALLOCATION NEXT PAGE LENSING.

UM, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT REPORT.

UH, 19.3 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT THROUGH AUGUST 31ST LEAVING A BALANCE OF 29.6 MILLION OF WHICH 24.1 MILLION IS COMMITTED OPEN STREET PROJECTS.

AND THERE'S CURRENTLY 5.5 MILLION REMAINING TO BE ALLOCATED FROM YOUR ONE THROUGH THREE ALLOCATIONS, WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

NEXT PAGE LINDSEY, THIS PAGE REFLECTS THE OPEN STREET PROJECTS AS OF AUGUST 31ST 34.7 BILLION HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR OPEN STREET PROJECTS.

10.5 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE LEAVING A BALANCE OF 24.1 BILLION TO COMPLETE THE OPEN PROJECTS.

NEXT PAGE LINDSEY.

NEXT WE MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS.

THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR GENERAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UH, IS 27.4 MILLION EXPENDITURES.

TOTAL 7.6 MILLION WITH 19.8 MILLION REMAINING TO BE SPENT.

AND THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE CITY FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, TECHNOLOGY PURCHASE OF A FIRE VEHICLE.

PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS.

NEXT PAGE LINDSEY HERE, WE HAVE THE OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, FIRST IS DRAINAGE THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, 68.9 MILLION PRIMARILY FUNDED BY FEMA MITIGATION, GRANTS AND CDBG.

THE CDBG MITIGATION, UH, DOWNTOWN LAKE VIEW PROJECT WAS NOT FUNDED.

SO THE BUDGET HAS BEEN REDUCED FOR THAT 4.7 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TODAY LEAVING A BALANCE OF 64.2 MILLION.

NEXT WE HAVE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, UH, THE BUDGETS 5 MILLION, 4 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR FIBER OPTIC IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WILL BE FUNDED PRIMARILY THROUGH AN EDA GRANT.

69,000 HAS BEEN SPENT TODAY LEAVING A BALANCE OF 4.9 MILLION WATER.

UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED AT 83.2 MILLION, PRIMARILY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THE WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT FISCAL YEAR 6.9 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE WAS 76.3 MILLION REMAINING TO

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COMPLETE THE PROJECTS.

PLEASURE ISLAND 590,000 HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR A BOAT LAUNCH AND PARKING LOT REPAIRS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT.

AND LAST WE HAVE THE EDC PRESS BUILDING RENOVATION BUDGET, A 10.9 MILLION OF WHICH 4.7 MILLION IS FUNDED FROM AN EDA GRANT.

TODAY 6.6 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT LEAVING BALANCED FOR 4.3 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

NEXT PAGE LINDSEY HERE WE HAVE THE 2021 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

UH, THE PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH 32.9 MILLION AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ISSUED THIS YEAR IS JUST PRESENTED SEPARATELY HERE.

IT INCLUDES STREET PROJECTS, DRAINAGE, PUMP STATIONS, ANIMAL SHELTER, NEW HEALTH BUILDING, RENOVATION AND WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS.

204,000 HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR.

THEY HAVING A BALANCE AT 32.7 MILLION.

LAST PAGE LINDSEY.

THIS IS THE DISASTER FUNDS YOU HAVE HURRICANE HARVEY WITH 30.4 MILLION RECEIVED SO FAR, PRIMARILY FROM FEMA AND INSURANCE, 33.7 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES LEAVING THREE, A $3.3 MILLION DEFICIT AT THIS TIME WITH PENDING REIMBURSEMENTS OF 73,000.

SO REDUCE THE DEFICIT TO 3.2 MILLION COVID-19 WE'VE RECORDED 3 MILLION IN REVENUES AND DONATIONS EXPENDITURES TO DATE OF 3.4 MILLION LEAVING A NEGATIVE 441,000 TO BE RECOVERED.

HURRICANE LAURA, NO REIMBURSEMENTS THROUGH AUGUST, BUT 2.6 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES.

AND THEN INSURANCE PROCEEDS WERE RECEIVED IN SEPTEMBER FOR WINDSTORM DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE LAURA 217,000 IN HURRICANE DELTA, 105,000 CITY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO CAPTURE AS MUCH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND INSURANCE AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL DISASTERS.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I'VE GOT.

IF ANYBODY'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS I WILL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER, BUT OKAY.

COUNCILMAN JONES.

EXCUSE ME.

RIGHT QUICK CANDACE, GO BACK TO SAUDI WASTE IN THE LANDFILL IF YOU WILL.

TO SPEND THE $58,000 ON JUST THE PAYERS SO THAT THEY EXPENSE TO REPAIR THAT SIZE EQUIPMENT.

WELL, WE, BASED ON THAT THERE, WHAT DOES IT SAY? SOMETHING ABOUT A DEFICIT OF 307,000 HOURS, THE EQUIPMENT FAILURES OF EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS, CORRECT? YES.

SHE RECALLED, WE DID A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THEM A LITTLE EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE MADE A MILLION DOLLAR TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

SO RIGHT THERE, THEY'RE BUILDING BACK, THEY'RE BUILDING THAT BACK UP AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR BUDGET.

I FEEL LIKE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY'RE JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE, UM, EXPENSES AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND WE SHOW ON THE BUDGET, BUT WE EXPECT YEAR END TO BE AT THE NEW BUDGET LEVEL.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT I'M SAYING, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT HE HAS, WE HAVE ALL THAT KIND OF MONEY.

THEY HAVE ANY NUMBER.

THEY HAD A NUMBER OF EQUIPMENT FAILURES.

I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE AT THIS TIME.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF TCEQ REQUIREMENTS AT THE LANDFILL, UH, RELATED TO THE DIRT COVER OUT THERE, UH, THAT, UH, WAS, WAS COSTLY.

DR.

, WHAT KIND OF PROBLEM AHEAD THAT KIND OF, THAT KIND OF MONEY OR NO, HE COMES TO THE FOREHEAD, WHY THE HEATING COMES TO THE FOOD AND WE HAD THE SERVICING OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, THE DOZERS THAT WE USE IN THE LANDFILL AS WELL, THAT, UM, THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAD TO MAKE TO SERVICING THOSE, THOSE, AND REPAIRS TO THOSE, THOSE AS WAS VERY HIGH, BUT DEFINITELY HE KNEW HE LIKES RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE HAD ACTUALLY WAS RELATED TO THE TCEQ VIOLATIONS THAT WERE FROM 2018 AND MOST OF THEM, MOST OF THE EXPENSE AND THAT PART RELATED TO COVERING THE SLOPES THAT HAVE SLOUGHED OFF AND DETERIORATED DURING SEVERAL RAIN EVENTS AND WERE NOT ADDRESSED.

SO WE HAD TO SPEND ADDITIONAL MONEY ON DIRT, UP TO AROUND $1.2 MILLION, JUST TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE SLOPES WE NEED TO COVER.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE EQUIPMENT THAT THE LANDFILL HAS AGED.

SO, AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THAT SIZE EQUIPMENT, YOU HAVE AN ITEM TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE, TO FIX THE 60 DOZERS, YOU'RE GOING

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AND HOW SO YOU'VE BEEN UP THERE ON THAT FACE MANY TIMES.

AND, UH, WE LOOKED THIS BIG IN FRONT OF SOME OF THOSE COMPACTORS UP THERE.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS FUND, BUT IT SHOULD BE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO ON OCTOBER 12 WITH A PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET THIS COMING YEAR, AND THEN WE'D HAVE A FUND.

THAT'S ACTUALLY AN ENTERPRISE FUND WHERE IT IS SUPPORTING ITSELF AND DOES NOT NEED TO DIP INTO THE GENERAL FUND LIKE IT HAS DONE FOR MANY YEARS IN THE PAST.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

JUST WANTED TO KNOW, CAUSE THE REPORT THAT YOU GAVE US BEFORE WAS SO INSIGHTFUL, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WEIGHT SCALE? WHEN IS THAT GOING TO COME ONLINE? WE STILL BEEN WAITING.

THE ONLY THING LEFT ON THAT SCALE IS THE CANOPY THAT WE NEED TO INSTALL ON THE FRONT AND THE WATER AND STORE THINGS.

AND WE HAVE BIDS AND WE'RE READY TO GO, BUT THE FUNDS HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO GET THIS BUDGET BALANCED.

SO WE DECIDED TO WAIT TILL OCTOBER 1ST, BEFORE WE LEASED THAT AT LEAST THAT PART OF THE WORK AND THAT WAY WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, JEOPARDIZING GOING UNDER IN THIS BUDGET YEAR.

SO AS SOON AS OCTOBER 1ST HITS, THE CONTRACT WILL BE, UH, A NOTICE TO PROCEED WILL BE GIVEN TO THAT CANOPY AND WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD ON FINISHING IT UP.

AND KATE OR DANIELLE? I DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE, SORRY.

YEP.

LET ME JUST RUN, REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT I SENT OUT AN EMAIL INDICATING THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING $1.1 MILLION FOR THE DAMAGE TO TRANSMITTERS AND, UM, AND, AND THE, UM, THE METERS, UM, FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

SO AS IT COMES THROUGH THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE ALREADY GONE AND MADE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS IN ORDER TO REPLACE ALL THOSE TRANSMITTERS, IF YOU REMEMBER SOME TIME AGO, I PLACED IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE SALE OF ALL THOSE TRANSMITTERS THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED.

SO THIS IS MORE MONEY THAT WILL BE COMING IN $1.1 MILLION.

I THINK I SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO THAT EFFECT.

GOT A HELP TICKET IN THIS SITUATION I BROUGHT TO YOU YESTERDAY.

WE HAVE GOTTEN IN LOWER TO BILL AT THAT COMPLEX.

THAT'S GOOD.

BY A FIRE CHIEF, UH, GREGORY OR VISIT COME ON UP CHIEF.

NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION

[III. 4. A Presentation By Fire Chief Gregory Benson]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, MY NAME IS GREG BENSON.

I HAVE THE HONOR TO SERVE AS THE PORT ARTHUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE CHIEF.

AND THE, UH, INTENT TONIGHT IS TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT WAS CAPTURED IN A REPORT FOR AUGUST OF 2021 THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY MANAGER.

IT'S ONE OF THE MONTHLY REPORTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO START TO PRESENT TO HIM.

UM, AND WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT CAN THEN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON AS FAR AS FIRE DEPARTMENT GOES.

SO LINDSAY, IF WE COULD GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THIS GIVES YOU JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE CALL ACTIVITY, UM, BY, BY INCIDENT TYPE.

AND THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS IS WE LOOK AT THE YEAR TO DATE VOLUME, UH, WE'RE ON TRACK TO, UH, RUN RIGHT UP ABOUT 12,000 ANNUAL CALLS, WHICH IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO WHAT IT'S BEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THIS IS BROKEN DOWN LINDSEY.

IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE, THIS IS MORE OF A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THAT, UH, THAT JUST SHOWS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE INCIDENTS THAT WE RESPOND TO ARE MEDICAL IN NATURE.

UH, THAT'S VERY COMMON WITHIN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES FIRE SERVICE.

THE, UH, MEDICAL CALLS NOW ARE THE PREDOMINANT TYPE OF INCIDENTS.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE OF THE INCIDENTS THAT WAS RESPONDED TO AN AUGUST BY WAS A HOUSE FIRE, UH, VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING.

AND THE INITIAL, THE CREW THAT ARRIVED ON SCENE INITIALLY FOUND THE HOUSE ON FIRE AND A PATIENT, OR I SHOULD SAY A VICTIM WAS INSIDE.

THEY WERE ABLE TO RESCUE THAT INDIVIDUAL FROM THAT HOUSE AND SEE IF HE COULD GO TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE.

ANOTHER ACTIVITY

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THAT'S INVOLVED IN THROUGH THE D UH, DEPARTMENT IS WHAT I REFER TO AS A COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION DIVISION.

OTHER PEOPLE REFER TO IT AS A FIRE PREVENTION DIVISION.

UM, BUT I LOOK AT WHAT THAT DIVISION DOES IS THEY WORK TO REDUCE THE RISK TO THE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST WITH, UH, FIRE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES, BUT OTHER ACTIVITIES AS WELL, INCLUDING EDUCATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, UH, THROUGH THE MONTH.

IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE, LINDSAY, THIS SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF THE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASPECT AND BOTH TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN A FIRE SERVICE.

VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU NEED TO TRAIN ON HOW TO DO CERTAIN THINGS, BUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS HOW TO DEVELOP SOMEBODY SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE UP IN AN ORGANIZATION AND TO DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 626 HOURS OF TRAINING WAS COMPLETED IN, UH, CLASS HOURS IN FORMAL CLASSES ON SHIFT, THERE WAS JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN 2,400 HOURS OF TRAINING.

SO THE TRAIN EVERY DAY, UH, AND CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION, SOME OF THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS ARE THE, THERE WAS AN EIGHT HOUR TRAIN, THE TRAINER CLASS ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO THE ELECTRIC BUSES.

IF THERE'S AN INCIDENT INVOLVING THOSE BECAUSE THEY ARE UNIQUE AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED.

IF ONE OF THOSE HAPPENS TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR CATCHES ON FIRE.

ANOTHER IS A DRIVER OPERATOR, UH, CERTIFICATION CLASS.

SO THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING THE ENGINEERS THAT ARE DRIVING THE ARIEL AND OTHER APPARATUS ARE APPROPRIATELY CERTIFIED, SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE OUT DRIVING, THEY'RE MAINTAINING THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THEIR CREW MEMBERS.

THE NEXT ONE IS A TRENCH RESCUE CERTIFICATION CLASS.

IF THERE IS WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, IF THERE'S A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A TRENCH BEING DUG, SOMEBODY IS IN THERE AND IT COLLAPSES, HOW DO WE RESPOND AND MANAGE THAT? A FIRE INVESTIGATION CERTIFICATION CLASS IS A, IS A VERY LONG AND VERY, UH, UH, ROBUST PROGRAM THAT, UH, THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR PEOPLE WANT TO BE FIRED.

PRIOR.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE TO GO THROUGH, IT INCLUDES NOT ONLY CLASSROOM, BUT IT INCLUDES SKILLS TESTING AS WELL OR SKILLS TRAINING, I SHOULD SAY.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE ADOPTED A NEW PROGRAM, OUR FIELD TRAINING CAPTAIN PROGRAM, WHICH IS HELPING TO PROVIDE ORIENTATION FOR OUR NINE NEW FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE BROUGHT ON AT THE END OF AUGUST.

AND THAT BRINGS US UP TO FULL STAFF.

AND SO THE FIELD TRAINING CAPTAIN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE HIRED, THEY WENT THROUGH THE ACADEMY, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN FACT CAPABLE OF FUNCTIONING IN THE FIELD, UH, IT AT THE APPROPRIATE PERFORMANCE LEVEL.

OH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

LINDSAY.

SO, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING HERE, OR WE ALREADY ARE DOING, I SHOULD SAY IN THE FUTURE IS THE TEXAS FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION HAS WHAT THEY CALL A BEST PRACTICES MODEL.

UH, OUR PROGRAM, IT'S A SYSTEMATIC PATH TO ENHANCE LONG-TERM PLANNING, ENSURE THAT COMPLIANCE WITH APPROPRIATE POLICIES, PROCEDURES, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE THERE.

IT'LL ALSO HELP TO VALIDATE THE DEPARTMENT'S PERFORMANCE BY HAVING A THIRD PARTY, TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS.

SO ANYTIME A THIRD PARTY CAN LOOK AND SAY, ARE YOU DOING IT APPROPRIATELY IS VALUABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT, BUT ULTIMATELY TO THE COMMUNITY THAT SERVED, WE WILL BE DOING A COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT STANDARD OF COVER.

THAT IS A, UH, A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING THE RISKS IN THE COMMUNITY AND, AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THOSE RISKS.

BUT ALSO IF WE CAN IDENTIFY IT, CAN WE REDUCE THAT RISK BY A PROCESS OF WE'VE IDENTIFIED IT NOW, CAN WE LOWER THAT, UM, THROUGH A PROCESS THE, UM, THE OTHER IS THAT WILL HELP TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AS FAR AS WHAT THINGS ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO, UH, TO WORK ON, WE WILL BE DOING SOME ADVANCED MEDICAL TRAINING AS WELL IS NOTED EARLIER.

THE, THE MAJORITY OF INCIDENTS ARE MEDICAL CALLS, BUT ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE HIGH LEVEL OF MEDICAL TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL IS IMPORTANT.

SO, UH, INCREASING THAT, UH, LEVEL OF TRAINING

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IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL.

NEXT THING WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON IN THE NEXT YEAR IS, UH, FORMING A, AN EXPLORER POST, UM, THAT THOSE THAT INVOLVES KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL FROM AGE 14, THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT WILL PROVIDE A PATH FOR THEM TO NOT ONLY BE ENGAGED, BUT ALSO PURSUE CAREERS IN THE PORT ARTHUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO TRY AND GROWING, UH, GROWING THE INTEREST FROM THE COMMUNITY, GETTING THE YOUNGER FOLKS IN, UH, AND THEY CAN LOOK TO SERVE IT, SERVE THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING SOME COMMUNITY LIFE SAFETY AND FIRE TRAINING AS WELL.

UH, WE'VE DONE, UH, THIS WILL TIE INTO THE COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION, ALSO THE COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT, AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE HAVE ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN, UH, OR I SHOULDN'T SAY PROGRAM, BUT IT'S KIND OF A NATIONWIDE INITIATIVE IS CLOSED BEFORE YOU DOSE, WHICH IS CLOSE YOUR BEDROOM DOOR BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.

BECAUSE RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT BY DOING THAT, YOU CAN REDUCE THE RISK TO YOU.

IF THERE'S A FIRE THAT OCCURS IN YOUR HOME WHILE YOU'RE ASLEEP, UH, YOUR CLOSED BEDROOM DOOR CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO EXIT OUT OF WINDOW, RATHER THAN, UH, HAVE YOU IMPACTED BY THE ENVIRONMENT IN YOUR, IN YOUR, UH, YOUR HOME.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING, STARTING THAT PROCESS AS WELL.

THAT'LL BE A COMMUNITY-BASED PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN, UM, GET A, UH, A LONG-TERM DIRECTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

WE'LL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FULLY INTEGRATED WITH THAT.

SO THAT'S THE CONCLUSION, UH, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY, ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PROGRESS REPORT.

I MEAN, UM, IT'S, IT'S, I DON'T RECALL, UH, HAVING A PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UM, IT'S REALLY ENTERED IN TWO THINGS THAT I NOTED, UM, THE EXPLORER PROGRAM, THE POST SHOULD HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED A WHILE BACK AND SHOULD HAVE AN OPEN POST BECAUSE WE, YOU GUYS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE, UM, WERE REALLY WORKING IT AND HAD STUDENTS ALREADY, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN PUT TOGETHER WITH A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WITH KIDS ATTENDING, IT MAY HAVE BEEN SINCE COVID NOT ACTIVE, BUT, UM, IT SHOULD BE ALREADY IN PLACE.

UM, THE CLOSE BEFORE YOU DOZE IS, UH, UM, HAD NO IDEA THAT, UM, IF YOU CLOSE YOUR BEDROOM DOOR, WE CLOSE HOURS ALL THE TIME, BUT DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD, UM, HELP YOU IN EXITING YOUR HOUSE IN CASE OF A FIRE.

THAT'S A GOOD INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY KNOW, AND I'M GLAD IT WAS PUT AN OPEN SESSION AND YOU GAVE US SUCH A GREAT, UM, UH, JUST A PROGRESS.

I CALL IT A REPORT.

I KNOW IT MAY BE SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN HERE.

HOW LONG NOW? UM, THREE MONTHS.

JULY.

UM, THAT'S A GREAT ASSESSMENT OF WHERE YOU ARE, WHERE YOU'RE HEADED AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT.

UM, IT'S REALLY ENLIGHTENING.

AND IF I COULD JUST, UH, TO, YOU MENTIONED THE EXPLORER THAT IT HAS, THE STEPS ALREADY HAVE BEEN TAKEN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, BECAUSE COVID HAS KIND OF CREATED A PAUSE ON THAT.

WE WILL BE PICKING UP WITH THAT TOO.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND THAT PARTNERSHIP, IT REALLY HELPS THE YOUNG KIDS THAT ARE IN THE NINTH GRADE AND THE RELATIONSHIP YOU GUYS HAVE IN TEACHING THEM ABOUT FIRE SAFETY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, A CAREER IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO I WAS EXCITED ABOUT WHEN WE DID THIS BACK IN 2015 OR 20, I DON'T REMEMBER 2017.

UH, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ALREADY IN PLACE THERE.

SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE.

IT.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE, UM, THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR CITY FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO BE, UH, NOT TO BE AFRAID OF LEERY OF THOSE AREAS OF WORK, BUT TO DIVERSIFY FROM REFINING.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST REFINING, BUT BASICALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE OTHER JOB OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR YOU AS YOU COME OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, AND FIREFIGHTING IS ONE OF THEM THAT YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY COME OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND BECOME A PARAMEDIC OR, UM, WORKING IN THE FIRE SAFETY.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVEN KNOWING THAT IT EXISTS AND DOING THE RESEARCH AND KNOWING ITS AVAILABILITY FOR CAREERS WITH THE HIGH

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I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

UM, CHIEF I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THE REPORT.

THE OVERVIEW THAT YOU GAVE, I WAS SPECIFICALLY VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR APPROACH TO LOOKING AT THE ADVANCED MEDICAL CARE, AS YOU INDICATED, 72% OF WHAT YOU DO IS MEDICAL CARE.

AND I THINK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFERS A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ADVANCED TRAINING IN THAT BECAUSE AS WE KNOW WHAT WE SEE WITH COVID AND WITH ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS, MANY OF OUR CITIZENS ACCESS, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM FOR THEIR INITIAL HEALTH CARE.

SO I'M CERTAINLY VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU ALL DO AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

MA'AM YES, SIR.

I W I WANT TO ADD MY THANKS AS WELL TO ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING AND ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, AS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN MOSES SAYS ABOUT THAT EXPLORER PROGRAM, UH, BEING IMPLEMENTED AS WELL.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS WANT TO SEE IS, UM, UM, THE CROSSING OVER AND, UM, UH, ALLOWING OURSELVES TO, UH, DEVELOP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, UH, IN OUR CITY.

SO, AND ESPECIALLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOW IT RELATES TO OUR CHILDREN.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING I THINK OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD DO AS WELL TO, UH, CREATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PORT, ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, I THINK THAT'D BE WONDERFUL AS WELL, BUT THANK YOU SIR, FOR THAT REPORT AND WE APPRECIATE IT GREATLY.

UH, MS. CHIEF MISSING, BUT EXCELLENT REPORT PRESENTATION.

UM, MAYOR, PORT, TIM FRANKLIN, CONSTANTLY TO MOSES STOLE MY THUNDER BY THIS BLOG POST.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

YOU GOT YOUNG KIDS COULD FOCUS ON SOMETHING ELSE NOW, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER FUTURE, AND THAT'S A GOOD DISCIPLINE FOR THESE KIDS.

THEY CAN COAST CONCENTRATE.

I BUILT FIVE BY THREE MORE YEARS.

SO THAT'S UP IN LOOKING AT YES, YOU KNOW, THAT HELP IN SCHOOL HAD HELP MENTALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE YOUNG KIDS.

AND NUMBER TWO IS, UH, IT WAS GOOD NEWS TO HEAR YOU GOT, YOU HAD NINE NEW, NEW POWER BALANCE.

YOU GOTTA PULL STAFF.

NOW THAT'S GOOD NEWS IN MY YEARS.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HIT.

EVERY DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE DOING IT, GETTING FULL OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING PUT A STAFF.

SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS TO MY YEAR.

S APPRECIATE THAT CHIEF, BUT LAST BUT NOT LEAST ALL THE ALBUMS, YOUR TRAIN WINDOW, WHEN DO Y'ALL WORK, ALWAYS OUR TRADER YOU EVER GET TO WORK.

THAT'S ALL SARCASTIC.

BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY, I WAS TRAINING.

THEY'LL DO A LOT OF TRAINING, LOTS OF TRAINING, UH, DRAINING, BUT THERE WAS A 24 HOURS IN THE DAY.

SO YEAH, IT'S GOOD.

I MEAN, BETTER TRAINING, BETTER FIREFIGHTERS.

SEE IF THE COMMUNITY THANKS T GOOD JOB AND TAKE HIM AS A BURDEN FOR YOU INSIGHT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.

I, THE LAST COMMENT, UM, CITY MANAGER, THIS REPORT JUST IGNITED SOMETHING.

SEE ALL YOUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS CAN COME NOW AND HAVE THOSE PROGRESS REPORTS AND PRESENT THEM TO US LIKE THAT.

AND WE'LL KIND OF GET AN UPDATE.

WE WON'T HAVE TO ASK YOU SO MANY QUESTIONS, SO THAT WOULD CUT DOWN.

IF YOU COULD DO A COUPLE OF THEM, A COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEETING THAT WOULD REALLY HELP US.

UM, MR. BENSON, CHIEF BENSON, YOU JUST KIND OF STARTED SOMETHING HERE, CAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT, UM, IT HELPS US TO KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S AHEAD WHAT YOU'VE DONE, WHAT YOU'VE WORKED ON AND, UM, WHERE WE'RE HEADED AND FOR THE MANAGERS NOT TO TAKE SO MUCH HEAT FROM THE COUNCIL.

SO I THINK IT'S AWESOME.

ALSO, CAN WE GET A COPY OF YOUR REPORT, YOUR PRESENTATION, YOUR SPREADSHEET, I MEAN A PRESENTATION, CAN WE EMAIL IT TO YOU AND MAKE IT, YOU CAN EMAIL IT TO US.

YOU CAN.

AND THAT, THAT KIND OF WALKS ME IN WHAT I WANT TO SAY, MAN IS, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA GET YOU, BUT, UH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR YOUR REPORT.

UH, I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD LOOK IN THE NEAR FUTURE ABOUT UPGRADING SOME ARE FIRE STATIONS, UH, UH, PORT ACRES, UH, WEST SIDE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND YOUR NEXT REPORT TO KIND OF GIVE US A, MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO, UH, IF YOU COULD DO THAT MANAGE, I KNOW I'M ALREADY ON THE MANAGER ABOUT IT, BUT, UH, IF YOU COULD AS WELL, THANK YOU.

WELL, WELL, IF I MADE IT, UH, CHIEF BENSON WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION FIRST? UH, I HAVE ONE OTHER PERSON THAT IN THE AUDIENCE, I KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING READY TO ASK THEM ABOUT.

THEY STILL HAVE A FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.

SEE YOU I'M A TEXAN.

BACK IN THE DAY WE WENT TO CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

FROM CARVER SCHOOL, FROM KINDERGARTEN TO THE SIXTH GRADE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE FIRE MARSHALL AND ALL OF THOSE FOLKS COME OUT TO THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, TELL US ABOUT FIRES AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

UH, AND THEY HAD WHAT THEY CALL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.

AND

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I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL CELEBRATE THAT.

IS THAT STILL A DATE THAT THEY HAVE A WEEK THAT THEY SEE? YES, SIR.

IT IS.

IT'S ACTUALLY COMING UP NEXT WEEK.

WOW.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HELL OF A JOB TRYING TO GET TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS NEXT WEEK OR, WELL, WE MAY NOT MAKE IT TO ALL THE SCHOOLS.

WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO A COUPLE OF THEM, BUT WE'LL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T GET TO THE SCHOOLS, NECESSARILY, SOME THINGS I THINK ARE COVID RELATED IS PAUSING THAT, BUT WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND THROUGH THE PIO TO JUST GET A MESSAGE OUT THERE.

YEP.

IF YOU WILL.

AND TO DO THAT FOR ME, PLEASE FIND OUT ABOUT LIKE, I KNOW KOBE HAS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE GONE NEXT YEAR, LIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THIS WAY IT BEGAN WITH US AND, UH, TEACHING KIDS ABOUT BACK IN MY DAY, HE WAS LIKE PLAYING WITH MATCHES.

BUT KIDS NOW THEY PROBABLY DO SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE THINGS THAT WERE HELPFUL IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE LEARNED TO TRUST THE FARMER AND IT GAVE THE KIDS THE ASPIRATION AND THE DESIRE TO BE A FIREMAN, A FIRE PERSON.

I THINK THEY REALLY CALL YOU ALL NOW.

SO IN THOSE VEINS, VERY LAST THING I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON IS THAT, UH, YOU'VE RAISED THE BAR HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ON FOUR DEPARTMENTS, CITY MANAGER, A VERY SIMPLISTIC GET PROFESSIONALLY PRESENTED.

OH, I APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK EVERYONE UP HERE DOES.

AND UH, THE OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO WERE IN THE MEETING NOW THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IF AT SOME FUTURE JUNCTURE, SEE THE MANAGER WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF MEETINGS, THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF TRANSPARENCY.

AND IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR COUNCIL PERSONS TO KNOW TO HOW WELL YOU ARE PERFORMING IS WHAT I LIKE TO CALL DR.

KEN LAW, A MEASURABLE INSTRUMENT THAT WE CAN EMPLOY TO EVALUATE WHAT YOU WOULD DO IN THAT WE DON'T NEED TO EVALUATE YOU, BUT WE CAN EVALUATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

HE IS GOING TO EVALUATE YOU, BUT WE CAN EVALUATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

SO I'M SPEAKING TO EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD WHO DID, UH, THIS PRESENTATION.

UH, I APPRECIATE IT.

OH, THANK YOU AGAIN, VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL, JUST TO, UH, PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW.

LIKE I SAID, OF THE ACTIVITY THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT ARE PROVIDING TO THE, UH, SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? OKAY, THAT'S IT.

IS SOME DISCUSSION AND A DISCUSSION.

NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO A CEILING.

ROMAN NUMERAL THREE, WE MOVED TO THE NEXT PAGE WHERE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS, THERE AREN'T ANY, NEITHER.

ARE THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? HOWEVER, THERE

[III. E.1. A Discussion/ Status Update And Take Possible Action Regarding The Following City Projects: 1. The 2021/ 2022 Street Improvement Program 2. Capital Improvement Projects That Were Financed By The General Fund In The Fiscal Year 2021/ 2022 Budget 3. Projects Authorized Through The Issuance Of The 2021 Certificates Of Obligation Requested By Mayor Pro Tern Frank)]

UH, FIRST I BELIEVE AS A DISCUSSION STATUS UPDATE AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE FOLLOWING CITY PROJECTS.

THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE 20 21, 20 22 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

AND THE TWO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WERE FINANCED BY THE GENERAL FUND AND THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 BUDGET, 38 PROJECTS AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF THE 20, 21 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

AND THIS HAS BEEN, EXCUSE ME, REQUESTED BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRAME.

AND I SEE, UH, PROBABLY WORKS DIRECTLY FOR ZELLE.

YOU ARE GOING TO JUST BEFORE.

SOME SORT OF STATUS UPDATE AS TO BE A, WE ARE RIGHT.

GO READY? YEAH.

MEAN IT JUST BEFORE, UM, I ASKED MS. ROBERTS TO, UM, GO THROUGH THE, UM, STREET PROGRAM.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, GIVE COUNSEL UP FRONT CAN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, STATE HIS REQUESTS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT IT SERVES AS, UM, AN INTRODUCTION OF WHAT WE ARE OKAY TO ENTER INTO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, COUNSELOR, UM, IN NO MID THE POINT ABOUT THE FIRE STATIONS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND THAT WE WILL TOUCH ON AS WELL AS TO WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPECIFIC TIMELINES, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S MORE OR LESS

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YOU KNOW, WHERE APPROPRIATE.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COME AND GIVE THAT REPORT, THESE REPORTS WOULD BE, AND I THINK AS WE SAID, UH, TO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPILE THAT MAJOR, UH, THAT MASTER PROJECT LIST, BRING IT BACK TO US, UH, IN THE, IN THE SAME MANNER THAT HE IS, HE'S BROUGHT THIS, AND THEN WE WOULD KNOW WHERE WE ARE, AND THEN WE BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT.

UM, THIS, THIS REQUEST THAT I'M, I'M ASKING, UM, EVEN NOW OF US IS BECAUSE, UH, THERE ARE GREAT THINGS THAT AWAIT US IN THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR AND THIS COUNCIL AND PREVIOUS COUNCILS AS WELL, UH, HAVE DONE, UM, UH, HAVE DONE THINGS TO ADHERE TO THE REQUESTS OF OUR CITIZENS STREETS HAVE BEEN A MAJOR, UH, CONSIDERATION, UH, FOR OUR CITY, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER AND ALL THAT'S HAPPENING.

WE WERE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WE NEED, AND WE HAVE ENTERED INTO THAT AGREEMENT FOR A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, BUILDING.

UH, WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT AS WELL, UH, ABOUT, UH, AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE $40 MILLION FOR STREETS AT $32.9 MILLION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS, AS WELL AS THE $7 MILLION THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT WE ALL ARE KEENLY CENSUS HAS TO IS THE FACT THAT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE DON'T DO WHAT YOU EXPECT, PEOPLE DO, WHAT YOU INSPECT.

AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK OF OUR STAFF, BUT IT'S TIME TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING BANG FOR OUR BUCK WITH THOSE MONIES AND THAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE ON THE ROAD TO BEING DELIVERABLES FOR OUR CITIZENS.

AND SO, UH, WHAT I HAVE ASKED FOR AND WHAT I WANT US TO CONSIDER AS WE THINK ABOUT ALL OF THAT, UH, IS A MAJOR, IS A MASTER PROJECT LIST OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE, UH, OUR STAFF WILL GET TOGETHER LED BY OUR WONDERFUL CITY MANAGER AND WILL COME UP AND BRING, UH, THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE MAJOR, UH, UM, AND VIABLE, UH, IN OUR CITY.

WE KNOW THAT MONEY IS COMING DOWN, UH, FROM WASHINGTON, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, WITH, UH, ALL THAT'S HAPPENING.

UM, AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE SHOVEL-READY, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT MONEY, THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING DOWN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO IT'S A KEEN TIME AND A WONDERFUL TIME THAT WE CAN GET PROJECTS READY, UH, TO DO THAT.

AND I I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO BRING, UH, SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS, BUT AS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS IS YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE THAT THERE IS SOME, IN SOME INSTANCES, A SIX MONTH DELAY FROM THE TIME THAT THE PROJECT IS APPROVED TO THE TIME WHERE EVEN ADVERTISING FOR BIDS IS GOING TO GO OUT.

SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE NOT, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LAG TIME.

THERE'S A GREAT DISTANCE THERE.

AND, AND, AND AS A NEOPHYTE CITY, COUNCILMAN, I GUESS I'M NOT REALLY, UH, AWARE OF THE PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG IT TAKES.

AND, BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE AN ELONGATED PERIOD OF TIME TO ME AND THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO EDUCATE ME ABOUT THAT ON THE DAY DURING THESE, UH, REPORTS.

BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO HAVE A MASTER PROJECT LIST SO THAT WE CAN ULTIMATELY GET THOSE DONE.

I DID DO SOME HOMEWORK AS WELL.

AND SO I FOUND OUT THAT IN MANY CITIES, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT RFQ AND RF PS AS WELL, THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OTHER CITIES DO, UH, TO, TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS IS THAT THEY GET, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ONLINE AND SERVERS, UH, I'M SORRY, ON CALL SERVICE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN DIFFERENT ENGINEERING FIRMS, SO THAT YOU HAVE THEM IN A CATALOG ON A CALL LIST SO THAT YOU CAN USE CERTAIN, UM, ENGINEERING FIRMS, ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING FIRMS WHO YOU HAVE ON CALL SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AT EACH AND EVERY PROJECT OUT.

I'M NOT TRYING TO IN ANY WAY, UH, IN ANY WAY, UM, UH, UH, DO SOMETHING WHERE I WANT TO RUN IT OR WHERE I'M TRYING TO BIRD DOG, THE CITY MANAGER.

THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I FOUND OUT, UH, AS PROJECTS ARE TRYING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.

BUT ANYWAY, UH, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR THOSE PROJECTS, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, W WE'D BE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KNOW HOW THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT WHEN WE CAN EXPECT, UH, THE PROJECTS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.

AND THEN, UH, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE US SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW, AND WE CAN ALWAYS SAY TO OUR CITIZENS, THESE ARE THE STREETS.

THESE ARE, WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE DONE.

THESE ARE THE PROJECTS, THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE SPENT.

AND SO THOSE ARE JUST THE KINDS OF THINGS I THINK OF THAT WOULD HELP US.

AND SO, JUST AS WE SAW, UM, THE, UM, UH, UH, UH, THE CHIEF OF

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SO THAT'S WHY, UH, I WANTED TO BEGIN HERE AND IT, AND BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, IN OPEN SESSION ON TODAY.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

SEE THESE PROJECTS COMPLETED? WHEN CAN WE BEGIN TO SEE STREETS COMPLETED? WHEN CAN WE BEGIN TO SEE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS COME AND, AND I KNOW THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT, BUT WE, AND WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR IT TODAY, YOU KNOW, 30 DAYS THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPILE WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT, GET THOSE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER AND GIVE US YOUR BEST GUESSTIMATE.

WHICH ROBERTS ADDRESS TWO OF THE COUNSELORS CONCERNS? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, AND, UM, YOU APPROVED ABOUT TWO MEETINGS AGO WAS A MASTER PROJECT OF ENGINEERING FIRMS. YOU DID 10 ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT CAN BE CALLED UPON, UM, FOR THEIR SERVICES AT ANY TIME WHEN IT'S READY AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR STREETS AND FOR DRAINAGE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BACK TO YOU, UM, WHERE TO I'LL DO.

I WILL ASK THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO EMAIL THOSE TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.

WHAT YOU HAVE ALSO DONE IN THE PAST AS WELL IS TO APPROVE PRE-ENGINEERING COMPANIES FOR THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.

SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN, UM, MR. STANTON, WAS THERE A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT HE CAME WITH WAS ALREADY DESIGNATED TO PRE-APPROVED SO THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO GO AGAIN OUT FOR RFQ, BUT WE WILL EMAIL THOSE TO YOU, UH, SHOW YOU THAT THAT IS ALREADY IN PROCESS AS TO WHERE WE GO IN, IN THE FUTURE TO ATTEND TO, UM, RESOURCES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL OF DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MAKE SURE EVEN WHEN MONEY'S COME DOWN, UM, FROM THE NEXT ALLOCATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY, THAT WE WILL BE READY, JUST LIKE WE WERE FOR THE IRA MONEY TO $26.6 MILLION THAT WE DID RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THOSE TWO PROJECTS ON THE WEST SIDE, UM, $18 MILLION WENT TOWARDS PROJECTS FOR THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE BORROWED MONEY.

THE NEXT STEP WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN BORROWING MONEY FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, UM, THANK GOD WE GOT $18 MILLION FOR IT.

UM, $1 MILLION IN LOSS OF REVENUE.

AND I, I LIKE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE HERE IT IS THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP COUNSELOR HERE.

IT IS THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW THAT THE MDW PROGRAM HAS ABRUPTLY COME TO AN END AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

AND I'M ABLE TO GO TO, UM, THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR AND ASK THAT WE RETAIN THE PORT AFTER EMPLOYEES UNTIL CHRISTMAS UTILIZING FRONTS FROM THE, THE LOSS OF REVENUE, THE MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AND BEING ABSORBED AS PART OF THE PERMANENT EMPLOYEES FOR THE CITY OF PORT AFA, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHORT LIST THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO THOSE ARE SMALL WAYS THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT IS BEING DONE.

BUT LET ME JUST PICK BACK AGAIN.

I THINK WE NEED TO GET TO THE POINT AS WELL, MIA, AS YOU CORRECTLY SAID, WHERE WE NEED TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL AND TO, TO, TO THE COMMUNITY, TO LET THE COMMUNITY, AND THIS RESIDENTS, THOUGH, THIS IS HOW YOUR MONEY IS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED AND HAVE BEEN SPENT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, APART FROM THE FACT THAT WE PROVIDE AN AUDIT OF WHAT'S BEEN DONE, NOBODY READS AN AUDIT APART FROM THE FEW OF US WHO SIT HERE, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

IN OTHER COMMUNITIES I'VE WORKED.

I HAVE PROVIDED AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY MANAGER AS TO WHAT WE DO.

I THINK IT SAID THAT WE GET TO THAT POINT.

THANK YOU, MR. LET ME JUST ONE LAST THING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BUT, AND I LIKE, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THIS REPORT, BUT YOU HAVE NOTES.

AND WHEN YOU SEE NOTES, YOU SAID WILL BE ADVERTISED FOR BIDS, STAFF, EVALUATING DIFFERENT AREAS FOR THIS PROJECT.

ALL OF THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED TO THIS LIST OF THIS, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BUT WHEN WILL THE PROJECT BE COMPLETED? I'D LIKE AS CLOSE AS YOU COULD GIVE TO US.

WE UNDERSTAND RAINY DAYS.

WE UNDERSTAND WE'VE GOT TO RUN FROM HURRICANES.

GOD FORBID ALL OF THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNCIL TO GET THE INFORMATION AS CLOSE YOUR YOU'RE YOUR BEST GUESSTIMATE ABOUT WHEN WE CAN BEGIN TO

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UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO HANG YOU IN EFFIGY WEED, BUT WE JUST, YOU KNOW, IN ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF LIGHTS, BUT, BUT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS.

BECAUSE WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THAT GOAL, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST SHOOTING ARROWS AGAINST THE BARN AND DRAWING THE BULLS OUT, WE HAVE A GOAL THAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR, AND THEN WE KNOW WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT GOAL.

OKAY, MS. ROBERT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS FULL GEL ROBERTS.

I'M THE NEW DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

UM, LINDSAY, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? HERE'S A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT I'LL DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL TODAY.

I GO THROUGH THE TIMELINE, UH, AND OVERVIEW OF THE STREETS PROGRAM.

THEN I'LL DO A STATUS UPDATE.

TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY NEXT, NEXT LINE.

SO, UH, HERE'S A TIMELINE OF, UH, THAT BRINGS US TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.

SO IN OCTOBER, ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2019, UH, YOU ALL APPROVED RESOLUTION 19 4 59, UH, THIS RESOLUTION APPROVED, UH, THE CONTRACT FOR IMS. THIS IS THE COMPANY FROM ARIZONA THAT CAME OUT AND DID THE SURVEY OF ALL OF THE STREETS, UH, WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THEY GAVE US A CONDITION ANALYSIS OF EACH STREET, JANUARY 7TH, 2020, UH, YOU ALL APPROVED A RESOLUTION THAT ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR THESE PROJECTS BY MAY 25TH.

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OKAY.

BY MAY 25TH, UH, YOU ALL APPROVED ANOTHER RESOLUTION AND THAT RESOLUTION LISTED ALL OF THE THIRD ROUND STREETS, UH, AND THEN AUGUST 31ST, UM, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, YOU ALL APPROVED, UH, THE FINAL RESOLUTION, WHICH AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE, UH, WITH A LIST OF 10, UH, PRE QUALIFIED ENGINEERING FIRMS, CONSULTING ENGINEERING FIRMS. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LIST, UH, THAT MS, THAT YOU ALL JUST REQUESTED AND I'LL EMAIL OUT TO YOU ALL NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM.

SO, UH, I LISTED IT OUT BY EACH DISTRICT.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE A, AND I'LL READ IT OUT TO YOU BECAUSE IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE LIGHTER, UH, DISTRICTS DISTRICTS TWO AND FOUR, IT MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO READ, AND I DO APOLOGIZE AT DISTRICT ONE.

THERE ARE 33 STREETS FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.4 MILLION DISTRICT, TWO 15 STREETS FOR 2.3 MILLION DISTRICT.

I MEAN, DISTRICT THREE 13 STREETS FOR ABOUT 1.4 MILLION AND DISTRICT FOUR THEY'RE 52 STREETS FOR ABOUT 4.9 MILLION.

UH, THAT TOTAL THAT WAS APPROVED.

AND THIS WAS APPROVED, UH, ON MAY 25TH OF THIS YEAR WAS $10.971 MILLION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UH, SINCE THEN WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A FEW DELAYS, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO CHANGE PRIORITIES TO ADDRESS, UH, A FEW, A FEW, UM, UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO THERE ARE MANY OF THESE, THESE STREETS THAT ARE BEING COMPLETED IN HOUSE.

UH, THESE ARE THE STREETS THAT WE ARE COMPLETING IN HOUSE.

UH, THERE ARE ABOUT 45, UH, THAT WILL BE COMPLETED, UH, TOTAL, UH, FOR APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION DISTRICT ONE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 36% OF THE TOTAL STREETS BEING COMPLETED IN HOUSE.

UH, THAT AMOUNTS TO 12 DISTRICT TWO, WE HAVE 40% OF THE STREETS BEING DONE IN HOUSE DISTRICT THREE.

WE HAVE FOUR, UM, WHICH AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 31%.

AND IN DISTRICT FOUR, WE HAVE 12 THAT ARE BEING DONE IN HOUSE.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 23% OF ALL OF THE, THE, THE STREETS IN DISTRICT FOUR.

UH, SO, SO FAR WE HAVE, UH, COMPLETED THREE, UM, AND THAT WORK BEGAN IN ABOUT MID JUNE.

SO SINCE MID JUNE, WE'VE COMPLETED THREE FOR APPROXIMATELY $400,000.

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SO AS YOU KNOW, JUST RECENTLY, WE HAD A TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS THAT CAME THROUGH, SO WE DID HAVE TO STOP OPERATIONS TO DO STORM PREPARATION.

AND THEN ONCE THE STORM PASSED, WE HAD TO DO STORM CLEANUP CLEANUP.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL, SOME PHOTOS OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH AND YOU CAN JUST KEEP CLICKING AS I'M TALKING LINDSEY.

SO THAT WE WORK FROM APRIL ALL THE WAY TO OCTOBER.

SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES TO, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT, THAT, UH, CITY FORCES ARE DOING.

UM, SO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD, VERY DILIGENTLY, UM, TO ENSURE THAT OUR ROADS ARE WHAT YOU WOULD, WHAT YOU EXPECT, WHAT YOU WANT.

YOU CAN KEEP GOING THERE.

THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, QUITE A FEW PICTURES.

I THINK THIS IS ABOUT THE LAST FEW THANK YOU.

SO NOW TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS.

UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU ALL APPROVED A FEW WEEKS AGO, A RESOLUTION 21, 360 2, WHICH, WHICH ALLOWS THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS WITH 10 PRE QUALIFIED ENGINEERING FIRMS. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT, UM, JUST TO TOUCH ON WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TIM MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO.

UH, SO ONCE, ONCE ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTS ARE NEGOTIATED, UH, THE, THE REMAINING STREETS WILL BE DIVIDED AMONGST THOSE, THOSE CONSULTING FIRMS, AND THEY WILL BEGIN THEIR DESIGN WORK.

SO FROM OCTOBER TO MARCH, THEY'LL BE DOING THEIR DESIGN WORK, UH, AND BEGINNING AROUND JANUARY TO MID APRIL, THEY'LL START WORKING ON THEIR BID PACKAGES AND GETTING THOSE BID PACKAGES OUT, UH, MID APRIL DOT TOBAR CONSTRUCTION.

UH, WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE BE IN CONSTRUCTION WITH THOSE PROJECTS, UH, IN ADDITION TO NEGOTIATING THOSE CONTRACTS AND, AND GETTING THAT WORK DONE, STAFF IS ALSO CONTINUING TO IDENTIFY, UH, ROUNDS, OTHER OTHER STREET PROJECTS.

SO THE WORK HASN'T STOPPED, WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD.

UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO IDENTIFYING THOSE, THOSE, UH, STREETS, WE ARE SENDING OUR INSPECTORS OUT TO VERIFY THAT INFORMATION.

UM, AND THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE FOR YOU.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WONDERFUL.

LET ME, LET ME SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL.

ONE OF THE THINGS APART FROM THE FACT THAT WE DO, AND IT WAS RECENTLY DONE, AND AS THE DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS INDICATED A LIST OF PRE-QUALIFIED ENGINEERING FIRMS. I WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU AND EXPAND THAT LIST BECAUSE, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE WITH THE VOLUME OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITHIN THE CITY.

I DO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING, UM, WELL ENGAGING OUR LOCAL CONSTITUENTS, I BUSINESSES, PROFESSIONAL BUSINESSES, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

AND I THINK THAT WE COULD AMEND THAT LIST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS BROAD, AS BROAD AS POSSIBLE, WHERE WE CAN ENCOURAGE OTHER ENGINEERING FIRMS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF WHATEVER AS WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.

IF, AND WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELEASES, UM, FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE IS GOING TO BE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND ALL ENGINEERING COMPANIES OUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE BIG.

I WANT TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROJECTS ARE SECURED AND WE CAN TIE IN AS MANY ENGINEERING FIRMS AS POSSIBLE AS WE VET THEM.

WE WILL VET THEM FIRST WHEN WE INCLUDE THEM TO THE LIST SO THAT WE WILL HAVE THE POST COMMITMENT FROM THEM IN ASSIGNING WORK TO THEM, AND ULTIMATELY ASSIGNING WORK TO THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS.

SO THE PLAN IS TO ATTRACT THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF DELIVERING, YOU KNOW, NOT ONE OR TWO STREETS, BUT 20, 30, 40 STREETS TO US.

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AND ALL WE DO IS STREETS FOR EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS, WHEREVER PERMITS IN THE CITY OF WHATEVER THAT IS THE PLAN.

MOVING AHEAD.

WELL SAID, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT AND THE UPDATE.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE TIMELINE.

IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE BIDS AND THE, UM, IT'S THE SECOND TO LAST LINE, AND WHILE HE'S FLIPPING THROUGH THOSE PICTURES PHOTOS, THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS I SAW WITH HOMES, AND THERE ARE SOME, A LOT OF PHOTOS I SAW WITHOUT ANY RESIDENTS THERE AND THEY'LL, OR THOSE STREETS THAT WAS ELECTED BY THE COUNCIL AND THEIR DIFFERENT DIFF DISTRICTS, THOSE STREETS THAT HAD NO RESIDENTS.

SO THE STREET LIST THAT WE HAVE WAS THE LIST THAT WAS APPROVED ON MAY 22, 20 FIFTH.

AND THAT RESOLUTION WAS 21 DASH 2 28.

JUST THE PHOTOS I NOTICED.

I DIDN'T SEE PEOPLE.

AND IT MAY, IT JUST MAY HAVE BEEN THE ANGLE FROM WHICH THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN.

OKAY, LET ME GO HERE.

THE DESIGN, YOU SAYS OCTOBER 20, 21 THROUGH MARCH THAT'S FIVE MONTHS THAT THEY HAVE TO DESIGN TO COME UP WITH A DESIGN THAT'S, THERE'S NO WAY TO SPEED THAT TIME UP A CUT IT SHORTER.

WELL, IT ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR THE TIME FOR WHICH WE'RE NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS.

SO IT'S FIVE MONTHS TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACTS FOR THEM TO DO THE DESIGN.

AND ALSO DURING THAT PERIOD, THEY'RE DOING BID PACKAGES.

SO FOR THE FIRST FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING DESIGNED, WE'RE DOING THE BID PRO BID PACKAGES WITHIN THAT, THAT, THAT TIMELINE IS AS WELL.

SO YOU STARTING OCTOBER, WHICH IS NEXT MONTH TO MARCH WITH DESIGN AND IT COINCIDES WITH BID PACKAGES.

MA'AM AND THEN CONSTRUCTION, DOESN'T START TILL APRIL PROJECTED.

I KNOW THESE ARE PROJECTED DATES, WE'RE OUT OF THIS BUDGET YEAR AND THAT $10 MILLION IN SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE NEW BUDGET AND MONIES ARE ALLOCATED FOR THE NEW BUDGET DOLLARS.

WE'VE GOT TO SPEED THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN I, I HOPING THAT THE MANAGER AND WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT ADDING TO THAT GROUP OF, UM, PRE-QUALIFIED ENGINEERS, THAT WE CAN ADD MORE PEOPLE SO THAT CONSTRUCTION CAN START A LITTLE BIT EARLIER BECAUSE WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO SPEND $10 MILLION.

THAT IS PART OF THE PLAN THOUGH.

UM, WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO AS WELL.

WE'VE GOT TO, WE HAVE 116 STREETS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED.

THAT'S READY TO GO TO ENGINEERING.

WE HAVE TO BREAK THAT UP INTO RECONSTRUCTION AND REHAB.

RIGHT? WE DO THAT.

WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STREETS THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.

IN-HOUSE AND THEN I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT HER REPORT SEPARATED THAT OUT.

IT'S A SET.

THE, THE WHAT? THE 116 STREETS.

THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL STREETS.

SO WHEN I MENTIONED CONTINUE IDENTIFYING FUTURE ROUNDS, THAT'S THAT, THAT NEXT BULLET ON THIS SLIDE.

I SEE THAT.

THAT'S THAT INCLUDES THAT 116 THAT MR. BURTON IS TALKING ABOUT THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE EARLIER STREETS THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT, OH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, I SAID, THE MANAGER KNOWS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT STREETS SINCE WE HAD NO MONEY IN 2017.

NOW WE HAVE THE MONEY AND I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW WHAT'S A FASTER WAY TO SPEND IT, TO GET THE STREETS DONE.

AND I'M SURE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE AND, UM, IS CONCERNED WITH THE SAME THING.

THAT'S BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIMELINE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED.

IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT.

I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT OPERATE A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

ARE FIVE OR SIX STREETS THAT, THAT ARE TARGETED ALREADY TO THE STORE.

COW'S REMARKS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, MS. ROBERTS, UH, YOU AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE STREETS IN MY DISTRICT.

UM, BACK IN JULY, I THINK, UH, WE HAD A TOWN TOWN HALL MEETING OUT IN PORT ACRES.

AND AT THAT TIME, THE, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT STOOD ALONGSIDE ME AND WE ASKED ABOUT WHEN WERE WE GOING TO GET STARTED? AND AUGUST 2ND WAS PUT OUT THERE.

AND, UH, AND TO THOSE FOLKS OUT IN, I THINK THERE

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WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.

I JUST WANT TO GET IT ON THE RECORD.

SO FOLKS CAN SEE IT.

AND I THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE TO THOSE PEOPLE OUT IN, IN MONTROSE, BECAUSE THEY EXPRESSED TO US IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT THEY FELT NEGLECTED BY THE CITY THAT WE WERE TAKING CARE OF ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS AND THEY WERE BEING NEGLECTED.

AND, AND I WANT THEM TO KNOW, AND I WANT THE CITY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE OR TO ENSURE THAT WE DO WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO.

NOW I'M TOLD AT THAT AUGUST 2ND START DATE WAS, WAS KIND OF PREMATURE, I THINK, IS THE RIGHT TERM TO, TO, TO USE.

UH, AND, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO THOSE FOLKS OUT THERE THAT, UH, BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY GONE AND WRITTEN THAT DISTRICT ROAD ROAD, THE ROADS OUT THERE CHECKING TO SEE, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY STAGING OF MATERIALS OR EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING.

AND I KNOW THEY'RE SAYING THE SAME THING.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO, TO ENSURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE KIND OF GOT AHEAD OF OURSELVES THERE WITH WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, THOSE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, WE'RE GOING TO START ON THOSE, UH, ALL WE ARE, WHERE ARE WE IN THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW? SO WITH THOSE PROJECTS, UH, I BELIEVE I REVIEWED NOT JUST THOSE IN MANTRAS.

I BELIEVE I REVIEWED THE STATUS OF ALL OF THE STREETS WITHIN THAT, THAT PROJECT.

UM, SO THAT THOSE STREETS ARE OUTSIDE OF THE, THIS PRESENTATION.

UM, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON EACH ONE.

UM, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU WANT, I CAN, I CAN RETURN WITH A STATUS OF, UM, PROVIDE MR. BURTON WITH, WITH INFORMATION AND HE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, UM, ON THOSE AS WELL.

BUT YOUR STATEMENTS, YES.

YOUR STATEMENTS WERE CORRECT.

IF THEY WERE PREMATURE, IT WAS A PREMATURE SCHEDULE.

AND, AND THAT WAY I CAN ACTUALLY GET WITH THE LEADERS IN THAT COMMUNITY OUT THERE AND LET THEM, UH, INFORM THEM THAT, THAT WE ALL WORKING ON THIS, BUT THIS IS THE CURRENT STATUS.

AND AGAIN, UH, EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT WE GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF OURSELVES IN THAT, IN THAT MEETING AS TO WHERE WE WERE, OR WHEN WE WERE GOING TO GET STARTED IN THAT PROCESS.

AT THE VERY LEAST DITCHING WORK HAS BEEN DONE.

WITH CHANGE ORDER AFTER CHANGE ORDER APP THAT YOU ENJOY.

QUICK QUESTION.

SHOULD A MIRROR TO SEE THE MANAGER AND CITY MANAGER.

ARE WE HAVING A HARD TIME, UH, FINDING QUALIFIED OR CERTIFIED, UH, CONTRACTORS, THREE CONTRACTS THAT THE KIND OF PROBLEM WITH HIRING CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE HANG UP OR SOMETHING, OR, UH, NO, I THINK THE PROBLEM IS, WELL, THE DIFFICULTY IS FINDING CONTRACTORS WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO ON THE TICK, A VOLUME OF WORK, AND TO STAGE THEIR RESOURCES IN A WAY WHERE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DELIVER, UM, BASED ON THE QUALITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, APART FROM, AND, AND I'M, I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM WHAT I'M BEING TOLD BY MY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UM, APART FROM ONE OR TWO LARGE COMPANIES, UM, IN THE AREA.

UM, AND I, I, WHEN I SEEN THE ERM, IN BEAUMONT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TOO MANY LARGE CONTRACTING FIRMS THAT COULD TAKE OUT $5 MILLION WORTH OF WORK AND REALLY DELIVER ON IT.

THAT'S MY CONCERN AND SEE THE MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THE MONEY WE WANT, BUT WE CAN'T FIND A QUALIFIED, CERTIFIED, GOOD CONTRACTS.

WE CAN'T SPEND IT.

THAT'S COUNCIL MADE A MOVE TO SEE IT.

I WANT TO SEE YOU SPEED UP TOO.

I WANT TO SEE THIS THING GO A LITTLE FASTER, BUT YOU CAN'T HIRE A GOOD QUALIFIED, A SET OF BLACK CONTRACTORS, YOU KNOW, DO THE JOB.

THEN WE STILL CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD.

SO, AND, AND, AND THAT'S, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE POINT COUNCILOR JONES, BECAUSE THAT'S A DISCUSSION, AN ONGOING DISCUSSION THAT I CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE ENGINEERING STAFF IN, YOU KNOW, TELL ME WHO ARE THE KEY INDIVIDUALS AND TELL ME WHO ARE THE BAD CULPRITS IN THERE SO THAT WE WEED THEM OUT.

UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, COUNCIL LOOKING LOW, WE HAVE HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH A LOT OF THOSE CONTRACTORS WHO DECIDED WHO HAD TO DELIVER SIX MONTHS AGO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY CAME UP

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THE, THE IDEA IS TO ELIMINATE THOSE AND TO ATTRACT AS MANY CONTRACTORS AS POSSIBLE.

IT MEANS THAT WHEN WE HAVE TO GO AS FAR AS DALLAS, YOU KNOW, TO ATTRACT THOSE, YOU KNOW, AND TO BRING THEM IN.

BUT I, I AM IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES REPORT IN CHANGES THOUGH.

UM, WE'RE, I'M GOING TO UNDERTAKE THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND ASSIGN IT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

I THINK I'LL HAVE A FIRMER GRIP ON IT IN TERMS OF REPORTING, UM, NOT NEGLECT IN THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OR THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, WHO STILL REMAINS A VERY INTEGRAL PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

UM, BUT I THINK I'VE GOT TO GET MY HANDS ON THE BALL AS WELL.

UM, JUST, JUST, JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

I VISITED THIS AREA IN PORT ACRES, YOU KNOW, AND LO AND BEHOLD, THERE WAS ONE ON PAPER.

IT SAYS ONE THING.

AND THEN YOU ASK SOME CRITICAL QUESTIONS.

WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND DD SEVEN? WHEN WE DESIGNED THOSE STREETS, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER.

I'M NOT THERE TO MICROMANAGE YOU, BUT COMMON SENSE SAYS YOU ARE BUILDING A ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE LEVEE.

YOU WOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF CONSULTATION WITH DD SEVEN LOW AND BEHOLD THAT HASN'T TAKEN PLACE.

NOBODY HAS ASKED THAT QUESTION.

SO I THINK THE ONLY WAY THAT THAT CAN BE DONE AND YOU EMPLOY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ENGINEERS TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS FOR YOU.

I THINK THE ONLY WAY THAT CAN BE DONE AND TO ASK THOSE VERY CRITICAL AND SENSIBLE QUESTIONS IS TO BRING IT ON THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY MANAGER, PEGGY MR. MANAGER, YOU WILL HAVE THE ENGINEER REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

SO WE ARE ALL ON THIS TEAM BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A SHORT CIRCUIT SOMEWHERE LIKE YOU WILL, SOMEWHERE IS PLAYING BALL, BUT SOMEBODY IS NOT PLAYING BALL WITH US.

YOU KNOW, WHAT EVER SHORTCOMINGS WE HAVE, I'M PREPARED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL KUNDUZ, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GLAD THAT I'VE GOT MS. SMITH, MS. ROBERTS, YOU KNOW, HEADING THE TEAM AT THE TIME, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE THAT WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS.

AND YOU KNOW, IT BECAUSE I GET A CALL FROM YOU ALL EVERY DAY AS TO WHAT THE GARBAGE OVER THERE AND THE GARBAGE HERE AND THE TRASH HERE.

AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT SHOULD JUST BE ROUTINE.

AND THE PHONE SHOULD NEVER BRING IN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MR. MANAGER.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.

AND THAT COUNCILMAN LATEST MOLDED SAID, WE'VE GOT TO SPEED THIS PROCESS UP.

WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THE STAND ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW, STREETS, STREETS, STREETS, THREE STREETS, AND WE'RE STILL GETTING BEAT UP.

WE STILL GETTING BEAT UP BY STREET WITH THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST MORE TIME MARCHING, MARCHING IN PLACE.

SO WHATEVER IT TASTES IT, IMAGINE ME TO GET, GET, GET THIS BALL ROLLING ONCE.

AND FOR ALL OF IT BEGIN GETTING BEAT UP AGAIN WITH STREETS.

WE ARE GETTING BEAT UP.

YEAH, WE KIND OF BEHIND.

THAT'S WHY ACTUALLY BY THESE CONTRACTORS, WE NEED TO, YOU GOTTA GO AWAY IN NEW YORK CITY GETS CONTRACTS.

WELL, YOU GOT TO GET THEM FROM THEM.

WE NEED TO GET THESE CONTRACTS TO WORK, PUTTING THE STREETS TOGETHER.

IS SOME VIABILITY FOR THEM TO DO STREETS AS WELL.

UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THAT REALLY WASN'T WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, CAUSE THAT WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND VERY ON POINT.

MS. ROBERT, YOU SAID IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THE TIMELINE THAT YOU GAVE US WAS FOR, UM, THERE IS A, ANOTHER TIMELINE FOR OTHER STREETS OR IS THIS A COMPREHENSIVE TIMELINE FOR ALL OF THE STREETS? THE LADDER? THIS IS COMPREHENSIVE FOR ALL OF THE STREETS, SO, OKAY.

SO I MISUNDERSTOOD WHEN YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, AGAIN, YOU SAID YOU USE THE WORD THAT I WANTED TO USE, BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT AT THE PARTICULAR TIME.

WE DON'T WANT TO MICROMANAGE AT ALL BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL, UM, IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION AND I AM, UH, THAT THERE WAS A COMPANY THAT HAD GIVEN GOTTEN MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO DO A TEST STREET, UH, AND TO BRING THEIR TALENTS TO OUR CITY, UH, TO REPAIR STREETS.

UM, AND THE MONEY HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED.

THE MONEY HAD ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON BY PREVIOUS COUNCILS.

UH, IT'S NOT MINE TO PROMOTE ANY PARTICULAR BUSINESS, BUT IT IS MINE TO PROMOTE PROGRESS.

AND THAT, THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE.

THAT PROJECT HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET.

AND IF THAT COMPANY COULD HAVE DONE THAT STREET, WE WOULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHETHER THERE

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AND SO WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT DONE EVEN THOUGH PREVIOUS COUNCILS VOTED ON THAT.

SO THAT, THAT MIGHT BE, UH, SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PR IN PARTICULAR PROHIBITED THAT, OR HOW DID THAT NOT, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT WASN'T ACCOMPLISHED OR DONE, BUT THAT MONEY WAS ALREADY VOTED ON AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND VOTED UPON AND THAT WAS READY TO BE DONE, BUT WE'VE NEVER UTILIZED THAT.

WE'VE GOT TO UTILIZE ALL OF THE ARROWS IN OUR, YOU KNOW, IN OUR, IN OUR QUIVER.

AND, UH, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE WANT TO SEE AND THAT WE CAN PARTNER IN AND WORK TOGETHER AS WELL.

SO I WILL DEFINITELY BRING THAT.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

UM, UM, IT'S, IT'S A COUNSELOR, UM, JONES'S DISTRICT AND WE WILL BE WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW, UM, CT ENGINEER.

WE WILL DEFINITELY REVISIT THAT.

OF GENERAL FUND FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS APPROVED THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF THE 2021 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

UH, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR THIS REPORT.

UH, IS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMPONENTS TO IT, UH, COMP UH, CITY MANAGER? YES, SIR.

I HAVE MS. MS. LANGFORD ADDRESSING THE TWO OTHER THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND THE PROJECTS, UM, ISSUANCE FOR 21, THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.

I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, WHAT A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS, AND, UM, WHAT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE EARMARKED FOR FYI 21 AND 2022 AS REQUESTED BY MAYOR PRO TEM, AS WELL AS PROJECTS WITH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, A CAP IMPROVEMENT PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS A CIP IS A TOOL TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS, MOSTLY MUNICIPALITIES MAKE GOOD BUDGETING DECISIONS FOR LARGE PROJECTS AND PURCHASES BASED ON THE GOALS AND RESOURCES OF THAT MUNICIPALITY.

THE CIP EXISTS AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE ORGANIZATION'S LARGER MASTER PLAN, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

IT MUST ALWAYS BE ALIGNED WITH ITS GOALS AND ITS STRATEGIES.

IN ESSENCE, THE CIP OUTLINES, LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED PROJECT TIMELINES AND FUNDING OPTIONS.

THE CIP USUALLY SPANS THE SAME LENGTH AS THE TIME FRAME FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S MASTER OR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

AND IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE ANNUAL BUDGET AT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE SMALLER OPERATIONAL EXPENSES THAT NORMALLY APPEAR IN YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET, BUT IT IS ALIGNED WITH THAT ANNUAL BUDGET CIPS, UM, OR IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ARE GREAT.

THEY GREATLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, URBAN GROWTH AND THE FISCAL HEALTH OF THE MUNICIPALITY FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS APPROVED WITH FISCAL YEAR 2021 ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 21 DASH 65 APPROPRIATING AND ADOPTING THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, WHICH WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 1ST ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.

THE CAPITAL PROJECTS INCLUDED FOR FUNDING IN THIS APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE IS STRAIGHT REMEDIATION AND REHAB PROJECTS AT 3.5 MILLION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, WHICH INCLUDES A MULTIPLE PROJECTS SUCH AS OUR ERP REPLACEMENT, OUR DIGITAL IMAGING PROJECT IN RECOVERY PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AT 1.1 MILLION RENOVATIONS AND UPGRADES TO OUR CITY HALL BUILDING AT HALF A MILLION, THE REPLACEMENT OF FIRE STATIONS TWO AND THREE, WHICH IS THE FIRE STATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, AS WELL AS THE PORT ACRES AREA.

AND THIS IS AT $2 MILLION, $1 MILLION.

EACH THIS COST DOES INCLUDE LAND ACQUISITIONS NEEDS, ASSESSMENT AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.

OUR FIRE STAFF HAS BEGUN THE PROCESS IN TRYING TO WORK ON, UM, GETTING THESE FIRE STATIONS, UM, DESIGNED.

UM, THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

THEY ALSO ATTENDED A CONFERENCE, UM, TO LOOK AT NEW ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TECHNOLOGY, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, AND SAFETY MEASURES FOR THE BUILDING OF A NEW FIRE STATION.

WE ALSO HAVE RED RENOVATIONS.

SO THE DEPARTMENT CLUB, THE TOTAL RENOVATION COST IS 600,300,000 COMING FROM HOT TAX AND 300,000 COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

WE HAVE PLAYSCAPE PROJECTS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION AT 300,000 AND ALSO FOR OUR TRANSIT CAPITAL PROJECTS, A GRANT MATCH AT 200,000, WHICH GIVES A TOTAL OF 7.9 MILLION

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THIS WAS APPROVED THROUGH ORDINANCE NUMBER 21 DASH 38 WITH WHICH AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2021.

THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION WAS 4 32 $0.9 MILLION AND INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF CITY STREETS AND OTHER STREET RELATED IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DRAINAGE SIDEWALKS AND ASSOCIATED WITH DESIGNATED STREET PROJECTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DESI MINISTRY PROJECTS.

AND THIS WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $10 MILLION.

SOME OF THOSE STREETS WERE REFERENCED IN MS. ROBERTS PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.

THERE WAS ALSO CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DRAINAGE PUMP STATIONS.

THIS WAS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF SEVEN DRAINAGE PUMP STATIONS AT $2 MILLION.

THERE'S ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW CITY FACILITIES.

THE FIRST BEING THE ANIMAL SHELTER AT 6.65 MILLION ON MAY 25TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE RESOLUTION 21 DASH 2 2 1 AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH P GALL INCORPORATED OF HOUSTON, TEXAS TO PERFORM THE PROFESSIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT PHASE FOR THE PROPOSED ANIMAL SHELTER TO BE LOCATED AT 1401 19TH STREET.

THIS IS THE SITE FOR OUR FORM, A WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT WAS DEMOLISHED BACK IN, I BELIEVE 2016, A TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF THE SITE WAS ORDERED ON OR AROUND JUNE 11TH, 2021 AND RECEIVED ON AUGUST 13TH, THE SURVEY, AS WELL AS OTHER PROPOSED EASEMENT DRAWINGS WERE FORWARDED TO A P GOLF STAFF ON AUGUST 18TH.

ON SEPTEMBER 13TH OF THIS YEAR, A KICKOFF MEETING WITH P GAL, UM, WAS SCHEDULED WITH STAFF TO GO OVER THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, A PROGRAMMING SESSION WAS CONDUCTED, WHICH INCLUDED A SITE VISIT FOR THE PROPOSED SITE FOR THIS ANIMAL SHELTER.

CITY STAFF WERE ALSO WENT BACK AND RESEARCH AND PROVIDED ALL NECESSARY REPORTS AND VERIFICATIONS FOR THE SITE.

THIS INCLUDED ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS THAT WE ALREADY HAD RECORDS OF DEMOLITION REPORTS, UM, VERIFICATION OF DIFFERENT EASEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE AREA SUCH AS GAS, WATER, AND SANITARY SEWER ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, WHICH WAS YESTERDAY, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF MET WITH JOE WILSON WITH ARSENAL WILSON AND COLE TO DISCUSS THE MODE OF DEMOLITION FOR THE FOUR FORMER WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND POSSIBLE CONCERNS THAT HAVE ARISEN ABOUT THAT SITE.

WE WILL SCHEDULE A FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH P GAS STAFF TO DISCUSS ALL FINDINGS AND BEGIN THE PROCESS, UM, TO DEVELOP SPECIFICATIONS FOR BIDDING, FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY, THERE WAS $4.5 MILLION THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THIS FACILITY OUT OF THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ON APRIL 3RD, 2021 CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH 2 9 9, AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACT WITH SINGE SIGMA ENGINEERS OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR THAT NEW HEALTH FACILITY TO BE LOCATED AT 58 60 NINTH AVENUE, HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF DID WORK WITH SIGMA ENGINEERS TO DEVELOP A CONCEPTUAL FLOOR PLAN FOR THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

ON AUGUST THE 11TH, A KICKOFF MEETING WAS SCHEDULED WITH SIGMA ENGINEERS WILL HELP DEPARTMENT STAFF, AS LONG AS SOME OF OUR DEVELOPMENTAL STAFF DID ATTEND ON AUGUST 23RD SIGMA ENGINEERS, UM, PERFORMED A SITE VISIT OF THE EXISTING BUILDING TO HELP WITH THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENTS FOR VITAL EQUIPMENT AND FILES THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE NEW FACILITY, SUCH AS X-RAY EQUIPMENT, VITAL STATISTICS FILING AND SO FORTH.

UM, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO DEVELOP THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR BEADING WITH THE COMPLETION DATE OF DECEMBER 10TH, 2021.

THAT WAS PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

I, AS OF RIGHT NOW YEAR TO DATE, THEY ARE APPROXIMATELY AT 25% COMPLETION.

THE ANTICIPATED BIDDING WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY OF 2022 WITH THE ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION STARTED FEBRUARY OF 2022.

A BIG PART OF THAT IS DUE TO THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS, UM, THAT WE DO HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

SO REALISTIC DATES WOULD BE THE BEGINNING OF 2022 BEFORE WE START CONSTRUCTION.

AND FINALLY, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION

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AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CITY WATER IN SOURCE SYSTEMS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LIFT STATIONS, WATERLINES, SEWER MAINS, FOREST MAINS, AND COLLECTION SYSTEM REHABILITATION.

THIS WAS BUDGETED AT APPROXIMATELY 9.9 MILLION.

DR.

HANEY DID PROVIDE A REPORT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT GIVE A STATUS UPDATE.

UM, SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE MAIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN.

THE ENGINEERING IS AT 100% COMPLETION AND WE DON'T HAVE A SLIDE OF IT, BUT I CAN PROVIDE COUNCIL WITH THE UP.

THEY ALREADY HAVE IT.

UM, THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD DID APPROVE THE DESIGN IN THIS MONTH.

UM, THERE'S ALSO THE REPLACEMENT OF SANITARY SEWER LINES, MANHOLES AND SERVICE LINES CITYWIDE THEY'RE AT 20% COMPLETION OF ENGINEERING OF THIS PROJECT.

STAFF IS EVALUATING THE DIFFERENT AREAS FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT FOR, UM, ADVERTISEMENT OF BEDS IN DECEMBER.

THERE'S THE PIPE BURST, SANITARY SEWER PIPE, AND REPLACEMENT OF MANHOLES AND SERVICE LINES AND SABINE PASS.

THIS IS AT 50% COMPLETION IN TERMS OF ENGINEERING, THE SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW INITIATIVE APPROVED BY TCEQ WITH THIS MONTH.

AND THEY WILL ADVERTISE FOR BIDS IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

THERE'S THE REPLACEMENT OF SANITARY SEWER LINES FOR LAKESIDE.

THIS IS AT 90% COMPLETION FOR ENGINEERING AND ADVERTISEMENT FOR BEDS WILL ALSO BE IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR THAT OUR VISTA STORE FORCE MAIN IS AT 95% COMPLETION FOR ENGINEERING.

THERE ARE WAITING PERMITS FROM THE RAILROAD AND WERE ADVERTISED FOR BIDS IN DECEMBER.

THE BEST OR SEWER FORCE MAIN IS AT 95% COMPLETION.

I'M SORRY, I JUST READ THAT ONE.

UM, FM HIGHWAY 365 SEWER FORCE MAIN IS AT 10% COMPLETION FOR ENGINEERING.

UH, PHASE ONE OF ENGINEERING WILL BE COMPLETED BY FEBRUARY OF 2022, THE 46 46 STREET FOREST MAIN IS AT 100% FOR COMPLETION WITH ENGINEERING AND 90, 90% COMPLETION FOR CONSTRUCTION.

THE CONSTRUCTION IS TO BE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.

AND FINALLY THE LANDFILL WATERLINE THAT IS AT 95% COMPLETION WITH ENGINEERING AND THEY ARE AWAITING PERMITS FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AS WELL AS DOT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

THE, ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OTHER PROJECTS AS IT COMES TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND OTHER PROJECTS, WE DON'T KNOW, WE JUST DON'T KNOW PART OF THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH US, YOU KNOW, MOST RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, AS MS. UM, MS. LANGFORD IS SEATED, YOU KNOW, IN 2016, WHEN THE WATER, WHEN THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WAS DEMOLISHED, NOBODY KNEW THAT THEIR WALLS WERE COLLAPSED AND WAS SANG, YOU KNOW, FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.

UH, ANY OTHER COMPONENTS, UM, SEEING MANAGE? NOPE.

I HAVE A, YEAH, I DON'T THINK HE'S CALLING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE TO GET, UH, OKAY.

I HAVE A COPY OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 DASH 360 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEAST WITH A RURAL CAPITAL HOLDINGS, LLC OF DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 49 AUSTIN AVENUE, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS FOR A PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS, THAT RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED ON THE SECOND OF ALL OF SEPTEMBER, 2020, WHICH GAVE 18 MONTHS FOR THE, WE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR A LEASE AGREEMENT WITHIN 18 MONTHS FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE, OF THE, UM, OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

I HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH JAY HALL.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN AMOUNT THAT WAS STATED IN THIS $12,000 A MONTH, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO NOT COMPLETE IT ON TIME, YOU KNOW, AS THE LAST DISCUSSION WE HAD WAS YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, AS HE STATED, I SAID, GEE, WE STILL HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS REMAINING, ABOUT SIX MONTHS REMAINING ON THIS CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS THE CITY MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY AND WITH ENTITIES LIKE MOTIVA, TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE APPROACH THE PERIOD AND AS WE CONSIDER EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS GOOD LANGUAGE IN THAT PUT IN BY THE CITY OR TUNIE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION.

WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD, UH, UM, UM, A COVID EPIDEMIC WHEN WE WENT INTO THAT, UH, UM, AGREEMENT.

SO I AM WORKING DAILY JOB SAYING ALL THIS TO SAY, I'M WORKING DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, THE TIME IS BEING EXTENDED WITHOUT ANY COSTS TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE DILIGENT PROGRESS, YOU KNOW, ON

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YOU KNOW, WE ALL TOOK IT FOR GRANTED THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE SITE TO SITE THE ANIMAL SHELTER, YOU KNOW, BUT AS PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT IS NEEDED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO GO THERE AND MAKE SURE WHEN YOU INVEST $6.5 MILLION, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SITE IS AN APPROPRIATE SITE.

AND SO IT BEGS TO THE QUESTION ON TIMELINES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT I, AS YOUR CITY MANAGER EXECUTE THE PROPER MANAGEMENT THAT IS REQUIRED.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT IS NEEDED BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, AT SOME POINT WE MAY HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.

I DIDN'T KNOW A DEAD MAN WAS BURIED ON 19TH STREET.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE WALLS WERE BURIED.

SHE DIDN'T KNOW EITHER.

SO WHILST WE HAVE GONE OUT THERE AND BORROWED $6.5 MILLION TO BUILD AN ANIMAL SHELTER WHO KNOWS, WE MAY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT REQUIRES PROPER MANAGEMENT AT THE MANAGERIAL LEVEL, NOT ONLY FROM THE CITY MANAGER, BUT FROM HIS STAFF, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE DUE DILIGENCE AND WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A PROJECTED DATE AS TO WHEN WE THINK BY IN INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS, BY UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE EVERYTHING TO MOVE LIKE A BRAND NEW ROLLS ROYCE.

WHEN WE SET IT IN MOTION, IT DOES NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN.

NO IT DOESN'T, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE EMPLOY EVERY MEANS OF PRUDENT MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVER ON TIME AND IN TIME CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THERE IS ALWAYS THE MONETARY ASPECT.

PROMOTION, NOT HAPPENING.

MAYOR A MANAGER AND, AND TO YOUR STAFF.

LET ME JUST SAY THAT, UM, UH, THIS ENLIGHTENS, THE ACCOUNTANT, WELL, I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I'M GONNA SPEAK FOR MYSELF, UH, ENLIGHTENS US TO WHERE YOU ARE.

WHAT'S TAKING PLACE.

COMMUNICATION IS EVERYTHING.

WE KNOW THAT THINGS HAPPEN.

I DO KNOW THAT THINGS COME UP, THINGS HAPPEN DEAD, MAN, BEING BURIED.

YOU GOTTA GO BACK AND REANALYZE OR, UM, UH, SOME OTHER ITEMS OR ISSUES THAT COME UP, BUT HAVING A PLAN ALLOWS US TO KNOW AND KEEPS US FROM ASKING, WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS? WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO THE FIRE, UH, PRESENTATION, AND I'M THANKFUL THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, NOW AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AND, AND A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS.

SO IT KIND OF SQUASHES A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS.

UM, AND WHETHER WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD OR NOT, OR IF YOU HAVE TO GO BACK, AT LEAST WE KNOW WE WERE SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK, BUT WE GOT TO BACKTRACK A LITTLE.

SO IT DOES GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING AND CLARITY ON WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

SO I THINK THE, UH, FLOZELLE FOR HER, AGAIN, HER PRESENTATION ON STREETS, IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE WE'VE KNOW WE'VE HAD, UH, CHANGES IN STAFF CHANGES AND A LOT OF THINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE, BUT YOU PREPARED AND GIVEN US SOME GOOD INFORMATION ON STREETS AND WHERE WE ARE.

YOU GUYS ON THESE OTHER PROJECTS, THESE MAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR THE DEFINITION.

THAT WE HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO THAT WE DO FOLLOW AND WE ARE FOLLOWING, BUT THESE UPDATES ARE CRUCIAL TO COUNCIL BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A CHANGING OF THE GUARD.

AND A LOT OF THEM DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE, HOW IT STARTED, WHERE IT BEGAN, WHERE YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PLAN.

SO IT'S JUST COMMUNICATING TO US.

AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS PREPARING DR.

HANEY, UH, YOUR, UH, PRESENTATIONS MANAGER.

HAVE IT AS WELL TO NOTE A DATE AND TIME THAT IT WAS EMAILED TO US, CAUSE THIS WILL, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW HOW PAPER GOES, BUT THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR PREPARING, GIVING US SOME TYPE OF UPDATE.

IT JUST TAKES THE COMMUNICATION COMPONENT FOR US TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT WHAT TIME.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM FOR ASKING.

SO I THINK IT JUST REALLY HELPS US TO NOW HAVE A VISIBLE, AND I'D LIKE A COPY OF FLOZELLE STREET'S PRESENTATION AS WELL FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU CAN EMAIL IT AS WELL.

WE CAN HAVE A RECORD.

YOU CAN SAY WHY EMAILED IT TO YOU ON SO-AND-SO DATE? UM, THAT WAY WE WOULD HAVE THAT IN OUR, UM, IN OUR, UM, RECORDS.

AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS.

I LIKE THIS EMAIL, SO I'LL

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AND I DON'T WANT TO SOUND REDUNDANT BECAUSE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL, BUT I DO APPRECIATE, UM, WHERE WE ARE NOW.

THANKS.

AND WE WILL GENERATE THAT MASTER PROJECT LIST AND USE IT AS A WORKING DOCUMENT TO KEEP THE CITY MANAGER THERE'S FOUR.

HE CAN KEEP COUNCIL A BREADTH OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THESE PROJECTS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS, BUT I LIKE TO SAY A CHIEF IS GONE, BUT HE RAISED THE BAR EARLIER TONIGHT.

AND I SEE I WAS GIVING YOU ALL TIME TO CATCH UP.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU KNOW, IN A FEW WEEKS, BUT IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THE HOUR, YOU ALL HAVE COME WITH INFORMATION THAT IS USEFUL, VIABLE AND NECESSARY.

SO WE APPRECIATE THIS.

UH, IT'S TIMELY.

IT'S TAKING TIME, HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT.

AND IF WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AS A TEAM HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO PROGRESS IS TRACKED THROUGH TRANSPARENCY, FOR SURE.

AND THE EFFICIENCY OF WORKING TOGETHER AND GOING FORWARD.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU WITH THIS.

UH, COUNCILMAN JONES.

I WAS TALKING, I WASN'T LOOKING AT HIM LIKE, HUH, WE'RE READY.

ONCE AGAIN, SEE THE MANAGER, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE OPS SUPPORT, YOU HAVE THE MANAGER.

I MEAN THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SUPPORT ON THESE CONTRACTORS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT TAKES, YOU HAVE OUR FULL SUPPORT.

WE NEED TO GET IT DONE.

EITHER, BE A LITTLE MORE SPEED, YOU KNOW, MOVE A LITTLE FASTER.

SO WHATEVER IT TAKES YOU HAVE, I WILL SUPPORT YOU TO GET GOING THESE STREETS PROJECTS.

I WANT TO SAY AS WELL, THANK YOU CITY MANAGER FOR, UM, WHEN I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, MAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND FOR CALLING AND WE COULD CLARIFY AND TALK AND THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO BRING THIS REPORT AND HAVE IT READY.

AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU CALLED HIM WHERE HE WOULD COLLABORATE IN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT WAS AND TO HAVE THIS READY.

AND SO, UM, UH, WE WE'RE READY.

AND THERE ARE NO MORE ON ANY OTHER COMPONENTS, UH, VISIT CITY MANAGER.

WE CAN MOVE FROM THIS.

CAN WE? YES, YES, YES, SIR.

FIVE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS.

NOW WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IS MOVE TO ROMAN NUMERAL

[V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO ( 2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER)]

AND AT THIS TIME EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

WE PROBABLY NOT GO OVER TWO MINUTES, UH, PER COUNCIL MEMBER ON ANY ONE OF THE TENANTS.

UH, THERE ARE SIX THAT YOU WOULD CARE TO EXPOUND UPON.

UH, COUNCILMAN JONES GO RIGHT AHEAD.

MA'AM.

AS WE KNOW, UH, MS. ON THE TOP, THAT'S HOSTILE MALE AND SHE LOST, SHE LOST HER SON ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND TO SEE THE PRODUCT SUNDAY, I SAID THE NIGHT AND SEE THE PUT OFF, I WOULD ASK THE MALE COUNCIL AND ALL THE EVERYBODY TENDS TO WITH EVERYBODY'S STAYING THE 30 SECONDS OF SILENCE AND RESPECT TO OUR, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MS. MAIL.

WE ALL STAY UNTIL THE SECOND MINUTE OF SILENCE PLEASE.

MS. SHORTHAND.

ME GET TO IT, ADAM, 23 ON PAGE EIGHT, IF THAT IS 20 TO 1 39, I THINK IT'S ON PAGE FIVE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL PERSONS WITH CARE TO DEAL WITH ANY OTHER TENDENCY OF CHEMISTRY OVER HERE? OKAY.

IF NOT, UH, WE WILL MOVE NOW, UH, TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS, WHICH THERE IS NOT ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA, WE'LL NOW GO TO THE

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

CONSENT AGENDA.

CONSENT AGENDA ACTUALLY DEALS WITH ITEMS OF A ROUTINE NATURE AND COUNSELOR HAS BEEN PREPARED AND GIVEN BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE MATERIAL FOR EACH ITEM.

UH, IF THAT WOULD BE AN ITEM THAT A COUNCIL PERSON WOULD CARE TO BE WITHDRAWN, SHE LET ME KNOW AT THIS TIME COUNCILMAN JONES.

WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO, UH, PULL ITEMS 2,239.

AND LET ME JUST, UM, LET

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WAIT A MINUTE.

I WENT TO FED, I'LL FLIP THROUGH PAGE FIVE, ITEM EIGHT, EIGHT.

OH, AND THE PR 22, 1 3.

AND PR NUMBER 2, 2 1 6 8 1 68.

THAT, THAT, THOSE ARE THE TWO IN THE OTHER.

NO ONE ELSE HAS SAID ANYTHING ELSE.

ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU KELLY HAVE WITHDRAWN ANY OF THE ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN.

I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

COUNCILMAN JONES, WITH THE ELIMINATION OF THE ITEMS STATED BY COUNCILMAN MOSES OR ITEM 22, AS WELL AS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

MAY I GET A MOTION? COUNCILMAN JONES, HOOP APPROVAL MAIL.

WANT TO DEAL WITH 22 POINT NORMALLY POINT 22, 1 3 9 OUT OF NUMBER EIGHT, UH, INDIVIDUALLY, UH, COUNCILOR MOSES, AM I CORRECT? AND TO REMOVE THOSE, YOU WANT TO REMOVE OR MOVE THEM FROM THE CORRECT? I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT.

MAY I APPROACH HIM? MAY I GET A SECOND? SO MOVEMENT IS REMOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS EXPRESSED, UH, WITH THE, UH, WITHDRAWAL OF THE ONES THAT WERE STATED ALREADY.

UH, BUT OF COURSE, READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES AS HAVING.

SO THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ACTUALLY, UH, APPROVED.

NOW WE

[VII. 8. P. R. No. 22139 — A Resolution Authorizing The Designation Of Tender Loving Care Center For Children D/ B/ A Legacy Community Development Corporation As A Community Based Development Organization ( CBDO) To Utilize CDBG Funds To Assist With Infrastructure Related Activities And Projects In The Downtown Affordable Housing Target Area. Funding Will Be Provided By The Housing And Neighborhood Revitalization Account Numbers 105-13-033-5470-00-40-000, Project Numbers CD6145 AND CD7145]

AND THAT WAS PART OF WHAT I THINK I SAID.

AND I THINK THE REASON IS JUST DUE TO RECENT UPDATES WITH TD ACA REQUIREMENTS FOR NSP SAYIN, UM, SANDBANK.

WE'RE JUST, WE BE GOOD WITH THOSE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE CAN GO DOWN TO THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH SHOULD BE A ROMAN NUMERAL, OR WE NEED A SECOND AND EMOTION ON EACH ITEM, SIR.

WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

I NEED A SECOND CONCERN.

BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO CALL IT ON.

SO YOU GET IT.

IN THE MOVE TO THE SECOND THAT WE WILL REMOVE THOSE ITEMS. RIGHT.

AM I CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THE SECOND DAY, WHAT ARE THE TIME? OKAY.

ADAM, NUMBER EIGHT, PR NUMBER 22, 1 39 AS STATED.

SHOULD I READ IT OUT? I SEE THE SECRETARY.

I SHOULD.

OKAY, BLESS YOU.

UH, 2, 2, 1, 3, 9, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DESIGNATION OF TENDER LOVING CARE CENTER FOR CHILDREN, DBA LEGACY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COOPERATION AS A COMMUNITY BASED DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, C B D O TO UTILIZE CDBG FUNDS TO ASSIST WITH INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGET AREA, FUNDING WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION ACCOUNT NUMBERS.

1 0 5 DASH ONE THREE DASH 0 3 3 DASH 5 4 7 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH FOUR ZERO DASH 0 0 0 AND PROJECT NUMBER CDS, 6 1 4 5 AND CD 7 1 4 5.

AND WE HAVE WE READY TO VOTE IF I QUIT, I WANT TO BE SURE I'M ON THE SAME PAGE WITH YOU ALL.

I MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE, UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN HOMES.

YOU SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GOOD TO GET IN THE MOVE.

THE SECOND WE REMOVED, UH, NUMBER EIGHT, AND THAT WOULD BE PR NUMBER 22, 1 3 9 IS RED ALL RED.

IF, OF COURSE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT.

I THINK ITEM NUMBER 22, UH, PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 6, 8, OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GROUND LEASE, FIXED PRICE CONTRACT, AND A SUPPLEMENTAL DEED OF TRUST BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND TENDER LOVING CARE CENTER FOR CHILDREN, T L C C C DBA, LEGACY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COOPERATION, LEGACIES, C D C FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSE, RATHER ON A NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM IN SP PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 37 SIXTH STREET IN THE DOWNTOWN

ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT.

SO IT IS REMOVED NEXT.

WE HAVE,

[VII. 22. P. R. No. 22168 — A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Ground Lease, Fixed Price Contract And A Supplemental Deed Of Trust Between The City Of Port Arthur And Tender Loving Care Center For Children ( TLCCC) DBA Legacy Community Development Corporation ( Legacy CDC) For The Construction Of An Affordable House On A Neighborhood Stabilization Program ( NSP) Property Located At 1037 6th Street In The Downtown Targeted Area]

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TARGETED AREA.

UH, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR REMOVAL? UH, COSMIN MOSES, MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILMAN JONES? OKAY.

THE MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD REMOVE, UH, ITEM 22, WHICH IS PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 6, 8 AS RED.

BUT IF, OF COURSE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

HE OPPOSES, UH, HABITS OR EXOTIC.

NOW WE ARE READY TO

[VIII. A.1. P. R. No. 22141 — A Resolution Approving Amendment No. 1 To The Economic Development Conditional Grant Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation And I& C Entertainment II, LLC]

MOVE TO THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA.

EITHER ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED INDIVIDUALLY THE FIRST VIA NPR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4, 1, OR RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT.

NUMBER ONE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONDITION GRANT, CONDITIONAL I'M SORRY.

GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION FOUR EIGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND I AND C ENTERTAINMENT.

NUMBER TWO, LLC.

UH, I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

COSMIN MONKS.

AGENDA PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4 TO A RESOLUTION TO PROVEN AND INVOICE PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,005 FROM, FROM JOEY'S, UH, TRACTOR SERVICE TO THE POUR OFF THE SEC, UH, SECTION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR LAWN SERVICE AT THE EDC BUSINESS PARK PONDS AVAILABLE COUNT AND ACCOUNT NUMBER 1, 2 0 DASH EIGHT ZERO DASH 6 2 5 DASH 5 4 7 9 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0.

MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCIL WHEN WE MOVIE HAS BEEN MOVED? AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD, I ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4, 1 AS RED OR A BETTER QUESTION.

WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED, UH, THAT IS ALREADY THOUGHT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4, 1 AS READ NEXT OR NON-CONSENT

[VIII. A.2. P. R. No. 22142 — A Resolution Approving An Invoice Payment In The Amount Of$ 5, 005. 00 From Joey' s Tractor Service To The Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation For Lawn Service At The EDC Business Park; Funds Available In Account No. 120- 80- 625- 5479- 00- 00- 000; And Setting An Effective Date]

AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DATE? UH, CITY SECRETARY, UH, CITY ATTORNEY.

JUST HAVING THAT STATEMENT THERE.

READY FOR, UH, EMOTION, UH, COUNSELING, KEN LAW.

HAVE PR NUMBER 2, 2 1 4, 3, RATHER THAN LOSING THE PROVEN AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE CONTRACT AND LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION FOUR EIGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, AND CLIFFORD DISTILLING LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $162,500 FUNDING AVAILABLE IN, UH, PA EDC ACCOUNT NUMBER 1, 2 0 DASH 8 0 0 DASH 6 2 5 THAT'S 5 4 7 8 0 0 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0.

BY GETTING SUCKED IN OUR COUNCILMAN HOMES.

DIDN'T MOVE IN SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4 TO ADD RED OR A BETTER QUESTION.

READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT.

SO IT IS AUDIT.

WE WOULD ACCEPT P R A NUMBER 2, 2 1 4 2 AS PRESENTED NEXT.

[VIII. A.3. P. R. No. 22143 — A Resolution Approving An Economic Incentive Contract And Loan Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation And Clifford Distilling LLC In An Amount Not To Exceed $ 162, 500. 00; Funding Available In PAEDC Account No. 120- 80- 625- 5478- 00- 00- 000]

MAY I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? UH, MAY I APPROACH HIM FRANK MOTION, MAN? THANK YOU.

YOU MAY GET A SECOND COUNCILMAN, UH, MARKS IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4, 3 AS READ.

WE ARE READY FOR QUESTION.

WE HAVE NO UNREAD.

IT IS.

WE RENTED A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES.

UH, THE EPISODE IS ART AUDIT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 4, 3 WOULD BE ACCEPTED AND APPROVED AS READ NEXT.

WE HAVE

[VIII. A.4. P. R. No. 22144 — A Resolution Authorizing The Second Year ( First Renewal) Of The Contract With Joey' s Tractor Service, Of Port Arthur, Texas And The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation For Grass Cutting Services At The Spur 93 And Jade Avenue Business Parks Not To Exceed $ 30, 250. 00; Funds Available In EDC Account Number 120- 80- 625- 5479- 00- 00- 000]

PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4 FOR A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SECOND YEAR.

FIRST RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH JOY'S TRACK TO SERVICE OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, AND THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR SECTION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATION FOR GRASS CUTTING SERVICES AT THE SPURT 93 AND JADE AVENUE BUSINESS PARKS, NOT TO EXCEED $30,250 FUNDS AVAILABLE IN EDC ACCOUNT NUMBER 1, 2 0 DASH 80 0 80 DASH 6 2 5.

THAT'S 54 79.

THAT ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, COUNCILMAN KINLAW.

PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4, 6, A RESOLUTION APPOINTED, AND OUR REAL POINT IN A MEMBER, ALL MEMBERS TO THE GOLF COURSE COMMITTEE REQUESTED BY A COUNCILMAN, KEN LAW.

I GET A SECOND.

COUNCILMAN JONES.

SECOND YEAR HAS BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4, 4 AS READ, WE READ, HAVE A COURSE THAT WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED TO HAVE IT.

SO IT WAS AUDIT.

WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4, 4 AS READ NEXT, WE HAVE

[VIII. A.5. P. R. No. 22146 — A Resolution Appointing And/ Or Reappointing A Member Or Members To The Golf Course Committee ( Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw)]

AND DO YOU

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HAVE THE NAMES OF CITY SECRETARY? I'M SORRY.

I HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN THE NAMES.

I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LAW WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COUNCILMEN YOU BECOME A LAW COUNCIL MEMBER CAN LAW HAS.

WELL I'LL PUT THE NAME IT, BUT THE MOTION.

THAT'S WHERE I ASKED FOR THE MOTION.

YET YOU HAVE THE NAME YES.

UH, COUNCILMAN MARK AND MYSELF.

AT THE WILLOW TO COUNCIL.

UH, I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAY GET A SECOND CITY MAYOR PRO TEM.

THEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE MIX UP HERE ON NUMBER 2, 2, 1 46 AS RED WITH THE STIPULATION.

THAT'D BE MEMBERS WOULD BE COUNCILMAN KINLAW AND COSMIN MARKS ALL WE READ IT FOR QUESTION COUNCILMAN JONES.

UM, I TALKED TO THE CONSTANT MCKEAN LAW AND OTHER COMPLIMENT BY THIS POSITION.

AND ALSO YOU, UH, I'M NOT A GOLFER.

I DON'T KNOW.

NOBODY.

GOV IS HITTING THE BALL IN THE HOLE.

AND UH, SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE MILL, THE PEOPLE, THE MILL PUT ME ON IT.

CAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO BE ON IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO STEP DOWN THE GOLF COURSE.

I HAVE NO INTEREST IN BEING ON IT.

MAYBE YOU OKAY.

AND YOUR POSITION AND YES, SIR.

YOU HAVE EMOTION WITH THOSE NAMES? I HAVE NO.

AT THE POINT OF EITHER CALL HIM FRANK OR YOURSELF TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE.

WE THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

ANY OTHER UNREADINESS OKAY.

WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

MAYOR, DO YOU ALL WANT TO, UM, YOU WANT TO COME BACK WITH A THIRD NAME? SO THERE ARE THREE VOTING MEMBERS FROM THE COUNCIL.

AND SO THERE WAS A TWO VACANCIES BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE WERE NO LONGER.

UH, IT'S JUST A COMPLIMENT FRAME.

LIFT ME UP, APPROACHED HIM LIVE SO CLOSE BY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I THINK HE HAD, OKAY.

WE HAVE ANOTHER NAME.

ADD TO THE MOTION, UH, WHO WHO'S MADE THE MOTION.

I FORGET YOU.

DID YOU ACCEPT CA UH, THEY APPROACHED HIM WITH IT.

WHO SECONDED THAT SECOND? AMIR.

SO WE GOOD? OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

SO WE ALL ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4, 6, AS RED WITH THE, UH, MEMBERS BEING COUNCILMAN KEN LAW, COUNCILMAN, UH, MARKS AND THEY APPROACH HIM.

FRANK HAS BEEN VOTING MEMBERS.

YOU SAID RIGHT ATTORNEY ON, ON THIS COMMITTEE.

WE'LL MOVE TO PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4, 8, OR RESOLUTION APPROVING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, SECTION FOUR, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND A AND P M N.

NOW

[VIII. A.6. P. R. No. 22148 — A Resolution Approving An Economic Development Conditional Grant Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation And A& P AMIN, LLC For An Amount Not To Exceed $ 157, 762. 31; Funds Available In EDC Account No. 120- 80- 625- 5478- 00- 00- 000]

IF I SAID IT CORRECTLY, LLC, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $157,762 AND 31 CENTS BONDS AVAILABLE IN EDC ACCOUNT NUMBER 1, 2 0 DASH EIGHT ZERO OH DASH 6 2 5 DASH 5 4 7 8 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 0 0.

UH, MAN, I GET EMOTIONAL CUP MAYOR PRO TEM, FRANK, SOME MOVEMENT, REGULAR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES IS REMOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4 8, UH, AS READ, UH, WE READ IT THE QUESTION.

NO ONE READINESS.

WE GET RID OF THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY THE AYES HAVE IT.

THE SHORT AS AUDIT, WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1, 4, 8 AS RED.

[VIII. A.7. P. R. No. 22153 — A Resolution Reconsidering Proposed Resolution No. 22007 Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement With Construction Managers Of Southeast Texas, LLC Of Port Arthur, Texas, For Parking Lot Rehabilitation And Expansion Of The Existing Parking Lot Located At The Corner Of 4th Street And Waco Avenue In The Amount Of $ 610, 302. 49. Funding Is Available In The Capital Improvement Account Number 307- 25- 067- 8525- 00- 10- 000]

WE HAVE PR NUMBER 2, 2, 1 5, 3, A RESOLUTION RECONSIDERING PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO TO 0 0 7, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, LLC, UH, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS FOR A PARKING LOT REHABILITATION AND EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOT, LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF FOURTH STREET AND WACO AVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $610,302 AND 49 CENTS.

FINDING THE DEVELOPER IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT.

UH, NUMBER 3 0 7 DASH 2 5 0 6 7 THAT'S 8 5 2 5 DASH 8 0 0 DASH ONE ZERO DASH 0 0 0 PROJECT, UH, D T 0 0 0 1 POINT C O N A REQUESTED BY MALE APPROACHED HIM.

FRANK, UH, MAY I GET EMOTIONAL COSMIN KENALOG? I GET A SECOND COUNCILMAN JONES IN THE MOVE.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT P R A NUMBER 2, 2, 1 5, 3

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AS RED, OR WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONING OR GETTING THIS ON IT.

THERE IS NONE.

WE ARE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED I WAS HAVING.

SO IT IS AUTO.

WE WOULD ACCEPT PR A NUMBER 2, 2 1 5, 3 AS RED.

NEXT, WE

[VIII. B.1. P. O. No. 6984 — An Ordinance Authorizing The Sale Of City Owned Property Legally Described As Lot 43, Marina Colony Subdivision In Pleasure Island, Commonly Known As 400 Island Way And Execution Of A Special Warranty Deed For Conveyance Thereof]

HAVE ORDINANCES AND ORDINANCE A NUMBER APPEALED NUMBER 6, 9, 8, 4, AND AUTOMATES AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

LEGALLY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 43 MARINA COLONY SUBDIVISION OR IN PLEASURE ISLAND, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 400 ISLAND, WAIT AND EXECUTION OF A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR OUR CONVENIENCE THERE UP.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COUNSEL MARKS MAY GET A SECOND.

COUNCILMAN KEN LAW IS REMOVED AND SECOND EVERYWHERE EXCEPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 6, 9, 8, 4 AS RED.

ARE WE READY FOR QUESTION? WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NAY THE AYES HAVE IT SORTED.

ALL THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT, UH, AN APPROVED PO NUMBER 6, 9, 8, 4.

NEXT WE HAVE

[VIII. B.2. P. O. No. 6999 — An Ordinance Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Settlement Of An Automobile Physical Damage Claim In The Amount Of $ 7, 787. 00 Made Against Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool ( TMLIRP) As A Result Of The Property Damage To Parks Unit # 1865]

PO NUMBER 6, 9, 9, 9, AND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SEDIMENT OF AN AUTOMOBILE PHYSICAL DAMAGE CLAIM CLAIM IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,787 MADE AGAINST TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RISK POOL KNOWN AS T M L I R P.

AS A RESULT OF THE PROPERTY DAMAGE TO PARKS, UNIT NUMBER 1 8 6 5.

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL COUNSEL WHEN THE MOSES THANK YOU.

MAY I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN, UH, HOMES IS REMOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 6, 9, 9, 9 AS READ, WE READ A QUESTION WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED THAT'S ADDED.

SO IT IS AUDIT.

WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 6, 9, 9 9 IS RED.

NEXT.

WE HAVE

[VIII. B.3. P. O. No. 7000 — An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 20- 86, As It Pertains To The 2020- 2022 Collective Bargaining Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur And The International Association Of Fire Fighters Local 397]

PO NUMBER 7,000 AND ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, ZERO DASH EIGHT SIX, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE 20 20, 20 22 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS.

ARE WE GOING TO DO IT LOCALLY? NUMBER 3, 9, 7, ATTORNEY KARA DISMAL.

AND WE RECOMMEND ON THIS ONE IN THE NEXT ONE THAT WE TABLED IT, WE WOULD TAKE.

OKAY, SO WE CAN GET A MOTION TO TABLE ORDINANCE THAT I JUST READ ON HIS NUMBER 7,000, UH, COSMIC KEN LAW.

MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE P O NUMBER 7,000 UNTIL, OH, EXCUSE ME.

WE SAID TABLE, TABLE, UH, APPEAL NUMBER 7,000 UNTIL THE NEXT.

NEXT TO ME MIGHT GET A SECOND COUNCIL WOMAN.

OH, OKAY.

IT'S REMOVED AND SECONDARY WOOD TABLE PO NUMBER 7,000 ARE READY FOR QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY AYES HAVE IT.

SO IT IS ALL THE PO NUMBER 7,000 WILL BE TABLED UNTIL NEXT MEETING, ACCORDING TO THE MOTION THAT WAS RED.

NUMBER IS 7 0 0 3 AND ALL OF THIS APPROVAL AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND THE PORT POLICE ASSOCIATION, PROPOSED FUNDING POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET ACCOUNT NUMBER 0 0 1 DASH ONE SEVEN DASH 0 4 5 DASH 8 9 1 1 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH THREE ZERO DASH THREE.

I'LL STAY AT RELEVANT.

[VIII. B.4. P. O. No. 7003 — An Ordinance Approving A Collective Bargaining Agreement Between The City Of Port Arthur And The Port Arthur Police Association. Proposed Funding: Police Department Budget Account No. 001- 17- 045- 8911- 00- 30- 000]

UH, TRIPLE ZERO.

AND, UH, COUNCILMAN KIM, WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE A MOTION WITH THIS, WITH THE SAME STIPULATION? YES, MAYOR.

UH, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE A TABLE PO NUMBER IS 7 0 0 3 UNTIL NEXT MEETING.

NO.

AND WE HAVE THIS, ARE WE READY FOR A SECOND DOC COUNCILMAN RIGHT.

SECOND SIR.

SO THAT'S THE GOING TO GO? OKAY.

PO NUMBER 7, 0 0 4, AND AUTOMATES EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF DISASTER PURSUANT TO 4 1 8 0.108, SUBSECTION B OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

UH, WE ARE READY TO VOTE IN THE QUESTIONS, WRITTEN IT ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED AS ABBOTT'S ORDERS AUDIT.

FINALLY, WE HAVE

[VIII. B.5. P. O. No. 7004 — An Ordinance Extending The Declaration Of Disaster Pursuant To § 418. 108( b) Of The Texas Government Code]

AND WE EXTENDED IT FOR 30 DAYS.

WE CHANGED THAT TO A ATTORNEY 30 DAYS.

OKAY, SO HE WOULDN'T BE HERE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS OR MAY I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? COSMIN REMARKS MIGHT GET A SECOND.

COUNCILWOMAN MOSES IS REMOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT AND APPROVE PO NUMBER 7, 0 0 4.

FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS,

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WE ARE ADDING AND RENTING THIS ON IT.

WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? NAY, THE AYES HABITS OR HIS HONOR, WE WOULD ACCEPT PO NUMBER 7, 0 0 4 AS READ, ACCORDING TO THE PRINTED AGENDA.

THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE.

THERE'S OUR GUTS ABOUT EIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

I AM NOW READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ANYBODY.

OPPOSE IT.

IF YOU OPPOSE, YOU MAY STAY OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR.